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? lllllll Mllll l ? ? . : A. T^T^TT'T AS^St" OJ? TJf^~RTTT<v>A K ... " . VOLUME In. . GREENmiX, ?W CA.OCBt. ft?E 3?. IM M. I <*. F. TQWNFS, EDltOR. 9. 0. BAILEY, Fro*r. and Assooiata Editor. SvHcumw Two DoUmi yir wnw. Acvbrtibhmbsts inserted *t th? rates of n* dollar por eqnare of. twolro M in ton lines (this lised typo) or loot for tkm flrot insertion, fly cent* nek for tfao second and third insertions, and t?M(T.ftr? ewli for nkNS?ut .. loytkMH ? oarly oootraoU will ho mad*. All advertisements- out bar* the number ht iasertions marked oo tbcm, or they will be Inserted till ordered out, and charged for. Unla? ordered otherwise. Advertisements Will Invariably be "displayed." t)bituafy notices, and all matters inuring to Is (be benefit of any one, are regarded as Advertisement*. ne?aamtamsaAaSMsnwimnmmasi?mwew From tbe Baptist. Oo Ahead. Xorer donbt a righteous csum; **' Oo ahead! 1 * Throw yohrself oonrpletly in, Con science shaping nil your eon .we; Manfully, through thick and thta, ?o ahead! }\ ' Do not ask who'll with you go; ' Oo ahead! Nnmbtraf Spur* the ?oward'i plea; If there M but one or twb. Single-handed though it be, ** Oo ahead T * ' *< "" Though before you mountains rise, 1 ' Oo ahead! Scale them t Certainly you eaaj Let them proudly dare the ah lea. What ia a mountain to a man 1 Oo ahead! *"*4 "'Mf kWf /<HTf Though Itm watere round you deab, Oo ahead! Let no hardship baffle yen { Thongb the haaveoa war and flash, Still, undaunted, firm and true, Qo ahead! The Brook* t wind about, and in and ont, With here a bloaaom tailing, And here and there a lusty trout. And here and there a grayling. And hurt and there a foamy flake t7pon me, aa T traVel, With maay neilrery Waterbrook Above the golden grareL And to draw thetn all alotog and flow To join the brimming rivet, Tor men may come and men may go, Out t go on forever. The Presbyterians?Old mad lew 1 School*?The Plan of Iv-uioa The annexed is the plan of nnion between the Old and New School Presbyterian Churches, reported by the Committee of Conference to the two General Assemblies sitting In New York* and adopted on Thursday nnanimonely by the Now School body, and with only eight dissenting voices by the Old School body. This is tho tnpst decisive step yet taken to ward consolidation. It will be seen that the plan is to be submitted to the different Presbyteries, and their approval or disapproval expressed by the 16tb of October next. Dr. Musgrave said that the committee had been unanimous in their recommendations^ as follows i Plan of He-union of tho PruhyUrian Church of tho United +^rurv%-v ttl#. 1. The Presbyterian Churches in the United States of America, namely, that whose General Assembly convened In the Brick Church, In the city of New York, on the 20'h day of May, 1809, and that Whose General Assembly met in the Church of the Covenant, In the same city, on the same day, shall be re-united as one church, under the name and style of the Presbyterian Church of the United States of America, possessing all the legal and corporate rights 'and powers pertaining to the church previous to the division in 1838, and all the legal and corporate fights and powers which the separate churebss now possess. S. The re anion shall be effected on the doctrinal and ecclesiastical bask of our common standards; the Scriptures of the Old and New jeaiRinenrs snail De acknowledged to be the inspired word of God, and the only infallible rn)e of faith and practice; the Confession of Faith shall continue to be sincerely received and adopted as containing she system of doctrine taught in Holy Scriptures; and ,the governmeftt and discipline of the Presbyterian Church In the United States shall ba approved as continuing the principles and folaaafoar polity. 9. Each of said assemblies shall sabmit the foregoing basis to its jfVssbvteriea, which shall be re quired to meet on or before the 15th day of October, 196ft, to expreM thcif appro? a) or diaapj ror i al of the Mine, by a categorical answer to the following question : Do you approve* the re-nnion of , the two bodies now claiming the ' name and righto of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, on the following basis, namely: "Ttie reunion shall be effected on the doctrinal and ecclesiastical basis of oar common standards ; the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments shall be acknowledged to be the inspired word of God, and the only itiffclli' ble rule <jf faith find practice ; \lie Confession of Faith snail continue a^ L- 1 - * ? i<? ue gincereiy reverea *na adopted as continuing the system of doctrine taught in the Holy Scrip tures; and the government and discipline of the Presbyterian Church in the United ehall be ap proved as containing the principles and rnlea of oar polity V* Each Presbytery shall, before the 1st day of November, 1869, forward to the stated clerk of the General Assembly with which it is connected, a statement of its vote on the said basis of r? union. 4. Tim said General Assemblies now sitting shall, after finishing their business, adjourn to meet in the city of Pittsburg, Pa., on the eecond Wednesday of November, 1869, at 11 o'clock, A. M. If the two General Assemblies shall then find aud declare that the above named basis of re-union has been approved by two-thirds of the Presbyteries connected with e.'.ch branch of the Church, then the same shall be of binding force, and the two assemblies shall take action accordingly. 6. The said General Assemblies shall then and there make provisions for the meeting of the General Assembly of the united Church on the third Thursday of Hay, 1870 The moderators of the present Assemblies shall jointly preside at the said Assembly of 1870, until aitother moderator is chosen. The moderator of the Assembly now sitting at the Brick Church aforeauiH olinll if - ?\MAAAnS 11 n?i?i OUUll) II piOVCIIIy UUV (U| V UICO and decide questions ot order ; and the moderator of the other Assent bly shall* if present, preach the opening sermon ; and the stated clerks ot the present Assemblies shall act as stated olerks of the Assembly of the united Cburch until a stated clerk or clerks shall have been chosen thereby ; and no commissioner shall have a right to vote or deliberate in said Assembly until his name shall hare been enroll ed by the said clerks, and his com mission examined and filed among the papers of the Assembly. 6. Each Prfcsbytcry of tlie separate churches shall be entitled to the same representation in the Assembly of the united Church in 1870 as it is eutitled to in the Assembly with which it is now connected. Concurrent Declaration* of the General Assemblies cf 1880. 1. All the ministers and churches embraced in the two bodies should be admitted to the same standing in the nnited body which they mav have held in their raaiwwtioa connections up to the consummation ot the nnion. 9. Imporfectly organised churches are counseled and expected to become thoroughly Presbyterian as early within the period of five vears as may be permitted by the highest interests to be consulted ; and no such other churches shall be hereafter received. 8. The boundaries of the several Presbyteries and Synods shonld be adjusted by the General Assem bly of the united chnrcli. 4. The official records of the two branches of the church tor the period of separation should be preserved, and held is making up the one history of ta* church ; and no rule or precedent which does not stand approved by both the bodies shonld be of any authority until re-established in the united body, except in so far as such rule or precedent may affect the rights of property founded thereon. 6. The corporate right* now held by the two General Assemblies and by their boards and oommitteee should, as far a practicable, be consolidated, and applied for their several objects, as defined by law. 6. There should be one Bet of eoackcaUteeaor boards for Itome and foreign missions and the other reli- i gious enterprises of the chnreh, which the char eh es ehonld be en couraged tosoat&fb, tfcongh free to cast thcit- contributions into other channels if they desire to do so. 7. As soon as practicable after the union shall have been effected, the General Assembly should reconstruct and consolidate the several permanent oommitteee or boards which now belong to the two Assemblies, to ae to represent, ae far as possible, With impartiality, the views and wishes ot the two bodies constituting the united church. 8. The publications of the board of publication and of the publics tion committee should continue to be issued as at present, leaving it to the board of publication of the united church to revise these issues and perfbet a catalogue for the united church, so as to exclude invidious references to past contro versica. 9. In ordor to a nnifortn system of ecclesiastical supervision, those theological seminaries that are now under Assembly control may, If their board of directors so elect, be transferred to the watch and care of one or more of the adjacent Synods; and the other seminaries are advised to introduce, as far as uiay be, into their constitutions the Syuodical or Assembly supervision, in which case they s'irII be entitled to an official recognition and approbation on the part of the General Assembly. 10. It should be regarded ns the duty of all judicatories, ministers and people in the united church to study the things which make for peace, and to guard against all neeoless and offensive references to the causes that have divided us ; and in order to avoid the revival of past issues by the continuance of any usage in their branch of the church that has grown out of former conflicts, it is earnest 1)* recommended to the lower judicatories of the church- that they conform their practice in relation to all such usages, as far as is consistent with the.r convictions of duty, to the general enstom of the church prior to the controversies that resulted in the separation. That the counsels ol Infinite wisdom may guide our decisions, and the blessings of the Great Head of the Church rest noon the result ot our efforts for reunion, it is earnestly recommended to -the churches throughout both branches of the Presbytorian Church that they observe the second 8abbath in September, 1869, as a day of fervent nnd tin ted prayer to Almighty God that He would grant unto us all 44 the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and fear of the Lord," and in the new relations now contemplated enable ns to 44 keep the unity of the spirit in the bonds of peace." Commenting on this matter, the Baltimore Snn says: 44 In the debate In the old School Assembly tipoti the acceptance of the plan, Dr. Skinner, who opposed it, desired to be informed, in the event of a Vote of the Presbyteries in favor of the plan, what *.1 - A 1 ? ? 1 ? power iue ABsemoiy naa 10 continue its legal existence or dissolve it I If the two Assemblies were united, And not one merged in the other, where were they to get a lewd title to their property f Judge Kennedy answered Dr. Skinner on this practical point, and, from the reenlt of the vote, it voold seem to the satisfaction of the Assembly. Dr. Lanria opposed the plnn, on the ground that there was still innch disagreement on doctrinal points. In the New School, whore the plan of onion seems to hare been universally popular, it was advocated by leading speakers a6 desirable for the enfargment of charitv and Christian liberality, which tolerates different views and feelings on religions matters. It will be Been that this plan has yet to undergo the discussion of the various Presbyteries of the two Assemblies, who are to express their approval or disaproval before the 16th of October next, and if approved of by three-fourths of each, the two Assemblies, meeting in Pittebnrg in November next, shall so declare, and take notion for formal reunion. The almost unanimity and heartiness evinced in the action of the Assemblies tiow in session would seem to warrant the belief that the Preebyte rles below will net in the same spirit, ami that tbcr reunion of the two churches will be fully complete in November next, mi p?^w??wa?gwwrac u As we hare before observed, this re nnion in not, as some have supposed, a re-nnion of the Northern and Southern Presbyterian Churches, u though that subject came up for discussion in the Old School Assembly on a report ot the committee oa bills aud overtures and was referred to the special committee. Tbe Moderator, however, stated that any action at tha present time might be damagiiy to tbe ?eace of the Southern Qnurch, ana would be inopportune. Tbe doctrinal difference# which led to the separation of the Old and New School denominations in 1888 consisted mainly in a more or less rigid construction of the standards of the church, especially with reference to the doctrines of election, original sin, &c., the Old School accepting more inflexibly the creea of Calvin, whilst the Confession of Faith was interpreted by the New Scliaol in a less literally Calvanistic sense. The basis of reunion now adopted requires that * the Confession of Faith shall continue to be sincerely received and adopted as containing tlie system of doctrine taught in the Holy Scripture.' A6 each School had profess ed to do this in its separate organization, thero would seem to be no difference on that point warranting a permanent separation. The plan of re-union wisely abstains from deciding the original questions at issue, and each party is left to put its own construction upon the standard, only that henceforth the differenced upon these points are not to interfere with the nnitv and l>armonyof the Church. The Presbyterians of the United States are numerous and influential, and their re-union ia an importaut ecclesiastical event." Drifting to an Empire* The Hon. A. H. Stephens has written a long and elaborate letter to the National Intelligencer, giving his views as to tho prime cause of the war between the North and the South, and closing with some -? ? ? epvuuiuilujia us iu oilr political iuture. We copy tlie concluding paragraphs o? the letter :?News. And now, Messrs. Editors, do you ask Cut bono. (Vhy so much written upon the dead issues of the past, when ouestions ot so much magnitude or a practical character press upon the public mind! if so, the reply is two fold. First, to vindicate the truth of history, w ich is itself a high duty on the part of an? one who has it in his power to do it; and in the second place, to show the people of these states, in this vin Sication, not only the true cause, the roal 14 causa causans " of the late war, but the real cause of their present troubles. The Federal machinery tor the last ten years has been abnormal in its action. It must be brought back to the Jcffersonian doctrines, and made to conform in its workincrs with the orcranic nrincinles of its structure, before there can possibly be a return of the days of peace, harmony, prosperity and nappiness which formerly marked our course. There is no other hope for constitutional liberty on this continent. Judge Nicholas may 44 dream dreams " about another constitdtional amendment, providing a new mode of electing the President, bnt the remedy lies in no device as that It lies simply in bringing back the government in its administration to original first principles# f This is to be done not by secession, however rightful and efficient a remedy that might be. That is abandoned'. Nor is it to be done by force or violence of and kind, except the force of tmaoAn an/1 I It a rv/itnne T# i?awn mkvi iuv e.*vrvw%*? VI vi unu lb 1 it to be done, if at all, at the ballot box. Free institutions are more generally lost than established, or strengthened by a resort to physical force. Thev are eminently the achievement of tirtno, patriotism and reason. That our institfitions, and even nominal form of gotefrtment is now in great danger4 the prudent, sagacious, and wise etefywhere virtually admit. An able editorial in your own papsr, not long since, put the pertinent and grave question, 44 Whither are we drifting!" To this question I take the occasion for one to give yott a direct and positive answer. We are drifting to consolidation and empire, and will land there at no distant period as sertainly as the * J j i, i ,i. 4 ! i n'l'jir a sun will set this <idr, unless the people of the sfcterHl States awake to a proper appreciation of the dan- I ger, ana sate thetfiselvee from the < impendingcatastropheby Arresting ! the present tendency of public af- I fairs. This they can properly do < Only at the ballot box. All friends I of constitutional liberty, in every I section of the State, must unite in < this grand effort. Tliey must sei i- < ously consider, and oven reoonatdar i many anestions to which tliey havo i given but slight attention hereto* I tore. They must acquaint them- < selves with the principles of their ] government, and provide security i for the future by studying aud cor- i recting the errors of the past. < This is the only hope, as I have i stated, fur the continuance of even \ our present nominal form of gov- | ci ui?iii. i/?pmiu upon u, more i is na difference between consolidation and empire! No difference 1 between centralism and imperial- i ism I The end of either, as well < aa all of these, is the overthrow of liberty and the establishment of despotism. I give yon tho words i of truth in great earnestness? words which, however received or heeded now, will be rendered eternally true by the developments cf the future Yours, most respectfully, Alexander II. St raiuta. ... i Early Xarri&ge. i At no period, perhaps, in their ' life, do the young need theinspira- < tion of virtuous love and the sym- i pathy of a companion in their self- l denying as when they first entor i the battle for their own support, i Early marriages are permanent i moralities, and deferred marriages are temptations to wickeducss. I And yet every year it becomes I tnora and more difficult, concurrent with the reigning ideas of soci- i ety, for a young man to enter npon i that matrimonial state which is the proper guard of their virtue, as < well as the courage and enterprise. The battle of life is almost at the beginning. There it is that a fnflifi needs wedlocki But A wicked and ? ridiculous public sentiment puts a < man who is in society, of out of society, for that matter, largely on I the ground of condition, and not 1 of disDOsitioh fffrd Character, Th? ? man has means wherewith he can i visibly live amply is in good socie| ty, as a general rule. The man < that has virtue and stern manli- I ness, but has nothing withal f*tet> i nal to show, is not usually coneid- I ercd in good society* Ambitious young men will not therefore inar- ] ry until they can meet expenses ; I but that is deferring for years and 1 years the indispensible virtue. Society is bad where two -Cannot live cheaper than one ; and voting men are under bad influences who, when in the very morning of life, and better fitted than at any later i period to grow together with one I who ts their equal and mate, are ] debarred from mftrfying through t scores of years from mere pruden- 1 tial considerations ; and the heart < and life are sacrificed to the pock- ' et. They fire tempted to substi 1 tute ambition for tove, when at 1 1rttf /Vt'oS ? ? i not, U<CI UIO IWIIC3 nnu t3X]Hnilg 1 embers of their early romance ( they select their wife. i ft is said that men who Wait till I they are fatty or forty-five yeftre f 1 age select prudently. Ala* for the 1 wife who Was not first a sweet- < heart I Prudence is good ; but is i prudence servant or queen 1 Prudence is good; but what is prn- 1 dencef is it the dry calculation of tho head leagued with the pock- i et t Is there no prudence in taste, 1 nor prudence in the inspiration of 1 a generons lore I Is there no prtt- ] dence in the faith by Which, banded, two young persons go down into the struggle of life, saying : i 14 Como weal, come woe, eome storm, come calm, love is a match , for circumstances. and we will bo all fii na^k Atl?nr 8" mmwm ?v vmvii vi iivi v l? vtj uo ihbi society in which the customs and | the manners of the tifuee put off, \ beyond the period of romance and ] amancifig* the wedding. Ton ' bare adjoin tied the most impor- ' tant secular act of a man's life. Yon bare adjourned it out of Eden ; into the wilderness.?Henry Ward \ Becehmr* MoIIahun, our Minister to Paraguay, seems to be missing. No direct intormation has been re- 1 ceived from him since December 1 fast. i I 81" ' ' VwiqaegaaeAaai ,. tfc? Alr-tiil? Bftilread. The special committee appoirited by the City Council muasn alabordt# report to that body od Monday flight: lit their report they stated that Col. Buford and the engineer corps frankly and freely gave tliefn all the information desired. $23,000 has been expended up to June let for work lone by contractors, of which amount $8,929 has been actually paid, leaving n balance of $15,000, leas 20 per cent retained upon all contracts, to ensure their faithful performance. The old debts of the company have been nearly all settled np. About $726 will cover the amount of ahiiltfhds ntf<? Against it. Claims amounting to ?4,403 have been SStlsfied by the payment of $1,116 and $800 in >tdck. Tbe next election of TiirAotofi takes place in May, 1070, or dt such time as the President may order. The call for assessments of fivd and ten per cent, of the capital Btock was generally responded to. The citizens of Atlanta have paid 06,155.78. Some have refused to pay assessments on the grOnftd that Georgia was not snffccietitfy feprfr sented in the Board. The commit* tee are of the opinion that Georgia is not sufficiently refxresertted iff the Board of Directors, and recom mend that the President call a Convention of the stockholders nnd reirganize the Board. They recommend that it be made a condition precedent to the payment of the Etssessment dne bv the city. They suggest that Atlanta is entitled ttf ntfme two of the Directors. The probable cost of const meting the first twenty miles ot the road is estimated at 0360,000. The iveport was adopted, and Aldermen Carr and Brotherton elected Eis Directors. The following is the present officers of the road: Col. A. S. Buford, Virginia, President; A. Austell, Georgia, Vice President j ?. Jrt. Johnsoft< J. Winship< Georgia; W.T. Southerlin, Virginia; R. Y. McAdin, North Carolina: B. L. Clark, S. S. Guv, New York; E. M. Barnum, Texas; C. E. Condee, Mis - T\? -- i ^ * 5uiii i, directors.?Jiuanta L'onstiitdioh. Air Line Ltailroad.?At a called meeting of the City Council lust night, Aldermen E. R. Carr and W. H. Rrothertoh were elected GifeCtors of the Air-Line Railroad. The Council resolved to pay the assessment called for of fifteen per cent., and recommend that Col. A. S. Bnford, the Presldent, convene! the Board and reorganize it within thirty lays after paying in of the assessment?lb* VtcA'ta or Mas, Bpbns.?t>ied4 in this village, on Sfttiirday last, the 10th instant, after a long and painful illness, Mrs. ?fane t. Burns, ho daughter of Thomas Allen, formerly of Greenville, and wife AVm. H. Burns, of this place, the shffkrirtirs of a protracted ill* ness blie sustained with remarkable patience, and triumphed otef he last enemy sustained by the Christian's faith and hope. Connected early in life with the Presbyterian Church, she enjoyed in the closing scene its best ministry trations. Djihg at the early age of thirty-five years, she leaves two small children, a son, a daughter* and husband, to monrn her tintimely loss. The futieral services Were performed In the Presbyterian Church of the village on Monday last, by the Rev. t)r. Tttr* ier assisted fcy Rev. Manning Brown.?Abbeville Presst 25th. The train in which President ftrant was proceeding to West Point was thrown off the track by a Cow. None of the presidential party were injured. Mr. Well ot Atlanta, emigrant agent for the State of Georgia, and a gentleman From Charleston, whose n&fne is not given, were among the injured. Torwo lady: 44 Oh, l'/n so glad jon like birds : which kind do von admire most ?M Old ^ent J 41 Well, L think the turkey, with plenty of itnfling, is about as good as any/' a Tiik late Judge Greenes library [g to be sold at auction in New York next week. Greene was the aubor of44 Old Grimes.14