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old EaflUh rhyme which without any people church without a kteeple.” Swift added two lines, which •- .* *»4 ■-»* without a patter dog without a matter." ThU Qta ut better, for we have lost curb and are now groping around in search of another one. Calling n preacher is always a perplexing and embarrassing thing to do. What is the best mode of procedure has long been a vhxed question among the churches. There are some objections to every -method (hathas been tried, it is like the election of judges of our courts', nine times in my reeoileetion the mode of ifielr ejection bits been ehamred in Georgia and now the press and the peb pie are howling for another change. But the churches don’t change. They * think it better to endure the objections rather than abandon the faith and j^—^s-^ormula of their fathers. The Metho- dint* get their preachers from the bishops and the people have no choice in the selection. If they are disap- ■> pointed they mak^' no complaint, for they know that the year will soon pa-s and a change will ocme. The rotation must go on. There is no interregnum. They are never without a preacher. This plaufeavrs the pnopIcVome ombar- rassment. It is hard upon the preach ers and especially upon their wives and ehUdren. No permtuent ai>ode: n<> home attacbmentr; nw vine and tig tree, no neighbors of long • Handing who have been true and tried in sickness ant) ' health Qy the time they begip to know them and l > love Ho in the year U jfone and they must'ic pa rate Or. Jonnson. the great philosopher, said wll don't. will bast preacher* get this W right. It 4athe of tbe church and of lb# ttutte—the law of busidom and ootntueroe and art and society. For ministerial talent there t* always room at the top. I wee ruminating about theee things because wo bane lost our preacher and are looking, around for another. He had a call to a bigger and maybe a better place with a larger salary, and be accepted before we nardiy knew he was called. He hsdent finished up this church and he knew It, but I reckon was afraid that it would finish him up if he staid, for the times were so bard we couldd't pay him promptly, though we did the best we could. Preachers want their salary in tbe bank, and it ought to be. I was present once when a 'preacher was ordained. After the ceremony, when the _ _ give him thiilr bauds a 61 their bene dictions, one old man said, “May the iiord ke«f> you horabio'. wo ^tii keep you poor." And they did. For fohty years I have been looking fora country church that paid the preacher a sum- cient'salary and paid it promptly. Fay- ing the | reacher is the unsolved prob lem ap<J lias been ever since there wore preachers. Beacons and stewards ought to get to heaven, ior they have a hard time here. Goldsmith tells us of the village preacher— "A man he was to all the country dear, And pastting rich at forty pntjndK a year." So g' cut and good a man as Jonathan Edwards niter twenty •Jour years of faithful service at Northampton was voted out of his pulpit, and like an old horse turned out to grazj and die. We find a good deal of fault with tbe preacher* and sometimes with Itteir wives sod children, but after all they are a* a class the best people we have got and set us the best examples. How ! soon woo d we lose our morality with- i out them They have their like* and '-•‘-r'irsrsr.“: ,r irsL-Js worsVcowdittoe of k>SR * destiny that persons are so often torn asunder just as they Income happy in each others society " Mt tbudlst preachers' wives and rbilJrva are the gypsies of the church. I have always sympathiz'd with tbsui Another obje« lJ<>q to thcWesbysn mstaod Is the bishop's Ini'k of inforwa Hoes* to the Mtd* of IhsdilT regt chnrcbss and the uuniifl ataxu of ih< prsaebe rt to bo be has U> cuasalt tbe eburcb. and to do wc. la the old tlm<*s they preached for smaller sala ries. The salary was a secondary con sideration, hut now it I* the first. Over flfly yenrs ago I went to school to an Irishman who suddenly took a notion t'mt he would quit teaching and go to ' prvach i a*. a assigned ll.e e.dv Of rs aad It have u sllM their favorites, their Ilbswaad 4 appoiataaeat* swsswviases * puinMaenu and teuee brert that wrv •mothered but felt. W by the papers that its* t(.»*wrlTi thiNass a gratadsue of lloh Tu was givwa sts lltt** sealtsrsd es I r cviiM lie studied a year and Ibea app'led to tbe presbytery at Co lumbus for eiamiaatloa aad 11 os ass Tbe ombiulitee reported favorably aad hef vm ftHntst In# psM mw wnfllttj, #lMHi old Ur GdHildiv^, lh« tsHMi^rslor. I ed forward and said rsodtdato- a stagls uw ohaagad, la that tha firing bad oeaaed everywhere, acd more open help wa« being given to the searching for dead ones, and oarlug for tha dying and wounded. Gea. Lee had summoned his corps and division commanders to meet him. For once during the day he had some of his staff and escort about htm, and one by one his commanders began to arrive, generally two tofrhwe horse men with them. “At they came t}p|” continued tbe narrator, “Gen. Lee inquired quietly, 'General, how la It on your part of the lino?' 1, too, had been summoned, and was a quiet, Intense^ interested ob server of one of the most remarkable scenes and interviews I ever witnessed. To the inquiry of Lee, Longstrcet, ap- lo went ™ to p» ruD u y much depressed, replied io tioo,-and my conversation about your u - - erusbing the federal right with fifty guns, and my forcing you to give your opinion as ae artillerist as to its possi bility.’ “With feelings such as I never bad tbe effect that it was at bad as could be; that bis division bad lost terribly, and hi* lines had been barely held, and a bar there was little better than a skirmish lino along bis front,’ a)nd be volunteer ed the advice that Gen. Lee should cross the Fotomac before daylight. D. Hr Hill came next. He said that his division was cut to pieces; that his losses had been terrible, and he had no troops to hold his line against the great odds against him. He, too, suggested crossing th‘j Potomac before daylight. Next came Jackson. He quietly said that he had had to contend against the S reatcst odds he had ever met. He had Mt a good many uolpnels killed and several division and brigade command ers were dead or wounded, and his loss es in tbo different commands had been terrible. He, too, suggested crossing the Potomac before daylight. Next came Hood. To Gen. Lee's inquiry he displayed great emotion, seemed com pletely unmanned. He replied that be had no dlvlsiop. .Gea. L a. with more excitement than I ever witnessed in him, exclaimed, ‘Great God ! General Hood, where is your splendid division you had this morning? r Hood replied, They are lying on tbe field where you sent them. Uut few have strag gled. My division has been almost wiped out* “After the opialoe of all had beea given there was an appalling stillness over the group It seemed to last sev eral minutes, wbea Gen. Laa, appar ently riting more erect la his saddle, •aid 'Geatiemaa, wa will aot enns tbe Potomac to-night \ou will go to yoar “I will ask the I reepsetive oommaada. streaglbca yoar wt.ua. Brother 1 Haw* • send two yUlcers from each bn- r heart that thv [rad# to«*rd« th* ford lo oolloci four f tHirot or • , t.my. u.iyou f* f lewd has call* ! pel u» H if IL -I with fff* you have near hera.' In aaawarad: Lat us rtda of aarve, aad with considerable amo tion begged that I might be allowed to maka tha attempt, aavlng: 'General, you forced me to sav what I did uowll- ■ ugly. If youjIvaSOgunstoanyother artlllei fary officer 1 am ruined for Ufa. I promise you I will fight the guns to tha last nxtremlty,.if you will only let me command them.’ Jackson was quiet, •earned very norry fori me, and said : it in ail right, Colonel, everybody knows you are a brave officer, and would fight the guns well,’ or words to that effect. We soon reached the spot from which w*e started, when he said: ‘Col. Lee, go to Gen. Lee, and tell him what has occurred since you reported to me. Describe our ride to the hill, your examination of tbe Federal posi- before, nor ever expect to have again, I returned to Gen. Leo and gave a de tailed account of my visit to General Jackson, closing with t^e account of my being forced to f gTve my opinion as to the possibility of success. I saw a shade come over Geh. Lee’s face, and ho said : ‘Colonel, go and join your command.’ “For many, many years I never fully understood my mission that day; or why i was sunt to Gen. Jackson. When Jackson’s report of the battle was pub lished 1 saw that be stated that in tbe afternoon of September 11 Gen. Lee had ordered him to move to the left with a view of turning the Federals* right, but he found tbe enemy 's numer ous artillery so judiciously posted in their front and so near the river as to reodeKkUch an attempt too hazardous to uoderta c “I afterwards saw General J. L. U. Stuart's report, in wbica he says that l' it was dclcrmioed, tha enemy aot at- | a. tacking, to turn tha enemy's right oo n the Ifilh It appears that Gas. Lae om I derad Gea. Jacksoo to reeew the hat a «. on tha cvealog of the 17tb aad lo lara J p« tha •aemjjn’f ig^t, aad Jacksoo bald - at tnat it oouid aot bo Joeo- 11 also ap- i,»! pears from Stuart s report, aad the is- eideal I relate, that Gea. Ix-e raltrraled tha order <>a tha I AG, sad told Gea Jack*00 v> take fifty gea* aad crush lurnou wo. ay sou oj i mu ratner Ud ihTSaS^^w’. aol there before me stood tha same wretched child. “What do you want?” I asked, sharply. “ 'Are you tha governor of tha prison ?' “ ‘Yes,’ I answered : ' what do yon want?’ , “ ‘Have you—does Tom Galnon live there ?' Her voice trembled and broke with repressed tears. ' - , “ 'Yes. Who are you ? Why are you not at home ?’ “ Please, sir, I haven't any home. Mamma died in the poorbouse two weeks ago, an’ She told me just before she died that pWpa, that's Tom Galson, was in the prisoL an’she thought that maybe Be woulf Hite to see Ms little girl, now that mamma’s dead. Please, can’t you let me see my papa ? To- day'a C‘ •», fur t*»w e says h« caaout ia« bsiailh a vary p** 1 travwl fruM ahuni, sndnaf 11 wa hfn bad y wag hi tw kn« i fiwssa * •it trars lUm • •* portal Tbs w-a t P" W 1 Mr I tu it » proad ** Ysa," U.” ■ h tl>« sod got ihwwt sp t id 'h». I otbors bavn also oomo up | bavo rwwwrnu l I Tib. ao 4a wham raaM say rrw*h< i 'oy O Al ■tb< C>o <••' *w<a« • ap< -ao pay. | ft**' a as ta oaebot ry wra 'r* bifS Whm my in# aad ash aad b i jx k#a •og aot l m- •aid • aa I Mkiary tm bs E ' < shape, sad u*.k * fruat m si and trted lo be d< vcut f..r the first time la hi* ilia. Altar tha xmrtUm oas tttwr fw took the preacher by the hand so.i said, “Weil, parson. I prom lard lo ettms nod f c»»rne^. 1 didn't undt r-lan l tniicl ,• of whst you «*• •ayiug and doing, but ' I ris and sot with you the iieol 1 cuuld " I have always thought ttiat th -rr w »• mast too much rlsin and sollin m that church and not enough in Ihr others We t*H>k s lllti* city b«iy with us to church lest Sunday, it «»- his first • odvcnlureof that kind, buthe hnd U-cn .. going le uistinees “Aunty, what are they all doing oow,’‘ he whispered. ‘‘They arc saying their prayers," she said. So he bowed his bead and re peated. ' Twinkle, twinkle little star ’ After the service he said he dideni think it wa-* much of a show. The Baptists have the most demo cratic method of calling a preaeher.'It is the very csscaco of simplicity. They call whom they please and every mem ber has a vote. They keep him as long as it is mutually agreeable and either party can dissolve the relation at pleas ure. Of course there is always some embarrassment about getting rid of an unwelcome preacher, but there is one way that is generally successful. They can starve him out. This method will move him as rfiectually as smoking a rabbit out of a hollow tree. The,Presbyterian, mode of calling a preacher has much to commend it after it is hapolly done, but is beset with embarrassment in the doing of it. The call is strictly democratic for every member has a vote, but after the call in made and itae preacher ordained as past.)- the presbytery locks the door and puts tbe key in itsTtoeket and says now that you have got him you must keep him till I sny no It is like the law of marriage and divorce. It is easy enough to get married, but it used to be quite a difficult thing to get unmar ried. Isay “it used lobe.'' It is not much trouble now, neither is it as much trouVe as it us no to be for a preacher to get divorced from hischurcn. jf be gets tired lie goes. If he has a more iavlliog calf he goes, if the climate does not agree with his health he goee. If AW salary is aot promptly paid ha gwao, aad 1 saw la a late paper that a preacher say* the reason way fie re- stgasd hta pastorate aad W seeklag aa- otaer W tha* he ha* fteuhed hi* work rift ft tffNT ftfeff ft ifti I* ftp# i ft fti !• ift# IdftftTft 1 ft*; fffNftftffmi fft# I ftft^l l*#rftftftftj _j mi cfcftftm lur grwdseiw •*•• tw waft *w# U iv sapivaaeeatiwo w# ** t» tetaM •had * •'-ytrr aa wndw wv saillag a is* ew fisww raise e# wsa^ws e IW# vmrased eAwwsA le eM ai ■l ay aad h# the appiteaUwa* hw •«mw# le aad wfowsaews ars gi • wa wS* wr- »• aad aad tw^etne* ad# a* l» thw apt* wraal • «aa#ar a wkoa aad a p#wa#hw# aad a 'V aad os lo hte wile aad rhll- I f it he p#aoticahi* he is le* lied i* aad pwsach a Irtal sw#mwe aad • fu# a day a# law with the wwa • a aar J #a|sw#t#aew aa way irtstiaa maa, lor hw real taws w !• uw trial aad that the iwry le wed wf p-rhap* a h sad red Wfewa ••>•■ tu ahum he W a »lreagsr b*> kwow noth.eg ef his taaer l|le, tot his •irsgglswaad mlslwr The •.iwaltoa W against him, will natsrally wuadw# why m aot •lay whern he W If hw r gbl aort of a maa Mayh# • noi ovar « t-0 of him A ad no hw In a nwnpwrt- ■•t of a prrachw# from a oiaglw . aermoa aad a Ja> • ai qaalelaatia 4a a very unfair irlai both to preacher aad people. But what elaw cos b# doae * 7b< 'c»ull Dot uafrequeatiy Is thatoae . or liolh are Ui*ap|M>lnted aad another change u wanted. Tbe church isspiit up. There are majorttim and minori I | lira until finally tbe subscriptions fall <>fT and the preacher has to go or starve. | Money is the s'Dgwsof church prosper ity oh well as of war. The love of money is the root of all evil and tbe I la< k of it is nearly os bad. It will chill j and paralyse the spiritual life of any church. Biur. Aur. tbe proper steps leas a to awilwrt ail tbw mwa who are la tfiw rear. 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Great tears were brimming in her eyes, while her little chin quivered and trembled. “ ‘Mister.’ she said, ‘if your little girl was me, an' your girl’a mamma bad died in tbe poorhoune, an’ her papa was in tbe prison, an' she had no place to go an' no one to love her, don’t you think she would like lo see her papa? If It was Christmas, an'if your little girt esme to me, if I was gover nor of the prison, an' asked me to please let her see her papa an' give htm a Christmas present, don't—Won't yu think I wouie say “ Year* ■’ By this time a great lump was la throat, aad my ayes werb swim- a og io tear*. I answered : ** 'Yes. my little girl, I think you • • uld, and you, ton, shall sew your p> ^a. aad taking her by tha band, I rad back tu tbw pr .. c, thinking of my owa llttia fair-balrnd girl at homa. “ Owe* la my office, I bad* her cum* C 4*J# lO Ik# #kFB# ftWftft, #kli# I «k#t ft A#t#i I# tKt#g K# IT ffM# III# lA A f#v ftlnftftftAtff Kfe# r##A. #ir#tlrr To tha Public orau Memorial AaaoolaUoa selected at the meetlag of the board of trustees held at L mkout laa., Teen., ffeptember S, 181W, deem it due to the Confed erate Veterans to state that we have secured a charter under the laws of Mlsslaaippi, have formed the by-laws and have selected John C. Undeut^od, of Kentucky, as nuperlntenden^ind secretary and the Fourth National Blnk, of Nashville, Tenn., an treasur er ; and are now organized for wori. We therefore make an earnest ap peal to Confederate Veterans, other sympathizers and friends in every land, and to tbe noble women of our beloved Southland for active aid and eupport in raising sufficient funds to erect a memo rial institute edifice which shall be on a scale and in a architectural style that will be a monument to and prop erly commemorate tbe memory of our On January the 1?tb, twenty-four salesmen to travel through the. coun- noble dead and the heroic and valor-1— nt1/ 4 cpIV Pi a rifts—0T- ous deeds of both the dead and the liv- !r Y ana SCli r lanes, gans and Sewing Ma chines. Also six boys who can play Organs. We will pay liberal sala ries, furnish horses and wagons and pay all ex penses. .Vs sows os ha eftw b* saw lb i ’ tjfim nt#dl m iIk ## 1 # + * •#«### ! 4#i#Af Am ft#CA Aft #44 « #A#mI | • i|U# J I# ##4 *4 a mmmd tlAi I# a# ft l •#/1 i Ik# #k [kl ft# Ik# ##4 mimm i ft*ft Aftft# ##> yv I la# ’* #*4 « k!#ft I #| f##||#4 #rtlil#r| . 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I Ikiftk ll ft ftff tftFj ##|#A 5 ft Ft A^f ##i ft k< Fft ##4 #t#f|b##f #|MP c#4ij |#l||i#f I# ## ##4#rkftffc. b#| I#AI J ftAW'ft-AA #A|T O## #Ia# # fto V mg 1A AA Jf klfftffrllffMI # AI ft# ft# # ft# ft## • A * . kl Ik# 0#riAl #■##### Ik# pci# ##4 •! • ft" k##4 ## kill- A * ft 4 u * ■## rm mmtimg ■ Okf. * * A#4 Ik# ffi I Ik# I AAfii t#rjr #l#il‘ irmainm* to* lift ft#‘ * A MOM^NIOUS CRISIS OF THE WAR. KKMINISCKNCK OF SliAUI’SBritG Stephen I). Lee's Opinion iin an Ar- liileriKt — He WaN HuHtained hy Stuart and Jst'kaon. Oa the occasion of the great Confed- erute reunion in Hicbmond Lieut. Gun. Leo was tke orator of the day. At a dinner given to him he related the fol lowing remarkable storv aboutGeneral K K. f.ee never heretofore published: “Tbe battle of Sbarpsburg, or.Autie- tam, .was one of the bloodiest and lie roes t fougtt in tbe four years of the war between ^bo States. Gen. It. E. L having defeated the Federal army under Gen. Hope and driven it to the de fence'61 Washing t of McClellan and Pope were concentra ted there, and McClellan put in coin mand of both. Gen. Loe determined to cross tbe i’otornac into Maryland, capture Harper's Ferry and then con- c> ntrate.’qis army and fight McClellan. His written plan of campaign in some way fell into the hands of McClellan, who’rapidly moved his army and at tacked Lee before be could concentrate, at Sharpsburg. oo the morning of Sep tember 17. 1M2. “Gen. L*c had less than 40.00U men during tbe battle, while McClellan had tft.uOO oa the field. The luseen were for •the Falun army about 12.6(10 aad for the Coafedemlw army ft.UUO in killed, wunaded aad misting Tbe two armies fought from S a. m. aatll after dark, mniatolaiag the -same relative post y Mid at the beginning, and and hi* pawplw a mawldwraM* hill, lar to an Indian monad, but tog tnrgwr “ft* dtsmonnted aad Gea Jm 'hmm •old : T^t us gu on ibis mound or bill aad he coreful aot to axpuee yonrielf. for the Federal sharpshouters are a<d far off. Tbo hi I bore evideace of tbe fir roe fight of tbe day before. A bat tery of artillery had Ki### oa It, aad there were wrecks of caissons, broken wheels, dead bodies and dead horses. Gea. Jackson said : 'Colonel, 1 wish you to take vour glasses and carefully ex amine the Fode r%» line of battle.’ I did so, and satisfied myself in witnessing a remarkably strung line of battle, with mure troops than I knew Gen Leo had. After locating the different batteries.' unlimbered and ready for action, pnd noting the strong skirmish line in front of the dense mass of infantry, I said to Gen. Jock»‘on : ‘General, that is a re markably strong position, and there is a large force there.’ He replied : ‘Yes, Cul. Lee, I wish you to take fifty pieces of artillery and crush that force, which is the Federal right. Can you do it ?’ I can scarcely describe my feelings as I again took my glasses, and made an even more careful examin&tion. I at once saw such un attempt n ust fail. More than fifty guns were unlimbered and ready for action, strongly sup ported by dense lines of infantry and strong skirmish lines, advantageously posted. “The ground was unfavorable for the location of artillery on the Confederate side, which, to be effective, should move up close to tbe P'ederal lines and that, too, under tire of the infantry and say what 1 felt Ikft #1 ® » #flpft#F mi eo#tick ft. • tj s prison #J it# fur Uw tin to* > *W he'd • adrsol The 7 maa * i hsluvw g ttry -yes oa a atmi oa tb* Aiming Uial -re swvwaty- i cum-' entue sea *aa lag what ■ oa woatc. *ws wstwrwg twin tbe lit.lw girt. Hi* fnew angry t-u*a awU la Vu.a ba saappwd ual — Nwl.lw. w bat a/e A'anftgwywa want? mutbwv * * I'wnsw. pn*n ‘ n»?b*4 girt, 1 mam ma • gang an* wws • • agu in tbs amu* barns#. •a# gteg sa* twtg mw w> tw > 'anns* yam fi> nn sbw taSg ywa sbw tarnwg ywa tan; ffgfi bssw bwv ***** awn* in twn/a gmfi law law* wsa* aa nww I ntaanw. pngn an wgny • Cbs smsm n* nn I ib*>sgtt may bs wasfi J .a»m>* ywn aam*fi l as i cbrwtaam* psaawnl Imsm atm. * Msww sbw answiwfi tbw ii**Jw •hw bw*4 in bwv bang, annu an* b* n ll*t*n gasbag* wf lOsanw Irmm wbab sbw hmW an* a .tU*a y* % art ab4 pm* it In bn* ta4bn# s b •ny-sg bs sbw fitfi an, *1 anb lb A JtmnMam bwng ymsm, jws* knAasw t* y bmrtafi fftnb* — Bn. J* ay Ukks lUbn was swbatag i tbw n ' * nag sn ana I. fflnmAfiff bam a. J* psabmg ap tbw IIM4* gtrt. bbn pswwsm* bae aamsasiswiy bs bts bswns* •b*tn l'« gran* trams sbnafi *itb sap pswawH* wsawWan m “ Tb* srwnw was Ma smcgwfi lag Mg M wmb wpun. on I •aft' * ***■ nwfi tbw gswg. ami left tnthws ana gnwgblng n*wns At tbw wb4 nf m bang I vnAngbafi ffn St «nl ban# tbw sbswa. wttb bin little gnagbtn* wa bin bnsn Ms <•* so at mw *bw*piwb<y tas a mamwat, nag tb*a anal \*os*gawg. I baswa t any mwawy. tbwa safifiwaiy strtppiag * ff bin pgtwwa jwcast, ba saM. * rug Gafi's sab*, fiaafi tat my Hula gtr i gaaat tbts b>tt*g gay a Itb tba* tbib grans. Let Ma fflva bag Ibt* eaah 111 fin anything • l*»l ba a maa • ptnaas. pwwwvauv k ,«t ma gwsng bag witb tbls mmL' ' t» “Tsara *e rv strsam lag gown tbw far* a* tbe bbrfiwawfi mas “ '!<«•, Galson.' I said, ‘kssp yoar ing Confederate soldiers. In order to Correct errors and mis apprehension which have crept inad vertently into the minds of some of our people, we- make the following state ments. First—That this movement is under the auspices of the United Confederate Veterans and will be so conducted. Second—That our comrade, Charles B. Rouss, is deserving of our thanks for inaugurating, by bis generous con tribution, this commendable aim. That we appreciate hw great interest as evidenced by his proffered subscrip tion of one hundred thousand dollars and by his liberal aid in furthering the work. , Third—That Comrade Itouss, not withstanding bis very munificent do nation has io oo way ioterferred wiih- our work or sought ia person, or through his representative, to dictate to the board of trustees, or Influence them la their acuoo* Wa appeal to all btale division oommabdnrs aad would impress upon them the g-cat importance of bringing ewatributlub tu the before tbsir brigade commanders, Commaadnate of camps nee every u.< .. b.r of their resprvltve division*. Foertb-T&e eletlMi of a tbe loon I U»s of lbs memorial I Is absolutely under tbe cue In. board of tresis ** and e111 aw* alfiarwfi aatll salfi. .lent funds ai with wklab ta treat sellable bstlfitaga j Tbea every applicant wtii bs gives al ■ftebamw v■ *• - at--a aaJ I •111 kw v lei led aad lbs advaatafiee bad | !#4###Mft#tft mi ffft r#F«f#j ""j. WANTED! Greenville, S. C. -THE- srT.'.f Liquor, Morphine, Opium and Tobacco Habits. ty lor ititu.e of tbe a ewastae fieaMtefi mow , a/wrs y nature s tbe award V ifta-Te tbe lad is# ebe did tbtag leg tbe beelbera cases tbw *‘sixlie*- wsewyg tw Ay at ttn la 11 ■ i aafi wbw *aaaes%s*d Cwafwdsvata sad •wsa by tbw*r smtlse, tbw** •bwwre ibwl mama-ewn pai/vw • w tasiitwds aa •w. I swertbwse •• agywaf fig alfi. 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Ik## #111 ####€ # AM#M#t#l .#ftAal#A# *d-4se taa* * .. ta a «*edi| bs ta* | •owm Ass wawb tbwy leagti «» rmMfib •I aad an ft— 4 aeg» bftaabwg i* I sw A mg but and knew ; I said : ‘Yes, General, where will I get the fifty guns ?’ He asked ; 'How many have you?’ I replied: ‘About twelve out of the thirty 1 car ried into the action the day before. My losses were great in men, horses and carriage*.’ He said : M can fur nish vpu with some.’ I rep'led; 'Shall I go for the gun*?’ ‘No, not yet,'he replied. ‘Col. Lee. can you crash the Federal right with fifty gun*?' I said : ‘General, I can try ; I can do it if any one can.' He replied: ‘That is not what I asked you, sir; if I give you fifty guns can you crush *the Federal right?’ 1 evaded the question again aad again, hut be pressed it home. Fi nally 1 said: 'Geaerai, yea seem to be more latent upon my giving you my I opinion as aa art ilery off Maa my gotag after tbe xaae aad »targ •11 milted ! of m artier. | After the singing I arose to preach, wuld hardiy speak for weeping. Disregarding ail tbe rules of tbe prison, io my caraestaess to help my C , fauen brethren, I left the plat- i and walked down tbe aisle among the men, taking now ooe^ now another by the hand, and praying with him. Every heart was melted, and we ail wept together. At the end of tbe row of men who were committed for mur der, sat a man who more than bis fel lows seemed marked by sin's blight ing hand. His face was seamed and ridged with scars and marks of vice and sin. He looked as though he might be a demon incarnate, if once roused to auger. I placed my arm about his shoulder, and together we weptaiid prayed. When the service was over the gov ernor said to me : “Well, Kain, do you know that you have broken the rules of the prison in leaving the platform ?” “ Ybs,” I answered ; “ but, governor, l never could brook any rule while preaching, and I did want to get close to tbe poor, despairing fellows, and pray with them.” “ Do you remember,said the gov ernor, “ the man at theuend of.the seat in the lifers' row, whom you prayed with? .Would you like to hear his history ?” “Yes,” I answered, “gladly.” MVett,” said the governor, “ here oat- Y—r I lute girl sbb- U tab* bwv M my bom* ay wife caa do lev hws. “ 'God biaas you. sir I M suffer Mfiftbbt sobbed Gbl A- gbtb Dmatz—* sbwa <z ****** ta • ns * sag* z/efts < Mowsy •■/*■/• an—«bw* wtta aawwsai smu»m—*s—4wos wf story sbbrmite/ aoMI gvOs/pl sftswn sbbit ba*w bs— ssiabftsbW a— rvaawakafi M ba Mnita* tw (swb Jwba G v afiorwas#, sapwrto- tw***—* a— swwrwaary, a* Ossiagbm ■y- 1 wasa wry Isai* nod ao—A y, W H J •• a s» ra af Twooswwaa. Iftuuurr WwrTa wf Was* Visgtata J. H liasaf K •atweby L a lb ass.. #1 T-*a- B###ffMI## C#ff##MIA## OAffrf#4#f#kl liftAA##!#! \ f #>#l M# W D t Hirtav af Flenda, prvw- *d« at wf tb* board of t/ wstess. J' *4IK C L MtMtaaruiita bapwrtatao- Uvst on a Wcrwtarj.C. M. A- •- ItOUTHAAN RAILWAY. A##Aftffft f k|# BBVA u»«*a ib# Uui# f irl lo my bom#. Sbv rafita n- d with us for a oumhwr of years, growing lotos beautiful Cbrie- tlaa ebaracter. Tom Gaisoa also bw- cam'' a Christian, and never gave us a moment's trouble.” A yenr ago, I visited the prison again Tbe governor said to me : “ Kain, would you like to nee Tom Gaisoo, whose story I toid you a few year* ago ?” ' Yes, I would." The governor took me through the city, down a quiet street, and stopping before a modest, neat borne, rapped at tbe door. Tbe knock was answered by a bright, cheerful woman, whogreeted tbe governor with tbe utmostcordiality. We stepped in, and then tbe governor introduced me to Nellie and her father, who because of his through reforma tion bad received pardon, and was now living an upright ChrisMan life with his daughter, whose little Christmas gift had broken his heart. SOUT RAILWAY. it is in brief: Tom Galson was sent here abouti eight years ago for tbe crime of^niurder. He was without doubt one of the most deimerate and vicious characters wo hal ever re ceived. and as was expected gave us a great-deal of trouble. “Ojo Cnristmas eve, about six yeqrs ago, duty oompelled me to spend the night at the prison instead of at home, as I had anticipated. Earlv in tha morning, while it was yet quite dark, 1 (eft ihn prison- for my home, my pockets bulging with presnots-for my little girl, it was a bitter cold morn- tag, end 1 tuiitooed my overooel tight up to protect myself from tbe cutUaff •lad which swept ia from over um lake. A* I berried aloag. I tb—gbl I —Of all women" she is most to be pitied who has a hesitating admirer, who boggles about popping tbe ques tion. He is worse than a bold one How perfectly satisfactory was “the conduct of that brave old Puritan, who rode up to the door of the house of the girl of his choice and having desired her to 03*c<tlled out to him, said with out circumlocution, “ Raebel, the Lord hath "sent me to marry thee !” w.hen the girl answered", with equal prompti tude and devoutnesr^ “ fne Bird's will be done !” ‘ ?. —When Morocco's sultan decide* to marry, the whole country becomes shrouded in gloom, as every subject must contribute a wedding present. Tbe sultan Is about to take a second wife, and much discontent in reported. —Tbe hpona/f Mrs. Mary L—**. tbe ' popuMilfffiiuician sol luutarwr, | will be sold under the snariff s bam- i mer. 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