Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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En tering by a high flight of steps the second floorfl thence wandered over the building, even to the third story, meeting not a soul from whom I might gain permission to ascend the tower. On going down again I met a porter, who directed me to the . “Mayor’s office” on the ground floor. Down I went and knocked at the door; receiving no answer, I kuock- ’ ed again and opened the door. Im agine my abashment—to see before mo a crowded room, officers of the law ia all their dignity, a most august personage walking gravely, heavily np and down the room, with his hands folded nnder bis coat tails; aod to hear the words, “What ao- oonntcan yon give of this disturb ance!” doming from the mouth of highest authority. At these terrible' words, seeing the eyes of the vast assembly fixed upon me, I—quietly shut the door, safely concluding that the words referred to some less inno cent and more distant disturbance than mine. I closed the door, and quietly waited for them to come for me. At they did not, however, I - again sought the porter, aud this time seat him. He returned with a large key, and led me to the tower by winding stairs. Oh! what a beautiful sight I saw. At my feet lay Lynchburg on the bank of the James river, while the majestic mountains rose far and near. In the blue distance the Peak* of Ot ter stood ont dear, piercing the sky, the one with a sharp, aod the other with a Sat top, as ita uame Flat-Top indicates. There, I am told, are the tallest mountains in the Bine Ridge. Toward the weet and the sonth-west they lay, and on the north-west I saw “Tobacco Range,” with “Can dler’s” mountains completing the view upon the south. Oh! the wonderful inonutains— the noble monuments of God 1 I shall never forget the day I first saw them. One must see the mountains to enter fully into many of the Psalms of the “sweet singer.” I can not describe my sensations of pleasure, gratitude and awe, but will °uly s*y I stood gazing till I feared 1 had wearied the good-natnred por ter, and then I turned suddenly to go, when I beard a deep ringing und near me and found to ray dis- t that in my enthusiasm, I had struck the big bell with the iron fer- rel of my stick, and made it soiiud Hloud, Well! said I to myself, I ijdnk I had better get to my hotel, V Lean. So down I went, and found iny way back in time for dinner. In the afternoon I sallied forth to ^ how they pat ap tobacco. En tering a targe warehouse I asked the proprietor to allow me to look around. Ho very kindly showed me large •ogsbeads tightly packed with “the "eed” in the leaf. The hogsheads ■‘re made on the spot, and the tobao- ^ ** packed into them in its dried as received from the planters, examining all the different &c., I went to a large build- teg, which was A TOBACCO MANUFACTORY. Her « I WHS met politely by the proprietor, an intelligent looking niau, and on asking leave to . n » Work *’ readily received it, a *t having answered a question as ""''ether 1 was “in the trade.” I n i im my traded aud then the uremao took me down among the machinery. They made here noth- 1 ) “ t lbe “plug” tobacco. The khi leaves were first put into im meuseiy strrtig irou chests or presses !“ U ‘ eir la >ers-a layer of tobacco, '»en a layer of sheets of tin, and so °n- When the cheats were full they wen* closed, except at the top, where : * v, * r .v great downward prosanre was verted by steam. On Mug taken jonng see from these preaaea the flat layer* won cut into “pU«8* Then they were placed la yet more powerful little preasaw, not more than 16 Inches square Inside, bat wry thick, like a banker’s safe. The pn> cons wan very simpis and qniek ; two negroes stood in front of a press; one threw in four “pings, w which just fitted, sad smoothed them down with his band ; then the other threw in three or four sheets of tin on the tobacco, and so they continued with great rapidity till the press was foil j then down name aa immense weight by hydraulic pressor*, and the mass was flattened to a perfect cube the exact size of a tobacco box. From the press they were peeked directly into the neat little boxen made of oak, and were ready for shipment. FROM LYNCMRURO TO RAUUf. At about 5 P. M. I entered the train of the Virginia A Tennessee Railroad, ready to enjoy the scooery. We had both Bloc Ridge and Alle gbeny mountains in view most of the time, with the Peaks of Otter con stantly on the right. We |rniii1 within four miles of the foot. I could not see enough of them from the car window, so stood a poo the platform most of the way, and bad foil view of these two of astaxV* giants. I was tohl that the sharp peak of one of them had been still sharper, sod bad risen into the clouds like a church spire; but, that on one occasion, n party* of young men “on n frolic” had, to Banks sport, taken n keg of powder op the moon tain, placed it beneath the peak, set a train and slow match aad Msw the sharp point off, so that it name crashing down the moentaio side like n great avalanche. The men that wonkl do each n thing, uselsesly mar God's beautiful handiwork, and desecrate their mother earth, shoe Id taka their places with thoss who tore down the “Column* Voodoo**.* I was told that the great Randolph once stood on one of then* Peaks of Otter with his servant, and after gazing eoraotured for a low* t»— said to him, “Boy, if any one ever tells yon there is no tied, tell him he lies!” We passed through several tow as, and through and around many moon tains, stopping si Liberty for sap per. I was most attracted, booster, with the “Blae Bulge Spring * From the car windows it appeared a mat beautiful plane. A fine, airy, aad exquisitely neat hotel, beautiful grounds, with walks, terraces, at bore, a little lake, aad ia fact all to make it a charming place. Wkat In more, it is just on the top of the Blue Ridge mountains. I shall not wish to pass there again without stopping. Afrer n few hours pleasant ride, at about &20, we stopped at Salem (Peace). At the station, to my hap pines*, I recognised the, to me, one familiar face of Rev. Prof. Rapaae, of our Salem Theological Seminary. I was soon, under bin kind guidance, on my way to bis home. Would that I coaid pour into yonr ear, dear Firiier, all that I feel at my most kind and hospitable weioome, bat you know you “gad about” from house to bouse, aod might talk mors than yon should. Suffice it to say, that I shall always keep a spot, set about with memory’s swesi flowers, iu my heart consecrated to my Salem friends. Salem may be called a Lutheran stronghold. The little town may boast more Lutheran ministers than any city South, having six, whom 1 might name. The Lutheran church stands in the bent locality on Main street, having once been the place where sto*<l the town hall. It la a neat edifice, the largest in town, and gives a home to a growing oongregn tion. They are happy la the posse* sion of a faithful, earnest, aad high ly cultivated pastor, a good choir, and that essential and lovely feature in every living church, a band of true and faithful women. Through the kindness of Prof. R., I bars en joyed the privilege of meeting some of these, and never can forget bow soon this beautiful Virginia hospital ity placed me at my ease, snd how the warm and bright aod welcome made me feel that home had spread even to this far off ph Indeed, 1 have been permitted to meet one who gracefully wears honored title of “Mother of Lnther- auism” in Salem, haring once been sole Lutheran here. Would I could recount, ss from her own lips, how Lutheranism was plaoted, grew, sod now brings forth a rich harvest here In this Vsle of Peace. There are others, too, ahem! dear daughters of Lnth*r*ni«nn as th* aMMtth IB “Whaishmr yaassht Wull, I will | ward, that they may have la tall, only keep It la yenmelf, 1 dear t’isOsr. I noaid sat help It. I every defy saw, I met, I fell to lave with—Dr Kraath Yea, indeed. I be great Dv. Ktsaih, ebamptaa «f oar fait* I bad the honor of meeting him ae rially (yea, very socially, how coaid it be otherww*) ea two oerasoas, aad eejoyed the privilege of ban ring a •erroou 1 shall saver forget from J*r. vlii i 7, “Yea, th* stork la the heaves knoweth her appointed times; sad the turtle sad the eras* aad the •waltow observe the time of Mr K**>fTti.2-Tfif “ IvyiI itty ruiifinfm ^ the jndgaseet of the Lord.” I wIM say as mars. This letter can not coots in Dr. K Yon shaft had too n Yours, a|h(l I 13i# 1 megs gk swfei Imprecation of if jm have sot I “Pear aat thy fory «f letters. | that call sot an t PALM. OLD SERIES, VOL 6-NO. 311. ammoi This la the family devotiea. Selections. ms ii in Family Religion. The fomily ties at the of church aad state. If fomily rati ftoo thrive, there will he prosperity to the ohoreh and premia eat refer to the nation Family reft to three things * N egfoct ef say It he dsly cause of barrenness wb was animated. Family rests to three thiegs j I. Ia the peroneal piety head of the beam-hold, th* wtfo, or the surviving head. If e breach has been made. This hi ea seatial. If even the forme ef fee M are sheer*til, there mast be pfetY !• the head If the father bare ae real ears for his ewa seal, be wUl sot ha sasfoae ahnat the mis of his fomily. If he dare sat mltoe the need, end settamte tha privilego of drawing sigh to tied, UrrVBi BvV| MNi Hi »d deltas ef life siH aet It aside. It In Bsiwnry to the tewfoj worship would ham bam a itr fcria, IH* Our great —every thisg els trihatary to this. petity, very well, to Mr a verj work ia Oar dying to in dengev of hell It to ear deliver them from gafeg da the ptt. “Brethren, gfeny do err from the truth, sad < vert Mm; let Mm kmew, i vtto are truly penitent and narking for j the pardon of their ties—help them to the exercise of faith by all means; task In to get care to fool soy Oar moot he directed to thin, % _ SIbEL malm WsfXWRJi. a season an th is *• •very tnetramenubty and labor with might the salvation ef sonls. IM ether matters be kept compare lively to obey sane, aad eoaeeatrete ell year powers aad agsarlns on this i: JK [ ffoht work. If this ie done throngb ef prayer, ae language oaa tell the good which will result. “Thee shall thy way s, converted onto “Then the eyes of the blind i opened, and the ears of the he enetopped. Then shall the lass* man leap as aa hart, aad the tongue of the demh shall sing; for to tbs wilderness shall waters break out, aad streams ia tbs desert* to times ef family fra »ey. Mias’* , •baft bids e be mast Pdth tied by example mere powerfully by precept If be he destitute of ptaty, be will have Utile influence for good with thee* wh* ere the esa slant witnesses ef his read act— Joshes sets this matter ie e clear light he plains the pereeaal cere east at the faaadatfoa. “Aa far am, I will serve the Lord.* Though all wen shoiiM forsake Him, *ckI for asks as, yet 1 wilt stand by the curv enact, “I wiU serve the Lard.* Thie forming the fomily relation. Whet In to he the character ef the fomily whir* I am about to form f Abaft tied on honored, or shall His ordt- fiJhl!142Mft (if dfMiriiMii nretft mt’iflffcitd-ftjtifll f E h **1 i *ir*MS i%*mf*nni#tM p pjPp: ^ vftBBBBHI devotion in first to the list ef reli gious duties. “Rater into the ctaeet.* Every family aad every BMMaber of the family should hare s olsce for ▼ Jr W^W- 1WWV ™ W. w aaj, a> u • jm m » , . , jL,'* , k! jk.ii, S SS S — Wtr — M ■HHi CWYOlMMi. r»X|9fTlifi€i UWOffl that oar greatest advance to the Christian Ufa in by the exercise of the closet If we are negligent or formal here, we will he feeble la all other dotien. Nearly all the effect ual prayers recorded were secret prayers. This Is manifest ia the cane of Jacob, Hannah, David, Ileasktoh, Paul, and the scene In Gethsesnsne. Notwithstanding this, fomily religion has uuhiir *«*d >«n»l duties, which can not he neglected. If we art ea the side of Christ we should make it known. A profession ie necessary. (Mark vlii t «L) Thar, should fan membership to tbs Christina ebnrcb and a corresponding practice. “Rack arise sad Elisabeth walked to all the com meed meats hiaasetoaa.” Joshua ^ 1 > again an illustration i “As for m# and my boas* we win serve tha Lord.” He was a pabtta man, a aaaa laden with national care aad respon sibility, yet hie highest boeor Is to the Lord to he hie tied, aad ail th# people he professes that he Is ss much sorter obligation to perform family deltas ss the ham- West to the natioe. If there he no profession of religion by the head of the household, no atteadam sealing ordinnaeen, or if tho sion bo not enstaiosd by a practice, family devotion will neither be fervent nor profitable. 9. Toe daily performance of ram) ly worship. This ta tbs great family ordinance. The father sseemtoes kin household morning aad errs log to worship tied} ell salts In siagtof the praises of the God of Israel, ikhiH is Te import.ee* with them to ChrtoTb stead to he reaea- ritad I* tied. “We purees Is seen,* snjs the spestlv. By elf the oBetire* penally ehtab are drawn from the era** of ef etereit}. e tied. no duet re far to life I* P«y He ef hie raspnadtolrty to i the churns that no him, and dcautnte which ha tbe heritege of every ra- wtog. There It nothing about M w* css truly admire—tf he any aohta traits ef my ef ea rally te he rvcesNsitad ta 1 with refer It was well Vititor, j their own God, in the sweet I inspiration ; all salts to reading Hie esK* to this greet < said hy <»*« that ut t mif Is BHBH ftwtftni WIMi they are raatinnnlly atatiag sf the enaveretoa of Maswre. Baxter, * hose sathority ie great ia a matter of this sort, oak! that he aovar kaew soy (S3 ni yh*4"f morb iboiioffkl to ills lb The I the peadiag na the aid of tha Holy ftptr- it, sad expeettag sneeesa, will Im very likely to get it. He may, in deed. preach faithfully, like Isnish anti Kfpikip) ttfh l»*m rpttoiHjrietn ^ r rxr ^n ear * ^ *b * aad stretch forth his haad daily to a disobedient and gainsaying peofdc— aa neither God nor man can form man to repeat aad believe tbe Go* pel. Bet| gear rally speaking, If era preach with simplicity, neon, snd seal, and and follow np oar ssrmoos by per- sosud, private eflorts for 11,r v tion of men, we shall get “soul* for ear hire.* Expect result* from every earmoa. Eta aet discouraged If yen do not *** them at Ih* time i pray far them, snd yea will rarely he disappointed. ito tto Magnet faith While Paler yet apake tbe Holy Ghost fail open l ornnltos aad his friends. So was It ea tbs day of Pentecost—-the tnolutodas were cat to the heart while Peter preached, and that day three nflflnfl to the church. Those who are not ministers may Converse kindly with them, show them their danger i their da tv. iodace them te gw to bourn of tied, where tbsp may h words whereby they may be saved. Ws can find Mm persons who will “talk with BBonrnere* to a revival, where we eea find eae who will vane with oeigkhai Im si nous and vletting to iadace them to read the Bible, aod pray, aad attobd tpu mm their aad sank ealvatioa. We have each fear to refertmee to Me life a drag <1 ta able to i uf Ufa, v with or play. all to study, itself. lives, uuguriy task tt, as life itaulf. Amtattoos far uuceeuu, wu should eti )vu to a rare vet Idea of what If fearfol fail eras, the oJhjoct that If If lose sight of t Crea- fore as, aad {troeti to the bane purpose we can not be truly we torn night of God, and know nothing hot tbe world ; If ws forgot osur sonls, and are ab sorbed solely in the treasures of earth; if wo neglect tbe mind, and th* development of those Cecal ties • inch make life aohta, seeking only that which may minister to bodily gratification ; if tbe diriae is eclipsed by tbe homao, and tbe spiritual by tbe material, then, however great tbe-aaeoeue may have been ia one res(act, it ta fraught with evil to the tree Interest* of existence, aod life, to ita nobler destiny, has proven a aad fail are. Though to tbe world we may have appeared to have foiled, yet may oar lives prove eminently eoooemful. If, la oar haaineat transactions, we have always feared Odd more than man; If wa have loved him more than we have tbe world ; If we have obeyed bin tow instead of being guided by expediency or policy ; if we have always maintained or exalt ed oar spiritual, moral aad inteUeo- tual integrity, above the bear and material bias of oar natures; if we have sought to honor God, elevate humanity, and promote oar own mors) nod spiritual welfare; then Ufa baa been eoeoeaafal, aod aa eter nal heritage of grace aod pesos shall be oars. Tbe fenlre to live e saooessfal Ufa should lead ae to seek it from the right source. God Is not only our Creator, hat also oar ruler in life. Ho rotas sasong tbs Inhabitants of tbe earth—therefore should we ever seek Ms guidance He has given na hta precepts in his Word—hot if we disregard Ms law, we can only look for kta vengeance instead of his love Receiving tbe Bible truths, wa should by earnest prayer plead for tbe sue corn we den re- thus acknowledging Him is Oil oar ways, we may eoefl deatiy expect that He w<U guide oar stops te altimnto While we acknowledge God aa the giver *f saooras, we most prove our desire by an earnest sod determined one of the agencies by which success ta attained. If we are indolent sod nogtigeut, we can not be snccassfal— tbe faculties of miod snd strength of body are given os for nse, and only by the employment of these tiod will giro ns the desired suooee*. A sentimental wish for wish, bat no work—is a thing. This ia like desiring to be s missionary, bat yet doing nothing to nave tbe brethren at borne—com pas tioantiog tha suffering, bat not giv ing n peony to relieve them—it ta Poking et tbe imaginary, instead of tbe realities of Ufa “life is real, life to earnest,” and our desire for •noeuaa can only he proven by an earnest, determined effort, subordi nate to the guidance of God.— United Pnyor aad Proridim*. We do not now raise questions as to what has heeo called “the prayer of faith,” or, on the other hand, pro pose to answer arguments of material tala to show that prayer does not move Providence. We wish to re mind the Christian of the privilege be has of asking from the heavenly Father guidance in the paths be shoold taka, tbe opening np of ways ef usefulness, the blessing upon la hoc pot forth in God’s name, and the susnrsace that all tbear things, In God’s good way, will be granted. Aa an illustration, a case recently cam# under oar own oboerration. A minister, a man in middle life, was tad, to Um providence of God, to resign a charge in which he had labored many years, to engage in a work aside from tbe pastoral rare of a church. He took charge, in coo with others, of a school for »ea. Uu loved Ms new oall- lag, aad fait that he was doing God’s ft ta lh It was work for which he we* well fitted. He had been *H**rh|* xm ret he vearned to preach the cosnel as aa ambassador of the Lord Jens. Ils did not specially desire to preach to tbe wealthy aod the cultured, bat to nerve any congregation to whore spiritual wants he could minister, lie made it a subject of daily prayer to tbe ctoaat, and to those momenta of cyaonlatory petition with which he refreshed himself by the way. Tbe matter went on for a number of months. A door would seem shoot to open, aad then would close fast. Still be kept on praying; nor did ha neglect tbe ore of legitimate mcan« He took occasion to let friends know his wishes. In due time the aoswOr came. A church which had lout ita pastor, through one of those ways which men oall coincidence hat which are really Providence, beard of oar friend, iavitod him to preach for them, aod called Mm to settle among them, at the same time ;>erfonmng hta other work. This ta a simple enough case, but it illustrates oar point. No one can any that, had he not prayed be would have attained the object of his de sires. Providence would still have been about him; hot who can say that Provtdeno* would have guided hint in just that way f It ta delightful that we may ask God for what we want, in the sure ooufidence that, if he sees it best, he will grant car petition ; that we can go to him with our every want, sore that no desire of ours ta beneath hta notice. It is even more delightful to be assured that be knows what ta best for us, aad that if we aak for wrong things he will withhold them. Blessed is tbe tnuitfal confidence of the Christian in the wisdom and goodness of hta Father in heaven— to the wisdom no leas than in the goodness. How can any ohild of mortality, walking in the midst of there earthly shadows, do without itt- A Christian can not always hear, or always read, or always communi cate, but be may pray continually. No place, no company oan deprive him of this privilege. If he be on the top of a boose with Peter, he oaa pray; if he be in the bottom of the ocean with Jonah, he may pray? if he be* walking in the field with Isaac, be may pray when no eye aeeth him; if he be in waiting at the table with Nebemiah, he may pray when no ear heareth him; if he be in tbe mountains with our Saviour be aaay pray; if he be in prisma with Paul, he may pray; wherever be is, I prayer will help him to find God out Jans Will Corns for Us. ‘•I will come again and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.” There ta to every mau a sense of lore in parting with every material thing he has ever possessed, hta wealth, hta bnsineaa, the fruit of bis long years of industry ? and there ta a sense of dreariness in tbe thought of hta body, which almost seems himself, being carried out aod buried among tbe dead, there to lie beneath the beating storms of ages, until it lia* been absorbed into the elements, and only in a new form to be gath ered up and revived when the voice of God calls it forth. There ta the feeling of loneliness in going oft on the mysterious and unknown voyage, the dearest objects of our love ac companying ns to the shore, bnt not one able to step within tbe dusky barge that in darkness ta to bear ns away. Now surely it ta enongh to coun terbalance all such thoughts about death, and to invest it with a very different aspect, if we see it bnt as that moment in our history when Jesus Christ comes himself for ns, to take na to himself. We picture death aa a hideous figure coming to destroy; let na rather picture Jenna Christ in glory coming to save. Wa think of death ending; let oa think rather of life beginning, aod that more abuudantly. We think of los ing; let os think of gaining. We think of parting; let os think of meeting. We think of going away ; tat ns think of arriving. And as a votes whispers, “You must go,” let ns hear the voice of the good Shep herd saying, “I will come.” If Jesus tint* comes for as at death, we shall never see the grave or tbe church yard. They may keep our bodies for a time, but we ourselves shall never die. We go with Jesus. If Jeans comes for us, we do not go forth into a world of mystery and knOWinr not. vlum. nnr do not go forth alone. When we lose hold of'the clasping hands erf the most beloved of all on earth, an other hand, (rf one in whom we are all one, and whore love forever binds ns Ml, bolds ns fast; and tearful faces are withdrawn only to be re placed by the countenance of one who is bone of our bone, who was a man of sorrows, who himself died, and wlio, while he takes us away, as a triumph of hta love, can oomfott those we leave behind, even as be comforted Martha aad Mary at Beth any, or hta own mother in her hoar of agony. It is thns that the one promise, “I will come again and re ceive you unto myself,” should change darkness to light, death to life, the grave to glory, and make us exclaim with the quiet peace, the sober and solemn calm of faith in the midst (rf much to distract and disturb the sool, “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil, for thon art with meif “absent from the body, I am present with the Lord.” What Faith Should Do.—Tbe Israelites marching up to the edge of the Red Sea till the waves parted before tbeir feet, step by step, are often taken as an illustration of what our faith should do—advance to the brink of possibility, and then the seeming impossibility may be found to open. But there is another illus tration in the New Testament more sacred and striking—the women go. ing to tbe sepulchre of our Lord. With true woman’s nature, they did not begin to calculate the obstacles till on the way. “Who shall roll away the stone T And faith itself could not help them; but love did. A bond stronger than death drew them on, and “when they* looked they saw that the stone was rolled away.” We may hires God that he oan put into men’s hearts impulses stronger than reason and more pow- erftil even than faith—each impulses that if; they are* going to Umgelf. they shall find that “He Is able to do exoseding abundantly above all that we aak or think.” Reason, faith, love, bnt the greatest of these talove. We can not help thinking of the instinct in the young blade of grass, which presses past the hard clod—its great stone—and finds it self in the midst of sunlight and spring. ... iSa m , v „, .*i In proportion as Christo grace is infused into our hearts, we team not only to obey the golden rule, but our brethren actually become as dear to us as we are to ourselves.