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Terms?One Dollar a Year, in Advance.
ABBEVILLE C. H.
. SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1854.
Special Notice.
In order to avail ourselves of the earliustt.denurture
of the eountrv mnila wa slmll lir?nr?r?.
forth commence the printing of tlio Press on
Thursday, ot ten or cloven o'clock, a. in. The
majority of the mails for the District leave on
Friday morning, and if we fail to transmit nt
that time, the opportunity docs not occur again
for several days. As the ears depart early every
morning, it is impossible for us to supply
those offices on the railroad before Saturday,
without neglecting those \fhose mail facilities
are less, and hence domand first attention.
Those wishing to advertiso with us will please
hand in their favors by 10 o'clock on Thursday.
This will save us inconvenience, and insure the
. insertion of advertisements.
An Omission
..^y^J^OocuEnED in the report of the Bible Society
"(^proceedings last week. ltev. J. C. Williams
was appointed to prcacli the next annual sermon
; Rev. B. C. Webb the alternate. \V. M.
i Haddkn, Esq., to deliver the address, and l)r.
J. J. Waudlaw his alternate.
Discontinued.
The mail route from this place to Edgefield
C. II., I109 been discontinued. Post-offices on
that route will now bo supplied by way of
Greenwood.
Governor of Nebraska.
pnaxk Birt, Esq., of l'cndletou, s. 0., now
Third Auditor of tlie Treasurj*, it is said, 1j??
been appointed Governor of Nebraska Territory.
Whether lie will accept, is not yet known.
Brilliant Entertainment.
Ma. Waoeneuk, on last Wednesday evening,
favored us with one of his brilliant entertainments.
It is sufficient to say that he fully sustained
the high anticipations excited bj' the
very enthusiastic encomiums passed upon him
by the Charleston press, and that ho is fully
.competenI to entertain and amuse any audience.
Fresideutial Messages.
Two messages from the President have been
submitted to Congress since our last issue. One
of these will be found on our first page. The
other is excluded for want of space. It is,
however, a veto message, accompanying back
to the House of Representatives the llivcr and
Harbor bill recently passed and sent to the
^jrideut for his approul_ He remarks that it
flPWgs to that class of mSBures known as internal
improvement, and is therefore of doubt
mi constitutionality. Tlie message is brioC simply
alluding to the objections against the bill,
and promising to the next session a full exposition
of the President's views on the subject.
Nota Bene.
"VVk desire attention toxe directed to the
:nctic?of.tbeiown lot to be sold next uak: day.
Of course every bofly Vho Sim any idea of making
a bid will like to see for thcmselvca. Real
estate in Abbeville, according to our notions, is
high; but so it is in evcrv sActinn
roads, court-bouses, jail?, and printing-offices
exist So don't allow a few hundred to a
trade.
After noticing as above directed, please go
on and read tho advertisement of Mr. J. F.
Bell. lie will sell you a "home in the countryas
also some of tho necessary adjunct*.
These two advertisements appeared last week,
but coming in at a late hour could barely find
a place for themselves alone, exclusive of a
rvftptllol 1 *
r -v. (lu agmpn irora us.
There is tho card also of Mr. Crawford, who
proposes to convey passengers from Greenville
to Chick Springs. Oar wish is that ho may
meet the reward of his enterprise.
A large reward is offered for the arrest of Mr.
Barmore'b slave, now at large. If dollars fail
to catch him, thqn justice w? fear will miss her
due?.
Stat* Bight* Register. 1
Tub is the Dime of * new paper recently 1
started at Washington city, edited by O. C.
Daylob, and devoted to fhe State Rights cause.
The first number of the RegiaUr gires earnest
of able advocacy in the eaoae it espouses, and
is recommended to the public by a long list of
distinguished congressmen, among whom the
names of most of South Carolina's delegation'
are fonnil :
.v w>yrcpoMd by. the editor to pnb-j
Huh during the year Che Virginia IUaolutioiu
of '98, together, with' the iniwcn of several
States to the Mine, u also ?o\ne twenty-lire or
thirty other valuable, document* of thoee day*
that tried the Government, We donbt not the
re publication of.cpoh matter will be profitable
?certainly, if read. In this precocious age,
we are wont too much to negUet the old (n ?
Kcr iiMt- * ?
_ ?wcmp tlx few. whieb U bow mu?Uy
bo horrify ounuCMtured u Iojt*ot much
of the weight andeoYUUfcy of tboee "olden time" i
nrodaetiooj. . . uJ. 1
The K*gUUr U t>ofc ?i** 00 per ye.r; %\ Ml
six montb?' $100 ttwwit**,. , . ^ <"*
* i ' 1 ;/ .
Tba 8UU OepMeL '
/ tmCfttomW***?
~r-r?r> ^topMi Ui?
" of Mr. Q. & W*una, of QbsrUetoe, Wl ud
M i
For oureilvc#, wo caro not to know a man's
birth place, so tlint~hV&i3chargcs his undertakings
faithfully and well, and demeans himself
with propriety. And while we ourselves are
proud to find native men of skill in all the departments
of labor amongst us, we nevertheless
believe in encouraging Northern men,
when they are Industrious and reputable, to
abide with us; for such Yankees innko good
citizens, and tend to neutralize Northern mviii
dice to Southern policy.
Postmasters?A Contrast.
Not long since a bundle of manuscript came
through the innil, directed to us, with ten ccnt/i
postage attached, unpaid. .Some liow our curiosity
prompted us to trespass against our
rule, "shell out," and take the package from the
post-office. From tho name of the writer and
sender which appeared in the communication,
we were somewhat puzzled to account for such
a breach of courtesy. Wo would have guarantied
better thing* of liim. Next Jay, however,
the postmaster from whose office the unpaid
]>ackago came, forwarded to us the dime, accojnjmiiied
with a satisfactory explanation of
the mistake, for mistake it was, he having neglyctcd
to credit as authorized by the writer.?
Such a postmaster as this we liko to contmciid.
Errors, when so promptly repaired, we gladly
forgi ve.
Tliero are postmaster*, however, who are
either so ignorant of their duties, or so utterly
reckless as to the fulfilment of them, as to send
a letter now and then to an editor (to whom
they are always authorized to frank,) with the
Government tax unreceipted upon it. If
one ever speculates upon our capital in such n
way, anil fails to repair damages, we shall commend
him to the special regard of Mr. Cami-nku,
or his successor, alias the Postmaster CJencral.
Editors vs. Quacks.
It is some consolation to know that our humble
heads are not the only ones that now and
then get. a thumping from some incensed titrrtir>j
pugilist. The city craft "catch it" occasionally.
A few weeks ap>, we clipped from the editorial
columns of the Charleston Nnrx an nrticJe
in reference to T>r. Hoiiknsack's Pills, with the
thought of inserting it for the benefit of our
patrons anil readers. Said article was n sort of
analysis of the same said pills; and, from the
operator's allowing, it seemed that one <>f
the constituents of this nostrum wna artcuie!
Ami the editor concluded by warning everybody
to beware?it might fatten for a while, as
it is known to fatten the peasants of Russia and
the Caucasus, but would eventuate in a giddiness
of the head, sinking of tlie heart, tottering
of the kuees, and "kicking of the buekct" !
This article being laid over from time to time,
was still waiting its turn when a second pill
production in the JS'cws drew our attention.?
This last brought with it as paternity the name
ui me vcrnaiiic i)r. JIoiikns.vck himself. The
Doctor in indignant at the sacrilegious handling
of his luuitling by the Alio*, and talks about
law, nnd libel, and falsehood, and such like, in
connection with tho offender. He denies the
existence of arsenic in tlicni, and insists that
everybody may take his pills with nil safety.
The editor, iu reply, admonishes the Doctor that
"down South her<s when men talk too bohlly
about bare-faced falsehood, there is a heanj pill
which is sometimes administered," whose effects
are similar to those of arsenic, ?xeepting that
j'i&e symptoms are sooner developed 1 But lie
icw me uoctor <jff Ojjs Lime without offering
his Bcrvices in that way.
Wonder if it isu't all a "aliam fight," after
all, to draw attention to the pills? Will, we
give thia notice, anyhow. Now, Doctor, send
as an order, and wc will advertise for 3011 on
easy terms; for wc have no doubt your qunck
is as valuable as any body's quack.
Regimental Reviews. \
It is our fortune to have been constituted by
natural causes a beneficiary of the military exemption
provision,?a fortune we would gladly
exchange for the niit/ortune of the camp and
drill,?and lience were not forced to take the
dust and heat to and from the parade grounds
on the occasion of cither of the recent Reviews
I in 6ur District. .
i Everything passed, it is said, about as usual
?according to tli? ?1 ?
a ...- .rai?vj|n;u |irograjnmc.
Officers and men performed their respective
parts to commendation; and tlie usual number
of visitors were out to witness "the pomp ami
circumstance of glorious" muster.
Gen. McGowan addressed the Regiments, we
understand, fervently and eloquently, in favor
of upholding the militia system ; deprecating
its attempted overthrow ns indicative of decline
in chivalry and patriotism. "Wo have heard
his efforts highly extolled, by those opposed to,
I as well as those acrrealnrr witli !?: *- '
? ?? "?1 ? '??
wa have no doubt .fre acquitted himself gallantly
?nd well.
The last Edgefield Ad**rti?er, while it refrains
from an endorsement of bis position*, passes a
warm eulogium upon a speech delivered by the
General at a late Regimental RcvSqw in tlint
I>Utr?ct.
fiat with alt our confidence in his ability, we
think the satisfactory rindication of the system
U a task rather above his powers of performam??rather
above the performance of any one.
W# ean see no absolute necessity for its longor
existence; and belisra that its discontinuance
wcrnld be mere the removal of a naisanee than
tha bringing of a calamity. The expediency of
|||M?Hl ?'
P*tro1 u about tho strongest argumeab
we era pitreeive is extenantion of tho
tjtbtm, knd thet en d era certainly be eceomplUhod
U fully And efc lew actual expeoM after
millU* trnjnlng>BBO?b?red eroong nonentities
I In f?at> patrolling, ire believe, under the pre*1
??i nrrragcment, U little toore then - farco?it
1 teald not be wom Under another, end *e tope
fcp Jbrfier. And ?* **
should levy a tax of ovon one-third of the value
of tlie tinio now spent in these exorcises*, (which
would not be less than one dollar to each man,)
and apply the funds to the erection of military
schools, where a goueriil education couM be nequired,
thus giving to tho country luunlrcila of
soldiers alike competent 011 tlio iichfnml in the
cabinet would outweigh a score of the one now
existing.
It docs not |ieihiij? hccoiuc its, in view *?f
our personal exemption from the duties it imposes,
to sjjy much in relation to the military
system; hut careless'ns we may he, so far as
our individuality is eoiieeriitrd, whether it he
let alone or demolished, the foregoing, conclusions
irresistibly possess our mind, and we express
them because expression is our right.~
The sentiment of the people oti this subject is
unknown to us, and therefore wo are not apprized
as to which side we are on?the weaker
or tho stronger. The "popularity-seeking ucdi
tors" may perchance be better advised. /?
Destruction of Ctreytown.
The bouihardineiit and utter destruction of
(Jreytown, by the American sloop of wnr Cy
line, C'apt. Hoi.uns commandcr, is now llic staple
of considerable nnd varied remark in the
newspapers. Columns of official reports, rumors,
editorials, and so forth, have been iuduccd
bj* tlie occurrence. And indeed it is not strange;
for the destruction of any town, however small
and insignificant, is a matter not to be.pasfiHl
l,y.
(ircytowu is a little steamboat station at the
month of the San Juan in Central America,
unit exercises a sort of independent government,
over a small territory around. The town is
said to contain about eighty houses, mostly of
wood, and inhabited by about five hundred
souls, (if these ten or fifteen are from the United
States, about twenty-live Englishmen,
twelve or fifteen French and German, and the
remainder Jamaica negroes and natives. Some
say these inhabitants are of lawless charaetcr,
utile ueiier man pirates, nml enlitUil t<> about
tlic same respect. l!ut again wc arc t??l?l tlmt
its independence had been recogni/"d by this
and tlic British ( ovcriiiiicut". Thi?, however,
- mailer of little moment in coiim?I< ring the i
question of the propriety or impropriety of i(?
dc-.slruetioii ; for if provocation cxigte*! sullicient
to warrant such a procedure against a
lawless community, the same would justify it
towards ft recognized independent (iovernuieiit.
The alleged nggressions which led t<? the filial
result are briefly these: The Transit <\*npany
accused certain inhabitants of (Jreytown of
having unlawfully appropriated some of its
property, and applied to the authorities of tlie
town for restitution. The application was disregarded,
and the authorities are said to have
rather sustained the conduct of the trespassers.
Xext, as Mr Amcrienn Minister to
Central America, was on his return to the Unii.
i 11... .... i
1.V.-W .juti.c.i, iiu kuuL'iicu ul ?iroytown, and whilst
(here a difficulty occiirrc<l in the harbor in j
which the captain of nn American, steamer;
killed a resident^, <?f the town. Effort* wvre j
niftde to arrest thocaptain by the authorities [
of the place, but~Mr. IIobla.M) forbade and prevented
the arrest. Afterward*, whilst in, the
town, at night, the house where he lodged was j
surrounded by a mob who made fierce threats
and ofTcrod itonlt to him. Those, as far as we
are able to gather, were'the offences.
Subsequently Ciipt. IIollixs was ordered by
the Navy Department at Washington to proceed
to CJreytown with the sloop Cyano and demand
redress for tho insult and injury thus sustained
by Mr. Uoni.AXn and tho Transit Company.?
tl... s * - " '
aiiv uisiriicLions given m linn unpliid, nt least,
authority to resort to extreme measured to force
a complianco with the demand. I*n|?t. IIom.in?
i proceeded thitlier; made the requisition as instructed;
met with refusal; published a proclamation
warning thein of his design to hoiiv
burd tho town if tho authorities persisted iu
their obstinacy, and finally, at the timo designated,
the next morning, proceeded to execute
his threat with dreadful precision. The whole
town was rcdticcd to aslic;. No lives were lost
however, as nil the inlinbitants had fled the
placc on tlic opening of the assault.
At this distance, and with the many conflicting
statements before us, wc can scarcely venture
a conclusion ns to whether these alleged
grievances were of so grave a character as to
I demand any kind of interference on the part of
the Ui;itedStates Government or not; but wo
cannot believe tbnt so extreme a penalty as the
one inflicted, and that too at so short notice,
was justifiod by even the alleged transgressions
of the inhabitants and authorities.
An insult to an American Minister should
certainly bo a subject of Govern mental concern.
But* it is said, Mr. Bubland was not in the cxercise
of that offico when at Groytown interdicting
tho arrest of Cnpt. Smith and receiving
the compliments of tbo mob. And, if this Government
docs recognize the existence of San
Juau as au independent State; wo can see no
propriety in prohibiting the arrest of a citizen
of AniM trlinti lift uln1nt?? !?- I "
.. ? ?v??vi in 111 wo* ii wc cannot
risk the trial of an Amcricnn citizcn there,
why rccognizo it at all, or have any thing to do
with it in any way f It seems to us, therefore,
that Mr. Bouland was not justifiable in tho
course he pursued, cither as Minister or as a
private citizcn?the independence of San Juan
being conecded?nnd liencc bo bad no claims to
redress on his Government
The Administration is charged with tho responsibility
of tbe affair, and wo supjKisc correctly.
The Washington Sentinel, in strong
terms, sustains both it and Copt. IIollhm, and
denie* that San JAan Was recognized as independent.
He says Oreytown was overshadowed
by an Indian flaar not r<tancml?<i Kw ?j
______ 0 wj tj;in/.cu
nations; tliat its people were A band of negro
buoe?q<$ra, whoso conduct doscrvod no better
urvuri. ' >>< I
v United Stutos 06m-1
whieb argues tbo
r^M^^ in
COMMUNICATIONS. tl"
- ' . - ' ' " - - ? ; frj
[fortius inuefkndknt rnims ]
A Card.
Messrs. / Miters: Hold on, my, <!onr sir* I I jj
liiiiI no idea of raising such u stir when I com- ?
incnccd my poor article oil the "Kxatniifnlion." r<
I frankly confess to you a strong dislike of tho .
"villainous compound," uml us hrimslonr comes jj
near enough to it to give ine tho alarm, I beg
leave <6 say to you and your readeiv, that I'm
oil'?good l>yi ! Anything but brimstone!
I'liew! what a smell!!
Viatoh.
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[You-riii: i.M?i:rKM>k\r im:iws.]
Trihuto of Respect.
At a in*-*otii?j5 of the Ahhcvillc Light Infntil- I jry,
at Morrows'* C?I<1 I'iehl, August filli, the fol-')(
lowing resolutions were unanimously adopted: |
Whereas, it has jan all-wise I'rovi- ^
dencfe<o remove from time to eternity Joiin K. i
Ai.i.i:n? ami l.KWH W. CoantA.v, therefore he it : t|
unanimously I
Jitsoleol, Tlmt in the death of J??nx*Il Ai.i.kn j j
ami I.iavis \\. (.Vn:iiiiam, the Ahhevillo Light Iii- j j(
fnntry litis hei'it deprived of two useful ami 1
inueh attached DiemheW. I
Jiexolvnl. That we .1.-ot.lv :??- I
v?l "'-"jli
the nfllicled familcs of the deceased. | h
ItrKolrcii, Thnt a blank page of our iiiiimt?* j
hook li? sot n|?arl for the inline* of the. deceased, j
iiinl the ihitei of their death, ntid thw\ve wear '
the usual badge of mourning thirty iluyj, I (
I{ixoli'c<l, That n copy of these resolutions he |
sent, to the parents of the deceased, and lie pnh- ' f
lished in the village paper.-*. j ^
[lOlt T1IK INIiKl'ENM'.NT I'ltES!-.] '
Rev. E. A. Bolles. |>
M<sxrx. h'<li(ors : Spending a very pleasant I and
agreeable day, the first of this week, in !
the company of the Rev. Iv, A. I'ol.l.K-f, Agent j
of the American Rihlc Society for this State, I .
we learned a feiv items connected with his his-1
tory, which, in justice to Mr. I>ot. ?>: ?, and the L
cause of which he is the agent, we think should j
he made public. |
i uere is mi impression prevailing lii':v, nml
in other ii]ac>-!, as we hear, that. In* is a North- '
1 , # (
I ern limn, which gives rise t>> prejudice against
Mr. JJi'U.ks iiihI Jius harm lulliccaii^in which
| lie is engaged.^ 'i'liis is a great mistake, ami '
should lie rectified. -isliop C.U'Er.s, a mini '
whose eminence in this State and throughout
the South is truly enviable, married the parents
of Mr. Hoi.i.ks, many years ago, in llie city of
Charleston, Soutli Carolina, lie (the subject of 1
this notice) was horn in Charleston, nml grew
| up a play-fellow nml companion of the amiable
and talented pastor of the MethodisL Church '
in this village, l!cv. C. S. "Wai.kki:, ami the lie v.
I>. McXcill. Tr?m:it, former pastor of the con- '
gregatioii at Upper Long Cane. Ho received 1
liis literary and theological education in this '
State?the one in the College in Charleston, ami I
the other in the Seminary of the Kvangelieal 1
Lutheran Church, at Lexington C. II., and has '
i preached within the limits of the State ever
since his graduation in Theology. '
Sir. Uoi.LKs. then, was born, raised and edti- '
eatcd, ami has always lived in South Carolina, '
and is to the core <t Soul/urn man. Wc have 1
never conversed with a man whoso love ami '
pride for his native State was more glowing "
and clicrishcil. Let all prejudices, therefore, '
he dismiss*'.1 n,?l l..f Mr 11.....,= ?l ?.: 1
receive "tlie countenance and support of tlic (
christian public.
Will the papers in the State, friendly to the
cause of the Bible, give the above, or a similar
notice, publicity ? I'* j
[ron Tiir. iNDF.rF.snKXT pukss.]
Ernkine College Commencement* '
Wk attended the comiiieiicoincut exercises of '
1 Krskinc College, which were brought to a elo.JC 1
' on Wednesday evening last, niul were so highly
pleased and entertained, that we cannot refrain '
from publicly expressing our high appreciation ?
of the performances. 1
On Tuesday night wo heard a verv nilmiroliU I
nd?lrcss to the alumni of tho College, by the c
llev. II. Thomi-son Sloajj. Tlio Elements of 1
American Literature constituted the theme of a
his discourse, whieh bore marks of deep thought <
and Icnruiug, and was delivered in such a man- I
ncr as highly to please and entertain a popular o
assembly. Mr. Sloan is a rising man, ?nd we a
predict for hini a lofty round in the ladder in
coming time. Sl
On H>/? s?
uicuuijj tnu oociory uipiumns v
were delivered to tlio graduating class, both n
Societies being represented by a speaker; to h
each of which there was a response. These ex- ci
ercises wero deeply interesting. The young
men discharged the respective duties assigned Ci
them with credit to themselves. The subject of a
Mr. Nanck's response to one of the speakers?the 0
Constancy of Woman?wc thought rather in- 8'
appropriate upon tho occasion, but not out of tl
tune wiih his feelings and the circumstances
which surroundod him, he having been married 81
at 5 o'clock that evening to a young and blushiug
bride, who sat within the sound of liia voice. n
The aud.ence assembled to witn*?ui ?? ?
cises was said to be mucli lnrger than usual.? CI
Lindsay Hall, which is large and spacious, was 8'
well filled, and yet there was many in the cam* w
pus below. 01
On Wodnasdny, commcncoment <JKy proper, 111
a numbor of young men, selected from the m
graduating class, delivered speeches, upon varlous
subjects, to an ioimeusA audience, which re- IM
fleeted crcdit and hoiidtiUpo'n tlioinselTCfs upon
their nrofMinM. ami ttMn
, _?<?9uvuHun from 'J
which they were jiu>t parting. We will not nttempt
a notice of each speaker, -with an analy- 01
sis of his spcech. Boffico it to say, tlmt from n
tho character of tho oratory displayed upon 6*
tho occasion, it'was inferable that tlii&nmpor- y?
teat art received a duo proportion of attention
intheColfoga. In
After recesa, Dr. Palmkb, of Cgltuqbla, the eo
annivoraar^ prator of the two Societies, ascend- ah
- i - r JUUgO ior I til
louiMlves. Of iho kind, (i wns one of th?
reat thing* of tUo ngc.Wo
were sorry that certain ndjtineU with
hicli we woro encunibcred, forccd us from the
all before the exercises were quite concluded.
i'o did not hear the Valedictory or 13accaluu>ato,
and cannot speak of them upon our own
4...I ...... ll-? ?>
vuwuii onj tiiub nicy were very
uttcrinuly alluded to in our ja-cscnce.
Spectator.
[Von the im?ki'ex6kst ?'ui:s?.]
An Old Fogy Awake.
Af'-xsr*. J-'ditor*:?llow you surprise mo!
L'llU HI I* J I f I. ? -1
...J , . JUH null! UTOlll I1ICII, niltl |
uglit after houornbla associations in lift*; and
hat. is this I hoc in the /Vu, n communication
oiii "profundi*," (what docs that lifenu ? Is
ly old dictionary right?) but I recollect myi?lf,
this is a " progressive age," and words as
;cll as men bccomc antiquated. lint it must
e so?your late correspondent talks about uerlin
" unknown regions"?"extremesouthern"
laccs?the "centre of the earth" ifcc. Why
irs, wo thought your predecessor hot enough
ii all conscience, but who can tell where you
re to end after such a beginning? Allow an
hi fogy to give you a little advice, and that is
? steer as wide a course as possible from all
ueli doubtful associations. "An old fairy hiiii
iiiisinjr, en f well, now thai is too much to bear
outing from such a quarter, anil especially
Her the lute .shock to my nervous system from
lie hands of " Asutrs."
Well, suppose that I'm.to has a hotter reason
or keeping awake than he chooses to have
;onernlly known, lint, hits, I scornsueli mi oploncnt,
:in<l be it known to you, sirp, Hint if you
vi11 suffer sin-b disreputable correspondence in
four paper, that you must suffer the consopieiir
ej. As nn ?tdfoyij, you must know, sir?, that
[ do not ridicule tlic idea of gliosis goblin?,
iiul wizzards. J confess to a pretty strong laming
to t lie belief in neeroninirey, and llic " black
il ls." Siiv, the burning of witches at Salem j
ins been too strongly reprobated by some wlio j
lave suffered themselves to be bewitched by n
noro. muuteinptible sorceress. The difference
irs, between tlie witches of yore, and thopc of
the present day, is precisely the difference between
?<jr and >/oul/i?>it/(i>tcxx niul fovrtiiicM?
lint ri/'it and briyftt ci/rx. do you understand?
mid while one poor fool has been ''hagridden"
!>) the former, a thousand equally wise have
been seduced by the latter. But ?/??r friend
I'i.vto will call this "snorinising,"' 1 suppose,
(well for liim tliat lie cnuM obtain n little rest,)
and 1 sli:ill therefore dismiss so contemptible
mi adversary, and turn lny attention to something
more profitable.
1 nm mi ohlfwjsi sir#, and glory in the title,
tor the smile reasons thut General IIaurison and
Lliu Whigs gloried in log cabins, and eider barrels
in 1810, viz., they were emblems of rc roach,
converted by his friends into symbols
?f triumph. Now, sirs, let me give you my
rcitL
Imprimis?I believe in the Holt/ Bible us tlie
[!ook of Go,?, containing all tlint is neoessarj*
or excellence in life, anil immortality in Ktcrlity.
Now, sir?, as there arc many divisions of
he great army of old fogicx, and as they imiluilly
revile ami hate each other, I shall not
(how yoiift^erM$#1i
"or oWand imperturbable affi conceivc myself to
jo, 1 have a dread <wpie "Odium Thcologi!Uiii,"
and for this good reason, having hurncd
ny fingers in the nrF once, I have a mind to
keep them out in tlic future.
Secondly, I bvlicvo in thnt intcrprctntiun of
lie liible, which honors God, nml gives a lovng
reality io virtue?making it as distinct from
iicc us light is from darkness?I believe in the
'rcedora of the liURia:: will, a:id in our personal |
ind proper responsibility, before God and iuaD ;
I have an utter abhorrence of that "dilcttantsm
" which can vxrp over a fictitious hero, and
tlecj) over the sublimest teachings of the Bible,
?r which can only pray out of a morocco bound
jook with gold clasps, or listen to no other
caching than that which has been steeped in
lologne, or perftimed with "nttnr"of ro3cs.
have an uttor detestation of that " traiiKctiIcntalitm"
in religion whieh denies the facts
>f the Bible, and feeds its votaries on the pyllniub
of fine spun theories, which kicks Paul
ut of tho door nnd crucifies, the son of God
freali.
I liatc nil flesh nurtured sj-stenis whieh makes
in a misfortune merely, and not a fault; and
. hieh sheds erocodilc tears over tlie fancied
liseries of fanciful persons, and hardens the
cart, and closes tlio purse strings against the
alls of real suffering and wretchedness.
1 hate all now and specious theories of eduntion
which spurns tho Biblo as a text book,
nd would introduce tho vagaries of Aiict<$le,
r tlio madness of Tom Paine or Voltaire. In
lort, sirs, 1 hato the Devi), alios Pluto, and alt
tat appertains to his " de profundis," and* I
ope,'sirs, thatyou will liave no more to do with
lcli suspicious characters. .
1 aui not so far asleep that? I cannot anticipate
grin from yonr friend Pluto, and it ininginaon,
hear him croalc opt, >* Ah yea, tbnt is the
cod of an old fogy, sure enough, with a renI
?
? jvU uvHi, ?uw o|Kn ne repeata the
ords halt, abhor ?fce. ? ^ "Wonder if en old fogy
in do anything but hate!" Yea, sir, there aro
any tilings which a ranch abused old man like
e cpn lore. My old heart haa not boon bro:n
up yet in all ita sympathies, and if it wero
>t that I Aflte to follow such an example aa
urro'a, I would giro a lino from Tkrence fnl
oxpressive of my fooliiigs. I shall, however, J
icline the aaotations. in?t?? ? -- '
f .- ? -- yr*pon p
nkcs a great noiso ovor a rough road?Ptpro, J
Latinistl! But, kin, in my indignation; ai
iintt tninp enemy, I must not forge^td tell \
u, my fricqd, wbat I do love
I love a 'government baaed on tlie eternUl a
wi\of^right (tond BiW<?r 7 ^oy?* j
mJm- ivwior KUC^flflTwr *
- -
T? 3= - ,...y
R8 Molom or A? twwuti.u iA.i i
_ - in.i.wiuir, yuk WWI1Iprove
all tl?eir gifts of mind nnd heart;j^-'-vicw
of life's responsibilities, and tlie aurflr'demand#
of eternity?where there is 110 dogmatising, as
to tlio minor points of faitli, but broud and
comprehensive views aro cnforcfcd and illustrated.
I love a family in which tlio authority of religion
is distinctly recognized?it* sacred dti- ?
ties performed, and its sweet and benevolent
spirit exhibited in tlio smaller and more Important
occasions of*domestic life.
Lovk! what do I love? Why, airs, 1 think I
have an eye fur all Unit is grand aiul snblima
in nature?an ear for nil that is sweet and harmonious
in music?and a heart, yes, sir, 1
have a heart to sympnthiso with whatsoever
things are pure and lovely, whether in the ?
kingdoms of naturtf or grace'. "Pretty well
done for an old fogy1" says my cn?tny, " no
doubt lie will soon to make us believe, that,
he is a love sick swain, or a "half and half
widoweiv" one hnlf tears for departed- worth,
and the other, larger hnlf. admiration fur ?nr-'
viving loveliness." Not so fust mine enemy?I
have lived to hoc an end of nil perfection. No,
nil's, ns an old fotjy, I have cherished the memory
of depnrted joys, until it hns become the business
of my life to search thc*rollcclion of their
image amongst objects which survive, nnd if I
li ivc my dislikes, niul th?s should be strong
ntid uncontrollable, there is still enough left
to love, nnd through that love to keep the licnrt
from .smothering in the fumes of worblliiicss
nnd selfishness around me.
'
Uut denr mo, I am sure I shall bo snorhuj
presently, or what is worse reduee my renders
10 ft stale or somnolency, which would be absolutely
alarming. So for the present, gentle
readers, I must bid you adieu.
An Oi.i> Fogy.
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oSlTUAltlf] - " ,
Dkcautkij this life on the 28th, July, 185-1,
Mr*. Nancy Dkooks, nged about ninety years.
Slfic wus n mother of licr country, amother in.* <
the Church, and ft mother to her children. For ,
more than hnlf a century, she lived a consistent.
member of tho"linptf&t Clinreh'of Christ r j
She died at the residence of her eon, .Stun- I
more Butler Brooks, surrounded by liercl|i!drcn
nml grand children, who -with strong nflfectipu 1
soothed ber dying moments, and watched-wit?*- . |
enrc for 6onie weeks her every.wanty, Jfdjj^;- ?
under the sickle of dentil,
the harvest, no fears of thefuturi 'Vslittijtf
liassnirft. she wished to depart and bo in p~eacj<??jSf JM
the mansion prepntc<.\ f??r ber, by l?or btc-33cdp -JB
Redeemer, In \rhoW she (rustrl
Slid loaves to mourn lier departure, ai^ cbit- H
dren, forty-three grand-children, fifty-one groat- H
grand cbudreu, and three ffreat-?rponf.??n~.'i
_ - ^ o" "wv fc>* wiivt* H
children, who,have all more pr lesa l>ccu bene- K
fitted by lier maternal care, and lessons of mo- V
rality and religion, and tho taTes of practical fi
life, which were over exemplified in her lifr, K
and scaled in her death ! But they ' mourn ^Kr
not as those without hope," for alte-dicd with IB
that moral courage^ which the religion of-Jesus J3?
Christ can alone bestow.
Mrs. Nancy Broolts, whoso maiden name was
Nancy Butler, was identified with Cftrolina'a^B-'
troublous times. When the' storm-cloud of rc^H^
gal vengeance was bursting in all its Airy ovet^^^p
mvollltinnnrtr ?1 '
vvwmn, mien j#w ana i (inlci^y
nnd society were in' a fragmentary: CotiditioiqfB
rendered still more appall iug%ry bnndsof toriei\^w
who reveled in tlio confusion which necessarily? v
distracted tlio country on the destruction of vc-jR
gul sway And English rule in this British colu^B
nics of North America- Iler father, Jamefl|
Butler, was among the ftremftBtto resist tho ty^K '
ranuy of the majthcr country. Wh$n that iuflB?
burn prineijilo of the 9(i*on was exalted inJHt
activity, and the banner of freedom flontqH.;
though bnt. feebly in tbo brecso, James
stood under its fold?, ready to peril all iu tflK'
cause pf Uictdown-troduan libmti***#
try. 1'iitriotisin was with thin family a hutSE
holdf#deity, to them the word liberty hadMK
moaning, rational liberty was a principle,
thy the struggle to assefr its value.
Tlio peaceful arts of wp'ieulturfi.aud the co^Kjs.
forts of home, wero abandoned, fathers njMRl*
sons harnessed for th* contest, nnd with rifiojMife
han'd^jmiiedthfctoatriofc band, unapplied
the fearful <Sdd? that th?n attended tlierai
home nifd abroad. That band who had (letcflB
mined ,to ^jwcj^^gy^^^f goy^
turo of man as a rational heiogv*4ta>
fallacies and^arrogafct^ nonterffcA of th^^H. ^
contrivances of Je^ts, to. enthrall
bv its tlmiri toiuKmiJo? 1
thin father ar^npw eliowing their ?9 |'
^'WthV^nnh',1^
six $
B&t.;