Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-05-16
! From the Temperatures Aaooeals.
SECRET SOCIETIES.

equal force to every Church organization,
aud even 10 our Government ITSELF in some
its administrative features. The latter
has It's Cabine. Councils; Ecclesiastical
bodies have their conclaves. their eonsisto,
ries, their church sessions and their church
meetings, all OF which are as ''secret" as
are the meetings of our Order. Do not
ecclesiastical bodies, then, which CONDEMN
.'secret societies." and especially those
professedly organized for the promotion Of
Temperance aud sound morality, equally
'condemnlthemselves, Or al least show a
great want Of consistency, when they are
a, the same time holding their owp. 'secret
mee,ings?" The Divine Author Of our
religion bald, ".By. their fruits ye shall
know then," aud is j, too much to ask that
we may be judged by this anerrng rule ?
Some make serious objections TO what
',ney term the ''clannish"' spirit, attendant
..on, and engendered by these associations.
But this objection applies with equal force
:ngaihst ali ecclesiastical organizations, and
even with stronger force agains, the do
tmes,ic relation itselE Still, il is SO in
comprehensibly mysterious sha, Tempe
rance and other moral and charitable 'asso.
Citations should hold secret meetings! We
will give one reason, and as our opPGsers
sometimes quote Scripture 10 condemn US,
we will give il in the words Of the Blessed
Redeemer as recorded in ST. Matthew,
Chap. vi. l.2 3.4.
/. Take heed lha, ye do mol your aims
before men, 10 be seen Of them; otherwise
ye have no reward Of your Father which
IS in Heaven.
2. Therefore, when thou doest thine
aims, do not sound a trumpet before thee.
as the hypocri,es do'in the synagogues and
in the. streets, that they may have-glory Of
men. Verify, say. unto you, they have
their reward.
8. But when thou doest aims, let 90, thy
left hand Know mhatthyrTght hand doe,h.
A. Thai. thine aims may 5e in secret,
aud thy Father which seeth in secret,
himself shall reward thee openly.
And further than this, their pass word,
the only secre, they have, is merely in.
tended 10 guard them from imposition.
Oa,bs and secret pledges have been i'm.
:puted 10 US, but no oaths are taken, and
no pledges of secrecy that are al all ex.
cepiionable. Nor does an individual take
any pledge 10 keep secret that, Of the ma
,ure OF which, he is ignorant. When any
one offers himself for imitation. tie nature
of The pledge and the obligations he i.
about to assume, is fully explained TO him
before he is required 10 take any pledge
at all. He will then learn ,ba, The DANCE
TO our liberties which some fear so much
is a mere phantom Of The Imagination. He
will learn that he is 'to do good unto all
linen as he has opportunity. He will learr
& how 4 is, that men of tile tios, opposite
pnlaissl Opinions and the most discordan
ssrelig gi6ls sentiments can unile in one band
against q common enemy. He will learn
IS that he has been, perhaps, condeming all
) asspsialiap tha,vis. oina .i1f3l 3lcBkahia=eaad
10 ihe bodies and souls OF ettfen. He will
learn; thai he has been condembing an as.
sssssociation ON which the smiles OF Heaven
sSo mos, signally rcs,-in fine, he will
IS ssiearn. !. Il shesneyer knew it before, his duty
stn himself, ye his family. 10 his neighbor,
30 shiscounlry, and to his God.
NEW IEvEHTroNFoR SURoEoNs-Cot.
iLopIoN. French chemist having found
That COTTON powder was soluble in ether, il
'iia. beeniproved that this substance can be
advan!ageoisly employed as an agelutina.
tive, capable ofrehdering immense service
in surgery. In fact, by It's prorDptitule ia
drying, and its property Of being 'itnper.
meable by water, This liquid, a 'combina.
zion Of gun cotton and ether, which is dig.
nified by The scientific name Of 'Collodion,
is a powerful auxiliary in the dressing ol
wounds. The following are ihe advan,a
ees offered by The use Of 'Colddion': i.
By;i,s poweffuIcohirsction during evapo.
ration, collodioh draws the edges of q
wound much closer than can be obtained
;ei,ber by satlre or adhesive plaster. II
exercises an equal degree Of pressure
throughout The whole extent Of the wound
aud The union is permanent. 2. II pre-
serves the wound completely from all con.
tact wilh the air, through its impermea
biity. 1t possesses NO irritating duality
iu regard to the skin and the lips OF The
wound, which is far from heiGe the case
with other adhesive preparations; aHd rem
ders suitures unnecessary for uniling the
edges Of wound, wharever may be its
sxtert. 4. !, remains ia couract with The
ska, until the moment of cicatrization.
5. d1isiupermeable 10 wafer, consequent.
ly admitting washing as often as is deemed
fit. 6. II is without color and transparent,
SO that the surgeon can always observe
what is goibs ou beneath, without remo-
~tag il. Z. Its application does moi redhire
ebe employment Of heat; cold melely re.
iards 8 kt,le The evaporation Of the ether,
8. ks price 10 moderate.
A slight lager of this transparent sub
stance, placed over an clcer serves as a
CLASSY medium. which while it protects i,
fremth hunfui contact Of the cir, permits
dhe eye tofolow ali The process Of cure, II
any peculiar circumstances affecting the
patient requireiI. 4iae ether suffices to
dissolve The Collodion aBd removes all
The Hon. Thos. G. Clemsoa, Charged
Affairs from the UoiIed States 10 Belgium,
and who has been in this country on leave
of absence for some months, arrived in this
CITY yesterday. on his return IN BrusseIq