The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1852-06-02

II our County Courts would hat second the
efforts Of this just Judge. and give over 10 the
severiiirs Of the law ell who shall In like cases
offend, such examples might soon be given as
warnings to evil doors. ihss flsehoed would be
banished from our courts. and justice be permit
Ted 10 Cow in purer channels.
The Presbytcrian General AS
sembIy.-This important ecclesiastical body
met IN the city Of Charleston on Thursday The
2oih ultimo. Upwards Of two hundred clerical
and lay delegates we're in attendance. The meet
ing was opened with prayer blythe Rev. Benjs-
min n. Rice. ID. d.. Of Ohio. An sbsr, eloquent
and impressive discourse, eqnal, erpleliished by
the grace Of ramposilion and delivery. was pro-
noun,ed hy The Rev. EdwsId r. Humphrey,
ID. D., Of Louisville, Kentucky, the Moderator
Of the last General Assembly. His trxt was
from Mathew vii. IL. Even 50 every good tree
bringcih forth good fruit. bat corrupt tree
bingcih forth eril fruilr-and his theme was
Presbyterian Theology in lie Development
The discourse Is spoken of in the highest terms,
and Il Is said the orator in lis delivery literally
unclaimed the attention Of delighted and in
structed auditory.
The Rev. John G. Lord. p. D., Of Buffalo,
New York. was elected Moderator Of the present
Assembly, and the Rev. John NJ. I.owrie, Of Co
luppus, Ohio, Temporary CLERK.
The discourse 81 Or. Humphreys was given \
ful Iength in the Evening News Of Friday. FROM
il We extract the following beautiful and appO-
psis,e yqfssepcs 10 ,l'e retiIeasps Of ,he Hpgpe-
neis in South CaroIpa; r
.NsarIy one hundred and six'y-sevcn
years ago, the revocation of the edicl of
Nan,z drove from the kingdom Of France
more Than five hun ired thousand Hugue-
no,s, 'Phey fed 10 all The Proiesian,
States Of Europe. TO England, TO tho Cape
of Good Hope. apd 10 lbc shores " ,le
Wesem Gon,ipepi, Invited by he ge-
NAL climate Of the South 10 the infant
colony OF Car,lina, large numbers Of these
exiled people Of TO found rest, some on
the borders of he San,ce, and others on
the hanks of the Cooper river. The lat
Ter compsny built theft houses OF worship
in little village few miles distant, call
ed Charleston. Th,iher on the lords
day. they were bQrne on the hosnm Of
,hc river. by the gentle flow Of its waiers.
OF the motion &c The oar, or The ehbing Of
the tile. In their fuesi homes, anil in
their humble sanctuary, they wep, for
JOY as the spirs e their sapplcalions and
The melody Of their songs, rising upon the
tranquil and fragrant air. sl,o,l conirasied
with the carnage aud terror from which
they had lled. rhs is the ancient Caro-
lima. This too is Charleston. Near us is
The sight Of their first houses Of prayer.
Wander is the Copper river. There are
the fields in which the they set up their
dwellings aud domestic aliars. There
the rio, aud nl,raus vegetation Of The
early GUNNER repeats for us the life u
lived Cor them. AROUND us lies their dust,
awaiting The resurrection to meet their
kindred dust, as that TOO shall rl.e from
the graves of murdered saints beyond the
seas.
Here. ~ this presence, are their chill
dren. The hInol which muisienpd the
beautiful valleys Of I.inguedoc AID Tours,
/ which slaine,. the waters of every river
aud the pavemenls Of every city, from The
Englis, channel To the Mediterranean,
now runs in the veins OF those with
whom we worship God this morning,
With wha, unaniniiy these adhere Ia that
anrienl faith, stranger may mol presume
To Inquire. Bat they are our witnesses
this d,y, that in faith, order, and worship
our church is identical with their owr
ancestral church in its pure and heroic
day. Not these alone; for here are they
also whose fathers brought hiiher, many
generations ago. the living and frrlit-bear
ing stock oil P,eshylerianism. I,etthcse
our own brethren, parlakers with ms o
the root and falness Of the olive tree, ant
lei believers oi every name. and they VIII,
believe not, discover IN our proceeding
and in us. m spirit Of contention or un
chari,ableness. or evil speaking. Ma,
|, lI.ey see nothing in this august council
hui rinus zeal for the theology. The spi
ri,uali,v all the exie lslm Of the church
and f,r the glory Of its eternal king.