The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1854-10-11

PREsBYTER1AN1sm IN THE SoUrH-WEsT.-i
writer in the True Witness, says: The hrs
presbyterian minister, who came south OF Ten
nessee, is supposed to have been the rev. JOSEPH
Butler, who died in Jefferson county, in 1926
About 1899 he was sent as a missionary *
the Chckasaw Indians, and after the close 9
his mission removed, in / 8O4 or l805, to Jeffer
son county, and established achurch called Be
thel near Uniontown The elders were Joh1
| Ailsworth, Thos. Grafton and Danl. King. Mr.
.Bolls and two baptist preachers were putin
prison by the Spanish Roman catholic priests.
| The next pioneers were the rev. VIM. Mont
gomerv from Georgia, and the revd's. Or. Hall
and Bowman, of North Carolina. These three
preachers had nine places for preaching from
BIC Black to Louisiana, as follows: at Mr.
Samnel Gibson's, Grind Stone Ford, Clark
creek, Coles creek, afterwards Bethel, Wash
ington, Pine Ridge church, Natchez, Dun
bars, jersey settlement, Pinkneyville and BIG
Black At this time there was but one baptist
minister, rev. R. Curtis, and one methodist,rev
Tobias Gibson, in this country. Therey min
listers remained viii 1901 and returned. Mr.
Montgomery returned again with his family in
1911, and supplied Pine Ridge church, and If
forwards Ebenezer and Union churches, to the
day of bis death. The rev. James Smylie came
in 1907 and died last year, and the rev. Jacob
Richkow, in 1911 and still living. .s5
The presbytery of Mississippi was organized
BY the Synod Ky, the 9Th day Of October SIS,
the ministers were W. Montgomery, James
Butler, James Smylie, and Jacob Richkow, and
its bounds included all the q. States south and
west of Tennessee, now laid off, we believe, in
six or eight presbyteries SE
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The MAINE ELEcrIoN-Our Maine exchan-
ges report the complete route Of the admins,
tration, in the election recently held in that
state. Governor, congress. legislature, seems
to have gone overwhelmingly opposition. The
Washington Union, speaking of the result says:
'We are alike unto the progressive Frenchmlan
who, in leading great reform, declared to his
friends that he had placed his bark upon the
highest promontory, and fearlessly awaited the
rising Of the waters to foatit away" The SIM
lie is in some respects pertinent one. The adj
ministraton bark is perched upon barren pro-
montory, where we imagine it is destined tore
main, exposed to storm and tempest, beacon
Of warning to succeeding governments, against
venturing frail barks, poorly manned, into an
untried sea, until finally swept away by the re-
sistless current of oblivion.
We cannot, however, rejoice over the election
in Maine. It is no wing triumph-no demo
cratic triumph-no patriotic triumph-only a
victory Of the opponents of the administration,
brought about by fusion Of every conceivable
description Of isms. AS southern man, we
have no words of congratulation to offer. The
administration furnished the stick (Nebraska
billy with which their own heads have been
broken. Thisis the only redeeming feature of
the transaction, and, had not the country been
agitated and distracted, and fanatics armed
with weapons against the common veal, by the
adoption of the mischievous measure named,
there would be no necessity for tear-shedding.
So thinks the Bulletin.
MILITARY T1rLEs.--The New York Tribune
of the 11th has fling at the southerners which
contains more truth than its attacks on them
usually have. It says that among upwards Of
fifty southern gentlemen arrived to observe the
present races over the National course, it actu-
ally found one ''who was neither Judge, gene
raj, colonel, major or captain!"
This sarcasm has enough truth in its con1po-
sition to make US notice it, Our people are re-
and foolishly fond of military titles,
and by the courtesy of neighbors and friends
almost every man is blessed with handle of
general, he has the dignity of colonel, or cap
ain, or lieutenant as compensation, and takes
every occasion to publish the fact. It is gener
lily conceded by neighbors, and one who has
seen no more of. war and bloodshed than what
occurs in deer-hunt, thus goes forth to the
world with all the surreptitious honors Of an
I'D brave. This state Of things naturally grew
,ut of our militia organization, but has become
| nuisance and evil well worthy of abatement
We are essentially peaceabe people, and such
assemblies OF warriors AS sometimes meet at
Jul elections and celebrations are opposed to
he mature of our institutions. Let us have
more plain '*Misters, and far fewer majors and
hevalers. 1t will be just as well for the peace
md safety Of the country and far more to its
The BEARD.--A curious article on the beard
S given in the last number of the Westminster
review. After discussing the sub ject in much
letall, the writer arrives at these conclusions:
we fully believe the beard to be the best of
espirators, we know that since Englishmen have
dispensed with it, silver gauze substitute has
'een often found necessary even at the cost Of
and Inconvenience to the wearer.
But if The tender lungs and sore throats of men
equire the beard and moustache to warm and /
Modify the air as it passes through them before
ach inhalation, what are we to say of natures
arelessness regarding her fairer and tenderer
fspring Surely her respiratory Or
,ansu, needs even more shielding than mans.
t is true, that women are usually neither stone
nasons nor workers in iron or STEEL but they
re no less wont to kick up dust. Do mot
ur housemaids make it fly from the carpets in
louas, all over the rooms. every day, in every
ouse wherein they hold office? And do they
OF inhale the said dust with bnsiness-like rcan-
s. 80. a"l vet. unhanpilr or happily rs taste
lay nii.rsa, sfaSe'. . "a ,stG.r.s . =, - -
sctienl II ~ urged, in defence % eNta,v =
rbltrarlness, that womaa's lie is domestic
&c that her duties ase at home; ti5,t, 4H3iss :
nan. size " not exposed So ! #z.zs IS
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