The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-01-04


I'LL II reaches the.b black part Of fthe5wick.
In this way q mild and steadyS light,
may be had through the night! by d. d
small piece of;candle. = "a 40:
;ias"t, az '5G Ge hrn n eSg Y o.ES.
There JIG a great excitement iii New.
York just ut this time ON the subject
iofs@hat is called astreet.preachine, ',co,r.s or
Isfathcr The fanatical denunciation and
abuse Of religious sects, Involving the
question of T testanism rs. Roman
CatholicisiD D-and iHc cpnseau 81 the
dangerous and threating aspect of
thingsin connection withRit, the,fnnyS8
Or of the %eity, on Friday evening,
thought prop TO issue n proclamation3
counscliiHg the people asoi file city "a!
refrain from discus ssions in tie .piiblic5
thqfoag ghtaf6s, by which the passions;
or the prejndices of others might bes
aroused and not to attefM, particular
lyon Sunday on vs. assemblages IN
any public place sors street, The consesi
slttenees OF which ms,Y. be breach Of
the peace, 4hrclibistoP Hughes also
addressed tile Catholics #6f the cify#
through the press, SeXhorting them tp
|behaVe theflse YES quietly, and not Ia
,go3n 3nearit che assemble whicliaFe gath
serea listen tp n en- Of, the STAMP!
eorqala & isar q ained of, but gif any sattcmpt
shpfald, be made on their persons soif.
GEp'roRerty as Catholics, TO resist il gall
%lantiy - a gsS ss
- That saurg readers, may liayc a Air
sunderstand Of this ma tter, is ;0rfiiaiii
and history and tho circumstances ,in.
der which stthe mayor and Bishop
Hughes net. we annex from the Com
r,e1raial q, q q ssartiser of Saturday even,
5irlsg yoWed slant Journal, the
following:
s .Ilte mayor pr0ei ahaation, wlislf
WelHlbl lished esterdaY and fepubiishsl
.eg ,se eas wit ty raphical sert
Directed lyas made expeaieHt. sifl
not MOI indeed neee 4 sd iite off ex.
seiteihen in the sciif n fe:s
ltsets1 ales !gifi aJnentj
Us Known to- On fm senter5sl
MS, :si,d sira tjle iRaf fnlfaEI
particulars shonld be placeasbeiore ,tRei
community. ehaYe been. at sol
pains 10 procure ullEand .iilnipartia sin:I
formation 1.-the subject, and flttef
ourselves that we can. throw somc light |
.aPoaiitt. We shall atsl least, candidIyl
iendenRor to- do so.I The following
facts are slerisMe.l5 i; ed fso.n ana com be.
tpnssauthnritY:3 ..f: So -
= Some weeks }go9 $afl s1slsl mafll
(not Mr.. Parsons) commenced public1
orslrect lectures against Romanisnl.--
llew was but a recently arrived emf.
grant from London, as i WAS uttered
from his manifest '.coekneyisln. On5I
the second or. third occasion some me OIL
thosc,uprnlY youths! whoinfestthe city
gathered around willie he Fwas speaf.5
ing tipped over the plank, called {saI
,platform, on which he steod. This
rudeness excited soinc laughter, but
5the3police restored order, and replaced.E
the speaker a,he stand. Subsequent
lyhe removed theSthentre of. shis oper.lE
.ations to Abingdon Square, where he
violently denounced Romanists in /
offensive languaeg ege, virtually asserting
that 5lhe Sisters iofs tslmrity were the
most lmchaste of 2onaen, that nuneeif:ies /
were the bfothels md that sRomishI
priestsEfreancnted5 them for.l lewd purs
poses, .&. &c; and d ounced theS po
lice ( some efs whom were present to
preserve order )as Jesuits in The pay of
the R9mish priesthood. The whole:
passed q over quietly, however, being
interrupted sta..l 9oul slanghter ironical
ses:s.> ofd;ssent. At3
stlleSssese or hss iscaarse the speaker
.anlioneed his tntdnsau of repeating II
son the following SandaT::s. s's' s. e
Atltlis point, however, q secfet so.
ciety ot tiig men, oreaEized
:lima.ed ssNatiye "a III eTiiicaI's p3riiIIo;..
pies, bat not of q freligions charaetdEtI
took cognisance, % tie
ter Tho incoligr ousfie5s Of their sts
porting one whose foreign Nth and /
education were SO pad paB4e, led 10. ;s3
change IN the person OF tie lecturer.-eGE
The London gehtleiaan fsysls Sssst aside; I:
saGa Mr.. arson SGe believe,
got 6. native aeiiean, sas pst in his
gst:tll g gent oman has besa e.sass
I'd a9sss 6lesssssss man, iisls this,l&e he
dieys, as mot the m MrS Parsoiis s.
though airestimate sitixek isj not, bg
5aay mode of ordination, o. Minister 5of.ll
the Gospel tHe is a poftef@e unasr.|
stand n.a me rcantile housa, alie iianne;l
.oftheS 6na having been iye.s tps sps. /
The style of his ad ddresaas, IS yssaYa in
formed is very similar so the
glishInen above naentionsd: NY
iaaaIgihg Ia these strong phrases, he
was kind u Informed by tho police tsat1
Ehe must not Iins sst.e that course; as III
would lead pro to reacs of
peaeaz He y IN thaBjles
had a II, "a iisc 3ussa in the