Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-05-11


Tho aChfislian SIT hpksi
B We cheerfnlly mako room TIL
week, for cominnnicalion bignel
~ Salt Maker, eonn1sn tin9 wit
some degree of sesefity upon our Re
Iyisal article. The tone and temper
LOT Tile cclnmunication are neither
courteous nor kind. And, according
to the laws Of the duello, We could con
sistently refuse q Inake any expiana
Ition, until the harsh pithets Are with
drawn, but va waive our advantage
EIf We are not d Christian, we aretht
next best thing to TIA gentleman
and would not recklessly hnrt any
mans feelings, Of withhold aIfqex
plantation, where one II dhe.s 1Ii
TIE object and scope of tthe article
was ID assertsa principle, thai
the Christian virtues ought 70 becnl-
tivatea By tlIe Christian professor
and Ino personal applicatien was
sought to be made, by the Eaitor, tc
Eouf correspondent, OF to his trusl
deed But, that the appeal might BE-
both general and particular, each
member 81 tile several Churches, wa:
called upon by liz professional 81
mechanical calling, las Preachers,
Doctors, Lawyers, Salt Makers, Store.
keepers and Mechanics, TO examine
his life and conversation, and 10 say
whether the same were of God, gOdlyI
Weno more intended TO point the
finger Iii community, TO .any II. par
ticular Salt Maker, than to designate
any erring Lawyer Or storeleeper.I
Our correspondent is ii error, when
he asserts, thatopr remarks were con-
fined to the Salt Makers who had par
tisipatsa intIfe revival IN Charleston
NO such. Inference is g be faiif i !. de n
dnced ;9fhes remarks are addressed 'to
tile Christian Salt Makor, wherever
he .be found, whether he be revival
Isl. Observation-Disclosures. There are ilell
cor 7Salt Makers III this community
connected with tie several Churches;
a greater number than there are Of
Christian Preachers, Christian Law
l yers, 81 Christian Doctors , yet w
have received no letter from either Of
the three learned professions. /
WeBhope our correspondent is sat-
isHed, that if amy personal application
has bcengiyen totheo offending article,
that ID vas not given BY ns. Bat #
w s ,had ~ committed tie gross error
charged upon, us, has he metthe Issue.
ID Tie proper spirita D oesthatjusti+
s HMM charging that We are ap
Atheist and i Scooter. 81 tRy
5tother ,svSls Hes, rsu;ls stloH not
lA;1 Il aqdi,s. sfts
We dismiss our eorrcsp dent, for
whom we ENTERTAINED unkind feelings,
With q prompt refusal 10 accept the.
50 literally offered u.
Wesare iat present engaged in trying
. earn sufficient means to pay off a
rust deed that hangs over the Star
[trequires our entire energy ~.
ia We understand lthatlthe ssofending
Article has met almost the entire apl
ofthes Is community INCLUDING
the larger proportion of church MEM
bers, and some Of the clergy. We
are persuaded that this has been MT
from its Literary merits, (which are
small, but from the frsstA Gifts sugt
sestions, and ire appropriate time at
which they were uttered. Ket We
hear, that there are some few Others,
who charge the Author Of the article
with being a Scooter. What . strikr
ing commentary, what 4 strange SAT-
ire, (theirs be IL, not ours.) rom mod.
srn religion, That the advocacy .Sfths
the Christian virtues, hon
ssty, humanity, and charity, should
constitute 4 sc6fgr Il hila ssslIssa II
Reward isr runaway lNssress,
Two weeks since, we announced
that threc men from the 1pperspart
ofthis county had captured two rum
away negroes, and lodged them fl ii IL
our jail. One day last week,qthe