Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-08-12
LETTER FROM GAINESVILLE.

LETTER FROM CLARKSvILLE.
Correspondence Of the Cedar Falls Gazette.
t,t. ar ..- CLARKsvuLLE, Aug. sth, 1854.
NEssRs. EDIroRs: The wheat and oat har-
vest is nearly completed in this vicinity, and
they are estimated to yield about an averag e
---.- Tho 'nnalitv Of the grain is very su-
perior in most instances. The nm. raius
have greatly revived, and entirely saved, the
tobacco, corn and potato crops-or at least
so much of the potato crop as may be left by
the bugs. Corn is now too far advanced to
be materially injured by the chinch bugs,
and tobacco, now so extensively cultivated
here, is looking extremely web.
The saloon man at Sherlock, who was 30
effectually cleaned out few weeks ago by
+, the ladies in that place, il preparing to open
again, when he threatens to arm himself with
all manner of deadly weapons, and sleep in
his saloon with his arms by him, and to de-
fend himself and his premises at the risk of
his life! In the mean time the men Of the
town have resolved to sustain the women in
all they have done, and in all that they may
do, with the saloon or its keeper. Lively
times in-that place may be expected.
Itmay not be known to all of your readers
that this town contains two Methodist church
organizations Such, however, is the fact,
and in order to relate rich joke which was
recently perpetrated on church No. Of this
sect, it will be necessary for me to 60 back a
little to the time Of their origin and give their
history, or at least tell the cause which led to
their secession. It was in this wise. Now
the Methodists here were large, prosperous
and happy people, and united, too, until some
three years since conference did send one
Taylor here to preach to them. Now Taylor
not only preached the gospel to them, but,
being warm aboltionist, thought it no
harm to mix little Of that with his gospel
as he frequently did, until i. began to be
noised about that few Of his democratic
members wore displsased with such poiitical
preaching, and desired him to desist, and
thereafter preach the gospel only. But Tay-
lor, thinking it an easy matter to convince
them that slavery YVES condemned by the
bible, began series Of discourses in which
he attempted to prove this fact. His demo-
craticmembers absented themselves altogeth-
er now from his preaching and stopped their
support. Matters went on from bad to
worse, till conference in its wisdom recalled
the prosecuted Taylor and sent another man,
who was no whit less abolition in his belief
or his preaching than was Tay lor, and so fro
quent and bold did this man proclaim his
sentiments that bis democratic members
could no longer endure what they grieved to
find a. fact Do, finding themselves in a mi
nor;ty and unabls to control matters where
they were, they resolved to withdraw and set
up on their own account. This they did
and began one long. loud and protraoted
effort, which continued till some naughty
boys, in passing one evening during their
devotions, lrurrahed Justify for jeff Davis.
They then thought that duty no longer call
ed upon them to pray for such sinners. and
thoir efforts closed. In the mean time they
had been casting about to And some other
church that would fellowship them and still
allow them to vote the copperhead ticket.
This they fancied they had found in the
Protestant Methodist church, So, to be sure
and get started right, they sent for the Pres
idsnt, or head Of that church, who it was un-
derstood would preach for several days and
organize them as auxilaries to his church.
lie came last week and gave them an excel.
lent discourse, as I am told, and which they
resposded to loud and frequent After the
sermon contribution was taken and liberal. !
y patronized, and then AR. President rose
and gave brief history of his church 50 far
as its opinions related to the subject Of sla- |
very, which he said was then, and always
had been, abolition to the back bone, remark !
ing at the same time that he did not wish !,
any ono to Join. his church without knowing !
Fhe proposed organization |
was then indefinitely postponed, but the .
was appropriated. 90 /