Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-03-16

rule which gives in turn the several Churches
concerned this "honorl" Or ore they taken
from two or three Churches all the time, or
oftener than is "equall" The existence of
such rule, and your knowledge ofits existence
and observance, ure necessary to justify the
statement that this National" Society "is IN
no ''ay allied to any Church more than another"
Now, my dear brother, il, in addition to Civ
ing US clear and full answer to this little
question (really involved in tho fourth). you
Will answer the three following short questions,
l shall promise to ask you no moro questions:
l. From the membership of which Church
do you suppose are the fewest selections for the
biographical literature Of the A. 8. s. Union
From which tho mosta Are there some from
cacha
2. Which Church do you suppose has tho
fewcst number Of authors in the number who
have written the books Of the "a, S. S. UEion?"
Which the mosli Have all sonnet
3. Is there anything in Tie books published
by the A. 8. 8. Union WHICH is opposed to apy
doctrine held by any of tho several Churches
which you mention ns being represented in the
Committee Of Publication
In the first and second question We respect.
fully crave your opinion Respecting the third,
your long connection with the Society, your
familiarity with books generally. and your con-
versancc with the doctrines of the Churches,
will no doubt enable you to give an answer
satisfactory to any one. You, Reverend amd
Dear Sir. will readily agree with ME that good
faith to the people will not permit You to dis
seminate books which are objectionable" to
some Church mentioned. although there may
be n member Of that Church on the Committee
of Publication.
In closing this lengthy and hope Inst in.
quiry, am your fellow watchman on the walls
Of Zion. SIDI II. BROWNE.
CoKEsnuRy. s. O.. March z, 1865.
AT meeting Of the members Of tho Abbeyile
Bar held on Monday, the 9th March inst, tho
following preamble and resolution were adopted;
and on Wednesday following the SAME were
eubnitted 10 the Court, eciling from the presi-
ding Judge the eloquent response and the order
herewith published:
In TIE CoUEr OF COMMON PLEAS,
AT ABngvIILE, March Term, 1866.
Whereas. since we assembled last in this II all,
it has pleased ALI oil wise Providence 10 remove
from their accustomed places. five Of our breth-
rem Of this Bar, to wit: ]. Foster Marshall
James M. Perrin, William G. Davis John G.
Baskin and Alexander II. McGowan, all of
whom perish ell in the line of duty, the three
first named with their harness on and upon
bloody fields the two last fio,n disease. in the
one cusc contracted and in the other aggravated
by the hardships and exposure OF military scr
vice and,
Hhereas, their vacant places around this ta-
BILE, which shall know them no more forever;
serve but too forcibIy to remind us of the acl,-
ing voids In our hearts, which their untimely
fates have created; whilst therefore we express
our feelings Of sorrow. caused by their death
death to them aud to lis 70 untimcly and pre-
mature in all respects, save in u,e fuIlness of
their fame. be it
fesoircd, That by the drath Of J. Foster
Marshall, Jumes M. Perrin. William C. Davis.
John q. Baskin and Alexander II. Mc(:ownn our
profession has lost some of its most excellent
IN embers. the country somo OF its most useful
citizens society some of its brightest ornaments,
and helight and stay of many households dark.
ened and broken forever.
Auc uulteb Ill heartfelt
sympathy with you in the bereavement which
has induced the resolutions Of the Bar lust pre-
sented. Though the void made in your social
and professional circle may in time be filled,
yet "the vacant places now around this table
which shall know our deceased friends no more
forever" must create in your minds and associn-
tions recolectons OF past joyous days, and pleas.
ant scenes connected with the presence of those
whose untime)y loss you have reason to deplore.
1t is proud tribute accorded by nll to your
honorable profession, that amid the riyairy
which it naturally engcnders and the contests
| in which You enter as advocates each striving
| to outstrip the other, not for his own sake 80
much as for the cause which is entrusted to his
chargc-amid the sharp and sometimes warm
| discussions in which you are necessarily Obliged
70 engage still there exists among You bond
OF brotherhood which. ever unites you in fra,or-
| nal regard, and binds you to each other in mu-
tual esteem and affection. The loss of 30 many
of your brethren, know would at any time
have been to you the cause Of sorrow, and the
regret at their death under tho peculiar circum.
stances that attended it should assuage the Bit
| terness of that grief with which you in common
with the whole State deplore an event which
| brought woe and tribulation to the family cir
Gle, and impressed with no common force the
entire District with the magnitude of their loss.
They died in what to them was dear and
sacred cause and yielded their precious lives to
pri9Gipie for which they had long contended,
and which they were willing to sanctify by their
death. The spirit which they felt and exhibited
was that of tho honest, the gallant and the
proud.
! The void which has been made in their home
relations, none can describe but those who suf-
Tor as only such mourners can; but the depri-
walton which tie District and State feels in the
loss OF 20 many Of whom they were with proper