The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-02

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| BAPTIsMAI. CEREMONIES IN IHs AsHLEY.-The
notice OF the intended baptism, which was pub
lshed in the daily papers, caused large crowd OF
spectators to assemble, and before the hour an
nounced for the ceremony to commence the shore
was lined and every available spot in the vicinity
occupied. The ground was well selected, as at
that point Tradd street is bare OF houses, and
there was ample space to accommodate the specta-
tors wall tent had been erected near tho wa
ter for the convenience OF the candidates, and to
prevent any accidents from sharks space sufh-
cient to accommodate the applicants Tor lnmer-
sion was enclosed by net. Great nterest was
manifested by the assembly, and. although nearly
two thousand persons were present, there was no
confusion beyond little anxiety to secure
good stand.
The Pastor of the Morris Street Baptist Church,
tim Rev. Jacob Legere, oficiated, and like JOHN
of old went down into the water. Sixty-forr per-
sons received the ordinance of Baptism, OF these
the larger proportion females over the middle
with whito turbans or scuIl caps on their heads,
| and took their positions on the river bank until
their turn came when they walked into the water
and were immersed. During the ceremony the
pastor lined the hymns which were sung by the en-
tire congregation, their voices being heard to
considerable distance. The hymns were printed
on slips of paper, and were moro remarkable for
their piety than for their poetry.
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RUTLEDaE STREET AND TEE ACTION OF THE
TJDE.-The recent high tides havo proved very
destructive to the sidewalks On Rutledge street,
which are exposed to their influence In the
lower part of this street, opposite Queen street,
the sidewalk near the pond suffered seriously
from the encroachments Of the tide, and low
place has been formed that is extremely disagree
able to parties residing in tho neighborhood. The
wooden breakwater has beer damaged in many
places, and the :dewalk is worn away by tho
water until tho pedestrians are forced to make q
circuit in order to avoid the holes
similar effect has been produced in the side
walk near the Canuonsboro' Pond land the pave
ment has been washed away in many places. This
sidewalk was recently crared, but the loose earth
which was used to ill up the old holes has not
been of sufficient soHdity to resist the influence OF
the tides, and it has been gradually washed away,
until the street is now in almost the same condi-
ton it was before the improvements were Effected
The breakwaters could be strengthened by driving
the slabs further in the mud and then placing the
earth against them but at present they are 30 far
apart and present 30 many openings to the tide,
that the duration of tho pavement is only ques-
ton of time.
RAILROAD CONNECTION WITH AsHEvnLE, NORTH
CARoInA-The Greenville Southern Enterprise
says: "Our information assures us that the rail-
road from East Tennessee will reach Asheville.
Now is the time fer every f-iond Of his State and
Of Charleston and every western North Carolnian,
| and East Tennesseean, Kentuckan and Cincinnati
Citizen to secure connection, the best and
| easiest, between Charleston and the great North
| west. From Ashevie to Greenville is only sixty
miles, there is a good gap in the mountains and
splendid ground to build on this side, and the
other side Greenvile is the route for North
Carolina, and the West, as well as for Charleston.
1t will be the nearest by constructing the short
| link between Ninety-Six and Aiken, and over
ground that never overhows, with no possible
chance for freshets to interfere as by tho rivers
leading to and from Columbia. Our over-moun-
tain and western friends, by the Gleenville route,
| will have the advantage OF the nearest-certaiRly
the best access to Charleston and also as to travel,
the best route to the Southwest Georgia, and to
Savannah and Augusta. At the same time, they
would be connected with Columbia By the present
railroad, and with that connection, they would
have connection with the whole central part of
South Carolina. Columbia would receive for dis
tribution, to the Districts around and beyond her,
ind for her own markets, full supplies Of pro-
visions, direct from the FERTILE provision-produo
| ing regions over the mountains, instead OF from
| New York and Baltimore, and great trade between
our State and tho West would be the consequence,
to the mutual good of all. We shall return to this
subject again"
| PROFESSOR HOLMES LEoTUREs.-On Wednesday
evening last We had the pleasure of listening TO
the second of Prof. HOLMES lectures on the struc
turo of tho earth and its inhabitants. At an early
hour the chapel of the College was filed to it's ut
most capacity by large audience of ladies and
gentlemen, and as our eyes rested on the familiar
form of the Professor, surrounded by his fossils
and Diagrams we were once more in imagina-
ton transported within the lecture room Of our
old alma mater; and again We heard the alluring
voice Of our Professor woong us on in the pursuit
OF the unerring truths of nature, and the strange
revelations Of every particle Of our mother earth.
For nearly two hours the Professor kept the atten
| ton Of his large audience enchained, and every
one followed him with deep and fixed interest as
he traced the formation Of the crust Of the earth
from the lowest and earliest Hyppogene rocks, to
the alluvium of the Quartornary period, the drift
OF the present time AS the Professor related the
discoveries Of Geology, ne followed the Mosaic
account Of the creation, and traced the analogy
between them, clearly proving that the revelations
OF science and the accounts Of the Mosaic history
so far from contradicting, confirms each other,
and that the Bible account Of the great mystery OF
creation is strengthened by the discoveries OF the
science Of Geology.
He then traced the creation OF .he animal and
vegetable kingdom, commencing with the forma-
tion Of the lowest order OF cru,.dced and ending
with Gods great masterpiece, man; land the eve
ming and the morning were the sixth day." Tho
| Professor then reviewed tho discrepancies in the
readings Of the various authors of Bible interpre-
tatons as to tho time OF mans creation, and dis
tnctly proved, by interenccs and analogies drawn
| from recent discoveries {some OF the most impor
tant Of which were made by tho learned Professor
himseli), that man must have existed in very re-
mote ages, and bears greater antiquity than is
generally ascribed to him. We remember whom
! vo were a student undef the Profcssor-his per-
sstoncy in his division Of the strata OF the crust
Of the earth; in separating the post peiocene rocks
from the tertiary, and classifying them among the
quarternary division, the age Of man; he based his
opinion upon discoveries made b. himself in this
state, and now Sir CHARLES LyE1L has agreed with
our Professor, and his division is universally ac-
cepted by geologsts.
The Professor concluded his interesting lecture
/ with glowing and eloquent description OF the