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

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BAPrisMaI. CEREMONIES IN THE AsuLEY.--Th o
notice OF tho intended baptism, which waB pub
llshcd in tho daily papers, caused largo crowd Of
spectators to assemble, und before tho hour nm
nonnceu for tho coromony to commence tho shore
was lined, nnd ovcry available spot in tho vicinity
occupied. The ground was well selected, as at
that point 1radd street is baro OF houses md
there WAS ample space TO accommodate the spccta-
tors. wall tent had boon erected tho
ter for the convenience or tho candidates. and to
prevent any accidents from shnrks space snfli-
cicnt to accommodates tho applicants for INNER
sion was enclosed by not. Great interest
manifested by tho assembly, and. although nearly
Two thousand pcrsous woro present, tllcro
confusion beyond little anSicty to sccuro
good stand.
Tho Pastor of tho Morris Street baptist Church,
tim leor. jacob Lcgaro oflicated, and like JOHN,
OF old wont down into tho water. Sixty.four per-
sons received tho ordinance Of Baptism, of thoso
Tho larger PROPORTION females tho middle
age. The candidates wcro oil arrnycd in wl,ito
with white turbans or scull caps OH their hcnds,
anu took their positions OH the river bank until
their turn camo when they walked into the water
md wcro immersed. During tho ceremony tho
pastor lined The hymns which were sung by tho en-
tire congregation, tleir voices being heard to a
| considerable distance. The hymns printed
ON slips Of paper, and were moro remarkable for
their pety than for their poetry.
D.
ltuTLEDuE STREET AND THE ACTION OF THE
fIDE.-Thc recent high tides have proycd very
destructive to tho sidewalks on Ilutlcdgo street.
Which aro exposed to thcir influence. In tho
lower part Of this street. opposite Queun stroot
I'm a..
from tho cncroaclmonts Of tho lido, md n low
pnco Inns ,,en formed TINT liz extremely disngree-
ablo to parties residing in tho ncighborhood. Tho
wooden breakwatcr has been damaged in many
paceH, and tho Pidewalk is away by tho
water Until tho pedestrians forced to mnko
circuit in ordor to avoid tho holes.
sniilnr effect has been produced i'll tho side
walk near tho Cannonsboro' Pond, and tho pave-
mcnt has been washed away in many places. This
sidewalk WAS recently repaired but the loose earth
which was used to ill up the old holes has not
been Of sufficient solidity to resist tho influence OF
the tides, and it has been gradually washed away,
until tho street is now in almost the samo condi-
tion it waa before the improvements were effected.
The brcakwaterH conld DO strengthened by driving
tho slabs further in tho mud aud then placing the
Garth against them, but ut present they arc 30 far
apart aud present 30 many openings to tho tide,
that tho duration of tho pavement B only aueH-
tion of time.
RlnRnAD CONNECTION WITH AsnEviLLE, NonTH
| CARoLINA-Tho Greenrille Southern Enterprise
, says: sour information assures that tho rail
road from East Tonncssoo will reach Aahoville
Now is tho tmc for ovcry friend OF his State, and
of Charleston, md erory Western North Carolinian
and East Tcnnesscean, Kentuckian and Cincinnati
cltlzen to secure a connection, the best md
easiest betwsen Charleston and tho great North
west. From Ashevillo 10 Grconvie is only sixty
miles, there is good gap in tho mountains, and
! splendid ground 10 build on this side and the
: other side. Greenvillo is tho route for North
Carolina, and the West, as we'll az for Charleston.
IL will DO tho nearest by constructing tho short
link botweon Nincty-Six and Aiken, and over
ground that never oyerhows with no possible
chance for frcshets to interfere as by tho rivers
leading to and from Columbia. Our ovcr-moun-
tain aud westorn friends, by tho Gcenvillc route
will have tho advantage OF the nrarcst-ccrtuinly
Tho boHt access to Charleston anu also ns to travel
tho best route to tho Southwest Georgia. and 10
Savannah and Augusta. At tho samo timo they
would bo connected with Columbia by tho present
railroad, and with that connection, ihoy would
have connection with tho whole contral part Of
l South Carolina. Columbia would recuivo for dis
tribution to the Districts around aud beyond her.
and for her own markets. full supplies Of pro-
; ing regions over tho mountains, instead OF from
New York anu baltimore, and great trslo between
our State and tho West would DO tho consoqucn
to tho mutual goud of all. Wo shall return TO this
subject again."
. PROFESSOR HOLMES LEcrUREs.-On "Wednesday
, cYcnins last wo had tho pleasure OF listening 10
the second Of Prof IIoLMEs' lectures OH tho struc-
tnro Of tho Garth and its inlIabtants. At an carly
hour tho chapel Of tho College was filed to its ut
! most capacity byn largo audience OF Indios and
gentlemon, and our cyes rested on the familiar
form of the Professor surrounded by his fossils
and diagrams, VIC wero in magina-
} ton transported within tho lecture room Of our
old alma mator; and again NO heard the aluring
volco OF orr Professor wooing on in tho pursuit
OF tho unerring truths Of NATURE and tho strange
revelations OF orery particle Of our mother earth.
For noariy two hours tho Professor kept the stten-
! tion OF his largo audience enchainod, and oyery
y ono followed him with doop and RIed interest az
ho traced tho formation Of tho crust of the earth
from tho lowost and earliest Hyppogeno rocks, TO
tho alluvum Of tho QuartornarJ PERIOD tho drift
of tho present timo Az the Professor related the
y discoveries Of Geology, he followed tho Moanic
account OF tho creation, hid traced tho analogy
between them, clearly proving that the revelations
1 Of aconco, and the sccounts Of tho Mosaic history
I no far from contradioting, confirms each other
and that tho Bible account Of the great mystery OF
creation Ia strengthened by tho discoveries Of tho
: scicnco OF Geology.
: Ho thon traced the creation OF tho animal and
y vegetable kingdom, commencing with the forms-
r tion OF tho lowoat order OF crusiacea and ondng
, with Gods great n,astorpiceo, man; land tho ovo-
o ming and tho morning Wero tho sixth day" Tho
, Professor thon reviewed tho discrepancies In tho
, readings Of tho various authors OF Bible intorpro-
tations, as to tho tmo Of mans creation and dis
: tincty proyod by inforcnces and analogies drawn
i from recent discoveries (somo OF tho most impor-
tant Of which were made by tho learned Professor
, himHelO, that mnn must have existed in very re-
o moto ages, and bears greater antiquity than is
y generally ancrbod to him. We remember whom
o ne Wcro student under the Professor-his per-
sstcncy in his division OF tho strata OF the crust
tho o,rt in separating tho post pleiocone rocks
from sho tertiary, and classifying them among tho
# quarlcrnary division, tho ago Of man; no based his
y opinion upon discoveries mado by himself In this