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AN Election ~ officers for uroasr
IA WkxHfxurox Eon8K No. ia
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~ their Lodge Room, on Wed SSL<3Y
nssdog E:'ssnfng 'j'as iTth, at . >,Ss
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municsslon next proceeding the Fcstiyal Of
81. John The llaptisf,
A pancluat and hlli attendance u Ill the
members Is earnestly requested.
ny order 81 tho w NJ.
WILLIAM MOORE,
maF2b-~9l MT SepFctaFy.
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4 NJ. WARNER has just received another
n. lot Of that beautiful GRADUATED Sugar.
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ffsH0sE beautiful LAWNS At A. III. War.
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khem. June
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II UST received from Philadelphia another
u invoice Of Spring Shawls Of beautiful de-
sign and fabric .ssoaBer q Hefmen,
aps1 New Windsor.
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if THOMAS SWAMI,
june4--lt Governor.
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ABBEVILLE, S. c., FRIDAY. DECEMBER Ii, 1868.

So ho sot it bcsorc them and they did
eat, and he left thereof according to
the word of the Lord.'"
"That will do for this time my son.
L have never wished to mako the
reading of the Scriptures tedious by
requiring you to read them continual
ly, without giving you other books to
read. But l wanted to convince YOU
how mistaken young people arc apt
to be in their ideas of their own
knowledge. There arc thousands of
children-ycs, and Of men and wo-
men. too-who would read with great
interest many passages Of the Bible,
If they found them in fresh and
beautiful volume, which they believed
to contain nothing but what is pub
lishcd for the first time. Remember
this and let mo advise you to read the
four books of Kings, and to make q
list of all the passages you will find
there, which, like the one you have
just read, arc as new to you as if you
had never heard nor read them"
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Too Certain.

'Father, I am tired Of reading tho
Bible. l have read it so often, that
know every thing in it."
every thing, my son? Do you
think you could not find one chapter
that would contain something that
you have never yet noticed ?"
eyes, father, I think so. am sure
I know all that is in the Historical
part Of the Bible"
"Well, let Inc try you. When were
large number of men fed with n
few loavcs, Of bread, and supply left
when they had done eating?"
"Why, father, surely I remember
Christ's feeding several thousand
persons, at two different times, with
a few loavcs and fishes"
every well; those are two instan-
ces. Now, tell me third?"
."There is no other in tho Bihle."
"Yon are perfectly sure of that, are
you? Suppose you reflect little be-
fore you answer again. .....-
eyes, father. l have thought, and
l am certain there is no other miracle
of tho kind mentioned in the Bible"
"Well, my son, open your Bible. at
the fourth chapter Of the Fourth Book
Of Kings" .. .,sr .,ay. ..7,
"The Fourth Book Of. Kings
Father thero is no such a book" =;
GLAND mo the Bible. What does
this title say?"
cit is fTho Second Book ofsthe
Kings, commonly called the sFourth
Book Of the Kings" .. %,.2;.,soa4a
.!"Well, there is one thing learned by
the boy that knew. tho Bible 80, well.
Now, turn to the fourth; chapter, and
read from the -forty-seoond verse. :, "a
''Here it is, sir; tAnd there came. a
man from Baal.shalisha, and brought
the, man of eGod:--'ppf ppf,,,sA<.xi .sset! 7ni
"Who was that man of Godaa .:n5
81 must look. 1t. was the prophet
Elishaa} rG,.p! sei:a aa-~ sfT .ssse
n"Now proceed" ssss sal X4as
iirAnd brought :, the! man of =, God
bread of tho first sffnits, twenty Iosves
of barley, and full ears Of corn il. ,,the
hnsks thereof And,he aaid,j Give. nm
to tha people, that thsys may eat
Andhisserriter said ~ hass should. 4
set this before aI,lundred sment7 8 &Hs
said again, Give the people, that they
may .eata for: thus saith, the Lord
9hey shall eat, and shall leave thereof
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Grape Growers MaZiIns.
l. Prepare the ground in fall; plant

l. Prepare the ground in fall; plan,
in spring.
2. Give the vine plenty of manure
old and we'll dccomposed; for fresl
manure excitcs growth, but it docs
not mature it.
3. Luxuriant growth does not oil
ways ensure the fruit.
4. Dig deep, but plant shallow.
5. Young vines produce beautiful
fruit, but old vines produce the rich
est.
q. Prunoin autumn to insure grow tn
but in the spring to promote fruitful
ness.
7. Plant your vines before you put
up trellisos.
8. Vines, like soldiers, should have
good arms.
.. Pruno spurs to one we'll develop.
ed bud, for tho nearer tho old
wood the higher favored the fruit.
10. Those who pruno long must
soon climb.
IL. Vine leaves love tho sun, the
fruit the shade.
II. Every leaf has bud at it's base,
and either a bunch Of fruit or q ten
drill opposite it.
. 13. A tcndriI is an abortive fruit
bunch-a bunch Of fruit a productive
tcndril.
IA. A bunch of grapes without a
healthy leaf opposite, is like a ship at
sea without rudder-it can't come
10 port.
Is. Laterals are like politicians,
if not checked they are the worst OF
thieves.
l6. Good grapes are like gold, no
one has enough.
II. The earliest grape will keep the
longest, for that which is fully matur.
cd is easily preserved.
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VOLUME XVl---NO. -33

ton, rs to be proof against his own
divinely appointed means, and to throw
the blame Of such childrcn's ruin upon
him. z - e..
Let all such beware, lest their name
be blotted from tho Book Of Life, for
attempting to subtract from the teach.
ings of Inspiration. This mode OF
proceeding with tho word Of God, is
nothing less than Rutionalisn., and has
but to be encouraged a little to end
in downright inyfdelity.
Let what testimony be arraycd
against tho doctrine Of Paul and Sol
ONION, drawn from the wide fields OF
experience and observation, that can be
marshallcd tell us Of minister's :
children who have gone astry; of the
goddess children Of unquestionably
godly parents, and our answer to it
all is; ''lct God be true, and every man
II iiar." The unbclief and unfaithful-
ness of parents cannot change the
truth of Gods word.
My own boys may depart from the
teachings of truth, and wander prodi.
gal like, far from their Heavenly Faith.
cr's house, and yet with such distress
ing cS ptions before mc-which,
may God i'll mercy Forbid cannot,
l dare not, question the truth of the
doctrine taught in the Scriptures re-
tcrred to. But we close, only to re-
serve the subject by presenting an adj
ditional argument for the doctrine wc
arc advocating.
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~ hindered.- And justice requires me
to state that some who did we'll for a
time, and ranked among the foremost,
were so much hindored, either By por.
sonal or relative Affections, that i,
was Impossible for them to do what
Ihoy might have done undor mere ,:.-
vori"g providenccs. But aliS Navoo
done well, and wo expect these seed
sown to bring forth fruit in duo tincr
remembering who has said, "TEc
ontra"co Of thy word gives h.i.t:
making The wise simple:".-
We do not give publicity to these
facts with any desire TO boast of wha.
We havo done, but mainly to encour-
ago other schools to go and do like
w'so, And while We do not oven o., ,,ire
any school, can beat ours, yet 20
know that many of our bright eve .
little girls and faxen-haired ,ilt,e
boys would flash with removed in,er-
est noxt spring, to know that thew
had u rival in s9mo other Sabbath
school2
. II. T.. S.
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A Man Dies while being Baptized.

BY your permission, l report the
following case, with tho attending
circumstances, as 1 learned them
from second parties who witnessed
the solcm scene: At baptism yes
tcrday, October IS, in the Platte Riv.
er, four miles from this place, tho or,
dinance was administered to several
persons, among whom was Mr.: Ste
phens, of Third Fork. After being
immersed, but while still in tho rivor
he wiped his hapds ovor his faco q
few times TO flee it Of water, threw
head and hands up and and foil back
wards in tho water; whcreupon bic
friends ran quickly in and took him
out upon the bank, after which he
died without a struggle. The people
not knowing what TO do, aud being
unpreparcd, thero was, suppose, but
little done TO resuscitate him. After
taking him to the nearest house,
was sent for, and two hours after
ward l saw the corpse, and his hands
arms and face cold, but there was con.
siderable warmth in tho axiliar or
arn-pits. Percussion elected q good
resonance over the chest, except q
little dullucss in the lower part of
the right lung. The bcart was still,
and ho evidently dead, and l made
no efforts 10 restore life. 1 learned
from his friends that he had never
had convuIsions of fits Of any kind,
and that he had been perfectly healthy
up TO this timo. After ho hud been
taAen upon the bank, the radial pulse
could be easily felt. In dying, there
was ittle frothy mucus issued from
The corners Of his mouth, but there
was no stcrtor (.norine) in breathing =
or contortions of the 'facal muscles.
Now, what caused this mans death?
Did water enter tho bronchial tubes
in his efforts at inspiration in suflici-
ent quantities to destroy life, or
would not the spasmodic closure Of
he rim a glctt;dis upon the contact of
The water prevent this to any cousidc-
rablc extent? Besides, rs remarked,
thcro was q good Ghost sound, or rcso.
narce, under percussion, except in
the lower part of tho right lung
Could appoplcxy or epilepsy cause hi-
death! The usual signs of these
were absent-stcrtor and convulsivc
movements OF the muscles. Or can
his death be accoon,cd for from the
physical shock upon the nervous sys.
tom, causing syncopo or fainting i'm
mcdlately after the INN ersion? This,
takea in connection with the disturb
ing itflnence that tho smfill amount
OF water that he may have inhaled
and swallowed might have had upon
his mind and DO y, is the most plausi.
be explanation that l can can now
give. A post mortem examination was
refused.
F. A. SIMMONS, MI
Rochester, No, Oct. 10, 1858.
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The Englishwoman Astonishing the
Arabs.

| h'io ocutIcicO uUouI Tue ruins, W.
were startled by u wild shout, anc
looking up we saw party of Hawar.
dashlns down upon us at full gaIIop
A word was given, and in momen
VIC drew together, and formed q lin,
in front of the ladies, and prepared tt
give the Arabs a warm reception
should they venture on an attack
Our bold front, and the sight of :
formidable tiIo of English rifles, cool
cd their ardor. They roined up, ant
looked steadily at US, US if trying tc
note single sign Of wavc,ing OF
toar.
While standing there, they formed
as wild and picturesque q group as
ever peaceful pilgrims encountered, or
wandering artist slsctched. Their Ian.
COS poised high overhead, tho brigh,
stecl-points glittcring in the midst of
| black turts of fcathcrs-thcir arms
and legs bare-thcir hair streaming in
long plated locks over breast and
shouldcrs-thcir faces bronzcd, and
their oj cs flushing with excitement
and their.nnble horses, with curved
neck and expanded nostril, more ca
ger for the fray even than their ri.
ders. We could not but admire those
children of tho desert, worthy repre-
sentatives of their progenilor Ish-
mael.
While tho balance hung between
peace and war, the ladies, with a COOL
moss and "pluck" that would have
done honor to veteran campaigncrs,
were quietly passing remarks on the
proud bcaring and strange costume Of
the Bedawin; and ono of thcm-a
daughter of the most distinguished
preIa:e that ever adorned tho Irish
Church-took out her book and pen
Gil 10 skotch the scrno. l shall mover
forget the astonishcd look Of tho Ia
wara chief, rs he exclaimed, on seeing
tho act, "By the lifo OF the Prophet {.
the Englishwoman is writing US
down.
The courage Of tlo ladies produced
apparently as powerful an effect as
tho sight of our rifles and revolvcrs.
But be this as it may, the uawara
thought discretion the bolter part Of
va!or. Shouting friendly !Sulumu
olcihum-'Pcace be with you."-tLey
wheeled round their horses and gal
l"ped off. Wo watched their move
meats fearing that they might return
in greater force. But wo saw them
strike off north ward, until, coming
upon couple of poor fishermen on
the banks Of the Crocodile River, they
seized them, ard left them, in point of
costume, precisely as tho thieves left
the man who "went down from Jcru.
salem to Jericho"
Such is modern life on the plain of
Sharon. "No flesh has peace" there.
Those who venture to till the soil
must guard the fruit of thoir laoors
with the sword, and even risk life to
save property. "Sharon is q wilder
ness." and through that Wilderness
the ''spoiIers now come upon all high
places" Ger. xii. l2)-Giant Giles
Of Bashan, and !Syria's Holy Places.
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The DoCToR AND TIE SEXToN.-A
good story is told of doctor in Bcver-
ly, who was somewhat of q wag. He
met one day in the street tho sexton,
with whom he was acquainted. As
tho usual salutations were passed, the
doctor happened to cough.
"Why, DOCTOR" said tho sexton,
"you have got cold; how long have
you had that?" ~
'Iook here Mr.. -" said the
doctor, with a shcw of Indignation,
"what is yorr charge for intermcnts ?"
"Nine shillings,', was the reply.
"Wcll," continued the doctor, 'just
come into my office, and I will pay it.
I don't want to have You round, and
so anxious about my health. j.
The sexton was soon even with
him, however. Turning around to
the, he replied: ''' -.
"Ah, doctor, I cannot afford to bury
you yet. Business has never been SO
good as it has since you began to
practice" ''''".'@ 80 . .'+. '.''.
Since the above conversation Meth
er party has ventured to joke at the
expense of the other. 80. .'"
AN EASTERN TALE.-A certain
Rabbi had two sons, whom both ho
and his wife tendcrIy loved. - " .',
Duty obliged the Rabbi to take i
journey to.a distant country: during
his absence his two promising boys
sickened and died. -; q - I'i''a.
The gricfstrickenmother laid them
out on their bod drew. tho curtain,
and waited sanxiously' for her hus.
baud. .:sis Ish!s1a ~ .!osdih 9on 81
He came-=it was night. 81. ~.
~ How are nySboyss2Y was his first
question:, "Let me sec them, :.-;.a2
"Stay awhilep p'said iiis wife !; ~ am
In great trouble; e;sahd I'want your ad-
vice. Some years ago a. friend ,lont
ms some JEWELS" Iteok great care of
them, and at last began to. prize them
as my owb. "sinosyoar departure my
friend has calledaoa me- for then,sBut
did not like sstos,s part--with them.
Shall ! giysthen,apass .eYs ~ Il xsx
sa.,Wifs lzwhst strange request ist thia?
Give them mp, and that instantly, this
very nightr showsme the iewels.a ,
She took the oBabbi To- .theis abeal,
drew wide the curtain end said; sid;
fHus band, there are. the iesSelssl:s. 4. {, !, ;.
The Rabbi-howed- .his head and
wspt" ~ ,+ - -. -,
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The Columbia correspondent of The
Charleston Neos writes 10 that paper as
follows:
Measures are being taken to secure the
earliest assessments of property and the
co''ec''on OF taxas Reports from some
districts have excited an apprehension in
tho minds Of the officials that there v;l, ,o
some resistance to the Tux collectors. ,....,
Ibis fear and the disturbances that have
occurred in the up country is the reason
gwen and seriously urged by some, for tho
introduction Of a bill to organize militia
loree. not exceeding thirty thousand men.
One section Of the bill, it is said. proposes
10 organize the Governor TO enlist men
outside OF the State, who have served in the
Federal army, possibly some of Sherman's
bummers, and 10 station them in such
counties as Edgefeld, AbbsviIIe and New.
berry, the inhabitants of which are to be
specially taxed for their pay and snpport.
It, is proposed also, in order TO avoid The
constitutional provision prohibiting anv
State from keeping standing army, to
call them militia. but to give them the
same pay as soldiers of the Uuited States
army. It may be that this is all the mere
talk and bombast of a few of the extremists.
but give 1t for what it is worth. "A bill
to organize the militia. it will be: remen-
0eied, passed the House of Representative.
at the last session. but fsiIed for want of
time to be acted upon. in the Senate. ~,
Another proposition is to increase tue
constabulsry force 10 such all extent as to
be able to dispatch sufficient force to any
place, and station them there until such
ti'ne as their presence is shown 10 Ls unne.
cessary. ..
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A lecture recently delivered in New
York, by DR.. Le,nercier, on "Tho
Gorilla," contained an elaborate and
Interesting comparison Of tho gorilla
with man.
Though not quito so tall rs tho ay-
erage man, the gorilla is far moro pow
erluI than Heenan, having according
to Du Chailu, tho strength of eight
ablc.bodicd men. Ooly two of these
creatures have been disscc.cd in Eu-
rope, oAe by Professor Duvcrnoy, and
the other by DR.. Auzoux. No live
gorilla has boen brought TO Europe or
America. The differences between
man and the gorilla are very striking
Tho latter cannot stand upright, ow-
ing to tho structure of his spinal col.
n,nn his. arms are longer, and his le Is
arc shorter than those Of the human
species;. in walking he commonly
uses the ha. Ks of his hands, placing
them flat upon the ground; bo has
thirteen pairs of ribs, and the female
fourteen, whereas man has but ten {;
&c has several muscles which arc not
lound in man; he has "bagpipcs" uu-
der bis arms, connecting with his
w'ndpipe and gIotlis, and by comp res, :
ing these with his arms he can make
noise moro terrible than the uprour
Of u thousand ragmen, and which can
DO heard, according 10 the testimony
Of 81. Du Chailiu, at Distance Of
three miles and more. His hand is
greatly Inferior to tho human hand,
and, besides, thcro exists multitude
of minor differences in other organs.
But what places man far above the 60
riila is the vast superiority of the hu-
man brain and head. The gorilla has
better developed head than the lion,
and whom young his Uranium has u
great resemblance 10 that Of child.
But aflerward, though there is an i'm
mense growth of tho bone, there is no
expansion of the cavity of the skull,
and consequently lone of tho brain.
The lecturer expressed himself at con-
siderable length on this point, and in
such manner as to make it evident
that he was no b ,lievcr in the bypoth.
csis Of Darwin. All animals havo
been mado TO meet the wants of their
material life, and are wonderfully con-
trived for those purposes. The gorilla
has been made a savage inl,abitapt of
the forest, and is adapted for rapidly
ascending trees. His Ghost and mus
cles are marvellous, and ii. the animal
had had tho wisdom and cunning OF
man, tha- African race would long
Isince havo been swept from their ma
tEe soil. in connection with the CO.
1liNs chest, DIR. Lemcrcier said that
thee,rsngth OF any animal whatever
is according tothe development of tho
chest, snd took occasion once moro to
lmpressupon his audience the benefit
which resulted to children from
strength eriRPg their, lungs by gymnas
tic exercises.
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Stirring Soil around Trees.

Opening or Tightening tho soil
around the roots of trees, other in
the Spring or in the Fall, for tho
purpose Of lotting in warmth, and af-
fording free medium for the expan-
sion and development Of the roots, is
of great valuo in promoting tho
health and vigor of tho tree. All
trees, whether fruit or ornamental,
young or old, indigenous or exotic,
are vastly benefited by this process.
In old orchards, the soil about the
Trunks of trees, and to; d considerable
distance from them, 10 every direc-
tion, should be carefully broksn, and
tho apper surface to the depth OF
three or four inches, removed in the
spring, every four or five years
The eggs Of the ,curoulio and other
insects are deposited in this sLratu m,
and If not removed or destroyed, will
produce insects, tho ravages of which
the succeeding year will be p, oductive
OF far greater loss than the expense
Of removing the soil and replacing it
with compost or loan. 1t is an ut-
terly hopeless undertaking TO attempt
the cultivation Of good fruit, when
no mcasures are resortsd 10; 10 obyi.
ate the fatal ravages of tits detssta-
bic and insidnouss foe, and the remedy
now suggested is by no means ex-
pensiVe if,watake into consideration
the advantages otherwise resulting to
the trees from its application. - y (
Any good soil taken from The open
fields or cultivated: lands, may be
used as d substitate.for compost, and
., very small quantity will. suffice.
Even II no fresh matter is applied, /
would reoomrhsnd, the removal. oi
the surface soil, and would replace
Il whea eonvsed'eut: Chip manure; !.
old dung covered With sxsYs ~ answers pa 8
wen for this purposs.--o;ersa.aaaasioasss,a, .aas as,,
1sIs0fcph,eas:a-a So. 'so.s.,.. 'fe.gxfS2
ssIsasst :4j;+.
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= =
IHE itoM1sII ELE slESr in THE En-
dLrsn ~- CncscAA-Romian Catholic
priests and bisHols in some of their
addresses arc referring with satisfac-
tion to the prograsa which their doc
trine and practice aromaking in the
Church Of England. hr. Ullathornc,
Roman Catholic Bishop Of Birming.
ham, at 9 ceremonial in saffordshire,
said ''The clergy Of thsSAnglican
Church-who for three hundred years
had used all their Learning and oil
their skill in writing and. in railing
against the Catholic Church, were
now beginning to use again tho Ian.
guage of action and ceremonial. The
great body of the Anglican clergy
were reintrodueing ritual, and this
was predicted rhorethari two hundred
years ago, by tho nlustrious Bossuet
who said the tirae would come In
England when by the mere force o,
the learning Of it's able men, and by
the study Of the historyof the Church
they would Gome back in numbersin;
totha true fold, ,aud aanons stheeentry
of England the true worship would
becomes the:fsshiona Tlat prediction
was being fulfilled While some eler.
gymsa Eere tegtaEing theis eouscien,
ees. mary others, ad,,zhanB ,s1so Of
the oldest families in the country, were
turning to the true faitbn
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BY ;. A. LEE AND HUGH VIII SON
FOREVER.

Forever! A 1i,tle word
That little child cnn spell.
But lite measures of years has never been heard;
No tongue its length can tell.
And can it be true thatI
Am destined to live so longa
Can it be my soul will never die
BE always living on,
On-when my grave has lost
Each vestige Of this clay
On through the "time and tmes' to Gomez.
On past. the Judgment day;
On, on, i'll heaven or hell,
In endless bliss or woel
FOREVER ON in light to dwell,
Or in endless torment. Obi
Father Of mercies give
Us SO to pumber our days,
As to apply our hearts while welive
To Wisdom and her ways.
AuNr1E.