Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-05-16

Governor. am q candidate for no office
in the gift Of the people. I say this not
from any feeling Of spleen, but as a mat
ter of justice as TO myself and to you. I
will not accuse anybody, and I do not
arraign any set Of men,"
Hi, Yil Bress de Lordl >aIi
For the Advertiser.
A Visit to Raleigh, N. C.--The South
srn Baptist gonyssntIIonl;; lon; e,9;
Taking the express train at Pine House,.
Wednesday, May 9th, we hoped to reach.
Raleigh the next morning,-that being
the day for the meeting of the Conven-
ton. But unfortunately we found that
the train which carried us, did not 60
through to Raleigh and so We had to lie
over at .sa y -
GREENSBORO, ia1''
until after midnight, Eharsday night
THIS is pleasant town, Situated at the
junction of the Danyille q N. G. Rail-
roads. We whiled away part of the
time ThpRsasy by visiting some spoke
and handle factarias, which are aaing q
i,e,ge business bore, The Democratic
- q. nf North Carolina held its
Convention u. few days be-
me- eting at Greensboro =.
fore, attended by over two thousand del
egates, besides good many visitors.
The party in that State seem very hope
full. This delay made us too late for the
ORGANIZATION OF THE CONVENTION
which took place on Thursday morning..
resulting in the election of DR.. j. F.
Boyce; Of s. c., as President, with sew
eral Vice Presidents and twoSecrataries.]
After the election DR.. John A. Broadust
presented the Convention gavel for the
use of the President, the hapdleof which
was made of balsam wood from the banks
of the Jordan, and the other part of olive
wood from Judea. f4x,, ~, n
The ATTENDANCE
upon the Convention was large-about
three hundred delegates, and great
were from Virginia, North csrdr& and anu
South Carolina, but every State was rep
resented, except Texas. Early IN the
meeting an address was delivered by
Rev. DR.. Cote with reference to the
MISSION IL RoME, ITALY,
in which he said many things eneoura-
ging and inspiring, but showed beyond
doubt the great importance of house OF
worship in that city. Twenty thousand
dollars for this purpose were pledged by
the members of the Convention, to be
raised in their several States. South Car
olina was pledged for two thousand dol.
lars. In the midst of her iesolations she
will not he behind her sister States. iEv-
cry Baptist, yes, and every lover Of re-
ligious liberty should deelniita o privilege
to bear part in this great enterprise.
It offers a glorious opportunity which
should not be- lost. Perhaps the most
important discussion of the Convention
was with reference to the 49, -
S. S. BOARD; - i
the question beingas to whether it should
be continued erabolished. Among those
who took part in the discussion was Rev.
j. R. Graves, but bis sentiments were
read by DIR. Landrum, DR.. Graves being
unable to speak. from the loss of his voice.
1t was finally decided by avery small
majority to continue the board. The
question of the
~
REMOVAL OF THE SEMINARY
had not been decidedwhen weleft. Chat
tanooga was bidding highest for it; but
the general sentiment seemed to favor
Nashville. On Friday afternoon the Con-
vention adjourned early, to permit tho
delegates to attend the
MEMORIAL SERVICES
by the ladies of tho city at the Confedesr
sse Cemetery. A large procession march
ed out, carrying loads of flowers and lis
tened to graceful oration by Gen; Wade
Hampton. s.....r. 10.
Among the most
PROMINENT MEN
at the Convention was DR.. r. Fuller of
Baltimore, the lion Of every such 'occa-
sion. He made grand speech on Sat-
urday night on Domestic Missions, In
which he very touchingly alluded to Drs:
Crawford, Taylor and Poinde1ter-the
last named having died at his home in
Virginia upon the eve of the Convention.
There were also Drs. Dixoni- Braatley of
Baltimore, Winher, Reynolds Jeter,
Curry, tho professors of the Seminary
Boyce, Broadus; Williams and Toy and
host of others. DR.. B. Manly, now of
Georgetown College, was present and dn.
ring the devotional exercises one morn- ~
ing spoke very feelingly about his recent
illness, of which he still bears traces.
OF the i. s......, +s..--, ,.rH .ao
VISITORS FROM THE NoRrH,
we noticed DR.. J. A. Smith, Of Chicago,
editor of the Baptist &andard, Rev. D.
B. Stout, of N. J., DR.. Warren Randolph,
OF Penn, the companion Of DR.. Broadus
in his recent European travels, and Mr..
Horace Waters, of N. Y. Our ~ "''
GENERAL IMPRESSIONS
were that the entire session was highly
edifying and delightful, the hospitality
of Raleigh open and cordial, and the ar
rangements by the Church and pastor
i(Dr. T. q. Pritchard), for the accommo-
dation of the Convention admirable. The
next session viii be- held in Montgom-
cry, Ala, May, 1878.
Edgefield, s. G. Il. B.
Sr- Hon. Alfred Huger, a well known
Charlestonian, and conspicuous Union
ist in the days Of nullification and seces-
sion, died in that city on the 14th, of par.
alysis, in his eighty fourth year. He