Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-04-18
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MIAMI. Mo, April l, 1872

MIAMI, Mo-, April l, 1872.
Dear Aducrtiser :-Tourletter of March
9th, has been received, and thspaper comes
regularly. i regret exceedingly that you
failed to get my third communication; not
because of your loss, but mine; for, it
would have been perhaps ofsbut little val
ue to you, but its publication would have
bcen.no small favor to me. The fault is
not yours, however, andnoW I rejoice in
the thoughtsof appearing again before
many of my friends who read your paper.
1 can not write regularly, and give you
letters of any considerable length; but l
am glad to know that, whenI can write,
your columns are open for me- Moreover,
I may be able, occasionally. to get up
something in this distant State that will
interest even those who are not personally
acquainted with ME.
| and Mrs. Horne and our babe are.qulte
well, and very cheerful. We have expe-
rienccd no harm whatever from change Of
climate; and, although'wc left tried friends
in our native Carolina, under emotions OF
sadness, and must ever remember them
with pathetic tenderness,-we have found
in our new sphere, that we are not to be
for long while without that sympathy
of friends whose absence weso deeply leIt
while, for time, we moved among those
who were utter strangers.
Now am located as pastor of the Bap-
tist Chprch in Miami; and, | am glad to
say, very pleasantly located. T I stopped
at this placc'i in the expectation of going to
Marshall, where, as had learned before I
left home, there was an opening for a min
lister. found that Marshallwas supplied,
and began prospecting and. preaching in
different directions, leaving my family still
%here 1 had at first stopped. Soon the
pastor at this place resigned. I was re-
duestcd TO occupy the pulpit, which | did
for two months, and was then called to
The pastorate of the Church.
Now, considering things apparently
small, which in common parlance men call
accidents, which led me to Missouri, in
stead Of other States which I had in con-
temptation, and considering number OF
these which led TO my location in the place
where l rested for the first time after my
long Journey, have concluded that, even
Joseph in Egypt. when brought from Pha-
raohs prison to his palace, did not witness
more striking displays of eGi0aD providence
than have in this episode in the nara
tive of my lilc's events. have Therefore
concluded that those things apparently
small ".werc not accidents, aud believe
have been enabled to receive with graft
thdc the blessing of Him who has said
Trust in the Lord and DO good: so shalt
thou dwell in the land, and verify. thou
shalt lie fed. Delight thyself also in the
Lord, and he shall give thee the desires of
thine heart" =:
ourwintcr fingers in the lap of spring"
A week ago, We had considerable snow,
and even this morning, the land was fro
zen. Farmers have only made little
start at plowing. They say that the Win
ter has been the most severe that they
have had since The war, and that much OF
their whcatis killed. Much Of the fruit
also is killed. This is thing Of which !
believed never heard in South Carolina
fruit destroyed by cold before The sap has
started.
The ice drillcd out of our River few
weeks ago, and Steamboats, are running
regularly now. The,cllief articles shipped
from our town at this season OF the year,
are Corn and Hemp. a drove Of fat oxen,
or drove of mules, may be seen passing
occasionally. They are generally driven
by white men, and l am lad to say that
our "ship of State" is manned by the
same worthy class. Salhbo is the excep-
ton here, and not the rulc-not the rule,
nor the one having the rule.
Very truly, yours,
E. w. HORNE.