The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1873-10-01

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Letter from Newport, Rhode Island.
The following letter, which we
clip from the Southern Christian Ad-
voeate, with its crisp and sparkling
comments upon current topics, and
it's pleasant mention OF some well
known Abbeville people, will not
be unintcresting to our readers:
DEAR BROTHER KENNEDY: The
bath of this fifth Fall day invig-
CRATES me, and L write. This has
been delightful holiday to me.
| Off the coast of Maine, at Biddle-
ford Pool for two weeks, with kind
friends, I felt the pulse Of the great
sea, and caught the spirit of the
Grand scene. Then down to Bos-
ton, and a run up to Concord, Mass,
and about three hours with Ralph
Waldo Emerson, who is grander
than the sea, by just so much as
mind and soul are superior to [lv
externa! to them. I was not at all
disappointed in him, and the re-
freshment of that afternoon abldes.
He inquired most particularly about
Mr.. BarnweIl, of South Carolina
his old college and class-mate
spoke in the most enthusiastic
terms of him ; and also spoke OF
other Carolinians with the greatest
difference.
I came down to Hartford, hoping
to see DR.. Bushnell, but he was
summering it off in Vermont. On
Sunday morning | got into a class
room with some devoted Methodist
people and sat with them most
heavenly, in Christ Jesus. Heard
DR.. Katel preach at II A: NJ, and
preached for him at night. Lie
came down with me to New York
next day, and made me feel quite
comfortable in speaking Of the night
before. The Doctor is over fifty
has a clear, bright mind, and evil
dently loves truth for its own dear
sake. + was fortunate in meeting
such a man.
A run down to Philadelphia for
the feeble wife who had been rest
| ing off the WEAKNESS Of the trip,
! (ffom Columbus, Miss, via st.
Louis, Springfield, Toledo, Niagara,
Detroit, Montreal,( with beloved
relatives, and we came to Newport
| in time to witness the marriage OF
Miss Fannie Sims, daughter Of DR..
J. Marion Sims, and Mr.. Chas. Ed.
Gregory, both Of New York. The
wedding OCCASION was in keeping
with the style of the place and the
position of the parties. The bride
groom is reported very wealthy
has a residence on 5th Avenue, and
the richest presents of the bride,
from Paris, and from other distant
places, gave token of the high con-
sideration in which the pure, mod
est and noble-hearted girl was held.
Heaven smiled on the occasion, for
the day was one of the brightest,
sweetest, softest. I sat in the
church just behind the French
minister, the Marquis de Noialles,
and the Marchioness. The latter
was Polish Countess before her
marriage. They were about the
simplest and most unpretentious in
their bearing of any people [ have
seen. They were both at the recep-
ton.
On last Sunday morning [ was
invited by DR.. Sims to witness the
most difficult and remarkable oper-
alton he Las ever performed. There
were about ten doctors present, the
Drs. Francis (sons Of the great
Doctor of New York, now deceased)
and DR.. Peasler among them. DR..
Harry Sims, son Of DR.. Sims, also
aided. The operation was to remove
an ovarian tumor from the lett SIDE,
the patient, a lady forty years Old.
The adhesion was entire, and the
complications were such as to de-
maud the utmost tact and skill, and
yet the bold surgeon went through
lit all without falter, and accom-
plished the work in less than forty
minutes, removing u tumor weigh
ing ninety pounds, and leaving the
patient quite comfortable: 1t is
now the sixth day, and she bids
fair to recover. The sensation
among the physicians of the place
was most profound. It was an event
in my lite, and having to preach
within an hour after, l felt like get
ting down and crawling like a worm
to the pulpit. TO what is poor
humanity liaJle?, AS I looked about
amid the sp!endor of the wedding
occasion, two days after, how ten.
derly did l feel toward the frall
humanity that was underneath it
all! N never think or speak hard
of a woman again. To see the en-
thusiasm of the patients OF Dr.
Sims, when they speak of him, is as
refreshing as was the sun OF this
morning.