The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1878-10-24

charged with being an tnddel ur
prissd me beyond measure. I have
known him well from his boyhood.
Ho prepared for college at the wy
oming Conference Seminary under
my charge, and having graduated at
college, at my earnest request, the
trustees elected him as one OF onr
teachers in the Seminary. Both in
the institution and among it's pa
irons, as we'll as throug hout the en-
tire community, he WAS universally
and deservedly held in high esteem.
! have always regarded him as a
firm believer in the Bible and reveal
ed religion. From his youth up till
the change Of my residence from
Wyoming Valley to this city. six
years ago, 80 intimate was my &C.
quaintance with General H)yt that
had he been in the least degree in
clined to infidelity, I could not have
failed to discover IT, When I read
your note, / said to myself, ut cant
be that within the past few years
my friend Hoyt has fallen prey to
scepticism, so firmly had regard
cd him established in the belief of
Christianity. G However, TO be abso.
lutely sure that no such change in
General Hoyt's religious views had
taken place within the past six years
40 70 give any occasion. whatever,
for charging him with being an inf.
del, l wrote Rev. pr. w. II. Olin.
presiding elder Of Wyoming district,
ls.,d resident OF Wilkesbarre, the
Generals home.
Herewith | hand you Dr. Olin y
letter, and also one from Rev. DR..
Hodge, Of the same city. Permit
me also to say that Mr.. McClintock,
to whom Or. Hodge refers, is known
throughout the State as one Of the
first and nost highly respected law.
yers OF the Luzerne bar. l write in
the interest of'truth, and not to on
lloeize General Hoyt, though have
always had Q high regard for him as
o man OF decided ability aud sterl-
ing merit. I unite with Rev. Drs.
Oiin aud Hodge in declaring the
charge that General Hoyt is an inf
del, 70 be wholly without founda-
ton.
Very truly yours,
r NELSON.
WnKsBARns, Pa, Oct. /, 1878.
Il. NELSON, d. ID.
DEAR DocroR Your note OF tho
2Sth ultimo. concerning the report
that General Hoyt is an infidel, came
to hand yesterday. In reply I say 1
have been acquainted with the Gem
eral for eight or nine years--the
last four and over, in this city,--I
never heard such charge even hint.
ed till last week, aud then from a
slip Of newspaper sent me by Q
friend. After receiving your note
yesterday l called on Rev. F. B
Hodge, the Pastor OF the First
Presbyterian Church, 10 this city,
and Of the family OF General Hoyt,
and showed him your note. After
reading it he emphaticnlly pronounc.
cd the charge OF infdelity ma 10
against tho General utterly untrue.
From conversations had with several
Of our older citizens, ~ho have
known the General from bis young
manhood, have no doubt OF the
) correctness OF Rev. Mr.. Hodge q
Gu cterization OF said report.
Yours truly,
w. II. OLIN.
Rev. Dr. NELSON.
DEAR SIN DIR. Olin has handed
me your lettor, and I cheeviully ado
over my own signature an emphatic
denial that there 10 any truth in the
report that General Hoyt is on inf
del. From personal Conversation
and from the testimony Of men VIII,
know him intimately, am positive
ON this point, and II. McClintock
Esq, we'll known to you, ssys he ha'
often heard General hoyt deienf
the Bible and revealed religion, in
the bar office in dispute with broth
or lawyers.
/ Yours respectfully,
T. b. HODGE
These letters completely explod
this mendacious falsehOod. The nc.
quaintance Of the parties reach bacl
to General Hoyt's young manhood
and follow him to the present
, There is, therefore, not a shadow o
uncertainty left, on tho points at is
sue. A warfare Of this kind is o
tho meanest possible spirit. As +,
, rule, its tendency, when exposed. il
to draw to the party assailed the ait
I and support Of all honorable men
II is peculiarly shameful that q false
hood Of this character should hav,
been 90 industriously circulated
} against him. And yet, IL is, in
sense. compliment. It shows tha
bis opponents realize that he i
strong among the better classes. ant
that il they would harm him, some
thing must be invented. His hon
est, noble character is proof against
fair assault. Therefore to reach bin
at all, falsehoods must be invented
: We are gratified to be thus able Il
lay before our readers 30 clear and