Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-08-15
Mlistellaneuns &eading,
For the YorkvilIc Enquirer.
FIRST PRESBYTERY.

OQ MOnudy, Iue A5lu uItliho, tHe Ist
Presbytery of thu Associate Reformed Pres-
byterian Church met, in accordance with pre-.
vious adjournment, at Neely's Church, in the
southeastern section of York county. There
were present twelve ordained ministers, two
licentiates, four students of theology and one
ruling elder from each of the pastoral charges.
The retiring Moderator, Rev. j. P. Marion,
delivered a very appropriate sermon from
Ezekiel Xiv 5. Rev. j. M. McLain was
chosen Moderator.
A call for the pastoral labors of the Rev.
w. w. Orr was presented by the congrega'
ton Of Huntersvlle, N. G. This call was
accepted by Mr. Orr, and arrangements made
for his ordination and installation.
New Sterling and Union congregations in
North Carolina, presented a call to Rev. w.
NJ. Hunter, which was accepted. A call was
also presented by the congregation of Unity,
in Lancaster county, S. c., to Rev. E. E.
Presley. Permission was granted Mr.. Press
lev to retain this call until the meeting of the
Presbytery in April.
Petitions asking for the moderation of a
call came up from the congregations of Gil
lad and Prosperity, N. c., and from the con-
gregation of Hopewell, in Chester county, S.
c. Both these petitions were granted.
Messrs John \. White and w. w. Millen
were licensed as probationers, and Messrs
Rabb and Cochran delivered each sermon
which was sustained as giving manifest evi'
dence of progress.
The meeting was very harmonious and
pleasant, and late in the afternoon of the 30th
of July, adjourned to meet at the stated time
at Sardis, Mecklenburg county, NC. R.
LIBERIAN EMIGRATION.
In one of his letters from Liberia to the
News and Courier, Mr.. Williams gives ad
vice to those proposing to emigrate, and sums
up the attractions of the country as follows
Now, after all l have been writing, comes
the question, What, after my personal obser
walton, do I think of Liberia and of gener'
al immigration of the colored people hither
| will try and answer the question so that the
colored people themselves can understand it,
Liberia is undoubtedly
A MAGNIFICENT COUNTRY,
and possesses soil which it is hard to beat
There is money to be made here, and lots o
it. But it will take hard work, thrift and
good management to get it. Then there is a
risk to be run of fever and other diseases. A
man who can work, manage, restrain his ap-
petites, put up with hard living for while
and be prudent and careful, has all the chances
in his favor for getting we'll through the sick
ness. Patience will have to be exercised too.
Above all things, no man should come without
six months full provisions, asupply of simple
medicines, little ready money, and all the
bright caicoes, brass trinkets, notions and lea
tobacco he can lay his hands on. These will
be worth double their value here to trade
with, or pay natives for work. Salts always
valuable here too. In the interior the ma
tives lick visitors hands for the salty taste Of
the perspiratiou He should try and arrange
to have as little to buy here, and to depend as
little on the Liberans as possible. Those
who have two or three hundred dollars over
their passage money. and can Gil the rest Of
the above bill, will, am sure, have much
better chance of becoming independent here
than in America. Those who fall short, and
come expecting to find heaven on earth, il
which they will have to work no more, ane
who are unprovided with means, will soon be
come disappointed and disgusted, and want tt
get hack to America. Many have come here
aud gone away to abuse the country, but
think they generally belong to the class las
named. | can see no earthly reason why 6
careful, we'll provided and good emigrant can
not, by few years faithful work, achieve in
dependence There should be as large pro
portion of ahlebodiea hands brought along al
possible. The man who has no s0us Or broth