smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

If the love that you ask for offer you here,
Can promise to follow you without fear?
VIII you take my hands III your own, dear,


And keep lem soft and warm?
Will you teach me to trust each word you


say?


Will you keep my feet so they never can


stray?
VIII you be my guide in the one right way,


Ny refuge in every storm?
Then I'll lovingly follow wherever you guide,
Though our way may lie through desert
e.. wide; -.
All through the journey, safe by Your side,


You shall lead me everywhere.
1t is sweeter to walk by faith than sight,
If only you feel you are going Alright.
May trust you always to find the light,


And 8 de me safely there :?
Year: 1878

Today l thougnt WouIo JUST
take a stroll among the tanners,
whose abiding place is down in the
Swamp. There is nothing Of the
iconoclast in me. I dislike to see
the old landmarks disappear, and
even the onward march Of pub
lie improvement scarcely recon
Giles me to the change. I
would have broken Dowlng's head
with a club, as he broke the
church windows and affairs, if I
could have rescued wooden angel,
or saved a baptismal font from des,
ecration. In fact, my habitual re-
verence for ancient things was a
constant source Of annoyance to
that excellent woman, my mother,
whose savage assaults on my favo,
rite museum were frequently supple
mented by a big black strap, which
often led meto e2ecrate the memory
of the man who first invented leather.


From the block which is made
up. by the Sun Office, on the corner
Of Franklin street and Printing
House Square, and the Tribune
Office on the corner of Spruce street,
the hill runs down with sharp de-
scent to what is known as the
Swamp, where the tanners and cur
riers dwell. Why it is called so
would puzzle your modern geo.
grapher, forlong rows of substantial
brick houses line it's well-paved
streets, where less than a hundred
years ago was 8 swamp OF a mile
in circumference. And if here and
there some ancient landmark puts
forth a claim to our reverence, they
are only exceptions, which the de-
structive iconoclasts have forgotten,
in their fury to destroy.


Nearly two hundred years ago
Herminius Klock-the oldest son
of Johannes Klock, whose mill
stood on the banks Of Klock's
Pond-erected herea tannery down
in the Swamp, with little wind
mill to grind his own bark; and he
was the father of that grand old
race of tanners which has held
possession of the Swamp from that
day to this. Klock's pond reached
from little distance below the
City Hall, along the line Of Cen
ter street, taking in >goodly
portion Of Canal street. A small
stream crossed Chatham street,
at Pearl, emptying its sluggish
waters in the muddy bosom of the
swamp ;and this stream was spanned
by the Lovers Bridge, where rural
New York did much of their WOO
ing on those long summer nights
when a stroll through the green
fields of the Bovery Lane seemed
like the high Post-road to Elysium.
A stout old burgher was Herminius
Klock, combining the trade of a
butcher with that Of a tanner-no
uncommon thing in those days ;
and wonderful stories are told OF


his marvellous proHess-of his pull
ing in a refractory bull by the
horns, and of his knocking him


down with his fist. He believed


there was nothing like leather,
and always up to the DAY Of his


death went clad in a suit Of his own


tanning. Leather breeches were


the fashionable wear of the old


Dutch burghers, and stout leatherr
ierkins were not uncommon ever
Year: 1878

An Act to declare the Law re-


spectiug the powers and duties


of Circuit Judges Of this State.


without the limits of the Circuits


in which they reside.


SECTION l. Be 1t enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the State ofSouth Carolina, now
met and sitting in General Assembly,
and By the authority Of the same /:
That every judge while holding the
circuit court for any circuit pursuant
to the provisions Of the law of this
State shall be invested with powers
equal to those of the judge of such
circuit, and may hear aud determine
all causes and motions and grant all
orders in open court or at chambers
which it is competent for the Judge
residing in such circuit to hear, de-
termine or grant, any. law, usage or
custom to the contrary notVithstand-
ing.


Sec. 2. That every circuit Judge
in this State shall at all times have
jurisdiction to discharge and perform
all the duties of his office within the
circuit wherein he resides; except the
holding of circuit courts therein when
some other circuit judge shall be en-
gagged in holding said courts.


SEC. 3. That NJ extra term of any
circuit court shall be ordered except
by the circuit court of the county for
which the extra term shall be held
only by the judge ordering the same {:

Provided, The same shall not interfere
with the power now lodged in the
chief justice in the premises; and,
provided further, that no cause shall
be tried at an extra term of any cir
cult court, unless the said cause shall
have been previously docketed upon
some of the calendars of the last pre-
ceding regular term of such court.


Sec. 4. That all acts and parts Of
acts inconsistent with this act be, and
the same is hereby, repealed.


Approved Mach l, 1878.
Year: 1878

SOME OF TIE LEGISLATIVE WORK OF


THE PRESENT SESSION.


The following are official copies,
verified by careful comparison, Of Acts
passed and approved at the present
session of the General Assembly:
A Bill to protect the Crops of Planters


and Farmers in the hands of Mer-


chants and Factors from Attach


ment and Levy for Debts due By


said Merchants and Factors.


Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives Of the State
Of South Carolina, now met and sit
ting in General Assembly, and By the
authority of the same:


That after the passage Of this act
all crops and produce of any planter Or
farmer which may, by consignment or
otherwise, come into possession or
keeping Of any merchant or factor
shall be exempt from attachment and
levy at the suit Of any creditor or
creditors Of the said merchant or fac
tor; provided, however, that should
said merchant or factor have made any
advances of mouey or provisions, or
both, to said planter or farmer, said
crop or produce may be sold in the
regular manner, and out Of the pro-
ceeds Of the same so much shall
be taken as will pay said advances,
together with interest thereon.


Approved February Il, 1878.
Year: 1878

There is manifest revival of business
IN at least one of the marts in Philadel-
phia where many men are in the habit of
congregating in the busy hours of the
uay-the business appears to be politics,
Ledger.
Year: 1878

There are also indications of Other
difficulties. Thus, even if the Congress
meets, months may probably pass before
it solves all the questions before it, and
if the Turks meanwhile evacuate various
points in accordance with the treaty Of
San Stefano, and Russia proceeds to carry
out the various constitutional reforms
prescribed therin, the Congress will
every day be confronted by some newly
accomplished fact. But the Russians
are not likely to stay the execution of
the treaty until after the Congress, as
that would be direct admission Of the
right Of the Powers to revise the treaty.


The Austrian Ambassador to Ger
many has come to Vienna for afew days.
This Is connected by some with reports
Of the preliminary conference at Berlin.
If such conference should be held, it
would be as q test whether it is safe to
summon the Congress. The failure OF
the preliminary conference not being
thought likely to involve such serious
consequences rs the break up of the Con-
gress, the latter event could hardly
fail toproduce direct sntagonism.
Year: 1878

In the Provincial Pariment ut Victoria
on the Dist inst. the Attorney General in
troduced \ memorial to the Queen setting
forth gricyal ces OF the Province against
the Dominion, and paying that in case
the terms Of union are not carried out by
the first day Of may next, that British
Columbia shall then be allowed to with
draw from the union. There is no excite
ment and the memorial will be adopted by
large majority.
Year: 1878

The line of the S. S w. w. Railroad
from Seattle across the tide flats is to be
changed to follow the shore line. Tie
piles have become so worm eaten that
they are not safe support for heavy trains.
Year: 1878

Inc testimony before the Potter commit
tee last week effectually disposes of the
''Forida case" In all that testimony there
is no evidence that the state was not justly
counted foy Hayes, or thai bargains OF any
description were made by the Republican
leaders with the local politicians. Minister
Noyes has been completely vindicated, and
the only honorable course for the committee
to pursue is to publicly acquit him of the
charges brought against him. He went TO
Florida to secure an honest count, and sue
ceeded. He made no promises of reward to
the men who canvassed the votes, though he
does seem to have assured them that they
should bo protected in the discharge of their
duty. Nor are the other "visiting states
men, implicated in any frauds or irregulari-
ties. The witnesses upon whom the Demo
Gratis relied did not dare under oath to repeat
the wild statements they have been so freely
making during the last few months. 1t came
out in the course of Fridays testimony that
the reason Dennis gave for refusing to testify
in Florida was not that his testimony would
ruin the Republican case, but that he had
fears.of his personal safety. Throughout
the proceedings connected with the count he
insisted to General Noyes that the state had
gone Republican.


The investigation has developed nothing
new in regard to the alleged frauds in Ala.
chua county. The facts in regard to the
vote of the Archer precinct were bronght ont
long since, and the testimony of Dennis adds
nothing to them. In that precinct 219 votes
were, it appears, added to the poll list to
counterbalance Democratic stufing of the
ballot boxes. The number of Republicans
who voted that day, and testified to the vot-
ing, was greatly in excess of the number of
Republican ballots at first returned. In
stead of thoroughly demonstrating the fraud
at the time the Republican local canvassers
went to work irregulariy and credited the
Republicans with all the votes cast by them.
The result was substantial justice, but #
should have been achieved in different way.
No one will undertake to defend the manner
in which the Republican canvassers attempt
ed to correct the great wrong put upon them.
There is no doubt of the Democratic frauds.
In the investigation which grew out of the
contested election case of Findley against
Bisbee, the former offered to call as witnesses
those who voted at the Archer precinct to
prove that frauds had been committed by the
Democrats during the day OF the election
which were not fully counterbalanced by the
addition Of votes by the Republican canvass
Year: 1878

IT is the journal Of Commerce which
says that the men in New York who are
shouting ''bread or lead" spend enough on
tobacco and beer every day to buy dozen
loaves of bread, and it adds: "If these Com
munists had half the stomach for fighting
tina. they have for eating aud guzzling, they
would be really dangerous"
Year: 1878

EVERY regular attache Of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate couptersigned by Stanley T.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer a favor upon US by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent our
Year: 1878

We do not read anonymous etters and communl-
cations. The and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
Year: 1878

sAO SSohOhSCs


No one who has fairly studied the case can
doubt that Florida was honestly Republican.
If the investigation has done anything it has
strengthened the proof OF that. This one
branch of the inquiry has terminated favor
ably TO the Republicans. There is every rea-
son to believe that the Louisiana inquiry will
result the same way.
Year: 1878

The General Assembly in session in Lou
isville, KY, in 1870, ordered: "That the
whole matter of COlpOrtsge," which up to
that time had been managed by the Execu-
tive Committee of Publication, "be commit
ted to the Presbyteries to carry on as they
NAV deem best" The Assembly did well in
making that change, because the Executive
Committee could not prosecute the work
either efficiently or economically; aud also,
because the work itself properly belonged to
the Presbyteries.


The effect of that action was to put q stop
for the time to the whole work. The AS
sembly's Committee could not engage in it,
and the Presbyteries were not prepared for
it. They had neither the means in hand,
nor had they determined upon any method
of work; and as to plan Of operations, even
in this respect the Executive Committee
could give them no aid, Left thus to their
own resources, the most of the PreSbyteries
gave the matter but little attention.


The Presbytery of Winchester, however,
at the stated meeting subsequent to that &C.
ton of the Assembly, directed its Committee
of Publication "to prepare plan of opera
tons, and to report at the next meeting. -
This was done, and the plan thus adopted
went into practical operation in June, 1871
An outline of it is published, by order Of the
Assembly, as an appendix to the fifteenth
Annual Report of the Committee of Publica
tion for 1876, pp. % and 29. And it is sub
stantislly the same as that now recommended
to the Presbyteries by the Committee of Pub
licatiOn. So much for the history. Ant
now l propose an exposition of the plsr
somewhat in detail.


1. The design of the sUOrk. If it be th'
Year: 1878

"None shall appear before me empty.-Exodus
xxxiv 20.


There must be redemption price in the
hand of every one who draws near to God.


Not that God needeth any from US, or
ssketh any recommendation from US save our
wants and unworthiness. But while His
grace says, 81 will love them freely" His
righteousness must be seen and recognized
in the manner in which the free love gives
vent to itself. Righteousness insists on q
ransom or redemption.price. This We must
bring at all times when we come to the God
of righteousness. We have no redemption
price of our own to bring; but We have one
provided for US, the completed ransom of the
cross, which is at all times at our disposal,
and in all circumstances available for US.


1. We can not come empty handed to God
This is the law of the sanctuary. 1t was the
law of the earthly tabernacle, much more OF
the heavenly. No mpty-handed worshipper
can be admitted. To this law there is nc
exception. We must either stay away OF
come with gift.


2. We have no gift of our own to bring
The gift that would be acceptable must be
perfect, without flaw or blemish; and we
have no such gift in our possession. Moth
ing less than perfection can be presented tc
God or be accepted by Hin.


8. God has provided gift for US He
has put into our hands the ransom money
the redemption which is not only perfect
but infinitely precious; such as we know
He can not but accept. The redemption
price of Calvary is presented to US that We
may come to God full-handed. We are tt
make use of it at all times.


4. The name of the well-beloved Son o.
God is our recommendation. We fill oul
hands as well as our mouths with it when VIZ
come saying "for ChriSts sake" When VIZ
try to come to God in virtue of goodness OIL
earnestuess in ourselves, pleading the fervol
of our prayers or the excellency of our per
formances, we are coming mpty-hsnded
for that which We are bringing will not FL
the hand. But when we consent to be treat
ed on the footing of anOther's goodness, and
when that goodness is perfection, then VT
come with full hand, and are sure of &C
ceptance and blessing. Take as your gift tc
the Father, Christ Himself, and that will suf
fee. Nothing else will do. Ask to b'
treated on the footing of what He is, and o.
what He has done, and all is we'll.
Year: 1878

selling of books, even good books, as mat


ter of business or FIR pecuniary profit, church


courts ought to have nothing to do with it.


That is not church business. Aud if this


plan of colportsge was devised simply to


build up business for the Publishing House
in Richmond, the case is no better. Its sole
design is the preaching of the Gospel by
means of the Press; and this is the only
ground upon which the management of the
business by the Church can be justified. 1t
is not to make money, or to furnish employ
ment to numerous agents. but to do good by
furnishing the people with supply of pure
and sound Christian literature. Aud as the
minister or the missionary breaches the gos-
pei to his congregation, so the colporteur, by
his books, breaches the same gospel to the
people at their homes. And in thus doing
his work he is often TIE pioneer of the min
lister, preparing the way for him, and always
his valuable auxiliary.


ii. Importance of the Work Its impor
tance might be iaferred frop the fact, that
so much prominence has been given to it by
all the leading Bible and Religious Publish
ing Societies in the world, and by its having
place in every scheme of missionary work
both in our own and in foreign lands. Only
in the cities, and in our larger towns, are
bookstores established, or books, other than
for schools, kept on sale; so that the produc
tions of the press, and especially of the reli-
giOus press, are practically inaccessible to the
majority of the people. Advertising in the
papers, whileit accomplishes muchi in securing
the sale of books of a certain class, and which
treat of topics of special interest, will always
fail to secure general circulation Of sound
religious reading; because to the most of the
people book that is not seen is book un-
known. And newspapers, valuable as they
may be, cannot take the place of books
And even if it be known that book is OBJ
tainable at the bookstore, or through the
mail, yet there is not the same inducement
to purchase it that there is when it is brought
to the door. Practically, if the people are to
be supplied with a Christian literature it
must be by carrying it to their homes.


But aoV the question is not shall the peo-
pie be supplied but with what shall they
be supplied? The press is teeming with its
issues, and all over the land active and per-
sistent efforts are made, not only to supply
secular literature, much of which is vicious
and hurtful in it's character, but also So
called religious literature that is worthless,
if it be not positively injurious and heretical.
And against this hood-t tide of corrupt and
corruptiug literature, the Church, if she
would be safe, must not only oppose faith
ful ministry, but bringlto their aid the labors
of the colporteur in supplying the wants of
a reading people With nj food.


But again: Our se5ars-s existence as
Church implies something distinctive in our
principles or order, which we are bound to
contend for and maintain. The defence of
the truth as we hold it is therefore committed
to US; and for the dissemination of that
truth among our people, the colportage work
furnishes most important agency.


(To BE CONTINUED.
Year: 1878

Spend, if possible, one hour each day in
reading some great and good book. The
number of such books is not too many to
overwhelm you. Every one who reflects on
the former years Of his education can lay bis
finger on half dozen, perhaps even fewer,
which have made lasting impress on bis
mind. Treasure up these. 1t is not only
the benefits which you yourself derive from
them-it is the impression which they leave
upon you of the lasting power of that which
is spiritual and immateral. How many in
all classes of life may say of their own expe-
rience that which was said in speaking of his
library by one who was my own earliest lite
rary delight, Robert Southey:


My days among the dead are passed;


Around me behold


Where er these casual eyes are cast,


The mighty minds of old;


My never-failing friends are they,


With whom l converse day by day.


My thoughts are with the dead with them


live in long past years;


Their virtues love. their faults condemn.


Partake their nope and fears,


And from their lessons seek and find


instruction with an humble mind.


But it is not by books, whether of liters-
ture or science, that the self.educstion of
after-life is assisted. When Joan of Arc was
examined before her ecclesiastical Judges,
and was taunted with the reproach that such
marvellous things as she profsssed to have
seen, and heard, and done, were not found
written in any book which they had studied,
she answered in spirit akin, and in some
respects superior, to the well.known lines in
which Hamlet replies to Horatio. She re.
piled: my Lord God has book in which
are written many things which even the most
learned clerk aud scholar has never come
across" Then there is yet the deeper edu.
cation to be derived by those who have senses
exercised to discern between good and evil,
from the great fux and reAux of human af-
fairs, with which the popularity of our times
causes all to become more or less conversant.
One of the experiences which the education
of life brings with it, or ought to bring with
it, is an increasing sense of the difference be-
tween what is hollow and what is real, what
s artificial and what is honest, what is per-
manent and what is transitory. "There
are, says Goethe, in a proverb pointed out
to me long ago by Lord Houghton as sum-
mary of human wisdom, "many echoes in the
world, but few voices" 1t is the business
of the education of sfter-lfe to make US more
and more alive to this distinction.
Stanley.
Year: 1878

It CHANGED that in the dubious dusk OF sleep
I seemed to attain that realm where mortals
throw


All gross mortality earthward ere they go
Forth as frail spirits amid deaths hollow deep.
All folly and sin were here that mortals reap,
All desperate fear and hope, all joy or woe,
And here all precious crowns the exalted
know
Lay gathered in superb tumultuous heap
STOPPING towards these, 1 marked, in silent
awe,


Their ponderous gold, or gems that beamed
like day,


Or Iovelier laurel that grand brows had
worn !;
But hid below the beauty OF each saw
Perpetually, in grim recurrent way,
The bitterness of one small red-rusted
thorn


-AppletO7l's Journal.