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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONALIST-
Church and State- <
Father Hecker, of the Catholic Church, de
livered a lebture on this subject iu Chicago, a
few days since, which was numerously attended. ,
The following is the gist of his discourse : '
Some men imagine that religion is not ne- '
cessary to political institutions, but religious ;
sanction, all will agree, is necessary to the sta
bility of political' truth. An examination of
political truth will reveal religious truth as es
sential to political success. Witness ancient
Rome ; the emperor was ruler and pontifex
maxima*. and to deny the existence of the gods
was a great crime. With them religion and
patriotism went hand in hand. Coming down
to Christianity, the relation was the same—the
support ot religion was deemed indispensable
to the perpetuity ot the state.
In the 16th century, the relation between
church and state was changed ; the innovations
ot Protestanism gave the supremacy to the
state. The (founders of this Government did
not believe in the supremacy ot either church
or State, they believed in an identification of
both. An Oath to support the Government, a
recognition of religion, was required of all.
In America, religion cannot be separated from
our political condition. Christianity permeates
everything, and cannot be separated from our
institutions. The church and state cannot be
divided. Our forefathers believed this, and
Gregory XIX. exclaimed : “ Among all coun
tries, the exercise of Catholicity is not so tree
as in the United States.” Washington was in
favor of the identity of church and state, and in
his farewell address alluded to them.
Plato said : “ Another religion, and you de
stroy the state.” Religion is the foundation of
the state. Political investigation comes iu con
tact with religious dogmas. What form of re
ligion then comes iu contact with our political
institutions ? This Government was founded
upon the principle that man has the inherent
quality of self-government. Hence in this
countrv the freedom of election and of fran
chise. ' All that distinguishes America from
other countries is the confidence which she
places in the capacity of mankind. The ques
tion then arises : What form of Christianity
teaches those principles most in accordance
with our political institutions ?
Some person had said that Protestanism had
given us our religious freedom. In examining
this the speaker desired to be regarded as un
biased or impartial. Protestantism tells us
that by the tall man become thoroughly de
praved and incapable of penitence. This is
Protestanism; none can deny it. Luther said:
“ Sin is not a phenomena of our nature, it is
out nature itself.” Melancthon said: “It is
sufficient for a Christian to know that all en
deavors of man are sins.”
The lecturer then went on to quote asser
tions from. Protestant in support
-err ins principles, adducing Calvin, Wesley, and
many others. In the recent Evangelical alli
ance in England, it was essential, according to
one of the tracts of the organization, to believe
in the depravity of man. Il man is utterly de
praved, and Protestantism is true, how can man
be capable of self-government ? One elimi
nates the other. If one is true, then the other
is false.
The lecturer then alluded to the civilization
and growth of America, and the decay of Pro
testanism, because its tenets were incompati
ble with the institutions of the country.
[From the Chicago Times.
Methodists and Baptists.
It is not long since the Baptist brethren
honored Chicago by assembling here, through
their representatives, from all parts of the
country. At the present moment, another
equally powerful body has met in Chicago to
discuss the situation" and arrange affair's per
taining to its organization.
One who belongs to neither of these bodies
will find some curious facts in examining them
together. In numbers, the Baptist and Metho
dist denominations are more powerful than any
Other two religious organizations in this coun
try. Taken together, they include about one
quarter of the population of the United States.
One of the most singular of the facts shown
by comparing these two bodies is, that, while
they are the most powerful in numbers and in
fluence, they are, in a great many respects, the
exact opposites of each other. Particularly is
this so in the matter of government.
The Baptist denomination is the purest and
most simple form of democracy in existence.—
Nobody, in it, has any power over anybody
else. Each church, while a member of a cer
tain district, is yet entirely independent in its
action. In no case is there any recognized
authority, save the will of a majority. In all
its acts, a deacon or a pastor amounts to just
precisely as much as his vote counts, and no
more.
This other equally powerful denomination
proceeds upon a course the precise reverse oi
the Baptists. In its operations, ministers are
everything—the people nothing. Lay members
foot all the bills, and are the bone and sinew of
the organization; and yet have as little to do
with governing themselves as have the subjects
of the Tycoon of Japan. In government, Meth
odism is, in no sense of the word, a democracy.
It is an oligarchy, or an aristocracy, which ap
pears in the form of a species of episcopacy.
Herein we have the curious fact that two
forms of religious organization, which are dia
metrically unlike each other, pave yet succeeded
in becoming more powerful than any others.—
The difference extends even into matters of
faith. The Baptist clings to immersion and
close communion ; the Methodist to sprinkling
and open communion. The priest of the latte?
is a nomad, who is here to-day, and will be a
thousand miles away next week. The pastor
of the former is about as immovable as a rock,
or a century oak ; and, if ever changed, he has
usually no one to thank or blame but himself.
Two bodies, each so unlike the other, and yet
both outstripping all others in progress, pre
sent a phenomenon in government and reli
gious development that is worthy of more than
a cursory notice. The view of a candid indi
vidual who belongs to neither would be to the
effect that the Methodist organization has made
its extraordinary progress in spite of its form
of government; and that the Baptists, in ac
counting for their enormous growth, must at
tribute it largely to the popularity of their
democratic organization.
In the same spirit, it may be added that, were
the proscriptive dogma of close communion
stricken from the Baptist profession of faith ;
and were Methodism to admit of lay represen
tation in its governing bodies—there is no limit
to the progress which these bodies would make,
judging their future from their past.
The latter reform—that of admitting lay rep
resentation—is being agitated among the Meth
odist brethren; and we believe the time is not
very remote when the agitation willl result in
success. In the event that Methodism lightens
itself of the weight it now carries in this mat
ter of excluding its lay members from a share
in their own government, it will shoot ahead
of the Baptist to-day. The only way in which
the latter can offset this is by revising its faith,
and scratching out that portion which relates
to close comm rmion. This will so lighten the
latter that it will easily continue neck-and-neck
with the former.
The Methodist brethren who are assembled
in Chicago will do well to reflect upon our
suggestions. The spirit of the age is opposed
to their form of government. They are an
aristocracy in the midst of a democracy. They
hoid and teach the unfitness of men to govern
themselves to men who, very day, asssist in
governing themselves and others in an organi-
BOme ei £ ht lirueß ,ar « er than
tmt wii i 0 Methodißt church. After awhile,
they will begin to perceive that thene is an in
consistency in the matter; and the discovery
may result in something disastrous.
. Tu E \ OTE IN Cherokee County.—The vote
in Cherokee county is a rebuke to Gov. Brown
that he should never forget, The vote stands:
for Gordon, 698 ; 8u.10ck,396. Registered col
ored vote, 213. White men in n
flueneed by Brown-, 156. Poor Joseph Mil ton
county, another of Gov. Brown’s strongholds
votes : for Gordon, 509; Bullock, 57. Registered
colored vote, 63. Thirty-four white men voting
for Bullock. As Milton county was formed
principally of Cherokee, the two comprise Gov.
Brown’s old home, and show what influence '
he wields among his old neighbors.
[Rome Commercial.
[From the Savannah News * Herald.
Episcopal Convention,
OPENING SERMON—LIST OF OELEGATES—PRO
CEEDINGS, &C.
The forty-sixth annual convention of the Pro
testant Episcopal Church in the Dioeese ot
Georgia convened at 11, a. in., yesterday in
Christ Church. A large number of delegates,
and also a number of ladies were in attendance.
The opening services were conducted by the
Rev. Mr. Clarke and Dr. Henderson, after
which Rev. H. K. Reese, of Christ Church,
Macon, preached the opening sermon.
Right Rev. Bishop Beckwith then took the
ehair and called the meeting to order, and an
nounced that it was ready to proceed to busi
ness.
The roll of ministers was then called and the
following answered to their names: Rev. Sam’l
Benedict, Rector oi St. John’s Church, Savan
nah ; Wm. 11. Clarke, Rector of St. Paul’s,
Augusta; Rev. Chas. H. Coley, ot Christ
Church, Savannah; Rev. John J. Hunt, Mis
sionary at Dalton ; Rev. Joshu i Knowles, Dea
con Officiating at Washington; Rev. Geo. Ma
canley, Rector of St. Paul’s Albany; Rev. John
K. Pryse, Principal of Montpelier Female In
stitute; Rev. 11. Kollock Reese, Rector of
Christ Church, Macon; Rev. Charles W.
Thomas, Rector of St. Philip’s Church, Atlanta;
Rev. William C. Williams, Rector of St. Peter’s
Church, Rome, Ga., and Rev. Wm. 11. Hunt.
LAY DELEGATES.
The credentials of the lay delegates were then
handed in to the Secretary. Their names are
as follows:
Dr. C. C. Pritchard, R. S. Agnew, Henry Ed
monston, Church ot Atonement, Augusta ; C.
Wise, W. G. Woolfolk and Thos Pond, Trinity
Church, Columbus; Wm. 8. Bogart, J. R.
Johnson; Johu M. Guerard, of St. John’s
Church, Savannah ; H. M. Anderson, Geo. W.
Noble and Gen. Alfred Cumming, St. Peter’s
Parish, Rome; Wm. Root, Henry Meigs and
Samuel Lawson, St. John’s Church, Marietta ;
Dr R. D. Aloorc, James Camak and H. L.
Bloomfield, of Emanuel Church, Athens ; W.
P. Hunter, W. W. Lincoln, John Screven, ot
Christ Church, Savannah; T. P. Huger, J.
Cooper and Geo. H. Johnson, of St. Paul’s, Sa
vannah ; Col. L. N. Whittle, W. B. Johnson,
W. Hazlehurst, of Christ Church, Macon ; E.
■ B. Walker, W. S. Walker and Col. Magill, of
St. Philip’s, Atlanta ; L. Mitchell, Lewis Noil
and J. L. Saulisbury, of St. George’s Church,
Griffis; Gen. H. C. Wayne, J. C. Blain and P.
M Nightingale, St. Mark’s, Brunswick,
On motion, the credentials were referred to
a committee, consisting of Rev. Messrs. Reese,
Clarke and Benedict.
The committee retired for a few moments,
and returning reported that all were in due
I form excepting that of St. Luke’s Church, in
. | Montpelier.
This gave rise to a most animated discussion
I between Messrs. Whittle, Pryse, members of
. the committee, Rev. Mr. Williams and others,
, which was concluded by the Chair deciding the
, discussion out of order until an organization
. was effected.
Mr. Whittle appealed from the decision of
. the Chair, but received no second.
The Secretary announced that a quorum was
present.
The election of a Secretary was next in order,
and Rev. Wm. C. Williams, of Rome, was
nominated. After adopting a resolution dis
pensing with the vote by ballot, he was unani
mously elected. He then said that with the
permission of the convention he would appoint
the Rev. Mr. C. H. Coley his assistant. No
objection was made, and Rev. Mr. Coley was
appointed.
The discussion upon the action of the com
mittee upon credentials in not recognizing as a
. member the delegate from St. Luke’s Church
■ was again commenced ; and concluded, after a
i warm debate, by referring the question to a
special committee of three, consisting of
Messrs. Hunter, Moore and Gen. Wayne. ~
[Note. —The discussion was of interest, and
the substance of it would be given by us but
for the reason stated by one of the disputants,
that it was a discussion upon a subject about
which the disputants could not agree at pre
sent on the facts. Besides this, the discussion
will come up again to-day, and the points at
issue will be presented by the committee.]
A resolution inviting the clergy from other
dioceses to seats in the convention was adopt
. ' ed.
, A resolution from Mr. Benedict, thanking the
Episcopal churches of Savannah, and the mem
bers of St. John’s especially, for the satisfactory
arrangements made for the consecration of
Bishop Beckwith was adopted.
The Secretary read two applications from
parishes for admission into the diocese—one
from Bainbridge and the other from Thomas
ville.
Mr. Hunter spoke in feeling terms of the late
Nathan C. Munroe, of Macon, and moved that,
in consideration of his usefulness to the church,
a committee of three be appointed to draft suit
able resolutions of respect. The motion was
adopted, and Rev. Mr. Reese, Mr. Hunter and
Mr. Whittle appointed the committee.
A resolution to have the sermon of Mr. Reese
, published as a tract was adopted.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
The following standing committees were an-
I nouuced by the Chair :
On the State' of the Church— Rev. Messrs.
Benedict, Anderson, Clarke, Coley and Pryse.
' On New Parishes— Rev. Messrs. Reese and
Thomas and Messrs. Whittle, Anderson and
Bogart.
On Unfinished Business— Rev. Mr. Coley and
Messrs. Baker and Lincoln.
On Finance— Messrs. Hunter, Moore and
Wyse.
After prayer bv the Right Reverend Bishop
Beckwith, the convention adjourned until 10W
o’clock, a. m., to-day.
The morning prayer will commence at
o’clock, and the convention opening at 11
o’clock.
SECOND DAY’S PROCEEDINGS.
The convention met at 10X, a. m., Friday.
After religious services, conducted by Rev.
Messrs. Hunt, of Dalton, Clarke, of Augusta
and Coley, of Savannah, Bishop Beckwith took
the chair and called the convention to order, to
proceed with business.
The roll of delegates was called and the first
day’s proceeding read.
Messrs. W. R. Gignilliatt, Chas. Spaulding
and K. D. Morris, from St. Andrew’s Church,
Darien, presented certificates of election as lay
delegates, and were received.
Rev. Mr. H. K. Reese, from the committee
on . New Parishes, reported that the organi
zations of the St. John’s Church of Bainbridge
and the church in Washington, Wilkes county’,
were in order and moved that they be received
in the Diocese. Adopted.
Mr. J. M. Ogden, Christ Church, Macon, vice
Mr. Hazlehurst.
Messrs. E. Waddey, S. S. Hunter and
Green were admitted as lay delegates from the
newly admitted church in Washington.
Messrs. T. F. Hampton, J. Dickerson and J.
G. Barnwell were admitted as lay delegates
from St. John’s Church, Bainbridge.
Bishop Beckwith here arose and stated that
the next thing in order was the annual address
and report of the Bishop, but that, owin' l, to
severe indisposition on the only day on which
he had time to write, he had been unable to
prepare an address ; but that the report of his
work since consecration was prepared, and
would be read by the Secretary. Said he would
take this opportunity to express his great grati
tude for the cordial reception from all whom he
had met during his work. He bad found that
the lamented Bishop Elliot had accomplished
his duties so well that little was left for him to
do but continue the work so well begun
and carried out by his predecessor ; was satis
fied from his observations that the Churches of
the Diocese were ready for the great work be
fore it, and was in good condition, which was
due to its catholic spirit, and the guidance un
der God, of the hand of him who had departed
to the better land. He congratulated the
church upon the prosperous condition of its
affairs, and said the church bad passed through
all the sad and troublous scenes of the last six
years unscatned, undisturbed by any of the
great political questions or actions that swept
through the land, and he hoped that in the fu
ture, as in the past, that no political question
would add one feather’s weight upon any
I church question in this Diocese. He then
again thanked the people for their encourage
i ment given him everywhere, and felt assured
that in the work ahead he would have the
earliest co-operation of the clergy and laity of
his Diocese. '
lhe Secretary then read the annual report of
the Bishop, which showed that since his conse
cration as Bishop, on the 2d of April last, he
has preached eighteen times, confirmed two
hundred and eighty-five persons, baptized a
number, and done other ministerial labor. The
report is as follows :
Church. Confirmed. Preached.
St. Paul s, Augusta go 1
Atonement, Augusta 8
Emanuel, Athens 17 y
Christ, Savannah ". ” . 42 1
St. Stephen’s, Savannah..... 71
St. John’s, Savannah 20 1
Church at Covington.... ... i
St. Philip’s, Atlanta 30 2
St. John’s, Marietta 1 i
St. George, Griffin ’ 6 1
Christ, Macon 33 1
St. Paul’s Chapel, Macon.... 5 1
St. Peter’s, Rome 14 2
Trinity, Columbus / 68 2
Presbyterian Church, Colum
bus 4 1
285 18
Mr. Hunter, from the committee to which
had been referred the question of admitting the
delegate from St. Luke’s Church, Montpelier,
reported that they had found the St. Luke’s
Parish to be a parish, and the Rector entitled
to all the privileges of his order and office, but
as there were no Wardens or Vestry there
could be no lay representative in lhe conven
tion, and that there is a vacancy in representa
tion to supplied as provided for in the article
of the constitution of the Church.
Col. Whittle moved that the report be laid
upon the table, and offered as a substitute that
Mr. Chas. S. Hardee, the lay delegate from that
parish, be entitled to a seat. Col. Whittle then
argued at some length in support of bis reso
lution.
Rev. Mr. Fulton, of Columbus, spoke in op
position to it.
Mr. Guerard moved that the substitute of
Col. Whittle be laid upon the table. Carried.
Mr. Guerard then called for the previous
question on the report of the committee.
Rev. Mr. Thomas, of Atlanta, offered the fol
lowing :
Resolved, That while in the judgment of this
convention the St. Luke’s Church is not now
entitled to a lay delegate, yet it is the desire of
this convention to see that church represented
by a lay delegate.
Mr. Guerard moved to substitute it as fol
lows :
Resolved, That a committee consisting of
three clergymen and three laynen, be appoint
ed by the Chair to examine aid report to this
convention the status and relaion to this ccn
vention of the various parishis which have
fallen into decay.
The Secretary read the certifuates of Messrs.
John Clarke and John L. Thonns, as lay dele
gate from St. Stephen’s Church, Milledgeville.
On motion they were received.
The committee on New Parr,lies reported
that the organization of St. Thomis Chtirch, at
Thomasville, was in order, and moved that it be
received into the Diocese. Adopted. The lay
delegates ot this church, Messrs. Chas. Gran:,
Hammond and Wright, then presented their
certificates and were admitted.
The resolution of Rev. Mr. Thomas, and the
substitute of Mr. Guerard vere voted for
together and carried. Rev. Mssrs. Williams.
Clarke and Benedict, and Mess's. Whittle and
Guerard appointed the commitee.
Mr. Bogart offered a resolition providing
that the Cnair should appoin' a committee to
take into consideration the exiediency of some
system of insuring the lives o the ministers for
the benefit of their families—he committee to
report during this session, aid to suggest, if
found expedient, the most fesible and efficient
plan. Adopted.
A number of reports wee presented, and
without reading, appropriate referred.
Rev. Dr. Henderson moied that the next
session of the convention b< held in St. Paul’s
Church, Augusta, on the Vednesday after the
first Sunday in May next.
Rev. Mr. Williams m,ved that Thursday
should be substituted iu place of Wednesday.
Lost.
Dr. Henderson’s motioa was then carried.
The Committee on Uifinished Business re
ported that they bad fouid that the considera
tion of a substitute of Canon 111 had been
postponed this convention.
Rev. Mr. a resolution pro
viding that a committ e of three clergymen,
and three laymen, withthe Bishop as chairman,
be appointed to revise the constitution and
Canons and report at the next session of the
convention. Adopted.
Rev. Mr. Fuiton iffered an amendment to
one of the Canons, providing that the Presi
dent should have vco power, which was re
ferred to the comnitte appointed under the
above resolution.
A number of oth<r reports were submitted
and appropriately nferred.
The Chair annomced Rev. Messrs. Clarke,
Fulton and Williaps and Messrs. Guerard,
Whittle and Screvm as the commiltee to re
vise the constitutioi; Messrs. Bogart, Screven,
Woolfolk, Clayton aid Pond, as the committee
on the Life Insurance question.
Mr. Clarke, of the Standing Comnittee, read
an interesting repori, which stated, in conclu
sion, that Mr. Gerrge S. Baker had been re
commended for Holy Orders, S. Lawrence,
Robert W. B. Elliott, S. Elliott, 8. U. Thomp
son and James Porter for Deacon’s Orders, and
Rev. Joshua Knowles and T. Coke Stanley for
Ordination to Priesthood.
Rev. Mr. Thomas moved that tin Chair ap
point a committee to draft resoluions of re
spect to the memory of the late Re'. Mr. Staley.
Adopted
Rev. Messrs. Thomas and Benecict, commit
tee.
Mr. J. R Johnson offered a resolution, pro
viding that a committee of five be appointed to
make an assessment of the paishes for the
support of the Bishop. Carried and Messrs.
J. R. Johnson, W. B. Johnston, and Clayton,
Wise and Screven appointed on be committee.
A resolution of Col. Whittle, p-oviding that
until further orders the Missionary operations
be under the control of the Bishqiand request
ing him to state what he though was best to
be done to push forward the Misionary work,
was adopted.
The Bishop stated that he woild like to meet
this morning all delegates from parishes which
he had not visited, in order to make arrange
ments for visiting them.
The convention then adjourned until 10%, a.
m., Saturday.
A writer in the Rochester Denocrat has some
good ideas on a subject that cones home to the
business and bosoms of all people who are con
cerned in keeping house. “Tiere is no more
reason,” he contends, “whv tie cooking and
washing of a family should be lone within the
dwelling than the tailoringand the shoemaking.
The time must come when that kind of labor
will be done by association, aided by steam ma
chinery, appropriate buildings, and other spe
cial adaptations. In this way the cares and anx
ieties, the labor and vexations ot housekeeping
will be relieved, housekeeping will be a pleas
ure, and one-half the expense will be saved.—
We shall hail the day when our dwellings shall
be free from soap-suds, burn’hg grease, and the
usual accessories of the kitchen.”
An important decision has just been given
by Judge Blatchford that wi l interest and af
fect many applicants for discharge in bank
ruptcy. The law requires that debtors should
file their petitions in the district in which they
resided or carried on business for the six
months next immediately proceeding the time
of filing the petition. The debtor in the case
in question resided in New Jersey, and had
been a bookkeeper for a firm in New York du
ring the six months next immediately pre
ceding the filing of his petition. Mr. Register
Dwight, before whom the matter came, held
that keeping books for a firm was not “ carry
ing on business” within the meaning of the
law ; in which view he was sustained by Judge
Blatchford.
A citizen of Massachusetts died recently aged
eighty-eight years and seven months, having
been a rigid temperance man for over forty
yearn. A few days before his death he was
advised by his physician to use a little brandy
as a stimulant, necessary to support life, but
declined doing so, lest he “might acquire a
fondness for liquor.”
[From the Noifolk Journal.
Can the Bible be Improved.
The above seems an impious question ; but
our answer may seem even more impious—for
we declare unhesitatingly that it can. Hear us
for our cause ; for that cause is the salvation
of man.
One great reason why the Word of God is so
little understood is, that the Bible is so absurd
ly arranged, especially in the books of the New
Testament.
The holy Scriptures were written like any
other books, and such a division as that of
chapter and verse was never even dreamed of
by those who wrote them. It is but a modern
invention, designed simply for convenience of
reference.
These divisions are often made arbitrarily.—
L . is especially the case in the argumentative
Epistles of St. Paul. Os these about two-thirds
ot the chapters begin wrong; for instead of
ea s, chapter containing a whole argument,
with its premises and conclusion, we find that
tne premises are generally laid in one chapter,
the argument and conclusion in the next.
In , addition to this great absurdity of the
division into chapters, that into verses is equal
ly preposterous, and both together tend greatly
to obscure the meaning of the sacred writings.
Most people read by chapter and verse, and if
these are not properly divided, many parts of
the Bible, otherwise easily understood, become
unintelligible.
This very faulty method of arranging the
Word of God is entirely human, and not at all
divine—unless printers are divine beings, and
from our experience they certainly are not.
In these days when the little faith once pos
sessed by the world seems to be in danger of
being extinguished, every means should be
employed to keep the flickering taper from
going out. Among these means a very import
ant one, is to make the oracles of God as plain
as possible. The printers have obscured them
by absurd arrangement. Let this be corrected
as soon as possible, and let the future editions
of the Bible be so printed that the ordinary
rftider can understand the connection between
the various ponions of each book.
This great evil is easily cured, and the Bible
Society should attend to it at once. Let all the
books be properly arranged in paragraphs, and
let the minor divisions, now represented by
verses, be marked on the margin. We shall
thus have ease of reference secured as well as
under the present arrangement—or rather dis
arrangement, and the meaning of some of the
most important portions of the Scriptures now
unintelligible to the mass of readers will then
be rendered as clear as day.
Rev. Dr. W. T. Brantley.—Of this gifted
divine, who has just entered upon his sacred
duties as the successor of Rev. George C. Lori
mer, in the pulpit of the Walnut street B iptist
Church, a writer in the Richmond (Va.) Herald
says : Rev. W. T. Brantley, D. D., is, without
doubt, I should think, the most finished
preacher we have. His fine intellect, adorned
with such rich and varied culture, his beautiful
and graceful oratory, and withal, his handsome,
prepossessing person render him the bon ton
preacher of the city and State. He has occu
pied several of the most prominent pastorates
in the land, including the Greene street Church
of Augusta, the First Baptist Church of Phila
delphia and his present charge, the Second
Baptist Church of Atlanta, which, in point of
intelligence and high social position, is equal
to any congregation I have ever seen. Many of
the most prominent merchants, physicians,
lawyers and politicians of Atlanta are connect
ed with the Second Church. Not long since,
in his morning congregation were seen repre
sentatives of five of the gubernatorial families
of Georgia (Schley, Macdonald, Rabun, Cobb
and Brown,) all of whom were in some way
connected with his church. And by all the in
telligent minds that attend upon his ministry
he is not only honored as a first-class preacher,
but loved as a devoted and earnest pastor. He
is popular with all denominations.of Chris
tians, and is frequently invited to preach in
their pulpits. Not long since he was appoint
ed to deliver a eulogy on the life and character
of the late Hon. Joseph H. Lumpkin, Chief
Justice of the State—a work which he perform
ed to the entire satisfaction of all. This ad
dress was delivered at the commencement of
the State University, in which college he was
for eight years the accomplished Professor of
Belle Lettres. Just after the war he was
elected to the Presidency of Mercer University,
which honor he declined, believing he could
accomplish more good as pastor. Dr. Brantley
is an elegant writer, his style in richness and
perspicuity resembling that of the great Addi
son. In his private, social life, he is no less
distinguished than in his public relations ; and
is one of the most jocund, pleasant, com
panionable gentlemen I have ever known.
[ Louisville Journal.
The Oldest City in the World.—Damas
cus is the oldest city in the world. Tyre and
Sidon have crumbled on the shore; Baalbec is
a ruin ; Palmyra is buried in the sands of the
desert; Nineveh and Babylon have disappeared
from the Tigris and Euphrates ; Damascus re
mains what it was before the days of Abraham
—a centre of trade and travel—an island of
verdure in the desert—“a Presidential capital”
with martial and sacred associations extending
through more than thirty centuries. It was
near Damascus that Saul of Tarsus saw the
light above the brightness «f the sun; the
street which is called Strait, in which it was
said “ he prayed,” still runs through the city.—
The caravan comes and goes as it did a thou
sand years ago; there is still lhe sheik, the ass
and the water-wheel; the merchants of the Eu
phrates and the Mediterranean still “ occupy ”
these “ with the multitude of their wares.”
The city which Mahomet surveyed from a
neighboring height, and was afraid to enter
“ because it was given to ftan to have but one
paradise, and, for his part, he was resolved not
to have it in this world,” is to this day what
Julian called the “eye of the East,” as it was
in the time of Isaiah, “ the head ot Syria.”—
From Damascus came the damson, our blue
plums, and the delicious apricot of Portugal,
called damasco, damask, our beautiful fabric of
cotton and silk, with vines and flowers raised
upon a smooth, bright ground; the damask
rose, introduced into England in the time of
Henry VIII., the Damascus blade, so famous
the world over tor its keen edge and wonder
ful elasticity, the secret of whose manufacture
was lost when Tamerlane carried off the artists
into Persia; and that beautiful art of inlaying
wood and steel with silver and gold, a kind o?
mosaic engraving and sculpture united—called
damaskeening—with which boxes and bureaus,
swords and guns are ornamented. It is still a
city of flowers and bright waters; the streams of
Lebanon and the “river of gold ” still murmur
and sparkle in the wilderness of “ Syrian war
dens.” ”
Bishop’s Meeting.—The Bishops of the M.
E. Church South, meet in this city to-day.
The meeting is private, and to attend to their
official business, in which the public is not in
terested. Bishop Paine is sick at Nashville,
but will probably be here before the Sabbath.
Bishop Early, of Virginia, is not expected.
Bishops Pierce and Wightman arrived yester
day, and other bishops probably arrived during
the night. Drs. Green and MeFerrin, of Nash
ville, and the venerable Dr. McMahon, of the
Memphis Conference, and quite a number of
Kentucky clergymen, are in the city.
Dr. McMahon is probably the oldest minister
who will be here. He has been fifty-eight
years a minister of the gospel, and is now
eighty-two years old. He preached in this
city as pastor in 1814, and preached across the
river in Indiana in 1811. He is one of the few
men of pioneer times now living.
[Lotiisville Journal, 7th.
How to Cure a Cold.—The momenta man
is satisfied he has taken cold, let him do three
things: First, eat nothing; second, go to bed,
cover up in a warm room; third, drink as much
cold water as he can, or as he wants, or as much
herb lea as he can ; and in three cases out of
four, he will be well in thirty-six hours. To
neglect a cold for forty-eight hours after the
cough commences, is to place himself beyond
cure, until the cold has run its course, of about
a fortnight. Warmth and abstinence are. safe
and certain cures, when applied early. Warmth
keeps the pores of tlie skin open, and relieves
it of the surplus which oppresses it, while ab
stinence cuts off the supply of material for
phlegm which would otherwise be coughed up.
[Journal of Health.
[From the Savannah Advertiser.
Ootton and Provisions.
J. N. Cardozo, the veteran of the South
ern Press, now an octogenarian, has pub
lished in Charleston a cotton statement, in
which his usual comprehensive views are
detailed, harmonizing experience with gen
eral principles. The summary of his ’con
clusions embrace the following proposi
tions :
1. That the loss of pjoductive power by
the Southern States, by the disorganization
of labor and destruction of capital, will ne
cessarily change the industrial relations of
those States.
2. That the prices of those products pro
duced by slave labor must be correspond
ingly enhanced to meet these changed con
ditions of the cotton trade.
3. If there is a limit to the consumption
of the raw material, as well as to the en
hanced price of the cotton manufactured
products, there is a limit also to the pro
duction of cotton in these countries which,
being densely peopled, incur great hazards
from famine in consequence of the diversion
of labor and capital from the cultivation
of the cereals to the raising of cotton, from
the stimulation given to that culture by
high prices.
4. That British India, particularly Lower
Bengal and Egypt, have furnished pregnant
illustrations of this truth in 1866, by the
loss of large numbers of their people
through famine. It was estimated, in a
late number of the North British Review,
that the famine of 1866 destroyed 10,000
lives in Lower Bengal.
The final conclusion from this state of
facts is, that it holds out an admonition to
the planter not to suffer the lure of high
prices to seduce him from the path of
caution, inducing him to neglect the culture
of those products for fobd which are
essential to the support of human life.
We would not have our agricultural
friends to put aside the profit which the
chances of the market may have thrown
in their path, but let them by all means
cultivate a share of breadstuff's that will
place them beyond the peril of the want of
the necessaries of life.
Let our planters read over these ideas
carefully, and heed the suggestions therein
made. Raise provisions and be indepen
dent ; raise cotton and make a few dollars
for present use, and then pay out
for provisions more than a double what
you received. Which will you do ?
[Froru the Trenton N. J. Gazette.
An Original Letter of General Washington.
We are indebted to Philemon Dickinson,
Esq., of this city, for the privilege of copy
ing a letter written by General Washing
ton in 1780 to Dr. Franklin, then in Paris,
and which has never before been published.
Mr. Dickinson obtained the letter from a
relative, a lady residing near Germantown,
Pa. This lady’s father" was a ward of Dr.
Franklin, and resided with him for some
time in Paris. After his death the follow
ing letter was found among his papers. It
is in Washington’s handwriting, and bears
the marks of the care and method that
always distinguished him in the small as
well as the great affairs of life. Mr. Dick
inson intends to present the original letter
to the Historical Society of this State.
The following is an accurate copy of the
letter:
Bergen County, in the State of New
Jersey, Oct. 9, 1780.—Dear Sir: I was
very much obliged by the letter which
you did me the honor to write me
by our aimable young friend, the
Marquis De La Fayette, whose exertions
to serve this country in his own, are addi
tional proofs of his "zealous attachment to
our cause, and has endeared him to us still
more.
He came out flushed with the expecta
tions of a decisive campaign and fired with
hopes of acquiring fresh laurels, but in botli
he has been disappointed; for we have been
condemned to an inactivity as inconsistent
with the situation of affairs as with the
ardor of his temper.
I am sensible of all I owe you, my dear
sir, for your sentiments of me, and while I
am happy in your esteem, I cannot but
wish occasions of giving you marks of mine.
The idea of making a tour together, which
you suggest, after the war, would be one of
the strongest motives 1 could have to post
pone my plan of retirement and make a visit
to Europe, if my domestic habits, which
seem to acquire strength from restraint, did
not tell me, I shall find it impossible to re
sist them longer than my duty to my coun
try calls for the sacrifice of my inclinations.
I doubt not you are so fully informed by
Congress of our political and military state
that it would be superfluous to trouble you
with anything relating to either. If I were
to speak on topics of the kind, it would be
to show that our present position makes
one of the two things essential to us :
Peace, or the most vigorous aid of our allies,
particularly in the article of money. Os
their disposition to serve us we cannot
doubt; their generosity will do everything
their means will permit.
With my best wishes for the preservation
of your your useful life, and for every hap
piness that can attend you which a sincere
attachment can dictate,
I am, my Dear Sir,
Yr. Most Obed. & Hbl. Servt.,
Go. Washington.
His Excelly, Doc. B. Franklin.
u 11 I
Education of Mechanics.—The neces
sity of the technical instruction of artisans,
the New York Sun is showing is admitted
in all European countries, and strong ef
forts are made to foster it. The low stand
ing of English manufactures at the Paris
Exposition was due to the want of such
instructions for British workmen, and the
superiority of French productions in its
possession. This fact has excited much
discussion in England, and measures are
set on foot to supply the deficiency. The
editor, after telling us that these facts
deserve the attention of Americans, goes
on to say:
“ Our mechanics greatly need the same
training which foreigners have found so
advantageous. Our apprenticeship sys
tem is defective, and we have no means of
thorough technical instruction. The few
scientific institutions that we possess are
mainly intended for the wealthy, and the
classes at Cooper Institute are "almost the
only ones available to mechanics. Schools
of this kind should be increased. Our arti
sans have a good foundation of general
knowledge, and with proper training would
never fall behind the best workmen of Eu
rope. A few of our public schools might
be selected for this purpose, with courses
of study better adapted to suit the wants
of working people. Something of the kind
has already been tried in the night schools.”
The marriage of Prince Achille Murat and
the Princess Salome of Mingrelia—dressmakers
and lawyers being willing—was to have taken
place on the 28th April. The bride is cer
tainly worthy the brave Murat’s descendant,
for her father defended, most obstinately the
Principality of Mingrelia against Russia, in the
days when the Caucachs gave great trouble to
the Czar. He was killed in action, and his
Process of Mingrelia, herself then
headed the troops, and led them to a fleetino-
Victory. '-vnu ß
The Ladies’ Toilets.—The exquisite
toilets of the ladies, the splendor of the
carriages, the display of military, which
adds to the picturesque effect of these
scenes, arc blended most naturally and suc
cessfully, and one cannot wonder that the
attraction proves too strong for the preju
dices of the English and Americans in
Paris, who, spite of the fact that these race
meetings take place usually on Sunday,
nevertheless duly attend. I may add, at
once, that the most noticeable among the
beautifully dressed ladies in the more sash- ’
ionable stands, are, decidedly, les Ameri
caines. They have a jaunty "air, an inde
pendent manner, which the French and
English belles cannot attain, and they
dress with undoubted taste. It must be
owned, however, that the American ladies
do make a rather liberal use of rouge and
bloom of youth, that they do flirt rather
openly, and that at times they are rather
too loud. Os course the result of all this
is that some of the French ladies—those
who feel that they are being distanced—
speak ill naturedly of the Yankee ladies—
but perhaps the latter care not for these
ebullitions, and imagine it fine fun to beat
the former at their own game. Be that as
it may, it is now understood at the race
course that whenever there is seen a crowd
of gallants about a lady, to all of whom
she talks, and smiles, and nods, the fair
creature must be “izne Americaine." In
the way of fine turnouts, the Americans
take a front rank also. Os the four mail
coaches or natty four-in-hands which made
a show at the last Longchamps, three of
them were owned and driven by Ameri
cans, and among the most stylish caleches
and other carriages on the grounds, were
those of several noted American families
here. I was amused, appropbs of this dis
play of show, at the remark made by a
French Journalist:
“What a fool these people must deem
Senator Sumner to be, with old fangled no
tions about Republican simplicity of cos
tume for the United States Ambassadors.”
And in fact the contrast between the talk
of the Massachusetts Senator and the ac
tions of the Americans who grace Paris
with their presence, must seem strange, to
say the least of it, to the more reflective
Parisians.— Paris Cor. N. Y. Express.
A New York Scandal.—New York is
as grateful for a new sensation as was the
Roman Emperor who ennobled a cook for
furnishing him with a new sauce. Just
now the fashionable portion of the city are
revelingin a new excitement. We have
here a gentleman who, through his busi
ness, is as well known as is Bonner, Harper
or Stewart. He lives in fine style, has a
splendid house, and is surpassed by no one
in the elegance of his turnout on Central
Park. It was long supposed that his
housekeeper was his wife. It turns out
that he does not live with his wife, and
that she has been for a long time support
ing herself in this city by her needle. She
is a very elegant and accomplished lady.
For her children’s sake she held her peace
for a long while. The elegant gold em
broidery which macle such a sensation at
the Paris Exhibition was from her needle.
She found a friend in the head of one of our
fashionable establishments, and the fash
ionable and elaborate embroidery worn by
the ton of New York was the handiwork
of this lady. Recently her husband made a
proposition to her. He promised to settle
on her a handsome sum of money if she
would allow him to obtain full divorce
under our laws. The proposal was so in
famous that the lady resolved to bear her
neglect and sorrow in silence no longer.
She issued a beautifully printed circular,
announcing herself by her husband’s name;
stating his business, so there could be no
mistake about the identity; offering her
services to the fashionables of New York ;
assigning as a reason for the offer that she
wished to obtain bread for herself and
children, and stating that she could be
found daily at a fashionable dress-making
establishment on Broadway. These circu
lars were scattered broadcast among the
fashionable families of New York, and any
quantity of them were sent by private
hands to the husband. His indignation is
unbounded, for he has great personal pride.
New York has a nine days’ wonder. Peo
ple crosvd the rooms where the lady is
advertised to be seen, and where she sits
day by day, with “ stitch, stitch, stitch,”-
with the eolden thread of her embroidery.
What the issue will be remains to be seen.—
N, Y. Cor. Boston Journal.
High-Heeled Boots.—The Evenement
Medical shows the impropriety of wearing
high-heeled boots, which have become the
fashion of the day, and says that it is
attended with more serious inconvenience
than may be supposed. Without reckoning
the distortions of the foot which the fashion
produces, owing to the narrowness of the
soles, it is extremely apt to cause women to
fall, accidents which are sometimes attend
ed with serious consequences. Woman is
not, in fact, made to wear these high and
pointed heels, which ought to be especially
avoided when in an “ interesting situation,"
and who then can be in no way prepared
for a somersault of any description. The
chiropodist trade was never more prosper
ous than at the present moment, originating
in the high-heeled boots, which thrust toes
into a tangled lump and impede circulation,
while the surgeon is frequently called in on
account of accidents which the glazed
flooring and polished stair-cases of Parisian
houses are frequently causing. The corn
cutter is now as indispensable to French
ladies as is the dentists to the female
beauties of America. Fashion appears to
be always bentjupon committing outrages
upon some portion of the human form. It
is not long ago since the medical profession
was continually exclaiming against tight
lacing of stays, and the deformity and
injury to health which this fashion pro
duced upon the female form. We must
expect that they will not fail in continuing
to attack this equally pernicious practice of
deforming the feet, and ere long we may
expect to see drawings of the hideous over
lapping toes, and the distorted anatomy of
the foot, produced by high-heeled boots.—
Mormncj Post.
Excellent Whitewash.—As the house
cleaning will soon be here, it may not be
amiss to say a few words in regard to
whitewashing. There are many recipts
published, but we believe the following to
be the best that can be used: White
chalk is the best substitute for lime as a
wash. A very fine and brilliant white
wash preparation of chalk is called “ Paris
White.” This we buy at the paint stores
for three cents a pound, retail. For each
sixteen pounds of Paris White we procure
half a pound of the white transparent glue,
costing twenty-five cents (fifty cento a
pound.) The sixteen pounds of Paris
White is about as much as a person will
use in a day. It is prepared as follows:
The glue is covered with cold w.iter at
night, and iu the morning is carefully heat
ed—without scorching—until dissolved.
The Paris White is stirred in with hot
water to give it the proper milky consist
ency for applying to walls, and the dissolved
glue is then added and thoroughly mixed.
It is then applied with a brush like the
common lime whitewash. Except on very
dark and smoky walls, a single coat is
sufficient. It is nearly equal in brilliancy
to “zinc white,” a. far more expensive
article.—Gw’. Germantown Telegraph.