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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 1866-1877 | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1868)
dhvoniclc & Sentinel. w khmshai morning. ji nk n. Our Stale lot remit). The annual catalogue for the Sixty- Seventh session of the University of Geor gia exhibits & gratifying growth in public favor notwithstanding the new difficulties and embarrassment* under which it has labored —the direct results of the late war. The number of students during the present oollegiatc year, as appearing by the cata logue, aggregate three hundred and forty seven, against two hundred and thirty- j eight last year, being an increase of nearly fifty per cent., of which number three hundred and twenty-two are from Georgia, and the remaining twenty five from South ern States, as follows : from Ala bama; six from South Carolina; two each from Florida and Texas, and one each from North Carolina, Louisiana and Tennessee. At the close of the war, it was seriously proposed to await Legislative action before re opening the University. The Treasury was empty; nearly all of the funds invest ed in Bank stocks by the State had been lost by the repudiation of State Treasury notea; the people were impoverished; preparatory schools had been broken ap, an 1 there appeared but little prospect for obtaining either means to defray ordinary expenses, or for receiving support by Stu dents. A few more of the sagacious and public spirited masters urg ed the immediate re opening of the institution and the establishment of a High School looking almost wholly for support to the people at large. The learned and accomplished Chancellor, supported by his able staff, entered hearti ly into those views and, notwithstanding the embarrassments growing out of milita ry interference and partisan iutrigues,have received a cordial response from the great heart of the people. The University as now organized is oolnpo-cd of an University High School; j i rank in Collage; an Elective Department; i .School of Agriculture ; School of Civil j Engineering and a Law School. 1 he High School under the supervision of President Hunter, is organiz <d for the specific purpose of training younger pupils to enter most ad vantageously the curriculum of the college eonrs . We look upon this as a great advance, as not only essential tothesuccess of the University, but absolutely a public want fifing a void universally felt and acknowledged. The days of Waddell, of Brantly, of Bemm, of Reid, and many others have passed. Individual exertion i-, no longer compatible with our resources and condition, nor indeed is it desirable. Even before individual reputation ceased to exert itN influence it only became the mean, of fostering foreign and infra State iuautuiioQH. In the establishment of an University High School gteat service has b ten done the State, and we hope that kindred institutions may spring up in every county in the State, and the example fol low. il by every college iu the State, for, deny it as we may, the colleges of the State heretofore have been compelled, to their detriment, to discharge, in more or less degree, the functions of high schools. We arc glad to notice that the prospectus announces that the course to bo not only synthetical hut analytical, that not only the how—but the why, will distinguish it pre eminently, requiring each one to think for tiiinsolf, and not to rely upon an ac cumulation iu the memory of crude aud un digested facts, but that tho memory accu rately stored with facts is to be mado the storehouse for induction. It is pleasing also to notice that the High School scholars arc provided with books, periodicals and newspapers of tho eurreut literature of the day, to servo as a connection between student life aud the world s life into which the student is so ■ ion to enter. We would have been glad to have chronicled the existence of a gym nasium, aud a school for athletic spurts, and developing tho health and strength and discipline of tho body as well as the mind. Not that the students make no el fort in that direction—for we have already chronicled the accomplishments of the University Base Ball Club; but in order that, under skillful direction and by the encouragement, advice and wise control of learned instructors, the student is mado to know that tho highest human development ,s only brought about by the possession of “sunk mens in suna corporis." In similar institutions of England and the Dominion of Canada, this is by no means neglected, hut is mado subject to the control and di rection of science and skill. Tho narrow chested boy is compelled daily to that exer cise which will best overcome his weak ness, and thus with every other physical condition and conformation. Wc rejoice in the success of the University High School, now numbering one hundred and twenty scholars. Wo would be glad to see the beneficiary system, which now is con fined to the college, extended especially to the poorer comities of the State, upon the sole condition that the recipient should, as u recompense for his education, teach, in the county from which ho is sent,, two years upon the stipend allowed by the laws of the State to county schools. We would be glad to see the “powers that be,” in our own old county of Richmond, take the initiative and appropriate out of the annual tux for “school fund proposed” as a reward of merit, a sufficiency to main tain the best scholar in the highest class free of charge in the high school and in Franklin College, from each of the Augusta higli schools, the Houghton Institute and the county school —the three appointees not to oust exceeding one thousand dollars tor the whole term of High School and Frankliu College ; and the recipient ob ligating to teach, as an assistant, for his board, or in the oounty schools, two years at the present rates allowed by tho law per scholar. We would be glad to see each county in the State maintaining, outof the school fund, one such scholarship either at the High School or at Franklin College. We are aware that the faculty have generously admitted the policy of free tuition, but it only relates to the College course. This policy is stated authoritative ly as follows: Fur.r Ti'itio.n. —The Trustees having authorized the Faculty to admit, without payment of tuition lees, meritorious young men of limited means, they propose to increase the number of beneficiaries to hfty. t here are now, as such, iu attend ance at the University, under appdiutmeut of ilie Faculty, twenty-seven Students.— These appointments are intended to be limited m resident- of the State who are not themselves, and whose parents are not, in a situation to incur the expense of their education at the University, without aid. students thus appointed stand, iuall re spects, except expense, aaothers, enjoying equal privileges, and subject to the same j laws. Asa remuneration to the State, they will be expected to engage in teach- I iug in a public or private school in Georgia lot a term of years equal to the time they may have enjoyed the. advantages of in struoiiou at the University. The term of appointment expires at the close ofthe 1 Uqllcgiute year with those who fall to ex- ! hibit due diligence, but those who give evidence of capacity aud industry, wifi be permitted to remain until the regular ■ oeurso is completed. Tl»e applicant for au appointment should forward toMiinoni&lsof good moral charac ter. and of capacity to profit by the in struction at the University; stating his ago ;which must beat least sixteen), and his resilience, with a full report of the sub jects that have been studied by him. It must also beshown that neither he nor his parents arc able, without aid, to incur the expense of his education. Next session there will be tnetUu-rive vacancies, which the Faculty will jju bv atipointinent ou the tith of August. Only one will he appointed from a county.— There are no vacancies in the following counties: Bariou, Bibb, Cto, Oatoota, Clarke, IXtbb, ( otumbia, Fulton, Crccn Mart, Jacksim, Morgan, Oglethorpe, pike. ■Sfxia 'ili ir.’, Terrell and Witices. Applications should lie addressed to the Corresponding Secretary, and forwarded prior to August tith. CANDIDATES FOB HIE MINISTRY. Young men who design to enter the tuioisiry of any denomination whatsoever, are admitted to the privileges of the Uni versity without the payment of tuition lees, upon presenting proper letters from the aufuoritiesof the Church to which they ,_re attachinl, provided they are in need of this aid to complete their education. Now, however generous this scheme ap pears, it does not meet public wants. Very few among the poor are ever able, either through personal exertion or pri vate munificence, to prepare themselves for a College curriculum. The middle class, if the benefits are apparent to them, will not fail to raise the necessary rneaus to defray the expenses of bequeath- ] ing their only legacy a good education. ; The rich, as heretofore, will continue to send their sons to the North and to Eu ro|*. through ambition and pride, only to find that they have trained their sons in a school of morals, social habits and educa tional accomplishments not at all suited to j the State in which they are designed to l live—and utterly ignorant of the wants ! and manners and customs and modes of ‘ thought of the people of their native I State; they bring them home only to find i them lull of ideas, utterly unsuited to cur \ society, utterly incapacitated to meet pub- : lie expectation or public wants, and with- j out the sympathy and affiliations which j home intercourse and home training would 1 give, and outstripped in ail objects of man- , ly ambition—either by “ self made men,’’ , or by graduates of what they are pleased to look down upon a* inferior Southern Colleges. To the poor of the State, there fore, must the University look for that, moral support which brings power in the State and State aid, both from the Gov i eminent and the people. Every boy thus educated, will not only cherish his Alma Mater as an Alma Mater in very deed, but will labor with pride and energy I and self sacrifice, to make her noble, cherished and beloved by every citizen ; to ! make her a great power iu the land and to exalt her among the highest institutions of the earth. We hope, to this end, that every Alumnus of the State’s institution will labor assiduously to compel the next Legislature to enact, as the law of the land, j that the sum of two hundred and fifty dol ! lars shall be set apart from the school I' fund raised by each county, to educate the best scholar selected from all the couniy schools, upon the condition that he , shall teach two or more years after rna ! tribulation, in a school of his county, it 1 is time that Georgia should have an Univer i sity worthy of her history and traditions— | inspired by the leadingsentimentof her no ! blemotto,Wisdom, Justiceand-Moderation. The Faculty and Trustees have done well by this appeal to the people in the j midst of desolation and military tyranny, i Let them again and always, full of hope j and confidence, appeal to the great heart of the people. Let them go out into the high ways and byways and hedges, and bring in those who will make true sous of devo tion. We cannot close this notice, con strained by our limits, of our University without noticing two points which present themselves. The press of the State have universally condemned the fact apparent upon the face of this catalogue. The imprint gives testimony that art without the Slate has been encouraged and goes forth to the world, no matter from what motive, that this art within the State was unequal to its execution. We do not ques tion the motives which prompted this act, nor do we seek to display our re souices, but we do say it is a reproach to tho University itself, and such a course pursued will work injury both at home I and a broad. It would have been better to have made a small pecuniary sacrifice, if it was required, which we doubt, than to have directed public attention abroad for that upon which, in our day, public education so greatly depends. But it would have been butter far for its alumni to have raised, by contribution, the pitiful sum requisite to establish an University pre.-s, aud thereby permit the opportunity to the straitened youths within its own Walls iu lemming an useful art to earn a pittance, and with their own toil to con tribute to the independence of their cherish ed mother. The other point is not of censure but of commendation. While the expenses of the School and College course are placed at optional low limits, the laws permits the lowest possible reduction by allowing the students to mess, and thereby greatly re duce the groat item in a college course— their board. It gives us profound pleasure to notice this new feature. There are | thousands of our youths who are able to I raise tho sum of one hundred dollars tuition money (a sum which we hope the State will reduce by appropriation one half), that are unable to raise the additional two hun -1 died tor board. Tneir experience in the j late war has taught them how to live on i less than what is ordinarily styled the | common comforts of life. This reduction ) in expense places a liberal education with in their reach By all means let this sys tem be encouraged. Neither let College tone nor Collegestatuterepresssuch efforts, but rather, with true pride, lend full en couragement. Something New. A correspondent of the Richmond Chris ta in Advocate (Methodist), writing from New York,declares that unless “/Ac Demo \ cratic nominee for the Presidency he a Northern Methodist he vrill be beaten. ”He assigns as a reason the large number of communicants of that Church in the North aud W est, and the open aud avowed connect ion which it courts W’itli Radicalism. Grant is said to be a Methodist and lias al ready made a bid for that vote. Chase is also a M&thodist and h's nomination, it is said, will divide the Methodist Radical vote. The Methodist Church North has been for years blindly hostile to the South. This opposition first sprung out of their holy abhorrence to slavery. That institu tion having been destroyed by the war we had hoped that the Northern Methodists would cease their abuse aud vindication of their Southren brethern and that the two wings of the Church would be brought to gether in kindly brotherhood and Christian fellowship. It seems, however, from the statement of the correspondent of the Richmond Advocate,that they areas bitter and hostile in their feelings now as the} ever were. We depricate the introduction of reli gious questions into our political creed. We hope that the feelings of a large majority of the Northern Methodists have been misrepresented and that they will not make the communion of their church a test lor their politeal affiliations. Deeper Still. —W e learn that Joe Brown is the prosecuting attorney for General Meade in the case against the citizens of Columbus, who have been ar rested by the latter's order. We are not surprised at this, for having deserted and betrayed the people of the State as a whole I who so long supported and honored him, we think that this voluntary espousal of J the Dictator s cause against an innocent j people is but the fitting complement to his ' other iniquities. In remarkable contrast to this conduct of Brown, we learn that ex-Attorney Gen eral Speed will volunteer for tho defence of I the accused, and that he is daily expected i in Atlauta. Wondsrfcl. —The New York Herald has actually been consistent in the advo j eaey of Chase for the Presidency for iuiiy ‘ one week. Carpet Baggers.— The following is from the Planters Banner, published in i Louisiana: The new editor of the New Orleans Be puhlicatr. fresh from the North, carpet - , bag of his favorite color shining and new, doubtless bought at twenty five cents less : than asking price in the city of Busting, caiis the editor of this paper 'a Democratic carpet-bagger from the Sriate of Maine.’ i Why, bless your colored sou!. Mr. Bepob ! Ucan, we have lived wore than a quarter j of a century in Louisiana, with a Southern i wile, had a family of seven Southern chil dren, and we had been away from the i State of Maiue so long that we had almost forgotten whether it belonged to the United States or Cauada. Before the devil in his malignity ever invented a carpet-bagger, he first invented snakes, fleas, scorpions, j tarautulas, centipedes, mosquitoes, gnats, | ! hyenas, owls, buzzards, hawks, vultures, . ; alligators, stingarees, gars, sharks, chigres, j ; and vampyres ; and to concentrate all the , meanuess aud deviltry iu ereatiou, he puts i these iu a cauldron and boiled them down and produced a carpet-bagger, as the ■ granu masterpiece of Satanic hate. And Satan smiled when his eyes first rested on : his last horn and favorite bantling. j n Murdered.- Mr. Ezekiel Williams, of : Greene county, was found dead on last j : Friday morning, near the Long Shoals 1 Factory. He had left home the flight be- • fore, after supper, to go over to the Facto- ! ry, about a mile distant, and not returning ! as was expected, search was made, aud he was found as above stated, his body 1 showing evident marks of foul play. No j clue to the murderer as yet.— Hancock \ Journal. Nebraska. • ] Wo publish to day an exceedingly inter esting letter from the Rev. J. M. Stokes, written from Nebraska. Mr. Stokes was a chaplain in the 3d Ga. Regiment during the war, and is a gentleman of high character and strict veracity. He has re cently emigrated to Nebraska from Middle Georgia, and before be left the State we secured hi- services as a special corre spondent of this paper, and we shall, from time to time, give to our readers such im pressions of that country as may be made upon Mr. Stokes' mind. These letters will form an interesting feature in our paper in future, and all those who are dissatisfied with their pres ent locality, and wish to emigrate, should subscribe for the Chronicle A Sentinel, and thereby secure accurate reports from this fine Western country. Mr. Stephens’ History of the Late M ar. We are indebted to the distinguished author for a copy of this valuable work. We have not had time to do more than i glance through ins pages aud examine its j mechanical execution. In the re- j speet we do not hesitate to declare that it j is the best specimen of typography which j we have seen for a long time. It is a i handsome volume of 650 pages, printed ! from large, clear, bold type, on fine white ■ paper. The work is illustrated with handsome j steel portraits of Washington, Jefferson, j Webster, Calhoun, Clay and Jackson, and j the frontispiece is a beautiful engraving of Liberty Hali, the residence of the i author. The appendix contains some interesting and valuable State papers, which cannot be found in so convenient a form elsewhere. We intend, after a careful perusal of the work, to give j>ur readers a fair and honest i criticism upon its merits. In the mean ■ time we advise our readers to procure a copy at once, as only a limited edition has been published. Pentßcton and Grant In the West. The recent municipal election in Galena i I has a deeper significance than appears upon ; j the surfaee- It is true that it is quite a i small town, and that the majority for Mr. | | Savage, the Democratic candidate for ! Mayor, is only counted by hundreds. Yet ! when we probe a iittle deeper into the j matter, and examine the character of the canvass, of the candidates, and the history I of affairs there during the war, we shall i find that the result shows that the people ■ of the North, even in those localities where ; the personal influence of Grant is strongest, are determined to rebuke the illegal and unconstitutional conduet of the Radical party during and since the war. Galena is the residence of two of Mr. j Stanton’s victims, who, without lawful warrant or authority, he dragged from their homes during the war and imprisoned in Forts Lafayette and Delaware, and the j Mayor elect is one of the boldest, most fearless and outspoken Democrats in that 1 whole section. He is what the Radicals j call a copperhead, and is the editor of the j Galena Democrat, an able and defiant ad j voeate of constitutional principles, and which paper was set upon during the war by a mob, instigated by E. B. Washburne, i Grant’s groom, who attempted to rifle the office and destroy the paper. Washburne lives in Galena, and the ut most efforts wore made to carry the elec tion in favor of the Grant candidate. It was seen and felt by the Radicals that a defeat here would show a weakness in : their candidate which would be fatal to bis prospects throughout the entire West. Both sides made and accepted the issues of the canvass, upon a purely party basis. The Democrats contendiug for the great j principles of their party—the doctrine of I State rights, and the administration of the Federal government in accordance with the powers granted by the Constitution, and in | subjection to the limitations and restrictions I of that instrument. To those were added the great new issue raised by the Radicals in | the military bills, which first received its baptismal name from tho “little giant of the West,” who ten years ago declared j that "tip's is a white mans government," ' made by while men for the government of white men and to be administered and con | trolled by white men. This was tho creed of the‘Galena Demo crats, which they emblazoned upon their banner and under which they have achiev ed a signal victory. The cry of “Copper head, raised by the J acobins against them only strengthened their party and gave new zeal and enthusiasm to their adherents. The sickly charge of “Pendleton repudi ators,” which the Radicals rolled under their tongues as a sweet morsel, seemed only to stiffen tbeir convictions and arouse their energies. It was mainly this last element which contributed most to the suc cess of their party. The friends of Pen dleton and the friends of Grant measured arms upon the strength of their respective candidates, and iu Giant’s own home, in the very house of his friends, he has been stricken down and vanquished. The star of Pendleton is in the ascendant in the West, and it is even now looming up grandly in the East. Opposition to negro rule—to Radical tyranny—to Congressional usurpation—to military despotism— to Southern degrada tion—to unjust exemption in favor of bond holders—these are the negative principles of the Pen lieton Democracy. These, with one currency for the people and the bond holder—a strict construction of the Con stitution—an economical administration of the Government—equal and just taxation for all classes—and the subserviency of the military to the civil power of the country — make the fuff creed of the white man's party and upon which the election in Gale na w as carried agaiust Grant by three-hun dred aud fifty majority. On Which bide ? Ihc New York World is beginning to occupy very much the same position in the Democratic party that the Times does in the Republican organization. It is very difficult to teli, from the tone of some of the World’s recent articles, whether it ready desired the success of the Demo erats in the approaching election. If we give it credit for candor in its declarations, j wo should say that unless a candidate be I nominated who agrees with the World’s j views in relation to the financial question, and who also adopts the reconstruction ' policy of the Radical party as uiifait ! accompli, that paper will not support the Union, or, if it does, it will be ala Ray ; maiid — one word for and ttco against it. The World is the organ of the Belmont faction, and we fear that that clique have determined to rule or ruin the party. We hope that we may be mistaken, but the indications have been recently very strong in support ol our theory. If the Democratic Convention, under the advice and influence of the Belmont- IToWtf faction, shall declare that the establishment of State Governments in the excluded States under the provisions of the Military Bills is a final settlement of the terms of restoration, we confess that we shall feel very little interest in the election. If the Democracy are to be in duced to betray the principles which have maiked them as the Constitutional party of the country for the last eight years for the doubtful promise of party success, we can see no reason why the South should affiliate with them in preference to the Republicans, who are already in power. We do not believe that the Democratic party will commit any such suicidal act. i If the party listens to the advice and adopts the counsels of those who have stood the brunt of the battles in the past conflicts with Radicalism — if it selects a ’standard-bearer who is a known and pro nounccd Democrat upon principle and not j t’rom expediency —we think it will be cer tain to achieve a victory in the approaching ! canvass. But if it should, by any possibility, fall into the trap set for it by a few discontented Republicans and greedy bond-holders, its doom is oertain. The World is certainly playing a strange game it it is really, as we still hope it is, honest and sincere in its advocacy of general Democratic principles. The World knows —the whole oonntry knows—that the fate <y any party is scaled when it leaves its own oryaaiuation to hunt for avadla hUify in its opponents’ ranhs. We are in favor of selecting the most available man in the Democratic party, as the race may be a closely contested one, bat we protest against a folly which would influence the Convention to hunt among the east-off rubbish of the Republican party for a standard-bearer of Democratic principles, and especially when in doing so it is pro posed to modify the platform so as to meet the views of the newly made Democrats. Almost a Gael. We gather from the Charleston papers ! thatCoi. Alfred Rhett, of the Mercury, has ; called upon Capt. F. Dawson, of the Acres, ■ for an explanation of certain strictures Le the latter paper, which Col. li thought: - offensive to him as one of the conductors ' of the Mercury. Capt. Dawson replies that the article in the Neirs is shnply comments upon the ! course of the Mercury, and not intended to impugn the motives or reflect upon the action of individuals. Col. Rhett rejoins by going over the whole ground in controversy, and con cludes by repeating the inquiry in his first note, whether the article in the News was intended to be offensive. To this Capt. Dawson replies by again refusing to make the disclaimer called for, and concludes by saying that he under stands the tendency of Col. Rhett’s de mands. and thinks it proper to state that being a member of the Catholio Church he cannot,under any circumstances, engage in a duel. And here the matter rests. Special Correspondence of the Chronicle A Sentlnei. Brown viLLE, Nebraska, June 2. Dear Chronicle:-- Since my departure I from Augusta 1 have seen a good deal of j Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska, and I am "nappy to inform you that my most sanguine expectations are more than realized. lam now contemplating an ex- j tensive tour through all the districts where i land can be obtained on such terms as will meet the wants of the Southern people. These lands yield from fifty to one hundred bushels of corn per acre—wheat, oats, potatoes, Ac., in proportion. The soil is so easily tilled that a hand can make from 2,500 to 4,000 bushels corn per annum. I doubt if there is a better grazing country on the Globe, and stock of all kinds do well. There is an abundance of hay cut from the prairies and sold at from two to three dollars per ton. It is vastly superior to Timothy. This is destined, at no distant day, to rank among the best fruit growing coun tries in America. The climate is fine and healthy. It is said to be especially bene- I ficial to persons suffering from pulmonary j difficulties. The water is good and plenti i ful. Society is generally good, and the j school system excellent, idlers and liard ■ times have not yet been introduced here. Work 1 work ! work ! everybody works, and everybody seems to be prospering. Farmers are doing better as a class than any others. Laborers on the farms get from twenty to thirty-five dollars per month ami board. These people don't dress in purple, or flee linen, but they all fare sumptuously every day. Provisions and stock are abundant and cheaper than iu Georgia. The tide of immi gration to all the Northwest is im mense. Kansas and Nebraska will double their population this year. I doubt if any country ever before presented such in ducements to immigrants as Southern Nebraska and Kansas. Every settler gets 160 acres of as good land as ever the sun shone on, I reckon, for the trifling, cost of fourteen dollars all told. This is under the homestead act. Therp is any quan tity of Government land subject to entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. Though I am opposed to laud speculation, 1 am free to say this is the finest chance for moneyed men that 1 have ever seen. Lands entered now, on the borders of the settlements, will be in the midst of a dense population in twelve months, and will bo enhanced in value from 300 to 3,000 per cent, There is no danger of getting cheated badly—the land is ail good. These good chances will not last always; they will not last long. Rail roads are being surveyed and built ail I over tbo country; towns are springing up J and such enterprising manifestations I j have never witnessed. How soon would i our impoverished Southerners regain their I loot ;c tw „ [ number are here, and doing well. There | is no political strife, so far as I Lave ob ! served, though both parties are well rep- I resented. It does not require much i means to start a farm.. Cotnifton lumber can bo bought for twenty dollars per thousand. The remarks I have made will apply to Kausas, Nebraska or Missouri— though there is but iittle cheap good land in Missouri, and I prefer Kausas or Ne braska. Omaha has been puffed so much that the Boutheru people usually start for that point, and it is truly a great place— to get rid of your money. Omaha is sur rounded with a good country, but every thing has a fictitious valuation, and every thing is overdone. I might say much more in favor of this ! country, but I desist for the present, lest I exhaust your credulity. It is all tbo most hopeful could expect, or the most aspiring could desire. Yours, truly, J. M. Stokes. Important Letter from Chief Justice Chase—The Chief Justice Continues to Advocate Negro Suffrage. From the Washington Cor. New York Herald . The following confidential letter from Chief Justice Chase to a personal friend has been handed to me. It so distinctly marks the present position and sentiments of Mr Chase on important political ques tions that Ido not feel at liberty to with hold its publication: Washington, May 25, 1868. My Dear Sir — Yfouare right in believing that. I “shaii never abandon the great principles, for the success of which I I ave given my entire life.” I adhere to my ‘‘old creed of equal rights,” without one jot or tittle of abatement. I shall be glad if the new professors of that creed adhere to it as faithfully. I am amazed by the torrent of invectives by which lam drenched. Almost every thing alleged a> fact is falsehood out of the i whole cloth. Where an allegation has a I little fact in it the fact is perverted and ! travestied that it becomes falsehood. I know no motive for all this'except disap pointment that impeachment has notthus far proved a success, coupled with a belief j that I have done something to prevent its being a success. I have not been a partisan , of impeachment certainly ; but I have not | been a partisan on the other side. As | presiding officer over the trial inycon ! science testifies that I have been strictly 1 impartial ; and lam sure that any one i who reads the report will say so. In j dividuafiy I have my convictions and opin i ions, but I have very seldom given utier : anee to them. Indeed, I do not think that the ease, in any of its aspects, has been the subject of conversation between i myself and more than four or five Sen ators, and then only casually and briefly. No Senator will say that 1 have sought to > influence him. The real ground of denunciation is that I have not been a partisan of conviction ; and this denunciation I am willing to bear. Thev may denounce and abuse me and read me out of the party if they choose. I follow my old lights, not the new. Wbat the developments of the future may be I know not. I neither expect nor desire to be a candidate for office again. It would, however, gratify me exceedingly if the Democratic party would take ground j which would assure the party against all attempts to subvert the principle of univer sal suffrage established in right, and to be established in all of the Southern Consti tutions. Then, I think, the future of the : great cause—for which I have labored so I long— would be secure, and I should not regret my absence from political labors. Salmon P. Chase. trop item? heat. —As far as our information ex tends, the wheat in this county, though ’ somewhat injured by rust, will yield quite j enough for home consumption. The yield \ is about two-thirds of a full erop-but the j area.sown being greater thanjast year, the ! crop wilt be fully equal. Early Oats. —Wm. Fraley, Esq., of j this piace, showed us a day or two since, i a specimen of black oats, raised on his : premises. The heads are very large and ; well filled, but rather too ripe ibr economi j cal harvesting. The straw is plenty long for binding with ease. Judging from the : specimen we saw, there can be no doubt as to the usefulness of the black oat crop in this section. Cotton. —We saw a cotton stalk at Culverton. on Saturday, 6:h inst, having : several well developed forms on it, but we do not regard it as an average specimen of the field from which i: was taken—for cotton is generally very backward in this county.— Hancock Journal, Rt. Rev. J W. Beckwith, Bishop of the Diocese of Georgia, preached at the Presbyterian Church in this place on Tues day evening and again on Wednesday even ing, each time to a.large and attentive con gregation. The rite of Confirmation was administered. The Bishop has made a lasting impres sion, and it is hoped that he wili visit our town ofteuer hereafter. — Hancock Journal. Letter frciu. Eurie County. Burke County, Geo, June 10, 1868. Editors ( uronideSi Sentinel : Gentlemen :—The excitement caused ■ S rea t impeachment farce having subsided, you may have some space in ! your valuable journal todevote to “items” from the country regarding crop prospects, i Ac., as was your eustotn last year. King , Cotton still holds sway, and in spite of • protestations from the press and the low ' prices which prevailed last fali, there has j been quite as much (if not more) planted 1 this year. The desire of most planters is j to push through, without the aid of the factors, so as to enable them to hold their i crops should prices not justify in selling early iu the fall Fertilizers are also at a j discount this year, the amount used in this section being trifling in comparison to i what was used last year. I will make one ! exceptional favor of the amaioniated phos- I phate, manufactured by the Augusta | Company, as considerable of this article has been put on the soil in both Richmond and Burke counties. Planters are sub jectmg it to a fair and impartial trial, and should it prove to be all that is claimed for it. the holders of the Company’s stock will bejiceky individuals, indeed; but time wiii tell and we shall see wbat we shall see. Cotton may be said to be a little backward ou account of heavy rains aud cool weather, which prevailed about planting time, causing many to replant portions of their CTO;but I hear no complaints of bad stands. Corn is looking splendidly every where that I have been. Dr. Ed. Hatcher has, on his plantation in Burke, a field of corn, now tasselling, which surpasses anything that. I have 1 seen. This'model corn-field is manured wfch cotton seed at the rate effifteen bush- I els to the acre. Let those who doubt the I efficacy es the cotton seed, as a manure, : take a .look at the Doctor’s corn and com i pare it with corn in the same vicinity, ; planted at the same time, without cotton | seed, or with a much less quantity. The I quantity of corn planted will largely cx | ceed the amount of last year. Sweet j potatoes are-being cultivated to a large, ex - i tent, arid, next to corn, they are the most important product of tho plantation. The ' fruit trees promise an abundant yield. We are having a sufficiency of rain* at regular , intervals, and propects for good crops, ! generally, are encouraging. More anon, P. FROM WASHINGTON. i Special Correspondence of the Baltimore Gazette. ! A Rallied Ball that Rebounded—Hie Radi cal Mayor Stripped of the Appoint ing Power—A Hitch in the Councils — Confusion and Uproar—Two Sets of Officers Elected—The Conservative Pres ident Tumbles the Radical out oj the Chair —A High Old Time—Bowmi Sworn in as Mayor—He Enters Ills Office by the use of False Keys. Washington, -June B.—A good deal of excitement prevails in and around the City Hall here this morning, in reference to the inauguration of the new City Coun cil. According to the returns of the re cent election, the Democrats have a ma jority of voices ou joint ballot iu the Board of Aldermen and Council, and according to a recent enactment of Congress, the ap pointing power is taken from the Miyor and vested in the Council. This was done by Congress in anticipation of a Radical Council being elected. The Radicals are annoyed that their failure to elect a majority in the two Boards loses them the benefit which Oon gress specially designed for them, and to day they are making an effort to annul the election of three Conservatives from the Fifth ward, on the ground that someone hundred soldier votes were allowed to be recorded in their lkvor contrary to the. decis ion of a Radical -Judge of the Supreme Court of the District. The Council was organized at 10'o’clock, and the Republicans of the Board of Al dermen went out of the regular chamber into another room, and* looted Z, Richards chairman The Democratic members of the Board remained and elected Captain Moore their chairman. In the Common Council Mr. Hall, the Republican Clerk, called the roll as given to him by the Register of this city, which declared the Republican members from the Fifth ward elected. Mayor Wallach had proclaimed the Conservative members elected—and fcjie contrary announcement by Mr. Hall provoked immense confusion. Some of the Republican delegates were called and were about to be sworn when the Conservatives protested and elected Mr. Nally their temporary chairman, who commenced the reading of the Mayor’s proclamation. The Republicans in' the meantime elected another temporary chairman, took their seats at the one desk with two secretaries in front of them, while one proceeded to swear in the Radi cal members and the, other the Conserva tives. , The IlenublLcans then elected a Presi dent, and so also did the tjonservatives, while both proceeded to make their speeches and return thanks at the same time. _ After this botli parties appointed committees to wait upon the Board of Al dermen and inform thorn they wore ready to go into joint meeting fond count the votes for Mayor. The committee returned soon after, and the singular spectacle was witnessed of two set of aldermen and councilmen, with two different chairmen, sitting in ses sion. When the Radicals elected Mr. Richards president, the Conservatives elected Captain Moore, who took his chair at the centre of the desk, shoving his rival out of his place and tumbling bim over. In the meantime the members and their friends in the Chamber were perfectly wild with excitement, jumping up every instant, shaking fists at each other, shouting like maniacs, and but for the constant interference of the police would have torn each other’s eyes cut. Outside the City Hall, over four hun dred colored men were congregated, and about half as many whites. A rope was drawn all around the building and a force ol'about one hundred police stationed in side of it to prevent any disturbance or tho entry of any but privileged persons to the interior of the City Hall. The Radical Mayor elect demanded to be sworn in. Several parties in a corner of the room tendered the oath of office to Mr. Bowen, but such outrageous proceedings were ob jected to by hundreds. Great confusion here arose ; and while D. R. Smith, a justice of the peace, was administering the oath, the Conservatives adjourned the meeting of their convention, entering their protest against the proceed ings. After he was sworn in, Mr. Bowen un | dortook to get possession of the Mayor’s i office, but the key was refused by Mayor Wallach. Dir. Boswell, _;n reply to the demand of the Conservative Board for the boxes, j said : “I will not do so, and trample the ! copy ofthe above order under foot.” I Mr. Bowen obtained the services of a | locksmith, and forced open the doors of j the Mayor’s office and took possession of j the rooms. The Radical organization adjourned for | two weeks, and after a report from the l committee on credentials of the Alderman : elect from the Fifth YYard, the Democratic | side of the Council took a recess tili eleven j o’clock to morrow. THE WOOLLEY CASE—THE CHASE MOVE MENT- HANCOCK S FRIENDS CONFIDENT. Dispatch to the Baltimore Gazette. Washington, June 8.- -Colonel Wool- Icy said to a friend to-day that the ques tions which the managers are to propound to him have already been answered by other witnesses. Covede.in debate to-dav, spoke of him as perjured, and the House voted it parliamentary thus to insult a prisoner. The House ordered Woolley into custody again to await the conve nience of the managers,and these managers may find it convenient to keep Woolley in prison for weeks. They refused to allow him to testily this afternoon, and he re mains in his cell to-night. Butler says it i is very uncertain when it will be conve- j nient for the committee to hear Woolley’s answers, and when he does answer, Butler i will take issue with him on the ruling of ! the House and send him lack to his prison. He is evidently determined Woolley shall! not so easily escape from the case-mates 1 from which he now dates his correspond- 1 ence. Alexander Long, of Cincinnati, who was expelled from the House of Represent- { atives for disloyalty, is new here figuring extensively in the Chase interest. 0 Bets ; are fceieg offered that Chase will receive a majority vote in the New York convention ; if not the nomination. One gentleman : offers to bet one hundretkloliars that Chase ; will be the nominee and one hundred del- ; lars that Pendleton's name will not go be- ! fore the convention. Hancock’s friends 1 are confident that he will receive the nom- 1 ination od the third ballot. RESIGNATION OF COMMISSIONER ROLLINS, i Washington, June B.—Commissioner j of Internal Revenue Rollins has written a \ letter to the Secretary of the Treasury re signing that position. The resignation is ! to take effect upon the confirmation of his successor. Unfortunate Occurrence at Ames’ Circus and Menagerie. —During the storm of Tuesday night, which blew down the mammoth tent of Ames’ Circus," one of the beautiful spotted Leopards, which had been left in the same cage with a Tigei, was killed by the latter and half eaten up before the occurrence was discov ered. It had been usual to separate these animals for the night immediately afterthe evening's performances, but from some oversight this was neglected, vich the result as above stated. — Charleston Cour. Dickens has sent $1,700 to Dr. Howe, of Boston, t i pay for printing 200 copies; of the “Old Curiosity rihop _’ in raised let- | ters for the Use of the blind in his asylum, i South Carolina Delegates to the National Democratic Contention. For the State at Large.—Hon B F Perry, Hon James Chestnut, General ade Hampton and Hon James B Camp bell. Alternates—Judge J A luglis, Judge A P Aldrich, Hon C M Furman and Chancellor J P Carroll. First Congressional District —Col. W S Muhins, Hon J L Manning. Alter nates—General J B Kershaw and Hon R Dozier, [Second District.—Hon Carlos Tracy and Hon Charles H Simonton. Alter nates —John Manckel, Esq., and Colonel R B Rhetc. Jr. Third District.—General John S Preston, General M W Cary. Alternates —General M L Bonham, Hon A P Frede rick. Fourth District.—Hon Armisted Burt, . Alternates Hon W D Simpson, . Minutes of Decisions of the Supreme j Court—June Term—lß6S. L B Miller, Ex. of >V Miller, vs. David L and Isaac Ferguson— Certiorari —From Randolph. V\ alker, J.—IV uere cotton seed were 1 sold by au Executor at public outcry as “old seed'’ and on that account they I brought less than half the price of the new ! seed, and there was no fraud on the part ' of the Executor. Held that the purchaser was bound to I pay for the seed so purchased. Judgment reversed. Witcher Jones and Gust&vus Jones vs. ! J R Holiday—Equity —From Walker. ! Walker, J. —The granting of an in- j injunction and the appointment of a re ceiver is generally a Question for the dis- i cretion of the Chancellor, but if he abuse I that discretion his action wili be controlled i by this Court. Judgment reversed. Joseph A Davis vs. Nelson Tift, Adrn’r— j Equity—From Dougherty. W alker, J.—While the cause is pend- J mg in the Court below no decision made : therein can be brought to this Court, un less it be such a decision as if it were ren dered as claimed by the Piaintiif in Error, would have been a Huai disposition of the cause. Writ of Error dismissed. Abner P Robinson rs. John D Smith, Sheriff—Rule From Richmond Walker, J. —It is the duty of a Sheriff , to execute with due diligence the processes placed in his hands, and pay promptly to the party entitled, money collected by him as Sheriff, and on his failing to do so ho is ' liable to fine and attachment for contempt. (Code, Sections 397, 401, 3873 and 3881.) 1 While the Court will require strict fidelity on the part of itsofficers, it will also enforce his rights for his costs and fees as against suitors, therefore, wheu a Sheriff at the instance of a plaintiff, levied on the prop erty of a defendant and incurred expenses in s. curing and taking care of the property so levied on, and the levy was subse quently dismissed by the order of the plaintiff the Sheriff will not be driven to an action to recover the costs so due hint, but judgment may be eutered up against the plaintiff for the same, and execution is sue therefor. (Code, Section4oo and 3630.) The amount of compensation due the Sheriff may be awarded by the Court. In this case there being no contest as to the amount due to the Sheriff, and he being entitled to a judgment, for the amount against the plaintiff'; there being apparent reason why otic claim should not be pro tanto extinguished by the other; and the Court having done in this equitable pro ceeding what is right between the parties, this Court will not, on a mere technicality, reverse the judgment; more especially when it appears that by having a judgment ren dered for the costs admitted to be due the Sheriff, he would have a valid claim for a set off against the plaintiff’s demand. Judgment Affirmed. Marsden A. Cleckly vs. Beall, Spears & Cos. —Equity from Richtnoud. Walker, J. —Where a party is sued, it is his duty to make his defence promptly, if he has any. He cannot permit a judg ment to be rendered against him at law and then set it aside in equity, unless he had a good defence of which he was entirely ignoraDt; or he was prevented from making j it by fraud or accident, or the act of the \ adverse party, unmixed with fraud or j negligence on his part. (Code 3074). ! Judgment affirmed. —Macon Telegraph. Something About Women. . For how many centuries have flattering j tongues whispered that the character of father, brother and husband lay like wax | in the hands of mother, sister and wife. 1 The tedious common-places uttered on this j subject remind us of the athletic pugilist, j who, when.he was taunted witlqhaving al ! lowed his little wife to boat him, responded i naively, “And why not? It amuses her, i and don’t hurt me!” So these conipli- I menus amuse women and don’t hurt them; j and the very lips that are so lavish of j them would be slowest to utter words that i would restore to women her true office— j that of a help-meet unto man. Very fresh | in our ears is a recent tale of defalcation j and suicide, the consequence of specula ! tion. The criminal was the husband of a noble woman, who remonstratd when he j took his first step astray, till the subject ! became a sore one between them. Ilow 1 far removed from the last catastrophe was ! the day on which he bad told her, per haps on bended knees, that she was the I arbiter,of his destiny, that in her hands lay “all the current of his being?’’ What a bitter mockery !_ The arbiter of a destiny, whose smallest indiscretion she could not avert! The wide influence of one woman for evil is, however, no unrecorded thing. A few years ago the discarded favorite of a French prince made mischief enough to justify the Government in sending her in a man-of-war to South America. From South America she wandered hither, and claimed a share of our public lands on the ground that she was descended from that Vcspucius who gave his name to our na tion- Some years ago we ourselves passed a year in Washington. At that time Iwenty-four votes iu the Senate and House were in the hands of one of the worst women in that bad city. Nay, in a way unworthy if not worse, we ourselves as sisted to pass a reformed postage hill. Having jokingly said to a Southern Sen ator, whose vote was needed by the Ad ministration, “After this postage-law, Mr. G., and you shall have tickets for Mrs. B.’s ball,” we were taken at our word, and the fulfillment of our promise soberly claimed in a letter which we still possess. The flatteries and the facts prove -three things: 1. That all men know that women ought to exercise a higher influence over them than they exorcise over each other, and wish in some way to acknowledge it. 3. That, although they feel this, they are half ashamed of it, have no manner of confidence in this influence itself, and think it a confession of weakness to own themselves subject to it. 3. That women themselves are by no j means worthy of the trust reposed in them; : that it is sometimes exercised wickedly, j often carelessly, and always, as society now j is, in regard to matters of importance, j without open responsibility. Should we not inquire, then, what sort j of influence God meant to conler upon us, ! and how si all it best subserve the interests of mankind ? The whole world has felt this necessity, 1 and ludicrous enough have been the \ various, attempts toward a “History of ' Women.” In bow many homes we find fathers complaining that they cannot support the extravagance of their daughters; brothers that, with but half an education, are thrust early into the. world, to earn more ease—more idle time, it may be —for their sisters. We find young husbands tempted to over-traditfg—it may be failing in busi ness—because they have not the good ! sense to live simply, and begin, as their 1 fathers began, at the beginning. The importations of women’s wear suit ; only the companions of princes. Our ; servant-women look with contempt upon the present of a calico dress : and girls who believe they are respectable are seen in the soiled finery of their mistresses. We find the youDg girls, whose extrava gacce is so heavy a drain upon fathers, , husbands and brothers, living in over ’ heated rooms, lying upon lounges, read iag depressing fictions, or in gossiping ; coteries, complaining, as if it were the world’s fault, that they have nothing to do. ■ • Iu China, for many centuries, it was 1 :he custom among the poorer classes to drown a female child a3 soon as it was 1 born; and in Hindustan, to this day, a | father whose daughter is asked in mar ; riage prostrates _ himself to the ground, land says, “I thank you for taking this i great burden off my shoulder?, and I will ; pray to the Unmentiona! One that it may | never make yours ache.” If the present I condition of society were necessary, these i customs would be human and wise, and it : would be well to move iortheir introduction into Western society. But womanly in- I fluence ought to be strong enough to right these evils, and to restrain the downward impulse of family life. If the family af 1 iections of the very poor are very strong, 1 , it is partly because of such families each : member is independent, the women as well as the men supporting themselves, and not i hanging forever as a drag upon the man who acts as its head. — Putnam,'* Magazine for June. 31. Andre Lhc-ritier, editor of the New York Courrier det Etats Uni*, died recent ly at his residence in that city. He was only 2S years old, and was placed in edi torial charge of the Com-cur four years ago. He was born in Baris IS4O. His father was himself a journalist, and his son inherited his literary tastes and abili ties. A Besponse of Bev. J. K. Evans, j TO TFIE PROPOSITION OF BISHOP BECK- ' WITH, FOR ALL OTHER, DENOMINATIONS I OF CHRISTIANS TO JOIN THE PROTESTANT j EPISCOPAL CHURCH—DELIVERED IN st. luke’s m. e. church south in COLUMBUS, GA,, MAY 24)11, 1858. •■For by one Spirit are we all Baptised in- j to one body ’—l Cor. 12. 13.” “From I whom the whole body fitly joined,” etc—' Epbe. 4. 16.” “That they mav be one as we are one”—John 17.11. At the instance of the Rector of the P. E. C. in Columbus, Georgia, the Pres byterian Church was obtained for Bishop Beckwith Sabbath night, May 3d, 1868. The Rector sent messages to the Ministers in charge of other churches, who were then in town (the Baptist and Presbyte rian Ministers being absent), with his kind regards and a request that they and their ; congregations should hear the Bishop that night. This was the Bishop’s first Episco ! pal visitation to our city. Under these ! circumstances his theme was the necessity ;of Christian union. He proceeded to show that Christians were divided iuto various : “branches.’’ Some of them denied both ; the sacrament of baptism and the Lord's 1 Supper to the people, some denied baptism i to children, some denied the Supper to all ! who were not immersed, and some main tained that the Supper was fully taken in 1 the bread or the wine one without the j other. He dwelt particularly and at j length upon the errors of the Roman Catholic Church in tke 14 articles of faith, added by the Council of Trent. Having thus illustrated the divisions of the Church iuto various “branches,” he 1 proceeded to lay down the following propo j sitions, to wit: 1. The Bible is the Constitution of the i Church. 2. Private interpretation of this Consti tution—the Bible—leads to schism, and ought not, therefore, to be countenanced. 3. The Church alone is authorized to interpret the Constitution of the Church, and her decisions, as to its meaning, are binding upon Christians. 1 do not pretend to give his words, but simply the purport of his position, as un derstood by mo and many others who heard him on that occasion. He then held up the Protestant E. 1 Church, with her Apostles’ creed, which all could embrace; with her Apostolic ministry, which even the Catholics ad s mitted to be a true succession ; wiih her i two sacraments of baptism and the Lord’s 1 Supper, which all receive as sacraments; as the organisation to which all the “ branches” might come, and be one ' church, and thus fulfill the prayer of the j Saviour for the Church, “ that they may he one as we are one.” I understand the Bishop presented j the came view of Church union, at Macon and at Atlanta. Two other : Bishops of the P. E. C., in a recent con i versation with a friend of miue, presented j the same views. From these, and from I indications in other quarters, it appears j to be the settled policy of the P. E. C. to induce the members of other Churches to join that Church. The Bishop’s sermon was understood to be an invitation, upon a broad scale, to the members of all other Churches to join the P. E. C. This was done in a candid, frank manner, and yet iu terms and spirit as respectful as such a proposition could be made to his hearers —it was not an outright invitation to join them, as we Methodists would open the door of the Church to admit members, but it was intended to be understood, aud was received, as an invitation to join his Church. He proposed no common council to settle terms of union as between equals, i He proposed no concessions on the part of the P. E. C. as an advance to meet other Churches. Not a word of all this. He is for a union of Christian Churches, but how ? Why, let them all accept the Apos tles’ Creed, the Apostolical Ministry, and the two simple sacraments of the P. E C., i. c. let them join that Church. It is to this proposition that I respond. 1 object to the union of all Christians into one organization, because it is im practicable. It is human to differ. We differ on all subjects—on agriculture, on commerce, science, government, and on all questions of moment. It is, therefore, utterly impos sible to get every Christian to believe with Bishop Beckwith, that the P. E. C. is “The Church.” On the essentials of Sal vation, which are few and simple? we must agree or he lost. But on the non essentials we are left free to differ ; on these men alwavs have and always will differ. | Moreover, no one organization could ! manage ali the religious interests of the ; whole world. The field is too vast lor finite mind. No combination of humanskill has j ever proven competent to govern the work I in civil matters, nor have they ecclesiasti cally. It is simply an impossibility , and, j therefore, should not be attempted. God j alone governs the-whole world; let finite ; man move in a limited sphere. Again, it ; would not be best to commit such vast power to human hands. The history of all i ages demonstrates, t hat the concentration i of power in the hands of men, both in I Church and Slate, tends to corruption and oppression ; while the division and limita tion of power and responsibilities act as checks and balances aud promote purity, efficiency and the common good. It would not, therefore, promote the interests of mankind to create such a grand monopfy, ecclesiastical, as the Bftnop pioposes to make the P. E. C. —Divine wisdom has so determined —let us not be wise above what is written. I object to such a union upon the Bishop’s principles because it would de stroy my distinctiveness as a man and con vert me into a mere machine. God made man a thinking, self-acting and determining be ing, and thus distinguished him from in animate matter. But to prevent schism, and to secure a universal union, I must surrender the right of private iuterpreta tion of the word of God, and accept the decrees of Church councils as the law of faith and the rule of my life. This sinks me to the level of a machine, moved by the motive power of the Church. God made me a man, and not a thing. In the name of my manhood I protest against its sur render, to build up the P. E. C. The Bishop’s theory of union involves, also, the destruction of the principle of moral action. Volition gives moral quality to human ac tion. The Jaw of God is the only rule of right to man. It is the willful violation of i this law that fixes guilt, and the voluntary observance of it constitutes virtue. But if I am denied the right to judge of the meaning of the law, I can have no volition touching its observance. My obligations, by the Bishop’s hypothesis, are transfer red from the law of God to the decrees of the Church council. Touching the law of God, lean have no volition; my volition acts only on the decisions of the Church. As volition, therefore, is not allowed to act on the only rule of right, and wrong, ! i the principle of moral action is destroyed j by this theory of Church Union. All personal responsibility is also anni hilated by this dogma ; personal responsi- ! bility is a fundamental principle in the I Divine Government. Good and evil, with! their rewards, were piaced before Adam and Eve in the Garden of Paradise. The : whole dealing of God with man, front that i day to this, as revealed in His Word, has been upon that principle. Ezekiel says, “the i soul that sinneth it shall die.” Paul ex- j claims “who art thou that judgest another : man’s servant ? To his own master he j standeth or falleth.” But why do’st thou judge thy brother ? Or why do’st thou set at naught thy brother ? For we must, j all stand before the judgment seat of' Christ.” So then every one of us shall, give account of himself to God. The theory that the church alone has , the right to interpret the word of God, transfers all this responsibility from the j individual to the church, in her organized j action. The Master commands us to“seurch : the scriptures,” to “examine yourselves whether ye be in the faith”—“let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone , and not in another.’’ The Great Head of the ; church has fixed our individual responsi bility to him, and has given us His word as the law of out conduct. We are not at I liberty to transfer it to the Church, nor has j the church the right to assume this respon sibility for us. No such external unity as the Bishop proposes is enjoined in the Bible. We could not reasonably expect to find ; such a contradiction of its own teachings ! as to require a church union at the i sacrifice of volition and personal responsi- ; bility. But “to the law and to the ; testimony : if they speak not according to ! the word, it is because there is no light in j them.” The first external organization of the Church was under the Levities! economy. This was a politico-ecclesiastical organiza tion—a union of Church and State. King Rehoboam was the son and successor of , Solomon. He rejected the counsels of the ■ old men, and, governed by the young men of his kingdom, be made his admin is - : tration one of great oppression. The Ten Tribes, under the lead of Jeroboam, re volted. Rehoboam was preparing to pursue and force them to sub ai.-si on, when the Lord commanded him: ‘‘Thus saith the Lord—ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren, the Children of Israel; return every man to his own house; for this thing is from Me. “II 1 Kings: 12. 24. This division of the i Church was never healed. The separa tion continued; and some of the most prominent of the prophets—among whom were Elijah and Elisha—appertained to the separatists. Christ rebukes this exclusive, central izing spirit in the Apostles. “ And John answered and said, Master, we saw one ’ casting out devils in Thy name, and we forbade him because tie folio wet h not us. And Je-us said unco him, forbid him not, j for he that is not against us is for us.”— Luke 9. 47. “ Other sheep have 1 that are not of the fold,” says Christ. —John 10. 10. The first council held by the Apostles [Acts 15th] was to consider a question of i external rites ; and if. was settled in favor of the non-conformists. The canon adopted and sent by Barsabas and Silas to jh® Gentile converts, was in these words : “ for it seemed good to the Holy Ghost and to us, to lay upon you no greater burdens than these necessary things; that ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication; from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well. The succession of circumcision, for which the Jewish converts contended, was placed among the non-essentials of Christianity. The different Churches were evidently independent in their ecclesiastical govern rment ; and are, therefore, separately ad dressed as such, by the Apostle St. Paul, in his Epistles. So, also, in the last mes sage of the Great Head of the Church by St. John to the Seven Churches of Asia —each is addressed separately aud distinct iy. Moshiem says : “The Churches in those early times were entirely independ ent ; none of them being subject to any loreign jurisdiction, but each governed by its own rules ; for, though the Church, founded by the Apostles, had this particu lar difference shown to them, that they were consulted in difficult aud doubtful cases, yet they had uo juridical authority, no sort of supremacy of the otheis, nor the least right to make laws lor them. Nor docs there even appear, in the first century, the smallest trace of that associa tion of provincial Churches from which councils and metropolitans derive their origin. It was only in the second century that the custom of holding councils com menced iu Greece, whence it soon spread through other provinces.” Nor does it appear that from the days of the Apostles till now there ever existed a single Church organization controlling all the world of believers. The Latin and Greek Churches were always independent of each other, though maintaining friendly relation till about the eighth, when these relations were i iter rupted and finally broken off by the mutual expulsion of each by the other. The Church of England was independent of both the Latiu aud the Greek Churches till the sixth century, when she was grad j uaHy merged into the Latin Church, only to separate under Heury the VIII in the sixteenth century. The Baptists claim a line of independent Churches back to the days u! the Apostles. The Lutherans separated from Rome in the sixteenth century; subsequently the Methodists organized' into a distinct Church, and the P. K. Church in Amcri-’ ca is distinct in her government from the Church of England, and in some respects widely different. The history of the Church, as given both in the old and ihe New Testaments, and interpreted in the practice of every age to the present, demonstrates that Christ and His Apostles did not command all Christians to form one external organiz ation. Nor is this injunction to be found in the doctrine of the Testament, as embodied in my text: “By one Spirit are we all bap tized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free.” This passage shows that it is by the re newing of the Holy Ghost, bciug made par takers of the Divine nature, we are con stituted members of the body of Christ, which is His Church. “From the whole body fitly joined to gether and compacted by that, which every joint supplieth according to the effectual working of the measure of every part, tnaketh increase of the body unto the edi fying itself in love ” Here is the description cf its external organism into one body. “From whom,” Christ the head, the whole body must be fitly joined. The Church has hut one Head, and all the members must have a living union with their head. Moreover there must be a union of the body in its parts, and these parts must be fitly joined, for “God hath set the members every one of them in the body, as it has pleased him.” “If the whole were an eye where were the the hearing ? If the whole were hearing where were the smelling ?” “But now are they many members, yet but one body ; and the eye cannot say to the hami I have no need of thee, nor again the head to tho feet, I have no need of thee.” This figure shows diversity in unity ; separate and distinct parts, but one whole; illustrating the individuality of the mem bership of the Church; functions to be filled, and the various sections of the body of Christ; all united to the Head by the Holy Ghost, and to one another. This union is to be strong, “compactedtogether by that which each joint supplieth.” How strongly are the various parts of the body united at the joints. This is effected by the effectual working of the measure of each part. The head furnishes a living, vital union; and each‘member mu st work his part, and unite to the head by a living faith in Christ. Each member must love his brother and thus work the measure of his part of the union of the body. And he must fill the place assigned him in the Church, fitly joined. Let him uot aspire to be the eye, when the foot is his place. Let hitti not claim to be the whole body, when he is simpiy an humble member of it. Christ is the head of the Church. One great division of the body is to be found on the side of Moses and the Prophets; an other, on the side of the Apostles and the Christians of all ages from their day. This division of the body is made up of the Latin, the Greek, the English, the Inde pendents, the Protestants, and all who have been baptized into the body by the “One Spirit.” To that we are one body but many members ; and each has his own work to do. j That this is the true view of Church I unity is manifest from the Saviour’s pray ! er —that His people may be one as we are. i lie and Ilis Father were one in nature. ! So must all Christians he created anew, j “afterthe image of Him that created hinl.” ! “Having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” They were one in concert of effort for the salvation of the children of men. The Fathei “So Joved the world that Ho gave His only begotten Son, that whoso ever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” And the Son “gave Ilis life a ransom for many.” For “He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.” And to extend this figure to the other person in the Godhead: The Holy Ghost is also one in nature and concert of effort to save men. lie applies and witnesseth with the blood that we are born of God. Here is tho model of Church unity. But is it in such form a» to destroy the indi viduality and personality of either of the persons in the Godhead ? Ur does it in the least interfere with their separate spheres of action ? The Father loves the world and gives His Son to die to save it; but does He take the Son’s place on the cross ? The Son makes the atonement, and pleads the cause of guilty man before the throne ; hut it is the Holy Ghost that enlightens, convicts, renews, sanctifies, testifies of pardon, comforts, and keeps the child of God through faith, ready to be revealed in the last time. The prayer of the Saviour precludes i the idea of such a oneness as destroys the ! various “branches” of the Christian Church. But it teaches oneness in nature, feeling, motive, purpose and effort; with distinct individuality of operation. Let, ! then, the various branches of the church see to it, that they have the spirit of Christ, aud act in their ■ pherc, in concert’ for the salvation of the world. It is. therefore,clear to my mind that the Bishop’s proposition to have the P. E. C. absorb all other branches of the church in to its organization is both impractihle and anti-scriptural. But were the universal church both i praclible anu scriptural, I could not. accept the Protestant E. Church a., the organic for in of such union. The line of argument presented by Bish op Beckwith would necessarily cany me to the Roman Catholic Church for Li e true Church organization. lie maintained iu the sermon, to which 1 now respond, that the Bible is the Constitution of the Church —that private interpretation 'leads to schism,and should not therefore heallowed —that the authorized decisions of the Church are the only true interpretations of this Constitution—the Bible—and there fore binding on all Christians. IVhat is this hut Romanism? The right of private judgment is denied us, and the decisions of Church councils proclaimed to be the only true exposition of the Bible. Does not this involve the infallibility of the Church? Private interpretation leads to schism, therefore the canons of the Church council must not be questioned. \\ hat right, under this rule, had the Church of England to protest against Romanism, and the fourteen additional articles of iaith, enacted by the Council of Trent ? Was , not this the authorized interpretation of the Bible—“the Constitution of the I Church”—by the Church ? By what au- j i thority did the Church of England pro- j ! test? Does not the word “protest” indi- j j cate the right of private judgment in the I i minority to call into question the doings of ; the majority? Majorities never protest— j lit is the minority. Is not the Church of i ! England, under the Bishop's rule of action, | i a schism? Had not Mr. Wesley as much ! ( right to protest .igaiust the formation, i ritualism and worldlmess of the Church of 1 ! England, as she had to protest against the I , unscriptural dogmas of Romanism ? If j j the right of private judgment is schism,aud . - schism issin,l cannot leave our schism so u- j - nite with another —lam forced t<>goto Rome 1 it I adopt the Bishop’s principles. This is ■ the legitimate and necessary result of his j dogma ; and the fact is being illustrated in ; 1 the history of fa is own-Church. Rev. Mr. Ellis, one of the Rectors of the P. E. ! Church, in Nashville, Tennessee, in a sermon recently preached by him, says: “No one can study the history of our own Church, from the timeof the Oxford tracts, j without seeing that there has been, every year, a steady and great increase in Romish , doctrines and practices.” “And even as it . is now, we are, in aud out of our com- j munion, legitimating doctrines and cn eouraging thoughts and feeW whffih dispose people to go to R„„m ” £s 2m LL”™? 1 » b” toaohios it?ISSSorteStfiSiSPS 1 . E. C. upon its own merits, as an or gamzatton for a universal Church That she protested against the errors of old mother Rome, is uo •objection to me— she did right. May she ever maintain the faith of the fathers ; and protest on and Protest ever against the anti-scriptural dogmas of Catholicism. “For every man must give an account of himself to God.” , But I have several objections to the P. E C., some of which I proceed to state: The P. E. C. magnifies external organ iclll. inU) au essential to salvation; thus limiting the Divine power to save men, greatly imperiling human salvation. I am aware that there is a High and a Low Church party in the P. E. C. I believe the High Church partv to be the controlling party of the Church, both in England and America, and I shall treat of the principles of the Church, as embraced by that party. With this rule of ascer | tamment, we find the Church holds the doctrine, 1. That Apostolic succession of ordination by Bishops is essential to the gospel ministry 2. That such a ministry only has authority to administer the Sa crameuts of baptism and the Lord's Sup per. o. That spiritual regeneration is re ceived only in water baptism, wheu th-us administered. 4. That the merits of the atonement are received through the Sa~ | nratnent of the Supper, only when admin j istered by such a successor of the Apostles. | . Archbishop V\ Lately, primate of Ireland, j is said to be one of the most learned and I thoroughly read divines living in his day. I Upou this subject he says: “The sacra i mental virtue, for such it is that is implied, whether the term he used or not, in the principle l have been speakiug of, that is dependent on the imposition of hands, with a due observance of Apostolic u-ages, by a Bishop himself duly consecrated, after having been iu like manner baptized into the Church and ordained deacon and priest—this sacramental virtue, if a single link of the chain bo faulty; must, on the above principles, be utteriy nullified ever "after, in respect of all the links that may hang on that one”—“the poisonous taint of informality, if once crept in undetected, will spread the infection of nullity to an indefinite and irremediable extent.” Such I is Bishop YVhately’s statement of the doe ! trine of Apostolio-suocessioual sacramental i virtue. I do not overstate the case, then, when 1 object that the P. E. C. makes external organism, L e. Apostolical succession of ordinatiou essential to salvation. There can be no regeneration without, it; nor can the saying benefits of the atonement be j appreciated but through this channel. If any doubt that the doctrine of baptis mal regeneration is the doctrine of the P. E. C. 1 refer them to the forms of bap tism in the prayer book, where the child and the adult are declared to bo "regener ate” after baptism, and the prayer is that, “they may lead the rest of their life ac cording to their beginning.” I also refer them to the Bishop of the Diooese aud to the Rector of this Parish. This doctrine limits the Divine power to I save men. j It shuts God up to the agency of Apos j tolieal succession—Ho can use no other. ! If this agency is not at hand ail is lost. The ! Holy Ghost himself cannot create the soul anew without a successor to pour the water upon the subject,or todip him in it. What, then, is to become of the millions even in Christendom, to say nothing of the heathen, who never have had access to | this Ministry ? Has Christ suspended the benefits of Ilis death upon such contingen cies? Has He thus limited His power to save the purchase of His blood? Has He placed my salvation in the keeping of my fallen lellow men? Nay. verily. The Master said to 11 is troubled disci pies, “If I go I will send them a comforter. ” lie came on the day of Pentecost. It is his work to enlighten, to convict of sin, to help to believe, to create aucw in Christ Jesus, to witness our adoption, to sanctify, to com fort and to keep us unto the end. The Holy Spirit of God ol ten performs his work independently of all aid from church orders. The enlightenment and conviction of man for sin is universal. “And when he is come lie will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness and of judgment.” John 16. S. “For the grace of God that bringeth salvation, hath ap peared to all men,” “which show how the work ol the law written iu their hearts,” j i. c. of the Gentiles—the heathens. Pardon ! and regeneration have been received vrith j out water baptism. Paul was converted, j received his sight and was filled with the | Holy Ghost before he arose and was baptised. Cornelius and his company ! received the Holy Ghost while Peter was ! preaching, “insomuch that they of the 1 Circumcision were astonished then | answered Peter and said, “can any man ; forbid water that these should not be | baptized who have received tho Holy i Ghost as well as we.” Here are clear cases of the renewing of tho Holy Ghost before water baptism; even up to the measure the Apostles had received it, “as well as we.” II inane case, it may be in a thousand. Baptism is but the outward sign of the inward grace already received, j For it is “not by works of righteousness j which wc have done, but according to Ilis i mercy He saved us by the washing of re | generation and the renewing of the Holy ■ Ghost.” Christ tasted death for every man ; and the Holy Ghost is ready to j apply to all, and witness with the blood : that they are born of God. The atone ment cost too much, and the world needs j its personal application too much to cotn-j i mit it to human hands. This w rk Chrisy : specifically turns over to His egual— Th« ! Holy Ghost; “If Igo I will send him,’j and He shall glorify me ; lor lie shall re-1 | ccive of mine and shall show it unto you.” I i The theory of Apostolical succession j therefore, limits God’s power to save men, contrary alike to the word of God, human reason, and the best interests of mankind. Moreover, it greatly imperils the salva tion of man. This theory requires that all the links of the succession chain should he complete or the saving virtue cannot pass. In the language of Bishop Whateley. “the poison ous taint of informality, if once crept in undetected, will spread tie infection of nullity to an iudefioite und irremediable extent.” Let us take up this chain and examine its links, to see if they arc perfect. But the first difficulty we meet is, that 1 we can find no authorized chain at all. | There is no explicit command in the Bible I for any succession of the order of Bishops above and distinct from presbyters. Nor | is there any dearly implied direction to I this end. ! Our second difficulty is, that no such I chain can bt found based upon any au thority whatever. But, as the friends of j this dogma claim both Divine authority and the chain, we most examine what i they present as a chain, j They present simply a li.>t of Bishops ' successively in office, but do not assume to give a recw?ofsucccssivu ordinations. The ordination is the vital point in this theory; but of this they can produce no record. In the language of Bishop Eihoti, they say, “We can give name by name, Bishop after Bishop, until we touch St. John at Epho-us. and St. James at Jerusalem, ..and St. Mark at. Alexandria,” But, in the absence of all official record of this chain of ordinations, they are f'or< -d to rely upon the testimony deduced from the laics and customs of the Church. Tho argument is, the laws and customs of the Church required Bishops to be ordained by bish ops ; and, as they were Bishps, ergo they were oidained. Let us examine this testimony. Ist. The most that can he said for it is, that it is inferential; it is not positive testimony—a vital question is made to rest on second-class testimony. 2d But the ground on which the inference rests is assumed, and is not true. Tnere is no law in tim Bible directing a j form and service lor the ordination of i Bishops distinct from Priest or Eiders. ’ The Apostles held but one general council, i and that was about the succession of cir- I cumcisioii, which was settled adversely to | the suecesstopists; bat they passed no i canon respecting the-ardinatiori of Bishops, j There was no general council alter the days of the Apostles tili about the middle jof the second ccmury: r-d th- first canon ;on the subject >■ «t<. ; :• j Ue> lose iof that century. . r 1 throe i Bishops to ordain a Bishop, iiu- MosOteta i and other historians inform us that there was no distinction at that time between a j Bishop and presbyter as to order, the ; only difference being that a Bi-hop wa: i the pastor of a congregation—just the | same difference there is between a travelling j and local Elder in the 31. E. Church South ; so that this canon proves nothing | concerning the ordination of Bishops as a j di-tinct order above Eiders. ; For two hundred years, then, we i find no law or . eu-tom authorizing and i ordaining in a di-tuict order of Bishops ! above that of Elders in the Church. If, I then, the first links in the chain are want- I iug, it is all worthless as a rope of sand- But to pass over this defect. If the law and custom had been specific iu these early times, and down to the Glh century; the state of matters, both civil and religious, for a thousand years, down to the days of Luther and Calvin, was such as to render it highly improbable that these laws and customs wtre observed in every instance. Indeed «■ e have positive testimony that they were not. I quote again from Arch bishop Whately, because he is Episcopal authority of a high order; upon this point he says: “Theee is not A Minister in all Christendom who is abceto trace up, WITH ANY APPROACH TO CERTAINTY, HIS OWN SPIRITUAL PEDIGREE.” “And Who can undertake to pronounce that during that long period, usually designated as the
