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Adam and His Family.
Our First Parents Modern People.—
Why Adam Was Chosen of God.—
Rev. Professor Chandler’s Lecture.
[Hartford Times,]
A crowded house greeted the Rev.
Professor Windsor Chandler, Baptist Sunday chapel. night, in
the avenue He
was to preach on “The Adamic Family.”
THE DISCOURSE.
There is no subject of deeper interest
than the inquiry into ourselves and our
origin—to know yourselves—and the
source from whence our race has come.
One fact cannot be overlooked. In ex*
amining the history of our race, this
thing is certain. The first men were
neither educated nor civilized. Even
God himself could not create a man
wholly educated; for knowledge and
education come from the exercise of
faculties of the mind, and cannot exist
in any other way. The fossiliferous
history of Geology shows associated that a man,
in his earlier state, was with
the animals. He lived somtimes in
their caves, when he could conquer
the situation, and somtimes they lived
Jthere.
The very beginning of any history—
even the history of India, or of China
—is modern compared with the early
history of men. The Bible history of
what is called the creation is also
quite modern. The story is of the crea¬
tion of one pair; a man and woman.—
But the facts show that this was a popu¬
lous period of the world, and that this
particular family was an isolated fami¬
ly, living in a time when the world was
civilized. We have the evidences of
that civilization. period We can study its
literature for a 4,000 years be¬
fore the Christian era. The Bible
history begins in the midst of a popu¬
lous world and a high civilization.—
That family could give the names of
people. and transmit the history of that
time. Ik seems God chose that family,
out of all others, as the one possessing
the highest culture. No such civiliza¬
tion as then existed could have started
off at once, fully developed. It must
have been a selected man, and a select
Oo:
n’vaterv baa been how Cain should
have felt, in being banished from his
home, that his punishment This was greater
than he could bear. question, in
the attempt to reconcile things, has ie
ceived many foolish answers; one is,
that Cain had children, and brothers
and sisters, and could not endure the
thought of banishment from them!
What an absurdity! tfie Yet that is the
best that some of learned doctors of
divinity can do. When we go back to
the revelations of Geology, it is seen to
be all nonsense to talk about the hu
man race all originating from one pair,
and that these had no previous knowl
£ dge and experience. When we look
at the history of mankind we find
great centres of population back and Egypt civili
E»ti0.i; when you go to
you touch old; an and ancient India civilization. there 4,000
in i. one
ye. still o'.’ de r “ d “i U /“ a and ? th e r
’ ’
parts of , ^om m he Now World , ,
r of‘he sea. FoeeU
and m the ttm”' *»» »g« of
daTes remains show °‘ a,,1 ““ ls
away back to they
which have perished, age7 ego,
n 1 ,y r Lind from oil the face
ih Th-early men were stone anu
pone workers wo contenders with the
peasts ,j. ^ tence . ’ men
1 spoken of in Gene
T-v reati ins are sixth day,
sis— ■ me at beine o -> on the
when man w j t jj the
animals, am. g dominion over
itheiu. a _^ " ^ w<:n _God
.callea Haaw. e as appears
trom tins booK Generations
Id Vth , e f roin
4 lit' It is from the
Miss Levy and her parents, and further
on that side were their particular
friends and relations. On the Rabbi’s
left sat the groom with his parents and
friends.
The Rabbi began the ceremony with
an address, which was repeated partly
in Hebrew and partly in German. He
spoke of the solemnity and importance
of the occasion, and the mutual agree—
meat of the young couple to plight their
troth, in conclusion pronouncing upon
them “May the God following bless blessing:
you and guide you :
may His face always be bright to you.’’
To the intended bride he said, “May
His face always be bright to you ” To
the intended groom he said, “May you
always be precious to her. Then to
the bride again, “May His face always
bring pleasure to you, and give you
peace.”
As in the marriage ceremony, each
was asked to except the other, Miss
Levy caused a little merriment by her
eagerness to consent, which led her to
say “Yah” before the proper time. But
she was ready with another “Yah” at
the right minute, and the Rabbi in¬
creased the good feeling by announcing
that she was
root a's that. These people were the
Cushites, living in the centre of Arabia.
Their name was Adam.
From this family God made a selec¬
tion, and called him the Adam. With
him phrates he planted a garden, in the Eu¬
valley. That river is one of
the few which was not lost, but whose
name been preserved and place we know, it having
to us.
Why did God make this selection,
and in this way ? He never makes a
mistake. He works for a purpose—
an almighty purpose, and a benevolent
purpose. Adam and
his wife were probably
born as other people are born, Alle
gories were, and are, used in the East,
in the statement of truths. We are
told that Adam fell asleep, and God
took one of his ribs, and made Eve out
of that—and then the wound was all
healed over, and Adam woke up all
right and well. You can believe that
or not, just as you choose; I shall not
tell you what I believe—and the report¬
believe er must in not this report me as saying what I
the matter. there [Smiles.] Well,
woman was —in some way, no
matter how—and it was well. She got
into that family. It was all right.
Afterwards her descendants transgress¬
ed again. The sons saw the daughters
of men that they were fair —that has
always been the case from that day to
this. [Smiles.] But everyone possessed a
soul—as mueh as Adam did—and they
came from a house to which God had
said, The Lord thy God. hath chosen
thee out of all the people. The Jews
would spurn you, if told that the
Gentiles had a connection with this
The breaking of a plate followed.
This ancient custom is intended to in¬
dicate that it will be as impossible to
prevent the union as it would be to
make the plate whole again When
that part of the ceremony was reached,
the throng in the neighborhood of the
Rabbi separated so as to give him a
good opportunity. Mr. Levy handed
up the plate—a good, honest piece of
American store crockery — and the
Rabbi, who is a robust man, raised it
high and dashed it with vigor to the
floor.
But the plate did not break. There
were a few slight screams and cries of
“Oh ! oh !” and even the Rabbi made
an impatient exclamation. Then he
tried it again, and failed the second
time. The third time he put forth an
extra plate vigorous effort, and The stubborn
was shattered. Then there was
a little scramble for fragments, as
momentoes of the event, and Miss Levy
made her betrohed put a piece in his
pocket for her.
The ceremony concluded with the
presentation to Miss Levy of a beauti¬
fully-written scroll certificate of the
fact that the betrothal had been com
pieted. This is called the “Tenolm,”
and is engrossed in Hebrew characters.
After his concluding prayer the Rabbi
broke a huge loaf of bread and handed
it to the company ; everybody shook
hands with everybody, and some of the
more fortunate got kisses, of which
Miss Levy came in for a goodly share.
The whole day concluded with a dance.
The betrothed will be married in about
four months.
The Suicide of Mr. R. W. Jemison.
How the Deed was Committed—The Reasons
which Led to It—The Facts Developed
in the Coroner’s Inquest—His
Early Life and Subsequent Biography.
The community of Macon was terribly
shocked on Thursday afternoon by the
intelligence that Col. R.W. Jemison, an
old and respected citizen and city attor^
ney, had taken his own life at his family
apartments, near the corner of Second
and Cherry streets. The Telegraph and
length, Messenger brings the sad details at
from which we quote :
the fatal shot.
“About two o’clock thoae near the
corner of Cherry auS Second afreets
were startled by the report of a pistol,
the 8 ° und of whl ^ h came from the S 1 V
way leading to the apaitments of p Col.
Jemison and family. Several rushed up
J be stairway immediately and came
fac ® to with death. The unfortu
nate gentleman was lying on hm back
1Q the P assa S e on which th ? s ^ te
of ^ rooms length, opened. He was stretched at
one foot drawn slightly up,
°j 0 1 ® ei anc owei across [ °wn ^ the body. breast, From and each the
, ®ad, ghastly
81 0 16 irom two on
bees, where the bullet: had plowed its
P atb > b ! ood and bl j am were oozing,
« d had °med a large pool on the
floor - Under his left foot, almost con-j
cealed, \vas a &uver mounted Derringer:
P“° v, * e^Jnce
““ e i R.W
tlon 1 “ antf “Amoved ce , se
,aached ; “ ^ he Jd iwelve to
a a ““ d iu about
“uchar ’e h
aiscnarge
cause 01 the bash deed.
It seems that t_ol. Jemison has been
ior some time m bad health and imper
ceptibly however, reason has been losing its sway,
This, was not noticeable bv
most intimate friends at the time,
He has been melancholy and depressed
for some time, luthougb, to outward
appearances, that flow of spirits which
marked the man was not wauaug, and
to within an hour of his death he was
telling pleasant anecdotes to his friends,
Yesterday he partook of a very slight
walked rose into suddenly the from the Here table he
hall.
drew the pistol from his pocket, and
There must be a straight decent,
from Adam down. The people cor¬
rupted themselves, till all became cor¬
rupt. One family, Noah’s, was pure.
To him God said, I am going to make
a flood. Build an ark, and get into it,
eight of you, for safety. To Noah,
who had not traveled much, that flood
seemed to fill the whole world. It did
fill the valley of the Enphrates. Mt.
Ararat faces that valley; when the ark
landed on top of that mountain, Noah
and his family found themselves almost
at home.
Out of this family God selected Abra¬
ham, and renewed the covenant, which
was to introduce circumcision, as a rite
to keep and identify that line; and they
trace the genealogy of Christ in Abra
ham’s line by circumcision.
The great sin of all the races, in
those times, was idolatary- This is
shown in the Old Testament; indeed the
first commandment is against idolatry.
The preaching of the word was to the
Jew first, and then to the Gentile.
They came down as the children of
Abraham, of Irsael, of the Jews—and a
blessing In was to come upon them at last.
the next Friday evening lecture I
shall treat of the earliest races, and
show there were races outside of Adam,
and far older. The Adamic race has
never wandered, they have lived in
Palestine; their father Abraham was
only over the Euphrates valley; the
Jews as a centre of civilization are
within easy historical times. Contem¬
porary with Adam, and far back of him,
there was a populous world. It is pro-<
bable man came from one family? That
will be considered in the next lecture.
Betrothing A Hebrew Couple.
0bsemn e a Ceremony Prescribed More Than
’ A ‘°
—
I From th0 Now York sunj
An ante-matrimonial ceremony, con
sisting of the public betrothal of a
young Jewish couple, was celebrated in
Noll’s Music Hall, in Williamsburg,
yesterday. Mr. Levy, the father of the
intended bride, is a thrifty tradesman
and an orthodox Jew, and he determin
ed that the observance should be
marked after the ancient custom of his
people.
More than a hundred guests were
present. It was not a full-dress affair.
The men generally came in overcoats
and business suits, and smoked cigars
m the large ball room, chatting with
their friends, Mr. and Mrs. Levy were
their own caterers and spread the long
table with the engagement feast. The
women, most of whom were young and j
come y maidens, were generally dressed
“hoUday attire. Many of he married |
? lk ' 3 “ ad ‘ w , r ctlldren w,th them, and
the of the ( , ranged from
ages company
|one year to eignty-five Mr. the latter being
ago for ot Levy s lather whose
respect ancient usages was the main
! cause of obsei ung the ceremony.
ibo intended . bride, Miss Bessie
‘Levy, r a sprightly maiden oi eighteen,
wore & d °ug train black dress, with
white kid ringlets gloves, and her puffs hair and being fastened
j : posed with blue in ribbon. She spoke composed
i ly of her engagement, and availed her
self o*l her ante-nuptial rights by tilling;
her husband’s pockets with bundles, j
Mr. George G. Levine was the intend
ed groom. j
After the seated. tables were prepared head
guests were At the
I Rabbi M. J. Luebke. On his right
SAVANNAH, MONHAY, JANUARY 20 1879.
without any premonition to his friends
fired. Mrs. Jemison, who turned to
look as she heard the report, saw him
fall and immediately rushed to his as
sistance, and was the first to reach his
side. She has regarded him as partial
ly deranged for a week or more,
His son says: For forty years I have
always understood, and since I have
been old enough to remember, I have
known of my own knowledge that he
has been the most terrible sufferer from
that frightful disease, dyspepsia, that I
have ever known or heard of. For
fifteen or sixteen years it has been a
complete lived, mystery to me how he ever
Richness Roth Ways.
[Detroit Free Press.]
He had been sitting still so long
that the mother expected to find him
asleep when she looked around and
asked:
“Well, Harry, what are you think¬
ing of?”
Ma, are we very rich ?” he solemnly
inquired, by way of lepiy.
“In one way we are,” she said; “your
father says he values me at three mil¬
lion dollars, you at two millions, and
the baby at one.”
That closed the conversation on that
subject, but, next morning as Harry
ined was getting the on his overcoat, he exam¬
added, new patch which had been
and eoolly observed :
“Well, I think father had better sell
off about half of you or the whole of
the baby and get the rest of us some
decent duds to put on.”
Don’t Smoke Where the Canary
is.— A city gentleman has a beautiful
canary bird, which has been kept for
some time in his reading room, as the
gentleman was very fond of hearing the
bird sing. Now it so happened that the
canary’s cage hung just above the chair
in which the gentleman used to sit and
smoke. As time wore on it was noticed
that the bird had ceased to sing as
much as formerly. After a while the
bird ceased to sing altogether. Finally,
one day the bird was observed wildly
endeavoring floundering to keep on his perch, and
about the cage as though
dizzy and very week. It occurred to
the gentleman and his wife that per¬
haps the tobacco smoke might have
something condition, to do with the bird’s strange
and it was taken into
another room. The pure air seemed to
have an effect. In a day or two it was
heard singing, though in a weak and
tremulous voice. After a week had
gone by it began to send forth notes of
purity and clearness, and at the end of
a fortnight it was itself again.
A young man in Boston received a
bequest of $25,000. He had been
poor, and the sudden acquisition of
wealth rather turned his head. He
began to spend the money in reckless
dissipation, in spite ^of the efforts of
Lis lather to restrain him, and kept ill
until only $11,000 was left. The father
begged that this remainder might be
given to him for safe keeping, and the
and son, being ill from long drunkenness
The very penitent, readily complied.
father put $10,950 into a pocket
in his shirt and started out to spend
the other $50 in a frolic. That night
he slept on a bench in a barroom, and
in the morning every cent of the mon"
ey was gone.
One of the most marked central
benveeiitLe , British Parliament and the
a°member “ !} ie
death of ‘ Th-American £ press f
^ ^ , .. dueled • ,
cb r > which wag C0IJ with alHhe
• ta of state fun fun
nce a '
„n an English F c^ish I eer or member If of , ? the
House of Commons, there would not
ver J , T exceptional * 1 em^nence ' ' 'lnv^nu^'r^n Jj
, , • ,• , , jJ
V V p
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ftl ‘ T [Jj J •' f L , J ’
,
tbe murn ol a membe r to represent
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have •» «*» moment,” writes Mr,
Thomas Fletcher in the English
“at least three-fourihs of man] my
took of American manufacture, ]
of wMch have been bought Jot at a ver :
price. I should If it be were exceedingly an absolute ’
necessity buJ foolish
t0 . American tools at a high price
if would English do the tools work were equally to be bought well. which From
iny own practical experience, the differ
ence between the does two is, that an Eng
lish workman not, in the first in
stance, learn what a tool is for, and
adapt the tool to the requirements;;
a n American workman will, as a
rule, his brains and make what 1
use
you by ridiculous want without blunders. spoiling the whole
'
- m m m- -
There is not a lawyer in either
House of the Delaware Legislature,
The State is out of debt.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The ine fdflpqt eiaest dancrhfer daughter nf 01 tho the lain late
rrmcess Alice, a Sixteen-year-old girl,
is said to be exceedingly lovely,
gent and fine in character. She ha.
the scientific tastes Of her mother, and
promises brains to be a Princess by right
as well as of birth.
The day before a Turkish girl is mar¬
ried she is taken to the bath by her
lady broken friends, and lumps of sugar are
over her head as a forecast of
the sweets of matrimony. A year or
so afterward her husband breaks the
whole sugar bowl over her head. *
Senators and Representatives come
and go, but A. H. Stephens bids fair to
go on forever. Since he was reported
as close to death’s door, two Senators
and six Representatives have respond¬
ed to the dread summons. The weak¬
est of them all bids fair to outlive them
all.
A distinguished teacher in Germany
writes to Prof. Adrian Scott that spelL
ing all over Germany has been crowded
out by the sound method, “which
teaches the sounds represented by the
different letters and pays no attention
whatever to their names.” Only a few
quite aged teachers still admit spelling.
The inaugural address of the Hon.
Frederick 0. Prince thus speaks about
the expense in the management of the
lamp “The department of the city of Boston :
auditor tells us that the whole
cost of lighting the streets of the city
$477,373.28, during the last financial year was
against $479,937.80 in the
previous year.”
patches Leading Jews according to dis¬
from Europe are negotiating
for the purpose of purchasing Palestine.
It is no new idea—that of buying the
Holy Laud and re-erecting the Israelite
nation. It is believed that Turkey in
its present financial condition would
willingly part with that portion of its
possessions for ready money. *
Balloting for United States Seuator
will begin in the Illinois Legislature
on the 2lst, but the Republican caucus
will probably be held before the close
of the present week. Logan’s chances
are said to be declining in face of bitter
newspaper and personal opposition,
while those of Oglesby and Farewell
have considerably improved.
A paragraph has been floating
around that Miss Martha Atlanta
Lumpkin both gave to Atlanta its names,
of Marthasville and Atlanta, and
somehow got into the Post yesterday.
This is altogether a mistake as to the
name of Atlanta, which was named,not
afterMissLumpkin,but from the word was abbreviated
by Atlantic, as suggested
J. Edgar Thompson, chief engineer
of the Georgia railroad, in a letter to
Mr. Richard Peters.
Small-pox, which, thanks to persist¬
ent vaccination, has been almost entire¬
ly driven from New York, is now
il, working where, terrible havoc in Ceara, Braz¬
the Captain according of the steamship to the report of
Rio Janeiro, the City of
dying of people with were such at last ac¬
counts it rapidity
and in such great numbers that “it was
impossible to make coffins to supply
the demand. The people dug ditches
and tumbled into them the unshrouded
corpses, eight or ten at a time.”
made Perhaps the advances educated classes have
hygiene more than in other in physiology and
any respect, and
the physician has been of late rising in
power over private life. He is the
grand inquisitor whom the best families
now welcome as the father confessor to
whom they will not lie if they can, aid
cannot lie if they will. He sees into the
vitals, not merely by the look of the
tongue and the beat of the pulse, l?afc
by the light-movement of the eye, the
color of the skin, and the play of the
nerves and muscles.
Secretary Evarts, it is reported by
the Boston Herald, says that in public
office it has always been his intention to
see everybody who calls upon him. He
adds : “I never make any appointments.
If any ^ one calls and asks me to fix a
time heQ he can see me for half an
hour, I say, ‘Oh, take it now.’ The
» «“* 1 probably the get better through in
minutes I find it way
t0 everybody. Mr. Evarts seems
“ e ver to be worried by interruptions,
and never fails to give a courteous re
option to those who seek him.
The highest that salary of J. ever Wiley paid Edmonds, in Bos
ton was
who, at the time of his death, was re
eeiving $50,000 per annum as treasur
er of the Pacific Mills. The highest
salary paid to a bank president in Bos-!
ton at cashier present is is $10,000, the highest’
to a §3,500. The range ot
salaries of dry goods salesmen m from
$5,000 to $500 a year. Iu the whole
sale boot and shoe trade, the highest
salary is not over $4,000. A few wo
men, the heads of departments in the
dress or suit-making business, receive
about §1,000 per year .Most salaries
have been much reduced since the ad
vent of the hard times.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
To Rent.
HP 0 RENT.—A small Farm, on the White
Bluff Road, (e% miles from savannah,)
'Containing 15 acres SS'fiTS'n'Sf’.flSS’lSw? of cleared lana, under
SMS^SStS^S&VHi c ,i5M!?
son and Charlton streets. dec3I
Wanted
W ANTED—Two stove, for a Professional Furnished ROOMS man and with his a
sister, located. with privilege of cook stove. Centrally
References exchanged. Address
J. E. C. 136 HULL ST., Savannah, Ga.
Business Cards*
VAL. BASHER’S
WINES. LIQUORS, SEGARS and TOBACCO
The best Lager Beer In the city. The well
•known TEN PIN ALLEY reopened. Lunch
Square every day House, from 11 to I o’clock. At the Market
171 BRYAN ST. Savannah, Ga.
JOS. h. baker,
BUTCHER, STALL -No. 66, Savann Market.
Dealer in Reef, Mutton, Pork nd
All other Meats in their Seasons.
Particular attention paid to supplying Ship
and Boarding Houses. aug!2
Theodor Gronwald ,
TAILOR.
No. 30 1-2 Wb.italx.er JHI-t.
Suits made to order in the latest styles.
will Clothing with qLpaned and repaired, All orders
meet prompt attention. j an 13-1 m
W. B. FERRELL’S Agt.
RESTAURANT, No. 11 New Market Basement,
(Opposite Lippman’s Drug Store,)
Janl.Stt SAVANNAH. GA.
F1UNCELIUS’ COPYING INK.
In Pint and Half Pint Bottles.
Doez uct mould or thicken when exposed
to the air. Saves the Pen. Copies excellently.
TRY IT.
GEORGE FEY,
WINES, LIQUORS, SEGARS, TOBACCO, &c.
The celebrated Joseph Schlilz’ MILWAU¬
KEE LAGER BEER, a speciality. No. 22
Whitaker Street, Lyons’ Block, Savannah,
Ga. FREE LUNCH every day from 11 to 1.
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Clothing*
The Popular Clothing House of
B. H. LEVY,
O FFERS for the next thirty days his entire
stock of all styles Men’s, Youths’ and
ldren’s CLOTHING, at the following re¬
duced prices:
200 Men’s Cassimere Suits, dark or light, solid
colors or striped, formerly sold at $16 00.
now $12 50.
Dross Diagonal Coats and Vests, ranging
from $6 00 and upwards.
500 pairs Cassimere Pants, different colors and
300 Children styles, ranging from $2 00 and upwards.
and Boys’ suits from $3 00 and up¬
wards. Great reduction In Overcoats!
300 Overcoats at the low figure of $3 00 and up
warde, must be closed out, rather than to
carry over the season. Anyone wishing
to purchase will find it profitable to call at
this popular Clothing House. B. H. LEVY,
jan3 Corner Congress and Jefferson si
Stoves and Tinware*
*
M*
THOMAS J. HALEY,
PRACTICAL TLNNER and dealer In STOVES
House Furnishing Goods, Willow
and Wooden Ware,
manufacturer of
Tin Ware, Riii Roofing,'‘Gutters, Lead ora, Ac
177 Congress Street,
SAVANNAH, novI0-6m GEO tv f A
Plumbing and Gas Fitting*
CHAS. E. WAKEFIELD,
Plumbing, Gas & Steam Fitting,
No. 48 BARNARD STREET, one door norU
ot South Broad treet.
Bath Tubs. Water Closets, Boilers, Ranges
Jonoing Promptly attended to.
ebll Also, Agent of “ BACKUS WATER MOTOR.*
T. J. McELLIN,
PLUMB IN AND GaS FITTING. •
Whitaker street, One door North of State st.
N.B. Houses fitted with gas and water at
all notice, work Jobbing promptly attended to,
guaranteed, at low prices.
33R:Zgy
_
Carriages*
A. K. WILSON’S
MANUFACTORY 5
Corner Bay and West Broad sts.
REPOSITORY .
Cor. Bay and Montgomery streets.
GEORGIA.
The largest establishment in the city.
I keep a full line of Carr iaaes, Rockawayg,
Falling Spring Top and Farm Wagons. „ „ CanoDv
of Carriage and Baby Wagon Carriages, Material, also a full
in factory r have
my the most skillful me.
Any orders for new work, and re
will tie executed to give satlsfitctloa
at short notice. mayLWy