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iThc ('Martian SVtoti Vf !' ( i:,!-itv Aim.m liriII . ul..ii- r. t '.." j i :.M!! u:n i ; i a.h:ino.. j;:i.vmtnl l-e I i - : in.) -j-'ti. oi ccpv. vj-fl'"tlis. fl.SO. CLUB RATES -l - " vr.i, f J.'J.'i. :'i; v -oij. v. ,,M:. yr n-4.t.' :t "ti"' tim. . 1." !; ii-ih--tens v,V..i u : A't ns -vivnts U-v tV Ai'voc- : t". V. i;. if-t i , tlKV:T' r fl.'1' I'fl' .-tlltllllll. TIlOM' :.-- . . I".,"! 'ill Vc hIKiv.tiI , ,. ii i- t , nt. on ; nt at T!i"!rf who s-inl us w:i - ,i ; ? rr oik- .a will ivcvivr ihr A ivo- if 1 ADVCXIA r I I? tS ST H o it ( v :n ..bv:" coir:: i lY li.'d-C ..i' l iN! bVAT-oN ill ! P t 7 7 TT7 " 11 1..1 . tvl j-' . e 1 KATi-JOl' AuV'.;lU"i'.I-;o. - m -. . : .- .. v . . 1 -,' 1- I - '. . r, . :' I I - ..' ! ) 't " S , I. , ll . ' ! 1 , II 1 . " .. t it-, i- :. 1 ' " . 1. r- : 1 Ri:V. J. 15. KOIIBITT EDITOR AND IMJHMSllHK. inilU JHHED 1C T! IK J IS rril iKSTS MJJ'HODISt I :sj- No irn i ('A UOLLNA- VOL. V. NO. II . KALEIGH, ST. C, WEDNESDAY, MAKCJI 15, 187!. WJIOJdi NO. .11. a. j& ijiniU IJocivvr, I'm Hi.- t'lin?li.-iii A.lv. i sv iuAi. s'ijaisi:. I V !.. L. liaaUNS. f.iftnj Hull h'tlh bixa'h iraiiir ill-- L ?." Vo. C I.., (5. V,: M; .oil .I.iil:lsv p v. that t'y Ne.is-a u:.;., -.1,0 ;i.,ue :Ay, xittiy.'ti ituse V'ur rlitiict-st lay?, An.l el' ntsa-.l iv.ilrnd with prHiso. !; U -- - i Gel? j "ir iimui , ry ult iv s..uu.i lat-chiim iry '-i" your M-iucr' name. ti f :y li.in thai Cit-t r) :; '. i.- i'k-1 nii'l xv:i. ci l-j-iii 'M i- the lanb, .1 in .-aw? holos your birth, :.-,! ii-tt-n t the "on,', ! ' -1 I li;it you :,"tiM i ii-il -.iv: i:il T lit ini-'Ik-. v ci iiii'"- n-? .ii-Tn-; i :i:, i unit' yu. -''i!, ::' J'-n'.O v.ii nn5i til'. . I".'!1:: ::tit! ":(m- f'Ti-l. j. tri'-'i'c Ju Hi- iv.irtii. l.OT T:..4 !'; tin- A"Hi-c:itc. OMTRC(ES. T: fi.lluw, therefore, H'ltiiiu-o w.is given to :: iiiUiii- e j 1' the ! : - fries Csinferenees i ri iit.r. k is t rue, if and of oiU- ehlil'eh ins pre eiuint i;ce it:.. ;;ieil to the spiritual of i he chureh, that i. suits for good would cLruch .iu ! ' 'bo world, it-iuHces of the church t' uv in toe benefits. If the in si. i ritual thing?, verily j i an in teniporal things such 1 .... !.-tior.s of siiiritnal in-;, ' . . . t -itch are the liuus oi spir-po-irins and to the attaiu- at .-.' 0. i'-.e church ought to bend ceasing i rayor and untiring ef cvusi 1 -ring ' everything else as . j for the excellency of the know- ig,- of Ch.ri.--t.' ti ie is another impediment in' i :.v of the success of these Con-1 :. ..f oar charch, that stands connected with tho foregoing, j t is ih'j ; :!" ' V'.s.V vJlk i-liidl . f. W .w'cc in rii.h:d U'idi the exception of the ' 1 . . , i d-i artment, everything eise ! ' . i V d tf in a sort ot summary; r; r.nd when this rule of dis Ii encounters the financial interests I...- work, and there lingers and s and protracts und over reaches ih;.:g else, a large number of the ors iu atieudancc are di-appoint-i spirit of iiiij'atience is started up ng the delegation, and every one :s to unite iu efforts to curtail and di:c the ol-jecLs and business of meeting. This undue haste, this i ,e discrimination in giving so ll:- 1 . ... . . . Z ... ...i Ir. t tin If.- ! !.i icu piouiiueucw iv -."e itU,r.u- ! i rets ot the worK, necessitates !. :vri. d and unsatisfactory review of !.. r spiritual interests, amounting - ;-. limes to entire neglect of me ms : .; ; j .... : .aires ji'ally important to the , ; s:-p: iiv and success of the church. .'.gain, ;uio!her evil growing out. cf (.is undue haste is generally over !.e . A District Conference is no ..vent in a village or neighbor i;,, -1. It taxes the resources and hos 1 L ditiesjf the e''izeus sometimes to : a. ir utmost capacity, and all they ' '::: or ask in return are the advan i :-;,cs and benefits thatoughtto accrue io their families and households from iia.:-e i-ocial interviews and religious 'el-vices around the domestic hearth. S-) mucli time is demanded, however, a h haste and dispatch is required to pn pu-.j and perfect reports- to meet C'.Himitu-e-- and consult with the i'l'shr n in regard to some cherished in. .; vi e to come up before tho Con f ;:.'-, that these domestic, social . :.p..-.:lation!j that might be and ought 1.0 -: : man v very efficient means of grace to 'Household, are almost ignored. Ih-tthreu enjoy the free and unbound- : i lc;.-'.;ta!ity of families for days, or iaihig the occasion, and scarcely make ia.- acquaintance of the inmates. Sach oa'iit not to be so. r-r.cn time ougui to he devo ted and such attention bo i'ed upor the varied interests of the church as their importance de- insii'Ir, and a who discriminaiion 'Jght to suggest and control the dis- ''i : i.,i.s uf the Conference, so that hio roKi'.i.f.:.c.f and imrjoitance i. ------ -- i -ou'kI ;,f. ..;-, ( n to her spiritual and kocuu ralvi.ncemeid, and at the fame tiwc as far as posr ibl ; promote and cairy'Jorwaid her finances. lh;l a third i...sni wliv this in.-li tntion oi our church is not accomjili.di- ing the -.,0(1 ili-it it is is to be lvici ix-d tUr IrUtt thai Uk-sc anuuiil meetings ;.n; in ilto t':il insto:ul of the spri!!-- s.-hvom, :it (he iustcad of the I'-jhiiilii-j of ll,t It is very ilotsiriiblo ;ui 1 very ciu o'ii gig to report n-snlts -:nnl ia tVin so to review ;ail reeonjit llio hilx.rs, toils aail s.icrillco.s that uchievod tlu-n, hot it would greatly cncliiiin'e I ho. a :t?n and siguificancy of tlirso rcsr.Ms and impart to th m an c-kti.'.'iit of sm-ci not always apparent, if Vi.o .laus Mid itroieetions upeu wliien ili v W based had of had iiifsi.v-d iiif, tht-m someof the zeal, warndh ria l IVe-haess that, these laoclings generally in.-pire. A District Couf'erehce is ;eaer;d!v eoiupased of tli-j eosuoin-vd wi--'oh and piety, both ininisLeria! ;.nd lay lii Si ren of our church, a;. d it is t'u-ii- pr -viuce to take a "enci;J muvcv vi tho workingo of our cliinvii thiviihout the entire District, cou'ei.iuia i: t only what has been doiif, b ;i i-i i :is-- 1U"- what IS still to b ; : ! in ! meeting the wanly of the chur. offer such wise and niatuvc i'g-e: devise and arrai'ge sue':! ; !:;ih invoke such earne:.t niutu.d e - ad ta- tion as shall not only : ;--ibs.-r,-.-the interests tf the chuivh, b-.:! i-.-.-.-'A promote the glory of Cb -d. Yv'illiih-. obligations upon her and tin duties before Ler, advantage should be la'ien of every eireinns' iiicr.s v. lrt Tl -.ns t.::d experience devc'oTes,thal is calculated to give greater amplitude and perma nency or more enlarged su:vc work, and that will more f her ! . i- feet her system of i-p,-!a:i-- ail these objects and y. p.-:-.i . ould be more succeHsfi!1!;. r:-.ni. o bv the District '.. f-,-.-n.-: v. . early in the year, n ti) prove. Another ai.d las!, why our District C. 1 i 1 1- Li fa!i accomj'Iishing ilieii good is, i he oli. 'i'i ( need not here make ; o a I'i-esidingliidLi-.-., vh : . a ' ... ly and satisfactorily niic-.i U 'the absence of a 3i I wit 1 1 i u I- ii ii j . i v i . ? . . .. , . ' , V . jhot their laiu: ii they m-.i no-, ;, ho chair the nioial s-jer aud 1. 11 cy of a Bishop. Tiny havs kls disappoiutijK-n'. as much or liior--any one eh.e. In the western art of our ola may be questioned wieih r o;- h our membership evcrs-iw a Ui .ia.'p inteiests and position of oar c would be largely bene. Hied il. nual visits of any one of oar iie not only because they are ii; hi. dignitaries of our church, but i th tv are men of en Lilt V. nie.tv .and matured ." , their presence am t a:n..-e . , : intuses more eiiei '; v C.-.i: ,. , . , coiiesjpou'.iiiig ..eixi in ;-i If possible a lhshe: oug preside over our i.'istr'.c And now, Mr. Jl iitof. ten- i-.-.'i i..i ; been called to these diiiieutlies and impediments that it is fell exist in the way of the success and u-efahies.; of this new institution of our church, not to prejudice the mind of Lite church O'juiad it, or weaken h .r faii.li in it, but with the hope that the:, may bo corrected, and thai our L Conterences may prove, to bo v. . . they were m en. led lo be a jaaiciotis aua successful instilulion f.r building up and strengthening our b. loved lion. A. -. S. Lenoir, N. C, i'ebuary, 17). 1' : Hi. lh:o. Doiaarr: 1 am r. L ; like a veteran at quill driving phrase once was) but have I'd times au inernmU.'M 1... .11 y thoughts, and let you m isu -position of them as yon u. proper. I like your Dap; 1 ylhni g ; ,'o 'no 1 Hi 1 SCMl-al 1 .1 i'.iv. ! 1 dis- diii'k ko it no is, IN- C. for several reasons. The lira,', one because it is the Organ of tlu Conference. Then I like it beca the matter sent out in '., out iii its columns from week to week 'is good and reli- there was no cause for couccal "ious.' As a medium of informal un men!. in regard to what we are doing as a Amiable by nature, Divine dace Church and Couferiuce, it has my J had sanctified and refined all the. hearty endorsement. Tho.e ire not. tendencies of his heart until his face all. I like it bee utso I work r its j bhone with abrightin -ss which attracled circulation do ail of our peoj.ie like every beholder. Happiness is the ii- i,.,f. w.-iv ? 1 know some of 1 m m 1 dr. but. not all I fear. I am aibi-eli- to the Paper because it works ior me, stirs up the pure minds of my people, v.v, makes them more active, more i swells the amount of male goimr-i-il aid. Is a valuable auxiliary in f 1 : io heart and home the saving truths of ihe Gospel. There is, however, one thing about it that I don't like; His this, that it is not in the homes of all our people, but this is not ;.e-ar hud!., 'you have done what you conhl, raid now ought to have the co-op-'mi 1. n t 1 the forty-six thousand iwmb.-rs church in tho houu is of your Confcr- encc. Vccordmg to In- n-.u.-a way 01 estimating, tho bhbui) mohiwers rep- roKfiit about .' inc ih ie eb I lamutes; 1 I fear that not more 10.01 . 1 . . 1 ..it- and t .at number take the x upcr. tLe Preachers lo )k to this m t'ter -it s to their interest and urge their pco;lo to .'jurt.vin the organ" of their church. Tell them to throw away IJonncr's miserable trash and take something to read that wen't pall on the appc- i'e and banish away even a desire to read the Bible. Sir, it's a burning sh ime that men and women professing (lodl'ness, when they are approached on the subject of taking our I'apcr, i;l ju t Uj the miserable excuse, that they have no time to read, then turn away to spend, aye, to murder time over uic miserable! love sick i:liiiiiii iho New York Ledger. Can't some thing be done to reach our member ship through the medium of State or Church pride, to induce them to take, read and circulate our literature, cui enaiing as it does from the minds and la-arts of the wisest and best among us. Circulating their own literature was 1'iic of the grandest elements of powiT used by Wesley and his coad jutors, when they were laying i c .o.-.I broad the foundations of our now colo.-isul Methodism. It was the policy of the Father of American Methodism, iYaecis Asbury, and the noble band ol I ioueer trenchers, as they wmt forth like tLe wings of tho morning, preaching Jesus and the jiesurrcctioit, ; to present to all the claims ot a vanc- thitil church literature. I'Lt-v doae I j this in l he Lordly Hall, i s Well as in the i'.udgiant cabin; and they kindled and beautilul, pointing the warworn I'ilgriui to the 'Mount of dory.' Some of our people seem to have for gotten or lost sight of these things. 'Let us pause and take our rccLo. : j,' and st-c if we are not drifting av.-.'.y, a little !':.!! lirst iriucii)le. Can't we ! put ou that charity which will enable 1 r.-! to lav aide little differences, htlle j pri u-tices, and with that unauimiiy j .vi.ich will bring out and fully d-.vel all of our energies as a denominate n, and lake ii;m hold of our church iu i stitutioiis and church liiciaturc, that j tin so luiuga may no loiter anriiish I for want of fostering care. We have, i brethren of tho C. Conference, a j grand field to operate in, and a noble . bauu of Troachers and Laymen; all j we need to send us on upon a career J of noble achievements, is a union of j the forces. May the Head of the j church give us that union, and at oar next Annual Assembling, our institu tions of learning and our Taper will appear nil they ought to be in material and spiritual power. Lor;; un. i.uvh J t.h, 1871. tv tUc C in i A't -c;i if. is:.3 5.!M s:..'i: or ."irsus3- I'M 'S .. V. M'jiia-.i; i ive. '- S aks- -TI,.- I is .!..a..,.i. n:it.- . ! i i enii -iii. ?Ii i,-.ii.i;. Ii.iii-; s yi.-r .siiHMr! Ki,!...r.i V..'iiil, I 11 lliilil Cl'lT.-)Hll.i'ilC.' - III. ill) i,l!n(-. livilll ISI.1 ;iin living. A... r. Mi:, lli'iroi;: Wo thought at one lime that we were done, but like Join. Banyan's 'sparks' which began to Jly, by the operation of his own mind, so in this case there is danger of multi plying 'memories,' until they weary your readers, if they do not tho writer. Not that v.e consider our emmon places for a moment comparable to the ingenious fancies of the immortal 'Dreamer;' but as his Christian . 'i.'goiy extended into a book, so there is dauger of our lioininiseciiecs' b'-aring the same fate. Well let ns dwell for :t moment on virtues of good BUO. 8AMCEI. Sl'EXCEK, nr so manv years a class leader in th church 011 Wadcsboro' Circuu. Uro. Spencer was a short nnoi, a little inclined to corpulency, but of great activity and endurance. His face reflected, as much as any mail's we ever knew, the pro ailing temper of his mind, and m his case word winch express the idea more clearly than any other. His religious joy seemed to be as a well-spring, eentiniuuiy ibpriiiging up and over flowing all around him. It must have been a dull sermon which did ! noi. 'unseal' the fountain of his tears tears of gladness or excite into rap- tut expression the strong, com manding faith which he reposed in G ot i. His daughters inherited largely this peculiarity of their father, and wvre as distinguished for personal beauty, as they were remarkable for their elevated christian characbr. If the y ting only knew it, they weuid avoid tho indulgence of ugly temper?, as well as immoral conduct, ! f .ml for thought and a field for encr it for no other reason than this they i &1- j !'-'v t:lil these Methodists, so- - (called, be truly Methodists unless h ave an inoehbie impression on tho j U)Cy jfnmv wlllt'tlieir cunrch paper countenance and even tho form. Tho j .au tf ..oil tlil mspecting the church hid.h n life within moulds the features j and its work V without, hence there is no cosmetic like amiability, and ro developments of grace and beauty like those which spring from a pure heart. The man or woman who reads tho human face aright, need never be greatly mistaken as lo character. (una: to the abodes of the blest, is good brother Spencer, and many of his family have followed him. He and liis household were like a gleam olTghf, which penetrates a darkened room--for a moment it illumines every object within its ransro cheerily. I .rigidly, and then departs forever. Near the line which divides the two Stalls, lived and died l:Kll.l!l nnOEWOKTH, a 5 lain, .simple-hearted miller; ; but at the same time one of tho finest natural speeimens of the genus Irishman to be found anywhere. We have said that he was an Irish man, not a native of the Emerald Islo, but in diroc lineal descent from one of Ireland s recognized noblemen. .Many years before, his father, Lovell l-'dgowcribjlho eldest sou and heir ap parent of the Edge worth Estato in Ireland, I. ud emigrated lo this c ru tr ; and abandoning all right and title to his property at home, settled, lived, and died in Anson couuly, not far from Suea.l.sbovo'. Why he should have di.-re this is a mystery, inasmuch as ii coutiadic's ail the known in siinc's and prompUngs of human bill..-,. Bat man after all is but a bundle 01 contradictions, and we are never more mistaken than when we .upl ose thai all men will invariably act iw- iu I lie same manner unfer similar eircum: tanc s. $0 it was that f tow-1! iidgewoi 'h t hose not only to abandon his rig ts of primogeniture, but also to marry an American wife, by wb m he had two sons, Lovell and Kit hard, leaving tin 111 at his death li.ile bt joud the consohitiou that they wcj e of noble deeeenl. In America, blood does not pay. So or friend llichard understood it. and he went to work in the most rample and f'irect way to meet his own neces sities, and those of his wife ; ud chil dren, lie was a man of line sense, imposing appearance, and ardent, pie ty. At his house the writer saw and read a long letter sent to her nephew, by Miss Maria Edgeworth, the author ess, who acknowledged the relation ship, and manifested a becoming in terest in her backwocds cousin. The letter itself was written in a large cleikly hand, although the writer was m ar, or quite eighiy years of age at the time of the writing In it she gave, a minute and interesting account of I ho various members cf the Edge worth family, ami stated the fact that they wire ah sisters, husbands and cousins h ing together in one large family circle, and striving by economy to re .Set m the estate from a heavy debt entailed upon it by some one of j their unouiiors. She promised to sent! j io her cousi 1 llichard a complete eui- 1 lion el a 1 Iter writings, as an evidence ilcciiou lor him', and perhaps ,f h-; altitude, thai he had nev- er a'-p-aicd io claim any part of his ri;ditfu! patrimony. Iti-t). llJgeworth, why do you not i .ay a iit to v our relatives iu Ireland V inked the writer of him one day. 'Now would I not be a foolish fellow,' said lie, 'to put on my miller's hat, and dusty clothes, and pay a visit lo such grand folks as the Edgcworths, t hree thousand miles away in Ireland ? No, I have loo much sense for that;' and on reflection, we really thought him light. Who thid traveled Wadcsboro Cir cuit about that time, docs not remem ber the keen, witty-, mischievous James Ti rry so full of fun, that it spared not the house of God, and yet so kind hearted that he was a general favorite - the sinqtle minded Green the rud dy faced, energetic Colt reli the excellent-Godfreys (mother and daughter) tha sohar tided Alkn the generous hearted L" Grands the Moorcs Hammonds Bogans the Marshals ; .i n: 1-- others remarkable f i st.ute one, or m.oij tuiionwu lues. Tie. v.: are many other members of our Church, still living iu Anson county, of whom wo should tike lo spcaka-j they deserve; but as it pleases God to continue them still in this mortal life, delicacy forbids us to do more than simply to rceord some of their names. Many of the Smiths are there; Iugrahams, Richardsons, Cop pagcF, Robertsons, Traywicks and others, who have served their Maker and their generation through a long i la'e, and are awaiting their summons j homo to Heaven. I Yours, tve, ! Samcix Leakd. No; T.k:n: TtiKin Curnat Pai'lu. The St, till era (Jh ri.tlai Advocate says: :..,,-1. begin at the beginning, we Pave, within the patronizing Coufer- enees of the SniiJlicrn Chrixfiaii Adco vctlc, a total of K).,0U0 members; and it is perhaps as near the troth as we can come, to suppose that for every five members oi the Church there is on an average one Methodist family This being the case, there are 21,000 families within our circulation who viujid to take the Southern Christian Ad voculi'., if foruo other reason, because it is their Church piper. But in this district there are only about 8,000 sub scribcrs, showing that 13,000 Metho clist families -Jo not take it. Here is OUR IKISII t'OItKKSS'OXDC.ME The clergy of the Established Church of the country claim the title of the church of Ireland. This is objected to. It is considered arrogant. The "Pres byterians laugh at if. Tho advice of tho Legal. Commit! ee of the Represen tative Body has been sought, and this is their judgment: " The Church of Ireland is entitled to, ano. is bound to use tho name of, the Chureh of Ireland, and is not en titled to assume, or to use, and ought ?f$:vt llip namfi of the Protes tant Episcopal Cnurcli of Ireland, or any other name than the Church of Ireland. The Church of Ireland, which the Registrar-General of Marriages has prebunied to designate as the Pro testant Episcopal Church of Ireland, has been, ever since the Reformation, the only Church of Ireland, as well in fact as in law. The Roman Catholic Church has never been the Church of Ireland. It has been the Church of a foreign state to w it, Rome and has assumed to be the Catholic Church. All other bodies of professing Chris tians in Ireland have been congrega tional churches or institutions iu Ire laud, and have neither been, nor de sire to bo, Churches of Ireland. The name Church of Ireland is the name uniformly given by the Irish and Im perial Legislatures to ti e Church of Ireland; see 2H Henry VI I h, c. 0, 17 and IS Car. II. c. 0', (i Geo. I. c. .'J, 11 and 15 Vic. 1, 2, ami C!, tVc. The Lo islature or any lawful authority Las not given to, or assumed to inq ::o on the Chureh of Ireland any new name On the contrary the name, the Church of Ireland, both by recital, and by the repeated use of the words the' said Church,' is incorporated info the new Marriage Act, 00 and III 10., c. 110. The words lVotcstant Episcopalian' whith occar iu this Acl are not used for the nouicnciai are of the Church of Ireland, but as a comprehensive ierm, proper to include members of all other Protestant Episcopal Charchs.s, as well a? the Church of Ireland, which is oue of the numerous Pro'csteiut Episcopal Churches. On the other hand, in this Act the various religious bodies of Nonconformists connected with Ireland are mentioned under the various names adopted by tin mselvcs. The Church cf Trcland and the Reman Catholic Church are the only ece!e.-.b astical institutions iu Ireland whi'-h comprehend Ireland; these do include within their functions all Ireland di vided into parishes. The Roman Catholic Church claims for itr-clf, hi'' et ubiqur, the name of the Catholic Church, and disdains limits of country and place; and, indeed, could not with out inconsistency assume the name of the Church of Ireland." The clergy of the Protest ant Epis copal Church in ail countries are very high and exclusive ir. their ecclesiasti cal pretensions. As much so as Ro mish priests. Since that Church was disestablished, the clergy have been placed on the same social platform with o her ministers. This is mortifying to tin ai'-st I v well as their social views, and they wish by claiming the title of (hi CiuM'rh ' li!u;iil to com- 'tn-lte for vh;; t iht ii:lVc h lis cstaolisumeiu . -i. name way with the mahitu le. ivat who do not think. The Fa'J.Ma'i (liu- '! llius discourses on "How History is Written, ' and its remarks are worthy of being ponder ed: " When tho present war is fairly over, it would be very convenient to institute a Court of Inquiry, composed of thoroughly impartial persons, whose duly should be to investigate the con duct of such of tho principal persons concerned as care enough about the verdict of posterity to wis'.i that the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but tho tin h respecting the pari they have played in recent events should be written in the pages of history. Although newspaper correspondents have done their duty ably and honest ly as a rule, yet they have often been misled by rumors, and given then: im pressions as facts. Charges of cruclt y, of cowardice, of intrigue aaci weacaoo few cases the accused have taken the trouble to contradict the statements made respecting them, yet many have remained silent, not. deigning to no tice newspaper reports.' Yet these reports, correct or incorrect, are the materials upon which the historian will found his version of the exciting occurrences of tho last few mouths. Had the Empress Eugenie, for in stance, not immediately contradicted the erroneous report of uu arrange ment between herself and Count Bis marck, published on ' the best authori ty' a few days ago, the stigma oi tho charge would not only have ai'1' ci.ed her interests injuriously during her lifetime, but her reputation in history. When once the page is closed, and the volume of the annual register for the year is bound and deposited on tho library shelf, contradiction of unfenn ded charges is useless. Drvden re- marks, ' We find but few historians of all age3 who have been uiugcnt enough in their search for truth; it is their common method to take on trust what they distrust to the public, by which ii, n r f.i 1 C--yIv-w-V1 Tl rxl V'. l f I I "II 11 a famed writer becomes traditional to posterity.' Since the days of Drydc-n the labors of the historian have mul- npnea greauy; com.euq.utui. mui.- ture' gives him information iu abuu- dance, but to search for truth in its .,.m.tli.cil 1-!!TJ.M w ,,f 11 :1 IIIOIV! ill'dU- tiphed greatly; ' contemporary liiera- ous task than 'looking for a needle in a bottle of hay.' " The celebrated and cyi ical Gjorge Gilfillan, of Dundee, Scotland, con demnsthe Woman's Rights movement, and says that woman's proper sphere is Hove. Mr. GilfdSan is a United Presbyterian minister of Dundee, Scotland. His " Bards of the Bible" is no doubt familiar to all you clerical readers; if not, they ought to read if, especially those of them who arc prone to a naked style, and whose vocp.bula ry is limited. Gilfillan has published oilier works, and will write more. I am glad he lies added the weight of his name and influence against Wo man's Rights. Mr. Ilepworth Dixon has given no tice that he will move the following resolution at the London School Board: '' That means shall be provided for physical training, exercise and drill in every public elementary school estab fished under the authority of this Board." Objection has been made against muscular Christianity, but there can be none I should think against muscular education. I hope Mr. Dixon's resolution will be unani mously adopted. February, 1S71. Joux Knox. cfd ration,... 'cm: i.'0-ii:ti-:.'u or in i 1:1. 1 TV. b. is to no pui pise for the inlidel to oiler us experiments made under these Christian heavens, and 011 soil mellow ed an 1 prepared by the gospel. This sort of fraud has ! en much practiced. Infidels havo wrought oat Ik oV theo ries under the fall blaze of the Bible . aid said, behold the light of reason ! riiey have stolen a torch from the temple of Chrisli.tnLy au.l boasted of seeing by nature. Gathering clusters from Christ's vine, they have twined them round the dea I trunk of infidel ity, and said, see what fruit our system produces! Ail this may be a cunning device, but in the way of argument it is worse than nothing. If infidelity would measure itself with Christianity, let it assume an equal task, bet it bike ;i field as th.ep iu ilolairy and corruption as ev- r the Christian mis sionary entered, aud with only its own system bring it up to intelligence and refinement; lo the social order and Sabbath worship of a New England town. Let the preachers of infidelity attempt to bring a besotted, cannibal rac; up to such a height of culturc,pu rity and happiness, without the Bible, without the knowledge or name even of Jesus Christ, without a precept of the gospel or a sanction from the Bi ble, with nothing but the evidences of creation and man's wisdom. And to make the experiment a fair one, these infidel missionaries must them selves have had no Bible, no Christian Induing, no ideas of God, of the soul, of immortality and the hereafter, none more than had tiie old parau philosopher;-,. But taking infidelity as it is, educate.! by the Bible, what has it ever done for the world ? Where are the fields it has turned from chaos lo moral beauty the people it has raised from heathen debasement lo a civilized and refined slate with nature ::nd rea son only? There is no such example. The face of the earth presents none, aud history records none. Not a foot of this world's territory has been re deemed from paganism by infidels; not a spot in all heathendom has bloom ed under their culture; not an Inch of J'i uad verdure is due lo their teach ings. Their scheme is worthless. It not only does nothing, but it has not iu it vitality enoagh to attempt any thing. It s'ays at home, prates of reason, sneers at Christianity, and that is all. Cniijivyti i"i:al,'d. U All Various ostium1 es of tho cost of the present European war have bt cii made. l.c L'ii'j;, one of tho Paris journals, estimates it thus: Wjir armaments from 18GS to 1S70, estimated $200, 000,000; fortifications destroyed which will have t be rebuilt, 300,000,000; losses of cannons, muskets, and other war material destroyed or captured, SMOG, 000, 000; destruction of buildings and fields by both sides, $100,000100; total or partial ruin of manufacturers and other proprietors, 00,000,000; war indemnity to Germany, So00,000, 000; losses in consequence of all these disasters, $100,000,000 total, !?-,-300,000,000. This immense expense has all been incurred since the middle of July. The indemnity to Germany has been only guessed a', of course, but is probably not far from the mark. On the other hand, Mr. Leconi Levi, an accomplished Italian mer- ! VUl economist, now j naturalised in England, and Professor of the Practica and Principles of Com- j nicruc iu King's College, London, has nicrcc in lvn . , ali, c 'J I jeCl. 1 lie f calculation on thi3 sub p 1 ject. J he losses 01 war, lie says, are direct, aud indirect. The direct losses consii t, first, of the sums actually spent in war'ar-, the naval aud mili tary disbursements; and .second of the property actually destroyed, whether by the national troops or by the cue ny, niaeb.i 1 w..i!.tr , r In , v. pa ration for it. Ti . .,..,-,-. I, Hi's ,.oll sist, lirst, of the mii ibi r of men 1, ilk d and wounded, 'and niimbt r of ti, a'l : from disease and oiekness; ami ,( con.l, oi me loss ol ; p I 1 1 1 ( 10a mi l 1 tf trade and ,1, amount expend, d at the war, to the middle of October, b.- both i owtis mis oeeu estima , d i;i i:,i;i:Uul tA SI noil OOO t'.ll . i : i . . . . ! nX 1 : "-"'il.w wh.d m,a.talra-nMeshemavpo thinks is k-f-s than the amount. 11.. L .. , i . doubts whclht r cover the dt )( netb-.rv I. ........ Uermauy, and tne t.-Jird sui-' -i-r Iimvv Ho would take the nutnber of (.er nians killed and v . eiadetl at lU'.l.tiaO men (appartnll . b.e-i -.v an estimate), ar.d asks what i ;he c.i.u'ali ;ed valiio of these men to tit ir i.oxthi ; and to their couulry V Taking thirty-jive as their average age, uu .1 their average income pei heal ai only j cr an num, and an e.; iciuncy of li e f thirty years, an t t sling "ihe value ef an annuity of f0 at ti.irty-jive, tLe capitalized value t-1 each man comes to be nearly ?:.-i'; or p.,.- PadHij men as liimh as .v:;oo,0oii,tai0. Bull the income of the laborers rtp:e.-eids ! only a third, at m y.y , o; tfio pn.pt rty j produced, ami the .-; :;oa,(!00,b0'i hist! by the individual., killed and woemle.l I really represents .T'.-aJ,000,UtlO less to i the Ge-rmuu nati oi. To this is to be ! added $100,00!J ,0u: for lo.,s sufieied I from the conqih te di a . aeti ..'t oi the I mind of the :iaii.u from ail kinds of ! useful occupa-.i n. Tinu-j are also j losses ol trade an.; navigation, v.hieh j may be estimated a -i imotftr slbtl,-j 000,000 at least, iu round number.", j therefore, according to thi-. clo..ely reasoned estimate i f J.e-.ni Li 1, (h i- I many would hae it chum fn.-m, France, not .joo i.o estimates, but tia namely, sl,.jt!ii,()eo the elismaijtlii'g of rireji e i, he contends m.-.y be Ium mU deiitaiiticd i . , . , ,. . IV V .Vivlil b 1 . I,. ,1 I .... I. t .... I . 7 J . . 1..J.1.J ll. .lilliniLl 1 egiauce oi neailytuiee mi'.hoas of leoj)lo from Franco to Gtiauany. This last point is iJenlical wi'li what xIr. tjlathitone has ril.Un en the war, tn the new number d I ho l- 'linhnruh' llcxicv: - AB:C'.VI '' Macaulay remarks that abeenl-i mindedness is the mark of eithtr genius or a lot;!. e ! had-; tl at li-.nl Mticattlay w as a 1 e on one o t its1 tides. A man's mind mav be so iu- tensely occupied v. i" ! i ! ily in sens-'.' uii ions , -a --m-1 1 e 1J- ind inspirations, that !ii leglv, ;-.re seaii-e ,te lo v, rt.t. itiiies el n.'e inn- l A ccrtalt. .',-.;:: i tll'i. on a it f-.re lox'e remala . ;-e ; r ali ; i . . , t: a;!' his I: . . bat p (S -ed 1 potiticid ec n any 1 ti . Uacenscioustu ss oi him. His ;.!' ,),. .. 1 niarkiible that his vri that tho woai.l a:c intniiie after the Su a a .. i .'e ; : - oi'ce .-iigf.:d I.e.! in tie- .-tret t, hit of herei 'i raid her family, and h would lot. I. -cog nize her. She at , a, ily won th-. ger. The professor oe.-c look a tary walk on the hanks of a cam to which, in hii ab.-traelsou, he ed. When williia a - od of the tre. an honest woi.-.i':, -.y;i 1 1 1 1 . c V.il-se.Ii- h hi- a t.lt- e a dhes behind him, bawled oat, 'Conn; oet, come oot.ftde bo lya-r e li Ik-dro ui't. These warning sounds invadieg the tympanum of his proics i tf.sl t ar, had the effect of miking him tarn itgi.L about, and forthwith it. : ...ver th" land. The good w-.c.aia, con.-l.; !li!g he was an itli.-t , s .. i.ip a. iielie illy ex claimed, "Pair bo I. . ,a..ve.-! in -y h.ie niackle to answer f-u ;h . let . A young fellow t ti.pl -yed in a : lore em River street, was one day uu. in to the cellar to draw a gallon of pcrni oil. Wl-.ile waitin-r he saaich. d up a piece ot chalk, and its a miu-.be was ; absorbed in sketching the prc-pii on's profile. The jn-oiiie oa 1'ie hog-tie.i-i was capital, but while tin- yoUing ".n is. was absorbed iu hs pn.r.snii, li." oil pursued its way over ihe cellar ihor. lie was iufermcd he w-i ihi it.-f do for a merchant, but just now he is a lir.l rate New York artist. It is said of Sir Isaac Newton that he often forgot to eai his dinner, w inch his house-keeper was accustomed t leave iu a clohct near his study door. His head was too much in the heavens to ininel the earth; so a friend, know ing his peculiarity, one day nipped his dinner out of the basket ami ate it up. When at last the philosopher came out antl gret ied liis frien I, he asked to be excuse 1 till he tooU his i 1 bevi r hear-1 in my ne.'. n'j , - -lunch. On loeiking into ;he basket j .,,' .Mi.''nrd. antl finding it gone, he siu ply exclaim- ! ed, much to his friend's amusement, j , :: ,r. to o. . i of the " s n-: 'Oh, I forgot I had eaten my dinner.' Al. p.,. j,, t; .,. h . ,.. An abseut-niiueled man, Mr. A ! c ill : rec-p.tly took some pi,' or a of Troy, receives a letter; he ku ws , ,;f"tvpe- in a confused jum the i handwriting; ho wants to re el ; r t in haste; it is already dark; hestnkes; " ' a light, tears a paper, and dghts a ; smn of the Conu'y f M atu, p-'-.i.p lamp; but the letter is gone ae has ' some do u cap:c.;. P v. .:' . uppD o, used it to light the lamp. j ,j .-, jrf! t,, !,- x Fenian nvlam.i- There is a late striking inslauco giv- j ti-ni in cypher, who '! it down, and en of Pete Gratry, who has just been ' rt ni a cpy .f it to tho Lard Lien n nomiuatetl Director ol the Academy ia j ant. The experts coitlel iimke nothing Paris. One day when going lo the j it. Ti..grata.-.t t xci't men", prtvaiiett, Sorbonue, wheie u lucredcu theol- j b-;! pi! h.ia'.e'j '.he or.i.g nag coif-og-, he im.igititd he had forgotten his j e l. pud wn to be prrt-cn''.!. bat h' wTitch, aul took it out of his pocket j ProU-sb.nt mini'-or, f itli a ftyn.j.siiiy to see if h had lime l go homo and j for the yoiiug rogue'M wit, U giwl h.m fetch it. off. ii. i !! : i'.x i.; 1; i 'i risi i-oi's eu tii iv be In on . i w ; but fi !' h.'ia '. h Vi ;1 ,... d...p I ... is beVrudth-i. U au.ida r's f.tait it he b. nil 1.0. fa', but it is liiiao ii I d- no' ... I iin.i ore t is.nkfiil man 1 will ' 1, ni a y tied an- n t :o - V. e 1 r is a grvr.t gaitt 1 nnv m ;tt I . t 'l'iv 1 1. si v ii nil to nse, oi l s:..M;O0 .000 will!,,:;,, n,.,. i:. .':... 4 ,. .. ,.ri . i .. ' .... ! '.'wa.i.UiUst-.quiaite,y.u.iv i Lov. i 1 a e ... ... r. .,.. r ...i .... i cf ihe paml-'toiu : 'lVrhaps it was t.u- ' I.. ! .1 l ... 1.1 i . . ! , , . ' . 1 j aa i t ..e bu.l wi re n thoiking ! fh. Ii.-. 'v. 11. it 11... V t :.-'. .1. . . t I ... S i.. ' II 1 il"i:. ' t I 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 I . I . .1 i The li.-ii-i'f.-i t f iima u tali'v th pea. 5 j e:y maeh on that.' j -v i .'.L.-i :u:.t misiuM a pli.le c. . tonie lo ft ei oj-'pi'i d b'. Vt V . b Use ti. n. and ! i 'ii, is) f.-, e J lo i.i ! 1'V la.-.K a;.' b ' ".ji!t; i tit i:. i t , ! it -t i- :e.-.y bo li.gul e'rl j i-t, i: i-u , i... Vt r a!.-ie for I he lack of that .gr.-.P- fal ies'' c "aid a!!ueh::ii nt v.hi.-u .1- ways due to devotion ia service. A NciN.. m.-.ti, very i-'oi, h.aviii,; ie. motley lo put eui the plate a? a mis- i.ui nry lea t ti!:;.', wiute t a a :-'.ip t 1 p a ci , '.';. self,' ami dropped th.tt iu. lbe. i-. ;:iy at. ;eng oi.r re a it rs will ty t be- i.erl, 'J v.id i ivt: 'i.seit b. "(he In ,: slt.U i v can r Mav tl-i- not 1. yot.r tilty V Come, think of il; plM over it. Jesus gave himsed for o.i. (..:. .lid iioi take up the three 1! b'evis ot'e of the fai.taee of lire; bill he coil-: dov.ii and walk d tvlth t'..cM ni ii. Me did l;o'. i t m e I ).ii'i 1 fioii, ' I. e ilea ol hoi,:-; he f-cnt hi-t iigel.; In ci.-v! Hi.: la Mills of ll'U be.i j'.s. lb li i vA, ia answer to tho rayer oi i '.oil, remove the t horn in I lie il- e'i V. t- a he give him a sitfi'-ieney of ;i;iie t i : al i-tairi hiai. a a;.- , i oi; a t ho a sand ears the e . pel i 1 1 n-i 1 1 at aii.oun., , .;ls ,tcn tried of bombarding Men in Thi, ami ! to foe and f.iilh; ami with what 'nil..' it. :. .... . j . .... -,. . - 11 ' L "mo io .see u we citiiiioL iov ":t '''' f!' " iUul ; ." H0 ViMU") l'1"'1 ' -si uu iijitti , ii ic cannot utoii in . . ' . I . r t! at lire disagreeable, and ia j : i pon .ho things that ar. phai. in, tod, to eddicai itai V -' .V r. j 1- i j ; I he Jollowii' 7 account o! a wed ; ding, si.(y years ago, will convey an ;hie.t of dissipation and excesses l hen pr.. aii nt: Vetv -.Tand weddin-r! J'I, n(v of i;,,,(W".;,(,s :Ul.i '..ridesiiiuM--, cal.u iu..l r , . , .., l.e .,,,.1 ..,..:,.., 'i i... , iadeed (he hiU .. !.,.',. it, had amused heisell m n'mned leer.., -I ion v. li i. f a- a e v: :-, ne'e!: l! :ni. a-tif. tak - ; i '..-.a-ia 'jh - .!., rid haing, jii' it- e-an;a'..l'e-! oa ht-r p;r,:n- eo III ry in t!o s:::pe .f lace, j"-ie rs, 1 -i ai ii- t -, vt ill at"! '. ' he look- d as it by mi , d pa:. two ved.hag sad of oa -, was by laaiit e - reatcst f;h'ht I e ver :..w ,e i ii .1,-1. ! w- "! f. : u t :: I an aid. . " ; lis' :! -, i I i -. nf -,., not ery,.i-icii y in i.;hbel. ti fi.-.el lo in l . t.. ;...-, d i iieraif i iO.i sere we de t!-e t-ad:, 1 real as I v.v-hed to !: tho-!; : I i,i.j !,:,, Ikti. : i ii;v rvi-i and .'a .; vain for '11' i'i'ii d ' d"n : m ,i i i'n ji ' d ii ,! .' 1 d-i'i't J a!l i L were IU .f it 1 It. v- - If I ..'.-.aid he - lib-e t h.d a b if. 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V v I l i op I t ;i - ' - t-i !l V 1 ' ' '-- ' '' a'1''-' s iiit reeled,-,., me si." feii, ami cat' haig a ; rot., aud a plop, c taie- dov.a w.l.i his suppo;t.r and a tulver of : al'ee, v.hieh e kla.ck 1 Out ol Ihe . rV.'llit.'.S hall. I- t p Ul tiasii, vocal and iiisliauin n'al,
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Greensboro, N.C.)
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