THE COLUMBIA SPY.
Hererhailfbr Prregthe Pe,q,
Usauo'd'oy ii,il,enre.—u,abrtb s d bye
Colunthia, Pa., Saturday, July I. 1553
AGENCIUS
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IVILLIAM 1 . 114•,,0N S Colu. Log /L 1011114.1.: and
Calvert Baltllllolt
Death of Dewey Clay.
The nation mourns the loss of one of her most
distinguished sons. llnmix ['Lay, the pride of
the American people—he a ha for fifty yeais ac
tively participated in the political affairs of the
nation, with a zeal, a sincerity, which now elicit
the praise of all—is no more lie departed this
life at Washington, on Tuesday morning last, his
son, Tnom.ts ClAy, Esq., ho had been attending
him for some time;) Ex-Governor Jones, of Ten
nessee, and Mr. CAL \ 1.117 of the National Hotel,
being present. Not mtbstanding the death of
Mr. CL‘l. - was ami,...pated—notw ith , tandmg he
had passed the idluttcd time of man, " three
score years and ten"—the annom:cenient of the
event, wherever iece:ved, has produced the most
profound sensation. of honors, ripe in
year, and wlth a d , •%otion to Ins country that
ended only v, Oh death, he ha , gone, 're have rea
son to believe, to that lard n h•.:e
ME
ell==ll
there to rest flout th, cares and torn - tlls so
large a glare of übirh MI to his lot in 1f... hi.
The last words of the dt,tiogut,hed _:atc•mnn
were—"• My ton, I : m ;o•rng,—sit near me
Willie r. listCl , 0111 C 'l, ever)
public man must Lave—thew p•tLaps no
statesman who had such v.arin ar. devoted
friend.. I3as name would produce eutbu-:a•ui u.
a public assembly when the name of al:rs any
other person would fail to do , o. The attach
ment of hia fiends was manifested up to the
hour of his dissolution—the brief. yet beautiful
and touching tribute paid to 111:11 by the lion.
DANIEL Wensrim, in a letter l\ 'Men on Monday
being, the universal se11:1:11Nit ut the Amer
lean people.
A meeting 01 the citizens of Columbia NV:LS
held in the Town Hall. on Thursday evening.,
July Ist, for the purpose of malong angements
to pay a suitable tribute• to the inemoi y of Mr.
Clay.;. Cul. D. lia_int was vollcil to the Chair . :
Dr.& \JANIE% R0n121.12 ant: :kir. Cul: is . : RAW
-I.llii•lLi were appointed Vice Presidents; and J.
E. lim_numinni., Esq., Secretary.
.1. W. Fisunit, Esq., in appropriate terms,
stated the object of the meeting, and submitted
the following preamble and resolutions, which
upon motion were unanimously adopted
Whereas, It has pleased an all-wise and merci
ful Providence to remove feit) the American
people their brightest and most distinguished
statesman, the illustrious HENRY CLAY, who
for the last ball century has been the pride and
hope of the American republic ;" therefore be it
Resolved, That we have heard of the death of
the Hun. HENRY CLAY with feelings of the
most profound sorrow, believing that In his re
moval from the legislative councils of the nation
a vacuum has been formed that will long remain
unfilled by one possessing all the sterling virtues,
the exalted patriotism, and the ardent and con
stant devotion to the intere-t; of his beloved
country, which have rendered his Haire dear to
every true Aineri.ian.
Resolved, That we deem it proper, upon an
occasion like the present, when the nation is
clothed in the habiliments of mourning, to join
with others in expressing the feelings of sorrow
which throb in every breast; and for this pur
pose we will hold a public meeting on Friday
evening, the oth instant, and that a committee
of live citizens be appointed by this meeting to
make suitable arrangements, and procure a com
petent person to deliver .au addiess appropriate to
the occasicn.
'llic fo!lo wi to; p"r=on %} ,ate appuuued on sUill
Cottint it tQc W . R.
('c) A. P. MoDr.l,,Ei.r., A. S. Gnrr: \ and
JOH S. 1 iEN
Oil motion of 11r. Br-, I thy ni,ot
nig ,n!;"u•ttcd
ProceedingH ( Con,zrc-ss
The following 1. n Sy nnr... t . o f the prneee,lint , ,
n! . COll.:Te 't edne, , lay h 11 , r11 , C
ha, mg ad . 0,111111 . d on TLlO,l,y, 1111:11C,Lat,;y
lilC` 0,4111 of 'lr. 11.1.11,011:C0A
SENAlr.—Tnr , henate v.is called to order at I
'clock. and was op• ne2. with prayer by the Res.
Mi. Butler. The gall , ' ;lad been cr.ascd,d to t_._,7" — ...ll:"ssrs. STOon• Lancaster, have
1 , .011 ntino,t capacity troll) as early bout. placed upon cur table a copy of 4 , The General
`;rte Journal having been read,
Scott Almanac for 15:53,'• published by Messrs.
r. I:etivrwood lose and annum ced the death
of Hour,/ Clay. accotni , any,i , c; the atinotu.cenient P:lll.ldViphla. It contains a sketch
sketch uld gloss ing enlo,z) of the life of Gen. Scorn, to which are related
of the illastrious L1i. , ..-_eased. 1,1 the course of his many interesting incident: connected with his
renhoks he said that 01/ Sunday mom:rig last
.Mr. Clay said to lbete may be some di= o, 3 . •
question where my remains shall hoe p teited. ---
t,ome persons may cic,.:'4nute I . :ant:fort. 1 wish BE rFAMr , .— reTSOTIS LLho want conic.
toy body to rcp.ise in the cemetery at Lexington, thing handsome in the way of frames for looking
where many of my am: com,e..t.onb arc
g,s.,ses or picture.., arc leti rred to the ads crtise.
buried."
In conclusion, Mr. Underssood offered app:o- I ' lol ' l of N="*l'LL , :Via , k^ l `treet, 11111a
-I,rlide re.ult.tion, arid pro.s,ding for the appoint- delplua. run beauty, and cheap
ment of a committee of to make ariange- t h, ,„
Iconic for the funeral ceremonies, which 'ale to
lfferent les will full y prose.
rake place et 12 o'clock to-motrow, and furtln.rion of his ch
doectimr that in,nibers of the Scuale =hell weut
the. usual Ladye ;. - .l.ti,o,nriing for ci.e. tr.unth
'al!otved :11r. Uncle , dw an do- urns hy Dr. J. Hot Gitro-,7, is stud to Lea ocr
q..tetlt tot3cloAt r t tritute to the Inf‘tnory anti taw rezhea,. :.n' J, -pop,w, aii ease v.ith tt htel
irtu s r.t the 0.. CLlz"o, :1. , 0_11 he nltt.2e,t
many pe)s, , n , 1. .Di. H. ha, inant
u. tca etnotior.
Mr. Ilunter next I
.top Ly s top C^I:ILLa:c., :u It; dile:icy. It
dwelt ur u a the cr.ent a! cntr...r of Mr. Cny hoar may be Lai at the ,Irtiu: sto:cs of 3!essrs.
1,-, rnr'in-t mto public !ife until dr•nth lt.ttol.r,l
ovtr, he xsns llh
ale ‘lll.l led to il4c fact that vIrgl!1(.1, 1,,,1 g iven C. 7 7 .1 1 011. POI:ILI:, J.
till th to \lr. Clay, and pronounevd an eloquent IL, NI, and 1:. PcNNins.,llsq,.. ha‘e been ap
eillogiuto upon hi, talent, and ‘ll'lll,. pointed Comnip,saaiere, C:oveinor 1.11,:i.na to
Mr. Bale expre—ed •.; adtiniation
prepare geneial to be submitted to the con
of the deceased, and referied to 1,1, xeition,
j, t 1, 4 1,1 0 .' the bideratiun of the next i.egislatufe, with the
as the most ineweralile:met:of neeek.ity of special legis-
Mr C:etncris, in the e.iar,e of ali trl.
Bute, alluded to the re•,ail,- ot Mi. Clay 111 the
Senate upon the death of :dr. Calhoun. and w G • •
overnor bo.ta.a has ,igneit the death
hich he referred to hi , own appreach it
-.tenant of :11%rrrii sni, convicted in
lotion. He paid a truly beautiful an I in ,
tribute to the chat actei and id the Philadelphia of the murder of young 1.1.1im
nous dead. Ile will be executed on Friday. the 4.lth of Au-
Mr. f..c..4.er delivered a runsi,ed e!,logy upon ,
the deceased. lle said that Mi. Ciay
the few, who, combining the rar,..t tatelit
the universal re,pect and admilation s ole liv
and :tying s:c immortalized.
Mr. reward followed, giving :.n &nil:orate
.ketch of the ger% izes renarred to the emilitiy
by Mr. Clay. and feelingly poitiayed hi:, many
public and private 1. irtne:.
Mr. „ioLes. of lowa, hileily alludcd to l i =i (.0 0 1 , 14.::o:,.--An exchange paper says
former intir.tate relation. with 'lr. ('ray, and that will certainly be elected the
the high estimate his eharaeier in•pired in a ;t,
ina , much as the initials or his
Mr. Brooke concluded Is It',l a beautiful:and ap- name =land foi Pourteenth Pre-ident
propriate address.
The resolutions acre adopted iiiianimon.ly.
t.erman Catholic cemetery was coie.e-
The President arihounced the Connnittee
A trairgeirienh. tor the Poneral. 741 Or:•1.4 of VI .1 • I`.l ~ ihhath afternoon la-t.
m,ssrs. Hunter, Dawson, Jones of lowa, Cooper,
Bright and Sllfilth
The Senate then adjourned.
HorsE.—The House met at the usual hour,
and the melancholy quiet that pervaded the cham
ber told too truly that a great man had fallen.
Mr. Butler delivered a fervid and impressive
prayer, in which he touchingly alluded to the
illustrious deceased.
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A message was received from the Senate, an
nouncing the death of the lion. Henry Clay, and
the proceedings had thereon.
Mr. Breckenridge, Representative from Mr.
Clay's district, addressed the House eloquently
and at much length upon the character. public
services and virtues of Mr. Clay, and in con
cluding offered a series of 1 ebolutions, to the cf
tect that the House has received with the deep
est sensibility the intelligence of the death of
Henry Clay—that the officers and members of
the House wear the usual badge of mourning for
30 days, as a testimony of the profound respect
entertained for the memory of deceased—that
the officers and members of the House shall at
tend in a body the funeral on such a day as may
be appointed by The Senate—that these proceed
ings be communicated to the family of the de
ceased, and that as a further mark of respect to
the memory of deceased, the House do now ad
journ.
Mr. Ekving then spoke at some length and very
feelingly of the life and services of Mr. Clay,
pronounetog a high eulogium upon his character.
Mr. Caskie. as the representative of the dis
trict of Virginia where Mr. Clay was born,
follo%t ed ur iru eloquent eulogy upon loss character.
Mr. Chandler, the SCIIIOr representative of
the Penns!. Ivaina delegation. spoke eloquently
of the ttt at e-rneri,, Orator and Patriot, note uo
!none.
Mr. 13.1) ley. 0: Va., ef. , 71 ed foclingly to the
trarin rol-nria! liwndt..lop , . and the life, -civic:es
ate! chatactor of Ihe
Venabl” elabolatPly and pathetically en
log All. Clay's character as an eXatnple to
th y oung awn of the country for all coming
ME
r . Haven , poke of ::Ir. Clay 'A hold upon the
It - feet:on of the pe,,ple of New York, and the:r
-ono ' that loop of 1110 l.ac goof: out.
It:o,:10, lollot.ed al an elo,lneht atvl touch
ltat
Mr. l'atillsiier referred very to Mr.
iniqultisline.,s and pure patiiotism, and
loa.• for his country and her iii,Gtution,
less's:. Parker. of lad., Gently, Hume, and
Walsh, o-et•erally =poke in eloquent terms.
The resolutions \ VOI C . 11:011 imanimou.ly adopt
: ed, arid the house adjourned.
no:any iza Connnosa Stnnol7:
A paragraph has been going the rounds of the
newspapers, narrating the deaths of two children
in South Caiolina. limn eating the roots of the
common yellow Jasmine. which their lather had
cut oil' and carides'sly left ly mg in the yard. ,
The Caiolina ((elsernium intidum,)
belongs to the natural order of apocynca-, one of
the most poisonous families of plants in the vege
table kingdom. All the species contain Strych
nine, in more or less abundance. Some of them.
as the Nuxvomica and ])ogsbane, are highly
charged with it, and are speedily fatal us hen taken
into the stomach, while others, such as Oleander,
Periwinkle and this Ca . rolina Jasmine, although
'less deadly, are highly dangerous, and, as the
above accident shows, capable of destroying life.
Had the father of these children possessed a
knowledge of Botany, such as is taught in the
common schools of New England and many parts
of Pennsylvania, he could not have been ignorant
of the dangerous qualities of the shrub he was
planting, nor have failed to gum d against a ca
lamity nhich has filled Its house with mourning.
It may be a consolation to the, bereaved pa
rents, in view of the irrevocable result, to asnibe
their allhction to a mysterious dispensation of
Providence; hut it could be tciner and. more
profitable for the public to impute it to a neglect
of those means of instruction, which that same
gracious Providence ha. placed within reach
of all.
No greater boon was ever conferred upon man
kind than the Botanical system of Jussicu and
Lindley, by slhich the essential propel ties of
plants have ben indissolubly linked with their cx . ..
ternal lot nis ; and no parent who values the ac
gin-itiun of useful knowledge for his children ,
should be w,i-died with a course of instruction
•k‘hich does not embrace this refined and beam 1-
ful science.
A left• months in.trisetion during the spiing
awl sunnier, ‘sould pei..ots to de
tect all the poi , ouotic plant. of their (will vicinity . ,
~ e ,l ,tt least put them on their guard against
, those beantift,:l exotic; whidi often Jill our gar
.n.d our pailers fiagiamee, hit ',7!icre
ta.ta i 5 deli I:.
the :iltirlc advel ti,nl rut
I=
r"7" Gen. A. 1.. nor':Fon.' has been appointed
Snperintendent of TranTortation on
1/arrodiarg Railroad. The
Irpot..tat , Alt 1, a good Lne
IN
Town and Count) Matters.
One FELLOWS' BALL Assoc;Arim , .—By a state
ment in our advertising columns, it will be seen
that the stock of this Association has yielded dur
ing the past year nearly 8 per cent. on the money
invested, notwithstanding the difficulties with
which the Company had to contend; and the
present year it will pay 9, if not 10 per cent.—
While this statement roust be highly gratifying to
the stockholders, it must be especially so to the
projectors of the enterprise, some of Whom la
bored hard to finish an edifice that they knew
would not only prove an ornament to our borough,
but a profitable investment. That their hopes
have been realized, we need scarcely assert.—
The Odd Fellows' Ball is the most imposing
building in Columbia : its advantages to the
place at e so manifest, viewed in almost any light,
that no person will deny them; aid the exhibit
to which use have referred proves that no invest
ment pays a better per centage-
Whilst refer, leg to this Association, we are
sorry to say that the citizens have not taken
that interest in it winch its advantag,es to Colum
bia merit. Not more than two-thirds of the
stock Lave been subscribed for, (singular as the
tact may appear.) so that there remains a debt
of about three thou-and dollars on the building.
An opportunity is now Mb.) ed to purchasers to
take the unsold stock. This offer, however, we
are assured will not last long; for although the
Pr'sout stocldiolders are i.lesdous that the citi
zen. gimei ally should be peen:Molly Intel eslen ,n
the .I , qemiation, they cnntennplale :nuking a per
manent loan to liquidate the dept, ••hould the
stock not he of within a shou t
desuuus of porch:l , lm; zto, k, are re
que,ted to call on Cr. inonNE, T:ea—
are: of the
%.,LOCiat tOll
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St ,lt-tV VIA. 05 Llt. TILE COM `.1131.1 131111tGE. —
be seen, by a preamble and resolution of
the Dneetors of the Columbia Bank and Bridge
Company in another column, that the Legisla
ture has abolished the right of persons to travel
over the Columba Bridge, toll free, on the Sab
bath. As this privilege was panted many years
ago, only for the purpose of enabling persons to
attend church, hell churches were not as nu
111Cr011i on either side of the river as they now
are; and as it has been mach abused by many
persons, who availed themselves of it only for
purposes of pleasure and of visiting relatives, the,
repeal of the act cannot be complained of. We
presume too, from the terms of the resolution '
adopted by the Directors, that persons who are
really desirous of attending church, and other
woe disposed to observe the Sabbath properly,
may, by application to the Board, obtain permis•
soon to cross free.
correspondent complains that some per
sons are in the habit of desecrating, in different
ways, the graves in the cemeteries of our bo
rough. Ile refers especially to the plucking of
flowers from an enclosed lot, as an act deserving
the severest censure. In this we fully concur
with him. No persons should, either thought
lessly or maliciously, pluck the flowers planted
on the grave of a departed relative, perhaps by
a devoted mother, a fond father, an affecticnate
sister or broth.ll. If this paragraph shaft] be
read by any who have been guilty of the charge
complained of, we hope it may have the effect
of pros eating a repetition of the offence.
St-sm-RnANNA Lone:, 1. 0. 0. F.—On Monday
evening last, the following persons were elected
officers of this Lodge for the ensuing six months:
N. G., JOIIN Fl. 13nooss ; V. G., Plump F. Fny ;
S., W. F. CAI:OTHERS ; A. S., 11. M. NORTII; T.,
JOIIN FINGER.
IMRICO‘EMENT—ne new board walk in Front
street, between Locust and Union streets. The
author ties deserve credit for taking into consid
elation the wants of the down-town part of the
community, among whom we happen to be num
bered !
-Arch vii.—On Friday last, a boy named
Furnmaicii Sutra, about seventeen years of age,
fell through the hatchway in the spinning room
of Conestoga Steam No. 1. It appears
that he WdS amn-ing himself by is inging on the
elevator rope used Mr hoisting spools, &c., from
the lower floor ; and, whilst doing so, the hook
to which the rope is attached, when not in
gave way, and he was precipitated to the lower
floor, a distance of sonic twenty-five feet. Ile
was badly injured, but is recovering.— ballil
gellCCl
ar.,e' On Tuesday last, in the Court of Common
Pleas of Lancaster county, J. 8.A.11WA617, Esq.,
announced that the non. HENRY CLAY died at 11
o'clock 17 minutes, A. M., and moved that the
Court, as a mat k of respect and esteem for the
61wstrious deceased, do now. adjourn. The mo
tion was seconded by N. Et.t.limsrn and JAE..
L. linvNor.os, Esqc. The Com t concurred ut the
motion, and ordered the some to be entered on
the nnnutes.
Poor. 11,0 tso 110,10 rAt...—The following is
the number of adriii , siotiq, discharges, .l.,aths,
;S:c., in the Lao.!aster coohly Poor House. and
Ilo , pital, tut the tsiolit4.eildtng dune G. I's:"2:
Adintssions 31; Discharges 21; De.ol.s ,S;
1; I.loli•inctits 5. I:ern:tilling in the
I ]once :—Alen it.l; ; Children 19
45; 11'oinen : Children 2
Total. ~—l ien,,
Th e E.ev. 11'j1,1.:Alt Prlllol will deliver a
sermon to-morrow' morning, in the [reline room
of the Odd Feliovv,' Hall, applopt late to the an
niversary of Arnerican Indepcndenee.
C. 7 - The :aisiri , , of tobacco in the-western sec
tion of this county, which a few •cars since
was ye: y prolital,l”, almost abandoned, in con
sequence of the low price of tobaci.o.
Alanagors of the Lancaster County
Agricultural Socicti Liect ui Lancaqter on
Monday. the instant, to dechte upon the
field for holding the next State Agricaltural Fair.
_C — rA Scott G!ce (lob is to be orgaroLed in
Lancaster
= 7 "A letter received by the Niagara states
that Jenny Lind arrived out in good health and
.pirits. She vsas waited upon by numerous
friends, vi ho warmly welcomed her to the scenes
of her former triumphs. The letter further states
that she had already received several proposi
tions to sing in opera or concerts, but had given
nn , l,•finice reply to of them.
Fur ti u • Colturibta Spy
Reti•. E. Erskine's Rejoinder.
Enrron-1 closed my last article by as
serting that Mr. Erskine indirectly admits the
truth of my statement, relative to the applica
tion he gave the text, from which he professed
to draw the extract in question. Permit me
now, briefly, to substantiate that assertion.
That Mr. E. indirectly admits that he did not
address the extract to christians, c., of course,'
to " true christtans,") I hold is inferable from
" his favorite doctrine"—final perseverance— l
upon which he so strenuously insists. He says
that the very idea of christians departing from i
God "is in itself an absurdity." Now if this be
correct, why caution them against it 7 To have
done so would have involved him in a species of
hypocrisy, and hence he says ~ that the real
cause of my disaffection towards the extract,
was because he had not sounded the alarm to his i
believing hearers to take heed, lest they should I
fall away from grace." This was it exactly.
But, that Mr. E. admits all I contend for on this
point, I hold is deducible from the peculiar and
ambiguous language he employs. As I stated in
my last, he does not say that he addressed the
extract to " Hue eloistians"—a phrase by which
lie designates those who are spiritually united to
Christ—but he says that he ~ expressly ad
dressed it to professing christians." Now why
does he use the tel ~ professing 7" It cer
tamly is no more proper to apply such an epithet
to clmishans than to any oilier chat acters, and I
exceedingly doubt whether my friend E. would
think it s eiy respectful in me, w ere Ito call him
a -'prefessing" minister of the Gospel. Accred
ited, as I trust he is, not only by the authorities
of his church, but by the seals he has had to his
ministry, it would be wholly unbecoming, and
so I conceive it to be in i•-gaid to chi '
ss ho ; says Christ, sic known by then ti Ner
doss it appear liom Mr. .E'S own language, that
Ise intends by ehrist lens, - any otner
t —s he st) les tl 4• poctil,•,, or self- ,
deceived persons ,-- peisons 110 hal e toe
o: God! nes-. but deny the power thereof."
Stich, tut examp;e, as the :.,asses in this enlight
riled count, y, where the spirit of christianity is
so interwoven With the !lame-work of society,
as to 1, 1 11:1111, ui 110 .111111 degree, even inhdels
ord 1/10111g:1h, NS 110 Wllll collie propriety may be
classed among Mr. E. ' S "pr oft sal tie,'' or doubt- I
ful doh-hails. But he shall speak tor himself.
tie says 4 , the Apostle, in addressing his Jewish
bretht en, who had professed the christian faith,
did not address them as though they %vete all
real chi istians but he addressed them ns profess
ing, ehriotions." The italicising is his own.—
Again, after describing, in rather a vulgar man
ner, the conduct of those persons, "who have
gone up to anxious benches, and there professed
to have been converted, or to have got religion—
many of whom have afterwards departed so far
from God, as riot only to find out that they had
no leligion themselves, but as to profess to be
lieve that there was no such a thing as true reli
gion, and even so far as to try to believe that
there was no God"—he asks, with a considerable
flout "Hoes the brother think that I would not
have hon sound the alarm given in my text to
such in °passing christians"' Here he plainly
tells us whom he means by " professing chris
tians"—namely, persons "who believe that
there is no such a thing as true religion, and who
try to believe that there is no God ;" and yet,
he says that he did not address the extract to
infidels and prodigals! Really this is a little
strange, corning as it does from one who is in
the "practice of writing out Ids discourses some
what carefully." But lam not disposed to press
this matter further than to remark, that whether
he applied the text in question to infidels and
prodigals or not, he certainly gives me the privi
lege of applying it to such characters to my
heart's content, for lie says, ~ when the brother
therefore is preaching to such, I would not only
have him sound the admonition of the text with
a trumpet voice ; but I would allow him to bel
low forth in tones of thunder— , Take heed,
brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil
heart of unbelief in departing from the living
God.' " Why, my friend is, indeed, very kind
to grant me a privilege which he does not claim
for himself! Should I decline the favor, how
ever, I hope he will not be offended, as I prefer
selecting toy own texts, particularly when 1
preach to infidels and prodigals. if he desire
to fraternize with such, by applying to them the
endearing language of Paul, he must excuse me,
if on such an occasion I were to choose that of
! Peter, and say to them, with becoming zeal—
" Repent ye, therefore, and be converted, that
your sins may be blotted out, when the times of
refreshing shall come from the presence of the
Lord." As to Mr. E's "bellowing forth in tones
of thunder," I leave that to his own considera
tion, and readily pardon his want of elegance.
But passing over the reflections he seems to
cast upon the people I have the honor to serve,
and his caricature of the preaching of ~ Metho
dist ministers," couched in low and fulsome
terms, I come to the more objectionable and
doctrinal parts of his rejoinder—simply remark
ing, however, that from a personal and highly
esteemed acquaintance with many of his people,
I believe they are all he says they are, "intelli
gent, Bible-reading, and pious," nor have I seen
anything on the part of my own people, to lead
me to thu: that they were aN% hit behind. Bay
ing affirmed that 44 christians cannot depart from
God," so as to render 4 , the departure total and
final," Mr. E. arrays the usual, and hackneyed
scriptural quotations, and, without a word of w
en:Tient, takes for granted that they prove all he
asserts. To follow his 'i illustrious example,"
I might, on the other hand, adduce various scrip
tures to prove the contrary; but I will glance at
those he has brought to view. The first is Item.
8, I— , • There is, therefore, now no condemna
non to them which ai e in Christ Jesus, Is ho
! walk not after the flesh, but after the spirit."
Now does not Mr. E. perceive that the verb
walk is in the present tense, and that it is ren
dered emphatically so by the term now, upon
which the whole sense of the verse turns? This
is clear as a sunbeam, so that while we walk
after the spirit, ue ate free from condemnation,
but no longer. .4 Who," he quotes. ‘• shall lay
anything to the charge of God's Elect / It is
Cud that justffieth." Query. Why does Mr.
E. commence the word elect with a capital let
ter ? 11'hy try to hinge such a specialty there.
when neither Paul nor the translators thought it
proper ? As to the text itself, I can see nothing
ut it that at all favors Mr. E's views, and p.q
hap= Dr. Clarke's reading may throw light upon
it— k , Who shall lay anything to the charge of
, God's Elect God that justffieth!" But he pie
eeeds-44 Who shall separate us from the lose of
Chit st 1 Salting - shall be able to separate us
, irons the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus
; our Lund. - Quety, again. Whet e does Mr. I:.
find the word nothing! In my Bible it is not in
the serse 11 1 1c,:ed, and yet he uses it, and even
emphasize; it, 'a Inch I regard as highly censora
ble. This of course renders it unnecessary for
me to say anything di regard to the passage.—
; A. , ain, he quotes Phil. I, 6— , Being confident of
this very thing," Sec.—and as I deem this
sufii-
Iciently plain for my purpose, I pass on to notice
his quotation from John 10, 28, relative to Christ's
sheep, &c. And here 1 N5lll express my views
of this scripture, so frequently referred to by
the advocates ol "final perseverance," in the
language, of the learned Pr. Clarke, whe says
s 4 It is es Mem that only those who have Christ
living in, and governing their souls, are his sheep
—are those that shall urrer perish, because they
have this eternal life abiding in them ; there
; fore to talk of a man's being one of the elect—
one that shall never perish—who shall newel be
plucked out of the hand of God, while he lives in
sin—has either never received, or fallen away
from the greet of God, is as contrary to common
sense, as it is to the nature and testimonies of
the Most High." BM, finally, Mr. E. quotes I
John 2, 19—" They ss - ent out from us, because
they were not of us," &c. Now he ought to
know that this verse refers primarily to here
tics, who went out to preach uncommissioned,
and therefore, though they once belonged to the
christian assembles. they, being uninspired,
evinced by their teachings that they were not of
the apostles. At any rate, I am unable to gee
, how Mr. E. can use this passage, to favor his
peculiar views, as it says, •• they were not all
of us," which leads on to suppose that some were
•, of us," and if one can go out," or fall from
grace, the principle I hold is established. Hence,
I need hardly refer to those plain and positive
declarations of Scripture, which say " when the
righteous turneth from his righteousness, and
committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby"
—Ezek. 33, 1S ; Bolding faith aid a good con
science which some have put away, concerning
faith have made shipwreck"-1 Tim. - 1, 19; "Jf
any man draw back, my soul shall have no plea
sure in him"—lleb. 10, 3S. Can we doubt then
the propriety and importance of urging the ad
monition of Mr. E's text upon the attention of
christians? I trove not. To them it belongs,
and every minister should, on proper occasions,
say to his people, with an earnest and affection
ate solicitude—" Take heed, brethren, lest there
be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in de
parting from the living God."
' Mr. E., however, admits that clinstians may,
in a degree, fall from grace, and, of course, in
that fall, commit actual sin; yet, by some mys
terious influence, he says "they are sure to rise
again." Pray, what renders their recovery so
certain ? is it their own volition, or some im
aginary decree? But lie says, "when hypocrites
or false professors fall, they fall to rise no more."
Indeed! From what do such characters fall? if
they %vele never united to God by a saving faith,
how can they depart from him? Let Mr. E.
answer.
But he contends that " the only proof of our
being true christians, lies in persevering in the
tt ays of Christ unto the end.'' Now, without
callwg this by its proper cognomen, 1 think it
will ,appear, to every unbiased mind, that the
statement confutes itself. Why, according to
TM , . IN a can be certam of nothing, until we ar
t ive at "the end." The Israelites, when in the
ildernes , , could not know that they were trav
elling troll, Egypt to the promised land. We
long wait until the hour of out dissolution ; to
hid vat that we have lived, or at least to know
that it is out pu tiiege, as we pass through the
milderne,, ut this wwld, to stand on the top of
:•,;i Pisgah, and by faith to view the celes
tial landscape o'er, with its hills of light, and
field, of living given," all mantled with hea-
Ulldyillg 1 . 1 ashileq, Mr. E's favorite au
thor, also, must have been mistaken, when he
spake of Ins •, house not made with hands"-2
Cor.s, 1; and again, when lie said, ‘• The spirit
itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we
ai e the children of God ;" and his own fine im
agery is void and unmeaning, for if we know
nothing, at present, of our spnitual latitude, we
must be but illy qualified to "admonish" sin
ners against those "awful precipices, over which
they are liable to fall, and to be dashed to pieces."
But religion is not so mystical, nor do one
third of Mr. E's own members believe it is.—
I inter its soul inspiring influence, they can say,
• What we lei•e felt and seen,
With confide:le, we la.
And publl.li to the ..on. ut 111 , 11,
The shztis htfaltible ,"
Or, with a member of their own church, whose
letter is now before me, " Having the love of
God shed abroad in my soul, by the Holy Ghost
given unto me, 1 have been brought out of dark
ness into marvellous light."
COIXIIBIA, July 1, 1552
The Lumber Points of the Sus
quehanna.
The principal lumber points of the Susquehanna
river are Harrisburg, 'Middletown, Marietta, Co
lumbia and Wrightsville, in Pennsylvania, and
Port Deposit, in Maryland. About 200000,000
feet of the manufactured article, as an average,
pass down the Susquehanna to these points every
year, besides a large quantity which comes via
the canals. Of this quantity it is estimated that
about 70,000,000 feet will arrive at Baltimore
during the present year. it is not easy to get at
the exact amount of business done in this rapidly
increasing article of trade, in consequence of the
imperfect data required by law to be kept, but
it is generally conceded that the receipts of the
year ending on the 20th of April last reached
very nearly 250,000,000 feet, which is but little
more than one-half the total number of feet which
arrived at Albany, N. Y., (one of the greatest
lumber markets in the United States,) during the
year 1851, which amounted to not less than
100,000,000 feet, a large portion of which, how
ever, came from Canada, whilst all that is brought
down the Susquehanna is from Southern New
York and Pennsylvania.
At Harrisburg the lumber is purchased to sup
ply that town and the adjacent country, embrac
ing the Cumberland Valley. A large portion is
ako purchasedat the other points mentioned. The
towns of Columbia and Wrightsville, opposite,
are depots for purchasing and piling lumber to
season for the Baltimore and Philadelphia mar
kets, as well as for the manufacturing towns
along the lines of railroads thence to both cities,
whilst Poit Deposit, being at the head of tide
water, affords facilities for shipping to all the
markets southward, as well as those on the Del
aware, and many buyers and manufacturers meet
here—a large quantity of lumber consequently
changes hands at this point. The following is
an approximation to the quantity sold in each
market which we have enumerated :—Harris
burg 5,000,000 feet; Middletown, 25,000,000
feet ; Marietta, 10,000,000 feet ; Columbia, 50,-
000,000 feet ; Wrightsville, 10,000,000 lent;
Poi t Deposit, 50,000,000 feet—total, 150,000,000
!feet. Besides which 50,000,000 feet are shipped
from Columbia and Port Deposit for Baltimore
, and Philadelphia. All this amount is exclusive
! of an average of 1,200 rafts of square timber, the
greater part of which goes to Philadelphia and
New Yoik.
We have thus briefly stated the comparative
importance of the principal lumber points on the
Susquehanna, from whose business some millions
of dollars change hands yearly. But it is limited
in extent compared to vs hat it promises to be in
a very few yea's. Ten years ago the lumber
trade of Baltimore was hardly worthy of men
tion, whilst at this period something like $1,000,-
000 worth is sold in this market, and the trade
is only in its infancy. Improvements are con
tinually going foward in the timber regions for
getting that article to the mills to be manufac
tured, and vast tracts of country, now abounding
in a wild primeval gross th of timber, must, ere
low , , yield to the stroke of the woodman's axe
and the magic influence of the lightning saw,
to be scut down the c‘ big stream" to the mar
kets of consumption, and planted again in smiling
towns and villages, not in the rude fashion of
native wildness, but in the improved shape 01
thousand , of human tenements.—Baitimoi e Price
Current.
Snocsixo Sii( run of w Lux+Tic.—The Tren
ton Tr ue American says : A woman from Tren
ton, N‘ho was regarded as in a deranged state,
was sent to the Poor House farm, some time ago.
As soon as she got there, she broke out the win
dov.s of her room and started to go out. A per
son seeing her, ran up stairs and found her hang
ing by her fingers to the window sill. The man
told her to hold on, but she let go,and fortunately
lit on her feet, and sx ithout Injury apparently.—
After tins she was chained or tied in a room, and
on the next morning she was found dead, and
blood about her room. She had actually beat
her head, by running it against the wall, until she
killed herself.
A Puzzle.
Here is something worth studying. If any of
our readers can solve it, and feel the point, they
are at perfect liberty to do so.
FY
0170
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PAPE
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EIGHT TEACHERS WANTED.
r IIE Board of School Directors of the Bo•
rdm,ll f Colionbia, will meet at the
, EtRICIC
1101 USE. in Second etreet, on SATL RDA ),
Al uUST 2-th, 1- , :52. at o'clock P. M for the purPo'
CI ex./mining and employ mg five mule and three female
teachers, for the ensuing, rie,init.
PLt. ROIIRcR ., Prudent.
Columbia, .Irull :3, ISe.2
ir,7 - Hon. Wm. A. GRAIIAM, the Whig nornine
for Vice President, has resigned the office of sec
rotary of the Navy.
It-'The editor of this paper would announce
his return again to the duties of his station,
which he has fur four weeks been obliged t o
place in other hands on account of a severe cold.
It is with pleasure he acknowledges his indebt
edness to AYER'S CIIERY PECTORAL for cure frorn
it, and great relief from suffering by its use, and
now would from experience recommend it heart
ily to others who may be afflicted as he has been,
with a belief that they may also be benefitted by
its use.—Christian Advocate.
'1M1171 , /i3PEC Or .a.B.T.
A. M. ALLEN has succeeded in taking more and
Letter Daguerreotypes in Columbia than any odierartm
islir ham eser beets located. for any great length of tine,
u. the place. So truthful, fine•toned, and Iste•like are
his I nman, that many is ho have had work done by
Miler opermor4, in this and other places, after compsi•
the it with ht-. hove unhositaungly had their picture,
ta'ken over. l ' or TeIt,CIICCS Sr, %YOWd re9,ectailly
three, enquirer, to the c awns of Columbia. who hay°
Lad li t, tV , F,S taken at his rooms. corner of Locust and
Front streets. over 'AI c La ughlnin Coat - cello:wry.
Columbia, 'May 1), InZtl-tt
liaialred of our C1117C115 complain of debility and
INIILIIIOr Of the s) -.tem, derangement of the liver and
,101111161, «hurt of appetite.S.C.; they are frequeuil:,
the re,ult of 101 l applheiition,.and a 111011SW/1i Other
0.111.1., U" ilere we would say to all
otilien.(l. do as e have done—get a bottle or mo of
110min:id's (merman !Shier.. prepared by Dr Jack
,on. and our n aril Ito!' M. you will be cured recoil
mem' na•di. /.110,VIIIL; from exp.:mime that it 1,
, a o e h ,opermr dll6r gtmeralit) of palellllllCtill.lll,2 4
..,0,J1.1,1> 1411,11 C ro :id. 1 . ..11111211W , 110:11! Mlle , ' prepare':
h 1 Di I Al [.July MO, ) 4
11 . 7 Wl,ll Eint•• 11110 1 11 rei-. 110111 ilie lust/nal
env ;nl it. .wc' 1X1. 1 10 . 111 1 0 111.11.1- nu,
nqc i Vl l 131011, 1 - oll , lllCr It 111111 i 5110 e. 111011,1111 )
1. 11,10 WIII I II Oi . t i hear that he ILy • I'l,
littiekhill itr. chu" P “d fndu '
• j llOll.-I.l 4.ol .COrlier 01 Frank
Striro 111.5 " .1
I.il I'l.ll l /.. 1'101.1 1 '1phi:1
111!1.x411.1101, :Oa) :29, 15.:3
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ANOTI I 1 :R. \VOND1:11 '
MTAN'I"I.) IPisPEPTICS —Dr. .1. s
llutighloten 1 • 1:PSIN, the true Inge-live Fluid, or Gil
tric Juice. prvparrll umn RCIIIIVI. or the fourth Stomach
iii the Ox, 1111. 1 11111,t 1 1.1011S of Baron Llebig, the viva:
Cheinie.t. by J. S. Houghton. A 1.1) ,
ath Iphia Thu, i. truly a wonderful remedy for LWi
gesuon,Dvepep~uqLi% Cr
yutloll curing titter Nlllllll.l's OWII
by N:it Inc'', oven agent, the Gastrie Juice. nignphlrik
COIIIIIIIIOII4 , ClCllllflll evidence of vs value, ferns-lied by
agent. pull.. See notice unlolig the UdVerlist:ittent-
Augu-t t 2 1, ISSI-1y
Retail Lumber Market.
COLUMBIA, Friday, July 2, 1652.
Inferior Cull Boards and Grub Plank, SO 00
Culling ac - - - 12 50
2d Common " - 17 00
Ist Common t , - - - - 27 50
Pannel tc - - 35 00
Hemlock Boards and Scantling, - - 10 00
Pine Scantling, - - - - 11 00
Plaster Lath, - - - - 82 00 a 2 t . ,0
Shingles, - - - - 8 00 a 15 00
W. thsuor
Baltimore Mai lieis.
FLOI:U..—The market for Howard Street Flour
remains quiet. A small sale was made to-day
at $1,..12L
GRAIN.—SmaII sales of good to prime Md. red
Wheats at 95 a OS cts., and of white at 95 a 100
cts. A load of Penn'a white sold to-day at 100
cts. A cargo of 2000 bu. new red Wheat, from
North Carolina, of very superior quality and in
excellent condition, was sold to-day at 106 cts.
Small sales of Corn at 59 a GO cts. for white,
and 60 a6l cts. for yellow. We quote Oats at
36 a 40 cts.
WillSKEY.—Small sales of Penn'a at 21! a :12
cts. and of Baltimore brls. at 22 cts. Mids. are
held at 21 cts.—Ball. American.
Philadelphia Markets.
PHILADELPHIA, July 1, 1852.
FLoun.-800 brls. good brands Penn'a sold for
export at $1,25 per brl.; some extra at sl,3',
and 1100 brls. mixed Western at $4. In Rye
Hour and Corn Meal no further sales have been
reported.
GRAlN.—Wheat is dull, and but little inquired
after; 3000 bu. prime Penn'a White sold at SI
a 1,01 per bu., and some Red at 97 cts. afloat.—
Rye is wanted for distilling, but there is none
coming in. Corn has slightly declined, but the
receipts are small ; 3000 bu. Southern and Pam%
Yellow sold at OS cts., afloat, and White at 63
cts. In Oats no further transactions have been
reported.
WHISKEY is in good demand. Sales of brls. at
22 cts. Hhds., if here, would command the
same pace.—Sun.
• •
Md • ott the 29111 ult., by the Rt Dr
Zoeharnt , Mr. ill:OWN.1.11 . Collllllblo, to Misi
NI All V U. E, of the (armor place
: , untlay the 27th ult , by J. W. Fisher,E,l,
Ur DAN 11, till(1,1.1:1: to MI,: ELIZABCTII BRANDT, both
of Rapho townst•ip
Ott the :27th by the Rev. J. 11. Mettges, Mr. M
WAtat AllltEli to .Atari BAII.I.IAItA .7.1r0/110ET, both of Mu.
TIC WI.
On Sunday. .11111 C :27th. llrcut ALl•ltns,r4, son of the
late Ilenr). and 'AI any F. Alurray, aged 2 yearn, S month ,
and 7 days.
These follow the Land, selaiheroever he ;teeth - -
t l'er they are militant spot before the throne of God'
St. John.
lienr ;11. borne in parity' awry
II) :Jude k, to the 1m.,,n11 of thy God,
CllO,, to Joy In an eternal day,
c wu¢nt thee—yet tte kt..e !cad bless.the rod.
Earth hail no tie for thee—its pleasures none;
The) hale—but thou tinehanenig peace halt found;
An joined tit glary to the Et.rnal Son.
%I, Alt the bright host of heaven, forever crown'd.
:K.
Died. at Weeteru Deserve College, Tfudson, Ohm. cis
the 1.5111 . ctio- GC C. :\ lATIIIOT, son of the late
Jodam :11011not. In the seventeenth year of ho
age There are Inan) Vl . hl3 read this snit rtnimun!e•
nrcnt oi the entitler departure of this nohle and glued
3 oath st 1111 11 pang of peculiar sorrow. As they recall
the kt 111111 r nry of ilmt lovely c'taracter. in which was so
nano MitiLtleti WWI the gentle delicacy el
a gill, the whl feel like imploring Me IJimne support
tOr the bean •Irleken neither and 'ki.oers of that house
hold , for "lot It as the only soil of lan mother. and she
t. as 11 1111!0,." To tho-e v,IIO knew, and loved the late
CoMitel Alailimt. it 0111 he enough to say that the son
pot deported ssas worthy ol the father, and possessed
the same high-toned geherosne of heart, the see'. CO *
erg) ul purpo-e : 11/1 . /..11fle set idoreelful benevolence of
spir.t. I , eorge C. Alutlitot had been a college stades,d
bat little 11101,.. 1111111 flue }ear. Ills health became Irak.
and lon early deot11—•o mid to us, bat so sweet to h.
emanelpated .1111111:010—W.1.1 the result of a sudden at•
Itch. so he II 1,111111111/•11 Ire II a few short hours Chi
Ther'e. , ,, 17th ills! . remains were Mid in their last
tutu" rest , be•nle hl. honored father, 111 the churchyard
of Nectars. 01111/. It la tint often that so many !torts
are burled in one narrow tottili.
••()' star untimely •et
\VIIy should soc weep for thee'
Tle) bight and slowy coronet
15 fl.lng tier the sea
FOR RENT,
THE DWELLING HOUSE on Front street ja,
rul;cullr; the Drug Store of Dr. N. B. Wolfe.
For term.. Sc . enquire of JOHN A. 1100 k.
Culumbot. July - :t, 1-32.
IRON, IRON.
15 iTO„NP„„ „Ear,Stl siz e ., Strap, Iforsclho e b e, and Nail
y
C. M. ATKINS,
Piers Nos. 4 and Co Canal 13aun
Columbia, July
TLl)e ,illarlicts.
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