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yal nitvertihements, communications. &r.,
osiag tin "rust? of matter" already up
whey They came in.
":-TO CONtEStOIpEiTS
ih ion - degueticaxo' ltsderigth vCe have been
compelled reset Sing the conclusion
for our neltimawker. - no ! , article accord.-
to our preCiously expressed
txmcludesitheeoritroiersyln the Spry, upou,
Dr. Elder's lecture.' We would be _per
fectly willing to giv,e, both sides further
hearing if our Temn would . admit, but the
Bide issues - axe - increasing. to Ruch an extent
; that we cannot in justice to readers, not in -1
teresteti ialtile-contioversy, give up the en
tire use of coluiied to the, exclusion of
_
other matter. . .
Out of a sincere iez,ftri.lf tkesTinions of
our readers, Dr. Elder has requested us to
republish some- - articles from" one of - his
worlcs=called. ".E . chanted Beanty"..: 7 op.i of
which we give on our outside 'to'day. in
which his c crs, w. matured, are set forth.
All interested in the,:controveray will be
able to judge for themselves.
N. N. will find a place . neat
KANSAS AFFAIRS.
The state of affairs in :fianza; -Territory,
at this time; is most deplorable. A perfect
Reign of. Terror, civil war, Murder, villainy
of all kinds—renders the condition of Kau
=A most unenviable. The laSt 'despatch,
dated Bth instant:states they •have continued
fighting, and that about flirty men had been
killed. Col. Sumner has been removed from
Fort Leavenworth and Gen. Ramey, who
hates Northern principles as intensely ns hu
hates the Indians, appointed in his place.
•Tonglass said, we mean to subdue you"—
(the free state men) and Varneywas chosen
.to execute the threat. So said the despatch.
While this state of affairs is observable
there, we see that the New England states
are busy in Bonding money and means to
help the men of the North. 'Kansas shall
be free,' say they; and the South responds
by her :border ruffians, 'Kansas shall be n
'ave state.' Bowie knives on on side and
-Sharp's rifles on the other! This 'fate of
things 3s _ deplorable in the extreme. Grit
- • 'omits send (ion. &sett :there
unnxtant ,
or congress, - for
with an army of .200 men he would, with a
carte bione, regulate matters in a short time,
r :if' not with ilancalrages, he would with
those with o. Latino in the other end. It
is time the civil commotion has n stop. It
would nut have existed so long under the
administration of either Washington or
Jackson, and we cannot see why our Gov
ernment suffers itself to be so insulted by
border wars• and tumults, when it has the
power to command peace at all times.—
•The{e is something "rotten in Denmark,"
or such a mighty power as is possessed by
the President of,the U. S. would be wielded
to the effectual prevention of all such border
tumults and civil wars. Whether Kansas
is to be "free or bond," it is high time the
fighting is arrested, for it is gradually incit
ing
a bitter spirit into those who have their ! I
preferences for the different sections of coun
try involved in the quarrel, and it nmy, - if
continued, lead to a disruption of the Union.
MB. FIiT44OIP'S ACCPTIPICE.
Mr. Fillmorp's letter accepting the norm•
ination of the American party, appeared in
the American Organ. on Thursday. It is
long—occupying several pages. pi closing
he says:
'•lptving the experience of past service, in
the administration of the Government, I
stay be permitted to refer to that as the ex
ponent of the fittpre,•and to say that should
the choice of the
shall,
be sanctioned
icy the people. I shall, with the Caine scru
pulous rod rd to the right of every section
of the Unton which then influenced my con
dnct, endeavor to perform every duty confi
ded by the Constipation and laws to the Ex
eeittice.
expect to sail shortly for ~s...merica, and
with the blessings of Divine Providence hope
soon to tread my native soil. 31y opportu
pity of comparing my OWI4 country and the
condition of the people with those of Europe
* -Ittsi only served to Increase my admiration
and "lore of our blessed laud of liberty, and
1 shall return to it without even a desire to
ever cross the. Atlantic again."
The setter approves entirely of the princi
ples of the party which nominated him and
is strongly national in sentimeat.
The ,Republican nominees will ehortly be
in the field when the battle will fairly open.
Then the "tag of 3var" will he observable
and the triangular fight will be highly in
teresting togispaseionate obscryers, like our
selves.
LYNCII Law AGAIN IN SAN FRA.NCISGO.
According to the advicea from California.
lynch law has become inaugurated again in
gar. Francisco. An editor of a paper har
ing been murdered, the Vigilance Commit
tee agair. orgtmizeti, took the murderer from
: t ail, with the individual who is accused of
tatting shot Col. Richardson, and were about
to hang them both when the steamer sailed.
Whether they succeeded in their,attempt or
not will dependupoo the energy orAte city
and state authorities, who are better organ
iced and more firmly established in power
thin when- the Vigilance Committee ruled
and dispened justice by a vote of the major
ity—a plan more popular thin legal. There
are also United States troops in the vicinity,
who may he called upon to aid the civil au
thorities, so that there is but little fear of
Lynch law pritimainating again over the le.
wily con.stituted tribunals. The Vigilance
.Csauniiitee may succeed is hanging a man
or two before the authorities can interfere,
but this userpatioe will. in ail likelihood, be
put dawn as prompdy.
"..
- • nit atiOsigay. I gliSM*9l7l4.
A eane,.d fir pratandationlogion.
PrestioV4 ..
Bib flom ntanj , citizens of
Charatton, ii-ho have had it preparkd
out fo.l-concerlor solicitations, and by
*
limisubactiptiont4 may 'be aeon at the
Jewels:in stoke oteirringten .Co., -King
the material isicalmhtto, from the gre l vrth
yE solitian's
la ._hat4,,,and th e inldileadme .
s.ans aft - ,: trttha L :Torowing
"flon. BinfirrAt Brooke, from several
hundred - citizens, 4:if Charleston, May_ 22,
1856.
This -itra eampleo£_,a few Amore of the
same sort, from the South. Why did they
not state in their !kralipimsse' that cat ac
count 4 te Ipili etkrandlyafid contemptible
attack on a Senator of the North, born
where slavery'eannoLexist ilihr tattinitaillin
was offered; or why,npt say 'in parentheses
I (on the : geld headpiece) that for his cour
open§ pncotinter with a gentleman, who,
untamed, wss rains at-his desk, a senator
9f the nation; and onowho was known as a
'peace man'—for-thin valiant deed Southern
chivalry applauds him, and makes hint sec
ond to the gods. Clentleine'n of the' South,
you are trying to lengthen your cords. but
you cannot: -by "Such means, strengthen
them! You caroicitßalsa.theAsr . th, however
'Liberal, and howevergeneyons,towards you
as the weaker vessel, believe any such doc
trine as that the people of the North, have
not a right to return to you your blackguard
language, ;when and by whomsoever sultnin
hawed: your bra g gadocio may suit your
purposos now, but it is the incentive to the
manufacture of a Northern wand that can,
by its simple motion, sweep you from among
the existing States. .Lay this matter seri
cmsly to heart; ponder' on the results of
"Sunnier assaults" and come to the conclu
sion—as the minority in this glorious assem
bly of free States—that - Mc .NOrth will not
eland much more.
A 9. a Pennsylvanian, and lover of our
country we have heretofore stood by you—
believed in your honesty of purpose and felt
disposed to sympathize with your institu
tion; but when you sustain such infernal
and cowardly attacks; when you bimk up
with the influence of your press, as well as
by your Congressional delegations, snob
murderous assaults upon—as you choose to
cull him—a "seholar,'! by an assassin, who
was not bold enough to meet Webb, but pro
nounced his letter setisfi c ulory, we tell you
in sober truth and earnestness, that you are
going a little too far. You are "stretching
your cords but your stakes are not strength
ened."
Look at the Sumner assault in any and
every way you choose, and if yon have any
honor or honesty left, proclaim it an outrage
—an indignity—no, a reproach to Southern
chivalry—and we will be among the first to
give you credit for so doing. • But so long
as you "maintain the quarrel just" and that
the champion of your rights is Brooks;—we
will say to you, that you are making mani
fest to mon everywhere, your supreme little
ness; and that you are striving to reader
your " .eculiar institution ". ~ 1 atoni sao
__
Y t
your r rutz:in
be sweet to the taste but injurious to the
digestive faculties; that by 'such modes of
reasoning you arc 'encouraging disunion—
which before five years, would be fatal to
you—the South; and that every indication
in your favor, on the part of the national
men of the North, is reciprocated by eon
tempt or ingratitude.
The few presses of the South who have
had the national feeling to nobly condemn
this insult to the nation, are boldly promi
nent and deserve the unqualified admiration
and respect of every independent lover of
his Government, in the country. They have
had the courage to brand the assault as n
cowardly act and to speak in plain language
their disapproval. They have said that the
"institution"...cannot palliate such offences,
and a few of them have said it boldly. -
We do not look to issues, but to the ceases
that provoke them: and we think now as we
did when first we heard of the outrage, that
it will "turn more backs towards the South"
than all the arguments the Abolitionists
have over u.ed.
LITERARY NOTICES.
We have received from Messrs. W. t W.
H. Freeman, Lancaster, the first two num
bers of Me Pictorial Cyclopedia if Biogra
phy, embracing a series of original Memoirs
ofthe most distinguished persons °fall times,
edited by Francis L. Hawks D. D., L. L. D.,
with 600 engravings and steel plates. This
work is published fortn o ightly, at 25 cents a
number with a steel plate and numerous
wood engravings in each number. We con
sider this one of the best books for literary
men and students, that has been -rublibhed
for a long time. Its getting up is in the
very best style and great praise is due to
the editor as well as publisher, for the care
manifested in the direrent departments. •
The Messrs. Freeman, whose adveitise
ment will be found in another column, are
agents fur the sale and distribution of a
great variety of Englieh and American pub
lications which they offer at low prices.—
Orders left with Mr. F. X. 'Zeigler, in this
place, who has samples of the different
works.n band, which he will he happy to
show, will he promptly attended to.
Godcy's Lady's Book, fur July, conies to
us as it always does, ahead of all competi
tors. Its embellishments, eontributors and
contents aro worthy of the editors who have
been so long and favorably known, that
words in their praise aro not required.—
Their book is the ladies' favorite and so long
as it holds this enviable position it will, of
course, continue to prosper. Terms, .$3.00
per annum. Louie A. Godey, publisher,
Chesnut street, Philadelphia.
ARRESTED.-A young man, named Clem
son:l9 years of age, is arrested at the (hip,
and brought to West-Cheater lad weak, and
placed in, confinement, cis vbsurf of 'Put'
Mining a•set of, bacness, the property of the
Rev. Mr. Crowd), of Parkesbarg. An ap
plication was made by his mother and Reu
ben Chambers, yesterday, for his liberation
on the gr°g l P l of Raab of nidelKe.-I.P: C.
examiner.
Toto 4 90:Boo/fq: Auttats
ar4veci - nested tiOnnnalitilee, fiiat
the .te . v. Dr. IsTOCArt will peach he laor
man*Reforrnethqureb, on Wilyilext, at
10 p'„olOek 1* morning..anelltt in the
evinfig.
.S:sa, !ATM'S ',EPISCOPAL 4109:11n . T.-17/118
htu:chittich WV" closed. for .-seve:ral
months, will be opened again for divine ser-
Tice snit preaching to-aserrow-
Rev. Mr. Allinson will officiate. Arrange
meats here been made, we underat,and, to
have regular services hereafter. -
. BEirire are r4tasta4 to AttnaaaPe that
Rev. J. W. White, of Middletown, will
pzoacli in the Pteati9teiiun ' L"hurel~, to:moi
row morning and evening, at *the papal
hours.
..ne.We call attentiou to the sale of Mr.
P. F. Fry's extensive ttsiortpent• of furni
ture, to be held in the second story, of the,
Odd Fellows',.gall . , thiinfternoon. - I'expons
desirous of4ooking ihtpugh . the stock, will
have an opportunity' this morning.
IttoN WouLs.—The 'Shawnee Furnaces
"blew in" butt week, and under the judic
ious management of Col. 7. C. Bradley, we
trust they will have a long, successful and
profitable blast. Mr. L. 'McMichael is the
foUnder and be has pro Ted himself compe
tent.
The St. Charles furnace has again been
put in blast under the most favorable as
pices. From the management as well as
the construction' and capabilities of this fur
nace, we anticipate a better blast than any
yet had. Mr. Reed is the founder and the
wag- she "started off' must be a great satis
faction to all concerned.
The otheY furnaces in the vicinity—those
that are at work—arc all doing well.
The Columbia Rolling, Mill is making
iron that commands the highest prices in
the different markets thrtiughout the coun
try. The complete machinery and care
taken in the selection of stock, has given the
iron froth this mill an A, No. 1 character
that is worthy of those having it in charge,
as well^as of the reputation of the iron man
ufactories of Columbia.
We trust all the iron works in this vicin
ity will go forward "prospering and to pros
per." There is no place in the country af
fording more fat-Elides for the successful,
prosecution of the nutnufactureS, and we
hope before long to record other works as
being in course of progress. -
SUPPER.—The accommodating and gener
ous landlord of the Bellevue House in this
place, gave a supper on Monday evening
last, at which some one hundred and fifty
guests, ladies and gentl4men, regaled them
celves to their entire satisfaction. Turtle
soup, wild pigeons—in fact everything to
tempt the the palate of the epicure was pre
sented, and that in quantity as well as qual
ity, super extra. Mr. Gault is active and
!-earnest in7iis Cif° _ee, the best kin. of
-JTe also gave anothee supper to a . few .
friends on Wednesday evening, which even
excelled the former in the variety and deli
cacy of the articles on his board. -Straw
berries, ripe tomatoes, ice cream, turtle sonp
&c., were in abundance, and everything got
up in the best kind of style too.
FELL Down. —The third pier from the
York County shore, supporting the towing
path attached to the Columbia Bridge, at
this place, gave way and fell down, about
half past 10 o'clock on Tuesday night last.
There were no boats passing at the time,
and little or no damage done, other than the
tumbling down of the pier. The fall was
occasioned by a crack in
,the Masonry of the
pier, caused some time since by the descend
ing ice. The interruption to navigation by
this event will not, perhaps, continue longer
than about 24 hours, as it will during that
"time, be ,temporarily repaired and made
passable again, and will ba rebui t as soon
as it can be done.—Slar.
MILITARY Es.c.txrusir.—We learn that
the National Guards, of Philadelpdia, num
bering one hundred muskets, and command
ed by Captain Lyle, will encamp from the
30th inA. to the 6th of July, at Wabank.—
During the encampment the strictest disci
pline of the soldier, when performing the
most rigid duties of camp in time of war,
will be maintained, and all the police ar
rangements of the grounds will be of the
most perfect character. The ranks of the
Guards arc full of active and intelligent ty..
pea, and a novel and interesting feature of
the encampment will be the publication of
a daily uewspapor.—Examiner.
sa.-It will be eeen by reference to our
advertising columns that Messrs. IL. Young
& Co. have purchased the interest of Mr.
Stock in the bookstore.of Murray & Stock
and have consolidated the two firms under
the title of Murray, Young & Co. The new
firm has the largest stock of books, statione
ry &c. in Lancaster and are prepared to do
business on an extensive scale.
RATIFICATION MEETINC.-A ratification
meeting of the friends of Buchanan and
Breckenridge, will be held in Lancaster,
this afternoon. An extra train will start
from this place at 12 o'clock M., to-day.—
Round trip ticket; 40 cents.
Pic-Nic.--,i-The "Social Assembly" intends
giving its,first annual pic-nic, on Monday
evening next, on Big Island. --`As the Sea
son fur such things has fairly opened, we
presume a large party will attend, and we
trust enjoy themselves.
bar-Berke county pays to the State - -but
53,975 for tavern licegses—being $3,000 less
than is paid by Lancuster county. No tav
ern in Reading pays more than $5O for it'll
cense, and no tavern -in-the townships , of
Berks pays more than SZ. The landlords
of Lancaster county pay higher licenses,
probably,lei`thsi amount of business done
than any other county in the State.
Fzusza Doczoas t —On' Monday - evenin •
Mr. Newkirk, yieo:Prcriidetit of the Penn.
Medical Ernirersity of Philadelphia, confer
red the degree of Doctor of Medicine upon
the following named ladles: Esther C. Wil
liams, of Ohio; 'Sarah li. Young,of Massa
chttssette; Ellen J. Miller, of Philadelphia;
Mary M. frallOway,of Indiana; and Eliza
beth Cslrio. of Panasylvania.
VINF -' 1 ' For the Columksisi SPY.
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s- mu. Ebrrot,—r...-.v , . AOsay,,thlkt nur
iieaders haveyseldoll,,,, "`eased a'greater
xim a
soietamorphows in elierson.-In the
sake letigth-of time,: tikey'hav§ in the
ivaotep#4, '
of , o weeks. lostwas asked who
will tbit.rd ,Togitiaiyihipshile_lielurked.
behind his•aPoedmonigoveia a: g' was sa boll,"
Wank anirieeklesitßind 115114 ..0401r, ter' .
tilted'•thatjusticiFiltild be 'Aline certain
lectures, come whatAßsid—even though he
I should "be driveille* n a - Way'llue' fin .",
tions of this -whols a : e'systim of ours,
and let-tbie heaven:s' 7 gh arches come tum
bling down arountt , ft._ ears; and who so
recklessly asserted' M the sermon which
he was invited to heal in a perfectly-respect
ful and friendly thoufriiplayfalmanner,was
a review of certainlean— res; and that it was
a liermonln revieetem, lie — irariniiteff
to hear; that - it. abded in gross perver
sions of said leaturesitteat it Charged the
lecturer wf'' " -- - -nth:lents which be
did not utt 4,.., 1 the efforts of
the ref m 1 ting the Bible, as
the grand:' eforms,
_which ho
did wit 1. , cowardly assault
upon an n mdingman• and
all this tel all beforehand
that the px
lecturer as
the object
most defiant
Fiat Judi/
Curer did
I, Fiat Jr
preacher t
Nr9..! prose!
will ;ay ti
•tered; and
with the.
word of flu
but that so
sentiments,
doctrines
work. St
Fiat Jizstii
asserter,
challenge
quarters,
chief.
But wh
and in r
charges m
eisely
lecturer as
tinted all '
proposed
most resin
gentlemen
extracts tal
livered by
time baby
he not on
but argue
ing that t
crated in
Boston, and published sent out by the
same person; whed thus vindicated
my sermon front th sions cast upon it;
and then sent a poles* search warrant after
Fiat Justitia, tearinOff his mask, and sum
moning hint from 's hiding place, to an
swer in his own • - person the charges
made; after t , lfiection he. r les
forth; Si
citizens!
that wt.
which I
MEM
am sort'
OEM
was do
I suppot
coining
written
other
I auppol
article tl
Spy, in
sinuated,
more peep
his clerical dictatiott.)+ `I call attention to
his equivocation, (use that in his note
he says he Proposed MO preach a sermon in
esisi
refutation of the ' itial Moral principle
involved in certain le tures; and then in his
vindication says, his first aim was to estab
lish the true princi 6, and his second aim
to refute the false inciplo , and therefore
remarked that the r utation of said princi
ple was in this sons , the secondary object
of his discourse.) How citizens, I do say,
that Dr. E. did not i either of his lectures,
inculcate any of the objectionable features
attributed to him i the sermon of Mr. E.
This is my opinion, and I claim the right to
utter it, yes I do. Mr. E. amenities a; very b igh
position in denying the the right of private
judgment, and summoning me forth to an
swer in my own' proper person, for the
charges which I made, yes he does. lle re
dudiates the protestot principle and at
tempts to set up e. theological ()Homily, so
•he does. Extracts taken from a man's lec
tures are an unfair .mode to get a man's
meaning. Dr. E. it is true, speaking of the
reformation, attributes its success to the en
lightened state of socirly in England and Ger
many and elsewhere, previous to the rise .of
Luther, Wickliffe, Russ, Melancthon and
others, and doubts whether they could have
been successful unless the minds of the
people had previously been prepared for so
great a change in theology.
The dark ages as .they are called, roue-,
i,wed about the beginning of the Bth
century and continued up to the reformation,
some time in the 16th century. (Observe
the consistency of the last two sentences.)
Is it too much to say that a great deal of Lu
ther's success depended upon the collateral aid
derived.from the Waldenses. (rather much,
without any historicafauthority.) Suppose
Dr. E. did teach such ^monstrous heresy,
does Mr. E. see what charges he is bringing
against many of the ,most respectable citi
zens of the town. Just look at it! The
11ev. so and so, the viry pomp:in of excel
lence and liberality, *hoe Mr. E. would do
stall to imitate, was there! Rev: so and so,
whose name of itself is a tower of strength
just now, for my purpose, was there! Rev.
so and so an ordained minister of the gospel
was there, And elders and stewards, and
class leaders-were there! and Fiat Tuatitia
was there! All encouraging the spread of
infidel Sentiments, anddid'nt know it! Just
look at it. Fellow citizens; can fan stand'
all this? Fiat Justilia swat cerium! let justice
be done though the heaven's fall!
But seriously, fellovi• citizens. The Con
fession of Faith, (drawn up,by the Westmin
ster Assembly of Divines, direct!) , from the
word of God, for the Moat part in the very'
language of the Scriptures,) contains the
worst kind of fatalism. The preaching df
its doctrines drove Voltaire to doubt and
discard christianity, and nothing has
done more to foster infidelity. These are
the things which have kepi back the Pres
byterian church with its republican form of
government, and sent~ Methodism so far
ahead. Yes, fellow eiOzens.
This, Mr. Editor, fir the substance of
his whole reply, abriiviated •orld slightly
paraphrased. near .1 now, the concha'
sins to, which he crimes. "It will be
seen by the above that: Mr. Vs ground for
not having invited meta his church is hardly
tenable; also, that hie,reference to Dr. E's
denture being a. —assondary consideration is
hardly borne out, feat* the 'feet that the
written invitations contemplated that as the
primary pbject his,ldiscourse." "(teed
era demonstrandumr ' „
Now, Mr. Editor, idteismo tiiiish jet, whit
had . this whole etringoi mere aseErtion, con
tradiction. quibbling and Bounder/rig, or the
two conclusion' to ,Tilitch he wines, to do
with the matter at xsecuit Where is there
I
here any when pt to sustain : - bie
•
•
former position --44 my, sersnow:ahoymded
in gross pmersionj of Dr. - E'e,leatures; , that
it ckamed him with -atterineitentimekuts
whidnie did no Where is there-any se
rious afjtempt to ;how -freon what...l actually
did say; that hedid riot:give the people to
understand, as I alleged; or -that the moral
prinsie which I stated-and refuted wasiot
thereinginvolvedt, Mist first conclusion has
relation to a mattes about vfollich ,there was
•no cliapateazllis aecond, has relittion,,ashe
says, , toer' mere reference, and is a..qu'iblde
upon terms. The only thing he pretends to
vancein support.of his fernier ..positions, -
is his own opinion, that Dr. E. did not in
culeate the objectionable features attributed
to his lectures, and that the Rev. Mr. Claw
gas, was present at the first lecture and did
not detect -any jeresy. "A drowning man
will catch '_at,straws." "di:divine° a man
against his will and ho will remain uncon
vneriftiThu-aud so- we will- have -to'Aleave
the Squire to the enjoyment of his own
opinion,,and with - the consolation that an
ordained minister heard the first lecture, and
did not deteetMazherey in it.
But; Mr . Editorpet me ask your readers,
in the 2d plaeete - %o'NsifztlOthe contrast be
tweeti,the eqdrit'aistrbearing of Fiat Justilia
out of sight, and J. W. _Fisher, Esq., in full
view. In reckless assertion they are the
same. But Fiat Institia was a bold accuser,
an unscrupulous assailer, and a defiant
challenger. But J. W: E. ,is the bowing,
artful, flattering, dodging, quibbling
putting the true.issae as far out of
sight as possible; iiiiingside - inUeff to draw
of. attention from the main one, and then
flattering the pride, appealing to the preju
dices, 'arid exciting the sympathies of all
classes and denominations of readers; and
lest he should fail in accomplishing his end
in all this, true to his original intent, of do
ing all possible mischief, he turns still fur
ther away from the matter in hand, and at
tempts to excite popular odium by raking
out those doctrines of the Confession of
Faith, which however scriptural, have al
ways been unpopular with the world; more,
however, from the fact of their not being
rightly understood, and from the manner in
which they Exalt God and debase man, than
from any want of abundant scriptural au
thority.
Every reader of any discrimination will at
once have discerned the 'Squire's politics,
and have known how to appreciate his flat
tery. One. thing the 'Squire has clearly
proven; and that is, that he is a much bet
ter politician than ho is a polemic. Of
course no one will expect me seriously to un
dertake to answer such an article as that,
a summary of which I have given above: - '
The 'Squire's attempt to snake capital by
attempting to place those citizens who at
tended the lectures in a fislse position, by
alleging that they attended said lectures,
and encouraged thespread of infidel senti
ments, without knowing it, is also' quite
characteristic, when the facts of the case, as
he ought to know, were simply these: that
in the first instance, Dr. E. came before the
community with the endorsement of the
Christian Association, the people knowing
little or nothing either of the man-or his
sentiments; and that even' then many of
them detected the latent vein of error and
the anti-clirist'--- bearing of
denouncing the
teking to defeat
and then in the
ere told, that I,
ttiat the lie:,
assertions; and
, challenge the
candid man who
'No lectures, who
invents were ut
take issue again
y that not one
e lips of Dr. E.,
t °rano° of such
Bible and its
,gent in such a
and bearing of
at of a reckless
and a defiant
ors, giving no
all possible mis-
A' my discourse,
assertions and
and stated pre
'harge the said
d then substan
-1:-1st, with the
a dozen of the
nt and candid
Ictures. 2d, by
of a lecture de
inn but a short
subject, in which
thing alleged,
3rd, by- affirm
was again reit
cc_ delivered in
sentiments
jested, and which, whether he holds to such
a system or not, smack mightily of one of
the latest and most dangerous phases of
modern unbelief; a sort of semi non-commit
tal system of infidelity, known by the name
of Secularism, The term infidelity- is to be
cast aside, because of its ill-fame. The three
leading . fundamental principles of this sys
tem nre:-Ist, that precedence should be
given to duties of this life over those which
pertain to another world; the assumption
being that this life being the first in cer
tainty, it ought -to have the first place in
importance.
2d, That science is the providence of man,
and that absolute spiritual dependency may
involve material destruction. By science is
here meant those methodized agencies which
are at our command, that systematized
knowledge which enables us to use the pow
ers of nature for human benefit.
3d. That there exist, independently of
Scriptural authority, guarantees of morals
in human nzture, intelligence and utility.
In proof of these guarantees nothing is given
but assertion. There are certainly, it is
said, many persons who hardly ever sin; a
declaration which is contrary to ell individ
ual experience, universal observation, and
the express teachings of the word of God.
The one essential article of this creed, the
shibboleth of the party—the common link
ing principle is, that morality is indepen
dent of religion. "From being one of the
most intolerant, they are about to become
the most tolerant of all sects in the world.
They are to recognize the sincerity of the
clergy and the good intentions of christians
generally. They arc no longer to doubt the
truthful purpose of the prophets and apos
tles, and the moral cecellence of many pas
sages in their writings." The door is to bo
thrown open wide enough to admit men of
almost every religious sentiment, from those
who merely dissent from the popular chris
tian sentiments of the day down, to those
who doubt or openly deny the Divine Exis
tence and the immortality of the soul. The
advocates of this system will profess great
reverence for the Bible, as containing the
best system of morals extant, and great ad
miration for Jesus Christ, as going about like
the very embodied spirit of benevolence, con
tinually doing good, and as being the greatest
and best of prophets and teachers; or as
Emerson has said, as the "only soul in hie
tory who has appreciated the worth of a
man."
And yet they will all spurn the idea of re
ceiving religion and law from his lips, and
of subordinating their nature to the nature
of Christ, and they will shrink back from
the doctrine of justification by faith in the
vicarious atonement of Jesus Christ, and
the uncompromising requirements of Christ's
laws, like a person with a.diseased eye from
the light of the sun, and retire into the
darker shades of Unbelief. Like Theodore
Parker they cannot conceal their hatred to
our common ehristtanity, because it repre
sents mankind as fallen and depraved, and
makes so much of the one mediator between
God and man; or like Newman, they will
tell us, (unless they preserve a "discretion
ary silence," which they claim the right to
do,) that they were forced against. all their
prep e sessions to renounce everythingdistinct
tray christitui: ' The advocates of this sys
tem point to the eziating•arrtmgernents of
society as the chief source of all $l2O exist-.
ing moral, social and political wrongs, and
they ignore all motive power. , but the human
will in their work of -redemption. Christi
anity is either supplanted in their declama
tions, or both it and its institutions are rep•
resented openly or by insinuation, as among
the instruments of oppression, and the
worst 'hindrances to the realization of their
golden age. - "Liberty, fraternity and equal
rty,". are their watch - wordi ; "iad skilled in
dustry is the mightylever with'wkdcb - they
wool ,uplift (rather upset) society.
This last phaie"of In.fideptjr is of, all oth
ers the most subtle and dangerous.. If pos-.
sible, its advocates "would deceive the very.
elect." Nothing is "settled in the view of
this system, when a man'ilefesses rover=
once for the bible, either. as a system of
morals or as a revelation' from God, Or, -
however much admiration he may profess
for Jesus Christ as a ; greatteachersent from.
God. Rossean pail:ran:involuntary homage
to the character of Jesus Christ; and Strauss,
the most infamous infidel that now. dtirses
the earth, holds a'-theological professorship,
and yet alleges general objections to .thein
spiration of the bible; rejects the authority ,
of miracles, and represents the life of Christ
as a more alle g ory . I do not say that Dr.
Elder holds to theabove system,.but .I do
day: that some of the sentiments, and the re
licousissirifts of hiii"lectures, point strong
ly in that direction. (To be continued.)
For the Columbia Spy
THE SLA3IDEREIL
The slanderer is a pest, a disgrace to so
ciety; he has destroyed the peace of fami
lies, and caused discord and jealousy to
reign, where once dwelt only harmony and
love; he has converted, true and happy
friends into bittei.enemies, and by his poi
sonous breath, blasted tlm7CTierished hopes
of those who had ,Vott.to be friends while
life should last. ire makes few direct
charges, but' his long, long finger points.to
one, and then to another, and a shrug of his
shoulder is more significant than words to
the credulous and those who deal in slander.
Not satisfied with venting his deadly poison
at,the living, see him entering the secret,
silent sanctuary of the grave; and the dead
—aye, even the dead, over whose sheeted
corpse, "sleeps the deep sleep no venomed
tongue can wake," and whose pale lips have
no voice to plead, are subjected alike to the
scandal of the slanderer,
uWbo wears a mask the Gorgon would disown,
A check of parchment, and an eye of stone..
He glories in the miseries he inflicts, and
triumphs over pure and injured innocence;
and though that innocence be as chaste and
pure "as Arctic snow twice bolted by the
Northern blast," through his black and dis
colored glasses, it wears a mottled hue. Vile,
despicable wretch, the vilest of thy kind,
words cannot convey a curse deep enough,
or a punishment severe enough for thy
crime; but God is just, and ho will punish
as he thinks best.
"A whisper broke the air
- A soft, light tone and law.
Yet barbed with shame and woe!
Nor might it only perish there;
Nor farther go.
Alt, me! n quick and eager- ear
Caught up the little meaning sound,
Another's voice then breathed it clear,
And so it wandered-round;
Front car to lip, front lip to car,
Until it reached a gentle heart,
And that—it Lroke."
CAnnr,
111 E Al' LAST; OR, TIER
-IS was with no or
&action that we lately
introduction to one of
i of the ago, the Eng
an. Thomas 11611Oway,
done more for thti ad
;toienie than tiny oth
it'eacinding
~niteL States,
entry for the purpose
sit for the sale of his
lc. It is true that our
__Jri familiar with his
great reputation, but, partly owing to the
heavy duty imposed upon imported medi
cines, and partly to the unwillingness of
physicians and druggists to advance the in
terests of a professional brother, whose su
perior knowledge and skill threatened to
cast their own pretensions into the shade,
the sale (although great) in America of his
wonderful remedies has not yet equalled the
enormous demand Which exists throughout
the whole of Europe, Australia, the East In
dies, and most other parts of the civilized
world. It was for this reason that the Pro
fessor, a few months ago, determined to
make New York the location of a great
American depot for the preparatbn and
sale of his medicines, rivalling in extent and
usefulness his celebrated establishment in
London, which, as all travellers know, is
ono of the "institutions" of that city. )Ve
have reason to congratulate ourselves, and
especially our sick and afflicted fellow-citi
zens, upon his felicitous resolutions.
For proceeding step by stop, on strictly
scientific principles, the Professor, at the
early part of his career, attained to a discov
ery, which placed him above all competi
tion in the triumphs of the healing art. Ile
noticed how Much of the boasted medical
knowledge of the present day was empiri
cal, and how little was really known of the
laws of human physiology. Continuing his
investigations, a happy thought struck him,
like an inspiration, and he located the seat
of every disease--no matter what its nature
and diagnosis—in the blood. The blood has
vitality; the blood is alive; it is indeed in
the language of scripture, "the life of man."
If that stream of existence is impure, how
can the human being be otherwise than fee
ble, exhausted, emaciated and afflicted by
various forms of disease? To purify the
blood, and keep it pure, is virtually, to ban
ish sickness from the earth. Here, then is
hope,for the sufferer. The poor invalid, de
spairing of recovery, may go forth into the
world a renovated and strong man. Pro
fessor Holloway's treatment eradicates all
our ailments; whether they are of the sto
mach, liver, kidneys, -lungs, heart or skin,
he refers their origin to the blood and re
stores the apparently diseased organ topris
tine and perfect health. Knowing this, as
we do, from the experience of our friends,
as well as from our own, we discharge but
a Samaritan duty to the public, by a cor
dial recommendation of Holloway's Pills and
Ointment—the former for internal derange
ments of the system; the latter for external
application to wounds and sores, which have
resisted 'every other so-called remed3..—N.
F Atlas.
We have received a Catalogue of the
Officers mild Students of Franklin and Mar
shall College, Lancaster, for 1855-6. The
list of students shows 73 in College and 36
in Preparatory Department—being 109 in
all. The institution is represented as being
in a flourishing condition.
VirDIL. ISAAC TIIOIIIPSON'S.rnueb celebrated
WATER. ••Itaeterieaaund unrivalled.*
This old, tried and invaluable remedy for all dives.
ses of the eyes, tater baring stood the test of over
Fifty Years, and the demand Tor it still increasing, is
now. and has been for the past two years, offered for
sale in an entire new tires.. Foch bottle will have a
Steel Plate Engraved Envelope. with a portrait of the
inventor, Dr. Isaac Thompson, New London Coon ,
and a fee simile of his signature, together with a fat.
simile of the I.4IOI=IIMM of the present proprietor, John
L. Thompson, No. let and 153• River street, Troy
New Tork. and none other can be genuine.
The proprietor has been compelled to make this
change in the style of the wrapper, owing to the large
quantity of counterfeit which for the past few years
has been palmed open the community, sad especially
at thie went. .
Parebasers are particularly requested to Loy none
bur the above described, and as the red label hereto
fore mad has been called in, any round in that form
the proprietor does not bestime to pronounce counter
feit.
For sale by an the inspectable druggists in the
'United States end Canada. [Pep 20, IeSS.
Si
table .eillibits .the.compoeitioeet-ttie
torsll,Callege,oponitbe nte ojAw.hjek4 4 4 ),. . z
be decided the next PreaidenVetitintl
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Alabama,,
Louisiana;, _ Mississ, 'S
'Arkansas; ± ,- 2
Tennessee, 10
Kentucky, 10
Missouri, -
(Florida, 1
Texas,
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Vermont, 3
Massachusetts, 11
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Zonneotionc , - 4
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New Jersey, - . - - - 5
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"Cita MARTIN.—An exchange notices as a
singular fact which-has no doubt struck the
attention of many, that the common Martin
bird which has heretofore made its appear
ance here about equinox, •has this year failed
to visit us. We have not, to our knowledge,
seen or heard one of thorn yet, either in the
city or its vicinity. We feel their absence
very sensibly, for nothing used to be more
pleasing to our ears than the lively notes of
those cheerful and familiar birds, especially
in the early hours of the morning. We
wonder what has become of themr— Wheel
ing Times.
117 - OLD SORES, ULCERS, and all eruption( and
diseases arising from an impure or depraved state of
the blood. See the extraordinary cure of Wm. G.
Harwood, a highly respectable citizen of Richmond,
:Va.. by Carter's Span ish Mixture. lie had ulcers
and voi es of the worst description, and finally gos so
bud, he was unable to walk except on crutches. A..
few bottles of Carter's Spanish Mixtnre, the great
blood purifier, cured him, as it has cared hundreds of
others who have suffered with rheumatism, bad effects
of mercury, and pains and ulcers of the brines and
joints. See advertisement.
nr DR. SANFORD'S INVIGORATOR is recom
mended to the public, relying upon its Intrinsic excel
lence to secure it favor.
For all Bilious attacks, it may be truly and safely
relied upon as being . fully capable of removing the
diseases for which it is recommended, and for giving
tone and vigor to the general system.
Its qualities have been fully tested in a long prac
tice, by the proprietor. Through the urgent solicita
tions of many, who have used and been benefined by
it, the proprietor has been induced to place it before
the public. For all Bilious Derangement., Sick
Headache, Chronic Dinalima, Habitual Costiveness,
Bilious Colic, Dyspepsia, Pain in the Stomach and
Bowels, General Debility, Female Weakness, &e.
For sale by druggists generally, and by Sam'l Fil
bert, Columbia, Pa , mull A. 'Wolf, Wrightsville, Pa.
Dyott & Sons, general agents, Philadelphia., and also
by Sanford & Co ,'J. Y.
May 3,1856-1 y
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a faded or sallow complexion.
If you would hove the roses brought book to your
cheek, a eilear, healthy and transparent skin. and life
and vigor infused through the system, get a bottle of
Ca steep Spanish Mixture and take it according to di
rections. It• does not taste 'quite as well as your
sweet-meats; but if. after a tew doses- you do not find
your health and beauty reviving, yourstep elastic and
vigorous. the whole system refreshed and invigorated
like a Spring morning, then your case is hopeless; and
all the valuable certificatexwe possess, gotor nought.
It is the greatest purifier of the blood known; is
perfectly harmless, and at the name time powerfully
efficacious.
Sec advertisement.
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ID - DA I.I.EV'S GENUINE PAIN EXTRACTOR
Wlii PUI/PIIIIC the pain and inflammation from the seve
reel burns or scalds, in from ono to twenty mientes-- ,
and thitt it will heal the wound without near, and ef
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Ilammntory Rheumatism—Sore and Infilmed Eyes—
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—Scald Heud—Corns and Buttions.—Erysipelus—,
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sects—Swelled and broken Breast—Sore Nipples—
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Don't be incredulous about the many diseases
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the tea-, but porinve prop erties which the Dailey
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—one to four--can reach not alone the orore•stants
tinned diseases, but many more not enumerated.
Query.—Do not regular physicians prescribe caber
met inwardly fer scores of different dt , eases.• -
Each box of genuine Dailey'. Pain Fat meter has
upon it a steel plate engraved label with the signa
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Success to the genius whose tonic we soy
Turns back to its color the hair that was gray.
From the Boston Herald.
Sonneteer° Worn, Reowtsoi—lly using Professor
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GAADINES,ItIe..Jone 22, 11355.
Prof 0. J. Wood—Dear Sir:-1 have used two bor.
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out the least fear, as my case was one of the worst
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DAN% N. bleeper. .
Memento), 111 ass., Jan. 12,1855.
Prof. Wooil—Dear Sir:—llaviv made a trial of
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Pastor orate Orthodox Church, Brookfield.
From the Editor of the Real Estate Advertiser, 2
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Rosrox, March 20,105 d.
Prof. Wood—Dear Sir—Having become premature
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hair will be as dark as formerly. I have also bees
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ibanatir, which, before, was harsh and dry, and it has
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- Respectfully yours, D. M CRvrv.
hlns.roan. Worcester Co., Mass., Nov. VI, 10541.
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Seeing your advertisement, I was induced to give
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-010119 growth of hair, which Is now from one to two
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HZNIT GOODRICIL
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HAY* REI7OII4TIVE —in our eOlunins tadatr will h.
(Mind Prof. Wood's anverusememt of the above article
to which we call attention. What it has done. we
have witnessed upon 'carrel of oar acquaintances in
dl. Louis. Hair onee-nray met oar view, black or
browns the case might be r being the colorer aunty:
manhood; and as Bee and..glassy as silk. and that
without a ny other applleation titan the litemorativae,
Nit bag done this upon others, will it not do the same
tor any of our readers whore ..frosty pates" were
once like the "raven locks', otimeldePevrariikeehiet
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