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COLUMBIA
DEMOCRAT
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AND BLOOMSBURG GENERAL ADVERTISER.
LEVI L. TATE, EDITOR.
"TO HOLD AND TIUMTftE TORCH OF TRUTH AND WAVE IT O'ER THE DARKENED EARTH."
TERMS: 2 00 PER ANN UM
VOL. 17. NO, 33.
BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PENN'A,, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1863,
VOLUME 27.
OF TUB KIQIITIl
I ANNUAL EXHIBITION
OF THE COLUMBIA COUNTY
AGRICULTURAL,
-ASSOGXA'TXGiar,
Willi, 'nr. IlKLD A
BL003I81S17KG, PA.,
'TffURS-DAY, FRIDAY & SATURDAY,
Oct. 1 6, 1 6, and I 7.
Class 1st. HORSES.
Ilcst pair ilrnuglit horses, 8 00
'2J ito Jo do Jo 5 00
do Jo cnrrligo horses, 8 00
2J Jo Jo Jo do 5 00
Ja Jo Jo mures, 0 00
2J do do do do 4 00
do stallion over four yenrs old, 8 00
2d do do do do 5 00
do do between two and four years old, 4 00
"2d do do do Jo do 3 09
do brood mnro with colt nt licr siilo, both
owned by exhibitor, 0 CO
SM-do uo Jo Jo 4 CO
Jo elnglo Muringo horso, 4 00
2d do Jo Jn Jo 2 00
Jo Jo do mnro, 3 09
do gelding colt between 2 nnd 3 years, 4 00
Jo tnnro Jo Jo Jo Jo 3 00
do liorso -do -do 1 nnd 2 do -8 00
do mnro do do do do 2 00
do -horso or mnro colt under 10 montlu, 3 00
2d do do Jo do do 'do 2 00
'IxbUiltors under this class will hnvo thoir
lwrsci on tho ground by HI o'clock on Friday
'morning, at which tlmo tho judges will examine
'tllCIIl.
Julians AbncrTVelsh, Ornngo j-tTohn D, Quiet,
Muiitnur; Clinton Monilenhiill, Franklin i Chut.
Kel!,lloaringcrcck,iinll Freeso Fowler, Uriarcrouk.
Glasstd. CATTLE.
ntiniiAM STOCK.
ltcft 73ull thrco years old and upwnrds,
2d Jo Jo Jo do ' Jo do
00
0i
0(1
1)0
no
(III
00
(IU
do
2d Jo
Jo
2d do
do
2d do
do
2d Jo
Jo
Jo
2.1 Jo
Jo between tw( nnd thrco years,
do Jo Jo do
do between nnu and two years,
do do do do
bull calf under ten months,
-lo Jo. do
heifer or cow between 2 nnd 3 years, 3 IMI
do Jo Jo Jo
J. (Ml
1 (HI
8 (HI
8 !0H
Jo celt" under -ten months old,
cow,
Jo
JHIVOM STOCK.
Uest bull tlreo years old and upwards,
no
2d do
do
lo do do
oo
do
2d do
do
2d do
do
2d do
do
do
do
do
do
between two and thrco years,
Jo Jo Jo
Jo one nud two yenrs,
oo
oo
00 1
do fio do
calf 'Under ten months,
do do
2 oo ,
2 00
1 00 I
3 on
2 01) I
1 00 i
5 ill) I
8 00
do
do heifer or cow between 2 nnd 3 years ,
2d Jo Jo lo do do
Jo do calf under tcu months,
do cow,
'2d do Jo
ciiiahw stock.
"ci'tWl thrco years old and uprrard?,
2d du do do Jo
5 00
3 Oil
3 00
2 00
C 'M
Jo
do between two or thrco
do do do
Jo Jo ono and two years,
do Jo Jo
Jo calf under 10 monthr,
do Jo Jo
2d do
do
2d do
do
I'd .lo
50
50
Ul)
Jn heifer or'cow botveijn 2 and S years,
III)
2d do Jo Jo Jo Jo
Jo Jo calf under ten months,
Jo cow,
2d do do
nativi; stoc'!:.
Rest bull two years old nnd upwards,
'2d do do do do
Jo Jo between one nnd two years,
2d do do du do
Jo Jo calf unJor ten months,
2d Jo Jo do tlo
2d Jo cow,
Jo Jo
Si Jo heifer or cow between 2 and 3 years,
Oo Jo Jo Jo . Jo
Jo Jo calf under ten months,
.it)
Oil
00
00
4 00
2 00
2 00
1 50
1 50
1 U0
4 00
2 00
1 50
1 50
1 00
om:n ami sti:kiis.
Uest oxen ownul and worked by exhibit ir,5 00
2d do do do do do ' 3 00
do steers bctnoon hvo and thrco years, 4 00
2d do do do do do 2 00
The Judges to exfmino enttlo will bo ready by
10 o'clock an Friday morning. Exhibitors must
liavo thoir stock ready to roceivo them.
Jumics John Zanor.Contro-j 1'cttibone,
Orange-; llcnrv HoU'mshcad, Calawissa ; Wm.
Howell, Mt. Pleasant, nnd John lict, Hemlock.
ii... .i i nil' ,t 7i
VMSS oil. O It WJU.
Best boar of any brooS.
2d do Jo Jo
'Jo breed sow,
fld do do do
"do lot .pigs, 3 or more, under S wooks
2d do do do So do
do display of fat hogs, 2 or mor",
2d do do do Jo
do lot of stock hogs, four or more,
2d do do do do
3 DO
2 DO
3 00
'2 00
2 '00
1 00
3 00
2 00
3 00
2 00
J odoes Conrad Uittcnbcndcr, Dlosm ; Joseph
Marti, Catawissa.and John M. Barton, Hemlock.
Class 4th. SHEEP.
Best blooded buck, 3 00
2d do Jo do 2 00
3d do Jo do 1 00
do nativo do 3 00
2d Jo do do 1 00
do blooded cwo, 3 00
Jo nativo do 2 00
Junons Douglas Hughes, Bloom ; Jos. Mou
tcr, Montour, and Francis Evans, Briarcrook.
Class 5th. POULTRY.
Best nnd largest display of poultry, 3
id do do do Jo 2
do pair chickens, any breed, malo & tern. 1
do do turkcys.any breod,malo .t femalo, 1
2d do do do do do
do do gecsc.any breed, malo A femalo, 1
2d do do do do do
do do ducks do do I
Jo anJ largest d'replay of tamo pigeons,
JunaKS Sylvester Vursell, Hemlock Dr,
M, Uoo.Oreenwood, and Silas F.dgar, Scott.
Class m.GHAJX AXJ) SEEDS.
Best half bushel elovor seed. 2
2d do do Jo do 1
do 'do do timothy seed,
2d do do do do
Jo bushel red wheat,
do do white wheat,
Jo do live.
1
2
2
do half bushel gourd seed cert,
do Jo do yellow do
Jo Jo Jo smoked Jo
ilo samplo swcot corn, six cart,
do bushel oats,
Jo half bushel ilax-scod,
do bushel buckwheat,
JunoBS James Masters, Vine j Amos V.
tcr, Madison, and Solomon Shuman. Malno.
nt.AHa Tvl'.nilTAIILUS.
Kcs.
ISest buthcl Mercer Potatoes CJ 0B
" IV Incn Albert potatoes I Wl
' Field Turnips 0
" " Itutu Uagas 1 0
I:
Meets
Bwectrotatocs
Onions
l'nm.ld 50
" t " Tomatoes -jo
" 0 Sugar lleeti ?"
3 lll'Hil. I'nMmon 50
" G Parsnip 50
" 8 t.I,lma Ucain 50
" Sot. Soup " 50
MCnr.l
' 0 Field Pumpkins 50
l.arcest Sweet l'limnkln -0
Judgta Andrew Freus, Centre j Eli Mcnuctlhau,
(teuton; and Jackson Tli"inat, Madison,
class s-iioushuoi.'t) manutai:tuiii:s.
Pent 10 yards flanntl m idu on Imuil loom SI 00
?,"' '!! " . . . " SO
WOOICH ciom
" in cariict
2nd 10
Ilcst 10 yard plains linen
" IU diaper
" knit woolen nlocklngs
" " iiilltcns
" liomc-inadc ehlrt
" sllkiullt
" cotton quilt
1 (HI
1 It)
5(1
1 III)
1 0(1
40
so
1 00
i oo ,
l no
so.
1 on
will
pair woollen blankets
lin
incn tliccts r.n
Judges-. H. Woods, Ocanao ; .Mrs. Aaron Boon, I
Scott : and Airs. W Ins II etorlck. Montour.
Imm.t.lltn.ln tnlil.. lnl ..
clash n-DOMcario manu rACTunca
JIcbI loaf of bread r.n
pound cake r.n f
' Ringer cako jn
" sample iirescrves so
" fruit Jelly r0
" toindtn preserves so
" cucumber pickles SO
' pickles of any kind 50
' apple butter 50
" pi nch butter 50
" plumb butter 511
'" preserved peaches .10
' cured bnm SO
" roll butter, not less than three pounds I (HI
2nd " " " so
llcst sample yeast 50
' npple pie SO
" sample snusnco 50
Judge Win. Shncniaker, Hemlock ! Mrs Hnthlas
S. Apploinan, llrinlork i and Mrs. II. 11 Kline, Orange.
CLASS 10-FANCY AIITICLLS.
Dcst knit quilt SI "1
2nd " . SO
Host knit snnlag SO
' " iitiliiu SO
" " l'ollsli boots 60
" " woolen undcrslccvcs 50
' large nfglian 1 00
" small " S
" Tidy I 00
5d ' . 50
" knit shawl 1 00
" " liood 50
" Infant sncino 50
' worslred eiubroidury 50
" critton SO
"sctlng'cdllar I 00
" pociini'iiteting 50
'" small articles in knitting 50
" worried nnd cotton mats
" specimen bead work
' " r lu ll work
" " bur "
" ' leather '
" " MiaU '"
" " wax "
" " pi'iimaurhip
"colluctlonof dnlilii
" '" nrtifelalTinWers
' " lioinu lil.intK-iii bloom
' " diieil grusres
' lnrgi'st variety of 'Mow dm
" ramplij iii'at rew ing
" nttoniau (tr thalr rover
" i!rivving or painting
lMpii't of tlowers
" ltnl ying ti.isket
'" Inncy pin curlllan
Judrs r. (Jen. W. I.olt, Orancc : Alr
SO
50
I 110
'I 00
1 00
' 00
1 00
50
.111
so
50
51)
50
50
1 00
1 0,)
su
so
50
ri. mc-
. W
Ui'vnoids, Ih'iulork: Mrs. Isaac f. Monroe. CatawM
sa ; Airs. S. V. Iloon, llloom; and Airs, John Conner,
Jr., Centre.
O' ASS 11-n.OUR.
I!cit stmple wheat Ibmr S3 00
bncuwli-al ilnur a 00
" ryo " 2 00
Judges Win. R.'ers, Mt, Pleasant; Joshua Men-ili'uli.-ill,
rrauklin: and Jam" I'n'cr.'i. Illoom.
CI.AS-. l-J-STOVUS .v TIN-WAUU.
Uest cooking' rtuvc with furuituru 00
" .parlor itno - 00
' v irloty Hi: ware B 00
i ,nr.Vcv AIa)lierry Ilnehfs. Catawhsa ; William
tchuyler. Orango; and Joseph Long, Greenwood.
CLASS 1 1 AtiRICCIl CHU IAll'LCMDN'TS.
Hot plow of nny paltern S3 CC
I "'tlircsliiug madiiiiu - W
I '' horse rake I 00
I " lime spreader 1 00
I port.'ililu cider mill and press 1 C
" washing machlna 1 00
farm wagon 2 0(1
, ' w lioelbarrow 50
, " .-led 50
1 ' Itollor 50
I " clnllies wringer I "0
' ' clover IiiiIIit 1 00
Judges John OHtcrick, Hsq, Montour; Patterson
.V. Monro, Hemlock ; and IMlis Cvcs, Greeuwood.
CLASS 11 WAGON'S & CARRIAGES.
Ilcrl top buggy S'2 00
open 11 2 00
" two horse carriano 2 Oil
" rli'iah 2 00
" sulky 2 00
Judgti, r.li.is Deitcrick, Montour township. Dr. J.
A Wilson, llerwick, nnd J- O. Wintcrsloeii, MitHiu
twiiship.
CLASS iSDICNnSTRV, ka.
Bt!-t et Ar'ificiiil leeih
00
01
50
00
do Sowmu Mut'lima
do Sample titiilding brick
do I.l Ki'rilitMiwiire.
Judges. Dr. Simoi: Cotner, Madison; Dr.
rcior II. Freezn, lllnnm, S. I.. Ilelilo, Seotl.
CI.AS 1G UKST BKK HIVES.
Ee-t Bhh Hive 1 00
do Swurm Hep" 1 00
do SatnpUi Honey 51b 1 00
JinlL'e Hiram J. Header, Franklin, Dan
iel Nijdcr, lituotn ; Itcuben Bombuy, Hum-
"YlASS 17 WINUSAND LIQUORS.
Be-l Q'lart Current U'ino 1
do Blackberry 1
do tlo (ir.ipo 1
do do Chrrry 1
do do It) a Whiskey 1
do lo Cider Vinua'ir 1
Judges A Madi-on, Bloom ; S. 15 Bow
man, Berwick; 11. A Smith, Madison; Win
T. Shtiman, CatavvKsa.
cuss i9.-Fnurr.
Best
t Bushel winier applos
i do Full do
i do Siandard peats
u" Dwarf poars
Sample dried apples
do Peaches
do Cherries
do
(to
do
do
do
do
Jndaos Thos. 1. Wolevcr, Ml rleasani;
John Smith, Madison ; Frank Shuman Bea
ver.
CLASS 20. TRIAL OF HORSES.
SPORTING LIST
FIRST Tiior.
Best trotlinii mare, horse or gelding.
lime not o or 3 minutes S50 00
SECOND TROT.
Best troiiiim mure, horso or cldin",
lime not over 3-4 P &I0 00
FAItaiHItS LIST.
FIRST TROT.
Best trolling mare, horse or s'lding S10 00
SECOND TROI'.
BeHtroitum Miore horr-o or gilding f 00
iuy perron cornpclius for the S50 00
premium mud pay So 00 ul tho Stand bu
lore siarliiiL'.
Jutljies Casper Rahn, Caliawisso," John
Fruit, J'CTi-eytown; S. L. Beiile, Light Struei.
No licence will be granicd lo stands thai
t.ell spirituous or malt liquors,
Juilues appointed to 5Ximino (he JiiTer-
ent clat-ser will oiiiiler a favor on Ills Ao-
eialion by oallint! at the aecreiury'H oflico
eaily on I'rulay tuoriiiiig aim ooium tlieir
iiislruclioiirt.
'l'ickeln lo iho air ccn bo oblained of A
J. Sloan. Klia Meiidenhall, J. J. Browor.
H. C. & I. W. Harlmans, Lloyd Sharpless,
S. 11. Miller, Blooinnburg Iron Co., Mo
Kelvy Neal & Co., A. J. Evans, and Rook
Store.
J I. IKLER, President.
I,. B. RurKRT, Secrelary.
Bloomsburg, Sept. 30, 1893.
A Scorching Letter,
tllsliop 'Hopkins on lite Iicprobatcs.
A fow weeks ago, wo published a largo
part of the paraphlot of Bishop Hopkins,
on Slavery, as written and originally
published in January 1801. Sinco its
lato rc-publioation, oortain Episcopal
Clergymen of Philadelphia, with Bishop
Potter at their hoad published tho follow
. ...
ing'Tortcst"
Iliiliop Uopkius .ma tho Institution or
Slavtry.
The subscribers deeply regret that the
fact of tho cxtcusivo circulation through
this Dioceso, of a letter by "John Henry
Hopkins, Bishop of tho Dioceso of Ver
mont," in defenso of Southern slavery,
compels them to make this public protest.
It is not thoir province to mix in any po
litical canvass. Hut as ministers of Christ,
in tho Protestant Episcopal Ohuroh, it be
comes them to deny any complicity or
sympathy witli such a defence.
This attempt not only to apolgizc for
Slavery jn the abstract, but to advocato it
as it exists in tho cotton States, and in
States which sell men and women in tho
open market as their staple product, is, in
their judgment, unworthy of any servant of
Jesus Clnist, As an effort to sustain on
Uiblo principles, tho States in rebellion
against tho Government, in tho wicked at
tempt to establish by force of arms a tyr
ranny under the name of a llepublic,
whoso f'eornor-stono" shall bo tho perpet
ual bondage of tho African, it challenges
their indignant reprobation.
Vhiluklphia September, 18G3
Alonzo Potter, Goo Leeds,
John Hcdnow, -J A Childs,
ii A Washburn, Thos G Yarnall,
William butldarus, h Lounsbery,
D It Goodwin,
II M Stuhrt,
GE Hare,
M A Do W Ilowe,
W W Spear,
Jacob M Douglass,
11 S Spaclman,
P Van Pelt,
(3 D Cooper,
W F Paddock,
11 D Hall,
J D Nowlino,
B W Moms,
D S Millcn,
B T Noakcs,
It A Garden,
It O Matlack,
L W Smith,
S Applcton,
Phillips Brooks,
Dauiel AVashburn,
D O Kelloss,
K Goddard,
J L Ilcysingor,
It Newton,
Charles A Maison,
John Long,
O B Boith,
J G Maxwell,
J A Yaughan,
E S Watson,
Sam Edwards,
Joel Rudderow
'Geo A Butborrow,
K J Parvin,
A Boalty,
T S Yocum,
3 It Moore,
W J Alston,
A Elwyn,
'G M Murray,
C G L Richards,
G A Strong,
J W Robins,
Thos I J Barker,
S Twccdalo,
M A Tolman,
Gcorgo Bringhuret,
G W Shinn,
0 W Duano,
J II Uiumra,
S Hall,
G B Allinson,
J N Spear,
Jos N Mulfort,
G G Field,
L C Newman,
It C Evans,
E C Jones.
J Do W Perry,
R G Caso,
T G Clemson,
A B Atkins,
Samuel E Smith,
H Hooker,
W N Diehl
B Watson,
Chas W Quick,
T Waidcn,
II T Wells
To which
Bishop
Hopkins replies
as
follows :
TO THE RIGHT REVEREND
ALONZO POTTER, D. D.,
Bishop of tlio Dioceso of Ponna. ;
I have seen, with great amazement, a
protest against my letter on tho "Biblo
view of Slavery." signed by you and a
long list of your clergy, in which you
condemn it as Hiunwoithij as any servant
ot Jesus Christ," as "an effort to sustain,
on Bible principles, the States in rebellion
against tho Government in the wicked at
tempt to establish, by forco of arms, a ty
ranny in &e naino of a Republic, whoso
corner stone bhall bo tho perpetual bond
ago of tho African," and as such you say
that it challenges your iH)idigna?it repro.
bulion."
Now my Right Reverend brother, I am
sorry to bo obliged to charge you, not on
ly with a gross insult against your tenior,
but with tho more serious offence of a false
accusation. My letter was first published
in January, 1801, more than thrco months
before tho war began, at a tiino when no
ono could anticipato tho form of Govern
ment which tho Southern States should
adopt, or the courso whioh Congress might
tako in reference to their secession. And
when I consented to its republication, I
did not snppo3o lhat it would bo used in
tho service of any political party ,although
I had no right to complain, if it wcro so
used, becauso tho letter, onco published,
became public property. But in its pres
ent form there is nothing whatever in it
which bears on tho question ol 'rebellion,'
or of tho 'perpetual boudago of tho Afri
can,' or of a 'tycauuy under the namo of a
Republic,' of whioh slavery should bo the
"corncr-stono." On tho contrary, I re
ferred, on tho last page, to ray lecturo pub.
Hshed in Buffalo in 1800, and to my book
called ''Tho American Citizen," published
in Now York, in 1857, where "I set forth
flin enmn views nn tho subicct of slavery.
nddinor. however, a plan for its gradual
aholiHaix whenever tho South should oon
sent, and tho wholo strongth of the Gov
ernment could aid in its accomplishment."
,'Sooncr or later,1' I added, "I boliovo that
tomo mcasuro of that character must bb
adopted. But it belongs to tho slave States
themselves to tako tho load in sucli a
movement. And 'moanwhilo their legal
rights and their natural feelings must bo
respectod, if wo would hope for unity and
poaco."
With these facts before your oyes, I am
totally at a loss to imagine how even the
cxtravaganco of party 'zeal could frame
tgainst mo so bittor a denunciation. Tho
wholo object of my letter was to provo,
from the Bible, that in'thc relation of mas
ter and slave there was necessarily no sin
whatever. Tho sin, if thcro were any,
lay in the trcatm.nl of tho slavo, and not
in tho relation itself. Oi courso, it was
liable to abuse, as all human relations
must bo. But whilo it was certain that
thousands ot our Christian brethren who
held slaves woro treating them with kind
ness and justice, according to tho Apos
tles' rulo, and earnestly laboring to im
provo tho comforts and amoliorato tho
hardships of the institution, I held it to
bo a cruel and absurd charge to accuse
them as sinners against tho Divino law,
when they woro only doing what the Word
of God allows, under tho
constitution and
established codo of their country.
I do not know whether your band of'in-
dignant reprobationists ever saw my book,
published in 1857, but you read if, because
I sent jou a copy, and I havo your letter
of acknowledgment, in which, whilo you
dissented from some of my conclusions, you
did it with ihc courtesy of a Christian gen
tleman . In that letter thcro is nothing
said abcut my opinions boing ''unworthy
of any servant of Jesus Christ," and noth
ing of ''indignant reprobation." But,
tcimora mulanlur. ct nos mutamur in
Hits.
Yes ! tho times arc'indced sadly chang
ed , and you havo changed accordingly.
For many years you mot in brotho.rly
council with these Southern slaveholders.
You invited them to tho hospitalities ol
.your house, and paid them especial defcr
o:ico. The now light of Eastern Aboli
tionism had 'not yet risen within our
Ohuroh, and if you then thought as you
now think, you took excellent caro that
no man amongst your Southern friends
should know it. Moreover, your favorite
Theological Seminary, only three years
ago, was tho Virginia school at Alexan-
dria, raisod to great prosperity by Bishop
Mcadc, a slaveholder, and I am vesy suro
that nothing at variance with my Bible
view ofslavcry was taught in that institu
tion. Yes ! we may well say of you, as
of many others Quantum mutatus ab
tllo ! IIow changed is the Bishop of Penn
sylvania, in three years, from his former
course of conservatism, peace and Scriptu
ral consistency 1
But the Word of God has not changed ;
the doctrino of tho Apostles has not chang
ed ; tho Constitution of our country lias
not changed ; tho great staudards of re
ligious truth and real civil loyalty remain
just as thoy were : and I remain along
with them, notwithstanding this bitter and
unjust assault from you and your clergy.
I do not intend to imitate your lato stylo
of vituperation, for I trust that I have
learned, even when I am reviled, not to
revile again. I respect the good opinion
of your clergy, and am not aware that j
havo dono anvthinc to forfeit it. I re
spect your office, your talents, your per.
sonal character, and tho wisdom and suc
cess with which, for many years, your
Episcopate has boon conducted.
But I do not respect your departuro from
tho old and well settled rule of the Church,
and from tho Apostolic law of Christian
fairness and countcsy. I do not bclicvo
in tho modern discovery of those Eastern
philanthropists who deny tho divinity of
our Rcdocmcr, and attach no importance
to the Biblo except as it may suit them
selves. I do not bclicvo that tho vener
ated founders of our American Church
wero ignorant of tho Scriptures and blind
to tho piinciplesof Gojpel mortality. I
do not beliovo that Washington and his
compatriots, who framed our Constitution.
"Hit DUVU . .u.-..- SHU IUUIUIUII1 IUUIU IU IUU UllllUSI, Ul Illy
of slavo holders, wero tyrants and despots, slender ability, bo assured, my Right Rev
sinners against tho law of God and tho ,crcnd Brother, that I shall regret tho fact
fpnlia nf Immunity. But I do not boliovo ' rauoh ,DOro on your account than on mY
..-a j f
in tho tcaohing of tho inspired Apostlos, I
and in tho Holy Catholic (or universal)
Churoh which you and your olorgy alio
profess to boliovo. I know that tho doo-
trino of that Churoh was clear and unani
mous on tho lawfulness of slavery for
cighteon centurios together ; and on that
point I regard your "protest" and "in
dignant reprobation" as tho idlo wind that
passes by.
I wish you, therefore to bo advertised,
that.I shall publish, within a fow months
if a gracious Providence should spare my
life and faculties, a full demonstration of
tho truth "wherein I stand." And I shall
provo in that book, by tho most unques
tionable authorities, lhat slaves and slave
holders wcro in tho church from beginning;
that slavery was held to bo consistont with
Christain principlo by the Fathers and
Councils, and by all Protestant divines and
commentators, up to tho very close of the
last ccnlnry, and that this fact was uni
versal among all Churches and sects
throughout tho Christain world. 1 shall
contend that our Church, which maintains
the primitive rule of catholic consent and
abjures all novelties, is bound, by her vory
Constitution, to hold fast that only safe
and enduring rule, or abandon her Apos
tolic claims, and descend to the level of
those who are "driven about by ovcry wind
of doctrine." And I shall print your
''indignant reprobation," with its list of
tiamcs, in tho prcfaoo to 'thy book, so that
if I cannot give you famo, I may, at least,
do my part to give you notoriety.
That tho nineteenth century it a'conlu
ry of vast improvement and wonderful dis
covery in the arts:and seicucos, I grant as
willingly as any man. Hut in religious
truth or reverence for the (Bible, the age
in which wo livo is prolific in daring and
imptou3 innovation, wo navo scon pro
fessedly Cilri3tain comunitics divided and
subdivided on every side. We have seen
tho rise and spread of Univcrsalism, Mil
lerism, Pantheism, Morraonisrn and Spirit
ualism. Wc havo scon oven crar vencrablo
Mother Church of England sorely agitated
by the contagious fever of change on the
ono hand towards superstition, and on tho
other towards infidol rationalism. And
wo have heard tho increasing clamor
against tho Biblo, sometimes from tho de
votees of geological speculation, sometimes
from the bold deniers of miracles and
prophecy, and, not loast upon tho list,
from tho loud-tonguod apostles of anti
slavery. We havo marked tho orators
which cry "Down with tho Bible, if it
maintains tho lawfulness ofslavcry." Wo
havo marveled at tho senatorial eloquence
which proclaimed that ."it was high timo
to havo an anti-slavery God and an anti
slavery Biblo." Wc have hoard the Con
stitution of our country denounced as "a
covenant with doatli and hell." Wo have
heard tho boasted determination that the
Uaon shall never bo restored until its pro
visions for the protection of slavery are
utterly abolished. And what is tho result
of all this new philanthropy ? The fear
ful judgement of God has descended to
chastise these multiplied acts of rebellion
against His divine Government, and what
tho final catastropho shall bo is only
known to Him who sccth the end from the
beginuiag.
After forty .years spent in tho ministry
more than thirty of which havo passed in
tho office of a Bishop, I can look back
with humblo thankfulness to tho Giver of
all good for this, at least that all my best
labors have been directed to tho preserva
tion of tho Churoh from tho inroads of
doctrinal innovation. At my ordination I
promised ''so to minister tho doctkine
and sacraments and discipline of Christ,
as the Lord hath commanded, and as this.
Church has received the same" and cer
tain it is that "this Church" had not re
ceived tho modern doctrino of ultra-Abo
litionism at that time, us 1 trust sho never
will receive it, becauso its contrary to the
Sacred Scriptures. I also promised "with
all faithful diligenco to banish and drivo
away from tho Church all erroneous and
strange doctrines contrary to God's Word,"
and 1 made those promises in tho trim
senso which tho venerablo Bishop Whito,
my Ordainer,attachcd to them I believed
then, as ho believed, that our Southern
brcthorn committed no sin in having slaves
and that they were men of as much piety
as any ministers in our Communion. I
believed, as ho bclivcd, that tho plain pre
cepts and practico of tho Apostles sanc
tioned the institution, although as a matter
of expediency, tho timo might come when
tho South would prefer, as tho North had
dono, to employ frco labor. Tlioso prom
ises I havo kept faithfully to this day and
it, when I am drawing near to tho end ol
my career, I am to bo condemned and vil
.fld l)y y(;u aml yotir clorgV 'i)CCauso
own.
In conclusion, I havo only to say that t
fed no resentment for tho grossly insulting
stylo of yourmanifesto, Tho stability and
unity of the Churoh of God aro tho only
interests which I dosiro to secure, and I
am too old in experience to bo much
moved by tho ocoasional excess of human
infirmity. John II. Hopkins,
Bishop of tho Dioceso of Vermont.
BuitLiNUioN, Vt., Oct 5, 1870.
rITS BENEATH ME."
" I lell you it's beneath mo, and I shall
not go. 1 didn't marry you to bo mado to
sit down with nil Iho tomrfioh pooplo in
Maxworlh. My lather was an apothecary,
and I know what's duo lo myself too well
to disgrace my family ; and that's all about
il, Sam," said Anne Rogers to hor hus
band ono'venrng toward the end of tho
honoy moon.
''Bui they aro not low people," quietly
remarked Sam, as soon as his wife's volu
bility had a litllo expended itself. "Tlioy
aro honest, industrious, well mannered
folks as any in Iho wholo town."
"They are low people," retorted tho lady.
Didn't Mrs. I'crkin's mother sells nuls anJ
apples nt the corner of iho street, and was
her father anything boiler Irian a journey
men ? It's nothing because Joo wa your
fellow servant thut you want mn to demean
myself to p&oplo liku that I wonder you
haven't more proper prido than lo forgot
that you woro butler when ho was groom.
But if you havo not dignity enough bo
longing to you, I havo, and that you'll find,
Mr. Rogers."
Sam was pretty certain it was a desper
ate case, for his wife had only onco boforo
honored him with this form of address. Ho
stuck his hands, therefore, into his pockots
with a hopeless air ; but not to be beaten
without a struggle, began onco ttioto, with
a "But my dear Anns"
"But my dear Anno has got a will of her
own about some things," was the impatient
reply, "and that's one; so you can tell the
Pelkinses not 'to expect me."
Half in terror, -half in anger, her hus
band took up his hat, and hastened into the
street.
Thank God thai eyerywhero, oven in the
busiest thoroughfares of our busy towns,
the sweet freshness of tho summer evening
may bo felt by those who seek it. It seems
as a messenger, sent to smooth tho rufilled
brow of the angry and careworn, and to
bring fresh bloom into the faded cheok of
the sickly and tho sad. It is certainly our
own fault if we do not como in of a snm
mer's night happier and better than wo go
out ; and so Sam, thought as he fell the
breeze upon his forehead. Accordingly, he
had not gone far before his anger had sub
sided, and his tenderness for his wife came
back.
"I knew sho was high, before I married
Iter," he remarked to himself, "so I havo
no cause to be surprised. She's high but
then sho has a kind heart at tho bottom.
Who can tell whether I mayn't get her to
see as I do, if Iv'e only patience for a bill"
True, Sam : if you have patience you
may fairly expect il. We wish you success,
with all our hearts. Wo shall bo glad too,
if you do succeed, q a litllo advice from
you ; for, unfortunately, not a day passes
over our head bui somo good undertaking
is spoiled in the beginning, for want ol hos
ping and trying a little longer.
Will Sam's be spoiled 1 is, however, tho
question at present. 1 think not, for con
scious that he had patience, and a good
deal for his timo of life, ho quickly made
up his mind what course to adopt. Phis
was, not lo try to overturn his wife's prido
by direct allack ; bul, like a skilful general,
investing somo fortified place to sap and
undermine it at tho foundations.
Py Iho timo ho reached homo, the cloud
had passed away from Annfl'i face, and, in
a cheerful voico, sho asked if he were ready
for suppor.
During iho meal, conversation went on
briskly; and Sam took an opportunity of
remarkink that ho thought his wifo would
have a visitor in a day or twe; for ho had
heard Ilia! his old mistress and kind friontl,
Mrs, Courtenay had come back from Lon
don, and sho told him just beforo she Went
that sho would call and f-eo him as soon as
she returned.
"Well, I'm suroii's very kind, and I shall
be uncommonly pleased lo i-ee hor," said
Anno. ''I hope she will look in of an even
ing, though ; I should not liko a lady to
catch mo in my dirty trim."
"As lo dirty, lhat you never aro, Faid her
husband, turning a pleased look on the tidy
figure beside him. "1 believe," added he,
somewhat rridre drily, "that it's you she
comes to see, and nol your new gown ; but
I dare say fho wouldn't mind going up and
looking in tho drawers, if you asked hor "
Anno, who had a quick senso of the ridi
culous, was moro amused than angry at
this speech, and presently after turned tho
conversation.
Tho following ovoning wh'en Sam came
home to toa, ho hoard that Mrs. Courienay
had just called ; nnd found his wifo in ex
treme delight at tho kind and good-natured
manner of hor visitor.
'What I liked so much," said Anno ''was
her coming right up to tho lablo instead of
standing jusi in by tho door. And then 4ho
sal down on her chair there just as if sho
had boon in her own drawing-room and
talked away to mo as kind as though I
were her equal "
'' What did sho talk about?'' inquired
Sam.
"About you, mostly What a good sor
vanl you used to bo, and what a good hus
band she had thousht you'd niuko. And
ihon sho asked all ubouuuy family where
moiher lived and how many sisters I had
married, and lots of things besides. Rut It
was nol," said Anno, warming with her
subject, "i". was not so much of iho things
sho said as tlio ploasant manner sho had
with hor, and then sho shook hands so
hoartily when sho went away."
A half smile passod ovor Sam's faco, as
ho quietly remarked, "Sho did not Seem as
if sho thought It was beneath her (o come to
sco you then V
Anno mado -no roply, nnloss adoop blush
can bo considered as such; and hor husband
wisely refrained from pressing her any far
tlior. Tlii.' was WoJncsday evening. Friday
morning, at breakfast, Mrs. Rogers asked
her husband whether ho had said anything
yot to the Perkinses.
"No: 1 have not scon Joo; bnt I oxpoct
to do so this ovcitinc, and 1 must giv6 him
tin answer then. What had I bettor say 1"
"That wo will go," said his wire, without
the smallest hesitation ; and lhb;;hheband
felt himself rewarded for his forboarar.co.
Tho evening of tho visit soon camo ; and
Anno, dressod in hor wedding gown, ac
companied her husband.
To her surprize sho found Mrs. Parkin's
house, though smaller than her own, not
merely clean, but tho very picluro of com
fort. It had a most unusual luxury In this
part of tho town several nots of hhlsnmh
and fuchias in tho sitting-'toom window; nnd
the room itself was hung with variofis pen
cil drawings, tho work of tho Misses Couri
tenay, by whom thoy had beon presented
to joe on his marraigo.
In putting on her best bonnet and onuri-.
Anno had also put on her most dignified
manners. 1' or the last ihreo days sho had
beon weighing the difference of rank be
tween the daughter of a journeyman and
mat ol an-apothecary , and it was, as irh
porlant in her opinions, that this diflbrenca
should be felt in its precise degree at their
lirst meeting, as it is in tho oyes of a "sol
emn court usher lhat at somo crand cere-
monial tho precedence of an earl over a ba
ron shall be carefully observed.
lou will wonder nerhans. that (is Xnnh
was sufficiently moved-by Mrs. Coirlenay'a
example to go nt all if sho did not go in a
moro humblo spirit. Unfortunately, to manv
of us, this is no mystery. Her inborn in
visible enemy had received a sharp blow,
is true ; but it had driven him from iho
outworks into the citadel. There he look
up a stronger position than before ; and but
for God's blessing on a nature honest and
kindly in the main, il would have nonn
hard but he would once more have regain
ed the roaster .
Anne, then, went prepared to bo royally
;racious, and to patronize Mrs. Perkins, if
sho found her agreeable; but her plans
wero disconcerted, and by a very simnlo
course Mrs. Perkins was a person who
could net be patronized. Happily in most
circles hor counterpart is to be met with, so
a short description will enablo my readers
to recognize hor. When you see a woman
quietly doing her daily work, without seok
ing for excitement, content to livo and dio
unknown, if it so pleaso hor Father in hcav
on, when you see ono who feels that in
doing Iho humble duties of every day life
sue is as great, in the sight of God, as th6
conquorer in the balile.field or tho lawgiver
in tlio senalo, thero you seo one whoso
manner is full of true dicnilv and whoso
countenance beams wilh tfuo hanninos.
thon you havo the picluro of many noble
Perkins.
"What a lady sho would mako!" said
AllllO to hor hushund. ns thnv wnlL-Pil slnur.
ly home by tho light of tho moon.
t. n,i . i ...... ... ...
nai a louy sue is " no quicKly replied;?
'Vus. all ihn flnn plnthps in Ihn ,wnrl,l nm,l,l
not mako her moro so. All they could do
... 1.1 l, !.! .l i ...
wuuiu uo iu uutjj uumr jiuupiu to see it:
but it's a poor traveler that can find no placo
without a directing post."
Anno answered only by a sigh. Thero
was somothing in her heart that said "Yes"
to every word spoken by her husband , bdt
thore was al6o a strong disliko to hear tho
romark spoken.
Courago, tarn ! havo palicnco a hltlo
longer, and who knows what, with (Jod'S
biessing, you may be able to accomplish.
T- n
"Como, Johnny," cried a litllo girl of
nino years old to her broihcr, who was ap
parently a year younger, "run of now, loi
n's just five o'clock, and yon won't be bank
auain beloro tea timo, unless vou mako
haste."
"Herd's mother; I'll ak her if I mint.
Moiher, I don't liko lo go for James Strong;
may Anno go V'
"Why don't you like to go John " in
quired his mother an old friend, whom
wo havo not teen for ten long years.
"BecaiiEo ho has got such shabby clothes,
and the boys all laugh at him. And Henry
Davis said ibis morning that il was bonea'th .
us to play with him."
"Homy Davis is very wicked then," ox
claimed the litllo girl."
'Not wicked, but ho ought to bo belter
taught," said the mother. "Does hb ac
cuse James Slrong of being a thioJohnny!'
she inquired.
"No mother," said Johnny, looking at
her with somo little surprise.
"Or of boing n liar, or of using bad words''
sho asked again.
"No," said Johnny, opening his eyos
wider and wider.
'Then go and bring him hero directly.
And tell Henry Davis, tho next lime hosaya
anything, that your mother says It U not be
neath you to play with good boys, although
thoy may bb poor, and it is beneath you to
p;ij wilh bad beys,' lot ilium bo over so
rich."
Johnny ran off immediately, inspired by
his mother's word's ; nnd the father, who
had como in just in time to hoar tho last
seiiienco, stood, looking at iho picture of si
lent delight.
"Thank God for helping mo to bo palloht
with hor," ho said to himself. "Oh, what
a difference hum ion .years ago."
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