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■ML 0 China, for the udpl’ the American
DmlCiii connection ittev. .Mr. Gutz-
PSpO-ang Ala, and others ; all religions
ceing Here mainly diffused through the
press, and the Chinese written Innguage
being intelligible, not only in China, but in
•Corea, Japan, Loochoo, and Cochin. China,
embracing, in the opinion of Dr. Morrison,
“more than one-third of the population of
the globe;” vast multitudes of the Chinese
having shown the utmost eagerness for
books—S3,ooo.
Burmah and Siam, for the use of the
Americar Baptist Mission; having in oper
ation among eighteen millions ot Burmans,
a type and stereotype foundry, four master
printers, organized bands of distributers i
pervading the rivers, towns and villages—
great eagerness among the people to read,
and many conversions bv means of tracts,
*5,000
Ceylon and the adjacent Continent—for
ten millions speaking the Tamul. In Cey
lon arc sC'Cipniasion stations: two prrs
rs; 30 native converts
might be immediately employed as distri
buters.’ Another station soon to be com
meneed at Madras—s4,soo.
The Mabrattas —about twelve millions;
three missionaries devoted chiefly to Bihlo
and Traci distribution, which, with re!i.
gious conversation and schools, are hero
among t he most promising mea ns—s3,ooo.
Sandwich Islands—three mission pres
ses, 16 to 18 native printers, 50,000 scho
lars. Only 1020 pages vet printed in Ha
waiian. Every new Tract finds about 20,-
000 renders. No where, probably, is eve
ry page issued, so likely to be appreciated
und read—s3,ooo.
Singaporo and Indian Archipelago, in
clude Mission of American Board of
dMßlssionOrs for foreign Missions at Si-
Pin. At Singapore are two presses, a stere
and founts of type in
tiainese Tfflrf Bfirgis.—
It by wutcr-craft and junks from
along all parts of South Eastern Asia, Ja
va,"Sumatra, Celebes, Borneo, the Moluc
cas, Salu and othe.r islands of the Indian
Archipelago, are estimated to contain from
30 to 50 millions—l,ooo.
Syria and Persia. —A branch of the
Mission press is removed from Malta to
Bey Hoot, and Tracts in Arabic, Greek
anil Turkish, are greatly needed.—For
110,000,000 of Mahomedans very little has
yet been done. Anew mission is about to
be established in Persia.
• Smyrna, (to which the remaining branch
pf the press late at Malta is removed, (for
Jm of Mission of American Board of Com-
for Foreign Missions in that vi
und in Greece, and ol Rev. Mi.
Kver; for/Tracts in modern Greek, I-
Bfc, Ariiionß-Turkish and other lanuua-
for Mission of Domestic and
|Breign Mission Society Protestant Epis
§B?al Church ; press located at Svra, with
Mpifeies of communication in all directions.
* A number of Scripture narratives issued—
sl,ooo.
Constantinople and Asia Minor, especi
ally for the Armenians, including the re
cent mission stations at Broosn, and Tre
-biznnd on the Black Sea; thirty Lancas
terian schools in operation with 2,000 pu
pils—sl,ooo.
Russia.—The tract friends at St. Peters
burgh say, “ We labor for 60 000,000 and
more.” A depository is opened at Mos
cow. The eagerness with which Tracts
arc purchased and received by multitudes,
not only in these cities but in distant parts
of the empire, affords abundant encourage,
menu and the call for pecuniary aid is vc-
the Lower Saxony
Society tis kbtinburg, which has
more than 30* publicatiNjs in common with
, this Society; very openings for
usefulness in Germany, Switzerland, rei- 1
thunnia, and Poland, and much opposition
from Neology—sl,ooo.
France—The Paris religions Tract So
ciety has nearly 40 publications in com
mon with the American; it labors for $32,-
000,000; the press is unrestrained; and
the eo!-j>ortngc system of circulation vetv
useful—sl,ooo.
Moravian Brethren—Tiacts and Books
are needed at numerous mission stations,
and several arc just issued or in progress
for West India and Canada—s7oo.
North American Indians, for missions of
|hc American Board of Commissioners for
* §3OO.
Ptiappropriated, for new openings, S7OO.
Total, $30,000.
Smsll as these appropriations are, com
pared with the wants of a perishing world;
und small as they are, compared with the
|iecuniary ability of our favored churches,
the Committee lieg that no Minister, or
Christian, male or female, will indulge the
•hope, that they will be duly obtained and
remitted, until the language of Christ to
her who poured on his head the box of pre
cious ointment, can be applied to them
selves : .“ She hath she could.”
By a statement Treasurer, it
appears, that,wliile expo
ses of the Society,
per, printing, &o. have been—s 36,479 72.
-The total receipts, during the same pc
rW have been 0n1y—523,005 15.
■ Leaving a deficiency.(no foreign appro
vet * IC ° II ina d <T 'fh° present
and
chu renes every where wisely putting forth
their strength in those systematic efforts,
whereby Tracts are made the introduction
to prayerful personal labors for those far
from God, the accessions irom the world
would doubtless be such ns to give joy on
earth, and awaken new joy in heaven. —
The committee also nttnch unspeakable im
portance to the circulation of the
Evangelical volumes issued by the Society,
both at the South as contemplated in a res
olution at the late anniversary, and in eve
ry other portion of our land. But interes
ting as all these labors are, they cannot ex
cuse our neglect of the perishing heathen.
Who can bring himself into the immediate
presence of Christ, look to him for direc
tion, and not hear him say, “these ought
ye to hove done, and not to leave the other
undone.’’
The committee entreat the churches, not
to delay their efforts till called tin by A
gents, sent out and sustained by the Socie
ty. Qualified tnen thus to visit all the
Churches cannot lie obtained ; and if they
could, it is most desirable that our Benevo
lent Institutions be saved from the expense.
The committee have been greatly en
courngcd by the efforts of those clerical bo
dies and those individual clergymen, who
have assumed the work of presenting the
Society’s claims to churches in their own
vicinity. It is hop’d that nothing will hin
der their early prosecuting these efforts to
their-co nplcte consummation.
To nil pastors of churches which co
operate with the Society, the committee look
tC bring toe object early before their peo
ple, and obtain their contributions. To
Laymen and Ladic3 who can contribute of
their abundance—to members of congrega
-tieoft-wlwi can unite with others in contrib
uting S2O, or SSO, to constitute their pas
tors or others members or directors for life;
to officers of auxiliary or other Societies, by
whose effiirts contributions can be obtained ;
to all who love the Lord Jesus, and would
aid in sending a knowledge of him, on the
printed page, to the poor idolater—do the
Committee look for a prompt and liberal
co-operation in this work. It is a work to
be done, and must be done soon; money
must actually be raised, and not only raised
hut remitted; or the Society’s year will
close while the blessed work proposed is
unfilled.
The Committee will only add, that they
are charged with a solemn message to the
Churches—from Leang A fa, the Chines'-
convert,expressed in his own native hiero
! glyphics—from the intrepid GutzlafF-—from
Da Morrison—frocmihe Tract brethren in
Russia, and inapdin Franco —
and r,.m. ti..i,>*cd missionaries at almost ev
ery station planted bv the American church
es on heathen ground. It is a loud and
bitter cry, from servantsof God surround
ed by dead men’s bones, which God only
can revive—from laborers envelopd in a
darkness that may be felt, and which God
only can chase away—from men whose
hearts are ready to sink in view of the
blindness and obduracy of those for whom
they toil—a erv, urged and reiterated with
melting tenderness nnd entreaty: “Ask the
churches, while their hoartsnre moved, nnd
their hands are open in contributing, to pour
forth unceasing prayer, that God will shed
down his Holy Spirit on these poor idola
ters, nnd make his truth effectual to their
salvation.”
By order of the Executive Committee.
JAS. MfLNOR, Chairman.
VVm. A. llallock, Cor. Sec.
Oran Eastman, Ft*, and Fin. Sec.
New York, Sept. 20, 1834.
TBaaPBBANCB.
’ from me Am. ‘"Li ipC:™'* badiigencer.
K*9 |
Influence of a Child.
July 2nd, 1834.
Sir:—l acknowledge the receipt of ma
ny temperance papers, and the No. for
July is received. I cannot give you any
encouragement of any pay for them, more
than my grateful thanks..’ I feel that I am
engaged in a good cause in ameliorating
the condition of my fellow-men. That vou
may not think that th* 1 20 papers per month
sent here are thrown beg your
patience while I inform you in what man
ner they are received. “1 came not to
call the righteous, but sinners to repen
tance;” therefore I put your papers into
the hands of those who publicly proclaim
against the cause ; I use the mildest means
possible. One man, A. G. who said in
March last that a temperance paper should
not be rend in his house, and refused to let
mo leave one’with his child, now regular
ly sends that same child, Saturday, after
thearrival of the mail, for the temperance
paper. This man has much influence, and
many bend the same way he.does. Anoth
er, who said if I sent him another tempe
rance paper he would kick me fitly rods, by
mild argument, has become an able advo
cate, nnd says he was in an error, and
daily exhorts his neighbors to adopt total
abstinence. A man of a decent properly,
who ns otlen ns two or three times a year
had what he called a “train,” nnd spent of
his and his families earnings from 30 to
60 dollars at a “train,” which usually last
ed him seven or eight days, was converted
in the following manner: I have hut one
child, and she a girl nearly five years old.
Thechild could read well when four years
me a Tempe ranee Alnia nc
girl was much tnkrjn
Kll K ’ and learned all tlirij
|g -Isis a very tight*
sunk
short of five years ofi, reJbrjnedlm^^WH
took the Almanac, 4 noon; when h##as
dinner, and explained in afclgar
mamier the cuts, from the infant Jmthe
man on the gallows, asking from iffime to
time, was he not a naughty mail! The
man is 50 years old, has a reaiectable
family ; he looked on attentively,/and the
tears fell fast from his eyes; he/has not
drank a drop since, and I presume he nev
er will. He now says to me, that the elo
quence of Cicero, Demosthenes, or Web
ster, could not have effected his heart as
did the argument of this child; lie is now
happy in his family, nnd milks 18 cows,
and has many friends. There are those
who still oppose. I sent, June 30, your
No. for July, to a Mr. H. He wrote the
most menacing and insulting message
round the margin, and scut his boy back
with it. This does not deter me; lie must,
lie shall yet boa tempera!?’ mail. This
inau drinks hard ; I have overcome hard
er cases than he. The papers you send,
i make the best use of possible, put*ng
them into the hands of moderate drinkers
and those who have so long cried “Church
and State.” Though a great change has
taken place here, yet much remains to be.
done; we cannot stop here; the rnergv,
the vigilance, all rests on me. The many
are willing to be temperate, yet they will
not assist me in making others temperate.
If you think proper, you can send your
Almanac, for 1835; and I will make’ the
.same use of it as that for 1834. It shall
circulate from house to hCusA. It is now’
unpopular here to say any thing in opposi
tion to temperance. This is anew settle
ment, nnd the inhabitants poor ; first set
tlement made in 1832. We now have
our barns put up without spirits, but some
few will nut go to a temperance raising.
Ifany o*'the above, after passing under
your editorial hammer, be used in anv of
your papers, no names must be mentinoed.
because we should avoid giving offence
where we can. Yours,
A RL.V'KSMitH,
To the Editor of] the Temperance Recorder:
At a protracted meeting, lately held in
the church where I meet with the people of
God, a clergyman introduced a criticism
on two words, sober and devout , in the Bib
verse of the 6th chap, of the First Epistle I
of Peter, made by I>. Adam Clarke.—
Being very much interested in the criti
cism, as presenting important truth in a
new and- impressive manner, I thought it
might be instrumental .of promoting thfo
benevolent cause in whieh vou Hrc engag
ed, and the cause of roligiomjpte' vp 'he
criticism, -as i( is Clarkrvs
Commentary, TTfi a lew ajßitional re
marks to the public, in
“Seeking whom he mnyVkiour; tina
katapie, “whorli he may gutphMown.” If
is not “every one” that he enk “Rwnllow
down,” those who are “sober r*d vigilant”
are proof against him, those he “mav not
swallow dojvn ;” those a ho ure “drunken”
with the cares of this world, tie.. and are
“unwatchful,” these he “may swallow
down.” There is a beauty in this verse.,
and a striking opposition between the “-first”
and “last words,” which I think has not
been noticed. “Be sober,” nepsate, from
ne, not, and piein, “to drink; do not
drink,” do not swallow down; and the
word katapie, Irom kata, “down,” and
piein, to “drink.” Il you swallow strong
drink down, the devil will swallow you
down. Hear this! ye drunkards, topers,
and tipplers, or by whatsoever name you
are known in society, fob
low-sinners. Strong tjrink is not only the
way to the devil, hut the devil’s wav into
you ; nnd “ye” are such ns the devil “par
ticularly may swallow down.”
Clarke's Commentary in Loco.
Now, .‘f drinking intoxicating liquors
“is not oniy tne j IO •he devil, but the i
devil’s way into’’ men, and scripture and
Inct both establish this position, then distil
leries, stores, and taverns, w here “strong
drink” is sold, for rxhilernting purposes,
and grog shops, tire Satan’s auxiliaries, the
places where the devil enters into men, nnd
where men ore prepared for the agonies
of the “second death;” those houses nre
the wav to hell, going down ta the cham
bers of death : and many men/respectnble
in society, yea,even Christians, elders, and
deacons, who drink or manufacture in
toxicating liquors, nre co-workers with their
“adversary the devil,” and, actually aid
him in the (earful work of destroying souls.
Let such men, in view of the judgment, in
quire, and especially let professing Chris
tians, and particularly elders and deacons,
who drink, vend, or make “strong drink,”
inquire whether their judge in the great
day of decision, will say to them, “ Well
done good and faithful servant.”
* A COLD WATER MAN.
From the Family Tern. Almanac.
X Change Indeed.
A gentleman, who had been absent from
this country for several years, in the Pacific
Ocean, returned to his native land a few’
months since, and Jeff the vessel, in whichbp,
was a passenger at Tarpaulin Cove, a sjffiTH
harbor on the western side of the VvfieyariJ
Sennd. He stopped at a pObfiftJuJuS?* until
an opportunity offered of gettino-Tcom%y ance
to New-Bed ford; and allhoii'rh lie warf a mln
who had been through life strictly / e jf l P erat *
in.his habits, yet he had not adopted/ 18 P r,n ;
ciple of entire abstinence, and was jJ* lo ™ l ’ l ,
the progress of the temperance re(jff m 1,1 115
native country. The afternoon hf‘ n ? “T”
what damp and chilly, when lie noh 1 0<i tl j e
mn, he asked the landlord for a -i-* 0; bEand j
,#nd water. W
...
.HkWstbs’landlord, “that I v in-
But 1 iiaye -■>■_ brandy
will’answer rfs well.”
Slut I have no ardent spirits of any kind
fhnU'p “
spirit*!” exclaimed the travel
ler wnb amazement. “A tavern without ar
dent spirits! I should as soon expect to see a
ship without a rudrier.”
“This, sir, is a Tempebance House.”
“ A Temperance House! What's that! I
have been absent for several years. lam sure
there were no Temperance Houses when I
left the country.”
“ No, sir, they have only been introduced
within a short ume; but the friends of tem
perance, aware of the injurious effects which
the traffic in, and the free use of, ardent spir
its, creates in the moral aud physical condi
tion of man, have formed societies, where ttie
members are pledged to total abstinence from
spirituous liquors. These societies aie rapid
ly increasing, and you will now hardly find an
individual, who has any respect for himself, or
regard to the interest* of his fellow creatures,
who is not an advocate for the principles of to
tal abstinence; anil thus Temperance Stores
and Temperance Taverns, to accommodate
tempertue men, are springing up in all parts
ot the country.”
“ 1 was not aware of this before,” said the
traveller. “1 consider it joyful news; and!
from tile bottom of my heart, I honor those in
dividuals who have been inst rumental in effect
ing such a change in public sentiment. I con- i
gratuiate iny country on. the progress of tne.
temperance reform.”
lie arrived at*New-BeJford, and supped at!
a well-furnished and orderly hotel, to take;
passage in a stage for Boston, lie saw no !
toddy-slicks in the bar-rooir., ;
nor wecafois olfactory nervesoperalej upon uy i
the vile effluvia of spirituous tumors. While;
he w mi the moral change winch i
imd within a tew short years, he
saw a poor miserable looking wretch, with a
coal, and an unsteady
step. bar, and with a faltering
voice ask for a uiasWot whiskey punch.
“ to apply elsewhere,” said
This is a Temperance House.”
“A Temperance House!” muttered the po
verty stricken votary of Alcohol, as he bout
his steps towards the uoor. “ Another Tem
perance House ! Tnen it will not do for me.
’£liese Temperance Taverns are a great, and, j
-I.regret to say it, and increasing evil. It will
not be long before it will be impossible for a
poor follow like myself, and who is a stickler
for ‘liberal principles,’ to procure a drop of
‘good Injucr for love or money.”
The traveller left New-BodforU for Boston.
On the way, when the stage-coach stopped at
a certain house to cliuuge horses, u young
buck, who rode outside, asked the driver to
Lake a glass of something to drink.
“I am a member of a Tem|X'rance Society ,”
said the driver. “ I nave s.gned the pledge of
total abstinence.”
“ Well l w ill take something by myself,
then,” said the young man.
“There are two words to that barxiiTi, my
good fellow,” said tbe landlord. “This is a
Temperance House.”
Our traveller arrived safe in B iston, and put
up at Kiiburn’s Coffee House.
■ ■ ‘■
John Wes'eyon Spirituous Liqu rs —“ Ail
who sell Spirituous I. quors in the,,Common
way, are •’jnoi'.il poisoner*. They murder
his Majesty's subjects by\v!iol.'sale, neither
does their eye pity orapare. They drive them
to hell like sheep. And what is their gain;
is it not the blood of these men ! Who tnen,
would envy their large estates ami sumptuous
palaces I A curse is in the midst of them;
the curse of Go l cleaves to the stones, the
timber, the furniture of them. The curse of
God is in their gardens, their walks, their
groves, a fire that burns to the nethermost
hell. Blood! Blood is theirs; the foundation,
the floor, the walls, the roof is stained with
blood. And canst thou hope, O. thou man of
blood, though thou art “clothed in scarlet nnd
fins linen, and furost sumptuously every day,”
canst thou hope to deliver down the fields of
b.ood to the third generation. Nut so, for
there is a God in Heaven, therefore thy name
shall be blotted out. Like as those whom thou
hast destroyed, body and soul, thy memorial
shall perish with thee.” Again he says—
“ none can gain by swallowing up his neigh
bors’ substance without gaining'the damna
tion of Hell.” Thus did this in;S| of God pro
claim the truth, in giving his testqnony against
the distillation and sale of ties “ liquid fire.”
Pleasing since,
i there was a worried Iff *his state, w hose hus
band and two oY ills brothers were internoer
-ate—all residing in house—misery
enough, one would one small
house. And yet aid not like
temperance societies. Spending a day at the
house of her minister, an ardent end success
ful advocate of she took occa
sion to give and wound
up her remarks by saying, she did not think
she should ever join the tempjytartS,; society.
Well, dear madam, rephgd*tne minister, who
was one ofthose uujffctterieiable men who can
speak plainly .without giving offence; —well,
ilear madam, if you wish your husband to re
main a drunkard, hold on. If you waut that
little son shouid grow up to be a drunkard.
hold on. If you want your misery and
wretchedness should continue till you die.
HOLD ON. Here the conversation dropped.
In the course of the day, the women said to
someone in the family, 1 wonder if Kider
B lias the constitution of the temperance
society; f want to sign it. lain convinced.
To cut the story short, this woman, her hus
band, and the two orothers are now members
of.the temperance society.— Maine paper.
Popular Poison. —When pure ardent
spirits are taken into the stomach, they
cause irritation, which is evidenced by
Varmiji and pain experienced in that or
gan and next, inffntnntiori of the delicate
jloats ofthis part, and sometimes gangrenes.
—they act in the same manner as poisons.
Besides the local injury they produce, they
act on the nerves oft he stomach, which run
to the brain, and if taken in large quanti
ties, cause insensibility, stupor, irregular
convulsive action, difficulty of breathing',
profound sleep, and often sudden death.—
The liabitual use of ardent spirits
slow inflamation of the stomach nnd livCr,
whieh proceeds steadily, but is often undis
covered, till too late for relief. —London
Med. Sun Journal. *
is rami ARY.
The Aborigines of Van Dicmans Land.
—Of all beings wearing the human form,
these are perhaps the -most debased and
barbarous. Their complexion is jet black,
their hair coarse and woolly, their features
flat, disagreeable, almost hideous. They j
go perfectly naked, and live entirely in the
woods, with no other habitation than a
Itollow tree or nt least miserable’
hut rudely constructed of sticks and bark.
Their mind is’as dark and debascdTas their
bodies. Their manners and habits are
characterised by the low instinctive crafii
ness and cunning, the exercise of which is
alone adapted to their precarious und pre
datory mode of existence. With the cun
ning of a fox they combine the active fe
rocity of the Oger; and as the wild anim
als of their country resemble none other
in the known world, so do they differ from
all human beings hitherto discovered by
the restless spirit of enterprise. In a word,
thoy possess in a remarkable degree, the
highest attributes of brute instinct, render
ed more powerful nnd pernicious by thg
perverted glimmering of reason with wjnch
even the lowest in the scale of •humanity
are to a certain extent endowed.-1-'-West
minster Review. _
Thejiirst Circulating Lihrantl—Pam
! philus was a presbyter of CesaroaVjn the
[ latter part of flic third c nuu y. /He wwf
i ol an eminent fnmiU , of great vrt-nltlu. ex
rtr nsive learning, oyd was .urdenttOfPvoted
! to the scriptures- copicsof whii ffhe lent to
* some and gavp'foothers, several of ihem
having been 4*eurately transcribed with
his own hand. I(e erected a library at
Cesarea, whi*eontained 30,000 volumes.
This collection was made only for (lie pro
motion.of religion, nnd to lend ogk to reli
giously disposedprtople. Jerome, pa rtieu
larlv nienfiuT!- his collecting hmslls for the
I purpose oPlendiugfhcm to be read. VtTliis”
says I>r. AdsyriT/larke, “is, if I
not the we have ofa circulating’;
library.” some traces ofthis Hhrttrv re-
I main so this day, at Paris and td^prffierc.
A New Invention. —The Taujop# Majj
; .sachusetts, Whig, spates that a gentlurffm
jin Boston, who oivris a
ial establishment,"fins diAeoverede neWspe
i cies of fire, u inch yiinduces a most intense
heat. It is produced by the mixture us tar’
and water. With this kind of fuel a'Stenm
boat can pass the Atlantic, with the great
est safety. The discoverer declares he rail
carry a steamboat irom Providence to New
York by using this fuel, for five dodars.—
It is said ihat the invention of tie coitoti
gin doubled the value ofevfrv acre of land
in the southern states, and we are of opin
ion that the discovery above mentioned,
will double the value of the steam engine.
!• will befowpcaialfy important to the en
gines which a re-employed upon rail roads,
and will remove one of the greatest obsta
cles so theg neral use of locomotives upon
our common roads.
Cholera intelligence. —The Savannah
Board oi Health, on the 27th alt. at 1 o’,
clock, P. M. reported 2 deaths (whites) by
Malignant Cholera, and 3 new cases (2 col
ored & 1 white) for the previous 24 hours.
On the2Bih ult. they reported 1 case (w hite)
and two deaths, the two cases ol blacks re
ported the day before. On the 29rh ult.
they reported two new cases both Macks,
and one death the case of the White man
reported the day before, with two other
deaths, both blacks since their last previ
ous report.
“ Savannah , September 30.
“1 have to report 15 new cases since
my last letter to you. Os those treated no
deaths. Three Intis died without treat
ment. The following are the circumstan
ces of their deaths, together with that of
many previous cases iqki-n after bed time,
when from the fatigue of the Nurses, the
ahscence of the Overseer from the Negro
houses, and the singular aversion on the.
part of all to make known their illness,*
they were by morning found hevond the
possible action of medicine. The disease
is nevertheless abating at Drakie’s nnd on
the Plantations where I attend. No deaths
at Rose’s,. Wallace’s or Shaw’s, since I
wrote you last.”
We are happy to learn (-ays the N. Y.
Daily advertiser of Saturday last,) that
tile Cholera has nearly disappeared in our
city. Yesterday there were only six pa
tients left iu the Duane st. Hospital, aud
these all convalescent. It is believed, from
present appearances, that-the building will
ba finally closed in the course o! next week.
‘(Thirty-five or forty cases of cholera
morbus (says the-B iston Transcript) oc
curred on Monday at the House of Correc
tion, at South Boston. The disease is slight i
and no patient is in danger. Similar oc- j
currences arc frequent in establishments of!
the kind, anJ excite no alarm.
There were two hundred nnd twenty
two deaths by Cholera, in the month of-Au
gust in the city of Detroit.
Shocking death —A Mrs. Brink, resi
ding near Warrington, Pa., was burned to
death on her way home from a neighbor's
house, a fewday ssince. Tht-fireis lieiieved
to have been coramnnicated to her cloths
hv the pipe which she was smoking.—upon
hearing hercriqs, some persons went im
mediately to her assistance, hut too Into to
save her, she being literally roasted to
death. She was the mother of a family.
‘^Brutal. —A woman named Holder, has
U?h •emmitteo to jail in Fayetteville N.
| C., charged with having flogged her son to
I p boy of about ten years of age,
■Pss®l"b£ateti him with ten or twelve sticks
•\ o! slze a tnau’s thumb.
• ’ Breath of prjjpiisc.- —An action for a
breach of promise of maWifl? alias- tfied
at the late term of the Superior Court at
Litchfield, in which the promise was fully
proved; but tho lady having lost her health,
and her suitor having waited two years for
her recovery without its taking place, was
by the court and jury exonerated.
Repqrtec. —When Anacharis was re- .
proacht'd by an Athenian of infamous
character, for being a Scythian, he said
“M v country may be a disgrace to me, but
you are a discrace toyourconntry.”
Dr. Hannah, of Washington, has inven
ted an apparatus for n moving the stone
from the bladder, Without cutting, or scarce
ly paining the patient.
THE 4 21KJVHAA L\DES.
Tuesday, October 14,1814.
‘’’ 1 ‘
From Cuv respondent.).
A beloved brother in the lower part of
South Carolina, writes a melancholy‘pic,
ture of tho ravages of that awful scourge
of the Almighty, the Cholera, the
poor blacks on the Rice on
Savannah river, nnd Ogeec-hee in Webrgia;
which however is thought, by their Over
seers’ and the Physicians in attendance,
to be much lessened in its violence, <Stc.—
He had visited these abgde> of affliction
and death, aud on viewing’ poor human
nature in its most suffering state, lie ex
claims “Oh ! how necessary it is to have
Jesus for our friend, that we may have
,conso!n;ion in the hour of death. There
is no time for preparation to m<’“! Gbd af
ter the Cholera attacks, we sbonldUr* rea
dy before we •ake it. But nlthoirgb men
are so muc h afraid of the Cholera, it has
not as ye destroyed as many as ‘■■the l.q- id
/re,” which destroys soul and body : sunt
yet how many lovt the poisonous .ft . - .hr,
ynd recemiw nd it to others, .by precept
and example. God grant that nil chris
ti-ins would <-easr entirely from tin: *ise of
inioxier.ting liquors I
“There is nutch sericu-sness manifested
among the people of my charge at this
time. May God grant a great out pour*
ing of his spirit here, that there may be a
rich harvest ol immortui yssuiils ; and that
he would revive his work of grace as far
as the foot of man has trod l Ik- earth !
“1 must eoniess myself much pleased
with the Index, It. is. a very interesting aud
valuable paper, a mill;, -
■4§j
: Ti--! /-£ . „ ;
Horn , nt! UI n . m.. u .
pro!e>sors may b- <••■!.vim • a of ‘ ***
prietv, or ashamed u, r 4 <>:
them do it—contend for tin-
of the churches against all Associations
&e.-—and that the Bible should lie the rule
o faith to every christiun,—earnestly c.m
tend for the faith unce delivered to the
saints &c.”
At a five days meeting held in the tow n
of Beaufort, in the month of June, there
was a consideraole revival. Eight or ten
were hopefully converted, and many others
very seriously impressed. May this bo
hut the beginning of a, great harvest in
that town.
The following articles are from “An
Appeal in behalf of the Sabbath,” in the
form ot a newspaper, about to be published
in the City of New York, and devoted en
• tirely to the enforcement of tlie great duty
of keeping holy the Sabbath day.
INDIVIDUAL CHRISTIANS.
I appeal also to every individual Chris
tian, high or low, rich or poor. You stand
on an eminence—the world is gazing upon
you—the example you set will not only tell
on your ow n character nnd destiny,hut on
the character and destiny of unborn ages.
Perhaps you may think you will not lie
known as a Christian, when tVavelling frornl
home, and your influence will not lie very
deleterious. Rut
will lie known as a Christian, if you act
consistently, and if you are not known in
this character, you will, in all probability,
be known ns a hypocrite.
Trofes- rs, when travelling far from
; home, wi h ‘ittle money, an’ in the habit of
i saying, I must travel’ on the Sabbath, [
,j have a family at home, 1 fear thev are sick
! and needing my counsel and issLuinoe
But, dear friends, remember these are addi
tional reasons why yo 6 shouid not disobey
God. If you had what would buy you
earthly friends, you might think you could
do a little longer without the assistance and
friendship of God. Who is it that gives
yon your money, your friends and all your
enjoyments? you will say it is God. Then
I ask, is it wise, when your means are
slender and wlren vou need his aid the most7~
to disobey him and cast him off? It is not
wise. But it is always safe, at all times,,
nnd in all places, and under all circuit;-,
stances, to obey God; and he tells you to
“ remember the Sabbath day to keep it ho
ly.” ‘
You are bounda not only to keep the
Sabbath yourself, but to do all in your,
power to have your household and the
stranger within your gates, observe and
sanctify it. Pursue the course marked out