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PENFI E L D.
FRIDAY, JANUARY *6, 1844.
The inclemency of the weather the past
week, occasioned the failure of the Mails
in almost every direction. Probably the
contributions of our correspondents have
been delayed in consequence.
The same cause has, perhaps, also de
layed the return of the Editor; who will,
no doubt, be at his post previous to our
next publication.
Some persons seem to have taken up the
notion, that the advertisement on our last
page, in regard to “ The Psalmist,” is
“put in” merely to “fill out” our col
umns. To such we would say, that there
never has been an article of any kind, ad
vertisement or any thing else, inserted in
the Index merely to “ fill out” its columns.
The advertisement in question is inserted
in our paper a definite number of times, for
a stipulated sum of money.
The alteration in out form seems to meet
the general approbation of our patrons.—
Within the’ last three or four weeks, nearly
one hundred new subscribers have been ad
ded to ourTist, —and not more than one
dozen discontinuances have occured. Our
subscribers, in the present form of the pa
per, have at least one-fourth more matter
than was contained in the old form ; and we
are gratified, that they are generally pleased
with the arrangement.
We very cheerfully give place to the ad
dress of the Board of Trustees of the Co
lumbian College, and invite attention to it.
Bro. Tucker's communication shall ap-!
pear in our next.
Our attention has been frequently called
to schisms and divisions that are continual
ly springing up in the various religious de
nominations. Sects arc almost innumera
ble, and still new ones are being formed
annually. While ever one is in the mino
rity largely and subject to ridicule or per
secution, it holds together; but so soon as
it gets on independent ground, it sunders,
and the diffcient fragments fly their own
way, after fruitless efforts to demolish each
other. There is something peculiar in
that, that the parties of a divided denomi
nation are so virulent against each oilier,
and that the one most pressed upon, gene
rally stands the firmest. There has been
so much said about religious intolerance,
persecution, martyrdom, Ac. that if a sect,
no difference how heretical, claims to be
followed in this way, it has public sympa
thy in its favor and becomes prospetotts.
Facts of this kind should lead orthodox
denominations to look into the propriety of
levelling so much of their artillery at tht
religious do nnas of the day. Many here
sies spring up that could never get a hear
ing before an intelligent community, but
for tire fact that tbeir claims and preten
sions are noticed thro’ respectable sources,
which, instead of demolishing it as attempt
ed. hut lead to its examination and adoption
by lovers ol novelty.
Go into most of our religious papers, and
it is Popery first, and Popery last, and yet
Popetv is gaining ground. Should not
such course he questioned when it is evi
dent it fails of its object? It not only ex
cites to double energy on the part of the
Priesthood and the Pope, but gives all the
benefit arising from the sympathies of a
people who cannot bear to hear the cty of
persecution. Would we not do well to
sustain ourselves awhile by holding up to
the world the grounds of onr own faith and
distributing the fiuits?
Wc have received a communication from
l>ro. J. W. Jackson, giving an account of a
protracted meeting, held at Cabin Creek,
Jackson county, soon after the Sarepta As
sociation, by himself and brethren Burgess,
Human and others. The brother states
that the meeting commenced with a small
congregation, but increased in interest so
as to be protracted from Wednesday to the
Sabbath week following, —that there was
much interest manifested by the whole con
gregation, and some additions to the church:
that the church had been without a pastor
and supplied by brother Pow, a licentiate,
—that “ they have not had the Sacrament
administered but once in the yeai;” but it
is hoped, “ that this meeting was the be
ginning of better times,” &c.
There are many of our churches that
could be greatly built up by such visits,
protracted till good is done permanently.
In speaking of the converts, the brother
states that, “ one of them stated her first
awakening from reading your most excel
lent paper, the Index.” It is encouraging
to have presented in so tangible a form the
fruits of our labor, and as lightly as this
case might be held by some, who can esti
mate the worth of that one soul? And our
paper being instrumental in bringing it in,
who can estimate its value?
They had a sermon also from an anti-
Pastor during the meeting, which brother
Jackson took as ominous of a conciliating
spirit on the part of those in that section
who denominate such, “ distracted meet
ings.” Our own faith is, that protracted
meetings and revivals distract indeed; but
the subjects of distraction are usually such
as have been the nearest allied to the devil
and grogshops, and who are never worsted
by a change of mind and habits.
Rct. John L. Dagg.
We are gratified to learn, from the Ala
bama Baptist, that the University of Ala
bama, at their late Commencement, bore
honorable testimony to the.ability of our
President elect, Rev. John L. Dagg, by
conferring on him the honorary degree of
D. D. With one at the head of our Uni
versity, who is so well and extensively
known as a profound divine and an able
scholar, we anticipate large accessions to
the number of our students, as soon as it
shall be generally known that he has ac
cepted the presidency and is at his post —
both of which facts we hope to be able to
announce in the course of a few weeks.
Temperance is being propagated in the
German States, upon Father Mathews’
principles. Several Princes are imitating
his example for the dissemination of prin
ciples of sobriety. It. will be the settled
policy of every people to teach temperance
doctrines, so soon as they see that the in
variable result is, to better their condition
generally, and to make their government,
no difference what its form, more pure and
stable.
Mr. Editor: —Dear Sir, —I sec in the
Index of the sth instant, that Mr. j. W. P.
McCall, of Lowndes county, stated in a let
ter to you, that he had not paid for the In
dex for the last two years, and states his
reasons, and requested you to stop his pa
per till he could get out of his embarrassed
situation. He wishes to take the paper,
but is not able. This gentlemen I never
heard of before; but as he has embarked
in the cause of his Lord and Master, and
his church poor and cannot help him, I
think it nothing but right that the Index
should be continued to him ; I, therefore,
send you ten dollars, which will pay for
his two years arrearages and pay in ad
vance for his paper one and a half years or
more. Respectfully, Sic.
A FRIEND.
Jan. 15lh, 1844.
ICT” The above was received by’ Mail,
Post maiked “Thompson, Ga.” and dou
ble postage paid on the letter. We know
not who is the writer, but will state that we
have credited bro. McCall from Nov. 1,
1841, to Jan. 1, 1846—four years and two
months.
Madison, Jan. 15, 1844.
Dear liro. linker: —Having obtained
some funds in the State of Georgia, for the
benefit of the Am. Bap. Home Mission
Society, I wish to ask (lie favor of having
them published in your useful paper.
Augusta.—Thos. W. Freeman S3O 1,.
M.; Jesse Walton S3O L. M.; Albert Ad
ams S3O L. M.; l)r. W. II Turpin SSO, to
complete 1,. 1). of his wife Mary Ann;
David Bottom 1; Bro. Carswell 2;
1). K. Mustin 1; 11. 11. Hickman 2; Miss
Lucy B. Beal 2; D. B. Plumb 1; E.
Wimberly 5; N. K. Butler 5; Eli Mustin
2; M. M. Dye 2; Mrs. Mar.y Knight 1,
John M. Turner 2; Mrs. Martha Glover 1;
W. E. Barnes 1; J. F. Turpin 2; Prof.
Win. J. Hard 1; Mrs. Sarah Carter 1;
Mrs. Nancy Barret 1; John A. Barnes 2;
Mrs. S. E. Kerr 2; Mrs. Eliza S. Hamlin
3; Rev. Win. T. Brandy 5, 3d ins. for his
wife Mary Ann L. M.: Widow Charity
Maharry 1; Mrs. Lucy Ilitt 50 cts.; Mrs.
Farrar 50 cts.; Miss Julia Turpin 3; Mrs.
Louisa Dugas 5; colored people 0 56; two
little boys 12j; cash 10; Doctrine Bunch 5.
Public Square P. O.—Rev. Vincent R.
Thornton L. M. 30.
Penfield.—Of Absalom Janes, Esq. Tr.
of Georgia Baptist State Convention, of
Prof. Benj. Osgood Pierce 2d and 3d ins.
for his father Benjamin Pierce L. M. 10;
State Convention 41 60; Absalom Janes
Ist ins. L. D. of himself 50; Rev. B. M.
Sanders Ist ins. to constitute L. D. ;
Benjamin Brandy 5; Prof. S. P. Sanford
2d, 3d and 4th ins. on L. M. 15; Lemuel
Green 5; T. I). Martin 5; M. Barry 5; J.
G. McNorton 50 cts.; P. 15. Chandler I;
Mrs. T. D. Martin 5; Nathan Hobbs 50
cts.; Miss Mary Mell 1; Mrs. Dr. Baker
1; Dr. 11. Q. Dickinson, Crawfordville, 5;
Thomas P. Janes 2.
Madison. —Col. John 11, Walker 30 L.
M; Wm. S. Stokes 5; John Peek, Metho
dist brother, 5; Edmund Walker 5; Mrs.
Elizabeth Jones 5; Mrs. Elizabeth Gard
ner 5; Thomas J. Burney 5; Mrs. Francis
Shields 2; John Vason 5; Mrs. Susan
Walker 1; William Y. Stokes 1; T. G.
Thomason 5; G. W. Kickter 3.
Greenesboro’.—John E. Jackson 5,
Vincent Sanford 5; C. A. Davis 5; Wm.
Bickers 10; Hon. Thomas Stocks 30 L.
M.; Cynthia A. Sanford 50 cts.
Yours truly,
CYRENIIJS M. FULLER,
Agt. Am. B. //. M. S.
A Christian is like the firmament, and it
is the darkness of affliction that makes his
graces to shine. He is like those herbs
and plants that best effuse their odours
when bruised.— Jay.
Good Advice.
There is much good sense is the follow
ing, which although old, deserves to be re
peated once a year.
“If any thing in the world will make a
man feel badly, except pinching his fingers
;in the craok of a door, it is, unquestiona-
I bly, a quarrel. No man ever fails to think
less of himself after, than he did before one
—it degrades him in the eyes of others,
and, what is worse, blunts his sensibility to
disgrace on the one hand, and increases the
power of passionate irritability on the oth
er. The truth is, the more quietly and
peaceably we all get on, the better; the bet
ter for us, and the better for our neighbors.
In nine cases out of ten, the wisest course
is, if a man cheat you, quit dealing with
hint ; if he be abusive, quit his company ;
if he slander you, take care to live so that
nobody will believe him. No matter who
he is, or how he misuses you—the wisest
way isjusttolet him alone; for there is
nothing better than this cool, calm and quiet
way of dealing with the wrongs we meet
with.”
Rev. Lucius Bollcs, D. D.
This eminent servant of Jesus Christ,
venerated and beloved, has completed his
earthly career, and gone to his reward! His
death occurred on Thursday evening last,
alter an illness of several weeks. The ser
vices of his funeral were held on Monday,
at 2 o’clock, P. M., at the Charles Street
Baptist Church. A large congregation was
piesent, including nearly all the Baptist
ministers of the city and neighboring towns.
An invocation was offered, by Rev. Mr.
Hague, pastor of the Federal St Church.
The OOlh psalm was read by Rev. Mr. Ah”
derson, pastor of the First Baptist Church
in Salem. Prayer was offered by Rev.
Mr. Stow, of Baldwin Place Church. A
discourse was delivered by the Rev. Dr.
Sharp, of whose church Dr. Bolles has for
several years been a member. The Ser
vices concluded with prayer, by Re*. R.
11. Neale. J
The discourse of Dr. Sharp waarfound
ed on John 11 : 25, “Jesus wept/— The
first patt of it was a beautiful exposition of
the text, and the sentiment that indulgence
in grief and tears, when friends are separa
ted by death, is not incompatible with the
requirements of the gospel, the teachings
of Jesus or strength and manliness of char
acter.
The discourse was chiefly, however, a
delineation of the history and character of
l)r. Bolles, in the different capacities of
pastor, preacher, and Secretary of the
Board of Missions.
Dr. Bolles went to Salem soon after the
Baptists commenced holding public worship
in that town by themselves, previous to the
organization of a church. He remained
there, a most faithful and eminently suc
cessful pastoi, twenty years. He then;
left, to accept the appointment of Secreta- i
ry of the American Baptist Board of For
eign Missions, in which office he remained
until within the last year, when increasing
infirmities compelled him to resign. Few
men have accomplished more in the pasto
ral relation than did Dr. Bolles in Salem.
He is remembered with the wannest affec
tion by hundreds who sal under his minis
try, and we observed that a large delegation
from the Baptist churches of that city was
present at his funeral. lie has left among
all the circle of his acquaintance the savor
of a good name, and long time will elapse
before the memory of his virtues will pass
away. The fruits of his labors will con
tinue to the latest time. Blessed are the
dead who die in the Lord: they rest from
their labors, and their works do follow
them.— Christian Reflector Jan. 11 th.
Expense of Religious Newspapers.
Those who think of stopping a teligious
periodical, on account of the expense at
tending, should reflect on the destitution
which they will thereby bring upon their
families. Our children ought to under
stand the history of the present age. We
send them to study geography : and this is
well, because they have to live ia the
world, whose continents, rivers,
islands and waters they study. We send
them to study the history ot the past, be
cause they ought thus to be enabled tojudge
of the present. But after we have given
them this geographical and historical knowl
edge, shall we exclude from them a knowl
edge of their own times ? Shall we with
hold the vety ability to make the appropri
ate use of the knowledge they have attain
ed ? I)o you say they will get this knowl
edge from secular newspapers ? Is it bet
ter to have them obtain a knowledge of the
world, disconnected with the doetrines,
the prospects, and the affairs of the king
dom of Christ, than in connection with
them ! Is not a well-conducted religious
newspaper, bringing sanctified literature,
intelligence, religious instruction into the
bosom of the family, one of the best means
of education ?
Abridged Church Letters.
The Sarepta Association, Georgia, at
their last session, adopted a resolution rec
ommending “ to the churches and clerks of
churches generally, an abridgement of their
letters to the Association.”
It would be wise in all our associations
to adopt a similar resolution, and wiser
still, if those who are appointed to write
the letters from the churches, would follow
the advice given by the Sarepta Association.
If there is any one ptactice in our associa
tional bodies which is calculated to annoy,
and distress, and fatigue the delegates, it is
the reading of those dull, formal, four
paged letters, which are sent up from the
churches. Beginning with the creed, and
after going regularly and minutely through
all the articles of faith, then entering into
a history of its internal troubles, embracing
its financial embarrassments, Sic., Sic. —
And we have observed that in some in
stances, the more obscure and inefficient
the church, the longer the letter.
It has been suggested somewhere, and
we admire the plan, that the letters should
contain only the statistics, and that a part
of the session should be devoted to hear
ing, through the delegates from the church
es, concerning their spiritual state. Exer
cises of this character would relieve the
too frequent monotony of the meeting, and
the statements thus made would give great
er interest by far, than the reading of the
the letters, particularly when they are mis
erably written, and more miserably read.
A dull, bar!, slow, fast, stammering reader,
or what is still worse, a reader who can
scarcely be heard at twenty paces, will
spoil any letter, and cause it to appear to
the greatest possible disadvantage, howev
er interesting and important its contents.—
We have thought it would be a wise course
to appoint one person to read the letters,
rather than have them read by the delegates
themselves. We need not advert to° the
embarrassment often caused by this latter
practice, especially when they have to spell
out the words or guess at the sentences.
However, we hope the advice of the Sa
repta ’ody of Baptists will be appreciated
by those lor whom it was intended, and
that the modest hint we have thrown out,
if it does not result in bringing about a very
desirable change in our associational ar
rangements, will at all events prove of ser
vice, by calling the attention of brethren to
the subject, whose judgment we are sure
will appreciate our motives in thus alluding
to the importance of Abridged Cih kcii
Lf.ttbbs. Baptist Advocate.
“Mormon.”
This word, it should be known by all, is
a Greek word. Donnegan, and other au
thors of Greek dictionaries, define it, “ A
bugbear, a hobgoblin, a raw-head and
bloooy-hones, a hideous spectre, a frightful
inask something to frighten children.” It
is thus used by the Greek author, Aristoph
anes, the comic poet. Solomon Spaulding
having tried to preach three or four years
and filled, then having tried mercantile bu
siness four years and failed, being a classic
Greek scholar, and out of all business,
wrote for his amusement what he called
the “ Book of Mormon (i. c.. as he un
derstood it and meant) the Book of Spec
tres. After his death, the ignorant Joe
Smith and J. lligdon coming into the pos
session of the book, and ignorantly pre
tending that Mormon was a sacred Jewish
name, have used the book for deceptive pur
poses, as all the world know, and have at
tempted to clothe the word “ Mormon”
with a sacred meaning.” Above is the true
definition and origin of the word, as well
as of the book.
Mormons, then, the Anglicised word, or
the dirivitive, as comprehending the people
may be defined “ Devotees to bugbears,
hobgoblins and spectres.” Seventeen thou
sand of such devotees, it is said, are now
residents in Nauvoo.— Utica Bap. Reg.
Lit 1111 C It .
On Tuesday last, a novelty in the his
tory of our City occurred, by the launching
of two small SLOOPS. One of them of
forty-two and the other sixteen tons bur
then. They are designed fur the Fishing
and Oyster business, on our coast, and are
built and owned by Mr. Charles Flanders,
a competent and experienced ship-builder.
They will be taken down the River before
their spars and rigging are put up. The
launch of a cruft m the form of a ship is
quite an incident in a place like this, situa
ted five hundred miles (by river navigation,)
from the coast—but we should not be sur
prised if many others should be built hete,
as we un lersland that from the cheapness
of timber &c., the hulls can be constructed
at a much less expense, than on the sea
board. The largest sloop has been named
“ B. S. Newcomb,,’ in compliment to our
worthy fellow citizen of that name, who
has done much in furnishing our communi
ty with the luxuries of the sea-board. The
other is called the “ Julia Ann,” in com
pliment to a neice of the builder and who
is among the earliest natives of our city,—
the daughter of Mr. David Flanders—her
father is probably the earliest settler who
still resides within the corpoiate limits,—
We hope a vessel hailing from Macon, will
not hereafter create so much surprise on
our coast, as did one some years since,
from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, with some
English revenue officers. They declared
that there was no such port on the globe.
‘l'li Captain, however, showed them the
mouth of the Missippi, and traced it up to
the Ohio, and then up the Ohio to Pitts
burg, some two thousand miles from salt
water, where his craft was really built.—
They “ gave up,” that the Yankees were a
“ wonderful people.” Macon Mess.
An Alarming Calculation.
Major Long of the United States Topo
graphical Corps, whose attention has been
lately directed to the action of the water
on the Illinois shore of the Mississippi,
opposite the mouth of the Missouri, has
I informed the editor of the St. Louis Era
[ that the river has, within the last year, cut
away about two hundred yards of the bank,
l@3vin£f O n]y about ono tltounncl yitrtln lo ‘
| connect the Mississippi with the low
grounds of Long Lake. There are, be
sides, several ravines which headed nearer,
and into which the water from the river j
passed last spring, and by the channel to
the Lake. The editor of the Era remarks:
“ If this destruction of the bank should
continue for two or three years, it is certain
that so much of the water will pass into
the Lake as to inundate the whole Ameri
i can bottom, from its extremity at the mouth,
to Kaskaskia. It will require very little
calculation to show that 200,000 acres of
the richest land in the world will thus be
lost for all purposes of cultivation, and its
injury to St. Louis will be incalculable.—
Communications, during periods of high
water, with the eastern section of Illinois,
will be cut oil', and the submersion of such
an extent of country must be prejudicial to
liealth.
The Public Lands. —We learn from the
National Intelligencer that a communica
tion from the General Land Office, laid be
fore Congtess, shows the sales of land for
the last year to have amounted to 1,039,674
acres, making two millions of dollars, ex
ceeding the amount received the proceeding
year by $600,000. Os the sales, not more J
than 10,000 acres have been sold above the I
i minimum price, owing, as the commission-f
l er thinks, to the operation of the pre-emp-:
tion laws, which enable the actual settler to I
secure the choicest lands at the minimum
price. During the same period more than
ten thousand patents have been transmitted,
and all that have been prepared have been
signed.
land J. —The following from the last
Record, is so much to the point, that we
transfer it entire to our columns.—,V. Y.
Bap. Reg.
“A worthy brother, who, like ourself,
has tlie letter J, for one of the initials of his
name, complains that our printer has re
peatedly made it I. Well, this was exact
ly light. The rule of all printing offices
is follow copy.’ And on tlie subject of all
names that ought to begin with J, if the
owner writes I, that is, makes his J like an
I, we have given our printers, who general
ly are very’ correct, orders to have the name
or initial letter printed as written. If wri
ters will persist in making the letter J like
its neighbor, they may depend on our print
ing it as they- write it, no matter how in
congruous it may appear. We are aware
how very common this practice is, and
hence we remark on it as we do. Let the
J in manuscript extend below the line, like
tlie letters g or y, and printers will make no
mistakes.
“ It is here expedient to notice that com
positors can generally make out common
names and words, even if the letters are
badly’ formed, but the connection gives no
aid to proper names; it, n, v, r, and many
other letters are confounded. Can not wri
ters usually print with the pen all proper
names, as a guide to the compositor .”
The Cincinnati Gazette speaking of the
manufactures of tlie West, says that ©15,-
000 worth of hinges, alone, are made and
sold at one establishment, in that city annu
ally’. This is carried on by Mr. Miles
Greenwood, who it is stated was the first
manufacturer in tlie United States who
completely’ succeeded in making hinges su
perior to those imported from England.
Ice. —The Journal of Commerse states
that 7000 tons of ice housed last y’car in that
vicinity, remain on hand—that “three thou
sand tons wete exported, and twelve thou
sand tons consumed.”
Lunar Rainbows. —During Saturday
evening, says tlie New-llavan Courier, Ist
inst., some of the most beautiful lunar Rain
bows we ever saw were visible. Clouds
obscured the moon, and as they passed be
yond its disc, tlie most brilliant and gorge
ous arches would appear and disappear high
tip the heavens. They continued at inter
vals until near midnight.
Errata. —ln the notice of the death of
Mrs. Winn, a few weeks back, the name
should have been printed Menirie, instead
of “ Minervie.”
TSST We have but lime and space to no
tily our readers that we have returned to
our post, and will hereafter give every pos
sible attention to our correspondents, and
to the various duties of our station. A?
onr editorial columns have been so well
filled, by the esteemed brother who acted
as our substitute in our absence, we deem
it unnecessary to offer any apology for the
temporary suspension of our labors.—Our
readers have evidently been no losers but
rather gainers by it. Our publisher, too,
whose individual duties are exceedingly
onerous, lias generously rendered services
for which he merits a public acknowledg
ment of our obligations to him.
M A 11111 E D,
On the 21st Dec. last, by the Rev. Dr.
Gaines, Mr. llenry T. M’Daniel, of
llenry t.j Mias rUANCES iVUILY
Cobh, of Cass, Ga.
On Thursday evening 18th, by the Rev.
Mr. Sanders, Dr. E. G. Lawrence, of
Penfield, to Miss Cynthia A. daughter ol
Col. It. Hubbard, of Greene county.
Oil the 16th inst. by the Hon. Thomas
Stocks, Daniel Duncan, Esq. to Miss
Milly Williams, all of Greene county.
On Thursday, the 18tli,by Rev. J. N.
Bolton, Mr. James F. Geek, of Greene, to
Miss Mary B. daughter of Rev. E. Calla
way, of Wilkes Cos.
Printer’s fee received and was excellent.
WEEKLY RECEIPTS.
(Credits regulated by the books of our
office —Errors promptly corrected.)
T. J. Burney, for J. Vason, $2 50, to
July ’44, and lor E. Alliston 2 5 to March
’44; W. B. Jones, lorC. Walker, 5 00 to
July *42; lew. J. ll’ Campbell, I'ur J).
Brown 2 50 to Jan. ’45, M. A. Bunn 2 50
to May ’44, J. Horn 2 50 to Jail. ’45, T.
Glover 4 00 to Jan. ’44, 1). H. Coombs,
2 50 to Jan. ’45, George Walker 4 00 to-
Oct. ’45; “A Friend” for Rev. J. W. P.
M’Call 10 00, to Jan. ’46; Rev. 11. Ro
berts for self and John M’Lellan 2 50 each
to Jan. ’44; P. M. Waverlcy Hall, for J.
Denson 2 00 to ; Rev. W. L. Tucker
for Sir Wm. Taylor, E. D. Taylor, Geo.
Gaugh. A. Youngblood, Win. Dye, Benj.
Palmer, Isaac Huff to Jan. ’45, for W. P.
Taylor 2 50 to Sept. ’44, Wm. Johnston
2 50 to Aug. ’44, and for A. Lewis 2 50
to Jan. ’45; Rev, P. Archer for A. Thoma
son 2 50 to Jan. ’45, and W. W. Matison
2 50 to ; Rev. J. Polhill for A. Davis,
A. B. Graham and J. Baughlin 2 50 each
to Dec. ’44; 11. L. Wolfe 3 00, dis.; Mrs.
Myrick 4 62 to Jan. ’45; J. T. Hackney
2 50 to Jan. ’44; Col. Janes, for Mrs. S.
W. Atkinson, 2 50, dis.; A. M. Mathews
2 50 to Nov. ’44; J. R. Jones 2 50 to
June 44; Col. R. Ilubbaid for Mrs. M. A.
Fleming 2 50 to Aug. ’44.
T. J. Burney, of Madison, Morgan
county, the present Treasurer of Mercer
University, has taken charge of all the
notes and other funds of the Institution, and
all persons having settlements to make with
■ the Treasurer, will please direct'their com- 1
munications to him.
B. M. SANDERS.
SAVANNAH, Dec. 26, 1843.
Brother Raker:— By .inserting in your
paper the following resolution of the North
Salem Baptist Church and tjie 17th article
of the Sunbury Baptist Association for
1843, you will confer a favor off said
church. It is with the deepest regret that
the request is made. We conceive, how
ever, that it is due to ourselves and the de
nomination at large, that these resolutions
be made public; tlie individual to whom
they relate, still refuses to comply with the
requisition of the church.
Yours, <fcc.
F. R. SWEAT, Pastor.
In behalf of N. S. Bap. Ch.
North Salem Church in Conference on
the 20ih August, 1843.
“ Resolved, That John Marrow (lato
Pastor of this church) is hereby excommu
nicated front this church for immoral con
duct ; that he be seived with a copy of this
resolution and required to hand over to the
church his Ministerial papers within one
month from this date; upon his failing to
comply', this resolution to be published in
the Christian Index.”
At the last meeting of the Sunbury As
sociation 16th, 1 ‘7th am! i Sth Nov. 1843.
“ 17th Article. Called for report .of the
Committee oil Difficulties in some of the
churches, appointed last year. Their re
port being made, it was Resolved, That we
deem it advisable for the North Salem 1
Church to publish Mr. John Murrow qs‘
unworthy of the confidence of Baptist
churches, should he persist in refusing to
comply with their demand for his Ministe
i nil papers.” (See Minutes ofSunbury
Baptist Association for 1843, 17th Article.
JO THE AFFLICTED AND UN
FORTUNATE.
The Legislature has made ample provis
ion for the education of die indigent Deaf
and Dumb, between the ages of ten and
; forty. As Commissioner, appointed by
the Executive to carry out this humane de
sign, I hereby call upon tlie parents and
guardians of such unfortunate persons to’
entrust them to my care, that I may convey
them to the Institution at Hartford, Connec
ticut, and superintend their education there.
I promise all interested, that those placed
under my care shall receive every attention
in my power—that I will go in person with
them to Hartford, and see their wants well
provided for, according to my best ability.
Those inclined to avail themselves of
this noble charity of tlie State are request
ed to be at mv house in Clinton, or at Mrs.
Huson’s Hold in Milledgeville, by the 15th
of April next, whence they will proceed in
a few days to the North.
I appeal to the friends ol humanity to
aid me in this business. Many of the poor
for whose benefit this advertisement is made
may not read the papers of tlie day. Will
you not go to them, explain this matter, as
sure them that their children or wards shall
be no expence to them, and that the Com
missioner will do his utmost to promote
their comfort and improvement.
J. H. CAMPBELL,
Com. of the Deaf and Dumb.
Clinton, Jan. 11, J 844. 2m
bgaril
Our house will he open for boarders at
$7 00 per month, as long as the price of
Board in our village is kept up at ©B, un
popular as the measure may be. Washing
fifty cents per month.
EDITOR OF THE INDEX.
Jan. 23d, 1844.
PRIVATE BOARDING,
THE House formerly kept as a Hotel
by the subscriber, is opened by her as a
Private Boarding House, and she is now
prepared to accommodate families and sin
gle persons comfortably and agreeably.—
TU„L t.l f T -.1 T^opcvv
ully solicits a continuance.
L. A. MACON.
Penfield, Jan. loth, 1844.
BOARDING.
THE Subscriber takes this method of
informing bis friends that lie has taken the
house formerly occupied by President
Smith, and that his duty as Steward of th*
University requires him to board all appli
cants at a price not to exceed $8 per month.
All persons wishing to entrust the boarding
of their sons or wards with him, can do so
at the above rates; and he flatters himself,
from former experience, that he will be able
to give complete satisfaction to all that may
patronize him. lie also expects to he pre
pared with suitable rooms for lodging any
that may be placed under his more imme
diate protection, and offers to furnish rooms,
bedding, wood and washing, for the addi
; tionnl sum of OO per month, making
board complete for $lO 00. But should
any think the above rates 100 high, they
ate advised that board is offered in the vil
lage at $7. So none need be deterred from
coming on account of the high price.
PETER NOR THEN.
Penfield, Jan. 15, 1844.
CAVE SPRING,
Floyd County, Georgia.
THE undersigned have engaged the ser
vices of Mr. J. 11. Normon, so wall known
in the Soutli as an instructor on the Piano
Forte., for the present year at this place;—
exercises to commence on the first Monday
in next month. Tuition, sl2 00 per quar
ter. Good board at low rates in good pri
vate houses. Morals of the pupils strictly
guarded. There are already threo Pianos
for the convenience of the pupils on which
to practice.
11. C. HOLCOMBE.
WM. WOOD.
January 10, 1844. 3t
JCP Editors friendly to the improvement
of youth, will please notice the above, and
copy-
’ LAW BLANKS,
Printed at short notice, at this Office.
Eer An active, intelligent lad, from 14
1 to 10 years of age, would be taken as an
apprentice to the Piinting business at this
! office.