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know of the doctrine.” Juo. 7. 17.
“They continued in the apostles’doc-’
trine.” Acts 2. 42.
” Being astonished at the doctrine of the
Lord.” Acts 13. 12.
” Till I come giye attendance to reading,
to doctrine.” 1 Tint. 4. 13.
“ The name of God and his doctrine.”
2 Tim. G. 1.
*• That they may adorn the doctrine of
God our Saviour.” Tit. 2. 10.
“ Leaving the principles of the doctrine
of Christ.” lleb. G. 1.
“ Whoso abideth not in the doctrine of
Christ.” 2 John 9,
Good doctrine. —“ I give you good
doctrine,” - l’rov. 4. 2. See too, 1 Tim.
4. 6. ’
Soi'ND DOCTRINE. See 1 Tint. 1. 10
2 Tim. 4. 3—Tit. 1. 9 and 2..1.
My doctrine. —(The Lord’s.) Dent. 32.
2—Job. 11.6—Juo. 7. IG.
We might greatly augment the number
Os references, but.dcem it unnecessary. It
is probable .Mr. Shehane will seek to avoid
the force of these references by saying that j
his affirmation was made only of the plural.’
“ doctrines Well, liieud 8., we wil. j
tneet you there. Take yourbible and read
Matt. 13. 9. “But in vain they do wor
ship me, teaching for doctrines the com
mandments of men.” Is the term “ doc- ’
trines ” used “in a had sense” here ! Were
these “doctrines” for which the pharisees
substituted'die “commandments of men”
the “doctrines of men ami devils?” If not,
whose doctrines were they? if the doc
trines for which the commandments of men
were substituted weiethc doctrines of Hea
ven, can it be truly said, that the term was
used in a had sense ! If not, friend She*
bane, who can satclv irpose lonlidcnce in
your expositions of Scripture? “Thou that
tcachesl another teaches! thou not thvself?”
The Presidency and Dr. Manly.
In the first mimlier of the Index I’m the
Jiieseiil year wu gave, ill short metre, the
faculty of Mercer University, The first
item was tliis ••i’ivsilh ill vacant
Ilasil .Manly, l>. 1). expected.” To this
JJr. Manly takes exceptions in a letter from
which tlie following is an exuaet.
I’Niviai iTV iif Ala. Jail. 17. 1811.
My Dtur 11 rut her:
In find fault wiili what ii wood man docs,
and espceinlly what he does most r. -spent
fully to ones-self, seems to he difiitull and
unwelcome I think, however, I ought
i it to keep >.|, ore in resend to your para
ding my name at the lie a I of your Facility,
with the intimation teal I am ‘•expected.”
This implies more than is expressed: it not
only asserts that the parties expert, hut
that they have some ground for their ex
pectation. .Now, how will tliis read in
.vlahainii; M ill it not weaken iiiv hands
•and those of all my friends, in contending
against legions of dilficnlties, to he told in
<t religious journal, in effect .that, [am al
ready pledged to removt !
In justilieation of our eotnse, or at least in
extenuation of our guilt, wo would sav a
few tilings.
We did not sav, or intimate, that our
respected hrother had given any pledge, or
tiny intcniiiivil r ■encountgi incut to its to
believe that he would accept the presiden
cy. It is true, in our notice ol the procee
dings ofllie Hoard, we did say, “A com
mittee was instructed So correspond furth
er with Dr. .Manly, telative to the presi
dency. From information laid before the
Hoard, the hope was entertained of finally
securing 1 1 is services.” This is all we
had to sav about the matter. Now notice
that we said nothing about the nature of
the information received; or about the
source from which it was received; neither
did we say whether we hml or had Hot
good ground to expect his acceptance of
our invitation. That we had some expec
tation of his doing so, is evident from the
fact of our directing the committee to cor
respond further with him on the subject.
Would we have left the presidency vacant
and directed tliis correspondence, if we had
no expectation of his accepting our offer?
Certainly not.
Hut we will now say something about
the grounds of this expectation. 1. It had
been currently reported in tins and an ad
joining State, for twelve months or more,
that Dr. Manly had an idea of leaving his
present situation—that he would most pro
bably do it if the Legislature of Alabama
failed to make more ample provisions for
the support of their University 2. We
had a knowledge o (fuels, which, in our
estimation, pioved conclusively that the
report was well founded. 3. We had no
tenson to believe that the Legislature
would make the provisions needed. We
ask, whether under such a slate of things
we iiad not a light to expect that Dr. Man
ly would be npthing averse to leaving the
post lie now occupies? Hut what of that?
Had we any right to expect that if he left
lie would accept the call to this place? We
think we had. We were aware, that some
five or six months, or more, before the
tunc of our meeting, he had received a call
from a church in this state, that the mem
bers of that church were sanguine in their
expectation of securing his pastotai servi
ces, and we were informed that he had not
given them ade tin ate answer. As we of
fered him a salary that was equal to that
which the church in question were in the
habit of giving: as the expense of living
here would be less than in a commercial ci-
ty, as we olicr'ed privileges of an unusual
chaiacter; and as the ptospects of useful
ness, at the head of our University, were
greater than.those which could be presen
ted at the head of any church in our stale,
we certainly did think, that if called to de
cide between the two he would give us the
preference.
We leave it to brother Manly and our
readers to decide whether the Board had
not “some ground for their expectation.”
Wo most cheerfully and most fully acquit
brother .\Jant.y of giving us intention
ally any reason to believe that he would
accept the presidency of our Univer
sity: he canliot therefore be justly chatgca
able with “duplicity.” We shall much
regret it, if any thing that we have written
should do an injury to one whom we so
highly esteem. We will now add, that
we have little or no reason to believe’ that
Dr. Manly will accept the presidency of our
ins'titution. The prospects of .the Alabama
University arc brightening. Wo learn
that there .arc now about 100 young men
pursuing their studies in that institution. If
the slate will adequately sustain the institu
tion and its president we have ho desire to
to call him away; hut if Dr. Manly should
feel it his duty to leave that institution, - we,
and many others, would ho highly ‘gratifi
ed to have him here.
SuliTiiu Tlionglits tm Light Words.
How sdten does the sinner speak of
death, judgment, eternity, perdition, as
though these were words of small import.
“ It would ho better to die,” says one,
” than live in this or that state.” “ I’d
sooner plunge into perdition than submit to]
such a thing,” says another. Alas! hoiv
little do suc.li consider what it is to die out
ol Christ—in sin—unreconciled to God !
Perdition !—(1 who can think ol enduring
cental misery ! \V hat is the condition ol
the most miserable on earth compared with l
that of the lost soul in hell? Go, thrust
voar linger into the blaze of that lamp and
h"hl it ihero— -plunge a hook in your llesli
and violently rend its delicate fibres asun
der, and see it you can endure the pain
with a tranquil countenance. If you can
not. bow i an you endure the burning of the
flames that are never to be quenched*—the
gnawing ol the worm that never dies !
I’he agony ol tile lost soul is not only in
finitely m re intolerable than e.nv tiling o!
which we can conceive—it is also infinite
ly more enduring. The pangs of hell are
to las! forever. Remember dial, when von
think or talk of plonging into perdition—
-1 ‘OR., \ HR !() think of what is implied
in dial word— -forever. .Stretch your con
ceptions ol'ct ruitv to their utmost bounds,
and the ll uiuumdicr, that they fall luliilltcly
short of the reality ; and remember that
eternity, to the guilty and the thoughtless
sintter, is an eternity of misery and woe.
To speak lightly of death and perdi
tion is to speak lightly of God. It is
to contemn his power and to make light of
his threats to punish. To talk of plunging
into perdition is to ta|j< of defying Omnipo
tence. This is adding to the violation of
God's law insult—and insult to whom ?
To your best friend—to Him to whose
mercy and gracious forbearance von are in
debted for life and for all that * renders life
vahinbe —to Him who only hath power to
save from sin and the torments of an eter
nal hell. Thoughtless sinner, be consider
ate ; speak with reveience and solemn awe
of eternal things ; keepTlio fear of God lie
fore your eves ; and seek to secure eternal
life. ‘
Opinion of A Brother Abroad.
A brother, who occupies an important
station, in the midst of an intelligent com
munity in Virginia, writes, in reference to
our paper and labors, as follows:
I hope that your paper will be well sus
tained ui Ga. 1 am sure the Baptist denom
ination in that state is fully competent to
give it a liberal support, and if they do not,
they will certainly operate Very much
against their own interest.—ls any one de
serve to be supported, it certainly is the
editor of a newspaper; for his whole time,
both day and night, is required in the du
ties of his ollice, and while Others may te
pose and enjoy the luxury of reading, lie
must toil, in . order to furnish matter for
them to read.—l think no Baptist, (except
poor Ministers, whose dues are kept back
iiy dishonest churches,) who does not pay
the editor .ought to he eligible to any office,
either in the church or stale.
We judge, from a glance at our Account
Hook, that a goodly number of our subscri
bers would dissent from the views expres
sed by our brother, in the last sentence
which we have extracted- We perceive
that the last credits received by some of
our subscribers, who hold ollices, both in
church and state, extended their subscrip
tions only to 1839! We have Colonies,
.Majors, Captains. Esquires, Deacons and
Ministers in the number.
‘■ 1 “ m
Extracts from oiir Private Correspondence.
Donation* — lndex. —The funds receiv
ed from brother John (j. West have been 1
duly acknowledged elsewhere. We take
the liberty of making a few extracts from
the letter which enclosed them. The first
extract verified the declaration of the apos
tle Paul, that “ Clod is able to make all
grace abound toward you ; that ye, always I
having all-sufficiency in all things; may j
abound to cveiy good work.” ‘ l Cor. ix. 8.
It also accords with out experience, and,
; we doubt not, with that of every one Who
j “hath dispersed abroad.”
W hen 1 read bro. McCall’s letter, in the
first No. of the C. Index, l felt nty spirit
! move to do something for him. and deter
i mined immediately to forward to you live
j dollars, to give him the Index one year,
and through you to forward the above
named 82 30 ets. to assist in getting him
saddle bags. A few days after I canto to
tiiis resolution,'! attended one of the church
es of my charge, at which time and [dace
one of the Deacons handed me the enclosed
live dollars, his subscription for my services
last year. Then my soul said, tire Lord
will provide. It is not the first time, my
hroihcr, 1 have determined to give to the
L rd’s cause, :Iml soon alter the.ineaus have
been furnished, 1 have often been impress
j-ed to make contributions, when it seemed
to m'e it was impossible for me to do ■so,
I but have done ir, and in a very short time
have had funds placed in my hands from an
unexpected quarter. Frotn experience, I
have found it best to act when impressed
in the Lord’s catfse : for lie has always paid
me well, if not in silver and gob!, by giving
me a peace of conscience which 1 have
never had the privilege of enjoying when 1
have not obeyed or yielded to the impres
sion of my iniiid.
The r agon why l have changed in triy
lirst determination in part, as touching my
contribution to bro. McCall, is because itiv
lire. I’aschail lias been moved, as wed as
myself, am! said to me to day at church,
that he wished for me to withdraw in what
1 intended, and give him the piivilege to
send the Index to the bro. according to Ids
determination.; for, he said; fie had heard
liiitt preach, and, said lie, you can contri
bute towards getting him saddle bags, which
privilege I most readily granted to him.
In ail my chinches, the Christian Index’
is taken and read with much pleasure, and
often I hear this expression, “The paper is
much imdroved; wo would not lie without
it for Ten Dollars per \ ear” I ant not do
ing much in getting new ‘ subscribing, but
when ever 1 can I. make collections and for
ward the same through !’. M. at Washing
ton. For my own part, ! am much pleas-i
ed with most of the pieces published.— j
Some of the pieces on Doctrine are a little j
too soil for <>:io like me, who can take sunny ‘
meat: hut lam happy to lind, while you
allow incite pieces to go to press, \ on by
no means approve of them; but have at all
times opposed them, ami have contended
lor the good old Bible doctrine, Flection,
as tiie base ol Christian cllort and hope lor
11 in salvation ol any person in anv land.—
May God give you much grace and increase
your ability to successfully contend for the
faith and practice as revealed in his hoiv i
Word. ’ |
Our situation is an unenviable one. Wei
are situated as it ’w ere between two tires.— ;
Some think we are too rigid in our doctrinal
views, and avail thcmsi lvca of tiic piivilege
we grant, (id’ Iren discussion*) to give us
some pretty haul raps. Others again com
plain because we do not put a mouth piece
on the Index and prohibit its uttering anv
sentiment that’ we cannot sanction-—and
t!t,ey thump us soundly on the other ride.
Under such a state of tilings it is gratilVing
tobind,“that there arc those who can appre
ciate tire difficulties of an editor, and are not
disposed to hold us responsible for every
thing every scribbler may wiite for our col
umns.
A Proposition.
The following is from a worthy hrother,
a pastor, who sustains his family, in part,
by teaching.
1 will pay ten dollars to aid in raising
fifty or one hundred dol'ais, as a fund to en
able you to furnish the Index, gratuitously,
to “ poor but worthy” ministers.
1 Ml) a, lA.
This is a pleasant town situate;! among
the mountains of Virginia, between the
White and Malt Sulphur Springs, and not
far from the last named watering place.
It contains as much wealth and intelligence
as any town in the mountainous region, and
is .surrounded with all that is grand, won
derful or beautiful in nature. Front a letter
recently received from the pastor of the
Baptist church in that growing town, we
learn that vigorous elforts are being made to !
erect a house of worship for his chitrfth j
and congregation. It is proposed to erect
one that will cost about $2,000. That
amount, in that region of country, where
materials are so abundant, laborers so plen
tiful, am! the price of labor so moderate,
ought to be sufficient for the erection of a
very neat and commodious building. Wjj
are gratified. to learn that nearly $l,lOO
have already been subscribed. We Impel
that they will regulate their plan by the a
mount of funds that may be secured, and
not rely in the least on efforts to be made
after the building is completed. Such re
liance generally proves worse than vain—it
proves ruinous.
Southern Sahbulh School Advocate.
The prospectus of this proposed publica
tion iins appeared several limes in our col
umns. Its object meets with our most cor
dial approbation. If it be adequately sus
tained, it cannot well fail to do much good,
not only in promoting the establUhnientund
the suecesslul management of Sabbath
Schools, but in arousing the dormant ener
gies of chrisli.ms and dilTilsing abroad the
salutary influences of the gospel of Christ.
The editor is a practised writer, and fully
competent to conduct such a periodical and
render it interesting and profitable to his
patrons. He was the editor of the Youth’s
Companion ; a monthly, which, though
highly eoinmacded by the press, was dis
continued for tho want of adequate patron
age. ‘Jlie readers of the Temperance l>uu-
ncr and Index have often been entertained
1 and instructed by his lucubrations : we
hope that they will evince, bv subscribing
I lor liis proposed periodical, that they duly
appreciate his labors and commend his latt
j dable undertaking. We moreover hope,
‘that Christians of ail denominations in the j
j Bouth, will patronize tiiis wotk. • Why
I should we depend upon the North for Sab
bath School Journals? Will not the super
! iuh'udents and teachers in Sabbath Schools,
am, tire pastors ol churches, say to the ed
i itor, by their acts, (actions in such matters j
I T&k louder than words) go ahead, broth- j
: er —we will insure, you against loss? Out
j absence from homo was the sole cause of
j our not noticing tire prospectus at an earlier
I period. .
Foreign Semi-AJonthf, Magazine. — ■
.Nos. 1 and 2 are on our table. Both of;
these numbers are full of interesting matter
and are enriched at;rV'*;M!ilieil willgspLrn
did mezotiirt The first eon- 1
tains an engraved representation of the trial ;
oi Queen Katharine, the rova! consort of j
■Henry VUI ol tvngfand ; the.second, an
engraved likeness of'i’bunlus Carlyle. We j
would suggest.to tiie friends of general lit- j
era til re, who have not iyct subscribed fori
this work, which contains tire erriam-of ;iK :
Foreign literary periodicals,, that the pres-1
cut is a favorable time- for ordering,—,
It is published lwi.ee a mouth, at;
83 per year, h v James M. CitmplieSl 03 ;
Chtsnul street, Philadelphia, to whom or-j
tiers and remittances should Ire sent. They I
iqay be forwarded through Postmasters.
Southern Pap!ist A.h'octilci. —This !
periodical is suspended for the present I'm
the want of adequate patfonage. Tho last
number contains tluv valedictory oi Dr.
Curtis. AVe part from him with “regret
ami deplore the loss of so aide a_ coadjutor.
May brighter ptospects open before him* in
other depaitments ofmefti'l labor, lie can
hardly engage in labors more thankless than
arc llio.m of an editor—qiilcss he becomes
an administrator or a day-school teacher.
A Futa! Ciisiially.
We have received the painful intelligence i
that a son ol Mr. Newsom, (near Union !
Point.) about 12 years of age, wlfle amus-j
iug hint sell in a cotton ein, on Friday lust. 1
bail bis head caught and crushed between !
an arm of tlie cogwheel and a shall of the
handwheel. It is scarcely necessary to add
that he died instantly. What a solemn
event ! V hat a load warning to all to he
ready lor death ! ‘Altaian admonition to j
parents to regard their children lml as a
trust which they tnav lie called to surren
der’ at any hour!
V, it!.in one week have, two sudden deaths
> occurred in our county. In the one case,
[an Aged citizen is plunge.l into eternity-by
i tin murderous hand of a fellow-man : in
‘ tin; other, a blooming youth, through the
lif.eillesf'i’.eas common to children of his
age, is hurried to a pi'cmiiure grave. Alan!
what is niitti, frail man ? The being of an
hour, and a child of sorrow. May- the
Lord teach us ail so to number our days
that we may apply our hearts to wisdom.
Win. Bishop recovered in Boston $i(U(
damages against .fames Kheplidnl. Captain
of a whaling ship, for taking his son, a
minor, on a whaling voyage, without his
folher's consent.
Compliment, to Poverty, —At a late cel
ebration in an adjoining State, a poor man
offered the following tonal: “Here i.-; a
health to poverty: it sticks by you when
all other friends forsake you.”
A certain English Hi Amp was once ob
served in the deepest cogitation . whilst
walking in his garden. When interrogated
ns to the current of his thoughts, he said,
that he was thinking, that, as an individual;
can-go inad, an individual nation might
run mad also.
Newspaper Line. —la ease of a suit for
fraud, the Georgia courts have decided that ,
refusing to take a newspaper from the ollice, !
or going awav and leaving it uncalled for I
until all arrearages are paid, i nprima Jucia
evidence of intentional fraud.
•fudge Gaston of North Carolina, otic of j
the ablest jmists, most profound statesmen,
and eloquent speakers of the Union, died j
suddenly at Raleigh, on the 23d .lan.
Texas. —According to tlie latest advices
from Texas, a hill lias been inirodm oil in
to the lower house of the Texan Congress,
providing lor the .annexation of the Repub
lic of Texas to the United Stales—in ease
die United Stales will consent to the an
nexation!
The Wiseasset Republican states that
tile fishermen in that district have been
highly prosperous the present season.—
They succeeded in catching excellent fares
—have sold tlteii fish at fair prices, ami
have received seventeen thousand dollars
in Bounty.
In Marblehead, it ti ed to lie said, that;
when the fishermen were lucky, marriages
were sure to lie plenty, and as all fishermen
are nearly alike, we suppose that many
blooming lasses iii Lincoln will become
wives before spring. —Hangar l dug.
Ltfc and ‘/linen of Dr. If ’il/c Clinton.
—Charles A, Clinton, Esq., son of the late
Governor, is picparing his lather’s papers
for publication. Oov. Clinton’s eonespon
deuce was of course very extensive, and
with the most eminent men, and embraced
a great variety of subjects of public inter
est. The whole is preserved, he having
kept copies of his own letters of an early
period. He also kept a dairy of passing
events. — Christian H’tdchman.
■ ABSTRACT OF AIHTEOROLOGIC.IL OBSEBIATIiHS Fl)# THE UfIMH OF JAMMY.
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->S Thermometer. Barometer.
A A
Day. i\Siti:rl:r Anna ■'■■'unset. \Srnrise • .Xuon ‘\Smie,ef:\
1 •!•>. oU. 35. ‘ “9.49 29.17 ; 29.45 j f'iondv-—?*i**bt Raio.
2 41.5 • 49.5 47.3 i 29.37 | 39.27 j 29.205bRain. ’
3 } | 35.5 IS.- 45. jj 29.21 j 29.21 [j 29.23 uFnir.
I 29 45.5 44.5 j 29.34 \ 29.12 i 1 29.42 iFair.
• 5; ’ 34.5 49. 47. j 29.54 { 29.G4 !: 29.G25p Hazy.
G.f 32. 44. I 41. 29.53 j 29.<;f jj 29.57 jlCloudv—Rain;
7;| 10,5 50. 50.5 29:49 ! 29.43 j! 29.4 !t Hourly—Rain.
O'l 37.5 -IS. 45. 29.13 j 29:15 (j 29.11 j Variable.
‘-h. 39. i 1-0. 41. j 29.31 , 29.23 j 29.25 jlß.rin.
U'i, -10.5 j 53. i 32.5 29.20 : 29.28 ! 29.36 ! Rain.
1 15- | -H5. ! U. I ;*9.59 29.61 j 29.61 uGloudv—Kain. -
U? 30, I 39. | 39.5 j 29.49 29.37 I 29.295!|Rain. *
13) 38.5 ! .56. ! 49. | 29.27 29.82 !. 29.35 IFair.
Mj 38.5 51. j sl, ‘ 29,405 29.13
I'M 37.5 41, | 40. I 29.27 29.23 ;| 29.25 !|Rain. ‘
UF 38. 41, I 43. 29.19 29.11 I; 29.07 j|Rain.
l~|j II- 43. 37. j 28.9 29.07'j] 29.19 I Rain—Fair.
18,; 39.7 52.5 j 10. 29.4 29.53 ‘ 29.55 j Fair.
*10;! 57. 51,5 |! 29.-5S 29.63 [, 29.56’ Fair—Gloiidv.
2°!j -I'L i 69. 52.5 ; 25*.52 | 29.55 |l 29.5. Variable .’
21;! 45. j 60. 51. jl 38.435! 29.57 29.115! Variable.
~-jI 41. j 59. 53.5 29.425’ 29.49 i 29.415 Variable.’
■ .23;] 52. I 62,5 61/ “ 29.305 29.293;! 28.3 | Rain.
59. ii *>9.27 29.20i> ; 20.10 |*lt:\in —Lightning.
26,! 30. ! 13. 39. i 29.19 29.215 j 29.27 ‘'Fair.
36;| 22.5 35.’ 27- ‘29.335 29.33 :! 29.39 [Fair— Cloudy,
j • 9"< : i 11. 29. ■ 39.5 29.52 29.57 29.595 iFair—Cloudy.-
28 j 18.5 30. 39. | 29.17 29.12 jl 29.39 dFaiiv
2b;j 15.5 32.5 29. | 29.69 29.71 >i 29.57 ■i! Fair -
39; 23- 18. 16- i| ‘29.39 29.3350 29 3 b’c'air.
3] 27.2 59. 12.5 H 29.16 j 29.51 ’j 29.535 .Fair— Hazy.
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i ATeati i; 35.4 ‘ 18,0.'.’ 14.831! 29.389 I 29. 10li 1 29.387'|
‘dealt Temperature 42'75 Quantity of Rain 8.17;) inches.
• Pit s huptuilum. —Tiie first tonutu is to j
suspend me cliild of sorrow by the feet to
separate bars, aud there to leave him with j
ins head down wards, the prime Dominican !
saying to him at tiro same lime—-“eonfess, ;
;my.son, confess!” ’
h tiiis b/ msufiicient; .they aTe tied up bv
tho wrists, with a heavy weight at their j
Meet, and left hanging.until the [lam becomes I
:s<> intense as to draw forth'shrieks'and
cries, wliicu ifoise is quieted liy the railing
! ul tiie Furies, sliouting, “Dog and lleretie”
; —aud then commanding mo ruffians to
’ slack, n the rope, and jerk tire writhing crea
ture tip anil, down, until every pari of his
body is disjointed.
\. lien recovered from this indignity and
torment, they lay the prisoner on ‘the back
in a hollow trough, with Ins back resting
on across bar, which almost severs.him —
they then spread over bis mouth and nos
trils a piece of line lawn upon which they
pour water in a long small stream, driving
tin: lawn deep into his throat, and ilnis they
persevere, until the agonized believer is at
his last gasp, upon which tiie lawn is sud
denly drawn from Iris mouth—with streams
of hfio !.
ll all these cruelties fail to make a man
oottless what lie does not know, or to be
tray Ins follow disciple—the Christian is
: brought to a pan of hot coals, they place bis
j lent close to them, aud baste ilium with
I lard, that the scalding and toasting may
produce more exquisite anguish, thus ilo
| mg wh:H no man would enact with his dog,
! literally roasting saints alive.
This is dm il'.ip Inquisition, which was
; invented, and has been prolonged bv Dopes,
i as the grand buttress of the Papacy.
•'? new Slate prepose:! . —A hill, says
, the National Intelligencer, has been iulm
iluccd in the Legislature of Tennessee, now
m session; for the establishment of “anew
j State” out ol the territory of East Tennes
! see. The preamble of Ui hill states that
the great local interests of that portion of
the ft laid lying cast of the Cumberland
I mmuilams are totally distinct, separate aiid
j adverse to tlie interests ui that portion ol the
1 Gtate lying west ol the mountains-; that at
. a future and not distant day the cmiliicl be
tween tiics two divisions of the .State limy
be productive of great injury to tlie welfare
of the people ; ami that a separation would
he productive of much blessing to each di
vision. Thecmaitiesproposed to be ceded,
in order to (dim the new Slate, to ho named
“ Fraiikl.md,” are tvreniy-six in number j
| It is proposed also in the, bill, that to the
new .Stale may. he added, such portions of
i the States of North (.'arolin-i, Virginia, and
Georgia as may be ccd> and for that purpose, j
Items from !> ilmcrfy Smith's European
Times, of Jan. ■l!’i.
According to the hist intelligence horn
Siberia, the enterprise of gold washing has
extended its,-If from the eastern side of the
Ural mountains to the Altai, and layers of
-gold sand have been found to extend along
the Chinese frontier over a space of BtC.OOtl
square miles, (it which the 2Qoih part in
the hra’ district alone furnishes an average
of 300 ponds (the pond is 32 2-3lii) a-vear
—equal to 1 5,000,1KK) of paper roubles.
We learn from Copenhagen that, on the
i 1 tli and 1 tjill instant, a violent .tempest
i raged in the district’ of Voile, til iVorth Jut
i land, A great many carriages travelling
along the roads were himvu over. The
tide rose in the port of Voile so high that
the waters not only flooded tho houses anil !
stores, doing damage to the amount of 790,- j
0001'., hut floated off the stocks a brig that i
was being buik. Besides these disasters,
two mills were set on fire by the lightning.
: Upwards of 200 persons are said to have
perished.
Aa Athens lcHCi states, that the senior
I member ol tb • atimiul Assembly at Greece
is in hia (03d year.
!!ei Majesty has prr settled to the British
Museum five carats of Chinese hooks, cap
tured by the troops dining the war in China.
Master A. Harvey, a bov under !) years
o! age, lias been lccluring on a ttionomv at
Batli, and, it is stud, with great success.
By the <!.•ceasri of his soother. Sir E. !,.
Hulwer succeeds to the ancinnumnnsion and
estates of Knelnvoi’tli, in Herts, to which
she was heiress,
I’hcrc is a young lady’ in Liverpool, who
is’otdy nun-tern years of age, hut who has
crossed the Atlantic twenty-eight times.
I A French provincial paper says, “ Ac
cording lo the registers of the War-olliee,
seven hundred thousand Irishmen have died
in tiie service of Franee.”
Cardinal Fesil’s splendid collection of
paintings, il is stated, will he brought to
: tiie hummer, at Rome, next March. -
j Letters l'rom Singapore state that three
j persons, Chinese, had been carrier) fill’ by
tigers in a sing!:: Week, and that lire ifcafh.i’
Irom tide tins cause average six in a month.
.A lossi) tree has been found in a q'nari'y
at Birm'itrgham. The Discoverer assumes,
that it Itas been there “thousands of years
before the materials of the Fgvplirm pyra
mids were consolidated!”
A seminary is now being established ill
the comity ul'NorthamUm, where the rudi
ments of agriculture and of agricultural
chemistry, as propounded by Liebig, I’lay
lair, aud others, are to he taught, combined
with a classical education.
V few days ago, a woman, 2(5 years of
age. the wife of a furniture broker, at Fon
tainblemi, in the absence’ of her husband/
sufloeated herself, aged nine years, and her
sou, aged live, with the fumes” of charcoal.
When the husband returned, he found
tin •tii II dead.
We presume it is not generally’ known,
that the skins ol what we call “silver
grey rabbi'*,” form an important article of
coijrmertcj yet- swell is the fact. Some
years ago, there were numerous ivairensof
j die “silver greys” in Lincolnshire; but,
modern improvements in agriculture being
incomputable with large rabbit warrens,
they were destroy ed: the breed, however,
was sent into M ales, where now immense’
warrens exist, from which the owners do- -
rive an excellent pioiit, by ex'poitmg the
skins to Russia, where they are used bv the
noble.; to line their rooms,
COTTON BARRET.
[r;v!on. —Our (lotion market has he
roine firmer within the last few days, and
there is somediiereuse in the demand.
.'h.inlen'iiin. Dec. 27. —Cotton- remain
ed witnout any variation, hut no one show
ed the least im-liuaiioij to buy unless on
lower terms than our quotations.
/ nhir'urg'i, lie, I(s.—Cotton has met
wiih little in juiry; piices, however, re
main firm.
1 hirer, 31.',/ Dec. — Cotton the same (lull
aspect in business, noticed at die close of
j last week, continue I to prevail in our mar
ket tip to the middle of (he present one,
when there was a better attendance of Inty
■ ers for the trade, and the accounts from
Liverpool being ol a more enlivening tenor,
the demand, compared with the stagnation
licit previously- existed, assumed a brisk ap
pearance, and die transactions have since
■been pretty’ regular.
M A 11 R I id I),
On the 18th of January, by Rev. Robert
Fleming, .Mr; Jositi’ii UAixw.vrr.it, of Cow
-1 la co. to Miss Caroi.ini: E. AVai.tox, of
Campbell connive
YY EEKLY RECEIPTS.
■ (Credits regulated by the books of our
ojjire—Errors prom pHy corrected.)
Thos. Neal paid for Mrs. S. Morris*,
SC r>o to Jau. *45 ; i'. M. .Monticcllo for
Mrs. Id. Ke'latu C 50, to Feb. 45; P. M.
Tuskegee for E. W. Benard 5 00, Oct. If;
P. M. Rim'd Town for J. W. Jackson 2 50
! June 44; Rev. A. T. Holmes for B, Round-
I tree 2 50 Jan. 13; and for Mrs. E. Hamp
ton 2 .">0 (When!) and tor (U Roniz
2 50 (Where and when!); P. M. Lexing
ton lor M. I\ Jivekson7 50 .May 43; I’. M.
Macon for U. A. ‘i’tiarp and J A. ‘J’luiip,
cache 50 Jan. 15. anil T. S. ('linppi li and
J: B. Moon, each 2 50 Eeb. 45: John Hol
ly 2 50—— (When? not at Marion); Cui.
A. Janes for Hr. J. B. Gilbert 3 00 Sept.
If; W. V iirhorougli for Miss M. T. W.
Hibson 250 June ft; Rev. T. 1;. Wilkes
for John Swanson 2 50 Mar. 45; W. Ha
gins 2 50 Jan. 45; J. A Evans 2 SO Feb,
4 t; B. e>. Walker for Mr. Barker I C 5; J.
Harris for (!. H. Tunnel 2 50 Fob. 45; B.
M. Sanders for B. Crolev 2 50 Feb. 45:
Rev. X. Hill for Dr. S. Durham 2 50 (to
when?) D. Thompson 2 50 Nov. 4 !; P. M.
j Burnt Corn, Ala. for Joel Lee 5 00: P. M.
Beimetsville S. C. for (’apt. J. Terrell 3 00
Jan. 45; T. Stocks for Henry Gibson, July
44; Hillman Williams for John Wren 5 00
Aug. 15, and for Mann Rutievati 2 50 Feb.
45.