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__ PENFIELD.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1844.
To Correspondent!.
Our brother A. K., of Mi., is informed
that we do not keep any thing in the book
line for sale, and if we did, to forward them
by mail would cost about ten times their
value.—Brother F., of Ala., is informed
that the Alphabetical Dinner was npt repub
lished. Our publisher says, if brethren in
dicate a disposition to sustain him in it, he
will republish it in a neat pamphlet form.
We think it merits republication. Five
copies of the Sermon on election will be
forwatded by the publisher. We do not
charge for obituaries , hence the necessity
of brevity.—We complain not of the one
for the publication of which we were re
quested to state the amount charged.
Hot. E. Kincaid.
The appointment for Bro. Kincaid at j
Macon will be changed from Tuesday to!
Monday evening, so as to enable him to be j
in Savannah on Tuesday night. The bre- ;
thren in Savannah wi'l please make an ap- ■
pnintment on Tuesday night the 27th.
Broth r James B. Taylor, of Richmond,
Ya.. accompanies brother Kincaid. Tliev
preached at this place on Tuesday and j
Tuesday night last. The details of brother 1
K. are exceedingly interesting. The col-j
lections and subscriptions amounted to
SI 17 20. This was very well u for our
small village, considering that we very re
cently contributed to the home mission a
gent $202 GO. Brother Taylor will preach
in Macon on Lord's Day night.
Onr Editorials.
They must necessarily he curtailed, some
what, for a month or two, in order to ena
ble us to make out anew bonk, in which
the names of our subscribers shall be ar
ranged in alphalictical ordci. It is neces
sary that we complete this work before the
meeting of our State ('(invention.
Post Offirc News.
Anew Poet Office has been established
at the house of Constantine Wood, in Ar- 1
mueliee Valley, Walker county, Ga., rail
ed Villannw, and Constantine Wood is ap-!
pointed First Master.
T
Our propose ! Premium*. —lf any who
are entitled to the Baptist Almanac and Reg {
ister have not received them, if they will i
let tvs know, we will yrt remit them a copy
or two. The Premium of hooks was to j
he awarded to the one that got the largest ;
number of subscribers before the Ist of Jan-!
nary and remitted the payment. Rev. Jos. I
Folliin entitled Wmwit’ ui it, mid we have !
lorwarded the books t.*> the care of Dr. Tur
pin, Augusta—otic excepted, which we
have not as yet been able to procure.
Omission. —ln our receipts for the Bap
tist Preacher, we omitted the name of our
brother J. M. Jackson. Washington Ga.,
wnb paid SI in fuH for the volume lor 1814.
Associations! Returns.
We have recently received Minutes of
the following associations : Stmbury ; Co
lum'ius, Mi.; Xorul.e Primitive, Mi. ;
Welsh .Week .S'. C., lor which wc are
thankful, but cannot report their statistics
a present.
Looking Ip.
Our University is most evidently in the j
ascending scale at present. At the dose j
of the second week of our present term the j
number of students amounted to upwards j
of GO, and we hear of others on the way. i
This is enrollragi.-.g. It looks as though :
the denomination are beginning to feel the
importance of sustaining theit own institu-j
lions of learning. We ought to have at!
least 150 students here.
Mercer Cnivcrsity.
Wc would say to those who desire to go
through a thorough theological course of
studies, there is no longer a necessity to
go Ninth for this purpose. Dr. Dagg, our
President pro. tern, and professor of The
ology, is now with us, than whom no one,
in our view, is more competent to fulfil the
duties of the office which lie holds. He
has the confidence of the denomination, not
only in the South, but throughout our whole
country.
It is. we believe, the purpose of the
Trustees, to make every provision necessa
ry to ptace our theological department on
vih equal footing with that of the most fa
vored institutions in other pant* of the coun
try. As soon as circumstances will justify
it, and the interests of the students require
it, one or more theological professors will
be added. We have bceu peculiarly grati
fied. of Jat-e, to see a determination evinced
by Lite Trustees. to sustain well this depart
ment in our University. May kind Hea
ven enable them to carry out their liberal
designs.
Our Collegiate department is also well
supplied with professors, whose reputation,
as instructed, is already established. We
have been told, recently, by members of
our Slate University, that students Irom our
College, entering theirs, are genetally found
well piepared and sustain a good standing
in their respective classes. This is the
best kind of testimony that can be given in
favor of the ability of any faculty. It comes
from a rival institution, and from those
most competent to bear testimony. Will
any one set tip against such testimony vague
rumor ant! the reports of the disaffected !
k Sonne of Error.
Payment* arc olletr made us for sevetal
individuals, at the same time, who receive
their papers through different P. Offices.
When the P. O. cf the subsetiber is not
stated we cannot extend the credit on the
account book, though we enter the credit
on our cash book. Perhaps when a second
payment is made, his P. O. is stated ; we
turn to his account and give him credit for
the last payment; but the first having been
omitted, he does not receive credit to the
time, up to which he has paid. The fault
is not so much ours, as of those who omit
ted to state the P. 0. when a remittance
was made. It is impossible (or us to re
member the time of subscription, of pay
ment, and amount paid by each of our two
thousand subscribers. Wc receive each
mail, pet haps from ten to twenty or more
lettcis, enclosing money, containing names
of new subscribers, directing changes or
discontinuances, asking for accounts or re
ceipts, and making inquiries on various
subjects. The clerks in but few counting
rooms have a* much business of this kind,
to which to attend, as we have. But in ad
dition to the attention required by these let
ters—enough to keep one busily employed
from sunrise to sunset—we are comped
to read, in order to make our selections,
from eigty to a hundred papers, pamphlets,
&c., good, bad and indifferent. Then we j
have communications for publication to re-!
vise and correct; and it often requires more !
time to correct one of these than it would !
to write one of twice its length. Next j
comes our associational returns, which fie- j
quctilly requires both addition and sublrae-!
tion, and alter all this vve are expected to j
write two or three columns for each paper. 1
We have also a family which requires some
attention, as they are not cloth; and like the
lily ol the field, by the spontaneous efforts
of nature; nor have they learned to live,
like a certain bird in Persia, on empty air.
And, again, we have public duties to per
form, as a member of a church, a citizen, a
trustee and a preacher. Gan any one sup
pose it possible for us to attend to all these
duties without ever committing an error ?
if so, surely they must suppose us to be
more than human.
A Mrmcnlo,
Farmers have been getting good prices
for their cotton, merchants have been doing
a good business, mechanics get hettef wages,
or at least are paid more promptly (linn for
merly—Ought not all to bring of the fruit
of their labor and lay it as a thankofforing
on the altar of the Lord ? The channels
which God in his mercy lias opened for the
streams of our benevolence are iiOttici'otts ;
and lie requires ue to give according, to the
prosperity which lie bestows. If wc do
not make a proper use ol the earthly treas
ure committed to our care will he commit
tons the “true riches? If we bury our
one talent will he give us ten ? Friends
ami brethren, think of these things, “ A
word to the wise is sufficient,” is an old
maxim. May its truth lie verified by many
of you.
The Sinner is Spiritually Head.
The proof which we shall adduce to es
tablish the proposition placed at the head
of this article, is of a twofold character : it
consists of farts, and of testimony, The
facts are those which go to prove the ab
sence in the sinner, of all the signs of spir
itual vitality.
Onr ideas of life and death are derived
from observation. “ How can we reason,”
says a poet, “ but from w hat wc know ?”
We look upon the natural body, and behold
it warm and animated, exhibiting the vari
ous hues and other phenominu of life. The
divers organs of which it is composed are
all in active operation, performing, with
more or less of vigor, their respective func
tions ; hut a breath passes ovei the fleshy
fabric—a breath from the lips of the Al
mighty, and nchnngc comes over the scene.
Job 4. 9. “With the breath of his lips shall
he slay the wicked*” says the prophet Isai
ah, (Is. 11.4.) We look again—the form
once warm and animated becomes cold and
motionless; the ruby red is exchanged for
the chalky white ; the purple current no
longer courses its natural channels; the
lungs refuse to inhale the vital air; the eye
sees not; the ear hears not. We call to it,
but the mouth answers not again ; for the
voice, once sweet, perhaps, and sonorous,
is stilled—and stilled forever! In vain do
we chafe the paly limbs ; w? cannot rouse
them into action. What means this sudden
cliapgS ? A something answers, This is
death!—natural death! And, friends and
brethren, -analogous to this is spiritual death.
The soul, like the body,may be suppos
ed to be composed of integral parts. It
feels, thinks, and wills; and is, therefore,
endowed with sensation , thought, and vo
lition. It is the exercise of these last that
furnishes us with evidence of the existence
of the eoul; and it is the exercise of these,
on spiritual or heavenly objects, that af
fords evidence of spiritual life. The ab
sence of such spititualized sensations,
thoughts and volitions, must ever be receiv
ed as prima facie evidence of spiritual death.
Now hew is it with the sinner ? Does
he afl’ord evidence of life or of death ! Alas!
he bears impressed upon his very front .the
mark of the cold finger of death ! Eyes
has he, but he sees not. In vain are the
glories of Heaven and the horrors of the
eternal pit presented before him—they pro
duce no more impression upon his lifpless
sou|, than upon the mouldering masses of
bones that crumble into dust in his ances
tral place.of sepulture ! In vain doe3 the
still small voice of constiencc whisper in
his ear its gentle admonitions, in vain does
the lioly Spirit call to him to • come lorth
from Amami, from the lions den, from the
mountain of the leopards’—Ears has he,
but he hears not the call! In vain is the
loving kindness and tender mercy of the
Lord manifested towards him—not a note
of praise or thanksgiving escapes his lips—
a mouth has he, birt it speaks not the p'raises
of the most High God l sh vain may we
point to the gathering clouds of divine ven
geance—the impending storm of endless
ruin, and again to the way of escape open
ed before him—Limbs has he, but he moves
not! Not a step does he advance towards
the aik of safety—not a hand is raised to
lay hold of the hope set before hint! Where
we would ask, where are the signs of spir
itual vitality ? Alas ! they arc all wanting !
Here then are facts to prove the sinner spir
itually dead.
But what says the law and the testimony
in the case ? They represent the sinner as
* dead in tresspasses and sins,* (Eph. 2. 1., j
Colo. 3. 13.) and assure us, in express
terms,-that to he carnally minded is death ?
(Rom. 8. G.) To place this assertion in a
still stronger light, it is added, by way of
antithesis, * but to be spiritually minded is
life and peace. ’ ‘The wages of sin is j
death,’ says the apostle Paul, (Rom. G. 23.) j
* Sin,’ savs another apostle, * bringeth forth j
death,’ (Jas. 1. 15) The Saviour repre
sents those who believe on hint, as having
passed from death unto life, (John 5. 24,)
and the sinner is urged to arise from the
dead, (Eph. 5. 14,) and assured IhaiCluist
shall give him light. Innumerable other
passages might be adduced, in which the’
sinner is represented as spiritually dead, |
and those who have been brought to arcept |
of salvation, as having passed from death
unto life.
Therefore, fellow sinners, if you take no
pleasure in the ordinances of the gospel; if
the thoughts and affections of your hearts
follow not the Lamb, whithersoever lie go
elh, (Rev. 14. 4) like the hundred folly ami j
four thousand redeemed souls, whom the
apostle saw, in vision, in Patinos; if yourj
volitions are not of a holy texture, and ceil-j
tre not on holy objects—in short, if you I
feel not the inspiration of the Holy Spirit;
within you, infusing life into those dry i
bones of yours, say what you will to the I
contrary, you are morally and, spiritually j
dead—dead to all holy intents and purpo
ses < Ami much cause of feat have you,
lest the mortality which hath happened to
j your immortal part, sliouldcnusc your souls
to crumble into dust, anil to he driven be
j fore the angry winds of heaven, into that
fathomless abyss where bfoodeth the black
ness of darkness forever.
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‘flic Mode and’ Subjects of Baptism.
We have received a pamphlet 0155 pages,
I containing two well written discourses, de
livered before the Cedar Greek Baptist
Chuich of N. Carolina, on Lord’s day
Sept. 10th, 1813, by Richard Furman, pas
tor of the Baptist Church in Cliernw, S. C.
This pamphlet arrived at our office during
our late absence stud was overlooked on our
return, which is the cause of its not having
been noticed in our columns at an earlier
period. We think it calculated to do good.
The following extracts will serve as speci
mens of the authors views and of his style.
The Saviour's Sufferings: Pcudobap
tist principles tend to depreciate them.
“In Luke xii, 50, the Saviour says, “1
have a baptism to he baptised with ; and
how am I straitened till it be accomplish
ed.” lie here had reference to the siifl'er
ings through which he was to pass. Now
wliat a poor nyd inadequate conception of
those seffetiugs would the figure of sprink
ling give us ! Suppose he had said, *• I
have a sprinkling of sufferings to be sprink
led with.” Where would have been the
propriety., where would have been the
meaning of such language as this ? If it
conveyed any meaning at all, it would have
been this that he had but very little to en
dure— He was only to be sprinkled with a
sprinkling of sufferings ! But how dif
ferent the meaning when the language is
varied —“ I have an immersion of suffer
ings to be immersed, or overwhelmed with.”
This figure presents the most vivid picture
of’tlie sufferings of Jesus. He was plung
ed in grief; he was overwhelmed with woe.
And when an immersion of sufferings is
spoken of, we know what it means. We
have immediately before our eyes his suf
ferings in the garden, when he sweat as it
were great drops of blood—and his over
whelming agonies upon the cross ; when
his groans shook the foundations of the
world ; when the rocks were rent through
out the vast dominions of nature; when
darkness, deep and gloomy, brooded over
the face of the world ; when the vail of the
temple was rent in twain, and the bodies of
the dead awoke from their long slumbers;
when the angelic host looked down upon
Calvary in silent sorrow ; when ti e cruel
spear was thrust into his side; when he
bowed his head, and in all the agonies of
the dying struggle, exclaimed, “ My Coil,
my God, why hast thou forsaken me ?”
We are ready to say with the Christian poet,
“ Oh Lamb of God, was ever grief,
Was ever love like thine ?”
In view of all this, is there a man in this
vast assembly who will stand up and say
that Chiist was sprinkled with a sprinkling
of sufferings ? If there is such an one here,
I cal! upon him to arise and show himself.
I wish to see him. He is a wonder in cre
ation. And he ought to be held up as an
everlasting spectacle to angels, to men, and
to devils!”
The author assigns four reasons for ob
jecting to- Infant Baptism. His fourth
shews
The evil of Infant Baptism. We are
opposed to infirm baptism because it does a
positive injury to the cause of God, 3ml to
the souls of meti. Persons are thus intro
duced into the church, who have no busi
ness there ; and it is made to consist, irr a
great measure, of unconscious babes, and
of unconverted men. lam aware that the
reply may be made that although infants
are sprinkled, they are not regarded, prop
erly speaking, as members of the church,
until they arrive at years ol discretion, and
join lor themselves. But look nt matters
as lfifev really exist. Baptism is either the
rile of initiation into the Christiau Chftreh,
or it :s not. If it is not, then no persons
who have been baptised are members—but
if it is, it follows that all are members who
have been baptised, whether men, or wo
men, or children. And Pcdobaptists act
upon this principle. There are hundreds
and thousands of communicants'in various
Pedohaptist churches, who make no pre
tensions to a change of heart. This is a
grevious evil. Whence did it originate ?
It came from Pedoliaptism. They were
sprinkled when they were children ; they
were brought up to regaul themselves as
members of the church, and they have con
tinual such ever since. The abominable
tenets of Unilnrinnism and Univetsalism are
extensively prevalent in the northern por
tion of these United States. If you ask
their origin, we reply that their advocates,
lor the most part, came originally from Pe
dohaptist churches. They were sprinkled
in infancy—and afterwards looked upon
themselves as Christians, although they
knew nothing of a change of heart. In this
state they were prepared for the reception
of the most revolting siul ruinous errors.—
And it was natural for them to embrace doe
trines which elevate and dignify human na
ture, however dishonoring they may he to
God. In some instances, a minister and j
his whole church have gone over to the
IJnitaiians.* These facts, besides others
that might he presented, show some of the
fruits of infant baptism. It has been bane
ful in its influence over the Church, ever
since it came into the world. It has de
ceived many thousands of souls, and led
them, in a fatal security, down to the cham
bers of eternal death. Oh my hearers, be
ware lest your children become the ruined
victims of this great destroyer !
*Thc author has been recently informed I
that this is substantially the history of the i
Unitarian Church in Charleston, So. Ca. j
Georgetown College.
The following extract from the fcemi-an
nual Report of this institution, presents it
in a very favorable light. We commend it
in the attention of students generally—here
and elsewhere.
“ But a single instance of disorder, de
serving the notice of the Faculty has oe
cured (luting the session ; and this concern
ed one individual only, who promptly and
i handsomely acknowledged the errot with
j manifest regret. No intentional damage
| has been done to the building or grounds.
! In this respect, til * students preserve the
! high stand they assumed from the moment
j of .entering the new College, so that three
years have now elapsed and there is scarce
ly the mark of a penknife or lead pencil, in
the building; nor, in that time, has any act
i of intentional disrespect be shown on to any j
member of the Faculty.
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Oil upon the Troubled Waters.
We receive many ill-natured communi
cations ; but the effects of hundreds of these
are neutralized in a moment by one like
that, an extract from which we give below.
It was not designed for publication, but it
evinces such a lovely spirit, that we think
its publication cannot fail to do good.—
Many will seek to imitate it; for man is an
imitative being, and the querulous and fault
finding will’feel more severely reproved, by
the exhibition of the meek and. quiet spirit
evinced in the letter, than by any retort of
ours. May we all, editor and subscribers
and non-subscribing correspondents, imbibe
more of the same spirit.
Feb. Gilt, 1814.
Dear Bro. Baker, —If it would, not be
regarded as a trespass on your time and pa
tience, already taxed to the uttermost, I
would express the sympathy which I feel
for you, my dear brother, as an Editor.—
Never having been an editor, and with a
very imperfect knowledge of his duties and j
trials, it is not to he expected that I can en- j
ter into all his feelings. But it does not re-;
quire editorial experience or the spirit of
prophecy to perceive that the editor’s chair
(especially that of the Christian editor) is
not an easy one, and that “ its cushion is
not constructed of down ;” unless the con
sciousness of being engaged for the pro
motion of the cause of truth against error,
—the good of mankind,—and the glory of
God, make it downy and comfortable. To
he compelled, almost constantly, to look
I upon the sad and mischievous errors ol
] Christians in relation to scripture doctrines
land discipline, cannot be otherwise than
j painful to the lover of truth. Nor will it
! remove the pain, hut rather increase it, to
| kno.w that those indulging these errors are
good brethren !—brethren beloved ! And
l can easily imagine that it is no light cross
to feel conscientiously compelled to meet
and combat these errors, cherished as they
are, by those who are dearly beloved. I
can speak on this point from experience.—
To differ with those who, in some sense, j
may be regarded as enemies, is a small mat-j
ter; but to differ with brethren tenderly he- 1
loved, is, to me, one of the severest cross
es. And, again, to witness the mistakes
and misapprehensions, into which brethren’
fall, in relation to what the editor lias said,
the want of discrimination between things
widely different; and to be compelled to
feel the reflections predicated upon such
mistakes and want of discrimination, must
be exceedingly trying to the patience, and
corroding to the feelings. Would it not he
worth while to enquire for the source of
such mistakes and want of discrimination ?
Perhaps brethren read too superficially—
seize upon one word or idea and overlook
others which are intended to qualify. But
my brother, thorny as the cushion of vour
editorial chair may be, I hope you will not
think of leaving it -soon. And I trust, the
consciousness that you are promoting the
cause of trtith, will sustain and eiieer you.
and render your chair at least tolerable. 1
can’t write for the public, hut I would write
for your'encouragement if what I could say
would hare that effect.
Tours most affectionately,
I acknowledge the reception of ten dol
lars from bro. George MeKinne, ten
dollars front bro. Randal Davie, and fifteen
dollars from three brethren of the Antioch
Church, in Oglethorpe, all for the Bonk
depository of the Georgia Baptist Associa
tion. Will not tin* Brethren in nil the
churches in the Association remember that
the first of March is the time at which this
fond was to he made up, and will not the
Pastors and Deacons lay the matter before
the churches, and aid all that they ran in
tilts praiseworthy effort of the Association
■to promote the diffusion of religious knowl
edge. B. M. SANDERS.
Bro. Baker .*— > Sir —l see von have giv
en notice in the Index of an Improved Cat
echism intended to assist in the Religious
Instruction of children in families and Sab
bath Schools. ‘l'llis New Catechisms
though it has been examined and approved
by a committee of the Bapiist Convention
of the Slate of Georgia, I feel as it would
not be amiss for one that has been connect
ed with a Sabbath School for the last four
teen ycais, to say it is just the catechism
that has been lacking in oitr Sunday schools
for years, I say lacking because I have fre
quently heard Teachers enquiring for such
jan one, and could not obtain them. The
| catechism is small and cheap, the questions
are good, the nnsweis short and plain, and
1 think it will be approved by all Sunday
School Teachers who will examine and
leach it in their Schools.
A Teacher.
Liberal Legacies.-The Mercantile Jour
nal says that the following legacies have
been left by Israel Munson, our late worthy
fellow citizen, who died on Friday last, at
an advanced age*
Mass. General Hospital .... $30,000
Harvard College 15,000
Yale College 15.000
Yale Medical School .5,000
Blind Asylum 4.000
Farm School 3,000
Eye and Ear Infirmary 3,090
Retreat at Hartford 5,000
Total $70,000
Amos Lawrence, Esq. of Boston, lias
made a donation to Williams’ College of
SSOOO. Is there not in this State some
wealthy individual who has got SSOOO for
Waterville College'— Zions Jldv.
And is there not in this Slate someone
who has that amount for Mercer Universi
ty! Ed. Index.
Rev. Eton Galusha. —From private
sources we understand, that the - report* of
which we had received successive intima
tions for a considerables period past—that
Elder Galusha had become a full and con
firmed convett to the theory of Miller—is
true; and ive have heard it added, that In*
proclaims in public his expectation, that the
world will be destroyed on or before some
j day of next mouth, we believe the 14ih.—
Avery brief period will be required to
prove the utter fallacy of such an expecta
tion.—Bap. .•Advocate.
Methodistn. —A petition has been pre
j settled to the Legislature of Massachusetts,
j by the bishops and preaciteis of the M. E.
Church, praying litr tin act ol incorporation,
J liy which till the houses of worship belong
| mg to that sect- shall he secured to them.
lin trust, and be entirely under their control
as a Board of Trustees to appoint such
j ministers to preach in them, as they please. ’
The object of the petition is opposed by j
the seceding Methodists, who justly repre-1
sent this as an attempt to establish a church 1
corpmation, dangerous to religious libeity. J
We hope the attention of our.legislators
will be directed to this subject of ecclesias
tical corporations, and crush them in the
bud.
To the Point. —A zealous Temperance
lecturer not long since was inveighing
strqpgly against distilleries. His descrip
tion was very annoying to a distiller pre
sent, who became much excited. The lec
turer at length said he should like to preach
in a distillery. “What text would yon.
take?” interrupted the distiller. “I would
take the words of Jonah, ii, 2. Out of the
belly of hell cried /;” instantly replied
the Lecturer.
Phasing Incident' —While we were In
company with Dr. Cunningham a few days
since, that gentleman received a kind leiter
front an Episcopal clergyman of Philadel
phia, (the Rev, T. O. Allen) inclosing a
hundred dollar note, being the donation of
! a lady, a member of one of the Baptist
: churches of Philadelphia, to the Free
! Church of Scotland. Wc wish the heart
|of our friend were encouraged by many
such acts ol true and disinterested beneio
lem e.— Presbyterian.
‘l’he Vermont Watchman states that
Bishop Hopkins, of Vermont, has publish
ed a letter against certain novelties which
are now disturbing the Episcopal church,
viz. the dogma that there can be “No
church without, a Bishop,”—re-baptisrtr—
and the real presence in the sacrament.—
I’lie Bishop was recently invited 1 to gtre a
course of lectures in Philadelphia, when
Bishop Onderdonk prohibited him, that ci
ty being in Bishop O.’s diocese. Ontthis f
Bishop Hopkins announces the publication
of his lectures in New York; and thus the
Vermont Bishop beats the Dutchman. We
apprehend that the Puseyitc prelate can’t
quite muzzle the press.
Cold If inters. —The Salem Gazette, in
an article respecting tire late cold weathrr,
says:—“The severest New England win
ters on record are those of 1717;
17G4, 1772. 1780, and 1780. The witi
terof 1741 was hitter, and its severity,
widely lelt, ‘No one remembered the like/
In 1780, the snows commenced early iVi
November, and continual storms, accom
panied with violent winds from the North
west, occured during December. About
the first of January, a period of steady and
severe cold commenced. Dining forty
days, even on the South and sunny side of
buildings in warm situations, there was no
indication of thaw. The light and dry
smnv drifted and edclied with incessant mo
tions on the wind. Paths, if opened, were
immediately filled, and coinrminiraiiou was
entirely interrupted. Wood was sold in 1
the village of Worcester at sixty dollars a
cord, owing to the roads being filled with
snow,”
The Season. —The closing week of
January and the first week of February,
1841, will long be remembered for tbe se
verity jof cold weather which character
ize.! them. At Baltimore the thermometer
was eight degrees zero, and at Alex
andria, the Patapscu river was frozen over
for some distance, At Philadelphia, ih*
.Schuylkill and Delaware were in the samo
condition, so that the navigation was closed.
The Hudson river was one sheet of icc al
most jo New Votk c ty, and all navigation
was stopped on Long Island Sound, New
York was completely embargoed, so far *
communication by water was concerned*-
The harbours of Boston, Salem, and Port
land, were frozen, so that no vessel's could
come in nor go out. The steamship Bri
tannia was completely frozen in at Boston:
so that a passage,- one hundred and fifty
feet wide, was obliged to'be cat in the icc
for several miles; which was accomplished
on Friday evening, 2d inst. This was a
great undertaking, and it was predicted that
it could not be done. The Britannia pro
ceedfttl to sea, on Saturday morning, at ip
o’clock, having been detained little more
j than a day nrrd a half, and by this deten
tion, has been enabled to take letters re
ceived by the Southern mail, which arrived
at four o'clock that morning. Her mail ia
the largest ever carried across the Atlantic,
containing over thirty thousand Utters.
Further north, it was still colder* At
Burlington, Lake Champlain was frozen,
so that heavy teams crossed it to Plattsburg.
No such weather has been experienced
since the year 1835.
P om Florida. —The Jacksonville Tro
pical Plant of the 27th Jauury says, “the
night of the 3Gtli inst., was the coldest
weather ever experienced in Florida; ice
was formed in the thickness of a quarter of
hit inch; in the fore part of the night we
had a ifght fall of 3now.” The same pa*
pet says, “VVe h ? ate been credibly inform
ed that one hundred an I eighty Indian war
rior;: have been Counted at different times
making their appearance at the military
post at Tampa.”
WEEKLY RECEIPTS.
Vincent Sanford paid $5 to Jan ‘45 ;
Rtv G Cranberry for Maj P Hartsfield 98
april 44 ; S Borders $5 jail 45 ; AH Bor
ders $5 may 43 ; \V H Dandy $9 jtlly 44 ;
John Slmlars $lO july 43 ; P M White*-
vilie, R F Thomason 2 50 Oct 44: Tho*
Morgan 2 50 mav 44; Danl Dupree 2 60
jan 46; P M Waverly, Mi, G W Blair 910
nov 45; J L S Foster $lO julv 4G; P M
Thomnston, Danl Beall $5 fcb4s; P M Mt
Moriah, Ala, A Lacy $lO in full; P M Co
lumbus, G 11 Thornton and J M Shivers
2 50 each mar 45; L G Steed, Mrs Mary
Welbnrii 7 50 sept 44 and for self 2 50 to
mar 45; C M Irvin for A Barksdale $5 julv
44; (i Barksdale $5 feb 42 ; S Brinson 95
jan 45; R(;v (V M Pope 2 50 jan 43; Rer
W J Harley, R T Bailie and Kcv D. G
Daniel 2 s'o each jan 45; Rc-v S E Garden
er for Rev .1 R George $lO nug 46.
BORDERS & BRUCE,
Attorneys at Law.
Hamilton, Harris Cos., Ga.
a, L. borders.
Feh. IG, 1844. w. w. bruck.
BIBLES AND TESTAMENTS.
THE Executive Committe of the Geor
gia Baptist State Convention have received
Iroin the American and Foreign Bible Soci
ety, two hundred mid fifty Bibles and five
hundred Testaments, which are deposited
at Dr. W. 11. Turpin’s Drugstore in Au
gusta, to be disposed of at Cost to Bible So
cieties, Sunday School agents, oi other be
nevolent associations for the distiibution of
religious hooks. Bibles are at 44 cts. to
$2 23 cis., and Testaments at 11 eta, to 69
cts. a piece. The agents of all benevolent
Sociciies can obtain them at those price*
for dish, by exhibiting a suitable certificate
of their agency, B. M. SANDERS.
Ch. Ex. Com.
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Job Printing,
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