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OBITUARY.
Report of the Committee on Obituary
Notices.
Your Committee is called again to the
melancllnly duty of noticing the death of;
one of our incmbcis.
Our young Brother Dr. Allen J Mc-
Clendon is no more.
lie was born in Jasper county, on the ■
21st day of October. A. D. 1820. He join
ed this Church and was baptiz'd l>v the j
Rev. Jatr.es Davis on the lirst Sabbath in
August, 1842..
Our young brother diet! after a protracted
illness which he hnre with almost unpreci
dant resignation, on the 21st day of Janua
ry, 1814.
To eulogise his many virtues and his ex- j
emplary life as a Christian, would be but
useless, for his moral worth, his exemplary
Christian deportment, and his dying testi
mony and exhortations to his friends and
relatives will live and exist as long as the
memory retains its wonted seat. But he is
gone.
“He flourished like the motning (lower
In beauties pride arrayed,
But long ere night cut down it lies
All withered and decayed.”
The Church militant feels and knows
hpr. loss, his disconsolate, widowed and be
reaved mother will not be comforted. But
we would say to her, sorrow not, for we
have no doubt that he has joined with our
dear old brother McClendon and the Broth
ers and Sisters of the family that have gone
before.
Where Itis weary soul now bathes
In seas of heavenly rest.
Where not a wave of trouble rolls
Across his peaceful bteast. *
And may your prayets be heard for the
balance ol the children. That whether
soon or late von reach that court.
O’er life’s rough ocean driven,
May yon rpjoice tto wander lost
A family in Heaven
A. DANIEL, A
A. HUGGINS, l Com.
t. w. iiandle, J
Published hy order of the Church at
Newhope, Coweta county. Ga., 2d March
lßtl. T. W. RANDLE. <5. < Ik.
For the Christian Index.
Voluntary Calpirtnge in Kentucky.
. The following letter furnishes an admi
rable ilhisttaiiun of the reflex influence of
the colporteur system. The Hon. Mr. M
’s example of Harlan Page-like la
burs will provoke others in turn, we trust,
to similar voluntary devotedness of time
and effort for the diffusion of the truth.—
One great end of the system of colportage
will be lost if Christians are not stimulated !
bv it to self-denying, personal exertions to j
win individual Isolds to Ohrist.
To the Rev. R. S. Cook, Cor. Sec. Am. I
Tract Son.
It will he remembered that during the
spring of 1813 1 applied to your Society
fur hooks to the amount of 8100 for the
purpose of supplying to some extent at
least a very diMitnte portion of southern
Kentucky, embracing a part of the counties
of Logan, Todd, Muhlenberg, Christian
and Hopkins. In compliance with that
request the Society directed their agent,
Mr. S. ‘Veils, then laboring in this iieiglt
bothood.) to deliver to me 8100 worth of
their volumes. Immediately upon the re
ceipt of the hooks I proccctled to their dis
tribution, and during the early part of the
last summer I so fat advanced as to distri
bute all except about 00 volumes. I have
already placed the volumes of the Society
in more than 150 different destitute fami
lies. Those who have received grains have
invariably manifested gratitude, yet lam
fully satisfied of the propriety-of the advice
of the Society against indiscriminate dona
tions.
EXTRACTS FROM JOURNAL.
This day I gave to Mrs. S— -■ a 44
cent volume. ; She lives five miles distant
in a poor neighborhood, and walked (though
aged) to my house to return a Raster's
Call I loaned Iter in 1812. She states that
it had been read by all of her large family
who could read and by most of the neigh
bors. It is much worn, and looks like a
veteran of the cross. Site received the do
nation with the strongest marks of thank
fulness.
Proceeded to visit a portion of the desti
tute'of the north part of T —Co. ac
companied by Mrs, M , both of us
packing on horseback as many hooks and
Tracts as we could carry, and visiting fam
ilies inaccessible by any other mode of con
veyance. We found families who rarely if]
ever attended the public ministration of the !
Gospel, which indeed in some portions 1
was but poorly calculated to secure atten
tion. 1 made a public address in favor of
the Tract cause, and distributed a number
of volumes where there were many uncon
verted. Among my distributions were ma
ny of the works of “Baxter and Alleine.”
In a very short time a most glorious revi
val followed in the neighborhood, and 30
or 40 persons have been added to the church,
and that too where l never heard of a revi
val before.
SINGULAR PAYMENT FOR BOOKS.
After I had made my address and was
handing out books, an old lady about 80
years of age remarked to me that she de
sired those two boys (pointing to two j oung
men) should each have a small book. I
gave to one a• Dxte r “* and the other nit
••Alleine,*’ and directed them to exchange
wh -n each should read his book through.
Though 1 intended the hooks a< a donation
to the young men. the old Indy remarked
that she would do all she could lor the So
ciety, She then climbed up ott a box and
pulled out of a crack in a log of the cabin
a small rag which contained 25 cents, which
she said she had kept lor a longtime, and
would give for the bonks as the best appro
priation she could make of it. The young
men were her grand-children and members
of families who were deeply interested in
die revival, and l hope the\ have been led
('hrtrt.
A MOTHER OF TEN CHILDREN TEACHING |
THEM TO READ WITHOUT BOOKS, &C. I
In passing through another very desti- 1
tule neighborhood 1 called on Mrs. M !
who told me she had not had an oppnrtu- 1
nity ol going to meeting any where fori
years; she did not live near to any place of
public preaching and had no conveyaure; j
desired much to join so.tie Christian church
but never nad an opportunity. I knew her
husband was a dissipated man and very
poor; yet I saw before me a dialect look
ing woman, surrounded by ten bright, in
t resting children, the eldest about 16, ail;
looking clean and neat; and she informed
me she had taught several of the eldest to j
read, though they had never been to school.
I asked her what were her stuck of books?
She replied, two pieces of spelling-books
and a part of an old Bible. I gave her a
volume in the name of the Society, and
while in the midst of her children (to some
of whom I gave Tracts and one or two
small volumes) she expressed her (sincere
thanks, tears of gratitude gathered in her
eyes. I promised to procure for her a Bi
] hie, which I did.
1 We gladdened a poor widow’s heart hy
a donation of a Baxter’s Call and a larger
] volume to her son. Visited a large number
; of poor families, ami - gave to'each a book
I and generally some Tracts; then visitedji
; notlier neighborhood; rnet a large collection
1 of people; made an address, and distrihu
! ted what books and Tracts we had left,
: which were but few, having almost exhaus
ted our packs. During this excursion I
was accompanied throughout by Mrs. M
new employment, and only regretted that
we had not given ourselves more time, so
that our family visits might have been more
thorough.
We called on Mr. I. and family.
Though poor they entertained us kindly:
he was not yet a professor, but was deeply
interested and engaged upon the subject of
religion, his interest having been excited by
reading a “Baxter's Call” which I had giv
en him some lime before Cave Mrs. L
a volume of Tracts, which was
most gratefully received. Called to see a
; family, the lady only at home; she was
poor, with four small children in their ca
j bin; gave her a “Mother at Home,” and
explained it to her. She said she would
read it through onre for each chil l she had,
! and “raise” them by its instructions.—
i Site asked for a book sot her husband to
: read, as he was not pious. I gave her
I Baxter; and while she showed us the road
j I never saw manifested more strong marks
! of gratitude and pleasure than were cxlii-
Idled hv her. ‘
. ANOTHER EXCURSION AND ITS RESULTS.
Soon after this excursion 1 made a tour
to a poor and destitute neighborhood of Lo
gan Cos. Visited some families: met a
congregation: made an address; granted a
number of hooks; sold a few; distributed
’Tracts. and have since learned that
some who have, received books have been
hopefully converted. Among t'.ese was a
mother and daughter, who were members
of a poor family who were all wicked, con
sisting of these two and the lather, who is
also now serious, as lam infotnied. I re
turned home alter having distributed all tin-!
hooks l could carry. I then made another!
tour to the north of T Cos. Met a j
congregation; made an address; found much ‘
interest in favor of the Society; distributed j
a number of books and Tracis. There is {
no place where I think the works of the;
Society have been more needed, to give a !
firm and solid cast to the excited interest j
which lias been sinca produced upon the
subject of religion in a revival at a camp
meeting, where about 40 persons professed
an interest in the Saviour, and perhaps 50
others were anxious.
In this ueighboi hood I visited a young
minister who had just commenced his la
bors. I found him poor but very industri
ous, with a lovely and sprightly set of chil
dren, and an energetic wife, without a li
biary and too poor to buy. 1 thought it
would meet the wishes of the Soeiety to
giaui him three volumes. On a private
trip through M Cos. I took a few of
the books in my saddle-bags. I found a
wealthy man who was a member of the
church; hut I was informed that although
he had been in tlie church three or lour
years, and was worth 820,000, lie has not
paid one dollar to the support of the Gos
pel or to charity. 1 gave Inin “Mammon.”
1 have the pleasure, ami ttuly it is a great j
one to me. to state to the Soeiety that in !
looking over my Journal I find that aeon ;
sideralde number of persons to whom 1 1
have gl anted the works of the Society, and j
particularly Baxter’e Call, have since pro
fessed an interest in the Saviour, and are
now members of the church, ami some of
them l know to be useful members.
Your Society is popular in this region. l
and.is doing much to elevate the standard ;
of religious intelligence and piety. May
God hasten your efforts to their high desti
ny! F. E. M.
Elkto.n, Ken. January, 1844.
Amos Alkius’ Proverbs,
Amos Atkins was very fond of proverbs:
he read proverbs, wrote provetbs, spoke
proverbs: and meet him where you would
he had always a proverb on his iips.—
When he once began to speak, there was
hardly any stopping to him. When I first
met Amos, I was on my way to my uncle’s,
a long walk it was. but 1 told him that 1
hoped to be there before night.
“Ay! ay!” said lie, “ Hope is a good
breakfast but a bad supper. Put your
best loot foremost, boy: oi else you will
not lie there. It is a good thing to hope;!
hut lie who docs nothing but hope, is in a j
very hopeless way.
“Have a care of your tempci; for a pas- \
sionale boy rides a pony that runs away ,
with him. Passion has done more mis
chief in the world than all the poisonous
plants that grow in it: therefore, again I
say, have a ctre for your temper.
’"Remember, that the first spark burns
1 down the house; quench the first spark of
passi-'ti, and .ill will he well. No good
comes from wrath; it puts no money in the
pocket, and no joy in the heart. Anger
begins with fully and ends with repen
tance.
“Look at vour feet and fingers, boy, and
let both be kept in activity; for he who
does nothing, is in a fair way to do mis
chief. An idle boy makes a needy man;
and I may add a very miserable one too,
“If you put a hot coal into your porket,
it will burn its way out. Ay! and so will a
bad deed that is hidden, make itself known.
A fault concealed is a fault doubled, ami
so you will find it all ihrongh life. Never
hide your faults.
“Waste not a moment of your time, for
a moment of time is a monument of mer
cy.
Now step forward, hoy; and as you walk
along, think of the half dozen proverbs giv
en you by Amos Atkins.”— Church Cron
icle.
From the Religious Herald.
Berkvvillk, Clarke Cos., V.i.
Dear Sir: —l send to you for publica
tion in your valuable paper, two articles
from an interesting friend of mine.
The young man to whom I allude is in
teresting for many jeagyps, viz : Ist, he is
a member of the Christian church of tlte
j Baptist denomination, ami I believe a pious
’ and zealous one; and 2i!ly, he has been
painfully aiilicted several times during his
I short career, by losing lirst, one of his legs,
and secondly, both of his eyes ; therefore,
at this time, lie is perfectly blind, and has
a wooden leg. Can you for a moment im
agine any condition of life more deplorable,
or one which would be calculated to cause
a state of greater despondency or misery ?
But still this young uan appears happy,
ami seems to enjoy life as much as any one;
and I ask, why is it so? Because, when
he thinks of his piesent condition and for
lorn state, and r.au say as Job did, I know
that my Redeemer liveth, his socl is filled
with joy and infinite delight, because lie
knows that soon he will inhabit those glo
rious mansions above, where lie will bloom
in perpetual youth, and bask in the smiles
of a reconciled Saviour ami Cod, This is
a case which puts Infidelity to the blush,
as this man’s happiness is as great a myste
ry to the carnal mind as the miracles record
!ed in the glorious gospel, but yet it is no
less the truth, and conclusively proves that
God, in the language of the poet,
moves m a mysterious way,
His wonders to perform.
‘This is a very intelligent young man, and
through the persuasion ol Ins friends, has a
desire to promulgate the gospel to a dying
world, lie was about 18 or 19 years of
age when he lost his eye-sight, and having
had a good oppoitunity at school, he had
acquired a very good education for a youth
of that age. lie speak* correctly and rea
sons logically, hut as lie is blind, you must
expect to find imperfections occasionally in
his writings : but as you now understand
his situation, I sincerely hope that you will
make such corrections as may he necessa
ry, and publish all of his pieces that he may
from time to time send you on various sub
jects. This voting brother is named John
B. Norris, and is about 21 or 22 years of
age. JNO. M. NUNN.
P. S. I also send you a livinn compos
ed by a little girl, (a cousin of this young
gentleman,) only eight years old. which I
hope you will publish ; and I expect that
when you compare the composition with
the age of our little poetess, you will find
that it stands unrivalled.
A HYMN;
I Frit ten by a girl eight years old.
Lord.'even unto thee we otve.
Our life—our food—our Iriends ,
To cheer and warm us with his beams,
Ills glorious sun lie sends.
No secrets from his eye are, hid.
He knows each gram of sand,
And heavenly blessings are bestowed
By his Almighty hand.
Oh may I for these mercies given,
Thankful and grateful be ;
Teach me, O Lord, to love thee more,
And pray much mure to thee.
A. R. TV.
Age of Animals. —A bear rarely ex
ceeds twenty years; a dog lives twenty
years; a wolf, twenty: a lox, fourteen or
s xteen; lions are long-lived—Poinpey liv
ed to the age of seventy tears; a squurel,
or hare, seven or eight years; rabbits, sev- j
cn. Elephants have been know to live to !
to the great age of four hundred yea'rf.-
When Alexander the Great bad conquered
one Poms, King of India, lie took a great
elephant, which had Ibiiglu valiantly for the
king, and named him Ajax, dedicated him
to tlte Sum, and let bint go with this inscrip
tion—“ Alexander, the son of Jupiter, hath
dedicated Ajax to the Sun.” This ele
pliant was lound, with this inscription,
three hundred and fifty years afterward.—
Pigs have been known to live to the age of
thirty years; the rhinoceros to twenty. A
hotse has been known to live to the age of
sixty-two, but averages twenty to thirty.—
Camels sometimes live to the age of one
hundred. Slags are long-lived. Sheep
jeldoni exceed the age of leu, Cows live
about fifteen years. Cuvier considers it
probable that whales sometimes live one
thousand years. Mr Mallerion has the
skeleton of a swan that attained the age of
two hundred years. Pelicans are long
lived. A tortoise has been known to live
to the age of one hundred and seven.
Massachusetts Legislature. —The Sen
ate was indebted yesterday for a lieaity
laugh, to the gentleman who had previous
| ly informed menihets that Louis Phillippe
! was a son of Napoleon. Dr. Gardner of
Bristol, the chairman of the committee on
education, was this erudite individual. In
the course of the debate upon the agri>-uhu
tal resolutions which he had introduced, the
subject of the duty upon imported soft soap
was brought into notice, and Dr. Gardner
stated that the duty on this article was fifty
cents per pound. He was corrected by
several Senators, and among others hy Mr.
Livermore of Middlesex, who Mated that
the duty on the article was fifty cents a bai
rel. Dr. Gardner was highly incensed at
this contradiction, and appealed to the tar
iff* itself, from which he quoted the piovis
ion establishing the duty on soft soap at fif
ty cents per bbl. “ Now,” said the Doc
tor, “if bbl does not mean pound, I will
thank some gentleman to tell me what it
does mean !” A general roar from all putts
of the board was the tesponse to this inqui
iy, under cover of which the head of the
committee on education sat down, without
insisting on the information he had request
ed.—Boston Courier,
Tlte civil and diplomatic appropriations
for the next fiscal year, have been reported
from the committee of Ways and Means of
the U. S. House of Representative, as fol
lows;
Compensation and Mileage of Senators and
Members of Congress, 9351,600 00
Compensation of Officers and
Clerks of Congress, 29.010 53
Contingent expenses of Senate, 40.000 50
Contingent expenses of House
of Representatives, 75,000 00
Libiary of Congress, 8.100 00
Executive's !*alary, 25.000 00
Slate Department, 48,200 00
Treasury Department, 347.2-10 00
War Department, 118.715 00
Navy Department, 70.505 00
Post Office Department, 171.870 00
Surveyors and their Clerks, 56.520 00
Mint and Branches, 120.603 00
Territorial Governments, 63,772 20
Judiciary, 528.100 00
Miscellaneous, 21.621 33
Boundary Commissioners, 15,000 00
Coast Survey, 80.000 00
Custom H<>use, Boston, 50,00 00
Light Houses, 397.159 89
Survey Public Lands, 125,980 00
Inteiciiurse with Foreign Na- .
lions, 277.800 00
83.051.870 42
3T According to a resolution of (lie
last session of the Washington Baptist As
sociation, a Minister’s, and Deacon’s ihrd
ing will he held with the Church, at Beu
lah, Hancock County, to commence Fri
day before the fourth Sabbath in Apiil next.
Ministers, and brethren generally are invi
ted to attend.
BENJ. ROBERTS.
In behalf of the meeting.
March 22
APPOINTMEN I S.
car Rev. John Harris may be expect
ed to preach at Richland, Greene Cos. on
Monday after the 2nd. Sunday in April;
Tuesday at Mount Zion, Hancock;
Wednesday at Bethel, Hancock; Tliurs
dajf..at Mineral Springs, Washington; Fri
day at Friendship, Warren; Saturday at
Briar Creek; 3d. Sunday at R--edy Creek;
Monday at Way’s, Jefferson,.Tuesday at
Brushy Creek, Burke; Wednesday at
Hopeful; Thursday at Piney Gime, Rich
mond; Friday at Friendship; 4th Sunday,
Augusta; Monday at Aherleen; Tuesday at
Grove; Wednesday at Kiokec; Thursday
at Douhle Branch; Friday at Salem; Sat
urday at Greenwood; Ist, Sunday in May
at llephzihah; Monday at Rehnholh; Tues
day at Beaver Dam; and Wednesday at
Bethesdn.
Match 22
GEORGIA, Gwinnett County.
Whereas, brother Richard Philips is de
sirous of traveling and preaching through
the middle part of this Slate this year, atid
from his limited acquaintance in that coun
try. we take this method of informing all
that it may concern, that ho is a regulaily
ordained Baptist minister in good standing,
amongst all his acquaintance and orthodox
in the faith, and calculated to advance the
cause of t.'hrisl on earth. And from our
long and personal acquaintance with him,
we can safely recommend him to the Bap
tist denomination and ail who are friendly
to religion.
Bv order of Mount Moriah Church,
G. W. MORGAN, C. Clerk.
March 3d, 1844.
SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND
DUMB.
It is with much pleasure we inform our
readers in the Southwest, that Mr. S. T.
Polls ol’ Louisville, Miss., lias employed a
‘Teacher to teach the deaf mutes in his own
family and wil take pupils at 810 per month
for board and instruction. ‘The School is
to open on the tiist of March. The terms
are very moderate. We hope that this af
flicted class will avail themselves of the op
portunity afforded of securing access to
many sources of information and enjoy
ment.
bTblFTgency.
The Executive Committee of the Bap
tist Convention ol the Slate of Georgia have
engaged the services of Rev. S. E. Gardi
ner us Bible Agent under the patronage ol
tlte Convention. The Committee hope
that all the friends ( f the Bib e cause in llie
circle of his Agency, will give him their aid
in forming societies and collecting funds
first for the wants of their own county, ami
afterwards of the destitute in other counties
in the State. ‘The Committee have already
ordeied and received a supply of Billies ami
’Testaments from the American and Foreign
Uibl Society, which will be furnished to
societies and agents, only for easK, at cost.
B. M. SAND .RS,
Ch. Ex. Com. Geo. Bap. Con.
NOTICE.
THE Managers of the Book Depository
of the Columbus Association have ordered
on a considerable quantity of Sabbath school
books. Adjoining Associations can be fur
nished hy applying to brother Estis of Co
lumbus or brother Adams.
JAMES PERRYMAN.
History #f the Aberifinal Tribe* of America.
The Board of Managers of the Americah
Indian Mission Association of Louisville,
Kentucky, desire to publish as soon as prac
ticable, a tiisloiy ol tile abuiigiual tribes of
America ; by winch they expect to correct
many erroneous impressions which have
been made on the public mind in regard to
those people, by unfaithful, or uninformed,
or superstitious writers. Advantage has
100 frequently been taken of the facility to
believe that there are trails in Indian dispo
sition, ptcu/iur lir-lheir race,'such as an un
conquerable aversion to civilization, an in
dexible attachment to liauits of burning ami
war, hostility to Christianity, <xc. A true
history of the Indians will demonstrate that
they possess no innate propensity that
would not be developed in any other race
ol uieu, even our own, if placed in similar
circumstances; and Ural nothing more is
wanting to insure their elevation to the high
est state of improvement, than the means
and opportunities of others.
File Board desire to satisfy the public
that, as a noble race of men, as the original :
owners of Hus country, and as a people
greatly injured by the se.dement of Euro
peans on this eoiiiiiieut, they deseive a;
prominent place in the history of the na
tions of the earlli, and are entitled to the
incaiis ol improvement, h:s believed Inal j
die public, wneu correctly informed, will
readily extend to them the hand of help, i
seeing that there ts nothing mystical in re
.auoii to means, nor duubtiul m regard to
lesuiis.
Anew era in the history of these hither
to uuloitUi.ate people comma-need, no dulihl, 1
with live adoption ol the policy ol assigning
to them poriiuus of country sufficiently ex
tensive lor. them to enjoy, among tncui
selves, the benefits of civil government, and
Uie institutions ol religion and liteiaiure.—
1 fie success ol me experiment of a perma- j
ueni residence under auspicious cut tint- 1
stances, so tar as it lias advanced among ilit- I
ninety thousand in llie Indian Territory, I
adjoining the Stales of Arkansas and Mis- ’
soon, is sucli as will, it is Imped, promote j
me esiau isiiineiii of other Indian Territo
ries ; and me benevolent aie expected to i
press forward in me work ol Indian reform,
with redoubled diligence and energy, until \
me most remote, or most degraded horde ol ‘
■ed men shall he blest.
In jmis great enterprise, the want of the
histoiy muter cons literal ion is already sen
sibly lelt. During twenty-five years resi
dence among the .ndians, llie undersigned
was not indifferent to the subject of collect
ing materials for such a work. To those
already in pos.-ession, the board ol mana
geis i.ave directed him to add .-ueli other
materials as are available, with a view to
publication.
’The request is, therefore, respectfully
and most earnestly made to every one who
may esteem the matter worthy oi aitention,
ui furnish, as far as practicable, such inlbr
inaluni as may be uselul in ibis undertaking,
such as brief historical sketches of wars,
war-parties, sulfeiings, cruelties, kindness,
degradation, improvement, superstition, re
ligion, manner* and customs, traditions, and
interesting anecdotes of any suitable kind.
‘The Indians have given names to many
of the water courses and mountains of our
country, information is very desirable te
speeung the original pronunciation of the
name, ns meaning, llie circumstances in
which it originated, and the tribe to whose
language the word belongs,
Moil. Lewis rass, late minister to Franc -,
than whom not a man on the continent is
better acquainted with Indian affaiis, has
generously assured us of Ins favorable con
siderations in reference to this work. Sim
ilar assurances have been given by Rev. S.
11. Gone, D. D., of New York, and the co
operation of Rev. B. Manly, D. D., of Ala
bama. is expected.
‘They who will please to comply with
ihe foregoing requests, are desiied to for
ward their eimiiiiuiiieainnis lo the under
signed, in the city of Louisville, Keniuciy.
slating their names and places ol residence,
that suitable acknowledgements may be
made for their favors.
Publishers of public journals throughout
the United Stales, in ‘Texas, and ui the Brit
ish Provinces, would confer a great favor
if, for the promotion of the design, they
would give this notice a few insertions.—
And here it is respectfully suggested that,
in many instances, an eligible mode of ac
tion would be for the narrator to hand his
matter to the editor id* a newsp .per, for
which it would form an interesting article,
and the printed paper could be lorwarded
to the undersigned with diminished cost ol
postage, while, at the same time, the fact
of Us appearing in print might remind Olli
ers of what they also might do by furnish
insj interesting iiifnriiiaiinn.
O O
The size of the work lias not been deter
mined ; bill it is believed that tolerable jus
tice to the subject cannot be done on less
than twelve hundred octavo pages.
Isaac McCoy,
Cot responding Secretary, and
Agent of the American
Indian Mission Association.
Louisville, Ky ., Feb. I. 1844.
PREMIUM ‘TREATISE.—Sio'tT ~
i hf. American Protestant Society
offers 8100 lor the best original Treatise on
llie “ Influence, hearing and rff-cts if Ro
manism on the civil and religious liberties
if our country to consist of not less than
one hundred pages, ISmo, lo he furnished
hy the first of May next; the Society to
have the liberty of using, at a fair compen
sation, those'Treatises win thy of publica
tion. that may not receive the premium.
The Rev. Gardiner Spring, D. D., Rev.
Thomas De Will, D. I)., and Rev. ‘Thom
as E. Rond, will award lit'-* premium, to
whom the manuscripts, with a sealed en
velop of the author’s name, may be address
ed at this office.
lleman Norton,
Cor. Sec. of the A. P. Society,
142 Nassau street.
New York, Feb. 18. 1844.
LAW - lu.ANKS.
Printed at short notice, at thi* Office.
BIBLES AND TESTAMENTS
THE Executive Committe of the Geor
gia Baptist Slate Convention have rereived
from the American and Foreign Bible Soci
ety. two hundred and fifty Bibles and five
hundred Testaments, which are deposiled
at Dr. W. 11. Turpin’* Drugstore in Au
gusta, to be disposed of at Crist to Bible So
cieties, Sunday School agents, or other be
nevolent associations for the disnibution of
religions hooks. Bibles areal 44 cts. to
82 33 cts., and Testaments at 11 cts. to 69
cts. a piece. The agents of all benevolent
Societies can obtain them at those prices
for cash, by exhibiting a suitable certificate
of their agency. B. M. SANDERS.
Ch. Ex. Com.
1 . S.—Orders from School Agents with
the money will receive prompt attention.
i. J. Burney, of Madison, Morgan
county, the piesent Treasurer of Mercer
University, has taken charge of all the
notes and oilier funds of the Institution, and
all persons having settlements to make with
the Treasurer, will please direct their com
munications to him.
B. M. SANDERS.
NOTICE.
I H E Churches composing the Rehoboth
Association are hereby reminded of the Sab
bath School Convention, to be held with
the Baptist Church in Macon, on Fiiday
hefore the third Lord’s day in April. Each
Church is requested to send two delegate*
and as many more as convenient. A lull
attendance is desired. Brethren from other
Associations are cordially invited to he pre-
J. R. KENDRICK.
lO iHE AFFLICTED AND UN
FORTUNATE.
The Legislature has made ample provis
ion for the education of the indigent Deaf
and Dumb, between the ages of ten and
h-riy. As Commissioner, appointed by
the Executive to carry out this humane de
sign. I hereby call upon the parents and
guardians ol such unfortunate persons to
entrust them to my cate, that 1 may convey
tin m to the Institution at Hanlortl, 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.
J hose inclined to avail themselves of
ibis noble charily o| the Slate are request
ed to be at my house in Clinton, or at Mrs.
Iluson’s Hotel in Milledgcville, by the 15th
of April next, whence they will proceed in
a few days to the North.
I appeal to the friends n| humanity (o
aid me in this business. Many of die poor
for whose benefit this advertisement is made
may not lead the papers of the day. Will
\ on not go to them, explain this matter, as
sure them that their children or wards shall’
be no expem-e to them, ami that the Com
missioner will do his utmost to promote
their comfort and improvement.
J. 11. CAMPBELL, ~~
Com. of the Da fund Dumb. .
Clmtou, Jan. 11, 1811. 2m
I'OUR Months alter date, application
“'ill be made to the Honorable Interior
Court of Greeno county, when silting as a
Court of Ordinary, for leave to sel two
tracts ol Land in said county, belonging to
part of the children of Thomas G. Janes,
late ol said county, deceased, lor a division.
ABSALOM JANES, “*|
WILLIAM F. JANES, [ ~ ,
HENRY A. GIBSON, f Ax *-
GEoRGEiW. WEST,!
Jan. 8.1814.
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
SOUTHERNSABB.I ill JiCIIOOL ADVOCATE:
A Fireside Companion for the FumiUcs
if Baptists.
The subscriber has been solicited by a
number of friends, to undertake the publi
cation of a work under the above name,
and arrangements have been made for it*
appearance by the lirst of May next.
No pains will he spared in endeavoring
to make the Advocate of teal use to the
cause to which it is devoted, and to supply
in some degree, the place of a ‘Teacher in
such families as are deprived of the advan
tage of Sabbath Schools. W'hatevei may
have a tendency t establish and encourage
this blessed Institution among Baptists;
that may be important to the present and
future welfare of children ami youth ; and
that may he influential in implanting princi
ples of morality 7 and virlue in the minds of
all, shall find a place in its columns: and,
besides, it will contain such articles of a
general nature as may interest and instruct
its readers.
A specimen number will be issued in a
few days which will bo sent to all who
may desire it.
TERMS.
The Southern Sabbath School Advo
cate will be issued on die first and fifteenth
of each month—-each No. to contain eight
large pages with three columns, and mail
ed to subscribers at one dollar a year, pay
able on the reception of the first No. We
are necessarily compelled to adhere rigidly
to the cash system. The work will be
continued, at least, for one year. Address
free of postage,
THOMAS M. SLAUGHTER,
Dec. 26, 1843. Whitesrille, Ga.
DAVID A VAS ON ,
Attorney at Law.
Albany, Baker Cos., Ga.
April 26. 1843. ly
NEW CATECHISM.
“An Improved Chatechism: intended to
assist in the Religious Instruction of Chil
dren, in families anti Sabbath Schools,
Examined and approved by a committee
of the Baptist Convenlin of the State of
Georgia.”—For sale at this office.
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Job Printing,
Promptly Executed at this Office.