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(Jers may be sent to J. R. Bigelow, No 160
Nassau Street N. York, or it may be ob
tained through the agent o( the Publication
Society, Philadelphia.
The Triennial Convention and the Reflrttor.
The editor of the Reflector seems to ex
ult at the happy termination of the difficul
ties in the Convention, on the subject of
Slavery and anti-slavery. There is much
cause for exultation, we admit, and we are
pleased to find the editor of the Reflector
uow disposed to co-operate with the Con
vention, notwithstanding slaveholder are
still permitted to remain connected with it.
and the money of the slaveholder to mingle
and jingle with that of the non-slaveholder.
Hitherto there have appeared many articles,
in the columns of the Reflector, depreca
ting the admission, of what the editor would
call the “fruit of unrequited slave labor,”
into the treasury of the Convention. We
hope, liereal'tei, he will set his face against
all such “fruits of folly.”
The editor seems to possess the happy
art of solacing himself, in the midst ol de
feat, with the belief that he is enjoying a
viptoiy! Far he it from us to deprive him
of that solace; yetjustice requires that we
should make it known, that we have ob
tained all that we have ever demanded.—
All that the South has ever required, is that
the subject of slavery should not he per
mitted to divide our ranks—that slavehol
ders should be allowed equal privileges
with non-slaveholders, and that the Con
vention should have nothing to do in estab
lishing tests of church, fellowship. The
Convention, by a unanimous vote, has de
cided. that it has nothing' to do with ques
tions of church fellowship, and \ve hope
abolitionists u ill cease, forever hereafter,
their endeavors to get tip a parly to exclude
slaveholders from all participation in out
National Societies.
We admire the philosophy of dm editor,
which loads him to make a virtue of neces
sity. That is a useful philosphv, friend
Graves—and very needful is it, in a world
so versatile as outs: so full of “ups and
downs.” of sail reverses and fearful ehnng. s.
It is in perfect avuirdanee. too. with that
tnaxim'of heaven, which teaches us to he
content in every siiua'iou in w hich we are j
placed; nml teach* g this alii.<■ to Xorth
men ‘awl Sovth-nu-w, horn/ .mil free.
Will the editor of the Reflector <lo tts the !
favor to nnrne one individual, who has ever!
contended that the members of the Con-1
venlinn shonlil lie required to approve of or!
fellowship either slavery or abolitionism? i
If he cannot do this, will he name one
Southcgn man, who ever cnnltnded that j
membership in the Convention involved
the fellow-shin of slavery? That is a doe
.trine of abolitionists and not of slavehol
ders; and that doctrine tlvc convention vir
tually deviated to ho false. Look at the
resolution in which you exult. There it
stands, the nail that pins, your base coun
terfeit coin to the counter!
Wc will ask a lew more questions, pvtn
at die hazard of being deemed “imperti
nent” tty the sagacious editor of tlit* Reflec
tor. Will that editor inform us whether,
ill his view, the fellowshipping of an indi
vidual as a Christian involves the fellow
shipping of all that lit* says and floes l —
he fellowship every tliintr that every
member of his church does or has done?—
May not an individual fellowship a slave
holder, or an anti slavery man, without lel
lnwsltipping either slavery or anti-slavery?
If so, ivliat becomes of your representa
tions that slaveholders have relinquished
their claims to Christian fellowship! Can
such representations he consistent with
truth? Have anti-slavery men relinquish
ed their cl bins to Christian fellowship?—
The resolution passed by the convention
certainly refers as much to anti-slavery
movements as to slavery—it requires no!
more fellowship for the one than for the
other.
\V e rather “guess” that the editor, in
stead of answering- our inquires, will throw
himself upon his “reserved rights,” and
shew his wisdom by his silrnee on the
points to whieli we have specially referred.
We hope, however, as he seems so well
satisfied with the decision of the Conven
tion, that he will ndvocate no further agita
tion of the subject in that body, in all fu
ture time.
Notes oil the Communication of Inquirer,
on our first Pnge.
I. Inquirer is certainly mistaken in the
remark, that “a work of infinitely lower
authority (than the hihle) is flsed by some
as a standard”—that is, if he refer to regu
lar Baptist churches that have confessions
of faith* In those vety confessions, to
which he objects, he- will find an article
avowing the belief that the hihle is the onh/
unerring; standard of divine truth. The
remark of Inquirer, therefore, amounts to
a charge of deception and falsehood, not on
the part of an individual, hut on the part ol i
an entire church, or it amounts to an as
sumption that the church does not really !
know what it does believe—that he knows !
belter what they believe than they do them-!
selves!
The doctrine that God loved man he- ;
cause “man is worthy ofhis love;” is most j
cer ainly contradicted by the spirit ofdi-j
vine inspiration and is opposed to the whole
tenor of the bihle; and the reasoning based
upon the assumption of this doctrine, if it
proved any tiling, would prove the doctrine i
of universal salvation.
One palpable source of error to Inquirer,
I seems to be die supposing that God has
i respect, in his transactions with man, only
j to man’s good, and not to his own glory,
; and the forgetting that there are myriads of
j other and higher beings, and that God’s
glory requires that he should pursue that
; course, which will most effectually con
duce to the interest of the whole creation;
and not to that of a part only.
Another fatal mistake of Inquirer is, that
he reverses the relations which cause and
| effect bear to each oilier. Obedience is an
effect, which results, from the operation of
the Spirit on the heart; hut he mistakes it
lor the cause of the operation of the Spirit.
Another fatal error is committed by In- j
quirer, in making reason his polar star.— j
“ I'he world by wisdom knew not God” I
If reason were sufficient to teach divine
i truth, we should not have been favored
! with a direct revelation from heaven, for
: such a revelation would have been unne
| cessary, and God performs no acts of su
: pererogation. But, in our view, neither
reason nor revelation, experience nor obser-
I vaiion teaches that there is in man any good
thing, until it is wrought in him bv tite
; power of the Holy Spirit.
i To explain and establish tiiesevetal doc
trines of die biblc, to which Inquirer oh-j
j jeets, would occupy more spare in our p-:- ’
| per than we think proper to till with a eon- ‘
■ troversial subject, attd would consume I
more time than we can spare, without in- *
fringing on our daily duties; but we could!
I not conscientiously suffer his cotumunica- 1
j lion to go abioad, through our paper, with
| out affixing to it an unequivocal expression
o| our dissent and exposing what we con
ceive to be* some ol us errors.
M e once cutertafrftd as iax views, iii re-
I renee to tins subject, as does our brother;
: Dot llonger we live, ami the more we
; read tlic biblc. the more lirmiy do we be*-!
| lieve in the doctrine of an eternal and tin- j
1 conditional election, founded very wisely, j
j (according to his foreknowledge or wisdom) |
Imi the absolute sovereignty of God. And j
I the more firmly we believe this doctri.ne I
■ the more humble, thankful and happy do!
|we feel. WVdo not question the sincerity !
! *d’ out brotliet in his belief, his integrity in !
.maintaining it, or the genuineness gs his !
: Christian diameter; hut we can assure him, I
; from our own experience, as well as from
. the word of God, that there is a degree of
happiness to he enjoyed on earth, in the
yontemplaiion of the divine character, to
which lie has not yet attained, if he does
not believe the doctrine of an eternal elec
tion, Intituled not on the merits of the eren
tme, hut on the absolute sovereignty of an
all wise and merciful lrenter.
Rrv. W. L. Tucker.
We received, after our last paper was in
I type, i copy ol a certificate, signed hy nine
! gentlemen, r who were present at the bap
tism to which Rev. Mr. Evans referred,
| und who state that they heard the remarks i
j of Mr. Tucker, hut did not hear any such i
; remark as that ascribed to him by Mr. Kv- j
j :| tis. nor did they hear any remark, which,!
| in their opinion, was calculated to produce j
the impression that he entertained the sen- j
! titnent, which he was charged with having I
I expressed.
Such a certificate is not needed. Mr.-
K. own communication, published in the !
Southern Christian Advocate, proves that
j the charge was a mere inference ofhis own. I
As to the letter of Mes-ns. Carswell aitd
i Kent, it certainly does iwl disprove any as
sertion made by Mr. Tucker. He ascribed
his knowledge of the fact that lie was the
I individual to whom Mr. Evans referred, to
| a conversation with Mr. Kent; and also
added, • that Mr. Cnrswetlt hail informed
| him that he was the individual to wham Mr.
L. referred. f hey were not charged with
informing him that Mr. Evans knew the
minister, and much less his “ name but it
was stated, that they informed him that he
was the individual to whom reference was
made by Mr. E. Nor was it even intiina
led, that the conversation with Mr. Kent
took place before the • publication of Mr.
Evans’ *first /ctler. , ’ It was not presum
able that the conversation would have taken
place prior to the publication of that letter ; !
nor do wc believe that Mr. Kent would pre
sume to testify, upon the holy evangelists,
that Ik* did not give Mr. Tucker to imdei
stand that it was to hint and his remarks
Mr. E. referred—certainly it was not ne
cessary that Mr. E. should know either the
j name or the person to whom Ire referred.
Those gentlemen very greatly underrated ;
the intelligence of 911 r readers, if they sup- j
posed them incapable of distinguishing be
| tween our affirmation of Mr. T.’s state-!
| inents arid their negation.
M e make no reflection on the course of
Messrs. C. anti K. Our object is not to in- J
jure any one, but to defend the injured, by I
; a statement of the facts in the case. ‘We
have ritit a slight personal acquaintance
j with .Mr. TANARUS„ but he was raised, and lived
* It is stated that hundreds more may be
j obtained if necessary.
t VVe find, on reference to Mr. Tucker’s
communication, that Mr. C. was alluded to
I without any particular reference as to time,
i to confirm the fact that Mr- E. did have re
l ferenee to Mr. T. His enemies have, most
unintentionally of course, confirmed the
truth of every statement he has made.
| many years iu this vicinity, and the citizens
;of tuts region, with great unanimity, bear
testimony to his honorable character, as a
man of iulegiity and a consistent Christian.
We believe this affair will result in good.
It will teacli Baptists wliat little confidence
is to be reposed in the professions of ftiend
ship and brotherly love of some of those
who urge them to mingle with them at their
love feasts and at the communion table.—
The only way to “live ip peace” with
some Episcopal Methodists is to have noth
ing to do with them. We ate happy to
know that this is not net cssary in the case
of all. One of the kindest and most faith
ful friends we ever had was a Methodist;
but in that case the friendship was formed
before wo became a Baptist.
Augusta Wnsliiugtonlau.
We regret to learn that the publication of j
this neat and interesting little sheet lias in- j
volved the publisher in loss, and rendered
it necessary either to abandon the under
taking or raise the price of his paper.—
‘i’he publisher decided on the latter course,
.and we are confident the friends of Tem
perance will approve of his decision. He
says,
Under the reoominendation of the lidito
lial Committee, am! with tlp-ir pledge to
continue their.labors gratis, as heretofore — j
i lie proposes to continue the publication, as- 1
| inr the expiration of the present Volume,!
j at the following rates:
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| J 3 Copies “ “ “0 00
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scription price
The first No. of Vol. 111. will appear on j
the first Saturday in June next, and regular- j
ly every Saturday thereafter.
The friends of the cause and the paper,
are requested to act promptly in the mut
ter, as’it is important to determine at an
early dav, Vvhat is to be the fate of the en
ter pi ire.
JAMES McCAITERTY,
Publisher and Proprietor,
j Augusta, Ga. April 20, 1844.
| lipport us tlu* Delegates lu the Bap. Triciini-t
Ia! Convention, lo the lieo. Bap. Convention.
Beloved Jlrethrm —The Delegation ap
j pointed by the Convention, aided by the”
j presence and counsel of Brethren J. L.
Dagg and J. 11. Campbell appointed by
; vouv Ex. Committee., attended the Trien
nial Convention at Philadelphia. Thesev
eral States (with few exceptions) were large
ly and ahlv represented, the number in all
amounting to between foitrnnd five hundred.
The business of the meeting was transact
ed, with perhaps as much harmony, as
could have been expected, considering so
vast an assemblage, ami the conflicting o
pinions on some exciting topics, urged np-|
on our attention. A large majority adher
ed with firmness.to the constitution, in ex
cluding all extraneous matter, and particu
larly such as was likely to produce much
strife, and result perhaps in painful division.
It is not to he disguised that there is a con-
I sidcruhlc party among out Northern breth
ren, with whom the great cause of Foreign
! and Home Missions lias lost* much of its in
iciest, in their absorbing concern for the
S colored people ol the South. Some ol these
; infatuated individuals were bitter in spirit
—uncoilrU-ous in expression mid unsparing
in their denunciations. Were this the gen
; era! character of the Northern members of
- the Convention, we should by no iiieum- i
I consider a continued intercourse with them |
Ito be desirable. But we take great pleas
ure iu believing that an overwhelming ,ma
jority of our brethren in the free States, are
men in whom “an excellent spirit” pre-j
vails. These are willing to leave Domes
tic Slavery where the scriptures leave it,:
where the constitution of our country leaves
it, and where the constitutions of all our
great Benevolent Institutions leave it, viz :
with those involved in it. With these bre
thren our intercourse was pleasant and we j
trust will he perpetuated.
W e herewith submit a summary of
the Convention and also of the other
Benevolent Institutions, that held their
meeting in connection with it. From this ;
summary it will appear that the Foreign
Mission Board report themselves embur-,
lassed by a heavy debt, at the same time
that the most slit ring appeals are wrung in
their cars from day to day for “more Mis
sion!! ies.”
W e trust our brethren in Geoigia will
come up like Christians to the help of the
faithful Board at Boston, to the help of the ;
devoted and suffering Missionaries, to the i
| help of the benighted and perishing 11 r-a
----; then, to the help of the Lord against the
j- kingdom of darkness.
J. 11. CAMPBELL.
V. R. THOR NTON,
Til OS. STOCKS,
B. M, SANDERS.
j May 3d, 1844.
Temperance Society and Sabbath School,
Formed.
1 he following is an extract from a pri
vate letter recently received.
Since I wrote you last summer, we have
formed a Temperance Society, which num
bers now about seventy members. This
spring we have formed an interesting Sab
bath School which is now in a flourishing
condition. But our fcinn!—loved Zion is
much neglected. “If I forget thee oh! Je
rusalem. let my right hand foget her cun
ning: Yet alas! how sad, how humiliating
the thought that so-auoh of cmr love—time
and talent are lavished upon objects less!
heavenly—less glorious.
But I must trouble you no longer at pre- :
sent. Yours truly,
J. M. WOOD.
DEFERRED ARTICLES.
Mr. Graham, of Oxford, Ohio, a mem
ber ol the New School Cincinnati Presby
tery', was indicted at its late session in Cin
cinnati, for heresy and immoral teaching.
He is to be tried next October. The
ground oi die’ indictment is ills pamphlet
he recently published iu defence of Slavery,
as a Bible institution.
Right Stuff for a Bishop >. —ln one of
Mrs. Cliilu’s letters to the Boston Courier,
she says that Bishop Hughes, the celebra
ted Catholic champion, and Bishop of New
York, ‘is a shrewd, sensible man, with in
tellect enough to have governed the ecclesi
i usticai and temporal affairs of the Catholic :
| church, in the days of her greatest potter, j
He came to this country a poor gardener,
and took service with the old Bishop, Du
bois, who soon discovered that he was of
such stall as bishops and cardinals arc made
ol and educated him accordingly. Ido
not believe any sect iu the country can fur
nish ait ecclesiastic so acute and fifr-seeiug
as Bishop Hughes.’
Singular Disclosure. —Our paper te- *
! eently contained an account of an iron box j
found m a garden in Charleston, containing 1
j old documents, dated 1682, purporting to
i give the genealogy of the I.egarc family.—
j The Baltimore Patriot says that this box
i answers exactly the description of one
j made about a year since iu that city, by Mr. !
i A. Denmead, machinist, corner of North !
j am! Monument streets, at the request of a j
! person who stated he was from Charleston, I
j and that lie wanted it made rough, with the !
| date 1082 on it. What his object could j
| have been, is involved in mystery.
j Prodigious Full;,. — The Journal de \
Calais slates that an inhabitant of South- j
hampion lias recently been amusing himscli j
by filling 14,000 bottles with 6,000 copies j
of an abridgment of “Universal History.”
These bottles, well corked and sealed, have,
by his order, been placed in deep cavities
in tlm icy caverns of Greenland, iu the
hope, should a partial destruction of the
globe again ensue, that they may servivc j
the wreck, and enlighten hiture ages, who ;
would otherwise be ignorant of the events
which have come to pass in this world, it
is not stated what language this bottle con- j
juror has chosen to preserve the knowledge
of the present race of mankind. •
At the last meeting of the Society of
Arts, the secretary lead a paper, iu which
lie proposed (and illustialed by designs and
specimens) to render paper hangings his
torically uselul, by introducing historical,
biographical, chronological, and other in
formation, in such a way as to form 11 part
of the pattern, or, where required especial
ly lor use, without regard to ornament, the
writing to be inserted in panelled patterns.
A steward lately wrote lo a book-seller
in London, for some books to tit up his
master’s library:—“ln the first place, 1
want six feel of theology, tlu* same quanti
ty of school metaphysics, and nearly a
yard of oltl civil law, iu folio.”
No less than 100 bottles of castor oil
were sent through the general post-office,”
London, one day last week, addressed to
all parts of the country. Tin.* postage on
each was 4d. The post-office then can
dispense physic for the million Times
ith tilt. ,
1 A correspondent of the Leicester Chron
icle states that a Mr. Henry Green lias in
vented a machine to supersede walking,
with which he recently travelled from Lei
cester to Cambridge, seventy-five miles,
in little more than a day.
The Huguenots, which has been per
formed for many years at the theatre at
| Wurzburg, lias just been interdicted, upon
representation of the clerical authorities of
! that place.
1 Several ancient surgical instruments
have lately bee 1 dug up at Pompeii, which
bear a strong resemblance to those used for
lithotomy in the present day.
A galvanized wire rope, 123 miles long,
1 lias just been completed iu London. It is
intended for electrical communication upon j
one of the railways.
The tobacco stores in the London Docks,
are kept in one room, which covers nearly
six acres.
The Will of Rabelais. —The celebrated
Rabelais is said to have made the following
will; —“I owe much, I possess nothing, 1
give the rest lo the poor.
Professor Frederick Rautner, of the Uni
versity of Beilin, the distinguished German
Historian, and editor of the Gurm%n trails-j
| lation of Washington’s works, arrived in j
the steamer Acadia, at Boston, ou Sunday,
and left town on Monday for the South.—
lie intends to pass about six months in the
United States, chiefly in order to study the
practical working of our political institu
tions, as he lias long been familiar with our
history. Prof. Von. Raumer is accompa
nied by his son, a jurist and a mail ofsciuee.
They go first to Washington, and will pro
bably he iu Baltimore at the time of the !
Convention.— Public Ledger April ‘Z7th. j
Gen. flossier. —One of the Represent.!- j
lives in Cnngiess from the State of Louisi- I
ana, Gen. Bossier, died at Washington, on !
Thursday, 25tli ult., Gen. Bossier is the
tenth member of the present Congress
who has died—three Senators and seven
Representatives.
Church and State. —Wc see it stated
that in Ireland there is a clergyman of the
Established Church, who has received
£IOOO per annum from two parishes, in
which there is not a church nor a single
Protestant. In this country, it would come
under the statute ot “receiving money un
der false pretences.”
Postage Tax. —The bill relieving the i
people in a measure from heavy postage |
tax', has passed the Semite and is now in
the hands ot those who “come Iresli from J
the people. ’ We cannot doubt its pas- j
sage.
Steam Boat Stink.
The Steamer “Jim,” recently ran against
the bow of the New World, and sunk, in
a lew minutes. The latter was lying at a
landing a few miles above Prairie Blnlf,
when the “Jim” came clown, and deliber
ately tan aloul ot her. The collision oc
curred about three o’clock, P. M. The
Pilot of the World hailed the Jim, but on
she came, apparently without an effort to
avoid the shock, and wilfully knocked her
own bows in! The Jim was not intending
to land there, and had the width of the Al
abama to pass in, but resolutely persisted,
in broad day-light, .in her course of seif de
struction. What infatuation. What mad
ness! our readers will say. And so say
we; and we add, for this is our object in
noticing the matter, that this stupidity and
madness are ascribed to the influence of in
toxicating liquors. We are informed, that
all hands on board the Jim appeared to be !
drunk, at the time of the disaster. Some j
of our citizens lost, each, several hags of
cotton. —. tlubama Baptist.
Timperance Meeting in a Penitential;/,
—A Temperance Meeting was lately held
in the New Hampshire Penitentiary. Mr.
j Gough, a celebrated Washingtonian lectur-;
er addressed the convicts with thrilling el-;
oquence. When he requested all who felt !
determined on leaving the prison, to ah- i
stain strictly from ail that can intoxicate, [
about ninety strong arms were instantly !
held up to their utmost stretch, the tears j
streaming Irom cvety eye, the prisoners, j
officers and citizen spectator, all sobbing j
aloud. It is described as a deeply affect- !
ing scene.— .tlubama Baptist.
Pick-pockets. — On Wednesday after
noon, Win. Colgate, Esq., of New York, j
‘1 reasttrer of the American and Foreign j
Bible Society, had Ins pocket picked of!
Sl2O, belonging to the Society of which j
he is treasurer, whilst engaged iu eonvetsa-j
lion in the vestibule of the first Baptist I
Church, where the Baptist Anniversaries j
are now being held. Thu Rev. Jos. Mat-;
thias, ol ililltown, Pa., also had his pocket!
picked of a pocket hook, containing money I
and valuable papers, whilst attending the j
Baptist Convention now iu session in this
city.
Amp Church. —A new Baptist Chinch
lias'been recently erected iu West Phila
delphia. Workmen arc at present engaged
tti placing a steeple upon the building.
! Manufactures in Georgia. —We take
the Ibltowing statements from Mr. Berrien’s !
late speech on the Tariff. Without muk-j
ing any comment upon the views of Mr. B. 1
we-think the facts will have an Interest fur!
our readers.
“11l Clark county alone there are five or
six factories, one of which runs some
3,000 tluostles. For instance, there are
the Athens Factory, the Princeton Factory,
the Georgia Factory, Dr. Poullain’s, known
as the Skull Shoals Factory; beside which,
thete is one on Barber’s Creek, and anoth- j
er, whose name and locality we do not re- I
member. 111 Newton county, there are j
the Cedar Shoals Factory, the Jackson!
Company Factory, and the High Shoals
Factory. In Pike county, there are two
factories, the Flat Shoals, and the Camp
bell Company. There are two factories in
Upson county; there are two in Muscogee,
near Columbus; there ate two in Riclimoi and
county; there is one in Elbert comity; and
there is the McDonough Factory in Henry
county; and there is one going tip in
Lowndes county. In Cobb county there
is the Roswell Factory, which employs 75
hands, runs 2500 throstles, has 20 power
looms, and operates with a capital of $70,-
000. They will consume the ensuing sea
son, about 1200 bales of cotton, making
800 yards a day of various kinds of cloth,
and a superior cotton bagging. There is
too, in connection with this factory, a wol
len one running several machines, and mak
ing mixed woolens.”
In addition to the above, it is stated that
an agent sent out by a large manufacturing
company of Manchesiei, England, to fix
on a location for an extensive factory, lias j
purchased the site at Jotter’s Shoals, on j
the Savannah, nine miles above Petersburg, j
The situation, including eight thousand j
acres of land, was bought for sixty thou-1
sand dollars. Forty families from Man- J
Chester are to be brought over by the pro-!
pi ictor.-.— Cherokee Advocate.
Launch of an Iron Schooner for the .
Baptist Missionaries to Africa. —A bean- i
tiful iron schooner was launched from the
yard of Mr. John Laird, North Birkenhead,
built for the use of the missionaries em
ployed by the Baptist Society, with the
benevolent view of spreading Christianity
j arid civilzntion among the benighted tribes
jon the coast ol Africa. She has a hollow
or circumflex bottom, and is very sharp at
both extremities, with a fine rotundity of
side for bearings. One peculiarity is that
she is calculated both for sailing and stcam
j ing, though, without paddle-boxes, the ad
| rnirable principle of the Archimedean screw
’ propeller, perfected by F. P. Smith, the
; patentee, being adopted in the “dead iron”
j abaft. Her length is seve.rty-five feet,
! beam fifteen feet, and burthen about seven*
| ty-five tons.
She will be rigged as a Baltimore seiuon
j er, with inclining masts, ample spread of
i canvass: and is altogether one of the most
rakish-looking craft we liavo seen. When
her steam is not employed, she will doubt
less, be safe under sail alone, as the
“screw” can be thrown out of gear, and
will scarcely, if at all, tetard her speed.
She went off, and plunged into her element
in fine style, amidst the shouts of the nu
merous spsetators, and looked beautiful |
when afloat. The object for which she is
sent out is to carry the missionaries from
one partnf Africa to another, and to as-i
cend the rivers when requisite. The name
,of tha vessel is quite appropriate, and on I
her flag is represented “The dove with the |
! olive branch.” —Liverpool Standard.
Ministry for our Country and the
j World.- It appears from a statistical table
prepared with much care for the May num
ber of the Missionary Herald, that there
are 17,073 evangelical ministers in connec--’
tion with the principal denominations of the
Christian Church iu the United States.—
Ol this number 3,789 are Presbyterian 1
ministers, in connection with tliesixorssV-’
en different branches of the Presbyterian/
Church; 1,150 Orthodox Congregational—’
ists; 4.347 Methodists; 4,601 Baptists; :
1,222 Episcopalians, 441 Dutch and Ger-’
man Reformed; 424 Lutherans. Were
these 17,073 ministeis equally distributed
throughout the United Slates, wet should*
have one to every 1.093 souls.
1 he Herald Iteie contrasts the supply’ of
ministei s iit our country with that of the
| unevangelized portions of the earth. The.
whole number ot missionaries iu the world
probably does not exceed 1,100. This es
timate will give us about one missionary
lor every 000,000 of ‘.he heathen, leaving
i none for 110,000,000 of Mohammedans';
; and none for those nominal Christians who
] Dave “another gospel.” When will the
; chinch ol Christ be aide to look out upon
j <l>e whole earth ‘and sity, “One evangelical :
i minister has been given to everv 1,003
j souls?” * •
j Human Gnat ness. —.Sir John Mason,
] privy counsellor to Henry VIH., “I have
| seen live pi hires, and been privy counsel-’
| lor to lour. 1 have seen the most retiiark
, able things abroad, and been present at
most state transactions lor thirty years. ’
Alter all this experience, I have learned
i |Dis: that seriousness is most conimeitda
| ole, temperance the best physic, and a good
i conscience the best state. ’ Were l to live
: again, I would change the court for the
! cloister; my privy counsellor’s bustle for
j the retirement of a hermit; and the whrfle
j time which I have spent in tlui palace, for
! one houi’s communion with God.
-M A R I{ 1 KIV
At Francisvilk*, Crawford I'oifntV,
Go. on the 23d April, by J. M. Wood (M,.
G.) Mr. Lkmcel D. Lockiiaut to Misk
S.\ttmi A. Cason, daughter’ of Vlr. S. (Ja
son, all of Crawford County.’
May the morning, noon,and evetinhg-'of
their life be spent profitably and happily,
and the sun of their existence go down with
smiles.
In Newton county on the stll ihst., bv
the Rev. Henry L. Graves, Mr; John j.
Smith to Miss Eliza Ann; daughter of
Mr. J allies Reynolds, of Newton county.
WEEKLY RECEIPTS.
,j Credits regulated by the books of oar
office —Errors promptly corrected.)
J W King paid $5 to Aug ’ls; P M
.Social Circle, fur Rev S Mayfield $2 50 to
Aug ’44 and sell $2 to Mar ’45; P M Au
burn, Mrs A Turner $5 Oct ’l4; P M
Sparta, Win Latimer 2 50 to Mar ’45; I*
| M I homaslon. Win Hudson. $5 ( we-wrote
|to P M about the time,) M V Drake, J E
i Brown. So 50 feb ‘45; P A1 North Port
j Ala., M Richards ant! J S Reynolds each
250 to April ’45; P M Lagrange, B it
A moss $5 ’ls; Rev G Cranberry. J
B Henderson $5 May ‘45, Jos Fitzpatrick
$5 Jan ’45; Jos Robinson 250 May ‘45,
and Rev J Watson 250 July ’44:’P M
Florence, Sami Walton 250 May’4s; S
Lanier, Rev Jno Britton 250 May’4s;
Rev Jas Davis, Jno Crosier and E AViek
er2so each to May’4s; T fi Wilson 12
50 Feb ’44; Rev G F Adams, Jno Sater,
J L Price, J Rowe, G Messenger 2 50
each to May’44: J W Wilson £ur Dan!
McKay $5 Jan ’45; J 1 AI Ml Leftasoo* La,
Wm Hardy and Jer Burnett early 250 May
‘45; P M Sandy Ridge, G F Thompson
$5; PM Lumpkin, II G Mitchell $5 to
date; Mrs R A Harris 2 50 Mar ’46; P M
Thomaston, M Mauk 2 50 Dei? 4.6; I*M
Shoals of Ogeechee Capt J Cheetev $5
Nov ’47; A W Rhodes 250 May ’45; P
M Oak Hill Gn, H Brown- 250 ‘44;
Gen R Shorter $5 for son to July ”44 and
self to July ’4ft; PM Washington, Mrs
; M Anderson 250 Apr!4s; Rev AVm Rich-
I ards, Mrs Furgusou 250 Jan ’44; h B
j Murkey @8 (where and when?,) Mrs L V
| Salisbury, and A J Abbott 250 each to
j Sept ‘44; Rev J Harris, Mark Bond $8
| Mar ’47.. A Harnesherger 2 50 Jan ’44, and
! Wyehe Jackson 250 May *45; P M La-
I fnyetle Ala., Wlll B Blither $3 Feb’43;
P M Waverly Hall, Stephen Brinson @5
•Inn'll; Mrs Sarah Jackson $5 Jati,’4s;
| Rev C C Willis, T B Sapp $5 to (when?
i paid 2 50 July ’43.) H Watt 2 50 Feb ’45,
j and Col J Crews 2 50 Mar ‘45.
APPOINTMENTS
I John Miiiris will preach, if the Lord will,
at Sandy Creek, Morgan county, Monday
alter the third Sunday in June next; at
night at Social Circle ; Tuesday at Sharon,
at night at S. Oliver’s; Wednesday at Bay
Creek; at night at Lawrenceville ; Thurs
day night and Friday at Gainesville ; Sat
urday and Sunday at Handler’s Creek;
I Monday at Crooked Creek ; Tuesday at
i Marshiil, and Wednesday at Freeman’s
i Creek.
j May the 13th, 1814.
JEREMIAH CLARK,
Factor and General Commission Mer
chant,
Savannah, Ga.
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Rev. J. Mercer’s Occasional Publications,
Rev. J. Mercer’s Letters on the Atonement
addressed to Rev. Cyrus White.
Rev. J_ Mercet’s Sermon on Ministerial
Union,
** “ Essay o the Lord’s Sup
per.
” Discourse on Ministeiial
Education.
Sladen’e Sermon* on Particular Election.
Letters of Wickliffe, on Baptism.
Howell'* Sermons on Baptism,
■ • For Sale bv
wilbur.v & McWhorter.