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15s. 5d., being a small increase upon the j
year preceding.”
Addresses were made by Messrs, Brock,
Birk, Watson, Newman, and Davis.
BAPTIST -MISSION AItV SOCIETY.
The fifty-first anniversary of this instilu-1
lion was held at Exeter hall, on Thursday i
the 25th inst. the spacious hall was well ]
filled. W, B. Girney, Esq., took the chair, j
After a brief address from the chairman,;
Mr. Angus, the secretary, read an abstract
from the report, from which it appeared
that the income of the past year had been
.i'21,840 12s. and the expenditure, Mii,
851 Is.
“The Society had seul out, in the course
of the year, nine missionaries with their
families to occupy important posts of use
fulness. Eight teachers had also been
sent from Jamaica to Africa. Six others,
who have been accepted, arc waiting to oc
cupy their respective spheres ol labor: and
four brethren and their wives had returned
to their icspectivo stations after temporary
absence. 45,000 volumes of the Scrip
tures have been printed during the year,
and the works in hand amount to 47,700
more. The Scriptures distributed in the
year amount to 47,237 volumes. These,
added to previous distributions, make a to
total of 230,837 since 1831. In India a
’ greater number of converts has been added
to the churches than in any previous year
of the society’s existence; and the educa
tional establishments were reported to be
highly flourishing In Jamaica the num
ber ol’ members was 33,044 ; and in the
Bahamas, 521 persons have been added to
the churches, whilst the schools have con
siderably increased. To Trinidad and
I lay ti the committee are soon to send ad
ditional missionaries. Anew mission had j
been commenced at Morlaix, in Brittany ; ’
and the Rev. .1. JVP Grump had been sent
out to succeed Dr. Davies, as tutor of the
college at Montieal in Canada. The re
port, which closed with a powerful appeal
to the sympathy ami aid of the supporters
of the society, was listened to throughout
with deep interest by the large and highly
respectable assembly convened on this oc
casion.”
The speeches by Messrs, Brock,
McLean of the Wesleyan connexion, Da
vis, Tritton, Sprigg and Newman, were
very animated.
OAPTIST UNION.
The thirty-second annual session of ths
body was held at the Baptist library, Moor
gale street, umlor the presidency of Mr,
Robert RotT, Cambridge. It was attended
by 102 members and 53 visitors. The
view which the Union took of the slate of
denominational affairs at home, exhibited
in the report, was expressed in the follow
ing resolutions:—
1. “That while the Union learn with
sincere gratitude, that the reported clear
increase during the past year in 022 church
es of the Baptist denomination in Great
Britain and Ireland, has amounted to 5,240
members, affording reason to hope that, in
tho whole denomination (ndopting the same
ratio,) there lias lieon n clear increase with
in the year of about 0,000; they regard
with regret the fact now cliciled that the
average increase of the year has been some
what less than six members for each church,
being the smallest rate of clear annual in
crease since 1838.”
2. “That the Union, without listening
to any suggestions of despondency, or yiel
ding to any feelings of discouragement,
would seriously commend this state if
things to the prayer lui consideration of the
churches, and engage them to renewed ex
ercises of watchful zeal and fervent suppli
cation.”
The report stated that sixty-two churches
had, within the year, been added to the
Union; and that the number it now com
prehended was 1)23 ; also that twenty new
churches had been formed in the denomi
nation, and forty-two chapels eroded or
enlarged. The number ol deceased minis
ters and missionaries reported was 11).
Reference was made also to the gratifying
completion of the library, (a commodious
and elegant apartment in tho new mission
house, 50 feet by twenty-six) in which the
Union was assembled : and the following
resolutions on this subject were adopted ;
Jv’"Tlint the Union regard with sincere
gratification the completion of the spacious
and commodious apartment in which the j
property of the Baptist library may hence- j
forth bo deposited!; aiu ’ la ' iC die present:
opportunity of soliciting from all who feel I
an interest in the formation of a denomina- !
tional library, contributions towards its
speedy enlargement and proper mainten-!
at re.”
2. “That the care and management of
the library for the ensuing year, be confi
ded to the committee of the Union.”
From the Journal and Visitant.
The Tale of the Five Pound Note.
BY lot. J. 1.. SHEARMAN.
I was passing an evening with a literary
gentleman who was a skeptic, and our con
versation turned upon the Christian Ifeve- :
l.uion. lie said the arguments priori, !
were so many and so strong against the |
probability of the truth of Revelation, that!
lie confessed he had not examined the book j
—though he had looked at it—and was not I
prepared to discuss critically its contents. |
110 gave me a very masterly summary of j
the arguments against the probability of the |
truth of revelation, which 1 replied to by
analogies from nature, and the condition
and constitution of man—most carefully
avoidiug making use of anything in Scrip
turc—until the beam between hir scale of
arguments and mine, seemed to bo pretty
well balanced, and lie admitted that it might
be possible that Christianity was true.
“Now,” said I, “with your permission,
I’ll tell you a story,”
“Do so,” he said—“l shall he plcasetl
to hear you.”
“There was a young acquaintance of 1
mine who was cashier in a merchant's j
house in London. This young man had I
lost his father early in life, and depended j
upon an node, w ho had risen from ait hum-)
| hie.and obscure condition, to one of ease if
j not affluence, Iry patient anu plodding per
severance. Having known what his money
j and possessions cost—though he was kind
and generous—yet he was careful and pru
| dent in his givings, and wished to effect
isoincgood, with whatever he gave away,
j Having placed his nephew in this house of
’ business, where in his opinion the salary
: was enough for all Ids wants, and somc
! thing more, —to induce hirn to be saving
and thriving, he offered to add as much as
he might save at the end of tire year to lay
up for a nest egg.
“The first year the nephew exultingly
laid up five pounds, to which his uncle add
ed five more, and they were placed in the
saving-bank. A congratulatory and ad
mouiloy letter accompanied the gift, and as
the salar)’ was to rise yearly, the uncle an
ticipated a larger deposit from his nephew,
and intended a larger gift from himself
“In the course of the summer, the neph
ew was led by some companions to places
of amusement, and induced to play at haz
ard. He lost—and his loss and expenses
were so great, as to eat up his savings, and
leave him five pounds minus in his ac
counts. This he must make up in ten days,
or it would be discovered, and his place
and character be lost. He tiied everv way
to make up the sum—but in vain ; and at
, length resolved to write to bis uncle to
borrow five pounds, (or a few weeks—sta
ting as a reason for his application, that lie
had accidentally lost one sum of money’,
and lent another, which he could not get
back just yet, and that he was behind in
Iris payment of hoard and lodging, and
feared the firm might become acquainted
witli it.
} “His uncle saw at once that something
I was wrong, and replied by a scrutinizing
consideration of the case, and a severe rep
limand for Iris carelessness and imprudence
—bidding him draw his money from the
bank, for the occasion. The nephew not
repentant enough of his folly, for such a
lesson, and anxious only to get out of his
difficulty, sullenly threw the letter in the
fire, and went off with lushest clothes to
“my uncle,” in London— the pawn-broker,
and obtained the five pounds. In two days
more there came another letter from his
uncle, and on opening it ho found it began
by a second diatiibe on his folly—of which,
and of sermons upon it, he had had enough;
and therefore he committed it to the flames
without reading or opening it further.
“Two days more elapsed, and another
letter from the uncle came. On opening
it there was a very kind, hut earnest re
quest, that he would instantly reply wheth
er he. had received the five pound note
which he had sent him in the last letter,
and an affectionate and fatherly admonition
and commendation for the future.
“The poor nephew wept and bewailed
his folly, and honoicd his uncle’s wisdom
and goodness, but he had lost his five
pound note.”
“Your tale,” said the gentleman, “im
plies, I presume, that there may be a note
for me in the book, if 1 would read it.”
“At all events,” said I, “yoff might as
well see.”
“Well,” said he, “there’s more in yom
tale, than in all your arguments. If any
thing induces me to read the bible, if*will
be your ‘tale of the five pound note.’ ”
Curious Researches in Arabia.
Bishop Doauc, of New Jersey, has com
municated the following interesting partic
ulars to the editor of the Newark Daily
Advertiser.
Dear Sir—The following is an extract
from a letter from my excellent correspon
dent, the Rev. Charles Foster, to whom
the admirable Bishop Jedd dedicates one of
his books as his ‘daily companion, ami own
familiar friend.” 110 was the Bishop’s
Chaplain, and has since been his biograph
er. He is the author of “Mahomedamsm
unveiled,” one of the most ingenuous and
remarkable products of the age, and of a
most profoundly learned critical work on
the Epistle to the Hebrews. He has just
completed, (his investigations on the sub
ject began in 1820.) “The historical Ge
ography of Atabia;” a copy of which I
hope to receive by the next steamer'—
Meanwhile, 1 cannot deny myself the plea
sure of commending to your readers the
j very curious and interesting statement con
j mined in tire passage which follows from a
’ letter received the Sheridan. It is not
; too much to speak of it as one of the most
wonderful discoveries of an age fruitful in
strange results. Very faithfully, vour
j friend, G. W. DOANE.
Riverside, 18th April, 1844.
Jl Voice from the Palriarc/nal Jlge.
“As your copy of‘The Historical Geog
rapy fc of Arabia,’ will, I trust, soon float
I across tins Atlantic, 1 should leave it to tell
its own story, was it not for one result so
beyond all human calculation, and there
fore so likely to got abroad on the wings of
rumor, that 1 do not like it should first
reach you in a newspaper advertisement,
or from any but my own pen. The re
sult alluded to is the recovery of the long
: lost, and once famous Hamyarlic tongue,
I and in it of incriptions, (perhaps the oldest
monuments in the world,) containing a full
: confession of the patriarchal faith, and an
| anticipated gospel. These wonderful re
! mains of Arabian antiquity, belong to a pe
i riod of the world, to reach which all the in
j lernal evidences oblige us to ascend 3500
i years, or within 500 years of the Flood.—
For they arc records of the lost tribe of
Ad, the immediate dcscemlents of Shem
and Noah ; a people of Arabia who per
ished utterly, not only long prior to all pro
fane histoty, but before the Books of Mo
ses wetfe written. The unknown inscrip
tions were published in Welistcd’s Tiavels
in Arabia, who discovered them on the
coast of Andrament, in 1834. Copies
were forthwith transmitted to Germany, to
Professors Gcsenius and Rodiger, who, it
appears, have been at work on them for
years ; as it turns out, without decyphcr
ing a single word.
Their existence first became known to
me last summer, when my publisher sent
down Wellsfed’ebook, on die chance of its
containing materials for my work. Alter
examining the unknown characters closely,
I had laid the inscriptions aside, as alto
gether undecipherable, at least to me;
when it pleased Providence, in a way the
most unlocked for. to put the key into my
hands. I found it, without a dream of
looking for it, in the “Montumenta Vetus
tivia Arabia:” of A. IL Schullens. At the
first glance, I thought I delected, in one of
these monuments, an Arabic version of the
longest of Mr. Wellsted’s inscriptions; and
ol this good guess 1 relinquished ot my
grasp, until conjecture had been converted
into demonstrative pioof. The results are
the recovery of the Hamyaritic alphabet
and language ; and, with these, of such a
testimony to reveal religion as Job desired,
xix. 23-27. How wonderful the ways of
Providence! But for Schultcn’s inciden
tal publication of two short Arabic poems,
these evidences of revealed truth, contem
porary with Jacob and Joseph, might have
remained a mystery to the end ol time.—
Knowing whence alone it comes, I feel
honored, at once, and humbled, !,y my
own success, to have thus completely suc
ceeded where the first orientalists in Eu
rope have entirely failed, brings to mind,
in a lower sense, the saying of St. Paul,
1 Corinthians, 1, 20. For details and
vouchers you will await the arrival of youA
copy on the Delare. * .j
The Power of Kindocss.
No mail bath measured it-l’or it is bound- j
less ; no man hath seen its death—for it is
eternal. In all ages of the worid, in eiery
clime, among every kind, it hath shone out, I
a bright and beautiful star, a beaming glory-
Look at the case of Saul and Daviili— ,
Bitter and blasting jealonsy filled the lieart
of Saul—and lie “Sought to take the young j
man’s life.” With hellish hate, he hunted
him, even to the dens and caves of the
earth. But David conquered his enemy—
even the proud spirit of haughty Saui, he
humbled, And bow ! Not with sword
and spear—not with harsh words and
coarse contumely, for these did never touch
the lieart with gentle influence. No ; but
with a weapon—simple as the shepherd's
sling, yet sure as the arrow of death
’Twas kindness! TTiis killed rankling ha
tred, and left Saul to live. And when it
had done its work, Saul said to David,
“Thou art more righteous than I, for thou
hast rewarded me good, whereas I have re
warded thee evil.” Was not here a victo
ry—more glorious, more godlike, than a
Wellington ever knew ?
Sec Joseph—in the hands of his wieiicd
brethren. For a few pieces of paltry siber,
they sold him into Egypt. Providence, in
kindness, broke the bands which held mn
in slavery, and made him a ruler there.—
Famine spread over the land her dark iran
tle—and the cruel brethren of Joseph hun
gered. They went to Egypt for com.—
And how now acted Joseph ? More than
once lie filled their sacks, and returned them
their money—and then he made himself 1
known/ “I am Joseph, your brother,
whom you sold in to Egypt!” Here was
kindness—forgiveness. And itjerushed to
death the spirit of jealousy, that had qpfee
made him a slave, lie had conquered ! *
•Come farther down in the world’s histo
ry—and Hell mo, what word of all those
spoken by the “Meek and lowly Jesus;”
the “Prance of Peace” the ‘‘Saviour of the
world”—was bej<t calculated to soften and
subdue the hard heads of his persecutors?
Are we not pointed to the Cross on Calva
ry ? Are we not asked to listen to the soft,
sweet tones of that voice ?—“Father for
give them.” O ! here was kindness!
Look over our extended country, at the
present day. What has changed those
miserable hovels of other days, where mis
ery and wretchedness had dwelt, into the
neat and beautiful abodes of plenty and
peace ? What lias kindled anew the flame
of love and affection, in hearts long estrang
ed and freezing with coldness ? Wlial has
made happy the homes of thousands of
wives, and lens of thousands of children ?
What—in short—lias been the great pro
pellant of the late temperance reformation,
which has carried joy and gladness all over
our land ? What, but kindness ?
Reader! have you an enemy, whom you
would make a friend—a neighbor, who
needs repentance —a fallen ! ■ whom
you would restore to s
Forget not tho power of kindness ’ -Clin
tian Soldier.
Christian Review.
As delegates were returning from the
meetings at Philadelphia on Wednesday,
May Ist, a public meeting was held on
hoard the steamer ivhich conveyed us up
the Delaware, for consultation and action
with reference to the Christian llcview
The Rev. Dr. Sharp called the nirotijijj to
order, and introduced the subject. ‘The
Rev. Dr. Chase presented the following re
solution, and sustained it with remarks.
Resolved, That we regard the Christian
Review, edited by the Rev. S. F. Smith,
as being eminently worthy of our vigorous
support; and that, in our respective spheres
of influence, we will make special efforts
to increase the number of its subscribers, i
The merits and claims ol the Review
were then freely canvassed, and for the
most part highly extolled, by Rev. Dr’s.
I’attison, Babcock. Wayland, and Belcher,
and “by Messrs. Benedict, Turnbull, Cres
sey, of Ohio, ami others.
The literary character of the Review re
ceived unqualified praise. All agreed that
it was an honor to the denomination, and
must be sustained. Dr. Wayland spoke
particularly of the necessity of something
of the kind, to give to our hotter thoughts
and productions a permanent form. The
newspaper is lost or destroyed within a few
weeks after it is printed; but such a peri
odical as the Review is carefully preserv
ed. lie would not part with his copy of
the volumes already published for ten times
their original cost, lie thought it should
be so sustained that writers could he paid,
and well paid, for their labor. In this sen-j
liittent Dr. Belcher agreed with him, and
sustained it with some interesting fuels con-1
cerning British Reviews. He said that]
Macuuiy receives one hundred guineas of
the proprietors of the Edinburg Review for
an article. And so popular does this fact,
witii his own beautiful style, make the ar
ticles from his pen, that the proprietors get
their hundred guineas back again five times
over. Paid composition is the composition
that pays.
It was suggested by some that the Re
view is nut sufficiently denominational, but
its Baptist character was well defended by
others, and the highest confidence express
ed in the general principles on which it is
Conducted, as well as in the qualifications
of the editor. Mr. Cressey said that breth
j ren in the West very much wanted the au
, thor’s names, in connection with the arti
cles—a wish to which we doubt net many
in the East earnestly respond. We hope
the pledge embraced in the resolution, will
be adopt and and carried out, by all the pas
tors, and friends of sound learning in the
j denomination, who were present at that
! meeting, or who may read this notice.
From the Banner and Pioneer.
The Psalmist.
We apprehend that the zeal of the min
istry and the elicited for the
j circulation of the the im
(session that the work belongs to the Pub
i iication Society, and that by circulating it,
they are promoting the interest of the Soci
j ety and, through it, of the denomination,
j Now this we apprehend is not the fact.—
Our information upou the subject is, that
Gould, Kendall, iy TAncoln, a publishing
firm in Boston, paid to “Barron Stow and
i S. F. Smith” a stipulated sum (say $1000)
j for getting up the work. The copy-right,
as may be seen from the book itself, belongs
to Gould, Kendall, & Lincoln, and not to
the Publication Society. The company in !
Boston either print and bind the work and
furnish it to the Society as they would to
any other wholesale merchant; or else,
(and this we understand to be the fact,) the
company furnish the Society with a set of
plates, and they are bound to pay to the ’
company ten cents per book, for one size |
and twelve cents per book, for the other
size, for all the books they print on these \
plates. Now, to say nothing about the im
possibility of profit to the Society by such ]
a transaction, (and we think, it can he easi-!
ly shown to be an unprofitable arrangement
to the Society,) we ask, is it in accordance
with the constitutional design of the Socie
ty, that the whole denomination, through ]
its influence, should be made tributary to j
one publication establishment in Boston,
and that all our churches and ministers j
should be subsidised as agents and vendors
of the Psalmist for the profit, alone, of
Gould, Kendall, & co., of Boston, to the
prejudice of every other proprietor of a Bap
tist hymn book in the land ? We ask is
this in accordance with the constitutional
design ol the Publication Society? If so,
then we candidly confess we are opposed
to it. But we know that this is not in ac
cordance with its design, and hence we ap
prove of the Society, while we oppose its
course in relation to tiio Psnlmist, liocmiso
subversive or Its flesigm- So far as we arc i
informed it lias published no other work
upon such conditions. The works of Bap
tist authors (such as Hinton, Howell, lie.,
tiansfered to that Society, have been pro
cured upon very different terms ; and if the
Society wishes to secure and retain the con
fidence and the co-operation of the denomi
nation, it must treat the authors of the works
published by it with some uniformity, and
all with justice.
We have believed it to be our duty to call j
up this question before the churches, be
cause we do not believe that all the Baptist
churches in this broad land should be sub
sidised to a book concern in Boston. And
if wc have based our opinions upon wrong
information, we shall be glad to be correct
ed., and we hope that the proper officer of
that Board will sot the whole matter in a
proper light before the public. Let nothing
lie kept secret; the churches have aright
to know what their agents are doing.
The repot t of the Board, as published in
the Record of the sth inst., show that Gould,
Kendall, & co. “have issued more than 25,-
000” copies of the Fsalmist since its publi
cation in Juno, 1843 ; while the Publication
Society have sold only 0,000; more than
quadrupling the Society in sales; and all,
-sough the influence of that Society upon
the churches and ministry. And what is
worse, the Society instead of claiming a
bonus of Gould, Kendall, & co., for this
vast agency in promoting their wealth, have
paid the company for the privilege of piint
ing these 0,000 copies on their stereotype
plates a bonus of at least S6OO, if oui infor
mation be correct.
.Qnecdote of Dr. Harris. —The late I)r.
Harris, of Dunbarton, walked out one day |
in one of the large villages of a neigbboiiug !
Slate, met one ot the champions of Univer- 1
salism. It was General 1’ , the leader
and main supporter of the large Universalist
society, which had for many years existed
in that place, lie was a highminded man,
quite wealthy, and very influential—having !
a good deal of general information, and con- ;
siderable skill in argument —which last lie !
did not hesitate to use whenever and wher
ever opportunities were presented. He j
and Dr. Harris were personally strangers; !
but knowing something of cacti other by !
reputation, they readily introduced them- ’
selves, The general very soon lifted up j
his standard, and began his war of words ]
—not doubting that, though lie might fail
to convince bis opponent, lie should at least
show hint that he was no ordinary combat- j
ant, but knew well on what ground lie stood ]
and how to wield the sword of sectarian ‘ l
warfare to good advantage. The Doctor
heard him through : then calmly turned to
him, and said—“ General P .itisof no
use for us to contend. We shall probably
not convince eaeli other, by arguments ever
so protracted. But there is one tiling in
relation to ibis matter which deserves con
sideration. It is this. I can treat your re
ligion just as I please ; I can turn from it,
as an utter abomination. I can despise it.
1 can s/iil on it, and trample it under my
feet—and yet after all 1 shall be saved—
sha'nt 1 General P ?” The General,
of course, was obliged to assent, or give up
the doctrine. There was no room for eva
sion. “But,” added the doctor, while the
General was writhing at the contempt thus
thrown upon his gods, “ it will not do for
you to treat my religion so. If you do,
you are a lost man. 1 ” This was enough
—nothing more was said.
Ikanties of Abolitionism.
The following is from the New York
Observer. It affords a fair specimen of the
spirit and riotous tendency of abolitionism.
Read it and exult not, but mourn for frail
human nature.
American Anti-Slavery Society.
This Society held its anniversary on
Tuesday morning, at the Appolio Rooms,
F. Jackson, Esq., being in tlic chair, and
was opened with praver by Dr, Brisbane,
of Ohio.
Win. Lloyd Garrison read from Ilosea
iv., and declared the platform to be free,
open to all who chose to occupy it, He
was followed bv Mr. A. Ballou, who plung
| ed into the disputed question of moral and
i political power, and argued that the former
, greatly excelled the latter for Abolition
purposes, in a speech of considerable
j length.
He was followed by Rev. Charles W.
I Denison, of Boston, who took the opposite
side ol the question, and occupied some
time in a eulogy of the ballot-box. Mr.
I). was one of those who left the society a
few years ago. He argued strongly that
God had given political power to man as a
weapon, and it was right to use it. Con
tinued interruptions of hisses, shouting
and applause occufted during his speech,
and as he sat down.
Mr. Garrison, rose, amid a tremendous
uproar, and denounced him in the most
violent language, lie sai l lie was a wolf
in sheep’s clothing; a man who had dared
to gag women. And lie had come here to
addiess an anti-slavery meeting. None
but a recreant priest would have dared to
do ibis. 1 repudiate him, 1 pronounce
him a Benedict Arnold, a traitor. I brand
him an apostate.
Mr. Denison. I am alive yet my friends.
[Tremendous confusion ensued.!
Mr. Burleigh rose, but the hisses and
noises increased. Loud cries of Denison
—Burleigh—“Let him go on.”—“No,
No, Denison."—"Let him reply.”—The
scene beggars description, and it was only
quieted on the promise that Denison should
have a chance alter Burleigh, who occupied
some forty-five minutes in a dry speech.—
After which Denison rose, and calmly re
plied to Garrison’s charges. His answer
was, “By their fruits ye shall know them.”
He did not differ from William Lloyd Gar
rison on the great point of anti-slavery,
but on other points iic did differ heaven
wide. As to being an apostate, he opened
the Bible before him, and read the memo
rable words : “Physician heal thyself.”—
The scene again became confusion worse
confounded. Denison was the favorite,
but hooting and hissing mingled with the
applause.
Garrison roe: “once there was a man
named Benedict Aqnold,”—(Loud hisses
so that he could not proceed.)—Why hiss ?
Arc you cowards ? (Tremendous hissing.)
Are you dastards? (Increasing noise of
all kinds.) A voice liom tne crowd, I‘Judge
not.”—Garrison : That man is a dastard
whoever lie is—(in a loud voice) I say then
theic was once a man name Benedict—(a
voice, “tve won’t hear ol him,” and con
tinued confusion.) Denison rose and call
cd out “don’t think he means me, my
friends.” Garrison: “They do think so,
and therefore they hiss. They think the
coal fits you, and thercfoie they hiss.”—
Denison: “You a.ie the one it fits best.”
A man at the side : “1 his meeting is not
to be broken up by a clergyman and a gag
ger of women.” Another voice: “Who
are you ?” and the uproar became tremen
dous. Garrison at length got a chance to
denounce .Mr. Denison and eulogize Abby
Kelly, whom that priest had dared to gag.
Abby then rose and gave a history of the
Society, and although “she did not wish to
make a speech,” she occupied an hour iu
her usual'interesting and modest way.
After slicsat down, there was something
said near Mr. Denison, Mr. Garrison an
nounced the Hutchinsons. Thete was a
rush toward that part of the room, and wc
saw one woman on one side of Mr. Deni
son, and Abby on the other, both vocifera
ting with the utmost earnestness, but we
couin not hear what it was about, and only
feared for Mr. D’s personal safely. What
berame of him we don’t know. There
was some singing and a great deal of confu
sion, and then a dispersion.
“It is a fatal mistake in parents to contin
ue, throughout their lives, to be the minis
tering servants of their offspring. Fathers i
should he the patriarchal sovereigns and
mothets the queens of their households;
and every child should lie so trained as to
yield them the filling homage of attention
and respect, no less tliau of affection, And
they who abdicate the throne
belonging to them, either through neglect
or weak indulgence, will find, in their old j
age, that there will be none to rise up and |
‘do them reverence.’ ”
I
Rev. Benjamin R. Woodbridge of South
lladiey, Mass., formerly pastor of the j
church in Nouvicli, died suddenly, on!
Wednesday, the Sthjult. After his return !
from Cubotvillc, while conversing with a j
nephew who resided with him, lie fell from !
his chair, and expired, apparently, without j
a gasp. On Friday of the same week, his j
sister died almost as suddenly. She, al- 1
though evidently sinking under the weight
of 81 years, had not been confined to her!
room. The deceased, both unmarried
through life, had always resided together;!
and even in death they were not sepaiated. j
The funeral was attended at the same time, !
and both were interred in one grave.
PENFIELD.
FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1544.
We gratefully acknowledge our in
debtedness to the Hon. A. H. Chappc-1 for
documents received.
£s®“ We have addressed a letter and re
ceipt to Rev. 13. L. Barnes, diiected Can
ton, Mi., to which place his paper has been
sent tegularly for the last three or four
weeks. The back Nos. desired by brother
Barnes, we have been unable to procure.
We have to apologise to for
not sending him a larger number of our last
paper, (we sent 12 copies.) Some of our
quires proved defective, in consequence of
which, we had not a sufficient number of
copies to furnish our subscribers and ex
changes. What we sent to him we had to
lake from our exchange list. A copy was
addressed to Bishop E. and directed to Sa
vannah.
We curtail our editorials this week as
much as possible to make room for matter
on hand, some of which has been on hand
for several weeks.
We tUTuler our thanks to brother Snares
for favors received and solicit a continuance
of those favors, and especially a fulfilment
of the promise contained in his letter.—
See our next number.
The examination of the pupils of the
Pentield Female Seminary, wfll be held on
Thursday and Friday (25tli and 26th) of
July. The parents and Guardians, and
friends of science in general, are invited to
attend.
A Word to our Frirnds.
We have received in change a number of
small bills issued by individuals in Macon
&. Columbus, which, though good there, aic
of no value here, because the individuals are
not known to fame. To convert them into
current money, we must trade them off at a
great discount or incur heavy postage by
enclosing them to some friend in those
places to exchange foi others. If the indi
viduals are responsible, out subscribers
would find no difficulty in getting them ex
changed for change bills of the Georgia
Rail Road or St. Mary’s Bank, and by so
doing they would confer a favor on the edi
tor and a benefit on the Convention. To
know this fact we are persuaded is all that
is necessary to insure the attention of our
subsciibcts.
While ori the sii’.je t of money inatteis
we will add, that while we are willing to
receive from our subscribers in Tennessee,
Alabama, Mississippi and J.ouisiuna bills
current in their respective Slates, it would
bean accommodation to ns, if when practi
cable, they would make remittances in
Georgia or South Carolina currency, or in
Eagles and half Eagles. Postmasters gen
erally know how to enclose gold coins as
securely as bills. To keep the latter frofn
r illing we generally confine them with a
slip of paper and a wafer.
Pnificltl Mail Arrangements.
The mail arrangements of our village op
erate very much to the prejudice of our pa
per and the interests of our subscribers.—
Our mail days are Tuesday, Thursday, and
Saturday. By the time the Tuesday’s mail
arrives we generally have enough matter in
type, not only to fill the paper of that week,
but a large portion of the paper of the week
after. Finlay is our publication day. Our
paper lies in the office till-Satuiday morn
ing ; they arc then taken to Greensboro,
and there tarry, one parcel till nine o’clock,
and another till two o’clock in tile night.—
Our subsetibers complain much of the late
season at which the Index is leceived. We
can only say to them, wc sympathize with
them; for we too have repeatedly com
plained of existing arrangements, but we
have no power to alter them. To our se
rious disappointment wc find that we have
gained little or nothing, in the way of com
municating late intelligence, hy the change
in the form of our paper. The Tuesday’s
mail brings us generally-Ihe intelligence of
the preceding week, but our last form is
generally pretty well made up before that
arrives, and to slip in our paper only a few
lines we have to displace other matter that
was, perhaps, already put in form for print
ing.
Since our article on the Pen Geld Mail
Arrangements was in type wc have teceiv
ed a letter from a brother, whose P. O. is
not remote from Madison, complaining
that while brethren in Madison receive
their paper on the day of publication those
at bis office do not receive theirs till the
Saturday week after it is published. This
is truly provoking. We wonder how the
brother did to write w lo us about it with so
much gentleness. Wo.-will make known
bis complaint and wishes to the publisher,
who has the entire control of the directing
and mailing the Index, and if the cause
of complaint can be removed we have no
doubt it will be done.
Joe Smith, the Mormon prophet, has pe
titioned Congress for permission to raise
one hundred thousand men, and arm and
equip them for tho propagation of Chris
tianity, and the arts and refinements of civ
ilized society, in the western wilderness.
Indeed !