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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 !