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V 0 E T R Y .
Tbe Home of the Sonl.
(Written by F. S. Key, Esq., at the re
quest of a lady to be sung to the tune
■‘Sweet Home.”)
O where shall the soul find relief from its
woes,
A shelter of safety, a home of repose ?
Can earth’s highest summit, or deepest-hid j
vale,
Give a refuge no sorrow or sin can assail?
No, no, thete’s no home:
There’s no home on earth, the soul has
no home !
Khali it leave the low earth and soar up to
the sky,
And seek for a rest in the mansions on high?
In the bright realms of bliss shall a tl welling
be given,
And the soul find a home in the glory of
heaven ?
Yes, yes, there's a home,
There’s a home in high heaven, the soul
has a home!
Oh, holy and sweet its repose shall be there,
Free lorevet from sin, and from sorrow and
care;
And the loud hallelujahs of angels shall
rise
To welcome the soul to its home in the
skies !
Home, home ! home of tho soul!
The bosom of God is the home of the
soul!
Autumn.
Imperial Autumn waves her wand—the
flowers ot summer lade,
And gold is mingling with the green in ev- j
cry sylvan shade.
The wind has now an organ tone, the sun
, a solemn gleam,
And southwatd moves athwart the sky, the
wild swan’s flying team.
The mind, which from earth’s changing
scenes full oft receives it line.
In the calm Sabbath of the year grows calm
and solemn too,
And thoughts come with the falling leaf, of
dear ones passed away—
Leaves fallen from the tree of Love, its gold
en leaves, are they.
But as when Autumn winds grow loud, and
Autumn woods are bare,
With trumpet cry tho wild swan seeks a
bright home through the air;
So when the joys of earth are dead, the ]
mourner’s thoughts should rise.
To the soul’s homo of light and life, whose
summer never dies.
“What constitutes a slate ?
Not high raised battlement or labored mound,
Thick wall or moated gate ;
Not cities proud, with spires and turrets
crowned;
Not hays and broad-armed ports,
Where, laughing at the storm, ricli navies
ride,
Not starred and spangled courts,
Where low-browed baseness waits perfume
to pride.
No! men, high-minded men,
Men who their duties know,
And know their rights, and knowing dare
maintain ;
These constitute a state.”
0 lUTUAHV.
To record the death of an individual is at
alt times a sail task; but still more sad. when !
that individual lias long been a beloved i
lriend and associate, and when his life, ;
which promised great usefulness, has been
cut otV nt its early bloom.
Jonathan Riley Reeves, the subject of
this brief narrative, departed this life on the
26th of October, 1811, at the residence of
his father, the Rev. Pryor Reeves, Russell j
co., Ala—aged 110 years, 5 months and 2
days, llis disease was Bilious ami Inllanv
alory Fever, which baffled the skill of sev
eral physicians, anti was protracted in great
pain for 18 days. Rut it was borne with
the fortitude of the true Christian, and nev
er a murmur was heard to escape his lips
during the whole of his sickness.
He embraced the Religion of Christ eight
years since, and attached himself to the
Baptist Church, of which he remained a pi
ous member till Death snatched him from
our midst.
During the liist days of his illness, he
declared to his parents his determination to
abandon the study*of Medicine, which lie
had been pursuing for about six months, and
if lie should be permitted to recover,(which
lie very much doubted) to devote his alien
turn to the Scriptures and to the service of
his God. lie lamented that he had mani
fested too little interest in (he practical part
of Religion, and, that from timidity, &c.ho ,
had not communed with God’s people.—
But soon all his tears were banished, and
his soul filled with the love of God, as lie ,
frequently repeated, and he often shouted
aloud, even till his voice was gone, the j
praises ol Him who could thus make adealh
bed sweet. He would repeatedly request
that he might pray for the throng of friends !
that crowded his sick chamber from day to ‘
day, and ever began his petition by ptais-1
ittg God sot His goodness towards himself, j
and for saving him by His Grace; and then j
pray that those around him might be speed
ily brought to deliverance. lie exhorted
his brothers, sisters and acquaintances to
meet him iu Heaven; often requested his 1
father to sing for him the beautiful death
song of the Saint, and at the dose of each
verse would repeat the last line.
“All is well, all is well.’
A few hours before his death, he asked
his youngest brother if lie had secured to
himself'the Pearl of Great Price, and on
being answered iu the affirmative, ho re
sponded “Glory to God !*’ One circum
stance 1 cannot refrain from noticing, as
there was something in it peculiarly strik
ing and affecting. But a few hours before
he breathed his last, after taking a potion
administered by the Physician, he asked
for water to rinse his mouth; then sang the
first two verses of the beautiful Hymn,
“Now I can read my title clear
To mansions in the skies,” Sic.
with the chorus—
“l want my Iriends to go with me,” <fcc.
after which, he observed “let us pray”—
and offered a truly affecting and veiy appro
priate prayer, in the presence of his physi
cian and friends, asking the blessings of
God upon ail present, and especially upon
his brothers and sisters. Discovering the
tears of his almost convulsed mother, he ex
claimed, “ Lord, give my tender mother
supporting grace under her bereavement,
palliate her feelings, soothe all her sorrows,
and sustain her in her sinking condition,”
and then after repeating “amen, and amen,”
he seemed for some time to be at perfect
ease.
He frequently requested, during his sick
ness, that he might embrace his brethren in
bis arms, and kiss them ; and on two occa
sions he did so.
If all that was good and noble in himself,
together with the tears and prayers of kin
dred and friends could have kept our young
friend with us, he would not have died but
this is our weakness. God,in His wisdom
and goodness, has called him away, and—
-11 is will he done !
Weep not, my friends, my friends, weep
not for me,
All is well—all is well—
My sins are pardoned, pardoned, and I’m
free,
All is well—all is well.
There’s not a cloud that doth arise
To hide my Jesus from mine eyes,
1 soon shall mount the upper skies—
All is well, all is well!
Hail, hail, all hail, all hail, ye blood-wash
ed throng,
Saved by Grace, saved by Grace;
I’m come to join, to join your blissful song, j
Saved by Grace, saved by Grace:—
All, all is peace and joy divine,
And Heaven and Glory now are mine,
Oil! Hallelujah to die Lamb,
All is well—all is well.
Tims, wc close by saying that Jesus has
dune all things well, for
“The graves of all his Smuts ho blessed,
And solicited every bed :
Where should the dying members rest
But with die dying Head ?”
A FIIIEND ANI) RrOTIIER.
Nov. 4th 1811. W
Died, at his res deuce in Hancock couti
! ty, on tho 25 ol Oct., 1814, Hamilton Bon
ner,Sen., in the72d year ol his age. He was
| a native ol Prince George county, Virginia,
settled in Warren lon, N. Carolina, 1791,
married 1800, and emigrated to Georgia in
the year, 1802. It is not necessary and it
is not tilting, when the virtuous die, lo send
out to the world lengthy and sounding eu
lugie, in commemoration ofthc life which
they havf bat ‘i'huy die, tlivy puss aivay
from the earth and its loved ones, and oth
ers rise in the order of the providence of
nature, to till the places they have left for
ever, but their virtues live after them, shine
undiimtied, and mellow by time in the grate
lui and bereaved heart, when the marble
that marks their graves perishes in the dust.
In this dispensation of providence it is
mournful to look around us, and behold the
bereuvementof a wife whose affections have
been consecrated by the associations of so
many long, and anon happy
years; of children, whose and
hopes and desires, fiom the different situa
tions of life they were occupying, were at!
all times fondly turned to the parental man
sion and all the well remembered and af
fecting incidents of “sweet home.”
Mr. Bonner’s character is written upon 1
the hearts ol his friends, of all men, for he I
had no enemies; as a husband and father!
be died as one should live, in those the most j
tender ol all relations, affectionate, soliui
lious, devoted to the happiness of those who j
looked to him for it. Asa citizen, he was j
just and benevolent; and when we say he ;
was charitable to the needy and hospitable !
to all men, we give him a character for |
which he was far and eminently distinguish-!
ed. It was an honest pride he fell til the ;
decline of his days, that his only inheritance
ivas truth and honesty, and that it had nev- ■
cr been squandered in profligacy, such was
the man’s life and such he died. And how
comforting to the bereaved is it lo remem
ber that wo have consigned to the tomb,
one whose life was blameless, over whose
good name envy and malice have no asper
sions to make, against whom not a breath of
censure slumbers in .the mortal heart. In
memory of the man, of li is virtues, his life
and his death, we may apply to him the
language of the poet,
An honest man’s the noblest work of God.
J.
Died, in Noxubee county, Miss., on the
18th of July, 1844, brother Benjamin Cut
liff, in iiis sixty-second year. Brother
Cutliff joined the Baptist church in 1839,
since which lime he has been much devo
ted to the cause, endearing himself to the
Brethren, and engaging in every good work
for the promotion of the Redeemer's King
dom. But our loss is his eternal train.
L.
Died, in Talialetro county, on the 31st
Oct. 1844, Mrs. Elizabeth Lighttoot, wife
of John A. Lightfoot, Esq., in the Gflhyear
ol her age. Mrs. Lightfoot had been “long
known in the neighborhood where she died.
She was a benevolent and kind neighbor;
industrious and economical in all her house
hold. She was an affectionate wife; a
kind and indulgent mother; a good mis
tress; a pious and devoted Christian. She
had been a member of the Baptist church
at \\ hite Plains about 16 years, during
which time her seal was always idled at the
I house of God, unless prevented by sick
ness : but she has goim to that rest that re
mains for the people of God. She has left
a disconsolate husband, seven affectionate
children, and numerous friends, relations
and neighbors to mourn their irreparable
loss; but they sorrow not as those that have
! no hope. May her many virtues be imita
ted by all who survive, is the prayer of the
j writer of this short obituary M. J.
m "^Fron^/teJlmericar^Weßsenger?^^
To the Cliristiau Publie.
It is due to the fiiends and supporters of
the American Tract Society briefly to re
. port its progress, and call attention to some
i of the principles by which it is governed.
I The last six months have been a period
of unusual prosperity. A greater amount
| of publications have been put into circula
lion than in any preceding half year, and
the Society’s labots for the desilute of our
widely extended country are nearly two
! fold what they were one year since. Tne
i number of colporteurs has been increas'd,
1 as qualified men have been raised up one
by one, and fields of usefulness have been
i opened before them, and. means have bleu
i provided (in many cases by friends residing
| in the distant and destitute Slates to be oc
cupied,) until one hundred laborers are now
employed, chiefly at a compensation of
$l5O a year, who are prosecuting their j
work of iaith and labor of love in 23 differ
ent Slates and territories, as follows : Ver
mont, 1; Rhode Island, 1; New York, 9;
New Jersey, 1; Pennsylvania, 13; Virgiti
! ia, 3; Nuitli Carolina, 1 ; South Carolina,
: 3; Georgia, 7; (including colporteurs of the
Savannah Association ;) Alabama, 4; Flor
ida, 2; Mississippi. 3; Louisiana, 4; Arkan
sas, 1; Tennessee, 5; Kentucky, 5; Ohio,
10; Indiana, 3; Illinois, 5; Missouri, 4; 10-;
wa, 1; Michigan, 0; Wisconsin, 2; —ufak- j
ing 100, including 28 German and French.!
The united testimony from these laborers, i
and from the respected pastors missionaries
and Christians with whom they have co op- -
• crated, has fully confirmed the views enter
tained by the Committee of the need, the
| acceptableness, and the usefulness of their
; self-denying endeavors.
Among the valuable evangelical works
which have recently been added to the So
ciety’s circulation ate Owen oil the J’or
-1 givoness of Sin, ot Psalm 130; Bishop
! Hall’s Scripture History,or Contemplations
on the Old and New Testaments ; Jay’s
Morning Exorcises for the Closet; the Re
formation in Europe, by the author of the
Council of Trent; and the Spirit of Popery
: with beautiful illustrative engravings,
j The Society have al t/\ issued, to a great
extent in the more destitute parts of the
country, about 20,000 of I)'Aubignc's His
tory of the Great Deformation in three vol
i times. It was perhaps scarcely to be ex
peeled that a Society uniting members of
1 dill, rent denominations could issue such a
! work ; but it was found that all the mem
bers of the Committee were equally inter
ested in it, as exposing the abominations of
popeiy; as showing the ttiuniphs of spir
itual religion, under the power ol the Holy
Ghost, over dead forms, and making known i
| the great doctiine of Justification by Faith <
! in the righteousness of Christ as the only
i way of salvation. It appeared also that the
work would be acceptable to all by omitting
about four pages out of 1300, in ivhicli the
author, quite incidentally to the grand aim
of the work as it seemed to the Committee,
had alluded to the ex crual ordinances or
order of the churches in reference to which j
spiritual Christians differ. The Commit
tee further considered that the Society’s
colporteurs and agents were exploring the
most needy and destitute parts of out coun
try, where popery is building churches, es- j
lablishing schools and gathering unthinking j
multitudes into its fold ; and that while the j
two editions already widely in circulation |
would go on in the booksellers’ channels,
anyciroulaiioneffectedby the Society would
be chiefly superadded to what would oth
erwiso be gained. In a full view of all the
circumstances, they believed that the excel
lent author to whom they have communi- j
cated on the subject, and all friends of vital I
religion would rejoice, and that it would be’
pleasing to Christ himself, for the Society i
lo send out the work—an announcement j
being prefixed that it had been thus slightly j
abridged. The publisher of the New York I
edition entering into tho same views, lacili-;
i tated the enterpiise by affording the use of!
| the stereotype plates; and thus the work
| has gone out, that Luther may still preach,
and the glorious scenes of the reformation
! be as it were re-acted among the swarming
millions, native and foreign, of our country,
where the adversary is striving to roll back
I the reformation anil restore the gloom and
spiritual tyranny of the dark ages.
Tile Committee wish that the great prin
| ciples on which this Society is founded
may be well understood and mado familiar
’ to the minds of all who regard its welfare.
The grand aim of the Society is, under
the blessing of God and by the kind and
! prayerful agency of his people, to diffuse
spiritual, vital religion —the great funda
mental and practical truths and doctrines of
“Christ and him crucified” as set forth by
! Baxter, Bunyan, Flavel and Owen in their
glowing, living effulgence, to bring the sin
ner into the dust, and through the renewing
i and sanctifying of the Spirit exalt Christen
the heart. It is believed that if any unin-
spired writings, in any language, are adap
ted to this end, the intelligent, humble, de- :
| vout Christian and minister will find them !
;in these publications. And it may not be
arrogant in the Committee whose clerical
members have so often had their ownspir
-1 its refreshed from these fountains, to ex
press the desire that all the ministers of j
Christ would draw deeply from them for i
j the spiritual benefit of themselves and the :
people of their charge. Such are the works
j with which the Society are seeking to re- j
! sist the tide of our coirupt national litera-;
1 ture —sucli ilia publications to which God !
: has wonderfully set the seal of the Holy
I Spirit.
But itis a clearly defined principle of the
Society not to publish the peculiarities of
j church government and ordinances in
which evangelical cliristians differ. Every
! member of the Society is supposed to be
cordially attached to someone denomina
tion, and is expected in all proper ways to
advocate his own peculiarities, but not
through the medium of this Society. Itis
expected, not to say desired, thul the res
pective denominations will form their own
Boards of Publication, and do all that each
sees good lo defend its own peculiarities;
it is a right secured by the civil freedom we
enjoy,and maybe the iliatHipnfmnsf'ianoof
but this Society takes no partin whatis strict
ly denominational. It does not consist of
ecclesiastical bodies united, but of so many
members from each denomination as love
to unite in efforts to bring men to the sav
ing knowledge of Christ, with whatever de
nomination they may choose to connect;
themselves. Let none then claim of this
Society what it can never perform, what
would violate the sacred bonds of its com
pact, by expecting it to defend their own
distinctive denominational peculiarities.—
With theso principles none can beexpected
to be satisfied when denominational feeling
is excited ; and as one denomination and !
another are deeply agitated, it would not be j
strange if claims on the Institution should j
from time to time be inconsiderately made,!
which could only be met by its utter dis- j
inemberinent.
Another principle of the Society is to dif
fuse its publications and disburse its foreign
grants where, according to the best light
that can be obtained, Christ and the souls
of perishing men have need. The funds
are contributed, not to promote denomina
tional interests,but to do good to souls; and
the cars of the Committee are ever open to
theory of all who need salvation through
atoning blood, of whatever nation, kindred,
people, or tongue.
It should be larthei considered that mil
lions are accessible by such a Society who
are not equally accessible by denomination
al Institutions ; and after all that has been
or shall he done by any and all denomina
tional efforts, the field to be occupied, even
in our own country, will doubtless require
the noblest energies of this Institution. Ev
ery month the destitute field is developing
itself more and more widely to the Com
mittee, and every renewed effort but shows
more work to he done. The Committee
would deaiie every institution nr organized
body, who labor to make known Christ in
his fullness, to tedouble their efforts ; espe
cially all the excellent Missionary Institu
tions and the agencies for bringing forward
godly men for the sacred ministry ami mis
sionary work, and for diffusing the blessed
Bible.
It should he also remarked dial this Soci
ety, like the London Tract Society in which
the energies of Blitish Christians are so ex
tensively united, works well in its practi
cal details. The Publishing Committee
have never yet found which of their num
ber is most ardently attached to the most
solid and searching works the Society has
issued. A book like Baxter’s Call, or Al
leine’s Alarm, or Flavel’s Method of Grace
which is now in the press, receives the cor
dial approbation of all the members; and in
this last work, so intent was iho author on
guiding men spiritually to Christ, that i.i
500 pages he has not affotded a word to
the forms ot ordinances that sepniate truly
evangelical Christians. It is found good to
have the heart thus blended with spiritual
christiaits of different names, who after toil
ing oil here a little season hope to unite for
ever in praising their one Mediator and
Lord.
To the active friends of the Institution
the Committee would say.itis doing agreat
work ; it needs co-operation, support, and
prayer for tliiection and a blessing from a
bove. The Committee have great assur
ance that it is the work of God and dial He
will prosper it.
By order of the Executive Committee.
W. A. Hallock. 1 ~ ,
O. Eastman, (Corresponding
It. S. Cook, j Serr,aur,c '*
New York, Nov. 12, 1811.
Natural Depravity of Man. —Dr. Gill
. was once pleaching on the natural depravi
!ty and spitilual inability of man. A gentle
, man, who heard the sermon, was greatly
offended ; and taking an opportunity, some
j time after, of callingon the doctor, told him
| that, in his opinion, he had degraded that
noble being, man, and laid him much too
| low. “Pray, sir,” answered the doctor,
: “how much do you think men can contri
bute toward their own conversion and sal
vation?” “Man can do such anil such
things,” replied the gentleman, reckoning
up a Jong string of free-will abilities.
“And have you done all this for yourself ?”
said tho doctor. “Why, r.o, 1 cannot say
I have yet, but I hope I shall begin soon.”
“If you really have these things in your
power,” replied the doctor, “and have not
done them (or yourself, you deserve to be
doubly damned, and arc but ill qualified to
stand up for that imaginary free-will which,
according toyout own confession, has done
you so little good. However, after you
have made yourself spiritually whole, (i!
ever you find yourself able to do it,) be kind
enough to come and let me know how you
went about it; for, at present, I know but
of one remedy for human depravation,
namely, the efficacious grace of Him who
woiketh in men both lo will and to do, of
his own good pleasure.”— Toplaily.
Courtship of a Bashful Clergyman. —
The Rev. John Brown, of Haddington,
the well known author of the self-interpret
ing Bible, was a man of singular bashful
ness. In token of the truth of this state
ment, 1 need only state, his courtship last
ed seven years. Six years and a half pass
ed away, and the Rev. gentleman had got
no further forward titan he had been the
first six days. This state of things became
intolerable; a step in advance must bo
made, and Mr. Brown summoned all his
courage for the deed. “Janet,” said he,
as they sat one night in silence, “we’ve
been acquainted, now, for six years an’
mair, and,l’ve ne’er gotten a kiss yet; d’ye
think I might lake one, ina bonnie girl 7 ”
“Just as you like, John, only be becoming
| and proper wi’it.” “Surely, Janet, we’ll
ask a blessing.”
The blessing was asked—the kiss was
1 taken, and the worthy divine, perfectly
• overpowered with the blissful sensation,
most rapturously exclaimed, “O, woman !
But it is guile —we’ll return thanks.”
Six months made the pious couple man
and wife; and, added his descendant, who
humorously told the tale, a happier couple
never spent a long and useful file together-
The credulity of unbelief is the most ex
traordinary of all phenomena in the moral
world. It can repose on mere speculative
objections, in the teeth of history and expe
rience ; and yet it can believe all the ab
surdities and impossibilities which the con
sequences of rejecting Revelation bring
with them ! It can reject all the inightv
credentials of Revelation, on the footing of
imaginary difficulties ; and yet it can be
lieve that Christianity had no founder, no
origin, no cause, no author, hut was the
product ol chance and accident.— liishop
Wilson.
A NEW BOOK.
Just published and for sale, wholesale
and retail, by the publisher, at the Index of
fice, a work entitled,
‘‘SIMPLE RHYMES
AND
FAMILIAR CONVERSATIONS,
FOR CHILDREN.
BY UNCLE CHARLES.”
The publisher of this work, designs to
say but little in regard to its claims lo the
patronage of the public. He lias given two
or three friends an opportunity of inspect
ing it, and their opinions, with that of the
Editor of the Index, will be found below.
The two following paragraphs arc ex
tracted from the Prelaee, and will give some
idea of the characterand design of the work:
“Some of the pieces ate written in the
simplest style, suited to the capacity of very
young children ; others in a little more ele
vated strain, yet not so much so but what
they can be well understood by most chil
dren, with the aid of a few simple explan
ations from the older members of the family.
■ ‘l'lte little Book is divided into two parts:
the first mado up of pieces that are some
what tinged with humor and pleasantry,
though still interspersed with religious sen
timent; the other composed entirely of
such as are of a grave, solemn and religious
character.”
The work is illustrated with four hattd
some-y executed wood cuts. The first rep
resents a mother, with three little boys near
her, one six years of age, another eight,
another ten —the largest one handing his
mother a little Book open, for her to in
spect.
2nd. A minister with a young person (a
girl 12 years of age) standing waist deep in
the water, about to be baptized (immersed)
and several persons, male and female, and
various ages, standing on the shore.
3rd. Three little children, (a boy and his
two sisters) standing in a grave yard by the
staves of their parents, weeping.
4tli. A little boy, wrapped in a winding
sheet, his little sister not knowing that he
is dc.nl, presenting him with a llower, ami
trying to make him take it; the mother sit
ting bv weeping.
lit commendations.
Extract from an Editorial article in the
(,’hrisiian Index :
“Simpleßhymes and I'amiliur Conner■ ,
sations.for Children. — Hi/ UncleC/iarles.”
—This is the title of anew publication that
has just passed through the press in this
place, and is now in the hand, of the book ‘
binder. It is neatly printed, and is ill us-;
(rated andeinbellished with wood-cuts hand
somely executed. It is designed principal-j
!y lor children; is equally interesting with
Peter P irlov’s works ; rs far more salutary
iu its tendency, and is by one of the excel
lent ones of our own State. #
Extract from the Rev. 15. M- Sanders,
President of the Baptist Convention of
Georgia;
“Simple llhymes and I’umiliur Conver
sations, for Children — lit/ Uncle Charles.
— L’cnjitid, Ga., printed by Benj. ft faul
ty, 1811.” —This is a neat little book of 84
pages. Duodecimo, by a very eminent and
worthy Minister of the Gospel, a citizen of
our own State, and author of the Alphabeti
cal Dinner. Its design is to impress npon
the minds of youth, motal instruction. Its
selection of subjects, manner of illustration,
and peculiarity of style, are all well calcu
lated to interest the youthful mind.
B. M. SANDERS.
Oct. 19, 1814.
From Rev. Dr. Dagg, President of Mer
| cer University.
October 9, 184-4.
Dear Brother —l have examined the lit
tle book which you lelt with me. Uncle
Charles is an interesting character, with
whom I should he glad lobe better aequain
;ed. Our young children, for whose bene
fit he lias written, will find his •• Simple
Rhymes and Familiar Conversations both
engaging and instructive : and you, 1 hope,
be amply rewarded for publishing them.
Yours,
J. 1.. DAGG.
j Mr. Benj. Bkantly.
OUe?” The above work may also be had
:tc Dunham &, Bleakley’s, and the Baptist
Book Depository, (Turpin’s Drug Store,)
! Augusta.—Price 87j cts. for a single copy.
BENJ. BRAN PLY.
APPOINTMENTS.
A. T. N. Vandivere, by divine .permis
sion, will preach on Thutsday the sth of
Dec. at Pleasant Grove; at night at Wat
kinsville; on Friday 2at Mars Hill ; at
night at Rehobolhviile; Saturday anti Sab
bath 0 and 7 at Freeman’s Creek; Monday 8
at Socml Circle; Tuesday 9 at Union;
night at Madison ; Wednesday 10 at Sugai
Creek ; at night at Bro. McNeals; Thurs
day 11 Harmony ; Friday 12 Friendship,
at night Jacob Akins , Saturday 13 Mount
Zion, at night Sparta ; Sunday 14, at Beth
el; Monday 15 at Horeb ; Tuesday 16 at
Long Creek; Wednesday 17 at Elam;
Thursday 18 New Providence; Friday 19
Williams Creek ; Saturday 20 at Bctliesda.
APPOINTMENTS.
Elder Win. Richards will attend the fol
lowing appointments (D. V-) and particu
larly rea"e<u brethren in the ministry,
who live in the neighborhood of the same
to favor him with their presence and assis
tance.
Nov. 25, Double Branch ; 26 Kiokee ;
27 Greenwood; 28 Rehoboth ; 29 Beaver
dam ; Dec. 1 Athens, Princeton Factory at
night; 5 Mount Zion; 0 Sparta; 7 and *8
Horeb; 9 Powelton; 10 Crawfordville;
11 Sardis; 12 County Line.
-MERCER UNIVERSITY.
On Wednesday, the 18th December, will
be a meeting of the Board of tbe Trustees
ol this Institution, at which it is contempla
ted to elect an additional professor in The
ology and to transact other important bu
siness. In consequence of the very un
favorable report of the last Committee otf
the manual labor connected with tbe In
stitution, the Secretary was instructed,
by public notice, to urge the full attendance
of the Board at said meeting, to lake info
consideration the expediency of the aboli
tion of that department of the Institution.—
It is also hoped the Board will meet to con
tinue its session till the business can be
closed.
By order of the Board,
B. M. SANDERS, Sec.
Nov. 8, 1844.
MERCER university.
The public examination of the Students
ol this Institution, will commence on Mon
day the 1 Gth of December and continue three
days.
By order of the Faculty,
S. P. SANFORD, Sec.
Nov. 5, 1811.
s®'"Tho Examination of the Pupils of
the Penfield Female Seminary will tako
place on Thursday, 12ih December, to be
conti ntied ivvo days, it necessary. Parents
and Guardians ami the friends of Education
in general, are invited to attend.
TO TEACHERS.
Iho subscribers are authorised l>y the
Proprietor, the Rev. Dr. Dagg. ofPenfield,
Geo. to make arrangements for the occu
pancy and use ol the buildings at Tuska
loosa, known as the “Athenaeum,” for the
purpose ol a school. The buildings and
situation are most eligible in every respect.
A female boarding school of high order was
sustained here by the Proprietor in person,
for more than seven years, w ith handsome
profit ; and, to persons prepared for such
an undertaking, a very inviting location is
now tillered. The tent will be modi rate;
and possession may be had after the lir.-l
of February 18 la.
Letters may be addressed loßrnj. Wltil
tield, Esq. Tuskaloosa.
U. WtIITFIELD.
T. F. CITSTIS,
IT. \V. Collier,
B. F. Porter,
F. J. Ormond,
Eo. Prince,
J. Guild,
B. Mani.v.
Tuskaloosa, Ala. Nov. 5. 1811.
PUBLISHLYIG IN NUMBERS,
A Quarto Edition of Scott’s Commenta
ry on the holy Bible, from the Loudon
Standard Edition, with the Author's last
corrections ami improvements. Issued
semi-monthly, and to be completed in 5(1
parts. Price 25 cents per number. Pub
lished by James M. Campbell, No 98.
Chesnul Street, Philadelphia.
AGENTS.
D. E. Butler, Esq. will act as Agent for
our paper in Washington, mid at theseveral
Courts which lie may attend.
E. 11. Bacon, Esq. will act as agent iu
the Eastern Circuit.
To eitliet of the above gentlemen pay
ments for the Index may be made.
By Virtue of an order of the honorable
Inferior Com t, of Oglethorpe county, when
sitting for Ordinary Purposes, will be sold
at the Com t House door of DeKalb coun
ty, on the first Tuesday in November next,
between the lawful hours of Sale, Lot of
Land number (14) fourteen, in the (14th)
district, of originally Fayette, now DeKalb
county, containing two Imndied two and a
hall acres, sold as the property of the late
John Edmonds, of said county, for the pur
poses of the creditors, and distributees of
said deceased.
JOHN G. HOLTZCLAW, Adm.
Sept. Ist, 1844.
FOUR MONTHS afterdate application
will be made to the Inferior Court ofGreene
county, when sitting as a Court of Ordina
ry, for leave to sell all the land belonging to
John Hall, lying and being on Richland
Creek in said County, joining Askew and
others, being that portion given the said
John Hall by his mother, Nancy Hall—
now Nancy Fuller.
DOCTOR R. MALONE, Guar.
BORDERS &. BRUCE,
Attorneys at Law.
Hamilton, Harris Cos., Ga.
A. L. BORDERS,
Fell. 16, 1844. w. w. uruce.
R A B U N & FULTON,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Savannah, G a,
J. \V. RABUN,
R. L. FULTON,
McCANTS & SPENCER,
attorneys at law.
Ffonticello, Florida.
Nov. 8, 1844,
JEREMIAH CLARK,
Factor and General Commission Mer
chant,
Savannah, Ga.