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For the Christian Index. . ’
AN ESMV,
In Defence of Strict Con; inn, Ip J. TANARUS,. JUeu,
Professor of Theology. Mercer Cniremitjf, 6i,
CHAPTER V.
AN ALDKtSS.
In Dr half of Bap!;s;s who praclis;t Strict femmm’ion 1o
(Trisiians es ollirr Denominations.
Dkir HKKTmmx,— Ue address you as memtiP's
“itlt us of the same ■tntinil family, and children oft he
same Father in heat an. We have I ren bought with
the same blood, nod regenerated hv the same Spirit.
V. e are alike pilgrims and strangers in the earth, and
expert to dwell together forever in the hotter country,
where we hope soon to arrive. It surely !•< •n- ik. j
while we are on the way, to cultivate the-• fi;.’■ • i*n;ii j
sympathies and affections which it h our I .ppir.es
well ns’ eur duty, to exorcise tov •• rd each ‘ th >
* ithotit v. Inch, we must do dishonor to t! • r; I; ‘tori that j
wo jj- and the Savior whom we love, i.e* ns.
‘■wall; in hoe, and •• h-w afer de things uliielij
unite for peace, end thing, - hi r m h one mny'cd.fvj
another.”
P ‘baps some of v. -t may Jo surp aed to receive
from os an exhort ."rr to I'.i- t fiVl. -.id imvr v fin- ;
Can any good thing <••• me out of Air/, a re! li?’ •'.‘•hail the j
sect, so notorious for I igotry and exclusiveness, exlmi-t ;
US to peace M'.l love? W are aware, brethren, I'm'!
rniir. of vi ii have thought us inclined of choice to ua ! h
alone, ami averse to the exeicise and cultivation of that j
brotherly Ive w hich our common Lord and Master en-j
3* ‘< n-- ■ -VI ins f. I! ii.iitis ns Ihe i!i. ’ n Ishin'• mark id’
.1 _ ....-ctplcslitp. i .l it he assured that our views and
feelings on this subject I,a ve been misunderstood, ftiid j
that we would grcn'lv rejoice to see every cause ofdi
\isi >n and alienation in ilu flock of Christ forever rc- •
moved.
The statement lias I ren mud'*, that n company o|
r ■ 11• :r*al missionaries, from dili’roM ri ‘i’i rr.inationS,
Hie met on * lif.i'lien shore, >• oh: to (flscr s
liiliy all subjects on wide! :! >•., . and, !.•!* *rt !
? slton'd enter on the discusso i ■■':!,•..• i! <at wl.icl: they i
<hfi'< red ; and !!•;•! tI.L- . ;flitnt, forth- | ie>< rvafi* nol |
petire, pave them ample time nnd npjtr>rtitni: v to
proseenit d-iir iab<togetlr >• harmoniously. It c.nuld
doid : . lie * ell 1.. r os eve, r< nieniLer, that ilie
I’oin’s of i-.g!cement between grv.o'uo Christians me fir
more numerous nul unportiint limit tlm.se of difleicuri :
and-though a prudent examination of the Istirr ought
not tube discountenanced or neglected, yet to bestow on
them an exclusive or disproportionnte attention, is tin
wise and injurious. ~(if the six unities mentioned bv tli
Apostle Paul, in Epii- 4, five nitty be predicat'd ofII
who love ottr Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. W e have
one body, one spirit, one hope, one Lprdpnnd one faith.
W I. vc not om- hunt fern; and Ik'iicc, we cannot have
one organization of visible Churches, and otic ceremo
nial communion. The five points of union to which we
have attained nre spiritual; and on them depend our
spiritual blessings here, and our inheritance hereafter.
The one point to which we have i:-.t attained is ceremo
nial, and belongs only to our cat!lily state. The di
vision between utherefore, though it is to be lament
ed, and ought, ■•’ Tic, to be healed, will be confined
to our sojourn m i .rth, red pot even new inter- 1
nipt our spiritual cotnmutiioii. This division lias been
caused and perpetuated bv error in us, or in you, or in
both. To detect tluit error, and remove thr: consequent j
rvil, God has given us His holy word, and promises iL
aid of His Spirit. Let ns, w ith humility and !*•;•
ness, search that word, and prayerfully imp L.-:• • !
Spirit’s aid, in hope ,r God will r. vi al even (hi. ou’n'.
us. In the meant; whercunto wo have n I re,* idv at-!
tained. let us walk by the same rule, Ls us Tnd the
same tilings.
A consciousness ~*• our own liability , r , should
make us forbearing toward others, whose opinions and
practice differ from ours. It surprises os that you do
not see, what appears to us to ho so clearly revealed in
the Scriptures, the obligation of believers to ho immer
sed upon a profession of their faith. But the charity
which thinketh no evil, compels ns in ndm! t! •:* voor
godly men, who live in the neglect of this ordiii ; •
are, nevertheless, serving God in sincerity, accord:*.!”- foi
their convictions of duty. To you, one practice of j
strict communion has been offensive ; but v.e cl.Tn f K *J
in to act conscientiously towards God, ar.u .i—|
ground to he c: ; :W, if not to yo-i- • ;>p- ‘intjon, o’ lea: •
to your forbearance. Wo wish you it 11 spiritual bless
ings, and rej- ’ a finat we can partake of them with you.
As to the forms and ceremonies of religion, p 8 >ut which
we ditfer, each of our Churches ought to bo allowed,
without offence to the rest, to worship God according ”,
i them in every spiritual service of i
hope to part ake with them of the spirit
,!1 ’ n, s oJ the upper world. If altainrrenls in hi',,
ness were all that we deemed requisite to entitle ( , i( _
t a place at our communion table, we wouid'lad ! v
i'iß-iifriai B ‘ ’*
•'* T. *-**'■*>r -,f i;
Perhaps it appears to you strangely inconsistent, that
we do not invito to our communion on earth those whom
we consider entitled to a sent at the heavenly table.
The charge, of inconsistency is far less grievous than
that of ■ li-righteousness, because it may imply nothing
more then a n error of judgment. Moreover, consisten
cy not Ibe law that should govern our conduct. To
m.MKC it so, is to make ourselves our own rule. A so'i
i chiido for consistency lias been the prolific multiplier of
errors; and ihe* rouhget i.ftiie brood roe ‘often ilie
fergci. Ims fiir heit’ i - to follow, wifi: childlike simpli
i r ‘!v and obedience, the doctrines and precepts of God’s
word. We shall no doubt appear inconsistent in the
eyes of many : and perhaps the h.Vrmonv which subsists
among the truths which wo receive, and the precepts
w hich we nb.ey, rimy he undi*nvern! le even to our
| selves. Put God will hereafter make all plain. .Now
we I now lmt in v.iirl ; hut what we know not now, wo
■ 1 row hereafter. If the word of God reveals that
ail L o- veisin f'hr's! shall he admitted to the Marriage
j Sop, r of tty’ T.-irnh, and if the same \Vord <enjoins on
■’ fd.s-:it them to the communion pf our Chord ■<■
j’ u'y O' l •'> I' re-■riled condition—on whom is the in.vn
is” •• •.cv j( euv, chn-gealde ? It is our happiness to
i bnow licit the God will into heaven
j through the atenemeifl and righteousness of Christ, be’
v-i, who have rot on earth perf'ctlv obeyed his
‘• ‘o i-.nn 1 -neiits. God is sometimes pleased to use his
j L'li'wly elins’c-emen's to correct their deviations from
H - :!i : and il sometimes lie chooses to reprove, hv
j : : ”t’ cn gentle as that of some ceremonial p.ivajinti,
j the agents whom lie employs to administer this gentV
j rebuke, deserve not lobe reward'd v ; (>> en.
■ r-proncfies.
j
| A oti Have, perhaps, noticed wli.it has appeared to you
jto he a still more palpable inconsistency. We admit
i your pifachers to our pulpi.s, our prayer-meetings, our
fttiniiv, dcvotii ns, and yet not to our communion- If,
n li,is “ceouut, we appear vile, we will he vet more
| vile. \\ o will not only admit your ministers to nor
l pulpits ; lan v.e will, in many instances,boast of them
, ,:s fulr bathers in Christ. We listen with rapture to the
! messages of grace which they drifter;/and nre I runs
j ;'('!'■ (I to :!ie third heavens win n we unde in their devo
i tiomu Ihe truths which they utter are the milk by
which (air li.ibcs are nourished llie manna, and the
strong merit, of w hieli those ent w lirt are more tiiTvriTiceif
in age. Why, then, vou ask, do you refuse to these
j very men a cninih of broad at vour communion fable?
j ‘ ■ ’ aii-iver, that tliey.thi :ns( Ives have taught us so to”
do. ‘Ve prize them I’d .-'lt lift truth’s sake. We receive
them into our hearts-, l.i cause they bring with tie in the
doctrine of Christ, and the spirit of Christ. But they
themselves tell us that they nre men of like passions
will) ourselves, fallible and erring ; and that wo should
take not them, hut the word of God, for the rule of our
conduct. Though they arc our fathers in Chris., lliev
ntt f rjy disclaim all papal authority over usj and they
enjoin on us, as Paul did on those whom he hr] hr-rot.
,• / O
ten ibroogli the gospel, to follow them only so far as
they follow (Jhrist. Excellent ns they are, they see er
rors in cadi other; which they cannot iri conscience ap
prove or imitate. And, if we perceive in them no fault
whatever, tine one—and if that on*’ should respect a
commandment of Christ, fiir less important than hap
ti-in—wo are required, by their instruction, and bv the
j authority of Christ whom’they preach, not to wound
“ttr consciences and sin against Godi in that tiling.
( H uce it is, that we do riot sit with them at the same
eoHjironion table. {
‘LI, meticeof strict communion ‘piny Iqtve appeared
, so von v ‘ v objectionable, L'cnnse it dividis those who 1
j tiro uniter: to < ■ It other by natural, as well as bv spir j
ilu’d lies. ‘runtime* husbands and wive-, parents and !
children, brothers and sisters, even when partaki rsTtfj
the common faith, have not a common table at whichr
they commemorate the He: L of their L’ irJ. This is]
truly nfihetivo; and there rnurl he wrong soui(.’w iicre j
to which the affliction may he traced. With whom is j
that wrong ? Which party is ii th.V deserts the rule of j
Christ? Whosoever lovctli father or mother more than
Christ, is not worthy of Him. It is a trial of Christian
firmness, to leave beloved relatives and friends for
Christ’s sake, when they nre in the gall of bitterness and
the bur. : of iniquity: but He require; it, and obedience
Hie, in this particular has often proved the means of!
th* ir ’ ation. It is frequently xouelr mverer trial ofi
chrician firmne.s*-, to decline union w h brdoved (•hie-.
— —. ~aimu ■ J —.i-'tvos, in some sing ; oint in which
we IjrliPvc that they deviate Irom tlm law jf Clirist j
BuR whatever pangs i‘may cost us, it is bettef or ns> ; I,
is b'/ucr for them, that we exhibit, on the one) j|an( ,j h ,j
lemurs. ; ,nd tenderness toward them ; and, cii^p 0 , 1
er, if (i’aternunnlion to niltiere s'rictly In whatr
hj,'t eve to he the command of Heaven. b
iA j 1 ill A,
■ i ode, piepVrid to Ctfntil I ;
Mt. “T’ ‘ !C: ’ ‘ ‘'"J iwarls sh. ■•'!(!
• nnt/“J
. i * l , it* r. 11
y * ‘”• t _
mmsm-wx ’ ■
oil lo theii
mtMiig sin- get . ■ | .can world I. .s^aehdly
Uv-MlI'V a.a sll o u , p > n ;,*.. x ’ ■nfJJyr.e'nsnlvt .
” l
“nimtho a^yqM' :;:,t ’
was dcparliiV .' ou ns as from us. In his
judgment, yJu ‘ho principle of strict commit,
nion, which he ■T'l'T" 1 - ns ,ru 'y ns do : and so we
understand the ■aScAand such we have known to be
your practice.+ ministers have sometimes advo
cated this doc B nn ’ I'tb n firmness which has been
highly honors ,0 l ,Pm 4 Wi, h you, brethren,* we
feel that we hav®. po < |uUoversyon this point. Instead
• of indulging fecriminnti.ins against each i th
or, with respect si -t communion, it heeorues ns to
draw more p| ro(^P‘ ,r> ‘ mds of our lirollierhood, and to
use our uniii- wv ®j|' l ' n a in r ' onvi “eing those who have
departed limb of our common faith.
Our oontroverß w ’* y°“ res-peeAs properly nud ex
clusively the qu JN on Hhnptvsm. This is the point of
unity to which no * altnined. We say to you.
in Christian frflnl^ t ' t in our best judgment, you
live in neglect of ofir f'avior, in
which He oi'p>in(^^H^ !s diseijilcs shf.tild be
or iinmersed, in t^^B' n *d tlm haliier, and of tjie Soli,
rod of the ‘ v ht we now say in word,
v ii'sny in do mean to say. anything
c,i l )Vi' r i."n I-’ } ‘‘O real will) us at the Lord's
table. TLc*ua-e^^H' e f such nciinn, you
understand as ‘* misinterpret it, and
suppose v.e ‘b"t <• 1 u! ■ you from omit
spiritual nf'ii'e:ttjj^^^^K>' |: l ,:i!|l
const i ue
wi.uld ‘’
‘nlness. f eae|
the disciples < isfev, in! tin* Holy iScripture>
say on this rpi!'s:|^^B”o ,| l “ Itieli we dim r.
It-luis been - 11 “T” 1 Si-ii, ni this * ssny, to
enter upon any dk-.-Bv’ °i> respecting baptism. Yet, we’
may ask you, have dolie all wliicli your
consciences w’l! |lfOiit to do, to heal divisions mi
ginating froni.lki-l'ause. admit licit immersion is
baptism; a mi? trial! y of you that i> was the primi
tive mode; iu>J tWßtthpJe whi.cli*prevail: and almost exclu
sively for many edifuries. Ouß- consciences run fine us
to this mod:', and /'ours do reject il. Who—ve
would af]i..eliotiat.c\l entreat yoft, j,, consider—w ho nre
most chargeable v i¥ii manifestl(C.r n disposition averse to
union TANARUS” Pwul, wJmM hw l ' o,,sc 'Wncc w rmld permit him,
became all things til H nten. #[f W( , | ;now 0 „ r hearts,
wo would, consc;( ce permit„ gj |„ v , nsi( j fi (lny p ccl) .
.jjagity, in order lo Ante, in g!)n(i W()r j unf | wor | {)
with those Lord Jesus Christ. Why,
brdlircu, do ye otl^Hrwise?
We will add onejßodu'r remark. We do not reject
you from our comti.flinion because your parents dedica
ted you to God in i.ißfancv. They thought it their duty
so to do: and, cithaHr from tradition, or from what wo
believe to he a misißrterpr*talion of God’s word, they
used Water in this and called the use of it
baptism. Now, ground does this parental du
ty, whether real or sffipposed, absolve you from the per
sonal duty, as disciHjes (if Christ, ri’ being baptized in
’ o
was lo their conscien
iv can it he, to you also,
t toward God, when the
•xpressed, were theirs,
irr primitive Christians,
heir infancy, and who
ich infant baptism.does
vmUlks- rite, Sdt'iqii-r
----*n a profession of their
though circumcised in
is ministry for your sal
nselfat Jordan to be bap
s ministry, voluntarily
nos sufferings fo p your
oluntarilv baptized for
brethren, we make our
Do they give for vou a
your love to the Sa
il - which should subsist
you to inquire, v> hethor
relation to this subject,
firmed. If.any one of
■it the answer of a good
irticular, vve say ii him,
And now why miriest
and wash away thy sins,
”
days. v. tin had been edn
• 1 1 '.• lined a h-.pe in-Ciinst,
r.'ic ui ; slit a*i ,i!mit'oj to
;;rou.r4-t!iat ho .
was men*. ,1
which hfoi bonomo indi
te, in coiiHDquenc#*, prr-
Mp. fhiving no inn
ate r to eorvo them f>r n
or the stvih? or Georgia
ivu mu n, t 845.
yt.nuv lc?jus intercourse with tliem, he bee n.., tirquitmti i
of ibeir mimts in reti renee to tins qursiiw
■a that the vf ,M
ig to is v:c,i^^topdsMjn
i, their vl<ju^t^ere.remo'lri:(t*
‘• ‘ ■ ‘
i iisptrst Jiiytitution, lias in _
ong .’'.rtj ie-v Erl frrini - ‘
ipf’ffi i.e baptist eje r cyn lai—
tie of thiftvss;iyVtbjiitrtwrptif tai.
* UffelßWMfte'to cd’hmushipi* .*■ •* •
( t-’d.'iCi.ivi e.
New.vansvii.lK, E. It.a., Feh. 28lh, 1815.
Pro. Baker —l feel il my duty, and lam impressed
with the belief that it is a duty incumbent on me, to drop
you a few tines again for your valuable paper, (the
Christian Index.) in oulei to counteract some errors
inadvertently made by me in the Index oftliF lOih Jan.
last; and, for my satisfaction and the comfort of my
brethren of this comity, I beg the favor to give this let
ter a place in the Index, which is a substitute fur the
original, ft is as follows:
Bro. Balter, I should have introduced myself to von
sooner, but have been exceedingly busy this war. I
was acquainted with your predecessor w hile editor of
the Index, acted as agent for the papei, and have i con a
constant reader ofit ever since its f>M publication ; hut,
as we are strangers, I will give you a hiief sketch ofmv
history, and that of the Baptists in this eniinlrv.
I was baptized by brother Jacob Kims at Thnnias
ton, Ga„ in 1828—removed to Fl,,rdn in iK.'g, ; nd
was ordained lo the ministry in IfhhJ. There was then
hut one Baptist preacher in all Fist Florida, (viz) 100.
Fleming Bates—that is, when I came here. I com
menced pleaching; and, with the aid <.f In-othcr Bales.
(tlicn almost worn mil, and, as I ohvived, the only
j Baptist preacher in Fast Florida, and bad been for ma
ny years—and in fact, ;i I ,:ni correctlv informed, l.c
j was the’ first preacher and 1 was the second,) we re
ceived and constituted never:,l Churches in the wiiilnr,
! or rather in Novembet, 1835.
The Indian war osior on, ami broke up eur Church i
es. burned our dwellings and l—tmes of worsliin. and I
i scattered our people to the four corners of the oar4|i so
jto B|Muk 1h n 4“w vents, ot in ’fUV f; ‘■j''), TtTc* ohl
j brother died, (Bates) and I was alone. There was not
a Baptist preacher nearer than seventy-live miLv, nor!
one who come to this part of Fast Florida, with the ex- i
eeplion i.f brother James McDonald, who visi r ! the !
comities of Alachua am! Columbia occasionally, hut no j
farther South. In fact. ! was the only preacher el any j
denomination, who Mood to their post, foi the first and i
1 |
second years of t lie war. I remained, and pi cached ‘
many funerals in forts, block-houses, ami in the woods, I
(if those killed by the savages.
When tlie war abated, I commenced rebuilding Zion ;
and had considerable success, aided by brother James;
McDonald, (a minister employed by the Baptist Home!
Mission Society,) in the constitution of three Ghurchcs, I
ordained Deacons, &e.
In 1815, an act of Congiers, entitled an m t fur the!
armed occupation and settlement of the unsettled put of:
the Peninsula of Flotilla, induced inanv of our people to ‘
avail themselves of its benefits, which again scattered
litem, and in some degree crippled uur Churches. Ij
again commenced itinerant preaching; and, last March, 1 ’
(1844) received a commission from the Baptist Home ;
Mission Society, to continue my work. I was called j
Soulli, and in the new settlements we had many difii- j
cullies to surmount, but our u-utchwonl was onward, i
In the scope of country’ which my circuit inclosed, I!
found eighty-one Baptists scattered over a vast scope of
country, and succeeded in putting them uinlw the
watchfulness of each other. In the firs.t quarter ofmv
year, I received and baptized only two; second qnaiter
six; third quarter ten; and the fourth quarter eleven.
In the year which is about to close I have travelled two
thousand miles, preached one hundred and eighty ser
mons, made two liondreij visits and family prayers, re
ceived and baptized twenty-nine: ti e whole number of
Baptists at present in my hounds is one hundred and
eleven. So you will see that we are gaining; am! per
haps doing much good in riehiiminJtnnd keeping in or
der old scanned mcinhers/atff in pointing Hauers
to th” Lamb ol God, he.
Hoping you will pardon the slips and imperfections
of the old pioneer of the South, and give him your pray
ers, and pray for our Churches, and lor the prospeiitv
of Zion everywhere,
Yours, in gospel bonds,
JOHN TUCKER.
nr-■•-•e.-ir.- -i -- - ‘;rtwa
HOME MISSION Ml’lirnilTT.
For the Christian Index.
Arkansas;
A missionary in Arkansas, writes that encouraging
success attends the labors of Baptist ministers in that
State, and the people manifest an increasing desiic Idr
their services. This is especially the case in the north
ern counties.
• • Kentucky.
Rev. Joel F. Grace, mission:!.'/ in (sritleiulrn coun
ty*, Ky.,Mu a poslcript to s letter ol'.Um. 31:.;, says : “1
have opened my letter lo sav that the Lord is file sing
our liters, especially in'the Union (.'htiriii. I baptized
7 persons last Lord's day : two others are now vaitiun
for ait opportunity to go forward.—Pikers a,, , ujoving
hope to Glirist, and many’are icqniri-ig. •• IVliat shall l
do lo be saved.”
Publisher— JlENJ. BRANTLY.
Illinois. . j
Rev. M.*f.. Wisiier, missionary at
Dundee, 111., writes that a wofk of
grace has • conmienced a
tuong the piicple of- fife charge; the
church are cfl|aged, and sinners are
inquiring the way of salvation: the
Baptfst Chwelu.c in all the region
rondd'about nre aw'akenfhg to their
duty, and God is pouring out life
•Spiritupon His people.
Wisconsin.—From Rev. ,‘J. Miner,
*'. ••Jr., Pcairievillto IV.'T.
Our phew of woijoip is so far
completed ‘oit we h*c held prayer
tlireeorJjurysuLKa
past, it. v, HI he fimshmlduring the *
present miinih. Although it is large,
we trust we shnll not he lonely in it,
for our place of w orship lias been un
comfortably crowded all winter. I
wish our friends who have aided us
could attend some of our meetings,
and thus become eye witnesses of
what God has done and is doing for
ns in the wilderness, for they would
rejoice in the fruit of their labors.
God lias revived life work in a nlo
rious manner, in one neighborhood,
in the (‘lnirch ; and, last Lord’s day,
the indications, to my own mind,
were, that il would become cener: !.
When I think of the success with
which the Lord has ntte <!H my
poor labors in this terribly, 1 feel
that I have much occasion for humili
ty and gralittie.”
Rcvicahs.
Il is, indeed, encouraging, after so
long a time of spiritual declension,
be permitted again to boat of
vivnl of God’s work
churches at the “far west.” > -V;s” ’
aficctionab'ly bespeak for the church
es the missionaries supplying
them, trie earnest pray ers of God’s
people.
Jlnnuul Ihp ;r!s iCanted.
The subscriber respectfully re
quests the Secretaries of the Liloiv
i g missionary bodies to forward
i him. by maii, :<%soon as convenient,
| die Anuuiil lJivports of those bodies
i for 1814:
lijigiijt G-Oinenlion* °f Vermont,
North and Soirth Carolina, and Ala-
I liama.
j General Association of Kentucky,
; ami Marvlnnd Union Association.
‘ll. M. HILL. Cor. Sec.
ok bum a,
I Collections by Rev. ('. M. Puller.
j Augusta.—James Cotton Ganl
! tier 610, William Stark 10, James
! 5, Mi-s Lucy Ben! 2,
j(. a?ff? 25, E. Wimberly 1,
I Muslin 1, Joliti iM. Tutiier 1, Pro
fessor Wni. Ilarel 2. I). K. AVright
2, John .Mi I ledge 2, Rev. Wm. T.
i Brautlv 5 - - $43 25
’Total, .... $5Bl 10
’ Less than the receipts of the
I corn spending tno. in ’44. 6511 28
K. W. Martin. Treas.
J’laicic, Fires. —A letter from
i Highland Prairie, W isconsin Terri
tory, under date of Jan. sth, savs:
i “ I can at the present moment count
I ten of these fires m various
I appearing like so many moving’
mountains of flame, and panning thu
! whole heavens the color of blood.
The nett income nl the Tonatvan-
Ida Railroad, during the last year,
was 0(30,575.
to the Kentucky Legislature, n
hill has passed the House of Repre
sentatives amen,ling ljic revenue laws
so as to put an ad valorem tax on all
property.
The French Catholic Chinch at
West Troy, was destroyed by ino
yesterday morning. There appears
to lie no doubt mat ii was the work
of an inctTidinty. —Albany Dully ’
.ddrertisi t of Saturday
A maiden lady noted for doing an
('■'.tensive business at Natchez, Miss.,
has failed for near $200,000. .She
once took a fancy to a male neighbor,
and inviting him inJ,o her place of bu
siness, put ill his Lands a roll of bank
notes, and told him to count them.
)lo did so; tliG result was SIOO,OOO,
in hills of 1,000 dollars each. $!:
told him they were his, provide! he
would take her with them. She did
not succeed in her scheme of annexa
tion.— Newark Adv.
Plurality 7.aw at Last. —A hue
has been passed by the House of
Representatives of Massachusetts,
which allows a plurality to elect
members of Congress, after two elec-,
tinns. in which a majority had mu
been obtained.
//ffflfc Zealand. —The na
tive Indians of New Zealand have ri
sen upon “the British Colonists, in
tending to exterminate them. It is
i aid the war is conducted hv fugitive
Englishmen and Anieiinms, w tin ob
tained an asylum among the natives, J
—London paper.
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