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The Columbus Baptist Association was held with tha Union
Church, at the Centre Camp Ground, Talbot county, Ga.—
Churches, 41; baptized, 296; whole numburof members,
3,430. It reports an amount, collected for various purposes,
of about 5*500, of which $232 have been paid to the Conven
tion.
The Savannah River Association was held with the Black
Swamp Church, at Itobertville, Beaufort DAuiet, S. C
Churches, 43; baptized, 284; whole number of members,
0291. Amount sent up to the Association for various pur
poses, $774.43. Amount of funds on hand, #4,421.30.
THE COMMISSION.
We invite the attention of our readers to the advertisement
of this new periodical, which appears in another column.
It is a cheap monthly paper devoted to the cause of missions,
and published under the direction of a Committee of'ntir For
eign Mission Board, at Richmond. Wc hope ibr it an ex
tensive circulation.
INDEPENDENCE OF CHURCHES.
The extract below we clip from an article in the Religious
Herald. We concur heartily in the sentiment of our Broth
er oflhe Herald. The independence of the chinch is a prin
ciple established by their great head. No As iciution, Con
vention, or other body, has a right to interfere wiih this sa
cred prerogative. They have no right to relinquish it them-:
selves. Their own responsibilities they cannot turn over
to others.
“Tile independence of the churches wc hold to he an indis
pensable principle. Jn what respects this principle is afl'ec*!
ted by their consociation or confederation, w ill appear from a
consideration of the nature of such unions. An association
is simply a confederation of independent churches, the basis
of which is uniformity of faith and practice., into this con
foderation, foe churelies enter voluntarily; all stand upon its
recognized basis, and may withdraw whenever they please. 1
•Should any one of them depart from the principle of union, l
by corruption in faith or practice, it is the right of tlm others
to withdraw their fellowship, und exclude it from the a soeia-! 1
tion. Beyond this, they cannot go. Tho excluded brxly still
remains an independent church, responsible to Christ for all
its acts. If a church is charged with malversation in disci-’
plii)o, by oppressing a minority ofits members, the Associa
tion may, ou tlm complaint of the minority, send messeagars
to confer with the church, und if the church is guilty of the
charge and proves refractory, the Association may exclude it
ii'oiij liiu yvuorul body*”
[For the Christian Index.]
TO THE BAPTISTS OF GEORGIA.
Rear Brethren. —We beg to call your attention to the im
portance of circulating our little monthly paper, entitled,.
The Commission. For a single copy, it is only 25 cts. per,
annum, for five copies, 81,00; for twenty-eight copies, $5,00;
for flfly copies, S.oo ; for one hundred copies, $15.00. llv
a little ctfort in each congregation, companies of 50 or 100
might bo easily secured, to be sent to one ii: livi.luul. In
many cases, they might be procured for gratuitous,distribu
tion. The pastors especially, we would urgently entreat, on
behalf of this object. By obtaining $9 or si 5, and u small
amount in addition, for the postngc, in each of their congre
gations they could every month, scatter these sheets among
the people, and thus speak information, mid create an iutor
e.st on behalf of the mission causo. Orders, with tiic money,
may bo sent to IT. K. Ellyson, Richmond, Va.
It is high time that we awake cut of sleep. God is pre
paring to accomplish a glorious work in the earth. Lotus
not fail to discover the signs of the times, and as those who
profess to keep the ordinances, as they were delivered to the
saints, let us unite in giving “the gospel to every creature.’’
On bed)aft of the Board,
. JAS. B. TAYLOR,
Cor. Sec. F. M. B. S. B. C.
Richmond, Ya., Jan. sth, 1849.
[For the Christian Index.]
A T L A N T A C II U II C H .
l’lease publish the following sums received for Atlanta’
Baptist church.
From sister N. Reeves, $2 00 1
“ Flint River church, 9 25
“ Sardis church, (Pike C 0.,) 2 15
We are looking with considerable anxiety for iiie redemp
tion of pledges kindly given by brethren and friends'abroad. 1
as the time is at the door when payment of our li.lbflfries can
t o longer be delayed, but must be paid. Could we realize
all the pledges and subscriptions given, we should bo render
od easy. But of’ this there is no hope, as some of those who
subscribed and gave pledges, arc doqd, and some are id dis
tant parts of the United States. These failures would press;
heavily on the feeble band here, already taxed to the utter-!
most. And if all should fail, the pressure will be proportion-’
abiy greater. .
Any sums enclosed, whether in redemption of pledges, or
as anew donation, will be most gratefully received. “ |
Brethren who have indicated a willingness to aid us inset
ting a bell are informed that one was shipped from Boston
for us on the 26th tilt., and if nothing happens will be here In
a few days or weeks at most. When it arrives, the money
must be paid.
D. G. DANIELL.
B%e JHtWtp*
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Wooden Gunpowder.—From sundry recent experiments,
the fact is established tint fine saw dust or rasped wood,
steeped in a mixture of concentrated sulphuric and nitric
acids, and afterwards washer! and dried, wilt explode similar- 1
ly to common gunpowder, and if rightly managed with much
greater force.
Coal in Cameron of Pennsylva
nia speaking of the importance of tfee Coal trade as effected
by the policy of the General Government says:
“'Thirty years ngr>, con! was nnkriown in this country :
yet, in 1846, it gave employment equal to five million days
‘work annually. It kept in movement a thousand ships of a
; hundred and fifty tons eacfo and afforded a ijur. cry for the
I training of six thousand seamen, who earn -J six million of
dollars. It gave circulation to a capital of fifty millions ot
dollars. It kept in activity fifteen thousand miners, ami .sus
tained a population of seventy thousand souls, who annually
consumed upwards of twowiillious worth of agricultural pro
ductions and three million- of dollars worth of merchandize.
!j A Sleigh Ride across Stipension Bridge. —On Christmas
morning last, Mr. Charles Eliott, jr., the contractor of the
-Suspension Bridge at Niagara Falls, together with Mr. Geo.
Hamlin, drove across tho bridge in a cutter, and returned on
a round trot. It would truly appear to be a perilous foot,
thus to drive across that apparently frail structure of iron
wire, suspended 230 feet above the boiling stream, at a rapid
i rate. We are informed by one ot the parties that he should
have no hesitation in driving neross with a coach and four,
at the top of their speed.— Buffalo Express.
Rebuilding of the Temple. —The Jews, both here and in
Europe, arc just now making great efforts to raise subscrip,
‘itioiis forthe rebuilding of the Temple of Jerusalem, permis
sion to that effect having recently b -en given them by the
iTurkish Government. Tim subject has been in agitation in
in this city, of late, at the Hebrew Festival; the other eve-,
uing, at the Coliseum, it was prominently discussed. Among
the guests there, not mentioned in our report of proceedings,
was a Greek Rabbi, who comes here speciull v commissioned
to raise money for the enterprise in question; and we are
told hiserrund, thus far, has been pretty liberally rewarded.’
1 The Rabbi goes, next, South, wc are told, and, before going
back to Europe, will visit tho Eastern States. However
chimerical movement may appear, we confess, to us
[there seems a sublimity of purpose about it which must
; claim thej-espect, at least, if not the sympathy of all Chris
tendom.—-New York Express.
Slaves made Freemen. —The Colonization Society will
send about four hundred negroes, liberated slaves, to Liberia,
on the Ist of January. The vessel will sail from New Or
deans, with the Ross, negroes on hoard, (two hundred in num
ber,) and with deputations from Tennessee, Kentucky and
Alabama. — Ch. Chronicle.
05* The Monument to the memory of the South Carolini
ans, who fell in the Palmetto Regiment, is designed by Col.
E. B. White, a distinguished architect of Chat foiton. The
elfigy of the military equipment of Col. Butler is to be cast in
bronze and placed on the top of the tomb. The monument
is estimated to cost $25,000 and not to exceed 830,000.
05“ The Jury in the Kentucky Slave case, in which several
citizens of Marshall, Michigan, were defendents in a prose,
cution for rescuing fugitives from the hands of their owners,
|or agents, which has just closed at Detroit, gave a verdict for
the plaintiff of $1,900 and costs.
05* Miss Dix is petitioning the North Carolina Legisla
ture to endow a Lunatic Asylum, and with so much success
that a joint committee has reported a bill appropriating 8100,-
000 for the purpose.
j 05“ The exports of specie from New York last week were
$133,323, all of which went to Havre. Tho total exports
since Jan. Ist, 1848, have been $10,679,205.
Interesting Surgical Operation. —Dr. Paul F. Eve, of this
city, performed the operation ol Lithotomy on the 6th inst., at
the Hospital, and removed from the bladder of .Mr. O'Ouunom
one hundred and seventeen stones, the largest of which weigh
ed two drachms, seventeen grains. We have seen the peb
bles. They are tetrahedous (four sided) and have all the
sharp angles rounded otf by friction of one against another.
Their aggregate weight is four ounces, three drachms, thirty.
I eight grains. They have been accumulating twenty years.
, Prof. Eve .performed the operation with much skill, and
’ without pain to the subject, he being under the anodyne in
fluence ofChloroform.— Chronicle 4* Sentinel.
The Cholera in New Orleans was said to have been
raging mi the 4th, as fearfully as ever—that 195 deaths had
Recurred there on the two previous days, 140 of which were
j - by Cholera, and that the disease is mostly confined to the low
er classes.
j The N. O. Crescent states that the Cholera has also made
fits appearance in Lavaca and Houston, ‘Texas—2o or 30 dy
ing daily at the former place, principally among the troops.
05“ The amount of salvage decreed on wrecks at Key
West, during the present year, 8125,000, expenses $74,140,’
and the value of the vessels and cargoes $1,292,000. Tins
number of vessels that have struck on the reef, been lost, or
i j brought into the port, is 27, and 14 have come in, in distress.
; making a total of 41. 13 vessels have been on the reef and
got oil without assistance.
The number of wrecking vessels is now increased to 47.
Their tonnage being about 1200 with nearly 350 men com
posing their crews.
Washington’s last Servant. —There died at Milestown,
near Philadelphia, recently, a colored man named Benjamin
Kendel, said to be over one hundred years ol age, and once a
servant to Gen. Washington.
Abuses of the Telegraph.— The New Orleans Delta of the
2nd inst. contains the published affidavits of three persons
who have been employed in the Magnetic Telegraph office
in that city, stating that H. C. Cammack, Esq. a merchant
■ of the city and Vice President of the Company, has been in
, the habit of reading and examining the despatches of the -Mer
chants and business men of the city. The Delta in giving
the affidavit in question denounces in unmeasured terms,
[ the fraud und mismanagement which have reduced the line
rather to a nuisance than a benefit to the public oi’that region.
The Editor says that the difficulties and frauds complained
of have been seriously felt by the entire public and press of
New Orleans, perhaps with a single exception. Who the
lucky party is, does not appear. The roux ci v it is thought
will consist in the entire exclusion of all Directors and officers
from the Operator's department, and the enactment of laws
making it a penal offence for the persons having charge, to
communicate to them directly or indirectly, the purport of any
message.
The Ice Ihtshrss. —A gentleman from Cincinnati, well
acquainted with the business, came on to this s—at inn of tho
country, and with men and implements ]>a*s and up to tho vi
cinity of Lake Huron, where a largo temporary house was
erected, and about 3009 tons of a pure article was s cured.
During the pa-t summer this ice lets been shipped ?. ’focia
nati, and Sold in that market at from S3O to s ’s: n.
About 1000 tans of the 3000 put up was sold -'fit • nfion.
A gentleman of this city is now at the West, c amtegd with
a capital of $50,009, forthe purpose of sup pi v-fm New Or
leans witli the article, Uv the way ufdffiuiimt: isuor.v.l and
river. It is the intention to build flat bo. srmfi •md them
direct through to Mew Orfoaics without nod Xlto ice
of Detroit river and Lake Huron is ofa quaffthr mM surpassed
anywhere in this country* The famous Long Fond ice will
not compare in clearness and other qualities Unu go j make
good ice ! —Detroit Free Dress.
Cheap Postage. —The French National A- ;emb!v have
passed one practical measure which f utitl. s its W aibm s to
the gratitude of thufgma'rpoople. It has pnmod a hill for the
reduction of postage on all inland letters, to fotir sons nr four
cents. The same will go into effect on the sir -i of January.
Russia has also established a p any postage throughout ..her
. great empire. Shall the United States he fong.be hind these
countries in this great reform wntchfio vitally affects the com.
mon good of the common people? v ‘ 1
Gs“ The Washington Globe publishes a letter frow San
Francisco, containing the following unpropitious statement:
“Every man engaged in hunting gold, and every one that
visits the gold region, goes armed to the teeth. Scenes of
violence occur; there is no security for life or property,” &c.
The Ministers of Louis Fhi/lipjie. —M. Galliardet, in his
last letter, dated Paris, November SO; sax j :
“The accusing chamber of the Court of Appeal of Paris
has decided, like that of the Correctional Police, that there is
, no causo of proceeding against the iast Ministers oft!fb~o*7”
King. so, Mr. Guizot and his colleagues may return to
France if they choose, and become ministers, perhaps, even
presidents of the Republic.”
Large Casing. —A cylinder, 95 inches in diameter, and
10 feet stroke, (says the N. Y. Courier t \- Enquirer, of Sat.
! urday) was cast lately at the Novelty Works, in presence ofa
large number of persona who had been invited to witness the
operation. No less than 25,000 pounds of -.ui'ftton iron was
used for the casting, which, when finished, Will be about 20,-
000 pounds. This is probably the largest arid Miriest enst-
I ing of the kind ever made, and is for the first of Collins’ line
of sea-steamers, which are now in a great grate of fo'rward
ness—two of which, we learn, will be launched early in the
present niontli.
05* Mr- I’elr-r C. Brqoke, jftjo” wealthi. ft fowl holder in
New England, and father-in-law of Elhv ijf Everett, died
in Boston on the Ist inst., age 81. His tore-W is estimated
i at between seven and eight millions ofd-liars,
m 05“ The Bounty Lands claimed hy-- !dier 3 fir, the Mexi
can war'will exceed fourteen millions of acres. valued by
the government at $18,(330.000.
The Population Hf A .* YoP . —Mr. Yafonffro, ihliis forth
coming Manual of the ('W-- -tion of N-w York, states that
iu the year 1712 the entire popniai-ofl of me city, ns shown
hy the official census, wus-offi-AO. .vde 1731 it had reached
,622, auJ now it cannot
A dSoeel Case • —Col. Wilson Suiklerliti, of Memphis,
Tennessee, recently died, leaving an estate of $150,000. —
He had two sets of children, somewhat* after the fashion of
1 many Southern gentlemen, but in the cleverness of his heart
he mado them ail share alike. An effort will be nu de to
contest the xx ill by some of the heirs. At the request of
some of the heirs in this city, we learn that James Birß-y,
Esq. leaves to-morrow for Memphis, to examine the will
aqjj to he present at the trial next week. —Cine i.inili Times.
Sub-Treasury. —'The New York Journal of G > Vhxcc of
the 4th suys: “'Tuesday, the 2d inst., was a busy day at the
Sub-Treasury; about 8100,000 was paid hi, and 5500,000
paid out, ol which hail was on account of interest. Bags of
gold were running about M all-street as jffintv as iu Califor
nia. A large amount was also paid out yesterday.
,„ “The total amount of January interest for which the
Treasury here has been drawn upon, is about 8390.000, be
ing a little more than two filths ol its whole slock ofspecie on
the Ist iust.”
1 05“ Twelve thousand and two hundred dollars were sub
scribed at Dahlouegu, 25th, Dec., la. establish a cotton facto
ry in Lumpkin county, ,Ga.
05” Education, says Edward Everett, is a better safe
guard of liberty than a standing army. If we retrench the
wages of the schooolmaster, we must raise those ol the re
cruiting sergeant.
[January