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1, 1851.
University of Georgia.
The Alumni Society of Franklin College have
agreedJto celebrate.the semi-centenary ot that in*
stitution on the 7th ot August next. Instead of
the usual address before the Demosthenian and
Phi Kappa Societies, Ex Governor Gilmer will
deliver an Historical Essay upon the progress of
literature in Georgia.
BHigious intelligent.
AMERICAN MISSION ASSOCIATION.
The eighth annual meeting of the American
Indian Mission Association was held with the
Walnut-street Baptist Chuicll in this city, com
mencing Thursday, the Hhh April. The atten
dance was not latge, but the occasion was one of
deep interest, and we trust its influence will be
wide spread and lasting. Three of the mission
aries were present, viz: Rev. S. Wallace of the
Creek Mission, and Rev. D. Likins and Miss
Osgood, missionaries to the Wens and Miamics.
They seem to bo greatly encouraged in tin ir ar.
duous labors, and feel that the arm of the Lord
has sustained them.
The operations of the Board will, we are per
suaded, more than me-t the expectations of the
most ardent friends of Indian Missions. It is well
known that great opposition to the organization of
this Society was made; and many very judicious
and influential brethren thought it unnecessary,
and predicted for it a shoit and fruitless career.
Some of these have labored to verify their pre
dictionsfrothers, though convinced have not been
willing to support what they once opposed;
while a few have been enabled by grace to fe*cl
a deep regret for their farmer opposition, Hi and
are now heartily and energetically laboring to
promote the objects of the Association; Under
many such discouraging circumstances, the Board
have pursued quietly the path of duty, leuning
upon the l.ord tor support. He has most won
derfully upheld and prospered litem.
During tire Inst Association)!) year, seven mis.
sionury appointments have been made. The
Indian Mission Advocate, the organ of the Board,
has been increased from a circulation ot 30t>0 to
that of 4000 subscribers. It is now n source of
small revenue, and its list is still rapidly increas
ing. The receipts into the treasury Were 820,
215 05, and expenditures $19,813 77. leaving
a balance of 8431 88. This does not include
the money received during the tr.e.-i ng.— Bap.
Banner.
lentlar.
THE JAPANESE IN CALIFORNIA.
We learn from Copt. Jennings, of the.hurl;
Auckland, which arrived in this port yesterday,
in seventy days from Chino, that übout 500
miles oil’the coast of Japan, he fell in with a Ju
panese junk, which was completely water-log
ged. Theerew, consisting of seventeen persons,
were taken offby Captain Jennings, and ure now
on hoard his vessel. They had been fifty days
on the wreck, and were in great distress, having
exhausted their provisions. No communication,
ofcourse, has hern had with them, beyond what
could be accomplished by signs, but they appear
exceedingly grateful for the assistance and kind
treatment receivid from the Captain. On ap
proaching land, they exhibited striking evidi trees
of joy ai\d devotion. A box belonging to them,
which they have presented to Captain Jennings,
cuntaim-wlml are probably the junk’s register,
&c., a chart, which we understand to be a very
curious affuir, and u compass ditiering entirely
from those in use among us, and some gold and
elver Japanese coins. This would seem to al
ford a good opportunity for attempting to open an
intercourse w ith Japan. Tlr-se persons should
be well treated, and sent back in one of our ships
of.war, the .commander of which should be au
thorized to make overtures to the Japanese gov
eminent. — Alla California, March 5.
In our paper of yesterday was a very interest
• ing item respecting the picking up and bringing
hereof a crew of shipwrecked Japanese. We
would suggest that now is perhaps the best op
portunity ever offered for attempting to open
• communications with Japan. Would it not be
•wise and probably .profitable far some of'our
merchants to fit out a pioneer expedition from
this port to Japan? Send u vessel with a cargo
suited to the market, if one could be obtain, and,
. and .take along these poor Japanese, who are rep
; resented as i ery grateful for the favor shown
them. They would carry back a favorable re
port of us “outside barbarians,” and might prove
•the opening wedge for a free commerce between
the world and Japan. Who knows but what the
fullness of time has come, when her exclusive
■ policy shall give way, mid this incid-nl bo the
‘fulcrum on which the lever linn ?— lb , C ill.
FREAKS OF PHILANTHROPY.
A few days since the papers contained the nc ■
couni of the’ death of a mart in a Boston jail, j
who had been put in there for some paltry debt j
He was a man of education, a graduate of one of j
New England’s colleges. Yit lie was a white .
man, and a merciless creditor enforced, r.ot the |
fugitive law, but the law for the collection < f
debts, put him in jail, where he linger- and and
finally died of consumption in the felon’s cell. |
We heard of no rescue, or attempt to rescue.
On Saturday the telegraph informed us that !
a black man named Sims, was arrested, charg.
ing him with being a fugitive slave.
There was danger, not of his being pul in
jail and lingering ns the while’debtor had linger
ed, but there was danger of his being sent back
to the South from whence lie had escaped, under
iho provisions of the fugitive law. This case
’ excites to madness the men who had stood by
•and seen the while man die in prison for debt.
Thery fly together. The country is alarmed.
Meetings are held in the neighboring towns, and ;
‘resolutions are passed denouncing the law under I
which this arrest is made, und offering their scr.
vices to release all blncit men by force of arms,
and to trample the laws of the Union underfoot
to accomplish this purpose !
Herd Is consistency, for you! Reader, what t
do you think of ftf— Ohio Stale Journal.
FROM THE PLAINS.
The Little Rock Democrat of the Ist clt.,
learns fr-uti Lieut. Myers, fttn Infantry, just in
from Fort Arbuckle, *tliat the truders fhin the
prairies bring the report of the death of Wild
TJat, the celebrated Seminole chief, and two of Ins
o- m pan ions, Chickasnws. It is reported that
they were killed by the Carnanchcs.
The Wicbetows, Kechies, and Osages, have
banded together for the purpose of exterminating
the Tonkaways, who are cannibal-*, and very
much dreaded by all of the other tribes. The
Tonkny-ays, it i* said, devour the bodies of their
enemies killed in battle, and their love of the taste
of human flesh is so great, tlmt they sometimes
eat the bodies of some devoted viotirns of their
town tribe.
Lieut. Myers states that Bill Conner, a Dela- j
ware trader, brings the news ,in, liint there are j
congregaltd pretty high up on Red River about !
, twenty thousand Comanche*. They informed !
‘ Conn, r that it was their intention to exterminate
the Pawnee Mohawks; but Conner thinks it is
their intention to make a descent upon the fron
tiers ot Texas.
I'oreign.
OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS.
I Despatch.s were rt c*ived at Washington nil I
the 19ilt ult.. from Mr. McCurdy. United Slates j
Charge at Vienna, of the date of March 29ih, i
staling that the Austiian Government ha*J re* j
■ fused the application of the Sultan for permis
| sion to release Kossuth and the Hungarian pa
triots, Ids companions from confinement. By a ,
compact existing between Austria and Turkey. ;
i the latter power “Ms charged with and accept, doj
i the surveillance of these unfortunate exiled, num
bering several hundreds; hut finding the expense t
i oftheir maintenance becoming burdensome, she
i applied to bo released from the incumbrance. —
■ Permission was granted in reference to nil r xcept :
Kossuth and eight nr ten others. ‘This decision j
’ was communicated liefhre the intelligence reach
i ed Vienna respecting the recent action of our
government. An urgent appeal will be address
cd in Austria on this subject. ... ,-
The the brother of tlie Emperor,
who is to command the Austrian Navy, will vis
it the United States in the course of a year, to ex
j amine our public yards and modes of naval con
; struciion. und, doubtless, make himself acquaint
ed with the character of our institutions general
j Iv.
I The public rumors in regard to the apprehend
; cd Unban invasion nro generally exaggerated.’
j No doubt n project has been formed, hut very
imperfectly. The Government Ims taken eve
rv precaution.to put down the movement, should
I any-be attempted; and the intelligence receiv.d
| by telegraph from all the federal officers in the
South justifies the conviction that it must fail
: and he abandoned. No expedition can leave the
| United States successfully. The net of Congress
and our duty under the treaty with Spain will
be faithfully executed by the administration,
The awards made by the Mexican Commis
sion will be paid at the Treasury or the public
depositories oil the order ol llte authorized par
ties.
The question of paying interest on the Florida
claims, which has long engaged the attention of
Cabinet, is yet suspend, and. Mr. Corwin will not
resume his scat until it is settled, having, before
becoming a member of the Government, express
ed an opinion in the matter as counsel.
The late French Ambassador and his family
will leave the United States on the of May.
Lady Bui war will visit England in the steunicr.
rour or live of the principal Diplomatic houses
are already closed, or are about to close, with
: great disadvantage to society in Washington.
TEtUBLE EARTHQUAKE—A TOWN DESTROYED !
-LOSS OF SIX HUNDRED ..IVES!
Accounts from Malta utinounoo a succession :
j of earthquakes which have been felt, as wi ll at
! Maori a town of Naiolio, in Asiatic Turkey, us
i at Samson, a seaport in tho Black Sea. within
the same province, und ut the Islands of Rhodes,
: attended at llu> first mentioned place and its im
- mediate vicinity, with great (instruction ol human
| life and property.
The first shock was fell on the 28t!t of Febrn
ary, between 5 and P. M., when at llhodes,
the upper part of iTie castle, which is at the en
trance of the the town, full with an awful crash,
overwhelming the offices of the Aii>trian Lloyd's
Steam Navigation Company, whilst the Tower,
which commands the intranco id the harbor,
an I other p arts of the fortification, sustained
great injury, as did likewiso many dwelling
houses. Blighter shocks succeeded almost daily,
Uj) to the 7th of March. At Maori, on the main
land, and its immediate neighborhood, the con
sequences have been most disastrous and heart
rending. Tho whole of the houses, dwellings
’ and stores, lately erected in this town, have been
leveled to the ground, fissures have been formed
in lite very streets, from which bituminous vapors
j exude continually, almost suffocating the iiiltab
i it.mis; many springs have dried up, whilst in
’ arid localities new ones have gushed out, cluing- j
I mg tile whole feature of the earth’s surface.
I Tho town of Levis-y, which contained 1500 j
j houses, has not one left standing, and no less than
| 600 human beings are reckon, and to he under the
ruins, which number would have been awfully
aumnenl. and hud the shock been after nightfall,
| n
when the inhabitants retire to their homes alter
the labors of the duv. Tile village ofChi -gc |
has nearly fared tho same fate; the upper part
i of a huge mountain having fallen into, ami block
; ed up, the sinail port of Ekengik, and overwhelm
j ing all the dwellings round about its base.—
Another village, more inland, has been buried
| front tho full, in opposite direction, of two hills,
; between which it was situuted.
At Sampson a smart shock was felt on tho
I 23:it of February, but it caused no damage.—
| Our readers will remember that the famous
* Collossus of Rhodes was thrown down by uri
| earthquake 231 years before Chris'. Letters
from Trebizand, another city of Asiatic Turkey
(the ancient Trapesus) down to the sth of March,
j mention tw o smart shocks of earthquakes there.
FROM HAVANA.
A great deal of excitement exists on account of !
the expected invasion which was reported would
take place on tlie 19ih. Up to the ti ne ol the
Is*bet's Bulling no news had reached Havana
that a lauding had been effected. Despatches
from New Orb-ana are suid to li-iva reached the
Captain General that the expedition hud sailed;
consequently the solders slept on their arms;
horses were kept saddled, and the entiro army
und navy were in a moment’s warning ready for
the fi->ht. One sieumer.is kept steam upon at *
u!l tiours, so it is said by some of the personal !
friends of his Excellency.
A Spaniard wus to be “garoted,” on the morn
ing of the 23d, having been betrayed bv one of j
the Spanish Pilots as a spy, ol General Lopez.
It seems this man had offered twelve Doub- ‘
’ loons to the pilot, if he would j-tfmftwExpedition, ‘
and act as pilot for them. He received the .
money, and then informed the Captain General, !
| who immediately hud the Spaniard arrosted,
tried, and condemned to die on the 28d.
A gentleman from the Island, and one who
has been truv-dirig much of lute, informs us that
: all over the Island the must anxious desire is
; manifested for iho invasion ol the Island by the
I Americans, and probably the people were never
so ardent and pager to rise en masse and join the
invaders as at the present moment.
We give these rumors as they reach us.—
J The position of atfuirs in Cuba is doubtless crit
j ical, and whether actual demonstrations are in
; progress or not is a- question which .remains un
j decided. Every preparation lias been made by
the authorities to meet the expected out.break.—
Cor. Charleston Courier.
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX.
George P. Marsh, our Minister to Con
stantinople, is with In's family, making the tout
of Egypt and Palestine. At the date of the last
let'er received by their friends, they were in
Cairo, Egypt.
(£7"A distinguished Merchant, a great judge j
of character, once said, “When I see one ot my j
apprentices or clerks riding out on the Sabbath, ;
I dismiss him on Monday. Such a one cannot j
I be trusted.”
05* 1 It is reported that the Archbishop of C an
! terbury has invited all the English prelates to a
; conference at Lambeth relative to the Papal ag
gression. A correspondent of tho (Puseytt*;
London Morning Chronicle states that the bisli
unsafe about to issue a document which is to
I serve as a test (for.the detection of Puseyism.)
j He sems to convey the intimation thut any such
tesjt will bo set at nought.
| (KrThe Jesuits have lately published in Italy a
Catechism Filosofico. The dialogue on ••Con
stitutions” contains instructions for kings how
i fax they may go with u safe conscience in break
! ing titer promises which they have nude their
;.people. In cases beyond the line they have on
ply to apply to the Pope for help:—“When any
j doubt arises, the Head of tho Churolj js
authorized to annul the noth, and .I'-niaJBB
; conscience of u prince, b.diet ing the Cin/tij jSst
I just reason fordoing so.”
OCT* The Legislature of Kentucky have ap
proprialed 8300 for u monument to Col. Ri. hard
| M. Johnson.
OCr Among the curiosities of industry which
will he displayed ot the Great Exhibition will bu
a silver tea kettle manufactured out of a f'yurpen
; ny piece.
jCJ**The St. Louis Intelligencer of the 12ih
ult. says: A*., •
On Thursday evening last a most unfortunate
affair occurred in the lower part oft he city, result
ed in the deatji of n mail,through the careless
ness of a druggist or his clerk. His phy.sican
prescribed a grain of tartar emetic and all ounce
ol magnesia. The druggist, with unpaid rnabie
carelessness, reversed tho prescription, putting
in un ounce instead of a grain ol tartar emetic.
CC?'Judge Buckner, of Kentucky, Ims decided
against the luw of thut State taxing insurance
companies of other states having agencies there.
He says that the law conflicts with the provision
of the Federal Constitution which declares thut
“the citizens of each State shall be entitled to all
privileges ami iminun.lies of citizens of tho se
veral States.”
terrible calamity by fire occurred in Eli
zabeth, Harrison .ounlv, Indiana, a few days
since. The dwelling ofjohn Hatuiegun was total,
ly consumed, and, wlmt is awful to relate, M r. H.
his wife, seven children, and mother in-'aw, Pet
rie Sloan, and a man whoso name was not known,
twelve persons, all perished in the flames.
|C7*Lord Brougham has deferred his intended
visit to the United Stales for the present. He
had previously announced from his plate in the
House of Lords his intention to come among
us in tho Spring.
(KrThe Emperor of Russia, we learn, having
neurly completed the Railroad from St. Peters
burg to Moscow, (420 miles,) is now about to be
gin a Railroad from St. Petersburg to Warsaw,
between 70U und 800 miles.
tT7“A IVastiTngfori Idler in the Now Yolk
Journal of Commerce states that the Government
has countermanded the order for llto sailing ol
the steam frigate Susquehanna to the East Indies,
und that in view of the (,'tiban movement she is
to be detained for purposes nearer home than the
I East India station. This is the finest sleurn fri-
I gale in our service, and one of the most power
ful, and. it is believed tho swiftest in the world.
03rA new difficulty has arisen in the glass
palace for tire World’s Fair. During a violent
shower many panes of glass were broken, and
all the sparrows in Hyde Park, arid St. James’
Park availed themselves of tlie opportunity to
enter. It is estimated that there arc at least
three hundred thousand of these birds in the
buiiding, anil much alarm is enterlainr and lest they
should damage the goods and annoy visitors. To
get ri l oftliem is no eusy matter. To shoot them
would be destruction to the glass, and Hie Coun
cil of Supervision have sent to E litigurgh, for
Ihirt v of t In; best falconers who will come to
London in their national costume. The chase is
to commence some days before the exhibition.
i Force of Public Sentiment —The Garrison
abolitionists have announced that they cannot
procure, * for ‘ove or money,” a place in Ni w
York in which to hold their May. meetings.—
1 hey will meet at Syracuse—so tiro great nu
isatice of“anniversary week” is at length re
moved from the city of New York.
Moral Statistics of the City. —The New York
Bilrle Society have lately completed a systematic
exploration of the lower part of the city, which
reveals some interesting facts. Tiro indefufiga
hie agent, Rev. Mr. Watson, visited, of
Fourteenth street, upwards of sixty thousand
1 families, of whom lid found nearly nine thousand
i destitute. ‘Over, three thousand refufcofl to re*
j ceive the Scriptures, of whom much tire greater
! portion were Roman : Catholics. Ten thousand
! three hundred volumes were distributed; und the
cost of 1 lie gratuitous distribution airiouut'cd to
I about fourteen hundred dollars. One hundred
1 Testaments, German and English, were supplied
j during the lunt month, to the military ami
stations, through Prof. McVicar.— N. Y. Evan, f
Another World's Fair. — The Puri* corres
pondent <-f llm Journal ol .Commerce mentions
that tlie king of Belgium lias issued u decree for
a universal exhibition at Brussels, of objects of
art, and wotks of living artists, on the 15th of
next August. It is meant to attract n part of tip*
conc-mrse ut Loudon, to the Belgian capital.
The French journals also urgeflMTH grand ex
hibition should be undertaken, far July, In Paris.
The London World’s Fair is limited to lour
months. In July, the French metropolis will
i overflow from the British; two hundred miilion
’ francs may have been thrown in circulation in
j England, yet Paris can extract a large sum from
■ tlie host of strangers. It is not improbable that j
the Government will lend its aid to some grand
arrangements of “industrial and urtislic magnet
! ism.”
Land Slide in Canada. —-A letter from Mon
treal which appeurpin the N. Y. Bun says tlmt
tlie banks of tile rivor Yamaska have fallen iff,
carrying uwy about 72 acres of land, with
three houses and out buitdirigs, with a number
of cattle and horses. One woman and two chil
dren are also said to have been drowned. Tho
Yamaska is about 20 mile* below Montreal.
A Small Reduction. —Tho sure from finn
Francisco L% tSouramento and Stockton, ut last
dates, was one dollar. A year ago it was fifty
dollars.
Frayjfir.ira in California. —It is estimated that
there ere about 20,000 Frenchmen io California.
They have taken with them rndny of the habits
end tastes ot Parrs.
Egjl/b —The mental alienation of Abbas Pa.
clia, Viceroy of Egypt, increases. The country
is in a wretched state. Favorites are squandering
ti>e r#nya.ins of the treasury accumulated by Me’
hemet Ali.
TfrcThfference. —Ten thousand Russians, of
the first families of the empire, have applied to
the Enjperor for permission to go to tlie World’s
pair ot London. What would our people think
if they could not leave the country except at the
pii asure of the President ?
Hatr.%- An effort is to be made by those who
contror-Ae fashion of head protective*, to reform
ntiil remodel it altogether. This eflbrt is to he
made at the approaching London World’* Fair.
‘Flic idea seems to be that there will ho a com
plete abandonment of tho formul straight sided,
and sleek furor heaver, and that the pliant, round
crowned, light felt, or something like it will be
adopted In its s!ead.
Berlin. —The University of Berlin has lost,
during.jhe year, since February, 1850. eight of.
its most learned and distinguished Professors. —
The hfhinists, Kunth and Link; the theologian
professor Meeker: mathemat
ical., Dnkson and Jacobi; and recently the ffiis
i|)e philologist Lachmanjt.
P Al oritkmtstS. —The 4 Mormons are making con
verts iit Italy. Elder Lpeenzo Snow writes from
Tq/in to the Millennia) that the Lord has
greatly favored him in the work in that country.
EMer Snow has also.Jbeen successful, it is said,
inlhis labors itl Switzerland, especially among
the Waldenses. At Paris, elder Bolton is malt
ing converts and baptizing.
Daguerreolyping lht£s<j6n. —Sortie very inge
nious daguerreotypes of the-* moon, as it appears
through the Cambridge telescope, have been
made by Mr. Whtppitjfwf Boston. In these views
the volcanic mountains may he distinctly traced,
with the deep valleys between, and the distant
plains.
1 a
- Opium Trade in China. —Mr. Tallmadge,
of Amoy, China, says : “It is an astonishing fact,
that the money which Christian nations have re
ceived from this one article far exceeds all the
money which has been expended by all Protes
tant churches, on all Protestant missions, in all
parts of the heathen world, since the days of the
Reformation! The amount of money yearly
drawn from the empire in exchange for opium
exceeds thirty millions ofdollars!
Submarine Navigation. —The Journal des De
hats states that anew species of vessel, destined,
it is expected, to solve the great problem of sub
marine navigation, has been constructed in the
establishment of M. Creusot. This vessel will,
proceed; from Ore u sot’s establishment, through
Parity to Calais, by sen, with the aid of its ma
chinery, which is similar to that of propellers,—
In going out ofthe port of Calais it will plunge
under water, and reappear a few hours after
wards before Dover. Thence it will gain the
Thninem which it will ascend to Loudon, where
it will figure at the Exhibition, among the most
interesting productions of French industry and
genius.
MtZxphsion. —The steamer Concordia, belong
ing to the Tehuantepec company, which lell hete
some .time ago lor the river Coatzacoalcos, burst
her boile.r on the 29th ult,, whilst off the bar at
Tampico, killing tho engineer and three men,
nor,Ur Serially injuring the vessel. She wits ta
kpn into llte lav of Corchos, near Tampico, by
means of temporary sail, end from thence assist
erFby the Tainpicnnnsinto their harbor. — New
Oceans Picayune, 18/A ult,*
Lotteries in Kentucky. Governor Helm, of
Kentucky, has vetoed the bill passed by tlie Leg
islature conferring upon the corporate authorities
of Bacon College the privilege of raising fifty
thousand dollars by a ■ lottery scheme. In his
message tho Governor acknowledges that pre
viously, ns n member of tho Legislature, lie had
voted for a lottery bill, and as Governor had ap
proved hue,
lie is now, however, convinced that the sys.
tern is contrary to morality and the public good
and lie ip not only in favor ot withholding such
grants for the future, but even repealing tiiose
now in existence.
Five jE igle Pieces. —Fifty dollar gold pieces
have been leoeiv- and at New York from Califor
nia. They came in tile Empire City. It is
not exactly circular, but an octagon, having on
each si-lo of the edge the following sentence:—
“Augustus Humbert, United Slates Assayer of
Gold, California, 1851.” It contains tho figure
of n spread eagle, with a scroll in his talons, on
which ixWnscribad “Eureka.” Underneath are
ti-o figures and initial, “50.,” of course meaning
850; and over the eagle are tlie following figures
and abbreviation of tho word thousand, as fol
lows: ■j)37..lh°iix,” designating its fineness,
namely caruis out of 1000 pure gold. Its
diameter is not greater than a silver dollar, but
it is thicker.— Express.
‘Naval Court.Martial. —Tho Naval Court
Martial recently assembled at Washington for
the trial of Lieut. Fabious Stanley for challeng
ing his superior oflier-r, Ims found a singular ver.
diet. On the first count, “that Stanley Jalsely
stated he hud challenged Capt. Johnson”—guil
ty; second count, “Stanley actually challenged
C.qit. Johnson”—guilty. Tlie Secretary of
the Navy perceiving tlie Irishism of the finding,
lias remanded the case back to tlie Court.
-lSalLr-Tllfl committee
Convention, to whom tho sub
ject iiasjoert referred, made report to day, np.
pioVfngwic cause of Gov. I,owe, in refusing to
surrendv Mitchell, who is charged with kid
■nappinglto the authorities of Pennsylvania.—
They ulro recommend that the case of his agent
Geo. F. Alberti, and others, who have been
convicted tinder the laws of Pennsylvania and
seritciK-'d 10 tho penitentiary for a *.orm of years,
lie brought before the Supreme Court of the U.
that an appropriation of SIOOO be made
lo employ counsel to conduct the case. Tiie
consideration ofthe report was laid over. Much
interest appears to be felt in the convention upon
tho s'.ibj*j|l.
Duncan's Battery. —Nearly every paper wo
see contains some expression of regret at the dis
banding of company A of tlie 2d (light) Artil
lery ilegimon/. This is tlie celebrated battery
which the lamented Duncan brought to so much
perfection, and which was renowned in every
i battle, hut Boena Vista, from Palo Alto to Mexi
j co. To scatter them now. and lay up their guns
to rust, seems to be almost an act of ingratitude,
as it is ceriuinly a detriment to the public service.
The department has, however, as we learn, no
option, Wtjt is compelled to do tills by the failure
ol Congress to make tho necessary appropriations
to move and subsist tho company. We hope one
I of the (icst uots of tlie next Congress will author.
I iso and direct the restoration ol this company to
, (he terilcy.— Fkayune, 2 Qfhull'.
Comph cation of Crimes. —lt* Marwington, Cf.,
on the niglit of the 17th inst., Samuel Cook at
tempted to murder his wife, but she escaped to a
neighboring house severely wounded. He then
set fire to hisotvn house, which was burnt down,
and committed suicida by hanging himself in his
barn. No cause oilier than insanity or an incor
‘rigibie temper is assigned for these acts.
Rain Stomin Palestine. —Many of-our good
citizens, the past week, have expressed an opin
ion that we have been fuvored with a greater
quantity of rufn than gonerally falls to our lot in
’ one week. However, much we have had, the
good in ancient Jerusalem have been
quite as much fuvored as we at the West. A
lettor from that city, written at the close of Feb.,
says;— • ‘
Outing this rainy season, wo received three
days and three nights of such great rain, that it
destroyed nearly.a third of the walls and houses
of Jerusalem. 1 was also a sufferer, as rrty farm
was completely covered with water, from one
side of the mountain to the other, (it occupies n
narrow valley between two high ranges df naked
rocks.) The Water was about ten times the usu
al depth outlie Jordan, on whiclj vessels
navigate; it lusting for more thnn two months.—'*
Most all^tiy.Winter vegetables, and my four
rooms were nearly destroyed; all
were obliged to fle#io the-top of the mountains,
. i.i order to escape being drowned.”- The oldest
men in Palestine declare that they have never
seen such rain during theii lives. I and my
family were happily in the city during that
weather.
A Proposition.
> A brother of the Reiioboth Association pro
poses to be one of thirty that will give ten dollars
each, to be appropriated as follows: one hundred
dollars to be given for the two best essays on
“The Duties of Pastors to their Churches,” and
“The Duties of Churches to their Pastors;” the
remaining liho hundred so be appropriated to the
publication of the Utio Essays in a single pam
phlet, and to be distributed according to the
direction of the donors. Neither Essay is to
contain more than 82 pages, Bvo. or less than 24.
Should the requisite amount be subscribed,
the brother who makes the proposition, suggests
the names of the following brethren, as a Com
mittee of Award:
J. L. Dvina, D. D., Penfield.
Hon. Wilson Lumpkin, Athens.
Dr. W.m. 11. Turpin, Augusta.
Hon. Junius Hillyeh, Monroe.
Lewis Dupree, Esq., Lexington.
T. J. Burney, Esq., Madison,
Hon. Thos. Stocks, Greene Cos.
MARRIED,
Oil the 24th ult., by Rev. D. H. Moore, Mr. Jamls
M. Junks, of Monroe county, to Miss Elizabeth A.
Gates, daughter of Jumes Gates, Esq., of Houston
county, Ga.
OBITUARY.
“ Leaves have their time to fall,
And flowers to wither at the north wind'* breath,
And stars to set—but all,
Thou hast ail seasons for thy own, O, death !”
Died,at Louisville, Ga., Cm the 13th inst., in the 28th year
of her age, Mrs. Harriet Lowry, wife of William S.
Lowry; having been aryeatreme miftbrcrfbr threernmuhs.—
Mm Lotvry has left an affectionate husband, an infant sou,
and doting relations and friends, to mourn their irreparable
loe.: hm we mourn not as those who have no hope.
For fifteen years her life was beautifully ornamented by
those gentle graces which religion pure anti undrfiied alone
can bestow. At the oarly ag: of 8 years she confessed her
love for her Savior, and at 13 she publicly followed Him
who safely led her to the mansion ife had prepared for her.—
Remarkable for her piety and Christian graces she lived
amoutr us a “bright and shining light,” and her “pith truly
did shine more and more unto the perfect day.” Sustained
io the last moment by grace divine, she bade us ail an af
fectionate adieu; committed her loved ones to God, then
saying “it was nothing to die.” in the words she uttered last
“she fell asleep in Jesus* arms.”
Mr soul breath not a murmuring sigh
For the loved and bright one gone,
Oh, stay those tears! why should we weep?
Our Father’s will is done.
Jesus must wear the glorious crown/
‘• The rich reward oflove.
And the bright star, just set to ih,
lint gems that crown above.
W. M. VERDERY.
IS>‘ Southern Baptist please copy.
Departed this life, on the 14th ult., in Twig#* county, Ga.
winter Lou in.% Chappell, at her min',T. 6. C’liappell’s with
whom she lived. She was in the Bltl> year of her age, hav
ing lived a widow for many years, and an orderly and pious
member of the Baptist Church, lor about 62 years. At the
time of her death, she was a member of the Stone Creek
Church, Twiggs county, Ga. Thu writer thinks she first
joined the church in Warren county, Ga., and was baptized
by Jephlha Vining. The writer ol this notice was acquaint
ed with her more than 40 years, and a more pious, orderly,
and devoted Christian, he rarely or never know . On being ask
ed, after her speech was gone, if her confidence in her Savior
was strong, and if she felt like she was going home, she gave
signs that she was. Her funeral was prenched by the writer,
from Rev. 14: 13. ‘'Blessed are the dead who die in the
Lord.”
‘‘Let me die the death of the righteous, and my last end be
like his.” C. A- THARP.
Died; at her father’s (the Kev. J. N* George .) in Lvlhonia,
IVKalb county, Ga., on the kl April lust. Min. Ann T-
Boon, consort of Mr. Jas. H. Boonjn the 83d year of her
age Asa flower nipped by an untimely frost, was she cut off
in the bloom of youth, after an illness of 11 days. She was
ever remarkable for her piety; and for several years was a
confident believer. She joined the Baptist Church at Ly
tlionia, in the Summer of idl'd, in w hich she lived an orderly
member until her death. Though a z-alous Christian, her
hope brightened as death appronched. Not long before her
spirit took its flight, she said site vy is ‘‘going Ao//i: ;” and also
asked her father and the Rev. \V. 11. Clark to ‘‘go home”
with her; and then said, ‘‘l know you cannot go note, hut my
Jesus is here, and he will go with me.” And to her
‘‘J hate to part with you, but 1 must go—do the best you cun ’’
She sank down unable to speak further. A few moment* and
hernoul quietly left its tenement of clay and took its abode
with saints and angels above. She left a youthful iiu-bund
to mourn his irreparable loss, andau infant 12 days old, to
htififeit liie rough mvm of )>L slaw, or nt )**• a
mother. A large circle of friends and relatives are also left to
mourn her loss; but they “mourn not as those wiio have no
hope.” Let their prayer be, fln&t their end be I'ke her’* for
whom they mourn. ’ W. F. KLNNEDY.
Receipts of payment for the Chris- j
tian Index to April !2Q, 1851.
J. 11. Cutaway to No. 18, ’51,.. 5 00
Win. Gresham to No. 48, ’51,.. 2 00
J. S. Benlle ...to No. 9, ’52... 5 00
J. S. Hart to No. 0, ’53,.. 5 00
L. G. Steed .to No. 47, ’51,.. 2 00
Jas. Roads to No. 17, ’52,.. 2 00 j
Dan. Morris to No. |9, ’52... a 00 1
C. Hugs ley to No. 50, ’51,.. 2 50 j
J; A. Collier i'Jto No. 49, *50,.. 2 00 !
H. Byrd to No. 34, ’51... 2 00
N. Byrd t> No. 8, ’52... 2 00
John Camp , ...to No. 50, *50... 2 50
S. D- Bolton to No. 41, ‘51,.. 5 00
Win. Royall to No. 40, ’51... 2 00
J. H. Stockton to No. 17, ’52,.. 2 00
Kev. I. M. Scott to No. 35, ’53,.. 3 00
S.D Dm ham". to No. 9, ’52... 2 90
i V. Sanford to No. 20, ’52... 5 00
Mrs. F. McLean..;.. .to No. 18, ’Sjl,,, 2 09
W. M. Border to No, JO, ’52,.. 2 00
J. M. Scroggins to rio. 9, ’51,.. 05
’ David A. Vuson to No 35. ’61,.. 5 00
Col. S. Gibson to No. 9, ’52,•. 5 -00
W.P. Wood to No. 18, ’5?,.. 2 0U
Rev. J. M. Wood to No. 40, ’51... 3 00
j Ma'rtin Richards..... .to No. 14, ’52,.. 2 W
WOtICE.
IF sny brother or friend has in his possession .* copy
of the Minutes of the Flint River Association tot
the year 1824, he will confer a special favor on the
Association by sending it by mail to the Clerk. The
Association wishes to have a romolete file of her Min
utes bound, but the No. for 1824 is wanting. Will
brethren look over their old papers and see if it can
be had! ISAAC R. E9KEW, Clerk.
A1 liner. Pike co., Ga., May 1. 18 _
1 - ■ ■■ in
Ministers’ irad Deacons’ Meeting of
the Appalachee Association.
t TMIIS Meeting was appointed to be held with tho
JL Church at Latrrenceville, to commence Thurs
day before the second Sabbath in July; 1 take this
early opportunity of informing the brethren ofonrovn
ami adjoining Associations that the above meetirg
will be held witij the Churph at 1 awr.'nceville com
mencing on Thursday before the third Sabbath in Ju
ly instead of Thursday before the second. The Min
isters and Deacons of the adjoining Associations are
affectionately invited to meet with us as we hope it
will be a meeting of interest.
-‘.May 1 BEDFORD LANGFORD.
Division of the bethel Association.
The Lebanon Clyurch io her brethren of the Bethel
it Association.
DEAR BRETHREN: We offer for your deliber
ate consideration a division of curAsapcialioq,
for the following reasons, Ist. Our Territory is am
ply large for two. Sadly. Our Representation is so
great, that, but comparatively few of our churches,
can accommodate so Urge an assemblage of persons,
with any degree ofeomtbrt. These two facts render
u division, ue think, both necessary oed expedient;
especially as our ministerial sirength, both as to num
ber ami talent, fuily ju -titles it. We propose a line
starting at the Chattahoochee river and running east
ward through Cuthbert and Starksviile, including
these two churches and all north of this line. Hav
ng the hearty co operation of many of our brethren of
sister churches, wo do most afieetionateiy invite all
the churches within the above defined limits, to send
up a delegation to represent them in Convention with
our church, on Friday before the fifth Sabbuth in Au
gust, that we may confer together upon this subject.—
VVe propose that the churches send the same number
of delegates they send to our Associations.
Committee of Invitation.
11. Davenport, Jr.,-V
J. J. Chappell, >of Rehoboth.
E. Ulackshike, )
Rev. J. Stallings,
J. S. McJunlin, Vof Pleasant Plains.
11. McMath, j
L. J Ramsey.
The Georgia Baptist Convention-
DE! EGATES and others interested will please
b-'-ar in mind that the time of the annua] ses
sion of this body has been changed, and that it will
meet this year at Perry, on Friday before the fourth
Lord’s day in May. P. 11. MELL, Clerk.’
April 24 i"t
Georgia Baptist Convention.
ffiMlE next session of this body will beheld with
JL Baptist Church in Ferry, Houston County,
commencing on Friday before th.;4lli Sunday in May
next. lam authorized, by the church ami communi
ty, to assure the brethren, delegates, of a hearty wel
come. A committee will be in attendance, on Thurs
day and Friday, at the Baj tist house of worship, to
direct brethren to tho homes provided for them.
A. T. HOLMES, Pastor.
April 24 17
TEMPERANCE ADDRESS.
AN address will be delivered before Aqnilex Di
vision No. 19 S. of TANARUS., by brother A. S. Mo[-
I rail, on Friday night, May 9, in the College Chapel,
i Tho public are respectfully invited to attend,
j April 24 R. 11. SAPP, R. S. .
fIERCER IATVERSITA.
I EXPECT to attend the approaching Session qf
the Georgia Baptist Convention at Perry, where
1 would be giud to see or hear from all who are yet fit
arrears for intercs’, or the reduction of 20per cent.on
notes due this institution.
Ti-iO. J. BURNEY, Trees. M. U.
Mauison, 15th April, 1951. Hi
~a t tice7 *
LOS T or mislaid, one note cn James S. Beall, for
seventy-five dollars, due one day after date, and
dated December 12th, 1850, payable to the subscri
ber. Ail persons ore fortvarned from trading for said
note, as it lias already been paid.
11. C. HORN A DIN
April 3, 1951. 16
jlf’u tesTof ‘associations;
BRETHREN and others will confer n favor by
seining to me, at Penfield, as soon as possibli. y
the Minutes ter 1950 of the following Associations:
Appalachee, Columbus, Ebcnezer, Middle Chero
kee, Rehoboth, Washington, Alapuha, Upper Concu
chee,Connasruga, k-haconna, L .tie River, Newhcpe,
Ocklockonec, Oemulgee, (the greater,) Ocmulgec,
('he less.) Oconee, Prim. Elerezer, Lookout, Prim.
Western, Pulaski, Springfield, Si.tv :n e River, St
qualchee Valley, Uharlee, Upaloie, Yellow River,
Chattahoochee, Ellijay, Muck ih e. Stale Li :e, United
Baptist, United Chattahoochee.
I*. 11. MELL, Clk. of Convention.
P< nfield, March 20. 1851. 12
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