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7, 1856.
our mind that a matter so important and full of
interest to us will not be allowed to pass unattend
ed to. At the Convention in April, our call will
be responded to. Will not the Executive Com
mittee look to the sea board ?
St. Mary’s, Jan. 25,1856. J. W. TURNER.
THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 7.
arrearages are charged at £2 50 per annum,
or 5 cents per number. For all payments in Advance
the paper is furnished at 12 00 per annum or 4 cents
per number.
Our Paper.
It has been with great difficulty that the Index
of this week has been got through the press; it is
impossible, while the weather remains so cold, to
do good work. Some of the time the machinery
of the engine has been locked in ice.
Mercer University.
The several Professors are at their posts. The
President reports seventy students in attendance;
thirteen new ones have entered. The extreme cold
weather has no doubt prevented the return of
some.
Our Contributors
“ Quintus” has been long—too long finding his
way to the Index; yet a space is ready for him, and
ever will be, when he comes this way. Our read
ers will no doubt peruse with pleasure the article
he has written.
Bound for Kansas.
Uncle Ben, alias B. Brantly, a name long fa
miliar to temperance men has sold out in Cass
county, preparatory to going to this new Territory,
lie has been appointed an Agent of the Kansas
Emigrating Society. Report says, that he will
make a speech in Greensboro, on Thursday of this
week. The company will start next April; those
wishing to go can hear all that they wish from
Uncle Ben.
Missions.
We received too late for the present number of
the Index, gratifying intelligence from China and
Africa. Bro. Bowen is prosecuting, with his accus
tomed arilor, the great work for which he has
given up all things. In China, too, our brethren
have commenced reaping the reward of their long
and patient watching. Bro. Philips has reached
Africa ; his and the letter from the corresponding
Secretary will appear next week.
Hear both Sides.
The opposite opinions which at present prevail
among men, may be traced, in part at least, if not
altogether, to that bias received from a partial rep
resentation of facts, and yielding assent before a
thorough investigation. On no subject do these
differences exist to a greater extent than that of
religion. Its very importance may cause us to
shrink from the task, and to others we assign the
duty of moulding our doctrinal views. One re
marks, in a critical essay lately published, that the
text less frequently determines the faith of the
reader than the marginal notes of the commenta
tor. When confidence is once reposed in a leader,
it is easy for him, by substituting opinion for argu
ment, to lead his admirers into any error in which
he may chance to fall; and in no instance is the
Scripture “blind leaders of the blind” more stri
kingly seen than in the followers of the bigoted
sectarian. The Priest asserts, that Mary was free
from sin; the ignorant follower enters this article
in his creed. The preacher says that infants were
baptized in the first church; a passage of Scrip
ture is given in its support, and without a mo
ment’s thought, the member stands committed for
life. The disgrace consequent on a change of
views, effectually preveuts any alteration for the
future. The few now think for the many, and the
labor of patient research is assigned to those near
est at hand.
During the winter of 1843, two licensed preach
ers of the Baptist church stopped for the night at
a house occupied by two brothers of the Method
ist church. A preacher of their own denomination
happened there also the same evening. The in
terview was a pleasant one. Until a late hour
the time passed in a mutual interchange of views,
in which but little difference of opinion was ex
pressed. At length the younger of the brothers
threw in the apple of discord. He had, he said,
a book that would show anybody that a Christian
could fall from grace. Fortunately, the Method
ist preacner neia a airrereni doctrine, and it was
amusing to the two licenciates to witness the ease
with which this Tyro in Divinity was silenced by
the preivcher. Said he, Christians cannot fall, for
God will not let them. Poor fellow, he appeared
thunder struck; that night, for the first time, be
looked as though he had learnt the wrong lesson,
and perhaps in the presence of the next preacher
he saw, he maintained the doctrine of the saints
final perseverance.
Wrong opinions are also imbibed upon partial
representations—the truth may be told, but for
want of the whole truth, a decision may be pro
nounced, to be reversed when all the tacts are
known. Editors are frequently asked for an ex
pression of views, based upon such a partial presen
tation of facts. If our readers will allow, we will
propose a question to them which may serve the
double purpose of eliciting their opinion, and also
illustrate what has been remarked above.
What ought to be done with a man—a preach
er and member of the Baptist church, that inten
tiotially turned in his lot a calf that he knew not
to whom it belonged, and though well apprized of
its not being his. keep it for a few days, and early
one morning kill it, and send to a neighbor with
whom he agreed to send a beef, upon the happen
ing of -ertain contingencies. Every thing said in
the above is true. Tt happened iu Penfield. The
offender is still in the church, and holds an office
of nominal prominence in the denomination, and
jot, so far aa knows, hat never received either a
public or private censure. On the contrary be haa
been told, and he believea, that he did right.—
We certify to that which we know, and testify to
that which we have seen. Give your opinion, and
then omit to read no article in this paper, and for
once you will acknowledge your liability to err
from hearing only one side.
SKQUBB.
Several years ago, there resided in this village
a Baptist preacher, Bro. V—. He cultivated a
small lot fronting the village academy. The
teacher and he were on the most intimate terms.
Mutually fond of each other, there existed the
greatest familiarity between them. After gather
ing his crop. Bro. Y— paid a visit to his aged
father, who then and now lives in upper Georgia.
Anxious to reach his monthly appintraent, be left
his fatner’s house in time to reach home by bis
regular meeting. He reached home by the ap
pointed time. For four days he had been on the
road very feeble; in less than a week he was dead.
The teacher mentioned above was with him in
his sickness, saw him close his eyee in death. To
him the unfortunate widow naturally looked for
help. Her mother and the parents of her hus
band were in distant parts of the State; t* them
she writes; detailed the sad news of the death of
her lost one. She requested her friend, upon the
arrival of her parents, to have a beef killed which
had for some time been in the field cultivated by
her husband. Having frequently seen in the lot
the calf, be was asked to kill, this friend supposed
he knew it as well as he did his own. On the
same day, being around his lot late in the evening,
he saw with his cattle a calf that he recognized as
belonging to sister V. Supposing that it had bro
ken out to procure something to eat, it occurred
to him to turn it in his lot, and when the
friends of sister V. arrived, to kill it and hare it
sent to her; all of which was done. In due time
the beef was butchered, and carried to its suppos
ed owner. The message was soon returned that
somebody else’s calf had been killed—her’s was
still in the field. The surprise of the teacher may
be better imagined than described. Inquiry upon
inquiry has been made; no owner for it has yet
been found. The prospect now is that the teach
er will live and die without ever haring it in his
power to renumerate the owner, for a lost beef.
He did not know whose it was, but he honestly
believed that it belonged to sister V. On him
the affair has had this effect: the next time he is
asked to kill a beef, more oare will be used to ob
tain the right one. And if the explanation cor
rects, in any measure, the liability to which men
are so very prone of expressing opinions from hear
ing only one side, he will tell you in the language
of a famous Hero, that the author of this mistake
is—quorum raagna pars fui.
Mginns Sntelligrarp.
For the Index.
Dear Bro. Martin : At the regular Conference,
in Nov. last, the Church instructed me to forward
to you the following preamble and Resolutions,
adopted at that time, for publication in the Index.
Also, the change in the time of holding the Gener
al Meeting of the 4th Dist. in Washington Asso
ciation, from Friday before the 4th Sabbath in
Dec., 1850, to Friday before the 4th, in July, next,
to be held at Powelton. We hope the brethren
will bear in mind the change.
The Baptist church, at Powelton, met a called
Conference, on the 3d of Nov., 1855, for the pur
pose of calling a Pastor for the year, 1858, when
a letter was read from our present Pastor, Rev.
W. J. Harley, informing us that he could serve
us as Pastor no longer. Bro. Harley’s resignation
was received, and, on motion,
Resolved, That a Committee be appointed to
draw up suitable resolutions, to be placed on
our chnfch book, relative of Bro. Harley. Wo
beg leave to report the following resolutions:
Ist. Resolved, That in the withdrawal of Bro.
Harley, we have'lost a pious and courteous Mo
derator.
2d. Resolved, That in all difficulties, in which
our church has been involved during his Pastoral
care, he has conducted himself in a christianlike
manner, ever taking the Bible as the man of his
counsel.
3d. Resolved, That we are gratified to know
that our beloved Brother, in leaving us, will enter
a more extensive field of useful !al>or.
4th. Resolved, That we commend him to the
Christian regard and esteem of all those with
whom his lot may be cast. -
sth. Resolved, That a copy of the above be
sent to the Christian Index for publication.
R. F. SEAY, )
WM. B. BARKSDALE, [• Committee.
F. A. BEAZELEY, )
G. B. Barksdale, Church Clerk.
Powelton, Jan. 24,1850.
Rferdlnnim
JSTThere are fourteen female physicians now
practicing in Boston.
JtST An old lady in Morristown, N. J., nearly
ninety y ears ofage, has had a growth of fine black
hair on her head for a year past. She is also cut
ting new teeth, and her sight has come to her for
the second time. *
S3Tk practical agricultural paper, the Work
ing Farmer, states that the value of the hog crop
this year, in the United States, will fall little short
of two hundred millions of dollars, or fifteen mil
lions more than the cotton crop.
Legislature of New York has passed a law
that no religious or benevolent society shall receive
any bequest or devise the annual income of which
is over SIO,OOO, and it must have been made two
months before the death of the testator. Tn no
case shall tbe.-bequeat he more than one-fourth of
of estate.
g3T At a recent session of the legislative as
sembly of Hayti, one of the members moved that
for the future no member be admitted to the as
sembly with a Panama hat, aad that a “Marik hat
THE CHEISIIAN IHDI X
is not only more parliamentary, but exigible in all
good society.” After a warm debate the motion
was carried, and the members give up their “Pa
namas ”
A compauy of the American Coal Ce
ment Company, has just been organized at New
York to carry out a novel discovery which has just
been made, by widely at a small expense, loose
broken dust coal can be cemented into lumps, and
made to burn equally well with the usual stove’
and grate coal. This cemented coal, it is said,
retains its form of lump to the last cinder.
i£T The purchasers of the Hancock Manufae
turing Company are in trouble. One of the par
tie* who went to the North to obtain funds to pay
the purchase money, has not been heard from re
cently; and the other party has gone iu search of
the missing one What accident may have hap
pened, or what can be the cause of the absence, are
questions for time to unravel.
Jfy To show how mechanical skill and labor
add to the value of raw material, the British
Quarterly Review gives this instructive calculation :
A bar of iron valued at $5, into horse
shoes is worth $10.50; needles, $355; penknife
blades, $3285; shirt buttons, 29,480; balance
springs of watches, $250,000. Thirty-one pounds
of iron have been made into wire upwards of one
hundred miles in length, and so fine was the
fabric that a part of it was converted, in lieu of
horse hair, into a barrister’s whing.
JgyThe correspondent of the New York Tri
bune Rtates that in one portion of that city there
are no less than four “bogus Sunday Schools,”
with a large number of collectors, who raise from
SI,OOO to $5,000 per annum “to carry on the
operations of the schools, and the other ninety to
support a “set of lazy hangers-on.” Some of these
“religious operators are the veriest scoundrels in
the world.”
jjg?”There is some trouble anticipated in Min
nesota, this winter, from the Indians. They are
leaving their reserves and scattering oyer the coun
try in hunting parties, sometimes to the great in
convenience and annoyance of settlers, who are
compelled to stay at home to protect their houses
and families. The Indians are not backward to
enter houses and help themselves to whatever suits
them. The people of Rice count} 7 requested the
Governor to send them back to their reserve, but
he has refused, and the people threaten to take
their rifles to rid themselves of the intruders.
,£3rThe committee appointed by the Secretary
of the Navy to test and report on the different
lifeboats offered to the public, has made a lengthy
report. The one preferred by the committee is
Berden’s Compressible Lifeboat.
“This,” says the report, “comes nearer the ob
ject required in our instructions than any boat pre
sented. She is of a very ingenious construction,
and may prove valuable in the mercantile marine
from her compactness and buoyant properties. Its
buoyancy may be judged of by the following test
to which she was subjected in smooth water.
“Fifteen men were placed in the boat offered for
inspection (being twelve feet long) and two 64
pound weights suspended on one side, with which
she floated with great ease. There was after
wards placed in the boat five hundred pounds of
iron, then she was filled with water and foil re-6!
pound weights suspended on one-side, under which
pressure she floated with her gunwales six or eight
inches above water. She was put together and
launched in two minutes.”
The Missouri river is frozen over, to the
depth of three and a half feet at St. Louis. The
Mirror of that city says:
“On the Illinois side, but some considerable dis
tance from the shore, were pitched several canvas
tents, at the entrance of which were placed boys,
hollowing out, ‘hot coffee,’ ‘hot whiskey punches,’
*Tom and Jerry,’ ‘whiskey slings,’ &c. Sone of
the‘fancy,’too, and sporting characters had their
faro and roulette tables in fulll blast. At the end
of the ice road at the other side is placed a large
board, with the inscription, in monster letters,
‘Mississippi avenue.’ This was the great centre of
attraction, as in this immediate locality everything
was to be found to stimulate and heat the ‘inner
man.’ Thousands of skaters might lie seen glid
ing in every direction over the icy surface. Boys
and girls, young ladies and their loving swains,
old men and their better halves, negroes of all vu
riety of shade, from the pure African jetto the
light brown, swelled the immense gathering, and
completely covered the river opposite the city.—
Sets were formed on the ice, and dacing kept up
until a late hour at night.”
jfJT’The Louisville, Ky., papers state that the
investigations which have just been made to ascer
tain the effect of the recent excessively cold weath
or upon fruit trees, indicate that there will be no
peaches, apricots, plums and cherries the coming
season. Throughout all the west and north-west
the cold has been severe enough to produce the
same effects. The Madison (Indiana) Banner savs
that all the fruit has been killed in that State.
Tbe Alton (Illinois) Courier states, that at a recent
meeting of the Alton Horticultural Society, it was
stated by Dr. Hall, others confirming the state
ment, that on examination of the fruit bads of
peach trees in that vicinity, it had been found that
the recent severe cold weather had destroyed the
promise of a yield of this luscious fruit the coming
season.
Before growing alarmed at these statements,
it ought to be recollected, says the Baltimore
American, that precisely the same predictions were
made last year, and yet the peach, crop was never
more abundant than last summer.
Value of our Crops. —Our crop of Indian corn,
if we value it but at one-half the present market
price, amounts to. more than all the gold from Cal
ifornia; and our wheaUjrop, at the most moderate
estimate, is worth as much as all the gold in the
country; while the moderate growth of oats, with
all reasonable allowances for exaggeration, more
than equals any two years’ produce of the Califor
nia mines.
License Taken Out. —After an interim of over
a year, we are again to have a retail establish
ment iu our town. Messrs: Messo & Williams
have taken outa license and are now fitting up in
a tasty manner the bo£e formerly occupied by
E. W. Ferris as a Drug Store.
Twelve hundred and fifty dollars is the sum to
be paid by them; two hundred and fifty dollars of
which goes to the county and one thousand to the
corporation. Rather high license that. — Macon
{Miss.) Star.
Accident on the Delaware. —The carnival
scene on the Delaware river, at Philadelphia, has
been interrupted by a distressing casualty. About
five o’clock on Saturday afternoon, a sleigh cou
taining’a gentleman and four ladies broke through
the ice on the Jersey channel of the river, and be
fore assistance could be rendered, the widow of
Col. Peter Albright and her only daughter aged
twenty-three were drowned. The rest of tbe par
ty were rescued by the Philadelphia Skating Club,
who were in the vicinity. The body of Mrs. Al
bright was recovered within a short distance of the
scene ®f the disaster; the body of Mrs. Albright
was swept under the ice. The horses and sleigh
were tart.
!’ A Mountain of Soup. —Many wonderful fossil
■ remains and petrifactions have lately been brought
1 to light by the mining operations in the interior
:of California. At si depth of orte hundred and
; fifty-nine feet, decomposed oyster-shells have been
found in Table Mountain. A curious article of
real soap has also been discovered, which closely
; resembles Castile soap, and, moreover, answers an
excellent purpose for washing. Specimens haye
been exhibited all over the State; aud it is a fixed
fact that a mountain of soap exists in California.
By what process the ingredients were thrown to
gether, it is impossible to say; but the article i
now actually extensively used in the mountains,
and it hits been sufficiently tried in the city to
prove that there is no mistake about it.
Receipts of payment for the Christian Index
to February 5,1856.
R. P. Zimmerman.... to July 1, 1856, I 00
N M. Thornton to Feb. 3, 1857, 2 00
I O. McDaniel to Dec. 15, 1856, .2 00
H. T. McDaniel to Dec. 1, 1856, 2 00
t. D. Martin, to July 1,1856, 1 00
L Burson to Dec. 15, 1856, 2 00
Mrs. S. S. Pinckard. . .to Dec. 15, 1856, 2 00
Adam Jones. to Feb. 3. 1857, 2 00
F. A. Tarver ;.. .to Dec. 15, 1856, 200
Charles Truet to Jan. 6, 1856, 1 00
Harris Sanders to Sep. 29, 1856, 2 OO
M. H. Thomas to Feb. 10, 1857, 2 00
Thos. G. Mize to Feb. 10, 1857, 2 00
Wesley Wiley to Aug. 11, 1856, 1 00
M.H.'Sanders to Feb. 10, 1857, 2 00
P. Isbell • to Jan. 13, 1858, 5 00
Ausley Moses.. to Feb. 3, 1856, 5 00
Jacobus Gibson to Oct. 13, 1858, 5 00
C. Level to Sept 29, 1856, • 2 00
J. C. Brown to Dec. 15, 1850, 2 25
J. T. Whitehead to Feb, 3, 1856, 5 00
Thos. Granberry. to Feb. 10, 1857, 2 00
Jas. A. Mulling to Feb. .10, 1850, 1 50
Win. FT. Stokes to Mar. 10, 1857, 2 00
H. Hargroves.... .v. .to Dec. 15, 1856, 2 00
C. P. Watt to Oct. 6, 1856, 2 00
M. S. Anthony to Nov. 24, 1856, 2 00
Monford Carter. ... .\ .to Oct. 20, 1856, 2 00
W. R.Goss to June 2, 1856, 1 00
M. H. Lewis. fib Oct. 26, 1856, 2 00
W. H. Battoy to Mar. 10, 1857, 2 00
Mrs. H.Hicks. to Feb. 3, 1857, 2 00
E. K. King to Dec. 15, 1856, 2 00
Wru. T. Fluker to Aug. 4, 1850, 1 00
Wm. B. Pinson to Oct. 27, 1856, 2 00
Mrs. 0. 11. Wimberly. .to Dec. 15, 1856, 2 00
Jas. T. Glover ‘.. .to Mar. 17, 1857, 4 00
B. Brantiv to July 28, 1856, 1 00
Mrs. E. McLdlan to Dec. 8,1856, 2 00
A. Rainwater to July 28, 1855, 2 00
Sam Johnson to Nov. 3, 1556, 2 00
Wm. Johnson to Dec. 15, 1856. 2 00
J. R. Parker to July 21, 1856, 1 00
L. 15. Jackson to Dec. 15, 1856, 2 00
A. Armstrong to Sept 8, 1856,. 2 00
D. W. C. Williams. . .to June 23, 1856,’ 200
A. D. Goodlett to Oct. - 6, 1856, 5 00
Alex, McDonald. to Mar. 3, 1857, 2 00
T. B. Cooper to Feb. 24, 1857, 2 00
R. J. Hart to June 2, 1854, 2 00
E. Greer to Apr. 21, 1856, 2 00
Mrs. F. C. Martin to July sl, 1856, 1 00
J. S. Callaway to Feb. 10, 1857, 2 00
E. A. Smith to July 28, 1856, 2 50
M. L. Harp ,to Oct. 6,1855, 2 00
J. C. Whitaker: .... Dec. 15, 1856, 2 00
J. \Y., of W., has sp|jg> No. 37 of 1855.
t i ~ l irriT' | “nrnar in wnoi oi hi—mBUBBIM imm i* 1 " 1 i -rirTiTT “rna / if
MARRIED,
By the Rev. Wm. J. Cotter, on the 22d ult., Mr.
John M. Roberts to Miss Armenia V, Beall, all of
Warren county.
In Bt. Mary’s, on Tuesday, Jan. 22d, by Rev.
John W. Turner, Mr. R. W. Campbell, to Miss Mar
tha A., eldest daughter of the late John W. Dußose
of South Carolina.
OBITUARY^
•~r■ —• O ■ ;—-
“Duet thou art, aud unto dust thou shalt return.”
Died, in Newion county, Ga., Sept., 12ih, 1855, Thomas
R. Ciianey. age nine montlm and nine days, infant son of
Dr. F. M. and Ann-Chaney. It was truly a beautiful child,
it suffered much, but it has gone from it* earthly parents to
its heavenly parent, where suffering is no more. The pa
rents loved the babe much, but when it .died they cheerfully
submitted to the call of God,and covenanted together to live
so that they might meet the child in Heaven. May their
desire be granted.
There is a world above where parting is unknown,
\ long eternity of love formed for the good alone.
D. L. D.
Bro. Martin? As 1 have not seen the death of Mrs. Sa
rah Baker, of Columbus, Miss., widow of the late Wm.
Baker, ftuuounced in your paper, allow me to state, for the
information of her friends and relatives in Georgia, (her na
tive State.) that she peacefully fell asleep in the arm” of
Jesus on the 28th of Nov. last, in the 68th year of her age.
Site was the aunt of an ex-professor of your college and a
sister-in-law of an ex editor of your paper. B.
Professorships in Mercer University.
BELLES LETTRES, ANCIENT LANGUAGES,
AND PASTORAL <k SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY.
A I.SO,
PRINCIPAL IN PREPARATORY SCHOOL
AN ELECTION will bo held by the Board of
Trustees, to fill the above named chairs in the
University and Preparatory School, at the time when
the Georgia Baptist Convention shall meet at Savan
nah, in April next.
It is desirable that the Professor elected to Belles
Lettres, and the Principal in the Preparatory School,
shall each assume their duties immediately there
after. Applications, with the proper testimonials,
are to be addressed to the Hon. Thomas Stocks,
Greensboro, Ga.
JST’The Religious Herald, Biblical Recorder, Ten
nessee Baptist, Southern and South-western Baptist
will each publish the above until April 10th, 1856,
and send their bills to Thomas J. Burney, Treas’r.,
Madison, Ga., for payment. I). E. BUTLER,
Jan. 24-1 tIOA Sec. Prudential Committee.
Wr. Bradbury's J%'cw Glee Book!
T“ E NEW YORK GLEE AND CHORUS BOOK,
by Wm. R. Bradbury, is now ready. It, contains
a variety ot Glees and part songs, arrangements from
operas, and a selection of the most useful choruses,
adopted especially to musical conventions and associa
tions, and advanced singing classes. Price $1 25.
This book is believed to contain a larger amount of
interesting and popular matter than any of the pre
vious highly successful works of its class by the same
author.
Bpi;cirnen copies sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt
of the retail price. Avery liberal reduction in price,
at wholesale. Published by
MASON BROTHERS,
Jan 24 4 6t New York.
J. *Y. PEARCE,
WAIIEIIOJJSJE etc COIttitEISSIOK MERCHANT,
CAMPBELL-ST., AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
WILL continue to transact the WAREHOUSE
AND COMMISSION business, in the large and
commodious Bi iek Warehouse, (recently occupied by
Bsnll & Stovall) on Campbell Street, between Broad
and the River, and near the corner of Messrs. Bones
Sc Brown, also immediately on a lino with the Georgia
Railroad Depot.
t£§F“Particular, attention given to the STORAGE
AND SALE of COTTON, and other Produce consign
; ed to his care.
Cash Advances, Bagging, Rope and Family Supplies,
j forwarded to customers as usual.
Augusta, Get. 18 441 J. J. PEARGE.
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The number of subscribers is about 2700; in
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Penfield, 11th December, 1855.
Religious Herald, Biblical Recorder, South
ern Baptist, S. W. Baptist and Tennessee Baptist
will publish the above till tbe 15th April 1856,
and forward their accounts to T. J. Burney, Madi
son, Ga
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IO Nassau street, New York city, will publish in Jan
uary, a Book entitled
THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION:
Its Origin, Rise and Identity with the Primitive
Church; its Docirines find Practice; its Polity; its Per
secutions and Martyrs; Facts and Statistics of its Mis
sionary Institutions; Schools of Learning; Periodicals
and Churches; the obligation of the World to Baptists
and the duty of Baptists to the world; designed to ex
hibit its condition in all ages of Christianity By
Rev. D. C. Haynes, of Philadelphia; with an Intro
duction by Rev. John Dowling, D. D. Ono Vol. 12
mo., Muslin, price One Dollar. Wo quote a few com
mendations of the Book:
From Rev. Dr. Belcher, of Philadelphia. >
“I thank you for an opportunity to examine your
valuable manuscript, and for the talent and earq shown
in its preparation.’ While entirely different from any
thing yet published, it. presents wets and principles
which the members of our churches need to under
stand, and which would tend to increase their piety
and usefulness. May ample success follow your la
bors.”
From Rev. Dr. Dowling, of Philadelphia.
“Asa book lor popular reading and reference, I
think it would be very valuable, and meet with a
ready sale. The Catena Baptistserum (as it may be
called,) or connected chain of Baptists from John the
Baptist down to the British and American Baptists, is
well done, as complete as the proposed brevity of the
book would admit, and will be prized by the mass of
our Baptist people, who have not access to the volu
minous authorities which have been consulted. The
book, when published, by its comprehensiveness of
plan and compactness of execution, will be an admi
rable. specimen of a Baptist ‘multum in parvo.’ ”
From Rev. M. G. Clarke, of Philadelphia.
“It fills an important place, for which we have no
other book. The style is clear, the spirit is kind, the
reasoning careful, and the argument conclusive. We
need it as a manual of Baptist polity and history.—
Baptists have done a great and good work already,
and have a greater and more glorious one in the fu
ture, and our churches need to be instructed botli in
the principles of their faith and in the greatness of
their achievements. lam persuaded that this book
will render important aid.”
From Ruv Joseph Ban-yard, of New York.
“Your history of the Baptists is an interesting and
eminently useful work; just such an one as every min
ister and every intelligent Christian ought to have in
his library. It presents in a condensed form the re
sults of extended research, with reference to the ori
gin, lhe history, tbe persecutions, the polity, and the
present condition of our denomination, in a manner
which makes a reference to any of these subjects per
fectly easy. I should rejoice to learn of its wide cir
culation.”
Jan. 24 4
The Most Charming Books of the Season.
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FROM
EVE, THE WIFE DF THE FIRST,
TO
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1 Vol. 12 mo , cloth $1 00
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THE EXHIBITION SPEAKER,
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Ac., with Illustration. Carefully compiled and ar
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“THE OASEET.”
Sacred Melodies for Public and Social Worship; eon
taining many choice melodies from eminent American
and European composers; besides a large amount of
New Music. Also, selections from the works of Han
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celebrated masters, arranged expressly for this work.
By G. O. Robinson, assisted.by I. B. Woodbury.
SHELDON, LAMPORT dc BLAKEMAN,
o<t 18—k* FnUMhors, 114 Naocan-st.
MONROE FEMALE UNIVERSITY,
FORSYTH, OFORBI/l.
BOARD OF TEACHERS FOR 1850.
” COLLEGE.
Rev. WILLIAM C. WILKES, A. M., President.,
Professor of Natural and Moral Sciences.
RICHARD T. ASBURY, A. M.,
Professor of Mathematics.
D. CARLOS W, CHANDLER,
Professor of Ancient Languages.
Mrs. MARY E. CHANDLER,
French and Higher English.
Mrs. MARY A. WILKES,
History andßotany.
PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT.
Miss MARTHA A. SMITH, Principal.
Miss MARTHA J. JAMES, Assistant.
Miss LAURA FISHER, Primary Department.
MUSIC DEPARTMENT.
Prof. WILLIAM FISHER, Principal.
Miss MARTHA J. JAMES, ) . ...
Mrs. MARY A. WILKES, j Asßlßtalltß
- DEPARTMENT.
Mis. MY'RA FAIRLEY,
Embroidery, Crape Work, Wax, Shell Work, Ac.
Mrs. M. E. CHANDLER.
Drawing, Penciling and Painting in Oil A Water Colors.
The next Term begins January 14th, and ends July
15th, which will be Commencement Day. Board, $8
per month; washing $1 to $2. Highest Tuition, S4U a
year. No College in Middle or Southern Georgia af
fords equal advantages so cheap. This University
was adopted by the “Rehoboth Association,” Sept.
17 th, 1855. R. T. ASBURY",
Dec 1 48 4m Se’y. Faculty.
WOODLAND
FEMALE COLLEGE,
cemr town, Georgia,
The Trustees have made the following arrange
ments for the next year;
J. M. WOOD, President.
J. D. COLLINS, Professor of Natural Sciences and
Languages.
JAMES A. ARNOLD, Professor of Mathematics,
Moral and Mental Science.
—Teacher of Music, (to be supplied.)
J. H. TERRELL, Steward.
SESSIONS AND VACATIONS.—Spring Session from
the 2d Monday in January to Ist Wednesday in
July. Fall Session, from the Ist Monday in August,
to last Wednesday in November. The intervening
time will be vacation.
EXPENSES.
Washing and Board (candles excepted) pr month, $ 8
Tuition in the College Course, per annum 40
Tuition in Music, per annum 40
Primary Department, [lst Class.] pel - annum. 15
Primary Department, [2d Class,] per annum.... 20
(|gg“.Settlements will be required at the dose, of each
Session.
Scholarships are offered at the following rates: —
The payment of £76 will secure to a pupil the privi
leges-of the Literary Department for two years; £IOO
hree years; £l2O, four years. £4OO will secure a per
petual Scholarship, By this arrangement a pupil can
be boarded and educated for £llO a year, a less
amount than is paid for board and washing at, most
Institutions, and nearly a hundred dollars lees than is
paid for the same facilities at other places. _ These in
ducements are offered by an outlay of money from
other sources than the income of the School—a gra
tuity to the public.
FACILITIES.
The Faculty is composed of able and experienced
teachers. They have good Chemical and Philosophi
cal Apparatus at their command. house
is to be managed by a good Steward and lady, who
will guard the health and morals ->f young Ladies.—
Pupils will be required to attend Sunday School and
preaching every Sabbath. Suitable provision will be
made for Music and Primary echolars.
REGULATIONS.
Rules for the Government of the School are such as
we deem necessary for the good of pupils and the In
stitution, enforced with kindness, but with firmness.
Persons wishing to enter pupils or purchase scholar
ships, will please address flic President.
By order of the President Board of Trustees.
J. M. WOOD, President.
TRUSTEES.
Elder E. Dyer, E. D. Chisholm, Col. S. Gibson, T. H.
Sparks, W. P. Wood, Elder Wm. Newton, D. S. An
derson, A. N. Verdery, W. A. Mercer, A. Darden, El
der C. H. Stillwell, C. W. Sparks, Joel H. Terrell, W.
O. B. Whatley, A. F. King, E. 11. Richardson, William
Peek, L. W. Battle, W. E. West.
Dec 6 49 lm
BIEAR 1Y SCHOOL..
HpilE next session of this Institution will commence
A on MONDAY the 14th of JANUARY, 1856. Per
sons desiring further information, address
J. S. INGRAHAM, Principal.
Cave Spring, Nov. 22, 1865. 12t 47
TO THE PUBLIC^
CHEROKEE BAPTIST COLLEGE,
NEAR CASSVILLE, GA.
OWING to the late destruction of our College
edifice, by fire, we arc deprived of the occu
pancy of the same for this year. But we arc happy
to state that the contractors have commenced, with
renewed energy, to rebuild tbe same, relying on a
generous community to assist them so far as able.
The Board of Trustees announce that the School
will begin as published in our Prospectus and ad
vertisements, on the Ist WEDNESDAY in FEBRU-
AltY next. Wo have procured a good bouse, con
taining six convenient rooms, in the out-skirts of the
villasrc, in which tbe school will be conducted. We
also have procured, on the premises, the use of three
small buildings which will accommodate ten or
fifteen young men wishing to board themselves.—
We therefore say to one and *ll, come on and you
will have good accommodations and the very best of
instruction.
In view of the great loss we have sustained, we
would make a most earnest appeal to our old sub
scribers to pay up their old subscriptions without
delay. The subscribers to the endowment fund are
respectfully requested to pay, immediately, the inte
rest on their subscriptions for the first year—due the
Ist ult., and so much of the installment due, or sub
scription, as is convenient for them. The same can
be paid to Rev. Edwin Dyer, Rev. John Crawford,
or sent to me by mail. Any additional sum from
any one to enable us to meet our losses , will be grate
fully received. We hope, in view of our calamity,
no other tall will be necessary.
JOHN 11. RICE,
Cassville, Ga. Sec’y. Board of Trustees.
Jan 24 4 ts
NOTICE.
4 PROFITABLE Agency may be obtained by ea
closing the Applicant’s addaeas, ic., in an envel
ope, and directing to “Agent, Hatborough, Montgom
ery county, Pa.” Ministere living on small salaries
could attend to the business in their respective coun
ties, thereby greatly increasing their means.
Jan. 10 2 4t
Situation Wanted.
TWO LADIES, either together or separately, wish
to engage as Teachers. They will teach French.
Music, Drawing, Painting, Crayon Embroidery, Wax-
Fruit and Flowers, together with the higher English,
branches. Reference to testimonials of superior abil
ity will be given. Address, W. C. IIOLME9,
Jan. 17 3 5t * Barnesville, Ga.
Wanted, %
A LADY to take charge of the Long Creek Female.
Academy for the present year. None need apply .
unless well qualified to teach Music, and all the branoh
esof an English education usually taught in our best
Female Schools, and can eom*e welhecommendtd. The *■
school or a reasonable salary will be given. Address,
W. W. Anderson, or Levi Fqwles, Maj field, YYarren
eeunty, ©. , Jno. 17 8 ts
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