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Sarepta Association.
My Dear Brother:—l hare just returned from
the meeting of the Sarepta Association. The an
nual session was held this year, at Reboboth
Church, in Elbert county, about 28 miles south
east of this place. You know that there is seldom
much of novelty to report as respects the business
of our Associations. The routine is so monotonous
that there is no difficulty in anticipating almost
•very thing which “the body” will do The Mod
erator takes a copy of the old minutes and follows
the track of the preceding year with very little ite
ration. When the Committee on business is ap
pointed, they generally inquire for the order re
eommended by their predecessors, and offer this
m anew report. The various oommitteee ask for
the reports of last year, and take these as tbe mo
dels which, with suitable modifications, they seek
to reproduce. Thus one year copies another, whh
some insignificant variations.
Still I love to go to these Associations. It is
pleasant to repeat the same business; to grasp
the hands of beloved brethren, those countenances
we have not seen for a year; to rejoice with them
in their successes or to sympathize with them in
their reverses; and to blend our hearts and voices
in prayer and praise. All over the grouad as you
drive up vou see groups of friends and brethren in
conversation. Yonder comes the Moderator; Ids
benevolent countenance wins your heart, and yon
are glad once more to get hold of his hand. There
is the Clerk—as remarkable for his punctuality
and accuracy, as for his portly form. Fie is a mo
del officer. See how these ©legates, some of whom
we have not met for years, are running to gre*-t
each other; look at the big tears which are rolling
down that sisters cheeks as she extends her hand
to that aged minister (probably her father in Christ
and former Pastor) who comes after a long ah
Mince to visit the scenes of his former labors ; imd
then mark that group of strangers who seem to
look on in astonishment at these exhibitions of
sympathy and love. Who is that brother just
driving up in his buggy ? That is the Agent of
the Domestic Mission Board—a South Carolinian
to the backbone, but he is such an excellent
preacher and so devoted a Christian, that he is al
ways sure of a cordial welcome . He looks udk
soslly well—he has been married since we saw
him last. Let us go and congratulate hiro. Here
comes the representative of the Bible interests. If
it were required literally to Fulfil the law of Christ
in Galatians, 6,2, he looks like a limn .whose
shoulders would ho equal to the work. Yonder
stands a strange brother whose white locks would
•ay that he is not young, but whose fresh are]
healthful complexion indicates that he is yet in
his prime. He comes to urjje the claims of th*>
Publication Society. “How these agents multi
ply!” exclaims some covetous professor who is de
voted to mammon. Never mind, brother. Let
them come. “Give a portion to Severn and aisoto
eight.” Very few of us have ever been impmer
ished by our charities. We belong to Christ, and
let us pay our debts to his servants.
At 11 o’clock it was apparent that the hn?‘
though large, could not accommodate half of the
multitude who had convened. We therefore re
paired to the more ample room which nature mid
art had provided, and heard a sermon from hro.
L. W. Stephens, on the ‘ sufferings of Christ and
tbe glory that should follow.” The theme was
happily choosen. It is good to begin all our exer
cises with the savor of Christ. After the serin oh
a recess was allowed, during which time our kind
hosts freely opened their cornia-copia and abuts
dautly refreshed the hungry. As-1 was anxious to
hear bro. Harley, whom I had not heard for many
years, I was not present at the reading of the
letters. I was told, however, that they exhibited
an encouraging state of feeiing in the churches.
The number of baptisms reporter! was 260, being
an increase ot 30 over the lust year, which tear
was double that of tbe previous twelve months.
Bro. Harley preached an exceedingly interesting
an impressive sermon, on the duty of “letting our
light shine before men.”
On Sunday there was preaching at the stand by
brethren W, T. Brantiy, A. Chandler and Francis
Callaway, in the order of their names. The day
was uncommonly favorable for out-door exercises.
The weatlter was all that could be wished—not
one degree too hot or too cold. The atmosphere
was as quiet as if its great Creator had hushed it
into a repose which might be propitious to the
objects of tbe day. The multitude who gathered
about the stand sympathized with tbe stillness of
the air and maiotained the utmost order whilst the
heralds of the cross were proclaiming the words of
life, and peace. We cannot but hope that indeli
ble impressions for good were made ’ npon roimr
heart in that large and attentive congregation.
Brother Galaway preached in the afternoon ;
and *be arose before tbe crowd 1 observed sev
eral weeping eyes manifesting by such expressions
their interest in the.speaker. H was the aged
patriarch returning to the scenes r In's earlier
ministry,.and his very csoftntenants* must have
awakened a thousand tender recollections. One
generation had passed aviay since he begat) to
preach lire Gospel in that neighborhood ; and the
few who remained must have been irrestibly car
ried back to the days long past. Bro. Callaway
gave us a very’ feeling and pungent discourse from
the words “Ye will not come unto me that ye
might have life.” Ho is a fine representative of a
class of ©or earlier preachers who, without liberal
education, were so earnest, and godly, and so thor
ough in the Scriptures, that their preaching was
attended with remarkable power. At the conclu
sion of lm eeriwon ho must have seen what Au
gustine declared was the highest euiogimn upo j
a preacher, via: “Thu tears of his audience.”
There could not have been less than five
hundred people in tenia. The place was a perfect
BocUitn. These are the scenes which give inter*
m: and delight to our Aseoeiatkms. We ought
not to neglect the business-; but let us ever give i
to these devotional exercises, a prominent piece.
• THEOPIIILU3.
Athens, October Ist, 1856.
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The Flint River Association.
The annua] session of this body was held with
the church in Griffin, commencing Saturday be
fore the 4th Sabbath in September. The brother
appointed to preach the Introductory Sermon and
bis alternate having both failed. Bro. Edwin
Thomas, of Alabama, preached this discourse.—
The letters from the churches brought glad ti
dings, considerably upwards of three hundred hav
ing been baptized during the year. Though one
of tbe older Association*, this body baa permitted
her younger sisters to outstrip her in tbe cause
of benevolence. She is, however, snaking grad
ual improvement in.,this respect. Various chari
table objects are regarded with favor in the most
of the churches, white others send np nothing ex
cept the usual smell-sum “for Minutes and Asso
ciation fund.”
Bro. Jamea Carter was elected Moil era tor, and
Bro. “V. A. GaskiH, Clerk. Visiting brethren were
present from several sister Associations.—Tucker,
from the Tallapoosa; T. U. Wilkes, from the Rock
Mountain; Doyal, from tbe Central; and Tharpe,
Landrum, and W. C. Wilkes, from the Rehoboth
—though these latter did not arrive until Sunday
rveiling. On Stlndav forenoon, Bro. McMichsel
preached the Mission Sermon in the Baptist
Church. Bro. Campbell, the pastor, followed by
reading a letter lie had recently receiver! from
brethren, Clarke and Phillips, of Africa, pleading
for more men for that dark land. He added a
few remarks, intending to enforce this appeal, and
was in the act of taking up the collection, when a
stranger rose near tbe pulpit, saving, “he could
confirm the facts of that letter, and die statements
made by Bro. Campbell, adding, lam just from
Africa myself.” Upon inquiry, he announced
as Rev. Bowen, our returned Missionary, and be
ing pressed into the pulpit by Bro. Campbell, he
chained the attention of the vast assembly as
long as he was disposed to speak. He said in
substance, “We must have mere men for Africa.
We now occupy several large cities, and the
kings in other provinces beyond us are urging us
to send tke servants of God to teach the Gospel to
their people.” The congregation were deeply
moved. Bro. Bowen lectured on Sunday night
in the Methodist Chnrch and on Monday night in
the Baptist Gliuroh. No room in the city was
large enough to accommodate the multitude that
flocked to hear him, and manv stood throughout
the entire sendees. Altogether, Ue is a remarka
ble man. He seems to have a charmed life, which
the writer believes God haft almost miraculously
preserved, that he may be “a Savour of life unto
life” unto millions in Africa.
On Tuesday forenoon, Rev. Campbell made an
appeal in behalf of the family of Rev. Joshua S.
Callaway, proposing to raise *I,OOO for their ben
fin u While ho was speaking, lion. .las. 11. Stark,
a delegate of the Griffiin Church and one of the
nolle and yifted men of whom Georgia is proud,
wrote a subscription, upon which $320 were
promptly raised. It was recommended that this
worthy family receive similar kindness m all the
churches of this Association, where tbe name of
Joshua S. Callaway will ever live in the hearts of
the faithful. It was cheering to witness .the deli
cate ch/rvilt/ which moved tho sttitvto mi this occa
sion. It is confidently believed they will be “bless
ed in their deed.”
That venerable man,-Rev. John H. Milner, who
first proposed the formation of iho Flint River As
sociation and who aided in its Constitution, con
ducted the closing exercises, He seemed like
“the beloved apostte,” indeed, as he stood there
with streaming eyes, urging his brethren to love
cue-another, and labor for their Master white it is
called today. And that appeared like r Christian
assembly , as they all sat weeping and resolving to
do as the- Lord commanded them—and then, as
they sung the parting Hymn. “Blest be the fte
that binds,” they extended to each other |.he part
ing hand. Verily, “it was good to be” there.” if
for nothing else just to see “how Christians love
one another!” ITINERANT
Oct. 3d, 1856.
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The Corpe on the Cars
The day was not and sultry. There were crowds
of eager faces i all the stations where we stop
pod. The cars were so full they said, that no seats
could be obtained by many of tho passengers. I
was watching group* of err sons who were hurrying
to and fro, when my travelling companion touch
ed my arm. “ They are brim/iny o corpse on the
can,” he said. *
I looked instantly for the coffin, but that with
its dead inmate was already on board. [ saw a
slender girl team- g n-pnn the aim man old tnmt,
and followed by a y-'-tog negro serv.-iat. .The yit
man. it whs very evident, was trying to bravo. and
ti> k*s**p back the t*, while-he eiitowe.f hi* vv*y
among the crowds-—the girl drew her brown veil
e!„-*er over her sunbeams, as if anxious to shut
out the gaze of inquisitive eve s, but. the black girl,
waited aloud as If her heart was bursting with its
grief.
Tea steps in front of them, two porters were
quarrelling over h trunk—each had hold ofa han
dle and between them, the baggage was in a fan
way of being rent in twain. Meanwhile they
poured out a torrent of abuse, and urged anon the
bystanders, the merits of their respective hotels.
A crowd of idle men and boys, was cheering them
on—but matters were all arranged at last. The
porter who swore the loudest got the tnmk—the
corpse Hi and mourners were on board—=the whistle
sounded—‘the whizzing, and clanking of machin
ery began, and we were on our Way.
I looked about for the old man. and ihVslendiir
girl, and the affectionate servant, but they were
on another car. I did not see thorn again. But
I “’J thoughts would recur through all that sui.rv
| afternoon, to the sorrowful party who w*?re ulboiy
| ing their Way through crowd* of active life, and
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going forward at railroad apeed, to bury tbeiS
dead. 1
How intimately are life sunt death blended 4.
When we are least looking for. the King of Ter#’
lore —on board the railroad car, io the hurry and]
bustle, and tug of existence, when Pleasure niiJl
Avarice, and Ambition and Affection, all
. like phantoms in the distance beckoning us forT
ward—when tbe brevity of human life, arid the;
certainty of disolution. are tlTtnw, by universal
consent out of view, then th skeleton hand o(.
Death appears, and writ -s memento mori, with
startling distinctness amid the -scene. j
Oh yes! we are mortal—it is in vain for us to!
try to overlook the fact. It is better to prepang*
for, rather than to forget death, for keep him our
of view as we may, still he will haunt us at every
turn, artd one of these days, he will prove conclu
sively to ail. -that although we managed some
times to forget him, still he did not by any means
forget us, C. W, B.
THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. IH.
iarAii- rrenrsgre are ehsrged at $2 60 per annnnSj
or 5 nents per number. For all payments in advanae
the paper is furnished at OO per annum, or 4 cents
per number
The Index
We received, just as the paper was going to
Press, the following communication from the In
dex Committee. We are glad to know that they
have been able to procure the services of on so
competent to manage the Editorial department of
thu paper as Bro. Walker.
The Index at Macon—New Type—Rev. Joseph
Walker Editor
The Index Committee have in progess arrange
ments which -wiil secure for the Index great im
provement at the commencement of tbe next Vol
ume. The type will be new and beautiful which,
wirh anew Heading, will give the paper an ap
pearance equal to any secular newspaper in our
State. The Committee feel confident that tho
subscribers and friends will then have no reason to
complain of the typography of the Index.
It atlbrds the Committee gratification to *<a
uourice that Rev. Joseph Walker, corresponding
Secretary of the Domestic Board, at Marion, Ala.,
lias accepted the position as Editor. Bro. Walker
is well known throughout the Southern and Wes
tern States, and for years has had the esteem and
confidence of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Tlie Committee have found biethren, whose views
have been known, generally favorable to his elec
tion. and they indulge a hope of his great useful
ness iu the new position. A Pastor of our most
important city churches, who has had better op
port unities of knowing bro. W., than any other
man in Georgia, says in a private- note: “Bro.
Joseph Walker is tbe man for the Index—get him
if you can.” Bro. Walker has experience in this
department of labor, having edited a Weekly for
one year; and having been editor of tho %ewe
Department of the “Journal” for over three, and a
contributor to the “Western “Watchman,” South
western Baptist,” and Religious Herald” for many
years. He agrees to present his salutatory to the
readers of the Index on the Ist of January next,
Marion is a good location for the Index. Here
the latest news can easily be secured, and sent out
as fresh in the Index as in any other paper. The
place is central to the State, and possesses every
,thing desirahte. Railroad for the speedy
distribution of the paper. The advertising will
pay better than at Penfic-Sd
It will be remembered that the paper is still tbe
property of the Georgia Baptist Convention, and
that its proceeds, over its support, will be turned
over -to that body for lienevolent objects. The In
dex Committee at Macon is the Executive Oom
rnriitee of the v Convention so for s the Index is
concerned. The denomination may be assured
that the Committee will do what they can, to
make its organ in the State, creditable to the Bap
tists, and useful to the cause of Christ. Whether
H will be profitable to the Convention or not, do
pends, of course, upon the support which it re
ceives. The subscription list ought at once, to be
increased by thousands, and our brethren, especi
ally ministers< and deacons, can effect (be object
if ‘.hoy will but tty. Brethren of Georgia ! the
: Index is your property ; stand by it for the good
it has done, and make it what it what you wish it
to be. SYLVANUS LANDRUM,
Chair’n Index Com.
M ac<n. Oct lOih, 1850
Rev. N. M- Crawford.
The following resolutions were received after
the aper ot last week was made up, they express
the wish of tho Baptists ut Georgia in requesting
the continuance of the present incumbent in his
j i ffifie as President of Mercer University. We re
| gret that Bib. Crawford, however, notwiihstand
j iug the many public as well.as private assurances
| which he. has received, lots felt it his duty to ac
j cept hh appointment to a College in a distant
’ State. The considerations that have induced him
i to take this step, while they may be satisfactory to
himself—will not-diminish our sorrow in parting
with him. It will now devolve npon the Board
of Trustees to s -lect some other for this import
ant office. We hear of several D*ine*, either of
whom, would be able to sustain the office if ap
pointed to it:
“The body was organized by the election of Otis
Smith Moderator, and U. B. Wilkinson Clerk.
Among the many the resolutions adopted bv the
body were tbe following, which should be placed
before the public at o earlier day than the Min
utes of the Association e;ui be published, in order
to bring to bear every influence possible to keep
Dr. Crawford in his present position in Penfield.
“Whereas it is the opinion of this Association
j that the present condhiou and prospects of
| Mercer University are such as to invite the eordi
i ai support of Southern Baptists, and especially of
; the Baptist* of Georgia; and whereas it j 8 heard
by us with pain, that our much esteemed brother
I N. M. Crawford, the present very acceptable Pres
! ident of that institution, has been induced, from
|various consiiderationa, to entertain propositions j
! tor removal to other fields of labor,
Therefore Resolved , Ist, That this body tender
: to brotbeajjfc raw ford their hearty approval of his
j past promote the best interests of the
LUniversity, and most earnestly and cordially invite i
rhitn to reconsider any incipient designs which he I
1 may have entertained of dissolving his present of
%rial relations with the University.
That we regard the continuance of the
preset l official relations of Bro. Crawford with tho
Univerafty, as identifier.! with its best interests and
future prV^perity.
“34. l'h'ai v .we should deeply deplore the exist
| eno*of any eKiH which should induce brother
to vacate the chair which he now occu
rpies. ” ™
“4th. That a copy of these resolutions be ten
dered to brother Crawford, aud that they also t>e
forwarded to the Christian Index for immediate
publication.”
For fenr of taxing your columns too much, I
will close with saying that the delegations from
the churches were large, and many brethren in
correspondence; and that barraony/brotherly love
and unanimity of feeling characterized the mee ting
to an extent never before witnessed in the Wes
tern Association. A DELEGATE.
Head It.
The article on the first page of this week's pa- ]
per, was written by an esteemed minister of this
State to the New York Examiner—the Editor of
which paper has found it no easy task, to an
swer this unanswerable argument of one cf onr :
best men—who after stating the tact that the
number of accessions to the church among South
ern Baptist was greatly forger than those to the
Baptist churches of the North,, assigns smoKtr
others, for this state of things tb** reason, that at. ■
t-o South tb Gospel is preached without being
mixed with the political questions of the times.—
The position taken by the Examiner against its.
correspondent, is not only untenable but really
ridiculous. ]{., by his courteous yet vigorous pew
has written an article, which in condemning the
course pursued by our Northern brethren, amply
vindicates the South from the aspersions which a.
misguided bow of zealots have been attempting to
cast upon us.
•
Fellowship.
“Fellowship or communion is the participation
of two or more persons in the same thing.” Such
is the definition of the word furnished by that
profound man Robert Halt. Any number of per
sons eugaged in the same employment, sharing
the same privileges, and moved by’ a common
feeling may be said to have fellowship with each
other. The more closely they are allied in mo
tives and desires the more intimate is their com
munion—the closer their fellowship. Every com
munity of Christians brought into each others so
ciety by the love they entertain for their common
Lord and for each other, not only have fellow
ship with the Father and His Son Jesus Christ,
but aiso with every mtrolter of Ids body. A mis
take of a serious nature is often made in regard
to Christian fellowship, by supposing that confi
dence in the change which our brethren have ex
perienced denotes our fellowship for them—but.
confidence is not Christian fellowship—as the for
mer may exist, as it often does when there is nonrv
of the latter. Not a few of the ungodly can bo
found who have an abiding confidence in the in- <
tegrily.and profession made by some of their
Christian acquaintances, and vet. their is no i
Christian fellowship between them, for the simple*
reason that they neither belong to the same com
munity, nor share in tho same feelings. Light,
and darkness may be seen near together, but there,
can be no fellowship between them—localise their
properties are entirely dissimilar.
True Christians are partakers of the Divine Na
ture, having been changed into his image by tb
Spirit of the Lord they constantly become ntora .
like Him—by leading humble and godly lives-.
This daily communion with God begets a strong
de-ire to mingle with his people—and unite wjth
them in those devotional exercises—and acts of
obedience by which nis Worship is celebrated
and the glory of His name declared. The first
promptings of the converted soul lead it ro seek
the society of those who have obtained like pre
cious faith, and thus in the early dawn of Chris
tian life, the babe in Christ is placed it) intiwaP*
connexion with those who love the Lord to hav
those ties strengthened by which they are bound
to Him after whom the whole family in heaven i
and earth is named. I
Cassville College.
This new Institution met with a serious loss ift
having its main building burnt; the injury, how
ever, has i>een removed by new buildings, whiein
we are gratified to hear will ready for the ac
commodation of Students at the opening of next
year.
Alone With Jesus.
The Miever retires to be alone with Jesus.— j
The occasion is the most solemn and holr of tb--
Chrislian life. The closet is entered—the door fr*
shut —Christ and ‘the !>e!iver are alone ! Tread
softly as ye pass that spot, and put off thy shoe.*
frotn thy feet as you pause, for the Triune God r*
there! Who can tell the solemn sacred transac
tion, now transpiring! What confession of sin I
What breathing forth of sorrow ! What moan
ing out of grief! What opening of heart to heart,
and wht. bleningof spirit with spirit ! What ex
pressions of mutual confidence, affection and do
light—the believer making known the secret of (
his sorrow, aud Christ unfolding the secret of his. f
love! From this too, its true source, the saint of |
God derives his great power in prayer. Hiaamaz- j
ing and prevailing strength appears at a time of ’
the most apparent weakness, even when single • f
handed and alone with Jesus.— Winslow's Gfip- j
see of ihe Truth. j
gglP O. A. Brownson is dissatisfied with the t
organs of his church in this country. He says, |
with much justice, that they are not Catholic, in |
the true sense of that word, but only Irish. Their j
tone and temper are foreign, and their whole ten- |
dency, says the Doctor, is to make an American |
feel that, practically, the church to this country is |
the chnrch of a foreign colony, and by no means t
Catholie. }
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Brother Martin :—I desire light and informa
tion on a subject of vital interest to our churches.
In some sections ot our State, there has been large
accessions to the churches; tens, twenties and tjjP
ties in meetings of a lew days continuance, and in
some localities it would seem every laxly was
about to become Baptists, t inquire and inquire
for information. If the aagient custom and scrip
tural rate among Baptists has not bedn-to require
applicants to relateTieforo the church;**, what in *
charity of the Gospel was considered a Christian
experience, and whether it is not an inovation for
rniniste-ts to hold private interviews out of tho louse
(even a day or ho before the applicant eotyes for
ward to seek membership) and when they present
themselves for admission, for the minister to rise
arid relate the conversation had, and pause for a
few moments, and then ask if any can forbid wa
ter, Hoeing they have received the Holy Ghost as
well as we (and thus receive them for Baptism,
when the individuals had not spoken one word.)
numbers Lave been received iu this way
and baptized in wra* sections this year. The
writer has- witnessed it io more than one instance.
1 If this is the proper way of lasing received lothe s*
| ered ordinance of baptism nil is well. But if it s
an evil as it is growing, I Lope some, of our experi-
I etteud brethren, who are ready writers will give u*
| light on these subjects. An Old Baptist.
j Sept. 2.4 th, 18fte
j HHigiotis SnMiprp.
Revival in Cass County, Ga
j Brother Martin : —The revival that recently
l closed at the little church of Etowah m Cuss conn
| ty, resulted in the happy rescue of fourteen souls
| from the thraldom of satan. Like a valiant sold
| ier of the cross, the faithful pastor fought manful
ly for his sovereign, and that with hut little assist
ance.
Many of the Convert* were those who hail de
lighted in satanic bondage: who had often before
resited the tender appeals of the gospel; but who
can withstand God hi the day of Ids power!—
I Now they are monuments of grace—brands rescued
from the burning. To his own and to the earn
est prayers of his people, Bro. Edge may ascribe
| the showers of grace which have refreshened his
| church. But to the Giver of all Good must all
I the praise be ascribed—to his name be glory for
| ever!
| Says Bro. Edge in a letter, “I can but be re
| minded of the great supper, when, since they who
? were invited would not come, we went out into
i; the hedges and lanes and compelled them to come
I in ‘”
The revival tested two weeks, and the interest
| deepened unto tbe end. May God continue to
| visit his churches with refreshing showers of grace.
S. B.
| Sept. 30th, 1856.
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Baptists in Texas.
The Texas Baptist, noticing tbe meeting of an
j Association at Springfield, in that State, says that
j many of the churches sent up intelligence of revi
f vals in their midst; that notwithstanding the short
| crops, the amount of money raised was much larg
i er than ever before, and whereas heretofore this
| body had felt unable to contribute to foreign mis
-3 sious, they have now done nohiy for the work of
2 sending the gospel to the heathen, raised a good
sum for domestic missions, and pledged a liberal
amount for next year, as a basis for the Conven
tion to rely npon in appointing missionaries to
the destitute fields. This Association has also
(taken the lead in providing for the necessities of
superannuated ministers, having last year appoint
ed an agent to inquire after the needs of such per
sons within its bounds. The case of one aged and
infirm minister was reported, and provision made
for his support and the education of his children,
uuder the care of a committee of judicious breth
ren. A protracted meeting is reported at Gonza
les, resulting in the addition to the church of six
by baptism, and five by letter. At Liberty Hill,
August 24tb, several were baptized, and “the
Lord had called out several young ministers, who
were preaching with good effect,” in that Associ
ation. Anew Association, called the Soda Lake
Association, was constituted in September
Revival in Kentucky.
The Western Recorder announces the following
revivals, viz: In the Baptist church at Popular
Grove. Fulton county, Ky.. resulting in the addi
| lion of 45 converts; in that, at East Fork, Henry
r county, Ky.. 15 added by baptism, and two re
| stored; at Brandenburg, Ky., 8 conversions; at
jj Sholbyville, 24 additions, (three by letter;) and at
j| Rolling fork, Nelson county, Ky., anew church
!i constituted, with an additiou of 15 new converts.
j; Revivals.—Meetings have been progressing for
[ several weeks past in the Methodist and Baptist
!• churches, in thia town. We do not know the ex
j. act number of conversions; but there have been
quite a number of accessions to the two churches,
j and the good work is still progressing.— Madison
■ Family Visitor.
j imtlar.
Gordon County Molasses—lmportant Discove
ry.
We recently visited the model’ farm in this
neighborhood, and found the urbane proprietor,
• Mr. Peters, engaged in a novel enterprize. He,
j with his hands, were employed in making supe
rior molasses, or syrup from the stalks of sugar
i miilet, or what most persons would call chicken
| corn—it is of that genus, if not the same.
I He had planted a quantity of it for fodder, to
feed his cattle upon, and being of an enterprizing
turn, be determined to experiment on this millet,
and has succeeded in making an excellent article.
The stalks being stripped of its fodder, are crushed
i” between two inch cylinders, which are turned by a
\ crank drawn by two mules, the juice runs into a
| resorvoir beneath, and from thence into buckets,
which are emptied into large boilers, and being
reduced by l>oi!ing to about one-fifth, become-, an
> excellent syrup for table use. We were in
formed by Mr. Peters, that although but little at
tention had been paid to its cultivation, not intend
ing to make such use of it, and it was raised upon
inferior laud, yet from the experiments already
1 rmade, be expected to average about three hundred
! and twenty gallous of syrup per acre. This is do
’ ing a profltahte business. He intendß another
year to plant oue hundred acres, believing that
upon good ground with proper cu'tivation, it might
yield from four hundred to five hundred gallons
per acre.
will one gallon of juice and
live glmonx-it juice, one gallon of thick syrup.
Two mule®an<t iwu hands will press out juice
enough tor ..n-■ hundred gslionij of syrup per day.
We call the attention of farmers to this important
and valuable discovery. Wo have seen the Ope
ration, and we L ive lasted the syrup, and know
it is no humbug.
Its manufacture is in the power of every farmer,
and what a saving of expense, when syrup is now
soiling at seventy cenU per gallon, the syrup is
that much extra, for you have the fodder and the
seed beside*. Instead of importing, we might ex
port it in vast quantities.
We shall soon be favored with a report for pub
lication from the enterprising discoverer and there
fore shall not for tbe present, add any more— So.
Statesman.
St Peter's at Rome.
(St. Peter’s is situated on the auefent site of the
circus and garden of Nero, w here that tyrant mas
sacred numbers of Christian martyrs. Tradition
says, that the bodies of these martyrs were buried
by their faithful friends in a grotto near the circus,
and that among those who wore thus buried here
was the crucified apostle, St. Peter. Tn 306. Con
stantiue founded a church over the reputed grave
of the holy aptntle. This edifice remained for
eleven centuries, when Pope Nicholas Y T „ in 1450,
demolished it, and laid the foundation for the pre
sent St. Peter’s. At the death of this pope, tbe
structure had been elevate*! only four or five feet
above the pavement. The work was suspended,
or made but little progress, till the time of Julius
11., who, in 1563, employed the celebrated Bra
matile to carry on the great undertaking. This
architect formed the original plan of the cupula,
ami caused four stupendous pillars or pier.*, two
hundred and nine feet in circumference, to be raia
ed to support it. The patron and the architect
both died and left it in this state.
Leo X. employe*! architects to carry on the
work, among whom was the celebrated painter
Raphael d’Urbino, who strengthened the basis of
the pillars, which he deemed too weak to support
the stupendous cupola. Various other architect*
were employed by the pontiffs who succeeded Leo,
until at last Paul If. committed the edifice to the
incomparable genius of Michael Argelo Buoaarot
ti, who designed the dome and cupola as they
now stand. He wished to make tbe front like the
Pantheon, but deatli removed him from his labors
and the sublime idea was abandoned. Michael
Angelo “left it an unfinished monument of his
proud, towering, gigantic powers : and his awful
genius” seemed to watch over his successors for a
long time. Many other artists were employed
upon this stupendous edifice, until it was finished,
under Paul V., by Carlo Maderno. Three centu
ries and a half this church was being built; and
in 1694, the cost was estimated to have been elev
en million pounds sterling, or Rbout forty nine
miliiou eight hundred and forty thousand dollars!
This edifice contains the best, specimens of de
sign of tbe ablest architects who flourished during
a period in which the revived classic style was
carried to the highest perfection which it reached
in Italy. The extreme length of St. Peter’s is
seven hundred and twenty feet; breadth, five hun
dred and ten feet; height, from payment to the
top of the cross upon the cupola, five hundred
feet.
The Dead Sea.
Though in breadth not exceeding ten miles, the
Dead Sea seems boundless to the eye, when look
ing from north to south, and the murmur of waves,
as they broke on its flint-strewn shore, together
with the lines of drill wood and fragments of bitH
inent on the beach, give to its waves a resem
blance to tbe ocean. Curious to experience tho
sensations of swimming in so strange a sea, I put
to the test the accounts of the extreme tuoy-nnev
felt in it, and I was quickly convinced that there
was no exaggeration in what I heard. I found
the water almost tepid, and so 6trong that the
chief difficulty was to keep sufficiently submerged,
the feet starting up at every vigorous stroke.—
When floating, half the body rose phovo the sur
face, and, with a pillow, one might have slept on
tbe water. After some time tbe stiangeness of
tbe sensation in some measure disappeared, and
on approaching the shore I carelessly dropped my
feet to walk out, when, lo! as if a bladder had
been attached to each heel, they flew upwards, the
struggle to recover myself sent my head down, the
viley hitter and briny water, from which I had
hitherto guarded my head, now rushed into my
mouth, eyes, ears, and nose, and for one horrible
moment the only doubt I had was whether I was
to he drowned or poisoned. Coming to the sur
face, howevor, I swam to land, making no farther
attempt to walk in deep water, which I am ini lin
ed to believe is almost impossible —-Eastern Trav
el
Premium for Sober Men.
The Atlanta Intelligencer learns that the new
Superintendent of the Western & Atlantic Rail
road with tho advice and consent of Gov. John
son, has issued orders to the effect that a certain
class of operatives on the road, including conduc
tors and enginemen, shall, at the end of every
three months, receive a handsome premium in
cash, in addition to their regular wages—provided
they have entirely abstained from the use of ar
dent spirits and from gambling, during the past
three months. There is no compulsion used to
prevent the men from indulging in these vices to a
moderate extent, but a premium is offered them
not to do it, and we predict that the rule will work
well, and that the Road will make money under
its operation.
Let other roads in the countiy follow the ex
ample. It is certainly a most happy institution
for tho promotion of sobriety and good morals.—
Empire State.
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Hereditary Art.
The editorial correspondent of the South Carol
inian writing from Newport, and giving an ac
count of a visit to different studios, furnishes the
following interesting particulars.
“Our first visit was of course to that ot Miss
Jane Stuart, the daughter of Gilbert Stuart, whose
name is fitly identified with that of Washington,
having perpetuated by his inimitable skill in his
beautiful art the majestic counteuance of the fa
ther of his country.
“Miss Stewart is, as her father was, dependant
for support on her pencil, and inherits, with bis
profession his love of art and skill in an eminent
degree. We had the opportunity of seeing a few
specimens of her paintings, which are highly
creditable to her judgment and taste, and take
pleasure in bearing testimony to the fidelity of her
sac similes of her father’s head of Washington, of
which she makes many copies. Whoever desires
such a picture, we think, is in duty bound to ap
ply to her, both for the portrait and tbe interest of
the family association. She showed us many in
teresting relics of the great artist, among which
was the easel od which he painted the original
portrait of Washington, and a fine miniature by
October