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ffiKroijs i ND % Klfo Eiffroirf^ i \Vi . POWER PKE^S.. * *= - . Wednesday, Sept. 12, 1860. Tc otir Subscribers. 0 M . think yon will find this an interes ting number. We announce that other “interesting articles are waiting to make their appearance ; indeed it is impossible for us to publish all that comes, so that if some communications never appear,breth ren, pity us for not having a larger sheet and do not blame us. This reminds us of our proposed enlargement, and we wish to say a few words on the subject. It can easily be done if the friends ot the Index w T ill work for it. Brethren, will you not do so ? Will not those ministers who send us the number of so many converts also send their names as new subscribers, with the money ? Do this, brethren, and w r e can enlarge and send you out a fine sheet, especially if the many who owe us small sums will but say to themselves, perhaps tiie In dex NEEDS MV SUBSCRIPTION MONEY, and send it on. This is true ; the Index does need that which so many are negligent about remitting. Come, brethren, send in the funds and let this be the last time that we shall have to allude to money this year. Missionary Organizations. Number 9. OTH E a SCHEM ES —ASSOCI ATI ONS. We have shown the utter hopelessness of prosecuting the w r ork of missions by independent and separate church action ; and we shall proceed to notice other schemes which have been suggested for carrying on the work. It has been pro posed to employ district associations or State Conventions in the place of the So. Baptist Convention to do this work. We readily ajirnit that this is a legitimate manner of doing it. They would, how ever, be under the invincible necessity of constituting Committees or Boards to at tend to the details of the business. The ‘Schemes would be obnoxious to the very objections so earnestly urged against the S. B. Convention. If these objections are of any validity in the one case, they are in the other. Associations and State Con ventions, r.o less than the S. B. Conven tions, are unscriptural and centralizing. Their Boards would be quite as likely to exercise undue power and to prove expen sive and inefficient as are the Boards of the Convention. In short, we do not comprehend how any one who urges the popular objections against the Convention and its Boards eqn, with any show of con* sistency, advocate this newcheme of mis mr ’ We write, not for vie* Wm, but truth. Our aim is, not to con found the objectors to our missionary or ganisms, but to enlist them in the hearty support of these institutions. We inquire, will the cause of missions gain anything by committing it to our State Conventions and District Associations ? To the prosecution of this great work by District Associations, many and weigh ty objections present themselves to our mind. 1. They were constituted,without scrip tural precept or example, for a widely different purpose; and it would be diffi cult, and, in some cases, impossible, to di vert them from their settled routine of business, and render them efficient in the mission work. The scheme contemplates a radical change in the aims, powers and efforts of our associations; or, at least, of many of them, and we all know how dif ferent it is in most cases to effect such a change. 2. Many associations are composed of few and feeble churches, and with the va rious local demands on their liberality, are fcunabl to furnish the means of supporting r a foreign missionary ; and a a iill greater plumber of associations, with their existing benevolence, tail to do so. They IHre able and willing, and even desirous to contribute something to the foreign mis sion cause ; and shall we have no general channel of benevolence into which they may pour their tiny rivulets,to refresh and bless the heathen world ? Or if the poor associations unite for prosecuting the mis sion work, shall the strong associations stand aloof from them, saying, “We will do our own work, in our own way 3. We have already stated what must be admitted, that associations can carry on the wQrk of foreign missions only thro’- Boards, or some agency of equivalent power. Now, in many associations there are no central and accessible points at w hich competent Boards can be collected. The members of associational Boards are generally from necessity, cemposed of members residing in different parts of the district. They cannot assemble without inconvenience and sacrifice. One meet ing may be prevented by inclement wea ther ; and the next meeting may fail be cause its time and place are not well known. Meanwhile, business presses, and must be attended to; and from its urgen cy the Treasurer, or Secretary, or some other member of the Board, assumes the resposibility of acting; and soon the Boards become defunct. We must say, that, so far as our observation goes, asso ciational boards or committees, for all purposes, have, with rare exceptions, been eminently inefficient; and this inefficiency ha 9 sprung not from the lack of intelli gence, piety or zeal, on the part of the constituent members; but simply from their dispersed situations, and the difficul ty of convening for business. 4. All the objections urged in our last jnu pi be church efforts In the Be c£S£u^*lwOjk are equally weighty against thtfiSolated exertions of associations. — The scheme makes no provisions for com bined and perpetuated labors. At best, it proposes a mere guerilla warfare, while the exigences of the conflict call for a well concerted campaign, and a well disciplin ed cohort. Lastly—the scheme has one recommen dation to those who are adverse to the pecuniary basis of our missie ll societies. — It is as free as possible from this evil. — Onr associations are generally’ constituted of delegates from churches without regard to the number of their members, and uni versally without respect to their pecunia ry contributions. The churches that give nothing, or are opposed to missions, will have equal influence in controlling the mission w*ork, as the churches that con tribute most generously to the object. — Nay, as the inefficient churches, in many associations, from the majority, they will have the mission funds and mission work entirely in their own hands. We do not account this an advantage, but if it is one it is the solitary one, so far as we can dis cern, in the independent associational scheme for promoting missions. Os all the schemes by which it is pro posed to dispense with the agency of the Southern Baptist Convention that of sub stituting for it the agency of the several State Conventions, is the most feasible; and it is the most feasible because the sub stitute makes the closest approximation to the scheme proposed to be abolished. — The State Conventions and S. B. Conven tion are essentially the same in their aim and organization. It is a question, not of principle, but of expediency, whether our foreign missions shall be committed to one Board, deriving its support and pat ronage from the whole of the Southern and South western States, or to the sever al State Conventions, acting independent ly of one another. The current objections urged against the former may, with equal plausibility, be urged against the other plan. One consideration, however, must greatly commend the former above the latter scheme. It is cheaper. State Con ventions cannot conduct foreign missions, as we have already shown,without Boards. These Boards, to be efficient, must have officers devoting their time to their busi ness. For a little while, and upon a limi ted scale,the officers, as well as the Boards, might do the work gratuitously'"; but the increase of business would render it indis pensable to have paid officers. Instead of the expense of one mission room, and two Secretaries, sufficient for she necessities of all the Southern and South western Bap tists, we should have a mission room and at least one paid Secretary in every State —that is, ten or a dozen missionary es tablishments, with all their attendant ex penses. And what would be gained by this vast accumulation of costs, and the diversion of so many valuable men from other important pursuits? Nothing!— Absolutely nothing, but the prevention of harmony and concentration of effort in our missionary labors. Sectional jealous ies might find gratification, and aspiring leaders might rise to higher distinction, by the plan ; but, in our view, the true interests of foreign missions would be grievously sacrificed. Central Association. We had the pleasure of attending this association and enjoyed it much, for we found the brethren composing it, a warm hearted, united band of missionary Bap tists ; and their acts and words drew us towards them with cords of love. The introductory sermon we did not hear. It was preached by Bro. C. Ma lone, from Ist John : 4th chap. 11th’ verse. “Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought to love one another.’’ Rev. Adiel Sherwood was elected Mod erator, and H. J. G. Williams, Clerk. The business proceeded most harmo niously, and was closed by 2 o’clock on Monday. The most important matter determined upon was the resolution to support a missionary either foreign or among the Indians, and pay him quarter !y- Twenty churches were represented, and four not represented—there being 43 del egates in all. One new church joined the association, namely, Brownwood, Morgan County. The amount sent up by the churches, was $323,15 Collection on Sabbath, 60,00 $383,15 Bro. A. Sherwood preached at 10 o’clock Sabbath day, from Ist Corinth ians, 15 chapter, and part of the 11th verse. “So we preach, and so ye be believed.” llis sermon was worthy of his younger days, and took strong Baptistic ground, lie shown what Baptists generally re quire their church members to believe. — Though lasting an hour, his sermon ap peared only 20 minutes long. Bro. Jewell preached the Missionary Sermon 11 o’clock Sabbath from 2d Cor rinthians, Bth chap, and part of the 9th verse. “Though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor.’’ This was a feeling discourse. Bro. J. is an excellent preacher, with a good de livery, and seems full of love to soul’s and to the Master of souls. We doubt not that he is destined to accomplish much good in the Lord’s vineyard. Bro. Jesse H. Campbell preached 3 o’clock Sabbath, from sth chap. Isaiah : 4th verse. “What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it.” Bro. C. was more than himself. He aroused .a remarkable state of feeling in the congregation; and scores fiocked to him and pressed his hand, thus evincing a desire to obtain an interest in the pray ers of God’s people. On Monday morning brethren Cloud and George Y. Browne preached. The former we did not hear, except in the closing remarks, but concluded the Brn, was a fervent, sealous servant of God and minister. Bro. Browne’s sermon was ex cellent. It was all about Grace —the grace of God—telling how much sinners and all of us are indebted to grace. Bro. Sherwood closed with a few glowing re marks, and many pressed forward as an indication ot a desire for prayer in their behalf. The neighbors were most hospitable. — We were especially indebted to brethren Cox and Bivins, whom may God prosper. [Note. —We expect to attend the Rehoboth and Washington Associations, and others also.] ADDITIONAL. We gather from the minutes,which the promptness of Bro. Williams has already laid on our table, that there are *26 church es in this Association, 21 Pastors, and 2175 members—lso were received by baptism in the last year, and 29 excluded. The Executive Committe was instruc ted to call four missionary mass meetings during the ensuing year—the first on the st’n Lord’s day in this month, September, at Eatonton. [We hope due notice will be taken of this. We shall be in atten dance.] The next anniversary will be held with the Bethel church Jasper Cos., on Satur day before the 4th Lord’s day in August. We commend the association highly for the following resolutions, and in tender ing it our thanks, suggest a similar set of resolutions to the other associations. Resolved, That we recommend the Christian Index to the careful reading of every member of the Association. 30. Resolved further, That the Pastors of the Churches he requested to act as agents in procuring more subscribers for this paper, and in kindly prompting the brethren to prompt payment for the same, and that these Pastors report to our next Association the number of copies taken by their Churches. We notice that Pastors are urged to present the claim of missions more fre quently to the churches. The following brethren were elected delegates to the State Convention: Joseph E. Brown, Adiel Sherwood, J. L. Warren, E. Jewell, J. B. Walker, C. Malone, T J Burney and A E Cloud. Queries in reference to Discip- LINE ANSWERED. 1. “What kind of a charge ought to be preferred against an orderly member of a Missionary Baptist Church that joins an anti-Mission Church and is rebaptized ?” Answer. The charge comes under the general head of heresy. The term heresy implies a departure in some essential par ticular, either from the doctrine of Christ or from the practice he has enjoined.— When a member departs in either of these respects, w*e must withdraw our Church fellowship from him. We must distin guish between Christian and Church fel lowship. We are bound to have Christian fellowship for all who give evidence of regeneration, and at the same time, w r e are bound to withhold Church fellowship from them while they depart from the doctrine of Christ, or from the practice which he has enjoined. It is on this ground that we exclude pious members w r ho unite with Pedobaptists. The case mentioned in the query is a departure from the doctrine and practice enjoined by Christ. Let the charge then, be in accordance with the facts, viz:— That brother A. B. be excluded from the membership of this church for uniting with an anti Mission Church, and submit ting to rebaptism for the purpose of do ing so. 2. “And what charge against one who unites with the Free Will Baptists with out a letter from the Church to which he belongs ?’’ Answer. The case isnot altered wheth er he joins with, or without a letter. The Free Will Baptists are open Communion ists in the widest seuse ; and are generally unsound as regards our views of doctrine. The answer, therefore, to the first query is a sufficient answer to this: let him be excluded for heresy, in uniting with a Free Will Baptist Church. Sunday School Books. Doubtless many Sabbath Schools con template enlarging their libraries this fall and procuring other books for the use of the scholars: we would simply remind them that at the Depository at Macon, Ga., (J. D. Cubbedge, Agent,) can be ob tained any Sunday School books or Hymn books desired. Several new libraries have been pub lished lately—the S. S. S. Union have en larged theirs and the S. B. P. Society are offering a library. At the Depository can be ‘ found very many books very valuable to Baptists, such as Mary Bunyan, Ford’s origin of the Baptists, Tears of Jesus and many others. Let those desiring good read ing send for a catalogue or examine the advertisements in the Index. [Note. The Society, it should be re membered, will be enabled to make fre quent and judicious donations of soul-sa ving books, if money is sent up to the as sociations for that end. Let this not be forgotten, by those yet to send contribu tions to their associations.] We find the following letter in the An nual Report of the Society for 1860 : To wach member of the Bible and Colporteur So ciety : Dear Brother —I am requested by the Board of Managers of our Society, to call your special at tention to the Baptist Book establishment in Ma con. It belongs to the Baptists of Georgia ; for it was established for their benefit and it seeks to be advantageous to them. It has in store now, a large stock of Books and is constantly receiving all the new issues of the day. Please therefore notice its advertisements in the Index, and order what you desire. But I am requested to state, that there are very many calls upon the Deposito ry for Books to be bestowed gratuitously: our Missionaries in the West, the indigent Sabbath Schools of our State, young Ministers not blessed with much of this world’s goods, all appeal to us for donations; and, in addition, very many of the Ministers of oar own State desire to distribute I “tracts, Bibles aad good Books among theit* nsiglu bors, but are Unable to do so to any great extent. Now if each of you will, out of your abundance, but contribute a small sum annually for this pur pose, your Agent will, by thus being enabled to grant many books, be the means of accomplish ing for you untold good. Let me beg you to con sider this as the voice of God addressing you and to give heed to its admonitions. I would have you remember that the gratuitous dissemination of Gospel Truth is one of the prime objects of this Society; it therefore asks your assistance. Os Ministers I would especially request ’ the fa vor that they present this subject to their church es. To Sabbath School Superintendents I would say that I will supply all they need for their Sab bath Schools, on the cheapest terms. And to those Ministers who will make out a bill of Books to sell again among their congregations, I will make a discount if they forward the cash. To each and all I offer to procure any religious Book if it is not in the store. Let me hope, in conclusion, that each one of you will present the claims of our Society to oth ers ; for it is a thoroughly Baptist institution, en gaged in a great work, even the distribution of God’s Word; and it has received the endorsement of all the prominent men of our denomination in the State. Very Respectfully, J. D. CUBBEDGE, Agent. Hard Times. Some of our subscribers are complain ing of hard times and some are stopping their paper for fear that the loss of $2,00 will seriously injure them. How singular it is that retrenchment begins first with a man’s religious newspaper ! And yet so it is. But we say to all, if the money is not in hand just now hold on till win ter —perhaps the times will brighten and —then you w*ill rejoice at not having stopped the familiar old Index. Great attractions will be presented hereafter. An interesting discussion be tween Dr. Mell and Dr. Baker and arti cles from first-class writers will appear regularly. The friends of the Index are urged to work for it. Our thanks are due to them for being able to send out the Index to 35 new subscribers this week. Work on, brethren. COMMUNICATIONS. Letter from Philadelphia. Number 4. Beware of pouring—letter writing—a start ling hoax —Good news from Georgia — Church discipline — What's the matter in Tennessee. Philadelphia, Sept. 3rd, 1860. At the regular time for writing my semi-monthly on the last occasion, I w r as in bed suffering from a painful rheuma tism, which for the time being utterly dis abled my right shoulder. The attack was brought on by a Pedobaptist use of cold water. I was induced by a medical friend to stand under a douche bath where the stream was large, the fall some fifteen or twenty feet, and the temperature 54 deg. Compliance with the prescription cost me an attack which kept me in bed for a week. Thanks to a merciful Providence lam better. Since the affair I have a greater aversion than ever to pouring whether recommended by M. D. or D.D. The next time I have occasion to take a bath, I shall use water in the orthodox way. You ask for “news-letters” from your correspondents; but the religious journals and secular prints keep you so promptly supplied in these respects that very little remains to be written. Then too, if there should be anything very marvellous to communicate, the telegraphic wires put you in possession of the facts some days in advance of the tardy rail road, by which letters or papers are conveyed.— Under these circumstances, if I write any thing in the way of “news” it must be a recent coinage from the cerebral mint, or to change the figure, the letter must be made as the spider makes his web, evolv ing it Irom his own person. It is literally true that we have persons engaged in manufacturing “items of news” for the daily presses. A case in point occurs to me. A few days ago it was announced in the New York papers, that a wealthy planter from Mississippi, who was sojour ning at Long Branch, N. J., and who w T as cultivating the acquaintance of one of the negro waiters of the establishment had mysteriously disappeared. About the same time it was said that a portion of a skull covered with hair which was the col or of the missing man, had also been found. A club besmeared with brains was also picked up near the beach. As the negro was also among the missing, the inference was drawn that he had mur dered the white man and decamped.— The story created intense excitement.— Some of my worthy southern friends were very much exercised on the subject. It was thought to be unsaf ’ to remain north of the Potomac. Otheis thought that such acts must inevitably lead to the “dissolution of the union.” And it was not until they learned that the whole sto ry was an unmitigated hoax, no such dis appearance having occurred, and no such skull having been seen, that the public mind was tranquillized. Iu this way we often have startling incidents paraded in the news columns followed by flat contra dictions. The most interesting recent news to me comes in a letter from the Pastor of the Baptist Church in Albany, in your State, in which he mentions the addition of some 40 person to the church in that place, in cluding seven interesting young men among the number. lam glad that the brethren in Albany have so faithful a Pas tor as bro. Daniel, aud that God is bless* ing his labors. When brother D. was the pastor of the church in Milledgeville, the present Secretary of the Treasury, who wasat the time Governor of the State, was a member of his congregation. On one occasion he remarked to the writer, “Mr. Daniel is one of your best preachers, I always hear him with pleasure. I have heard him repeatedly and I never heard from him an inferior sermon.” I was invited a few days ago to partiei* pate In a Council called by some ten of twelve persons* who had been, as they considered, unjustly excommunicated from a Baptist Church in this vicinity.— Other duties prevented my attendance, but a brother who was present, informed me that the council, after a full investiga tion of the case, advised the church to re store the parties who had been cut off. — It transpired before the counsellors that the excluded members had manifested some opposition to the Pastor, and that the latter persuaded a majority of the church to deal with them in a summary way. Were the council right in their ad vice ? I cannot *but think that they were. But what if the church should refuse on any terms to restore them? Must they remain without church privileges? Must they live through months or years, if the caprice of the majority so determine, un der the odium of exclusion for an offence which impartial persons deemed altogeth er inadequate to warrant so severe a pun ishment? Far better, it seems to me, would it be for them to seek admission in to some other church where they might enjoy gospel privileges without deducting from the happiness of the body from whom they had been separated. I know that some worthy brethren would deem such procedure uncriptural and irregular. But it will be very difficult to prove from the Xew Testament that it is always im proper for a church to receive persons who have been excommunicated from a sister church. There are many circumstances which in my view would render such a re ception altogether justifiable. But I have no wish to enter on the discussion of a topic which has already been pursued, ad nauseam, in some sections of the country. A, B, C, D and others of the alphabet are writing on this subject, and though they are all Baptists, learned and pious, some of them professors and doctors of divini ty, yet no two of them can exactly agree on all points. Whatever theory may be held by our doctors on this subject, Bap tist churches will still claim the privilege of deciding upon the applications for membership which they receive; and though their judgment may be influenced by the antecedents of the parties, it will not be surrendered to the decisions of sis ter churches though they be free and in- dependent. Opening the “Episcopal Recorder’’ last week, I saw it stated that “Mr. Josiah P. Cannon for 17 years a Baptist minister in Tennessee, and a Mr. Guilford, for many years a preacher among the Baptists in the same state, have within a short time connected themselves with the Episcopal Church.” More than this, I see a very gloomy picture of the condition and pros pects of our denomination in certain por tions of Tennessee copied from the Bap tist Standard, circulating thro’ our Bap tist papers. What is the matter in that State ? Such things must occasion pro found anxiety in the heart of every sincere Baptist, and prompt the most diligent in quiry into the cause of the mischief. Thbophilus. Letter from C. D. Mallary. West Poultney, Vermont, Aug. 26, 1860. Dear Brother Boykin : About 60 years ago in the quiet little village where lam now writing, I commenced life’s pil grimage. Thirty-eight years ago, I united with the Baptist Church in this town, and shortly after, a feeble, emaciated youth, started off for my South ern home not knowing that I should livelong, or if my days should be somewhat lengthened out, that I should have strength for any useful service. God has lengthened my span beyond my early hopes; but alas! how little have I done for his cause and his glory. And yet if I have done a lit tle, a very little, (or rather if God has done it thro’ me,) I ought to be thankful: it is all grace, infinite grace that I am yet alive and out of perdition ; all grace that I should be enabled to attempt and accomplish a single thing calculated in any degree to promote God’s cause and benefit my fellow men. What do you think! Yesterday I preached to the Baptists in my native town—the church above referred to. ft has; so happened that for many years they have Dot'Teft at liberty to welcome a Southern preacher to their pulpit. They have had pastors among them who, I fear, have not done much to help them out of this difficulty. Five years ago I was here, and the pastor took occa sion, in the first sermon I heard him preach, to put slave-holders in a box with very bad people. I suppose it did not occur to him at the time that Abraham, the father of the v*;as a slave holder; and that the Centurion, whose faith'Was so highly commended by the Saviofir, was a slave holder; and that Philemon, styles, “our dearly beloved and fellow-laborer,” was a slave-holder ; and that Paul, under the influence of the fugitive slave law of love, justice, and inspi ration, sent back to Philemon his run-away bond man. And it may not have occurred to him, and others of like faith, that Paul had somewhere said as follows: “Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God, and his doctrine be not blasphemed; and they that have believing masters, let them not despise them because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the ben efit. These things teach and exhort. If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godli less, he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting a bout questions, and styles of words, whereof com eth envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness:— from such withdraw thyself.” The present pastor, however, (a young brother of much promise, educated at the Hamilton Insti tution,) takes a more liberal view of things, and cordially invited me to preach ; believing that my acceptance of the invitation would be generally agreeable, and the occasion of no disturbance in the church, I consented to preach. How many changes had taken place since 1822, the year in which I was buried with Christ in baptism, and welcomed into this band of disciples. The fathers —they had passed away : my own beloved par ents had gone to the tomb. The excellent pastor, (Elder Clark Kendrick,) who led me down into Jordan’s waves, had long, long ago entered into his rest. Venerated man ! one of the ablest and wisest of New England’s Baptist ministers. He was the first pastor of the church, and served it faith fully and usefully for about 20 years. Under his labors it grew up to much respectability and strength. But he was not there, nor many of the flock that he fed. And yet it was pleasant to know that others had come in to fill up in a measure the void which death had made, and perpetuate a church which in time past had been useful, and it is to be hoped will live and flourish for generations to come, And who should I see In the congrega tion ? Tfro cf the worthy sons of the bclofed Ken drick from Americas, Ga., who now happen to be on a visit (one of them with his family also,) to their native town. Another of the sons (from A mcricus) has been here and passed aloDg. Anoth er, Prof. Kendrick, of Rochester, is daily expec ted. And this brings up to mind another of the noble sons of that noble sire, J. R. K., of Charles ton. I wish he were here to join us in our walks about our native town. And the name reminds me of another thing, (see how I wander—well, this is a traveller’s right,) I have just perused in part the excellent Memoir of Rev. Nathaniel Ken drick, a relative of the above named, who was for many years a Professor in the Hamilton Theo logical Seminary. It has been recently published by the Am. Bap. Pub. Society, Philadelphia, and is worthy of extensive circulation. He was one of the great men of our denomination —great iD pie ty—great in native intellect—great in practical wisdom. You might do well, brother 8., to order a few copies of the work. And by association of ideas another thing comes up. I mentioned Hamilton. The other day I went into the Library of the young pa tor of the Baptist church, here, and as I was looking over his books, I exclaimed with much delight, “What! have you Dagg’s Manual of Theology here ?” “Yes, that is one of the Text Books at Hamilton.” This is fur ther evidence of the just estimation in which that invaluable work is held by solid, thinking Baptists. It is destined to do much good. Will the North do equal justice to Dagg’s Moral Science ? I fear not ; and yet its general circulation here could not fail of producing a happy effect. I was greatly delighted the other day to learn through brother Lott Warren, that there was in progress in Albany a good religious meeting. May the work spread through all the Churches around. The heart of our beloved pastor, brother Daniel, must be greatly cheered. You seem to be successful in drawing to your paper the contributions of many able writers. I have been much pleased with the Nos. from the pen of Prof. Hillyer, and might name others also- May the Lord abundantly bless you in your ardu ous and useful labors. I have not heard yet of the result of the labors of the Miss. Delegation at Nashville. I feel, as all must, great anxiety about the affair I hope an adjustment has been effected—fair and Scriptural —one that will give peace to our troubled Zion. Yours in the blessed Redeemer, C. D. MALLARY. I had hoped before this to have finished a No. or two for the Index, but my thinking powers seem sadly upset, and my nerves, poor things, scowl terribly at newspaper work. The following is the part of a very in teresting letter received some time since from brother Daniell: Noonday and Hightower Asso- ciations. The Noonday Association came off near Marietta, embracing the first Sabbath. I met many familiar faces here and enjoyed the meeting. The session was harmoni ous and pleasant. But one single act of the Body made me tremble for it then, and each remembrance of it brings sadness to the heart. It is hoped that time and sober second thought, and the influence of brethren who regretted it at the time, will revoke that action. Hightower Association came off the Sabbath after. Rain, greatly needed at the time, interrupted the exercises every day of the meeting except Friday ; but the delegates were prompt in their atten dance and harmonious in their action. — The closing scene was tender and melting. This Body acknowledges the claims of Christ for the whole world, and does something, but not as much by far as they ought. Many of the brethren acknowl edge this with sadness. But it should be stated that this Association has had, for years past, serious troubles with ungodly ministers which have seriously embarras sed all their efforts. But these troubles are chiefly, if not entirely removed, and “a better day is coming,” and they will improve. The Hightower will be an ef ficient Association in time. Its Moderator ought to be much the best man in the Body ; and he ought not only to be sure he is right, but be certainly right before he says anything for or against any meas ure, for he is responsible to God for an unusual degree of influence among his brethren. D. G. Daniell. UPPER CANADA IN AN UPROAR. The triumphal progress of the Prince Royal has encountered an unpleasant and threatening impediment. Canada, as the readers know, ever since its annexation to Great Britain, lias been the theatre of bitter strife between the Catholic and Protestant population, and since the union of the two provinces, Upper Canada (protestant) has been obliged to succumb to the dominant Catholic influence of the lower section. This lias given rise to an intense partisan bitterness. The Protestant population of Up per Canada are organized into political clubs, under the name of Orangemen, and early made arrangements to receive the Prince with all the insignia of their clubs. This was protested against by the Catholic population as insulting to them, and an appeal being made to the Duke of Newcastle, he decided that all badges of partisan distinction must be laid aside. Upon this the Orangemen held meetings and swore in their wrath that the Prince should march under their banners or not march at all. The first issue took place at Kingston, on Lake Ontario, the 4th and sth, where the Prince waited nearly two days for an accommodation, but was obliged to leave for Toronto without landing. “While lying off shore at Kingston, he was insulted by the population coming down to the water’s edge and playing Y ankee Doodle and the Marsellaise, and is said to have shed tears. Further fuss was anticipated. [Daily Telegraph. THE CHOICE CASE. Atlanta, Sept. B. —This case which was so ably argued a few days sinc<? before the Su preme Court has been decided, The opinion of the Judges was delivered yesterday evening.— The Court has refused to grant anew trial to the unfortunate young, man. COLLISION AND LOSS OF LIFE. Chicago, Sept. B. —The steamer Lady Elgin was run into by an unknown vessel, and sunk this morning. There were upwards of three hundred and fifty passengers on board, of whom only seventeen were saved, as far as known. F. A. Lumsden, one of the editors of the New Orleans Picayune , and his family, are supposed to be amongst the lost. FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE COL LISION. Chicago, Sept. 10.—The estimated number of passengers on board the steamer Lady Elgin, which was run into and sunk by an unknown vessel on the'Sth inst., is three hundred and eighty-five, of which only ninety-eight were saved. One hundred almost the shore but were drowned by the breakers. Only twenty-one bodies have been recovered. Foreign. AFFAIRS IX ITALY. Front Italy we learn, that while the an nouncement by last week’s advices of the landing of Garibaldi in Calabria, was then premature, it has since been accomplished. On the night of the Bth of August, a par ty of 350 picked men of Garibaldi’s army, under Major Misson, w r ere embarked in fishing boats,and notwithstanding that the opposite coast was bristling with guns and the strait swarming with Neapolitan crui sers, they crossed the Straits of Massena and effected a landing. Missori afterward encountered the enemy, and then inarch ed on to Aspromonte, where lie was join ed by large parties ot Calabrian insui- gents, and by reinforcements which had been sent over from the Sicilian coast, swelling his force to about two thousand men. Whether or no Garibaldi himselt crossed to Calabria is a matter of doubt. His exact w’hereabouts do not appeal to be known. There was a report confirmed bv the correspondent of the Faris Debats, that Garibaldi had been to Naples to con fer with the revolutionary leaders there, lie states that not only was the Neapoli tan Home Secretary cognizant of Garibal di’s presence, but that be nad actually en tered into agreement with him to act as Provisional Governor of Naples for Victor Emanuel as soon as the revolution broke out. The authority of the King is wholly disregarded in Naples, and his reign is only nominally prolonged until a change of government can be quietly and blood lessly effected. According to all appear ances the revolution on the mainland will be accomplished almost as tranquilly as that which freed the Duchies from their petty tyrants. It requires only the pres ence of a strong controlling authority to serve as a substitute for that of the court to induce the upper classes to throw oft the mask of hypocrisy which they have w T orn so long. The correspondent of the Morning Post says: “The friends of Italy w ill be glad to learn that Garidaldi’s plans for occupying Naples are proceeding with the utmost success. Towards the end of next w’eek the public may expect important new T s.— Not less than eight thousand men of Gar ibaldi’s national army are now in the con tinental dominions.’’ It is reasserted, on the authority of a letter from Vienna,that a threatning note from Austria, on the subject of the Gari baldi expedition, would shortly be forwar ded to the Court of Turin. The skies of Europe are very threaten ing. A general conflict amougthe Euro pean powers is seriously apprehended. The Liverpool Times, in an article headed, “The coming struggle,” sayH: — “War is inevitable. There will be no permanent peace in Europe until we have had another great continental strife of arms. Events now approach so rapidly to a climax that we may awake any morn- Hig to read the news of a struggle which may involve all the Great Powers before its termination.” The Times’ Paris correspondept writes that he learns from semi official sources that Russia is concentrating fresh troops in Bessarabia, and increasing her naval forces in the Mediterranean. Four Russian frigates, under the com mand of the Grand Duke Constantine, are about to proceed to Syria. GREAT BRITAIN. Lord Palmerston, in reply to inquiries, has stated that the Government would do all in its power to prevent the King of Dahomey from carrying out his contem plated sacrifice of human life. Lord Pal merston has also stated that the British Commission to Syria had received instruc tions to demand the restoration of the Christian woman carried oft'and sold to the Druses. Captain Styles, an agent of Garibaldi in London, recently, in the company of a large number of gentlemen, said that in three days he had collected 500 volunteers, many of them of the high est respectability, some of independent means. His object was to raise a battalion of at least 800 men. THE CHINESE REBELLION. We have accounts of the progress of the rebellion in the interior of China. The important city of Suchan is in the hands of the rebels, and the Imperial array —which was relied upon for its defence — is practically annihilated. Suchan is the first city of the Empire, with a population of two millions, and is the capital of the richest of the provinces. Hangchan, too, another important city has been in posses sion of the rebels. During their occupa tion, the most horrible scenes of carnage took place, which transcends anything to be found in the annals of warfare. It is estimated that from 50,000 to 80,000 lives w ere sacrificed, and the city was left in a state of desolation almost impossible to conceive. Advices from China to June 29th are received. Lord Elgin and Baron Gros had arrived at Shanghai, which was pro tected by the Allies, in view of the expec ted descent of the rebels. Trade with the interior was entirely suspended. Hos tilities had not yet commenced at the Pei-ho. Garibaldi had obtained additional successes in Calabria, and had been proclaimed Dictator. It was rumored that the King of Naples had left in a frigate. Parliament was prorogued on the 28th Aug. The Queen says in her speech that her relations with other powers are friendly and satisfactory. She says she believes the Italians can settle their own difficulties, and the independence of Switz erland be maintained. GARIBALDI TRIUMPHANT IN NAPLES! The City of Washington, (see telegraphic des patches) hrings news of the continued success of Garibaldi, his proclamation as Dictator, and the reported flight of the young King of Naples. If the rumor is premature, it will not long lead the event. Young Bomba, is a gone King—ltal ian unity and independence is certain, and the intervention of Austria to maintain her oppres sive denomation in Venetia, will only end in her own humiliation and defeat.