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altogether demons, or perfect sakjts. — Besides the advantage ofc qprreOt infor mation, the secret of the #ue<se?B of I those eminent for piety, or of tbe downfall of those who hftVe become the dieirs of perdition, will be %ade known to us, thereby enaTiling us to avoid the •qnicksapds oil which these were ‘wrecked, and to follow those, “who thrchlgk faith and patience have inher ited the promises.” 1 * * JI * * * Nojck.—The above was properly No. 8 of this interesting series. ME CHRISTIAN INDEX. SAMUEL BOYKIN, Editor. TELEGRAPH POWER PRESS. IvgAQQKT, (3--A.. Wednesday, Oct. 10, 1860. Contents of this Number. FI P.ST PAGE. Prefatory Letter of Dr. Baker—ltights of Chur-* ches, by Dr. Baker—Judson : the Modern Apostle, by J. M. Clark—Review of Dr. Ilillyer’s Exposit ion, by Dr. Ilolmes— Sabbath Schools. FOURTH PAGE. Tommy and his pets ; Little Bella’s four Texts Dinner at the Wentworths ; The Old Sailor s haith; A Panorama, “there Ben Only one God; A Want ; On the Knees. 2no page. Editorial. To Young Converts ; Billiards and Tenpins ; Critique on Webster’s Dictionary ; Cotton Plan ters’ Association ; Missionary Mass Meeting at Eatonton ; Extending the Circulation of the Index; Gift for Missions. Communications. Dr. Mell Vindicates Himself; The Towaliga Primitive Association, by Rev. J. 11. Campbell ; Hasty Notes of a Hasty Travel, by Rev. W. N. Chaudoin ; Letter from A. E. Vandivere. 3rd page. Editorial Summary ; News from Bro. Bowen, t£’c., Revival Summary ; Minutes of the Central Association Mass Meeting. [We regret that a long Receipt List and some revival summary was crowded out. To Young Converts. It is in our heart to address a word of exhortation to those young converts who J*me lately and joy in be ‘f. - 5j M Wm ; •dernier. ’ il- :I• ’ • ‘ • ■ • zeru ! how bright their hope! how sweet their communion with God! We say to them cultivate that frame of mind that feeds upon the beauty and glory of God. Let your delight in heavenly things continue; and that it may'be so, meditate much upon God and his goodness: by stated and regular en deavors of your ’ ’ r 1 ■ m result in \ \v<>! !d!y :ir!li-it i■ MI. ••I'h* m . W .i t rh , t cni'li the first- risings of first inclination to neglect duty. Beware of yielding too much time and at tention to business employments. Lend, but give not yourselves to business. Let Christ and not the world rule in your r* wts. Be assured that your great ad wry will endeavor tc entrap you by ohrase “diligent in business:” let it B;o be | tray ness ious itual your iften 3 re jtful ed,” ad- Da iait, it is in a shall buuh.- -nei, men, me v ora oi unrist dwell in you richly.’’ This is the power ful instrument by which rtgen erates and preserves the heart; and he needs to look well to himself who begins to be unaffected by the glorious truths of the Bible. Y our Bible and your closets, young con verts, are your tower of safety. Study the one for instruction and frequent the other for growth in grace. Thus will sin lose its power over you, and peace take possession of you, and purity dwell with in you, and ecstatic hope bear you onward through the trials and conflicts of life : thus will love to God be made to flourish in your bosoms, and your walk become close with Him; and, as burning and shi ning lights, you will illuminate the church and glorify your Father who is in heaven. • Queries—Billiards and Ten-Pins. Is it right.for church members to indulge in playing Billiards and Ten-pins at public places ? If not , why ? We all need amusements, and church members are not exceptions to the gener al law of humanity. Christianity is far from a gloomy system, frowning on all the joys of life. It recognizes all the true wants of humanity, and provides for their gratification. “Its w’ays are ways of pleas antness, and all its paths are peace.”— We may say that “moderate indulgence in any form of amusement, which does not tend to corrupt the morals, injure the health, waste time or money, unfit one . : , ..c. .. .UCb oi .. .. • : : <e - votion, is nbt only proper, but a Christian ! duty. The man will Alive longer, enjoy be|ykT health, and he consequently more cfreerful, active, and useful, by occasion ally unbending thus, than by toiling like a galley-slave at his task.’’ The Christian has abundant resources of cheerfulness in the social circle, in the lecture room, in the exhibitions of the wonders of nature and art; in painting, sculpture, and music ; in good books and ‘fire-side pleasures in excursions, rides and walks amid the lovely scenery where-- with God has adorned the world. There is no necessity for seeking happiness in polluting, enervating, and unholy amuse ments. But to our query, “Is itright for church members to indulge in playing Billiards and Ten-pins at public places?’’ All games of chance and playing for money, are forbidden to Christians, and in deed to all men, by God’s two command ments, “thou shalt not covet,’’ and “thou shalt not steal.’’ But Billiards and Ten pins are not games of chance, and persons may play without any reference so mon ey, merely for amusement. They are not wrong in themselves, but they may be so in association and tendency. A family or a few invalids, might indulge, in inclem ent weather, in circumstances removing all the associations of grogshops and bet ting, in playing at Billiards and Ten-pins without being chargeable with wrong do ing. But this view of the subject is rath er theoretic than practical; nor is it to this point that our query directs us. It is whether church members can indulge in these amusements in “public places” without doing wrong ? Let us ask. in what sort ot “public places’’ are billiard tables and bowling-saloons found ? Gener ally, almost universally, in our cities and villages, near the grogshop and gambling hell. The associations of billiards and ten-pins are intimately allied with drunk ards and gamblers. Church members cannot indulge here without violating the scriptures which say: “Keep thyself pure,” “lead me not into temptation,’’ “abstain from all appearance of evil.” To indulge in these games in these pub lic places will injure the Christian’s spirit uality. The church member should vol untarily mingle in no company, and go in to no scene upon which he cannot im plore the Divine blessing. Let him not sell his “birth-right for a mess of pot tage.” The lovers of billiards and ten pins are not the spiritually minded, the prayer-meeting-going members of tbe church —they are not the glory of the church, nor thejoy of the pastor. Bro. F. Wilson, of Baltimore, states that a Philadelphia Grand Jury has said of billiard-rooms; “they are primary schools for gamblers.’’ As the moderate drinker is called the “drunkard’s appren tice” because his course leads to dissipa tion, so billiards and ten-pins have a ten dency, direct and fearful towards down, Bight gaming. We have been careful in preparing the way for our answers to the queries, out of respect to those church members who seem to regard their indulgence in these games, in “public places’’ as innocent, and consistent with their professions. We are now prepared to answer: to the first query, we say, No, it is not right. To the second we answer : Ist. Because of the bad associations of billiards and ten-pins in “public places.” 2nd. Be cause of the evil tendency of the games. Critique on Webster’s Unabridg ed American Dictionary of tiie En glish LANGUAGE : WITH PICTORIAL IL LUSTRATIONS. The appearance of such a handsome volume as Worcester’s Dictionary, noto riously a rival to Webster’s Dictionary for public favor, demands that due attention should be given to bo th works. Hitherto we have regarded Webster with pride ; and we are loth to think that he 3tands not at the head of Lexicographers. He has bejpn accused of being an innovator; it will be difficult to prove. It is also said, sometimes, that Webster spells according to sound without regard to de rivation ; this is simply untrue. The differences between Webster and those opposed to him can be narrowed down very considerably; for instance, he spells counselor, jeweler, traveler, worship ing and a few other words without doub ling the last consonant; also, he spells winful, instill, distill, fullness, dullness, enroll, entlysjill, fulfill, skillfulwith two Is instead of one ; and again, he changes the ending re, of about 20 words, to er. These are about the only objections to Webster. • Now, in regard to the first, when we consider the standard orthographical rule that primitives ending in a single conso nant, preceded by a single vowel, double that consonant when accented on the last syllable, we are prepared to agree with Webster when he writes galloping, traveling,in preference to gallopping,trav elling. We say suffering, why not level ing ? We say reasoning, why not wor shiping? When the accent is on the final syllable, it is very well to double the final conso nant, as trepan, trepanning; begin, be ginning, befit, befitting. With reference to doubling the l in dis till and instill, were it not done, ambigui ty would follow the pronunciation, be sides they come from the Latin root stillo, (to drop,) which has two Is ; and analogy requires that enroll, fulfill, skillful, dull ness, have two Vs ; we say stillness, whv not dullness ? The rule given above, in reference to accent, seems to require it. Fulfill is composed of full and fill, with the accent on fill, how natural to say ful fill, and thus decide the emphasis at once! But Webster has been most blamed for changing re into er —say caliber for cali bre, theater for theatre, <£s. We say diam* eter, hexameter, thermometer, why not meter instead of metre ? It is well known that .3ir Isaac MffiXou ten, Pope, Bolingtroke and Seldcn Wrote theater, specter , niter. In fact all foreign words ending in bre, gre and tre have the last two letters transposed when they are introduced into our language —except about 12 or 18. We say December —in French Decembre, rencounter —in French rencontre. Why have any exceptions ex cept acre, lucre and massacre, which the tendency to pronounce c before e like s appears to demand ? The truth of the matter is, Webster in each of these three cases has analogy , fast growing usage and the application of a general rule in his favor. In fact he differs from his opposers in the spelling of about 70 words only, out of the 100,000 in the language. He writes woe instead of wo, plow instead of plough , maneuver instead of manoeuvre — defense, offense and pretense, instead of using the the c, cotempary for contemporary, ax for axe, controller for comptroller, tun for ton, stanch for staunch, practice for prac tise, all which, upon investigation, will not be found to be innovations. In conclusion, we say, that for his defin itions Webster cannot be surpassed; and his vocabulary is, we may say, complete. At least 7,000,000 of school books have been published with bis orthography; and the first publishers in the United States give his spelling the preference. Cotton Planter’s Association. FAIR IN MACON. If we rightly understand the object of this Association it is to promote direct trade with Europe, establish a friendly intercourse between the Southern States of our Union and the Continent, froe us from the tax and dependency up the North to w’hich we are now subject, en courage the manufacturing and commer cial spirit of the South and build up a Southern Marine, that will not leave our carrying trade at the mercy of foreign ship-owners. That these results, if achieved, will plac 3 us on a lofty pedestal in the roll of nat.ons cannot be doubted ; and hence we are desirous to promote an association that has such patriotic and worthy aims in view. In order to arouse a becoming spirit in this matter among our people, this Asso ciation is making arrangements for a mag nificent Fair, to continue for three weeks, in the city of Macon, during the month of December next, where will be exhibi ted the costly, curious, useful and beauti ful fabrics of manufacturing Europe, the various productions of our own farms and looms, and where will be heard the elo quent strains of appointed orators. This is eminently a Southern movement of civil, peaceful and national importance. It will tend to enlarge the ideas of our people, widen the scope of their mental vision and prepare them for the time which may some day come, of looking within themselves and to themselves for all the means and instrumentalities for national greatness, national prosperity and national independence. As Macon is the spot chosen for this great Fair, we apprise all our readers of the fact and urge upon as many as can make it convenient, to attend. It is to be hoped, too, that the city of Macon, in view of the ultimate results likely to occur from the success of this movement, and in view of the publicity that will be attached to her and her name, will act with becoming dignity and liber ality in regard to the exhibition. Missionary Mass Meeting at Eatonton. While this meeting was intended for the mass of Christians composing the Central Association, we are sorry to say that few church members were there ; but those few were of the whole souled class ; and were a host in themselves. A short account of their proceedings will be found in another column, the shape of the Minutes, which we publish for the benefit of the Association. We have it in our mind to bestow a repri mand upon the non attendants; but in consideration of the taken-for-granted promise that they will do better next time, we forbear. Truly, though, they deserve a rebuke unless they were provi dentially prevented from attending.— There were about one dozen in atten dance. Bro. Sherwood presided and strictly preserved the character of the meeting as a missionary meeting; and we venture the assertion that each one present will certainly attend the remaining meetings, unless hindered from doing so, and that they will carry in their bosoms from this time forth, an interest in the great cause of missions, far exceeding any ,hey have hitherto felt : an interest that will cause their minds to revert to the subject with pleasure : an interest that will cause their hearts to expand with benevolence ; and an interest that will animate their souls with fervor in rendering the obedience that is to carry out the church’s great Commission. Happy they, who, on the appearing of their Lord, will be found so doing ! Extending the Circulation of the Index. TO FRIENDS. It will be recollected that we “hoped’’ to be able to turn over SIOOO to the Con vention at its next session ; and we based the anticipation upon the expectation that the friends of the Index would extend its circulation. And now we appeal to. the friends of the paper with confidence in re gard to this matter.\JWe say to them— to each, Help extend the circulation of the Index. Work for it. Out of all its thou sands of subscribers, men who have been taking the paper for these many years, should there not be hundreds willing to -gaiist the f: urg you hot willing ? And if so, cafi you not do some thing? And if you can will you not?— Come friends, begin and solicit subscri bers for us. And if any one to whom you may speak professes to be a subscriber, ask him if he has renew ed tor the next year, and advise such a course. To our personal friends we appeal. — Will they not extend our circulation ? To P. M.’s w*e ask, cannot you do some thing ? To Pastors we appeal—the Bap tist ministers of Georgia—will you not help the organ of your Convention ? An nounce yourself as agent for the Index.— Tell of the several valuable series of arti cles being and to be published. Show the “Youth’s Department.” Point to our letters from missionaries and from northern correspondents. Name the many able contributors to the paper.— And tell them, finally, that they “ought to take it.’’ If, for a few weeks, our friends, the friends of the Index and the friends of the Convention and of the great missionary cause, would thus speak, w r e would fulfill our promise. Many have promised us to send in new subscribers and the money. We are looking for them—one friend has sent 75 or 80. Will not others emulate him ? To all who work for us we beg to hint upon all sides,that the paper is to be con ducted on the cash basis after this year, and that it would be well for each one to forward his subscription between now and January. All this to the friends of the Index. * GIFT FOR MISSIONS- When we wrote a short editorial, lately, on the duty of supporting the undertakings engaged in by our Boards, little (lid we think to meet a response so soon. Yet such is the fact. We have just re* ceived one hundred dollars, to be divided between the Foreign and Indian Missions, sent to us by an Elbert county Baptist. — May God bless him ; and may his exam* pie incite others to similar deeds. Such evidences of the true missionary spirit are most encouraging to those, who by pen and by active, life devoted labor, are endeavoring to forward the Mission cause and convert the heathen. NOTICE. The Committee of Correspondence, ap pointed by the Second National Conven tion of Union Prayer Meetings, have em bodied the Address, and other transac tions of that Assembly, in a small pam phlet, which they desire to send to every Union Prayer Meeting, whether in our own, or in other countries. All persons, either engaged or interes ted in Union Prayer Meetings, a.o here by requested immediately to make them selves known to the Corresponding Sec* retary of the Convention, Rev. A. M. Morrison, No. 124 Fulton Street, New fr v # York, with the number of copies of the pamphlet which they desire to distribute. The distribution is intended to be gratu itous ; but if any should prefer to remit the extra cost of their orders, it will be at the rate of $4 per hundred. Foreign. Our exchange tiles exhibit a'state of atfairsin Europe, encouraging to the lov ers of liberty. Garibaldi has triumphed, so far, almost without bloodshed ; and an nounces that the annexation of all Itlalv, Venitia excepted, to Sardinia will be ef fected when he will be able to proclaim it from the top of the Quirinal. Sardinia has invaded the Papal Terri tory and conquered all but Rome itself, which France seems determined to main tain for the Pope. Austria and France have thus far permitted Sardinia to have her own way. France has, however, with drawn her minister from Turin, which is merely a diplomatic protest. Amity prevails between Russia and Austria. In Syria uhe French are keeping the Mahommedans in subjection and Fuad Pasha is severely punishing those guilty of the late horrible massacres. in a volcanic state. LATER FROM MEXICO. ‘ New Orleans, Oct. 4.—A brig arrived here to-day from Vera Cruz. She confirms the re port of the confiscation of the bark Maria Con ception. The Spanish Commander threatened to bom bard the city of Vera Cruz. Commander Tar vis condemed his course. The whole of the Spanish squadron, with one,, exception, have returned to Havana. A large specie conducta for Tampico was seiz ed by Degollado. G*n. Doblado, with the Liberal army, arrived at Tacubaya. STOkM AT NEW ORLEANS. New Orleans, Oct. 4. —There was a very se- vere storm on Tuesday. Fifty coal boats were swamped, and eleven miles of the Jackson rail road was swept away. A great many houses and lives were lost; and sugar mills and crops were destroyed. MARKET REPORTS. New York, Oct. G.—The cotton market was active and excited to-day. The sales were 6,000 bales at an advance of i cent; Middling Up lands at 11 a cents. Flour firm; sales of 19,500 barrels. Wheat steady ; sales of 150,000 bushels. Corn steady ; sales of 65,- 000 bushels; mixed at 69 a 71 cents.— Spirits of Turpentine firm, at 40 £ a cents. Rosin dull at $1 a 1 47£ cents. Rice firm and active at 4f a 4£ cents. Savannah, Oct. 6.—The market this fore noon was very quiet, and the sale® limited to 127 bales as follows, viz : 40 at 10f; 21 at 104; 9 at 10$; 17 at 10 J. Augusta, Oct. 6. —We findlittle doing in the market to-day. Holders are and there is little offering. There is a tendency to higher prices for good cotton. For Middling Fair 11 cents is asked and lOf offered and refused. Appointments. —Mr. A. C. Bristow, Mail Agent, has been transferred from the Augusta and Macon to the Augusta and Atlanta route, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Wm. T. Beal. COMMUNICATIONS. Dr. Mell Vindicates Himself: Quotes from father Mercer, and avers that a proper construction of his printed sentiments sho -J that it is right and orderly for one church to receive an excluded’member of another,when the excluding act was one of disorder. Dear Brother Boykin : In the Index of last week, you cite the name of father Mercer as authority to sus tain your position that one church may overrule the decisions of another, and re - ceive the latter’s excluded member. Have you any evidence for this ? I live in the midst of the scene of his ministerial la bors, and associate with numbers of those who sat under his instructions; and they, as well as the records leit by him, are very much at fault, if you are right. Wai ving all reference to facts, the following from his pen seems to be conclusive: “Our Lord has laid down a few plain rules of government, and established a tribunal in his church, at which all offences are to be tried and decided; and from which there is no appeal. I be lieve it \s adopted by all regular Baptists as the doctrine of Christ, that his church is his Kingdom on earth ; that he sits in judgment there ; and that when a gospel church is sitting in gospel or der, for the transaction of disciplinary business, there is not a higher court on earth; and that such church is arraignable at no other, or foreign bar: because her judge is in her midst, and has commanded her implicit obedience. Now, any de parture from these rules, and any appeal from this authority and tribunal, will, can do no other than produce amongst Baptists, strifes and divis ions.”—(Memoirs pp. 249-50.) On p. 448, he answers the following question in regard to a class of exception al cases : “Is it gospel or duty for one church to receive persons excluded from another church simply on account of their being friendly to benevolent in stitutions ?” “On the above query we have endeavored to reflect with cool deliberation, and the result of our thoughts leads us to answer it in the negative. Exclusion from a regularly constituted church, is in itself right. It is the execution of a sentence • on the authority of Chiist, by the ouly authorized body, and ought to be respected by all orderly churches.” Nevertheless, he goes on to say that he thinks such persons may be received by other churches on the ground that “one act of disorder may excuse, if not justify another,’’ and he advises “to receive such persons not as an orderly butjw a neces sary act,” &c. The only difference then between him and me on this point is that while he says, to receive such persons is a “disorderly,” though excusable act, I lay it down that it is right and orderly to do so. On page 118, of my little book, I say : “The ‘Primitive Baptists’ have declared non-fellowship for us because we maintain Boards and Conventions for promoting missions When, therefore, we take them on their own terms, and receive those of their members who have been excluded for conscientiously maintaining the same truths on whose account we our selves have been withdrawn from, we vi olate no church comity, we disturb no Christian T lay down the principle that when the grounds upon which a church excludes a member are such as to authorize us to withdraw fellowship from her, we do not violate but sustain gospel principles in receiving her excluded member. But I say, p. 117, “But you observe that this principle is not opera-, tive in a case in which we receive one ex- eluded by a church professing to be of the same faith and order— me who was arraigned and tried upon each charges as, if they had been proved upon him, would have made him, in our opinion, worthy of expulsion.” Os course, then my published principles would lead me to the reception of one who had been turned, or kept out of an abolition church for connection with slaveholding. Let me, therefore, delicately hint to brother Tharp that he will have to try again. The blow he leveled was a very hard one, but I happened to be away from the place on which it descended. Nobody was hurt, I opine, unless the jarring of the club lacerated his own hand. If he had read this part of my book with more care, he would have been spared the ex cessive ‘sorrow’ with which he thought the Publication Society afflicted him. But to return. lam very much mistaken if I cannot show that father Mercer sustains me on all points on which he has published. It is certain that all his compeers,whom God still mercifully spares to us, sustain me on all material points. This I understand to be true of such men as Mallary, Kilpat rick, Sherwood, Dawson, &c., &c. But w the great question after all is, What does the Word of God say. P. H. MELL. Athens, Sept 27. (This came too late for last week’s is sue.) For the Christian Index. The Towaliga Primitive Associa- tion ; Revivals at Thomaston and at Je<*erson ville ; Ordination at Irwinton; The Rehoboth and Flint River Associations. Brother Boykin : After parting with you at the Central Association, my next service was to at tend the session of the Towaliga (Primi tive) Association. Bro. Lyon, pastor of the church with which the Body met, conveyed several of us from Barnesville to his hospitable mansion, where we were most kindly entertained by his interesting family. Brethren Thompson and Fain formed a part of our company. It is no wonder they exert an extended and pow erful influence among the class of Baptists with which they are identified. They have talents that would give them influ ence in any connexion. I was deeply in terested and much gratified during the two days I was permitted to spend with these brethren. The venerable Modera tor, Rev. Wm. Moseley, being absent from sickness, his place was supplied by election of Bro. Dumas, a talented, zeal ous and successful minister of the New Testament. An incident occurred during the closing seftices of Ssbbatß forenoon, which ah fected me deeply. While brother Dumas was exhorting with great power, my at tention was drawn to a lady of intellectu al features and beaming countenance, who was enjoying the liberty granted her in Isaiah 12:6. Upon inquiry I learned she was the sisiof brother Dumas, and is blind. I could but * emeraber it is writ ten, “It dot! not yet appear what we shall be; but we know that, when he shall ap pear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.’’ The business of the Session was conduc ted in a dignified and christian-like man ner, and the preaching that I heard was orthodox and forcible. The differences now existing between the Towalagi breth ren and those of the missionary order are not, in my conception, of such magnitude as to constitute a bar to correspondence and fellowship. At least it becomes us all to inquire whether these differences may not be modified or removed. I shall cousider myself “highly favored of the Lord,’’ if I shall be able to contribute anything towards such a result. On Sunday afternoon I left the Towa liga reluctantly, and proceeded toThom aston, where a meeting of days was in progress under the direction of Rev. J. li. Weaver, pastor. Here I was constrained to remain and labor until Wednesday af ternoon following. The cases of several young men, who were frequently on the anxious seats, interested me deeply. The additions to the church were not numer ous, but it is believed the seed sown will produce fruit unto eternal life. Only one day’s rest at home, and I then met brother Warren, of Milledgeville, at Gordon, and proceeded to a meeting at Jeffersonville. It was a sad disappoint- ment that other ministering brethren, who were expected at this meeting, failed to attend. No one had better reason to feel sad than myself, for I was suffering from a heavy cold, which rendered it painful and dangerous to speak. But the Lord was “better to us than all our fears,” and the power of his Spirit rendered the weak instrumentality employed, efficient for the accomplishment of much good.— Many souls will remember that meeting, when the preachers who conducted it shall have been gathered into their Father’s house. Seldom have I witnessed such an overwhelming effusion of the Spirit. Most of the church were evidently in a prepar ed state, and cheerfully did all in their power to promote the good work. About twenty-eight whites were added to the church, and as many more left inquiring the way of life. My potor lungs yet suf fer from the efforts made on that occasion. During this meeting a dear young broth er, of thorough education and fine social position, was licensed to preach the Gos pel. The Lord strengthen his heart for this work ! My next service was at Lexington, Wilkinson county, where I preached Sat urdayfa*tid Sunday, and aided the pastor, brother Barret, lato a student of Mercer University, in ordaining brother Rivers to the office of Deacon. This little church, though only a year or twofold, is compo sed of excellent material, and is a most efficient body. I predict for it a bright and prosperous future. Bro. Barret is esteemed here, and elsewhere in this re gion, as “a good minister of Jesus Christ.” lie is yet young, and I trust a long career of great usefulness awaits him. Bidding these brethren farewell, Monday morning found me at Fort Valley, where the Re hoboth Association was in session. My object in attending was to suggest to this Body the propriety of offering correspon dence to the Towaliga Association, which suggestion, lam happy to say, was acce ded to. Several brethren volunteered as correspondents. The Flint River Association, which I have since attended at Barnesville, also resolved to propose correspondence to the Towalagi, and nine messengers were ap pointed. It is earnestly hoped these movements, which contemplate the res toration of peace and co-operation among the Baptists in this part of the State, will receive from those who have influence that sanction which their importance®e mands. Our Association, (the Flint Riv er) agreed also to make overtures to cer tain brethren from whom we separated some years ago, who were then identified with Rev. Willis Jarrel. “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: They shall prosper that love thee !” I am nqjv laboring in a meeting of much interest at Forsyth. J. H. Campbell. Sept. 26, 1860. Hasty Notes of a Hasty Travel. Bro. Boykin—A few weeks ago, (3rd Sunday in Sept.,) I was at the Middle Cherokee Association, which convened at Cartersville. Dr. Lew is preached a good sermon, introductory to the business, about the wheat and tares growing together. It was the pure coin in my estimation. He showed how dif ferently God acted in His administration from what he —Lewis—would act if he had the power. For instance, he would kill all lazy men first thing, then the whis key-sellers, and mne-tenths of the Doc tors, perhaps as many lawyers, but best of all, he would have houses built, and furnished with looms and wheels, and he would take all snuff-rubbers and chewers, and idle women and put them to spinning and weaving. Wish everybody could have heard that or just such a sermon. Eld. Rambaut, LL. D., was elected Moderator, and Eld. T. 11. Stout, Clerk. The churches were well enough represen ted by delegates, but poorly represented by contributions, there being nearly $175 sent up for all missionary purposes. Only about 145 baptisms reported. Oh, I shuddered for the churches, when I saw how little some done, others nothing.— Whether the discussion of the “Board Question” has been injurious on the chur chei tip these, 1 afifW lardy, but fear it has. I know it has been in eome pla ces. Allow me to say there are some precious, large-sonled brethren in that Assocation, and some working churches, I left this body in session, in order toF reach the Flint River Association, which was holding its meeting at the same time in Barnesville, which point I reached on Monday morning, the day the body adjourned. Harmonious meeting and a great crowd, especially Sabbath.— Only one subject elicited much talk, and that not a great deal, viz : Appointing a Corresponce to the Towaliga Association, (Primitive) which was done. The cruel preaching committee drag ged me off down in the woods, and-before I got back the body had adjourned, and I was thus cut out of making two speech es, one for the Index and one for the Col porteur Society, and I have not got over it yet, and if t,hi§ article is ‘gassy’ you may know how to account for it, and don’t burn it up. Left Barnesville, in company with ble looking Tennessean, fine fellow; T. Russell. I tell you these boys from Tennessee are —hush, I forgot I—nothing, only we touched at Forsyth, where a se ries of meetings is being held, and heard your pastor preach, “Christ is all.’* Next day, I and my companion—not my wife —separated, he for your city, and I made Knoxville, Ga., the next scene of my labors, preaching three times for the people, collected some money, and sold a few books. The pres ent “Bishop of that Diocese” is soon to quit his Bishopric, and I hope will be suc ceeded by our young brother D. W. Ewin, who is now teaching there, and is one of the most pious, warm hearted licentiates I ever saw. He is no ranter, though, but a graduate of Richmond College, fine mind, ancj good liberal attainments for so young a man. Then at Fort Valley, met ray companion, and talked some, and now here I am in Perry, and if that is not “bobbing round” right fast for “a slow craft,” as I am, then lam mistaken. Put this all in, you need some fun anyhow. Yours semi-occasionally, W. N. Chaudotn. A Letter from Bro. A. E. Vandi- VERE, OF THE INDIAN MISSION. Creek Agency, Creek Nation. ( September 10th, 1860. | My Dear Index : Being one of Georgia’s sons will, I hope, be sufficient excuse for intruding myself upon your notice. I was brought up on her soil, have eaten of her fruits, drunk of her clear water and breathed her pure at mosphere ; and, besides the ties of early association, the fact that many of my friends and kindred lie beneath her sods binds me closely to Georgia. Bro. Isaac Read and myself came from very near tho Georgia line : I came from Jacksonville, Ala., and Bro. Read from Cedar Bluff,Al abama ; and I understand that others aro expected soon from the same state. I re gret very much that brethren are so very slow in getting their consent to enter up on the Indian mission work : I do not know of one now engaged in it who is dis satisfied. Were you to ask Bro. Preston, or Bro. Murrow, or Bro. Slover, or Bro. Read, how they liked the work, they would each and all reply that they are in their glory. I need not mention Bro. Buckner, as his sentiments, on this sub ject, are too well known. As for myself, when I reflect, ?t times, that lam away here, at least one thousand miles from dear old Georgia, I can hardly realize it; and I am tempted, for a moment to ques tion my motives ia coming. Doubtless God had a purpose to subserve in sending me here ; and I would fain hope that it is the salvation of sinners. Permit me to remark that I regard the Indian, missions, as a glorious work—a cause in which ev-. ery man in Georgia should take great de light. I am truly sorry to read of so much dis sension among brethren in the States* Were it known to the heathen, it would greatly retard their conversion and hin der us in our work. Ido pray the breth ren to stop this thing. If they cannot see alike, for Jesus’ sake try to pray alike.— I have thought this state of confusion about ways and means greatly in the way of missions, and that it prevented the conversion of the heathen. Brethren, I am begging for the cause of Christ: we have a great work to do and but little time to do it in; andwe poor mis sionaries, looking to you, as we do, for aid, are pained when we read of such dif ferences among you. But we do rejoice at the apparent unity of desire and effort in sending the Gospel to the poor Indian. A. E. Vandivere. A. Richardson to his old friends. We call attention to the communication below : A PEACE OFFERING. To brethren, C. D. Mallary, Henry Bunn, Ward Hill, Adial Sherwood, John E. Dawson, J. H. Campbell, N. M. Craw - ford, S. G. Hillyer, P. H. Mell, J. B. Walker, T. J. Burney, Mark A. Cooper and Jesse M. Wood : I propose (if the Lord will) to meet you on the Rail Road, at Kingston, Cass coun ty, on Monday the nineteenth of Novem- ber next, on our way to the Southern Union Sabbath School Convention, which is to meet at Louisville, Kentucky, the lat ter part of that week. It begging would do any good, I would beg to see your faces once more before I leave this world of confusion. Let us remember Lot’s wife. Armstead Richardson.. Cave Spring, Ga., Oct. 1860. The Tennessee Baptist,Christian Index, South-Western Baptist and Cherokee Banner, will please publish three times and their accounts will be paid when pre* sented. A. R,