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In the cheerful dining room of my bachelor-friend Stevenson, a select party was assembled to celebrate his birth day. Avery animated discussion had been car rit‘d on for some time, as to whether the first deviation from integrity should be treated with severity or leniency. Vari ous were the opinions, and numerous iiie arguments brought forward to sup omt them. The majority appeared to i um to the side of “crush all offences in |mJ ” win n a warm hearted old gen tleman exclaimed, “Dependupon it, more youn (T p •!• are lost to society from u first oflence being treated with injudi cious severity, than from the contrary cx lreuio. Not that l would pass over even the slightest deviation from integrity, ei ther in word or deed; that would certain ly i,e mistaken kindness : but, on the oth e'e lend, neither would 1 punish with se verity an offence committed, perhaps, miller the influence rtf temptation—temp tation, too, that we ourselves may have thoughtlessly placed in the way m such a manner as to render it irresistible. For instance, a lady hires a servant; the mrl has hitherto borne a good character, hut it is her first place; her honesty has never yet been put to the test. Her mis tress without thinking ol the continual lemptaiiori to which she is exposing a fellow-creature, ism the habit ot leaving small sums of money, generally copper, Ivmg about in her usual sitting-room.— After a time, she begins to think that tlin.se sums are not always lound exactly as she left them. Suspicion falls upbn the mil, whose duty to clean the room every morning. Her mistress, however, thinks she will bo quite convinced, before she brings forward her accusation, (she counts the money carefully at night, and lhe next morning some is missing- No one had been in the room but the girl; her cuilt is evident. Well, what does her mistress do? Why, she turns the jrirl out of her house at an hour’s notice ; cannot, in conscience, give her a char acter • tells all her friends how dreadful ly dressed she is; declares there is noth in<r but ingratitude to be met with among servants; laments over the depravity of human neve . r hi s„inj? herself lor her wicked-yct it is wicked— thoughtlessness in thus con stantly exposing to temptation a you 10-00 rant girl: one most likely whose S if not enveloped in total darkness, has only an imperfect twilight knowledge XS to distinguish right from wrong. At whose door, “I ask ” continued he .-rowing warmer, “wnl the sin lie, if that Trul sinks ill the lowest depths ot vice T i niiscrv ? Why, at the door of her who after placing temptation in her ve ry path,turned her into the pitiless world, den lived of that which constituted her o,dv means of obtaining an honest live lihood —her character; and that without one effort to reclaim her—without afloid incr a single opportunity of retrieving the past, and regaining by future good con duct the confidence of her employer. ‘ ; There is, I fear, too much truth in what yon say,” remarked our benevo lent host, who had hitherto taken no part in the conversation ; ‘‘and it reminds me of a circumstance that occurred in the earlier part of my life, which, as it may serve to illustrate the subject you have been discussing, 1 will relate. There was a general movement of atten tion ; for it was a well known fact, I hat no manufacturer in the town of was surrounded with so many old and faith ful servants as our Triend Stevenson. “In the onset of my business career,” ; said he, “I took into my employment » I>3IICSJF.ATIC 3JL27173F.—“ jmc UTabc, ZLoto Duties, ito Debt, Separation from uanlts, Stations, lictrcuchmnu, nuts a Strict inherence to the GronslltutlJn.” young man to fill the situation of under clerk; and, according to a rule I had laid down, whenever a stranger entered my service, his duties were of a nature to involve as little responsibility as possi ble, until sufficient time had been given to form a correct estimate of his charact er. This young man, whom I shall call Smith, was of a respectable family. He had lost his father, and had a mother and sisters in some measure dependent upon him. After he had been a short time in my employment, it happened that my confidential clerk, whose duty it was to receive the money from the bank for the payment of wages, being prevented by an unforeseen circumstance from attend ing at the proper time, sent the sum re quired by Smith. My confidence was so great in my head clerk, who had been long known to me, that I was not in the habit of regularly counting the money when brought to me; but as, on this oc casion, it had passed through otherhands, I thought it right to do so. Therefore calling Smith back as he was leaving tny counting-house, 1 desited him to wait a few minutes, and proceeded to ascertain whether is was quite correct. Great was my surprise and concern on finding that there was a considerable deficiency. “From whom,’ said I, ‘did you receive this money?’ “He replied,‘From Mr. ,’ naming my confidential clerk. ‘lt is strange,’ said 1, looking steadily at him, ‘But this money is incorrect, and it is the first time I hav;e found it so.’— He changed countenance, and his eye fell before mine; but he answered, with tolerable composure, ‘that it was as he received it.’ “It is m vain,’ -1 replied, ‘to attempt to impose upon me, or to endeavor to cast suspicion upon one whose character for the strictest honesty and undeviating in tegrity is so well established. Now, I am perfectly convinced that yon have ta ken this money, and that it is at this mo ment in your possession; and I think the evidence against you would be thought sufficient to justify me in immediately dismissing you from my service. But you are a very young man : your con duct has, I believe, been hitherto per fectly correct, and L am willing to afford you an opportunity of redeeming - the past All knowtecfge of this matter rests be tween ourselves. Candidly confess, there fore, the error of which you have been guilty; restore what you have so disho nestly taken; endeavor by your future good conduct, to deserve my confidence and respect, and this circumstance shall never transpire to injure you.’ The poor fellow was deeply affected. In a voice almost inarticulate with emotion, he ac knowledged his guilt, and said that, ha ving frequently seen me receive the mo ney*without counting it, on being intrust ed with it himself the idea had flashed across Ins mind that he might easily ab stract some without incurring suspicion, or at all events without there being suffi cient evidence to justify it; that being in distress, the temptation had proved strong er than his power of resistance, and he had yielded. ‘I cannot now,’ he conlin -1 ited, ‘prove how deeply your forbearance | lias touched me; time alone can show j that it has not been misapplied.’ He left | me to resume his duties. “Days, weeks, and months passed away, during which 1 scrutinized his conduct with the greatest anxiety, whilst at the same time I carefully guarded against any appearance of suspicious watchfulness; and with delight I obser ved that so far mv experiment had suc ceeded. The greatest regularity and at tention—the utmost devotion to my in terests—marked his business habits; and this without any display; for his quiet and humble deportment was from that time remarkable. At length, finding his conduct invariably marked by the utmost openness and plain-dealing, my confi dence in him was so far restored, that, on a vacancy occurring in a situation ol .rreater trust and increased emolument Than the one he had hitherto filled, I placed him in it; and never had I (lie slightest reason to repent ot the part 1 had acted towards him. Not only had I the pleasure of reflecting that 1 had, in all probability, saved a fellow-creature irom a confined course of vice and consequent misery, and afford him the opportunity of becoming a respectable and useful member of society, but 1 had gainedfo, myself an indefatigable servant a faith ful and constant friend, For years he served me with tbt greatest fidelity and devotion. His character for rigid, nay, oven scrupulous honesty, was so well known, that ‘as honest 'as Smith,’ be- I came a proverb amongst his acquaintan ■ ces. One morning I missed him from i his accustomed place, and upon inquiry; | learnt that he was detained at home by indisposition. Several days elapsed, and still he was absent; and upon calling at his house to inquire after him, I found the family in great distress on hisaccount. I lis complaint had proved typhus fever of a malignant kind. From almost lie commencement of his attack, he had, as his wife (for he had been some time mar ried) informed me, lain in a state of to tal unconsciousness, from which he had roused only to the ravings of delirium, , njid fjjitt the physician gave Uttlt hq* °l MACON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1844, his recovery. For some days he contin ued in the same state : at length a mes sage was brought to me, saying that Mr. Smith wished to see me ; the messenger added, that Mrs. Smith hoped 1 would come as soon as possible, for she feared her husband was dying. I immediately obeyed the summons. “On entering his chamber, I found the whole of his family assembled to take farewell of him they so tenderly loved. As soon as lie perceived me, he motion ed for me to approach near to him, and taking my hand in both of his, he turn ed towards me his dying countenance, full of gratitude and affection, and said, ‘My dear master, my best earthly friend, 1 have sent for you that I may give you the thanks and blessing of a dying man for all your goodness to me. To your generosity and mercy I owe it, that l have lived useful and respected, that I die lamented and happy. To you I owe it, that I leave to my children a name unsullied by crime, that in after years the blush of shame shall never finite their cheeks at the memory of their fath er. ‘Oh God!’ he continued, ‘Thou who hast said, “blessed are the merciful,” bless him. According to the measure lie has meted to others, do thou mete unto him.’ Then turning to his family, lie said, ‘My beloved wife and children, I intrust you, without fear, to the care of that heavenly parent who has said, — j “Leave thy latherless children to me ! and 1 will preserve them alive, anil let thy widows trust in me.” And you my dear master, will I know, he to them as ! you have been to tne—guide, protector. 1 and friend.’ “That,” continued the kind i old man, looking around upon us with glistening eyes, “though mixed with sor row, was one of the happiest moments of \ my life. As I stood by the bedside of the dying man, and looked around up | on his children growing up virtuous, in telligent, upright, respecting and honor ing, as much as they loved their father; j when I saw his wife, though overcome j with grief for the loss of a tender and be loved husband, yet sorrowing not as one without hope, but even in that moment of agony deriving comfort from the be 1 lief that she should meet him again in that world where ‘Adieus and farewells are a ’ when 1 listened to his. fervent expressions j of gratitude, and saw hint calmly await- j ing the inevitable stroke, trusting in the mercy of God, and at pence with his lei low-men; and when I thought of what the reverse of all this might have been ; crime, misery, a disgraceful and dishon ored life, perhaps a shameful and vio lent death—had l yielded to the first im pulse of indignation, 1 felt a happiness, which no words can express. We are | told that there is more joy amongst tilt: angels of Hod over one sinner that ie penteth, than over ninety and nine just persons that need no repentance. With such a joy as we may imagine theirs, did 1 rejoice over poor Smith, as 1 closed his eyes, and heard the attendant minis ter ill ten ant tones exclaim, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord; yea. saith the spirit, for they rest from their labors, and their works do follow them. My fiiends, 1 am an old man. 1 hiring a long and eventful career in business, I have had intercourse with almost every variety of temper and disposition, and with many degrees of talent, but l have never found reason to swerve lrom the principle with which 1 set out in life, to ‘temper justice with mercy. ” Such was the story of our friend. And I believe not one in that company but re turned home more disposed to judge le niently of the failings of his fellow-crea tures, "and, as far as lay in his power, to extend to all who might fall into temptation that mercy which, under similar circumstances, lie would wish shown to himself, feeling “that it is more blessed to save tlum to destroy. ♦ liniaynut be superfluous to remark, that this liitie paper describes events oi actual occurrence • A BLACK SCAUP AND A BEAUTY. A very nice little story is related in the Mo bile Herald and Tribune, telling hc,w a fair one “came it over” an unsuspecting! merchant of that city, in following | simple and amusing r entier : “We received yesterday a cominnni ceUon, detecting how a very pretty wo man deceived a very credulous gentle man who keeps a store on Dauplnn St. The communication is written by the de ceived gentleman himself, and its im port runs alter this fashion. It appears that the lady in question wanted a scarf, and after overhauling and tossing and tumbling a variety ot all sorts, averred that there was not one to suit her , she was looking for a black scatl ot a pecu liar fabric, and she had been in every store in the city, and her labor was all she had got for her pains. I his was said with the sweetest pout of the sweet est lip in the world. She appeared fa tigued—she was vexed. She had set her heart ujion a black scarl, ol a certain fashion, and she vowed she would ex pire unless she got it. r l he store-keep er believing no guile could harbor under so sweet an exterior and so impulsive a manner, was happy in assuring her that although he had no black scarfs, a friend of his, a short distance off, had some which he had just received from New Or leans. Tlie clerk was instantly des-> patched, the scarf was brought, and the lady was in raptures. It suited exactly —it was a love of a scarf. !She had ne ver seen such a one in her waking mo ments, but had often dreamed of it. She was now content, and all she asked and pleaded of the store-keeper was, to pre serve the scarf until she could go home get the money to pay for it—her present trip being more to know if there was such a stars in the world, rather than with any hope of finding it. “The rqan, like a gallant youth as lie was, insisted that ‘money was no object’ —that he was delighted to oblige so sweet a.creature, and that if she would take the long sought for frabiic, he won Id sleep until she could send the price of it. The lady was overcome. She had no ; bounds to her gratitude. She vowed she would be his good customer, and with a courtesy and a smile so smilike j that it lighted up the store, departed with the treasure in her possession. This was eight days ago, and the lady lias not l>eeii seen since. The store-keeper is ready to | be qualified that she looked exactly like j an angel, and lie begins and ends his J communication with a request to all pec- j pie to beware of the seductious of beau tiful women.” “Poetry of Life” —When the celebra ted Dr. Samuel Johnson was asked why so many literary men were infidels, his reply was, Because they are ignorant of the Bible. If the question be asked why the lovers of general reading so of ten fail to acquaint themselves with the sacred volume, one reason that may he assigned doubtless is, they are not aware its interesting variety. This feature of the Bible is well illustrated by Mrs. Ellis, in the following eloquent extract from her recent work, entitled the Poetry oj Lift ■■ . ■ “With our established ideas bt beamy, grace, pathos, and sublimity eithoi con- j centrated in the minutest point, or ex-j tended to the widest range, we can de- ] rive from the Scriptures a fpnd of grati- 1 licatiou not to lie found iu any'olher me '• morial of past or present time. From the ! feer,"to th(Ttrack of the leviathan in the j foaming deep—from the moth that cor rupts the secret treasure, to the eagle that j soars above hiseyry in the clouds—from the wild ass in the desert, to the lamb within the shepherd’s fold —lrom the con j suming locust, to the cattle.upon a thou- J sand hills —from the rose of Sharon, to the cedar of Lebamion —from the crystal stream, gushing out of the flinty rock, to the wide waters of the deluge—from the barren waste, to the fruitful vine yard, and the land flowing with milk and honey —from the lonuly path ot the wanderer, to the gathering ot a mighty multitude —from the tear that tails in se cret, to the din of battle, and the shout of a triumphant host -from the solitary m the wilderness, to the satrap on the I throne —from the mourner clad in sack ; cloth, to the prince in purple robes— from the gnawings of the worm that di i eth not, tothe seraphic visions ot the blest; ! from the still small voice, to the thunders of Omnipotence—from the depths ot hell, ; to the regions of eternal glory ; there is | no degree of beauty or deformity, no ten- I dency to good or evil, no shade of dark ness or gleam of light, which docs not i come within the cognizance of the Holy I Scriptures ; and therefore there is no im pression or conception ol the mind that may not find a corresponding picture; no thirst lor excellence that may not meet with its full supply, and no condi tion of humanity necessarily excluded from the unlimited scope of ada ptation and of sympathy comprehended in the ; language and the spirit of f’,ie Bible. Another utilise 0 j America. Mr. Fcat’nerst'jphuugh, who travelled through this, country several years since as a Geologist, has been writing a work abot’j the United States, which is said by 'me English Journals to surpass in viru lence of abuse the famous works ot Trol lope, Marryatt, Hall and Dickens. The London Spectator says, “Uncouth lan guage and behavior, even on the part ot females, offensive and disgusting con duct by the men, habitual blasphemy, with pure unmitigated blackguardism and ruffianism, and an universal wor ship of Mammon superseding every oth er object in life, stand out strikingly in the traveller’s pages; whilst his plain ! spoken, straight-forward manner, give an air of truth to his pictures.” This Featherstonhatigh, says the N. York Post, when in the United States, did not have a very high reputation, and was known to have licet) engaged in some mean and rascally tricks. It is certain that he is a very superficial man, altogether unqualified to write a trust worthy book on any subject. A New Tea.—An old lady while read ing the papers just alter the nomination oft he Whig Vice Presidential candidate, suddenly paused and exclaimed—“W ell, I've heard ot liysen skin, old hysen, and young hysen teas, but liftver heard ol I'tcs Ling Liysen before! ’ ADDRESS | To the Ministry and Membership of the Methodist Episcopal t 7 lurch in the Slave-1 folding Strifes and Terri lories. The undersigned, delegates in the late General Conference ol the Methodist Episcopal Church, from thirteen annu al Conferences in ' slave-holding States audTerritories, would most respectful- \ ly represent, that the various actions of the majority of the General Conference at its recent session, on the subject of slavery and abolition, have Lyu such ■ ns to render it necessary, in the judg ment of those addressing you, to call at tention to the proscription and disabil- \ ity under which the Southern portion of the Church must of necessity labor iu j view of the action alluded to, unless j some measures are adopted to free the minority of the South lrom the oppres sive jurisdiction of the majority of the North, in tills respect. The proceedings of the majority, in several cases, involving the question of slavery, have been such as indicate most conclusively that (lie legislative, judicial, and administrative action of the (tenoral , Conference, ns now organized, will be extrente!y hurtful, if not finally ruinous, to the interests of the Southern portion of the Church ; aud must necessarily pro duce a state of conviction and feeling in ; the slave-holding slates, entirely iiicon | sistetit with either the pence or prosperity j of the Church. The opinions and purposes of the Church iu the North, on the subject of: slavery, are in direct conflict with those of the South, and unless the South will submit to the dictation and interference > of the North greatly beyond what the cx- j istiuglaw of the Church on slavery and abolition authorizes, there is no hope ot any thing like union and harmony. The debate and action of the General Confer ence in the case of the Ke\. Mr. Hard ing, of the Baltimore Conference; the do bate and action in the case of Bishop An drew, aud the opinions amt purposes avowed and indicated in a manifesto of the majority, iu reply to a protest from the minority against the proceedings pom plained of—together with hundreds of bff separated from (he Church ; these, aud similar demonstrations, have convin ced the undersigned, that they cannot re main silent or inactive without hazard and injustice to the. different portions of the Church they represent. They have therefore thought proper to invoke the attention of the < 'hurcli in the South to a state of things they are com polled to regard as worthy the immediate notice and action of the Church through out all the slave holding states and terri tories. The subject of slavery and ;fbo lition, notwithstanding the plain law ol the discipline on the subject, was agitated and debated in the late General Couter ence,for five successive weeks; and even at the very close of the session, the as pect of things was less satisfactory arid more threatening to the South than at any former period ; and under such pircum stauees of mutual distrust and disagree ment, the General < adjourned. Some time before the adjournment, however, upon a declaration made by the Southern delegation, seating forth the impossibility of endurin g such a state ol things much longer, f'rie General Confer ence, l»y a very lagge and decided ma jority, agreed t-j a plan of formal and pacificsepar ,tiion by which the South ern Conferences are to have a distinct and | independent organization of their own, in j no way subject to Northern jurisdiction. • It affords us pleasure to stale that there j were those found among the majority, I w ho met this proposition with every man ifestation of justice and liberality. And should a similar spirit lie exhibited by the annual Conferences in the North, when submitted to them as provided for in the plan itself, there will remain no legal impediment to its peaceful consumtna j tion. j This plan is approved by the under j sioued, as the hot, and indeed all that I cun be done at present, in remedy ot the great evil under which we labor. Pro vision is made tor a peaceable and con j stitutional division of Church property of i every kind. The plan does not decide when that division shall take place, blit simply, and it is thought securely, pm\ t dcs tli.it it may, if it be found necessary. i >fthis necessity you are to be the judges, | after a careful survey and comparison ol all the reasons for and against it. As the undersigned have had op portunity and advantages which those at a distance could not possess, to form a correct judgment in the premises, and it may be exacted for them that they ex press their views fully on the subject, they do not hesitate to say that they re orjtrd a separation at no distant day as evitable; and farther, that the plan ot separation agreed upon is as eligible as the Southern Conferences have any right to ex(x:ct at any time. W e most respect fully, therefore, and with no common solicitude, beseech our brethren ot the ministry and membership in the slave holding states, to examine this mattei carefullv, and weighing it well in all its ; . ..-..-.ad t.'v to reach the conclusion it* S'-j VOL. II—NO 7. most proper under the circumstances. ! Shall that which in all moral likelihood must take place soon, be attempted now, ior are these reasons why it should be )H»stponed ? We deprecate all excitement; w ,sk ; you to be calm and collected, ami ,-> ap proach and dispose of the stibjt-i uuhati the candor and torliearance the . < asion demands. The separation proposed is 'not seism, it is not secession. It is a state or family separating liito two different states or families, bv mutual consent.— As the “Methodist Episcopal ’Church” will lie found North of the dividing line; so the “Southern Methodist Episcopal Church” will lie found South of the same line. The undersigned have clung to the cherished unity of die Church with a firmness of purpose and force of feeling, which nothing but invincible necessity could subdue. If, however, nominal unity must co-exist with unceasing strife’ and alienated feeling, what is likely to be gained by its perpetuation? Every minister and member of the Church in the slave holding States must perceive at once that the constant not to say interm inable, agitation of the slavery and abo lition question iu the ermuils of the Church, and elsewhere must terminate iu incalculable injury to all tfie South ern Conferences. Our access to slave and master, is to a great extent cut off. The legislation of the Church iu conflict with that of the State--Church policy attempting to control public opinion and social order—must generate an amount of hostility to the Church impossible to heovercome, and slowly but certainly diminish both the means and the hope of usefulness and extension on the part of the Church. Disposed, however, to defer to the judgment of the Church, we leave this subject with you. Our first and most di rect object has been to bring it fully be fore you, and giving you an opportunity to judge and dctemiine’ for yourselves, await yont decision. The majority from ’/be South iu the late General Conference were most anxious to adjourn the decis ion iu the ease of tjishop Xnrlfewp with j a[l ils attendant results, to the Anting and’ fffeulUupofi I next four years, as no « barge was pre sented against the Bishop, and especial ly as this measure was urgently recom mended by the whole bench of Bishops, although Bishop Hed(i Vj subsequently withdrew Ins name, '/he proposition, however, to appeal the whole subject to die Church, was promptly .rejected by ! die majority, aird immediate action de manded and had. But as all the facts i connected with die equivocal sus|kiiisioii of Bishop Andrew will come before you m other forms, it is unnecessary to detail them in this brief address, the main ob ject of which is to place before you, in a summary way, the principal facts and reasons connected with tire proposed sep • aration of the Southern Conferences into a distinct organization. Adopted at a meeting of the .Southern I delegations, held ill New York at the j close of the General Coulee :ic *. feme 1 lth, 1844. Signed, in behalf I their roufr> <.-e. inj H. B. Bascom, W. Gunn. *i i.Kava -1 naugli, E. Stevenson, RT. n 1 u G. iW. Brush, of Kentucky :\\ • fied -1 man, W. Patou, J. C. Berryman, J. Jameson, Missou i; E.. F. Sevier, S. Patten. T. Stringfield, Holston: H Paine, J. B. McFenin, A. E. P. Green, T. Mad din, Tennessee, ; J. Blake, J. Jameson, P. Douh, North Carolina; G. W. 1). Harris, S. S. Moody, W. McMahan, T. Joyner, Memphis; J. C. Parker, W. P. Ratcliffe, A. Hunter, Arkansas; J. Ear ly, T. Crowder, W. A. Smith, 1/ M. Lee, Virginia; W. Winans, H. M. Drake, J. Lane, G. M. Rogers, Mississippi; Lit tleton Fowler, Texas'; J. Boring, J. Hamilton, W. Murrab, G. Garrett, Ala bama; G. F. Pierce, \V. J. Parks, L. Pierce,-J. W. Glenn, J. E. Evans, A. B. Longstrcet, Georgia ; W. Capers, W. M. Wightnian, (-. Betts, S. Dunwody, H. A. C. Walker, South Carolina. | 83= It will be seen that there are no ! signatures in behalf of Maryland. In ; case of a division, she will either go with j the free States, or compose part of a cen tra! conference of which we hear some talk.— Ed. Sal. Visitant. Mirim- and Main.— Lord Charles Somerset was telling a long story about Ins walking in the woods at die Cape one day, when lie came suddenly upon a huge shaggy lion. “Thinking to fright en him,” said the noble lord, “ 1 ran at him with all my might.' ‘ Whereup on,” saitl another, .interrupting, “ he rail away with all his mam . “Just so,” said his lordship. Au accepted suitor, one day walking a village in England, with the object ol Ins affection hanging upon his arm, and describing the ardency of his affection, said, “how transported I am to have you hanging on my arm.” “I p°n my word, you make us out a very respectable cou ple, when one is transported and the oth er is hanging." said the lady.