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BANTUX £ HARGIS,
I8i0—ly. Oamrili*. G*.
Gassville, Pa Georgia.
L Ui kinds of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
repaired, and as well repaired as can be
oe elsewhere. All work eatreated to mj
re will be executed in the best order, and on
ort notice. Bear in mind that all watches
Cabinet Shop
JLKO WHEAT FAN MANUFACTORY.
A.. ROBIN 1
/TABTH&TIIiUB, Go., is prepared to do
Ij ftrttitf in the Cabinet line, at short ov-
Soe sad in a durable n.yie. He i* still man*
■festering the oelabratsd
Premium Fan*
—tteptoparad to famish m entire ooantrr
■MS Ibis again nr inmnlinn Call and exarn-
too his Wheat Fana, Furniture, Ac.
CUTTING k STONE,
Dealers in Dry Goods,
CARPETS.
OIL CLOTHS, BOOTS AND SHOES,
Curtain Materials, Ac.,
Bnildinas. No. 31 Whitehall strt
Excess or Cornnr at Litctpoou—
Statements an made to the effect that
there ere now 1,300,000 bales of cotton
stored in and about Lirerpoo!, and in or
der to watch the warehouses efficiently,
and prevent any fires which might break
oat gaining head twenty additional police
officers had been added to the fire brigade,
1.800 yards of t ars hose had been placed
in stock of the various stations.
Ricraoxn, Ta, July 38. The citizens
of Prince William county, in this State,
cat down the Republican fiag staff at Oe-
eoqoan on yesterday, without the collision
that vras sntMpsted. A company ofcav-
tnnrthwi^ilpl faliifin, and there was
no ttzaaiA fMb flag staff wasraisedby a
company tmder the direction of a Hr. Un
derwood, who is an arowtd Abolitionisf,
and who has resided in Virginia several
years. &wfl, vary prubably.be atten-
<M to %y **• ptopl* «f ▼?!&■.]
McNAUGHT, ORMOND k CO.
Commission Merchants,
An Pena— n Omut Mnmtwna
gspttom Buildings, WhiiAeUst.,
ATLANTA, GEO.
Raraasxcas—Messrs, smith A Patrick,
Smallwood. Ratio k Co., Alins, McLean A
Balk lev. New York ; Wm. M. Lawton ACo,
NaylorA Smith, Cha,^sto^A. K. Mkta»-
oaa A Johnston 8avaasab; Post A 3d, New
Orleans; Walsh.Smith ACo..Mahile; Crit-
tondm A Co.. Laetoviila; M. J. Wicks, Mam-,
phis; D. A. Jaaaarv A Co., St Louis. !
Nov. i, IMS—7y
fooehti BdbsHigetoenfs.
fienetyl £flbertiseto««fs.
CLOTHING
W. A. CHUNK,
. ATTOBHEY AT LAW*
If ring nub fnmmtrj cassville, ga.
JUST RECEIVING AND OPENING,
At Wholesale and Retail,
j practice in the Courts of the Cher
okee Circuit.
Akin’s office.
Mar be found nt Col.
Feb. Id, 1860—ly.
“AUGUSTA WORKS.”
'Will be thankful for orders for any kind of
Casting, Machine, Smith
Or Tin Work,
RAILROAD OARS,
Bridges:
Machinery lor
Gold Mines,
Flour, Corn or Saw Mills;
f.OiH Gear, Horse Powers, Cotton Presses,
COOK,
PARLOR,
asd BOX
j|»ri»3 a personal interest in the business,
custo-n :rs miy rely on baring their orders
fllleil cheaply, correctly and with dispatch.
Address J.B.MACMUUPHT,
Augusta, Oa , Jan. 19, I860. Sl! i , ’ t -
HARNESS SHOP,
BY W. O. BOWLER,
Csssrillc, Georgia.
KEEPS ALWAYS on HAND'
Carriage and Buggy Harness
&
3
i
H"
3
THE LARGEST LOT OF
Clottiing
EVER BROUGHT TO Tnis MARKET,
AND AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE
FIGURES.*
Be sure to call and examine.
OPPOSITE THE POST-OFFICE,
Next door to Kay’s Book Ftore,
ATLANTA, GA.
M. LAZARON,
May 23, 1360. Ageni.
Milner, Parrott & Saxon,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Cartersville and Cassville, Ga.
W II.l, practice in the Courts of the Cher
okee and Blue Ridge Circuits.
James Milner, I r t ( . rsv ille I ®- Saxon,
J. R. Parrott, f C t | Cassvdle.
Feb. 8, 1860—ly.
YV wrk
K HP.VIRINd done at short notice,
warranted. 0 ire mo a call.
May S, I860.—ly
W. R. HORTON,
NO. 1.33 MEETING STREET,
Charleston, S. C.
Offers for sale at the lowest possible
price, for Casii or Prompt Pat,
A VERY COMPLETE
AND SUPERIOR ASSORTMENT OF
HARDWARE,
CUTLERY, GUNS,
Pistols,
AND
Plantation Tools,
IMPORTED EXPRESSLY
Merchants visiting the City ere respectfully
invited to examine (be Stock and prices.
All Orders for Goods will Receive
Prompt and Careful Attention.
March S—6m.
JOU.V A. CttAWrOKD B. H. LKKXZ.
CRAWFORD & LEEKE,
Attorneys at Law,
Cassville, Geo.
Prompt attention given to all business en
trusted to them. Jan. 12,1860—ly.
G. W. JACK,
Grocer,
Yhitchall street, Atlanta, Ga.
■-plTE attention of Planters and Farmers is
A especially invited to the large and excel
lent stock of
Direct Importation.
I »-n now receiving a largo stack of
WAN#,
lircet from Eu ’ope, wUi
Ett-w .
rattling? here at New Yoi
mo
Ua Merchants, Hotel Keepers;
I have a large Stock of assorted 01
its and cnunin W ire for Merch
w«’! giirtntee satisftetion to
vian and direst impo-fcjr, I s<
til. R. P
Jan. 2, ISC.t—ly.
8. B. OAT.MAN
Da\Lt.a is AuMtcAs, Italia* and ’ScrpriAN
Statcary, asb Tessssser
Marble^
Mosnxxsrs, Tours. Urxs asb Tasks, Marrle
Mottcls, asd Fitrkishisc. Marble, ;js
Atlanta, Ga. ^
Ware R isms opposite Georgia R. R. depet.
James Taughaa, Agent, Cassville, Ga.
Get 87, 1859-ly.
ke?t*® ;
11 til
7p
soiborpi
MASSEY & LANSDELL,
Will sell upon Augusta, • Charleston and Sa
vannah terms any orders for
Drugs, Medici
CHEMICALS, PAINTS, OILS, Ac
Kerosene Oil, and
Alweye on hand, at the lowest
Atlanta, G*., Dec. IS, I»5t—ly.
. <
he has now iu store and for sale at the lowest
{ irices. His stock consists in part of the fol-
owing Goods:
Bagging, Rope and Twine;
SUGAR, COFFEE,
TEAS, SALT;
Candles, Starch, Soaps, Tobacco, Cigars;
Powdsr, Shot, Nails, Iron;
LIQUORS, Ac.;
In fart almost scything in the GROCERY
line. Merchants and farmers would do well
to call and examine his stock before purchas
ing elsewhere, as he flatters himself that he
can sell u-jou as favorable terms as any bouse
in this market.
All lie asks is a trial.
No charge for looking. Call and see me
on Whitehall street, below the Johnson block.
Atlanta, Nov. 1. G. W. JACK.
j. w. heath. w. T. DAY.
HEATH A DAY,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Jasper, Pickens Ce., Ga.
P RACTICE in the counties of Pickens,
Gilmer. Fannin, Lumpkin, Dawson, For
syth, Cherokee, Murray and Whitfield. Par
ticular attention given to the collecting busi
ness. Jan. 26,1860—tlDec.
istfllancutts.
i tutiw. yy jam prepared to make the sacrifice. I will
Jdo it”
j lie spoke in the most earnest and toueh-
Ling manner, and I confess that I was deep-
Jnd|e Douglas and Ex-Senator Dix-; iy. affected. I said to him in reply: “Sir,
On. ! I once recognized yon as a demagogue, a
The following is an extract from a letter mCTe P"* Ee,fish “**“J*";
M. J. CRAWFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Risgqolu, Catoosa Co., Ga.
A LL business entrusted to his care will be
promptly attended to.
Sept. 15, 1859.
P. H. LAREY,
Attorney at Law!,
Cartersville, Geo.
W ILL practice iu nil the counties of the
Cherokee Circuit, and in the ndjoining
counties of other Circuits. Particular ntten-
t : on given to collecting Oct. 6.1859—ly
E. L. BROWN,
Attorney at Law,
Cassville, Geo.
April 14, 1859.
JOHN C. BRANSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Cassville, Georgia.
P RACTISES in the counties of Cass, Floyd,
Gordon, Murray, Pickens und Whitfield.
Special attention given to securing and collec
ting claims. Nov. 17, 1859—ly.
Coffee, Sugar,
CANDIES,
mVR, 9B*41?
■TOBACCO., _
CASH! CASH! CASH!
A LL persons indebted to us for GROCE
RIES, are respectfully requested to cal!
and pay np. Six mouths time is --s long os
Groceries cun be sold, and tliis be g • or rule
we confidently expect to be paid promptly.
We call attention to our Large Stock of
Bagging, Rope,
SALT, IROIST,
MOLASSES,
And all Articles of
PLANTERS’ SUPPLIES,
which we will Soil low for Cash or Six Months
time.
HOWARD, STOKELY A CO,
jnly 18.Carters visas. Ga.
Texas Land Agency.
W. H. SMITH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
TYLER. TEXAS
W ILL attend to the Registering and au
thentication of DEEDS, the Location of
Land Certificates, and the Payment of Tax on
Lands in Texas, owned by citixens of other
States.
Prompt attention given to the Cot
lectins Business. Jan 11, 0 ly
S. T. DIGGERS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Grocer and Warehouse and
Commission Merchant,
ATLANTA, GA.
B ACON. Lard, Grain ; Coffee, Sugar, Syr
ups; Rope. Twine, Bagging; Wines, Liq
uors, Cignis; Lumber of all sizes and quali
ties; Lime as a Cement and Fertilizer.
Strict attention given to the sun age rf Cot-
t.».-i, Ac. Advances made on shipments of
Cotton, Produce, Ac. Please give me » call
Nov. l, '859—ly.
“ Probono Publico.”
GK Gr- MERCK,
WATCH-MAKER AND JEWELER,
Millinery and Dress Making.
MRS. C. M. M ARSH and Miss,
M. A. GOODWIJJ have nssocia-!
ted themselves in the MILLIN
ERY and DRESS MAKING business.
The former has just returned from market
with a SELECT STOCK OF BONNETS And
BONNET TRIMMINGS, of the latest style.—
Dress-iuaking in all the most fashionable
styles, neatly executed at short notice, as tbev
have competent helps. Also prepared to make
Shirts. Collars, Pants, Vests, Coats, Ac., with
dispatch, npori the most reasonable terms.—
Call and see them, st the brick building, oppo
site Skinner’s hotel, Cartersville, Ga.
Nov. 10, ’59—ly.
BARTLETT’S
Patent Novelty Sewing Machines.
r pW0 Premiums have been awarded for
X these Machines this month—at the Indiana
and New York State Fairs.
This is the original and only practical fam
ily Sewing Machine for 38, $T2 and 320. Par
ties wishing to purchase are invited to call
and examine this wonderful machine as the
■tore of Catting A Stone, Atlanta, Ga
C. W. CUTTING
Nov. 1. General Agent for the State.
written on the 30th September, 1858, by
the Hon. Arch Dixon, of Kentucky, Clay’s
last colleague in the United States Senate.
It expresses the opinion of a fair-minded,
but political opponent at that time of Mr.
Douglas. It was Mr. Dixon who first
moved the repeal of the Missouri restric
tion. It gives the private interviews be
tween those distinguished personages du
ring the discussion on the Kansas and Ne
braska acts:—
Of Judge Douglas, personally, I have a
few words to utter which I could not
withhold, without greatly wronging my
own conscience. When I entered the U-
nited States Senate a few years since, I
found him a decided favorite with the po
litical party then dominant both in the
Senate and the country. My mind had
been greatly prejudiced against him, and
I felt no disposition whatever to sympa
thize, or to cooperate with him. It soon
became apparent to me, as to others, that
he was, upon the whole, far the ablest
Democratic member of the body. In the
progress of time my respect for him, both
as a gentleman and a statesman, greatly
increased. I found him sociable, affable,
and in the highest degree entertaining and
instructive in social-intercourse. His pow
er, as a debater, seemed to me unequalled
in the Senate. He was industrious, ener
getic, bold, and skillful in the management
of the concerns of his party. Ho was the
acknowledged leader of the Democratic
party in the Senate, and, to confess the
truth, seemed to me to bear the honors
which eacircled him with sufficient meek
ness. Such was the palmy state of his
reputation and popularity on the day that
he reported to the Senate his celebrated
Kansas and Nebraska Bill.
On examining that bill, it struck me
that it was deficient in one material res
pect; it did not in terms repeal the res
trictive provision in regard to slavery em
bodied in the Missouri Compromise. This,
to me, was a deficiency that I thought it
imperiously necessary to supply. I ac
cordingly offered an amendment to that
effect My amendment seemed to take
the Senate by surprise, and no one appear
ed more startled than Judge Douglas him
self He immediately came to my seat
and courteously remonstrated against my
amendment, suggesting that the bill which
he had introduced was almost in the words
of the Territorial acts for the organization
of Utah and New Mexico; that they being
a part of the Compromise measures of
1850, be had hoped that I, a known and
zealous friend of the wise and patriotic ad
justment which had then taken place,
would not be inclined to do anything to
call that adjustment in question or weaken
it before the country.
I replied that it was precisely because I
had been, and was, a firm and zealous
friend of the Compromise of 1850, that I
felt bound to persist in the movement
which I had originated; that 1 was well
satisfied that the Missouri restriction, if
not expressly repealed, would continue to
operate in the Territory to which it had
been applied, thus negativing the great
and salutary principle of non-intervention
which constituted Hie most prominent and
essential feature of the plan of settlement
of I860. We talked for some time amica
bly, and separated. Some days afterward
Judge Douglas came to my lodgings, while
I was confined by physical indisposition,
and urged me to get up and take a ride
with him in his carriage. I accepted his
invitation and rode out with him. During
our short excursion we talked on the suty
ing. I now find you a warm hearted and
sterling patriot Go forward in the path-j for this, but none that wc have seen
way of duty as you propose, and though j *re feasible. Some sajrs it is occasioned
all the world desert you, I never vill." by the two or three thousand bales of
The subsequent course of this exhraor- J unsalable cotton in Mobile and New Or
dinary personage is now before the coun- • leans. But eight or ten million dollars
try. His great speeches on the subject, j locked up in unsaleable cotton, would not
in the Senate and elsewhere, have since j derange the commercial and financial af-
been made. As a true national statesman! fairs of the whole South. Others say it
—as an inflexible and untiring advocate j is over trading—buying too many ne-
and defender of the Constitution of his j groes to make cotton, but cotton has
country—as an enlightened, fair minded, i brought a fine price to the planter, though
and high soulcd patriot, he has fearlessly j the large** crop ever known. There has
battled for principle; he has with singular j been no great sales on a credit, as in 1835
consistency pursued the course which he and 1836, and few of any kind.
From the Montgomery (Ala) Confederation f The Necessity ofLftbfiff.
Cense of the Pressure. . The notion is false that genius can a*-
That there exists almost a panic in the ■ cure its aims without labor- AH the grist
money market here, must be evident to j minds who have left their marks upon the
all who have made any attempt to collect history of the worlds progress have paid
any little amounts due them, or who have j for their notoriety by the price rf onrm'
been so unfortunate as to owe anything | miting toil and labor. Napoleon Bona-
themselves. Various causes are assigned | parte worked hard and incessantly, and
has been known to exhaust the energies
promised to pursue when we talked to
gether in Washington, neither turning to
the right nor to the left Though some
times reviled and ridiculed by those most
benefited by his labors, he has never been
heard to complain. Persecuted by the
leading men of the party he had so long
served and sustained, he has demeaned
himself) on all occasions, with moderation
and dignity; though he has been ever ear
nest in the performance of duty, energetic
in combating and overcoming the obsta
cles which have so strangely beset his
pathway, and always ready to meet and
to overthrow such adversaries as have ven
tured to encounter him. He has been
fni hful to his pledge; he has been true to
the South and to the Union, and I intend
to be faithful to my own pledge. I am
sincerely grateful for his public services.
I feel the highest admiration for all his
noble qualities and high achievements,
and I regard his reputation as part of the
moral treasures of the nation itself.
And now, in conclusion, permit me to
say that the southern people cannot enter
into unholy alliance for the destruction of
Judge Douglas, if they are true to them
selves, for he has made more sacrifices to
sustain southern institutions than any man
now living. Southern men may, and doubt
less have, met the enemies of the South in
the councils of the nation, and sustained,
by their votes and their speeches, her in
alienable rights under the Constitution o^
our common country; northern men may
have voted that those rights should not be
wrested from us; but it has remained for
Judge Douglas alone, northern man as be
is, to throw himself “into the deadly im
minent breach,” and like the steadfast and
everlasting rock of the ocean, to withstand
the fierce tide of fanaticism, and drive back
those angry billows which threatened to
ingulf his country’s happiness.
LhaTe the honor to be, very respectful
ly and cordially, your friend and fellow-
citizen, ARCH. DIXON.
ject of my proposed amendment, and Mr.
Douglas, to my high gratification, propos
ed to me that I should allow him to take
charge of the amendment and ingraft it on
hia Territorial BflL I acceded to the
proposition at once, whereupon a most in
teresting change occurred between os.
On this occasion, Judge Douglas spoke
to me, in substance, thus: “I have be*
come perfectly satisfied that it is my duty
as a fair minded national statesman, to co
operate with yon as proposed in securing
the repeal of the Missouri Compromise res
triction. It is due to the South; itisdoe
to the Constitution, heretofore palpably
Inftmeted; it is doe to that character for
consistency, which I have heretofore la
bored to maintain. The repeal, if ws can
effect it, will produce much stir and com
motion in the free States of the Union for
a smsnn I shall ha assailed by dema
gogues and fonatieathara, without stint or
moderation. Every opprobrious epithet
wjH be applied to me. I shall be proba
bly hung in effigy in many places. It is
i
How the London Times is Printed.
A London correspondent of the Phila
delphia Ledger having visited the office
and press-room of the “Great Thunderer,”
communicates the following interesting
facts:
“They use nine tons of paper a day—
enough to reach to Dover, eighty-three
miles. The water to wet the paper is
raised by an engine, and going through a
perforated zinc cylinder, fells on an end
less blanket, and wets twenty-four sheets
at a time. They use twenty-seven kegs,
or two tons of ink each week. Moulds
for electrotyping are made of paper mache,
from which lead impression are taken,
and ready for use in a half hour; can take
six plates from a mould, the manner of
doing it without oar burning the mould
is a secret; save six hours by electroty
ping. Have an eight cylinder Applegarth
press, that takes twelve thousand five hun
drod impressions, and a Hoe’s ten cylin
der, that turns out sixteen thousand four
hundred in nine hoars, working six men.
The latter, moving horizontally, is not
near so complicated as the former, which
work vertically,' They prefer Appledge’s
as it does its business more neatly. Em
ploy 360 men, and issue 55,000 copies;
have a man who counts 300 a minute, and
they are all delivered five minutes after
the stoppage of the press. One dealer
takes 28,000 copies in twenty-four carts.
Two tweWe-horse power engines aroused.
Forty years ago, only took 1200 impres-
sioi^ per hour, and first yearly volume
(1T91J is but quarter the size of quarter
lies bflate years.”
The
banks have not opened and have done
a wholesome business, and have the or
dinary quantity—if not more—specie in
their vaults. Our section is not in debt,
and our credit was never better, if as good
at the North, as every merchant who has
been there can testify. So that our peo
ple were never in a more prosperous con
dition.
Why, then, this panic ? Why tliis “tak
ing in sail" by the banks and all prudent
men who deal in money and exchanges ?
We think the answer obvious. A parcel
of reckless, and ambitions politicians—
many of them with nothing to lose and
everything to gaiu by a revulsion, by o-
verturning the present peaceable, quiet,
prosperous and happy order of things, and
substituting district, disorder, revolution
and even anarchy in the government of the
country—are bent upon disunion: Many
of these people no change could damage;
to them any change no matter what might
be an improvement; they have noth
ing to do but hang around the grog shops
in the towns and villages, or loaf on the
streets and spout politics, abuse their bet
ters for being submissionists and free
soilers, and praise Rhett, Yancey & Co.,
as saints and apostles of liberty and sou-
thert rights. With these leaders they ex
pect to accomplish an overthrow of the
existing government No one can fail to
recognise the critical condition of the coun
try from the rupture these peopelhave
made in the National Democratic party.
According to their pwn calculations,
Lincoln is sure to be elected, and then
they are pledged and they ate trying to
pledge the whole South, to disunion and
revolution. Their leaders may deny it till
they turn blue, but the people wont be
lieve it Least of all will the keen optics
of the sensitive financier fail to perceive
it Money is timid, and takes fright even
at possibilities of danger. Hence their
present prudential movements. They
see the possibility and danger ahead and
like a prudent mariner who sees a cloud
rising in the distance, don't wait till it
overshadows the heavens before he takes
in saiL Monied men know full well that
a disruption of the Union would burst ev
ery bank in the South instanter. All cred
it would be overthrown; commerce would
become stagnant; money used for the or
dinary pursuits of trade, would be necessa
rily employed in the purchase of arms and
munitions of war, paying troops, building
fortifications and making war generally.
The plowshare would be beat into the
sword, and the country turned into one
vast military camp. These are the pro
babilities that frighten the bank. What
will it be when the reality comes? Let
those who now experience inconvenience
from their answer. The banks and the
sensible, wise, and far-seeing men in the
country, are contemplating the probabili
ty of a revolution, and thence their action
of stringency.
of several secretaries at one time. Chasten
XII, of Sweden, frequently tired out all
his officers. The Duke of Woffington
was a hard working man in the Peninsula;
his energies never flagged. Milton, from
youth applied himself with such indefati
gable application to tha study of letters that
it occasioned weakness of right and ulti
mate blindness. The labor of Sir Walter
Scott is evidentin the number ofhis litera
ry productions, and it is apparent to every
reader that the immense masses of gensr-
al information which abound throughout
his multitudinous works could only have
been acquired by dint of many years hard
study. Byron was in tha habit of read
ing even at his meals. Lather made it A
rule to translate a verse of Bible every day.
This soon brought him to a completion of
hia labors, and it was a matter of aston
ishment to Europe; that in the multiplicity
of his other labors, besides traveling, he
could find time to prepare such a surpri
sing work. Newton and Locke pursued
their studies with tireless efforts, and
Pope sought retirement so that he might
pursue his literay operations without in
terruption and distraction.
Industry is essential to all; by forming
the habit of doing something useful every
day, a inan increases his own amount of
happiness and enlarges that of others a-
bout him. Many on.es by a judicious uaa
of the odd moments, those little vacancies
in every day life, which occur to all Lava
rendered themslves famous amongst their
fellows. Nature is preserved in its prop
er working condition by constant exer
tion, and man, to keep in a healthful con
dition of mind and body, must exert his
mental and physical faculties; the con
stant employment of the first will girt
the strength of character so that it ia ca
pable of 'thinking on any subject at a#y
time, and by active bodily exertion be pew-
serves his health fortune and woridly po
sition. The Marquis of Spino] a once asked
Sir Horace Vere, “of what hia brother
died.” “He died, sir.” replied Sir Hor
ace, ‘*of having nothing to do.” “Alaal
sir,” said Spinola, “that is enough to kiQ
every general of us all.”
How the States Elect
Each State in the Union fixes its laws
with regard to the election of Presidential
Electors- Georgia we are informed is the
only State that requires a majority of the
whole vote to elect Massachusetts a few
years ago had the same law that Georgia
has now but the running of abolition tick
ets in that state led to so much confusion
that the law was altered; and now a plu
rality elects. In the other states, if our
information is correct, it makes no differ
ence how many tickets are run, the hig-
est vote elects except in South Carolina,
where the people do not vote at all, the
electors by the legislature.—American
Union.
The Boy Preacher of Louisiana.
Mark Boatman Chapman is now in hia'
fourteenth year. He was born in Clinton'
Louisiana where his parents still reside;
About two years ago he was received in
the Church, very soon after this he com
menced instructing his fathers servants Ofi
the afternoon of every sabbath. His cus
tom was to read a chapter and comment
upon it, having 1 first studied the chapter
consulting Benson, Clarke and Wesley on
every passage.
• He at length began, says the writer to’
the Memphis Advocate, to speak in the
lovc-feastB and class meetings; then' Ur
pray in the pdblic congregation. Hia ap
pearance is that of the merest boy, and he
seems wholly unconscious of any superior
gifts of attainments. He now priMdke"
regularly every Sabbath at his &tli«rV
place, near town. His parents hate re
fused to allow him to enter the pulplt'and
supply the place of tlic regular uflifhter
on the Sabbath, although he ia often solic
ited to do so. He* docs nothing without'
permission from hik parents. He attend*'
school and joins in all the amusmente of
the boys of his own age; he is a mere
child everywhere save when preaching.—
On last Sabbath I sat under his ministry,-
and have seldom been more edified and de
lighted with a sermon. His style fa chaste
his words fitly and happily chosen. The
nicest critic would not detect a gramatio-
al error. His manner is earnest, sod hie
pathetic appeals reach all hearts; Occa
sionally his feelings overwhelm him, and-
ha gives way to floods of tears.
The most gifted lawyers, and doctor*,
and divines have heard him with astonish
ment and delight I confess thatJt is
most, add to use incomphrehbrisible.—
When I heard ftfar,- he pftadlied’froifi ttirf
text, “How long bait ye between two opin
ions?” He preached fronT notes, some
times seeming to forget that bis notes were
beforS him. His subject was arranged
with perfect system aiid most logically
treated. When through with bis sermon
be closed the Book and gave a brief anrf
touching exhortation, under which 1 coaid
with others but weep. His public addraaa
es published have attracted mud atten
tion, and should he live, be must m Ida
onward course have a broad ’rake on
the tide of morale. Soda tn tha char
acter of the “Boy Preacher," wfadag pro-
without a ptaUL—X. O. On*