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r 1 o/ mm\m iiia g;; vf --CVU UijMuil'+ aiLglGK, X. G. FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 185G. I Class Meetings, j Some people have a holy horror of class meetings. ’J’KIl.MS, ,tr. 1. Driers for the Advocate must be ac- eompaLied by the oo.r/r. The Publishing Committee have wisely adopted the rush j}finii'j,/r, and wo must adhere to it, with out cxccptinn. ■J. Agents will please collcet the amount due from .subscribers, whoso names are al- ■ ready on our books, as soon as possible. 3. iSubscribers can cither pay to the Agents, or, if more convenient, remit di rectly to the Editor. 4. In remitting money, give the name of the person to be credited, unrl he sum »ndi/ii-r ihr. Pof! OJfirr^ ('(luuljj und State. 0. The travelling preachers are Agents for this paper, and wo shall be thankful to local preacher.s, official members of the church, and Post Masters, who may act as .-\gcnt.s also. G. If any subscriber fail to receive his paper, or if there be any error in any re spect, let the Editor be notified, and it shall be promptly attended to. rcijuest tha preachers and others to forward at once an account of any inci dent, ycligious or secular, with the privi lege of using it as wo may think proper. We wish to make this both a itKUGiotJS paper .and a news rAiuiit. 8. Now, brethren, help us, and then the paper will help you in your pastoral work. You have only to present the claims of this paper fairly and squarely before our people. They will subscribe: only try them. ■Ifi. • -'N Editor’s Office. Those who have business with the 1‘ldi- tor will generally find him in his office, over Ilutching.s’ store, on Fayetteville street, liy the wi^', an incident occurs to our recollection. We were on our first trip at sea, upon a steamer. Wo were wrapped iii the grandeur of tho scene, and -Viy^rc ju.'t apostrophizing the noble ve,ssel in tho line.s— “ Sh® walks tho waters like a thing of life.'' ^.Ju.st then, a sou of Ethiopia jingled a horrid bell in our ears, and cried, “Walk down to tho capdain’s office and settle— .settle.’’ Thi.s is a poor incident, but—it ha.s a very good moral. V Deaths. 4Ve have ju.st learned with deej) .sorrow that Asher H, K.vv, of Louisburg is no more. He died on Friday night, of eon- numption. As a Teacher, a member of the church, and .such a man in all tho re lations of life as tho grace of God alone can present to .the world, wo may never look upon his like again. “ Ho rests JA'Cs- amk hi.s works do .follow . him.’”’’ Wo al.vo learn -that a mother in Israel is gone fiuin the cluireh in Louisburg, to her reward in heaven. Mrs. Ann 'J'homas breathed her last on Saturday evening, af ter an illne.s.s of twelve days. For thirty year.s .she ha.s illustrated that go.spel which sustained her amid all life’s trials; and her house ha.s been tho home of the preachers, where many liave learned to reverence her as one like “the elect lady,” to whom J olin wrote. Tho death of these two, so widelyknown and greatly loved, will awaken sympathy and prayer iu many hearts for their be reaved familie.s. The church too suffers. Rut its Head lives ever, to guide and to keep it. , A Word to Young Preachers. A course of study is prescribed for young preachers during the first four years of their connection with the Conference. At the Conference they are examined by a committee, who report to thatbodj-. It is important to their usefulness, to their po sition and to the whole church that tho course of study be rigidly pursued and thoroughly mastered. Rut if the young proachsr defer entering upon it until the middle, of the year, he will not have time, and it is to ))o hoped also, that his atten tion will be engro.ssed by the labors inci dent to revivals. Now tlu-refore is the time to begin the task in earnest. Now, while the winter .shuts you in, and the nights are long, is the time to give diligence to reading.” You will be better prepared to minister to the congregations that. will thaw out to hear you bye and bye, and will lay an in valuable foundation for future improve ment. Adopt system in the employment of time, and adhere to it. So will your “ profit ing ajipoar unto many.” HeceU'T.s.—We shall next week com mence acknowledging receipts in the Ad vocate, aud will catch up with the pay- raonts a.s fast as pos«ible. Tho Woathor. It i.s now twelve days since the heaviest snow fell that has been known in this part of tho country for years. The weather con tinues cold, and the snow has melted but little. From all sections we learn it has been a season of unprecedented cold; and that the poor are suffering greatly. To otir readers we beg leave to say, “ Remember .the poor.” Search them out and adimuister relief “ lie that giv- eth to the poor leudeth to the Lord; and that which he giveth he will repay him again.” It may be they' cannot couie to you; go to them; and you .shall lay up treasure in heaven. It is affirmed that class meet- : ings are wurse than the Romish confe.s- I sional. Confession, in the Roman church, I i.s made to the jiricst alone; is compulsory; is an enumeration of every particular sin, ! ■with all its circum.stauces; i.s made with ; ■ a view to absolution by the priest; and is regarded as an integral part of what they . erroneously call the .sacrament of penance. It is a slander upon Mcthodi.sm to say that class meetings are like the Romish confes- , sional in any one of those, its essential ' features. If the reader will accompany us to a class meeting, he shall see and hear all that oOrurs there; and then, if he fears [ God, wo venture to affirm his objections I to class meetings will vanish away, or be greatly modified. I We enter a room in which tho disciple.? j of our Lord have met, and shut the door. ! 'J’ho Rible warrants them in this: for . Paul says, “ Forsake not the assembling ! of yourselves together, as the manner of I some is.” ’J’hc first appearance of our [ Saviour among his disciples, after his re surrection, was when they were assembled alone, with closed doors; and instead of rebuking them for such a meeting, as some of his erring followers now rebuke those that meet in like manner, he said unto them, “ My peace I give unto you.” Tho meeting is opened by singing a hymn, in which all unite. Our Saviour hiimself sang a hymn; Paul and Silas sang in the prison until God sent the angel whose footstep jarred the earth and set them at liberty. If singing is not wrong everywhere, it cannot be ' wrong in the class meeting. The singing is followed by prayer. There is no harm iu prayer; all Christians pray; and prayer is just as proper in class meetiugs as elsewhere. After prayer, one who is experienced iu the things of God tells what tho Lord hath done for his soul. If you condemn him for this, you condemn David also; for David did this very thing. If it is pro per, under any ciroumgtanoes, for one to speak of his personal experience, it cannot be improper to do so in class meeting. All Christian.? do thus speak at some time, and none can consistently condemn it, merely because it is done in a class meet ing. After speaking of his own religious state, ho inquires of each one present as to his experience in God’s service, aud gives advice, rebuke, enoouragemont aud I exhortation as they may severally require. ! 'Those services are interspersed with sing ing aud prayer; and not unfrequently the Divine presence is manifested so clearly ‘and .SO' poworfuHy that all are-filled'with joy and love. In this way, the mourner in Eion is comforted, the tempted is succored, the feeble and the wavering are confirmed iu the faith; and each one is better prepared to go out into the battle of life. That a class meeting should be irksome to the impenitent, is not to be wondered at. “The natural man perceiveth not tho things of God, because they are spiritually discerned.” 'That good men should bo tempted to neglect this means of grace, is to be expected, so long as an insidious devil is permitted to assail God’s elect. 'That men who have no religion iu their hearts should not relish a meeting to speak of that which they know not and have not, is not matter of surprise to any who know ' what our fallen nature is. Rut we appeal I to all Christians who know what class I meetings are, who, without prejudice, have ; tried them, to say if they do not at once I meet the requirements of Scripture and the necessities of the tempted and the tempest-tossed pilgrim to tho better land. Fifty year.s ago, our church was blessed with a ministry and a membership that loved class meetings; because then, as al ways, they met the Saviour there. Un skilled in liuman lore, they wore never- I tireless strong in faith and gigantic iu spiritual power. 'The school of Christ, iu i which they were trained to conquer, was , the class-room. And those in the present ' day who are most humble, most happy and \ most useful in their Christian course are ; they that in this respect walk in “ the old j paths—the good way” where our fathers j found communion with God, and “ fcllow- ! ship with the saints.” ! Let us emulate their good example.“ I Let this year be marked as the era in I which class meetings are restored to their j primitive efficiency, in the North Caroli- I na Conference, and there will be such a .'revival as this generation hasueverknown. Father Gripe. We thought this brother was not a member of our church. It seems we were mistaken ; and iu justice to him we insert j his eommnnication on another page. 'To him we beg leave to say, we meant no harm by the extract from Dr. Jeter, and would address to him the language of a preacher out West to a brother that got happy and exclaimed, “Thank God, the Gospel is free; it never cost me a cent in my life;” to which the preacher respond ed, “ God bless your stingy soul, brother.” I Dr. Jeter is a Raptist, and the Raptista I say hard things about the Methodists ! sometimes. We shall take care how we extract from Dr. Jeter again. And now. Father Pious Gripe, do send along a contribution of fifty dollars to the Publishing Fund of this paper. Will you. Father Gripe ? A Mistake. We have received a pamphlet from Ros- ton, by Samuel Nott, on “Slavery and the Remedy; or principdes and sugge.stions for a Remedial Code.” It is written with ability, and i.s loss un fair to the South than productions from that quarter usually are. lie proposes, not to aboli.sh slavery, but to remedy its evils by legislation; and in tin's connec tion, he quotes a statement that somehow got into the papers a year ago, relative to North Carolina, as follows; “'The project now being agitated by the people of North Carolina, and soon to be carried before the IjOgislature of that State, is one which, to say tho least of it, will create a .sensation. It is—1st, to render legal the institution of marriage among slaves; 2d, to preserve sacred the relation between parents and their young children; 3d, to repeal the laws prohibiting the edu cation of slaves. If this modification in the laws in North Carolina i.s made, as we are informed it probably will, other States will no doubt follow the example.” We make this quotation for the purpose of stating that no legislation on the sub ject to which it refers is proposed in North, Carolina; and that a petition to that ef fect, signed by a few individuals, to the last Legi.?lature, produced no sensation, aud evoked no sympathy. Our remedy for the evils of the South, is the Gospel preached to master and slave, with God’s blessing upon it and them. Hundreds of Methodist itinerants are preaching that Gospel to the colored peo ple, and accomplishing more good every year than a whole North full of Abolition- its can achieve in a millenium. Brevity. 4Ve CBohew long obituaries. Notices of the departed must he hrirf ; we cannot ad mit long ones. AV'e solicit articles on subjects of inter est to our readers, from all who can wield “ the pen of a ready writer.” Rut we cannot admit lone/ articles.— 'The interest of this paper forbids us to do so. AVrito, but clearly and briefly; and do not subject the Editor to the pain of re jecting your article, or to the fear that it will injure the Advocate. Avoid serial articles. Let each com munication bo complete in itself. If se rial iu fact, you need not announce it so. Do not frighten the reader away from you; let him read, aud if there is a connection between one article and another, ho will perceive it all in good time. We have some excellent communications on hand now, which we hesitate to insert because of their length. M'rite, and prune down, and pray not for the gift of continuance., Mjito often, but wot lonej. Memorials^ Methodism in the North Carolina Conference. AVc solicit short, clear and authentic memorials of Methodism, its origin, pro gress, and present state, in every part of the North Carolina jflBnfo^enee, for the columns of tjio '‘*4ftolri€arolina Christian Advocate.”' 'The memory of^our fathers and of the “ work of faith and labor of love,” their preaching and God’s ble.ssing upon it, yet lingers on tho minds aud hearts of the fa thers and mothers in Israel, whose lives have been preserved to a green old age; and a few scanty records remain to toll us from what small beginnings the mighty power of God has wrought out our pre.sent state of prosperity and promise. Rut these will all be swept to oblivion, unless they bo rescued by tho grateful hand of the present generation. Our respected correspondent, whose ac count of Methodism in M'ashington, be gun in la.st -week’s issue, continued iu this number, and to be completed in a few fol lowing numbers, has performed a grateful *&ei-vlcc fi’j^kv it ®j.. if “-xild Arr:tr;^^|prr and we solicit others to follow this good example, aud to be careful that their arti cles be short, clear and authentic. Such memorials, by pointing us to the humble means by wliich the great work of Methodism was begun among us, may teach us to be humble fn our present state of prosperity, and to recognize more clearly the hand of God in tho current of our church’s history. AVe repeat thir request for such memo rials or histories as may yet be gathered from the rapid stream of time, \vith the emphatic proviso, that they be short, clear and autlicntir. LITERARY NOTICES. CONI'ESSIOXS OF A CONVERTED InFIDEI., with lights and shades of itinerant life, and miscellaneous sketehes. Ry Rev. John Rayley, of the A'irginia Confer ence. New York: M.AY. Dood. 1854. 'This is a goo’d bock, -ivell written, inte resting and instructive. 'The author, now a useful member of the A'irginia Confer ence, is an Englishman by liirth, -w.as an infldel in Ids principles; and, iu tho book before us, gives an account of his conver sion to God. Ills narnitive incidentally throws light upon the workings of infidel ity in England and this country, and very forcibly e.xliibits the adaptation of the plain Gospel, as manifested iiyhc life and preach ing of such men as Childs, to save men iu every condition of society, even though they be “ tho chief of sinners.” 'The “ Lights and Shades of Itinerant Life and Mlsceilaneous Essays” will well repay a perusal; and while tho whole vol ume is decidedly Methodistie in tone, it cannot fail to be acceptable to all classes of Christians. A\ 0 advise our readers to procure this volume ; it can be had, we presume, from the Depository at Richmond; and we will, in a short time, give notice of a more con venient method of procuring it. “ Twelve Sermons. Ry C. F. Deems, 1). D.” Raleigh Female Seminary. Tills Institution opened its first session, in this city, on tho 9th January. Not withstanding the inclemency of the weath er, there was a goodly number of students in attendance on the first day, and it opens under favorable auspices. 'The character of the gentlemen who have originated this school to secure a proper eduoatiou for their own daughters, and the qualifications of the faculty, all give assurance to the public that the young ladies committed to its care will receive every attention neces sary to the highest grade of cultivation, intellectual and moral. AA'e call attention to the advertisement in another column. School at Ridge-way. Of this School, AA'. II. Bass, A. M., is Principal and Proprietor. 'The location is favorable to health and good morals; Mr. Rass is a gentleman of experience and success as a Teacher; and we are enabled from a personal acquaintance with him, to vouch for the good moral influence he ex erts upon his pupils. Now i.s the time—.send the boys along. Special Agents. B. K. Pullen, of the firm of Stebbins & Pullen, Shockoe Hill, is our agent in Richmond. He is authorized to give re ceipts for subscriptions or advertisements; and to make special contracts for Rich mond advertiseiiisL^B hy the yemr-.. ' . R. F. SiM.MONS is our authorized agent for AA'oldon and vicinity, and may do all for the “Advocate” which we could do if present. AYe will authorize any responsible per son to act a.s agent for this paper, if he express a willingne.ss to help ns ; hut it is not intended to supersede the preachers; they are understood to be our agents eve rywhere. Annals of Southern Methodism. See notice, on another page, of a forth coming volume with this title, by Dr. Deems. It cannot fail, from sueh hands, and on such a subject, to ho a work of deep interest and permanent value to the whole church. Every Methodist in the South should procure it; and, indeed, all, of every creed, or of no creed at all, who aspire to be well informed, should obtain it, as a record of what one of the most active and powerful denominations of Christians has been do ing the past year. Jlembcrs of the church within our own bounds may procure a useful book, and Subscribers—Back Numbers. Persons wishing to subscribe for this pnppiq will fqjiisb Hipii- addre.ss, -svith $1.50, to any of the preachers travelling or local, or to any Post Alaster, whg will do us the favor to act as agent. Or, if more convenient, they will remit directly to the Editor. Now i.s the time to subscribe to the only Conference paper ever published in North Carolina. Send on your names with the money, and youVlll get a family news paper, a religious periodical, a sheet that shall bo well fil^ with the very latest in telligence and other matters, of interest and profit to the general reader. Subscribers have come in'so r.apidlythat tho back numbers of the two first issues are already exhausted. Rut wo shall be able to supply several hundred -with the b.ack numbers M this week’s paper. Rend in yoa|^j«iiexa,- withoyt delay. Our Reception. To the press of North Carolina, our thanks are tendered, for the very kind and complimentary manner in which they have boon pleased to Tiotice this paper. Our acknowledgements arc also duo to several papers in other States, particularly to the South Side Democrat, which notices the Advocate favorably, and exchanges its daily issue -tvith- us without ohargiug tho difl'erenoe in price. Quarterly AIeetixg.—Last Saturday and Sunday was the first quarterly meeting hold for this .station. 'The P. E. Rev. 11. O. Burton was present, and preached with his usual acceptability. The inclemency of the weather oecasioued the eongrega- tWftTrr4*e-t*r,-j'j^, thc.se present felt it was good to be there. AYe had a very comfortable time in ministering to the col ored people. A Productive County Locked Up. The Rmihei'fo dum Eagle, arguing iu fa vor of the AYiimingtou, Charlotte & Rutli- erforj, road says that, if the roar! were built, “the Iri-h potatoe crop of Ruther ford County would bring into its limits, annually, §100,000 easily. Her apple crop might be made greater tlr.m her pres ent wheat crop. Her white headed cab bages alone would bring her iu §100,000, to say nothing of her other resouiees iu thograiu, cotton, and tohaeco, liuo. There is her livestock—her beef hermuttou aud pork, and the nroductsof the dairy ; many very many other sources of wealih, that the railway will open to the citizeus of this Coimty, that are now cniireL closed. --—A i4agle-4a(.-will trauspeu-t,trt a slight cn.st whole crops, aud tho next, day he can have tho cash in his pocket. Now, a week is exhausied in getting only ten barrels of flour to majket, aud that trip depends ou business at home, and the state of the roads, and when he gets to market he is only at the head of the road, instead of being at tho ocean market where tho na tions of the earth send their vessels to do their trading. Wheat is now at SI G5 per bushel, even as high up as Cluiriutte. Here it is $1, a difference of §65 on every huudred husliels. 'This County, this year can spare 100 000 bushels, aud therefore loses, ou wheat aloue, §65,000 for want of a Rail Road.” The Indian AA'ar.—'The Savannah Republican mentions the receipt of a let ter from the Florida Indian Agent, confirm ing tho accounts published a week ago, of the attack upon a party of U. S. 'Troops. 'The Agent says that serious troubles with the Seminofes may be confideutly antici pated, as the peaceful removal of the tribe is impossible. have the satisfaction of encouraging home literature. Horne Tixike ridiculed the practice of seabathing, aud said, if any of the seal species were sick, it would be as wise for a fish physiciau to order them to go onshore. Porsiiu declared that sea-bathing was only reckoned healthy because many have been known to survive it; but Sheridan’s ob jection to salt water was the most quaint : “Pickles,” said he, “don’t agree with me.” hors had a lot ot pork he ivanted me to t;d;o very bad. He could not drive them to Fayetteville then, and I had the spare hands, so 1 told him I -would give him, a.s a matter of neighborly accommodati n, with in one dollar and a half of tho price in Ballooning Extraoeihxary. Air. ll.ii t oy Aloorc, of Lawrence couiitv^ Ohio, claims to have discovered a prin ciple by which direction can be given to an air-car, and its speed accelerated “ town.” I did not want to speculate on | or retarded at the will of the eno-incer them, but he could not drive them and 1 could, I was to pay him the very day the agent eame; but about this Jeter, I do not think he was there at all. If the agent had only come the day after I got back from town, he could Lave got more ; that is, if he had acted like an .agent should, and Con or pilot who may take charge of it, and without the use of ballast or -waste gas in the ascent or descent. Rogers, the Poet, and author of I’leasures of Aleniory,” is dead, in in England, lie lived far beyond'the vineed mo it was right. I don’t common-1 years allotted to ordinary life and was lykeeiyuuoh money about the house, par-1 probably the richest poet in modern ticularly when my neighbors are so hard Hnics. He was born in 1760, and was pushed to get money, for I prefer to let it • ’ ' out and hold notes, if they can be got right, and the money helps the neighborhood.— This work is on our table. It is a re publication, wdth some additions and alter ations, of a volume entitled “Twelve Col lege Sermons,” several years out of print. These sermons are plain, pointed and practfcal, written in the chaste, attractive style which characterizes the writings of the author. 'Though addressed to young persons, they nevertheless contain much valuable truth adapted to every class of readers. AYe predict a ready sale for the new edition. For sale by AA'. L. I’oinoroy, Raleigh. Almost all my neighbors can get money in hard times. I never hold it back, but re member “ it is more blessed to lend than to receive,” 'Then he says I cannot quote Scripture. I ask him to quote a better passage than that. AA'ho the author Dia- bolus is, I cannot say, 'There are so many Drs. of Divinity now, that it has become very common to meet them, and I take no account of them. AA'Iiat wonder then that I am not acquainted with Dr. Diabolus.— He speaks of my will. Y'es. sir, I expect to do a good part by the church, when 1 die, if I am able. You arc aware that Eze! Church stands on ray land; that land is my name i , Be sure and ; make him stop attacking me this -n-ay. ' A'ours in love, PIOUS GRIPE. The North Carolina Readers—Num bers 1 and 2. These books have been placed on our table by Air. I’omcroy. 'They were pre pared under the auspices of the superin tendent of Common Schools, by Rev. P. AI. Hubbard, Profe.s.sor of Languages and IJteralurc iu tho Univer.sity of North Carolina. 'They are designed, and admirably adap ted to the use of Common Schools in North Carolina. Let every School Committee in the State require these books to bo used iu each common school, and let every teacher introduce them at oiico into the primary classes ; and it will encourage (a laudable 'euterprise; rendering tho ptith-ctf learning comparatively easy, and implant in the minds of the youth of our State a patriotism tliat will tell upou our destiny in future generations. ITEMS. Act or Excommunication at Cob LENTZ.—Wc find in the Journal de \ Frankfort some curious details relative to an “ oxcommunioation,” which was ‘ on December 12tli, pronounced at Cob- lentz. The narrative is as follows ; , -- *— I On Sunday wo -were witnesses of the great emporium of commerce .and ceremony which has not been perform- ■ inldligenco, there are two hundred for- cd fed’ centuries, viz : An excomrauni- ' tellers- They fleece, deceive and ^ cation—the subject being JI. Sonntag, -thousands. And yet,New Y'ork ; a merchant at Coblentz, who -was di- mercliants and politicians, i vorced from his first wife, and eight j excepted, will curl their noses in scorn ly the civil au- the ignorance of North Carolina ! j years ago was married by ] thorities only to his present one. Last Summer, AI. Sonntag was commanded I the late session of the Tennessee Con- by the clergy to separate from his wife, | fcrcnco, Dr. Ileiikle offered an elabo- and not obeying their decree, he was ; rate report and argument in favor of a on Sunday excommunicated. Dean | Theological seminary. Aiessrs. Irwin Kramontz, after preaohong a sermon and Johnson attempted to s.ny .some- against the civil marriage, put on some I thing in favor of the measure ; but the other sacredotal garments, and accom-1 proposition was laid on the table by an panied by two clergymen bearing wax ^ almost unanimous vote, tapers, read, standing in the middle of The Arator, Raleigh, N. C., T. J. Le- uiay, Editor aud Proprietor. This monthly for .January is on our ta ble. Itisau excellent agricultural Jour nal, and is richly worth the subscription price §1.50 to every Farmer in the State. AYe advise all to take it. I the bhiirch,' the 'sentdnoe eff cxcom- I numioation against AI. Sonntag and his lady. He then extinguished the ta- I pors, saying that the individuals nam ed were not rvorthy to see the day of i the Lord, and throwing the candle sticks to the ground, breaking them to A CARD. Per. H. G. Leigh and Pev. John T. Brame. As I have been engaged to prepare me morials of these brethren for a large litera ry work to be of permanent value to tho American churches, I shall be grateful to any one who will furni.sh me biographi cal sketche.s, interesting incidents, or any materials which may aid me iu the proper performance of this labor of love. Aly addrc.ss is Goldsboro,’ N. C. CHARLES F. DEEAIS, Jan. 10. 185G. rni I-I 1 i 1 1 ■ I r , 1^®^ Charleston last Sunday, The prohibition has not had much ef- ^ ,,ith dates from the above .port to the feet, for their house has been filled ev- loth, touching at Key AYcst on the _er since with visitors, and at night they ; evening of the" same ihiy. Her n etvs I is not important. See commercial head -' for markets. fore the adjournment of Congress is by died in Richmond, oiT tlie 1st, inst ■ ■no rnon.ns nn iirmo«;sinln i r i i i • i v , , Z To the Editor N. O. Christ. Adcocate— Sir:—I am astonished that iu the very first imuiber of your paper, you should make such a gross personal attack upon one of the meuibors of your church, undone who has maintained his standing before tlie community so long as 1 have done. I sec tliat you profess to extract it “ from tho Alirror, by Dr. Jeter aud how he ever came to attack a quiet, unoffending man like myself, I cannot iinagiue. In fact, I have not the Zimior of the acquaintance—I know one Dr. Jeter once; he was a man I deligfitod to meet. He has been called to niy family in many cases, and always brought relief. If he is the man who has made this fiendish attack upou me, lam .astonished at his ingratitude. I do not owe that man one cent, sir. I have always paid him promptly, treated him in a gen tlemanly manner iu every rc.spoct, and that he should turn and hold me up to the pub lic iu this way, I cannot believe. He says, he asked me to give “ a contribution, to' aid a worthy young brother to obtain an education.” Now, sir, I affirm that he never brought that worthy young brother to me in his life—I have never seen that worthy young brother. And you know, Air. Editor, “ a man must not tilways be lieve all her hoars these days,” “ there are so many men going round trying to live on other people,” that a man has to be care ful how be gives, or he may encourage it. Tlnit is one reason I had for not giving to this “ worthy young man.” Now, what no moans an impossible even If it does occur, it -tvill be the result of greater madness on the part of the British Gov-ernment than that which led to the loss of the American Colo nies. America is far more valuable to England no-tv than she ever could have been if the Colonial condition had con tinued. If the British Government John Smoot committed suicide in Da lean independence would be wisdom in ^ them where they are payable in spe- ' comni-mson. ' oio. AYe suppose the effect will be to comparison. I America wants no war with England.! ^ drive them out of circulation. Nor do wo believe that tho people of i t> c „ , -ri 1 1 1 • -.1 f] • ^ ' LaNiC oTOCK.s.—A few .shares England desire any war with this coun- -n A r. , .-nau s , TO -1 -11 • - ,1 FavctteviDo Bank Stock try. Ii they will examine for them- “ • ■ - - were sold tions in a bloody war rather than re cede from a false position. Richmond Dhpalclt. Election of Governor in AIaine. —Augusta, Me., Jan. 4.—Tho Legis-, ilaturo to-day cloctod Judge AVells, an I ^'’® the does this man who makes so free with my name, give? AA'ords, sir ! AA'ind ! Cheap just , old line democrat, Governor of the' fei’eat-lnng his last when found ; and I State. He received 88 votes in the ' evidently caused by ox- I House and 21 in the Senate. | Ppsure. No clue to his name had been j "I'he Governor elect was immediately i tlisoovorcd. ; in.auguratcd, after which .ho sent in a ! Pilgrims Progress.—This book has ! message, in which ho acquiesces iu the I 6een translated into Chinese, by Rev. [Nebraska bill, takes strong ground a-' Burns, an English Alissionary in i gainst tho prohibitory law; recommends | Amoy. It is embelLshed with illustra- ' a license system; condemns tho alien Gions -svell executed, with figures and and naturalization laws, and the per-, faces of a Chinese type and character. sonal liberty bill, ihe balance refers j fg.(y Sabbaths since in a town in to local matters. enough, talk is!.aud because his words don’t open my purse, he goes off' and holds me up to the community as stingy, pub lishes me. lie says I “ took occasion to praise the missionary cause,” &c. Ho tells the truth, I always help that noble cause. It is true, I did not give on this occasion as much as I usually do, nor as much as niy feelings prompted me to do, but is a man to be published for that I This was the way it was: Mr. G., one of my neigh- AIgnicipal Election,—AttbeAIu- a Sundaj’- School was engaged in ques- nloipal election in Fayetteville on Alon-1 tioiiing his pupils upon subjects connec- day last, the ticket put in nomination ted with their previous studies in tho by the American party, prevailed, with- Bible. At last, turning to a young out opposition—-viz : i Irisliman, tt member of the class ho T. S. Lutterloh, Esq., Alavmr ; Ales-' asked, ‘ AVhat Adam lost by the fall.’ srs. C. D. Nixon, A. AIcLean, Henry Pat for a few moments was .apparently Lilly, AA'. T. Horne, A. A. AIcKethan, in a brown study, but at last bis face AA'. AIoLaurin, aud \A'. AA'arden, Com- brighlened as he interrogatively replied; missioDera.—Argm. j “ An was it hhs hat, air ?” ' .a young man at the period of the Amer ican Re-volutioii. He was famous for his hospitality and his wealth. Spiritualists Taken In.—The “ Davenport Circle,” a society of spir itualists—tlie most prominent in New York city—were arrested a few clays since for deceiving the jiuhlie. It ap pears that after their audience is as sembled, the room is made dark, and the persons present hear all sorts of beautiful music. On tho occasion men tioned, one of tho audience uncovered a dark lanter-ii very suddenly, and dis- ‘ covered all tho spiritualists with instru ments in their hands. They were ar- worth at least three dollars an acre. 1 in-1 i-estod and made to give up'the admis- tend to give the trustees of the AI. E. [ ° ^ Church, South, all the land the church ; A ■ ■ stands on, and perhaps one or two acres i AIarelige OF “ Fanny Fern.” more ; but y- u must stop these attacks ou | On Saturday'last. Airs. Payson Eldridge I my char,actor, and give that Jeter to un-; was married to Air. James Parton of [derstand that I am as good a Christian as; New York. Mrs. Eldrido-e is better ! he is If you do this, Air Editor, perhaps : known to tho public at huge as “ Fan- ; I Will help you alonf]^ with vour piper. I nv TT/xr-n qMarx ® i • ! like good papers, and you may send me five '1 ’ i r . ' or six copies until I get the merits of it; ‘ ‘y, mace Gieeley', and a I and if I like it, you 'shall h-..vo mv I^o the porridicals of tho and money to help you ou. Cross Creek Lock.—AA'e have had a great quantity of min in this section for tbo last twelve day's, swelling tho River very much. AA'e learn that the Lock and Dam at Cross Creek has been somewhat injured—the River making a broach on the west side and washing I out a new canal 60 or 60 feet wide, j Pety. Oarolinian. Fortune Telling.—In New York, An innovation voted down.—At Johp Alqlholland, an old resi dent of this county', tvas found’lead on the Shatter road, Mout 8 miles from AA arrciiton and one mile from his res idence, one day last week. Supposed cause, intoxication.— Warrenton Ifews. Fatal Accident.- -A small son of pieces, exclaimed, “ Let tho bolls sound C. J. Nelson, Esq., of Goldsboro,’while the funeral knell!” AA'e immediately handling a loaded pistol on 'Tuesday heard the sound of bells and the chants last, was shot by an accidental dis- for tho dead. The Dean, in conolu- cliarge. The emire load entered his ^ sion, proclaimed that no one wliosoov- body and he died in an hour or two. er was to hold relations with the ex- j jvkom IIavana.-TIic steamer Isa, oommumcated, to salute them, &c.- have been serenaded. Our Relations -with England.- The_ New York Herald expresses tho | Death of a Prfacher —Rev E S opinion that a war with England^ Mitchell, of, the Virginia Conference,’ He had been in feeble bealtli f^or seve ral years; but has gone where “there is no pain.” Suicide.—A young man named vie County', about two tveeks ago, by blowing out bis brains with a pistol.— It is sufiposed be was deranged in con- sacrifices all the great interests which ®®hu®Doe of an injuiy received on the are dependent upon peace with this yoiu’ ago. Others attribute tho country, on account of any question , il'sappointmeiit iu a love affair, connected with Central America, the i Small Notes.—The Banks refuse folly which forced on the war of Araer-; to receive small notes, except to redeem of at selves the history of the Central Amer-; last week in lliat town, for ?67 ican question, they will conclude that : ® their'worst enemy is a government i f n , which could be guilty of bad faith, and ' be willing to inv-olvo two kindred na-‘ credit; aud re-sold at -5?120, cash. Death from Exposure.—An un known man, supposed to have been an Irisliman, was found dead, one mile North of Fayetteville, on Saturd.ay inst. He was I the vicinity of this city', a teacher of r L /■
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