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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.
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Agents, or, if more convenient, remit di
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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.
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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
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