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ifctfi Carolina Cljriiait kat Cjjristinu 5liiuaratt. HA LEIGH, X. C. FRIDAY, FEmiUAKY 1851 Epeoial Agenti. Jan-.es V. .Siinmor.a, Wcldon. Benjamin IC. P!len, RiehmoaJ, Va. Bev. B- Clegg. The foilvwiii resolution! were passed' by the X. C CoDfcrcnce, at its late session ia Wilmington. The confidence they ex press in the Ministerial and professional character of Bro. Cle;rg has been merited by n-any years of devotion to tha eausc of Christ, and great usefulness in tb allied cause of Christian Education : " Vhcrea, vrc have learned that our beloved and highly valufi brother, Rev. J. Clegg, contemplates removing Wet : -J J$,7i--,TTiat we cnrestlj request mm to weish the matter before he takes aaj dtfinite ftteps towards 1 i removal ; and if he can d so consistently with his own intere.-t-i, we urge hiiu to-reiuain with us, and fj.end the remnant cf hia useful life in his native .Starr.. iItw!c-, 2d, Tliat if he Miould deter mine to remove, we do hereby commend him to the confidence of the Church wher ever he tuaj go, as a scholar and teacher f ability and usefulness, and an able min ister of Christ." The First Missknary to Africa. Melville U Cox was stationed in this sity in 1821. The following year he re ceived his appointment to Liberia, as the flrf.t Missionary sent by our Church to Africa. After a few months' devoted la bor in our Master's cause, he fell a victim to the climate. The place of hia burial, in the sands of that distant shore, is marked by a plain etonc bearing this inscription : To the merrrrv of The Rev. MKLVlLli IJ. COX, the first Missionary from thaMe iliodiht Episcopal Church in the ir.tittes to LifeFia, Western Africa, lie arrived in Monrovia on the CHh of March, 132, wbere, having ornnizod a brurch of the same Church, he died in the triumph of the (Jiir'fctian faith oa the 21t of July of the same year, ar;ed ''4 years, lie was a truly unliable man, a devout christian, and an able &nJ successful minister of Jasus Chrixt. The Poor. t hs been a time of great distress witI the pouroMhis City, as well as else where. Their Sufferings would hive been hjuciCi greater, ' but for the relief afforded bv rKU? hand of charitv. Thev still nr.nd assistance. Many prayers of gratitude will rise from the garrets and hovels of this City for Mr. W. J. W. Crowder, for his rigilauce and activity in their behalf. Family "Worship. In every family the altar of prayer should 'be erected, especially in every reli gious family. The head of a family should fl it ai iaeumbent upou him to gather, at stated times, around him, the members of Lis household, and impart to them reli gious instruction, and teach them by ex amp! to pray, as to discharge any other religious duty. This is the way to let our light shine before" our families, and " constrain them to glorify our Father in heaven." The old family Bible, the hymn of praise to God, the voice of supplication rising from a pious father's heart, make impressions upon the hearts of children which time cannot efface j and how often is it the case that these impressions, in .. i v,. l ,.1.- iu death, have led the "wandering son to the house of prayer, to the worship and service cf his father's God. If it is im portant and binding, ordinarily to observe family worship, how imich more important, in seasons like the present, when whole families and uiacy of .a!cKJt every family, are entirely cut off by the -inclemency of the weather from the public services of the Sanctuary. It rarely happens in an age that attendance on church is to such an extent interrupted. In the country, particularly, where our houses of worship are not provided with protection against the cold, the public ministration of the Word is almost entirely arrested. Fathers, if jou would discharge -year duty to your families, and supply, as far as you may be able, this great lack, be strict and attentive in your observance of family worship and the cultivation of family religion. Mattamuskext Circuit. The Chair man of the Committee of Finance, ac knowledges the receipt of $80 55 from this circuit, sent up by Ftcv. C. W. King; it being the amount collected last year for the Continjent Fund. It is due to the circuit to state that the illness of the preachers accounts for the delay in the reception of thia contribution, and that but for the same cause it would have been much larger. Normal College : Committie ox Bex rrciABiES. A fine religious interest is now prevailing at Normal College, and a very large number of students is in atten dance. Ktvs. N. H. B. Wilson, D. B. Nicholson and J- Jamieson were appointed at the last session of the Conference a Committee on beneficiaries, ths present year. To them, all applications for schol arships at the disposal of the Conference, vbuuid b Ed. Church Liberality. j. v,vujpi:jt vi iii'urrai.iy aiu6 vur Church, enter?? largely into the writing and sayings of some of our ministers and laymen. If a c!a or circuit falls in rai-- iog the neceswy supplies, or turns a deaf ear to some favorite plan of benevolence, the whole Church ia lectured ordenounced through the press or social cirtle as illib- eral; and there are many on such occasions, who are ready to conclude that what libar - erality the Church possesses, is waning. Now we would not pretend that there M 1 T A AW 'll-l I are not particular classes and ftome icem bers of almost every class who are defi cient in this respect, but we do protest against this practice, indulged in by some, of wholesale denunciation and complaints. It ig unjust to our people, and UlibtraL in itself. Let any one take the pains to look to the facts ia the case, and he will accord with us in sentiment. As io a decrease in liberality, if we will compare the evi - dences now wt.i. i :.i : tt.h, lliC cyiucuto) giveu eeu j a dozen year- a(,, .!n r,on j of devout thanksgiving for its constant; and rapid increase. What are some of tnese tacts Ao church in this country has so many calls made on its liberality as the M. E. Church. Besides the support of the effective ministry, there is raised annually a Contingent fund, for the sup port of the supcr-anuated preachers, the widows and orphans of preachers who have died in the regular work. If this fund is not sufficient to meet the demand, it is not altogether the fault of the people by a good deal. Then, there is the Missionary Cause, Bible Cause, Tract Cause, Cause of Education, Sabbath Schools and various private Causes that are constantly spring ing up. The Church, with a proper under standing of her duty and mission, acknowl edges all these to have a strong claim upon her liberality, and a3 a general thing meets the claim, when properly presented, with the true spirit. We think we hazard noth ing in saying, that in the aggregate our min istry, except unmarried men, is as well sup- portcd,if not batter, than the ministry of any other Church. We know that many persons not posted in our operations have thought, and still think, the provision for the min istry in our Church, illiberal as they un derstand that each man was put on a sal ary of one hundred dollars per annum, with an additional hundred if he happrn td to have a wife, until the lagt Gen. Con ference raised the amount to one hundred and fifty dollars, per annum. With this view of the case, such persons have won dered that the Methodist ministry has not broken down for want of pecuniary sup port. The whole case is not understood. In addition to this fixed salary, it is made the duty of each circuit or station to pro vide a house and furniture, and servants, and make an allowance for table expenses or provide board for the preacher's fami ly. The way in which it is to be done, and the amount, is left open to each board of steward to determine according to cir cumstances the size of the minister's family the price of liviDg in the particu lar locality, &c. They may allow less, as they please, $200 or 1000, or more or less, as they think proper, or choose. The allowance as a general thing, is liber al, and in most cases the minister receives it if he works faithfully some exceptions, but they are rare. We might pursue this subject in vindication of the liberality of the Church, by taking up the Missionary cause, &c, and showing the manner in which she responds to these calls ; but we fear making our article too long. We may resume it hereafter. Wanting more Religion. Iu a north-western county of this State we learn that a young minister is being prosecuted by his brethren for embracing and teaching the Bible doctrine of sancti fication, as held by the Methodists. He tells his prosecutors that if they have him expelled the Church, he wants the follow ing, as the reason, written on the church book, opposite his name, in broad capitals : " Expelled for wanting more religion." They would expel him if he . had none at all, we presume, and seem to be equally determined not -to retarrr him if he gets too much. This case reminds us of the action of another church, that expelled two members the same day : one for get ting drunk, and the other for joining the Temperance society. We have heard it said that there might be too much of a good thing, but did not know before that this principle entered into the ereed of any church. Hosser & Rives. We love North Carolina, and we do not love " Drugs, Medicines, &c." But our people will go out of the State to trade with Apothecary houses. They will find all they want in that line with Rosser & Rives, Petersburg, and at the same time form the acquaint ce of two very pleasant gentlemen to talk or trade withal. See their advertise ment. Marriage Notices. Two marriage notices on hand cannot .be published, be cause the name of, the writer is not given. An exchange lately published an anony mous notice of the kind, and barely es caped a caning, because it turned out that the bride was a lady of color. We pre sume in the notices we have, all is right, but must. withhold them until the writers give their sames. ., ! if- i i now can inn vt done; An article i J from the New Orleans Christian Advocate! I in another column, proposes that a reform j J in this matter shall beg-in . with the trav-! j eling preachers. And this is so : we are j ! forgetful of our tows, and lead the people j j to neglect class by our example. " Like j priest, like people we must return to I our duty, and our people will follow us. j j The writer referred to, proposes, as a j means of bringing the traveling preachers I ! back to the standard of duty, that a Con- ference claas-ineetin society be formed, i In this we beg leave to differ with our ! brother. There is danger lest the sense of j individual responsibility be swallowed up ! in thia modern mania for societies and con ventions. There was a Hen Convention in Albany, New York, two weeks ago ; ; not a convention of hens, 'but of white men. Two barbers in a village canscarce- 1 ly agree to shut up shop on Sunday, -.i . r . ... wunoui iurnnnir tnemseives into an Amer-; icaa Safcbath Society. j The Cbu.a uM P.rt-l: .m4.what-of j this spirit. Against it we should be on j our guard. We do not do half enough J for missions, fcj Sunday Schools, for the ' in w i n la i ;i tj j u j 1 1 1 i j i J j the business of all these should be merged into the Conference business proper ; be not appendages, but integral parts of our work. If we were to form a class meet ing society, there would be no time at Conference for its meeting. But let our j Conference societies be merged in the Conference, and then the whole business would be more effectually done ; and there would be time for a Conference Class-meeting and a Love Feast led by the Bishop, we could eat the Lord's Supper together; and by thus commingling in the services of the sanctuary, our spiritual strength would be renewed, asperities would be melted away, . and union and love would bind us more indissolubly together. The Conference is itself a class meeting society, and there is no need of another. Let every preacher do just what the Dis cipline directs him to do, and what he has solemnly vowed to do for clas.s meetinss ; let him form the members into classes "of about twelve, according to their places of residence," so that the leader can visit absentees every week in a word let the preachers but come up to the requirements of the book of Discipline, and class-meetings, and experimental religion, and sancti fication will be gloriously revived. Proselytism. J The way in which a clorvmn rM. t contemptible in the 1 eyes of all intelligent, honest-hearted Chris- j tians, is by taking up the business of pros elyting members from oue church into ano- j ther, instead of trying to proselyte sinners from the devil. This sort of work i3 very strikingly represented by the case of a man who starts in the pursuit of wild game, but not understanding the art of success, j and being a poor shot withal, concludes that his only chanoe is to direct his efforts towards game not so wild, and the conse quence is, very soon, a great disturbance in the neighborhood on account of the disappearance of domesticated animals. To see more clearly the evil of prose-, lytism, take a case. An honest, pious, j though plain and uninformed man, is liv- j ing contentedly in the bosom of a branch I of the Christian church. He uses the means afforded by that communion to se-J cure his salvation, and is happy ia the ev- idence of his acceptance with God. Here , comes along one of these proselyters, who by his arts and ingenuity imposes upon his ignorance, and to such an extent un settles his mind, that his waking hours become mingled with disquiet, and his slumbers are broken by hideous dreams of impending wrath. Taking him from his f old fold into a new church relation, the remainder of his days are spent in dissat isfaction and regret. Now we ask, in the name of all that i3 dear to peace of mind, to say nothing about the security of the soul thus hazarded, if this sort of work, saying the least of it, is not a misdirection of Christian effort. The Unity of the Church. When we reflect that the church of Christ is one in all its essential character istics, composed of all those who love in sincerity our Lord Jesus, it becomes a source of deep mortification and regret that we see exhibited too often sueh a lack of love and friendship amongst its various branches, towards each other. In fidelity chuckles over it the devil is pleased it is a great hurt to the cause of our common Saviour. It is well, we think, that there should be different denominations of Christians ; 1 but -they should, instead of hindering and retarding each other, and entertaining a spirit to rejoice over each other's calami ties, be ready always, like divisions of one common army, to encourage, succor and strengthen. Suppose the divisions of an army warring with carnal weapons were separated in feeling and striving against each other, as do, too frequently, the divi sions of Christ's spiritual army : inevita ble defeat and overthrow would be its doom. All that saves the church of God under such a state of things, is that He has power to bring good out of evil, and cause the wrath of man to praise Him. It is a lamentable trutk, tht party spirit CLais Meetings can be Eevired. has usurped the place of ii Christ inl F&r tie X. C. CLrUsits A4tc:. the hearts of too many i . followers. "The Arsals of Soothers Xethodism." They labor and are untijin their ef- Bro. Heflix: Or lers far this new book fort, tut it is more to 14 tip their are coming in with cheering rapidity. The branch of the church tf promote j proepect is that it will circulate ly th. thou-. Christ's kingdom in the n .They re- j iapA. Some of my correspondents seein jok-e in tie successes cj Cross, but ! to think that it Las already appeared and only when they are achieifcrouzh the ; 'request copies by return mail. I ask space instrumentality of tllr nch of the ) to say that it is in the lands of th printer, church. They enjoy gootaching, but ; anl will be ready for delivery in a few olIv when proclaimed frolftV-Tpit. weeks. All orJrrx thaV L! rwfuTly an-1 Awiy with this partizarjiag, and let 1 prompt' fill", and notice of the appear the spirit of Christ be thrit of all his aDce 0f the book givn through the -'Ad-professed followers; for js3 we have ; rocate." In the meantime, let the orders His spirit we are nonekis. Let us j come on. Jte utmost dispatch will be put away from u3 all bitten, and strifes, te publisher, and envying?, strike ha together in! Very respectfully, yours, Christian fellowship aroi;the Cross of! CHARLES F. DEEMS. our great Head and I'euer, and seek the full accompli&hmentjii prayer " That they all may be 1 as thou, Fa ther, art in me, and I iree; that they- ilso may be one in us ; thte world may j believe that thou hast senfe." A Ti'tpoIt ?A rpj , . ! . j , . "rence m llUoa pas t the xoL.mg resolution, publish it, ! not fur the preachers, fur k- heard it i and they passed it, and consjently-know i 7 j : all about it; but it h laid Ijre our peo ple in the hope it may (fcmrae the temptations of the preacher enter into worldly business, which sources come from the people they serve.-lthech.ureh wanta an effective ministry, jthe church support heruiirjistry well, tt3e is able to j do, and leave the man of Gito care fur nothing but his holy work. ' ; Resolved, That we deem highly im proper and injurious to our' kse for any member of this Conference .engage in worldly business, which raayjivolve him in pecuniary embarrassment.'! Receipts. Until we can catch up witUte receipts, and in order to be able to do?o without too much space iu .the paper, id without too great delay, the folio wing)lau of ac knowledgements is adopted: Te name of; d the person remitting money isiven, an the amount sent. Care will h taken to enter the proper credits on the Looks, and should any error be diseovereljit will be j easy to correct it by reference t? the letter, which will be on file. When, by this plan, we shall have come upiivith the ac knowledgments of receipts, wj will resume the method heretofore used should any oue prefer it. T -V .11.'. About one hundred students recently rebelled against the Faculty at Dickinson College, Fa., in consequence of what they regarded the unjust expulsion of several of their fellows. The last accounts state "the troubles have subsided and matters are settled, peace proclaimed," &c. Rev. Charles Collins, D, D., is President of Dickinson College.. He was formerly President of Emory & Henry College, Ya. We know him well, and remember that there was a rebellion at Emory & Henry during his Presidency over that Institution. Without expressing an opinion as to. who was right or wrong, in either sf' these re bellions, we venture to assert, from our knowledge of the man,- that, wherever he is President, if the students become dis regardful of law,' there wilthe difficulties. The II. C Conference Committees. Bishop Andrew has appointed the fol lowing Committees. Examining Committees. First year N. II. D. Wilson, J unius P. Moore. Second year W. II.' Bobbitt, X. A. Booker. Third year L. L. Hendfen, L. S. Burkhead. Fourth year J. II. Wheeler, P. II. Joyner. Visiting Committees.' Greensboro' Female College W. Bar ringer, W. H. Bobbitt, L. S. Burkhead. Danville Female College J Tillett, S. S. Bryant, L. S. Burkhead. ' Warrenton Female College Ba O., Bur ton, A. Weaver, J. H. Wheeler. Fayetteville High Schoob Ji' H. Brent, W. Carter, S. M- Frdst. i , Normal College T. II. XD--Wilson. P. W. Archer. II. II Hudson. ; ; c " New Institute W. Barringer, D. W. Doub, S. Helsabeck. Randolph Macon College II. O. Bur ton, P. it. Joyner, X. F. Reid. H. C- Conference Education Society. Below I acknowledge the receipt of a donation to the X. C. Conference Educa tion Society. Any of cur friends who de sire to help young mea preparing them selves for the ministry, will find iu this Society the instrument to accomplish that end. Any amount will be gratefully re ceived, duly acknowledged, and faithfully applied. . By Rev. C. W. King, from a lady, $4. Let the friends of the Society use a lit tle exertion, and much mot& may be ac complished than has heretofore been done. X. F. REIT), Treasurer. Raleigh, Feb. 7, 1856." Fire and Loss of Life. Orl Mon day night the late residence of Mrs Sprufll in Warrenton was burnt to the ground. Mrs. S. had removed into a new building, and the one. burnt, was occupied by servants. A young negro man was burnt up with, the building. The fire is supposed to have originated bj ftcc&e&t ia his rwsa - G&idsboro', X. C. ITE5IS. Horace Greelt caxed. On the 20th January, Mr. Rust, member of Congress from Arkansas, caned IFrace Greelv in the streets nt Washington citv. xne cause oi tms assault is un- ueiiwu i j ujic uccjiiciiam nunuiis of Greely in the X. Y. Tribune upon a proposition of Mr. Rust then before TTnn- rnfiiiPttiniT nil th wn'- requesting all the candi dates for the speakership to withdraw. tut 'i'Jw.--v-, 1Vi--..'i.,. . w - . Mail Agent. The Fost Master General has appointed Joseph W. Me haffey an additional Rout Agent on the North Carolina Rail Road, with a salarv of 700 a year. Revival in Wilmington. We learn that a revival is progressing in Fifth Street Church. Eicven souls had been converted, several had been added to the church, and the good work was still in progress. Nev Methodist Church. We learn that a portion of the membejs of the M. E. Church, Columbus, Ga., have raised in subscription ten thousand dollars to build a new church, the pre sent congregation being too large for one Pastor to serve. Went'VORH School. The Trustees of Wentworth High School, Rocking ing county, have secured the services of Mr. J. M. Davis, a graduate of Emory & Henry College, as Principal. Improvement. Quite a spirit of im provement has come over the people of Louisbunr, N. C, several new beauti- 1 ful residences have been completed anci several others on the way. G. F. College. We learn that there is an increase of pupils in the Greensboro' Female College over last i season. Accident. Mrs. Pricilla Wood, widow of the late Henry Wood of iiTXTOi'faiiT-BiiuL-T-rrc 25th ultimo, by the discharge of a pis til in the hands of 2s icholas Sturde vant. RaiL Road.- The passenger cars of the Raleigh k Gaston Rail Road start from the Depot on the N. C. Rail Road on the arrival of the Western train in the morning at about 5 o'clock instead of from the Depot on the North part of the city, as heretofore. ' A Silencing Argument. We re member to have heard somewhere of a Methodist Conference at which a reso lution was offered to the effect that the habit of shouting should be discouraged in the concrrerations over which its ministers had the charjre. This was done in compliance with the refinement of the age, which could not well accom modate itself to these boisterous expres sions of religious joy on the part of the newly converted. An old fashioned preacher gravely arose and said, "Mr. President, I move that that resolution lie upon the table, until the last child of Adam, for whom Christ died, shall have been converted to God ! Then, and not till then, it may be passed by this body." This was worth more than a hundred long drawn arguments. It brought out in a blaze of light, the rational and scriptural reason for "joy over one sinner that repenteth," and covered with speechless confusion the trimmers to an erroneous public opinion, a fastidious and silly circumspection of pride. The Duel. "VYe are glad to learn, verbally, that the difficulty between Messrs. Burr and Fulton, of Wilming ton, has been adjusted, without a meet ing of the parties. We are not in possession of the particulars. Information Wanted. The Rev. O. Scoville left Chatham county in January 1855, with two to three thou sand dollars in his possession, and has not been heard of since he wa3 in Charlotte, in February 1855. It is feared that he has been murdered. He is said to have had many friends, and to have borne as fair a character as any man. Sinful Extravagance. The New York Sun, descanting on the extrava gancies of dress in that city, estimated the annual cost of dressing and jewel ing the ladies of New York and its cieinity, at from thirty to forty millions of dollars, a3 much ps it costs to main tain the general government. Explicit. It was in Alabama, that . the preacher wa3 accustomed to distin- guish the I and II epistles of John by saying, John with one eye and John with two eyes. It was a long time be fore the people got the hang of it, but when they did, the distinction answered very well. Memorial. The members of the congregatio in Norfolk, once presided over by the late Rev. A. Dibrell, have caused t be placed in their church a marble tablet to his memory having on Scnsi. t Corns The f'linwir. i the arras jeaierit eft Term : V. li.t- n, N-:-wcn:, ILal'-'irh, irni-i.wrviib, i Wi3mirj,rtoii, i . Salibury, - ie Circuits f.-r the xT.T'fZ. Manly, Sa s riders. Per: c, Licit, Cnlie!I, :!!;. Uailey. TnE Secret of Fulpit Fowe?.. "Faith." sav Cecil, the y Cecii, "i th master- wou,l r,o: PpUn cut to such a h r'h. v minUter. Hell is before j All other consideration wouM be fiur.g lousand of souls shut up;:o tve .i, jn order that Corses spring ot a ; him, and th ' taere in CTcrla?tin on:e ; Jesus e " Christ stands forth to save n:en from; ; rushing into th:a bottomless at.y?s ; lc ; sends me to proclaim his ability and ; his love; I want no fourth idea ! vyith amph-elbow-room in their cxtrn , every fourth i lea is a grand imperii-: p;vc an,j thinly-peopled territory, with nence . -1. -Vew. Lin nmr.le field ot remunerative cmrdov- SxowBREAD.-The Cincinnati Times ! savs that all persons where snow a- j bounds, are not, perhaps aware of the ; value of the fleecy flakes in makin-j I light, delicious and wholesome bread. foreign -non, no People of Govern 1 There is no '-rising" in the world so nsent have anything to g:in by attack iperfectlv physiological as good, fresh ! ing them. The annual meetings of swefct snow; it raises trea'l or calces 1 a3 Deautiluiiv as me Lest oi veast, or ; j the puregt an,l alkalies" while it i ; eavs no ta;nt or fermentation like the ie : At.l C.,H 111.. 1 lOruier, HOl UJJU.iVUa u.uuai cai. ii-i i the latter. j T, -p- i t rilESBTTERIASL5IVElwm.-E.ffh. teen months ago it was resolved by the Old School Fresbytenans o ' fet. Louts to establish a university m that city A charter has been obtained from the Legislature, and it is expected that it , , i ,T , . will be erected the coming summer. Between 60.000 and 70.000 have i i i i .v been subscribed toward the enterprise. j Love of Trees. A friend of Grat- j tana, the distinguished Irish lawyer, j rccommended him to cut down a favor- j ite old tree that obstructed the view j from his house. . "Why so ?" asked j i Grattan. ' "liecause it stanas m tn wav of the house." .''You-mistake,' was Grattan's reply, "it is the house that stands in the way ; and it either must come down, let it be the house." The Albany Atlas says the follow ing is not bv Longfellow, but probably Poor fellow, a poet more often heard ,i . than quoted "Tis winter and no more Lreies Buzz junnr the hu'ldinjr tn-ez-s, And while tt' koy with raed trowes Shivering, homeward drivps the cowses, Nearlv truKt bit are his toes, And bless my life, how cold bis nose is . Bishop G. F. Pierce. bishop F. Fierce. Bishop Pierce has closed his tour of Annual Conferences, five m number, Indian Mission, Arkansas,tjuacnua,-nasi ikasu and Texas- The last named closed on Wfdnpsdnv: and on Thursday he freftron-tne steamer Mexico for hia home among "the red old hills of Georgia," in fine health except hoarseness from continued pulpit efforts accom panied by his son Lovick Pierce, Jr. At the East Texas Conference he preached four imes and made a Mis sionary, and also a Tract address. At the Texas Conference, he did the same. f productive of the happiest effects evcrv- j where he has gone! At Marshall, j scores will praise God in eternity for : having heard the gospel from his mouth, So, also at Galveston. ! Judging by the gospel standard, his , o .ww.i-w... i heard, lie is vouncr and strong, heal thy and happy in temperament, and, with his talents, industry, and devotion h u: i : District of Columbia. Jhey renre IV UU111IL1 111 I'JUjL UU1UI.1 11 J IUU'1. . 1 r 1 1 1,' f y", 1 Ilispulnit ministrations, under the in- j Hid ,Mf0m1' rtnct of Colum fluence of the Holy Ghost, have been rortn -.aroiina sout;, -.aroiina, j. - promises a vast amount of usefulness j mense number oi men and women. i to his country and to the cause of God. ! The new census shows that the manu May God prolong his days. Texas j faetures of shoes in the State are val- Advocate. i ucd at 1 LlcOjS 10 per annum; that Papal Coxcohimt with Austria. have struck hands imate as virtuallv j Home and Viecna in fin 1 1 1 -l ri r-c tr lnti? r i . l importMit towns, it is said are not in to crowd out 1 ranee, and to reduce , , - , ' , , , c , i eluded in the return. Austria to even a lower degree of hu- j miliation than ever.' Perhaps the peo- . 7" !" '7 ! pie will consent to a heavier voke than i r.tA Provincial Council of the Catholic ! before perhaps not. We shall see. j assembled at ew Orleans on s 1 J Sunday, the 'Jth of Jj unary. The Accidents. On Monday last a ne- ! opening services attracted an immense ) gro child aged about 4 years, belong- j number of persons to the St. Louis j ing to T. M. Lee, Esq., of Clinton, Cathedral. One of the objects of the was burned to death, in consequence of J Convention is to consider upon the bc ! the ignition of its clothing while it was j lection of a person to be recommended ! standing too near the fire. We learn also that a gentleman of Duplin county lost three small negroes a few duys since by a similar accident. Our Exports. During the year ending June, 30, 1854, Great Britain :at lntwin and Ireland bought of us property to ine vaiue, oi ?H,uyy,wy, nesiues prin-ipt, and we mu.-t adUi iu it, wu what wa3 taken of us by the British j out tjcvptj..B. colonies and dependencies. In the j 2. Af&ts will pl?a. colirrt te amount same twelve months Russia did not buv iue fniu r :ib-crib-rs, tLm umvf re 1- of us to the value of half a million. France and her colonies took more than 33,000,000. Austria, 1,903,600. Fires. During 1855 there were 341 fires in the United States. The total amount of losses, exclusive of all losses les3 than 10,000, wai 12, 543,000. Ministerial. The average salaries of New England Methodiet preachers are found, on calculation, to be about ' 600 a year. nineteenth successive stormy Sunday we have had m lortland. dent, religiouj or tt-caliir, wish the jrivi- An Apparent Ju&gmbnt. A man I P f "3m3 . e.,nV th5Lk fT(ir living at Gravesend, Canada, was re- W e wlV ffl'VJ h E fcEUCi0 cently disputing, and being at high worus, exprei a winiuai uou migm .T m he!p J(,a in Jcur j.a.u,rkj work. strike him dumb if he was not correct. yt,u jU,e 0ij 0 present tLe claims of His speech at once failed him, and be thi taper fairly and f,urtlv Uf re our has not since been able to speak, al- though, t&t oltr affected.' ' Fr, tn th LrDitn I'y New. r,am?ii View or ike Content ror. jTE.4KE?.--iiiP.--J h s citiniteccn- te?t is a gri 5:gn of the properoi: 'condition of the Ur.it f 1 St.ite, both ! in their fvrcign ar..l domestic retailer.. 'Did an cr.cmT ?tnnJ at tlwsr prate", were a commercial crisis iniper.iin. i wore a servile war mrir. in the South ern States, the election of Speaker ', miht proceed without del.iv to concert iff measures for advertin the d tuncer. jjut tte t'rnted States have peace w;thin their border- and i evond thorn. mcnt for a thousand times the capital and labor they can command, men have no temptation to civil broils; and, unless tl.cyforce aTaarrel on some tneir neprcsentative are uevotea to iuuuuc i-n.--.wv.-.-, duiui nui ?--.ifi4 over f,r a vear or two without seriously injuring them. They are the political liiciK-i'iitcra r,f th m..il..m ui.rl.l tl.-v - , can afford to indulge m lei.-ure and pro- cra.-tination. t iters i txon 7 nornit. Tlieiiat;oM ff 0( WorW const!1IltIv at tll0 jfK,r aiA IRU,t aonriv Je any moment of precious u ,ct "T- m ouds, 03:us, or.rs Tlie cus- ' " u.u., 'nz documents, and spinning out an o i r- idea to the utmost limit of continuity, happily does not extend to the Editorial fraternity, though all other public func- tionaries seem to be under its influence. 'pie annual message of the Mayor of Baltimore, just pullitdied, would make nine or ten columns of this paper, (if we were so unfoitunate an to have to publish it.) If Editors of papers were so afflicted with the canor.tlft eriberJi, the world would sea rely be large enough to hold the amount of twattle which would be poured out upon it. Rut i happily they are generally men of sc use, land write only when they have somc- i ly when they thing to say; and, having said it, they do as we now do, stop. Foy. Olt. Gold in the Days of the Patri archs. The contribution of the people, in the time of iJavid. towards the ; i ;i1i f t t fur - jc7j0.000.000; while David is said j to collected nearly 30,000,000, a sum as great as the British national debt. The gold with which Solomon laid the "Most Holy Place," only a room thirty feet square, amounted to more than thirty -eight millions sterling. The Southern Commercial Con vention. This body assembled at Richmond on Wednesday last. There were some hundred Delegates present from Virginia, but only nineteen from all the other Southern States and the sen- bia, ouis- ia,ia! :Aa j cond a w Ifl0rc legate 'P i . Gen. Tdghman of Maryland was I C l0ien I resident wnh , even vice P.es- ! entf' hom Col. Walter Gwyn of -onu arouna is one Shoes. The Shoe business in Mag- j sachusetts gives employment to an im- 'JVSJ " ia!,f '"l1!' u I tUt f'1" "f1 V5 ma,t, j ?re P1'1 " 'ness. Several to the Pone for appointment as succes- sor to Bishop Vandevelde, TERMS, c. 1. Orders for tbe Aioete dju; be M- i eomrniod bv hr rruh Tlit. I'titJItk'n , J (,Q1iuit!re Lave wLreiv aJ.-ptcl tl.e cath ready n cur boric, .) it,l,lt. o. haWriUrrs can eiihrr jy to tie Ageon, or. if tu' tcavtiiitnt, reinit di rectly to tLe Eiii r. 4. Ia reruitiiu m'i,y, gift iLe iinrue of the periKjH to i-v cridif-d, and. If $ur and girt the J'ost 0xc.t i'ovefy and S'at. 5. TLe traelliig pr'.cben an A tt for this pu-fK-r, aad we fchall We thackf ul to looal prt;Mtlver", ffii;il mr-icbf r of ifc churt-Vi, a ad lVtt Master?, wLo uay act a Agent also. 6. If anv Mibritfr f'l la rf-ir nm rinrT rj if tK.r. a c w emr.'tr in r a f0TWUi at ooce aa afccant of &t ioci- yw. iMhreo.Ltlp n md thf-fi it a j p-topie. .utKiiU: vtly try J "