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Itarth Carol THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1857. ihnToii's Office: u.tJtis residence, one square no, -tJi ast from the Capitol. gfjy S-ihwifess vrhme papers have i ',:'- mark on them, or thereby in r that their subscription year is ir-f-J to expire; and are respectfully ,j-!'sf,:d in rmew tnj forwarding $1.50 to th' nijit-e. immediately. Indisposition of the Editor. A very gainful, though not dangerous in lir-puskion, coufinea the Editor to his It is with difficulty he cnu look over ex .hanges, an J supply " copy" to the printer. Ii is conn, lied to postpone all other busi ness iW ilt j present, and asks the indulgence ):' em-spom tents. Ccscnsiicement at Greensboro' Female College- Wo he I week attended the annual II- tr- let?v.;i of thi3 favorite Institution. SMir'ncr much, of the time we were notable us a f tend r:Mi the exercises, on account f Itidisp-Viticr., .under which we have been suiiciieg i'r two weeks past, But we make tp so much of the followiug sketch as is not bused up .'U personal observation, upon in furi!i..t:o'.i which we believe is in every re-; -eel perfectly reliable. The weather was unfavorable; but there wa-- a Ivrge number of persons iu attend ance lVnu; various parts of the State, as weil as .-evi-!J from the adjoining States. The exorei.-es were held in the new chapel, vr'iieh occupies the whole of the second r.r.d third stories of the new West Wing of the College. This addition to the Col- . lege bui: iing is not yet completed ; but :he ebnp-.l was so far completed as to accom modate ths audience, for the occasion. VJ:ta ;5t;re l and painted, it will be one ii' the neatest and most commodious .-ha pels ;.; t'ie Southern couutrv. For the -.reseat L. -.vL ver, its occupancy placed the P4iL ailcv a disadvantage before the au dience, because they had not been accos x 'P.;ei t- exerrise their voices in so large a i jiju:, and b:eause the uuplastered walls r. .re covered with tapestry and paintiogs, v. :.ich, ii. .ugh delightful to the eye, con tributed to render the soft voices of the pu--t '.s. so excellent a thing ia woman, scarce ly luJ'.bi ? to a large portion of the audience. Nevertheless we are assured that the im pression made was highly favorable to the t'-.Kure prosperity of the College. On Tuesday night we preached the an riU::i sermon ; and at 3 o'clock on Wednes day afternoon, the Literary Address was delivered by J. Parker Jordau Esq., of Ferquim-jus. For about one hour he held ilie attention of a large, appreciative au l;c iico. while he set forth in his own pe-f-ullir ss vie the sphere and duties of woman iu a uiL-.incr which has elicited the applause i i f the press in Greensboro.' As this ad dress is to be published, we must econo mise the space which an attempt to analyze it would require; and proceed to notice T:i:-: Examination. During Tuesday and Wednesday the classes were subjected io an impartial and searching public exam ll'.Z t;ou. The result was satisfactory to the friends of tbe institution, and creditable to the pupils End Instructors. All the classes, and nearly all the pupils sustained them selves well. Several in every class gave evidence of an uncommon degree of profi ciency, voile all manifested that their teacher? had done their duty. The exam ination ef the graduating class in Trigo r.?.;r:f frv and Mensuration was of su:h a f 2 irreter as to extort the unqualified appro hat i oil of all who could appreciate it. These exercises were eulivened by occasional music, voctd and instrumental, which pre pared us to expect something unusually excellent in that way, when the Concert should corseoff; nor were we disappointed. Tiif. Concert. On Wednesday night the larg-e chapel was filled to ,jt3 capacity. The pupils represented a school to which a holy-day ha? been given. They conclude to srend the day in a stroll through the country. Amid song and flowers, they elect and crowu Josephine, Queen of the May. Scarce a note, or look, or fancy, pertinent to such a May scene, but was so ,-p ikeu in Music and presented in the scene, as to transport the audience into the very .life and spirit of innocent joy befitting the occasion. But we forbear an attempt at description. If the reader was .there he knows bow inadequate are words - to reproduce the scene ; and if he were not there, he missed an occasion which would have lifted the shadow of years from his heart. Commencement. The Commencement exercises were opened on Thursday before a large au 1 delighted audience, by reading the scriptures, and an appropriate prayer by Rev. Dr. Deems. We append the names of the graduates, with the titles of the compositions or espays read on the oc casion : Miss Mary Wade Speed, Granville. " Scatter ye Seed." Miss Julia 0. Lindsay, Davidson. "American Genius and Talent." Mifs Amelia A. Bobbins, Randolph. " Gath-.r Life's Roses, and tread lightly on its Thorn t." Miss L. J. Tray, Cumberland. " The Nineteenth Century." Miss Cdestia A. Gunn, Yanceyville. " The. Heart gives Life its Beauty." Miss Eudora A. Williamson, Caswell. " Live, with a playful hearth Miss Eliza D. Midyett, Hyde. " Heart within and God o'er7iead." Miss Mary E. Rabbins, Randolph. " Let the world heave on in its ocean noise, But give me home, and give me friends." Miss Ariadua V. Gordon, Hertford " Heard melodies. arc sweet, but those un heard are tweeter. Miss Pattie Josephine Cole, Greensboro'. " The problem of human existence." Miss Susan Duty, Oxford. ' What the world says." Mis3 Mary Wade Speed and Miss Susan Duty, both of Granville, were reported as equally entitled to the first honors of .the class; and by lot the Salutatory address fell to the former, and the Valedictory to the lacter, in which both acquitted themselves well. Indeed, all the compositions were well written, manifesting a high degree of literary and moral cultivation. The address of President Jones to the graduating class, is affirmed by all J7ho heard it, to have been surpassingly eloquent and beautiful. The common voice de mands its publication; and we have some hope of being able to lay a copy of it be fore our readers. Delightful music and fair faces lent their charms to this. literary festival, which has left its sunny memories to linger long upon the hearts of the au dience. The Painting and Emrroiixeiiy. The chapel was adorned with sixty eight oil paintings, all of which were creditable to the pupils, and to the. excellent .professor I iu that department ; and several of which approached the higha3t style of that beau tiful art. Specimens of embroidery and or namental needle work gave evidence that these beautiful accomplishments .of female education are by no means neglected. In a word, music and painting, and such other graceful accomplishments as befit the homes which the piupils are hereafter, to adorn, are taught with great accuracy and success. Iiie I'oard7ng Department. The experience of & session proves that the Trustees have Icon fortunate in securing i the services of Rev. Joshua Bethel and his j lady to take charge of the boaidiDg depart I meat. Order, economy and kindness combine to make their services alike acceptable to those who lok to tbecomfortof the pupils, and to those who consult the pecuniary in terest of the College. The past Scholastic Year. The Catalogue exhibits the following sunmary of numbers; Seniors 12; Juniors, 28; Sophomores 36 ; First class, 43 ; Prepar atory class 23. Total 143 ; which we be lieve is a larger number than was ever be fore entered in one year. Health. Good health has generally prevailed. There has recently been more sickness than usual, occasioned by the re markably inclement winter and spring. There were however not more than four cases of serious illness, one of which we regret to learn terminated fatally on Satur day last. These four cases, as well as those of a lighter character, are traceable directly to the influence of the very peculiar weather for the time of year, and in number are remarkably small, in view of the large number in College. The Next Session The next scholas tic year will open on the last Thursday in July. The West Wing to the College build ing will be completed, which will greatly add to the capacity and comforts of the College. President Jones, worn down by Rouble labor for a whole session, will, we trust, have renewed his strength by rest and re creation. Professor Lander, who without any fault of his own, was unable to enter upon the duties of his chair at an earlier period, will be in place at .the. beginning. of the next session ; the ight aian in .the right place. The faculty will be full, and unsurpassed in qualifications to give intel lectual and moral training to the daughters of the land. Of course there will be a decided increase in the patronage .of the College. The 820,000 PaoPOSiTiox.Tlie plan of raising $20,000 to secure the education of the preacher's .daughters is rapidly ap proaching a successful issue. The sum of $17,000 has been received in good bands. Only 3,00 more, with a sum sufficient to defray the expenses of collection, will .ac complish the object. The agent, Rev." W. Closs is in the field ; and we trust his ap peals will meet a .prompt .and liberal re sponse. Let this wc,rk be .dose withoui longer delay. We cannot close this protracted notice of Greensboro' Female College, without ex pressing deep regret that no extensive re vival among the pupils has marked the history of the past year. A truly Methodistic institution like this ought to be blessed with revivals more frequently than it has been for some years past. There is a failure somewhere. Raleigh Female Seminary. We understand that Rev. W. E. Pell has been elected Principal of the Raleigh Female Seminary, in place of Rev. W. II. Christian resigued. The frieuds of the Seminary will be pleased to learn that he hag accepted the appointment. A Good Plan Corn. The Patriot and Flag states that the Magnates of Guilford County Court last week, adopted a plan to supply the people of that county with corn. To accomplish this purpose, Mr. James Sloan was appoin ted the agent of the county, and directed to purchase a sufficient quantity of corn to supply the wants of the citizens, which he is to sell at no higher price than is neces sary to defray the cost and charges. He is to have the use of the county funds, not exceeding $3,000 at any onetime; and ,the credit of the county is pledged to car ry out the order of the court in the pre mises. Would it not be well for the Magistrates of Wake, and of other counties, to adopt a similar plan, to supply the people with corn, until the next crop is gathered in ? It strikes us that it would prevent much .suffering, and save a large amount of the people's money. There is great scarcity, which will be alleviated, but not removed, by the wheat crop. .Perhaps we deserve to suffer want, uo less for our folly than for our wickedness. It has been the practice of the farmers, for several years past, to sell and ship off for exportation al their spare grrfin, as soon a3 it could be harvested, because it was bear ing a good price. And now the whole country is threaten ed with want, which could be easily sup plied, if the grain had been kept at home, which was last year seut out of the State and sold for less money Lhan it would now bring in the home markets. An eastern traveller, about to perish with famine, approached a spring in the desert, by the margin of which he found a bag that he supposed was filled with dates. He opened it eagerly, and cast it contemp tuously away, exclaiming, " It is nothing but a bag full of pearls I" Money is useful ; but bread is indis pensable. As a State, we are almost guilty of such f lly as would have marked the eastern traveller, had he, while perishing, exchanged a bug of dates for a bag of pearls. A Good Example- The Christian Advocate and Journal of the 21st iust. snys : "A venerable brother stepped into our office the other day with a douation of five hundred dollars to the mission cause; he refu-es to have Lis name known as the do nor, but the deed and the name are, doubt less, recorded ia heaven." .The prevalent sins of the day are selfish ness and pride. Hence it happens that actious pf marked liberality are usually ac companied by a disgusting air of parade and ostentation. Would that this example of scriptural benevolence were more generally followed. The Tract Cause. The claims of the Tract cause will be r.wm. w -..v, vUUf,.vS odist Church in this city, on the 2nd Sab bath in June, by the Conference Agent, or some one in his place. Inasmuch as the Agent has already twice attended for thisob ject, and has been disappointed, we respect fully suggest that the congregation owe it to his cause, and to themselves to give him a favorable hearing on that occasion. Raleigh Female Seminary. The exercises of the Annual Examination of the Raleigh Female Seminary, will com mence onMonday 1st of June, and be contin ued three days. On Monday evening, at the M. E. Church, there will he a Literary Ad dress by Jonx Williams, Esq., of E. City. On Tuesday evening, Rev. Mr. Lowe will deliver a sermon before the Graduating Class. Con cert on Wednesday evening at the Seminary . The public are invited to attend. Normal College. 'We are pleased to learn that Normal Col lege has thus far had a prosperous session. The Commencement in July will be an occasion of much interest. William Gil more Simms, Esq., of S. C, is to deliver the Literary Address; and Rev. C. P. Jones, of the N. C. Conference, is to preach the Sermon before the graduating class. dly -the way, we ventnre to suggest that it is very important for every Trustee, and for the Board of Visitors to be present on that occasion. The importance of this will occur to all concerned, upon a moment's reflection. York Collegiate Institute. The Annual Commencement of York Collegiate In titute, will take place on June 11th. On Wednesday preceding, the Annual Address will be delivered before the two Literary Societies, by Richard W. York, Esq., of York Collegiate Institute, N. C. In the evening, the Annual Sermon be fore the Collegiate Society, will be preach ed by Rev. A. W. Linebury, of Orange, JS. .0. Tobacco and Dancing. We think these two subjects have been discussed in our columns, about as much as would be profitable or agreeable for the present. We shall next week insert oneer two articles already on hand, and then rest awhile. It does not suit our notions of a newspaper, for it to become intermina ble in anv such matters. A Heroic Action. I A gentleman from Caswell, of uusjues- j ionable veracity ,related to us the fallowing , . xl , . ,i . . as having, recently occurred in that county, j Mrs. Butler, the wife of Mr. William j Butler, was engaged in conversation with j two lady visitors, when she heard a sud-1 den cry of distress from her a: :n np yard, a boy of five or six years aid. She ran out, and discovered that he had got into the bucket which swung over the j mouth of the well, and that his weight had ! sunk him to the bottom, a distance of forty- five feet. She called and the child an-. swered her. Without aid from her two friends who fled to alarm the neighbors, the mother seized the well rope, and slided down to the surface of the water, where she found her boy clinging to a crevice in the rock wall. He at ence said, " I ain t wet much, mother. Clinin"bv the rope J ' d.-I 11 1 J 1, U;l,l rifl.l- the wall, she seized the child under, ' , , one arm, and by aid of the other hand, she , clambered rapidly and safely to the top of the well. As she fell over the curb upon ' the irround and knew hej-, j she swooned aw; sciouwjaa t&. death,''by the child was unhar? bruise on the head, and the mother escap ed without iniurv. except that the skin was abraded from the iuside cf her hands by the rapid passage of the rope, as she descended the well. How stroug i3 a moth- er s 1 Thrv.iMl f hv brw aroused the timid woman into a heroine, and m- spired an action wiser, greater, braver, than that of the warrior who sjays a thousand enemies. And yet the love of God for his people is stronger than the love of a mother for her child. " Can a woman forget ber suck - inc child, that she should not have com- passion on the son of her womb ? Yea, they may forget, yet will I thee." Isaiah xlix. 15. " Revision Immersion. In reply to our remaiks under thi cap tion two weeks ago, the Religious Herald quotes parts of certain hymn.' from tL Methodist Hymn Book, which have no re- not legal notice of dis. ont;nuance ; no at lation to water baptism. ; tendon will be paid to auy papers so re in the New Testament it is stated that , tli,0ned;n . . , , , , ,,, 3. AH subscribers who Jo not intend to the Holy Ghost was "shed forth "pour-, rjnew sabscription by payment of 81.50 ed out upon" the people. And it is also as sOI1 as convenient after the term for said that while the Israelites were bap- which piymeut h.is already been made has tized," that they nevertheless passed over expired, will please order a discontinuance the Red Sea dry shod." But the Edit- j t "d uf th- , 4. We respectfully solicit all subscriber ors of the Religious Herald gravely under- . t0 cont;nue tLe;r patronage, and to exert take to prove that baptism can mean not.li- j tiu,jr influence to e'xtmd the circuLtion of ing but immersion, notwithstanding such the North Carolina Christian Advocate. scriptural facts, merely by a few scraps of j It is th first and only Conference paper , , , . . I ever published in the State. It costs less, poetry ! e have uo objection to singing , r . ' J '-,1,1 i. i ana contains a more complete summary ot a song or two with these brethren ; but .j new8 t,an any ovhor cliurf.h mb. they will permit us to remind them, that ; lieation. It excludes pat' ut medicine ad- logic, not poetry, would have been more pertinent to the questions at issue. Lenoir Collegiate. Public Examination on Tuesday the 9th of June. At night, Declamations. Wednesday, 11 o'clock, Annual Sermon by Rev. R. T. Hefliu, of Raleigh. At night, Concert by the Female Depart ment. Thursday Oratorical Exercises by the advanced classes, at 3 o'clock, P. M. Literary Address before the Johnsonian and Minervian L. Associations, by Rev. ! Pres. Craven, of Normal College. I L Branson, Piin. Randolph Macon College. The Annual Address before the Society of Alumni of this Institution will be delivered on 24th June next, bv Kev. Jas. A. Duncan of the Virginia Conferenee. May 22, 1S57. 2-3t. Be regret to announce, says the Lynch burg Virginian of Tuesday, that Mrs. Ear ly, wife of Rev. John Early, Bi-hopof the Methodist Episcopal Church, died at her ArtrlAnta in llllC 1 f T7 Tin last. Notice. The funeral of Mrs. Martha Hitson will be preached at Asbury Chapel, .on the Halifax circuit, by Rev. Joel W. Tucker, on the 4th Sunday in June. Corn- There is corn for sale in Henderson : advertisement in another column. see Editor's Table. " Address delivered at tbe celebration of the battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, February 27th, 1857. By John G. Wright, Esq." We are indebted to the editors of the Wilmington Journal for a copy cf this ad dress. It is neatly printed by Fulton & Price ; aod in matter and style, it is wor thy of the occasion, and of the fine literary reputation of the speaker. " Annual Catalogue of the Jonesville Male and Female Academies, for 1856&'57.-' We are pleased to see from this catalogue that these schools are well patronized, hav ing had during the past scholastic year, 56 male pupiis and 46 in the female de partment in all 100 The faculty is organized as follows : In the male department, Rev. W. L. Van Eaton, Principal ; B. W. Torcum, Assis tant. In the female department, Miss M. E. Carter, Principal; Miss Sarah A. Dough erty, Teacher of Music. With such a corps of iustruotors, and a location so favorable as Jonesville, the pa- trouage of these schools ought to be lurge- ly increased. Emory & Henry College. From a cafalogue just nceiveSi we Icarn tbat the sciUl.lstiu year which is drawing to a close, bus been a year of prosperity to Emory & Heury. j no re nave oeen in me wucgc ucpu- meut proper, 8G students ; irregular and preparatory, 141: total, 22 i. We repeat tjje pin;on we expressed a year 8go, that no man need send his sou out of North Carolina, to procure an education; but that u men w.ll do so, then tney wouia uo wen - ,irwi , , . in th Smith- j erQ Church J j Revivals. Revival in Hewberne. On the 10th inst, we re-opened our 'church for Divine worship; it having been ! 1. 3 1. .,mni Wo nnvir I'l-'S-U MA. WrebS leucine. ' ' " v-i,-a thn have one of the neatest churches in tne ghito Aud whafc most gratifving? God 0WI)ed the improvements made, on the first day we entered it for religious devotion, by awakening an interest on the subject of religion, oinceinen we uave kcui upuai- y service. Ten persons have already been yertA ; and as many more are seeking " Pcrl ot great price. - Wo havn in deed very favorable indications of au ex tensive work of God. Yours Truly, A. WEAVER. ; Wilmington, N. C, May 21st, 1857. ! Dear Bko. Heflin : Please say to the friends of our Zion, that we have been bles- 8-a at oiu oueei cuu.cu win. B.v wicti a w ben-a(1Jed to the eLurch. To ' 0(j bc alj the giorv. ; J. W. Tucker. j i Business Notice, , terms of c Chl.;stian Ad- ; t are eL50 a ycari strictly in ad- yanee Nevertheless, to those who have paid for one year, it will be continued an- not forget other year, unless they order it to be dis c i continued. 2. When subscribers become indebted for one year, the paper will be discontinued. Those who wirdi the paper to be discon tinued, will please wri'e to the Editor, be ing particular to give the name of the of fice at whi' h it has been received. 2rTo re urn the paper to the o'fiee is j verrisements ; admits less advi-rtising, and contains more readme: matter, than any other paper published in North Carolina. As a family religious newspaper, adapted and devoted to the wants and the interests of the people at home, it solicits a kindly welcome and hearty support from all who wish well to the Conference of which it is the organ, and to the State in which it is issued. MISCELLANY. Horses Killed. Three horses belonging to Mr. Ilolman, in Iredell, werelrilled in the stable by lightning, on Thursday the 14th inst. Siamese Twins. A gentleman from Surry, states that the Siamese Twins have engaged with a New Yorker to commence a tour of six months' traveling to com mence next Fall, for which they are to re ceive $3,250. To increase the attractions of the exhibition, each of the twins is to be accompanied by one of his children. JS A Baptist writer iu East Tennes see, says : "There is one thing in connection with our brethren in the eastern portiou of No lachucky Association, which I very much regret to find ; and that is their rapid ten dency to the whirlpool of Arminianism. Several preachers, and a great many of their members, hold and preach the doc trine of falling from grace, or apostasy." Dancing. The Watchman snd Evange list says: We never saw a sensible man dance in our lives; and never expect to, if we live a thousand years." "A Traveller,' iu the Southern Literary Messenger, states that no personage of the higher classes in Siam is ever guilty of dancing fur himself, but all have it done for them by taeir slaves. Perhaps a better reason for this personal abstinence might be found, iu their aversion to physical effort which frames itself into the adage, "No man will run when he may stand, stand when he may sit, or sit when he may lie down." Practice vs. Principle. Ex-PresMent Tyler, in his address at the Jamestown celebration, when referring to slavery, spoke of the injustice of the North in re ference thereto. Ho said he had knowl edge of thf fact, that the marble palace of Stewart, in New York city, was built upon ; he sale of three thousand slaves, who had been sent to New York to be emancipa ted. A Novel Event. A book-store has re cntly been opened in one of the principal streets of Damascus, where Bibles, Testa- . ments, religious books, tracts, and school books are sold at low prices by a native Christian, beinn the first bouk-stre in that city for the Christian population for 1,200 years- Prolific. There is a man in White co , Il linois., who has a wife that has borne him sixteen children ; the first six came by twos, the succeeding nine by threes while the last one, poor, helpless, lonely thing ! came into this world without company. Sixteen children at seven births ! The. 20th at Charlotte. We copy the '"Uowing account of the celebration ai v'hailotte from the Columbia South Caro- I.I1M. The morning of the ever-iuemorabl-20th of May, dawned beautifully bright, out probably colder than it has ever been on that ay during all the eighty-two yers which have elapsed since the hrave bau-l of patriots appended ihtir names to what, for id I that they could tell, was likely to prove their own death warrant. The rising sun was welcomed by a aiure of thirteen guns, in honor of the original &-utcs of tin Union. The weather throughout the day was by turns bright and lowering, like the fortune of the period which it commemo rated. At 10 A. M., the procession wa.- under the supervision of (!eu. Young, in the following order : Charlotte Saxe Horn Band. Sons of Temperance. Citizen? aud Strangers. Committees. Clergy. Invited Guest. Soldiers of 1812. Soldiers of Mexico. Members cf Congress. J udges of the Supreme and Superior Courts. Governors and ex-Governors of States. 1. O. O. F. Vice President. President of the Daj-; Orator; Reader. Chaplain. IlviuH reached the spacious grove of,1 the Presbyterian Church, brignt wHb a, concourse of lovelv ladies, tin; nroeiission aDoroached the stand in inverted order. aud after a burst of music from the band,! Liir contribution were made during the exercises commenced with an oloquenttne Pait year t() ,,ie mission cause, both prayer by the Rev. D. Lacey, D. D. LL. D. j llome anJ foreign, to the bible cause, t.i Gen. Young then introduced the Hon. Mr. i tho caue of education, &c, &.c. One Osborne, who after a short but eloquent church contributed as much as $V.),00 t. preface, read in a peculiarly happy style, I tJiesw various objects. The next tse.-sion .f the 'Mecklenburg Decl .ration of Indepeud- j tIie As-ociati.-n will be h. II with the ehurch j euee of the 20th of May, 1775.' The as- sembly was again regaled with soft music, and the President of the Day, lion. Fred - rick Nash, Chief Justice of North Carolina, introduced the Orator of the Day, R :v. F. L. Hawkey D. 1) , LL D., of New York. jxius uusui.gu.sneu.uvme, u. uu auie u eloquent address of three hour, and a Lai s duration, fully sustained the reputatiou he . , e y . i .: i ; has won for talent aud oratorical powers. i In a few feeling remarks, he claimeu North ! Carolina as his native Stare, and the life ! long home of his affections; exclaiming in the language of the captive Israelites, 'If I forget thee, O Jt iusaU-m, may my light : hand forget her cunning.' More than once he moved a portion of his audience to tears. lle then entered i..to a detail of the hi.tor- : ical heariugs of the subject ; how hi.' own researches haa traced the battle or ir xmg i ton every mile of the way from New .Jersey to Charlotte; how the liou-hearted sons of old Mecklenburg had assembled at the Court House, ou the reception of the ti- dings, and scorning the taint aud penalty ; of treason, boldly declared themselves iu- dependent of Great Britain aud of the world. This, it will be remembered, was ,t i c ry t i i i more than a year before Congress declared - for freedom ; and the paper here pidinul- , , , ii "i ii , i eaied, was undoubtedly the model ou wlucU K ... ' . 4, f, , r Tl,,,r Jefferson framed the Declaration otJuiy, Xi IV Jll an aoiu anu wen su.-iaiucu ui- , ., i i i srii'.nent, tho speaker then utterly tul.-ihed f V I,, . i . i I - T.v n nh o add we sil,taiued ar- j anu retuieu iiie Lranuvvia wuy iu v, wnu a semblance of truth, denied the existence of the Declaration. Those who heaid the Oration, will ever remember Dr. Hawks, as an able and accomplished orator, and profound student of Americau hintory.- After the oration, the meeting adjourned were fa'teed in large 1- tiers, to the public square, where some patriotic Each Lady Plant a Tree. '"The present band had hung out the venerated emblem noble Qu. en of Fngland before hhe asc. n of old Mecklenburg, an immense 'hornet's ded the tlir me, planted with her own hand nest,' tastefully decorated with ribbons. : an oak at Chataworth. In ourcoun- At 4 o'clock, we all proceeded to the try, where tdl are born s .ven ign.s, it ii t , depot, where a most sumptuous dinner had be hoped that, ere long, every lady will been prepared, by Messrs. Young & Will- deem it her duty to imitate Kugland' iams of the Mansiou House. There were Queen in this, and plant at Wt one trer three immense t.:bles, groaning beneath . When our ladies shall do this, then wdl tho every delicacy which tho most fastidious work be d ue, and throughout our bro; d taste could desire. I land the reproach of negl-ct, in this rcs- A Quotation to Ponder on. The ques- j PC(" L:,ve V'1 awaV." tion 'is the earth growing colder,' i.-; at ' Jy,nigraii.. The Schooner Klizabeth, present attracting the attention of scientific Capt. DachcD, arrived in Norfolk, Friday, men, aud exciting considerable discus, ion fl0n, Newberue, N. C., with 18 nni-iants among thorn wha feel interested in the for Liberia. They were all free. There matter. It may not have entered into their arc iu Portsmouth 27 others, for the sane minds tbat the change of seasons which we destination, 2: from Tennessee, 1 fr m now experience is but a precursor of that Alabama, a. d :J from Hanover county, V i., eternal change which is rapidly drawing all having been emancipated lythiir own nigh : ' llast thou ent'-red itito the treas- ners. They arc in charge of Rev. Win II. ures of tho snow,or hast thou seen the treas-; Starr, the active Agent of tho Virginia ures of the hill, which I have reserved Coloaizatiou Society. against the time of trouble, against the day! j'or Lih-n'a. The Wilmington N. C. of battle ami war?' 'Job 38 chap. 22J and mM!f!i notice the passage through that 23d verses j pact 0f over a hundre d negroes, forineily Drunkenness. Drunkenness is a flatter- j the property of Gen. McKay, fu;- very ing devil, a sweet pois n, a pleasant kin, ': many years the representative iu Copgr.-Ks which whosoever hath, hath not himself, ' from that district. 1 he negroes are on which whosoever doth commit, doth not their way t- Norfolk, to be sent to Lile commit sin, but he himself is wholly sin. j ria, in pursuance of a will n.ade many St. Augustine. yc.us since. High Price for Tobacco. A small lot i High Price f.r C.;i. We hare, a gen- of tobacco, grown in Caswell county, N. C, j tleman of this country was offered for his was sold day before yesterday, by Samuel ; entire stock of com, which amounted to, Ayres, Commission Merchant, to F. L. ; -"000 b'hc!s. 81 f.O cfs. per bu-did. Claiborne, manufacturer, at Franklin Court j Grenada (.V'h.) Republican. House, Va., for 99 per 100 lbs. t i . m n i ' ' 1;atfi.in; for a Haky! The l)ulur.o Love Feasts. A Baptist minister Express relates that a wouinn n et inly .-tune writes from Bloomington, la , to the Wit- j 1,1 lle Minnesota House, in Dunh iih, wit -i u ness. that he has introduced the love-feast ' J""" f ' "nJ a-U"r "'"'f V.1"""' ... i-i ii Uuuder.iy lett, mi.ius the bay did 'lot m his ch-irch with excellent success. , rctum J The ,andW j ,.,;PfJ . ,r t I)u Chur:'ii Reform in Mexico. The buqup, and mentioning the einu;- .tinicf t Archbishop of Mexico has issued inst rue-. a oeu:le ot frieels, unnied, lot lri:d kh, tions to the clergy to the effect that they ' ne ' t,,ciu 1r"V ' sPl1 t" 'h'l' httlo. n? are to exact no charges for any ministevi-1 Tl,e orher imrn.ately m.d,. lL -'i ' . . ., the same rrop'iMtioii. when a impute hp v ai duties; they are to be conteut wuh af) t() whic); u(ht W(iM , j,,ri..,1,tS,!,.,, voluntary contributions for jheir support, ,lilV(. the ;nfrtntilo w..lif- Finallv u , ur.t,-,d and to sibstain from politics in and out of was made to tlie itiee-bx. Quite H huhiIxt the pulpit. There is a little rebelion a- j of people gathered around the ul.'.e. int-re. mongsomeof the subordinate clergy against ted sj.eetator. ( tl. Modular cone-t, aid this reform, but it is supposed the arcbbNh - op, backed as he is by the government, will be generally obeyed. Impudence. A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing, than to act one ; no more right to say a rude thing to another, than to knock him down. Johnson. The Beast. A Protestant Lady, married ! that the clipper .-hip (). an bird h d in Brazil to a Protestant, had l-.-ft her hus-1 sailed fruii San Ju.n d.-I Sur with :.!):; band lately and married a Roman Catholic, uien, well officered, etpiipped, nd pmvis She afterwards became a member of the ioued, to aid Gen. Walk.-r. ('oti.-iih raSle communion, and the Church has declared excitement prevailed at San Fiar.cisc , and the first marriage void, and the second . the CdiforuiaDS wtredeterudn.il to t ike Ipgal. This decree caused much excitement. ; forcible posM ssion of the Nicaragau r.juie. Another Ilirh Price. A lot of tobacco i to Ir,Mire ,!:e safcf-v "f tlrav'11t .at,d t,,c ,r"' was sold in Dmville, Va., a day or two s'1 "f !,s ,reaMm'- hcther alker m 'wip since, at 617 25 per cwt. raised iu Cas-; e l out r nof' 7 aro '-friinwl tUt l .. well county N. C i Costa Ricans shall not bold porsessiuu cf ' t tbe right of waj' to their exe'usiou. line to 11, turn a Hair. Mr. Marsh, ol' Mosul, relates of an Armenian, rtum d J' hti, that wht n livieg at tn-tatitin' ,-. he was hhed by pelMiuting Ariel-: i. If, io strike a watilimaker. The lafer, up-n receiving the bl iw, nobly prayi d, 'Ji y God bless you.' This remaikable arxver was rftertnal ; for. said John, in al!u-'un to the affair, '1 cc-uld n- t Mnke again, and n night I said t the money, 'Inatt-nd -f my eating you, you will eat me.' John s..o:i gave occasion for friends arid foes to say t' hiui, 'Heboid, he prayeth !' Thus w.s'the power of a suit answer striking'y illu' rated Religious. About thirty person joined the M. E. Church, South, at Alexandria Va., on Sunday morning, and while ! lectivily standing around the altar. w r-impro-siwly exhorted by the Rev. J. A. Duncan. Gaud firacifais ! Amnii" the item. if intelligence by the last arrival from Mexi co, it is stated that a Mexican woman of the capital was, on the 20th of April, ". liveiod of seven male children at oncbiitl.l A Print' r Pra,l,, r. Rev Alltrt ti. Williams, formerly editor of the Lam a-t r County (Pa.) Farmer, has ueen iipjn ini d by the Pittsburg Conference t the charge of the 31e(hodist church, at Washington, Pa. Chow: in JJaj, tixf. Ass'H-iatlon. TMs re ligious body has jut th sid its kcsm- n in Bertie co., North Caiolina. From a report submitted to it, we K-arn that ?:52,(H:0 t wards a permanent endowment of Wake Forrest College lias t ern raiheit. And the ! prospect is good for S70.00U. at un-al J'"rl; -anseiiioiiU county, V ir- ieuisucii io prcaen me , introductory sermon. 1 The Presbyterian Pai-er. At :t meeting ve tie nockhoMcrs. at Ureenshurou-h on Thmpday last, it was determined to estal lish ; ..Tlje Nrlb Carolina Presbyterian" at Fay- Rey w.Jliiim . , , .,, r inghatn county and It v. George MiNei l uf J . Fayette;. lie were nr:M.).,ted hd.tors with Iiie eral larien. Bv. M- ssrs. Cte. -M. Xeiil, W- N. Mehane, Archihald Kak.-r, and O. II. Wiley, and JlesM-s. tleorg- McNeill, Sr., I) i- vid Murphy and J..hn II. Cook, were aifu.in- ted an Executive Committee, (of which (leo. McNeill, Jw , is Chairman,) to put the pa- p0r UIi,jt.r wtiv :.n,j manage its hii-iu. af- f;l;rs It ;s tj1111Rht ,, fir.,t nuu.l.fr will I c isssucd about the first of August. A. C Ar,u.t. E (feet a of 1 nmily Tntennnrringf Speak ing of the effect of iuteriuarri igc among biooil rclati us, the Fro lerickstiurg. Va. News says : In ibis eounty, iu which we were raised, for twenty generation- baelc, certain families of wealth and respec'abdi- " v :.. i :i .1 . i ... iy iiavi; i ii i vi uiai i ii. i uiiiii loeie eauieu F c , , Titliriil II) rllffki. nr titlll. fit f hum n Uftiiiiil man or woman . mi: una mii-i -, hiioiii . . . . , . . .. . . er s rotula, a third is an idiot; a toiirth ... , . ... , .' . . ritui tiffin li'kit V imrirtui tutlh u-ttli . .. i i . ... t. . .... .i. ' ' ? J " " . . , , . . . . head aIout as Lie: as a turnip, with n-'t ... ,- out of tho nu.iit'er exempt from physu Ii" physical defects of some k ind or other. ' Lm-e. Rum.' George 15 Smith, a young nian, fell dead in the stm t io .New 1 ork, f rom th cfleets of lutein.. craoee. Ou his left arm the words 1 1 loi r nan,' 1 tl"' wnmPr- ''" NesL-r. uret-te.l with a shout cf npplause. Tho cluhl ig a pnety little girl, three wp-1c8 old. and it new h-u.-id parents are brimming over with huppine MoiiK Fir.LJBt.-STEKiNri. A W.i-hii:g-ton leter writer stiy : " Private adviei s were received here from California bv the lnt sti-ae er t: t i n ir
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Raleigh, N.C.)
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