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flortj) Cardiim filrisfian bkcate. bbotatc. RALEIGH, N. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1859. Persons visiting the city and desi ring to pay fur the Advocate, will please call at the Editor's office, on Fayetleville Street. Li his absence, Mr. S. 11 Young, .Mer chant, Fayetleville Street, and the Publish er, in the old Temperance Hall, are au thorized to receive subscriptions. &sT Subscribers whose papeis have a cross mark on them, are thereby informed that their subscription year is about to ex pire; and are respectfully requested to re new by forwarding $1.50 to this office im mediately. t& The JV. C Cliristian Advocate will hereafter be sent to iwne, except to those irho have paid is advance. Our Conference Policy. The organization of our Conference, twenty-three years ago. as a separate body in the family of Methodism, implied the conceded necessity and duty of a definite Conference policy, which should compre hend the interests of our own Church within our own bounds. The educational interest of the church has justly claimed the first consideration, as being the chief auxiliary in the greater work of bringing souls to Christ. We have already recited the course of the Conference, by which it has at last en tered upon the estabishment of Trinity Col lege, for the education of the sons of our people. And it would now seem proper to glance at our Conference policy in re spect to seminaries of learning for the edu cation of our daughters. But the fact is, that in this respect, the Conferenre has not yet exhibited any policy. Greensboro' Col lege was established by the Conference; it has a history rich in blessings ; its future promises to be useful and glorious. And there are other colleges and schools of high grade, established by the people, and filled with their daughters. But these institu tions have come up here and there, with out combined effort, without regard to any general plan or policy of female education ; and the policy of the Conference has been to adopt and recommend them, when satis fied that they were worthy. And in this way, without any line of well defined poli cy by the Conference, the number and grade and patronage of our Colleges and schools for female education, perhaps sur pass any other Conference in the South. When the boys and the girls go from home to the day school, it is not worth while to inquire into the denominational affinities of the teacher, because the influ ence of home is so near, so constant, and so much more potent than that of the teach er. But when these boys and girls approach maturity, and are sent off to boarding school or college, the case is different. At school, away from home, they find a new world, and the local influences surrounding them supersede, not the memory, but the now remote influences of home. And apart from efforts at proselytism, and in despite of guarded neutrality, the denominational affinities of the instructors will mould the religious preferences of their pupils. It is true, that some may adhere to the church of their fathers ; but it is also true that hundreds have gone from the church of their fathers, upon the current of hostile influences in school opposed to Methodism. It is important, therefore, to the future success of the church, that the sons and daughters of our people should be educat ed in our own institutions. The wealth, the pupils, the power our people have all that is necessary to make our own col leges the first in the land. Let them be united and liberal in sustaining the edu cational policy of the church ; and the blessing of God will rest upon them and upon their children. Northern Methodists in the South. The Methodist Episcopal Church, North, has a small Conference, embracing por tions of Arkansas and Texas. This Con ference met in Bonham, Texas, on the 11th March, Bishop Janes presiding. On the Sunday of the session, a large company of the neighboring citizens went to the church, and informed Bishop Janes that it had been resolved in a public meeting that his church should not be tolerated in that country. Thereupon, the Conference resolved to resist, "but not unto blood." What the end will be we can easily see ; but by what steps of violence the expulsion of these Northern incendiaries will have to be ac complished, remains to be seen. Z ion's Herald puts in a plea of perse cution ; while we cite the event, as an evi dence of the wisdom of the Southern Church, in having put the slavery question outside the pale of its jurisdiction. Memphis Advocate. The last number, dated the 14th inst., comes out in a new dress. If the late fire in Memphis, by which the publishing office was destroyed, has improved the finances as much as it has the appearance, of the Phoenix we mean, the Memphis Advo cate, Bro. Watson, the Editor, is entitled to the congratulations, and not to the sym pathy of his friends. Questions and Answers. A young brother minister, who has charge of a circuit, requests us to answer the following questions : "1. If you were in charge of a circuit, would you give a man a certificate assert ing that he was a member in good stand ing, when he refused to hold any office in the church ? " Yes: the preacher has no authority to compel a man to accept office. A refusal to serve the church in official duties, may not be proper ; but such refusal docs not deprive the member of any right which he would otherwise have, under the Disci pline. " 2. Would you grant a certificate to a person who refused to hold family prayer ?" If we had cited the member to answer before the church to a regular charge of refusing to have family prayer, and be tween the citation and the trial, he were to apply for a certificate, we should decline to give it. But if the application were made previous to such citation to trial, we should grant it. The Discipline does not leave the right of membership at the arbitrary wi 1 of the preacher : it presumes that the preacher will bring offenders to trial, when the church can no longer bear with them ; and it presumes that every member who is not under process of trial, is an acceptable member. If he is supposed to be guilty, he has the right to a regular trial, in which he may show his innocence, or the church show his guilt. The same con siderations which have induced the preach er not to notify the member to answer to a charge before the church, entitle the mem ber to all the rights of other members, pre vious to such a notice. "3. Would you give a certificate to a person who refused to partake of the Lord:s supper ? " If such refusal grew oufc of a mistaken sense of duty, and there were grounds for believing that he would become convinced of his error, and he were in other respec s blameless, we would bear with him in the church; and for the same reason, would grant him a certificate, if he requested it. But if the refusal to commune were ba sed upon a denial of the sacrament itself, or resulted, not from mistaken sense of du ty, but from sin in heart and life or if we thought this to be the cause we should first labor to reclaim him ; but if we failed in this, we would then cite him to trial upon specific charges, before the church ; and after such citation, we should refuse to give him a certificate, until he had been regularly tried and acquitted. These are our answers to the questions. They are merely unofficial opinions, and are entitled to do more consideration than they may find in the approval of the rea sons for them. Unless otherwise instruct ed by our P. E. or by a Bishop, we should act in accordance with these views. But we assume no authority to lay down the law for others. And we beg leave to add a word of fraternal caution and encourage ment, for the younger brethren who have eharere of circuits or stations. 1. Be swift and diligent and prudent, in personal, pri vate efforts, to bring back the straying to the path of duty. 2. Be patient and slow to bring offend ers to trial ; except in cases of such great sin as demand haste in Discipline, for the protection of the church. By diligence and kindness, and patient forbearance for a sea son, in prudent, earnest efforts, many souls might be saved from death. 8. But when such efforts have been faithfully made, without success, " tell it to the church. " Bring the incorrigible offender to trial before his brethren. Be firm, and " know no man after the flesh. " Do right and leave consequences with God. But even in this last resort, prayerfully cultivate the spirit of forbearing love to ward the offender, and, as far as possible, keep the way open for his return to Christ, and to the church. ITIr. Everett's Oration. On Thursday evening, the Commons Hall in the capitol was filled to its utmost capacity, by an intelligent auditory, who listened with intense delight for more than two hours, to Mr. Everett's great oration on the life and character of Washington. The speaker overcame the difficulties of the badly constructed Ilall, and succeeded, without apparent effort, in making himself distinctly understood by all not a word was lost. The oration itself has not the compact massivenessof thought which characterized Webster ; it has not the graphic fire, the intense enthusiasm of our own Miller. But it has that which makes the hearer feel that no other has, or can, or will so aid and elevate his conceptions of Washington Mr. Everett is perhaps the most thor oughly accomplished rhetorician of the age. Every word, and period, and look, and gesture, is complete, leaving no room for suggestions of change or improvement. It is an era in one's life to have heard the best man of the age deliver the greatest oration of his life, upon the greatest and best hero of all ages. And the influence which Mr. Everett is now exerting to re kindle the vestal fires of patriotism, will prolong the duration cf the Union. The proceeds of these efforts are devoted to the purchase of Mt. Vernon. We learn ; that the receipts were nearly six hundred dollars; more would have been realized, if a larger hall could have been obtained. L.ou;r Articles. Writers are in favor of long articles ; readers prefer short ones. And as a ma jority of our readers are not contributors to this paper, regard for their preferences and for the interest of the Advocate, has obliged us to object to long articles we have in serted a few, with objections to their length. And we beg leave to fortify our opinion by the following from the Northwestern Ad vocate, the Editor of which is a man of sense, and of great success in his vocation: "Articles much exceeding a column in length must, as a general rule, either be rejected or divided. If the latter, we can not assure the writers of their publication in consecutive numbers of the Advocate. Articles of half a column are generally read ; those of three quarters, by a good many ; of a column and upwards, by such as happen to be specially interested in the topic or the writer. When one spins out to a column and a half or two columns, it is passed over until " we find time" and who ever finds that in this busy world ? ' A Sad Case. The Xew York Observer notices a sad and singular case n of neglect and des titution : " In the low back basement of a small house in Lewis street, in a closet about six feet by eight, with no ventilation but the door, on a wretched bed without sheets of any kind, in the midst of destitution, filth and stench that sickened us at once, we found an educated, praying minister.friend less, penniless, palsied and perishing. lie told his story with simplicity and tears. A few years ago he came to this country with testimonials from the Univer sity where he studied, and from the most eminent divines in Scotland. Obtaining employment as a missionary in the city, he was provided for until paralysis smote his lower limbs and rendered him unable to get about. Gradually all his means were con sunied. lie has been in the Alms House for months together. Lost sight of bv his ministerial friends, dependent on the char ity of the poor, he has suffered the pangs of hunger, the want of medicine and care, of all the common comforts of life, and he is this moment a sad witness to the disgrace ful truth that there is not in this city an institution for the support of su-.-h a suffer er, except what the public provides for the common pauper. " Our Methodist system of providing for wornout preachers, has kept many a faith ful servant of the church from similar suf ferings. Siisyisir-r in C!sic!i. Four brothers, Everett, are traversing the Southern and Southwestern States, with a view to instruct, not choirs only, but entire congregations, in the science and art of vocal music. They also employ and send out competent assistants, who are required to promote the union of choirs and congregations, in this part of religious worship. One of these gentlemen, Mr. L. C. Eve rett, is engaged in the preparation of the " Wesleyan Hymn and Tune Book," for the use of the M. E. Church, South ; and the late General Conference referred the question of its publication and endorse ment to the Book Editor, and Publishing Committee, at Nashville. The proof-sheets are now under consid eration ; and from a hasty glance at a copy, which, somehow, came under our eye, we have no doubt of its adoption and publica tion. In the meantime, Mr. L. C. Everett, one of the four brothers, proposes to instruct the congregations and choirs of the Meth odist and Baptist churches of this city, up on such favorable terms as to make it the interest of both parties, to come to terms. We commend the Messrs. Everett to the confidence and patronage of our readers, as teachers of vocal music in the church. The Price of Treason. We clip this paragraph from a Northern exchange of last week, and give it a gratui tous insertion : "Mr. Helper s Boolt. This noble book, The Impending Crisis of the South. How to meet it. By Hinton Rowan Helper, of North Carolina,' is well calculated to do great good in the South. It is proposed to raise $16,000, to circulate gratuitously one hundred thousand copies in various parts of the country. To this subscriptions are made by many gentlemen in various States, Wm. H. Anthon, 16 Exchange Place, New York, being Treasurer. Many members of CoDgrcss, and of the govern ments of New York and Massachusetts, have subscribed. George W. Light, 12 Tremont street, Boston, is authorized to receive subscriptions." This creature Helper, or Heifer, as his unfortunate parents called him, is too well known in North Carolina as an unprinci pled renegade, to entitle him to notice. We only cite the paragraph as an item of news, that our readers may know what prospects he has to obtain the reward of his treason, from the credulity of Northern fanatics. Kobcrson Circuit. We are pleased to learn that a new par sonage, and three new churches are in pro cess of construction. And we trust the labors of Bro. D. W. Doub, and of the membership may be blessed in the salva tion of many souls. Already the indica tions of coming good are manifested. Warrenton Female College. The News announces that, "the Com mencement exercises at this popular Insti tution will take place on the first Thurs day in June. The Sermon, before the graduating class, will be preached by the Key. B. F. Long, of N. C, and the an nual address will be delivered by the Rev. J. A. Duncan, of Va. We have much gratification in stating that the College is in a flourishing condition, under the able direction of its President, E. E. Parham, and his accomplishad lady." Topsail Circuit. Bro. Harris, t'ie preacher in charge, writes under daie of the 13th inst., thus : "Please say tJ your numerous readers that the Lord is doing great things for us on Topsail. The second quarterly meeting was held at Federal Point, on the 9 and 10th inst. Our P. E. Dr. Deems, was with us, and preached with his usual power and success. He was compelled to leave on Sabbath evening; but, assisted by Bro. C. II. Al exander, I cvWitiuued the meeting until Monday night. There were 10 or 12 converts, white and colored; 10 joined the church. The members of the church were greatly bles sed. The Lord is doing great good on the circuit ; peace fills our borders." Editor's Table. "Life at Three-Score: A Sermon by Albert Barnes. Phildelphia ; Perry & McMillan. 1859." This is the second edition of a sermon preached in the First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, on November 2S71858. The text is Psalms 71, 1718 ; and the preach er takes occasion to give the results of his matured experience of life and duty. The common impression is, that as a man ap proaches old age, he has a growing convic tion of the vanity and disappointmentsof life. But such is not the case with 3Ir. Barnes. He says, " What have I found life to be ? How does it seem to me now ? I have found it to be all, and more than all I had hoped; all, and more than all, that it prom ised. In other words, I have now a high er idea of lifecrs such of the desirableness of living than I had at the outset. It seems to me to be a greater matter by far to live, and to carry out the real purposes of life, than it did when I began my course. I mean by this, that there is more that en ters into the idea of living tf living in Ikis world. It is a greater matter. It is a more desirable thing. There arc more things to be accomplished ; more to interest the mind, to win the heart, to impart hap piness ; and inore to make it a serious mat ter to leave the world at all to leave it with no prospect of returning to it again." The whole sermon of 78 pages is attract ive and profitable. Journal of the General Confer ence. We have at last obtained a copy of the Journal of the late Gene ral Conference we wrote for it, and then the Agent sent it. It is well printed. Holston Female College. We have received the catalogue for the past year. The number of pupils entered, was 281 , The Faculty is full and competent, consis ting of Rev. Dr. Cummings, President, as sisted by 12 professors and tutors. The location at Asheville, is highly favorable to health and patronage. " Address delivered before the Literary Societies of the University of N. C. , June 5, 1850, by Hon James C. Dobbin. Se cond edition. By order of the Philanthro pic Society. Chapel Hill : James M. Hen derson. 1859. " We are obliged to a friend at the Uni versity for a copy of this able and eloquent plea of the lamented patriot and states man, for "the superior pleasures, the supe rior advantages, (not forgetting the higher responsibilities.) of the man of cultivated mind " The demand for a second edition is a hopeful index of advancing literary culture and patriotism. Fifth Street, Wilmington, IV. C. Bro. Heflin : It is gratifying to eve ry lover of our common Christianity to learn of the success of any plan or propo sition that is to benefit the church of God. This is as it should be. Well, t suppose your readers have noticed a Pastoral Letter, " addressed by Dr. Deems, through the columns of the Advocate, to the Wil mington District, especially that part of it containing a proposition " for the endow ment of Trinity College. " By this plan, he proposes to raise 11,000. that is, $1,- 000 at each appointment. He has already informed you that North-East circuit has raised its thousand. The next appoint ment on his round of visitation was Fifth street, Wilmington. He was with us last Saturday and Sunday, and after preaching ab.d attending to all the business of the Quarterly Meeting, he set about the work of the endowment. As might have been expected by all who know the energy and perseverance of Dr. Deems, he succeeded. Fifth, street has contributed $1,000 to that endowment fund. That the amount will be raised is & fixed fact. Dr. Deems ha's relied uipon the men of his District.and thus far they have shown him that his con fidence is not misplaced. I believe if we will trust our people and approach them in confidence, they will do a great deal more. T. W. GUTHRIE. Wilmington, April 7th, 1859. (Note : This capital letter did not come to hand until yesterday, April 19th.) Fourth Annual Meeting of the State Educational Association; The undersigned, according to the au thority vested in them by the constitution of the " State Educational Association of North Carolina, " have fixed upon the time and place of its meeting. The Association will convene in Newborn at 8 o'clock on the evening of Tuesday the 14th day of J une ; and the members and all others who take an interest in the cause of education are requested to attend. The meeting will be opened with an ad dress from the President, and there will be other prepared essays and speeches of which a statement will be published in a few days. All the railroads in the State will carry delegates for half fare, and it is in contem plation to carry the members and visitors at the close of the meeting on an excursion to the ocean at Beaufort. C. II. WILEY, 1 C. C. COLE, , ,-Ex. J. D. CAMPBELL. ) Com. MISCELLANY. A Bigot. The celebrated John Foster thus describes a bigot : " He sees religion, not as a sphere, but a line, and it is a line in which he is moving. He is like an Af rican buffalo sees right forward, but noth ing on the right or left. He would not perceive a legion of angels or devils at the distance of ten yards on the one side or the other." China The learned Russians connect ed with the college in Pekin have recently announced that according to the last census returns, China contains a population of four hundred and f fly-five millions. An Extra Singer. A cat got into an "Orthodox Organ" in Plymouth, last Sunday, during religious services, and set up a solo in opposition to the sacred har mony. A beautiful series of discord en sued, the ladies went into hysterics, and a general confusion followed. Be Busy. You have your work to do for Chrirt where you are. Are you on a sick bed ? Still you have your work to do for Christ there, as much as the highest servant of Christ in the world. The smal lest twinkling star is as much a servant of God as the mid-day sun. Only live for Christ where you are. McCheyne. A Christ-Like Sentiment. Rev. Dr. Johns, an Episcopal clergyman in Balti more, says of excessive deuominationalism : ' ' Wherever this goes beyond love for souis, something is wrong. So fearful am I of this spirit, that I have been accustomed for 3-ears in passing a house of worship, of some other denomination than my own. to lift my heart to God in prayer for that minister and his people." The Southern Baptist Convention The seventh session of the Southern Bap tist Convention will be held at Richmond, Va.. commencing on Friday, May 6th, at 10 A. M. Bisiiors and Bachelors. Bishop An drew contributes an article to the last Southern Methodist Quarterly Review on Bishop McKendree. The closing para graph is in these words: " I greatly admi red and loved Bishop McKendree, but I am pretty sure in one thing he erred : he ought not. to have lived and died an old bachelor. " Gambling. Among the inmates of our county jail is a young man of classical ed ucation, nne personal appearance, and gen tlemanly manners. He is sentenced to one years imprisonment for theft. When ask ed what had brought him to a position of such infamy, he said : "It was gambling. I contracted the habit, and became insane on the subject. The passion consumed me night and day ; to gratify it, I would do anything, and therefore am I here. " There he stood, with the felon's brand upon his brow, life's hopes darkened by a stain that will never be effaced. There he stood.look ing through the iron bars of his cell, a warning to every young man who reads this paragraph, to never risk the value of a cent on a wager of any kind whatever. Avoid every species of gambling as 3rou would the pit of destruction. Several Items The death of James W. Marsh, a son of President Marsh, of Bur lington, Vermont, is reported as having occurred in Honolula in January. He went there in 1854, established a newspa per, and had become a leading member of Parliament. He was a graduate of the University of Vermont. Dr. Charles Mackay, the song writer, and Col. Hiram Fuller, formerly editor of the Evening Mirror, in New York, are about to establish an Anglo-American newspaper in London. It is said that Mr. Everett intends to make an addition to his oration upon Wash ington in relation to the emancipation of his slaves. RobertS. Hale, Esq., and George B. Cheever, have been chosen by the Legisla ture Regents of the University, in place of J ohn Greig, deceased, and AY'. C. Bryant, Esq., resigned. Col. Colt, one of the wealthiest men in New England, twelve years ago mortgaged a lathe and some machinery to secure a debt of $750. The article on William Pitt, in the sev enteenth volume, just issued, of the En cyclopedia Britannica, by Lord Macauly, is much admired in literary circles abroad. Mr. J. R Brodhead, the first volume of whose "History of New York" has pass ed to a new edition, is now engaged on the second volume, which is represented, by competent authority, to be a production of great research. Wickedness in High Places. The Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-Chief of the British army, and own cousin to Queen Victoria, is thereatened with a suit for damages in the sum of 40,000, by the husband of a lady with whom he has of late been too intimate. Protestant Missionaries. The num ber of Protestant missionaries in the world is 1,369, who are distributed as follows : North America, 125; South America, 11; the Anttlles and Guiana, 218 ; Northern Africa, 6; West Africa, 107 ; South Afri ca, 152 ; Western Asia, 74 ; India and J Ceylon, 418; Burmah and Siani, 39; Chi na, 72, Oceanica, 146. To the above must be added 734 assistant missionaries, and 2,737 native helpers. Preaching to Some Purpose. A dea con in one of the Hartford (Conn.) Church es, a few days ago found a gold watch and chain belonging to his minister's wife, wrapped up in his morning Coiranl on the door step. They were stolen from her two months since, at a parish party, and as the minister preached two sermons at the time upon stealing, the rogue appar ently couldn't stand the pressure Rich Leoacv for the Church. The Hon. William McKanna, who died recent ly at Lancaster, South Carolina, cutoff his kindred with the merest pittance, and left the bulk of his property, valued at $200, 000, to the Roman Catholic church. Singular Scene in a Church. A sin gular incident occurred here yesterday (Sunday) afternoon. A preacher from some other town had been expected to hold forth in the Baptist Church, and the au dience were gathered, and the preacher arose. After announcing his text he pro ceeded with his sermon, but had not gone far when he said to the astonished audi cuce : . " I have been instructed not to preach anything of abolitionism or republicanism but I must serve my Master, and I " At this juncture Deacon Doolittle rose and said : " Hold on. It's my impression that you have said enough." (Turning to the au dience,) " Meeting is out." The audience rose simultaneously, and , taking their hats, went out. The minis ter sat down Deacon Doolittle went to the pulpit and said to him : " If you want to preach politics I have no objection, and my house is at your ser vice. But this church is not the pioper place, and it cannot be permitted. If you desire to give a political sermon or speech you can do so at my house, or any. other place, and I will warrant a good audience, and you shall have fair play and not be hurt. But you must not attempt it in this church." There was no more preaching in that church that afternoon. These arc the facts as related by some who were in the audience when this scene took place. Hartford Times, March 28. A Tall Boy with a Short Memo ry. " Sir, " asked a man of a minister going from church one afternoon, " did you meet a tall boy on the road, driving a cart with rakes and pitchforks in it?" "I think I did, " he answered ; "a boy with a short memory, wasn't he V " " What made you think ho had a short memory, sir?" inquired the mau, looking much surprised. " I think he had, " answered the minis ter, "and I think he must belong to a fam ily that have got short memories " "What in the world makes you think so?" asked the man, greatly puzzled. " Because," said the minister in a sol emn tone, " God has proclaimed from Mt. Sinai, ' Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy,' and that boy has forgotten all about it. " NORTH CAROLINA ITEMS. Candidates.: Hon. A. M. Scales, of Rockingham, has been nominated for re election to Congress, by a Democratic convention. He is opposed by Gen. J. M. Leach, of Davidson, who has been nomina ted by and opposition convention. Short Term. The Superior Court for Franklin county, Judge Dick presiding, adjourned on luesday. The French Broad Road. The eoun ty court of Henderson county has taken one hundred thousand dollars' stock in the French Broad Rail Road ; and the County Courtot Buncombe has taken one hundred and twenty five thousand dollars in the same road, fco says the Asneville Jeu s. Farmer's Bank. The Greenshrro Pa triot of the 15th inst., says ; " The Principal office of the Farmer's Bank has been changed from Elizabeth City to Greensborough, N C, in accor dance with the amendments made to the Charter by the last Legislature. The stockholders of the Bank met at Elizabeth City on the 4th of April, and accepted the amended Charter by a unani mous vote, when they adjourned, to meet at Greensborough on the 12th inst., which meeting took place according to adjourn ment, when the following persons were elected officers of the Bank, viz : Directors of the Principal Bank at Greensborough Jed. II. Lindsay, M. D. Smith, C P. Mendenhall, C. N. McAdoo and W. A. Winbourne. The Board ap poin ed C. P. Mendenhall President of the Principal Bank, and v. A. Caldwell Cashier. Directors of the Branch Bank at Eliza beth City L. J. Johnson, Geo. W. Brooks, Wm. H. Clark, D. D. Roper, and Willis S. Grand. L. J. Johnson was appointed President of the Branch Bank, and R. F. Overman, Cashier. We are gratified to learn that the stock holders at their meeting in this place on Monday last, made ample provisions for redeeming their issues immediately. The stockholders deserve credit for the prompt ness with which they acted, and confidence in the Bank will be at once restored, and the community saved from any further loss or incon-venience on account of depre ciation of the Elizabeth City issues." noN. W. H. Washington. Many friends and admirers of this gentlemen regret to learn that he has become a im-mber of the Roman Catholic Church. Subscriptions' to the new State Bank. We learn that Mr. Treasurer Courts has suhscribed, in accordance with the act chartering the Bank of North Carolina, the sum of five hundred thousand dollars for and on behalf of the Literary Fund. Be sides this about twenty-five thousand dol lars have been subscribed here by private ! individuals. A meeting of the Board of ! Trustees has been called, to be held here on the 29th instant, to determine as to the ! subscription on the part of the University. 1 We learn that about tuirty-fie thousand j dollars have been subscribed at Taw bo- i rough. 1 It is thought that the subscribers will i not be convened before the first of August, thus giving ample time for subscriptions. : i i j i int of specie (one-fourth of the Mini mi to he paid in :it the tirst meeting d inl ( f Satiulny. i:..d) Fire in Wilmington.- A net r. e fire occurred in Wilmington on I;:m U i : .- day afternoon. The Journal fay- : A little 1m lore four o'clock ycM--r! iy af ternoon a fire broke out in tin- i ini'v "f Front and Oralis streets, wlii. !i proicd to be the most destructive tint L-i . i:t-'d this town for several cars. an ! ;i! u time threatened to be still more ruiiioii-. We learn that the lire origin. if ! in t!n old Cooper's shop on the com -v of inn.v and Front street. There w::s m-riiing in the shop but some loose cotton which ha-l been taken from a wrecked ves.-il mi 1 was scattered out to dry. The M-.i - Worth, by whom the shop was used, inform us that to the best of their know 1. i,. ;ir had been in the building f r mouth. Two small negro boys had been in ihe hoii-ie shortly before the fire occurred, and w.se in the street in front of it when Mr. 1 Juno's boy discovered the fire and gave t he alarm. There is no conjecture as to how the lire started Since writing the alove we have receiv ed the following estimate of the loss in de tail : T. C. & B. G. Worth $6,500, in goo 's we believe fully insured; J. Jctikctis, of Fayetteville, who owned the oil Imildin'.'s. $2,000 ; M. Fitzgerald. $100 in furniture; Presbyterian Church, 17.(l(i : L. 1'. Bunn, $500 in painting materials, etc. ; B. W. Beery, $350 i.lels, etc.: S. 15. Kahnweiler, 1,500 in injury to furniture, covered by insurance; J. Loch, $1. .!(( damage to house next north of the Church. The whole damage will not vary far from $30,000. There is a further Us to the town by the burning of the engine house." The Front Street Methodist and Baptist Churches have been offered to the iio of the congregation of the First Presbyterian Church, until they can rebuild; and liberal contributions are being made by the ei vi xens, to aid in that object. This is right, oud generous-like Wilmington. North Carolina Steel. Dr. Knnnon. the State Geologist, has shown us a bar of steel, which was manufactured i f North Carolina iron. It was made in Philadel phia of iron manufacture 1 at the work of Reuben ). Golding, Esq., on the I.ni River, the ore of which wa? obtained in that region. It is Ik lieved to be the first steel ever manufactured from North 'aro lina iron. Dr. Emmons is of opinion that its quality is excellent. St mid, in I. Hoaxed. As the AdiO'ulc cop! .i fi. ni the Standard, the Statement it ! I n ! 1 tt below, it gives this correction !Y""i Iv some paper, dated on Sat in day : " It is an easy thing for a ini-i Mi "is or silly creature to hoax uiisiisp. . i in z p. o ple. The capacity for delilicrate I . -x or misrepresentation is the lowe.-t ' i'y which belongs to the animal i nn . Y o published recently a notice of a ,-i Vi in Oliu, in this State, and we t'i ! . .. on t Tiu authority of a letter received from that place, signed John WHbern. We i . !. it for granted the suicide was a '.'u ii ' one and by a human being, but we ! -;rn t'.at we were impose! njn. I or luili .. e . tract from a letter received from n explain the matter : " The suicide published i.i y". - of a late date of J'ingnoo! l.in 'n , miserable hoax. Ringuool wis t of a dog. For some cans" or o,u. r ;. ardly scullion gave him strv i dmio . then to cioyi his superlative e.r i imposes on the public lie w.-'s an h dor. dceidedlv more honorabt in tie - -por i- a : illO inv alid :e -t i-'ht of right-thinking men than the oth. r dog who administered the poison. a;. i l,o dis graces the shape of a man." Declined. Prof. J. P. N'-Ison. f nin r ly of Maryland, has declined a Vet ion to the presidency of Lniisbiir i. mahs College, situated at Louishurg, N. Dead Wm. A. Howard, a native of Virginia, died in Warrenton, . ('..on the 5th instant, in the 72u l y arofhis age. Goon Yield. The whale recent J v cap tured off Beaufort, N. C, yielded 12I( gallons of oil worth 700. Accepted a Call. Rev. T. W. Millard, has accepted a call to the Rectory of Christ Church, Plymouth, N. C. Nag's Head. Mr. George D. Ilapjcr, of Norfolk, has purchased the Hotel at Nag's Head. He i.i repairing and n fitting the whole establishment. N. C. and Atlantic R. R. TheNcw bern Progress, of Saturday says : "As anounced the Directors of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad met at the Company's office' in this place, yes terday, when J. C. Justice was i lected Treasurer of the Company, C. S. Primroso Station Agent at Newborn, W. I'. Mctfs General Transportation Agent and II. V. Richardson Assistant Superintendent. ' Presbyterian. Under this capti u wo said last week that there were only three Presbyterian churches in the eastern coun ties, besides the two in Wilming on. A valued friend writes that he kn mvs of four; and we so amend the item with pleasure. The orignal statement was con densed from a communication in the.N. C. Presbyterian, which we supposed to ho correct. Mr. Everett at Nkwiikrx, N. ('.- The Progre s. learns that the re"pi f the Oration delivered by Mr. Everett, in that place, reached a little over S:!ii. Net Proceeds. The net procerus of the Everett Oration in Wilmington w.-n 1.01(1 Sit, and a draft has 1-c. n Trans mitted to Mr. Everett for the amount. A Coon Divi.'iend. The Direct..;-- i,f the Wilmington t- Wi 1 Ion I I:i 1 1- .-: C.i.i pany have declared a diid.-tid !' 1 p.-r cent, from the profits of the last six in. nil. -. Iliiiif Price kor Toiiauo. T. I. Johnston, Esq., of Yane. ille, N. ('., recently sold in that town, -ix hundred pounds of vellow leaf tobacco, ina !e by Mr. Wm. D. Neal, at fifty dollars p r l.u:. drcd. Si ihk v Death. A. (J. G..rr. I'-:.. of Greensboro', N. ('., died .farratt's Hotel, in I'ctcr-l u: at V.-.,' o Wednesdiy last. The deceased v.:s :i ciiatof brother cf Ralph Gorrell, E Lorn Gui. ford iu our lust Legislatuf. and fr raising tin lie .vssarv
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Greensboro, N.C.)
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