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m i. Jo i-' f.l pvnusucD y;:::::ly cy - w von.'.':'.: viii. :;o 11k . - O f'-- "" ..: ft r"' n 1 . ....j. - " rv-naf rr i'.im Inalvanrr; if.mt , J ' : ' 1 c,r ll':e, f 'r i:,c f r 1 ' w ti,.lTt'iri H''e CicvTs.,for fac'1 tf";- 7rt'"'f- ' O.vro"''",'7 'rc C"''"11'1 " f J! Vf '. A-- n.e ii.w.j.i-'r of in r: . -'-Utcrrirked an it;c marjrir,, ;V t. . 1'' U cont'iru'if t,;l f.,r' i. - J YCf...- , fi cVirt Or! r' t - .". J r Jo:!, inan.-iV. ""t "r fT unn-nific IrtT tlic nani t.f a can i ur if -'' " 3 isiv jra in alvn; IiKrn to I- iitir must com j frca . cl .jvj.it. jv.u receive no atu-ntnn. ' ' , ' ' in mmm mmm 1 I i mwm ir rW fioin t.e KniclerLocl.;r, ' Kcucdic t to ;i Ilatcliclar. ITjat oliwr things pUim your attention: "TV rf" B')t the t anl r jti or r't yna , ' - bt!te ciCX-a yoj c-m i.ienliua, i ' ' Jk.o'1 tc!l m ''oVcr Cb," . t ; yjur ilufy is i! wheir':i b'jy 'ctn; " Ciil-'i 3 ou've a woman to fry m. " , y,ja miy'tlrr am of poetical fjmc, I!uil" ttorj may climicertf miscarry; lilui way" of KCnding onc'i uar3 t i T-i '-t-rity, C!iarl-.'n, 14 lo piirry. , jtid tirri" I am wi.l.nj lo Drn AfU-r iolHrly tUiukinj ton it : l'j t tt iii'Jch ral'n r I- i, wn TLtjti.;1' a Liauli:: t in SjLet. fcu:J g.voyou & I;: ' " " IV arris w ah all c!hm'. -.-. a.rn, , , "llioirb it may le ajnf-lc J to I ttc. " - T.fdif'n p:trcnl Mis (''ralf fully) i' : -. -Vl O.i iik w liat a Urn Mb -, . 'Tua!j bave bctn, sir, fr ne a-J for you, 1 1 oiin ha J m-jU gUd llie rin j! '?Wt urarcli fr an fVnjitr,' jL miaotc: , ' ; , Kor ni'pimiie you succtcil'in Iht)' f(iul, . luTdl til j iJuoo wmMbc in it,' ' For lie" m.itrU wouUI W uvglity unequal; Tu"- ap' In, t nm't be contcsif'i.1, ' , ; i tins wm:1J aii rnthcr uncommon; -A ad allow me , dear Charles, .to mcent, Vou'U bo better cgntcut wiUi.- a fp?aj. "Jj'.n us in the ' vW&t CvjbhcT;.S'jreIy tuu viir n 4 rufu"u f;tf,,,- siJ a' boautitul .11 r i O.-.! I. :. r r if 5- 13 falJi svuri' )tr i rears mU, r, en a cJ. I, nlr in J injury, 3 trv s! J..c turnrlkc b.'.ttu-n ji ri-l)y. n nul ri.'.l- Cjfif tr, n .: i'i tr. i L hv ruled atinst t!jo fcocui ai:J brjs, -where ihey iia J leen rivca by i!;e ijy u-iuJ wl.ic'i ppl dowu 1101:1 llc Ui.ia LtyohJ tlio bw"I:u)Ikril: Fh'2 kv wa3 overcast; ibv w'lwj yet rn"i -J Mo! t::'v nn 1 it was i:,ur.i- ly cotJ." X'tJW, scenes cu!d bo more des olate, flbutci. barns, trees ftnJ l.jyr"us were coverpil wj:b snow, onj the ra.!i!f cow'crhi2 in the shed scrmed! tvervwhere to, b SiCt'ch tlis iVy in vain. As It.t; slciS' with its morry bells whirled down the long hill that esJj to the M-iniruult turrpi'ic, the li )rC5 shie J, nearly precipitating the vehicle into an tpposic snow; bank. - A lady lihtly. screamed anMoo'veJ oat in alarm from tha firs which crjfdopuJ her? but seeing no cause tor 'danger, she was abrjn to ord.r tlic driver la prmct-cd, ticn hen little- boy, pointing- in the object which had starthaf the horses, said : . 'Mother, What can that b'- ia the Toad? -Surtly it i a'ronn's hat!? . Ti s Judy turned. In tho catro, of thf highway was a pile of drifted show ajittle longer than ft uuii)-n bxiy. 3 i.i a v. c i 0 i'jj--. ty i.'L.":: V- .CO acd by t:.s j r r v acd ncat.icn. were listen 1 aucniioa by -u. A rum l -j ths'Fiit qf !irv Sc'dics -"! il.vcr the PAYADLU " 4 IN ADVAXCH. cfI:o 1: i v a pur 1 C rt,wcit :3 1 T-Taturi to dy 0:i'o rnd of thu pilo had been bV.vinv.;ar, disclosing, as thy'bny said," a man's 'but. 'Gcacious in-avdns!" &ho'-"ccl ti'd,- uaiiu! grated; ; Te rc ni tr rd to Uh'l!, : t!.? vjr.-r ' : Ixr . n-:;.:s rr'.r.liers. t r: J soul i:i l.:r ; '.: II. Jordan w r.a c next r.nri! z.U.,i I . v.' t'. Too crjcers o if3 piitvc-ir jwintrd, and foe a' tlv. Society t--V. ! At taily, Caii J jo Y.-'..i t'.d IJjtu'J tf Tip toes of Wake Fort'At CoIIort h'.J-iia nioc tir. The Uev. Wr.liam II'. Jordan, cn3 ot their Agents, mado a iate rusting and chcouragin-,; rcpo'rt of his labbf3-andl spoke uf Iho indications cf the increased i:i'.frrc;at of . our dcnoipinaiion in the regions of country visited by hint, in favor cX the 'college.' ' The Insliiutwn tro'.ir in j'flur ishinj condition having 80 or SO students, 'f hi DoxrJ agreed' tQ sell at a redoccd price some lo:s of larij near the College, !or the urpoe of crccti thcreoa a pub. tic l)iavc or Hotel, which U murli need ed at Institution. A poal ioljice- lkas been established jat the Collage, 'tthicn Rev. Dr. Hooper is th3.Poitmast,er. ' On Satiif day - morning tho Convention met according to adj mrnmeqt, and - afier 'can it bo that some poor wretch. has fro- iha uaul religious exercises proceeded-to einj; 1:11 from ft bevy ot briues- nVJiaud taU'iilsps a !;1S3 w-urnnining ' lum4Ttgiie os ha fp'kc. , ' -. - Ti-" jr--i:.l irvi!i w !t iin slio atldrtssi d lied -'u !..us") .rt fraiiu d, "during llv - cv'eoing, l.-o t diinkiV.g any ot t!u costy wine pre' w 1 f r the .lusts:-. IS.11 f.u i'.Pg t.ita elf iU, the i.l-j.'Cl of general ' oUvinion-r-for n the bnde spoku'evtry rjc was upon l..m ho cil jftd, stammered a few tudis liuol words; took ttw gl-vsjj, land bowing .Er.cfuM) , diauk life aiiJ h- ppuss tXie l.ld you I ahouU su:cc'd,"si!dlh; Vuun an t hippycn-aJuro, her-cy cs sark. i n; wuh triumph, as slio retired into her r'r',. ,. bud ;tnii.N. knew. Colonel ' n .irrrrr M.iuld. not refuse KC Wli it a jstv J c lnot such puritanical notion) in :.:!i i I. lie u to bo for cm sl will 'a Inppv ihllusion" or chiq-isU sentiment 11" . ' 1i 0 t!iu wi;io tfircu aU'l. N :ie was there to co;i'.ra!fet lliijy- " cimi th-i.igh'.les s creature, or lo tell her :Vt C.j!. Wiirrrn'a indolence ia.wina had iicir'v proved his ruin. !Io h d boep ob - 'i;:lro.n his nuiti city for s nu years, tlj.-ir-g .which period hoforiu- da rCso!yioti -A u drink, 10 c..us,.,rj r'flZA of a convic 1 j:i of h.s -twn .vtkn "O.i hi- rrtufp, o'd ussocu'.i-s in K iln jv.-ru i-'led" him. alftr'-his di 'tr.in'al!o,n.. ' lo vurioij-? i' it: occai'hms tliey t. td cndt-avort-'J to mJvKV him to j m them in .ph dpngT each y.htr.bj": hU answer baJ always: betn tiro s::)e". This was t'ho firbl Umttsjnco his A.IU-R, that wine had been in the presence f't!.e !.'.es. ' It was fcsolvLd to try ! tlicr tht- it'.fl Ktiic of the sex would'not t'ri-ak a ns ljtio: which inort.thaa : ofte Kit to bo a tvpioach on himself. How the sctame succeeded weliave seen. . Nj pi n can adecjuatrly dec riba'xhe cm-i".o.-.s of CI. Warren .during lbs instant Uhcsiuted before ho took tho frolt-rcd jfjs from the bride., lie was chivalrous a fault in his demeanor to the - cx," and tat i.evcr betrv known to refuse a" fjvor , 1,., 1 t,t- -v.win n Tlw b.'idit WU3 li e ."BgVcrof bis. t'lv frienda cherished. I'vjfe, whom he InJ t;.:iny a time dan citdun bw knee, and whom ho had ticver ajnc anytliingo s'i-hl or pain. t He stood Jd e Iuyc seen., irresolaie for a moment, .Scsitati.ig between fears lor the result and ike' to disobhe liis ..favorite on this ker Htddin- aichu ' Cat at length, he had ' -'-a.iy jie.dcd. ,. ' ' . . Liv.icdiJ the youO t iJc l-"nk f lht; 'iaaiul isudof her, temptirg .worus and s-r.i'e. Lhtic diJ ;Tio dteam tlnl tle han- . Suing Joc tor wine, which baa once re. J.vd her uelim to tho vtfrjre cf conCtmcd irb:;acvf would nwaVe.-again at tho taste . 1 ll.a: Lss, and rge with 'more. violence cut. Yocp2, .rnp' anJ'lhaugM-, as ae looked only.ol the - present trt- U;r.rh witVn-it p'nnei,lirinf ihti rvSU.t. HOW .A'.awia .she "surprised" tJ hear," a few 'JUhs af:cr her rnvri. that Colonel Warren was become at) inebriate that . rc!y rttired to b.sl tiiless in a stato. .of . ' . c(.ox!csri3nV nnJ that, in cofracn, rft'j'n was bccomVo disHgufcd -arid l.Mhrgy focune wasting away. Slvo shud dered, but still "did not thifilc of:her own ceey hnha mUtr, and wln nest siiQ , mtt kim, with the privilege of youth end ' kiautyveciureJ'tc, plead' with him-on the fc4MJarniMMiJhc, nV reply, and ic Trc!a-ch,1y'.d;ri ; somewhat stern tone in !ixh he spoke never left hr mcnury, 'it r 11 too 7jIc.' 1 was oncd as l afn: now---I "tvlYd anlt: a resolution nive? lo drink fcgm-I brokcthat froluihnyvo know ' hj, aril whe-w, and now 1 am a -hptjoss iccLriat.". zc t'dtath.' 'james,'nand she lurnec to a foo'.man, 'gi and see." ,':..'- With intense interest the lady watched while the, servant brushed away thesnow. Tn of few bcconcis tl w.s apparent tht a corpse was indeed there;- and, it. was not Ung boforcrlhc cause i-t tho .man's death was. evident in an empty og'bejrid him. Thr fpccintors breathlessly awadvd wliile tho icy fl.tkes were being removed from the 6ce tr the lady was within', a short diNtam;c of hr home nr.d'thouU that per his-i s'le'miglit reeogniz; ile b?ing. She, stepped cut or,lhc slefghs'cnd ' opprnached iV corpci ' - . . " ?'Culorii;4 Warren'.V'iSiho sard,lcccmng glnstly puloand. g.snrir.g: 'CjT, War ren ding tfiu", d common drunkard! O".! itist IfeavefK this is loo 'much. . i " Ajjd thus the vieti.n anJ hii destroyer met for the last time. It' wag the once thouitlesi bridj who rcwi!lo'od ftbjvc tlic corbie , " '' ; ' V ' . from t'tt A. CartM SlanSdrd. - IX, C. K:iatit Stale Ccnveiitioii. Mn. Holpen Oo ny way to tins place i attended 'iho Soith CaroI'm'A lliptist Sinte Convention ; whith met at-FrivnJa't'p Mee' Iting lliow, CoinbrrlanJ Cun'y, N. C.r on.'iiuiad-iy -th- 14ih 'instaut-.; A.ihoag.t pcrfori'D td-jrs-'cf agency " of at least three not so numerously attended as sorv; of m jjhonths for the purnoseot coHectingfunds, sextons whicu tntl m tire cuy, yet mere was a f;spectlb!o mt'.isvJance of delrgites and several minivers of distinction, among. tlK'in Prof. Ue voids, fonnei ly f iho-Mnrf-ccrUni' eTslty, Georgia,- and now. pastor of the 2d Li ipiist X'liurch ia Kichmt.nd, y.ju, as a' cur respondent for -the For? igi MisHijn B'jard Vf the- Soulhern. -11 i'.yst Cmvei'iiu-i.' bo'tne'ss, Tile report of the lJoard of- cdf- u,cation, loCafted at ake roreat Uohege was presented and read by 1' rot -White, ami after sorrle rcmarkfs by different mem. bers it-vris adopted, and ctdefed to be published, in tho minutes. ' I X 'At It o'clock, according to the orJrof the day , (he report otthe Board ol Foreign Missions wa.s presented by.N. J. j Wlmr, Ivq., their; Co-rtetpotiding Secretary. It gnvc a succitlct account ol ihe operations of the Board during -the past, year, hs adoTition was moved by the Uev. J.' J.. 'Janccslatc agent of the Board, "accom- p-udeu by some intercSang rcmarss. 1 ne .convention was aU i addressed by the Rcvt J.'L. Ileyno'.ds, agenf of the rorcign Mrs sioaBoat'd at Richmond, to ah able and interestinV manner, explaining ihfe ope'ra: lions of that department of religious bonev; olenee. The report was . then adopted and ordered to be published.' In addition to -the present . gtnts, Rev. AV; H- . Jordan and Cseorge Vv Thompson',; K-sqV'hc. Bwrd appointed the-' Rev, J, J.. James agent lor 4 montns witn a view. 01 his visiting with one of., the other agents, the .State of South' Carolina, during the LcDfUing winter,, lhe. uev. Jas; ruruy atid -William Jones, are also rerjuested to .'" ' t - .I. J'r 1 . .. . t. i:t V. Lljicks i.;., , wl,. -7 : -i H.'Jj, charged the ool :il er''1 or ratl.CT two vt-re:jrs. y ind.jrrrt; cJf, trrfirr. refused tuth ah c.xorbitart d-rrand;. and w:...j i.i wij coi..r:g. in t--i ena 1.1 stomach at th ""General Jaclts;aa tho tavern fj ar e.;.!'.;;e) tf thuto-vn, :6 was -arrested. Vl-Ji! & s-3 cf Vulcan. TI:erileir:. r.o other resource. Mr. M. was conducted Jo it rata olTice; back of the? bar, "". , It should have been rnentuineJ t;iat Sajire lzird iat oidy nd tin oice tf Justice, but ho .was "lhe la.vern keeper besides. "Tin n.-rrt that swung btfore his door, displayed, on a blue ground, a figure, supposed ta rcsema 3 a human being. -A very iarg red fa2 was depicted,, sur rounded' by a white halo, and surmounted by a chapeau wit!? three wavirg plumes. To this was appended a bluer coated body, .witn very diminutive lej:, attireu in urge jtc'.i boots, and intensely ytllowtpanta loor.s. ; One. hand flourished a sword, the c:.ir rested. on a cannon (Spontaneously Jbelchirj fortU very red Himevery b!ue smoke,-and o ball li-ce a- Hack wafer, plain ly viilL'e.. Ti 0 art,i.l had begun at the head, and boir- cramped for room ere he had finiitxd, l.!;e another Procrustes, he. accommodate J l!.-- rest of piciuro to, suit circumstances. - This ,vork of art was supposed to bear a striking resemblance to the hero of New Orleans The other side bore the legend "iintertainirje&t fr marr and bca$t, ,by P. IiarJ."' Bullo proceed: After being introduced into .the august presence of fh? 'Squire, arJ the charge stated, the following dialogue occurred: " Wellsir,. what is your r.amcl" "Mc 'Murran, irj "lljrnphi Mr. Murrarr no other name.aixr? . "John McMorran, sir11 rNo, Mr.CJurrcn no alias!" 'Ol cuursa. I have not, isir--I've do, Reed cfnone, W here do you live, M r- Cart ion?1' 1 My name ain't CarrionI told you it is Mc Murran." ".Well, Mr. Murton, did you make any bargain forshoeing yo-vTr l?)rse?n "No, sir." "Then, Mr. Burton, ;you octe.d sir like a - fool.',, . "I did'nt como her to bo instiled, sir, and no man shall talk to me.", 'I know you. did not. Mr. Fulton keep silence, isir, or i ll fine .you. .'Vuu acted, t';r do .rwt contra-i?ici me like a perfect fool; and let this bo a warning to you, sir, never 10 trp.st . such a sotindrc! a hr.& lite smith) urshcr than you can . swing a bull by hU tail. 1 You, sir, (to tho phiniifT) I mean you you skunk, you'd steal the coppers on your dead mother's eyes, $ou poor novsouled hog.J lhe sentence pf tlis co'irt is, that you, Enos J3ddo, shall haVewa dimes for your work; which is all it,1 worth; and if you say another word Fll, knock you dowp. :,Claro this courr.1' ' Fully" fc'aiislied with the verv did, and highly amused with, his adven ture, Mac went on his way rejoicing. .. 1 A. .1 ;er;:.: 5 At : f . i Ln: j: m, o.i fiiUfctw, sort;: CEa 13, IS 17. ,hr t! c rir.'z liioji cf i!:e ircLi T, Mr. Chy rcsa and addressed it ulstactia! !v 3 fjl!os: ' ,:u!itjc..-.(jc.'.t.:.fs; Th? day is dark nnl fjlbcry , Cf 2 ! td and uncertain, Y.9 the condition of our country, in regard to the unnatural war with Mexico. Tho ruh-ic mind is agitated ar.i anxious, and is filled w hh.s-iious npprehensioos as to it3 indeoite Contmu. ance, and especially as to the conscience which lis termination may bring forth, menacing the harmony, if xiQt ll9 ex. tatence,T.f cur Ucion. . . : A h is under these circumstances, I pre sent myself beforo you. ordinary, occasion would have drawn me from the. retirement in which 1 live; but, whilst a single . pulsation of the ' hunnn heart rc' mains it should, if necessary, fee dedicated to the service of one's country. And I have hoped that, although I arrv a private and humble citizen, an expression of the' views and opinions I entertain, might form some little addition to the gencrda" stccS cl information, and afford a small assistance in delivering our country from tha perils and dangers which snrround it.' I .have come here w ith no purpose to at tempt $0 make a fine speech, or any ambt. ttous oratorical display. I have; brought with me no rhetorical bouquets to. throw into this assemblage; In the circlb of ,lhe year, cutumo has como, acd the seasurr ct fl wers has passed, la the nreSresa of vearaj rn-v s'arrrn? time has rone bv. and I am too in the ainumn of hfe, and feel the frost of . age. My desire and aim ro to a,udresa you, earnostly, calmly, seriously and plainly, upon the grave and momen tous subjects which have brought us to gether. And I am softcitous that not a solitary word thay fall from me," offensive to cf u 1: s t'-c: :f, s::d::i v.-as Co vr uis e j al Tavlor was "ca-rr.on. cou 1 . . . . - ;r.r 1. ? vav to ileii ;....-;c( Gor.cr- ordered to trjr.soorl " his cr.d to' j In;: therw, In a warhki til 1" j c ,-s.to- to .i.atamcra, en .3 easi t'ir. cf iho Rio Bfra, witl.'n l!:o very d territory, iho -." .'Ar. ..t cfi!.i;li was to be tha cJ ct cf ,Mr. L-.-Ml's rnia s'eft. What 'cc' I have trans :1 red) t a cori.ct cf 'e,tnii? , Thus the : wr commenced, and tho rej.di ct, afu r hvir rroduccd it. - - v. I. ed lo Conpre;?H. A till .2a rr. . J to or-. 0'..Tlursd;y eienin the mctnbetsof. the co'.jventiun assemUi'.-d -together, ano were calied o order by the lie v. Thorn-is Meredr.h, llw President of the last Con vention,! and its proceedings opened .after reading pomoii ol the woid ol God, s:ng. in" arTd prayer. Committees; were up poTnlid to arrange the Religious e.e reives during the session, its rder.-of business, and of Finance to receive the contributions sent up from the churches anl Associa. lions, 'frho-ConveniiJn then -adjourned until Fpday morning nine o'clock:. : On 'Friday morning the Convention met nrcordiiff to adjournment, and. after ihe 1 usual religions exercises, proceeded to the e lection1 : of O iVtce rs . I he . I i o n. , A . 1 red Dol-kcrV, of Richmond county, was, elect. edl President. 1 ho Uev. nvia . o. 11 ! iams, Rpv. J J- Jimes1 and Dr. O. . C Moore,' Vica Presidents. -N. J. PVrocr, Eq., Recording Secretary, Rev. J.! S Pu rify; TneasiTr, and T.'B. Barhctt, Fsq , uJitor. Tne Rev.' James C." Marcom a'n'd if obta:;ing' ubscrijHions, to relieve the Institution ' from' its pecuniary liab'ili. itus. Our sister Siato South Carolina, I whs pteaid to Jcarn, is tending a helping hand, in behalf i)f the College. Manyof tle sta Jents are from that State. ' torrt !pondents were appointed to lhe Baptist Slate Convention of j North Caroli na, and thJb Wrstero ! Association of Vir ginia, and1 suitable tetters directed "ft be wfkten'taJtthbse bodies. ; " The convention on tha jmbtioli of the B.i VT. Meredith scsolvVd to alter lhe constitution so as.sto consolidate the differ ent Boards; and appointed a committee for that purpose. The committee subsequent--ly reported an amended Constitution, .which was adopted and the Board located in the Oily of Raletgh. Alter the adoption pf the amended constitution, tho Rev. J. J. Finch of Raleigh was elected Corresponding Secretary of' the Convention, , and athe Board of managers, for the ensuir year. u-iw hftrtrtintod assists nl" Secretary The 'report of thcuoarJ cf managers'of DomesticMissions was presented and read byths Rev. J. J. 'Finch, corresponding :! rpiir't It 'presented fu'l and very in!rro!iifr view of llw o,tibV.s "of that d-partmeut of the Convention for, iho psl -vtar and lhe aceoun's- of ihfe cu'po'uring of t,h? spirif God in different parts ot the Snte, and of thereat n-irnVr brcughl in to tho Church fcv h.niessmg itirnuirg lab'irs of 6ur miinaries was cheering to tho heart of cverv1 Christian. . Rs adoption himr moved for V ono of tho ierr.bi-rs, I Ko Convention was .addressed by N: J , t Tlie Tennessee Sqnirc 0? TEE OLD Ttunsr : There flourished, for many years, in a certain ullage in the good Stale of Ten nessee, an eccentric old fWow, who rejoU ced ia the name of Peter Izard) and, for eleven years." he filled the jmportant mce, known in various 'parts, of the Union as M-ieistratr. Alderman, or Justice ot the Peace. Whether o restricted 6y law or wheiher it was owing o tho little, business done and credit given in his neighborhood, ve know- nut but it is a fixed; fact, that iKrrn was, r.cver' a case before him of greater vatao than ten dollars, ! and . that case is. now presented to lift' public. During the long term of his oLW-.ial career, Sqiire Irrd was1 cwially J?lebrated for his inflexible idiegrity, ar..1 h-5 sigitlar manners:' Tel strangft to say, .beheld oflltre only by the fickle popular will, for i was antleciive ofaoc. Bat ho kept a!i ih'e liqoor, find was tho only man. in the town wtia cou.J write, in tnose ftaieyon 0 ui I m.-Jr-t w ! A Laic inormou niimclci The Ottaway Free -Trade gives th'e. fVd?. lowing, with an endorsement of its truth: It.appears the .prophet Strang needed a new housof and: no eVttfmihed his fol. lowers ' should tliild ; il for Mm. ' So he called them together, and lold them thut in' consideration that thef would erect the house, the Lord -'had auihoriz -d him to promise them a wonderful ' cn4oicmciTt.' ihe building was soon completed, ana now thev apply fol1 tluir reward. All the Saints ore gathered together in the Church, the prophet takes Ji hem- ihrowgh a variety of (ceremche8,' Kuch . as head washing; washing feet, &c, ang ' concludes -.by anointing the Jicads of all, '.with a com position "that had a queer sraelL 1 hey are then directed to 8t!Lr to- another room' ta . was, tbrally dark,-, where they werft to rcccivs tlie endowment which was to be in tho shape of an extraoIIcary and risibld manifesiailon cf , tho sptit, Tendering them ol onco impregnable thenceforth to a' lhe chsfts of Svtan. Arrived at the dark room', sura enough, the heads of all shone, as if lit tp- by the brightness of the sun, and great was the rejoicing of the samts thereat. B-lthe prophet William, who was present, al though stc-gered a little, ' understood' that "ail was not gold that glittered1 so he took some fit lhe 'ointtacnl and submitted it k an examination, and of the discovery! Ciund that it was a mixture cf c7 rr 'fiosphjafusT a,nd ; that hence lhe v. hole illuminat'ri ocra.ion was a prors el.it. -He took the first opportunity lo accu.o ihe prophet, Strang, pebliely and before it. el wh"Ie congregation cf C-2 ir.:posiiio;i, .t.r so far ffbm donying it, coolly . acknowk-d- god the corn, nd then preached a sermon - . t . t . - . . . i . lusitivir ioc pci, ar.o roair.iair.in u. 11 ai. 1 any party or person in - the whole extent t!ie Unior'.' - War, pestilence arid famine, by the com. mon consent of mankind, are lhe three greatest cahmities "wtuch can .befal iour species; ana vfar,-a.s t inmost, direful, tost. Iv s;?.:ris foremost and in front. Pesslil- lence and, famine, no doubt for uiW. al thyult tnscriitable purposes.. are' infections- of Proii :nc2, to which, it is our, duty, therefore, to bow with obedience,1 humble submission and rcsijaation. .Their djra 1101) is not lor, and their ravages are lim ited. ( They bring,-indeed,1 great afjlxlion whilst they nr, out society soon recovers from their c-fTucts. , War is the voluntary work' of ouV own haiVJi-'amT wlatefer re. proaches it may serve should be directed ta ourselves"! When it breaks out, its du ration is ml. hnr.e- and unknownus vicisii'udes ere hidden from crsr . view. J In-'.. the sacrifice cf 'human lifeapd in tho waste of human treasure, in its losses and in its, I Vrthcrrs,' it-" afFects b.th brlliger'erit nations; and its , sad effects of mangled bodies of d .ath, ar. i of desolation, crri'Jre long after its, thunders are hirshedtin peace., ' - J . " peaceful and regular industry, and edat ters poisonous seeds : of disease and. im morality, hie.h continue lo frerm'mate .and diffuse their banefuj in Sue nee. long after it has' cea-ed. D izzling hy its glitter,4 pornpand pageantry, il begelj a spirit of wild adventuro 'and .romantic enterprise, and often til-" LHcJ those who embark in it, after rctL-ra fromho bloody fields' of battle, frosi tnging in the .induslrjous aJ peace Ti: I c:'..:;o:is of life. Wc are ir.fo-rtcd by.a slatemerit,' which is Dpprcr.i;? crreet, inat. trie numocr 01 our country rrc n tlam in this lamcntablo' Mexican war, ohhu it has yet been o only eihtc; n rr existence, ia equal to one half of the whole of r the American loss durir tL3 ;-v : n years1 war t)f the. R'evolu-'' lion! Ar.J I vrnturc lo asscrrntthe ef. penduure of treasure. which .it has oc- oses, wav tha were is. l. i the miracles of Ch Ti3t, M wro'v Itit in toe s-.me v neural means. Of course, WhlAn c:ul.! j 7 r, ',"w 00 longer hold fellowship with cVr.Va t;,:.:i. ' ir ' " AND PahneV, Rttv. J. J. Jerries, Re. J. D. Rey-.: jjys, ivewspapcrs and Common schools nolds arid otlwr, woen u was unauimous It adopted by the Convention. -" After the transaction a( soma other ba. sires of minor importance t!ie Convent lion acreeiW give wav for a meeting cf the C. Baptist Bihl Society, at 3 o . dock P. and then adjourned rintilSat. urdav mornin: ""i''""- . - i three o'clock the Bd!e Society itWctu.g in Ihd Chcrch, hca lhe chair as taken by theRev. J., J. Jarr.e?, , Prcs rdcnj:, ho opened the cJerciwa by read ing a portion of the sacred Scrip-urcs sing ing an apppria e hynm by the on;rrga. lion, and praycry the Bctr.JJ. J- tmc.. wefc unkeown: ius r.oncsty was 4 aiso prqvorbiaU . Millions could cof havc'temj:t. cd him to have wronged his bitterest enemy of a dime, or to, rnvc decided a case wiih common pohtcness. And, -, on the whole, h; was popular," for so that" the decision was jost. and urrufct, h;t mattered the uncouih phrase which it was coucord int. The shell :was rpugh-ahd buter, but the kernel wsisweet. Wo will now gwa an rxampleof'Soaire Izard's roodo of proceed. -Tee Resiaixs or Caft. Walks n;s Suave,, David. A Lv.cr IV.. .1 CiutEto the New .OfIcat:s Dvln, Nov. 5! states Vl th'j remains t Walker, anJ Li.-.lI rcnaii-., L'u..', wereln the rastlo of Parole, ha ir.g. toeil b rough 1 from ilLw.iil;!i by orir cf C-l. Wjnkoop, ar:Z tior thvy w.ii-Lo f.',rii Jt 2 to the United Scales" by a !ar:e train which is shortly 'vptccJ fru.t ' II - faitMul slave was killed a few a: :A ter T.r.fer brcatl'r d 'l.ls' I .a, io a success!;;! t lZ 1 1 1j i-ato ll..-. t, L'-r Lamar, rcceivirj in- l.is' own Uir,6t 'a Udcc aimed et tl:e Ufa cf ! I: ' i.-.r'b friend; ' ' P cjsioneJ, wl it shall - corric to be fairly Escertair.oi a.j j footed up, will bb fouhdjo be m.ire t'-.an half of. ihe pecBUiary cost cf i.i v.sr cf our Independence. .Avd th;s,is tho condition" uf th?, par; i wtbse ar:ri r vc? t.c t every wnere ana. constant ly v How did v.-e unhappHy get ' involved in 1 !..- w?? r. wis predicted . as the con- 5,.. rt -rco cf the annexation of Te"xas io tho Ui.i"cd fTrv.es. If we had n'' Texaj, e fl. Si h ao no war. The people were to! I tlm if t'nj event hapKnedv war would ' -' '."ere-.r-j-rMh-pthd war be- t'c-n ic"i t.nJ Mexico had'. not been term:- J ? a treaty of peace: lhat Mcx- 1 lexas as a revol'eJ pro u tt we received Texas in we jook along with her, thlj tween her and JeXico. :'rcf Mexico formally an Government at Wbm ration would consider the icxasto the Urs:ted States . ;t-iic cf war. But all this tho partisans of annexation v. o sOtould have no war. and to ihosQ who foretold il 1 vine: t . 'lh-it u a -j c T ; eve tv . ::r thru- r ran, -cf the place,: was . riding through Jif, you & ill , wjth t pleasure, th C -L , -j.wiurc hU l.crsc cast a jho'c. fl.ef, il.c ill remains. If you do-gortd pi:,' si Cl:rysv-r3- o.ij re mi ir.: j . plcasup erati'-n, z:. I , -r-l T' -r t wl-. i : , v :o e.-. :.e.r.''- c f l CVr; C :1 hot a cy '.'. -I of anv.lv zr.i ro-jnaiess pre 1 iiinr a state ct virtual ;'I.T.' Lf ll. -al! 1 frar.T, l!:3 ficVcf ra'139 Tay ihoiiand volunteers, and in or d; r t'o commit alt who should v?:e for it. preamble was tnstricd, faWy attriluricg tho comtrenceni of the war to ih sct'tf. f-Moxico. J hate ; no dctU of tha patriotic motives of those who, after strugrrlintf to . divestthe bill of lhat flagrant error, found ; ihctniTcrvcs constrained to vole for iW But I must .say that no earthly consideratioa v?clJ fravecver tempted or rrovoked mo to Vote for a bill, with a palpal! j falsehood stamped, on it3 faec; Almost idolizing iruth," 3 1 do, I never, never could have voted for that till. - J 1 The exceptionable conduct, ol lhe Fed eral party, during the last British war, has . excited an influence 'in' the .p occutio oT the present war arrc: f yeTeoiea a just uis criirHna't'ion betweea the two wars. That '. was.awar of national deferice, required for tho vindication, of the national rights-' end honorand demanded by the indignant voice of th-o people: President Madison, hfrV&elf, I know, atifirst,. reluctantly and with great "doubt anJ, hesitation, brought, himself to the conviction that It nghl'bo . declared. A leading. anicethans the most infioential .member of bis cabinet t (Mr. Gallatua.) .wa3, rfr to (Itq lime oflts declaration, opposed to it. But nothing coulvj withstand the ir,rcsiiblcforce of pu' , t?o sentiment It was a just war, and its great objecfj'as'announceJ at the limo, was ' "tree frada andailors Rights,' against H intolerable and oppressive acts of Brit- isn power on me ocean, itie justice ot tne war, tar lro?m being denied or contro verted, was admitted by the. Federal par ley, which only questioned it on. considers "lions of policy.1 Being deliberately -and consliiutionaliy declared, it 'vvas, 1 think, their duty to have givn it their hearty cp-opcTatish.' But- tlje mass of 3- Jiiem did . not. . They contrnued io oppose and thwart jt to discourage loans and enlistments, to deny the -'power of ihi? General- Govern ment to march the miliua beyond cur lim. its, an J to hold a Hdr.fjrd Convention, which, whatever were its real objects, bore thJj.aypecr of ? seekirigia dissolution -of the ( lnitQ itsolf. They h-t and justly lost the public confidence. -But has not an appro- hension of a' simitar fcv.e,, in a state of & case w i de ly d 1 IP-rer.T , ic p rcstecf a- fua r .'ss ' expression' of their real sentiments in somo of our pubhc ,men? ' How toiallv- variant is the nrcjent war! - This is no w ar of, defence, tut oh'o : u'une- iry and pf offensive-aggression. fiisj Co tkaf t.5" defending her firesides, her castles, and her altars, not we. A"ndliw difficult also is lhe conduct- of the hii? party of lhe present day from that of thw majrpart of the federal party durinj Uie watofI8l2! 1'ar from inlerDosinf any obstacles to the prosecution cY, the vfar, if the Whigs m onice are reproachable at . allj it, U for ttqving teat too ready a facility to it, without careful' 'cxamioation into the objects ot the wet." And, out , of office, wti'i nave rusnea to tne prosecution ol tne war with. more ardor and alacrity than the Whigs? - Whose hearts, have bled more ' freely than those 'of the Whtgs? Who have more occasion to mourn the loss of sony,;-btt$band3,. brothers, fathers, than Vh'g parents, -Whig wives and Whig brthers, in this deadly and unorofitable strife! ' ' ' I .;.' 1 . , Bill the havoc of lhe war is in progress. and the eo less deplorable havoc of an in hospitable and pes' ilehttal climate. With. out indu'ging -in an unnecessary retrjspect a no) useless rcproacnes a on the past, .all hearts and heads shobfd unite in the patri otic endeavor "to bring it lo a satisfactorv close. Is there do wav this can bA doneT Must we blindly continue the conflict-with. out any visible obpct't or any prospect of a definite termination?. This is the import, ant, subject upon which I desire to consult and commune w ith you. Who, in this free -government', Is t decide upon the objects ol a war, at rts commencement, or at any time during its existence? Does the power belong to the Nation in the collective wii. dom of the Niiion in Congress assembled,' or is it vested solely in, a sipglc fun'tiooa ry it the .government? . A declaration of war U tho highest and ' nWt awful exercise of sovereignty. Tho Cnvention, which framed our federal con alituion, had . learned from , tho pages of history lhat it had been often- and greitty sbuse It had seen lhat war had often, been commenced, up'n' the" mo-it trifling, pretexts,. thai it had b-.p freq-iently wagd - l-i establish or exclude a4dynasty; tu snatch a crown fromit he liead- of one potentate and place Uporr the hettdof an jihor; that; ii h i u.teo br-'en pfo;ctiied tu pronaJtu a':ei.nd oth:r interest?, than those ot the nation n in the eas; whose chief had proclaimed it, r tseof Eng'i.di w4ar3 for Hano- IfG 'Ul-J to rerr. rroiirited ! .t to t ( '.'i(rrrrj'i f !;,r V'j'r-Vi-h! have,ve,Jan ia'r:res;s'anin!hor,, that such a 1 u.is! r,n-1 irrmnnii.iii.. .1. . . bOiCiiotidea to lUe perilous exercise of OCO j"j3 min. 1 he Convpntion: thrn fore, rtsolvcd to ruird the war makinff power against those n'reat abuses' of which .in the hacdj of a monarch it wa3 sui. ccptilfk?, "And, the security agninst'ihoae abuses which its wUJjto dvisi d, was to vest the- warjro'i p jwer in ihe Coo2rfsi cf tJ0 United Slates, toeing , the jmroedUt njat-ihe point 1 -othti -si hid : a trui, spirit , . ar possibly 1. 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Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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Dec. 9, 1847, edition 1
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