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"T trmtlemy of IBemocrary it toward the titration of the frtditttrlaus cJ.uw, iht tacnan of their comfort, Vurtlo of Ihtir dignity, the ettablithment of their power." BY R03SHT WILLIAMSON, Jr MXCQMTOX, X. C, FES HIJARY 17, 1841. VOLUME IV, XO. 38. A NEW TEH AI S OF - THE LINCOLN REPUBLICAN TERMS OF PUBLICATION. The Lincoln Refi'bi.icas is published every "Wednesday at 2 50, if pnul in advance, or $3 if payment be delayed three months. No subscription received for a less term than twelve months. No paper will be discontinued but nt the option ofthe Editor, until all arrearages are paid. A failure to order a discontinuance, will be con bideied a new engagement. TERMS OF ADVF.RTISTXO. j Autkhti skm kts will he inserted conspicuous ly for $1 '.'0 per square for the first insertion, and "3 cents for each continuance. Court and Judicial advertisements will be charged 25 per cent, mole than the above prices. A deduction of 33 per cent, from the regular prices will be made to yearly advertisers. The number of insertions mu-st be noted on the manuscript, or they will be charged until a discon tinuance is ordered. TO CORRESPONDFNTS. To insure prompt attention to Letters addressed o the Editor, the postage should in all cases be paid. State of JYovth Carolina ? LINCOLN COUNTY- 5 Superior Court of L,aw Full Term. Sarah Ramsey vs. James Ramsey. Petition for Alimony. ST appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the defendant, in this case, James Ramsey, is not an inhabitant ofthe State, II is ordered, therefore, that publica tion be made in the Lincoln Republican for thrc-e months successively notifying the .aid James Ramsey lo be and appear before tin: Honorable ( url f Law to le held for -,nd County, at i!' Court llotise in Lin c !n:oii, on the 2nd Monday after tli-e 3rd Monday in February next; then and there to plead, answer or demur to the 'petition of the said Sarah Ramsey : otterwise it will be taken pro confesso and heard ex arle. Witness John Michat., Clerk of said Court, at office the 2nd Monday after the 3rd Monday in August, A. 1). 1810. JOHN MIC HAL, Clerk. Nov. 25, 18J0. 20 3u J'riceAdv. $10 State oWortli Carolina ? LINCOLN COUNTY. $ Superior Court of Law Fall Term. Peter Hoffman vs. Rebecca Hoffman. Petition fer Divorce. T appearing to the satisfaction of ihe -Coutt, that the defendant, Rebecca Holl, man, is not an inhabitant of the Slate, It is " therefore, ordered, by lite Court, that pub lication be made in the Lincoln Republic-can for three months successively, notify ing the S3id Rebecca Hoffman to be and ap pear before the Honorable Court of Law, lo be held for the said County of Lincoln, ;at the Court House in Lincolnton, on the 2nd Monday after the 3rd Monday in Feb ruary next; then and there to plead, an swer or demur lo the petition ofthe said 'Peter Hoffman; otherwise it will be taken pro confesso and heard ex parte. Witness, John Michal, Clerk of said 'Court, at office the 2nd Monday after the -iird Mondav in Augusi, A. D. 1840. JOHN MIC! IAL, Clerk. Nov. 25. 1840. 20 3m Price Adv. S10 situation JJm let? fwish to obtiin a situation as a teacher of a coin; niou English School, in this or some nciV lioiing county. I feel competent to teach the ele mentary principles of the English language, Na tural Philosophy, Rhetoric &c. and if required, the rudiments of the Latin and (.truck tongues. Address JOHN A. MUGGINS. Lincolnton N. C. Jany. 13th 1811. f. N. U. As I have a small family, I would prefer being employed for a year or term of years. JOHN J. RELMIARDT, "BH&EGS leave respectfully to inform his friends jgLJj and the public generally, that he has remov al trom his old stand on the public square, to the. West Room of the building occupied by the Edi tor of the Republican, (on the South side f Main .Street 6 or 7 doors West of the Court House,) where he will continue to carry on the business of Tailoring as heretofore. Having just received from the North his Fall and Winter Fashions, he is prepared to-oKeuJc all or lersau his line of business, with neatness and de spatch, and in the latest and most approved stvle. Caing well acquainted with every branch of the imsiness, and determined lo attend closely to hts hop, he confidently expects to receive, as it will be his constant aim to deserve, a liberal share of the public, patronage. His work shall be faithfully done iiud Lis prices an moderate as the times will war rant. Nov. 4. 23 3mo. To Ttmners. f"J"E want to purcJia.sc 1 0,000 lbs. scraps of V V raw n'l'c dried, for which we will give lluee an a half cents ht lb. Wc will haul them any distance within one bundled miles from Lin colnton. GEO. & D. MOSTET.LEK. Uncolntcii Taper Mill, Feb. 27, 1S3H. . IS O OK IBM1 IP i a6? . pi. ULIAM HUNTER still continues to car ry on the above business in Chailotte, N. O l'ersoii3in Lincohiton wishing woik done in his line, can forward the same by Mr. Hooper's Stage. The woik will be punctually finished und" si;it back bv the same conveyance. Dec- 23 1840. 303 13. 15. MEVE!, TAKES this method of informing the Ladies miJ (iciiticmcii of Lincolnton, and the pubiic in general, that he has taken the Stoic House formerly occupied by Messrs. Johmon & Herudou, as a Dry Good Store, where he is now receiving from the City of Charleston, a large Stock of Groceries and Confectionaries, Consisting of the following articles, viz: Bloom Raisins, Filberts, Cinnamon Dark, Scotch Snuff, Sweet Wine, London Porter, Philadelphia Ale, Butter Crackers, Soft Shell Almonds, Starch, Loiif Sugar, Table Salt, Oysters, Coidial, Ear Soap, Madeira Wine. Spanish Cigars, Peppermint, Oranges, Cinnamon, Cheese, Collee & Sugar, Fresh Kice, British Blacking, Figs, Mackerel Fib, Prunes, Together with many otheT articles too tedious to mention, which will be sold CHEAP for CASH, or to punctual dealers on time. Al-o, a large supply of assorted Caxdies. Lincolnton, Dec. 2 1S40. XE W GOODS. yTSTIIE Subscriber has just received a large and fe spiended assortment of new Goods, which he purchased in Philadelphia and New York, entirely for Cash, consisting of )!IY GOODS, HARDWARE, Hats, Shoes, Hounds, Paints, Drugs, Saddlery, Crocker), Groceries, And a very extensive assortment of PLATED SADDLERY", HARNESS MOUNTING, and COACH TRIMMINGS, which he will sell very cheap for cash, or on a short credit to punctual cus tomers. C. U.HESDKIISOX. Ovtobcr 2S. 22 Gt. 3loikrVs TesclnE)Ic EAVc iUcdi ciiac. rSIIESE medicines are indebted for theimamc y to their manifest and sensible action in pu rify ing the springs and channels of life, and endu ing them with leuewed tone and vigor. In many hundred certified cases which have been made pub lic, and in almost every species of disease to which the human frame is liable, the happv rlVects of M OFF ATS LIPT1 PILLS ANDPHENIX BIT TERS have hern gratefully and publickly acknowl edged by tor persons benefitted, and who were pre viously unacquainted with the beautifully philo sophical principles upon which they arc coiupoun ded, and upon which they consequently act. The LIFE MEDICINES recommend themselves in diseases of every form and description. Their first operation is to loosen from the coats of the stomach and bowels, the various impurities ai d crudities constantly settling around them; and to remove the hardened f;eces ulich collect in the convolutions cf the smallest intestines. Other medicines only partially cleanse these, and leave such collected masses behind as to produce habitual eostiveness, with all its train of evils, or sudden di-arrhu-a, with its imminent dangers. This fact is well known to all regular ar.utr.nists, who exam ine the human bowels after death : and hence the prejudice of those well informed men against quack medicines or medicines prepared and heralded to the public by ignorant persons. The second effect of the Life Medicines islo cleanse the kidneys and (lie bladder, and by this means, the liver and the lungs, the healthful action of which entirely de pends up n the regularity of the urinary organs. The bladder which takes its red color fiom the agen cy ofthe liver and the lungs before it passes into the heart, being thus purified by them, and nourish ed by food coming from a clean stomach, courses freely through the veins, renews every part of the system, and triumphantly mounts the bannci of health in toe blooming check. Molf.itt's Vegetable Life Medicines have been thoroughly tested, and pronounced a sovereign rem edy for Dyspepsia, Flatulency, Palpitation of the Heart, Loss of Appetite, Heart-burn and Headache, Restlessness, I 1-leinpcr, Anxiety, Languor and Melancholy, Cosliveucss, Diarrhiea, Cholera, Fev- ersof all kinds, Rheumatism, Gout, Dropsies of all kinds,-GrnveI, Worms, Asthma and Consumption, Scurvcy, Ulcers, Inveterate, Sores, Scorbutic Erup tions and Bad Completions, Eruptive complaints. Sallow, Cloudy, and other disagreeable complex ions, Sail Rheum, Erysijielas, Common Colds and Influenza, and various other complaints which af flict the human frame. In Fever and Ague, par ticularly, the Life Medicines have been most emi nently successful ; so much so that m the Fever and Ague districts. Physicians almost universally prescribe them. All that Mr. Mofl'.itt requires of his patients is to be particular in taking the Life Medicine strictly according to the directions." It is not by a newspa per notice, or by any tiling he himself may say in their favor, that he hopes to gain credit. It is a lonc bv the results of a fair trial. MOFFAT'S MEDICAL MANUAL ; designed as a domestic guide to health. 'I his little pamph let, edited by W. B. Moltat, 375 Broadway, JNcw York, has been published for the purpose of explain ing more fully Mr. Moffat's theory of diseases, and will be found highly interesting to persons seeking health. It treats upon prevalent diseases, and the causes thereof. Price 25 cents for sale by Mr. Moffat's agents generally. These v aluahic Medicines are for .sale by . D.& J. RAMSO'LTi. Llntulnlon, C. September 2, 4"HF every kind and quality, j) sale by ' pn hand and for JOHN T. HAUSEU. LincohitCB, Oct. 21, 1210. , 21 3t. BY AL'THOIUTV. LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES passed at the second session of the twenty-sixth congress. Public No. 1. AN ACT making appropriations, in part, for the support of Government for the year eighteen hundred and forty-one. JJ-c it cnarted by the Senate and House (f J'rprcserilativcs of the United Slu'es of America in Congress assembled, That the following su.its be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any uivaprsropriated money in the Treasury, viz : For pay and mileage of membprs of Con gress and delegates, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars; For pay of the officers and clerk? of the Senaie nnd House of Kepresenlulives, twenty-five thousand dollars; For siationi ry, fuel, printing, and all other incidental and contingent expenses of the Senate, twenty-lite thousand dollars; For stationery, fuel, printing, and all oilier incidental and contingent expenses of the House f Hepresentatives, one hundred thousand dollars. Sec. 2. Jltvl be it further enacted, That a sum not exceeding twelve thousand dol lars, he, and the same is hereby, appro priated, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of the sums due by law to the severaf mes sengers of the respective States, as com pensation for conveying to the seat of Go vernment the vote of the electors of the said States for President and Vice Presi dent of the United States. 1. M. T. HUNTER, Speaker of the House of liepresmtutives. Ml. M. JOHNSON, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate. Approved, December 18, 1840. M. VAN 15 U REN. PcBLrc No. 2. AN ACT supplementary to an act to abol ish imprisonment fur debt in certain oc casions. He it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America -in Congress , assembled. That the act entitled "An act to abolish im prisonment lor debt in certain cases," ap proved February twenty-eight, eighteen hum: red and thirty-nine, shall be so con strued as to abolish imprisonment for debt, on process issuing out of any court of the United States, in all cases whatever tvhete, by the laws of the State in which the said court -shall be held, imprisonment for debt ha been, or shall hereafter be abolished. ArniovED, Jan. 11, 1811. Public No. 3. AN ACT further to amend the act entitled "An act to provide for ta';ing the six'di census or enumeration of i.ie . inhabitants of the United States," approved March third, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine. He it enacted bij the Senate and House of Representatives ofthe United States of Jlmerica ui Congress asbemblcd.- I hat it shall and may be I.uvf l fir such (.f ttie as sistants to tin marshals, in the respective States and Tern ones, who have not, be fore the passage of ilns ;;cl, made li.eir re spective returns to such marshals under the act hereby amended, to complete their enu merations and make their returns, under the said act, at any time before the first day of May, eighteen hundred and forty one, and for the marshals of such Slates and Territories to make their returns to the Secretary of Stale at any time before the first of June, eighteen hundred and forty one: Provided, That nothing herein con tained shall be deemed to release such mar shals and assistant from the penalties con tained in the act aforesaid, unless their re turns shall he made within the time pre scribed in this act: s7ad provided, further, That no person be included in the returns m.-i!e tinder the piesent act, unless such persons shall have been inhabitants of tin: district for which such returns shall be rrif.de, on the first dav of June, one thou sand right hundr (i and f t;v. Sec. 2. And be it furtfur enacted. Tha: so much of ti p eleventh seetio . ol the act taking the sixlii census as applies to 'lie priming, under the direction of the Secre tary of State, ofthe aggregate returns re ceived from the marshals, be so' construed as to apply equally u the census of pen sioners, and the statistical aggregates -returned said marshals; And be it further proviJed That f r arranging anil preparing I "ni census of pensioners tent.iri-d hv the ! thirteenth section of the act lor taking the j sixth census and for the compiling and su j fiert'isiuu ol lc printing- of the statistical returns taken under said act, there be ol-'' 1 wetl to the superintending clerk, upon the C'Miiph'tion of ibe work, such compensa tion the Secretary of State :n-iv deem j isi and equitable, not exceeding the ra;ej hJrei.f ire allowed for comniling the statis tics of the third census; and Uat an allow ance be made tt the dibursing agent of the Department of State for the extra duties which have been, or may be, imposed up on him on account ofthe sixth census, in relation to its. preparatory measures, the j accounts ofthe marshals, and the disburse ments, at a rate not exceeding that allowed him for bis services in relation lo the fifth census, according i the time h shall have been engaged in such duties. Approved. January l-ldi, 1841. Resolution. Puiilic: No. l.Q JOINT RESOLUTION to present incor porate universities, colleges, &c. with copies ofthe catalogue of the Library Congress. Resolved, by the Senate, and House, of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That one copy -of the catalogue of the Library of Congress be presented to each ofthe uni versiiies, colleges, -athenaeums, and histori cal societies of the Untied Slates, not ex ceeding three hundred in nu uher, and lo the American Antiquari.-m S.-.tetv. Approved, Jan. I I, 18 11. Fmm the Globe. THE ENEMIES OF '1 HE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE. For a month past the Federal press has been busy circulating a tale, (originating with some of their own coiners,) that Hen. Cass had become their champion abroad, and denied, through Galignani', the election frauds ami corruption, not only charged, but proved upon the Federal party. The name of Gen. Cass was used for the double purpose of getting his high official station to add some authority and respectability to their defence, and to make the impression that Irter.ds to the Administration ravolted at the imputation, as if it were one wlncn rested upon the whole country. This is the trick of -the guilty managers, who have brought infamy on themselves. Tliey hope to repel it as brought upon the coun try; and while they thus spread out the impeachment, they suppose they may not only escape the 'immediate disgrace them selves, but by e-.ilisling the whole public to resent it as n national dishonor, they will turn the obloquy '-from their own side to iis opposite; and, therefore, a national repre sentative at the first court in Europe is made to represent Federalism in this par-ticiilfr'r-. Without having it in his power to know any thing personally ofthe offence committed, or the proof which establii-hes them, he is presented as at once denoun cing them as a national scandal. How per fectly in keeping with the character of up start and dishonest men, to seek a screen under. the authority and influence -IM-ei' from high station ! 'CJen. Cass, M !iii., of the U. States at the court of I uils Phil ippe, King of the French, has vindicated the honor of his country, and denied that there was any frau.l in suppressing th of ficial returns of the New Jersey. election the corruption, fraud, and contemplated treason, by which it was attempted to sei aside tlte Pennsylvania elections and usurp the Government the Gleutworlli frauds, and all the rest ! ! ! This was th pro?l i mation ofthe Federal press, and this was enough to wipe out as mere slanders of the Gh'ihe, he llgrant crimes established by the judicial and legislative records ofthe country. U'e thought it somewhat Strang''- th it (Jen. Cjss would undertake to controvert farts of which iie had no p-rsonal kti w edge, anil which he saw verified in the le gislative itrd judicial pioceediug, given in the public pr.nts. And lo ! now we per ceive r journals of Whtgerv, which re cently mad.' Gi'ii. K's compurgator gener al for t'tfir party-, reiraeiiiiij th honor given him. This U eenis, is i matter of neces sity; for "A ieit!ie:ii l i fro n Piris," wmo knows the trtno. nas ;t;-ii- n uiM-esriry that these Editor- should now A : '.V'e find the following i i ; N r i 1 1! i . c;i j n cer of this mornmg : A geniliinan Iro n I'.o-is lo-onns us Wiat the article in Gall uiani's Jj-.--eu;;e:, repel ling the charge of wit .ps:i!f linn rv i-t our elections, was not written by (i-.v-, Cass, hut by Mr. Walsh." Suvannak Rep. Anlho is tl!t- Mr VaN-. ? T -f -,r- ed !"!t'r -.t nrer of ' i' I i '.;-:r- cer; nnd, bk- '.i- N. V - v friend . f ; ;J,o k -f .hv '. i :. :-., p'i:a, w'.ic'' !ift- ;-"n o-v i! liin of v-idc-.-jiri--:i-! . i.: prostituting the pr-- ft :.' :.-.! ' ... .; purveyors, hut enu ring in . ev r; .-.t of cofrnpt practice by which mo-iev could be made to tell upon , the ballot boxes. From the Oil Dominion. WHY NOT GIVE IT A FAIR TRIAL? Wc b.urc had but one opinion, from the very first respecting the salutary operation of the Independent Treasury bill. Wc have all along been firmly impressed with the idea of its paramount importance to the nation; thnt it was particularly well adapted to promote ihe permanent prosperity of this great family or Republics. We have seen no cause for a change of opinion; in deed, experience, short as it is, but the more strongly confirms our previous im. pressions. To the Farmers and .Mechan ics, the great producing classes of our na tion, the system commends itself lo their most cordiai approbation and support; it is the very thing, of all others, they should cling to for safet3 and success. But happy as are and have been the op erations of the Sub-Treasury, rumor says hat the federal party have determined it tdiall be repealed; that an extra session of congress is to be called for the express purpose, at an enormous expense to the people, and a monarchy-paper money Nat. Uauk chartered in its stead, bringing upon the land another system of panics, pres sures, and distress; overthrowing our pros perity and undermining our liberties. We would ask ofthe candid, why not give the Sub-Treasury a fair trial before it is con demned and repealed Why not test its efficacy, and allow its good or evil conse quences fully to develope themselves, bc-fo-e it is destroyed I Do our political op ponents go for a change simply for the ake of change, without the slightest refer ence to utility ? 9ne of the strongest objections to the presen't administration which the federal party raised, was, that defaulters have run away with the public, money. Will those whojiave been influenced by this consid eration, have the patience to read the two following provisions ofthe Sub-Treasury bill, and see how fully, completely, and effectually they guard against the possibil ity of loss by a defaulter or rather, how effectually they prevent the possibility of there being defaulters ? Sec. 8. And be it further tnalcd,Tha it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, at as early a day as possible af ter the passage of this act, to requ-re from the several depositaries hereby constituted, and whose official b inds are not herein be fore provided for, to execute bonds new and suitable in their terms to meet the new and increased duties imposed upon them respectively by this act, and with sureties, and in sums such as shall seem reasonable and safe to the Solicitor of the Treasury, and from time to lime to require such bonds to he renewed and increased in amount and strengthened by new sureties, to mct any increasing responsibility which may grov o n of accumulations of money in the hands of the depositary, or out of any other duty or responsibility arising under tins or any oilier Uw of Congress. Sec. It. And be it farther enacted. That all oitieers charged by this act with the safe-keeping, transfer and disbursement ui the public moneys, other than those con nected with the i'ost Office Department, a e hereby required to keep an accura'e entry of jach sum received, and ofthe kind of money in which it is received, and of each payment or transfer, and of the kind of currency in which it is made; and that if any one of iir said officers, or of those cotiiii-ctcd with the lst Office Department, shall convert to his own use, in any way whatever, or shall use by way of invest ment in any kind of property or merchan dize, or shall loan with or without inter est, any portion of the public moneys in irusied to iii.ii for safe keeping, disburse ment, transfer, or for any other purpose, every such act shall be deemed and adjud ged to be an embezzlement of so much of the said moneys as shall be thus taken, converted, invested, used, or loaned, which is hereby d.chred ro h a felony, and any offic-r or agent of the United Stales, and nil persons- advising or participating in such a-'l. being convicted thereof before anv conrt of thu United States of competent j u- rts.Iieiion, shall be ssirenerd lo imprison 'men; for a term not less than six mouths nor" ui ire than five years, ami t' a fine e-q-od to the amount of the u.j:sjV embez zled, i Here it will b? seen, th.it if a public a g nt shall use one single dollar of ihe pnb money in .my shap., manner, or form, o .ifiv- po-sible or c uictivablc purpose, he s iah be declared a felon, and all persons lvis ng or participating in the act shall ; ; sentenced tt impr.sonment; and the bondsmen compelled to pay the line, (if the sub-treasurer is unable,) of an amount equal to the sum used or embezzled. Whenever i Mm dttties increase, the eighth section pp- tides for additional securities from time to (time. Now, we ask if it is possible to j frame a more perfect system for the safe i keeping of the public money 7 Is it possi ble to lose a single dollar while this system continues in operation ! There must be some way of keeping the money of the people; suppose the whig succeed at their extra session in re pealing the Sub-Treasury, how do they propose to keep the public money! Will they loan it lo the banks? MR. CAUIOUN. We copy from the Washington Globe art article from the Whig, an able Democratic paper, published at Eaton, Md- in relation to the speech of Mr. Calhoun upon the move of Mr. Clay. . The remarks of the whig are able, and meet our unqualified approbation. Every day brings us additional expres sions of public opinion favorable to the well earned reputation of the above named distin guished statesman. They are grateful to our feelings, because we know they are richly deserved. Through all the vicisi ludes of a lengthy political career, Mr. C. has ever been the firm friend of the people. His great moral courage, wonderful perse verance, sound Republican principles and superior mental powers, have admirably qualified him to fill the various public sta tions be has occupied with honor to him self and benefit to the nation. Dot hi greatness has not been so conspicuously manifested in any other department of pub lic life as when advocating ihe cause of the people, and protecting their constitutional rights from Federal usurpation. This seems to be the station nature intended him lo fill, and faithful has he proved to licr intentions. At all times hps he been found at his post, but more particularly so in times of doubt and darkness, when politi cians possessing less moral courage, were disposed to shrink from the performance of their duty. On such occasion?, the posts of danger were the stations he pre ferred to occupy; and well has be sustained himself against the assaults of powerful foes ib' HOW IS THIS! It was said by the H big Prophets, that the election of Gsu. Harrison would work us a charm upon lis distresses of the coun try. What a new stream of prosperity would burst upon us and .Mr. Crittenden said, the very ihry after his election, theru would be 100 millions added to the value of our property. Dut what 19 the gloomy pic ture drawn the other day by one ofthe or gans (the Richmond Whig?) "The wiiulo Union is laboring under panic, pressure, and extpeme ernbarrassmentYfirst from the protraction ofthe Federal Government, and secondly from doubt and apprehension as to what the future financial course of that Government is lo be' -And yet Gen. II. js President Elect. We recollect, too, Iiow earnestly our Whigs denied that a law had been passed by the Legislature of JlassachuseltS, to sanction mainages befveen blacks and whiles. They were right in the fact and right in the sentiments they expressed but what will they now say to the law, now before the Legislature of that State, and which has obtained a considerable majority m one House, for legalizing such marria. ges between blacks and whites : Richmond Enquirer. WHITFIELD. Once upon a time, when the celebrated Whitfield was addressing an immense crowd with his accustomed fervor and eloquence, under the shades of a venerable tree in the meadows at Edinburgh, a poor creature, ihmkiug to turn him into ridicule, had per ched himself on one of the hangingover boughs right over the preachers head, and with monkey-like dexterity mimicking hi gesticulations endeavored to raise a laugh among bis audience. Guided by the look of some of his hearers, Whitfield caught a glance of him, but without seeming to have noticed htm, continued his discourse. With tlte skill of a practised orator, here served the incident for the proper place ami time. He was expatiating at the moment on the power and the sovereignty of Di vine grace. With gathering force and ear nestness he told of the unlikely objects it had often chosen, and the unlookcd for tri umphs it had often achieved. As lie roso to ihe climax of his inspiring theme, and when in the full sweep of his eloquence, he suddenly paused, and turning round, au l pointing slowly at the wretch above him, exclaimed in a lone of deep thrilling pathos 'Even he may yet be the subject tjf that free, that resistless grace.'-' It was a shaft of the Almighty. Winged by tha divine Spirit, it struck the tcoffer to the heart and realized in his conversion the glorious truth it conveved.
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