J
LliJUililijlll
5,
1852.
We are sorrow to learn that these Minutes have
net teen received. They were securely packed and
pnt to Bovkin's DerJot, directed to Rev. M..R-Fory,
ir...?....i w r-tr tv-it . iViov hare cone to
Petersburg, an J are in the ware-house there. They
"were sent some 4 months ago. . . , - . .
a iv-rnT-T T t.v-a certain Mr. Willis Har
ris, of North Carolina, proposes to accomplish a
greater task in theology than was ever-jet accum
plished by mortal man. He says :. - . -
. I propose to blot out the i entire .BapUst heresy,
which has ever since the days of Roger Williams
and Ezekiel Holliman disgraced the pages of ecclesi
astical history, by showing that pouring or sprink
ling is the only, mode of baptizing known or ac
knowledged by the Scriptures y and .thus demolish
that water wall which never should have -been set
up between the acknowledged children of God and
his table." ' "
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changes. Mr. Willis Harris is a remarkable man,
to undertake, so venturesome a task. He will im
mortalize himself, if he succeeds, even in persuading
his warm friends and ardent admirers,' that ; he , has
accomplished a tenth' part of his undertaking Jle
"reminds us of a minister, who once preached upon
Infant Baptism, so much to the satisfaction of one
of his hearers, that he cou Id not forbear complimen
ting him u He beat the Bible all hollow," said - the
admirer. Mr.. Wiiiis Harris must go a long ways
beyond the Bible, to substantiate his position.
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Bro: Tobvy Flonse give your opinion of a Bap
tist who should ay that he would votp or no man
who was a Son of Tciupamnee.
Yours," &c.- ' - . ',
"VVe think that;silch a Baptist must be a very ig
norant man,' entirely misled by .prejudice and evil
advisers. We expect that : he must be a careful rea
der of the Freeman's Blade and of the Primitive Bap
tist. We suppose that he would be 4 pleased: to., at
tend the ministry of the preacher in Georgia,. whom
brother Eli Ball had the misfortune to k listen to, not
Jong ago.- We copy from the Christian Index an ex
tract from his sermon.-4,1
u The man who delivered the introductory sermon
6aid, in the course of - bis discourse, that there was
much said about drinking ardent spirits, temperance
&c. but, said he, Brethren if you wish to drink
spirits, dribs; there is no harm in; that, and if you
become drunk occasionally, there is no sin in that, for
Jesus Christ say-v that that which entereth into the
mouth does not defile the man.'" v.." J v
We think that the Baptist who will not vote for a
Son of Temperance, had better join the Sons himself,
and then V Mn Vnnw "thai whprpof hft affirms." it
he ventures to say any thing respecting the Order,
' All the information he now- possesses respecting
the Order," be probably obtained from its enemies.
Many of these do not scruple to palm off the most
egregious falsehoods, upon those who will give them
credence. Mere is one oi me lasitnaiwe nave seen.
,We givethe entire extract referring not only to the
Sons of Temperance, but also to the Georgia Baptist
-State Convention." " r - ..
i" tn that sermon he said many things top obscene
to be published, but as I am accused of doing injus
tice to the preachers and their sermons, I may be ex
cused for quoting the following sentence in 6elf jus
tification. rtThese missionaries sometimes r get an
appointment-to the Georgia Baptist Convention: And
I will tell you what they go for. -They go to change
their wives, for they do not live with their wives but
a year at a time. -And the Sons of ..Temperance are
-'up in theif night meetings with other mens wives." .
- . In regard to joining the Sons of Temperance, we
think this is a matter for every, man . to decide for
Himseu. oo jar as a uiau vunstiauity is cunuerit-
edjjieither by joining the Sons i he any better, nor
"by not joining is' he any worse. The" institution is
purely a -benevolent one, 'having no reference -to
Church or State. - Of course, with our -views on the
-form' a more favorable opinion' of one who agrees
wim us ia . senumeni on mis point, ana snouia oe
fmore willingfto give him a vote, were he aVcandi-
'-'date for a public - station, than-to vote for one op-
posed to our view?, , Yet we are riqt willing to take
the position that every man who will not join the
'Sons of Temperance is a bad man. Wc believe that
there ate many real friends of Total Abstinence, who
are not Sons of Temperancetechnically so called.
They nave imbibed a prejudice .against the'Order,
which a little more knowledge of the real state of
M things would in all probability entirely remove.-r-v.
We have'.been sorry to see so many - christian men '
anxious to make the joining br not joining the order,
the subject of church action.-- -'
We consider that it is a matter with, which a church
has nothing s to do. - If' any professor of religion
chooses to join the order, the church should have
nothing" to say, unless its m'embers'find that his join
ing the order has injured his christian character.'-" If
he does not choose to join, the church should net at
lemnt to Torrn him In An - . -
rent statements'' and newspaper scraps, the follow
ing passages from an adJress by "Mr. Campbell be
fore the Bible Union Convention, held at Memphis,
Tenn.,"Iat April, are respectfully submitted
"The Bible in its vast and glorious amplitude and
object is the Book of Life the charter of immortali
ty to man. It is, in its manifold developeraents and
detail most worthy of God to be both the author
and the subject of it, and of man to be both hs theme
and its object, in the awful grandeur of his origin,
relations, and destiny." Every thing superlatively
interesting to man, with respect to the past, the pre
sent, and the future of his being, and of his. well-being,
constitutes the all-engrossing theme and inten
tion of the volume." . . We shall, there
fore, endeavor to ascertain our immediate duty with
regard to an improved translation of it in our own
language and country," ' v- - . . .
" But it will be whispered that false and heretical
views are cherished by the Bible Union, and that the
version will be colored by these. This has been' in
sinuated ; nay, printed .and published by Baptists
themselves opposed to it I . And what is the proof, or
the basis of such suspicion 1 Have not the leading
movers of this Bible translation, as now digested and
exhibited by the Bible Union, been always regarded
as sound and orthodox on - every ; vital doctrine of
Christianity T Do not they believe ia the fall of
man; in the contamination and guilt of sin, which,'
as a leprosy, has infected every child born' into the
world ? j Do they not believe and teach the equal
Divine nature and glory of the.: Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Spirit, as developed in the great
work of redemption, in and through the death, the
sacrifice or the vicarious sufferings of the Lord Jesus
Christ? Do not they believe and . teach that the
Father works, the Son .works, andahe Holy Spirit
works, in the redemption, illumination, regeneration
sanctiiication, resurrection, and glorification of man,
through the grace of the Father,the sacrifice of the
Son, and the recreating, renovating, regenerating in
fluence of the Holy Guest of the Christian temple
the mystic house of God, ceded for a habitation of
God through the Spirit 1-Can, then,' our heterodoxy
be alleged as an objection to any version that we
may make ? If so, there is no vital, no real ortho
doxy, in Protestant Christendom.". "-There is
more than a sprinkling of heterodoxy in every sect
in Christendom. v But that , heterodoxy consists - not
in what are called the essential doctrines of the evan
gel ical remedial system. It consists much more in
not keeping the commandments of the Divine Re
deemer, and in not. scripturally "observing, his ordi
nances of worship, than in any theory of the fall of
man, or the necessity of sovereign and. free grace,
or of a Divinely ordained remedial system.' A cor
rect translation of the. Christian Scriptures will do
more Jo unite, harmonize," and purify the Baptists,
and to make them one great evangelical co-operation
for God's glory and man's salvation, than an)- event
sine IhcPiotestant Reformation. It wilh cause,
them to arise and shine in the light of God. and in
the beauty of holiness, fair as the moon," bright as
the sun, and terrible as an army with triumphant
banners.' -. K --.- - '
: 'k But again : none but Baptists can do. this great
work, because,-none but immersionists do discern
the spirituality of the Kingdom of Christ. In rea
son's ear, in reason's name, how can that man ap
prehend the spirituality of Christianity and the spir
ituality of Christ's Kingdom, who will, in' virtue - of
his being flesh and blood, carry in his arms all - born'
of his flesh, to the bason, and into, the church and
enroll them as baptized into Chris t? ; And because
wet with only one drop of water, gravely affirm, th at
one drop is as good as an ocean The truth is, that
neither a drop nor an ocean can sprinkle or immerse
man, woman or child into a faith which he has not
and into a Christ "which he knows not of."
" -'. '- A. M. C.- ""-
P. S. Should VV. II.-J.i undertake to sustain' his
allegations against Mr 'Cj will he be so good as to
confine his references to the following documents 1
viz : The Millennial Harbinger since 1835J the Chris
tian System, Campbell and Parcell's Debate, Camp
bell and Rice's Debate, Christian Baptism, with its
Antecedents and Consequents. ;! I have no the Chris
tian Baptist, nor is it necessaiy in this case, jttrdis
inter the. speculations of Air. C. prior to 1836, even
if he nidulged in any. .
.ions of our fraternity I would ask whether it
rt-oulJ be proper, wise, salutary to recommend, by
general resolution, that all favorable to the Sons of
Temperance should exclude themselves from all
meetings and gatherings of every kind where in-
loxicatinjj drinks are ued.
It might, perhaps, be difficult to, frame an arbitra
ry general law which would fully meet the case, and
yet escape the odium of interfering improperly with
individual freedom. Nor do we conceive a law to
be necessary. - There is such a wide-spread convic
tion among our members generally, that ine custom
of introducing intoxicating liquors aj dinners, and
suppers, and collations on festive occasions, is per-
nicous to natural enjoyment and general reputation
that we think an' earnest request to every body, and
to every Son of Temperance to uot attend such sup
pers aud'dinners, is all that would'be needed to abolt
ish the custom Such a resolution would give some
thing "to stand upon, would furnish reason to those
who . deplore the 1 custom and would fain remons
trate plead , against its continuance. And it would
in that .case readily, be apparent'; how; 'ery 7 few, if
any,- are really desirous of introducing those destroy
ers of rational enjoyment among us and thus lead to
their banishment.' " ' k , -
- I have heard of but few cases for many years past,
in which even those who partake of ' such refresh
ments did not deplore their introduction on such'oc
casions, as promotive of undue exhiliration wilh its
baleful consequences to .the .meeting, and v as detri
mental to the-: reputation of .the -Order. -And even
those whopartake of intoxicating' drinks,' have 'in
some instances,, shown their regret at the custom, by
declaring their intention of keeping away from sucbf
occasions in 'future.- And if those that do not belonz
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to the Order,1 make : such declarations, I sincerely
hope Sons of Temperance will take their veib against
it. - - . , - u v )-,i
'4 Our resolutions are too, frequently .rendered ineffi
cacious by-the entreaties of friends-seconded by
their own love of ..Society. For the sake of -these
that they may enjoy, such social gatherings without
x.jufy to morals, health and reputation the custom
should foiever cease. 1 " ' Rt K. Wk ' '
Faison's Depot, October, 1852. -
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Hepzibah,
Rofesville,
Wake X Rci!,
Wake Fore?t, ...
Wake Union,
Mt. Vernon, .
New Hope,
Raleigh.
Cedar Foi k,
Mount Pisgab, -Salem,
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Shady Grove,
Holly Spring,
Mount Zion,
Olive Chapel, -
Wake Bethel, ;
Mount Moriah, ;
Johnson Liberty,
omith field,
Spring Brancfi, - .
baptist Chapel, ' -
Piney Green, ,
Neal's Geek,
nney Grove, - -
Cumberland Union,
Friendship,'
Sabbath Collection.
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- v JAMES PURIFY, Chairman.
: Bao. ToVct : Above you wiU find the report of
the Yates' Committee for the Minutes of our Associa
tion. J852-$540 28.' v r ' - ...
. I send it to you as I suppose yon are printing the
Minutes at the Recorder office. ,i , ' - . " J"-' , '
,1. Respectfully, . . J.S.,"PcRirT.
Minister's Names.
. " , For the Recorder
. . Wilmington'- Oct. 1852.;
Dear Bro. To bet : - .
'-The last 'session oaths'... Union Association?'
l" t t '"''!'" : " ''"'"' -'
held at New Hop church, Sampson county, was
a very phasant on, and business transacted
which I hope will be for the ' advanceoicot off
Cbrists Kingdom. TbeCburcbes, in this Asso
ciation are takin.a lively interest in their Home
Mission, as it will appear from their contribution
the past year.! There bas been ! $664&'ex
psuied: within their bounds for' Mus'onary op
erations, pledges sect up by 20 clurcbes for the
present year to sustain the Home Mission $400,
payable quarterly to the Executive Co mm ft tee;
and they have three Itinerants in the fild, and
are in want of the fourth, which they -feel able
and willing - to support. The Committee meet
with ' their Itinerants - quarterly,; promptly pay
them their salary, and tntkj such alterations
in the fields of labor as is tbou-;ht best. I assuro
you my. dear bro. the Committees-hearts arc of
ten made glad to bear the. reports- xi onr Itin
erants, for they do feel that God is blessing their
feeble efforts. If you can gloan any thing out
of this statement to benefit th9;caus3of Christ J
and stir the ciiurcho-r up,, you are at "libcrtj to
do so. "
Very truly yours," ' - r
. - tw-Cii as. D. Ellis.
NAMK. J
L. B Horton,
Mark Nowell, 4
Samuel Wilder, .
M.'Seago, .. - ,
Ichabod Moore, -Robert
D. Hart, . ; .
A. J. Spivey, i
John N. Haywood,
W, P. Britton,
James Delky " -Thomas
Haywood,
John Nowell, "
A. M. Craig, , ,
Hancock,
Thomas Waff, " "
p.-orricx. ..
Wakefield, ;
.Lilesville, v e "
Saratoga v4 . ..'w I .
Hilliardston. '
Windsor:
Pilch Landing., -
' Cole Rain. - "
Hotel..
r Ballard's Bridge.
JS.
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nVake.
Anson.
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RETIVAL IXTELllGEME.
, ,- . .-.. - "It- - - . " . - " t
- v For the Recorder. : . r,:
, c -.Hampton ville, October 20th, 1852.
t.. Dear BroTobet, Sir :-Believing that it is al?
ways cheering to the readers of your excellent paper
to hear of a revival of religion, I proceed to' givt
you an account of a meeting which Tattended at
Swain's church, in Yadkin 'county, in connection
with Elders Thomas Howell SD. Swain' and B.' F.
Adams. 1 . " - .i - . . '-i ... t . ;
The meeting commencedon Saturday before the
second Lord's day in the present month, and contin
ued for eight days with increased interest, daring
which lime ihirty persons professed to obtain hope
in Chiist, and about twenty others: were left at i the
anxious seats, inquiring what they should do to be
saved.- I think there :'was more general "interest
manifested in the congregations that attended from
day to day, than I ever beheld' at any meeting in
my life Indeed the Lord has done great things-for
us, and to hisname all the praise is due. k .n u-? ,
- v t: ' 7 G." Kacwx.
-' ,For the Recorder;.. '-'"
Mr Editor ; In the Recorder of October 1st,
.W. H. J. in an article on t'the New, Version," gives
a mistaken account of the movement in favor of an
.amended translation of the sacred writings, and great
ly misrepresents the character and theology; of Al
exander Campbell, v A fe.v months ago, an editorial
of tlift same complexion- appeared in the New York
Recorder, amj wasnbsequently transferred to you!
columns- This editorial --was reviewed' by Mr.
Campbell, and it is now respectfully asked," if you
are willing, as an act of justice to an absent and in
jured- man, to insert his defense, it is written in
... :.f i i . v i - i .
respecuui ana temperaie ianguas-e, p.r.a presenis a
eonect exposition of Mr. C.'s .views on the. topic
involved in this controversy. - , - :
' That the followers of the Prince of Peace are di
vided into a thousand hostile and "discordant sects,
. each contending -for the superior excellence of its
: system is not to be denied.- According to Mr. Camp
bell, the existence of so many conflicting denomina
tions claiming to be tranches of Christ's church, be-
- trays a fearful amount of u ignorance and prejudice.''
and is subversive of the design and objects of the
gospel. - Whether his position is right or 'wrong, he
. assumes that, no one party ts free from heresy, and
that as long as these heresies and rival organizations
continue, paganism will predominate in the world,
Such sre his convictions, and in proclaiming them
he has,.cf eoursr excited the resentment of sectarian
and spectacle-bestrkT orthodoxy.
No doubt, W. 11. J. thinks
sympathizes much more with th
wilh the Baptist theory, for he saysr -'In fact Pedo
baptist views symbolize much, more nearly with hi
hat :,Ir. . Campbell
: Pedobaptisl than
I ' . . . For the Recorder . ' , . ,
Sons of Temperance must be Victorious.
s Probably, there '- is no society in. the world which
has won for it more golden opinions' in community
or tended more to disarm the prejudice : which our
name Has excited, and the custom itself fostered in'
the. pubjic mind, than our glorious order, and pledg
ing men against everything stronger than cold water.
It has not only, satisfied the world that ours were
not merely convivial meetings ?. for fun, frolic and
flash,..but it has been the means of saving many a
weak brother, (or man) from what our lectures have
always denounced as one of the most pernicious and
ruinous of all.vices. - . '
Since the. order of Sons of Temperance has been
engrafted into our land, what numerous changes of
a'Similar character nave taken place in the customs"
of many associations and meetings, in this : respect.
And their benefits though : silently but perceptibly
bestowed on hundreds and thousands of individuals,
have conferred respectability, health, and wealth on
numbers, and carried . prosperity, happiness and peace
into their families. . However much did men like, the
mandate sweeping ref reshmenis of intoxication?
however 'long resisted by the ' sturdy l opponents of
innovation, and sticklers for things as they always
were there is no one now to' be found; who advo
cates a return to that ancient order of things none
we think we may safely say, who would vote for a
dissolution of the Sons of Temperance and a restora
tion of drinking. ' .
; There is room, in my humble opinion, for another
demonstration of the progressive spirit and character
of the Sons of Temperance in this same direction.
While we have always steadily resisted and would
resist any addition to the special requisites for mem
bership in the Order, we are favorable to every ad
vancing and elevating influence which our general
principles require in their progressive development
and increasing applications. AH our meetings should
be free from hurtful, deleterious influences. Every
gathering of the Sons of Temperance, as such, should
be on the broad pi iriciples of equality and fraternity
Nothing should be allowed which is calculated to
inflict any injury on a brother's health, feeling-, rep
utation or prosperity, or bring a 6tain on the charac
ter of the Order. In short, every gathering of our
brethren should have the same broad shield of pro
tection the sacred assurance thrown over it that is
extended over our regular Division meetings to pro
tect them from the gieat evil of" intemperance, and
guard ihem (our brethren from hurtful influences.
. These premises, or general principles, admitted
than has ever been the case with those of the Baptist j ai,J we think every candid brother will acknowle.'.:
aenc-y.ir.atioa.''
wLat extent h
'.t your Cwi-
7 I-mK!
.cr.t nay so 2
j.i by cur-
iiieiu . u u iegu:?:)ai-? ueaucuons uowir
Order cf the So-: 3 cf Tern--ranee, aad
frora the
For the Recorder.
In your rejdy to the query of A Baptist1' you s.-iy
" that customs' establish laws in too many of our
churches.!,. True".' Biit doj-ou not strain atagnaj
and swallow. a earner' 1 .You . strain at - some cus
toms and swallow others. .From the'eonfident man
ner in which you wrote against customs, it was expec
ted that you, -at least, would advocate no. custom 'in
the churches of God; But not so. When I commenced
your article, I expected you would say that giving
the right hand of fellowship was a mere custom, ha
ving no authority in the word of God." And of course
that it was no part of '.'membership. T But t with you
it is all essential. . -Not being a very critical reader,
I may have overlooked the authority in the word of
God for the extension of the hand of fellowship con
stituting any part of membership. Gratify those who
are sticklers for 'precept and example for "our, faith
and "practice," by showing them a '' thus sajth the
Lord J' From the .confident manner in which you
have asserted and assumed things, it will surely be
no hard task. By the" way,Iv Temember the right
hand of fellowship was given to Paul and Barnabas
10 go ana preacn 10 ine neamen. iui inai is noi 111
point to this enquiry . "t. . " , p
,. Baptists are open-mouthed in proclaiming that the
Scriptures are their rule . ofaith and practice."
They do' well to proclaim it, but they would do bet
ter lo "show their faith by ;theirAvorksJi- v While
their creed was thus, they have many ''. customs'1
which are 'unfounded in the oracles of heaven. - Sup
pose I admit their innocence, is it safe to add to or
take from the word. : I bear with these" customs un
less, they are pressed as terms of membership, then
it is time to remonstrate. The innocent custom (for
so I assert it to he, and ; denounce the. proof to ific
coUrary) of extending the right' hand of fellowship
before or after baptism, is as innocent as any un
scriptural practice can be.- ' But when it is made a
term of membership it wounds the consciences of
"some for whom Christ died."
The terms of membership in the church of Christ
are plain, so that the runner may read them. They
are faith,5 repentance and "baptism.- The whole is
told. And he who or those who add anything else,
in so far as they do it, they are at war with the
Statute book of King-.Messiah. Customs have come
down to us from our fathers, and we, their children,
Lold on tcr ihera as though they were the laws of the
elorined Jesus. Asa Baptist, I bear ' with many of
their innocent customs (if I am allowed to so call
them) for the sake of peace. But I must protest when
they are made terms of admission into the family of
God. . ILE. T. ,
The above artiele was sent some time ago for
publication, but was mislaid. Recently in looking
for another piece, we accidentally found this which
a e now give give 10 our readers-- Ed.
Washington Twenty-three tersons were
recently received on probation at the Foundery
L cure a. Itov. Dr. iJick is iaakin - rrlViou?
l.nrrcsstoa en Li L;r; f-li;.j
" For the Recorder. ' , "
Rerirals in the Bounds of Jhe Madison
. " - MaDisox, N. C.; Oct. 14th, 1852. -.
DrjkR Bro. Tobet: As the readers of theRecor
der, are no doubt, pleased to read .-revivals, and
to hear that . " the workof the Lord" is going' On,' I
give the following. On Saturday before the fourth
Lord's day. in September, brother W. N. Hereford
commencred a piotractcd meeting at an old wagon
shop near.New Bethel Cross Roads,' eight miles from
Madison. I arrived there" on Monday. We con
tinued the meeting till the next Sunday night. Some
ten or twelve made a profession of religion, and sev
eral have professed since. Brother Hereford has
baptized seventeen into the fellowship of the Madi
son church.- We were assisted at this meeting by
brethren Barnes and Witherington. --' ''"--
- r commenced a - protracted ; meeting ; at Baughns
School-house, three miles from Madison, which con
tinued till the next Wednesday night week,and re
sulted in the conversion of about twenty souls, three
of whom were .my daughters.- I have baptized thir
teen since the meeting" commenced, and I expect to
baptize several others soon. - , '
I was assisted at this meeting by brethren Iveyi
Duncan, Hereford, Barnes, Witherington, and by Dl
G. Taylor of Va. - - ' ' ' ' "
; May the Lord continue the great work,r and let
all the praise and all the glory be given to his name.
. I remain yours in Christ, s v '.' ' - - , :
1 n
a- fuOv'crii tirac 3. . ..;
"John Robertsox.
- . , .For the Recorder.-,- ..-, -
" X - " ' - ; --Craven Co:, N. C,
Brother Tobet: , J "
I wish to lay before your readers our (Latitat?
condition in the Eastern part of -our , State.
There are hundreds of miles ; unoccupied by our
Ministers. - We have Borne churches that have
been constituted in gone by days, but they are
left alone, their cry is coma and preach for us
and there are calls from every direction. : It is iih
posiible for me to supply this large destitute field,
I. am doing all I can, and "the more I do the
more I see wants doing. ; (I Lope something will
be done to supply these destitute regions. , I hope
the executive Committee of the . Union Associa
tion will try to send us a minister 4 as the one
they appointed failed on the account of sickness
If they should fail I hope the Convention board
will not forget us. Brethren let us look around
on our destitute regions they must not be forgot
ten, tne command 13 go mto all the world Breth
ren dont be afraid to come down hear-we. are
tolerably; . healthy this fall. I held a two days
meeting last week, 1 baptizsd one and there
were several others deeply concerned. 1 hope the'
x-ru win yeiDiess us and revive his work in the
MSl-,u , . i ortii Uarolma. Our labour has
to be almost gratutious, the people aro not awake
to the subject of benevolence. The Anti-missionaries
are crying' down - money and that takes
well with a great many. If we could get them to
read on the subject, probably they would see dif
ferently and feel . differently. BretLha come
and help me and let us make an t.Tort. We lave
a little church constituted in the town of . Beau-:
fort. We Lave taan trvin tr mt. '1,, '
built, but we are not able yet. Our .members aro
few and weak, we have purchased a lot in a very
conspicuous part of the town. - We are doing
all we can to get along, and a little help will do
us a great deal of good. I hope the brethren
will feel for us, and come and help us.
I am yours respectfully,
s. f -
Ii I TE R A RY NO T.I C E S. :
Address delivered before the two Literary Societies
of Wake Forest College, June 9, 1852. By Hon:
Romulcs Saunders.;,;:;;: . ;--; , - -
We ought lo have noticed this address before this,
but have been prevented from attending to it by ab
sence and by press of - business.; Those who listen
ed to its delivery, spoke of it in terms of approba
tion, nor will they be less pleased in enjoying the op
portunity of leisurely perusing it as recorded on the
printed page. ? Judge Saunders .has deviated ; from
the, usual course in Commencement -Addresses arid
has given us a historical sketch of his .Native State,
both interesting and valuable.' The evidence brought
forward in relation to the Mecklenburg Resolves is
entirely satisfactory, and clearly shows that the
honor of having been the f rst to give to the world a
Declaration of Independence belongs to "The Old
North State . ';,'""
' A happy allusion is made to the conduct of the
ladies of Mecklenburg in the following language :
;I trust I may be allowed to relieve the tedium
of my discourse by referiing to another revolutiona
ry incident, as creditable- to the young ladies of
Mecklenburg as were -the resolutions we have been
considering, to that of the men. In the South Caro
lina Gazette of - February, 1776. is .to be. found an
editorial article: which says, .'a North Carolina cor
respondent who t-igns liimself ZPhilogumast informs
us '.that the "young ladies of. the best families in
Mecklenburg county have entered into a voluntary
association, that they will.not receive the addresses of
any young gentleman of that place, except the brave
volunteers, who cheerfullV served la the expedition
10 oouin uaronna ana assistea in suouuing me ocuo
volite Insurgents.-: The ladies being of opinion, (God
bless them !) that uch persons as Jazily slay lurking
at home, when the iraportant calls of their country de
mand their military, services abroadmust certainly
be destitute of that "manliness of, sentiment '. that
brave manly spirit, which qualify the gentleman to
be the defender and "guardian of the fair sex.', . His
tory tells us, when; the Spartan youth departed to
join the camp,-it,.was customary for the motneY to
deliver him the buckler1 with the " injunction, Bring
this back, or be brought upon it So theirtuous
?' lother of the Gracchi, when called upon: in a boast
ul way to exhibit her jewels, pointed to her sonsS
Suck doubtless .."was "the spirif thaC4noved andj ani:
mated theJyoung ladies, of Mecklenburg in the for
mation of their association, and which nerved o ma
ny noble females oL the revolution to : stand firm in
the midst of danger when the stoutest hearts3ere
made. to quail."; - . - : . ;. ;fc:tvtl--
t In concluding 4hi interesting historical sketch pur
author thus speaks of '-the resources s anl prospects
of North; Cafojlnal'-tiit $ 1 '. ' V C'. 4
" WV VinvA? tn ltvp SlrvtW nnmilation 'of near nine
hundred thousand, thirty millions of acres "of lanJ J special prominence will be given to Sacrd Li-i-t
. . 1 .- - . .;t -. ....:....- 1' ..-'itur. - It tt'l Uf th( nirr
1 1 1 m.i ir 1 - - -
with a climate.-location, soil," productions,1 and state
of society quite equal to most of our sister Stales.
Its climate, is favorable to healthy neither running in
to the extremes of heat mV the summer, or.the severi
ty of cold in Uie winter.., .The , soil, if not the ; most
fertiley is unsurpassed in the variety of its staple.
In a comparative view, ia the production of Naval
Stores, Corn. Tobacco, Wheat and Cotton it stands
above an average rank.r In the JNorlh -and"outh-
eastern Counties the tol is great fertility and in
addition to its gram and Naval Stores, the Fishenes
are of great valne. ? As you advance inta the upper
couutry, on the, Roanoke,- you lind the purest: water,
with every necessary for good livings cultivated and
raised iii great plenty,-with the ; article of ; Tobacco
for market and : that o.f the first quality. On the
Cape Fear and in "the Southern Counties, you find
the cultivation of Cotton fully rewarding the indus
trious; planter.4 In;the : middle 'and ; more . Western
Counties, you find the richest deposites of coaly; gold,
and iron, a climate and mountain scenery of unsur
passed, beauty. These natural deposites of i wealth
are in the progress of development by an experienced
Geologist of high character. We have six large riv
ers passing from the mountains through the Slate
and, thougtt? not of Uhe best navigation,' yet fiout
the productiveness of the "joining valleys, holding
out the ; strongest inducements vto the 1 internal-im-
proyement of the State.
Fpculaticr.', 1 :t ::'.::
1(' one who (' . - t j -. a
heart does not glow wi;n pri j,
at the recital cf these flatter;"--',
not desire to 'see these brihfro-,-not
prepared to exclaim. this iVp !
land,' then I say let him godo vri.
. ' To tlie vile dust fron .
Unwept, unhpnored and ursun
The Cabin asd Parlor
; or Slavis
- T T T-Jinn T .
Chesnut t.," Philadelphia B
fTT 1." '" 1 ' " ' '
vv e nave received. a conv of 1 1 :
Publisher.' As we hv nnt ....
we cannot speak of its merits or dS- " T -the
extensive notices we have seen of" k '
paper press generally, we should jud "
received favorably by tfcereadihi rSv L 1
defense of slavery, and seems to f!e a Tl' il h
cle Tom's Cabin"' by Mrs. Stowe. 1 ti't
THE NATIOKAL;MAGAZIKE!--Frr; X -
Carlton and Phillips; N. Y., we- barf'?P-' :.--numbers
of this nev. candidate for ,.M-"et.eiv5i f
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, In external appearance it resembles f!
Monthly., It has, howe verfmore'of a
dency than this celebrated Magazine ""'f 'f'
ber will contain ninety-six Jfcges,"makin :
nmes per annum, of nearly six hundred lU T
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seen, anjl believe that those , who subic- ' t:
will not in any respect be disappointed 'r
subscribed for Sartain's - Magazine 1
National Magazine until their year e-jp '
stated in tb October vnumberV that alibouX:1!
riodical has been only lour .. months iaT
twenty thousand copies were requireu to s
demand. We agree in opinion with - thb r'.?'!
the Montreal Witness, who says: - ."i
" This is just the kind of Magazine vi e b-
wished to see issued from the Ameriran
ing the stamp of literary excellence, free
bid excitemerrt and not only.TespecuV iat
ing the claims of
Bibliothica Sacra. As those of sWC
yho can afford the expense of this valuab'j ?Ci
will wish to subscribe for it. for their inW
we will give an extract from the Proepectu- foi-V
The October number is exceedinsrlv intprp
valuable. . . , !
This is a periodical conducted by Profeofr ,
Park and Mr. Samuel H.Taylor, of AndoveVy
with the special co-operation of Professors p
arid Smith of New York, Hadley of Neur it
Day and Allen of Cincinnati," and Rev. J.
wood.l H-ppff'T -'' ''
It will be the constant aim of the ?Edifo
the gentlemen who assist- them, to furnish e
and discussions of sterling and permanent valut't
that complete sets of the work will be, re-it-iy
an important accession to any library. 6 i
Articles of abiding interest will be .sou-!;!,
than those of a local, temporary or-raere?y wwC
character,VTTbus: will; the : work Che as y&. 1
twenty or fifty years hence, as how: h trill aki
meet the demands and to increase the power of t
pulpit; by .examirifng.aV.nde-rana:e Tof topics, ari
1 urnisning liiusiraaions or cnnstian trutn Iroa
various departments of wience. - ' :
The publication .ill. embrace r Theolory i t
widest acceptation, as comprehending the Ltersa
of the Scriptures, Biblical Criticism, Natural &
Revealed Theology, Church History witlithe Hks-
ry 01 ine cnnstian doctrines and Sacred Rhets
'El
4 We have as markets; Wil
enton, Washington, and Eli-
mington,- Ne w berne." Eden ton
a'beiu City, communicating'-with the Ocean. througli
InletSj 11 not the best; suiheient for all ot our present
commercial purposes.- ?- Wilmington, through the "en
ergy and entei prise; of 1 her inhabitants, is- fastc6n
ceturating capital, and fotcing herself for ward as the
most commanding market. in ihe State. Hersuccess
is identified with the; commercial arid" agricultural
prosperity of the ''State X. .and' Lamhappy to; believe
mat success is certain. ' It; was originally settled, as
a State's historian tells us, 4 by nterclwnis and trades
men, invited by the depth'of "watef,: which -iilSpwed
the approach of vefssels f considerable"" burthen,'
then called Newton, and in 1739 changed to Wil
mington, in compliment to the Earl of Wilmington,
tbe great patron of the then Governor of the Colony.
We have also the harbor of Beaufort, the best South
of :r the Chesapeake, and which must at ? no' distant
day, be connected with the inteiior improvements of
the Slate. - .Here. ;. then, we have a field ; for capi tal
labor, genius and enterprise, calling' for exertion and
means within the State, the most, ample with a
taxable fund of sixty-.iye, millions in Lands, whose
assessed value, within a few years will go up to one
hundred millions taxable polls,' two hundred thous
and, one-third whites and two-thirds slaves money
at interest, and other .investments of at least twenty
millions, and a banking capital of ; five millions be
sides '; other "objects oi ; taxation cafibrding -certain
means ot reveque amply sufficient foe every proper
and judicious improvement: ; And what adds . value
to ' such,inyestments', should they fail to give a prof
itable return directly, like the' mountain streams,
running in uifierent directions, in different dimensions
and at ninerent heights, 'watering; "adornine and fer
tilizing the fields and meadows turough which they
pass, such works" cannot " fail to add greatly to "the
common property of the Stale. . , . - .
"This spirit otjmpiovement has been awakened in
our land, and .the use of that, mighty power which
the philosophers of old had not dreamed of, but which
tne genius ot modern times has called into its service,
and applied to the machinery of active life, the steam
engine has been made to perfonnnot oiily the labor
01 ine norse, out or man, ana by its vaned- applica
lions and combinations . seems almost possessed of
uuuiau nuciiigciice. : iue wagon is in a greai meas
ure superseded as a means of market transportation,
and vessels of commerce, hitherto dependent on wind
and tideyare now "propelled Dy this mighty power.
The voyage from the new to the old world, in days
past requiring weeks., is how; the work of days. I
am proud to say these improvements are now in'ra
pid progress in our own Slate. ; We have; complete,
and in the process of . construction, upwaids of six
hundred miles of Railroad improvements, connecting
the Roanoke and the Cape Fear, the Neuse, the Tar,
the Yadkin and .the Catawba, thus removing those
barriers which hitherto i have made'us an Eastern and
Western people, bringing us together into one homo
geneous mass and uniting us ia one harmonious ac
tion, We have in progress another work of modern
daler.the Plank Road, which promises to revive; the
fortunes of another oldjn-arket town, Fayetteville, that
so justly merits the fostering care of the State. And
by the same means an easy transit is soon to be had
from the Capitol of the - State via Greenville, , to the
flourishing town of Washington."" Such are our com
mercial prospects, the great hand-maid of agricul
ture, ror tne improvement 01 ine mum we nave a
University, am piy endowed and in a most fiourishir
condition with two Colleges liberally patronized, be
sides town and village Institutions lor male and fe
male instruction, not surpassed in. any of the sister
States. I deal not ia mere creams of fancy, ia idle
aim to procure for ererv Xor.
ber two or three Articles avleasV explanatory or J
jusirauve 01 ine scriptures, direct expositions of h
text, or discussions in the field of Biblical Criiida
Particular facilities.ia some parts of this departs"?-
are supplied by -'rnerican Missionaries resides k
Syria and Western ;Asia, and by travellers in 4
East.' ;Wre shall endeavor to enliven ihediscasii;s
of a more abstract nature by the insertion, ktd1
Number, if possible, of one piece of biographv. j
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GonEv's Lady'-i" Bock.- The November Sci'
this popular Monthly js beautifully, illustratej-1
Godey still keepvahead of .his competitors for lis
favor of-f he ladies. Priced $3.00: per year. Tkj
Publisher will ?rid Godey's Book and the fiecorfe
to any one who will forward ?4.00 to the clctt
the Recoider. ' r , , ' j
The October No. of the Christian Repository b j
been received. I
VVe have received the second number of the Nosti
Carolina Whig, edited by D. ,W: Badbam, H
and published at EdentonV It is neatly printed, is j
will, we hope, meet with due encouragement. j
Blackwood's; Edinburgh M agazixe. The to j
ber No. of Leonard Scott & Co .'s reprint of this r.i
esteemed monthly, lies upon on r table, filled as as
with interesting reading matter. Price per J
5 The Schoolfellow. Walker ' and 1 Richari i
Charleston, still continue to -publish this va!oi i
periodical for children. Price $1 per year.. 1
Smxlar 5tcm0.
? -"Death or John 1. Stephe-vsi, Esq. Thc.New T-"1 j
DaDefS flnnminAA ; -r T-t T QtmhZh
' " v-o : ucvuasc vi uuu l"
.sq. the eminent traveler, which occurred t
father's residence in that city, on Tuesday, tie r
inst, ; His books of travK in thW Fast and Ce-
America, are as mnnUr in V.naUnii as theTtf
home.' ; Mr. Stephens was forty-$evn years o(?
He was tbe son of Benjamin Stephens, t1?'
wealthy merchant, now nearly SO years of iff
Mr. Stephens himself had accumulated lrf
tune, derived partly from his works, bat msio16
various successful enterprises in Jwhicb he 1
gaged. He was President of the ranaroa Kail
Company, and his death was caused by afeTtsP
tracted on the Isthmus daring a late visit. i
ivTHRiuaj-c. NABBATrviCThe ship Hilernia.
manded by Captain Mollaney, cleared from lb' r'
on lhe.24th of September, bound for Liverpool,'
ing a valuable cargo and between seventy e
passengers. At 8 o'clock on Saturday mt
weighed anchor from Sandy Hook, discba-T-ttS
pilot at .9, 'arid 'wfth a fairCwind proceedeil --f--
4 By ; midnight the wind blew stiffly,, witn ra
hoavr 1 oa Brtlinrt or! fh nnmns anrl fnOflu 8"
At z A. Jil. trie olncer
on duly observed that U
: helm readily, adJl to
ul A i A not a n n?dr hapl-ialm !
she lay oyer more than usual, with a strange
motion, so much so that he very prndentlj 8'
the captaio and 'alt hands. At this critical Is"-
the pumps showed five feel of water, and on 3
keel they gave fourteen feet in the bold, w'3
appearance ; of the vessel going down by.!u
To avoid a rush, the passengers were not on
in ignorance of the danger,; but no one
pretense was admitted on deck, altboogb.
ling the fearful struggle for life, all l' boal, :!
life-preservers were in readiness, besides a Dn:rv;
loose spars with ropes rove into' them. At 3 '
1 : : i. . . t,.ir. nvtf tne 1 "
uie.wiuu nicvcaseu; uuge wave: uivv
warKs, washing .
about" the deck ;
orders, cr
the shi
thin"
that was i- .
disoP-r
caw dy cvcir
u... rt th f.rCW
uui nui uiiu ui lu. - . t,,."--;
ceaed toilins at the pumps.r'f
wiip cy slaving ine waicii."- , 't
hoard all the heavy articles. ;Al tms ' f t
seemed 1-npossibIe, while the feartoi crj, .
morev.ater!" sounded like the ueaia-vr'
devote 1 mariner"!. . - -,. - .--
.. . --u. ,inrr the
. c:nce me ciscovery vi mc ( , j...
. " .... .- it.. iinnflS?!
but as all were deliberating on "