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i ! : - - I i- :i,ir. c, iiahcj 24, lis." Plca tell tlaghWeiSwftnlcr "vrkich is tha right position for pray er, to Etaadait, or kneel. ; aiay.worihip God in spirit and in truth ia any place Mid ia any po titionr and yet i xaost Poas feel that a proper " pwtare .ia aa imr- taat aid to:dwotibap0J"-f base their argument on the fact that , the 'r "justified ; puhlican; .prayed ..... This. argumenti is jrnakenediby the fact that the anginal word trans lated standing teems, to mean Aav- ng stopped.. The French Bible, of the American Bible Society, a trans lation nnusuallyaccttrate renders the i passage 88 tenant loin, keeping AiiiMc? afar off.' Those who adTOcate sitting as pie proper posture of prayer base their, argument on the tobacco juice often found upon the floor of our church es. Ther mar have other!and bei- ,ierjrgumentebut ;we hattf never X: been able to hear them. ' , T Those, who advocate kneeling as s the proper posture of prayer, base : their argument on the following ana other passages of Scripture.' -. I (For Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, of five cubits long,and five - - cubits broad, and three cubits high, " and had set it intbe midst of the court ; and upon it he stood, , and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of .Israel, and ; v spread forth his hands toward heav- ss en.) ,:; Il.Uhroaiciea -ti: 13. 1 'if O come let as worship and bow n down : lettos kneel before the Lord ,V our Maker. Psalms xcv : . 6; . -..t i- v Now when Daniel knew that the writine was signed, he went into his house fane his "window -beia open in his chamber toward Jerusa lem, he kneeled upon -his v knees - three times a day, and prayed, and fare thanks before his trod . as he id aforetime. ? Daniel ri : 10. ' "And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's - cast, and kneeled r down, and prayed.- Luke zxii: 41. jj .. But Peter put them all forth,and .. i' kneeled down, and prayed & ? Acts , ix: 40. ; . : ' And when he had - thus :, spoken, 4 he kneeled down, and prayed ' with : them alL - Acta xx : 36. ' Kneeling seems to be ths posture ? adopted Wi Christ, 5 the prophets, r apostles and most churchs. The Pharisees stood and prayed, but . their prayers were an abominaticm. t ECC I homo lnLL 11 III COR JE I, WEDNESI 1Y, J' ARCH 24, 180 w.2he grtfc-qUwLions, now staring tha hearts sxd Trsrlds iniha mins of thai tninking worldrjarethe are his claims; what : his creden tials? It is a beautiful andnggestirs facthatmenhayjgBhifted the struggle, from one point to another, thghalj Jstnledoctrina . and rationalistic 'grounds of thought, have at last,dropped their weapons, for a survey of position and review of forces. It is as if lost and inex-; bicably confused,- thef have ihrowu away the ' tangled threads of their own spinaingV11 whlcbf 3ihe hate vamiy loiiowecr, as ciews to tne lao mth;;oTTruthydhave0 gone back to the focus nUUtavenues; to that mysterious one who pre- claim:fcehtttriesVtackcIimt wayVahV'trtithMiifeBI ' s ,; Men seem Suddenly waking up to ago; appeared opoa tho l. earth a Man adauningitoo to be Qod; a man of wonder fal purity and sub- Unity of teaching aud life;who pro- posed to eatablisha kingdom not of this wo'rld but in it; whoae, sove reign should be eyer. preent,thoigh - invisible ; ywho3 machinery shQald be moved.1 from the heavens; whose existence shouldav no end, rey-. er,-nayj wnose consucuiiou ;(naa been; established jbefbrj Time's be gjUuugfeh&bASogicjbeen so powerful, evf r,0has;, thonght ubejen so strengthened, never . -has reason oeen. sot assiauous since; aunays 01 inspiration, as now, . when , all are marshalled around the wonderful Qtpssiyt deciphejr Jta legend, and translate its meaning. ?. ,1 t r s An enquiry, from, a Je'arned pro fessor of .Cambridge, Eogland,, has come to' ns over , the Ailantic. thoughliul,glowing,o;rigiMimine . oi poetry,witn many luingsrue.yei -s; f 4 The Union Meeting of the Pee Dee Association agreed to . meet at Kew Union baPriday before the5th Sun aay in J&iay, ana aiscuss xuo quBiy: - '" Is i a regularly ordained Dea- cx?n at liberty to preach the word t and perform the functions of a gos Tpninister?;; ? M i The query defines the yery; word whose definition is under discussion nIt is not probable that any one will argue, that our, present deacons, ap- ,t pointed to collect and disburse mop ley, should assume i to themselves the iuQCtions of bishops. We sug gest the following : . , . w;f. u.,:.,.. . . Should mombers appointed by churchesto; coltect and .disburse money be formally brdainedby the: imposition of the hands of a preaby- 2. Is it the duty of, churches to ! assign clerical or missionary labor to such of their members as have the gifts and graces to perform it? if i i In iSCTthe;: American Baptist Publication Society, the .American Japtist Home Mission Society and the Foreign Mission Society met in Chicago, So: many, delegates carried "axes to grind" that I the hospitality t of, the brethren was heavily .taxed. V In 1863 the inset ' ings were held in -Kew York, and hospitality5 was extended .nndetTes--'cUoiiiricliif'e generally ap ' proved; ? tf-t iiiiviUvf mrlw -.The Boards ! adjourned with the expectation of meeting in Cincinna ti in l869.'V Kecently the brethren -1 in " that ' city rdecided not to extend the t expected invitation.- . " T ? Pears , are now entertained that tha meetings mut be disappointed. ? ' Our Northern brethren, looking out of their dismay,' scsm surprised that bo many Southern cities , desire the Southern Baptist Convention The Journal rind Messenger says: J "While our missionary organisa tions 'cannot find a place to hold tlieir , anniversaries, 'lit seems bur Southern" Brethren are" '' actually striving with tone another for the privilege of having their next Gen eral Convention!-; A writer in the Biblical Becoeder (Raleigh, HVG) says: . ' , . ':..- Here follows an extract from Dr, Pntchard?s announcement that, the; plea of -ON.; C. will be presented at llacon, not only on the ground that the i Convention has never met in this State,but also because the close of the war pi evented its meeting in Baleigh,1 according to the appoint ment in 18S5.) . TheEditcr isquires:'5How woula it do to hold psr anniversaries here iftsr in hcfpitabbjDixief'f It woula be tae wisest step you T7e feel snra thatUalsigV, Eich- izcn, Atlanta and many other cities Ttizll extend a ccrdidelccss ta c r ITcrtlcrn trwthrcn'whcsa hearts r " ;-, 7 ' : l!i Ldy ; zcil ic-i chrictiin - ff--i?-Vt1f pray ahacdnsratioaI pray 4tnat thef may onWen'as w5a; tion. Btan and song,, worshiaand jm thatis itnDead to Ki; ana eimuiy iuwwuuco ui duo ject of all,, these startling, and sug gestive phenomena, a3 a? young man ot promise; Skilled Jewish law , and tradition: suddenly start led at baptism: into a ..consciousness of power, of election to 4he ,.expect ed Messiah8nip; withdrawing into the t desert; j pohde ri ng ? , deeply and enthusiasti(llyt on.-th new, dis tinctive power j meeting. the tempta tionssnaturaUy arising in, his own mm4,jfromjits : ssessonVithe gard to its use; imbibing,froui; 00 m munion.with God, with solitaryna ture,and his own spirit, anexalta tion t and: enthusiastic love for his race; going forth ln.the strength of this;; casing around una corps, of citaborers healing diseases, crush ing, eyil, denouncing sindoing all things through ,the enthusiasm pf humanity, which! in him at white heat, shriveiS j. and , .'destroya all things s'elahudevirwb it;, finally, thwarted , ia nis efforts to estahlisu' the old, t)4vidic ,$nonaVi chy, in which her is to be prophet,' priest, and,, king; overcome by the concentrated malu,aud power of his enemies, he is carried, to Cal vary and the cross,asceading thence to Qodj ..whence .hg Tisjte'lijso-; pie in. 'occasional refreshing, inspi- .. ' y" :V; 1-" - v. Mrjealyii apparently- considers the Messiah an merely archetypal,! commissioned itoll f eplace-i to sa dn state isloat Iby t the I fill, a state of peace and purity, aiid ifavorwith Godi The acknowledged hiotiv pow er. here,r is an enthnsias Uo- ( love-for humanitj: thbis to; imbue his fol lowers ; this is the At hol e m achi aer y forspreadinglhisiinfiuencsihis is the bond of fellowship, r the ivhicle f transmissiDaraughintuxejag-1 )es; and this,i il 3s4e&lared trH dying ioutnweiaworna QqttSoe. d&ot .ieaUrgiag9wa.;.j?man; is to take its, place; and the religion of Apast.agepfbhrowa aa. afast t pf garmenl. j&n Mr. Sealy accepts nomaiiyebjf tones writren of thisan j declares that never manspaka a.he, never man Jived as henern4ied.ai he, revues fcM44ovd,Mms a,dfe yinely appointedcher not expbunable by thjij enthusiasmj he .declares ftinompjri? henisbje, throws asideit apocryphal "IVor' O iThis system he proTessei to glean from the- sabred! wtf teri&s Electing at willihe ignores foundatioa'truths, because not set s .forth. -arith equal distinct nes . by all 'hia;eHosea; ad- thorities, land (:gifes,3 liud-. dwells with much pathos npoi zm Incident found in but pnu 11 He finally," cdn fesses himself not fully satisfied and invites further riiearch::& V? -xJ l-Jesus Christ" xaUbeWm'efelr good maa:1- TTheahe saysi !f and' my FatheW-ireVbnbyalfher4 meaning the infinite, absolute Uni ty; If he 'speaks not truthhe.utters blasphemy, Jsuch as ; no 't creatuf e, knowing" the deedand itsenormi ty as ' ha nut have done', dare ut-' ter. He'.clalmed the "position of Cfod ship. " He referred doubtsrs'while incarnata to Lis lifa ai:d'.vcr!;3.IIis vcrl; is before ns: do3 it rroys his c!:i 3 His liefr-'3,ir',?- l . LZZ V Iiic- 3, ine. nho -cknowled - :red in human relati to uons, ririty pf. word and lifo of Jesus ofazarethT ri , ightn1: centuriel 4as tlntisti unity been" among" menjantagonis- in the world; holding its ground against internal dissension and ex ternal opposition steadily, 1 imper. thrghjitoradeas of 1 nations tongues ana ;Systsai4-pueld by no iYisible power, , and appealing vrhol iy M M individnal; aatocraUe will oinitsdsveteesi ifor its very exis- LteneepSAfcd Christiaaityi ia tstroa- getto day,! than avert before. i -'It3 immediate effects arev .hardly per- ecpuoio. w uo l uumiateai 4 uiumu -ity and$ielfabnegatioa its grand priiicipleaj Mo ? aotb make great fig ;eefor.rthrwwl4 eyftjfit ifof tenest brilliant in the hovel, and pallid in th palats-JTo Itnpwwhaf it has wrought contrail the depths of'U4.cstiith parts pfEurope an4 Amerjcwhf re it has had broadestweep.and ntraTaxtar,a Hnltentotitb Mr7 Sealy thmks Jt growing .twe-., Iessl incilat vthat! pBIanthropy -and science will pass t by to garget: IbSs'aiglei. f- . , f Philanthrbjpy pwes iwexisCencetto Chrisfianity alone.' Te latter strikes attheroot of allselfishness and in 'dlvidnalisml Love !bneanother--thy brother as thyself, be courteous, b hosjntanl'e, beaiye one nnother's burdins f H tnese'are its J teachings. The heathen, asweu as the modern philosopher, has noted that man in ja natives unmodified condition is an- , gonislafcjhates his fellows, acknowl edges. nS'bond orsympathy except blbod-reatibnship. ' Common, broth joooftinV root bf' hVanthropy has iko ground; but1 conimon u sohship. tand 'hVnthbrtfarr Ui6bnec and thether is given, m ilIIIST-aUL EZPORTMENT A arewell jthet old Ufa of fallen humanity; Irving the newtlife won 1 fbr us, the life of phrist t ,What . beauty ! s what pro portion I, ,whatH full. orbed round ing into perfect life 1 what harmony woth tite Bniyerse.t it. i'siF h'' ' "When the rich young man has sold . . his acQumuJationsj and helped the; poor, nnd has learned of him whd ismeek and lowly of heart, and has found rest; when men know and than principle j swhen. th 9 - peoples shall honor their rulers, , and the ru- tiers guide and loyer their peoples as responsiDie wt anaopeying a nigner and , mnyersal.1 beneficent 4 power; hv s'.-a iiV 1ti-" v when pnde and , anger and , rnalice khair be banished,,, and love and truth and joy and the peace that 'isseth' nhderstondmg 4 shalj s have I tentheirtplaces, will jChlriianity iaye;:zailed.iffcta ?Siq , i And as for science, He , ordained all lawsiondsrsliall he, not . reveal therhJ? "He created' arcana, shall 'Henot discover them?- Nature is but ahbfier j reye when fie hoosesHe but teaches us! to f ead thepages open before to us.! -Hufiaahmind had trial of its'pwn pdwWsiaur thbuiahd years;1 'and the nieaning and life of thmgs the acknowledged master nf 'man's sub-j tlet philosophy ?,j Platombiiiing' hiSEiowTahdjnis 'master; s 0 -msdOjoa, declaxed,Ftnat( w6 of ourselves' knO notmng? of divine truth: ; that' man iswronbtft cannot right him-j selfnay 'does'hol ' even know ?his wants j 1 that PaHeaelter; must and will U tent to ' teach him! all things' necessary; Tnat ims'teacner iwiu ne the archetypal man;,will come tlr6mJ the InnniiEwill combine tin himself all'virluw and twill ,diefa ,yiolenti death because of the powerful eyil regna)ijianiaT9This' frodicMon of the pastpwnind.irf preecthaiBbeen medial 1 eit persoa6ahd mission of the iWnityaChrjgi thb Create; 53bfiffegwaia&at hiigh et,rent ipweV tto feljpward agam, hahja shhumanbping hpweyer dejded however exaltodf, might Pibwt jinchiibimght hrtthefisams ysteraytodajr, anfl forexer. j d IomjShaU stad-thja wt?a oterralkmgdqmwithn! a? kingdom existent in all nations, peculiar - and distinct yet noncoifLicting 5.andvin tangible, its- subjects -boundi by no tiS hid ,bf) fcomnioabrptherhpod, s iecnlylltliroug .ybluadevb 6n,disturbf d, Jibt jdisrptnrei by in:teimale,diasensioa UiBcanso'iofltha necessary butferridg human element pervading all ' strata'of 5 society; in fluencing all'fpii9ill0bonght'. and feelnig.':The'dream:of thes: heathen shall :bd:realized;the Golden -Age shall come ; 5 tho G6d-2Ian? fbnce 'sac- tv.T. rificedihali beinJ Yorever f: at the name of Jesus every Jmee shall bow and of his Jdngdbm tHerV shall bna end. . - ' ti EcceUcmo ! blessed be! the name forever-butrh'o' less,:,Edce4Deus 1 i vThf 'cohtrlbulions of ' lfri'vSpiir; geons church to benetolent objects,' over ad above pew rents, 'are ' re- pcitJ ct the' moderate sunt of CCD L; Co bit ytvir. V I " 100, -riiiL.-.-'f: ' v It is the duty of every 'minister of the dospel to endeavor to'pleaso men byUvating5 an. agreeable depoft mentWhatover repels a rninister from any classn society, limits Jus nsefulneSs and it is" a well esUibllsh ed fact, that mattcntioa to the forms of society, is. more c , offensive ; than, want of decorum m more important, matters. ;It belmlgs not to the miri ister tf t Christ ? to jnveigh agaihst certain polite nsages : ; , custom has sanctioned them, aad they demand our regard. And themiuiater who considers them beneath his attention needs to pa taught tby . the apostle; that it is his duty to please all men; in all matters where there is no Sac rifice of moral priaciple. Ia border to be extensivelyjiseful, the -teacher 1? 1 ? " L ll-'A 1L.1. .1 1 1 " vi religion oiuHit vAjtMib tuuv utrgrco !"' "''"A ' J .11.. ! A rll. 01 rennenient ana aiienuon 10 mpso established forms, which will enable him to movf in any , circle ...without; offending the most fastidious. - By virtue of his ofiice, his situation is at pnoe conspicuous, aad he .. is .callejl npon to. mingle, with every ; class :ato carry his messaga.to ejery Jbuman however, exalted or debased, they may in the scale ;of existence. lie' is to officiate at tlie marriage alter, and at the grave ; and at the bed side of the sick hes expected to ad-' minister comfort to the afflicted, and obnsolation to the bereaved. . ' ,. : ' . - Kbw, in these varied scenes , of duty, bis usefulness very much de pends , upon liis attention 'to , an agreeable . deporimenC , - This will enable him to take hold of those whom he reaches, with a personal attraction more potent than words, whOe.it animates and enforces every inherent power, making his speech vigorous, ductile, and persuasive. A'minister should not be conformed io itxQ world, nor its vain ' customs, nor follow the maxims and manners of worldly men. ' Neither should he put on the affectation of extraordina ry 'sanctity; but, conbihmg the agreeable with the useful, his course shohld be between these two ex tremes, he should ever be a living demonstration of that almost inspir ed sentiment, "a christian is the highest style of man." " H 4 -I Thus he is to Win his way to the hearts of men, securing : their Confi dence and affection by a living, glowing sympathy with mankind ; speaking to them in faithfulness and love, as a friend and brother care fully guarding against every inno vation which would in the least cre ate a, barrier between him and the hearts that beat around him, for it is not aa isolated beings that our 'Lord expects his followers to- serve him. JTwould naye themi gathered fato" companies, and the christian minis ter is to watch over this organiza tion, superintend the various depart ment, of its service, and at last pre sent it to his Divine Master,prepared by discipline to enter that higher, holier, happier state of existence where they will be put in possession of facilities to. perfect that self structure, the fbnndations of ; which are laid in this present life. 4 ; T.JUDSON KNAPP. 'A I a am J)kJlB Beo. Mni3 :-rrI arrived here with my family on t lastj Monday night.3,- .Hotwithstending the urban ity and Wdness of theptain and crew of the steamer uEUzdb&h City" our passage through the Dismal Swamp Canal was not of , the ; mosi pleasantcharacter. , ' , several zrmuies irom i'asquotana and Camden were moving out . to Illinois, and with our furniture, children and baggage, besides the nsual amount of freight and passen gers, we were crowded to unebm fortableness. ' I wW told that the cHMreri bnJfi bbard alone numbered fftim South1 "MihVwe had; to! xiuuiTip ior fcwo xiours io repair wjlo engme,: and soon alter dinner the TTtherbecame Wcold iuii 'bbister Qod and enjc ing a r;ood night's 1 rest aftwrUwja reception l. You won't wonder that I enjoyed preach Yednesday) pight, i I r was worn-out in 'tody, and my. libiury was still packed up in boxes, , I ' But letriot th deq,r friends m I LilizabctU City and other portions ot Koi'th' 'Carolina where I have laborod Of a rnipister, think , their ; kindness eYeriheXorgottou or .that' I shall! cease to vmako mention of ; them' in. my prayers, because J have found so- kind a peopio in, 'another tStato; - It, was a sad day for .mewhen I leltrnyf native State to find, a homonmpngst' strangers, It was a s sorrowful sea son to mo when I was bidding ndieu; to.theichurch and people, off Eliga- octn wtyj among 5 wuom 1 naa seen , so much suffering nnd ffromwhom I jbiaii recifsyed so. many, tokens- of regard." Peacb be with , tliem. y The Or,bd of alL grace protect and direct ineui, ana piess tnem wiui an ever lasting salvation is tlie prayer of -, ' iv . . . iVniiKiin .lActia . . : r T ' ''"N. B. COBB.f .Pobtsmouth)' Va.V Mawli 17,1869. ? The!. jReUgiou Herald gives ; a' sketolx of Dr.'.EaTleV from,4, which we mak'bthe &Ubwjiij ytraHiy- 't''epnic arectly to: his'subject, yrasting hoi time in introductory re- ' marks, s needless explanations, and irreieyanii discussions; mo nas an object togain, and, 2 moves straight forward to .its accomplishment,; "n le fcatH-more 'than "any -preapher1 we have known,"a sustained earnestness in speaking!, from the beginning-, to the close pf his sermons,, from day to'dayand from week., to week Other preachers "'rise' land fall with their emotions f but while his ser mons differ widely in merit, they are all de- ivered ma-the f same demn, earnest and impressive manner. He derives grcat adirantage, not from therpower or melody of his voice.but from his admirable control and man agement of .it,' v It is . never impas sioned or.boistrous; but he , always speaks in 'a distinct,easy ahd'cbnver satiohal tone. ' His spirits are uni formly buoyant, his llnth is unfalter ing ana his appeals c are frequently tender; and melting,.; Nothing, how ever, so much" impresses his auditors as the marks of his unaffected piety. He is serious in a serious cause, 'lie believes.nd therefore speaks. j .. No unkind word escapes his lips. ,. Ko eccentricity, or rudeness, or want ,of taste detfaqts from his nsetulness. : His discburses " are "fjjdl - baptized in the Bpirifepf love, i lyb" class or- ' sect can find .faultr with him, except it be tor seelang to rescue men from their sins and to honor Christ.' , ' y t ' " MrEarle's prayers are 'more re markable than his ! sermons They are; strikingly characteristic. Brief direct, importunate, they are ad dressed to God with the simplicity and confidence with which ", an. obe dient child would plead with a lov- line father, v. . ; . .iiavmg saia so mucn in common dation ot Mr. Earle's labors it is due to candor and fidelity to point out a few things in his manner of conduct ing meeting which did not meet 'our approbation. , He insisted that wo men should speak in .the . congrega tion, not a? teachers, but merely as witnesses ef the power of divine grace. The urging of young converts to f'speakfor Christ?; and to instruct inquirers in; the way pfj salvation, did hot commend itself to our judgment. 1 Insisting that ' inquirers should "pray right out" in public, is another practice of, brother Earlo which we cannot sanction j a i y i "While bro. Earle used more ma chinery1 in "his' meetings than we have beenaccuBtomed to, or consid er proper it is due ; to him to add thattna;preaquer.; wnom, we have known seems more deeply impressed thah he is with the necessity of the Spirit's agency iif conversion, or with the power ot.iprayeiv- a - LITEKiVBT. FIRST REVOLUTIONARY BATTLE, U The 'Historical Magazine for Jan uary says. - - ---- VAnte-datinjr both Lexisffton and .Westminster, and possessing neces- . L.'.li. ' sary cnaractensiics wnicnwere not possessed by'Kinjstreet.or Boston ,"The 'Battle of the Alamance,l .ev-" lueniiy sianus, precmmcni, as tne earliest of the revolutiohary bpris- J ingll ttAm'eTicaV igAIaSf thcTf1 soP in theactual shedding pf-htopdi uri less some earlier coutest than we hayo vet alluded to shall be Jpund recorded in the annals of tliat peri odifSuch arecord really Exists; and, while King street, in- Boston,: is thereby ? fairlyrl ante-dated the Alamance, jtself . can ij boast 1 90 more honorable or patriotic charao-. ter1 than that which belongs to'' the City of NewYbrk Tas thef last claimant of ithe honor x of having f nrst resisted the aggressions : the. soldiery and first she( her blood 'in defence of the; legal and oatural; rights of the Colonists, oa' GotbEs-, hux, near Pearl Street? on FeidaY' jwssnem of Jahitabt, 177Q."o4i . This great battlbpf (Mdea! -Hill is thus described t byt a.r NewyelTprk correspondent of dc.Jaa i (Arojit det London:: t - ..-rft 1- UiA i VVe are all in Confusion in - this City; the $oldiers;jhave. cuttand 'blown up Liberty -Polend have "caused much Trouble between the 'Inhabitants': - On Friday last' Te 'tweon BurlingSlip hnd ;the Fly Market, was an Engagemen t.'tbe 4' twee fthe 1Iuhtabit ants X aud. ; the ff 'Soldiers, where jnuph jjBtood'f w.as ; "eiilt: , -One Sailor got run through "the Body, who has since died? One ;."Man got his Skull cutting sv most . "eruel Manner. f0n; Saturday - the "Ilall'Bttll raug . for an. Alarm, fwhn was another Battle .between "the Inhabitants and Soldiers; f.ut "the ''Soldiers met with the Rubbers, "the chiefest iPart' beingo Sailors "with Clubs to revenue the Death "of their Brother, which' they - did car ? from ths line. ' Dr. Cr.ldwell -ha. lag barely time to escape from Between the parties, betore the .dis charge. The blood of the ' Regula tors was now roused, and men who had come there with oeaceful inten tions, would not stand by, indiffer ent spectators ot such a scene, im mediately after the volley, the Reg ulators whd had neither- discipline nor recognised leaders, adopted the Indian mode of warfare, and betak ing themselves -behind the'tipi ; their xifles began to tell with deadly euecu; uiey. uau meir enemies on the road in the open, plain, where they presented a fair mark, and so rapid were their discharges' that Tryon'r troops had enough to do in returning their fire without making the hazardous, . attempt, to change their position. The cannon opened immediately after the first fireprat except on the first and, second: dis- 'charge; probably 5; with : but little vuuir, u3 kuo xkcguiatuia were - pru ;tected by the trees, and evidently bad he best pf the battle. In . this state of things, Tryon sent out an other flag of truce which "was shot down in utter ignorance of what :it tneaat.l It probably was the ' pre cursor to ncgotiatioufor the Gov ernor found that he was, likely to lcse the field. . When the flag 'fell, the1 firing,4 commenced 'again, and jous that W& deck passengers had'to eekssheltbr rmcthe3i cabin!" befo b' mbfelil boardj and nonbtrat'iho've! beeiykipf awake; b babies au M tJbtild Vhich jell hponf Pur earSut Si fayfe airived atjthe iseaboarA wharf fter night ahd with the ndjblbw ingttjperfect galef and tho wavla tosring toand &o, affected 'a landing of barselvea aiod goods and ohattels j : A committee of eight or tea breth-l ren;frpm 4h St, churoh'took charge of the baggagea 4t ias BhUr7txl4la thore.the ladfes? met nurried officin; a! carriage and in a little while we foundji :ouTBelvei'-around tcomforto blo.fires; snrrounded byi the kindest of churds members; who had-mettd set the house' ia order andwelcpme their new pastor's family to the homo they,', had providetl. There was-a large table spread xeady i foe supperj laden with oysters -stewed and pick- led, ham, beef-steak; loaf-bread, vbi&j puty pound-cake, ipupHafee preserves oranges, A:c. &o; th r tt'n t&ili ) .t'.Thds honsa had been uewlyjrwhitej washed, the'Jkitchen' mbred '-up iand joined to the houser, the fiooxscenrredj windows .washed,. s carpijts I spread stove ? purchased a hd put cp, and. a: barrel ctflotir,,: a' bushel of j meal J kerosene lamp and. oil,! half 4 toaiofj coal and a (ju.arte jof a fsord.pf jwopd ready , provided for. futuro i uo--ll: tLa i-"yrh too had bpprt pcrfcrmed;by! racr.' cri cf,.the . ccnCTc.iion6and their i.;:nd3, 1 7 V CIS 10 i'' f m with Courage, and me1 them all run to their Barracks What will "be the End of this Godknows l" hvTh Editor'of the.Huricalilag- :azinejdds:fcy&il io-.'troa 'mi , The number pf those who iwere injured during these conflicts,-soldiers as well as sailors and citizens, is not now known; nor, is it clear that any lives were' lost,1 although: aeatns wer e repor tea at - lae time, and the severity of the : wounds in flicted seems to warrant the belief that fatal consequences were reason ably looked for, and "may, ia', stme instances have ehsued.,' " " "" ' Tt seems that North Carolina still labors under Confederate disabilir ties,and a mere street row,occunng in New, York is to be magnified above a regular war for liberty. . For the ci l-1e n vpnien t cpmparijon i Wp appena tne 'iJattie pi Aumance" as sketched by Bev. Francis L. Hawks LL. D. . .. . , ; Mr. Douglass, an English , Pedo- baptist ministerjBays;., , , i ne isaptists, as a aenommauon, have "been growing in. recent years ia a more 'rapid "'ratio thah any ! of their neighbors.' -In ' London and neighborhood, the increase of Bap tist chapels, within, say the, last m tem years, has been out of . all . pro' portion to previous growth.1 '. ' Wei nave seea ivstatod on good ' authori-; ty that tlie rate of incTeaseis' three times that of . the Independents and three times that of tthe , .Wesleyans j In the country, also, there is a mar velous revival 6f the Baptist "Inter- est." We'dd not. believe, in a word,; that we should be far a from tnith were we to say that the most prom ising and extending" ' denomination in England at this moment is tho ansS pf; which l we marking bnhe state pnthings ia irkamherthd'-chuiciofEng iaaa. wjp paioeq. y$ vy ears peioje, the beginning of Congregationalism; in Massachusetts, thirty years' before! a Baptist " church" was formed in iBhode Islandyand nearly:,! 6ne: Iran-; dred years before thePresbytery was organized :u at x. Philadelphia, v-, said, tXhere, is some great oipnaer among us.Vill yoi helieve it,:? Jtherp ;are mpreBaptistsj in. Richmond alone,! than there are episcopalians in Vir-i ginia." wonder if the Jishop Of; that Ebiscbpal 1 Diocese is !,ever, by j himself or with "his ,'own consent,' styled the 'Bishop " of yirgmia"-- rr .j.rWojra Sa.Keb, 8 Chinese jyonth, who is ' preparing to return.- as, a teacher to his native country, is .a student jat Columbian - College," at jW-ftshington, D C. , He yas con vened 'under the ministry of f Rev. Mr-'Holmesia . missioaaryf bfs the Southern Baptist Convention, who "was murdered by "ftie fnsurgent ar '.triff n'an attack, otv $hsnghai pro vince, some five pr six years ,, since. He has the talents or a useful min ister. ' " - Superintendent MTard well reports tl conversions m thsRisanona rca "There were wise and good men who, though they sympathized with the Regulators, were , not ot,; their number, and these too were oh the ground j in' the hope ' of making peace and preventing bloodshed. Among these was-fthe' iBeyDri Caldwell: nianyof tbe Regulators) young nnd old, belonged to his spiritual charge. " Oq, the evening of the 15th, he !an interview with Tryon in : his camp; - and on the next day ha passed, to and! fro three several times; between 3 the parties, " and obtained i: from , the Governor a solemn jmmti that ' he would not fire upon the Regulators, until he had fairly exhausted Jnjr tiation in , the effort i to r termiaate matters by aa amicable adjustmeat. His statement of this promise to the Regulators undoubtedly lulled the greater part of them; for a time ih4 to a false security. ; They were' "not liars themselves, and they natural ly supposed 4 royal Governor would tell the truth. On the las -visit, ot the worthy clergy man,'. Try bn,with out the slightest attempt at the promised negotiation, sent back an answer to ihe pstitionr? df the ' daiy before? .that answer J was 'that .ho would grant ..them npl terms. .but those of unconditional a submission.! WitbTfhis message; Vr Caldwell was permitted to returnjf and"while: he ' was communicating it oaa event occurred in Tryon's campu which brands him with undying infamy,! and broughi on the battle.: ' lA.mong other peaceful men whb,J' passed - to and fro in the good work of concilia tion, was Robert Thompson, iman deservedly beloved , and .. respected ! for?" his irreproachable character.! He was1 without arms, and was not; one ; of " the 'Regulators. At y all : I events; he was ? then and: there' a pefcetmaker; ,,S0on fttterDr Qald well h ad left, this . man, attempted ' to go back to jhisj'countrymeh ,and upon being prevented, merely1 re marked, that as hehad .eotnein ' peaceably he had aight fpeaceably j to returnjf when t,Trypn,: . without other , provocation, snatched j a gun : from; the hands? Of " a "'soldier' near him, and himself' deliberately ' shot him ,before an if battle had commenc ed. , .Conscious that he had violated good faith in this; murder; and I ap prehensive of consequences j he im- mediately sent out a white flag : many of the 'Regulators did'not know what it meant, 'and 4 though told by one of the,; two bid Scotch soldiers not to fire on it, were so roused by the wanton, butchery of Thompson,' and the gross' violation i of hi promise by Tryon,. that they levelled their rifles and the:; flag :of truce fell The Governor imme diately, commanded his men to fire. They seemed - indisposed , to tbey; the truth was .that' they, did not wish to shed the blood of their "fel 'lowcitijjensj '1 It' Was a51 critical5 mo ment for the Governbrj' yielding td a temper, which be nerer had under much control, he rose in hisv stjr rups,"and in a voice ot mingledrage and desperation ho Palled on them to fire upon the Regulatdrs or uoon - I him. :-6cne fsiyycntund - tojO-cy the government15 troops ; unable to withstand the sure rifles of the Reg ulators, fell back from., .their j posi tion, about a hundred yardsjeaving their. cahupn unprotected, Imme- aiateiy some pi the young men rush ted forward and seized - the pieces; but when possessed of them, they had no ammunition suited to them, nor did Ihey know how either to wbrk'them; for the lattsr, probably theynaa no implements prepared : but .they had drivea the enemy from them and they were no further used in the ..battle. . No less . thaa sixteen men had been killed by one rmeman arouua tnese cannon,4- ne with three others had taken a posi tion near the artillery j here, .they were protected bv a large tree and ledge pf'rocBHalf.''thbVartillery new uticbwu BgaiuBk tucui ,. iv uu lodged them,13; but "without ' efiect. Pugh for such was the riflemaa's aame, fired every gaa f while - the other three loaded .for; him.. ; At length they were surrounded, and Pughwas made prisoner while the rest escapedl But at last the ' am Imunitibu pf the Regulators t begau to fail, and as this happened, ithey rpiirea untu oniy a email Doay. was left. : The government troops then advanced 1 to surround them i but .-familiae as they were with the coun try, the greater part of them i made their escape. Some fifteen or six teen, however, were made prisoners, land so ended tbe battle of the Ala- mance, m which the government troops sustained far - more loss of men. than the Regulators.'. ' yy boisfs homer: i .-. In the beginning, God sawT the development of civilization.' , The i first men were placed on the . upper i waters of the rfverobetweearthe Caspian and . the Mediterranean seas, and between e the .Black- sea and the A Persian Gulf. - The rjtvv ers furnished water for cattle ,-nd fish for men.; The valleys fed the flocks with grass, and! gave a rich soil to the tillers of the earth. .The - rivers & were navigated by burnt-oat and idng-outy trunks of trees, natil,; by the use of iroa and brass, better, boats were built;; and we are told that David's household crossed the Jordan ia a ierry. boat. Across the deserts t and wildernes ses lying between; these rivers, pack-mules, wagons - and camels furnished transportation. The Dev il! killed iiSOOOi camels belonging td Is J ob, is and-& j Pharaoh seat a train of wagons t to carry J acob's family dowac to rEgyptsiAmong rivers , the Nile, emptying its ample waters into the largest sea, was the most' easily navigated, and furnish ed the finest varieties and the great est abundance of fish. ' Very rich ahio .were its valleys, and but little labor was required to procure enor mous; harvests of corn.' TJnaumber-; d slaves cultivated the fields and made sun-burnt bricks,and wealthy, Egyptiaas cultivatedthe Carts aad! sciences. Hence it is said that- let ters were carried from. lsgypt f lato Greece. )Ia aavigating ? the - Nile, poles were laid aside and i oars i and sails wafted the light iwessels over the waters oon brave' men, yen tured'across! the; s.fBlandiTsea , And when, A i. last, bold, adveata- rpus Argonauts sailed from Argos to. Colchis,. so mw.i aad, wonderful did thefeatjappearther. people magn4fied,ieyei;r-theiIsaUor87cwho pulled the oars into ((sons pf the jjods.'g3 A successful voyage was ao complished and the golden, fleece of commerce was aa inestimable treas ure to the Greeks."- The navigation of the Mediterranean 'eclipsed - the gfory of the ifilei and the comme'r cial and political7 sceptre - departed from Egypi forever."-': fca Soo the civilization of the fworld clustered around a single water,and the Mid land . Sea became the great high,- way of civilization,-on which three continents contended for supre macy. lAsia shad the advantage of numbers ; 4 Europe !i had E superior courage and skill in navigation. An irrepressible .conflict commenced.- Jlerodotus, startin g with the ' story pf Io,filUnine books with narratives SO incredible and contradictory that evea the MFather - of History" 1 is generally mentioned as the Ancient Story-teller! Homer has told "us of theconflict r as.' developed Tby the Trojan waryifi a Greek -pbemBo beautiful, magnificent and sublime, sthat.it h ts hNm.aod will" be,the de light aud.&dbiratiaa of every civil- m T1 " A U 1 Of course he interwCavn id heroines. TW.rT : hates of men and women, ' their places in every trUe T' ' the human family-in ef' ' ' history of war.loyingmenerV' hating women.', , - Helen may have Wn ti bnrsfie'was not the 'cam Trojan war. , thousand, J! Troy who nothing carea f . I could not celebrate, nor fcU S? I E'en with ten tongne and J s 'fi.. months. . . v - ,Tt' -1 A voice infransrible ami liui, . i Unless the liases irom OUmn r; Would all commem'rate vrbo to IUw .JLdese unnumbered Greeta i mored not so much for Helen aV the sackincr nf TrrtV nn.l t. 1 throw of Priam's . . power.' x the Trojans offered peace, the J wer came" ' i Th.f Tl I0P e en "'Child That Troy's destruction moflt He said ; and aU the sonof S Warmly applauding warUkd Dhm: though .the Roman Emt7 ly absbrbed'Earope,and perrn,? iy piantea its tnrone-crushinph; nn A frita on A A aVn ' f T .1 . among historians; and, iD Cai ! iter the world has ever sees, . , ywu 8U1i atande iia.e .uaio.uu i-ue misty moua t1nmmini in . ifa .tl!-.-. 1.1 Tl. '1 :' !i. . -6 suuiuue tu im iiiuminatioo. The works of Virgil and-Hiit, are rich in the transcendent W ties 01 imitation and reproduce but they serve only to illustrate k gtury ui me great original. ' ' Many editions of Homer been offered to the pubHife g have been incorrectly printed- have been so encased in learned positions and explanatory notei i eay passages that ; studenlj been utterly lost inseasofnii!, ed boSh. i' Many of our readers wili?ii with pleasure the kind ehris letters of MA Northern 3aptUP this paper. ; They were writtes V T 1 T- . . -v ' an accompiisnea scholar, a and lowly christian, who oftea a es his eyes from his daily iimm among, Greek roots, to cast s kriif glance on all his brethren,' wietk they are warmed by a Soutben sun or chilled by Northern wutk It their hopes cluster around scto- moa Savior, he feels that all members . of. . a : commoa familj. James R. Boise. Professor of firm ia the University of Chicagsmtf f iprofound scholarship and ferae piety, has edited an edition i Homer's Hiad, following the "text 5: Dmdorf, and prefixing Wolf s 1- mirabie: summary, His notes ; 1 remarkably accurate and concue.- He simply lets Homer spesk sec tlls students how thev mav ' lrart ft-.. . ... understand him. ' We hearS; commend the work to every tfscier, studeafcand lover of therest gre- Vu uatu s ' hyWe enter a single objection. he book might be small (only pages) and that the price might be low, only the First Six Books yen published: The last book? trans up the reader with thelbatfle s' Ajax and Hector, and leave?. Ma hungering and thirsting ; for fii sad story of Hector's death. Six books are amply sufficient fot the little time allotted to Homers most colleges; but we shall be gM if the public will compel Profess Boise to edit an edition of the IHad entire. 8. a Griggs & Co.,! of Chicago, have brought out this hook ia ltd a style of taste and beauty that ve almost envy students who are' per mitted to luxuriate in such a,e!i "14 WBXS Df AsXEOJfOMT-DW' maa Bteele,of EuniraVAfmyik" written, and A. S. Barnes &. Co- hare published an excellent elameS' tary text book. Mr. Steele ia born teacher aad,ia a.style perfectly foe and easy, boils over with ject .v New facta are coVstantlyitl covered in Astronomy, and set books on Astronomy are imperaUie. ly demanded for the correction popular errors. 4 Astronpwers wen once, , sure g that "the distance of & sun from our earth was 95 m' ions of miles. Now the distaacs a reduced li'nioas.2liffi not only posts his readers on tknoff facts, . but he also does what mwj 'teachers never dbhe tells J P8 pdspl'tuat sbme thing does not ! knowl ' One of the necessary and at the same time of the most difficult tesks of a er, is to .impress npon.the younj proper apprehension nf.4b.e1r o.v ignorance and insignficance. ". ; t ourteen .weeics wita jar. aw: Astronomy will teach a very ifflp tant lesson of wisdom and hamuw' We commend the book to tescbp and to private readers who de" to combine 'entertainment ani struction. " " - - Howe's MirsmAi. MbitrBXT ... - . m first number of this magazine w storehonse of waltzes,? galops 1, kasi marches, : u schottisches ir.M--ill twit -by mail.' postP for SS.cents -only. Address Howe, 103 Court.St.,Bost33, - TCe fWRKATD OF GEMS. A'' 13 a collection of the nwt ptvu ones. Ballads and dift wi'1' accompaniment for the Piana. - U'ress Oliver Ditjja & Cv .?T
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