North Carolina Newspapers

5T VOL. 1. Kb. O.-t "-' r I L': 1, is jjTUMisnca every k.T 'inv.Ati. 50 per iiimvk? ifi-..raui;Mithin ubiillis, or bo it YA id UptioJ Anv person who will bcromc respons onies.i who will ibnvnrJ the names lstble for six of si sab- I v..i.,Wrirtion wiltibe 'r?tlivv4 for lesd than tL'.,w lvnie:;s(l in advance ; and no d (scon i inuaiico m Uoxyed arrcardijes are paid. ior.-.,tr5vishi:n2 to discontinue will be expeeted 1 ' nniire to that eiFeOpriot to the coiiuynce- Lal pf u new year utherise they will be; eon-1 iidered las respousiuid lor-uie-'vusuiusweivi? ionths..' . '.r.i "':."' y '::---.4V' - All commuoicatums except U'O e ci acni wuo ct eratuitwusly,; to sqcure aiieauoK, uiust ue j.ost )aui. "V i ELEVENTH REPORT ( . . '' " 1 ! i i i-'. : V.- . -i- ; ; r of r HE j. K , .y.; ;.. BOARD OF M AN A GE life i ' OF-Tii 7 BAPTIST GKRAIi TRACT &OCI12TV, FOR THE YEAR ENDING i DECEMlR3lJl$3i Concluded. AGLNCIESj Bixl travel liner ageius have been employed t h.r d hirt of the vtar jast (uostil. I heir rteate services ainojunt toj twtray-tlirte iiiojtiis Uhor. ,' From three ol tue'n iveports liave;ibeen -T- i i received to the close of i aniount df their coHections. 8107 51 andaboutOO 'irt pledges to be. ai the commencement oi the prest i:t year. , 'The cotitmued e.verticiis lot brother batnu li,6ea'ix'j du ring a part of last "year, who .ewe ioneft ) n 4 he last r epoVt, 'as lvai:ing eii ! J.ti.m..? in iihn hKt rnnr. red flirtne secouQ vear oi nts aarencv. aave .resulted i -l .:(!.. . i ' 1 1 ' r-- 111 through ;t he blessing 6l Gdljin fhel ibnaatiin cf vvrai Auxiliaries in Wes 1 n.xNtn York J and establishment of three: epositonts, which heVi pGrrhased'by .wie Monrbe and Geies . : .1 i e AssiiciationS. anu the biudents ot tlamilton institution.' lie : n;is aisq '." .. U, t' ?r - 1 : - .1 . I J cpmrilienced the es- basumcnt ot "others in tae tlouarid purch (ibiefscej river1 aval Livingttdu Associations, be- iije'sbriijghig'io-.ciisiara jU,;. degree bt matu ritc, a a)laiiibr the uionthiy' iJisuibutiori :of tracts in all the churches. This gentleman hasnitjit rrutittide of the Board -ed and. recei vedllie sincere' " lb ti is vvarni attachment 16 ii faitlixLiT'eisertiojis, and t:ke- . 1 Society, for his good w:hich! he the yo:-!eJj" 'It is expected thr. his services will heyear'.-yvi1V bij secuil'd 'tothe Society ano Breather John A. Pouncy las been employed rjart pf the year in Soatii Garoliha anrl ueior- ga.'V ilti lms 10 r men -Severn Aili?ict !.lfid made o-oiuy ci his full repor areu'nabltyto Murs.V 1 S)! lections for th Society; but as t has not bf eh received, our Board present the fa nai result of his la- jTiie Bdard aclchoyvhdge ith m ijch , satisfac gratuitous serVi- tiqu'anu sincere :g.r.ituue of brothers S. S. Biird lv;Lanc istt Dis- tri bt, S. C. whose labors 1 H .1 i laye resu'ted: in the es i tblisljfthent of a Deposito and the formal .!-': m Ion of!: sey.epaliliVuxiliary Sj'scjietj D iring the summer, bro. trn veiled extensivelyi id seVt State?,' and it is lxieved I (Lhiiries G. Ma ati hi ch ra 1 of. the West ern t he accomplished much bood bv the distribiiti n ot tracts.: .. . i; r-;'i teen eiiM'!ored a! Brother Samuel G fcVe r! ia: a 'Lit ' -." h ta f v, ' , part of the year to promote 'the objects of the: So-! ;cietvin New England.: : i- His labors have been 5 very successful, and are very katisifactdrf to the 5 ; -floard. -'He -his been"instriirnehtai in the forra'4 lion of : forty, Auxiliary Societies in Mussachu sott? and S' e w i 1 am psri i re, and received some contributions for. the Tract House. TheUiard teel ' irralefui for his zeaioda and useful labors. j and hope they jivyill be Ipnflf devoted to this im- portant ana sacred cause. ! ijie nas now gone fprtWaairi with the best wishes of the . Mana gersand their frequent prayers will be 'offered: . in his behalf .),.'! 'h. :fry j Br,othr; ltufus A. Lockvood) who recently fin,isjied his theological: studies at Newton as induced to engage in this employment last sum hier. in about three months he collected for tiijee tfie Society, in: yario'is 1 parts of- Massachusetts. in yanoiis ! parts "seven hundred and sixty-five dollars, and thirty- ! i: , ' ! Last outumn the Board fo rwarded a commis- s-ion to brother Otis BriT2S in the State of Maine He has renorted the collection of "about two hun ,i;,T -unr.. r .Vi rt a- f r ::rSJj T orbeiiuiiigai 7' Vuime 01 fceiecrtracts; into tne west, ana or other objects ! As his services have but re- , e .Uy commmence. we cajrttot ! 'speak, of their v. , HiiaLe succe? our prayer is tnat a wine ana efaectu'al door may beupened for his usefulness fvi tne.importancc'ojt employing good agents, YQur lioarirare everv vear ihinpssprl" with art v T ' "1CJ iiavc iuuhu it iu ire ? Very difhcult to hnd men oil proper qualifications y y Vho from love to the cause are willing to endure v the toils, trials and den'rivations of such n lifp -i J . The work of a faithful agent is indeed arduous ' n aal' fatijrueihg. but like all other labor of the brlo- ryJ;Of.God and the good of souls, it is attended anafollow'cd by many pleasing motions, and by lpny consoling and'iovful reflections. , ; OPERXTIONS. of the general agent. The General Agent , has been chiefly employ eq in travellinnr for the purpose of exciting an interest in the concerns of the ' Societ v. and tof jcstublishing a general system of operations. He jhas been .over North and South Carolina, Geor labama, Tehnesseey; Kentucky Ohio, New 'oi-k, Pennsylvania, and mpst of. New England, ji plln travelled more than 10,000 miles, atten t d.e(l the meeting of several Conventions, Asso r Piations and other religious bodies, assisted in the lormation of three Branch Societies, and of sey t era! Aaxilbries besides establishing nine De potojies, making collections, distributinglracts. " and carrying on at the same time the correspon- oejice oUhe Society. There is ood reason. to jieve that Ins arduous and multifarious labors -iciioi been in vain TH ACT ? HOl'S Eyy ; f f;y' . - ; . :' -; ' ecessary to rpake further arran ge--v-T- innot prosperity of the Socie thc w ant of a house, for a Deposi-i !ieatiohs,vinvhichSits brouertxr IXViTiiii merits for) lu tory of itT may be slv ireserved, and its busiuess? carried ou with vjrr regularityy ecouorpy ? hnd System, particwia rr a th ey print sin jg an a ybpok-bi j.di n g deimrtmtli -ic Board yresofved td open a sub sertion 'fur. - fa:hd; jorihpurposelnd. that the lemaie irnt .o'f;Ue" Baptist tract :1a:iise m : the United ite; befirst applied toilpr this ohlett. A ciretihij r Irssed to the fcmale friends of the eity cc-rrdingly issued and the Board ar iapp ti .c knowledge "the receipt of thrte th4tndr4 v'. fri yieVn dollars for: this object frorn ilf j beftevoleKt lad ies'iti ; .various parts 'oifrA; fcdjlU-tTi1' ' j"iIou;rh. site, isyjieyttrthe!ess encouraging as feeing the first viruitl bjy the uhdertak jnjr. l!The : Board eamrstly hope to; obtain further aid Itqvajds this' (afl whom Ooid, inhis "proilehceAlia favored ijivith the means, and yvh are friendly to the good vork. The Board regrerthat owinff to the ab sence of the Genvral Agent and other circumstau ies, no spi cial effort has yet been made in Phila delphia lor this object. '1'hey would therefore request that it be presented, to the churches " in his city ' without :firthcr delay. ; - f . BAPTIST 31AXUAL. t. ; " j. . Various intimations having been received from brethren in diflVrent sections of the cebntry. of already published, to hs designated by the above title; and by another resolution cf the same date. it was determined tnat a copy ot the Alanuai should W placed in every pn:iiy that would ius ceive itin the valley oflhe Mississippil t yA Ciry cular has beeh printed .and-widely circulated, in : which this Important object; is presented to ' the churches; and already funds have been received J for the. publication 'or the vtdme As a -laithlui reprscnt'ativefof the seiuiii't iity c i the deriomina tion, the Baptist Manual v. ill remain in families, while asmyil irvct is soon worn out, -lost, or de-. stffivw! itnr.nn nhier.t liV i is vinir iinnr! nre persuaded tjlial the denohunatloh will contribute large! v, and that in1 a snort period they will reap a large -regard. - '. , v NEElp FrtfCREASED EXERTION. y; The field of usefulness .open before the Socie ty in the rlaited States aml British, Possessions in America is$ most ample and inviting. Tht "destitute poiiohs of pur .Zion, the rapid increase xf population, and the floou of errors with which tne cuuniryy isysinuraatei,y can louaiy ton tne 'fn'-oiJiCtfuc!ty:.t6 increase tbeir efTorts in this hbly citsef' Yow : Board believe,1that, if funds vyere pia.cf d'at their disjosal,7iee thousand dollars could bb most profitably expended the presejit yea in circulating the-JHstory of the Burmip Mbsioii, the Baptist Mamial,1 the wri tings' of Bobth land Pengilly.and other, useful works wu'eh hlayebeen published by the Society. They have alt themeans and facilities 'Tor the speedy accomplishment of this.vyork except fu nds. And will not these be furnished by the disciples of Jesus,: since Providence has given us' the op portunityand there , is no way in which money can be expended w ith so great a certaintyf of da- While there is much' to.be done in our "own landy,the wants of the peris-hing heathen must not he forgotten. After all that has been done: charities, and the vigorous nnd persevering ex ertions oi all who know the value of the Oospeh and who pity them who possess pot the heaven-; ly treasure,; : C --.'v.-- In Burmah the demand for tracts is increasing. Mrs.-Wade,;in iher addresses to the ladies who assembled to hear her during her visit to Phila delphia remarked that B urmans and Ka reus very freauehtlvi visited the missionary stations from'a great distance sometimes hundreds 'of year, inotptal , uJ -v;.,i . .. -? - i i u i niriiirr riPD q ni iiti! itv ni nr i i nnn ir.ii L" r ! i VU uwuu rcsuivcu in ui iwuti last, mui u uuuuu , so kr as iepo!tel, f J , . - , , , , , . ( i i MiiNiii in ; i ,ii .aiiiiiiiii lie iimiir in mi i i t . - t i towards supplying the spiritual wants of mulions V - jn the. notice referred to" iri you ry 3d No. 3d vol. of! our fellow men who are in pagan darkness, -it:is"-statcid ihattFw .'this': Society 'originated howmuch remains to employ the luients, "the; the Bantist TriermialCohvention." It mav riot miles. They had seen a tract which' hal found i bandon the purpose of entering that )Se an( its way to their-neighborhood, by perhaps one of very important field. " About; the same period, the native-christians or some couutryrnen who 1 brother and sister Judson having become entjre fiad heard of Uie;new religion ; and they came ly satisfied: that .nothing but immersion. is Mp to enquire further on the subject, and get: books jtism, and that none but a Believer in Christ "is a for the men generally in the country can reaa. Alter remaining tpr conversation asiong ascircui ascircvXmstauces would permit, they say. "we must aJiLm;now what you have -told us, and learn it over again-give ugia bok that, will tell us -all about it,' But in many; i have been obliged to deny (no!; ..j;,, nnknci w:tki their soltcitatiom because we naa not even a tract to bestow. 1 "Butn they w;ill say, '"we shall forget what-vye have heard if we have not some thingto read,v give xxs'only one: If of" "O my deir sistersyin all I have sujHered in leaving1 my friends and Jtny own loved country : in . all the dangers una trials 1 nave experienced among the barbarous degraded rbeathen, nothing has! wrhn myt heart vyith such bitter anguish,; as to be obliged to deny even a single leaf containingi the gospel tidings, to a perishing fellow creature who has heard that there is a way of salvation! and comes, to i inq ui re ; for it. ' And can you not vyillinglyf .lay aside the superfluities add eleganrj cies of life that you may be enabled to g'ive boun tifully for the purpose of sending the bread of lifoto these famishing souis ? I How . shall :we meet them at the bar of God, j if we have' not used every effort in our power to give them his .wbrd-r.1- t . . ; -rs:y: It is not! only the fact that there, is -a, pressing call from the population of Burmah for "books, but it is a still more encouraging one-that, Jhe tracts circulated,' though few compared:. Withi the immense -. number of readers, have ra wakened & spirit of inquiry, have sent, great nu mbe'rs to the missionaries to learn nioit? ui me TengiviK mey teach, many of .whom have afterwards become Christians and in - some instancies they ave been the sole instrument in the hand of .Godwin enlightening imd converting the soul. Natives have been found by 'the, missionaries in theiri mission and endeavor touring them tours through the cquntry," giving good evideiice.lto the missionary ranks. I. r ':f . U1. PICIJ; wno nau never tieara aviiving teacner, -Just here let me-state. thatrsoon but; 1 -.r .. aa,DCcoire aciuamtea vitn. a oaviouri by means ut a tract. ; vL yy -p. ' " : - In-ii lett er dated Manlmcin, July 2Sthf- i833, the devoted Judson writes - " ' "near lJiothr-All,h l Kavei rcce red vm, w.4 .fJiinp15. 1AS in.HKMTrnlnnl.lpdohationorir' amiost all orw liieh 1 ha ve disposefl-Sf to-ejc!-j lent advantage, y If yeu .should please to lemeru Der usasain call for Pen perance tract thv Mcjuioir.pt Mee Shway-ee. y h ; : y y y . J rejoice to heacof; your increasing ..prosperity a u,u r-VLv? rT5, fVVnVt ' y : ; . y C?0Tul&k ' ' rm : . n ' i i ' i i " - i ne attention oi your lioara nas aisa oeen a rectcd, in the providence of God. jto France and Germany. In the JatterlcQuntiry- particularly, the demand for tracts is urgent ; 1 ahi the facili ties for their rirculationare' multiplying.' i In April last, a Daptist ynurcn or even;rnemDer3 w as Tconstituted atnarDurg.ahd. Mr., Qncken was called, to be' their preaclierM; i V :M', ENCOURAGEMENT TO INCREASED "EXEBTIOS-. A powerful motive ; o' pejrsevefo in the work which xms pocieiy xms unaenaKent is louna jm the ev in th iacts r Board durinir the uast vear. some of which ther V feel' bound to record; to; the praise oV Divine Grac'.V--'vl?i,t!''-- :r ? . ; ; ' '; - , permit rae to say xnai, inereis a KreatJmg ifoia iuaaras to uangoon in uurmanj gilly, Wisdom's'Y oict and other Tem-.and as the only alternative to escape being abso- s. the Letter on b enial? Uress and lute v driven aw frrsm f bo HpU fthrir fon. idence that upd is blessm:? its nub icatiotis -divine,-l'roviaence i nas it ueen orouL'm to e coft versionf sinners-to himself. -it Several present 'condition of unusual prosperity, and oi trns Kina nave neen CMUmnmrntpfl tathpt-H "i'a,iiclty '""''v iu uuu: In view of the great'good which the' Society pouching the change in our. sentiments concern haa accomplished,, with the manifold tokens of inS baptisraV three niiisionary societies, had, in thedivinetiessing oh its labois; sure! V there is Consequence of it, . been formed to aid the Foreign ia reason fordiscouragementj:and no causel for mission,-m addition -to tire .one already existing retirihg from the' undertakirigf When we call to at Salem, Massachusetts,- viz.- the 'one at Boston, mind that every year has wiiiessed- multitudes onc al Providence, and one al Kew.York.- ' converted to 6od 'through the! instrumentality:of :t After barely introducing myself to the brethren tfacts, who will nor feel desirous to do, more tjan be has yet done to aid the hallowed - cause ' at home and abroad ? ' W 1o will not wish to show- his'tharikfulness tn Hearen nnd his'.svm.' pathy and love towards all men, by far more nu . merous deeds-of piousliberality and exertion Tl . r- ' '. .'. - . - . " . ( ' - . w VI ; 'From he Christian Index . ORIGIN OF TII& TRIENNIAL CONVETIO. Mercer Institute,- Ga. Jan. 20th, 1835. Brother Mcrccrln the 3d Nbl ofilie 3d vol. of the index, Jahuarv the 20th. 13 seen a notice of the annual meeting of the Baptist Foreign Mis- formed1 in the United States after ar.d in conse- quencef the chanW ol-aVntiments Jo the minds of brother and sister Judson,- and in mine, concer ning baptisjii and "it is (He oldest Society in'the United (States of this character, except one- the Salem Bible translation and Fhreign M.is sion Society ; which was formed about the peri Ion -of the sailing of the 'missionaries, Judson, Hail, ISewelL.Nott, and myself, for India, early in 181 2. . The general committed connected with the Charleston Association, S.- Cij existed much earlier, "ijut; did not assume its Foreign Mission ary aspect tilliater.; y 'y'fyW, yj- It is gratifying to mark the steadfast and growl ing regard of this Society to the all important ob ject Hvhich called it ino being; and the deep: in terest it maintains in tbe public mind and the! ef fective; manifestation of thatinterest at its anni versaries. In xjoiinection with this Society- my exertions in thisi country we re commenced oti my return from India; , . . - ! ' be amiss to bring to view some of the leading f tcts . which .go to develope the manner in whi his; was- brouffit to rss. ; -f :v:f e the manner in which When the Missionaries, i ust. mentioned, were prdaiiiedanolsent 'out for- India, j it was our ex pectation as well "as that of the Board that" sent us out. that we should go to Burrftah and labor there. Soon after reaching Calclitta, however, tne representations mat we receiyed or me.aespe.- : rate" condition of that countrvf induced us ip a j proper, subject of the ordinance, were by Elder ; varu, one oi tm j feerampore station berampore station, in the Bapti$t. chapel mtCal- cutta, baptized. In the same plac, and by the ssame adihinistrator, six weeks : afterwards; hav-i ing become, indubitably convinced of the truth of believer s baptism, it became my "duty to. be pap tiied. , The mission was of courseivided. ' BOt ther Judson with his wife.' and myself -riavine become Baptists, tconstituted one. branch the rest, wrho remained as thevwere.'the other. ' ' h Vr easuresinat were aaoptea Dy.w xuusi muia , Company's government made it necessary for us to retire to the.lsle oi ranee, wmcu was more than a quarter part of the way back again to wards the United States. Unassociated with the English Baptists-Uunacquainted vith: tb,e .Bap- j tists m our ; own coyntry-runable to calculate with any - satisfactory .degree of certainty what. might be the effect bt letters sent home y we were three solitary individuals disconnected Jrom all the christian world ; in a heathen land, 'with but scanty. means of averyjemporaryj subsistence: djit tof did not doubt foil tha the, 'Lord; vodtUd prabide for us t V ." . ' - r. ' . : ! , , -' .Having given up the-purpose of going to Burt mah, we concluded, after much prayer" and del ihl. eration, to direct out efforts to thepbject of evan-, gelizing the Malay people and commenced the stu(lyiof:thei.language. y Meantime.mdst unex pected: and providentially opportunity occurred for my return. . ' After long continued praying for the direction a.nd guidance of our Heavenly Fai ther, connected with the- most serious copsidera' tfon of the question, it wasv finally, r our united ' opiru6n?Uiatit lwaseipiedlcrlt.fome to re-visit our native land ; -see the Baptists ; give them in formation of the state of things pertaining to the fo'nvard in- i ime; after my par m. thev wen ung;Wh. brother and sister. Judson, they went tfora the Jsle of France' to Madras, intending to proceed lrcrm, that place to Penary, or to some PiKt vvherf they might labor for tl; the salvation oi tne. iaia-s, out an order was issue uul u" ru was issueu in a suori tk 1fl l.-.. 1 1 - timeb'y the government to send them to England, uum oy me.govf for purpose of getting them out of the roun ie' purpose of crettinkr them out of the roun- try.. y. Just, t that crisis, a small vessel was about templated exertions, and uf their hopes, they took passage, and were thus Une:vS..-ctt dlvand with- out having intended it, ctfnvcyVd to a very impor- tan - Psi in the Burman Empire, 'Firing tarn position in tne burman umipire, v ma:ngi it impossible to Jivp there, they clung to the pj-J cyj arid their purpose was at once KxedTobegia Cu the very spot . their crreat uudertakinc to rr l i-o ighteen":millions of that dark Empire; and to the many millions of the contiguous regions"?-; Thus by a'manifestly special and very signal in terposition of Divine PrqVidence were they with out themselves intending it, placed in that most important missionary field and thus most Pro yicfentially ,was'the J3urman Mission commen ced! .-And bv manv signal internositions of the 'r'.My return,w'us by the! yay of South America; and ! -arrived at New.York early in September, 1 8 1 3: Irifoirriation - having previously arrived m 1 9r.- iiasteiica to Jjostcn to see the r"thren cormccted -yith: the mission sochty l?crV the notice of vhose:late anniversary has prompted these statements and observatior.s. A meeting was held, at which it. was proposed, if I hshtly recollect, by. thd'late Elder Ensign Lin com, mat tne -lioston. "society snoum acopt sucn anorganization'asloallcw other societies to op poiht'a certain portion ofhu Members of the Board of Managers. According to the best of my recollection, it w as then suggested by me, that perhaps it would be better! to waive the a doptioii of any such arrangement, till other soci eties still farther to the South should be, formed 1 .1 . 1 if 1 . ! wnen, probably, some general, anu possibly more f m.gkt be produced.- 1 JV? S?, L S t , Being famished with fcredentials and letters of introduction ana oi recommendation; l returned without delay to New York i additional letters were iriven me. and I proceeded immediately to Philadelphia to be present at the, session of the Philadelphia Association, which was held that year in the city. Measures were adopted to ac corhplish the formation of a Mission Society there, on the same plan with the others. .Letters and testimonials w;ere . furnished me here also in ad dition to those already in my possession, and I wentyon 'directly to the South," to attend the Charleston Association, which was held that sea son, at Society Hill, in' South-Carolina, 'Steps w ere taken to bring within the scope of the gen eral Committee connected with that Association, the object of Foreign. 7 Missions. Here, .too, ad ditional papers, were jiut into. my hands to facili tate the design in which I was engaged ; and I went on to the Savannah River Association, then cpnsidered as belonging to Georgia. It was a greed to form amission society of the same sfinnp Aviththc others, the' reat of ' ivhicj should, be Sa vann'ah. : , " ; . '.'!. ; ;AlthougK time'had hot allowed' me to stay but a very little while in-any place, yet such was the impulse; given by the occasion and circumstances to the brethren generallyj in my route, that socie ties of the same character 'were formed in Balti more, in "Washington -City, in Richmond, Va. and ln North Cdroliria,' shortly after my pas sing through those places, j I : ; Elder1 Win. B. ' Johnson, , how pastor of the :church at Edgefield Court House, S. C. and Pres ident of the Baptist State Convention of South Carolina, was, ati that time, pastor oflhe church in Savannah. After completing the range of trav el and formation of mission societies here recited, I had conversation with brother Johnson on the subject of having a meetihgof delegates from all the. societies of this kind, for the purpose- of for mmgisome general combination or concert of ac tion among them. He consented, ; that, in case it should be agreed to by the other's concerned, he wpuld go personally as a delegate from the Savannah society as far as, Philadelphia to at- -tehd such a meeting. Immediately, of course; I wrote to all the other societies, stating, that tact, and urging the importance of the , meeting in Philadelphia as proposed by brother Johnson. ; This was .agreed to by all the Societies of the "character specified, which Kadthen been formed, fromMassachusetts to Georgia : the meeting was eld accordingly in Philadelphia, in April 1814 : ; Ko Ar..t;nTi' nf thfl'Divine'Provi- L dence. was broacht about the formation of Me 511 Triennial Contention ofth ) the Baptist Denomina- tioniii the lnitc'd' States for Foreign Missions, and other imparta?it oojects rvcanng toinc ite- deemer'.s Kingdom. S ' ' 1 i" -v.", -Most sincerely and. respectiuiiy vours, ; vv ,-j-.V;:', LUTHER RICE. t - :: " ' i - ? A '- I' A tffiOST STORY, t . " - The" following'articlchas been admitted solely for the sake of variety, t We would just observe, thatwe have not the rerndtest'jidea that the extra- ordinarv effects naentioned, are i& be attributed to supernatural causes. yv; J.y I " v : v from the TVesminstcr Review-.. ' vMxl Wesley had "' scarcely' got vyarm in J9 new house, when tba ghost commenced it dis nr,V :: ' A-iioisa -i of this. ' extraordinary -visiter continued to annoy the fomaly for some t. 1 - - 11 'I 'I 1 i.- bat after the alarm had subsided., he cou' .' tributedtotheamusementoftheyoungtrbranches r i i ii- i . .r v .u ' vi iiousenoiu, auu among mem wcbi iy iuc - familiar name of M Old Jclfrev." Amon the? members of the family." and Uieir friends, lhes noises, :iowever, excited considerable speculation y f and Mr: Wesley himself was moved to cioreis r me spirit, and afterwards to detail tbc hiitorv xl it. 1 1 The circumstances as recorded in duTercnt lexers and reports were published by Dr. Priestly. as the best authenticated ghost story within his knowledge. "The form of Old Jetrrey'a visitation vi ischiefl Jthatof sodnd he would knock solemn- . ly againsti the walls, gobble like aurkcy-cock up and down stairs, imitate the sound fearful to the cars of housekeepers, of a crash of glass, or oi tne emptying -oi a nagci money, ils.wnf pursued from room to room in Vain ; be wcs felt to push-sigainst the ioor, but was invisible except C A A I . f T WW Trw-rTrvn cts, vt ui it yi a: TOlerraw. gcihe- thmgTuil from tinder the bed like a badger, "and" Kofcinttha m.in, saw something Tun from undir the cyeh 'ike a rabbit with its little scut stand ing straight up.'' Mr. Wesley, at first, was tot permitted to iuar 'these extraordinary sounds; and" as according to the superstitious, the man who is hot aware of these violations is threatened w ith .death, the communication was not made to him until it was 'impossible to keep it secret. He treated Jeffrey in derision p the first instance, end threw out a veryimgallant insinuation prainM his daughters, that Old Jeffrey was the work of their lovers. 'Jeffrey appears to have had. pretty good information; .from ;tha night he plagucil Mr.. Wesley along .with thejrrst cf the family y and he who had laughed at tne ghost grew both angry and frightened. lie Solemnly questioned it 'if. it were Sammy meaning his eldest boy then at Westminster-school ' ' ifd bid it, if it w ere,' and cculdnot speak, to knocl: again; but it did ther time,! he went close to the place where the ' knocking was.nearu, in cemj-any with n r.ciph boring clergyir.an, and said sternly,? tlou deaf . and dumb devil, -why dost thou frighten these children, (it was in the nursery.) Conte to me in my study, that am a man He was going to firp a pistol at it, but bis brother clergyman previuttd him. The ghost accei tt d his ini itation and the jiext evening visited Mr. Wes?ry in his study, but nothingcaine of il ... Sotne oT tho circumstances a re thus Telatcd Ly Mr.' JohnlWcsley, cs taken from the mouths rf 1 his sifters. .'; , '. ' -1. - - - ? ' 'he next evening,'(4th Tc, 17 1 G) Ictw a n I five i nd six o'clock, my sisteij Molly, then-about twer. y years of age, sitting In the dining room reading, ieard the door that pleads into the hall open; acd a person walking' in, that seemed to havj jjk-night gown, rustling and trailing along, "'it appeared to w'alk" found her, and then "to the door: but she could sed nothing. So she arose, put her book under her arm and walked slowly away.. 'After suppeT, she u:as sitting with myisteriSukey, (about a year older.) in onecf the Chambers, and telling her what had happened. no more that night, which made us hope it was not against your death." iMr$. Wcslrjfs letter i to lcr soil Samuel. Api'cndiA p. 2SS.) At ano- she'quite.made light of it; saying, I wonder you are so easily frightened; I woujd fain see what coiiid frighten me.' ' Presently a'knocking began under the table." Shetook thc(candle and looked, but could find.nothing. , The iron casement began to clatter,' and tiio lid of a watming pan. Next the latch bf the door began tomove up and down ? without ceasing. ; She started up, leaped into the bed without undressing, pulled the ted-clothes over her head, and ncTer ventured to look up till morning, j . A night or ttvo afttjr, my sister Htlty, I a year younger than Mollyj was waiting as i y uiua .tweinnineccten.totalce away my father's" candle, when she heard some one coming down thej garrct stairs, wnlking slowly. ; At every step, the house! seemed shook fromiop to bottom. Just then1 my father called. She went in, took his candle and got to bed as fast as possible. In the morning she told this to my eldest sister, who said,' 'you- 'know -"I believe nonb of these things.1 ; -Pray let me take away the candle to night, and : f I w ill find out the trick." . She accordingly took -my sister Hetty's place ; and had no sooner taken ' away the candle, than she heard a noise below. She hastened down stairs to t(ie hall, where the . ncise w as.) But it was then in!the kitchen. She ran into the kitchen, where it was drumming on tfie inside of the screen. When she went round. it was tdrumming on .the outside. Then she .heard a kn'ockina: at the back-Kitchen door. She ran to it ; unlocked it softly ; and when the knock- . ing was repeated, suddenly opened it; but nothing was to be seeniX As soon as sLc had shut it the " knocking began again. She opened it again, bt could see nothing; when she' pent to- shut the door,1 it was violently thrust a gainst her; butsho set her knee to the goo r, forced it to, and turned the key. y Then the noise began again ; but she -let it go oni and w ent up led. " The next morning my sisiier telling my mo ther' .what had happened,-she said, If I hear any thing myselfI shall know hotv to judge.' Soon after, Emilia begged her mother to come into tho nursery. . She did, and heara in the corner of the room, as.if it were the violent rocking of a cradle. She was convinced it was preternatural, and earnestly prayed it might not disturb her iu her chamber at the hours of retirement: and it never didrl She now thought it was proper to . tell ray father. He was. extrerhely angry," and said Sukey, I am ashamed of 3-ou ; these girls frighten one another - but you are a woman of sense, and should know better. , Let. mt hear of it no raore.? At six in ths evening we.had family pravers as ussual. j . ! When'my father began the prayer 'for l! tho kin"-, a kfiocking commcncec all round the room, and a thundering one attended the Amen. The" same was heard from this time every morn- ' ing and evening, while the prayer for the . king was repeated,' p, 285. It must be -remarked, that , Old Jeffrey was always a staunch Jacobite; he would never per- j mit Mr, Wesley to pray for t(ie King or the -j Prince bf I-Wales, without disturbing the house. This was a sore subject with Mrl Wesley, and ho . made anoint of repeat in cr the rraver. There is t - -1 T : j -