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This school ii located bn the StaKe-Road lel .eironlFayetteville to Warsaw twelve mile, last of the former place It very e7ot access, as 'he slape passes twice daily. EBMS FK-R-SESS10S-. Primary branches, . n Ton f lisher English. .10,00 to 2,50 L'anguasH (Greek and Latin ,) Boatd can he nao m uie Tier month exclusive of libts. P ?Z u fharsed from the time of entrance and no!eductions:made only for protracted SlFor further particulars address the Principa. or G. W. Bullard at Blockers, N C 4 3m. - ' ...tVt r r t?"CT OTICE. THE HUM ur ivnjj- LEY- & WILLSON" "having been rli solved, the undersignen win w.hu..-.-r- Wholesale od Retail Grocery, Uoo.m.ssiou and Forwarding Business. 1 will keep c..n snt y on hand" a 1 rge and well selected .tack ofWry thi"ff in my bne, except L quors, and U a yHlHimes sell them at lower Market Prices. By almost every P . eke. 1 am rec iv fnoods flora the northern- mark .hereby ' " r,n hand a -rre, fresh and ;XV!. st,,k of Gn.er.T AM articles sold by me, that fail to Hive entire satisfaction, viirwimnaly be taken back or exchanged. , " Xr mserv.ces to th se desirous ,f m--Ck1nr . purchases, .r sendin- p-duco to this markeCand n.,t re.pectfnll, -rcons.gn-mrn-s,and will execute auhfnlly all orders entrusted to me. Below Z ' No. 11 North Hater St , : Wilmington; JN. t.. ' KEFERENCES: J.T. Petteway, ) Dr. AV. G. Thomas, Ellis 8j- Mi-chel', 3 Rev. W. H. Bobbitt, .loh;A. Stanly. , Rev. R.T. Heflin, S. W. '.Vestb rooks Rev. W. 1. Langdon, W. S. Cason. Rev. Dr. I. F.D em?, Wilmington, N. C. Gold-boro', Washington, Raleigh, Greensb ro', High Point, Staesvile, Wilson, Franklinton, 12- a (C 1( ( -it if. Rev. U. C. Maynard, WFICE'S CON t'EC Tiu aiw x . - T ft T AT The subscriber would respecuuuy . , i t, miKlin crinprallv. wAiorm ni-1 Jrienus auu m . l t he ''a rumivea m wn.u""" Lvtf V bl U"1' n Morgan ea'cy, . an.l k..-wn as Mark'a ShopAo pares V.th wetof the Catj. aud immediately , thrt rear oi "", !- 'vJBlESofuH kinds anUor A-1 M j,cnr.tion v k:I LKE3. "I ,f every "r - OA"' Mnts. ouiiir. -passes, too V u ni.tllin. . , . grateful thantatob.ij tllll' " ... I . .,1.1 return l((i for tle literal natrouu atnus, ana u-r - 8hare. h strict ta hnsineto receive, a ,... . r. p Hsmv.iSt.. Quick sales and small Pro fits." rTmn4Mi. wi; j GRIFFICli. RaU-, March 16. 1859. j f'i- Sfo m SSTCAL SCHOOLi tWm hwi nt tnis liisv"."- tion, located in fa WtTa-W estern part o viUe, haU waybeiNuHillsboro' an l yorui,V r - ..,;il niwn on TuiA 11 lStll 185. ' D1" ' tion (or hipber ltn'i5 QUssieaVfSO .'.per Rrd at tW KAoTno " her'tiaontn. Vf Wen it i prtlerred, good Wrd ,cft te obtainea u .,TP1t from the time oi etttwfe. Wt' nd' tion made except in -.as o' Tovrcted iwVms! For parthu'as apply to - ' - ED V iN u. MOORE, K M Princ iaL' Knap of Reds, N 0, 21 5t. : . clectioit5; j . From the Boston Courier. Diamonds, Pistols, Coffee and . The comic and the tragic are so closely blended in the events which daily trans-l ire yithis coutitry"of ours, that it is not 'strange if we become ri fast people, forever craving exoiternent.. Just at this moment the comic is in the ascendant. Ilieut. Wash ington A Bartlett. of New York.has finally established bis claim to be called the weak est of men. As everybody by . this time knows, he had one lovely daughter; with herfell in love a Cuban with many names, many years, and many millions of money. To the public ear came, first, rumors of gorgeous presents then detailed accounts of dresses and jewelry, each article having' its price affixed. The shop window of Broadway glittered with the gifts of the Cuban. The time for the wedding drew nigh. -Reams of paper atid acres of paste board we- used in notifying several thou sand people, that on a certain day the Bart letts would marry their daughter to the Oviedo. Elaborate directions in three lan guages served to puide natives and foreign ers to this polyglot marriage . The editors and reporters of the New York Press were furnished with cards of admission to the church, and with invitations to the exhibi tion of the bride and her adornments atthe paternalmansion. The marriage day came. The services of the Metropolitan police were put in requisition to preserve order among the "very large circle of acquaint ance,' which Lieut. Washington A. Bart lett declares his family enjoyed. A well-dressed mob crowded the edifice. The most solemn right of the church was profaned and burlesqued by the noisy, ir reverent throng of this very large circle having been shown in the Catheral, the ei devnnt Miss Bartlett was shown iu her father's house. The very large circle of acquaintances were there also. Aspecial ly large circle should take it into tnetr beads to walk off with the spoons. lhen the cut tain was rung down, the large cir cle was trundled off, and the house was swept Lieut. 'Washington A. Bartlett, having bid for newspaper notoriety, had it the uext morning, column after column. Instead of Wholding dumb awe, he began to hear Immoderate laughter. The ex-lieu-tcnant was troubled. An uncomfortable idea that he had stultified himself and sent his daughter to her husband's arms with a dower of deserved ndvcuie;aawneu m tuc not very clear brain of the gallant marine.. He wrote a letter to the papers, sayiug he was a practical printer, and that he bad a loi-rnnirnlA of acouaintance. and that he j 1 could not keep people from going to the, jewelers, shops and looking at bis daugh ter's presents, and that he was an ill-used man" generally. The public, knowing that all the notoriety bad been courtea, oniy laughed and mentally called him names. Then a clever satirist published a poem on the subject in a New York daily. Some stanzas of this poem here follows : I need not iell How it befell, (Since Jenkins has told the story Over and over and over aain, In a style I e nn -t hope to attain, And coveted himself with glory ) How it befell, on Summ-r'.- day. The Kinr of the Cuban's strolled this Way- Kin January's s name, they say -AtHfiH in love with the I'r ncess May, The re gring belle of Manha tan ; Nor how he began to smiru and sue, And diess as lovers who come to woo, Or as Ma Maretzek ndJuliendo, Whents.ey sit iu -bloo i.ed in th ladies' view, And flourish the wondrous baton. i He was'nt on of your Polish nobles, Whose i resence.their country somehow tron- bb s, . . . And so our cities receive them ; Nor one of your make beiieve Spanish gran- Whodply'our daughters with lies and candies, Until the p or girls believe them. vn h was no such harlatan Full of gas .-nade and bravado, Count de Hoboen FJash-in-the-pan But a regular rich Don.Estabatv Santa Cm' ue la Mascovado ; Stnor G.andissim'Ov'do! He owned the rental of half Havana And all Mannzas; a..d Santa Anna, Rich a-he was, could hardly hoU A candid ttf "light the! mines of g-dd 8ur Cub n possessed, choke lull of diggers : And broad PlAntaUiahat-in round figares,f Were stacked witWst five thousand nig gets ! ' Gather ye rosebuds while ve may!'" Senor swore to carry the day TVwUtrtri the beautiful Princess May, - :YVvia h.tterv of ti ensure; Vtlevaiii AC6 she should not lack. Tifi7r Qsauaht, Ba.l Black. Genin apu iart, his. suit should bacK, And ' orne anew, at her pleasure ; Jet an ' lava-svWknd g id t.arnets 1 ..meraius r ui d noia - n;,miu dft-sap? hireii-eaUh untold All were ;rs, to have anVtu liold ; Enough to fill a peck-measure! He dida't bring all his force' oa At once, but lik a crafty oldVDon, Mhonyahealudandwon Kept bidding a lutle higher. Ant iverv time he made his bid 'Twas written down dedufr For the good of the town, By Jeisui8, of The Daily Flyer. A coach and horss, you'd think would buy For the' Don an e sy victory ; But slowly our Pi in ess yielded : A diamond necklace caught her eye. But a wreath of nearls first m de her sigh. Sbe knew the worth f each maiden g'ance. And, like young co'ts. that curvet and prance, She led the Don a deu'e of a dance, In s'i ite of the wealth he wieide i. Shesto d sufeh a fire ff silk and laces, ! J el and gtild en dressing-cases, And ruby brooches, and je'v pea Is, That ever) one of her dainty curls ' Brought thfc pr-ce of a hundred eommon girls ; Folks thought t' e hs dement' d ! But at last a wonderful diamond ring, A tegular Kon-i noor, did the thing, And sighing with love, or something the same ( What s in a name ?) The Princess May consented. This poem broke the camel's back, a simile which does honor to the. ex-lieutenant. He sought out the author, and, through a friend, commenced a correspon dence with him. This correspondence is priiited. Like a gallant but broken down old war-horse, who snuffs the battle from afar and longs for the fray, so the excellent Bartlett at, the outset loudly neighed or rather brayed, of pistols and twelve paces. But his valor succumbed to his discretion,' as will be seen. Letter No. 1 is a simple inquiry of Mr Stedman as to the authorship of the poem Iteply No. 1 acknowledges the same. Letter No. 2 was a note from Mr. Bart lett demanding a recantation, accompanied by an extraodinary document, which Mr. Stednian was asked . to sign, or give "prompt and adequate satisfaction," Reply No. 2 was very severe, including a decided refusal to sign the above 'recanta tion,' or anything like it, and naming a Friend who should act with the second of the enraged naval hero. Here then, was a very pretty quar rel. Everything was going on swim minglyf Bartlett was willing, and salt petre was at a premium. But suddenly the notorious father 'backed down,' in the expressive language of the sporting world. He made known his intention of resorting to legal measures. His second became Barlett's notes. Why did the m'arine decliue to resort to the wager of battle ? Because he claimed that Mr Stednian was not soci ally his equal. Ordinary printing offices do not contain exclamation points enough to do justice to this cool, this absolutely wintry sentiment. It is not worth the while to look into the question of any man s wisdom in provoking - v;o nnwopritsi in this inquiry couuenng uu republican country, because it does not ab pear that Lieut. Washington A. Bartlett ever did a wise tning of any sort, unless when he left the navy ; but this is the ex cuse he gives for "showing the white feather." And so the m Iter rests If the retired seafarer pushes his stultification to that point there will yet be a trial of this most ridiculous case, and Mrs. viedo and her nuptial will again undergo a re surrection. If th- wealthy Cuban should desire to make his father in law a fitting I present at the approaching holidays, it will not be unkind to suggest a rattle ana a bunch of straws.as being harmless play things, and admirably suited to the un warlike hero. better from Senator Mason. Selma, mear Winchester. (Va.) ) r Oct. 21, 1859. j To the Editor of the Co stUution ; It is right, and due to truth, that the material facts attending the late incendiary attack on the town ot Harper s r erry suoum be correctly understood. There was no insurrection, in any form whatsoever on the part of any of the inhab itants of residents of that town or its vi cinity. There is little doubt that such in surrection was fully expected by the leader of the armed miscreants who came from - , n: I U the adjoining State clandestinely, and Un der cover of night, into the town an ex pectation in which they we woefully dis appointed, as fully admitted by themselves The fact is undoubted tha' not a man.blark or ichit joined them after they came into Virginia, or gave them aid or assistance in any form. It is true that after .their capture their leader (Brown) stated that he had reason to expect such assistance, and had been ! disappointed. But this is fully discredit ed by the following facts : . J First. That he had undisputed posses sion of the town from about midnight on Sunday until after, midday on Monday, when the people of the adjoininguntry, . -..iu -t rst things, ffortesretner learniug iue s o o.. in armed bands and made a descent thft town. " " upon . ' Second. That durng this perioi they seized and held in custody, besides the slaves of Mr. Washington and MrAllstadts taken in the neighborhood, some five or; six other slaves belonging to residents at Warner's Ferry, and found m the streets. It is stated thkt they put spears or lance, : u vnrls of two or three of these ne- croes and compelled them to stand m character of sentinel zt the i door of the engine-bouse, occupied by the incendiaries, but at the first assault made by the citizens, threw away their pikes and escaped to their homes for refuge.. Third, They had in confinement, in ad- dition. some thirty or forty other persons, . who were found unarmed in the streets in the early hours of the morning, but no ': adherent or sympathizer turned up amongst them. v i In addition to all this, after careful in quiry and investigation on the spot, 1 could not learn that any man of any color (save one,hereafter to be noticed) was even suspected of being in any way accessory , or privy to the plot. The exception, was j vi a uiau uameu vakjk, wuo came to Har per's Feiry a year or two since in the char acter of a schoolmaster, married there, and who, after the event, it appeared, was an emissary of Br wn's, and had been asso ciated with him in Kansas. Cook impart ed the plans of Brown to none in Virgin ia, so far as is known; or if he did, it is certain that none acted . on them. He ac companied the party to Mr. Washington's which seized him and his negroes, and brought them off in the night, but none o1 the latter evinced any pprpose to follow his fortunes.' On the contrary, those that he carried off the same night into Mary land escaped from him there and returned. I think I am 'warranted, in the forego ing facts, in the belief that no engagements or promises of aid from any, of any race, were given to Brown inviting his descent. On the part of the negroes, it is certain that the only emotion evinced by them was of alarm and terror, and their only refuge sought at their masters' homes. Of the conspiracy, outside of this State, enough has transpired, or been obtained from papers taken with Brown's effects, to show that he acted from impressions made upon him by abolition tracts, newspapers and orators in the circles he frequented in the non-slaveholding States. Those im r j t . i. tt. a pressions were that it required only to put Keab1 he embarked on this desperate enterprise with but nineteen men ; but he had arms and weapons secreted in the mountains and thinly-populated country on the Maryland side of the river, and within four or five miles of the Virginia line at Harper's Fer ry, with abundant ammunition, to have placed an effective weapon iu the hands of oaeh of at least fifteen hundred or two thou- sand men. The exact numDer oi mese : arms can never be ascertained, as they were carried off in great numbers, when first discovered or brought in, by the citi zens and companies of volunteers who came from a distance, and before possession of them was taken by the regular military au thorities. Amongst, them were one thous and pike or lancis, composed of a steel blade sharpened at the point and at both edges, some six or eight inches long, and tapering from an inch or an inch and a half to the point, sirongly and securely fixed on uniform wooden handles five or six feet ip length a most effective arm for hands unskilled in military weapons lea ving no doubt for -vhom they were destin ed. The whole military equipment possessed by Brown,' and seized after his capture, could not have cost less than ten thousand other things, of UUlJdlDj WUCiovi" " ? some two hundred Sharpe's rifles with a like number of six shooter pistols, contain ed in the manufacturer's boxes and not yet used, a proportknate supply of fixed am munition for the rifles, with caps, &c., in the original boxes, hospital stores, pick-axes and shovels, unstained with use, and a large box containing ten kegs of powder. A grave inquiry remains, which will be diligently, and I truet successfully, prose cuud to ascertain whence the funds were derived for this milit'rry expedition of out laws against a State of the Union, and why they were aiding with - money to furnish arms to such a leader for such a purpose. It remains only to add, that, so far as 1 . .1 - .nJ An A ii can De aiscovercu, uu uuv. v w escaped. I could not correctly ascertain the number killed some ten or eleven it is known were kH ed some were shot in .uomntmir pscane across the river, and ebiuuj..g - g-- - their bodies not recovered ; five were only captured alive, amongst them their leader, Brown ; two of the five are negroes ; one, a mulatto, reports that he came from Ohio, to join this expedition ; the other, a black, says that he came from Harrisburg, Penn- sylvania, with the lixe purpose , own al lege that they were deceived by Brown as to the objects of the expedition. : r . r Not a slave escaped or attempted to es cape during the tumult. Of the few car ried off by Cook across the river all escap- ed from him and came safely back but ohe,t who it appears was drowned whilst cross ing the river homeward bound. ; r Very respectfully, yours, J.M.MASON. the Two Kinds of Preaching. There is one kfnd of ; preaching which draws attention almost exclusively to the preacher himself, and! with certain classes ot Bearers, comprising generally a Urge majority, he is held in very high admira tion. Their recollection, indeed, of his sermons is very. va?ue and indistinct, and less have they any definable pu- pose to obey the truth, neither do they get any vivid conception of Christ ; somehow he is kept in the background, being overshadow by . the towering form of hia .embassador t ueu uiB ucuuiu rcure id la uui to weeu tin, 1 l :j. : t and pray. but to talk of the preacher: Magnificent man;" a" real Beecher." , Chanin himself can not surnass him." 5 "Lofty thoughts." ''Burning eloquence." ; Such are the commendations that fall alike from Universalists, Spiritualists, formalists half-alive professors of religion, and men of the world. One class alone are silent and sad : the praying members of the j church. ,p ; . r There is another kind, in which the t preacher is almost entirely lost ' sight of j The congregation are arraigned at tha . bar X)f conscience, and confronted with God. For the time being, they are in the midst ef the realities of eternity.- Each unconverted hearer is searched by the truth, in the secret chambers of the soul, and j many are led to inquire, with deepest con- I cern' ." What shall we do to be saved Y Christ is most conspicuous walking among the golden candlesticks. His voice, full of sweetest encouragement, is heard 8 ying to the believing, " Peace be unto ; you," and to the fearful, "It is I; be not j afraid." In tones of mercy, it falls upon the j ear of the repenting sinner, saying, " Thy sins are all forgiven thee." The skeptical ; and proud are startled into fear or rage by the awful wrds, " Except yc repent ye shall all likewise perish." Ein Feste Bare;. A NEW TRANSLATION. lines more with , only slight changes from The This a version by Bishop Whittingham. doxolosv at the end is wholly new. translation baa been carefully made, with express reference to the grani old Chora', i bieb ns well as the German words, came from the hand of Martin Luther him self, at Coburg, in the month of June, 1530. The Choral, with these English words, will soon be issued in cheap form, by D. Dana, Jr., 381 Broadway A Tower and Stronghold is our God, A Sword and Shield before us : His hand hath freed in every need That ever yet came o'er us. The proud, conquering ru? His downfall shall know : His malice in vain. With furious wrath, shall reign O'er earth with power appalling. Of our own selves we naught can do, Our gain were then but losing : For us must fight the Strong and True, The Man of God's own choosing, For ever the same, Christ Jesus bis name, The Lord God of Hosts ! Then where are earthly boasts? AH foes shall fall before Him. What though the world be thronged with fiends All rasing to confound us ? We know no fear, for God is near, With mightier armies round us. The world and its king No terrors can bring, Tbpir threats are no worth, Their doom shall soon go forth One word fulfils their ruin. God's Word they shall themselves let stand, Nor thanks to them be owing r God is with us ; througn au me iauu His mighty wind is blowing. The body to kill. Or torture, at will, The wicked have power,; Yet lasts it but an hou: Tha Kingdom's ours for ever 1 To father, Son and Holy Ghost, 'For ever be outpouring All glory, from the" heavenly host, And sain ts on earth adoring : Through time's ct nost bound That chorus resound, And swell evermore, LlVii stormV ocean s roar, Through endless ages rolling Jk. September 2blo Wwr t7 Religion and Business. . "They' are' saying,, sir, that yon are neglecting your business, and that it mus. suffer." -v .. . Who says it?" says the employer. . 'All your neigbbors along the street; sir." ' .J1'V'.1:-"'" 'Do any Christian say it? r . Well, I hardly know whether wey Christians or not : I suppose Jnqt. ; 5 ?at thought I ought to let you know, what said. Besides, there is agood deal oi ney to be paid, and I do not know where. it is coming from. "How much are you short?' 'About six hundred to-day, and other Diiis mature to-morrow and next day, and I felt-anxious to know how they are to be met.' . y.-j .. r - "Dq you beiieve our Saviour meant any thing .when he said, iSeek first the king dom of heaven?' J 5V - . "Certainly 1?? ' ... " Well, what do you suppose he meant?" "Oh, I do not know; I never thought of it. Perhaps I should not be able to an swer it if 1 should try.' But I do think : that business is not to be neglected." "I: arii very much astonished to hear you, a professor of religion, talk in this way. As for me, I believe just what he' says, and I mean to do literally what he requires. I do not neglect my business. I know what paper is maturing, and I do not give myself the least uneasiness about it. 1 use all proper diligence, and the rest I leave to God." iSP? on en no vrtm rv rvF it 1 knew where I could lay my hand on the money at once, though I did not tell my clerk of it. I went to the noon-day prayer "; meeting as usual. On coming home after 1 p. m. , I asked my clerk about the means to meet my bills for to-day." "Oh," said he, we are all right. Mr. ' B has been in, and has paid $100, and some other money has come in." "This $1,800 was a bad debt, which I never expected to be paid " said the mer chant. . "So the Lord takes care of me, while I take care of the affairs of toy own soul and the souls of Mothers, and seek first the kingdom of heaven." This man is one of the new recruits into the great army. His hand, his heart, his mind, are ready for every good work, every good word, and no duty is left un done. Traits of John Wesley . He preached, on an average, fifteen sermons' a week. Instead of breaking down under it, when seventy years old he writes that he is far abler to preach than when m if '.null BiU'lFY without difficulty. This vigor he asscrioes to continual travel, early rising, good sleep, and an even temper. 4I feel and grieve, but by the grace of God I fret at noth- ing-' Wesley had not a particle of the mor bid or fanatical in his nature, and never 1 .1 J TKn knew what it was to De -aepresseu. . n piety was as serene as it was deep, mav be doubted whether there was It ever a nature greatly and richly endowed which had not a vein of humor that illuminated even its more serious moods. Wesley had this, and it was intimately allied with the pathos and tenderness that melted his hearers, or the faithfulness that rebuked sin without bitterness. There was one Michael Fenwick that traveled with him as a sort of groom, nurse, and occasional exhorter. The good man was vain enough to complain.oneday, that his name was never inserted in Wes ley's published Journals. In the next num ber of the Journals he touna nisnarae iu a connection that probbably did not serve to increase his vanity. I lett fcpswortn, wrote Wesley, 'with great satisfaction, and about one preached at Clayworth. . I think none were unmoved but Michael uenwicK, wno fell fst asleep under an adjoiriiny hay rick. As leader and organizer he was imper ious, and. like Paul, required submission from others, as one born in command. But tbi? was under a solemn sense of Jus responsibilities, for no one had a more meek and forgiving temper. One. Joseph; Bradford was at. one time his; traveling companion . Wesley directed Urn to car ry a package of letters to the post. Brad ford wished to hear the sermon nrsi. w es ley insisted; Bradford refused. t Then you and I must part,' said Wes ley. -. i . ... 'Very good,' said Bradford. ' ' i They slept over it, and the next Jday ; Wesley was at first inexorable. 'Will you ask my pardon V vj: rri.-' T ;Tt Bir -vonra said the crre&t - f ; . - ' - man '; and Bradford melted ' under 'the example, and wept like a child"'' ' "Wesley's Christian liberality Vaa, Li as auu ' , ...f .....i conspicuuuo o ., " :f Iv'ft 'Libera Cbristian ' He' writes; near; the close of his life, 'is a man a ueiieye in Jesus Christ, and is his life suitable., to hlS prOteSSlOu, are uukuuij iui the sole inquiries I make;, in nt'to' jMs . : imii - cviaIv Hia nnlv- restriction on opunons was uai. wcy should not' 'be ; introduc for .iscussion andwranglinz in'- their devotional m'eet- w ings. . !. . . .. if ' ... In one of his mass meetings V brutal man passed through, thohrjpngid ftrock 1,. was mo into his eyes, turned f beother cteek. The, assailant slunk away, (and became steadfast friend, and even periled his to save one of Wesley's chapels from being destroyed. But again Wesley met a man of the same class, who attempted, to , push, against him' and throw him down. I nev er make 'Way for a fool said his assailant. I always do' replied - Wesley, , stepping a8ide'and calmlv passing on . t ' ;r . He died" at the age of 84, preaching almost to the last day of i-hiaUfevd Proba bly no life impressed iteelf more deeply or beneficently upon the jige, Whitefield had no gift as an brgani2er,'iand no!: trace of his work remains. Wesley could not only preach, but organize the results of his preaching ; and so his word is as1 effect ual to-day as when riding ' through his cir cuits and preaching sometimes to fthirty thousand hearers , Mr. Stevens'. b!ook is 1, i ' i an invaluable contribution to religions lit erature, showing as it does the almost mt- raouious efficacy of the gospel in transfQrm inz human nature and setting1 free its no- Jlest powers, changing insensate and bru- tai men as n oy ine toucn jy. vurus uu giving them not only the love of Christ, but a ; gift of eloquence that schpolC of learning .and elocution: had never impart ed. "-Monthly Religious MajaziTi. Scoldixo Wivra. At the Fall Term of the "Court for Anderson District, S. C, Mrs. Nancy Stevenson was 5 put upon her trial, charged with being a common scold. lbe case elicited the best legal ability, and attracted much publio interest." ;: The following was the verdict of1 the Court: "On hearing the motion in this case, it is ordered that the indictment be quashed, on the ground that it is not an indictable offence, that portion of the common law reiaung co mis ' osence oemg " obsolete in South Carolina." : 1 : i f. Kev.. Thomas Gtmw: This venerable Methodist minister died in Robertson coun ty, Tenn., May 18. 1859. aged 89 vears. one month and three days.' He was born I XTx. i TTJ '' l - M in. in lioiioway county, v uginia, April iu, 1770. While young bis father removed to Caswell county, N. C;, where at about 18 years of age, he professed religion and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was ordained deacon at Lynchburg, Va.r February 4rl808r by BishprAstm ry. He was ordained elder by Bishop Dr. Gunn says, "ills mina waa vigorous, and his powers as a preacher iar fapove ordinary." " . .. ; Spartanburg Female CoLLUGB-r-The Editor loams from an authentio source, that the Fall Session under the presidency ; ot Wmi K. Blake,. Esq., "has opened prosperously, with a future , brighter, and still brightening." . Death of John T. Masox This ! distinguished statesman died - suddenly in Paris, on the 3d inst., of apoplexyJ He ; filled many s ations of importance; Judge, ; Congressman; Secretary of the" Navy)' and Minister to France ; arid was everTegarded I as able, honorable, and of warm and gen- ; erous social feelings; He was a nai ive T6f Southampton, Virginia, was educated at the University of North Carolina,1 which he visited in 1847, with President PoltV ' and delivered the Annual Address on tbt occasion. ' His age was about 62. J;1 ' Rumor at Washington is already Buirplj ing his plate. It is said -that; Seicretary; Floyd will go to Paris, and that Mr;. Faulkner will come into the Cabinet.1" ; 1. The New Gov. Gen. CcBA.Tbe! Queen of Spain, in a royal decree, dated at Madrid on 27th September. 4859, signifies her acceptance of the 'resignation, by Lieu tenant General Don' Jose Gutierrez de, U Conehe, Marquis of Havana,, of ha post of Governor Captain General of the IaUnd $f Cuba, dleclaring herself much satisfied wjkb; the zeal.intelligence and loyalty with which he has .discharged ; that onlce ; and in .ant otber' royal decree of j the, same Mate, sh? appoints to fill tlie vacancy Cpkla (Jienes -Francisco Serranorv'DomineueA. Count of San' Antonio and Director GenT QotJlMiTjj. i:iUi,,i Us ci! . vt rd v ' A BusY-Boi).One wno gferieirallT tai no business in this world b6plid,niakmg ft his business to neglect bis own businesi, 14 order to attend to tLe business bfijtKers. ; The Arkoit&kaai o ' ftAi.-Tk Rev. Dr. Edgar, said in one of his., discours es,' that a : London : Medical VJ ourBai..nad land ;;t;the irtateo? the atmpspnereVontjr "said tHe! Dr1.1, "if such hpW oitft Sinners, we uresuoe op w -iv awaey hvhiuk. tae abandonment otrprotanenessr and bab bathreAHni;fC,aV f ment, we wisn mai ine laernromete )&na. : : i aim iiiuciaL ua am w I ; .-: . s' i - f .',a ,.i f-i conunue 10 piano, aa i ao now.- ; Gis WisHiNOrts'sDtcfirtBlffs.-i-TBef paragraph which is going the' rounds of th' press, unaerinis : neaa is an nonsense.1' Gen4 Washington hadno-'childrenand nf ooursono'de8cendantsi:boissiai C Hajltxr's " Fbe't:?Titoss, lie trial of the captured .traitorgv was' inprbgress ueiure a wun ui Diagistrais as vuar,e8l9n last week. ' Of course , all the parties im- . plicated will be presented to the Superior Court. . v--- East AiBAkliCEJGE!--From the S. C. Advocate, we leanrrthat the Methodist College at Auburn recently Opened its first sessioa, witn oo stuxteotsj inline eouegev and about an,equa4 . numDerrhe,prepar atory departinentr . , uds EMn,3ogerl A,,Pryor was Reeled to Codess" lrbm 'tnet'Petereburg; District last week,- by aV" majontyof 12 or 15 nun dred. He and his opponent, Mr. Goode, were both Democrats. hia life .1 .1 -1
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