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llmlij Car olimi Christian SUbotatc.
(Cjjrisli.au Jl&nncntf .
It A LEIGH, X. C.
FK!JAV, AUW.'ST I, l"ov.
Special Ants.
Jai.'ic"! I. Simmon, Weldou.
Benjamin K. J'nilen, Richmond, a.
To Correspondents.
After jn aW-nce of nearly a fortnight,
c have returned in time ban Jy to get out
thi number of the Advocate. Several
onnr.unicatk.ru aod obituaries: ore laid
over for examination, and will appear next
week ; and arrears' of corn .pondern e wi!l
to brought r.p rapidly as jy-ible.
Those who have forwarded money will
j. lease wait patiently for acknowledgment
of receipts, in next issue; we have not
time to prepare receipts for this number.
'J lie reader-; of the Advocate ;ire indebt
ed f,r an xeeliefit number last week, to
our friend Pro Tern. B it his feeble health,
and pastoral duties, rendered it not possi
ble for Lira to attend to the business de
partment of the paper. Please be patient
.one week, and nil will be made satisfactory.
Olin High School -The Up Country.
A letter, published la-t week, left u in
Salisbury. On Tuesday, -July "ilA, we ar
rived at Oiin. On Wednesday morning
we preached the Dedication Sermon; aftT
which, Ir. Decin- proceeded, in .solemn
and appropriate form, to dedicate the new
buiiditj to the service of learning and re
ligion. In the afternoon, J lev. S. M. Tro-t
preached a Jcitnoti to younjr men, in which
he enforced the duty of mental and moral
improvement with eloquence and power.
Another sermon at nitrht.
On Wednesday mornintr, a Literary Ad
. dress was d( -livcred by Jlev. I'r. Deems.
Though enftfcbled by recent illness, this
address of Dr. I)., in eloquence, elevation
arid mental power, suitused any thini; wc
"had before heard from him. Thus closed
the literary ic-stival, held in celenration of ! of the North Carolina Conference; and permitted to say that we have ever enter
the opening of Olin Ilijrh School. Avery ! perhaps the oldest member of any annual j tainod a very sincere respect for the per-
huge audience manifested deep interest in
the exercises, from the ciening to the
close.
Some further account of Oiin will inte
rrit.thc reader. It is situated in Iredell
county, -j'l miles, north of west, from Sal
isbury, and within 1 4 miles of St.atesville,
to which place the Western Kail Itoad is
under contiact.
'The building is of brick, 40 feet high,
with three stories; 100 feet long, and 74
feet wide. There arc S rooms, 2.") feet
Kfjuare; the third story is divided into two
large r.xins, with seats and desks. The
riA t.utA .S7ir.V iit-Cupj
ing the second story; and the ceiling an!
galleries are well supported by pillars. It
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Is large, elegant and airv. The whole cos
oi the budding is about ?10,:00, for which
nine gentlemen are responsible a rcspon-
sibility which should be speedily divided
and shared among the friends of education
and religion, in Western Carolina. From
its location, this institution is destined to
lie a great blessing to that whole region
It will bring the means of a liberal education-
withid reach of multitudes in the
mountain country, who have hit. erto been
isolated from such privileges.
The honor of this enterprise belongs
.chiefly to Rev. H. Clegg, a man to whom
many are deeply indebted for the position
of usefulness they now occupy, lie opened
a school on the present site of Olin, on the
loth Oetoberll li l i-' ,
ceaeoTby ilev. B. Yorke, who had accom-
plished au iuvaluahleservicetothecau.se
plished au invaluable service to the cause
of educatiou, by awake ning the interest
which, under the subsequent guidance of
3Ir. Clegg, has led to the establishment of
Olin High School. First a log school
house was built; then an academy was
erected; aud now the demands of the peo
ple have occasioned the foundation of a
school which is destined to do good for
generations to come. Three teachers are
now engaged : Messrs. Lauder, Carter and
Lilly; and as yet it i3 merely called a
High School; and we trust there will be
no hurry tj change this modest appella
tion. But the time will come when Olin
High School shall be a College, for which
the present building is well adapted. It
is situated on an elevation near the moun
tain region, in the midst of a sober, thrifty
population. The air is pure and bracing;
of the water from springs that jjush from
the foot of high hills, or drawn from
wells 70 feet deep, we will not speak par
ticularly, lest we tantalize our thirsty east
ern brethren.
A village is rising up around the High
School, wlaeh already numbers more than
two hundred inhabitants.
We had not before been aVove Salis
bury, and may speak briefly of the coun
try. The hills are longer and higher than
we had seen before ; the "'grand old woods"
are magnificent, and xhe prospect is wide,
varied and sublime; varied by hill and
dale, by woods and farms, with an occa
sional glimpse of the distant mountains.
. , , , ,
- .v u " i 8,081 part farmre 1
lertde than m the middle counties; and
much of it is nearly equal fertility to I
the swamp lands in the eastern mrt of ih
c J,. . . , , , pari 01 tne ;
State This is particularly the case with a
part of Rowan, commencing about eight
! miles wtit of Hdl-hurv, and l'nown s
! Scotch Ireland. The Bjdan is are thickly
! . , ,
mter-perse
w:th hieEorr. t-'pur, wainut
! and papaw ; rind the Lett om lands on the
streams are un-urn x-ed. W e per.t a
un-urpas-e'J. v e per.t
re-idenee of Dr. Foard, uhosj
j 1 - 1 . V l 1 .
r .'--; J.' nee i
.vlverti--'i in ujm p'jper lor
s:de. As we looked ujn the rich land
the w 11 nrra:j'.'-d farm, and the complete
and comfort of ;j! toe buddi;
we
could not foibe-irezpres-irig surprise, that
he f-(,:i!! thin Tr of n re-.-iovai
Jle i- now-
ever lir-"-!v interested in the Kowin Mil!-
adjoirilni' which he own hnd.njon which
. he tv;-he to rc-ide. Iron the whole we
. were pleaded with the p-' ph-, delighted
with the countrv. and convinced that the
t,';niiz of that section of the Suits by
: li.iil Jload, h an era of jroii.i.-e to North
C'ar'.'lina.
Death of Rev. W. J- Parks.
The followiri'.', from Kev. I. T. Vyche.
convey- the f-ad intel!i".-tice that a mem
I ber of the N. C. Conference Uh fallen :
JJkai ko;;t, .V. C, July 21, l.Vh
! Ih'.r Jlro. lliVn: He v. Win. J. Parfc
jof the N. C. Conference, has just pa.-d ' -r'-eh ot Ith-inel s spear, it may cau-e ap
; away from the sorrows of earth. He died parent friend- to assume a different fchape,
: in Beaufoit, this afternoon, after suffering ; jt will he all the better for the cause of
;for ten days from an attack of inflamma-. truth and tLe nhilliate triumph of CLri
i tion of the kidneys. .
I Bro. I'arks has been quite infirm for t)ari u,ilt3
I several years quite unable to do effective ! Editors who have copied the criticism of
work, llis wife died last year, and in of the "News," -will do us the justice
' February he lost his only son, who left a to publish the above.
j widow with an only child. Bro. I'arks
: had recently purchased a lot in this place, j Rev. W. II. Jordan.
i to live with them and take care of this ! i . rrry,Gr -;.r
! .. , i , , , 11 i i liiis repU' wjie mini.-tei an'j proline writer
' little grandchild, whom he greatly loved. 1 r
i But Cod has called him away. .May the ' li3s us with an article in the Bih-
j Lord take care of the fatherless child and lical Recorder, headed with our name in
: widowed one. j full. We return the compliment, as above,
j lieing in Beaufort, holding my quarterly i Wo arc not aue t perceive the drifi of
! mectinir, I visited Bro. I'arks repeatedly,! , , ,. , ,
f r , - . i i . ' trie writer, who iroes on m his usual style,
lor luur dava previous to his departure. : '
i He was patient and re.-igncd. A shcrt 1Ie rather FWt"3 inclined to discuss the
time before he breathed his last, he said question whether the Editor of the X. C.
i that he felt that Jesus was precious to him, : Christian Advocate is a good or a bad
iandhe was almost home. May we also ! 1Jlar) Should the thunder'of his a.iathe-
r 'C U '" ' ' Very affectionately, i nja fru,:1 the tlou'1' of ink that sur"
i ju.v T. Wvf.'UK. 'round him, we will endure it as best we
j . ; may. Indeed, we have some hope of sur-
ReV- James Patterson.
I It was our privilege, last week, to meet
iwith this "father in Israel" at Oiin, in
I Iredell Count v. lie is the oldest member
!
! Conference in the Southern Church. He
has been for a number of years on the su-
peranniiated li.-t, and has resided upon his
farm in the neighborhood of Olin. He
! was a pant in his day, and still retains his
i vhror of mind in a remarkable detrrce, for
' , . .
one of Ins years. Jn reply to a juestion,
he gave the following memorandum, writ -
jten in a strong, clear hand, which eon-
denses, in few words, the history of a long
i and useful life :
" I began to travel as an itinerant preach-
er, by the direction of lleuben Ellis,) call -
i ed Llder at that time,) on the sixteenth
1 . .... , ,.,; . . ,
; day or JSoveinber.. lyja and con tin ntl
"year li'Jo, at wliich time I was admitted
i on trial 5n tlie -0th year of my age, at a
f'onterencn held in Charleston. South Ca -
i , i- i . ! .
,roIina; was ordained deacon the eighth of
! i i-i," ... i i i.i- i
fourth Jdiiv of Janu:,0 j 700 . was aW
j fifteen years old when I joined the Meth-
' odist church, it being then called the 3Ieth -
t,,UIl0 1 wa f
n '"I'S
' ti,a i .i.i. i- ; glimpse of a scene which occurred m the
i 1 he man who entered the traveling mm- , , , . . . ,
t ; i-r,o , , . .old Church, in lol. A friend who was
lstr in 1 di., was an honored instrument i . n .
. - , i-ii ... i present, gives the following lnterestiiicr
: in the great revivals which have built up ; 1 , 0 , ' . f?
! Ar .i ,. x- , r, ,. , , ; recount or '"lhe Mraners Class Jlcetins.
: Jlethodism in North Carolina, and under,
! whom such men as Ilezekiah G. Lei-h ! "After preaching, the pastor announ
1 , , . . A . . c i ced, 'strangers, class-meeting, as soon fs
j Were "ought into the itinerancy, must ; the con,re;ration is dismissed.' C. and I
; possess information of deep interest to the . conclude 1 to stay. The congregation was
i whole church. Father Patterson has pro-; dismissed ; the miuister gathered up his
mised to prepare for the readers of the 1 notes aDl went awaJ either to some other
Advocate some reminiscences of his min-
, t, S i V-
j ,llarkable men who were his cotemporaries,
anJ of the revivals in which he was an
i agent. ; xiyiun, gamer up close around the altar.'
He has won the respect and veneration 1 Ai en ? ck uP,'Alas and did,
of ill who L-nr.w L i -li i m5 Saviour bleed,' in an old familiar tune
jot all who know him, and will receive the; we always sing in North Carolina. It
j prayers ot a generation which rises up to made me feel good all over ; I did not feel
j tall him blessed. j so much like a stranger after all. The first
! 9 " man who got up and spoke, said he was
t Criticism of the "Warrenton Uews." lfrom 'Catiada Wist,' and he gave an ac
i e n- i ... a-uuui vi -ueiuouisi uoings tnere. then
i SometimesinceBishop Atkinson preach-ione from Florida spoke f then one from
j ed a sermon in Beaufort on Confirm-: St. Louis ; one from some place in X.
j ation. If the position of the Bishop in ; 'or ' one 1r0lu Virginia ; and another
I that sermon be true, then is it impossible ' fr0,n Louis!ana and go on. In fact, al-
j for any one in Xorth Carolina to become a : P' V? rePresen.ted , and to
! n, , . , . , . uecome a crown the whole, my companion C. got up
Christian, unless Bishop Atkinson shalF and said IIe was from Xorth Caroling
j have first laid his hands on him in the rite ad rejoiced that he could feel that he was
j of Confirmation, as practised by the Pro- !amou.- a hand of brethren, bound for the
jtestant Episcopal Church; and the good I ?fm he ; that he could not
T- x. .v. i t feel like a stranger there, for he was in
Bishop is the only medium of sarinn o-race kt- v u ' u 5 . , s, .
i r . . ' . o,Jl-e nis own l ather s house, surrounded hv hit
to seven hundred thousand people, so wide
ly scattered, as to render his own ubqiuity
essential to the efficacy of " the grace of
God which bringeth salvation unto all
men." siucn a U;on fa Qot redeemed
A., , ,r v. i i
tioui absurdity, even by the worth of the
eminent divine who uttered it, and though
he were Pope of Rome, or Arch-Bishop of
Utopia, would justly subject him, not to
the malice, but to the ridicule of many
plain sensible people in Xorth Carolina.
j The article of our correspondent " B.,"
j so offensive to the Editor of the " Xews,"
j is merely a little pleasantry at the Bishop's
: expense that is all. If the Pope demand
j that we kiss his toe, or go to purgatory.
i may we not smile at him ? And, if under
the same penalty, a Protestant Bishop in
; sist upon claims equally absurd, and we
Mai upon claims equally aosuru, and we
Permit 0De of his hear to smile tW
urcolumns at an absurdity, the moreri-
diculous because of the hi2h'source whence
j . .
comes, some modern Dominie Sampson
exclaims p-r-o-d-i;g-i-o-u-S V and the
Warren ton News lectures us magisterially
opon e-tbics od proprk-ik-?, and the fish
. won-eo of Paris. Do these letter deal in
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tisJe, sod utter tne Tc-rnacslsr of Ucits-
fort
; J he fact !-. the Kl,tor of t!ie.'-ws i ai
I Episcopalian ; ; n l albeit, a very worthy
g-entk-man, Lt-ii,:iot r-ear with rmposar-;
to 'ee his Jil.-.bop treated with ss little cere
mony a. another man would receive, who
"'u!d gravely teucn himself to be in c
lentiai mei;u:ii ot solvation to a who;e
people. Hi- .v.-cturbn pr"ju dices, hone-t
bat strong, l.2ve led Li:a inadvertently to
do us gro-T ir,ju-tice, by omsttln to L be
fore hi reader the cia-e which called
. forth the pk-a-.':Titry (,f our correpondc-tit
(i B." aiid to withhold the c-stimate we c.t-.
pre.-ed of Bi-hop A. in an L i;t,r:al lu
, estimate which grunts him all Li-j warn.cst
indmirer-? can claiia for him.
We are glad that the Advocate is felt
amonz the ' - of .Methodism, though we
shou'd deeply regret beiri the cau-e of
1 needless offence to anv : and, if like the
; yivincr still. But mark it, reader, he does
; not jeriy that he published himself as
; proselyter : when he denies that, we will
t tVa. i.w..nt.l.tln .... v
1MM 11. ill 111V lUVlllllUJIIL. tt IO.ll! V tjl.
MJ"U1 1" n a"ur u' ""'au; u
. i. .1 .1 -.1 . i. 4 .. , I . . . . . . X! . . , . a
Jo j. We diser;iriipate between a bad
system, and the good men who adhere to
it : the former we oppose, the latter we
delight to honor.
T , . ,
John Street Church Strangers Class
Meeting.
! The firft Icthodist Church built in
j Alll01.;ca wa9 John Street Church, in New
Yurk. In it the fathers in Israel have
: ,;,.;tf...,t . v1. a,n,io
trained for heaven ; and from it have gone
; frth not Jess than forty ministers of the
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(lospei. Around this venerable memorial
, . ... . ..
been built up, aud the families who wor-
ship. there reside at a distance. It has been
' . i i.. -i.t i
resoiveu to uunu a new nouse oi worship
, .... 1
for the eon Treat .ion. hi'lier nn tntrn
and to sell the present site. To this some
of the members are much opposed; and the
! movement has o-iven rise to scenes which
i we weuld fain cover with the mantle of
!'- We rather give the reader a
n -i i.- .... :in i 1
J.1 ' i.
A toll finn 1 i"kl.' ntr niitlJ li rrn A t o r it'I V,
a il0,nan nose ana one ot the keenest eyes
I ever looked into, rose up and said,
, 'Brethren, while we are singing the first
count oi .ueinouist domes there. Then
own Father's children :' and so be wen.
on, until I could hold in no longer. The
tears rolled off my cheeks, as I thought of
home, and wife, and children, and friends
..e cr t... r . . t.
r .u c " . i 1 "
"uuiiic.cuic mm iu iii ; ue naa an ne
wanted right there.' Such a shouting a,
arose, old John Street has seldom htrA
These strangers were nearly all class-leaders
and preachers ; they had never met
before, and will never meet on earth
again. But they felt that they were breth
ren, and would meet in our Father's houe
above. Thus they thankod God, and took
courage."
Here ends the manuscript of our friend;
and we add the wish that strangers may
ever find a class-meeting in their pilgrim
age ; that elass-meetinr's may be restored
;to their primitive purity, and power
turouguout tue tana.
Church Dedication. The dedication
of the Methodist Episcopal Church at. Hen
derson, X. C, has been postponed until
the 2d Sunday in August next. Rev. S. S.
Bryant has consented to preach the ser
aoQ on that occasion.
An Exposure.
Tw j wte"5 we quoted the f.-I.-.-win
pansrrrspb from the Bibl:cx.l Eec-c-rdtr:
V.'e were inf -irrned l-v a friend, t-xt
few daj piw-e. that he was r'-'jue-tH h;.
sn intelligent 3lctLii-5 irtitle'.j;an in orsa
oi tne ci-tern town-oi t.ie Mste. t
' tit 3Ir.-jA-filn, that he cevtr wi-h'- J , s4
- r -1 ...
iin tii .iaiuny anotner copr t.t Li-j.LtK-r :
that su-rh a paper ss he fvui. J it to Li w..
a .-tench in his nostril-.."
To this we appended areq-i-.--t thnt Mr.
Janjci woald furniL m with the ramc of
the j-er-ons referred to.
The last week's Recorder contain? the
following, from the 1 'as tor of the B.-pti-t
Church in this City. We omit the last
few sentence quoting all which relates
to the paragraph in question :
Beo. James : The above paragraph,
which appeared in the Recorder, and wjs
copied in the N. C. C. Advocate, is sub-
. jKantiaHj true. Wh as reprc-ented by me
' to you, though without any d'--ire to widen
the breach between yourself tnd the Edi-
; tor of the X. C. C." Advocate ; and l'.s j
gul'jntiijlli true, ls spoken to me.
'I question the propriety of brin'.dri 2
; bef're the public the name of any private
1 - 1
individual, without his consent. But if
; the Editor of the Advocate is not apprised
' of the name of the individual referred to,
he can be by applying to me.
" It may not be improper to state the
: circumstances. It was on board of a
, steamer, that a conversation occurred be-
tween a certain gentleman and myself, on
the subject of religious controversy. After
; interchanging views, which agreed in the
' unprofitableness of a controversy conducted
I in an improper manner, the conversation
turned to the religious press of our State
; and City. . '
" I would not attempt, to give the precise
: language of the conversation, which was
j free and full on either side.
"The paragraph above does, however,
, embody the substance of the request made
' . c i u r . u t .1 . . 1 '. . .1 . . . t 1
ithat my acquaintance with the Editor of
the Advocate would not justify it."
(Signed) T F SKIN'XFR
- J j. . -
Having been informed by Mr. Skinner
! that the person whom he alleges proposed
1 to send Such an uneourteous message, by
i, , . . , , ' -
so unsuitable and faithless a messenger, is
:
; IE h. Short, Esq., of Plymouth, we ap-
; pend the following denial from the latter
i crontleman. who authorizes and reouests
oi me. una w uicu x ueciineu. on wte "iouuu
i c ' 1
that it be published, with his name affixed
'to it:
i Bito. Hkflix : Dear Sir In the Bibli-
cal Recorder of the 2d instant, in an edi-
I torial, I find the following: "We were
informed by a friend, a few days, since,
) that, he was recuested by an intelligent
' Methodist gentleman in one of the eastern
i towns of the State, to say to Mr. Heflin
! that he never wished to see in his family
; another copy of his paper; that such a pa-
j per as he found it to be was a stench in
I his nostrils." Anel I learn that the irn-
pression has been made that I was the in-
(dividual referred to in the above; if so,
j nermit. nw.nith, statemen L so Jar
j t0 eD(L II- D. SHORT.
I Plymouth, X. C, July, 150.
j For those who know Mr. Short, nothing
I need be added.
.uui. ior jne miormaiion
IT... c. a
e , , , , . .
of the reader who may not .know him, it
may be proper for us to say that he is a
merchant in Plymouth, anel as a Christian
gentleman, is without reproach. All who
know him are aware that he is incapable
e , ., . .. , 1 f
of the rudeness, attributed to him by Mr.
i Skinner, and that his testimony is unim- branded by Elder Holmes, with the oppro
I i. i i. T. c. nT.ai, ,.. , -o i' . i i - n
peacnaoie. oious rpini-i oi narrow-neancei oigotry.
We presume this will be satisfactory; ' rit ir', haVu eiiSonf'-r Sieving" if
t -f ;e i-'v;n;, ,i i? i i- i i JJ,Jer Holmes had consulted his brethren
but if the -biWical Recorder, which opened ;n rrnrie r r, r .i i i i
111 iienaer.son, trom the kindness and cour-
this matter, choose to press it farther, we tesy which we have received prrtoHolIy at
are prepared to show, by different witnesses, tne.ir hands, he would not have written the
that Mr. Skinner has made statements of art-c'-G to which it has been our painful du-
his interview with Mr. Short, which are ; 1 ree1-
V. . . . ' ,. , . i In conclusion, I would sav to Elder
materially-variant with his published ac- Holmes, that my conduct which he comd 1
count of it; and that his own comments : ers such a gross violation of " the proprie-
upon tne course or .ur. James were as
harsh as he was pleased to represent Mr.
! Short to have been upon our own.
j According to Mr. Skinner's own show-
j ing, his sense of propriety shrinks from
j delivering a message to us, but permits
j him to endorse its publication !
j We have been impelled by duty to the
! Advocate, and by the course of the Re-
i corder, to make this exposure. We have
done it with painful reluctance. We sub
mit the tacts, and forbear comment The
common cause of religion is interested in
the influence and amity of all its minis
ters. But when a man or a combination
of men set themselves to injure Methodism
by an attempt to impair the influence of
its journals, thej Jiad best keep within the
bounds of facts and legitimate reasoning-
j if they go beyond these limits, they are
apt to meet the fate of him who was
"hoisted by his' own petard." When a
man of Mr. Skinner's reputed worth is
led to his present position by the system
he embraces, it is time for others to dis
trust that system, to examine and reject it
The District Parsonage.
We have -seen a district Parsonage, i
home provided by the Church for the pre
siding Elder. We have looked at it.
and been in it. It is large, conveni
ent and comfortable; it is located on the
! borders of Olin, welf situated, and sur
; rounded by the necessary out-houses, bv
j fields and woods, and good neighbors. I;
is now occupied by , Rev. Win B-rringer
i and it deserves to heecorded to the credit
j of Salisbury District, that it is the first ii
j the Conference to provide a parsonage foi
j the presiding Elder. It is not yet quia
paid for ; but we trust the liberal spiri
I which originated this good work will soci
j liquidate the debt. What district will nexi
j follow this good example.
I - Tracti Tract.
i We
B;ito-sr;i-e the rectdrt tf o't
i by F. : v. W. f -
K.vvr c:r-
s : '-u'l ; sr-d &K h
J. .N". An-
j ri lT. I: j;, .iTj
'
Tr.a
Elder Brook.3 at Henderson.
Kii,'f.:: ihiuv: My aiter.-ti
directed to an article in Vvu
jn has 1 t n
r 3j-t TC'T- T
Jr. hi El i
that art.c!
Ur,.n tl, ,
cr Holme?, of Hvi-ivrscn. As
: may t.'.ke a vtuu-j ii-.'pro-sion
uv.-j.rn uf taose who are n
'i
i .ir.ed w.rh '' the circu-n.-tjr.c-s o:
o! the
ca-e. I jr'z leave to o"er
few wi-r J- bv
w.sv o: exr.iaaatK.n. lhetict-ot tneca-e
art suh.-untially the foi!uin: In Sep
tember lat a sriiall Baj-ti-t (.Lurch ws
con-titatcd in Ik-nde-r-on, but having no
hou-'- of w.tr-hip, thvy were kindly invited
to hold their meetini'- in a private hou-e.
On the first Sabbath in May a very large
corigrvgatiou wa in attendance, and about
the tinie service, were to commence, a
voung pr'-iitl-'iiiau of as Ligh rc-peetabihty
as anv in the t wu of Henderson, cune to
me and said, if I remember correctly, that
'the members of the Church irivit- d me to
hold services in their hou-e of worship, as
the room in which wc- were ahmt to assem
ble was Vy sin; 11 to aecomm. .-date the au
dience. I accepted the invitation. eonig,
as I supppsed, from the i q,i r uuth',riij.
' The tir.-t Sabbath in June they wcrencrain
invited by proper authority' says Eider
Holmes. The words " proper authority,''
would .-" to imply that the tir-t inviti
tion iiif not ri,f tikoi: tl"' jj,t r nn
t!t',ri'ij. It v-";e- announced Iro n the pul
pit in the Mcthodi-t Church at our June
meet in L' by brother Ivcy. who filled my
appointment, that the sacrament would be
administered on the hr.-t .abhth 111 .July.
. . .. ,, ,
i P'u.ne, taereio.e ail the members ot
tbe -ethod,st hurch. who were present
on that occasion, hear j tne announcement,
and of Course expected the communion
would take place.
On my arrival at the Depot on the first
Sabbath in July, I met with Elder Holmes,
and he with mvli cordial 'it y , as I thought,
. . , . ,, . : :" , . ... ,
invited me to hold services in their L hurch.
, aef.cpt0(i tlie invitation, with the under-
standing that U the services of our Church
were included in the invitation. Alter
.. 1 : 1 . . 1 .
tne sciiiion, in wnieu not a woru was ui
tered at which the least exception could be
t:iken in rioirit of dm frinr. :i short lime
was occupied in administering the sacra-
merit. In the communion services m.it a
syllable was spoken touching our views in
relation to the ordinance. After the com-
munion we spent, I suppose, about ten
minutes in hearing the experience of one
colortd iromnn, who made application for
admission with a written permission from
her master. Elder Holmes says, '"lam
told they then and there set to hear experi-
ences and admit members into the Baptist
Church." It will be seen then, from the
facts of the case
L. Jt.AhJJtujAmbfir, .ftf, .tjjv.lhytfit
invited in u.,d faith, as thev believed, by
: the members of the Methodist Church and
hddor Holmes, to use their house of wor-
ship.
. Ti r f
- jut loiiuei ueeeineu me invitation,
with the understanding on th. ir part, as
the communion had been previously an-
nounixd, that they were not to be restiict-
eJ 111 th(ilT servtes, that they were left un-
c"Tvfl to worship as Bapt sts.
o- And tor accepting the invitation and
11sin- their fh,,r,.T- ......
ues 01 J1m ana trie couriosies of Chnstian-
ity, is not so "curious" after all. Other
cases of a similar character have occurred
before. I have been informed from a re
liable source that a Methodist preacher
sprinkled some children in the Baptist
meeting house at Corinth, Granville Co.
An account was given some time past of
a Pedo-baptist immersing a person or per
sons in the Baptistery of a Baptist Church.
With the explanations and facts which we
have given we submit the whole case to the
candid and impartial decision of your read
ers. W. T BROOKE
Wake Forest College, July 22d, 185G.
1. In the above Elder Brooks assumes
what he does not prove, that the Method
ists invited him to exclude themselves
from the Lord's table, spread in their own
house of worship.
2. He does not pretend that the cour
teous invitation included the opening of
the door of the Baptist Church to hear ex
periences. 3. The facts alleged by Rev. Wrn.
Holmes are not denied; and from those
facts the reader can draw his own conclus
ions.
4. If a Methodist preacher ever did bap
tize children in a Baptist meeting house;
r immerse in a Baptist pool of water, he
lid not dare to exclude Baptists and their
jhildren from the ordinance, as Baptists
Jo exclude 3Iethodists from the Supper.
5. We preached in that Church against
lose communion ; and then Prof. Brooks
.-ery kindly came along and exemplified
he evil, for which we are indebted to
aim. The Methrjdists of Henderson are
iow sufficiently instructed on that point :
and he need no: repeat the lesson. For
Prof. Brooks, personally we have high
-espeet ; for the erroneous system which
jerverts him, we have nne whatever.
WitKdraicn. Com. Stockton has with
Irawn his name as a candidate for the
Presidency.
D.-nir' i. sc?:T i , . -r- , - .. ,
::.d er.fr-;;, e in y-'.?;r :T -rt- to i'-:i-:-T c..-cp;i .?-, r-hr"- i ih r with .. si,v
l...j.ir ..3s-. .. .-.i.. v: .i . .i .
aj-pn-aehirir ; .r.;par-:ivfdv lit:l L'.s mi-U t- r.t!r r:.:-!.tr-. !-. "
i i i - , tr.,;t " j t-. .-t. m r i (-:.
V'.n done; i..-r. n r j . be a - i.i- - , - ,
,p';-!.c,. Here i- no tin.e to 1 e--;i:f-r wh :t th-j Y. V x- r --: ;he N'i -w-
" - s.ii 1 w.ii a i:.'-t 1 t. .rt'.v . i m
Mr. Emt 3 : Th Ei:.i-,r 't.t VC-tr- '
. An -i r;t? r in :h-
s e. t i
1.:.. ..
h 1 ert tiii j
Thi n t t hive !-c:i .
i ) the New : s . he rt "s: .
an 1 re awsv. are' t:; .sk: a te;
of '-.".-.. A.:, . --tlier t r, : p-
f t T-
ril ! VI
. v.,
Ilev. Mr. V.j;pb li i- -u-r- ; t i if
l-i-'-..
the authe.- of the . t hi'... . (.:Tviire r.rt;
clc. and ell- on Mr. C. v relict e hin.d
1 1 1 - is danjin; tJ.e
f. r. fr-.m h.t ir- ::.a d--that
kn.-ws." i"i te-ve-iv.
r- t draw Mr. C.
as t wl. . th. r
: 1 a!t''e:h'r ;
an i--ue with 't
r p .iiit-. he en lc
in'o a C":,tr.'very
I miht be. Tiiis ,a.e E iit -r 1
a r.ire St e ! ,eil of the , 4$ h-
rt.
the list i.--'n- of the New
.!!..: .. c . 1. . - t 1
j.si is-oe 01 uie .e-. 1 ( re- . 1 e . o
Mr. C verv nuk-ntlv d-- U,. t .
Mr. Ez,Il i'i a controversy. 1 d-nbt u-t
but he will be fully sustained bv an int. 1-
ligent j.ublic. in the community in whh-h
both the g. ntlvmcn arc .'.'U,',.
T ,a. .. .1: . .. ..... t 1 . 1.. ..
A.J Lr'..!J tills e1 'o i I I 1 , 1 O l.l'.
to' sav to the
Warrent..: News that as be
i-.-ue with an " an ,nvm..u
lias ma.je a:i i-.-ue with an " an . .11 viie-u
. fcrihbk-r," as he is .!--. -1 t . c'dl the
writer, and has twice wr.tten edit !! .! r
; viewing th-- positions of ( ),. that tiow-."
1 he f.as now, nor b;s he h id since the re
I view was made, no right to eiiquii-' aft'T
! the auth-
Had be taken the -r'inl
j that the facts were n .t e rr-etiv r- -rte 1
and deunindcd to know who th- autlo r
was before he r viewed him, then he mi-ht
hav- heen "ratifi-1. bv li.- wri'.-r'-
ing forward und'-r Ids own name. t- d-f nd
himself, or remain couvict-d of mi-n j.r--sentalioii.
But he cbo-e to ac t dilh ieiit
!y, in his hot haste to g' t into a contro
versy. Having commht-d hni:sc!f th
antagonist of he l. ii'nr ,"t who, he le w
has no right to a-k the Editor or hi- cr-
res p-
nondent who the author h. rcr to maKe
an
sue with anv on- about the author
ship. 'J he writer thinks the .V. w- has
done Mr. (.'.great iiijn-iieo in undertaking
to say what the public sentiment, is ahout
the authorship, and to endorse that senti
ment. If public sentiment always judges
truly, the Editor of the News and many
others are greatly t 1 be pitied. I am per
suaded that M r. ('. ha-- no fears ,as to any
linriit the insinuations of the News ;,b.iut
the insinuations of the News ah.mt
ay do, and will hardly -ive himself
ne.asiness about the 'matt -r. And
:h the News talks so iii naturclly
Mr. C, he is not at all leeiil- to
ntleuian. and when occasion niav
; tii 111 m
anv une
; altliou
; about .Mr.
that gcntleuiaii, and wiien occasion mny
; serve, will treat him with proper courtesy
and even wait on Ins ministry. J hi- is a
I curious world we live in, and some Editors
are verv singular If the News thinks
any.himg can be gained by proloiiL-ing tliis
M.ntn.vr h . , , v ef f i , 1 . rn vhv
i controversy, lie aud myself judge very dif
! ferently.
I ONE THAT KNOWS.
ITE2IS.
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lJcmi. A man bv the name of Ilionias
j Highland was found dead on the oui-kirt
i of Winston, X. C, on Saturday morning,
i 20th iu-t. II- was seen about the pla-e
: the evening before, quite intoxicate!, ami
. was heard making a mournful noise after
: remaining there awhile by those living near
the place, at which time he was afterwards
: supposed to have been stricken by apo-
plcxy. He attended the circus in Salem
' the day before, but was summoned to the
bar of God at night. He leaves a wife
' and several children.
Aranitird. Herbert, tried in Washirr'
, ton City for the murder of Keating-, has
; been acquitted.
Th". Crop. In Xotth Carolina and in
I nearly all the States, the crops hr
; ed severely for want of rain.
lrcotj. A late arrival from South
i Am eric a announces the conclusion of an
important commercial treaty between the
United States and Venezuela.
Minister Dod. Elder J. X. Walter,
t an eminent minister of the Christian
! Church, died on the Oth July, at Colum-
bu-, Ohio, in the 52d year of his a-e.
rr ,..n i ii-,, , .
, .ioesteemeu in ,
j North Carolina. j
i Mixtiorirtrij Contribution)!. The Meth-
lodists of England have contributed nearly-
i..i t I. ii,, ,
six hundred thousand dollars t, the cause i
j of missions, during, the year ending in
i mav last.
l may last. .
Xormal Colhg. The Fall Session i
.,. . , . 1 1
will open on the 1 ( th fcepternber. j
Wilmington and Wtldon Roil Road, j
It was stated in an article last week that i
hhis Road did not violate the Sabbath.
Ibis was an erroneous statement the'
i o i no j . i . i r
. t i . i .
Wilmington trains run every day ia the j Cocres.
wefck- j Wamhx(,to., July 28.
Z ion's Il'rold. Rev. D. Wise former j Senate. To-day, they considered the
Editorof the Zion's Herald, was' elated ! p"Q,ar n'J Imatie bills, and a res
Editor of the Sunday School Advocate by 1 if; 71? 'TTJ . ""'It
j the Iate ttUrn Genc-Kil Cod foresee :
auu m-di oouy laiiea to elect an Editor 0f f
the Herald, to succeed hiso. The Pub
lishing Committee have consequently di
ed the vacancy, by electing Rev. Joseph
Cummings, D. D., formerly President of
Genesee College.
Accident on the Ruilrwd,
the Railrocid. About 36 J
o'clock yesterday noon,
ess tram fnminm it. r ,n !
f minute? after 1
! while the Express train, corni"g South, on
I the Wilmington and WeldorT V.Urr, .A
wa3 running between Halifax and End-!
j held, a cow suddenly jumped on across er the laws ire in conformity with the
i the track, too near to -admit of the train organic law, and until CWtc-s shall de
i being taken un. although the h rale. men ,.i..,,.ii.., c-,..ll l. .1 ... -i r .t
! . . i- (
I were at their posts and promptly responded i
to the nrst -rmnd fS tha -t.,,t.. r
to the first found of the whistle. It was
i a low embankment, some four feet high,
j Six cars were thrown vf the track, incdu-
e .
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I ENEK A L INTEI.EKJENfE.
Sid Accident
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-e "htmci. caught lu-.d f l hi.c. wJ.uh
. ri-r. -at. ,1 with tl.c li r. t c, mi it
turn. 1 tbe hor-. shirt around. ius,ng
the c-.a-l. t.. nj--f. when tn lmr. 1 e-
f ;,:i 0 u-.:.n::g-ar 'c and r.u. off w.th the
det.i.-hed fore wh,!
When wc tr:v d there. 1 t : trn'v
":u " - pr --:.'' l It :
r.d ! . ie ;i gei.th-.i.aij a: 1 a lift'
Ivsng in the f a !. v. rv n u- h 1 1 n i - d.
...iii i' i f th- ut s' r: -i-ly a:.. I it n.-- tl "
f.t.i'.h injured, and tl.-'" bagg t.-e -. a'f
in v.iri-iM d. recti ics.
The 1j -H iit .tioiis f the sorely a:"!:
w i trulv d;-tri --ii g and I cirt n-n :
( Ve'l to the dl-ilo' Tl -t' 1 I cho! i. f
A -0011 ; th- rep .rt of the , i I ;
r-at In d t-.- n, a h.rje nun ! r of . ur 1
tis i ro.i.t.tlv n p ii;ed. to the spot, e g
t''-:n '
: ur i-n v-i-iaos. ns..i r-'io--r-
I all pos-il,;- .-!--i-tai.re. 1 he 'uff.r.n
were c aivev-1 t town in private imin v
anci s aid .u l'tt. r-. and w d car- I f-r.
No seiioiis accident- -f any kind, with.'i
our r oi!. etioii, rver before 01 -urn 1 o-i
aiiv of the -tige I'lics running ii.t t!.n
place ; aTld ill thi- case. We ienru.
blame is aft o h- 1 to the driver.
We hive gathered th.- foil w i ng par
ticulars :
Tie r- were s ,nie ''d paaenge?- in at. I
Oil t
he each. a iiumt.-r of i eiI I1.11 a-
luon ' tliCin.
iiliiting in all
bout 17
seats. Among t lie. passengers who mi,!t
fd most sen. ijsly by this cata-trophe, nr
the families of ;i".Mr. W. II. I "rq uha rt . I'l 0M1
r..r
.-"lit U an, pt .a,, a, amlH .Mr. j.ioii
f ''"' l'av1"' d'-
In company with Mr. I npih irt wcr-his
"'her r-h.tiv c-,and two servants,
' p-r-..n--. Mr. I rq-ihart was ,
.-id.-o;, t le stag-, w,t h t he dia v er, w h. -1 1!
'..iilh-.ii,i.O,ii .1 . arid it Mr. J.rowil
uy.-ct an 1 re (ied iiiK inal in;uii. s, )io-ii
the i fleef, e,f which he died. : t I I o'clo' k,
surviving the ac. ident only ab mt tlii' e
hours. lie Was eon-. i (Usof h'.s MUlllloll
ami mad.- bis will, b-ing in sound mi ml.
e Ictril Ills ICmallls Will be taken to l,H
home, in Virginia. Sen- of
and servant.-, were e.iUsnler.l
th-
1
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I
y !inn-
- - - : 1 v .
A son of r. Frown a" I aln.ct 1
years, was ido riding on the -box." with
' theilrirer, and lad two n'hs :;i;.ihis colLr-
. , ...
none broken, besi'is reeiiving oih. r c.
vcrc brui-es and several d p ciih on f 1 1 s
head. He had a rcs'lcsi ni.ht, but is do
ing as well as could be expected on 'J liurs
d iy, and hopw, are erif Ttaincd of .i re
divery. 'oy,,., V'...
A KIM VA h OF THE AKABIA.
Three Days Later from Europe.
H.VUKV.V, July g 'I he J,'. YalM .il
Steamer Aiahia, arrived at this ,,t tl,j,
afternoon, all-T a pas-age of Etth- ov r
nine days from E.verpoi-I, having .-,,i! d
on the fHh in-t.
Cotton opened d-iil, but improved at ti e
close with a moderate deiimnd. 'I he rah h
of tne week .-onounfed t "-.iM.il ba! -
Oil'-airs middling oo-lii. K.-cao'.-tu'f a
shade hi'.ie i Pro-, i-ions u m. I.ang. d with
a'tnoder-.ic Ln.-h.c-s. Money ea.br. C'.n-,-o!s
for money (i.", .
The Atlantic, had arrived out.
I he Inef.e!. ri r.t 1 i . t . - ..-.. ...
- - " " litiivin ai". it I 'ii ii n j
i,rrrf:.--'nv favorably
A revolution was raging throughout
Spain, and there was fighting for two da-i
i in Madrid.
1 he other news is of little impoita !,.
Four days Later.
Qi. l.urr, July 2 Tbe neater Indl
which left Eiverpcol on the Ivih, ,;.h
rived here this, morning, and brines 4 th
! e'i
pltor ,jf;SV, t,j;,n ,,. .iVr,ia.
jh,: American had arrived oi.t u the
I-'11, Jjr'd the Atlantic i,n the Difh.
t 'T' f' I '"'i'".1' ( Y'; s ur"
changed, the saha, u-ing during ii davx.
V)()l, t fr.cu1atl,r.. (j((0'. '
esp
tha
orters; Bread-tnf;- Hiirilly wtit nn-
changed, higher ''fade of flour wi-ie hrm
T ' T- Vi'.,:"r V'T tha" ,'!' ri
for inferior. heat ha I advanctd 2d
Vop.k, July 2th. I he pro t .-Her
, X'n--''H "'"- to day trom Li veipoo! ;
: i her dates op the Uih in-t: nt. have he. n
' j anticipated by the last steamer.
for assistance by the tat,- Government of
-uji:orr'1'1-
not sl. - ni u was pas?e j, appropria
ting 200.000 for the i r-provcfuent of th
De-moirics R.-rn Is. 31r. I'unn moved
s
to take on the r-enle bid f ' r the adn.is
sion of Kansas in crier to offer a substi
tute for restoring the Mit-ouri Compro
They adopted the amend.-nent of the
army appropriation bid, tLu.t no part of
. i -i r. i . ..i i i i i .
mise : this was negatived.
the military force fJiould he emrlovcd to
aid in enforcing the aliened laws in Kan
sas until Congress fehouJd declare wht-th-
..itiic l.uo. II nuan 11UI OI 11.0 J rCl-
dent to military forced to preserve
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peace and order, and to eur.T.n inv.Jr.n
and to disjrni the present militia, kc.
The house then took a rec-s9.