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THE FLOWERS COLLECTION PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY A COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA CON FERENCE, M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH. RUFUS T. IIEFLIN, Editor. r r ?J 50 Yc&r, iut Advance. frlrrtinujs. I"r;ni the Ilnv.e t'irele. The Itinerant's Wifo. A SKETCH. M. M. T. , . , It was a cold, raw day m November; the wind came bleak over the prairie, rattling te t.ug:i5 or me iiecs, am whirling the withered leaves up to the verv door of a little log eabiu ih-it stood withln the shelter of the wood bounding t.io prairie on the wesi. JeaK, co.a an l uesoiate as was now rue aspect oi : this dwelling, tou could see bow pic - tures.-ne and neautitul u nngat ue in j yerv wen . Mrs. James staved with summer. It stoo l just where the long ; me a ' le 0f Javs. How was the shadows of the trees would shelter it ; ;meet;nr?' " from the heat of the sun on the one side j cheer;n considering the weather, of J he great prairie, cn the ether he-AU jnr.u;rea kj-dly for vou: it was a p .-hade of the primeval forest. j reviy;npP peaSon. They decided to raise Fr.-ni behind the little garden there : the frae for a nieeting-house, as soon ..h- a .r...et stream , which crossing. aa tne weather permits. th read, v. as spanned by a rude bridge j j am lad). she said, resting and iVn w,s l.-,r in the prairie beyond; her hcaJ on his shoulder. 'Are you V'-i tracked ly the bright. R0fc gl:ul, my husband, that God has gv t ci the grass on its margin. J-.he : p0vraitted you to gather together his little garden was careiully ft-nced in, few scatterj Kieep jn the wilderness?' and a few peacli trees and currant' tJ feel it to be a great privilege, Es-bu-dies, planted by a thrifty hand ; ; tier while the remnants of corn, cabbage, j Tfe stcppe(1 anj toot his saddle-bags bean-stalks showed it had been well , from the dl.lh. whmj he h;)d ai(1 tiem. cun rated. J Qur pe0pje dhl not permit me to The houe was but two rooms cf icome A.xay ctnptvhanded : thev have rough logs, but tightly bunt, and hav-tbut itt,e oney, and could not pay me ing a shed attached to it, as shelter for!all my quavterare, hut they did what a horse. A wild vine from the woods , t couM gc here is something had oeon transplanted, and trailed over for YOU ' oik- onu, twining tne cnimney m a ; A half und of tea j. ITer CJ(?S clo-e embrace ; a pra;ne-rose bloomed !? kle K cTUs js so good ; and I have bes-le the door, and flowers blossomed jso wished for a cu of tea , j wU1 draw in the front garden. This was its sum- isorne row.' mer aspect ; and, in passing, you would j w Wllie "she scalded the tea-pot, he be apt to think it a little paradise, and , contImiC(1 emptying the saddle-bags, sto;. to gaze as on a picture. But the i jrotlier crane pent you that from wir.r.r had robbed it of all this: ; h;s store and this coffee; and that sugar; httle stream was frozen: taehliies and, anJ gster Crane sent Charley these scarlet ilowers had faded from its banks; ; warm gockg . anJ gee berej m - man the roes were withered; the peach (ne held a par-el of red candV above trees bare. The soft breezes of summer hig KeaJ t;in(1 thJg can,ly tQQ j. hau been superseded by piercing gales, ; The chM -n a p;ece? anJ as winch rattled among the corn-stalks :ie gat sucking itlin delight, they con an l the dead vines, and scattered a tinaed their conversation, lew clothes that were hung out to drv. j , , , , T4 , i f r.i, v. 'There are five yards of flannel, and It was a thinly settled part ot the Wes- . . c t -1 .i some lean that fcister Dobbs wove tor tern countrv, and tins was the erst; t r i i i , , , .. i -i vou. Mr. Durham is to send us a couple house on the road tor several miles. A - p . a r , , , , r .i, of bushels of meal, some Hour, several uul!. heavy s;;ioke, rising from the , , c ' . 1 I 1 .I , " 1 , 1 I . . I . . cow, croniii:!!r tno the rraiiie. and with ocea.- -i.i 1 -. i .1 ir.al eii!!e.:s j-iekc-l op the see-is km' tneu The iia v continued gnstv and cold. lovaiM tiignt, tae snow began to tall; and then a thin. pale, but voung wo- ; 0 ; man was seen connnjr to the door, with , i . i -i i a laded shawl thrown about her heau her to see far. As she stood thus, a little child tottered towards her, and ,- - . . i . c, ' gaz'.-d out also. She caught the child 1... ,n(- nii.l irr-n,t ).e i- ill li." ,. , , 'i ' . t fnld-i ol her shawl, stood a rnorrcTit Ion-, , -.it -i i er ; then with a long sigh, went in and i -j i t , r i r i closed door, saving, as she dm so, ' Poor father will be wet and cold.', T, , , t i j a f ain, with a pail in her hand, and go- ' ' -.r -i : i i i 1 in" to the little stream, stooped to a; 7.-.j- in -flirt i rrx orwl -fill.-nl i it- i 1 1 1 . .' ' , ' i - c hands and looking upward, ' (trivmz s.oec,w iiica came m uerce guis . v - across the country. She stood and nivr,'1" ' P e mi-i , , .t They stood for a iew moments looked anxiously out upon the storm, , . i ... .!. i.i: v '.r.A er; then she said: .'. . . . tf .iithe grace, m cheerful enjoyment , -t' , i .1 i i near 'he door, while she gathered up ; , , , i ,. , i 1 i the elopes that lay around the yard, ; ! v- , n-tfi ; i we n she !: ;! eareil again within. it.. .a u-cie i a sound ot Horses i 1 r. 1 i 1; ;i dog bai ing at the ks, and ve hear him i door 1,- i- -Vr. :o If Vlllll L 'J TU,, ,lr.r. r.n,.a tl,rt f .i . i i 4. woman is tiieie again Use dog Hies out , , , i .i 1 i -i and bounds up the road, and soon is 4 u seen returning, accompanying a horse- . r 1 i -i man, before whom he leaps with every; uemiii-5iiaii-'u ui jnuafuii.-. ,i : r . l, i..i. ' How are you, Esther?" 'Better John ; and so rejoiced that vou have come !' 'I preached at C this morning.' '"What a long, cold ride you have had 'Yes; but I am home now.' And taking a pair of saddle-bags r 1, l,i. iUn -r-.,,vi ., i irtii l ine ii'iiov i.ti-iv, iiiu viuii" iiidiii to the jrate where she' stood threw tV'in ovtsr the fence, and stooped to kiss her and ask for the boy. 'Go in, go in! it is bitter cold: I must feed Char!ev, and then I will come in too. See !' (pointing to a bag i In liiiTur ocrnsi! t1i imrn'i: linil.- 'Mr. Johnston gave me a"couple dfi i i I busiieU oi oats. She went in ; while he, taking the horse to the little shed, rubbed him down and supplied him with food ; then returning tor the saddle-bog, entered - . y l , was a hit-and-miss rag carpet, that cov-j ere.l the middle of the floor, leaving a j large space in front of the fire bare, i wi :.. rubbed as white as hands i was could make it. In one corner of the room stood a bed, neatly made up. and covered with a patch-work quilt: an old faslnoried secretary, a few hickory- bottomed chairs, and a table, with a cloth cover, on which s'ood a Bible and a hymn-book, ma le up the furniture of the apartment. The hearth was well swept, and the huge fireplace filled with his dwelling. Tilings within wore ai separate, x leei neie ham . e .ay l,t neat and clean asnect. There . in ber liana upon her breast, 'that I threat; logs, over which the tea-kettle 'sang, while a savory stew sputtered in I the'skillet on one side. A pine table, I as white a3 snow, stood in the middle ; of the floor, and was set for two. Be- fore the fire, tied in a rude wicker chair, i a little child sat, holding his hands to I the blaze, and erowincr. As the hus- , , , - , pntfrr(i i,e ciane,i hi. i haml aml i;,p;ns 'Father,' tried to fre? lliraself The cenf : aml kijit jj5m & j V ' " i t t f Charlev now, saitt he, standing up to warm him- . .,n1 Iookin roanJ a3 he did so. How have , ou gotten along, Es- ; ti, ULllH13 J 1 UMl.l LUCO, LJCtli Vfi to-morrow, lie lias uist been killing, nrul liw itTin !? to i)rivf l ift TOiiiri to is to drive the team to D . so he will stop here on his way j mi 1 ney tiling, ;t mi sunic uliici a vt iuu . . .,, ' , , the friends will send 'You see,' she said with a smile that 1...1P 4 u t u , ' er,l1'" , . , , , 'les, he replied ; 'and vou now, as ' , 1 -, , ' vou always have done, shame my want T , , ' . , , , oi Tan 11. -LiOiu : lie sain, uiasjjing ins increase togeth- I 'You are warm now, and must be i i i . t 4. !,. -T T , - . x a treat I have ior vou, and 1 am eager to trv the tea.' She raised the lid from the skillet. and showed some quails nicely cooKcd. T 1 , J , Mr. Janes stopped yesterday and . r . i j i ti t- left me these, and 1 saved them lor , ' suPr - , i-i.i -i 'Our people arc very kind, he said: 'if the Lord has jjiven them little goods, he has given them great hearts.' They sat down to their meal after 'Mcther was so sick, said little , " it- i,- i, j i p Charlev, shaking his head; 'so sick I mu i i l i v The preacher looked anxiously at his ? J v. m. , .,, Q. Have you cecn m again, .usiner: tT t i,.i i t,i r i:i -ICS, A nau iu jiu uiu iui u. jiiljc .... -r i i l uul 4 ituI l,,uuu a,m this tea is doing wonders ior me. TT , " , - , , He became silent and thoughtiul. . - , , . t n , , After the meal she put the boy to bed, . . . . . 1 . , . and then thev sat m the hrelight, and , ' iiaiKdi. 'I must leave you again to-morrow, Esther. Mr. Iliil, the old gentleman who lived at the post-office, is dead, and his son wishes me to attend his funeral. I had hoped to stay at home until Friday, when I must go to C to attend Quarterly Meeting. I shall see Mrs. Bue at Mr. Hill's, and shall ask her to come and stay with you. I , , Tl camiot Jeave you alone. If you were taken ill, what would become of you and the child V 'I think it would be better, my hus band,' she replied, after a moment's silence, la'ing her hand upon his arm, i while she leaned on his knee and look- P in fac?' The tr0le th(t Lord sends you will bear meekly, and , , . with a resigned spirit. 'What mean you, Esther ?' he shud deringlv asked. 'I am afraid the time is near for us . . t r l i :. l i. l ! shall not, be with you long ' 'Esther ! Esther!' 'Yes, John, my race is nearly done ; -and then I shall have rest the rest ' prepared lor the people ot Uod. ! They sat in silence, with' elapsed ; hands. After some time she spoke : I 'There is one thing that troubles me 'John. I am afraid that after my death 'you will quit the ministry. Promise me you will not turn from the work to ! which, four years since, you solemnly dedicated your life : promise that what- will put your hand to the plough, you will not look back. Is seems to me I can see ever temptations beset you, you persevere: and that once having in the future,' and she elapsed her ! Christ. hands as they lay upon his knoe, and John Ilaughton was a man of emi looked devoutly upwards, while the red ! ner.t piety ; but lie the disciple Thorn glow of excited feeling deepened on her I as, hisTaith sometimes needed sustain- cticek :and 1 can Deliokl a long lire of usefulness before you, crowned by the saving of many souls to God ! Oh ! do you not know,' said she, turning her eyes full upon him, while tears, which not even his manliness could keep back, fell hot on her hands; 'you do not know howr often since I knew this would come must come "n the still days, and silent nights, I have prayed God to keep you steadfast yIt is a u-J life, busband, ! know, to be a poor itinerant preacher, in these wilds, but there is a glorious reward glorious " She spoke rapidly, and with enthusi asm and paused from exhaustion. 1 , IT 1111 1 'Esther.' he presently said, in a, sub in a was : 'I dued tone, '1 left von 1; very murmuring spirit : slender, my faith dim. mv tru i sui. work in the almost want vineyard, ana my i i family bread, and I cannot see the fruit of my labor.' I thought of your trials, and your faith : 'She could "rave done better if she had not married a poor Methodisl preacher;' and I thought of the large family and com fortable home fro: I had taken you, to privation in this new country ; and I murmered. and said to God, 'sure ly the workman is worthy of his hire.' Then your words came upon me, and I felt rebuked, but still my spirit was troubled. At the post-office 1 received a letter from my brother. Listen to j what he says : 'Come home : leave the ministry, and do not stay out there any j longer, to starve. I have procured for j you a good situation, with a salary of; twelve hundred a year. This will be more than enough to support yourself and family.' I read the letter, and j went on rejoicing. I saw happy, bright 1 days before us, with ourfriends at home, i and a competence. I rode on thinking how I should make my preparations, and when I should leeve. No more want of meal for bread! I longed to turn back and tell you of our good fortune. But soon from all about me there came ' chasteneth,' and that these privations voices, which seemed to say, 'Unprofit- j were blessings in disguise ! able servant ! what will you say to the i And so he had left home a few davs Lord when he comes to demand bis; had been tempted by his brother's own ?' and I shrank a?id hid my bead, ; letter had resisted temptation, and re and struggled with my spirit, and peace turned to find his wife ill dying. Ho came : and I got off my horse, and knelt ; felt it could see it in her face. He down in the prairie, and prayed God to , would go again ; he would not cloud her forgive me and strengthen me, and I last hours by a refusal : he felt too, that entered anew upon my covenant with j it vas his duty. him. When I reached D , I found J He returned to find her sinking the people cordial, warm, earnest. ; dying fast ; but a bright smile illumi They gathered about me, asked mc of j nated her face on his entrance. my wants, promised aid, and told me of ; He sat beside her in the night, and the purpose of the Conference to help ; held her hand. They spoke of their tnem to establish their church in the married life: how happy it had been. wilderness, and support their mtmster ; and I felt rebuked, and I turned aside and wept. Now, Esther, now,' he spoke in a choking voice 'you tell me I am too loose vou you who have so often sustained, and cheered, and kept me from sinking !" lie wept outright. '"We needed this, John, er it would not have come upon ns. I have faith to believe this separation is good for us both. Our boy, John take him home. Have him brought up in the faith of Christ.' They mingled their tears together. She was evidently weak and ill, and thev talked not much more. When they prepared for bed, and he reached out his hand for the Bible, she said: 'Read the twenty-thhd Psa'm : -The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want." He read it, and his faith arose with each word. As he finished, she broke forth in the words of the hym, in which, with tearful eyes and quivering voice, he joined : 'Father 'lis eveDin;'R solemn hf'iir, And east we now our carrs on Thee : Darkly the storm y round us lower, Peace is within : Christ nutkos us free. And when life's toils and juts are o'er, And evening gathers on its sky. Our circle broke we S'ng no more Oli, may we meet and sing en hige !' The next morning she was too ill to arise ; and as soon as he had prepared soma breakfast for the boy, he started to a neighbor's for assistance. 'I cannot leave you, Esther,' he said, on his return with a kind neighbor; 'you are very ill.' 'Yes,' she said, 'but the dead must be buried; the poor must have the gos pel preached to them. I shall be cared for, and your duty is elsewhere. Go to the funeral ; attend the preaching. I feci an assurance that, although my time is very short, I shall live to see you again. God bless you ! pray for me there as I shall pray for you here.' John Ilaughton was an itinerant Methodist minister. A poor boy, left without parents, he had been educated and cared'for by Esther Martin's moth er. Growing up together, he and Es ther, even as children, had formed a strong attachment for each other, which strengthened with their vears. Esther, as a little child, was pious : one of those who look early and, a3 it seems, almost naturally, to God. Her influ ence upon John led him to the Church. They married, and her mother died, . In the course of time, another came to fill that mother's place, and the daugh- ter left home to follow the fortunes of her husband, whd joined a Conference in the Far Wesft wrapping poverty ; about him as a gannent, for the cause of ment; and, in the hour when things looked most dark o him, it was Esther who pointed to the light above. For several years she moved from place to place wifh him, living now in one room, now in a little cabin, and again comfortably fixed at a farmer's ; but the word woe! 1 come to go, and cheerfully she wo)"Iigather her goods together, and s- t-t, with him, another " V ' . .... !e.a2o. Providence r-iu cast their lot mostly among kind people, who loved and petted the young wife, whose faith, cheerfulness, and trust, often shamed their repining spirits. ; Her child was born, and a brother in the Church gave tl em this small tract of land, upon t he eige of the prai rie, where their friends, uniting, raised them a house. How beautiful was their summer life here ! TI14 husband and father spent all his little leisure time in his garden, hoeing, digging, planting ; and his little spot blossoraed like a rose; while the pale young mother seemed to revive and gain strength from the soft airs. But autumn came, with its cold, dre ary fall days, and the wife drooped and faded, but complained not. She needed protection from these chill winds, rest and comforts. The husband felt this, and his heart sank, and his faith in ! Him who feedeth the sparrows failed There came a lukewarm season, and the people complained that the minister's wife should be sickly ; and when they hired help to do the washing, and other heavy work which she could not do, they looked at the faces around, pale as hers, and the forms shaking with ague, and thought she was 'taking on airs.' A poor mini ter's wife should do her own work, like the rest of them ! men tne minister s Heart was sore within him, and he murmured that he had labored in vain. God had given him no increase; but the pale wife re minded him that 'whom He loveth He mi .1 " 9 1 witn all its privations, and now near, at times, they had lived to God. She assured him she had never regret ted having married an itinerant preach er. By her dying-bed he had learned a never-forgotten lesson of faith, and saw that it was good that God had so chastened him. He made there a prom ise to die in the ministry; and as he did so, she held his hand and sank into calm, placid sleep ; from which, awak ening, she sang in peculiarly soft tones: 'Spirit, leave thy house of elay , Lingeripg dust, resign thy breath-' Her voice failed : she sank to sleep again ; and 'When the sun in all its state Illumed the eastern skie3, She passed through glory's morning gate. And walked in Paradise.' He lived to groAV old in honors in the Church, and was no less remarkable for his piety than for the good he did, and for his never-failing faith. In the course of Tears he formed other ties, and a large family grew up around him; but he never forgot that lone grave on the prairie, where the long grass grew and the winlfcr winds sighed. His heart often went back to it; and, in his old age, he thanked God that, in the early part of his career, he had permitted an angel to abide with him. Advice Extraordinary to a Young1 I reaeher. I presume that you are working in the vineyard by special invitation from the Owner. If you have any doubts on that point, you had better satisfy them as soon as possible, or else clear the vineyard walls at a bound, even if you break your neck by the leap. As preaching is the most important work of your office, I will first give you some directions about it, which you will do well to heed. Never go the pulpit unprepared. I have known some men to idle away the whole week, and on Sunday morning, when they could put it off no longer, fall to work, and ex hume some fleshless skeleton from its resting-place, and offer it as a substitute for " milk " and " meat. " And yet I have known these laborers in the good cause to complain of poor parsonages and low fare, whereas if they had their honest due, they would be imprisoned in the catacombs for obtaining by false pretences what little they get. Your congregation have a right to expect you to do your best ; and if they have not, your Master has. even if you starve in the work. Better men starved at it before you were born, and their praise 'dice, on the denominationa' mind of our is now in all the churches. j Baptist brethren, is, we thi ik. deplora- Above all things, my young friend, ! bly manifest. It has not only separa do not swear in the pulpit ! I mean i ted them from our great cat'iolic eiforts not mat exactly, nut tne amerence is hardly worth the search for the precise word. I have heard the sacred name used in a manner that left a doubt whether the preacher had ever read the .1. ,1 TV- ten commandments Sometimes it has been lugged in as a mere expletive, thoughtlessly, irreverently, and grating on pious ears like ragged, raspish bias- phemy. Your brother, Gubblegui ehins, is given to the bad habit of denouncing cranes as "damning villainy without a parallel on GocTs earth ; or, once in awhile, for the pak of harsher empha sis he will say ''God almighty's earth." Now I have disliked to give you this specimen, for the repetition of such lan gLage is like handling pitch ; it leaves a defilement and stench upon the mind. I have given it, however, that you may know just what I mean. A clergyman who rants at this rate ought first to be advised by a friend, and if he show no sign of repentance, he ought then to be dealt with" at in other cases of immoral ity ; that 13, set aside as a profane fel low, dangerous to good morals. It may, perhaps, give some force to this counsel, when I tell you not long ago a preach er used this stylo of reproof toward a noisy drunkard who had strayed into church. He was not so drunk, howev ever, as to be forsaken of his wits, for he sharply retorted by saying that he would have no such swearing there ! But whatever you do, do n't steal. Nothing will rum you sooner. Sermon thieves are the most unfortunate class of robbers, and for the most obvious reason in the world: they are always detecting and exposing each other. There is not half as much honor among them as can be found among burglars, and pilferers of clothes-linen and hen roosts. But supposing your literary brigandism to go undetected, what a contemptible thing it is to live on the credit of another man's labors ! Why, my young friend, instead of praise for your stolen sermons, you richly deserve the gauntlet with a kick from each mem ber of the church militant ! Preach your own sermons then, if, like those of of St. Francis, they are fit to be heard only by asses. National Magazine. Immersioaists. The Baptist paper of this city (the Inquirer) extracts from a Texas Baptist sheet the following " remarkable list " of twelve pedobaptist ministers lately united with Baptist Churches. This, ' it seems, is in addition to another rc '. cent list of eleven in the same state : ! "Rev J W Bullock, Presbyterian ; ! Rev Mr Williams, Methodist ; Rev W iBevins, Methodist; Rev J A Doll, i Methodist; Rev Dr P M'Mendmic, I Presbyterian ; Rev Zachai iah Wil- liams, Protestant Methodist; Rev Mr ; Smith, Presbyterian ; Rev J D Bemo, j Presbyterian ; Rev C C Showers, I Methodist; Rev. George Pay, Metho jdist; Rev G M Bush, Methodist; Rev j David Gostelow, Methodist; J W Co va, a Catholic priest, 'of great promise,' ! has also followed the Saviour recently m tne divine ordinance or immersion We suspect that most, if not all these "Method st " -were local nreaelier - ' - The Inquirer adds : "We also note the baptism and ordination of Rev. Thomas Miller, of the Methodist Church, in Iewa, in October last ; of Rev. II. T. Weatherly, late Methodist Protestant, Wilmington, N. C. ; and of a young gentleman from New-Haven, of the Congregational Church, a graduate of Yale College, educated to the bar, but now a candidate for the Ban ist minis- ! try." Our Baptist brethren are rather fond of reporting such instances; other denominations might, Derhaps, set off against them corresponding facts, but usually have too much self respect to do so. While we contend for the full est "liberty of conscience" on this, as on all subjects, we cannot but look upon such changes with regret. So serious are their usual effects, on the ties and charities of Christian communions, that we think a more important reason ought to be necessary to justify, to a consci entious man, such a rupture of his for mer Christian relations. Especially should this be the case with a Metho dist, for his denomination recognizes immersion, as well as any other decent form of the sacrament. A Methodist can have no advantage in this respect by a change, unless it consists in the right to exclude all who believe not with him, from his side at the com munion table ; a right which Robert Hall, himself a Baptist, denounced as "the very essence of schism ;" and which we look upon as one of the most repulsive deformities of American Pro testantism. Nor do most other "pedo baptist" Churches differ from Metho dists respecting the form3 of baptism. They all, or nearly all, contend that the importance of this sacrament con sists in the thing, not the form; that any form, which is solemn and suffici ently expressive of the thing, is admis sible ; but Baptists, and tho proselytes which they so assiduously make from other Churches, must, if they would be justified, make the form as essential as the thing itselt. w nat is tins out ru3 t.yism ; but a figment of popery ? Its moral effect, as a sentiment, or preju- brought nnori them the lamentable disgra es of thoir recent Bible measures but it has led them to munion' renounce the catho'ic "com- of the Protestant world, at the : t Supper of the Lord ; it has infected the , j popular mind of the denomiaation with j I a general and characteristic propensity j to proeelytism, and, as a nat iral conse quence, to a morbid and que ulous dis position for petty distinctions and ques tions; a disposition which has very bad internal effects, as seen in the discord of the body respecting not only "Bible translation," but missions and other matters. That so many liberally edu cated men, as this Church comprises, should succumb to the doctrine of ex elusive communion, and its consequen ces, is certainly one of the phenomena of religion in America. Christian Advocate and Journal. From the Arator. Th True Policy of the State. Scott's Hill, New Hanover Co., 1 December 30th, 185G. T. J. Lemay, Esq., Dear Sir: Allow me through the columns of the ' Arator' briefly to di rect the attention of your readers to a subject of great importance to us as a : people. The time has come, I think, when a serious and sustained effort j ought to be made by the people of ths ; South to inanoriirntft n tpw nnlinv In i regard to manufactures. As a peo'ple, we are too dependent on other sections All of us know this, and most of us de plore it. The clothing and shoes which we wear, the furniture of our dwellings, and the implements with which wc cul tivate our farms, all or nearly all, corns j from the North. Now, I blame n) man for buying from the North, for I so long as our Southern Mechanics! hang back, and by a want of enterprise, i leave open the door for Northern com- j petition, just so long will our people, ' following the rule of buying where they j can buy cheapest, continue to patron- j ize the manufactories of the North. It is vain to appeal to patriotism or sec-' tional feeling, unless the appeal is en-j forced by calculations addressed totli2 J pocket. There may be a few in every j community patriotic enough to patron- j ize a home establishment even at peci ! niary loss ; but the great mass will act ! differentlv. I But to come home to the more im mediate subject of this communication, why is it that the farmers of our State are obliged to use implements made in New York or Massachusetts ? Why may not our plowa, harrows, reapers, straw cutters, corn shellers, and the various other tools of husbandry, be made in Raleigh, or Gohlsborotigh, or Greensborough, n.s well as in Boston or Albany? The materials of such articles are far more abundant in North Carolina, than in the localities where they are so largely manufactured ; and I doubt not could be furnished cheap er. The facilities for distribution are excellent. Our railroads, built and building, penetrate the best agricultu- ;ral portions of the State ; and along .L- I." P .1. .1 "11, ue lines OI Uiese mere wjii le a con- there j stantly increasing demand for farming : implements ot an improved kind. Capi tal is not wanting anions us for all ne- cessary and proper enterprises, and such I esteem this to be. If, therefore, we have the materials; the ready market, with every facility of reaching it ; capital sufficiently abundant, with living in our interior towns reasonably cheap, what hinders us from making 1 our own farming implements ? Skill is nnf w i n 1 1 n rr for if our mechanics were deficient, it might be obtained for its price, indeed, nothing is wanting save a little of the spirit of enterprise a little Yankee go-aheadativeness. When, Mr. Editor, are we to wake up to an appreciation of the advantages of our State ? When will capital be gin to seek, among us, some other in vestment besides land, negroes and bank stock ? We never can become a prosperous people until our pursuits shall be more diversmed. Yours truly, Carolixiax. We thank ' Carolinian' for the fore going sound and patriotic communica tion, and hope his able pen will con tinue active in the noble cause which has set it in motion, until the impor tant object so much to be desired shall be accomplished. We should be glad, to see this article published in every paper in the State, with a ppiritcd edi torial calling up our capitalists from their slumbers to a sense of their duty and interest in connection with this sub ject. Ed. Arator. A Clergyman in Disguise. A stout man, of red complexion, strong presence, and bearing an immense mous tache, accosted Amassa, the page, in the Reprasentativfcs lobby at the btate House yesterday, and asked the boy where he should hang his coat. Amassa replied that the fireman usual ly pegged their extra tog gery in the basement, and added "if you are a fireman or a watchman, you had bet ter go b"low. "1 am the chaplain of the house," responded the stranger, whereat Amassa bowed meekly, and conducted his reverence to an aate-chainber. Boston Courier. in the Bible cause, and The Late Sir Ptobert Peel. ; The prayer, of which tli-2 folluwlng: I -. is a copy, and for the gen lincnesi of which we Staffordshire AJirrti-vr) j are able to- pledge ourselves, was fournti I in the late Sir Robert Peel's private I box, on his drcsMng-roctr. tal le, in J ul jr i 1 s.-n ' Great and Mcrcifid C-jd, ruler of all nations, help iv.- dVdy :o repair to thee, for wisdom and Tuce- suitable to the high offices whereto thy providence, has called me. Strengthen, O Lordr my natural pci-ncrs- and faculties, that the weighty and' solemn in crests with which thy servant u charged may not greatly suffer through weariness) of body and confusion cf mind. Deign, I be seech Thee, to obviate or co -rcct the ill effects of such omissions or mistakes in my proceedings as may result from partial knowledge, infirmity of judg ment, or unfaithfulness in any with whom I may have t db, Let thy blessing rest upon my sov ereign and my country. 1 dispose tho hearts of all in high' Uatio.is to adept such measures a3 will preserve public order, foster industry, and alleviate distress. ' May true reitgionHouri.il and pe 32 be universal ! 'Grant that, so far as rc ay consist with human weakness, whatsoever is proposed by myself' or others for the general good, may be viewed with can dor, and that all wise and rueful roe sures may be conducted t ) a prosper ous issue. As fo: me, thv ccrvar r, grant, O ! merciful God, that I may not be so far engrossed with public airxi ;tics as that thy word should become unfruitful in me, or be so moved by difficulty or op position as not to- pui3i;o thnt narrow way which leadeth mc to life. And, O most gracious Father, if, notwith standing my present desire? and pur poses, I Bhould forget Thee, do not thou forget me, seeing that I entreat thy constant remembrance and favor, only for the sake of our most blessed Advo cate anil Redeemer,. Jcsn Christ, to whom with Thee ami the lltdy Spirit, be glory forever. Ainen.' A correspondent cf tha London 7'iines, however, denies the genuineness of the prayer. This ir.r.st, cf course, considerably lower the interest attach ing to it. At the snu.e :ii-ie, ts Sir Robert Peel deemed it wcrthy of pre servation, and deposited it in a place where it might be brocgh 7 frequently under his eye, the following facts aro worthy of mention : ' In the early part of 184G, Sir Robert, then Premier, was subjected in Parliarncr t to a perie of most harassing party Tttack.. Un der these it seemed to a. portion of tt public truly wonderful that human en durance could hold out. At this crista a Nonconformist minister, residing irv one of the midland towns, under feel ings of deep reject for the great statea man respect not unmixed with sym pathy composed1 and privately trans mitted to him the prayer in queition. Its acceptance w:jS requested as a apo dal favor, and at the sario time the baronet was entreated not t3 give hiaa self the trouble of acknowledging its reception. Notwithstanding this, how ever, Sir Robert in a letter, wrote a. follows : " mtiteh ril, January 15, 13-lG. Sir I have received, md I thank you for the communication with which you have favored me. I am, sir, your obedient servant, 1oi;cii.t Peel. ' The transaction has rexaincd under the seal of the strictest privacy up to the present time, whon, with feelings of the deepest interest, the author of the prayer discovered that nli deceased baronet had placed a vake upon this product of his pen on vh.ich he had scarcely ventured to calcu!utc.' "Plough Deep to Find Iho Gold." The following ong, tho editor of Ifio OUio Cultivator, we remember to Lav Mon in an English Journal some j an s.dc ; but it well adapted to this cuuntrj at the present time : rinw derp to find the gold, n y bojs ! Plow deep to find the ii ! The earth liat! treasures in ter breatt Unmeasured and untold. Clothe the mountain top with trftes, The sides with waving grain ! Why bring over stormy fca.'i What here we may obtaiu? O Britain need not bring hr breod Vrom countries lew or ohi. Would she but give the r.J iwshnre spaoJ And depth to find the goM ? Karth is grateful to her sonsi For all their cares and toi. ; Nothing yields suoh large returns As drain'd and deeren'd til. Science lend thy kindly aij. Her riches t undid ; Moved by the plow or move 1 by pa le, Stir dep to find the gol 1. Dig deep to find the gold, my hoys ! Dig deep to find the gold ! The earth hat treasure in "ler bre. Unmeasured and untold. A Critic's ComplsdLt. Like the unfortunate eoclmey ho beg- n-cd his milkman to deliver the milk and the water in separate cans, we would sty to our popular writers, give us your nov els first and your sermons after; but pray do not mix them. Ltiirary Guzttte.
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Raleigh, N.C.)
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