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Editorial Correspondence.
Bro. Loring : My lat was written
at Stcvt-Tiaori, Ala. I was then waiting
at that Depot, in hope of getting on to
MWiphl", tiw visiting rjy relatives in
Mt.-i-sinftij.pJ. litjt on the evening of
that day, (Thursday) I ascertained tfcat
it would not he possible for the cars to
pass for at leat a week, because sever
al bridges had teen washed away by
the freshet. J therefore set off for
T Ml 1
asnvnie, where I have been since
Friday night.
A gracious revival is going on In, tie
churches of this city. .Nearly a hun
dred have been added at McKendree,
and a large number at the other pas
toral charges. I have preached five
tirnevin the several churches, and once
in a ware-house. The Lord is doing
prat things fr Lis people here, where
of they are glad.
Drs. McFerrin, Sombre, Stevenson
& Owen, Hamilton, Huston, are all
at their po-sts, doing the church good
service. To each of thern am I indeb
ted for personal kindness, which I trust
to lie able to return some day by a
North Carolina welcome.
The Publishing House is lare f.rA
complete, in all tlie means to furnish
the whole southern church with the
best religious literature. Not less than
one hundred thousand dollars' worth
of books are now on it3 shelves ready
for distribution. Oh that the preach
ers and people would wake up to the
necessity of suitable efforts to scatter
our hooks among the people.
The Publishing House has lost mon
ey. The causes f loss are, the una
void;ible delay and large 'expense in
starting; the defects in the plan of
operations prescribed by the last Gen
eral Conference ; the tax levied upon
it to support the Bishops, to sustain
some of the General Conference pa
pers, to keep up the Depositories which
do not pay expenses, and to publish
the Quarterly Review, the Home Cir
cle, ami perhaps also the Tract De
partment. With all these burdens to
bear, and under the effect or a finan
cial crisis of unexampled severity, which
has pressed upon the business of the
whole country, it is wonderful that the
Agents have been able to preserve the
Publishing House in as safe a financial
condition as will be shown by their Re-
the monetary crisis is passing away,
and it is hoped that the General Con
ference will not only be able to remedy
the evils of the present plan of opera
tions, but will also succeed in arousing
the whole church to united effort to
sustain the publishing interests of the
connexion, by disseminating our litera
ture over the land.
The venerable Bishop Soule resides
in the country, a few miles from Nash
ville. He is feeble, and ha3 lately
suffered from a cold ; but I learn that
he is improving, and expects to be in,
at the opening of the Conference on
Saturday morning. The sessions will
be held in the State House, a noble
building of stone, which looks like mar
ble, situated on an eminence in the
western part of the city. It is equal
in finifh to our capital in Ruligli, and
is much larger.
I spent last night with Dr. McFer
rin, who resides north of the Cumber
land, one mile from the city. His
dwelling is plain, large, comfortable,
and every thing within and around in
dicates the good taste and abundant
hospitality which receive added grace
from the home circle of the stout Ten
nesseean. The country around looks
like a town. The land is the richest I
have ever seen ; and the dwellings all
around for miles bespeak the wealth
and taste of the occupants. A little
farm of only thirty acres, not far from
Dr. McFerrin's, was sold the other day
for thirty thousand dollars. Of course
land i cheaper, at a greater distance
from the city. But good land costs
high any where in Tennessee. The
fertility of the soil mikes provisions
cheap. Bacon, iifnscuv, is about
8 cents ; corn, 40 cents a bushel ; flour,
$3 50 to 4 00 a barrel ; and remote
from the railroads and navigable rivers,
the necessaries of life are still cheaper.
The Delegates from Texas, Louis
iana, and Arkansas, are already here ;
and others are coming in by every train
and steam-boat. The accommodations
for them are ample. The church in
Nashville extends a western welcome
to us all. On my arrival, I was taken
up and carried home by my old friend
and school-mate, Mr. V. H. Evans.
Bre. Evans came here from Granville
years ago, and by industry and integ
rity as a merchant, he has realized a
good name and an ample fortune.
With his kind family I am quite at
home, and away from my own humble
dwelling, could not be more pleasantly
situated.
Before my next letter reaches you,
the General Confererce will be in ses
sion, and its proceedings will crowd
upon the columns of our Advocate. I
shall continue to write, but with great
er brevity, unless matters of special
interest should require extended notice.
I feel inclined to give the readers of
the Advocate pen and ink daguerreo
types of some of the principal mem
bers of the General Conference, little
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
'sketches of persons whose names are
familiar to the whole tharcb. But per
ihaps it may be well to delay this, until
jtLe proceedings thai! hate keen pab
; lihed.
! I have received the N. C. Advocate
;of the 22J ir.?t. ai;d leg leave to con
gratulate its readers upon the acces
sion of Bro. Lon'ng to the Editorial
; chair. Yours truly,
! K. T. II.
ftltrtinus.
Ifctrnirg of Two Steamers Consequence
of Racing.
We extract from the St. Loui3 Dem
ocrat some of the particulars of the la
test steamboat catastrophe on the Mis
sissippi river. It occurred the 22nd
ult.
Another disaster is added this morn-
r to that dreadful list of accidents
which, during the past six months, has
made the annals of steamboating on the
Western rivers a record unparalleled in
the history of the country for los3 of
life and property and all that i3 terri
ble and heart rending in the detail of
such calamities. The list, a3 we now
recall it, furnishes the dreadful chap
ters concerning the burning of the
Rainbow, burning of the Col. Cross
man, burning of the Sultan, and the
burning of a boat on the Alabama riv
er the memories of all of which come
back upon us fraught with the utmost
pain and horror property of immense
value consumed in an hour, human be
ings caught anddevoured by the flames
in a brief moment, or swallowed up in
the cold and remorseless waves ; wives
missing, children torn away, husbands
lost, families broken, and dismay and
horror inflicted upon the whole coun
try. The Ocean Spray took fire yesterday
afternoon about 5 o'clock, and was
burnt to the water's edge at a distance
of about five miles above this city, in
or near Sawyer's bend, above Maga
zine point. She left this city at her
regular departing hour, between four
and five o'clock, on her way to Peoria,
on the Illinois river. About the time
of her departure the Hannibal City,
one of the regular Beokuk packets, al
so dropped out, and both boats started
up the river on arace,the Ocean Spray
having about one hundred yards the
start, both boats having a number of
passengers, and many on board seem
ing to anticipate, with much relish, the
result of the races to Alton. Under
such circumstances the officers of the
boats could hardly fail to partake of
the spirit of rivalry which so pervaded
the passengers, and under the impulses
of the hour seemed to have become
reckless of every thing but the speed
of their respective crafts.
The fire commenced on the main
deck, right forward of the boilers.
WThen the alarm wa3 given the boat
was headed to the shore. She reached
it between the steamers Star of the
West and Keokuk, and as the star
board wheel was kept revolving, she
slid along the bank towards the Keo
kuk. A number of persons jumped to
the shore, and were soon engaged,with
others still on the boat, in throwing
planks, cord wood, and other available
articles to the assistance of some who
had leaped and dropped into the river.
It was then and by this means that the
largest number of those who were sa
ved were enabled to reach the shore.
The fire was thoroughly communica
ted to the Keokuk, which was secured
to the shore by strong chains. She
burnt to the waters edge.
The Hannibal City, seeing the smoke
and conjecturing the cause, dropped off
I 1 .1 - .1, A Tllinnin otin.A n-wl m 1 -
lowarus wie aiumuio duuic, uuu, can
ning her yawl, sent it over to assist
those who were compelled to jump in
to the water. The yawl also of the
Ocean Spray was manned, but became
so unmanageable, by reason of the
numbers that clung to it, that it drift
ed down the stream a hundred yards
before landing, though it was not more
than ten yards from the shore.
Mr. Deniston, of Lynchburg, Ohio,
who was a passenger, states with much
particularity the origin of the fire.
He says that when the boat started out
the Hannibal City backed out just be
hind her, and when under good head
way she was about a hundred yards in
the rear. He says that when the
Ocean Spray was within about a mile
of where she took fire, he saw the Han
nibal City gaining on her, and the
command was given to put turpentine
in the furnaces. He says he had been
very much interested in the race, and
had taken a position in front, where
the steps come down together, so that
he could see them firing up. They first
threw in rosin, and then the mate sug
gested turpentine. The captain was
by when the order was given,and some
of the men went down into the hold
and brought up a barrel of turpentine
which had ben consigned to some per
sons in Peoria. The men took an axe
and split a hole in the head of the bar
rel, and then, under orders of the mate,
dipped the fluid out and threw it over
the coal that was lying by. This was
not -expeditious enough, and the head
of the barrel was knocked in, and a
bucket with a piece of rope to it was
used to dip out the turpentine. The
BY A C0K1HTTEE CF 2H51STEE.S
SXrMlGH,
Ibarre! at'ta'is time was standing eo
j more than s'u feet frora. the fumade
I doors. After dipping with th bucket
i and sprickling the eai'.s, sticks of wood
;were takn up and their end plar.gc-1
into the barrel, an ! then laid do-svn te
;twen the barrel an 1 the furnace,
While lying thre, one of the firemen
in puillrig oat his rake jerked a live
'coal, a? U supposed, on the wood. when
it was immediately ignite l, ar.'i .Liazea
up furiously. The mate swore at the
men and ordered them to throw water
on the fire. The water seemed to drive
the flames ta the barrel, which was soon
all ablaze. The mate grew furious,
and cursing the bawls, ordered thera to
cast the barrel overboard. In attempt
ing to do this the barrel was up5et,and
the burning fluid in an instant spread
all over the deck and poured in fiery
torrents down into the hold. At thi3
the cry of fire wa3 shouted and the
alarm became general.
Mr. Dervston says he immediately
ran
up stairs lor ms baggage, ne
drafted his -trunk and carpet-sack as
far as the clerk3 office, when he Raw
the flames coming in at the door ir.
front of thetn. He dropped the trunk,
and made a dash for the stairway
through the fi traes. Somehow, he says,
he reached the bottom of the stairs,
but not without having his hair and
eyebrows pretty badly singed. Here,
at the forward deck, he found a crowd
of men all waiting for the boat to strike
shore. He jumped when the rest did,
and landing safely he began to throw
in the river all the pieces of wood or
loirs he could gather on the shore.
While on the shore he saw the women
rushing over the top of the boat, some
on the hurricane roof, and some even
with their children up on the texas, all
imploring for help and screaming from
the fright of the moment. He saw one
mother brir three children to the edge
of the hurricane roof, the oldest being
probably about ten years old. She
first caught her youngest in her arms,
and gave it a desperate fling. It struck
the shore with great violence, and must
have been seriously injured. The sec
ond child she could not throw so far,
and it fell in the water, where its little
hands, paddling above the surface, ar
rested the attention of some gentleman
who reached in and saved it. The third
child, being so heavy, fell farther from
shore, and would probably have been
drowned but for some noble-hearted
man, who, having witnessed the efforts
of the heroic mother, plunged in head
foremost, and brought the child to the
surface and to the shore. The mother
afterwards leaped in the water and was
rescued. Some four or five women
were found clinging to one woman who
was holding on the rudder of the Star
of the West. The captain, clerk, pi
lots, and mate were saved. All the
cabin boys but one called Hank were
saved. Mr. Deniston thinks there can
not have been less than twenty lives
lost. There were some sixty or seven
ty passengers in all, and a good many
of these deck passengers.
The account speaks for itself, and if
the statements published be correct, it
throws an awful responsibility upon the
officer in command of that boat. We
have ever deprecated the practice of
boat racing, knowing how frequently it
has been attended with consequences
which have inflicted misery unon hun
dreds of our people. These accidents
have become so frequent of late upon
our rivers that the causes which lead
to them call for the closest investiga
tion by the proper authorities. We do
not impute criminal motives to officers
of steamboats, but under the excite
ment which follows all rivalry, men lose
their judgments and prudence, and are
frequently carried into reckless meas
ures in order to gratify a foolish vanity
or to secure a wager at the risk of de
stroying life.
Only one Brick upon Another.
Edwin was one day looking at a
large building which they were putting
up just opposite his father's house. He
watched the workmen from day to day
as they carried up the brick and mor
tar,and then placed them in their prop
er order.
His father said to him, 'Edwin, vou
seem to be very much taken up with
the bricklayers; pray what may you
be thinking about ? Have you any no
tion of learning the trade V
'No,' said Edwin, smiling ; 'hut I
was just thinking what a little thing a
brick is, and yet that great house is
built by laying one brick upoa another.'
'Very true my hoy. Never forget
it. Just so it is with all great works.
All your learning is onlv one little les
son added to another. If a man could
walk all around the world, it would be
by putting one foot before the other.
Your whole life will be made up of one
little moment after another. Drop ad-
jded to drop makes the scean.'
Learn from this not to despise little
things. Learn, also not to be disbour
aged by great labor. The greatest la
bor becomes easy if divided into parts.
You could not jump over a mountain,
but step by step brings you to the
other side. Do not fear, therefore, to
attempt great things. Always remem
ber that the whole of the great building
is only one brick upoa another.
FOE THE FOSTS CAE0U3TA. CQ3TTH
TIITE SDAY, IS I
TLs " "Wrath of Haa raise lice
j In a sasptiiocs apirira ist, tftere lay
'oa h:a dying cooca a ran of venerable
.appearance, ho had occaplel a high
ia&d honorable position t roog his fel
: 5ow-on ; had served his country on the
'tented field, a'.d had stoc4 bravely ia
;Ler defense ; mid the per us and carriage
of battle. He had also ttood in single
'combat on the 'fed of lonor, fairly
m called. II had lived to see lit-arly
three score aad ten yean?, and had ac
i quired a large fortune, an I was then the
I dying projrk't&r of a princely domain.
' He was attended by t jree sceptical
friends, one tf whom was a physician.
I They bad come, at his special request,
(to be with him in the las: struggle, and
;to gee and testify how a brave man and
'a sceptie conld die. At his reqat his
will way read ; and ia their presence he
' sigaed it, and delivered it to one cf
thera. After a pause At'i. 'T have
now done with ear'n ; wwa ue,
; IIdw hard a fate it is to leave all that
ia man ha.3 lived for, and to go no one
knows whither !'
It is a hard fate,' said one of hi3
: friends ; 'but you Jo not fear it. See
; this,' said he; holding up the will and
; pointing to the signature ; 'you never,
in health, on the bench signed your
name to an order of court with a firmer
hand.
'But,' saul the dying man, ''tis an
' awful thing to die. Yet why should
fear to die T adding in a tremulous
; tone, 'for I have wronged no one.' Then
1 there was a long and painful silence,
interrupted only by his short, hard
; breathing, wheu at length he opened his
I eyes, and looked earnestly and inquir
ingly at each of hi3 friends, and with
; evident trepidation, asked again, ' Why
' should I fear to die ? I have wronged
no one.' -
I T ey tried to calm his perturbed
imind, and to rally his faltering heart,
i by reminding him that he had faced
death at the cannon s mouth without
fear ; and by assuring him that there
was no cause of alarm note, as he wa3
in his own quiet chamber, surrounded
by his. best friends, and was closing a
I life of honor and usefulness.
It was all in vain, he could not he
quieted. An immortal conscience was
i aroused within him. He felt that he
i was going to meet a holy and an offend
; ed God, against whom he had sinned,
jand thus had wronged his own soul. In
spite of all their efforts to the contrary,
j he yielded to alarm and despondency
jand died. Thc3 the learned statesman,
j the soldier, th-9 tpil .pgjia&d away
Ihe moral effect ot this dying scene
on his attendants was diep and lasting.
j Two of them have told the writer that
then and there they were made to feel
the necessity of forgiveness ot sin, and
restoration to the favor of God through
a Redeemer's blood. In a few weeks
after his death,both of these gentlemen
made a public profession of religion,
they being the first subjects of a glori
ous revival of religion which in its pro
gress brought a large proportion of the
men of that place into the church of
Christ. 'Surely the wrath of man shall
rrst n . i J 1 i
praise inee. oceptrcai reauer nasi,
thou no fear to-day t Oh, believe it,
the hour is coming when thy soul shall
tremble for fear; for thy God hath said,
'Woe to the wicked, shall be ill
with him.' J. D. M-
To-Morrow.
A gentleman once went to a meeting
held in his neighborhood, where for some
time there had been a revival of religion.
His wife, a truly pious lady accompanied
him, and several time3 duriogthe services
she observed him trying to conceal the
emotion that was struggling for utterance.
After a solemn and impressive discourse on
on the danger of delay, an invitation was
piven to any one who desired speeial pray
er to be made for them, or to be instruct
ed concerning- the way of salvation, to re
main after the congregation should be dis
missed. Many remained, but this gentle
man did not, though his pious wife urged
him to do so, and offered either to remain
with him or go on with some friends who
lived in their itamedi$e neighborhood.
" Xo," said he, very dsciJediy, whilo the
big scalding tears coursed their way dowo
his cheek ; " no, 1 cannot let B. know that
I am concerned about my soul ; but we will
corns again to-morrow, when he will not
be he?e, and then I will go forward to be
instructed, and beseech the prayers of God's
people. I know I ought to do it now, but
I cannot "
Finding him resolute, the wife said no
more, and tbey left the bouse toether.
The night was very dark, and the gentle
man's horse was refractory, and before
they had gone a mile from the church he
was thrown violently to the ground, stri
king his bead cgainst a piece of hewn
stone that lay in the road. Congestion of
the brain followed, and death in a few
minutes. His last words were "Farewell,
Mary, farewell forever ; we meet do moie ;
my soul is lost, lost forever! That fatal
to-morrow, that paves hell with immortal
souls, has robbrd me of my all I" And
turning a look of vSiblesa agony toward
his fondly beloved wife, bo expired. O,
that fatal to-morrow I Sinner, be wise to
day ; to-morrow may be too late. Am.
Messenger.
4 He who knows the world, will not
be too bashful, and he who knows himself,
will never be impudent.
E5CE, X- 21 CHTTSCH. SOTTTH -EUFTS T. WZTLTS. Tiitcr.
AY1MS;38.
The Thief azi the Q-ilr.
i
A issa hd ben In the hhh J-f steil -
j ing corn of his neighbor. h-- i a? a
iQaaker. Everv night h oaM go
softly to the enh and til h?s lz wrv2r
jears wheh the good old Qusier'sJ toil ; prnaps upoa the &olcf others.
I ha.d placed there. Every raonvlng th ! Th; k cf this wherfr yea are triel
old gentleman observed a diralnuation ' to do wrong act. Sv to Toarself,
I of his corn pPe. This was vryn-!I '.3'1 rcke a. r.sirk that I s"h!l no:
Jnoying, and mart be Mopped -but ; lore to lwk at mark that cannot
'how? Many acne would have saiL. '. b& tiken it.' For, even thoogh this
r 'Take a gun, conceal yourself, wit till ; jiia ra.iv he par honed; as to its gu.lt.
he coraf s, and fire- Others would have iu washed away, as f its pollation.by
sai l, 'Catch the viUiir il have him ; the atoning bloou of the preceiuus P.e
: sent to jail. daer-r. still it will Uave a something
But the Qaaker was not prepared to; thit will prevent its bein forgotten
j enter into any such severe measures, by you. Memwy, hie s fihhfal ralr
j He wanted to punish the oS'R le and 'ror, "will cften present it before ;ou.
j at the same time, bring about his re-' How painful th view will be! How
'formation, if possible. So he fixed a 3 you nll wish" that you could have none
i ml
;sort of trap close to the hose through
j which the man would thrust his ana in
getting the corn,
j The wicked neighbor proceeded on j
'his unholy errand at ?h hoar ?.f raid--
j night, with bag in hand. UrkapecH
! edly, he thrust his hand into tle- erib j
;to sieze an ear, when lo ! he found!
i himself unable to withdraw it! In vain
ihe tugged, and pu!leL, and sweated
, and alternately cried and cursed. His
hand was fast, and every effort to re -
; lease it only made it the more secure.
:Afteratime he gave over his useless
i struggles and began to look around
him. All was silenee and repose. -
Good men are sleeping corr.tortabJy ai
i their beds, while he was compelled to
: keep a dreary, disgraceful watch thro
me remainuer oi tnac long an i lemwis
night, his hand in constant pain trom ;
the pressure of the clamp, which held'
it. His tired limbs, compelled to sus
tain his weary holy, would fain have
6unk beneath him, and his heavy eves
i would have closed in slumber, but lo !
I there wa3 no rest, no sleep for him.
j There he must stand and watch the
progress of the night, and at once de-
sire and dread the return of morning.
Morning came at last, and the Quaker
j looked out of his window, and found
mac ne nau -caugnt, tne man. jiers, sucn as i'.jsxea in mat uny. i.ne
The good old mon hurried on his j collection did not come up to the stan
clothes, and started at once to the re- jdard which the devot onal feeling aiul
! lief and punishment of his prisoner. ; poetic taste of the young student cra
! in,.,i : r: l ;,i v, ...j i v,:. i.:.. a:.. . t.
uuw ixiui ijiii:, iiiLiivi, caiu lie, as
he came in speaking distance. 'How
does thee do?'
The poor culprit made no answer,
but burst into tears.
'O fie !' said the Quaker, as he pro
ceeded to release him. 'I am sorry
that thee has got thy hand fast. Thee
put it in the wrong place, or it would
not have been so.
The man looked crestfallen, and beg
ged forgiveness, hastily turned to make
his retreat. 'Stay,' said hi3 persecutor
for he was now becoming such to the
offender, who could have received a
blow with much better grace than the
kind words that were falling from the
Quaker's lip3 's ay, friend, thy bag
is not filled. Thee needs corn, or thee
would not have taken so much pain3 to
get it. Come, let us fill it. And the
poor fellow was obliged to stand and
hold the bag, while the old man filled
it. interspering the exercise3 with the
pleasantest conversation imaginable
all of which was like daggers in the
heart of his chagrined and mortified
victim. The bag was filled, the string
tied, and the sufferer hoped soon to be
out of the presence of hia tormentor,
but again his purpose was thwarted.
'Stay,' said tne Quaker, as the man
was about to hurry off,having muttered
once more hi3 apologies and thanks
'Stay, Ruth has breakfast ere this :
thee must not think of going without
breakfast. Come, Ruth is calling!
This was almost unendurable ! In
vain the mortified neighbor, begged to
be excused; the Qcaker was inexorable
and he was obliged to yield.
Breakfast over. 'Now,' said the oldjraore remarkable than the composition j
larmer,a3 he helped the victim to shoul- j
der ihe bag: 'If thee need3 any more
corn,come in the daytime and thee shall
have it.'
With what shame and remorse did
that guilty man turn from the dwelling
of the pious Quaker. lie at once re
pented and reformed, and an informant
tells me that he afterwards heard him
relate, in an experiencing meeting, the
substance of the etory I have related,
and he attributed ht3 conversion, under
God's blessing, to the cour3e the Qua
ker had pursued to arrest him in his
downward course.
'The Nails are gone out, but the Harks
are there.',
Once there was a little boy, who
had a father who loved him. dearly,and
wished, as all good parents do, to have
his much-loved son a good child. So,
one day, he told him that he would drive
a nail into a post whenever he would
do an act that was wrong, and when
he would do a good deed he woa'd pull
lone out. Now I think that thi3 ittle boy
! tried to be good, for though there were
j quite a number of nails driven into the
Jpost, after a while all had been drawn
! out. Not one remained.
I 'Don't vou think that 'Bonnie nau3t
ihave been a happy little fellow the day
that the last nail disappeared trom tne
post ? IIi3 father was very much pleas
ed, and was congratulating hia little son
upon the fact that the nails were all
gone ; bat he wa3 much surprised to
see that Bennie w& -weeping, instead
!Bl o() a
g e?it?d.
'Ye?
s t&i i
1 tro.-.
j t
; think
all
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at tht izrirttxre ti-tre " '
rnv iUxr chli'Vef, did v 3 e?r
Ka: U vosr bad deed? Will 1ev
Ye.T-ihrs Br voar-oat.
; but coJ deeds to leok uron ! Brih
ard beautiful would the tablet then ap-
pear, instead of being stair.ed and mar-
red by dark spots and sears,
Then, tny chMrn, tri to nake a
raork every uy of yota- lives, but let
that mark be a good one -oe that wUl
bring railes, and not tears, whenever
you think oron it one that will lave
-a bright spot upon your heart and the;
hearts of others, and not a wound that
; will keep, festering and aching within
; yci:r heart, or seajr your consignee.
; ow is your seed-time. Lay not up for
! your.-elf that which wi'l caujM1 bitter
1 remorse; but gather a store of sweet
; memories that shall refresh you in age
I that shall cheer you upon a sick or
(dying bed, and even
be remembered
( wun iov m neaven
J'rriJ ikri'tn Jiunnzr jr A Jvorati
Origin of Watts's Hymns.
When Dr. Watts vas voung nan
and a candidate for the tainistrv, the
congregation in which he worshipped
with
bis father s family beinjr one of
thos which did not eschew all psalmo
dy, were accustomed, of course, to
j sing from the rude collections cf Stsrn-
I hold, or Barton, or other like rhymes-'
j aiiu, uiviii iiiuicti ilia uiMJ'JWitrm,
i he was challenged to produce something
better. Accordingly, cn a subsequent
j Lord's day, the service was. concluded
with the tollowjng stanzas, which, if
mentally contrasted by the reader with
the monstrous dorere!
the concrec'k-
tion were doubtless accustomed to, will
7 V -
be perused with a double glow of pious
and poetic exultation. Thi3 ia a gen
uine Ijrricj ftmr the jo wjth which pioaa
hearts instanily welcomed it attests the !
peculiar and unequaled merit of Watts
as a sacred song writer.
Behold th? glories of the Lan.h
Ajnid his Ffltber'n throne ;
Prepare new honors fur his name.
And songs hefors tirikriuwD.
Let elders worship at hi 3 fe:t,
The Church adore around,
With vials full of odor sweet,.
And harpg of sweeter Bound.
Those are the prayer of th- saints.
And these the hymns they raif.e,
Jesus is kind to our compiling,
He loves to hear our praise.
Not to the Lamb that once was slain,
He endless hlesing paid ;
Salvation, glory, joy, remaia
Forever on tby head.
Thou hastredeem'd our souls with blood,
Hast set the pris'ners free ; j
Ha-t made us kings and miests to God,
And we shall rtign with the. i
i
The worlds of Dijure and of grace i
Are put berfUh thy power ; ;
Then shorten, ths delaying duva, j
And bring the promised hour. .
Such is the tradition, and wo have j
no rccson to question its truth, liut j
oi tne nyran, is tne aiacniy wun wmcn j
it ha3 been received
The attempt wa3 i
if nnet waa r r.rn. i
an innovation, ana the poet wa3 a pro
phet of their own country ; but, to the j
devotional instinct of the worshippers,
so welcome wa3 thi3 "new song," that
they entreated the author to repeat j
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the service, till, the series extending
Sunday after Sunday, a sufficient num
ber had been contributed to form the
basis of a book. North Hritiah Re
view. A Pleasrnt Incident
In the rough scramble for office at
Washington, says the Boston Journal,
the following incident stands out in
happy contrast :
The chairman of a committee brought
a stalwart young Irishman to the Cap
itol to introduce hina to hi3 new station
of Assistant Door tender, and it3 for
mer occupant, whom he requested to
explain to him bi3 duties. The new
comer looked at the man he wa.i about
to displace, and discovered that he wa3
a cripple. On asking how he had be
come thus mutilated, he wa3 told that
be had been shot and ' cut to pieces' at
the battle of Buena Yista, left for dead
on the field, and only recovered to find
himself hopelessly mutilated for life.
That generous-hearted fellow looked
first at one and then the other, ani fi
nally blasted oat, aa he turned on his
heel : If this man's place is the only
one you have got for me, I'll not have
it at all
vear, in advance
:s Pite-a: Umbrella.
Bii the CIr.cIr.r.a'.i art'il, Y vi ta-TfMf-d
jJan to p tht r irscin
en sent r.J c-par;:bsb! crine, om-
fc-c-a we iatn l to rnas
pobt'c at ri-b
of vlo'i'Irg
the p-
:rr.t laws. U e niil to! th
he related i: :
I had a
and start? 1 f r the
Barret H'ni, on
rainy d'.y. hcn I b in to re'W: upon
roy eitratagtr-ce, aw to w.'-nd.'r, a I
tripped a bag' pros 11 j tin !r its tr&vl
an i ife cover, whether r r, t it would
go tbf way cf all i:l rclU. and leave
tne to the " rhiJf s rtt'ltinr of th
tJrx. before the
I cVj!1 keep it in
! r j ore r. 1 ruf ,
v h.An 1 : hut then
I was occasion dy a!
that I fcu!J be y.nX a
mi n led
irt to set it
down in a puMrc bar im. or cten to
have it quietly taken oat of raj hand
by tome adroit p'jrioirHT." Stxl ln
ly an idea oeeurred. I hepped in a
hardware stcte atd purchu.Atd a snail
paukk.
fn arrivsRjj a th Wei, I closed
my umbrella, ?!irpd the l .:k on to
the wire snrinj which ker it shut.
and deposited it wish tb vuM perfect
confidence in the public rack. I was
not Jong wa.ting f.r a customer. A
splendid locking fellow, with a goateo
and iDOusttcfle, stepin-d up with th
ruost perfect hvkj lt a 1 took my
i'k-ntical u;r.hrella. I quietly saunter
ed toward the door, giving a casual
glance at the weather ; tnv hero csiay-
ed to spread the sheltering silk : liut
alas I
it was no go again
Still worse.
What the duce wai the tnatNr? Ho
lookcl aa t)c trap, and the fall of
his couiter.anc' wa exactly tbo step
frora the saldisni- to the ridiculous I
had so often hoard of, but never seen
before. My umbrella wns quietly i
positod in its pi. re, and my gentleman
meekly sauntered toward th reaLing
rom, ufid hlipped out of another door
umbrella-
I m by no means satisfied with ore
experiment... In a little while I saw
one of the moat br.irxjn appropriator
of sraall thirds (he was esptvially hard
on liincU i and drinks free) ir a
Cincinn.ai. " Nuw, ' naid I, " is my
chance."
Thn customer had an article in his
hand, which might in courtcsv bo sty 1-
' cd the " ghoHt of nn umbrella," and
cotton at that. With a grandiloquont
air, he deposited it right along side of
raine, iu want to the bar. Jhcre h
picked up a treat lit waselectiorn time)
and cat crackers and che;se enormous
ly. Thermo to th.- rt a ling-roorn, with
my eye etill on htm, ajt 1 in len than a
minute, with a shrug, and buttoning
i up his coat an extra button, he passed
in a rapid busincfu manner to the door,
pic?: ed up. ray umbrella, with Kritrcely
a glance, a? ho went along. I was on
hand. With a sudden movement he
attempted to ranc it ; no go!
Again! Still a failure! With a de
cision perfectly Napoleonic, and worthy
cf the occasion, he wa? about to tear
away the slight obstruction, when I
stepped up and said :
" Don't do that. I'll lend yoo th
key !"
"Ah! Mr. Beard. Ila ! Strang
mistake thonght it was my own.
Good device ; think I'll adopt it."
And with the most perfect case ho
put my umbrella down, took hi $ own,
and vamokfd.
I waa satisfied. I had found out
how to keep an umbrella and now I
arn on, my way to Washington to get a
patent for it..
Benefit! of a good heaxty Laugh.
If people wifl b-li ve Loach p.U,j'u:n with
a good mr.'d, we think the following from
au English paper, cau be recornnuaded ti
one ot the very best of its c'uh :
" While on a pict5 excursion with ft
party of young peorJ, discerning crow'
nest on a rocky ppcipice, they s'art?d in
rzreat cle to see who wou! 1 reach it rt.
r ,
Their habte being greater tharj prudence,
h'jnjc lot their hold, and were ceu rolling
aod tu'nbiin down the hillside, bouae'a
Braa&bfcd, clothe t ro, po.tarea ridienlooj,
but no one hurt. Then totaweaced a
scene of ruott violent and long-continued
laughter, which, being nil young people,
well acquainted with ecb other, and in th
wryls, they inddged to perfect urfeit.
They roared out with merry p?u! oo pl
of potjtaneo'i. laughter; they expreed
it by Looting aod hallooing when ordinary
laughter became inua.ieot to ezpre the
merriment they felt ml their owo ridirc
losis nituatioas and thove of their mate;
and ever aftcrirarJ the bare mention of
the crow' not c-te occ-Aioned renewed
and irrepressible laughter. Years after
one of their number fell tick, became
low that hhe could not tpeak, acl waa
about breatbiog her hst. (Jut infoimaal
called to feee her, gve hj? name, and tried
to mike hiw.df rec"gra !l, but filled till
he rneotiouei the crew's nett. at which be
rec-goized him and began to liugh, and
cootioued every little wh'Je renewing it;
from tha time she began to uuend, recov
ered, ted Eti'd lives, a caen-nto of the laagh
care."
(Tba above tory is true, but it happen
ed 10 Philadelphia, and Dr. Rush wa the
man who mentioned the incident, and that
cured a patient.
Destkcctiox or the Corros Piaxt. Irff.
mat'ion from various portions of South Caro
lina, according to the Charleston Mercury,
leaves but little doubt of the getjeral destruo
tioo of the cotton plmitakrid other tender veg
etation by r(t, oa the uihU cf Monday xi4
Tuesday.
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