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(tolraa0 Adnata gkcnte. THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1859. Jfci? Persons visiting the city and desi ring to pay for the Advocate, trill please call at the Editor's ojjice, on Fuyefteville Street. n his absence, JIr. S. 11 Young, Mer chant, Fayetteville Street, ami the Publish er, in the old Temperance Hall, are au thorized to receive subscriptions. JZT Subscribers whose papers hare a cross mark on them, arc thereby informed that their subscription year is about to ex pire ; and are respectfully reqvestcd to re new by forwarding $1.50 to this office im mediately. The .V. C. Cliristian- Advocate trill hereafter be sent to none, except to those tcho hai'C PAID IN ADVANCE. Free Coin m union. Communion at the Lord's table ought to be as free as the graee of the Lord Jesus Christ ; and all who believe, savingly, in Him, are entitled as His children, tocomo to His table. Our brethren of the Baptist Church re pel christians from the Lord's table, unless they become members of the Baptist sect. Such exclusion of christians from the chris tian sacrament is without authority. We arc pleased to note the decline of unscrip tural, close communion, among Baptists. We are informed by one of whose credi bility no one can doubt, that a Baptist Minister invited the members of other orthodox churches to unite with Baptists in celebrating the Lord's Supper, at a Bap tist Church in Wake county, on last Sun day. Class meetings. We clip the following frcm that capital Baptist paper, the Religions Herald : " In most churches, once each month, a Covenant Meeting is held, at which all the members are desired to speak of their religious experience during the month past, and express their fellowship with the church.' We quote this language from the Baptist Church Directory " of Dr. Hix cox. The reference is, we presume, to the usage of our brethren at the North. Cer tainly we have nothing in Virginia that answers to this description. But why should we not? Modification in the de tails of the plan may be required by pecu- liaitirs of UwaUr au-i condition OE the part of different churches ; but its essential idea strikes us as eminently worthy of re production, among all who claim to follow in the steps of 'those that feared the Lord of old, and 'spake often one to anoiher' un der inspiration of that fear. Wo have too little expression of sympathy, and, (it may be, to a great, txtent for that reason.) too little sympathy, in religious experience. Heart communes with hart too seldom, iu the hopes and fears, the joys and sorrows, of the Christian life. We need to unbo som ourselves one to another, that tho de sponding may be cheered, and the weak strengthened, and the listless aroused, and such as are out of the way recalled to it, by the more vigorous faith and more buoy ant hope of those who, passing through the pame strugg!es,have been 'made to triumph in Jesus Christ.' How rich a volume of instruction has God written for every chris tian, in the spiritual history of his breth ren ! But we seal that volume from the eyes which it is adapted and ordained to enlighten, by our guilty silence touching the methods of divine grace in its dealings with our souls. Is it not high time to in stitute wiser measures in this regard ? Can, we not repair our unhappy negligence by recourse to Covenant Meeting 'i Should we not?" The intelligent reader will be pleased to observe with what zeal and ability this ex tract urges Baptists to adopt a means of grace, which the Methodist have so long known under the name of class Meetinss. These "Covenant Meetings" differ very little from our class meetings, and differ not all in any essential point. Dancing at the University. The Methodist Discipline expressly pro hibits dancing, aud the history of ages proves the tendency of that fashionable folly to be evil continually. A large num ber of Methodist parents send their sons to the University. And yet, a public ball U part of the proceedings at every Com-i racneement. Is it any wonder that Meth i odist young men are first drawn into tht ball room, and then led to abandon th I church of their fathers, by its fascinations ? Nor is this all : a correspondent of the Pe tersburg Express states that Prof. Hul . bard lately gave a party which was largely attended by the students, aud at whie:, dancing was kept up to a late hour ! If the young gentlemen of the Universi., choose to have an annual ball; and if v professor, who is also a minister of the go. pel.be pleased to give dancing partiec meaning no interference with theiir right wc nevertheless think proper to call the at tention of Methodist patrons of the Univei sity, to the peril in which they are placin their sous. Snow Hill Circuit. The second quarterly meeting will), held on the 4th and 5th of June, at Raii: -&ow, and not at Jerusalem, as heretofor erroneously published. The Doctrine of the Trinity. The first "Article of Religion" in our 'Iscipline expresses, substantially, thedoe-i- ;ne of the Trinity as held by the church i ! Christ, in all its branches, and from the T -ginning. It is in these words : " There is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body or parts, ofin it iite power wisdom and goodness; the 1 aker and preserver of all things, visible ad invisible. Aud in unity of this God i :ad, there are three persona of one sub , ance, power, and eternity the Father, he Son, and the Holy Ghost." The first clause presents the unity of iod ; and the second, the doctrine of the i'rinity. And of this doctrine we are respectfully requested to give an expla- ation." . 1. The supreme and proper divinity of '.rod the Father, is admitted by all who re .udiate atheism ; and we assume it to be . settled point of doctrine. 2. Christ is supremely and properly di vine, in his own nature ; or, he is divine in an inferior, subordinate sense ; or, he is merely aman. That Christ is more than man, we shall presently show from the Scriptures. If he be more than man, and less than God j iu other words, if he be divine in an in- ferior, subordinate sense, then there is a ! great God, and an inferior deity. And if : there is one inferior deity, why not a dozen, i or a thousand ? Thus, when men become so zealous for the unity of God as to deny j the proper divinity of Christ, they fall ioto a species of polytheism, but little better I than that of Greece or Rome, and less I classic and graceful. If, to escape this consequence, it be af firmed that Christ is no more than man, we appeal to the Scriptures. Within the space allotted to this article, we can do no more thau succinctly state the arguments which the Bible gives for the supreme and proper divinity of Christ. First, titles of supreme divinity are given to Him : (Matt. 1, '23. Luke 1," 16-17. John 1,1. John 20, 28. Titus 2,13. Heb. 1, 8. 1 John 5,20. Rom. 9, 5, Arc, &c.) Secondly, Christ has attributes which exclusively ap pertain to supreme divinity ; such as eterni ty, omnipresence, omniscience, and omni potence. Scriptures which ascribe these attributes to him, are too numerous for ci tation here, and arc too well known to all who read the Bible, to render it neeessary to cite them. Thirdly, divine acts are ascribed to Christ ; such as the creation of the uni verse, the forgiveness of sin, the resurrec tion of the dead, and the final judgment of exercise of an authority which is only del egated to him by the Father, they fail to give a foundation for that faith in the Son which the Scriptures require from all. And if his power is only a delegated power, then the divine attributes from which its exercise flows, are only delegated. But if this be affirmed, then we ask, how is it possible to reconcile such an "hypothesis with the positive assertion of the Saviour, at some times, that he had this power ; and with his omission at all times, to refer his miracles to a higher power than his own, as the prophets and the apos tles ever did? And again, we want to know, how was it possible for tho Father to bestow his own eternity upon the Son? And, moreover, if the Son be not truly, properly divine in his own nature, how can those who obey the Scriptural command, and folloT the apostolic prac tice in worshipping him, evade the charge of idolatry, aggravated in the guilt it brings, by charging its origin upon the word of God? 3. Precisely the same process of reason ing from the Scriptures, also proves the supreme and proper divinity of the Holy Ghost. We have only space for a few general observations, upon the doctrine under con sideration. Those who have doubts, and desire to ar rive at a satisfactory solution of them, must first settle the question in their own minds, " Is the Bible the Word of God ?" To such as deny the genuineness and authen ticity of the Bible, we have nothing to say at present ; but to those who firmly rely upon the truth of the Scriptures, we offer several suggestions, to aid in the investi gation of the doctrine of the Trinity. The Bible reveals, as a fact, the su preme and proper divinity of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. It also clearly reveals the fact that there is a sense in which these are not one as at the bap tism of Christ ; in the formula of Christian Baptism, and in the apostolic benediction. And the Bible, reveals, as a fact, that there is but one living one supreme God. These three facts do not necessarily con flict with each other ; for it is not contend ed that God is one, in the same sense that He is three ; rather, there is one sense in which the three persons are one, and anoth er sense in which they are three. This is mysterious, is it ? Where is the mystery ? It is not in the facts ; they are plainly re vealed. The mystery is in the mode, the nature, the essential philosophy of the facts. And this mystery offers no ground for doubting the facts, but rather gives presumptive ev idence that the facts stated are stated truly. If a book professing to be from God, were to present a being for ns to worship as God, whose nature and mode of existence were within the grasp of our finite minds, such a being could not be the infinite God. We would reject such a book as an imposture: we would recur to our inability to compre hend the mode of our own compound be ing; our utter ignorance of the nature of the link that unites our own body and spirit. We should point to the whole range of human knowledge, as limited to the com prehension of facts and principles, but as ever barred by the nature of the mind it self, from a complete understanding of the inner nature, and the original elements of those facts facts in nature and science, which, the more fully they are investigated, more plainly indicate the concealment with in them, of a something beyond the reach of our intellectual capacity. Taking the Bible to be true, we look to it for a re velation of the existence and character of God ; but we are content with what is re vealed, nor would we dare to pry into the awful mystery of His nature, bej-ond the reverential reception of that which is re vealed iu his Word. We have made these notes upon a fundamental doctrine of Christianity, not so much as a full reply to a respectful in quiry in a letter recently received, as to suggest to the writer of that letter, and to others interested, a mode of investigation adapted to the subject, which they can pursue prayerfully and profitably, by search ing the Scriptures and perusing the best works. Cedar tirove Institute. Special attention is invited to the adver tisement. Information from competent and disinterested persons induces us to en dorse its claims heartily, and to commend it to patronage. Its liberal offers to preachers claim their influence. Wanted. We want 500 subscribers for this paper, during the month of May, with the cash in advance. Will fifty friends send, each, ten sub scribers ? And wi)l each subscriber send as many as he can, so as to make us sure of success, in this proposition ? Why not ? Send on the names and the mouev. Revival. In a business letter, dated the 9th inst., Bro. J. W. Wheeler gives the gratifying intelligence of a revival in Pittsboro.' A that date 8 souls had professed to be con verted, and 7 had joined the church, among the whites ; and 15 colored members had been added. The interest was increasinjr, and a number were seeking the way of life. Let Pjttsboro' be remembered in the pravers of tiie church. A Letter to the Editor. . Trinity Coi.lf.gk, May 7, 1859. Ma. Editor: You seem to have no correspondent in this section ; perhaps a sort of general letter may be acceptable. You could not fail to be delighted with this place just at this time. The whole coun try is just enough undulating to be beauti ful, and here is field and woodland suffi cient to make up a succession of 'he finest views I have ever seen. The village is scattered along just one mile, the houses generally white ; the effect produced by the houses, native groves, pretty inclosures, and about the centre, the College, with a grove of oaks, is perfectly charming. The new campus shows itself rather too plainly, as it is neither enclosed nor improved. You would scarcely suspect that Com mencement was so near, unless you hap pened to notice the activity and thought ful looks of the Marshals and Managere. Picparation is certainly going on, but it is in such an organized manner, that you dis cover nothing unusual. But every student that has the fear of the Commencement re port before his eyes, is busy for a certain ty. This is the " testing term," and such testing as no unprepared boy cares to meet. Every thing must be torn to atoms and then put up again, and a substantial rea son given for every word you say. See those twenty-five boys in Greek : the ques tions come cross and pile, thick and fast : directly some unlucky wight staggers a lit tle or makes a mistake, then-he must stand a broadside of about fifty questions.or break down altogether. A dosen boys are up at the blackboards working Mathematics ; one bright youth distances all the rest, writes his answer in great big figures, and turns round facing the Professor, as much as to say " well sir, what more?" The expla nation begins, but soon a reason is forgot ten, for the lazy fellow has borrowed his work, and now with deperate effort he at tempts to escape a confession ; but he is headed off in all directions.until he gives it up. Passing the Labaratory occasionally, you will see them apparently boiling dirt, mak ing .muddy water and ugly mixtures gen erally ; they call it analyzing soils, &c These, I guess, are young farmers. Two or three times a week you will see the Ju niors in flower gardens, meadows aud oth er blooming spots. They are pulling flow ers to pieces, and talking about Quercus, Rosa, Silia, Rubus and other Choctaw lingo, but 1 suppose they are deep in Bota, ry. For the last two weeks, the Seniortf have been Engineering, and such a tirueo it ! They have run Railroads and othe roads all over the country, made turnout and depots iu all directions, leveled, curv cd, filled, cut, bridged, leconnoitcred, mapped, &c, &c, till you can hardly walk) anywhere without hitting your foot agains j a peg. Mere anon. TATLER. Death of Kev. A. Gattis. The following letter, dated May 9th, V 59, brings intelligence of the death of or j of the most pious and devoted members of the North Carolina Conference: "Bro. Heflin: It becomes my pain ful duty to record the death of Rev. Alex ander Gattis. He died of paralysis, Fri day morning, 6th inst., at 7 o'clock, after li ;ing in a state of unconsciousness for over t-' ree days. We - have not his dying t utimony to the truths of the gospel v liich he so faithfully preached, neither do v ft need it to assure us that, though his 1 , 5S will be deeply felt by us as a Confer . ice, and greatly lamented by his nume rous friends, it is his infinite gain. He, as U wellknowu by many, has for many years b sen a "man of affliction ; " but at this he t;urmured not, even concealing his suffer ings from his deafest friends. For several V eeks past, he seemed at the point of death, " .. Caswell county, bat to some extent re tMvering, by short journeys, he arrived at 'i jme, saw inanf his connections and fiends for the last time, till they shall , ieet him in his now happy home, in hea- en. Saturday at 12 o'clock his remains i ere deposited at Orange Church, Hillsbo i ' circuit, with Masonic honors, after a ' ary appropriate funeral sermon, from vets 11 24: " For he was a good man," i.e. , by Rev. J. Tillett.his associate preach er for this year, on Haw River circuit, to a i i xrge concourse of deeply afflicted and i aourning friends. But they sorrow not 1 s those who have no hope. He leaves a 'eeply afflicted companion and many rela Ives and friends mourning his departure, 11 of whom are consoled at the thought .hat he " rests from his labors and his irorks do follow him." May this affliction ;je blessed to all who knew that good man, Alexander Gattis ; and may his mantle all upon some one who may take his place. D. C. JOHNSON. Olin Xligh School. Olin, N. C, May 5th, 1859. Rev. R. T. Heflin : Sir : You will please announce in the next issue of the N. C. Christian Advocate, that the Rev. II. T. Hudson will deliver the annual ser- nion before the two Literary Societies at I Olin High School, the 24th May, 1859. T. L. TUCKER, ") M. D. CLEGG, Coxa. F. H. WEAVER, j missionary Anniversary. Bko. Heflin : The fourteenth Anni versary of he. Misioary Society of the M. E. Church. South, was held in the Franklin st. Church, 3Iobi!e, Ala., on the evening of the 1st of May. Bishop An diew presided. On motion of Dr. Ilamil ; ton, Dr. T. W. Dorman, of the Alabama Conference was appointed Secretary. The meeting was opened with religious services by Dr. Keener.of New Orleai s. The An nual Report of the Society iyas then read by the Missionary Secretary. After the reading of the report, Bishop Andrew, in his own peculiarly forcible and impressive manner, advocated the cause of missions, and pressed home the obligations of the church and the country at large, to sup port more fully this great enterprise. The following resolution was offered by Dr. Hamilton, of the Ala. Conference, and seconded by Dr. Huston, of Nashville: ' ' Resolved, That the signs of the times indicate a near approach of an extraordi nary development of the power of God in the salvation of the world. " The mover advocated the resolution in a brief but pertinent speech. Dr. Huston then followed in an able, and more elabo rate address in the advocacy of the resolu tion, which was listened to with intense interest by the large and attentive audi ence. Dr. Keener, of New Orleans, pre sented the following resolution, which was seconded by the Missionary Secretary: "Resolved. That in view of the present condition of the world, and the demand made upon the church, it is the sacred du ty of each individual christian to put forth prompt and continuous efforts to send the gospel to, all,ise nations of the world. " Ai'ten,4re-sdvcacy of this resolution, the collection was taken, amounting, in cash and subscriptions, to the very handsome sum of 4,2S2, the largest ever taken at any previous anniversary of the society. The meeting throughout was one of deeply religious character. A most decided im pression for good was made upon the large audience present, while a new impetus was given to the missionary spirit. We take great pleasure in announcing the result of this meeting. Ala. Conference, still first in the missionary cause, thus sends out to all her sister Conferences, through her commercial emporium, this noble key note for missions, for the whole southern Meth odist Church, fpr the present year. Montgomery, Ala., also gave us, on our way to Mobile, a large collection for missions, nearly double in amount to that of the year previous. We would again most earnestly call upon the whole church to engage with renewed effort and increas ed faith and prayer,, in snpport of the great missionary enterprise, the greatest and best of causes. $1200 of the amount contributed at the Anniversary, was given for the purpose of supporting a missionary in China, and 1000 for one in Central America, and $1000 for a home missionary to the city of Mobile. Just as I am closing this letter, Bro. Ross, the laborious and faithful preacher of the State st. colored charge, in Mobile, introduced me to one of his colored lead ers, who has just brought to him the col lection made in their church on last Sab bath, amounting to $109. What an ex ample to hundreds who are far more able, and yet are slow to support the gospel. Yours truly, E. W. SEHON, Miss. Sec. Mobile, Ala., May 3, 1859. Wayne Female College Com mencement. The examination of the classes will be gin the 24th inst., at 9 o'clock, A. M. Rev. J. S. Long, of Wilmington, will preach the Annual Sermon, on Wednesday night of the 25th. D. M. Carter, Esq., of Washington will deliver the Literary Address on Thursday morning, at II o'clock. On Thursday evening, the graduating exercises will take place. Six Diplomas and a gold medal will be awarded. Rev. C. F. Deems, D. D., will officiate in this part of tlie exercises. On Thursday night, concert By the young ladies of the College. The public invited to attend. 2t. S. MILTON FROST. Annual Exercises of Lenoir Col legiate Institute. Classes will be examined on Tuesday and Wednesday until 12 o'clock M. At 2 o'clock P. M., on Wednesday, the 1st of June. Rev. J. H. Brent will preach the Annual sermon. Concert by the Female Department on Wednesday night. On Thursday, June 2, speaking by the Male Students, from 8 to 12 o'clock a. m. At 2 P. M., Rev. R. T. Heflin will de liver the Annual Address. The Trustees are raquested to meet at 6 o'clock on Tuesday evening of the Ex amination. L. BRANSON. Elizabeth Circuit. The Quarterly Meeting for Elizabeth Circuit will be held the 4th and 5th of June, first Saturday and Sunday, instead of the 18th and 19th, as published in my appointments. CHARLES F. DEEMS. MISCELLANY. Southern Baptist Convention. The seventh biennial session commenced in Richmond on last Friday. Rev. Dr. How ell was elected President at the first ballot, but he declined to accept, lest he should thereby contribute to transfer the local dif ficulty between himself and Graves to the general counsels of the church. At the afternoon session, Rev. Dr. Fuller was elected President, on the fourth ballot Graves did not receive a single vote. The Convention then completed its organization and proceeded to business. Ou Sunday all the pulpits of the city, except the Roman ( 'atholic, were occupied by members of the Convention. Death of a Minister. Rev. Francia M. Crain, a member of the Alabama Con ference, died on the 18th March, at the residence of Gen. John II. Cocke, near Greensboro,' Ala. His end was peaceful and triumphant. Fire in Richmond. A firo in Rich mond, Va., on the 4th inst., destroyed property valued at 50,000. Baptist State Convention. The Bap tist State Convention of Va., met in Rich mond on Monday of last week. Rev. Da vid Hume was elected President. The session was harmonious, and interesting. East Alabama 3Iale College, Au-. burn, Ala. The following distinguished gentlemen have been elected to fill tho of fices in this Instituti on, and have siguified their acceptance and readiness to enter up on their duties at the opening of the Col lege on the second Wednesday in October, 1859. W. J. Sasnett, D. P., President and Professor of Moral Science ; John Darby. A.M., Professor of Natural S jience; John W. Glenn, Jr.. A. M., Professor of Mathe matics; John T. Dunfciin, A. M., Trofess or of Languages ; Rev. W. P. Harrison, Adjunct Professor of Languages. The Religious Troubles in Texas. The difficulties between the inhabitants ci Fannin county, Texas, and the anti-slavery Methodists, located in that quarter.hav, beeu temporarily settled by the latter agree ing for a time, to abstain from preaching The Texas Jldvocate, the organ of tin Methodist Church, South, fully and warm ly endorses the proceedings of the people and urges the thorough and immediat-. eradification of the Methodist Church . North, in Texas, with whatever force mav be necessary. Death of a Minister. A letter in th" last Memphis Advocate says : "Rev. J. J Kenneday, of the Ouachitta Conference, V no more. He departed this life on tl,r 26th of March. He died happy, ehoutii: redemption through Jesus' blood." A Frightful Scourge. Cholera h , been raging in the northern part of Japn to a frightful, extent. At Jeddo aloi the deaths are reported at one hundred an" fifty thousand in one month. Alissin .) and Odowara have also suffered greatly The outbreak of this dreadfui scourge .: soon after the time the foreign embassi were at Jeddo, has led the people to at tribute to them its introduction into the.; country, and superstitution points to tl coincidence as a punishment for opflnir ; . J apan to foreigners. By the latest accoun the disease was less virulent. A Lady of lhe Olden Time. Mit . Troupe, the accomplished wife of a capta" it of the British navy, gives a lively aocou;.5 j :' a call she with two other ladies made ' pon Mrs. Washington, who, like her hus iind's mother, was distinguished for her Management of household affairs "As i le was said to be so grand a lady," says Urs. Troupe, "we thought we must put on ur best bibs and bands. So we dressed : urselves in our most elegant ruffles and jtlks. and were introduced to her ladyship. iVnd don't you think we found her knil- ng, and with a check apron on ! She re vived us very graciously and easily, but Jfter the complimeuts were over, she re i umed her knitting. There we were with- at a stitch of work, and sitting in state ; but General Washington's lady with her cwn hands was knitting stockings for her husband. " Hydrophobia. A writer in the Provi dence Journal furnishes the following pre scription for hydrophobia ; Eat the green ehoots of asparagus raw ; sleep and perspi ration will be induced, and the disease can thus be cured in any stage ot canine mad ness. A man in Athens, Greece, was cur ed by this remedy after the paroxysms had commenced. Commissionership of Indian Affairs. President has selected the Hon. A. B. Greenwood, of Arkansas, to be the Com uiMuanor of Indian Affairs, vacated a short time since by the resignation vf ii 3. W. Denver, and he has consented to accept the appointment. Clerical Ordination. Yesterday mor ning, at 8 o'clock, the interesting ceremony of ordination to the Priesthood, took . place at the Roman Catholic church in Richmond. The gentleman who enters ; this sacerdotal state, says the Enquirer, is Mr. R. II. Andrews. He is a convert from I the Presbyterian Church. He graduated I with marked distinctionvafthe Presbyterian ' school in Priuceton, N J., but soon after resolved to embrace the doctrines of tho Catholic church. During the last three years he has studied divinity and theology, in this city, under the guidance of the lit. llev. Bishop McGill and Rev. John Tee ling. The Vacant Bisuopric. The names I of several of the more prominent Episcopal clergy of New Jersey are already mention ed in connection with the vacant bishopric of that diocese. Among those who are said to stand the best chance of becoming the successor of Bishop Doane, are Rev. S. A. Clark, rector of St. John's Church, Elizabeth City, and brother of Bishop Cl u k, of Rhode Island ; Bishop Southgate, Lite missionary Bishop to Turkey ; Rev. i Dr. Francis Vinton, of Brooklyn ; Rev. 31iles Masuan, formerly ot Grace Church, Jersey City, and Rev. Dr. Odeuheimer, of Philadelphia. Spider-Bitten. Rev. W. II. Seat, of the Texas Conference, at last accounts, was suffering severely from the bite of a spider. It is thought he would survive. ' Go up and Possess the Land.' Rev. Dr. Wentworth, a Methodist missionary in Ciiluic, bus written &n earnest plea for a general convention of all the missionary societies in Europe and America, to devise means for the furtherance of the gospel in India and China at the present juncture, particularly to map out the eighteen pro vinces of China and the adjacent islands for immediate occupancy of the entire ter ritory. Baron Hess. The Austrian commander-in-chief will probably be Baron Hess, who is said to bo the most distinguished of all the Austrian generals. Departure of Missionaries For Ja pan. The clipper ship Surprise sailed for Hong Kong, China, from New York, Sat urday afternoon. Among her passengers were the liev. luchard alsh and wife. Rev. S. II. Brown and wife, Rev. G. F. Verback and wife, Mr Francis Hall, Mr. Geery, two Misses Brown, Miss Adrian and Master Brown, missionaries to Japan, sent out under the auspices of the Reform ed Dutch Church. North Carolina Ball Room. ' Miss, can I have- the pleasure of danciog with you the next cotillion ?' Well, I don't know' " Engaged, perhaps? " " Well, ef you must know, I ain't quite done chairing my raiczum ! " Toleration. The London Examiner says: Japanese are not intolerant, for they have three different religions divided into up wards of thirty sects, the votaries of all of which live peaceably together. Jhe per secution of the Christians in the seven teenth century was a political and not a theological one. Before it commenced, the bonzes, or priests of Buddhism, a form of religion introduced from India, were the must Importunate In their complaints against the Christians, lney petitioned the t,tn peror against them, who demanded how many forms of religion existed in the Em pire, and the reply was thirty-five. ' Well,' replied His Majesty, where thirty-five can be tolerated we can easily have thirty six. Leave the strangers iu peace.'" Rev. Geo. Lane. Rev. George Lt:ne a venerable minister of the Methodist Epis copal Church, and for many years Book Agent at 200 Mulberry St. New York, died at his residence, iu Wilkesbarre Pa. last week. Bishop Janes a Free Mason. Accor ding to one of the v estern Methodist pa pers, Bishop Janes, during the recent noisy conference in Texas, had, in the hour of ex tremity, given the Masonic sign, when the rabble dispersed, and the conference was permitted to close its session. Dead. The death of Prof. W. C Lar rabee is announced in the Indianapolis Journal. He was a native of Maine, and nearly sixty years of age. He had been superintendent of public instruction of In diana, and was one of the proprietors of the Indianapolis Sentinel. Death of an Aged Missionary. On the 20th ult., Rev. Samuel A. Worcester, for a third of a century a missionary of the American Board, died at Park Hill, Cher okee nation. An Editor Turned Missionary. Rev. W. E. McDaren, formerly attached to the editorial corps of the Cleveland Plaindeal er, is preparing to depart for Japan, where he will hereafter devote himself to the mis sionary service. Victims of Intemperance. A promi nent western lawyer, endowed with a brill iant genius, and distinguished as an orator and statesman, recently died at a liinat'o asylum to which ho was taken two yars ago, his reason having been dethroned by his habits of intemperance. A distinguish ed physician, once a r rofessor in a south ern University, and afterwards tho head of the medical faculty of one of the large citicn, where for many years he enjoyed a lucra tive practice, abandoned friends, fame and fortune for tho gratification fa degrading appetite, and recently died in the poor house of that city. How long hall the ac cursed traffic continue its destructive rav ages 1 To Bring Sleep. - Respall, a French chemist, finds camphor a remedy for that fearful insouinoleiice which attends the first stages of insanity. When nj.iuiii and "all drowsy syrups of the East." fiil of effect, a grain of camphor, firmed into a pill, nnd followed by a draught of an ounce and a half of the intusion ot hops, anu mixed with five drops of sulphuric ether, is hid usual remedy for procuring sleep. The Message of the Governor of Con necticut. The message of Gov. Buck ingham to the Legislature of Connee'"" was delivered Mav Jth. I -n tho jg- gregate of iPtafe debt to be $tS,12l; the expenditures of last year at $.'527.15, and the receipts at $339,911, leavin? a balance of $12,566 in the treasury. The public institutions, excepting the insane asylum, which needs a new appropriation. are m a prosperous condition. Uov. jsuck- mgham takes strong free soil ground on questions of national politics. Austria's Financial Trocbli:?. Tho Paris correspondent of the New York Jour nal of Commerce writes : " So desperate is the state of the Aus trian hnace that the (jrovernmcnt is said to have seized upon the metallic reoerve of the Bank of lenna, a forced loan w also supposed to be in contemplation, to tho great alarm of tho wealthier portion of the community. Even the army is reported to be showing dangerous symptoms of dissat isfaction, arising from long arrears of pay. It seems scarcely possible that Austria can maintain much longer her present position ; she must speedily come tj a resolution either to fight or yield. England nnd Prussia are both thought to lean to tho Austrian side of the question, and to sup port the proposal of a general disarminent, and the language of Iord Cowlej', at Pari, favors this view. Russia seems, for tha present, to hold back ; the decision of Franco is the all important point in this matter. Austria pretends that she " wishes to com pel all ihe Powers to give a pledge of tho sincerity of their peaceful intentions." How well these old r'ise diplomats of Europo understand tho game of trijipiug up each other's heels." NORTH CAROLINA ITEMS. Saving's Bank. Tho Hillsboro' Iiccor der says : " The Hillsborough Saving lut' ;'inn was fully organized on Friday last by the election of the following gentlemen as Di rectors' viz: Thomas 1. Hill. Josiali Tur ner, Sen., Thomas Webb, George Laws, Charles M. Latimer .James C. Turrcntine, and W. V. Straylmrn. At a meeting f the Direetors, h'-ld on the same day, Thomas B. Hi 1 was elected President, and Thomas Webb Cashier. Friday was fixed upon as discount day. The business of the company will be trans acted at Mr. Webb's office- for the present, and the Bank will be open every day be tween three and four o'clock for the pur pose of receiving and paying deposit. The lir.-t install incut upon the subscrip tion was very promptly paid, and quite a considerable sum has already been deposited; and we learn from ihe Directors that they will begin to discount next Friday. It is believed that this Institution will be of great practical benefit to this commu nity, as tiicy have worked well in ther places. The charter granted to this com pany we understand is a very liberal one ; their privileges being greater than thoBO of most institutions of the kind." Presbyterian Seminary. Tho N. C. Presbyterian, noticing a visit of Rev. J. M. Atkinson to rayetteville, says: "The Rev. Mr. Atkinson, Pastor of the church in Raleigh, who has been in dustrious' engaged for bonic time back in securing the necessary amount to found a first class seminary for the' education of young ladies, in the Capitol of our Slate, spent a few days in this place last week. It affords us much pleasure to be able to state the amount necessary to secure tho pubscription of $10,000 by an elder of tho church is Raleigh, is nearly completed." Great Missionary Meetino. Thero is to be a great Missionary metlinjf at Trinity College on the 29th of June, being the day before Commencement The Mis sionary Board of tho Methodist E. Church, South, has selected Rev. M. L. Wtod. of North Carolina, as a Missionary to China. It was thought appropriate to hold a faro well meeting, a general gathering of min isters and laymen to look upon tho mis sionary most probably for the last time, and give him their prayers and blessings. Dr. Seln-1), of Nashville, tho Missionary Secretary, and perhaps a Bishop will bo present. The lime and place arc well chosen. Mr. Wood is a graduate of Trini ty, there we believe he received license to preach, and from that place he should start on his great work. No doubt a great ma jority of the Conference will be present, and an innumerable number of people gen erally. Grreasboro' Times. Annual Convention. - Tho Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church for this State, met in Goldsboro', last week. The session was harmonious, and the usual business was transacted. A large number of visitors were in attendance. . Dead. Mr. W. H. Mayhew. formerly of Newbern. died on Wednesday at his new residence in Ruthcrfordton. He had estaqlished a flourishing school, but was cut off in the midst of his useful ness. Lecture. A. M. Gorman Esq., deliv ered an interesting and able lecture, on Monday evening in the Methodist Church, before the Young Men's Christian Associ- J ation of this city. ).