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THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1859.
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thorized to rec.re subscriptions.
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mediately. JSf The JV". C. Christian Advocate wU.1
hereafter be sent if) none, except to tliose
icho have paid in advance.
A Oi'eitt Missionary Meeting-.
On Wednesday of last week a meeting
on behalf of the China Mission was held at
Trinity College,
One of the alumni, Rev. M. L. Wood,
had accepted an appointment to the China
Mission ; and his brethren of the Society of
Alumni desired to signalize his departure
to that distant field by some expression of
regard for him, and of appreciation for the
great enterprise to which he had devoted
himself. And from this came the sugges
tion of a public missionary meeting on the
day preceding Com meccement. The Facul
ty of the College cheerfully consented to
give place for the meeting, without abridg
ing the scholastic exercises appropriate to
the occasion ; and the meeting was held in
the College Chapel on the afternoon of
Wednesday.
Tne meiting was organized by calling
Dr. James E. Williamson, of Caswell to
the chair; and was opened with reading
the scriptures by Rev. W. H. Bobbitt.and
prayer by Rev. John X. Andrews. Rev.
M. T. Yates was then introduced to the
audience, and in nu address replete with
fervent piety, good sense, and personal ex
perience as a missionary to China, he ri
vettedthe attention of all for well, we do
not know how long ; the deep interest felt
by hundreds caused them to forget to no
tice the flight of time, and to feel regret
that he did not speak on. Bro. Yates is a
Baptist Minister, who has spent twelve
years as a faithful and successful missiona
ry at Shanghae. lie is now on a visit to
his friends in North Carolina, and expects
to return to China in a few months. He
is one of the few, who belong to the whole
church ; and his visit to Trinity College
was blessed of God to the advancement of
the great cause which is dear to all chris
tians. The next speaker was Rev. M. L. Wood,
our missionary and representative in "Chi
na." He gave a history of his own expe
rience of grace, of his call to the ministry,
and hi3 call, to China. The transparent
earnestness, the spirit of devotion to Christ,
and the solemn, cheerful common sense of
the speaker, gave assurance of his divine
vocation to this work, and enlisted the zeal
of the large auditory in sustaining him by
ardent prayer and liberal donations. It is
enough to say that those who saw and
heard him, were made to feel they would
support him for life in China. And many
of us felt like the disciples who hung upon
the neck of the apostle to the gentiles, and
wept most or all that they should see him
no more.
Bro. Allen, of the Georgia Conference,
who has also been devoted to the China
Mission, then gave a brief account of his
call to the missionary work. He is evident
ly a man of deep piety, of good education, '
and of goop common sense, having all the
qualifications of a useful missionary. The
union of Allen and Wood in this great
work will confirm the unity of the two
Conferences, leaving no place for rivalry,
except in the fraternal strife to be foremost
in every good work.
Dr. Sehou, the Missionary Secretary,
then followed in a brief address of unusual
eloquence and bower, in behalf of Missions;
and Dr. Deems closed by a. happy appeal'
to the liberality of the audience. The
amount contributed in cash and subscrip
tions was $825 00. But the good eff. ct
of this missionary meeting is beyond conK
-putation in any earthly curren :y. Its mo
ral influence upon the pious young men of
the College will call other missionaries to
the field. And the vast auditory which lis
tened to all the addresses cannot help feel
ing and doing more for missions. The
presence of the God of missions was felt in
the hearts of his children.
The world must be converted to Christ ;
and the missionaries must come from our
Colleges. It is the haj py dot riy of Trin
ity College to have signalize the consum
mation of its union with the N C. Confer
ence by giving one of its graduates to the
cause of missions, and witnessing the great
est missionary meeting ever held in North
Carolina.
Washington District.
Ret. J. T Wyche, P. E. of Washing
ton District, desires to amend the publish
ed list of his appointments, so as to make it
thus :
Neuse Circuit, at Broad Creek, August
20 and 21. Neuse Mission, at Swift Creek
August 27 and 28.
Editorial Recreation.
The Editors of our church papers have
less rest, and they have more to do, than
any other Editors. The following, from
the Western Christian Advocate, precisely
expresses our own experience :
"But then an editor has such a nice
time making excursions through the coun
try. Are not those real vacations to him ?
These things are pleasant, to travel four
or five hundred miles a week, preach three
or four times, see some old friends, and
form some new ones ; but it is anything
else than a vacation, especially with that
everlasting cry behind him, or before him,
as the case may be, copy !' just so many
words and letters to fill the paper must be
had, sick or well, at home or abroad. And
then what if an editor's brains, like a balky
horse, refuse to work, and no amount of
beating can move them? What's then to
bedone ? But do their brains ever get so?
WSy not ? Why should not a man's brains,
like his horse, get tired, if driven too hard
and too long without rest? The contin
uous exercise of the brain tends more cer
tainly and rapidly to the exhaustion of the
body than almost any physical exercise
that miglt be named."
Dancing:.
The Protestant Episcopal Church in
North Carolina, is the great patron of dane
. n
iug. But it is not a proper exponent of ! land and America, there are in both coun
that church, in its practice on this subject i tries several other denominations, which
The Rev. Dr. Brooke, of the Protestant now present -no inconsiderable figure in the
Episcopal Church, Springfield, thus writes ' statistics of Methodism,
on dancintr : " The dance is a most fasci- ! The Methodist New Connection has, mcra-
nating amusement to young people of lively
temperament, with a quick ear for music,
and the requisite bodily agility. Persons
of middle age, who have lost their relish
for the amusement, may smile at it as a
serious obstacle, and talk coolly of the ease
with which it may be relinquished. But
they must be persons of naturally calm
temperament, or they must have forgotten
the ardor of their youthful days. Dr. Ad
am Clarke, the learned commentator, gives
his personal experience and observation on
the subject in the following words :
learned to dance. I grew passionately
fond of it ; would scarcely walk but in
measured time. . . . I grew impatient of
control, was fond of company, and wished
to mingle more than I ever had done with j
young people. I in no case ever kept any j
improper company; nevertheless, dancing
was to me a perverting influence, an un- j
mixed moral evil. It drowned tiie voice j
of a well instructed conscience, and -was:
the first cause of impelling ,,, to seek mv I
happiness in this life. And I can testify !
1 m :
that, as far as my own observations
have extended, and they have had a pret
ty wide range, I have known it to produce
in others the same evils it produced in me.
I consider it, therefore, as a branch of that
worldly education which leads from heaven
to earth, from things spiritual to things
sensual, and from God to Satan. Let
them plead for it who will, I know it to he
evil, and that only."
Books Wanted.
We are receiving orders for books.,
mostly Sunday School books, almost every
week. Enterprising laymen, wisely zeal
ous for Sunday Schools in their respective
localities, order books from the Editor, un
der the very natural assumption that there
must be a supply of such publications'
somewhere in Raleigh.
But the assumption is contrary to fact:
with humiliation, we arc obliged to con
fess that tbere is no depository of Metho
dist books in this city, nor in this Confer
ence. While scores of Sunday Schools,
and thousands of families in North Caro
lina demand our church literature, it must
be confessed that our membership have not
hitherto had the liberality to invest part of
their ample means in the establishment of
a Methodist Book Depository. Tbere is
an open field. The demand for our books
is pressing. More than a hundred preach
ers, traversing all our borders, are ready
to act as agents. This paper would give
LaU ite influence to such an enterprise.
The dearest interests of ihe church are suf
fering, while rival churches are occupying
the field which we neglect to cultivate.
When will the 3Iethodists of North Caro
lina learn wisdom ? How long shall our
stinginess be our reproach ?
Stock in the Depository proposed to be
established in this city, will be a safe in
vestment. It will pay a dividend : and it
will advance the cause of Christ. For the
people to order books, and refuse to fur
nish the capital in stock for the Deposito
ry, is the folly of expecting the harvest
without having sown the seed.
We have no depository, and we have no
books to sell, and we cannot get blood from
turnips, nor fill orders for books until that
stock is taken.
Brethren, rise up, aud work for your
selves by furnishing the means to build up
a Depository of Methodist Books in Ral-
eigh.
Bishop Soule.
As different statements of the age of the
venerable senior Superintendent of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, have
been published, we say, by authority, that
he will be 78 on August 1. His health is
good ; and on all matters of the past, his
mind is strong and clear and reliable as
ever.
Statistics of Methodism.
From the Christian Aavocaie & Jour
nal, we condense the statistics of Metho
dism, as follows :
Methodist E. Church,
Members 956,555
Traveling preachers 6,502
Local preachers . 7,530
Total 970,587
Southern 31. E. Church; Members 700,000
Traveling preachers . 2,771
Local preachers 4,984
Total 707,555
The parent colony of Wesleyan Metho
dists, under the care of the British and Co
lonial conferences, according to the Min
utes of 1858, are as follows:
British Conference; Members 277,091
Ireland 19,406
Foreign stations 64,844
French Methodists, 1,446
Australian Methodists 24,461
Canadian Methodists 40,337
British Amer. Eastern Con. 13,511
441,600
40,846
482,446
Probationers
Total
Ministers (including supernumer's) 2,450
Number of local preachers not giv
en, but probably not less than 15,000
Besides the great parent bodies in Eng-
bers, (including Canadian increase) 26,002
Ministers 177
The primitive Methodists have,
members 116,216
Circuit preachers 609
The United Methodist Free Churches have,
Members 43,061
Circuit preachers 139
The Wesleyan Reformers, who still remain
independent Methodists: Number not pub
lished, but probably not less than 12,000
Number of preachers not known.
j I Bible Christians, who are Mcthodisis in
doctrines and ordinances, with a liberal
system of government :
Members
19.008
Traveling preachers 161
Church Methodists in Irelan-l, a denomi
nation which admits lay delegation, but
forbids its ministers to administer the ordi-
nances HUtl the Lord's Supper :
Memers 9,lo8
Traveling preachers 78
ln 'Edition to the foregoing, there are
several ora"cnes OI aietnojwamiiy m
America, wuieu are uisnnguisiicu irom uie
parent body by the adoption of a different
system of Church polity,
j Methodists Protestants of this country:
j Members North and South 80,000
j Traveling preachers 916
Total 0,910
Zion M. E. Church and the Bethel M. E.
Church) colored members 20,746
Traveling preachers -, 193
Local preachers 444
Total '. 27,383
Canadian M.E. Church, members 13,352
Traveling preachers 157
Total - 13,509
Wesleyan Methodist Connection of Ameri
ca : Members 21.000
Traveling preachers 340
Unstationed preachers 225
Total 21, -56b
! . Besides the above, we are quite surc,but
j will not be positive, that there is one more
j organization among our colored brethren
j than we have named above, and some in
j dependent or Congregational Methodists.
We set them down, however, in member
ship, members 10,000
Preachers 200
Total 10,200
i The existence and vigorous growth of
j the different branches of the Methodist
family afford ample material for reflection
j and speculation. According to the forego
j ing table -there are in the European bodies
an aggregate of membership, including the
j ministry, of not less than 740,266; and in
the bodies thatbelong tojbjs country, in
cluding the M. E. Church in Canada, 1,
831,715. Uniting the two and we have
the round number of 2,281,981. This
is a result of momentous significance ; and
shows what may be done, by the simple en
forcement of .the truth upon the heart and
life, marked features in the general histo
ry of Methodism, as a religious agency.
Cilcn Anna Feniale Seminary.
We paid a pleasant visit to a friend at
Thoinasville last week, and witnessed the
annual exhibition of Glen Anna Feniale
' Seminary, On Tuesday. As we learn that
a very competent gentleman, who was
I present, has been requested to send a suit
I able notice of the occasion to this paper'
I and as we have not space for two notices of
' the same thing, we cheerfully give place to
: him, hoping to hear from him soon.
Greensboro' Feniale College.
The next sessiou will open on Thursday,
July 28. It is very desirable that all pu
pils should be present on that day. And
prompt attendance may be necessary to
secure admission, as the reputation of the
College will probably cause its halls to be
filled early in the session.
Trinity
Comnien cement.
Preliminary Exercises : The Sermon
before the Fletcher Society was preached
on Sunday the !26th ult., by Rev. J. L.
Fisher of the N. C. Conference. The ob
ject of the society, as its name intimates,
is to combine tie pious young men of the
College in mutual aid to promote holiness
of heart, and entire consecration to God.
The sermon was a clear and able exposition
of Acts 8, 5-8 it was well received and
apparently productive of good.
Not being present until Tuesday even
ing, we need net undertake to give an ac
count of the scholastic exercises previously
held, farther tlan to say that every thing
passed off satisfactorily and pleasautly.
On that evening we had declamations by
the sophomoretslass, several of which gave
evidence of fina powers of oratory and care
ful cultivation.
On Wednesday morning the annual ser
mon before the senior class was delivered
by Rev. N. F. Reid, of the N. C. Confer
ence. The text was, -'My son, give me
thine heart." The sermon was one of the
best to which it has ey.er been our privilege
to listen. The manner of the speaker was
deliberate, chastened, and earnest. His
words were right Words, gushing over with
the riches of gond sense and divine grace;
and surely none could look upon the pic
ture presented in the close of the sermon,
so awfully vivid as to make us feel as it we
saw what was only described, without a ris
ing purpose tocoirply with the injunction of
the text, by giving the whole heart to God.
On Wednesday afternoon, a missionary
meeting was held iu the chapel, an account
of which is given in another column.
Dr. Cross, of S. Carolina, who was ex
pected to deliver the Literary Address, did
not come. Without calling in question
the cause of his abstnse, wre suggest that
care be taken in time to engage an orator
for next Commencement, whose interest in
the College will secure his attendance. Two
disappointments in succession are enough.
Although the inability of Dr. Cross to at
tend was much regrettel, his absence was
compensated by that glorious missionary
meeting. '
Ou Wednesday evening we were again
entertained with declamations, some of
which were excellent.
Commencement Exercises. On Thurs
day an assembly of not less than 3000
persons attended theConimencement exerci
ses, which took place according to the fol
lowing programme :
ORDER OF THE EXERCISES 1'OR COMMENCE
MENT JUNE 30, 1859.
Marshals W. J. Carman, chief, E. T.
Branch, J. C. Bryan. A. C. Blackburn,
J. W. Simmons, W. II. Jones, and S. H.
Gee.
Vocal Music (old Hundred.)
1. Happy the man that finds the grace.
The blessing of God's chosen race ; &c.
2. Prayer, by Rev. I. T. Wyche.
3. Gaudete Wilbur Fisk ; Watson.
Pittsylvania county, Ya.
4. ' Life is but a dream' David Spen
cer Latham, Plymouth, N. C
5. .'My story what shall it be ?' John
Cobb La Prade, Chesterfield Co., Ya.
6. Le corn s de chases. John Reynolds,
Winston, Leaksville, N. C.
7. Unwritten poetry. Jeffrey Ilorney
Robbins, Trinity College.
8. The Bible. John Wesley Cheatham,
Louisville, Ga.. Vxcused.)
9. Greek Thi dirge 'of Greece. Obcd
William Carr, D,uplin Co., N. C.
10. Our College. Robert Sol. Small,
Trinity College.
11. Spirit Lifj.Wm. Causey White,
Trinity College.
12. The Judiciary. The glory of At
lantis. L. Washington Andrews, Hines
ville, Ga.
13. General Report, Grades, Honors.
14 . Degrees conferred, Bible presented.
15. Medals of the Literary Societies pre
sented. Benediction.
All the orations were creditable to the
class and to the College ; and in briefly no
ticing several of them, we are not to be
understood as intimating an unfavorable
opinion of others. The manner, the style,
rthematter of all, indicated industry aud
thorough training, and told unmistakeably
that these young men have worked, and
will work sojJjat we shall hear from them
again.
The Latin oration was well written, and
so plainly enunciated as the convey the
sense to the dullest Latin ear. And a
friend who is an accomplished scholar,
confirms the suspicion we had that the
Greek oration was a production of classic
elegance, most capitally delivered. " My
story what shall it be," was a signal suc
cess, in the most rare and difficult style of
composition terse, graphic, and pictures
que. " Unwritten Poetry," was a produc
tion of rare excellence ; and we say this in
justice to the speaker, because it was mar
red in the delivery, through an unavoida
ble want of sufficient familiarity with the
manuscript. ' Our College v presented
views with which we accord, and from
which others dissent ; but all accorded to
to the speaker the boldness of an original
mind, and the ability to make InVmark in
the world.
"The Judiciary" was scholastic,- able
and eloquent. President Craven reported
tdc sfatns of the senior class only ; want
of time inducing him to defer a report on
the other classes for publication in the Ad
vocate. The degree of A; B. was then
conferred in the' usual manner upon the
ten members of the senior claps, whose
names are given in the programme. And
the honorary degree of A. M. was confer
red upon T. II . Br anie. Esq., of the Ral
eigh Female Seminary ; and in regular
course, upon Rev J. F. Smoot, and Rev.
W. C. Gannon, of the N. C. Conference :
and upon Rev. Levi Branson, of Lenoir
Institute, and G. W. liege, Esr., of Yad
kin Institute; all of whom, except Mr.
Brame, are alumni of the College.
The Bibles were presented to the grad
uating class on behalf of the College, by
Rev. Dr. Sehon, who accompanied the
presentation with a brief but eloquent ad
dress. An Address by Gov. Ellis : His Ex
cellency, Gov. Ellis, occupied a seat on
the platform, and manifested, as he does
on all proper occasions, his deep interest in
the cause of education in North Carolina.
He kindly consented to present the medals
in the graduates, and to address them on
the occasion. As we took no notes at the
I time, we will not do him the injustice to
attempt a report. He expressed his grati
fication at the evidence of the usefulness
and prosperity of the College ; and he did
no more than justice to the faculty and stu
dents in giving it as his opinion, so far as
he could form an opinion from the literary
exercises he had witnessed, that the scho
larship of Trinity College was fully equal
to that of any Col ege or University with
which he was acquainted. He pointed to
the portraits of Clay, Webster, Calhoun,
Jackson, and other great men of the past
which adorn the walls of the chapel, and
eloquently appealed to the young meD be
fore him to follow their example of patriot
ism, reminding them that all honors are
accessible to those who merit them by de
votion to truth, to duty, and to persevering
labor for the common good. In this con
nection, he gave an original and character
istic anecdote of Gen. Jackson, which want
of space in this already extended article
compels us to omit; but which we will
hereafter lay before our readers, because i
conveys an important lesson, and illustrates
the nature of the old hero.
After the brief address of Gov. Ellis,
Dr. Sehon pronounced the benediction ; and
thus closed the first annual Commencement
of Trinity College since the consummation j
of its union with the North Carolina Con- j
ference.
At night a conversation part was at
tended by several hnndrcd as beautiful and
happy young people, " quorum pars fui,"
as it has been our privilege to see for more
years than we like to remember.
General Remarks. The session has
been peaceful and in every way successful.
The catalogue has the names of 192 stu
dents, nearly all of whom have beeD all
the time in attendance. In point of schol
arship the College has dow come up to
the front rank of the best colleges in the
land; while the souud moral and religious
influence exci ted upon the pupils, and cx
cmplified iu their conduct, is one of the
most marked and gratifying evidences that
the blessing of God rests upon it.
The Trustees considered all the interests
of the College with patience and care ; and
so much of their doings as are important to
the public shall be given next week.
Tne accommodations for boarders are
improving and enlarging, and there is
every reason to expect the next session of
ten months, which opens on the first
Wendesday in September, will witness the
matriculation of more students than any
previous year.
Editorial Notes.
A valued friend in a circuit which we
will not name, writes:
"You are au Elitor; and my usual
course in writing to an Ed'tor, has been to
say ' Please find enclosed, &c.' But you
are an old, much valued friend and broth
er; and I feel disposed to say more. But
Editors do not like to be troubled with
long epistles. What shall I say for our
own Advocate? It is the best Advocate
of the day, one that any Conference might
be proud of.
The issue of our Advocate is the first ef
fort to sustain a Conference paper in North
Caroliua ; and it should be unanimously
sustained by the Methodists of the State.
It can and must be sustained by our peo
ple. The preachers might do much ; but
some of them say a word or two for 4, and
then spoil it all by recommending others.
Now, I think we can support our own pa
per; but I am jpposed to the ruiu of our
own paper by dividing the patronage, which
belongs tojt among richer neighbors. I
would to God that all who will not go in
for the enterprises of our own Conference'
would leave it, and leave us to take care of
ourselves without hiudrance. We want no
preacher whose feelings and sympathies
are not with us, and with the Conference."
As an Editor, we have not time for an
extensive correspondence, but we do love to
have long, full, free letters from friends,
provided they will make due allowance for
our neglect to answer them .by. reason of
previous engagements to the public. An 1
we also find it necessary to love letters
which begin, ' Please find enclosed &e."
And as a general rule, we would advise alj
to send money to Editors they need it.
We offer no comment on what else is quot
ed it explains itself.
In a business letter, the preacher in
charge of IFarren circuit says
" I have commenced taking up my mis
sionary collections. We raised at Hebron,
last Sunday, the handsome sum of $150 03.
Last year you were with me at that place,
and you remember we got $130 00.
Though the times are hard, we hope to
, bring up a large collection at Conference,
i and expect to be the banner circuit.".
i Yes we were there last year; and the
: ease and cheerfulness with which thatcon
j tribution was given convinced us that still
i better things were coming on. But if
Warren aspires to be the banner circuit in
the missionary cause, it will have to stir
up its latent energies. Other circuits are
moving silently, but energetically. In fact,
! a new impulse in behalf of missions is
j coming upon the whole church.
Honorary.
At the recent Commencement of Ran
dolph Macon College the honorary degree
of D. D. was conferred upon Rev. A M.
SI ipp, of the South Carolina Conference.
Kejccted.
A marriage notice from Wayne county,
is rejected, because the writer Omitted to
give his name to the Editor.
All communications must be accom pan
by a responsible name.
Supernumerary Preacher,"
If this brother will comply with the nec
essary and indispensable 'rule which re
quires all correspondents to give a respon
sible name in confidence to the Editor, his
article will be inserted with pleasure.
The Fourth of July.
The 83rd anniversary of American in
dependence was celebrated in this city in
the usual way. Mr. R. C. Badger deliv
ered an eloquent oration. At night Mr.
j Spelmau gave an able oration on the Meck
; lenburg Declaration, and we had beautiful
fire works, : n 1 a hu ge number of citizens
from town and country, entered into the
festivities f the clay.
Uoanoki Circuit.
Rev. D. R. Bruton has been appointed
by the P. E. as junior preacher on Roan
! oke Circuit, and will enter upon his duties
'this week. The proper man, in the right
j place.
To the Preachers.
Please send on all tho money and sub
j scriber? you can , as soon as possible. We
j have waited patiently for a season, and now
j respectfully ask your aid to extend the cir
j culation of your own Advocate. Give us
j four thousand subscribers, and we will give
you a paper worthy of the North Carol in-i
Conference.
Indisposition of the Fditor.
We have just recovered from a sharp at
tack of illness, which made it impossible
for us to attend a funeral appointment in
Chatham.
IVotice to Advertisers.
For all advertisements received after
last issue the following charges will be
made, being about 25 per cent, above the
former rates :
1 square 1 insertion, 01 25; 25 cents
for each additional insertion up to 4 months.
1 square 4 months, $5 00; for each ad
ditional month, $ 1 00 per square (of 12
lines.)
These terms will.be rigidly adhered to,
except that a small deduction will be made
in favor of advertisers by the year, who
pay in advance. Bills for advertising are
due on the first insertion, all the business
of the paper being conducted on the cash
plan. And it would be to our mutual ad
vantage for advertisers to send the amount
they wish to spend, with the advertisement
to be inserted.
In view of our circulation in North Car
olina, and of the unusually low rates hith
erto charged, these terms are as favorable
to advertising patrons as are offered by
any other paper. St.
Editor's Table.
Quarterly Review.
The July number of the Quarterly Review
of the. Methodist. Enisnnnl Clinn-h Sont.li
I j, , ,
j has been promptly issued The following
are the contents ;-,
I. Bishop Capers. II. Robertson's
Sermons. . III. Calvinism and Arminian
ism. IV. Susanna Wesley. V. Origin,
Progress, and Influence of Poetry. Vf.
; Woman in America : her Sphere, Duties,
and Education. VII. Brief Reviews. VII.
Notes and Correspondenc3.
Dr. Summers is successful in his efforts
to make the Quarterly merit patronage. If
it fail, shame upon our pretentions to be a
literary people. Terms $2 a year in ad
vance. Address J. B. McFcrrin, D. D.
Book Agent, NashvMe, Tenn.
'Kmckeucocker Magazine. The July
number is received. "Again we commend
it as the best Amirivan Monthly Literary
Magazine. Terms $3 a year in advance.
Address the Publisher, John A. Gray, 16
& 18, Jacob street. New York.
The Home Circle. The July number
is out in good time. The tab'e of contents
promises a feast, which is fulfilled by the
perusal of the number.
This is the safest, and therefore the best
family Magazine extant. Terms $2 a
year in advance. Address J. B. Mc
Ferrin, D. D., Agent, Nashville, Tenn.
All traveling preachers of our church are
agents.
Central College, Missouri. The
last annual catalogue is received. The
number of matriculations fir the scholastic
year, is 99. It merits larger patronage.
Eclectic Maoazink. The July num
ber is equal to its predecessora. It has a
fine engraving of Yictor Emmanuel, king
of Sardinia. It sustans tho opinion we
have already rxprcs.stdt that tliin is tho
best American monthly of f re'fen litera
ture. Terms 05 in advance. Address
W. II. Bidwell, No. 5 Bcckman St. New
York. ,
N. C. Plaster. The July number
contains matter worth more than the prico
of annual subscription. Terms $1 a year
in advance. Address tho publisher, A.
M. Gorman, Raleigh, N. C.
M I S C E L L A N Y
New Church. The Methodists of Rich
mond arc about to erect a large, elegant
church on Broad Street, at a cost of $10,
000. Honorary. At the late commencement
of Wesleyan University, llxL honorary de
gree of I). D. was con CZ PV
Daniel Wise, of the New Euglaud Coiifer
ence. Death of a Missionary. A letter, dat
ed Shanghai, April 15th. announce tin
death of Rev. Win. A. Macy, Missionary
of the A. B. C F. M., at that place, on
the 9th of April.
NORTH CAROLINA ITEMS.
For Congress. The Wadenboro' ,7r;it
anounces Gen. S. II. Walkup of Union
county, as the Whig candidate for Con
gress in the 7th district, in opposition to
lion. Burton Craigc. democrat.
Pkok. Wheat. It is ml that Prof.
Wheat, of the University of X. C has re
signed ; and will take charg.? of an Episco
pal church at Little Rock, Arkanras.
Delegates. The Y. M. C. Association
of Raleigh, has elected V. B. Reid. W.
J. Young, and Armstrong s its repre
sentatives in the National Awocati"ii,
which will meet in Troy, N. Y. on tho
13th inst.
July Frost. A private letter says thent
was frost at Thoinasville, X. C, on tho
morning of the 5th July.
A Compliment to North Carolina
There is, we ludievc, less of office necking
and of changes in the incumbents of official
position at. the South than in the Northern
States. North Carolina. perhaps, furnish'
as good evidence of this fact as any of tin
Southern States ; and, as proof of the same,
it is related as one of the incident of Pre
sident Buchanan's lite visit, that beforo
leaving for Washington, he remarked that
no man, since lie entered North Carolina,
had mentioned the pnl jeet of office hohlimr.
or solicit J ""J fp'i""",nt for himself r
friends. J ournal if ( 'omm n e.
Eiwjecombe, N. C. We clip the follow
ing items from the Tawboro Sinthermr
of Saturday :
Mr. Win. W. Pippin ha sold to Mr.
Henry A. Shurley, fur 7.50(1, the trad
of land containing 275 acre in this coun
ty, which he recently purchased from Gee
VV. Whitfield for 7.(100.
We understand that between $I15,OuO
and 1120,000 has been subscribe! toward
building a Branch of the Wilmington
Railroad to this vicinity, and that proba
bly the prcliniinar3 steps will In- immedi
ately taken to put it in a state of forward
ness. Extra Fink Tobacco. Yesterday we
were shown a sample of fine North Caro
lina tobacco, grown by W. Wallace Whito
Esq., of Warren county, and sold by N.
M. Martin, Bro &. Co., to Mcssr. Oilman
Lyon & Broadnax. for which the planter
receives, clear of all commission, the rnto
of $85 per hundred pounds. Petersburg
Kj press.
Drowned. We learn that William
Home, a seaman on board the schooner
Charier Fox, commanded by Capt. Chaw,
was drowned, while swimming, near the
wharf in Hertford, Pcrq uimous ro., X. C,
on Sunday laf.
LATEST N E W S
Europe. In England, the Derby min
istry have been defeated in Parliament, by
a vote iu favor of ' want of conridencu.' A
new ministry has been formed, at the head
of which is Lord Palmcrston. The new
ministry is supposed to.be more favorable?
to the Allies in the European war, which
we like, and less favorable to the United
Hates, which we do not like.
New York, July 3. The stcamfhip
Vanderbilt arrived to-day, four days later
fram Havre.
The steamship Asia and Hunrian had
arrived out.
No more battles had ben fought. Man
tua was besieged by the Allies.
The Austrians had issued at Man t era n
forced currency of 5,000,000 pounds btcr-
ling.
v ictor Emanuel' had officially declared
that he will not consent to the annexation
of any part of the Roman States to Sardi
nia.
The Austrian head quarters wee remo
ved to Villa Franca.
The Austiians had abandoned Loonnti,
Castiglionrt and Monte Chiaro, which posi
tions they recently occupied with great
force, and which wire Ftrungly fortified.
Napoleon left Brcschia on the 20th of
June, for the purpose of advanciug on the
Austrians.
Kossuth Lad embarked for Genoa.
' The French army occupies Breschia.ond .
many other Italian cities have pronouueed
for the Italian cause.
Garabaldi marched on the 20th from
Salo towards Dcsenganz, but wa repulsed
by the Austrian. HS has now pushed his
outposts to Ballodore. in the direction of
Bordio, which is occupied by the Austrian.
Victor Emanuel refused the Dictatorship
offered, him by Bologna.
The official Austrian account of the
battle of Magenta, stated their low1: 02
officers and 1 302 soldiers killed, 218 of
ficers and 4,130 soldiers misning
Advices from Egpt say that the Pasha
of Egypt had suspended the works on the
Suez canal, against which the builder, M.
Lesapo protested. The French Conul,
however, had taken np the matter.