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Jic iili tbnt flnsh is lifir tn. hut nut Inr Dr. Chrislie of Loiidun. wa, Jtif applicatiun Una wn.' Fur liim Imiur af making known

THE WORLD. iTjav !»e amisietl afltJ cumj

naoacnuns dnurs. without vomil-Ibiliuuiiig the palinnt, witiiiiut. in

of the mciiiotU 3u coramoaly

:D PHACTITIQNEHS. r adveniscyncnL only pcrmic ua to

ling unsought testimony in ihe vir- • I A. H. CHHiaXlETS

Bands, Belts & Magnetic Fltdd.

. JL B. G. HOWELL, J. B. Gsivis, EOITOBV "ONE LORD, ONE FAJ^^BfONE BAPTISM."

m : w ; NASHVIBLE, SEETEIBER 18,1847.. W. F. BiKO&Co. Puilitkert 4. PriiUert.

ieiunalisin> iOHDLN'AEt CASE.

I the public of tha autheauciry of the nt, ir has been atleated belDrc the

fork. J that forthe paatthirtefniTPars I have licted wnh nttacka of Hhennintisni, J handa and limhu. arcr'rapnnird wiili • all the jiiinti. Sumi timps the pains t that I have bepii unable to miive, tlth WHJ* alraojitcpinpletely dftatroy-

iled with, low spirits, my brain was I, and the inrcaaaiiC and severe pains

ade me lepi alfdly wish for on end I by dtalh. I tbiiik t.a . Iiunian being liurturci. For n-Iirf" I triinl nlmnst |l tny eaminES went to the dnctiirs.

arts ot Europe to which I sailpd, I adrice, and waa far a considerable _ ! of the most celebrated physi»*ian 3ut he did me no good. On my arri-

|k. last September, I wns obliged to I I was unable to walk a step without [ other respects wiis in a dre. dfiil I renewed atiacks. I was taken to

|itaJ, and put under the cure of Dr. _UB, and aiime oilier phy.-ticians o

Ir tho space uf six week-"; but aa I on-yta.- taken tu the Seaman's Hospital, at then I was several weeks undergoing lercury. Tnis nrar.y killed me, and 1 me 1. muit soon die. As I bad read

1 of Dr CHBiani in the tmwspa-t cures that w=>re said to be tisade

E articifs, I deterniined, as a last hope, jcB!indget3omE._ On staling my rase, lands fcir the wrists and limlia were rec Lthe .Magnetic Fluid. Tbo people at Hghed at me fur gelling them, and told

J- thein to the doctors. Bat I put I hem I- fluid. For the first few hours 1 felt 1 next mtrming (he sliffiieas in my limbs ' and the pain was less. By nighty I erj resp«Tt. and in lea than, txa vrda lal esUirelii eared. SincB that time, J than a year, I have been to the West [im thenre to Antwerp, and during all

r hairta attack v:kalenrr af Rhea-r athtT pain, and my health has been r respect, thouglj I have been exposed

• s of climate. From being so we«k Jly stand, I have facnraa as strong

fat any peiod aif my life, and I firmly ' huppy and wonderfid results hava

1 dy by the pijwer of Dr. C H E I 3 - _ Eic A.m MAOSETIC Fmin.

HEJSHY JOHSSON, Jfo. 335 Feari rtreet. NV-w Yorir.

t da? of ^Mivttsber. one tfauomid eight ty^^, appeared befnie me the witifia-

r Johnsmi, and made solemn oath that ement is suhstantiaily tme in ench and

A. H. MICKLB, Mxjor af tie Cilf af Nea Tark.

o r ttae-Nervoas §ystein. knowing from the Hon. W. A. THCMP-nber of Congress from the State of New sent Judge of SuUrran Cimnty.

BHTiiSTiE:—Dear Friend—I am now 85 I sad 1 thought I was too old to be help-as buc your Hrngs and Mtignetic Flaid / soa in-hiw, have been of grMt beu^-

nt sis years since I received aJBTOmfiH , wbioh injured back, and brought

Constant dirtiness in the head. It also ' svstem very much. X have used the gs, and though I htid Irttk&ith, ribl-r the direciions, and 1 now mfi«*ra yoa npss baa entirely gm.e, as has Ukewiso [ pain (md weakness. Tour Gnlvanic r Plaster i» an invaluable preparation, 1 the beat Plaster in the whole world for

and debility. In a word-1 feel t better health than I have for many years I attrihuiB the result to nothing' but your

nanus remedies. With high respect, sincerely vom ,

W. A. THOMPSOIf. , aullivan Co., N. Y., March 12,184S. Special C a n t i o n . . ^

(TAILB OF COnNTEHFEITB. pcrmis have attempted tn imilaie

111, and thus deceive the public. The cbe-> by which all these articles are prepared

t to the Diictn-erer, and all imitations are " 'e»», being devoid uf the rwjuiaite Gal-

tic influence, and cotuequently witfaoat leSect.

iringis copied from the JTew York Son: Rheumat ic Goat. tisnc : a tair trial of" almost everything withont

, I think I must attribu^ a remaritobla j power uf your Galvanic and Magnetic ar-i l am not mistaken in the caaae, they have ily relieved me of Bfaeumatic Gum, of long

el her with general Nervous DeBilitj' of I wan.'d not part with the article for any , and think it only right to let the ptiblic

I such good friends may bff had in time of MBS. MABT JACKSON;

No. Iil9 Bank strait, N. T. I of similar cases might be citrd.—The J mat ly requested to pninure and peruse

lOtrenlar" and the Doctors' book on Gal-• lemediai agent.— These works »tot«ho I St the agtTicy, and they will be forwarded I oC the Union upon applicalion, post paid,

I authorized agHOts. _ TO THE PDBLIC.—We feel it B* [don the public against purchasing tny of

of Dr CHntaTte'a Galvamc articles, I may chance to be oifered. We can ataia

*! in its irut."!, that these imimiinns pos-lieficial inHuencB whatever, and must be re-> ether hght than a dirtcTfraxtd. WB

ftlu genuine articles ara rpolly valuaMe, _th the cuantprfifits tti be worse thmi worth-

^iim WB say, iff rareta go la Ike rigU plact. ktar aulf af the me aatharizti agent

; eily, aad vha it named at die bottom nml.

DCT ui Kaslrrille, H- a BCOVBL.

lids of tho Public Stiuara, 3 doors west of lUle Inn. jlcairhead. General Agant for theU, B., 182 , New York. It Co., agents (or Hew Orleans.

blej " " Louisville, Ky. tac.Clark," " Memphis. Tenn.

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g'Advcrtfiwnpnts ioaertcd .at the ctistomaiy ratefc, ' " _ . •

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Fsrsons sending: tis ^e mbvcriptioa pried of five new subscribers, »&ll leeeivQ the Mtli eoj gra^.

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GliEBKS OF ASSOCIATIOIf» IN TENNESSEE, ALABAMA, MISSIMIPPI

- AND KEOTDCKY, "Will confer the greatest possible &yor by sending Jis a copy of their nmnitea, for which fevar they shall receive a copy of the N e w South "Western Baptist Rois ter free rfcharge.

^ P l e a s e insert th^Pi O. of each minis. ter.

FrotraetedaM Can^ Meedi^ For Oaf Teaiiejtee BaptUt.

A Protracted meeting will be held with the Baptist church at Little Cedar Lick, to com-mence on Friday before the third Lord's day m September. Brethren and friends, and par-ticularly ministering brethren, are sdicited to be with ua. N E R I L O W E .

For lie Tejutettee BaptUt. The Concord Campmeeting will include the

fourth. Jjord's day in September next. W e do aSectiDnately invite our brethren of sister churches' to viau us at that time; and beloved brethren in the ministry, we* most earnestly request your aid on that important occasion.

Aug. 14. W M . A. W H I T S I T T .

A Campmeeting will be held 'with Clear Creek church, M c N a ^ conn^, ibur nnles from Purdy, commencing on Friday before the second Lord's day in Octobernext. Bretfaen in the miuisi^ are invited to attend. Will brethren 6 : W ^ h t of Gibson, Giiffia of Mis-fflsnppi, A . (^bert of Akbsma, and G l W . Day and Savage of Hardeman, attend?

A. A. S A N D E R S .

A S S O C I A T I O N MEETINGS. BIB H A T C H I S A S S O C U T I O K will assemble

at Piney Grove Church Hardeman co.. Ten., 12 miles nortiuast of Bolivar, Saturday before Ihs fourth Sal l^th in September n e ^ and it k hoped t h a t t h e r e ' i ^ be a full r^ffesenta-jSaaa£ the cluaches composing saidAsso<^-'6BSL/lt-t&a.-tim^ *pp<datad, ua t&ere~ will -be iraple provi^n made for tJl that wiQ attend.

Mflist t^ IJepartoeiiL

From tie Southern Bap. IKttionary Jounud. A SUMMARY OF T H E FACILI -

TIES AND DIFFICULTIES IN THE WAT OF MISSIONARY LABOR. As the leading article of the present

ntnnber, we in t i^uce a c h ^ t e r from aXondoh work, entitled^. "The Chi-nese as they are, in their Moral, Social andLiteraiy Character, by G. Trade-Bcalnt Lay, Esq., NaturaL'st in Beech-ey'a Expedition, and late resident at Canton." The book before us is rare in this country, and will probably be sera by none of oar readers. In at-tempting the conversion of the Chi-nese people, it will he important to sur-^ all the peculiar obstructions which

' lie in the way, in common with the cii-cumatancss which encoarag§ tts to prosecnie the work. All success is indeed of God. Without his agency, no skin or effort will avail. Of this we cannot be too thoroughly convinced. This, however, will not obviate the propriety of a wise adaptation of means to ends. The chapter before us fur-nishes suggestions, from an eye-wit-neaa of Chinese life, and a candid ob-server of Chinese character. We think oar readers will not fail to be inr terested in its perusal.

When 1 left China, there were at leMt half a million of natives living whin ihe range of our daily excur-sions with whom a missionary might have as many interviews as he pleas-ed. No other fbfin bt introduction ^ s required than what the customa-^'modesof salutation would supply: indeed, a remark made, or a question asked, in the tone with which we ad-dress a neighbor, was more than suffi-

t®t. In one of my walks I stopped look at a festive pageant, which con-

Wfed of a large circular plane set over ^ ^ many groups of figures in a cu-ndiw kind of relief. While thus oc-capied, the company from the adjoin-iig market-place came up and stood in

suspense, wondering, perhaps, I should b^ tow so much attention

®pon things which foreigners are very I- J t to slight. "What a multitude of I Chiaeae are gazing at this fan kwei,

*aa the solilc^uy of the 8tra|jger, ut-tered just loud enough to be beard by ^ bystanders. This unexpected sen-teoce was caught by those who were Dear.and by a s o r t « living %cho con-?®y«#to the rest; and in a moment si-

.^ce was exchange for accents of applause, and every countenance

, o ^ e d with a good-natured smile, praised the skffl displafeil in

^ the contrivance of this idolatrous em-blem, or the people for being so devot-ed to the worship of unknown deities, these plausive sounds and kind regards would have appeared only as matters of course: but E^ they could infer a-mounted to this, tha t l did not despise a Chinaman, and could bear to have him gaze at me without being offend-ed. It mattered little what was said, so long as the word shad no unfriendly accompanimentin the tone or air of the speaker. T]fe" rulers of the country have always affected to desp i ' ^ ua, i iM t ^ people have imitated Aeir af-lectatiqn, while their common sense and natural sagacity—^gifts in which they are by no means deficient—in-wardly assured them that this was al-together a mistake, and that the bal-ance was in our favor. Measuring us by themselves, they felt that we might easily pay them back their disdain with usury; and hence the scoffs, sneers and abuse, our usual entertainment at first, jseemed to be in the way of self-defence,—a kind of ruse to ward off" what they had good reason to expect from us. My authority for this view of the subject was derived from e periments which never failed to pro-duce the same results. The prehmi-naries of our work consisted merely in going about and seeking for oppor-tunities to convince the natives that we bore them no ill-will, bat, on the contraiy, were ready to enter upon all the^reciprocities of sympathy and good fellowship. When we first began to thread the narrow streets in the sub-urbs of Canton, every nook and cor-ner rang with the offensive sound of fan kwei, or foreign devil; but after a while these began to die away, and in many places they were seldom heard; while every visit to the distant villages seem ed to make a change in the moral at-'mosphere of the inhabitants: the fash-ion of their countenance was altered for the better, at least so far as we were concerned. These observations apply to the neighborhood of Canton and Macao, for the natives from the other parts of the empire, who visit the provincial city for gain or curiosity, are unTessoned in the customary terms andJeelings-of coot&mptr, and Exhibit a willingness at otice to'esteem the no-tice and acquaintance of a foreigner On nay return to this country, I lost no time in conveying my impressions to our Bible, missionary, and tract socie-ties, and entreated that, as Uiey had done many .gr^t and noble things for other parts of the world, they woult extend their care in some decided form to China itself. It has pleased God since then to change the aspect o things, and to allow the wickedness o man full license to expand itself for j time. I am ashamed that any who bear the name of christian should be the abettors of evil men and evil things, es-p e c j ^ y in a heathen country; but I ang_ not sorry tEat the madness of the Tar-tar government is hurrying towards acousummation. I regard it as the prelude of a mighty change. At sea the wind for several days veers by turns from foul to fair—now it breaks in the violence of a squall, anon it is lulled into a calm; at sometimes the sky is black and lowering, at others it smiles with aB illusive sunshine, as if presaging fine weather. But these are merely the forerunners of the gale, which at length comes on in all its fu-ry- With this we buffet awhile, anc then with its sequel, a tossing sea, without a breeze to stay the vessel.— At last the wind springs up from the desired quarter,—^the ship proceeds gaily on her course,—and we say, with grateful astonishment, "what a change has taken place!" Thus wiU it fare with China. Perplexities have brew-ed a storm; when it has overblown we shall have our fair wind, and may then make all sail. But without deal-ing in enigmas, which is not a useful practice, by this fair wind I mean tole-ration, or a free, hearty, and unbound-ed leave to pursue our plans for the moral and spirituaS^ welfare of man-kind in whatever way we please, con-sistent with the precepts of the gospel and the good order of society. This is what we enjoy in our own happy land, this is what the missionaries en-joy in the islands of the South Seas, and this is what we must have in Chi-na. The effect of a temporary tolera-tion is-finely described in the Acts of the Apostles, ix': 31. The conversion of so great a^hsftnpion as Saul, para-lysed for a time the spirit of persecu-tioa> and "Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria, and were edified; and walk-ing in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were mul-tiplied." The great opponents of Christianity are genarally "the powers that be;" for this opMsition, many of them Grod has ' tuxn^ out of their of-fice, and the rest will share the same fate ftnless they repent. ^ .

r 4. In the few remarks I liave to make

as to the advantages and disadvantages a missionary would meet with in Chi-na, I will antedate the time when all political embargoes and restrictions shall have been r ^ a l e d .

1. The hearts of^all men are wrought upon by kind offices,—"Thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head,"— but the Chinese seem to be peculiarly susceptive in this, either from nature or education, or perhaps from both.— To present a l i t ^ child with a tseeu, or Ktshr alk>ut the^lwentleth part of a |*nnyi-to allow a native to look into my collecting case, or to examine the texture of my coat, were favors which never missed a large recognition, not only from the parties indulged, but al-so from all the bystanders. Populari-ty is of very easy purchase in China; —a courteous smile, a look of compla-cency, and so forth, will seldom fail to inspire a large stock of it. If a stran-ger enter one of their public assem-blies. take a seat and appear happy in his situation, every eye is directed to-wards him, "Here is a man from afar," they seem to say, "who is pleased with us, and therefore we will overwhelm him with our admiration." Of this I have seen many examples, and trust that I shall live long enough to see many more when the way is clear. A few of the outward garni-tures of kindness and good-will would be not only a passport, but enable a man to travel up and down China in a blaze of reputation. A missionary, therefore, if he understood his busi-ness, would hardly fail of earning that applause ^-hich would put him on a sort of vantage-ground, and give his re-proofs and counsels a two-fold weight and emphasis. Among educated per-sons, this native kindness of disposi-tion, being ripened into what looks likea principle, prepares them for sym-pathizing with the foreigner, and, as a consequence, for holding a compan-ionship with him. As I lay upon my couch one day, suffering from pain and debility; I said to a Chinese who was looking at me with an air of concern "When I think of my wife and chil-dren, and then of my "health, f am un-happy." "Fear not," said he; " a good man has nothing to fear." The man put himself upxjn a parity of condition the moment I asked for his sympathy, and uttered a comfortable truth in very good season. He was a heathen, and Uved and died so, I am sorry to add. In my judgment, it is a matter of the first importance, that we should admit natives whose salvation we are seek-ing, to'terms of friendship with us.— If, in visiting a spot where missiona-ries have been laboring for a compe-tent length of time, we see some of the natives sharing a m e ^ at the same table as equals, we might expect to witness many tokens of success in the neigyjorhood_ without fear of disap-

"my• bargain, but acknowledged that they were beautifully printed. If there be any country where, by his conver-satiouj a missionary may hold fortn and commend the Word of Life to the understandings of men more success-fully than in any other, that country is China.

3. Priests are common, as all the larger temples are provided with one or more of these functionaries; but they Seem to be held in little estima-tion b|r. the multitude. If the common pebpb'Me in"perplexity, they vfeitthe temple, and induce the priests to ask the will of the gods concerning them by a stipulated payment. If they want to have their poor relatives sooth-ed in Hades, or sung and prayed out of purgatory, they send for a compa-ny of priests, and, at the conclusion, reward them for their services. As these priests spend their time in an idle fatuity, something between a day-dream and reality, thej' are very ig-norant, and for that reason would be disqualified for exercising any influ-ence prejudicial to the interests of Christianity: and as the most stupid among the Chinese has a lively per-ception of his own interest, thoy would be apt to declare in favor of the new religion ii they foresaw it was likely to lake hold of the people, and to tell the inquirers that the gods had given way, and were prepared to bow to the great God of the West. When Dr. Parker opened our hospital at Macao, some of the natives hesitated till they had been to the temple, where they where told that the gods would pass their word for the Doctor's skill, and that all who entered the hospital sick should leave it in a state of health.— At the first dawn of the gospel, every oracle was hushed; and so now, if it were to unfold its fair and authentic lineaments, in China, the whole host of imaginary deities would be discom-fitted in one general overthrow. Their temples would form admirable'abodes for the teachers of religion, as they are often spacious, pleasingly situated, and have a variety of buildings which would serve for school-rooni, chapel, dwelling-house, printing-office.„&c-— Nothing would be required in the way of preparation or fitting up but the re-moval of those unwieldly monsters in human shape which now cumber the shrines and altars. I was once asked by the crowd in one of these temples, whether we had images in our coun-try,—said, "No; our God is in heav-euj we worship him with our hearts: is not that rightf" "Yes," was the reply. Little is to be inferred from a verd.ict like this; but, perchance, the populace would regard these changes with very little concern, especially if they perceived that they were likely to be profitted in their temporal inter-ests by them: for whenever mis^siona-ries are suco®3sfitii,-tbe- improvement

be offered in due furm, and at tlieright season. Many an officer has gained credit, for being an honest man, be-cause, forsooth, the bribe came too late, or he could make more by refus-ing it. I do not pass a general cen-sure

pomtmenx. i f , oir ^hc natives were only seen in the capacity of pupils, servants, workmen &c., we should not find much to gratify our christian philosophy.

2. Among the Chinese there is a great readiness to admire everything of a literary kind, and to honor those who are in possession of such attain-ments, whether they happen to be na-t i v e or foreigners. A knowledge *of the%rritten character, with an insight into the antiquarian lore ofthe country, will always bespeak their good opinion: and as foreigners, from a better train-ing, will be able not only to impart foreign discoveries, but to explain ma-ny things in native books which are but imperfectly understood, they will easily gain an ascendancy and an opin-ion which must be of great use 'in commending Christianity t o their no-

' tice. A native who had seen much of us thought us too well-informed to be mistaken in a point of faith, and there-fore concludea that there must have been such a person as Jesus Christ.— And to shew the sincerity of his belief, he put the fact of Christ having laid down his life to save his people in four pretty lines of poetry. A Chinese not only admires whatever bears the stamp of learning, but is inclined, by the force of association, to rerard vir-tuous conduct with a kind of venera-tion. This respect for whatever is benign and generous in humtin conduct is prornpt and ever ready to shew it-self. H e makes haste, aa if fo do^a piece of justice to his own utuierstandr ing,jlo 4et you see how well he can appr€cMte what is excellent. While Lwas standing by the table of one of the native*soothsayers, who are al-ways learijed men, the crowd made some querils as to what I knew, when he, to shew his good opinion, invited me to a seat beside him, and wrote the praises of "a good man" in my mem-orandum-book, t ^ way of testimoni-al. A bookseller told me I was a good man, because 1 did not attempt jto de-preciate the value of his books to favor

-tfce- •of-tbe poorer classes in their worldly condition is soon apparent.

4. In China, castes are unknown, promotion is open to all. In their dra-matic spectacles, the natives are fond of exhibiting the history of some poor youth, who, by his merits, has ascend-ed from the lowest depths of poverty and contempt to a station of honor and affluence. This abomination, which thwarts the path of the missionary at every turn an India, has no existence in China.

In attempting to give a brief sum-mary, of what I conceive to be the chief difficulties^ in the way of mis-sionary success, I need scarcely say that l a m aware ;hat the human heart is impregnable to everything short of the grace of God;. ! 'Ut oi the opera-tions of this divine principle there is a great deal of philosophy, which might be useful for us to study in dealing with others. In the spread of the gospel, the concatenation of causes and effects may be traced wherever we turn an eye of investigation: God has joined them after his own pleasure, and we cannot put them asunder. I will show the difficulties under the three following categories:—1. The Chinese ajte lovers of pleasure, from the greatest to the least. They study ease and comfort in a way that leaves them, as a nation, without a rival in the art of ministering to sensual grati-fication. The man who knows that tb-morrow he shall smart under the lash of reproof, and cry like a penitent child for pardon, cannot resist the soft syiens of voluptuousness to-day, but pawns his character, interest, and ""fu-ture peace, for a little present enjoy-ment; and then, to palliate or excuse his delinquency, he will tell a hundred falsehoods, so palpable that 'yoa re-solve never lo believe him again. 2. At a-very early age, the love of mon-ey is implanted in hi» nature: indeed, one of the first lessons a mother teach-es a child is to hold out its hand for a bit of coin. Nothing is proof against a valuable consideration in China, if it

mending The moral character of a nation is gen-erally some function, as mathemati-cians say of the love of money: where this does not exist, I have scarcely seen anything else that was worthy of praise. 3. But the greatest impedi-ment will be found, if I mistake not, in a peculiar i-.nbecility of mind,—the genuine result of absolute obedience to the will of one man. To'be a christian, indeed, requires resolution; for a man must take upon himself the hazard of deciding against the unanimous vote of the many. This is a practice to which a Chinese has never been accustomed. The authority of his ancestors and the concurrent voices of his neighbors are law with him, absolute and incontio-vertible. The missionary will at first have a hard task to persuade him to act upon the decision of his own mind. He will say, perhaps, "Your argu-ments, enforced by your wise and phi-lanthropic life, I cannot gainsay; for my country's gods, which we some-times honor and sometimes despise, with all their childish rites, I will not plead a single apology; but what can a solitary individual do against the united sense of his kinsmen and friends? I believe that yours is the true religion, but I dare not embrace it." Most things have two handles or two sides; and thus a want of mental daring and independence of thought, the source of so much hindrance at first, will in the sequel turn to be a powerful means of success. Let there be a few shocks, with here and there the heavings of an earthquake in public opinion, and the pulsations will spread far and wide, till the whole nation begins to tremble. Idolatry, which rests upon the entire or partial stagnation of the human in-tellect, will begin to totter, and Chris-tianity be seen advancing to take its placc, as if by some mighty, but un-seen movement. The Chinese will believe by tribes, by famiUes, and by provinces; and the victory, so far as a formal evidence goes, will be now on a sudden. "Eleven Chinese were lately baptized at Malacca," said an intelligent friend; "and this has creat-ed so great a sensation among the rest, that they are flocking to the chapel in great numbers." A sheep, from its natuial imbecility, is loth to venture upon a new course, but as soon as the example is set, the whole flock will follow without hesitation. When we look at India and Afghanistan, with their one hundred and ten roillioDs, and then China, with its three hundred and sixty-five millions, we say, who is suf-ficient for these things? But let our missionaries advance boldly to the as-sault; and though it may be difficult to dislodge the stones at ^ t , as it was when men began to use the battering-ram: the work of demolition will go on with increasing rapidity, till, in some measure, it will take thought for itself. In the West, we become chris-tians one by one: in the East, "a na-tion will be born in a day." This has been the case in Polynesia, and will, I doubt not, be the case also in India and China.

bappy as a

a respectable man. His income''is small, but he married a lady who ^ s able to furnish their anaall house hand-somely, and they have some hope of prosperity io reversion. Mrs. B. was educ^ed in modem times, and some-what fashionable, so that the host of evil which ignorant young housekeep-ers are heir to, came thick and fast upon her, when she started on the doubtful pilgrimage of matrimonial life.

But she had firm princlpfes.^nergy of character, and devoted love io ter. husband—all good stiQiulants in the path of duty. She braved like a he-roine all the "teapot tempests," which often come from the clouds not so " b ^ as a man's hand," and in due time, succeeded in making a cheerful and faithful manager of their economical establishment. Mrs. B. has been a wife for twelve years, and is a mother of five children, the youn^st but a babe,"and the family are as hapi large portion of families;

It is Monday morning, * and ^ this speaks'unutterable things' to a New England wife, who has been married a dozen years. Mr. Benson has had his breakfast in season—has kissed the children, and gone to the office,^ where-the boy has a good fire—the books and papers are all in good order, and Mr. B. sits down to answer a few agreeable demands upon his time, which will eventually turn to cash.— He goes home to dinner punctually at one o'clock—^it is ready for hi m—he takes it quietlyj perhaps frolics ten minutes with the baby, and then hur-ries back to the office. At the hour for tea he goes home—every thing is cheer-ful, and,to quote the simple rhyme of an old song.

The heardi was clean, the fire was clear. The kettle was on for tea;

Benson was in his rocking chair. And blessed as man could be.

But how has it been with Mrs. Ben-son through the day? ' She has an ill-natured girl in the kitchen, who will half do the work, only, at nine shil-lings per week. Monday morning! eight o'clock-^lbur children must be ready for school—Mrs. B. must sponge their faces—smooth their hair—see that their books, slates, paper, pencil, pocket handkerchief, ^es , four of them,) are. all in order; and now the baby is cryingr—the fire is low—it is time Sally should begin to wash; the parlour, the chambers, the breakfast things are all waiting. Well, by a song to the baby, who lies kicking in' the cradle—a smile to smooth ruffled Sally, and with all the energy that body and mind can summon, things are 'straightened out,' and the lofty pile of a week's rearing begins lo grow less; but time shortens with it— it is almost dinner time—by some accident that joint of meat is frozen—company calls—Mr. Benson forgot to get any eggs on Saturday, Mrs. B. must do the next best way—the bell rings twelve —the door opens, and in rushes the children from school—John has torn his pantaloons—Maiy must have some money, then, to get a thimble, she bad

-William has cut his and is

Ladies' Department.

The following piece seems to have been written in answer to one leaded "To Wives," and as there seems to be so much of truthfulness about it, and withal it is desirable always to "bear both sides" of the question, we insert it for the benefit bf ^ c h as are willing to look with cdmness on the peculiar trials of temales, and to profit from a knowledge of them.

F E M A L E T R I A L S — M y heart al-ways 'stirs within me,' when-I read se-lections made by editors of newspa-pers, even "Christian Citizens," which are designed for its married ladies, setting fourth our duty with relation to making our homes happy to our hus-bands, that we should mways welcome them with a cheerful smile, when they come in from the cares and fatigues of the day, and do all we can to make married life pleasant to them, &c. Now, this is well, I acknowledge, and trust I strive daily to reduce a good theory to practice. But allow me to

. inquire if the cares and fatigues of tlie wife are always—I might say, ev-er—appreciated by the husbands?

Shall I give a short sketch of do-mestic life as it is, not, of course, de-scribing a family as it should be, but I wish to give a fair example of every day life at home. ;

I My neighbor, Mr. Benson, a lawyer by profession, is what the world calls

just lost her's—William has finger with a piece of glass, calling loudly for Ms momer.

Poor Mrs. Benson tries lo keep cheerful and delighted io the hubbub: and now the dinner, by her efforts a-lone, is up on the table. Her hus-band comes in and wonders the "pie is not a little better warmed," and with this comment, and a smile on the baby, he is off", till it is time ibr tea.— I forbear to finish the day, Mr. Editor, and-shall only say, t ie afternoon is made^jp of. little trials, loo small to mention, but l a r ^ enough to try the the faith and patience of^all the patri-archs. ^ ~

»Now, wr, this wife has surely borne file burden and heat of the day? her limbs are wearied—her whole ener of mind and body exhaust^—and: is exhorted "to welcome her husband with a soMle." She does it, for a wo-man's love IS stronger than death. I would ask, should not Mr. Bensoti give his wife a smile? What has be done to S ^ t e a her cares through the day? How is it? In nine cases oirt of ten, aflter sitting an idle hour, he wishes Mrs. B. would put all thos^ noisy children lo bed—he should be glad to have her to tell David to go to Uie post c^ce for letters and papers, and at length, when half way hetweea sleeping and Waking, he looks at his pale, exhausted helpKmate and ex-cldms—'Well,' wife, you begin to kok a little &tigned.'

And now I pray yoa, Mr. Editor, be more just, and now a i^ .then edwr^ husbands lo do their part towards mak-. v ing home agreeaWe to their'wives,

. when the latter have, like Atlas, borne a world of cares and vexations throogb -the day.—Watchman.

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TENNESSEE BAPTIST Nashvi l l e , S e p t e m b f r IS. 1 8 4 7 .

O U R % A P E R . Letters approbating warmly, our late

improvements in this paper, pour in upon ua from all quarters* Ourfriends every where, are enthusiastic, and loll tti they -will exert themselves to pro-cure and send us subscribers to rcmu-nerato us for our extra expense and exertion. Several communicationa to this effect will be found in the present number. We tAanik ijoit, brethren, und friends—fram our heart we thank you aU. Your kindness Slls us with grati-tude. Stand bi/ w; send us subscri> b«rs{ write for the paper j and wo prom-iiQ 1,0 tlo whotevcr men in our circum-stanccs can do, for the good causo, which alike occupies and interests ua ttll. Wo intend to prove that Baptists can do any thing in this, and in every other department, that can be done by ony other people—<i/i<i«little more. Our great denomination hut numbers, and moral, and pecuniary, and intellectual strength; w e are alUirmly united; and now is the time tor ua to act. Let us, therefore, I I J O V G forward in the name of the Lord, and we shall be aucces?-ful. Onward brethren, onward; let this be our watchword—OWWAHD.

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H A P T I S M ; ; ; Ye worship one God und ^ Father of lill, whether ye be Jews or Gentiles^lwho is otser all, as suprem^ ruler, and^ is uitA all taking, care ol them by his providence, and in you all who believe, by his vital energies and graces."

Bro. Irwin will perceive by the ex-losilions now submitted, that the apos-tle speaks Ujire of the bestow ment oi the blessings of tiie Spirit, which we sometimes call the laptisin of the ISpti-' »•/; and thatitt thcjuitiiage in question, he certainly has refeience to **tmter bnjtlim" which Ims but "owe / > m , " and in which "o/ieJhrm of baptim,'*^ nil who love and ohy our Lord Jesus Christ, profess tlidr fuiili in him.

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S E V E R A L T H I N G S . Thanks to bro. James M. Hurt for

his note of the 9th instant. His en-terprise is a noble one. It will, we doubt not, be entirely successful. H e has lately added fourteen members to his Church.

Thanks also, many thanks, to brother Irwin, for his ardent co-operation in our labors. W e know how to appre-ciate his noble feeling.

The fifteen dollars remitted by our excellent brother Malachi Morris is re-ceived, and we have- paid it over ac-cording to h h instructions—five dol-lars to Indian Missions, and ten dol-lars to the Mission in China. Would to God hundreds of our brethren would imitate this noble example of brother Morris. H .

C O R U t X T l O N . In our paper of September 4ili, un-

der the head of "Glorious Uovivnl In-telligence," twenty-four professions are reported ns tlio result of the Red Bankd meeting. Rev. A. B. Gilbert informs us that there were but four professions, and about twenty peni-tents. Puni.isiwERa.

V UNION UNIVERSITY. Messrs. John J. Whittaker, Bradley

Kimbrough, Burwell Gnnnaway, Lew-is Reneau, Benjamin Watkins, P. F. Norflect, Jos, H. Shepherd, and C. C. Trabue, surviving members of the Board of Trustees of Union Universi-ty: You are hereby notified to attend a meeting of said Board to be held at the First Baptist Church

in th© city of Nashville, on the 2Sth day of October, proximo, at 9 o'clock, A. M. Businei5s of the utmost importance demands this meeting; and as a bare majority of the Board only, now survive, it is positively necessary that every one of you should be present. It is expected you will not fail.

R. B. C. H O W E L L , President of the Board.

QUERY. Our brother Irwin of Alabama,

writes us as follows:—• Brother Howell: What do the words

—^Eph. 4: 5—"One baptism" mean? Does the passage refer to water bap-tism, or the baytism of the Spirit'? If there is a water baptism and a spir-itual baptism, how can it be said there is bnt "oTie baptism'}"

Yours, &c. W M . IRWTN.

A N S W E R . There is a spiritual baptism, and

there is a water baptism, and yet the connection will show that Paul speaks with perfect correctness, and consis-tency, when he employs the language in question. The argument is to en-force unity among all christians—"En-deavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace." And why should we not? "There is one body, [the Church] and one Spirit [by whom w e are sanctified] called in one hope—one Lord, one faith, one bap-tism [by which w e have professed that faith—water baptism of course,] one God and Father of all, who is

A N I N Q U I R E R .

D E A K B H E T H B - E N E D I T O R S :

I would like to have your v iews upon the 8thchapter and 29th and 30th verses of Paul's letter to the Romans. By so doing you will aid an inquirer after truth- A . H. B .

A N S W E R .

W e see nothing obscure in the pas-sage in question. Paul means precise-ly what he says, and nothing else.

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T H E T R U T H BY A C C I D E N T . According to the daily Union, the

St. Louis Reveille states that in cutting the motto for the inscription over the door of the new Catholic church, late-ly built at Mine La Motte, in the southern part of Missouri, the priests told the workman to cut upon it the following words: "My house shall be called the house of prayer," and to have it correct, he referred him to the verse in the bible. The mason pro-ceeded to work and cut the whole verse as follows: "My house shall be called the house of prayer, but you have tnads it a den thievesP^ The house was con-seciated before the mistake was dis-covered. Upon ascertainingit, the con-text was puttyed up and painted over."

berforlhe "Tennessee Baptist," with the money; and we do think the ad-dition you have made to your paper will prompt ihe bttihren and the friends of truth to use their inlluencc to add many new subscribers to your present list. We also think that every Baptist should use every exertion in his power to givtt it as extensive a cii'-culiuioii as its usefulness and merits demand, and wo nio conlidcnt if this can bo iho ctiso, it will soon become the companion and member of every baptist family in Tcnnossrc, Kentucky, Aliibtuniv Mild Mississippi. 0 ! llinl knowlctlgo antl iriiih inuy proviiil."

Uijv. .1. M. 13. CiUos, writes us fol-lows: "I tun well pleased with the prosoiit s i /eof till,' 'Tcmipssee Hiiptist.' It is largo (Mjongh, ami cheap enough, anil 1 hope it will bo taken and care-fully perused by evtiry baptist in Ten-i i o s s o o . "

Rev. A. B. t l i lbcn of Blurt' Creek, Lnudenlalo county, Ala., sends us the namo ol one new subscriber, and iin order for live dozen of tlio South Wes-tern Baptist Register.

M. M. Crenshaw of Athena, Ala., has sent us the niimoof one new sub-scriber.

In reference to the paper, he says, "I am pleased with the present size of the "Tennessee Baptist." It is the best organ through which wo get reli-cious iiueUi7ence that 1 know of. I O W)

am determined to get all the good pay-ing subscribers 1 can."

A. A. Burleson of Decatur, Ala., sends us remiuance for two subscri-bers.

The papers for all of our subscri-bers at Decatur, have invariably been sent in one package and mailed regu-lariy. We are unable to account for the many failures mentioned by bro. B. Speaking of the Tennessee Bap-tist, bro. Burieson remarks, "I am highly pleased with it, and take great pleasure in its perusal."

Thomas Spight of Ripley, Miss., has sent us a remittance for the paper. Hear him—"The first and second numbers of your very excellent paper, the Baptist, in its new dress, and dou-ble name, has been received, and I find it in length, breadth, and substance, sufBcient to satisfy any baptist apd others, that can, or will be satisfied with good things and good matter."

W e have 15 or 16 communications on hand, which will appear as fast as we can find room for them in our col-

PUBLISHERS.

and tears." The meeting hold one week, iduring which time fitly/were hopeflilly converted; twentv-seven were added to the church, and sever-al others will connect themselves with the church soon. The membership which had been cold, were grrutly re-vived. When we take into considera-tion the character of iho converts and accessions, we can truly say it was one of tho bost meetings wo ever en-joyed at Mount Lebanon. To God be 1)0 all tlio gloryi however I cannot closo without saying iliat broihor Ifn-cord (Methodist) was with iis three days, and labored faithfully and togtwd Hccoplanoo. I luivo been liir tliti last livo weeks wiili tlio exception of ihruo (lays coiintMiitly engtigi.'il in llio work of'thu Lord, luul i hopo nut in vain, although I tun niiich worn tluwii my health is tolerably good, and 1 feel more than ovei to rejoieo at the thought of spending iny whole life in tlio ser-vice of my tHavior. During my live wuuk'n Inbor 1 I M V O wlino^ced 141 eoiiversioiis, and 90 aecesaiona by Baptism. Will you and ^'our nnmei"-ous readers join with mo m rendering praise and ihunksgiving to God for his

Oii!?iual Arlicles.

t\ir the '/Vftwcoitrt BapHsl. I loM.v .Si-niNos. Au^. 23, 1847.

Dear Brother Miiitketn In my l;i»t IrltPf 1 piulcnvorrd to ex-

plttln tli« iiulurn ut Fttiili.—that Fnitli which nil imliviil'tnl must I H I S R O S S in iirilrr In tin pre-lorpil ID rporivp ihp lite uf Unpti.in, niiil to 10 ailiniltpil 111 tlip With ilii* Fiiifh,

ii* 1 iTiimiIuhI, i* iinriini'n'ily ruiiHrripil Hp. pt'iitnm t'; iiiiil w li'MP UI I 'np rM»l. in I IID I hraft, un-i\ll ihc (srtii''"< 111' llir" llitlv i^piiii. D o c i ihu pormm w liii pMipiiKPit to )uiii ilip Chutrh, !>ivr yihiil rviiU iH'p llinl liP > \riviiPll ihls Itrppiitniii'P mill till* Kniih? TliPii wc ptm. oluiln ilmi ho td IV chrlmlttii, a imw iu'esluitf. liPt him tip Joylully i-reetvpil.

T o ihpxo iwii piiiiiK, hiiw ijieal o pmiiil. iiriii'p I" ai i'Pii III liidt'ii'vl Jvihn, lIlP holHllI 111' lllr ,Mr««ltlll, l.iH^llv ilrlnNlnlpil Hp (Pliltilii'P 111 lliiiBi' wliii mill l i i l i l ' lihpli»ini mil tUi'ri'ii il iIhi |ii'n|i|p 111 lu'lipvp till Ilim wliu kIIIIIIIII ri'iui^ n:"!!'!' liilli, lliUl l«, mi t:|irl»i Jp-«i|t, 'I'lii' Siiviniii liiiii.iir riilfiiMt; nil lli« iiililiii iriiiii«i i'\. |irm'lniiii"il, "Tlip K,iii!iliim ul' Jidl l«iil Imiiili H'pplit ypHlliI tiffinvplllp (ill*,

poi," Ui'luip 111" ii>t'Pii»iiiii, hp ijnintuipJ hU Apii«lli'< 111 pul'iii'p nil lupii Ih-UPI 111' llip U o i . pp|, iiiiil III |iiuiii'ii III hU iiHiiip Kpppiiunflc mil) liPMii<«|iiii 111 Siiii nitioiiu till imilniu, tie. uiiiiiiii(j til ,li'iii««lpiu. Thii« iliil iho AptW' UP*. Tlui* ilid Paul. pwIIpiI nuU.pi'iiPinly to

But Cliiiet will difowii thcr; umt thy pniFes-MOn will bn no ilefcncc, when Oo.J mketh ftway thv soul, and dcvourhig fiie shall seiee ihcp. • "

1 add ttgftin, where there is ; i iilni'ce, there will also bo, assuredly, Ol i ed inre tn I he comiiiHnils tif tjnd. The penitent has return* P ed to hiq ttlleginncv? t'l the Greot Kihu. He ' cheerfully reeoguir.PS thp rlsiin* of h l i ^ I e k e r ond his Redeeineri and c«tv.'eitis his privi. ; lepp, BP wpH as lii" duty tn obey Him. Hence- | forth, ii Is hii habiuinf aim to do thr will t)f ' Oiitl. Lov*! to Ond, an esurntial element in his ReppniancG insures uliedictip

prppp Is his

Its pniircriiitijj nil >, "atitl 1 hate

sigim' dis subduing t

umns.

L E T T E R S O F B U S I N E S S .

Rev. T. B. Ripley of Holly Springs, Miss., sends us the names of three new subscribers.

Wm. Irwin of Morgan county, Ala., sends us a remittance for himself, also for two new subscribers. Bro. L will

above all, and through all, and in yoii alL Religion is a unity, and therefore all Christiana are under infinite obliga-tions to be one, which we certainly will be if w e "walk worthy of the voca- • pardon us for laying before our readers tion Wherewith we are called, with all a small portion of his letter, lowliness and meekness, with long suf- ^ am . very sorry that I have no

- .feriDg, fcrb^aring-oaeanoiLeriaJo*®^'? |rnore ne^'sijBscribers to"^^^ you, as Thus, by the instrumentalities God haa,, j ^^^e a deep interest in giving a wide appointed, we shall "all come in the i - i -• - .. uniiy of the faith, and of the knowl-edge of the Son of God, unto a per-fect man [the Church being such] unta the measure of the stature of the full-ness of Ghristi." See Eph. 4: 1 -13 .

Dr. McKnight, a Presbyterian Com-mentator, paraphra^s "the whole pas-sage thus: "Carefully endeavor to preserve the vnUy wMch should sub-sist among persons animated by the same Spirit? and do this by the bond of a peaceable disposition. T o this vnityje are bound by many strong ties: For there is am body, or Charch, which comprehends you- allj and one Spirit "which animates that body by his gifts; as also y e have been called to one hope of the same blessings by your calling. T e ' i l serve one Lord; have one and

o b j ^ of faith; and have professed that faith B T O H B F O R M O P i send you the name of a new subscri-

i circulation to your most excellent pa-per. I was not very well pleased at first with the change of itg, form, but to atone for this error I have been try-ing to get a good list of new subscri-

! bers to send you. I have been a reg-ular reader of the "Baptist" ever since it had an existence, and 1 can assure you it is a real feast every time it comes to hand, and since I see the exertions of the publishers to enlarge it, I am determined to try on my part to increase the number of new sub-scribers sufficiently to justify ihem in the additional expense necessarily in-curred by the enlargement."

L. D . Massingale of Courtland, Ala., sends us a remittance for a new sub-scriber.

W e must allow him and his breth-ren at Courtland to be heard. " W e

T E N . B A P . F O R E I G N M I S . S O C I E T Y . 1847. Sept . 13. Rece ived of Malachi Mor-

ris of Fayet te co., Tenn. , $10 for the China Mission, being h is annual contribution for the above object.

A . B . S H A N K L A N D , Treasurer.

For the Tennetsee Baptist. Dear Brethren

I am fully aware that revival intelligence is the most interesting part of a religious periodical. The truly pious mind is enhvened when reading the glorious achievements of the gos® Del over the rebellious heart. In my ast, I promised that you should hear

from me again soon. On Friday morning the 13th inst., I set out trom home for Mount Lebanon Campmeet-ing, and late in the evening arrived on the Campground—found all the Camp-holders at their posts, and ready for preaching—but not a preacher on the ground,—though almost worn down, I was under the necessity of preaching myself, which I did to a large and at-tentive congregaTion. On Saturday I had to do the preaching again, except one sermon preached by father Cole of L incan county, who stayed with us several uys, and preached two ser-mons. Sunday brother John Muse of Bedford arrived, who preached three sermons during the meeting. Brottier Miller came in near the close of .the meeting and preached one serthon. The above six sermons were the only Baptist sermons preached during the meeting (which lasQsd a week,) ex-cept what I preached myself.

W e commenced our meeting under very unfavorable circumstances; we were all discouraged by the failure of the preachers—some eight or ten had projmised to be in attendance but all tailed; and I will here say, that if the preaching brethren did but know what opposition I have in advocating the truth in my field qf labor—and if they were fully apprised of the evils con-lected with their frequent disappoint-nents, they certainly in future would )e more punctual; never in my life •vas I more sadly disappointed, but he Lord was with us and that to bless. The good work began at an early tage of the meeting, and from the :hild of twelve, it ascended to the •outh and the aged. Conversions vere generally clear and powerful; as Iso convictions had been deep and

. eart felt, producing "strong crying

iliiyji of divino nowur in 10 hearts of rebel!loua ain-

iiors, iiiiii when it goes well with you, vvillyuu remembor iit ii tlirono of grace your unworiliy brother.'

A. W. MEACHAM. Spring J'>ll, Ten. Aug. S3d, 1847.

For lite Tennrme Baptist. At the I'niim meeting held at Woodlawn

church, Hiivwuod co, Tenn. , eommoncinff on Friday bel'ure tho 4lh Lord's day in Aug. Bro. Aaron J. S p i v e y , was ordained to the work of a Gospel minister. Bro. S p i v e y is u member uf Klim church, Haywood county, and his or-dination was by that church referred to the a-buve mentioned mee ng.

Tho following Brethren composed the Pres-bytery of ordinat'on, v iz . R e v . P e y i n n Smith, Rev . C. C. Conner, R e v . G. B. Davis and R e v . G. W . Young . T h e following was the order of proceeding in the ordination, v iz .

1 T h e Urdinu:;un Sermon was preached by Rev . P e y t o n S.aith, from II . T im. I V . 2. •'Preach the Word ."

2 Recognition- of the Presbytery by Elim church.

'3 Appointment by Presbytery of R e v . P e y -ton Smith, as chairman.

4 Presentation of the candidate to the pres-bytery by A . M. Estes , deacon of El im church.

5 Examination of the candidate by R e v . Pey ton Smith chairman.

6 On! ning praver by R e v . G. B . Dav i s . 7 Imposiilon of 'hands by the presbytery,

while the words of ordination were pronounced by Rev . G. W . Youn^.

8 Charge to the candidate, presentation of the Holy scriptures, and extension of the right band of fellowship by Rev . C. C. Conner.

Benediction was then pronounced by brother S p i v e y .

T h e following questions were then proposed and affirmatively answered by the candidate upon exam nation, v iz .

1 Are you now at peace wi th God, and have yoir tt comfortable assurance that such is the case?

2 D o y o u in the fear of God, and with a de-sire for the salvation of the souls of men, de-sire the holy and sacred office of a Gospel min-ister?

3 D o y o u receive the Holy scriptures of the old and new Testaments as the word of God, able to make men wise unto salvation through faith in Jesus Christ?

4 D o y o u believe in one only true and living God, revealed as Father, Son and H o l y spirit, and that these three are one ?

5 D o y o u believe that man was created in a state of holiness, and that by voluntary trans-gression he fell from that holy state, in conse-quence of which all mankind are now sinners ?

6 D o you believe that the salvation of sin-ngrs is whollv of grace, through the mediatori-afof f ices of. Jesus Christ?

7 D o y o u believe that justification fa by faith in Jesus Christ?

8 D o you believe that the blessings of aalva^ «.»UltXlic f, rc to alt o y ttie Xjospel ?

9 D o you believe that the renewal of the heart is through the sanctification of the spirit and belief of the truth?

10 Do you believe that christian baptism con-sists in the immersion of the person of a be-liever in water into the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit upon a profession of his fai':fi in Jesus Christ ?

11 D o you beheve that the breaking of bread and the use of wine w a s ordained to show forth the Lord's death until he come 7

12. D o y o u beheve that Jesus Christ w a s raised from the dead; and that there will also be a resurrection of the just and of the un-just; the righteoius to be rewarded with eter-nal life, and the wicked to be eternally banish-ed from the presence of the L- d and the glo-ry of his power 7

13 D o y o u believe that the church of God is the called out and separated people from the world to live a holy life of obedience to the commands of Jesus Christ 7

14 D o y o u believe that every true church is an independent body, so far as relates to her own internal aflfairs ?

Permit me further to state that brethren C. C. Connor, P e y t o n Smith and my«elf, were by the contribution of thirty dollars for each, constituted life members of the Indian Mission Association.

G E O . W . Y O U N G . August 24th, 1847.

For the Tennettee Baptist. L E X I N G T O N , T E N . Sept . 3d, 1847.

Beloved Brethren: I returned home this evening from a

very interesting meeting, held with the Friend-ship Church in the South W e s t part of this County. T h e meeting commenced on last Friday night and closed on the next Friday morning, and to the praise of God's grace 36 professed faith in Christ,- 22 joined the Church by Experience: 17 of whom on yesterday went with me down into the water and were buried with Christ by baptism; others are ex-pected to follow on Thursday , and as I was appointed by the Baptist Convention to labor among the destitute of this section of the country, this little church of about mem-bers, being without a pastor, called upoir me to serve them this year; these are eflbrt breth-ren; they have put up a large shelter and a commodious tent, and their labor has not been in vain in the Lord. W M . M r L E A .

BREAD FOR DYSPEPTICS. To one quart of good fine flour, mid one tea-spoon

full of Soda, finely powdered, mix tliem well together; then make the whole up with new bnttermilk, and let tho mass retaain undisturbed for fifteen or iwen^ miaates. Then roll out and bake them in cakes. I t will be found to eat as well cold as warm.

N. B. One spoonful of lard to the above amount to be added after the Soda and flour are mixed.

tht> ittiiif ijrt'Mi ullluti, "I K(ipi ImeK nothing thiit WHS priitliiililp 111 yiiu, bnt Imva nhewed yuu «iul luno iiuiijht vou pubhclvi snd from liouati til huu»n! itniilyinfl ln'th in ihu Jew* anil iiUu 111 ih(i Urtioks, KcpuniDnct) toward Uud, und Faith towBrd uur Lord Je»«» Chriit ,"

It may bo doubted whetlnir the proaclieri uf the present day give i o large a prupor '.on of thi ir attention and time to these puin as their inipurtuncf doumuds, mnJ as they re. celved from Punl and ihe olher Apu>ilea.

What is the nature of Repentance? W e must obtain tlfe answer to this question

liom the socrt-d oracles, 1, Rupenlance pres pposes serious conaid-

eraiioii, sil'"-inspM"tii>n, rB\iew ufl i fe . Though these are noi, strii ily speaking, u pan of R e -pentunci', yet their ini|>nrtant influt-nce in pro-inot'iig it anil I heir intimate connection v th it, is suggested by such passages are these—"Be-cause he cousidere' i and lurnelh away from all his transures^ions iliat lie haih committed, he shall surely live, he shfll not die." Ezek. 18: 28. " L e t us search and try our ways , and turn agein to tliij Lord." Lain. 3: 40. "I thought on my \\ ays, and turned m feet unto thy testimonies." Ps . 119: 59. .Vhen the prodigal son came to himself and thought on his own wretchedness and the superior lot of even the servaii'•< of his father, he made the resolution—"I will arise and go to my &tber, and will say unto him Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thv son." L u k e 14: 17- 9. Nut without grounu, therefore, has it uT" i stated, that "Consideration is the first

ep towards Repentance." H o w dreadfully do tiiey sin against their own soul, how fatEiUy bent on their own destruction, who, without thought, recklessly rush on in the paths of sin and folly. " O that tbey were wise, that they understood this, that they would consid-er their latter end." Deut . 32: 29.

2. Repentance in its very nature involves a consciousness of sin. For how can a man re-pent of sins of which he is not conscious? Impossible. T h e true penitent is conscious of his sins: not only of his outward trans-gressions, but of the sins of his heart. H e sees that his heart is depraved; that his feel-ings have been wrong. H e now understands that the L a w of God takes cognisance of the-thoughts and intents of the heart, and requires that he should love the Liord his God wi th all his heart, and mind and strength, and his neighbor as himself. In the Ught of this L a w , he sees that his sins are innumerable.

Repentance moreover imphes a conviction that sin is committed" against God. E v e r y sin is committed against God: for it is a violation of his L a w . Thi s the penitent sees and J'eels: and this, in his v iew, constitutes the chief "sin-I 'l^ess of sin." It is against that Being whom ho is under such infinite obligation to love and obey.

3. Repentance is sorrow for sin v iewed as committed against God. Consequently it ex-tends to all sm. T h e penitent is sorry for his «7i rather than for the punishment duetto his sin. True his mind is deeply impressed by the awful curse annexed to transgression, but his sorrow, his grief of heart, mainly if not exclusively, arises from a v i e w of his having so greatly sinned against God.

I 4. Rc-prntance includes deep frutniliation on account of sin. T h u s felt the publican, when standing afar oS he would not lift up so much as his e y e s unto heaven, but smote upon his

j breast, saying, "God be merciful to me a sin-; ner." "1 am ashamed, and blush to lift up

m y face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is

'• grown up unto the heavens." Ezra 9: 6. "Then shall ye remember your own evil ways , and your doings that were not good, and shall loathe yourselves in your own sight, for your iniquities, and for your abominations." E z e k . 36: 31.

5. Repentance includes confession of sin to God. It g ives some relief to the burdened penitent freely to confess his sins to the Being against whom they have been committed.— His feelings prompt him to make a full and frank confession. H e acknowledges his desert of condemnation. "If thou, Lord, shouldst mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?" Psalm 130: 3. H e pleads for pardon in the name of Jesus; and on his great sacrifice re-lies for acceptance with God. This hearty confession is the sure forerunner of forgive-ness. " H e that confesseth and forsaketh his sins shall have mercy." Prov . 28: 13. "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to

'for^ve us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1: 9. T h u s the penitent turns.to God. H e comes to God, by (throi^h) Christ. Heb. 7: 25.

6. Repentance involves the forsaking of sin. "Repent and turn yourselves from all your transgressions." Ezek . 18: 30. Sin is em-bittered to the penitent. H e cannot practice it. He forsakes his way of sin, and his Ihoughi of unrighteousness, and returns to the Lord. H o w can he act over those scenes and cherish those thoughts, the recollection of which fills him with distress? No . H e cow enters on a course of opposition to sm. H e watches against it. H e strives against it. H e is now stemming the current which before was bear-ing him rapidly downward. T h e truth is his principles, his motives, his feelings are chang-ed; and he is no longer the same man he was before. " H e is a new creature: old thiags are passed away; behold all thing are become n e w . " 2 Cor. 5: 17.

Such is the nature cf Repentance. And I add, where the Repentance is there wi l l be a hearty forgiving of those who may have injur-ed us. Under the canopy of heaven, can there be found t w o things more opposite to each other than Repentance, and that proud, cold, hard, stubborn, vengeful spirit, which re-nises to forgive an injury, and will not beco:ilD reconciled to the oSender? T h e unforgiving ,ihall not be forgiven of God. That's the D e -••.ree of heaven, unalterable. L e t such read •md tremble at the decision of the Great King, see Matt. 6: 14, 15, and Matt. 18: 21-35 .

T h o u mayst not care to read it, unrelenting ioan; but that will not alter it; that will not

• ('reserve thee Irom the destruction it portends. Thou professest. perhaps, to be a christian.

ttll Ihv ^ _

w a y , " "I havt' liiijfttiPtl mill? h t e n thy »utu ie» dlway, even uniu n t i i l O H - n a .

Aiiitthernuisi Impiiitnnt, yn, e»»enii«l ftuh i i i p f i f u r H c p p i i U i h u t ? U R e s l l l u t i m i . W t h e IB> J i i r l o r t W( i l i n v n i l u i i p I n u l l i n f i . . . '^pb ht jvy rt>hilv /ttwlu ua WHO 111 nitthf K>u!h rpniimilyn,

I " I f 1 h a v e l a k i ' u a n y i h i n a t V m i i a n y i i i t m y ^ I'mUh aeiMi.HiliiH. I rfiltuti liTin fiiurlufd," L«k» lUi rt, N a Imirftjlil «>»tif\jilgii U not re. quiirtl ol'uoi hut II lull rt»iiiiiili>n i«i anU iht v«ry iiHiure ul' Hrppntaiice ii)vulv@« ihU,^ Svq>po»«>. fur an lii»iaiiut>, J y»'»ierUay »t»l« r.iiii) a man furty duHais, and lu-day I rcpsm ot niy »in4. Of cuurce ] rfpeiiruf the iio yesterday oomniiited. Can 1 ihw rptuin that properly? No. I no more reiain U than 1 could bear live COMIs on my UreHut, 1 must return U w the owner. This is ctirinlni and it maHe» no dillbronee as to thf piinciplj, whether the monev bad been taken by thel or in any other unlawful WHy, whether tho »Mm be forty or four hundred, or four thousand doliart, whether it be money or any other spe. cies of property, whether I did the deed yei* terday or twenty years ago. I must niBRe t fv)U restitution, pnucipal and interebt, even if it takes every dime I losaesa, '"Be not da

r

ceived; God ta not mocked," But w e may injure a fellow-bein )u his

epent-character, as well as in his property, iug of the slander, we shall be ready to undo, as far as it mav be in our power, the injury we have done. H e who refuses to make this rep-aration is not u penitent. "Good name in man or woman," say the pnet, "is the imme-diate jewel of the soul." If you "filch" it, you commit an injury greater than that of the thi f, or even perhaps than that of the assas-sin. If you repent, must you not make resti-tion? Indeed vou must.

• • • • • I would here advert acain to the insepara-

ble connexion between Repentance and Faith. Where the one is there is the other. Not on-ly are they inseparable, they are involved each in the other. Repentance involves Faith. In repenting of m y sins, I return to God. Howl ; In the name of Jesus . In his name I confesi ' my sins, and plead for pardon. On the other F hand, Faith involves Repentance. I believe in Christ; I receive him as a Saviour from i sin; and this implies aversion to sin, such an | aversion as is connected with every other ele- ; ment of Repentance. i

T h u s inseparable, thus commingled are : Repentance and Frnth. A question arises, [ more important than some m a y suppose,— ^ W h i c h precedes the other in the order of time j or are theyjsimultaneous? 5

On this question I would remark briefly: ; 1. [Faith, so far as it consists of an .Msent j,

of the mind to the truth.] ' ji 1. A man must believe that there is a God, |i

his Creator, Preserver and Benefactor, and i whom he is under sacred obhgations to love j and obey before he can be convinced of haT- | ing sinned against him, and repent of his sins. |

2. T h e truths of the Gospel, exhibiting the • L o v e of Grod, his holiness and justice, the evil j nstare of sin and its ruinous tendencies, are etninently fitted to excite Repentaut^e in the ' breast of man.

3. T h e Cross of Christ especially is pow- j erfnlly promotive of Repentance. Looking !_ to him who was pierced for our iniquities, we | shall mourn. W h a t is so adapted tr.' melt the | heart into deep humility and penitence as t ' v i ew of his love and sufferings, who died fir ' us? ,

4. And y e t it is equally true that^he hum- I ble and ear lest application to Christ, and the f hearty receiving of him as our Saviour involv- .5 ed in Faith, follows Repentance. F o r such applying to Christ for dehverance f iom sic, ? such cordial receiving of him as a i Saviour from sin, imphes aversion to sin, implies Re-pentance. I s not this plain? I apply to an-other for a gift. Th i s presupposes a desire for the gift. T h e desire may have c-riginated only a moment before the application- Nev-ertheless fi-om the very nature ofuhings it must precede it.

Think not my brother, that I am refining too far, and making vice and useless^ distinc-tions. No . No . Th i s applying to Christ, this coming to him, this henrtv receiving of him, is indeed the essential t^ing iu saving Faith. Remaining destitute of this, .the ma is y e t in his sins, without it he is indeed destd-tute of true Repentance. For the ,Repent-ance which permits a man to stay aw'ay front Christia not Repentance. W e have . . i ready said that when the Sa\'iour entered oiThisown ministry, he proclaimed, "Repent and believe the Gospel:" and the Apostle to the Gentiles, stating the two grand topics of his ministry, places them in this order. Repentunce to-wards God and Faith towards our Lord Jesm Christ. Safely w e may follow the tsame or-der. It is not safe to reverse it. T h e &3st sin-ner, awakened, anxious, self-despairing'mourn-ing over his sins, we would urge to flee for refuge to the hope set before hhn. There is safety for him in Christ. There is s&ety no where short of Christ. H e must come to him that he may ha\ e life. And what shall we say of that teaching which entirely overlooks this essential thing, which substitutes some-thing else in the place of this earnest appli-cation to the Saviour? OI such teaching is ruinous to the souls of men!

From the vi'm-s expressed in this fetter, we inferthat the Church attending to this most sol-emn duty ofreceiving an individual to member-ship, ought on the following points to make spe-cial examination. H a v e y o u seen yourself a sm-ner, deserving to perish? D o you hate sin? D o you renounce sin? D o y o u renounce self-confidence? D o you believe that Jesus our Lord is the Saviour of sinners? D o y o u b e - J lieve that he is able and wilHng to save y o u f * H a v e you actually applied to him for salva-l^n? Have you given yourslef to him?—

H a v e you heartily accepted of H i m as yoar Lord and Saviour, your Example, your Guide, your Life , your everlasting Portion? Can you heartily forgive all who have injured yon? And is it your stedfast purpose to spend the remainder of your days in obedience to the commands of your God and Saviour?

Before closing this letter, suffer me just to remark:

1. Great is the mistake of those who ima-gipe that Conviction of sin is Repentance. Conviction is one step: a very important step. B t u he w h o "Stops there is ye t without Repent-ance.

2. It is incorrect to denominate those who are anxious in reference to their souls' w Ifare, penitents. A man may be intensely anxious on that subject, but he is not a penitent u^ess he has actually repented of his sins. T o the penitent, the promises belong, not to the anx-ious, w h o must be directed to repent; as the anxious were on the day of Penticost. The two classes are entirely distinct, end it is ex-ceedingly important to discriminate between them.

:i. Gn?iit and ilnnjir-roug ii ihcir crro inis^ttkr rciiiomr of const irnrc fur R P M B B How moy they be diwinguiiiiirdt Thtl ppntttftCp includee CDriti'sfinn of bIh lo und renuncitttion of it. Mere Remahie •ccompBuied with contcsgion and funait

4i Most denireraui l i the tubilitutli Kefomiftti'm for Rjttctilftiiee. Thf mm iilpntical with the oilier. Tbcrt! iimy foriiintioB without lte|» itanif. A in ipnipprftte, 0 man firofanp may rcfiifirt-iTinmtice liii Intemperance "f tiiitl v§t miiBln ImpeiiU iit. Thfre ml Uoiieiitatit'e without Rplorinuiiimi a . f e i M t i f s penUtiii wh«i»e prevl«iu M betti outwirdly, peff^ily »]«» nttiit an euiwtrtl Kciurmktlon, In him assuietllv follow ifue Rppenianup.

XlVpetltinatelv vnurn, 'J', H,

l\,i' Ihe Tthiuiitrf li,tftlltl, -iJi'fllil'eH Hi'Wtll tlli'i (hufu!

J vvuii hi eall your mipiaiuntn ). Pcti SJ, "Tlio liKe'tli-uir wheiuiitu, pvei ilnin, diiih ul>ii now Have iia, (mil <hi< tiway "1 thf lllih uf Uin ilfkli, but ihe 1 ul a B»ii'>l I'uii'i vwit'e toward Gml,) by I surrpytiun uf J B S U H Chriot." Jf that f the abuse verse in pftrtuilheaia, ha« nvt i|ni>i il 111 prove imuieriiiiiii, J do nut X brr 111 hav'' titieii it. What is meaul III t'lhe putting away uf the filtli (if the ( Dura il iioi im-un ihe c leansing of the hi wualtine in water, as was the dustnni Jews , and fta Is thu cuhtoiu of all, at thi e m day i Had btptisra been pertbn any other w a y , than by immersion, won ter have thought it necessary, to oautioi to whom he wrote, not to oansiderit "tl tu iyawuy ihc ti'lb of the tleih?" I f i t U s performed by sprinkling or pouring, oc no person could nave in staken it for a w or a "putting oway of the filth of the If baptism was sprinkling, or jiouriiig, ] caution was useless; but no part of the tuies is useless, therefore I conclud baptism was not then either sprintling, o ing, and if not, it mnst have been imtn Tlua conclusion i» inevitable if I am r what is meant by "putting awoy the the flesh," and am 1 tmi right? I thin I am.

Your's in Gos lel Boiu J A S . H. S M I

N . B. I am not rmbitious of appet print. The argument 1 use may be sta some. If I have taken untenable grot if you think you can make no good on then drop it. 1 atn now 34 years old, ' ago I first thought of it as an arga have mentioned it to many, none of seem to attach much importance to it; ( not to have thought of it before. If yn with them let it never see light, and 11 tent.

Our Church, Macedonia, Franklin is in peace. It has been greatiy blesB« in the present associarional year. "W several anties but they take a reasonat of Missionary hberties, and are wi l each member to act as his conscience B

Your's in Gospel Bonl J A S . H . SM

Obituary Notices. Par the Tennessee Baptist.

WiLso.N Co. , Te - s . , Sept . 6th, j Died, suddenly at his residence in thj

try, on Friday morning the 19th of , Sion Bass, in the 66th y e a j of his ^ •was a native of North CaroUi^ emig W i l s o n county, Tennessee, in eatly Professed religion at Cook C a m p - p the fall of '42. After' which he umt sell with the Baptist church at Little L ick , of which he was one of its mc stantial and orderly members.

In the death of this valued d t i ] community in which he lived has expi a great loss. H e was a kind kusbanS fectionate parent, and an obliging neis which w a s added a spotless, moral M governed by the most elevated print integrity anS honor—and always atn ward in his manner—he commanded pect, confidence and esteem of all wl him. H e always bestowed cheerfully poor and needy; and gave liberally ta synary objects.

For ihe Tennessee Baptist. Departed this life on the 20th i n

Memphis . Tenn., Mrs. Helen B. F * s o n of Rev . B. S. Fant. in ihe ^oth her age. She has long evinced her ch ty nat merely by profession, but by I and practical piety. A MOU]

Our brother Fant has our sincerest I thies in the melancholy bereavement a the foregoing notice apprises us . Tin second wife he has buried within ft fie^ M a y the Lord sustain him i s his afi and sanctify them to him, and tc the people of his charge.

For the Tennessee Baptist, L E X I . N ' T O S , - A u g . 2 3 d , ]

Very Dear Brethren: W h a t a strange mixture of 1

and sorrows doth this world afford, with joy and gratitude to Gnd, at the tifin of our church edifice, the peace 1 inouv of our churches, and Bome pre vivals around ns, suddenly we w e to feel the smart of a most sad bere in the loss of a most lovel v child, tl James W . and Sarah F . Glass, my both members of the Lexington a This little cherub not quite three yi had so gathered upon the feelings a tioiis of all the connection, and friendi ally its aged grandmother Glass, as tl say i;rulv it seemed as if the happine th,: life 6f some was bound up inthe B u i alas, alas, little James Edmondl A latal attack of the croup seized lungs wbich proved an over matcn skill and long practice of physiciftM tender care, tears and cries of nnmeroi and weeping parents.

A few days only of most excmcii tress with di'fficuhy of breathing, put to all his sufferings here below, and i and still in his Httle velvet covered t his remains lie in the silent tomb await the voice of the arch-angel trumpet of (Jod, on the morning of I Resurrection day. t

Oh for grace and faith to s a y w e sbj him, t h o u ^ he shall not return to us^

Adien my child adieu From tears 1 would refirain;

I hope in God and hope lor yea That we shall meet again. tj

Tfay born- cheeks my babe. No morp my bosom press.

No more thy sweet alluring li] Shall ray fond hearL careis.

Thoogh let ms Bot ref ine. But cheerfully i

disown tlief, and thy prnfes-i a Jefente, when God takech , and dtrmiiing fire ahal^seize

T>herc there is r.;'j;enxaiice, I be. oasTirEdly, Obsdieiice tn the

The penitent has return-^ance ti> the Great King. H e

BIZes the claims of iris iVIaker Kr;. and esturas ' itf hia ptivi-

I his duty tn obey Him. Hence-biiuaf oinrto da the trill of

God, on esaentiol dement in i msuTea abeJience. " I esteem

Its cnnceming all things to he ipmge, "and I hate every ftlae 5 inclined mine heart to perform ?ay, even ratu the end." P«.

; important, yes. essential fruit tonce is Besntntion fiir the in-

|re done to ethers. See how I was tu moke such resritntioni

len any thing^ frnm any man hy In. I r ^ t a re him fourfold." L n t s

fiinrfiiltr restitiitiDn is not re-but a full restitution is; and the

pf Riiptaitance involves this • I on instance, I yesterday stole

dollars, and tu-day L repent Jf course I repent of the sin [ratted. Can. I then retain that

I cmild no mare retain it llTff coals on my hreoat. I

I t ^ the owner. This is certain; W^tTereiice as to the principle, Imonev had been taken by theft,

unlawful way, whether the • four hundred, or four thousand

ler it be money or any other spe-j , whether 1 did the deed yea-

yesrs ago. I must make a principal and interest, even if

dime I possess. "Be not da-i not mocked."

injure a fellaw-beina in his vefl. a?? in'his property, i lepent-ader, we shall be ready to undo,

be in our power, the injury we who refuses to make this rep-

: a penitent. "Good name in say the pOet, "is the imme-

the soul." If you "filch" it, i tniury greater than that of the

. perhaps than that of the assas-Irepent, must you not make resti-

you must. # • • * « »

! advert o^ain to the insepara-between Repentance and Faith,

ne is there is the other. Not on-eparable, they are involved each Repentance involves Faith. In

Imy sins, Iretorn ' to Gadv How? I of Jesu3> In hia name I ctrnfess uplead for pardon. On the other

linvolvEs Repentance. I heBeve Ireceive him as a Saviour from I implies aversion to sin, such an ' L connected with every other d e -pentance. sparable, thus commingled ore and Faith. A. question arises, at than some may supptMe,—

ies the other in the order of timo amultaneousT

E S t i o n I wirald remark brieflyi su far as it consists of an assent

1 to the truth.] ; must believe that there is s. God,

Preserver and Bene&ctor, and under saiired obligations to lave

he can he conraced of hav-: him, and repent of Ma sin*,

bs of the Gospel, exhibiting the i, his holiness and justice, the evil

a n d h a ra in tn ia i c n d e n a c s ^ are Stteii to-ezcita Repentance" in the fin. Jrosa of Chnst especially is pow-Tiotive of Repentance. Looking f was pierced for our iniquitiea, we

What is so adapted to melt the peep humility and penitence as a I lave and suSerings, who died for

Jret it is equally true that the htun-f ies t applicatian to Christ, and the iving of him as our Saviuurinvidv-

follavi Repentance. For sucll Christ fcr deliverance frcm sin,

|bI receiving of him as a Savioui apliea aversion to sin, implies B-e-la not this plain? I apply to en-gift. This presupposes a desire The desire may have - originated

^ent befbre the application. Nev-m the very nature of things it

le it. bot ray brother, that I am refining

making vice and useless distinc-This applying to Christ,

to him, this hearty receiving of the essential t W g in saving

|emaining destitute of tius, the mas I ens , without it he is indeed iesO-

aB Repentance. For the Repent-' I permits a man tn stay away from

, Repentance. W e have already Irhen the Saviour entered gn hia own lie proclaimed, "Repent and believe

and the Apostle to the Gentiles, [ two grand topics of his nnnistry, m in tins order. Repentance to-

I and Fai th towards our LordJesna Safely we may ihllow the same or-I not safe to rroerseit. The lost sin-kned, anxious, self-despairing, moum-pia sins, we would urge to flee for khe hope set before him. Tiiere ia Ihim in Christ. There is safety no m of Christ. He must come to him lay have Hfe. And what shall we it teaching which entirely overlooks ptinl tluug, wliiuh substitutes some-lin the place of this earnest appli-I the Saviour? O! such teiuii:ig is \ the souls of men.'

• - • • • I e.tprcased in this letter, we

be Church attending to this.mast sol-irfreceivinz an individaal to member-

I t on the following points tomakespe-•aon. Have you seen yourself a sin-og tn periiihl Do you hate sinl unce sin? Du you renounce self-

k? Da ymt believe that Jesua our Saviour of sinners? Da yon be- Jk

Ihe is able and willing to save y o u l ® actually applied to him far si lva-ra ynu given yourslef to liim?-r heanily accepted of Him as your

|3aviour, your Example, your Guide, your everlasting Portion? Can

r forgive all who nave injured you? i r stedfttst purpose to spend the

of your davs ia obedience to the I of your Gad and Savianr? Josing this letter, sutler me just to

r is the mistake of those who ima-Comviction of sin ia Repentance, s ia one step: a very important step-r l tapa there is yet without Repent-

incorrect to denominate those who bain reference to their souls' w Ifare,

Amanraa j r be intensely aniioua [ifaject, but he ia not a penitent usiesa

Uy repented of hia sins. To the I the promises belong, not to the onx-

must be directed'to repent; as the era on the dav of Penticost. The

H are entirely distinct, and it ia ex-nnpartant to discriminate between

3. Great and dangerous is tlieir error who m i s t a k e remorse of conscience for Repentance. Sow may they be distinguished? Thus, Re-penta«:e' includes confession of sin to God, and renunciation of it . Mere Remorse is un-tccompaoied with confession and forsaking of sin. - . '

4. Most dangerous is the snbstitnting of Reformation for Repentance. T h e one is not identical with the other. There may be I ^ -formadon without Repeatance. A man in-temperate, a man profane may reform—may renounce ins intemperance or his profemty, and yet remain impenitent. There may be Repentance without Reformation: as in the case of a penitent whose previous life had b e e n o u t w a n U y , perfectly moral. B u t he who needs an outward Reformation, in kim it will assuredly follow true Repentance.

Affectionately yours, T . B. R .

Fram. the Xem Orleani Pic.iyu.ne\.%t\.

BRILLIANT VlCTORiES!!! Laporlanl from Gen. Scott's Army.

Banies of ContrerasdE Chnrubnscu Total Defeat of the Mexicans-^Gen. ScoU en-

camped within two and a half miles of the City of Mexico—Armistice between the two Armies—Nogotiations with Mr. Trist for a \ Peace Commenced. ' The United States steamship Mary Kings-

land, Captain John Davis, arrived at an early < hour this morning. By her we have received ' our letters from Mr. liendall from the 22d to

the road, of which I have spoken, were obvi-ously of recent constructii>n—evidence that the enemy had but just got wind of our ap pruach, and that Geri. .Scott had complete y stolen a march upon Santa Anna.

Other-than the ditches and rocks which had been rolled down from the precipitous hill side, no opposition was made to the advance of Gen. Worth until he had reached a point in the road not far from Santa Cruz—but now a scattering fire was opened upon the head of his column by a force stationed at advanta-geous positions above the road to the left. The enemy was quickly dispersed, however, by Col. C. F . Smith's light battalion and the 2d Artillery, under Maj. Gait. As the division

the 28th of August, all dated from Tacnbava. ! neared the hacienda of L a Novia the advance A J 1 t.:_ - i . i - > c 1 - T'O

For the Tennessee Baptist, brethren Howell and Chaves:

I wish to call your attention to I . Peter I I I . 21. " T h e like figure wherunto, even bap-tism, doth also now save us, (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer •f a good conscience toward God,) by the re-surrection of Jesus Christ ." If that part of the above verse in parenthesis, has ever been qaot;;d to prove immerrion, I do not remem-ber to have seen it. W h a t is zdcact here, by "the putting away of the filth of the flesh ?" Does it not mean the cleansing of the body by washing in water, as was the custom ot the Jews, and as is the custom of all, at tlie pres-ent day ? Had baptism been per form^ in any other way, than by immersion, would P e -ter have thought it necessary, to caution those to whom he wrote, not to consider it "the put-ting away the filth of the fleah?" I f i tha4 .been performed by sprinkling or pouring, certainly no person could have mistaken i t for a washing, or a "putting away; of the filth of the flesh." I f baptism was sprinkling, or pouring, Peter 's caution was useless; but no part of the scrip-tures ia useless, therefore I conclude that baptism was uot then either sprinkling, or pour-ing. and if noti it mnst have been immersion. This cdnclusibir ra inevitable if I am right in what is meant by "putting away the filth of the flesh," and am i n o t right? I tliink that I" am.

Tour 's in Gospel Bonds, J A S . H . S M I T H .

N. B . I am not ambitious of appearing in print. The argument I use may be stale with iome. , If I have taken unteiiable ground, or if you*think you can make no good out of it, then drop it. I am now 34 years old, 15 years ago I firat thought of it as an argument. I have mentioned it to maay, none of whon% seem to attach much importance to it; or seem not to have thought of it before. If you think with tliem le t i t never see light, and 1 am con-tent.

Our Church, Macedonia, Franklin county, is in peace. I t has been greatly blessed with-in the present associational year. W e have several anties but they take a reasonable view of Missionary liberties, and are willing for each member to act as his conscience dictates.

Tour 's in Gospel Bonds, J A S . H . S M I T H .

Obituary Notices. For the Tennessee Saptitt.

WLLSOH Co., TEM., Sept. 6th, 1847. Died, suddenly at his residence in tliis coun-

ty, on Friday morning the 19th of August, Sion Bas^ in the 66th year of h i s . ^ . . H e

a natiye of North Carolina, e m i g r a ^ ta "Vvilson county, Tenneuee, in early life.— Professed rehtgion at Cook Camp-ground in the fall of '42. After wliich he umted him-self with the Baptist church at Little Cedar Lick, cf which he was one of its most sub-stanral and orderly members.

In the death ^ this valued dtizen, the community in which he lived has experienced a great loss. He was a kind husband, an af-fectionate parent, and aii obliging neighbor, to which was added a spotless, moral cliaracter; governed by the moat elevated principles of integrity and honor—and always straishtfor-ward in his manner—he commanded tne res-pect, confidence and esteem of all who knew him. He always bestowed cheerfidly to the poor and needy; a ^ gave liberally to deemo-synary objects.

For the Tennettee BaptUt. Departed this life on the 20th inst., nea?_

Memphis, Tenn., Mrs. Helen B. Fant , con-sort of Rev. B. S. Fant , in the 25th year of her age. She has long evinced her Christiani-ty not merely by profession, but by devotion and practical piety. _ A M O U R N E R . , Our brother Fant has our sincerest sympa-

thies inr the melancholy bereavement of wliich the foregoing notice apprises lu,. Tbis the second wife he has buried within ia few years. May the Lord sustain him in his aflaictions, and sanctify them to him, and to the beloved people of liis charge. H .

A courier despatched by him on the 20th with , the first account of the battle fought on that '• day was cut ofT.

From a map and plan of the battle fields before us, we note that they are called the bat-tles of Coutreras and Churubusco—so called fiom field works of the enemy of'those names. The victories were decisive, but so far as we can judi;e from a hasty perusal of a portion of our letters, the proposition for an armistice was made by Gen. Scott—probably at the sugges-tion of the British embassy. The report we have hitherto given that the city of Mexico was at our mercy appears to have been un-founded. Should peace not follow from the negotiations now pending, iinother battle must ensue, the enemy haying a force of from fif-teen to twenty thousand men yet left. But the road Appears to be completely open to us, and the city is only two and a half miles from our encampment.

Our victories have been purchased at avast loss of valuable life, as will be seen by the fol-lowing list—we will give a fuller one to-mor-row. We see names of men at the loss of whom we weep; but all have their friends and we make no distinctions.

O F F I C E R S K I L L E D . RRGUI^ARS .—Major Mills, 15th Infantry;

Captain Burke, 1st Artillery; Captain Hanson, 7th Infantry; Captain Thornton, 2d Dragoons; Captain Capron, 1st Artillery; Capt. Quarles, loth Infantry; Captain Anderson, 2d Infantry; Lieutenant Irons, 1st Artillery, but attached to Gen. Cadwalader's stafi; Lieutenant Pres-ton Jolirison, 1st Artillery, but attached to Magruder's battery; Lieutenant Easly, 2d In-fantry; Lieutenant Goodman, loth Infantry; Lieutenant Hoffman, 1st Artillery.

VoLU.NTEKRs.—Lieutenant Chandler, New York Regiment; Col. P . M. Butler, and Lieu-tenants David Adams and W . R . Williams, or the South Carolina Regjment.

OFFICEES WODNDED—REGULARS. Col. Clark, 6th InfantT7, slightly; Col. Morgan,

15lh Infantry, severely; Ma j . Wade, 3d Artillery, se-verely; Maj . Bonneville, 6th Infantry, slightly; Capt. WesselU, 2d Infantry, severely; Capt. Phil. Kearney, I s t Dragoons, I r f t arm shot off; Capt . McBeynolds, 3d Dragoons, severely; Capt. Craig, 3d Infiintry, se-verely; Capt . Ross, 7th Infantry, se^•erely; Capt . J . E . Smith, 2d Infantry, severely; Capt. Chapman, 5th In-fantry, slightly; Capt . Johnson, 9th Infantry, slightly; Capt . Holden, 12th Infantry, slightly: Capt. Hatha-way, 1st Artillery, slightly; Capt. Hot5"man, 6th Infan-try .slightly: Lieut. Schuyler Hamilton, Ist Infantry, b- t attached to Gen. Scott 's staff; severely; Lieut. Hallo-way, 3th Infantry, but attached to Smith's Light Bat-talion, severely; Lieut. Bacon, 6th Infantry, severely; Lieut. Callender. of the Ordance, but commanding howitzer battery, severely; Lieut. Arnold, 2d Artille-r j^ severely; Lieut. Herman Thorn, 3d Dragoons, a t -tached to Col. Garland's staff, slightly; Lieut. Hen-drickson, 6th Infantry, severely; Lieut. Humber, 7th Infantry, severely; Lieut. Boynton, Ist Artillery, but attached to Taylor's battery, slightly; Lieut. Lorimer Graham, acting with 1st Dragoons, severely; Lieut. Van Buren, of the Rifles, slightly; Lieut- Martin, U t Artillery, right arm shot o2; Lieut. Goodloe, lo th In-fontty, mortally; Lieut. Farrelly, 5th Infantry, bet at-t a c h ^ to Smith's Light Battalion, severely; Lieut. Logenhell, adjurant 5th Inikntry, sligbtly; Lieut. Bee, 3d In&ntry, slightly; Lieut- LoveU,2d Infantry, sligifat-ly; Lieut. C handler, 3d Infantry, slightly; Lieut. Col-lins, 4th Artillery, slightly; Lieut. Tilden, 2d Infan-try, severely; Lieut. Newman, 9th Infantry, severely; Lieut. Gardner, 2d Infantry, severely; Lieut. Hayden, 2d Infei t ry , slightly. Lieut. Sprague, adjutant 9th In-fantry, sligh:Iy; Lieut. Palmer, 9th Infantry, severely; Lieut . Buckner, 6th Infantry, slightly; Lieut. C lam, 9th lofantry, slightly; Lieut: Simpkins, 12ih In&ntry, slightly, Lieut. Petemell , 15th Infantry, slightly; Lieut. Bennet, 15th Infantry.

VoLDSTEERS.—Ncv) York Regiment.—Col. Bur-net, severely; Capt . Fairchild slightly; Capt . Dyck-man, severely; Lieut , Sweeney, severely; Lieut. Jen-niss, slightly; Lieut. Cooper, severely; Lieut . Mc-Cabe, slightly; Lieut . Potter, severely; Lieut Griffin, slightly; Lieut. Malhowsky, slightly.

SoiM Carolina Regiment.—Lieut. Col. Dicken-son, severely; Capt . James D. Blandiog, slightly; Adj . Cantey, severely; Lieut. Sumter, slightly; Capt. K. S. Moffatt, slighdy; L f e a t i K . S. Billings, severely; Lieut. J . R. Clark, dangenjusl j ; Lieut. J . W. Steen, slight-ly; Lieut. J . R. Davis, slightly; Capt . W. D. DeSaus-sure, sl ightly Lieut . Jos . Abney, severely

For the Tennestee Bapdtt. LESIHTOS, Aug. 23d, 1847.

Very Dear Brethren: W h a t a strange mixture of comforts

and sorrows doth this world afibrd. Elated vathjoy and gratitude to God, at the comple-tion of our church edifice, the peace and har-mony of our churches, and some precious re-vivals around us, suddenly we were made to feel the smart of a most sad bereavement m the loss of a most lovely child, the son of James W t and Sarah F . (Slass, my daughter, both members of the Lexington church.— ITns Tittle cherub not quite three years old, had so gathered upon the feelings and aSec-tions o£ all the connection, and fhends, especi-•Hy its aged grandmother Glass, as that I may say truly it seemed as if the happiness, if not the life of some was bound up inthe lads life. But alas, alas, little James Edmond is gone. A tatal attack of the croup seized -^pon its luDgB which proved an over match for the skill 2nd long practice of p^s i c i ans , br the tender care, tear® and cries of numerous friends and weeping parents.

A few days only of most excruciating dis-tiess with difficulty of breathing, pa t an end to all his sufferings here bebw, and now cold •nd still in his little velvet covered tenement, his remains lie in the silent tomb there to •wait the voice of the arch-angel and the frnmpet of (Jod, on the morning of the Great Resurrection day. /

Oh for grace and feith to say "we shall go to Hm, though he shall not return to os.

jj Adieu my chiH adieu From tears I would refrain;

I hope in God and hope for joa That WB shall meet agaia.

^ Thy bony cheeks my babe, No more my bosom press.

No more thy sweet alluring- lips Shall my food heart careis.

Though let me iot repine, i-But cheerfully resign

The Lord doth give and take »way To bless the Lord HI pr»y, .

Mother.

Uur entire loss in killed and wounded is short o r If l ic l u u m

was again fired upon, but again the enemy's pickets were driven in, without loss. A turn of the road beyond La Novia brought the plea-sant village of San Augnstin in sight, and af-ter two or three light skirmishes, in which the Me.xicans had two or three lancers killed and wounded, our troops had quiet possession of San Augustin. Our only loss during the day was one man, a soldier ot Smith's light battal-ion, who was wounded from a corn-tielil near Xochimilco.

At 7 o'clock |on the morning of the 18th, Gen. Scott arrived at San Augustin, and at 10 o'clock Gen. Worth was in full march for the city of Mexico by the main road. Majors Smith and TambuU, Capt Mason and other engineer officers, were sent in advance, sup-ported by Capt. Blake's squadron of dragoons, to reconnoitre, as it was known the enemy was in force at or near Sac Antonio. The party, when within a thousand yards, was fired up-on from a battery, which was masked by trees, and the first ball from a 19-pounder instantly killed Capt. Thornton, of the 2d Dragoons, besides severely wounding a guide, Jonathan Fitzwalters. Col. Garland's brigade was now ordered to occupy the hacienda of Carrcra, within plain sight and range of the enemy's batteries at San Antonio, while Col. Clarke's brigade and the battery under Col. Duncan took a station in the rear close by. The en-gincw r officers were at once sent out to recon-noitre by Gen. Worth, to ascertain the practi-cability of turning the strong wtjrks of the en-emy, aud in the mean time Gen. Scott had des atched Capt. Lee with a supporting par-ty, composed of Capt. Kearny's squadron and a body of the 11th Infantry under Col. Gra-ham, to ascertain the practicability of finding a road by which the village of San Angel could be reached, and thus turn the strong hold at San Antonio. This latter party had a sharp encounter with the advance of the ene-my, the main body being found posted at a strong point not far from the factory of Cout-reras. In the skirmish some six or eight Mex-icans were killed and as many more taken prisoners—on our side not a man was touched. The result of the reconnoissanoe proved favo-rable. It was ascertained that a road conld be made which would enable the army to reach San Angel, and thus turn the strong batteries at San Antonio, pnd perhaps others the ene-my might have upon the road between that and the city of Mexico. The Mexicans were p ainly seen in force at a commanding position near Coutreras, and it was evident that they had a number of cannon in position; but at a council held at night, it was determined upon to attack them the following day.

In the mean time, while the reconnoisance was in progress. Gen. Worth had established his head-quarters at the hacienda of Curera, while the windows countless numbers of the enemy could be seen at work upon the batte-ries of San Antonio. Ab )utncon they open-ed upon the hacienda wi:h both round shot and shell, nearly every one of which took efTect, dut without doing other injury than to the building. Late in the evening the batte-ries again opened, but with no other result than showing the po.sition of the difierent guns. For a marvel the batteries were silent da-ring the night. Had the fire been kept up, the hacienda might have been torn in pieces and the entire command conipeUed to retire. Before going further, it may be well to state that the city of Mexico lies about nine miles nearly north of San Augustin, that San An-tonio is about three miles in the same direc-tion, while the point occupied by Gen. Valen-cia, near Coutreras, for he had command at ithat place, is at least three miles in a straight line and in a direction nearly west. I t was ten miles the way many of our troops had to march, for you cannot imagine a more rough, uneven and jagged surface.

At 8 o'clock on the morning of the 19th the batteries again opened on Gen. Worth's posi-tion at the hacienda near San Antonio, the Jialls crushing through the walls and filling

' strength of the works of the enemy, or the almost insurmountable difficulties of teaching them, it had been at first thought that the batteries would be taken at a dash, and that the troops would be all comforta-bly quartered in San Angel for the night; instead of this, a large portion of them were compelled to bi vouac without blankets in the midst of the pitiless raio, and on ground where ihey could not even stretch themselves out. Add to this, the prospects of the morrow were far from flattering—were ecougb to dis-may any but the stoutest hearts—that the enemy would doubtless reinforce and strengthen his works during the night, having every superiority in knowl-edge of the ground—aild again to this that the men were weakened by long exertions, want of food, and chilled by the continuous night, rain and it is not say-ing too much to assert that the bivouac of the 19ch Aug., was gloomy in the extreme.

Early on the morning of theSOtb, Gen. Worth was ordered ti> move with a par t of his division—Gar-land's brigade—towards the scene of actinn at Cou-treras, to aid in the attack iipon Valencia, for to force this position wns deemed indijipensable. A few dis-charges of cannon were heard about 7 o'clock, and a heavy rattling of musketry, and some ev» n said that ' in the distance they had seen large masses of Mexi- | cans in full flif^ht towards the city; yet few dreamed ,' that the batteries at Coutreras h ^ been stormed an(^ j carried. Yet so ii was. Gen. Scott himself, accom-panied by Gen Wiii ih, started for the scene of action.

ed States, and the two last by his Excellency D. Antonip Lopez de Santa Anna, President of the Mexican Republic and commander-in-chiei of its armies, met with foil powers, which were duly verilied in the village of Tacubaya on the 22(i day of August, 1847, to enter into an armistice for the purpose of giving the. Mexican Government an opportunity of receiv-ing propositions for peace from the commis-sioner appointed by the President of the United States, and now with the American army, when the following articles were agreed upon:

A E T . 1. Hostilities shall instantly and ab-solutely cease between the armies of the United States ofiVmericaand the United Mex-ican States within thirty leagues of the capi-tal of the latter States, to o w time to the commissioner appointed by the United States and the commissioner to be appointed bj- the Mexican Republic to negotiate.

2. This armistice shall continue as long as the commissioners of the two Governments may be engaged on negotiations or until the J commander of either of the armies shall give , formal notice to the other of the cessation of • the armistice and forforty-eighthonrs after such ;

when they were met by capt. Mason with the joyful g no t i ce . inu^lligerice that Valencia had b<^n cornpletely routed J f „ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^ m e n e i t h e r a r m y shaU w i t h -

h u i ^ r k ^ r a ^ P ^ r ^ f h T a f n l ^ S m L ' ^ r t : ^ l e a g u e s of t h e c i t y of M e x i c o c o m -ir. thecap .uro .V 15 p ^ c L of artillery, sume 1,500 " l ^ n c e a n y n e w fort i f icat ioi i or m i l i t a r y w o r k prisoners—among them Gens. Blanco, Garcia, Men-doza, and the notorious Salas; all the ammunition and camp equipage, uh i le the ruadalong which those who escaped fled was strewed with muskets. No less than 700 of the enemy, among them many officers, were left dead on the field—the number of wounded was undoubtedly far greater. I have no time now to enlarge or comment upon this well-planned and bril-liant achievement, but reserving a more full descrip-tion for some other time, must pass on to other ex-citing events. The works of Coutreras completely in the pow<'r of the American army. Gen. Scott at once ordered Gon. Worth to fall back on Snn Antonio, to turn and capture that work and then to push on towards the capital bv the main road, while the main body of thr. army under Gens. Twiggs Pillow. Smith, Pierce and Ca<l« alailer, moved on towards San Angel and Coliovcan. Scarcely had the advance of Gen. Twiggs got lisilf a mile beyond the latter village before a rattling tiro of musketry announced that it was actively engaged with the outposts of the enemy, and the heavy booming of cannon now gave token that the ni ted 2d division had fallen upon another strong work. Bui a few minutes more and a tremen-dous firing Irom the right, and immediately in the main road from San Augustine to the capital made it evident that Gen. Worth's division was actively en-gaged. He had completely turned the strong works of San Anionio, but while doing so the enemy had abandoued the place with the loss of their heavy guns, and had fallen b ick u[ion his second and stronger line of works. I t was now at the commencement of the battle, about 1 o'cIiK^k in the afternoon, and sure such a rattling of firearms has seldom or never been heard on the continent of America, accompanied with such booming of artillery; and this was continued over two hours and until the enemy was fully routed from every point, and until those who were not killed or taken prisoners were in lull flight for the city.

Let me endeavor in words to give the reader an idea of the position and works of the er.emy. As yovi come along the road leading from San Augustin to the capital, and immediately this side the Puente del Rosana, ihe Mexicans had thrown up a strong and exceedingly well built battery, commanding the road completely. On the right as you faced the city, stretching for a long distance was a continuous ditch, behind the bank of which an immense number of Mexican infantry were posted. On the left of the iete de ponte. or work at the bridge, and about three hundred yards distant, was the church of Churubus-co, or San Pablo, strongly fortified with works for infantry, and al.o having a well constructed battery containing a number of guns of heavy calibre. This work was a little advanced from the tete de pont, and nea.-ly in a line between it and the village of Cohoycan. Further on, on the other side of the work at the bridge, and about three hundred yards from the road, wa.s a large building, well adapted for the protection of in-fantry, and in which the enemy had also posted an immense body- The giuund in the vicinity of all these points was c<>m|.lately covereil with com, and otherfields, cut up in every direction by wide and deep ditches, presented obstacles innumerable to the advance of our troops. No reconnoissance of the position of the enemy had been made, and consequent-ly its strength could only be ascertained by hard blows and knocks.

The divisions of Gens. Twiggs and Worth were at once engaged, the former witlv the church and stronghold of Churubusco,and the latter with the batteries at the bridge; and in the meantime Gen. Shields' brigade—the New York and South Carolina volunteers— together with the 9th, 12th and 15th Regi-ments of Infantry under Gen. Pierce, were hurrying onward from Cohoysan to attack the hacienda. Sonn they too were engaged, and now the battle became general. The enemy had over twenty jneces of cannon, all in admi-rable position, and served with more than or-dinary skill, while but few of our guns could be brought to bcar-i. The battery of Capt. Frank Tayterj i t ts^true, opened a well-direct-

eleven hundred; that of the enemy is not well known H i s loss in killed alone is believed to be fully equa' to om: entire loss, and it is estimated that at least 3000 prisoners were taken. The number of his wounded was not ascertained, but is supposed to be very large. Gen. Scott himself received a wound in the leg below the knee, but from the manner in which Mr. Kendall speaks of it, we are led to hope thq ii^ury a slight one.

Editorial Correspondence of the Picayune. TACDBAYO, (near Mexico,) Aug. 22, 1847.

The celebrated Archbishop's Palace of Ta-cubayo is now occupied by Gen. Scott; and a portion of the army, a ' jei twice defeating the enemy in two of the hardest fought battles of the war, are quartered immediately around him. I have already sent you off a hurried sketch of the glorious events of the 20th, and even the present let:2r must be but a hurried synopsis of the battles, which have shed such additional glory upon the American arms. On the 14th inst. a reconnoissance made by Col. Duncan having proved that a road for artillery and wagons could be cut from Chalco to San Augustine, Gen. Worth 's division moved on the a ernoon of the loth in that direction. Gen. Pillow followed the next morning; at the same hour Gen. Quitman broke up his encamp-ment at Buena Vista, a small hacicnda be-tween Vienta de Cordova and Ayotla, and im-mediately tJen. Twiggs was in motion from the latter place. By this move a new line of operations was taken up on the southern and northwestern side of the city of Mexico, and the si; ong works of the Penon and Mexical-sinm, upon which Santa Anna had bestowed such immense care and lubor, were completely turned.

On the 16th of August Gen. Worth march-ed as far as the hacienda of San Gregorio, be-yond which it was found that the enemy had cu t up and ditched the miserable trail along which the artillery and wagons were obliged to pass. He would have gone to Santa Cruz, another hacienda a league farther on, had not an order came up from Gen. Scott for a halt. It seemed that Gen. Twiggs had met a large force of the enemy drawn up in front of him near Chalco, as if with the intention of dis-puting his advance, cutting him off from the main body of the army, and perhaps bringing on a general action. "Gen. Twiggs promptly ordered some of his heavier guns to be unlim-bered, and after a few discharges the enemy was dispersed with the loss of five or six kill-ed, but the demonstration made by the Mexi-cans, as I have before said, caused a halt of Gerf. Worth 's division before half a day's march w a s ^ a d e .

At 6 o'clock on the morning of the 17th Gen. Worth resumed his march, his route running through cornfields and r-cky lanes, along which carriages had never passed before.— T h e filling up of the ditches caused some little delay, but by 8 o'clock the advance was in sight of Santa Cruz, and the spires and doQies of the noble Capital of Mexico conld dis-cerned in the distance. The obstructionii in

i>laaiei Jil4—bxcU-.etnire upon Churubusco, but so exposed was Shells also burst in themr over gityatiou that it suffered most terribly, both ten furniture,

he building and the pieces dropped among the jnen stationed in the rear. So bot was the lire that the troops were obliged to gain shelter (lehicd the building, but stilf did not give up ihe position. About 9 o'clock the divisions of ;jens. Pillow and Twiggs were ordered to ad-•ance in the direction of Coutreras, and by 1 n the afternoon were in plain sight of the nemy's batteries, and within range of his leavier guns. The brigade of Gen. P . F . Imith was ordered to advance directly to-

•^vards the enemy's works, while that of Col. ililey moved towards a small village to the : ight, with orders to gain the main road and I hus be enabled to cut off any reinforcements

vhich might be sent to Valencia from the ity.

An incessant firing of cannon was opened U])on the .- Ivance of Gen. Smith, and soon the Rifles were en-I aged in skirmishing with the pickets of the enemy i id driving them in. The 12 pouniler battety of Capt.

lagruder was pressed forward with all speed, as was .• Iso the rocket and mountain howitzer battery, now 1 jmmanded by Lieut. Callender, of the Ordnance De-.artment. As-aoon as they could gain a position they

i pened upon the enemy, but were so much exposed I > a firo from heavier guns that they were soon silenc-• td. Lt. Johnson, of the Ist Artillery, but attached to .-lagruder 'a battery, was mortally wounded, while Lt . tjlallender was severely wounded, in both legs. At 3 • i 'clocktho brigade of Gen. Cadwnlarler wns ordered Wut to support Col. Riley, henvy reinforcements bc->ng3een on their way out from the city, while Gon. li ierce'fl brigade.was sent to sustain Gen. Smith.— ' he firing from the batteries of the enemy continued i .cessant, while from a h i l l j u s t outside the range of I leir fi;n.», the spectacle was most grand and impos-ing. At about 4 o'clock Gen. Scott arrived, andsee-i:ig the immense strength of the Mexicans, at once or-t^ered Gon. Shields's brigade from San Augustin—a ] 'art of Gen. Quitman's command—to the right to fiipport Eiley and Cadwalader, and prevent, if possi-l le, a juncture of the forces coming out from the city > ith those of Valencia. Dut few ot the movements I f our own troops could be seen from the hill where •v.Hwere posted,owing to the dense chapknal , sharp r Kjks and ravines, but not a motion of the enemy but ^ as plainly visible. The order of battle of Valencia >(as certainly most imposing—infantry were seen c'.-awn up to support the batteries, while long lines of tjie enemy's cav^ ry were stationed in the roar, as if aidvaiting'the shock of battle. Two separate charges f i the latter were distinctly seen repulsed by Col. 1 iley, who hod moved his brigade at one time to a J jsitioD partially in the rear of the enemy's works. ( ol. Harney was exceedingly anxious to march his I ivalry to tbe scene of action, but it was deemed ut-t rly impracticable. The nature of the ground was ( ichthat the infantry even had great difEculty in find-i g the my across the pedregal, as the Mexicans t rm it—grouDd covered with sharp jagged rocks.

Until night- had fairly closed in the fire from tho < emy's batteries did not slacken—it had been a con-t luous roar for neatly six hours. Gen. Scott re-t red to San At^stiae'sbout six o'clock, and in the r idst of a hard rain wbicfa bad just commenced £ lling. Gens. Twiggs and Pillow cameia about 11 I clock, wet and completely exhausted. It was im-] L>ssible to use horses on tbe rough and exceedingly I roken ground on which they had been operating for il<srly twelve houn. Not anticipating theiismense

in o f f i ce r s and m e n . T o desc r ibe t h e fierce conflict, even now

lays have elapsed, or to give an account of the part taken by tbediU'erent reg-iments, were impossible. From the opening of the strife up to the time the Mexicans were entirely routed and in full flight for the city, was one continuous roar of cannon and mus-ketry, accompanied by the loud shouts of the victors as some new vantage ground was gain-ed; and high above the dm rose a dense col-umn of smoke, at times completely shrouding the combatants. The strength of the enemy at this battle is known to have been 15,000 at least, many say 20,000, all fresh troops and in a position of uncommon strength. Oppos-edtothemwere about 6000 Americans, jaded and broken down by marches and counter-marches, and by incessant toil before the stronghold of Coutreras and San Antonio.— At Churubusco, the Mexicans themselves say, Santa Anna commanded in person, but that he left early. The noted battalions of Hidalgo and Victoria, and of Independicia— the Polkas, or young men of the capital, from whom so much was expected—near y all fled without firing a gun.

In the different works (but mostly in the church) taken by Gen. Twiggs near 2000 troops were captured. Among them were Gen. Rincon, who commanded in person. Gen. Anaya, lately President Sustituto and Gen. Arevallon, as also Col. Gorosteza, formerly Minister at Washington. Gen. Garay was captured near San Antonio by Gen. Worth, and several influencial officers, among them Col. Miramon, by Gen. Shields at the hacien-da; but the most important capture of all was the entire Foreign Battalion, mostly made up of deserters from our own army, with their commander, the notorious Riley himself.— They are all now under close guard, and I trust will be strictly dealt with.

The loss on our side has fallen most heavily upon the South Carolina and New York vol-unteers, the 6th Infantry and Smith's light battalion, attached to Worth's division, and the batteries of Capts. Magruder and Taylor. The South Carolina regiment was nearly t:ut to pieces, losing 137 ont of 272 men, with which it went into action. The 1st Artillery has suffered severely in officers.

The Mexican accounts acknowledge the loss, in killed, wounded and prisoners, of no less than thirteen generals (among them three ex-Presidents) and forty-five pieces of cannon One of our officers says that we have captar ed more ammunition than Gen* Scott has jince he has been in the country.

Yours, ice. G. W . K.

of offence or defence, or do any thing to en-large or strengthen any existing work or for-tification of that character within the said hm-its.

4. Neither army shall be reinforced within the same. Any reinforcements in troops or munitions of war other than subsistence now approaching either army, shall be stopped at the distance of twenty-eight leagues from the city of Mexico.

5. Neither army, nor any detachment from it, shall advance beyond the line it at present occupies.

6. Neither armj% nor any detachment or in-dividual of either, shall pass the neutral limits estabhshed by the last article, except under flag of truce bearing the correspondence be-tween the two armies, or on the business au-thorized by the next article; and individuals of either army who may chance to struggle with-in the neutral Umits shall, by the opposite par-ty be kindly wanied off or sent back to their own armies under flags of truce.

7. The American army shall not by violence obstruct the passage, from the open country into the city of Mexico, of the ordinary sup-plies of food necessary to the consumption of its inhabitants or the Mexican army within the city; nor shall the Mexican authorities, civil or military, do any act to obstruct the passage of supplies from the city or the coun-try needed by the American army.

8. All American prisoners of war remaining on the hands of the Mexican army, and not heretofore exchanged, shall immeiliately, or as soon as practicable, be restored to the Ameri-can army, against a like number, having re-gard to rank, of Mexican prisoners captured bv the American anny.

' 9. All Amerizan citizens who were estab-lished in the city of Mexico prior to the exist-ing war. and who have since been expelled from that city, shall be allowed to return to their respective business or famiUes therein, without delay or molestation.

10. The better to enable the belligerent ar-mies to execute these articles and to favor the

ect of peace, it is further agreed be-e parties, that any courier with des-

patches that either army shall desire to send along the line from the city of Mexico or its vicinity, to and from Vera Cruz, shall receive a safe conduct from the commander of the op-posing army.

11. The administration of justice between Mexicans according to the general and State constitutions and laws, by the local authorities of the towns and place occupied by the .A.meri-can forces, shall not be obstructed in any man-ner.

12. Persons and property shall be respected in tho towns and places occupied by the American forces. No person shall be molested in the exercise of his pro-fession; nor shall the services of any one be required without his consent. In all cases where services are voluntarily rendered a just price shall be paid and trade remain unmolested.

13. Those wounded prisoners who may desire to remove to some more convenient place for the purpose of being cured of their wounds shall be allowed to do so without molestation, they still remaining prison-ers.

14. Those Mexican m e d l H officers who may wish to attend the wounded shall have the prii.-ilege of doing so if their services be required.

15. For tfie more perfect execution of this itgree-ment, two commissioners shall be appointed, one by each party, who in case of disagreement shall ap-point a third.

16. This convention shall have no force or effisjt un-less approved by their Excellencies, the commanders respectively of tlie two armies, within twenty-four hours, reckoning from tho 6th hour of the 23d day of August, 1847.

A. QUITMAN. .\Iaj. Gen. U. S. A. P E R S I F O R F. S.MITH, Bvt. Brig. Gen. FRANKLIN P I E R C E . Brig. Gen. U. S. A. IGNACIO DE MORA Y V I L L A M I L . B E N I T O QL'IJANO

A true copy of the original: G. W. LAY, u ; S. -V,

Military Secretary to the Goneral-in-Chief.

The official list of lnterments in the City of New Orleans from 9, A. M., of Monday, the 6th Sep-tember, to Tuesday, the 7lh, at tbe same hour, shows 82 in all, of which 64 were Yellow Fever.

Commercial. NEW Yoag.Sept. 10—9 r. M:

The markets are genemlly dull, and devoid of in-terest.

The failure of Prime, Ward & King, creste* ereav sensation.

Flour is dull of sale, and prices are but little more than nominaL

Sales of good white wheat at 118 a 119c, and of mixed yellow com at63a69c.

There it a slightly improved feeling in the Cotton market.

PiTTsBtmo, Sept. 10—10 r. b. There are 20 inehos water in the channel thii evea-

ing. Sales of Flour at $4 6 2 i a $4 874. Prime Yellow Com 40c.

* N i w OBLXXKS, Sept. 4. There was very little doing in the Cotton market

yesterday, the sales only incliiding a few small lots. The transactions in Flour were limited to a few

sales at $4 50 to | 4 62J for Ohio, and $5 75 for St. Louis brands.

Com—2700 sacks mixed sold at 55, and 500 do. yellow at 60c. per bushel.

At auction 1000 bbls. kib-dried Com Meal brourh t $1 25 per bbl.

Pork is dull—small sales of mess a t $14 75, and 170 bbls. prime at about $12 per bbl.

Lard is still advancing—a lot of 3000 kegs prime sold from Levee at IS^c. per lb.

Hemp, in demand—120 bales dew-rotted sold a $110, and 100 bales hackled at $140 per ton.

WhUky—300 bbls. taken at sSmething under 20c. per gallon.

Ci.v-ciHSATi, Sept. 14—12 M. There is a preuo active demand for Flour to-day,

with sales to the extent of 1400 bbls—including SCO bbls City Mills at $4 03 delivered; 250 do at $4 03 in store; 260 do at $4 15, and sundry smaU lots at $4 16, i 4 15 a $4 25.

Provision market quiet—sales confined to 300 pieces and 6 hhds shoulders a: 64c.

Whisky is quiet at 17Jc.

N E W York, Sept. 14—12 M. Sales of Ohio Flour at $5 25. Sales of mixed White Com at 65c ai;d prime Yel-

loiv at 69c. Eye 62c. Oats 43a45c. Cotton has advanced i c ; and at the improvement

the market is 6rm.

great objei tween the

CITY SnJSIC, FUBlVIlflTBE AW® CAKPET STOBE.

G E E E N F I E L D has removed his stock to T T • t h e large new building 2 doors below the

Sewan(ft House, and adjoining Slacker, Woods &. Co., where he intends to keep a general assortment of Cabinet Furniture, Chairs, Bedsteads, Matrasses, Carpeting. Floor Oil Cloths, Canton Malting, Clocks, Lamps, Girandoles, Looking Glasses, Gilt Window Cornices, Venetian Window Blinds, &c., &c. Also, Pianos, Guitars, Violins, Flutes, Fifes, Drums, Brass Instruments, &c.. &c., all of which he is determined to sell at the very lowest rates for Cash, and being permanently located and determined lo try and please ail, hopes to rcceive a liberal patronage. Every ar-ticle warranted to be as represented. Any kind of Cabinet work done to order. Orders for extra size

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Sept. 10.

Union University. TH E next session of this Institution will com-

mence on the 27 th of July. July 10, 1847.—3m

A B B A T I I S C H O O R . M I I V S T B E L , New Eil i t ion—Tkirieenlh Thoiuand.

The collection of Music and Hymns embr-^ced in this work, has been made with especial reference to the wants of the Sabbath School. The style of the music is simple and devotional; and while it will grat-ify those somewhat advanced in the sciccce, it may l>e learned with facihty by even the youngest scholar. The obioct has been to introduce as large a number of appropriate hymns as possible, varying in length and in measure; a ^ all adapted to the exercises of the Sabbath School, its Anniversaries, CelebratiDns, & C . It contains'64 pages, and embraces 36 ttmes, and 156 hymns. Price, 6 cents, or $6 per hundred.

Published by L. COLBY & CO., June 26. 122 Nassau street. New York

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three first by Major General Winfield Scott, commander-in-chief of the armies of tho Unit-

T H E COTTON WOE.M. The Milledgeville (Ga.) Recorder of Sept. 7th,

says: "From all we can learn, we suppose the ravage of the worm has now become general throughout the up-country of our own State, as well as the States im-mediately joining us. From all qjiarters we hear of the mischief, and much misgiving on the part of the planter in regard to the crop. A» a specimen, an in-telligent planter from a largo ctMon growing county above us, writes us under date of the 30th ult."

"Fo r information in regard to the worm in our coun-ty. Icon speak advisedly, having hod conversations wi thagood many of our farmers. Not one among the jnany farmers but said tho worm was making havoc of jiheir cotton; and many were fearful the crop would suffer materially. I am of opinion that the crop in this «;ounty will suffer materially, and my reason for thus Hhinking is, that tho plant itielf is now exceedingly ^ n d e r , and a t this time but few grown bolls upon it, ^iwing to its being about three weeks later than usual. ,[ have examined the crop, andfnond on a careful ex-' imination that many of tl«j bolls now grown had been lierced or bored by the worm, which ara jus t in their ofancy.they having made their appearance within the last ten or twelve days, and in consequence of ':ho rain and cloudy weather a most propitious oppor-

unity has been afforded them. What the effect may le, time alone must tell. Many penons differ in re-tard to the prospect of the present crop, and while I vould admit that ten days ago the prospeot for an verwhelming crop was iadeed flattering, yet I con-end that it depends upon two contingencies—one is, he injury to be sustained hy the worm, and a second «, a late fall. If the crop is not materially injured •y tho worm, it cannot, ia my .opiniwi, be a heavy

I ne unless we have a later fall than tMual, owing to ircumstances before mentioned, the backwar.lness of he plant."

rO dealers in Drugs, Medicines, Painu, Oils. Dye Stuffs, Varnishes, Brushes, Perfumery, Fancy

vrticles. Glass, Glassware, &c. The lubscriber is repared to, and will sell every article in hi* line, not t cost, (as that kind of bosines* cannot be advanta* eously continued by any person or persons,) but at sasonable prices, or advances cm eastern cost. An xamination of stock and prices ia respectfully icitad. H . G. 8 C O V E L ,

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May 1, 1847.

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Shop and residence on Vine street, betveen Spring and Broad, three doors from the dacHing of John H. Ewin, Dnigs^si—

RE S P E C T F U L L Y informs the citizens of Nash-ville and tho public generally, that he has re-

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H e would also infonn the public that he has devo-ted considerable timo in the study of Architectural Draughting, and is now prepared to draw Ground Plans, Front Elevations, &c., with accuracy and good taste.

H e solicits a share of public patronage. June 12, 1847.

_ New and Bare Books. X J Y D E O P A T H Y , or Water Cun>, by J . Shur, M.

Water Cure for Ladies. • Water Cure for Chronic Diseases.

Proverbial Philosiophy, a (rare work.) The Works of the Puritan Divines. The Statesmen of America, (anew work.) Froissart Ballads, by P. P . Cooke. Foster's Essays. Foster's Miscellanies. Worcester's Dictionary. Alderhrook, by Fanny Forester, now Mrs. JndiOD.

. Fuller & Mayland on Slavery. Also a^'arietyof choice Gift Books, this dsyraeeiv-

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N e w M e d i c a l W o r k .

PRACTICAL OBSEBVATIONS on some of the diseases of the Rectttm, Anus, and Contig

'extures; giving their Nature, Seat, Causes, ims, Coiflequences, and Prevention: especially

< ressed to the non-medical Reader. By W. Booxa-Uxsa, M. D., of LouisviUe, £y.

Tbe anthor of this work has within the last few ; ears, successfully treated upwards nf seven hundred

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September 13,1847.

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T o M Y M O T H E H .

MM. EHILT JUDSOS.

Giva me, ihy oH sodt, mother. With my bewi upon thy knei;

FTB piised thnmgh many a changing scene, Since thus I sat by thee. .

0 i let me look into thine eyes— Theirmeek, soft, loving- light,

Fallj like a gleam of holineu Upon my heart tiMright.

I've not been long away, moihei; Few suni bava nne and «et

1 Sines last tho tear-drop on th/ cheek My lips in kines met,

'Til but alitlle Uine, 1 know. But Toy long it seem*;

Though eveiy night I come to thee. Dear mother, in my ilreama.

The world has kindly dealt, mother By thy child thou Ijv'stso well;

Thy prayers have circled around her path— And 'twas their huly spell

Which made that path so dearly bright. Which strewad the roses there,

Whidl gave tho light, and cast the ba!m On every breath oi' air.

1 bear a happy heart, mother, A happier never beat;

And. even now, new buds of hope Are bursting at my feet. &

O! Mother! life may be a dream; But if such dreamt are given.

While at the portal thus we stand. What are the tratAs of Heaven?

I bear a happy heart, mother? Yet, when fond, eyes I see.

And hear soft tones and winning words, l e twthinkof thee.

.\nd then, the tear my spirit weeps Unbidden fills ray eye;

And, like a homeless dove, I long • Unlo thy breast to fly.

OTien I am very sad, mother, * I'm very sad and lone;

0 ! there's no heart whose imost fold Ope'j to me like thine own!

Though sunny smiles vrreathe blooming lips. While love-tones meet my ear;

My mother, one fund glance of thine Were thousand time more dear.

Then with acloasr clasp, mother, Now hold me to thy heart;

r d feel it beating 'gai-TSt my own, Qaco more, before wa pan."

And, mother, to this love-lit spot. When I am far away,

Come oft—tao aft thou canst not come! — And for thy darling pray.

Boston, July, 1846.

Youth's Department.

CkaToeUr of ike Gentleman.—I have stated alrvad that the forbearing use of power is a sure attribute of the true gentleii^; indeed, we may say that power, physical, i r a ^ , purely social or political, is one of the touchstones of genuine gentlemanahip. The power which the husband has over his wife, in which we must include the mpunity with which he may be unkind to her; the father over his children; the tcacher over his pupils; the old over the young and tho young over the aged; the strong over the weak; the ofEcer over bis men; the'master of a vessel over his hands; the magistrate over the citizens; the employer over the emjiloyed; the rich over 'Jie poor; tho educated over tho unlettered; the experienced over the confiding; the keeper of a secret ovor him whom it touches: the g i f t^ over the ordinary man; even the clover over the silly—the forbearing and inoflenjive use of all this power or authority, or a total abstinence from it, wliere thecase admiu it, will show in a plain light. Every traveller knows at once whether a gentlemanly or n i e oKcer is searching Iris trunk. But the use of power does not only form a touchstone; even the mannerin wiiich an indivdual enjoys cermin advantag-es over others is a test. No gentleman can bo-ist of the delights of superior health in presence of a languid patient, or speak of great good luck when in hearing of a man bent by habitual misfortune. Let a man who happily enjoys the advantages of a pure and honest life, speak of it to a fallen criminal fellow being, and you will soon see whether be be, in addition lo his honesiy a gentleman or not. The gentleman does not needlessly remind an offeodpr of a wrong he may have committed against him. He cannot only for-give, he can forget; and he strives for that nobleness of soul and manliness of character which impart suffi-cient strength to let the past be truly past. He will never use the power which the knowledge of an of-fence. a false step, or an unfortimate exposure of weakness give him, merely to enjoy the power of humiliating iiis neighbor.- A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.—Dr. Lieber's Addreis.

S^^We are glad to perceive by\^je Jlobile pa-jers, that, light as the yellow fever baa been in Mo->ile, it is on the decrease.—.V. O. Delia, 4lh.

THE EPIDEMIC.—The number of deaths still in-creases. For tho 24 htjurs preceding nine o'clock yealerday there were sercTiiy victims. We hear of a great increase of caaes during the prevalence of the cold Northern winds, for the last two or ihree days. There are several physicians who havo lived a long time in the city taken down with the fever, and many citizens who passed safely through former epidemics are now suffering from severe attacks of this strange and fatal disease.

We trust no strangers will come into the city dur-ing the prevalence of the fever. We were not a lit-tle surpnsed and concerned to observe several strange young officers on our streets yesterday; who had just arrived here. They should not have been ordered here or permitted to come here by their commanding officers. With its present headway and an atmos-phere so favorable to its increase, nothing can stay the onward course of the epidemic but the exhaustion of material for it to operate on. If unacclimated persons will come into the city and supply it with new subjects there will be no abatement of its rava-ges until it is nipped and extinguished by frost. If it is to continue, at this early stage of the season, to increase at the rate it now is, our city will be deci-mated by the 1st of November.

We entreat, then, all unacciimated persons—all per-sons who have not had the fever—to remove out of the city until the epidemic has disappeared.

IN. O. Delta of ith.

H O W T O T A L K .

You cannot be too carefdl, boys, commenced Cmnmings, about your language in ad-

dressing othera. It may seem to yon a small matter; hut there is hardly anythmg that will gain you more credit _nraong othera, than a conrteoaa and elegan 'address. Nothing is more disrespectfiil to them, nor degrading to yourselves, than to use low and vulgar terms m speaking to others. W e -will now inquire fin- some of those improper expressions, in or-der to correct and avoid them. James, have you any to offer. I heard a Ettle boy yester-day reply to a gentleman, who asked him some question, with a broad no. *It should have been, no, sir. Very well, James. Let us see how many of our school are in the habit of adding the sir, in answering a gentleman's question. Nearly ell ' gave the affirmative" sign. Some heM up their hands, probably, because they meant to do so In future, fiir the teacher was pretty sure that some of them omitted this important little word, oftener than, they used it. George Sanrom here inquired if it was proper to say, no sir-ee, which he often heard m die street. That, said Mr. Cum-nnngs, it very -vnlgar. What is your exam-ple, the nextl "Gei out of the way, Sam.'' It might have been, '"Samuel, -will you step aside a moment." John, what example have youl Mine, sir, is a question and answer; but I cannot correct it. "What are you up to, Ben!" "None of your business." I am al-most afriud, said Mr. Cummings, that these had expressions will only become more fa-miliar by our bringing them up in this way for correction- I hope, however, that you -will leom to avoid them by hearing them painted out, and learning better onea in their stead. In the quation just referred to,_ the onl j cor-rections needer are, to substitute doing or some similar word, far up to, and to use the whole name, for Ben. The answer seems to be in bad spirit, as well as bad language. It may, indeed, sometimes be proper to declinq, onswering a question jrtit to us; but even this can be done poHlely, and kindly. Benjamin might hiive answered, for instance, "I am not at libety to tell you just now, Charles,"

The exercise proceeded, and a good many bad expressions were brought up and correct-eJ« Such as, "Hallo there, Blister, whaCs your name?" " Y o u can't come it ," "Go to gnait" and many others.

Now, said Mr. Cummings, I do not wish ymtta becomc ihore nice ^ s n -wise, l^iivoid-mg aU collo<i«ial language, and using a !brced and unnatarol phraaealq^. ,Siir many ex-preasicma that seem to ytm at first -rery siifT and awkward, gonad wefi by becomioe tised to them; and it is better to b e a m e familiar with correct language now, than to wait nn]^ you becamc*men. Never be ashamed, then to speak as weU as you can. This is sometimes the case. A boy some years ago, knew it was improper to s a y them Jxmks, but condnaed to do ip, because be waa lan^^ed at, by. some iniorant jdaymates, w h e n he said theme books, ^ n r fear to do right, nor to speak correctly.

Tmith't Compaidim.

HEALTH OF M O B I L E . — T h e Herald o f t h e 2 I •ays:

At the conclusion of last week, as reported by the board of health, the fever in the city assumed an epidemic form. This was in accordance with the opinions of some of our most skillful physicians. Hap-pily, since then, the weather has been unusually favor-able to health. South winds have mostly prevailed, and everyday wehave pleasant showers. Under these influences the sickness has very sensibly diminished. The cases which now prevail, with some rare excep-tions, are mild and tractable, and yield readily to remedies which are applied early. If thi- state of things continue, ws suspect a fortnight's time will entirely stop the disorder; but this is hardly to be expected.

Manufactures in Cincinnati.—In proof of the pro-gress of the arts throogh the whole extent of this country, wa extract the following from a Cincinnati paper:

"We saw yesierday at the Drug andChemical estab-lishment ofGeorge H. Bates & Co. a crystalized pyramid of Pnissiatcof Potash that can be consider-ed in no other light than a scientific, mechanical, Cin-cinnati curiosiiy. It is two and a half feet in height and eight and a half inches,in diameter, with a base of fifteen inches, weighing one hundred pounds. It rises in rough, irregular layers, each layer having the most perfect and finished ^ g e imaginable. No sculp-toijnr artist with keenest tools could make finer work. The color is a beautiful orange. This article of commerce is made extensively by these gentlemen and exported east for the use of dyers and others. It may be curious and instructive to the reader to know that Prussiate of Potash is of potash, old shoes, hoofs of cattle, woolen rags and ^ refuse animal matter. But the main thing used by them is the refuse of the hogs killed in this vicinity; viz. hoofs; hair, blood and cracklings or scraps of kud, so there is nothing left of the bog after he passes the hands of our popula-

IlKGscelkiieoDS.

FmfaiorXizaia, of Germany, has recently writ-tea K letter toFrofcsiar St£i.uuB, a portion of which is taken op with finimining the lelatiTe advantages of bailing and nrasting meats:

The method of roaitiag is lAvioasIy the best-to make flesh most nutridous. But it does not follow that hoiUiig ia to be interdicted. If a piece of meat bapotm ^ d water, and thisheated to boiling, and boiled tjQ it is ."done," i t will became harder and havoleai taata than if ihs same piece had been throw imn water ainmdy hoiiiiBS. In the first case, the mattexa giatefiil to the taste and imdl go into the ex-rriffi niiriiiui];! Sg tho iccoiM, the albumen of the tnsat eoastilatea&oni ths sar&ca invard, aod. envel-o ^ tBs intarjpc 'vith.a lajrervhich >* imprsgnabla to witter. In the latter ease, ths soap will bia i ^ & r -B)t,faiit tte meatdeliriiHw. —

S l cav in A Col l ins , M E R C H A N T T A I L O R S .

Deaderiek street, Sashville, Tenn.

THANKFUL for the former liberal patronage of their friends and customers, are still prepared

to CUT and MAKE GARMENTS in the most Fashionable Styles, at prices that cannot fail to give satisfaction.

CF'All orders thankfully received and promptly attended to.

May 15, 1847. T>edo-Bapt ists not Open-Co inmu-J t i i ionists.—A defence of restricted com-munion bv Eev. S. Remi.^gton, pastor of the Stanton street Baptist' church. New York; and author of

Keasons for becoming a Baptist." Price 6 cts. L. COLBY & CO., publishers,

Sept. 4, 1S47—3t. 122 Nassau street, N. Y.

Jnst Publ ished.—T H E PIEDMONTESE ENVOY! or. The Men, Manners, and Religion of

•'Commonwealth." A Tale. By Prothesia S. Goss (now Mrs. Romeo Elton); price $1 00.

Published by L. COLBY & CO., Sept. 4, 1847—3t. 122 Naussau street, N. Y.

II. G . Scovel.

N O R T H S I D E OF T H E P U B L I C S Q U A R E ,

Three doors west of Nashville Inn, N.\SHV1LLE, TENN.

WHOLESTLK A.ND RETAIL DEALER IW

Drn^S medicines, Chemica l s , Paints, Oils,

Varnishes,

.May 22

Brushes, Perfumery Dye Slnffs, Fancy Articles, Glass Ware, Spices, SODA WATER, &c.

€ I T ¥ H O T E I i , EAST SIDE OF THE' PUBLIC S«UAKE,

Nashville, Tennessee. M A R S H A L L & S C O T T ,

Propr ie tora . May 15, 1047.

Brushes.

Scouring Shoe Brushes—for sale by

June 12, 1847.

mg,

H . G . S C O V E L .

Printer 's I n k . J J R I N T E R ' S News and Book Ink, warranted—f<ir

sale by H. G. SCOVEL.

MOTHER'S RELIEF, for the prevention and cure of many of those painful afl'ections to

which females, in varied conditions, are subject, can be had with the accompanying explanatory pam)ili-l e t s , a t H . G . S C O V E L ^ S ,

North side of the Public Square, three doors «*»/ of the Nashville Inn. June 12, 1847.

WISTAR'S BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY, foi

the cuieof Coughs, Colds, and all atfections of the Lungs, (which has been used with such decided and beneticial results,) can be had genuine at

June 12, 1347. H. G. SCOVEL'S. Ref ined T a n n e r ' s Oi l .

A Q ^ GALLONS refined Tanner's Oil—just re-^ O L r ceived and for sale by H. G. SCOVEL.

F o r the Lad ies .

THE subscriber has just received a large quantity of Stone FLOWER POTS, much prettier, du-

rable, and in every way better than the kind ordina-rily used. H. G. SCOVEL.

OLD WINDSOR SOAP, for which the Barbers (fur shaving) have a decided preference—for

sole by H. G. SCOVEL.

ORANGE Gt'M SHELLAC, for sale hv Mav 22 H. G. SCOVEL.

IOG WOOD, (Campeachy,) for sale by J Mav 22 H. G. SCOVEL.

SPANISH FLOAT INDIGO, for sale by .May 22 H. G. SCOVEL.

MADDER, FOR SALE May 22 H. G. SCOVEL.

PURE and No. 1 WHITE LEAD, IN OIL, for sale at the lowest market price, by

May 22 II. G. SCOTEL. Oils.

LINSEED, Tanners, Neat Foot, and Lard Oil, for sale by

May 22 H. G. SCOVEL.

VAN ILLA BEANS, of tho best quality, for sale by May 22 H. G. SCOVEL.

LE.MON SYRUP,~for"' m aki'ng" ~L^'onade, for sale by

May 22 H. G. SCOVEL. ETER C O O P ^ ^ R E ' f I N E D A.MESCAN

ISINGLASS, for making Table Jellies, Blanc Mange, and of great service in diseases where deli-cate animal food is required, for sale bv

May 22 H. G. SCOVEL.

PARIS GREEN, a beautiful article of Paris Green, in Oil, can be had at

May 22 H. G. SCOVEL. F i s h H o o k s .

GENUINE LIMERICK HOOKS, of aii sixes;

Trout Hooks, assorted; River Hooks, together with a large supply of good common Hooks, for sale by May 22 H. G. SCOVEL.

I ^ ^ T H E A E M T W O R M . — T h e r e s e e m s t o b e n o doubt that the real army worm has at length made its appearance among the cotton; and, from all accounts, its ravages will extend throughout the whole cotton region. Several plantations, in this vicinity have been visited by it, although the damage thus far has been sligfit. The Natchez Courier gives a gloomy account: it says "From all quarters of the compass come ru-mors of worms. From Alabama, North Mississippi, Louisiana,jind the counties adjacent, we hear tidings of its appearance, and it forms the engrossing topic of conversation in all circles."

[Memphis Appeal of Sept. 9.

TVow's the T i m e .

INTENDING to remove in a few weeks to the new building adjoining Stacker, Woods & Co.,

(where I will be permanently located, having taken a lease on it,) I will sell any of my stock at very reduc-ed prices, viz:

Cabinet Furniture, in general, both Fine and Plain; Mahogany, Cane Seat and Windsor Chairs; Rocking do.; French Beading do.; Sofas, Di%'M8, Sociables, Ottomans, Dressing and Plain Bureaus, Cabinets, Wardrobes, Secretarys and Book Cases; Centre, Sofa, Pier and Card Tables; J extention Dining do.; Fine and Plain Bedsteads; Moss and Shuck Mat-trasses; Window Blinds; do. Gilt Cornices; Looking Glasses, Clocks, Lamps and Girandoles, Carpeting, Rugs a ^ Matting, Pianos, Guitars, Violins, Flutes, Claronets, Accordians, Drums, Fifes, Brass Instru-menu, (Stc., &c. W.GREENFIELD.

July 30. D&B

m u < a t B K c o r T O S H , VMOLESALEAND RETAIL DRUGGISTS,

BBOAD-WAT, NASHTIttK, TKNS".,

WOULD i-espectfully say to Merchants through-out this State, that they have recently o]

a splendid assortment of DRUGS, MEDICINE DYE STUFFS, which are wamimed firah and gen-uine, and will be sold at reduced prices. Persons who purchase articles in oar line of business, wotdfl do well to call on us before purchasing, as we do not intend to be oatsione. We will sell almost at your own prices. We have always on hand an assortment of MEDICINE CHESTS, neatly arranged—they should be kept in all families, as they are almost in-dispensable. Our present stock consists in part of the following artidev Aqua Amo. Emgandy Pitch, Cream Tartar,

" Fortis, Borax, r^n<d. Caster, Russia, Salpb. Acid, Buchu leaves. Calomel, Eng. Nitric " Bk»romate Potass, -" Am. Muriatic Acid, Blood Boot, Jalap, Pulv. jEtherSuIph. Blk. drops, Bhi, " Arrow root. Balsam Copaiba, Aloes Aspaltnm, Bay Bam, Veratrin" Almands,bitter, Balsam fur, Elateream, Eng. Bitter sweat. Caustic Potass, Sup. C. Soda,

" Buot, Carbo. Iron, Tartaric Add, Bark, &c. See.

Cioate. Terri. Loewood, Bed Lead, Blue Mass, Bedwood, While L ^ , Iodine, Biewood, Black Hyd. Potass, £xt . Logwood, Linseed Oil, Morphene, snlph. Ven. B ^ Turpentine,

acetate, ' Sp. Brown, &c. All Olden will be I

lyanoidedta.

March 6i 1847/

nkfully received and prompt-

HILL & McINTOSH.

COACH, Furnliur*!, VARNISH, for sale by

May 22 H. G. SCOVEL. 12 X 18,

WIN-10, 10 X 12, 10 X 14, 12 X 16,

14 X 20, Ifi X 24, 24 X 30, and24 X 36 DOW GLASS, for sale by

May 22 H. G. SCOVEL.

PORT WINE, of a superior quality, for the sick and convalescent, for sale by

May 22 HkG. SCOVEL.

PRUS. BLUE, Ultra Marine Blue, Antwerp Blue, Chrome Green, Paris Green, Chrome Red,

Yellow Ochre, Venitian &c., for sale by

Red, Spanish Brown, &c. H. G. SCOVEL.

T v r o - i . . 1 inet

FURNITURE VARNISH, which the Cob-inet Makers will attest is unsurpassed in Ten-

nessee, for sale by H. G. SCOVEL. May 22.

F o r the S ick .

CALL and get a very superior article of TAPIOCA —which being nutritious, and at the same time

easy of digestion, and destitute of all irritating pro-perties, forms an excellent diet for the sick and con-valescent, at H. G. SCOVEL'S North side of the Public Square, 3 doors from ike

May 22. Nashville Inn

FRESH RICE, which needs no comment in proof of its nutritiousness, for snle by

May 22. H. G. SCOVEL.

PEARL SAGO, another nutritious article of diet easy of digestion, and very serviceable in febrile

cases, for snle at May 22.

H. G. SCOVEL'S.

PEARL BARLEY, one of the mildest and least irritating of farinaceons substances, forms by de-

coction with water; a drink admirably adapted to £eb-

H. G. S C o / e L . rile and inflammatory complaints.

May 22. For sale by

SODA OR MINERAL WATER, superior to which none can be found—as those will attest who

have experienced its healing, healthful and exhilerat-ing effects. The sick and convalescent would do well to repair to this Fountain of Health. All who feel indisposed, whether of strong or delicate physical constitutions, will Be greatly benefitted, if not perfect-ly relieved, by partaking often of this delicious bev. erage, at H. G. SCOVEL'S,

Public Square, 3 doors west of the Nashville Inn. May 22.

CUPEKIOR KENTUCKY MUSTARD, warranted ^ best quality, in cans, bottles, or balks, fOT sale by

May 22. H. G. SCOVEL.

MILLET SBED,.for sale at the lowest market price, by

May 22. H. G. SCOVBL.

TO dealers in Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Dye Stuffs, Varnishes, Brushes, Perfumery, Fancy

Articles, Glass, Glassware, &c. The subscriber is prepared to, and will sell every article in his line, not at-cost, (as that kind of business cannot b6 advanta-geously continued* by any person or persons,) but at

hsasonable prices, pr advances on eastern cost. An examination of stock and prices is respectfully

O V E L / licited. resp

H. G. SET

North side of the Public •May 22.

Dniggis and Apothecary, quare, 3 doors west oj

the Nathvillf

V' A i. U A B L E

n c L ^ a i o t r s B O O S S .

^ ^ ^ C H R I S T l f .

V a l n U h l e K e l i g i o n s B o o k s , FOR THE FIRESIDE AND SABBATH SCHOOL.

MI S S C H U B B U C K ' S ( n o w M r s . JUDSON) Prac-tical Stories. Revised Editions.

Charles Linn, or How to observe the Golden Rule. Alien Lucas, or tho Self-made Man. Miss Cluibbuck, tho HUthoress, now Mrs. Judson,

and bettor known as "Fanny Forrester," never wrote a line that was not pleasing an 1 instructive. Com-bining these two qualities in an eminent degree in her productions, she has succeeded most admirably in winning her way to the hearu of her readers, iind se-curing a high and worthy name in the temple of their praise. The work before us is worthy ol her gifted pen. It is just what its title purports lo be—the his-tory of Allen Lucas, who by dint of his just views, honorable principles and meritorious condect, won hi» way to fame and honor. It should be read extensivc-ly.'—Saturday Emporium.

Just published by L. COLBY & CO., 122 Nassau street, N. Yo.-k. July 31. 1847.

J o b P r i n t i n g : .

THE publishers of the " Tennessee Baptist" are prepared to print Minutes of Associations, and

all other kinds of Book and Job Work in the hand-somest manner, at as short notice, and on as good terms, as it is believed ran bo done in the southwest. Their office is on the south side of Deaderiek street, in the saii.o building with the Republican Banner, where they invito all their friends to give them a call.

May 15, 1847\

" T H E P S A t M I S T :

ANEW Collection of Hymns for the use of the BAPTIST CHURCHES.

B r B A U O N S T O W a n d 8 . F . 8 J U I T I I . Assisted by

WILLIAM R . WILLIAMS, New York, GEORGE B . IDE, Philadelphia, Pa., RORUS W . GRISWOLD, Philadelphia, Pa., S T E P H E S P . H I L L , Baltimore, Md., JAMES B . TAYLOR, Richmond, Va., JOHN L- DAGO, Penfield, Ga., W . T . BRANTLEY, Charleston, S. C., R . B . C . HOWELL, Nashville. Tenn., S . W . LYND, St. Louis, Mo.

This work contains nearly tujclve hundred Hymnj, original and selected, by 161 writers, besides pieces credited to fifty collections of hymns or other works, the authorship of which is unknown. Forty-five are anonymous, being traced neither to author nor collec-tions.

All of Watts's Hymns, possessing lyrical spirit,Bnd suited to the worship of a christian assembly, are in-serted; and a large number of hymns heretofore un-known in this country havo been introduced. The dis-tinction of psalms and hymns, usually made in other collections, has been avoided in this, and all have been arranged together, under their appropriate heads, and numbered in regular, unbroken succession. There are four valuablo Indexes,—a'General Index' of subjects, a "Particular Index," an "Index of First Lines," and an extended "Scripture Index." Extracts from a few of the many Notices

and Reviews. From an extended notice in the Christian Review.

We hazard little in saying, that it is the best collec-tion of bym.iseverpublished in the English language. They have been drawn from the best sources, and probably, from a greater number of authors than those in any hymn book extent.

From the New York Baptist Register. The Psalmist is one of the most delightful and com-

plete books of the kind we ever had the privilege of examining. It is the very book wanted. The poetry is choice and beautiful, the sentiments are scriptural, expressed with peculiar felicity and force, and adapted to every variety of condition,—there is somthing for every body antl every occasion.

From the Religious Herald, Richmond, Va. It has evidently been compiled with much care.and

comprises a suttii lent va.-iety of hymns for all the purposes of worship. The w ork deserves high praise for its purity of stylo and expression. It has gi-eat and deserved merit, and as a whole is not only well adapted to the object aimed at, but superior to its predecessors.

From the Alabama Baptist. We think it decidedly superior to any collection of

Psalms or H_\ mns ever before issued from the Ameri-can press, in the number, variety, and adaptation of subiectsfthis volume exceeds all others. There are ad mirable hymns on all the great doctrines of the Bible. There are also great numlM-rs of hjTnns of peculiar excellence, adapted to revivals, camp meetings, pro-tracted meetings, prayer meetings, conft-rences, and family worship. We earnestly commend The Psalm-ist to the attention of pastors and churches.

Extracts of Letters. From the Rev. Geo. B. Ide, Philadelphia.

Such another collection of hymns for public worship, I do not believe the world can fumish.and I am certain the Englishlanguage cannot. It is a work, in every respect, of such surpassing excellence, as to leave nothing in its department to be desired. From Rev. Spencer H. Cone, D. D., New York.

I have no hesitancy in saying it is better adapted to

the wants of our churches, and affords greatar facili-ties to those who lead in worship, in the selection of appropriate psalms and hymns, than any other com-pUationwith which I am actiimint^l Ix. and evangelical features are worthy of all praise.

From Rev. W. T. Brantley, Augusta, Ga. A desideratum is now supplied which has existed

and been seriously felt by pastors for many years. Brother Ide did not speak extravagantly when he pro-nounced the Psalmist "perfect in its kind, leaving nothing more to be desired for this department of worship." I think your book only requires to be known to secure for it an extensive circulation

Fram Rev. Geo. F. Adams, Baltimore, Md. It is time we had one Hymn Book for general use.

Let "Ti.e Psalmist," be that book. Let our preach-ers be as active as those of the Methodist Episcopal church, and it will be done.

From the Rev. C. D. Mallary, Ga. The object of this communication is, to inquire if

you have made any atrangements to supply our sec tion of the country with your new Hjmn Book, the Psalmist. I am very anxious to have it generally cir-culated in Georgia, believing that it has claims para-mount to all other Hymn Books in use.

From Rev. A. D. Sears, Louisville, Ky. I have given it an attentive examination, and I un

hesitatingly pronounce it unequalled. Whether it be considered as a book of sacred poetry, or as adapted to refine the taste, and promote the interest of our de-nominational worship, it stands unrivalled, and must supersede the use of every other Hymn Book ever

• "ished by the denomination. I am satisfied that every friend of the denomination, east, west, north and south, must see the propriety of sustaining one Hyma Book common to the Baptist church. The Psalmist is that book.

The united testimony of pastors of Baptish church-es in Boston and vicinity, in New York, and in Phila-delphia, of the most decided and flattering character, has been given in favor of the book. Also by the Professors in Hamilton Literary and Theological In-stitution, and the Newton Theological Institution. The same also has been done by a great number 6f clergymen, churches, Assrciations and Conventions, in every State in the Union.

Among the Associations and Conventions, the fol-lowing have each expressed sentiments similar to those given in the Letters and Reviews inserted above, viz: I^nnebec,(Me.) Baptist Association; Portsmouth, (N. H.) Baptist Association; Boston Baptist Associa tion;PhiladelphiaBaptist Association; Munroe, (N.Y.) Baptist Association; Huron, (Ohio,) Baptist Associa-tion; Bethel, (Tenn.) Baptist Association; Alabama State Convention; North Carolina State Convention; Illinois State Convention; North District Association, HI.; Niagara Baptist Association, N. Y.; Rocky River, (Ohio) Association; Miami, (Ohio) Baptist Associa-tion.

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Nov. 21, 1846.

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Another writes: "I have read 'The Church Mem-ber's Manual' with great pleasure. It should be in the hands of every pastor and deacon. I say deacon since upon their just -views of church discipline de-pend, in no small degree, the peace and prosperity of Zion. For a long time such a guide has been needed, and much detriment to the church would have been BvoUstI, hud It made its appearance sooner. It Is a matter of surprise and sorrow, that the views of so many of our church members, upon this subject, are so imperfect. Owing to this, churches have bron rent, and the seed of disaffection sown, which has produ-ced its baneful fruit for years. Not only every pastor and deacon, but every layman should have this book, since it defines (or all in the Christian church their proper position^;^ position which, for some of us, it is time should te known. I am exceedingly anxious that this work should be known and read. May its influence be as extensively felt as its presence is uni-versally needed."

NOTICES OF THE PRESS.

"We think the plan of the book is excellent, and worthy of imitation even by Unitarians, of whom it has been said, 'They have no church government at all.' Mr. Crow-ell's book was undertaken for the spe-cial benefit of the Baptist denomination, and we have no doubt that in that very large and worthy body of believers, it will be hailed as a classic of great value." —Ch. World.

"The author appears to have given considerable at-tention to the subject of church polity. He has em-braced much in this treatise on which Christians have need to be better informed."—Ch. Reflector.

As a'Manual of ecclesiastical principles, doctrine and discipline, presenting a systematic view of the structure, polity, doctrines and practices of Christian churches as taught in the Scriptures;' as a book lor old and young, it will be found very interesting and instructive, and as a book of reference, one of great value. We wish particularly all our yotttig brethren and sisters would procure it and study it—it would be of great advanrage to them in the progress of their pilgrimage."—Pap. Reg.

"We have looked over this manual, and it is evi-dently prepared with much care. It is intended as a book of reference for individuals and churches, as ca-ses may occur. It was designed especially for the Baptist denomination, but as their churches are Con-gregational in their organization, it will serve as a guide to Congregational as well as Baptist churches. We should not dissent from any portion of the book, except in what is peculiar to the Baptist denomina-tion."—Bos. Ree.

"Wo would call special attention to Mr. Crowell's work, just issued in handsome style by Gould, Ken-dall & Lincoln. It treats on a subject of vast impor-tance to the Baptist churches. The author has spent years in its preparation, and has done himself credit by the manner in which he has performed his difficult task. His stylo is clear and unpretending, his arrange-ment and logic good, a little too precise and wire-

iVervons Compla in ts . EAD the following facts, and then don! i .1" vmi

can, that GALVANISM, as applied bv Dn. CHRISTIES' GALVASIC a n d MAGSETIC CURATIVES is all powerful to relieve the sutferer from Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, Fits, and the long cata'ogue of diseases c lashed a s NERVOUS.

For years it has been well known that Galvanism, properly applied, is the only certain menna of reliev-ing a majority of the ills that flesh is heir to, hut not until the discovery of Dr. Christie of London, was tho proper mode of application known. For him was reserved the honor of making known

TO THE WORLD, a means whereby disease may be arrested and cured without the use of nauseating drugs, without vomit-ing, purging or debilitating the patient, without, in fine, resorting to any of the methods so commonly used by

THE OLD PRACTITIONERS. The limits of an advertisement only permit us to

present the following unsought testimony to the vir-tues of

DR. A. H. CHRISTIE'S O a l v a n i c R ings , B a n d s , B e l t s & M a g n e t i c

F l u i d .

R h e u m a t i s m , AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE.

To satisfy the public of "the authenticity of the following statement, it has been attested beWe the Mayor of New York.

I hereby certify that for the past thirteen years I have been severely afflicted with attacks of RheumaTiam, principally in the hands and limbs, accompanied wiib great stiffness of all the joints. Sometimes the pains have been so great that I have been unable to move, and my general health was almost completely destroy-ed. I was troubled with low spirits, my brain was seriously affected, and the incessant and severe pains I often endured made me repeatedly wish for an end of my sufferings by death. I think no hnman being can imagine my tortures. For relief I tried almost every thing—all my earnings went to the dwtorg. in the various ports of Europe to which I sailed, I s ught medical advice, and was for a considerable time under the care of the most celebrated physician in Liverpool. But he did me no good. On my arri-val in New York, last September, I was obliged to leave my ship, as I was unable to walk astep without assistance, and in other respects was in a dreadful stuation, with the renewed attacks. I was taken to the City Hospital, and pnt under the care of Dr. Moses, Dr. Hoffman, and some other physicians of the Hospital, for the space of six weeks; but as I on-

got worse, I was taken to the Seaman's HospitU, al iten Island, when I was several weeks undergoing

a process of Mercury. This nearly kiUed ae, and the doctors told me 1 must soon die. As I had read t h e a d v e r t i s e m e n t s o f D r CHBIS-OE i n t h e a e w s p a -jers, and the great cures that were said to be made jv the Galvanic articles, I determined, as a last hope, to send to the office and get some. On stating my case, the (Jalvanic Bands for the wrists and hmbs were rec ommended, and the Magnetic Flnid. The people at the hospitals laughed at me for getting them, and wld me not to show them to the doctors. But I put them on and used thp Fluid. For the first few hours 1 felt no change, but next morning the stiffness in my hmbs was decreased, and the pain was less. By night, I felt beaer in every respect, and in less than two weeks I left the hospital entirehs erured. Since that nme, which is more than a year, 1 have been to the West Indies, and from thence to Antwerp, and daring all that time Ihave had no attack whatever of Rheit-matism or any other pain, and my health has been perfect in every respect, though I have been exposed to all the vicissitudes of climate. From being so weak

4bat I could hardh- stand, I have become as strong and hearty as at any period of my life, and I firmly believe that these happy and wonderfijl roBults have been accomplished solely by the power of Dr. CHBII-TIE'S GALVANIC BANDS AND MASIRSTIC F L I I D -

HENKY JOHNSON, No. 335 Pearl street, New York.

On the 16th day of November, one thousaud eight hundred and fortj-six, appeared before roe the withio-named Heniy Johnson, and made solemn oath that the above statement is substantially true in each and every particular. A. H. MICKLE,

Mayor of the City of New York.

Debi l i ty of tbe Nervous System.

^ ^ T H E f o l l o w i n g i s f h i m t h e H o n . W . A . THOIIP-SON, late member of Congress from the Smte of New York, and present Judge of Sullivan County.

TO D B . C H R I S T I E : — D e a r F r i e n d — I a m n o w 8 5 years of age, and I thought I -was too old to be help-ed by medicine but your Rings and Magnetic Fluid sent roe by my son-in-law, have been of great benefit to me. About six years since I received a severe fUl fitjm my horse, which injured my back, and btooeh* on pain and constant dizziness in the head. It also weakened my system very mocb. I have used the Fluid and Rings, and though I had little faith, I fijl-lowed strictly the directions, and I now inform yoo that the diiriness has entirely gone, as has likevrise all the spinal pain and weakness. Your (Sel-nnic Strengthening Plaster is an invaluable preparation, and I am sure the best Plaster in the whole world for general feebleness and debility. In a worl I feel every way in beuer health than I have for many years past. I can attribute the result to nothing but your simple and efficacious remedies.

With high respect, sincerely yours, W. A. THO-MPSON.

Thranp^ville, SulUvan Co., N. Y., March 12,1846. S ^ p e c i a l C a u t i o n . ^ a

BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS. Unprincipled persons have attempted to imitatt

these articles, and thus deceive the public. Tbe che-mical process by which all these articles are prepared is known only to the Discoverer, and al! imitations are entirely worthless, being devoid of the requisite Gal-vanic or Magnetic influence, and consetjoently without any beneficial effect.

The following is copied from the New York Sun: R h e u m a t i c Gout .

T o D R . CHRISTIE: Si>—^After a fair trial of almost everything withoul

any good effect, I think I must attribute a remarkable cure to the power of your Galvanic and Magnetic ar-ticles. If I am not mistaken in the cause, they have very seriously relieved me of Rheumatic Gotit,a£ lon^ standing, together with general Nervous Debility (rf the system. I would not part with the article for a ^ consMeration, and think it only Hgbt to let the ptxblie know where such good friends may be had in time of need. MRS. MARY JACKSON,

No. 11)9 Bank street, N. Y. Hundreds of similar cases might be cited.—Tho

reailer is earnestly requested to procure and peruse "Christies' Circular" and the Doctors' book on Gal-vanism as a remedial agent.—These works are to be had gratis at the a^ncy, and they will be forwarded to any part of the Union upon applicalion, post paid, to any of the authorized agents.

C A U T I O N T O T H E P U B L I C . — W e f e e l i t a duty to caution the public against purchasing any of the imitations of Dr CHRISTIE'S Galvanic articles, when they may chance to be offered. We can stats with confidence in its truth, that these imitations po»-sess no beneficial influence whatever, and must be re-garded in no other light than a direct fraud. We know that the gentiine articles are really valuable, hut we believe the ctmnterfeits to be worse than worth-

ry. We feel indebted to Mr. C. for this contribution^ to the elucidation of a subject upon which too little has been written. Let all our pastors and churA members procure it, and give it a diligent and pray-erful perusal."—C;t. Sec.

"As a book of reference to be examined on the pai^ ticular topics which will claim attention in the trans-actions of a church, and on the questions, which will from time to time arise in every religious community, it will prove of great value."—Ch. Citizen.

"This work affords evidence of a great deal of thor-oughness of research, and care in the arrangemeot. For the members of Baptist churches, it will pnrre i useful manual.—Alliance and Vititor.

"We should be happy to see a copy of this work in every Baptist family in our State."—Scion's Adv.

Just published by GOULD, KENDALL & LIN-COLN^g Washington-st., Boston.

drawn, occasionally, but for the most part, satisfactD-_Jess, fterefore we say, be Hire togvta 'He right place - - ^Purchase only of the one authorized ageni

thai is in each cUy, and who is named at the bottom of this advertisement.

Sole agency in Nashville, ^ ^ H. G. SCOVEL.

North side of tho Public Square, 3 doors west of the Nashville Inn.

D. C. Moorhead, General Agent for the U. 8., IKi Broadway, New York.

Guion & Co., agents for Mew Orleans. G. W. Noble, " " Louisville, Ky. E. E. & S. C. Clark," " Memphis. Tenn. R. L. Boss & Co., " " Tuscumbia, Ala. June 28", 1847.

R . B . C . HOIVELL. .). R . GNIVIIS, l -

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a Super Koynl Sheet. T E E M S — 0 0 per ajiiiumn.in ai-lv.nicc,

HI ih<i end nf tkr year. No suir-icriptjona raUt-n fnr If--- liinc thnn one yeni-: :iiid no pa! RI»NLINUED till ail a-rrearn^cn arc jioid, pxcppl di^rretitin *)( ihe pu'-lishns.

L^^AdverUsements inserted at ihp ru; rates.

^^I^All leuers nii bu.-innr. nr INTCNDL-il itir lion, should ati(lres!ied "Editors nf lljt: TeJ Bapti:,!," .Na.-ihviilc. li^un.. post paid.

PerMni* peiirling us tiip sulisrriptioii price new fiubscnbfr-, •shaJl rernn.-e the sixth rnpv

( fffir" ,,f th" Trntj'-siifr liaptisi on I'tiinn ..pposile tlie Post Office, at the new DaptisI store.

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AND KE.NTUCKV. Wil l confer th-- greatest pofssibU- fnv | setiding U Q C'LPY of their rainutrs. fur favor they shall rrreive i cojiv of ihej South Western Ilai'iisl Rpgistci free o f c j

I ^ P l e a s e ii iscn iht P . O. of cnch ler.

Protracted and ("amp Meetings.!

For (he Tennessee Baptist. T h e Concord Campraeetinfr will iudul

fourrh LOF'TS day in St-ptcnilie r fio affectionately in-vite our bn-ibren of f churches to visit u- at that time; and bj lirethreu in the ministrv, we most ei request vour aid on that imfiurtant occi

Aug. 14. W.M. A. W H I T . S ]

Campmeeting -will be held wilb Creek church, .'NlcNairv couutv, ioar i from Purd}'. cijininencing on Friday bef second Lord's day in October next. Bi , in the ministrv are invited to attend. ' brethren G. WVighi, of Gibson, Griffin sissippi, A. Gilbert of Alabama, and . D a y and Savant- of Hardeman, attend?'

A. A. S A N D E I

Oridiial Articlc-s.

J A C K S O N , T E N . , Sept. 3d, IE

T H E N E W D O C T R I N E S P R E / Mcssra. Editors:

A few years since, the lat tor of ibe Presbyteria-i church ir city, pubhshed a book nn Baptisl which hp p.ndeavored lo teach uf Baptism represents the Trinily that the only mode is sprinkliug. also wisely decided that there not be different modes of baf But if w e apprehend him cor that sprinkling represented the] rations of the Holy Spirit, and operations constitate the doctrine Trinity, which v i ews seem to be nf Mr. Minnis, as reported by C. published in the Baptist of Aug. ] S47. If the v iews of Mr. Mini those of the late Dr. Alexandi Campbell , and the "body of Pr terian divines assembled at ridge." This new doctrine ready spread considerably; it is i probable that it "eats as doth a j ker." This new doctrine consi three items: IsL That immersij not baptism. 2d. That spriakKj baptism- 3d. That the Holy Sf not present in these sprinkling pouring churches except by co stantiation in sprinkling, or pouri perhaps the applicaUon of watf baptism.

N o w in reference to the iwol items above in this new dnctrin^

f only;have this to say: The Lord except when he was speaking ir ence to some other person, nevei the word baptize but on TWO sioNs; the first to represent his fixion and the other in giving ill governing the ordinance of bapl

This fact small the contn on the mode and subjects of bi to a very narrow compass, becB contains all the authority in verse on the subject. No apost had any authority to change th mand of the Lord Messiah, n they ever attempt it; nay further teach us if themselves or an nngel heaven should preach any othej trine than that received from, the Jesus, let him beacairaetL Gal. 12. A d s 4: 19 and 20.

Here then let it be rioted th apostles decide that the doctrine "f apostles is to be tested by Jesus Christ, and not JfesusChr 3ny other beings wheiher them gf ls . Therefore, if it be prac to ascertain what the Lord

; ^ f^^'ght on any point, w e are 1 abide by it, construing, if there i

necessity lor it, the. doctrine apostles in harmony with the Sav

But the Saviour does attach a i'lg to the term baptize, and tha nilion is the only one for which, Miiy authority in the ordina <^hristian baptism in his churo -Matt. 20: 20 to 23. Mark 10: SSj 12: 50. Jesus Christ, uses ihq

yon(faII doubt or perchance, iteved not an author in the ^ o i e otherwise