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A ovsieRSr'tIKIscon,picuouslyinserted at75 cents per square, (12 lines, or less.) for the ,fiist insertion, and 37. for each continuance. Those piiblished-nonthly or quarterly. will be charge , $1 per square. Advertisements not having the number of insertions marked on them, will ba cnntinued autil ordered out and charg.sd accordingly. Cormmnenations, post paid, will be prompt ly and strictly attended to. M ISCEL LAIV E00S From the Free Will Bapt..Magazine. The following is an answer to the guestion, "What are the requisite qualifications of a Gospel Minister?" "There stands the messenger of truth.-His theme divine, His ofice sacred. his credantitls el ear. By him the violated law speaks out, - its thunders; and by him. in strains as s-veet; 4s angels use, the gospel whispers peace. In offering a few thought., upon the "qualifications of gospel ministers, the great and arduous work which l'3 is called to perform, meets our view. This wor k consists in winning souls to Christ, and feeding such as are won, with the sincere milk ofthe word. The various characters by w'inch a preacher of the cross is designat "lj: the sacred scriptures, is worthy 'of u'tlee, and ni y aid us in oar presenti nqniry. They are called ambassadors, .tisters and wif nesses of Christ, stewas of the myste ries-of God, servants of Christ and the chnih. under shepherds to:. feed the thurch of God, laborers in the vine and of the Lord and wkelinen uda ain on's walls... I all iliesecharatervarious ' tiile mp'ted _ind^ 13hes6 duties a1iesi;:nister of the go pel. is -to nno tice .1r 7 7,." ,.' L : - 'tteir -porttotii in "iepastor or sTepherdh,.he ! ee the. tlock with knowledge .n u -standing, and lead them into all truth: and as a'watchnan heshould cry aloud and sparo.-not, both to -suiht and sinner, and wat h for and over souls as one that must gi d accounr. Wimeth or we consider the work itself -or tlie momentous consequences resultiig from a faithful perfornance of the 'work of a gospel ministerwe areAed: to exclaim; Who is sufficient ftr thesedhings'l. -Who is qualified for a work -so etlf On this important subject . tlie. fohlwagg thoughts are submitted. 1st. An experimental knowledge' of Christ a change of heart,'or a rg1lgen ;nine conversion to Gd, is-angssential and indispensable squalification. It is impossibl'e for any one to ttac and in struct 6thers, the nature of those things of which he is ignorant. The natural man reeivethi not l thing of the -Sprit of God, so-f-r .is he from r eceiv: ing them,- he does, ngt even knpw tlhemi, lie is in darkness evn until now if..the blind lead the blind, thie consiegnences are obvious." N1 man hierefore is, nor can be sufficient for this work, unlpess *God, by his almighty power, have given him a new heart to understand the na, tures. design and excellence of the gospel unless in the fullness of his hearttihe can exclaimi, Come ed hear, all yes tiht fear God, n.nd I'wilI. .declare t hat 'he has dotde fur my soul. 2. A preacher-of 'ther gospel :Ishould possess good natural abilities. l am aware it is jaid God has, ehosen tihe foolish things- of the world to confound thfe inighty. But it. does not appear that by the iweak and -foolish things here -mentioed-, w6 are tk nnderstand'tliat .G~odhiath chosen those to publish his gospel wios actually and- literally weak and~ mn; that they were esteemed wea .ndfoolish by the men o-the world, is tiwe: that they were really so, does ilot appear. When we consider-the work wvlych they are '2alled to perform, we shall at once perceive, tiatntosmall degree of judgment and triadorsianding -is re'quisitet. Who arc ambassadors? .wl.o are stewards? who re watchmen ? Ard they mien of .fee bld minds and weak sunderstandings?! By no means. They~ are or ought to be men of the scandiest minds and most solid judgments. This was intjeed the ~fact in relatiodito the first preachcs of the cross. Mainy of them,''ir is trute, were tnlearned and illiterate-ndn but, the~ 'osseised good natul falents. Let ree hei'dded .a liv6ly imngmtiin, a ~entive memorv, a conmanding voice andla pleasing -adda-ess, whlich.are ..:r,..theGod o t ur,ad ih6 preach, er is still better furnished for tha work before him. With these gifts furnished he is better prepared to understand, il lustrate and enforce, the great truths of the gospel; while his heart is inditing good matter, his tongue is as the pen of a ready writer. Sd. An intimatcandextensive knowl edge of the holy scriptures is an indis, pensable qualification of a good preach er of the gospel. In them he finds eter nal life, and by them he is taught how to proclaimthat life to men. They con tain his instructions from which, as an ambassador of Christ, he is not at liber ty to depart, in announcing the will of God to man; they are the pasture into which as a good shepherd, he is' to lead the sheep and lambs; they are the trea sury from which, as a good -steward, he should draw supplies for the household of faith; it is in them he is taught the nature of that field in which is to work. tha't it is a world, and a woild lying in wickednsss, in them also beholds a rem edy, a blerding dying Saviour; in them the path from sin to holiness, from dis honor to glory, from earl h to heaven, is so clearly marked that the wayfaring man though a fool, need not err therein in fine, the sciptnrt-.s are that mighty weapon by which Satan's kingdom is to be destroyed, and every minister of Jesus should be able to grasp and right ly to wield this sword of the Spirit;. The Libertiy Almanac for 1847.-A copy of this Ahn:inac is on our table. This is a rare thing-disfgured with a of 'Cuts,' aepresenting 'slave prisons,' slave flog ing, &c., accompanied with a bountifui portionf of scurrilous anec dotes of slaves and slaveholders, some slave sale -idvertisemen's, slave laws, &c. &c. Ahont the only valuible information communicated in the way of Complaint. Of the Presideney.-Ti:e publish. ers complain that out of 14 presidential ternis, 11 have bten filled by slave olders, 1 by, a Nothern man with, Southern principles, and only 2 by Nor thern. men. ,2., ice. -csid ncg-It: is . d a slveliolder. 3. Presicdent of the Senate pro tem. -They state thait up, ta June 1842; there had been 76 elections of President pro rem -Tit. slave states had 60 and and the. free sates only 13 of those elected. ,4. T'he Deparntcnt of State.-Up to 1845-it had been filled by 10 from slave States nif only. 5 from free States. LTWar Department -in 1846 there ,i J8 ofiibers in'this' drpiartment at lSiit ton-.f9 from the -District of Uoii 4111elialance from Maryland a; Vir inip,:slave States. 6" T/ Joay.-Of 1054 naval ofli crsNew Ev ngland- has only 172; of 68~comimandeas, New England has only 11.; of 32S lieutenants, New England has only 59; of 562 midshipmen, New England has only 33. In 1842, of 191 naval appointments, the slave states had l l7,,pthers 73. 7. Dipngmatic Corps.-Of 7 full min isters 6 are from slave states; of 13 charges 9 are from the same. Fronm t'se iuformation communicated irn thts Almanac., and the manner in which it is commiunicted, we draw theseo inferences: 1. Is is not much symipathy for the slave as a spirit of selfishness that inf pels' thesee fanatics to carry on thleir. cru1 sade .agaithst slavery. 2. Slavery can not have tht blighiting iluence wvhichi some represent it to have1 or we could not have furnishe~d so many distinguis~hed men in the several depai tments of our government. 3. Slavery cannot be that offensive hing in the sight o f aGod, which A boli tionists represent it to be, or a pure and hdly God would never have exalhed a nation under the government of stave, holders; (as onrs is represented to have been,) above all the nations of tihe ear th. Thank our friends of theso'called "Lib erty Party" for the evidence they have tollected for us, that our nation has grown up to wha: it now is tinder the wise couusels and energetic administ ra tion of "Slaveholders."-Chrillianl in dez. A GLOOMY PICTURE. We shall not attempt to apologize for the, present course of events ; but we know no better way in the business of this world, than to endeavor to mitigate the evils thereof and amelhiorate the condition of mankind as far as possible. The following remarks on the prevaihing vils of the world, are extracted from arecent discourse on the subject bya -nan whom we highly esteem. sif they shotld lead any to look for a better state of thihign #6 havo no objection. Tera n..ing :Crentian.-The whmol creation, animate and inanimate, give continual evidence. f disorder and suf fering ; the hills and vales, the fertile fields and desert wastes,-the sea and dry land,-all are r educed to the torture of ince-sant travail, and but a single remedy, and that not available in this present state. The-earth itselfyields its increase %s it were grudgingly, and de mands an exorbilant fee, beforehand in tail and sweat, from the hnsbandmen ; and even then it does not always keep its promise. Often the laborer goes to great pains to prepare his ground and sows bountifully, but reaps sparingly; takes much seed into the field and brings little out. Or, if it keeps its promise, and yields a large increase, the elements and insects destroy it ; or incessant storm and gales, or other causes, blast suddenly the labor of the busbandman. So perle:tly subjected are we, that you cainnot think of an accessible position in the whole world, where there would be an exemption from this travail. Try it. M.ike youself master of all science and the politics and laws of all nations secure the suffrage of a whole country ; succeed to the highest pinnacle of pow er and fame. and receive the homage of the whole world, and what have you ? But a 'barren rock, tor- narrow for f iendship, and too slippery for public repose." The envious eye of the ambi' tious will be upon you, watching fur your halting ; the inquisitive . meddling of the fastidious will tease and perplex you, and will make you responsible for almost every local accident and mishap that occurs, and even their own perso nal failures. And there are those always ready to displace you as soon as they can, and make you, with disgrace, take the "lowest seat." T he samo liability to disappoint ment attends other callings and professions.- The merchant, .the miechanic,. and the professional man, are all equally liabl: not. to succeed ; and if they do, they are the subjects of envyand slander, and can rarely main their position of wealth, and powero r intln"tcei-so untet:in art? human af fairs.-B:-sides all this, their. success is o~k n crbed a tdi~zstdd t -aad7 and poor, wlIle' thiey grow rich find honorable ; and what is wore than- all, if they not been selfish, they could not have risen so. fir above their fellows:. Give them success in trade and ampfe fortune, social friends, splendid man sions andt beautiful grounds, ind all tile. acquisitions of Solomon,--and they must come to S.rlomon's conclusion ; I with held not my hctart -from any joy , for ..y heart rejoiced in all ng labor; and this was my portion.- Then I look upon all the works that my hands had wrongt and on tha labor that 1 had labored to do; and behold all was vanity'and vex ation of spirit, and there vas no profit under the sun. (Ecc. ii. 10, .-) .Any success that may be secured cannot be a bar to dis.ippointm'nt, reverses and deathl.-Scintifie Amer. Mr. Burton has laelv. published a life of David [lame, which (speaking of free trade) concludes thus : . "In no long tine,- -hundred. years' will have e'lapsed from the day'when 11lume told 'the world 'what t'he legisla ture of this country ~(England'; is now declatring, that national-eiclusive.ness in-. trade was as foolishias it was wicked.; tliat no niation~could profil by. stoppinig the nattural flooil of commerce, Iietiweer& itself and the rest of the ~world ; that commercial restrictions deprive the na tions of the earth of that free communi cation and exchiange, wihich the author of the world has intended, by giving thenm soils, climates, attd geniuses so dif ferent froin each other; aud thrit, like the healthy circulation of the blood in living .bodies, free trade is the vital prin cipfe by which di~e nationls of the earth are to become united into onte harmoni ous, divine whole." Of Mrs. Chase, the heroine of Tam picosin honor cof whom a .battery has been named Fort Ann~, the Philadelphia Spirit of the Times has the following notice : Ouar readers will be' pleased to learn that this patriotic woman oncn resided in this city. She is of Irish origin ; her maiden name was Ann McCarnon, and sihe ketpt a dry goods store in Second, belnw Pine street. She was a woman of great business habits and,. energy of character,and make considerable money. Doubtless many of her old neighbors Will recognize her name, and rejoice n ;th its, that she has proved, herself wor thy of this brief notircet About twelve years ago she moved to .New Orleans, and subsequently to Tamipico, where she engaged in mercantiles business, and married Mr. Chase, the then American Consut1^ We are indebted to-an old and valued friend for the above informa tions, and ougreaders may rely upon the , tatement na ntirelv correct. .L W A R .; e.a a e !' v r :i~ s well f :nowip ears to be' the pi t diwoughoudih county "a1lyamong. those who are t :jied wit the general thiu gicansrbit the only cureta -honorable peac," l se ontin :of the ward o(those very conscie' ..io tudiously" exagge Snstice of the war, an ntlwtr readersa iarg' e know to be facts; . Jrytotldoag he war than te -early terhijia tion. .j e_ ; to Inflence our 1' s ens r isq Co'ngress in faro b-jroducig at the sa it'e InfibenCe in Mexico- p rprropriety in pubi ut'irentsagainst it is: But. cafl c~iifh sand mce#in he' pre alli idto341to: the i.v itUuite. States ov rriktnr ' vithdra , l e mi aryo fe asoli isde for peac G i t old expect; dhihgcSlhofcon ideralil d s5 2'( nd indem i fy..M Inseo e; a' Wot a F rE1 coa 1 i such term ere a some. ho wouldg .4 quishno only l. to outsaana. th;. t suihpeo pie can can c 6 do right' I1 areudy.A admit st p1 is ristt a -n . ligen . rha i f MI" tat: not, l boee , eilhg~nt. s u8 ing infavor of is wan have regret ted many otits incidents; but we have hoped, aid till hope, that in its reul:ts S.il-:tunder Providence be. salutary; ndinsteaddfextending the American system .of1slavery, as nany. appear to apprehendait will open large fieldi- for the advancement ofeducation and science the introduction ofthe sacred Scriptures; and lead eventually to the advancement and r oration of' the first principles expressed in, our Washingtonian and efiersonian constitution, that "all men are bdrVtfreeland eqial;' ,and finally result in "the:greatest good to the great est number."-Scientifc Amrner. From the Alabama Journal. MASTODON COTTON. MlssT f ditors: Assyou expressed a wislrt ' ow. something about Mas todon Twill. give you my -expe riene -with it.' I planted last April about two acres, 31 by 4.feet apart,--it was a low, 'wet piece of ground.-and'it caiie up very badly. On thme .3d 'and '4th of.Tune I'tjansplanted about 500. stalks, sq. as to leave only one stalk in' hill, and filled the balance of the lills that were missing,' with corn. On the 4th of September 1 picked oUt wa cot'o'ni was open-only 147 pounds. I then counted the stalks, and found only 2871. An acre should have about 3020 bilhls;S) by '4 feet apart. On thme 9th .of-Octob-er the last of it was gath ered, and it weighed, 'as it was picked, 95.6 pounds. ,it was kept by.titself until the 15th lieiem'her, when I re-weighed it carefully-.ind round only 874 pounds -.ginned it, the same 'day, and found 'there were.231 pounds of clear cotton. The seed weighed 638 pounds, the moats, dust, .&c., 5:pounds. I wvas very. much disappointed' in ,the-turn-ouft froni the geed, as Ewas led to believe that it tuned out mudh better than coinirnon cotton.Myiseed are very' large and heavy, as you perceive by their weight; the cotton is. a long, fine, silky 'staple, and niorth,I think, 3.or 4 cents'a pound more than commnon cotton. The .bolls are very' large-I gathered thie cottoin from 25 of them, and found it to weigh a full half pond. My overseer thinks it is harderto pick out than our common cotton. .This cotton' suffered very se verelydithi the wret wveather, the worm ad the caterpillar. I am-fully of opin ion 'that in a fair penson, anal properly culivatedy t willimak'e from two to three thousand:pounds-to the acre, anti is de cidedly the beste'short-stapled cotton I have ever seen,' though' it takes .nearly four ponds'in the seed, to make one of clear co~ton ' I intend to plant all the seed I havethis spiig. Yours,&. mOnN GOLDTHIWAITE. .:c 'Secret Art f suaduig wm Ibrses tzd other wild Ainumls.-ITh wonderful art; foided 'upon a systei of jFiiilosophy, is,infallible and univers [in its. application, and: exten'ds-to a the- anirnal kigdom-In egardo tll orse, it dnsists n convincing hi s diI you -are.his: superior; and you: hav absolute poaeover -him. The.syster issomewhat .akin to nirial= inagielist in its effect lit6 the process is widel different. - The process .of taming .:a fiery Wil horse which wa-.never k'andidb-' Thi Sonsists; first' by chirming him by. powder, thich is obtained by taking th1 utton.from the horsei' knee, by whici niea ti.hoguy Substance, growin1 on the inside ,or rather on ti bac part of the-horse's leg below :.re ines behind, and;abioe if before; :Dry thii sibsfance and pulverize it-put a spial quantity into a quil and filow it into hi pbstrails, in a few minutes it will operate and cause him to follow you, or permi oi:ito handle his feet, or get upon -hit bac1j: Thus with derfect ease,. may. wild and vic' s- anirra lie. made gentle and harmnlos. - However .be rd the above'daa seei we' ,4'o4evifes witnessed the mosi magicall retfrom'the use of this sing. vlar pr'e i61jibn, 7' remember thai aear ago " CNorseitamer mnde hi appear cos'1'irtht city of Ri1ebaond, indofiere toimdertake:the most vicidui nitrial dt:cqud beiproduced..v Saw h Iiiir ounter ..anunbroken young t lhofh which hertuihdewd , ii fie ae not t iiliiiot ho ac [v1af.usikd ;legs: iflr diiary%n~cord. Thie cu r Mary Copelatnd, was convicted in th Overton Circuit Court, of thie murde of' uth Doughery-bot of them be longing to highly respectable families -The proof in the ca.se showbo tha Mrs. Copeland was cealots of Mis Df ugherty, and as the .conseqid be, most embittered state of feelings wa engendered between them. T.hrea'ts o personal violence weie proved to haIv been made by each, but on the part o Mrs. Copeland her threats had 6ease< for many months before, the fatal ron counter-whilst on the part.of Mis Dougherty, they were proven to have been repeated down to the time of he death. The killing occurred on the Sabbath. Mrs. Copeland was on he way to church, evidently seeking t, avoid coming in contract with Mis Dougherty-but on her way she wa intercepted by the decaesed, armed wit a heavyhicory club.-The proof left i somewliat doubtful how the rencounte commented, but most probably the de ceased attacked the defendant with th club, and gave her. two blows, one o tyehead, atid the other on the arty The parties thear closed,. and& in th scuffedhe defendant stabbed tife decea sd evith a knife, wvhich caused her ir mediate death. This is -the con clusio to which the Supneme -Court arrive< and the Court was of the . opinion the the killing did not amount to murdei but either to manslaghter or justifiabi bomicide, and of consequience the judf met below wvas reversed,- and the caus remanded for a new trial. A. COOL FIDDLER. , The Newv Orleans Picaygne tells story of the snagging of a steamboa with her owner on board, who was for of playing the Violin. The Captai Pilot and Engineer, were in- this cab: playing at cards one day, when her bo struck a snag, with a force that knocke a hole in her as largeas a hogshead, ti shock upsetting the f'aro bank and tho: around it, causing general confusion at consternation among all save the owne who, having righted himself i'n his chai commen cod his tune where lhe had Ie of, and went on as though nothing li happened. "She's sinking," exclaimed an. A kansas man,.dressed in a hickorf bal coat, who wvas making his way,out of tl cabin, with a pair of saddle bags on I .arm. "Toupahawk me if .she ai! sinkin' sure.!" The owner heard it, t fiddled away with as little concern Nero at the. conflagration of Romi "Three feetuviater in the hgld ! R the old buzzard ashore if you can!" she ted thegeptain. These .startling woi reae the e of' the. owner, but d continued td way away. A s psengern is ran to.him and bawled out . you not know the ii snaged' 'I": '5 11 'I supected sometlnng e.J e colly aasweeildthe owne , f it his ear onfits' oliru e appeved per otly enchaated wI a own strains. " a :"She'll b0 host in lve tes;, e t. tintied the passbnger ' "She':i been a 'lpsnlg e 66t fl eanpihesed e o i&aje -& s drew a mosf eicruiti teo i 'fddle. "I can~feel -her. set in ;onded the assnge -. "I wish sheso ild settlit what 1 have loiby;iet ; down".teas the owge Ar right hand mo o a r wards overb dre -. "Bpi ;wh nt s k ._. captain,.givt d hat todl s:= in themena attred is ,:: "1terfering ityt ocer*othis tboaths a lihre-mat s,' Ie l~ad'" qu'ietlyiremake te sawed a'ay.=Tt~ i 6a the next momen the aitl of .water. -Te zard ,"o hre*il- aS r " h em ie r m ean s of a y ,-i1 ' own swamn ashore wit ther iddl u3 e. lis arm and -the .iow id r No insurance. ,, Comforts of an Ed:o I fl not ll his paper with n oft tauce whether there be any; } c ed for notbeig :every-papetd - o i-itor ifwa : Goodly numbec of suicides id~nwr.. - r ders, and nieldnch,,y incidents, it is a. dull unwvelconed .,neet. . IfI ial the loorny actions that occur are recorded it is spurnhd.as .a ,vhiclre of calumuies. - if the paper contains advortiseffiente. ibe general reader iinirmurs-if it does 4 not the an U businiss_ will nitrpatron , ize it. V . iBys wweeksage a wealthy- hiladel ving hired :a: cdo ad been y to recommended o Ay as ordered, one daydo prere.aod'g other things a "bash" for dinner h h came and it was charming al)' erly par taking of it until the .'dish was scrape' out. So popular after this did the' hashes of the new cook bedo _that it was nothing butlhash every day.. At - last the poor cook, bringing in. a larg r dish of it, the prespfration-pouring down. her face, which was red as-a coal of fipe she set it doindnd-turwing to her. misw~ tress and drawing herielf uNgaid - "Madame, I strikes'!'j . ~' "Strikes !why,- that is the matter,' - - Betty?" - K'.' -r "Cause, a'am,. I cai't.giey hash eiery--day and forever-me jai7s is all biroke dowon4 an4 me iet -is a'll: woore out, cAatoing it up fo i ge's !" Alary.-Who does Rot loe. com4. e mon, yet beautifuil.. name, Maryi It *is 'froni the Hebrew, . and -means a- "tear* e drop." What sweet and joyous hours of. other diys-what plepsing associations, does not th~e very name call i1p in every~ heart...W hoknowsylight illof Mary.? Who that (does. notilove the name ? If dthere is any tIling gentle and valued and: womanly, what Maery possesses it not ? Wsit tMary whowa . " Last at the cross, d And eiarliest at the grave 2". eAnd was not.Mary ,ghe mother or- the' eSavior of the world i:--oston Su,.. d AnArtfifcial 1Ian.--The Memorial - r, Bordolais, says that near St. Sevier, r, there .Jives an old soldier, with a false - ft leg, a false arm, a glass eye, a complee Ld set ol false teeth, a nose of silser, cot. ered with a substance resemnblingth-'sh,. r-' and a silver plate. replacing~. prt:of his -k his skull He was a soldlier under Na" epoleon, and these are his trophies... is . Benefit of Advertisinj.-T he Soutli 't ern Standard tells *a.story of a ma&in ut .Lonzdon who deterftzinedto~spend all he, as made during the first year--. advrt sing. .He soon-found.it wasrimposiiible~''' in for-the simple repson tijat-the inom he e u- advertised the nidore he made, andsr ds a strenuons-effort 'to get rid of' kJ~moej he- inad'vertising he had gien ii up