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V ' i' ' ' m % * ' WW8 I? ? MM? .1 l.__L IJL.I _ ? . I B I BHH1 HH? WHPW HPfi M ? ?? $2 PER ANNUM Bij With iiio woiulen of ?tuc? ]Mist>iiiK day.'' IN ADVANCE 3. /amilg anil ^olitirnl jCtrospoprc?Prnntrli ta tljc 3rts, primes, litcratarr, (Etmcntiait, Sgricolturr, 3alrriml Snijiruuruiruis, /orrign null J)uuir:iic 3?Jrius, nnil tljc Blnrkrls, VOLUME V. LANCASTER, C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 30, 1836. NUMBER 24. I, WH.ll' .UK JI.I.L.I.I LJ_ I I I.1II ? - Cflstnliim ,iFuat. s* ratio ^r: = CeflH HO WORK TO DO. dilio Mu) ye who nt vUp nnvil tall, *ul' And striko Ihc Bounding blow, NVhcro from the burning iron's breast The sparks fly to ftod fro, ||lMlj While answering Jo the hammer's ring, CCHt, And fire's intenser glow? Tlioi P! while we feel 'tfs hijvl to toil his [ And sweat the long day through, a br Jten\eii\b^r It is harder still resid To have no work to do. aisle ill 11 lio! ye who till the stubborn soil, is ilt Whose hard hands guttle the plow, born Who bend beneath the summer nun, l',u ' of F Willi burning cheek and brow? * Ye devpi the turso still clings toenail ^^ From olden times'til now? Hut while ye feel 'lis hard to toil of bAnd labor nil day through, | j,c Remember it is harder l^r c To bare no work to do. j |>o t| I ligui llo! ye who plow the seas blue fiedt^,? | ytou Who ride the resiles* wave, 1 [i ?| llt-nualh wliorpt gulluiit vcssiI'm kneel hys y There lie# n ya** niny grave, vvUvi Around whose ba*k the wintry wind# ter t (.ike hem's of fury rave? '"d b O! while ye feel 'li# hard to toil ^HK'" And labor long hvurs through, J1" " Heiucmber ili# harder still .^'ri To have lio work to do. , * IW?J llo I ye upon whose fevered cheek# 'i'h? hectic glow i* blight, ih-it Wlioye im-ntui toil wear# out the d iy Wi\' 'V.V MCWJ 9.!K,1,? tors Who labor for the souls of men, Mtul Champion# ef truth nnd right? eneli Al.hough ye feel jour toil is hard, ship Kven with this glorious view, 'I'* Ueno mbyr it is harder still dutc 'i'o have Uo wulk lo do. e.nl 1T ' sit y llo! all who labor?all who strive? v Ye wield a lofty power; t\*11 liieti Do with your might, do with your j(R#l Fill every golden hour ; [strength. t|iej) The gloiiou# privilege to do scpa Is man's most noble dower? by a ()! lo your birthright aril jourselves, a# ti To your own ouU be true! * !' A weary, wretehed life is their# Kl ^ Who have no work to do. 1 'Vv' i The - - " ' fin |i! Stiismraiu}. jwij [Kioni the Due-West Tele-cope. i A IilOUKAPlUCAl. SKETCH worl or iiik REV. THOMAS KETCIIKN. 1 1 ... . ... ... . ? v Ti is (wHITTKN BY ORUKIt OK SYNOD.) (w|| I lie Hingraphy i* to individual*, w hat hi*- frieti t<?ry in to nation*. An ? narrative of tie | *ix n rise, progrcaa, law*, usages and destiny ot | bv a nation*, bears tin? d glutted name of lit*- , lite , tort, * i a written account of the geuenlo prog yj' tli, life, death ntid character of an j parts unlit id iinl, is called biography. l?r. | t'weii Johnson remarked timt iiu h'wio found I ot lCi even in l tie nnrnt indifferent newspaper ' all ll hoinetliing, of the knowledge of which lie , i?lie? wh the Lieiter; so there is .scarcely a man in K whose intellect is so void, or whose opin lie w ions and observations arq 19 nbaoltjfely -from worthier diat he may noj, add to our inati \J^ck of information. If, then, aomo ad- ratci vantage it to he derived from the convvr- Unit sal.oil of an illiterate stranger into who-.e |mmc company we bare been oasualy thrown tereiJ on the highway, how much more are we her < profitum] l?y lite cxj erience, wisdom and IW< ^arieJ life of otn'nenl piety.' If the socio (ho ty nnd observation of the living afford "iho matter for useful contemplation, a record in to of the example, experience, intellectual vine, ant),spiritual attainments of thodead may foaso <fo lite aaina. When a utatv baa for tun- accui ny years been acting an influential par) Iomo ijn lli* aiag* of life and lias disappeared uitim Iteliilift lb? scene*, it ia a laudable carina)- upon if that seeks to know liis genealogy?tbu vaiyp place of bia birth, whether it was a inouu- b}tei tain or a valley, whether in a cottage or of lli % ip a palace?the character of the juvenile lions sport*?Ms I'.rst attempts in iho profes iho r sfoqpl liry?the ail grantee, and sticee*sj* gardi of more adva^r^l years?tin; gp^ddi'.it have t he did and the goad that he aimed to do, Divit and all about him hunt first to last. iug I 'lite U?v. Thomas Ketcben, lite spbjfct he w of this memoir, was a Scotchman by birth 181A apd,education. lie ha^ a beolch accent age. and a Botch physiognomy?P'O'4" ^ ically apd intellectually Bfotch. 1) was say l obvious at the first hearing, {jf not at the tead first sight,) that he was an exotic, impor- we 1 ted character, ^e regret in thia instance, at a af la tiptn/ others, tho wnat of geneajng ble, < leal registers. If sacly gctt^ratiog at K? convey to their successors, in permanent i and i doeumeatr, the icipiisite genealogical and ntetil biographical iaformiitk)#.?flheaiee|vuB awl that their pro.lrce*aor>?we wooUl take a east vncai !v tnorwi!htcreiiscd intereat m that aubj cl l>cinj l]iau we now do, We woulo be illicitae- stud* Ijr interested in tracing the paternal and to en rant months of their theological course, t e have alluded to his licensure. It ap- t ara that this took place before the As- c :into l'resbytery of Edinburgh. Two icrs were licensed at the same time? v mes McCieOch, afterwards settled in the t unly of Dumfries?and a Mr. Terrier {) to was located at Newarthill?the for 1 Ttlied in 1848; llio latter afterwards t lit to America. We liavo b.foro us r tracts from the Associate l'resbytery of r liuburgh, furnished by James Mather, c hrarian of the United 1'resbytorinu i lurch, and from tlreni we are auiliorixcd n say that candidates had in those days s pass through a rigid ordeal before re- t iving license. We are tempted to furn- t i our readers with the antecedents to c ensuie in the Associate Church of Scot- t id as far hack as Ibid, but the extracts c ?uld extend our narrative beyond our c escribed limitt. Being licensed on the v Uli of July, 1815, we notice that the j i st Sabbath afterwards, be was appoint jl irnal families of which wo are doseen- \ vai away back for six, eight, or ten gene- \Y ns, in Ireland or Scotland, and in as- pe ling their occupations and their con- so< ns in society?delighted nt o le time oil the respectability and wcll-ioing ol -Ih i of our ancestors?mortified at other C<J s with the ill doing and ilia-reputable "1 acter of others. We have no infer- in< on with regard to Mr. Kcichcn's an- wc >rs beyond his immediate parents.? exl mas Kulchcn was the oldest child of Kd mretus; there being live sisters and lal other besides himself The brother CI le# in Glasgow, and two of the maiden to rs still occupy the father's old house to lowgate. Oiio of the married sisters cei ;ad. The subject of this memoir was ' isli i iu the little ullage of I lowgate, in ; lie eounly of Midlothian, \0 miles South Ihi <dinbtirgt\, in the motiih of March, wi U, but whether on the 3rd or 8ih ot pr< month it is difficult to decipher from 13 slightly elfaced or obliterated Register tir i pi isms for the Uowgate cession. fd'C I'd Rev. Mr. l>uman, vlic present minis sii ?f llohgate, thinks lli.it '.lie date may eb bo 8th of March. Acot ?"din^ to tiieso pa res, Mr. Ketcbcu wn* CO year?, 0 an ths, and 18 days old at his death.? ca t?pears from the above Regiali s that 'V \(is baptised llie 20ili of the month in l'l ,li he was born, by Mr. lluny an,minis ca it thai tune of llowgate. lie rcceiv- te lis Knglish cducaiion iu his native vil- la \N hen about eleven years of age th crved as a shepherd U>y to a neigh- en ng fanner some two or thieesummers. l'i writer has heard liiin frequently al- fr< i to the numerous little incidents con- ev ed with his pastoral life, and remcy,!- ?ti well the romantic interest Vi'th wb.ich ' fv> subject was M/xvstid by Mr. tseldt ' th iiaiij.ctv.n^ a yd description ol the pas- su I occupation. Al>out th at time he , of Robert Cranston ,4wcre in company hii i alternate day" and formed a friend- <?f which contiiiucil uninteriupted until he death of Mr. Kctchen. To a letter m d Nov. 30, 18.*)5, wiitten by this ion- Ct le man ami a graduate of i he I'liixcr- , mi of Edinburgh, are we indebted for able information, and for a pleasing piony tv t,b? wortR y| oyr d< pattyd th id. The friendship that begun in the ; CI utct South of (Edinburgh between i 'I e teen continued lung after tltey were j ?i rated hy Oceans, and wua nurtured I dt hi epistolary correspondence as long i wi icy lived. When Mr. Ketchcn ww* | Sc eplierd lie at tended H Sabbath school hi Lowgnte, which w. ^ -l^ierin tended hv ^ McKwen, minister of that church.? ?r venerable Cmnaton hears testimony 1,1 is letter to the faithful attention of the , a'* ased to the duties of that school.? | fil near fifteen years of age, lie went j ro' le employ of another farmer as a i ' held. After finishing his engage- ' is in t!':it place, it is probable that he *'H ?cd with his lather in tho tailoring | riess. it is certain that his father was lv ailor and that the son had hy some m acquired a knowledge of the trade. H" supposed that lie was ahotii seven- , " when ho commenced the study of c* Latin language in company with his oV d Robert Crai slon, at a school about ^ inlcs south ol Edinburgh, conducted or Mr. Blair, a stndent of divinity in Ami Burgher Synod, and made such n" ruas in hi* studies that he was pre*. J for College in tJircQ years. hi his l'' ilieth year, he entered the University iiilihurgh, where we suppose he had cu lie facilities fur an extensive and fin ' r i education. i)f his literary course At dinburgh we know nothing, hut that of asdiligeqt i;i h/a atuJic* and secured <)d h>r. Nicul, the professor of Mathe- 11 is, encomium, that lie was " a first lh mathematician." After at-'ending the lo ersily three Sessions, which we supwas equiyolqut, to ihrs'e yeao, he eri- of I the Divinity Hall of the Anti Uurg- l'i >r General Associate Synod, under ''* * essor l'axton, who is well known to theological world ns the author of tin frustrations of the iioiy Script ores," de ro voluities, arid as an eloquent di- (fC Mr. Ketelieu's regard for Idt. lfror almost was uqbouuded. lie was I'T domed <)V?n in old age to quote l'ror fax ton as being among t tie best of pired authornit-s on those subjects >4>I i which his opinion had been ad- c?? ed. The ministers of the First l'res P? ry of thfl Associate lie-formed S\nod din c South, are familiar with these quo hu and with the defence with which gA ?wtne of I?r. I'niton was always re- ' *' i'.<J,b> qiijr, deceased frfeqtj. lie must Di spent xouje or s*x y^ars in thq. A' ity Hall, if the information concern-. *?t| lie University course is correct?for as not licensed until the 19 h of July Gli i, when lie was tweuly nine years ot nn mi ;? uqay a+ Wjelj,idfp.Ah this point to nw hat lie was sometimes occupied >tt a H" iyt q( schyols. The only information I l^av.q is. tqat iiq taught at Ilowgate, '>'< place, lire name of which is not legi- ?' < ) miles distant from Ilowgate, and dir iinburgh, but how long at each place, ry, at what time ? hia life, our ducu cle ? do nU say. The preemption is tbi hj lid hia teaching during the long I*"' i km is in the theological Seminary?it fir I the custom, fr petialW of indigent tin iNtsboth in Scotland and ia his country no iphvy thnir**>tves id this war, in that ' JT?? to preach iu Haddington, which, we ppose, was (lie church of which the eel- j 1 rated John Brown was pro* iously t!ie | stor. lie repaired to the Oikney Ifle, * d it) the course of that year ohtaiiicd a | t II from the congregation of Stronsay.? ! * tore w^s a disposi'ioii on tliu par1 of his ( ebhyU ?v to urge hiy? to accept that I II, hut he declined. I ke mailer wys | 1 for red to the Synod at its meeting in I iilihurgh, the lUthof May, 1810; w hore j e call was again presented to Mr. Keith- ' I w'uh the assurance on the part of his ? rtshy terv, th.'t he should he released i ' itn his charge iu the Orkneys, in the ' cut of the failure of his health, hut he j I ill refused. We have no account of him i I t lite pc\t four years, hut wo presyyie j i at he itinerated through the chinches, M pplving vacancies and tilling the pulpits ! settled ministers. In the meantime, I ' * thoughts were turned in the direction i America, for on the 3i-l of May, 1820, j t 1 obtained an appointed from theSvnod ; I et at KJinhurgh, "to go to Nova Scotia, j < inada, or the States of America." lb-re , t ir ^ot'i>li documents are at ay cud, hut ! i I retneinber ty hare heard hiyy say, that i > i touching at Halifax., ? u his voyage to . < is eowiUy\ he \ya,s invited hy a Scoth j i infill in that town to remain with llieni. ' e tame on, however, to New Yoik, ami ! t s ordained by the 1'resby ttry ot l'lula- s Inhia on (he Gth of December, ld'.'O, < thill some 0 or 7 months after leaving t otiand. The Carolihas were assigned in as his tield of labor?the Associate ' >dy at tin I iino having a number oi o t. * egatious ill'hose Slates. The presump 1 hi is, that he came South immediately ter his ordination. In his journey he called 1 the chtirelics in Virginia, taking Mon- ' e County, the present situation of Kev. 1 (<. McLaughlin in his ivay. There is a 1 ignlar coincidence in the fact that his 1 it lily remains lie in the bury ing grounds ' Knob Creek Church, Clear eland Coun- ' , \orth C;|r,vliyat lho tirsl chinch yf the : vsociate body iijhiii which he lighted, ' id to which I to preached, in Carolina. 1 is .progress was Southward until lie 1 me to iaincaster, where he was settled 1 er the Khilob congregation, in the old 1 'axliaw settlement, about the r ear 1821, ' 1822. ' 1 Shortly after this, ho married. For a 1 imbcr of years he was also the pastyr Neely's Creek coygregatiop lyiiigyn ' e other side of the Catawba river, in . 1 O -I e oomiKTii part ol \ ork District. Lie I r Itivutcd ibis Lancaster field with more | ' lis* succtss until hi* connection with the 1 taociate body was disturbed l>y the act ' the Associate Synod on Slavery, |>aaa- < 1 about 1 "3.1.. or 1,&12, which act made 1 obligatory ujam all the ministers to rid 1 emselves of slavery, either by removing * the Free States, or by requiring the | * lancipation of their slaves on the part j * all slaveholder it) eytpipunion with ' eir church.es in the sl?? e States, lie 1 ving that the Associate Synod had no c riptural authority for thus trammelling r b churches, Mr. Kelchen tendered Ins * cJinatare to (bat Synod, r.nd withdrew !( m the Associate llody. During the 1 nr 1438, several conterences were had 1 him with the member* ol' the First 1 wbytery of the Associate lMorm-d !c nod of the South, w ith a view to a tin- 1 t with that body, and after a frco ex [1 ange 01 sentiment, on both titles, on (lie 1 r int* of coincidence, ai^l the puinu of j '' vsinularity between the Associate Ho- j * ined ami tbo A?*oci?Ue churches, lie I ve in bi* adherence to the First l'reahv I ry at it* meeting :?t Sleci Creek, York trjqt, fx C., on iho Teh of April, 18.14. 1 \ that juncture, Mr. Ketchen rendered r nal service to oijr Charrh, and *a may 9 r to the Associate congregation in York, r icaler, Fairfield, Mecklenburg, Iredell * 1 Lincoln, that were varujed by their 1 nisters, among whom he circulated 1 ?t freely, preaching in their churche# 1 J exhorting lhem from house to houre. cm congregations had their attach- I nts tq tjie Af?-Qci^ churc.lt, and, al* 1 High shut out from its ministry and or- 1 tancee forever by the late act on slave they could not at first see their way r ar to ? union with another l?dy. In ?< a particular difficulty, Mr. ifcetchen hap ned among them irnai opportunely? 1 rametaiices rendering liitn an influen 9 I counsellor, and the result was 'hat < ' srljr all of ilmni, in the course of a few ; v ar*, became reconciled to a change of 11 icclcsiatieal connection*. In view o liese services at that time, lie was regard td as an acquisition to our l'resbylery. Some circumstances having trauspircc vhich led hiin to judge that lie might la ttore useful iu another field, he deuiittet lis charge at Shiloli on the 29lh of May 1839?6 years after his connection witl he Associate Reformed Church. In t:n text five years he performed much itine ant labor. Finally he was called to s ongregalion in Winnsboro, fornieriy tin (ef ttie ministry of the Rev. Mr. Lyles, ai ible but unfortunate minister, and w as in tailed there in the Spring of 18J-1. li he mean lime he was not without domes ic affliction. Jicfurc removing from Lan aster to Fail field, he lost Ins wife bj lentil, leaving liim with the charge of si liihlreu. This vacuum in the family cir le was supplied in time by a marring* villi an estimable lady of Winnsboro, win iow mourns tho loss of that allectionali Disband. lie coat tutted bis ministry with tin V\ iuusboro people eight veins, at the < x liratioo of w hich time he resigned hi: barge, April, 1832, and reiumed t< Jleavcland County, Norlli Carolina vheie ho divided his lime with Kind .. li,.'-. : -i :-< i ? llliu. ( III lite || mod of h.s residence, and the vacnneic \rooud hitu iu tAt-rv direction wherein abors were de*iied. " Ai the September meeting of his I'res ytery, 1855, the idea was liapptly con :eived hy a lay member to assign to ilii unci able man an ap| ointment to vi-it at die churches, to preach on the subject u liberality in general, unci especially mitiis lerinl support. '1 he motion was unan: inously an J cordially responded to, am the appointment Wiu giwu. l?ut hi wtnk was dune. On the 20ih ? r Sept. .'0 days after tlie meeting of the I'ms l.ytc V, he died in his own house, after a slmr linos. " Literally he died in harness, tv .o was engaged in composing a serinoi n the widow casting her mile into th reastiry, when ho was smitten with th milady thai carried him away, lie wa lorely wrought from Saturday moiuiuj mill Monday, when he enjoyed a digb niiigalion^and vya.su i? a little v.i Tuesihi vad vat it) Ids study. On \\ eduesdn morning 'JOili of Sept., he grew wr*oaiv iuttered much until about i->or, when h lied." lie bad been foity years m ill uinslry. We think we may safely say of the dc teased that lie was an indefatigable mill ster of the gospel. Of long rides am lard preaching lie never complained.? i'erhaps no titan whoso life wa? not pre e-setlly and incessantly itinerant, Iras pel orined so much hard,aud, we would sat inrewaided service, so lar a* pecuniar toinpensatiou is coiicerned. Keen up t tear three score and ten, lie was accu* omed to go out in fatiguing journey tmong the churches. A number of year igo the writer had taken lodgings in th liouse of a friend on Saturday night nea i vacant chinch w here lie had an appoint incnl to preach next day. Lite in th niglil Mr. Ketclieu dropped in, apolng /.in; for his intrusion upon the family hi tha ate licur, by saving tliat lie bad inn do i ate start to cotue 23 or 30 miles am lint lie must lie at a vacant clmrcli sunt L$ or 20 miles farther en to preach 01 o-iuorrow at an early liour. Long Ikj ore Jay next morning, lie was up am ;uiie on liia mission, lie lias la-en know i o preach after travelling some 23 or 31 niles on the morning of the same day.? In our American churches, long tides ven on the Sal-hath, are necessary t< net-t engagements hut it ocqu^s lo u hat uiitiistets may err in this mailer, In objecting themselves through their injn Jicmus arrangements to journeys of an e\ .-eedingly questionable propriety. A! igrce in awarding to Mr. Ketchen clnis iaii politeness and courtesy. No mai ould he more tender or considerate ii efercnce to the feelings of others. II vas not one of those torp< do* lliat shoe! -very oii? who comes in contact will Item. He was not repqjsiiQ n> his man ler.s, nor. sarcastic in his conversation.? t hough lie was not w hat th<; world w<,al< all the polished, fashionable gentleman hough lie wras a stranger to l'aiisii;n eli pieite, ami 'o tiie artificial forms am ulesof the more fastidious circles, as mia Mgrs may v.gry well aifoid to be, yet h .. i.:.. i ' Af ia >?? kiiiu, miaoie, eiuertaiii'tig ns a com >anion, and a model of genuine, christia lolitenfw. In Mature, lto wm below, the median eight, p >s*es*uig n stoutly built, but no urputeiil frame. lie lias adapt'-d con lilutionally nnd by lutbit to the endn a nee of hardships.-?hif. complexion wn latk? his eyts were smjll, but keen him 'Xpresniv*. As to hi* looms of study am nudes of preparation for preaching, \vi ire not Acquainted. Wo here gi\o ?aj o a brother minister who visited tin louse of Mr. Ivctilien immediately afte its death : " I have just been surveying he library, and ransacking the tpanu ciiplft of (hi* deceased father. ilis libra y is well supplied witli standard thcolog cal woik?, surli a* Williaon, KomIoii <?w|?n, Ac. And judging from tin lumber and character of his manuscripts re com hid* ho has made use of hi >ook? and j?en. \V? hav? changed oui iewrs in regard to our deceased fuend'i node of preaching. We thought he re f lied mainly on liis extemporaneous ad- i . dtess in lus pulpit exercises, but now we I believe lie rarely preached without tlior1 nujjh written preparution. We attcinpl i ed to make a careful reckonu g of tin; .(| 1 ' number of his tinialied sermons, but failed , j , j fur * ant of lime. Tliey amount to many j . i1 hundreds, and some are in a form whieli 1 .j l- excel anything wo ever saw of the kind, 1 i' tor neatness and durability. They are 1 . i! carefully written out m a strong leather i : bound hoik, with an index and title,show- j ' i I ing the places and occasions where the i - i author preached each discourse in the vol- , : . ili lie was a well inioiincd theologian. As ; . to doetritial kuowic.rge, perhaps In. had y| f no superior among Ins hicthrcii. It was j y t certain I e had no eipial in his recollection j and ficipicnl u-o ol s.-rpltire in his ser- a( mons and prayers. II;.-. stylo was ter- |tl ] taiiily diffuse and circumlocutory, Irs set - j |(| ; j mons may ha?e heen loo prolix lor :> lash- i ... j ionnble modern audience, hut they were , ?! not those j'jutie productions, those ll uisy [ ! moral vasa\s, those supcti. lal exliihiiiotis, n ot doc!line, those labored attempts to be ! . > j tine and bcauiilul at the oxp? use ol svs- |, . | tent and t: alter,which please ilchi..guais. i .,j a | 1 hey were textual, sometimes critically so, j >| olten profound and always orthodox.? ], s His remaiks and ?ddies>es in our judiea- ,, s . tor.es were sometimes aiiainhlilo in eonsej ?piet:ee ot a low conversational folic whieli I - i he assumed upon those occasions, but his J -I voice when elevated in the i.ii. 1. ....i.i..? I s ! speaking under the influence of exeitv- | ! j incut, wai* distinctly audible to thy xeigc I j, d I of tlie greatest assemblies. | >- Wo aru not aiotie in the opinion tint s, : Mr. Keicbcn's turlc xxas at tins head of il | tin' contmui.ioii tabic, where lie seem- S| * j ed to lay out his whole power and some- j ,, ., limes to exceed himself. As the hero' |j !* stood by the Sairainental vessels and cle- I w t merits, with one foot lifted occasionally r vine six inches from the floor, at onetime j >?, n thumping veiiemently upon the table, or |, e on the head o! a chair <>r pe.V that may ;,i e happen to be near him, at another reced d s ing from his proper position amoral feet 01 it j and then advancing, or, perhaps, walking t to the light and le't, pcrf-Tining a nuiii- <j \ j her of gestures?it was wonderful to see t, \ | the power with which ho expiated upon a j u d Saviour's love, to witness the tlueney and v. e ! animated declamation with which his culm kindled inirtd discharged itself upon the [ cominunieants seated at the table before J i-1 him iitnl upon n delighted audience. A> ( - we looked upon that bowed little stature | Ij i lined with animation above its ijsual ' t\ -I height, when we heard that sharp shrill { i- j voice swell out into greater compos and at ! il - i times rise into most delightful intonation* * ', ' ?when we saw that countenance kindled x up with expics.sivciK'Ss and hoe to Christ, | n I and him ciucifled, togetl.oi w ith his prom- | l> i- ises were portrayed to his people?we j, s : were ti inpted to think thai whalevi r .be it s 1 Lord's table ai d the .sacramental occ ision el ii) ay have been t otbera under hi* minis p r j tra'ion ? they were to him a llelhel, the L bouse of (jiod and the gate ol Heaven. n THE PRICE^F"SUCCES3. | [ t j lilbnt is the piite. of success in (very j ,, i, i department ot human action, l rom the j Htlaiiiine .1 of rudimeutal knowlcd.e to | t. the salvation of the soul, every ship in oui i, piogiess is tyi'de l>y uud"unted toil. The j ! ) boy diones oxer bis book, a slave to list- I | , less laziness, thereby securing for hiiuscl j ii | a place at the tool ol soeietv. Tlie Che s- I ) (inn who.hke Timorous and MhtnM, tiei-s j . | at the v?in? of lion*, is undone. The man ,t | wlmshri. ks from difficulty in his , , or [<r? fetfeion, who leftMc* to climb Ik: 1 s I cause the lot-k is sharp and ilio way Moop, p y ; mu>t make tip Ids maid. to rjtu.; hark nipl \ ^ i to lie ill the shadows below, while Others j t| . j use hiii) us a stepping stone to iheir own ^ | | rising. For this, such is the constitution >. oi society, thole is no help. Tlu px*t j rt , wrote truly w ho said? o . "Thou must eiiher soar or^toop, Fall or nitimph, stair I or droop; ( j . Thou nrist either wivr or (govern s Must be slave or must lie sovereign ; fa I Must, in lino, he Mock or wedge, ' H{ V.jfi he anvil or he sledge.'' To shako utf an indu.v'Ul spirit, or stir j one's self to excilion, to r.iach constantly upjgirda, to snuggle f >r a ti/nv foothold . y . on the most slippery places, t> wreslh* | j manfully, even when principalities :i??d i . powers are cur foes, to refuse submission el tc any evils however frowning, are condi. lions wo must either fulfil, or sink to lit- c. ? j t!?ne*s?perchance to ruin. herefore, with a brave heart and u neon < pier Able j w !, spirit, every man.should ndjlross himself ; ,, to die work of the day; striving with pure | views and religious truths for an increase . of hi* talent, and lor a victotg,, which will ? cnablo him to stand uiibashed fn the last I I day. H* who thus strive* need f.-nr no j I | failure. Hi* triumph, though delayed for u: a time, slut 11 come at lust. Tin- Albany Arf/tts s ays that a man i* constantly engaged in that city in buying I v" up frog* for the \? w York mark"!, where 01 ' they command a high price. It it said j . that the consumption of |hi* Article i? not 1 alone confined to the trench, but i* Also indulged in to n considerable extent by ' ht ' American*. ? We notice i 1 one of our exchAngr* fho ' nrArriage of J, 11 Strange and- lili/.abgth 1 t! r | StrAnge. Mather Strange to be Miro, but 1 wo reckon the next event will bo a little i h *1 Stranger. rj GOING A SHOPPING. ]>i<l you ever go a shopping? I sttp) ? not. Gentlemen have no genius tor topping. Tlicy arc not crjual to it. Na ire lias left tlieir faculties imperfect in lat particular. They can write books k1 make speeches, and all that sort ot >it but tliey are not up to shopping, takes the ladies for that. Men go to a ore ami select what they want and buy Huttliat is not shopping?that renires no genius. Men pretend they don't like lo goshopng with the ladies. I wonder who ev a?ke?l them ? What lady would have toil an encumbrance on such occasions t |fii are well enough in their places,? oung gentlemen are convenient to take < to concerts,and so j us home from church, ;>d bring us botupicts and tnu-ic; and nshund.s ire uselul, I suppose, to pav ills, Arc., but for shopping excursions they re iptile out of pkico. 1>?? not understand lite to insinuate that have anv distinguished ability that way. ml at all?I only speak for my sex. In iet, I acknowledge that 1 am regarded v na I.ulv acipiaiutances as a poor hand t it. Hut my friend Sallie Z. is a model lopper. 1 au\ taking lessons of her, and npe to be perfected by the time I am tallied. A few days since she incited ic with In r. " 1 will look at the new style silks," said lC. " Why, do you waut n dress said I. 41 Ueally," said Saliie, "if it were not n polite, I should say you were a verdant, don't want a dress?l?ut there's no renin 1 shouldn't see the materials." So Saliie and 1 sallied out. The first ore we entered, she asked whether the iireliant had received his spring goods, la said he had, and iiujuired what she ullld like iO set*. * Show me your tit ess poods," said she, -tte'h as barege red.es ami lawn robes, alidsoiue striped and plaid silks; btocadcml changeable silks are i.ot much worn .i> spring, but I'll look at your solid coirs." The met chant soon had bit counter ircad with goods. She examined and >sed the piece's about, making vaiiotis gly creases in them to see whellier they otild come out again by rubbing. ' VYliat sty l? is worn said Sid lie. " Well, we sell probably more plaids ml stiipes than any other.' ' Ilaveyou any will the clieiuc stripes?" '* Oh, yes, soiiio very line," and a \arie id pieces were prudtK'cd. 44 Wi'ii, I ean\ ?ay, after nil, that I like .e ( licinc sliipc; it looks like tl.ft olel y le revived. 1 prcfiy the plaids; the i. en is very pretty." . . Saliiu Inad it in various lights, tubing and (leasing it. 44 Well, it don't ( im' iiiueli," said slie, * i wonder w helhw i:I cut ?" 44 Xo, it is boiled silk, and we find the lanis and stupes usually wear well." 41 Your silks are ipiite pretty, and you irty cut tne off samples," continued Saliie. In* the merchant was forced to do, tho' iili rather a had grace, as most of his o s were in patterns, und he feared oiling the piece. " Will you be kind enough to give tne mi pies of the soiid'colots I" 'Jhcse wcio also furnished. ' This plaid, you say, is one dollar lirty seven cents. 1> that the lowest!" ' Y J.*, we can't take les?." " How many yards ill the pattern ?" " l' -mrteen." 44 I'd rather hare eighteen ; perhaps I dj.t conclude to have flounces. Well, il take the samples and show my moth, and then make up my mind. lLtv.eyoii ny Coate's cotton < (Jive me a spool, .. 33." This was handed her; she paid live Ms, and we left. 1 looked at my watch, t o had been there exactly a full hour. " What a cheat' 1 can buy these spools r four cents," said S^llie, when we were ii ly on*. *'itnd besides, we forgot theii in w l?." S.? wo went to another si ire. 44 Have you any Stella Shawls?'' 44 Yes, some beautiful ones just opened, Mould you s?e the hroclie borders, or the rinte<l ?" 44 fcoth." . 44 Any particular colors ?" 44 No ; I'll look si all of them," said a I lie. I *? iKlrnn o .1-swo A...-1I*! - - 1 44 ......v... (|iinnt:<'S mm j>HUtrns, ore accordingly produced. " What i* th?? price of liii* tjrr?eii coitro roclie Under ?" tixj'tired Sallie. " We can a fiord that at nine dollar*? ?in a etyle sold for fifteen two month* go. Some printed borders wa call J>ul I four dollar* and liliy c?-ntH." ' No, 1 prefer bro. he; but can't you ikd leas!" 1 saw a twinkle in,t'?G inereUnittV hi< h made me think ho knew ahe was nly shopping. " Now," naid ho, "if you won't mention , I'll let you have it for six." 8a!lie looked surprised. She knew that yU of article wiu telling at nine, "Six dollar*?is that yqur IpywQst V " Will, to oblige you, I'll fake four."* "After a pause. "Then j 011 think int four dollar* i.* vonr lowest !" "Ahem! W o have a Urge lot ok and, n?d I want to di*po?e of it.em. l't IV two dollar* and fifty cent* !" Still longer pause. " Are you sure that it is a lirst late piece of goods f" " I'll warrant it to be all sik and wool." My friend was caught. Turning to ire she whispered, " I do wish I had brought some money!" and then, addressing the merchant, she said, " I'll call again." 1 never was so glad to get out of a storo before, lor the clerks had gathered aiound us, seeming to understand the joke, but Sallie went home, got the money, and insisted on my returning with her to the stole lor the shawl. The irndei raid he was sorry, \cry?hut the shawl lmd just been sold. And so was S.dlie, too, 1 thought. Wo went shopping uo more that afternoon. BATHING IN THE HI VEL. J OB. DEN The liver Jordan is annually visited by I great muuU'is of pilgrims lie in all puts o! the world, who are elcsirous ot bathing [ their bodies in its sacred waters. An EnI gu-h ttave!ei,iu a recently published work ou Syria and the Sjrians, gives liie SolI lowing description ol the seenu upon the ' batiks of the river during the tiine\>f the I yearly pilgrimage t | "llere we saw the pilgrims had arrivoil, and were bathing pell mull. The sight was now lar mule exciting tliau ever ; hundreds ol pilgrims, men, women j and ch'ldicii, dressed ill long w hile gou us I were being .iiiuiersed in the river. This I while gown is altei Walds reserved by llielii ( as heir death shroud. Ou gaining the waters edge a Mioug man rtccivcd itie pco i pie and dashed them under the water two ! ur thice times, till ilie j our ciealuies wero pike suH'ocaied ; but not con tent with j those three dips wiiii. li nip gem-rally alter i tins number of the Trinity, the pilgrim j seeks again to clip hiimclfin the w a lev.? I lliey cl'ppccl themselves and rubbed I ilieius- Ives, as if they were enjoying a |i rclasle tit l'nradteCa JScine who colt'd j swan were Hunting uti the anient, o;lurs | holding by some. t>usIt. I stood eiiiruncj ed ; the \ucilela liotlS, the l abel ul langUllI g<*s, and pell uicil bcene, was one of I the most exciting of nature. On coining ! out ut the water, the pilgrims cungruiulu: loci each other with these Words?"An acceptable dip!" "May it io blest to I y?>uv" which means May Ciud accept your . I pilgrimage, and wath away your sins.-? | Ohl ami young, men utnl wcincu, clergy ) ai.d laity, rushed into the water, sti.d but* [ Icied with the rolling element." j EFFECT OF ELECTRICITY ON KEGd-OLS. Mkssiis. Kditous.? 1 hiring the thutuh-r ! storm of last Saturday, n trivial ielated the ! following. A gentle man residing a few miles ou? of town recently carjied lmiiie a nnall electrical machine for making some ex per! iiuchts. As soon as he got tioine, the negroes as usual docked atound 1ijiuv eager I to see what master had got. There was j a boy among these darkies that hud evinc-. ed a strung disposition to ' move tilings I when they wanted moving.' Nnw Jack,' cays his master, 'look how-, this machine t& to make people tea the I tiuth, and if you hate stolen anything,_or bed to me, it will knock you down.* j 'Why master,'says the boy, 41 never lieJ I or stole anything 111 my life.' 1 4 W..II i,.L ? I...1.1 ,,f 1 tiiw 4' uiul no cnniu or had the lad received a slight slun k ' than lie fell on lii.s knees and hawled out; ! 'Uh, master ! 1 did bteal your cigars,and a little knife, and 1 liavc lied ever so many | times : please to forgive me.* lite same exjieniiiciH was tried with like success on half a dozetj juveniles. At I last an old negro who had beau le.uki.ig i on very attentively, stepped up. ' Master says he, ' let dis nigger try. j Pat ar iiiasheen is well enutf to st are do ; children vvid, but this nigger knows bctter.' , The tnaohine was then fully charged, land he r<eeiv<al. a. stunning snock. lie ; looked first nt hit hand, then at the tun| chine, and at last rolling Ins eyes up, 'ttiM! ter,' said lie. * it ninl heat to know too. J mtieli. Pars many a soul gits to l>e dmnr.i ed by know in' too much and it's my *pin? ion dot do tlehil made that inasheen jest I to ketch your soul a foul sotcehthv, and 1' i reckon you had best jest take and burn it up and have it done gone.* ? WETIING BRICKS. | It is important that every one engaged in bu.ldinir should he well informed in ru I yard lo the durability ol materials. V ei y few people, or even builders, are aware of i the advantages of wetting l-lick* before . laying them, or if they are aware of it, do not practice it. A wall twelve inches thick, built of good uiortar, w ith bricks well soaked, i* stronger, in every rfepect, than one sixfecti inches thiok built dry.? I ho rwikttn for litis ii>, that if the bricks arc but urate,I with water they will not ah. struct from die moitarthe moisture which, * I is neooasary to it? crystallization, out, on ! the contrary, wilt unite chemically with the tnortHr, and l?ecomc solid as a rock. On the other hand, it the bricks are put up dry, they immediately take the rrois ture from tne inor'ar, lra? ing it tq<* dry to I harden, and the conreipu-ni e is, that w lien, a budding of this dusciiption is taken* down, or tumbles down ol its own accord, the mortar from i? is.hkc so ijirch sand.