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resident 12 months, having paid taxes, for Members of the House of Commons. In South Carolina, every free white citizen, having resided two years in the State, with a freehold of^fty acres, or Town lot possessed for six months; or not having such freehold, or lot, a residence of six months in the election district where he offers to vote, and the payment of a tax within the year of three shillings sterli gtowards the support of the State Government. In Georgia, all citizens and inhabitants, who. have paid the faxes required of them and resided six mqnths where they vote. In Louisiana, every free white male citizen, residing therein one year, having paid a tax being a freeholder. T ti li or, ncifv nil wliitn mnlft nti. Ill AVVIIVilWlt^} ?? ? ^v zens, two years in the State, and one in the county where they vote. In Oiito. every white male inhabitant, one year therein, and having paid a State or County tax. In T ennossee, every freeman, or inhabitant of the State, if a freeholder, may vote in the county where the freehold lies, without being a resident thereof?if not possessed of a freehold, he must have resided six months where he offefs to vote. In Mississippi, every free white male person one year in the .State, and six months in the County, serving in the militia or paying a tax. In Illinois, white male inhabitants, six months in the State. In Missourri, all free white male citizens one year in the State and three months in the county. In Alabama, every white male oflawful age, having resided one year in the State, and three months in the eonnty. r i ? i?i*. ? . in mniana, ail wnue male citizens one year in the State. In New York, every male citizen of the nge of 11 years, one year in the State, 1 and six months in the town or county < where he oifers to vote, having paid a i tat within the year, or legally served as a I militiaman or fireman?or laboured upon ! the public highways, &c. . i In Maine, every freeman having his | residence established three months before ( the election, Students, Paupers, <Vc. ex- * cepted. , i In V irginia, fifty acres of unimproved | land in the County, or twenty-five acres j of land with a house upon it, held for life, or in fee simple, qualifies a man' to vote in the county where the land lies?provi- c ded said land has been owned by him six 1 months before the election, or has descend F cd to him, or come by marriage or gift. 1 An improved lot in any corporate Town, t with a dwelling house, ol a certain size t thereon. A person ow ning land as above, r in different Counties, may vote in each t county lor delegated, but can only vote j for a Senator, or for a Member of Con- | gress, in the same district. s In every case voters are required to he ^ citizens of the United Slates, by birth^or by naturalization. r From the Philadelphia Nat. Gazette. I" We have been favored by the Cashier ^ of the Gimrd Bank with the following ^ extract of a letter recieved by him from George G. Hall. Esq. Cashier of the ) Commercial Bank of New Orleans, dated n the loth inst., which explains the mode a in which the certificates of deposite were ! ^ obtained that have been the means bv which the iate extensive frauds have been committed. ^ "I wrote to you on the 12th ifist. ad- <; vising you that I had no knowledge of ^ what you referred to in relation to Mr. ( Draper. I find that imposition has also ; been attempted on the Rank of America. , New York. Two certificates of Deposit of j this Bank, issued to a Mr. Robert D. Mac- j key for sm II sums were presented to us | y; s'.erday and this morning, for payment, < altered in a very ingenious manner to thirteen thousand dollar* each one of * which had been negociated to the Commercial Bank of Kentucky,Louisville. An * extensive and singular hold system of * t fraud has been perpetrated, and I trust , your Bank will not have been the victem i ( of it. Our police is at work, and we | have offered a considerable reward for the ! { detection of the culpable parties, but I j , fear no good is to he done here now, ; but I am not without hopes that something may have turned up to excite sus- i pinion in the minds of Mr. Thompson, or yourself, and that the further progress of J this infamous scheme wifi have been ar- ? rested." . t [From Athens Banner of 23 1 insL] | * ATROCIOUS MURDER j ' The following letter which wasrecieved , by the Post Master at this place a few ! | days since, details one of the most cold ' i blooded murders which has ever been perpetrated in Georgia.We present it un- j der the belief that tlie account may be re- ; lied upon as correct; only remarking that j the name of the murdered man is supposed not to lie Hammond, as stated inltlie letter. 1 hut Mr. John Tuurmond, .a citizen of this j neighbourhood. C'entkkville, Talbot county, Geo. ) April 15, 1341. \ Dear Sir?There was found on yesterday morning about one mile from Gordon's Ferry, on Flint River, near the residence of Mr. Corlev, a man who was murdered evidently with a hand hatchet, by being struck three blows on the head, and then having his throat rut on the left I side with a knife. The circumstances arethese, as nearascanbe ascertained: there were two men traveling together, whose names are Hammond, which is the name of the murdered man, and the other who seems to be a New-Yorker, j ttiie is, by nppoaranco, and says bis name , is Burtlet \V Murdoch; be is now under ar BMMgaHgBEMBKBPgyprL' mmMuummmmmcrrrm - i * " 1 ? ? rest with strong suspicions of being the perpetrator of the dead. He says that he came from your town, and fell in with this man. Hamrnod had a gray horse; and Murdock was traveling in an open top buggy, and drove a bay horse. I think Murdock is a fuirskined man with lights very light hair, and about 23 or J54 years j of age. The man murdered, seems to bo about 35 years old, heavy beard and! dark hair, would weigh perhaps 165 or < 170 11>?. Itf-euns the two men were! travellmgjtogether, and stopped at a house j and got their supper evening before last, ! and bought corn and fodder for their horses. Hammond proposed to Murdock to stay all night, hut Murdock refused and j ?i - _ it _ a.i i I sain inev wguiu go to i amotion inai night which was 14 to 15 mites; but they did not go more than a mile before they camped within fifty yards of Mr. Corley's house. M unlock went to * the house to get a piggin and some water, with the promise to return it in the morning.? About daylight he was seen to start from ! the camp without bringmg the pail hack. J The lady then went out to tne camp to ! look for the pail, found it. and found blood j on it. She saw where something had been dragged off; thinking they had ' killed a pic, followed the sign, and in fifteen steps of the Spot, found a small mound be.hind a log?she soon gave no1 n ~ v ticc (her husband having been a cripple for the last 12 or 14 years and unable to walk) to a near neighbor who came to the siT?t nnrt nn rpmnvinir th*? dirt found it was * ? v,"v ?. - ~ a man. There being but t*o at the camp Murdock was immediately pursued and arrested bv an officer and upon search and examination, there was found blood upon his buggy. On opening his trunk | there was found the hatchet with the eve ! Drit all bloody, and the blade, the insfru. ment with which he dug the grave, perfec'lv covered wi h c'ay, (the grave was a. hout 5 fee tiong 1 deep and Is* inches wide) ivhich answered to the clav on tho grave, :hr gaps in the axe fitted the bruised places >f the carf of the bush cut near the grave, rhere was found in his trunk the pants le wore at the house where he ate supper, >art of the straps were cut off, evidently o hide the blood, but they were bloody ?there was found blood on bis shirt and :oat, blood on his socks, which had l>een vashed. There was found on iMurdock's >erson a bowie knife engraved on the landle J. J. H. I have thus given you he particlars asl learned th' inon the spot rr.m tho If m?iv Kr? tlinf IT Tin. nond may have some friends in your own or county. If so, give them some nformation as soon as you can.' As to Uartlet VV. Murdoch, (as his papers ihows him to he of that nami \ there can >e but little doubt of his guilt. If he has iny friends they ought to know it. If nay be, the horse and carriage he las, and which he claims, may not ho his >ut belong to some of your citizens. He ladwith him in the buggy some tools , or a Mr. Kpowlton, perhaps formerl v of rour town. If you have any knowledge if the above persons, let them know as soon isyou can. Dircctyo ir letter to Talbot!o i, ralbot county, Ga. Yours (fee. CcURLES A.BROWN. Oua Countuy.?The striking specacle, so recently presented in the United Slates, of a whole nation mingling- it* n>ir>! nver thr? irravn nl n I v 1 v 15 4 v 1 ' lent, and acquiesing. as with one voice, n the operation of the constitutional provision tor filling th^ vacancy thus created n the highest office in the Republic; is ustlv regarded as one of the strongest jossible proofs of the value and stability of j uir political institutions. The Canadaj rimes has the following remarks on the subject: The late President of the United States.?The unexpected demise of 'ieneral Harrison hns drawn from all par. ' ies and from all classes, in the United j States, fervent tributes of respect to his memory. All the American journals, of whatever shade of party politics, admit .he honor, the dovoted patriotism, and the sterling integrity which marked his charicter. That much of public virtue has departed .vith General Harrison cannot he denied, rhat much is left behind, for the honor md safety of the American Union, we irmly believe. The political combat, which resulted in :he election of General Harrison, was as strenuously fought as was the memorable conflict between the elder Adams and Jefferson, Throe millions of men rccor. Jed their suffrages?yet there was neither j riot nor sacrifice of human life ; and when j the result was made known, the unsuccessful party in the contest?a party hardly less numerous and powerful than their antagonissts?fell hack tranquilly upon their various avocations in life, and returned peaceably to the performance of ilieir duties, as citizens and as subjects. That a struggle of this decsrintion should he so conducted, and so terminated, isalike honorable to American character and American institutions. It aiigors favora-! blv for the permanence of their present j form of Government. 1 I 3/cLeod in New York.?ilfcLeod ! arrived here last night or this morning from Lockport in the custody of the Sheriff of Niagara County. He has been brought here on a writ of habeas corpvs, issued hv the Supreme Court, which com. i- .? ? .1 mencea lerm in tms cuv tnis morning. We understand that nothing furt!)er will be done in the case until Thursday, next, when an application will be made to the Court to discharge McLeod from custody. Mr. Joshua A. Spencer, Attorney tor the United Elates,Northern District, and Mr. 1 i Gardiner, of Buffalo, are engaged as counsel for McLeod ; and Mr. Hall, the Attorney General of this State, nnd Mr. Wood, District Att. rney at Lockport, will act as counsel on the part of the People.?y. Y. Jour. Com. May 3d, L Sugar.?By a document concerning the cultivation of sugar, transmitted by the Legislature el.' Louisiana to Congress, it appears there are 525 sugar estates in that State, employing 40,000 hands and 10.000 horses; and that the average crop is equal to 70.000 hogshead of 1,000 lbs., or 70,000,000 lbs, sugar and 350,000 galIons molasses ; the average value of sugar is six cents per pound, and molasses 20 cents per gallon. n j v 1 D ank or lamukjf.? i ue annual raee ting of the Stockholders of this Bank, was' held on Monday last, when the propriety of accepting the late act of the Legislature to provide against the suspension of specie payments, was again consideYed, and finally rejected by a veiy largo vpte. The following named gentlemen were elec t ;d Directors, fo. the ensuing yea?. W. McVVillik, Paul F. Vilip<Jur, VV. D. JJcDowall. John Workman. W. E. Johnson, Thomas Lang, and Hayman Lkvy. The last three are new. Di-j rectors. ' . c Camden. Journal Frauds in Flour.?Several of our Merchants have mentioned the fact to us, that frauds to a considerable extent are practiced in the article offlour. A largo quantity of the'flour brought from the up country to th:is market is found to weigh from eight to fifteen pounds less to the bar rel than the legal weight. Here, where the nutans of weighing are at hand, these attempts at fraud are easily detected ; but in the country, where considerable quantities of fl >ur is sold from the wagons, , great in positions, no doubt are practiced. Millers in the up country, who send much flour to marker with their brand ?u,. 1, I'? nnj n>lin Uroirn (a mmn. lipid llic U'll II I .1 aim IT Hi' ui uiiw iu maintain a reputation, should look well, to the packing. ' Within the last week a case has been- < brought to our police, and the name of the miller also furbished, but we forbear giving it publicity at present, with the , hope that we shall hear of no' more such _j eases.?Ibid. , Correspondence ot the Charleston Cour- 1 ier. 1 1 Washington, May 1. | There was a slight commotion among j the office seekers, to-day, occasioned by a ] few removals in the general Post Office. They thought their millenium had at last come, and that each one of them was immediately to be put in possession of one or J two thousand a year. Bat it proved to be a false alarm. Mr. Webster has left the cify on a visit to Boston. I" is said thar Mr. Tvler is determined to set an example of republican simpltui- < ty of manners and mode of life, in the ^ Executive mansion. The household | matters are to be regulated with unusual 1 attention to economy and plainness. All the foreign servants, and especially all the French cooks, have been discharged, and the President invites his friends to a 11 plain Virginia dinner?bacon and greens, &o. No new estimates are to be sent to ' the House of Representatives for u gorg- 1 eous palace furniture," " gilt spoons/' and | other abominations, the exposures cf; which in Mr. Ogle's speech, helped to ov< rthrow the late administration. j The Secretary of the Treasury has prepared a plan for a national bank, which he intends to lay before Congress in his i report, at the commencement of the com- < ie encement of the corning session. Injj its main features it will resemble the late ^ bank, but will he surrounded with such checks, guards, and restrictions, as ex- ( perience has indicated as useful or neces- i sary. He will propose a capital of thirty five millions.- He has not determined, it is said upon the locality of the motherbank. 5 Correspondence of the Journal of Com- ' nierce. London, April 3,1341. I Captain Taylor of Now York, has just j had awafded to hiin the sum of $ 3000 ^ sterling, hy the Germanic Diet, for his discoveries in electro-magnetism, where- I by he proposes to supersede steam cn railroads, and for propelling machinery. This < gentleman, some months back, exhibited | a very beautiful model of this, electromagnetic engine at the Oloseum here, j which drew forth the approbation and astonishment of men of the nighest practi- ( cal knowledge and scientific attainments. t On that occasion, the engine was devoted, to the turning of a lathe, and most admirably did it perform its functions. The < inventor has now constructing a machine ( of considerable power, which he expects ^ to be enabled to get ready for service within the present year. So sanguine is 1 the Captain, that he emphatically de- t clares he docs not intend to return to A- 1 merica until he can go hack by lightening ! Hut this is not the only wonder which Captain Taylor has been exhibiting to 1 he astounded gaze of the natives of Coekneyshire, for he has a patent for steaming wood, and then, when in a soft st.ite, slicing it like soap, and forming the same forthwith into shingles, staves, garden paling, dr.c. &c. Jle has fitted up ( seme extensive premises for this purpose, '' and also for making casks by machinery, ' and to such perfection has he brought the latter, that his lady visitors can manufacture a cask in less than five minutes, with- * out soiling their gloves. At the present I moment the worthy Captain is all the j rage iri town, and he is also, as might be < imagined playing the very deuce among j the coopers in England. l Two clerks in ISew Orleans Banks, af- * ter taking possession oflargc amounts of 1 money abscoiided." |i CnERAVV GAZETTE. WEDNESDAY, May 12. TO THE CITIZENS. TIHE Town Council of the Town of Cheraw, would add to the recommendation of the President of the United Sfitee, their respectful request, that Friday the 14th inst. bo devoted by their follow citizens of the Town to a religious improvement of the bereavement which the country has suffered in the death *f President. Harrison. Thnv hope the citizens generally will concur in the propriety ol a cessation from ordinary secular business during the day, nml an attendance at such place or places as may be open for religious services. By order of Council, J. W. BLAKENEY Intendant. F, Lono, Clerk. TO THE PEOPLE OF TIIE UNITED STATES. a recommendation. When a Christian People feci themselves to he overtaken by a great public calamity, it becomes them to humble themselves under the dispensation of Divine Providence; to recognise His 1 & j rig'iteous government of the children of | men, to acknowledge His goodness in i ... a . ii il: I lime pasr, as wen as ineir own unwonnirtcss, and to supplicate His merciful protection for the future. # The death of William Henry Harrison, late President of the United States, so soon after his elevation to that high office, is a bereavement peculiarly calculated to be regarded as a heavy affliction, and to impress all minds with the uncertainty of human things, and of the dependence of Nations, as well as of individuals, upon our Heavenly Parent. I have thought, therefore, that I should be: acting in conformity with the general expectation and feelings of the community in recommending, as I now do, to the People of tie United States, of every religious denomination, that, according to their several modes and forms of worship, they observe a day ofFastingand Prayer, by such religious services as may be suitable on the occasion; and I recommend Friday the fourteenth day of May next, for that purpose; to the end that, on that day, we m's.y all, with one accord, join in humble anc reverential approach to Him, in whose hinds,we are, invoking Him to inspire us with a proper spirit and temper of heart arid mind under these frowns of His Proviccnce^ and still to bestow His ep"?ic'ous bsnedictiona upon our Government and our country. JOHN TYLER. Washington, Anrtl 13,1 841. r?? Services may be expected in both the Presbyterian and Methodist Churches, on Friday morning next at the usual hour. M A." ?hall have a place next week. Distribution of the Scriptures.? We Copy in the subsequent columns ports of the proceedings of the Bible Convcniicn held in Columbia last winter, and the address of a committee appointed by the Convention, to which we iuvite attention. We are authorized by the Committee for Chesterfield District to an. flounce a meeting" on the subject to be iield in the Town Hail at 3 o'clock in the lfi ernoon of Saturday next. The object of the meeting is to devise means of^up[dying Chesterfield District, including :he Town if G'heraw, with the Scriptures. :Vll persomi willing to co-operate in this ^ood work are invited to attend. For contents of the last No. of the Farmers' Register see one of the following :olumns. The price is $5 per volume of' twelve numbers. But either vol. 8 or , /ol. 7 (for 1840 and 1839) will be Forwar Jed to new subscribers who pay in tdvance, thus actually reducing the price to $2 50 per annum. The editor of this ?aper, out of regard to the interest of the |. igricultun.l public, will take pleasure in 'ecoiving, and forwarding (through the Post Master at this place, and, therefore, 'ree of cost) either subscribers' names or noney for the work. It is, to say the !east, one of the very best agricultural 3*riodicals of the country. The fallowing gentleman were on the 3d inst. sleeted Dircstors of the Merchants' Bank in this jlace. J.imes \v ight, Jolin Faylor, "avid S. Harl ee, A. P. Licoste, A. Blue, J. J. Marshall, and J. Eli Gregg. And at a marling of the Board >n the 4th. James Wright was unanimously olt-c ,?d President. The election for members of Congress T O takes place in North Carolina on Thursday the 12th inst. as ordered by proclamaion of the Governor. In the Fayettevilte District, Mr. Deberry, the present j epresentntive, is the candidate of the < Whig party, nnd Edward McCallum Esq. )f Montgomery, the Democratic candi- j late. McLnon has been brougrit to New York ' ify bv Writ of Habeas Corpus, and a J notion to discharge him was to be con- r adored on Thursday last. The motion j f ioubtlcss prevailed, and MrLeod is now ] it large. Thus one source of irritation i ictween the two Governments is cut off. r t Virginia Elections.?The Senate t itood last year 10 and 10. The Whigs 1 lave now gained one, giving them a ma- * ontv of 2. The Whigs had a majority 1 >f 10 last year in the House of Delegates. * Pinal returns of the recent election have lot yet come to hand, but enough.have j >een received to render it probable that ( he loss of the Whigs is 4 leaving them < low a mi.jority of 2. / The delegation to Congress stands 10 and 10, one neutral Mr. Hunter, the late Speaker. This is a gain of 2 by the Whigs. But it is said that 2 of their men are opposed to a National Bank. Extract from the proceedings of a Convention of the various Bible Societies > of S. Carolina, held at Columbia, in December 1840. The Rev. Mr. Barnwell, from the Com. mittee which was appointed to prepare business for the Convention, then submitted a series of resolutions, which, after beinor discussed and amended were adopted O , 1 as follows, viz : 1. Resolved, That the adoption of measures/or supplying and keeping supplied with the Holy Bible, every reading individual in the Commonwealth, willing to receive it, is an object, which me.rits the earnest ana immediate attention ot tne friends of Bible distribution throughout the State. 2. Resolved, That the formation of Bible Societies, at all the Villages and Court Houses throughout the State, is hereby recommended, asperminent orcanizations afford the best means of aycertaining, supplying and keeping supplied, the want ofBihle3, in their several neighborhoods. o * # 3. Resolved, That a vigorous and general effort be made to effect a complete supply of the State with Bibles, within one year from this date. 4. Resolved, That to promote the objects of the foregoing resolutions, com mittees be appointed to consist of gentlemen residing in each of the Districts and Parishes of the State,' who are hereby requested ; # . 1. To promote the establishment of Societies wilhin the Districts assigned them. . ", , 2. To use'their influence as'members, or with thw members of Societies already existing, or that may be formed, to promote, through them, the supply of their Districts within the year': and 3. Wherever no Societies exist, or can be formed, to undertake themselves, by suitable-arrangements, the supply of their respective neighborhoods. 5. Resolved, That the Bible Society of Charleston, be requested to act as the k general medium for furnishing the Societies that exist, or that may be formed.or the committees to be appointed, with such number of Bibles and Testaments as may be required, which it is understood , that Society is willing to do, at cost arid charges. 6. Resolved, That a Committee be ap.pointed to consist of three members, to prepare an address to the congregations of nil .denominations in the State friendly to the object, setting forth the claims of the Bible cause, and requesting their cooperation in the work undertaken by the Convention, the said address to be printed with the journals of this Convention, and . sent to the minister or officer of every such congregation. 7. Unsolved, That an Executive Committee be appointed, to consist of seven members, to be located in Charleston, with power to fill vacancies in their own body; | that the said committee be requested to correspond with the Biole Soeiciies and District.committces, throughout the State; j to appoint one or more agents ip pro.no- | tion of the Bible cause, and prescribe their duties; and to receive and keep an account of all monies that may be placed in their hands bv Societies or individuals, and alliums that may be collected by the agent or agents, in promotion of the Bible cause; which sums shall after providing! i herefrom tor the salary of the agent or i agents, he applied to the Supplying with | Bibles, such portions of the State, as may ! j he found to be without adequate local ar- ( rang.iments tor me purpose. I, y. Resolved, That when this Oonven- | J tion adjourns, il stand adjourned to meet i j at this place, on the Thursday after the j ( fourth Monday in November, 1841, at j ^ which time, all the Bible Societies and < the Executive and District commiltr.es, ;. are requested to report full v, and the agents | to attend prepared to do the same, both in ! writing and orally. I 9. Resolved, That the Executive Com-1J mittee be charged with the duty of giving j notice in the public prints of the time and j j place of the meeting, provided for in the i foregoing resolution, and of making all arrangements preparatory thereto. I Il was further Resolved, That editors of ^ newspapers in this State, friendly to the ( Bible cause, are hereby requested to give j an insertion to the journals of this Con- j ( vention. D i j T*I l r*t !... IXCSUIrea, i nai me C/tiuir uppwiut tuc | j District Committees. j j ADDRESS, * |r To all Religious Congregations in the State j j of South-Carolina, Friendly to the Dislri-1, bution of the Bible. j ~ . r CHRISTIAN BRETHREN? j We address you in behalf of the Bible s Convention recently convened at Colum- } jia, the minutes of whose proceedings are v lerewith transmitted. By these mi- r lutes you will learn, that the single ob- ^ ect of that Convention, was to devise ^ neasures for giving the Bible to every a ending individual in the State, who is ( lestitute of that sacred volume, and wil- f ing to receive it. The plan of opera- r ions, proposed for accomplishing this : nost benevolent design, is exhibited in ^ hesc proceedings. You will thus perceive, v *? *- -1? i-' 1.:.? /"? lj. nt-_i nar uie i^Auuuuvt; ^umumia' in v>nanes. ? on is charged with the general supcrin. endence of this important and laborious j. indertakirig;?that they are to employ an a ifiicient agent to traverse every portion v >f the S'.ate;?to correspond and co-oper- v ite with other commit?ees, in the various v Distr'cts and Parishes;?and especially to j, mgage, if possible, the active aid of every Christian Congregation. f, In pursuance of this plan of action, we ^ * present to you, Christian Brethren, those views and considerations which seem to H us appropriate to this interesting crisis in the progress of the Bible cause. In soliciting your cordial co-operation in this blessed work, we feel an unwavering confidence, that you will readily and N joyfully unite with us in hastening its accomplishment;?and that you will not regard us as urging you to the performance of a painful service, but as inviting you to the enjoyment of a high privilege. As Christians you need no arguments from us, to convince you of the priceless value of the Word of God; or of its indispensable necessity to the safety and happiness of every portion of the human family. Knowing and feeling that the Bible is the solid basis of your trust, the charter of your dearest hopes, and your only refugo from guilt and despair;?that its precious truths .are the fountains of your consolations, its promises your unfailing so'ace in affliction, and its heavenly light your only guide through the darkness and perils of life?von cannot fail to be deeply impressed with the importance of this treasure to all our fellow men, and the deplorable condition of those who ore suffering a famine of the Word of Life. Permit us. however, to call vour atten tion to some considerations, which,, however familiar they may have long been to your minds, may now be invested wit'i a fresh and peculiar interest. . Call to mind what the Bible has done for this fallen world; as evinced by th'? immeasurable contrast of condition and character, between those nations blessed with its holy light, and those shrouded in the deep darkness of Paganism; and by the transforming, elevating energy of its principles, upon all communities, families, and individuals, who truly embrace them. Recollect, that it is to the Bible we are ? indebted as a natiou, for our deliverance from the wretched debasement and vi a pollutions of our heathen ancestors, for all our intellectual and social enioymentr, and for ali our hopes beyond the gravo. Let the mothers, and sisters, and wives, and daughters, in our American Zoin reflect with devout gratitude upoh the exalted privileges, the unutterable blessings the Bi! le has bestpwed on woman; in rescuing her from the galliag bondage, thd foul degradation,-with which Paganism -crushed her into the dust; and crown, ing her with that equal dignity and those ennobling, endearing claims, with which she is endbwed by the Gospel, and the Gospel alone. ' > But the time would fail, in attempting to enumerate our obligations to the Holy Srriptu-us. It is only necessary that every professor of Christianity should compare his present character, condition, and prospects, with those which would have been his, if he had never known the truths of the Bible;?to produce an p, overpowering conviction, that he owe* every good, in time and eternity, to that divine revelation of truth and mercy.? Such recollections, therefore, as we bare hus suggested, must inspire all who bear he namo and possess the image of tboLord Jesus Chiist, with the liveliest emotions of thankfulness, for the inestimable blessings bestowed upon them by the Hible; and a most ardent desire that an m iv be partakers of this heavenly treasure. . - M Unlor the influence of such feelings, vou will be prepared to engage, with willing hearts, in the noble charity of giving :he Bible to the poor and destitute. In this labor of love wo can all unite cordially 4 and unreservedly: a9 it is the peculiar glory of this be-evolent enterprise that ft occupies common ground, unites all Chri. tian hearts, and opens a wide and delightful field of pious labor, in which all who love the Saviour may harmoniously coipcra^e, in promoting His glory and the salvation of perishing men. However Christians mnv be separated by names, or brms. or conflicting views of unessential loctrines, they all agree in regarding the Rible as the only guid^ to eternal life. 3urelv, fhnn, they should engage with one leart, in vigorous and persevering efforts :o p'aee it in the hands of every man. B it this charity commends itself more inwtrf.illv to your special regard, Chr:s:ian Brethren, because if is designed to elieve and bless your own neighbors. Doubtless there are families in your own vicinage who are living in ignorance and iesl itution of the Word of God; and form ing characters for eternity, unblessed by the light of revealed truth. Within the sphere of your influence,, as a congregation. there mnv he the poor and the afflict ad?the sick and the bereaved?the widiw and the fatherless, who are perishing for lack of vision. Can you, then, hesinte a moment, in gan ing us your assist. ince, in extending prompt relief to all such spiritual necessities? Will you not hearti. y unite with the Convention, in carrying nto effect their settled purpose, that the Sible shall be given or offered to every eading individual in South-Carolina, who s destitute of it?that the bread of life ihall be carried to every famishing houseiold?and that the sacred stream of the vaters of life shall flow to every poor nan's habitation? In this way alone can he foul reproach he removed from Chrisians, that we suffer our neighbors to live ^ md die strangers to the revealed truth of ^ o 7on; and in this way alone can we be ree from the shuddering apprehension of necting those neighbors at the bar of udgment, and receiving from them the litter accusation of our cruel negligence, vhilc they say?-no man cared for our ouls! In such an enterprise of Chjistian phi. anthropv, we feel assured of your ready nd zealous co-operation. Nevertheless, re entreat vou, brethren, to suffer the * * 1, w rord of exhortation, while we urge upon ou some solemn and weighty motives, o produce prompt and energetic action. We appeal to those humane and kind selings which roign in every Christiaii o8om. Do you not see human degrada. * i