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our coun wjtHrtw ftnl chU from kundrvd* cent of the chcAted tfprcpofAtiag fVxiletiee. or , , the IndCj and Otnhelttns . where ? prctcucc* AilfUied, but impossible to. dupe* of the*e prctences; timfei on their charitable ?uperaltloa* From jrtich ' Ouch practice* 'm in of coftra-in evident that in (he*, made the pretence for ox swindling; swindling bpin? money under false ? v; i; " ? The*o ttiagrteeftd practices bud no coun ntiKt'lli ?nptuit, of in the example ot Christ and hit Apo?tle\ who preached the ' *" ' TUdiag* without money or with i thin* it ought to be now. " Wo either of religious feeling, among tliu Q.i titer*, who i?9tcnliM]r ? hired and a paid minittry. However, if we choope to have one. and re quire a Well educated man to gitc hi* whole tfaac to lite fHpc) minittry for our b.dtev, 99oughttftuoiapcnMitc nim with a reasonable ?alary far *? doing. Hut the system pf Mur 4y t<-gfart overrunning every part of the United State*, was any thing but a Chritiiun ? ... Reformation hat at Icqgtn begun where' it ought to begin. We recommend to the ??riou? pefatal of our i hi ist ian readeoi the Allowing lesolulion*. adopted a? we hear, &nt by 9 and then by IJ UaptUt Congrcga> ti m* In Mo*th'*Cnrntintt. They arc con ceited in a truly ChrUtian spirit, and ex preyed in a way that wdl cn?u<<t them the Approbation of the public. DKCIjAHATION Pf the Reformat JUifirmi C.'turchct In ' i Mkwk Carolina. " Cmt yc im?, c?*t vr tip, <ht> way, miu 4tp Oil ?fc ?.??%?W*?u Woi k out ul? Hip ti?y u( my (wofMw. Wlierdas, foom twenty years cxpenc.ici; uof the process of missionary pim? and |?r?> cecdi?K-? among us, we ria l tiiAt no beta-lit h*s arisen, to thf- ' CJiiu-U) | cuunc of Christ or Iim <?ra;!;!;: SS^S'Z ministers of different churcnes, more than any uiln^fctsto .which luu utkcii plucc in our denomination during the above period^ .uvt whereto wit fttftinfy we ?nci realize tbittlhey . have given xm> to Tcj?roaclic?, backbiting. y?i?i?ptr?i?K* awl evil speaking, causing d.s cokI nnd disagreement amongst the Hapti?ts cm Oft missions, wluichy that "araftharty love and fellowship which have heretofore been enjoy ed and vugltt toabouud, are destroyed.?We do mint sincerely be that it to the missionary proceeding* thai have come among u*f that principal cause of our distresses, M to be dully incre^n*. M feci that wc have upon which ? .. stood when we launtty/ hor swerved in the long establish* father assur Societies, Truct four venerable father* in the II ataurtd' that r venerable being wall f!e*T^*heo^oal *ch.fJ??,*c. awl beg gi??5 money* and firing agents to beg for the Upport oTaugh Hwtitutlon*, neither engaged th* attention nor rcaeivcd any eountenanco fta (lam ample or practice of our early min iM^ttMiOibore the burden nnd heat <>t pCr ring, and by tUeir faithful* ? >s to the cause of truth Mfcioty to that amount influence which they have They would nideed be ash. - ottMhetl nt MCh eOfXtact and prr> .?? Have Intely been rcunrtcd to ut money and ?ubtcriptiooa, under promoting religion ami hpre.4 I ?M? in thi? day there arc Mttm to glory m theno very andbi ingd??hunor on thechriit We howutc not to ?ty tlMt the practice alteady referred to, vatT.uit from the Mow Testament, 1e and practice of ChrUt or fm alto well know that our raed but labor iou? ami faiih n the military, brought the to a greater rate of puri ell the*) an apemthMie be able to do, with j of money. And modern ichenien been Invented, and p?r * wordly principles hav? the take of the honor or peace and union, Ufc; J'lOIII most experience the strife, contention, and ??!!? council la all the chuivhcs with which we ar? Uri-if-ilnti-fl Mitj ??Wiaarr fluulnln ht* t i Jff ?T i 4 , ? UUUHI?? their piocociling*. mwl being fully convinced that begging money antler pretence of spread ing the G<*pei anil akUng the kingdom of ChrUt, lift without any warrant from the New Testament, or' any example in the purest age* of the church, ami that three modern schemes and Mlsaioiiury Hocicties are only the hi vent loot of men, and like alt other men id vent ions will only prov^acursctothe church of G<?l, we therefore decl-u-e that no person who is a member of an/ Musionury Society shfcll have membership in any of our church ?? while hecomimic* in taen society?or if any who are already members of uur church* e?, shall Join such societies they shall no linger be entitled to membership with vs.? And we' ftirtKermerc defclnrc, that no Mis sionary preuthtr :r beggar, being known to such, shail, by any of us, be invited into our pulutts, or have hi* appointments pub-* -ished by ua, to beg and cheat the people, contrary, as we conceive, to the prccepU of the Gospel, and the ta>:j wtanding and ancient practice of tlic Baptists in tne*c Untteo #taJJN.' v/-' , Aft. 3. Believing that Tract Societies often frame fictious account* and narrative* to mislead tlic wind and promote tlie Interest of their sect, ami that one great design of ilu-se aocieties ik to briiig tne youth or our country, at they arrive to manhood, to l*: of some scctariiui opinion, rind thus nave the way in time for un established religion and priestly dont.nion, jyid that such an. event ought to be guarded against by every friend to true religion and the rights of conscience* we therefore dcclurc tliut no person whniau meu?!?er of uny such Tract Society, shall have membership with us expept lie fin* renounce his connexion with the society, and no minister or preacher in^ticmbership with these societies, shall be invited into our pul pits if it be kown to.us thut he Is u member of such societies. ? ,m Art* 4. Convinced that Theological Semi naries arc the Invention* of men, and ha\'e no warrant nr sanction* from the New Tes tament, nor In the example or practice of Christ and the Apostle*! for none of the Apostle*, when railed to preach the Gospel, ever went to such place* to be taught rheto ric, oratory, or ? thtr human nccompllsh imnts, to prepare them for the woik 01 their ministry; And kiifcwmg moreover, that ilit Baptist'denoiuination in these United State* have long existed and flourished without nny such institutions and that there is at present a strife umong the different sects which shall l?e the greatest in the esteem ana honor ?f this world, Whtth strife must be Injurious to the simplicity and puiity of the religion of Jesus Chrlvt. For already, sincc the com mencontent nf these seminaries, and the nu mcrnun ?<idcl)M for, their support, there in less vital and practical K'HllilvnN^whaniiO' ny? nrnr.e, and ohrivtlun feeling, than haa tf Ar'atitc t<> K-e'atMf judge from the word of (iodi and the |)H*t history of the Church; we believe this new Invention of training up young men for the ministry, will be the gircatvst cur?c to odr own aa well as other denomination*, and in the end be pro* ductive.of evil*too nuAii-mus Here to be des cribed; substituting form* of realities, intro ducing a proud, pom pus, and fashiuiinh'.c ministry, instead of a bumble, pltais, and sell denying one. And slave i|t jUI agen It has been like hrktt like fiev/tlr, trite religion under such n ministry, must be cxf.-cted soon to be reduced verylow. We timnonr feel eon strained to declare a non-fellowship with all Mich human institutions and devices and to discountfehtnee all societies end travelling beggars for their sup|K>vt, Itetieving them to be the emisurlcs and ugenft cl Anti-Christ, and opposed to tlte true kingdom of Jesus Christ. Art. 3. In regard to the spre.vl of the Bi ble, and Bible ttbeieth*, we lielicve that no one njan is competent to the task of translat ing the Scriptures into ^soother language, in the* sliort time which seems to be practised m India. Nor do we think any two 6r three men of a particular sect* very likely to give the heathen or others a correct and impartial > version of toe Bible, by reason of those par ticular views and preposessions which influ ence, more or less, the members of every re ligious nersu*?ion. We fear, indeed, that there will be as many incorrect or sjwrlous Bibles as there were in the time of king James, when he was induced to select fifty-four per sons, eminent for learning and knowledge In the ancient tongues, to give his subjects our picsent translation of the Bible, lite A fit Bible that was over printed In America, we are informed was printed for the Nantick In diaun, and in their tongue, more than ene hun dred and fifty years uga i Since that time, how many missionaries have been among*Ol>^\mcr}eah Indian*, how many of their youth have been educated for the min istry, mid what Incredible aumt of money have been ex|>eitded for converting the varfc ous tribe*, and yet, where are the fruit* of j all the*e mighty riohign, and wliat ha* result ed from the va?t expenditure^ For want of p true call to thl* work, bud management, or throotU a ncglect to net*proper example, or all tit** put together, the Indian*, In al moet every kwtanee have been only, made worse, more profligate and di**:poted, and been brought tna more upeedy and certain destruction. What ha? been already done, may be done again, not only to the f?4 re maining IndMHtribr* in thi* country, bofio the inhabitant* of India to^oNewfttre, par ticularly what no better loMiMiita are om* ployed, ami much won* mmttfm and pro give with aliberal hand to m t for the sake of having the nor of great mm! wicked wen? they can feci no real intercut in the duties enjoined In it, if they do not even disbelieve its divine authority. We therefore declare diacountenauce'of, and non-lcllowship with mU suck connexion between the church of this world, knowing that Chrmt't kingdom I* not In Um eifM, and no |terwn who in a memberof any aucli Bible Society shall have ttornibcrslrip with tM except he Ant retouw his connexion therewith, for we are folly ?? aured that usawostUy-mindcd Judas betray* ed Christ, so will thcmrwoildlings In llible Societies' betray the Cause and church of God. ? -?-> ?Art. 0. Any person at present being a member of any el.onr churches and feeling himself aggrieved at these our articles, whtkal la ?ln^)ority in any pint icuhu in favor of adopting them, ahall have the lib crty, by letter of dismhsitw, to retnoye liia membership, and join any churdi he or the may think proper. It hit* already been sta ted, tlr.it any who nre now member* of our churches* may continue their membership by promising to renounce connexion witn such societies as are herein by these articles dcci ir.*dto bo out of fellowship with us. and desisuug from such pi acticea us have been suited to wound and hurt tite feelings of their brethren. For We claim the right of think ing for ourselves, and of worshiping (tod In the way we deem right, and also of choosing our own company for associates. These rights we beheve to l?e given to usbv our ma kerithev were #i?:iMUIw-d In' the blood und buffering* of our Ltltcrs, ami are secured by the Constitution, am! we feel every wflllnf ness freely to grant them toother*. In testimony of agreement to the foregoing irtiilvi of this our dccliiwlloii, *e, the im dursigned RaptiWt Churches, utter due deltb erutionund detisiou in-our confercnccs/have appointed our several clerks tu klnt the Muict of our clnu cites, utwl the number of members t*elongkng thereto, this WUin <Uy of August, 1. '20. (Irn. ,1%hley't F.vficclitiunv?'Vhc rccent expedition' ?>f Get*. Ashley to the country west of the KockV M?im}iitnt h(i? hc<n pro ductive of information on subjects of no small interests to the people of ihe union.?It ha* proved thut the over-laud edition*, tn [urge bodie*, uinyltc made to that remote region. without Ut? hvi entity of truunporting provisions fur nuui or beast. Gen. Ailtlty left tit. Louis in Mar$h last and teturned In Heptem<>er. lit-? -turn earuvan consistednf WWVK&fc teKu'U* Winter STmen"1#* went to the station nf the party he had left beyond the mountain*, when he came liv a year ago, and thence descended a river, be lieved to be the Bueneventn, about one hun dred and fifty miles m the Great Lake. Hi* return march tn St? ? Louis, occupied laboet rOdurs, each mule and horse carrying 'nearly two hundred pounds of beaver fur? the aulmal* keeping their strength and flesh on the grass which they fobnd, and without losing any tWne On thie long journey. The men also found an abundance of fbod; they say there was n6 day in which they c?mld not have sulteistcd * thousand men, and often ten thousand. BufRUoe furulvhed the prin cipal fond?water of the best quality was met with every day. ? The whole route lay through a level and open country, better for carriages than any turnpike road In the United States. Waggons, and carriages could go with ease un far as Geo. Ashley went, croMhig the.Hntky Mountains at the source of the north fork of the Platte, and descending the valev of the Buenaventura towards the Pacific Ocean. The lake which terminated the expedition westward. Mi a most remarkable bodjiuf water, and hereto fore unknown, unless irom vague accounts. It is estimated to be one hundred miles long and sixty or eighty wide. It was coasted last spring by a party of Gen. Ashley's men In ; canoes, who were occtfpled four and twenty days In making Its circuit. They did not exactly ascertain Its outlet, but passed a place where they suppose it must hive been. The water of this lake Is much setter than that of the sea. Some of the salt obtained from thia water by boiling, has been brought in by Gen. Ashley?he baa also brought some specimens of rock salt, found in a strata several foet thick at the surface of she ground, with streams of water running through it in numen. M little eft newels. The people in the mountains plent if illy supply themselves with salt at this spot, and tarry it home to FcTth? whole expcdkiofit Oca. Aahlcy dJd not lose a mui, nor Had any <A those died whom he left behind la?t year, many of wfcom have been out four or five years, and ere too luppy In the freedom of those wild regions to think (/.returning to the compara tive thraldom of clviliacd life. It would ?eem that no attempt ha* been made to as certain the precise latitude and longitude of tbe point at which Gep. Ashley crossed the mountains, |t la to he hoped that this will he neglected on the next expedition. mMtmsmmk >em all that we can learn, the elevation la itcecdfngty small where the passage of the mountain Was effected?tmall aa hardly to weet the rate of going of. the caravan, and forming at the moot, aa angle of three de gree^being twa degree* lew than the rte<1> est ascent on the Cumberland road.?A/V Hmri HtrmU. , ^ ~T- . . ?, & .-V it/mtAvo ta n il rrTnl ?P ana rcjoi f WS?,,ri..nPK. your couetanj Waa a <le?lgn of your y? whilst a student in Euruo^/MI tuVf <t more. The battle ef Lexington it* the North commenced the revtjlntioiv?the victory of Ayncocho to the Month has cloaed it From the sea of the Antilles to tlie farther coast of for Colombian* Peruvian* and Bolivian*.? Let them show themselves worthy the proud donation, and the rank of freemen. The *.mm inflated Indian, who ha* been immiired ntl bowed to degradation ?hwe the conquest? you have given him liberty?he respites the air of heaven, and ageto belkoldMhe linhtot the unn^^aind among the diatlngniahc.dtto 8h?es of Gokiiribla's arm*. In tmk capital. U ie royal Stotjfitd of Pisarro, and the dia dem of the locKtt Princess Delia, sent by the ?, ofManooCapac. v "J ?akl the victory of Ayajmcltohad clos ed the Revolution-?it Is a^mistukc. The Cfcttle of Oallaoi the last rcfttge of despotism you bealcge?its resources are cot off? Kodll is faithful to hit master?j?cslllence and fu mino seise the garrison?the youttiftil and the arced, the nintlicf and the daughter fall together?six thousand human beings arc victims?Kodil, appalled at the dcsoUttis before him, capitulates, and Peru is free/? Humanity rises from the dust, and erects ?ou as the deliverer, ttucb virtues aud such ct vices arc drar to my country. "I have the honorto express to your F.x? cellency that the most perfect good faith feubsiat* between the United Stutes and Co lombia. It Is the desire of my (inveramfcht its creation In $our. J&xcell??y?o .Congress whose objcct U to promote Constitutional principle?to exact tne dignity and condition of men. ? _ ? i ' "The Minister from the United Rtntes re siding in this capital, who contributed so much to the friendly relation* between the two oaintric*, and w nc received the addition* ?i murk of honor and conlldcncc from his iovcrnment as anociatc Plenipotentiary to the Congress of Amrrknn cxpiltd ?it Cnrthagcn<t on hi* way to Pniiuma. In the dentil of thin lamented mun, the United Siutes have lost a faithful Minister, nnd the Confederate Congress a ecalousandable aux iliary, "f offer your Excellency the congratula tion* of my tiotmincnt nmi country." The I.iaKRAToa said, in answeri .??I receive with the greatest pleas?irc the congratulation* which yon, 81ft as Charge d'ASkir* of the United States, ItaVe address* <dmo in the name of your Ciovemment and of the nation ~HK" JfW ii much the more satisfactory to me, a* the United State* of America were the nrst who sent a Minister Plenipotentiary to Co lombia?tftey hare' been* and are the People who are our model?who unite the greatest sum of social happiness to the pow er which ensure* tranauility?-to the power which ensure* true liberty. The United State*, the children of (iruut llritaui. were the first to point out ton* the path that led to independence, and this land, which haathe honor of liaving been discovered by the treat Columbus, place* H* happiness In imitating the example* of glory, of liberty, and virtue, which It receive* from the U. State*. Co lombia appreciates them as the most satat.i ry lessons of advice. And here I aftitst ex press my gratitude per sonally for the Invaluable. present made me by lla? eocukt family of u*1tington, cf the picture of the most venerable of men?^pre sent beyond all estimation, which 1 will al ways preserve in my bo*r.m, and which will always give me lessons of moderation and of love to my Country. I beg of yon^ sir, to be the channel of my 'MfcjlillilMiU towards - the Oovcmmcnl of that happy nation, and in transmitting them, to express tlie desire *f Colombia to cultivate with it relations of the strict estfnd most sincere friendship) as well a*my personal admiration and respect fori H* illustrious President, whose opinion* with ! respect to tho American Congress, give H r solemnity which It had no right to lookfor." When the Liberator hail finished, they re-1 mained some time in conversation with hi* Excellency, end then retired amidst the im mense crowd which had assembled to wit ness the ceremony of their introduction. ? ' Art. Oer. Sign* th* iltntf.?In the state of Maine, tticurintingofthelawA.fr the United State* has been removed by Mr. Hccrctery Clay, (uipler the direction, no doubt, of hi* prin cipal) from tlutt Jong extahlishcd and uniform ly republican newspaper Kaatetn Jtrgut% * - veil to the Amtriean Pa/Hot, a mon a per, tho organ of a little faction which a* always thrown itself into the scale with the federal ht, and conductcd by a l)r. I?mr, a decidedfeiWralikt. Tho Argus has aureat cr eiicnlation than any other newspaper in the state; and there is another long esta blished federal paper at the some place, (Portland) whose circulation Is pnrimbly more than double that nf the paper r.hostn by the Secrets ry, which docs not print the law*. In the state of Me w Hampshire, the ,V? w Hamfithirr Patriot haa been dismissed from the same service, and the npi>ointmc?t is given to $i mongrrt establishment, which having nm ksaif down at Plymouth, V. ||. has been removed to ?Me town, sad now jjti columns to the scavengers who Ivresnd the pa Statetmsn. i Ef, tn cil tri Ihj|o? I jM$o*Afa<r 3Sfi? StoSSPEsPSi ? Mr. Co*den? aJW Mr.<T?*ry, inf*vcr ?MM irt below. n acocuoigt , few* i?i . wm affirmed, IS to [; .f^irming?I Allen, Huinms, Hurt, Cold For Reverting?MtMr*. ? Hi?i|{hr,JK?yc?, Spciicer, VWe, ? Thin decision, say * the Albany, * it of va*t Importance to the (wrtof this community. It Ism o publish, if We tan procure I oftiic opinions deliver**! on the the members of the court* ' Mttdtd that no sublet can terest to our reader*. It wc do take, the doctrinc heVe establish** ly uHVict the financial concern*ol bank*, thou Id a rigid adherence to plea be fanaistfcrd upon by ^u*ir The Bank of Qtlca W;. nard was the tame as the above, ana _ posed of In like manner. The following is a lint of ?hip* of war now building*? Alabama, 74 ? *?**??*? ~ v5?2S * T4 ^S?* K25Jlv?.,l.. M ? t.1 II. !.!? New-York, 74 rionflifc Havnnoah, 11 ??*"*? Babbie* 41 ? -'?**.-f - ^ MuX 4-4 PUlUdelpUl^ Cumberland, 44 Columbia* <* y^fV^OB. sr. Laurence, 44 Nwfow Concutil, W vortemoutn. Wnrren, (Inchd.) 1? I^MP^ - Falmouth, V* Fairfield, 18 K?f'V VwiMtet U Natchez. i./ c-. : .'.: . *? St. Lrf*.?, li J>QMiton * Adv. 4? ' 7*r jidrentum of a Yrmr.~>?? These Tfc" gular returning aipccts of nature fhivh dl? vide man's time iittoequal parts, and which he has only to number m they mccwd eaek other, like the lettered rtonts ertctedd* lh? ?ides of our road*, ti Inform ~ what apace of ground he'M to giro notice to the human life, how far la path to the graven T' marks, most forcible their I'xpintkm. ' ?>ur attention to the ns to take notice of hiflcs it to us by no proclaims K with a loud n lit Wrong colours. The will be heard. Vejetati ground-~n green rcsurret JBBI eye?tho leaf fade* and fa)lf?the jotjest is stripped, the shower Is fWxc>W,andthe#*cre arc fettered to spur to his dut and procrastinating man? T proclamation of nature to mai revolving seasons kucccwively their years arc rolling swiftly, once hi #??)r year H Is their custom to echo.. Unceevenr - year they tell one another what nature tells thrm more than oneejthut thoMJ longest pe ncils of their tiinc nre pasting fr??? them! another of those years <4 make up the life of maJfUjl til# irrevocable past) i magnitude hi the IHtle i s,x?^ ITonckUj of tht ?The Switzerland ahoUld remember, holitai y female alone and always be |>erfcctty safe whole country, and In the - loncty passes off the Alp* by native gomes upon whose fid tv the most perfect reliunc?may bo pHced. All the Swiss themselves, frvm tM fttf**. to the lowest, will i The author is well ^ lady of high character who every summer, I without any aereoiit new tour (always the mountains to i ? uny. No injury, insult, or has she eeer met with, or wiH to the moat unprotected ?t and murder are whelty there *e no country In the WnrM JL_ ? fo?l? the same facilities for tbehraorrr^fnl perpetration, both from the incxheuafcbfo retreat* for banditti, which its fnre?.t, Ha mountains, Its Irocky caves, and f ' I am at