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FrOi.i t.io Charleston Observer. Dr. Alexander on the religious ixstkuc TION Or THE XEG ROES. Rev. C. C. Jones: Dear Sir.?Since I began \vri:ing yoi on tlie religious instruction of the negroes, happened to cast my eye on a letter writ ten on this very subject, more than a centu ry ago, and addressed to the owners o slaves in the American Colonies by the righ reverend, and truly learned Bishop Gibsoi of the See of London. From this lette I beg leave to make a few extracts wlucl are as well adapted to our times as any thinj can be. It will be recollected that all ih Colonies were under the supervision of th Bishop of London, and therefore it beeam bis duty to provide, as far as possible, for th instruction of all classes of the people. Th Bishop begins by considering and obvia ting two difficulties, then formidable, hi which can now be scarcely said to exist.? Tne tirst was, the slaves having bee brought up in paganism were deeply infec 1 ted with their African superstitious. Th second was, that they knew very little ofou language, and therefore it was almost iiri possible to gain access for the truth to thei minds. In regard to the first, he says, 4<J this were a good argument against attempt ing the conversion of the negroes, it wool follow that the Gosjiel is never to be fur ther propagated than it is at present, and th? no endeavors are to be used for the conver sion of the heathens at any time, or in an country whatever: because all heathen have been accustomed to pagan rites an idolatries, and such vicious and licentiou living as the Christian religion forbids. Bi yet God be thanked, heathens have bee converted and Christianity propagated in a ages and almost all countries, through th zeal and diligence of pious and good mer an-J this without the help of miracles. An if the present age be as zealous and diligen in pursuing the proper means of conversior we have no reason to doubt that the Divin assistance is and will be the same in a ages." Passing over the second difficulty aboi the language, I proceed to extract what h says in general respecting the difficulties c the work. "But supposing," says he, "th difficulties to be much greater than I ima gine, they are not such as to render th work impossible; so as to leave no hope o any degree of success; and nothing les than an impossibility of doing any good a all, can warrant our going over and layinj aside all means and endeavors where th propagation of the Gospel and the saving of souls are concerned. Many under takings look far more impracticable befor trial, than they are afterwards found to hi in experience; especially where there is no a good heart to go about them. And it i; frequently observed that small beginning when pursued with resolution, are attendee with great and surprising success. But it O i O no case is tie success more great and sur prising, than when good men engage in thi cause of God and religion, out of a jus sense of the inestimable value of a soul, an* in a full and well grounded assurance tha kAwflof /Incirpne orwJ onrlnnitArc fAr r\vci I..OH .IVIR.OlUVO.gUO ? |-v moting religion, will be supported by a spe cial blessing from God." *1 am loth to think so hard of any Chris tian Master, as to suppose that he can (le liberately hinder his negroes from being in structed in the Christian religion, or whicl is the same thing, that he can deny them th< means and opportunities of instruction.? Much less may I believe that he can, afte lie has weighed the matter, permit them t< labor on the Lord's day, and least of al that he can put them undera kind of neccssiti of laboring on that day, to provide them selves with the conveniences of life, sinci our religion so plainly teaches us, that Go( has given one day in seven to be a day o rest, not only to man but to the beasts.? That it is a day appointed by Him for th( improvement of die soul, as well as the re freshment of the body; and that it is a dut\ incumbent on Masters to take care that al persons, wiio are under their government keep this day holy, and employ it to the pi ous and wise purpose for which God oui great Lord and Master intended it. 1 LA AM <! 1??1 * > /\ AOll 1\A oniwi* "11 11 UC3C1I-1 IIIUI 1JU UI1IU villi v/v- Sjfiiii/v from the daily labor and employment of the negroes, to instruct them in the Christiar religion: this is in effect to say; that no con. sideration of propagating the Gospel of God or saving the souls of men, is to make the least abatement from the temporal profit o! the Masters: and that God cannot or will not make up the little they may lose in thai way by blessing and prospering their tindertakings by sea and land as a just reward for their zeal for his glory and the salvation of men's souls. In this case I may well reason as Si. Paul does in a case not unlike it, that if they make you partakers of their temporal things, (of their strength and spirit and even offspring,) you ought to make them partakers of your spiritual things, though il should abate somewhat of the profit which vrvi micrlu nthorwisriroceivo from their labors. And considering the greatness of the profit, that is received from their labors, it might be hoped that all Chris'ian masters, those especially who are possessed of considerable numbers, should also be at some small ex. pense, in providing for the instruction ol those poor creatures, and that others whose numbers are less, should join in the expense of a common Teacher, for the negroes be. longing to them." "But it is further pleaded that the instruc. tion of heathens in the Christian faith, is in order to their baptism?but the baptizing ol omn when ins'ructed would destroy both the property which the Masters have in them as slaves bought with their money, ani the right of selling them again at pleasure; and that maki g them Christians only make* them less diligent and more ungovernable To which it may be truly replied, thai Cliristianity and the embracing of the Cospel does not make the least alteration in civ. il property, or in anv of the duties which belong to civil relations: but in all these re. spects it continues persons just in the same state, as it found them. The freedorr which Christianity gives is a freedorr from the bondage of sin and Satan, and ' . n . the dominion of men's lusts and passions and inordinate desires. But as to their out: war,I condition, whatever that was before, j | whether bond or free, their being baptised j | and becoming Christians, makes no manner ^ i of change in it. "As St. Paul lias told us, where he is p i speaking expressly to this very point, 'Lei t every man abide in the same calling where^ I in he is called?let every man wherein he is | called therein abide with God.' 1 Cor. vii. ^ ' 20?24. And so far is Christianity from _ discharging men from the duties of the staI _ i tion and condition in which it found them, e that it lays them under stronger obligations e | to [icrfbrm those duties with greater dili, ' gence and fidelity, not onlv from the fear j O J ? ! of man, but from a sense of duty to God, ^ | and the belief and expectation of a future . j account. So that to say that Christianity makes men less observant of their duty i in any respect, is a reproach that it is very ? j tar from deserving, and a reproach that is j confuted by the whole tenor of the Gospel nrecen's. which inculcate unon all, and par r ?.? i ' i ticularly upon servants, (many of whom r were then in the condition of slaves) a j- faithful and diligent discharge of the duties belonging to their several stations out oi j conscience towards God. And it is confuted also by our own reason which tells us Ll how much more forcible and constant the ^ restraint of conscience is than the restraint v of fear. And last of all, it is confuted by 's experience, which teaches us the great valcj ueof those servants who are truly religious s compared with those who have no sense ol lt religion. As to their being more ungovn | ernable after bap: ism than belbre, it is cerU ; tain that the Gospel every where enjoins ; not only diligence and fidelity, but also obeI dicncc, for conscience sake; and does not J deprive masters of any proper methods ol |t enforcing obedience, where they ap. j pear to be necessary. Humanity forbids all J cruel and barbarous treatment of our fellow II creatures, and will not sutler us to considei > a being that is endowed with reason upon a |t level with brutes. Christianity takes not oui e of the hands of superiors, any degrees ol strictness and severity that fairly appear tc e be necessary for the preserving subjection and government. The general law both ol p humanity and Christianity, is kindness, gen. tleness, and compassion towards all man! kind, of what nation or condition soever they ? " . i. _ .1 _ t may be, ana tnereiore we are to inaKe me y exercise of those amiable virtues our choice ? and desire, and to have recourse to severe y and vigorous methods unwillingly and onl)' 3 out of necessity. Of this necessity you u [ yourselves remain the judges, as much after B they receive baptism as before: so that you J can be in no danger of suffering by the I change. And as to them the greatest hard. s | ships that the most severe master can inflict j | upon them, is not to be compared to the eru| city of keeping them in a state of heathen. _ j ism, and depriving them of the means of salvation, as reached forth to all mankind ~; in the Gospel of Christ. And in truth one j great reason why severity is at all neces. t sary to maintain government, and who arc therefore not to be kept to their duty by anv t - r 1 ,i?? .1 " tiling UUI ieur unu icuui, mail ?iuuii uivic cannot be a more uneasy state either to those who govern, or to those who are governed." "That these things may have the greater effect upon you, let me beseech you to con1 sider yourselves not only as .Masters, but 2 as Christian Masters, who stand obliged by your profession to do all that your station r and condition enable you to do towards 2 breaking the power of Satan and enlarging the kingdom of Christ: and as ha\ing a I O # # O ' great opportunity put into your hands of " helping on this great work, by the influence 2 which God has given you over such a number of heathen idolaters, who still continue under the dominion of .Satan. Let me beseech you to consider them not barely slaves 2 but as men and women, who have the same " i frame and faculties with yourselves, ana ' have souls capable of being made eternally happy; and reason and understanding to ' receive instruction in order to it. Let it not be said that they are as far from the knowledge of Christ in a Christian country as when they dwelt among pagan idolaters; ' or if they have been born among you, and < have never breathed any air but that of a i Christian country, let them not be as much strangers to Christy as if they had been I transplanted as soon as born into a country ! of pagan idolaters. Let them see in your f families examples of sobriety, temperance I and chastity, and of all the other virtues and graces of the Christian life. Let them observe how strictlv you oblige yourselves % C v and all that belong to you, to abstain from 1 cursing and swearing, and to keep the Lord's day holy, and to attend the public : worship of God and the ordinances which Christ hath appointed in his Gospel. "Make them sensible by the general te1 nor ofyour conversation, that your inward temper and disposition is such as the Gosi pel requires, that is to say, mild gentle, and merciful; and that as often as you exercise i rigor and severity, it is wholly owingto their idleness or obstinacy. By this means you 1 will open their hearts to instruction, and f prepare them to receive the truths of the 1 Gospel: to which, if you add a pious endea! ; vor and concern to see them duly instructed I you may become the instrument of saving !, many souls,and will not only secure a blessing ; from God upon all your undertakings in 1 this world, but entitle yourselves to that dis t tiuguished reward in the next, which will , be given to those who have been zealous in p! their endeavors to promote the salvation of , ; men, and enlarge the kingdom of Christ.? ,; And that you may be found in that number I! at the great day of accounts is the sincere . ! desire and earnest prayer of your faithful ! | friend, Edmund London." ? i # t The Bishop also wrote a letter to "the . Missionaries in the English Plantations," exhorting them to give their assistance " to. wards the instruction of the negroes of their several parishes, in the Christian faith."? ;' He also wrote "an Address to serious II Christians at home," to assist in carrying willingly transcribe, were it not that I fear I would become tedious. Dr. Fleetwood, Bishop of St. Asaph, also entered with laudable zeal into this benevolent enterprise, and preached a sermon before the Society for propagating the Gospel, in the year 1711, setting forth the duty instructing the negroes in the Christian religion. Great numbers of this discourse were published in 1725, and extensively circulated in the American Colonies. There is reason to believe that these publications produced a very happy ef.ect and influenced the minds of many slaveholders to desire the instruction of their negroes. Thus my dear Sir, you see that the enterprise in which you are engaged is not new, but more than a century ago earnestly occupied the minds of some of the greatest I and best men in the Church of England. 1 . O Permit me now in the conclusion of this long letter to exhort you to persevere in the good work which you have so auspiciously commenced. The begining may he small, but the result will be glorious. The kingdom of heaven is like v grain of mustard seed which is the smallest of all seeds, but when it grows it becomes a great tree.? The Lord will send you help from on high. He will also raise up co-adjutors, who wil aid you in the work. "Be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might." Yours truly, A. Alexander. Princeton, N. J. May 20,1836. From the S. C. Herald. THE DUTY OF FAMILY PRAYER. It is truly to be regretted that the duty o: family prayer, which is so plainly taught ii the word ot God, anu the faithful atten dance upon which is followed by such hap py results, is so frequently neglected b\ heads of families, who proless to be livint for the glory of God. It is true that ther< is no positive command in the sacred scrip tures enforcing this duty; yet there are s< many allusions to it as at once to shov that it is a duty, and that its performance cannot be omitted without sinning agains God. " Pour out," says the prophet Jere miah, "thv fury upon the heathen tha know thee not. and upon the families thai call not upon thy name." And Solomoi remarks, 44 The curse of the Lord is in fix house of the wicked; but lie blesseth tlx habitation of the just." When the writers of the Bible, under tlx inspiration of the Holy Spirit invoke tlx the44 fury" of God, or pronounce hi: 44 curse" upon families of a certain charac ter, we may well suppose that it mean; something. We need not seek for a bet ter proof of God's being displeased witl them ; and of the fact that the conduct fo which they are thus reproved is a greviou; sin in the sight of heaven. Reflect for ; moment upon what is implied by the fun and curse of God being poured out upon i family. It does not necessarily imply tha they are doomed to poverty and want, no that their habitations are to be consumed or their temporal comforts taken from them They may Jive in magnificence, tlieir liou ses may be adorned with the most cost!} furniture, and their table spread with the richest luxury; and yet with all this th< curse of God may be upon them. Nay these apparent blessings may prove in the end to be awful curses. Their very " ta ble may become a snare, a trap, and i stumbling block, and a recompense untc them." In their troubles and distresses the) may have neither comfort nor alleviation they may have no God to the protection o: whose mercy they can fly. Enjoyments may be within their reach, yet they have nc relish for them. They may possess health and strength, and yet be strangers to peace of mind, and substantial happiness. Bu i why mention these things ? What can be ! said to convey to the mind a more terrible I idea of their wretched condition than thai the fury and curse of God are upon them Wo thorpfnro rrwioiiido that tho nporlppt n .. w - "~0 ~ family prayer is a sin, and no professor o religion who is the head of a family can indulge this neglect without giving hinisel reason to doubt the truth of his piety. It is no matter of surprise, that the servants are wicked, and the children grow up to be sceptics and profligates in those fami; lies where God is not worshipped. IIow can that parent who omits to erect a family altar, and to offer to God the morning and evening sacrifice, expect to see it otherwise; If he be a pious man his family do not sec the fruit of his piety;?if he make grateful acknowledgement to God for his domestic comforts they do not know it: if he ask God for the blessings of his pardoning grace to rest upon the members of his household they never hear him; and if he be anxious for their salvation, they see nothing in his conduct which evinces his concern for them. It is therefore very natural that they should look upon religion as a matter of mere formality, the restraints ol which are some and indeed unnecessary. M. S. R. GUILT THE SOURCE OF SORROW. My father had been ill a long time; and I had become so much accustomed to his pale face and weak voice, that I was not frightened at them as children usually are. At first, it is true, I sobbed violently, for they told me he would die; but when, day after day, I returned from school and found him the same, I began to believe that he would be spared to me. One day when I had lost my place in the class, and done my work the wrong side outward, I came home discouraged and fretful, and went into my father's chamber. He was paler than usual, but he met me with the same affectionate smile that always welcomed yiy return. Alas! when I look back through the lapse of ten years, I think my heart must have been stone not to have melted by it. Hs,requested me to go the spring and bring him a pitcher of water. I pettishly asked why he did not call a domestic to do it. With a look of mild reproach, which I shall never forget if I live to be a hundred years old, he said, "And will not my son bring a pitcher of water for his poor sick father ?" I went and brought him the water; but I did not do him as I was wont to do, I set the pitchei down on the stand, and lelt the room. Af tor playing a short time, I went to bed with out bidding my father "goodnight," bu when in my room, in darkness and silence I remembered how pale he looked, and hov his voice trembled, when he said, "Will no mv son bring a pitcher of water for his poo sick father ?" I could not sleep, and I stol ?into his chamber to ask forgiveness, H 11 had sunk into an uneasy slumber, and the; , told me I must not waken him. 1 did not tej : any one what troubled me; but stole back t< my bed, resolved to rise; early in the morn ing, and tell him how sorry I was for nv conduct. , The Sun was shining brightly when . awoke, and hurrying on my clothes, I has : tened to my fit her's room, lie was dead lie never spoke to me more?never smile ; on me again; and when I touched the ban 11 that usea to rest on niv head in Diessing, i was so cold that it made me start. I bo we , down by his side, and sobbed in the bitter . ness of my heart. I then wished I coul [ die, and be buried with him; and old as t now am, which is eighteen, I would giv . worlds, were they mine to give, could m , father have lived to tell me he forgave m 1 childish ingratitude. But I cannot call hir ? back, and when I stand by his grave, an I whenever I think of his manifold kindne& I the memory of that reproachful look hegav j me, will "bite like a serpent, and sting lik | an adder." Importance of Prayer in contending for tl f truth of the Gospel. 1 The heavenly influence ofprayer on our ow . souls will lead us to give a very important tes . timony to the truth, i. e. that we devote oui j selves and our all to the diffusion of ; amongst the destitute?not that zeal, i 5 promulgating the doctrines we hold, is c . itc-lf nvidonrp sufiipiont !.? pctnhlich til > truth of those doctrines; otherwise th ir grossest absurdities would be establislie 3 as divine truths. I>ut it manifests our sir t cerity, and, in the present case, as all adm - that the Gospel imbues its subjects with t spirit of active benevolence, it shows the l our faith produces those fruits which it i 1 t ie tendency of the Gospel to produce ; That fervent prayer has a natural tendene 3 to lead us to hold forth to the world this testi mony in favor of the truth, may be seen b 3; the consideration of two or three points c 3 Christian experience. 1. We shall feel more deeply the val *! uc of the Gospel, and the bindintrobligatio s! of the command " Go ye into all the worl j and preach the Gospel to every creature. 1 j " Ever}' good gift and every perfect gift i r J from above, and cometh down from th 3 i Father of lights, with whom is no variable 1 ness, neither shadow of turning"?But fe these blessings God is to be inquired c 1 by us to do it for us. Prayer appears t 1 be the great channel through which He ha r chosen to cause his precious blessings t ? How down in such profusion upon his peo pie. Now spiritual blessings.unlike world ly enjoyments, cause us to hunger an f thirst after more. Our appetite for wordl( 3 gratifications frequently becomes satiate 2 by excessive indulgence; but the mor > intimate our experience of Gospel truth, th< 3 more rich and precious does it appear; th " more we enjoy of Christ, the more frequer 1 and intimate our communion with him, th } more aro our hearts enlarged to receiv r him, and the more precious and invaluabl ? do we esteem him?and then our conscien f ces will be more tenderly susceptible c 5 impressions from the divine injunctions ) Indeed we shall leel ourselves bound, b 1 the cords of love and gratitude, to obey? 3 and what cords bind more strongly or mor 1 sweetly than these ? O how should ou 3 hearts leap with jov and gratitude to fee that we are thus bound, and how cheerfull j should we imitate our Saviour, and sa " Lo I come, I delight to do thy will, O m {. God." ' 2. We shall be enabled more fully t< ' i embrace the promises given for our encour ' agement. It is by faith that we embrace the promises?It is by faith that we an ' enabled to have respect to the recompense ' of reward?It is by faith that we endure a ' seeing him who is invisible. But faith i; the gift ofGocL It is one of those spiritua ' blessings already alluded to as descendinj J to us through the channel of prayer. Bu faith like every other Christian grace to h strong requires exercise. At first it i: weak and languid; but frequent approaches t< the throne of grace give frequent occasion: for the exercise of faith. And when oui } prayers are answered we are encouraged t< j come again, not only because it gives u: I confidence that we shall be heard again j but because it puts an additional argumen | into our mouths. We were encouraged t( 1 come at first by the invitations and promi ' ses, but now we have added the performance ! of those promises. Surely then we maj come with the unwavering confidence tha since God has lured us to the mercy sea bv invitations, and promises, and the fulfil I ment of those promises, he will not send us j empty away. With the same confidence ; may we go forth to deny ourselves, anc labor, and suffer, and die, if need be, in his service. CAST OUT THE BEAM. A minister not long since while travelling 011 the Erie canal upon the Sabbath, undertook to reprove some of the men belonging to the boat for swearing. One of them saiu to him in reply, "You look well, Sir, reI proving us while you are traveling all daj I Sunday!" lie could not say another word, CENSORIOCSNESS. The other day I heard a respectable I minister of the gospel talking about a brothI er minister in the same communion with ; himself, with great severity, and he conclu. ded his remarks with the exclamation, "ah he is a snake in the grass." A venerable elder remarking of another Christian minisj ter at the same time said, he is as full ol I venom as a serpent." I have often heard frorr II tliem and others, similar expressions wher r as?good a standing in the church for piety - asathemselvcs. I am always grieved to hear - such language from professors of religion, f t I am sure it does not proceed from a right . , state of heart, and must be displeasing to t< v God, as it is discreditable to religion.? a t Would it not be more in accordance with r the spirit of the Gospel, if when they discov- T e er any unchristian conduct in a brother S e they would go to him in the "spirit of meek- * y ness" and affection, and point out to him * II "his fault, between him and thee alone," if t 0 peradventure he "might gain his brother." ( - Infinite wisdom and benevolence have pro- * y ; posed this method; and surely he has learn- f ed but little of the gospel of Christ, who \ 1 treats it with neglect.?Luminary. i. i ! 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For his small sum subscribers get valuable and enertaining matter each week enough to fill a comnon book of200 pages, and equal to 52 volumes 1 year, and which is estimated to be read, weekly w nt Wst two hundred thousand n#v.nl? -?* 7 ? ? i?twii red in all parts of the country, from Maine to Florida, and from the sea board to the lake*. fhe paper has been now so long established as .0 render it too well known to require an exten. led prospectus, the publishers, therefore, will do 10 more than refer to the two leadingdaily poitical papers of opposite politics The Penny J van i an says?"The Saturday Courier is the argest, and one of the best family newspapers in he Union;" the other, the Inquirer and Daily Courier, says, "It is the largest journal published n Philadelphia, and one of the very beet in the United States." The New York Star says?we enow nothing more libera] on the part of the dor. nant talents of our country, than their unexampled liberality in offering literary prizes." The Albeny Mercury of March 16th, 1836 says, "the Saturday Courier, is decidedly the best Family Newspaper ever published in this or any >thcr country, and its value is duly appreciated )y the pnblic, if we may judge Its contents are igrecably varied, and each number contains moro eally valuable 'reading matter* than is published n a week in any daily paper in the Union. Its uauiujuiu uiuivuoiuua uuauic 110 vubcijiiwiug prumetors, Messrs. Woodward & Clarke, of Fhilalelphia, to re-publish in its colamcs in the coarse )f a year, several of the most interesting new vorks that issue from the British press; which ? cannot fail to give to it a permanent interest and ' ender it worthy of preservation. To meet thr^ vishes, therefore, of such of their subscribers as deIre to have their numbers bound, they have de ermined on issuing an edition of the Couriei in he quarto form, which will render it much more convenient for reading when it is bound in a volime and thus greatly enhance its value." THE QUARTO EDITION. Under the title of the Philadelphia Mukor, vill commence with the publication of the. Prize rale, to wliich was awarded the prize of $200, vritten by Miss Leslie, editor of the splended Annual the Token, and author of Pencil Sketchis and other valuable contributions to American Literature, A large number of songs peems ales, Ac. offered in competition for the $500' >remiums, will add value and interest to the tucceeding numbers, which will also be enrichediv a stnrv from Miss Sedcrewiek author of Heoe V ? J O 7" Leslie. The Linwoods, &c.f whose talents have? , teen so justly and extensively appreciated, both, .t home and abroad. This approved FAMILY NEWSPAPER it trictly neutral in religious and political matters .ndthe uncompromising opponent of quaker of ivery kind. MAPS. In addition to all of which the publishers inend furnishing their patrons with a series of engraved Maps, embraceing the twenty-five States if the Union, Ac. exhibiting the situation, Ac. if rivers, towns, mountains, lakes, the sea board nternal improvements, as displayed in cannals, ail roads, Ac., with other interesting and useful eatures, roads distances, Ac. forming a complete ttlas for general use and information, handomely executed, each distinct map on a large uarto sheet, at an expense which nothing but be splendid patronage which for six years past ias been so generously extended to them, could warrant. TERMS: The Philadelphia Saturday Courier is still ontinued in its large form at the same price as cretofore. The Philadelphia Mirror, being a uarto edition of the Saturday Courier, with its increased attractions, and printed on the best ine white paper of the same size as the New York Llbion, will be put at precisely one half the price f that valnable journal, viz, Three Dollars per nnum payable in advance (including the Maps.} WOODWARD & CLARKE, Philadelphia. QZpThe paper will be sent in exchange to suchewspapers as may oblige us by publishing our dvertisemenis. may 14. The Silk Culturist. . AND FARMER'S MANUAL. Published monthly by the Executive Commit. ie of the Hartford County Silk Society, at 50 ents per annum. Volumes I. and II. rHE object of this publication is to disseminate a thorough knowledge of the Sift bosi ess. The cultivation of the Malberry Tfeee in 11 varieties?rearing Silk Worms?the prodneon of Cocoons?reeling and manufacturing ilk, and Dyeing the same. The publication rill contain a complete manual of the Silk Colire from sowing the seed to preparing for mar. ct?Sewing Silk and Twist?and will keep the Culturist advised with regard to the progress of le enterprise?the formation of Societies and Companies. Enactments of Legislatures for the romotion of the object, and faets, and expedients of individuals. It will also contain eboice rticles on new and interesting subjects connect, d with agriculture. ' ^ ~ rPt?!- ririTti?i?r vsr commenced in April list -and there are now published Five Thousand Copies monthly, with a rapidly increasing circu. ition. Arrangements have been made to film- j >h the First volume to thoee who make early application for the Second. Earth Volume wil ontain ninety-six quarto pages. One dollar prwarded to F. G. Cojotock, Secretary, Iiart. )rd, Conn, free of expense will pay for both volmes or fifty cents for the latter. The second rolume commenced the first of April. No subcription received unless paid in advance. Knowing the great difficulty of obtaining, geuiue Seed at a distance, the Secretary of the ociety will forward White Italian Mulberry 'eed for 1000 Trees, to those who an subscriers 'o the First Volume and order the Second ad to such as subscribe for both Volumes before le first of July next. Newspapers copying the above will be entitled J the second volume. J Hartford, Conn. April, 1636. 1 Just Received. 1 Home's Book of Health and Medicine, 1 Sesmondis Fall of the Roman Empire, I Wirts Life of Patrick Henry, new Edition, a Chalmers' Works, I voL new Edition, J Addresses to Youth, by A. D. Eddy, 1 Combe on the Constitution of Man, J Oswalds Etymological Dictionary, I The Great Teacher, fl Tholuck on John, Dicks Works in one volume, fj Ramsay's Misssionary Journal, r I Cotton on the Religious State of the Country. mm 'or Sale at the Book Store. mM July 'Joth