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81^ 111 i I i I - ^ ^ ...... i .? ii . - in i iii H M. |_ ii iii, iii ii Hi l- ' " ' ?~n in, m mi i u?immmm?mmmmmmmm iinin?i?i iiimii.. m " i im iwmi g n m? M. MACLi'.AN, KDITOi: & I'liOlMiJKTOK. CHER AW, S. C., WEDNESDAY, 31 AY 31, 1837 VOL. II. NO. *9. ) W?IWIIWUJ . ,n. 1 am I T r. i? 3JS. If paid witiiin three months, ^ - - - > It paid within throe monthsaiiorthcclose^ ot the year, - - - - - * - " , If paid within twelve months after the close of ihe year J- W* If not paid within that time, - - - ? "(I A company of ten persons taking the paper a t lie same Post Olliee, shall !>c cut it led to it at provided the names be forwarded together, act conipanicd by the money. No paper to be discontinued but at he <> plior of the Editor till arrearages are paid. Advertisements inserted for 75 cents persquan or less the first time, and 37 ? for each subsequen insertion. Persons sending in advertisements are requir od to specify the number of limes titey are to 1?? inseted; otherwise they will be continued til 'ordered out, ami charged accordingly. #.T*TIie Postage must be paid on all comma tiications * A m mmSfrn ** mm m W m Vmmmm * MANAGOKNT OF REUS. Karly in th spring, iron) deficiency it the stock of winter hones, the bees of one hive are often found to rob those o another. 'J"he prevent this, I know of ni better way than to make the entry hole o the hive that contains the most honey s< small that it will barely admit them to gi in and out. ilu the greatest object which could claim toe attention of every 0:10 wiu has the charge of bees, is to prevent theii destruction by worms. Perhaps two thirds of the bees on the Island have within a few vears been destroyed by the insect caiicc the miller. It enters the htvo and lays eggs which soon produce worms in such number* as to des toy the bees or drive them from the hives. To prevent the access of worms, the hive should be perfectly tight, and have hut one hole at the lower edge of the hive ; the continual passing of the bees will prevent them, lbu the most sure way of keep, ing them out is to have a well made hive, to act very level on a board, which shall project out in trout o! tae hivoT inches, ;c have a channel or groove about 10 inches long, and 2 wide, and halt* an inch deep on in tliis board : and then have a board about l> inches wide nailed over the groove outside of the hive. The bees will enter the hive bv this groove?the en'rv hole being at sue!" o _ ce a distance (four inch s) from the hive, nr kind of insect ud! ever en'cr. I have ob served that bees which deposito their hone} in trees very generally have worms anion} them, if the hole is large or if there arc tv. < or .'three small ones. iJat when the Imk Jias been small i nave always ionnu iu< honey pure and free from worms, iJos:de< this great advantage, the bees are less annoyed by the dust and leaves blowing in during drv weather and rain bea.ing i:i duO ? c ring heavy storms. .\li kinds of dirt arc very offensive to bees. The hi 'es should be of new clean boards. To have then: quite clean is much 1> tier than to rub thou: with sugar orsalt and water.?I have knowr bees to forsake hives which once containc, lisli or some other oily substance. The empty hives during winter, should be ii some place where they can be kept frou dirt, particularly from mice and rats. Whet bees swarm and I;ght on the limbs of trees they should not be shaken off violently, bu the hive should be put near them, or tlu limbs sawed off. The next object of attention is to taken: the honey wi lioui destroy iug the bees. The old met.hod of killing the bees i? get the honey, is a very hud one?if can b< easily avoided about the first of July, or a; soon as the bees bi gm to lie idle in the frou of the hive, take ajiavo of the same dimcn sions as the one they are in, and bore in tie top of it as many holes as you can, abou an inch in diameter?raise [near the ilusJ tft*the evening, 1 the Itive thur contains th< bees?put it over the one tiiat has the holes The bees will immediately descend into th lower one, and till it with honey, it' tin hive is fixed according to the above direc lions, lliev will go out and enter the sami hole that llioy did when filling the first one and thus they will not be dis:urbed in tin least. Bat when the hole is made in tin side of the hive itself J you are under tf :< necessity of stopping it up and in;;king then pass through one with which they have no been acquainted. In the fail after the bee: have done collecting honey, take olf the toj hive anil turn it bottom upwards, place tlx edge of it near i! j entry hole; and by thump ing a lit le the hei s w; 1 immadiately l?-av< it enter the other. 'Bake a piece of boar; of the proper size and screw it in over tin holes.?l?y this method \\ ti get a hive ful of line honey, and a sufficiency in theothe for the bees to live on during the winter Unless the bees have a second hive to till they are in a good season almost entire!; idle after July, for want of room to stor their honey. By this method of management, bees ar rendered very profitable. Two years ago bought a swarm of bees on n limb ofa tre< for 2-3. lYom lliis one 1 have") others which independently of the honey they hav 9 * ? % i i produced, I value at dollars?and snouii the three following seasons j rove favorable I shall Irom this one hive, have beesenongl to support my family. From one hive v bees I can generally get two others ever year. At a moderate calculation, I sha iiave in 3 years GO hives, an-'' should :k season he favorable, 1 shall h ce one hmi dred. W hen my number ofluvcs is sufl: cicntly iiicrcased, each one will every sea son produce honey to the amoitn! of sevei and a halfdollars.?Long Island Journal. Philosophy. silk crlivni:. There is something truly inspiring in t!: progress which is making in tliis branch c r o # u , ^ industrv. Fifteen years ago, it any on had endeavored to ascertain what could b< done in the business, he would have be a old t!nt rwn in the bvn-^' .-V,-..* ?wii! ! i L iJLjiii.]tui'.vjui^?iii!r?<yw>*r-y'-'; ' T'itsv it is nee; ssarv : > erect t*x:?"ii.s:v buii-1 j dings to protect the Worms ; that s ciVL'S I and thermometers were indispensable to j preserve a uniform temperature, and that j many thousand dollars worth of intricate 1 machinery were required tor the filature or i reeling ; *ui i afor a!!, nothing i>;i? sewing | , silk could be made, without employing the ' skill of J European workmen. Let usuiquirc for a moment what bus been done : 1 by the free ellorts of a lVeo country, by ! , mere American enterpri/.e, unaided by j t tar lis or bounties. The inhabitants of .Urns-1 field, Conn, proved that our New Kng'and j' - climate was better for the business than the.' j of Italy ; while houses are necessary there, 1 ; the worms may even be led in our dryer ! atmospik-re in open sheds. The example ; ol .Mansfield was foliowed by many other 1 ? places, and it is curious to observe how i Yankee cnterprize and ingenuity hnsiutro. ! duced improvements at every step, It was j Ibund that instead ot the JL.uropeun moae | < , of feeding all the worms together, and ;' , thereby exhausting il)e trees, and creating I i j- for a tew weeks a pressing call for lalior, u 1 j was wiser to divide them into classes, haioa I' them a* ditit:rent times, and distribute labor . througu two or three months instead 01 six } weeks. It was also found that instead o* | the complicate and costly machinery of the > old world, a cheap and simple reel inven-? . ted by a New Kngland Quaker will answer , ! a belter purpose, and is already copied and . I used in the manufactories of France. I ??o we go. The market for the cocoons S brisk and ready, and the price is more '1 li! > 'Hi,! iinvoM-inrr tlnn nl nMT ! mm Uiii ui * in., uiuu v.-? w??. ^ - staple wool. Our farmers and our (armors' wives and daughters are entering spiritedly , i..to the business. We have seen many ' beautiful specimens of s'Jk i.i tins and the 1 ncighborihg towns, and among others some ' made last summer by Mrs. Charlotte C. (.' ay, of Putney, who had never before seen i1 I a silk worm in her life. We have saen a . Handsome pattern of vesting woven hv a f 4 O lady at her first attempt; and we are told j < thai except the using rods made of sice I , ' instead oi cane, it is as easy, and even ea- i ? ' sier to weave silk than cotton and woolen. ) , i No one can examine this subject without l acknowledging its interest. It must be that ( the time js at iiaml when \ie shall receive us uineii lor l.io bilk oCNcw Fnigland. as is . now received for the staple of woo!, ami t that too without materially diminishing the , 1 other products of the soil.?Drcdhchoro . '(!/.) Democrat. > ambkicax seamo.vs friend so. CIKTV. A bstraef at'the Xinth Annual 11^ orprcsen- , ' i fed May isC. The labors of the present year may be 1 more conveniently it-Mewed under the i"t?!, , lowing topics : viz. Foreign operations, Do, mcslicfj'iOors, f.ocal Institutions, Openings j for Enlarged Efforts and the Slate of ; the Funds. , Foreign Operations. , Canton, lice. J. W. Xeiclan, Chaplain, j j ?It will be recollected that Canton was j the first foreign port in which a Chaplain l of this Society displayed the Bethel Flag, j . and preached beneath it "tine unsearchable ...... .. ? i?,?. l \ !?.<.! vvn< ncucsui V. MHM. jtvi. 'nt tvi ,.?v , the first chaplain there, spending one sca' son only at that place, llcv. Edwin Sto, vtiis was sent out in the year 1^3~, with an > understanding that ho should bo released in 1 v . , . s throe years a ho requested it, ui order to j t enter the service of the American Hoard,} as a missionary in China. This lie lias j . now done, closing up his account ui.ii the 5 Seamons Friend Society about one year c ago. yef kindly supplying the ship anchor2 ago at Whumpoa with his service 0:1 the Sabbath as before, and will probably couj ' tinue this until his successor shall arrive. Tne Rev. J. W. Newton, of Norwich Conn, is engaged for this purpose. lie has obtain-> ed his dismission from his people, and is .* ...iilvnl' Crtl< ( 'I 1' 11 rl UUUiU IVJ v.:iii/(4&i\ iv-?4 "w??. * Honolulu. 7ut. John Did!, Chaplain. : ?Alter tiieexperience of four years there j. is increased reason for believing that this i post, as otic for benefitting the sailors ent gaged m the whale lisherv, was well choN s sen. ? ii wm:. Rev. Kit X. XcictaH, Chaplain. : ?Tins is the linh year a chaplain lias been - supported at Havre, at much expense, and j through many discouragements. The chap. ! el began to be thronged with hearers soon : alter the commencement of Mr. Sawteli's i minis'ry in August last: a larger and more i " i? ~e:.. th.o i.>.>111 ! 1 COllVl'lUCUl |MUCU OI licio |?iU* . vided ; and frequent hopeful conversions . among seamen and others have taken y place. e ! .Maksj:ilm:s. lice. Jhvi'I D. F. E. // Chap, lain.?L)r. Ely arrived at Marseille-son the 0 'Jlstof August last. His proposal to open 1 a chape! for sailors was well received.? e Liberty to proceed was readiiv granted by i, die civil authorities, and pecuniary aid was 0 lreely given bytiic English and American J consuls, by merchants, shipmasters and *, others to an amount very nearly suHicient 1 to cover the expense of fitting a room. f S.myi:n\. Iiev. Josiah Brcircr Chaplain. v ?As in years past Mr. Brewer devotes a :i portion of his time to the claims of sene men. (Ji;o.\sr.\i/i'. II v.John C. ll'chsicr Chap. { lain.?This place, which is the grand port j ! of St. Betcrsburg, in Russia, has been re-1 i) peatedly urged upon the notice of tliis so- i f\ deity by the Rev. Mr. Knill, formerly of I S*. Petersburg, and by the Executive Board : ' of the British and Foreign Sailors1 Society ^ , in London. It is an important port. More , e than 1400 vessels, including 37 American.: i i if wre at Cwnstadt last year. It is also the e chief rendezvous of the Russian navy. Mr. ' c Webster lias reevnt'v received ord.nation.1 i ' and is ahi'Ut 4 > embark for that port. i V -?? ( l;.>r> < > JFf ">."0! 1 *v'. ' Chaplain.?This we rank among the foreign ports, though within the limits ./f the l-uited SXitcs. The old Mariner's church at New Orleans having been removed by order of the government, it seemed necessary to begin at the foundation. Mr. Loo- <1 mis was sent lo New Orleans in January j I last and commenced his labors by renting a , ( room, conveniently situated, filling it up in ; a an economical manner, and there preaching | c the gospel to such as might assemble. A j c l'ort Socio! v has recently* been formed at! y . . | > i New < ?r!eans, and arrangements are making v to build a mariner's church. b Data via, Singapore and Laiiania. At each of these places the resident Auicricar a missionaries have been engaged to perform j such services for seamen as they consist- ? cut iy can. u Domestic Labors. x (uder this head is classed those efforts \\ hich tne American Seaman's Friend Society lias made for the benefit of sailors, v apart from tne preaching ct the Gospel. The j Sudor's Magazine, in an edition ot 3,500 p copies, is published and distributed monthly; 1 p iwo editions of tne Sailor's Hymn Book vS: J ;1 Devononal Assistant have also been pub- j i lislied. AiiicJ by liic New York State Temperance Society, 100,000 copies of a ^ Temperance Almanac, adapted to sailors, have been put in circulation. Aided by the American Tract Society, 59 k'i'go vcssels iiavc been furnished, with a permanent . library of useful books, of about 60 volumes each, arranged in a neat case, and , put up in the forecastle. Our foreign chap- 1 iuins have also beep furnished with tracts !j by the Tract Society, while the American ^ Bible Society has furnished them with Bibles. Local Institutions. | s At Portland, Salem, Boston, New Bed- j c ford, New York, Philadelphia. Baltimore.: * Charleston, Savannah and .Mobile, there are | regular congregations of sailors, with min- j )' isters devoted to their instruction ; and at j 1 Uus o.:, i'niladelphiu, and Baltimore, the ) ordinances of the Gospel have been intro- c duced. c a The following very interesting historical inci- ' dent is taken from the 'Scot's Worthies.'? v Brown was one of the goodly band of cove- a nanters who suffered persecution in the times s of the bloody Claverhouse in the seventeenth { century.?Ch. Int. j JOHN Kit OWN OF PEIESTHILL. . "On one of those days, when driven from \ his home, lie fled lor refuge to a deep ra- r \ ine, or moss hag, that had been formed by the current ot a water spoui, carrying t siirubs, soil, moss, and all byfore it, to the t dale laud beneath, leaving a frightful ( chasm amidst a vast field of heaib. Its I deep mossy sides made it inaccessible to t sirangers; only the neghboring husband- i man knew where the brukens bid the rocks, 1 whoseslielvy sides conducted to the bottom, t In the sides of this natural alley were dens r and caves, sufficient to hide a large com- 4 paiiy. In one of these Pricsthill intended i to spend the dav in prayer; and had begun t to pour out his soul in the words of Lamen- i tations iii; 40, &c. when a sweet sound \ reached his ear, that- seemed to proceed 4 from another part of the place. At first s it was in a soft under voice, as afraid to < he heard; but soon rose above all fear join- < ed with others; and he heard a Psalm dis- 4 IiiwiIv Qiinff. ? a* 414tt is the hallowed sound of praising \ Ciod; and by some fellow sufferers-1 said 1 John Brown as he arose from his knees to 1 search them out. And to his no small joy, 1 lie found David and William Steel, ( his neighbors, and Joseph Wilson from < Lesmahago, in the cleft of a rock that jut- ( * * rin n I. ted hall way into the ravine, i ne oteeis had had a narrow escape the day before this. And it was to avoid such harassing that they fleJ to the ravine. Nor did they llee in vain. They found, to their sweet experience, this dreary waste a Bethel; and in their harassings and hidings, as it was with Moses on the iMount, they felt nearest God, when farthest from creature comforts. All day tlicy read of God's Word and prayed by turns; and during the dark and silent watches of the night, by turns they prayed and praised. "The seventy fourth psalm was deeply imprinted on their memories, for its being remarkably descriptive of their situation. Tho whole of it was sung about midnight; and while the wind carried the sound to the dale land below, faith carried the matter up to heaven. They felt a peace that made them loath to part. Every one was sensible that the presence of God bad been with them. And in this spirit these Iwmp lumtivl ?npnt tllC time till IllOT j 'vy wi iiuiiiwM uuimiv w ning dawned, and the lark rose above t their heads, joining his notes with theirs in t praise to God for the light of another day. J t tk\\ illiam Stccll who escaped death from j v the persecutors, and lived many years after, j j the Revolution, said often, if ever there j was a time in his life that he would wish ; to enjoy over again, it was especially that j r dav and night he spent in the moss hag.? j , I hey all thought it would be the last nice- j tingon earth. He was the first that ascen. i i ded from the ravine, to look if the enemy j j were in view ; and it being a clear morning,| | and no person in sight, they all followed, j , and were standing to consult on the scpa. ; rate paths they would take home, to pre- ( vent them being seen, when tliev were , struck silent by a voice, sweeter than any | { thingthcy had over heard, passing over the j , rav ine, singing these words ;? ! , "Oil! lot the prisoners' Fj'rhs a Return thy sigh on hi"h ; 3 Preserve those by thy ?inighty power, 1 hat are ordained to die." '\\nd again, while they stood speechless, j | another voice was sung in tones cf c.vulfa-! i T:<v: ; ' Though ye invc I tin among the pots, a Like doves ye shall appear, c Whose wings with silver, and with gold, p( Whose feathers covered are.*' ^ "After standing lor some lime, looking j1 it one another some of them thought they ' tad left other worshippers in the moss hag. ' )thers thought that the sound echoed from J i greater distance. 'Whuevei or where- n ver the words come from, we have little oncern,' said Joint IJrown; 'one tiling ^ re may take comfort from, tliev arc (lod's E " } rords to his Cimrcli in aJiliction; and that 111 ? our situation. 0 4iAs usual he hod arisen with the dawn, j u ind had offered up the morning's sacrifice. C( lis wife often told how remarkably the ^ >salm sung that morning, tended to gird p tii'; loins of th-ir mii.ds. ll was Psalm Lx xvii 1?4 verse. 'After worship the good man went to the l' -ill to prepare some peat ground; the ser- ^ ants were also out, and engaged at some istancc in their wonted employments.? ^ )fa sudden Claverhouse surrounded the . iolpless man, with three troops of dragoons, nd brought him down to his own house, le left his impliments of industry with ai rear composure, and walked down before V| hem, more like a leader than a captive. s( "Meanwhile Janet had alarmed her moher by telling her that a great many horse- . nen were coming down the hill with her n r IT iither. 'The thing I feared is come upon ne; O, give me grace for this hour,1 said icr mother, hastily taking up her boy, and i-rnnninnr him in her nlaid: and taking ai ?i r;-e i ' o anct in her hand, she went out to meet te icr foes, praying in secret as she went. tf, "The leisurely way of examining per- lc ons by law, in which there was some seise di if Justice, was now departed from. Cla- c"' erhouse simply asked John Brown, Why ul ic did not attend the curate? and if . he v( rould pray for King James? Upon hear- tr ug his answer, Calverhouse sa?d, 'Go to S( rntir prayers, for you shall immediately ^ lie'?which command John immediately ^ ompiied with, and that i:i such a manner a: . ? 11 ^ ifitl* oma'/nmflnt i\ " Lb llliCU IIIU llut'J'b Willi auiui^iii. 111. WU lis family it had a different effect. His Cl rife, wlio was near her confinement, with ^ i child in her arms, and Jcnet at her side, e) food while nc prayed 'that every covenan- 11 cd blessing migh. be poured upon her and ^ icr children, born and unborn, as one re- .c reshed by the influence of the Iloly Spirit, ? vhen he comes down like rain upon the nown grass, as showers upon the earth." ^ There is a light in the Christianas life ^ hat discovers the spots of the wieked, and ormcnts them before the time. When ^ 21avcrhouse could bear his prayers no onger, and had succeeded, after interrup- ^ ing him twice with tho most blasphemous ^ anguage, to raise him from his knees, John Jrown said to his wife,?' Isabel I, this is ^ he day I told you of before wc were mar- ,j ied;' and added with his unusual kindness, |v 'You sec mc summoned to appear, in a cvv minutes, before the court of heaven, is a witness in our Redeemer's cause, igainst the ruler of Scotland. Arc you ^*c villing that I should part from you?'? ^ Heartily willing,'said she in a voice that ^ ;poke her regard for her husband, and her J| submission to the Lord, even when he call- bl h! her to bow before his terrible things. 11 That is all I wait for ; O death, where is ;hy sting? 0 grave, where will be thy vicory?' said the good man, while lie tendery laid his arms around her, kissed her and lis little boy, and lastly Janet; saying to ^ ler, 'My sweet bairn, give your hand to fi [j'od as your guide; and he your mother's fr romfort.' He could add no more; a tide 0 >f tenderness overflowed his heart. At ast, he uttered these words, 'Blessed be o; hou, O Holy Spirit! that spcaktuh more w :omfort to my heart than the voice of my g ippressors can speak terror to my ears.1? w l'hus, when the Lord brought his witness w o be tried, he discovered a magnanimity tc ,vhich, as he fell, conquered his prosecu- a: ors. sl ' Jf, in the Christian's life, there is a light r % n hat discovers the spots ot the wicked, so n the martyr's heroicgrapphing with death, s] here is a heat that scorches them past en- 11 luring. It was doubtless under this feeling hat Claverhouse ordered six of his drag- r< ions to shoot him, ere the last words were a >ut of his mouth; but his prayers and conluct had disarmed them from performing uch a savage action. They stood mo- . ionless. Fearing for their mutiny, Cla- 1 erhouse snatched a pistol from his own J >elt and shot him through the head. And f i vhile his troops slunk from the awful scene, ic like a beast of prey that tramples and iowIs over a fallen victim, insulted the tenc1 ior-hcarted wife, while she gathered up he shattered head, by taunting jeers;? ^ What thinkest thou of thy husband now, d voman:' 'I ever thought muckle good of lira,' said she, 'and now more than ever.' i i?. c le seeing ner courage saiu, \i were uui ? usticc to lav thee beside him.' She i cplied, 'if ye were permitted, 1 doubt not rour cruelty could go that length ;?how ^ vill ye answer for this morning's work?'? With a countenance that belied his words ic answered, 'To men i ran be answera- a do:and as for <?'od I will take him in my e )wn hands;' Thus saying he hastily put a .pins to his horse, and ieft her with the a :orpse. hdio tied ii]? his head with the p lapkin, and when she had nothing farther < o do or contend with, she sat down on the n wound drew her children to her, and wept 0 jver her mangled husband." i s | u AMERICAN JitBLE SOCIETV. I c Abstract (>f the Tunu' / first /oyr;*'. , p The labors of the Hoard, the past year, |> have been in some respects different from ' > those of the previous year, Then, large c r'UUi.s ? m'o i *' j* " buli'A iV'Vt 1 ' ??gTmii taJUWMU . ' CJB.Jaaaw nd were conscpucntlv procured and remit-1 e d. During die year now closed, less of- ti :>rl lias been put form in regard to trie b ) reign fieid,ariJ mor'..' lbr the supply of do- v lestic wants. Many of the auxiliarxs o avebvn wno.iy engaged in this work, in 1: >e supply of destitu e families with the g libie and children with the Now Testa- v letjr. . is Since the last annual mooting, oneofiiie s ice Presidents, the late Robert Ralston, 11 isn. of Philadelphia, has been removed by 11 n eati). lie bad iong been a zealous friend n i'tlie Bible cause1, and acted as ;he Treas- ^ rcr of die Society wliore he lived, from its ^ jmmenccinent. Since the decease of . fr. Ralston, four other Vice Presidents 11 ive been appointed, viz. his Excellency P obert P. Dunlap, Governor ot Maine; l' ic Hon. John McLean, of Ohio, one of ic Justices of the Supseme Court of the a nited States ; the Hon. Jesse L. Holman, s t Indiana, Judge of the U. S. District 0 ourt; and the Hon. Charles Cotcsworth incknoy, of South Carolina. These dis- " nguished individuals, though connected |s O . _. . P , ? J * ith four different religious denominations, I re the devoted friends of the same inspired j1,1 olumc, and zealous for its universal dis-1 imination. * New Auxiliaries The new auxiliary societies formed du- o ng the year amount to thirty-two, besides lany branch societies. Receipts. The receipts of the year from all sources . mount to 890,578 89, (being $14,320 56 :ss than those of the previous year.) 01 lis sum, 844,435 82, were in payment j >rbooks; 83,101 32,from bequests; for istribu ion abroad, 80,205 09. The pejr.iary condition of tue Society is very 1 liferent lrom what it was at the last anniersary. Then there was a surplus in the . easury, and alsp stock to the amount of ir neral thousand dollars from the estate of t)$eph Burr, deceased, in Vermont. Now rj le funds are gone, and such of the stocks VI s would bring a par value. All would ave been sold, had not the managers fear- S' :l to make on them too great a sacrifice, .ppropriations are already made to aid for- n rr.? /liotrihutinn. tt'hli?h will consume ail S1 ^11 UlOll I UV?fc>vt/j WW ..... ? - icir stocks as soon as they can he sold at 'j ay reasonable rate. The Board, there- j1 ire, for their next year's operations, must iok wholly to the auxifliary societies and enevolent societies. A few appropriations have been made ^ le past year towards foreign distribution, lore ought to be done the coming year.? ^ it several of the stations, liberal grants will 0 e required, as will be seen in another place. ^ L is hoped, therefore, that the auxiliaries, rhile they carry on vigorously the work of J? omeslic supply, will also furnish what they r - i :? l. ? S 31) 101" U1U XUrClgU. J l scviiia IU j uui loard that an unusual call is now made on Ij 10 local societies fo come up to the help of . lis sacred cause. New Stereotype Vlales. t( Plates have been prepared during the year c ir a new pica Testament with the book of tl salms appended to it. This, being of tl irgc letter, is designed for aged people and f( lose who have imperfect vision. It will ? c ready for delivery early in June, and tl lust bo extensively called for when seen, si (7 O From the & S. Journal. u SUCCESS NOT TIIE TEST. . ti The following judicious observations e icrit the serious consideration of Chrisans. They are made in a letter to us a om an American clergyman in the island a f Ceylon. " "There are no very striking indications a f good, at present, in any pari of India s' ith which I am acquainted. In general, 0 rounds of hope for the future exist every- ? here. It is almost a doubtful point J.1 nether misssionaries do rightly in giving ] . ?U /.linroKnc nt hnmo siiph information t lliv; WilVW Ub IIVM.V WMV ...... s is demanded. To keep alive the mis- e onary spirit of Christendom, it is necessa. n f to relate stories of converts, or, at least, f inquiring heathens. Success in mis- d onary labour is, of all other things, the o lost exciting to the great majority of the v hurches; and this is probably one main P jason why our success is so unfrcquent, l' nd so small when it does come. The d orld never will be converted until Chris- 0 ans learn so to obey and trust the Lord ^ lat they will perform their duty to the h eathen simply because it is their duty. It 11 'ould be the dawn of a happy and holy c ay for the earth, if reasons for contribu- n ng to missions, and praying for them, 15 -ere sought in the commands and predic- 0 oris of ttie Bible, rather than in the enouraging letters of missionaries. Faith, 'hich can trust to the promises of Cod I' lien ail human hope seems lost, is indiscnsable to a preacher who would evangel- I :c the hcadien; it is equally so to the - hurch, if she designs to 4 icach all nations,' i s her lord commands. We go abroad a ere while the shines fiercely on us, and a erhaps find, in some shaded place, a num. p er of heathens. We teil them of eterni- J , ; of the loss of the soul; of the infinite f< >ve of the Saviour; we present consider- p tionsto their minds which are the strong- u st that can be expressed or conceived by p ny mortal mind; they stare at us, ani tl pparently are impressed about as much as 1 ic trees and stones, and no more. I am E peaking rather of such parts of the conti- it ent of iJindoostan as I have visited, than 1 i Ceylon, where I now am. lirutisn in- n en sib: lity. a sort of incapacity even to lis- 2 'ii to religious instruction, were all that I ti ould percctv.) on many occasions when I c reached Christ to the Jliudoos, or was d resent when others preached. If a mis- a ionary should rel ax in i::s efforts because J u if discouragement such as this, none i ni'T^ r -idilv Ivmp !fmth:u: those r :hr;s iui:S wnos; zca. iortlie coiiv. rs?.on ;n lie woriJ slumbers when addressed on'y y the promises of God, but is wide awake ihen told of the bap.ism oi Bruiunins, or f revivals amongst island savages. They ston to such accounts, not that they may lorify Go J because of the great wori.s diich no accomplishes, bm in order lo satify themselves that their money and oecuto:ial prayers are not thrown away. You, iv dear friend, know as well, or better tan 1 do, how wide-spread and how pericious is this spirit in matt *rs of religious cnevolence. In the numbers of your ournal which I have received, there have ecn many notices of missionary operaons, successes,aud hopes. You have the ower, through that medium, of inculcating le great principle to which I have alluded -ot teaching that in missionary matters wo re required to. * walk by faith, and not by ight,' whether we reside in Christendom r Islam, America or Hindooslan. " Whilst I thus speak, I am far from leaning to say that there is not much that : encouraging. When I compare the wilngness and capacity tor religions instruc- '* on of many pdoplo here, where mission- ? ries have been for twenty years, with the upidityof the unevangclical people in the ladura and Ramnad villages, I can see reat cause lor gratitude." From the North American Review. LONDON NEWSPAPERS. The morning newspapers are six in num. er. Tiie labor and expense of conducting lem is immense. At seven or eight o'clock i the evening the Editor goes to his oT.ce. 'he night "brings back his day." For an our or two he is buisy in examining letters ad communications, of which, in times of reat public excitement, more than three undred have been received at one office t one day; and from midnight for into the lorning watches, his pen is racing over the i icet before him with the speed of the wind, 'he expenses, too, of a morning paper are erv great. On this point tiie author shall xjak for himself. "The daily expenses incurred by a moring paper, conducted with any degree of :)irit, are enormous. To those unacuainted with them they must appear inredible. The sum weekly paid by the fading morning journals for the intellectual nd manual labor expended on them, with, ut regard to the price of stamps, the ad. ertisement duties,&c. is from 250/.to800/. ?he price paid by 4 Tha Times,' which is reater than that of its cotemporaries, wing to the greater frequency of its double heet publication, is not much uuder tho ltter sum. No morning newspaper could ay its expenses, provided it had no adver-. sements, with a circulation under six or even thousand. As lew of the morning paers have so large a circulation as this, it is lerefore clear thai me advertisements are ie great source of profit. When these re numerous they are extremely profitable ) the proprietors; for in London they are hnrged at a very high rate. The smallest, tough consisting of only one line, is, in ic front page, five shillings. The charge ar one of a column in length, would vary 1 different papers,?for the proprietors of ic several journals have not a uniform cnle of charges,?from fourteen to sixteen uineas. The price, if I remember rightly, 'hich 'The Times' charged for the adversement, in 1835, of the conservative EI. ctors of the City of London, which con. lined 5,000 or 6,000 names adhibited to petition of Parliament, was two hundred d fifty guineas. The advertisement, if ly memory does not mislead me, filled bout four pages of a double sheet. On .'"i rnr i ome occasions i nc 1 imes uouoiu snau ontain between nine hundred and a thnii. and advertisements, The profits, then, rom this source, must be enormous. BeDre the reduction of the advertisement duty, le yearly sum 'The Times, paid to' govrnment for advertisements alone, was not luch under 20,000/. "I do not know a more interesting scene lan that which is to be seen in the office f a morning paper when all hands are at fork. Notwithstanding the extent of the lace, the variety of the departments, and ic number of persons employed, every ling not only proceeds with the regularity f clockwork, but the perfect order prevails. Svery one knows his own duty and cheer, illy performs it, without intrrrupting :>r iterfcrring with his neighbor in the <es. harge of his. There is no talking, or any oisn of anv kind: everv word that is spoken ? J - - y > in a suppressed whisper; and when any >ne has occassion to go from one part of he establishment to another, ho treads lie floor as softely as if he were aft aid ot lis own feet. Foremost among all newspapers both in London and elsewhere, stands Tiie Time??. ?the Jupiter Tonans of the press,?ta? Thunderer. It was established as iong ago s 17SS, but did not begin to lake the lead mong the English papers, till after the eace of 1815. Dr. Stoddard, now Sir ohn Stoddard Governor of Malta, was )r some years previous to this period its rinciplal editor; and so graat was the virlence of this gentleman's attack on Nooleon, that the emperor (credat Judctus) lought of prosecuting him for a libel! The successor of Dr. SrodJard was Mr. iarnes, the present editor. His salary 3 supposedto be twelve -Inndi .<! guineas. The proprietorship of the j . r ; > div.dcd itosixec.is.tares: the who is- v.feed at 150,000/.; and the annual profits arc s?i<I o be between 20,000/. and iiu,000/. i:> ircula.ion is estimated at 10,000 copies . luiiy. Thejprico of the paper five pence t number. Nearly one hundr ed : : i i:tls are directly and constancy t m;Joyed ip in it, and (ho mimher of co; it?:vs lo v: is be-ween lil'v and sixte. 14i*.. i