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Wm.m tKrt tioneenn Farmer.
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EFFECTS OF CT'LTIVATIOX?CURIOUS
FACTS.
The history of some of our commonest
agricultural and horticultural products, fur.
nishes a useful lesson respecting the bencticial
effects of careful cukivat.on*. The
husbandman may read, in the case of the
pota'o particularly, not merely the effects
produced by accident in the introduction
of useful plants, but the vast in provement
resulting from judicious culture.
The speecli of Co!. Knnpp, in delivering
the premiums awarded by the American
Institute to individuals residing in Newark,
embraced many curious facts, which will
probab'y be read wi.h profit by the intelligent
fanners. We quote a few paragraphs :
** Every thing in this country," said he,
has been brought forward by protection.
In this black clime, but few of the sustaining
fruits of the earth were here iudigenmis.
or in a nor/oct state. Even the In
than corn, so often considered as native
here, was with d'titeuky acclimated. It
was brought lfum the south, and by de.
gives was coaxed to ripen in a northern
latitude. The aborigines who cultivated
i: taught the pilgrims how to raise it; they
plucked the earliest cars with the husk and
oraided several of them together, for the
next year's seed, and their care was rewarded
by an earlier and surer crop.
? The pumpkin, brought from Spain,
was first plan ed in Rawlcy, in Massachusetts,
and it w .s several years before they
came to a hard, knotty shell, which marks
the true Yankee pumpkin, such as are selected
for the golden pies of their glorious
thanksgiving festival.
" uur wheat was u itii difficulty acclimated.
That brought from the mother country
had grown from spring to fall, but the
season was not long enough here to ensure
a ( rop, it was then sown in the fall,
grew nuder :hc s tows in winter, and catching
the wannest growth of spring, yield
w . ?
id its inert ase by u idsummcr.
" Asparagus, which is now the delight of
all as an early vegetable, and for which
several millions of dollars are paid our gardeners
early, isof late cu'ture in thiscountry.
At the time of the revolution, asparagus
was only cultivated on the sea-board,
this luxury bad not then readied the firmer
of the interior.
"The history of die po.a'o is a singular
one. Ilecs' Encydopa; !i;i states that the
potato was brought from Virginia, by Sir
Walter Raleigh, ro Ireland. The writer
should have said from South America, in
the latter part of the six.ecnth century,
lie had no idea of i:s ever being used as
-it i!,. ir rime. It was noinrod
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out to him os a beautiful flower, and its
hard bulby root was said, by the natives, to
possess medicinal qualifies. He took it to
Ireland, where he bad estates presented to
him by Queen Elizabeth, .and planted it in
bis garden. The flower did not improve
by cultivation, but the root grew larger and
sober. The potato, in i s native bed, was
u course ground-nul. The thought struck
the philosopher to try the potato as an edible,
and boding and roasting if, found it by
either process excellent. He then gave
some of the plants to the peasantry, and
they soon became, in a measure, a substitute
for bread, when :li3 harvest was scanTV.
*4 The potato was sire \ssfully cultivated
in It eland before it w as thought of in Eng.
land ; it grew int" favor by slow degrees,
and was so h;t!e known when our pilgrim
futhe rs came to to this country, that it was
not thought of tor a crop in the New World.
It would have been an excellent thing for
them, if they had been acquainted with the
value of the potato. It was not till 1719,
that the Irish po'ato reached this country.
A colony of Presbyterian Irish, who settled
in Londondary, in X.-w 1 iampshire, brought
the root with them. This people found
their favorite vegetable flourished well ir
new grounds. I>y degrees their neighbors
came into the habit of raising potatoes ;
but many years elapsed before the culii\a.
tion of them was general among the yeo.
manry of this counirv. Long after they
were cultivated in New England, they
were held in contempt, and the master mechanic
often had to stipulate with his apprentice
that he should not he obliged tc
eat potatoes. An aged mechanic once informed
me that he raised nine bushels, having
at that time (1746) a dozen apprentices,
but did not venture to offer them a boiled
potato with the meat, but left them in the
cellar for the apprentices to get and roasl
as they pleased ; he soon found that he
should not have enough for seed, and locked
up what was left. The next year he
raised the enormous quantity of fhirty.sb
bushels; the neighbors stared?but his
boys devoured them during the following
winter.
?' \ ? ij? 'b:w" -? >ni;: n ?T'mtrv
I 11 I J?W. II^ILWII. IJUKIl ?1>
! brought tins vegetable on their tables, and
j thchrcjudicc agamst them vanished. Thus,
by degrees, a taste tor this food was form
ed, never to bo extinguished. The ctthivation
of the potato is now well understood;
; a crop ameliorates, instead of impoverishj
ing the soil, and the culture can be increas[
ed to any extent. Thus, by the curiosity
i of one lover of nature, and his experiments,
has tin humble weed been brought
i from the mountains of South America, and
spread over Europe and Nor.a America,
u: til it is emphatically called " the bread of
nations." Still the country from which it
was taken, lias been to.) ignorant or superstitious
to attempt its cultivation, until within
a few years. Now, the lights of science
j are chasing away the long, deep shadows
I of the Andes.
j " Rice was brought from India in 1722.
l K,- PYnerimont in
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I South Carolina. It succeeded well, and
I was, for many years, the staple art'c o of
! the State. It seems strange, hut it is not
! more s* range than true, that a vegetable
i should should have a moral and religious
i influence over the mind of men. Brahma
could never have enfoic -d his code of re'
ligious rites, with an hundred incornations,
f if India had not abounded in the rice plant.
1 His followers would have been earniver1
ous, notwidistend ng ail the rays of iiis glorv
and the awful exhibition of his might,
if he had not driven the animals away, and
secured the vegetable kingdom for his wor
shippers. Man is, in spite of his philosoi
phv, a crca urc of the earth?and in a common
measure, like the chamclion, takes
' the hues of his character from his position
and his food.
" The cotton plant was at first cultivated
as a flower in our gardens, and a beautiful
: flower it is. This plant alone lias made a
( revolution in the finances of the world.
Look at the growth and consumption of it
1 in the United Stat ;s, a id the immense manI
ufacture of it in England, where it cannot
} be grown, and you will find my assertion
true in its most extended sense.
" Until our purchase of Louisiana, this
I cr un rv was indebted to the East and West
j Indies for sugar. In the country?the
; thir.een United States?sugar and molas!
ses were made in small quantities, from
cunnt armies. numnkins. and
: ,, , , ,
i maple sugar trees ; but all put together,
, furnished but a small part o! the sugar dcj
mandcd by the great mass of the people.
Our people are fond ofsuceliarine, or sweet
j ening. to use our peculiar tern) of it.
44 The corn stalk, the pumpkin, and the
sweet apple are given up for sugar and mo.
lasses?and the maple tree is tailing before
the axe. and \vc must rely on the sugar
: cane alone, unless \vc can substitute, as in
. France, the sugar beet. The culture of
the sugar beet has heen commenced with
' us, and probably wi I be successful.
[From the Gem sec Farmer.]
} SURt: AND CHEAP WAV TO DEST.xOY RATS.
Mr. Tucker,?I was present a short time
i since, when o.i? neighbor was complaining
! to another that the ra!3 were very troublei
some. The other said lie had got riJ of
his ra s without much trouble. Says he,
i441 buy a hundred small fish hooks for a
1 s .illing, and take a small pine s ick and
I siigli 1. fasten six or eight hooks to it?the
j points all one way?and put the stick in the
j rat's hole,so that when they run in o the hole
i they will rub against the hooks?the hooks
11 * ~1 - ? .?!.? % 1 ivifli ??
I Will CctiCil 111IO 11IU >MII) tlliu IIIIII u II ;iv V .?
| eition they clear the hooks from the
stick, and go oil*, squealing, with the hooks
j fast in the skin, and a few ra's so hooked
w 11 give warning to others, and they will
soon all disappear. Try it, and you will
not be disappointed.
Rawson IIarmon. Jr.
Wheatland, May 17, 1SI37.
Improvement in the weaving of silk.
The New York Post states, that an artist
who has just arrived from Spilalfields,
in England, Mr. John SI.oil, has shown the
editors two beautiful specimens, executed
by himself with machinary of which tie is
: the inventor. One of them is a copy, in
; small, ot West's celebrated picture of the
Landing of Pcnn ; the other of a painting
representing the Judgment of Brutus, by a
i young artist who received the premium of
the Socio, v in Eturland for the cnconrajru?
* r ,
ment of the Fine A rts.? J he cuiirai of
, these Copies, it is added, has all ike precis,
j ion of the most beautiful embroidery. It
i 1 seems almost imr o ;sib!e that any apparatus
; 1 for weaving should be capable of tracing
, such flexible and varied outlines, and shad
ing them with sue!) nicely.
;! Mr.lSholl, who is a member of the donom,
ination of Friends, has come over with the
, j view of seeing whether his skill can be turn.
I ! ed to any account in this country. Our
t ' silk manufactures, vet iu tiieir infancy, but
I 1 which have sprung up in the midst of causes
i thatare likely to insure their prosperity, s and
; , in need of the assistance of experienced ar;
tisans. Mr. Siioll, we learn, is not only an
. J ingenious mechanician, but skilled in all
, the processes of the silk manufacture, and
we have no doubt that he will find sufli
cient enccuragcm'-nt to induce hint remain
. among us.
American.
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IvicE Flour.?Many families, arc getting
, i to use rice flour for making bread. It is
! vsed in connexion with wheat flour, and
| makes a finer bread than the latter alone.
; In some portions of tiiecountry,'bakers use
;; it with great success. Forvarous kinds of
> cakes it is very fine. As to the healthiness
. of rice, let the health of the natives who
; have lived upon it nimost exclusively testify.
: ' It is the most nutritious of a! I the farinaceous
; I productions. There is a vast dilFcrenee
r j ui the price of wheat flour and rice, taking
I into estimation the additional quantify of
bread which a r>r on ! . *'. w ' rnaVe. and
its always being perfectly drv, while flour ex
is often very damp, and of course loses I
much of its weight in evaporation* This is an
an object worthy the consideration of house sh
keepers, and wo are glad to see so many ha
have already introduced its economy in their Idi
domestic concern. Those who have tried co
it in this way give it their entire approba- he
lion. nv
7 . tin
A practice is becoming general in Shesia,
of feeding horses with bread, made by
taking equal qua.ities of oat and rye meal. lv,
mixing it with leaven or yeast, and adding ca
ouo.third of the quantity of boiled potatoes.
To eacli horse is given 12 ibs per day, in
rations of 41bs. each: The bread is cut ,
into small pieces, and mixed with a little .
- - i?, fi.n. uo
moistened cur straw, u is siuicu u; n.?^
m ans there is a saving, in feeding seven ~ j,.
horses, of 49 bushels of oats in 24 days, ,
while the horses perform their common lai
nn
bor, and are much belter in look, health and
disposition.?London Paper :
Corn Preservers.?We have been told "
by a farmer of t his town, that he has nearly (
100 turkeys, and takes some care to drive
them upon his corn and wheat fields to destroy
the insects, particularly the cut-worm, . 1
which they are very industrious hi destroy- 1
ing if they commence work before the sun SP
is up, for then the worm is on the top of r ,
the ground. His corn-fields have been pro- Jj8
tec ted troni the cut-worm, and Ins turnip
and other crops from grasshopprcs, bv
means of his turkeys, which in the fall bring
i in) a gcood price, and but mere trifle for m*
their feed. Ail fowls destroy a great num- tul
ber of insects, but none are so elficient in st>l
this business as turkevs.?Kcnebec Journal. C1 (
I pa
Quercitron Bark.?In answer to the wi
inquiriry of a correspond nit from Kentucky,
of the Editor of Bickneli's Jit porter, of
Philadelphia, as to what species of Oak this
Bark is obtained from, how it is prepared, 1
what use is made of ir, 6cc. it is stated that .
Q lercitron is the Black Oak Bark; that i;
is prepared by shaving off the outer bark. 1 A
grinding the inner bark, drying,and packing M,<
in bogheads, li is used almost exclusively ca
for dyeing, and is sold largely in Philadel- Cu
phia and New York from a' $30 to $40 Sl'
i per ton of2,C40lhs. It is packed in casks IC
larger than a whisk'v hogshead, each of l'u
which contains about 13 cwt. The dis- un
tinction in quality consists in its degree of cr
> 1 .? c i? ed
Clearness miu ux?^i?ui?.a? n. ,o ...
specie J before sale. Dr. Bancroft fus s~
discovered the useful properties of this bark, us
and obtaine 1 a patent for his invention in 101
ti e vear 1775.?Jour, of Amer. Institute. or
or
PRESENTING MILK FROM BECOMING SOUR. ,lc
We men'ion the following fuel more for the ,n
O I
purpose ufculhng the attention of our readers wl
to the subject and inducing them to try the lt?
experiment, than with a belief that the single ll
experiment, related will be of any great nc
importance. Dr. Iiare, of Philadelphia, in m
giving an account in SJliman's Journal of dhis
experiments upon the essential oils, cC
seems to think that the more acrid ones will m
resist putrefccation better tlian the mild w
ones. ' Among other experiments he states n<
that he found "the essential oil of cloves L'l
and cinnamon possessed an antiseptick pow- dt
er quite equal to that of Krcosotce." et
"On the 2d of July he added two drops 't
/>r,.;nmmnn tr> nn nnnre measure of as
U1 Ull U i ^UJIIUIIIVII VV V*.. w
Ires!) milk, it remained liquid on the llti), el
and though it finally coagulated, it continued, is
free from bad taste or smell till September, Ti
although other portions of the same milk =
hud became putrid." Now it may be possible
two drops to the ounce of milk may ~~
render it little loo spicy for common purposes;
but this fact may lead to the discovery
of some subsiance that may be added,
and whilo it does not injure the taste w
or qualities of milk, preserve it a long time
from becoming sour or putrefying. tSuch t0
a tiling would be a great convenience to U1
many families, especially those who aie in vv
tne habit of purchasing their milk and do cr
not wish it to become sour immediately.?
| Maine Farmer.
From tiie S;ibb;.th .Vciiool V isitor. ta
j The Murdered liobin.?Mr. ikillard : m
In the last Visiter, I toldyourjuvenile readers t|,
how 1 bought a gun at a public sale of priva- |1(
leer plunder, and carried it into the country cc
?how I afterwards learned, that privateer- pj
1 ing ;s no better than licensed highway rob- ar
| btry, and that the receiver is no better than jn
; the tlnef-?how my conscience became (jf
troubled by the ' JSpirit of the (Jun,' and 1 ^
jproni.ed to tell them of an event, which SJJ
made me dislike the gun still more ; and ^
now Intend to perform my promise. js
One day, 1 took my gun and went into
the woods, intending to shoot some pigeons ; UJ
bu. after hunting ull round and getting nred, ^
without finding any pigeons, 1 deterniinated (i|
I r, I Imnvi Kilt MX if IS WlODg tO
I V4I A VIHJ lIV'Ulw* .. __ ^
have a gun in ilie house, loaded, by which ^
j many a earless boy has shot his own brolh- m
I cr or sister, dead, I determined to tiro oil
j the charge at the first bird 1 should happen ^
j to see. \V\II, the first bird I chanced to ^
j s o, was a poor robin, setting on the top ol ^
! a u'ry high tree singing sweetly. I rested .
my gun on a Ji tie tiee hard by, and took j
good aim, and tired ; and down came die
hud. I run and caught it up, and as it 1*0
in my hand, quivering in death, with iu>! ,
poor iittle eyes blood-sliotten, it looked rigiit j
up in my lace and seemed to say to me, | ^
4 What did you murder me for/' W liat j j
. did I murder tor .''said I somewhat con- j
| fused 4 W by, lor sport.' 4 For sport !' *"
j said Conscience. What right had you '
i to kill God's creatures for sport !' I j
j was dumb andcculd not reply a word. It! ()f
I seemed as though 1 would have given my i q,
j best cow to restore the poor little robin to j j,j
.. life : hut it was mo late. After quivering ]u
it"5 wines and giviu? <>ne ??r two gesps, i! p.
:j?irecJ. w ith its eye directly fixed on mine,
then resolved that 1 would never kill
lotlier bird for sport; and have never
ota bird of any kind since. If I could
ve sent the gun to its right owner in
ng!a:;d, I would have done it. But I
uld not do that, for I did not know who
was, and there was no probability of
y finding out, if I had tried. Sol did
- next best tiling I could. I sold the
u and sent the money to the London
ace society, that is laboring to prevent
tr and the plundering of the English
ptains on the high seas by tlier brethren,
i American captains.
As I was always fond of angling, about
2 same time thata 1 bought the gun, 1
tight a fine English fishing rod, with five
nts, and bought beautiful lines, both of
k and whale's sinews, and hooks, and
bs a plenty. But, after the affair of the
lrdered robin, whenever I came to run
i book into the head of a poor grasshopr,
and empale him alive for bait to an
suspecting little trout ; or vt hen I saw
i poor little fishes floundering in the dry
id which formed the margin of the brook,
ivering in death and writhing in agony,
.bought on the poor murdered robin, and
ook no more pleasure in angling for
ort, and gave it up.
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1 do not think it wrong to Kill mrusanu
lies for food, or I would not have sold
3 gun ; but rather destroyed it. But to
1 God's creatures for sport, and to take
3 life we cannot give for pleasure?to
ike game of the suffering of God's creares,
hardens the heart, and makes it innsiblo
to the suflerings of our fellowcaturcs
of the human species, and preres
the mind for repine, murder, and
ir.
Xauticus Agbijcla.
Te.mfei.?Good ti mp r is like a sunny
y , ii sliods a brightness over every thing,
is the s.veetener of toil, and tiie sootiier
disqiiMude. Every day brings its bur3n.
Tne liusbaud go es fortti in the
D.iiiiig io bis professional studies : he
nnot fori see what trial he may enunter?what
failure of hopes, of friendip,
or of prospects, may meet him, before
returns to bis home; but if he canantici.
.1 k,.Imnnflil smiln.
if HILTf UIC UUUUIillgZ UIIU llv/|yvi?i .....
d tlie soothing attention, he teels that his
oss, whatever it might be, will be lightcn,
and that his domestic happiness is still
can?. It is the interests, therefore as well
tlie duty of a woman, to cultivate good
mpcr, and to have ever ready some word
loo!; of cheerfulness, of encouragement,
, at least, of sympathy. A really feeling
art will dictate the conduct which will be
ost acceptable?will teach the delicacy
liich times a kindness, as well as renders
and forbears a'l ollicious attentions, while
ever evinces a readiness to oblige, li
:cd scarcely' be said that this temper is ol
ore value than many more brilliant en>wments--hat
it is among the best reimmendations
to a women in every do*
> - ii.. .i..,,
cs ic relation; anti especially m mai
hi li though the i ear si on earth, is
>tone of kindred, it is; ssuredly tlie most
Fectual cement of afFoction. It is not ine
J, so much a means of attracting or ex
;i.ig love, as it is of securing it. In fact,
is scarcely known, until familiarity draws
i dj the veil of social restraint, and the
taract.-r. with its real faults and viit ics,
unf 1 led in the privacy of home.?Female
aprovement.
RELIGIOUS.
THE INFLUENCE OF GRACE.
Morality never can thrive unless groun*
;d wholly upon grace. The heathen, for
ant of this foundation, could do nothing;
icy spoke some noble truths, but spoke
i men with withered limbs and lothing
ipetites ; tbey were like way posts,
liich show a road, but can not htTp a
ipple forwards. In their way they were
hlftil fishermen, but they fished without
e gospel hdit and could catch not fry :
id after they has toiled long in vain, we
ke up their angle rods and with much
ore success, though not possessed of half
icir skill. God has shown us in this word
>w little human wit and strength to do
mipass reformation. Reasons lias exored
the moral path, planted it with roses,
id fenced it round, with motives, hut all
vain. Nature still recoils ; no motives
awn from Plato's works, nor yet from
i _ ;n _c .1
C gospel 01 LHiriSI, Will Ul liii'iiiauMvj
dice : no cords will bind the heart to
odaud dut v, but the cordofgrace. Man
conceived and born in sin ; what can be
) ? Nature is sunk and fallen ; and nare's
creed is this. " I see and .approve
e better path, but take the worse/' Nare
nay be overruled for time by violent
strains, but nature must be changed, or
>thing is done. The tree must first bo
ado good before the fruit is good. A
thy current may be stopped ; but the
ook is filthy still, though it ceases to
>w. The course of nature may be
locked by some human dam ; vet opposi)n
makes the current rise, and it will eii
r bu st the dam or breakout other ways,
estraintd sensuality often takes a miser's
p, or struts in phariasic pride. Nothing
it the salt of grace can heal the swampy
ound of nature ; as Elisha's salt a type
grace, healed the corrupt waters and
o barren ground of Jericho. 2 Kings ii.
), 21.?Btrridge.
A BLESSING ON THE DANCE.
Again was Elizabeth arrayed in the garb
fasiot. and ready for the amusement ol
e ball room. As she stood at the glass,
acing the last rose amidst her clustering
oks, she hastily turned round and said to
o, " Vhv? mak"s vou 'ook so sad 1
?What is the matter ?" an J the threw hei
arms around my neck and embraced me
with all ;K enthusiasm of her young heart.
?"Como, don't be sad any more?pui
this lovely rose in my hair and see how
sweetly it will look."
I kissed her cheek, and as I bade her
good nig it, whispered, Can you ask God's
blessing on the dance, Elizabeth ?" She
gave mo a quick, earnest look, and hurried
down the steps.
At an earlier hour than usual, I beard
Elizabeth's voice at the door. I was in ray
chamber and when I went down to meet her,
I found tiiat she had retired to her room. I
followed her thither, Wishing to see her a
few moments bofore I slept. She supposed
that all ilie family had retired ; and her door
was unlocked. I entered, and found heron
her knees before God?her hands uplifted,
and her streaming eyej raised to heaven.?
! " He,-my prayer, O Lord I beseech thee,
and let my cry come before thee."
I returned to her room in about a half an
hour, and welcomed her home.
"Yes,' said, she, " I have got home?
in thai bewildered ball-room, 1 danced with
the merriest, and laughed with the loudest,
.but therejvas anarrow here ;"and she laid
her I.a id on her heart.
God's blessing on the dance !?why,
those words rung in my ear at every turn ;
I rejoice that they still ring their. O, if
God will forgive the past, if he will yet receive
me, I will turn my back upon all this
gilded folly, and lay upon his altar, what I
once promised to lay there?my whole heart."
We knelt together, and asked God to
strengthen the resolu ion now made in His
name. Our prayers have, we humbly trust,
been heard, for among trie group of lovely
disciples who keep near their Lord, walking
"? Torv:ofrsr\o f>rwl knirmir lll? frnSC- ffUV
Ill IIIO lUVJ.OU.jW) UI1U k/Vtil II^ 7
arc more humble, consistent, and devoted,
than the once gay anJ thoughtless Elizabeth
G.?Epis. Rce.
Ancient Reformers.?It is sometimes
profitable to look back to the days of old,
and to enquire whether our fathers were not,
at least in some tilings, wiser thau ourselves.
Tiie preaching of oldeu times was certainly
in many instances more energetic than that
to which we are generally accustomed.
Our reformers manifested aboldness in
addressing the conscience, and in teaching
the good old principles of the Gospel, which
produced general reformation.
Knox came down like a thunder storm ;
Calvin resembled a whole day's set rain ;
Beza was a shower of the softest dew. Old
Latimer, in a coarse frieze gown trudged
afoot, his testament hanging at one end oi
his leather girdle, and his spectacles at the
other, and without ceremoney ins'ric ed the
people in rustic style from a hollow tree :
while the courtly Ridley, in s itin and fir
taught the same principles in the cathedra
cf the metrolpolis. Cranmer, though a
tmiorous man, ventured to give king Ilenr)
the Eighth a New Testament, with a label
Whoremongers and adulterers God will
judge : while Knox who said there was
nothing in the pleasant face of a lady tc
affray him, assured the queen of Scots, thai
* if there were any spark of the Spirit o
God, yea, she would not he offended wit!
his affirming in his sermon that the diver
sions of her court were diabolical crimesevidences
of impiety or insanity.'?These
men were all not accomplished scholars
hut they all give proof enough that the
J were hones: hearted ami disinterested m the
: cause of religion,
i
From Ziou's Watchman.
FINAL CONDITION OF THE COVETOUS.
Meditate 011 the final condition to whicl
that lover of money is hastening. The cov
etous, the man who is under the denomi?a<
tion of the love of money, shalt not inhcri
the kingdom of God. in the present lift
he has a foretas.e of the fruits of his sin.?
He is restless, au.xijus and dissatisfied a
one time, harrassed by uncertainty as tc
the probable result of his projects; atanoth
er, soured by the failure of them; another
disappointment in the midst of success, b_v
discerning too late, that the same exertions
employed in some oilier line of advantagt
would have been more productive. Bu':
suppose him to have been through life, a.'
free from the effects of these sources o
vexation as the most favorable picture
could represent him. lie shall not inhcri
the kingdom of God. He might not hav<
been a nusei; but he was a lover of money
1 He may not have been an extortionor, Lu
he was a lover of money; he may noi nav<
been fraudulent, but he was a lover of mo
ney. He shall not inherit the kingdom oj
God. lie has his day and his object.?
lie . as sought and he may have accumula.
ted earthly possessions. By their instru<
mentality he may have grat.lied many otliei
appetites and desires. But he did no!
seek first the kingdom ol 'God, therelore
he shail not obtain it. He loveth the world
therefore he shall perish with the world.?
lie has wilfully bartered his soul for money.
In vain he is now aghast at his former mad
ness. In vain does he now detest the ido
which lie worshipped. The gate of si 1
vation is shut against him. lie inherits tin
bitterness of unavailing remorse, the horrors
of eternal death.?lie v. T. Gisborne A.M.
1814jjThe
following from a letter whi ah we copy
from the Baltimore Literary and Keiigiouc
Mag izine, we copy, because it contains information
in regard to the prevalence of fanata.
cism in some parts of our country, to a degree
I and extent which but few at the South suppose,
June Ath 1837.
I Dear Brother?Since 1 left Philadei|
phia I have been informed that a motion, to
declare the Synod o! Utica to be no longer
j a part of the fresbyu-ua i church would be
made, As facts will by the basis of action
r I on this point, I take the liberty to thro*
; some together and transmit them. I think
, they will not be flady denied by the oppotit
tion as they can be proved.
1st. In many of the churches of that
synod, there are persons called perfection*
ists, compared with whom the Metiiodist
perfectionists are very orthodoxy. They
hold, that do what tliey may. they cannot
sin; yea,that it is as impossible for them as
for God himseli. They break the sabbath
&c., on the ground that they have got above
hese things. They consider ministers nui\sanc:s,
and churches useless, and that they
ought to be torn down. In the church cf
Adams, Watei town Presbytery, they pro|
cecded to acts of the grossest sensuality,
| on the principle, that they can do no wrong.
' Indeed some of their notions are blasphemous.
They are the results of the doctrine
of man's ability and new measures. The
r.ut. i
; uiui uupjsucu, ufrw.
! 2J. When urged fo condemn error, as
' in the caso of Goodrich, who was at last
kund guilty but not punished, for asserting
that children at birth have no moral character,
the ministers said how can we go
forward? In condemning him we condemn
ourselves. The Presbytery of Oneida is
the most corrupt in that synod, the strong
hold of abolitionism and I think cannot be
reformed. Green has great influence, and
in his institute, the blacks and whites are
sitting side by side at the dining table.?
I However, this would excite combustion,
| and slavery had better be let alone. It is
| a fact, however, that immediate abolitionism
I and new schoolism are nearly allied.?
Where one is you will find the other also.
! I heard a minister say in Presbytery, that
j since he became an abolitionist, lie did no:
i know where lie was in theology. lie was
| at sea?no compass to guide him.
i 3d. In the synod of Utica in 1834, a veni
erable cider who was trembling over t' e
| grave, rose in open synod and rebuked t! e
ministers for their management and corrup1
tion. Formerly said he (I suppose he referred
to the ministry of Dr. Carnahan,)
clergymen were distinguished for whatever
things are lovely, honest and true, but now
they have degenerated into mere pettifoggers
and double dealers. I can have no
confidence in them.
4th. I have no hesitation in saying that
the synod, but especially the Presbi'tary of
l~M: .i,?
Uticua, are in open rcwmuu oa iu mo uw*
irinesof our confession in their littcral acc
ptation. Indeed, the old school doctrines
: are viewed very much as we would view the
' doctrine oftransubstantiation. Tbeyabher
' and despise them. Brother Barber an
f agent of the assembly's board was openly
1 insulted in the synod of Utica in 1835: so
1 much so as to excite indignation iu the
! minds of some moderate men. He was
? not permitted to advocate his cause, or state
1 to the Synod the principles on which the
1 board acted. There is such a fanatical
r spirit that many imagine, that a mere novice,
for instance a would revival man, an
I exhorter or private member, or even an old
J | woman or a new convert knows more of
> | what piety is and true theology than fifty ot
[: the most experienced ministers in the church.
I! With them the opinion of all the professors
1' of all our seminaries would not weigh u
i Pea* her.
; j An account of the Inquisition at Goa. in
; India; translated from the French of M*
Dellon, who was confined two years in
its cells, wilh an appendix; cont lining
an account of the escape of Archibald
Bower, from the Inquisition at Italy.
CJIAP. XIX.
Formalities observed in the I:iquisition.
i When a person is arrested by the Inqui
sition, he is first asked his name, and pro*
fession or quality, and is then required to
t render an accurate statement of all his efi
fects. To induce him to do this the more
- readily, he is assured, in the name of Jesus
I rMinlo* th?,t if lir? ic innnrpnt nil that hp shall
> so declare will be fai.hfully returned to
him ; but otherwise, even though he should
i be acquitted, such articles as may be dis:
covered to belong to him, and not included
> in t ie lis , will be confiscated. From the
universal pre-possession entertained of the
t sanctity and integrity of this tribunal, it
s frequently happens, that a person whose
1 conscience reproaches him with no crime,
' and gives him no reason to doubt ti at his
t innocence will be acknowledged, and his
' iibertv consequently restored, without hes
iraticn exposes his most private and impor
lUliW W44WV??iU?
it is not, however, without some plausi
bilitvvtli.'it the public mind is prejudiced in
favor of this Tribunal; which considered
externally only, dispenses justice with more
lenity and charity, than any o her known
jurisdiction. Tnose who voluntarily ber
come their own accusers; and tos ify their
t repentance before they are apprehended,
, are allowed to be at large, without fear of
. imprisonment. It ts true, that those who
- do not accuse themselves until after their
arrest, are deemed guilty and are condemn
ed as such; but no one is sentenced to any
! temporal punishment ex'ending to death,
who is not clearly conyicted. Two or
; three witnesses only, as in lay jurisdictions,
> arc here considered too few for conviction ;
. and, though two witnesses are sufficient to
obtain an order for a person's apprehension,
seven at least are necessary for his
condemnation. However palpable his guilt,
; or enormous the offence, the Holy Office
is satisfied with the ecclesiastical \ enalty of
excommunication, and the confiscation of
1 property ; & should thecri ninol be amenable
to the civil courts, if he confesses his
crime, he is, for the first time, exempt from
all temporal and corporal punishment.
The Holy Office intercedes for him, suspends
the secular arm, and obtains his pardon,
if to be procured by interest or enrcaty.
A