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He lay still for some time, but could not sleep, the scenes he had witnessed that day, the countenances of the dying, some racked with agonizing pain, and some in the lived death like torpor of the collapsed state, still seemed before him and a nervous feverishness from this excitement banished sleep from his eye-lids. Oh, thought, that men were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider theiriatter end." (Deut. xxxii. 29.) Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound of the Gospel, : (llam Ixxxix. 15, "they shall walk, 0 Lord, in the light of thy countenance; and when they pass through the valley of the shadow of death, they will fear no evil! : for thou wilt be with them ; thy rod and thy staff, they comfort them;" (Psalm xxxiii. .4.) and he shuddered at the fearful contrast which that day pre sented to him, in the case of too many. The clock struck twelve, and he had just fnllen into a slumber, when a nock at the hall door aroused him; he heard it open, and in a few minutes his servant entered the room. "Sir there is a man below who sa3'S he must speak with you." "Ask him his name and business." He says, sir, he must speak to yourself. Mr. T. rose, dressed himself in haste,and went into the hall. The man stood close to the door. Mr. T. held the light to his face, which he seemed rather anxious to hide. He had a frightful countenance. What do you want with me, said the clergyman. I want you to come to a dying man, who wishes to speak to you "What is his complaint I "Cholera," i"th aid "I i iDm .am, x not even tell . Mr. T. hesitated, and at len cannot rro with vou. vou do tiip. vonr name, nor the nlace to which ! you would lead me; I should fear to trust j my life in your hands." "You need not : i fear," said the stranger; "what end would ' past sins shall not coudemn you. unnst it serve to take your life: come with me, , is able to save to the uttermost all that take no money with you, and on inv . come unto God by him." (Acts xvi. honor you are safe." Mr. T. gave an- 31.) The man stretched out his hands other glance at the man, and the word ; with upraised eyes imploring mercy honor, connected with the appearance of j "God be merciful to a poor sinner," he such a being made him smile. "Sit; faintly uttered, and at that moment his down," said he, I will go with you. He soul departed. went again to his chamber committed j The clergyman looked around him; the himself to the care of hi3 heavenly Fath- light of the glorious Gospel can illumine er, prayed for bis blessing on the intend- even this dungeon of darkness and bor ed visit to the dying man, and felt so ror thought he; on him who lay in dark strengthened and assurrcd by lii3 com- ness and the shadow of death, has this inunion with Heaven, that he seemed to light now shined. The rest of the men have lost all fear of accompanying his had kept at a distance, from the idea that ferocious looking guide. . some thing mysterious must pass between Ho followed the man through many ' a dying soul and his spiritual instructor, streets of the large and populous city ; at which others were not to hear, "corrupted length they came to a street long and nar- as their minds are, from the simplicity row, with bouses bespeaking wretchedness that is in Christ." (2 Cor. ii. 3.) But he and well known as a quarter of the town 1 determined not to depart without a vord remarkable for the vice as well as pov- of exhortation to them; and coming for erty of its inhabitants. Mr. T. followed ward in the midst of them, he spoke to his guide into a loii" and dirty entry, which ended in a square; he there stop- nnd. and took out of his nockct a knife. with which he began to scrape away some earth from the ground. " I can go no farther with you," said the clergyman; but considering he was already as much in the power of the man as he could be in any possible situatton, his courage re- vived, and he watched with intense inter- ti,o mnvnmniits of his strange comnan- ion. After some time he opened a small trap-door, which led to a vault of con- siderable ' depth. "Fear not," said the man, as he let himself down by a rope fastened at the inside. Mr. T. felt at this moment the awful horror of his situ- ation, he could have fled, but he knew the man would soon overtake him, and in tuc dark he could scarcely find his way back. He therefore determined to pro- cced; and committing himself again to the protection of the Almighty, he watch- ed at the cde of the pit until he saw a light glimmer within it, and the man O O - J placed a ladder iirmly, which he ascend- ed a few steps, and entreated thc clenrv- rF'e mnn tn fiPSP.onrl . ncisiirinfr liiin ifiin nf bis .safety. He did descend into This pit of darkness, which reminded him of the descent of the prophet mto thc den of t c i. ii. r.4 -i. .1 ions; ior tuu uumamu, awuu upou wording nu uia iiuuua - bred to, and. that it he should ever leave I t nuadroan family in which Rev. John Dickens i Mt established thc the ground, he beheld a number of men; good, that he may have to give to him . . r friend to a quadioan lanui, in union t"1 iMinfilnl,ih ii, irflo avafe and ferocious as beasts of prey That ueedeth." (Eph. iv. 28.) Farewell her, he will give her a certain sum for there were three pretty and accomplished ok Goncei n 1 hi ade plna in 1 8J whoraisin- their haggard countenanced ! -we may never meet again in this world; hcr future support, and -a certain addi- , young women, lie knew no ladies in pri- to 18.U, ve luzaul little in savii- that Moidib Ug iuu.u oe ' u . ? , . r ' j, r n.anUUArot, l,n ' vnr lif- wliosn mns nr. tastes' had been thev would couut, one for every minute stared wildly upon him. xue man men out a time wi l come wnen we snan meet uouai sum i - lt " i - i. i. n :,., il, ,.;ii;n, lid ibo olei-yinan to the farthest end, ' -and oh on that awful day may 1 find shall have. i better cultivated, or who could sing or there hc qg le.s han thirty-two millions berc, in a cfrucr, stretched upon straw, that this message of mercy baa been Thr wealth which is thus to be secured play equal to them. They were intelli- of minutes in sistv-ono year. ny a man dying of cholera lie was a ninhive of human nature brought to the j f , , -if i i j ,i last extremity of w rotchcdness, cramped , ju cvery iinb xs cyes sunk and hollow, ' . f A. , . . , and his Skin exhibiting the black hue at- . t.mir nn t.z - wful nnlidv wlmn thorn tenuaut on tills awiUl maiau wncn mere : ; scarcev a hoDC of recovery. Mr. T. I had been used to patients in this dread- appeared to him like a dream; but bless- ful malady, but here was one in such a ' ing God for sending him as his massenger 1 state as he had never before witnessed. ! to declare the Gospel to that poor sinner, 1 "Did you wish to see me?" he asked the! to bind up his broken heart, and proclaim 'dying man. "I did," he replied, in a 'liberty to this wretched bond-slave of I clear and distinct tone. Why do you Satan. ! wish to see me? "Because said the man, What an important testimony does ' cWf. tJinn n T wnnrWd into this afford to the efficacy of God's word, JVJ lift W JMW W V V Q ..w.w- 1 vour church and heard you read what I1 want you to read to me aain, i want to hcaritaaiu before I die. Oh, it has never left mv mind night and day it sounded in rav eai hide myself from out: he has laid his hand heavily upon' me; and soon shall I appear before him, 1 covered over with my crimes. And did not I hear vou say. Sir. that God would I I slay the wicked that he would say De- however romantic it may seem; and ah! The women of this sort are universally , in a public place, and had a moments j their reports, were required to give tan ac part from me ye bloody men. 0 God, I ' how does it speak in awful languages to represented to be exceedingly affectionate conversation with them, without at all , count of all the churches, halls, and chap- sinned against thee; thou art just there , can be no hope for a wretch like me. ; Every nerve in his body seemed convul- sed with agony; and he fixed his eyes eagerly on the clergyman, waiting anxi-, ouslv to hear again that portion of the .i -.1. nL : :.,a i.:.. tin"- and mine up-rising that he under-' i nf l.;0 c?n MVll mo snmr vnrsn tliat his wounded snirit. smarting under a vnnnllv 1m mnrrif!?. and has a family V1 A t k. - ' v aw.v - 2. i CJ : ? . - - j will bring it to my memory, said the sense of accumulated and unpardoned : established elsewhere. Before doing this, clergyman. "Oh! it told me," said the 1 guilt? Oh, no! it might have given a ,e iuay separate from his placcc, (so she dying man, that God knew my down-sit- talse peace, like a stupitying draught aa- JS termed.) it so, he pays her according stood my thoughts; that he compassed -.tient in a deadly malady; but the peace my path, and my lying down and was of God can only be enjoyed by those who, acquainted with all myvays; thero was relying on the merits of a crucified bavi not a wordon my tongue but God knew it' our alone, know that thier sins are par altogether. That if I could climb into 'doncd through his most precious blood. heaven, he was there, if I went down into (Romans in. 24.) , , , . hell, he was there also." The clergy- Deader, if you haye not already obtain man then knew it was the 139th Psalm ed this pardon, and felt its peace, you that had carried conviction of sin into need it as much as this poor robber. 0 this poor sinner's heart; and he prayed seek it "while it is called to-day." (Heb. that this might be the work of the Holy ' 13 ) "im that cometh unto me," Spirit: and taking out his Bible read it. "Oh? that is it, that is it," said the dy ing man, in a low voice; tuanK uou i , , 1 !- .1 T have heard it again. Ihe clergyman then said, "The blood of Jesus Christ cleanses from all sin." "This is a faithful-saying, ana worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to'jQ save sinners." (1 Tim. 1. 15.) "To save sinners," cfiiil lin Vmf. nh. rtnt. piifih a sin- ner as I nave T" Wn. Yfts such as vou. , said the clergyman : hear what confor table words are here: "If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the propitiation for our sins. (I John ii. 1, 2.) Hear what God says: Come now and let us reason together: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool." (Isaah i. IS.) tuuj v n "How, how.'" said the man eagerly, "What must I do to be saved?" "Be lieve on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved." (Heb. vii. 35.) Your them of the awful state in which they were sunn; invited tuem aiso to come 10 Jesus, and obtain irom him a lull and Iree pardon for all their past offences. You know not, my fellow-sinners, said he, how soon each of you maybe summoned, like that poor man before the awful bar of God! Cholera is sweeping the city from one end to the other. There is contagion in that corpse. I know not but this may be the last time I may have an opportunity of declaring the Gospel to poor perishing sinners. 1 am a dying; , man addressing dying men. But oh ! let tho love of Christ, who poured out hwj blood upon the cross to save lost sinners,, speak to you, and urge you to quit this pit of destruction a faint type of that j hell to which sin must lead you. He- turn to habits of honest industry Noth-, ing but idleness and crime cou Id have brought you into this place." It is true," , said the man who led him there, it was crime brought us here we are a gang of robbers; our lives, air, are in youi nanus, ' . T -I 1 but as a minister oi reugiyi x v.. rf n?nl!?f"-lno one would trust vour not betraying us, nnw rnt. nninlovniont THO OnC WOUld trUSt us. Trust in the Lord, said the clergy- man; "hear his words ; Let him that stole, steal no more, but rather let him .labor, i ...:i. i a.. ifliinli ! blessed to all your souls." 'Thn mnn conducted the clerrrvman : until he was past the dark narrow street; ; and could find his way easily to his home; where he returned with sensations of as- ' tonishment at the strange and almost ro-: i mantic scene he had witnessed it almost ' I when applied to the heart by the Holy , bpmt. , The word of Cod was in this ease "quick and powerful: it was sharper intents of the heart;" (Heb. iv. 12 ;) like ; what was said of the Samaritan woman, it "told this robber all that ever he did." , This is no fictitious narative; it is truth, ! those who would keep the Scriptures from ! the people. Had this robber wandered into a Topisli chapel, would the idolatrous worship there practiced hate benefited his soul.' It he had sent lor a priest, ; 'would the oil of extreme unction, ap- ' u:0 ini,f ri;f tn mini.stercd by an unskilful hand to a pa- s me oiesseu uesus, -x wiu in now he cast out." (John vi. 27.) London Friendly Visitor. Letters from the South. The N. Y. Times is publishing a series of "Letters from the South," which arc tiae main interesting. The following is an extract from Xew Orleans, which 'U1s "i11" uuyu tuu uiswij w society in that city. It is a Parisian ieaturc, -r- . . t which we had not aware had been en- -i -vt n t grafted upon our soil. X. Orleans was, originally, a French settlement, and this . idea has a lirench origin. "There is one among the multitudinous ! classification of society in New Orleans, j ll0Wever wujcu faQ world knows very i . . . . v , 'little of, yet which is a very peculiar and ' ! characteristic result of the vices, an mcnts 0f d customs of the color, class, and nation, which , ... . have been brought together. xrui.i tu aiaM -pu U4 " len-itimate onsprmg ot white men anu ry.r, in nccnpintft ivifli flinm filifl 51T Tint allowed by law, or thc popular prejudice J xrx xw , .i -x i nii. :v, p ii.: J , . i class are frequently sent to 1 ans to be educated, ana are very accompnsneu. Thcy are generally very pretty, and often nrtr-mMiF TinniifJfnl T t.lnnlr flmt. t.lin two most beautiful women I evci" saw were of this class They are invariably finely formed, and have a graceful and ; i. . i T il- : J UlUUcllJt UdllldLV, y uuu UiJumiy in- e ' J J herited or acquired the taste and cl-;il in the choice and arrangement of dress and ornaments of a French woman. Their beauty and attractiveness being their fortune, they cultivate and cherish with diligence every :harra or accomp lishment they are, or can be made pos sessed of. Of course men are attracted by them, associate with them, love them, and not being able to marry them legally, and wjtb tbe usual forms and securities for constancy make sucU arrangements with , Wb them as can bo argreed upon U hen a man makes a declaration of love to one of these ladies, she will admit or deny, as tbc casc mav bGj bcr happiness in rc- . but supposin ebe is disposed favorablc qho m dually refer t0 be tavoiablc, .lie will u-uaiiy l etei the applicant to her mother; the mother inquires into the circumstances of thc gmto r asccrtam3 whether he is able to sup- a famil anJ if gatisfied with bim in se aud othcr respects, requires from him security, that shall be good inlaw, that he will support hcr daughter in a gt je suitablo to thc habits she has been ... . colored women, ( mulattocs or qnadroons.) other my that he could be expected to in . 17'J.l; .and by relenug to the Minnies tor ' - 6- "- who, from habits of early life, the ad van- , K Orleans His current expenses; that year, we find there were sixty- seven that night however, and the next morons ' . i i 1 i were very light; he hired at a low rent, thousand six hundred and lorty-tbrce the whole neighborhood turned out to tages of education, and the use ot wealth, apartmcnt3 in thc oWcr part 0f the ! members; and at the end of the next twen- ! search for her At a late hour in tbeaf are too much superior to negroes in gen- 'town; his concubine, (for this anpears to ' ty-cight years, which brings us tol 322, we ' , e . . ,, , to her, Trill, of course, vary, as in society with higher pretensions to morality, with, the value of the lady in the market; that isj with her attractiveness, and the num- ber and value of other suitors she may have or may reasonably expect. Of course, I do not mean that love has noth- ; ing at an to uo with it, but tne rrencn custom obtains, and love is seduously re- ' stricter! and held firmly in hand until the road of competency is seen to be clear. t Everything being satisfactorily arranged, ja tenement in a certain quarter of the town, is usually hired, and the couple move into it and go to house-keeping; living as W - w if they were married. The woman is not I T y 1 . 01 course, 10 ue wnoiy uupmcu ui ium su- ciety oi others iicr lovmer acquaintances are continued, sister, end Inend. Ut society. There are parties and balls bah masque cub all the movements and , customs of other fashionable society, ' which they can enjoy in it if they wish, in disposition, , aim cuiiuiic uuuuu ru- J i proacii To have this relation with a woman is Durin" all the' will commonly termed to placer with her time a man sustains it, he be moving also in reputable society on the , -.i : r . ISA. WM44UJ i- i. 1 r,,- ,,,. ,ovl.nTc IU lUi; lilt 111 , illJU iia 1UU1.11 IIIUIC, JtIUUA-ji as his sense of the cruelty of the proceed-1 ing may leau mm to, anu sue nas uic -i , , :.!. i ji.. n the position of a! ntinuc for a Ion ' world betore her again ii time, I am told, to support both establish-. odists have been m existence m this coun- prise politician, pomiuai "-, menis, particularly if the marriage is one! try eighty-four years, and have built who have been courting their favour be of convaiicnre. But, many others form ' nearly a church for each week." j licving they were as numerous as they so strong attachments that the relation is I At first it appeared to be a large num- , have represented themselves to be; and never discontinued, but becomes, that ofr ono for every week; but, by exam- who ought to be counted by millions irom marria-e, except that it is not legalized, ining the abstract of the seventh sensus the great immigration to this country; These men leave their estate at death to , I found, instead of there being but nearly and would be, were it no. for the Metho their children, to whom they have prcvi-' one, there haye been nearly three for each dists, and our private and public schools, nnd. mvpn nrnrir ndvantae of cducotion ! week of the eighty-four years that pro- and general intormation diffused througli that they could command. What be-! comes of the boys I am not informed.-! The girls, of course, mainly continue in the same society, ahd are fated to a life similar to their mothers. x, . .1 .1- .t :i x nave uusunuuu tins i;usi.uui u.-j il aoi , -vi, t i i. n,.i 1 T. c?rnt ;.i . described to me; I need hardly say in on- ! ly its best aspects. The crime and heart ' irnn r nrr snrrnw thai, must IromientlV 1'C- suit trom it, must ne eviueut tut-vui ic- 1 1 . 1 -1...L 1- ' flcctive reader. One reason which leads , -Vltluf , 1 j J ...... 1 .Imnr. flinnsnnd tliron illindrod and thirty- ' it to be adopted by many, perhaps most. 'unmarricJ mcn who come to Xew Orlean- ca Qn busincs5 is Lhat it u a much J , 1 cheaper mode of living than ia ollered them at all comfortable hotels or board- : 1. r, A .-. .TMin(i' ii'nn nvrlinnrlv! dare think of marrying until he has made a fortune to support the extravagant i ' . . .c "any men without capital are obliged to make up their minds, to remain on sala-,i ries, and never to iik arrv. Such a one ( undertook to show me that it was cueap- , er lor him to viaccr than to live in any lin n nrnnpv fivmliifinn of ill ft finch 1 term,) did not require a servant, except i ii .1 .1 ' 1 il- - l.t:. occasionally; sne um me uiiirAULiug, uuu ! performed all thc house-keeping neccssa - he took care of hcr ciothcs, and in ' P I,sn 1.nnn nn onri frrnfitv thn nr. ! UCrS. thCU ZCill Will Dear UY. -i r i-j:. ' ny TT-l,nf ln tlm m o t nfir 1 1 in linn lcfnr n various ele- is now educating them in all our cities; with the building of churches. 11 I II I III! I "I'V tMnnn...n IrtdfrrtC T 1 1 n I I1U I - . I 1 1 ' I i 1 1 ill .1 1 1 ... 1 1 1 . I L 11 . 111111 'IU I ... ; cvery way wa3 economical and saving in.tal, by adding the three periods together her habits; (it being her interest, if her of one million six hundred and twenty - ' affections for him were not sufficient, to 1 1 . . , C i- .,,.,1 Hill a maKe uim as Inucn iUiU ia ".twu iuuihuuu. ui il itub Kli tlinf. lin lmrrhf, bft thn flint, iinnv wlin wfil'G IMethodistS ill 179-1 moro strongy attacbcd to hci. and have and 1Soo arc yct alivCj and by this mode tUe icss occasion to leave her.) He con- of enumerating they arc counted twice; .7,?.i.l l,- o..v;,i mo 1W. xvbafoveriw 11,. d.ntlm "for thn oirrhtv-four vears Viiuuiiu u i uojuuiij. .. " i milit be said against it, it ccriaiuiy wiiiJiffin iar cxcccu 111 imuiua- uiuiu wuu mav bettor than thc way m which most young men lived who aro depending on salaries, in New i ork. A recent conversation 1 tweuty-hve thousands die annually outoi havo had on the subject with an eminent one million; and for the last eight years, physician of New York leads me to doubt' I think our number has been on an aver ifhowas not right. I will add that thc ! age one million; and this number multi streets of New Orleans at night contrasted plied by eight gives the deaths of Metho most favoriably, as to shameless and un-; dists, for the last eight years alone, two restrained prostitution, with those of New, hundred thousand, being more than half Y ork. I have alluded to this view of the of the first two periods united. We think subject merely to call the attention of then, we are below the number of con thinking men and women to the conncc-j verts, since Methodism was first intro tion which it indicates to exist between 1 duced, by stating thc whole number at thc expensive standard of the comforts of lone and three-quarter millions being life what indeed are commonly consid-J more than one convert for every half hour ered and spoken of as the necessities of: the half-hours in eighty-four years be-house-kcepinglifc which custom with us ing less than one and a half million, now holds before Cvery youny man and ; From the abovc facts we can form some woman, with . vice, crime, poverty, and 1 estimate whether "Wesleyan Methodism misery, ur the general sunjecc n is my business to speak, on account of its con - nection with thc peculiar institution of tho South, from the laws of which pro - ceeds the anomalous social position of thc class refered to. A . young gentleman, of New England, been made glad" by their weekly visits ;ation,"ave mc thc following account 'or by the sweet songs of prayer and lis acquaintance with the quadroon praise. And could the number of books cduc nf liio Ofifiiininrnnr-d With thf fill society. On first coming to New Orleans 1 he was drawn into thc social circles usu- irom the ivieutomst numm"- m iuu j ally frequented by New England people, North, East,South, and West, be eniimer ' and some time after was introduced by a ated for the last sixty-one years, since the gent and well informed; they were infer- ested in the literature of the day, and their conversation was characterized by good sense, discrimination and refined taste. He never saw any indication of a want of character or delicacy of feeling in them, ire was much attracted by them, aim ior home ume visuuu mew iuiyi- quently. lie then discontinued his inti- macy and called on them only at long in- lervals, till at length one of the girls asked him why he did not come as often as he had formerly done. He frankly replied that he had found their society so fasoin- ating to him, that he had thought it best ' B t" 1 C t to restrict himself in the enjoyment ot it, . n ' i-oso 10 .suuum uewmu " general pians 01 me, anu me leeiing ; Ins mends, he could not permit mmseii ted, but not at all offended, and acknowl- j ed the propriety and good sense ot nis , resolution. I afterwards was introduced : to two of the young women of the family &usuuuiiiir, uinii x was iiiwinuiun ; r . -' . i , i formed, that they were not respectable worship, belonging to all religious denom i white ladies. I shall have occasion to inations." sPcak furtpr of tllC condition of the free j people of color in Louisiana, as they con- sutuw a larger proportion oi ine popuia- tion than in anv other totate, ana tneir . 1 . . ' 1 ! social position is peculiar From the Christian Advocate and Journal. Progress of Metkodisim pslnvjin i i M Iind l?tTi IS OI1G OI ttlC !!Tand - a pst developments of Christianity dunng the L'fsi neniurv. ivev. ur. axiimsii, nuniuui The secular newspapers have had a piece going its rounds, stating, " the Meth- ccoded the taking of the last census. Methodism was introduced in this coun. trv in 176G. and as ei"htv-four years have but four thousand three hundred and sixty- a portion of the school fund for the exclu rjfrit venfiks. nnd the Methodist churches sive benefit of Catholic ohildren. W. S reported in the last census are tivelce 777 7 , , 1 tliousupid four hundred and sixty -seven. J intJ uauy tucio uu , . 1 1 il 1 .1 , Ul f . " ' V. i same renon uusi! t-iiuiuuus aiu auuns ui unn,1A nml - turcc Porsons d were finished at a cost of fourteen millions six hundred and thir- dr.cir f IiniiCfiiifl 51 V flllTlfl THfl and SftrftntV- ----- j one uollars. So much for churches, and LlH-ll iv.tk. Now, as regards the membership, let ; us see whether, in the conversion Oi sin- i ,i i -Tii i . r.. ji:i. ace From 177G. when Methodism was first ntroduccd, to 1850, we will divide into three parts, of twenty-eight years each, , ueiug almost a generation. a nts bring us tor the nrsc division to mc jear i finrl fwn ImnrlnMl find fiirrhtv-onc thousand one hundred and forty-six members; and I -i ami ...:ii;,, li.,...l-nrl i m loov we nau unu imniu nuuuuu , and seventy-five thousand four hundred and thirty three members, making a to- ; four thousand two hundred and twenty- l j .....l.A.. . l.if if i o ir 1 in " j j- ' mi l . il ...l. i yet live ot thc hrsttwo periods; tor, under the most favorable bills of mortality, nas been one oi tne grainiest uuveiup- 1 men Is of Christianity during thc last cen - tury." But this is not all; that might1 ' lever, the printing-press, has been issued J to such an extent by the Methodist?, that "thc wilderness and solitary places have , tracts, Magazines, and Advocates, issued Now, from the above facts, taken from the last census and the Minuts of our Church, it appears that the Methodists in this country have more churches, moro members, and ate increasing faster than any other denomination. And it is time that these facts were duly known by the public, as well as the members of our own Church; for, until recently, it was supposed the Roman Catholics were most numerous in the United States; and you, Dr. Bond, in connexion with the Rook Committee of New-York, have helped to create this erroneous opinion by inserting in the Methodist Almanac, for 1850, that the Catholics have a membership of one million one hundred and fifty-three thou- -I T il 1 .1 .1 . nrtA -" " f - i r iur. .uiicnen, in u oiUuiuw. the world when they arc so lar lrom tne trutnanu caicuiatea to rnieau iu. p lie mind? "lhc assistant marshalis, in mating u, n ""m i- r , . , . i i- ' .1 By the returns thus made, under oath, the Catholics have eleven hundred and iwuive cuurc, auu ,.- only capanie oi scaling faix nunureu auu V t t 1 1 1 i..svM I .niintt1 nn r r hnnrtrnM nr( twenty thousand and nine hundred and fifty persons and if their churches are to be rated by the same rule that governs j the Methodists about two fifths of tho , number that can be seated to bo the act- . . - ual membership-then, instead of then naviii"-nuar iwo iijiuiuijs, uicv uwiuiu down to less than a quarter ot a million, This view of the Catholics will, I know, sur- the land by the printing-presses ot the Lmtcd States; and well Li.hop Iluges knows it, hence his deperate effort to gefc i Chambersburg, Pa. A Queer Story. indebted to a gentleman of W e are ' irood standing residing in Forks toweshin 7 , 7,, , . c for tl.o fnllnirmrr o f rtnrnf. nf a Sincrillar o 0 case thafc has causctl somc excitement in township. It should have been . r published last week, but came too late for insertion: On Wednesday evening, the 2Sth of September, Miss Elizabeth Linn, daugh ter of Philip Linn, of Bushkill township, left the house of David Kneoht, where she had been topping corn during the day; : and stopped on her way at the house of ' e: ork she had donc for hi:n and then star- ; m a senseless condition quite stupid and cTinnniilncc lr iroc fo L-nti hnmn ini lina , jjuwiv-. wv, ,mw mau. uuun, 4.u Ui remained specchk . hcr consciousncas ess to this time, although has returned. When j whether she could write he nod- j J " ded in the affirmative. A slate was giv- ' ati ourl clirt irrnfn le frl 1 r ni t rr lrnrtC uu uuu Vi.v.wi6 ...w. ! for h j th(J woods abovc t,m , ' T . . , . I APPlc Mlll wbcre 1 wb,llctl thrCC . -, . , t pii Tr 1 IT I inim vniinil tlfn T F11 I nV fUlT : ) o i- , laid there l don t Know. incu i got up ! and started for home, but I got on the wrong road and where I traveled the Lord only knows." Our informant says: "On lhc 3d of Oc tobcr I was there myself she was iu tho same condition appeared sensible, but could not speak." Eitston Argus. It is no more use for a young man to try to get along among the girlS without money, than to attempt to heat a locomo tive with a saw horse. Calico is emphat ically a cash institution. Mathew Lansbcrg used to say, "If you wish to have a shoe made of durable non ; tonal., you should make the upper leath er of the mouth of a hard driukor, for that never lets iu water." , InvahiaMe Uemtd ics. For sea sickness, stay at home; , For drunkennsss, drink cold -wafe'ri For health, rise early. For accidents, keep out of danger; To keep out of jail, pay your debts,;. To bo happy, be honest. To please all, miud your business.- -."ii To make money, advertise,. , To do right, ttfke n riewSpapai f . To have a goojil aonsciocJy ifQ printer. j . i r i i cm. -i:.i i -i l