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murines dn tub mm op urmt
Let in examine lbs cooncciiotj 1o -which el
word Baptize occur, in ordi4e eseerein iit pro.
balile rncaning. We aearl In (he Trephet ffmfl.
chap, ft, v,S8,?9 .MtisWUefK ie? aa niter s-an As.
hst1 wlH amir ow my epirrt op m all flesh." Ac.
I -Matthew B, , w read id at John the B spt st
w.l i "f indeed haptite you wish N," Af.p "but
He (Christ shall CtutpliE you with the Holy Ghnsl
and. 'fim.T' teem from A-ct.Asf. t, that on tfce
-day of Pcnticost, whrn ihe t:iolfe were asciut4el,
sJhcy hcaid a eouisJ reeeariWing that of a mighty
wind., wTiirh sound fifled, or mi hrard "in all I tic
Jino-." (The original namely how iht.Ao i
the nofnlnaiit of ep!erotenU without
vioTere. admi'aof no other construction, as the
Jsuse h oper to liaiaj Is .evidently parenthetic in
eigniflcation.) The linn were seen the sp;rit
at on (ibf he J of ) each of ibem. This was the
pirit f utold liy Joel, for Peter himself, one of the
Inspired on that occasion, declared this to I
cap. V. IB, tqq. "Thi w- which. was spo
ken by M- frnpnrt Joel." Ac. Now this M, loo.
the baptism, the Holy Cbost of which John had
spnVen. Here we have the passages In juxtaposi
linn that which Joel and Titer csl'cd pouring
out, John called Baptism. 1'hia seems tj lie
conclusive. We have no higher authority th.Mi
inspiration, and here inspiration decidee the case.
The inapirrd eervente of God certainly understood
the language which They epoke. Baitito cannot
mean dip, 4t John would aim to eay t "I indeed
dipyou baptize) fn water, hot he that Cometh af
ter me will dip you by pouting out bnptixu) the
Hoiy Ghost." Dut if bnptizo aimply me.in to
hot rmt, then John correctly aaid I "I indeed pour
out t(oirptro) wnter, hut he of whom Joel apeaka,
will pour out (baptizo) the Holy Ghost."
Aa wc hte commenced thie subject, nl the risk
of being thought tedious, we tnunt introduce one
passage more. Indeed, the importance of hiving
correct views on the u! jeel, must he our apology.
We read in Luke It, 60 : "I have baptism to be
baptized with," &c. This ia a beautiful illustra
tion of the mode of baptism by sprinkling or pour
ing. Our S.iviour ia speaking of his sufleringa and
oVsih, lie may have resolved in his mind that re
miklb prophesy of Isaiah, comprised in the latter
part of li 62d. and the whole of the 63d chapter,
where I ie sofTi ritig and death are so pathetically
described. ( We hate another affecting inatance of
our Savioui's meditatinna en the ancient prophe
cies. The 22d Ptalm ia eminently prophetic of the
ritcumatanrea of his dead), particularly v. 6, 7, 8,
IS, sqq. Tbia psalm wa, no doubt, present to hia
mind wlien be repeated the first terse on the Croat.
8 Matthew 27,46. The case before us ie simi
lar.) lie may have rerun ed to the commencement
of hia ministry, when the water bad been poured on
hita at his baftutn, and had thought that in the
language of the prophet, Isaiah 63, 13, ' be would
soon pur out his sou I unto death." Ue thought
of the vl.ile of divine wrath that would be pnurrd
out on the world, unleaa he would "pour out hix
aou! unto death." In En kiel 7, 6, it etood ; "Now
will I shortly pour my fmy upon thee." Ho
thought of that hour when hia sweat would be, as
U were, great drop of blood, in the langunge of
Luke (24, 44,) falling too to the gnur:d and
sprinkling it( Cur all his future tiisls were known
to him. He thought of the lXi.nl that would toon
pour down, and flow from hia wouruh'd handa, feet
aud aidtv of the blood which he would abed for ua.
He a it die resemblance which was found in the
act of pouring in Holy Oajio he notieod il,
and hence cujlej hisaufferings a Iiupti-tt.
Hia sulTermga are now over that blood, which
flawed an fteely, wan pound out fcir us l pro
phecy af Inaiuh, (?2, 15.) "So ah-il h )i fickle
many nsiiii," we accoinplinhid. He n"WCm
misriona hia UripU: ''Co, baptize (or sprinkle)
ail list, ok," ! t.ieinfy that, as the wuler of ( iiiific.'
tion, when sprmWed, rlesntd in the o.'J ovenant,
sn hia IJood shall cleanse from all sn. (I J. I.n I,
7.) SJpiinkle all nation,'"ai.l he,."!o r tgi tfv t!x
apin kin g of my blood." HowraUir.l i i'. th it
fprf, for I'aul to say, Ilib. I?, '24, Ve are come to
Jesus, the mediator of the new covi n nt, an. I to the
Mood of sprinkling of my blood of sprinkling, that
speaketh lltiT tbinga than that of Abel.'" Hence,
too, Peter,. who at the washing of the feel v. a Md
by our Saviour, ttitrt water applied to but a part of
the body, was sufficient to express his design.
John 13, 10, aayst "Elect according to the fore
knowledge of Cod the Father, throrpli eanrtifica-
tion of the Spiiit, unto obedience and sprHtkbng of
the blood of Jesus Chiist."
hi I VeUf 1. 2. see also lit b. 9, 13, 14, the rig
iCcNDcy aod U"Uty of the aprinkling and Kuring
re atipauMjl : be ap.'Uikling of water on all nitrons
is u eipi JifcU's o lbe PukIing of the
blood of sUmhC
Where do we Ut iif en 'iSb,'y l,1,u,U'J
the Ciok Testamrrrt, s'howahat this houll le I:
terrfiy tfanala'ed, not J,mtcl' wster but many wa
tera, evidently in ellien to a numher f tarings or
suiall eollrcfitiia of rjet. ft admiHeJ liy all,
Aksf a ijver or icteilc flows near rtwi ppot wjiere
Enun rtmal. The flurirl kifdata' simply means
water, withnut dpsrjnating the quantity, frrfoor,
by no u.fnnn, mnat unciarily ucasi leep wter,
wlin ajted in lite r1jral Dna1r. We have made
it a rule, in order to fnom, V) ennfiue ouraelws
to the Greek af ftin New Testament, fait we have
met with sn (nrt irvceiu a el lasle author, an apsiiv.
aile, that we cannot prevail i eurwlvea to nenit it.
The asme word, hyrfala, nerurti in an orntion ajf
Demoatlienea aainst Cslliclea, at the wmmrnc
ment.pa 117t ult of Rcukt' !,, and p. 7,
vol. 8, rf rh,bn' Oralarr Allici. whre the con
t t and whole object of the oration render it err,-,
tain thnt it desigmite' rsins." If, tlien, fiJnla
(Wat. r) ran imply d.npa of water falK"-, rtjn
why m.. we at on- :,e these hvdula wli.re
r.ooile, int. deep wateM of rivets ! We
would drariil any liver, lke or sea, aa consisting,
not t f many wnters, (a rlher singular elpn ssion
in such a ease.) but of deep w ater. If, then, We
here And many waters, much water in our Et glish
Uihle, pejil if w iters may lie rain aa well aa seas,
llicn we can lawfully understand them to he only
sprii g or fountains. Had the Wea of dtpp'tr g ei
iJed in the mind of the sacred writer, he would
surely hnve spoken ra'her of deep, than of m my
water. Indred, K is evj.'ent that lhre entities 'of
water were not uaed for ili pint, since the 3,000
were h.iptixed in Jesualem, where no deep woiere
were found, aa we shall presen'ty have occasion to
ehow. If Baptism and a large quantity i f wnter
are necessarily connected, we might as well rav t'iat
we cnu'd not pray without much water; for in
Acts 16, 13. we read of a company "which went
out of the city, by the river side, where prayer was
wont to be made." Who does not know that in
such country as Palestine, John must have found
it particularly impniUnt to collect the multitudes
who came to him, and continued with him, at a
place where they would have copious supply of
water 1
A familiar instance will illustrate our idea : Me
thodist Camp meetings are frequently held on the
margin or mm running stream, or near aome co
pious supply of water. Why 1 Do they intend to
dip, when they publUb that a camp meeting will be
hel I near a creek ! Is it not their intention to con
tinue on the spot for several days, and will they not
need "much wa'er" for the use of man and beast ?
I.et ua Virrt rein'nil'er,lhat"a1l tire land of Judea ami
they of JemsHlem," Mark 1,5, that ia, immense
multitudes emerged from their populous cities and
towns, and cime with camels and eases let us re
member, that in ttwir country water was scarce, and
hence a single spring or well of proportionality high
value let ua remember, too, since many came a
dislanre, and muat hove continued on the rpol at
lea-t one night, and th t. t-o, in a ul'ry clim itr,
they needed "much wiier," and we will not won
der thatXihn selected a rp.it wheie wnter abounded.
But J.iea nat Matthew tell its, chap 3, 6, that ,-n
other orowinTia "they were bsptized of him in Jor
dan 1" We answer, No. It N not the old Eng-
lih language, but Original Greek which mutt de ,
ride. Let the verse just referred to decide t il tv
eould they be bspt tetl of him t In modern En--
tisb, we would sir? lu him. If an Kuclih prepo
sition may, or rather did eipress, in the time of
King James, the two different ideas of Ay slid of,
why is it difficult to conceive that a Greek preposi
tion may have ahades of meaning I II i well
known how much the meanings of Greek pn poti
liona vary. . If we read, Ma k 1, 4, "John did bap
tize in the wilderness," Uul he dip them in the sand
of the wilderm s. The fact is, we must translate.
01 or txtar Joul in. Tbia can, peihuiw, bo made in-
li lligi' . : even the one word in question, is, in
Hrerk, tn, rendered he in. . Dut the same woid
'rlrin a simi'ar cotm' Ction in Luke 13, 4. where
our Saviour speaka of the tower in Si.am. Silnam
wa a well known pool of water, in which our Sa
viour directed man, born blind, to w .sh, (J .hn 9
7.) thut in, bis eyes ; for the word translated tV
is approptiated to th1' wnaliing of the hands, f-et.
ace, sqr, slid seems to eichide the idea of bathii g.
for which ihere are odier apptipria'.e words. The
iro-tnores in ISrrhthnriJrr'i Ijtr given under the
word n'pln, sulwt ntiate this remark. In the oil er
five chapt. r of the New Testament where it -rcurs
accoidin to the Greek concordance of E. Shmiji'
iis.ii is nnifomlv and ei.resty arp'ied to th:- wa
shing of the fare, f et or hand. The pool was toti
hallow In have allowed a bathing of the whole bo
dy, aud hence this word (nipln) ix uaed. The same
pool is mentioned in Nehemi.ih 3, 15, wh ie the
Hebrew terminsiion, as in nnml-erlesn iimlsnee,
dnTera from the Gretk.' The pool lay to the csfl of
Nee Ihx-itt' iie..(7., ol. 3 p . t. Ilie Jordan had
biifh 'banVs, and hence. In the Prophet leremi ih
40, lit, the lion ie sail to come tp frnm the ewel
fiageT Jordan, not aaifho were an aanphihjoits aui
inal.cetniiig out of tlie water, but tipfrtm its vi.
ctnity. Again, tpn is, m Ma'tliew 3, 16, tran4utcd
"on " Ixit it shon'd ho tr'anslaleil, ' simply,
fmm. I.et as tnttcavor to 'ioe this assertion J
The wia-d nie occurs, for ei.imple, Acta, 12, 10,
When the awa;4 who delivered Petes out tsT Pri
sou, had conducted him through the Won gate ami
one street, lie forthwith departed from him." But
now, if we muat translate, aw of Jordan, thi n, to
be consistent, we must necessarily translate the
same word, oyw, thus J The ongot departed nf of
Peter, which, of Conr-, ikies not apply ;' ill an
gel at his alJe, aimply went away. To save room,
we omit other esamptce. The Dsptism of Jesus,
by John, after these explanation, may be thus
viewed! ChtistMoor priest and king. This ia
loo well understood and known to need an illustra
tion. . These clasxea of men, among the Jews,
were consecrated by the allusion ol oil on their
heads. Thus, Aaron, the p iesl, (Eiodus 30, 30,)
and Saul, David (1 Sain. 10, 1, 16, 13) and other
kings, were consecrated, It is in allusion to this
mode of formally setting apart a prie.t or king, that
Uaiabsavs, C'hp. 6, I, "Th-- Lord hath anoint
ed me," Ac, thai i-1, Christ. Hence he was rail, d
( "h f i.-t, which U a Grci k word, ami liko the He
brew w.vd Mi'Hsinh, sigiiilie;", "the anointed one."
liefore Chr st nsuurned the office of a public teach
er, be ilesiicil to he oilici.illv consecritiil n priet
and king, by the band of an si k .iowb dgrd ine.
longer of God ; ri"t, indeed, . if l'' is ws- e-sentin)
to him, but in older to eomply wi h the ist-ddi-heil
cu-titns, or, nsl)''' hitnaelf evpres es it ro f . 1 fit all
iii;hteounes. He went to John, who was in the
vicinity of the river, in nrler to procure water with
ease, m a vessel, whenever he wn requ sted to
baptie." Christ kneeled down, perhi, and then,
to signify the act of annointing, he took water,
(for neither oil nor water had any peculiar spirit
ual efficacy, and were hence of rqual value,) and
poured it on the bead of our Saviour, signifying,
rhaps, likewise the out-pouring of the spirit,
which at the time did descend. After his bap
tism, Jesus ascended, or climlied up the acclivity,
and went simply away from the region of Jordan.
We read here of no dipping, of nothing that
could favor such an idea. Why should John have
dipd our Saviour T Certainly not in allusion to
the burial of the latter, for he was not yet dead ;
and hence, had he dipped him, it would have aeem
ed aa muih out of place, as if he hid administered
io him the sacrament of the Lords supper before it
was instituted.
There is one eipression in Matthew 3, 16, which
needs a passing lemark. The translation "he
shall bsptite you with the Holy Ghost," has been
occasionally impuned ;' but it is a most success
ful ve'ni.n. When we read in Matthew 26. 62,
(e t. ke an instance designedly (rom the same
w-itoi.) "thevtb.t taiie the sword shall perish
with ti e sword,'' we see at once that with or hi can
he the on'y word appr-ip-iit- Iv prefned to sword.
The' same word i, in Hie former parage, prefneil
to Holy Ghot, and hence, it ia coiiectly rendend
M'lVA or by the Holy Ghusl,
L. D. L.
THE AMERICAN.
Saturday, JPt. II, 184).
1 . .' - ! . . .15!
fXj We have just received sixty l earns of print
ing paper, similar in site and" quality to the sheet
upon which thia ia printed. A two 36 reams of su
per Royal 81 by 18 inches, which will be sold at
coat and carriage, for cash.
The public Ferry of this place, was sold to
Samuel Dartsher, on Tuesday last, for the term of
three years, at f 91 50 per annum.. , , ,
The river Susquehanna is now closed, at
thi place, and if th present state of the weather
should hold on a ft w daya longer, there will be no
complaint for the want nf ice.
(Tjf Tn another column will be found a communi
cation on the aubject of Daplism, which we have
been requested to publish. Il ia a aubject In which
we shall not, personally, take any part. Our eo.
umns are, however, open for communications from
either a de, when expressed or couched in respect
ful language, and in a proper lone and temper.
ijj The Superintendent of the Common Schot.l
recommends that the school law he abered, sn aa tn
prohibit anv child entering the achool under five
years of age..
Cj" The M'eekly North American came to hand
lit week, enlarged, and much improved in appear
ance. The North Americsn is one of the ablest
papers published in Philadelphia.
fj Willis has become the aole proprietor of the
Brother Jonathan.
..Small 5otn.
We are RlnM tere, that Mr. Kidder -of the Sen
ate hm repmteil hifl, etrthorlalng the Bank to
issue small nils, redeem ftile ti npftie, on demand.
The Relief notea will, underlie 1ale act. disappear
rapidly, and as they are fhe almost ecclusive cur-
tiircy of the eouritry, soma immediate euhatitute
should be nastle to supply the vacuaim occasioned
by their loss. Unless this is done, business meat ,
come to a stand. Had oar hank been enabled tn
lc small hrl's, we 4o m4 believe the last eus.
pension would have taken place. . It wae the small
bills alone that saved the bank of the State of
New Yerli from sospenston, moat f which are
lesa aonnd than onr own'.' All that we have heard
ajiesik on the subject, approve of th measure. We
are confident that are speak the sentiments of nine.
tenth of the community, in saying that ' thie mea
sure would be aa popular, as the tvefief act wa
unpopular, aaanng the people. In their tendencies
and nature, they are aa opposite as the) poles. The
act which gave the bank a the privilege of issuing
Relief bills, also granted them the privilege of on
limied atMpenmnsi for five years. . The present
bill, a weUndereiaml it, require the Dank to ie.
sume, upon which condition they will be permitted
to issue small billa payable in tperie. These anaall
bills will of course ha at par throughout the state,
nd can be converted into silver at any lime; where
as the Relief bill were never convertible into any
thing but stale slock, which now sells for leas than
half its par value. The one ia a tneaauie for the
rtmtmptum of specie payment, and the circulation
of sscie and specie funds ; the other was a mea
sure for tie tprninn of specie payments, and the
introduction arid circulation nf irredeemable shin
plasters, in their value, as fluctuating as tin) wind.
We trust the legislature will act p'omptly and de
cisively upon the matter. There ia but one opinion
in the community upon the subject, and that opinion
is in favor of the measure. In Shamokin, we un-
detstxnd, there arc several petitions in circulation in
favor of the measure, which have been unanimously
signed, without distinction of party.
And 1 am fully rnm'tnetii that tnmt time "between
March 2UI. 1843, nnrf March it, 1844, error.
ii ht the Jtveinh mode, if contjOatmn nf time,
"Christ tn47 come, n7 'brivg nil hit laintt with
trim 7 ufrti thnxVtmJie will reward every man at
Kit work W e." . - ,
rXj- We are indebted to C. W. Hegins, Estj..
Clerk of the Senate, Sir a copy of the Auditor Gen
eral's Report, which we have examined with more
than ordinary interest. We doubt whethel more
able document has ever emsnated from that depart
ment. Mr. Packer's qualification for the iWbarge
of the duliea of hia office are universally admitted.
The lurid and explicit arrangement of hia leport,
ahowa that he is wi ll versed in the business of his
office, and thoroughly ooderatanda ita duties.
(X" The Superintendent of common schools, in
hia report to the Legislature, says t
"The whole number of school in the report intr
districts, aie 6,116 ; the number of school yet re
qtiiied, 554 ; the average number of months taught
in these schools, 6 months, 9 dsy ; the number of
male teachers, 5,176, and of fi males, 2,316. The
average salaries of male teachers per month, are
$18,58 ; lbs average of female teachera per month
to, or read of dipping, 4Avap.'"8
in the Mood i
Kttrtlgu llcuit.
Miss Manner, a hatidsonnj young lady, aged
V:i,aul pofCtin a lortuite of five thousand
pmindu, recently eloped with, and married a
policeman, whom she had never seen but once
beliin.
The Great Western steamer, it ie wid, liai
been purchased by Melietnet Ali, who intends
to convert her into a steam frigate.
An immediate effort is to he made in Eng
land to raise funds fur planting a branch of the
Englwh Church in the new settlement of Hong
Kong.
A woodcock, with yoetr white legs, was re
cently elm! at Kensby, in the county nf Corn
wall, Eng. It ha been prevented to the Royal
Cornwall Institution.
The number of mile of rail rued in England
amounts to 1,801, at cost of jeGS.119,109, being
on an average alxjut U1,'--1G per mile.
A Superfine beaver hat, transmitted by pct
from M inohoMer, wan delivered by the Uellut
itter carrier, iMMtan tlnei) pence.
A drove ot ijopsp, amounting to SJI00, pas
ted Cambridge, on the way to Fpinr, in remit
ne.-u for iti I onilnn murket. Where they re
ted llirthe night tin y were fed with '2 list, of
oot.itoo, Rmt l.nlfa pintnf oats to etieh pooMt.
It is important that the legislature should
pas the appropriation bill, aa eonn as circumstan
ces will permit, instead of postponing it until the
close of the session. ' The aupervisor on the Sos.
quehanna division of the canal, anys, he ia obliged
to make a conditional cotiliuet with the laborers on
his diviaion. They are to receive 67 centa per
dy if the money ia paid in two months; if left to
hang alter that lime, the slate mutt pay one dollar
per day.
Qj" Edwin W. Huitrr, the present able and
talented Deputy Secretary, is Smken of aa the
successor of Judge Paraons, aa Secretary of the
Commonwealth. We should be pleased to hear
of the appointment of Mr. Hulter. That he would
make an able and efficient officer, all who know
him will cheerfully admit. A a young man of
talents, integrity and eicellent business habits, he
atanda draervedly high in the community.
QjT Philadelphia is famoua for ita lawyer and
judicial investigations ita jurors, financiers and
great men. It tskea them about two weeks to Iry
an action for libel, and the jury another to agree
upon a verdict, with' which they sometimes send
up a bill of four or five hundied dollar, fur the
county to pay, for guppers, wim and cigars.
The U v. Williani r-ntey was on the Cist
Jerusalem, and the tower o.mI near ft, which is ultimo, committed tn Newgate, chtiroed with
meant by the word en. Thus, too, w read. Hel
Christ 1 How has tb wa:d.uf
pVibtoodt Ouly with,c.Qrieits.'' w under
aiMta the ictn(u ophey.of tXL in ch'P
38,25,q. How.ef piassive and eulatnu Uttett
lemony X( bauliatn, i..,spiiukling orouiiofc an
inspproptiate llie r" act of dipping!
Are we not ijwn uaiifisd ia snainteiiiang, that if
we are lo In guided by the iSertpwri-s, lpii cau
litH. possibly, mean inuisiisi-'l WJbalhav we yet
lounJ In kd to UiaiiJoa ' Are not, aar, aUle
. emwuilsnc cakuliiisd Ja shu liist Uie word ui
(jurstion lueses sothtiig but to iour tf sprinkb !
But U usliais this verbal iriiiounn. Hn
we not ii.ian on teoril vt the aciu-l aiUuaui
tration of lb li e U Rmn, sy, perbaj.
, thhw moie light on the ubct1 lUie we find
rich matenal, i.nd we will, tlu"foe, proceed Ve
Vnveaiigauon of Hie acComJ i-jwU wUiih wejtopo.
acd to diacui-a, nsm ly :
What wa the practice of John th Pal'iFt anj
of tb ApostUSti.o the idnunUuation of the rile af
. Baptism!
With regard to J-hA. read that he "wakbsp
In :nan. war lo Sulom. brcauae there
Johi 9. 21 A itleun Va
10, t?,-'bfist sal down-on the light baud of Gad.
Hire the same word occurs. Xow.ifwe mu-t tr ,n
laie, in Jordan, we must translate, he sat down in
the tight hand f God j for llie word is the ssme in
both cjsis. Uut sa w, of rourse.tr mBlaieit ul or
by the light band, Ac , an, too, we muat translate
tit or by the Joidan. Still, it may be sail, that
jVhn must have immersed nor Saviour, for we read.
Mail,'' 3, 16, -'And Jeus, when he ws haptixed,
m u(i'aightway out of the water," Hi; we
tenifcok.tli !tlhew does not ssy that Chri.-t went
int the Jodaociut. v. 13, only fn it. T.he oes.
ai -e is, V1"wld is tUta come out of theiiver)
le ttni wisrAi, rii up, are n pressed by one
Auip.nJ fHO-k vmiI, at-Ut, and the words, out
if. try he siiop'e woi4, upa. We will endeavor to
njJsiu the proper senaVesing of these wo'da lo Ihe
Bugli-h Tfa.W. Luke tell an, enap. 19, 4, that
Zanrheus, in order te have a Imtter of our Sa-eiiauf.cliuiU-d
up tree. The!r.4i for cltmbed
tip l ent-if, IM loenncsi su!.i, " " -
aon, Mtiuls-r. UnivA niood and ree, wit ten occurs
in Matliew 1, 16. The reader will observe, th it
the Vdes of ssoriiiling, rlimVing, Ac, is ranaerted
i h ant bet', that ia, J.au ac n.le.1, tutJ
un (be ia'mir i c4 iiv. wtiHi r iih f.v.li v
forging a promissory note fur X-,73.
The "John lhill"stteis positively, that there
are now building, at Plackwall, five large
Btoam frigate f tins Russian Government,
which are intended for the war agaitift the
Circassians.
C3"The Miners' Journal, from an article published
in that p iper, estimates the actual amount of silver
in the Cured Statea at $30,400,000. Tbi we
should think a mistake. The opinion heretofore
entertained, was that il amounted to about 80,000,-
000, and ihia no doubt is more neatly correct
The banks, we pre-uine, must have 25 or 30 mil
lion- in their vault. In Peiins) Ivania, we ie con
fident, between 5 and 10 millions ate hoarded up
by individuals.
fry- The lust nuikt Dustle story, going the
round of the newspapers, we ran assure our fair
readers, ainl true. It is nothing hut a new version
of the rut Hustle story, told by one of the Boston
pa, era a y ar or two aince. We Iwlieve it to be
nothing but a sheer invention got up by some bache
lor editors, who probably, ling too frequently
troubb d with a "sn.ike in the hat," wish lo as-ngn
the animal another local haU'ai-n and a name,
Moat. Kascaiitt. Great fr mds have just been
discovered in the Canadian Cu-tom Houae. It is
aa.-erled that three quarter of the revenue baa ne
ver reached the government. One collector return
ed less revenue for one qusrter than wa known to
have Seen received in a single importation, within
the knowledge of the inspector.
Il ia etatefl in fhe tlallimnre Republican, that
Captain loseph Owens, whnee residence is a few
mile from Annapolis, shot his son on Wednesday
morning the wormd eauaini almost immediate
death. TV-e shocking deed, Il is said, waa oeca
sinned by an W-feeliug out of a law suit.
Imprisonment fur debt hssbeen abolished in
Missouri. Prospectively, we presume.
A new method of gilding by galvenism, haa
been recently disenveied.
1 1,16. The number of male seholara is 154,454;
hat of female scholar, 126,631. The number
learning the German language, 5,141, . The aver-
ge nember of acbolars in each school, is 44 ; and
the cost of tuition of each scholar per month is
f 00 42, or f 1.27 per quarter.
The amount paid to n porting dis'riits durir g Ihe
hut achool year, waa f 229 629, and the amount of
hool tax levied in those districts, for the same
year, was JJti,l77Jl. ihe whole amount ol
school appropriation paid tn a.-repting dis'.ticts, was
f23,162. Some of these weie new districts.
which had not before accepted the schools system,
consequently a report could not be expect, d from
them. They were also entitl. d to iheir share of
the annual State app'opriati in, which h d uc
cutntil ted for them in the treasury. The whole
amount of tax levied in alt those dietricts, reported
o this department, waa f398,756,40. The amount
paid for instruction in tne reporting districts, i-r
that year, wae f 425,501,27. The amount paid for
fuel and comingencea, waa $4 1,044.45. and the
whole amount paid for achool houses, wa $113,-339,66."
rrrc5ip(Jrife ! Die Amrrknn.
HtaRisAtat), Feb. 9, 1843.
J)sa Sta i -The legistalttte ha been engaged
forenroe days past, m vlehaiing a resolution to take .
fhe eppesntmenl nf Canal Cemmissfosmre out of
the hatifis af the Governor, am) placing It In the
handa of tire legislature. ' If any change hi made
at all, it shesttd Ve te give the people the power ol
electing them. " ' .. '
Mr. Kyer presented a petiti. of member of the
bar of Union county, asking for the removal of the
Supreme Court from Stanlaary to Rsrrieburg. This
m ve is mode for the exchi-sjve eccommodation of a
few member of the bar, it seems, who will, if ihey
ctn effect a removal, be enabled to fleece their un
fortunate Si-nators to greater extent. There i
no danger, however, of the bill passing.
In the House, on 8siurday last, Mr. T.owry of
fered a resolution ins'ructiog the Judicary Com
mit'ee to bring in a bill on Monday next, to repeal
the act of last session, atmlishingJmprisonment fir
debt, so far as the same app'ie l to debts then con
tracted. Thia resolution waa taken up for consid
eration yeas 28, nsya 54 Mr. McUaniel moved
a postponement for Ihe present, which wss negi
lived. Mr. Hahn then moved an amendment, in
structing the committee to report a hill to repeal
the law unconditionally. On thia amendment there
was quite a debate, in which Messrs, III well, Dcford,
Lowry, Karns, Tustiti, and others took part The
amendment was negatived, yen 32 nays 62. The
resolution wa finally modified to instruct the com
mit'! e to inquire into the expediency of repealing
or m.dif ini the dw of las' session, so far as it ap
pliea to debts then contracted, and in thia form it
passed. Yeas 93 nays 22. The present law is
probably the most unpopular law that hss been en
acted for some yesrs. There wss no occasion in
making the law lake retrospective efli'Ct, and, I
think the legislature will amend it, or repeal the
law entirely.
Mr. Kama reported a joint resolution to prevent
the use of the public work on Sunday. Mr. De
ford read in place, a bill entitled an act to regul ite
the judicial districts of this comm. mi wealth. This
bill divides the State into 15 districts, instead of.
23, as now exist. Mr. Roumfort read in place, a
hill relative to the Tide Water Canal Notes, pro
viding (or their re.le nption made the order of the
day to-morrow.
In Sena'e, several petition were presen'ed, by
Myers, ('chran and Champneya, that the banks
may l-e authorised to isue small notes.
X. Y. Z.
A wrrt. Somebody says there are two scripture
proofs that females dw not go lo heaven, Frist
Rev xi t.)An4 the.e aparej grMt wonder
in he.venr to! a - ,,, ... 4fC(mi( ,jU )
i,-ro was 'tenre in heaven tiut lb" space of
i ta.f an bovi
dSiivr.a Sruoaa. It is computed, that a-
bout f 600,000 are annually expended in thia roun
liv. in the manuf icture of silver spoons, for new
families and othira going to houae keeping.
QCy- Mrs, Trollope menlitMis, that in a certain city
of Gei many, a young woman waa in prison, who
was convicted of having niuiuVied aixty young
children by poison, while having ibetu litidei her
chaige as a nurse.
The following toast wae given at a recent
celebration m Connecticut
Tiy Or. ttojere, Ottton A material in high
rrsule among laduw and warriors fir the erec
tion of trrof. w orks, (t'eala of laughter .nd
greal cln-Ciing )
tTj" T'n legislatuie ihink f repealing the law
Tarsoo nillrt'i Creed.
As many of our readers may not be acquainted
with Parson Miller's Creed, we puldwh the follow-
ing tynopotii f hi$ eicir. Ia ibis sge of Hum
bugs, the Parson atanda about number one in the
list :
"I. I believe Jesus Christ will come again to thia
earih.
2. I believe he will come in all the glory of bis
Father.
I also believe he will come in the cloud of hea
ven.
3. I believe he will then receive hi kingdom,
which will be eternal.
4. I believe the saints will then possess the king
dom forever.
5. I believe at Christ's second coming the body
of every depaited saint will be raised ; like Christ's
glorious body.
And I believe, also, that the righteous who are
living on the earth when be comes, will be chan
ged from mortal to immortal bodiee, and with them
who are raised fr.on the dead, will be caught up to
meet the Lord in the air, and so be forever with
the Lord,
6. I believe the saints will then be presented to
God hlainelesa, without spot or wrinkle, in love.
T. I believe wlien Christ comes the second lime,
lie will come to finish the controversy of Zion, to
deliver hia children from all bondage, to conquer
their last enemy, and to deliver them from the pow
er of the tempter, which ia the devil.
8. I believe wbeu Christ com'' be will destroy
the liodies of the living wicked by fire, as tboae of
Ihe old world were destroyed by water, and shut
up their aouls in a pit of wo, until their rt-suireution
unto damnation.
9. I believe when the earth is cleansed by fire
that Christ and hi saints will then lke posaeaainn
of the earth, anS dwell therein forever. Then the
kingdom will he given to the saints.
10, I believe the time ia appointed of God when
tlaase thing shall be accomplished.
11. I believe God haa revealed the time.
13. I believe tnativ who are lttnr am'
l -,:iie wn. v...v.- M (now IM ',ime until
(t erwivea upon tb.
13- I hV.eve the wi lhf y wna , ,n ,hin- ,he
brightness ; t firm,wen, Han. lii. 3. will un-
Appoiiitmrnts by tbr ("tinnl rommissionrr.
Ginrov Leisksmso, Supervisor from Junction
to Milton.
TltoMas BsxTT. Sui-erviaor from Milton b
head of the West Branch line. One Supervisor
dissnsed with.
Joust Yorxiivtvts, Colhctor of tolls and towing
path bridge at Northumberland.
A. C. Uabbktt, Weigh Master, at Northum
berland. Jon B. Br.ra, Collector at Williimport.
l)vm A. Knwvovta, Supervisor, from Nor
thumberland to Athens on the North Bianch. A
reduction of one Supervisor.
The following resolution has been adopted by
ihe Canal Commissioners.
litnolvtil, That the Survisors of repair oo the
several divisions of the Pennsylvania canal, be and
they are hereby instructed lo repair their lines for
navigation, in the most economical manner, so aa
to let in the water at a early a day s possible.
Protractesl Sterlings.
During the la-t four or five week we have h id
protracted meeting in our place at the different
churches of ih Methodist, Baptist and Lutheran,
which were all well attended, both day and night,
during tbia period ; and we understand with simi
lar success in their object It ie with tbe strongest
feeling of sympathy weolovrve ihe course and un
tiring xeal which ia extended by the leader of our
churches in their exertion to secure the future
welfare of their fallow-beings, by their unremitting
labor, dui ing ihe excitement, which baa been ex
tremely fatiguing.
Tbia baa a tendency to ref-im, of which we
need much. Not only at Danville ha this religious
ej itomei t txen prevailing, but we learn from al
most every quarter, similar are the cons- quence
where protracted meetings have been held. The
nurnler converted to the faith of teligion in out im
mediate neighborhood, is very large, and we under
stand there has been upwaids of 80, in the month
of January, attached to the Methodist Episcopal
Church at Danvdle, b -side large numlwra lu the
other different deneminatton. Jan. Jidel.
A Dvn. PaxTKHTKB. A duel ha been pre
vented, by the proper interference of friends, that
had been arranged between Mr. J. IL Pleaaants,
the editor of the Whig, and Mr. W. F. Ritchie,
the aen af the editor of the Enquirer. Mr. Ritchie,
it ia aaid, waa the challenger, and the terms were
twenty-five pacea ; fowling pieces loaded with
twelve buckshot each ; the guna to be Lid at
feet of the combatant, and at the word 'ure," each
waa to seiae hi gun and fiie wj,hj tQ in
-three," Satmday owning s; adme ftlfc.
The friend decided 'Mt Mr. Pieaaanla shut. 14
retraenii tTttc of ine l7lB j,nuy, and that Mr.
I W- E, rtitcbis withdraw I ia challenge, which hail
bee) accepted by Mr. Pleasants, and those gen
tlemen restored lo their former relation. The de
rision was acquiesced In by ihe paitie. HicA
itiotid Pitper.
,. il : , ... .1.1.. TL. ......I.,.. I . ..
aouo-ioi'H iuitib M-niaoi un... "-i - aerstatui tne time.
thia se fa n, are a m -at unanimous in favur of )lt 1 14. I believe ihe time ran be known by alt who
rJe , Jesire to ttndcralauJ an J to be ready for hia coming.
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The Memphis Appeal nienii ns rumor thit
four or five aoice ol land upon Ihe St. Fianui River,
Ark., were suuk by tbe late earthquake,
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