'I J. I 111 .1 lUXL-XlMLJU-'l 'II' II thlng I't Wster, thai t may be wholly covered. Ami al'ho'dgh it in almost wholly abolished, (for they do itit dip (he whole children, but only pour lit tic wster on them,) ihey cughl nevertheless to be wholly immersed, and then immediately drawn out t for that the etymology of the word seems ts de mand," '-The German ctll biptiara tauff, from depth, which in their language ihey oil tie, because it i prop' that tboe who ' baptised bo deeply immersed." A 3d argument, thit dipping Wiethe ectlon per formed, it derived from the places where, tod the circumstances connected with tho administration of the ordinance. Let ua here look it the baptism of Jesus Chris', en account of which you will find in Mitlhew 3, Msik I, Luke 3 end John 1. Here tr.u re Jesus the eon of Ond the Lord from Heiven the Judge of the last day the greet ruler of life and silvalion, going "from Galilee to Jordan onto John, to be baptiied of hlru." If the Saviour'i taking long Journey for the es press pur pose ft bring bsptiied, will not produce proper re. sped for this ordinsnce, hear! Oh! hear the Fi ther, end sre the spirit approving of the rite, end then let every objection be eilenced, end every friend of God, follow the example of Jei us. No thing, e'mce time begin, hue eurpassed in lublimiiy end gl ry, ihi interesting anJ wonderful even'. How prepo terous ind absurd aio the view! or L, and must be mere human invention. W hat n D. L. upm the baptism of Jesus, snJ how d tier. thst one authorised action 1 Can this quertion be ent from those given by the inspired penman. Mr. aettledtothe satisfaction of some, and to the con- L. represent! Jesus as kneeling down near the viction of all who ar open to conviction ! I think river, and John with a vessel pouring water upon it can, and seilled too, without much difficulty. Let hit head, Reidor are you not astonished at a m.:)( us now lay aside all our preconceived opinion! and in taking auch liberty with Ood'e wa d. There is prejudice!, and enter upon tho investigation in the not one word in all the account, of Jesus kneeling, fear of God, with an humble and ardent desire to and John having a vessel pouring water upon hia know what is truth on this subject. If our Lord head. He adds, "after his baptism, Jesus amended, had designed eprinkling to have been the action, he or climbed vip the acclivity, and went simply away would have eettled it, by selecting a word which from the region of Joidan." Alas, for the cause of definitely signifies tho action, and thue for ever sprinkling and pouring, if it requires such "turning have excluded the Uea of dipping. He would and twisting" of the Bible as this, to support h 90 TaVV AMKsiCAr BAPTISM. (Continued.) L. D. L. enquires on Mirk I, 4, "John did bap lite in tho wildentpta," "did ha dip them in the sand of tho wilderness V Why, no', Mr. L., cer tainly not.. Neither did ho tprinkk them at the sand, or near tho sand. But if you will look to the 6th verse, you will find that thero was river in which John baptiied, "and wero all baptised of him in the river of Jordan? How absurd it would be to render Iht parage, "with tho river of Jordan." A question of very great Importance here comes op. vit : What la tho icriptural metfe or action to be observed in thia ordinance 1 The reader is no doubt aware, that among Christiana, there la a difference of opinion upon thla subject. 8otne con tend for dipping, others for sprinkling and pour ing. Ilia very certain that they cannot all be right. If dipping is right, then sprinkling end pouring mint be wrong, and if eprinkling and pouring be the right action, then dipping must be wrong, be. enue they are altogether different actions. When taeBle.eed Jeaus commanded his disciples to bap. tiie. he did not intend that they should sprinkle some, pour aome, and dip olhers. There can be but one mode that baa hia aanction ; a deviation from this, is a deviation from Divine authority, Saturday, April t, 1843. RENO TALt rjCr The Office of the "SUNBURY AMERICAN" ha9 heen removed to the white frame building, in Centre Al Icy, adjoining the New Store of II. B. Masser. Business or orders left at the Store, will be promptly attended to. (t We have just received sixty teams of print ing paper, eimilsr in site end quality to the sheet upon whieh this is printed. Also 36 reams of au per Royal 21 by 23 inches, which will be sol J at coat and carriage, for cash. The communication of A. C. came too late for infection this week. have selected the word Rantizo, which definitely signifie! to sprinkle, and ii so rendered by our transistors. But the Great Redeemer did not se lect the word Rantizo, therefore he did not com mand eprinkling as the action. If the Saviour had intended pouring to have been the action, he would have settled it, beyond the shadow of a reasonable doubt, by choosing a word which definitely signifies that sction, to the exclu sion of dipping. He would have used the word Thia looks as though they were in "the list agonies of dissolution." Msrk ssys, Jesus "lom baptized o f John in Jurdan." Was Jesus sprinkled in Jor dan, or was he poured in Jordan 1 Neither he was baptized n Jordan. Mark 1. 10, speaking of him after his baptism, ssys, "coming up out of the witir.". Matthew 3, 16: And Jesus when he wnl baptized, wer.t up straightway (apo tuu uda tos) oct of the water." There is nothing heie like "sscending or climbing up the acclivity." BasaBBBa9aBaBBasaaaaaaaaaSar?!9!!9 Harrhburr, Argus. Our friend Best of the Dsnville Intelligencer, has, it seems, atarted a new paper at Harrisburg. bearing the above title. The Argus advocate the claims i.f Gen. Case for the Presidency. While the Intelligencer, at Danville, j still warm Tor Johnson. Thii seeming inconsistency seems to punle some of our cotemporarira which friend Best, ro doubt, will endeavor to expliin. The state Capitol Gszette cyphers it out after tho following f.iahion t "IfAanisacno Aaocs." A new paper, b'sring the above title, and professing democratic princi ples, made it appearance here yesterday. It sup. ports Gen. Case for the Presidency, and is edited and published by V. 1)kt, who is also editor and publisher of the Danville Intelligencrr, a Joiiir- soar paper ! This rems'kMe fict ha suggested an eriihmcli c.il question whieh may lie easily settled as follows: Sixria SrnTACTiosj scm 1st. Danville Intellieencer, Johssow. Uarrisbure .Irirus, Cass Subtract Cass from Johnson, leaves. Remainder TYLER 1 SPOILS house, which he furnished in the richest style- He has here been in the habit of giving splendid suppers and other entertainments, freely and fre quently, to all whose fortunes and h ibits made them desirable object! of his acquaintance. Being himself Intelligent and pleasing in his mmners. his house thus bec imn the common resort of many men of llie highest fashionable circles of the city including eminent professional gentlemen, as well ss those engsged in mercantile and other pursuits. In this clas, therefore, he has many earnest and in flnential friends, not entirely disinterested, perhaps. I'Ut likely on that account to feel none the lesssnx iety as to the result of this affair and the develop ments to which its progress may give rise. Being extremity expert at play, and devoting himself to it with aaaiduity and remorseless purpose, he soon greatly increased his fortune ; and became one of the weallhieat as well as moat notorious and fash- (unable Ramblers in our city. Coilies, who war a man of much the same stamp, with himself engigcd in the same business though with less maiked success, became acquain ted with Mr. Cotton during her husband's tempo rary absence in Boston lust autumn, or in theeaily part of the win'er, cheo, which definitely means to pour. But Jesus That must be a desperate cause, indeed, which will did not use eheo, therefore he did nof command in,iuce its advocate, in order to its aupport, to lay pouring as the action. such hsnds upon God's Bible. What word did our Lord use! To express the Thl) gt,j0ur'e "coming up out of the water,'' action by which thla ordinance is 10 be administered, e,id,.nty implies that he went down into it. a the word chosen is Baptizo, which our translators circiimttni ce required in no mode of baptism but hive not rendered into English by a verb of oi.r immersion ; and from these circumstances I justly own Isnguage expressive of the same action, but infer thst Jeaus was immersed. Bishop Tsylor adapted the original Greek word, which with ua in ays, "The custom of the ancient churchee was nt to laf'tize. What does the word baptize, employ- sprii.kling.but immersion, in puuuance of the sense ed bv the spirit of God to express thia ordinsnce, f ,he word In the commandment, nnd ihc example signify ! 8o impassable is the gulph between tins word and aprinkle or pour, that it is not once in all the Bible rendered into either of them. I ahall contend that the primary, literal and obvious mean ing of the word is dip, plunge, immerse, bury, over whelm to wash as the result ofe'ipping. of our bleased Sjviour." Now let us look at another pi ice where John baptixed, John 3. 23, "And John also was baptizing in .Enon, near to Salim, because there wis much wster there." In "ihe Union Bible Dictionsry," published by ths Amer'can Sunday School Union, (rj On cur first pige will be found an interest ing account of Mrs. Bulwer a full account of the recent munh r at New Yolk, and several other in treating articles. QCJ We publish this wetk another letter from W. 8. H., le ng a continuance of the rep'y to an article on the subject of baptism. Our correspon dent, it seems, has not yet exhsuled the sul j. ct i his defence. Wit Cat One of these varmints was caught on Wednesday night last, in a steel trap, by Mr. Martin Case, of Augusta town-hip. ehout 2 milea from this place. He iecued h m alive, al though he appeared as savsge as a young tiger. rr Our Court will commence on Monday next We do not, however, expect a great influx of peo ple, ae the present thaw will rend, r the roads very bad. fjj" Both Houses of ihe legislature hsve agreed upon a lesoluii. n for a final adjournment, on the 18th of April. There is yet a good deal of im por ant woik on hand. The bill for the election of a state printer has been signed by the Governor. John B. Brntton, of the Stale Capitol G ne'le, was the caucus nominee. Both Houses rret on Mon day last, for the purpose of going into an elecli n. When Mr. Bratton reciived 52 vote on the 2d ballot, and Mr.Dimock, of the Reporter, who was supported principally by the whigs, received 63. A numtier of acatlered voles prevented an election, when the whole matter waa postponed till Friday. The State Apportionment Bill passed the Senate as it came from the House, with a few amend ments. Northumberland and Uiuphin lorma a Senatorial district tn this lull. IVorthumtierlsnd ro TBjB AMERICA. To One Away. Sweet Friend I of early youth, and brighter days, When glowing thoughts and mingling hearts unite, To throw o'er lifn'i extatic dream soft riyi Ofstarlit hues, and thrilling hopes, more bright. To thee, my soul wiih deep alTxlion clings. And craves kiiih converse with thy noble mind. And still, as in youth's fond imaginings, A spell of power in thy loved nome can find. To wake the buried s'um1ersofthe heart ; To Call l ack scenes, Alas forever And, In living lintsbeyond the limner's art To clothe the p isl, to breathe Into the dead. And stil', as years of sadness have rolled by, And separate still we love our dreary lot, Our spirits met, earth could not rend the tie Of ea'ly love, which ne'er can lie forgot And tho' we ne'er can meet sgiin, in this, Beyond those fields of light, there is a Home Where sever' J hearts are join'd ag.iin in blisa ; Where nought can separate nor sorrow come. Sut.bury, March 27,1843. Cathabi.ie. My 1st Brgument for dippir g aa the mode of secondedition.it is said, "Eos, (J.din 3, 23.) a baptit , ia taken from the proper and primary town on the west side of the Jordan, eiKht or ten sense of the word baptize. To obtain the sense of miles south of Bcthshean, abounding in water, this word, let US turn to a few Greek Lexicons, nnj distinguished ss s place where John baptized." where the word is explained. We will begin with Mr. L. contends that water was very scarce there, Dr. John Jone.'e Baptizo; "J plunge, I plunge and that John selected a spot where water abound, in water, dip, baptize, bury, overwhelm.'' ed for the accommodation of the men and their lit. Grovea'a BaDtizo : "To dip. immeree, im- camels and asses. How wise Mr. L. is above what merge, plunge, to wash." Dr. Ewing's Baptizo; "fn its primary and radi ral sense, I cover with water. It is used to denote, 1st, I plunge, or sink completely in water." Dr. Donnegan's Baptizo ; "To immerse into a liquid ; to aul'merge." Dr. Greenfield'! Baptizo : "To immerse, im merge, submerge, sink." We might call to our aid, if it was necessary, a vast number more, bat let it suffice that all lexi cographers and critice of any note agree with us, is written. L. D. L. says water was scarce there ; ihe Holy Ghost ssys, "ihere was mccb wateb there." Our author ssys they went where Ihere was much water, foi the accommodation of "camels and asses ;" the Holy Ghost ssys, they went there to baptize. Reader who will you believe, Mr. L or the inspired pen mm 1 If John chose a place for baptising, on account of one circumstance, ne. cessary for that ordinsnce, nsmely, "because there was much water there," then his mode of bsptism required much water ; I ut much water is not ne . . i : . .V. I m 7 r I .: 1. .. i ; . 1 in Our Sense 01 tne primary meaning ui lire cewirj Kir inj ranrre in ram.in cuuinmcriiui, ,uu and in citing the above we give you the opinion of I hence, I infer, without the least doubt, that John ever- other competent authority. In the classical 1 immersed. use of the word, good Greek writers never use the word in a sense inconsistent with the one here giv. n, and in Ihe Septusgint of the Old Testament, and in the Apoerapha.the word is used to signify : to plunge, immerse, dip in, to overwhelm, to wa-h or cleanse by bathing the person in water. A 2nd argument is tuken from the confessions of Mr. L's. argument, that "if baptism and a large quantity of water are necessarily conneeied, we might aa well say, we could not prny withon much wster," is too puerile to be noticed. Th reader need not to be t Id, that those who practice Sfirinkling, or pouring, never go to rivers, or place of much water, because in their mode, a small, very aome of tha most pioue and learned pedobapliate small quantity on is required. W. 8. H. th. mselves, ss to the meaning of th word. Not. withstanding their divers (led and often viryii g practice, y. t they apeak out upon thia subject. Let us hear Calvin, the founder of the Presbyterisn church, upoq thia au jeet : The word baptizo, signifies to immerse, and the rite of immersion was observed by th encient church. Mr. Leigh t "The native and proper signification of it baptize is, to dip into water, or to plunge under w ter." Bcavetet, bishop of Meaux i "To baptize aignU fie to plan ge. osii granted by all the world." Let ua alao hear the candid and correct testimony of Dr. George Campbell, Professor of Greek, in ihe College of Aberdeen, who is the bosat of Euro, e, and a most d ai'mguiahad luminary in the Prsl y- teiian church of Scoilsnd : "Tha wo d Itnpt zo, both ia eacred authors and in clinical, kigmfie to dip, to plunge, to immerse, and was rendered by Tecullin,the olJeat of the Latin fathers, fin gcrt, th term usedor deing cloth, which wee ry ioarBM-ion." I might go on, and produce th tetimony ol mnr than ifry i and good men of th diflVnt danominatiooa, as lo th primary meaning of ihe word i but one mora will euflice for the preeni, and that ahall be lb immortal Luther. Oh ! thi those who profea to b his followers, would ad pt hia sentiments, follow bis advice, and com a.ut tad renouoce the trtditioneof aw Berwick. (To be continued.) Aiotbsb 8ie. An egg was recently brought to ihe editor of the Boston Mail with the following inscription ;- In 1843 This ssrth and all ahall cease lo be, 8 nners, beware ! nor let the day O'ertake you atill in sin's broad way 1" The editor says he would like it if some old hen of a MilUiite woman would set on the egg and batch it. The chuken would probably tuin out a gosling. so elects one member by herself, the Senate having detached her from Union and Juniata. Money Matlrrs. fj-y" Northampton Bank notea have gone down to 70 per cent, discount. Susquehmna county re quoted at 20 per cent. The following are the rates of Relief notes, ac cording to Bi.knell's Reporter, ofTueeday last. Re'itf Notes of Pinn Township, Moyamensmg Manufacturers and Mechanics, Lewistown. Uerks county, Eiie, Northampton, Towanda, Wilkebar re and Wet Branch banks, OJalO Pittsburgh banks, Columbia Biidge Co., Far. mers bank of Lancaster. 7 Bank of Pennsylvania. 6a7 M. chanica bank of Philadelphia. Northern Liler- ties, Delaware county, Chester county, German town, and Farmers bank of Bucks county. par Other ReliefNotes, 8 (Tj There has been another little brush near ihe disputed, but now settled Maine boundary line. A B'itith officer arresied a man by the name of Ha- vage, on the American i-iJe, as defined by Ihe la:e treaty. r German by the name of Bickes, has discovered a method by which he raises the finest crops on Ihe poorest land, without the use of ma- nur- He has a numlier of certificates from a num. ber of scientific individuals in Germany end Hh Isnd, who have witnessed the rcsul s. The ex. pene is but 10 ds. per acre for wheat or coin. The mode of operation is yet a profound secret. fTy-The New York Tiibune s'ys that suspicion seems to be strongly fixed uon Mrs Colton, as the person who murdered Coilies at New York. She had heen taking lessons from her hubsn1, in the use of the pistol and firing at targets, for some lime previous, in which she had attained considerable precision. She is said to biv been, long after ber marriage, not only a lovely, but an amiable and highly ealeemed woman. (ET A lady of high rank in Milan, having lost her poodle dog in con-equrnce of a cold, which ended in a consumption, rave him a most splendid funeral, to which all ihe high bred dogs of her ac. qoaintance were invited. The writer, in his ac count of the banquet, proceeds i "Well in due time til these noble dogs follow ed, eirs and taila drooping, the last remains of poor Love, who was in all sadnesa interred in the gars den cif the Villa, to the lake Como. On the return of the melancholy procession, a funeral banquet was prepared in the dining hall, which last waa hung wiih banners and shields, ornamented with the names of the most famous of the dogs of f.ible or of history from the dog of Ulysses down lo that of Montsrgis ; each dog appropriately evated on a cushioned seal, found before him a delicious paee, and the domestics of the Coun'ess served the convives in mourning liveries." Rrpndinlion in Nnv York. Col. Yminc, Secretary of Slate, under Governor Houik of Now York, has addressed a letter lo the Cfri-Iture of that State, which smacks s strong- ly of repu-li ition, that some of ihe Niw Yorkers seem to have been laken completely by surprise. We copy the following extract from the New York pnpers ; "Millions of outstanding stocks are now impend ng over the state, which were cieated by l.is in clear and direct hostility wiih the pi in provi-ion of the constitution. Thee laws were null and void from their Inception, and cannot impose even the shadow nf a moral oh'iga'ion for the fulfil' mciit of iheir oeten-it'le dem ands. Whethr the people of the State will quietly bow their necks b the yoke, and psy a piemium upon legislative wickedness and encroachment, will be iliwlo ed by the future. And if the double course of past pro fligacy and past precedent, c in be fast' ned upon them, they will then lie meek enough to biar with out a murmur the amplest stiides of unbridled ty rsnny." A Lowell printer requeula one of the Miller ite preacher! to "call and settle" for the print ing of come second advent hymns before lie "oee up. He say "We can go before magis trate and swear that we believe he intends to kve the State." Skating in August. About a year since, a scientific gentleman in vented artificial ice in London, fot th purpose i f akaling. It appeals by the following sjver isement frvrn nn English paper, that an art flcial pond or like, has been formed in London, for ihe especial twnefil of gentleman and ladies, who csn now in dulge in the rare sp rt of skating during the dog dys. The English ladies are great walkers, and will no deubt lcome cxieit skaters. "AanriciAL hi, Glaciasii'v. aid Fkose- I.i us. The public is respectfully inf rinej, tint the small specimen of Artifici il Ice lately exhibi ted st ihe Colosseum, is removed, end a surface of 3,000 feet it now ojen to ihe public at the B iker street Uazair, Portman square, where Ihe ample space affords sksters the enjoyment of their favorite amusement in all seaaons, surrounded by snow. clad Alpine scenery, forming a b autiful and faiih- ful panorama of Lucerne and its Frozen Lake, pain ted by Mr. P. Phillips, who visited Switzerland ex pressly to enable him fui'hfi I'y to depict the icy scene. Own from nine till eleven in the morning for Lady Skaters eicluively, with fema'e attendants and skatea provided ; from eh ven till dusk to the public generally ; arid in ihe even:ng from seven i I ten o'clock, beautifully illuminated, with the addition of a Piomenade Musicale, under the di rection of Mr. A. Ridwick, the ce'ebratad perform er i n the Concertino, when solos will be executed by first rata artists, with all the most popular music of the day. Admi'.tance Is; charge for ikating la. per hour, without additional charge for skales and attendance, which are provided. Skaters' snnual su1ciiption two guineas; ditto aix months, XI 10s.; ditto ihrsa months, XI ; visitors' annual subscrip tion one guinea." MISCELLANY. Kdltorlal, Condensed -nil Selected. The Sieamer Acadia took out twenty tons of clear, thick, fresh pond ice fiom Boston. They have a girl 8 years old, n .mod Crouse, at Erie, Pa., who weighs 223 lbs. A copy of the Holy Scriptures now in the pos session of Mr. James Adams, of Ma lison, Indiana, was printed in 1524. Tracts. During the piet yeir, 509,599 religious tracts have been distributed in Bos'on. Upwards of 43,000 slaves had been imported into the p'irt of Rio, during the last eight months. Crime. the number of discovered murders in ihe United Siate tor the past year, is estimated at one hundred and eighteen. Gold A vein of gold 4 feet thick, from which two hands in three days raised 100 bushels of ore. worth f 10 a bushel, has been discovered by Dr. S ephen Fox, near Micklenburg, Ya. Young in Sin. The Court Royale, sitting at ObeinorfT. hna Iwen engaged in the trial of a boy eleven and a half years old, named SchafTi r. for having, in six months, made 32 attempts al incen diarism, in five nf whieh he sucee led, eius'mg th de Iruction of M0 houses, tie was sentenced lo lie confined for twelve years. A mine of th lilack Oxide if Manganese has bci n diCoveied ner Jack -on, Mississippi. The ore yields 85 per cent, of ihu mineral. Mr. Bhocoh, the Vocilist, has abondonrd ihn prof, asion, and become Produce Broker in New O i leans. Westward Ho The New-Oileans Bee says that about one thousand persons will rendezvous at Fort Leavenwor h on Ihe first of M y, for the pur pose of emigrating to the Oiegon Territory, A new type settir, invented in England, ae'a 8000 ems an hour. R .bbil raising is represented to be so very pro fitul le, that a farmer in England turned his atten tion to it, and rent 700U to market in one year. The KrlhUUe at Guadalonpc. The Philadelphia Inquirer has received a copy of the "Cotirricr de la Martinique," of Feb. 11, containinj; full particular', in an offi cial form, of the late dreadful calamity at Point Poire, Gundaloupo, and other parts oflhe West Indies. All the sad and awful details already ptihlibhed in our columns are fully confirmed. The editor of the Courier writes a glorious and thrilling description of the sense of siitTer in and desolation, saying in one part of his ar ticle "the pen refuses to retrace the picture of thin destruction ol the city, of which not a single house is left standing. Xul one. And the fire continues to rage I" IIo adds "The few wooden houses which the earthquake had spared, became a prey to the flames, which have made as mnny victims, rrAW'estern editor quoting 6hjkspear, adds, 'Beloved reader ! That liakpear was a b ss " tjy ArromTNiar t tb Post Mastib Oi. tBAl. ('ol. Joaa P. Scaur u has heen appoint. ed Post Master in th Ilorough ofMuncy, in place of Cowdss S. Wains, Fsv, removed. Revival afti-h. Friexiso In the winter of 1628-189, in Iceland, Gaiinard found that toada completely frozen, so that ice lay in small piece between their inutclee ; their bodice be came quite hard, stiff", a.nd motionless, and broke easily and without any effusion of blood, so that in short, every trace ol life disappeared and yet in ten or twelve tninuteilhey could be revived by iiomeraing; thin in ftlightly warmed . a i . iri.u .. ...- 1. 1 . v t aa tar im . Uptism it Gietl word, ana may v'.er. ii ia-y w-r- ion qurc.r nu.cu, V translated immern ss when imaisrsa uni ! did not revive. Tin. (TT The following appointments were mad at the late Conference, of the Methudi t Epi-ropal Church al Baltimore, for thia i1iliict: NoBTBCttBlllAXD DllT. C ll'tdt, P. E, Runbnry A. Bntlen. J. Montgomery. Dsns lie J. Ball, 8. O. Hare. Berwick T. Tanyhill, T. Dowmaa, sup. BU.mipgd.de J. W. Hiughswout.I. H. Torrance I.ufeine J. A. Ross. T. F. MeClure. Norihumberltnd J. Eing. W.T. D. Clemm. Milton O Gayer, G. ColT y. Le 'tiling J. Boisrn, W. R. Mdls. Weal Branch W. Ilirsl, Jaa. Guyer, Belif nie F. M. Mills. E. NcCollum. Claaifteld R Beers, 8. Hrjuter. peon's Vl'y J. S:"er.! Th lata Murder tit ?fv York, Q3 Our reader! will find e full account of the particulars of the recent murder at New York. Nothing definite has yet tra S iel. The whole affair remains involved in mystery, which only spprars to increase s lh examination proceeds. The following description of h parlies implicated, and of th deceased, ia from the New York Tri bune i 'Colton, we understand, came originally from Boston, wher h learned, and for some yeara practcd the art of engraving, lie was indusiri ous, skilful and enterprising, and in the course of few yesra sm issa a very considerable amount nf property. While there he married his present wife, who was connected with a respectable family at Providence, R. I., when she lived, and who waa an intelligent, well edue ilej and aeeompliahad lady. They have now two children, the olds t of whom ia alout 11 yeara of age. Some four or five yean since h removed to thia city, and ahan' doning his honest rslling, kaUitid a gambling house at No, 24 Vesry street, in a Urge four story if not more than the earthquake itself. Unfor nate beings who were buried beneath the wreckt, not being able to disengage themselves from under the mountains of ruins, reached by the fire, soon saw every chance of safety van ish. Young girls, old men and women, half interred by blocks of wall, demanded impossi ble Huccours lor the fire, which advanced like a sea in its fury, nni.-hed by engulfing them. The violence of the conflagration at length drove away those whose courage and devotion excited them to dare every thing possible, to snatch these unfortunate beings from this hor rible death." "On Saturday evening, the town was no thing but an immense furnace." Another letter over the signature of L. B. states in affecting terms, that three prominent things strike Ihe beholder of the ruins ol this vaat Necropolis. The facade of the ruined church is standing, wiih the dial, 33 minutea past 10, the hour Rt which the ruin oflhe city, the annihilation of the population was accomplished. On the piece of the wall oft ruined house, is seen a picture, preserved as k were oy mira cle, representing the Ruins of Babylon. Sin. gular contrast S The traditions of the past in face of the realities of the present the pic ture nf human destruction in presence of divine destruction. Further on, in an insolated position, says the same writer "is a portrait ol the K ng, who seems to promise succour to those who have had the happiness to escape the disaster. Ye, sire. You will come in aid of this population without assylum rich yesterday, ruined to- I day-without bread, without clothing." Mrs. Wood in a Convent. Mrs. Wood, the celebrated English songstress, has seperated from her husband and retired into a convent. The following acount of her conver. aion to the Catholic religion, is from an English paper. Mrs. Wood was former'y Miss Paton, an actress, and was married to LorJ Willi. m Lnnox, whom she afterwards left on acc unt of cruel treatment, sought protection from Mi. Wood, her present husband, to whom she was soon sfier mar ried. This lady so well known in the United States, has occupied much attention lately, from cir. cuinstances of her having embraced the Roman Catholic religion, with the intention of taking the veil. A Yorkshire newspaper, published in the district where Mrs. Wood and her hus band have lived at late yenrs, states that the l.idy has had a leaning to Catholicism since lS-Ki, when she first visited America with her presont htishaiid, arising out of the following circumstances : In that year she gave her gratuitous services to a religious Catholic soci ety in Boston, and afterwards she had a small tustiiiinniul presented to her, singularly and bcautifuly written on tinted paper. The fol lowing is a copy : "Madam This is but a slight token of the orphan's gratitude hut it is hallowed by the orphan's prayer. Watever is happiness on earth nmy it be yours and when earth's labors arc done, tuny thor-e exqui site and thrilling tones which have relieved our wants, be blended with the seraph voices around the throne of God in Heaven. Written by an orphan." This affecting testimonial has preyed upon her mind ever since, and often has she expres sed her admiration of the religion and beauty which sue there became more directly conver sant with. To the impression this circum stance made upon her mind is attributed the chance in her religious views. In reply to cer tain insinuations as to the cause of the extra ordinary step she has taken, Mrs. Wood addres sed the following letter to one oflhe local pa pers : "Sm : Itnving understood that a rumor, has been circulated in the neighborhood of Wake field, imputing that the ill treatment of Mr. Wood has forced me into a convent, I feel it imperative on me to give the most unqualified contradiction to the report, and to state that Mr. Wood's conduct has been uniformly kind and indulgent. Mart Axm Wood. Couvent, M cklegite-bar, York. Feb. 17, 1843. It is admitted on all hands, that they lived on the most happy terms, ar.d that her marriage with Mr. Wood has Wen as felicitous as her firnt marriage with Iird William Innnx wns the reverse. Hut although professionally pop ular in the provinces since that event, where she has realized a handsome fortune, Mrs Wood has never heen able to make good her stand in Iondun. Up to that time she was one of the greatest favorites in the B itish metropolis. The Dublin Evening Post gives the following state ment : To dispose of scepticism as to the conversion of Mrs Wood to the Roman Catholic re'igion. we are enabled to state, through the kindness of a Protestant gentleman of this city, a friend of ours Mr. Robert Bremen, (who will excuse our giving his name) that he, after using his utmost endeavors to dissuade Mrs. Wood from the step she was about to take, accompanied that lady, on Sat'irday last, from the residence of Mr. Wood, on their separation, made lor her an ample provision, should she either take the veil or return to live in the world. The sepa ration of Mr. and Mrs. Wood was solely on the ground of the impossibility of her being received into the Catholic church, without resolving on such separation, as that church does not recog nise the doctrine of divorce, and Mrs. Wood, felt there could not be any compromise in mut ters that regarded eternity. The parting of Mrs. and Mr. Wood and their infant son, waa truly aftecting, and proved ihe intensity of their attachment, the sacrifice they made, and the triumph of religion over ihia world. It appears that tho decision of Mrs. Wood was no sudden ebullition. On the contrary, she had been for several months in communication with tho zealous and truly pious Roman Catholic clergy man of Wakefield, tha Rev. Mr. Morris, whom ahe had selected as her instructor in the tenets of that church, into which alio was publicly re ceived on Sunday, the 5th of February in the chapel of Wakefield, where ahe road her first com mu -ion. :
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