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von rm ixrhicts.
Reflection',
On vhlling Laurel ttitt Cemtteiy, near Vhifothl-
phm.
And in tliis spot of beauty for the dead !
That moulder in their narrow cell below V
Wliite landing mourners tear of anguish shid.
And caring strangers, nigh, nor tear bestow
On the departed ; while the river's (low
I heard in murmurs toft, or glitt'ring seen,
And fragrance fills the air, and music low
Sighs through the grove, now clad in freshest green,
Aa early eummrr spreads her glorii s o'er the seme,
And Nature, bursting into lifo and blonm.
Rem wa her varied richness, mantling o'er
V ith verdure hill and vale, and e'en the tom
Hut run she warmth, and joy, and love restore 1
Alas ! they're fled, to he rcnew'J no more!
And the cold clay, now fest'ring 'neath the sod,
Unconscious lies nor summrr's smile, nnr roar
Of tempest knows; the spirit, freed its clod
Of earth, has gone on high, to its Creator, Ood.
As thus, contemplative with sed.l'nJ heart,
My soul drinks in the splendors I behold,
Where living tints of earth and heaven impart
A beauty to the grave, and bright and ColJ
The maible gleams, where cuisrllM words hive
told
The biief, sad hist'ry of the once warm dust,
Perchance a noble deed is there enroll'd,
Or love has traced the fond and holy trust, just.
To meet in purer worlds, the honor'd, loved, and
There breathes a hullow'd influence from the scene,
Ttfift the thoughts above the cares of erth,
And fit them on tint deep blue Heaven serene,
Now smiling o'er us, fainl'y shadowing forth
That better world. I gnze, but feel the dearth
Of words to speak the spoil's longing hi re.
Vainly I st live, deep feeling has no bir.h
In syllables. Then let me look a prayer,
To find my spirit's home, unfading glory, There.
Sunbttry, June, 1843. Catiiihim:. .
FUR THE AMERICA.
To DI W
thou'rt lovely as the evening star
M
That in the Western sky sn brightly shines.
And calls our weary, wandeiing thoughts af.ir
From Earth, to other and to happier climes.
Thy form is graceful, thy complexion fair ;
Beauty's impress is stamped upon thy cheek
Her smiles of innocei.ee are piny ing there,
And, O, how purc'a the language that they
peak !
Such charms as those attract the Grangers gaze ;
But thou hast others, far more lovely still,
That are more worthy of our highest pmise.
And that our hearts with admiration fill.
Thy pure heart and thy cultivated mind
Etcita a flame of deep ami holy love,
'J 'bat's not alone to this dull earth confined,
Uul is approved by spirits in heaven above.
Thy blooming beauty may soon fade away,
And the roses from thy cheiks may depart ;
Thy taven ringlets may, through sorrow turn
fiy,
Dul tiint can never change thy virtuous heart,
Sunbury, June, 1843. O. V. Q Z.
Head and Hand Labor. Tho Bangor Whig
litis the following- excellent remarks on the sub
ject of labor :
W hat honest vocation can be named that does
not contribute, in a greater or less degree, to
the enjoyment of men 1 It may be humble, in
deed, but it goes to swell tho mighty aggregate;
it may be the rill that trickles Irotn the moun
tain side, but it diffuses fertility through the
valley, and mingles its drops at last with the
ocean. The true A merican motto is and must
be marked upon our fure'ieads, written upon
our door posts channeled in the earth, ami waf
ted upon the waves Industry-Labtr is Ilo
norablr, and idleness is dishonorable, and I care
not if it be labor, whether it bo the head or
the hands. Away wild the miserable jargon of
tho political economist!, who write so compla
cently about the producing and non-producing
classes. It has no found. ition in nature or in
experience. Whitney, whose cotton srin dmi
Wed the value of every acre ol land in the South,
taised more cotton with his head than any twen
ty men ever raised with their hands. I.et me
exhort those of you who are devoted to intellec
tual pursuits, to cherish, on your part, an exal
ted nu a just idea of the dignity and value ol
manual labor, and to make that opinion known
m our works and seen in the earnest of our ac
tion. The laboring men of this country are
vast in no tuber and respectable in character.
Wo owe to them, under Providence,' the most
gladsome spectacle the sun beholds in its courso
land of cultivated and fertile fields, an ocean
whit with canvass, We owe tu. them the an
imal spectacle of gulden harveirts, which carry
plenty and happiness alike to the piji-e and
the cottage. We owe to tlwm the f.iitrn-e.s
that guard imt onasta the chips that have Irnruc
our flag to every clime and carried the Uun.
der of our cannon triumphant over the waters
of ka ttafcp.
ma THE AMERICAS),
REVIEW (IF REV. HALL'S COMMUNICATION
on rue
311c of Klnptl.niii
Ax the vast majority of the readers of the A
ruerienn In-long to denominations differing Irotn
lire HnpiiMs, justice demands, that Mr. Hall
s'muld be answered through the same medium
which made public his communications. Hav
ing waited, in vain, a reasonable time for a re
ply from I P. I,., and for the conclusion of Mr.
Hall's remarks I proceed to fulfil my condition
al pledge to furnish an answer.
It would be much more agreeable to me, and
belter calculated to give a full view of our side
of the question, to exhibit the subject in the
form of an essay. Hut, as it lias assumed a
controversial shape, it seems proper to mcctjt
in that aspect. Finding it impossible to classify
Mr. Hall's thoughts, or reduce them to any lo
gical order, the necessity is imposed on me of
following him in his wanderings from Pan to
Beersheba. It is not at all necessary to a pro
per view of the main subject to reply to every
thing that he has written ; but it is expedient
to do so, becatiFe there arc many whose minds
are perplexed by the merest trifles, especially
when uttered with that air of self-confidence
which so preeminently distinguishes the pieces
f Mr. Hall. The weakest assertion often con
vinces such minds, when the strongest argu
ment fails to make any impression.
As must have some kind c.f method, I will
notice, in this number, the remarks of Mr. Hall
which have an appearance of connection with
his arguments, and which he probably thought
were arguments strong enough for ignorant
minds; afterward, examine and dispose of hi t
stronrr points; and, lastly, take my farewell of
the Rev. gentleman and Ins li:bors, by a pro
per reference to various gratuitous and irrele
vant assertions scattered through his communi
cations.
As it regards the piece of I. P. I.., to which
Mr. Hall has replied, I have to state, that I do
not approve it entirely, though most of its ar
guments are sound. Unfortunately, its merit
is much greater than its adaptation to common
minds it contains more learning than even
Mr. Hall's mind seems able to comprehend.
My readers need only to be reminded, that
any piece, relating to baptism, written by a
Bnptis-t, will be most dogmatical, and have very
weak points for, however enlarged may lie his
understanding, and however much he may be
like other christians in all other matters, yet,
on this subject, his mind contracts to the small
est possible point, and he can see nothing but
much water, even in a sandy desert where no
mirage in the distance creates the delusion
Mr. Hall censures and ridicules I P. I, tor
referring to the Old Testament in support of
sprinkling and pouring, and says, that, in tho
passages to which L. refers, the word baptize
does not occur. This is disingenuous, inaa
much as L. does not say that they contain the
word. The argument of L. from the passages
is ofthe analogical kind, and is perfectly sound
It is this: That, as the influences of the spirit
are represented in the Old Testament by sprink
ling and pouring, therefore, baptism, which is
an emblem of purification, is fitly administered
by the corresponding mode of applying the
water, viz: by sprinkling or pouring. I then
confirms his argument by the assertion of John
that Christ would baptize with the Holy Ghost
and fire, which assertion hethows was verified
on the day ofl'enticosf, when the prophecy of
Joel was fulfilled, that the spirit should be pour
ed out. The baptism of the Holy Ghost, and
the pouring ut of the spirit then are eqniva
lent cxpretsinns, anil, of course, the pouring of
water on the subject is baptism.
Mr. Hall, nettled by the force which he
knows this kind of argument will exert on
candid minds, though he attempts to despise it
Goliah like, defies L. to prove that sprinkle and
pour are of the same signification with the
word, baptize. Goliah can defy, but David can
silence in death the boasting chiinpion. I
have just proved that to baptize signifies to
xmr; and, I here assert, that to baptize means
to apply water with the view t'I'cleansing, and
t ion to I., that the blood of sprinkling has no
analogy to baptism, and that baptism represents
regeneration. Not to stop to find fault with
the sentence, which is unmeaning is he has
written it, I proceed to remark, that he is cor
rect in saying that baptism is an emblem of
purification ; but ho is incorrect in saying, that
the sprinkling of tho blood of Christ i. not typi
fied by the sprinkling of water in baptism for,
sprinkling was an emblem of purification, and,
hence, is used in connection with the blood of
Christ for the very purpose of setting forth its
purifying influence, and, consequently, accord
ing to his own admission, that baptism is em-
b'cmatical of cleansing, it is of the sprinkling
of the blood of Christ on the heart. And when
he grants ihat baptism denotes the washing of
regeneration, he also ignorantl) grants, (w hat
he intends to deny,) that pouring also is a pro
per mode, for the regenerating influences of
the Spirit arc represented by pouring. As to
his remarks, that the sprinkling of the blood
of the Saviour has inclusive reference to the
lord's nipper, it only shows that he has need
to study theology.
As to baptism being emblematical of the
death and resurrection of Christ, and of our
death and resurrection, as he has simply made
the assertion without any proof, I assert on the
contrary, that the Baptists altogether mistake
the meaning of the texts on which they rely for
their argument. As far as the figurative lan
guage ofthe texts, "being buried in baptism,"
is concerned, it imports a spiritual death and
resurrection death to sin, and resurrection to
a new life, and has, in itself, no reference to
the mode of baptism, and this we arc prepared
to prove at any proper time. Mr. Hull, in the
true spirit of a baptist, makes some remarks
upon the proper action in baptizing, and at
once 6eiiles it in favor of immersion. I won
der that all the baptists in the world are not
lrowned for they hardly start from any jwint
without running as fast as they can, and plung
ing into the water over head. He says, some
practice immersim, and others practice sprink
ling and pouring, and he is Hire that they can
not all be right, for the actions are diflerent.
Yes, Mr. Hall, both ways can be right, 'or there
are often many ways of doing the same thing.
But Mr. Hall will have it, w hether or not, that
his WHy is right, and ours a deviation from
Pivino authority, and, therefore, a mere hu
man invention. Well, it is some comfort that
Mr. Hall is not to be our Judge, or, we would
find no mercy. Bu, delightful, the Saviour is
to be our Judge, who, we know, is not particu
lar about an indiflercnt matter as are Mr. Hall
THE AMERICAN.
Saturday, June 17, 1843,
(Tj- V. B. Palmer, Esq.. st his Real Estate and
Coal office. No. 104 Soulh Third Street, Thili
detphia, is authorised to act as Agent, and to re
ceive and recript for all monies due this office, for
subscription or advertising.
OrJ" In another column will tie found a com
munication from a "Script!' ral It artist," in an
swer to the Rev. W. 8 Hall.
The poem by Catmsrivx." entitled Rcflec.
lions on v;siting Laurel Hill Cemetery," is beau
tiful and impressive, pns?esing more than ordinary
merit.
Canal Coinmissionrrt.
The election of proper persons to fill tho really
responiMe and important office of Canal Commis
sioner, i beginning toat'rart considerable attention.
In the ileetinn of these nlTieers, the people have a
gnater interest at stake than many stipp-so. To
the farmer and landholder, it is of the utmost im
portance that the canals anil rail roads should be so
managed, as to yield an income ihn woul I eventu.
ally relieve them from the payment of the State
taxes that are now becoming so burdensome and
oppressive, n accomplish live, men ahnuM he se
lected, who would have an eye single to the intercs's
of the people, without reg ird to the plans of interest
id expect ints men whose probity, character and
qualifications have been tried, and in whom they
could place implicit confidence. Il was with these
views that weofTered to the public the namn of !.e?
Hon. I.kwm Dr.wART as a candidate for the office
if Can il Commissioner. Those who beit know
him will readily concur with u, t'ait hn is jiit eu h
a man that Pennsylvania should have at this crisis
His integrity and iinimpejchibln conduct thiough
life, as well as his correct business habits are pro.
vrrl ial, and eminently quilify him for the st ition.
M AJOR M tJOniltAMKs.
The Charleston Courier publishes an interesting
correspondence between Oen. Hami'lon, of South
Carolina, and the Duke of Wellington, through
Lord Fitiroy Somerset. (Sen Hamilton trsnsmit
ted 1 1 the Puke of Wellington a Mark cypress
ho.ird, which h id been plired at the head of tho
grave of a Uiiti-h officer who died in South Caro
lina during the war ofthe revolution, containing
the following incripti n : ''John MajoriKanks,
Erq , late Major of the 19 h regiment of Infantry,
and commanding a Fl mk B ittalion of his Majesty's
arinv. Ubiit. US J Oct. 1781."
With this memorial, which had litely fatten to
the ground from decay, and for which a mora
durable one is to be substituted by the owners of
the est .ta on which it stood, containing tho ssme
inscription, fScn. Hamilton transmitted a letter from
Mr. Ravenel, one of those owneis, reliting soma
incidents in the lift) i f the deceased officer, arcnm
pinied with an inteiesting narrative drswn up by
him elf. The following extract from the narra
tive recites tho causes uf hi death :
History geneially takes sufficient care of tha
On our first p ige will be found a nmn'.icr of
interesting articles.
renown of great commanders ; but it is often the
The lines by "O. V. (J. Z" are infective in me- j As a man of wealth and indeindent circum- i grateful office uf recollection", es-wnliallv more nri.
1 atincee, acquired in a manner as creditaMe to him
self as it hat often been benefici il to his friends, he
would he placed far above the teinpt ilions that be.
set, and too often swerve men of integrity and the
strictest rectitude of intentions, from the line of jus
tice and duty. These are torn i of the considera
tion) th it induced us to urge the nomination of
fj The Special Court, Judxe Bnrnside presi
ding, commenced at this place on Monday la-t.
The Judge, however, came to ihe conclusion that
he had no jurisdiction under the act of AseuiMy, J Lewis Dew art as a can!id ite for one ofthe Canal
and the Court broke up the same day.
vate, to preserve the repute of a gallant solJier,
perhaps less elevated by rank th.in by merit, which
serves to embalm his memory, fir Ihe pride snd af
f. ction of his friend--, if not for the ostentatious
glory of his country.
From every recoid and tiadi'ion in South Caro
lina, it would appear. England lias seldom sent on
her sr-rviee abroad a more ripe and accomplished
Commis-inners, to lie elected in October next, to i soldier than Majorilisnka unquestionably was.
I which we are confident a Urge m -j .rity of those I There is Utile .toulii h .....I ihr. R,;.;.h .,.,
Masov.c Cst. i,nATio,.There will be a j who e rni,lh.,,.My the people, will cheerfully le- 1 friirn CM,; , lnn;,,i., ijn al the Ut-e of .Eullv,
Ma-oni, procession at this place on 8-. John', day. npMtAm j Sprin., M ,n . of JuW-
(the 84th inst.,) by the Lodge in this pi ce and : s,tJ l N(1T.M,afUr, , ,Uu,i imme. i BprkI(.Vt suth ciU(,,inii on ,h 8th of 8,,1tMlher.
brethernof neighboring Lodges. An oration will , tiipfJ ,o (.j ,he cmmunitv of ,,,; ,rash. 78itjUlin, ,lle n.emoral lo campaign of Lord
be delivered on the occasion. The precision, we j w hi , w of ouf wi(huUl psying
nn.ie.starul.wuuH' targe; pronanty no, .ess mat. one I lho-f olUe, borousr,,.
hundnd of the fraternity will be present. i -- - -
J floury 9Iattfrs.
fXj" The late froit has not done as much dam- . Money (il continues abundant in the cities, and
Cornwnllis in the Carolin is and Virginia.
In Colonel Tarlion's history of this campaign
yon will find the following account of this h it'le :
ihe luhl wing ofthe army being composed of the
' ..l l.-,. .1. ... r it-:.. t .L .. k l : .
, rt i t. ri- fill L.I. 1.1 . f 1 11 ,,M i"fI.Ml"ll ui ifl.tn.i .ii.ijiiiaillif liming
age as was eiiiectrd. 1 he corn has laken a fresh the banks have but Intl.- to do, run at a reduced i J
tart and appears well anil thriving. The crops j rs'e of interest. The folio, ing is the rate of Re
generally wear a fiivoiahle appearance. j liif Money, aee rding to Bicknell of 'I'uesdiy last
- I l!i lief Notes uf Penn Townsliin. Mov amensinir. i
CC There was a great hail storm in Upper M.nuf .eturers and M,, hr.irs. I.ewi.lown. He ks i l,)r-T ,,e W"-V 'n all quarters, avingtwn brass sir
M.hant.ngo township, Schuylkill r-oun.y.on Mo,,. fwn, Erie. North .mpton, Towanda, Wilke barre j P-'"''"" PW nf hu''re'' k'"'"' "
repulsed and driven b.ick every thing that attacked
j him, hp made a rapid movement on the left of tha
enemy, and attacked them in flank, upon which
and all baptists, and, therefore, we rert easy in
our practice in relation to the mode of baptism.
Mr. Hall then says that it the Saviour had in
tended to authorize pouring or sprinkling, he
would have used certain words. Well but,
Mr. Hall, why did you not proceed further and
say, that if the Saviour had intended to au
thorize immersion exclusively, he would have
selected a word which signifies nothing else,
of which there aro several in the Greek lan
guage! You assert that the word baptizo is
not once rendered in the Bible by either pour
ing, or sprinkling. Nor is it rendered once in
the New Testament by immersion. So here
again we are even with you, notwithstanding
your attempt to imopse on those w ho are igno
rant ofthe original. But more ot baptio in
my next communication.
In closing this number, I w ish particularly
to call the attention of my readers to several
remarks of great importance. The first is,
that no Greek words to express baptism could
have been selected w hich would have admitted
different practice under them so well as those
which are used in the New TWtamr-iit. My
nex remark is, that, therefore, the Holy Ghost
seems to have provided against uncharilubleness
grow ing out of the mode.
A third remark ot great interest is, though j
we are willing to let the Baptists indulge a
reasonable preference for immersion, that, i
taking together the various circumstances con
nected with the (lilVerent cases of baptism on
record in the New Testament, the evidence is
greatly in favor of the mode of sprinkling, or
day wc.k last. Had stones of the sixc of an egg
fell. The crops, in many places, were very much
rut up and injured.
"Ktrawheiirifs. This delicious fruit was
tolerably plenty in our markets this, (Saturday
morning Inst.) at prices Irotn "3 to fid cents per
quart." I'hil. (iuz.
dj" We are enableJ to indulge in ihis luiury at
a much cheaper rata than our Philadelphia friends,
having purchased some very fine ones at six cents
per quail, on Monday last..
"Mr. Adam Worley, of York, Pa., has inven
ted a new milk strainer, or milk bucket, w hich
strains the mdk by the simple operation of pou
rinfj it out, thus saviurr much trouble to thoso
having charge of a dairy." 'ot7s. l-lmjt.
Mr. Adam Worley is rather late with hi in
vention, ss such buckets hate 1m en used in this sec
tion for fire years past.
j" Ji.dge Parsons and Jones, have aut-pemVd
Wm Whi'e. Eq.r.f tfe Philadi Ipl u bar, fur lie pe
riod of six runn'hs, for having used insulting and
discourtious language to the court.
and West ttraneh banks, 4J.iS t
PittsSurg banks, Columbia Bridge Co, Farmers i
bank of I.auca-ter. 4 ta5 I
Pennsylv in i bank. Mechanics bank of Philudel
phis, Northern Liberties, Delaware county, Chcs
ti r county, Germntown, and Farmers hank of
Bucks county. par
Other Relief Notes. 4 j i5
Nrw rountcrfr its.
Kr-p a look out for the following new counter,
fiits. Many of 'hern have the appearance of bring
torn and pa-ited, for the purpose uf deception. A
the field of action, and sIhiui 800 prisoners, amoti
whom Was Colonel Washington -but to Major
Maj lribanks, and the flank battalion Under hi
command, the hun ir nftfif dtiy is greatly ;.'
A I h ipjien to be an Arneric .n, I am sure youi
grace will pardon my saying that although every
man in both armies was probably prepared to ad
mit the g-illuntry and matchless se"iice of M j ri
banks, yet in relation to the victory of Col. Tarl
t n claimed, for His Britannic Majesty's Army
there were contemporaneously two opinions enter
tiiaid on that subject. It is undoub edly true that
Cut. Stewart, who conineuiilid his M ijcaty's forces
Qy The capture of the Ssndnich Islsnd'sby the
British Government has caused a rorisidera'-le s-ii-satinn
in Boston. A meinoiiul, mimi rously s'gn
ed, b is been sent to Washington, rrmouMrming a
gainsl their proceeding, asking the interference of
our government in the nutter.
rf Moses Y. Beach, of ihe N. Y.Sun, who has
been prosecuted by Bennett ofthe Herald, for a
litis I upon the wife of Bennett, has settled the m li
ter by making a full retraction In bis paper, and
paying Bennett f 5,000. This is paying dearly for
the abu e of the press.
rjj'The Pie-idein's reception at Philadelphia on
Sa'urd.iy last, was not as flattering as a I'lesidenl I
of ihe I'nitrd Sluice might rea-onably expect. The
minder of these notea have been lately put into j n the occasion, assered his title to victory, whilst
circulation: j (icneial Greene, the American commtnder, was not
Hank of Jiitrthumbrrhmd, Xiirlbumberltinif, 1'n. J ihe less iertinacious in claiming this dis inctiou fit
5'a altered from l's Relief issues. The vignette uf , his own troops.
the l's and the altered bills is a female holding a ; General Greene, in his ofii. ial account nf thin
gol.bt to ane gle. That of the tiue 5's two fe- ! battle, sats that he left a picket on ihe field on the
males, one Im lung a bucket w ith one html, wtih the 1 night of the er.gag - nient ; -that the enemy retired
other a In -n net ; and the oil er in a silting posture, haiing seventy of their woumled besides a thou.
Country kcene in the distance. i siml stand of arms. We took five hundr. d pii
Sinilhivtirk Hunk. I'hitt.rte'jihla. 10'a altered j soner-'. They had five hundred killed and woun 1.
fiom Souihwark S.nings B ink, a fraud. Signed F. ed. Nothing but the brick house and their str in.
Roberts, Cashier ; F. Burkett, Pies. No sueh nlfi- . port st the Kut.ivv Spiini hindered the reiniim o
cers of tl.is bank at ai.y time. These spunou' the Brj'i-h Army from falling into our hands
l otes have reremly been put sfl ial at Pit sburg. think we owe the victory we have gained to th-
Ttiwitnila fiint-, Tuivaitili, l'a. 2', ol eie.l j brisk ue m ule by the Maryland snd Yirgini
from the genuine plate, Boyd and Der eurssion, bv j ! vies with the bayoret. I cannot forbear praisinj.
attaching the signatures cut fiom t's of the regul tr the courage and ron luet of all my troop.'
issue. Veiy well done. Hold up to the light. j Perhaps at Ihis h e day it may be just to boll
Limeaster County li.,nk, Viu 5's, 10 2(t's ' , Amy ;, W11l a ,in i,aUc, whiel
and Mi's, altered from broken Souihwark Savings ' j ,,,,rtni, will he ususlly the Case, when ihosi
i ixiuriiii? : ami. as an universal mime, mere is no
therelore it is proper to use any mroie, nut nut ,
sprinkling or pouring is more significant than
any other method.
Mr. Hall then asks, w ith no little irrever
ence, it L. supposes that the immortal God (the
Spirit) whs "poured out or sprinkled eliout in
I iinnreiuiliriil mind but must see that it is n.ir-
i j
tirularly proper, a'ld, that it especially suits
cold climates. Our mode also agrees best with
the scripture emblems ol purification, with the
mild genius ol the gosie!, with convenience,
decency, and practicability; and we arc r-nre,
particles." I reply, that in the language of . m umrr Mrpnip.ici.t it lot foniIOC,
Cam ci. i us. A Paristm Florist, famed for
his camellias, sella XJfKt worth of that flower
alone during the I'arisiuo season, fur ladius'
bouijuots.
Bliipman lite abwonding agent, has been ta
ken to Ne a lfoi k U be tried.
scripture the Spirit is said to he poured out.
This isa sufficient answer tocveiy teachable
and humble mind. Then he refers his read
ers to Acts ii. 2, 3, I, for a rule, as lie says, by
whar.li he measures the baptism of the Spirit.
He asserts that the "Spirit filkd all the house
where they were sitting. If Imi had looked ei
ther at the construction ofthe sentence, or at
tho original, he would have found that it was
the sound, and not the spirit, that filled all the
house. But he says, in the fourth verse, that
they were filled with the Holy Glnsst, and that,
therefore, the baptism ofthe Holy Ghost agrees
with immersion, and not with sprinkling or
pouring. Strong argument indeed ! I remark
here, first, that a particular emblem of the com
munication ofthe Spirit is pouring, and he can
not get over it ; secondly, that the tilling ofthe
disciples with the Holy Ghost was the effect
and not the mode, and therefore, baa no con
nection with the mode of baptism, w hich is not
an effect, but an action; and, thirdly, that it
doea not represent immersion, for that is a sur
rounding, and covering over, of the body with
water, and not a filling of it with water
Mr. Hall's next remarks betray much ineon
ntcney and ignorance
w ith bigotry, as is the practice ot immersion.
A Sciiimt ral Battist.
Mr.BKi'Mt:i Hi:fov:Ri:u.-Mi . Brunei, whose
life waa endangered by the dioppiug of a piece
of coin into the windpipe, after several attempts
to remove it by Sir Benjamin Brodie, was fi
nally relieved on tiio 13th of May. An attempt
to remove it by the forceps by means of an o-
pening in the windpipe, was unsuccessful. Se
veral attempt' were made to remove the coin
by placing the body ofthe patient in an inver
ted position, the last of w hich proved success
ful. He w as placed on an aparatus, prepared
for the purpose; his body inverted, and the buck
gently struck. After two or threo coughs, he
felt the coin quit its place, and in a few seconds,
it dropped from bis mouth.
Fatal AtrinnT. W's are much pained to
learn that on Thursday evening last, as the Rev
Mr. Hatsinger of this Boroug'i, was driving into
lon, near tha York Store, his b oao became flight.
ened and sts'ted upon a full run when liim-clf
and liitl.i daughter sillier jumped or wars thrown
fruro the wagon, and very aerioualy injured, the lat
t, r so murh that aha died en tLe fullowtng morn
Ho aters in cppon- ing fo(t(. hmfanum.
:i . ... .1.1. . i
mil iiift r Hi nil rm irir uui i,, i.hbiiii-i -tt'iv- iiuoi- i jj
tiers. I unos ty to see Ihe "capt'iig, who has I
made enioiiVralile s ir in the jmlilieal wo IJ of :
late, naturally biii g together a Urue concourse, j
The papeis i!o riot concur in ihe account ofthe re
ception. The Ledger and Sentinel say he was
warmly and cordially riceivid. The whig paHr, j
on the other h and, say the whole thing was a fail- j
lire, cold and formal, and ratbei disgiaceful to Ihe j
city. Pn si lint Tyler is ceilaiiity far frum popu- j
Ur in Philadelphia.
Qj" .f'si al Vot idl Across tih Atlasiiic.
Mr. Wise, rronaut, announces through the Lan
caster Intelligencer, that he intends making a v,-y.
age acmsa Ihe Atlantic Ocean in ihe summer of
1814, and therefore cautions all persons unaccus.
turned to the sight of a Baloon. not to be alanned
if they aee him silling through the atmosphere. He
s-ys that he has dircoveied that there is a current
of air blowing at all times fiom west to east, with
a velocity from 30 to 40 miles per hour. He has
discovered a enmiiosiiion that will render silk or
muslin impervious to bydrog n gas, and enable
him to keep afloat several weeks. While at Dan
ville last summer, Mr. Wise spoke upon 1 1 it- sub.
ject, and expressed to us then his most entire con
fidence iu the practicability of his scheme. He
save :
'The ballon is to be one hundred feet in di
ameter, which will five a nelt ascending pow
er twenty-five thousand pounds being amply
sufficient to make every thing safe and comfort
able. A sea-worthy boat is to he used for the
car, which is to be deluded on, in case tho
balloon should happen to fail in accomplishing
the voyage. The boat would also be calcula
ted upon in case the regular current of wind
should be diverted from the course by the in
fluence of the ocean, or through other causes.
Th crew to consist ot three persons, viz : an
In-lilution. reigned F. Rolieita cash ; Ilei k 'rt
Prest. The true notes of this Bank are signed R.i-la-rt
D. Carson, rish ; John Lanilc-', Pres.
Western Itituk f I'tifu., l'hUatk'phta. 10's.
I Iter D. psy W. H. Stover, August 1. 14
i M. Tioutman, Cash , J Patt rson, Pre-d't
igna.ure m tne i,.,su er is a gom. uaiusin o. ,me , )f tfc hy m jnc;t1nt ,li6hy iu(,,ra,j.
I .ii r l routuiaii s nisi el me rreu ni isri
meet who are of ihe sme bloo.1 snd come from
common stock ; and that all things being equal ii
number and material, either parly would be ver;
at to prt ss B'lod as they "7rr. Be this as il may
th- re was hut one opinion of ihe conduct of Ms
Ihe . ... ,;nL. ...I.;, k m mj ,lnni.. the li.il
i ") - " e.
rronaut,
man."
navigator and a scintific landt-
The cud of the "T" in the word Ten
in the bad no'e. aim ! touches the flowirs around
the figuie of the fern .le, while in th" genuine it is
marly 1-8 of an inch from it. The engraving ge.
iierally, is t o daik and heavy.
1'jrrliange Hunk nf I'itttburg, l's and '
al tercd with a pen from Towaivls Relief notes. The
genuine ae signed W. James, Jr. or J. B. M -rray,
Clerks, ith ihe names of President and Cashier
engraved on the left.
TOR TIIK AEBICAX.
Ma. Eiiitor As I w.-s at Sunbury this wrck,
and there saw a certain man pushing himself f.ir
ward for the office of County Trea-uier, who we
think is not emitted to the support of the Demo
cratic party, to which he is looking for his snpporl,
p'ea.-e permit me, through your columns, to recnm
mend JOHN FAUNSWOUTH. of your pl.ee, for
that office, who I think a competent man, and ohs
who at this time is needy, and a deserving msn. for
he has stuck to the party through cil as well as
good leport. Therefore. I hope the people will con
sider bis claims, and do him justice at the i ext de
legate convention. A DEMOCRAT.
Northumberland county. June 17, 1 8 1 J.
roa THK AVKKICAR.
Ma. Ebitob As ihe lime ia f.iat approaching
when the citizens uf Notlhumbrrlaud county will
be called on to select candidates lo fill the dilTeient
offices, and as a Commisaioner w ill be elected to fill
the vacancy which will occur by the expiration uf
Mr. lihoad.'s term, and tha forka being entitled to
Ihe commissioner, please pirmtl us, through the
columns of your paper, to recommend JOSbPH
HOUENDOBLER, of Milton, aa a fit man and a
firm Democrat, and who, in our opinion, would
make a good commisaioner.
SsvtRii CfTiztas or ScsscRT,
Sunbury, Juus I Tib, Ib43.
I of ihe chivalry of his ch ancier.
General Green perceiving that the fate nf th
day depi'iiited upon his disloging Majoribanks, or
dered Colonel Washington (than whom a brave
soldier never diew steel) to pass the Americn
lift and charge the right of his M.ijet'
army. Colonel Washington executed this orde
with eouaumate ski'l and g dlantry : Msjoiibank
reciived Washington's cavalry with'such a deadl
and well directed fire, that many of his horses en
men were wounded snd brought to the ground
E i ery officer was wounded except two. Coloin
Washington had h i horse killed under him, an.
uch was the impctu o-i'y of his char;e, that he wa
thrown wounded into the ranks or the English ar
rni', where, accouling to the aame writer, 'he wa
in the act of receiving the bayonet from the hin
of a private of the Uriush army, when his life wa
saved by the interposition of a British olTicei
This officer waa Majoribanks.
After the battle, the British army retreated
Waii. loot, a plantation belonging to the l ite D mi
Rivencl, Eq., about twenty miles below Euta
Springs. It wis in this plantation that Major M
joribanks lierame aiik and ultimately died. A
though he was greatly and gallantly expos) th
ring the w hole of the engagement, it is hslieved I
retired from the field of battle wiihout being woui
ded, but such weie his rierlions on the 8th of Sj
teuil-er, during the heat of an autumn day, ai
probsb'y bis sutwequent exposure to the ni
damps ol our climate, that in a wesk or ten da;
aier reaching Mr. Raveiivl's plantation, he at
kan ill with the bdlious or congestive fever of tt
country, and died on tha UfJ Ovt., It 8 1.
The hi at oflha day, on which ihe battle of tt
Eutaw Spiing' waa fought, is yet a matter
tradition in feouiU Caroline. Both armies wet
seen contending with tha bayonet foi the usa
the spiinga, to slaka tha tmolleibla tbi-at ln