ran thi iMtmctn.
REVIEW OF REV. HALL'S COMMUNICATION
ON THE
Mode or JlaptLnn.
I come now to reply to the direct arguments
il Mr. Hall ; and, as lar as they are concerned,
the merits of the controversy can, very speedi
ly, bo settled.
His first argument is founded on the word
baptizo, which, ho would appear to contend,
means only to immerse, and yet he only insists
that such is its primary signification. WYll,
suppose that it is the first meaning of the word,
does that hinder that it should have other mem
ings! There are hundreds of words in every
language that have a variety of meaning ; and
so it is with baptizo. The best way to ascer
tain the meaning of a word, in reference to a
given subject, is to examine the various rela
tions and circumstances connected with tfi.it
subject. Now, in the New Testament it is ob
vious, that whutever is the original signification
of baptizo it is either left indeterminate, or it
would be better translated, pour or sprinkle. A
calm investigation of the connections in which
it is there used, and of the different cases of
christian baptism there recorded, will show
that all the probabilities are against immersion,
and in favor of our mode ; and, when Mr. Hall
is ready to enter upon the discussion of baptizo
in connection with the cases of baptism, lam
ready to substantiate this position. I believe
that the word is rendered into English but
twice in the New Testament, and iu both cases
by wash, which does not, of itself, determine
the mode in which the water is used. The
scriptural use of the word denotes the applica
tion of water without abstract regard to mode.
The mode in which the water is applied in the
ordinanceof baptism, is to be settled by a varie
ty of circumstantial considerations.
But Mr. Hall says that all the Lexicons are
on his side. That they generally give its first
meaning to immerse is granted. But, with
scarcely, if, any exception, they give other
meanings. All the best philologists and critics
unite in this. So that, instead of the Lexicons
and the Greek scholars being on the side of the
Baptists, they are with us to a man. 1 can call
it by no softer name than deception, when Mr.
Hall attempts to impose on the unlearned, by
conveying the idea that the Baptists have the
exclusive sanction of Lexicographers for their
exclusive use of baptizo as meaning to immerse.
It is high lime that they had done with such
shameful dishonesty. He then parades the
names of some learned pedobaptist writers as
confirming his import of the word. I ask what
support their opinion gives his mode when
their practice differed entirely from it ! Those
great men never intended to be understood that
the word did not allow of the application of wa
ter by sprinkling or pouring. It is perfectly
dishonest to attempt to make the impression
that their judgement and conscience were in
conflict. To boast thus of those great men is
at the expense of their integrity. It is a kiss
and a stab.
The second argument of Mr. Hull is dc
. rived from the places where baptism was ad
ministered. His argument is this : because
there was much water, therefore the persons
were immersed. He, in the fisrt place, brings
to our notice, in proof, the river Jordan. A
very cursory examination of this position will
show its weakness, and even destroy his cause.
I remark, first, that John's was not christian
baptism, and therefore, no valid argument can
be drawn from it in proving the mode of christian
baptism. But not to insist on this now, 1 re
mark, secondly, that in all the cases of chrsti
an baptism iu the New Testament there is no
mention of a river. Lydia was near a rver
when she was converted, and yet it is not said
that even elie and her household were bap
tized there. Now, if in the only case were
a river was handy no mention is made of it, is
it not more than folly for the Baptists to make
out a strong argument in favor of immersion,
because John baptized in or at the Jordan !
But, besides, the argument turns to our favor
for, if the Baptists argue because John bap
tized at Jordan, therefore he immersed, we
will argue that, because the three thousand
were baptized in the streets of Jerusalem, in
tho dry season of the year, the Jailor and fami
ly in the jail, and Haul in a house, where there
was no river therefore the water was poured
or sprinkled upon them. But, our argument
absolutely swallows up theirs, fur, if baptism
was evidently administered where there was
but little water, and being al or in Jordan can
never, of itself, prove iinincraion, therfore, the
probability is, that even John applied the wa
ter ia the way of sprinkling. What, now, Mr.
Hall, becomes of your argument from the river
Jordan 1 Ceato to cry the river, tho river,
when yu can't prove that christian baptism, in
a single iiutai.ee, won administered in a river.
He next refurs us Ut Enon, where, in our
translation, it is said "diere was much water
tncra." Mr. Hall contend that it signifies a
large onaKtity of water. His first proof is, that
some two or three pedobsptin. writers say that
the original words mcon so. J reply that they
do not say that they mean so in the place to
wliUih Mr. Hall refers; also, that if they did I
could bring a large number of great men who
say that the words mean many springs or
streams. Havuigtbon nearly all the scholars
on my side here, according to Mr. Hall's kind
of proof, he must confess that ho is beaten, for
the great majority must rule.
Ilia other proof is, thut the Sunday Fclio.il
Dictionary says that Enon was a place abound-
jng in wtfter. In reply to this I remark that
the directors cf that lnslitution are pe!obap -
titts, and never intended fo convey the idea
tltnt there was much water there in tho sense
tliat the Baptists attach to the words, and also
that common speech justifies the use of the
phrase alxuiidinf in water to signify plenty of
water, without reference to any large and deep
collection of it, as when we say that a section
of country abounds in water we mean thnt il
has a plentiful supply of springs or streams.
That the words may sometimes mean a
large collection of water, such as theses, I do
not deny ; but. I do deny that they have such
meaning in tho p.issago in dispute. I prove,
on the other hand, that they mean a number
of springs or streams; and I do this, first, by
making Mr. Hall grant that there was no sea
or river in Enon. lie cannot with any face say
that there was. Hence he is forced to admit
that the wonta have there a limited meaning.
The extent of their meaning then must be
learned from various considerations. I remark
then again, that the Greek adjective, trans.
Mated much, hut which would be better trans-
lated many, it being in the plural number, and
the substantive elso in the plural number, is
used in its primary sense asoppositc to few, and
not to much as expressive of quantity in exten
sion or depth. 1 remark, further, that there is
no large water in that region but the river Jor
dan, and it was not that. In further support
of my position, that it means springs or small
streams, 1 remark that John had been pre
viously baptizing at Jordan; why, therefore,
would he remove from a place where there
was more water to Enon where there was
evidently less, if it were for the mere pur
pose of conveniently immersing. What ne
cessity for it ! This fact shows that his re
sorting to Enon was for the purpose for which
we contend, namely, to accommodate the great
multitude of persons and animals, the water be
inff more fit to drink than that of the Jordan,
and more accessible, for the banks of the Jor
dan were steep. Another evidence in favor
of our interpretation is, that travellers speak
of that locality as abounding in rivulets. The
very name Enon, as is said by sonic the foun
tain of On, corroborates our statement, as it
might give rise to many small streams. Mr.
Hall ridicules the idea of John's resorting to
Enon to accommodate the multitude of people
and animals with sweet and convenient water.
But if he lived in that country he would no
longer ridicule the idea his own experience
in travelling on a camel, or an ass if he should
prefer it, or staying n few days in a place, would
teach him the humanity of John's conduct. And,
certainly, much more humane was John than
the Baptists who even break the ico to dip sub
jects, thus making the gospel, in that respect,
a yoke of bondage, rather than a matter of
comfort. But Mr. Hall insists, that the Holy
Ghost says, that he sent John there to baptize,
and for no other purpose. The Holy Ghost
says no such thing.
The last argument of Mr. Hall turns upon
the Greek prepositions ; and, such a bungling
fist as he has made of them, is enough to cause
one to weep who loves that beautiful language
so honored in its classical associations, and so
precious as tho vehicle of sacred truth. He
shows too plainly here his utter ignorance of
its character. As to the preposition en he all
but confines its meaning to in, and intimates
that it signifies at or near but once or twice.
In reply I 6a y, that it means at, with, in, ic, j
and that it is rendered at more than one hun
dred times. He then assumes his false premise
that it means only in, and ridicules I I). I
by quoting various phrases where its iifo is ab
surd, as, when a person is in the grave he is at
it, ic. He starts a false issue, and then males
a special plea in favor of it. Surely he can
prove thus any thing he pleases lo his own
satisfaction, it he is willing to incur the con
tempt of all honorable minds. Who does not
know that in the grave is not at it ? But who
docs not know that at it is at it, except Mr. Hall ?
He then tries his skill at apo, and, with a
great deal of complacency, as if he were a per
fect Grecian, says that it is properly translated
''out of." Now I will stake my reputation,
oh ! for a knowledge of Greek, in asserting that
the proper meaning of 8k is from. Indeed,
this every child in Greek knows. He then
cither ignorantly or otherwise directs his Eng
lish readers to acts IV) in confirmation of his
meaning of apo, becousc the words out of are
there found, when lo! and behold, the original
preposition there is not apo but ck. And then
he refers to Matthew, to the baptism of Christ,
where apo ia translated out of, but which will,
directly, with all ease, be proved to be more
correctly translated from than out of. These
are all his learned remarks on the prepositions.
He makes but feeble fight. He then quotes
some Professor Mooro on en and apo. Bjt for
what purpose no sensible person can see. I
defy any person to make more out of what the
Professor says than this that en when it means
in means in, and apo when it means from
means from.
In conclusion, I will call your attention to
toe baptism ol the haviour. J here are two
points here worthy of consideration, the bap
tism itself, and Ike example of the Saviour.
That the baptism of Christ was by immersion
can never be made out from the original. In
tho English the words used are "went up out of
the water." In the Greek there are two words,
the preposition apo and a verb. Out of is tho
translation of apo, which, aa I have already
said, means properly from. The verb trans
luted "went up" means lo ascend a hill, a tree,
a rostrum, & c. U is never used for emerging
or gmng op out nf water. The meaning then
, is evidently this, that- the Saviour, from the
edge of the water, went up the steep bank of
the Jordan. The Greek verb absolutely forbids
the idea of coming up out of the water from
under it.
Besides, Jesus had already been baptized.
Baptism, according to the notion of the Bap
tists, includes going under the water and being
raised out of it Now if the Saviour had been,
in the completion of his baptism, raised up
from under the water, how could it be after
ward said that hn went up out of the water!
This would make him come up a second time.
The rramptc of tho Saviour, in his bap' ism,
also demands our particular consideration. Mr.
Hall and all Baptist writers do impose on weak
minds, in awing and even terrifying them into
what they suppose a compliance with the Sa
viour's mode of hnplism, by an exhibition of the
solemn and affecting grandeur of tho scene
thero enocted. We would not dare to detract
the least ray of glory from the scene. But still
the distinction is to be drawn between the bap
tism itself and its attendant circumstances.
Now there was nothing in the Saviour's bap
tism itself more than in any ordinary baptism
that is, there was only the application of wa
ter by a regularly commissioned minister.
His example in baptism is not imitablc by
us in the dignity arising from his own chorac
ter, the voice of tho Father, and the descent of
the Spirit upon him in the emblem of a dove.
No such circumstances con attend the baptism
of an ordinary individual. It is again no exam
ple to us in the design for which it was perform
ed, which seems to have been a solemn visible
introduction to bis priestly flice. And lastly,
it is remarkable that neither John nor the Sa
viour himself ever spake of his example in this
respect as requiring our imitation. We are
commanded to follow the Saviour in his holy
dispositions and conduct, but never in his bap
tism. If the following of the Saviour into a
watery grave, its the Baptists sny and insist
upon, had been of such special importance as
they make it, surely the Saviour would have
issued a special command upon the point, or, in
someway, particularly held up his example in
this respect for our imitation. Wc would
think that it would be much better if Baptist
ministers would call upon their hearers to fol
low the Saviour in his charity, than into the
river. This would accord much better with
the Saviour's instructions and example than
their everlasting ding-dong about a watery
grave. A Scrim trl Baptist.
Mxnca IsnmsiTr. The pjyment of the
Mexican debt to the United States has produced
ronsidcnhle excitement in Iho capital. President
Santa Ana haa been compellej to resort to a forced
loan to provide for the first instalment, and thiahai
led to considerable irritation among the elisors on
whom It was imposed, and loan altercation between
the President himself and ihe tribunal appointed
to give effect lo bis decree. A part of the contri
bution was levied on (he President himself, who
denied the right of the tribunal to assess it, on the
score of official immunity, and on the ground that
his e-ts.trs.lid not lie within tbt jurisdiction of the
tribunal imposing it. The President also com
plains that the tribunal favored the rich, in their
assessment, at ths eipense of Ihe poo-. fllvte.
Shock i so. A young man named Crozier and
his sistrr were drowned in the Illinois river, near
I 'tics, on ihe 17th iust. .The young man had len
married only three weeks. He had just conveyed
his wife over the rier in a small skiff, and returned
for his aitter. Whilst recriMsing, (he boat was up.
set by a sudJen gust of wind, anj Mr. ('. and sis-
icr were drowned in sight of the agonized wif--, who
was watching them from the shore.
Two If a Km DixviD. The body of a
drowned man was taken from the Ohio, on ihe 1 (lilt
inst., near Salt River, with f 1,760 in gold on his
erson, and ihe lie it day another was found at the
same place with f 5(1(1 in gold in his pocket They
are supposed let lie the bodies f Iwo individuals
who robbed a gentleman if f 2,200 in gold
on board lha steamboat Yicksburg, on the liicl.l
ofher arrival at Louisville, alout two wiekt
ago. 1 he robbers jumed overbold from Ihe af-
t.rgunrda of the boat, wiih the intention of swim,
ming ashore wilb their booty, but it teems that bulb
were drowned.
"Thi II hk i hi tr" wh at a Himikkb
cuitr. A rest Liugh, on a mall scab', was cre
st. .1 during die progress of the PrcsiiUntial page
ant through the lower part of Broadway, laal Mon
day week ; and hud the circumstance which gave
rise lo it been mure eilcnaiely noticed, the joke
would d.'uMlrsa have crested more es'rnsive
glee. A young lady waved from the window
of one of the most fashionable mansions be
low Grace Church not a handkerchief but
miniature r ether garment, intended for an eipec
ted p rmanent visiter to the family. Her lover
was alone in the room with her. the hud lie glee
ted her handkerchief, and called upon her devoted
to biing it her. The President was almost before
lha window ; the lover was a wag ; the little
what d'ye call it ? was lying on her work table
prnrpkingly invited a joke he placed il on her
hand, and in her eagerness overlooking the chest
she waved Ihe thing of tender and peculiar associ
aliens "wiih an appetite." ahnnai in t fares of the
paasing crowd, w ho burst out in a rude and boialer
nua guffau at the damsel's signal. She started
back from the window like a startled fawn, and
looked with astonishment and mortification, first
al her suppoed han.Ikeichief, and then at bet coin
pinion.
Then np she rose with nimbi Iocs,
And nne.l ihe pailor door,
Turned oul a lver, who iu a lover
Nevii will venture more. Dyron amended
.V. 1". Bulletin
THE AMERICAN.
Saturday, Jtmt 24, 1843.
We have on band sixty team of print
ing paper, similar in size and quality to the sheet
upon which this is printed. Also 38 reams nf pa
per Royal 21 by 2ft inches, which will be snlj at
cost tnd carriage, for cash.
fj" V. B. pAtMr.a, Eso.. at his Real Estate and
Ooalnffire, No. 104 South Third Street. Phila
delphia, is authorised ia art as Agent, and lo re
ceive and recripl for all monies due ibis office, for
subscription or advertising.
(Tj The proceedings of the Borough meetings
held at lha Court House on the evenings nf Mon
day and Tuesday last, have been crowded out for
want ofroun this week.
fXj The communication from i "Democrat of
Point" cannot appear, unUss tho author leaves his
name.
Cj The Supreme Court for ihe Northern Dis
trict will commence at this place, on Mondny the
Oth of July next.
A special Court will lc held in this place,
on the 1 7th of October nrst. Ilia Honor, Judge
Lewis, will preside.
St a awbkbbiks, We have had sent us a
specimen of several quarts of strawberries, picked'
from the garden of Alexander Jordan, Esq. nf this !
borough, the avenge circumference of which ex- !
ceed two and a half inches. Any of our friends '
who think they ran excel this, will please to send
on their berries without dcly. The biggest and
best tot will he sure to receive the premium.
OT At Milton, the citizens recently held a mee
ting uiion Ihe subject nf small not-. 1 he store
keepers, lavern keepers and others, rea.dved not to
receive any afier the 24ih inst. Our citizens should
follow their eiample in this matter.
Col. D. C. Watson for Assembly, and Jos.
Bound, Esq. for Commissioner, have K en spoken
of as whig candidates at the next election.
Gj The whigs of I'nion county h.ive nominated
their ticket. For Congress, Win, I.. Harris, Esq.;
Assembly, Mr. John Hall, of Selinsgrove ; Sheriff,
Michael Kleckner ; Treasurer, John D. Bogar.
fj Capt. Ht'MMKt, of Union county, has been
recommended as Canal Commissioner.
(Jj A new Johnson pnper, it is raid, will be
started at Harrisburg.
fXj The United States have advertised for a new
loan of seven millions of dollars.
fj" Mosrr MTTit. Money is Mill abundant
in the cities. In Philadelphia, on good securities, any
amount ran be bad at 5 percent., and in New Votk
at 3 to 4 per rent. Stocks of a'l kinds have advan
ced. U. S. Bank notes sre now quoted at 33, Gi
rt rd at 13. Relief notes have still further improved,
and are now quoted from 3 to 4 per cent.
(7 The "Democratic Union" is the title of the
new paper at Harri-burg, formed out of the Key.
stne pronr, and the other two ttones or wedges
(ihe Report, r and State Capitol Gazette) of tbe
great Democratic arch. We think our friends
should have preaerved tbe geological or min -ralogi-
cal rharartei of the'r n imea as much as possible in
their union. We would supce-l fhe propriety of
railing the new paper the "Coglo .BTr," or.
what is more eommon.theHYi'iMsnaToas,' which
geologically signifies a union of small stones or pcb.
bles into one mas.
J.isrrH CaHTsa has been indicted for the
late murder in Wanen county, N. J. The jury
were engaged more lhan a week in investigating
the mutter.
fjj Dr. Hos,of the Vicksburg Sentinel, waa
recently killed in a street fight with a Mr. I). M. A-
dams. The Doctor had become somewhat famoua
on arconnt of hia numerous street fights and duels.
He was a v.olent and bitter opponent of tbe gam
blers and speculators.
fXj Rismso. A correspondent of tbe Reading
Gazette bas given in a series of articles, an interest
ing sketch of thai thriving borough. The popu
lation now exceeds 1 1 000, having more lhan
doubled in 13 years. From 70 lo 100 new houses
are now in progress of building. The place is
heallhy, neat and cleanly. Provisions cheaper
(hun in mai y places of the interior. Butter, for in
stance, is now selling at 8 to 9 cts. per pound,
(j The Baltimoreans, ibis season, have com
plete away of Ihe wheat market. Our Philadelphia
friends have generally been from three to fis eta.
per buabel behind their neighbors, which induced a
number of boat loads from ibis section, destined for
the Philadelphia maikel, tn change their course at
Havre de Grace for Baltimore. We learn from
the Baltimore Ametican ofSaluiday last, thai from
70 lo 80 boat loads of Penn'a. produce arrived al
that city by way of the Tide Water Canal, during
the I ..st week.
(JjT Babsit Nixos. It will le seen by the
following notice from a Philadelphia paper, that
Barney Nixon, who escaped from the jail nf this
place a fcw monthe since, bas been indulging in
the same pranks at other places, Barney ia desti
ned to make a figure yet in the woik bouse.
"Arret! of a Fugitive. A young man cal
ling himself Barney Nixon, was arrested on
Friday as a fugitive from the jutl of Bellcfonte,
in this stale, and on the churge of the larceny
of some money from a relation of his iu this city.
On him waa found several pocket piecca re
sembling sovereigns, four spurious three dollar
notes of the Globe Bank of New York, and a
$l(Kr note, nf similar character, of the Mer
chants' Banking Company nf New York. He
was taken before Alderman Mitchell and com-
! nutted for a further hearing."
Bunkrr Hill fflonnmmt OHration.
Tha celebration of the completion of Bunker
Hill Monument, at Boston, on the 17th inst., wa
one of the most splendid and Imposing ceremonies
ever witnessed in the United States. Three hun
dred thousand persons, it is supposed, attended the
ceremonies. The deepest manifestation nf enthu
siasm was reserved for the appearance of the stir
viving SoLnmas or ths Rkviilvtiq, who ar
rived in carriages, and, alighting in the centre of
ihe square, tottered with feeble steps to iheir places
on the platform. They were one hundied and
eight in number, twelve of whom had shared in the
perils and glories of the bloody struggle on this
very ground sixty eight years ago. The orator of
the day was the Hon. Daniel Webster, who deliver
ed an address on the occasion, well worthy of ihe
fame and di-tinguihed talents of one whose in
tellectual powers have seldom been equalb-d, and
cannot l surpassed by any man living. We ate
no admirer of Mr. Websier's political career, but,
in common with the whole civilized world, we can
not withhold from him Ihe tribute of praise so just.
ly due his mighty Intellect.
Wi copy the following from the N, Y. Tribune r
"The Corner-stone of the Monument was laid
in 185.) by Ls.ratr.TTt ; and Dtitr.L WsssTsn
pronounced on that ore a in one of the most
eloquent and admired Orations th t ever fell from
the lips of man. Among his auditors be had about
thirty sunivor of the Battle of Hunker Hill the
"venerable tn?nB whom be addressed with such
luhbme and startling effect.
The monument stands upon the summit, where
the small redoubt was thrown up by the Ameri
cans on tha night of Jane I Oth, 1775, Provious
to its erection, the ground wjS distinguished by a
small column in honor of Wtnarv, who fell upon
the spot, e.ccted in 1794 by a lodge of Free Masons
Warren, at the time of his glorious death, being
the Grand Matter of tbe Free Mas ns of North A-
meiica. Subscr' pi' ons were first aked for the pre- .
sent Monument iu 1824. An Association, called j (Jj The gre.it sule of stock belonging to the
The Bunker Hill Monument Association,' was for- ( State, look place at Philadelphia on Thursduy !a-t.
med, membership of which was lo be enjoyed by j There were ninety-eight purchasers, and the wh.-lo
those who auhscrilwd five dollars. An engraved amount paid to the Commissioners w tnfimr htm
diploma was their certific.ite, and their names were j ,trrtl ""l tij-ty-firr thmtximl five huiulml mif
inscribed upon the parchment records dviiOiiled
within the corner stone. The corner stone was
laid June 17th, 1925. but (his work was not resu- 1
med until March, 1827.
The structure waa placed under tbe supriintcn
i -r i i a - r i . v
...... . ,
the foundation and fiurteen c urses of the super -
... , . . ,
ml, m.... l.l.t Mt,..n In A.iA.i.t IA-9 .lin
work was suspended on account cf a deficiency in
funds. About f 56,000 kad then been extended.
The wotk was not resumed till the summer of 1834,
whensiiteen additional eour-es were laid and the
work was again s opped in 1835, about $20,000
having been rxnde.l. All bu-ine.s ry (hen
greatly depressed and the project of holding a pub
lic Fuir waa suggested, st which every fcrn-ilc in
the Union who denied it might contribute aid for
the com pi. t ion of the monument.
The Fair was held in Boston, in S. p'ember, by ,;,, additional pieces of artillery, and an
1840, and its proceeds, with a few munificent do- additional force of one officer and fifteen men
nations, put within the hai.ds of the committee of j Is expected daily. letters have been received
.. , i . ,r. , . i iminiring how many men all the forts would
the Bunker Hill Assoctulion s sum sufficient to j ' . .. , ' . , . ,
contain ; all the guns are lobe mounted willi
compl. te the great object. Mr. Savage, by a con- ! out ,L.U Vi
tract with ihe Building Committee, was engiged, j A man of war steamer went up the Shannon
in the autumn of 1S40. t i complete the work for on Friday week, with tn hundred stand of
1 13,8(0. He rraumed bis labor by l.iying the
. n-.oi i.. ... I I :. :.
Iirsi SIUI1C 1VIBV AO, ir1l,uuu IIIIIBUt:.! II .., .iitiiti
suecehS, by depositing the iqiex on July 23,1812.
The List atone was raised at G o'clock in the morn
ing of thai day, with the discharge of cannon ; Mr.
EJward Carnes, Jr.,of Charleston, accompanying
it in ita ascent, anJ waving tbe Atneiican flag du
ring the process.
There are ninety courses of stme In the wh do
structure, eighty four of them being alnive the
ground, and sir. of them bc.iw. The base is thirty
feet square ( in a rise of two hundred and eight
feet, the point where the formation of the apex be
gins, there is a dimunition of fourteen feet, seven
and a half inches. The net rise of the stone fioin
the base to the apex, is two hundred and nineteen
feet and ten inches, Ihe seams of the mortar making
the whole elevation two hun lred and twenty-one
feet. No man can stand and look at the structure,
or scin it with a close observation, without being
impressed with ihe wonderful mathematical accu
racy which distinguishes it. The joints of the
stone seem lo be chiseled with g'eal exactness ; and
the diminution of tbe obelisk has hern faultlessly
derated."
We have room only for the following extract of
M r, Wclati r's last speech :
Yes, Bcsaza Hm MosrwaaT is completed,
Here it stands. Fortunate in the natural eminence
on which it isplac.il, higher infinitely in its object
and its purpose-behold it rise over the bind and
ovi 1 the sea, and visible this moment to 300 000
of the citizens of Massarhu -ells. There it stands
a meinoiial of Ihe past a monitor to the presrrt
and lo all succeeding generations of men. I have
spoken of its purpose. If il had been without any
other purH than the creation of a work of art,
the granite of which it ia composed, woukl have
continued to sleep on ita n ilivs bed. But it ha a
purpose, and that purpose gives il dignity anJ
causes us lo look upon it with awe. That purp se
it is which enrobe il with a moral gtamleur that
purpose it is which seem to invest It with the at
Iributea of an august, intellectual personage. It is
itself the great Obtob of this occasion. (Gre.it
cheering.) It is not from my lips, nor could il be
from any human lips that that strain of eloquence
is to flow, moat competent to utter the emotions of
this multitude. The potent spe.ikrr stands mo.
lionlcss before you. (Here the speskrr pau-ed, and
with outstretched arms, looked upward to the sum
mit of the solemn pile, and the vast assemblage
joined in one loud and long shout of enthusiastic
applause.) Il is a plain shaft ; it bears no in
scription, fronting the rising sun, from which the
future antiquarian shall be employed lo wipe away
ihe dubl ; nor dors the rising aun ewaksn strains of
mu ic 011 its tumuiii ; but tber it Mind, and al
ihe rising of the sun. and al the setting of the sun,
in.l amid (he blaze of nmn-d.iy, and in the milder
effulgence of lunar light, there il stands. It looks
itspeiks it arts lo the full comprehension nf
every American mind, and to the awakening of the
highest enthusiasm in every true American heart.
(Great spplaue ) Its ailerit but awful utterance
ih deep pathis with which as we look (Jpon
it, brings Is-f.ire us the 17lh of June, 1775, and fhrt
consequences resulting from lbs even's of that day
to us, tn our country, and to tbe world eon.',
quenrrswhiih must continue "to gain influence'
en the destinies cf mankind to the end of time
surpasses all that tbe study of the closet or even
the.insptration of genius could produce. To-daf
to-day it speaks to us. The future auditors will
be ihe successive generations of men. As they
shall rise up Itefore us and gather round its base,
its speech will I of courage and patriotism of
religion and lit-erly of good government of Ihe
renown of tho.-e whn have sacrificed themselves to
the good of their country."
Erlrrtir and Museum
Of Fiirrisn I.itrraturr, for June, 1843. E. Lit
If II, 1GU Climmt tlrert, Philadelphia.
The present numlier of this excellent work con
I tains, among its twenty leading atticles, a valuable
b.idy of reading m.itter, independent of the misceb
lany with which eich num'ier is well stored. The
Life of Sir Atly Cooper, Lady 8 des' Journil,
Stephens' Incidents of Travels in Yucatan, 8tatica
of the Hunnn Chest, are articles of no ordinary in
terest. The present number ha also an excellent
Mezzotint of Nspoteon looking out upon the ocean
from his solitary abdj at Si. Helena, which is pe
culiarly impr. ssive. The effct conveys associations
j connected with the fate of the great warrior, that
are tru'y sublime and imposing. Each numlier of
the Mu-rum will contain an engraving on steel.
Published monthly, at six dollars per an .um. A
trulv valuable work.
j J'J'rrn tlullar ami trrnity-ftrc ccnt. Includ.d
in the sale were atififi shares of Phil .delphia flank
and 1 143 shares of Pennsylvania flank st.M:k. This
money is appropriated for the benefit of the domes
lie creditors.
fXj- Tiir. TBiu-Btis i v I h : i. a x 1 1 areonthein-
' ., , .
; rre.ise. Ihe Keiieileis arc d.lermined to ran v
' 1
out tl.eir rnceurra. The g iveriuniml, in the mean
time, are busily engaged iu sending i-mi and
Btii'initi n from the lower of I .on Inn to the differ
nit milit.try posts in Ir. land. O'Coiinell has al-
ready so far committed himself, that he must either
rise or fall with the people. The Catholic clergy
are ulinoxt unanimous in favor of Rciel. The
following items we eiliact from the news brought
over by the Columbia :
"Military von i I ion in rernr.-The batteries
at Tarbert have, unexpectedly, been reinforced
1 arms tor Limerick. Four other steamers were
! . lorvi tltjl tV.ttn tt.A 'I'n.onr f. ir tr.liti.l i&'illi
1 I" -' .v ......
-)
e understand tfi.it two men ot war
steamers will be stationed in the Shannon
one at Tarbert, and another at Grass Island.
The repoal alliiir of Cork wos very brilliant.
It is said that upwards ol'.VHI.IKHI per.-tms were
ConjrtegatiMl on this occasion.
Scotland, ten, has been the scene r.f a religious
movement, the most importun in its consequen
ces, the moM extended in its ramifications,
which bus taken pl.iee since the lime of tha
Reformation. Nearly 0OO ministe-s the heart's
blood of the Church, embracing all that aro
most distinguished tor learning, talent, and
energy have seceded from the Kirk, and
thrown themselves upon the voluntary princi
ple, rather than submit to an interference in
matters of discipline with the civil power."
yob Tiir. titHint,
Mrmbrr of Assembly.
Ma. Em ma : Pirmit me 11 recommend to tha
voteta of Northumberland county, HUGH If.
TKATS, E-q., of Shamokin, as a candiJaie for As
sembly. Mr. Ti ata is an industrious and intelligent
farmer, and would, if elected, give very general suti
faction. MANY OF S1IAMOKIN.
Nr.lBTAlT Dil'ISIOM BtLtTIVI TO 11.10 K Ac-
rorsTs. Il was derided at the late sitting of the
Superior Court, of Stewart co, Ga., by his honor
j , , S,urai- ,hnt the rule of law allowing the
, ,n,riMjurlin of i10oU, of ,CCounts as evidence in
, C(Ut11 of juire( .ppijj 0I1y , ,he j,k, of mer.
chants, and thai physicians, lawyers, mechanics,
formers, Ac. Ac, mu-t prove each and every item
of service rendered, or articles sold and delivered,
by some disinterested witness.
Oca Witn Lava Skttlhio. A new assori
ation of emigrants, composed of highly respectable,
a well as wealthy Germane in Philadelphia, bsva
recently mide a purchase of 10,00 acres of land in
Wanen c'unty in this 81 ate, within a short dis
tance from the Allegheny river. They contem
plate farming and manufactming on an exieusiva
settle.
A Goon Cow Hie Wheeling Times rtalea
that on trial of a cow ow ned by a Mr. Spiigg, of
that city, to see how much milk he woluJ give,
it wa found that iu six days she gave nine gallon
and a fraction each dy, nuking fifty live gallons
in tbe six days,
An ire-cream dealer offers to subscribe lo the .V,
O. Tropic if ihry will 'insert gratis any little pull
bo may rrqu're,' and sends one as a specimen.
The editors insert the puff, and 'with pleasure' ''if
his ire-riram and aodac are half as cool as hiarnt
fu fir nrc, his customris will have no cauise to com
plain." A baid hit but richly rut riled.