Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 8 July 1858 — Page 1

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For the Journal.

Third Letter to Junius—The Lord's Supper. When we speak of the establishment of the Christian Church, we don't mean that God organized anew Chnrch among men we simply mean that He re-organized His Church by changing it's Ordinances and Ceremonies. He made a new covenant with Israel, because the first covenant enjoined burdensome ceremonies which were designed only to last till Christ should come, who was the end of all types and shadows We speak of the old and new Dispensations, which implies that the Chuch is the same, but the privileges and immunities dispensed are changed. Paul teaches this doctrine very clearly when addressing the Gentile Ephesians. "But now, in Christ Jesus, ye, who sometime were far off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ. For be is our peace, who hath made both one, (i. e. brought Jew and Gentile together) and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us." Eph. 2, 13j 14. Again he says, We "are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone. In whom all the building fitly framed together, groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord." Yer. 20, 21.

Paul thus incontroveitibly establishes the unity of the Jewish and Gentile Church. Through Christ they are made both one. The prophets representing the Jewish Church, and the apostles the Gentile Church, and Christ the chief of all make a mostglorious foundation for God's Church, "which He redeemed with his own blood."

For three years Christ had been preaching to the Church laboring to correct her sins and turn the people to Gcd. He visited his temple, and instead of finding it a place of prayer, Ho found it a den of thieves. He observed all the Ordinances and requirements of the Jewish Church, proving to all that God had required nothing of his people but could be performed by a man. For He, as a man, obeyed all the duties of the Church. At eight days old was circamcised, and until just before his death, He observed all the binding Bites and Ordinances of the ChHrch—the Jewish Church. In view of ending Jewish Bites and substituting the Christian Bites in their stead, he directs his disciples to prepare the passover.— They obey him. The Paschal lamb is eaten. During snpper the subject of his death is introduced, and the disciples became "exceeding sorrowful." A new scene was introduced, snpper being ended, the Savior "took bread and blessed it, (i. e. consecrated it for a special purpose) and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat, this is my body." They ate this bread as the representative of Christ's broken body. This He explained to them. "And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying:— Drink ye all of it. For this is my blood of the New Testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins." By "New Testament" Christ means the New ^Covenant, whose first Bite was then being established. Here the christian finds the first Ordinance instituted in the Christian Church. No farther back can he travel to find examples to follow. We cannot suppose for a moment that Christ would have mingled the Ordinances of both Dispensations together, thus creating confusion.— But such would be the case should we find any Christian Ordinance prior to the last Supper of the Paschal-lamb How beautifully does Christ introduce the change. He eats the Passover with his disciples, bringing, to their minds the deliverance of Israel from' Egyptian bondage: now the type is to^.be fulfilled in'the antitype,—-the world's great and jllnstriotis Deliver is to bo slain as a Passover, and all who .will sprinkle the door-posU of their hearts with his blood shall -be7 saved* from the judgments of God, which Tshall fali iipon tUo

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He institutes this monument in the Church—the Eucharist, or Lord's Supperr—that for all time to come christians may call to mind his death, and that his "blaod was shed for the remission of sins." What a blessed truth, that the blood of Christ is for the remission of sins! and not any act that man can do, Christ remarked to his disciples,—"as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come." If the "Supper" is to call to our minds his death, suredly baptism has no reference to his death. There are but two Monuments or Ordinances set up in the Church, and they could not possibly both refer so the same thing. 1*

The Church is to spread the table of the Lord and then say to all Christians,— "But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat that bread, and drink of that cup." Can the minister who consecrates these elements say otherwise to his christian congregation? If he does, the displeasure of Heaven must rest upon him. He may make another test but it will be unsanctioned by the Author of the Table. 7*?

The Pope has dared, in his vanity and presumption, to say who shall come to the Lord's Table, viz: thoso who have been baptized by one of his priests. A very few Protestant Churches, but some of those disclaim Protestantism, so far imitate the Pope as to raise just such a bar around the Table of the Lord, viz:, you that have been baptized by our consecrated hands are invited to this table. Thus my right to partake of the Ordinance of God's house is determined, not by the rule laid down by Christ, but by the decree of a Church council. Have Synods or Councils any right to set in jndgment en my faith? If they have then they have aright to^end me to purgatory, to which I should very us

Junius, I wish you to avoid this popish crrcr. All high claims to legal membership in the Church, and all ultra views on paints of theology, and sill theories that would unchurch the greatest portion of the Protestant christian worl are deadly poisonous, and aie only nourished i"1 hearts too blind to see any trutr, outsuie of tfcemselves. If one Church Couucil has authority to say that I have no right to come to the Lord's Table in their house, they virtually say that I have no right lo the Lord's Table any whero, because the Lord's Table is one. His ministers spread it, and his children are all to crowd it's board. It is the same Bite wherever found, consecrated by those whom he has called or sent. Pi ay that those Churches which have wounded the Lord in hif own house may soon come to the light.

Yours paternally, ALPHA. Mount Peace, June 25, 1858. P. S. My next subject will be the full establishment of the Christian Church by the Baptism of the Holy Ghost. A..

For the Journal

It appears from an article in the Journal of week before last, that a Baptist brother feels deeply grieved at seeing the spirit of unkindness and disunion, shown, he says, by the article written by "a Brother." 77

Now it is due to say that it was not the intention of the writer to hurt or "wound unntcessaxily, the feelings of any of his brethren." But if the simple references and interrogatories contained in that article, were calculated to produce such feelings of grief and sickness of heart, what think you must be the feelings of those against whom the charges therein referred to, were made? Do our immersionist or Baptist friends suppose that none but they possess any tenderness of feeling, and therefore they may indulge in hard sayings without measure, and yet we not dare to utter a word of remonstrance or expostulation? But our friend W. asks: "Was not the first one of certain lectures, the first one of certain letters, by a Pedo?" Doubtless it has been observed by those who have read the article referred to, that the writer made no distinction or exception as to the letters or lectures, and uttered not a word of approval or commendation of any on* of them. As to "who are the agitators" I would say that they are all those, who, for the promotion of purely Sectarian dogmas or opinions, turn aside from the simplicity of the Gospel, to engago in controversies about "non-essentialsbe they Baptist oi Pedobaptist. Again, W. asks: "is not baptism^essential to obedience?" I answer, is ooedience or is it not, essential to pardon and salvation? if it is, then does it not follow that all who have, not been baptized are still disobedient, aUd'that remaining thus they must be excluded from heaven? Consequently, according to W., baptism must be essential to salvation, but this, our Baptist brethren tell us they don't believe. Why then1 insist so strenuously upon obedience to one precept or command, which is of no more importance

than others that are rarely ever named?

But says W. "the, Gn^ek1 Scri|)tures^teach

that baptism is a dipping in water," adding "then ought not certain christiains to labor for the promotion of truth?"— Will our Baptist brother or any othsr immersionist please to point out to us a single passage in the Greek or English Scriptures, Old or New Testament that teaches either expressly or by "inference" that dipping or immersion in water, and that alone, is baptism or that the original word used in the scriptures to denote the action of baptism, conveys thu idea of dipping or immersion only We will make a present of a handsome Bible to the man that will do it. Until then, our Baptist friends must allow us to regard the word as one not of mode, but as we find it used throughout the scriptures, expressive of various applications of water., Not. a specific, but a generic word, and as such employed by the Apostles and Evangelists to express the idea of different kinds of washing as in Hebrews "which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings" (diaphorois baptismois) (different kinds of baptisms) and gain "as the washing (baptismous) of cups and pots, brazen vessels and tables. Now I ask if it is not inconsistent with both reason and experience to "infer" that the Jews, in order to cleanse or wash their pots and tables, took them to some creek or pool to dip or immerse them, instead of pouring water into or on them? and yet they must have done this if the Baptist theory is correct for ("according to the Greek,") the Evangelist says they baptized them. Hence it would seem that not only "certain christians" but all christians, "ought to labor for the promotion of truth" rather than their peculiar isms which may chance not to be well founded on truth. Again our Baptist brother asks "was the christian, like the Jewish church, designed to include the whole nation Scribes, Saddu cees, Pharisees and all?" We answer, that the christian, like the Jewish church, was designed to include believers and their children for the Apostle Peter on the day of Penticost, speaking as he was moved by the Holy Ghost, said, "the* proniise is unto you and to your children," and as we have before shown, our Savior most clearly recognized this relation of children to church. But thon W. thinks the children mentioned were "net to be brought" but were large enough to come themselves to the Savior by a reference however, to Mark 10th, 13th, we find it thus, written: "And they brought young children to him," (Luke calls them infants, as in the original) and his disciples rebuked those that brought them, but when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, suffer little children to come unto me. and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of God."

Here we see that these little children, or infants were brought by their parents or others, to the Savior, and that they were so small that Jesus took them up in his arms, when he blessed them. Who shall

rebuke christian parents for doing likewise?

Again, our Baptist brother wants to

know if teaching does not precede baptism

according to the Savior's command "go

teach, or disciple (as in the Greek) all nations, baptizing them fcc." I will first ask him one thing, is baptism essential to disciplesbip or not? if it is, then the baptizing must precede the teaching if not, thon it is plain that the Apostles were first to disciple, or make deciples of all nations and certainly a very remarkable state of things must have obtained, if there were no children in these all Nations. If there were any children, then the Apostles were, most assuredly to disciple them, baptizing them &o., if there were none, why were the apostles not instructed to disciple all of the nations except the children? Again "can an infant be taught?" Answer: the Lord, by the mouth of Isaiah says, "Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breast." And Jesus said, "I thank the O, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from tho wise and prudent, and hast revealed (made them known) to babes." Again, "when the chief priests and scribes saw what he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David, they were displeased, and said unto him, hearest thou what these say? and Jesus saith unto them yea have ye never read, out of the mouths of babes and suckling thou hast perfected praise." Is not this a sufficient answer? When my Baptist brother informs me "when, how, and by whose act" or authority infants lost their connection with the church of God, then I will answer his question as to "when, how and by whose act, baptized infanta lose their chnrch membership."— Having aiready shown, when, how, and by whose act they were put in connection with the visible church, it now. remains for our Baptist brother, or any other?, who wish

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ex'clude childreu from the church of

Christ, to point 'us to the authority, either in "positive command or inference." Till then, we shall esteem it onrhigh and precious privilege to bring oor little ones in the arms of faith to the Savior, saying, "here Lord are we and the children thou hast given us."

But says W., "let us avoid contention and bitterness, as a moral npas, and let us meet on common grounds &c." So say 1 my hrother. Will you do it? Will you meet me at the cross of Christ, (I know you will,) and join with me in saying, there hangs all our hope of pardon and eternal life—there flows that blood which cleanseth us from all sin-—there is the robe without patch or scam, woven by immortal skill, that is alone, sufficient to cover our defilement and that we, by faith alone receive that Bobe of Righteousness as ours. Do we not heartily agree that all who are united to Christ by faith, constitute .his one misticle body? the same spirit of adoption, they JLLL cry abba, Father, whether they l»e Jews or

In about one hour after he left, the youngest child was missing, and search being instantly made, the child was found in the cistern. Every exertion was used to restore it, but failed. Tho child will ^be buried to-morrow. "J. L.WATSON.

tists. And as children.of the same Fa ther's family, are they not equally entitled to all the privileges and provisions of their written, and, by any common hangman, Father's house? Our blessed Savior, well knowing our frailties, and nourishment, while journeying through this wilderness, has spread a table before us in the presence of enemies, and now says to every trembling child of his, "Eat O, friend, drink 0, beloved." But do yon say my brother, that in order to the enjoyment of this privilege we must ALL i£,.ibmit to what, in your opinion, is a necessary prerGquikitc, to-wit: "immersion in water?" Now where do you get this authority? Did our Lord and Master when, with his own pure hands, he was about to admiui6ter the Snpper to his disciples, say to them, you must first go down into Jordan and there be buried, then come partake of these saored memorials? No, but He said take, eat, drink ye ALL, of it—-not a single one excluded. And he that thinks he can, let him show "when, where or by whose act," these deciple were all immersed. And surely the Master of the house has the right to arrange the proprieties, and fix the terms of admission, to his own table for let it be remembered thatfAii is His, and not a Presbyterian, -Methodist or Baptist table, nor has He given to any man, the authority to set any other table in His house. This one is large enough for the whole family, and lie lids them ALL to come. Dare we say less? Will there be any bars in Heaven? Ought there to be any here? Surely Heaven is not less pure tban any of our churches on earth and if our blessed Lord, shall bid me, unworthy as I am, sit down at his table on high, will you my brother, tell him that I have not obeyed his commands, simply because I have not been immersed and that therefore I have no right there? If you would not say so then, why say it now? If we may be counted worthy, for Christ's 6ake, to sit together there, may we, ought we not to be willing, yea, rejoice to sit together in these heavenly places in Christ Jesus, here? That we all may be guided in the way of truth and duty, is the prayer of

.. .A BROTHER./*-:

From the Lafayette Journal.

A CHILD DROWNED. NEW BEDFORD, June 25, '48.

EDITOR JOURNAL:—A stranger came to this place pesterday with two little girls, the eldest four or five and the youngest two years old... He was hunting a home for them, and left them with Wm H. Watson—one for himself and one for John Allen. The man left in a few minutes after he disposed of the children, without giving either his name or residence. The oldest child nays his name is William Spray, imd it is supposed he lives near Crawfordsville, Montgomery county.

ij What has been Done. The principal sins of commission and omission during the session of Congress wvi just closed, are thus summed up by the St.

Louis Democrat: The Lecompton Constitution and tho "English Bill."

The Treasury Note Law. The $15,000,000 Loan Bill.5 The Admission of Minnesota. The bill authorizing seven new Steani Sloops of War.

The Civil Appropriation Bill, including the Canitol Extension the Washington Acqueduct, &c., fec.

The Army Appropriation Bill, f' The Indian Appropriation Bill.' The Post-office Appropriation Bill The Bill for the Collection of the Rev-

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enue. The'Ocean Mail Ste'inier Bill. The Military ftoad Bill (from Astoria 0 Salem, Oregon.)

Tbe following measures brought forward during the session, were rejected or postponed mainly by the votes of administration Democrats, who have a majority in both Houses:

The'Pacific'Railroad. '7'.'' The admission of Kansas with a Constitution framedbyher people.

The Admission of Oregon.. -*.• The Abolitibn of the Franklin ..Privilege.-

The Modification of the Tariffcy r.rsaos

Hon. F. P. Stanton on the English Joggle —His Speech at Leavenworth, On the 8th ult., the Hon. F. P. Stanton made a stirring speech at Leavenworth, K. T., for a full report of which wc are indebted to the Leavonworth Journal.— This effort of the Ex-Secretary is one of very remarkable power, aiid is hissing hot with wrath against the Administration.— We give a few passages which indicate the temper and force of the whole:

Gentlemen: I am unalterably opposed to the adoption of the Lecompton Constitution, under whatever specious device it may be presented, or with whatever accompaniments of alluring temptations of benefits on the one hand, or of crushing wrongs and disadvantages, or even humiliating disablements on the other. Never for a siDgle moment, by my own free will, shall I consent to pass under the degrading yoke of that monstrous fihel untflit'.goiou fraud. If Congress, regardless of the

clearly expressed will of the people, and

faith, constita is tyraujca]ij. trampling upon their dearest that having received rights, had unconditionally adopted the President's despotic and insulting recommendations, and forced the Lecompton

would have been in favor of taking the parchment on which that instrument was

publicly burning it in the presence of all the

need of PeoP'e—8ai®e people who have solemnly rejected it at the ballot box, and who, I believe still regard it with the same loathing and indignation which they then felt and expressed in every legal and peaceable form in which they had the opportunity either to speak or act.

I am here to-day, gentlemen, to lift my voice against the acceptance of the Lecompton government at the hands of Congress, and to persuade you, (if it be not an insult to talk of persuasion on any subsubject,) to stand up now, and do battle against this great wrong and outrage, as manfully and effectually as you did on the 4th day of January last, when you overwhelmed its supporters by a majority of more than ten thousand votes. iv

Gentlemen, I have sought in vain to find an example in histoty of such treachery as that which has been exhibited by the present administration towards Gov. Walker in these momentous affairs in Kansas. Since the days of King David, no parallel can be found. Even his treatment of Uriah, the Hittite, was scarcely so bad as Mr. Buchanan's treatment of "his best friend and wisest counsellor." By Uriah's own band, David sent an order to Joab: "Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten and die." Bnt treacherously sacrificed as he was, he at least had the opportunity of meeting a glorious death on the field of battle, falling in the cause of his country, and leaving behind an imperishable name. He escaped the mortification of surviving his own honor, and of knowing himself betrayed by his king—David, too, had the excuse of being moved to commit this crime by the most uncontrollable of human passions. Mr. Buchanan fca9 no shadow of excuse. His conduct exhibits a case of un mittigated treachery—treachery to friends —treachery to principles and pledges— treachery to the best and highest interests of the great and patriotic party which placed him in power. David's oflspridg by Uriah wife was not permitted to live so the Lecompton Constitution—the bastard result of Mr. Buchanan's unnatural alliance with the Southern disunionists—already stricken with the curso of God, will die by the hands of the people. David, however, having truly repented of his great wickedness, was forgiven and restored to the favor of his Creator. Mr. Buchanan, on the other hand, being obdurate and unrelenting, has committed the unpardonable sin, and will receive the execration of good men in all time to come. "''7 7

Gentlemen, I can hardly trust myself to speak of this passage in the history of my country. No greater crime against liberty has been any where committed during the century. All tho miserable and flimsy pretexts—by which this monstrous falsehood has been attempted to be justified and upheld, are but the thin disguise under which tyranny and wrong would hope to conceal their whole purpose. The Ad ministration well knows——Congress knows —the whole world knows—that the people of Kansas are almost unanimous against the Lecompton fraud. The unfortunate discreditable circumstances under which the instrument was clothed with the regular and technical forms of law, have been fully exposed. No man need be ignorant of any of the facts. And yet by means of a technical presumption—tho' a mere legal fiction—positive and well known facts are made to give way—a known falsehood isto be. established as tru th—and the constitutional rights of a free people are to be sacrificed and. trampled in the dust! Gentlemen, when the passions and prejudices of the present hour shall have passed away, the spectacle now exhibited will be considered one of the most extraordinary phenomena ever presented in the history of the world. The solid and substantial liberties intended to have.been seoured to the btates and Territories by tb6 Constitution of the United States, are to be substituted by a mere sham, a mere painted bubble, a mere gossamer cobweb tissue of false logic and contemptible tedhnalists and almost the whole body of a once powerful and patriotic party is' seduced, infatuated and m'esmorizi&d, to believe the patent and baleful lie! "4 7 ... 7-' .:

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Marrying a Wife to Escape for Dinner. The law gossip of the week concerns most especially those who go down to the sea in ships, .and may serve as a. warning lesson to those who prefer present security to future peaco and happiness. A year or two ago M. Malfilatre, the honor, hope and heir of a renowned calico printer, stocking maker, and night cap vender of Rouen, set sail from Havre te proceed to Sidney, in order to superintend the business which his father carried on at that place, and which the death of his partner had left without surveillance. One of those accidents which will happen, in 6pite of captain or compass, even to the- best governed ships on the ocean, happened, as a matter of course to the rotten little bark in which M. Malfilatre set sail—and on the inhospitable shoro of Wall is' IalaiM was it wrecked everything was lost but honor. The plump person and defenceless state of the young merchant became a great temptation to the dainty inhabitant? of Wallis' Island, who have disgusted the mission** ries by eating each other, and they carried him away to the chief's, but with loud shouts of triumph at the sweet morsel which the waves had thrown upon their shore. The Catholic missionaries have a small establishment of the Maiistes on the island. They work night and day, with unremitting zeal, at the conversion of these savages, and have got as far as the prevention of infanticide for gastronomic purposes, which is a great step but they have not as yet been able to inspire that wholesome dislike of human flesh which should certainly form the first step in every conversion to Christianity. The poor young man, in his dilemma, appealed piteously to the reverend fathers but they confessed that they possessed no influence that they were barely tolerated and dared not interfere. The only rescue to be expected could be obtained by choosing a wife amongst the native women, and consenting to stay on the island forever. After much persuasion from the missionary he accepted the latter alternative, and the holy father, according to the custom of his nation, choose a bride for the young man, and took especial care to choose a good parti—uo less a one than the daughter of the chief. One thing, however, the father insisted on the marriage should be solemnized seriously with Catholic rites and at all events tho bridegroom should bo bound by proper registers, and not be permitted to treat the sacred ceremony with the same lightness as it is elsewhere.

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Everything was consented to by the young man, who had grown attached to life by means of a good supper and, accordingly, on the next day tho beautiful Suleta, all freshly tattooed from the head to foot—her fair proportions undisfigured by crinoline, was led to the altar of the Maristes by M. Malfilatre. But of course, our hero from Rouen had treated the whole thing as a little harmless expedient to keep a safe skin and whole bones in this hungry land, and soon began to look out for an opportunity of quitting the scene of his connubial folicity. Some months elapsed, however, before this opportunity occurred, but at length, one afternoon, wandering disconsolate on the beach, he descried a vessel in the offing. It was an English vessel whose boat's crew in answer to the signal of distress hoisted by tbe bridegroom, hastened to the rescue, and bore him off to the ship without discovery on the part of the natives, who would have killed and eaten them all had they been aware of the treachery intended. M. Malfilatre landed safe and sound at Havre only two months ago. He found that great changes had taken place in his father's house during bis absence. An inheritance had fallen in— fortune had smiled most graciously upon the old man, and his son, after all his wretchedness and vnistery, returned to find himself tho heir of the wealth he never had dreamed. 7

The first thing for a rich man in France to do is, as we all know, to provide himself with a rich wife the father began to look about him, and having found a suitable match, the parties were straightway bro't forth to be married. Bnt now arose the difficulty—young Malfilatre could not deny his mariiage at Wallis'Island by a Catholic priest, according to Catholic rites. The marriage was legal in every point of view, excepting in one point of the nonconsent of tho parents of the bridegroom. So, therefore, notice was served by a huissier upon the "Demoiselle Suleta, falsely calling herself Madame Malfilatre," to show causc she should not bo dispossessed of that title. Of course the whole affaii

gossips, and laughed at accordingly for, of course, after the delay expired no partie

civile appearing, judgement would go by

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WHO WERE THEY!

BKPORTED DISCOVERY OV ABORIGINAL REMAINS.—Tho following enrions statement appeared in the Sydney (O.) Journal of last week ..

NEWPORT, Ohio, May. 28, 18E8., Mr. EDITOR:—A short time ago some workmen who were digginga cellar on the place of H. Wolhaver, about one and a half miles from this place, exhumed a human skeleton. The bone* were in excellent preservation, and with them were several Medals and small silver coins. By a^r further examination, a few days after,., they discovered a sort of ancient mausoleum, about nineteen feet long by nine wide.* The walU were of cobble stones, and about two feet thick. The bodies (except the first, which was.in a sitting posture,) were .placed parrallel with each other di-. rectly across the grave, and were in an oblique position, with,the heads towards tha, East. They were laid with- the right side, downward, the right hand o7?r the heart, and the left, with the- index finger extended, pointing towards the setting sun. ana the faces turned slightly upwards. Around the neck of each skeleton, as it was exhumed, was found a chain of beautiful work-^ manship, about three feet long, which, one exception, were of highly tempered^ steel. The one excepted was of silver.—* At the end of these were oval shaped medals, and near the center of each was aa* oblate spheroid of the purset silver, weighing about twelve ounces. The adds of these were curiously joined together around the neck by little bands of silver. Near eaoh of these ancient relics was found a spear, about nine fee in length, which, with bows and arrows, were all the weapons found.

These appear to have been saturated with some siibstaiice for a preservative, which has discolored the earth near them tho same substance appears to have been used to preserve the bodies.

There were also found a number of silver coins of various sizes, but so mnch corroded that the characters upon them cannon be deciphered, if we except the date upon two or three of them, which is 1311. It was at first thought to be 1511, bnt upon closer inspection is fpund to be-the former. It is said, by some that the letters "6-p-a-n" are to be seen upcii* theni, but they are so nearly erased that I.cannot distinguish them with any pertainty therefore I shall not venture an opinion. •5l'-

The skeletons are nearly of a uniform height, which is about six feet. ,.T A SUBSCRIBER.

jt3FThe four leading journals of Chicago have adopted the Cash System with regard to subscriptions. Henceforth, no name will be entered on their books unless it be accompanied by cash, and whenever the cash shall have run out, the paper will stop unless or until more cash is forthcoming. In fact, The Timas has already been conducted on this system for the last »\Vo years, and with more satisfactory results. It is amazing that any journal anywhere should be conducted on any other than the Cash System. Credit is the inveterate scourge of American newspapers being utterly unknown to any other. Two-thirdi of our newspaper men, who have been twenty years or more in the business, have enough due thsm from delinquent, patrons, to make them comfortable for the rest of their days yet they will never see ten per cent of it, while many of them will ha bothered to raise the requisite dimes where-,. with to celebrate the coming 4th of July. By the way, unhappy brethren of the Credit Press, why not commemorate the next anniversary of National Independence by cutting loose from the sharks who eat out your substance? Just proclaim on that day that no man can have your paper, thenceforth unless he shall have paid for it, and you will have rer.» sons to bless the day and the deed oveimorc.

Whenever the Press shall h£Ve purged itself of the Credit System, it will be rea-: dy to help overthrow Merchantile Credit—a system which enables rogues and drones to live useless and often fare sumptuously at the cost of honest, industrious people. Whenever Pay Down shall be the general rule in buying goods, their average cost to consumers will be reduced al least ten per cent. And why should thoser who pay bear a tax of ten per cont on their earnings for the benefit of those who never pay? Tell us why!—N. Tribune.

"STARVATON" IN DAVENPORT IOWA Some two hundred laborers, who are ei-

Davenport, on Friday, aiid marched' to tho

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marry whom he pleased. Thus did the affair stand until last week, when lo! to the

utter confusion of the sanguine bridegroom and his rich wife, tho bishop of Australia and Occaoa, in whose diocese lies that paradise of which we have given some of the most striking traits de mceurs, and in defense of morality and religion, proclaims himselftie civile in this case, for the protection of the helpless Suleta. We judge of the consternation thrown among the ranks of jewelers, costumiers, and modistes, all engaged.for the rich marriage —the tears df the rich bride—the ravings of the rich bridegroom. The debates which are to come on directly, will be full, of interest, and of warning at the same time. The case is considered one of the most curious on record, and has been .com-, plicated since the issue of thfe first mite en demeure by the arrival of- the news of' the birth'at Wallis'Inland, of a son to the. house of Malfiiatrtf, who' now jshares the interest hitherto by the tattoed Suleta. ..... Paris Gbn of the Boston Post:

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demanding work, and declaring that they'' must either have work, become a charge upon the coubty, or starve. The Mayor and others promised to do their best to'devise some'method for their relief. It ia said that only the day previous a' farmter applied for laborers in Davenport, and offered fifty cants $ day antt b.09Ti« andsomp of those starving refused to accept tho of* far

RETURN AKXBR FOBTV-SXX XBARS ABSENCE.—The Newbnryporfi Herald says that the old, residents of Ward* One, were not little sifrprisiiif oil' Thursday last by "h the advent ^"n their midat of Mr. Peter Fudge, after an absence of Ipsty-aix years. It was. supposed that he ha^ loni^ been an .v inhabitant of the spiritual, spheres. In 1812 Mr. Fudge sailed from Newbtrryport in a sbio belonging to thielate Moses Brown,

sinse whicU time no tidings Were had of him until his return. His Wife was married twice aMer Ins departure, and eome' years she took hetflight thro' dMtfc'q Vaulted chambers. '-.1

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