The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-03-23

can no more be barshnod FOR, boueht, sou muck
changed, than the breath Of Iife-he aspirations ni
the soul, or The birth right Of n future cxisience'
Such deliberate, cautions, calculating snicice-
so systematically and infinitely planned-so boldly,
quietly, firmly and farnIly carried into execution,
10y the hand of young aud beautiful being, just
blushng into the glory and lnvelnes' Of existence,
and gathering the flowers o. Hope in the beautiful
garden fife fills all with astonishment, carries
cold sludder to every heart and thrill of horror
TO the soul.
What must have been the agony of the heart
thus rcd' What the bitterness aud despair
which ruigned within? What the desoiation of
spirit thus wruDg--thus LOST Who can tell9
We have seen no account ms yet Of the unhappy
transaction in the vicinity of its occurrences. Deli
cacy ofieeng for the fiends aud connexions Of
the young lady, have doubtless prevented such
publication.
In stating ;he circumstances as related In us,
trust that no unes feeling will be injured, all par
ties being entirely unknown TO the public And
should this brief account reach any CONNECTED
with tho moumfuI and melancholy event, they
will pardon our alluson TO it for the important
though painful moral which il contains
NUMBER OF MEMBERS ASp MiNIsTERs N THE
METHODIST Episcopal CuURcu.-From The min.
utes just published here, select the following
| suits stating the number OF members in tho whole
Church. The Genossee conference is set down
for last year, as we did not receive the number
with the other parts of the Minutes of this confer
cnce. We set down the Texas conference as is
stood, when part Of the Mississippi conference
| as no Minutes were received from Texas.
Total Of white members 745 ,53i
| Coored, 9O3
| Indians, 2,3l0
Total members of all eolors, al ,slG
! The increase for the past year,
Whites, 62,tss
| Coored S,572
I Indians, 3O3
Total increase Tor the year 1910, Cl,o63
] The number of stationed travelling
preachersis 3,457
The number OF suporanuated preach
ers is ESQ
| Whole number of nerant preachers 3,7i3
! The number of local preachers is gigs, being
an increase above las, year Of 6l0.-Weston Chris
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I A HARD CASE. The Rochester DAILY Advert
ser, in an excellent article under The head, 'Deal
Justly" intended force the importance of hon
est dating, and the faithful performance of prom.
ises, relates the following:
| owe knew a man of open and confdng DISPOSE
ton, who had invested what he had OF worldly
good, in the purchase of nrm--paying part down,
and promised the rest future day. That
day approaching, but not too rapidly for him
as he prepared to meet its claims according to
his promise. In the mean time, pecIabIe
man. as the world goes, wished to borrow my
friends money for few days, promised faithfully
TO rel turn ii in time TO meet the demand it in
tended to satisfy. The promise taken-the
money lent. The time clmo round, but not the
fulflment OF the promise Of the borrowei--he, res
poctabe man, then and now found it convenient
to 'fai, with his hands full, while the one who re
| posed on his honor, lost his money, and the farm
it was intended to secure him, with all he had
prev iously paid Did tho consequences OF this sin
| gle broken promise end here? Far from IL. The
| conid;ng, but duped man, reduced 20 pcnur, grew
morbid and nell ncholy, and soon thereafter went
down TO the grave by selfinnicted death. An eN
pected BRIDE was overwhelmed with sorrow, while
I his aged mother and sire were compelled 10 end
their day sin the poor house. Those were hmorg
the evils of a single broken promse-a promise
made without the remotest intention OF fulfilling II
Such arc the consequences resulting from disc
gard of the injunction to ':deai justly
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| MOSES AND ANTIQUITY coHsIsrEsr la the last
century the Books OF Moses were often attacked,
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