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THE GOSPEL PRECIOUS TO ALL.

The following touching story is related
by nm humble missionary in Canada,
who was called to visit dying Indian
boy:
found him dying of consumption, and
~ state of the most awful poverty and
dest'tution, IN small birch rnd covered
hut, with nothing but few fern leaves
under him, and an old blacket over him.
which was in condition no. to bo des-
crioed; After recovering from my sur.
prise, said
"My poor boy, am very sorry to see
you IN this safe; had you let ME know,
you should not have been lying here"
lie replied, 1t is very h,tIe want
now, and these poor people get it for me-;
but l should like something softer to lie
upon, rs my bones are very sore.n
l then asked concerning the state orhis
mind, when he replied that he was very
happy; that Jesus Christ, the Lord of glo-
ry, had died to save him, and ,ha, he had
The most perfect confidence in him. Oh
serving n small Bible under the corner Of
the blacket, | said:
Jack, you have friend there 7 nm
glad to see that; hope you fiud some
thing good there"
Weak rs he was, he raised himself on
his elbow, hold it in his attenuated hand.
while smile played upon his coun,enance,
and he slowly spoke the following words !:
"This, sir, is my dear friend. You c."e
1t me. For long time read it much.
and often thought Of what it tod. Last
year went to see my sister al Lake Win
nipeg (about two hundred miles off J
where remained about two months
When was half way back through the
Lake, J remembered that had left nv
Bible behind me. directly turned round,
and was nine days by myself, tossing to
and fro, before | could reach the house.
but | found my friend, and determined
that would not part with it again and
ever since 1t has been near my breast, and
thought | should have it b, red with
me; but have thought since had bet
ter give 1t to you when | am gone, and il
may do some one else good"
lie was often interrupted by sciur
chral cough, and sunk down exhausted.
| read and prayed the hut hardly afford
ing me room to be upright even when
kneeling.
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lgruulturol.
SHADE AND PEA VINES-THEIR
ASSISTANCE TO AGRICULTURE
ILLUSTRATED.

MEssRs EDIroRs In the Nav nun.
Der of your journal, over the signature Of
"P." on page $40, find an article head.
cd " Shade in Agriculture and its Effects"
and in June number Of tho same journal.
page 1873, is the Field Pea n Fer,iize,l"
over the signature Of sc. ID. Harmon"
Both Of these seekers after knowledge
are o! my State, and, although not person.
ally acquainted with either, would deem
1t an honor SO 10 he. They show an en-.
ergetic spirit and true indications Of pro.
gressive husbandry. "P" tries to trace
the cause, rising through Nature up to
Natures God" 1t was such a spirit that
reused the immortal Newton 10 lift the
veil Of nature and peep beyond, which the
ken of man 10 his day had never seen and
scarcely dared to think Of
Plants, by nature, are endowed with
lnhcrcnt power TO assimlate food differing
from each other-to subsist upon this and
carry TO perfection the end for which ma.
ture intended them. Peas do not need
essentially the same soil nor do they re-
quire for their development and perfect
maturity what our wheat and corn crops
would demand TO bring about this end
By the proper management Of soils the
farmer can carry on. double system Of
economy. BY planting peas with his
corn he will be able TO crop full harvests,
ard at the Same time carry out what is
termed in European countries "fallow"
(not TO its extent but the same resuIO.
To carry out this end in the profitable
manner, the pea crop should be put in
(planted) at the period at which il can be
best done TO insure good g.owth. "P."
reasons, that shade has its beneficial ef.
iccts, but cannot account foT the cause.-
Shade in our latitude is essential--not
that the solar heat carries off or changes
IN any manner the constituents in the soil
necessary for the growth Of plants, but
from the Tact that it suspends the cause
that would act and carry out this desired
object. We read that the cutting down
OF vast forests dries up springs, and in
some Instances streams Of sufficient mag.
nitude to propel machinery for manufac-
turing purposes have been similarly cut
oil and the cause traced to this so accu.
lately that legislation has nterfered in the
matter. IL then, We trace this failure in
streams TO the want of shade (I mean
what ! say we must join "P." and rea.
soa that without sh .de moisture would be
absent, to a.certain degree, beyond which
shade would induce; that without mois-
ture disintegration would cease to be car.
ricd on.
Nov, shade piece Of land and mois-
ture meets with no solar rays, or il it does
Will probably be feeble and the carbon
and oxygen Of the atmosphere uniting
with it forms carbonic acid in wstery so.
luton OF sufficient quantity to carry on a
process Of disintegrstion to a considerable
extent Il will however, be appropriate
hero to remark that tliiO soil sbo uiJ not
be turned over or plowed until it is TO be
planted, until it is sufficiently coated with
litter TO render material assistance towards
the improvement Of the land for in this
case il would snb5ect il TO the erosive ac-
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MIGrtllullrulls.
PEN DROPS.

Man.-A buble on the oceans rolling
wave;
Liie.-A gleam of light ex,nguised by
the grave;
Fame.-A meteor dazzling with its dis.
tant glare
WeaItL.-A source OF trouble and con.
suming care;
Pleasure.-A gleam of sunshine pass.
ing soon away;
Loye.-A morning stream whose mem.
ory gilds the day;
Fa'ih;-An anchor dropped beyond the
vale OF death
Hope.-A lone star beamipg DER the
barren heath;
Charity.-A stream meandering from
the fount Of love;
Bible.-A guide to realms Of endless
joy above;
Religion.-A key which opens wide tn 9
gates Of heaven;
Death.-A knife by which the ties of
earth are riyen
Ear,h.-A desert through which pill
grilns wend their way;
Grave.-A home Of rest when ends lire's
weary way;
Resurrecticn.-A sudden waking from a
quiet dream;
lleaven.-A land Of JOY, of light, and
love supreme.
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SUNNY Rrahiuq.
BAPTISO.

Does this word always signify to in.
merSel TO be sure it does, saws a Ban.
tist brother; it means immerse and moth.
ing else, and immersion" is essential 70
baptism if not TO salvation. What
does Bdptiso signify when it is used with
reference 70 the baptism of the Holy
Ghost! 1t must sgnify Immersion for il
that IS always its meaning, no other mean n
ing can or should be given to the word. or
TO the rite, whether performed by water
or by the Spirit.
We refer to a few passages to show
that bdPtiso does not signify "inmerse "
when reference is made to the baptism OF
the Spirit, but the meaning is pour out,
shed, or fall on and if baptism by water
represents or is emblematic of baptism OF
the Holy Ghost, should it not be perform.
ed IN the same way, that is pouring, she'd
ding forth, or sprinking!
Acts ~" John truly baptised with
water; but ye shall be baptised with the
lioly Ghost not many days hence" Here
the Saviour assures bis disciples that they
should be baptised by the Holy Ghost
not many days hence" This baptism
took place on the day Of the Pentecos,,.
Ten days after the ascension Of Christ -
Aud how was the baptism administered 7
By immersion" says the Baptist, for the
word baptiso has ho other meaning. and
can have no other.
liear what Peter says:
But this is that which was spoken by
the prophet Joel.
And it shall come 10 ass in the last
days, saith God, ! will pour out OF my
Spirit upon all flesh and your sons aud
daughters shall prophecy, and your young
men shall SEQ visions, and your old men
shall dream dreams:
Ard on my servants, and on my hand
mn'd"n', will pour out in those days of
my spirit; and they shall prophesy -
Again we read
" This Jesus hath God raised up where
OF we all are witnesses.
Therefore being by the right hand OF
God exalted, and having received Of the
Father the promise Of the Holy Ghost, he
hath shed forth this, which ye now see
and hear"
The Apostle Peter was sent to Cornell
us and he says, Acts XII: 10y "As l be-
gan to speak, the Holy Ghost fell upon
them, as on us at the beginning" Here
tnen we have the baptism OF the Holy
Ghost, as administered to the Apostles
not many days" after the Sayionr's rs.
cension from earth, distinctly brought to
view. And what was tks mode of admin
,strationl 1t was not by dipping, plung
ing, or immersion, but the Spirit was pour
ed out, shed forth or fell on the Apostles.
When therefore il is said IN Ac,si q.
We shall be b7phsed by the Holy Ghost" !"
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-Boptised from 6aptiso, the word does
not mean to imnserse, but 10 pour out,
shed forth, or fall on, in other words to
sprinkle, as is evident from the passages
above quoted. The word bap,iso then
does not always mean to "immerse," and
1t there is one case in which this is not the
meaning, may there not be another and
another And if baptism by the Holy
Ghost is effected by pouring or sprinklina
snou'c not baptism by water be admins.
tered IN the same waya As baptism by
water is but an emblem or representation
OF tue baptism of,he Holy Ghost, should
It not be administered after the same
mode
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When stranger offers to sell you an
article for half lis value, look out.
When noteSsbecomes due, and you
don't happen to have the necessary funds
TO meet il, look out.
When a young lady has turned the
first corner and sees no connubial prospect
ahead, it is natural sho should look out.
When you find another doing more bu.
slness thay you are, and You want to
know the reason, look at the advertise.
ments he has in the newspapers, and look
out.
Look out for rain when the almanac
tells you to, and ifit don't come, why you
can keep looking out.
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Camden Advertisements
THE OLD DRUG STORE.

LIZ OLD DltoN DlOh IL
TIE subscriber would inform his friends and
customers OF Lancaster, that at his old stand he
has received large assortment ot FRESH and
IKE articles in his line. His stock is the
LARGEST, RESIEST-PuREST and best
selected in Camden 0nd has bean, is. and r;U
d" sold "a better terms than at any establish
mcnt in this place. Persons purchasing for
CASH cGn bc acCOmmodatud aS chcaply as in
Charleston. As hc gives his
PERSONAL ATTENTION
to his business; be assured that all ord, >, viii
be 'pHy-cGrctidiy and neatly put Up
Thos" visiting IL will not find us hacking in 50.
ciabiIty, nor wanting in the dnsnyt to be agree.
able. The socks consists of every article usu-
ally found ina Drug Storc-as
Drug, Chemicals, Medicines, Paints,
Ohs, burning Fluid, Turpeutinc.
N"rnishes, Sand Paper,
Glue, Windew Glass,
BRUSHES of aIl
sorts, Dye,
slutts, rrus
scs, all Popular
Patent Mcdiyincs,
Thomsonan Medicines,
Perfumery, Shaving and Wash
ing Soaps, Pepper, Ink, Pens. Garden
seeds, Toys, China Goods, and Fancy ar
tlcles in great variety, also.
Cooking Soda, Pepper, Spice, Indigo
G"gcr, Watches, Blue Stone, Coppcras
Yeast Powders, Hair Dye an! all the pre-
partitions for The Hair, Teeth and Skin.
have large stock of Lemon Svrur
on hand which will be sold low TO deal
crs by the dozen.
FRANCIS l.. ZEMP.
Camden, May IL, l3-tfj ST
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tlon OF rains greater than it wonld be
IT suffered to rest idle.
When peas are planted with corn on
poor soil for Improvement Of the land, the
corn should be gathered at the earliest pc.
Rod it will admit OF, and the remaining lit
ter along with thepea vines turned under to
be submitted 20 decomposition and render
further aid to disintegration. by the gene
ration of carbonic acid. The term applied
to shading land to protect it against the
influence of solar heat would be ''e,iola.
tion."
Let no man infer from rcadinp the
above that | intend to convey the idea
that pea vines improve his soil contend
only, that it disnte.rates and assimilates
food :or his next crop to feed on wthou,
the usual means it would have had to re.
sort to without it. 1t is the generally
conceived opinion that pea crops gather
from other sources or have within them.
selves the power Of adding to their land
in the same manner as they would cart
muck from the swamps, but this doctrine
is unsound and must fall before the scru-
linizing glamce Of chemical research. Let
farmers on poor lands and lands of ordi.
nary texture carry out this mode of crop.
ping and add to their soils additionally
the eXcrement Of stock and animals AMI
guard against washing of of their soils,
and the growing West, from which we
hear such mighty tales, will no longer
draw the dreamer to its solitary abodes.
The "distauce which lends encbant
ment," will have vanished save so the
Young America" who cannot get foot.
hold enough among us.
PoMoNA.
Columbus, Miss, June, 1856.
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the publication Of a Weekly Newspaper in
Leavenworth City, under the title of the
LEAVENWORTH JOURNAL.
ABOUT THE FIRST OF JUNE.
lst. We are induced to engage in this en-.
terprisc from n conviction that another pa.
per is required by the growing population
of Kansas, and the public demand for full
and reliable information in regard to its Lis.
tory, topography, climate, soil, resources,
politics, present condition and future pros.
poets. Such informri tim We can more rcadi
ly furnish here, since Leaycnwcrlh is the
commercial intrcpot of the Territory occu.
pies position of direct ctinter-communcation
with two.thrds Of its population, and is the
focus Of news.
I'd. We believe that the institution of
Black Slavery is moral, political and eco.
nonical blcssiug-that it is right in prlnci.
pie and expedient in policy and hence should
be defended and extended. 1t is our pur
pose TO maintain these propositions in our
paper, and do all in our power TO make Kan
sas slave State. In the discussion of the
slavery question, however, we will eI deav.
or to maintain conservative position, to
present arguments and facts instead of de.
Dunciation and abuse.
Sd. Although the "Leavcnworth Journal
will be devoted 10 Politics in great degree,
yet il will pay due regard to the Good, the
True and the Beautiful. 1t will exhibit il
faithful portraiture Of the times in which
We live, by presenting a correct account Of
the current events of the day, the progress
of the Arts and Sciences, Of Education,
Commerce, Agriculture and Internal I'm.
proyements. 1t will discuss all subjects with
freedom and frmness; give all parties their
dues, and follow the light OF truth.
II our Weekly Journal meets with cor
dial support, we intend soon TO publish n
Tri-Weekly and perhaps Daily.
The editorial department of the journal"
will be presided over by s. =. Goode, late Of
Kentucky, and Warren ID. Wilkes, late Of
South Carolina.
We appeal to our friends to sustain us.
TERMs-Weekly, 81; Tr.Weekly, So.
GOODE, WILKES e. co.
Leavenworth City, Kansas.
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Medical Advertisements
DR.. Mel AN E'S
CELEBRATED
V b r M I F UGE
LIVER PILLS.
Twoorthe best Preparation. or,b. An.

They are not recon-
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what their name pur-
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The VERM1FucE, for
expelling Worms from
the human system, has
also been administered
with the most satisfactory
results to various animals
subject to Worms.
The LIVER PILLS, for
the cure OF Liver CON-
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ACHE, &c.
Purchasers will please
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brated VERMIFuGr and
Liver PILLS, prepared by
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SOLE PRoPRIEroRs, Pitts
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other preparations now
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and Liver Pills. All
others, in comparison
with DR.. McLANE's, arc
worthless.
The GENUINE McLane's
Vermifuge and Liver
Pills can now be had at
all respectable Drug
Stores.
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CULTURE AND PRESERVATION
OF THE SWEET POTATO.

MEssRs EDIToRs Seeing many ar,i-
cles in your valuble paper concerning the
best method of cultivating the Sweet Po-
tato, will give you my plan of prepare
ton and cultivation In the first place
break up my land very deep with Scooter
plows, which are just two inches wide aud
very long. The first breaking is done
about the middle of February q blowing
land three Of four timcs) and then, iust
rs my slips are large enough to set out,
| take good Turning pow or scooter and
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when prepared.
Very respectfully yours,
H.. CANNoN.
Melton, Tenn, June, 1858.
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5Flrrt Hurtrq.
From the Charleston Courier.
A YEAR IN HEAVEN

\ year uncallendercd; for what
Hast thou to do with mortal timcs
Its dole of moments cntereth not
That circle, mystic and sublime,
Whose unreached centre is the throne
Of Him, before whose awful brow
Meeting eternities are known
As but an everlasting now.
The thought removes thee Ear away
Too far beyond my love and tears:
All, let me hold thee as may,
And count thy time by earthly years.
n year OF blcssedness--whcrcin
Not one dim cloud hath crossed tl,v soul;
NO sign of grief, no touch of sin,
NO frail mortality's control;
Nor once hath disappointment stung,
Nor care, world.weary, made thee pine :;
But rapture, such us human tongue
Hath found no language for, is thine.
Made perfect at thy passing-who
Can sum thy added glory nows
As Oh and onward, upward through
The angel ranks that lowly bow,
Ascending still from height to height,
unfhltcring where rap: seraphs trod,
Nor Panslng md their circles bright
Thou tcndc:t inward unto God.
a year OF progress in The love
That's only learned in Heaven; thy mind
tncloggcd Of clay, and free to soar,
Hath left the realms of doubt behind
And wond'rous thigs, which finite thought
In vain cssaycd To solve, appear
: To thy untnSkcd inquiries, traugbt
With explanations strangely clear,
Thy reason owns no forced control,
As held it here in necdful thrall;
Gods Lsysterics court thy questioning soul,
Andthou may'st search and know them all.
A year of love! thy yearning heart
Was always tender cen to tears,
With sympathies, whose sacred art
Made holy all thy cherished years.
But love, whose spcechlcss ccstacy
Had ovcrborne the finite now
Throbs through thy being pure and free,
And burns upon thy radiant brow;
For thou, those hands dear clasp hast felt,
Where still the nal.prints are displayed ;
And thou before that face has, knclt,
Which wears the scars the ,horns have
made.
a year without thee. had T. o ight
Ny orphan'd heart would break and die,
Ere time had meek quicsccncc brought,
Or soothcd the tears it could not drv.
And yet live, to faint and quail
Before the human grief bear;
To miss thee so then drown the wall
That trembles on my lips In prayer,
Thou praising, while weekly pine,
Thou gloryng, while vainly thrill,
And thus, between thy heart and mine.
The distance ever widening still
a year OF tears to me; to thee
The end of thy probation's strife,
The archway to eternity,
The portal of immortal life,
To mc-the pail, the bier, the sod
To thec--the palm of victory given:
Enough my heart-thank God! thank God!
That thou hast been year in Heaven.