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A VIS.-Ies pcrsonnes qaie auivent 4 la ,suc.
Is cession Qe teu James NJ Moore. Sc souyiendront
Sssqe "a "a paisMent deyra setres fat le 10 dn Ynois de
IN Net proclaim. Files SON, par CONSEQUENT, prices
dcs Nayer "a cette epoque, ii elies vcrlent ssAviter dcs
IRA Gcux qui out ass reclalnationxcontre ladite
succession, sont a,ssi tenus de les presenter, sans de.
'lai gu sopssigns. ain quill puissc les ~elassiiier.
Mounlville, II JUN 1857,
CORALlE LAMORANDIERE Administrraatsiee
M 1870 7 PR PETER CoLLlNs.
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EDUCATION.-Mon Ecoles 'auyTira pour
~ Iiannee scolastigue actuelle, LENpI, le SOC.
tobre ~csouraut. A moins dun accord special pour IL
contraire, tous les eleves serontt consideres CONNIE
etant entrss pour l'ann6e, ct seront ninsi charyGs.
1erlnes-On paiera ~toujoars d'avance.
Washington, Lei, ~ Octobre, 1855.
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AVIS All RUBLIC--Ma femme PA.
"a niela Lyon, ayaHt reinforcement sans cause ct
sans mon consentelnent abandQnne le toit matrimo.
uial; "a frdvicns tontes las peisonnes, marchands,
traiS4'fsnrs co!porteurs Ut autres, dc tS rien lii Ven.
,dettc contraetee par ellie. ,
Paroisse de C~alcasieu, ayril 1857.
MALACHI LYON,
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n ~ TyV4<FN M rFssE az7aH. IYkEEMFFaY TN NsNs d5.tNHI
Le sollssiEEre nyAtt Icndp III phaFs
" maSie M psp.. \. Tood, rend ses Temerciesspuenas
an public ct s0iictte poMt sUf stcceseufs uhe e0n4fs
patronage don't n d 9tt koaofe. esss
\ Les pcrsonies qui lui doivent Host pfiGcssd0 senir
jrSg'cf ilnnaediatement soit ayec I'LL aN ayecgghasies
n w ;s1Si u mn iss7. Aastlss \
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E soussiyne infarme ses am;s x ie public
~ en- general quill s'est etabii dams la II aJsa
vii!eae Washington, on Il est pref a faire ISsS1
toutes series DC re p~nratials aux ~voitures, les neiudre .
garnir, etc. II peiat anSsi des enseignes, dos opne.
lnents sur DIES voitrires. etc. etc, Par sa rrande at.
teation y ~l'ouvrage eui hi sera comic, il esphre mo
ritter mn patronage liberal.
Washington, 80 aout, 1855. A. GOING.
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II OUTS A. PAIIN, Encantcur Public
~ dams ct pour III Paroisse st. Landry. Bareau
au Grand Goteau. Tous urdres iaisscs i rHotel
|dc |, Union, aux opelousas, serort promptement exe.
cutes. Grand COteau, 3 Feyrier.
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WALLN &GQDEFROY. Nollecteurs, Of.
rent ieairs services aalx habitants de St. Landry
ct sdes pafoisseS Avoisinantes.
Leur bllrcaus est rue de ID Cour, chez Andre
lMeynier, Juge de Paix. 0pelonsass a5 few. 1857.
N Iouls vAL1Ss LOUIS a. GopEF.oY.
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FTHEODORE DEyALcOURT, Notaire
AR Public ct Encanteur dams ct pour Ia paroisse
Sts Landry seBurean au Grand Cotean.. Tout ordre
tlaisse NJ magasin de Mr.. y. B.. PoLISGug sera
Unemployment execute. -
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GSl DE RECOMPENSE.--yoie n
RCo hord du steamer Effort. a Washington. Ie
une montrc en- or u double boite, MI. Tobias, I.iy-
erpnol, avec lnne forte chaipc Gu or. Les horlorers
ct autres pcrsonnes auront Ia complaisance de faire
blen attention.
rendra, en- s'airessant Il
THOMAS II. BRADY, Moulin a seie,
rue DIES Magasin a l'encoignure dc la rue Girod,
Noayelle.OrltapS
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EgNvaLLIAM H. SPNN GER, Avocat.-
4Exercera Cd profession dams les dithiSrentes
Courss an lame District Judiciaire, Par son assidai.
10 st sonildustrie II compile meritcr announcement
public, Bureau aux Opelonsas. 81
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TILYSSEGABEREL E1canteur Publique
ct Collecteur pour IL PsrotsesSt. Landry. Bu-
eau aux Opelousas.s Ma1ssl0, ss
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ALBERT DEJEAN, Ay9cat ct Conseil-
1Aaler, Opelounss, I1c,, ssoc0pppera toufe affaiFe
concellRnts a profession tant 16ls Ia p~aroisses d. y.
Landry one dans les pafpisses Jtyoisinantes.
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John n. KING AvooAr.4A fransnorte
~ son Office 4 Fenroignnre dss 3Tues LnndryIe t
Marclid ct attsnanta son d9micilsss 4f,iesque en- face
du bureau dp Grenier.
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nUPERIER, HAYES Is COZ Mafchanas
~ Conainissionaire A rue aHt. Louis, N.Orleaans
ALF. puFaRIER. ArEES i. HAYES. n0BF: VI. SANDERS
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C0uYENT DE LIMMACULsIE CON
~ CEPTION.-
L'0uyeftule des Glasses est deauitiyement 4 xee
au quinze Oetobre.
s9UR MARIE DIES SAINTS ANGEs,
Septemnre ~. &a SupArieure..
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IA Vista aociets qni existaits SONG le NON
IA do q, Al Beilorq n G fMt ~dfssoifte IL Slaout
pass6. par limitation et par Ia mort de Vi i, sBellocq.
Les aollssign6s continufoit lestAffAires de Ia mai.
soA sols la nom ds Eellocq, Nohiprn Il Co., d'apres
I'M acte passes devant s. Magner notairc public.
Observation-Disclosures, Ter superintendent
WE. !. lid. sBELLOGQ.
NOBlaOM,
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.TOHN$ MAGDONALD I1gsnieur Civil ct
x Arpele aeur, ofte SEES servicessaa public, ii ex.
ecutera imsS aterneIttQnt les colnmandos qui Til
erolit dot S'adfeasera Mr.. Charles N. Ealer,
~sncoignNt v rues Maine ct Landry, Opeiousas.
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~ ". MUSE CO.-MaFchands Com
: Missionaries az produitset aexpts de bateaux
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DEBAIILON & CARRIERE 0onsigna-
~ taires Expeditionnaires ct Mar5hands Com
missionaries, Washington, La.
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The 8paAt Boarded dufinf thu time
had laiin u, 4 and were nc evidently
EsiucaMRooyyIi Nh tth wogANcd totheiff own shin fgr'
" 4 INV upgH Tie bottom u thu boat, y could
seo iliee ~ four wounded sealnep, and close
beside me lay lie nangled and almost iipless5
form 5f Dick Harvey. Three 81 fonr more
poor wounded wretches were thrown into Tie
Boa, followed NV Tie crew who pull rapidly
away to save going down with the Patriot,
which sank, ere we lad gone one hundred
yards with her torn aud tattered flag Haunting
im66Sudlly ii Ter masthead. We were taken IN
To the cNs sk-pit of the Spanish vessel, our
wounds were hastiiy dressed BY the slnngglers,
and we we're giten comfortable quarters but
this was; not long ID ~ssour fortune, for, II: the
afternoon If The aextday We landedin Havana
and were placed ID ~nrison, Lieutenant y
vey and myself We're confined together
the remaining prisoners we pever sa
more. "
What We suffered. ddfinl
WiB rot attens
EaWf
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sR TOLEDAN0 IA TAYLOR, Marchands
- CommissjQnSires cncoighures dessrres Saint
Charles ct UniQp, Nolyeilc- Orfeans.
BENZ. ToLzR3fN u MsDoSxLD TAYLOR.
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ROGERS & THOMPSON, Encnnteufs
y aRnblics dams ct pour Ia Pafoisse StsIaandry.
BurqnH aux Opelonsas. 1900
aldlsGE N, Ro0ERs. 4. j. rHoMPsoN.
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THEoDosE ROBIN, Avocat, ofre ses
ses services a ses ami o. All public did Quatorzi-
Arne ct SQdinxieme sDlstt1ct Judiciaire. Son bureau
est aix Opelousas. Anil 4. '
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NOUVEAU MAGAZIN DE DEPOT At
Les soussigne. ayant pris lie Magasin de Depot tenu
antfsfois par Messienrs Fontenot g. Lyons. receyra
Ct exnediera ayec soln ct promptitude, tout lie fret
ct les marchandiscs qui lui seront conf6s par ss
aMis ct le public en- general.
Jan. 4, 1857 j. b. A. FoNTENoT.
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DRGGUES Ell MEDEGINES.-Le Dir
- j. II Todd ayaat aehetf la pharmac,e dc S. b.
Alis, 4 Washington. informe lie public quill Went de
Fecevolr tn assortment cu'nplet de drogucs, meaeci.
hes pateiitees, peiglntes, huiies ct tirebenthines
'arlunerie, syrops, Wires, pluues, encre, pnier
'aneettes de Evans ct ClaFgiSfe, brandy ct wins pour
lstge medicinal, etc. ETC., lie tout est garanti, et of,
'ert aux pins has prix.
Washington, 80 mai is57.
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LPHONSE DEBAIELON, Encanteur.
x Fnhliczddhs.et pour ID PRroisse st. Landry.
Ttist 0fdrc laisse chez lnfaou an bureuu dc d. S.
,Robiuscra pronipteneat execute. ss
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OUIS Stage, Eucantenrs Public dams
1,;,s 81 n9pr " Paroisss Ny Landry Bureau 4 u
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Son DE BLE-5o sacs, a yendre par
- DEBAlLLoN & CARRIERE Washington.
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HORRID MURDERi

The Sparta Times of the 25th ult says
We are indebted to John Crovke, Esq, for
the particulars of n murder committed recent
ly in Cumberland county, about 90 miles
from this place. Esq Crooke had jury OF
inquest held over the dead body. He had
been murdered on the road leading from Mrs
Johnson's to the Calf Kller-near Bridge
Creek-and carried about 10 yards from the
road. He had two shots 10 the head--and
his head then mashed with rock, upon which
was found grey hairs and blood; his throat
was cut A fine pocket.knife and ONE silver
change was found in his pockets; fine black
satin vest, fine broad cloth cloak attached to u
fine black quilted Spanish saddle, deer skin
money belt, with two pockets on each side,
which was found near Bridge Creek. His
horse was found dead about one mile from
where the murder was committed; fine black
horse with star in the forehead about the
size of silver dollar.
A part of adcrd of conveyance of land
from Joseph Helen to John Fugate, both of
the county Of Monroe, Missouri--one half
acre reserve for a burying ground-was found
on his person with some other scraps of pa
pers. He was about sixty years old, grey
headed, well dressed. Reports say he had n
considerable amount Of money and land war
rants. Other reports say was returning
from North c"ro'i'n or 'awi'h I0sacy
he had received.
On the 9th April three men were seen
travelling on the road-onc old man and two
young men--one riding fine gray horse, the
other bay--ihe old mans horse was said to
be dark ehesnut sorrel.
The young men are described as about 25
years old; others say one was older than that
of n rugged, savage appes.ancc-the other
not more than 81 or % years Old rather spare
made. The perpetrators of this deed of blood
are supposed to be well acquainted with the
country, and to have gone back in an eastern
direction.
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CHAsGg Of ScHEpULE.---The schedule for
running1he trains on the Railroad have been
changed, SO as to make the mail connections
with the lower lines-the Western and At
lantic and Nashville and Chattanooga-more
perfect, The change takes place on Monday
the 4th. The train carrying the way mail,
will leave Knoxville at $40 n. m.-nrrive at
Athens ll.l6, and at Dalton 2.20 p. m. Dine
at Cleveland. Leave Dalton at $40 p. NJ
arrive at Athens at 6.25, and Knoxville l040.
Supper at Athens.
Train with through mail leave Knoxville
at 1890 p. m.-arrive at Athens at 4.29, and
Dalton at $40. Supper at Cleveland. Leave
Dalton at 1910 a. m.-arrive NJ Athens at
l2.47, p. m, and Knoxville at 4.l0. Dinner
at Athens.
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STAND FROM USDER.-A writer in the st.
Louis Republican says he has m de asst, on.
omical calculations which warrant the predic.
ton that the Comet (Which oneD will touch
the earth on the 10th June next, about 90
minutes after 10 O'Clock, and that the point
of contact will be somewhere in the vicinity
of Vide Poche or Carondelet, Mo. So look
out, We people Of Vide Poche or Carondelet,
for the nucleus Of this Comet according to
the above authority, is very large, and com.
posed OF the bisulphnretted carbonate of the
protoxde of manganese. The tail is chic.
rine, and although you cannot see stars
through it, they will probably be seen by
many individuals at the time of the colll.
sion"
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THE EPISCOPAL USIvERsITY.-The loca.
ton of this proposed institution appears to
be creating good deal of attention. One
writer thinks romantic knob in the neigh.
borhood of McMinnvlle, called "Ben Lom-
mond," the very spot designed for it by ma.
ture. Another repudiates the idea of build
ing up mn institution Of learning any where
except at the populous city of Nashville, and
quotes Napoleon Bonaparie to prove he is
right And so with others, who have their
favorite places. There is one thing, however,
upon which all agres-that the enterprise is
one Of the most important character, and
whether It may be located in Middle, East
Tennessee, or North Alabama, all desire to
see it carried into successful operation.
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s-g- Now that the comets coming, peo.
pie are apt to get into high fever over every
unusual appearance in the Heavens. Capt.
SouIe, of bark Oregon, which arrived at New
York from Havre on Wednesday last, reports,
March 25th, lat 4.06, Ion. 66.30, during n
dense fog, that three balls Of fire passed over
the vessel, making noise as loud rs cannon
shot. The last one exploded on the mast
head, casting sparks all about the deck; all
hands on deck were knocked down, but sus.
tanned no serious injury.
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E Circuit Court commences at Cley,
land next Monday, the 4th instant.

NorrcE. NO tickets will be sold at the
depots along the line of the railroad after
the arrival Of the trains. 1t has been the
practice, we believe, on the East Tennessee
and Georgia road, to issue tickets after the
trains had arrived, and passengers, knowing
this, frequently delay procuring tickets up TO
the very moment of starting. On no other
line are tickets issued after the trains arrive,
and II is absolutely necessary that the rule
be adopted on this, as the agents cannot at
tend to the freghts and to issuing tickets al
the same time. At the eating stations the
ticket offices will be open for ~ minutes pre-
eedng departure of trains.
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CIRCULATING THE BIBLE AMONG THE HEA.
THES.--Some one tells the following "good
'un" of Yankee pedler, which happened in
Concord, New Hampshire:
1t used to be in those days-and probably
is now-thev being a very moral and relg.
ious people! five dollars fine for any one to
be caught possessed of an immoral hook
1t was in those days, too, when "General
Trainings" followed each other in us rapid
succession us children take the measles in n
country school; and pedlers were as thick rs
six in bed, going from one place to another
with wonderful speed in those days-and as
many be supposed, found many buyers, and
made "much monies" II would naturally
happen that among so many Of these "cute"
chaps there would be great racking of
brains, to see who, and what would draw the
greatest crowds. Now this chap had some-
where found large quantity Of small tesla
mems, which he acquired for tribe apiece;
sealed them up in nice paper wrappers, and
by pretending to sell them on 1.-THE sly" as
"unIawful books" and II promise not to ex.
anime them on the ground, on account of the
fine. They went off like shot cakes The
demand for one of "them books" BY
young men in pursuit o: knowledge-and
the celebrity with which they would deposit
them in some secret pocket, to escape the
argus eye Of the law, was truly laughable.-
He called it 'new way of circulating the
scriptures among the heathenw
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-01

icy A series of letters on the subject of
slavery, from the pen of Rev: F. A. Ross,
are going through the newspaper press. They
are well written. But whether the incessant
and interminable discussions of the subject
nre to result in good to the institution, is
yet to be determined. |. has certainly been
otherwise thus far.
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GEN. WILLIAM. Il. IIAsKELL.-The Mem.
phis Eagle and Enquirer of the card inst,
contains II correspondent between Mrssrs.
J. p. Pryor and ]. NJ. Partridge and Gen. w.
i. Haskell touching the supposed inelqibi!ly
of the latter TO the office of Governor. Gen
Haskell maintains that in going to Arkansas
he did not resign his citizenship in Tennessee,
and that therefore he did not place himself
within the restrictive clause of the coEstiiu-
ton which would have rendered him ineigi-
BILE had he given up his citizenship. Itaffnrds
us great deal of qualification to learn that
this is the cnse.- Patriot
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BUCHANAN AND ALIEN SUFFRAGE,

In the Inaugural address Of Buchanan, the
following passage occurs:
at is the imperative and indispensable duty
OF the Government of the United States TO
secure TO every resident inhabitant the free
and independent expires ion Of his opinion
(on the slavery question: by his vote"
The term president inhabitant" is here used
In contradistincton to "citizens," and was
undoubtedly deliberately adopted by old
Bucs. This endorses the alien feature in the
knnsos.Nebraska bill. a distinguished leader
of the Black Republicans, General Webb,
writing to his paper, the New York Courier
and Enquirer adds, in reference to this part of
the inaugural: "Now ] want no better free
soil doctrine than this" lie is right in this.
The adoption of II will more effectualb nc-
complish the purpose Of the free-soilers than
any other doctrine they can put into practice.
This same doctrine has always been odious
10 the South, and repudiated by her time and
again. II is the doctrine which Senator
Brown, Democrat, OF Nlississippi,a few weeks
ago, in the Senate of the United States, so
bitterly denounced, saying that it "would
make half a million of Know No,bngsw 1t
means, as the Frankfort Commonwealth truly
remarks-"that the refuse of all creation, by
living in the Territories, should have the
right TO vote; and not only that they should
have that right, but the arm of the Federal
Government should intcrpose to secure that
right to them whether they are citizens Of the
United States or not.
In the advocacy of this doctrine Mr.. Buch.
anan stands side by side with the Black Re-
publlcans and Northern Democrats, but re-
Gently opposed to the South. He advocates
il In immediate connection with the question
Of slavery, and il is for the South to say
whether or not she is willing for aliens TO
decide the destiny Of her institutions. 1t is
certainly fair that all citizens of the United
States living in the Territories at the time
they form their State Constitutions and max
their transition from Territories to States
should be allowed an equal voice in fixing up
the new institutions of The new States, but il
is grossly unjust to the South that the rabble
of Europe before they are citizens of the
United States-who are by nature and educa-
ton the bitter enemies Of slavery-should
have any voice upon the subject Kentucky
Wing.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-01

sg- The New York Mirror says that
project is on foo, in New York to connect
that city with San Francisco bya line of
telegraph. The line will extend from Oma.
ha city, in Nebraska Territory, overland to
San Francisco The plan is not fully ma.
iured; but an expedition having for its object
the nsccrtanment If the project is feasible,
will start out soon, under the protection of II
gineering tour. If the enterprise should
prove successful, and the line put up in July,
then London and San Francisco will be near
neighbors, and the dongs in Lombard street
will be known within the hour in the Golden
CITY.
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A VERMONT THEoLoGIAN ON sLA-


new work, entitled ''1he American Cit.
izen," by John II. Hopkins, D. d., Ill. d.,
Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church
in the diocese of Vermont, contained lam
gungc quite unusual for so high latitude on
the subject of slavery, which he maintains to
be scripturaly lawful, and he asserts that
"the most violent opponents of slavery in the
United States are always ready to wrest the
Bible and denounce the Church, because they
cannot derive from either the slightest real
support in their assaults against the lawful
ness of the institution" Concerning its ex-
pediency and desirableness, he argues that
"the slaves at the South are, on the whole.
the happiest class of laborrrs in the word,
and the most perfectly contented with their
| own condition: and he decl ares that call true
philanthropy rejoices and will rejoice, in the
fact that southern slavery has raised the Airi
can far above his original condition, and en-
| abed him to plant the noble colony of Libe.
ria" lie asks
What sort of bencvoence is that, which
would prefer that the colony of Liberia
had never existed, and that the negro race
| should have lived and died in all the cruel
and bloody despotism OF Dahomey, rather
than become fitted in the hands of their
southern masters, to dispense the knowledge
OF God, of liberty, and liberalization through
out the darkest regions of brrbnrisml
| For myself, can truly say that have no
sympathy with those who depreciate the ne
gro race below The true standard of humanity.
| repudiate with all my heart the infidrl by.
pothesis which denies that God hath made
of one blood all the nations of the earth.
believe that the negro is capable of all the
Improvement of mind and moral principle
which education can bestow, and am ready
to welcome every proof which individual cas-.
es have afforded Of his genius aud his pow
crs. But do not admit that slavery is the
cause, in itself, of either moral or intellect.
ual degradation, if the master be not moral
~ and intellectually degraded. The greater
part of the instructors OF youth, in the palmy
days of Greece and Rome, were slaves
E>op was slave. The philosopher Epic,e.
tns was n slave. A large proportion of the
primitive Christians We're slaves. And rs
suredly there is nothing in the mere bond
compelling one to labor for another, which
oppose the love of virtue and Of truth. Or
the contrary, If the muster be n good man
the fleet OF such bond must be to elevat,
the character of subject; and the hardship
on the one side. in the obligation to serve, il
more than equallrd on the other, in being
obliged to maintain the servant through ev
cry change of circumstances"