Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-01-29

greeted IN that utanu anu Rcntio"sns ",'o,
for which his Honor is proverbial, but in its stead
her reception was a. frgd rs the Polar region 1t
self. and without any Of the tormalitics usually
observed in the trial Of cases Of such vast inpor
lance, the testimony was gotten through with 10
double-auick time. and before we thought the g'st
Of the matter had been reached, Grace was al
Judged twenty lashes, and then turned over 10
Captain Turpin
FRr,oHr TRApE.-There were received at the de-
not of the Va. & Tenn. Railroad, on yesterday
loaded cara, consisting Of .456 bushels OF Wheat;
la barrels Of Flour 28,000 lbs. miscellaneous
There were loaded cars sent West same day.
OnAL INSTRUCTION FOR SERvANTs--Ky Friend :
You have asked me if 1t was right to teach in an
African Sunday Oral School? To give you my
views on the subject do think it your positive
duty, especially living in town where there are
SO many factories which collect together 80 many,
trom the child of twelve, to the old man. Where
are they to get knowledge of their duty to God
and to man 2 From their fellow-servants? who
IRE as blind and ignorant almost rs themselves, Il
nm speaking Of the Majority their religion mi1cd
with so much superstition, and rude ideas oi duty
aAto render it often more dangerous than none nj
all If they enter q church with wish to hear
the gospel, nine parts in ten IL unintolhgible to
them for want Of some knowledge of the first
principles of religion. God be thanked We have
faithful ministers for them The Sunday School
is not TO take hearers from them hut to prepare
the ground for them. >,
Have you ever attentively, prayerfnlly eonsd-
cred the text: Masters. give unto your servants
that which is just and equal, knowing that yon
have q master in heaven" Which think YOU IL
most important, the soul or body? Are our skirts
clear from their blood, when we have clothed and
fed them we'll When their bodie. are maltreat-
cd, great indignation is expressed. but the mmor-
tal soul may be starved. Our servants, to whom
ii IkoI Co.. and
to whom We intrust our goods, our children. and
in O great measure our lives, go to their graves as
the beasts that perish, without one thought from
us, as to where their souls will 60. Have we taught
them the way Of salvation, to be servants OF the
living God? We hear eloquent sermons preached.
soul-stirring appeals from honored men, in the
cause of Foreign and Domestic Missions. The
mighty changes that have taken place in the NOR
al and intellectual character of the heather ma
tions from the truths of the Bible being made
known to them. The good that Sunday Schools
have done is lauded, but the heather vt our door
are neglected. The cry is, bad servants and so
thew are But do we take the proper method of
making them good? "For what can We expect
from moor ignorant creatures, who have little or
no care taken Of their principles, little or no notion
of an all seeing God, or a future judgment; moth
ing but sense and appetite to guide them; nothing
but the present object to allure or terrlfy them
If we are, at any time, under the necessity OF eav
do not think it prudent to commit them to any
but honest conscientious men, who would render
us a faithful account of them to the best of their
abilities. Our slaves are daily and hourly intrus-
ted with our substance, and the success of our bu
siness often depends upon their diligence and fide
ity: and how can we assure ourselves of these
qualifications in them, otherwise than by taking
care to instil good principles into their minds by
setting before them much greater rewards than
our poor services, or even the whole world, can
afford, and awakening their conscences by the
dread of much greater punishments, and pains
more ntolerable than they could suffer by perish
ing of hunger or cold, dying upon q rack, being
cut to pieces or whipped to death for their faults
The strongest tic upon the human mind is plainly
that of conscience When conscience is wanting
WAYS and means of eluding or escaping the pen
alties of human laws are seldom wanting; or, at
least, the bold sinner, when vice is inviting will
readily run the venture, every days experience
NAV teach us. If he escapes he reckons it so
much gain: and, if discovered, will either make
light Of the punishment or receive it as caution
to Law his schemes better. How many uniortu-
nate people do we hear of, whose crimes have
brought them to untmely ends; who, being har-
dened in inidelity, have been quite regardless of
the greatest of all human punishments; looking
upon a shameful death nothing more than the
having down of wreched life, stepping out OF
nm illnatured world. Can we expect any better
from our slaves, while they remain strangers to
conscience and religion, and ignorant Of the re-
wards and punishments Of the life to Gomez Con-
slider their state Of labor and servitude, that the
drudgery is theirs, aud the profit entirely ours 7;
that their senses ore perfect, and their passions
and annetites equally strong with ours and con-