The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1867-05-01
RELIGIOUS INQUIRY IN CHIN.


I" great encu0ragement" IN his labors fran
the recent proclamations of the v,ceray
against certain forms Of dolatry. I'm
he states that rthe officer whom M
viceroy appointedsto lc cture and publicly
expound To the people sixteen sacred
edlcts, has taken occasion to make favor.
able mention al the. religion .oi lesus, and
.commepd At and it's preachers to the con.
sideratisn'ot'the people, Il is also report.
ed, not without reason, that the Vicerov.
himself IS now engaged in the stud OF the
Bible. and ls determined to Judge Tor him.
self OF the merits of religion which issts
tractlng so mach aiteatiap,l must men.
tion that the euIogipn on. Christianity by
the officer above referred to iwAJ not spon.
taneausa ia wassdrawa iromhiw byope Of
hls rapiiense By the remark, You pust be
q CHRISTIAN q speak SO strongly as yen Do
against Abe ,ysligipns Of the, csuntry.I ne
answered. Il ,am net q Christian. | an
only y M velicsrpf the empire, DESTROYS Of
delng. my dsU. have nothing 10 SAT
against The religion Of Iesas;. on, the, con-
U4y.lsissery gped, and its ,preaehersNs
dong q aost bepeyyleat work among. Tie
people. sOihefss ~. tuflher. and say that
he closed With an exhortatiop 10 his audi.
case tsembrace toe retgionol Jesus. How,
essr this may be-. u has cAused a greats
amongst ,lhe people. and mas r nepur ,ssd
oassChr,s,iaas " greater zeal and fallA,n'.
.hes & a9ar -~~>~>~~r>T-~--,et. I.s,.t,..
10 SaokgRs And DmSKgss.--M. Sichsl,
a French minister. N cuugss oi twentyr eighl
years practice. has irsquertly met sl,nd
ness from palsy Of the optic nerve, pradps,
cal by the abuse Of smoking. aud be saysf
liz There are few persuns who can smuke
for any long period more than five drachm,
oil tobacco without their yision. and often
their mrmnry, becoming affected. lie had
prev ipasly spoken OF another torn oi ap,oa,
rosls sy,ntomatic Ut tellriam tsemens, and
caused by alcoholic drinks, IL is not unlre-
qaentlJ accompanied Nv treiabipg OF hand,
10 The mornlDg. and al ., later period By,
morulng vomiting. both VI these sarielIes
are sery slvs IN theIr progress tesarls
cure aud very refractory to lteatmen,.'
ADespsich from San Rraeisco s'atesth.,
the trisl OF the new railroad cotstrycisr
vas conpletr success. The marhiHe
levels the track. laws tirs. deposits rails
aud nails them In their places. 4, Is esti.
mated that tsraly men can Do a. much
work day as two huhdfed without the aid
OF the constructor. IT, - ia
Gov. jenkins has writien an address 70
The people II Georgia. abusing naa.aeiivn
under the sherman bill. uniil the legality OF
the measure Is tested before the Supren
Court, lie considers the law pncousiita.
tional. and ha. strong hope that the SUI
prems Court will 50 decide. ts.. 81.
". c. BaPnsr STATE CsSvESTIsx. The
nett session u tins body will be held with
The church ~ Wilmington. and will esm-
mence on "Wednesday before the 4th SAB.
bath in May. Il. asaa at8na Il
The Southern Baptist convehiisa meet,
in Memphis. fean.. on Tuesday before the
~ sabbath 10 May. 80
A man writes from. Pixies Peak ihstdhr
niners are nearly disopassgrd. Thsyasr
obliged TO Dig tbrovsha vein aef splld vi.
yer four leet thick before Coming 10 Ihe
gold. I.1 80 EN- Led
well. wasn't that 6aished sermon
we had this morning p asked one person Of
another, as they came out Of church. afl
Fnishrdl" ~as the reply; "yes, IL vas
finished atlasi, alihsagh began 20 think
it!never wn1ld br.H sea l.peR III ss
A Lbs Anseios letter states that a Gov.
eminent train enroutr % Arizona was lost
on March 10th. il the Colorado desert, By
water.spout. ihe train consisted OF
eleven wagons. accompanied by two con.
panies Of the l4,h United States infantry.
Several lives were lost. The conmissar,
stores and wagons were carried eighteen
miles from the scene Of the disaster. n
| NorEs rcBs RgxgmgaEp. Constant oc.
cupation prevents temptation. Virtue aud
happiness are mother and daughter. God
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