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employ ourselves m contemplating

Blessed Paul set me Juora aiwavs Before mm ; ior. even m ooeas ana amicuons. ne coma tnumnnanuv sav. is one m im»e things move me. It is very certain that nothing can affect the true child of God more than spiritual desertions. when evidences are clouded, divine consolations suspended, and communion with the Most High interrupted. How insipid, then, are all other comforts. These burdensome complaints are. however, a good token of spiritual life and spiritual senses exercised. Oh. what great need have we to adore and magnify the great God of heaven, that he at any time should stoop so low as to allow poor sinful mortals any course with him ; yet this m mercy he condescends to. though for wise reasons he sometimes withdraws the hent oi nis countenance irom teem. u. let us actore thee, great God; let us know thee, acknowledge thee, love thee, walk with thee, and enjoy thy presence here : and, whilst we remain in this world, let us employ ourselves m contemplating thy perfections, and the love of Jesus, till we are raised up to the fruition and vision of thee, our only God and our dear Saviour, who hast wrought out redemption for us. and who proclaimest redemption to us. who art both mighty and eternal, and mereiore art aoie to save to tne uttermost.Our dear friends at Hodnet are all well, and the sweet,amiable Misshas given her consent to make Mr.happy, by being his partner for life. She seesijocrs nana in it, ana nas everv nromisinflr annearance oi tasting nanoiness.I have sent you Mr. Romame s picture, according to your desire. May the image of Christ be more and more stamped upon your mind and mine, and may we who ororess a iaitn in ntm. exnerience more ana more tne Dower oi nis aeatn aria resurrection in our souis, to ins criorv in me woria. ana our own aounoant oeaee ana growth in holiness.Misscame here today. I have had agreat deal of serious talk with her, and, blessed be God, i tMiiic sue is in earnest nursuit oi tne Kincraom oi neaven. Let us strive with greater earnestness to enter in at the strait gate. My brother Hill is at Berwick, or would send his love to you.

the Pindur,
Seeds, large, with rather a long, narrow wing one inch and a half long, and eaten by the hill people in India. This Pine grows from 40 to 100 feet high, and abounds in all the lower and outer ranges of the Himalayas, from Bootan to Aflghan. Dr. Griffith describes it as descending in Bhotan to the low elevation of 1,800 to 2,000 feet above the sea, while on ranges between the Jumna and Sutlej, it is abundant at 2,500 feet to 3,000 feet of elevation, and finally it becomes stunted, and disappears at Simla, at an elevation of 7,000 feet, but occurs in greatest perfection and abundance in Kamaoon and Gurhwal, north of the Pindur, from 2,500 to 7,000 feet of elevation, and which places seem little else than one great forest of the Cheer Pine. It has a rough bark, divided by deep fissures into large and longish plates, and the stems of the larger trees are about twelve feet in girth, with a clear stem forty or fifty feet from the ground, and with an exceedingly picturesque head, very irregular in outline; the branches are irregularly and thinly scattered along the stem. A large quantity of tar and turpentine is extracted from the wood in India; and Major Madden relates a curious phenomenon yet unaccounted for, viz., in perhaps one half of the whole number of P. longifolia in Kamaoon, there consists a spiral arrangement of the bark and woody fibre, the coils being sometimes as much compressed and curled as those of an ordinary corkscrew; and in some instances the stem itself is contorted. The chips are used for candles in India, and are called ‘ Ohamshing 9 (night-lights); and, accord¬ing to Dr. Hooker, ink is made in Sikkim from the charcoal of the burnt leaves mixed with rice-water. This is called ‘ Cheer’ by the hill people in India; a word, according to some, meaning ‘ Bark,’ or * Rind,’ so conspicuous on old trees; but, according to others, from its milk or turpen¬tine, which it produces in great abundance. It is called ‘ Sullav by the mountain people from Nepal to Busehur, a term de¬noting * to spread fragrance/ which this tree does to a remark¬able extent. Timber excellent, and full of turpentine ; but the trees are too tender for an ordinary English winter; some, however, are hardier than others, which, no doubt, arises from the locality and elevation where the seeds were gathered,—certainly not from any specific distinction. No. 37. PINUS MACROCARPA, Lindley, Dr. Coulter’s Pine. Syn. Pinus Coulteri, Don. „ ,, Sabiniana macrocarpa, Hort. „ „ Sabina Coulteri, Loudon. Leaves, in threes, stout, and rather stiff, from ten to twelve inches long, and of a glaucous grey colour.

.      those things

” I can’t do those things, you know: there’s no need of it, and I don’t think they % cure my worrying,” said Fanny, languidly feeding Ashputtel, who sat ctecorousiv oesicie n< cream pot.u A little poverty would do you good. Fan; just enough necessity to keep you busy till you find how good work is; and when you once learn that, you won’t complain of ennui any more,” returned Polly, who had taken kindly the hard lesson which twenty years of cheerful poverty had taught her.u Mercy, no, I should hate that; but I wish some one would invent a new amusement for rich people. I’m dead sick of parties, and flirtations, trying to outdress my neighbors, and going the same round year after year, like a squirrel in a cage.”Fanny’s tone was bitter as well as discontented, her face sad as well as listless, and Polly had an instinctive feeling that some trouble, more real than any she had ever known before, was lying heavy at her friend’s heart. That was not the time to speak of it, but Polly resolved to stand ready to offer sympathy, if nothing more, whenever the confidential minute came; and her manner was so kind, so comfortable, that Fanny felt its silent magic, grew more cheerful in the quiet atmosphere of that little room, and whenmm first few weeks were hard ones, for Polly had not yet outgrown her natural shyness, and going among so many strangers caused her frequent panics. But her purpose gave her courage, and when the ice was once broken, her little pupils quickly learned to love her. The novelty soon wore off, and though she thought she was prepared for drudgery, she found it very tedious to go on doing the same thing day after day. Then she was lonely, for Will could only come once a week, her leisure hours were Fanny’s busiest, and the u bits of pleasure” were so few and far between that they only tantalized her. Even her small housekeeping tost its cnarms, lor xroiiv was a social creature, and tne soinarv meais were oiten sad ones. AshDuttel and Nick did their best to cheer her, but they. too. seemed to pine for country freedom and home atmosphere. Poor Puttel, after gazing wistfully out of the window at the gaunt city cats skulking about the yard, would retire to the rug, and curl herself up as if all hope of finding congenial society had failed: while little Nick would sing till he vibrated on his perch, without receiving any response except an inquisitive chirpfrom tie pert sparrows, who seemed to twit him with his captivity.

These are extremely

These are extremely difficult questions, but it is by no means improbable that they may be hereafter satisfactorily resolved. But, to return to the sense of touch:m some parts of the surface an exception seems to occur to the general rule of perpendicularity: thus, when a hair of the head is pulled, we can judge perfectly well of the direction in which it is pulled. The most obvious explanation of this fact, which refers the discrimination of the line of traction to the bulb of the hair, Weber proves to be erroneous, and he shows that we judge of the direction in which the hair is pulled, by means of the muscles called into exertion to counteract the pull, and keep the head steady during its continuance. If these muscles be not called into play, which is the case when the head is held steadily by the hands of one person, while another, by surrounding the point in which the hair is pulled, with a firm pressure made by the fingers, thus prevents the least motion in the enclosed portion of the skin, then, no matter in what direction the hair is pulled, the person cannot judge of it.Weber has also made some valuable experiments on the faculty the skin possesses of estimating and comparing different pressures made on its surface, and of its faculty of perceiving heat and cold. If both the right and the left hand of the same individual are supported on cushions, and he keeps his eyes shut, while unequal weights are placed one on each hand, he will, if the difference between the weights is considerable, be able to tell on which hand the heavier lies: slight differences of weight cannot be thus estimated, but they at once become perceptible if the hands be raised from the cushions; the muscles that now support the weight give great assistance in estimating its amount. Thus we judge oi me weiem oi anv neavy boa v. dmm dv tne pressure it produces against our surface, but chiefly by the quantity of muscular force it requires us to use in lifting or sustaining it.

temperature below

There is a certain mean temperature below which the datepalm will not fructify, or rather, the fruit will not ripen. On the other hand, there is another equally determinate degree, above which the mean temperature must not rise, to admit of the vine being profitably cultivated, and of wine being made from the grapes. Now the thermometrical limits in opposite directions of these two plants differ but little : it, therefore, we nna tnat at two cunerent distant enocns. tne m,m ana tne vine nnened. simultaneously on a given spot, we may affirm that, in the interval, the climate there has not perceptibly varied. Let us now apply these remarks.The city of Jericho was called the City of Palms. The Bible makes mention of the palmtrees of Deborah, situated between Ramah and. Bethel, and of those which bordered the Jordan, &c. The Jews ate dates, and prepared them as dried fruits: they also extracted thence a kind of sugar, and a fermented liquor: the Hebrew coins bear distinct representations of datepalms, covered with fruit. Pliny, Theophrastus, Tacitus. Josephus, Strabo. &c.. all mention woods of palms, situated m Palestine : there can be. therefore, no doubt that this tree was extensively cultivated by the Jews.We shall find analogous evidencejregardmg the vine, from which, we shall gather, that it was cultivated not only for the sake of its fruit, which was eaten, but m order to obtain wine from the grapes. Everym tbh hitbbnal heat op the globe.one must recollect the bunch the messengers of Moses gathered in Canaan, which, from its magnitude, required two men to cany it. Allusion is made to the vineyards of Palestine in numerous passages of the Bible : the feast of Tabernacles was celebrated at the close of the vintage: the wines of Judah are mentioned in Genesis, and we further know that the vine was not alone cultivated in the northern and mountainous parts of the country, since the Bible frequently speaks of the wine and vines of the valley of Engaddi: if necessary, I could cite the testimony of tttrabo and Diodorus. for both celebrate the vines of Judaa, and I could add that the grape figured quite as frequently as the palm on the Hebrew coins.

to the Lord

And I desire you to leave us to the Lord, to serve him, unto whom we belong, and fight in his name, under his banner, against the implacable enemy of our souis; aeramst wnora we nna warrm&r suincient. anti fighting enough daily, though we war not among you to aestruction. nor one witn anotner to tne oreacn oi Beace.”ly this time the spirit of my opponent was overcome, and after some further discourse concerning baptism, we parted friendly; whichendeavour to do, after every contest fof the faith and dottrine of Christ, with all men ; my chief aim being to convince, and open the understandings of opposersand the auditors, which is the most noble and Christian end.On the th I went to see Ann Bull an ancient friend, who, in time past, had gone with messages to King Charles II. on behalf of friends and several otner menus.On the th, being the first day of the week, I was again at the meeting at Newport, which was large; the do&rine of the gospel opened clear, and truth was m dominion, many hearts being broken, some of whom were bold and hardy commanders of privateers to thehonour andglory of the Lord; which happened at this expression in the authority of trutfy. “That many ” are so courageous, as men, that they daYe go on un” daunted in the face of great ordnance and cannon u shot, as contemning death, and yet are subdued and ” laid prostrate by the soft and melting reaches of that ” divine love in their heaits. in which the Lord Jesus u laid down his precious life for the redemption or ” their souls.”On the th I went over to Boston Neck, where I met with Thomas Chalkley, who this last week had been visiting Narraganset; we had a meeting appointed a ntee in our wav nomewara cue next mw wmcn was an open good meeting, wherein many werfc comforted ane confirmed m tne tram.On the;th coming to Guiltord. we stopt at an inn on account of the rain; where being made sensible of me operation or rrutn. ana me lore ot it SDnnems m my heart.

are examples

Lithomarge and chalk are examples.Magnetism.This character is confined to the metals iron, nickel, and cobalt, particularly the first, the ores of which differ considerably in their powers of attraction, some attracting ironfilings, others only affecting a magnetized needle: some attract both its poles, others attract one pole and repel the other, and are then said to be magnetic with polarity. Most varieties of sulphuret of iron become magnetic after having been roasted to drive off the sulphur, but one kind, thence called magnetic pyrites, affects the needle m its natural state.Electricity. This, like double refraction, must be considered rattier as a cunous nronertvme minerals in wmcn it is round. man as a distinctive character of much importance. Some minerals, more particularly the tourmaline, acquire electric properties on being heated, me existence or wmcn is ascertained by means or an instrument called an electrometer. This consists or a iient crass needle, ao ner. navmer a orass imn at eitncr end. and traversing easily on a pivot in the centre of the support c which may also serve as a support to the magnetic neediei: a is a mate or mass, dv means or wmcn the instrument is insulated, glass being a nonconductorelectricity.There are two kinds of electricity, positive and negative. The first is produced by exciting smooth glass by friction, the latter by exciting seaunsrwax or resins, w nen two suDscances nossess tne same icmci ot electricity, whether positive or negative, they repel each other: but when they are in different states of electricity, they attract each other. In order to ascertain the kind of electricity possessed by a mineral, we must first bring the electrometer into a known state of electricity. This may be done m the following manner: a stick of glass being excited, we mace a nncrer on. c. me metallic case ot tne instrument, and men, oniii? the excited glass near one of the balls of the needle, holding it there for a few seconds until the instrument is sufficiently electrified.The finger is first to be withdrawn, and then the glass stick.

their examination

After they had begun their examination of him. the com tort of our blessed Lord whose presence and shield was with us, so increased in my heart, that my spirit was broken in a consideration of his.goodness and faithfulness to us: and some tears running clown as I sat by. one of them observed it; and beinga surprize, enquired the reason by me interpreter s outmade mem a smiisiience which they all took, and were still a short time, and then proceeded in their examination ; this being over, I told them, the cause of those rears was. ” That ” though it had pleased God to permit us to fall into ” the hands of these men, yet perceiving, he had been ” pleased to inspire them with so much gentleness,and favour towards us, my spirit was broken as theyobserved, in humble thankfulness to the Lord, who u was thus kind to us in a time so needful; and fortheir favour we were likewise grateful.” This they heard with great attention, and bowed themselves when they understood it, with gravity, and a seresfe ana gracious asoecx.On the m the afternoon, a Jesuit came to tte mn where I was, with whom I had some discourseLatin, in which, though I had been long out of use of it, and his dialeft and mine much differing, we mane a sunt to understand one anotner orettv well.having a Latin Bible and an English Concordance, quoted several passages from the Old and New Testament ;snewing nristoe tne irtie nsrnt tnat waspromised as sucn, as me ooiectraitn in tne tirstoiace. to me Lrentues, and men as a sacrifice tortheir sins: that though it was the same Christ offer eci to tne jews, vet under anotner administration. f viz. as born of the Virgin Mary, according to God’spromises to tnem; ana tnat mis is we true uvhu m which hghteth every man that cemeth into the world” ah wmcii ne couid not oenv.Alter this, he began with their common notions about Peter, quoting Matt.where Christ says, ? Thou art Peter and upon this rock wtil I build my ” churchy &c. that Peter being the head of the church, m the Popes of Rome had succeeded him until thisoav. anci were in nis piace, vnrist s vicars nere on u earth, and ought to be regarded accordingly in all u things.

       the higher

‘” But the higher my enemy arose, and raged in this wellmeaning, but mistaken man, who thus, without design, became the instrument of my trial, tne tuner ana more ooweriui stm was tne ioveGod; whose cause I had now espoused, through his own aid, and the power of an endless life from him, made manifest in me: upon which I replied, in that calm of mind, and resignation to the of God, that tne lite ot tne aonuon enables to, ana teacnetn. on mav ao wnat vou. turns orooer tnat wav; outcannot commv witn vour reauest m tins matter.wnatever ie tne issueit.”‘ una tnen ne aeuartect under great dissatisfaction, with all the threats and reproaches his enraged passions could suggest to him, nncier a viewso erreat loss.immeaiateivretired into mv cnamoer; ior per, cemng my grand enemy to be yet at work, to introduceduce a slavish fear, and, By that means, subject my mind, and bring me agfta into bondage,was willing to oe aione. and tree iron trie inccrruonons oi company; that I might more tujj expAience the arm of the Lord, and his divine instriflEtions and counsel, in cms preac concern and exercise.The enemy being a crafty and subtle spirit wrought upon my passions, not fully subjected, and more artfully applied to my natural reason my understandsnot being fully illuminated as his most suitable instrument. ne ursrea me line ana irmnsonmenr. anci tne hardships accompanying that condition, and how little help I could expect from my father or friends who would be highly displeased with me. tor so foolish and unaccountable a resolution, as they would think itand also the scoffings, derision, contempt, loss tf friends and friendships in the world, with such other inconveniences, hardships and ill consequences, as the enemv couia invent ana sucrpest.During all which time, from about eirrht in the evening till midnight, the eye of my mind was fixed on me love oi ucxii wmcn stui remained sensible in me. and my soul cleaving thereto in great simplicity, humility, and trust therein, without any yielding to Satan, and his reasonings on those subje&s. where nesn ana duxxk in its own strenertn. is easuv overcome by him.

The depreciation

The depreciation of the notes of all the Banks, occasioned by the refusal of the Banks to make good their notes with specie, has been productive of incalculable mischief to the community; and it is no inconsiderable aggravation of the mischief to know that, in the case of the State Bank, large quantities of their notes have occasionally been thrown into circulation by themselves in the purchase of cotton. It is in evidence to the undersigned, that they laid out at one time , dollars of their notes in the purchase of cotton, on which they made a profit of more than , dollars. Another remarkable fact in the history of the State Bank, which the undersigned will notice in passing, is, that to protect themselves from demands for specie, they determined at one time to administer an oath to an individual, presenting their notes for specie, in which he was compelled to state that he was not a broker. It further appears to the undersigned, that all the Banks have bought up United States’ Bank notes, for which they exchanged their own notes at a discount; and the State Bank and Bank of Cape Fear, in direct violation of their charters, have purchased stock to a considerable amount in the United States’ Bank. The State Bank appears to have made a most convenient use of this arrangement. It appears from the evidence of the late President of that Bank, that they have been in the habit of rendering false statements to the Legislature ; and that in  May last, when they stated in their exhibit that they had on hand , dollars in specie dollars of it consisted of stock in the United States’ Bank. So that, instead of keeping the specie in their vaults to take up their paper, they have vested it in the stock of another Bank, and were deriving interest from it, It further appears, from the evidence of the same person, that the amount of actual specie now in the State Bank at Raleigh, is not more than  to  dollars: at any rate, not exceeding  dollars.  ” The undersigned have now gone through the details of the evidence, and stated all the essential facts collected in the Course of their examination. Having thus embodied a simple statement of the facts, they would here close their report, and leave the conclusions and arguments to the Legislature; but they feel themselves impelled, by a solemn sense of the duty which they owe to the Legislature and the country, to take a brief view of the present relation between the Banks and the people, and the consequence which must ensue if the Banks are permitted to continue their operations; and, in doing so, to advert to the report of the committee of the stockholders of the State Bank at their late general meeting.