Brooks, editor of the “New York Ex
press,” in one of his letters from Geor
gia, mentions the following facts :
“In Savannah, in three Baptist Church
es and one Methodist, there are 2,990
colored persons, one half of whom are
slaves. The pastor of one of the Bap
tist Churches is a slave, and the other
two are free colored persons. These
Churches contribute liberally for foreign
and domestic missions, for the home poor,
&c. At the Georgia Baptist Association,
held in Warren County last September,
five slave preachers were present and voted
upon all questions presented for consider
ation. In South Carolina there are more
than forty thousand slaves who are
church members ; and in the entire South
the Methodist Churches already have
274,000 slave members.”—[Philadel
phia Post.
The Irish Priesthood. —Tho’s F.
Meagher, in a late lecture alluding to the
successive struggles of Ireland lor po
litical freedom, distinctly charges their
failure upon the influence of the Romish
Priesthood. In speaking of the insurrec
tion of IS4B, headed by John Mitchell,
says :
“Young Ireland struck and failed.—
The Priests—the Catholic Church was
against her. She must succumb when
encircled by foes from within, and with
out. Those within, were her worst en
emies. The Priesthood clasped still clo
er the shackles of Despotism.”
Look out. —Twenty dollar notes al
tered from one’s on the Bank of Racine
have made appearance in Chicago.—[Ra
cine Advocate, l(3th inst.
LANCASTER, WIS., JULY 27, 1853.
Communications.
For the Grant County Herald.
It is not besttoßrealkthe Sabbath.
I do not wish to make a long talk on
this subject; but would like to have my
neighbors think of some facts relating to-it.
