OBITI4RV.Died, of paramenia, ai hw rendenre in Stiup-•lt;»u Count?, Mi» . on the Uh inat. JoitW I.Mc-Uuun, who wait bora in Richmond county, North tarnltua, near laurel Hill. AugiMt 31, 1811.HU pa mi'a moved to MimimSppt In l*l£—i*ing among the early MtUer* of !he Stair. When twenty-two years old he )oined Hopewell Prmbytitrian lt;Tiurtb. which hU father, Danfel McLaurin, ha»J amMtei in organising. and In which ebnrch he was a ruling older for more than forty yean I-lke Jub. though hU suffering* were great, he Wrinr murmured- and in the final conflict with the twit great enemy, he strongly exempli hod the triumphs of the CKtriatian - faith And when the Rex. W. W. Stmmana told of hw bidding hla children and friend* adieu, the large aft*midage wept »« a child-Would that every acoflfer and skeptic in the land could bare vittttsaed the last *-wn* of thla good man—which ra more clw|uOnt than a thousand sermons. w»tb «mtlnual praisee to hi* Maker for haring wm»h«d btH robe* In the blood of the Lamb and made them whiter than enow. He will 1* miawd by the churrb. by Ms friends, and by hla neighl*ora. but bW influence wilt llrr and be Mi for a long lime. * T *•