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Vol. XI., No. 269—Whole No. £151. Sy THE NAVAL HEROES | OF THE LAST WAR. Qommodore Stewart's Vindicatory Statement. Near Bonvenrown, N. J., Oct. 10, 1845. The various notices and comments upon certain pa: be in the history of the late war, by Charles J. Ing soll, Esq., haveng reference tothe decision of the P dont and his Cabinet to lay up our naval force in the ho: bor of New York, and not to sou itat sea during the ‘wer--the doubts expressed as the accuracy of this fact, and the effort made to controvert i.—and it having been publicly stated, doubtless proceeding from Mr_In- ‘orsoll, in the correspondence ofthe Washington Union, t the account published in his work has been derived from mo—render it proper and advisable that I should meke certain statements on this interesting passage in the naval and political history of the United States, which will ese it. as well ag Commodore Bainbridgo and If with respect to i @ proper and accurate view before the public for all time for the Navy.” Bainbridge’s manner was remarkable; and on this occasion, as occasions when his indignation was aroused, with vebemence which impeded his utterance, ox ‘Unto, unto, you will ruin the Navy if such be its y.” "This paper contained the orders which had just been drawn for Commodore Rogers not to leave the waters of New York with his naval fore ‘e then entered the Secretary's room, and were re- ceived by him with much kindness of manner. Mr. Ha- milton obs d that war was declared, and that he was it had been decided by the Presi- 10 lay up our vessels of war in the bor of New York; that Mr. Galletin had suggested that they would be useful there in defending the city and its adjacent waters from attacks of the enemy; that the guna were to be taken from one mde of the ships and landed at the batterit ind w! to which the officers and men could eventually retreat their cannon in case they could no lon, arrangements for the g1 ible they might appear to personsjunacquainted with the mode of using uns-on board of aship, we urged our objection respect- ing their carriages and management with tackles, for which there were no convemences on the wharves or batteries,—and expressed our sorrow and disappoint ment in learning from him, as well as by the orders pre- paring for Commodore Rogers’ squadron, that no other disposition was to be made of our naval force than for to co! In order to do so properly, it will be néecessa- to to and comment upon much that has been said b; jublic press, as well as to correct some inac- e cai misappreheasions into which Mr. Ingersoll has fallen, and al: done by him tothe m My own reminiecens partly of facta and partly of conversations, down necessarily in a somewhat desultory @ detail which will present an opportunity for a better cemparison and test by other facts, either of record or existing in the memories of persons now living, and su ied by other co: which | shall advert. First —To show how far I am amenable to the charge of having furnished information to Mr. Ingersol gatory to the character of Commodore Bainbrid; acknowledging im; and selfish motives in our to get the ships ordered to sea by Mr. Madison, I avail myselt of the opportunity to transcribe a pert of my let ter to Mr. Ingersoll, on receiving from him the extract from his work speaking of this transaction, which will exhibit the view I immediately took of the matter as re- re by him; and which ‘was done, also, to enable ‘im to correct the errors the work had passed through the press. “Borpentown, Sept. 234, 1845. Sin :—I received last evening your note of the 18th inst. (post marked the 20th,) with the two passages from the New York Courier § Enquirer, containing strictures on your history of the war of 1612 with Great Britain. I regret exceedingly that you did not. as yeu promised ie in May last, show me the manuscript narrative prior rroborating circumstances to * * * * and unjust imputations before to the publication of that part relating to the gmploy- ment of the vessels of war, instead of y Bs ing them in the port of York for the ofthat city, Had fence I seen the manuscript, it would have enabled me to cor- rect several inaceuracies in your account of that affair; and to have isfied you that the motives which yd have assign Commodore Bainbridge and myself for our course on that occasion, have no foundetion in truth, but that quite the reverse was'the case. We had both, but a short time previous, returned home from our mer- cantile enterprises, which we had been prosecuting for more than four years, (on furlough) in various pai of the world, having each of us ized a fortune ample enough for all our purposes.” To this Mr. Ingersoll replied, saying that, if 1 would wait until I the volume of his earnest effort to ele- vate the Ametican Navy, and Commodores Bainbridge and Stewart, as two of its bee founders, by the ex- id of the war of 1812,” I must be convinced that any lisparagement of either of them was a thought he never harbored. * The volume has now appeared, in which the follow- ing passages occur, which certainly must go down through hia ry to our eternal agement. “It was the mere remonstrance of a couple of naval officers against being deprived of their livelihood,w: revented the fag 80 gleriously triumphant in eve! rom being veiled before that of Great Britain,” &c. Cc. “Stewart had built a privateer called the Snapper, eventually commanded by Captain Pere and captured as soon as she cleaged t Capes. In vateer, if deprived the auth: to go forth in frigates, these gentlemen pro; to thi fortunes on the ocean, serving each in rotation as C tain or first officer. It was not with them, therefore, matter of mere national character; nor were they to be moved entirely by puerile or unselfish considerations. They wanted fortune as well as fame, livelinood besides distinction. Ifthe Navy was they saw their oc- cupation gone for all advancement and all. acquisition. Rel Yh. SRO TRS oN ‘The report of the Naval Committee of the House of Representatives of 1611-12, prior to the declaration of war, of which the Hon. Langdon Cheeves was chairman, is quoted as evidence that Congress “had not abandoned the Navy as an efficient arm of protection and defence on the sea.” It seoms to me, if tho action of Congress on that report proves anything at all,it proved that Congress had abandoned the Navy, as an efficient arm in the contemplated, and reposed’no confidence in it ftec- tual or important against the naval power of England.— Had Congress {adepted that report, meagre as its provi- sions were, and appropriated the money to build the ten ites, and to purchase the timber recommended, ax we! for constructing the dock for repairing vessels of war, it would have been some evidence that Congress meant to sustain the Navy ; or had that body gone fur- ther, and adopted the suggestions of the Secretary of the Navy in 1811, it would have furnished emphatic evidence to the President and his Cabinet, to its const ite and the nation, that the Navy was not only to be by Cougress, but that it was to be used in the m tive way for the prosecution of t! rar on the oct io vindicate the honor, and to preserve the interests of the nation while battling for ‘the rights of sailors.” But their almost total disregard of the committee’s report, and of the Secretary’s opinions and recommendations, furnishes strong presumptive evidence that they expected nothing from the Navy. Indeed, after our ships had achieved by their prowess the most splendid victories, the reluctance of Congress to sanction the bill providing for four 74's only, speaks in language too strong to be misunderstood in contradiction of the enupestions in reference to the ap- Propriations recommended in that report. Ont th November, 1812 a bill providing amongst a, passed the Senate by Representatives it met with great open, id the 74’s were stricken out by a maori of three votes. On this occasion, Mr. J.C. Calhoun, (who boarded rt the same hous he returned from the House of Representatives, suggest- Green, rine fe Delaware ls, for four 74 gum shi a large mi jority ; in ones or defence: that we did ho; war had at last been declared against Englan wide and glorious field would be opened to the Navy: that to meet and conquer these on their pele: element with whom, and where, no other nation had been heretofore able to cope successfully, was an object of ill hoped it ment to the American Navy, that we “ Aye,” replied the Becrorary, 0 would not be lost. “there will be no difficulty in meeting them ; but conquer men so practised in naval warfare, proud of their long glorious and distinguished services, may be found difficult. I do not wish to disparage our little N. * but compared with the British Navy it mast be con- sidered in its infancy : unpractised, the midshipmen* in experienced, our seamen unaccustomed to blood and battle, in the carnage of an action they might become downcast and flinch ; and in case of an accident to the captain, might not tha result differ from our hopes ?”’+ He continved : ‘Ina contest, man to man, and gun to gun, with the most expert and best trained naval force that ever existed, in constant practice, and with an expe- rience of 18 years, how can we hope to be successful in battle with them? With every confidence in the skill of our commanders, and in the courage of all, it should not be forgotten that the British Navy has triumphed over all the navies of Europe, and of nations, too, long skilled and practised in maritime warfare.” ‘We did our best to answer these searching remarks of the Secretary, and what we seemed to make a deep impression upon him. He rose from his*chair, and ob- served that he would see if the President was at leisure, in order that we might communicate to him, in person, the vie’ nd information we had just set forth. A few moment: we were summoned to the presence of Mr. Madison, Hamilton desired fe e informa- tion of the President,tto answer the questio: toput tous. Mr. Madison asked no question tened to what was said; then rising, ho addres ; Hamilton, ani they ought not to despair of our Navy; that though its numbers were small, ‘ever had been, still its conduct in the revolutionary » and since, ad- monished them that it would do its duty. “ Ye: said, ‘' it will ;” and added, with the energy his ging words inspired, ‘be assured that eight encounters out of every ten, with anything like an equality of force, will result in victories forour country. But, sir, we do not say that we may not lose our ships by bein captured; the numbers of the enemy so vastly excee our own, that after a successful encounter on our part, fresh ships may come up while ours are in a crippled state, and capture them, and retake their own.” ‘To these remarks Mr, Madison replied, ‘It is victories we want; if you give us them, and you lose your ship terwards, they can be replaced by others.” He then i formed Mr. Hamilton that he would assemble his Cabinet at 8 o’clock that evening, and submit the subject for their re-consideration, with the new information he had received from us. Late that evening we awaited Mr. Hamilton's return to his house. He informed us to our extreme disappointment, that all change in the di yew of the vessels of war had been over-ruled—Mr. lonroe being the enly member of the C: occasion, who advocated the ships being For himself he admitted his distrust; im; that when of our naval force, the nu- m 3 on swarm on our coast, the rigid blockedes that would be instituted of our ports and harbors, and by ships superior in force to our frigates, these circumstances had deterred him from urging the measure in Council with the energy he would havo done, had things been otherwise; that he was fully sa- tisfied that we believed all we had ssid to him; but, nevertheless, there were so many strong reasons exist: ing in his mind against the results being so favorable as we all could desire, that his conscience would never acquit him if, by sending our vessels to sea, the germ ofour navy should be lost. He expressed a hope that we would not leave Washington for afew days, as he wished our advice in reference to other matters connec- ted withthe navy. We took our leave and returned to the hotel under a melancholy excitement, created by our unsuccessful efforts to get the vessels of war to sea. Weei sd Bainbridge’s room, when he observed to me that ad understood in Philadelphia, that I was building a vessel for a privateer; that if we wore not permitted to go to sea in the service, should like te take a and command her, if! did not intend te go myself; but if 1 was going in her he would take half, and go with me, we would command alternately, which would be preferable to being Copenhagened. in New York, or blockaded there ina frigate during the war. Insuch case he would reling the command of the Charlestown Navy Yard on his return there, and throw up his commission. | told him I did not intend going io her myself, and that he should be welcome to the command of her on the terms mentioned. This Proposition was made by Bainbridge in a moment of ex- citement. The privateer referred to by Mr. Ingersoll, was then building at KeAsington. My purpose was to aid the war by contributing my mite towards annoying the enemy,as all good citizens had arightto do. 1 was the owner of one-half of this vessel, and lost about eleven thousand dollars in the enterprise; for she was captured four days after leaving Delaware Bay. She was pursuing at the time an English convoy, but observed by two frigates of the enemy,(I think the Narcissus andthe Acasta,) one to the windward and the other to the leeward; they gave , and she successfully passed through the fire of one ‘but fell a prize to the other—thougi not until her ‘ous enemy tha: woul. ed the idea of putting Congress in a better humor with the navy. This suggestion I promptly acted on, and a ball and party were given on board the Constellation, then lying off Greenleaf's Point—all appeared highly ified. Mr. Calhoun toox advantage of this, and call- 6s for @ reconsideration, which was carried, and that por- tion of the bill relating to the 74's, was reinserted and finally carried by a majority of six votes. Perhaps Mr. Ingersoll will credit me, also, with a want of those ships for the purpose of plunder, as a set off for the $3500, (three yenr’s pay,) the expenre,of the ball. True, this would have been a strange bribe tor a poor navy captain, who wanted bread and fortune. ‘The federalist representatives, sed to the war, were far more strennous and liberal in their appropria tions for ships, than were the advocates of the war; and they contributed to sustain the navy until our successes on the ocean and the lakes became so frequent, that some persons began to fancy it was ‘not becoming a moral and religious people to rejoice in their victories.” In these facts we cannot but rower, the decisions of the President and cabinet, ‘ not to risk tho ships at sea,” may have been in aecordance with the views of that body. the next question was, he vessels already in com- This being determined on, “how shall we dispese of t} mission, for which appropriations have been made for the year?” Congress had made no provision, but left the whole subject to the President’s discretion, either to send them to or to lay th Looking back to the events of with which the British seize rk and its and with what pee, they held it during the whole war, it was natural that the President and his cabinet should feel some anxiety for the safety of that great com- mercial emporium; and they pouty embraced a proposi- tion of Mr.Gallatin,the be gen A of the Treasury, to em- ploy our ships in the defence of that port. * . In June, 1912, the United States entered on a war with Great Britain, ' All will admit, now, that longer submis. injury was eternal dishonor, and that ‘ive but war. Without the means of at England, or her colonies by sea, appropriations for the land service, mn to the revolution: idity ters, and subduing the Canadas, ir ‘acquisition would be a sure harbin- these views of in the & anslat ips on the joard to maments on Lake Ontario, and ing of the whole military awd fiscal resources of the country to the north- orn frontier, The anxiety of the government to obtain weed pa Fh ae A he of AFvicpic to mig! ielded to Englai jnivalent for the abandonment Hi her system of 1: iockades, and still more lawless impreasment; an thereby be enabled to established the ndations of a permanent and satis! Ppeacs ernment e. And the were induced to increase their eftorts in that direction, under the belief that the Canadians would joyfully throw off their British allegiance the moment we ex- tended an invitation to them; and hence the silly procla. mation and advance of General Hull, which forms a too [ay bo pase of our history. But that people botrayed no desire for a temporary annexation, and the views and expectations of the government were entirely thwarted, mae itanding the vast expenditures and armaments to enforce mi. On the {pte og Roe ; m Pil for Washi m, in afi od ‘was unexpecto: by Cormeen Bainbridge, whom | 51 cored tlestown or Boston Ne Washington, setting out from Philadelphia Joined at his by Congre: revious day. ‘The next day we proceeded government. On the 2ist of June call on the Pec yet of the Navy. On entering the of the chi » Mr. Charles W. Goldsborough, he arose from the desk at which he was paper in his hand, and expressod great our arrival in Washington at so beep moment, that war was declared, and that he wished us to ling, before we went to the attention, but extreme to » obser with @ were cut,down by the fire ofthe latter. I merely this incident as evidence that I had something i#k beside my person in war, to aid our country in as. its, and defending her honor; and to how that “fortune” and “ livelihood,” assigned by Mr. Ingersoll as the gover: motives of our action, were not ‘anted,” though “ fame” and “ distinction” were ; and thus ends the affair of the Snapper, commanded by Capt. aay at Green. It woul tiers to me that if there was any truth in the motives which Mr. Ingersoll imputed to Bainbridge and myself for urging the Executive to send our ships to sea, ourjtrue Policy would have bee n to hat cided with him, ‘e then should have been at liberty to have sought fortune through plunder, aud without much risk to our persons—as fighting and glory are not the object privateersmen have in view—b ut plunder alone : we could have thus easily gratified our desires. We knew at that time, and Mr. Ingersoll did also, there was nothing to be had in the national vessels of war of that that character—for Congress had already closed the application of one-half of ion Fund, and nearly all the and double duties. + * * + rts and our remonstrances of case almost hopeless; and we ing under restraint, as officers, with respect to er authorities, lest our importunities should be ; particularly after it i inet council a to aiter our special views had been laid before them. He proposed that we should address a written paper to the President self, ashe cherished a hope that from his manner and expres. sions at our interview during the morning, he was not unfavorable to the vessels being sent to sea, but had toe to his Cabinet. out 3 o'clock that night we iad prepared a rough draft of a letter to the President, and retired for the night; but such was the impatience of Bainbridge that he returned to his labor and prepared a fair copy, which 1 found ready for my signature at breakfasttime, On signing it, | remarked to him, that ii the President did not receive it in the same good part it was intended, we should both be cashiered. He replied, “I would rather be cashiered than to be a Port Captain during the war.” He then enclosed the letter ina pri- vate letter to the Secretary of the Navy, and we pro- ceeded to the Department. [See note B Mr, Hamilton read the letter, but dec! itto the Presi which he conside: in dictatorial terms, and reflected the Cabinet; that with the best could not bethe medium of con site conveying were passages in it that it was coushed ipon the mombers of ings towards us he ing it to the Prosi- deliver the letter with pleasure, in order We would not consent, however, to make a tions of our expressions, nor to any erasures; him it was not a time to stickle about words; that he, as wollas the President, onght to feel satisfied that we could intend no disrespect towards him; that it was true the letter was written under strong feelings for the coun- try, the navy, and t! his administration thro the glorious strugg! which it had entered; and that as regarded reflections upon the members of the Cabinet, they referred merely to the absence of that knowledge on their part, not being of the navy, which * The circumstance of Mr. Hamilton laying so much stress upon the inexperience of the midshipmen, struck us both as singular, and is attributable to his wart of knowledge in naval matters, { This actually happened in the only two instances where we iF vesrels, with an equality of ferce, the Chesapeake fngate and brig Argus. Norse B—My intercourse with the Secretary of the Navy had ‘been very limited; but B bridge had’ brought him and his family from Charleston, South rolina, in jate he commanded short interval of his commercial enterprises) i mn, and was, therefore, on intimate terms ‘his fact, together with another, the rescuing lamilton’s children from drowning by Bain: bridge, whilst Cie off Charleston bar, enabled him to use efforts that might have been cons: lered im proper under other circumstances, a EW YORK, MON it could not be supposed they should possess; and not to | pe py or ir integrity. But” Mr. Hamilton re- rm. Asall our efforts seemed unavailing, I then asked the | Secret if he would permit me to take the brig Argus, (one mamodore Rogers’ squadron, and then sup) to be at New Xorey and proceed to the West to | scour the British Islands of their coasters and commerce; as I believed that before toe, could receive information that war was decla I could do them infinite mischief | by cutting out js from their ports. He said he | would go and consult the President, and soon returned with the President's consent to the engetion Upon o: condition, to which I assented, and | then received the foliowing order :— Navy Devanrment, 22d June, 1812. ‘Sin :— You will proceed immediately to New York and take command of the Argus. With her you will then | roceed to sea and scour the West Indies and Gulf | itream, considering yourself as possessing every belli- gerent right of attack, capture and defence of against any of the public or private ships of t jom of Great Britain, Ireland and their dependencies. Take Lieuts,Ridgeley and Chauncey with you,and appoint six or eight mates of vessels to be rated as master’s mates and to serve as pi masters. To your judge nt, your valor and your patriotism, is committed the best course to be pursued to accomplish the object of these instructions. The Argus is now attached, and is still to be consider- ed as attached, to the squadron under the command of Commodore Decatur. May success and honor attend you. you frequently. Let me hear from Tam, with great respect, Sir, your obt. servt, PAUL HAMILTON. P. 8-—Show these instructions to Commodore Deca- tur. Any articles that you may require for the brig, you will indent for either on the agent or on Captain Chauncey. Capt. Cas. Srewant, Present. I was immediately joined by Lieut. Charles (. Ridge- ly, now Commodore Ridgeley, who was then in Wash- ington with us,and we departed for New York ; but on reaching Philadelphia, we learned that Commodore Rod- ‘ers had sailed with his entire force two days previous. in taking leave of Commodore Bainbridge, ho assured me that he would not go from Washington until hi got our joint letter before the President ; and on his turn to Philadelphia, he informed me that he had accom- plished his purpose, and that the go tosea. Some yer ‘0 in Goldahorough regarding hie Na ed me that he had searched the files of the Navy Depart. ment for that letter, but unsuccessfully : that wishing to open a second volume of his Chronicle of the late war, and feeling the importance of the historical fact above recited, ho hail written to Mr. Madison for a copy of it; buthezeplied that he could not find it among his papers, and must have sent it to the Navy Department, it having relation to that service ; that it may have been lost in the removal of the papers of that Department on the a proach of the British, or ournt along with the buildings. In corroboration of what is above stated, | will here in troduce copy of a letter, from Mr. Goldsborough to Commodore Bainbridge, and which I was for the first time made acquainted a few days ago. ¢ here ae hte The pre: and can subst Commodore Ridgely was at Washington, iate many of the facts herein set unication with me, had formed inbridge and myself, froma a fair and that of the British, and urged us to persevere in our efforts to obtain sailing orders for our vessels of war. The first public notice of this transaction, that I have seon, may be found in“ The life and services of Comm dore William Bainbridge,” by Dr. J. Harris, U.8.N., at page 135. But here the details are somewhat inaccurate one error into which Dr. Hi as fallen, refers to the time and place of the introduction of the Macedonian’s flag, by Midshipman Hamilton. The occurrence did not take place at the Navy Department. It was late at night, in December, 1812, it Midshi ilton arrived with the flag of the Macedonian, and despatches of Com. Decatur, announcing the capture of that ship. He sought his father, the Secretary of the Navy, at a ball with which the citizens of Washington were then honorin me in return for one previously given by me on boar the Constellation. ‘The Secretary introduced the flag of the Macedonian, and it was spread on the floor of the ball-room. The President permitted the Secretary to read aloud the despatches of Decatur, and then made the re- mark to the assembled company, which has been record- ed of him in Dr. Harris’ work:—-‘‘1t is to Commodores inbri wart that we owe these victories, 4 more than a compilition of facts, follies, and talseboods. A fow examples embraced in three or tour pages are suf- ficient to prove this. At page 375, he says Bainbridge and Hall, first learned from Mr. Goldsborough, the chief Clerk of the Department of the determination to keep ‘ossels of war in pott. Hull was not in Wash- ton atthe time. Again at pagp 376 he says the Nautilus, Vapt. Crane was cuptured as soon as sho went to sea alone, &e. Now the fact as understood at that day, was, that the Nautilus was taken whilst in search of Com. Rogers’ squadron to direct his return to New York. Page $79, he says “ Mr. Madison after candidly, wisely and ingenuously, &c. &c., yielded to the wishes of the captaius who were told in another interview, the same day by the Secretary of the Navy that the President would a:s.ime the responsibility, &¢. &c.”—All of this is new to me. If the “ glorious illustration of the naval vigor by the war of 1812” and the “ courage, discipline and humanity always so conspicuous and uniform national pro- perty, “to be yielded but with national existence,” then amore faithful historian, who will soar ve the at- mosphere of malignity, and describe the actions and the actors in a manner more congenial to truth, to their creditand to the honor of the country, will go much iurther towards establishing its perpetuity than all Mr. * * * * * Ivgersoli’s labors. CHAS. STEWART. Mormon Dirricuttis.—There are many causes which willkeep up the difficulties, and fan the spi- ritofthe Antics. ‘Che mysterious disappearance of a Mr. Wilcox, in Nauvoo, will contribute not a little. It | seems, as we learn from the Quincy Whig, and other sources, that Mr. Wilcox went into Nauvoo, some two or three weeks since, for the purpose of having some grain ground. Having a relative in the city, who was a Mormon, he put up with him for the night—in the course of th ig a Mormon came to the relative’s resi- d him what he was doing with a spy in his house, (meaning Wilcox.) The relative answered, that he was no spy, but a connection of his wife, whe was to stay with him for one night—at the same time, the relative, looking out of the doo perceived Wilcox in the custody of two Mormon guards, who were mare! ing him off for some purpose not known to him. The relative, alarmed, said he must go and see what was go- ing on—but his Mormon visitor told him not to do so, ior his own safety. Since that night Wilcox has not been heard of. The relative has given the substance of the above in testimony before an examining court. There is another individual who has disappeared under like mysterious circumstances—and Gen. Hardin has endea- vored in vain, totrace out these mysteri They are among the unrevealed secrets of Nauvoo, will pro- bably so remain until the great Judgment day, or until the Mormons become christians indeed, and confess their thousand crimes as a le. ‘The Quincy Whig says, the Hite Company of that city returned on Saturday morning. They bring the news that Gen. Hardin had come to the conclusion tu station a force of 100 men in the county through the coming win- ter. This isa good move ; and although it will be the cause of a heavy expense to the State, its necessity will be acknowledged, when the state of things in that coun- ty are taken into consideration. Sheriff Backenstos has arrived at Quincy, under the protection of Gen. Hardin, intending to deliver himself into the hands of th . Louis Repub., Oct. 11. Avoruer Horr OurraGe aT GREENE.— Greeng, Oct. 15, 1845.—Another attempt at murder has Samuel Varse, and reek, near the trip din the case of SI was the case before. has jus going out to surround the woo ‘Yours, & [From another Correspondent.] Greene, Oct. 15, 1645.—I learn that this Mra. Varse is a daughter of Bethel Gray, and had been married but 2 year ortwo. She had been out near the creek for some purpose, and sat down ona log to rest near the mill-pond, when they came up behind her, blindfolded her, tied her hands, and then drew her intothe pond. Every man, woman, and boy, has turned out to look for the villains, and such an excitement was never known inthis town fore. What we are Cicin } to, God only knows. This it have taken place about 12 o’clock to-day. The mail waiting—more to-morrow. Yours, Cc. 8. 8.—The woman was got out alive, and who the per- are, mystery, as she did not see them. She two of them, as they talked, and asked ifthey should teke her out whether oe is e would—let her alone, &e. Avormer Murpenen Ai rev.—The Galena Advertiser, of the 3d inst., says: “Dr. Gregg, of Rock Island, (whose perseverance in ferreting out the author of the murder of Col. Davenport, is worthy of all praise,) returned to our city yesterday with another of the murderers, John Baxter. ‘He was taken at the house of his brother-in-law, Berry Haney, near Madison, Wis- consir. Baxter has for several years been a resident of Rock Island, and fivars bore a good name until his par- Pi ge in this diabolical murder had been made pub- ic. It is reported that Fox, who had been arrested in Indi- ana, and made his escape, has been retaken, If this be true, all ofthe murderers are secured, viz : Burch, Bax- be Lee bee dans two Longs. a jaxter, it is supposed, acted as a spy to the a soeking out work, while Fox, the da Revit of ie gees, executed the murderous deeds. There is little or no doubt that it was the latter who shot Col. Davenport,— Baxter, but a week or two before the murder, and no doubt while he was planning it, took tea with Col. D., at the residence of the jatter. The enuals of crimo perhaps never presented acase of more hardened illany, and we rejoice that the fiendish actors, who hi so long | eluded the grasp of jv stice, are about to pay the penalty | of their crimes | low at tHe Sourn.—Ice was formed in the neigh- borhood of this city on Thursday and yesterday morning. We reo itstatedin tho Philadelphia Gaeette, that ice was discovered in that city ‘and ite vicinit; ly on Thuraday-morning. These decided frosts wilt the effect of removing the bilious and other dis- that have prevailedso extensively of late in the surrounding country.— Baltimore American, Oct. 18. DAY MORNING, OCTOBER 20, 1845. TheBible as the Word of God—The Bible as the Ground of the Catholic’s Falth—The Bible as a School Book. 4 Lecture Delivered by the Very Rev. Dr. Power, of New York, in St. Peter’s Church, Sunday Evening, 19th Oc- tober, 1845, As was anticipated, St, Peter’s church was last | evening crowded to suffocation, by a most respecta- ble and attentive auditory, comprising a great many members of the Protestant church. The celebmty of Dr. Power, and the interesting nature of the sub- | ject on which he was to lecture, naturally attracted | a vast assemblage, and the spacious aad elegant edi- H fice was filled to overflowing. Dr. Power’s manner | is dignified and impressive, and he was listened to with breathless attentien. But without ‘urther | comment, we present our readers with the following report of Tue Lecturer. Al Scripture, divinely inspired, is useful to teach, §c., $c.—St. Paul, 24 im., 3d chap. itis not, then, from the book of Proverbs alone that the simple are to learn wisdom, and the young man pru, dence, seeing that the inspired apostle says that all Soripture, divinely inspired, is useful to teach, ke. same apostle, in his epistle to the Romans, says, in the 14th chapter, “That all that has been written has been written for our instruction, inorder that we may have a firm hope through the conselation which the Holy Scrip- tures impart.” Christ himself refers us to the law for a knowledge of our duties; and St. Peter, in his 2d Epistle, commends the early Christians for their attachment to the prophec: In view of this, we are thankful to Al- mighty God for having imparted to our people a relish for the sacred writings, in order to derive from them,un- der the guidance of their pastors, those words of spirit and of life which are amongst the most powerful means employed by the Almighty to promote our eternal wel- fare. As I meantosay a great deal in the short time which ie allotted to me, I shall proceed, without farther preface, tothe subject of this lecture. The subject is the ‘‘ Holy Bible.” The Bible, that is to say, the Book by excellence, is the collection of those books which were written by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, and which constitute what we call the Old Testament and the New. The inspiration of the Old Testament is admitted by the Jews, and Christians of all denomi tions admit the inspiration of both the old and the new. Those books are called canonical books. The word canon means a rule, and because the Holy Scriptures are a rule to us and are designated by some of the on- nous of the church, they are therefore called canonical The canonical books of the Old Testament are divided into four classes. The first clas comprises the legal books, or the five books of Me: The second, the his- torical books. The third, the moral books. The fourth, the prophetical books. The canonical books of the New Testament are the four gospels, the Acts of the Apos- tles, the Epistles of the Apostles and the Apocalypse. Some of the books of the Bible are called proto-canonics) and others deutero-canoni:el. The first are those books of whose inspiration there never was any doubt. The second are those books whose inspiration was doubted even by many of the orthodox before the decision of the church. The synagogue, or the Jewish church, had her canon of the Sacred Scriptures. In the canon which was made by Esdras, we find but twenty-two books. Of this canon we have to remark, thet Esdras united books which before this time were separate. Thus we find the Book of Ruth united te the Book of Judges, and what we call the first and second of Kings, the Hebrews call the Book of Samuel, and what we call the third and fourth of Kings they cail the first of saat The syna- jogue exclu: from her canon the following books : isdom, Ecclesiastious, Tobit, Judith, and the books of Maccabees. According to some writers they excluded the Book of Barek and that of Esther. The Catholic Church has seventy-two books in her canon, forty-five belonging to the Old Testament and twenty-: the New. This canon we from the Third ven to Pouncil second book upon the Christian religion, 8th chapter, and we also have our canon from the Council of Rome, held under fin Gelasius in the year 495. The church has never deviated from this canon, and the Council of Trent on her fourth session avathematizes those who deny the inspiration and authority of any of its books. fn ecclesiastical history,;1 find that the Mani- chees Marcionites rejected the Old Testament. Some of the ancient; heretics rejected the gospels; the Calvinists rejected the books of the Old Testament which were not found in the Jewish canon, and be- sides these, the Lutherans rejected the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistle of St. James, that of St. Jude, the 2nd of St. Peter, and the 2nd and 3rd of St. John, with the Apocalypse. The deutero-canonical books of the Old Testament are Wisdem, Ecclesiasticus, Tobith, Judith, and Ist and 2d Maccabi ay add Barck and Esther. The a of the New Testament are the e; les, which [have already mentioned, toge: perte of the gospels, viz the history of the bloody sweat and that of the wom: taken in adultery, The Apocryy ent are the books of Enoch, the 3d and dand 4th of Esdres, the Prayer of Ma- Psalm. The Apocrypnal books ot tie tare the book called the Pastor, by the companion of St. Paul, the Epistle of St. Barnabas, the Epistle of Jesus to Egrarus, with some others condemned by Pope Gels lere | must remark that Apocry phal books mean books of no authority. We find that some of the books of the Old Testament have been lost. In the book of Numbers, 20th chapter, refer, ence is made to the book of the Wars of the Lord. In the 10th chapter of Joshua mention is made of the book of the Just; mention is also made of the book of the Say- ings of the King of Juda, and of some thousand Proverbs of Solomon. There is no evidence ot the inspiration of any of these books, and we must say with St. Augustine, that they were not uecessary tor the integrity of taith or morals. Here 1 must be permitted to mi mar! perceive that inthe early ages of the church it was not positively defined which were the canonical books of w Teatam The Gospels were written by the lists for the benefit of the churches which they founded; the same must be said of the epistles, which were written by some of the Apostles for the benefit of their converts. These works at first circulated amongst those for whose benefit they were written; ju- ally became known to the churches afar off, and afte: considerable time they became known to the whole church. Inthe ‘ntime other works were written, as from some of tl heved to be ae ublished. Now, until the genuine Script ‘nown to all, and until the genuine were separated from the spurious, how was it pos le for the faithful to use them as their sole rule of faith. But the genuine were not separated from the spurious until the year 495, by Pope Gelasius. Now, if the Scriptures be the religion of Pro- testants, it evidently follows from this fact that the Chris- tians of the five first centuries were not Protestants. How e could oh take their religion from a book which they had not. it may be said that the pastors had genuine ce- pies of the Sc which y explained in their — sermons and exhortations to the people. If this be so, who does not see that this is Po; 7 for in this su; tion, the sip ple. And if the i. ra searched the scriptures for the people.— people believed, because their pustors told eve, is not this ‘rank Popery?” To many, it appear strange that the first christians had not the ures. Before the invention of the art of printing, it was extremely difficult to procure a: of the sacred scriptures, even of the New Testament. The first copy of the New Testament was given for example to the charch for which it was written. Now, how would this copy be multiplied? We answer by transcribing it. copies think you coulda scribe furnish in a fai and legible hand in twelve months? We answer twel atthe most. But if one scribe could furnish only twelve copies in a year, will nota little arithmetic show that it would require between eighty and ninety thousand scribes to give New Testaments in one year to a million of people, and if so pray. Pe required for one million, how many, think you, will be required for the millions who compose the universal church? Here you are not tu that the art of wi ‘was not so general in those days as it is at prevent. Where then could this immense number of scribes be found, and even if they could, where could they have found copies to transcribe from? Especially in times of persecution, when it was death by Jaw to possess the scriptures. Let us now calculate the Price of @ copy of the New Testament; tne least that could be allowed to a good scribe ‘would be something equivalent to $600 a year of our money; this is not con- sidered too high; a remuneration for labor, food and rai ment, and w: materials, which in those days were dearer than they now are. But ifa and ready scribe could produce only twelve copies of the New Testament in one year, it is evident that the first cost of a copy would be $50. Whoever is acquainted with the history Europe in days it, will admit that not more'than one in one hundred thousand could afford to give, this price. And again, thut not more than one in one hundred thou- sand could read it, were it accessible; and if he could read, could he understand it? In view of all this, we hold it preposterous to say that the Saviour of the world would oblige mankind to hold by ® rule of faith which they could not purchase, nor read, nor understand. We have often heard it asserted that the scriptures are ex. tremel, to bo understood. Let us briefly e: mine thii ‘o understand the scriptures, a knowledge of aucient languages is necessary. 'e must also be ac- uainted withKabbinical learning—we must know ancient story, both sacred and profane—we must ogee e0- phers, good divines, good grammarians, a: rood na- fora philosophers. “Alter thi, wore any‘one t tell mo that the Scriptures were easy, I could not believe him. | It has been asserted uy, some that the sacred writing: were lost at the time of the Babylonish captivity. This us- sortion rests entirely on the authority of an apoc I book, the 4th book of Esdras, which tells us that it ares had not been inspired by the Almighty to renew the sa- e afew re- | From the rapid history which I have given, you | cred books, we should know nothing ofthem Inthe first | Church, that they are willlug, even though it circulates Place, it is probable that Jeremias Sreterved the sacred | the authorised version of the Scripture, to give it their volume ; again we read that Damel read the Scriptures, | support, ‘This, they consider a temporary sacrifice made and that Cyrus read the prophecy of Isaias, which could | to obtain the greater object—tho sim of the establish- not be the case had the books been lost; this we know of the Bible Society. We from Jo: a8 in the eleventh book of his antiquities — | conscientiously believe, ‘9 Dr. Norris in a letter to an What Esdras did was to revise the books, and to cause | English Lord—that the Bible Society is an institution them to be written in the Chaldaic¢, with which the Jews | fraught with danger, not only to our own church, but to became familiar during their captivity—the beoks which | the best interests of christian iivandhes end unity tenia were written during and after the captivity, were written | out the world. Now, in view of this mass of Protestant in Syro-Chaldaic, with the exception of the book of | authority in favour of this restriction, will any candid Wisdom and the second book of Moccabs es, which ap- | Protestant accuse the Charch of injustice or cruelty, pear to have been written in Greek. The Samaritans | even though she should iasist on this rule of the Index, always preserved the Penteteauch in the old Hebrew | at the present day ; but she does not t on this character. In the fifth century of the christian era, the | rule; alk that she requires is that the version shall vowel points were added to this character by Jewish | have the approbation of the ordinary, and be Rabbins residing at 'fiberius. Up to this time, the Pen- | accompanied with explanatory notes. But a not teteauch was read according to tradition. St Jerome says | give it without note or comment, as the Bible So- nothing of those vowel points. The New Testament was | Cisty does ? Because the church looks wpen. her principally written in Greek. The Gospel of St. Matthew | self to be the guardian and the depository, and the inter- and the Epistle to the Hebrews were written in Byr0- | preter of the sucred Scriptures. She thinks it a libel on Chaldaic; and.the Gospel of St. Mark is supposed’to have | the dignity of the sacred volume to pat it into the hands been written in Latin. Besides the sacred books, the | of ry ignorant and canting fanatic, to be interpreted Jews had paraphrases, which they called targums. They | as his whim, his ignorance and caprice would ; were five—that of Onkalos—that of Jonatlan—that of | By the church | mean her head, pastors assembled in Rabbi Joseph, the Jerusalem targum and the Babylo: eneral council or disper To those Christ has given targums. The targums, though abounding in errors, | the power to teach the written and the unwritten word; were much esteemed by the Je: ‘We now come to the | to those he hasisaid, ‘go teach all nations, and | am with translations of the holy seri 8. In this lecture, I | ye always to the end of the world.” When the general shall notice only the princi ones. The most famous | reader sees that all controversies have been decided by of the translations is the Sept int. The history of this | church authority,he must, even were he a Deist, admire translation, is briefly this : Ptolemy, King. of Egypt, as | the consistency of the Catholic in adhering to the autho- we are informed, by Josephus, was requested by his li- | rity of the church. But, when as a Christian he sees all brarian, Demetrius Phalareus, to send mes rs to | the ancient controversies in religion decided the their | ancient Heretics by the authority of the church, and led in | when his experience tells him that private judgment Eleanor, High, aioe of the Jews, for a copy laws, together with seventy interpreters well-skil . the Hebrew and Greek lenguspes. His request was | has given rise to many controversies, and never settled ranted, and the seventy interpreters were sent to the | one, he will reject with his hart and soul this principle isle of Pharos, where they executed their work. Philo | as hostile to the essential economy of Christian reli- josephus, both Jews, speak rapturously of this trans- | gion. Before I leave this place I must say a word on the lation. It was this lation that gave the Gentiles the | Bible as a School Book. 1 lay it downas a maxim first idea of the literally prepared the way for | cannot be contradicted, that the preference given to one the gospel. "The w the prophecies regarding | book over another fer the instruction of youth must de- the Messiah, fulfilled in Jesus Christ. They saw the ob nd on its adaptation to the pu of inatemnien, duracy of the Jews distinctly foretold. They could not | Bea this in mind, why do some wish to make a schoo! accuse the Apostles as imposters, seeing that they had | book of the Bible? Wer wish to teach the art of reading nothing to do with this work. Neither could they reason- | and the principles of the Christian religion at the sind ably accuse the Jews of forging prophecies directly mili- | time. Now, we think that there are other better adapt tating against themselves. The gre: thority Of this | to teach the art of reading them the Bible, and if there translation is seen from the follow: were no other reason, merely on account of the quaint- ness of its wie As to teaching the Christian we this. Secondly—It gwas made wh brew and | deny its ipiaee together. First learned Doctors have Greek lan were vernac' ‘Thirdly—the Apos- | disputed, and will dispute to the end of time about its tl tament quote from it, and this they | meaning; Secondly, it is the most difficult of ifit were an imperfect trans! books. And yet th’ the book which is to be put into The learned are divided as to what number of boo! the hands of the tyro just escaped from his spell eer seventy interpreters did translate ; but we think the | The learned Locke has demonstrated the ‘absurdity of question decided by the authority of Josephus, who tells | m oe the Bible a school book ; and the famous Martin, us in his preface to his Antiquities, that they translated i in his dissertation of the English tongue. says ‘that it is thePenteteauch only. The others have been translated by | not right to putit into the hands of every bawling school- other hands. The besteditions of the Septuagint are those mistress, and to make it the object of the odium and de- of Alcala, under the direction of the famous Cardinal | testation of young children, who find therein their most Ximines, inthe year 1515, and that of Rome, called the tedious task. Many of you know that there are oI Vatican, in the year 1086, As the Latin language wasco. | in the Bible which [could discreetly read to this ay, would you wish exte: with the Roman empire,:the Latin church had | meeting. Fathers and mothe: atranslation of the Holy P ecuiptares in the vul- | that yom children should stumble on those passages, r tongue. There were,indeed, many Latin translations, | con them over? Recollect the rule of the Ledeen AL od Sak the italic version, commonly called the Vulgate, was | which did not allow the Jews to read certain port! cs by generally used. As this version was found to contain | the Bible until they reached the age of thirty. bes = many errors, St, Jerome, at the request of Pope Damasus, | also, the extravagancies which we have lately witnessed, undertook to correct them. In order to make his labor | ii and elsewhere, and you will be jie more complete, he lated all the books found in the | say that the Bible, if not read judiciously, is a st Hebrew canon, together with Esther and Judith. This | stone toa mad-house. I know that I tread c work of St. Jerome was well received by many, and was | ground. w that many are extremely —_ d by some; St. Jerome, however, proved the cor- | this subject. 1 have, therefore, endeavored to y his translation from the testimony of the Jews | uttering an offensive expression. If I have and accordingly his version soon took the | recal it. I am not here as a theological gladiator. e old Italic. Me also corrected the New Testa- | here for the purpose of edification. Iam here un nt, according to the most approved manuscripts. This | full conviction that the discussion of sound ; Principles labor of St. Jerome was better receivei than the first, | is beneficial tothe community. The Catholic has fu! for, as the Greek language was then pretty generally | confidence in his cause. He resorts to no artifice in sus- corrections could be more easily verified. In ‘time some errors,through the fault of copyists, taining it. I believe it was Milton who said that Truth stands in need of no artifice. Wo respect our cause, ve crept into this translation. Accordingly, we find | and that it was corrected in the reign of Charlemagne; since | Chari maintain it under the guidance of charity. that heavenly virtue which softens prejudices. then it has also been cderenten eat without any injury to | Charity ! which re! its substantial integrity. authority of this ver- lieves, by a beam of beauty, tlie worst The cause, and which adds dignity to the best. Charity ! sion is derived from the Councif of Trent, which declared | which rejects, in the cause of God, the employing ofeny that this version could be safely relied on in all matters | weapons, but such as are approved of by h . ry pertaining we faith and pons a Ag feclamsion ae thank youjfor your attention. Council has by no means ed the authority of the s & translation abeve the original. Sines the Council, an Mormonism—Elder Rigdon’s Sermon. ection cb thle sratalation haa Dengtvesioy Sopesettor? | Eider Higdon, the great Apostle of Mormonism, intus, a im anot! mn was given by > i - Clement VILE ATT cae athe gaition worsiven 2 | preached asermon yesterday morning at the Broad way House. Quite a respectable audience | was in attendance, attracted, no deubt, by curiosity, and imself. from this Clementine edition. You have heard of the Po- lyglott. Polyglotts are collections of the various trans- lations of the Bible bound up with the original; they are - four in number—three are the labors of Catholics, the | the fame of the “great ejected.” His text was fourth is from a Protestant hand. The first is called the | from the 23d chapter of Matthew,37th, 38th and 38th Complutentian, printed in the year 1615, under the aus- pices of the famous Cardinal Ximines. The second is the Antwerpian, printed in the year 1572, under the auspices of Phili cond of Spain. The third the Parisian, by ‘The fourth the London, by ive you this history that you i the Catholic Church in intheir purity. I beg ot you to recollect that the Greek and Latin languages were, fora longtime, the vernacular langut verses. Pl The Jews were, at one ume, God’s chosen pee- ple—they were intended as a monument, a pattern and example for those who were to live unto the end of that they should be priests at Seoy. were tu le trom the path of righteousness, and became accursed. — They stoned the prophets—they refused to hear th and’ receive their revelations—and, therefore, th “house is left unto them desolat ted and degraded. It behoove: causes which Jed to the downt Apostle Paul speaks of the, gos and also unto the Gentil time. It had been to the Most High fore eof the civilized world. Many of you have often heard it asserted that the world is indebted to the reformation for the Holy Scriptures in the vulgac tongue. You have aiso heard it asserted that it was the interest of the old church to conceal the Scriptures from tho people, in the dead languages, lest her errors and abominations should be detected by the light of Scriptural evidence Judge of the truth of this assertion irom the history which I have given to you. As to the assertion thatwe are indebted to the reformation for the Scriptures in the mo dern dialects. this is falsified by the history of the art of printing, which tells us that the first appiication which was made of this divine art was to conrecrate to the ser- vice of Almighty God, by printing the Bible in the vul ar tongue even a half a century before the Reformation. sisten to the following facts ‘The earliest printed Protestant version ofthe Bible, is that in Germa: language by Martin Luther. The New Testament of that version was printed in 1522—the Old in 1539. it bad been preceded first by Faust’s celetrated Bible, printed at Mentz in 1462—secondly, by Bremiers, pritted at pel preached unto the but which did not pro- “not being mixed with faith in them that and he cautioned the Christian church to be- ware, lest they fall from the same cause. The Saviour, after lamenting the wickedness of Jerusalem, says, in shall not see me henceforth, till’ ye shall ta: the name ee, Tie prophets had come to them, but they refused to re- e prior and therefore remain the object of God’s tispleasure until time shall end. The Saviour also de- nounced the Scribes and Pharisees—not because they were immoral, or a particularly sinful and wicked Reo ple, but because they were blind guides, and in the Zuage of tho text, “ stoned the prophets;” because they ‘efused to receive any more revelations than they then had. They were a ‘generation of ” because they vefused to receive tne prophets. If they had not done so, Abraham and his seed would have been, to this day, d fon The earliest printed French Protestant version is that o: | (At the sam fate which awaited the Jews, ales Suis Olivetan, assisted by Calvin. It contains tho whole Bi. } ‘he Christiaa church, and for the same reason, | They 80 ble, and was finished in 1538, the year 1525 which is the | 15° Oto vacence the prophets, (meaning, probably, the date mentioned in the title page, being the year in which | {0 BOL reverence the prophela, (meting. Jon eoy ant it was first committed to the press. This version hed been preceded first by the French version ot the New Testament 2 (edema ‘an Augustinian monk, printed in 1477—secondly by the French version of the whole Bi. ble: Gnyard des Moulins, printed in 1490—and thirdly by that of Estables, the New Testament, of whose version was printed in 1622, and the Old in 1628. The last o: these editions was particularly used by Olivetan. The eorliest printed Italian Protestant version appeared in 1562. It had been preceded first by Malermi’s, printed 1 1471—and secondly, by Brucciol’s in 1532, whieh last version the protestant translator generally followed The firet printed Protestant Belgic version was made from Luther's, and appeared in 1027. It had been prece- ded by a version of the four gospels, printed in 1472, more promises, say the church; so say the Jews.— The leaders of the Christian church are uninspired men s denounced; afraid of new revelations—both stoned the prophets. Police Intelligence. ‘ Oct. 19—Important Arrest.—Mr. Camp of the Police Gazette, and otficer Relyea of the independent Police, this morning arrived from Boston, having in custody a man named Rensaller Becker, (well known in this city) arrested on Saturday morning, by virtue of a Bench it in Philadelphia, to answer nui us Ke be forthwith taken and one of the whole Bible, printed at Colo taken to, Boston for a similar purpose. It appears, ac- in Mio at Delft, in 1477—-at Gend, in 147° | cording to the best information obtained, that the uccu- and both at Antwerp and Louvaln, in sed has recently opened an extensive store in Boston, Iti true that England had a translation of the Holy Scriptures, inthe vernacular tongue, later than the na tions of the continent of Europe; but this must not bi attributed to the apathy or hostility of the Catholic church to the Holy Scriptures inthe vulgar tongue, but tothe villanous policy of the British government, and to the intolerance of the English church. The New Testament was translated at Rneims, in the year 1692.— It-was republished at Antwerp in the year 1600, and in 1609 the whole Bible was translated and published at Douay. This translation was reprinted in England, in be hare 1760, under the direction of the famous Doctor Challoner. This translation is now in the hands of the Catholics of this country, and has been lately printed in this city. This copy, which I hold in my hand, is from Dunigan’s edition, and a beautiful edition itis. Thor Nglish Catholics had not the Holy Scriptures in their vernacular dialect, yet it must be said that those who knew how to read, had them ina language which they perfectly understood. Here you will permit me to read an extract from “Macauley In his essay on Monta- titacor Edward the vite, & person wis, ait not reed | , or Edward the Viih, a person who Greek and Latin, could read Froth All the books lar dialects of Europe, | Chase. ™ eat cents hare pare tingle shelf. A per | Robbery by a Female.—A female, who gave her name | as Mary Hussy, or Hursley, was arrested last night by son who was ignorant ne ae tas pap | one ofthe ote vrard echoere ‘on a charge of having stolen feof hie ton fey was ms loyed by every writer, be fhe of 4 shag phot of Property, J aecy hh Gmc f ‘ hile the living languages | 0! Clothing, kc., from a boarding-ho' y, near for the transaction of every description of business, and that his establishment is well stocked with every con- ceivable article and value. After the accused has been thoroughly examined on all the charges that have been preferred against him, &>., the importance of this arrest will be more apparent. Receiving Stoien Goods.—About a week ago female, named Sarah Williams, was arrested on a charge of stealing a gold watch, clothing, and sundry articles of jewelry, worth about $160, belonging to a German fe- ‘male named Christina Ahman. This forenoon, a colored fellow named Pet Josephs and Frederick Smith, 0 raed wil jarah Williams peton hi. (wo other persons, named rty. Subsequently, Propet) Berliner and Hemmond Baker, of No. 66 Orange street, were arrested, by the same officers, as receivers ty. vrhe sloop Bee, lying at the foot of James street, was entered this forenoon, am $165 in gold and bank bulls stolen from a trunk, as it I alleged, by # hand of the vessel named Wm. Woolworth, 15 years old. The money was the property of Captain for it was a fixed uage, Franklin street” wore in a state of fluctuation” ead hed tho Bible ine | _ Sieeling Hogs—Policeman 8. 8. Coles, of the 9th ward, Innguage squelly ‘ fumiliar to them as their mothe: | while on duty sbout 2 ovclock this morning, discovered tongue, and this for a century and more after the refor- | [2 putoek ‘No. 03 Charles street, which induced him It must be admitted, then, _ the cemeine ible in the vulgar ton jut are per mi ned 9 med it? The Catholic ‘Church is charged with prohibiting the Scriptures to the laity. 1 defy the mos( inv ‘enemy of the Catholic Church to point outa sit hore the church prohibiting the people at large from reading the Scriptures in their own age The injarious charge has grown out of the fow rule of theindex. The Council of Trent formed a a index; by the fourth rule of this index, the Bishop, Pas- tor and Confessor were permitted to prohibit the Scrip. tures to such of the laity, whose or morals they might see to be Lessa, Cone by the reading of them. Ou: own experience convinces of the evils that have grown out of the indiscreminate reading of the Holy Scriptures. Listen to a few Protestant authorities on this subject.— Hear the celebrated Walter on the effects of the indis criminate perusal of the Holy Scriptures in the preface to hia Polyglot. Aristarchus once could hardly find se- sen wise men in Greece, But amongst Protestants with difficulty could you find as many f All Protestants to watch their movements. He soon observed them en- ter the Fes Jarge num- ber of b which they were apparent! cor Coles seized them both, aud, | ob’ stance, succeede: station Louse. Mr Finch hed live hogs worth $40 stolen from his yard on the night of the 12th instant, aud the ao- cused are suspected of having been the offenders. They were taken betore Justice Roome this morning. Fraud.—A young man named Solover was arrested to- day on a charge ot precurng money by false pretences. it appears that ho represente: himself to Thomas Bi to be the captain or agent of the steamer Hendrik Hud. son, and obtained ten dollars trom him under the promise of obtaining for him a passage for the West. Barry, dis covering that Solover had no connection with the steam- er, had him arrested. Robbed on the Five Points.—A man named John Con- elly, while on the Five Points last evening, in company with a female named Ann Husse, had his pocket pre Heneelag ater li “3 Waar seed we of five dollars. Ann was arrested ona change. of having Tiel scam to have bean opened and fees “Grand orem person named Lewis Figardo this Sere lea cheed CRN HES, morning prefarred & complaint against a colored man Ge uate, armed with first, | named William Allen, at present’ confined in the city I har a errors and inventi prisou for « petit larceny, on a charge of having robbed sasnene aa aie viving Olan. ‘These have fill: | im of agold watch, afew days since, While viewing ed our cities, ville camp houses; nay, our | tHe Grent Britain. sa coe Nones, attached churches too, sind our pulpits, and they lead the poor | ,_,Anetnns Counters Merve, thie MOrLing arrested deluded people after them to the pit of perdition. Hence ice 6 li t another English writer (Archbishop Bram- bully auld “that the unrestricted liberty of Protestants in reading the Bible, is more injurious to religion than the restraints of the Catholics”—and honest old Selden de- clared that the two words—‘‘Search the Scriptures,” have undone the world. How can it be otherwise? Er. ror, doubt and incredulity are the natural results of the torious principle, and that to such an extent, that the British critic tells us, the Socinians are so convinced thet dings the tendency of the Bible Society is hostile to the , “ding ‘treet. pus mod Willian Hudson was arrest- aan preekia "Ancient, lying at advices from Green Bay, bring no oes USerueih the seaman Jost on the island.