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NEW YORK HERALD. Serth west corner of “ulton and Hasgene sts. the pasta | . or with aderr- Y CORKBSPUNDENCE, containing enportant iat 0) A ep rage Be ‘af the world; Jf weed, will be Rielly paid for 4 and te be 4D} ‘LS, (remewes every mary} the And afterneen reasonable prices; 100 written in a plain, legible manner; the propricter Whe the ica: retern be hy ervers in ovanuserigt. NO NOT. B trkenof 47 -nymows commumeations, wer is intenu d for insertin govt be au'hentinated and ad: reas cf the writen, not vecessarily for ‘but asa guar intyos his onod fath, We jected communications. BOWERY THEATER. Bowery—Lasr Davs ov Pomran— Fiend aueeTunrLe BUnrive BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway—Mowre-Onwro-— Mv Nasensor’s Wirz. [ONAL T' ‘TRE, Chatham Square—Biurson & Co— xia CatirenniaReasra Weapon BURTON'S THEATRE. Chambers street—Jous Bui.—Youn Live's 1 Danogn—Fiotmanta. GOCIETY LIBRARY, Broadway, near Lecnaré—Naw On- ‘Leams Benes apenas. ALBAMBRA, Broadway, near Prince—Samps, Lawr & Ce.’ Aumpican Cineva, ag ZOOLOGICAL HALL, Bowory—Van Ausunem & Oa's Mavscun. CHINESE MUSEUM, 609 Broadway—Osmeess Ovasoarrims TBALIAN BALL—New Eouamo Oramaric Comranr's pare. New York, Sunday, february 18, 1840. ‘The Case of Mr. Acker. Our attention has recently been called to the re- ports of the jomt special committee of the Com- moa Council on the subject of Blackwell’s Island; and we are fain to contess, after a careful exami- nation of the two reports, (and the accompanying testimony,) that we think a gross and unwarrant- able outrage, to uee the lightest term, has been committed upon Mr. Acker. We stop not to inquire into the alleged mal- administration of affairs at Blackwell’s Island, and willbe tound among the last, upon proper proof of delinquency, to sustam the delinquent ; but we do interpose our most solemn protest against a course of procedure such as was adopted by the joint committee, and sanctioned by a ma- jority of the Board of Aldermen. It seems, from these reports, that the joint special committee, act- ing upon the principles of the ancient Star Cham- ber, without even furmshing the accused with the charges againet him, and :n violation of that great constitutional principle which prohibits a party trom being compelled to be a witness against him- self, commenced their proceedings by summon- ing Mr. Acker before them, and swearing him as awitness. The next step was to declare that the examination of witnesses should be private, and that Mr. Acker should not be permitted to be pre- sent; and the third was, to refuse him a copy of this ex parte testimony, such asit was, to enable him to furnish explanations, if requisite. Now it may be that Mr. Acker was guilty of all alleged against him ; but surely this is not the way to try the question of nis guilt. We have fallen upon evil times, indeed, if the character, as well as the station, of public officers 18 to be disposed of in so summary and unceremo- nious a manner as this. So extraordinary and unprecedented a course, soshameful and wanton an attack upon the rights guarantied to every citizen, might well arouse the indsgnation of every righ-minded man. The vilest wretch among us, steeped, if you please, t» the lips in infamy, and aceused of the highest crime known to our laws, can only suffer the penalty of his misdeeds upon an indictment by a grand jury, and after a full and patient trial by his peers. Yet, according to the pracuce of these modern Solons, a public ofhcer can be removed not oaly from his office, but robbed of that which 1s dearer to him thaa life—his character——by an extra-judicial body of inquisitors, having no legal power to adminis- ter an oath, and yet, while themselves violating the law, assuming to pass judgment in secret in- quisition upon the motives and conduct ‘of their fellow man. Ifthe Common Council think proper to remove Mr. Acker without assigning any cause for such removal, under the assumption that the control of the penitentiary is in their hands, let them do co: but when they undertake to do so for cause, let the victim at least be heard before the sacrifice 1s consummated. If Mr. Acker has sinned, try him fairly, and,if guilty, condemn; but strike not till you hear. That Mr. Acker has his faults,may well be; for whohasnot? But none who know him will venture to deny to him a charac- ter for honesty and incorruptible integrity equal +0 that of the proudest of his accusers, and which his friends will not permit to be attacked with im- punity. Assailed as he has been in the Halls of Justice, bya ee p*2eecutor, without presentment or in- dictment; by appeais ftom personal enenties, throvgh the public press; and lastly, sought (o be adjudged and condemned by a committee of se* cfet inquisitors, arrogating to themselves powers not conferred by law, aud violating 1n their pro- ceedings the dearest privileges of a treeman, him- self and friends have so far tereborne to reply; but forbearance has ceased to be longer a virtue, and those who, rioting in their present idea of their of- ficial and selt importance, have supposed them- selves intact and secure in their pride of place will find that that same public opimion which they suppose they have consulted in their present pro- ceedings, will not fail, in the end, to make a just discrimination between the accused and his yadges, and will not tolerate, even in an apparently clear case of guilt, the deprivation of the right of being heard in seli deience. Power, irresponsible power, may provatl against right; but, in the language of the lamented Story, “whenever it breaks in upon personal liberty, or compels a surrender of personal privileges upon any pretext, plausible or otnerwise--it matters li: tle whether it be the set of the maay or the few, of the solitary despot or the assembled multitude it ie still, in ite essence, tyranuy.” Tus Kevence Sexvick —Since our article on the revenue service, a short ume since, we have twhen pains to gair some information in regard to the injustice done to the officers of that branch of the service. In the hydrographical department, conducted under the sup: rinteadence of the Secre- tary of the Treasury aud Professor Bache, we find the number of vessels for the coast survey amount 10 33, the tonnage of which 1s 2,540 tons. The steamers Legare, Bibb, Walker, and Jefler- son, brig Washington, schooners Ewing and Gal- Jatin, were transferred to the coast survey trom the revenue marine, without the authority of law, as we are informed. The schooner Gallatin, now twenty years old, and quite rotten, and pronounced upseaworthy by a survey four years since, was substituted for the Ewing, with the understanding that she was to be put iv complete repair at the ex- pense of the revenue marine, aud returned to the const survey in the sping. She has since been transferred to the Delwware, and the Forward, a good and substantial vessel, has taken her place, and is now eruising wt sea for the relief of mer- chant veseels in distress, by furnishing them with men and provisions, in connection with her legit. mate duties; and her officers, who are all active seemen, will, no dewbt, pertorm the arduous duties assigned to them, with credit to themselves and duc Vall detailed at the mouth of the Delaware; but little aid cam be expected from her, as her com- meander, in consequence of her inefficiency, has orders to remain in the Breakwater, thereby leav- ing the whole coast from Great Egg Harborto Mo- bile, entirely unprotected. The transter of the Forward here, in the place of the Gallatin, was by a requeet of the board of underwriters ot this city to the Secretary of the Treasury; they knowing well the aid and assistance our cutters have given heretofore. The coast survey 18, without doubt, one of the moet beneficial and praiseworthy undertakings which our government has ever entered into. We cannot, however, see the reason that the govera- ment should take vessels belonging to the revenue marine tor that purpose, or, 1f they do so, tor not suostituting others in their place. It 18 not nght that our coast should at this season of the year be eocompletely stripped of its revenue cutters, nor that rehet should be withheld from the commer- cial marine at this inclement season of the year. Tax Moprsn Buvg Laws or Pauavetraa.— In the colonial history of Connecticut we read a good deal of the blue faws ef that moral and reli- gious colony. These laws formed a code of legis- lation, which imposed, with characteristic pufitani- cal eeverity, the necessity of virtue and propriety upon every member of the community. All the ordinary occupations of life, for every day in the week, were regulated according to this blue law system; and on some occasions it was even pro- nounced criminal by the laws fora barrel of beer to work upon the Sabbath day, or fora bottle of cider te pop out its cork with more than becoming noise and propriety. Such violations ef decorum were considered as coming under the category of Sabbath breaking. There is now a prospect that the ancient blue laws of Connecticut, for the purpose of preserving sacred the Sabbath day, will be outstripped by the recent blue laws of Philadelphia, enacted and en. forced under the sole legislative authority and juris- diction of the immortal, immutable, and wonder- ful Mayor Swift, of that city. Under a special order issued by this functionary, we understand thut no fewer than sixteen little boys, whose ages range from seven to fourteen, were arrested last Sunday for selling newspapers on that day, and con- fined for several days in a black hole attached to his office. The little fellows, who were enabled b7 the sale of these papers to provide food and raiment for themselves, and mothers, and sisters, were de- prived of them, and were locked up in a dark, damp, underground cell in the Mayor's office, which may now be called Mayor Swift’s black hole ef Calcutta. Such 18 a general description of the act perpe- trated under the moral sanction and stretching of law by the modera blue law Mayor of Philadelphia. To say that such a course of action is necessary, by the police ot Philadelphia, to purify the morals of that city, or to preserve the sanctity of the Sab- bath, would be a sarcasm of the sharpest kind. There is, perhaps, no city in the Union where such scenes of rowdyism, of violation of law, of abandoned profligacy, and unrestrained wicked- ness, are presented—all of which run riot with impunity, and are even winked at by the autho- nities. Perhaps no city in the Union can lay claim to such unenviable pre-eminence in the per- petration of crime, such violation of social order, and such disregard of law, as the “ City of Brotherly Love.” ‘ How are the mighty fallea!” may be the exclamation of any one who compares the present condition of that city with the days when Wm. Penn first gave it that name which has now become such a misnomer. “ Quantum mutate abd ills.”’ And yet, in the face of such a state of things, which is in a great measure to be attributed to the connivance of the magistrates, and the supineness and negligence of the police authorities, we see a violent attempt made to interfere with the sale of Sunday newspapers, under the pretence of watch- ang over the sanctity of the Sabbath, and preserving at eacred and unprofaned. Ua the same day, you will find all the worst houses of bad repute open in Philadelphia, and the filthiest purlieus of ini- quity mviting to every kind of immorality and profligacy, and the incitements to the demoraliza- tion of the peeple openly countenanced, and, we might almost say, legalized, by the magistracy and police of Philadelphia. A Lisgt Svrr.—Mr. Damel W. Clark, an at- torney at law, lately brought an action for a sup- poeed hbel, against Mr. Bennett, in the Supenor Court, which was tried last week. It arose out of a case tried before one of the Police Justices at the Tombs, last summer; the case was reported in the Herald, and Mr. Clark thought he saw some- | thing 1n the report that reflected on him, and he forthwith brought a suit to recover damages. The | tnal of the cause commenced on Monday last, and terminated on Friday evening, occupying five days. It resulted in a verdict for the defendant, ARRIVAL ov THE CueroxER.—The fine steamship Cherokee, Capt. Lyon, came in last evening from Savannah, in a short passage, asusual. By her we received Savannah papers two days ahead of the mail, for which Capt. L. has our thanks. Later FROM Barris Guiana.—By the arrival of the bark Ann Smith, Capt. Thompson, from Dema- tara, we have files of the Georgetown Royal Gazette to the 9th ult.; but fiad nothing of interest in them. Lecture on the Indians, Mr. Kah-ge-gag-ah-bowh, the educated Indian of the Ogibewa tribe, delivered a lecture last even- ing, in the chapel of the University, on Indian matters. The audience was not so great as, from the novelty of the subject which he lectured upon, would induce us to believe it would be—there being not more than fifty persons in attendance. Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh appearedin Indian costume, with ecarlet leggings, ties, sash, mocassins, dc. The subject which he spoke upon was the ori of the North American Indians. History, he sai hasalways been Bette trom the earliest times to the present. Since its discovery, America has thrown open to the world people who were more or less allied to the ancients of the old world; but hew much soever interesting the subject may be, it does not interest us so much as it ought, because it is so near to us. Altera few remarks on the erigin of the different races of men, he said the first inhabitants of this country, 2 ¢. the In- ther origin in Ast Many have t the Indians were portion of the aid thet South Ameri. +4 the early Phoenicians indians are The J et ofthe Jews From received, it seoms idians of this coumtry came from te. singuiel cognised, once uy of whic called rice eaterr, or Menomonier; appeared with moccasinn worked pe 4 the meaning jm Eoglieb of which is Chippeway Theretore, tnore Indiaas were called Chippaw He complained much éf the manner in which the La diane have been painted by the white peopie fromthe time of their firet intercoutre tothe proseat, and asia that the character of the red man waa but littis ka: He bus siwayn been prin'ed with bie bends drippi with human blood; but the Indian has« heart an wi asthe white people bave. aud, purbape, are an teader ardrenrible. There is muoh yet to be learned of the d their traditions, foe varions mounds uttered throughout the continent may, wbem opened. produce a govd deat of light on the quo ject; and be hoped that ibe white prop # #ould co-ope with the fotelligent Indiaus, io bringing to tight of js reese numbers of which oa be pro- cured if the aval of ruperstition, ehich haw been for ager placed upon them, were removed This caa be dene ovly by educating, civilizing and ohristianizing Ube lediane. Mr Keb-ge-ge gob howgh will deliver sermon in toe ‘ rs sapabh ne On tre foltence of th Ha ie WH ig U whey ‘ Lovee ( Uaeee vee ‘The Present Pesition of Pope Pius IX., ghureh corner of Bedford o ‘vered the following discourse, last Sumday evening, on ‘with Referes.ce to the Propheotes. The Rev. Dr. Dowztne, minister of the Baptist Downing etreots, dell- the present positon of Pope Pius IX. with reference tothe prophecies. Long before the commencement of service, the church, notwithstanding the unpleasaat- ness of the day, was crowded to ite utmost capacity, ond many were obliged to go away, unable to procure either sitting or standing room, Our report has been lying over since Sunday evening, im consequence of the arrival of the Nisgera with the foreign news— there being no available space for it till this morning. The Reverend gentieman resd for his text the first six verses of the seventeenth chapter of Revelations; ’ then the eighteenth, and lastly, the first five verses of the following chapter. After detailing the reasons whiok induced him to select euch » topio for dis. course thet evening, as the present position of Pope Pius 1X. with ference to the prophecies—the eae one being that a sermon had been lately de- liverea by Bishop Hughes, and reported in the Tribune, “om the preeent position of Pope Pius IX.,” in which some very erroneous views and principles hed been enunciated as ion that it was rea- im to 1y @ corrective te those the present discourse. The preacher thea to say that idenity Papal Rome with anti-Christ, wae itiemed by Luther, Me- Calvin, and all the continental re- formers ;' by Latimer, Ridley, and all the Bri- tish rete ihe, iilustrious Sir Isaso bas bee: dards of the Episcopal, Pseebyterian, Lutheran, Methodist, Beptist, and other churches, both of Europe nd Amerios. The same deetcine is still taught in the th al echool of Geneva, by the illustrious ‘A with but bere and there Dig 4 Gauseen. eolitary exception, by and clergymen of the present day, connec various evengelical denominations Christians. Now it may be very easy for Dr. Hughes to say, with great self-complacency, that such men are“ peeccadly igvorert;’’ but many will believe that Sir isaac N: ton ki asmuch as Joba H 8 Om this subj wi ay nothing of our own conclusions, ex that they are not formed without careful stud; result of our examination is the solem stremgtbened the more peggy 4 we study ject, that the Rom! being ‘choroh, is the bittere Christ,—that she ® Christiam obureh; but, with a long line of corrupt and wicked men, who have worn her triple crown, that she is anti-Chrisc—the original of that apostate power whose character was sketohed eighteen handred years age by the pen of inspiration — “ whore coming is after the working of ratan, with all deovivableness of unrighteousness,” and “ whom the Lord sball consume with the spirit of his mouth, sad destroy with the brightness of his coming.’ If this ie eo—if Popery ib not Caristisaity, but a sys- tem of corruption, error, and falsehood, that hae usurped that venerable name, then it is evident that Chrietianity is not chargeable with the atrocious vices and horrible crueities of which her corrupt and wicked bierareby have been guiity through so ma‘ persecution, of shame, of pyilution, ai of guilt. Let not the infidel, therefore, afcer being made acquainted with the enormities of its anti-Christian rule, look with @ ecow! of o ment, and say: “ This, thi No; Popery is not Christianit of the New Testament—it is as far from it as lignt from darkness—as hes’ from Shrist from antichrist. And it would be j I to brand Christianity with the or idol temples of Jugger: ere) infidel action in the tion, as to lay at the door of the religion of Him who was meek a lowly in heart, and who came not to destroy m lives, but to rave them, the crimes, the murders. the burnings, the mas- 6 ores, the obscenities, t! the lying won- ders whic! e marked the caree! apostate Rome at every stag her polluted and biood stained his. tory. Mf Popery were w just exhibition of Christ anity, it would be a religion unworthy of a being of infinite holiness purity and bemevolence; and were it mot that prophecy bas foretold its history and described ite char.oter, the existence of such # system for so many centuries, uoder the name of tianity, would pe the strongest proof of infidelity. ‘This difficulty, how- ever, immediately vanish a Popery is transformed ‘an eloquent argument for the truth of the Bidly, ‘J fe remember that its whole hisiory and churace ter are fully delineated im the propbetio Scriptares; thatitis that great antichrie: in power, described by Daniel in his seventh chapter, verse twenty ffth. uu- der the emblem of @ jittle “hora,” as ‘wearyiog the saints of the Most Hig! by Jonn, in the Reve ations, as @ beset “inaking war with saints,” and “opoalag his mouth in biaepbemy against God,” and as“ Baby- lon, the great mother of barlots and abominations of the earth”—a woman drunken with the biood of the and the martyrs of Jesur;” and by Paul, in his firet Epistle to Timothy, as “a departure from the faith, givin heed to reducing spirits, and doctrines of devile;” and in a second Epistle tothe Thessalonians, ag “a falling away,”’ or apostacy—as the revelation of that “man of sin,’ that “son of perdition who oppos- eth and exalteth himself above that is called God or bis worship.” In these prophetic Scriptures, the character of Papal anti- Christ is drawn with an unerring precision which 1 sufficient alone to prove that there huly men— Daniel, Paul and John—* epeak as they were inspired by the Holy Ghoet.”” It is an important fact that Popery is plainly a sub- ject of prophetic prediction im the sacred Scripture ; and though the almost entire subversion of true Christianity, which occurred in jourse of only centuries, might otherwise bave a tendency to stagger our faith in ite divine origin, hen it isremembered tbat this great anti-Christian apostacy, or «failing away,” bappened in exact accordance with the “Scriptures of truth,” the fact serves to strengthen, ther than shake, our faith in the divinity of our holy ago, the remark was made by a Ro- 'be Bible cannot be true without mother of Rome” 6 the most learned professors with the of Protestant The would have and therefore ‘ought was recently ourse by Professor is theological class. pointing to the Pope,’ said he, ‘“ we point to Awerica, which calls upon us to believe the Bible,” Considered in this view, the obduracy of the Ro- mapists, like the cbduracy of the 8, wonderfully iructs the chureh, because it been foretoid; thus jt je that the soandals of Rome have bi eloquent argument. The sove- mish bierarchy become, in this jupporters of the truth @ that Popery is the subject of prophetic , it would be easy to produce a muititude of shail content oursel for the pre- be reverend gentlemen here read of the sacied Se passages which | tute s complete tiobrist, in oc fe drawn to the very life; nor is this to be wonde st, for it was rketched by the penoll of Omnisolence itself We shall now proceed to show, in the first place, what Weare to understand by the mystical Babylon spoken of in the text. Secondly, the olreumstances of her fall; and thirdly, the probable time at which the event shall cecur. I's vielon—the four u after copiously tllus- ng the identity inferred that anti-christ must be ak rosegy growing out of theancient Roma: pire, he mm addresced himeelf to that part of Bishop Hughe’s sermon, in which it is stated that “the force ef circumstances compelled them (the Popes) littie by little, to aseume the sovereigaty of » small vince— the itelisn Peninsula,” with the view of showiag that there was no provicential intervention im the matter, he referred to « letter which Pope Stephen ad- dressed to 'epip, the powerful king of France, to hasten to bis relief “the most wie! mation of the Lombard’ As some time elapeed, the Pope had Teceived no intelligence of the march of Pepin, Stephen Ddegan to fear that the impressiom produced ter on the mind of the king, bed not been iy powerful to induce him to cross the Alps a second time: as the city, unless relieved, could not s tain the siege much longer, he adopted the extraor: Bary expedient of pretendi ‘one of those pio adi have aiways regerded as lawful to have received a letter from St. See. This most ringuler tter of Pope S y us TI aro! n Peter, & serve: to the three mort excel: Cc ption is as tollows :— tle of Jesus Christ, as 8 obey my exhortations. firmly believe, that their and that they will admitted, cleansed from verlas| u ed from your sine, hasten to the relief of my city, of my itted to my cate, ready to ked Lombards their mer- ‘ered the Almighty thet my ity; the body that has suffer- Cn) exqaisite torment 4 ard hi body soould rest ed for the sake of ho il Usd 1 aportoiio wy fleck, viear, have trusted ia Our Lady, the Virgin in earnestly entrestl torn tatty. tat herten FOU eE Costes ov phe oe en, ae 5 rm ourred, Bations; but with the French sre, and ever have been, the first, the mort deserving of all mations ; I would not suffer the reward- the exceeding great ward—that is reserved in this and the other world, for those whe shail deliver m7 people, to be cacned by avy other.” Im the rest of the St Peter is made to Tepeat all Pope has said in his letters; te court the favor and protection of the French with the abject fattery—to inveigh withas mach arist Teeenime:t and rancor es the Pope hed invwia! egainet’: the most wicked naticn of the L ? w exhort bis most Christina sone over and over agai 1d with all possible speed, to the relief of bi peopie, lest they should in the meanti the bends of their implacable enemies; thoe from whem they tal apenns Lead facar the asure of the Almight; 3 and be, ia con. raat naasem toe diag ll their other The consequence of this communication was that Pepin marched aorore the Alps, lnid siege to Paria, aad obliged Alstuiphus, King of the Lombards to retire from the siege of Rome 1’ obliged to sue for peace, French , Upon the *Aistuipbus ehouid execute a treaty, and convey at opee the exerchate to the Pope; that he should de- liver up ale the city of Commaobio, defray all the ex- of the war, and decides on annual tribute jelve masand soldi of gold. These terms being agreed upon, Pepin caused a new agree- ment to be signed by Aistulphus, whereby he yielded ail the places mentioned in the treaty, to be for ever held and posreseed by St. Peter, and his lawful suc cessors im the see of Ro After dwelling on this head for some time, he explained how emoctly the description given im the revelations of saticarist corresponded with the Churoh of Rome—with all its abominations and idolatries. Wich respect to the desoription—" drunk with the blood of the sainte”’ —he obeerved, where is this falfilled. if not in Papal Rove? After referring tomeny pereecutions—the quisition, the Waldenser. the Huguenots, &o —he on. The whole history of Popery is a commentary upon the truthfulness of this description That bis- tory is written in lines of blood. Compared with the butoberiee ef holy men and women by the Papal a tiobrist, the persecutions of the Pagan emperors of the first three centuries tink into comparative insi for ncta tithe of the blood of martyrs was ebed have ‘opieh erage of more than forty thousand Peligious murders for every year of the existence of f course, the averege of victims yearly was those gloomy ages, when Popery glory, and reigned despot of the world; and much less since the power of the Popes bas diminished, to tyrannise over the natio: Compel the prinoes of the earth, by the terrors of ox: communication interdiction ana deposition, to butch their heretics bjects The right t» persecute hereti and put them to death for t! bes been claimed and exercise Romieh church. The duty of putting heretics to des says Professor Gaussen, is among the i irrevocable decrees of the cf the Mase and Purgator; Li to eay that it was agsinst the will of the Holy Spirit to burn with fre men convicted of error, the court of Rome, in its bull exsurge, placed this opinion among the number of forty-one propositions for which it condemned Luther, and ordered, under severe penal- tier, that be should be seized and sent tothe Pope. ‘With regard to the second point, or the oiroum- stences of antichrist’s fall, he expatiated at great length, and adduced the two following instances te sbow with what despotio power the Pope exacted tem- poraleubmission, The firet was in the case of King Jobn of England. The npgueee, of the deed of sur. render that King John delivered to Pandulph, and which bad doubtless been dictated to him by the bavghty legate, is co remarkable that I shall read it, es & monument of the unbounded arrogance and tyranny of the apostate Churoh of Rome, snd of the head of that falee churoh, the pretended successor of St. Peter, and disciple of him whe said,“ My kingdom ‘a not of this world.” The following are the words of thie document :— 1, John, by the of God, king of Ei unto God, aid the ely aposton, Petar and Rowan church 4 our mother, and unto th anc to his cattolic socersors, the whole andthe whele kingdom of Ireland. with all 1 tle appurtenances: fthe same, 94 of si) ourgeneration, both for thie time forward we may receive and the Roman oi.urch, as sroend after him, &c. Webave sworn, nto the ead Lord Pope Innocent, and to his catholic bh, ible and and; to, frely grant fi Lord, Pops Iouoceat, of Eagland righta aud all our sins and oi oe of Hanculphua If we can be in P< go, we will do the same; snd to thie successors for ever, &o And for the sign of this our perpetual obligation and concession, we wiliane ordain, that out of our pro per and copecial revenues trom the said kin; all our service and custom which we ought to render, ohuroh receive a thousand marke sterling yearly withont diminution of o hundred mar! ‘the feast of St. Vonvtompe agalaes theo things iat hint ort suocersors, presume to atten) Bis right tobe bit gdem, ‘no Mathew Paris tells us that on delivering this letter, the king placed a sum of money at the feet of Pan- auiph. the Pope’s legate, which the former trod upon with his foot in token of the subjection of the country to the Roman See. These are hi i “Pandulphus pecuniam quam in arcem subjectionis rex contulerat. sub pede suo conculcarit, archiepiscope dolente et reciamente’ The next instance which he would adduce. out of tl any which might be named, was that of Henry t urth, of Germany, in the eleventh century. This severeign got into a scrape with Pope Gregory the Seventh, the famous Hildebrand, or, ashe migbt be more trutbfully named, Helibrand. (Lavgbter) In this dispute, Gregory eonvoked a at which were present a hundred and ten who unanimously agreed that the Pope had use to depose Henry, to dissolve the oath of allegiance which the , pri and states had taken in his favor, and prohibit them from holding any corres- ponde! ith him, on of excommunication, And that eentence was immediately fulmi; gainst the emperor and bis adherente: ‘In the name of Al- mighty God, and by your authority,” said Gregor: sliuding tothe members of the council. ‘1 prohibit He nr; son of our Emperor Henry, from govern- ing Tuetonia kingdom and Italy. I release all Christians from their oath of allegiance to him, and [ strictly forbid all persons from serving or at! bimas king ” Thus rays Hallan. Gregory the Se: obtained the glory of leaving all his predecessors bind, and astonishing mankind by am act of audacity which the most emulous of his snecsssers could hardly surpass. The first impulees of Henry's mind, on hear- ing this denunciation, were indignation and resent- ment, but he was at lengih compelled to eubmit. It was in a winter of unusual severity when he went to Emperor was admitted, without his n outer court of the castle, and three remained from morning till evening, ‘woollen shirt and with naked fect, while Gregory refured to admit him to his presence. At length, after continuing for three days, in ti id month of Janu- led Emperor wa: © oblige our heirs and honor cf kissing the Pope’s toe. very eary now for Bishop Hughes, after these insta: of the unbounded arrogance of the Popes, to that all those who entertain such opinions 1 tt? (Laughter) As additio called attention to which are as follows Pope alone should be universal Bishop — ought to live in the same house with persons ated by the Pope. The Popesione can wear the imperial ornaments, All prinees are to kiss his foot, and pay that mark ef distinction to him sone. It islawful for him to fou goed em . No eral council is to be assembled without his order. fis judgment no man car reverse; but he can reverse all other judgments, He is to be judged by no man. No man eball preeume to condemn the person that ap- peale to the apoetolic See. The ‘toman church has never erred, nor will she ever err, according to Sorip- ture. He can depose and restore bishops witheut as- sembling a synod. The Pope can absolve subjects from the oath of allegiance which they have taken toa bad prince. The genuineness of these dictates of Hil- debraud, as they are called, is testified by several of the moet famous of the Rowan Catholic writers—Har- duin Baroniur, Lupus and others. Perhaps there writers also, in the estimation of Bishop Hughes, are all “profoundly ignorant.” (Laughter.) Tn relation to the third head of his discourse, the Teverened gentle said he must ne oa ly hd se f, 7 7 a the different times at whieh nouncemert of this period has been ym date has been the year 606, was declared to be universal Bishep by a decree of Phocas, the tyrant of the Fast. Reckoned from thie date, io 1 of the termination 1866. Bat he ie all probability e later day meuoement of the Romin could not “ horn” or ki poral king. place till some between the years but is, between the overthrow of javeons and the grant of king Pep the domains of Lombardy to the Pope. by which gr: be became a temporal roverel, According to this ealcu'ation. the termina’ the 1260 prophetic ears wou i be about th of the next century. 4, in another holy al which restored the Bourbon to the ti for the purpcre of reinstating the Pope sovereignty of Rome Should this be the case, however, the blow which the Paps! power has received by recent evente fs one from be expected to recover till ite in the language of the text. it ia fallen!” benevolence ated his opiatoa who have proudly olalme sore of St Peter and vicegerents of God upon earth. Court of Common Pleas fore Judge Uiehoeff-r Fen 1% — John Giiligan vo The Harlem Reilroad Company.- The jars to th #. rendered @ Worliot for the plaint ff for $850 damoges. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE, TAIRTIETH CONGRESS. SECOND SEsSI0x. Bonate. Wasainoron, Feb, 17, 1849. The Senate heving organized in the usual various petitions Feperte were presented, all of whioh were appropriately disposed of EXECUTING COMMUNICATIONS Various communications were received from the Preeident of the United States, by the hands of his private Secretary, which, without reediog, were refer: ted. Several House bills wore alse received. ORTTLAMENT OF ACCOUNTS. A Joint resolution was presented, authorising the settlement of the accounts of Thomas Howe, Pensi Agent, at Pittebargh, Pennsylvania; which was con- sidered and agreed to, NAVAL ReGUTER. A joint resolution was presented im favor of pur- Sones laws Committee on Naval Affeirs MomE DEI The bill from the House providing for the establish- ment of a Home Di Pe ee a es eat, ANS coeeayes So the C pen ° 7 nication from the Superii coptaining the informetion called for by « resol: tion of the Senate, concerming the survey of the coast <item The communication was te be print Pp re » previously Offered by Mr. Webster, directi: inquiry to be made into tne expediency of requiring security from emigrant posers in order to prevent them from be- coming & charge. An amendment making pro- vision for ting certain decisions of the Supreme Court on eubject, was then submitted and agreed to, TAL. the resolution adopted. MaRINE M Mr. Bazezsr, of Il reported a bill for the esta- biishment of a marine hospital on Rook island, in the State of Liinois, which lies over. MAIL ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA, Mr. Ruan, of Texas, reported a bill for the establish- ment of a mail route from the Mississippi river to San Francisco, California, which was laid on the table, to be printed. TRHUANTEPEC ROAD, Mr Fours, of Mississippi, presented the memorial ef Jesse Dow and others, in resation to the construction of a railroad serose the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, which was also ordered to be printed. BURIAL GROUND IN MEXICO. The resolution hitherto submitted by Mr. Under- wood, proposing to select and purchase a loeality fora burial ground ta Mexico, to receive the remains of our eoldiers who perished there during the late war, was oe up and referred to the Committee oa Foreign tions. confinie, the precdeaene of next Thursdey to such priva@ bills as do not give rise to debate. After some discussion, the resolut Isid on the table. what subject to proceed with next. Mr. Di eve notice that he would, on Menday next, move to the bill providing @ territorial gevernment for ia, Ral D TO CALIFORMIA. Af er. scme fuitber eedings. the bill authorising the Galveston apd Red River Hailroad Compsny to construct @ railroad to California, was taken up, and referred to the Committee on Roads aad Canais. ‘Lhe Senate then took up the bill making appropria- tlone for tbe olvil and diplomatic expenses of the go- vernment, for the ensuing fiscal year. Mr. Benton, of Missouri, eubmitted te the bill. etriking out the appropriatio: for the coast eurvey, and inserting $30,000; also direct- th made exciurively by vessels and navy, under the direction of the Presi- with bis accustomed ability, in favor modification in the present system of y. Ithad.in his opinion, been carried tar beyond the object contemplated by the laws which were first pased upon the subject He therefore urged the ety Of restrictin; ita proper Hat Mr. Fierce, of Maryl plied, and defended ¢! present mode of conducting the survey. He aliuded to 1 nefits whioh it conferred upon the interests of navigatio: je was against abolishing the office of Superintendent of the coast survey, as contemplated by the amendment. ‘Mr Piexce having concluded, on motion, the Senate adjourned. House of Hepresentatives. . Waeninaton, Feb. 17, 1849. The House was organised in the usual manner. On Proceeding to business, various conflicting motions were made, and much confusion prevailed. MEXICAN INDEMNITY BILL, Mr. Vinton. of Ohio, finally gained the floor, and of- fered a resolution to terminate the debste on the Mex- ican indemnity bill at two o’olook on Wednesday next. Mr. Toons, of Georgia, moved to amend the reso- lution, by substituting Monday next for Wednesday ; upon which the yeas and nays were ordered. The amendment was carried—yoas 82, nays 73, The resolution was then adopted. MEXICAN INDEMNITY. On motion of Mr. Rocxwe.t, the House then went into Committee of the Whole, Mr. Cabell, of Florida, ebairman, and took up the Mexican indemnity bill. Mr. Bucxnen, of Kentucky, then rose and addressed the Committee on the slavery question and the Mexi- cam war im general, dwelliug particularly upon the territorial view of the subject, and advocating conser- vative dootri He contended that slavery would never go to California—that Congress had power and ought to exercise it, to keep slavery out of the new hie. Se of Georgia, foll IF. STEPHENS, follo Marly clear and shrill voles snd” de tending against all legislation for maintaining that two. thirds of the Senate had no power pel the House to vote appropriations for th purchase of territories. He explained what he oc: sidered the rights of the House, and said that w: bi teste thould be established that the A: f Representatives should obey only the at of the President and the Senate, neither the Union, nor the government, nor anything else would be worth preretving. Fsteblich this principle, that whatever the President and the Senate upon the House must yleld to—make this the “footrin then, with permanently stationed in California, and supported in ‘th of the constitution, whieh declares that it it be raieed for over two years—a treaty with Grepada might be framed, giving five, ten, or fifty millions for the right of eoross the [ethmus, He condemned all such doctri Mr. Ruxtr, of South Carolina, here begged leave to asture the honorable gentleman that uebody on his side of t! louse had controverted the doctrine which ith his peou- ided P50 as i up jegeneracy of He then proceeded to denounce the whole course of the present administration as outrageous and uncopetitutional, and not a whit better than that of » brigand or @ Charles II.,to whose history he referred. Ke pictured our prospects and happiness—the Oregon question settled and Texas annexed—with no ter- ritory to contend about any longer—our career of gicry might bave been onward and upward. No- thing but the foul spirit of the infernal regions eould have stirred up the dark jae of usurpations and aggressions which followed by the act of the Executive, He referred to the talk about expunging from the journal the declaration that the Executive ‘unconetitutionally brcught on the war. In his view, it would be ng time before that solemn truth would be expung He would never vote a dollar towards paying for territory from which his people were to be excluded, Mexico been properly denominated by ® Senator, the forbidden fruit, % that Senator took # bite of it, He replied to relative to the protocol, recapitalatiny the President had practised by fraud a: Oregon question, on Mexico. on Mr. W Acar whore Promired to approve, and lastly, a1 Ameri le. the y The galleries of the Hcuse were much day, and all listened to the eloquent ing weeh of the distinguished representative from Geor- with marked attention. r. Lanm. of Ohio, followed, 4 surveyed the Northern side of the question of slavery. He quoted several British precedents and legal dscisions,and con- troverted the assumpti bat jes are property. Hi expatiated he state of tl ve representati at the South, and opposed the movements and prii les of the al jomiste. This party hed power in the jouth, bu wer could have im the North. Hi much evil. had recently putforth. M L having conclade: Mr MeCleila: oo Michigan, obtained the floor, but yiel 0 Mr. Witmot. of Pennsylvania, who detailed a verration which he held with President Polk, tions ago, in which the President 5; appropriation to effect a pesce with Mexico, esed the with that a slavery restriction claase ould te attached to the bill. The President, in tnat mn, arcured speaker, that if be would introduce @ joimt resolation containing the proviso that slavery should not exist in any territory which might be acqu’red from Mexino, it would be accepts ble even to Missiesippi; and he urged him to bring it forward in that form. Mr. Wilmot said he regretted thet the matter bad been alluded to, simply because he did not wish to be considered a retailer of private oon- sultations— not for any other resson He was not dis- 4 to shun responsibility; amd, he concluded, before God, this was substantially what the Presid+nt said the floor, and p20 ility, obiefly upon the ak ye with bills for Dew territori by Congress probibiti Mi for an hour, dis uestion, eschewing thatthe incomi: id ratinty eople with reger to wi these great questions He was opposed to the abolilion of slavery in the District of Columbia, He vietured the conseqrences which, he beiteved, would fnviteo'y enue, and prone A te proposition propor crous, He dircursed the cerritorial question, Mr. Ji of New York, followed {At the hour ~ clesing this despatch. the Hall is lighted. and « lovg aight session is aacicipaced. There are ma 1; ctators preseat, and more than ‘usual interest prevails.) mceneicanaiee BREW YORK LeGISLaTURE. Feb. 17, 1840. NEW YORE aLMsHocee A petition was presented for the appolatment of o age the affaires of the Alms House in the city of New York. BiL.s REPORTED, Nr. Boxes reported s bill in favor of altering the Commireioner’s map of the city of Brooklyn; also pro. viding for the establishment of civil and criminal courte im the city of B-ooklyn. MADIOON UNIVERSITY. Mr. Boant @ dill to repeal the act relative te the removal of the Madison Uaiversity. FERE somooLs The Committee of the Whole took up the bill rela. tive to free schools, and laid the same on the tabie after seme debate. Feb. 17, 1849, ‘BILLS REPOR - A bill was reported in favor of constructing a railread from Troy to Rutland. Mr. Cnoss, of Kings county, also reported a bill te authorize the city of Brooklyn to raise money for the purpose of obtaining water. BILLS PassEp. ‘The bill authorising the city Brooklyn to raise funds for the ‘of com; their Cit; was fade thind Une oud passed my The bill to amend the charter of the East River In- surance Company, was ulso read s third time and BILLS INTRODUCE! Mr. McLean, of Livingston county, according te notice, introduced a bill for the appointment ard of Railway Commissioners. isoswar, of Rio! nd county, introduced a bill to ebange the location of the Marine Hospital. NOTICES OF BILLS. Mr. Beexman, of New York gave noti tion to introduce a bill for the oreotion of fir of the Lea 2 rN, of Albany county, ga’ the Clinton State Frison, its stead am assylum for idiots, COMPTROLLER, Mr. Wasuixaron Hunt was chosen Comptroller. SWORD TO COL, BLISS The Committee of the Whole took up the resolution authorizing the presentation of d to Col. Bliss of Gen Teylor's etaff. A debate followed and some progress was made in the consideration of the br motion, the Assembly adjourned. General Tayior’s Cabinet. Cixcinmatt, Feb. 17, 1849. ‘We learn, from reliable authority, that the office of Secretary of State will be tendered to Senator Clayton, of Delaware. Itis generally understood that the Hon. Mr. Crit- genden, of Ky,, dec! a cabinet appointment. Gen. Taylor's Health, Cincinnati, Feb, 1, 1849. The health of Gon. Taylor is very feeble, in oonse- quence of the accident which befel him at Madison, Ia., where the erowd of persons, who were anxious te see him, pressed upon him with such force that they threw him with great violence over some salt barrels. The Examination of Hyer, Bartimonn, Feb. 17, 1849, Hyer was brought before the Court at 10 o’olook this morning. His counsel .were Rebert McLean Collins Lee, Esqrs. The investigation occupied the attention of the Court until half past ome o’closk P.M. The ceurt room was densely crowded with eager epectators, and outside these was an immense throng upableto gain admittance ager to learn all*that ‘was going on within. The nearing baving been concluded, the Court pro, nounced him guilty of fighting, and demanded bail in his own recognizance for $2,000, and by others for $1,000. Mesers. Leon Dyer, William Turner and William Price went as the required security. They aay they would have given security to the amount of $20,000 bad it been required. Hyer is now at liberty and is with his family at the United States Hotel. Great enthusiasm prevails in, bis favor. He looks well and shows no marks of rough handling, except that one of his eyes in slightly black- ened. There is some talk of bis givingsa sparring ex- hibition in one of our theatres before he leaves our city. His bebaviour at the trial was noble and manly throughent. Election of the Comptroller, Atuany, Feb, 17, 1840, The Senate and Assembly met in Convention to-day and elected Hon. Washington Hunt Comptroller of the State of New York, vice Millard Fillmore, re- signed. The vote stood : 89 Further Confirmation .f tne Abundance of Gold in Californta, Baurimone, Feb. 17, 1849. The Scuthern mai! has arrived, with New Orleans papers tothe 10th, by which we learn that the brig Lowder had arrived from Chagres, with dates to the 25th of January; she brings no gold, but confirms al the previous scoounts received, as regards its abun- dance, &o, Bulc deand Fire. Bostox, Feb, 17, 2849. Robert M. N. Smythe, supposed to be deranged, was found dead, with his throat cut, this morning. believed to have committed suicide. The Eagle Hotel, Lawrence City, and severalvother buildings adjoining, were destroyed by fire latthight. Markets. Bosron, Fab. 17, 1849, The market for flour continues firm, with a good de maud. We notice sales of 1.500 bbi Miobigan, & jouthero, and Gyo. for yellow do. Small seles of rye are mrsking at 70c.to Tid. Ia cae were sales of 3,000 bushels Northern at 40c. e. City Entelligenee. Tue Weatnes.— Weather moderated coasid>r- ably yesterdey. Early in the morning i¢ was cold enough for St. Petersburgh one bergen, the mercury marking well di in the jumn of unite; but at iY 1. was up adeve 30 dez..and eontinuedji Bite jog ilevening. We bave}ied cold weather enough for one winter; and it is to be hoped that the exovs- pression of the meroury in the thermometer will scom cease The poor must suffer excessively during this very oold weather. Provipentiat Escare.— Om Priday evening last,a row thoa witb five men and three women, left the institution at Bediow’s Island. for Jersey City, but om nearing Ellie? Toland it got suddeniy jammed between three large masres of ice, and was soon completely frozen in. This dering observed from Bediow’s Island, Dr. Habel, pte! aod gd wd Mr Coghlen, with sixm@en who volunteered for the purpose, hav! provided them- ith Nght axes <a through the toe, and y of things requis for aay emergency thi another dost, ent thele progress the quantity of ice w! now theebb tide, that it (cli dark. de feom shore. in culty and dsnger nes, the other boat im) ible to out ry . diflcaity arore, for the Irland in the interint, bad become compietely encircled with ice, over 140. yards of which bad to. be ou+ through. However all parties landed im eafaty, but greatly exheurt+d, per \feularly the females, yor full of joy—che.cwliverers for their success, and the delivered for their fortunate escape. ges Fins —A fire broke out on Friday evening, in the | Daeement of Ne, 169 Delamoy sarees, wi was. put out with trifling damege. A Founp: —An infent was fonad yestemiay,in yD alley adjoining house No 4 Spreng atreec, iu the tnward. it appeared to have bean ab. aed by ite. aients, and was therefore taken (o the station house. Rt was diccovered by a girl, who had buminity enough to sew to its being comfortably takem care of, Accwpxt—Anm accldemt ooowrred at the Falten ferry, On Friday evening whieh an old lady. gamed Mre, Copsener, had her bg ly crashed betwee m tae boat and the dook, or Weidge «She was removed to hen residence, No 279 Peart street, aod puoper astention paid to her wounds, Court of General Seasiona, Before Judge lngrebam, Aldermen Hattuid and Dodge Feu 11 — Senenoed—Jonn Harmonse, who had deve found guilty of grand larceny oo Wedarsday lass, was tent sced to two yearsandons month epatce wmey.t ip the * ptisen, Tay Court adjowtmed ares te Mondey next,

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