The New York Herald Newspaper, February 25, 1853, Page 8

THE LECTURE SEASON. Hon. George Sumner on France, The eighth lecture of the course got up by the New York Historical Society, in aid of the funds for the erection of a fire-proof building, was delivered lust ng, in Metropolitan Hall, b¥@Hon. George Sum- evenil ner speak of France, a country which had for years ex ercised the greatest influence in Europe, which had given to the world poets and philosophers, and a country which should ever be regarded with grati- tude for the helping hand she had lent to this coun- in her hour of need and dan, France might | e stands as the cham- pion of demo: ext moment she deigns to own a sceptre and recognize the imperial robe. He believed, however, that France had made no change without just cause. The xperi- ment of 1848 had procured for her |: cheaply bought. One with was the prejudice which was cr ‘rance by her first revolution—a m the ‘misiuterpretation and mist ke and other English w: e English press have trea side as improperly as they hi States on the oth Th I ed as a dou i ys passed fr ‘ance to the of purifying, Up nesses and writers celebrated Arthur Youn ary for thi at the admiy and infamous.” and was hel. and ty, who were | exempt from the bourgeoiste was sub- | jected to every sort of oppression. The peasant could | not move without meeting a tax; he was obl even to carry his bread to the manorial ovens; the tax on salt was so iniquitous that a peasant could not carry a bucket of salt water to his cottage, without exposing himself to punishment. But there was nd to the brutal and ignominious treatment to which | they were subjected. The murder of a peasant was | a very small matter. The humiliation of the pea: was Shared also by the lower order of the clerg; by the bowrgeo nts of the towns. advent of Lou rejoicing. the changes in France, dec the « France has departed ; but well was it for nce | that eoonomists could be found to relieve her from | embarrassment. Louis XVI. signed the constitution | prepared by Turgot, but he appealed to foreign | owers to interfere with armsin the affairs of France. | The Queen and court were also resolved to prevent | the establishment of a constitutional government. | The indignation of the people on discovering the | treason of Louis XVI. was intense. The forces of the allied sovereigns were soon after assem- bled, and put under the command of the Duke | of Brunswick, aud here begin the difficulties—here | begin the atrocities of the French revolution. The proclamation of the Duke of Brunswick filled the country with rage and horror. And as a res- ponse to the menaces he held out in case the royal ‘amily should be molested, the Parisians attacked through which t and from | Iter, instead » mass of wit- xe ac m this cou i ‘tration of justice | t thirdsof the | ras partial, v nt and | The ed by all classes with nd feeble, moarns over ring that the cae of | the Tuileries. The patriot saw for his country the tate of Poland, and the peasant saw the chain and tue whip in case the army of the royal allies should sulMue them. Atsuch a time the advice of moderate men is little heard. Then Danton came into power, and then commenced the massacres of September. enemy was repelled, and feudal privileges were bolished. The reign of terror continued for twenty- two months, during which time the king, queen, and cighteen thousand persons were executed; bnt its in- stigators, also, were among its victims. But if the imperial troops had succeeded, how many thousands would haye suffered? Let the fate of Poland declare. Within eighteen months afier, Warsaw was taken and sacked, and thirty thousand troops and citi- zens put to the swor After the reign of ter- ror, France might have formed a good con- stitution, but for the coalitions formed against “y of the were absolutely n for her security. Gigantic eflorts were made by France to meet this conflict. | Napoleon, though he sacrificed political liberty, yet cherished political equality. But when it was seen | that his wars were wars of ambition, and not of self defence, public opinion deserted him. Even Fouché | and Talleyrand, whom he used as his ministers of | oppression and deceit, turned against him. Good cause existed in the exigency of circumstances for | the empire—good canse existed for its overthrow. | Napoleon, musing at St. Helena, said : ‘One thing I | feei convinced of in ened my past life, is the | powerlessnegs of force.” The best minds of France— | uizot and others—lent all their power to stay the | torrent of royalist reaction. At oe again came | the revolution of 1830, and Charles X., king by Di- | vine right, was hurled from his throne; and here, when the revolution was successful, no blood was spilt. Louis Philippe courted Lafayette and the republi- cans, so long as ne feared them; but at the time, he wrote to the Emperor of Russia to say that | he accepted the throne merely for the purpose of curbing the people. Under Louis Philippe, France presented the spectacle of a joint stock company—a close Gr grep day, rm on the public exac- tions. Guizot Ministry determined, by every means, to keep the people in ignorance; and whcn some members of the Polytechnic school, fearing the consequences of the popular ignorance, formed au association and commenced delivering lectures in Paris, on geology and scientific subjects, the Min- istry put them down. What wonder that, truth being silenced, the people turned to the secret socie- ties, where the extravagance of ignorance was often imbibed! The people, not having the privilege of going to the ballot box, erected barricades, and the government of Louis Philippe fell. The lecturer bore | evidence, from personal knowledge, of the moderation | practised by the successful insurgents. During the three months in which Paris was given up to anar- chy, persons and property were respected, and the police records tor that period show a dimi- nution of crime. The provisional government | made some errors, particularly the measure they adopted of placing an increase on the land tax of forty per cent. Louis Napoleon's great cause of success ha# heen his promise to relieve the land {from the unjust tax imposed upon it. The attacks of the Orleanist press were directed against the members ot the provisional goverument; but their special vic- tim was Ledru Rollin, and the calumnies were so well directed against him that many believed thein. He certainly was not free from faults, but he is a proof that those who are the best at pulling down are not so good at reconstructing. The royalist fac- tion commenced their reaction by’ their success at | the elections of 1849. Louis Napoleon allowed them to continue their work, until, despised and insulted, be thrust them forth. If it be asked what the revo- tion of 1548 secured for France, he would answer, it had procured her three thousand schools in her villages, cheap postage, universal suffrage. It is not true that other nations have suffered by the revo! tion of 184%. In Germany its consequences were beneficial. Holland has gained and retained a new constitution, and Le the liberal party in power. Even Austria bas gained 1848; and last of all, poor, suffering Italy has had an occasion to free her- self from the reproach of cowardice. Brave men, who on Rome’s bastion fell beside your guns, there is a victory in dying well for freedom, and ye have not died in vain! Every candid mind will admit that no government ever fell in France which did not deserve to fall. Each movement has shown less and less violence. A few more oscillations will per- haps take place, but each one brings it nearer its true perpendicular—the republic. e's Lectures, RBY. THEODORE PARKER ON THE ANGLO-SAXONS, On Tuesday evening, Rev. Theodore Parker deli vered a lecture, before a crowded audience, at the ‘tabernacle, on the ‘“ Anglo-Saxons—their origin, character, and influence.” He said—Mankind is one. | ‘There is one genus man, one variety man—all the same, Philosophers, however, for convenience, have | djstributed mankind into five races. Beginning, as they suppose, at the bottom of the scale, they enu- | merate, first, the African, or black race; second, the | American, or red race; then the Malay and Mongo- | lian, or yellow races, not very commonly distin. | guished from each other; and, lastly, the Caucasian, or the white race. All these agree in their funda- mental characteristics, and make up mankind. They differ only as the fingers differ on the same hand. To appreciate the character of man, it is necessary wo per gn nag of men, beginning with broad bumanity first, and then proceeding to the special characteristics. The Caucasian differs from all other races; he is the humane—he is civilized and pro- gresses. He conquers with his head as well as his hand. It is intellect, after all, that conquers, not the strength of a man's arm. The Caueasian has been often master of the other races—never their slave. He has carried hix religion to other races, but never taken theirs. In history all religions are of Cau sian origin. All the t limited forms of mona chies are Caucasian. oe are Cancasian. Al the great sciences are of Caucasian origin; all inven- | tions are Caucasian; literature and romance come of the same stock; all the great poets are of Cau- Saigost—" ranee.'” Eis’ eal ho proposed to | riod of the developement of the Teutonic race, they | some of those p | Anglo-Saxon was so famous for. er by England. General Napier said in his his- | eninsular War, that the wars of France | six hundred years before Christ. The Teatonic occupied the centre of Ei - Then there was the dclavonie, now represent by the Russians. Two families, of the Mongolian race penetrated Europe. One of these families is the Hungarian, who came into Europe on horseback. The Laplanders, and Turks, who have settled themselves in Europe are | ofthe same origin. He then went on to say that the {| Teutonic, which was a branch of the Caucasian race, hada great love of freedom. At an early pe- were famed for their love of personal liberty. They had a greater respect for women than ever the Hebrews, or Greeks, or other nations, had. The creat federa! principle of the Teutonic family may be found inthe Saxon heptarchy, the Swiss can- tons, and more _ particula: the thirty-one States of this Union. They have been ever found fighting against alliances, The Teutonic family were famous for their aggressive and fighting qualities. This race is divided into three families— Goths, Ger- and Scandinavians. Of the Goths, there is still a portion of that race left in France. There are sple there; but they are hated so y that they are not allowed to arriage or in the same church pews much in thate sit in the si with Fre a. The Scandinavians were bold, har adventurers, and a roving. plun- dering. race of men. They were the fillibus- te of the nin and tenth centuries. The: were first pirates ormandy, then in England, the Saxons at the battle of Has . Th t Anglo-Saxon race was made up of four elements—the Norman, the Danish, the Anglican and the Saxon. The audience should par- don him he said that the Celtic family was in 8 decay. Even in ance,. a man and nothing but a pale eagle i red, not only the Louis Philippists, , but the red tepublicans, by a coup d'état, and in one day made France a military tism. The Teutonic were long the most pow ily in Europe—the most liberty-loving, and most law-loving people. hile the Celt, in a spirit of wild revenge, will an enemy to pieces on the instant, or the classic man, as the Spaniard, stab him to the heart, the Anglo-Saxon does not take re- venge on the moment, but does it in a business manner, He never assasina which is the most democratic mode of doing the business. They try and hang their victim. ‘The Re- yolution was an instance of the order which the 3 At that time every thing was done in order. Charles I. was tried in a regular court, and beheaded in a regular manner. At Boston, when they threw all the tea overboard, it was done all in order. They did not do it in the night, it was all done in the open day, and not an ounce of it was stolen by these patriots. Ifa ship wh re they arrived in New York or Boston to-morrow, it would | not be woloaded with more order than was that aes in Boston harbor. (Applause.) Even in Lynch law there is a species of order which differs from the course pursued by the Celt. The Anglo-Saxon has a lust for land. This race is divided into two families— the Anglo-Saxon Briton and the Anglo-Saxon American. The AngloSaxon Briton is very proud, and quite respectable; the Anglo-Saxon American, ects to become, at some future day, quite as re- spectable as Jobn Bull, A lust of land oo he gid before, was one of the great peculiarities of the Anglo-Saxon race. Three hundred years ago, the Anglo-Saxons did not ownthe whole of Great Britain. See the extent of their possessions now. The British were not satisfied with what they had, but they the world. They also wanted to surround China, by sailing up the Irrawaddy, and encompassing that country on all sides. The English are not satisfied, and never will be while there is a foot of territory to acquire. The Americans, not satisfied with their Ouba. minating their enemies. When they landed on this continent, they exterminated all the red men they | could find. The Spaniards, on the contrary, inter- married with the I | would not stoop to this. There was a law in Massachu- | Indian. The Anglo-Saxon. thongh fond of exter- | minating, is not cruel. The Dutch would put these savages to death with the most excruciating torture; but the Anglo-Saxon would do no such thing—he would simply bring up his gun, and shoot them dowa in a scientific manner. (Great laughter.) They ave gradnally exterminating the Celts from Ire- ; land, by compelling them to live on decayed potatoes. They have reduced them by two mil- ions in the course of two or three years. There was no danger of the Americans and English fighting now. Neitherfought for glot operation. The Anglo-Saxon fights for gain—so does Brother Jonathan, too. Sometime ago, Brother Jon- athan wanted to go up to 54 deg. 40 min., and John Bull said, in reply, we want to come down to 49 deg., and, after a shake of the hand, Brother Jonathan said to Jobn Buil, “Well, you may come down.” (Langh- | ter.) But when there was a weaker power in quee- tion, the result was very different. A quarrel was provoked on purpose, and the weaker power was com- pelled to give up peaceably or by force. Where the | Anglo-Saxongan get territory, by war or bloodshed, there may he be found. When he conquers a civilized country he causes the price of land to be lowered, and when he conquers 4 barbarous country the value of the land is raised. America and Hindostan are examples. In the one it has been raised—in the other depreciated. dn India, the Anglo-Saxon has | exterminated the industry ofthe natives,and substitu- | ted his own. The Anglo-Saxon race is very powerful. Jt numbers some fifty millions. How different from the Spanish race, which is everywhere weak. The Anglo-Saxon is powerfal—not in a military sense, though he tights hard, but in a cemmercial ‘and po- litical sense. The dollaris the symbol of the Anglo- Saxon’s power, ds the sword was that ofthe Romans. The Anglo-Saxon abhors a universal idea. He be- lieves, perhaps, in God, but he does not go for a) higher law. He differs from the German in this. ‘The great German man is based upon thoughts—the great Anglo-Saxon man is hottomed upon things, and prefers facts and precedents to ideas. England is the richest country in the world, in consequence of the practical nature of her people. She is rich if you divide her wealth by her whole people. It is true that every sixteenth man is a pauper, and the peas) ant and mechanic are the worst fed in the world. ‘The aristocracy engross the wealth to themselves, be- cause there is no great idea running through British institutions. Look at the misery and wretchedness- of St. Giles, in the very midst of a profe mulated wealth. The Duke of Sutherland, with one stroke of his pen, exterminates the inhabitants of | a whole district of country, and when the peas: refuse to go “he sets fire to their houses. T jetiesy and sanctioned by the laws of Ei and, which sends out missionaries to the ends of the earth. to preach the gospel—such is the contradiction. The contradiction is still greater in the United States, where not every sixteenth man, but every sixth man, is so poor that he has no right to his labor or liberty, and the woman has no right to her Sei Fifteen out of thirty- one States are tainted with slavery, and the states men and politicians north of Mason and Dixon's line are poisoned by it. (Cheers. This day one hundred and twenty-one years ago a great man was born, who led a successful revolu was George Washington. yplanse.) eralship was the least of his merit, and bis greatest feat in that respect was his Island. But he established the great principle thai virtue is supreme. (Applause.) The time is at hand when there will be but two great races in the world—the Sclavonic and the Teutonic; and the Eng- lish and American people are undoubtedly the greatest sections of the Teutonic. Thank God we are not a military people. We have eleven thousand soldiers in our standing army, but who ever sees one of them’ (Langhter.) If they should all desert to-morrow morning, and go to California. it would not have the slightest effeet on the price of stocks. If the cholera, or some other plague, should earry off the army of Russia, what would become of the government? The United States goverament re- posed rather on the ballot-box than the cart- ridge-box. The day was not distant when the American Union would extend over the whole of North and South America, and they would hear of the Speaker calling the honorable member for Pata- gonia to order. (Roars of laughter.) But these acquisitions would not he made by the sword. but by intellect and the operations of commerce. ‘ Court of Common Pleas, Before Eon. Judge Woodruff. é —Contempt of nesses m. Donning; a non-attending witness, bate in the case of Gordon"Grant vs. A. H. Holden, was brought up on attachment, and on mo- tion of defendant's counsel was adjudged guilty of contempt of court, and ordered to pay the Sheriff's fees for arrest, and $10 cost of motion. Mr. Dunning | was also bound in the sum of $500 to attend every day until the case is disposed of. ff Court— Caution to Wit- ANOTHER WEBSTER AND PARKMAN TRAGEDY. A letter m the Lynchburg (Va.) Express, from the Kanawha Salines, states that a man named Stoghin went to the house of a neighbor to pay him several hundred dollars that he owed him. As he was not seen afterwards, bis friends instituted inquiries for him, and finally searched the house where he had gone, without success, until one of them commenced scraping the ashes in a large fire place, and, to his surprise, found several humanteeth and the check bone; also. part of the flesh, supposed to be that of the missing man, which had run into a crevice in the casian origin. Moses, Luther, Jeans Christ, Zoroas- ter, Budha, Pythogoras, were Cancasian. No other | race can bring up to memory such celebrated names asthe Caucasian race. The Chinese philosopher, | Confacius, is an exception to the rule, To the Caucasian race belong the Arabian, Persian, Hebrew, ligyptian; and all the European nations are deacen: douts of the Caucasian race. The earliest Cauca. | san family that moved west is the Ibern, then the Peiaagic. The Celtic family occupied the western ond northern part of Wurope, five or fire place, partly roasted. The occupant of the house was immediately arrested. Post Orrice OPERATIONS. —Established-—Pine, Oneida county, N.¥., C. Burdock, postmaster; State Dock, Dutchess county, N. Y., W. Tremper, we master; Patchin’s Mills, Steuben county, N. Y., Wim. Carr, postmaster; West Granville, Washington county, N.Y., J. S. Burbank, postmaster. Name chang 1—Postvitle, Horkimer county, N.Y., changed to Booth es, but tries by jury, | (Jonathan) is a little given to swaggering, and ex- | wanted to have Borneo, one of the largest islands in | own great territory, seized Texas, and now want | The Anglo-Saxons are also famous for exter- | ndians; but the Anglo-Saxons | setts which put any man to death who married an | They would | neyer fight when there was danger of losing by the | on of accu | antry | This i ng- | retreat from Long | American Bible Union. Yesterday afternoon there was a numerous meet ing of the members of the American Bible Society, in the First Baptist Church, corner of Elizabeth and Broome streets, for the purpose of organizing an auxiliary to the society in New York, and vicinity,and hearing the report made by the committee which had been appointed to consider the subject, to draw up a constitution, and make out a list of officers. The proceedings were opened by the Rey. S. Wil- kins, who moved that the Rev. Mr. Armitage should take the chair. That gentleman, having taken the | chair, called on the Rey. Mr. Huntley to read the Scriptures. After the reading, the chairman gaye out the 27Lst hymu, commencing, “Let us join our cheerful songs With angels round the throne.’ The Rey. Mr. Ray, of Kingston, then offered up prayer, invoking the presence and blessing of God on that ee ene occasion, and hoping that the Bay Spirit would be shed on them, to render effectual all the efforts made to promote the glory of God. ‘The CitarrMAn said it would be ‘necessary to ap- point a secretary, to keep the records of the meeting. Mr. Buckbee was nominated, and entered on the office. The CrarrMAN announced that the committee which hi appointed had drawn up the report, and organized proper measures to promote an axili- y,and he called on Mr. Buckbee to read the ORIGIN OF THE NE It is believed that there pure versions of the Bible i YORK BIBLE UNION. ardent sympathies for, and active co-operation with the American Bible Union. Friends of this cause, believing that an organization with its Board of Managers selected from the various churches of Christin this vicinity, would advance most effectually the great work of the Bible Union, presented the subject to its Board of Managers. The board not feeling itself authorized to form an auxil- isry, without the advice of its friends, referred the subject toa committee with power. The committee met on the 20th of December, 1852, and after a full discussion of the subject, agreed to invite known friends of the cause of pure versions to mect with them for further consultation. Two subsequent meetings were held, and the following brethern wee present :—N. B. Baldwin, C. A. Buckbee, | Willson H. Crandall, William H. Hebberd, A. Macdonald, Fleazar Parmly, D. 8. Parmelee, Ransom Parker, J. A. Storey. B. E. Shephard, H.S. Powles, W. H. Wyckoff, J. B, Wells, 8. Wilkins, 8. S, Wheeler, H. J. Eddy, C.G. Gurr, | SE, Shephard, Rey. S._Willkins was appointed Chairman, and C. A. Buekbee, Seeretary. On motion of Rey. S. S. Wnemer, it was unanimously Resolved, That this meeting of friends of the American Bible Union deem it expedient, and highly important for the interests of that society, that an auxiliary be formed, composed of suoh members and friends of that insti- tution as would esteem it a privilege to aid the parent society in its work of giving a pure and unaltered Bible to every nation and kindred and people and tongue. ‘The constitution, as prepared by a committee appointed sta previous mecting, was considered and approved, a¢- ticle by article, and on motion of Rev. J. B. Wells, of Wil- Namsburg, it was unanimously ordéred to be submitted io public meeting, to be ealfed by the origina} Commit | tee of the Board, for final adoption. Brethren T. B, Brown and C. A. Buckbee were appoint- ed a committee to prepare an address, to be presented at the same meeting for adoption. Alist of officers and managers was nominated, and, as now completed, will, at the proper time, be laid before | the assembly here convened. | “Speakers for the public meeting were selected, and the chairman and secretary were appointed to make all neces- sary arrangements as to time and place, and to publish the call, signed by the committee, through the pulpit and the press, An application was made to the First Baptist Chureh, and granted, for the use of their mecting house on the occasion. To you, friends of the Bible, friends of the pure word of God—pure in all languages, not excepting your own, to you we render up our aecount. We do it with joy, and not with grief, believing that it will, please the Master | that we should leave no stone unturned; noeffort un- tried, untilbis unfettered words shall pierce to the hearts | of all men, separating,therefrom all that is contrary to | sound doctrine, binding in sweetest concord the nations in a World’s Bible Union. Mr. Buckner afterwards explained, that the com- mittee had had three meetings to consider of the sub- ject, and had come to the resolution that the auxili- ary was most necessary, and that the matter should be ae before a meeting of the members of the society. The Cuarrwan then said that, the preliminaries haying been read, it was for the meeting to consider whether or not the auxiliary should be established. Mr. N. B. Barpwin moved that the auxilia: established, and Mr. WELDEN seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. ‘The Carman called on Mr. Buckbee to read the constitution of the new auxiliary. The constitution was read article by article, and after a few emendations, was adopted. Mr. Buexser then moved the following list of ofticers, which had been nominated by the commit- tee :— OF¥ICERS AND MANAGERS OF THE NEW YORK BIBLE UNION. -sident.—William H. Wyckoff. Vice-Prestdents—Rey. Thomas Armitage, pastor of the Norfolk street ede church ; Rey. J. S. Backus, pastor of the North Beriah Baptist church; Rev. . Baldwin, pastor of the Bethseda aioe church; Rey. T. B. Brown, pastor of the Seventh Day Baptist church ; Rey. M. stwood, nding editor of the New York Chronicle; Rev. H. 4 Eddy, fo of the Cannon street Baptist church; Rev. J. “schman, pastor of the German Baptist church; Rey. E. Fay, pastor of the Suffolk street Christian church; Rev. A. D. Gellette, pastor of the Broad- way Baptist church; Rev. C.G. Gurr, pastor of the Harlem Baptist church; Rev. Aaron Jackson, pastor of the North Baptist church; Rev. R. J. Jerrard, pastor of the Morrisania Baptist chnrch; Rev. Orrin B. dd, editor of the New York Chronicle; Rey. B. N. agent of the Madison University; Rev. L. G. ; pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist church; Rev. D. 8. Parmelee, pastor of the Union Baptist church; N. Prince, pastor of the Cannon street Baptist ch; Rey. J. W. Searls, pastor of the Central Baptist church, Brooklyn; Rev. S. E. Sheppard, pastor of the Disciples church; Rev. F. A. Slater, pee of the New Rochelle Baptist church; Rey. OC. }. Smith, pastor of the Sixth street Baptist church; Rey. Ira R. Stewart, pastor of the Mariners’ Baptist church; Rev. 8. Wheeler, pastor of the Shiloh Baptist church; Rey. 8. Wilkins, pastor of the Bloom- i Baptist church. Lee, Secretary. This list was pala adopted. The Cuarrman then called upon Mr. Wyckoff to ¢ him of his duties, and that gentleman in takin, air said that he would reserve his remarks til! the evening. He would now call on the Rey. Mr. Brown to read the addreas. That gen- tleman came forward and read the following:— Reloved brethren, and friends of the cause of truth :— icit your approbation of a movement which con- mplates procuring and circulating the most faithful | versions of the Seriptures in all languages. We ask your prayers to God for its euceess, and your contributions in rance of the object. We ask you to co-operate with sustaining an institution auxiliary to the American ble Union, and to speak favorably of the great principle Bible translation to your friends and acquaintances. In making this request, we tlink that we act in the spirit gospel, which aims to enlighten the human race the knowledge of God, and of his Son, Jesus Christ. + in the fear of that injunction which requires that hing be added to, or diminished from, the Divine Law. ur sympathy, your contributions, and your prayers, beeanse we contide in your readiness to favor any wisely directed effort to give the whole counsel of God to a perishing world. We come to you boldly, feeling that we plead a good cause. Wecome not in the spirit of secta- rian strife ‘ome not to impugn the Christian sincerity of those who differ from us in judgment; we come not to enlist you in # crusade against brethren whom yon love. Var be it from ux to east obloquy upon any who leve our Lord Jesus, and daily pray, ‘Thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.’’ Our coming is, as we trust, inthe name of Him who commands us to love one another. Believe us, then, that while we aim to lay before you our views, we'do it in the exercise of kind feeling towards all. In organizing a New York Bible Union, for the purpose of aiding and co-operating with the American Bible Union, whose object is ‘ to procure ond circulate the most faithful versions of the Scriptures, in dil languages,”’ we hope to be credited for sincerity when we say that our heart's desire and prayer to God for Christians Is, thet there be no divisions among them. | We desire their union. We desire that they all speak the samc thing, and that they be perfectly joined together in same inind and in the rame judgment. And we eatly believe that « faithful translation of the Divine Word—one that shall unmistakeably convey the mind of the Spirit—will go far to promote this important object. That false translations contribute much to perpetnate the divisions of the Christian world, is no new idea. ‘He that is first in his own cause seemeth just, but his neigh- bor someth and scarcheth bim.’’ ‘They enter upon a mutnal examination of one another's views; each shows his opinion, and the discussion elicits light. Appealing only to the Bible, the difference between them mes rapidly lessened, as each shows the other what its teach- inge are. The prospect is fair that they will become per- fectly cemented together in the truth, when, lo! the power of the Bible itself to decide the contest is found to be impaired by the imperfect or false renderings which encumber it, Indeed, there seems to be scarcely an er- ror, either of doctrine or practice, which does not ulti- mately find shelter under some badly rendered text, or mistranslated term. This difficulty ix sensibly felt by those who receive the Scriptures as their sole guide in matters of religion, As for those who ulate their faith by tradition, they are not thus straitened, it in true. Tradition ia still their shelter, even when driven from the last subterfuge which a mistranslated text has afforded. Bnt great will be the advantage gained for the canse of union, when traditionists shall no longer find, ia mirtranslations of the Scriptures of trath, a seeming countenance to their schismatic opinions. We have nothing to say against the general excellence of the received Foglish version of the Scriptures. Our objection Nei nst its particnlar defects. These we wish to see removed, believing that they have been too long @ source of confusion, Q¥hatever power the version in qnestion lias to promote the salvation of souls, reeides in that por tion of itwhich is a faithful representation of the in- spired original, and not in its mistranslations. These the Holy Spirit has never honored as the means of good, and it is not too much to say that He never can. Ho honors nothing but truth. He geives upon what is his own, gad uses it as the means of leading sinners ns ‘ rE TSE SENSE, SSS DOSED SS ST) to Christ; but in no instance does he avail himself of erroneously translated as the instrumentality by which to quicken dead souls, or to edify the church. ‘We will not deny, but most cheerfully it, that great has been accomplished through the instrumentality of the commonly received version. Wo believe it will con- tinue to accomplish good, and be the means of saving wany souls. But we cannot permit ourselves to doubt that its power for good wor be greatly augmented were it purified from its errors. And though absolute rfection in this respect may not be attained—perhaps, is not attainable—that is no reason why theerrors which are known to exist, should remain, and be allowed to convey to the uninformed the false idea that they are a part of the inspired word. We believe that Christians will pot have discharged their duty to the God of Truth, till they shall have rendered the differont versions of the Scriptures as perfect as it is possible to make them. Every tronslation should be as exact an expression of what is taught in the original text, a) the nature of the language will admit. In whatever degree it fails of this, it fails of being the word of God. A false translation con: veys, not God's mind, but the mind of sinful man; it is, therefore, a source of evil, and not of good. If the errors | which encumber the commonly received yersion ap year | to be of smail importance, they may so appear because | the human m itself small, ‘To the mind which is of Brooklyn City Intelligence. Convictions AND SENTENCES IN THE Crry CouRT.—The fol- lowing who, were tried and convicted of felonies during the present session of the City Court; were brought up for sentence yesterday morning:— William Williams, alias John H. Mervin, convicted on an 'y iu the third degree, in breaking into and robbin ‘tore of Messrs. Delano & Sons, in Fulton street, of several hundred dollars worth of goods, on the night of the 3dof November last, was sentenced to confinement in the State prison at Sing Sing, for the term of four years and eight months On a similar indictment, for robbing the store of James Corcoran, in Atlantic street, Williams pleaded guilty, and sentence was suspended. William Mervin, on conviction of grand larceny, was senteneed to the State prison for the term of three years and three months. Jamex Miller, alias John Shaw, alias John Richardson, convicted of burglary in tho second degree, in. brewki into the house of Lester N. Beers, Fast Brooklyn, ani stealing therefrom several articles of wearing apparel, was ventenced to the State prison for the term of four years and three months. William W. Baker, convicted of petit larceny, (second offence, ),was sentenced to the State prison for the term of indictment of bain e intinile capacity, they may appear far otherwise. The value of that portion of Divine trath which is kept back by fi ations, may not be easily caleulated y finite im the simple fact that Infinite Wis- dom has judged it sufficiently important to be made a | matter of revelation, is proof enough that it may be of | vast mement, if not abstractly, yet in its diversified re- | ns and ‘ings. tt the time has not yet | for attemptin ision of the EnclishScriptues, | es that it ever will. Learning lely diffused than it is at present, and | nnot promise ourselves that there will ever bea | ropitions season for collecting and concentrating | the labors of competent men. may soon conyulse | the nations of the earth, putting a check to Christianen- | terprise; and ev he decline of learning is one of those contingencies which ought to be contemplated as at least possible. Our conviction is that the time has come, We | cannot consider it wise to postpone the work; it rather appears to us that guilt would be incurred by allowing | the present favorable epportunity to pass unimproved. | In appealing to you for aid and cooperation, we are moved by a desire for God’s glory, As God is witness, truth is our object. Vor the truth would we strive, ever remembering that the lovers of truth do not choose dark- | ness rather than light, but willingly come to the light, that their deeds may be made manifest that they are wrought in God. The address was unanimously adopted, and it was resolved that it should be again read at the evening | meeting. Mr. Buoxsee then offered a resolution to the effect that the Board should cali an annual meeting in 1854, and arrange the month and place of meeting. Rey. Mr. ArmitacE seconded the motion, which was carried, | Mr, Bucrner again moved.that the Board be in- structed to calla meeting for organization, on Mon- day next, at the Bible Rooms, Broome street; but fix on Saturday evening. Mr. BuckBEE moved another resolution—-that when the Union adjourn after the evening meeting, it be | adjourned to some evening in May or June next, the | exact time to be designated by the Board, and that | the Board make the requisite arrangements for hold- ing a public meeting, at which addresses can be de- livered and the general prospects and wants of the parent institution and the auxiliary set forth. This resoiution was carried, and the meeting adjourned to | the evening, after prayer bad heen offered up by the Rey. Mr. Leach, EVENING MEETING. The proceedings at the evening meeting were pié- sided over by Mr. Wyckoff. After the reading of Scripture, the Rev. Mr. Ren- YEA, of Kingston, offered up prayer, blessing God for having set forth his Word, and given to mankind the Holy Scriptures, and therein indicated his will. He hoped that the Holy Spirit would animate the members of the Bible Union and its auxiliaries to Cn out the glory of God. 2 5 The Cuarrmanthen rose and said that his friends, in elevating him to the Presidency, had imposed additional obligations on him to devote his energies to the attainment of the great object of the circula- tion of the true version of the Sacred Scriptures thronghout the world. He cheerfully entered on that duty, and he would go through the work with zeal. After some further pertinent observations, he enter- ed into a general dissertation of the necessities that existed for a true version of the Bible, and entered into several details with regard to the subject. The Rey. Mr. WiLkins, pastor of Bloomingdale church, rejoiced at the opportunity then presented of expressing his hearty concurrence and co-opera- tion with his brethren of the Union in the formation of an auxiliary society. He regarded that Union as second to none under the light of heaven. He would except none. It was, in opinion, the only | bright spot in the moral heaven, whence the sun of Hahiteoumness ia down beams of glory on a sin- ruined world. The chances that existed for the dis- semination of correct versions of the Bible was a favorable omen for the nations. There is opposition to our operations; but I have learned, from thirty- five years experience asa minister, that oppoa se to good works is the commonest thing in the world. But the present opposition is totally destitute of the armor of the gospel. Our enemies have not the irdle of truth, nor the sword of the Spirit. They ave not quoted one passage of Scripture against us, and therefore itis a low and contemptible opposition. and should be despised by us. We have a great and holy work to perform, and a commission to execute, oe we will derive health and strength from faith in e Lb The Rey. Mr. Jackson, pastor of the North Baptist church, then came forward, and said he but very few observations to make. He would advise that the new auxiliary should be christened with the first name of “Light Seeker” and the’sirname of “Light Reflector,” and should be nartured with care and attention, for it would be the means of doing a a vast amount of Sood That good which was in- tended to be done should ever be before us, for it is the Gospel alone that meets the exigencies of the | soul. The reverend gentleman concluded his dis- course by hoping that the light of heaven might one he hte? resplendent in every corner of the earth. | ie meeting separated ra benediction had | been pronounced by the Rev. Mr. Relyea. | | | after a short conversation it was finally resolved to | i | C ed with the new jail, during the first seven days of the Pete month, 130 persons; during the corres- ponding days of last year, 87. During the six days after the first seven, 106; corresponding days of last year, 62. In 31 days of Jan. last, 540; last year, 33: ‘he commitments for drunkenness in January | year were 247; last year, 158. Of the 177 convicts | which were received into the State prison last year, | 81 were from Suffolk somes and 96 from other parts of the State.—Boston Traveller, Feb. 23, | Domestic Miscellany. | Governor Fort, of New Jersey, has offered a reward + of four hundred dollars for the murderer of Catharine | Schneller, who was so brutally killed in Newark a short time since. | Governor Bigler, of Pennsylvania, has issued | another requisition upon the Governor of Maryland, | for Thomas McCreary, against whom the grand jui of Chester county have ound an indictment for kid- | napping the Parker girls. | By a recent decision made by the Supreme | Court of the United States, Colonel William Christy, | of New Orieans, comes into the possession of lands in Texas worth half a million of dollars Goy. Vroom, recently appointed Chief Justice of New Jersey, declines serving. The journeymen carpenters of Cincinnati have demanded an advance on their wages, of twenty-five cents a day. Five hundred and fifteen persons have been ad- mitted into the New Jersey Lunatic Asylum since May, 1848, and of these, two hundred and sixty- four have been discharged cured, or materially im- proved. A train of forty-two cars, containing fourteen hun- dred passengers, was taken over the Worcester rail- road to Boston, one day last week, by the locomotive Nathan Hale. A steamboat boiler was being conveyed across the creek at Buffalo, on the 19th inst., when the ice gave way and the boiler sank to the bottom. There has been a general strike among the coal diggers in all the Pittsburg, Monongahela, and Youghiogheny coal mines. An old gentleman named Rollins, who had been Collector of the town of Danville, Me., was run over by a locomotive at the Danville junction, on the 22d inst., and was so severely injured that he died in half an hour after the accident. Since the“centennial celebration of Washington's birth-day, Bostonians have ceased to observe it az an anniversary. A man by the name of James Murday, well known to the citizens of Louisville, as having been a grocery keeper on Grayson street, corner of Kighth, was bas barously murdered in Hardin county, Kentucky, on the 14th inst. The murderers stole his money, which amounted to a considerable sum. Stock Sales. Punapenrnia, Feb. 24.—Reported by Fry & Thomas.— First Board—$\,800 Pennaylvania 6's, 9814 ; 3,000 Kenaing- ton W W 6's, 100; 1,000 Phila & Sunbury RR 7's, 91; 600 Penn Distriet 6's, 9834: 1,000 do, 34, 93; 1,000 Reading RR 6s, 170, 923/: 860 Lehigh 6's, 9844; 6 sha Penn Rit, cash, 60; 2 Saag Conal, b5, 16; 400 Reading RR, bb, 443¢' 60 Long Ieland RR, shwn,19%; 100 North Am Coal, 1734: 5 Bank of Kentucky, 110%; 20 US Bank, 35%. Between Boards—1 050 sha Long Island BR, 19; 150 do, bb, 19; 100 Reading RR, b5, 4494; 200 Schuyl Nav Pref, #5, 32%; 400 do, shwn, 3234; 100 do, 3234; 100 Chestor Mining Co, 754. Second Board-—$1,220 Penn 5's, "56, 9834; 4,000 Reading RR 6's, '70, 9234; 800 City RR’ 6's, '80, 107; 1,000 Penn Dist Conon 6's, 964; 500 Cam & Amb RR 5’s, 163, 87; 50 Chester Mining Co, 7 ; 400 Sehuy! Nav Pref, b5, aa “4 do, 32%; 25 Hohn 1 Nav, 23%; Penn RR, 50 Long Island RR, 19; Gi Bank, 1434; 100 85, 1434. After Board—$1,000 Cam & Amb Rit 6's, '75, 102; 1,600 Ponn 5's, 984; 200 shs Long Island RR, 24, 19; 760 Sehuy! Nav Pref, #6, 3224; 100 do, 2d, 32%; 160 do, bs, 8257; 2 Harrisburg RR, 96%. 6 Ches & Del Canal, 148° 100 ftoad- ing RR, 65, 443%; 60 do, 448; ; 50 Girard Bank, tic. Mar ket dull, | 650 voyages te that place. | of New York, two years snd three months. Albert B. Carpenter, convicted of grand larceny, for robbing a druvken man at the South ferry, in November last, was sentenced to two years and three months con- finement in the State prison James English, on conviction of petit larceny, was sen tenced to the county jail for six months. A Promisixc Your.—A young man, named John Lut terel, was brought before Justice King yesterday, on a wirrant charging him with whipping his mother and sisters, for not supplying him with money to loaf upon. He was committed to the county jail for thirty days, asa vagrant Naval Intelligence. ‘The U. 8. frigate Constitution, Commander Rudd, bear- ing the broad pennant of Commodore Isaac Mayo, left the Procklyn Navy Yard yesterday morning, and anchored in the th river. The following. is her list of officers :-— Commodore Issac Mayo, Commanding African Sqaadron; Jobn Rudd, Commander; Samuel Hazard, Lieutenant; Dove, do.; C. 8. McDonough, do.; Wm. R. Gard- ; D.R. Lambert, Master; 'N. S. Waldron, Brevet aud Captain of Marines, James Watmough, Pur- W. G, Delany, Fleet Surgeon; John R. Burtt, Passed stant Surgeon: Thomas P. Bebot, Midshipman; Potter, do.; Wm. If. Dana, do.; C. H. Cashman, do.; J. C. | Sullivan, do, ; Chas. L, O, Hammond, do.; Chas, Johnson, | Boatswain; ‘A S. Lewis, Gunner; Lewis Holmes, Carpen: olin J. Stanford, Sailmaker. ‘the U, 'S. ship Macedonian, Capt. Abbot, was put in commission yesterday, ‘The Vincénnes, Porpoise, and Fenimore Cooper, are | ready to receive their officers and crew. | The razce Independence is progressing rapidly. It is | supposed she will form part of the Pacific Squadron.— | Mirror, The Cumberland, lng ship of Commodore Stringharn, was at Genoa, Feb. 1, all rs A $10 clam dig came off between the clam boys of Glen Cove and those of Roslyn, L. I., on the 8th inst. ae ORAL ST MARITIME INTELLIGENCE, Hay. & Mob! &N. America........,,PResten........Liverpool. City of Manchester. Philadelphia. . Liverpool. Arctic... Li . Australia...abt May 15 ARAN FOR NEW YORK—~Ti08 DAY. MOON RI8ES.,,..morn 8 07 . HIGH WATER,.,,morn 9 45 AAA ee Port of New York, February 24, 1853. CLEARER. Ships—Star Republic, Share, Galveston, Hassey & Mur ray; Trumbull, Smith, New Orleans, Frost & Hicks; Snow Squall, Bursley, San Francisco, Sutton &Co; Irene, Wil- liamson, Philadelphia, J Hand. Barks—Countess of Seafield (Br), Brown, London, Chase, Goodrich & @o; Kate & Alice, Lowe, Montevideo, Foster & Nickerson; Jasper, Bennett, Charleston, Dunham & Di- Brig—Caroni, Hanscheldt, Maracaibo, J W Smith & Co. Schrs—Cornelia, Young, New Bedford, master: J P Ross, Parker, Philadelphia, J W McKee; Ontario, John- von, Georgetown, Nesmith & Sons; Telegraph, Green, Ta. yaca, NL MoCready & Co; Ellen Louisa, Thompson, New Haven, master; Ustalogs, Perry, St Marys, J W Elwell & Co; A Corson, Appleton, Fhiladelphia, J Hand: J Darling, Wheeler, Apalachicola, Ralph Post; Washington, Rou, Washington, NC, Bateman & Rudderow. Sloop—Rhode {sland, Reynolds, Bristol and Providence, master. ARRIVED. Steamship Roanoke, Cavendy, Norfolk and Richmond, to Ludlam & Pleasants. Ship Adirondack, Taylor, Cardiff, Dec 23, to FS Innes & Co, Feb3, lat 36 55, lon 45 20, spoke brig Planet, from Salem for Cape de Verds; 13th, lat 34 43, lon 65 48, spoke ship E Hamilton, from Mobile for Havre, 17 days out; Toth, experienced @ henry gale from SSW,’ which lasted for about 8 hours; it shifted suddenly to NW, and con- tinued to blow very heavy; at 8 AM, 17th, passed a herm brig laying to, with loss of fore topgallantmast, fore top- sail yard, and maintopmast; could not speak her, she be- ing about § miles to windward. 3 hip Mediator, Bell, New Oricans, 15 days, to Frost & Hicks. On the night of the 18th was off Barnegat, in a snow storm from NE, which drifted the ship to lat 37 27, lon 72 50; was to the northward of Hatteras on the 16th. Ship Southport, Wilson, Apalachicola, 14 days, to Geo ulkley. Bark Beta (Brem), Gustavus, Bremen, 56 days, with 170 passengers, to master. Feb4, lat 41 07, lon 49 spoke bark Prompt, from Boston for Genoa; 1th, lai 38 37, lon 65 44, spoke ship Ariel, hence for Canton. ’Has experienced heavy weather. rk William, Fullerton, Rochelle, via Fayal Jan 21, toT W Bayard.” Put into Fayal in distress, having lost sails, spars, and rigging. The W came to anchor in the lower bay last night, and in getting under way this morn- ing blew away her forctopsail, and was obliged to come to anchor again. Feb 16, lat 36 15, east of the Gulf stream, raw bark Lysander, of and from Boston for Cien- fuegos. An English brig, of St Johns, name unknown, had put back to Fayal after having been out 74 days. Sebr Ann C Baker, Smith, Newbern, N@, 7 day: Schr Rachel Jane, Simmons, Washington, NC, 6 days. Schr Avenger, Harding, Richmond, 4 days. Saw aiarge | mon. | number of fore and aft schrs ashore between Cape Henlo- pen and Chincoteague Shoals, ashore during the storm of last Saturday night; also a large ship ashore between the Capes of Delaware and Barnegat; she lays head on. Schr Rainbow, Smith, Richmond, 4 days. Schr 8 E Parker, Davis, Norfolk, 4 days. Jan 20, off Barnegat, in a yale from N ipped a sea which carried away the galley, filled the cabin full of water, stove water casks, &e; was compelled to throw overboard part of the cargo to keep the sehr from sinking. Sehr Mary Jane, Peck, Norfolk, 4 days. Sebr Sprightly Sea, Sinith, Norfolk, 4 days. Schr Samuel Lewis, Plum, Fredericksburg, 6 days. Schr Fanny, Small, York river, Va, 2 days. Schr Marietta Smith, Bedsworth, New Haven, 1 day. BELOW. posed to have gone Two barks, unknown SAILED. Br steamship Niagara, Liverpool; ships Courser,, and Staghound, San Francisco; Akbar, Port Philip; Sulli- van, Charleston; Margaret Evans, London; barks Par- thian, Richmond; Vickery, Havana; brigs Wetumpka, Mo- bile; Emily, Charleston; isabella Reed, Port au Prince. Wind at sunset, NW, fresh. The death of Capt Warner, late of bark Irma, occurred at Maracaibo on the 19th ult. He was well Known and much esteemed there, and was followed to the grave b: all the foreign residents and many citizens. He had ma The mate of brig Sarah, Mr Willian Smith, of Brooklyn, also died at M, on the 20th ult. Ship Levanter, at Providence from Nérleans 19th ult, $ W Pass Ist, reports aground on the bar. ships Germania, ‘ood, for Havre (eld Dec 18, and towed to the bar 224), on 45 days; Rappahannock, Cushing, for Liverpool (eld 14th ult, and reported tower! to sea pat Ships Commerce, of Bath, Lowell, for Liverpool (eld 22d and Flizabeth Dennison, Carpenter, for Antwerp (cld 15th) got off the bar 31st, and both went to sea. Ship Samuel Padger, of Portsmouth, Salter, for Liverpool (cld 20th wit), got off Ist inst, and’ went to sea. ‘Telegraphic Marine Re w, Feb 24, Arrived—Brig Prairie, Georgetown, DC (came in con. et in the harbor, to-day, with bark Stamboul, for Smyr- and had her bulwarks stove, broke plankshear, fore ancheon, &c—the Stamboul lost bowsprit cap, flying jibboom, and figure head, and was towed to the city). Cleared—Bark J J Hathorne, Havana. Puitapeirnia, Feb 24, Arriyed—Bark Appleton, Boston (Charles Leinnel, sea- man, of Brookline, Mass, was lost overboard on the pas- sage). Herald Marine Correspondence. Pmtapevruia, Feb 24—4 PM. Arrived—Ship John Rudledge, Wambersie, Liverpool; barks Louisa Kelham, White, do; Nashua, Mortimer, N Orleans, sehrs Canton, Johnson, Charleston; Susan Lud- wig, Weldon, Providence. Chared—Barks Rhoderic Dhn, Smith, Navy Bay; So- (Brem), Franke, Baltimore: sehrs’ New Republic, . Laguayra; Jes Barratt, Cobb, Boston; Cape May, Ross, Bristol, BI:Susan Ludwig Welden, Providence; John Rogers, Mayhew, and D B Willetts, Smith, NYerk. Miscellancous. Swe Bark Preciosa—Capt Aabee master of this ves- nel, in a letter to the London Shipping Gaxette, contra, dicts the report that his passengers had been transferred to the Duo, at Shields, and that the death of three chil- dren on board was caused by soa sickness: all the other passengers were healthy, and satisfied with the accom- inodations of the P, in which they will preceed to NYork. Banx Farry, Capt Albert Holbrook, from Smyrna via Gibraltar, for Boston, has been 115 days out from G, and y in felt for her safety, She was an old bat 1, owned by Daniel Draper & Son, of Bostou. Scun Joun Pouk, which went ashore near Cape Isdand lighthouse, remains in the same position, and leaks but little, “Hisrta are making to get her off, which are expected to be suscessful, if the woather comtinues favorable. Notice to Mariners. OFFICIAL, Coast Ltd ou some uv, ea Sin:—1 am at present engas in prepa notes on t! tides of the western const of the Unived States, and be lieving that in advanee of them a r,zatement of the gene. ral results for San Francisco, Crifornia, may be of ser- vice to navigators, have the heaer to aubmit it herewith, ani to request guthority for ity publication, ) avoided the use of scientific terme, except such as are fa- {hava miliar to seamen. NOTES ON THE TIDES AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. Beniles the ordinary changes in the time and height of the tides known to all navigators, it is important to note the following, generally applicable to the western const, and particularly toSan Francisco bay. They relate to culiarities in the tides which occur om the same day, i necessity for knowing which is shown by the fact Yat rock having five feet aad a half of water upon it at low tide, may at the succeeding low water en the same day be awash, 1. The tides at Rincon point, in San Franeisco bay, con- ist ger of a large and small tide on the same day; so that of two successive high waters in the twenty-four hours, one is much higher than the other, and of two successive low waters, one is much lower than the other. 2. The difference in height of two successive tides (either high or low waters) varies with the moon's deeli- nation. When the declination is nothing, the diilerence is nothing, or very small. When the declination is greatest, whether south or north, the difference is preatost. When the meon’s declination is nearly nothing, the im- tervals between two successive high or two successive low waters, are nearly twelve hours, and differ most from. this when the moon’s declination is greatest. 8. The inequalities in the heights of successive low waters are more considerabie than those of successive waters, while, on the contrary, the inequalities in tl times of high’ water are more marked than those of low. 4. The average difference between the heights of two successive high waters is one foot four and a balf iaokep and of two successive low waters, two feet and four inches, The average difference of these same hei when the moon’s declination is greatest, is for the suet cessive high waters two feet, and for the low waters, three feet six inches. 5. The average variation from twelve hours in the in- terval between two successive high waters is three quar- ters of an hour, and between two successive low waters lialf an kour. ‘The average variations of the same inter- vals, when the moon is furthest from the equator, are respectively one hour and three quarters of an hour, 6, When the moon's declination is north, the higher of the two high tides of the twenty four hours is the one whieh occurs about eleven and a half hours after the moon crosses the meridian, (souths,) and when the moon’s declination is south, the one which occurs about one hour and a half after the moon’s meridian pa: sage, (southing.) 6 bis. Or the following rule may be used, which ap- plies when the moon crosses the meridian between - night and 1144 A. M., or between noon and 114 P. M. If the moon is south of the equator, and passes the meridian (souths) in the morning, the morning high wa- ter will be higher than the afternoon high water; if im ie afternoon, the afternoon high water will be the higher. If the moon is north of the equator and passes the me- ridian (souths) in the morning, the afternoon high water will be the higher; if in the afternoon, the morning higlt water will be the higher. 7. The lowest of the two successive low waters of the twenty-four hours occur about seven kours after the highest of the two high waters. ‘. The average difference between the height of the highest high water and of the lowest low water, is five eet eleven and a half inches, and the greatest difference is seven feet ten inches. Very ae ‘ully, yours, igned) A. D. BACHE, Superintendent. Hon. THos. Corwiy, Secretary of the Treasury. Whalemen, Sld from Provincetown 18th, schr Preston, Smith, Nort: Atlantic. At Zanzabar Nov 24, Wm Henry, Jolls, of Warren, 230 sp, to sail soon on a cruise. Talenshano (Oct 3, when she bad 450 sp.) Spoke Oct $, when she had 1,100 sp, 200 wh, direct. At Juan Fernandez Nov 4, by letter from Capt Cum- misky, Roman, NB; had not’ seen a whale since lea no Jat, &c, Robert Edwards, Burgess, NB, had taken a 66 bbl wii since leaving Talcabuano (Oct Heard from he 8, by letter, lat 10 S, lon 31% W, George Howland, Wight, NB, for Sandwich Isiands, Seen Dec 8, lat 28 048, lon 47 50 F, an Am whaling bark, showing a blue signal with white ball. Spoken. te ow Lion, from New Orleans for Genoa, Jan 18, lat Jon 52. Ship Saxony, from New Orleans for Boston, Feb 10, off Havana. Bark Rising Sun, 11, lat 24 40, lon 80 20. Bark Palmetto, Bell, from Galveston for Boston, Fely 10, lat 28 60, lon 80 40. Bark Canada, from Matanzas for Portland, Feb 10, two orig TG f Orleans, from Pensacola for Boston, Gowan, of Orleans, from Pensacola for Feb 16, lat 27, lon 7930, Brig Trenton, from Boston for Trieste, 18th inst, lat 40 38, lon 6733. Br Py ered from Leghorn for New York, Jan 31, off Soe ae ig Alesia, 15 days from Matanzas for Boston or Port- land, Feb 22 off Gay Head, Schr J K Randal’, from Cardenas for New Bedford, Feb 14, lat 31, Ion 78. Foreign Ports. Annctio—Ding Jan 20, scl Sarah D Staples, Staples. Barpavors—In port Jan 25, bark Cordelia, Johns, for Cardenas, few days; brig Capt Tom, Ludley, for NOr- leans do; schr Isabel, Davis, for Ponce do; and others. Carpenas—Arr Feb 7, brig Cslais, Lockhart, Matan- vas; schr Luey Ann, Lufkin, Portland; 8th, bark EA Kinsman, Thurston, Matanzas: achr C V Lansil (not CW Frances), Havener, Frankfort: 9th, brig Tuscan, Peters, Matanzas; 10th, bark Cordelia, Johns, St Kitts; 1ith, brig” Albatross, Cochran, Matanzas: achr Meridian, Wood, Ha- yana. Sid 7th, «chr J K Randall, Swift, New Bedford (see Spoken); 11th, bark Sarah B, Hale Crowther, Boston (or Portland) ; schr ‘Bennessee, Rice, do. E1stxorr—Cld Feb 4, ship Ophir, Wood, from Cronstadt via Copenhagen, for NYork. Giascow— Arr Feb 8, bark Clementine, Kulpke, Galves- ton; Clarence, Norris, St Jobn, NB. Havana---Arr Feb 8, brig Mary Elizabeth, McConnell, NOrleans; 16th, schr Alico (not Aid), Long, do, Cld 14th, schrs Juniata, Webber, Sierra Morena; 15th, M Sewall, Loud, Cardenas; Isabella, Gage, Charleston. Hvis—Put in Feb 9, leaky, Corinthian, Davison, from Shields via Grimsby, for NYork: must discharge. Liverroor—In the river, Feb 11, outward bound, shi; Australia, Edwards, and Constitution, Allen, for NY. Mani --Sld Feb 10, bark Saranac, 'Bigley, Boston (or Wilmington, NC). Maracaizo—In port Jan 29 (latest date), barks Camilla (Pan), Busch, for NYork abt 10 days; Irma, , for NYork or lelphia 2 weeks; brig Sarah, Colman, from Curacoa for NYork few days. Going in, bark FS Casanova, Johnson, from NYork via Iaguayra and Porto Cabello, to load for NYork, cargo ready, Messiva—Arr Jan 27, br'g N Hand, Turner, Marseilles. ae In port Jan 20, bark Orono, Chase, from NYork lays, Portswovtm—Sld Feb 10, clipper ship Nightingal Fiske, Shanghae (from London). ‘4 4 Sagva--Arr Feb 8, brig Paulina, Taylor, Boston (not NYork). Sld 9th, brig Beronda, Morton, NYork. Im pert 11th, brig Demarara, Merithew, disgd, wtg; freights ull, San Juax (Cuba)—In port Feb 4, brig Torno, Bei disg; schr Marion n Gould, Grant, for Boston, ldg. ALE ‘Thiwiap (Cuba)—Arr Feb 8, achr Maria Pickup, Shee, Philadelphia. Sid 4th, brig Argus, Reed, Cienfuegos. Atdo Jan 81, brigs’ Condoz, Allen, for New York, dg; Damerecove, Fitch, do do; Norman, Neyons, for Portland, une; and others reported later. ZaxavaR—in port Nov 24, barks Lucia Maria, Emmer- ton, from Muscat, arr 20d, unc; Courser, White, for Provi- dence next day. lome Ports. ALEXANDRIA—Arr Feb 21, caloric ship Fricsson,. Lowber, NYork. clk Hall, APALACHICOLA—SId about Feb 10, ships Forest Allen, Boston; Canton, Clark, and Sea Nymph, Liverpool all seen again 12th, "off Gun Key. BALTIMOREArr Feb 29, Barks Justico Story, Rrder, Boston; Hadley, Kent, do; schrs Herald, Evans, f= buryport; Rover (Br), Sims, Nassau, ‘NP, Cld ship Crescent, Forbes, NYork: bark Cora, Llufrio, Liverpool; schr Squire & Brother, Patterson, NYork; sloop Bolina, Wheeler NYork. Below bark Win Henry, Watts, from NOrleans. BRISTOL—Arr Feb 21, echr Gazelle, Allen, New York, (and sid 224 for Somerset.) Sld 21st, schr Triumph, Har- ward, Richmond. BOSTON—Arr Feb 23, bark Aura, Crosby, NOrleans; schrs Effort, Loring, Richmond; I’ Audenried, Corson, Brandywine, Del; Hannah Balch, Hodgkin, Kastport for Philadelphia, with loss of head of foremast. Cid ship Esther @ Barney, Esrney. Apalachicola, (not NOrleana); bark Elm, Taylor, Philadelphia; brigs Martha Worthing: ton, Freema: laga and a market: Mercy 3 Cousins, Cousins, Cardenas; M & J C Gilmore, Eldridge, Mobile; schrs Gordon, Hardy, Arecibo: Dayid Lombard, Snow, Richmond; Alert, Hall, Philadelphia ; Com Kearney, Bearse, New York. In port schr Waterville, Gill, for James river, having sld 21st, and put back next day om account of head wind. CHARLESTON—Arr Feb 19, schr MA Howard, Chad- wick, New Smyrna, Fa; 20th, steamship Southerner, Fos- tor, NYork: bark Uherokee, Getty, NOrleans. Cld 19th, ships Caroline, Conner, Havre; Ella (Brem), Erdmann, Amsterdam; schr Sarah & Mary, Hopkins, Franklin, Sid 19th, brig Pedraza, Deritie, Nassau, NP; 20th, Span bark Bella Antonia, Forronteguin, NOrleans; schr Virginia. Griffith, Plummer, NYork; also ships Ela (Brem), Am- sterdam; barks Gibraltar, Isabella, and Spanish brig Velow Gaditano. MATTAPOISETT—Arr Feb 22, brig Benicia, Darien. NEW BEDFORD—Arr Feb 22, sckrs Sea Bird, Datiens, Chas & Edward, Bourn, Rappahannoels; Eliza Jane, Bar— pard, Norfolk for Nantucket. NORFOLK—Arr Feb 20, Br brig Lord Lovat, Jamaica; schrs Volant, Portland. ld 2ist, brig Jenny Lind, Git- key, St Jago, SewPokt—arr Feb 23, brig Benguela, Hatehings, Matanzas for Boston; Fawn, Day, Portsmouth for Norfolk; Boxer, Lawyer, Gleneester for NYork; H Grant, Holt, N¥ork for Newburg; Banner, Baxter, NYork for Boston; Luey Boxer, Baker; W H’ Atwood, Smith; In— HS ‘Miggins es New Orleans for Liverpool, Felp Mana, Young; , Buzvear, and’ Lucy Janey, Freeman, Boston for Tangier. i “ 4 PHILADELPHIA—Arr Feb 23, bark Appleton, Kendug rick Boston, PRGVIDENCE—Arr Feb 22, Her Petrel, Jonemy NYork; ship Levanter (of NYork), Follansbee, NOrleana, was aground on the ber 14 days, lost no spars duriwy @ passage, her fore and mizzen topgallant masts wer 6 sent down); sehrs 8 Hall, Clendaril, Frederika; Glear Adams, Philadelphia. SALEM—Arr Fob 22, bark Fiimabeth Hall, Bertram, 7 ag ribar Nov 24; brig Prairie, Clarence, Georgeto Misourl Batensia, New Yor, SOR SAVANNAH—Arr Feb 19, schr Virginia, Ant? ny, % York. Cid drig J'D Pennell, Brown, Cardenas. , WILMINGTON, N C—Arr Feb 20,’ brig Delmont Locke, Park, Matanzas: sebr Moant Vernon me ee brie’ Cirle, Carts, West Indl Matancas., Ci dat, ri 8, 1 Brewster, N York.” ve Rosset, Arrived. Nowvoug, ko—Steamatth Roa Lowis Parrish, F Crany, 0 AStrecker,) AO Butters, F te lou, M De: hove, W Lally, ECashen, J W Church, Mrw Whitney and clad, Miss F kheldon, § W Lattimer,’ Joba Murdoch and lady,” Misses Clara and Laura TA Foster, Kawin James, MM McGuire, Wm Arnoux, Lient Orlar.do, USN: €J Balls, Wm Doyle, LA Deomand lady, Sao! Hobson’ F A Packard, Thomas Clarke, JP Martin, Jo, Green —4@ in the steerage, and 20 U Sseamen for the 1g sloop-of- war Vincennes, SAN FRANcIOO--Bhip Staghound— rf 7 (ronsi . ti Mrs fronaides, Maa- ter Cook, Misa Gook, Mr Adams, ‘fry Ad ? Stone, & 4 irs Adama, Mr Palmar, 4