The New York Herald Newspaper, May 14, 1853, Page 4

ELI I AFFAIRS IN THE METROPOLIS. qusine UP THE WEEK'S ACCOUNTS, &., &., ko. ‘Testimonial to Father Gavazz!i. FAREWELL LECTURE OF THE REVEREND PADRE. An immense assemblage of the citizens of New York congregated last Friday evening in Metropuli- fan Hall to present a testimonial to Father Gavazzi, in token of the high value attached to his lectures delivered in this city. The ladies attended in the of ten to one, and as the body of the hall and the galleries were well filled, the scene was very brilliant. Doctor Ferris, of New York, presided, and the proscenium was filled with clergymen. The chairman came forward, and addressed the audience Bs follows:— “Honor te whom boner is due, '’ isa maxim belonging a4 much to Christianity as to common righteousness. American Protestants are engaged in a work of incal- Culable moment to our country and our common . We believe in our peg lear at ae 2 ia equally the foe of civil and religious free- greet fe believe that wo ean alone perpetuate our noble institutions apd the inhe itance beyuea bed by our fa. thers, by maintaining a free conscieace and a free gospel. ‘We feel prem is for all that should be dear to that is allowed by these sacrifices which our free- ‘cost. The signs of tbe times are portentous of great solemn events of evil if we are careless, good if we are ilant. ‘as, Ho ovnes ab 6 witness emancipated from the Gory threidom which we seek to avoid, he throws the whale weight of his character ard his’ eloquence into wur seale; He 4) with the earnestness of deep con- wiction; He has done a good work; He has conirmed all that we have ‘against Rome: He has shed new addi- ged, a distinguished stranger comes tional lights on the questions involved; He has performed wast labors. - Now it is best! that we to whom he has beens co- laborer, should give him rome suitable expression of our and our sense of his services. This is the object of this meeting. Honor to whom bonor is due. (Applause. ) _ After prayerby Rev. Mr. Hutton, Dr. Cox came forward to present the testimonial. He had some four months since taken part in an expression of sympathy towards the victims of the Duke of Tus- any rather than of the Jesuits, and seven weeks since he had the high honor and happiness of ex- fending to Father Gavazzi a welcome in the name th and on ith open mouths from Home, and. T ream of this band of Protestant boys coming with bible in hand against these monstrous dragoons, (Ap- plause.) Oh, my dear brethren, educate the young people in Protestant learning, and you have stropg Americans in future for the preservation of your country. Especially educate them in the ‘religion of ‘God, and teach them to vote at the Pa according to their consciences, and not at the i ape of bishops and sritanps and Jesuits. If it is ne ible to expel all foreign prelates and all Jesuits your country, watch their movements in order to prevent the mobs and riots, and the civil wars, which they produced last year in England. The re repeated his former caution about the Jesuitically-educated chambermaids and nurses, and the danger to be apprehended for themin Protestant families. As to the woman’s rights movement, he would tell them first to apply. themselves to educa- tional purposes, and then let them go and become presidentesses if they can. (Laughter.) I have only to say to the Americans—hecause I remember I was under the American flag at Rome—and I have to repay you with my gratitude for the hospitality extended by you in your land to ‘my poor count en; and if I ever speak again in New York it will be in defence of country. Italy may be sleeping, but it is not di Insult not_an oppressed people, and remember that from this Italy—opp as she is—came all that is beautiful in art.. (Applause.) I thank all my sup- porters who have enabled me to pay the expenses of this room. I thank the free press, who have spread the word of God throughout the land. I thank the Catholic press, also, for having covered me with ig- nominy. but that is the proof that I am in the right way. The only way the Catholic press could insult me would be by calling me Jesuit. (Cheers.) Finally I thank the Protestant fpress, because, as it attack- ed me and my mission, it wil! also attack any Jesuit, testantism. ( Applause.) Finally, in order to promote pure religion emong my Italians I will ask you fora little more gifts. It is necessary to overthrow, in Italy, | Pope and Popery, and the nearest instruments against Pope and Popery is through the Italians. A few cents or ghillings will be collected as you leave the room, for the building of our new Italian Church. May God enable us to free the Christian Church from this great beast of Rome, and from the great apostacy, and may God bless you, America.- (Great spies) church. And after the doxology, the mecting separated. of the American republic. Referring to Archbishop Hughes he said, we have no more disjike to John, and soforth, than Father Gavazzi; bat we feel pity for a man of his responsibility in heaven if not on earth. But he recollected that some officials in this country cannot be and are not naturalized, be- cause to swear allegiance to our eagle, and to our E Pluribus Unum they must forswear allegiance to the greatest despot of the world. (Applanse.) ome have been surprised at the type of sentiment and patriotic thought which Gavazzi has exhibited in this country. If he were to come here to be a citizen, he should not think him worthy the land of his adoption if he could ever forget the land of his mativity. Gavazzi is not less a Christian because, instead of waiting for Luther's protestantism, he goes back to the thunder and lightning of the Apos- fHe Paul. Applause.) What do I care about Pro- festantism, except for patriotism, for society, and | for the age. (Applause.) If all the“world would Jove intelligently the “ Epistle to the Romans,” I | ‘would let Protestantism take care of itself, with the patronage of heaven and earth. He would not tres- pass on their good humor, he hoped, too long, but | the would speak a little, as an American, in reference | to the visit of his distinguished brother. He did not ‘wonder that the effect of his lectures was such that in Jesuitical quarters it was deemed politic to say | © Mum.” (Applause.) Let the men of heaven show themselves worthy of earth by applauding truth. Our brother has come among us with il! will fo nobody, but with a motto sueh a3 heavenly sym- phonies gave to the shepherds, “Peace on earth | and good will toward men.”” But peace with trath, peace without error. We do not court persecution, | but we do not fear it; and we are ready, if need be, | {0 die for the truth. (Applause.) For one, he con- | Bratalated himself, and thanked God that the visit and efforts of his Italian friond hed mct ouch appre- ciation i the country. From Passam: A io Grande, and from Canada to Cali- lectures have been read, and awakened | ia , those thrill in the hearts of all—and I thank God for it. | is Christians 0 to love Gavazzi as to love which he was born, and perhaps born | “i and to love say for what it was what, regenerated, it may be; and to praythat | lead Gavazzi to do that which without j cannot achieve. Old Horace said to notearly, may youreturn to heaven ; | rou be preserved prosperous, to act nome aoe mauilus ; (ae zmsy you | spared enjoy great trium t is the prayer | whi snap ae ‘mind of thousands would now | utter for him. Rev. Dr. Cox then proceeded to read | the testimonial which he said some friends had put | into his hands, having at the same time put into | his hands (Gavazzi) something for their. purse, | $1,000. (The latter he handed to Gavazzi, amid | Great -) F Dr. Cox then read the following address, interlard- ing it with appropriate commentaries. PADRE can Gavaza—As friends jour country, and yoursel! personally, we present t | Tat dight totimocen aly reed " thks Cones Closed (one thousaud dollars) is but just suflicient to give & for your last course of jectur pon nos PPropriately it should h: eceded your labors, aps MOre >” provriately, as the tes timony of our sdmtration 97.4 cradidence, 1 closes there ih nish Publicly thus “1 express our approbation of Meh i thea "ae consideration of the great good | Hee tee ™ wing of God, must result therefiom. Gifwe: ucceeded, on 8 subject of vast importance noe uity, surrounded with prejudice and odium, in oF og instruction, information, argument, scriptural a histories! truth.’ personal knowledge and experience, wit, sarcasm, humor, earnest feeling, and powerful elo- Guenee, in euch a manner as to win the admiration and duaken the interest of multitudes who have heard you, ‘and multitudes more who have only read the brief veports Of your lectures in the daily papers. We rejoice in your Gevoted patriotiem, your ardent love of liberty. your ab- hhorrence of the papal despotism, your acquaintance with | divine truth, your love of the Bible and your reliance | npee it, your perfect frankness. fearlessness, and inde- pendence. May God guide you. insteuct your own heart pore and more in his cruth, baptize you with his spirit, pare you to preach the gospel of Christ in your own | toh Italy, and make you victorivus, by his grace, over all We spresent you these copies of God's Word—one in | tongue, one in yours. (Dr. Cox kissed the eel i i anree aud the diene ing hu cally ] Ia the applauded most ent! ia the con He t against the eal aystem, sat ‘every part of be kingdom of Eoin. th of your canse, the freedom of the @ Bible is the foundation of all the source of all our strength, the storehouse ad in our lives, ‘our sapetuaries and our sc otis and as all surrounding—the Bible here, there, everywhere, ia the support and the safeguard of our civil | ‘and religious liberties, and the only sure ground of na. | fional and personal prosperity. bay the Word of God fil your own deur native Italy—may it prevail in all your Famillien, our churches, your schools—may it speedily have free course, and be glorified everywhere with you es with us,and may your dear native land be free with the liberty of Christian freemen. by the law of the Bpirit of life in Christ Jesus! And God graot that you | urself may be spared to witness the beginning of this | of Yo teal of your hearers and frienda who have, with ‘warm hearts, united in this testimonial, we are most | and truly yours, Feet ey Sain, Axson J. Paeura, Groros Dovorss, Jama A Dwicit, Mornmer Ds Morte. C. R. Roper, New Yorx, Friday evening, May 13, 1853. Father Gavazzi then addressed the audience, reit- o his former statements that he was a man of | oben I came to America, he said, Papists were free to speak against Protestanism, but Protes- tants were not free to speak against the Papist sys- | fem; but now freedom for cal re War 7 necessary to maintain the ity of Protestanism; i ie to have at nme time fresh and re mewed discussion, without which Protestanism be- comes dull and dark. Remember Christ in the Gos- pel, when the father of the oot was sleeping the gnemy of man came to sow tares in thefield; so when ‘yon sleep, Jesuits, bishops and archbishops work and Bow tares in the American field, therefore, war, war, to cut off the influence of popery in the community. | (Thunders of applause.) cannot respect the sys- tem, ri may do pry am BI and itis my to attack the system, and therefore war, in order prevent the papal influence in America. Jesuits | f in your country, and Romap Catholic prelates fnorease in country; therefore, re; if twenty was a crime to speak against popery, fw majority of Papists here were Ameri- to it isa crime to be select. (Applause.) herefoe, rar war, een eee Popery. Let always ospitable home for Europe, be free in their ‘aligtn ® Roman Catholic country. your (Cheers.) We called Americans, and do | it suit you. | England and the United States of America greatly favored , Speaker gave e The eighty-third anniversary of the birthday of Robert Owen, known for the peculiar principles which he has promulgated, and which is professed by a class of people made up from all kinds of ism. ites, was held at 600 Broadway last Friday evening: When our reporter entered the room, where he ex- pected to see the company assembled at supper, he found them engaged in tripping it on ‘“‘the light fan- tastic toe” to the music of a harp, a violin, anda few other instruments. Among the persons present was Mrs. Roge, one of the great admirers of Owen; Lucy Stone, and a strange mixture of abolitionists, Fou, rierites, communists, spiritual knockers, and infidels, numbering altogether about sixty persons. Tle dancing over, this motley assemblage sat down to supper, which was despatched with the most aston ishing rapidity. Then came the toasts, the senti- leading off with the following address, or eulogium, on the man in whose honor the anniversary was cele- brated :— My friends :—With unspeakable pleasure do I rise to welcome the natal day of the world’s greatest and purest philanthropist, Rebert Owen. It isever a pleasing duty to honor the day that gave birth to @ great and noble being, for every good manisa blessing to society. But she gratification this evening must be greatly eahanced to us allj by the pleasing consciousness that our venera- ble and ‘beloved friend, whose feighty-third birth day we meet to celebrate, is yet among us; and though the wide ocean separates him from our midst, yet his benign influ- ence, his gentle and venevolent spirit, will, I am sure, be felt among us on this interesting occasion. On the 14th of May, 1770, « bright end glorious star appeared in our social and moral horizon, whose effulgent rays penetrated into the deep and dark recesses of our social existence, | ané disclosed to our mental vision the clilfs ard shoals, and quicksands of ignorance, selfishness and vice, against | which the dearest nopes and the best interests of man. kind have been wrecked; and unlest they were uprooted from their very foundation, and the streams of life | cleansed and purified, would ever impede the progress ut | man te huvmieage, VittUe Mud Leppioves. 1 will not enter upon the history of this remarkable man’s life. The ne- cexsarily brief space of time allotted te any speaker such an occasion, would hardly His life was the most uzefal and interesting that ever fel to the lot of man, Ata very early age he struck out for bunself a course of life, .which he pursued with an energy, consistency and perseverance, unequalled in the history of man. At the age of ten he left his native place in Wales for the great commercial em- porium, London, with less than tea dollars in his pocket to commence the world with. While yet a mere boy be entered the arena of commeree, and ‘contended most successfully for rize of genius, persevering in- dustry and application, be of tno points of Ris early | Life will give you some idea of his youthful character. | At eighteen he commenced, with ,a partner, 8 machine. | making establishment, employing forty mea. Soon after, | he added the commencement of cotton spinning by the newly invented machinery. At twenty, hearing a Mr. | Drickwater, proprietor Of the first fine cotton factory, in | Manchester, employing five hundred bands, advertise for | atoapager, Mr. Owen presented himself. '‘: You are a | boy,” suid Mr, Drinkwater. ‘That would have been an | ot jection to me four or five years ago,”” was his reply ; ‘1am aman no#, and have some experience in this busi bess.” “ What experience?” ‘I work three mules, and am making three hundred pounds a year.” “ How many times a week do you get drunk?’ This was too much for the young philosopher, he colored up to his very tem- ples, and replied very indignantly, “1 never was drunk “What salary do you ask?” ‘Three hun: dred pounas.”’ ‘Three hundred?” said Mr. D. with as- tovishment ; “Why, here have been a dozen this morn- ing, some of them double your age and they don’t ask half that sym.” Very well,” said Mr. Owen, “I am making three hucdred a year in my own business, and I cannot come for lees.” “Let me see your establi-hment?’ y r. Drinkwater examined it in silence.”’. come to me to morrow, you shall have what Six months after, Mr. D. sent one morning tor his manager. ** Stay with me three years,” said he, ‘Twill give you four hundred next year, five hundred the year afier, and then you can be # partoer with me if At the end of four years Mr. Owen entered into a more extensive partnership, and bullt the original Charlton mills in Manchester, over which he had almost entire control. Thus, commencing life with such genius, foresight, self-reliance, industry and perseverance, as his stock in trade, is it surprising that he was so eminently successful in lifer He amassed a princely fortune, and of. fered itat the sbrine of humanity. His great object in lie has been to benefit mankind—in his own words, to “peaceably revolutionise the mind and practice of thy race.” For this purpose, he set to work, by precept and example, to diffuse knowledge, based on the in- serutable laws of human nature; to infuse the benign spirit of charity and kindness into every heart: to teach mankind that the law of kindness is the most effective law in the well training of man; that if we want to have man rational, consistent, virtuous, and happy, we must remove the causes and influences ‘that have a tendency to make him irrational, inconsistent, us, and con- sequently, miserable; for it is an teternal truth, that as long as the caures ‘are allowed to remain, the effect must remain also. hed no private end to gain, no private ambition to gra tify; were that hie object, he had it at his command, In 1828, the Mexican government offered Robert Owen a district one hundred and fifty miles broad, extending from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean, along the ine that separates Mexico from North America, includ- ng what is now called the golden regions ef California, to be under his entire jurisdiction. The governments of the project. Mr. Owen accepied the offer, under the condi- free | any Archbishop or eny Cardinal who may attack Pro- | t was announced that a gentleman had offered to , give a thousand dollars towards the building of the | Anniversary of the Birthday of Robert Owen. | ments and the speeches, Mrs. Rose, the Presidentess, | on rmit touching upon it. | 3 His whole life demonstrates that he | I :—I would wish to offer no brighter picture than that presented by this toast, to those living at the present day. It is to them we are joy, and we should, in atitde, show's due respect joy, and we , in » Show a due for their memory. I will show te you this prest country as an emanation from their hands. I will show you progress in the arts and sciences, and in social reform, and ask you to whom we are indebted for all the good which these have effected? Here the speaker reviewed the condition of mankind when the church exercised supreme control over the peo- pes and the liberty which followed the overthrow of its power. He then traced the results of the revolu- Som: Seen om oat ee Succes Rereeee Ww » giving tl r to the people, im- proved both their social and moral condition. There were, however, he said, a class of men who, not appreciating this liberty, turned it to their own | selfish account. These men were falsely called retormers, but while they professed liberal prin- ciples, their conduct and their actions were opposed | to all the great reforms of the present age. The speaker said he was a disciple of Robert Owen, and received his education in a school which had been | established through his instrumentality; that he | cherished his memory, and would use all the talent at his command to disseminate his views and.prin- ciples, He (Robert Owen) had expended a large | fortune in bis endeavors to propagate his peculiar ' doctrines, and thongh not entirely successful him self, yet he paved the way for a great many re- forms in the condition of the jaboring classes. He founded a village in Scotland, and gave employ- ment toa large number of mechanics and laborers in a mill which he established. He it was who first advocated the ten hours system, and many other rights which have been conceded to the in- dustrial classes. The speaker concluded by draw- ing an imaginary picture of the happy state of society which the general dissemination and adoption of Owenism would produce, quoting the following from “Lalla Rookh” as an illustration:— if When the glad slave shall at his feet lay down his broken chain—the tyrant lord his crowna—the priest his book—the conqueror his wreath--and from the lips of truth one mighty breath shall, like a whirlwind, scatter in its breeze that whole dark pile of human mockeries— |. then shall the reign of mind commence on earth, and | starting, fresh as from # second birth, | Man, in the sunshixe of the world’s new spring, Shall walk transperent, like some holy thing. The third regular toast, as follows, was responded | to by Mr. Barton, who was introduced to the com- | pany by the President, Mrs. Rose:— Universal Education, Literary and Scientific Insti- tutions. and Popular Lectures. | | Mr. Barron was evidently one of those who was | in favor of the largest liberty, if his speech might be | taken as a true test, for it was upon every subject but that set forth in the toast. Spiritual manifes- tations, religion, anti-slavery, and other equally in- | congruous matters were taken up, and treated in the most original manner. After spending about half an | hour on these topics, he wound up by expressing his belief that they all tended aed about at no distant | period the long expected millenium; but the date of this happy period he did not condescen¢ to fix. At the conclusion of this strange conglomeration, the fourth regular toast was announced as follows : The oppressed throughout the world—‘‘ Hope on, hope ever.” Silence will not retard our progress, and opposi- tion wil! but give increased celerity to our movements, To this Mr. Surrn replied in a few brief remarks. | He augured a glorious destiny for the human race, the colored folks included, and expressed his con- demnation of the Fugitive Slave law in no measured | terms. Miss Lucy Stone rane to the next toast. Woman oo-adually with man. Sbe was glad to see that they practically illus- trated placing a woman in the President's chair. This, however, was not the only right that should be conceded to her; she was entitled to a place in | society beside man, that she might co-operate with | him in everything that tended to the regeneration of | the human race. She thanked the audience that they had recognized in this act, the equality and fraternity of the race. | . At the close of Miss Stone’s brief address, the sixth regular toast was proposed :— P ail ceeial ent@rprite based on ‘' Liberty, equality, and baternity. } Mr. Van responded to this. He was in favor of j social enterprise, and expressed his approbation of that displayed by Adam and Eve, the parents of the human race, and the founders of the social | system. He announced the startling fact, that | all men and women were descended from them, and gave no ordinary meed of praise for the | rae family she raised. Dismissing Mother Eve | with this favorable notice, he proceeded to dis- cuss the Zperits of Owenism, and to eulogize the tounder of the system. The last toasts were as follows : “Charity for the belief, opinions, and feelings of sll ‘If we cannot reconcile all heads, let us unite all hearts.’ ” | © A free press 2? the most | out of barbarism into civilization.”” | _ These toasts were responded to by Dr. Hull and | Mr. Baker, after which the tables were removed, | the dancing resumed, and keptup till past midnight, werful lever to raise men An versary of the Five Points House of In- dustry, . The first anniversary celebration of the establish- ment of the Five Points House of Industry, was held last Friday evening at the Tabernacle. The attend- ance was very full, there being, however, a majority of ladies present. Before the commencement of the exercises, Mr. Pease, the Superintendent of the House of Industry, came in, followed by a number of | the females connected with the ‘‘House,”’ who have been taken from the streets in that formerly filthy locality, now dressed neatly and looking happily; and behind these about two hundred boys and girls belonging to the “ House,” the boys neatly dressed in nankeen suits and palm leaf hats, and the girls appearing with clean white muslin aprons and bon- nets. The children bore with them a banner, bear- ing the inscription ‘ Sabbath School of the Five | Points House of Industry, No. 141." The entrance of these redeemed ones was greeted by the audience with a round of applause. Maay of the older females were of very peepee appearance, and it scarcely seemed possible that any of these persons hed been picked up from the mud, filth, and misery of the Five Points and its vicinity. The meeting was wos by prayer by Rey. Mr. Hall, of Peter- .¥. After the prayer, a hymn was sung by dren, when annual report was read as follows, by Rey. Lucien Burleigh:— REPORT OF FIVE POINTS HOUSE OF INDUSTRY. Before presenting their report, it has been thought best by the Lonard to give a briet account of the institution, previous to their taking it in charge, as published by Mr. | Pease in November last:— ‘The present euperintendent of the Five Points House of Industry was appointed May 20, 1850, by the Now York Apnual Conference, to the Coutre Street Mission, under the auspices of the Ladies’ Home Missionary Society of | the ME. Chureh, The instrumentalities it was intended he should use, were only such as are ordinarily used in the awakening and conversion of sinners, with the excep- tion that the Soslety lantructed hin to distribute to. the destitute such clothing as might be at his disposal. ‘These he found of themselves to be inadequate to meet thy necessities of this fearfully Gegrades community. When ns tra*t or Bible was offered to there unfortunates, they | would ark for bread; and when warned of the conse. quences of their lives, and urged to return to the path of honesty, sobriety and virtue, they would reply : “We to not live this life because we love it, but because ve capnot get outof it. Show us bow we can live without vice and crime, we csre not how bard the work, be it from daylight till dark, and we will do it.’” These facts were mentioned to the Board of the Society, to which they replied in substance, that theic organization did not con- template financial relief, but spiritual, (this is evident from their report ef 1861,) and if their missionary em. tion that the government should grant perfect religions freedom to every eee! ard every individual. This condition was generously acceded to by the government and the people; but the monks, the evér active and sworn enemies | of religious liberty, so strenuously spposed the measure that it was finally defeated; and Robert Owen, ever true to himself and to the cause of freedom declined the offer. Nor has bis lifelong labor of lové been in vain—for | thovgh the full carrying out of his principles and plang | | for the emancipation of the race from disunion, sin and | hundred engaged in the work room. Their first efforts at 8 ering is yet among the things to come, yet no re- mer probably ever lived who has seen as much of his prineiples and views adopted as Robert Owen, The reat | truth that the eombined powers of orgenization, ond the influences of education and position operating upon the organivation from birth through life, form the character of man just what it ix xt any given period of its exist. ence, bas had its salutary effects upon socicty, All the moral reforms are based on this trath. The old erroneous icea of the depravity of human nature is daily giviag way to philosophical inquiries into the natare of the causes and influewoes that produce depravity, vice and misery; and just in proportion as this trath ia perceived, and the correspondir g remedies applied, so is moral re: form successful. His lofty conceptions, expanded mind, and great heart, embraced all reform—his platform was broad enough for the whole human ope f On the fifth of May, 1854, he formed 5 society (to which T had the pleasure to belong) called the * Association of all Classes of all Nations, without distinction of sect, party, sex, country, or color.” His wealth, energy and life, h been devoted to the service of humanity, and he has reaped the rich reward of his holy devotion; for as ever; y 1d act brings its own reward, 60 has he liveda life of serene Happiness, of ual fan shine, that has shed a bright lustre on his old age, and makes bis declining days go down like that bright Iu in his fall glory, aftor acloudlers summer's day. the promulgation of “truth without mystery, mixture of error, or the fear of man’’—if the diffusion of correct knowledge, based on the inevitable laws of man’s nature—if peace, mercy, charit; and kindness, can ever benefit mankind—tl indeed, may Robert Owen be justly considered a factor the race. ns The address was received with repeated applaase; at its conclusion, Mrs. Rose announced the first regu- lar toast :— Robert Owen. This was responded to ty Mi Macudvatn. The ecguuat vi the priucipal cyoate barked in any such enterprise, it must be on his owt. | responsibility, rot theirs. This, in a short time, in order to secure the objects: of ‘his mission, he found himself compelled to do. He found a shop willing | to furnieh him sewing work, on the condition that he per- | sonatly would be responsible for its being safely returned, | ard well made, This he propised, and as the Soclety’s report say#, had for five weeke ily attendance of one the uve of the needle, as ae es have been expected, were truly discoursging. Many of ths shirts were so poorly made that the slightest force would pull them to pieces; | others bad to be ripped and re-made, and that, too, at ths expense Of the missionary. This, (as the above cited report 5.) “created a drain bm his personal funds which he id not long meet." y, and perhaps a majority of the Beard, if they hadfelt themselves at liberty, would have movt cheerfully supplied the lack; byt in view of the number of their missions, and, as they sa “ the apirit- ual test contemplated in their organization,” they did not feel themselves at liberty todo it. To the ' mils- sionary’s carrying on this work on his own responsibility, the society, as such, never to his knowledge objected. Yet certain of its leading members strongly opposed it, citing the failure of an effort to eivilize rome tribe of Oregon Indians before Christianiring them. This the mis- sionary did not consider relevant to the case. He was told that it ill ¢om; with the dignity of a minister to be found in his shirt esmeven superintending a workshop, and giving to each charactors cloth and buttons to make into sbirts. But if he did not, who i It was as much as his limited means would allow to hire persons to repair the bad work, without adding the expense of a su parintendens end if he had the where would he nave found the mant The work at that time had not be- come sufficiently popular to offer very induoements for a business man to rirk his person im & le beng > tn paving stones were liable to welcome Irst coming. A reporter of one of the leading in the city being present, told the principal objector that “he was unable to discover how it was any worse for their mis- tionary to manufacture shirts taaa, It was for Paul to make tents; only that Paul did it to himself, and he to help others’ This novel feature of his work the mis- sionary founa to meet his most sanguine ex; and though it was diteult and laborious to take charge of ‘3 hundred such sewing women in such a 8, he and his wife found themselyss amply repaid for their | tous tor wa ke’ vbBoge whien @ cou scious, Munernuie, 5 Movgh Laurie udepoadeoer, orvduced in be ap) ¥ efforts at reformation. He secured the indictment of two of the largest and worst houses in the Spey hired, and took possession, be- fore they were vacated’ by their occupants, and when thoroughly cleansed and refitted, took up ia residence therein. first plan was to rent the appartments to those employed in the shop. and furnish them with the opportunity of providing their own meals. he soon found to be too expensive, aud to involve too many dili- culties to answer bis purpose. His next move was to break up the small families, and combine them in one, un- der his own superintendencs and direction, boarding them at the nominal price of $1 25 per week. 'Here was the commencement of the present House of Industry. It opened about the Ist of September, 1850, with thirty sub- jects, mostly women of bad repute. ‘Tho Superintes dent, forced to enlarge his operations, by the great numbers who constantly Cry for admittance, soon felt the importance of a Board of Directora for the Institution, which should be respousible for the necessary funds, as well as for its proper management. Such a rela tion the Mission Board disclaimed all right to sustain— their organization contemplating * only the spiritual task.) Get they regarded with approbation the ellort of the Superintendent and others to secure such an organiza- tion in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Several meet- ings were held, ® constitution drafted and presented, a plan of action’ reported, yet nothing done, and, finally, the effort was abandoned. The institution was still under the sole care of the Superintendent, ‘ managed on his own personal account, and in his own way.” ‘Testimonials in bebalf of this institution have been re- ceived from sever! ecclesiastical bodies, from the Grand Jury, from the ex-Recorder of the city, Police Justices District Attorney, ‘&e. Its object is the physical, social and moral reformation of its members, and likewise that of the immediate community in which it is located. It aims, too, at the suppression of infamy, and of open lewd- nes: of action even in the Five Points ; also at securing civil protection for its poor and friendless from the mis- erable harpies who stiil infest that degraded locality. Its insirumentalities for securing these objects are a bath-tub, s wardrobe (which by the bye, is too often empty,) workshops, moruing and evening devotion, pray- er Ineeting, a singing school, a Bible class, @ Sabbath school, and regular Sabbath preaching, likewise a Tem: perance meeting, on Friday evening, which has been held weekly for over two years anda half. More than 3,500 signatures have been added to the pledge ‘The House of Industry has had more than 1,000 regular inmates since its organization ;from 700 to 800 ef whom have been hope- fully reformed, and placed in situations of independence and comfort. For the last six months it has averaged nearly 100 inmates. Its monthly expense is from $1,200 to $1,600, a little more than one-fourth of which is supplied by its Board of Directors, and the remainder produced by the institution, ‘THE DAY SCHOOL. In the month of August, 1950, the Superintexdens laid before the Mission Board the importance of a day school, and was informed in substance (not formally, for we are not aware of any such action having been taken) that they hed not the means for such an entorprive; and if they ha the object of their organization did not ‘contemplate the appropriation of means but for the accomplishment of spirituahends. To this the prompt answer was returned, that a day school was necessary to the accomplishment of any considerable permanent good with the children of the Five Points, and if the Board could not be responsible for the school, aid must be sought elsewhere; for so import- ant did the Superintendent esteom the formation of a day school, that he determiced to open it at his own personal risk, if other and better support did not offer. To this the Board did not object, and after inquiry and consultation, Mr. Peace hired a teacher himself, paying one month’s salary in advance from his owa’ private means. ‘Thus originated the day school. Before Mr. P. had procured books, maps and slates for the school, he was visited by a gentleman of the Presbyterian Church, with the welcome intelligence that Mrs. Dr. Bedell, of the Pro- testant Episcopal Church, had® collected $700, ani had had it on interest for more than two years, waiting a fa- vorable opening to apply it to the support of a day school on the Five Points, ‘The gentleman assured Mr P. that the money, which had heen coufided to hin, could imme- diately be applied in his school. if plans could be agreed upon tbat would satisfy Mrs. Dr. Bedell. ‘This wan re- garded as almost a special Divine providence to meet the emergency, caused by the positive refusal of the Miasion Board to ateume the responsibility on the one hand, and the Soperintendent’s own personal inability to meet the Gemands of the enterprise. ‘4 paper was immediately drawn up, embodying articles cement, the main of which were—First, the school should not be denominational in its character; and second, that it should remain under the general superintendence of Mr. Pease. The school bas been in operation two years and nine mnths. It has averaged more than a hundred pupils daily from its first commencement, and at the present time numbers, in the aggregate, not far from two hun- éred pupils, some of whom are irregular in attendance. A soup room ix now connected with it, so that the poorer clulézen can all find comfortable means of subsisteace. Great credit is due to those who have aided in giving ef- ficiency to the instructions of the day school, and to the ntlemen and ladies of Ascension Church, who furaish fhe meams4o the extent of $2,000 or more for its con: tinued support, The school consists of three departments, formed by grouping together those nearest the same intellects . DrOgrAce end goucTal BD- rhe aa Petey Tecpectable comparison with those of many of our public or even private ‘BC The Sabbath school connected with the institution is ina flourishing condition, numbering more than two hundred members, besides adults. One hundred and ninety-twoof those came out in their neat and simple uniform at Castle Garden Sabbath School Anniversary, on the 10th. This school is under the superintendence of Rev, L. Burleigh, and employs fourteen teachers,-one half of each sex, and five visiters of absentees, all gen- tlemen. Means were immediately paid over to procure maps slates, boobs, a stove, and to paint the room, and defray all other incidental expenses. Some articles were presented by individual friends; but more were bought with the abore named fund. Some weeks after the school went into operation, the Mission Board, withing to do something for the school, and not ‘eeling at Uberty—ia view of the object of their organization—to do it directly, resolved to hire an assist- ant female missionary, with the understanding that she might teach in one ent of the day school. This they did, paying her salary for six months; after which it was met by the regular day echool fund, OF THE CHANGE OF NAME. During the month of March, 1853, the prerent Board of ‘Directors were chosen, ali the officers of the institution, committed to their — and direction, and its name charged from ‘Five Points Temperance Home’ to “ Five Points of Industry.” This alteration was made to meet a partis! change in the objects of the insti- tution, and to avoid any seeming reflection upon the in- mates in view of their past life and character. The enterprise at this time was yet an experiment, and fears were entertained in referencs to its perpetuity, in consequence of the great demands made upon it in’ ite then infant state. But, by the bleseing of God, and the favor it has received with the public, it has lived and growa another year, and now in view of what it has done, and is doing, its Board of Pirectors claim for it a place among the public institu- tiovs of our city, and trust that they shail continue to muke it worthy of public confidence and patronage, ‘THE OBJNCTS OF THE INSTITUTION, 1, To give protection and shelier to poor widows and crphan children, without breaking up the relation be- tween them the Heaven has been pleased to institute. 2. Yo furnish a temporary home to children either till their parents are able to provide for them, or situations can be obtained. 8. To give protection to poor and friendless females, not vicious, yet without testimonials of good character. 4, To provide an oblivien through which the criminal, the vicious, and the abandoned may pass, and where they may Keave the evil reputation acquired by their past mis. ceeds and start anew in life, with the little acquired by their good behavior in their oblivious passage. 6. To give or provide employment for those able to work, aud instruction to sueh as require it, thereby pre- venting pauperism and vice; in a word, to help the poor to help themselves. 6. To provide for and gather into school the idle wan- dering children of that 1 cality, furnishing work before and after school hours to such as are able to do it. 7,—To furnish the best possible moral and religious instruction to all, either directly or indirectly, connected with the institution To accomplish these objects houses have been,added to the four already occupied. These are being cleansed and fitted so as to accommodate in all 200 or 250 persons. In these we have workshops under com- petent managers, WHAT IS DONE AT THE INSTITUTION On Monday and Tuesday evenings the adults are taught to readand write; on Wednesday evening the children to sing: on ‘Thursday eveniug, a Prayer meeting is held, and on Friday evening there is 8 public temperance meeting in the chapel of the institution; on the Sabbat’s there are two Sabbath schools, and Bible class exercises and public As fast as children and adalts are ready, and situations can be provided for thom, they are ed from the institution. tian denominations of the city, known by the name of the “Dorcas Society of the Bouses of Industry,” who, as their means will allow, furnish the material and he clothes of the more destitute connected with the institution. March 1, 1862, there were 67 inmates in the institu- tion From March 1, 1862, to April, 1853, 403 were ad- mitted—00 men, 237 women, and 105 children, Of these 106 were under 16 years of age, 200 were between 15 and 20, and 97 over 30 years of age. petween March 1, 1852, and April 1, 1853, 105 had beon ront to situations, 68 bave been returned to their friends, 14 have ieft for work, 12 sent to the Boy:’ Home, 8 to | the Home of the Friendless, 1 to the Magdalen, 1 to the Colored Home, 13 to the Hospital, 2 to the Insane Asy- lum, 1 returned to Ireland, 1 to Engiand, 4 were married 20 expelled, 20 eloped, 26 left unpromisingly, 2 died, and 115 are left remaining in the institution. ‘The éxpenses of the institution, from March 4, 1862, to April 1, 1663, have been as follows To rent. $1,573 94 To provisions 1 6}247 To work,, + 2,406 09 To clothing. + 1,088 75 To repairs oe 73 68 ‘To furniture + | 44 66 ‘To salaries of suporin’t and assistants... vee 1,884 16 Total... ...sseseves se eeee sees dees, 14,800 BT ‘The receipts for the same time are as follows, viz. :— By rent—Ladies’ Home Mission Society De. Day achoot . Deo, Sundry persons, By Board of Inmates, be required to forward the your. This emount the Board of volent public wil cheerfully : 000 at least will for the rectors belie Fromptly supply. E com 4 Sohn Stevenson, Fdward @ Bradbury, James H. Van Allen, members of the Board D. M. Pease, Superintendent. After the reading of the report, another hymn was George Bird, sung by the children with great effect. An address was then delivered by Re. Havens, Esq., who said, that one wing of the army of the Lord of Hoste had been marching in review ape this ctty during the past week, and that now, at the close of it, a few humble Christians had come to show what they had done—a few gleaners had come to show that, in gathering, the little grains should not be neglected. These persons had come down to the masses. They had brought Christianity into practice; and perhaps the Christian world may dis- cover that the secret of the world’s conversion had been found out in the Five Points. Here there is no glitter, no grand organization, but here is an at- tempt to imitate Him who went about doing good. But what is the necessity of this work in New York? Are we not a Christian people? Those who are ac- quainted with New York know the necessities of this work. We have here our splendid churches; we sit in our splendid pews, and read and sing out of our velvet-covered prayer books and hymn books; but are we by this, doing all that is re- uired td bring about the eonversion of New York? (Mr. Havens here read an extract from the journal of a missionary on the Five Points, exhibit- ‘ing the greatest misory, destitution and wretched- ness in that vicinity.) These people are men and* women like yourselves—the creatures of the same God—for wlom the same Saviour died—many of them are the children of pious parents, brought up in the lap of luxury. There is necessity for this kind of work; there is too much hypothetical Christianity ia the world; too much tanoleey of the schools, and not enough of the workshop. The aim of these Chris- tians should be studied and understood. ‘The farmer, when he is cultivating his plants, does not take a four page treatise on manure, and scatter it aronnd his roots, but he weeds them, and digs around them; and there is an analogy between the farmer and these practical workers in Christianity. James says, that pore and undefiled religion consists in visiting the widow and the fatherless, not in sending to them. No man who is in misery will receive spiritual admonitions while writhing under the tortures of the body. All the charitjes of this city will fail until they come into direct contract with the poor. The distribution of alms, and even of Bibies and Testa- ments, is of very little use, when unaccompanied by personal exertion. ‘ After another song by the children, Rev. Henry Warp Bexcuer arose and said :—To-day is the close of the anniversaries, and the American Board of Com- missioners of Foreign Missions held its session ia the forenoon a society that has in charge the sending of the Gospel to foreign heathen. Now, this isthe com- plement to that effort. You can find no heathen in india worse than in New York. The sediments of our Christian cities are worse than any you can find in any partof the world. When we take the Gospel we should go with it, in the spirit of our master, to those who need it, To take men who had been brought up in the knowledge of Christianity, to well furnished churches, where they have the easiest seats and the finest music, is not difficult ; but where there are duties which are not ble, then you apply the force of Christianity, and exhibit its divine wer. There is no ordinaty pillar thropy. that will incite men to,work among the heathen im our cities. There has been an experiment in this work, and is there enough Christianity in this city to complete this work? I went one night with Mr. Pease around the miserable haunts of this city, and I saw enough. I thought, what would it be, robbed of all its novelty and romance, if I should go with my family as Mr. Pease has done, down among these people. In this work we find our model in the New Testament. Where Christ went where there were sick he healed them; where there was actual want, he created bread, and came down to their physical condition. Take the Gospel to the miserable outcasts of our city, and no man can preach it unless he does more. It is as though he made a mark in the sand, and the first tide washes it away. Preach the Gospel, and the hunger of the man makes him forget it. There is a great deal more gospel in loaf of bread sometimes, than in an old dry sermon. IfI pote a man and bring to him in his want ever so much philosophy, he will not hear it; but, if {come down to him and give him bread, and clothes, and medicine, this will give him a correct idea of the Gospel—one which he can ap- preciate and understand. This work requires liberal contributions. Among these people there is a new eneration every week by importation. A meal foes not last fora week, and these children are fed daily. I commend this cause to your liberality and contrihntians. Rey. Mr. Pease was here introduced to the audi- ence amidst loud pe He said that he should have liked to remain in the back ground. Our friend Beecher said these children were clad. There are to instil into these ehildren that it is no di eet or tattered clothing. Our children have be- haved to-night, I think, about as well as children in general, and I think they know about as much. It seems to me, the idea that has been entertained ia reference to this class of individuals, is all wrong. I thought, before I went to the Five Points, that the individuals who lived in that locality did so because they loved it. This is not the case. They all ac- knowledge they are wine and declare that were it in their power they would escape at once. This is true, but they want personal care and attention. A contribution was then taken up, and the meet- ing was dismissed. Religious Intelligence. SERMONS TO-DAY. The Pastor of the Houston Street Presbyterian Church will preach a closing sermon this evening, a half past seven o'clock, Rey. Mr. Clelan will preach in the Canal Street Presby- terian Church this morning and evening. The third discourse on the remembrance and recogni- tion of friends in a future life, will be delivered by the Rev. Dr. Vaparsdale, in the church corner of Bleecker and Anos street, this evening at a quarter before cight o'clock. ‘The Prophet Snow will preach at Mount Zion Free Church, 163 Bowery, this afternoon and evening. INSTALLATION. Rev. J. G. Adams was installed pastor of the First Uni- versalist Church, in Worcester, Mass.,on the 12th inst. ORDINATION. William Simons was ordained to the Baptist ministry, in Cornwall Hollow, Conn., on the 27th April. INVITATIONS. Rev. Sumner Livingston has been invited to take charge of the Unitarian Society, in Rowe, Mass. Rey. James Thurston has received and accepted a nu- merous invitation to become the pastor of the Allen Street Congregational Church, Boston. ACCEPTANGES. Rev. G. W. Herv f this city, has accepted a call to the pastorate of the Baptist church in Hutson, Rey. William Maul has accepted the call of the Samp- town Baptist church, Rey. F G. Brown, late of West Townseni, has accepted an appointment as agent of the American Baptist Publi- cation Society. Rev. E. W. Dickinson, late of Lewisburg, haa become pastor of the Union Baptist church, Pittsburg, Pa, Rey. E. F. Crane has accepted the pastoral charge of the Baptist chureh at Andover, Alleghany county. Rey. F. Kidder has accepted the agency of the New York Missionary Convention. Rey. Mr. Laurie, of Buffalo Hudson county, N. ¥., has received a call from the First Universalist church of Charlestown, Mass. RESIGNATIONS. Rev. F. R, Newell has resigned the charge of the Unita- i ety in Bre water, Mass., to take effect the first of Dr, Empire, rector of St, James’ church in Richmond, Va., has resigned his connection with that society on ac: count of il! health. Tue Rev, G. W. Montgomery, for several years pastor of the Universalist society in Rochester, has been con pelled to relinquish his charge in consequence of an affection of the throat. DEATHS IN THE MINISTRY. Rev. James Smylie died in Ahite county, Miss., on the 20th wit., aged 78 years, and in the fifty first year of his ministry, He was the first Presbyterian minister settled in Mississippi Rev, Mr. Shaw, of the Catholic church, ia Detroit, Mich., was thrown from his carriage on the 10th inst., and died from the injuries ho received. Rey. Henry Luke was one of the victims of the Inte ca- tastropbe at Norwalk, Conn. He was on his way to Bos- ton to take charge of the German Lutheran church ia that city. Rey. Charles W. Carpenter died at Piattskill, on the 10th inst, NEW CHURCHES. A vew Baptist church was organized at Prairie du Chien, Wis., on the 17th ult, The church consists of some fif- teen members, most of whom sre from New York. ‘The Bishop of New Jersey will conscerate Grace church, in Jersey City, on the 18th inst, ‘The pew edifios of St. John’s ohurch, in Savannah, was consecrated on the 7th inst. The new church edifice in Chestnut street, Philadelphia, was dedicated on the 10th inst, The corner stone of a new church, about to be erected by the First Congregational Society, in Fair Haven, Conn,, was laid with appropriate ceremonies on the 12th inst. The members of the ame area church at Terre Haute, Indiana, whose church edidce was recently de atroyed by the storm, have rosolved to erect a now and more substantial building immediately, The Baptist Missionary chapel, in Ora: street, New ark, N, J), was dedloated on the Ith inst J A ag Sophy tor’ ‘be built near the aan ana depot, Chicago upon a lot recently purchased for that purpose, oan ‘The corner stone of « new Baptist church was laid in Fitchburg, om the 12th inst. MIBORLL ANROUS. . The Fourth Ami Of the Beolety for the Relief of Destitute Calldren of Beamon, wil take piece at the meeting. of the New York Young Men’s Christian Association will be held in the Di Reformed Church, corner of Lafayette pane and Fourth street, on Monday evening, 16th inst., a 7% o'clock. A convention of Unitarian clergymen and laymen met at St. Louis on the 29th rey omer were present from nine States. The annual report of the executive committee exhibits the condition of the Western Confer- churches ia ence. It appears that there are nineteen ‘tates embraced, eight of which are in Ili- the eleven nois. This was the second annual meeting of the con- ference, Mr Jonathan Kidd, lately deceased, of Pitteburg hia will, generously ‘donated. $5.00 torthe neat oe superannuated preachers, and the widows ef Neccased ministers, of the Pittsburg ME. Conference j,2,000 t0 ¢ Missionary y of the same branch of 3 and $1,000 to the Cclonization. lark eaad Rev. Dr. Lyman Beecher is pit of the Second Evangelical Congregational Church in Cambridgeport, for the present—the Rev. J.C. Lovejoy having resigned his office as pastor of said church. ‘Tho New York annual conference of preachers of the Methodist Episcopal church, which has been in session at Kingston for the past eight days, has closed its aitti The following are some of the principal appointments fer the coming } the great majority remaining as they rere, as thisis not the year in which the most trana- fers of preachers are m: Duane stree Rev. 7. N. Lewis, Vestry street. E. E. Bi Mulberry street... Sullivan street, to supply the put- First Chureh, P'keepsje.-Rev. LH. King. Second do. dor «Rev. R. A. Chalier. ‘Rev. P. P. Sandford. Rey. John Luckey. Rev. 8. M. Fitoh, Rev. 0. V, Amerman. without an appointment; but itis under- stood that it will be filled by a distinguished member of the New York Fast Conference, which. commences its ression in this city on the 18th inst., in the Allen street church. There were no changes of presiding oldera. Untied strict Court, Before Hon. Judge Ingersoll. LARCENY ON THE HIGU SEAS. May 10.—Charles H. Brown, second mate of the Ame- rican ship Winfleld Scott, was charged with stealing a box of clothing belonging to a German passenger on board that vessel, on the 12th of February last, during her voyage from Liverpool to New York. Mr Win. M. Evarts conducted the case for the prosecution; Mr. W! defended the prisoner. It appeared in evidence that box was missed by the passenger, and was subsequently discovered in the forecastle, and by the testimony of a boy it was proved that the accused was seen removi box from the steerage to the forecastle at night. defence was that the prisaner did not remove the trunk, and had no knowledge of it. The jury found him guilty, and he was remanded for sentence, DECISIONS IN ADMIRALTY. By Hon Judge Betts. Charles Hayford' vs. Waller T. Grifith and Thomas A. Tillinghast.—This action was to recover $450 for ten months’ wages as second pilot on the steamer Oliver Ells- worth, upon the North river, for the season of 1852. The libe!lant entered on board the boat on the first of March, and was disc! by the respondents, the owners, em the 2lst of June. He alleges the was for the sea- son of navigation, and the respondents that it was at the te of $45 per month, for such time during the season as both parties consented to its continuance. Hold that no general custom or usage was proved, that a hiring of pilots to steamboats on the North river without speol- fication of time, was absolute for the full period of navi- gation, Also held, that in the present case the of evidence was that the hi was special, that is, for the season, or £0 long as the pilot suited the owners and the owners suited him. That tho livellant was ten- dered, before suit brought, the full amount of wages for the time he served and until hie di charge, and the amount was paid into court on filing the answer. And that, accordingly, he bas establishgd no cause of action. Decree for respondents, with costs. AMaltes Pecasso v3. Hobert Ford —The libellant was owner of an Italian bark, which was moored alongside of asteamboat at the end tie Wo. 10, North river. The sloop ef the defendent sailed or drifted so close as te strike the spars of the bark, and cause some injury. The libellant claimed the value of two spars broken by the collision, and seme other small damages, valuing the whole at $102. The evidence for the defendant was, that the spars were rotten and worthless, the other injury merely nominal, and that the collision was caused by the faulty manner in which the spars were rigged out on the bark. He also gave in evidence an offer to submit the cause to the decision of the Marine Court, where there would be but light costs. Held that, on the proofs, the blame of the collision Isy upon the sloop. That, accord. ing to the standing course of decisions in this court, if both vessels had belonged to this State, no costs would be allowed the libellant, as he might have had the same redress in a local eourt, without cresting disproportion- ate costs. But the: vessel injured being a f one, and her owners forcigaers, the decree must be for the actual damages sustained, to be ascertained on the report of a commissio: to be doubtful whether theact of Congress, of February 26, 1853, has not taken from the court power of lessening the costs in admiralty, te summary costs, or a smaller sum, where any costes are adjuéged—accordingly ordered that, if dam: are re- his costa, ported to the libellant, he recover the same wit! et ursuant to ope in F. vs. the brig Washington.—Claim for salvage by the ship Barring to the brig. The ship Johm Barring, ona wey to California, about 1,000 miles from this port, descried a signal of distress on the brig, and ran down to her. She was found to be from the coast of Africa, with a cargo worth about $20,000, and the brig hersel€ about $6,000. The tain had died em the coast, and one reaman ® few days after her sailing, and her first mate the day before she was falien in with. She was ix charge of the second mate and three seamen, one ‘a Portuguese, unable to speak or understand i) glish. The mate was ignorant of her siturtion aod of navigation, and when spoken by libellants declared himself incapable of taking the brig into port. All he required was, fo be mopllecis ace seg com ; “FR Ad — the brig inte port. The sup, good from the ship, which then proceeded es her peatinn td went off her course from three to five miles to render the assistance, and was detained about an hour; but did ne- thing more than rend out her boat and put the navigatee on board. This was in the day time, in moderate weather, with the wind free, and no danger or extraordinary exer. tion was inourred in rendering the assistance. The navigator brougit the brig safely into this port. The service was commendable and highly usefal to the claimants, as it was the proba means of saving to them a large amount of roperty It was stricti juris a salvage service, as the Tibetan far- nished astistence to the brig by the means of the ship, and continued it with her to her safe arrival in port. But in character it was of the lowest grade of salvage morit, no peril having been encountered by the libellants in aft f rding the assistance, nor waa the policy on the ship ea- dangered. ing justified in Sevtating; to answer signal of distress, and relieve life in peril. The reward in this case should be moderate, because the ship was put to no inconvenience in parting with a navigator, and ho personal gallantry or exertion of the crew were put im requisition. Still, the com tion should not be limit- ed to payment merely for the work and labor performed, aa it must be regarded important to the interests of com- merce, that services, such as these, should be suitably encouraged. The master and owners of tho a to be reg co salvors, and a general reward of with costs, is ordered for the ces rendered, including the expenses of the suit not taxable. If the libellants disa- gree as to the distribution, application can be made to the court for the proper order in that respect. Thomas Ransom and others vs. William Mayo.—Thia action isfor breach of an agreement by a shipwright te ut repairs, in his ship yard, on the vessel of Aibelfamee an) ogee *) ; was Red Stee vessel into the ship-yard, and repair her within a time specified; and the defendant is charged with having let the vessel slide back down the ways, when in the act of havling her uy and with having delayed completing the work within the time agreed, and detained the vessel from her em ment to the loss of libellants. The proofs show ine ee contract was made on shore, to be exeeuted on skore, and that, whitst the vossel was being hauled into the ship-yard by horse power, the chain attached to her, after she ceased to be water borne, and was sup wholly on the ways, broke, and the’ vessel slid back inte the river and wi junk. There was a discordanca ef procf in respect to any detention of the vessol in maklag the repairs. No exception was taken to the jurisdiction of thecourt. Held, that the subject matter of the con- tract was not of admiralty juri-diction, it net being of maritime character. The claims of ship carpenters against shipowners for work and materials supplied « vessel, rest upom different prfhciples from those of nhip- owners against mechanics for not furnishing the labor and refitment to a ship.agreed upon. Ia the first instance the considezaticn of the frdcbtment is of a maritime character—the preparation of a vossel for navigation—in the other instunca, the it is oxe- cutory ; is contracted and to be performed on shore; and rests solely on the liability of the party under the law of the place, and possesses no quality affordin#a remedy upon itin admiralty, The libel must bo dismissed tor want of jurisdiction in the court. James E. Emmons vs. The steamboat South America. —Collision between the steamboat and schooner Rebecca avd Abigail.—In this case the fault causing the collision yas with thesteamer. The schooner was at anchor im the North river, one hundred yards from the shore, mt set u; »twohundred yards from Caldwell’s dock, in the and hy @ usual place of anchoring vesselx of her ane ne water was deep on both sides of her and close up to the shore. She had ® sufficient light suspended, Atteen a twenty feet from her deck, which was seen from steamer for half a mile to a mile off. The tide was fi and the steamer was running up the river, intendi land at Caldwell’s. The pilot mistook the light schooner for one on the dock, and when near her gi dircovered his mistake, instead of backing his undertook to run iaside of her, but was unable her and a collision ensued, from which the sch ceived injuries, The steamer was ruoning head on schooner, and sheered off te pass inshore side No call was made to the schooner to sheer off upon anchor, and had it been done without orders from steatwer the Cyd course would have been to put the helm, and t would have brought her mx rectly under the bow of the steamer. Under the proof the steamer must be condemned in da the injury sustained by libellant and costs, A to 8 com missioner ordered to ascertain the amount. The ship vs, We -—This was an exception to the commissioner's re; ing (damages ‘against the whip for not cont $ rebedE peidece’ Sextisi eel tract reightment, Held, that the the merits ha ‘been for the libellant, and ence being taken at the instance of the shipowners, to enabie to show that the was injured and in a perish! condition when sbi on board, that the affirmation lay with the claimants, and on preve owe 1 that the “rd iden on Sourd ia oar; was Held, that the evidence before the com- minslover justified hia decision, and that the loss was occasioned delaying the commencement of the a age, ie viokaiou of tro alpping coateact. Deoree