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ae SPECIAL REPORT FOR THB NEW YORE HERALD. | ‘Hangvorp, Conn., June 3, 1853. SECOND DAY—BVENING SESSION. ‘The Convention assemblet thia evening, ot aalfpast | weven o'clock, Mr. Barkér in the chair. ‘The edifice, which je capable of holding ten to twelve hundred persons, was axowded to overtiowing. ‘Mr. Sromns made an able speech in defence of the Scrip- tures, at the conclusion of which the notorious political agitator, abolitionist, and fanatic, came forward aud de- livered the following address, a perusal of which mus; satisfy] every impartial and unprejudiced mind, that he has added atheism to his “isms.” Of course our black friends were present. How could they miss such an op- portunity of applauling the eloquence of their ‘ bro- ther?” SPEEECH OF WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON. Mr. Gannson said—This afternoon I simply ofiered the fellowing resolutions, which | bold in my d, without ney ng om mery upon them, and intimated that, per- haps evening, Or at some subsequent si: o: our proceedings, | woula endeavor to say a few words in sup- Srecthserrrsakesn ‘have istovet in my time toa great ve listened in my time to ag: many cmmnenhe which I bave deemed fallacious and ex- faordinary, but 1 must say, in all candor, thet I have mmever beaid arguments, to uy Owa mind, more fallacious er more extraordinary than those whieh have been pre- mented. (Applanse and hisses.) However, I waive, upon ‘tis occasion, any examibation of what has been said, for Iwish to draw attention of this great assem! to what I eonceive to be the real point atiseue. Our friends have said that it is net the question of the plenary in- apiration cf the Bible which is before us, nor do they re- gard that question as of avy importance. Mr. Stokes (/ntecrupting) said, I hare: the ques- tion before us show be most assuredly not the inspication ef the scriptures, but the credibility of the witnesses es- tabliehing the fact of inspiration. ie" Gtkamcnr’ Dan, fiend, neha, wan “Weliaves: that i asks, thing in the bible is iaspired—who believes that all ‘fhe books of the Old and New Testaments emanated from s. under his direet supervision? I answer that all tendom has such belief, (Hear, hear.) The plenary the Bible have you not been taught to be- to doubt or deny it asa sin against the salvation of your souls in peril? books published under the sanction of clergy, every verse and rr ity ale = only th ice. Now, look at that subject as the subdject. of this will read the resolutions which I offered afternoen. Greramcax— What does the term ‘‘ human redemp- mean? - Gakuison—The term is intelligible. I mean pre- “human redemption.” (Laughter, hisses and i 4 ; ; bef vase.) The object which has brought us together is a very important and should be dizeuss- ed in sincerity of split, and with the gravity which be- It is not that my hands are‘not full—it is not hat my mind is not pre-oocapled with other matters of great importance to the prosperity and the liberty of this eountry, ‘hat I am with you here to-night, for these ‘hands are full, and this heart of mine is beating continu- im regard to the wrongs and woes of the human race, but I am here ocnnes 790F Convention being called for a b: san unpopular meeting, and God does not need my aid, and I shall not prefer auy in that | unpo} truth com- amends itself to my warm snj T feel that I am allied to it now and forever. (Applause and hisses.) I Know well the cost of an appearance of this kind, and I anticipate beforehand what will be said upon both sides of the Atlantic in to the resolutions I have read. hear the outcry already of “‘infidelity,” “infidelity,” “‘in- fidelity,”” on the part of those occupants of the pulpit who, while they are strong in their towered eastles, naver dare ‘to mak ir ap] upon « fair platform before the I know it will be said that this is another evi- of the infidel character of the anti-slavery move- ment; I know that the American Anti Slavery Society mill, By designing, wicked and Godless men, be held re- sponsible for my views offered upon this occasion. Should I, therefore, be dumb? Will it injure the cause of the sisve—so dear to my heart—for me to express my doubts about the Bible? Have I any right, asa man, to speak upon any other subject except American slavery, or upon any ‘aber Coded lam mS North pe Bourn suse have mo right to 5] upon slavery, and my right to « roe other subject is equally denied tome. Now I atand here not as an abolitionist, not to represent the alavery cause, nor on bebalf of any slavery Se but simply as a mar, upon my own responsibility, offer- ing my own thoughts without any reference whatever to he question of slavery in our country. Sir, we may learn some by illustrating the subject 4 we proceed. ‘Ifa meeting were to be called at Saint Petersburg, ia Rus- sia, to inquire into the right of Nicholas to rule as he does over the Russians, I take it that there would be some excitement in that city, and that the daring individual would himself be seized and hurried to prison, and per- haps decepitation for hisaudacity. Ifa meeting wers to be called at Rome to inquire i © infailibility of the Romish church, | take it, it would produce general con- sternation, and the individuals calling it and those attend- ing it Would be in ‘mminent danger of arrest, under t the Pope, and thrown intoa loathsome dungeor ina Mahomedan county a mee'iug w quire int» the Koran, there would be a! goetion and a general excitement, and the dar- jog man venturing to raise that iseve would be hunted down, and perhaps his life would pay tue focfei!. Aadso | fng be called in Charleston, South Carolina, to inquire inte the validity of the slave system, avawing to examire it through and through, aed Lynch-iaw would be instantly applied to the maa or the mea who shoud venture to come tegether to make any suchinquiry. Sir, ‘the analogy, io my judgment, is perfect. The holding of ‘ths convention sgitates the communtty—makes the com- munity angry and alermed, and creates grave ditvati*fac- tion; yet it is a free meet: an anti-slavery moetiog a leston would be free, as a meeting st Rome ould be free, as n meeting at Saint Petersburg would be, upon the part of those who should the inquiry ia ose | place or the other. They say at St. Petersburg, at Rone, ‘and at Charleston, that they have right with them. jus: tice with them, and Almighty G . Now, justice, right, and Almighty God a man is able to stand against the world. (Applause and hisses ) | be will bo the last man whe will thiak of ruu- So it is in regard to this matter of the Bible upon the right hand and upon the left, we $ Be for, are told that the question of the inspiration of the Bible is as clear as the uoonday sun; that it is a ques ‘tion so well settled that it is absurd to think of dise x it, and that there is every evidence that the human | mind ean desire, to make out the case that God did give | ‘this Bivie to us to be our rule of faith and practice. If ‘this be so, then they who question the divinity of the | Bible are the men to be afraid—are the men who ought | to dread an open encounter, and are the men who would | 4o so if it were true that God gave this Bible—this holy Bible—to us to be our rule of faith and practice; for, ia that very book, we are assnred “that the righteous are a bold asa lion, wisile the wicked are false, and follow when no man pursueth.”’ Now, calla meeting ia any avti-slavery town, if you can find such an anomaly in these United States: let a pro slavery man make his ap- pearance in Worcester, Massachusetts, or in the moat ‘enti slavery villege in the land, and eanounce a rm in which he intends to ¢o into anti slavery, and to p that it is unjust, wicked, irrational and dIdo Believe that there would bs the least excitement the part of the abolitionists; nor do U belisve they would keep away from the meeting. 1 be they would say, that is just the very thing that we ‘gto examine the question of slave whether abolitionism ought to provatl. i the most thorough testotal town you can fied America, and I do not believe its repose would b distur ed for 1 moment should some rum sucker or rom de or rum distiller, come there and propose to hold a we ing, inviting all the testotallers to come also and in the discussion. I Go not believe there would be any alarm or trepidation upon the part of the tec- totaliers, and they woul sey, this is jut the opportunity that God bas given to us now to do something mere for our glorious evuse. (Applause and hisses.) And 50 also in regerd to capital punishment. Those who are oppos: to it would never be vexed or terrified by the appea ance of any body of men among them to defend hanging from the Bible, or from ature, or from necessity, as tae care may be, but they would rejoice in contending with thore individuals, and would hope to prevail agaivst them. But whenever a meeting of this description is ealled to present the truth that there is, after all, no real faith in the [hble in this land, it greatly excites und ter- ities the opponents, and those who say that God has put hhis seal upon that book. In my judgment it is conclu- sive. The book may be, nevertheless, from God ; but by their conduct they rhow this, at least—that they have no faith that it is from God, or they woald rejoice to come end bear, and give a reason for the hope that is in them, Whai is the question? Is it not whether the Bible, in many parts of it, Is mot an invaluable book? It is an invaluable book. (Hear, It is not whether it does not contain great and good ‘things—for 4t does. It is not whether it has not commands which are reasonable and good, aad ought to be obeyed—for it contains such commands. Ita not whether it has not been of great use to man- Kind, in spite of all the draebacts attending it—for it has been; but the question ts, “Is the Bible, from Gee ais to Revelation, an inspired book, and Las God endorved every thing withia the leaves of the Bible ag bis own, so that we are bound to accept it, and bound to carry it out, without any resort to reason, and without any judgment upon our part as to Ue progetety of the things Soatained iherein?? If it be wi inspired, as our friend Mr. Storrs saya, it ie not, then, how much of it is inspired He has not told us that. | | | £ not sand proceed throngh, and put his finger upon curds as given by the iaspirationof God. How h should we have left of it? Now, after all, what is inspiration? All Christendom is by the ears as to what ingpiration is. What do you mesn by it? Is a man in- ed a mere wachioe, and has he no thought, or mind, or will of his’ own—a mere automaton ?— or does ho possese a mind anda will and a judgment of own, and so may mix this up with inspiration? How shall we determine this matter? Well, no*, then, for any man to assert that everything in the Bible {s inspired, iv the very height of absurdity. For example, to say that Bamson went to sleep putting his head in Delilah’s lap, is ven Aol caught three hundred foxes, tied them tail to tail, etre rian aoenee a ant sont ro abroad, n ¢ inspiration jendsurd. Ant take the and a By ter. is this narra‘! poetry. given by the nee with bi i fl > * \-4 5 apoo parch wrens she 3 = | ding } Slementy FHP t0 ony F earthy—of mao. Who is right in this matter? Who be- lieves in the Bible? I put itto you alll to give me an in- ible answer: Who is it in this world believes in the a Unitarian, this is his belief in the Bible, and What now have! ascertained? What divine is? Notatall, What the Bible teaches? Not at all; but only what he thinks the Bible teaches. Now, what he thinks the Bible teaches is one thing, but what the Bible actually teaches is quiteanother Wg; and the most this pleMormn, or any*Pbare sss, regard ta the ibe" gr platform, or an; to 5 “In my judgment it teaches this doctrine,” or, + Ibe: Kieve the Bible goes for this particular measure, but I may be mistaken—liable, for 1 am liable, to misinterpret the lapguarge of the Bible, and am ready to be corrected.’’ We must have so assumption. Thank God for the great Protestant doctrine of the right of private judgment, so that every one of us must give an account of himself, ‘not to the Pope. not to Pros- byterian Synod, not to the General Assembly, not to the Legislature or to Congress, but must give an account of himself to God alone, Therefore, it is Be | privilege to iake the Bible and examine it fur myself; although all the rest of mankind dissent from me, it is my Protestant right to have this conceded. not as a privi- lege, but as 2 sacred rigat, to be exercised without con- demna‘ion and without tion. (Applause.) What does the Bible teach? One man says it teaches eternsl punishment for wickedness; another says it teaches just the reverse, viz: the doctrine of usiversal and everlasting salvation, Ope says that God exists in the Trinity, while another t teaches no such doctrine, but the Trinity of God. says it goes for a despotism, as in the case of Nicholas of Russia— for Nicholas believes in {he Bible, only it is a Bible go interpreted ax to go for Nicholas. (Appiause ) All the religious people in Russia say that the Bible sanctions autocracy and forbids and frowns upon democracy. In England all religious people say that the Bible goes for limited’ monareby, and eschews auto- cracy on one band and republicanism upon the other; ‘and in our country, our Bible—that is, our tic in- terpretation of the Bible—says that it goes for repub licaniem, and if it does not we do not care, for no 1g.’ (Loud applause.) non-retistants, we should, I think, be tempted to ‘‘ tar ‘and feather’? the man who would’ go through our land, advocating the overthrow of our republisan ment and the establishment of a monarchy. (Aj use.) Al yet the Bible reads, “honor the king;” but we not only will not honor the king, but will have no such creature folerated upon cur soi’ (Loud applause.) Is that to be- lieve in the Bible or to reject it? the Bible go for total depravity, and yet deny the doctrine’ Does it go for foumeraion anew Baylin? An the reople say so. Does it allow taking oaths and swearing? Yesandno. We are told on the one hand that it does, and on the other band that it does not. Does it go for keeping Fast days and Sabbath days? Yes and no. Does it go for sllogina t tak- a little wine to be taken now and then—against ism’ and then does it go for teetotalism and agains! ing alittle wine? Yes and no. And so answer the be+ levers of the Divine inspiration of the Bible. Does it go for equality between woman end man, or does it place women ww ment Yes and no. Does it go for the union of Church and State? It does upon the other side of the Atlantic, but upom this cide it does not do any such thing. And yet it is the tame book. Why believe the book? oes it go for tem- ple worship upon stated occasions, or does it sweep awa} all those places, and make it in spirit and ia trnth? It | goes for the one and for the other, ae oepraing to the spirit of him who reads, and who moulds it as the potter mouids the clay in his hands. I: is entirely plasier, Isa man a warrior, he goss with his war mak- ing spirit to the Bible, and culling over its pages he picks out here and there what he thinks justifies him in being a warrior. Suppose ful man looks over the book, he finds it in his favor, and so interprete it. If a human being makes another his property, then he goes to the Bible and makes it all out to his own satisfaction. Again: Every abolitionist with whom Iam acquainted believes that the Bible, whether in the Old or New Testament goes against the accursed Jaw of slavery, and the accurse: | slave system of our country. And :o we have these various interpretations, and they are withoutend. Who is to play the Pope, and who is to enlighten us as to whether | this, that or the other view is the correct one? Let us ‘come to the practical part of it. Here is the question of slavery- How aball we sattle the ques- tion? By going to the Bible. Well, we will go to the Bible, and we nave men mar: halled upon both sides, who meke out i. rious arguinents amd tarow texts ach other’s heads all the year through, to prove and the richt of slavery. “How sball we settle it? Ni the Bible, for that book never yet settled any ques’ never! and, in the nature of things, nsvar can settle any thing. The thing is always settled beforehand. What need have we to go to the Bible at all io settie anything ? The question of rlavery is a aystem palpabie to ths whole world. Let us look ay the rystem as it is, and we can set te it upon tis own merite; and if slavery works well for our court od works yell for the oppressed or those who are beid in slavery, then I do not care what any book in the universe rays, I willgofor it. There is the ques tion of capital punishment; is it to be settled by appeal- ing to the Bible? Never. You may find texts upon this and the other side of the question—and how wili you ret- tle it? God has not shut us up to this dreadfal necessity of interpretation of words written, we know not by whom, in the dead languoges. before we can discaarge our doty. Stow me that the gallows prevents the shedding of blood, restrains men from crime and benefits society, and I will go for the gallows—I don’t care what book says to the contrary. Now, asregards war: Is it good for our race? Will it’bless and benefit mankind? Iam for bene- fitting and blersieg mankind, and therefore am in favor . if it carries out these objects; but if, upon the other hend, it militates against the progre:s of the human race, azd against humaa liberty, I ain against it; and so everything is to be settled upon its own merits. Have we an infinite God, or @ finite one?— one who is the eame from everlasting to everlasting, or who bas_no fixed Jaws by which he operates in the uni verse? This God in one age of the world authorizes a man to commit a crime, and then in another period of the world rays that whoever does this shall be guilty before bim. the laws of our being changeable, evanescent, or uncertsin? or, sre they not always the samo, snd are not his requirements ever the same? God in one age of the world said do no murder, end then allows the shed- cf blood, and he sent his well-beloyed Son, who made life ascred under ali cirumstances. Ihe speaker concluded h’s remarks with a bitter invective agiicst the clergy and Southern slaveholders, who, he believed would, in the next world, be accommodated with the warmest quarters that Pandemonium could afford. iz. S. I. Fixwuy presented the following resolution — Resolved, That all tho Orthodox clergymon of the city of Hartiord snd of all other places, wo have received or seen acopy of the call for this convention, and have will not come forward upon this free platform to d attempt to defend the Bible from the eh their views of its origin, nuthority and influeno ‘un pre) inds, | penly declared their own infi- theological faith; that they tter thaw religious freetom; that sn with us the erent qi s tyranny by refuting to convention, declared publicly tho weakness and folly of their arrogant assumptions to be onl competent teachers of the people upon ail matters pertaining to theo- sand moral subjects; that they love popu ethan common good; that they are therefore moral cowards, and deserve to be abandoned by public ronage, ana pointed ont by every true reformer ast! Pharicees of this pincteonth ceatary, seeking to enslay more and more the mind of ian to the dark dogmas and ab- turd enperatitions of ancient mythology. Gn motion, the convention then adjourned until next day, at 10 o'clock, A M. THIRD DAY—MORNING SESSION, Hartrorp, June 4, 1853. The Convention assembled this morning at 10 A. M., at the Melodeon—Mr. Barker in the chair. About six hun- dred people were present. A considerable portion of the morning was occupied in the discussion of the time that should be allowed to each speaker, Mr. Vixcext attempted to address the audience ; but, as he could not make up his mind to which party he be longed, he was coughed down. Mr. Brrrrary, the editor of the Shekinah and Spiritual Telegraph, followed in a lengthy argument, contending that the Bible was the work of man, Mr. DaxrortH amused the audience for some half hour, by arguirg every question but the one undor discussion. Mrs. Rose and Mr. Garrison were present. ‘The infidels have it all their own way, for the Christian side of the question is abomicably represented. Mr. Storrs proposed the following resolution, which was Jaid upon res Me eypt ani ith the phystenl, far as they have been permitt exorcise their legitimate inf » have elevated, purified and ennobled man—mo- rally, socially aud politically. The Convention then adjourned until half past 20’clock. AUTERNOON SR@stoN. The Convention assembled this afternoon at the hour appointed—Mr, Barker, of Ohio, in the Chair. Our long-haired friend opened the proceedings, in the absence of the Chairman, as follows :-~I have two Bibles here in my hand (producing two copies of the scriptares tied togethar) which are criminals. They are charged with being wicked characters, and you wil! recollect that you are he jury, and are bound to hear arguments upon both sides of the question. Herentter, if i have time, I shall say something about there prisoners. Ons of these fellows I got at the house of a personal friend of mine, le for futore discussion :— d, 30 the Rev. Mr. Spears, who is @ worthy man, and the other at the house of « blind lady, who is now curiag the lams and the sic! 4 so forth Jo conversation with these prisoners I bave ascertained that they have had great ex. isnee, for they have lived a number of years, ani I ype, on a future oceasion, to state some Interesting facts respectipg them. ir. ANDREW Jackson Davis came forward and enid—All true religion ia immutable. I wonder that any one can, for a moment, imagine the possibility of ite overthrow. In troth @ mere circumstance? Do cloads and storms ex- tinguish the aun? Is trne religion dependent for its ex istence upon belief or disbeliet? Go to the ozean’s ride, and beboid far away the rock of ages. Thi m king sade his cervante to battle, The clouds assem! Ahan- cet answers thunder—from the four,corners of heaven the bad The Leroe yermpest de. in ocean, which no t. Gage atthe whose pesta can ever diminish, which changes not ? its locality, how shail ‘The answer is to is wilhin you.” Tont in tho low and the apis, ts0 ven ou. Ww eplnt ‘ite ‘ae hataral to "tbe bool We bear concerning the tte othe Bible. Ta ic are one and iasepara- fall together. But I cannot 0 ahs Y Surely the spirit axe not indissoluble. If they we lament any examination of the ‘the Bible is . infallible word of is the Rock of that in itis only to be true religion, {s fatal to itself, There iy pre. perstition generated Pz. somspemtapotyy that the New Testaments are intrinsically and extrinsi- barmonions. “When the whole voluine ix correctly un e beaut: stapendous unity abten polemty aioe as the oat in the heaveas, But this assumption is made by Persons whe 1 have the sumption to su} they have seen rmo- Pies of the Beriptures, Let us reflect on this. The aa a ot origina! supernal ly given to man for his enlightenment and ralvation. ‘and fallible another finds it fallible, one discovers it to be harmonious, another inharmontous; and so come contention and criticism, I cannot but admire in bold contrast the beautiful logical comeistency of the Roman Catholic Church. It never was guilty of trusting religion tothe pene were: committed a deed s0 fatal to priestly despotism ax that of permitting ao unsupernatural laity to read and interpret » supernatural book. Tho reading of the book is fatal to the ides of its supernatural origin, aad also its -0-called infallible principles of religion and truth. ‘When will Protestants fully realize their present situation? Protestants must see, sooner or later, that the door whish Martin Luther opened can never be shut a fallibility of the Pope is but tion of the Protestant ides of the infallibility of Mose: John or Paul. you admit the supposition of the pre priety of Isaiah’s infallible inspiration, you have then care the premises upon which the Pope’s and priest's ofailibility is predicated. If God saw proper even toinspire superpatually a Jew, ora dweller of Palestine, how do you know that he does not alao.sees it proper to supernatural inspire a Cardinal or Pope? Luther, in protesting aga the authority of the Pope, opened s door for the final re- jection of the book authority upcn which the first is 1d. Pio Nino is as likely to be 8 chosen vessel of God as Paul was in the beginning of the Christian era. The superiority of the character of one man over that of a: oon: is of no account where supernataral transactions are involved in the premises. Therefore, I affirm that the Protestant idea of an infallible Bible writer is the firm foundation of the Papish despotism and of all the absurdi- ties of the Catholic institution. Persuade paper and pasteboard Bible is the infallible word of God, and I will at once accept the brick and morter church as the emporium of his divine favors. Persusde me that Moses, Joshua, Solomon, David, Isaish, Matthew, Joba, and Paul, were in very truth the chosen vessels or pen- men of the Supreme Being, and I promise you that I will at once accept, and would demonstrate conclusiuely from our principles that the unbroken chain of Cardinals aud Popes farting from Peter the First to the kingdom of peares id Ly peoeey the attorneys Ce sehovst, and ispensal all tem and spiritual \- ment and civilization. If Moses, Joshua ard Paul re to ‘be my masters in those sacred principles which my soul to its Author, then wi at not accept Pio Nino as my master and father {n spfritual things? You who are Protestant believers in Bible infallibility canvot deny me this logical inference. But you reply, that I should not allow a mere man torule over my conscience—that it is yielding my liberty to the jurisdiction of despots, and placing my soul in the keeping of mere priests and teach- ers of religion. But what are you Protestants doing, when you take Moses and Paul for your masters? Surelythese were ‘mere men, also manifesting ali the attribntes and charac- teristics of humankind; and so, why should they be my masters any more than Clement or Alexander, in tho affairs of my soul? Dr. Orestes A. Brownson, editor of Catholic Quarterly Review—a man of much learning and independenee—is a very consistent, faithful exponent of religious aims and tendencies. He has travelled from Feypt, through tbe wilderness of acepticism, into the pro- mired land, which he is now prepsring to rid of all Pro- tertants by logical weapons. Irotestants advocate the supreme authority of the Bible, but tolerate to each man the liberty to read its pages to suit himself. Brownson, on the other hand, advocates the absolute supremacy of the Pope, and denies to man any rights. only bas rights. Man has duties. Thechureh is God's represen- eran —, a exclusive A Spgs aa The church grants privileges ents ; and govern- miguta Ove allegiance #24 cbehbane MAES eaeet Now, this is nothing less than theological despotism logically carried into practice. But how much betier is the Po,ery dogmas of Protestants? The Bible is God's rep- so or word. The Pope regards all as heretics reject, his authority, and the Protestants denounce et the authority of Moses. The Protestantism is bat a child of ty descent, the parent tranrmits its cbaracter to the offapriog, but as evideace of alaw of progress, the child is not a0 wicked aod de- grated aa its venerable progenitor, aod so we prefer the existence of the former. tholi¢s make no more oppo hereby education may be extent eople, than do Protestants to the free discus ¢ Bible, whereby truth may be elictted and to posterity. “Father Gavazzi comes to our and lifts up bis eloquent voice against the des- sbeminat of tne Romish chure’; but he ge, anc can do nothing more than delight a Protesiant aucience. He cannot do the work of destruc- tion, because he stends entrenched in Protestantism, which deserves the same fate. He cries out agaiast the ignorance, the idolatry of Catholicity; but agsinst igno- ranee, idolatry and slavery, his voice eannot be raised, becanse the receivers of his messsges sre com} of the latter party. He affirms that Catholicism is too nar- row for his roul. Wit soul 60 expanded beyond the circumscribed confines of Pius the Ninth, I wender how he can breathe the confined sir of Protestant bigotry and superstition. I can see no difference between the infaili- bility of the Ld ern the ipfallipility of Paul. But we have political frcedom under Protestantism, which the Church of Rome éenies to its subjects. Very true. But how came this rove It was first established through the instrumentality of the greatest despot—Henry VIIl.— that ever ruled over mankind. But in our blessed land Jet us raise the hymn of gratitude to Thomas Paine, Jefiersou, Frarklic, and many others who were the sworn friends of liberty and of [ree principles. Let it be remembered that the political and other blessings of America are not owing to any exertions on the part of the priests, nor to any logical application of the doctrine of Bible infalli upon which Protestaptiem reata, The scientific education of the Protestant clergy is so utterly neglected while preparing for the mintsiry, that they usually enter the field of labor without the proper im,le- ments of spiritual husbandry; con:equeatly, having read the standard works on theology, and one or two books in reply to infidel objections, the young minister is | apt to entertain several inflated notions respecticg the fection of Biblies) wisdom. In the light of the nine- teenth century the Mosaic account is notoriously unsound and fallible, The idea that the Bible is a connected whele, without contradiction or inconsistency, ia a ition of the Protestant priesthood. The in it and accomplished Jesuit entertains no such le opinion, for he depends upon the exteraal rr of organization and npon the at'ractions of a weil regulated and venerable ecclesiasticism for the suc- se Of his designs upon the religious liberties of hu- Protestanti:m snd Catholicism deserve the same condemnation. they differ not in the character of their cting iwllibility, but in degree only. The a of Pope and chitch infalliviiity is simply an m or exicusion of the Protestant idea of Old and e ament infallibility. 2 two parties are, in theory and theology, equa ly foes to the interests and liberties of the worid; and I have shown, I think, that the one should not be allowed to impose any more restric- on the soul of maathaa the oth ber are gocdenough to mecit the support "i gent, benevolent, free oud conscientious minds, (Loud applaure.) ‘Mr. Storrs, Mr. Wright, and the Chairman having ad- dressed the meeting, the convention adjourned until half. past seven, American Bible Society. The Managers held their monthl Thursday last, at the new Bible House in Astor place. Win. B. aan Bed. Vice President, occu- pied the chair, assisted by Francis Hall, Esq. Five new acxiliaries were recognized : one in each of the States of Ohio, Illinois, Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas. Letters were read from Rev, Dr. Vermilye and Rey. Dr. Tynx, in London, in relation to the late an- niversary of the British and Foreign Bible Society; also from the committee and the secretary of the same. Other letters were read from Cali , Hon- duras, and Ceylon. Several new agents were ap- pointed, and various plana considered in relation to the businees of the society, and its enlargement, with its increased accommodations. Several new volumes were received from London for the library: among them a folio copy of the Bishop's Bible, of 1572, with Cramer's preface; a standard Oxford copy of King James, in three vol- umes, of 1769; and @ large Roman Catholic Bre- viary, from an italian, once a Papal priest, but now a convert studying for the Protestant ministry. Among the grants of the Scriptures made, were 100 Swedish Testaments for Europe; 250 Bibles and Testaments to a colored Wesleyan eer from British Guiana; and five Arabic Bibles aud twelve ‘Testaments for the coast of Africa. The Tarf. TrorrinG at Rocuester --Ths first day's races over the Union Course came off June 2. There were thres entries for a purse of $150, mile heats, best three in five. The result was os follows War Eagle......« Silas Wright, Ganargus., meeting on bridge Park, June 3, mile heats, best three in five, The following is’ summary :— 8, White named blk. m, Biaek Hawk Maid ee. K. Goodwin named b. m. Charmer 933 Time, 2:42— A bill has been reported by a committee of the Cana- dian Parliament, to close t ve canals, post offices, &c., on Sanday, There are many petitions tor the meavure, and BO sMeoRateabces epalcay it, 2304. Boston, June, 4, 1853. Interesting Debates im the Coustilutional Conven- tion— Their Personal Character— New Democratic Paper in Boston—Reported Appointments of Mas- sachusetts Postmasters—New Hampshire Demo- cratic State Commention— Car 3 for the Go- vernorship—Shall Women be A | to Vote in Massachusetts?—An Extensive Libel Suit—Re- movals—History of the Mexican WaP, §c. » The proceedings of the Constitutional Convention are becoming decidedly interesting from their raci- neas, their personalities, and the talent and standing of the gentlemen who kaye ergaged in them. The plurality question and that of abolishing the Execu- tive Council, have been under discussion almost the whole of this week, and both are of a nature to exas_ perate men, especially when under the benign in- fluence of an atmosphere caused by the packing of some five hundred persons, spectators included, into room not large enough for half that number,and the thermometor out of doors ataboutninety—the weather being sticky, pricky, and aggravating. It is an unfor- tunate fact, too, that even members of the convention are but mortals, mere dust, and “ servile to all the skyey influences.” Hence the warmthof the discus- sions,and the general melée that has been exhibited,to the great diversion of the lookers-on in this Vienna. Mr. Hallett, on the Council question, paid his res- pects to several gentlemen, and Mr. Keyes paid his respects to Mr. Hallett—and they are pretty gene- rally known not to be the most respectful things in the world. Mr. Hallett goes for the abo lition of the Council, and Mr. Keyes for its retention, and both have been members of it. Yesterday, Mr. Hallett made a speech, in which he gave the majority some pretty hard knocks. Some of his opponents say thatMr. Halleti has aimed to establish a sort of dictatorship over the convention, and that he is angry because he has failed in the at- tempt. General Wilson’s speech, in reply, reflects this opinion. Matters, therefore, are not so harmo- nious in the convention as at first they were, and there is a cheerful prospect that they will grow still more inharmonious as we shall get into the summer, and approach to the days of “canicular sympathy.” The plurality question is a vital one, because of ita probable effect on parties, hereafter. There hasbeen considerable change of position on this question by gentlemen of all parties. Mr. Dana, who isa free soiler, has been prominent in his support of the plu- rality system, to the annoyance of some of his friends, who, speaking generally, are not in favor of it. The story that we are to have a new democratic paper has been started again. Six thousand dollars, it is said, have been subscribed for its support, and ita editorial department is assigned to Mr. Fabyan, who used to do most of the writing for the hunker democrats. If the friends of the new paper, supposing th em to’ have got it under way, would place Burke, of New Hampshire, at the head of it, there would be some amusement at- forded by its publication. He is said to be anything but pleased at the character of the wr inerpaeod that have been made here; and,as he writes vigorous- ly, he would be pretty sure to secure readers in all quarters. The culty about such a paper would rare it pos ee =n set its face fogs the ae istration, propose to pursue a cidedly hunkerish course. It would have to condemn the greater part of the be garner that have been made in Massachusetts, to say nothing of what has been done in the other New England States. The selections have been made here without much re- ference to men’s antecedents, and the ‘‘supremacy of man over his [political] accidents” has been pretty forcibly illustrated in most cases. It could not have well been otherwise tlian that vent conlitionists sheuld be appointed, for there is hardly a democrat in the State who not had something to do with the coalition. I can, just now, call to mind but two or three hunkers of dis- tinction who have received places in our State, or who have been selected for Executive favor else- where. Itis true that some of the appointees have been opposed to the coalition for some time past, but they were not the less coalitionists previously, and did good service in behalf of Governor Boutiell’s election. Some of them, indeed, were supporters of Mr. Summer’s election, which was carrying coali- tionism to a pretty considerable extent. It is said that some fourteen postiasters have been appointed in this State, whose names have not yet transpired. They are understood to inclade some of the best places of the kind in Massachusetts, out of Boston, such as Worcester, Cambridge, Springfield, New Bedford, and other large and flourishing towns. The two best places out of Boston—Lawrence and Lowell, have been already filled. Nothing is as yet known as to who is to bo our postuiaster, thot the number of applicants is known to have considerably increased. Our post oflice is a sort of Isis, from whose face no man has been able to lift the veil. The New Hampshire democrats will nominate a candidate for Governor next week. The four most roninent candidates for the nomination are—Israel unt, of Nashua; I: Ross, of Hanover; N. 3. Baker, of Concord, and Mace Moulton. Of these entlemen Mr. Baker is the most able, and General (unt’s chance is considered the best. All are stron; bo Dap) of the administration. There are several other gentlemen talked of, but those I have named are the most prowunents At prescnt a nomination is equivalent to an election; but what may happen between now and the remote voting day it would puzzle Solomon himself to tell, were that Hebrew monarch alive, and were he called upon to give an opinion. The free soilers will not unite with the whigs, holding them to be too far gone to be worth gat, They consider that the alliance would be of a rather Mezentian charac‘er. Whiggery, it must be confessed, is getting rather low, when even the free soilers treat it with disdain. The advocates of the rights of women are pressing upon our Convention the decision of the question— “ Shall women be allowed to vote?” Mr. Higginson and Theodore Parker are laboring very hard before the committee having the subject in charge, and act as if they thought there was the slightest chance of their LS being carried. Captain Anthony Thatcher, of Dennis, Cape Cod, has commenced a libel suit against the proprietors of the Boston Traveller, bb Ela who, some time since, accused him of something amounting to pi- racy as he alleges. The charge ia a serious one, and the damages are of the same character, it must be allowed, being laid at $17,000. There have been some small removals and ene ments made at the Charlestown Navy Yard. J hear | that another “batch” of removals from the Boston Cnstom House will be made between now and the | first of July. if as extensive as the last there will not be much more work left for the Collector in that way. It is said that some of the late victims died _ 1 understand that a gentleman of this State is engaged onan elaborate work, and has been engaged for a year on it, to which he gives his title—The ‘Political and Milita History of the war between the United States and | Mexico”—though from whatI know of it, the hetter title would be—“The Political History of the United States from 1841 to 1853.” Commeacing with a lorg and elaborate introduction, in which the litical history of the country is sketched down to fr. Polk’s inacguration, the work then opens with a minute account of the state of parties, and of the relations of the country with other nations. Minute analyses of the characters of the leading men of bot the administration and opposition parties, from Mr. Webster to Mr. Bancroft, are given, in what I sup- pore Reo le would call the caustic style. The prin- cipal feature of the book would seem to be these ac- counts of men, with many of whom the author is said to be well acquainted, pei The author's mode of bringing in these portraits, is this :—In giving an account of Massachusetts’ action on the war question, Genera) Cushing is introduced, and his history given, and the histories of some other ee ge are added, such as Colonel Wright, Mr. Rantoul, and others. In narrating the events con- nected with the raising of the Ninth regiment, Gene- ral Pierce is pong forward, and a full and ani- mated biography of the President is incor, orated, with reflections on his subsequent career. ‘Teme a will be pursued throughout the work, and will nd to prevent it from being dull, though whether there are not certain disadvantages attending it may be doubted. The jn to be feared from such a mode of writing is the liability of its degenerating into mere partiality. The narrative of military events will be given very copiously, and drawn from the best authorities. The work will be rather ex- tensive, I should judge, and the first and second vol- umes are intenced to appear in little more than a year from this time. ALGoMA. Seriovs DirFicunty at Loursvinie.—On Sa- furday night, about nine o'clock, o difficulty oceurred at the Preston street market house, between Reuben Lytar, keeper of the Railroad Hotel, and George Delph, his ne phew. We forbear giving any statement ef the sause of the diMeulty bet veen the parties, and shall merely state that upon ‘their moeting as above, an altercation took place, which resulted in Delph shooting Lyter with pis- tel. The ball took effect in his left s'de, and passed down towards the hip, where it lodged. George Delph walked down to the jail and immediately gave himself up, Reu- ben Lyter died about 9 o’clock last evening, from the ef- fects of the wound.—Louisviile Democrat, May 30, Ellen Ellis, at Beaumaris, in Anglesey, Wales, aged 72, was brought to bed May 10th, 1776. She had been married forty-six years, and her eldest child was 45 years old. She bad not had a child for » Westy Live yease Lefore. Ausany, May 29, 1853. Things in Albany—The New York Assemblymen— ‘Triumgh of the Hard in of the Governor—Awful Cave of the Herkimer Men— The Federal Pap—The Senate's Plan sure to Pass. ¥ - i ‘The tedious amd uninteresting charicter of: anal debate would render it really insupportable were it not for the overwhelming importance. of the question, in reference to the future financial and com- mercial policy of the State. New York city, en- grosced with the contemplation of her own enormous growth and prosperity, smiles at the interest which the “rural districts” of the centre and west of the State bestow upon the State works, and upon their insignificant trade of four millions of tons per an- num. Their yearly revenues of something over three millions of dollars, swept into the coffers of the State, do not more than equal the corporation ex- penditures of your magnificent city. New York members of the Legislature, therefore, have been.ac- customed to speak slightingly of our internal im- provements; and the democratic representatives | especially have been often accused, with only too much justice, of indifference, if not hostility, towards them. Several of the present Assemblymen from your city are fortunately not open to any such accu- sation. Messrs. Alden, Glover, D. B. Taylor, and St. John, (democrats,) and W. Taylor, (whig,) have been conspicuous supporters, from the be, Of the plan to amend the imperfect finan article of the constitution; which, mainly in the shape in which it has passed the Senate, is destined eventually to receive the sanction of the Assembly, and to be ap- proved by the people at the pola, ‘hese gentlemen are all young men, and it is gratifying toan old stager upon the road of politics, like your correspond- ent, tosee young men commencing public life with a liberal understanding of the commercial wants and commanding position of our Empire State,and with aneye tothe public weal, above mere party i- derations. Innumerable are the instances which he could recall of aspiring and often talented men, whose hopes have been utterly wrecked and cast away upon this dreadful canal, whose first legislative ion was their last, and who forgot, in parti Al that they were not beyond the recollection of their constituents. The course of legislative events for 1853 has been singular and ctive. The extra session has already witneseed a triumph, a conversion, and a defeat. For ten years have the conflicting elements in the democratio- party waged war over the ques- tions of taxation, debt and canal policy, and the resent Pecdals hunkers. Seven years ago this summer they and their principles were prostrate, appa- unable forever to recover the terrible blows which Hoffman, Cambreleng and Co. had dealt them in the Constitutional Convention. Now, they have not only recovered their ground, but have foreed their adversaries to leave theirown. To-day Loomis himself abandons his life-long principles—re- cantsin May, 1853, the sentiments concerning public debt uttered in June, 1846, and yields ungraciously to the demands of the times. enlargement and completion of the eanals will at last be achieved— the democratic will maintain its ascendaucy next fall, and the ‘‘straight jacket” portion of the constitution will be amended. The hunkers wilb triumph, not only over the prostrate barnburners, , who have lately deserted the but over the sot unker ranks. The Regency—the ys, Sey- mours, Wrights, Cornings and Strykers—who thought to keep themselves above water by an aban- donment of the “‘old line,’ and a new tic among the ‘‘radjcals,” are forced to yield to the sed! and Vanderbilts—the new men—the men of + Alas! for the old Regency. e barnburners obtained the organization of the Assembly at the inning of the regular session; they fixed the committees to suit the taste of Herki- mer and St. Lawrence; they declaimed boldly constitutional amendment, invoked the le of Michael Hoffman, and, when the canals were talked of, jestingly proposed a tax in order to deepen them six inches,and no more. They numl in the Assembly just forty-five members, a majority of the democratic caucus, even without the aid of the softs, who followed, of course, the dominant and ole pos- sessing faction. Most of the immortal forty-tive were made chairmen of committees; as for the softs, obtained the appointment of their sons or nephews as messenger boys. The peogesrarae of the six inch enlargement was propounded in a message signed by Governor Seymour, and followed up by a series of abominably lengthy and stupid resolutions from Loomis and West. Two months rolled on, and the great canal inte- | rest began foget uneasy. The democrats, as a party, had promized “speedy ns They numn- bered two to one in the lower House. Seymour had advocated ‘‘ amendment of the constitution,” on the stump, before election. The canal counties had means enongh and votes enough to make or unmake eighty members of the Assembly; and yet that body had done nothing—nothing except debating, amend- ing, and rejecting Westin an —— 8 abstractions. So the grumbling grew louder and more threatening, from Niagara to Lake Champlain. : Then there came down to the Assembly the Se- nate plan, proposed by Judge Vanderbilt of Brook- lyn, and amended by the suggestions of Senators ristol and Cooley, carefully considered and per- fected. It had been drawn i eee amended by hunkers, supported only by hunkers, and bitterly opposed by McMurray, Pierce, and Cornell. It had received the vote of a majority of the democratic senators, and it came to the lower body with a pow- erful odor of Hunkerism Lida it. It was nost unwelcome visiter for the barnburner regency; and what to do with it was the great question. The Governor was perplexed, the Speaker was ae, Locmis was perplexed, and above all ir. West, Chairman of the Canal Committee, was immeasurably perplexed. The forty-five barnburners | were summoned into consultation with the Gover- nor, and duly informed that something must be done. They left the presence in no amiable mood, and some of the most ultra of them began immedi- ately to talk about John Van Buren for United States Senator in 1855, and to speak of the excellent ualifications of Sanford E. Church for the executive chair, But the Governor knew his men, and he quietly mailed a letter to Washington. After due consideration and long incubation, in- volving as many alterations in the text as the an. nual message itself, Mr. West (soft) ees a con- stitutional amendment on his own hook, drawn up by Governor Seymour and honest John Stryker, with the profound legal assistance of the Attorney- General, copied after Vanderbilt's as nearly a3 pos- sible, and containing many of the prominent fea- tures of the latter. It proposed to permit the Legis- lature to borrow the same amount, on similar secu- rity, and differed from the Senate plan only by pro- posing 9 longer time within which to complete the canals, and providing for repayment in part by means of tax: . ‘this being aay backed by a gubernatorial message, recommending the saine, was brought forward as the soft shell or compromise plan, and the barnburners stood aghast. They charged the Governor with a re-conversion back to semi-hunkerisma, and all Herkimer was pale with wrath, Forthwith the immortal forty-five repaired to the executive chamber to give the incumbent a bit of their mind, but the Governor was not to be caught napping. The appointments throughout the State remained undistributed in the hands of Mr. Marcy, andg*‘no song no ROEDEE was the alternative pre- sented to the wretched and fumishing disciples of Hoffman. They yielded, like wise men; they pro- mised to aid in “ the vandal work of destroying the constitution.” The result was borne on the wings of Morse’s lightning to Wading; and the barn- burning applicants for post offices, collectorships, and ‘public printing were rewarded by the prompt gratitnde of Mr. Marcy. days after appeared the list of postmasters for the principal towns and cities, among whom there were, I believe, exactly three hunkers. Thus fell forever the financial embo- diment of Michael Hoffman. The barnburaers wept the less since they had already forgiven the assassins of Silas Wright. So that now the amendment of the constitution is a certain reeult. Not one of the most ultra advo- cates of the “ People’s Resolutions” of 1845, dare re- fuse to vote for it in some shape. True, Senator McMurray has fled the capitol in disgust; Forsyth and Rose and Hadley remain as yet stubborn and exasperated; but the men who “remember Silas Wright’’ will remember also the flesh pots of Egypt. Alas, for the consistency of politicians, that Ar- phaxad Loomis should repudiate the financial arti- cle! He who was pledged to ignore the Canal law of 1861 isfabout to vote to raise $1,500,000 to repoy. the reyenue certificates! Is it not enough to make Hoff- roan kick off the cover of his coffin, and rise to con- front his apostate children? One more point was required to be yielded, and on Saturday the thing was done. The taxation featare of West's plan was stricken out by Mt. West himself, and now nothing but the difference of time remains. The Senate will insist on completing the works in four years; and the Assembly will be obliged to strike out their six years clause. The policy of ter- minating this exasperating affair, and of finishing the State work in the shortest possible space of time, is too evident not to be conceded. The Senate's plan, with little or no actual alteration, will pass in the peved bow the hard shell hunkers will indubitably triumph. The darkest hour is just before day, and the hunkers, ostracised at Washington, are beginning to see light at Albany. They may not get the federal offices ; their organs may not get the printing of the Washington departments, but the; wiil-have reason their position. Single handed they will have beaten both the softs and the barnburners, held their position in the very teeth of Marcy, and overcome the Governor, the Speaker, and the politi- eal zopils of Herkimer and Oneida combined. Bis- ms to be proud ear witnesses the triumph of the ultra or | ion | sequently extracted, and the Advertiser, May 12., read the the Buffalo Commercial ur readers have doubtleas -}-which have: of criminal, and who furnishes dents connected therewith, which will pro oting, and probably useful at thistime. The mar Dic! » Who is supposed to be identical with Parks, was a native of Clitheroe, in Lancashire, England.. From iest days he spirit among the _ Soren dart a Wiere ie which that mn of the county was infested, ‘and became noted as a reckless and daring adi '. At the age of 25, he had passed seven years of his life within the of a priso! waa rc of the neighborhood he infeste: His family were Peer, but industrious people ; his father and Ske ing in the tien 4 Mr: Garnett, a magistrate ; and extensive cot factor, residing at Low Moor, near Clitheroe, on the banks of the river Ribble, which divides the. counties of an Yorkshire at that spot. At 25 years of he was again confined in jail for some poaching of- fence, but was liberated on a promaien of amendment, through the intercession of Rev. Mr. Abbott, clergyman of the neighborhood... This was towards the ase of the year i840. In the winter of 1840-41, however, he committed some offence in with one John Briggs, for which a warrant for apprehension was issued. In consequence of Dickin- son’s well known desperate character; a party of lice were detailed to apprehend. the offenders at a lace called Grindleton, in Yorkshire, whither they fled after the commission of their crime. The offenders were arrested and confined in a tavern by the officers who had them in custody, and who failed to convey them at once toa placy of cau In the night the tavern was attacked bya gang of Dick- ingon’s comrades, armed with guns; the officer im command was compelled to release his prisoners, and was himself eased of some loose change by them, im order that they might have wherewithal to drink hia Berea Lecli9 pickin and Bri, rowled aroun neighborhood, com 1g _ Ya ee robberies attended with brutal violence, and be- came the dread of the surrounding country. They i oes for some weeks to elude the vigilance of the officers, shifting their quarters from county ta county. Upon one occasion they deliberately shot s amekeeper named Harrison, in the back, because ey had some spite against the man. Their intended victim recovered from his wounds. In March, 1841, at a place about nineteen miles east of Clitheroe, called Bakeup, the villains were guilty of another diabolical act.. About three miles rom the village isa hill called Dirply Hill, on which was situated a lonely tavern, kept by James Simp- son, his wife and daughter, who were the only oc- cupants of the house. A son, also named James, lived a short distance from the tavern. In the Ps mes, = nf ues Dickinson pee Beige weat elder n’s dwelling, and having perei | torily demanded admission, under pretence of ob- taining some refreshments, they beat the old man im a brutal manner, and proceeded to plunder the house. ea ad escaped while the is Were endea- voring tothrow herfather down into a cellar, and fied to the son’s house, who immediately proceeded tothe rescue. Young Simpson was a powerful man, and he grappled with Briggs, the larger of the rok- | bers, and well nigh overpowered him, wher | Briggs called upon Dickinson to fire. Dickinsom then drew a pistol and shot young Simba, the bullet Poet into his side. The two ruffians ther fied, leaving Simpson for dead. The bullet was sub- man’s life was | saved, although he was disal for life. ‘The hue and ony after the would-be murderems was then loud, and they were compelled to take to the woods. Shortly afterwards they attacked a butter dealer, | who was on his road to market near Keightley, Yorkehire, and shot him in the face. He escay from them, however, before they succeeded ‘in Tob- bing him. They were then pursued ese it | and doy, and fled to Manch . Intormat forwarded to the police of that city, a strict was kept, and the fellows were traced to Newton, a lonely Village on the borders of Yorkshire, Lanca- shire and Cheshire. A trap was laid to catch the two together, but it failed, and Briggs alone was - tured, Dickinson making good his escape to country. Briggs was tried at Lancashire assizes and had sentence of death recorded against him. Thia sentence was afterwards commuted to transportatles for life, and he was sent to Norfolk Island, one of the worst penal settlements in the world. The ‘war- rantagainst Dickinson still remains in foree. Hig career in this Se eee him to be the tian | now known as Parks—is familiar to all our iy and his last act, if he is found to be guilty, promises to end his desperate care Onur informant gi the following description | of Dickingon:—He is about thirty-seven years o! ages stout built; about five feet seven inches in heights sallow complexion; well formed features; has st some of his front teeth, and is very slightly pitted with the small pox; his eyes and hair are dark. He is us cunning as a fox, and his thoughts during am imprisonment are always concentrated upon esca} Those who have him in custody should exercise un- | sleeping vigilance, or they may some morning find their dangerous upon the wing. Gipsey Fortune Teliing. [From the Bufialo Express, May 27} We have seen {or some weeks past, and we pre+ sume many of our readers have also scen them, no- | tices of the appearance and doings of a band of Gip- sies, in various places, throughout the State. It 7 known that some of the band have made their en- campment in this city, for a few days past, on Dela- ware street, near Forest Lawn, and have figured on | one occasion in our court of justice. Some weeks ago a segment of the band, which is composed, as far as known, of nine grown persons and eight children, located the: ves at Tully, about eighteen miles from Syracuse. By some means they obtained possession of the fact that Mr. Garret Tully, from whom the town was named, and one of its most estimable residents, had lost an account book, in which records involving some $400 were kept. Thereupon Betsey Cooper, the queen of the troupe, applied to him with the request to tell his fortune, anticipating the result that would follow. He told her that he did not wish his fortune told, but if, she would tell him how to recover his lest book, he would psy, her $5 therefor. She replied that it could easily e done, only she must get together a certain amount | of money, in order to produce the charm. He se- cordingly placed in her hands $300, in Seeds ali he had atcommand; but upon consulting the oracle, an old astrological ‘book of 1,668, she found it was not sufficient for the purposes of the incantation, Mr, Tully refused to entrust her with more, where- m she returned to her gang and proctred $85, which she added to the pile. Strange to relate, this would not satisfy the spirits, and, after much fa suasion, Mr. T. was induced to borrow another $100, which Betsey pronoanced adequate. The money was then wrapped up and formed a good sized parcel, which Mr. T. still retained. Betsey then demanded that her reward of $5 should be added to it, which was done. She tuen asked fora lock of hair fromm the heads of Mr. T., his wife and child, then fora paper of salt from each, and then directed them to | place the money in her hands, and turn their backs | while she repeated the mystic words of the leather oracle. They did so, and Betsey, taking advantage of their situation, contrived to substitute a parcel as near like the original as possible, containing a rare show of pebbles and pewter, in place of the one con- taining the $485 —the latter of which she smuggled under her blanket. She then gaye the parcel—the bona fide one, a3 he supposed—into Mr. T.’s charge, saying that it must remain unopened for four weeks, at which time she would return, and the lost book would be restored. She then took her departure, ag she said, for New York. The foar weeks and as many days passed away, and no Betsey came. Mr. T. began to fccl alarmed, as well as his family. At length Mrs. T. demanded that the parcel should be opened, and it was done— with what result may be imagined. Mr. ‘I’. 1mme- diately set to work, got upon the track and arrived in this city on Wednesday. He stated his case ta officers—and on the same afternoon two of the gang were arrested in this city, having on their persona some $30 in gold. They then proceeded to the camp and made a haul of one man and another lot of money. This person was, however, subsequently discharged. But the queen—Betse: t—was still undiscovered. About this time it was intimated that a similar gn were located at Fairview, near Erie. Officer Boy: ted immediately put for that place, and found that they had left a few hours be- fore. He followed on and soon came up with them, bares and all. The party was searched, but as no valuables were found in the possession of any, save the Uys and her royal consort, the others were saf- fered to depart. The pair wero brought to this city, and are now in jail with those previously a1 5 The whole plunder found by the officers, inclgdes about $160 in money, (some of which Mr. identifies as his own,) watches, jewelry, &c., whic has all, of course, been stolen ‘various and places. One of the articles is a breastpin, con- taining the daguerreotype of a lady; another a heavy ting, enclosing hair, with the inscription “To the memory of Henrietta Taylor,” on the inside, which we mention, so that they may, if possible, be restored to their owners. ‘The party near Fairview also have a number of fine horses in their poseession. We trust that the predatory doings of these wretches: are now thoroughly interrupted, and that those whe have escaped will take warning from the fate of their companions. Mr. Tully will receive a portion of his money, and Betsey, at least, will be put in safe quarters for the present. Toe Mirwavkre Murper Casr.—After threy days trial,a uy was finaily obtained on the It inat., and the case of Miss Mary Ann Wheeler, who is charged withy the murder of John M W. Lice, was rece ded with for a time, Nothing new will be elicited on th's ov

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