The New York Herald Newspaper, October 27, 1853, Page 2

or THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH. THE PASTORAL LETTER, &., &, d&. NIGHTKENTE DAY. At the opening of the Convention yeuterday merning, divine service was performed, the Rev. Dr. Vae Ingen, of ‘Western New York, reading the prayers, and Rev. Dr. Mead reading the lessons. The minutes of the last day’s proceedings were thea read, and approved. ‘The Swonatany stated some arrangement should be made to moot the expenses which would be incurred by publish ing the journal of the Convention. A motion was made and carried to reconsider the vote ‘ef concurrence in the message from the House of Bishops, instructing the Secretary to prepare an index of all the journals of the Convention in connection with the publi- catien of the journals of this session of the Convention. ‘The motion upon reconsideration was passed, with the proviso that the Seeretary should perform this duty, it the funds should warrant it. as amenced, was ordered to be sent up to Lhe House of The Hon. Av ing reselution — That s moseaze be sent to the House of Bisho respectfully, but honestly, requesting them to ity commithoe of conference te’ devise some m0 af being .. the Bieo! two henses to ton the eanen, The hon. gentleman sustained hie resolution by a few on and Inotitation of Minicte The Rev. Dr. Hanxigs thought the adove resolution out of order, as a Comm ittee of Lonference was appointed and was oeren ss ‘the time of the adjeurnment on Tuesday.’ ‘The Rev. Dr. Purrmr opposed the resointion, and sus tained the House of Bishops in ‘heiy non-concurrencs in the canon in dispute. He thought discretion should be reserved to Bishops to act in regard to who should preach within their dioeesses. Rev. Dr. Srevins, of Plifladelpbia, moved as 4 sub stitute to the above seselution, toa; a message be sent to tue House of Bishops, requesting them to appoint a Committee of Conference, to meet the Committee of Con ference mmrnaes by this Home. ‘This substitute was carried, an¢ the Secretary, Rev. Dr. Howe, was ordered to couvey the mer sage to the House of ops. Dave Evans then presented the follow Bishops. ‘A message was then received from the House of Bishops, announcing their concurrence in the appointment of a re Conference, to meet the same committee from. As such committee on the t of the House of Bishep-, os were appointed Bishops Hopkins, Doane, and De Lancy. A message from the House of Bishops amnounced that oa their part Bishop Wittingham, of Maryland, had beea on cate, m Dewy. cig so lay delegi ugh Davy 5 isq., lay delegate from Maryland, was added te the Commitee af Gouna aa part of the Convention. The House of Bishops sont ins message, announcing their recensideratien of the canon ‘On Missionary Bishops within the United States,’’ passed by them the day before. Upon reconsideration they had so amended said canon, that imease of trial of a missionary bishop, two preaby ters and two laymen shoulc act as a standing committee. be) capoa, as amended, was reported to the Conven Spon motion, it was concurred in ar amended Committee of Conterence then reported that upon examination of the eanon ‘on the Flection and Institu- ‘ion of Ministers,”’ they find that at the se: ef 1850 2 canon, 61 ‘the same principles as thoss contained im the canon now in dispute, was passed after a long dis cussion by the House of Clerical and lay Deputies, and was never acted upon by the House of Bishops. But the lapse of time sinee its first passage by the Convention, to article three of the cons itution, gives this ca non the force of law, and by a resolution of the House of Bisl the Secretary was instructed to record this canea upoa the minutes as canon seven of this session of the General Convention. Upon this report arose a long and desultory debate, to silence which the House of Bishops found it necessary to send in the following message :— Rosolved ie the Mouse of Cleri: i S informed that Hone of Bishope tramsmitted, titled “Canon on the Election and Institution of Mini os ‘A motion was made to Jay the repor: of the Committee of Conference on the table. and ve tke up the message from the House of Bishops. Dr. Varton, of New Yok moved as a substitute that the report of the Committee of Conference ve accepted. A message was then received from the House of Bishops, nouncing that they had accepted the report of the Joint Committee of Conferr nce. The motien of Dr. Vinton was then put and carried. A committee of two—the Rev. Dr. Mead and Hoo. Luther Bradish—was appointed to inform the House of Bishops that the Convention was now ready to receive them fer the reading of the pastora) The committee reported that the Rt. Rev. Father would enter the Convention immediately to read the pastoral letter. The Bishops then entered the Convention, preceded by | the presiding Bishop Brownell, of Connecticut, the clerical | and lay delegates standing up to receive thei | Prayer was then offered up by Bishop Horaiys, after which Bishop BrowNkil stated that he had appointed the Rt. Rev. Dr. Williams, Assistan: Bichop of Connecti cut, to read the pastoral letter. Bishop Wuuaxs then read as follows THE PASTORAL LETTER. | BReraREN OF THE CLERG) > OF THE Larry | Tke three years which have elapsed since the last meet ing of the General Convention, will constitute an event (u! period in the history of our church. Three of onr Bish | the warm approval with whic | sentimert in t! the presa; but we would rejoice to see a self restraint ex ercised im to its bitterness and its lices dousmess. ‘We are aware that important truths are sometimes elicit- ed, and more frequently sustained by free discussion. But we deplore the exhibition of all uncharitable fecliag and the use of all censoriousness of . good l'rovidence of God the time, shall have arrived for juieting the distractions in the Church, and for the res- foration of peace and barmony among her members, wa would earnestly invoke the co operation of the press, and particularly of the press in promoting so auspicious a eeesummation The of sound churehmanship have no inhe- reat to Romanism, or to the opposite extreme. ‘As they are deduced from the Hol; Seriptures, and oxhi- dited in the Articles, Liturgy and Prayer Book, they stand in happy equilibrium. It is only wi one doctrine or Ollice bog at the expense of the rest thatthe equilibrium € destroyed. The tendencies to error and to extremes, lie in part in the different. utions of men; in the diversities of their tempers, education and preju- dice, and net in the system of Christianity itself. some men rest upon the doctrinal souniness of their religion: others on ita practical developements. Some are cisposed greatly to magnify the efficacy of the Sacraments; others bave been equally inclined to depreciate their efficacy. The only remedy for all these extremes is to receive and hold the doctrines of Scripture, and their summary in the Prayer Book, in due proportion, and not to magnity one joctrine or precept at the expense of another. Again, there are differences among Churchmen arising out of the different sche ols of theology in which they have deen trained, and still other lifferences arising oat of the various systems of metaphysics in which: the diferent systems of theology are based. Now, in all these cases, a reasonable latituce of to iom should be allowed. It ii impossible to make all think a! nd so long as they will receive, in good faith, the doctrines of the ios pel, as they are exhibited in the Prayer Book, a charitable indulgence should be extended to minor differences, arising from natural temperament, or from the prejudices of education. With the Apostolic Church, Christ was all imall. A common reliance on the all sufficient eficacy of His me. diation and atonement constitute their strong bond of union, When difficulties began to arise on these subjects, the Apostles and the Nicene creeds were successively adopted by the church, as exponents of the common faith. ‘They were regarded as the legitimate expeneats for Gfteen hundred years. But the Catholic Church had become divided, in the progress of couturies, and both the Greek and Latim branches of it had,“ sought out many in- ventions,” and devised wany superstitions and corcup- tions, At the happy perfod of the Reformation, the vari ous bodies which adopted measures te promote it, aban doned these superstitions and corruptions, amd endeavored to restore Christianity to its primitive purity. The Church of England, from which we ave descended, took a prominent part im this work of reform, and completed it, hy establishing a eode of “Articles of Religion,” and a Liturgy of Christian worship, which, being adepted by as, (Wich such changes as our political relation* required, ) places uson the same platform of faith and worship whic! was occupied by the primitive Christian Church. Our Prayer-Book, then, amid all the varying shades of indivi dual opinions, is the strong bond of union for our church. While it is our mort valuable hel id standard for the interpretation of the preted with all candor a sense in which it has been generally understood by the church. This ir especially the obligation and duty of all who minister at the altars of the chureh. At their admis- sion to the priesthood, they solemaly bind themaclves to “conform tothe doctrine and worship of the Protestant Episcopal Church.”” They thus engage to refrain from ‘py private and individual iaterpretation for the church, which exacts the subscription, is the lawful interpretor o1 the sdnse in which it is to be taken. Under these circumstances, it should seem that the church contains in her apostolic organization the elements of her perpetual unity, and the sure means of composing every violation of her harmony. We must appeal to her standard, and to tae eause im which she herself regards. No mere party in the chureh can elaim the right to be the expounder of her faith. Mere ‘‘man followers,’ and the disciples of parties, are not to be regarded as her or- thoritative voice speaks only through her h the church is am unit and speaks always the same language, there are, notwithstanding, many members in this one body; and 9s among many men there must be diversities of intellect aa we'l as various modes of education, it naturally happens that there should be some diversity in their apprehension of the teachings of the ehureb ops, however, fully believe that this diversity is mot se great as is sometimes imagined. They are per- suaded that much of the supposed difference of opinion szives from mere miapprehension, Such is the poverty of language, and such are the various conditions of the minds of men, that different individuals attach different meanings to the same words. Words themselves, too, may be equivocal, or they may become so by different conventional significations which have been aitached to them some way. The science of theology has become peculiarly technical, and different schools and different denominations of Christians have each their Shioboleths, which they adhere to with great tenacity. Men who are candidly Cisposed are therefore liable to misunderstand one another, ard the evil is greatly increased where cap- tious and fault-finding tempers are concerned. To prevent misuncerstandings, then, it would be wise to avoid using, ourselves, such equivocal words and phrases in our communications, and to cultivate a candid and charitable disposition, that we may not unjustifiably misapprehend the meaning of others. Twelve years ago the House of Bishops issued a pastoral letter om the important doctrine of “Justification by Faith.” It was drawn up by the venerable Bishop Gris- old, then presiding Bishop, He evidently supposed that there was much diversity of opinion in the éhurch con coming the subject which he wished to explain and | enforce; and he desired that the letter should be sub io thorough review by the Bishops before it | -bould be read to the other house of the Convention. The Bishops who were then present will still remember the production was re eived, and the cordial thants which were tendered to its author by all his Episcopal brethren. If it is thought at the present Cay that there is very material diversity of Church on this fundamental doctrine, an examination of the pastoral letter referred to will ops have beon called away from their earthly ministra- | tions, to give an acceunt of their «tewardship to the gceat and Bishop of souls. | The venerable Bishop Chase, though suddenly summon ed from his labors, had attained to a cood old age, and had left the impress of his zeal upon the period in which he lived. It was bis voeation to ce a pioneer of the church. The dioceses of Louisiana, New York, Con necticut, Obio, Michigum, and Mlinois, have each, in their | tarn, felt the ‘stirring influence of hi+ enterprise. The colleges of Kenyon and Jubilee will long stand, we trast, s memorials of his eal, bis faith, and labors. Bishop Gadsden, of South Carolina, ‘ell a victim to pro- | tracted disease, and persevering lavor in his Master's cause. He waa ‘an Israelite indeed, in whom there was pe ."' He loved the chureb, as the household of faith; and it was bis destiny to spend his strength and his life in pesmoting the cause of his Divine Master. Bishop ww, of Rhode Island, was arrested sudden! by the hand of death. in the maturity of his strength in the midst of his usefulness. Fervent in spirit, prudent im counsel, walous in his labors, we might have looked forward to a course of rigral usefeloess in his Master’s eaure. But Gee's ways are not as our ways.nor His thonghts as our thoughts; yet we know that every act of His providence, whether in mercy or in afiiiction, is or- dered im inGvite wisdom and goodness. While we cherish the counsels anc labors of these de parted fathers in our remembranee, we look with confi sence to the good providence of God. so to direct the | counsels and labors of those whom he raises xp in their stead as shall most effectually promote the welfare of His | church. Since the lagt Triennial Convention, the following per- | soas have been duly elected, approved, and consecrated | in the Chureh, viz. — ht Rev. John Payne, DD.. was consecrated in St. Paul’s Church, Aléxandria, on the iith of Suly, 1861, a: Rt. Rew. Francis | burch, Augusta, on the Inecess of * 1851, as Bishop of DW. Ch Hartford, on the 29th of Octobe sot of the [iocens of Conneetiout, Rt. Ker J, Whitehouse, D.D., in St. George’s Church, Ni om the 20th of November, 186), 2* Assistant Bishop o of Illinois; Rt. Rev. Jonathan M. Wainwright, , in Trinity Chureh, New York, on the loth of November, 1852, as Provisiena) Bishop of the Diocess of New York; and on the 17th ef Oetober, instant, in pre wnce of the General Conventien, in St. John’s Church, im ty lew York, Rt. Rev. Thomas } rederick Davis, and Rt. Rev. Thomas Atkinson, |).().. were duly con- secrated, the former as Bishop of South (arolina, and the latter as Bishop of North Carolina. w © i > F ression of the convention, Rt. Rev. Kip, DD., bas been ele sted Missionary | California, and Rey. Thomas Scott has been elected Missionary Bishop of the Lerritories of and Oregon. Ia acholy contrast with these accessions to the te, we bave to record a most extraordinary in- stance of defection and con-equent deporition from that sacred office. Iya, D.D., LLD., late Bishop of the Diocese of North Carolina, in violation of his oath of consecration, abandoned his diocers and the duties of hix offices, and had submitted himself to the authority of the Bishop of i by jh in the Church of God, and the ssatence of de; ition wes on the same day by the presiding Risho, 2 Church, New York, in the re esence'of both houses of the Convention. We earnestly by that the record of thi+ deposition it of apostates to the Romish com. muaion. For several years past our brane!) of the Church g been by the advocasy of doctrines aad of cere monial }, leading im the same direction. The movement was commenced uader the imposing counsels learned and pious men, bat possessed of more fancy and feeling than of sound judgmont and discretion. {t has moinly by men of similar characteris men whose prurient imaginations’reqnired the grati- | fication of am imposing ceremonial in religion, and whore the groster holiness led them to | seek for it im the asceticism of the Church of ltom little doubt that they are now, sersible of their delusion. We may, | Rt, their hevrort A ae we mast sternly condemn juousaen which has general! the course of t! defection, «{ the same ‘time dal which they have brought upon our the unhappy controversies within its | they have beem the occasion. agitations which kaye thas disturled the peace of | the church within the last tem years have been most de- plorable in their consequences. Brethren in the bonds of k she ebaroh, who should have lived in harmony vad love, aad whose only strife have been who thould do most for the elucidation and extemsion of their Christ, as well as our parent Chureh of England, has | and especially its periodical ‘his unehsritabis work, We | soants ‘reodom of slow that it may be iuculeated in language so free from al! technical end party phraseol gy as to secure the gene- ral assent. In regard to the doetrine of baptismal regeneration, t much of the coatroversy which exists arises from the use equivocal words, and from misapprehension. Parties attack entirely different meanings to the word regenera. tion, and ascribe to exch ether opinions which both would disavoy. In proof of this we may remark that all parties are ready to receive the doctrine as it is set forth in the PrayerRook, and as it ix expressed in the Scriptures \mstead, then of spending cur strength in unprofita disputes about words, which only gender strife it w better to devote our energies to the explanation of the great and fundamental doctrines of the Gospel, and to the enforcing of their saving efficacy on the bearts and consciences of men. The lainentable fall of our first parents, and the natura) corruptness of all their descend- ants; the way of salvation, devised by infinite wisdom, through the mediation and atonement of Jesus Christ; the necessity of a sincere repentence for all our sins; of a lively faith in the atoning sacrifice of Christ; of an active obedience to all the divine commands; the necessity and eilicacy of the Holy Sucramenta, as means of grace: ind elling influence of the Holy Spirit, for the sanctifyi eo ing of our bearts, ani the renewing our na’ ures : these are themes which may well call forth the warmest affections of our hearts, and the best energies of our minds, and which, instead of gendering bitterness and strife, are eal cvlated to fill the heart with the purest Ctri harity. This is a work in which all may co-op hearty zeal—in which ng up the chureh in ut the werld around us is against which nothing but active cont, cessful. It should be a controversy, howe and modified by love. Oo the one hand we grasping Romanista, which gives no quarte trnee, but demands an unconditicnal submission. (n the hand are various forms of error, still pervaded, more by the true spirit of Christianity, but constantly breaking into fragments, and steadily tending to latitudi narianism snd infidelity. Amidst these erratic tendencies, the best hopes of Christianity are centered in the Church | of England and in the Protestant Church of the United States, The spread of Romanism ia this country is inevitable— pot much, indeed, by proselytism, bnt by immigration. A few romantic and sentimental minds raay be captivated by its imposing ceremonial and specious claims to holy living, but the hollowness of its pretensions, and the im- posing parade of ita impoatures, eannot etand the scrutiny of an enlightened public opinion, In most Roman Catho- lic countries there in, probably, a wide spread infidelity among the more intelligent classes of the community. regard with contempt the jinpostures which the ignorant eagerly receive. The Roman Catholic religion, too, wears a very different aspect in Italy, Spain, and Por togal from that which it exbibite in this country, Su- perstitions and mummeries there pass unquestioned, which in thix country would not impose upon the creduli- ty of its most ignorant devotees ‘The remission of seve- ral hundred years of the pains of purgatory by the drop- ying of a few shillings, and repeating a few arvs and puters at the shrine of some supposed saint, which is so fre quently advertised in the eountrien referred to, would hardly Impose upon the most ignrrant Romanist’ in this land of free opivions. ‘The wonderful immigration of Roman Catholics to this country is often looked upon with alarm by the friends of our religious institutlons. | Who knows but it is the way designed by Infinite Wisdom for their reformation’ We woolt hope tbat Roianism cannot withstand even the popular influenecs of eur eountry. Berotted ignorance cannot long prevail in a land of free schools. Servile xu jon must gradually decline ia a land ofyree in Priesteraft and {mpostare cannot I lourish land of newspapers. 1: should seem to be our wisdom, therefore. well an our duty, to trent our less favored brethren with kind consideration— to improve their temporal condition, to enlighten their ds, and to afford them the full benefit of all our free tione. Under their own organization they can hardly fail gradually to emancipate themselves from the thraldom w! bas been imposed upon them in times of ignorance and imposture, There cam be little doubt that, from the very cireumstance of their position, the; willbe making rapid advances towards a more intelll- nd a purer faith; and it is hardly probable that more than a century or two can elapse before, by a gra- cual progress, they will relieve themselves from those superstitions and corruptions of the dark ages which, in ® parent church, were thrown off by a more yudden revo- lotion, We may be too sanguine in these anticipations, | bot it is certainly # consummation most devoutly to be wished. ‘There is, however. ene saddening reflection connected vith this anticipated chanze. It ie greatly to be feared that the first reaction will be attended with a wide spread infidelity. When men first find th they bave been deceived im their religious faith, they are prone te come to the hasty eonclusion that there is no truth in religion itself; and if they find that their clergy have been privy to iheir deception, they will be in danger of regarding the racred ministry as am impoxture Among the different demominations of Protestants which surround ua a defection of the same kind appears to prevail to .ome extent. reaction from former prin ciples. The sobriety of the Calvinistic doctrit the enthu-insm of the revival measures, seem ti to be sneceeded by an alarming spirit of scepticism, rationaliem, end all the various twas of unbelief, We have cause to apprebend that there evi's ace increasing, and that they wil for @ ‘ime continue to prevail. it should So the great work of the church (os efat aad countarset Laem, Te ya «thely ty be mainte with If in the | t versy with Rpoernest of ensneee, re 4 the che compost oun with the or ae of these may spring from mere partiality to ence of opiaion in regard to secondary pointe of doctrine; é E orders i im proportion to the rapid none of the chureh, it i believed hope faeag number is actua’ . e s perit} our country io all kit of tpoulan busteact snl Giatorseyank of wealth and distinction held out to young men of talent and education, may in part account for this result. But it must be admitted as generally trie, that, the pecuniar compensation of the clergy is entirely endeatate ante fortable support, and that it has by no means kept me with the increased expenses of living. It is then ineumbent on the church first to do justice in this mat- ter, and then to take measures to increase the number of candidates for holy orders. There are streng worldly obstacles in the way of this increase; but they can be overcome by wisdom, zeal and liberality. The clergy can do much by directing the minds of ptous and promising young men to the same sacred office; an¢ pious parents way co operate with the clergy in this good work. If a yourg mar, possessing the requisite qualifications, has not the pecunisry ability to procure am education, a wealthy friend, or the parish to which he belongs. may contribute io bis support; or, what is stll better, may found a permanent scholarship. A wealthy and pious parent may ackuowledge the jrovidence of God towards him by devoting one of his ‘ons to the sacred ministry; or if the son, should deciiue he wo k, he may redeem him according to the principle of the old dispensation, by educating some suitable young wan in hin place. Indeed there seems at present little probability of affording any adequate supply to the ranks of the ministry, unlew young men of talent ani piety shall be sclectéd from the less ambitious walks in life and be educated in whole cr in part by indivi ual or by paro- chial assistance, ‘The establishment of scholars! then, permanent or temporary, for education at the col- lege of the theological seminary, or bot», appears to be called for among the first works of the church. Some of the most distinguished lights of the church of England have been educated .n this way, and we shall do well to follow ¢o good and instructive an example. The work of the church thus far considered, ia mainly of & prospective characte;. But she hasa field of action airea- dy before her well calculated to ¢ her attextion, and tocall forth her energies. Wealluce to the fostering care of ber religious and literary institutions, the nurture of her existing parishes, and the establishment of new cnes. Most of work, however,@can be best performed through the instrumentality of her diocesan institutions. There is still, however, interesting werk for her in her ecllective capacity. The work of foreign missions, and missions in the newly organized dioceases, which are themselves unable to bear the burthen of them. This work the church undertook, a few years ago, with great earnestness and unanimity, and prosecuted it for a time with a good measure of succews. We grieve to say that it bas not beem continued n the same spirit with whieh it was commenced. Our foreign missionary operations have not been prosecuted with a liberality commensurate with the abilities of our church, and our domestic de- partment has languished in a lamentable degree. Under our ciocesan organization, the church has, in- deed, made most excouraging and in most of our diocesses there is yet a wide feld for missionary cul- ture. Diocesan missions must, therefore, for a con: ider- able time occupy s large share of the attention and efforts of the church. But in the promotion of this work it is seen that the weakest dioceses require the most labor and the largest means for their support. In thi f thi it is obvious that the stronger diocess the weaker. Hence arises the necessity for the domestic department of our generai missionary asso- ation. In the wide regions of our Western States and territories, limited only by the Pacific ecean, and rapidly filling with population from our own people, as well as from foreign pations, there is a call for missionary labor which may well challenge the highest energies of our church. These higher energies have net yet been fully put forth. A more harmoni: us co-operation may be expected: more mission- aries may offer themselves fer the work; larger contribu- tions thay be made; and more fervent prayers may be ad- hom to the Throne of Grace for a loming en our rs. It should be borne in mind that these sparsely settled regions are rapidly filling up with an active population; a population which will soon be counted by millions, and | which, at no distant day, may control the destiny of our country. It is, therefore, a question of incalculable im- | portance, whether the minds of these teeming millions shall be blighted by infidelity, or corrupted by a false | religion—or whether they shall be imbued with the pure and unadulterated doctrines of the goxpel. And if this is a question of importance as it may affect the destinies of our country, of how much more importance does it be come when we regard it as involving the everlasting sal- vation of milliens of our fellow-men. We good hope that the church will soon esti ject as it ought to be regarded. We ho that she will arouse herself from her lethargy; that she will lay aside all party je jousies and local prejudices, and a herself th the subject of her demestic missions with a zeal and a liberality proportioned to its importance. But the spirit of the Gospel does not limit our sympa- thies or our duty by the boundary of our own country. The Saviour commanded his apostles to zo forth unto all ‘the world and preach the gospel to every creature. The outy of prociaiming the glad tidings of the Gospel to the hesthen, is still binding upon their successors, and upon all Christians. It isimpartially binding upon us accord- ing to our position and our circumstances; and in so far asit may be performed without the hindrance of other imperative duties. If the peculiar necessities of eur own country constitute the first and greatest claims apen our charity; we can, st the least, acknowledge our duty | to the heathen, by appropriating te their conversion a liberal portion of our means. Our mission to Chinu was established in view of the two hundred million of heathens within the limits of that greatest empire in the world. It ix a mall light in a wide-spread region of darkness; but in the providence of God it may enkindle other lights which “shall shine more and more unto the perfect day.”’ Events seem now | tobe in progress in the Chinese Empire which may give an unlooked for interest and influence to our mission | there. The civil revolution which now seems to be | breaking up the settled foundations of Chinese policy, may. in its progress, open # freer conrse for the diffusion of the Gospel; and the glinnmerings of Christianity, which seem to have been imbibed by the rebel chief, may, in the event of bis success, and with the blessing of Vor, beeome the harbinger 0” h’s fall profession of the Chris- tian faith. Let us pray for such a consummation, and let us foster our mission in Ct ¢ hope that it may | be in i opportunity for 4 out ‘more | ssion to China. er than any se | ve to contend varbar yects saperior to them- tances their superstitions and iols will be more easily over- come, P| truths of the Gospel will be more readily received by our missionaries. The deleterious cli mate of Africa does indeed present a formidable obsta to our suecess, But we have men and women, who, like ties of old, count not their lives too dear to enter ork. May God give success to their labors of serd of bation | Africans kek | selves. Under love, and may we ever be ready to aid them by our coun- sels, our inflnunce, our alms, and our prayers. Brethren of the Clergy and of the Laity:—In concluding this sddress, we eg leave to call your particular atten- tion to the state of the church as it is exhibited in the re- ports from the several diocesses, In these reports we find much to encourage us, and much to stimulate our future exertions A commendable degree of harmony, and an earnest spirit seem generally to prevail in all our diocesses. The great want of the church seems to be a more ade- quate supply of clergy and of candidates for holy orders. ming as you do, brethren, from erery portion of the church, and acjuainted with her necessities, it was to be expected that this matter should occupy your serious do- liberations, The resolutions you have sent us, recom. mending a more adequate support of the clergy, and the éevising of measures for the increase of their ‘members, may well challenge our most earnest attention. We com mend the subject to the paramount consideration of all our diocestes; and we are prepared devoutly to nnite with in prayers to the great Head of the Church, that He ‘would raise up and send forth @ more abundant supply of laborers into the vineyard. In separating brethren, (many of us never te meet again in this worid,) let us earnestly pray for each other's welfare, and for the peace rosperity of the Church of Christ. Tho Bishops in jog. give you their fervent benediction:— The peace ‘of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his son, Jesus Christ, our Lord; and may the Viessing of God Aimighty, the’ Fathsr, Son, and Holy Ghost, be amongst you, and remain with you always men. At the close of the letter, after a short coremony, the Convention adjourned sine die. Conan News—Tnx Coren, ko.—The Boston Tranwrip! publishes the following oxtract of a loiter from a resident in Cuba to his mercantile correspon¢ent :— Canownas, Oct. 18, 181 ithe cholera most dreadfully on im this neighborhood. So far St. Mar o and Torriente have escaped, but Maden kas lost twenty hands out of about eighty. Jielchanse bas lost thirty band Taylor’s estate the loss has been eight: teven ont of 163 bands. Upon many other estates the mortality among the hands has been equal to those above ptated. The brothers Dthgo have prevented themselves in insol- vency for the round sum of $1,700,000, They have offered to pay their creditors at the rate of $ 50,000 per apnom and interest at six per cent. All the family, once thought to be so wealthy, are included in the assignment of the estates for the benefit of their numerous creditors. The chance for profit on sugar estates crows fainter every day that the cholera prevails on the island. The I id the large number of hands ¥ bined to affect the price of labor, eo that at the present ‘ate the rate Gene for tlaves upon the sugar estates, where they are hired to aid the regular hands is now $26 1 month for each laborer, The owrers stipulate that their let slaves shall work only Upon ever; Cdl i instead of every night as usual in good Bealthy t and the sum of thirty ounces Seeeet one is forfeited if the save cies while let out. Mors of $.3.a month have’been refused ia this vici ‘The want of hands cannot long he endrred here, boghe eataie caw otand two years and pay such enormous rales. ns,”’ the | pr THE FILTH IN WEW YORK. Much Money Exponded and Little Dirt Bemoved. REPORT OF COMPTROLLER FLACG. Finanox Daparramwr, Comprnorier’s Orv Gee ov NuwYorx, Oct. 24, 1853, been furnished by the with — Tocca wend io. for an extra appropriation of forty thousand Saltare to supply a in the bureau for cleaning streets, for this year. In cases of this kind, the ordinance prescribing the duties of the Finance Department requires the Comptroller to give a statement of the moneys drawn, the purposes for which drawn, and ‘‘the cause of the doficiency.”” The statement and marked No. 3, shows the amount drawn from the city treasury for cleaning street: and the purposes for which drawn, frem the Ist of Janu. ary, 1853, to the 24th day of October, 1863, nine moaths and twenty-four days, the Total Being. 6... ...sssseseseeseeee sone se eee 9260, Accounts returned to 24th Say. not paid, 12,804 27 In to the “cause of the deficienc ,’? the Comp- fect ace possessed of the mecessary information to enable him to give a satisfactory account ; and, for the purpose of getting accurate information, he addressed a note te the Commissioner of Streets and Lamps, to ob- tain it. A copy of tap, note referred to is appended, marked No. 1, and No. the answer, to which the Com- mon Council {a respectfully referred. It is proper to way, and fairness to the Department of Streets and Lamps requires it to be stated, that u) a ineludi the tax law of 1851, the northern tim street cleaning was fixed through the centre of Thirty- fourth street. In the tax Jaw of 1852, the line for street cleaning was extended to the centre of Forty-second street, and this is now the line by the tax law of 1853. This extension in 1852 added six streets to the number to be cleaned, and in the comparison made between the ox- pendityres of 1851 and 1852, as given below, justice to the resent commisai requires that ‘this fact should be ne im mind, where the comparison reaches into the district added to the upper wards. This addition to the territory to be cleaned will also affect the comparison of expenditures for ash and rubbish carts, and other item;, which are given separate from the expenses of “cartmen and sweepers’ for each ward. Tn the lower wards, and those which wero unaltered, the comparison is just, and the increase shown, it must be conceded, is excessive. Instead, therefore, of com- pariog the heavy expenditures of 1853 with those of 1852, the following statement is made, for the purpose of pre- senting a comparison between the expenditures in the several wards under the supervision of the present ia ears 1852, and those of his predecessor in 1351, viz.:— + $250,000 00 CLEANING STREETS. Paid te sweepers and cartmen ot 1852. Increase. $3,793 $2,034 184 1,407 1,156 2,071 6,609 2479 7,856 8,202 81187 3,415 6733-2241 91508 = 5,013 : 9,587 3,833 18 6,046 23247 5,903 81433-1531 2 3,286 5,499 2,214 5,179 7,462 (2.283 : 4410 6,319 1,909 . 72660 9,437 1,777 7,630 © 11,901 4am + @761 497944035 Methlisis. 5 vauscdaissasdesstestoitses «$47,051 In addition to the above, there was expended in 1852, in the Nineteenth ward, $2,393; and im the Twentieth, $6,225. Total, $8,618. uth 1852. Ash and rubbish carts 3, $82,870 12;872 24,099 6,089 9,276 7,028 16,402 415 1,616 2,200 3}100 Total increase in 1852 over 1851........ 2.4 +++-907,250 And if to this be added the expenditures in 1852, in the the Nineteenth and Twentieth wards, it shows a total in- crease in 1852 over 1851, of one hundred and five thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight dollars. tis worthy of remark, also, that the reports show a revenue of $52,000 for manure, in 1851, and $30,000 only, in 1852. In the comparison hetween the wards in the preceding table, no deduction is made in either year on account 0; the amount received for manure. The difference between the two years is $22 000 in favor of 1851. If this sum be added to the difference be‘ore given between the two years, ($105,868,) it shows an increase of the cost of pee the streets in 1852 over 1851, to have been $127, 86! sum equal to that for which contractors now offer to do all the street cleaning, and to give adequate bail for the performance of the work. This was the state of things which preceded the action of the Commen Council in making the appropriations in November, 1852, for the year 1853. The Finance Committee of the Board of Aldermen, in their report of the Sth of December, 1852, state “ that they have examined the estimates submitted by the Comptroller, and after a careful investigation of the sub- ject, have made the following deductions from the annual ‘Bppropriations of 1858, which will reduce the estimated tax levy for said year to the same amount,” to wit, $250,000. Among the items making up this total, was a reduction ef thirty thousand dollars from the estimate for cleaning streets. When: the present Comptroller examined the docu- ments, for the purpose of making his first annual report in January, and found that the Finance Committee had, as they state, “carefully investigated the subject,” and on such investigation had determined that the expendi- tures in the bureau of cleaning streets should be restrict. ed to the sum of $250,000, instead of what the department asked—$280 000; and that similar restrictions had been put on other bureaus and departments to the t+tal sum ofa quarter of a milliom of dollars, he considered it his duty to call the attention of the departments to the ne- cesnity of seconding the views of the Finance Committee, and confining their expenditures to the sums fixed by the Common Council. ‘The estimates und appro were made in Decembe mates, with the changed since the eat h had no agency in making these estimates, it is our duty use the utmost ceonomy in the expenditures, in order that We may have the means of carrying on our departments, with the funds which have beem appropriated, to the end ot the year. The sum estimated by the departinonts a priated by the Common Council, is the basis of tl embraced in t the eredit of the corporation, and only all pation of the revenues uf the ye made.’ This restricts the power bot the legistature and executive departments to the muount provided in the tax law Andit is indispensable that eaeh disbursing depart- mont limits its expenditure to the estimate and appropria- tion already made. It is @ violation of the charter ty borrow i tion of revenue, which {will muthorize'vs to o0 be deprived of the ain of # , to be used for the city, a3 ry will have no temporal loans Which have been male under laws passed in 1851, and Itisincumbent on each department to examine, le by their pred nin ther expen hich are to be made, In this way alone can we hope to reach the close of the year without am empty treasury. The report of the Comptroller is referred to in this con- nection, merely to show that this effort of the Finance Committee to retrench expenses was not overlooked by the Finance Department; and it is to be regretted t the determination of the Common Council in this respect was not heeced and complied with by the Department of Streets and Lamps ‘The conclusion arrived at by the Finance Committee, when the appropriation was limited to $450,000, seems to have been justified by the expenditures’ in’ former years under different modes of cleaning the streets. The net expenditures for several preceding years were as fol- low: In the year ending Dec. 31, 1847 for the current year who made these esti artmeat, have be Although we hi 1 appro anount do. do, 1848 do. do. do. do, as}osz do. do. » 127,900 In August, 1845, arrangements were made for cleaning the streets by contrast, for one year, under an ordinance which is now in force, and which was passed on the 14th of July, 1848. These contracts, which were made for each ward, expired in August, 1849, Thus, in 1648 and 1849 the streets were cleaned partly by contract and partly without contract. The total for the two years is $279,486, averaging $109,744 for each year. con. tract system, however, did not commend itself to the favor of the’ city officers; and Mr. Taylor, who was then Comptreller, thus alludes to the matter in his annual fe port for 1840-"5 ‘The experiment for cleaning streets by contract hi thus far sienally failed, it devolves upen the Comm of Str ots and Lamps to ‘soe that this formed efficiently and economically. In the year 860, under the mode which has prevailed since the contract system was abandoned, Mr. Gedney, the Superintendent of Streets, expended only $} 2, in 1851 the expense was increased, after deducting the large sum derived from manure only four thousand dol- lars—whilat for the year ending on the Ist of December, 1552, the expenditures for cleaning atreets am yunted to $258,847, after deducting the amount received for ma aure, It was not vureasonable, therefore, for the Finance Committee, in December, 1852, to conclude on this state of facts, that, with» very moderate degree of retrench- ment, the cleaning of the streets in 1805 might be done for $450,000, And yet this sum i+ exhausted in three-quarters of the year, and forty thousand dollars more is now ealled for by the department t> meet the expenditures for cleaning streets, (On the 17th of September the Commissioner of Streets and amps gave the Comptroller notice to attend the opening of propositions for cleaning the streets by con- tract. There were 108 propositions, embracing great nutn- hers of contractors of unquestioned responsibility. There were many bidders, rendy to give good bail, who proposed to clean the streets for half the sum which the city bas paid for either of the last two years, With » prospect of caving one-half the expense, it is quite de- Hivable that there contracts should .be closed ax soon as jractioable, and when closed, the afiount payable on the contracts will enable the Common Council to fix the an- nual estimate for cleaning streets with reasonable acou Commissioner of Streets and Lamps thinks the bids are not a basis for an estimate, for the rearon that an impeotor fa tach ward will be required to *r portant work ir per yee that the work . But this would only require that the salaries of all necesss » \o»pectors should be put in the etimate That detail wee not necessary in the cireular towbich allusion was made in his report. And the Comptroller was not aware that any other inspection Ve coq. cad than that provided by flea Usth age!ion of the ordinance for 1848, for cleaning streets, which sixteen thousand dollars anually. As to incumbrances in atrects, individuals will report them; and as the expenditures under this head amount only to two or it streets, closed, will form the basis for the imates: The lowest bids for the whole city, offering security, amount to..... $118,000 The four highest bids amount to..... seeees 254,950 ‘The Dicrig eane shows the number of bids on h district, the total amount of all the bids, and the average amount of the bass each by weil viz.— ‘i ‘dal. A First District. 22° $1,082,515 “$46,952 Second do. . 31 1,854,460 43,002 Third de. 21 928,800 443135 Fourth do. 34 1.300/028 41;174 cy $175,051 ‘The lowest bids, with adequate security, amount to the sum of, a peabertnwieeskasd nae aa Being less than the average of the whole by..... $57,931 Respectfully submitted No. 2. Der, or uams asp Laws, Oct, 15, 1863, A. C. Frag, Fxq., Comprrouien ov Tux City o» NEw York.—Dear Sir: In compliance with your note, addressed to me, im reference to the deficiency of the appropriation for cleaning streets, and the causes thereof, is thus ans- wered, respectfully, in brief -— The amount asked by this department, for the bureau of cleaning streets for the year 1863, was $280,000, the expenditure of the previous year having been $239,000. The amount asked for waa reduced by the Finance Vom- mittee, in their report to the Board of Supervisors, to $250,000, being less $30,060 than the amount deemed ne- cessary by the head of the bureau of cleansing streets and myself to carry us through the year 1853, aud $31),000 less than the cost for cleaning streets, removing brances, payiig inspectors, and the contingencies inci- dental to so active and troublesome a bureau. The wages of persons employed as inspectors, laborers, &e., &c., was authorized to be increased by resolution of the’Common Council, making the pay 0 the inspectors 2, who bad previously received $1 60; and the laborers on streets an increase on datiy payments from $1 to $125, or two shillings aday. Following this direction out, alone amounts to, at this time, over $6,000. The amount paid for carting asher has been greatly in- creased, more especially in the lower wards of the city, adding ‘greatly to the expenses of “cleaning streets.” This increase is not only for collecting, but for freighting from the dumping boards, &e., eo. The following will show the increased expenditure for this duty over the previous basin A. C, FLAGG, Comptroller. . 1853. Quarter expenditures, April..$20,058 35 $27,895 25 “ “ July... 19,045 99 24,685 “ “ Sept... 17,528 47 18,837 49 Total, be $67,032 81 $71,308 18 By the above brief statement you will ¢iscover that these two caunes alone amount, over the previous year, to some $20.000, independent of $30,000 short by the ac- tion of the Finance Committee and the Board o visors, Under the circumstances, by and with the concurreuce of the Superintendent of Streets I believe that $40,000 vill be necessary to carry us through the year—that ix to say, to the lst of January next. Very respectfully, yours, &¢., HENRY ARCULARIUS, Jr. Commissioner of Streets and Lamps. (No 3.) CLEANING STREETS. Cartmen and sweepers, 0. Super- ++ $7,707 37 4,625 96 do. Lis 7,198 19 do, 5,182 10 do. 5,635 do. 6,205 54 do. 6,539 81 do. 6,392 de. 7,760 do. 4843 do. 8,600 do. 4,085, do. 6,332 do. 5,807 do. 7,461 do. 10,113 do. 11,910 do. 143 do. 20th 5,965 Rent of lots on Jane street 398 FS Cosch hire for committee. Making and repairing dumping boards Removing dirt from Eighteenth ward. Hardware .. Watering pots. Carpenters’ work... Commissioner’s fees,......... +2 . Philip Mabie, for building oftices and repairs, &c. Deduct for errors in returns of Superintendent of Streets fe 335 $245,985 $4 Oct. 24, 1853—To warrant drawn this day for balance «4114 15 $250,000 00 These expenditures have been made in a period of abut eight and a half months THE HENRY CLAY STEAMBOAT CALAMITY, United States Circuit Court. Before Hon. Judge Ingersoll. Oor. 26.—The United States vse Thomas Collyer, John F. Taman, John Germain, Edw. Hubbard, Janvs L. Jessup, James Elmenderf, and Charles Merrit.’ (Mr. Merritt has not appeared during the trial.) KIGHTH DAY. Adam Murray was recalled to the stand, and his cross- xamination commenced by Mr. Wheaton; I never had ay employment on board of a steamboat; I said I hed not previous to '49 been up and down the Hudson river; ‘1 never had been on board the Henry Clay before. (Q—Leok around aud see if any Of thore defendants did or said anything at the dock at Albany’ A, You cannot expect me to answer the ques- tion; I did mot know any of them, and didn’t see them in any conspicuous place; | hope yon won't put any unneces- sary questions to me as the subject is pamful to me: the appearance at the dock was that,jthe luggage was put om board in a great hurry; everything wos done quick; my own luggage was put on woard in a hurry; I bad three travelling bags, two trunks, and a small valise; it took about three min utes to put the luggage on board; there were a great woany passengers there; a great many came after me; ‘great many passengers, and a great deal of time th day; I did not count s; the only way I could judge of her speed img the objects she passed on land. Q. Is that the only way you judged of her A. Bubbles en the water, and the froth, and consi and the objects on land, { knew the boat stood om the hurricane deck when I observed the heat that 1 «poke of; I take the hurricane and prome to be the same; I was near the pilot house; there was covering about some part of it; I don't think there was any covering where I discovered the heat; the sun was partly clouded; I don’t think there was any covering or awning where | stood when | discovered the heat; it was after dinner; I think about 2 o’clock; I was there from ten to fifteen miautes. Q. Why did you stand there on such a hot day? A. I did not stand there, J walked about; I can’t account for this thing and that thing, or where I stood. Mr. Wheaton—Don’t be excited. Witness—I can’t help it—you must excuse me; it was awarm day. Q. There were other parts of the vessel not so hot as where you were standing? A. I was not stand.- ing in the heat the whole of the ten or fifteen minutes, I was om the hurricane deck; I didn’t stay long im the place where I discovered the heat, but I can’t tell how long, because | didn’t take eut my watch to time it to answer your questions; I can’t say how long1 was there, or that I was there more thana minute; | don’t think I wasat that hot place more than once; | said | discerned ihe | of the rapid motion of the boat until she sheared towar the Armenia; she had not got up with the Armenia when I tiret noticed her speed; she was from « quarter or ball a quarter of a mile astern of her; she steered towards the Armenia and it was some time before she overtook her; J can’t say how long; I did not say anything to Mr. Jes: sup before the vessels caine in contact sbont the speed, nor to any of the officers; it was on the vessel's coming in contact that the excitement commerced; | spoke to Mr. Jessup while the vessels were in actual contact as well as T can recollect; only spoke to him omce. (). You were net frightened yourself? A. I wasnot free of fright; I was not very much afraid. Q. Yeu spoke to Mr. Jessup in con sequence of the vessels coming in contact? A. I spoke to him about racing. Q. Did you speak to him in cense- quence of the vessels coming im contact? A. I did; I did met eive amy difference she left the Kingston deck from what it Croxs-examined by Mr. McMahon—I never saw Mr. Jes sup before that day that I know of; I did not know his mame when | went up to him; | could not tell the dre: wore on that day; my present memory ia that it wi dark dress. Q. Did he wear a cap ora hi A. ¥, pression is that when! saw him he didn’t wear kth when | addyersed the conversation to him he was in the captain’s office. Q. Since the day of that conversation haa your busi: been of such a na’ as to bring you in contact with a great many individuals? A. Yes, sir; since I have been in this court room I mean to swear that Mr. Jessup has not been pointed out to me; 1 mean im 4 that no person has told me that the gentleman I pointe out yesterday was Mr. Jessup. . Are you positive that this is the gentleman you saw in the captain's office? A. think Tam; i never saw any one so like him. Q. What makes you positive? A. 1 deseribed hia t the coroner, and his features are familiar ever since; that was fifteen months ago; his fea- tures ave like those that I described to the coroner; I may have looked at my evidence, before the coroner, in my own store; I did not look a; it jast before I came down here; it might be three ee ee (. How did you get off the versel--did you jump into the water or got forw: forward; 1 jumped off into the A. 1 wished I could water irom the stern of the vessel at the ladies saloon. Q. by Me. Dunving—Why did you jump off from the ern of the vessel? [Objected to and admitted} A. | jumped off to save myself and child; | threw my- welt child overboard, and we were caught by persons drowning; | Jost my ¢hild in the water mong the drowning persons, @. What became of your wife? A. My wife wus lost on hoard, Q What was your eovtition? Ls the Henry Clay; that he took tl York, and pe 1 in the cars just as Tum ou shore, and there saw the er. e Court said that the opi of the witness whether there was danger or not is not to come into the case. The jury are to determine on the facts whether there was danger or not. The triers are the persons to Upos: the facts which the witness may state. The evidense must be confined te what he saw, not his opinion. Q. Did you state whether you intended to come to New York inthe Armonia’ A. [ took tickets at Catskill to come to New York inthe Armonia. Q. How did you proceed from Kingston t+ Yonkers Mr. Jordan objected. He did not see any rin § for the prosecution being so thirsty for the bleod of hie client in this sad catastrophe; the portals of his wlip- yard are cloved up. He did not see why they should be led upon to argue these facts which had been so fre- Sheath ruled by the court. fed to prove by this wit- towards Mr. Mr. Hail stated what he expect: ness; and though he felt every consideration Colyer an indinidual, yet with respect to the portale of the shipyard being closed, it would be well if they were ae opened if they are to send raore Henry Clays on the waters. The question was admitted. ‘A. I took the ferry boat from Kingston to Yonkers and waited there two hours for the cars; while at Kingston I observed the Henry Clay; I saw her run upon the shore near the railroad track, about two miles from Sieg oe fire. Q, What was the condition of the engers at time? A. I+aw none ot board; I saw several in the water and on shore; I bought my ticket on shore, at Catskill, intend- ing to come on the Armenia to New York; when I wont en board the Armenia at Catskill the Heury Clay was wait- ing behind at a short distance; after wo left Catekili we proceeded dowm the river and the Clay came te dock; 1 then went on the promenade deck and seated my ladies there ; after whish I went down te the forward deck, and remained there till the boat reach- ¢d Bristol; at the time I loft my ladies, the Henry Clay was following us a mile astern; after we left Bristol went to see where the Henry Clay was; I found that she had not made the landing at Bristol, but was veey ‘abreast to us; her bow bout oppesite near], the si f our boat; as my wife bad requested me te re- turn to her if the day came near us (objected te) then went to the upper deck, whore I left my wife, soon found the Clay was coming nearer to us; wi to see which boat was coming to the other one, I through the saloon, and through the door at the ore part of the saloon, and took a rk on the shore; watshed the object, and found we were going direot- ly towards the object which was some three or four miles ahead of us; I found the boats were coming still closer together. @. Which bost was approaching the other? A. The Henry Clay was of course; we were going towards the object on shore, amd the pproaching us. I feund that the Armenia had lined @ little more tow- ards ae western shore of the river. (Objected to and ad- mitted. Witness continued—I found the Clay was still coming nearer to us, and had got up directly abreast to us; the two wheelhouses and paddle boxes ing opposite ours; we continued still towards the westerly shore, and I saw the Henry Clay’s fenders thrown out; she then hauled of a few feet from us; then she approached us again, and [ heard orders given’ to the passeagers on board of ‘her go to the other side of the boat; this raised her guard above that of the Armenia and at the samo time inclined her bow more towards us; she struck us just forward of the wheelhoure; I could hear the crash- ing of the wheelhowe, snd fer] the gating as they struck; the boats went along locked together for a few momenta, and I'then heard the Armenia blowing off steam, a the Armenia then stoped; the Clay proveeded ahead of‘us, and made the landing at Kingston first; we were about two miles from Kingston when the Armenia slowed; 1 noticed steam coming out of the steam pipe of the Henry Clay, soon after I first saw her, when she was coming alongside us; I observed that soon after the escape of steam from the steam pipe she would gain a little a us, then it would subside, and she would fall back a little. 4.—Did you hear anything said between the pilots or officers of the two boats? A —No, sir. Cross examined by Mr. Wheaton—Q.—How did you guage the increase of the speed of the Henry Clay w! you saw the excape of the steam? A.—By seeing her coming nearer to us; Idon’t know how long the steams lasted coming out of the steampipe when I saw ic first, afew seconds, perhaps; it was enly a few seconds ata time I observed the inerease of speed; I could not say how many times I saw the steam coming out of the ateampipe; it lasted about five minutes, at intervals of @ few seconds at a time; they were more than puffs; whem T observed the steam the velocity of the Henry Clay in- creased, and when the steam was not escaping she fell Cross-examined by Mr. Jordan—The boats were about half a mile below Bristol when they came abreast; the Armenia was headed down the river; I don’t know whether it was south or southeast; I had no compass with me; she was headed about down the middle of the river; I cannot tell how wide the river is oppositeriatol; Lhave often passed there since. I have no idea hew wide itis; I cannot say whether it is three miles, or more er less; the Armenia did not run across the Clay to get out into the middle of the river; the Clay was coming dewn directly about the middle of the river. Q. Don't you know that the cource of the river is such there that the Armenia must have crossed the bows of the Clay to get out in the middle of the river? A. I don’t know that she would orzot; I think the Armenia was about a couple of hundred yards from the Clay when the Clay's be ws lapped the atera of the Armenia. Q. If the Armenia was in the middie of the rivee earth be pore the Clay mast have been six hundred feet ay A. Yeu; if she kept the middle of the river she wou opposite the Kingston dock in the middle of the river; she jould steer slightly to the west to get to Kingstem dock, but not at that distance, which was eight miles above; the distance from Bristol to Kingston I should think is about ten miles; it was about eight miles above Kingston when they were in that con- dition I éexeribe, about two hundred yards apart; the Ar- menia began to sheer toward the west about six miles above Kingston, and continued to sheer to the west until the Clay ‘struck her; ske continued to sheer to the west about four miles; I don’t know oceasien’ the ‘Armenia lad to get out into the river; €8 not see her cross the Henry Clay towards the Bristol dook; 1 know there is such a place as Pivoli on the river; I don’t know how far it is below Bristol; I dou’t know whether it ia ove mile or ten below Bristol; know it when I see it passing im the cars; I don’t think that I should know it from the river; I don’t recollect running near any little village on the east shore; i don’t recollect a sloop that Ia of her; will not swear that the Clay was met the esst shore two miles after she swear thatthe Armenia was within of the east shore two miles after she left Bris- tol; cannot swear anything about the distance they were at any time trom the onst shore after they left Bristol, and before they got to Kingston. Henry Tebbard, extmined by Mr. Dunning, deposed 2 renide in Spring street, New York, at present; I have re- sided in New York from eighteen to twenty years contina- ously; I am asilversmith; | have run an engine; I was om board the Henry Clay the dey she was destroyed; came on board at Catekill; my wife and son, « child abouteight years old then, were with me; I continued on board umtié whe was destroyed. Q. While on the passage down, can on tell us whether steam was blown off at any of the landings? A. I think steam was blown off at one point on the west side, the first landing above Newburg; it was merely « puff; it was_not blown off y other landing; my attention was directed to the safety valve on our course down; I wax on the promenade deck the greater part of the day, walking t fro near tie pilot house; I dis- covered that a rope about sn inch thick was passed over the safety valve lever; that rope led to a frame work at- tached to the boat at the rear, immedia the stove pipe; as @ matter gf knowl swear now where it led; the Trame should suppose, to elevate the valr e was weighted, or tl weight of the valve was om the extreme end of the level; it had a of some fifteen to twenty pounds, and it was at extreme end of the lever of the safety valve; the rope was between the weight ani the valve; the length of the lever was about three feet; the distance between the safety valve and the weight was about three feet; I should think the rope touched the weight. Q. After the boat struck the shore at Yonkers, wae your attention called as to the excape of steam? A. I called for assistance, as I was injured, to be ear- ried away from the wreck; | noticed there was no steam excaping—not until I got,” perhaps, some 200 yards from the burning boat; | was laying on the east side of the rail- road track, and after being there sone eight or ten minutes she first blew off her steam: my attention was directed te this at the time; my attention was drawn to the fact of her not blowing off her steam immediately after I | off the boat. Q. Why your attention directed to that? [Oe- jected to. Mr. Dunning expected to prove that there was ne es- wept steam until the rope was burned off. (Question Admitted. } Witness continued—To the best of my judgment the rope was there for the purpose of keeping down the valve; I could see no other reason; there was no other reason, Q. Why was your attention directed to the fact that no steam escaped until after you got on shore? A. 1 was fearful, sit, of losing my life, im con- Kequence of an explesion, Lag} the safety. valve was closed; 1 had been in the aif Clay about two week’s previous; when Fwent up to Catskill; not on any other occasion; I knew two of the officers; | spoke to ir. Tallman and Mr. Jessup on our way up; they were on beat on the 28th; Capt. Tallman did net do anything; lie appeared to be very fll; [raw him twice, once in state room, and once on the Promenade deck in the after part of the boat; I raw him leaning over the railings; I did not see him near the pilot house; | spoke to him om the promenade deck soon n{ter the collision, Q. Did you see Mr. Collyer that day? A. I don’t know Mer. Collyer; @ gentleman was pointed out to me ia court ae Mr, Collyer; I saw him en board the boat that day; I aia him do anything else except being out and im of the wheelhouse; he wns sj ing to the man at the but what he said [don’t know; I presumed that the pilot; it is impossible to tell how often I saw him and out of the wheelhouse; I sat there el sats part of the time, and saw him constantly go i out of the wheelhouse: I saw the Armenia; I can’t say where she was at this time; 1 saw Mr. Collyer uses epyglass; he was looking towards the Armenia. Q. Was there anything in his manner? A. He was fly- ing about pretty quick. (Objected to.) Jud, tate CoS se ‘ fon ith A. Tt was a very frequent occurrence for this gentleman to pase w in frout of ‘the pilet house and go in; there wasn lor from the promenade deck to the pilot house and he got up by that. Q. Was there anything else in his conduct that you eb- werved ¢ ‘A. think he was the geatleman that tolt us to goat, atioy She dee ogtecet, wy atintion awa. agt diceatod ab a