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be all the Bt ha E E plause.) One venerable said, “I never mind it is i : F Fy g ra & s 8 uf Hf EE ie tes topic being fully there was a deliverance, upon which all the three hundred unanimonsly concurred. Here they are:— 1, To what extent are we authorised by the Word of ‘God to expect the conversion of the world to Christ? ‘Resolved, That without entering jnto any definition in eee Cee simple, lt, the emphatic declaration of God’s inspir word, that ‘men shall be blessed in him”’ (Jesus Christ;) ‘all nations shall call him blessed; yea, that ‘‘the ‘whole earth shall be filled with his glory.” 2. What are the divinely-appointed and most efficient means of extending the gospel to all men? Resoived, As the general sense of this Convention, that the chief means of Divine appointment for the lization of the world, are—The faithful teaching ching of the pare goapet of salvation, by daly d ministers and other holy and consistent dis- Christ, accompanied with prayer, end savingly spplied by the 3 of the Holy Spirit— such means, in the provident pplication of them by human ageney, embracing not merely instruction by the living voice, but the translation and judicious circulation of the whole written word of God—the preperation and Girculation of evangelical tracts and bi aa well as ang other instrumentalities fitted: to bring the saving truths of God’s Word home to men’s souls, together with any processes which experience may have sanctioned as the most efficient in raising up everywhere native ministers and teachers of the living gospel. 3. Is it best to concentrate laborers in the foreign field, or to scatter them? Resolyed, That while this convention fully accord in the propriety and desirableness of diffusing a knowledge of the gospel, as far as circumstances admit, a providence of God may indicate, by means of a duly qualified and unrestrained itinerancy—they yet fully accord in the pro- and desirableness of seizing on eet com- manding stations, more espec'ally in countries where hereditary concentrated systems of error have long pre- vailed, and there concentrating a powerful agency, fitted by harmonious co-operation to carry on the different de- ents of the missionary enterprise in such a way as to constitute them, by God's blessing, emanative sources of evangelizing aswell as the most efficient means of perpetuating the gospel in purity to carota Arteries 4, Inview of the great extent of the heathen world, and the degree to which it is opened, 1s it expedient for different missionary boards to plant stations on the same That considesing jhe vast extent of the yet unevangelized world of heathonism, and the limited means of evangelization at the disposal of any of the existing evangelical churches or societies, it would bo desirable that, With the exception of great centros yaclvan ihe capitals of power ms, an efficient occupation of any particular portion of the heathen Hela, by any evangelical church or society, should be respected by others, and left in their undisturbed pos- nession,—at the same time acknowledging, with thank- fulness to God, that heretofore there has beon practically #0 little interference with each other’s fields of labor. 6, How may the number of qualified laborers for the evangelization of the worl be multiplied and best pre- ? That in the absence of sufficient data to give nce on the subject, this Convention che- conviction that, in order to the multiplica- ble agents for’ the heathen mission field, gospel must strive more vividly to rea: lise in their own souls the paramount grandeur of the missionary enterprise in its relation to the glory of Cod, as manifested in the design and coi Whole redemptive economy, and.as tue divinely appointed and divincly-commanded instrumentality for the reyene- ration of the lost and perishing in every land, and thon strive habitually, through prayer to the Lord of the har- vest, who alone can truly raise up and send forth labor- ers,as alco through their public and private ministra- tions, to stamp similarly vivid impressions on the minds of Church members, and especially Christian parents, Sabbath school and other Christian teachers, who may have it in their pendence on G ory of the work of the world’s evangelization, and be fea %o consider personal dedication to, the work a8 the host of duties and noblest of privileges. Moreover, sie ter tha due properstica of cundidaten for the foreh field, it were very desirable that provision were made our theological seminaries gencrally, for bringing the na- ture, history, and obligations of the missionary enterprise before the mings of the students, or what may be briefly ted a course of evangeliatic theology. 6. Is it expedient to hold meeting a1 ? Convention similar to this will meet s isting of gentlemen of New Yo representing the various evangelical churches, be appointed to make the necessary arrangements, un that the chairman appoint that committee. These were but preliminary topics ; others were in store, but could not be reached for want of time. ‘The mecting was so blessed, that’ every one said,— “We must have a meeting of the same kind next year—why should we not all be as one in od a common enemy?” And so it was resolved that a similar meeting, with a similar object, should be held at New York, in May next year. One other Bubject before I conclude. It was with something like fear and trembling that,at the outset of my visita. tion, allusion was ing between that country and our own. I knew there been sores and exasperations on both sides, and it is there as itis in this country. I hold that the predominant element yonder is a noble Christian element, and is every year becoming more so. And we know that is the predominant element in Great Britain too. Surely, should not “like draw to like?” And by drawing closer the bond in regard tothe great things in which we agree, is the only Way to come to an agreement on the small points on which we differ, not all standing aloof till some thread or patch is removed which some one does not like. Another says, Ah, but I like it,” and they get angry with each other. But it is by meet- ing together on those great sigs upon which we are agreed that we shall get rit gt ery Carpisnse.) it was when a feelin, of kind was ig experienced that I, feeling ‘was at home,and among a generous people, ven- tured to say, “Old sores should be old sorea, and wer to train up the young in simple de- as this anou- xasperations should be past. The men in | past ¢ America who fought the battles of independence have gone to their graves; and we in Britain are not responsible for what our fathers did, unless we take them up and defend them. You are one with us— we are ready to forgive and to forget.” Expression ‘was also giver: to the sentiment that ‘Great Britain and America are like mother and danghter, and that substantially they have in their hands, in the marvellous providence of God, the dostinios of the nations of the world; and surely this is not a time to fall out by the way at such a crisis in the world’s history as the present.” No sentiment was uttered throughout the States to which amore thorough mse was given than to this sentiment. Taaon this gide of the water, the real British heart will, 1 am sure, re-echo the sentiment back again to the American shore. (Cheera.) 1 found that this was no paasing, ephemeral Feeling, bat that the really Christian-hearted men in the States have long been thinking that they ought to draw closer to Britain, and that both would be better for it. Of taunting each penesreat social evils. Instead ir d getting an, let us set about their coreze, 92 Several ways, and in forms adapted to di pe ova nationalities. Iam satisfied that there is risiny®S in America a spirit of a high and noble kind, which will ere long work out the solution of certain great social problems, which have bitherto battled the wisest, both there and bere. (Cheers.) I say that, and if there were time I would exemplify it. “ But found that this sentiment of the necessity of a closer union between that new country and the old country ‘was really @ popular sentiment geen! Agge wise aud the good in America. They wri of the “glorious, fost-auchored isle”—a fine expression, indiceog a heartiness of gaad wil is country. i found the generousfearted Americans have something ike a prie in looking back on the old country. It cheeres one to find this everywhere, And should we, thet, Dot come to understand each other better, 4 vve each other more? In Canada, too, I was deli hted to find that there was a Veg oe | feeling ofoyalty the most intense. I bell this moment with the sway of Queen Victoria, than the natives of Canada. (Cheers.) And yet, at the same time, there is a growing feeling of ‘kindliness towa'ds the great people of the United States; whils, on their reel that feeling ia generously re- ciprcated; ond both concur, on great, broad, com- mor grevnds, in aio me fa across the Atlan- “tie-o their common fatherland. “To prove that this isto ephemeral feeling in the States, [ find that one o their own most successful poets has taken it up, ad embodied it in immortal song; and when a popu- ar Iyric poet takes nna aentiment of thts kind, it slows bunt ue kuows there is g chord in the geural influence to the surrounding multitudes, | jummation of the | ’s blessing, to realize the magnitude and | le to the existing state of feel- | of these threads | and speak | that | leve there is not a | yeople inthe globe more thoroughly contented at | “We are one.” One, indeed, we are—the Christian of America—one not only in blood, but one , one in literature, and, what is beat of all, one in religion, having a common faith and a common Christianity. (Cheers.) If, then, the United States of America and Great Britain be faithful to one another, and stand side by side in this egg crisis of the nations, and shoulder to shoulder, march forth into the battle field of the world, they may een ht arm of the Omnipo- tent, confront en on the face of the earth, whether physical or spiritual, and in the end be gloriously victorious over them all. (Applause. That these may be the blessed results d, will, I venfure to say, be the fervent prayer of this Church. There a right principle in it, and the time is coming, not for disunion, but for absolute union. Then, indeed, we shall have Great Britain on the one hand, and these mighty States on the other, constituting a new union, not the United States of America, but the United States of the World. (Applause.) Then let us arise and do our share—let us, the members of the Free Church, do our best. I venture to say, for it is a fact, that there are no people more welcome to Ame- rica—I found that everywhere—than the Scotch peoples Lewy they know far more about Scot- than, believe, thousands in Scotland know about themselves. Yes, Scotland has exer- cised an influence over the orthodox religion of tho States, which eternity alone will show. The very stanchieness and stiff of some in standing out for little points—even that was overruled, for stemming the torrents past into some boundless ocean of error or indifferentism. One of = iyainera en ar in _ tates even now not ut the uine old Scotch version of the Psalms of David. The very stiffness of the Scotch on these and other joints, have been now clearly overraled for good to e cause of Christ; and now that the tide is fairly turned in favor of orthodoxy, there is no danger of being carried ene Ye the flood of indifferentism. In Philad :Iphia I [d not help being taken aback by the discourse of a venerated minister, at the opening of his new church, Rev. Mr. Wylie. The Beane SEs rocaaen poriased of pari ee! ace counts o a of our patriot martyred fo: fathers, eee ort moors and mountain sol tudes of our native land, down to the times of the Free Church. It was very striking. And the seminary of Princeton—that is, the college for theological education, with which Scotchmen and men. of Scotch descent have had so much to do— what a work it has done in upholding the sound- ness of the faith! We have the old Alexan- derg, and Millers, and others before them who are ‘one; but we still have the Hodges, and the youn, lexanders, and others. They are indeed very pil- | inrs of the faith. It was to me really refreshing to hear a large class addressed by that noble champion of our common faith, Dr. Hodge; and on such a sub- ject, too, as that of original sin, in which Calvinism. or rather Paulism, was so searchingly expounded and triumphantly vindicated. It was also very re- freshing to find at Boston that Unitarianism’ has some time ago not only reached its climax, but assed it, and is now going down the hill. This is the fate which must attend all the other ‘‘isms,” of whatever kind, and then the better part will be left behind. I was also much delighted to see that a number of the principal citizens of Boston are now asking the way to this true old Zion, with their | faces thitherward. Let us thank God for all this, and let us also arise and do our part. Others are rears, a us,and expecting us to set an example. And why should we not do so? Ours has been a | highly favored land from time immemorial down- { wards. We have been privileged to contend for | the great doctrines of the heacanie of Christ; and surely it will not do for us | to deal with this as a mere abstract dogma, and make it have the appearance of a fascinating spell, | like the brazen serpents of the Israelites, or the ark of the covenant, turned to superstitous uses,—look- ing to this alone, asif this, absolutely and by itself, could save us. If we do so, God will cast us from Him. If we, asthe church of so many and unprece- dented favours, do not act up to our duties in this | respect, God may refuse our lame and inadequate offering, as He refused the offering of the Israelites of old, and smite us with some ents, and ayo us, “Twill raise up another nation, to whom { will give the honor of evangelizing the world.” (Hear, hear.) It shall be evangelized; but it may not be through you, unless Sie arise speedily to the | right discharge of unparalelled obligations. ‘Let us | arise, then, and tarry not in slow delays. Surely | the present crisis is constraining us to arise, and | that with our whole heart. Surely it looks as if, in response to the sighing,of the whole creation groan- ing in uneasiness and pain through long by gone ages, for the times of the restitution of all things— surel; , in answer to the plaintive cry of the myriad | martyrs from under the altar, who age after age have | been uttering their longing cry, ‘How long,O Lord, how long ?” He whois seated on the throne on high | is now indicating Lae ordinary signs that He is to | arise and assume it power, and to manifest | ing and Governor amon; the nations. Surely, in the language of one of old, the great Messiah is about to come fort from his royal chamber—about to put on the visible robes of his imperial Majesty, and to take up the unlimited sceptre which ‘ather has bequeathed to Him. Even now, in the ear of faith, and almost in the ear | of sense, we may hear the distant noise of the cha- riot wheels of the mighty Saviour King, coming , forth conquering and to conquer, amid the shaking of the nations from pole to pole. Every nation has of late been upheaving from its ancient settled foundations; and there will be Ee, Kinsol upheaving still, and that right epeedily—all preparing the | way for the new heaven and the new earth, in which righteousness will for ever dwell. And in the midst of these grand, glorious, and consum- | mating scenes, shall we fritter away our engergies ‘on endless, petty, paltry questions, not fit to be en- | tertained by men of sense even, not to speak of men | of large Christian understandings, and atill larger Christian hearts? (Hear, hear.) The time is coming, and is at hand, when we shall look back and be ashamed at wasting so much precious | time, sound strength, sound thought, sound feelings, sound energy, upon questions which, even if they were solved, would be but so many paltry littie- | nesses in comparison with the mighter questions that bear directly on the establishment of the Sa- viour’s kingdom over the subjugated nations—ques- | tions, too, many of which God in his providence will soon solve and settle for us, if we only wait for it. | Cilear.) Let us then arise, with one heart and one | soul, and in unison with the whole Christian men in America, in Canada, in England, in Geneva, and the | Continent; let us pray that we may be melted and | fused into one living, burning, glow’ 1g mass, and go forth as ‘‘Jehovah’s sacramental host,” carrying for- ward the standard of the Great Messiah from one Himself as really | battle field to another, and unfarling His glorious banner, in the assurance that the standard shall no} be taken down ‘ain, nor the banner of victor, furled, until it is ‘Sond waving upon the citadel ot the last of the rebel nations now préstrate at His | feet. (Applause.) Ah, then, let us not only pray, but labor with intense, all-consuming devobeiness for the speedy coming of the time when Ove song employs all nations; and all c1 Worthy the Tata, for be was slain for ww’ ‘The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other; and the mountain tops, Yrom different mountains, catch the flying joy; Till nation after nation taught the strain,— Eayth roils the rapturous hosapnah r+ und. | —Amen, Lord Jesus, come speedily, amen and amet. <The reverend Doctor sat down amidst pro- | tracted opplie- having spoken almost four hours.) | Pr. eT ect er had'réee_ that their illustrious | lantic voyage 1a onch admiraffl. from his trans-At- | auch indomitable energy, and with*th, and with | votedness to his Master's work. He regré\tire de- | the Kaffiarian Mission had not been sufficiently | considered by this Church on this occasion. The | zeal and labors of their missionaries in Kaffrariw | Were beyond all — and he hoped it would, on some other occasion, oeoupy @ much more promi- | nent place in the deliberations of this Assembly. | , Dr. Dove aga rose and said, that soon after he | had arrived in New York he had received a letter | from one of those noble-minded Christians to whoin he had phe phate re wuisolicited and unsuggested | by him,on EY sig Sok ‘ich he found bills to the amount | of £500, which were to be “ppropriated to the mis- | sion ‘aepotsr in Calcutta. He showed the note to | another genticman, who spontaneously gave an ojnal sum. Dr. Duff had nowhere plead for money. But of | their own free will these generons hearted Christians in New York and Philadelphia were resolved that he would not leave their shores without some sul. | stantial acknowledgment of what they were pleased , to regard as services rendered to the cause of Christ | among them. And so, on leaving New York, where | hundreds met in church to commend him in prayer | | to a gracious God, and from the church accompanied | him to the ship, a letter was put into his hand wh contained the snm of £3,000 for mission aildings ia | Bengal, coupled with something like an assurance | ) that this would not be the last. (Cheers.) He might | atso refer to the cfurtz which L Cads ia Chscuw which hl ‘ were making during lig wbseage as worthy of all events of this and the following week. To-morrow, the races commence over the Union Course, and judging from the number of good horses already on the island, there is promise of very fine sport. The entries for the first day’a race close to-night at La- fayette Hall, Broadway, and the names of the com- petitors will appear in to-morrow’s Herap. There will be two races each day. Tue Nationa, Covaez, L. 1—This new race course is now completed, and ready for the sports of this day week. It was visited yesterday by great numbers, who were astonished at its splendid ap- pearance, beautiful location, easy mode of access, and the celerity with which it was constructed, throngh the energy and perseverance of the gentle- men who were engaged in the undertaking. It is, in fact, the finest race course in the world, and has pro- bably cost more money ; and on its success depends the future prosperity of its proprietors. The liberal purses offered for competition by the proprietors to insure success to the enterprise, has brought together nearly all the celebrities of th> United States and the Canadas. The influx of sport- ing men consequent upon the races, each followin his favorite stable, has filled our hotels to overfiow ing, and caused such an excitement among hote keepers that several have determined to give purses in addition to those given by the proprictors of the National Course—among which are the St. Nicholas, the Irving, the Howard, the Metropolitan, and the Astor. But after all the splendid arrangements and costly preparations for fine racing, the question arises, will it find that snpport from the community it so richly merits? This isa question that time can only de monstrate, yet itis reasonable to conjecture that it will among a population numbering a million. It is trae that several years have clapsed since the sports of the turf have received any attention in New York; yet this is known to have originated more in the stringency of our laws in regard to such matters, than to a want of feeling of liberality in the people. But this barrier has been removed by an act of the Legislature of the State of New York, granting to W. W. Boyden & Co. a charter for the forming of an association for the improvement of the breed of horses; and we doubt not the spirit and energy with which those gentlemen have entered into the business will restore it to its original elevation. And not only is the National Course intended as a place on which to test the speed and durability of race horses, but it is designed for the exhibition, annually, of horses of every description, to which will be awarded libe- ral premiums, thereby encouraging the improvement of the draught and saddle horse as well as the racer. The first exhibition will take place in September, when prizes to the amount of $2,000 will be awarded. “This is a feature in the arrangement that gives it additional claims upon the public, and one, too, that cannot be disregarded. Our advertising columns, under the Turf heading, contain details of what may he expected, A trotting match for $1,000, two mile heats, in harness, comes off this afternoon at the Centreville Course, between Whalebone and Don. These horses are well known to be fast and durable, and a good race may be anticipated. The Centreville Course is now the only one we have adapted to trotting in this ) acted with great prudence and moderation. The of Missouri are firm) Important from the West. OUR @T. LOUIB CORRESPONDENCE. Sr. Lours, June 13, 1854. Organizations for Emigration to Ka Import- ent Meeting in Missour:—Opposition of the Abolition Fanaties of the North and East. Fsend you the resolutions of two public meetings recently held on our border—the first at Westport, e little below the mouth of the Kansas river, and the second at Ludependence, the county seat of Jack- son. These resolutions are only the reaponse to those of the abolitionists of the North, headed by Parker, Greeley & Co. If those desperate and un- Principled fanatics had remained silent, nothing would have been done by the people of Missouri. Even now, after having been threatened and insulted by propositions to organize bands of abolitionists to take possession of the two Terrritories and drive out the emigrants from the slave States and rob them of | their property, they nevertheless distinguish be- tween the Northern people and Northern disunion- iste. They invite good men from all the States to unite with them in building up a new State on just principles, and in good faith. Under all the circumstances, I think they have abolitionists must, however, not imagine that calm- ness and prudence is pusillauimity. ‘They will find themselves sorely mistaken if they do. The people resolved that no harbor for fugitive slaves aud Kfdnappers shall be opened on their western border, and those who adventure the attempt to create one, do s0 at the hazard of their lives, I say this not in the spirit of bravado, but because it is best for all parties that they should ae in advance the consequences of certain lines of action, The resolutions were plone by the people unan- imously, and were in the following worts—- The Westport resolutions are as follows:— Having recently received intelligence of the passage of a bill by Congress, for the orgvnization of the Terc of Kansos and Nebraska, repealing the Missouri r ic tion and opening said Territories for settlement, equal toall the people of the Untoa; and feeling a doap an lively interest, especially in the speedy occupation of our border Territory of Kansas, and the organization of a government in it, and the passage of laws which shall protect emigrants {rom every portion of the country in the possession and evjoyment of their property, of what- ever character; and baving heard, through the public Ravers, that organizations are now on foot in somo of the orthern States, having for their object the colonization of the new Territories exclusively with Fastern and fo- reign Rinvers, with a view direet to exclude and doter from the said Territories emigration from the Southern States, and more particularly slave emigration from Missouri and Arkansas; and having also heard of a re- cent attempt of a gang of freesoilers who held a meeting within this Territory, and audaciously resolved that no slave property should be brought into the same; and be- ing ourselves, many of us, determined to soek in Kansas our future homes, 2nd to carry with us our property of every description which we think proper; and being’ de- termined to hold and enjoy the same, in peace or by fores, we hereby organize ourselves into's society of Mis- sourians, for mutual protection; and 1. Resolved, That we invite all well disposed citizens, from wherever they may come, but more especially our feliow-citizens of the slayeholding States, to unite with us. 2. Resolved, That we will afford to each other mutual protection in claiming and holding lands in Kansas Ter- Titory; that we will not encroach upon the claims and | rights of each other, nor will we allow any intruders to | do the same; that until the country is surveyed, no claim shall be made nearer to any other than half a mile, se- curing to each settler a quarter section of land; and that we will protect and defend the claim of each and every individual of this organization, which may be staked oi and designated by the claimant in good faith, and with view to actual settlement. 8. Resolved, That we will carry with us into the new Territory of Kansas every species of property, including slaves, and that we will hold and enjoy the same; that we desire to do £0 peacefully, and deprecate any neces- sity for resorting to violence in support of our just and lawful rights; yet, (in no spirit of bravado, and with the strongest wish’ for peace,) apprehensive of interference with our privateland domestic concerns, by certain or- ganized bands who are to be precipitated upon us, we no- tif y all such that our purposo is firm, to enjoy all our rights, and to meet with the last argument all who shail, in any way, infringe upen them, 4. Ri , That we recommend to our fellow citi- zens of Missouri and Arkansag—more especially of the border countier—to organize, with these ends in view ; end to cach and every man who feels an interest in the destiny of the future State of Kansns, to be on the alert, that we may avail ourselves of the great advantages Which the contiguity of the new Territory at once gives to us, and entitles us, in moulding the government and institutions of the future State, in accordance with those of our own, and thus guarantee for the future a good neighbor and a firm friend, wnited to us by the bond of interest. 6. Resolved, That the thanks of are due, and are hereby most heartily tender- ed to all those’ Sonators and Representatives in Congress who, in the arduous struggles which this meeting vicinity, and a capital one it is, too; the very best n the country. It must, from the nature of things, do a good business this season. The proprietor, with the view of inducing match making, has decid- ed to give two-thirds of the proceeds of the Course to the winning horses in all trotting matches. Jack Walters, (better known as Prince’s colt,) and Lady Brooks have been matched—stake $2,000, distance, two mile heats—the race to come off a the 18th of July. Surrork Course, L. I.—TrormnG, June 15.—Purse $1i, one mile and repeat, in harness. Wm. Gardiner entered s. m. Nip and Frizzle.. 8. Rogers entered of Rodolph... A. Townsends enter: ir. m. Cerito J. Vail entered b. m. Little Doll. ‘Time, 3:05—3:00, Samm Day—Purse $10, one mile and repeat, in harness, for 5 year olds and un E. Place entered ch. h. Reesid A. Vail entered g. m. Eanny G: H. Dennis entered b. m. Oswego 8. Jones entered >. g. Almack.. Time, 2:16—3:11. Supreme Court—In_ Chambers. Before Hon. Judge Roosevelt. THE STREET CLEANING CONTRACT. } Bernard McCafferty against George G. Glasier Superintendent of Streets and Lamps, the Mayor, Aldermen, §c., of New York—Mr. Sandford ap: peared on behalf of plaintiff, who has obtaiacd 4 temporary Injunction against the Superintendent of Streets and Lamps, restraining him from eatering into any contract with certain parties for cleaning the first, second, third or fourth districts of the city. The grounds upon which the injunction was obtained were those stated at length in McCafierty’s communication, already published in the procecd- ings of the Board of Aldermen, namely: that he had fendered a contract for each of those wards for a lesser sum than the parties to whom Mr. Glasier had awarded the contract, and that the plaintiff was entitled to the contract, he being the lowest bidder. Mr. R. J. Dillon, Corporation Counsel, appeared to show cause why the injunction sould not be made i en The defendant, Glazier, adinits that the bids made by the plaintiff are correctly stated; but he avers that there were various bids made for the contracts that are not set forth in tie complaint. Mr. Glasier denies all the allegations of the plaintiff relative to the awarding of the con- tracts, and the conversations with McCafferty; he admits that the plaintiff was the lowest bidder for the third ward, and would have heen entitled to the contract if he had not failed to com ly with the rovisions of the amended charter; that in awar.- ing the contract for the first ward, the plaintiff did not attend at the Commissioner's office, and it was accordingly given to the next lowest bidder; that the contracts for the second, third and fourth wards were given to the lowest bidders who appeared, and were willing to accept, and that they were the only persons entitled under the charter. The Court reserved decision. Supreme Court—Special Term. Before Hon. Judge Roosevelt. DECISIONS. JUNE 17.—Pearce de. ve. Beach dc.—Application for injunction and receiver.—The assigumont in this case, it is conceded, was not void on its face. Its invalidity ix argued from oireumstances, the principal of which are the insolvency anc position of the selected assignecs. Both were clerks of tho failing house, and both were men of very limited means, one being embarrassed by an antecedent’ failure of his own. ‘The answer, however, and I think it sufficient, to these objections, which, Prima facie might indieave fraud, is that, although clerks, the chosen assignees were men of mature years, of an unimpeachable integrity and business capacity, por: fectly nequainted with the character of the property as- $aHed, and such as the creditors themselves woul! pro- probaiiie selected, (ns is evinced by their subsequent ap- though the aia, they been previously consuited. Al- nearly $500,000, ¢hgount nominally to the largo sum of in them expres no wish fdyesjority of those interested but on the contrary, strongly urgue? 1” the trusteeship, asit is. Under these circumstances, thit’ ould re ger to the fund, and no sufficient ground, after tn. 2: Plonations which have been given, to impeach the good faith of the assignment, the injunction must be dissoire and the receiversh@p denied. itis proper that I shoul add that the supposed necessity of waiting six montha to | divide the assets is an error, and that strivation may, and in the present state of moneyed affairs ougit to be, fomediately made. An early dividend, although pos. sibly not quite so large, ts more important than a alight inereage to reault from Frotvacted nursing. The Seatcard and Roanoke Railroad Company vs. Wn. Ward —The question whether the pluintiy attor a coupter claim has boen interposed, can discontinve with out the consent of the defendant, is not without dilfioul- ty; and to render the practice uniform should be passod upon at General Term. I shall, therefore, deny the fendant’s motion, pro forma, and leave him to appoal, Without giving security and without costs. ms We learn by the Northern /slander (Mormon) that Lieut. witl Reynolds, with six boats and a Gne party of men has ar. rived at Penvex Island, to commence n tooaces nhtaat an | they will assert at all hazards. Weed ghee satus of Lane ticnigan. kuey wave esus- e 1 4 {heir camp at Hog Istaud. bas s0 triumphantly closed by the passage of tho Kansea and Nebraska bill, so faith*ally and gallantly adhered to the great principle of popular sovereignty ia the Territories and States, and who, by their affirmative votes upon the passage of the Dill,’ sustained. the only true constitutional doctrine, against the interference of Congress, in moulding or altering the institutions of States; and who, by their instrumentality in this triumph of popular sovereignty, wi'l forever endear them to the country, as having removed the last pretext for abolition agitation in Congress. The Independence resolutions are as follows:— 1. Resolved, That we, tho citizens of Jackson county, in mass meeting assembled, do horeby endorse, re-affirm, and proclaim the justice and policy of the action and re- solves of a portion of our fellow-citizens, who recently convened at Westport, in this county; and that, in order to effectuate and carry out the object of that meeting, to secure and guaratee the rights of Southern emigraats to the Territory of Kansas, that the chairman of this meet- ing do appoint a Committee of Vigilance, whose duty it shall be to acquire full and reliable information of the progress of settlement in the now Territory of Kansas, and of any infringement, or danger of infringement, upon the rights of Southern settlers, and to take proper steps to prevent and resist the same. 2. Resolved, That a Committee of Correspondence be also appointed, whose duty it shall be to embody, in the form of an address, all useful information concerning the advantages, situation, production, &., of the Terri- tory of Kanzas, to be circulated among ‘citizens of our own and other Southern States; and further, to corres. pond freely by letter, with all persons of these States who may be desirous of information upon this subject. 8. Resolved, That we further most earnestly call upon our fellow citizens of Buchanan, Platte, Clay, and all border and western counties of Missouri, to mect and organize, and to follow up. their orgauization by action, that we may meet and repel ihe wave of fanaticism which threatens to break upon our border, and that we pledge ourselves to co-operate with them in all necessary measures for our common protection. 4. Resolved, That we recommend to all our fellow citi- zen who have a will to remove to Kansas, and to all others who feel with them a common interest iu the pro- tection of their rights and property, to meet in gencral convention at Fort Leavenworth, or some other suitable place in the Territory, and to arrange for their mutual and common protection, egainst all interference with their rights, 5, Resolved, That as Missourians and Southerners, while we have not, during the pendency of the recent eat struggle in Congress, econ proper to disturb their dcliberations, or to operate upon their hepes and fears by any outside inffucncos, but have beon willing to leave the great iesue presented by the Kansas bill to be deciied by the wisdom and patriotism of Congress; yet we have felt at all times a deep and vital concern in the triuinph of the great principle of popular sovereignty, upon which that bill was baeed; and now that, by the patriotic, energetic, and determined support of its friends it has pasted, we, in the name of the popular majesty of Jack- son county, express onr thanks and gratitude to every Seuator and Representative in Congress, who, vy his sup yort of this measure, aided and sustained the rights of the people against the dictation of Congress, and espe- claily Co we appreciate, as Missourians, the distinguish ed rerviocs of all our immediate Representatives who gave their support to this bill, and hereby tender our warmost thanks to the Hon. David R. Atehison, Hon. Henry 8. Geyer, Jokn 8. Phelps, James G. Lindley, A. W. Lemb, Joon @, Miller, Samuel Caruthers, and Mordeoai Olivor, for their united and eifective support of the Nebraska: Mangas bill. 6, Regolved further, That those proceedings be pub ished in all the papers in Missouri, and other States friendly to the same. Respectfully. {From the St, Louis Republican, Juno 14.) KANSAS TERRITORY. We published yesterday the leading resolations of two meetings, held last week in Jackson county, ia this State, on the Pint of migrate to, and set- tlement in, the new Territory of Kansas. There is no mistaking the character of those resolutions, and those who kuow the people who were instramental in passing them, will hardly doubt that they mean precisely what they say. io body of the people of Jackeon county are substantial, thrifty, enter- prising men, who, while they protect their own rights, will not infringe those of other people. But they have heard so much withia the last eix months of the organization of associations in New England and the non-slaveholding States, to invade the Ter- ritories of Kansas and Nebraska, end take up all | the good lands; vat have heen so often threatened with irruptions of Ggrmans, and of anti-lavery f natics from the Nortfiern States, they have been <0 often told that, come what might, plavery should | never he introduced tito that "Territory, that tley are determined to meet the issue at once and open- ye They bave as much right to go upon Kans erritory with their slaves and other proper any fanatical son of New England, and thls right | Their resolations are calm but firm, and if the Massachusetts Hmi- grating Association propose to cover Kansas with | the claims of their emigrants, it wonld be jast as well for them to observe the ritles adopted by the | Jackson county meetings. They are easily wnder- | stood, and no one will pretend that they are either bareh or unreasonable. The Territory of Kansas is destined to be popu- lated rapidly, as soon as the Indian title can be ex- tinguished, surveys made, nud land offices opened. We hope to eee it settiod quietly, and without strife. | If Lundredg of thonsands of people should go there, it will Ke all the better for ns Phey mect wat the'e Suppies FUME Ue, aud We Cau (Hime wueul cnesper | and better than any other city. But they wil havo ion | in his own mind that it wae recognized 1 excitement, in will quietly take posses- sion of the land, and cultivate it to the best advan- tage, without interfering with the affairs or the rights of their neighbors. and out of it, if the (From the Cincinnati Columbian, June 16. Information having been given to United States Deputy Marshal Thayer, that a gang of fugitive slaves were secreted in the woods on Lick Run, he procured the services of deputy city Marshals Lee and Worley, and Sheriff Ward, of Covington, Ken- tucky, and on Wednesday night, caught nine negroes in a stable, about a mile i a the asylum, and brought them to the city. the company Were four men, two women and three children; they were all arrested under a warrant issued by United States Commissioner John L. Pendery, upon the oath of William Walton, of Boone county, Ken- tucky, who claims four of them. The negroes all carried bundles, and were apparently much travel worn and ed. They had been taken to the stable where they were found, by a mulatto, who afterwards gave information to the officers. On being brought to the cit; they were locked up in the watchhonse cells during the night. Yesterday morning they were taken out, placed in an omnibus belonging to the Covington and Lex- 2 z 58 i= 3 i z 4 4. i her, and is yet. Cross-examination—I did not see him after he left my house, which was about dinner time; he came to my house teqnentty, when his master and my- self exchanged work; he came to house with master’s cousent; I don’t know whether his master gave consent at other times, I first heard at my house, four miles west of Bar- lington, Ky., from Mr. Cyrus Riddle, that the ne- groes were in a stable back of this city. We were to meet some persons at the ee House who would show us the place; some of resided in Covington, and some in Boon county. Mr. Eleridge, of Covington, irene to ie county wordof the slaves being in the stable, my son swore out the first warrant in this case. A party went before those with whom I was, and when we came to where their horses were tied up ington Railroad line, and conveyed under guard of @ posse of our municipal police to an unoccapied room in the third story of the old Court House build- ing, in Court street, near Main, where United States Con:nissioner Pendery proposed to try the case. The negroes were handcuffed, but seemed as cheer- ful as could be expected. They were Lewis, a young man about twenty-four years of age. Susan, a woman, thirty-nine years of age. Wesley, a boy, nine years of age. John, a boy, seven years of age. Almeda, a woman, twenty-six years of age, who carried Sarah Jane, a child, throo yoars old, in her arms. Lee, a young man, twenty-one years old. Shadrach, a venerable Uncle Tom, sixty years of age. Anderson, a young man, twenty-two years old. Upon the case coming before the Commissioner, Mr. Walton could only swear definitely to the six claimed by himself, which are Lewis, Susan, Wesley, John, Almeda, and Sarah Jane, and accordingly they were sent to jail, and the case continued to half-past one o’clock P. M., so that the necessary papers coald be made out. Lee is claimed by John Gaines, the guardian of Elizabeth and Jasper Blickenbacker. Shadrach is claimed by Jonas Christler, and Ander- son by John P. Scott. Susan is the wife of old Shadrach, and Wesley and John are their children. we knew that was the place, Henry Clay White, being sworn, deposed—I have resided since my birth in horns county; I am about. 24 years of age; 1 am acquainted with John P. Scott, and have been since 1836; he has resided in Boone county; my father's residence is abont a mile anda half from that of Mr. Scott; I have kuownm Anderson for ten years; he sits here; he has lived asa slave with Jobn P. Scott; I saw him iu Bar lington, Ky., about two weeks ago, and perhaps saw him last Sunday; i was not present at the arrest. Crors-examination—-I heve known Mr. Sectt vince 1836. Have been at Mr. Scott’s house several times withlu the lost fur years. The came proposition to introduce the Jaws of Kentucky, as wes made in the case of Shadrach, waa made and ruled out by the Commissioner, It being proposed to bring forward for trial the six negroes claimed by Wm. Walton, the counsel for the fugitives objected that the act of Congress contemplated the trial of each slave by himself, This objection was then argued. Mr. Jollie contended that the trial of a mumber of peregne together would imperil the rights of indi- eB luals, and was not contemplated by the act of ‘ongress. Mr. Ketchum, for the plaintiffs, argued that the law did not forbid joint trials, and that the trialg of the defendants individually would consume too much time. He did not believe the rights of fugi- tives would be imperilled by a joint trial. Prolonga- Lee and Almeda are husband and wife, and Sarah Jane is their child. they were all plainly but comfortably dressed. Old Shadrach wore a coat from the sume piece of cloth as that worn by his master. The negroes did not complain of ill treatment, but, in answer to the remark of Mr. Christler that | they were well cared for, Shadrach stated that they had run away because they had been told that they were sold to be taken down the river. One of the Kentucky (ulentee went up to Shad- rach, and wanted to know how he had fared. | “ What,” said he to Shadrach, “ induced you to ran away and steal these people with you. “You must have thought these devils over here would take care of you. You have been alivays kindly treated, yet youran away. They would take you to Canada, where, in two winters, you would be frozen, every one of you.” The old darkey looked sly, but said nothing. The attorneys for the claimants were Kiessrs. Ketchum, Pugh and Dudley, and the negroes were defended by Messrs. Jolliffe and Getchell. At half-past two o'clock P. M., United States Commissioner Pendcry opened his court. There | were few spectators in court, end these were gene- | rally colored. Shadrach was shortly afterwards | brought in by officers Thayer and Worley. He is a | veritable “Uncle Tom,” black, with a good expres- | sion of countenance. He was dressed in pants from | the same piece of which his master’s clothes were made, His owner, an old substantial farmer, gave him o high character, and expressed the opinion | that he had been induced by white men to run away. John P. Scott, being sworn, depoxed—I reside in Boone county, Kentucky; I was born and raised there, ard h known James Crisler for twenty- five or oventy-six years; Ihave also known Sha- drach, who is about sixty years of age, quite black, and with gray hair; I have known him’ as the slave of Mr. Crisler, with whom he has lived since 1836 or 1837; my father owned him before Mr. Crisler; I cannot say whether he was born a slave; he was a slave when I first knew him, and was then a grown man; 4e left Jast Sunday night, and went to [n- diuna, he was found in this State, four or five miles rom tiis place, in a stable; { ouly know the fact of his leaving from circumstances, Mr. Gitchell objected to the detail of these cir- cumstances, and the question on which it was found- ed was withdrawn. On the crossexamination Mr. Scott deposed—I am not positive how long I have known Shadrach, but it is thirty years or more; he was a_ slave then to John Hardering, who now resides in Missonri, if he is alive; 1 do not know Shadrach to have been born a slave; he left Boone county on Sunday night lest; I know of his leaving by circumstances; I don’t know of his going to Indiana except by cir- cumstances; I was with the party when the arrest was made. Direct examination resomed—I have seen Shad- rach nearly every week, once or twice at my house. William Walton being sworn, deposed—I reside in Boone county, Ky.; 1 am within a few days of being seventy sae old; I have resided in Boone county for the last twenty-nine years, and have known Jonas Crisler for erry eee on he has resided on the same farm nearly the whole time, and it is but five or six miles from mine; I know Shadrach well; I have done so fox twenty-seven years; Moses Scott owned him the fall I moved to Boone county, or the next spring; be was living with Mr. Scott as a servant or slave, and has been living with Mr. Crisler as a slave; I have known him better for the last ten years than formerly, as about ten years ago he took a negro woman of mine for his wife; he has been in the habit of coming to my house every week; he left it last Sunday after sunset, he came to my house to see his wife after supper; when | got up on Monday morning and saw no smoke from the kitchen, and no pereon stirring, 1 went and found there was no one about; L then walked out to the gates T returned back, and found tracks; I also found where the fence had been pulled down, and the three horses which were missing had been taken through; I followed the horse tracka to the tura in the rond where tie horses had tried to ge a different way; I heard— bjection to hearsay evidence made by Mr. Gitch- ell, and sustained. I next saw Sbadrach two miles from the Brighton Honse, in an old stable, in this county; he is now sitting here; he (pointing to Shadrach) is the same person. Commissioner—How long have you known Shad- rach ? Mr, Walton—I don’t reco! how long itis; twenty-five or twenty-six yea 1 have always known him as tho clave of Mr. Crisler. Cross-examiaation—I was not present when Scott sold Shedrach to Crisier ; I underst so; 1 know Scott held him as a slave ; I don't know that Scott ever bought him ; Shadrach came every week, with few exceptions, to my houge ; be generally got there before or aboné 2 o'clock ; he staid from half en hour to an hour, sometim ‘ ing ; he usually leit my ho itonday morning ; sometimes he staid a ter I was up ; he left last time earlier than usual, Direct examination rosnmed--Mr. Keteum: Did other slaves escape at the same time with shad- > rach? Objection by Mr. not relevant. chell, that the question was of Kentucky, it wes not necessary to prove it, Court took es i izance of the fre potut wai erved in this,aud the cace of Au By couneel for the frit! Tt being propos i up the slaves in lota, as med by the different masters, Mr. Gitchell ty, cired, Are you going to drag ns into a contine ithont replying, the Court remanded S} « to ja’ The Court t short re slave claimed | hn P. officers, when tho ex: es until Anderson, the tt, wae brought by the 1 was resumed. William Walton being sworn, depos reside in Boone county, Kentuck nd have done ao since February, 18! hn P, it, who resides within 9 short distance of me tha came acquainted with him soon after I first moved there; he hag resi li the time in Boone county, and nearly all that time ou the same p roa Company Indgmont ¢ tion of time can only be asked for some reason un- known to the Court. it may be to procure recruits from Boston. He did not believe a joint trial would work injustice. Mr. Dudley, urged that as in joint indicte ments for crime there are joint trials, so in this case, by parity of reasoning, there can only be a severance for Just cause shown. r. Gitchell—The statute does not vide for joint trials, it only contemplates the of indi- viduals. By joint trial the testimony of the alleged slaves will be ruled out, and this may be poy to prevent injustice, when, as in the Martha Wash- ington case, the crime must necessarily be done jeinuly, then there is a joint trial, but not otherwise. Such ‘severance is always gianted by the courts of this county, and its refusal will be an anomaly. The Commissioner ruled thet as this wasa civil ae @ seyerauce should only be granted on an aff- lavit. fi The Court then adjourned to meet-at nine o’clock this morning. It will then be seen that testimony has thus far only been adduced in reference to the ‘Uncle Tom’? of the party and to Anderson. The case of the others will come up to-day, and_an increase of ex- citement is to be anticipated. The claimants of the slaves are, however, so unassuming, and have so treated their siaves well, that there is not much ill feeling toward them as would be shown under other circumstances. When the negroes ran away on rthos f night from the homes of their masters, they placed their bun- dies on the backs of three of their master’s horses, and on arriving at the Ohio river near Lawrence- burgh, they turned the horses homeward again, and taking e skiff, rowed themselves across to the Ohie hore about midnight. After travelling two or three y hid during Monday, in a clampof bushes. t came on thoy statted northward. They oceeded far before they met a colored man, named John Gyser, who promised to assist thom in waking their way north. They accompar nied bim to a stable on Mr. Flame’s farm, on Lick Run turnpike, about two and a half miles from the city, where they were to remain until evening, when he would return with assistance to aid them in reaching Canada. During the day Gyser visited Covington, and hearing that a reward of $1000 was offired for their apprehension and arrest, he gave the information. In the evening @ number of Kentuckians sur- rounded the premises of Mr. Hume, while the United States Deputy Marebal, George Thayer, as sisted by three of our city officers, went into the stable and arrested them on a warrant, issued by United States Ci ioner Pendery, One of the fugitives, who carrics his violin with. him, was playing upon it when the stable was enter- ed by the offic ‘Chey made very little resistance, and were easily secured and brought to the city. An application foi rit of habeas corpus on be- et of the fugitives, is pending before Judge Mc- ne While in court yesterday, the master of Shadrach, pg I? him for running away when well taken care of, and pronouncing the story that the negroes ran away because they supposed they were to be: sold down the river, a fabrication, said he (Shad- rach) must not look to him for support now. Mr. Crisler also remarked that he did not wish to take the old man heme, and would sell him for a trifle. He said Shadrach had always been an excellent slave, but now he didn’t want him. 3 Superior Courit—Gencral Term, Chief Justice Onkley, and Hon. Judges Duer, Campbell, Sivsson, and Hoffman ow the bench. DECISIONS. June 17.-—Peter D. Muller, vs. Amos R. Eno This was a enit to rec the price of lawns sol@ the defendant, on th of Lisi 1849. The plaintiff cold defoud 600 yards of lawns, pack- ed in fourteen bales, ac 11 cents per yard, on aEe 20) | months credit. For the defence, it was conten: that the goods were sold by sample, and that the seller represented the sample as fair specimens of the fourteen bales, and that on the faith of sach re= presentations the purchase was made. The bale were not exh d, nor were they accessible for amination, and the samples and representations we: of a sovnd, merchantable article. But when exant ined, subsequent to the delivery, they were found tq be tender, which rendered their value $1,700 Je than they would have been, had they corresponde with the samples, and this sum was claimed as a de duction from the price. The goods arrived at New York in January, and the greater part of them were sent to the United States bonded warehouse. ihe luth of February, the sale was completed.and the fovrteen bales wére sent to the defendant’s store. The defendant opened the bales ag they wanted to ll the goods, and sold a corsiderable part of them ¢, by pieces, and at the end of four or iv goods, ns they alleged, were found ‘o be tender, and the residue were sold by austion, where they brevght froin eight and a half to eight. narter cents per yard, the marketable va- he sound article, at that time, being heents, Lhe Jury made an allowance tor the damaged state of the goods of $197 07. The dict was given on the ground that the sale sample, under the clroumstances of the case, amow cd to an implied warrantee that the goods corres- ponded with the sample. But whether the implied warrantee aroce from the samples, or was strength- ened by testimony to rliow that it was an al representation, the rale must be the same, which requires a prompt announcement of the id the purchaser means to assume; and the imp! ofa werrantes, attached to a purchase of goods, endure ro longer than a reasonable time ne: for their exemination. Judgment for plaintiff, om the verdict, with costa, Le Forest Manice ys. The Hudson River Rail road Company.—Jdudgment of special term to be modifled. ez Clark.—Appeal diamiased Teraet Minor vs. Je ie modified. a without costs; order { Nicholas Mcdonald ve. ‘ae Nicholas Busteed ys, Richar Appeal dismivsed and jadgmont f benezer H. Stacy ve. John Gi for plaintiff if he consent to reds ordered; judgment for $1,37 51, d T. Biydenburgh— r defendant. Snperfor Court-Part I, Pefore Hon. sige Slosson and a Jary, DAMAGES AGA A RAILROAD COMPANY, Quade vs. The New York ant iG ny.--This was an action for iajariad newsboy) by the car in whieh he wag the track, em route to Elmira, by whieb menne plaintifi’s leg waa broken and his Tent col ‘pen. ‘The trial occupied ‘the Court four days, and been alreafy reported in the Heraup, Yesterday Messrs. Te.on and Lent summed up for the defendante, and Mrz place. T have known Anderson (the fu he was a few months 6]. vo of Moses 1; he an 2838; John P, Reeth: A b was trent infant io 1. B. Barkeley for the Ped ‘the Judge cha: the jury, who were directed to bring tn a sosled verdict, but whe oe aCe Uh TALOUU Ba ULes Litwy devaied Ob vee. vict for plsintiff for $3,000, and the Court ordered the counsel for plaintiff an additicnals owance of $176, |