The New York Herald Newspaper, May 20, 1856, Page 8

NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1856. esadisciplinable matter, it must be ia come ons of the ved to legislative bodies. It is not reseio! wever, is alws: ‘When the above report was rod there was © Cage Se eens nae eentorem, Zane Se judiciary. Ite powers ase. epecifeatly Tasedlsaos. | moe a as y oF on nag ap meee eb ¢isounsion ena motion te have the two re printet jnode acuhaanietiey eanen — never of general sature. Bhe offences over | which it le practised cam justify it, It dose not en'er, in pomeaes Sane Ger tenes of tee members, “20 aie met biy may be invoked, as appears from toe seventh ssotion | The) ste never of e general, natur - tion, however, cid not prevall, ] ‘thority, amd the pea- ft fol- y 3 ant the This boty met at nine o'clock, pursuant to adjoura- | Of ihe Hoos of Diseipine. are four: pay GA ally to be inflleted, in tae event of thelr-sommission’ere | lows that slaveboldizg cannot, on this groucd, be made | ©:t0f adjourned to this morning. ment, and after the usual religious services, proceeded | tne iiook of Discipline comes first-by genera: Terie gua | csuEctly atated. {i the legulative au:hori:y has failed to a subject of discipline by any court of tue chasch. Ba! —— ra On the call of the roll dis- | ccatrol. The ae red ie 4 do not, of | Brevice tor certain offences that may exist ia a camma- imiviing that ale cannot be made a ot Old Scheol—Fourth Day. business. motion, bee gd nity, its pegheot cannot invest the court wih the it, diaotpline because it is ey: with or pensed with, the min: the lest meeting read and | COUT, originate in the Assembly. Thei- inception is Late ote plies ry The Assembly come to order at tha appolated hour spproved, after which the comaiarionsrs wore supplied | 2° WWF judicatory. In one or another of thom, | tvcccia:® on eat on ofthese WALA iat nor’ duct e Petertas: Ghurgh in the Unized states’ wn ie emapted | yesterday morsing, and the proceedings were opened, as , wi 18 it is presumed, most of the matters which call for dis- the Confession of Faith as ite |, intend to include | usua’, with prayer by the Moderator. ‘with copies of the roli ofthe General Assembly. cipitzary action on the part of the bighest jacicatory, wil ‘A reconsideration of the vote selecting Cleveland asthe | it cue tise come before it. There is, however, « posst- bili'y of neglect in thi: Eo “4 ‘wext place of meeting for the Convention was moved by sere plas eens, aah, Oe. eaek. ry Ces pong ala veholding under the term jon, #o that it can be by ing ry m oppress hy LE ‘The Judicial Committee reported vpon a complaint of which i# entrusted the p: wer to try offences, should think | i2fermality egeirat the Baltimore Synod and recommen- . Elder Hutchinson, from the North River Pres>ytery. ed by thcre who bave most thoroushiy studied proger to regazd it in the same light? The undersigned | ded that it be dismissed. fhe report was accepted and Aaidfciaie eeeanton, the’ mation, to. sekenalice’ wen'| Dota eRe aneaceemaeee aie provision is, found | me edb Tye les proved by documentary evidense, | adopted. ” ip une orcrion on ~ General review and control” (See | ior8 tts bende what belongs to the lnginative departowet | of Fuish vas adopted by the General Aesombly ofthe tres: | _ TE® aiteteenth annual report of the Board of [Foreign Book ot - The order of the day was ncw lalton up, and the first | Lira there us too meth ie ee ae er chia see- | of government, xf {t would condemn a4 an offvace what | Byterian church, ela in apy case was intended to | Missicoa was then submitted to the Assembly, and re- ‘, rted Bro Se neither the covetitution nor the laws so declare. Its pro- under the term oppression, then, when alave- | ferred toan a} riate Committee. 4 val of the eh'p et Tembez Dusiness in order being repo 1s trom Theological Semina- See aet, eemening, FE aeae., sere se — vince és to interpret tbe constitution and iaws; bat — bolt ints under the clroumstances syecified, the indi. Tho report 1s quite lengthy, but is of a very interest- ‘Cf King’s Mill, Othello, Beckerman, ries, the seport of the Union Seminary was first called. | Atoupiy (1) It mer eneey e AL e doirg it cannot go beyond their literal import. ‘It cannot, | vicual sustaining the relation may be prosecuted under | ing character. We have prepared » condensation of the | board. Rey, Dr. Smith made the required statement as to ¢: motu es henner ergy re has been | 2 View cf its constructive power, by mere constraction | the ctarge of oppression. It is to judge of the | cccument in questicn, bat preseure upon cur colames Spoken, de. condition ef thet inatitction. Brees thie: wo obtain |' Sone wee aus ic teapactiie,, Seek Heer or impileaticn, authoritatively deolare that to bean of | import ot the terms of the eonstituvion by the mantfost | preciu’cs tts publication th morning. rad : oon | eee egg Going oF culpa dle owission in the marrer. 4 | feuce, under apy circumstances, to which nether the | intent of ita framers, or of those why frst adopted it. | The complaint of the Seasion of Stillwater, N. J., the following i:fsrmation:—There were $140,000 poet an 2 (or hear Vso ape sas of some | copstitution nor the laws of the 3tate mane the teat | The undersigned then would ask, where {a the eviceace | sgeinst the Synod of New Jersey, was the next businea which bas tobe raised trom caurches; the semlaary ts | Pp, tra pated te obvious tnat 4 aa ceded asa allusion. The application of these general remarks tothe | that the fizet General Assembly of the Pri taken up. It eppeared from the papers which were read seguesentad oa being 12. amcat a seer oy Dare Bok, seceding: soba ‘ulject ‘under eonsiceration is options, It wit’ be ccm. | rian church, or that the synods pecediog the Arst | that Mr. Peter A, Schaffer, a Eider in Sulwater church, Pree 6 eek Prospercus condition, and | of this sec ion, bren propery disposed of. Orit may ap) | ceded that the General Atsembly of the Presbyterian | Gexeral Atsembly cesigned to inciude lavehold. | was surpended from fellowship by the Session upon much had been effected during the pas' year in educa’: Pear that the du'y enjommed in the 6th article, thet of | (fun ts) cnareae cham Ciiedetiancemaeat ae Ba . ting | Citing slower judieatory 1 i been | ‘DUzch posresses vo legislative power, in the properao- | rg under the term oppression when they atop‘. | charg just and sland regara for the ministry & large numer were employed in at- | Cniitsiy oegionted, Iw canes pig spire re — ion of that term. It cannot make laws which are | <a the Ccnfeesion of Faith as their stamvard? So | thece ctarges it was alleged that Schaffer called his pas. | MBtt. Jot 2610, ton ts tending vo Sabbath scBuvls. and adows tweive ware offi. | “Castcndv em ur ome ordi sapdb rm bindirg upon the consciences of the members of the | far from such evidence veing on record, the circum- | tor (Kev. Mr. Condit) @ liar anda thief, insemuch as | way i Jalal 31. len 49 12, ciating as missionaries. The action neoseeary towarce | the trod i may we cenateed te Tene eo article 3, | churen. It wil! also be admumiited that the Confession of | s:ances connected with the formation of the first General | that Mr. C. stole a sermon, and that he (Shaffer) did not | — A'ahip with a black ball tp {oretopsall, bound to San Fran ing students to sssocia:e moze with the people had | procesdings.’” 12) "Avy imporrace colinqnemey, {ta | Faith nowhere direct!y a:udes to slaveholding as anef- | Assembly, snd the history of the Synods precediog it, | want to bear ary man preach who would doso. It was | cisco, wae seen March 20,2447, lom 22815, been tanen. aes nat ndional sero tor ence nmiuency, OF | ence. ‘The subject is not referred to in apy part of the | would lead to the conelusion that those jucicatoris+ could | alleged in the pepers thet when ir. Schaffer Foreign Ports. ae San. ¥. Moor of Cayuga, repcrted in regard yeas he Taareet ack motes at by ee meee Lanegrporonr ty ‘may be arked on what | not bave uncerstood the (erm oppression sotnoleds slave- | to Te Lis al bore the Seeds pemectinet ti a par, Pr cha May 1- Inport bark Edisto, Kendrick, for Boston curditk a of uourn Sem'nar: a oy ro cap i le Gr end was dy mmacy. ya Me 7, and read « les. Iruayite' for example, thet, | :roundcan tt one a claim the porwr. Pro- pei ee an lenersk Avec peed, maces dummy” the Presbyiery made an order for hinteinstate. | _ Baxsorwanciz, Feb 5~érr bark Brotkers; Crowell, Goa Ver from the faculty, which represented that irstitation o . 7 to be in a proapercus ciate, Pine ember offstudsete, | SDICUBH tome neghec: of the Stnod, '« heretleal oplaions States. A consicerable portion of the members of the as- | ment, be bavirg ret up, on his appeal to that boy, that | Shaye ere ad Taio Hollendy || 4 5 theugh not linge bad been insreased during. the n | oF cori upt Practices’ are “ allowed to gain ground "or | Can this highest ecurt of the chusch authoriva:ivel: | ) ted churches exiating in those Sta‘es, and | to copies of the charges had been served upon him, . % 7 a year, There stacouts were ongeged on the Sabai ia | ‘Tt fenders f m very gross charas:er” are ‘auffored soanoupaprbing en sioece it eeeh Wuomaehn oa | {te ectian temposrnanin suppocitls shat romectees'| Gecsion apredled tothe Gyued of New Jersey, and tha | Tesh ityeneneiectice or Nomenecores solr ewe the instruction of couvic’s in the State prison, and of apt Bde tie Jace o oe r section.) Im\| said upon the subject in the Confessi nof Faith? The | members of thet body'were s!avebol ers. Can it be pos | Syrod eustained the action of the Presbytery. Tae com- Canria, Apiil 15—81d bark Volunteer, Mayo. Boston these mapy were wan'e7 as pas ors. Suen waa the de- | gee in the Bok of Diseiptive, chap. 3, phe Sate oon. secord resolution ofthe Asrembly at Detr iit. passed) by | sible then that they intended to inc.ute slaveholding— peter the ession now was ageinst the action of the | Capiz, April 14—In port kark James Bris nt, Howe. fron Ba- ; Ki $ 5 E + j e H 5 g 3 a A i mand tor them toat if af. ou! sould * orsed. jor vena 7 ve—andei varrab, ¢ieg to lord'for Viburg, in the Bultic, ard to esl acowt forth, tney would find cecdvatiga. As the empamt a ‘ Be SAN 0 Sxn0k shoal corevely ene Bee papennne the: the pei Baadoat elt Pretty the age! ehcp peas ta taeaee ches tae relate rl ees ‘The Rev. Mr. Cospr, of New Jerwy, read the various | (Delastorthe month, oe aacsar, Hichborn, Hise furds was insuficient, ax agent bad been appoln ed to | CR WVenter grourde tan agsiaet wn insividua—the As. | ibis opinion it is wged:, 1. That the Book of Discipline | ing under avy circumstances, coud bee bat to Obrien | papers e\nmecied with the matter, and supported the | vena: bark BH Keight, Luscrmb, sataneas, Tic, wabry Bt make coliec ions age are ppanedy a tory alleged to have cif gives only a general definition of the word offence, leay- | ocmmurion, and could bes subject of discipline Tne | complaint at conagderabie length. Curtis, Jobneon, sno Matson. Taylor, Havana. Kev. Professor Guoncx H. Dav, of Oincionati, reported to eppear at ay paiRec time Sod place, and to show what | ire tt to the Assembly, as the highest coart of the | undersignet !s persusded that if euch an icea had been Jurge Fine inq@ired if ike minute book of the Session CrenyUEG03, May 7—Arr bark Jcbn Parker, Roberta Have- the condition of Lane Seatsery, fhe number of Bich the’ judleatory, Gras ienciog the Teenie: aftet | church, to determine viat aste come under ibis cent, | entertained and exprereed, the General Atsombly would | sbowec that a copy of the charges bad boen served upon | BM: brian Veloctacde Deuald Kicasion, Weievan, Yous, Gat denis ia thirty-one, and they are improving thems. remit the whole matter to the deinqueat jadica: fice. It 1s said that tt is. constizationsl quastion, to be Ten areekat aa noets jartiied totale tee Mer hn’ Conpiy prodeond the “intnate book, and read | Yor. id sth barke Tail, Bucknam, York; Tom Corwia, , i jon. LASGOw May 2~In port Br steamer Prince Artbur, Baa- for NYork 26th; ship Marthe’s Vineyard, Pember, for ark Bi Boat jarmore, Brey, for om Ides ook, Mav 2 In port ship Dirigo. Young, for NYorts repldly {or the miniatzy. fhe weome, it appears, is hard A dectced by the Assembly. Does the word offence inalud ly iGetlslens tos monn on expenses, vad eens im- — Kotte to take is ap, end bas wp hed it ins | siaveholding in sey pd and ifeo, in what? In re from the use of the term cppre-aion, the right of any judy | frcm it to the effect that the charges bad beun read to prestioca had been creates ia regard to tae encowmont | Sone yee ge re view Cok the en eeeibline: chap. | the uncereiyved would remark, that whi'at it is tne tne | estory of the church to regard slaveholding, inany case, | Mr. Schaffer at a certain meeting of tne nesoion, Ke. of the seminary, which is entirely erroneous. 7, Fee 1 art 6.) Ia view of the aforenamed end ober | Bock of Dircipiine gives coly a general definition of the | an offence in the rence in woich the term 1» used in the | A Commissioner asked {f copies of the charges had been Rey. JONATHAN M. Lyo.8 reporied upon the atate of | Prcvisions of cur form of government, toushing the | wojd offence (and how could it be otherwise?) the | Book of Discipiine. In Cenying to the General Assombly the | served upon the first citation. weep ep aa, the Sourbwestern Maryvil'e Soutaary. “The pumber of | SUMBOH y of the assembly, two tuinge are to be care- | standards of the church do not leave it tothe judieetories | power to regard elaveholdivg-in any case, anoffence ia the | We understocd the responce te be in the negative. Peepawon tele deitetbcie Tonal Bieee: tonkaeee (pupils was very small, but there fair prospect of a ieee 0 to f discipline | 1 2¢cide what particular acts come, under this defini. | sense in waich the term is used in the Book of Discipline, A conridersble smount o# conversational @meussion | cairo. it wm a no power to commence @ process of discipline | tioo. It wii pot re pretended that the Confesston of | it ix proper to obrerve, that we concede that theaouses of | themeneued in the regard of who suould then address Havre, May 1- Sid ships Hemisphere, Harris. NYork; Onire, The founder, Rev. Dr. Anderson, was not able | witn an innineal wieder thet ky ay po other — on, ev Serer: json t a st t di offender. YA justand wise | Veith directly covers such powers upon the judtcatories | this elation. like thore of uver relation ia life, | the Assembly, but, to be balef, the Rev, Dr. Dividson wes) | Jones. ant Ree, salernon. GaislasandU Mates; 2, A Fee 30 Shien on gnsoant of eae, sad tne resigustion of some arrargement, belongs to the session in the case of « lay. Orihe church. “Its wholly’ inferential, taxbe view ot | wheu brought before the Asceuoly in the way preeeribed | decided to be entitled to be heard next in support of the cae Lin’ Murch 22 ie’ port berk Faw Koppleeh, Baglee- the pro‘essors had ay man. to the Presbytery in tha ease of a minister. The | the undersigned, the Joger and sporter catechiams, | by the ccnmitutior, may be trea‘ed as offences in tae sense | course adopted by the New Jersey fyeets. Se ten, from San Fra: cisco for Sydaey, NSW, just arr, A repcrt was made in regard to the Northwestern | Gisciplirary function of thi bly as to individ : Carlinville Se: » 4 ‘ y function of the Assembly as viduals, | which are a part cf our standards, end are as obligatory | in which the term is uced in the Book of Disciphoe. Cra- At the close of the reverend ger: a. ) May 12—arr bi W larg, ‘Simpson, NOrteana: ere vee has «eli eran ee 10500 ances is elmoply appallate aac revisionary. It ia not the court | I, ypy other; were derigaed to be exposivions of w a oe elty, correcting inferiors uuduly. withholding from them | ques'ion bod not been eciced. and the:Asseiably ad- | ish’ hed’ Wirk. Gardcer “tavarneh ach 0. Bisanp, of land which had been purcrased by itafoun er, the | gint,patst last resort. | cae the ju¢gment of the courch, constitu.e trath and error. | wat is neceasszy to eubrietence and comfort, and diare- | journed {ill Tuesday (this) morning. Bourne. acd Werret, ‘ummings. mooie wd Lith mak, late Dr. Blackburne. Twen*y yrars 9 6 2 2. in the way of “general review and control,’ itcsa | itis true the Assembly has the power to detecmine the | garding the spiritual interesta ot those committed to our Peg eter Ped Feo ear een gS a ee 8 Lawton, Gardner, Savaarah; jords involved in tne general definition of | caze, ae tits probibied in the stan arcs of the Presby = | Britee, Roceburs, Cardenas: cchr # Wording, Buss, der But it ism to- | terian eburch; and may, hezefore, be made su rjects of 1sth. ship Ulara Ann, Patten, Xibara é be olved sion 1 eglect aisei. ower tomopiy discipline, whether they’ exist in connecti n with WA R I T i i BR I A ? & L i 1@ EB a C 5. Bauirax, ¥ay j1~ Arr echrs Mar, Glawson, and Conserve may be involved. A session may grossly neglect disci: | that cefinition to particular cases. The former ia @ | boiding, or the relation ot husband and wite of parent tive Neron, Bork: 121 ‘Ormat rr reach cirectiy only the judiciary next belew—that is, the promise had cen effect article 6.) Imdirectly, indeed, the doiegs of other bodiea tally distinct question whether it has ta qere in ji'igation retween thejtrustees of the LI line f . Ww nn ‘tinh Rog! pline for exsmpie, ana the recorced fudication, or the ae at t bh +. The latter i f a erry ‘d ALMANAC FOR NEW YORK—THIS DAT. nac, Faltimore, british Kegle Smith, Philadelphia, Jege ang the trastees of the ap-s, The estimated value at ee Bed - pover given to the Assembly as ® court. latter it | and cbild, or of master and apprentice. The undersigne: , 439 | MOOW RISES. eve 8% 16 » pril 20. iy i, Jeckins, Boston cf the land is $160 000, anc): is calevla*ed that in five Preslylery, “ms frat. of this In bdlcoansen, or anlar Bossennen cule an Gin, so San eoumcatyo! Wn sbsaree co | concious Get there fe oovious dis inction pe! 7141 wan waren, morn 912 Livmsirvon, Bae ein ort tips Callencer, Dickman. for Pignate particular acts as offences. Toe Book of Disol- | siavebolding ard the evils incident to tre relatior more they vill be worth $150,000. Tore lands are | gence of it in tue Presbyierial recerda, mey cali forth no — | Glocceser ss: ida; treods, | Basom; snd Bomosien,: Haha = 1a ae @ sold. fo d : pline gives the following definition of offenoe: ‘An offence | that whilst the latter, being prohibiie1 in the stan for Rortoa & areuot high will be wapropzicesd othe Dewencer cia | @pPropriate action on the part of the syn [panvihing tm. the petaciples or practise of a Ohgrch | of the chures, tay be the sunives. of discipline, tbe. for- Post of New York, May 10, i956, iarsvzas May 12~ Arr echr ML Wedmore. Robinton, New seminary. The semicary bore the name of its founder, | Ay_Ue brought by the Synocical records o member, which {scontrary to the ward of God, aniwhleh, | mer, not being referred to in tho Corfeasi o of Faith, cao Zork, Sid V0, bartn Cnrvier Pigeon. Shaw NYork, Moves Rev. Dr: Backturne, by whom the laod had bee: a L$ eae ts if it be not in ive own nature sinful, may tempt others to | cannct be treated as an offence in ary case. Tae master -AR Kimball. Morse Cardenre, to lone f ork at $6 50 per thas chased, scat er eye | Serene eiteee eerie reneed (cm the Daibessi ne aaem Ly, their spirituel edification.” Ii this languege | to whom a obid is boundas an apprenice, mey treat | ,QiAtuey Tompscn, Feucieton, Liverpool-Ssmi Thomp- | rigs Trade Wird, w them. Nore: tn Hastie Annak, Deng: <i . ite the © erie: . fi 80 R tA q . Barker, . E der Tnouas W. Tcn=zy, of Union, Teomenser, stated | ay cite the Symcd be ore them, aeage vely may en without iimitation, it laevi ert there ls | him ctueliy; aid ithe isa member of the church, ‘he Ebip Eobens, Lertlett, London—Dunbam & Dimon, Be eee aan tatce Rarouen sivovghen: tee Owen Nysben that @ very talented ana erergs ic misister was at pre- ‘Such ave the metes and bounds which our form of go. | 2° relation in life which may not be considered an of may be disciplined by the church ression for cruelty. Sbip ene eee Havre- Wm Whiticok Jr, el Lee el fa ta t pg er ll IP. fence in the sense in which the term is used in the Book | But who sould sa y that he is liable to the ciscipline of skip ins, New Ph'ledetph! sentergaged in toe orzenizstion of a new seminary in | yernaent has press Kos: ed. ang which the Assemely may | cf Discipline. The relation of husband and wife. of pa- | the church for eustaining the relation icself? The hus- | Sbip Giad Tisings, Neleon, New Orleana—Wm Neleon & Hon, | suth Colburn, for Cork do, FB Hazeltine, M’Oriller tor the ‘Tennessee, and that bis effor:s promised to be most aue- | not overpees. itis quite porsiole that, 1a connection with i e : Brig Cows, Kippen, Lisbou—Gomez, Wallace & Co. Clyde do; Sea Licn Ball for NYork do; b1 an Bird 5 ws boing | thy eleacoa cf auons sort tmy sometneseacape, | Euan eed of master aca arcana neety | bagd ond pens ay De cramzapipelryecunrensua | Brit erect sofa Pop goal cagria. Jove Co, | ets er, dp. reeren, ual fo Fuh The nomination of delegations to foreign bodies biing | To a human admiaistiation. of however div'ne a rystem, D tb aacivg {Vase taeaihea 15 oth acd 7 rath ef My auton erent Brg D Webster (+7). Campbell, Burin, NF—A Leary. Brotbers. Abbott, for NOrleabs ds; John B Dow, Coggestall, the next orcer of the dey, the following nominations were | im;ericction always pertaias. Out Book of Discipline, | Wacd those custairirg i: are temp! sin, ard are | But cana lawful marrige ard parental relation existin | sehr E D Chave, Thurston. &en Juan, ¥1e—Masler. fcr Providerce do. made:— tmened (chapter fet oven 3.) dlstinetiy recogniaes spines | caily ecnecious that it ‘ mars their spiritual e:afcation.”” | ary circumstances, that would render the individual sub- chr Treat (ls), Koberts, Abaco C dckeriy. itelghte eae very dull; the last charter was the Am back General Association of Massachusetls—Rev. Prot. Geo. E. | ‘ Sen. dawoun 1 Are we, there‘ore, to infer that thore who sustain these | ject to disciplie for sustaizing tbe relation. There may be tetr D Fabron. Terry, Nasrau—Jas Boess. ioses Kimball, Mcrse. ot 499 tor lenea forte, gh ogeeaapagge dg ge: a; 00. Of cases in whico, ‘however grievous it my be t» the | reigtions under auch circumstances arechargeavle with | circumstances when individuela would commit ein in the febr A Field Phi lips, Bermuda—W M Smith. at $6 £0 per bed alengeide Sugare sitll vey high. and roy Pay, (ot Cincinuati, amd Kev, Joel Parker, D. D., ot New | picus to eee an unworthy member in the church, it is | go effence. tn the cence in which that term inured inthe | sight cf God by vnteriog into ‘be marriage relation, | £cbf Lives poo! (Br), Albey, Haroor Isiand—Miller Luther, | tte snimation cn tbe part of purchearrs, r proper to wait until Goo, im his righteous providence, | Boox of Discipline? or does i WC mezshon, Graham, New Orieans—Laytin 4 Aur! ‘motio: A C. Prirenerr, ‘ . of Discipline? or does it belong to any court of the | But the church judicatory can take cogrizaace only of | burt, Op ncmention ikem <a pn es Sia reneran tar "| Sbau give further light.” Waiticg may be rendered pe- | Choreh to deiermine whether there reiations, existing | the abures of ane sae snd not of the relation iteelt, | 'Sekr WH Hezard Thosee, Key West—McOresdy, Mott & Co. ju kus, from Philadelpbia, disg. Neuvitas, from committee, which e-nsisted of Rev. Dr, Prentice, Rev. | Cia?’ by # lack ot fidelity on the part of the lower judi- | in such circumsiances, are ap offence? Surey not. And | In referring to thewe various relations in life the under: | Schr B Wateon. Kobinsop, favarnah—scran 1 S suk: ‘Copawel., roma catoriis, as well a by a lack of evidence. We epeak of it, | yet, if this gereial cefini ion gives to the General | sigt ld noc be understood as p'acing slavehoid! SD eee aren eens ernest | yee climes og moe ak or none ene ee ‘Messrs. Jenkins and Pritchett. of ¢-urse, not as an actual, but onl ety ge [oe Nigel! sity MAE ACRE: 4 * t Fort Batic. Apri! 29- Sid bark Te’erraph. Giles, NYork. ‘motion 7 suarn, pporable case. | Assembly the power to declare slavehoiding an of- | upen an equal footing witn them in every sesvect. His | ©, : Orr efitct that Rev. George: Cather, of Eogiana, be beard | Aéitzay feem to some a great evil that toe General | fenoe, because im some iostacces tho relation may tempt | object in to liustrate w principle that be considera vital | SerrArn,# Suen, Mere, Chariesion—Do ner k ower, | 10, TAPIEG APTS rg ana’ others ua Levore, Bld Da ie the Assomibty co Thneiay mech, At To teek, care || oO iy Piglet needle Al al odd Al Ker it | to tiv, there is 0 conceivatte resron why the same | to the question under consideration, to wit: that wallst | Behr Mis Dimosway, Rortic~sturges & Clesrron Tnlevera, Mertinew: Bellmore, | et 2 rte a wit BE ising. }, Critel 5 Merrill be ONCE, 3 j—In Oarver, movement inapguiate: recontly in that country, on the | carefuily devised prosesses of discipline vet tarth in the | tt? couzecticm, however, it is-inportant to observe, | relstietor master anc servont, acd which are cecignated | fchr hiicot, Kingriand’ Baltimore aalier, Lord. w tue. | ¥-A Chase. Chace, 1dg: brige Meveilo Thocapeoa, MlzaSeus ut oloal g telr crop. Tas, May 3 To port park Antelope. fecw New Caves, Mo! subject of ‘systematic Benevolence.” After s2me re- | cc nsiitution. To permit the Assembiy to adopt at ita reau. ‘Watts, ard Josep. do. maths from Rev. Jon! Parker, Hon. Jadgo Parker, Rev. | piguaure new procenses—to uit tts ommiporerstoieeli| | Censde cient nevewvereun want cre, oe peels aa | uae seepiiine cf taedhurshr be connor mace | SeirS Rankin, Murphy, Salem—B W Ropes & Oo. qeatay Eninck, May 2—Ta port bes Amazon Stubbs fer - + d a or farciec exigencies—would not only invest it with legis- | word of God, or which, though not in their own nature | any circumstances, be disciplined for sustal ing tho re- ARRIVED, fremaud for costyn 4. éaya: Maris, Lee, {or do wis crow: The treasurer's report, which was read at this stage of | lative functions; it wou'd virtually annul the con:titu- Bteamsblp Cehawba, Buli ‘ 3 es pee f sinful, may temot others to sin, we are directed in the ion iteelf. Tne essential idea of slaveholding is, that team ‘ahawba, Bulloch, New Orleans 1itk via Havana | De'afield Grav snd Croton, Blye, disg. Going it, bart Obes Tur toport was ielorred to ap auciing comattes of tre. | (297) And tranalorm the highest Judlentory of the chareh | section iz” the Hook of Disefpline fmmosiately following | cue irdividual is invested with the right of exerclaleg | {ilt/eot pit: mgee ana passengers lo Livingsion Crocheron & | Lex. rom Phiadwpbia. "2°70 Co a praia gs an ae is potism. It has, | the one containing the definition of an offence tolook— | legal pcwer cver tae servicts of another without with abip Merika Rideout, Moree from New Orieave for Havrey wee rea agae Mor ten hee . mn pe cates peed Brookhay jashepen, for’ x ‘The fell tut from the Co1 ini ¥ aa vain dry i AB ie] ee oe ‘on the docket, | ine, been argued—thongh we see not with what rea- | where? to the General Assembly? Notat ail. But tothe | consent, or to express the sentiment in the language G mliga rem Envane paired echr Trav sit, off ger (trun, Barb jor co and Baltimore, ao; bark Figat, Bill Over oeket calboup, for N¥ci le: son—that the advieory function of the Assembly. or its 3025 i Scriptures, apd the regulations and pructiee of the t Gistirguished author of our cburem, it is | Drie leans. of Sedgwick, be und in; 1 lat 33 25 lon _ so aatoallow Mr. Caratbers, oft he biatriet Of Cotamis, | power of bearing ten'imory, imp'ien the auvhorlty neces- | Ghulch. Nothing, therefore, It is end, ought t0 be | ‘the exacting ef personal sevvioen without coasent.’” | 1636, exchanged Sigpals with sbip Far West fi days trom New | ‘guru, april 11 port bark Ormanil, Gordon, for Boston ‘st puaes fature’tienes ‘i gis eS eatores that testimony. Is there, then, Ho just | corsidered an <flence, which eannot be proved to be | It is » relation es ablished by the laws of the Janda | Cricetact anc for New York, same day. iat 330,100 76 14, | gocm, * i, s Tat at and salntary ation between persuasion snd compul- | such from Scripture,or {from the regulations and prac- | and is recognized in the Word of God as existing a ee Dron data 2 3 SypxEx, NSW. Feb 3 Sid bork Philomala, Redman, Java; Is it competent for the pastor of a churoh, the sole | sion? Must thetwo be ever conjoined? Are there no | tice cf th Ooty founced on Scripture,” And who are | smoeg t 08 a lat 51 25, Jon 74 48. signals with | o:h. ebip Mozacon, San Frarciseo. 18th, ing sai rca being removed ea ch, cae ich a eimply morai 2 ‘th Tembers cf tke church under the Old | seemmfeFiccice, henoe unuall: sansa Gay. et RT ST foe. § pr Leap with the pees Bae ay cnsken, es in which a simply mora! power may. ia the nature | to cetermine what are the teachings of Ssripvure in re- | Testement dlepersaticn, and among thore whom the | i146 exobenged signals with feamahip Cransday haaos fOr | beck Teta tan et orke Port ene? Gertrade, for Baltimore Mg; » | of things, be most powemt? Must the Assembly utter n0 Soiaasiit reer Hapace ord New Orleans. ¥ aiharine. Crock Lemme ember ae aog serfs, anok: | Sneeze tebt tse poe hans | SSM ETE Sane Met ni | Aen ete ace oe etna | MARRS cra coma ahd | eRe any Reset it ce ait TA ae chareh ov certificate. with s view to his subsequent elec- | aracorzcive? If they may enforce all their counsels, | {> every’ session, of presbytery, of s)nod, OF General | Detroit, that the felation in itset ia aot elaful. I; may | $2 pastensers, to Spaford Therion, & Co. Came over the : "Calbarine Brown, Welpiey. WXC ee eet how axe they to¢o it! | By processes which they thom- | Assembiy to deci¢e wEat the Soriptures teach onthe su»- | be abured, and like other innocent relations in life, it | Pw, cguaited steamer Kevsire biate. bousd.to Savamsah; | Marin, ork 1Sih, sbip Borth American, Clark, 4: . . | felsen ceviee—extra constitational processes? Or are | icet of offences! Or was the Confession ot Faith, includ- | may be entered into through improper motives, which | 7.90'P¥é, sanslizes steamship James Adger, berce for Uheries | "ts Srz ortitnd Rev. Mr. SPexcur read the report of the Pabliea‘ionO2m- | they to re held to tne provitions cf the Book of Disei. | 2 ; 7 Peal y Lec COPE urpalised tegaunin Binstie’’ bence fee bores Fierce (rein a isin e ote mittes. Aitnougn much hid peen done by this bxdy, and | piige? They have, it is true, the right, accordieg to the | 16,tbe icnger ard shorter eatechieme, end tha’ elone, | may render the individusl criminal in the sight re pl coe corey B ; : ; designed to be on exposition cf what the Presbyterian | of Ged. If the master abuces his authority bys cruel | 28 *£e pian hed been seduced +o a system, the committe? | form of government, chapter 12, section 5, of “attempt- | Church regarded as taught in the word of God on this | treatment of his tervants heiaes subject tthe discip ine | V*2 letb, Morton, Materzes; 5th, Rio Grande. Preble. Gavana 8T Jaco pz Cusa, May 6—Arr brig Foster, Crowell, Pulle- 1d & 9% FM. pened steamship Gransds, hence for B: ‘The # sloped cifike Hoek at 6 PM on account ge Jaboring under pecuniary embarrassmeats. Owiog | ing.’ as well as ‘‘recommending reformation of man- ; ‘i thick fcr. “, | celpbia. i r 4 2 ee eubjec * undersigned considers the latter view the | of the churen asis the nusoand for tae cruel trearment of tp Fieetwi: Porton), bed ee ee eg eee only ore that cpu be Feconcled with the spint of our | bie wile or the parent fr ameroialconcuot tgrandahis nich lity Jane Howa Ista, wi thay ana 26, t0 Hower | Woutshaite tach SE“ In" poet ahs Sunbeam, Rise, rs 2 . one stitution. aocol . e view e unt onse- fr Reston, juet srr; Prespero, Chaifteld, tor Led Meotitereg tre emberrassments, however, the plan | '@,,'Be, constitution To all, devirable ends, the | Sorstitution, ‘to the ‘Assenbly belongs the | quence of overiocking this disinetion between aolation | _ ftip Albogi, Barnaby, Stanghae, Feb 1 with teas, ac, oJ | Soste Kremlin Cones, Weral for ports em ie. coat ia Sor wopsicer:ng te embarrasements, howerer, the plsn | committee believe that me sand ate- | Sower of deciditg in ail controverties respecting | ‘hat in confessedly innocent in itself, aad the wicked | & Bisbop. Bare 3, nl 35.208 Jon 2K sotke, Br deip,Yoha | ¢aye, toleaa for Boa; Lucy 1 Bale, Lull, dg tor repaire } ext y quate, erpecially as connected with tha: testiijing | doctrine and discipiine; of reprovicg, warning, of hear- | abuses of that relation, that the Awembly at Detroit oa ingore for Jon 34 a by Heat) gohan, ae se Bote brea pe i "age and reprcviog functions so often exercised in time | ing testimony Pw opt in doctrine, o immorality in | Jed to ceclare 8 aveboldisg, in certain elzonmstances, sn 37 pall Cee eh, wih aa Am bark seetiog nee tHe RzasILLO, May Seare brig. Morte, Cristo, 9 ortkrep ‘Bos- ae a spay memnecsperpons aed he aeons Part entrees Be PI a: practice, in apy church, preebrtery, or synod, and of | offence, in the rense ia whica that term is usedin the | man died; 1 th teat, Charles Hale. of sew York, feil from the ee ” ‘Remen Beetes. . tion when the committee sbou'd feel iteelf equal wo the ny 7 7 superin' ending the concerns of the whole church.’’ (Sec. | Book of Discipline. Had the Assembly declared that the mamntopastant yer Sane ARC Tob a, ‘siloe ALBXAPDRIA, May 16—Arrechrs WW € [Feral ed juator 2 ; y ii 'W W McCarty. Boston; matter. Ihe report further sta.ed that the comai'te in- At the conclusion of the foregoing, the following mino- | 6, ch. 12 F. ot G ) From this languegejit is interred that, | abuses ot the slavehok ing relaidon—such as may exist in Nee eee wey yyocke With Becezas Dickoroom, Fall canted i app to the Legi-iscure foran act of {ncorpo- | rity refort, fom the same quesiion, was read by Rev. | it the General Arsembly regard slaveholding in certain | other re'aticns in life, ano not the relation itselt—was Ce eS eeees ema SW go mated: | Biver; Bro bere, Bo Bd leh, schrs BF Reeves. Frov!- ration, in ctcer to relieve them from the responsibiiity | Dr. Boyd:— ences as ‘an immorality in practice,” t bas the power | an: ffence in the renee in which the term 1s used.in the ‘ship Rock City. irom Branghae for New York: also; ‘orth Pscific Roxbury; Nellie D, Beaton; BP Weel- of vdtir acts. It was a mater of remark tbat there waa MINORITY REPORT. to ¢eclare it to be an «flence in the sense in which the | Bcok of Discipline, whilst yhe undersigned would c’n- | Br ship Ellen, with loss of main yard; April 2 iat 32 Black Morster. do; ith, V Sharp, do; B & Stookio, a Con mittee of Publiestion for four years The undersigned, a member of ths c>mmittee appointed | term is used in the Bock ot Discipine. Tne undersigned | sider the modein which the deciaratin waa made ir- | 25 5£, spoke ebip North Arerican, from for London; River. ing mace ary grovision for carrying out the work. by the lest General Arsembiy “to report to this Assem- | cinnct admit the justice o* this inference. It douowiens | regular, the sentiment iteelf would meet bis concurrence, ses ae on, $88. spol sete Leg mag Be grntme a4 jaadvaatage, $5, ‘been secured for the | by on the urconstitu‘icnal power of the Assembiy cver | belongs to the As-embly to decide all c ntroverries re- | He recognizes the right of the luwer jucisatories to insti. | Fi sraNol) Set 7s onehe Mbalung hisk ol ait es @od about $15,C00 for the Pres- | the subject of slavehosding in our churches,’ being con- | #pecting Ccctrine and practice and of superintending the | tute ciscip.me sgaicst a slaveholder tor crueity towards | irg vark Hernah Brewer. of New Lordon, on a cruise. byterien bow, and tne greater portion of the large sum | straives to ciffer trom ‘the majority of thecommittee, begs | copcerns of the whole church. But the queriion is, | his slaves, ano tue right of une General Assembly to Snip Biiver Star (new), Wade, Boston, in bailast, to: Welling. ‘ bud teen raised in Poilacelphia. leave to submit the fol owicg report:—fhe uncersigaed | bow is the Assembly tg exercise its power in this respec issue a judial case, involvirg the charge of cruelty, | ton & abbett. Pearcy Rivers rekce ti fhe resort recommended » publication fund, with | tskes plessure in sayirg that most of the views expressed | This secticn dces not answer the question. We learn, | brought regularly before it; or upon the oasis of com- ee Lord Ashley (Br), Creswell, St Ubes, 67 days, with | SonT yas & rt; Bea Nrimph, Dawson, Providerce; ia: Gixed capital; the smount would determine the usefuiness | in tte majority report meet bis concurrence. Tae arn however, from other parts of the constitution, that the zumor if a Synod neg ects to enjoin upon its presby. | Plt, 1o master with | Jana City, Co y ; Assem| lewport;, Cork in, do: J Forsyth, Bolmes, MYork; K Kerr, of the scteme, and the respovsibility of the charch which | ciples therein statec, by which the General more in which this power 1s to be exercised is distinctly | veries to institute inquiry as to cruel ien alleged to be | amd BAdm)(frem), Junge, Rio Janeiro, 43 dey Bashieice Bt Jono de Cuba; Jovepbine, Ferris, Albany. ‘tid Martin. Bichmone ; br: 4 ‘oprie?; ‘simuitaneous colles- | to be governed in its action with reference to what are | Pecifie’—so that it is not lett to the Assembly to deter | practised by its members, it can be cited to appear before | “Hark Azelis, Davis, Bahia, 30 days, with coffee, to order; ships avn E Hooper, Bains, Liverpool; Meda.ion, Ppa yngeonen 18 PPT oe amended, ami thus | reoogeized as offences by the constituvion cf toe chures, | mine either what iserror in d:etrine or an immorality | the Assembly to answer to the charge ot doliquency; | sel in FH Whiemors 7 Roviendem: brign Ching, Hamlin, York; Hope (Bry, Wika, the e mmitiee wou'd be ins position to secure the con- | are clearly represented in tbe Book of Discipline. The | in practice, or by what method it shall decide contro- | and the Asemb y, if they think proper to do so, can en- Brig Billow (of ualem), Bates, Ponce, PR, 18 days, withau | West Indie Lee teal Denier canean watt Le Boe- trot of the p ess. The treasurer's report showed a ba- | process ix he same io regard to ail offences statei to be | versies respecting dcctrine snd ioe, and superin- | join upen the dynod to consider the subject, ard to ng, fo Boaraes | Kot Portland), Pottizgill, Cardenas, 16 days, | _,BOBTON. May 17, PM—arr’ brig China, Lowe. Port om Jance in treseury on the 7th Msy, 1866, of $226 94 uch in the corfession of faith of the Presbyterian | tend the concerns of the whole church The Assembly, | issue it ss, in the view of the Synod, circumstances | i) To ctscs, to Aguirre & Galway. Prinee; echrs Si'ver Cloud, Portsmouth; 1, Aucenreid, Pilden. Or motion of Rey. Dr. Faiacutp, the report wassub | Church. ‘The General Assembly has the power, as an ad- | lise every o:her judicatory of the church, in exercising This, in the juégment of the un tersigned, Brig ¢ Perbins,——, Nassau, BE, 11 days, with-coffee, ke, | Pbilecelpbia, Cid ship Norreman (new' citoper, of Boston, 813 mi-tea to the Special Commitiee, consisting 0’ nine. vunory bcdy, of ref rming, warning or hearing testimony | the suthority with which it bas been intrusted, of the power conferred by the constitution | to master 9h inst, Hole i= the Wall bearing W Smiles, spoke | “t#), Hasbell N York, to Joad for San Frau ea i is d’to 1sth—Arr steamer Buptrees, Morrill, NYors, to reture with Here the Assembly to. k « recess of afew minu es, and | sgainst any error ia acetrine or immoratity in practice | i8 to be guiced by the express provisions of the | upon the Asses bly in reference to slaveholding, an ebip <gen trom Boston for New Orleans. 4 , P ana co 1e arsen bling the following mejority report of tne | it pleases, whether that error or immorality is re‘erred to | ccrstitution. Its power to Cecice controversies re- | other innocent relations in lifs, ‘The abuses of the re- | brig Mt May tew, Hall, Bamliloa, Bermugs, May 11, wit | ship,Roreemar, in tcw, bank Camel gry ‘Sarai, "Thorns, . ti : 1008 ard toma ry er t ition of Sli was read by Rey. | iv our ¢ nfes:ion or not; but thst reproo! and testimony | *Drcting dcetrine snd practice and to bear tes- | Istion may be treated 9s cfferces, when the charge ts | Po!sioes ar ail Jackscaviile; sebre A’exander, Buew, atlantic Ocean, G meivres on the Question of Elevery y can baye a0 authoritative cr birdiog effect upon the | ony srainst what it may consider an error in doctrine | brought before the Assembly in the way oresc-ibed by the | Mai yceephne, Dimownas, Io Jansiro, Aprild; nithestoe. | Tat *Provireciown: Maro Muroby ry, Games, Hirer: Orogma, MAJORITY RRPOET. lower jucicatories. Ass judicial body, the General As. | Or a0 immcra ity in practice, cces not involve the right | constitution, but not the relation iteelf. 2. Tne second ith bark Jalavera, Merlibew. tor Baltimore se phig Bla Eaturee F wie ‘Ai to K, aomere Whe fenkine, Or. The ¢: smit‘ee appointed py the lest General Assembly | semb'y bas the power to decide al) cases of offence | to Tegard that as heresy or an offence which 1s not cun- | otjecticn to the resolutions, peased by the Assembly at iy Keith, Peeny Rio Janeiro, March 24 with cof eo repert to ihe nox General Assrmbly on tbe coontta- | brought before it for acjadloation, either by reference, or | ‘C@UE4 as auch by the stancaxds of the church. Ifsuch | Detroit (to which the uacersigned would briefly advert) | fee, to, Depier, Jobsyon & Co. April 7. lati¢4s. lous] sn, | Sng Falmeto, Nothing wd on Rurdey, wind Wi 10 Yional power of tue Arremoly uver the sudjastofslavehold- | eompaint or appeal trcm a lower judieatory. As a | power belorgs to the Arsembiy, who is secure from the | is, that the inverpretation of tue constitu‘ion is judicis: talon st, maw echr RA Wood cr Jerer Ole; Mavis, | BELFAST. May 13—8d schr Jane Otis, Flowers, Rorfoli ing im our eburches,” reeprefully summit tne following | cour: of review. it can require synods to review and cor- ticn cf here-y cr immorality im practice? The | act, and inasmuch as the Assembly can exercise its $2.40 low 68 ‘sehr Virginie Gritith: 16th, Cape Hen. | BATH, May 9—0ld brig Eugene A ‘Weed, Havana. report:—It shon d be observed at the outset thatthe com. | rec: any proceedings in regard to offences that may have ion of the Aszembly, instead of the Confession of | judicial power with respect to offences only when ® CaS® | Ty bearing W 1; N pasted a large binok can buoy’Nos appa. | _ CHABLSSTON, May 15—arr brie J Jones Mis NYork; mittee are instructed to report on but a simgle point—that | been irregolar, or not in accordance with the constitu- | Faith, thexfbeocmes the standard of orthodoxy and mo- | is brov; before it f.om a lower court, by reference, | rently in gocd order. =, a rears eS. a C4 egos ee on ot power” The question bi re them is not what it may | tion. in the same capacity it cau cite be‘ore its bar & rality. And asthe Assemoy isa celegated body, and{s ; ocmplaint, or appeal; or as a court of review—and as Sebr Charles (of Harrins ton), Tuttle, St Thomas, 16 days, Col baiteriy, yids oe ger, Soubiates, Havana; be wise ‘or the Avsembly to do: not what, in s particular | syned to answer to the charge of allowing ‘heretical | #*nerally compcred of different members at each succes- | the Astembiy at Detroit was nct called upon t> decide a ee Crabb Sslaid, PR, 29 days, with rae efiy, Gleke sate aparrow, -Betieis brig Ja- case or in genera'—suthority being pzesupposed—would | opinions or corrrpt practices to gein ground,” provided | sive meetirg, there may be as many opposite expressions | jucicial case, or to act as scourt of review, that body | 1047 passer gare. IAsler, igtie » Vare, Isviguia, Agvadila, PR: Bran polacre Pag: 6, St be tor ec siication, but wba: ts the power of the Assembly | con mn rumor, sneh as is specitiea ia ebap. 3, ec. 6, of | of opinions as there are mectirgs of the body. What one | transcended its power when it declared slaveholding, in | "Zinictets Dyer (x mectiand) Jemison, Guayama. 18 | Jobe, PR: scbra?S N Smith Wicks, Boston; Wm Smith, in the mstter of slavenolirg. This is question | the Bock ct Discipline, eharges the synod with such ce- | A*sembly would ceclare ‘‘an error in doctrine and im- | certain ceres, to be an offence, in the renee in which the | devs, with sugar and molasses. to J Onatavia. Frith, and RC Howard Baker. NYork. Cid ship Moultrie, ‘which can be determined only by refarence to our form | linqueney. The Assembly cannot originate discipline, | ™rality in practice.” another might regavdas trath, | term is used in the Bock of Discipline, That theinter | — seir B Miler, Miller, Matanzas, 8 days, with pineapples, to | Charman, Liverrcol, brigs Nuevo Ramonclia, (¢p) Sole. Nes- of guvernment. The “ power’’ on which we are to re- | ncr ean it act directly u1 y other Judiciary then the | #nd free from the charge of immorality. In this age | pretation ot the constitution by socurt of the church | J&T Hessel. | PRS ‘ih trait, | Gono NBeuiord, ‘Sid brig Win Wilkon. Farrell, Mio de Je: po.tia fitiy cerignsted as ‘consi uional.” We are | syno3. But iif the synod omits to require of a presbytery | of progrees and wild tanaticiam, theories and practices | fs a jucicial act will not be questioned; for a body possess- HEP a eehidaeananitarambals gcamehh Onendacibiiaatindamedyd Be '= 4 z ! i @c nstitu'fonal body. No judicatory of our church | to ree that the session takes ccgnizance of alleged “ here- | Tight be authoritatively announced by the Arsembly | irg both acviscry end judicial power. to imferpret its cbr Fiyiag Arrow. Young, Key West, 8 days, with cotton, | , DIGHTON, May 15—Arr achr Adele Pelicis, Howlett, Phila- hes any legitimare furctious save thore which, either | tical opinions or corrupt practices,” then the Assembly | se éssential to truth and virtue, which the greater part aS teen oe aT voidored: govern. | *%JoBAzEer & Deabes Virginia, *RASTTORT. May 12—Aresche Wave, Talbot, NYork. ld ico hor a if ynod pear betor: of evargelical Christians would consider perni fora, oop atieally shoata tale We. is of four biguest charge ot 6 niogueney | i auty: ‘siter wales the whale errors, and most immoral in their tendency. With | menis. In the constitution of the Presbyterian | scbr © H Van Name. Vap Name, Virginia, 2 dasa. 1202 ably Bowall, Merrill (rom Bt Stephen), Londom; echr 2A jucies'ory, ia view of the tenceccy of buman nature, in | matter is to be referred to the synod, with the direction to such power granted to it, nothirg else would be | ehurth, provision is made for securing a judicial Bets Masihe Colling, Colles, Alezaedrie, 2 ¢ 18 Te MITER Re te are ache B Vandiver, J see ite caleetical emnmections, toa grasping ard tyrannous | tabe it up, and dispore of it in a constitutional manner, | Wanting to invest the Assembly with all the attribu'es | decision of the General Assembly in respect to other | S¢b Jorerh Holm es, Beles. Alexardsia, & days, th cous 0 ROME Dekaces aiteee bel Wee nae centralism. The one man power at Rome is hardly mo or stay further proceedings in the case, as cir- | of an oligarchy ss supreme in its control of the minis- | cases than offences, by overtures from the lower courts. Schr Hamilton: Hopkins. Georgetown. B Sharp, Sbarp. Baltimore (or Aiexandria, according to wted); t to the genius of Presbyterianiem than woa'd | enmstances may require.” (Chapter 1, seetioa 1, article | ters and members of the cburch, and possessed of power | Hence, when the Assembly interprets the constitution, Sctr Rew York, Goodsell, Boston. Tit, ram Smith, MoGivern Alexend: & Brown, Risley, headed papacy under the name and formof a | (.) The lower jucicatory would be bound to consider | tyrannical as that which ever distinguished an eccle- | in reference to the rubjecis brought betore it by these Sebr Ieie, Orase, Beaton. and Jas T Bertine, Inman, Philsdelphie; sloop Ann B Holmes, ey nea, Pe aes ne membered aso, that | the suriect ordered by "the Aneempbly to be lavesti. | siartical eourcil of Rome!” With wach a power, | overtures, it acts in s judicial capacity. But nefther the | Propeller Thomas Swann, Green, Baltimore. Ean mond, Akan ora barks Montauk, Liceola, Liver. ea visible church, or particul«r denomtn our oon | gated, but the issue of the case fs atill lett with the Asembly might disregard the plain provision | constitution nor the practice of previous General Assem- Wind durirg the day 8, pools Ruecee, j RL Me ase e Montauk, ' Stitutiee is the sole bond of our union. ‘ate united, | judicatory. If the synod should juoge, after oon- | of the constituticn, making it imperative to send down | bles suthotizes the Aneembly to cae the constitu- In port 7th, ships WH Pravis, Moss, for Europe Idg; Miss externally end iormaliy, only as that unies us, That, | ricering the su'ject, that no farther action on the | overtures to the Presbyterians for their adoption, before | tio regard to offences, unless case of disci- Telegraphic Marine Re} Beare, do do; SF ‘Austin, Seek, Se Bee do; ‘apby of course, must messure anc limit the responsiollity for | part of the presoytery or session is called for, it has | ®t change in that in+troment can be effected. Under | pline is brcught before the body. by reference, or com- BOSTON, May 19—Arr ship J L. Warren, New Orleans. oor Geeonn, Yaeod Crot (set v3, Dizer, from a ivut ‘ht to stay all turther dings. It | 4 general power of interpreting the constitation, it | plaint, or appeal; or unless the Assembly acts as a court ‘orrespondenee. ® s 3 pcg Ging pede pert er tegeer Bard al esa [ead Sach ergane wes phtiagtane Wei tne cAsbadeer ding. It | ‘vould vutually enact @ law respecting errors in aco- | Df review. “Apart, iberefore. from the anomulous pro- Se eas te cre Cee tein, | Dene Routh, Pickens: MB Davis, Baker: Mary fob. bby the terms of our confederation, i: has no powsr | bas taken up the subjec: for consideration. Tae Asem. | trine and practice, when confessedly no aliusion is made | ceecings of a ccurt of the church declaring abstractly icha Ialaxds; bark Maraval Ward Mayaguez; echrs J Bepburn. from do disg. ¥ riper mmitvee would fitter remark, that | bly bas gone to be ex’ent of its power when it has di- in the Confession of Faith, and when the Pres- | what is an cffence, in the sense in which the term ia | Rov man, Taylor, Fall River, NC Hail, Baber, RORGRTOWN, BG, May 7—Arr sehr , Cousese, b deere yt ‘eel themeeivee called cn to presen: ‘their | rected tae lower judiestory to consider it. The final issue | byteries, according to the plein language of the conatitu- | ured in the Bor k of Dircipline, the undersigned oonsiders | Tusner, Crowell. Gloucester. Prospect; Pth, brig Susas, Crowiey, ;schrs Ken- ious of the moval character of slavery, por toreargue | of the matter, aecordiug to the constitution of the | tion, axe the only law making power Rnown to the l’vea- tbat the Avsemb'y in Detrelt transoee ded Ita power in mak- Por Back The schr Mary T Hoyt, which cleared at this. | drick Fish. Shaw, and Joba McAdane, Willard, Bosion; Hyena, of the moral character of slavery, nor to re argue | Church, ia tow left to thelower cours, There constitn | DSterian Church. Surely, then, this tnterpretation of | ing this declaration, when there was 00 juciclaicase pre- | p<tt.Jen § for Rio Janelo, with four was ocmpelied to put | Faice, Thomaston: 10th, 8 8 Song. Hallock, Now York for the question whether slaveholding is, in any oem e | tional prisciplen In regard. to offences are, in rubstance, | tir rection cf the form of government is incorrec’. The | rentea for its decision and when it waa not called upon | s'cargo ior repais, taok iatheebine and arrived berew day. | Lik, brine’ Ferreser tinea: Maths Manone Hibbite, Chasior: atatea with had to th Vt el Tt was tho- | reecgnized in the report of the msjority of the commit- urcersigned undéerstancs it as giving to the General As- | to actas a court of review. For these reasons the uo- | Her cergo contiats of 2200 bbls flour. tor.’ Old Sth echra W A Dresser Hatch, +h . SF rOint ed wi rer oe ee seri so), aud the con. | tee. "in the views expressed by the insjority on this | “mby the power ofgleciding controversies respecting | deregned. whilst he cordially concurs in the views of | _ Cid ship Verpasian, Crooks, Porto Cabello: brigs Burchard & | ton Belle, alexender, Theroasioa: 10th. 8 Bolton. Podaer, pie “4 amet “that the helding our ‘ello nen in the | branch cf the subject the undersigned cordially concurs, | “bat ibe standards of the church expressly deolare to be | the majority of the committee as 10 the mode in which For. ee Og nT eeeon Pre ee Jor ise Mediator, Read, Newport; 14th, Mary Stedman, itien ot slavery, axcep* im those cases where it under a ‘9 ¢ Port mouih; H P Cushing, Godfrey, Boston; Mai well, Pro- GLOUCESTRR, May 15—Arr scbrs Silas Wright, Rockland ona! y, itia | The undersigned sikewise concui a ta the venticoent which | errors in doctrine and immoralities in practice. And if Hine Pgs rene ie eects are.te be brought a Beeiag 2 Len ee Cg od : He . believes fer NYork: < ~ ‘ see aecernenés int Tarplice im the second resolution | the Assembly tears its testimony against what it me: "ort 0 JeRGTRR: May 15— Arr achre Sas Wright, Rockland eee Oe ee tee ate; the oblige trance | acopted vy tue amembiy. io Detroit, and which he has | 0Dsider as heresy cr sin, put to which our standards | rembiy at Detroit, which in manetioned by tne mejority, |" yptecelianeous and Disasters. Puilndeiption 2 uarcinoeklo, oF the demance of homanity, {¢ 82 cftenc® | re hecurecce u the oolaion of the iaajonity of the com. | make no allusicn, it must be im virtue of its sdvisory | was « violation both of the letter and apirlt of tue | 21. svennmenip Nashrie, Capt Berry, from Charleston, ar- | _LUBKO, May 18—Arr sehra Velocity, Hucking, snd South. ot Dreeiglive, one 1, section 2 mittee. that # aveboicing ir not erin per se; and cannot, | power. But that error m dcetrine crimmorality in prac- | constitution of the church. Im his judgment it is x ‘f ¢ J ever, Diremere, NYork, 8d 8th schr Rmily Fowler, Rowell, 14 be regard- a r ar cialen.” therefore, on this ground, be made @ subject of disoi- | trice, whether real or !meginazy, cannot be regarded as | the abnegation of # principle whieh, if carried out to ita | rived last evening, The purser will secept our thanks for Philadetptio, “4 |OBILE, May 12—Arr Span brig Querido Candedo, Her- ibe vncersigned also reaaily admis that slave- beresy or an offence, im the serse in which the term is | legitimate results, would place the rights end cha- | papers. 2 rerat Bovara, J é i Yion fa Me, ia a sin in the | Used in ‘he Book of Disciplize. In order to this, we re- | racter of every minister and privave member ot Anniyats at Witaixctos, NC—The following lie shows the ), May 15—Arr sehr . Philadelpbia. See hea Tee aera comma: {sign only ate piher rela‘ien ia I; ise sin in the | vost, it, must be Clstinetly condemned as suckin dhe | ite ‘church in the heuds of ‘an. trresponsibie ievensela hat have arrived at Wismingior, NC. from | sit isth Keren Héppeshs Ntorke iis, Glomasia (Brn Cie: ys smlcrate that any copsidcrable. porcon of the | of bucanity. Ia is view of the subject, the exceptions | Mtandarde of the cburch; otherwise there is no se- | court, governed by prejudice and csprice, and acting | the 80 to May 14, 1286: Barks—~American, 15; ' merteport; forab Jobneon (Br), and Elbe (Br). Digby: ee ase a eps will elsher stand tn doub: csooernirg | starco in second resolution adopted ia Detroit will cover | curity for any minisier or member of the eburch, | without regard to the written constitution by which ali 4."aten allot, Total, 600 ROO eee eerie aes etree ae avicrcsste eter tee st the vast majority of cases of slsveholding in the | *gainst the precipitate and unauthorized action | profers to be controlled, It would justify s Southern Ja Wisarworon, Bévetcn, ot Wow Ret.| “Sab e cH Are hbo Ges Baten, Gane, Sealer ir ier (4 mnelre, in the least, to pares. ‘ie gomiders bat'm the present condition of the | of the highest Judieatory of the caurch. The | reesion or presbytery in discipimning a memoer or micis- | , Weatzsmy Groner Wasnicrox, Réwarce, of New Bed | 12th, AM Arr ship Geo, Hallett, Gage, Boston: reve See Coateire eet ierth at Detrott— y ee ion ia the alavebolding States, the lew of | Unersigaed, therefore dissents from the astion of ter for aboktiion ford, recently burned ai 5 5 1 fora pl le r" talon—is yer, the ‘sentiments, if the promulgation of such J Test d, whenee | Trieste: achr J % Grice, Rogers, NYork. Seay Sta aioe vine os cae ceieee, cabins se Hgaticnsot guardianship demand that the | the Assembly at Detroit on the subject of slaveholding, | views rhould be regarced ab pernicloun in their tendeney, | Owed bs Meza 1 Howland Jr & Co, of New Bediord, weer | TH ORPORK, May lear ack E W Mérida, Boow, Provie ‘ed, their scle concern is with the rel relation of master and servant should exist unl some | “D4 which is endorsed by a majority of the Reems ard thus inconsistent with the demands of humanity. | ihe ship snd outfite vas about $60,000, aud was insured in New | dence, Sid echra rer soouen, ‘and Mary Jane, Hepson, W oly, te the tamer. To. 4 scheme, in the Provié nee of God, is devised by waich the Leap th we is ae ees It would pera ticor anton or to | Beaford pack $13,250, (ae saa phason Wi Tork, Ohvie, Bors, Ts AMe-In port ‘Tanner, Northap be - (remap Roath 7 jaith of sbyterian Chu: nd for reason ® prosecution sy, according as reabyter Br Barx Kincpove, previously repe re 9 Wil: . ‘ sore oe ee ee eee Seabee cba | tien ot het any In aaiee, can be seperated) ond vith | relation iteeyf between master and servant cannot be an | would eonaiter the ore or the other in that iene. Ine | miopicn, NO, bas been lightered and twken up to W. oes Berten), See encore! paced alee ieee ed and treateo in the race This opivi:n has been her expressly | pline. f ; "i ; Lov puny yt Stes WoRd Se sesree, tee tatee cavet | ail ine rights ses pote igo, | (fence, whatever may be the circumstances in which it | word, it is a principle whied, if acted upcn, would be q — Banx Locy L Bate (ot Beaton), Lull, trom Tongoy, with Se er ereeees, els tak teaser itn Wolk tees Te de ano Sr hr lg sl De a hag pe i oo Warectnieet han me pestumeiapied exists, In the senre i» which that term ia used inthe | utterly subversive of the toundation upon whieh the | per cre. fcr Baltimore, wale put into Valpersiso March eee coreenen a ap bn bb Caserel @iseriaination. Tne acvaory | in the Derroty resolutions, and in the report of the ma- el Ra me woe i Cn ~ seid, howeree, ‘that al- ig hon Cape ng wit: gritten eventitu. we cite her cart Mi vas 31 andit would be shipped to Balt wth SORDON. May a6— Arr car HW Gandy, Fargo, Now, Asner! fe of very wide scope. Ac. jority of the committee, that slavebolding in a sin in the ough slavel ing, ¢: ing in certain cireamstamees, | tion, der! ing distine what, in the view io " ) WC, ‘Beaton, pote ne ein Be oj pA Aid 12 tection t of God, if it exists in violation of te obiigations of | 1 Dot cirectly probibited in the standerds of the chureh, | chureb, is intial to orthodoxy and morality. Three avarters of ae ree era ee nae cake buult | Cor Mey N—bre camer Pel . 2 ‘ 6, they have the power of ‘ reproving, warning, or bear- | guardianship cr cf the demands of humanity. The yet oppressicn is Cistinetly stated to bes violation of the ¢ followirg resolutions express the views of the un- | &' wip Rett iony : tt immorality in | ground of the urderrigned’s objections to the Detroit re- | ©'ghth ccmmsrdment: and as rlaveholding involves op- | cersigned as presented in this report :— ton at Forten on Saturday, tor $6600, 2 ‘ fi yt — ower, can bear ite ‘any thin; Tecommencing * * reforms im of manners * * | theo mmitiee, ist vorolo made a subject of dlsciplin undersigned readily | revaid san sin ia the tight of ‘od ba that tesieaony, Harvest, jay , 6. Fluart, Pantego, NC ee nee fosote belt cake hait'd mon. Cormin, ‘York. [Ble acura Honesty, TavacnnD—At Fath Tk ine. by Hovare KA ABewall, | Buon 1 Stue’Aibany’ & towutend, Gameatore ship cf aLcut 70 tons, caiie@ the Helleepont. Mills Rowley, NYorb; sloop Blackstone, Reynolds. do, ‘Whalemen. 1sih—Arr steamer Petrel, Arey, BYork; sehr J W Lindeay, , . Bi jo bis view neither the General Aesembl. ‘one, ‘nab, through all churches under their care.” Tals function | | 1. Hecaine, %) | acmita that if slavenoléing oppression are synony. | #vthoritative or binaing effec: upon the law judicat a of repcen! may Care ee tc aapaimporiastfaseacs, | sere ‘treat thas an an. uence sich thor in tno | ove terme according to the obvious, wall undaratond | ,,”; mevored: tial he General Ataemouy can regard nating | Seer Ss arc, a Joab region Swain, NB, | Sathafed of Rocky Po'yt nt rune sobre W Fee can cciauchs boaw as the General As embiy, jh the Lerma ja ured in the Book of Diaclolize, | 84 established meaning of the term oppression, it | in ibe Book ot) incpice, which is mot distinctly sated tobe | 2.100 ¥p,all i010; Pliabel) Hex'e, Mast, ed shipped 370 vbis | Wheaioc; J Teaming. Godtray, ed 7 Cranmer Tagutanons ‘peeds : all p tere ensentiolly ‘olding, #0 that the lat- | such in ths Confession ot Faith of the Presbyterian chureh. spotty the bmeraid, f meedierd; orton, 40, ‘ ortland: gf gd ey have aren: | tp cifically stated 10 de fuch im the Confession of Faith of | (O° spot exia without it—then every case of slave. | "A Besolved that as wlaveho ding is bot alluded wo eliber | fobive ireiget ice heme, onal ine few days: Franklin. Lee, | Smith: Chas Whiting, Rutter; ann Smith, Hawkins, and # au ware it binda'ae « aiken weey iesnes |. o Terameine interpretation c{ the constitution isaja- | boldirg eS tie oe is ihe Presbyterian | direct) cr pene atone? ier Ne Eo @ ee ce aan tare ty pst vila emul. Velrer, York Sloops Rhode Island, Hull, sad Ame " {i étei a i neh is an offence in the sense in which the term | '¢! ch, vant 0 J b eine P 3 em te ‘ ‘Assembly. It binds po indiy:duala, yet cases are not | dicial act, #nd inasmuci as the Assembly can exorcise ite in used in the Book of Discipline. For, alth wvgh the term case be @ canse Of discipline before any judiestory of do 218, Pi ogee, Tamm, Py Mg 0, i rial May \7- Arr achr Mary Elizabeth, Wiots, ‘anfrequent in which « moral infiuence of this sort, if not | juc seis] power only with reference to @ case brougnt be- the chureb. e that cou be employed, in the mont effica- | ‘ore it {rom @ lower court by reference, compinini or ap- | *lavebordrg may not be ured, still if opprersion is@ | 4, Keeolved, That crveli Kdwards NB, '960 sp. all told; FORTLAND, May 16—Arr bark C_B Hamilton, Ohase, Ma- bag! * ‘yDoDymour word, according to the acknowledged rul ‘d by th jwstaining the relation of tw ship. waiting turn; Caro- Rid echr Mary Aon, Gibbs, Phil in. ‘stow, ver the conscience, of.en, | peal, as® cour; ¢f review, and the Assembly st Detroit | *yponym J rales ractived by !hore #1 ing rel of masters to J - ewe eS irrisgens cxerewe ‘of bare suthority, | was not called upon to decide a jnolerl ease, or to act ax | ¢f interpreting langusge, then the thirg—the relation 1° rT. Ae yA tone Citizen, Crane, N'York. ‘As it respects the authoritative fanction of tae ‘Asser | a court of review, that body transcended ita power when | *¢lf— Cohen bab iba and, according to the princi- jay 14—Arr sober Thos Holcombe, Goslee, W t ‘ fi ing ctber nr ocent relations in life by JAVANNA May t it declared slaveholoing to ve incertain circumstancesan | > ¢ We have exhibited, an individual sustaining this rela- 7 Gi wy George & Busan, Jencks, do 1,000 mp, alltold, | Yorr. Cid ships Chaos, Dunton Liverpool; -, 40, biy, oF ite power of alses EO eee oY | terse in the resse'in which the term ia used ia'tae | Vion may be prosecuted belore the proper juctoatory for | ac Aeeiinttint nt ket cheek ty semen Gy cen, ntarores | bound bom ariant Barvoner do, bo Gil tpn inet report; | iaih--Arr’ bark H Chirchll, "Bake, ‘NYork. Az: be exsrcie means coextensive with its | Bock of Dideipline. oppresrion. As the offence must be +peitfieally stated, | cue is brought before it from ® ower court by referenos, com- | Napoleon, Crowell, dy 660 ep; Herald. Allen, do, bound | gusta, Stone. NYork: schre 1. @ Davis, abel and JW Weo- pe ge yy or testimony has only a In proof cf she first peettion it may be observed that | oppresricn is the sip for which he must be disciplined, | p'nict or appeal; or unless the Arsembly acta asa court ofre- | Low 1 es Breeze, Draty, 60 100 ee ee why Ba rat Os- bg HN pelt | Geo Nenghans, easter, Gusssecaes 4 Seales, ‘ihe masner in which tt shall be put forth is | iii#a principle clearly reoognized, both in ecclesiastical | The undersigned weald obeerve, ia Tegard to this porl- | "Ws sea anes if w judicial case, inv: china hi Yan‘ isher. 4 homes Sen, Feo Comey, fetport, Wert ee vorke a aces’ ee. ee wi tte to the diseretion of the Assembly. Not so | arc civil governments, thats court can oaly exercise | tion, that, howeverit ma be with those who believe that | witnijen<{ tho charch specifies as an cilenos, Is brought regu: 180 gp, ALR Tooker, | Afvice: sehr John A Reche Bateman, Philadelphia, Ti87 tee concemairg. as It dow, tho dearest | the powers wich are specifically granted voit by the | savébolding iss sin im itll. ao advocate cf the | feniy beicre ive Amemely by a lower court tt booms (othe | Smith, an: Leotidan, Oliver, 84.300 40; Con: | WASHINGTON, MC. May 18--Atr equre, Doborah, BT oe Aghts axd interests, it is of the importance that | constitution, Im legislative bodies powers of a general roit remola y 10 power of & oat + | titan gen; kvean Green, NS, 1300 gp 200 wh on board, 1 80, Rough & Roady, its exercise should ‘tet pre- e way exist, This must, of necessity, be the case, | Part cf the church to make slaysholding » matter wate te #8 fad ff io our form mt vor it, | It moet berleft Clseretions ty with the body’ to determine | ‘or discipline on the ground either that oppression coribec. So wa stimty net ford, and the greates’ care | Lowa general power may be execoined, Nocmaritu. | 870 *iaveholotrg are rynonymous terms, or that the for- Veery step is dietinotly set ford, 98 b= nl proviee for every contingendy “hat may aries, | wer |r croevsaniiy tnvo ved io the latter. ‘The notion at Taner Se goare al cimperaantnany particalar class of | ¢nu ‘bat mey rrouire the exerci Derront imp iie tha thers ee cases of slavehaiding which | further seticn in the mailer or to stay ali Curiher pr. seedings, “ ove OC mg 2 omy ons 1 be doait with Hei © power ote te! ae cterce, envber iu the God OF Of man, yp (cumrinnyes may require, Swain, FB, | Expected to,be at home aboat tbe Intot July. eo co dan 29, Beotiand, Smith, RB, for Ochotse Sen; 5 4 trom Co Jat, Worth Paciic, eb'19, Archer, ber, aizo, ‘ion, do €0; Triloa. Dornin, . Weareland, do ao; Mch 14, Cor: | Kesthra, Groton, and Onward. Sanit, NV Maun vet, Uibbs, Newt ‘cay all | Pevgeow, Horduram: Bele (it), Gi bart, E Bovd. ¥ York: @ Ardewa, do. WIOK¥YORD, May 17-8Id sehr Arion, McLaughlin, Nor. tol ; LMINGTON WO, May 18~Arr brie 6 P Brown. Pree , ine Powell, NYork. Cid bite joras: schr Marine Pow S pradive, %. BS, nity @ ue