The New York Herald Newspaper, January 5, 1861, Page 10

8 : THE NATIONAL FAST. | t surge of the Pacific come booming pF desert, and calm our angry and ‘impassoned Bearts? Are we not still brethren? not one great @®ristian heart throb throughout the land? And shall ‘we now, in the very season when we commemorate the of the Prince of Peace—at whose advent the oon- ficts of the world were hushed to rest—shall we take uy) fhe sword, brother against brother, and bathe the ‘ant ‘which our fathers consecrated to Christ with blood which will, like that of Abel, cry terribly for vengeance from @e ground’ It cannot, shall not come, unless God has flready cast us off and will not hear our prayer; for we Sou ive ‘up our aupplications to Him—we will confess our Sine—wo will bog to be delivered from pride, and preju- ry manning ora have our jotism sanc- ‘tited Pure spirit of religion; and thus @eairing that peace and righteousness may a f ‘the dicssed kingdom of God will not be taken from us, a THE REV. J, B. HAGANY. Bt. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, @orner of Fourth Avenue and Twenty- second Street. No sermon was preached at this church yesterday, but im its stead @ prayer meeting was held im the lecture yoom attached to the church. ‘The rocm was tolerably well filled with the membors of te congregation, the majority of those present being Badies. The services commenced. with singing, after which the Rev. J. B. Hagayy offred up a short and impressive prayer, in which he referred to the occasion which had drawn them together, and in view of the present unsettled state of the jo mind aud the dangers which threaten the country, isn, respective of pasty or religions opiaions, ts unite respective or rel un ‘im prayer to Aimighty God that ‘he will ent the which now threaten the a, and that he will fli the hearts of all men with feelings of love and friendship for their brethren throughout the length and Breadth of this great country. Rev. Dr. K8—Who i8 probably one of the @ktest Methodist ministers im this city—then ad- @reseed them im eloquent and ur eC, m the dangers which threaten to dissolve the Dnion; but these dangers he it were more of an fmaginary than real nature. He was living, he said, ‘when the eriginal constitution§ of the United was framed, and he did not belleve that after se many years of almost uninterrupted prosperity and rees, that the Union was now destined to be dissolved d and civil war. With a fervent and ———- sive prayer to Ged that He will avert the dangers which ‘mow threaten the country, the reverend gentleman re- mamed his seat amidst the suppressed weeping of many ‘@f his bearers. A short address was then delivered by a gentleman ‘@eanccted with the Young Men’s Christian Association. 3 was similar in character to the others, and was deli- ‘vered with much earnestness and fervor. After singing another hymn the benediction was pro- ‘@ounced by Rev. J. B. ly, and the congregation dispersed. THE REV. DR. BETHUNE. ‘Whe Rev. Dr. Vannest’s Chureh (Reform- ed Dutch), Twenty-first Street. At eleven o'clock yesterday morning, in pursuance of ‘Wao recommendation of the President of the United States, ® mpeting for prayer was held in the Twenty-first street Butsh Reformed church, the Rev. Dr. Vannest, pastor, pre- ‘The church’ was completely filled, and among ‘Me ittendants were Collector Scholl and other city Botajies. After an hour passed in singing and Prayir, the congregation adjourned to unite with the at the church corner of Lafayette place and street, elsewhere reported. It was announced ‘at tle Rev. Dr. Bethune would deliver a sermon, appli- @abie 4 the times, in the evening. ‘The hhurch was, therefore, crowded at the time for vice. After the singing of the psalm:— Wait on the Lord, ye trembling saints, And keep your courage up, Doctor read the fourteenth chapter of Jere- Word of the Lord that came unto Jeremiah, the doarth.”” In the prayer which followed, Goa was yht ‘‘ to make the President’s heart strong thie mind \jear, his courage perfect. May he humble Iaimself tay before God, that he may be gifted with Ged’s courye. Spare our land, 0 Lord, from effusion o Blood, fro civil war, from servile war, from patricidal war. It is @icult, 0 Lard. Men’s passions run high. We Ihear tho nise and rage of the people, but Thy govern. ‘ment is ove all, and Thou alone canst overrule all.’’ ‘The Psalx, No! save us, Lord, from slavish fear, Nolet our hopes be firm and strong, ‘was then fuy, and the reverend Doctor announced as hi ‘Bext the sev4th, eighth and ninth verses of the sixteenth hapter of Jdemiah, already read. The history of Israel, ald the revebnd Doctor, is of a double character. It is ‘God's dealing with the children of Abram, and it is also bey of dealings with his church—the true Israe! 's dealing! ‘Bation than ‘Whe rev: miah, eoncerni ere more plain under the ancient dispen- BO’ The tares and the wheat are now per- ‘mitted to grow \vether until the harvest. We may find im the history children of Israel lessons for us as Ghristians and &yembers of a Christian community. We cannot belicy that all the Israelites were equally devoted to the terre of God, and yet He dealt with the whole nation for tIpake of His church. In this country ‘we belong to the Ly and to God’s kingdom equally— to that Kingdom ich is not of this world, else would ‘Thy servants fight.’"We have our duty. It is uot to le with our fy men in political disputations, Dut to exhibit before 4m examples of loving patience, ‘our examples cannot reach: ‘We can, therefore, kom the history of the Israelites examples of God's dealk experially applicable to this @ark day of our country Consider first the occasion of the e's prayer | T je hay! offended God, and He withheld from them H€ains in their season. No in @ustry or skill could help\em. Now the Holy Spirit, Mhroughout the ipture8, Sompared to the rain. The Diessing of a people prot of from the favor God, reach! em th their institutions as his appointed means. Thy fertility of the poil is the result of God's poweknd yot the flelds must be ploughed, the rains must fala the gun shine before tbe 8, though all theAwould be useless with: out bis favor. So ho gives us iMAutions, and yet pros- perity must be the result of his Using, ‘and adversity comes when that blessing 18 Wi\rawn. To a pooplo rs, it ie especially We are now wit fat peace with all the carth, yet in wh trouble we are. Sot why? Because our understandit have failed; be- cause, professing to be wise, we have, fe the greatest even of temporal calathes to Jose the Savor of God. ‘The Christian knows, as a matter of CApjoneness, that the spirit of God works upon the hearts Umen, Alnd it @an move nations as well as individly Not tong this whole country, from the crQica eity to remotest hamlet, felt the power of\, spirit of God, and now it equally feels the powery its with. @rawal. But this spirit can also work on 1 minds of men who never own God's peace. He canhake even tthe wrath of men to praise him. We suffer lw trom a eater calamity than that which befall thAvrnelites '¢ have lost our good gense, lost tie control dour pas Sions, lost the use of o@r reason; and those high power, to whom we lock for our defences, exbibit thelyigos in all the imbecile weaknors of poor, imperfect Ih \nity- ‘Where can we better go, in such a strait, than\ Goa? ‘Without God's spirit among us, Ho only knows (what @ieasters this may be the earnest. Moro politicia\ may emile at this, but we are not led by the counsels of, ». God gives us higher powers dn allowing us to call Bim, that we may be eaved for Lis glory. ‘This prayer of the prophet consisted of confer\, petition and argument. There must bo no yulous upbraidings of God. If Tite spirit bo ask ® must be because we have departed from Him\ not He from us, We should forcatall Hie condematior By condemning ourselves. Out of the depths we muri ery to God, and this willfteach us the petition: — Do thou for Thy uniuo's sake,” Who can give raiu but God?” ways ophet; who but God, say woe, can bring to Banght ‘he disturbances of disputes? We bave never known onr weakness till this trial, I can take every man iv this house to witness how very weak is this go- ‘Yerninent of which wo were s0 proud. How easy it was to undermine ite strong pt illars which in jal\ing crush themselves and the whole fabric at once! We have ben too proud, and thus we are punished in Ur price, We are fond of laying out plans for God's Providence, ani of asking God to let bonetite come ia ur way. hxperienco aches a8 better. It shows how disastrous Lecome blessings, and what appeared benefits greatent plagues, w, i fake the benefits ns he ive thane ie wot, degen spon it they will not come’ at all, and brings us to the argument. it « beautiful. Soo what ti the prophet applies tw Goa. Barnel,’’ ‘the Savior thereof in tine of promt oT Ghie true of ust Did not our fathore lay the foundations ernmout for God, taking Him always into thoir Has not this nation been given to God as no other has been? Hore we have no king. We have ro Surned from the folly of the nations who asked God for a recvived one in His wrath. We mmst acknow. or bow to the despot. They alono are froo God, We are the nation which eentaine God's Here God has perfected his church. A saint, of was reading, thought it sufficient cause to emi because here God would mantfost his glory, ‘else has the church been #0 strong. The hand ity is wot stretched out to maintain the pifipit. We Rover avke!, we would repudiate, the establiac: of the pulpit by human enactment. Andy we aro one of the two great Protestant and now that the two great superstitions, pagan fem and Popory, are falling in the Hast and in the West, $8 one of Gor's great armies to bo loat? At the prayer of ne man God once brought rain upon a country which dis ‘Srath had blasted, and are our prayers to stop mid.’ ied i if i SF e they wot to reich that God who has promised to au- § ing tbat be NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1861TRIPLE SHEET. Wor prayer? See how ‘is the prophet’s expres- sion—the strongest, | think, in the Bible:—'Do not dis- aaredong throne of Thy glory.” God loves euch holy idness. Let Moses’ prayer be ours:—Establish Thou the work of our bands upon bands establish Thou it.” Lastly, we ~ . a5 ee He is present cathe His holy spirit u overrule all for’ Bie own Phe His own elect which call unto us plead upto him His and do not let our a Ihave ¢aith. | present | = eit i 5 eee chaste edifice at half-past seven P. M. The congregation ‘was very good, considering that the place of worship is situated in 127th street, Fourth avenue, in the outskirts 0 gining at the 27th verse, Tho 91st Paalm was the selec: tion, commencing with:— That man is blessed who stands in awe ‘Of God, and loves his sacred law, His seed on earth shall be renowned, And with successive honors crowned. ‘The Rev. Doctor having ascended the pulpit, took for the subject of his discourse Romans xili..l—‘The powers that be are ordained of God.” The Rev. preacher commenced his discourse by refer- Ting to the order and uniformity which existed in the celestial world, from the highest dignitary in heaven down to man, who was the chain which linked heaven to earth in God’s creation. God himself was not only the God of order in all his works, but he was the God of love. Well has the Psalmist saidi when contemplating these things, “When I consider the heavens the works of Thy hands, the moon and s@rs which Thou hast made, what is man that Thou art mindful of him, or the eon of man that Thou regardest him?’ He next went on to show how the several parts of the created world were depend- ent upen each other, and as they were so were the sevo- ral orders of men in the government which existed upon earth. Man governs his fellow man for bis good; and when that government was fairly and justly carried out things went on agrecably and harmoniously. He then explained, in very forcible and lucid terms, of the neces- sity for, and advantages arising from, good government. When the mind was kept in proper restraint all the affec- tions of men graduated, because of the great benefits which arose to each other. In regard‘to primeval govern- ments, or the commencement of original power, strange opinions prevailed, and this he ably explained by making special reference to the savages, who, with little instinct to guide them, at once placed themselves under its guard and guidance. Reason, Scripture and common sense con- firmed this fact. It was not in God to turn man out of Eden into the wilderness until some well regulated form of republic was ready for him. That peculiar form of government which God gave to the Jewish People was something similar to that which the great Divine Being bad given to us in the present day; and which, in His te Sh, vauarany He was carrying forward and propogating. t great’ republic spirit had formed the people of this Gountry into ode great, solid and adhesive mass at first. He then dwelt at some length in reference to the constitution of America, which was erected by the venerable Washington and his compatriots, and whose earnest desire it was that under it they should peaceably and quietly live; and he hoped that constitution would yet be a pattern to the world, Tet them pay a due submission to the lawfully constituted authorities, as it was their duty to rally round and support them. The Son of God Himself showed an example of this during the time He sojourned uy earth; and if they only looked to Him, knowing that they would have to give an account for all’ their actions, the troubles that now threaten them would soon be hushed and calmed. No doubt misrule and bad government were abroad, and at present stalked the land; and anar- chy and rebellion were about to break down’ that great fabric of the constitution which was formed by its venera- bie founders. But they should never forget that the powers that be arc ordained ef God. When was in their borders, and when plenty abounded, they were too apt to forget the wise dispensor of those blessings, and it was owing to this that war and bloodshed were now staring them in the face, and each brother’s hand was raised against his brother. Their present commotions and afflictions were a punishment from God on account of thelr sins; and the sins of the nation had called down these heavy visitations. He then went on in a practicab manner to apply his subject, aud stated that, ev If sey suppticated the Divina interference, #tay the hand of the avenging overwhelming trial; if they did not there no room for repentence though they might seek it with tears. The orash of fallen institutions and the noise of battle might soon be heard amongst them; but he would implore them to look for days of peace and quietness, and turn from their evil ways, for why should they die?’ He concluded an able and effective discourse by calling upon the attentive congregation to value those priv: ‘which had been go frecly bestowed upon them; for if they were once denuded of them they and their descendants might never again be permitted more to enjoy them. The services were then concluded by the reverend preacher giving out the following hymn commencing with “Dread Jehovah, God of Nations,’ &., After which prayer was offered up, and the respectable ‘congreation separated. THE REV, E. H. CHAPIN, Fourth Universalist Charch, Broadway. A church meeting took place last evening in this ehureb, in consequence of which a regular fast day ser- vice had to be dispensed with. As a notice to this effect had been given out on the previous Sunday, the school room was at first the only place intended for the congre- gation, and was well heated for the purposo; but loig before the cemmencement of the meeting the room was found to be too small, and the assembled persons were transferred to the church above, where the thermome- tor was about freezing point. The sudden change of the atmosphere had a very quick effect upon the congrega- tion, and coughing, sneezing, &e., was soon plainly to be heard. It was.rather an unusual sight to see men putting -on great coats and shawis, and ladies wrapping their fur capes around them, inside the watls of a church, but such was the case there; nor did they remove them again during the services. The Rev. E. H. Chapin, taking his place at the feot of the pulpit, gave out to be sung the 246th hyma:— All hail the power of Jesus’ name, after which he read a portion of Daniel, chapter ix. (the Prayer of Daniel), anda portion of Luke, chapter xix. (tho parable of the ten talents, and Christ weeping over Jeru- salem), following the reading by a prayer for forgiveness for our national sint—that the nation had offended in acting contrary to Divine law and against the religion 0 the Saviour. He threefore prayed for pardon for them as & people, to deliver them from the effects of their guilt On that appointed and suggestive day he prayed for Di- vine forgiveness, for mercy and for grace—for grace that the country might be guided by a national constitution, and that that whieh had been the guide for the fathors of } old might also be a guide to the children, upon whom now rested the responsibility, 80 that the conclusion might be wisdom and peace. He prayed for blessings to st upon the President and council, and that they might ck to do God’s will, and not tho favor of mon, 90 t good might result to the whole people. He then PNed for the members of Congress, that they mid speak that which was trae and right, and Aid Restoring peace, 80 that the future glory of thi* Nation Yould far surpass the past; that North, South Fast andyest should look to God and sock to do Hi will. Heonojuded by praying that God would presory the land wNntegrity and prosperity to themselves and their childr4, and to restore past blessings which may have been toknuch forgotten in the outery of distress, He thon, af\ stating that he had but just returned from the countr) selected the text, from Luke, chapter xix, verse 4l— when He Pe a. nen Hie ‘w% como near, He behelt the city, The ‘Sebew mown be taken in the spirit, and uot in the letter. He wakyot a pattern for our outward Me, for several reasons, vi We live in the nineteenth century, He in the Bd in America, Ho in Judea; Ho wad hot « husby er be & pattern for them. We oh ona Kan now = pe nd, therefore the example | wo bean ont. read Chir in spirit. ‘\W tho passage just vea himself to and be ® satriot, Tho pic ture triking, Chrit\ weeping over Jerusalem. And at what time was this? Paar i wee Hen og” yee Pe spreading pulins and their garments . spreeing om T garments in the why, while he the Mount ©” Olive Cimguaroresvhia he yen HA he of Jerusatem burst before him, and he et He then felt a aman. Man ‘ify) mountain ry of a view of We city od and wept. 4 traveller, whed dest. the present day, has been known to weep—and ean it be wondered at that “egue wept? He Mt far ‘more intensely than they did, for he felt as a Jew, ‘Sf was to him a consecrated and holy spot. Jesus bad his aff&achments. who have never felt the feeling. The speaker had no faith in such talkers. Some say the world is their coun- try. Such is nonsense. He had a country which he loved, Detter than the whole world, and those who did not do 80 were mere abstractions, without { , and had no patriotism. From the fact that Jesus loved John and Jerusalem more than others only evinces his love for all men. The text shows him in the attit @ patriot. It was at acritical time for Jerusalem. ejection of the Messiah was to determine 3 Jesus iooked into the future. He saw the stately city with the doom cloud banging over it. He saw the Roman swords within its walls, and the Roman reared aloft within its tem Seving this crisis in the future, the weight of his feelings overshadowed the pre- gent, and he s and wept. speaker’s hearers oeeeta taatenet tie their thoughts with Christ. Ho consecrated patriotism, and it is patriotism which is 80 much needed at the Crisis of to-day. It needs to be touched—*Thank God it is touched.” What ie it that it feels? The indiesoluble obligations which bind men to their country; not that men shall out off from the nation its je life. Many look at this con- federacy an a it concern, which when it does not pay can cut off from, and leave it. nation is an organic whole, nd by the memories hopes of the future, by the common ple were allowed, it would make fr ber tg Lope together in one bona, tion of nation one 5 the lakes and no boundaries of which are the oceans, Gulf, and such a cuttiug off could be than the cutting off of a man’s ari ly.—We must be true to the honor and try. We must have astrong executive poner, only means to ensure safety aud peace. re must and stron, prevent our breaking in ‘We must have due and proper respect ficing our private feelings for the public good, else might a8 wel be afoat on pisces of ico at the mercy the waves, for the constitutional life is more valuable than our own tepmy convictions and fecl- ings. ‘There is now mixed up with the present crisis too much of party triumph, too much of the say- ing, “such and such a party is the cause of this or that.”” He would inquire.—How came the party into existence? Such party triumphs are shallow policy. In- stead of trying to find out the proper remedy for the present sad etate ot things, they are far more ready to recriminate aud blame others, Such mon have not a particle of the patriotism of him who wept. Next, wo should respect the integrity of our country. He aid’ not believe in the cant cry of “saving the Union.” Ho was sick of the very sound of it. He loved the Union with a deep and abiding love. When our fathers made tho Union they Jaunched a ship—whose timbers were yal metto as well as other good woois—upon the waters of the world thut was to shape its destiny; aud when that ship gos down the best destinies of the world will go down with it. There are no evils inside the Uniongo bad as that which will follow when the ship goes down. And when it does, he thought of the destinies of the world. He thought of lame italy just trying to free hor self. He thought of Hungary struggliug under the Aus- trian yoke. AU, ail, will be darkness when the ehip ‘oes down. If &he has to go down, which God avert, let not her timbers part with the recriminations of party feeling; if she has to go down, let her go down with hor floriour tag tying aloft, and every man standing true to er to the last. (Tremendous applause.) He would say a word about threats. It was not to be by threats that a man’s convictious were to be changed. "The little ug. igh boy in China could not_be made to ‘bend to the Chi- nese; lie felt the honor of England rested in his conduct, and he died a brutal death sooner than yieid. Therefore we should respect the manhood of eur neighbors. It was no Way to bind the Union to make men swallow their words. But while ‘acknowledging this ho must advocate strong executive firmness, for that alone can bring penco, There can be no good in civil war. Perhaps they would say he was afraid of civil war. ‘He must admit that he waa, and he had no regpect for the man who did not fear it. Those who did not, it was because they conld not realizo it. Civil war was no holiday excitement—it was the last of all appeals. Further, civil war never docs good; it causod rivers of blood to flow, and yet left. them exactly whero they were. He in conclusion recommended them to come next Sabbath to the cummunio, which was ithe frst union recor without party feeling or p1 ice, but oT OES = ior servicds en wi eo mn, re. of which is as foliows:— pir ¥ God bless our native land, Firm may she ever stand ‘Through storm and night; ‘When the wild tempests,wave Ruler of winas and wave Do Thou our country save, By Thy great might. THE REV, DR, THOMPSON, New Tabernacle (Congregational), Broad- ‘way and Thirty-fourth Street. At the evening services in the new Tabernacle church, on Broadway, an address, the purport of which is suf- ficiently indicated in the abstract we present, was de- livered last evening by the pastor, Rev. Dr. Thompson. He based his discourse on that chapter of Isaiah which threatens the judgmont of the Almighty on rulers who ignore principle and bow to circumstances. History, ho said, became prescient and almost personal at the pre- sent time; two of the principal factors in history—the ingratitude of man and tho rightcousness of God—re- mained unchanged. Humanity was as true to itself te- day a8 it had ever been. The rule of vational corruption and decay was commonly found in some departure from public rectitude, in lust of grandeur, in the pride of power, in eovetousness, or in political expediency, Such an era of abounding calamity and wickeduess had this nation reached before completing its first century of existence. The President of the United States had becn obliged to avow this molancholy fact, and in a late message to call on the religious feeling of the people for support. In that mes- sage to his fellow citizens he get forth, with some exagge- ration, in ample detail and in a melancholy strain of lan- gage, though with a substantial basis of facts, that the Union of these States is at the present moment threatened with alarming dangers, and that, therefore, it becomes us to humble ourselves before the Most High, and, con- feesing our individual as weil a8 our national sins, there- by acknowledge the justice of our punishment. The mo- rality of this proclamation was, he was sorry to say, su- perior to that of the Ostend manifesto, for whilst the one Justified the acquisition of Cuba by purchase or by force, from the dread that we should, in process of time, have another San Domingo £0 near ourselves, the other coun- selled moderation aod addressed itself to our general sense of justice and honor. The morality of this recom- mendation was higher also than that of the inaugural ad- dress of the same public functionary, which foreshadow- ed the fi and inhuman lie, #9 soon to be uttered by the federal t, that the constitution of tho United states recognized property in man. It was quite above the morality of tho recent Presi- dent's Message, in so far as it related to the long con- tinued interforence of the Northern people with slavery. We had now a government which distinctly traced the present ‘istracted and dangerous condition of try to the crimes and follies of the nation, not excding, of course, its exccutive head; and a remedy for Unis state of affairs Was sought, not in the old specific of stealing ne groes from Canada or Cuba, but by confessing our national sins, by acknowledging the evils we sulfer and the just punishment of our heavenly Father, and, flaally, by for- saking th il courses which had brought us to this hour of peril. ‘The revercnd gentleman proceeded to st his opinion ae to the rec! cause of al! the existing evil which paralyze the commerce and abstract the intellec- tual and moral advancement of the country. ‘The grand panacea for the healing of the nation was, according to his notion, the abolition of slavery, and’ the crisis at which we had new arrived was, he casion for inaugurating such a 1 ent. At the termiuation of the discourse one of the mem. bers of the church rose and movel that the ri ‘end pastor be solicited, on behalf of the congregation, to furs nish a copy of his’ sermon ication, with the in- tent of circulating it among the members ofthe Senate and House of Representatives at Washington. The mo- tion was seconded and carried without dissent, and five gentlemen were appointed a8 a committoo to carry it into effect. e at length guod, the fittest oc- THE REV, DR, KUNREUTHER, At the synagogue of the Radeph-Sholaru congregation, in Clinton street, Divine service was held at hail past eight o'clock A. M. ‘The servicns commenced’ with the morning prayers, followed with the 6th, 22d, 26th, Gist and 100th | chaunted by the Rev. K. Oostreieher. The Rov. Dr. reuther then delivered an excellent and appropriate dis- course, teking as his text im the book of Jonali, chaptor Mii., from the first to the last verse:-—‘And the’ Word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time saying,’ &o, After the discourse the reverend gentioman then re: cited the prayer for the government and for the poace and harmony of the Union. The sy: ne was crowded toavertiowing, Services were concluded at half-past ten o'clock. ‘This showe that the Israelites of thia country take a lively interest in the peace and preservation of this groat and glorious Union, and the maintenance of our groat na- tional independence. Mny God Save the Union, A HYMN FOR THE NATIONAL FAST DAY, HY _ REV, G, DOUGLAS NREWRITON. “Liberty and Union, now oes, Terereny one and in- Am—Portagnese Hymn.”’ May God save the Union! God grant it may ‘The pride of our people, the boast of our land; Still, still ‘mid the storm may our banner float free, Unrent and upriven, o'er earth ayd o'er sea. i May God gave the Union! We trast in its might, In time of the tempest, in fear and in flight; We'll fail not, we'll faint not, if still in the sky We eco all the stars in the azure field fly May God save the Union! The red white and bine Ke. p our States still united the dreary day throug Let tho stars tell the tale of the glorious past And bind us in Union forever to last. May God save the Union! Still, etill may it stand Upheld by the pray ers of the patriot hand: To cement it our fathers ensanguined the sod, To keep it we kneel to a merciful God. Por? Janvie, Orange county, N. ¥ , 1861. and, THE OBSERVANCE OF THE DAY THROUGHOUT THE) NEWS COUNTRY. THB SERMON OF THE CHAPLAIN OF CON- GRESS. Wasuaveron, Jan. 4, 1861. Fast day was generally cbeerved according to the re. commendation of the President. The stores were closed and the churches were well attended. ll the sermons were of a bigh Union character. There wae a Union prayer meeting in the hall of the House of Representa- tives in the afternoon, ‘The hall of the House of Representatives was given up to-day to the religious exerciscs appropriate to the na- tional Fast Day. They were under the management of Mr. Stockton, the venerable Chaplain to the House, as- sisted by two othor clergymen, ‘Mr. Stockton preached the sermon. He commenced by denying the statement in the Constitution, that he was a partisan either in church or State. He but strove to improve the little of life and strength left to him by speaking for God and human conscience, and regarded hie position as higher than that ef Chaplain, or President, or any other position on earth. He then eon- trasted the condition of the country now with its condition on Thanksgiving Day, two months ago, ateri- Duting the change to crime and folly. In no section of the globe, he said, were witnessed such acenes of ingrati- tude towards God, disparagement of blessings, dishonor of national and universal brotherhood, intent madness of fanaticism and pride, as those which disgrace aud threaten to destroy circumference this ee eee in berg pM, hatrs thou aged and anxious President up your heads ye Governors of all the Blatee—and ye, O people, rise the God and receive Let the distracted and dangerous condition of ‘and peace. Let the Union of the Let panic ond distress subside. Let our abound in work and wages. Jet opinion be removed. Let friendship and restored. Let the horrors of civil war Would any divide this Union, let thom make the Missis- sippi a hundred miles wide and a thousand fathoms deep— an impassable line of perpetual storms. Let them turn the Mountains East and West and Grosp thy bicken staff, O flag of stars, su ‘and dishoneres by the pitiful palmetto. Start from thy erie, Ucugie of the morning; shake from thy pinions the 8 of ihe night, and relume thy vision at the splendor of the sunrise, lest the rattleanake crawling up the cliff shall steal on thy slumbers and strike thee unawares. (Sen- sation and suppressed murmurs of applause.) God bo mereiful tous. And has it really come to this? Vacant seats in the House, vacant seats in the Senate, vacant seats in the Cabinet, resignations in the army, resigna- tions in the navy, resignation in the confederacy, a Se- cession Convention, a secession ordinance, a new oath of allegiance, Sabbath sessions, secret sessions, Commis- sioners from a foreign State, warlike preparations, seizure of forts and arsenals, seizure of government vessels, ob- structions in the channel, slaves throwing up earthworks along the coasts, freemen leaving home and camping out on the wintry strand, marching and countermarching, wstant readiness for bloodiest conflict! How shall we account for this universal enthusiasm of utter madness? Slavery! The liberty of twenty-six millions imperilled by the servitude of four! It is said that the South loves slavery, and that the North abhors it; that the Seuth is determined to maintain it forever, and that the North is resolved to abolish it as soon as possible; ‘that it is an“ ‘ible conflict ;”’ that the States must be all slave States or all free States; therefore, the North hates the South, and the South hates the North, and we are mutual enemies, It is fulse—all false—u' terly false. In the name of God and man, I pronounce it essentially and eternally false. ‘There is not now, there never was in all the history of the world, 80 weided into one living mass ‘as there is within the limits of this glorious and beautiful Union, What do they, the South- ern States, want? Slavery in the States? Let them havo it, net becanee we aameoee it, but because it is there throngh the peovidential allotment of the Divine Being, aud they atone are responsible for it. What Lge 4 want? Slavery in New Mexico? Let them try it. They fail the fauit i@ their own, not ours. What do they wanlY ‘he entorcement of the Fugitive Slave law? That ts the duty of the general government. Let it be per- formed. Whatdo they want? The repeal of the Per- sonal Liberty bills? If the States were ill-advised in their passage, let them be repealed. What do they want? The privilege of slave service in their current transport through the land? Let them have it without molestation at their own inevitable risk. What do they want? Any- thing less than a sacrifice of principle, conscience and honor—any thing reasonable, proper and expedient—any- thing which God may command and humanity yield? Let them have it, and our true love with it, and our ayers with our’ love. Does all that sound like hate then, States: lina, back to affection. Come back with God’s blessing. with the national glory. Come back in peace. before a single drop of blood shall be, shed. Jaines buchanan. hot, if he can help drop of blood. If he bored ia the minister of God, the rev him who doeth evil. Let his skirts be clear. Let the skirts of the army and navy be clear. Let the skirts of the still United States be clear. ‘The sermon was listened poae: ian —", ne, and appeared to produce a profound impression on audience, emeng which, however, were to bo found but ew members ‘The ghastly pallid face, long snowy locks, and emaci- ated frame of the chaplain, were calenlated to convey a = lasting impression, — exercises were closed with the Doxology. FAST DAY IN RICHMOND. % Ricmop, Jan. 4, 1861. Business was entirely suspended here to-day, and ser- vices were held in all the churches. Most of the sermons were extremely warlike. Rey. Mr. Hoge, of the Second Presbyterian church, strongly counselled resistance; and the Rev. Mr. Duncan, of the Broad street Methodist church, said he would himeelf, if necessary, lead an army in resistance to federal aggression. All hopes of saving the Unior are lost. PAST DAY IN NORFOLK. Norroux, Jan. 4, 1861. Business was suspended to-day, and all churches, both white and colored, were filied at an early hour. The day has been generally observed by all classes. The different congregations held prayer mectings this afternoon and at night, Afridan churches were open allday. Our people are growing more excited as the news from South Caro- ina and Washington comes in. THE FAST DAY IN BALTIMORE. Bavtimorr, Jan. 4, 1961, ‘The Fast Day is gencrally observed hero. Business is suspended, and a deep and saddening gloom pervades all minds, —— THE FAST DAY IN PHILADELPHIA. Paavrurima, Jan. 4, 1861. ‘The Fast Day is partially observed bere. The banks and most of the business houses are closed. THE FAST DAY IN BOSTON, Bostoy, Jan. 4, 1861. ‘The National Fast to-day is gonerafy observed in this city. The banks and many of the stores are closed. Before Divine services commencod in the churches a salute of thirty-three guns was fired on tho Common in honor of Major Anderson and the Union, by the Boston Light Artillery. FAST DAY AT CINCINNATI. Crserexatt, Jan. 4, 1861. To-day was generally observed, leading business and banking houses were closed and services were beld in all churches. FAST DAY AT PORTLAND. Porttasn, Jan. 4, 1861. The government and municipal offices and schools wero closed to-day, in observance of the national fast. Divine services were held in most of the churches. FAST DAY AT 8ST. LOUIS. Sr. Loum, Jan. 4, 1861. Businers was generally suspended to-day, and services were held in nearly all the churches in the city. The f Trade Detrof From the Detroit Free Presa, Dee. 30.] ‘The following table shows the receipta by railroad at Detroit of a number of the principal articles of commerce luring the past week, the week previous, and since the a Ist of January: — Pe Flour, bbls. 6,860 10,190 ‘764,794 Wheat, bush. 15183 1537 1,664;907 Corp 4,930 1479 658,023 1mm 301 155,004 1,335 3/703 4,005,264 83,690 82/588, 2,007,178 . 274 1,232 61,436, vives 8,268 14, feet pow od whe ee fds pat rered io market during meee, thor not of a sufficient character to produce vi favorable results as yet. The advance in Rew ‘York has had its effect here, and somo little quiry begins to be made for flour ‘and wheat, so thay pric’s cannot be quoted wholly nominal as heretofore. A continued improvement in the market at other points ‘and an easing up in money will lily produce a better state of things than has prevailed for the past six weeks. ‘The quotations for produce, provisions, &e,, will be found in the appropriate department of the Dressed hogs have improved a trifle during the week, though not sufficiently to warrant an advance in the rates noted last week. Good low bring only $5 a $5 25, though thetntter figure is paid only for av agen of 250 Ibs. and reabouts. The receipts are larger king is progressing rapidly, wee in- an heretofore, and | FROM THE STATE CAPITAL. Amxiety About the Committees—The Course that the Speaker Will Parsue— Fire Department—Greeley at Work for Senator Sessions—The Combination for } United States _Semator—Parish Will Case, &ec. Aunarr, Jan. 4, 1861. ‘There is a great deal of anxiety and tribulation amongst the members in regard to the positions that they will have on the committees to be announced by the Speaker on Monday evening next. The applications are numerous, and the pressure upon the Speaker for places on the most important committees would astonish those not initiated in such affairs. The republi- can memberg who yoted for Robingon will no doubt feel a relief when their places are known, as it is the general impression that they have forfeited all claims by fight- ing Littlejohn so strong. Those gentlemen who look upon the question in that light will be happily disappointed when the names of the committeemen are read off. I am eatistied, from the best in- formation that I can obtain, that Mr. Littlejohn ‘will select the members of the several committees solely ‘upon the ground of their fitness and qualifications, with- out the least regard for their action in the contost for Speaker, determined, if possible, to prevent any further rupture in the republican ranks. Ho will in his selection et bygones be bygones, and those who are worrying themselves on this point can quiet their nerves at once, for no one intends to harm thom. Mr. Robinson, by parliamentary usages, will be Chair- man of the Committee of Ways and Means, and will have a strong committee to back him. Mr. Bingham will be chairman of the Judiciary Committee; the New York city members on that committee will either be Hutch- ings or Coyans, probably the latter. It is rumored that Prendergast will be aPpointed chairman of the Commit- tee on Cities and Villages. This is the committee who have referred to them all the New York city bills—such a8 railroads, t to the Charleston police. and all others of that vature. There will be one republican and one democratic member on that committee from New York. Mr. Shaw will be the republican, and cither ‘Woodruff or Hardy tue democratic member—the chances, I think, are in favor of the iatter. ‘The bill in regard to the Fire Department noticed by Mr. Craft on Thursday was not for a paid Fire Depart- ment, but amendments that have been prepared by the officers in the present system for the of correct- jg ecrme of the abuses that now exist. It reduces the force, and changes very materially its manage- ment. The dill that has been pre} for a paid Fire Department and the purchase of steam engines has not made its appearance as yet, but is expected tomake its debut seme time next week. ‘The combination in the election of officers of the Assem- bly furnishes some singular facts, especially that for Clerk. Greeley came here, and next after _— went to work zealously for Mr. Risley for Clerk. Now it ‘hap- pens that Mr. Risley was brought out by Senator Sessions, one of the Senators that Greeley has denounced more than any other member of that body. It was universally understood Sessions was 1g Risley’s card for him, but in the face of ‘is fact Grecley advised the friends of Robinson to support him. ‘The result of his election is to strengthen Mr. Sessions at home, and ina measure place him back to his original popularity at home, thus counteracting the damage that ‘the Tribune had done him in denouncing the couree of the Senator last winter. It seems, also, that Weed, Sessions and Rice make up the slate of a itments for subordi- nates. No person is able to obtain an appointment under the new Clerk unless satisfactory to that trio. ‘The contest for United States Senator is already assum- ing eome importance. It is now generally understood by the Weed men that Seward will be renominated as a com- pliment to him, and that he will immediately decline, when Wm. M. Evarts will take his place, it being their intention to place Seward’s mantle on the shoulders of that gentleman. The other side now have a radical or barnburver in the United States Senate from this State in the person of Preston feirm It is therefore conside: ' bad policy for them to urke the election of another person of same stamp. Their programme appears to be the election of Governor Mor- gan; this will Lieutenant Gevernor Campbell, one of the most men, the radicals = his 4. to Med im the a —-. and at once ‘Thurlow’s claims as Governor barber to the State. i ral Among the noted New Yorkers here are Chas. 0’Conor, ‘Wm. M. Curtis and Robt. J. Dillon. They are s\ SS Hall, where are to be found all the judges of of the Court of Appeals, before whom they are to next weck as attorneys in the Parish will case, which bas 80 long been in the courts of the State, Shipwreck and Loss of Seven Lives. Sqvan, Jay, 4th 1861+ The schooner Hamecin, of and from Granville, witha cargo of codfish, Capt. Robtin, came ashore ten miles South of Barnegat yesterday morning. The captain, first mate, two eailors and three boys were drowned. The second mate was the only man saved. The vessel will ‘be a total loss. Reform! the Constitution, Bi) the Richmond (Va.) Enquirer.} When the old confederacy had, in the opinion of some of the States, failed to effect the which it was formed, our forefathers, like sensible men, set about its reformation without any threats of coercion or talk of war. ‘They assembled a convention which formed the Present constitution, and provided for a Union when rat- led by nine States, and between all the Stases ratifying. ‘There was as much objection to the old confederation as there is now to the it Union, amd there was as much opposition to its dissolution as exists at present against the disintegration of frie ed confederacy. But, notwithstanding all this, our forefathers proceed with A their work, and brought peaoe and a constitution wi won the imi jon wor! pullify’ States of the North excepted. 7 sf We know no reason why the example of our forefathers cannot be followed at the present time—why a conven- tion, outeide of the present constitution, and appointed dy the State Legislatures, cannot assemble forthwith and prepare a constitution to be submitted to all the States, and binding between the first ten, twelve, or fifteen States that ratify it. - It may ‘be urged that States not contiguous might Fati- fy, and that the new Union would not be com of contiguous and coterminous States. We do not think there is any danger of this, for the delogates would know the sentiments and wishes of their States, aud would gvard against this danger. The Southern States, without conaulting the North, should appoint delegates to such a convention, and the constitution then agreed upon should be submitted to all the States for ratifica- tion or rejection. The submission of such a conatitution ‘to the’ Northern States would pro- sent an issue to the conservatives and abolitionists which would enable the Union men to rally and defeat the destructives. The States not ratifying would be out of the Union, divided among themselvée in local position as well as political opinion. Under existing affairs the black republicans having of tho organization of the Northern States, are enabled to smother the con- servative sentiment; but the submission of anew con. stitution, with the certainty of its adoption by the South ond the permanent dissolution of the present con- federacy, would introduce revolution into every Northorn State, which would result in the overthrow of black re- publicaniem. There are many thousands of persons at the North who despise black republicanism as much as do the people of the South. These men are poworless at present, but the submission ef a constitution for ratification or rejection, would present ap issue which would enable the Northern conservatives to rally and destroy black republicanism. Such a constitution would form anew confederacy of the Southern States, into which any Northern State, willing to comply with the terms of its ratification could enter, and some of the Northern States would ratify such a constitution; for betwoen the manufacturing tariff States of New England and the farming free trado States of the Northwest, there is nothing common save black republicanism, and this would be surrendered by some of the Northern States rather than submit to New England policy. Such a constitution would unite the South and divide the North, it would tsanefer tho battle ground to the North, and go divide and distract those States, that the South would not be molested. = We have not undertaken to intimate what changes shonid be made in the present coestitution, indeed; we are not satisfied that it could be improved, but its re- vision by a convention is in_ order to ascertain if the w Of the States can suggest. improvements, Operations in Kansas—Curious Dévelope- ments. [From the St. Louis Republican, Dec. 29. A letter has been placed in our possession, Delring the ‘Chicago post mark, and dated at that city on the 13th, Which contains ecme curious developementa, It is ad? dressed to the commandant of the United States Arsenal att. Louis, and details, at more length. than we have room for, the proceedings of a republican meeting for tho purpose of aiding the suffering people in Kansas, and then goes on to give the procepdings of & meeting of ten per. sons, in secret, durin A committee of three was called on to report what assistance had been sent to Montgomery, and what been done at St. Louis, arms, &o., had been sent to » Monty ] it ad had been ited with a committee at St. vous; that t three hundred Colt’s revolvers, and that they had delayed their movements at St. Louis on account of their being from 800 to 600 guns coming on from Kentucky to be repaired (a fact of whieh no one was supposed to have any knowledge), and that th would make quite an addition to their stock if captured. It wae urged that it was bad policy to delay tho attack on the St, Louis arsenal, particularly as the Missouri Vo- lunteers and regular soldiers were absent; and it was ars eek eo to Captain Mont- gomery, advising to keep out of the way—thus making their there, for the time being, neces- rary. ‘the pee, as de veloped, was to take possession of the United ‘States Arsenal, and also of Jefferson Barracks, and remove all the property to Kansas. ‘The letter sf that they expected assistance of a large number of able bodied Germans, residing in the neighborhood of the arsenal, and of most of the workmen employed in the arsenal, It 8 said that the Germans at first refused to take any patt in the matter; but this difficulty was overcome. One bundred men were to be taken from Chicago on this enterprise, and the others were to be found in St. Louis, A great many dotaile are given, but these will suffice fur the present, If such an attack should be made, Major Bell will, vo doubt, be prepared for them, and they will find him an ugly customer, Wedo not attach much importance to the plan, but in the course of the letter facts are dis closed whieh botray a good deal of familiarity with the interior bbe My of the arsenal, for a knowledge of which it js diffjoult to account, THE NEW ADMINISTRATION. @ur Springficld Correspondence. ‘SrRINGrIgLD, Dec. 27, 1860. Public Reception of Senator Baker—His Remarks— He Said at Winchester—Autographs in Demand—An Uncomely Present—Increased Influx of Place Seekert— Hotel Arrivals, dc. Senator Baker having returned frpm the visit to hig mother at an early hour this morning, and announced hig determination (in consequence, it is said, of a telegraphic. recall from Washington) to re-embark for the East on the evening train, his friends, unwilling to soo him de- part without a formal manifestation of their regard and admiration, resolved to extemporize an ovation im tho shape of a public reception. , dills wero burried out requesting all the old acquaintanees of vhe distinguished visiter to mect at two o'clock ‘m the Court House. Pursuant to the call, a very large crowd sseembied at the appointed hour, in spite of the shortness of the notice. Cel. Baker having entered the ball surroynded by his most intimate. friends, the meeting was called to order by Col. King. Hon. James C. Conkling, ® district elector, residing in his place, then welcomed Mr. Baker in a speech ocoupy- ing about ten minutes. At its conclusion the later took the stand amidst the most enthusiastic cheering and elap - ping of hands. He was expected to make a sct speech, touching upon the present aspect of political matters. But I understand Mr. Lincoln intimated to him adesire to ‘Bee politics avoided on the cecasion, as probably all that Mr. Baker should say in reference to public questions ‘would be construed into an expression of the sentimenta Of the President elect rather than his own. Henee the Colonel’s effort dwelled mostly on ‘by-gone imes,” a recall of which, while among his for- mor political associates and supporters, seemed eminently appropriate. But after all the current of thought carried him to political subjects at times. He spoke of his own fervid devotion to the Union. He pro- nounced the idea of an independent Pacific republic in case of Southern secession a calumniatory cheat and groundless presumption. He asserted most emphatically the leyalty of the people of the Pacific States. He eaid that now, when their dearest hope—the Pacific Railroad—was ap- Proaching realization, nothing was remoter than a seve- rance of the ties that attached them to the Union, and ‘that after the achievement of that grandest project of the century no power on earth would ever succeed in rend- ing them asunder. He expressed, also, the belief that his ‘old friend Lincoln would fakhfully fulfll the high trust confided to him by the American people; that he would bold both the North and South to the discharge of their Tespective constitutional obligations; that he would sca the federal laws maintained througheut the length and breadth of the land, and that no particular section or State need have any fear of injustice or aggression on hig part. ‘The speech lasted about an hour, and was frequently interrupted by hearty applause. It was evident that whenever the speaker made an allusion to politics he labored under a certain restraint, and was extremely cautious in the selection of his terms of expression, In the course of yesterday, however, he delivered a short address in” the town of Winehester, the place of rest- dence of his mother, in which his utterances wore much more unreserved. Ho reflected the yiews of Mr. Lincoln in certain passages. He raid:— It requires neither concession nor submission by ay part of our citizens to preserve the constitution. only requires obedience to the laws; and that re i sce day at apt field, or secure. In a iy al in, " received impressions which fully satisfy Ma Sindesil I know—that under Mr. ’s administration the laws of the United States will be fairly and faithfully exe- cuted, North and South—that it will make no whether it be in Massachusetts or Georgia, Vermont or fouth Carolina. But while he will execute all the lawa with promptness and fidelity, it will be done with that coo}ness and consideration which so eminently charac- terizes the President elect. ‘That popular mania—the collection of autographs of distinguished men—has provell of late a source of con- siderable annoyance to Mr. Lincoln also, and hardly « mail reaches here without bringing him numerous re- quests of specimens of his handwriting. Of course all of them wander unnoticed into his waste paper basket. Within the last week a Boston genius sent him the most curious and at the same time uncomely present yot re- ceived by him. It is one of his speeches, transcribed in diminutive characters, 80 as to represent what is intend- ed to be the outlines of the President elect. The pon- manship is excellent, but the combination is such as to produce a frightful ensemble. The wretched caricature was encased in a costly frame. The perpetrator of the anomaly duly inscribed himself as an ‘‘artist.”” To-day a considerable influx of strangers, among wham. are many expectants, took place. Among the arrivals at the leading hotels are:—Charles H. Noyes, New York; Chauncey Bush, do.; Major Henshaw, do.; 0. W. Kingn- ley, Boston; R. F. Andrews, New York; R, C. Parsons, Cleveland; R. E. Coyle, Cincinnati; A. Grovenor, Wis? conain. The ex-Rev. J. 8. Kalloch, formerly of Boston notorie- ty, now of Leavenworth City, is also in town, trying hia best with the President elect. Sramarmp, Jan, 4, 1861. The fog which has shrouded the movements of the President elect, in connection with the Cabinet, for the last few days, is now clearing away, and matters aro becoming more distinctly understood. Modifications wore necessitated by Southern events, and the case now ‘stands as follows:— Alexander K. McClure, of Harrisburg camo here greatly excited to protest against Cameron’s appointment. Hia wounds were plastered over with promises, and he re- turned home apparently satisfied, Cameron’s appointment to the Seerctaryship of the Treasury is eow a fixed fact. He was urged by nearly all the republican leaders of this State, who desire to step into his shoes in the Senate. Wilmot waived his claims in his fayor, and will be supported by his friends for thp Senate. Bates will be Attorney Genoral, as pre- viously annoenced. Mr. Lincoln announeed this himself, Caleb B. Smith, of Indiana, is strongly urged for Secre- tary of the Interior by Pennsylvania and Indiana influ- ences, and will doubtless be appointed. Amos Tuck, of New Hampshire, is here. Either he or Mr. Banks will be Secretary of the Navy. t Governor{Chase, of Ohio, arrived hero to-night, He comes by invitation of the President and will probably be tendered the Secretaryship of State. Mr. Lincoln will go to New York next wook to make purchases for the Whito Honse. Lincoln will start for Washington about the middle of February, and will prob- ably go by way of Pittsburgh and Harrisburg. Ronny my New York.—Mr. W. H. Rarey, who has been Tecognized abroad as one of the best of American institu- tions, and who has astonished the nobility and gentry of England by his wonderful feats of horse training, will give his first practical lecture in this city, at Niblo’s, this afternoon, introducing the famous Cruiser and Thetis, a thoroughbred English mare. Apropos to Cruiser, wo Nave the following very interesting episode:— An interesting demonstration of the tremendous power of the most passionate natural characteristicn of tha animal creation, when they have been apparently entire- ly subdued, but once again awakoned, was witnessed on Tuesday morning, at the landing of Cruiser, Mr, Rarey’a: celebrated horse, which arrived here the other day, in the Cornelius Grinnell, from England. Cruiser was the moat high spirited, able and demoniacal animal that ever engaged the attention of horse tamers, haying exhaustod the patience and defied the powers of the most successful of them that conld be found in all tha Kingdom. But under the magic influence of Mr. Rarey, even Cruiser was taught to bend the knee at bidding, “spake hands,’’ pick up your hat, and perform « varict: of other interesting feats. The animal bebaved hi remaikably weil during the royase, but the fact of hia being compelled to remain for so ‘a time in a stall in the bold of a vessel, partly aroused his furious and when an attempt was made to land » he becsmo very angry and gave full vent to his indignation, placed in a tight box, the intention being t trom the bold and swing him on shore in mode of conveyance greatly displeased him, aes to kick and penne a furious _ tempts were made ie him down wif unwarrantable liberties caused Cruiser to his temper, and he continued to rage, reream and bite in such fearful style as to erates a otter ror put bes if bey Bnd touches from bim, wi ra moments ber ocile as a lamb. He fore of devils, was those without further diMlculty, Wheu on the wharf the pwd again fled affri , but Mr. Rarey assured them that he Rect contfol over theantzaal, and, gatnin more they came nearer to Inspect Bim. Cr Bests i FFs B2ae : ' nok: 535587 z i es eo he was phted iser ea really beautiful horse and doos not appear as if he cold be gully of euch feraful things as have been chaged to Steamer Sunk, Mesernat, Jam. |, 1861. The steamer James Montgomery was snaggedand dumke yesterday near man, No particulars hay/bean re~ ceived