The New York Herald Newspaper, October 22, 1868, Page 5

RELIGIO Aare THE PROTHSTAST EPISCOPAL CONVENTION. Thirteenth Day—Amendmente of Cauons— Consecration of New Churches—Thoe Theo- The thirteenth day’s seasion of this Convention pened yesterday morning, as usual, with the regular morning service, at which the Rev. Dr. Wheat, of ‘Tennessee, assisted by the Rev. Dr. Mason, of North Carolina, oficiated, Bishop Kemper, of Wisconsin, pronouncing the benediction, The secretary read the journai of the previous session and ib was adopted as read, with some slight corrections as to ‘the concluding proceedings. By unanimous consent Mr, Tazewell Taylor moved that the secretary infor the House of Bishops that a motion to reconsider the canon on assistant bishops is before the House of Deputies and that the Upper House be requested to return the papérs to be again acted on, Which was carried. REY. DR. ADAMS VICTORIOUR, On motion of the Committee on Canons the words “of this Church” after “presiding Bishop,” which ‘Were so strongly spoken against lately by Rev. Dr. Adams, of Wisconsin, were stricken out of canon nine, section three, ttle two, and: that gentleman's couscience may now rest in peace. CONSECRATION OF NEW CHURCHES. Judge Battle, of North Carolina, again inade a re- Port from the Committee on Canons on this subject, as follows:— 1, The form of consecration of a church or chapel shall ‘Rot be used in any case before snilicient evidence be fur- nished to the pihop. that the building to be consecrated and the land on which it xtands are free from debt and other pe- euniary liability, aud that the title to such building and land ‘shall be secured to the person, ons oF rat autho- rized by the law of the State or Territory in which it is sit- ‘uated to hold property for the diocese, parish or con; fon. 2. Such building and land shal! not be encumbered or alien- ‘ated by mortgage or sale by the parties aforesaid without the consent of the ecc! authority of the diocese in which they are situated, 8. A church or cha once consecrated to the service of “Almighty God shall be separate frees at ‘unhallowed, world- Jy or common uses; and it shall not be removed or disposed is Cahop, acting by the alice and ponte the nealing e consent of #1 pha Committee’ of the diocese fm Which ft isaltunted. ‘J After some conversation the proposed canon was printed and ordered to be to le over for future con- mderation. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE OF BISHOPS. A message was ved from the Hi Bisho} mon-concurring in the ‘ Sileradon of eal mine, title period reba of elergymen seeking admission from ther urches, A Meseage was aiso ‘Passage of resolutions in Serer of the establishment THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. The standing committee on this institution, eee yore’ eek Dr. ‘ a of Western ited triennial report of the Board Trustees of the A adopted by them in June, 1868 (a full synopsis of which has already ap) im the ), and also a list of names for a new Board of Trustees, to werve the next three years, and moved the ap- for proval of the list, which was carried. ELECTION OF 4 MISSIONARY BISHOP. o arrived the order of the day n- ‘Twelve ‘clock having ‘was call This was the election of a and the Te By Welsh, of his own diocese; Rev. Dr, Wyatt, California, and others, and on the ballot being taken, aiter a silent prayer, he was unantmouly chosen. The whole convention then chanted Gloria in Excel. siz Deo, The asual certificate was ordered to, be made secretary, to be signed by th alistted fee igned by the members Rev. Dr. DeKoven, of Wisconais, on beh . Dr. cove! aco. on behalf of the Committee on Chri Education, presented one of the most important and interesting documents yet submitted to the House, which, with the resolutions Sppended, was made the order of the day for tunis @ay at noon. REPORT. ‘The commitice anpointed by the last General Convention sande to that body a report so’ full and. admirab) th Theory of the education that ft left nothing to be adden The 2 Appointed by the present Cou our eontmiies the following the education of 0 ten Blalee ‘enibeacien The testots foots te ‘of North Carolina and Tenncsece to fhe Guit of Mexico. gis taken from a'sermon recent Florida." The church echodis @ within this area of territory, femal odbabis and purechiohare ce tleaes ey me mised Schools, Tenchera, Pupils. een Pages Par 3 b 0 2 n 334 a 6 70 4 i no 7 bb 305 2 32 5 u 167 9 23 ' © Or, aggregating ja in im ten Si Lad ie ‘States above ‘named, under the fnnueace of the Church, forty hools, werved by 118 teachers, embracing lib elildren. ‘What a'showing is “tis, the ilahop adds, for tea tates con: taining 7, souls, ‘The accounts of Geotitetion tm this ‘reepeds at the Bouth are imply heart-rending. The soi daughters of Deople, who themuelves were educated mew and women tee and ted be roll from ybonervatic a wellas our own ol rat and experi- ‘we belleve that while there ts adeep and growing iuver in the whole subject, while much {s being done whea cot pared with our Our opportunities and our means, the Sondition of things ie L. The whole question of theol education deserves ‘and ought to have @ committee of its own. There are five juestions atleast which deserve ap authoritative First, how can the number of candidates f be increased? Second, what meaaure of pre: met ae betore a student is rr m of eleernosyna) tafegvards sbonid It Be sur the ‘The mn given for the small snppiy of ‘the inadequate support of —r— eaonot in these ‘the reason. So far from this eon LJ eae if even @ eeif-cenial, e ering up of all waa de- manded, earnest, tonea men would be found here ‘who would auswer to the call. Another reason ang: Glee is f be found in the way, in which the chlidrea of the rich are too oftea brought up. It is no nnusnal thing to SSseii'ot that call often given even In a few years ae passed sway, only to be istory which tells the story of exch man’s soul, ‘0 things have contributed to Fire wate way in which the luxurious living has of the flesh reli His and Woridliness ang co! eas of father and mother, elder accomplished. Many a parent will have to an f God for towns and cities and villages where toule are daily dyivg. your committer have one ie. The first New England colleges we: traditional collegiate aystem of were so founded wi important element of the Church left wi that time Sele, ae been drifting, and of inte accelerated rate, towards what is popularly known ‘aystem of the German universities, and which only ai, fare from tbat aysiom in baying the important element of ms , out. le fur Church colleges to ‘appropriate the noble collegiate aystem of the Ragland. The Church never believed that twas leave youthe of from fourteen to. elghteen 8 age, fresh from the loving sbelier of ome or the’ salutary discipline of school, to, the femptations and trials, moral, intellectual and spirit }! 3 ‘ual, of the university course and the university town. The collegiate ‘was devised by loving henrts to ineet these wants. The Church college Ja the home and f ‘of the youths who pursue their higher studies. Tt # them the loving care, asststance, guidance, advice, in- Struction, ‘And association of men who are to them a4 well fathers ann brothers as priesta aud teachers, and whe are aasoclated togetner for thess very purporns. © It should give the common dining bail full of venerable weso- eiations, where all as one family should meet together, and ft should give tho chapel, where the Church in varied ser- vices prociaims the blessed Gospel of Christ and binds ail together in bonds of love. It is this aystem which, even in Sta decay and corruption, gives to the universisies of Oxford and Cambridge that marvellous power which makes them what they are and which, could i be boldly adopted by our Sern Church colleges, would bulld up meysiem of collegiate training unknown heretofore in Ameri ‘% Tho various boarding schools under the charge of churchmen seem to be deservedly flourishing, In proportion ‘an they are well managed and conscientionsly for they Sects ‘a nobie work for the cause of true education. Ite deserving of notice, however, that their Ford upon the character and ave ol . Wi « Thy muat past away! Theit and tor ineas therefore 18 secidental and temporary, wot the remuit of @ system among them be found, Three different pia ethode : FirstThe family where all is referr Riluenee and direction of tho master, the Regenerall in inverse prot pty saviaes fer pod ‘ond-The military ayatem whic « Bamber by subatit "Tor the old thahioued iden ‘ot ote. dietice tom father fea, and orders and equipments of the iy. | Tiird—The ayatem of the great public echoor of Kny- te) to the wanta Of Ametican youth inet system your committee feel thet ft @wenid be NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, UUTUBER 22, 1868—TRIPLE SHERT. Cond sof our bos schools be thus devel with foundaiod connected wit hereby Boye who ard sandy had woo. the reward ‘could secure at che ada of the school free of cost, would become nureeries of sound learn! th feedera ‘ing and the proper of Church colleges We cannot pass from this subjec ing_schoo! pg Raa pg Men a at ‘the false ‘geen of trainin D for our tere in the vi places where we hope to hiave them moulded to be Our wives ‘and mothers. 4und 5, Your committes think @ distinction should be made between schools and parochial schools. By parochial schools we mean those pattsh schools whero free E’neation is given to the children of the poorer classes. Such schools afe ouly needed where, owing {othe density of the popeletion ox, other causes, there is a large proportion of ‘Tue grammar schoo! seema to bo just now the most prac- tical and omiekent shane Nuit na Yoduantton ean tae By the grammar school we mean achool for day schol boys and giri, thoroughly ape taretuiy moneyed under anystem Of discipliue aad ng, such as mizht be estab, ed_ could the proper teachers be found im every town and city of the land and be Tt should have two ‘self-supportin, Gepartmente-the ‘one classleat, the sthar commercial-and boys in it, while living in their homes, could be fitted either for the Church college or to become’ honest and eficient clerks in business houses; while girls could receive a proper and useful training. In po department of edneation ts the more clearly open for effort and success than this, and if the nchoo! house was so arranged that it might serve for a chapel on Sunday, the children who were trained on the week days wight, with Bao tia werk Fo ore “two. things are ai ork pro} wo are ni . ton Cterey be in For 1s comuniiee ( ued by @ convention, compri: those whose experience in educa- tional matfers’haa been the it freateat, who can suggest and preacribe (1) the system of discipline; (2)the amount and character of religious Instruction; (8) the religious services ‘or least objectionable methods struction, he schools, the atten) to in and ‘any sort but has come to ian which can provide proper teach- ‘met the way of accor. co ve necessary in order to make efficient teachers; bea ms hoe veg: tek for ihe love segay te for tle tor of God. Third. it their teach! should Bot bea transient temporary supports bob Me fein ork. Foun, That iney : seat Moore teeny ant seaigne a feningn home in imes of vacation Or of sickness or when teaching Chureh—and her, sons and daughters generations will rise up and call ber blessed. Your commit toe therefore, recommend the passage of the follow- resolutio ved, the House of Bi ‘view of the peculiar destitution time, a joint com: Polat, on the ‘somination of the iiate ayia polnt, on the local secretar; ach tlocese to be the organ of commauiufeation with the gom- Resolved, the Honse of Bishops concurring, That » joint committee be appointed to take nid ooneldertiion jue hcl subject of theological study and theological schools, aud to mepart (0) the next General Convention. . ved, the House of Bishops concurring, That thie ‘House recommends vant of free schools is every the Gouth af the Dariah wherg it may be practicable, pace ys ‘Resolved, That the ‘wish an ing the Church in cities and towns where it 1s not already established ‘ay be carried on Soonomically and ancoeaafully by opening grammar echools in chapel school houses, where the children may be trained in and religion diring the week and assembled on Sundays with parents and for divine worship. Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That it be re- ssieeracteccie teeny Woerae esta come ‘on ¢ extablishmeng and eiflelency of the schools, a Resolved, the House of Bishi ourri; itt or a traie fing howe for teachers and. saber Eo ee oth male and fem tance, and eburchmen. 5 THE RUSSO-GREEK CBURCH. Rev. Dr. Mahan, of Maryland, asked leave to print ® report on the of the nfovement for a union with the Russo-Greek Church, hereafter to be dub- mitted to the House, which request was granted. ASSISTANT BISHOPS. The motion to reconsider the vote by which a canon for the multiplication of assistant bishops was acpping Diet ie rae of @ concurrence of ama- Ee 'y Of both the clergy and laity in favor of the mo- a. CLERICAL SUPPORT, Mr. J. Johnson Barbour, of Virginia, from the spe- cial committee of laymen, 51 itted an elaborate report on the subject of the insufficiency of clerical support, appended to which were two resolutions, which were recommitted and the committee en- is commen: eee by the addition of two cl en, Rev. Dr. Mi » Of Maryland, and Rey, M. ik, of Deia- ware. Mr. Barbour made undoubtedly the most eloquent speech yet delivered in this body, on the subject of destitution in the South, and at its concin- sion he was warmly applauded by all and heartily congratulat and the ee. of New Jersey, through Rev. Dr, Stubbs, publicly expressed to him their eae for his “noble, Christian and patriotic FEDERATE COUNCILS AND THE PROVINCIAL SYSTEM. Rev. Dy. Mulchahey, of Massachusetts, reported from the Special Committee on the subject against the introduction of the provincial system as too an- tiquated and foreign in fits nature, but in favor of erate councils in States where there are two or more dioceses, and his report, which was quite lengthy, closed with pri ing new canons, which apparently make these federate councils some sort of provin synods. The report and canons hav- ing been ordered to be ne, and to be the special order for to-morrow at noon, Mr. Samuel B. Ruggles read a series of ten pointa, ed in the climacte- ric order, all to the eilect that the introduction of the (RAS ge synods would prove a lasting injury to the Church, ag it would provoke division and may end in rain. On his own motion the ‘points’ were laid upon the table, to be considered and debated jointly with the report and resolutions of Dr. Mul- chahey. Some littie stiff conversation ensued be- tween Rev. Dr. Haight and Mr. Ruggles as to what was the action of the New York Diocesan Conven- tion on the subject, when, at five P. M., the Conven- tion adjourned. FREE AND OPEN CHURCH ASSOCIATION, Meeting in St. Ann’s Church—Addresses by Bishops Quintard, Armitage, Miley and Whipple in Fa ef the Movement. A special meeting was held last evening in St, Ann’s Church, West Eighteenth street, on behalf of the Free and Open Church Association. Notwith- standing the unfavorable weather there was a very respectable attendance present. Rev. Dr. Gallaudet presided. After prayer by Rev. Frederick Sill and ‘reading the evening service Bishop Quintard, of Tennessee, was introduced to the meeting and made the opening remarks. He was most happy, he said, to give his encouragement toafree and open charch system as advocated by the organization on account of which they had met, A great duty devolved on the Church by reason of her dtvine constitation. The ministry of the Church to-day was ouly lengthening out the great work begun by Jesus Christ in His incarnation. To do the work Christ had given His Church to do there was something ie to be done than having free and open churches, One thing was to bring up the children in the the way of the Lord—to edneate the people of the jand. He had no confidence in the common school sys- tem) as pursued in this country, The whole system lead to intellectual development alone and gave no teachings of the heart. Men were fitted for money making, for high literary attainments and snecesses in the arts and all that, bat not for the humbler duties of life. The Church, he believed, was taking ® conrse now in this matter that was destined, in his view, to revolu- tionize the whole system of education in this coun- try. He called attention to the zeal an the subject of education of the Romish Church. This Church would teach all who came to its achool free of charge, and the object, he urged, was most palpa- bie—to sow the seeds of Romaniam in the susceptible hearts of the children entrusted to their teaching, It was necessary that their own Chureh should aim at equal conservatism. He was happy to see that the present Convention of their Church in this city was taking a bold, conservative stand. He was opposed to the present pew system prevoiling in most churches and urged that the pews should be free alike to rich and oor. He cited the effect in the free churches of england. Large congregations attended at their services. he system was becoming widely popu- jar there, He considered that the system wail- ing in Greek churches of no pews and no benches ® nearer approach to true worship than existed here. In conclusion he aw his own experiences in the matter of free and open churches. He took charge of a free church in Nashville on January 1, 1858, numbering then forty-two communicants, On May 1, 1861, there were over 300 communicants, when the breaking out of the war interfered with its progrens. Besides the communicants others of al ‘liefs attended free and open churches, were more frequent, and so was the admini of the communion, He wished the work God-apeed. Kishop ARMiTa@R, of Wisconsin, next followed in a few remarks. He considered it a burning shame to Evangelical churches that while in Roman Catho- Ne, the Creek, the Mobammedan and al) Oriental churches there are no pews, and are open and free to evervbody, that it should reserved to Christian churches to introduce pews and charge aver ayasee eta tea ting se wi el ton what had been Oy ‘and his ser- vice. ‘The pew owner fits up his pew with a strij his parlor carpet and never thinks of those outaide. Kneeling on their soft hassocks they think not of others, ‘The time was speedily coming when Christian churches would not stand the nonsense of the present pew system, aud he would have to give up pew luxuries, bis selfish, narrow stupidity squaring every to the ideas of personal com- Sort, with no regard to the salvation of the masses who own no pews, He told a ney He @ nan object- ing to free pews in a new church being built on the ground that such a system would admit a terrible Taft of all sorts. aa oh sae of ing vaeie nor ae vocal open churches, anc thowed the Beatie be gotned in a Christian abolishing the pew system, Bishop NEELEY, of Maine, naid he preached on this very topic last emer res in # church where the pews were bought and sold. He was out and out for the free and open church system. He hoped to see the time when every church of Cg and tn this city would be free and open. he urged, was the only true and scriptural system. It was insisted in objection to it that _rich_ men would not contribute toward building free and open churches. Let such men, he would then, with- hold their money; but he was opp to making God's house a house for a few, He advocated build- ing churches. He gave it as his opinion that under this system there would be no trouble in am- ple support being furnished the ministry. Bishop apie of Minnesota, said in the present ‘fashionable style of worship, if Jesus Christ should come here in the garb He wore on earth and enter a fashionable church He would not find a place for Testing the sole of His foot. He was op] to sell- ing the Gospel for so much Lage He gave at length his own experiences in the West in connec- tion with free churches, and in conclusion spoke ey aint the present pew system, the ef- fect of which had been, he said, to convert churches: into mere club houses, Dr. GALLARDET explained that several other bish- ops at present tn attendance on the Convention would like to have been present and addressed the meeting. The mpathies of most of them were with this movement. He followed In @ few remarks explanatory of the nature of the association and conditions of membership, and then closed with an appeal for pecuniary aid on behalf of the work and undertaking. A contribution was taken up, succeeding which maging, Prayer and benediction terminated the ex- ercises, Operations of the Protestant Episcopal Church Among the Freedmen at the South. Alike with Roman Catholics, the Protestant Epis copal Church has entered upon the missionary field among the emancipated blackmen of the South. At the General Convention in 1865 8 special missionary commission was appointed to the purpose, and this commiséion has made the following report of its labors and the results achieved to the triennial meet- ing of the Board of Missions now in session, and copies of this repozt were communicated to the Gen- eral Convention:— ‘When the General Council of the Church assembled three yeara ago, just after the cloaa of the Inte war, ft appeared 10 those convened for consul to the missionary work of the Church that a new and wide field was the freedmen. With a view opencd for efforts of oc- cupying this eld the t im operation, Tho work has been steadily carried for hay at because sufficient to Sine atari toni ane Seach do in this direction. pont nd) inety nomad ‘dollarer besides a ars, tiderabla amcust of books and clothing distributed among the freedmen, During o year 1,600 children and adults were peated to sixt) relying Kotarn to 000. Toa year we tt aisty-iwo and the schol have had ai: ave teachers in the service # Gonniniasion, oo, and the numl work bas i iy closing have fallen somewhat short of the ed fy elther of the previous It ia not ‘that in the present unsettled state of the country, Healy. ‘all would at once gre and appre- elate such a work as the Church contemplated trations to the freedmen. ° There are too many vexed questions and clashing interests which need adjusting before even Christian men can fully free yemselves from prejtidice, and be ready to work in the sptrit of the Gospel—to lift up the barat eae Se Lila emp committer hat marked out and und a m Amount of work, calling on the membern of the Church for Sp amount soulribuied tit yest ef thervectmetioce, at an amount contribu if year as the year previous, rently embarrassed the committee, and led. them to shorten the term of thetr schools—-a matter on many accounts regretted. Our obligations have been met to the realy to be. gat Sxtent they ha ‘by the liberality of our treasurer, who has advanced a to earry on the works tine’ continued its eticient labore under the able advisement nn Of the president, Mrs. James, and the zealous co-o} f the ofbers of the crcamination thik department fonnd iteelf for money to carry on its ‘ons, and its obit ve heen promptly met only by Personal responsibility of the President for money bor- The ladies of the Pennayivania Branch have furnished the means Lae hap oh ~ apes Sarg during the last j and this they bave done without pecuniary reward. Theit labors have been ‘arduons, while ta many they have giren Hmore than a cup of cold 7 in the name of & Hsciple; and no doubt they will not lose their reward. Our work could 1, fe Min much smalier than Nindelphia the ladies of one, two or three con tions would unite and raise enough to support one teacher ; giving un their pledge that this should be done and then recommending to usa teacher or leaving us to select one, We feel confident there are many where this could be done with very. ttle resident iadies ; and thus the work would be © great burden lifted from our shoulders. aces io the Jang ‘ort on the made sure and FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, Balance of cash on hand, September 30, 1867, as per Treasurer’ urer'n Report..... Contributions for general purposes. Contributions for Special purposes. Money received by the Commission 4: Total payments of by Treasn Drafts outstanding. ‘Total of drafts paid and outstanding Amount now due the Treasurer... Receipts for the y Received and expen Total receipts for the year... « $28,605 ‘There Eee heen received during the year thts ven, One large prayer wr colored church at Pe- teraburg, Va. ; aleo 200 emailer ‘and Prayer Book Society, for gi freedmen, Fifty from a lady, in Pittebure, { land's use at Raleigh, and 600 Testaments from the American Bible Boolety for distribution — the jo Texas. BEQUEST. During the year s second bequest has been made to our commission since {ie organization. This consisted of i,t which han been ment tax. ‘This beque was made by Mra. Pi of Essex, Conn. As she drew near yut it into ber heart to add to her deeds of turn the minds of thelr p the various charitable them to give of thefr worldly wealth to uate thelr good works their rest and their reward. ras ie re Ie about 6 uplis. This would give as an a over sixt ila (odie: "We Este dicey seaten to ccepoee ack Gel eechere, carried op their work with faith! Th the prayers and faithful support of the greai body of the Church, heir work haa been one of love for Chrlat's sake, their trials surpassing those fome respects who go as missionaries to foreign ands. According to all the repo from our teachers has been not only progress of the pupils passing ter congyioe expootatinea of teote fyissae Hea sen Eniety of the freedmen to have simulated vat oS nate ehiidren lear hes and, no doubt, added mi to ~4 Progress which WIOH SCMOOL AT CHARLESTON THE has been conducted wit) great en and faithfulness pa Piaf ply ing has been encouraging in. the ‘connec- tion with this school, tne wath of fits t sustete it, ‘and carry it on to the entire close of the scholastic Tt to be the Church ‘will raily to the support of thin important school shail on wit ter earnest THR NORMAL BORMOOL AT RALFION successful operation under the energetic jer Secretary and General Agent of been made, aud per- ‘all we had antictpated in gonnection with thie institution. The work, to be done in raining teachers of color for their own very great, and must be ly ted to make the work ot ea cation among the freedmen finally successful. This inatitu- needs to be sustained by liveral contributions from the Church at large. The number of pupils In course of training fa now twenty-five, and is expected soon to be conslderabiy enlarged. From the FRERDMEN'S BURFA. We, in common with other organizations for education among the freedinen, e received transportation fo teachers to their various fields of labor, which we desire here efully to scknowledge; we buve’ also to acknowledge nefactios from several OTHER ROCIRITRS. The Bible Society has kindly furnished v8 with Bibies Testaments to quite @ large amount to be distributed am: the freedmen. ‘The New York Bible and Prayer Book societ bas given us several hundred prayerbeoke, and promises more when we need them. From a lady in Pitsburg we have re- geived ffty prayer books to be gent to one of our tenchers The Society for the promotion of Evangelical knowledge, and the Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union, have’ cor {inned to furuish ue their publicutious wt half the’ want reis\ price. REASONS FOR PROBRCUTING THR Wonk. ork now, sni ‘The same reasons exist for prosecuting the {f ponsible in greater force, than when It was by the Church three years ngo. What has been ‘opened for us still more eularged and increased fields for use- fulness, showing as yet only very partially what m mighty work may be accomplished for the glory of God and the good of our fellow men, \ In a brief report tke the present there ia no roord for dis- cunsing the great questions underlying, connected with and growing out of our work among the {reedmen. While what we are doing is in no way connected with party politics, it has and must of necessiiy have much to do in fitting the freedman to occupy hia new station as a good and law abid- ing citizen. work fs therefore one jn which all patriotic men ough to feel a deep and abiding Interest, and to be ‘willing to contribute of their means to carry for Tt is also a work in which philanthropic How to be ‘ward. men abould feel an interest, ‘fare the freedmen able to provide for themselves and their familie unless those better instructed sball teach jw to do tf How can these millions, houses, or landa, or implementa and tools to work ‘with, secure an honest and comfortable liv! without without oer 4 help from those ene men have to i and neeless toil, Avett gutdee and thett ’ need of religious tnetruction, lest if ey shookd re.apee lato semt-Das mn. ty by, with Chere fufiTone at thelr very ping hand? Weald i be Obristiilre Again, they he o ve 1eft to themaelves Wan Christina ali en. would untii now and for generations to coms have been a wild unsuddued y man: To thie connection, how much of te majerlal wealth and prosperity dows this nt owe rot years gone by, and what a debt bas been incu which e nation through its government should pay back to the freedmen. Bi need not here ify fi r. The man who chooses may ake up thewe things tf bps » will nee ata glance ‘and comfort and pro- reat and cfvilization have grown directly out of the labor of slaves of this country. For this labor they have not been pald. ‘The debt is due the present nas former slaves and lineal descendants of those who have toiled for two long centuries, Their hire has been ki ft back and their cry has entered ‘into the eara of rd God of Sabbaoth a hire due not from their former masters alone, but from at dom, and especially from all the people of this land. God directed hie people of old to borrow of their mastei feivela of silver and jewels of wold, which ware to be to the iD toil, {oe measure the price of their oil, while in thelrstate of serv Does he require no ‘on our part tor all w have recelved? “Hvenchanded, Westioe Dias. a" and be assured God will require it at our hands. If we Day it willingly, well; if not, we may expect God will still Judge be- tween us and the freodmen. But tt seins to me that tho highest consieration and in- centive to this work remains to be hinted at, Said our Lord to the Jews about him, “Can you not discern the signs of the times!” One of the fest dut eople and of iis Church ts to discern the signs of th ‘This world exists that Christ's Gon reached ac- coring to his cominand “to ev very large portion of the human family are ‘in Africa. "The experience of our Church thas far goes (o show that white men cannot endure that climate, God, who works. out Hie plans often during slow revolving centuries, not unfrequently making the wrath of man to praise Him, has placed many thousands of the benighted sons and daughters of Airica under the tutelage of men of the highest form of Christian elvilization ; placed them there against thelr will, aud entirely under the control of the superior race, until a body of 4,000,0.0 ha: become nominally Christian, aud hundreds of thousands of them devoted aervants of God, Then Ho suddenly struck oif thelr shackles aud bade thoi go free. ‘Can we see no signa of the times {n all this? Africa is to be Christianized, Here are the sons of Alrica ready at our hand to be taken and trained, and sent with the message of 1) glorious Gospel back to their kindred, If we see iu all the: things only political upheavings and changes we fall to no! the wonders of God's hand and to discern our duty In conne tlon with His coming kingdom. If we are wise we shall press this work in ail its length and broadth with unabated ardor. Ts there not In some seuse a parallel between our case and that of Egypt in the olden time? God placed nis people fo. years in the midat of the nation posseasing the grentent n ence and learning and the highest eivilization the world then knew, and bronght them out from that bondage with “s high hand and an outeti arm,” that Egypt might learn fear Him, Pharaoh and his people refused to obey God and bay the debt; were destroyed, In one nenae, inversing the order, we may de like Egypt. The Almighty has placed hundreds of thou sands of the lowest specimens of men under the tutelage of the highest form of Christian civilization, keeping them there for wr yma ive Chris teaching: and now be evidently bide us inke of this people, and fitt them with the message o ‘the Gospel to thetr kindred alll in heathendom. ‘This matter of and sending upon us 28 a Christian duty and ‘as part of w just recompense which we owe to the children of Afries fo labor here. Shall we be wiser Egypt, discovering and doing our duty? Or shall we sbut our jdly on until the Almighty shall judge us still pore for our duty usperformed tow focue teodmen and ES than to any other tan in this land. Will the. Church prove recreant fo ay? Will ae, to connection with this work, turm back of sft idle until she 16 rebuked with the word of One to the Church of Laodicen? “I know thyworks, that art neither cold nor hot. I would thou ‘wert either cold or hot. 80 thou ‘and neither cold nor hot, T w! wi ‘Time will not ing of the points. alre hinted at and others which ‘tafentsbe, mentibneds but fie Shought that enough has, been suggested to point out ver ly the path of duty for the decay ve a8, drewiag beak j sa, pulling of the, hapa to ihe no i, of 0 the: plough and looking back.” But ovidentiy ranch, more. wide: ch should be formed, and a thousand fold greater iven to press forward banda, all might and power “ ‘grace both to ‘and know what things we ought to do, and also fait rform the same." By order, and in bebalf of the Freedmen’s Commiasion. CHARLES GILLETIE, Secretary and General Agent, New York, October 5, 1958. PRAYER THROUGHOUT THz WORLD. From the ¥ to the 10th of January, 1869, 8 week of prayer is besought, under the authority of the Evangelical Alliance, over)the whole world. The following isthe evangelical edict, with the signa- tures attached :— BELOVED BReraren IN Cnnist OF Every Lann— In prospect of the coming New Year and mindful of the great blessings graciously vouchsafed by God, in answer to the unit supplications of His people, the Evangelical Alliance cordially renew their invi- tetion to Christians throughout the to ob- serve a Week of Prayer in January next. Very gratifying reports have been received of the observance 0! this annual week of prayer in different distant countries, still there is reason to know that im many towns ‘and cittes of our own and foreign lands Christians have not in this way been brought into Pe crwnd with the universal Church of Christ. The ical Alliance, fore, desirous of man- ifesting the union of all true Christians, and of ex- Bo the benefits which in various ways have at- these annual assemblies for united prayer, af- ectionately call upon the children of God everywhere to take counsel and to make arrangements for observ- ing it in their respective localities. The Alliance feel assured that thereby the hearts of Christians will be refreshed and the hands of those brethren strength- ened who in other places at home and abroad plead before God for the gifts of His grace and the out- stretch of his arm to bless His church and con- vert a perishing world. Fellow Christians! Let us with one accord, if ared to see the commencement of a new year, en- circle the world with our faithful, fervent and united prayers. Let us then gather aropnd the throne of our Heavenly Father, forgetful of our differences of language, nation and ecclesiastical system. Let us lead in the name of our one Lord, «edeemer and Fatercessor for blessings which the circumstances of our times show to be most needful, urgent and im- portant, If two of they shall as! is in heaven. U Thou that hearest prayer, unto Thee shail all flesh come. The following topics, among others, are snggested as suitable for exhoriation and intercession on the successive days of meeting:— NDAY, Jan, 3.—3 #—Subject : The intercession of the “High’ Priest over the House of God” the motive and model of united prayer, Heb. x. 19-22, teMONDAY, Jan, 4-—Confension of itn, and Thanksgiving for apecial and general tuercios during ihe past year to na. tiene, churches snd. familten, TURSVAY, Jan. Nations: for thetr temporal and spintual prosperity; ‘edifying, intercourse and main- tenance ; for increased o; for the Gospel; for Day, and for Kingt anda inaaihonty. Lord's Day, and for ‘and all in authority. Wrpwrsbar, Jan, 6--Families: for children of Chriatian parents; for » ‘blessing on home in’ ; for all semina- Ties of Christian learning—universities, colleges and schools; for Sunday schools and private instruction; for our youth abroad: and for « blessing on Christian literatare. Tuunspay, Jan. 7.—1 ‘hurch; for more ey of (lot's Word sind increase of spiritual life; for sound and faith- 1 preacl Inpted to rich and poor; growing love Christ more eartost love to Christians of varied same and of all nations, and for the sending forth of more laborers into the harvest. a ernest be the converse. ot the hammedans; for the gro missionary zeal ; for the removal of hindrances to preaching the Gospal all nations; for recent converts, and for all WTeriog persecution for the truth. SATURDAY, Jan. 9. ral: for the conversion of Ieraet; for the circulatian of the aol Scriptures; for Christian and for fon agree on earth as touching anything that Er ih abail be done for them of my Father which hilanthropic societies, and for the outpouring of the Hol; piriton Christiane and Christian ‘chureues. thronghout tbe work: SUNDAY, Jan. 10.—Sermons—Snbject: the dnty of the Christian Uhureh in relation to the religions waime of the world, A. G. BURROWS, JAMES DAVIS, HERMANN SCHMETTAU, Ph. D., Secretaries of the British Branch of the Evangelical Alliance. WILLIAM E. DODGE, u. B, SMITH, D. D., President and Chairman of Executive Committee of the American Branch, GUILLAUME MONOD, GEORGE FISCH, D. ident and Secret of the French Branch, HERMANN MESSNER, Secretary of the German Branch. LEONARD ANET, ULEMENT DE PAYF, President and Secretary of the Brussels Com- mittee, VAN WASSENAER VAN CATWICK, Jd. W. VAN LOON, M, COHEN STUART, President, jce President and Secretary of Dutch Conference Committee of the Evangelical Alliance. A. CAPADOSE, M. D., President of the Netherland Protestant Society, J. ADRIEN NAVILLE, tT. MEYLAN, President and Vice President of the Geneva Com- mittee. JOHANN ©. BERGER, Secretary of the Swedish Branch, TRELING MILLINGEN, EDW. F. BLISS. Chairman and Secretary of the Turkish Brauch, ANOTHER CASE OF ACCIDENTAL SiootIna.—On the i8th inst. Mr. Henry L. Taylor, of Leominster, waa out gunning with two friends near that town, and by some mishap his rife was discharged while the breech was resting on the ground, the ball enter- ing his lungs and passing up back of the ear and entering his head, causing his instant death. Neither of his companions were looking towards him when the accident happened, and it is not certain how it occurred; but as ‘oung are, jumping aboat him at the time, it is supposed he got his paw on the hammer of the rifle. Taylor was about thirty years of age, and leaves a wife and one child. He was a Member of the Fifteenth Massachusetts regiment. — Worcester Spy, Oct, 21, Sap AF¥AIR.—A barn in Peabody, Mass, was burned about five o'clock on the afternoon of the 20th inat., and three children of Mr. Byron Goodell, who missing, are supposed to have perished In the flames, The older! was but eleven years of age. Cause of the five naknowe POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE. Geuera) Bair delivered @ second address this cam- paign in St, Louis, on the evening of the 17th inst. The following were his remarks:— Feuszow Crvzena—I thank you for the kind wel- come you have extended to me this evening. You m owever, extune Sia may fiends, © T sek yoo ES to give me a quiet eS ee from muck speaking peg. will peak loud enough to be he hat You, wall give me your at- tention. "f promise you betore to be brief, so that I will not detain you long after the very interest- ing and eloquent remarks that you have heard from Mr. O'Neal, of lowa. I think has done ample Justice to the subject, and the lateness of the hour admonishes meto be brief and to the point. You know, my friends, that the radical party has been false ‘to all the promises it made the people to obtain powér in the country. (C) of “That's. s0,”) 1 any human _ be- ing to adduce a particle of evidence that that party bas admitted to the people that they would carry out such measures as they have fas ened upon the country. On the contrary they pledges themselves by their platform and by their speecher, made by their leaders everywhere, inst the very measures that they have since #xed as & toe on the necks of the people. They were charged by their adversaries with the intention of establish- tig negro suttr: They denied it. Their platiorm give them the 1i They were charged with waging ® war of subjugation against the people of the Sol They denied it, and in the congrens they ga mmanimous vote declaring that it was not their intention to Wage war for pul of sub- jugation, but to maint the Union and to restore the Staies to their orginal relations with each other. That being done they pledged themselves to give those States all their rights under the constitution = uniw pal Instead of carry ing out thelr piedges to the peeiisk in- stead of restoring these States to the Unio, Which was the declared purpose of the war, these men have accomplished what Jem Davis and nis army sought and failed to achieve. ‘They have disrupted the Union, and to-day there are three of the States which are proclaimed to be outside of the Union entirely, The old State of Virginia, which gave birth to a long line of Presidents, ilustrious throughout the whole history of our country, and the states of Texas and Mississippi, are now held to be outside of the Union by these men who pledged themselves to restore ail the States to their former condition. They are outlawed because they refused to vote the republican ticket, and for no other rea- son, The other States that were in revolt have been brought back into the Union, but how? With the white people disfranchised and the negroes ciothed with the right of suffrage, because they anticipate that these negroes will vote the radical ticket, at the same time, that the vote their (Cries of “That’s #0 1) There is no species of persecution to which the people of those States have not been subjected since their armies laid down their arms and submitted to the govern- ment of the United States, although a parole was granted promising to them protection if they would return to their allegiance and lay down their arms, and proscription and dety ‘That parole has been violated reecution have been visited the people of the uthern States. These men p! 1d themselves to restore @ throughout the country, but whoever heard of peace being brought about by prosoription ‘or by persecution. Jn other countries this thing has been tried time and time again, It has been tried for centuries in Ireland where the government of Great Britain has go vy. a pt mand et ation to bring about peace and prosperity. Hav y pueceeded? The experiment has been tried “there long enough, one would think; for centuries and centuries has it been going on, and yet wherever you meet’ an Inshman, whether upon tho old sod of the Green Island or im the remotest part of the world, there is one sentiment which he cherishes above all ra, and that is hatred to the men who have oppressed his race and persecuted his countrymen. every other country Where this vea of proscrip- tion and persecution has been tried, and so it will be ‘while there are persecutor, This feeling of hate hus descended from father to son as an inheritance of scorn and revenge, which will be cherished against those men uyuill they are trampled in the dost. It is a natural sentiment. It is one which belongs to all peopie in. every land and which these radicals are aking now in our own country, they are making here a new Ireland by the course they are now pursuing. They have borrowed ali the Prascngre and persecuting statutes which Eng- laud has for 0 many centuries inticted upon toe irish, and have inflicted them ogpon the Southern States. (Cres of “That's 0.) That is the way they propose to renew the r of peace throughout the that is what Grant means when he says the peace of despots saws That is the kind’ ‘this mal alien to the constitution of the United States. more glorious spirit of toleration to all. malcontents. A number of the Senators, like the Sumners and Wilsous of our day, favored extermin- ation. ‘They sald, “Let us destro¥ them from off the face ot the eartn. ‘They have rebelled against the glory and power of our repuolic, and they aeserve not w live.’ Hut there was oue Senator there who rose in the midst of this clamor, this incitement to proscription, persecution and vindictiveness, and vaid, “No, Roman Senators, let us make them Roman citizens, and thus extend the power and glory of our great republic,” (Cheers.) his counsel wus taken, because the Senate of Rome at that day cared for the honor and renown of their nation. That republic extended until it overshadowed the whole world, aud its glory lives to ubis day to ani- mate nations and to nerve the arms of patriots against that despotiam which, in the case of Kome, at least, overthrew her porn, Now, my friends, this is an example wort @ noble and uiagnanimous nation. The exampie now being set by the radicals of Uns country is one of which we have seen the resnita in the adininistra- tion of the government of Great Britain in its pro- scription of the Irish people, driving them into exile im every region of the world. {!tisone which has been set by ail the other monarchical governments of Europe in their vindictive policy to those whom they have overthrown. We should imitate the exampie of the Roman republican—of that nobiest and bravest of all nations, which rose toa great height of power and prosperity. By doing so we shall ex- ténd the power and glory of the Aunerican republic, and only by following so illustrious an example can we ever hope, not only to maintain the power of the If we set the example of ensiaving the Southern States, r=. body of repabiic, but’ to maintain our own. liberty. if we undertake to enslave this people in the South, we may be sure the vi despotisin which will deprive them of liberty will turn upon os and take away our hbertles also. I tell {ou my fellow citizens, we might as well expect hat, as live men, we could exist with a dead body chained to us aa to hope to prosper striking down the Pare of the South, rosperity is part of the prosperity of the nation. very blow that we inflict upon her rebounds upon ourselves. It is a limb of the national body. Every atrocity that we commit that people is an atrocity commited against the entire Le country. [repeat it, that every woun given | South tingies turough every vein in our own bodies, and the example of despotism which we are setting there, holding the people down with the bayonet, is an example which our rulers will follow and apply tons in future time. They bave already applied it to us in Missouri, This State, in ever fe the agony of the most despotic an governinent that ever existed in th (Cheers, people have wrested from our citizens their liberty and have subjugated them to the constitution which they never vi for. (Cries of “Never, and we never will "") And yet that is the law. You are compelled to submit to it, yet under it you have no rights as citizens, except such as the State government chooses to concede to you. Some of you believe that you are the free citizens of a republic. None of you are, You have no rights of citizenship except what are allowed you by the government of your State, Which discriminates between individuals. One man is allowed to vote because he Will vote @ partisan ticket. Another who proposes @ different faith is rejected. No man can vote here except by the gracious permission of the registrar. No matter what & man’s condnct may have been during the war, no matter what services he may section, of time. have rendered the State or the nation, these are of ho avail to him, Everything ts left to the discretion of an officer of registration, who Is actually made ir- responsible by the law under which he acts, Can any human being conceive a state of despotism more absolute than that which ® imposed a | our peo- ple by these radicals in the execution of the regia- tration law, which is taken and swallowed down like a nauseous dose ag itis’ By this they can, with or without evidence, reject voters at their discretion, This is called repnblicaniam. Our country is pro- claimed a model republic, enjoying the most exalted siate of republicanism. ideas: the God and humanit, wide the broad phylacteries, exclaiming, “I better than you: look at mé and admire’? stroying our republican form of — ishing a system in which ¢) #hi such offices. Sometimes the 8nd appoints an bonest m His instincts for villany are dom makes @ wistake upon friends, such ts the moulds the deapotic makes the crow: 5 the peopie. Such is its power iron-ok oath, administered that wer of public governments point. Yet, (Oheers.) And 80 of pe of peace he intends to bring about—peace at the point of the bayonet, peace at the expense of the constitution and of a free, consti- tutional government. 1 tell you, my friends, that iL aystem of proscription is foreign Pers ‘hat great insirument biazes all over with the nobler and (Cheers.) ‘That is the very heart and foundation of our consti- tution, My fellow-citizens, once, during the history of the Roman republic, some of the dependent vinces of that power revolted. They were over- rown and subdued by the prowess of the Roman sol- diery, and then the question came up for discussion in the Koman Senate as to what should be done with the iy our imitation, worthy of while we are Her le of tue meanest Iv is despotic, mean and cowardly. These ‘adical republicaniam—re- publicaniam that boasts ite foundation upon moral men, who go about rolling up the whites of thelr eyes and spreading Yet these men are guilty of the atrocious policy of de- overnment and of right of citizen. depends upon the will of @ single individual, and he, usually, the meanest man in the whole com: ap ee Who else could be found to do ity work? Who elge could be fonnd fit to rob his fellow clivens of righte go sacred? Ido not mean to say that such men are always elected to fil rf makes a mistake butnot often. (Cheers.) #0 strong that he sel- ince that ft Europe and jeid to the demands of here that even the by men whose con. sclences are barder than adamant, will yet be forced to Jield to the expressed will of the people of this State, ‘They canhot hoid out. They caunot main- law theuuseives, KuOWing, aw we all Know, that ere es alll hundred thonsand majori' inst them in Payer will be om be I Public inion is, day by day, making encroachments upon them. The ts of mei! i tyranny are the hot furnace of publie opinion and we shali carry this State at the next election in spite of ali the with which we have been environed. (Cheers.) When we do carry it I desire to see the democrats justify themselves in the eyes of tho world by not the prosoripricn practived Sguinst them. « of “Good.”) We are fightin constitution, for toleration & liberally vu have sought Lo proscribe an‘! perse- cute and disfranchise the people of the State to whom the government bay We cannot afforit to stoo} to the meanness and the inhumanity which have characterized this party. We ¢an commit them safely to the public opinion of the people when may are once dismissed from oMice. ne of them willever be able to hold up thelr heats anc look @ decent white man in the face afterwards. (Cheers.) That is all we need, and all the punish- nent we need to infict upon thema ia to ieave then to the remembrance of their crimes, That is @ grand and noble doctrine, one that will give as permunent power in this State and in the country, We need not be dismayea by the temporary triumphs of our tyrants. They may shout and salute each other over the victories they feel they have won. Tne democrats never be conquered. (Cries of “Never, never."’) They will rise from each over- throw stronger ever, ke that fabled Anteus, who when thrown to the earth in his struggle will Hercules was reinvigorated and rose again with re- newed strength for the comoat. ‘The democrats, whose labor creates the whole wealth of the coun- try, and to whom its whole prosperity is due, will never yield one inch in this struggie, but will renew it as often as they may be vanquished and give these men still flercer battle, and Will show themselves still more formidable foes. ‘the day 1s fast drawing, near when to their indomitable power and courage these miscreants now wielding Fore in the Stare and country must give way. Our hearts should be strongly nerved with the love of councry and of ali that is right and proper, aud victory is ours sooner or later, restoring to the country its pristine peace and ordaperty, MioW. were told to-night in eloquent terms by the gentleman who preceded me that even if vant uated tn other States there remains & baitic ground here in Missouri worthy of all our esorts, and where the day will be ours. (Cheers.) We must not relax one single nerve. We should not give way for an instant; for if we cannot cut the whole at once, we can do it by piecemeni. ‘My fellow citizens, | am very rouch exhausted and too hoarse to continue speaking to you to- night—(cries of “Go on’)—eapeciaily as I have already addressed a Hane eae of democrats in the upper part of the sity 8 evening. I have numer- ous engagements which will occupy the whole of my time until the Presidential election, I therefore bid you good night, thanking you very sincerely fur your kind attenuion and courtesy. POLITICAL NOTES. The Cincinnati Commercial says the democratic party {a preparing for its great future with Chase at its head, To-morrow will bea gala day for the republicans injAlbany. The headquarters flag staff used by Gen- eral Grant at City Roint during the war will be raishd in Capitol Park. The National Intelligencer of the 20th instant is out with another article calling fora change of demo- cratic candidates, declaring that the matter has as- sumed such a shape that some authoritative action must be taken at once and demanding that the Na- tional Democratic Committee shall be convened. It 1g a significant fact that this article was published simultaneously in the /nfelligencer and in radical papers North. Look out for bogus political letters about these days. ‘The military order of Governor Holden, of North Carolina, ia suspended, What nest? ‘The Ohio Republican State Committee have issued @ congratulatory address, from which the following is am extract;— ‘The election of our gallant standard bearers, Grant and Colfax, is now assured. The struggle ‘ot ‘Tues- day was the expiring throe of our adversaries, and desperately was it maintained, But we must not on Jaurels won until the final victory 1s achieved ot success alone is desired, but a trlumph by ma- ig the tie effect tet bs oe abnor A uence to the nation end repose e mind. neither vigilance nor elfort be ttermitted; Jet the column move oa until even the alee State shail be swept into the great tide of Union, liberty and progress, and the fraits of the great ni conilict of arms shall be permanently secured, Colonel H. A. Smalley, first colonel of the Fifth Vermont Volunteers, has come out for Grant. ‘The democrats in Ohio and Indiana are picking their fiints and are determined to try itagam, Four years ago the republicans had 95,000 majority in Pennsylvania, Vhio and Indiana, This year they have but about 25,000 in the three States, John Quincy Adams Is uttering truths about home as well as abroad. He saya his nomination by the democrats of Massachusetts as thelr candidate for Governor was “merely intended as @ compiiment.”” That's what the democrats of that State haye been doing for about forty years—complimenting their Prominent men with nominations, and then defeat- ing them by their stiff-neckedisms, A sort of back- handed compliment that. ‘The radical papers are stating that the proposed withdrawal of the democratic candidates ia still cre- ating intense feeling in New York. Yes, in the past tense. A radical sheet is responsible for the foliowing:— A witty counsellor said the contemptuous rejection of Judge Chase by the democracy reminded nim of the fate of the fellow who sought to join the Barata- rian pirates. ‘The freebooters told the applicant, he would have jto go through a terrible ordeal before admission—nothing less than the extraction of his teeth, one by one, To this he conseated, and the painful operation was submitted to. He was then taken to Lafitte, the pirate chief, who looking at bis mouth exclatmed—“What? a pirate without teeth | Never !’? and the poor fellow was dismissed i cou tempt. *« There are 117 Grant clubs in Massachusetts. ‘The Albany Argus say! ernor Seymour leads the democratic column in person,” The Charleston Mercury believes that “Ihe oniy hope of the country is in the democratic party stand ing firmly and uncompromisingly on 1a prineiples."” Vallandigham’s organ, the Dayton Ledger, says “the furry over the Chase movement is at ay end.” ‘The New Orleans Crescent thinks the proposition to substitute another ticket for that of Seymour and Blair is one which onght not to have been made without the certainty that it would be adopted. The West Virginia election takes place to-day for State officers and members of Congress, Two years ago the State gave the republican candidate for Governor 6,644 majority. We we already published @ list of the several candidates. OBITUARY, Watson Freeman. ‘The demise of Watson Freeman, a man extensively known in Koston and throughout the Commonweaith of Massachusetts, is announced to have taken place at his farm in Sandwich, in his native State, on Mon- day last. He was born in tom, and lived there the greater portion of his life, yet of late years he was in the habit of ing the winter in ton. He was United States al in Boston durii the excitement which reaitited from the rendition o} the negro slave Burns, under the Fugitive Siave law, and by his Vo on account of the office he held, was the object of considerable notoriety. De- ceased was much esteemed by those with whom ko Was acquainied, Jobn M. Batler. This gentieman, whose death we announce, died in Philadelphia on Tuesday morning last. Early in life Mr. Butier engaged in the business of an en- graver and printer of engravings and won a weil deserved reputation by the excellence of the work which was produced at his establishment. He was also noted for hia activity in political life. In 186 he was elected to the Congress of the United States by the republicans of the First Congressional dis- trict of Pennsylvania, At other periods of his life he was @ candidate for Congressional honors, bat was defeated in every instance save on the occasion referred to. At the time of his death be was fifty- nine years of age. INTERESTING Decision IN A Drvonor Casr.—In April last, at the session of the Supreme Judici! Court, one Jonesiwas divorced, nist, from his wife, Syivia Jones, ‘The notice was — by advertise ment, which, by requires a lapse of six montis before the decree be entered, Henry Jones «iet suddenly at 36 Leverett strect the first day of thi+ month. On motion, Judge Colt yesterday decidet that his death prevented the further entertainment! of the motion and her rights atood the same as though no divorce had been entered. Hoth parties are colored. By this decision some $7,000 or £5,00" ig to be administrated upon and the wife has rights as widow of the deceased.—Bosion Herald, Oe" RFMARKARLE PRESERVATION OF HUMAN Bon!® The bodies that were recovered recently from the central shaft of the Hoonic tunnel were In & r« i. able siate of preservation. They had int att me bottom of the shaft for a ie lacking @ day oF so, and all but one were readiiy wned ivy th friends. pL. ‘would seem from the ‘appearance ° These io namber, guctane Oy the alsturbunce of the water in baslivi. Seven more lie beneath te ealty feet of Water (lat yet remains in We weber.