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zeal of the Prince of Satsuma, whose esti- mation of the value of foreign commerce led :bim to plant forty thousand mulberry trees in @ single year of 1865, we may anticipate ‘ rdinary and speedy development of ‘Japanese agricultural industry in California. i arrival of these Japanese families in that H is but one of the daily multiplying illus- jtrations of the pregnant fact that Asia and the ‘United States have already been brought as it ‘were into contact. Thecompletion of the Pacific Railway will be followed by the occurrence of many more events illustrating the same fact and pointing towards momentous ultimate re- sults which as yet can be but dimly foreseen. The British Press and the Alabama Claims Question, The British public is not yet done with this question. The speech of Senator Sumner and the rejection of the Johnson-Clarendon treaty ‘by the United States Senate have aroused the ‘British people as they have not been aroused Yor some generations. John Bull has actually taken fright. He trembles all over, not only from Berwick to London, but from John O'Groat’s to the Land’s End. Dreading the wrath of the United States, the public sentiment of Great Britain has become cruel. The Lairds, of Birkenhead, have been singled out as the ‘victims for a national sacrifice. Not having ny special liking for the fate of Dido, or rather of Jephthah’s daughter, the Lairds jhave rebelled. Tyey are not willing to be sacrificed. They will not not bear this burden alone. The letter which they ‘have published very clearly shows that, in so far as there was guilt in the building and send- ing out of the Alabama, the guilt is less to be fixed upon them or upon any shipbuilding firm than upon the government, or rather upon the imperfect condition of the law. We can- mot blame the Lairds for making an earnest ‘effort to clean their own skirts; but as little can we say that matters have been made better or. worse by the effort. | The British press seems to be quite as much excited over the Lairds’ letter as it was over jumner’s speech. The Times, the Standard, e Star, the Post, are all loud, alarmed and ‘contradictory on the subject. The Standard ‘considers the Lairds ‘morally and legally inno- ‘cent.” The American govern has been, ‘according to this tory organ, quite as guilty as thas been the government of England. The ‘Fenian raids upon Canada constitutes fair ‘and reasonable offset to the Alabama depreda- itions. The Star, which, though never un- ‘English, has always been in sympathy with the United States, thinks that the letter of the Lairds has only aggravated the blamable conduct of the British government. Accord- ‘ing to the Star criminal negligence must be charged upon the government of the hour: ‘The Post is of opinion that the Lairds have vindicated themselves successfully. It is not willing to blame the Executive, but it cannot exonerate the Legislature. The muss is-very nearly complete. The Lairds are not guilty. ‘The government is not guilty. Nobody is to ‘blame. Wrong, however, by common consent was done to the United States. The only thing ‘to be blamed is the Legislature. Why? Because there was no law on the subject. It may now, we think, be taken for granted that John Bull admits he was wrong; that, though he cannot find out a willing victim, he sees no way out of the difficulty but to make some weparation. In a few nights the whole ques- tion is to be taken up in the House of Com- mons. In what relation we stand as a people to the people of Great Britain we cannot know until this question comes before the Commons, Mr. Gladstone must speak out now. We can afford to wait. For the present it is safe to conclude that our English cousins are in a pretty fix. It is now clear to the world that we have the best of it. A Good a from An Old Indian Agent. At the meeting of the Indian Commission in ‘Washington it was determined that a mode of operations should be agreed to, before the com- mission breaks up, for the final settlement of the Indian difficulties. Heretofore this whole ‘business has been miserably mismanaged—or, ‘in fact, not managed at all, but left to the avari- cious propensities of agents, who demoralized the Indian for their own profit, An old Indian agent and former acting Governor in New M@jco throws out an idea which every one conversant with the perplexed Indian question will see the value of. It is to take the chil- dren of the present generation and educate them in the industrial schools on the several reservations. If our present system is unequal to the task, as it evidently is, of civilizing or subduing the chiefs of the various tribes, let us try what we can do with the young scions, eo that from the rising generation we may hope ‘to create an order of beings amenable to our Jaws and susceptible of our civilization. This view, we think, will be sustained by the ma- jority of those who have had any extensive experience in Indian affairs. We know that army officers and conscientious Indian agents entertain the opinion that there is no alterna- tive between this system and the utter exter- mination of the race ofred men. It is desirable, of course, that the most humane principle should prevail, and therefore the plan of Mr. Arny is worthy of serious consideration. Temperance Party MovemEnts.—The Syra- euse Journal states that the Oneida County Temperance Convention resolved unanimously to instruct its delegates to the Syracuse State Convention to insist upon the formation of an independent political party, whose corner stone should be a prohibitory liquor law. The radi- eal temperance men are organizing for impor tant political action, not only in this State, but in others. For example, the temperance radi- cals in Maine, it is reported, will fix upon a man of their own as the republican candidate for Governor, with the determination that if the Republican State Convention fail to ratify their selection they will run him alone. This will give the democrats a chance of recover- ing the State, which in a moral as well as a political point of view would be a good thing ; for the radicals have so long enjoyed the power and patronage of the State that they have become corrupt as a party and incom- petent to accomplish any great moral good. Any change must be for the better, “PRATHERING THE Oar” is a term used in rowboat regattas. But “snubbing the ‘Oar’ was a term used by General Grant when he desired to show a member of his Cabinet how he should pull. ‘NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 29; 1869—TRIPLE SHEET. THLEGRAPHIC NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD Spain Reinforcing Her Army in Cuba. DULCE ASKS TO BE RELIEVED. Chase of an American Vessel by a Spanish Gunboat DISTURBANCES IN SEVILLE. The French Elections Declared Favor- able to the Government. English Press Discussion Over Laird’s Statement. Wrecks Off Anticosti Island---Thir- ty-two lives Lost. CUBA. A Suspicious Steamer Chased—Captain Gene- ral Dulce Asks to be Immediately Relieved from Duty. Havana, May 28, 1869. The Spanish gunboat Austria reports that while cruising in the neighborhood of Cuba she saw a suspictous-looking three-masted steamer. The Aus- tria immediately gave chase, and fired her guns for the purpose of bringing the vessel to, but she hoisted the American flag and continued on her course. Captain General Du!ce to-day tel nee to Spain, asking to be immediately relieved of the Captain Generalship of Cuba, ‘ one steamer Liberty arrived here to-day from Bal- more. The sugar market is quiet and all qualities have slightly declined. Sales were made to-day on the basis of 9% reals per arrobe for No. 12 Dutch standard. Exchange on United States, short sight, in currency, 28 @ 27 per cent discount. Sailing of More Troops for Caba—Isabella Declines to Abdicate. MapRID, May 28, 1869. Six hundred volunteers sailed from Cadiz for Havana to-day. At the advice of her friends Isabella has declined to abdicate the Spanish throne in favor of the Prince of Asturias. Expected Demonstration “in Favor of Mont- pensier—Close of the Debate on the National Constitution. MapRip, May 28, 1869, A demonstration in favor of the Duke of Montpen- sier is expected soon at Seville, The debate on the new national constitution has been closed, Serious Disturbances at Seville. MADRID, May 28, 1869. Serious disturbances have occurred to-day at Malaga and Seville, directed against the provisional government. The details are as yet unknown. ENGLAND. Further Comments of the English Press on the Alabama Question. LONDON, May 28, 1869. The Times this morning, in reviewing the Messrs. Lairds letter of defence, denies any negligence on the part of the government in permitting the Ala- bama to sail. The writer deplores the insufficiency of the aw, and considers the precedent most mis- chievous. The question of liability between States for the incompleteness of the law 1s a doubtful one. The Daily News says that it will want goog as- surances that the new American Minister, Mr. Mot- ley, is empowered to express the opinions of the President and Senate and certainty of their sanction of a new treaty. The Tories on ¢! {rish Church Question Debates of the House of Cor ns. Lonpon, May 28, 1869, ‘The tories throughout the country are organizing Meetings to protest against the disestablishment of the Irish Church. In the House of Commons this evening, the Irish Church bill being up, Mr. Gladstone said that there was no intention of abolishing the system of na- tional education in Ireland, but that amendments might be introduced. Right Hon. Mr. Monsell, in reply to Mr. Charley, said he thought an appropriation of a loan for the international railway to pay the debts of Canada would not be illegal, considering the precautions taken to render thé same available when needed, The Epsom Races. Lonpon, May 28, 3860. Much rain has fallen throughout England during the past few days, and the weather is still very wet. ‘The attendance at the Epsom races to-day was con- sequently quite small, and the track was heavy. The first race was for a renewal of the Oaks stakes of fifty sovereigns each, closed with 193 subscribers. Fourteen horses started. The race was won by Mr. Cookson’s pb. f. Brig- antine beating Sir J, Hawley’s Morna, second, and Sir R. W. Bulkley’s Martinique, third. Time 2:48}. The betting was 3 to 1 against Brigantine, 2, to 1 against Morna and 8 to 1 against Mar- tinique. The second race was for the great Surrey Foai stakes of ten sovereigns each with 100 added for foals of 1866. The race was won by Mr. Joseph Dawson's ch. c. De Vere, beating Mr. Norman's c. Agean, ‘The third race was for the Epsom two years old Plate of 200 sovereigns, fifty-five entries, The race was won by Count F. D. Lagrange’s Roquefort beating Mr. 8. W, Reeves’ Paté, second, and Mr. F. Elliott's c. Elferon, third. Ten started. The betting previ- ous to the race was 2 to l against Roquefort, 4 to 1 against Patd and 10 to 1 against Elferon. FRANCE. Farewell and Departure of General Mx. Parts, May 28, 1869. The American citizens resident in Paris have drawn up a farewell address to General Dix, to which he replied by inviting 300 of his countrymen to a banquet, which will take piace at the Grand Hotel on June 1. He leaves Havre by the Cambria for New York on June 5, ‘The Oficini Press on the Klections. Pants, May 28, 1869, The oMcial papers say that the elections extinguish the old parties and leave the liberal empire opposed by only @ few revolutionary candidates. Saccessfal Returm of the Belliqueuse. Brest, May 28, 1869, ‘The new iron-clad steamer Belliqueuse has re- turned to this port, after having circumnavigated the globe. She met with no accident whatever. GERMANY. American Bonds at Frankfort. Lonpon, May 28, 1869, ‘The Times this morning, in its money article, says that the chief business in the United States bonds at Frankfort is done in the issues of 1862. Scarcely ny business is transacted in the othor kinds. AUSTRIA. weception of Ismail Pacha, TRIESTE, May 28, 1869. Ismail Pasha has arrived and was recetvod with great state, IRELAND. A Petition for the Pardon of Featans. Cork, say 28, 1869, The Cork city Council has adopted a petttion for the pardon of the Fenian prisoners, SHIPWRECK. Loss of a Ship and Bark off Anticosti Island— Only One Man Saved—Thirty-two Lives Lost. QUEBEC, May 28, 1869. Information has been received here that the ship Margaret, Captain Alien, from Sunderland april 1 for this port, and the bark Zetus, Captain Burn, with coal from Hulti for Quebec, were wrecked on Caribbean reef, off Anticosti island, on the 16th inst. A mate named James Donald was saved, but the re- mainder of the crews, thirty-two in number, were lost. CALIFORNIA. A French Gunboat Qnaididinoaasangeciate Nearly Destroyed by Fire—Great Loss of Life. SAN FRANCISCO, May 28, 1869. The French gunboat Samoethe Piquet has gone into quarantine, two of her officers having taken sick with smallpox soon after the ship left Panama. No one else contracted the disease. The men were convalescent and removed to the Smallpox Hospital in this city. The appointment of Henry A. Pierce Minister Resident to Honolulu is regarded with satisfaction by the Americans here having interests with the Sandwich Islands, Georgetown, Oal.. was nearly destroyed by fire to- day, and many lives were lost. Flour firm at $4 50 a $5 37%. Wheat—Choice firm and scarce at $1 60. Legal tenders, 7314. LOUISIANA. Adjournment of the New Orleans Commercial Convention—The Clark-Gaines Will Case to be Recontested. New ORLEANS, May 28, 1869, In the Commercial Convention to-day the Com- mittees 01 Foreign Commerce and Postal Subsidies and Gulf Harbors submitted lengthy and interesting reports, with accompanying resolutions. The report of the Commit tee of Foreign Commerce and Postal Subsidies favored the creation of ports of entry at all the principal cities of the Mississippi river and tributaries, and such revenue regulations ag will insure the prompt and speedy transmission of foreign imports received at New Orleans or an; other outlet port and consigned to the interior, It recommended that the canal at the falls of the Ohio be enlarged and completed by the na- tional government; that the national gov- ernment should confer upon the ° consti- tuency of this Convention an equal share of the postal subsidies granted by Congress, so as to estab- lish Itnes of steamers between the outlet port of the Mississippi river and the principal commercial ports of Europe and America. The report also embodied @ resolution that Congress be memorialized, in the names and on behalf of the States interested, to make the necessary appropriation to complete the survey ordered by Congress in 1850, with a view to the ultimate construction of a ship canal across the peninsula of Fiorida; also that the construction of n canal and other inter oceanic ways of communication across the isthmus of Central America cannot but be regarded by the Convention as of great incidental importance to the commercial interests of their con- stituents. The report of the Committee on Gulf Harbors urged immediate action for the improvement of the harbors of Mobile and Galveston. The following resolution concerning the naviga- tion at the mouth of the Mississippi was adopted:— Resolved, ‘That the President of the Convention be re- uested to telegraph to the Secretary of War the request that the government dredgeboat, the Essayons, now at work at a "Outre, at the mouth of the Mississippi,twhich, in the Orleans Chamber of Commerce, the (channel at aald pass from. eleven the committee tothe Convention, rm ati! remain at work at the mouth of the river to benefit the commerce of this whole valley by effectually deepening the chaunel on the bar at Passe Outcs and Keeping te ts thie depto, aud to nd tue yenedt rendered it by the work done 0 far, aud 10 say that they believe that the necessities of the commerce of the whole West and South demand the continuanco of the work by the Essayons, and that the changes deemed neces Bary by the engineer in charge be made fn her machinery. Mr. Rudd, from the Kentucky delegation, pre- sented an invitation to all the delegates of the present Convention to attend the Commercial Con- vention at Louisville in October. The an, Mr. Filley, made a brief speech of thanks, on behalf of the Northwestern delegation, for the hospitable reception, and extending a cordial mvitation to the Southern and Southwestern men to visit the West and Northwest. Suit 1s again brought in the Second District Court of this State on behalf of the numerous petitioners recontesting the validity of the title of Mrs. Mckea Clark-Gatnes to the properties in this city and State held by the petitioners, and claimed by Mrs. Gaines. ‘The petitioners ask revocation of the decree of pro- bd of the pretended will of Daniel Clark, of July 13, The government offices will be closed to-morrow in honor of the decoration of the soldiers’ graves. VIRGINIA. The Colored State Convention=Negro Judges Demanded—Governor Wells the Choice of the Convention. RICHMOND, May 28, 1869, The colored State Convention adjourned to-day, after adopting a series of resolutions requesting General Canby to give colored men representation upon the benches of the courts; urging republican voters to vote for the constitution framed by the late Convention; pledging the Convention to support the Wells ticket; thanking the people of the North for their benevolence in furnishing means for the edu- cation of colored children in the South, and hailing the Ga of General Canby with joy. Dr. Harris, the colored candidate for Lieutenant Governor, addressed the body, and expressed his suspicion that some of the white republican voters intended striking his name from the ticket on ac- count of bis color. WEST VIRGINIA. Terrific Hall Storm at Wheeling—Great De- struction of Property. WHEELING, May 28, 1869, About three o'clock this afternoon the most ter- rific rain and hati storm ever known tn this vicinity passed over this city, lasting about twenty minutes. The hail stones were as large as eggs and some were as large as @ man’s fist. The number of panes of glass broken are estimated by thousands, ‘The losses of two hotels al amount to $2,000, ‘The vineyards on the island and the hills surround- ing the city are greatly Injured, and the fruit and shade trees are torn up ik! the roots or pone stripped of their foliage. The iron roof of the Baitl- more and Obio Railroad depot was biown off. Many accidents are reported, but no lives were lost. The belt of the storm did not extend more than a mile above the city. The loss is vanously estimated from $20,000 to $60,000, NEW YORK. Annual Session of the Right Worthy (irand Ledge of Good Templars. OswEGo, May 28, 1860. ‘The Right Worthy Grand Lodge of Good Templars of North America closed its fifteenth annual session here last night at midnight, It was tle largest meeting the body has ever held. Delegates were in attendance from all the Grand Lodges m the Union and the British Provinces. Much business of importance to the organization ‘was transacted. The follo are the officers elected for the ensuing year:—| it Worthy Grand Zecnlas, Jonathan H. Orne, of lel Mass. ; Right Worthy Grand Counsellor, W. 8. Williams, of Oni Canada; Wort! Secret hito; — Worthy Grand rer, Jonn 1, Of St. Louts, M ual iendn be held in st, Loan i: | a Meeting of the Reformed Presbyterian Synod at Newburg—fourth Day. Newsura, May 28, 1869. The Committee of the Reformed Presbyterian Synod, in session here to-day, recommended that Tesolutions be passed deploring the fact that, asa nation, the United States has steadfastly refused any acknowl it of the authority of God, fo apm te Ti Caan! of political corrup- tion, and affirming that irreligion of the nation finds expression in the conattt of the United States, resolutions also declare that such @ con- stitution cannot be accepted and approved by any Christian je without sin, They also denounce me oar Lan of Congress on tye Sabbath end the continn: esecration of the Post OMice Devartmeat. aihaattd BOSTON RELIGIOUS ANNIVER- SARIES. The Free Religious Associntion—A Mingling of Secte—Jews and Gentiles—Love and Metapbysice—Addresses by Emerson, Julia Ward Howe and Lucy Stone Blackwell. Boston, May 28, 1869. A largely attended meeting of the Free Religious Association was held in Tremont Temple to-day. Rev. O. B, Frothingham opened the meeting with an address, in which be stated the position which the society occupied before the public—having no creed to propagate, differmg very much in their belief. but all seeking after the truth. He referred to similar movements in other places, referring particularly to Germany, where meetings were hela every year, which, in nearly all their details, were similar to those held here, and the report of which, if written out, might answer for the report of a meeting herein Boston, He stated that the move- ment was calculated to inaugurate an era of the absolute supremacy of human reason in spiritual matters, He then referred to similar movements in Switzerland and to the vast proportions of this movement, which was not composed of a small band making its way through a trackless wliderness. The purposes of this society were peace, harmony and unity, and yet in the attitude of the churches the word unity meant warfare. Religion was orga- nized division, and not organized unity. One ob- ject of the Association was the study of scientific theology; not of theology, for that was anything but scientific. God 1s not a definition; He is the soul of things, and in Him we live and move and have our being. It had been objected that they did not call themselves theists, deists, Christians or anti-Chris- tians; they were anti-nothing; they made war upon no religion; they made war only on error. All that the world needs is light; let it be pure, let it be sweet, let it be inane. and the world will be created anew, They were here to-day toshow a few beams of that light. Dr. Etlanger, of New York, Editor of the Jewish Times, was introduced and read a paper on the Jewish faith, making an earnest appeal for truth—the truth of one God and one humanity, havi carried the race to which he belonged through persecution in triumph. Juda- ism Knew no distinction between man and man, but recognized the God who manifested himself through man. He quoted from the Talmud to show the spirit of liberalism which tt breathea. He referred to the Bible as the first book of the greater bible which shall contain the universal history of man. Rev. Jesse H. Jones, of New York city, desired to speak of Jesus in an orthodox light—that same Jesus who was despised eighteen hundred years ago, and who had been again rejected to-day; that same Jesus who taught the new law of moral action, the law of life; who broke through the law of selfishness, which before his time was the corner- stone of human life; who taught that themore a man had the more was he bound to serve others, instead of the now universal theory that the more you had the more were men bound to serve you. Christ had placed ithe golden age in the future; all other ieaders of religion had placed their golden age in the past. The world was dying with selfisiness, and the Christians were bearing the chalice of love to the lips of the dying—the elixir of eternal love. Jesus Christ was the Sberman, and they were march- ing under his command to the sea. They invited all to Join them in the grand march. v. Francis E. Abbott said they wanted to offer a platform in which every one could speak his own personal convictions, It was in that spirit which he wished to speak. Protestant Christianity, he claimed, was a compromise between Roman Catho- lieigm and free religion, and he had come here to-day to throw all compromise behind them and to stand base free religion. ‘alph Waldo Emerson was received with great applause. He opened by saying that we might now relinquish our strife in the theological world. He stated that the Author of Nature had not left himself witheut a witness in every sane mind, and that the moral sentiment speaks to every man the law after which the universe was made; that we find identity of design throughout nature; that there is a force always at work to make the best better and the worst . St. Augustine said that that which is now called Christianity originally existed among the ancients, He believed that Christianity was not only as old as the creation, but more, that a man’s Teligious susceptibility can find the same idea in numberless conversations. The religious can find reli- gion wherever they associate; where he finds narrow Teligion he also finds narrow reading. We are all believers in natural religion; we all agree that the health and integrity of man is self-respect. Wise men wish their religion to go alone, oniy hum- bly bowing themselves before the source of wisdom which they have discovered within themselves. George Fox said that he heard the words of Christ and God. He knew them only In his own soul. It ta the principle of our own Testament that its ‘teach go to the honor and benefit of our humanity. Let it stand, but do not attempt to lift it out of humanity im a sound frame of mind. We read or remember the religious say- ings of religions teachers only for friendship and the social identity which they open to us; but these words weuld have no weight with us if we had not the same convictions already. Zealots eagerly fasten their eyes upon the difference be- tween their creed and yours, put the charm was to find the identity between the two. In conclusion he expressed bis pleasure at seeing so many men of different views here, and made the remark that it ‘was no wonder that there was a Christ, but that there was not a thousand. After the conclusion of the remarks of Mr, Emer- son the Chairman read a letter from Lucretia Mott, who is sick and unable to be present, At the aiternoon services Colonel T. W. Higgin- son read the report of the Executive Commitiee, and also letters from Dr. A. H. Quint, of New Bed- ford; Rev. Philip Brooks, of Philadeiphia; Rev. Wm. H. H. Murray, of Boston; Rey. Lyman Abbott, of New York; Wm. E. Parks, of Lawrence, and Professor Diamond, of Brown University, all of which expressed sympathy with the objecia of the association. Mrs. Julia Ward Howe then read an essay on the sutyect of “Freedom and Restraint in Religion.’’ True religion had come at jast. It was easy to vote ourselves free, but not to make ourselves iree. In speaking of the Church she said that each sect de- tected a narrowness in every other sect, and each migut well devise a broader and more itberal plat- form. Speculation contained but little real reti- gion, and, in her opinion, controversy was tue great obstacle to freedom. A great many considered Christianity to mean superstition and the study of theology the confession of natural religion. Kell- gion encompassed our entire natures and unlocked the whole moral and inteliectual elements of man, while natural religion was active tn the few and very uncommon. Indeed, she held that the Free Re- ligious Association had at last a tendency to correct the religious errors of the different sects and opin- ions. The tendency of the inquiring spirit of the age was to free ideas, iree types and make them aspiring and independent. Mrs. Howe's essay was @ Very abstruse and deep effort, Colonel A. D. Higginson denied that free religion was negative in its character and ideas, but the sects were that made the charge. After giving instances of the inefficiency of Christianity as practiced, he said that the difference in man’s religion depended on the spirit in which he accepted the code of virtue. In ard to the high moral purpose of the association it was noticed that many of the persons composing the association were among the leading refurmers tn the niost successful reforms of the day, while their opponents were among those in the sects who had always stood in the way ot true progress. Natural religion was good enough for the people to live vy and die by—in snort it was the hope of the world. Mra. Mary Grew charged upon Christianity all the libels that had ever beea uttered against true religion. She arraigned the Church of hign ecciestastical crimes and misdemeanors, and that it had crucified Christ @ thousand times since he had been crucitied by the Jews. When theologians can prepare any- thing better than the Sermon on the Mount, they had better repudiate Christianity. She heard of no better system of Christianity than that of Jesus of Nazareth. The world was asking for spiritual food, besides the dry husks of theology. Rev, Miss Gibson discussed the necessity of a re- ligion that would Know no sects, and wouid re- — women as the — of man. v. Dr. Bartall, of ton, said that Christ be- came & mediator and the voice of a moral sentiment merely; that Christ did not come to preach Chris. tanity, but the truth; and that we would be most = a when we preached in the spirit in which ie spoke. Rev. M. Corvell said that the association was well on the way to reconciliation, because men various denominations who had form sought to make their gtieved him to see the name of Cl be religious He of nature, and tl greater than another it was to withdraw the name of the Saviour from view and look to the inner sense for purity of spiritual life. r a few remarks by Rev. M. 1. Blackwell, of New Jersey, the so at six o'clock, adjourned until half-past seven o'clock this evening. Upon the reassembling of the Convention Rev. David A. Wasson discussed whether the province iigion was ‘an inherent oe tim nty Dut socket vanes, n sentiment; but soc! if it existed at all, was undefinable. After di 4 the relation of to freedom he there never was a civilization but that nated in — Sctence cannot take lace.of religion, and that which is radical in is radical in man’s nature, Science is the uct and garb of civilization; religion its base and sustenance. ‘The functions in State and society we: considered. ‘The State takes no cognizance of character; it takes ie from bs on a to give ‘to the . Rev. Rowland Conner, of thought relt- gion that finds expression arch of to-day was rapidly dying out, and the transactions of life it was being coolly bowed out of society. The decay was in consequence of the tions of the Church and @ neglect to work for True religion is tl every man @ still, small volce—the voice of God—which if heeded would de- velop true reli Goa ae ye soul out upon irney with giving ness within itself, and @ consclousness it Ktwould live forever. “Tne world's true voucher: ts the Mother. and the exseuce of true relaion Ww in every soul, and woman ts by divine right the world’s instructor. Release her from hopeless drudgery und place her in her true position, morally and fintellec- tually, and true religion would be better developed. Jonn Weiss was the next speaker. He said that love was the tap root of pure religion. Social science had the great function before it of abolishing Gincene 9 and tyranny, but it was powerless to save 12 BO Mrs. Cora Hatch Tappan said that the Church of to-day was the rostrum, not the pulpit, and that sectarian creeds were rapidly melting away before {he traths of natural religion. It was not a pew re- . buta broad one, Science, life and society do not tell us that we have religion, for the great keystone of religion 1s only touched by master minds. ‘The divine parentage of God constitutes our relation to Him, and the father and mother constitute the true teachers of the world. Mrs. Tappan closed with @ beautiful peroration, and at its close the gas Was almost @turned off, when Horatio Seaver, editor Ot the Investigator, essayed to make a few remarks. Loud cries were made for more light, and he pro ceeded briefly, after which the Conventiou dissolved. Meeting of Shakers in Boston. Boston, May 28, 1869. A Convention of Shakers, numbering about sixty delegates of both sexes, met in the Melonaon to-day. ‘They represented the Communities of Mount Leba- non, of Watervieit, N. Y.; Harvard, of Shirley, Mass.; Hancock, of West Pittsfield, Mass.; Canter- bury, at Enfield, and the Community at Fredericks- burg, Mo. There was a large attendance of specta- tors. Presiding Elder Frederick W. Evans, of Mount Lebanon, welcomed the brethren and specta- tors, and said that the meetng was for mutual con- suitation and investigation, and he hoped ali would be profitea, Addresses, interspersed with singing, were made bp alder Henry Cummings, of Enfield, N. H.; elder , of Harvara, ; sister Harriet ‘m. Leo Bullard, brother Albert Loomis, of Waterville; sister Paulina Bates and other leaders of the sect. Elder Leonard, in his remarks, considered that the Shakers occupied a differeut plane from the mass of Christians. ‘The plane of life occupied by the others was well enough, but‘the Shakers deemed that the Christian scriptures required an abandonment of the worldly and animal tincts and ions, He quoted two of these scripture texts to prove that parity of life was the special thing required by hrist. They knew of no salvation upon other con- ditions than a pure and upright life. Brother Loomis said the Shakers recognized the equality of ail persons, without the distinction of race or sex. He announced that while they regarded marriage a8 8 proper and honorable institution it was not specially a Christian institution. It belonged to the order of Adam, but not to the order of Christ, and as disciples of Christ, seeking to live the angel life now, they felt called upon to forbear entering upon matrimony. He thought that many of the practices of popular clergymen were not patterned after the unworidiiness of Christ. He discussed the question of marriage as a Christian ordi- nance, and affirmed the scripture was against it. The benediction of the ministers could not sanctify it if the master did not by his example and injunc- tions. He argued in general that spirituality of life was the essential requirement of Christ's teaching. Sister Pauline Bates testified to the spiritual satis- faction which she had found in the tite of a sister of the Shaker fraternity during a riod of upwards of forty years. The indness of the brethren towards her and the other sisters and their honorable and ex- emplary lives she bore witness to, and expressed the belief that the spirit of God had appointed that ae children should walk in this way tue Christian le. AQUATIC. Challenge from the London’ Rowing Club to the Hurvard University Boat Club. * Boston, May 28, 1869. The following challenge bas been received from the London Rowing Club, and we are sure that their kind offers of hospitality will be tully appreciated on this side of the water. Lonpon RowINnG Crus, Putney, S. W., SuRREY, Engiand, May 6, 1569. } To THR CAPTAIN OF THK HARVARD UNIVERSITY Boat CLuB:— SIR—AS some members of your club propose visit- ing Engiand this — with the intention of rowing & Match against the members of Oxtord University, with a view of proving which country can produce the better oarsmen, ie Lot wing Club consider it might be prejudiciai to your claim of championship of the world, were you to return home as __ victors without having tried your strength against its mem- bers, a8 they at present hold the symbols of most important matches in this kingdom—viz., Hariey Grand Challenge Cup, for eights; Steward’s Chai- lenge Cup, for fours and sculls, as well as the Metropolitan Champion eights, fours, pairs and sculls, and in addition the Wingfield sculls, the amateur championship of rhe Thames. The London Rowing Club, at a general meeting held at Putney, on the 1st of May, unanimously resolved that I should send your club an open challenge from ours to row @ match against the members of your University at any time you may think proper, and over any distance ‘on the Metropolitan Champlonship course in eights, fours, pairs and sculls, or either, a8 may be most convenient to you. As you so far honor our country as to come so great a distance to promote international aquatic sport we gladly leave all other oonditions in your hands, trusting to you to fix equal and sportaman- like terms. The London Rowing Club have much pieasure, Whether or no you accept their challenge, n offering your crew the honorary membership of their club, and the free use of their boats, boat house and club room and any other services they can ren- der which may make your stay more agreeable. Sincerely hoping that this challenge will be received in the spirit in which it is sent—viz., the promotion of aquatic sport and good feeling between our two countries, 1 await the honor of fae faithfully, #8, GUL reply and remain yours, STON, Captain L. Re C, Letter From Vice Admiral Porter. (from the Army and Navy Journal, May 2.) NAVY DEPARTMENT, } WASHINGTON, May 24, 1869, Drak SiR—T am glad to see that you have given acoiumn of your journal to aquatic sports. ‘This wii not only add much to the interest your readers will take in your valuable paper, but it will have the effect of inducing persons beiong- ing to the navy to embark in boating sports, in my opinion the best of all amusements. To say nothing of its great attraction in the way of sport, boating is certainly one of the most useful exercises, de- veloping every muscle of the human frame, and Lad health and vigor to the most puny consti- tution. Iv is useful to get up races abroad vetween our vessels and those of foreign nations, if only to give us an insight into the speed of their 8 and some knowledge of the muscle of the men who row them. lt may be necessary to know something of them tn time of war, in case we should ever come to blows with the folks across the water. . Thefe is no reason why ships of war should be fitted with dull pulling boats when they can have fast ones, and the only way to find out what our boats are worth is to try them with those of foreign navies, It would be gratifying at ail times to hear that our cutters had beaten other men-of-war boats, and | think it weil to give # place in your columns to such notices. My great desire at the Naval Academy has been to develope the physique of naval officers. A puny = can never efficiently lead boarders or re em. have started severa! boat clubs at the Naval Aca- demy, which, | think, can compete successfully with any that row on salt or fresh water. They can make their good three miles in twenty minutes, which is fast time. I should like some good boat ciub to try it with the midshipmen, and theu we could tell bet- ter how near the latter come to the mark. One thing is certain, the exercise develops the muscles more than any other, and I shouid be de- lighted to see the sport patronized, more particu- larly in the navy. 1 think it desirable also tnat officers of the navy abroad should procure the best models of boats and send them home. This they would be more apt to do If they became tn- terested in aquatic exercises, when their attention would be more particularly directed to this impor- tant matter, Very truly yours, D. D. PORTER. To W, ©, CnuncH. THE BUCKEYE RACES. CINCINNATI, May 28, 1869, The races over the buckeye Course to-day com- menced with a selling race for $200, a dash of two miles, horses entered to be sold for $1,500 to carry their own weight, for $1,000 allowed five pounds, for $600 allowed fourteen pounds, ror $200 allowed twenty-one pounds, the winner to be sold at auction imametiatey after the race. The following is the result:— Gray horse Tom Porter, by Lightning, dam Chest- SRcond Rack.—Sweepstakes for three year o1d colts and flilies, two mile ta, $25 entrance, p. p., the winner of the mile heat stake for three 1S olds to carry five nds extra; the club to add $400, The following {s a summary :— 8 & Kilgour’s ch. f. by imp. Mickey dam Blonde by imp. Glencoe............ by Endorser, John Harper's ch. c. Exc! ane dam Nantu Brannon’s Eclipse.......... 2 a. Ww. Fores ‘rie ae Paine, ty Doneraie, dam MP. GLENCOE... sess es evevee : Blasty'e ch. c. John Melatire, by Frank Bos- ton, dam Buckeye Lass, by Admiral..... 43 Time, 5:56%—3:60%. The track was very heavy, the weather warm, and the crowd immense. COLLISION ON THE RIVER. At [1:90 A. M., yesterday, as the ferryboat Supe- rior was leaving the Roosevelt ferry slip she collided with the schoonet Chase, and carried away of = rigging of the Chase, No further cnnage Wan jone, 7 EUROPEAN MARKETS. LONDON MONEY MAKKRT.—LONDON, May 28—4:30 P. M.—Consols closed at 93% for both money and ac- por United pgp baal bonds, 7934. bleady; Erie, 18%; [linois, 9534. PARIS ROURSE.—PARIS, May 28—Evening.—Bourse closed quiet. Rentes, Tif. 50c, FRANKORT BOURSE.—FRANKFORT, May 28—Even- ine--United States five-twenties, 86 for the issue of Liverroo, Corron MARKBT.—LIVERRPOOL, May 2—4:30 P. M.—The following are the closing quo- Middling uplands, 14¢d,; middling Or - leans, 11sgd. The sales of the day have been 12,000 bales. 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