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AVGUSTA.
Monday Morning' Jun. 15.
czft' 1 - - -
We received on Satntday an extra fro(n the
office of the Standard of Union, containing the
first part of the testimony on the part of the State
in the celebrated case of Bunkley alias Barber.
Wc shall commence the publication of it in our
paper as soon as we have completed the pamph
let of Mr. Howard. It will be a much more in.
leresting “Book” than the one published by
“Tom” last summer.
Wc have been shown a printed lettei, a copy
„ of which was received by the Post Master of this
ciiy, containing a projet for conveying thereg
ular mail and passengers from’New York to Au
gusta in 4 days and 13 hours, which if it can bo
carried into effect will obviate the necessity of an
Express, to a great extent. Two plans are pro
posed—one by the ordinary Stage route and the
other byway of Wilmington and Charleston,
each to accomplish the route in the same time.
By the first it is proposed to carry tfte mill
and passengers from Now York to Philadelphia
in 8 hours, thence to Baltimore in ss, Washing
ton 3, Richmond 1 20, Columbia 4£
lC—in all 109 hours
By the latter, the same route is pursued as;'far
as Petersburg, Va., say 30 hours—thence to Hal
ifax 7, Wilmington 29, Charleston 10, in all 82
hours, arriving at the latter place at 3 P. M. and
leaving the next morning at 6 for on
the Rail Road, to arrive here at 6 P. M., making
109 hours, including all stoppages.
FLORIDA.
The Savannah Georgian of Friday morning
says:—The steamer Cincinnati, Capt' Brooks,
with five Indian warriors, and several womefi
and children, making 29 Indians in all with a
guard, commanded by Lieut. Howland, arrived
late on Wednesday night from Garcy’s Ferry,
and proceeded early yesterday morning to Char
leston. These Indians were some time since
captured by a party under Capt. 801 l of the dra
goons,
■ We learn that nothing new had transpired at
Black Creek when the Cincinnatti left.
A letter from a correspondent in Florida, (by
last mall Irom St. Augustine,) says:
The first regiment of artillery under command
of Col. Pierce, about 400 strong all in good
health, embarked from Fort Ann, at the Haul
over on Indian river this morning, to proceed
down Indian river to its mouth, and if the Indians
are not found in that vicinity, to proceed imme
diately to the St. Lucie river, about 60 miles fur
ther south, to cut off the retreat es the Indians to
the glades on the capes. They arc supposed to
be concentrated between the Sebastian ihd St.
Lucie rivet*.
The Charleston Mercury of Saturday morning
says “The Steamer Cincinnati, CApl Brooks, Ar
rived at this port yesterday morning from Clarks
ville via Savannah, having on board 29 Seminole
Indians,Jin charge of Ll. Rowland, U. S. A. 6
Warriors and 24 Women atVd Children. They
were landed at Sullivan’s Island and confined at
FoW Moultrie.
The revenue cutter Hamilton, Lieut. Scott,
sailed from Boston on the 15th inst. agreeably
to instructions, to furnish assistance to vessels
on the coast. She has on board supernumerary
sc.imen, and an abundant supply of provisions
water, &c.
| FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT,]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.
To day the Message from the President simi
lar to that which I noticed yesterday as hdvitig
been received by the House of Representatives,
was transmitted to the Senate.
Mr. CLAY in moving the reference of its parts
to the appropriate Committees, took occasion to
express in strong terms, tile feelings of indigna
tion andr regret lie felt at the outrage on the Car
oline ; and to declare that the most ample repara
tion ought to be demanded from the British Go
vernment.
Mr. CALHOUN look it upon himself to re
buke Mr. Clay for the lorle of his remarks. He
said the message ought to have been passed with
out a word of comment. He would give no opin
ion at this time: ami he had hoped the same
course would hive been pursued by others.
Mr. CLAY replied with considerable animation,
that the Senator from South Carolina, had an un
doubted right to withhold his own opinion—but
he protested against that Senator entering com
plaint against him (Mr. Clay) for the expression
j>f hie. He had said nothing to stimulate the peo
ple on this important question : but as ho had cv.
idence to satisfy him, that our soil and jurisdic
lion had been invaded by the subjects of a great
power, he would not sustain the expression of his
deliberate judgment.
The message and documents were referred.
The Committee on Foreign Relations reported
> a Bill far enforcing the preservation of our neu
trality on the frontier. The Committee on Mill
tary Affairs reported a Bill (or increasing the
military establishment of the United States.—
These measures will be passed rapidly through
both houses.
The Senate then proceeded to the consideration
of Mr. Calhoun's resolution. The question was
put on the adoption of the fourth resolution, as
follows;
Resolved, That domestic slavery, as it exists
in the Southern and Western States ol this Union,
composes an important part of their domestic in-
stitutions, inherited from their ancestors, and ex
isting at the adoption of the Constitution, by
which it is recognised as constituting an essential
clement in the distribution of its powers among
the States, and that no change of opinion, or feel
ing, on the part of the other Slates of the Union
in relation to it, can justify them or their citizens
in open and systematic attacks thereon, with the
view of its overthrow; and that all such attacks
are in manifest violation of the mutual and sol,
emn pledge to protect and defend each other, giv
en by the Stales, respectively, on entering into
the Constitutional compact, which formed the
Union, and as such is a manifest breach of faith,
and a violation of the most solemn obligations,
moral and religious.
The words “moral and religious,” we r c struck
out, on motion ol Mr. Webster, who suggested
that it was no part of the Senate’s business to
undertake to tell Stales or individuals what their
moral and religious obligations arc. The word
“essential,” in the sixth line, was made to give
way to “importance”—and the word distribution,
in the same line, to the word apportionment—
and with these titodtficalious, the resolution was
adopted : ayes 34, nays 5.
The filth resolution was then read ; as follows :
Resolved, That the intermeddling of any
Slate or States, or their cit zens, to abolish slave
ry in this District, or any of the Tei'ritdries, on
the ground, or under the pretext, that it is immor
al or sinful, or the passage of any act ot measure
of Congress, with that view, would be a direct
and dangerous attack ou the institutions of all the
Slave-holding Stales.
U was upon this that the great battle was
fiugbt. There has never occurred in Congress
for years past a more animated discussion.
Mr. WILLIAMS, of Maine, rtttde a few re
marks in opposition to the resolution, lie was
followed by
Mr. TE.ARCE, of New Hampsheir, who sup
ported the resolution: and declared his readiness
to fight the battle against the abolitionists on it,
and stand or fall by the principles it embraces.
Mr. of Kentucky, then took
the floor, and in ?. speech distinguished by that
strong and manly sense for which he is no levs
remarkable than for inimitable sarcasm, and pow
er cf eloquence, demonstrated how barren and
unproductive must be all these generalities of
Mr. CalFtoqh, even if they should be adopted.—
He declared that any good they might by possi
bility be capable of in themselves would be more
than counteracted by the remarks with which
Mr. Calhoun had accompanied and enforced
them. Such remarks as that the abolition
spirit had its deep seat in the very organization
of Northern society—and . that there is no hope
or safety hut in the principles of the States Rights
party, that all those who propose other principles
are inclined to,favor the abolitionists am) actually
urge cn those fanatics to greater exertions. He
thought those remarks were equally indiscreet
and unjust? and were certainly calculated to pro
duce that real evil which Mr. Calhoun professed
to deplore, the mixing up of the question with
the politics of the country.
Mr. CRITTENDEN said he could not look
to those resolutions for any protection. He fell
strong in the constitution, in the laws of the land
—in the strength of the slave-holding Stales.—
He would not even appear to bo alaimcd by the
flippant spirit of the abolitionists.
Mr. PRESTON suggested to his colleague to
amend the resolution so as to embrace the idea
that the abolition of slavery in this District would
be a violation of faith implied in the cession of
the territory by Virginia and Maryland.
Mr. CALHOUN said be had lid objoctlort to
this: but be wished to avoid debatable giound.
Mr. CLAY then arose and made a calm, and
unimpassioned, but most forcible exposition of
the opinions he entertained respecting the ten
dency of these resolutions—and the course which
he thought ought to ho pursued—after which he
read a series of resolutions drawn by himself,
which, he thought, would cover the whole ground
—reconcile conflicting views—assert the rights,
and satisfy the wishes of the Sonth—and arrest
the spirit of abolition in the North.
I will send a copy of these recolutions to
morrow, and further not'eo of the debate.
In the House of Representatives to day Mr.
Wise inquired whether the Committee on Elec
tions would report at all on the case of the clai
mants of scats from Mississippi l
Mr. DUCHANNAN, the Chairman of the
Committee said, in reply, that there would be a
repprt very soon.
The President's Message was again taken up
in Committee of the whole, and the question be
ing on the icferencc of the financial part to the
tlornmillee of Ways arid Meat's.
Mr. MURRAY ofKy. ad reseed the House at
length in favour of the Sub-Treasury Sohemc and
also of a national Bank but on a plan different
from the formet Hank of U. 8.
; ». • • *t
The House adjourned. Mr. Garland of Va. has
the floor for to morrow. M.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10th, 1833.
After I closed my Express Mail yesterday a
debate of a most interesting character took place
between Mr. Clai and Calhoun . who said he
believed now ha had made some progress towards
his object—since it appeared from the resolutions
of Mr. CLAT.lbat the right to petition on the sub
ject of slavery in the States was given up. Mr.
Clat, replied that if the Carolina senator im
agined ho had gained any thing in the Senate
by his course on the subject, he assured him
that he had gained a loss in the country. Ho
took occasion to repel the charge made during
the day by Mr. Calhoun, that (he Mr. Clay)
had made concession to these petitions for abo
lition in the District. He had made no conces
sion; but he felt assured that the best way to
maintain our rights was to pay a proper respect
to the rights of others. Epithets, absurd, harsh
language effect nothing. Mr. Calhoun he tho’t
was entirely injudicious in meeting the intem
perance that characterize sonv* of the petitions
with similar terms, and he [felt constrained to
i add, that the whole course ot that Senator—
every measure of his —was calculated to arouse
- tho agitation and excitement he professes a de»
•j sire to allay aqd extinguish.
it CALHOUN, in reply, defended his course
- 113 l* ie only remedial one that could be adopted;—
i but he added that it was not wonderful that ho
• and Mr. Clay differed as to the proper remedy.
' since there was a radical difference between them
on the whole subject.
. Mr. CLAY responded to this last remark with
’ considerable animation, that they did differ radi
cally; and ho believed on most questions too. —
, ' vas certainly as anxious to go as far as the
Carolina Senator could go in resisting tho pro
ceedings of the abolitionists; but ho i!id not
think it indespensible to use intemperate lan
i guage in declaring his determinations—nor was
he for crying out “wolf! wolf!” like the
boy in the fable, on every occasion—he was
against talking of organization; of combinations;
of Southern conventions; he was against making
“disunion" a familiar and daily topic of discus
aion. Alter some other passes, the Senate ad
journed at 6 o’clock P. M.
When tho subject was resumed tc day, the
question under consideration was on adopting an
amendment offered by Mr. day to strike out the
whole of the filth resolution, and insert one which
in effect declares that the abolition of slavery in
the District of Columbia could not be done with
out a violation of the faith implied in the cession
of that District by the States of Maryland and
Virginia—without compensating the owners of
slaves—and without giving a degree of alarm and
apprehension to the slaveholding Stales far ex
ceeding any good consequences that could be
produced by abolition.
After a long and desultory discussion in which
Messrs. Olay, Calhoun, King, of Alabama, Niles
and Buchannan partook,the resolution,after some
light modification iu the phraseology proposed by
Mr. IS lies was adopted as a substitute for the fifth
resolution of Mr. Calhoun’s series, by a vote of
33 to 8.
At the time that this notice is necessarily brought
to a close in older to be in time for the Express
Mail, the Senate are engaged in considering a
resolution, also offered hy Mr. Clay, declaring
that slavery ought not to be abolished in the Ter
ritory of Florida, because it would boa violation
of the Mirsoun compromise—because the people
of the Territory have not asked for it—,md be
cause when admitted to the Union they will have
the matter under their control.
The House of Representatives are still enga
ged with the tefetcnce of the President’s Ales'
sage to the Committees. Af
front the Neio York Co ur. <y Eng Jan 10
LATEST FROM THE FRONTIER.
We have information fiorn Buffalo to the 4th
insl. The Albany Daily Advertiser of Tuesday
morning, stales on the authority of a le.ter from
Buffalo, dated at half past 3 P, M. on tho 4th
that Mr. M'Kcnzie had just been arrested by the
Marshall in that city, on a writ issued by tbej U.
S. District Judge, Conklin,
A letter from a correspondent at Niagara Fall*
to the editor bt the Albany Argus, also of tho 4th
mentions that Gen. Van Rensselaer had declined
to surrender the cannon belonging to the State
ofNciv York. The terms in which his reply was
couched are not known.,
Toe British forced Chippewa (s estimated at
4,000 militia, a few regulars, and 400 or 500 ,
Indians. We annex all that we find of interest |
in the Western papers.
LOWER CANADA; , ,
Ahmt Movkmk.nts. —We learn from the
Montreal Gazelle of the instant, that the 2nd
and 3d division of the 43d Light Infantry, and
first of the 85lh, ha re arrived at Quebec The
43d it is -aid proceeds immediate'y to the banks
of the Hichilicu; to garrison that section of the
Province.
The flank companies of the 34th Foot made
up to the war compliment, and Major Pringle’s
Company oflhc Royal Artillery, have left Hali
fax for New Brunswick, on their way to the
Lower Piovince.
From the Rochester Daily Democrat.
Niakaha Fali.s, Wednesday, o’clock AM.
Since Sunday last this place has assumed the
appearance of a regular encampment. Three
regiments have been here most oflhc lime, and
yesterday not less than 3,000 men weic under
arms. It would be impossible to conceive the ex
citement produced by the Schlosscr outrage,
along the entire frontier. Nor arc the people free
from alarm. They look upon the men who
would execute and the commander who would is
sue orders infernal as that for tho indiscriminate
slaughter of unarmed men, as capable of any act,
however unjust or atrocious.
Several of the men who were engaged in the
outrage arc known. Indeed, some of them make
public boast of ihc act—and triumphantly exhib
it their good weapons, as evidence of their vr.lof !
Their promotion is secure, and I doubt not that
any demand for their surrender will be treated
with contempt. Thu names of four of the prin
cipal rponstefs, are, as I understand; Capt. Mosh
ier, deputy sheriff'McLeod. Lawyer, McDonald
and Thomas McCormick. The latter I have
known from boyhood, id be a most detperato
fellow. , t -i
Depositions of two or three, who were or, the
boat as the time of the attack, have been taken,
and steps commenced to secure an indictment fur
murdet against those who were identified.
Gov. Head is now at Chippewa. He arrive I
there yesterday morning, Ho first heard of the
Schlosscr outrage at Niagara; and so incensed
is he said to have been at McNab for having over
reached hia duly, that he proceeded alone and in
the night, post baste, to iiead quarters, to repri
mand him. But when he got there, and heard
McNab’s story, be became reconciled and good
naluied.
In the same steamboat which brought the gov.
ernor to Niagara, there arrived 10 regulars—G
cannon and 2 bombs—all of which were imme
diately despatched to Chippewa.
The loyal force opposite is large. It consists
of from 4 to 5000 —78 of whom are regulars, and
4or 500 of them Indians. They have also 15
pieces of ordnance—6 or 8 bombs and mortars—•
cong eve rackets and ammunition to any u
mount.
The force of the Islanders is also large. It is
i said here to consist of from 1500 to 2000—bold
resolute men, who are determined upon victory.
Their ammunition is abundant, and their ordiri
-1 ance (25) well arranged.
1 General Arcularius, Commissary General ol
. New York, yesterday demanded the surrender of
, the cannon belonging to the State, and now on
Navy Island
5 (The General promised a reply in writing lo
" day/
e There is a rumor here that McLeod with 15*
mm), wore driven over the fall,', l.y a shut from
the Island on Sunday night. It is certain that
lie is missing, end tho rumor is current on both
sides, and generally believed.
The Islanders are in high glee, and confident
of success. yy
From the Buffalo Journal
Tns Canada Wa h —The information brought
by tho express ibis morning, is that nothing of
interest has occurred since our last publication.
Some half dozen shots were fired from Navy Is
land last evening, at one of the scows belonging
to the royalists. This morning tho rumor is,
that a large detachment of McNab’s force js mar
ching up the river, destined probably for tho
schooners, which are now arming a few miles
above Chippewa. Three of these vessels aro
American property, belonging to merchants of
Oswego, N. Being wintered on the Uana»
da side of Take Erie, afforded an opportunity to
the Royalists to press them into tho service.
REMARKS
1
Addressed to the Charchet within the bounds
of Uujicwdl Presbytery.
( Continued )
The following is nn extract front the opin
ions of G. Wood, Esq., n gentleman who was
the prominent council in the celebrated Qua
ker case in New Jersey, as if ewise in the
case of the fjurr legacies, in the Hup re me
Court of Vermont. This gentleman says, in
the conclusion of his opin on, “that (lie four
Eynods'nnd the I’rc.sbylery above mentioned,
[the Presbytery of Philadelphia,] are, still le
gitimate members of the Presbyterian Church,
and under the jurisdiction o( the General As
sembly, and entitled to nil the privileges and
ngh's and subject to the duties incident to
that relationship.”
Chancellor Kent, the highest livingantjiori- ■
tv upon the legal points, expresses himself
thus, m the close pf bis written opinion u on
tins subject: 7’hese are briefly the reasons
which have led me to the conclusion, that the
resolution of the General Assembly, ‘that the
Hvnods of Utica, Geneva and Genessee, mid
of the Western Reserve, were out of the
Ecclesiastical connexion of the Presbyterian
church,’ was irregular, illegal and void. It is
not my intention, nor does it become me, to
speak otberw.se than with great resnect of
the Presbyterian Church of the United Slates,
and 1 have not been inclined to indulge in any
observations not absolutely necessary to tho
clear and precise expression ot n‘;y opinions
on the questions submitted. JNly wish is,and
my advice would be, (if the advice of a more
private layman,unconnccte 1 with the Church,
could be of any value, and given without of
fence,) that the next General Assembly,calm
ly and in the spirit of conciliation', fev'ew
their former proceeding-", now so such com
plained of. In that case, 1 think,they would
be led to retract their obnoxious resolutions
and seek a more conciliatory and suitable
way to rid themselves of the future operations
of the plah of union of 1801; and that they
would also, as of course, recognise the lour
excluded Synods as parts m l parcel of their
own Association, and endeavor by paternal
kindness and wisdom, to promote harmony,
not only with these Synods, but among all the
wide spread members of their highly jtiler
esting national association. In my bumble
opinion, the reputation and welfare of the
Presbyterian Church is deeply concerned in
such a course,”
And, now dear Brethren, can yon entertain
(lie opinion that the ncw-sliool parly, sustain
ed in their news by such authorities,and ani
mated by a determined zeal lor (lie recovery
of their supposed rights, will peacefully with
draw from this contest '! It were lolly to
dream of it. On the other hand, can you 1
behove that Ihe old-ehool party, in the prose- 1
qu'ipn qjf. measures of reform which they
deem indispensible to tho purity, nay exis
tence of tho Prosbyicnan Church, can bo in
duced to abandon ihc advantages which they
have gamed! It were in this ease likewise
folly io dream ©f it.
Be not deceived, by the hopes which arc
held out by some, of the peace of the Church.
Tim Church has been the subject of a violent
and discreditable controversy for several
yoa!"0 past; when it is to he terminated, God
only knows. The clouds are not dispersing,
they are gathering in the r blackness, ,'piie
sessions ot the last Assembly were attended
by hundreds, infidels and others, with, precise
ly tne same feein g which would have led
them to a hoar (igql—it is to be feared that
the next Assembly, will he hut a repetition of
the same scenes. One Minister virtually,
nay, in terms, called another a liar, and was
unrebnked by the House—Another affirmed
that lie meant to insult Ins opponbnb—Anoth
er, when asked a civil question, replied, that
it was none of the enquirers business; and
two of the speakers were actually hissed
down to their seals, in conscqunce of'their
violent remarks, by the the crowd of spocta.
tors. Many of the same persons will, un
doubtedly, he present at the next Assembly, 1
and with feelings chafed by the mutual re
crimination of a whole year, arc we to ex- 1
peel a more pacific meeting than the last?
The object of the substitute, was to request 1
you, my Brethren, tn consider the propriety I
of our withdrawing from such a body as has 1
been described, either permanently, or until 1
this storm of war,lias been-rtdled.
We are, as a Presbytery, at peace among f
ourselves. Neither Ministers, Elders, nor 1
Churches, have been vexed by this principle '
of restless controversy. There is not a
Minister within ourijmlnds, who, according 1
to the common distinction between the Old '
and New Schools, can he called a Nuw-school
man.
There are men who believe in a general
atonement, and in the propriety of me dis
tinction between the natural ami moral ability 1
ot the sinner; but so far as the knowledge of
, the writer extends, there is net one amongst
us, who denies tke propriety of ecclesiastical
organization,in tie carrying on of the benevo- f
lent enterprises ol the day,
On the other hand, there is not amongst us,
as may he found elsewhere, one of those iier- .
esy beagles witli their noses always to the f
ground, scenting the track of real or supposed (
hereticks. There aro thoroughly old school
men amongst us, yet likewise liberal ones, ,
who can labor heart and lispid yvitli their bre
thren,, who differ from them, an shades of the
mind, like tlie complexion and features, will (
differ from each other. Happy stale of ,reli- '
gious peace ! But must our calm be inter-
ruplcd by the noise and strife cf a worse than
civil war ! If our connection with the As
gernhly is retained, this result must follow.
Mark it my brethren, it must follow. ■Mourn
ful evidences of what may hereafter happen,
were disccrnable at the last meeting of Hope
well Presbytery.
There is in your Ministry and E'dcrship a
decided differttnce ol opinion as to the mous
urea of the last Assembly. 7'ins difference
is founded upon principle. It may howevot
exist, under certain circumstances, without
landing to unpleasant consequences. When it
was feared at the recant meeting of the Pres
bytery, that an animated discussion upoi
the topics of the present controversy, would
degenerate into angry debate, the whole sub
jecl was postponed by a vote, with one ex
ception, unanimous. This vole indicated
the kind spirit ot the brethren towards each
other.
It you dotorrninqdo retain your present re
lations to the Assembly, at the annual meet
ing of the Presbytery, this subject cannot
be oqain postponed. You must then e'ect
Commissioners to the Assembly, Too qut*-
ticn will arise, shall we send one, who wil
vote to condemn or sustain the Assembly
When this qnosthn is raised, you will have
lifted for the influx of the full ride
of religions controversy., Ministers &. Elders
arc but men, & when subjects of such absorb
ing interest are before them,it brought to their
viewin a form requiring action; they will elec
tioneer—the opposing candidates will feel un
pleasantly towards each other; each will have
their partisans, and from that lime fraternal
confidence will have disappeared from our
councils.
lam not fighting a man of straw, lie
who is at all familiar with the history of nnv
Presbytery in our Church, m which parties
have been formed and sustained, knows that
such have been always the result—common
fame informs ns, that, there are Presbyterian
Ministers in Philadelphia, who though they
pass each other almost daily in the streets of
thabcity, |iave not interchanged a solitary
word of civility jfor years. Tins estrange
ment has originated m the etrugg'es in the
original Philadelphia Presbytery
We can entertain our differences of opin
ion in Hopewell Presbytery, without distur
bance, unless some case is presented requir
mg action upon these opinions. The remark
is reiterated, that such action as tin election
of a delegate to the Assembly, will involve in
it. questions, which when once raised can
hardly again be set aside, without the dtanip
lion of those intimate and delightful relations,
which Imvcherelore united us a hand of bro
thers.
We have been habituated to regard our
I’resbylerial meetings as seasons of precious
Cbrislnin communion —the cmmnim lies in
which they have been held, have anticipated
them with delight; the Lord has frequently
been with us, in the out pouring of Ins spirit;
Christians have been edified, and the stout
hearted in sin melted into contrition.
Are yon prepared my brethen, for u change,
and such a change as is contemplated! Are
yon willing that these occasions, shall be
bouts of strife, rather than of prayer and
ca'rulul deliberation for the Churches welfare!
Are yon willing that the Presbyterian Cburcli
in Georgia, shall become that tiling of re
proach, to which character it baa been sunk
en in many parts ot the North by reason of
its perpetual Are you,.prepared to (
see your Members necking a quiet Asylum,
in the bosuhi of some more peaceful Church]
Are you ready to look forward to the period,
when the Heavens above you shall lo per
inancntly as brass, ahd the tear of penitence
cease to flow down the cheek of die sinner,
us he becomes enveloped*!n a darker night of
transgression; in proportion us the night ot the
Church is dunned in the dust and smoke
of ecclesiastical wai! If you are not prepared
lor these things, disentangle yourselves now
and finally, from all causes, which may en
tice you into ‘this conflict.
A question now propely arises, as to the
amount of actual benfit which our Presbytery
derives from its connection with the Assem
oly.
One prominent design of the cioalion of
that body, was to settle by the collected wis
dom of the Church 1 , cases which could not be
settled lo die satisfaction of the parlies in the
Presbyteries and Synods. The design bus
not bepn answered. A case involving con
troverted points is quickly taken up, and the
time and money of the church, are lavishly
expended upon its discussion. lint when a
brother from the West, is denied
by an Abolition Presbytery, because lie is *
slave holder, and he applies to the Assembly
for redress years are suffered to elapse, with
out even the consideration of bis complaint.
Another, honored with the title of Doctor of
Divinity, has journeyed regularly to Philadel
phia from die far West, (dr several years, in
order lo obtain the adjustment of a difficulty,
which was proper subject of complaint, and
be has been pul off I know not how long.—
'Pbe Assembly, bus been too much occupied
by controvcr.-y, to be diverted by so small a
matter, as an enqiniy, whether a pious
man, who desired to preach the gospel,
should be denied tins privilege or not, becaus •
he is a slave-holder. The lact is, until these
controv hues arc settled, we need not look
for the adjustment of any difficulties which
may arise m Hopewell Presbytery, by an ap
peal to the Assembly, And with die tacts be
fore bun, who will pretend to determine, when
this season ot peace shall arrive!
At the next meeting of the Presbytery, we
shall bo cmiiled to elect four Commissioners
to the Assembly. At a time, when wcarem
debt to our Missionaries, we iiiusl take at least
four pr five hundred dollars from our Church
funds, to pay llje expenses ot these Commis
sioners, or suffer them unjustly to bear this
burden from their own resources. And for
tins expenditure, what equivalent does the
Church receive. 7 In most cases recently,
nay, for the last, five or six years, our dele
gates have relumed by their own acknowledg
ment, injured in their spiritual frame, and
with their respect for our prominent Min
isters, much diminished. They have been
rn ide sick at heart, by the spectacle of Chris
tian nr.cn, and Mmisters, bitterly and in pub
lic, traducing and opposing each other.
Are there any advantages Which arise trorn
*our Northern connection, sufficient lo coun
terbalance the hazard of loss of peace at
home! Are we aided in our Missionary and
Education operations; by the Assembly ooard-!
There is no doubt on the minds of many of
its, that we should be more susccßsful in each
of those grand enterprises, wore wo unletter
ed by a Northern connection,
It may be,salt/ that we have an increased
moral power, from the fact of our being a part
of so vast a body as the Assembly.
There is.plausibility in ibis view, but per
haps, not truth. My moral power, we under
stand increased ability lo do good. The ques
tion then is, will Hopewell Presbytery be a
less useful body if independent, than it now
is.
You know, my brethren, that the fact ofour
.in, ((,
“71'," r t C,,u ™" t ".w*«ich some ot'lhe lori*
r d Q jL ' OI " S ( U .r° l “ ad,n S retard
r . d the advance ot Presbyterianism in Georgia,
more than any other external cause. A world
i prone to objections, will not understand, when
' y * r V UI(J ll,t ‘ Kn ' l ‘ l ,Maf!s 0 f the Church at
‘ are sound epo,i this subject, how it
d cun he, that men who use such tierce invoc
- Uvo, and whose designs are politically and re
- hgiously go dangerous, can bo tolerated in a
I Cnriatiaii Umroli ; and it the reply , s made
1 , , hey , be rem °Ved, you are unswer
, 11 , IS a 116,001 "i your discipline, which
. should make you remove yourselves from them.
. t will not render Hopewell J’resbytery a less
i uselul body, when this objection is removed
t by our having nothing - to do with those men.
- porno light may be throw on this subject hy a.
reference to the efficiency.pf -Congregationalism.
’ ou are well r.ware that the Congregational As
-0 ■ ocl ® l, °n» of Mew England arc comparatively
s small bodies. Yet observe rho tremendous pow
s er which they aro exerting over the whole hu
- " n " raoe > nt home arid abroad, in heathen and
r c ‘ lllH,,an lauds. Their missioiinriny arc to bo
(ound in almost every quarter of the (-lobe. Ob
serve the number and the efficiency of their so
, sl , etlcs t the immbar of their colleges, and tbcolo
-1 gical seminaries, and the rapid increase of their
r ministry. Tho west and south, to human tip
pear nice would almost at this day have been a
, spiritual wilderness, had it nut been forlbeeffi
'cieury ol these small independent associations.
, fn our own presbytery wo are indebted to the
. pfoshylerian chinch at tho noilh for two, perhaps
lluee ol our ministry, while seven have come to
1 us from congregational associations.
1 I uni not tire apologist of Congregationalism;
' 11 is a "yslern, which in its nature, is certainly not
I comparable to preshylcriunism us i; is seen in our
’ presbyteries and synods. The' design of these
• remarks, is to shovV that a largo organization is
not necessarily more useful than the same num
ber of men .separated into smaller bodies; and
' therefore, because us a preshylcry, we mighty*
■ stand alone, or in connexion with a few other
. presbyteries, that wc need not loose our effi
ciency. It is cer airily true ol public bodies, as
, w eh as private individuals, the mere weight of
i responsibility is thrown upon them, tho greater
likelihood ot their accomplishing great things.
Hopewell Presbytery is a largo body, spreading
over more than lorry counties, many of which
counties are rapidly filling up with an intelligent
populnlionjwlth n more perfect ecclesiastical sys
l«m, witlr a larger population, and a more bit
, •prided territory, than many Congregational As*
socialions, why need Wo fear, humanly speaking,
I to bo thrown upon our own resources.
Hut you will observe, that the suhslituto offer*
ed in Athens, contemplates an invitation to oth
'i *' r presbyteries, to,connect themselves witb'un in
the formation of an independent body, Hydro
addition of a very low, an organization sufficient,
i ly large to eomitupd respect and ensure cffictol'v
cy, would ho created.
It may be asked, if this movement for a sep J
araiion is consistent witlr lire solemn vows of
your ministry, to study the Unity of tire Church’
Unquestionably so, This promise is made trt
llio presbytery by whomthe candidate is inducted
into die sacred office, and be is emphatically
preserving the unity of tho church, whon ho la
bors to preserve that body from slrite, beforu
whom be made this vow. You recollect that
Dr. Alexander, of Princeton, laid before tho
churches sovtr.ilyears since a plan for the divis
ion of the assembly. You arc also aware that
nt the last meeting of the assembly, a committee
from both parties in tiro house, was raised to re
port a plan for tho divsion ol tho Assembly: all
thought tiro division necessary, bit they could
not agree upon the terms. lint if it is right to
divtdo tho assembly, it is right under certain
circumstances to withdraw from it.
(To bo continued.) ’
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NEW FORK MARKET JAN. ft)
Cnllim-Thr. animation occasioned by the receipt
of the favorable advices'from Europe has continued
in an increased degree, resulting in an advance off
ol u cent per lb. on all descriptions. On the date of
our last i lie sales worn unusually largo, amounting to
about f)O(K) bides; they have since boon leu, e*i»n
sivo ow ing chiefly, however, to there having been
few or largo parcels disposed of, as tho demand is
Slid active. 7’tie business includes 3000 bales lip;
landul'Ji a Ilf,principally fair at II a Ms eonts
-1500 Mobile, IN a 131. cloudy good for at 12; 1000
Now Orleans, 9i a II'.; and 5 0 Florida, 10 nil!
cents, funning a total of fully 6000 bales, Tho
arrivals have boon 216dbalcH,
Export from Now Vork for four years.
Year IH3I 86,242 bales.
1835 156,208 do ‘
1836 J 30,970 do
1837 108,670 do
CHARLESTON MARKET, JAN. 13.
(jetton fteceived since our last, to yesterday
morning, inclusive, 327 bales Sea Island, and 9035
bales ol Upland (Jetton. Cioaft-d in iho same time,
332 bales Sea Island, and , /27'2 bales of Upland
• cUnn. On ship board, not cleared, 100 bales Sea
b.lc.nd, and 9.121 bales ot Upland Jol ton - 'Jlinsales
have been 6819 bales of Uplands, and 1121 bales ot
Bea Island. I’ho market lias improved In prices of
Uplands of about 1 cent, and m Long Cottons Hie
sab s have been at very lair prices
SEALED PROPOSALS,
f |\() bnibla Court House in the village of Lex
•> mgton, of granite, 28 f iot high, 60 lout long,
and 40 loot wide, with, a biped roof covered with
shingles, a portico in front, ft'n’d a passage through
the I- war story, dividing it into (bur offices, will bo.
received until iho last .'aumbry in February next-
A plan of the building most accompany the propo
sals. Address, A 11 FORT,
Chairman of tho Hoard ol Commissionatt, ,
Jan 15 Ihwtd Lexington C. H. SdlCa
WILMINGTON \C ADE.IIV,
A hhrville OiMrirl , So. Ca. ...
fI'IIIS INSTITUTION will be opened lofr tho
A reception of students on ih i 15th mst. under
liie superintendence of the Rev. Isaac W.
Wadilel, a gentleman well qualified to instruct
pupils in tiro usual branches of Academical educa
tion. Good boaidmg may be hud in the vicinity
on reasonable terms, and the prices of tuition will
bo at tho customary rates. The healthiness ol the
situation, morality of the neighborhood, and facili
ilies of le irning, at this seminary, ore such as to in
vite tho attention ol parents nad guardians.
GEORGE McItUFFIE,
PATRICK NOBLE.
NATII’L. HARRIS,
PAUL ROGERS,
ISAAC BOUCHILLON,
Jan 15 11 It Truttttt
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
KANAWAY from the
Jjf , plantation of J. VV. Ramsay,
SnkJ doc’., in Columbia county, a
gfevy bout tho Ist December, a Ne
■■uif'ScV) / gro man, by the name of Ukw
rim/ is, about l went/ eight years
miti "• age, of a yellow complexion,
but not a mulatto, stout and square built, and flut
ters very badly. Ile is supposed to be lurkingubnnt
tho city ct Augusta, as helms a wife here. 1.-e 1
shove reward will be given for bim pprsbension and
confinement in any safe Jail, or deb very to
ISAAC KAMsAi, t
j„n 13 d&wtf 10 Columbia county.
Fire Wood.
r|4 I IF, subscriber will deliver on tire River bank,
B good upiand Oak and Hickory ll'ond, nt 11
ner cord. W.M. J. U’IGHTVI AN.
r Apply to JOHN COSKERY.
decl 13 291 mill