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biography. From the Philadelphia Daily Advertiser. Departed this life, at his seat in the city of Burlington, (New Jersey) on the 24th day of October, A. D. 1821, F.lias Bovdi hot, Esq. L. L. D. in the 82d year of his age. On the 26th of October, his remains were committed to the tomb, followed by a large concourse of family connections, and by the most respectable inhabitants of the city of Burlington. Among the mourn ing friends who attended on this occasion ■ Tpi “ deputation from the Board of Mana ged of the American Bible Society, consis ting of Gen. Clarkson, the Rev. t)r. Milnor, Messrs. S. Boyd and Carrow. The pall was borne by General Bloomfield, William Core, and Joseph M'llvaine, Esqrs. of Bur lington, and by Horace Binney, and An drew Bayard, Esqrs. and Dr. Mease, of Philadelphia. The body was conveyed to St. Mary’s Church, where a very appropri ate discourse was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Wharton, and the whole ceremony was con ducted with solemnity, order and decorum. Dr Boudinot was born in Philadelphia. May 2d, A. D. 1740. He was descend ed from one of those pious refugees who fled from France to America to escape the horrours of ecclesiastical persecution, and to enjoy religious freedom in this favoured land. He had the advantage of a classical education, and pursued the study of the law under the direction of the Hon. Rich ard Stockton, a member of the first Ameri can Congress, whose eldest sister he after wards married. Shortly after his admission to the Bar of New Jersey, Dr. Boudinot rose to the first grade in his profession. Early in the revo lutionary war, he was appointed bv Con gress to the important trust of Commissary General of Prisoners. In the year 1777 he was chosen a member of the National Congress, and in the year 1782 he was elect ed President of that august body. In this capacity he bad the honour and happiness of putting bi signature to the treaty of peace which forever established his coun try’s independence. On the return of peace he resumed the practice oflhe law. It was not long, how ever, before he was called to a more im portant station. On the adoption of the present constitution of the United States the confidence of his fellow-citizens allotted him a 9eat id the House of Representatives of the United States. In this honourable place he was continued for six successive years. On quitting it to return once more te the pursuits of private life, he was ap pointed by that consummate judge of char acter, the first President of the United States, to fill the office of Director of the National Mint, vacated by r the death of the celebrated Rittenhouse. This trust he ex ecuted, with exemplary fidelity during the i administration of Washington, of Adams, and (in part) of Jefferson.—Resigning this office, and seeking seclusion from the per plerities of publick life, and fern the hustle and ceremony of a commercial metropolis, he fixed his residence in the city of Bur- j lington, (New Jersey.) Here, surrounded by affectionate friends, and visited bystran gprs of distinction—eugaged much in pur suits of biblical literature—practising the ! most liberal and unceremonious hopitalify— filling up life in the exercise of Christian du ties, rti.d of the loveliest charities that exalt our nature —meekly and quietly eating and receiving happiness of the pur-’ est kind—he sustained, and has left such a character, as will forever endear his mem ory to bis friends, and do honour to his country. Prior to the revolution he was elected a member of the Board of Trustees of New Jersey College. At the time oi ms de cease he was the Senior Member of this Corporation Ine liberal donation he ma i j i 1 during life, and the more ample one in his last will, must be long remem bered with gratitude by the friends of sci ence. But, while anxious to promote the interests of science, he was not unmindful of the supenour claims of religion on his remembrance and his bounty. Attached by principle and habit to the religious de nomination of which he was so distinguished a member, he has been most liberal in his testamentary donations to the General As sembly of the Presbyterian Church, and to their Theological Seminary, established at Princeton. But, as his mind, unshackled by bigotry or sectarian prejudice, was ex panded by the noblest principles of Chris tian benevolence, he has also very liberal ly endowed various institutions whose ob ject is to diffuse more widely the light of revealed truth—to evangelize the heathen —to instrnct’the deaf and dumb—to edu cate youth for the sacred ministry—to ad vance knowledge, and to relieve the wants and miseries of the sick or suffering poor. To those of his fellow citizens, however, who are peculiarly interested in the wide circulation of the Sacred Scriptures, per Waps the chief excellence in the character of the deceased is the ardent and effective Zeal he displayed in the Bible cause. The efforts he at first made, notwith standing the infirmities of age and much unexpected opposition, to establish the American Bdile Society ; his munificent do nation to this institution at its first organiza tion ; his subsequent liberality to aid in the erection of a Depository ; the devise of a large and valuable tract of land; and the deep and undimtnished intere“t he has tak en in all the coucerns of the National Soci ety ever since he was chosen to be its Pre sident; while they spread his fame through every region of the globe, will consecrate his memory in the hearts of his fellow citi zens in America, and throughout the world. But, if his publick services and his private worth claim the tribute of general esteem and ass ‘Ctionate remembrance, the closing scene of his life is no l^s-calculated to con sole his friends under the heavy loss they ha V C -ww.i a* id io edify and sup port the departing Christian. In the full possession of his mental faculties, and in (he assured persuasion of his approaching dis solution, his faith was firm, his patience unexhausted, and his hopes were bright. While, with paterw&l solicitude he exhort ed those around him to rest on the Lrd Je sus Christ as the only true ground of trust; while, with solemnity and tenderness, he commended a dutiful and affectionate daughter (his only child) to the cure of his surviving friends, with humble resignation he expressed his readiness—his “desire to depart in peace” to the bosom of his Father in heaven; and the last prayer he was heard to articulate, was, Lord Jesus receive tny spirit! HISTORY OF THE ENGISH BIBLE. From the Boston Recorder. “ In 1274, the price of a Bible, with a Commentary, fairly written, was £3O, or. $133 20. in 1272, the pay of a labouring man was only three half-pence, or six cents a day;—so that a Bible would have cost a labourer more than fifteen years labour. At the same time the expense of building two arches of the London Bridge, was onlv £25, that is more than twenty-two dollars less than the price of a Bible.” Townley's Biblical Anecdotes. “ In 1461, ns one Faustus sold in Paris his printed copies of the Bible for sixty crown* each, while the Scribes demanded five hun dred, information was given to the magis trates against him as a magician. The red ink, with which his Billies were embellish ed, was said to be his blood. It was seri ously adjudged that he was in league with the devil.” Dr. A fun Clarke's Biblio Die. “ In 1520, in England, they who sold Tyndal's translation of the New Testament, were condemned to ride with their faces to the horses tails, with papers on their heads, and with the Testaments lied about them, to the standard in Cheapside, where, after being fined, they were compelled to cast their Testaments into the fire. Tyndal, the author, after his imprisonment for trans lating the New Testament into English, in 1530, was strangled and burned for the same crime. His assistants in the transla tion, John Fry, and William Roye, were burned, the first in Smithtield, and the lat ter in Portugal, ou the same accusation. Newcome's View of Translations. “About the same time, Bishop Stokeley, when he had received a part of the Testa ment from Cranmer, with a request that he would return it with corrections and obser vations wrote in answer, ‘ I marvel what my Lord of Canterbury meaneth, that he j thus abuseth the people, in giving them ! liberty to read the Scriptures, which doth J nothing else but infect them with heresy. I have bestowed never an hour open my portion, and never will, for I never will be : guilty of bringing the simple folk into er rour.’ ” “In 1526, Archbishop Warham sent a pastoral letter to all the prelates of his pro vince, acquainting them, that certain chil dren of iniquity, blinded by malice, had tranda'e 1 ihe Bible into English, to spread heresy, and ruin men’s souls. King Kenry j issued a proclamation four years after, in which he told hi* subjects, that by all the virtuous, and learned, and discreet person ages in divinity, it is thought that it is not 1 necessary that the Scriptures be in the En : glish tongue, and in the hands of the com mon people.” Henry's History of England. PULPIT ELOQUENCE. CLOSE OF A SERM IN, By Dr. Griffin, Pastor of a Church in Newark, New Jersey. Now then, my friends, my reasons are all before you, and I hope to be justified by your consciences, while I execute the com mission given me in the text. God hath saitHo the wicked, “ O wicked man thou shalt surely die;” and the vvaichmen are commanded upon their peril to sound the alarm. I therefore solemnly declare, in the name of God, that there is a dreadful war waged of all the divine perfections against sin—that the sacred rights of Hea ven have taken the field—that every glory ofthe Godhead is a livid lightning pointed at every thought—that the inviolable hon our of Heaven’s king is enlisted, and is coming down to crush a rebellious world. In equally solemn tones I declare, as my office obliges, and call every angel to wit ness, that in this war God is right and the world is wrong. These great truths, while I Irve, I will declare, and hope to pronounce them with my dying breath, —God is right and the, world is wrong. I wish they were set forth io broad letters upon every fore head, and with a pen dipped in heaven were writen upon every heart. I wish they were set upon the frontispiece of eve ry book, and posted in sunbeam* at the cor ner of every street,—that they were grav en with a point of a diamond in the rock forever, —God is right and the aoorld is wrong. I would that these ponderous truths would pass from land to land—pros trate nations of unknown tongues, and, roll ing through every clime, might bring a humbled world to ask for mercy at a Sa viour’s feet. Standing on my watch-tower, 1 am commanded, if I see aught of evil coining, to give warning. I again solemny declare that Ido discern evil approaching ; I see a storm collecting in tbe heavens : 1 discover the emotion of the troubled ele ments : I hear the roar of distant winds— Heaven and earth seem mingled in the con flict—and 1 cry to those for whom I watch, A storm! A storm! Get you into the ark or you are swept away. Oh, what"is it I see ? I see a world convulsed and falling to ruins —the sea burning like oil—nations rising from under ground—the sun falling—the tjamned in chains before the bar, and some | of my poor hearers with them ! I see them cast from (he hattlejprnls of the judgment scene : My God ! the eternal pit ha 9 closed upon them forever. * — -oto&oe* FROM THE BOSTON RECORDER. BOLDNESS OF PAUL. The precepts of Christian'*)’ re entirely opposite to the maxims ofthe world. Love your enemies—forgive (hose who injure you—resist not evil—are commands totally repugnant to the selfish, unforgiving, re vengeful dispositions of worldly men. Hence Christianity has, by ils enemies, been considered degrading and pusillanim ous. Nothing is farther from the truth. Paul was a Christian. Did cowardice or meanness constitute any part of his char acter ? View him as a preacher. Hear him at the hazard of his life, proclaiming the truths ofthe gospel, Jesus and the resur rection, before Pharisees and Sndducees, before idolaters and kings. Let the scenes at Jerusalem, Athens, Corinth, Rome, testi fy. Felix, Agrippa, Festus—ask the magistrates of Philippi, the proud judges of the Areopagus, the court of imperial Cae sar—all these will testify, that neither their splendour, nor power, nor threatenings, prevented their hearing the truth from the intrepid Apostle. View him as a man. Engaged in a perilous enterprise, surround ed by enemies, and in the almost certain prospect of a violent death, he says, “ none of these things move me.” A t what time in his life was he free from danger? At what time did he shrink? Never. Decision and boblnesi, wherever they exist are noble qualities As their exist ence and exercise do notdepend absolutely on ihe character of mora 1 feeling, bad men, as well as good, may make an irresistible demand on our admiratioa. We involunta rily admire the courage of the soldier, reaping his laurels in the field of courage and death. We admire the fortitude of the captured Indian, who scorns submission and exults in the midst of tortures and flames. Such qualities give a nobleness to our species, and stamp on human nature a comoiundi >g dignity. But in these caes, pride, ambition or revenge mar the actions, and dimmish eur admiration. On the con trary the whole character of the Apostle presents a consistency of parts, a symmetry of proportion worthy the soldier of tjie cross. In Paul we behold firmness and compos ure, in the hero ofthe world obstinacy and presumption ; in the one, a steady deter mination to pursue the path of duty, trust ing the event with God ; in the other, a | fierce resolution to effect his own purposes,! ! regardless of consequences. In the one, a : I heart glowing with love to God and man : in the other a heart burning with ambition or bursting with revenge. In Paul you see the Christian, clad in the panoply of the gospel, striving to impart knowledge, peace and happiness to all his fellow-men ; in the hero of the world you behold a mon ster, armed with the weapons of destruc tion, breathing out threatenings and slaugh ter, and scattering arrows, firebrands and death. If Paul dies, he knows he shall re ceive a crown of life ; if the hero dies, he knows not,thinks not, cares not what follows. The Apostle did not, like the Stoick de sirous of vain glory, endure, with sullen contempt, sufferings, which might have been avoided ; nor like many worldly he roes rush unnecessarily into difficulty and danger. It was only when they opposed his duty that he despi=ed them. Where Christ bade him. he would go. What Christ bade him, he would do. Yea, though a host interposed, though friends and ene- 1 mies presented an imposing front to stop his progiess, yet with a zeal unsubdued by tenderness, and unappalled by terrors, he would break through their lines, and pur- ! sue, with resistless march, the call of his Divine Leader. Let the spirit of Paul animate the bosom of every minister and missionary, and it will | soon manifest, though the weapons of their warfare are not carnal, that they are migh- ’ ty through God to the pulling down of strong holds, and effectual in training “ by every rule Os holy discipline, to glorious war, The sacramental host of God’s elect.” FOR THE MISSIONARY. “ Publick Opinion is the Queen of the world.” Since this queen lays no just claim to he reditary right in governing, and can be de posed when the weal of the people requires it—it behoves the Christian and every good citizen to inquire, whether her majesty has ! not enacted some laws which are not only [ unwholesome but oppressive. I know our re- | ligious papers, and many which do not claim 1 that title, do much to weaken the force of, some of her precepts, and to enforce the ‘ observance of maQy rules, and a regard to many institutions concerning which her laws are silent. But may not individuals in ev ery community use some more exertions, devise some plans to give publick opinion a proper direction, and thus-improve us, and make us a happier people. Few men are so lost to a sense of propriety, degraded so low by crimes, hut that they pay some re gard to her mandates. Let her then fix her indelible brand of disgrace on the wretch who prostitutes his faculties to low aßd debasing purposes—who pollutes all we deem sacred, and tries to sever those bonds without which our condition would be no more desirable than that of the Creeks and Cherokees on our borders. We are apt to look upon the violation of many things held sacred, as a venial fault, because this vio lation happened not within our own itnme* dime neighbourhood, as if distance of place destroyed the malignity of crime. We hear of murder, theft, and other enormities committed in a distant section of the state, with but little, if any, suitable indignation against the perpetrators, because it has no close bearing upon ns. But let our own property be stolen, or our child murdered, ur any indignity o*ffered to our person, and ■arefeel it. The good citizen, who consid ers the community as one great family, when the majesty of the civil law is insulf ‘ ed, or the sacredness of religious institutions trampled on, whether it be near him or far from him, manifests the same resentment. The publick body is as much wounded in one case as the other, and that utter detes tation of the instrument which gave the wound should be discovered in the frown of all, and in their attempts to drag him to justice Publick opinion should impress it on her subjects, that the law which secures a congregation peaceably assembling to worship God, is as sacred as that which shields their persons from injury ; and the wretch who would disturb the harmony of the one, or assail the other, should be held up to universal obloquy and contempt. In deed, tbe molesting the one is more injuri ous, in so much as the liberty of conscience is dearer than life. Let the man too, who opens a dram-shop, prepares a race-path, ora card-table, those drilling places for the devil, those kennels where are spawned and nourished the worst of passions, and where schemes of lust and wickedness are evolved and matured—let him share a sim ilar fate. Why ? Because he is a publick pest. He first does not openly expose to sale poison by name ; but there is a pestif erous vapour arising from his abode, which poisons and corrodes both the health and morals of a great portion of society. I speak not of respectable houses for enter tainment, but of those low dealers in grog only, around whose doors you may see in the morning twenty idle drones, and at eve ning as many fuddled fellows, whose wives are suffering, not for their attention, but for the attention of good husbands. Loud complaints are heard in every quar ter, that our penitentiary, instead of ans ! wering the and designed, and benefitting us, is a publick expense, a nuisance. What is the reason ? The good designed to be ef fected in its establishment is in a great mea sure defeated, because a confinement there has not disgraced the culprit as it ought.— The penitentiary is a novel thing with us; we have visited the prisoners in crowds, and seemed rather to condole with them as unfortunate, than look upon them as crimi nal. After their release too, where were no indications of reformation, instead of shunning them as unworthy the society of good and peaceable citizens, we have evin ced towards them that fellow-feeling which the poor sufferer looks for, whose house has been consumed by fire. But why are you so severe on the unfortunate ? A law without a penalty is only advice. The welfare of society requires that the fence which has been erected between virtue and . vice should be kept up. Break this down, | and you have no security. Crimes would increase in a ten-fold ratio. Nay, in a few years we should say to anarchy and confu . sion, “ Come reign in us, and rule over as, 1 be our gods, and we will be your people.” Against the gambler severe laws have been enacted. They have had a salutary effect. Let publick opinion, since no other authority has seen fit to prevent it, publish her laws against horse-racing, cock-fight ing, &c. A noble triumph has been gained, or nearly 90, by her over duelling —a bar barous practice, which has its seat in a cor rupt heart, and which might appear tolera bly well among the bull-baitings, and naked thong fights of Greece. Had not Christians and good citizens arose and trampled upon , this “ law of honour ,” we might hear daily | of some of its sad effects—we mightsee the j widow and her orphans weeping at the 1 grave of a murdered father. Ridicule has ! been successfully employed against this ! practice. A gentleman will not condes cend to accept a challenge from the fellow who offers it. Let other vicious customs meet a similar fate. Then our country would not exhibit scenes so disgusting to the eye, and sounds so grating to the ear of piety. Then the whole horde of dram drinkers, and cock-fighters, and horse-ra cers would become good citizens, or seek an atmosphere congenial to their longs.— But how shall this be effected—how shall publick opinion fix her stigma on these vi ces? Let magistrates and ministers of jus tice do their duty. But I durst not frown on these vices, say some magistrates, for | fear 1 shall lose my popularity. Is such a man, who would connive at sin, or fear to i punish crime, lest he should forfeit the fa l vour of the vicious only, entitled to the | name of a patriot ? No. A patriot acts for 1 the good of the people. He is conscientious, he does not fear the IVawns or court the smiles of a fickle populace. It must afford the sincerest pleasure to every well-wisher of his country, to discover that what mag istrates have omitted, has been effected by the Grand Jurors in many of our counties: I mean the prosecution of so many persons for keeping disorderly houses, gambling tables, &c. Vice has trembled. Let Chris tians give a proper direction to publick opinion concerning some tilings which have been mentioned, and many others, and we may hope for better times. Let them frown on vice in every shape. Let them cleave to the “ good old way,” and con tend for the honour and sanctity of relig ious institutions as long as a sinew braces their arms, or an atom of flesh quivers on their bones. CHICKASAW MISSION. Extracts of a letter from the Rev. Thomas C. Stewart, Missionary in the Chickasaw Nation, to the Rev. Thos. C. Henry, Cor. Sec’y. of the Missionary Society of the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia, dated Monroe, Sept. 16, 1821. Rev. and Dear Sir, About ten days since I received the remaining part of your remittance of S4OO. Since iny last, our family has been visited with the fever, and so great has been the affliction that liMle business has been attended to for several weeks. The sick are now better, and I have hopes they will soon re cover. I expect to be left entirely alone about the last of next month. Mr. Pickens (whose family is now with me) has concluded to remove to (he white settlements. He intends setting out in a few days to look out a place. T'his move ment will derange my business very much. I shall be destitute of a wagon, horses and har ness ; also tools to work with ; and, in short of every thing necessary to go on with the business of the mission. If I can have a cook and a la bourer, I will provide such tools and other arti cles as 1 need, that our business may not be en tirely suspended. 1 have doubts whether I can hire hands nearer than Tennessee. I have raada several fruitless attempts in the settlements on Tombecbee. The idea of living amongst Indians appears to be an insurmountable obstacle with the commonalty. We shall always be compelled to give higher wages for hands to labour in this country, than in the white settlements. 1 have a thought of going to Tennessee as soon as prac ticable, and employing labourers by the year. I have not been able to hire but about five months work this season. My help has not been sufficient to carry on the business as fast as was desirable. We have three comfortable dwelling houses erect ed, a smoke-house, workshop, stable and horse mill. The mill, (for want of a good workman) has done no good. We have been obliged to grind all our corn on a small hand-mill at a neigh bour’s house, which has consumed much time. I hope, by making some improvements ou our ; mill it will yet answer our purpose. The body of the large house, designed for a dining room and kitchen, is raised, and scantling and boards for the roof are provided. We are now employed in hauling brick for the chimney. 1 aui expecting the workmen on in a few days to finish the house, which can be done in a few weeks. We have also the logs for five small cabins, designed as lodgings for the children, cut in the woods, and boards sufficient to cover three of them provided. Could I hire suitable help, I calculated I could have the buildings completed by the first of Janu ary. 1 conclude it will be the first of March be fore I can open a school at tbe station. Ido be lieve we should have a school in the neighbour hood as soon as possible. The Indians, 1 fear, will become impatient before l can he ready to take in their children. A school in the settle ment would, no doubt, satisfy them. I expect I shall not pursue the plan of tho 1 buildings which I forwarded to the Secretary of War ; a copy of which I transmitted to you. I i believe that 1 have underrated the expense. I have concluded to dispeuse with one dwelling 1 house 18 by 22 feet, for the accommodation of I the mission family. It seems that I have already more houses for that purpose than will be occu pied shortly. 1 have also dispensed with the lum j her house, 16 by 18, and instead thereof will dig a cellar under the large house. I shall put a cab in roof on the school house, and put the chimney in the inside. The lining of the houses with boards will also be omitted. This arrangement will save considerable labour and expense, and yet answer every purpose. I calculate our crop will amount to about 340 bushels of corn, 20()01bs. fodder, and perhaps five wagon loads of pumpkins. I have yet about 50 bushels of old corn. I cannot tell what will be the price of corn in this country. I have hopes it can be obtained for 75 cents per bushel. It is very scarce in all parts of the nation except in this settlement, and the settlement about ten miles below this. I regret that I have not had advices to what extent to make provision for the ensuing year. Engagements for corn and pork should be made early in the fall, when they are generally lower than at a more advanced period. I expect 1 can get a supply of pork at $3 per hundred. Fearing that the Tombecbee could not be navigated before Chiistmas, (about which time pork should he killed) 1 embraced the opportuni ty of sending to Natchez by the agent, for a sup ply of salt, and a small quantity of coffee. 1 have yet about 801bs of sugar. The agent is now ab sent for the Indian annuity. I have no hopes of obtaining any thing from the Nation for the sup port of this establishment. Upon mature delibe ration 1 have thought it adviseable not to make any application at the present. They must first see the school in operation, and their children making progress in learning before they will con tribute any thing. You will have the burden of the expense of preparation to bear, which will be pretty heavy. But 1 trust you will be fully able to meet every expense. In a former communication I stated that yon would have a wagon and team to purchase,house h*ld and kitchen furniture to provide, and all the various articles necessary for the accommodation of a large lamily. These things will require a considerable sum of money. Perhaps we could be better supplied, and on cheaper terms, by buying them in Charleston and sending them | round to Blakely. It is true there would be some | risk in sending them by water, but I doubt whe -1 ther 1 could be so well supplied by writing on to ’ Blakely, and procuring an uninterested person to purchase them. Mr. Gurney, our agent in Blake ly, is a man in whom confidence could be placed, j yet for want of proper information he might not ; provide so well as could be wished. In provid ing table furniture, pewter and tin would be pref erable, a this kind of ware is not subject to be broken by a fall, and would therefore last longer. As it respects clothing for the Indian children, | a few boxes will be sufficient to clothe all who will be dependent on us. A number of the na tives who intend sending their children are able to clothe them. Benevolent females would better suhserve the cause by furnishing cloth. With this 1 could purchase corn and many other artj<