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vert, a? being grossly incongruous, not to
say profane. The prize given for writing
the address was a brilliant gold crass —a toy
to which Catholick superstition has given
undue importance, but which is intended to
be a memento of the great sacrifice for the
sins of mankind! Columb. Star.
religiols7
SENECA MISSION.
The Pagan party among the Indians em
boldened probably by whites, still more
worthy of blame, have manifested great
hostility toward the Mission Family. We
are glad to learn from the Western Recor
der that the General Government has ex
tended its protection to this little band. A
correspondent of the Western Recorder,
Writes, —“ In a late conversation with Capt.
Parish, the U. S. agent for the Six Nations
of Indians,he showed me a letter which he
had just received from the U. S. Secretary
of War, in which the latter speaks in lan
guage of high disapprobation of the unpro
voked attack of Red Jacket and his coadju
tors, on tbe Mission family at Seneca
The letter directs the agent to inform Jack
et, that the government would notice no
more communications from him or his par
ty, as containing the sentiments of the tribe,
and that he would be held responsible by
the government for any viulence he might
do to the persons or property of the Mis
sion family, or those associated with them
for Christian instruction.”
N. B. Red Jacket had threatened to
burn down the mission house and effects, as
soon at) vacated by the family, to prevent
which, young King moved in while they
were leaving it. [Rel. Intelligencer.
Extract of a letter from an Assistant Mission
ary at Mayhew, to a friend in this vicinity,
of March 13.
“You will also rejoice when I tell you
that at Mayhew some mercy drops have
lately fallen. The week past has been
such a one as has never before been witnes
sed here. Four of the hired people and
several of the scholars, are rejoicing, as
they hope, in God. May it not only in
crease and continue here, but spread over
all this nation. But few instances of conver
sion have before this time occurred : and
have not the Christian politick thought too
much about preparing the youth for use
fulness among their people—or, at least,
have they been sufficiently anxious for their
conversion ? This ought to be the great ob
ject. They are indeed a poor, ignorant,
and wretched people; they do not discov
er what is fortheir own good,and are tickle
minded —all hope concerning them is in
God. The children here are indeed very
interesting; you could love them much
could you live with tl-m. They are af
fectionate in their feelings; and although
they require much attention, yet it is pleas
ant to labour eveu hard for their good.
“From the Cherokee notion, we hear
that there are five or six very hopeful con
versions recently, and more than twenty
may he called inquirers. Old Indians, who
have till now been entirely stupid,are found
coming to evening meetings, from the dis
tance of five or six miles, without regard
ing the weather. Ten have been receiv
ed to the privileges of tbe church, all Cher
okees except one. The local schools are
all signally blessed. At Hightower, a good
work has already hpgun, and two or three
are hopeful subjects of renewing grace.
These things encourage those who labour
in this (the Choctaw) nation that God will
Still appear and build up Zion ”
[Christian Mirror.
Extract of a letter to the editor of the Chris
tian Gazette,dated Baltimore,May 5, 1824.
Dear Sir, —l am happy to inform you,
that the Lord is still carrying on bis work
in this city. Almost every week there are
some new cases of awakening. Our anx
ious meetings are well attended and solemn.
For the most part convictions appear deep
and pungent, and of longer duration than is
common in some other places, where the
Lord is pouring out bis spirit, or than they
were here at the commencement of the
work. Ido not know how to account for
this, except it is that Christians feel a less
lively interest in the work and pray less
for it.
There is scarcely a week passes, that our
ears are not saluted with the glad tiding*,
that some souls (who had long bowed down
under a sense of their guilt and danger) are
rejoicing in hope of the glory of God, who
believe thattheir feet are taken out of
the horrible pit and mirey clay,and set upon
a rock, and that they have anew song put
in their mouths.” - :
BIRTISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SO
CIETY.
From the Rev. Messrs. Humphreys and Col
lie. Anglo Chinese College, Malacca,
June 15, 1823.
We have great pleasure in announcing
to the Committee of the British and Foreign
Bible Society, that the blocks for printing
the Holy Scriptures in the Chinese lan
guage are now all cut; and it affords us
additional satisfaction to he able to state,
that Dr. Morrisou was on the spot, to or
rect and improve the whole ; and we shall
now be able to give to the Chinese the com
plete Bible, which is able to make them
vise unto salvation. On the 20th of May,
the last block was corrected, aud impres
Sious taken of all the parts of the Bible
which were not before printed. This is a
work, (he bmefit of which, we are con
vinced, will be felt by many millions of the
human race, at some future period: yea,
had thengentsofthe Bible and the Mission
ary Society not been able to do any thing
more than this, in these parts, we are sure
they would consider their money well spent
in accomplishing such a work, but, blessed
be God, more has been done; many have
been taught (o read in their own language
the wonderful works of God, and some have
been brought to acknowledge the truth as
it is in Jesus. Some months ago, we had
to atnke off anew edition of the Chinese
New Testament, the demands for it were
so frequent that all our stock was gone; a
Urge proportion of the new edition is now
in circulation, and the remainder will like
wise very soon be distributed. 4
A writer iu the Southern Intelligencer
proposes that every minister should preach
at stated times, say once a month, 00 some
topick connected with the special system of
means now in operation for evangelizing
the world. He thinks the following valu
able results would be produced by such a
course. 1. The ministers themselves
would become more intimately acquainted
with the religious condition and prospect ol
the world, and would consequently become
more practical and efficient preachers. 2.
Their hearers, a large proportion of whom
receive no religious publication, and are
entirely ignorant of the progress of Zion,
would become acquainted with her pros
perity, and many of them would be induced
to co-operate in tbe various plans for
spreading the Gospel far and wide, and be
more deeply impressed with the importance
of personal and vital piety. 3. Children
would become early interested in schemes
of benevolence, as well as acquire a large
amount of useful information, which they
are not likely to obtain from any other
source.
is reason to believe that all these
beneficial effects would result from the
adoption of the plan here proposed. The
preacher’s judgment would suggest the pe
culiar modifications which the state of his
congregation required. Fain. Visiter.
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
“ There was a period,” said the aged
and venerable president of the Swedish Bi
ble Society, in their meeting at Stockholm,
“still fresh in the memory of many, when
some predicted that the era was fast ap
preaching when there would be no Bible
to be found, except in large libraries, and
covered with dust, to remain as a memorial
of the superstition of our ancestors. They
4 id not consider, that had such predictions
een verified, the pillar which supports
the civil government would have bpen re
moved, society at large would have lost its
best security, and suffering humanity her
best consolations. What would these airy
schemers now say, could they rise from the
dark tombs into which they have descend
ed without hope, if they were to behold
that sacred book,the subject of cold-hearted
deri-uon, now circulated throughout the
whole world, anxiously inquired for by mul
litodes, and received with veneration and
gratitude? Wbat would they say, could
they see princes and other exalted person
ages, and thousands of the various classes
of society considering it their deligntful du
ty to become follow-labourers in paying
homage to this important object, and by
this means fulfilling the immutable truth of
that divine declaration—“ As I live, saith
the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and
every tongue confess to God?”
AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY.
This society celebrated its 10th Anniver
sary in Boston, on the 26th iost. The
meeting was opened with prayer by the
Rev. Dr. Church of Pelham ; by whom, al
so, the Annual Report was read—lt ap
pears from the Report, that the last, has
been a year of unexampled prosperity.
New editions of ninety five Tracts have
been printed; of these twenty-two are new
Tracts. The number of Tracts printed,
during the last year is 770,000, which is a
greater number than were printed in two
preceding years. The whole number print
ed since the society was formed, is 4,217,-
500. The number of volumes bound, the
last year, is 3,450; the whole number of
volumes bound, since the society was form
ed, is 8,950 ; most of these have been dis
tributed. Special effort has been made to
correct the errors of the press, and stereo
type plates have been procured for some
ol'the tracts —twenty of which are now at
the The plan has been adopted
of ornamenting the Tracts with cuts, and
trimming the edges. About 50,000 copies
of the 4th No. of the Christian Almanack
have been published, and arrangements are
already made for the preparation of the
sth No. Anew senes of tracts for Sabbath
Scheols has been commenced. A volume,
containing a History of the Society from its
formation is soon to be published, and the
first No. of the American Tract Society
Magazine, which is to contain 24 duodecimo
pages, to be issued once in two months, is
in press. Price 50 cents. Twenty eight
new Depositories have been established ;
making the whole number one hundred &
twelve. Os the Dew depositories 14 are
beyond the Allegany mountains. The
number of pages of tracts sent to the various
depositories during the moDth of April was
2,500,000; and the number of pages sent,
during the last year, 10,000,000. The
Committee has also adopted the plan of
gratuitous distribution, and sent 10,000 pa
ges to a Missionary among the Penobscot
Indians ; 20,000 pages to Machias, Me., and
25,000 pages to the Sandwich Islands. The
Massachusetts Missionary, and the Ameri
can Colonization Societiea have applied for
tracts to be distributed, in their respective
spheres of usefulness, and the Committee
only wait for funds to enable them to sup
ply these and similar societies. The Com
mittee urge the formation of Auxiliary
Societies, which is shewn to be practicable
from the fact, that 175 new Auxiliaries have
been formed during the last year. The
Committee derive encouragement from the
friendly relations,which subsist between the
American and the London Tract Societies ;
and between the former and the London
Prayer Book and Homily Society. The
London Tract Society has recently present
ed to tbe American Tract Society 10,500
Spanish Tracts; and the Prayer 80, k and
Homily Society 6,500. Bost. Rec.
The treasurer of the American BiMe So
riety acknow ledges the receipt of $5,886
in April last.
The Missionary Gazetteer , proposed by the
Rev. W. Chapin, of Woodstock, Vt. about
a year since, is in press, and will soon be
unblished. He has enlarged his plan, and
ihe work will contain more than 400 pa
gee.
MISCELLANY.
LETTER FROM EUROPE.
Extract of a letter from an American gentle
man now travelling in Europe, to the Edi
tors of the Commercial Advertiser, dated
London, April 22.
Though 1 have no great matters to tell
you of, yet to keep my promise, I send you
a sketch of what occurs to me as mo9t like
ly to interest you.
Parliament voted a recess till the 3d of
May, a few dav9 ago. You get ample de
tails of its proceedings in the papers; and
let me say, in passing, that parliamentary
speeches read much better than they sound.
I have seen quite neat and elegant speeches
in the Courier, of my Lord so and-so, and
the Honourable Member from what-d’ye
call-it, which were excessively dull and
awkward when I heard them at Westmin
ster. It is, I believe, (he fashion in Parlia
ment to hesitate, sometimes painfully, and
to display not only a want of personal ease
and gracefulness of manner, hut also of that
commaud of words and ready lucid arrange
ment of a subject, which we think necessa
ry to form a finished debater. Even Mr.
Canning, the most entertaining speaker in
the present Parliament, has little ol voice,
manner, or personal address, to recommend
him as an orator. If comparisons were not
invidious, I should say that our Congress
could show better specimens of parliamen
tary oratory than the present Legislature
of Great Britain.
Have you heard of Perkins’ steam gun?
I have seen it several times. It di'charges
from a musket barrel (connected by a pipe,
and some very simple machinery with the
steam engine,) ounce halls against an iron
target, at a distance of fifty feet: the balls
are flattened to the thinness of one eighth
of an inch, evinciug an energy quite equal
to that of gunpowder. Two hundred and
fifty balls may be discharged per minute.
You must not doubt this, for I have seen it
To what extent this discovery may be ap
plied in naval and military affairs, I cannot
say. Mr. Perkins sees no practical difficul
ties in constructing engines to discharge
from one tube 60 cannon shot per minute,
with an efficacy equal to that of gunpow
der. He anticipates an entire revolution
in military aud naval tacticks, as the result
of his discovery ; and as history shows that
as the engines of war become more deadly,
wars themselves became less frequent and
bloody, he forsees that naval battles will
cease and national wars be very rare.
This will pass, perhaps, as the sanguine
vision of a discoverer, hut I assure you that
it sounds less chimerical, after having seen
Mr. P’g extraordinary experiments. As to
Mr. P’s steam engine, of which the steam
gun is only an appendage, whatever iocre
dulily may prevail, I do notshesitate to ex
press my faith in it. That is, I believe Mr.
P. will soon complete an engine which will
be applicable to all the purposes of other
steam engines, saving half in cost of con
struction, and two-thirds in fuel. The re
quisite quantity of water will not be a twen
tieth ; and the bulk weight not a fourth part
of the common engines. These opinions I
have formed from seeing two engines at
work iD Mr. P.’s establishment, the princi
ples of which I have taken some pains to
understand. Mr. P. has now in hand, as I
learn, a pamphlet, with explanatory plates,
which will establish his discovery, and dis
sipate the doubts which have existed.
Yon doubtless know that Matthews is de
lighting the “ Lonnoners,” with an account
in his way, of his trip to America. There
is a good deal of humour in it, and it makes
a hearty laugh ; but regarded as an illustra
tion of American manners, it is a sorry per
formance. A cockney, an English ass,
(Mr. Bray) three Frenchmen, an Irishman,
a Dutch j ustice, and a runaway negro, are
the principal characters, and furnish the
greater part of the fun, if I may judge from
the applauses. Beside these, Mr. M. gives
an intended take off of Mr. J. Randolph;
and introduces a New-England Yankee by
the name of Dohikins who prates of his
Uncle Ben— guesses , of course, at every
thing whether he knows it or not —says,’
“ he’s pretty considerable particularly d—d
tired,” &c.—is forward, conceited, gar
rulous, and sings every thing he says with a
drawling nasal twang. This character,
though the best as a portrait, is overcharg
ed, and has not enough of truth even for
caricature. It is beside, a hackneyed
sketch, and might have been made up from
Fearon’s book without a “ trip to America.”
There are several other characters in
troduced, such as a Kentucky Captain, who
is a cohler —a stage driver , who is a Major—
a Militia- Captain, who exercises his men
from a drill-book in his hand—a Judge, who
asks a bye-stander for “ baccy” (tobacco)—
an inn keeper, who is insolvent—a servant,
who is impertinent, a negro stage-player,
and a jackanapes author.—These are the
characters which Mr. Matthews has choseD
as exhibitors of American manners! It may
be said, that Mr. M. does not pretend to
give exact portraits, and that no body will
estimate America from his exhibition. Yet
I see in one of the prints of the day, a cri
tique on Mr. M’s. performance, which states
that “ Dobikins may be found at the out
skirts of every town in the United States;”
that the part relating to the Major, who is
a stags driver— Bod the Judge who asks for
“ baccy,” “ is not in the least over colour
ed that the representation of the Dutch
jotire “ is admirably drawn Irorn liie,” &.c.
Be assured then, that Mr. M. is doing his
part toward holding up our country to con
tempt, and that whatever may be his feel
ings, and notwithstanding the timid compli
ments he pays us, he is in eff°ct, following
up the impressions made by Fearon and
Foux, by all the force of his peculiar tal
enls.
But let us not care for Mr. Matthews.
He cannot hurt us ; and if he fill his pockets,
and John Bull has a laugh at our expense,
surely I care not. Beside, the fact is,just
now the tide here is setting in favour ol
America. “A summary view of the Uni
ted Slates,” in quite a kind and candid tone,
from the pen of an ‘* Englishman,” has just
appeared'; and the April No. ol the Quar
terly Review, almost “ speaks us fair!” It
is not uncommon to hear Englishmen now
a-days tale of us in the followiog strain !
“ Why, really, Americans and Englishmen
ought to be friends. They have ihe same
language —the same institutions —the same
origin—and the same liberty.” “Sir.”
said a very intelligent gentleman the other
day to me, “there is really no material
difference between your government and
ours. You have a President—we have n
King ; but they are much the same thing,
except in name.” The truth is, the policy
of England, at present, is to ally herself
with America, and a9 the people ofEugland
are a loyal people, they are beginning to
love us as heartily now, as formerly, when
policy dictated it, they used to hale us.
Let us return this disinterested sentiment
with hone9t good will to Old England; at
the same time, let us., as La Fayette has
expressed it, “ beware of equivocal friend
ship.”
The King is now at Windsor, with extra
guards below, and on the top of ihe Castle.
He is very shy, and is scarce ever seen out.
“They say he is neryous hypochondriacal
—that he imagines himself unpopular, and
cannot 9leep without an extra guard about
him; that he cannot bear the stale of the
multitude, &c. He never perhaps had less
reason for such feelings.
Mr. Irving is now in Paris ; he is expect
ed here soon with two volumes lor publi
cation. He has been in Germany, and may
have drawn thence the materials for his
coming work.
The Pilot is very well received here ; l
believe the 2d edition is in the press. Dr.
Percival’s poems are well spoken of in the
papers, and I believe will ultimately take a
high rank in the literature of the day.
Mr. J. Miller, bookseller, has established
an American reading room here, which all
Americans find a very pleasant retreat.
Would it not he well to suggest to Ameri
can authors the advantage to them and this
institution, which would arise from their j
sendiog copies of their works to Mr. M. for
the readiug room.
AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY.
From General R. G. Harper’s address
before the General Assembly, explanatory
of the views &c. of this society, as mention
ed in our last number, we understand that
it is in contemplation by the society to es
tablish immediately a Seminary Farm. In
this institution, coloured youths of promise
of both sexes are to imbibe the rudiments
of an English education, and be instructed
in those arts which are essentially impor
taot to a young country. At a suitable age
they are to be sent to the colony of Liberia.
Thus will the coloured part of our popula
tion be imperceptibly, yet surely drawn off;
the void thus created will be filled by a
useful white population, an exchange
much to the advantage of our country.
Negotiations have already commenced for
the purchase of a farm favourably situated,
about equidistant from Baltimore and Wash
ington. and it is expected that the institu
tion will commence operationi early in the
ensuing autumn. Funds to the amount of
about 17,000 dollars, being a legacy of the
well known Kosciocsco, for the purpose of
meliorating the condition of the blacks,
have been placed at the disposal of the so
ciety, and thus providentially, as we deem
it, this praiseworthy design may be com
menced without delay.
Every one conversant with this subject
mustbe aware that it is with the rising gene
ration of the coloured population that any
thing is to be achieved in the way of meli
oration, and every philanthropick heart
must, we think, respond to this animated
appeal of one of the Vice Presidents of the
society. Chris. Gaz.
LITERARY.
Edwards' 1 Works. —S. Converse, of New
Haven, Conn- proposes to commence, in
4he course of the present year, anew and
complete edition of the works of the first
president Edwards. The Worcester edi
tions left out about three octavo volumes of
bis published works, —the British editions
have omitted at least two volumes. The
proposed edition will comprise all his pub
lished works, together with several volumes
of his works, which have never yet been
published. It has been in a course of pre
paration for several years, and will he edit
ed by one of his decendants, the Rev. Se
reno Edwards Dwight, of Boston.
Dai. Adv.
FUNERALS-
In many places there is an unwerranta
ble departure from the simplicity of the
first settlers of this country in the manage
went of funerals. —When one of their num
ber was called hence, they paid their last
tribute of respect to the deceased io a plain
sober manner, and performed the funeral
rites almost free of expense to the afflicted
family. But oow, how altered is the scene,
presented on such an occasion. The sur
viving connexions,whether opulent or poor,
1 must be richly clad in the garb of mourtiin^;
and there is so much parade and expense for
food and spirituous liquors,that it is difficult
to distinguish the house from one of feasting.
A sermon too must be delivered, and ihe
deceased eulogized in a high degree, or
the friends will he grieved, and think there
is an essential defect in the discourse. This
practice is sinful, and has a very unhappy
influence upon society. It often places
minister* in a peculiarly trying situation ;
for in many instances if they strictly adhere
to the truth, they are sure to offend. And
beside, to Speak of a deceased person more
highly than we ought, has a tendency to
lull conscience to sleep, and to lead sinners
to “neglect Ihe great salvation.”
At the time of my funeral, which may be ’
near, I wi*h my neighbours and connexions
to assemble at my dwelling house ; —to be ‘
grave, temperate, and sober ; and to let
their conduct in all respects be such a* is.
becoming on the occasion. After my min
ister shall have addressed the assembly and
made an appropriate prayer, 1 desire some
of my friend* of my age and occupation to
bear my worthless body to the grave and
consign it to the dust. The succeeding
Sabbath, if the Pastor think proper, I wish
him to deliver a funeral discourse in tlio
sanctuary ; —to say little or nothing of my
character however; but try so to improve
my departure as to make a deep, a solemn
and lasting impression upon the minds of
the audience, and thoroughly to convince
them of the shortness of life—the certain- {
ty of death—the importance of real reli
gion—and the worth of the soul.
[CA. Mirror.] A DYING MAN
Wonders. Oo the Oth of Dec. 1709, in
the house of representatives of Ihe United
States, William H. Harrison presented his
credentials as delegate from the North
Western territory. That “ territory” is now
divided into the states of Ohio, Indiana, and
Illinois, and the territory of Michigan, and
there is a vast tract of land north west or
north of those states, out of which other
states will be formed in a few ye*rs —and
the present population of the district then
presented by Mr. Harrison as a delegate,
is about one -million, and sends eighteen
members and one delegate to the house of
representatives of the United States.
Antiquarian Society. —The Society have
received from the East Indies, copies, the
whole of some, and of others, a part, of the
Sacred Writings translated into as manv as
fifteen of the Oriental Languages. Most
of these were presented by the late Bev.
William Ward, after his return to Seram
pore from a visit to this country.
There are sent by mail from the Phila
delphia post office, every quarter, 192,040
newspapers, published in (hat city, and an
nually 648,165. —The quarterly postage on
these amounts to 1864 dollars 82 cents, and
annually amounts to 7459 dollars 48 cents.
There are 18 newspapers printed in Phila
delphia, eleven of which are daily,’ the re
mainder weekly; averaging in the whole,
as sent by mail, about 2100 a day, 4260 eve
ry other day, or 8000 weekly.
Curious Fact. —A Mr. David Evans, of
Plymouth Con. about eight miles from this
village, some time last week, whilst chop
ping in the woods, felled a hollow tree
which contained from four to eight thousand
Swallows. They were all of the kind gen
erally denominated the wood swallow. The
breast is white, tail forked, and tail feathers
sharp pointed. When discovered they
were principally in a torpid state.
paper.
From the Natianal Gazette.
On the toss of the Steam Boat JEtna. within sigh*
of New York, Saturday afternoon, May 15tyi,
1824.
Her path was on the briny deep ;
Yet no white sail propell’d her course,
Nor measur’d oar with graceful sweep
Urg’d her to stem the billows force:
Self-mov’d, with fleecy track she past,
Disdaining in her pride
To woo the breeze, or shun the blast,
Or wait the rolling tide.
While boldly to the sky
Her ensign, wreathing high,
Inwrought with volum’d smoke, and sparkle
flame, she cast.
Lightly o’er her bosom rov’d,
Where rainbow mirth was shining,
Forms rever’d, and hearts beiov’d,
In changeful groups combining :
Childhood’s smile,
And Beauty's wile, .
Manhood with his brow of care, |
And matron tenderness were there
Above, the azure sky was glowing,
Beneath, the flood like silver flowing,
Around, in chequering light and shade,
Her hues delighted Spring display’d ;
Velvet verdure deck’d the vales,
Winding rivers, white with sails,
Through their tufted margins strayed:
Each dazzling scene, like moving picture, threw
Its colouring on the eye, and rapidly withdrew.
And now the setting sun, in liquid richness, pours
A flood of glory o’er the approaching shores
Os that proud mart, which, like a queen
Upon her island throne, is seen,
With thronging masts, and spires in long array :
Then sparkling eyes were bent,
And ardent glances sent,
Through the soft misty curtains of declining day,
To gain some vestige of their home ;
Gav Fancy decks the scene
With flowers of joy ;
A richer blush steals o’er the virgin coy ;
And, lost in speechless Jove, the mother clasps
her boy.
Hark !—’tit the crash of thunder !—But no cloud
Mantles the untroubled sky.
Again !—lt blends with cries of anguish loud—
In air disruptur’d members fly,
Blood streams, and ’ncatb the waters hoar
Plunge deeply those who rise no more,
And ah ! outstretch’d I see
In nameless agony,
Woman’s imploring hand —the piercing cry
Os suffering innocence invades the sky,
Haste ! snatch them from the wreck! O God, they
faint—they die.
’Tis silent on the wave. The thunders sleep ;
But many a stricken soul shall mourn their ire:.
Still smiles the suu ; but many an eye shall weep
Ere to his sea-girt chamber he retire :