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CONVERSATIONS WITH A ROMAN
CATHOLICK PRIEST.
Letter from the Rev. Pliny Fisk, Missionary in
Palestine, to the Editor of the New YorkOb
seiver.
Bet/root, (Syria) May 26, 1824.
My dear Sir —l have perused with pleas
ore. the first twenty numbers of the New
Y.rk Observer. In reflecting on your re
quest to receive communications from the
members of this mission, I have resolved to
send yon an account of several conversa
tions which I had at Jerusalem with Mr.
Cooper, a Popish prie*t from Philadelphia,
who has just made a pilgrimage lo the Ho
ly City. He called on roe the next day af
ter hi- arrival. We had several interviews
and at almost every interview, a long re
ligions di-cussion. It was a matter of some
interest to me, to observe how his views
and opinions would compare with those of
La'ins in this country. You may well sup
pose i was not a little surprised to hear a
na.ue American speak in favour of the In
qui-ition He thinks if was a good institu
tion. He confesses, indeed, that it some
times put men to death, but thinks they
generally deserved it, and if, sometimes, an
innocent mao has been put to death, through
false testimony or mistake in judging, thi
is no more an objection against the Inquisi
tion than the same fault would be again=t
a civil judiciary. We spoke of the horrible
barbarities of the Inquisition. He said,
“ these stories are all lie-.” So strange an
assertion induced me to reply,” The man
who asserts that does not know the a. b- c.
of history!” But htsfonck testimony, we
?oou found had no weight with him, unless
it were the testimony of his own party.
Mr. Cooper always spoke as if infallibly
certain that all his opinion* are correct. —
His mode of speaking is not, “ I think so,
or ‘hi i- my opinion,” but ■* I know it is so,”
or “ yon thin* it is so, but I know i’ is so.”
He i* very loquacious, talks a great deal
about wh,t is already admitted or has do
reference to the point in hand, repeals a
grat many truisms, takes it for granted
tha: all oor information of the Roman re
ligsoo t derived from corrupt sources, and
attribute-, to Pro!elanls, many opinions
which they never held ; for instance, he
said b. knew that Protestants believe two
men Oku enteriain different opinions, and
vet hot ■; tie rig-ht
‘* O , _
He thinks preaching a means of doing
good on ivtnch but little dependance can
be placed ; teaching the catecbi-tn is much j;
more efficacious, and be -avs the Latins are !
very strict in this duly, and in Italy and the :
Smith countries of Europe a person cansel-j
do ot be loan (I who has not been taught the
Catechism, which contains all that is nece
§ary to salvation. Wi“n we spoke, of the
knowledge of the scriptures as necessary
rather than the catechism, he answered on
|y by a Conlemrituoiis smile. H-* says the
Scriptures of themselves, though of course
good, can nevertheless teach nothing unless
explained by a priest. He made one as
sertion wh'ch was to me totally new and
very surprising, viz. that the union between
the divine and human natures was such,that
the body, the fl>-h of Jesus Christ became
literally and truly God, and a such can be
present at the same time in diflerent placps,
and is to be adored. This sentiment he ad
vanced apparently in order to avoid thp
diffi ul.ies that attend the doctrine of tran
substantiation. In speaking on this subject
he dwelt principally on the language ti-ed
by our Saviour in the synagogue at Caper
nantn. SeeJ .hu 1. Mr. Cook, a Wesley
an missionary, who wag with us, propo-ed a
difficulty : Chri-t say? repeatedly, that the
bread of which he speaks came down from
heaven, whereas the body of Christ, as Mr.
Cooper confessed, did not come down from
heaven. After trying to divert our alien
tion fr .;n t!>i- point, he finally answered by
paving, nnr objection wu a childish one.—
We stated another difficulty. Christ says,
lam the hrpod of life, the bread that 1 will
give is ,ny flen—whereas, according to the
papa; docruie, the body of Christ was not
bread until (be institution of the Eucharist.
To tin- w- could get no reply whatever.—
We showed that Christ calls the wine fruit
of the vine after il- consecration, and that
fCol speaks of eating that &rad unworthily,
expressions which show that the bread re
mains bred, and the wine remains fruit of
the vine aiier consecration. Hi- only re-
Ely was >hat both these expressions must
e figurative.
He asserted that no members of the Ro
mish church ever became Protestants ex
cept victou-men wh.do it Irom corrupt
and licentious motives, to avoid disagreea
ble restraints and to obtain liberty to live
as they please ; but on the contrary, Pro
testants who become Latins, generally do it
from conviction and pore motives. He
gav- u an account of Mr. Barber, a Pro
testant minister in Claremont, N. H who
wa- vice-president of a college, and receiv
ed from the college and his parish a salary
of three or four thousand dollars, who be
Camp a Papist, and in order that he might’
become a Priest, his wife became a Nun io
N. York. We told him that we had some
•■■(plain uace in that part of the country,
bu had never heard of any such event, (hat
the highest ecclesiastical salaries in that
neighbourhood are not more than five or
six hundred dollars, and that none of the
New England Colleges have such an offi
cer as Vue President, except Williams 1 ,
where Dr Hyde holds the office, but with
out auy emolument All this, however,
Weighed nothing with him.
la one of eur interviews, Mr. Cooper
t spoke of the Roman Catholick sovereigns
having always persecuted the Roman
Cathnlick Church. Mr. Cook told him that
this persecution had been mutual, and the
cause of il was the Pope’s claiming a po
litical power supermur to that of kings
, Mr Cooper denied, to the strongest terms,
that the Pope bad ever claimed any such
! authority. In a subsequent interview, he
alluded to this conversation, and said they
’ had sometimes claimed this power, aud ac
corilingly deposed sovereigns. 1 asked him
, whether they had ever relinquished their
claim to this power. He confessed that
they never had ; and he thinks upon the
whole, that if he were called upon to give an
opinion with his salvation at stake , he should
say that they have a right to this power.
He endeavoured to support this opinion by
the declaration of our Saviour, “ All power
in heaven and earth is given unto me
and he assert* that Christ gave all this
power to hi- iples. This assertion he
attempts to prove by the text, “ As my Fa
ther ba? sent me, so 1 send you.” To show
him that he had another difficulty to en
counter in proving that this power belongs
jto the Pope, 1 cited the Fathers. Jerome
I says, 41 Paul reproved Peter, which he
j would not have dared to do, if he had oot
known himself to be his equal,” and Grego
ry said, 44 I say confidently, that whoever
calls himself Universal Priest, or desires to
be called so, in his exaltation excels anti
Christ, in that he proudly puts himself be
fore others.” I cited several similar passa
gw. He replied, that all the-e passage
olust be misquoted, or else there must be
something in the connection to explain
them, because all.the Fathers teach the
supremacy of the Pope. He cited no proofs
of this, however, and either could not, or
would not, refer me to any authority. He
I asserts that till the time of Phocas, the
Greeks always acknowledged the Pope’-
-uprematy ; after that they revolted, but
several times submitting again, always re
volting, however, soon afterwards, till their
last submission at the Council of Florence,
and their final revolt, which soon followed.
Mr. Cooper thinks that it was in punish
ment lor this sin, that God gave them into
the hands of the Turks anti left them till
this time in slavery. He think? the Popes,
wilh only to or three exceptions, have
been holy, godly men, and have governed
the chnrch in a most paternal manner.—
The great body of the Papal clergy too,he
says, are exemplary, pious men. A few,
he confesses, are bad men, and says he
bate? them worse than we do. I asked hi
opimou of Pascal’s writings. He replied.
4 * They are generally esteemed, though
some have objections against them, partic
ularly the Jesuits. It is generally believed
(hat the Jesuits went too far in the laxnes
of their morality, but I think otherwise.—
Possibly a lew may have done so, hut not
generally. And you would be surprised to
-ee how far we can wttn propriety go in
the way of accommodation id many cases.”
Mr. Cooper, like other papists, is not at
all disconcerted at being detected in a mis
take, a falsehood, or self contradiction. In
speaking of Mr. Braugh, an Irish priest,
who, in fulfilment of a vow. bad made a pil
grimage to Jeru-alem without money, and
on foot, except while at sea, Mr. Cooper
said tie thought that man had performed as
much penance as Paul himself, and he was
-ure nothing but a constant sense of the
Dt>-ine Presence could enable any man to
go through so much. We referred to the
Fakeer* of India, and to what men ol the
world often suffer in pursuit of worldly ob
jects. Without the least difficulty he im
mediately shifted his ground, and said ho
< xternal action- could be decisive evidence
of the state of the heart.
It will be seen from the preceding state
ments that Mr. C. means to be a dutiful,obe
dient son af the Rotnt-h church. He sticks
at nothing, however absurd or preposte
rous. 1 confess, indeed, that his asserting
so often that he knew what he9aid was true,
made me su-pect that he had in reality
some doubts and misgivings about what he
said. Had his mind been entirely at rest, i
think he would not have felt the need of
so many strong as-everations.
I believe many Protestants begin to think
that Popery has of late assumed a more
mild form. It is no donbt true that the
Papal church has lost her power, and there
fore cannot play the tyrant as heretofore.
But one would soppose that we might look
fora mild modification of Popery in the U.
States, if any where. But Pioieatanis ought
to remember that it is papal policy lo be
mild until they have power to be severe.
I have thought proper to transmit you,
my dear sir, the above conversations. If
you think them likely to answer any good
purpose, you arp at liberty to insert them
in your paper. May the blessing of God
rest upon your publication, and render it
extensively useful.
Very affectionately, yours,
’ PLINY FISK.
SYNODICAL REPORT.
Report of the Synod of South Carolina and
Georgia on the state of religion within
their bounds.
While nothing of a very marked cbarac
ter has occurred within our bounds during
the last year, the Synod have been exceed
ingly gratified to learn in general, from the
reports of the several members, that the
canee of truth and righteousness has on the
whole been making a progress which calls
■for devout gratitude to the head of the
Church, ami for a constancy and increase of
zeal on the part of thf labourers io the
■ vineyard during the ensuing year.
Though no special or extensive revival
ha* blessed and refreshed any of theChur< h
i es, yet in several places within their
- bounds, appearances have at different times
, been manifested, which would septn to inti
mate that “God is waiting to be gr-acioas,”
’ j and that he may yet, in answer to the fer
] vent prayers of his gra
| cious reward to the faithiul labours ol hie
minister*, grmti limes of refreshing from his
presence to our Southern Z ion.
In several portions of >ur Church, there
appears to be such an increase in the num
bers and such a seriou-ness and solemnity
in the aspect and depor-meut ol those wno
attended on the stated and occasional means
of grace; so much more regularity and
constancy in Ibis at tendance; and such a so
| licuude to h.’ar the preached word, as have
in many instances been recognized us fa
; vourable indications, that God may be about
‘to 4 * revive his work an the midst of the
j years.” The particular places in which
these auspicious appearances have existed
I latterly in a degree beyond what has been
witnessed in former years, are, Charleston,
Bethel, Morgan County, Mackintosh, Lex
ington, Eatouton, Mount Zion, Willmglon,
Hopewell, S. C. Pendleton, and several
other places, of which the same re
mark may he made in a somewhat less
degree. The Synod are gratified to learn,
that in other portion* of the Church within
their bounds, there is a gradual and steady
accession of members, and a good influence
diffused itself among others who make no
visible and explicit profession ol religion —
that infidelity assumes an aspect less bold
and forward than in former periods ; and
an improvement in murals is discernible on
the face of several communities, heretofore
characterised by opposite features. Christ
has compared the kingdom of Heaven to
leaven, which gradually and almost insensi
bly diffuses itself thro’ the surrounding mass,
till the whole is leavened Such we trust
upon the whole, is the state of religion
within our bounds; and, while it is our duly
to hope and pray for a more visible and co
pious effusion of the Spirit on our church
es, causing sinners io “ fly as a cloud
end as doves to their windows,” it would
be criminal ingratitude not to take be
coming notice of 44 the day of small
thiDg-.”
Another source of gratification to the
Synod, and another cause of gratitnde to
God, is found to the sensible increase among
us of benevolent institutions of different
names and tinder various forms, for the ad
vancement of the spiritual kingdom ol Chri-’
among mpo, and likewise the institution 4*
observance of those more peculiar means
ofgrace, by which the church in later
years has been happily characterized
Among (be former we reckon Bible Socie
ties, Societies fur qualifying young men of
indigence, piety and talents, for ihe go-pel
mi-istry; Societies in aid of the project for
colonizing and christianizing the Jews, Mi?
sionary Societies, &c. It. several churches,
object* ot this description, we are happy
to learn, are prosecuted wilh spirit and vi
gor, aud attended with happy results
Our gratification on this subject is however
not a little qualified by Ihe painful reflec
tion, that, considering the extent of our
bounds, and the amount of our means, and
the obligations we are under o divine Pro
vidence, these institutions exist in much
fewer nnmbeis than could be expected and
wished. If it is lawful with Paul to “ pro
vote? to jealousy” one part of the flock of
Christ by the better example of another,
we would particularly commend to imtta
tioo in the matters above named, Charles
ton, Salem, Hopewell, Oglethorpe, Mount
Zion, Eatonton, Willington. Id this period
of enterprize in the Christian world, of tri
umph to the cause of Christ, of benevolent
efforts on the part of Zion’s children, it i9
devoutly to be wished, that our Southern
churches, in addition to what they have al
ready done, would come forward with yet
mure energy of character and amplitude of
means to 44 the help of the Lord against the
mighty and as a motive of no small effi
ciency to the pious and praying in oor Zion
who are desiring and petitioning that Gud
would revive his work, we would affec
ftonately observe, that in general be has
done this in the greatest degree in those
churches in which, in addition tc other du
ties, his people have been found most en
gaged in doing good. 44 Them that hon
our me I will honour.” The Synod would
particularly recommend to their churches,
as a very umple, yet efficient and uoex
ceptionable mode of supplying the treasu
ry ofllhe Lord, the cultivation of a few
acres of ground, the produce of which shall
be sacredly devoted to general religious
purposes If each one would adopt this
plan, though on a small scale, the aggre
gate amount would be very considerable,
while the pressure on each individual
would scarcely be felt.
Among the peculiar and very appropri-’
ate means for the promotion of religion in
our own churches, we are happy to learn
that in a number of places, Sabbath Schools,
Bible Classes, and special prayer meetings,
in addition to the general monthly concert,
have been established and continue to be
observed. But, on this subject, as on the
last, the Synod have to regret, that many
of their churches are still greatly deficient
and the good work is yet to be begun.—
Sabbath Schools are pre-eminently calcu
lated to benefit the rising, who will very
soon be the risen generation, that the SyD
<>d, contemplating wbat has been gaiued to
Christ and his cause, wherever this scheme
has been vigorously prosecuted, and how
much has been lost in places and churches
in hich this great and good work has been
heretofore neglected, feel as though it were
difficult to find language sufficiently strong,
to express their sense of its importance ;
and would most earnestly recommend to
every Christian in every church, to do his
utmost towards originating these institutions
where they do not exist, and giving them a
new impulse and an accelerated motion
where they do. Whoever loves his cotin
try, and desires its permanent prosperity,
and values institutions calculated to diffuse
information and virtue ; whoever lovea bis
children, trembles at the daogers that sur
round them, rad desires their present wel
! fare and their final salvation ; whoever, in
word love- Zion, and seeks her good, let
him do his utmost for the promotion of Sab
bath Schools.
Th> intelligence which has been com !
mumcated to the Synod, relative to the J
progress and success offfienevolent institu ;
‘ions for mariners ; the zeal with which j
that great object has been prosecuted in j
the city of Charleston —the successive plans
which have grown one out of another in
favour of that laborious and useful people,
who till lately had to gay 44 no man cared
for our soul-, 1 * are not among the least grat
ifying articles of religious information with
which they have been pre-ented during
their present cessions. They trust still more
and greater things will be done in behalf of
those who 44 gu down to the sea in ships &
do husine-s in great waters,” until 44 the
ahnndance of the sea be converted unto
Gud.”
Among the glad tidings which have requi
ted their care, the Synod reckon, with no
small satisfaction, the intelligence respect
mg ‘he character and engagedness ot a few
pious young men in the University of Geo
and considering the vast aud important in
fluence, either salutary or deleterious,
which our literary institutions must insensi
bly, yet extensively-and continually exert
over the whole mass of our population,they
cannot resist the impulse they feel to re
commend these seminaries to the fervent <s•
frequent prayers of 44 the Israel of God.”
The Synod feel mingled sensations of re
grpt arrd encouragement at the details
which have been laid before them relating
to the desolations of Zion in many places
within their bounds. They regret that
such extensive an 4 important fields remain
destitute, of moral and religious culture ;
yet they rejoice to learn that this desolate
condition is so much appreciated and reali
zed by a portion of those who find them
selves placed in it ; that there is such a
hunger for the bread, such a thirst for the
water of life; such a willingness on the
part of the people to do their full propor
tion in • nsiaintng the burden of religious in
stitutions ; such a desire for the erection of
new churches ; such a wish for pastors to
be settled among them, who shall be “ men
al'er God’s own heart.” And these desires
are in some iostances the more remarka
ble and Ihe more encouraging from the
fact, that they are in a great dpgree the
spontaneous feelings of a people who have
had little to stimulate them, a-ide from a
-pnse of their own a- solations—a sensibility
which in such cases is too seldom found to
exist Oglethorpe and Franklin are the
places to which these remarks particular
ly apply.
For the infant Church at St. Augustine,
in the newly acquired territory of Florida,
whose case has been once and again com
mended to their care and patronage. Synod
feel a deep and tender sympathy ; and they
trust that benevolent individuals in their
bounds, who have the means will have the
heart also to aid Ibis important but fpeble
and in tan t church in their fervent attempt
to erect a building in which they may wor
ship the God of their fathers. The indi
viduals, who cotnposp this church, once re
sided in the midst ot Gospel privileges ; but
are now 44 in a dry and barren land, where
no water is,” nor will be, unless they are
aided by their more favoured and privileg
ed brethren in other places.
While, on the whole, the intelligence
above communicated has been gratifying
to Synod, and it is hoped will be equally so
to all the churches with which its members
are connected, there are, in addition to the
causes of regret and sorrow, which havp
been already introduced in various parts of
this report, other details which are of a
distressing character. Such as an awful
insensibility on the part of too many, to the
judgements of God which have fallen upon
our slate during the past season ; an entire
npglect of the monthly concert of pray<#
by maoy of their churches ; negligence ot
family worship, in some places not only by
mpmbers,hui even by officers of the church,
and the prevalence of dissipating, and be
guiling worldly am fc'-ments which do mis
chief especially to the young and rising
generation. These, with the immoralities
and iniquities that still too awfolly abound
in the community, call for humiliation, vig
ilance, circumspection and prayer. The
Synod hope, that the churches during the
ensuing year will awake to activity and
zeal, recognize the 44 signs of the times,’’
and understand their import, and the cor.
respondent duties to which Christians arp
| invited and urged by them, and bear their
full proportion of the pleasant burden of
1 duty wnich is devolved on the church of
Christ, in relation to the great spiritual
{kingdom which is rapidly advancing in the
! world; that their 44 prayers and their alms”
I will go ug> with increasing fervor and in
! richer abundance before God, till 44 the
j knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth
i as the waters cover the sea.”
No object of deeper interest nor of more
cheering aspect to the church of Christ h 9
been presented to the consideration of Sy
nod during their present sessions, than the
project, originated by 44 the Presbytery of
South Caroliua” for the establishment of a
Literary and Theological Seminary within
our bounds. These institutions have been
loudly called for in our coootry, and the
current of publick opinion has run so strong
ly in their favour, that one after another
has come into existence, with a rapidity,
that is both.pleasingand astonishing. The
Seminary of the General Assembly, located
at Princeton, N. J. has now arrived at such
a state of maturity, that its establishment
may be regarded as considerably complete
and as permanent. Since it originated,
other institutions of a similar kind have
been set on foot and are in a state of en
couraging and promising progress. Since i
the last sessions of the Synod of South Car- j
olina and Georgia, the Presbytery of South 1
Carolina, one of the component parts of i
this body, entered on a similar enferpt-J
and have taken preparatory steps to* a |
the erection of a -imil.tr institution
onr hounds. Tiny have made a tran§
of their plans and operations, so far a? ijj
have advanced, to the Synod, who h]
deemed it proper to accept the offer,,!
to further this important object by |J
countenance, patronage, end prayers. T|
distance of the General Assembly’s Sen,|l
ry from our region; the difference o!j,l
its and feelings on many subject* from t-1
formed and entertained among ourse|,J
and other circumstances that need not ml
be particularly detailed, appear to the!
nod, fully to justify and it some degreil
require, that a steady and vigorous ef|
should he made towards an estabiishmj
of this kind within our bounds. Under 1
impression and belief, the Synod have!
tered cordially and unanimously into
plau commenced by the South Cyiroll
Presh>tery ; and regarding it of \lital 1
portance to the Shuthern church, entertl
a flattering hope, that equal coontenmil
will be given to this design by their chorcl
es; and that id due time a respectable 1*
stiiution will be found among ourselves,!
furnishing our churches with well quelitil
44 stewards of the mysteries of the gospel
whose incipieut and consummated cnul
of preparation for the evangelical minis!
will be made on the spot which gave th§
birth. They have every confidence in
this new institution will receive all the &
tention and patronage which it merits,
which can be afforded to it, consistent
with other important objects which isl
churches are now engaged in
Published by order of the Synoet. \
JYew triumphs of the Gospel in the /slesM
the Pacifick
In the London Evangelical Magazine I
October, we find an animated account of tl
introduction of Chiistiaoity into an imp!
(ant group of islands, lying in the South H
citick ocean, to the southwest of the SoctJ
Islands, between 19 deg. and 22 deg. S. ll
and 158 deg. and 160 deg. W. lon. Tl
group consists of eight islands, four of whi|
are very numerously inhabited. At son!
of these islands, the inhabitants had nevl
seeo a vessel; at others, they had Dot
a ship since Captain Cook’s.—" The Gosp
of Christ in these islands” say the mission
ries, 44 is like the leaven in the parable
our Lord, diffusing with amazing rapidi
its sacred influence through the whole
the numerous islands in the South Sea
and the only human means that seem wan
ed to complete the overthrow of Satan
kingdom in the South Pacifick ocean is, th
of going from island to island—Teache
are ready, waiting and wishing to go ; tl
various islands that have beard a report
the gospel and it* effects, are desirous of t
struction, and G"d himself is waiting to I
gracious and to bless our labours.” It,
letter to the Directors ot the Society
London, they add “Did you know the eta
of the surrounding islands, how ripe tin
are for the re'ception of the Gospel, yt
would sell thegodi out of yotir Museum,
it were necessary, to afford us the meat
of carrying the tidings of salvation to thus
now sitting io darkness.”
The names of the islands visited by th
Missionaries are Aitutake, Mangeea, Am
Mante, Mitiaro, & Rarotonga. Sometim
previous to their visit, native teachers ha
been sent out to establish themselves i
these islands, and it is through their in-trt
mentality that the great change was effec
ed.
ANECDOTE.
[The following anecdote was related n
the late meeting of the New York Bible So
ciety, hy the Kev Mr. Cboule, an Englisl
clergyman ]
A lady in Bristol, deeply impressed wit
the importance of the Bible Society, deter
mined to make personal application) in it
behalf to an elderly gentleman of jjer ac
quaintance who possessed great wealth
but never contributed to objects of this na
ture. She was told by her friends it woult
be in vain, but this did not shixjce her re?o
lotion. She called and presented the case
exhibiting all the documents calculated t<
promote her object. They produced no
impression. She then reasoned with him,
but without effect. At length she asked
him the question, 44 Have you a Bible, Sir?”
“Yes.” 44 What would induce you to part
with it ?” 44 1 would not part with it on any
consideration.” 44 Sir,” said she, there ari
thousands in this land who are destitute o!
that which you profess to prize so highly—
A trifling’ portion of your property would
supply a fellow creature with the Ijjjoolt
which you would not part with on any“;oq
sideration.” This appeal produced the de
sired effect. The gentleman, however,
concealed his feelings, and ‘mply asked,
with an air of indifference, 44 What do yoi
think I ought to give.” Supposing that be
was balancing between a small utn and ac
absolute refusal, she replied, 44 We receive
any sum, Sir, however small.” He then
went to his bureau, took a bag of guineas,
and began very deliberately to count then
upon the table—one, two, three, four, and
so on. After he had proceeded 9ome time
in this way, the lady, presuming that he had
forgotten the subject on which she came,
and was engaged in bis other business, ven
tured to inteirupt him with the remark
that her time was precious, and that it h’<
did not intend to give, she begged to be in
formed, that 9he might solicit elsewhere.
44 Have patience for a few minutes,” he re
plied, and proceeded, till he had counted 75
guineas. 44 There, Madam,” said he,
“there is one guinea for every year that I
have lived; take that for the Bible Soci
ety.” [JV. Y. Observer.
I Citizen Granville, the Haytien Agent, has left
this country. Nearly 2000 individuals have, or
soon will, embark for Uayti m consequence o’
hit mission.