EN .4 0 441DETTaliq, JOUSAL aci:CP:Ma' • SATURD.4„ JtiliE 7. 1864: TEE tapic.ustuATl CO2ITINVO/51; Mu. Bra:a:vas situ Nowsza. We give below, the several Wats at tie Democratic Conventioa in Cincinnati this week. - .Yesterday, the result was =noun '-uedt_through the telegraph, that Mr. Buch anan ivas aominatabrucclamation after the 16th ballot. rte following will show the "rise and progress" as well as the "fall and declime" of the different candidates riled for Duch. Pierce. Doug. Cass, 135 . 122 33 5, 138 119 31 5. 133' 119 32 141 119 31. 5. 140 119 31 5. 155 107 28 5. 144 89 16 . 147 87 . 150 87 5G 7. 150- 87 56 7. 147 . 80 63 5 /48 79 63 5 150 77 63 5 152 77 60 7 152 77 60 7 M AN: the 16th bitilot, on motion, Mfr. Bu &tuna wiLnoMiektett , bymiclan;tationo: LAntst.*Xr. - Irreclkiiiicl,sc, of Kentucky, ihas koma2neininafed es VlM...President. Or. Oar _friend:the V.ditor of the 'York Republican, lige delegated to us rather ft nice pieeo:of work, viz: the 4ttding out of a, wife fur hiui, with a free card to proceed in the premise's tu; we'please. Oat innate -Modesty makes sts . shriuk from the task. We really can't do it; for if he has been "unsuoeossful heretofore" iu his pursuit of a help-meet, it must be his own fault. We are afraid he is operating on the Mieawber plan--and that was ne.ver very successful- Zpar 'The' National "American" Council in New •York, after an animated debate on itiodnesday," as to the . propriety of abolish ing secrecy in their meeting, ultimately de rided it in the affirmative, by .a large ma jority. Speeches Were made by inn. John M. Botts, lion. Humphrey Marshall, Hon. Thomas A. Jenckes of Rhode Island, Hon. Bayard Clark, of New York, Mr. Saunders and others. There was a discussion upon a , resolution bya Massachusetts delegate, to I For the C0h0n1.4.. Spy the effect that no difference of opinion on CALATIIIIMPIAN. the subject of the Presidential nomination MR. EDITOR—As Webster in his great die already •made should exclude a delegate titulary has omitted the wordCalathumpian, cream .a Scat in the Convention. No decision I I pre-unit' it is one of those Americanisms was had on the resolution, further than re- so coma, it to our language, and does not ferring it to a, Committee. Previously to properly belong any place. A definition of this the Couhdi .bad .excluded a delegate the word is scarcely necessary, as I believe from New York, mho declined stating wheth- it is pretty generally understood to embrace er he Would support the Philadelphia nomi- within its meaning a number of rowdies nations, and the - withdrawal of this delegate fully equipped with a largo collection of tin -caused the withdrawal also of the delegates pans, buckets, horns, boxes, and indeed al from Illinois and Rhode Island. The Corn- most.every variety of instrument empathic of mitten on Resolutions repotted a. resolution giving forth a musical sound. Thus fur using very strong terms in denunciation of nished with the means of nicking • a, noise, the Brooks and Sumner outrage. In the they vallainey sally forth under the curer of debate upon the above resolution, all of the darkness, to indict upon some newly mar- Southern members who spoke, including rind couple wbat they call a serenade, but John M. Botts, Mr: Alexander of Baltimore, which is really an outrage upott-theconmu and other;, condemned the outrage upon nity and particularly insulting to those for Sumner, hut _opposed the passage of the whose benefit it is especial) -gptten up. ..tlaginittl.,,tesoluatiatar r -- - Thi ir some , claim I ..aetAndernned it ilia resolution. The resolution being modi fied, on the suggestion of Mr. Botts, was finally adopted. New officers for thaensu ing fear were ballotted for. Mr. E. B. Bartlett,: of Ry.; Was re-elected President of the National- Council; Mr. Erasable Brooks, elected Vice President; Mr. Deschler, of Md.. re-elected Corresponding Secretary; Mr. Crane, of Ohio, Treasurer; Mr. Stephens, Recording Secretary, and Mr. Goodwin, of 1 New York, Chaplain ai`The .'retliotlistGeneral Conference at Indianapolis. has settled the question of the -'Discipline of the Church," in the mutter of slavery. The report which gave rise to the discussion contained a resolution condemn ing the buying, selling and holding of slaves. The "Discipline," us it stands, forbids "buy ing and selling human beings." It was urged, in opposition to the proceeding, that slavery is a civil institution alone, not cre• ated by the church, and not to be destroyed by the chpreh. Mpass - thiti required a two third vote, and the vote being yeas 121, nays 95, the proposition to amend was decided in the negative. On the 30th, an effort was made to press through a second resolution of the slavery report, rendering all slave 'holders liable to the Discipline for the sin of slavery; hut it was finally laid on the table by a vote of 123 to 92. Ax rNFORTUNATE FAMILY.—The York' (Pa.) ihilwate records the dwth, from sui eide, of Mr. Frederick Latta's, an old and respectable resident of Windsor township, in that county. and then adds:—Nearly halfl a century ago his father committed suicide by poison. Since that time his brother and I ghat brother's son hare hung themselves: end a few years ago his own son drowned himself. 'th e Jacob Laucks who shot Mr. Henry Ilgenfritz, of this place, a couple of I years ago, and is now in the State Lunatic Asylum, lips a nephew of the Mr. Lnucks I whose inPlincholy death we now record.— lie was—what few men have been—the son, grandson, brother, ,nephese,.. and cousin_aLl td suicides. Nfetamvs.—Every few (Lys companies of Mormons, varying from two to seven hun dred persons, are noticed as landing at some of the Atlantic ports, and proceeding, west ward. It seems that lowa City has been se lected by the leaders of the 'Church as the place of rendezvous for some 5,000 of their adherents, previous to their finally !darting for Utah,- in July or August. They are principally recruited from England and Scot land. The company which arrived at New 'York some months ago are temporarily lodged in the railroad buildings in lowa and an eneainpinent of tents has been formai about two miles from the town, Wtz AT CONSTITUTEq A RELATICIF:.—A great deal of nonsense has been talked about the relationship between Butler and Brooks, as justifying the outrage committed by the lat ter. Perbrips some of our readers may be euriotts to know precisely what this relation ship is. A letter received from Mr. Brooks byy-a genticusan of Boston, last February, says; "My grandfather married Senator But ier's father's aunt." The closene , s of such a relationship can only be appreciated by one who is, like Brooke, "ball a ficutcli man." T. 0. or 0. P.—Atthe annual meeting of, the Grand Lodge of this State in Philadel- Ghia. the attendance was quite large. The rand Master declared the following officers elected Sor the current vear:—M. W. Grand Master. D. P. Coedits; E. W. D. Grand Mas ter; Robert A. Lumberton; R. W. G. War d.. Elias Wildman; R. W. G. Secretary. William Curtis; R. W. G. T.reasurer, Knee Mottos; R. W. G. ftepre.sentatire, W. f Packer, ..,.111943f6 wore- usider , tt?r , pleawn4 imprep idon that Jentirna -.ad' s quit writing for our papot; tittt_ aanezed, billt•Vaii-7:givVis 45 to nnderotaiid thnt.nlio4s slip about and want: ing to , nee - herself in print once more.—gnt) For the Columbia Spy. Now. you hav e , si,eontrorersy. Mr. Editor, and 'a kind of said - in* quo affair it is, after aIL You ought not to have admitted a sin gle article on .thiiineect, for, you know es well-asdp, run astray vrlaett.they comment on things which they should not meddle . with, at- ally The bible, without note or comment, juitss it ease from those, who wrote it, is the serest, safest guide; and it is my humble Oplaihn,if then and women will follow its requirements as they can unz dorstand them, thai they will make long steps in their progress towards grace and heaven. We all know that it is the "best of books"—so entitled by saints who have left, as well- as the few still on earth. That it is an inspired work, endorsed by angels and men, and the only book that bears the stamp of God himself—oven sceptics have admitted. What's the use of , controversies on reli gious subjects:then? They are. always bit ter and never do justice to religion. There arediffercnt ways of getting to heaven,- (I menu 'apart from the one only way of re demption through the blood of the Saviour,) and men and women will pursue such roads as suit their different views. Let all keep in sight the Lamb—Rim who suffered on the cross—who voluntary came front heaven to bear the sins of the world , and who en dured more than span ever has. It is my humble belief that the way is open to celestial regions through different avenues than those, Fieffe - -by - Presbytorihn, Universalist. Metffiidist. 'or any other nomi nal gate-keepers, If a woman on an island, the only inhabitant, with my Bible, having only knowledge enough to "road and ander stand" end- an intellect capable of telling me the livinyjtapressznent on every -page, of Taurtr, as it stands boldly forward to may mind non - , would-I no know the way? Gun would give the light: • What's"the use of controversy? of personal spleen and sophi.tical reasoning? It is ad mitted on all side., in every persuasion of christians, that there is only one way of in heriting eternal life—that way, in this land of gospel light and privilege is known—or ought to bc—to all. 3Sksi t . Education, knowledge, "skilled industry" —are the products of the bible; the natural results from its perusal and acquaintance; and, "in conclusion," I would advise all controversialists on religious suttiects (and I include those who have lately exhibited their c/loris in the Spy) to peruse that work more closely, nut only to benefit themselves, but for the good of the rest of mankind. JESIIILt JOYCELVN. Col.r3tot.t. May 5, 1836. - k vinverrand it very recentii gave preen candemonstration that it.vias in a flourish ing condition; and from the increased num= bar of its members gave very conclusive proof that "the fools are not all .dead yd."— I am fully aware that many young men in this community are connected with this. noisy band, who make some pretension to respectability, and eve n standing in society; but I think such have very much overrated themselves; for how any one possessing the least possible amount of self respect could become ()connected with such a gang, is really more than I can comprehend. Their con duct is certainly very disgraceful, and appa rently becoming bolder and more impudent at e% cry repetition of their performances.— They are, however, somewhat progressive, and now, in addition to their usual infernal noise, sing ninny indecent songs accompa nied by corresponding off-'band remarks, supposed to be witty. The object of this lime-honored and very respectable organization appears to be to ex tort money or whisky, or at least a treat of some kind, from the victim of their kind con- Nideration. Generally they succeed in their design and retire much pleased with their success and very much to the relief of all those near enough to be annoyed by their musk. For their last performance, however, 'I am glad thty were not rewarded, having gone to their destination dry and retired consid erably dryer. Now, Mr. Editor, as a means of abolish ing this abominable nuisance. I would sug gest that all who may hereafter be favored by their nocturnal visits would allow them to depart unnoticed and unrewarded. Bat if this plan should not have the desired ef fect, I would earnestly urge that the penalty for such flagrant violation of the peace, he strictly enforced against all offenders. SPECTATOR. Tut: Sioux WAR PARTV.—The party of Sioux 'Braves' who were last week dancing over a Chippewa scalp, along the Minnesota river, had been out seven tbiys, when they came across a solitarY eitippetri his little lroy, engaged in taking up their traps. The tether they shot down, but the son es caped by fleeing to the house of a white roan in the vicinity. Awrrt.—lt is said that to raise the "spirit of southern chivalry," it is only no (qv.:try to shout "Summon-her." Its ap pc:trailer is instant in the shape of a guttn pereha bludgeon. Day-We see that arrangement% have been , made by a hieh parties who wish to see the land of the Ittoovrsr Cosessr can go at one time. A stage leaves Tyrone every Wed ! iosday morning. We would suggest that I persons who cannot go themselves would appoint a committee. It will be a beautiful and interesting trip. and from' all we hear we believe that visitors will be well satisfied and highly gratified. It is mach better to settle in our own Slate, where it is healthy and a good -Nish market, than emigrating to the far west. It is claimed that this is as good as any western land, being limestone soil, and being, underlaid with bituminous coal. Parties eon easily tangly themselves, and we reccommend them to go. oi4tment mid Pills, are a certain cure for Scurvy.—Edward Hope, of Charleston. South Carolina, suffered more than most people from the Scurvy, and the whole of his body was covered with this un eightlyeruption. he tried a great number of i reputed remedies, but he was not benedi b 7 the mama, indeed it became doubtful to hie friends whether be would ever overcome this disfigurement. At length be tried Ilol loway'a °int - Merit and Pills, and these med icines quickly produced a beneficial chan ge; by ecnnianing with these excellent medicines for eight weidte be was radically cared. :40tOrViter40;rfg fhe:receipP of a bag of flourlrom hfr. Rantbo,*.eclumic's Row, tocnstatestit, who brie givit variety of :everything iit: : the grocery line. He Fells cheap alkd is aceammodatina, anions tokive the full worth of, the . 1710414 expesided„and all who call upon him will receive entire satisfaction. .11e,Ja doing akeeditusliress and lee trust ho will make a fortune. Wo are - also indebted. to Mr. Swartt,"Odd Fellow's Hall, for a specimen of his Pine Apples, which We can safely recommend to the ladies -as possessing meritorial flavor. Mr. S. has a fine assortment of groceries, fruits, &e., which he sells 'at the lowest marks., We take this occasioa also to record-our estimation. of a present - from Messrs. Fry & Ilag,nuast, Merchants, Locust street. This firm commenced in the Spring, and they ap pear to be on the road. of successful busi ness operation. Their stock is Ivry supe rior, and they sell cheap. for.cash. The la dies in their "shopping," we. trust . won't "call again" without making purchases.— liThey may go further and fare worse. - To some anonymous (and we hare no doubt very beautifuland lovely) young lady, we return our warmest thanks for the first bore! of the season. If she will let us knoW her name, we Will". endeavor to court the muses, and indite a sonnet of several verses, to her. charins and kind heart—manifested in such a delicate tribtite, which we assure her is appreciated, We have always loved flowers, from the time we first plucked a "Jonny-jumpmp" and placed it in the curly hair of the black-eyed little witch that was `playing with us in the meadow, just where the rivulet that wound along murmured its prettiest songs, and, before we read it in poetry, made us believe in the existence of "Books in running brooks, Sermons in trees, in@ good in everything." _ OW how warm and juvenile in feeling grows the heart when it 'recurs in memory, to the days of earliest life. FOUND DeowNEn.—The body of a man 'named L. W. One, suptsesed to be from' El mira, New York, was found in the Canal above the Bridge, yesterday, about noon. It is thought he fell in during the night previous. From the •evidence before the Coroner's Jury, as called by deputy Coro nor Hunter, we believe him to have been a man of steady habits and one genemlly . es teemed by those who knew him. Several accidents of this kind have occurred at the seine place, heretofore. Over three dollars were found on the person of Mr. Giles; and a certificate of deposit from the Columbia Bank, for seventy-five dollars, one dollar in gold and various papers which he had given to a gentleman named Spriggs front his neighborhood; a week before, were shown to the jury. :Verdict—accidentally drOwned. Ma. Tcnxit's CONCERT.—We know it will gratify the citizens of our town to be ad vised of a concert by this gentleman, to be given in the,Odd.Fellows' Hall, on Tuesday evening-neat. ono of.thil best-ballad 146044.- •.----- tri - slif.PlWWistlwn peculiar style, and the beauty of his music is, that every word of his songs can be understood; •he sing "from the heart to the heart," and if his melodies . do not echo in the place they seek to pene-. trate—the fault rests not With the vocalist, but with the faculties of the auditor. Any person that hears him sing "The Old Arm Chair," and similar home songs, 'without being affected, ought not to profess love for music, for it is not his Tight. FREESIA'S'S COMILERCIAL Isx.—Thls supe rior writing -fluid, manufactured by W. & W. 11. Freeman, Lancaster, we have tested and can warmly recommend.as the best ink now in use, for banking or business pur poses. It cannot be obliterated by the use of the most powerful acids, and it is the only ink that will stand these tests. Frost <loci not effect it. It flows all freely from the pen as Arnold's, and will most probably take the latter's place. SatacE.—The Cecilia Musical Association, at its soiree, on Thursday evening, per formed admirably:. All the members who appeared did well, and the ckbutanis proved satisfactorily, the skill of their teacher as well as their own musical powers. We un derstand this society will shortly give another grand concert, when even better things may be expected. Our Musical Association will favorably compare with those of any other place. giii-We are requested to announce, that the Rev. John Coffin Nazro will lecture from the steps of the Odd Fellovhs' Hall, in Sec ond street, on Monday evening, neat, at 8 o'clock, on the "Return of the Jews to the Holy Land, and the. Organization of the Kingdom of God on Earth, ns it is in [lmmo." All are invited. Tut PROPER TRAINING OF CIIILDREN. Two sermons on the above subject will be preached (Providence permitting) next Sab bath at 10 o'clock A. M., and 8. P. M., in the Methodist E. Church, by the Pastor. Tho parents-in this community as well as their childrena, ud nil others interested in this subject, are respectfully invited to at tend. Pic-ISTic.--,The first Pic-nic of the year in this place, will convene on "Big'lsland" on Monday next. The managing will he by the ladies; and they will of course receive favorable consideration. This we learn just as we ure going to press, or we would give a more extended notice. TUNTI.N Soar AND Virror Thozoas.—For mrticulare see the bills—of the pigebne.— Mr. Gault will do full justice to the occa sion and his guests will doubtlessly recip rocate. wah,„We are requested to announce that the Ker. John Wm. Iloffmier. of Lancaster, will preach in the Clernuto'Reformed Church, on nest Sabbath evening at half past 7 o'dlock. .Tne Woo'. TRAM—The clipping season has now fkilly commenced in western Penn sylvania sod other wool-growing States, and the mild weather. is quite Swarthle for shearing. It is said that many agents and speculators have already gone Into the wool growing dishiots to male contracts with the farmers for the pturiame of new wool. • Me.. Eoiroa . the caption_ at " thor'e r .pordkl tobe a renkm itna I was sorry ii yon had.,itiven it theri - With - pu hence *l4 . dvantago.oflOtt letter itiqqoitipr seems to make that you did Ulna you hive beetillie) ant feeling , that not hare enjoyed.; My Reverend 4 lengthy introducl gutigethat he no proper, such ILS"` , darkness," -"lurki, dirt, &c., &c., corm the undersigned Ni He having made that point is. sett' emphatically that: or any other pens his church for Ski view of Dr. Eldt ately afterwards, hi a young man who table, and who is Lice, to say to him ; to bee him (me) - at that I was — goW which I thou lit. I invite 'partieula4 quotation. I green cumstances that hal this "young ',".• quest was mat house to coin. :to received a wri.!tt following: Clorox I propose, to-nit a sermon in refutat principle involspd ly delivered 1441 glad, if consistent, ments, to see ynu Respectfully,-y) A copy of which . , session, taken from son, several Of !whie directly or indirect! as the only lecture s in this place which his sermon, was tbl benefit of the - Chris Elder, I take it that' to in Mr. E's note does not call it :ere) , —I think it Was, - 11 whom I Jisore . me in this opinio_M.i is not stretching 'Wel to call it such: 1.4, for this point, as it is to the issue; but I di tion of the reader to my Rev. friend. IL invitation—that" lie sermon in refutation principle involved'h This, then, is of cot feature or primary and now lie says 11 the moral principle it was a secondary 06,11 Now, I leave to thi whether this.assertioi of invitation sent.oe the latter, he says, hi (a whole sermon)_ - in ! reply he says -the ref secondary 'object. both Mr. Erskine should be almost' fogging ,Thertrf -...<5` i him; Afi._ ifiettiitiliZaild ,thatr Hutt .he ' thotigh..4wouhl .'across my ." From the f ‘ that ho looks upon as exceedingly' aikalfieant , this was t tt ily kind in him, atirpf'must here be-per- ..atted to say that thiii . L.Was not the first time invitations of this-kihdllivis been sent to me from the same source; all of which were duly appreciated; but;: *hat he means by crossing ray path, I aniatt-some loss to un derstand, as I am not aware' that Dr. Elder holds sentiments oa subjects of theology in common with me. He may or he may4ititi 'nor have I any thin* to ifb with his theology; but I do say, he did not in either kf ilhiti lectures here, in culcate any of the olinstittanable features at tributed to .him in -theriermon of Mr. Ers kine, and reiterated .by him in - has letter in the Spy.. As to =yawn opinions they are mine and I 'claim the fight to utter them, however humble my - position may be, al though Mr. Erskine, bi li Ts Jotter, seems' to say that none but the. "nistry has a right to think on subjects oft lie - kind. Now, Mr. Editor, I have been tght to believe that the essential elemen t - the distinguishing feature oP Protestantism, 16 the right of pri vate judgment in questions of theology, and I hold, that the man Who. denies this right to the humblest, even though he be a "Bo rough 'Squire," repudiates the Protestant principle, and attempt4'to set up a theologi cal oligarchy; and if this principle be emir tied out in its full cxtoht in a country like this, vrtmld soon establish dogmas more po tent than the thunders bf the rittican. Un der 'the present eircumetanees, Mr. Erskine i essurnes a very high pcaition. Let it be examined for a moment; first, be sends a request to; attend his church, why? because - ha sernion will. "cross my path." I attend,mccoritingly. I happened to think that his reprefentations of a man of great intellectual poWer and moral worth, it were unfair, and say so a newspaper, using most respectful langn sin stating my ob jections. The next w k is spent by Mr. Erskine in hunting upAvideneo by . - which 1 4 6 he ,expects to natural , rue, and not sue seeding as well-as ' ted-rhe assnmes , the dictatorship, and vtualiv says, lion dare you,.a mere "Boroireh 'SqUire," pretend to call in question anything that I, a man of the sanctuary—a - vicegerent of heaven— a teacher of the true faith—clothed with the panoply of rightooniness, covered all over with zeal, and labelled' "Orthodox," may please to say: it is your place, sir, to 'sit at the feet of Gamaliel, and ]earn wisdom of me. Well, Mr. Erskine, it may be pre sumption in me, but I cannot help it. You undertook to ?criers...44- you say not to re view, but merely to ratite the moral princi ple of certain lectures, and as I thought and still think, did injustice to Dr. Elder, and I said so; and see whatla tempest I have misled. Mr. Erskine, after a great deal of labor, has succeeded in getting a few ex tracts .from certain lectures of the Dr.'s, de livered at Allentown, Banton, and I believe Baltimore, in which 64 discovers an im mense amount of heresj. With those lec tures I hare nothing to do; ft is the ono' de livered here, that, demands our attention; but Mr. E. insists that the same doctrines were inculcated here, A elsewhive. Now 1 1 . suppose I grant it—wh then? why, I say that even in the .extra given—unfair a mode as that is to get a scan's - meaning, there is no• terrible heresy. Dr. Elder in speaking of the Reformation, it is true, at tributes its success to, e nlightened state of society in England, iny. and' else where;previous to the Assaf Lutlie,Wiek 'life, Buss, 3lelanethon and others, and doubts whether they . coati have been sue ceasful unless the wirndirisf err peopla had previously been prepared. to some extent, for the advent of so great,* +change' in their theology. I think Mr:Erskine, himself, will hardly deny this. Sup be wets to try the experiment of • acing some un heard Of systems. either iti theology; pandits 1 or - solenee; be won . hardly_ go among the semiTharbaridns ofallaiso; to - try anexper imerit. of the kind;•but rather, if he had confi dence in the truth of his new theory, would he commence its promulgation among the most enlightened communities he cQuldflnd, so that he would be likely to awaken reties dim 034 enlist the Co-operation of. men of genius in behalf of his enterprise. Well, Luther and - the "other refactiers were not born-u Oi- near six - hundred years after ferdalitm bad been introduced inteEnglafid, and Norman customs had overrun the conti nent, and began to die out to some extent. "The dark ages"—as they . are called—com menced'about the begimung of the eighth century and continued up to the reformation, some time in the sixteenth century, but dur ing this time a sect arose under the lead of Peter Waldo, who' have since been known as the Waldenses. This Peter Waldo was 'burn .in.,the 'year 1060, about a century after the introduction of the.feudal system into .England, by • William the Conqueror, and l•believe some of this sect are still to be .found in the mountains of Switzerland. Paretic Colangela '3py. V.,lwa.!well aware that •tiole in • last• week's 'itia,was- . nottbe au- the communication Erskine.sacrmon, I saw the paper, that -heading. You put -,Jnotires 1 know, and t , Mr. Erskine takes licidesalie idea of the a rcoictc,nnd_as'that! good, ram now glad id the article, because ins of creating a pleas vise toy-friend would after a somewhat in which. he uses lan . bt thinks chaste sad Ay false," "skulk in In. secret. "casting:'" to the conclusion that Ge the letter referred to. disooiery, I suppose vHe then denies very t-gisly either the writer In invitation to attend 'aim of hearing a re suture; but, immedi j.,ts that he did "rectuest ',daily with me at the iqh in. this 'Squire's *f ib) that I would be glad - Mr. Erskine says that:they are styled by All ecclesiastical -writers, "the witnesses for tinth.". Now here wo see a sect of -re formers who existed for nearly 300 - years before Luther; and `ue genuine christianity has always been the ea-worker of the arts and sciences, is it too much to say that a groat deal of Luthefis success depended upon the collateral aid derived from those people? Ido not understa.nd, even by the extracts picked out of Dr. - Elder's lectures, anything like a repudiation of the bible or the efforts of Luther and others, but merely this idea, that the efforts of the reformers would have been camparativelyfrnitlass, but from the fact that owing to the skill which had been intermixed with the industry of the people of those times, a train of thought ' had been aroused which prepared them to grasp, as a reality, the sublime truths ut tered and taught by the reformers. Now, 1 Mr. Erskine may say that the reformation was a miracle, but, I apprehend, he would laugh at such a thought were it not neees sarj to keep up his position. I am very Tree to admit the intervention of Divine Providence, and to my mind there is a gran deur in the thought, that I do not think. Mr. Erskine with all his superior knowledge can realize; it is this, that by the power of that overruling principle which we call Provi dence, I see the final .overthrow of all evil, and the establishment of a tiniversal reign of holiness andlutppiness; and this I regard as the crowning glory of the christinn sys tem. and without it, let me say reverently, I look upon it all as a grand failure. But suppose Dr. Elder did' teach such monstrous heresy; does not Mr. Erekirm t 6 what charges lie is bringing against many of the most respectable citizens of the town. Look at it. A..man conies into a commu nity and delivers a lecture, in which he nul lities the fundamental doctrines of the church, and not only so, but scatters infi delity broad cast among his hearers—and many of his audience, members of Orthodox churches, one at least an ordained minister;* mh,, on the next.dny 'preach a sermon in lfl cross his path," &c. `Mtion to the -above :from many other eir pot so happened that ILL the .tipao tl3o leave tkelxiardin ,vice, I should have toe, something like the #, Pa., May 17, "..ia morning, to preach 'of the essential moral ertain lectures recent &cc,. and . would be, yonr..other engage alt. • . rs, E. E rzsci E. qe,C itt no in my pos- . sent to another per 'ere distributed either r Mr. E. himself; and :h had been delivered friend "referred to in 'tie delivered for the Assoeation by Dr. t-wits the one alluded we. It is true, he or the said lecture; , severtilpersons with mrerscd, agree with I I also think that it wiz's; definition too far, ii6t, - however, contend iltogether immaterial rani to call the laten t:, special pleading of says in has notes of intends preaching a *I here refer to Rev. Mr. Clawges. who was resent at Dr. Elder's first lecture, and who is just as capable of detecting heresy as Mr. Erskine; and he has told inn that there was nothing objectionable in it. several Elders, nearly all of whom spoke in very high terms of the lecture and signed a letter asking him to comeback a second time —do they' know that they were encouraging the spread of infidelsentiments? Dr. Elder did return and_ had a larger audience at the second lecture than at the first; among which audience I noticed Rev. Mr. Mecaskey of the Methodist E. Church, Rev. Mr. Menges of tha-fintherim church; and another minister, toge)ter with Elders, Class Lead ers; Steward :Vestrymen, &a.; and not a werd•is said about infidelity by'ono of them 'until Rev. Alr. Erskine; Who .; did not hear -the ess a entiarnZral lertain lectures," &c. • , to be the leading bject of ,the sermon; t; •"tho refutation of tolved in his lectures ,of my discourse. " 4 , ter -to determine ;Tees with the notes y Mr. Erskine. In till preach a sermon Ration, &a.; in his ion,- &0., vas but a did I not - reepeet, 'Ws high position, I ‘-to call this yietti-7 But seriously, I wish now to ask the can did reader, which of the two following sys tems is the mast likely to encourage the spread of infidel sentiments—that which encourages the culture and development of the faculties God has graciously given us, by advancing in science, literature and the arts; by seeking out and apprying chemical agents in fertilizing the soil and causing the earth to bud and blossom as the rose; in planning out iisefulinventions to aid in the perform ance of the drudgery of everyday life; look ing through all these agencies of our own, forlfeavep to crown the efforts of man with *a choicest blessings and thus making the earth, when divested of its most cruel bur dens a paradise;—or that system which says —"By the decree of God for the manifesta tion of his glory, some men and angels are predestinated unto everlasting life and others fore-ordained to everlasting death?" "These lien and angelstbus predestinated and fore-ordained are particularly and un changeably designed, and their number is so eertatn that it cannot be either increased or diminished." "Those of rnankind-thataripredestinateil unto life, God, before the foundation of the world was laid, according to his eternal and immutable purpose, and secret council and good pleasure of his will, bath chosen in Christ unto everlasting glory, out of his mere free grace and love, without any fore sight or faith or good works, or porseverenoe in either of them, or any other thing in the creature, as conditions or CllllBOB moving him thereunto; all to tFe praise of his glorious grace." "AS God bath "appointed the elect unto glory, so bath he, by the eternal and most free purpose of his will, fore-ordained all the means thereunto; wherefore they who are elected being fallen in Adam, are redeemed by Christ, are effectually called unto faith in Christ.; by his spirit working in doe sea son, are justified, sanctified, and kept by his power through Stith unto salvation.— Neither are any other redeemed by Christ, effectually called, justified, adopted, • Ponca fied and saved - but the elect only." "The rest of mankind, God was pleased, according to the unsearchable counsel of his own will, whereby he extendeth or with holdeth mercy as he pleaseth, for the glory a his sovereign power over his creatures, to pass by, and to ordain them to dishonor and wrath fur their sin to the praise of his glorious justice." See Confession of faith of the Presbyterian Church, Chapter 3, sec. 1,2, 3, 4 and 0. "Elect infants, dying in infancy, are re generated and gored by Christ through the Spirit, who worketh when and where and how he pleaseth. So, also, are all other elect persons, who are incapable of being out wardly called by the ministry of the word; others not elected although they may beeal-. led by the ministry of the word" and ma? have some common opers'fions of the spirit yet they never come to Christ and therefore teeter% and now imp he can got half a dozen who will say that he represented the Dr. fairly. Well, I don't doubt it, but all I hate to say is, they are exceedingly loose in their orthodoxy, or it may be they had not "knowledge sqfflcient" to detect the heresy. Until Mr. Erskine who did not hear the lec ture, pointed it out to them. Mr. Erskine .must possess remarkable powers of understanding, for it appears he understood Dr. Elder, not hating heard him, much better than those who did hear him. In fact, he says he understood- him better than I did; this I won't . pretend to deny, but he intimates that: he understood him better than any who were there. What a pity it is that those clergymen and elders who sat aud.listened with such interest to the lec tures were not, aware that they'were drink ing in heresy as the "ox drinketh in water." It would be well to place a guard around those weak lambs of the flock, so that they May not bo lett away by the infidelity of the times. cannot be saved." . See -Confession of faith, Chat'. 10, sec:2and 4. If you can find better fatalism ' than 'The above extracts show , shoul d . be glad-to see it, and I-apprehend that nothing 'has done more to foster andencourage infidelity, than the preaching of the foregoing beautiful doctrines. It was this that drove 'the 'philo sophical mind of Voltaire to doubt and faint ly to discard as fictitious the whore: Chris tian system; and it is tlfhtthat has driven: thousands to - madness and suicide, and them doctrines are so revolting to all conceptions. of justice, thatitrequiresniore nerve than' most divines are master of, to preach them at all. Why is it that Presbyterianism has not made more rapid progress in this coun try than it has? Surely not for any want of talent and respectability in its ministry, for in these respects it is fully . equal to any other denomination, and-its form of govern ment is as republican as we can well con ceive au& bodies to be. What then has kept it back, whilst Methodism, which in its early stages here. had neither the wealth, power, or talent that its older sister boasted, has gone far in advance of Calvinism in,-all these. respects? There can be but one an swer and tbat is that its doctrines as set forth in the above extracts are so—at 'war with every principle of justice and human ity, that the mind naturally recoils from it, and seeks something snore in accordance with the teachings of him who "spoke as never man spake. ' It will be seen by the above that Mr. Ere kine's.ground of not having invited me to his church is _hardly, tenable; 'also, that his reference to Dr. -Elder's lecture being a sec ondary coneidess*is, • isiiardly - borne 'out,' from the fact VII tTsewritten invitafoas contemplated that as the primary object of the discourse. I now wish to say herethat if Mr. Erskine wishes to procure a lot of funny anecdotes, I shall be happy to furnish him with several, cut out of newspapers aid laid by as very good ones. The style of my friend is much to be admired, but low as my office appears to be, it is two high for me to deal in per sonalities, and I cannot consent to introduce any word into my communication which would detract from the position to -which I have been twice called .by the suffrages of my fellow citizens. -With regard to Rev. Abel. C. Thomas, all I have to say is, that he has been much longer i (and quite as fa vorably) known to this community as Mr. Erskine, and as he is abundantly -able to take care of himself,. I shall not volunteer a defence of him. To use the language of an eccentric and very zealous divine, who for merly lived in this place, "the red marks of hit ecclesiastical claws are quite visible in the face of Rev. Dr. Ely, (a high dignitary in Mr. Erskine's communion) and if he (Mr. E.) wishes to encounter him, I have no doubt such an opportunity present it self at an early day. I said nothing about ministers attending lectures in my letter, nor do I insist on their going, but if they do not attend, and after the lecturer is gone, they put what I conceive to be wrong construc tions upon the lecture, I think I have a right to say so. Mr. Erskine says I have no moral stand ing in the community; that being the case it was hardly necessary for him to inflict three pondrous columns on the readers of the Spy. Ile also intimates that I did not stick to the truth in my former article; of this 1 leave the reader to draw his conclusions, especially as to the primary or secondary object of his reference to Dr. Elder's lecture. But this communication is already longer than I in tended, but, I think, not quite as long as Mr. Erskine's; but *bat it lacks in measure I trust it Will make titi in Weight. J. `V. Fznivt. -7 7 ; ' • " -TOE. 7, Mn. - EDITOR:-.111 . your paper of last week I noticed an article over the initials "E. F," in which the writer starts out in the following wonderful manner:—"Who is Fiat Justitia that would correct the errors of the pulpit, and set in judgment on John Calvin, he." Sure enough Mr- Editor, who is this Fiat Justitia that he would dare in this nineteenth century,..to open his mouth or employ his pen to "correct the errors of the pulpit?" that would dare in this land of liberty, where freedom of speech and freedom of the press are rights inviolable, to say aught against the errors of that awful and that mighty power—the pulpit? A man taking such authority upon himself, your correspondent "E. F.," impliddly says, I should be stricken down, bound hand and foot, and cast away; should he Sumner-an/ 'with a gutta-percha cain, and laid insensi ble at your feet. Truly, this is charitable, and in perfect accordance with Presbyteri anism, as manifested by its teachers, for several years, in this borough. But again; a little further on in this same article, "E. F." relieves himself in the fol lowing manner.—" The persecution of the Quakers and, other religionists, it is true, was 41 blot on the character of our Puritan Fathers, which all now lament and regret; but how much is the world indebted for the profound discovery that 'this - persecuting spirit was a result of the operation of the catechism and not attributable to the intolerant - spit* of of the age." This, Mr. Editor, is equally wise and profound. The persecution of the Qua kers, we are told, was not the result of the operation of the catechism but is attributable to the intolerant spirit of - the age. This solves the question at once, in the opinion of my friend "E. F." but for myself, I must confess, that I am not so easily satisfied.— Instead of being an - explanation to, it only confirms the assertion of Fiat Justitia; be. cause every eject must have a cause and as that intolerant spirit above referred to is an effect, pray what was the eau* I incline to the opinion that the main and' principle cause of that intolerant spirit was the result I of the doctrines and dogmas believed by the Puritan £atkc ,ai etahodied in their cate chism ntrd.'the Minims and bigotry , with which they maintained them. And if "E. F." ira plain, sensible man, and posted' up ip the history of our country, as he pretends to be, he cannot and will not deny it. Even to this day, where the doctrines of the cate chism are taught and believed, this same spirit of persecution is rampant among its advocates. To prove this point I would most respectfully refer "E. F." to his own article of last week, in which be attempted, by his defiant manner, to suppress the free dom of speech of any person who might dare to say a word against the errors of the Pres byterian pulp it . I would also most kindly refer "E. F. " as another instance of perse cution to the review of Dr. Elder's lectures, by the Revs Mr. Erskine, in which the lat- ter gentleman attempted to excite a feeling of prejudice against Dr. Elder, because be bad the audacity to show to the public the convictions of his own mind. Why did not the Rev. Mr. Mecaskey, the Rev. Mr. Men ges, or the Rev. Mr. Clawges—gentleupn who heard the lecture of Dr. "Elder--do nonnee it as advocating infidel notions? surely it was because that' intolerant spirit, was not there. One thing more and I have done; "E. 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