i)bei)eqbel)t
CHARLES F.•READ AND R. 11. VRAZIER, EDITORS
MONTROSE, PA.
tir harsday, Nprember ISU.
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1 1 WOOD AGAIN t!
OML call for wood has brought us a little
—enbugb to,last a few days, for which we
areuly, .thankful ; but our wood pile still
mak 'i a poor show for the winter vicather
that s approaching. We hope those who in
s
end lo pay. us in wood, are not Waiting for
th 3 Gees to grow.
PASSILORE WILLIAM SON =CARED!
• -In ano;her column .we give a report of the
il
•procTdings of the United States District
Cour by which it will be seen that justice,
althoi*h in this ease remarkably tardy-, has
at I,gth been done to an injured man, and
Pass#lore Williamson released on the order
of the same Judge at 'Whose command he
wasmprisoned. -,- In
„reviewing the action of
the our; the Tribuite says : ..
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"I f the incarceration ot this innocent man,
1
spitt6t all law and every shadow offustice,
prov 4 that,ksven under a democratic system
the piivate Citizen is not secure against arbi-
trary power and violent malice on the pariof
_magistrates, his release equally demonstrates
that ' ti nder such .a system the force of public
opiniOn is sure at last to right' the utmost
wrong,'and to humble the most bold and reck
less e i ontemner of justice and official duty.
"On She 19th of July Passmore William
son iias brought before Judge Kane by vit.:
•
tue of a writ of habeas corpus, commanding
him to produce the bodies of Jane Johnion
and liti two sons, alleged .81.1gyes of John H.
Wht4ler, freed by the act of their master, and
tl it
take
i l from the latter's keeping by the' will : of
Jane 1 erself, who left him as soon as she was
infored by Mr. Williamson - that she had a
legal fright to do so. To this writ Mr. Wil
liaion
rn made return that the persons required
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were not in his custody, slid that accordingly
he cc r ild not produce them. For making this
retimi:Mr. Williamson was shut up in Afoy
lli
amensng prison on the 17th of .iuly, on the
ground that it was a false, return, and as such
'contemptuous toward the court. ,
"Since that time Mr. Williamson and his
friends have been incessantly engaged in en
,
deavors to extricate him from this unjust and
..,
1
illegal confinement. - As a - matter of course,
e l l
they , rst; applied to the courts of Pennsylva—
ilia, w i ose manifest and primary duty it is to
prof land
the liberty of her citizens against arbi
trary land cfrannons violence, from whatsol
*er quarter. The chief justice pusilanimous-
ty refase&to interfere, and then with great ex
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penseind delay they resorted to the full bench
of just l ices, who again r after long waiting, gave
their notorious decision t in favor ofJudge Kane
and his right to shut up men- injail 'without
either', law or right.
"Meanwhile the universal indignation of the
count expressed through every conceivable
chanfi I, had not only branded this unjust
Judg4vith a stamp from which his reputation
can never recover, but had been felt by him
AS a qrden• too great to be borne. • Private
suggestions were given that any reasonable
-prete9'woirld, be 'adopted for the release of
Mr. illiamsein ; and accordingly Jane Jolla
golfs 'titian was presented, but true as all
its stn ntsPalimbly were, and just as were
all its demands, it was rather too strong to be
allow d. At the: same time, however, the
scull, i took occasion tp open the door for a
different arrangemeno Other proceedings
were iliad, till finally Judge Kane proposed
that Mr. Williamson himself should appear
and tike immediate steps for his liberation.
Herenpon, willing to adoptevery means that
i ,
Amur compromise not mprumise the truth or surren
der a t
rinciple, Mr.. Williamson petitioned for
leaTe
himse li
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Wat I
o"appear before the court, end • purge .
fof that `contempt because of which he
. prieoned.
hen. this Petition . was presented, the
distri I t attorney contended that the word ' le:•-
• gaily should be inserted, so as to make,3lr.
Willi': msen admit that *he was legally Meer
!
cera , which he never would have done.
But - . desirous was Judge Kane of extrica
ting himself from the detestable position in
; whichl he stood, that he overruled the propo
sal and allowed the petition to pass as it was.
Then ;Mr. Williamson was to answer why he
• had not produced the bodies of \ Jane John
son siid her children as required by the orig-.
inal writ. To this interrogatory his reply
now u- Ss simply,; `Because it was impossible.'
rterellagain the-district attorney .sought to go
furthix and compel him to answer whether
be would have produced them had . it been
poshitle, but this the judge'excluaed,ar.d up
on ts answer released •the prisoner:
" e case then stands - thus : Mr. William
,- son as adjudied guilty of contempt of court
and was declared by the judge to be guilty
of peljury, because he had made oath that .
Jane Johnson and her sons 'were not in- his i
custody,' wherefeTe he could' not produce
them ' ' -
"After being held in prison for such - con- 1
tempilar the period of three mouths and one
week be is at lad allowed to amend his for-
, mer answer by, making oath'simply that he
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did rlot produce those persons - ,' Becatise it
..: wax impossible to do so."
" With regard to the essential identity be
tween these twuanswers, comment is need
.
• . .•
"Had the eclatant tk - of repentance and
,
submOsion Ix:en:Sooner made,. Judge Kane
might-have founded upon-it some hope ofre
gainifig some portion of those relics of public
•eke+ which may possihly have remained
to ' , k iln after his conduct in the Christianaaf
fair v i but now it comes too late, and is too
evidently enforced by that supreme power
of intblie opinion to which even the most ob
stinate sad "audacious offender Must sooner
or later bow. But the ill effect of this mat
ter iiinot confined to Judge Kane:ai one ,. i t
has ieeply shocked the public confidence in
. the 14ministratiOn of justice •in general, and
in the, efficacy •of our` lam to secure the most
saore4 rights. To be .a judge was once a ti
. sio:ofirespeet, Nit at .this rate it .m 34 Ewan
beco - MS thect*tiiry. Peovietallc sometimes
41 ' fratal 5 and agotru otiva who sap ' the found
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itionaraf society and undermine the, basis of
public! morals;, bUt a judge like, Kane,..does
more at a single blow to slciknthe social fab
ric aril retard the progress of a people than
ties
the v* '" of private criminals in half a centu
tury.- ' , - - : - , • .
" any other northern city than Philatlel
phia nth an outrage as that win* for, more
than quarter of a year, - Mr. Williamson
has ben the victim, would have provoked
e
l,e
p \ ubli disturbance. Certainly there was nev
er an casion in which a revolutiocari re
edy w uld have seemed more truly just,
ble. put the result, as it now stands,' puts
those 'in the right who hold that violence
shout never be employed even funs right
end. Passinore
, Williamson comes'from lis
priso at the'Peacelul fiat of public opinion
—released by,tbe jioticeiof his muse and by
the voluntary sittimissiort! of the-tyrant who
•ed - him."'l _
LiZEI2
TO lthe Editors of ii,l ;Republican. —.The 1
&digit ful exercises of the . Missionary Conven-
tion hld in our village On - Wednesday and
i llitrsay of last ireek,dtiserve a paising tn
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tice'in your newspaper.' l• - ' ' -
.4 1 . t. 0 otclock.on Wednesday morning, on
dera blear sity and the 'most auspletous ctr- .
. •• i • • . i - i •• i
.•titlistences, - the opening leiercises began at
the Pti,lesbyterian Chureh; I Many distinguish.
!etritringers had gath•red from abroad, and
ten I different . Pretiy te ria
. a
nd Associations
were represented 'by c ler gymen
frOm the rn
rpeciively. 1 . !
Th l presence 'of the ReV. Dr. Co H x front. i OWeg ; Rev. Geo: W. Wood, See'y of the
! - A. B. C. F. M., formerly 'a Missionary til
[ Constjtitiraple;and .. Rev.-Joel Parker 1). Di,
from New York City ; Rev. Sainuel'BZimey„
a rnissionarY of theßoard recently ,rettirned
froth
' _China, with :several distinguisbe d -
clef
. gynetl from iNe iYo k State and many i•
from
our. o r n immediate vicinity, proulised 6
, , -
the as Cmbly a 'rich 'intellectual treat i - while
the rn nifest presence of the Holy Spirit and
the Ministry:Of angels gave an assurance Of
the .bleasing that was waiting the assembling
of Eiptkp. -_ . • .- -, . ..
Revl. 'Mr. Riley , Pastor of the Presbyterian
Churc e l, opened the Meeting by. reading the
60th ' hapter of 11ai4h, which was. followed.H
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by art•ftnthetn \ bylthe Choir. - The devotion 4
were I?),td by - Rev! Mr. Norton of Ararat.-
-Rev. 14-. Wood made introductory. remarkS •
eonce
he dec
memo
open • u
behold
should
uess ..nding with deeti and affectionate anx
: 1
iety l oVier such as assembly, while they would
flee f
.. tri the most splendid displiys of hui
i
man' .nd earthly grandeur. Onj, object 'ii
ra
virtin in the ' 'nctuary of the Lord, was
simile. to , that tich kept the twelve
..disci
ples fa rying' at Jerusalem 'until they were
endu with " pofcr from on high." That
r
pow , will' be vouchsafed, and the - aisembled
peop e, by. united Prayer;may-move the band
that loves the mirld. -
It'i is related ofl the Rev. Mr. Spaulding, a .
Min icriniry at Ce3lori, thati for several DightS '
his accustomed * reft - was, broken in upon by I ,
calls frlom the young ladies of the Seminary
of yrhieh he had the charge,. who were= inquir ,
in; " What they' ilhould do to be saved."--;-
Many Were converted—and it was subsequent
ly ascsirtained al. t a :company of humble
christins in Ame lea were praying for that
particular School' t the identical time, it be
i
ing 'Jai in Atrieriwhen it was night in Cey
lon.yr
, 411 who kn t
the Lord, Jesus Christ
in sincerity, can b i the means of effecting
good t 11) the heathen althon,gh they do not per
sonallii go to speak to their . ' of Christ. 'The
very reverend EldCriDintock of Montrose
- then 14,c1 in, prayer. and Mr. Wood continued
his remarks. He said \he had resided 'for
eight-ears in
_Constantinople, performingmissio ary labor ; land expressed his peripnal
inter t
e l
in the work. i He then gave a very
fine de t eription oil COlantinople and vicini
r,
ty, of the three class s of inhabitantl;. the
Priest, Beggars audS ldiers—the more there
were of the first , the 'ore there would be - of
the others—of/he cos i nnies and appearances
-of the character and peculiaritie3 of the
Greek Church—of the cemeteries and Sol
diery—rot the scriptures of the Boorish Church
-, 7 --of the Turkish Navy--of the Sultans and-
Pasha's Palace; and concluded - by -clearly
sh - f J ivilag the christiauity of the. Fast to be
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notion more than paganism.
They venerable Di. Cox then spoke of hi's
own felings and !emotions' in' regard to the
object of the Convention , concluding with
some remarks upon Ist John, sth chapter,
18th a d 19th verses-Lis.ayin the religion of
,
the E . 4 tto be the religien u; Mat evil one—
i. e. tho devil. The meeting Was then closed
with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Ward , of Car
bond le. .l
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- A o'clock P. it„ the exercises - were
- open by singing by 'the Choir, and prayer:
by R,4-. Mr. Lelekwood _Of Binghamton.---
The, Rev. Mr. Wood continued his remarks.
He alluded to hii stay in Singapore and to
the seat' ras the of Satan's kin g dom. He,
clooed i lpy tntroducing Rev 7 , Mr. Bonney, who
made mati mostliiieresting t i ttatementa con
,
cerning Chitta,—the extent s ()flits population,
of its political divisions and geographical pe
culiaripies. He* spoke of the Language and
Litelliture of the eountry 2 ---of the history of
its ancient tugs—of the manufactures and
produCts dri.. Mr. Bonney, was followed by
Mr; Wood, , 'who spoke to greater length of
the itavantagett of otina is a missionary field.
We Mink this country a large .* part. of the
world . but ihe human race is in China and
_kat.. The population: of China is - 363,000,-
000, ` `all in , (41;:kness. Dr. Bridgman re
nun ktid, ‘ the longer 1 live in China, the more ,
am '1 4.ppalled- at fits wickedness."' Oar his:''
tnrica mil geographical knowledge comes
mostli frotr missionaries, froin such men as
Morrion, otitzlaff and Williams. Thelan
guagelut a nuutter-p.:ece of Satan, a m ob.
mighty
stacle Ito clitistiatt effoi l tettd a poor medium
fort liiltufat.' kis a prOverb that - "in 'adna_ ir
is moe easy to find a god titan a maan.l" They
hare i religious
i
I'
nature '
and will have `a reli
gion.' Shall we give than thi Waidi of
tiai lite ? I
SSIONARY CONVENTION.
ing the ohjkets of the meeting. These
aredito be bf stirring interest to every
rof khe universe. Could the door be
into, heaVen and we be permitted to
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the glork.siof the upper sanctuary, we
see the lcitigEt inhabitants of its holi
Mt! Wood thez alluded!. to the American
Indian t *of the Southwest, and mentioned what
he - considered at a remarkable and striking
resemblance bittveen the 4'hoeteiw nation and
the Chinese! The christianize) Indiani are
as much civilize) as their white neighbors.—
gr. WOod attended n" big meeting" among
them, When-seven hundred; were present { and
saw (what iNnot Often se e n, and never has
been se e n eieept under the influence of the
gospel,y an bi l dian shedding teats. Some of
them gdo seven milei in stormy, weather to
attend Weekly prayer meeting.
On Wednesday eve, Air. Bonney contin
‘ .
nod his ;remarks on China.l
He atluded to the forml of religion, Budd
hism, the priesthood-livi n in convents, the
Bain - reietition' of prayer', the processions
with inicnse, the prayers!fbr the dead, fiarei
hly reminding one of the paganiam of the Bo
mish Church,—the opium 7 l.atitigihabits of the
.priests and people—the ; ; restrictions upon
foreigners,—the singular
, mods of burying the
dead,.--their ancestral, halls, and heathenish.
superstilions. I
Mr. Bonney regards China as the great
missionary field. Some most go and tell them
of Chri4, ere they. perish. In. reply te,ques
' tions by Dr. Cox, Air. Botincy stated that the
opium erode is inereasing*and 'What is most
humiliating to us as a .nation, Atiptrican ships
.are engaged in carrying. opium from, India to
China, to ruin that interesting people.. There
,are 40,000 Chinese
i in Californiai
Rei.ol.r. Wood then gave some account
'orthe Revolution. In the North it .has .a re
'sharacter, and the rebels are icono
clasts. ',Everywhere theee is dissatisfaction
and a tonging for a new 'order things.—
NOw iOhe time to send ia:thegospel--God
goes Before. us and 'prepares . the way, A
powerflii revival has ocepiired dtiring the past
year in - .Arrloy, and sixty have found Lhiist.
In God )s our help.-
Ott the morning of Thutsday,!a meeting of
the Mofitrose * Presbytery! was held, and 'the
examination of Henry Harris ! Jessup as a
candidate for the ministrylwas ciTluded pre
lusive to the ordination service ',of the . after
noon. The, .more public exercises were re
sumed'. !at -10, - A. by Rev: 111 r. Wood ex
pressing, his interest in thel krvides of the day
and his affectionate regard fdr the young broth- :
er Who yin addition to the ordinary arduous
duties and labors of the pastorate, had -voluti-
airily removed the aids 41tich an American
pastor e i njoys i . and was Sonn to leave a circle
of devoted friends and !abbr arneng a; people,
unchristian and benighted. lie i would start
,
front Me l port of Boston,' nid sail - across the
Atlantie: to , the Straits of Gibralter, and
throughl-them to the Isla nd of Malta in .the
Mediterranean Sea, from there to Smyrna,
on the
,c,,i)ast of Asia Minor. Fiern thence te,
Beirut, gin Syria, the Seelie . of his future 'la
bors. - lie would be grect ' ed by inen of learn
ingi and wisdoni -and holin l ess. The Rev. Eli
Smith a i nd Mr. Whiting and Mr: . Lyons, are
residing there; anal the ti+, former have -. long
labored among the Arabian population. ; The
mission!, there was establ l ishiA. in 1820 and.
has not been a failure. 4is planted ainong .
,
a populTion of 12,000„000, heterogeneous in
its origin; being compOs4 of Druses, Mara
-bites, Arabs, and Mtisslmen. But most
speak tiie Arabic language. The Maronites
. howevei use the Syraic it't their religious see
vice:
—, - •
vice: There are multitud !'s of Mahornmedaps
i I
in that r,egion, and The Dire population num
hers Went 180,000. Many parts - of . this
.country l ; are entirely, •deAtitute of religious
instructlon . of any kind. T,lte region round
:Ilion tAn tidch is peeul iar ly i d eSol ate. There are
I ‘
lbout 10,000 who have n6iex hebrd the word
4f life ,from any one. ..)111. Can there not
tere.yeung Men he touild Who will supply
o pre.4sing need of the perishing. -
I . The corrupt condition. X the Greek Church
'demands the labors and ple care of the tills_
sionaryj This mission his bounded on the
north 14 the Armenian mission, the:seat of
whose •ipperations is at Constantinople, its'
extent lirnited.to the anc ent division of Asia
Minor.. Four Millions "f human souls are
here under the christian i fluenc , c. The char
acter of the inhabitants i s marked with' dis
trust 2,4 a - want of affection for each other.
The peeple congregate flit.. mutual protection
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and saftity. There are ne farni houses among
the hilfSana valleys of that delightful climate:
There ace uo cottage ha m lets Or 'retired - pleas
ant
hoMes—all cluster about .the citiesyfliere
protection can be afforde ; d in ntimbers fro
the nomad companies which infest the oPen
•
.country i • .
;
The pOpular assertion that " it does not Mat
ter What a man believes if he only be sincere,"
is falseJ The effect of Man's faith is visible
on ; the surface of the century, which he inhab
its... .The - government of s.country msnifests
it-and` thus sufferings and endurances !are
in consequence thereof.; Mr. Wood then
spoke at length, and mOst, entertainingly of
the Greek Church, and the feature of the Ar
.menian'tnission; of the effect of the gospel ;up
on it, and the influences! Which aided and' re
tarded its progress: •He referred to the stren_
uous effUrts of the Church of RoMe—itssoph
istries and delusions and; priesitly Gunn
lie said the great result the vrar would, be
the abrtgation of the death . penalty by the
Sultan, lend the opening , of the ;Mahomedons
to Chritianity. The war has. net interfered
with Mi seionery efforts yet, but has, in some
respect; been an advantage. 7l Missionaries
are wanted immediately to fill vacant places.
Syria acid Assyria demand each six or eight.
The ;prospeet for triiSsionatly candidates
never , fes, brighter. Nineteen are under' ;ap
pointment; and 'thirteen go this j fall. About
one thikd of the expense .of the Board is in
Eastern Asia. He concl4ded by exhorting all
ehristains to imitate Christ the greet , mission.
ary and the devotion of the holy apostlm .
At 2 o'clock on the P of Thursday, the
Churcl was filled to overflowing, as it was
knovrnithai the . ordiriatidri was. to take place.
The service :Opened byl the sthging of the
bea.utifUl arietain tell us of ;thy
God," and here I may allowed •to speak in •
terms I:4'6e highest satisfaction and delight'
of the `music . afforded the iPreib.ytertazi
Choir 4rthls place. ..the .interist of the*udi..
ence aeenied deepenedlor thel soup stirring
anthr.rris and hymn so beautifully performed
by 430 musical friendsi, Many thanks for.
' the pleasure they afforded and ;their melodi•
of eter-
i
t
one Aids to our devotiot. Dr. Coit theft reef!'
endrexpounded the 15th chapter of
,Ramtlns,
declared it to be the primitive spirii of mis
sions. The Apostle to the . Gentiles by his
al most; superhuman exertions and toile, stands
neit to4he Saviour among the mistdonaries
to lOst linen. .-
RevJ Mr. Goodrich then led in prayer.—
Thd- Sei-mon of Dr. Cox, which succeeded this
‘ilud an opeiling of the revealed prothecies of
St. 4ohn in reference to the-coming ocChrist's
Kingdom, and his continued reign- upon the
earth. He showed the fulfillment of many,
or them, and the rapid approach of .the time
whdn the glory of the Lord Shall cciver the
whole earth as the waters cover the' Sea."—
His text was in Rev. II th, 15th. 1 e gave
"the Scripture doctrine. of the Millen i ium, to
be ifr superlatively grand, and neccespary ' en
couingement to the cause of missions;
to the
friends, and the patroni of missions and es
pecially to the men and women at hOme and
abrbad, who _heroically and in faith devote
thetnselves and theirs to the service of Christ
In the propagation of the only true religion
in till the world, and to every living crew.
lure." • \ -
- Who is willing to have no - interest in the.l
glorious triumph which awaits the a r mies of
the living God: Those who
. go to heathen
if
lanslir to , carry
- the
.. aggre-ssi ve corn mailds of
their Lord, " GO ye into all the world," must
be Suppo'ted sustained by the 41npathy
and c, tribi ins Id prayers of thbsc who
•-
do not go. 1 . r will - a negative influence .
avail -ought. You ease hinder' the j cau - se of
Chr,ist. by doing nothing. In the martyr4ge
.weitnight have Been required to die fait Christ,
as he:gave himself for us. But are We living
foi:him ? This he requires. - After the close
of the sermon the constitutional quehtions of
the Presbyterian Church were pr pounded
to Mr. 4 - essup - by - Rev. Mr - f„ ,. Riley These
being satisfactorily respondeZ
.to, th 43 ordain
, 1
iit prayer was offered
. by Mi. Riley and the
neWly ordained minister arose to reeeive the
solemn and beautiful charge delivered by
ReV." Dr. Parker, of N. Y. City. • • : ,
', tle said : This is a solemn hour; a crisis
in your eternal, as well as in yourF present
career. Your 'kindred, your friends, the
Church at large, saints who have finished
their conrsolwith joy; elect angels, • nd God
. •
himself, All witnesses of the pOsition-which
; • 1 i
you now Ocenp,y. lam to - give you a solemn
'charge that 31°4 be not wanting to y l urself in
the sacred vocation to which you ar . now set
s
apart... . . .
Ist. Rernamber • who you are,L- 11 your
gifts and enowntents are a sacred trust— . -
talents that rust not be hid in a nap
241. - Remember the office to whict
thiS day-set apart. ' .i. _
Bd. Devote yourself earnestly to
sect work of winning souls.
•-
4th. Direct your endeavors tow
, t•
mistnopeful first
Pth. Pay particular attention to
anal youth.
6th.. Take heed 'to your own per
rn4 ; ;vernent. •
th. Take heed to yourself. the
erb, " better wear out than rust I
fali , e. It is Eviter to do neither, "
is better Aitirttrength.
, •
Bth. Above drelake ititre - of your
health. In spiritual ailments we ha
fe4 physician and perfectly adapted.r
lle . healeth all our diseases„ There
in ; Gilead.
Oth. Improve the dicspline of your
ly,Father.
110th. Seek continual communion
B 4 strong in faith, patient in tribula
stmt in prayer, and Godshall enabl
finish your course with joy, and go
the chambers of di.ath like a shock
fully ripe.
We wish the charge might be p
entire. Those' who heard it, alone ca
to its completeness and eminent pra
The congregation then united in sin
,
following hymn, written for tne
An eminent Clergyman present.
To where Apostles worshipped,
To where the Savior bled,
Where Christians first assembled,
I The Gospel first was sped.
! To ancient Syria's regions,
• To Galilee's lone strand,
To poor Samaria's cities
• And old Judea's land— - -
; We send the blessed Gospel
Their glory to restore,
•
We send the living preacher
With)life forevermore. - '
Think less of home and country,
Of friends belor'd and dear;
e soldiers of the Savior,
ur service is not here.
111.
O prosper,rd, their mission,
;
With graeleand power divine,
•
And show to diikened tale
Thy meat and toed design.
From Islam's cruel darkness, •
- - From Romish fraud ao:1 guile,
From_ Satan's fierce devicet,.., ,
From all that can defile;
Iv. •
Protect, 0 Lord, thy sertants,
.Instruct them fn thy way,
To bear thy mercy's messager
To sinners far astray._
Let every Christian effort •
To propagate thy word;
Be honored with thy fitvor,
An hundred fold, 0 Lord!
Till every erring nation
Shall learn thy truth and grate ,
Till earth's uncounted millions •
Shall run the Christian race;
Till Satan is confounded
-To vex the world no more,
And all mankind as brothers
Shall Jesus Christ adore. •
.
The services closed by a benedici
Rev.. H. H. Jessup, and were resume
o 4 ,clock by prayer from Rev. Mr. Loch
pinghamton.
Dr. Cox read and expounded the
4r of Revelations..
IThe assembly then listened to an
& j oin Dr. Parker. He spoke of th.
cOndition‘ of affairs as strongly in . 1
the principlei of the utility of miui.
slid when the sons of Israel went d
PgyPt and brought the news of his
biteteus to their aged father, he die'
their': testimony until-he beheld the
Joseph had sent, an&the pr- j
Which he had loaded his bretheren l
uue Many manifestations of the r•
the King of Kings to assert the ..
tike 'lbis- throne.
Geographical discovery is comple
new world Awaibs the - discoverer. No new
lingnages ate being corned, but many are go
ing into disuse as the people mingle wiifeach
other. „This world is yet to be the mistress
of but one tOguc. '.Educited people are by
their knowlidge a other languages are rapid.
promotihg unity and ,sympathy aMong
Men. Therd are no undiscovered nations who
May rise acid hear away the present marks of
civilization rront:the face of the earth'.', No
.nomad hordes, W i lt° shall over run and , root
Out the great nations of the earth. . The ex
tremes of society are meeting in an extensive
middle dais where
\ we find the hone and sin.
ew of the !find ; above all this God is Plant
ing his GosPel everywhere, and rays of the
blessed light are' bringing healing to the na
tions. Soon , the stations will send , forth
auzilary Statiohs: We can plainly see that
the tendencies of God's providence are toward
the reign (40164.
With.aliHthese in view,- hoiv may the lone
Missionary exult in,the confidence - orsttece.ss,
It is sure AS the lord of The Eternal One.
'The time! l will Crime When twenty men Will
be demanded frdm nintrose, Ana .the f will
besready to go, and support themselvui too.
The time Will. come when thousands shall .be
offered to aid in this Work. Then shall nations
be horn tokhrik, in a day, and speedily? shall
.
his blessed; reign be, established upon_ the
earth. No ars, these enthusiastic vieiva, of
the subject:! Things look large, because they
are different from the present , mode of doing.
WhO will refuse to
,aid in the great
Who shall, go to the heathen now; • .
Rev: Henry. h. Jessup then remarked. In*
I the unfOrttinate;i erroneous opinions, indUlged•
1
t ' by -many of the C.lrttreli On the Subject of mis
sions, they I seeiti to regard it as the uOrk of
a few. It is eitipathatieally the sphere of
'Chrisian effort itnd dtity, and when the coot
-1 -',-
mend is given to "Go and 'spread the glad
tidings of a'iSarloer,' , shall they not ask, 1" Can
Igo: f" 1 I • H- ! -
Everyiliscipie of Christ, is 'Tilling to be a
• 1 r
Missicinarg. It he be n9l willing, we su rely .
may draw ,theiiiferetrce that he is not inliv - -
ing sympathy ti itiyand has nut surrendered
his will to the Master ofthe -i•ork. Would
i
the vene,ral le hither or the devoted mother
(Mr..an i cl A rs. Jere Lyons,) who last year bid
1 ,
adieu to a' loving, , son, for • this work,;-recall
him ?' No I - Theybid" him God speed. . .
Suppose !our Heavenly Father had !in - his
yearnings fin- the happiness and powerlof his
Soh called .IChrist . hack . from his work of
j
atoning thicie. Where would have been the
souls who t ow are, rejoicing in that lOye?—
But many men fire needed to aid in Chi work-,-
and will no: the Pastors of Churches Whe are
present, sl4ak Of it. to young men in: the
Church that theY give themselves to - the glo
rious' work of ;saving the lost. But the . aid
of those chortle is quite as
. needful iii ':
the
foreign - messenger. The. devoted Andrew .
Faller, as, Ihe Was leavidg this country was
asked if lie liactfound a gold mine in India: ,
and •-verts going to'enter it. He, said: " Yas,:
and Lain going down but you must hOld • the
ropes." Ahl. Who will hold the ropes YOu
can aid by iyour prayirg. The very same in
fluence mint convert the Arabs which Opened
your eyes 'find brought light to your soul.—•
We may T'peet great things from GOd," and
as birn fo inflnite)blessin g ; A touching ap
, i hir e pearwas re Made to the young tnen 'who
care not for Christ or his work. ' .
D. Co>g succeeded Mr. J., by remarks on
the interest connected with the Syrian Mis
- • 1 i
sion. He ltraco most beautifully thelineage.
of the natiOns *horn the mission was design
ed to, benefit and bless._ We are sending one
)
messengerito them bearing the bread Of eter
nal life.. May many such Convent4ms be
held to attend the departure of :Missionaries
from the Church in Montrose. But what
shall besaid of,;the impenitent Ones -who have
passed tin-60i the meetings unconcerned. and
and unaffected. Shall their privileges but
, .
plunge thejrn into.a deeper hell 1 .
Those ‘iho Have heard Dr. Cox will readi-.
ly'underst l and the difficulty Of reporting cur;
reedy or Chore; fully what he says. '
Judge Jessup then came forward and spoke
of his intense interest in the exercises of the
day. 1:le had doubted Whether'his emotions
would permit` him to• speak on 'a Subject
which-so:deeply -affeetedltis sensibilities, but
he Must •hear;testimonv to the value s.f the
missionary work. Years - ago,- ere the God
.of
Missions .Ihad revealed ro him the glory of.
his love, 4 iittie tract fell into his hands. and
drew froth him an. attentive perusal.
,He
was convinced'. that the missionary. enterprise
was a grand enterprise; and now that a be
lined son lwas' ; 'ealled to.participate in its tri
t • • ~
alsand td endure its self-denial, he still felt
it to be.a grand enterprise; and thanked God
for the privilege' of giving hitir up to labor
among the heathen ; arid when he stood he.
fore the altar Of his Gull, years before, and
consecratid all , hiS children to God, he eid
not wish o keep part of the •price, nor
idid he no , • wish to . take Might back of what
was thenrreeli given. ' he said'that a year
ago, when Dec, Lyons so cheerfully gave up
son to (this work, he endeavored to renew
the edic.stion;of all his children to the Lord;
and n • c i lteerftillY and with joy would corn- .
mend th dearly beloved son -to, ther great
work of pre 4ting the everlasting gospel to
~.. .
the perishing. • -
The ap l pstolle bet -diction was pronounced:
by - Dr. cox.: A pra .r meeting was ap- ;
pointed 'fOr I.'ridaymoryin, at 'the residence
of Judge I Jes Sup which . was :ttended with
much int'restiand - profit. May •.. prophet
ic words f Dr. Cox be speedily teals NI, and
many still Minionary Conventions at 'nd.
the departvirel of our youthful citizens for th
1 -t
foreign field'.; I •.
you arc
the hies
rds the
children
prom
lout." is
Visdorn
spiritual
e a per
'radius.
s a balm
'Heaven-
ith God.
ions, in
yOu to
own tp
of corn
üblished
n testify
1 . .
.twahty.
I .
pug the
I .
lon by
ion-from. l ed at • 7
'wood of
4th chap-
Many . hanli . 's are due to those of the.differ
ent denomination 3 who opened their houses
for the iiCOmMOdAtion of friends from abroad,
•
even though some were disappointed by not
receiving :***
lOnipany.
address
present
nifesting
ns. He
Wl3 into
rarl?r. Jbhn V. Smith, the newly elec
ted Reprcsentitive . from Wyoming, publish-.
es a list of meMbers of the Pennsylvania Leg.
islaturc, in which, he informs us that," Dem
ocrats arei in'Antnan, and Know Nothings; or
opposition of hu sorts, in Italics. " We' oh.
serve thai in this list he puts John V. Smith
in Italicsd - The Doctor ought to know, Ex
changes piease coned accordingly.
sons ex
regarded
• wagons
nts'with
There
.iness of
.user and
No
Poi. the I:liecr - it.
lore About the lair.
ittEsEi!ds , Enrrona--peing one of tha ;: or.
iii l ipart*larly referred to in, your Wiles '6f
October i2Stkand November Ist,
be considered unfitting for me, to 4y. life*
words, not only. to prevent a inisapPreliensifa
of my own position' in the tnatter; , but:to.er-t'
rect anY'crroncous impressions which miry
have been entertained in regard to my „bnilt:
er Artist; Hollis,'. whose name is asspeibt
ed with 'my own.' , cr•._ , • •
I sin 'sorry that two. -
,such - Commenda le
- virtues as "JustiCe" and "Truth" 'should be
come
chits openly errayed again's} each ooh
er ; and 4 regret still more that i litTruth,"
ter:calling upon "Justice" to give his rial
narne, should have entirely forgotten (Or !in
tentionally neglected) to mention.his
That, Mr. Truth, came with- e'decidedly l ad
•
grace, - and' was hardly in keeping with'fle .
'character you had assumed; :
As to the main point and. principle m
.
bodied in the remark's of "Justice," Ido of
consider myself as directly interested, as, he.
Offieers'of the Society, or,,as. those Whollive
received:or expect to' receive. . Pretniu rust at
our
.County Fairs. rerhapal ana not eno,
Interested-to justify me in giving' utterance '
to imy.opinioo—but I will say that I am
able to; discover the " absurdity" spoken. of
by Mr., N., although "Justice" . may have.
erred somewhat in judgment. ..lhe practice
of which-11e speaks is not denied,. so that the
errOr, if error . there be, lies in the last part
of 'the 'proposition, viz the 'failure to deal
fairly with " articles of honie 'prodnetion,
eq" Unify entitled to credit and encourage
ment." What "justice" ivisheS to condemn,
• ,
so far as may be . judged from the nature
hisi ankle, is, the encouragement. given to ar
ticles:, ptitchitsed elsewhere, fending to the
dis'couragement •of those produced within our
.
own borders.' Certainly he does not., as lam
Sure., he would not deny the-gCneral advani
tages growiig - c - iiit•of, the hitroddetion into
our county Of superior : br6ds of cattle, im•
pr9ved tarni implements, &6: ;'but chooses
• • \
to nuestion the propriety iof rewaruing'tneiii
with preiniuMsdhe salite'a if produced With
in klre bounds which the Society professes to
elhbrace. Reein quiteufficient, and
more in
. keeping with the ' ' encouragement
home, production," to let.the awards fall to
the' results thence arising, rather than. to the
imported article itself; fur the per-on present
ing it,.aside,from the good to, the . communi-.
ty Which lie Might contemplate; (hilt more ei4-
4peeially.his :own good, for a luive of 'public
went iarely predominates, over . selfishness,)•
he ;would be 'worthy of. no: Other credit,,,savg
.that of •being forturate as to l have Money'
,
enough;to buy it.
To • -
pros e' his statement that " homenann
factures'.' art not properly encobraged, "Jus
tiei•" choo4S baguerreotypes as illus
tration. Whether the prodnctiOns of the no.
ble art, of Which I here have: the honor' of be
ins tlicrepres'entative, are "equally entitled
to credit"' I with the "patent: cider-mill."
vikeli he sal fit to place in the opposite side
of his seales, c is for ofhers,and . not for.Me to
1 hive never asked- for a premium ;
indeed,:l have never 'expected one, although,
from i-the certificates ,given . to needle-wOrk,
wirstk-work, and -flower=; it would seem
quite l i reasonable to suppose that Daguerreo
tyPesl Were entitled to •a like, fitvor. . •
For -tny.Self I make no complaint ; on the
•I • .
contrary, I wish to express whole volume-S. of
'thanks to the ladies composing that commit
ted, for the complinient of 'such a mention.
(provided it was an'honest corNiction,andao
flattery , in it) as that contained in their puii
fished report. And, asl am assured that.an
effort was made by them (at, 'least. one of
them). to secure a premitim or i certificate, I
will add to the abOve a great sense of obliga
tion for' a good intention... • •
• But I; am disposed to think that Mr. Hollis
wak not treated as he should hare been— A
feW days before the Fair, lie came to me and
stated , the substance of what "Justice" has
set: forth
_in- regard lei his visit to e meinber
of - 'the' Executive Committee,' and, the liSsur
... • -
AnCe given him. Up to that time I had pa
intentiori of . placing any pictures in the exhi
bition, but at his solicitation I consented to
do so.. Ile further stated that this .metnber
:of the.Execntive COMMittee had promised to
let'• him knowc before the day' of the Fair,
mriee
; definitely The arrangements relating to
Daguerreotypes. • As be has since assured
me, no; word was - sent him, and that is. the .
reason 'why he. was so late on the ground.—
Only - by urgent request was_ he induced to I
,show his.speeimens lie . did,
that he had •nOt been us e d in a gentlemanly ,
manner. • But the "unkindest cut": was the
neglect of : the:committee to notice his work
in ,any way, and he left: the place with - the
'impression that it was a very 'unfortunate
• thing for a man to live,"oni Of .111o4trose."-J:
I will dO him the justice_ to Say that his pie
tures were highly creditable, and i regret
that they failed to get the t'honnrable men
.tion ": which-was due them: Had an award,
been rendered, and his work, pronounced su
perior to my own, I cope UshouldhaveMan
fully :yielded , him the honor,.. however much
I might', have desired the advantage of 'such
diatinctien. As the ease now stands; selfish
,
•nelis does not dispese me to exult at .the
•
seeming preference given me. SuCh a course
would neither tend tO - my advancenient nor
• that of the Art which 'I rejoice app ro
,•
priately honored and enwuraged-wherever it
is 'represented by. worthy: and, skillful °petite
.
In reply to a query 'instituted by -"Truth',"
he:.refere'
s preeetit
-onlylpro-
Inty. But,
talnly the test- of any such rule would nut
In showing the evil tendency of therrinci
prn which "Justice" so eainestly condemns,
'why, was not the case which - he cites (of I.llrs.
Mrs. C. and the woolen cloth) entirely in
point. Suppose that at our . next Fair a
mitim should be-o ff ered for the best,
reotypei, and the fact that "severalarti,
tended to exhibit, should beget in me
that my advantages fir'executing_ the
finished and pleasing pictures- were not
as to -make. me sure.,of a victory.
that my skill (which is not inipossihle)
not sufficient to Warrant an absolute deF
ence...upon it—shin - 11d I be justified in
chashrg specimens from those eminentart,;;
Hesler or Root, for the purpose of se t ,„.;
the award';By "Truth's" rule that a...,
son need not be the actual raiser, prod,'
or inanufinturer, "where would be the'ol.j
tion ? - I rtiight be'entitled to commendat
for placing myself in possessio n of soMEth'
valuable and attractive . , and for-graeicg
exhibition, but my honest title to a pre ik .
would be very questionable. .
ME
Mr. N. tells us, that " the Soeiety wt ,„
iustituted to' promote fine arts, nor .
miumsr offere.d - for articles that are me ,
ornamental." It is •no business cif 7)) ; He
question the Society's plan of
say what it shall. or shall not prunott.:l;.
to the in+lication in the latter part of-:.
• !'
above quotation, Ibe leave, wit .
4,..;
enee ton enter earnest protest. Ikr- (;
guerrebtypcs merely ornpmenia ? Duey
mOther,. as she-gazes with tearful e . yes
picture-image,of her cherub habe—it,'l4:,,
sha dOw caught by the artist just btf:u: e
was :caught up to •be , an
treasure 'because it is ornamental?
that. son, ai he 10°4 upon the - likeness of
veneiable' parent, now a,dweller in thp,
seen : land; . tell yoti that • he deenis it of s,
priceless value only as an ornament?
that young lady, open heflocket alnlo
and contemplate_ _
manly lean
her abSent loVer, in which 'she read:s
fidelity, and all, that, because there is &
of ornament abOut it? . Dtiesr- that h
and father who' journeys in some far (11
try, carry with' him the f:tithful cop: ks
"dear ones at home"—alinost as faithfu
copies he curries in his 'mart-4411v t
• .
that, they are chiefly or merely: ortuil
I 'ainsure not.; to which thousands %.
their emphatic testimony. Shallilielh! af ,
for being sensitive OH this puittt, i,i f urt ,
jeeting to any implied dcgradatich.•if
'Art, the discovery of which should take
with that of the kagaetic7elegraplye t
mighty- agency. of steam. I love AO
guerreotype Art4\ I:,haVe cliosen it•l«r,
profession, and I love - to watch itsiwit.d , i
workings and dctelopements. . t t;e,
pride and, pleasure the undisgu . i4d set;,
tion with which many a ipatriat• hear 4
the likeneSs of allterklail friend—no
ornament, but as - a choice Irellsure. .1 . v.;
to see the profession elevated, rather th:in t ,
luced itali%rent or materializing irvc:
and. in this cottneet ion 1. tnut.., he altuAtd::
say -that "•J ustice " paid no very' high 6, r
pliment to the Art, or- .its
classing them at he did. •
In conclusion, I
. must beg pardon
the editors, for ''taking up so ii ucii Of
f fattemptin g t
space; -o: ".Justice''pr an,A.
what he. can, and . no.doubt will : . atiswe
much .better for Ilino:elf and of "Tru..i.
and. Mr; N. for being; obliged scim h:::
d 1 • W B. DE.M.
_ For the Independent Republican.
The Fair, No. 2.
Our . first article, 'it seems, has "ar o a,i
slumbering lions. • If Ave had anytil;ag . i 3.11
"anonymous" eOrpus,we might fear to
ed.ris if we had no friend's.. We had Di
terest in the awarding of the prern iums
-exhibited nothing- on • "'Fair day" I,u:
face. Hence the charge . of ‘.`disa .
and spleen" is pointless. BY , the cones
Lions in answer to ours we find. that %Ty
Miserably ignorant of . the dei , rn of til*S;
•
qehatina County A gti&il te Socict. ,
are told that productions,frem othere
may be exhibited un'der c;rtain festirc,
copied no- doubt, from: our Nlitu t FS7,!.
laws: Now. With all due -differarice to
wisdom of the Society we would re i spet
urge thitt;afleast, foreign article.S
be allowed to compete with foreign
and diiniestic .productions with -
There should be two` - classes of prem:uln
one awarded to productions out of the-e. , .;.
ty, and the other to those within. There sk
he discrimination. ausqbehanna County
not cortipetestuxiessfully- with all the .worm.
is no use, for Mr.: Nieholsonto, refer us
"head of Domestic..Mantifactures."'
dornestic-in that connection means t'l7 \
but a certain class orgoodS';it does no:y:
us where they afire manufactured: Mr.!
dare not assert- that all the good::,:under
head, were mandfactured in this county.
, •
certainly du notl •
wish to
upon the Society; or give trouhle to,any
titular Conimittee, but we do 'cuirtend
right of statingt ! .our opiniOns . in ,the
prints. We choose this manner, rather
to stand humbly, with, hat. in one handst
petition in the other,•‘.‘ the'business mm
ings•-of -the Society."' There' we might
".overlooked ;" i've.may not be by thepli'k
.. Whether we gave our name . .te the El- 1
ors of 'the Republican ; or' not, - is" nu'u
" Truth's" busin&s. lie shows itchito
pertinent curiosity in .making:, inquiries : 4 .
cerning the matter.: But for one thing
thanks are'•due 'He informs us tint:
.one of the by;laws- of the • Society, "Fr ,
miums shall Iv confined to the productiow
the County or to'such "anitna6 &c. broq
into the
_Comity for • permanent service,
least sir months.- ktftiie such premiums
awarded." ,Now Mr. Breed's Durham Bi
hid not been in the county sig
he took the premium. The Society 1,
break bne . fif.their byllaws tit aecointo:i
a wealthy, influential and deeply intyregi
meMber, but Mr. _Hollis comes toislate.
,
Surely circumstances alter eases I . (-‘10 1 "
N.. \ in this : CM - a' al.so s hilt the resionsi. o
rem ..the shotilders Of the Soeiety,to thoit.
• particular •CoMmittee 3- Herein has
charge. of injustice andliartiality been
but b -- • . _
rstict
MEM
n any way,
Ince(); (as
naturally.
then car•
far . The OicktActn4 .4 1 1 . 191sirer's4s
without the ahl:' of_ the Democro tic
Slayer:) , could not '274 Eiiipiiyr -r
end this !ts-tt.: cpmpliment to the Demo:
111