Pittsburgh was divided, and its Ohio prcs-
tcric "f CtJiid river. 1'ortiifjc nnd Hu
ron was constituted ihc synod of the West
ern Reserve
,In 1829 the Albany synod again yinltled
vto a division and its western presbyteries
of Ogdensburgh, "Waterloo, Oswego, Onei-1
d. and Otsego, became tlio synod of TJtien.
The four important synods bo much in '
question, thus ereated, were the synods of
the jr sstem Reserve, Gtncva, Uenetce,
and Ulica.
The Presbyterian Church, as in almost
all other religious communities, encountered
tinternill disputes on doctrine, and ranged
themselves into parties called the New and
-Old School: this has been until recently a
a division of opinion, not feeling, and kind
ly conducted on both sides. The General
Assembly at -various times, had a' majority
,of cither party. From 1831 to 1835 inclu
sive the Old School prevailed. In 1830,
tho New School was in the majority. In
1837, the Old School party had a superior
ity of numbers, ami in the session of the
vOcncral Assembly of that vear, a resolu-
tion.called the rccinding measure was pass
ed. This vote cutoff from the Church, the
four synods of The Western Reserve, Ge
neva, Genesee, and Utica. These synods
contain 590 churches and not quite so many
pastors; their representatives were of the
New School parly, the ground of tho ex
cision, was connected with the opinions or
faith of those synods, and the question of
unconstitutionally of the plan of Union of
1810, between the General Assembly com'
menced, and as might be expected, the pro
cess of excision, caused great difficulties.
Delegates from the excinded synods, pre
sented their credentials to the usual officers,
the clerks, who declined to enrol their
names. The moderator of the past sesion,
Dr. Elliot, took his sent in the Assembly,
held in tho Seventh Presbvlerinn Church,
according to the usual form. Dr. Palton,
of N. Y. offered resolutions; the moderator
declared themoutof ordcr.he appealed, and
the moderator made the report ot the clerks,
inquired if any delegates were present,
whose names had been omitted. Dr. Ma
con, of N. Y then presented the commis
sions from the excinded districts, and was
declared by the chair to bo out of order.
Ho appealed, and that was a so declared to
be irregular. The Rev. Mr. Cleveland, of
Michigan, then moved that Dr. Bcman, of
N. Y. be appointed Moderator, protem, and
put the question to the Assembly. The
ayes were general ; there being but few
negatives; but whether the voting was uni
versal, was disputed. At this time great
confusion oerurred much noise and the
evidence was contradictory upon the oppor
tunity and the generality of voting, and the
conduct of the respective parties. The
Moderator thus chosen, Dr Reman, pro
ceeded to organize in the usual manner, and
the body of New School delegates, includ
ing the excinded portions, adjourned to the
First Presbvlerinn Church; and among oth
er business, elected tho six gentlemen nam
ed as Relators, to the office of trustees. The
remaining body also organized and transac
ted business.
It is not our purpose to offer opinions,
or adopt the evidence on cither side, but
merely to furnish an intelligible view of the
points in controversy, and the history of
events which have involved them.
The charge of the Judge ruled the law in
favor of the Relators in emphatic language.
He.hcjd the excinding resolution to he un
constitutional and void, and on the question
of organization he charged the Jury that if
tne delegates were prevented trom hearing
the question, or voting, by the clamors, art
or measures oi vie incw Hciioot parly, or
the audience, then the Dr. Reman Assem
bly was irregulary formed, and the Relators
must tail m this issue;bu,t if they behoved
tnat me, contusion was tho act ot tho dc
fendants, or those who supported tho Dr.
Elliott house then they could take no ad
vantage ot their own wrong act and, th
verdict must be for the plaintiffs.
1 he Jury retired for a few minutes and
returned to the Court a verdict of Guilty
against me aeimaants.
J he discussion to the Jury was ably con
ducted by Messrs. Meredith and Jrootl fo
tho plaintiffs, and by Messrs. Inqcrsoll and
Preston for the defendants. The leading
eounsel for tho relators, Josiah Randall
Esq. wa3 their original counsel and legal
adviser during 1837, and yielded ihe prom
inent position in the argument to which he
was entitled, in order to open tho cause
the plaintiffs to the Jury ; it is spoken
as a masterly effort. The evidence of the
defendants was fully opened by F. W. Hub
bell, ksn.
Tho consequences of the judgement up
on this verdict will be according to the
eleventh sect, of the act of 1830 "If any
person, &c. be found or adjudged guilty of
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usm jmig ur iiiiruuiiig mio, or uniawiuny
holding or excercising the office, franchise,
privilege or power mentioned in such writ
the Court shall give judgement that such
defendant be ousted and altogether excluded
from such office, , franchise, privilege or
power, and that the commonwealth, or
party suing such writ, as the caco may be,
recover costs from the Defendant."
p It is Understood that the law laid down
by Judge Rogers will be considered by the
Court in Bank, a. motion fur a new trial.
The Legislature of Wisconsin have pas
sed a law allowing 12 per cent, interest for
money, the parties mutually consenting.-
This is a virtual repeal of the usury laws,
OT MArly to,
A SCENE IN COURT.
A Georgia paper tells a lauglmblo story
of atrial in one of the Georgia circuits:
Henry Day was charged with an attempt to
kill his wife.' Day .was a pale little .man,
and his wifo,who was present, was a perfect
Bohemotli. The iddictmcnt being read the
prisoner wag asked to say whether he wnB
guilty or not guilty. Ho answered,
"thcrds a mighty chance for lawyer's lies
in the papers, but some part of it is true.
I did strike tho old lady, but she fit mo
powerfully first. Sho can swear equal to
a little of any thing, and hor kicks arc aw
ful. I rcckqn whM you say about the dev
il moving me, is tolerable correct, seeing as
how she moved me. I have told you all 1
know 'bout tho circumstances, Mister. I
gin Square Jones there a five dollar bill, and
I allow he'll talk it out for me.
Square Jones thereupon rose and said he
had a law point to raise in this case, which
he thought conclusive. It was an estab
lished rule inlaw, that man and wife were
but one ! and he should like to know how
a man could be punished for whipping him
self; he should be glad to hear what the So
licitor General would say lo that. The So
licitor General answered, that he thought
his brother Jones had carried thu maxim a
trifle too far ; men had often been punished
for beating their wives. If a man should
kill his wife, it would not be suicide. Here
square Jones interposed, and defied the
Solicitor General to produce any authority
to that effect. The Solicitor General look
ed over Green's and Lumpkin's Ga., Jus
tice for some minutes, and then observed
that he could not find an authority just then;
he was sure he hid seen the principle some
where, & called on the Judge to sustain him.
He would not decide tho question, whether
if a man killed his wife, it was mutder or
suicide. He was not prepared to express
an opinion on that point. It was a very
delicate one, and he had no idea of commit
ting himself.
It seems that the jury "hung" over till
the next morning. The Judge, clerk and
sheriff had been up all night, and looked
wolhsn and the bailiff was sealed on his
white hat at the door of the inrv room nnd
his countenance expressed that he hadswal-
owed the concentrated venom of a thou-
sauu wuu cats, j nc mohi awrul curses,
oaths and sounds proceeded from the jury
-.., n .....I..- HI I
iiwiii, ouiiik ,-,i nif iikc uiiiiurcii mewing
ilte cats neighing like horses crowing
iko roosters, etc.
At last a consultation was held at the
door of the jury room, between the bailiff
and loreman, whereupon the former came
into the court room and addressed the Judge:
"Mr. Tom Jakes says the jury can't agree
anoui mis Here man and it you keep hi in
: ! T-t . -., . i
i. i mn j,iM-s, wiuiuui grog any more no
will lick you on sight.' The Judge appealed
to ihe bar if this was not a contempt of
Court and 'Green and Lumpkin's Georeia
Justico" having been consulted, it was ii-
nally decided that it was a threat addressed
to the Judge as a private individual, and
was lo whip him 'on sight,' and not on the
bench it was net (under the free, enlight
ened and democratic principle of Ga. Lcg-
isianon,; a contempt ot court. This being
settled, the Judge directed the bailiff to sav
in T om Jakes, the foreman. llnti the iurv
shall agree if they stayed through eternity.
And it is yet uncertain whether the jury are
uoi now selling and yelling as they did on
the first night of iheir incubation.
The elections in the several states are
held as follows: '
1 New Hampshire, 2d Tuesday in March
2 Connecticut, 1st Jnnday, in April
3 Virginia, 3d Thursday in' April
4 Louisiana 1st Arbnday in July
5 N. Carolina. 1st moudav in Auc.
0 Alabama 1st
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do
dw
7 Kentucky, 1st
8 Indiana, 1st
0 Illinois, 1st
.do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
10 Missouri, 1st
11 Tenessen, 1st Thursday
12 R. Island, last ilonday
13 Vermont, 1st Tuesday
14 Maine 2d ilonday
do
15 Maryland, 1st Monday in October
10 Georgia, 1st do
do
17 Arkansas, 1st do
18 Michigan, 1st do
10 S Carolina. 2d do
do
do
do
do
do
20 New Jersey, 2d Tuesday
21 Pennsylivania,2d do
22 Ohio, 2d do
do
23 New Yoik Ul Monday in Nov
21 MifsitJidppi, 1st do do
25 Delaware, 2d Tuesday in 'do
N. B. The States have been arranged
in the order in which tho elections occur.
I'rom the above table, it appears that
state votes in March, 2d in April, 1 in July,
8 in August, 2 in September, 8 hi October,
anu -i in November. Lex. Jnt
CONNECTICUT ELECTION.
77ie result. We lay before our readers
returns irom nearly every town in the State
It will ho seen that the Federal ticket has
prevailed by a greatly diminished majority
Wo shall, after the smoko has passed off,
review ihe battle field. The Democrats
have done there duly manfully and alihougl
not victorious, we are not conquered. Tho
Federal parly arc shouting for joy becausp
they are not entirely defeated. Judging from
their conduct, one would Mippose that they
were astonished that their majorty of p,000
last year had not entirely vanished. Mr.
Ellsworth is re-elected by a plurality over
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niu jyciiiui-ruui; cauoiuaie oi anoui ,UUU.
Last year his plurality was over 5.00b. So
it will bfl &cn that we havo reduced the
Federal majority moro than THREE
THOUSAND in a single yenr. Last year
wo had but about forty Representatives;
this year we havo -ducted over -eighty. We
havo gained fivo Semitois certainly, nnd
perhaps one or two more. This result, al
though not equal to our most sanguine .ex
pectations, ought to satisfy us. We must
immediately commence preparations for
another content. Ouf principles, founded
as they are upon the immutable rork of
truth and justice, must and will prevail.
Our cause is onward until Connecticut shall
bo thoroughly redeemed. Hart. Times.
An English gentleman was recently
walking under tho arcado of the Rue di
Rivoli. in Puria, holding in his hand a gold
headed cane of splendid workmanship, a
man supported by two crutches camn up
and asked for alms in a mysterious manner
nnd pitiful "me. Tim gentleman, moved to
pity, gave the beggar a small silver coin
At thc.same moment a person neat him sud
denly exclaimed, How can yon sir allow
this rogue to deceive you? Pleaso to hand
me your cane, and I will soon show you
that the rascal runs better than I can." The
Englishman, taken unawares, without re
flecting, lent his cane; the beggar, the mo
ment he perceived, it in his detractor's
hands threw away his crutches, took to his
heels, and was followed by the man with
the cane, whilst the spectators, and the
Englishman particularly, remained in con
vulsions of laughter at tho sight and ex
claiming alternately, 'Oh he will be caught!'
' No, lie will not bo caught!' But both
the racing heroes disappeared at the next
turning in the street, and tho good English
man remained waiting for his splendid cane,
which cost five hundred francs-
Peace between Frdnce and Mexico.
The important intelligence in relation to
France and Mexico, is fully confirmed by
the arrival of the brig Dromo, at New York,
from Havana, with papers to the 19th.
From them, we hiarn that the British frigate
Medea, Commodore Douglass, arrived at
Havana on (lie l7th. Also, the sloop of
war Racehorse ,to deliver letters, and pro
ceed immediately to England. These ves-
els brought the intcll genee that a 1 reaty
had been agreed upon on the 0th i list, at Ve
ra Cruz, nnd signed by admiral Baudin and
the Mexican Minister, and had been sent lo
Mexico to be signed by the Government,
and 15 days allowed for that purpose. The
blockade of the Mexican ports had in con
sequence, been raised, the ports opened, and
no doubt remained that every thing was set
tled. The chief provisions of the Treaty
were arranged by Mr. Packenham, the Eng
lish Envoy. Mexico is to pay $000,000 to
France, the sum originally demanded. This
sum is said to be guaranteed by England.
The citizens of France previously residing
in, and exiled from Mexico, are to itutn
and be indemnified for their losses; and the
expenses of the war are lo bo stipulated and
agreed upon between France and Mexico,
by some mediating power.
FEMININE HEROISM.
We have just been informed, by Major
Silgrcavts of the following tragic occur
rence that took place on Monday night last,
near Bloomsbury. Warren Co. New Jer
sey, about 8 miles from Easton : the partic
ulars of which arc as follows. About 0
o'clock on the evening alluded to, a negro
slave aged about 20 years and belonging lo
Gen. Williamson, went lo the house of his
son, Mr. u. Williamson, who was Horn
home, and having conducted himself itn
propeily, wa3 ordered from the premises
by Mrs. Williamson. He returned to his
master's resilience, where he stayed until
about midnight, when he again repaired to
the house of -ilio son, and demanded admit
tance. Mrs. W. commanded him not to
attempt to enter, for if he did he would
jeopardize his life. He disregarded the
threat, forced open the door, and enlcied
the room, upon which Mrs. W. leok up a
loaded gun, winch her husband always kept,
approached the negro, who still persisted in
endeavoring to accomplish his wicked de
sign, and shot him. The load entered his
breast, be staggered backward a few feet,
anu it'll oe,ui on inc noor. I lie lady is a
daughter of Mr. Drake of Washington,
New Jersey. She was left alone with her
children, in a house located at Mime distance
from any other, xnd had no means, hut those
made use of, to preserve her chastity and
honor, which were threatened by the slave.
Easton Sentinel.
SUBMARINE DESCENT.
On Tuesday afternoon, ihe 20th nit.
descent into the Charleston harbor wis made
for the purpose of testing tho practicability
of exploring the deep, by means of Messrs.
Taylor ii Goodyear's Submarine Armor.
INumerous small craft and other vessels
gathered lo witness tho experiment. Mr,
Taylor was letdown from the side of a ves
sel, cased in a complete suit of water-proof
man. no remained siumierged about 30
minutes, ro ascended, lifted bis visor nnd
drank to ihe health of the numerous specta-.
tors on the promenade, who greeted his suc
cess nnd returned his compliment by their
piauuns. Lieut, k. a. nnckney, 0r ihe
uiiiieu.oi;uc5 mvy, also made a successlu!
descent, and satisfactorily tested the adap
tution of the invention to'useful purposes.
It is now slated that the enlargement of
mo jirie anai will cost more than 830,000,
000. The original e'stimato was $12,000,
000. ' ' - . '
An lnltmticg Casc.--'Vho Boston Trav
eller relates lhal in August of 18,17. a girl,
named Jane, aged 3 years, a daughter oi
Mr. Stearns, who resides within thirty rods
of the Railroad Depot nl Lynn, accidental
drank a few swallos of potash water, which
injured her stomach so much that she has
takon no solid nourishment since. She has
occasionally drank a little milk, but for a
large portion of the time she, has subsisted
only on water. And often she has passed
whole weeks without drinking lliot. The
longest time she has gone without anything
passing into her stomach is twenty one
days. At the time of writing this, which
is on Fast Day, she has gone nineteen days
without any nourishment whatever, not even
a swallow of water. It is now one year
and seven months she has been iu this cr.se.
When she drinks milk sho is able lo run a
bout and play, hut when thc fasts she pines
away, and nfiei and abstinence of two or
three weeks, she can only rock hcrsef in
the cradle. The facts in tiiis case may be
rui cd on, and we think it is ono worth the
attention of physicians and physiologists,
Justice slow but sure. Wo learn from
a Baltimore paper that liobler, alias Zim
merman, alias MoU, and Ins companion
Lewis Willman, havo hecn arrested by
ilessrs. Smith and Taylor, of the Baltimore
police. It will be rcmembeicd that these
are the same individuals charged as the mur
derers of the German pedlar Zellerbach,
who was lound horribly assassinated on the
Lancaster road iu February last. They are
now in the Baltimore prison wailing the
requisition of the Governor of this state.
rhila. spirit of the l imes.
The Murderer taken and the Murder
confessed! Wc presume that our readers
have all heard that Kobler and Wilman, the
two men upon whom suspicion rested of
participated in the murder of Lazarui Zel
lerbach, were arrested, on Wednesday last,
in the city ol Baltimore. Wc have since
learned that a letter has been received in
Philadelphia in which it is stated that they
have conf sscd their guilt! We have ibis
from authority, and arc assured of its entire
correctness.
Tiierc is no occurrence, which has trans
pired for a long time, in which the public
mind has been more interested than in this
atrocious murder. The excitement prevail
ed not in a mere locality; it affected, in a
manner, the whole country, and occasion
ed the profoundest sympathy for the unfor
tunate deceased, and the most earnest hope
that the murderers would be taken. We are
pleased to have it to announce, therefore,
that such has been the case not only, but
that the deed is acknowledged. The Sher
iff of ibis county, Peter Reed, Esq., star
ted on Sunday last for Baltimore, intending
to bring on the murderers to Lancaster.
For the airest of these murderers in Bal
timore, and the circumstances which led lo
their detection, (he public is deeply indebt
ed to Mr. George Hughes, of this city, who
exc.rlcd himself very much in endeavoiing
to ferret them out. He elicited a number
of the facts which mainly resulted in their
apprehension. Lancaster Intelligencer.
Education and Crime The Manches
ter (Eng.) Guardian says: By the column
in the calendar denoting the state of educa
tion of tho prisoners for trial at the present
sessions, we learn that of the 200 charged
wilh leiony, U7 can neither read nor write;
51 can read imperfectly; 1 can read and
write imperfectly; 4 can read and write well,
but not one has rereived a superioi educa
tion Of ihe 19 nersons charred wilh mis.
I
demeanors, 7 can neither read nor write; 3
can rend imperfectly; o can read and write
imperieciiy; anu lour can read and write
well.
Manslaughter. We Icam that a man
named Jtilliam Miller, a resident of Que
mahoning township, was committed to the
Jail of this county yesterday, charged with
destroying the life of his own son, a boy a
bout 12 or 1 i years of age. The only par
ticulars we have, are, that (he son was chop
ping wood, and accidentally struck the axe
into :i stone, whereupon the father became
so enraged as to raise a handrpike that was
at hand, and strike him scveial blows the
boy survived the strokes but a few minutes.
Somerset Whig.
"Beware of Military Heroes." We
have been watching the course of two or
tbros of tho Philadelphia and New York
Whig presses for the last three months, in
the game they have been playing to bring
General Scott before the country as a candi
date for the Presidency. Our expectations
have been realized ! It is now currently
rumored that in tho r.isn ihn Wbi rr Mnltnn.
nl Convention cannot decide on Harrison or
Ulay, ijeneral bcolt will bo the trail hope,
Lancaster Intelligencer.
The Printers.' No being on earth toils
longer and harder for the pittance he re
ceives, than the Printer. The sun goes
down upon Ihe labors of other men, but
there is no respite lor the Printer. The
midnight oil must bo burnt, and the morn
ing ftar must find him at his stand, benumb
ed with the incessanUoilho has to poiform,
for the instruction and amusement of the
public who cannot appreciate nor reward
his unceasing exertions for their benefit.
Tho 'scarlet fever has been raging with
much mortality at Pendfeton, Va.
rho Bos on Times says that Robert I.t. 2
coin, Esq. Agent of the New York WC35rn7
Lumber Cbmpany, 1,as just rcturnodf.rmfL
the Saint Peter's river near tho beadof
steamboat navigation, on the npp0r Miesls
s.ppi, bringing wilh him in living jjmcri ea'n
Ourang Outang, or mid Man of
n oods, with two small. cubs, supposed to
be about throo months old. 1
It is statod in. a Mississippi paper, that
the Marshall of the Northern District, h'vs
seized on 800 quarter sections of-fine land ' '
in tho Chickasaw, cession of that Stat as
the property of Swarfwoul. Thu St.' 'Mn.-
is Bulletin intimates that the mineral land of
that region, has also been speculated in by .
tho same individual. J
JI good Idea. In Connecticut thev find
use for almost every thing. An old" -.Jy
in that state is collecting nll'tho pnliij,Ml"pa.
pers she can lay her hands on to make soap
of. She says they are n " dosput sight lict
ter than ashes ihcy are most as good as
clear lie."
Singular Calf Williams Dnrfee,
of Tiverton, R. I. has a heifer about ona
year and ten months old, that has a singar.
calf a few days since which has 0 legs," two
sets of teats but no tail. Three of the legs
are hind legs and threo arc fore legs, all full
grown. Ono grew from the shoulder. Ono
set upon the back. Tho calf was other
wise very much deformed and altogether
presents such a looking object as hardly hat
a parallel. The calf is not alive.
We learn from the Natchez Free Trader
of the 19th inst., that the Bank of Missis
sippi at Princeton, (formerly Lake Wash
ington and De?r Creek R. R. and Banking
Co.) suspended specie payments on the 15th
ult.
Ex-President Adams has accepted the in
vitation of the New York Historical Socie
ty, to pronounce before it an address on the
appronehing fiftieth anniversary of the inau
guration of Washington as the first President
of the United States. A noble themo for a
noble mind !
A woman in Bcrrington, New Hamp
shire, a few days ago, in preparing a beet
mr oouing uiscovcreu on cutting it open; m
the middle a large Newt, as they are some
limes called a species of the lizard which
probably got there by some crack in the beet
while growing, which finally closed over
the animal.
They are supposed to be very poisonous,
and had she boiled, without discovering it
would perhaps have caused the death of
some who might have eat of it.
Much care should be taken in preparing
cabbago, beets and other vegetables for the
table, that they do not contain impurities of
somo kind.
MASSACHUSETTS.
Good News from the Fourth Congression
al District.
Tho fourth trial for the election of a Con
gressional representatives from the Middle
sex district has terminated in the choice of
Mr. Parmenter, the Democratic candidate.
The majority of Parmenter over his
Whig competitor, Brooks, is about 540.
The tcattcring votes will reduce this major
ity lo 2P
Mr. pBrmentcr has received about five
hundred votes more than at the third trial,
nnd about nine hundred votes moic than hs
received in 1830.
The whole number of votes taken was 9916
Necessary to a choice, 4959
Mr- Parmenter has icccived 4972
Mr- Brooks has received 4i'i
Scattering, 013
The Bay Slate Democrat says :
' The democrats of tho Fourth District
have done well. They have set a gooJ ex
ample of perseverance and tindeviating ii'
votion to the cause of right, which, if but
followed by the democracy throughout the
state, will next fall place .Massachusetts
shoulder to shoulder with the democracy of
the nation.
Massachusetts has now doubled her re
presentation in Congress, and will givn two
votes for a " Constitutional Treasury," and
in opposition lo an unconstitutional United
States Bank." Reporter.
Ilezekiah Niles, esq. the impartial, accu
rate and talented annalist, died on Tuesday
at Wilmington, in the sixty-second year of
i.: t t i r ri .... rm Im
nis age. ins niu was wcu upein, iui
raised himself by his industry and hi'esf";
ly to an enviauio station in ino csuroaiiiji
of his fpllow.citi7.ens. To ihe tvnograplt
' - . . u
ical profession, especially, his memory
must be ever dear. Ho was their polar
star, a friend well Iried, and an honor li
the craft. His services to the public havo
been great; he never 6ought office or potf
er, but he labored in a purely philanthrop
ic and patriotic maner to promote the views
which in his opinion, were conductive to
public benefit. Such a man is a trtus patri
ot, and as long as tho United States aha
preserve its independence, so luntf a'"'1
the name of Ilezekiah Niles, ihe founder
of Niles, Register, be revered, and his ca
reer bo quoted as an example for imitation
by all who desire to oblan that highest ami
noblest title, a good and honest man, in pri
vate life in public a pure, disinterest
patriot. Baltimore Sun, ' '