PRESBYTERIAN BANNER & A.IIV:CATE
Prostrytertiml l . VI, lith 46.
proubyterlan Adv./ato. VOW El. Nes 41.
DAVID IIIeKINNEY, Editor and Proprietor.
ADVANOE.
riginal :11 ottrg.
Lord, I Believe."—Mark ix: 14.
1 $ Lord, I believe P' the father cried,
His suffering child who brought;
And, moved by agonising love,
The gift of healing sought;
And then, the urgency of prayer
Blent with hie tide of grief;
While tears bedewed the trembling words,
is Help thou mine unbelief."
And with that contrite cry for aid
Which from his spirit burst,
The faith was born, that' oasts away
All Pharisaic trust :
That resteth not in cold assent
To Reason's lifeless form,
But patient bears a Saviour's cross
In sunshine or in storm.
And though the clouds of mystery press
Around this thorny vale ;
Still waits, and walks, and works by love,
The faith that cannot fail
The Papacy Against England.
England, ever since the Reformation, has
been the object of Papal hatred. - The idea
of either her moral conquest, or her national
subversion, has been steadily cherished.
Spain was stimulated against her, till she
was broken by her self dashing against this
rook. Much . of the hostility, between
France and England, has been excited from
the same quarter. Rome's decree is, that
England must be destroyed. This purpose
is to perish, only with Rome's utter fall. •
The 'political cordiality, arising from State
policy, between France and England, is not
to endure, if Papal ingenuity can destroy it.
In the London Christian Times, under the
head of Foreign Intelligence, we find the
following :
It is curious that the Univers, which is
the leading organ of the clerical party, has
been for the last few years the most war-like
of the whole Paris press. The Univers is
the first to evoke the spirit of hatred, to re
vive angry passions that had long been
lulled, and prejudices that bad been dying
out. It is the Univers, the advocate 'of re
ligious duties and observances, of - humility
and all the Christian virtues, that first grasps
the trumpet and blows the , loudest note of
defianoe. The very name of England seems
to set it wild; and, judging from its lark
guage, it would repeat the part of Peter the
Hermit, and preach a crusade against us all
over Europe. In an article on the subject
of the "Confessions of Belgravia," it ex
plains the cause of its animosity against
England thus "We are accused of being
the enemies of England . ; yes, .we are, un,
deniably the foes of Protestant England,
because we are aware that Protestant Eng.
land is necessarily the ally' of the'Revolu
tion, necessarily the enemy of France and
of all nations, and naturally the greatest ob
stacle to the conversion of the heathen and
to the civilization of the world. But we do
not deny the excellent qualities—not of the
English character,
which is changing more
and more—but of the great number of Eng
lishmen. It is by these qualities that Eng
land maintains her strength and power; but
these very qualities render her the more
dangerous, because they are devoted to evil
objects. We 'do not see the necessity of
depreciating the power of England—which
is, however, less than is believed—but it is
because she is powerful that we assail her
with energy. The world will never recover,
substantial peace until England shall have
become Roman Catholic, or shall have ceased
to be a first-rate Power." It closes
with the following Christian•like advice
With England no alliance is possible.
The nations of the earth ought, therefore,
to come to an understanding, and hurl
against her the famous sentence of the
Roman Senate- 4 Delenda est Carthago.' "
Tor the Preotolerisn Banner and Advocate.
Liberia and French Emigration.
MR. EDITOR have read this morning,
with deep regret, the' opening sentence of
the article in your issue of .the 24th inst,
headed "Liberia." it is this: We are
sorry to see, by the papers, that President
Benson has been guilty of it very great in
discretion, if not of a positive crime." This
assumes the guilt of President Benson, as
proved. This, in my opinion, is hasty. It
is pre judging the case. I wish to state a
few facts, demanding, as I think, in justice,
a suspension of judgment for the present.
Upon what evidence is President Ben
son pronounced guilty of the oharges pre
ferred? It is chiefly ex parse. It comes from
interested, angry Frenchmen. The only
testimony of, a different character, whieh
has oome to my knowledge, is that of Mr.
B. V. IL James, published in the New York
Daily Times, of July 17th; and some things
reported by that paper, as from Mr. Rue,
and Mr. Chester, all Liberians. Of these, I
have to say that, what Mr. James is made
to say is wholly without his knowledge or
consent; and the editorhil comments betray
a lamentable ignorance, of the whole matter,
of which they treat so knowingly. Let me
substantiate.
In a note of July 17th, Mr. - James writes
me : This morning, "to my astonishment
and mortification, I found myself arraigned
before the public in a ridiculous light. * *
A few 1140 ago, I gave Mr. a written
statement, in part, of the mutiny, &o. * *
did not sign it. I only wished to help
him in preparing an article for one of the
'papers of this city, which he then had in
contemplation. made to him verbal and
explicit statements 'relative to this affair,
such as would, had they been published as I
made them, have exonerated President
Benson, and the Governnient of Liberia,
from the wicked and rualic4ous misrepresen
tations of the French, and the American ed
itors who seem to side with the French state
ments of the affair. * * Novefor him to
make such an ostentatious disilay of my
name in a public newspaper, without my
knowledge or consent, is intolerable:. * *
I have no desire to appear before the pub
lic, and especially like an ass, as this cOm
munication has made me to appear."
I trust I shall be, pardoned for bringing
to the public eye what was given me in the
privacy and confidence of friendship The
statements here quoted show how much the
averment of the Times is worth, when it
says: "By his" (Mr. James') "admission,
the assent of President Benson was, in the
first instance, secured for buying or stealing
the negroes," Sr.c. Bio. Here the impression
made upon nine readers out of ten is, or
will be, that President'Benson knowingly as
sented to the "buying or stealing of ne
groes." What a monstrous travesty of the
testimony of an honest man! Mr. James
may have admitted that President Benson
gavel his assent to the procurement of emi
grants, for neither had he any reason to deny
this, nor President Benson any reason, I
had better say power, to decline it.
To make this plain it will be necessay,
first, to state a few facts according to my re
collection of them. A few years since, both
British and French vessels wore transport.
ing emigrants, native and Liberian, for la
borers in the West Indies and the Guianas.
The British, I believe, for some time, have
relinquished the shipping of African emi.
grants. , They are satisfied with Asiatics.
The French have continued it. Facts came
to light, which gave cause to suspect that
some were procured in Liberian territory
without their free , consent. To prevent
this, a proclamation was issued by the Libe
rian Government, requiring all vessels en
gaged in this business, within the jurisdio
tion.of the Republic, to report themselves at
Monrovia before leaving the coast, in order
that they might be visited by an inspector,
authorized by the Government, to ascertain
whether or not all had enlisted of their free
consent. In some oases, this order was
complied with; in others, evaded. Com
plaints were made for this evasion. The
French Government, partly on account of
these requisitions and complaints, and partly
on account of the interference of the British
Government in the matter, at the instance
of the Republic, became so incensed that
they refused to deliver a vessel of war, which
had been offered years before and fitted up,
when the duly authorized Commissioner of
the Liberian Government presented himself
to recive her.
L.H.B.
Meanwhile, the emigrant system was pro
gressing. In the last annual message of the
Presi'lent, (December, 1857,) the subject
was brought to the notice of. the Liberian
Legislature. This resulted in the passage
of the following enactment, which providen
tially came to my hands yesterday, in a
pamphlet containing the Acts of the but
Legislature. Though long, I give it entire,
for the satisfaction of your readers :
"AN ACT REGULATING THE ENLISTMENT
AND TRANSPORTATION 'OE EMIGRANTS.
"it is enacted, by the Senate and House of
Represtntatives of the Republic of Libe
ria, in Legislature assembled :
" Srxmosi 1. That, from and after the
passage of this Act, any person or persons
coming to, or residing within 'the jurisdic
tion of this Republio, wishing to engage in
enlisting and procuring emigrants of native
Africans, for transportation to a foreign
country, shall, before engaging in said en
terprise, appear before the Secretary of
State, and present to him the credentials
from the. Government granting him or them
the privilege of enlisting and procuring
emigrant's, as aforesaid, and shall also pre
sent a copy of the conditions and terms,
which he or they offer, for the encourage
ment of emigration, which oredentiald and
conditions shall be laid before the President,
and if judged proper and legal, the said
person or persons shall appear before the
Attorney General, and enter into bend witl.
approved security, to the Republic of Libe
ria, in the sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars,
for his or their faithful compliance with the
Laws of the Republio,, and especially to
such as relate to the enlisting of emigrants
within the jurisdiction of the Republic ;
said bond shall be deposited at the office of
the Secretary of State; and the person or
persons thus complying shall be granted
permission .to enlist emigrants.
" SEo. 2. It is further enacted, that the
master, supercargo, or agent of any foreign
vessel arriving on the Liberian coast, and
- wishing to engage in the enlisting, procuring,
and transportation of emigrants of native
Africans, from within the jurisdiction of the
Republic of Liberia to any other foreign
country, before engaging in said business,
shall comply with all the provisions laid
down in the first section of this Act,' and
shall enter his vessel and cargo at the port
of Monrovia, County of Montserrado, the
law directs for the entry of foreign vessels
and cargo arriving on the said coast.
"Nevertheless, emigration, in all cases,
shall be confined to such ports of entry as
are declared such by law ; passports being
in all cases required, as are by law provided
for.
I , Sm. 3. That any person or persons
coming to or residing within the jurisdiction
of this Republic, engaged in enlisting and
procuring emigrants of native Atricans, for
transportation to a foreign country, shall re.,
ceive only such persons as emigrants, as
shall of their own free will and consent come
forward and volunteer as emigrants, after
the conditions and terms of emigrating are
fully explained to them; and further, no
person shall be received as an emigrant who
shall be presented. bound with cords, or in
any other way, or who, from fear, threaten
ing, or coercion'of other persons, has been
compelled to offer him or herself as an emi
grant contrary to' his or her own will; and
further, any person or persons who shall
volunteer as an emigrant, shall not be con
fined in cords, chains,, irons, stocks, prison
house, or in any way contrary to the laws of
the Republic in relation to the rights of OW
izens; and further, there shall be no house
established within the jurisdiction of this
Republic, for the purpose of confining or
keeping emigrants in custody.
" SEC. 4. It is further enacted, That the
master, supercargo, or agents of any foreign
vessel arriving on the Liberian coast, or any
person or persons coming to or residing with
in the jurisdiction of the Republic of Libe
ria, who shall proceed - to enlist and procire
emigrants of native Africans for transporta-
tion to a foreign country, contrary to the
provisions of this Act, on conviction thereof
before any court of competent jurisdiction,
shall be fined in a sum of not less than two
thousand, nor more than ten thousand dol
lars, at the discretion of the court deter
mining theoase, and the vessel or vessels
receiving Xneli
,native Africans on board,
shall be proceeded against according to the
' eighth, ninth and tenth sections of the sec
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"ONE THING IS NEEDFUL:" "ONE THING HAVE I DESIRED OF THE LORD:" "THIS ONE THING I DO."
PUBLICATION OFFICE, GAZETTE BUILDING, FIFTH STREET, ABOVE SMITHFIELD, PITTSBURGH, PA.
FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1858.
and article governing Navigation, Commerce,
and Revenue."
It will be..een from this Act, how much
President Benson, who recommended and
approved it, and the Liberian Legislature
which passed it, are disposed to favor forced
emigration—or, indeed, emigration at all.
It must be plain that by this Act the whole
business is guarded against abuse, and so en
cumbered at every point as almost to amount
to a prohibition. That this was its design
there is good reason to believe. (See let.
ter below.) That this prohibitory position
was not taken, is a cease of regret, but not
of just censure upon the Liberian Govern
ment. They could not take that ground
with any hope of maintaining it, while the
French Government was intent upon pro
curing emigrants ; the hands of the British
Government tied, because engaged in much
the same thing elsewhere; and our own
Government juke warm, and uninterested in
the matter. .Sco milt the Weak conciliate
the powerful. •
Oaly cue :point is wanting, and this whole
matter is clear. It does not appear when
this permit to enlist was obtained. If after
the passage of this Act, every charge against
President Benson is unjust. Admit that be
gave his assent—that he even teak the 1,564
piastres—and he did no more than the law
authorized and compelled him to. do. He ,
could not refuse his assent when the terms
of the Act were complied with, and he was
obliged, by.the very Act, to exact the com
mon fee for passports, as in other cases.
According to Admiral. Han3elin's report,
as cited by Lord Malmsbury in the House of.
Lords, and as gifven in the New York Times,
it would appear that the "Regina Cceli ar
rived at Cape Mount on the' 29th of last
October." I was, at Monrovia myself, from
July up to the 15th of December, last year,
and was there again in March of this year
and I am sure no such transaction took
place at Monrovia before the date first men
tioned, (December.)
Indeed, it would have been better for
Admiral Hamelin to have suppressed dates
altogether, as he would thus have avoided a.
most stupid Contradiction. The vessel ar
rived in October: The President entered
warmly into Capt. Simon's plans. "The
enlistment of emigrants was carried on with
the greatest facility and the greatest care,
under the superintendence of the Liberian
authorities, as well as the , agent of the
French Government." And,qo lon the 9th
of April, six Months after the arrival of the
vessel, two hundred and seventy-one emi
grants had arrivPd in the roadstead, and
the rest of them were ready
,to embark."
This is shipping emigrants with the great
est facility,' truly. It is' only equalled by
the blundering comments of the 'Times,
which actually makes the mutiny to have
taken . place before the ship had reached the
place where the emigrants were taken on
board. Bat enough, enough. Much light
is yet to be shed on this subject. Let not
the American people stultify themselves by
pre-judging the case, on testimony wholly
unworthy of credence. Let them bear in,
mind' the counsel, Andi partem alteram..
We can 'afford to wait. Truth will out.
When sure of that, then let justice be
awarded upon whomsoever it may fall.
D. A. WILSON,
Principal Alex. High School, Liberia.
Sewick/ey, Pa., July - 24, 1858
The following extracts from a private let
ter, dated Monrovia, May 19th, received
yesterday from a- former Dupil of the Alex
ander High School, a youth of Christian
character, and for some time since the pri
vate Secretary of President Benson, will
show his feeling on this point. It is scarce
ly too much to presume, considering his in
timate relations with the President and
Cabinet, that he speaks their mind also. AS
the first part of the letter gives a fuller de
tail of the whole matter than have seen
elsewhere, I give all relating to this subject
verbatim, et literatim, et panctuatim, as it
came tb me. D.A.W.
* * * " Since your departure from
Liberia, a fact of very great importance has,
transpired. The French - emigrant ship,
Regina CrEli, was in the vicinity of Roberts
port, Grand Cape Mount, recruiting laborers
for the French Colonies. On the 9th ult.,
a mutiny broke out onboard ; the emigrants
murdering all the drew that were aboard,
(eleven,)—the doctor, who was their favor
ite, they sent on shore—at the time, :the
Captain, French Government officer, and a
few others, happened to, be absent at Sugaree.
When the news reached Monrovia, the Sec
retary of State made a requisition for volun
teers ; men volunteered to recapture the
vessel.; but the Lark and our other larger
boats being away, they could not be'conveyed
to Cape Mount. On the 14th ult., the
mail, steamer Ethio . pe arrived in port; the
Captain, on requisition' from the French
Consul, left for Cape Mount, and on the,
evening of 15th towed the Vessel into this
-harbor ; he considered her his prize, and
placed a prize >officer on board. Of course
the French Captain (Simon,) remonstrated
against it, stating that the vessel had not
been abandoned. Oa the let inst., H. B.
M. steamer Spitfire arrived port; on the
2d, H. I. M. steamer "Le Daim" (the
fallow deer,) arrived; on tha4th, H. I. M.
steamer "Re:amain" came, having
,on
board P. Pante!, the Chief 9f Staff of the
French Naval Division 'on the West Coast,
who represented by special :delegation the
French Admiral; the first act this man per
formed (Frenchman-like,) was to send, on
the sth, the French Consul - his discharge,
on account, he alleged, of his conduct
toward the unfortunate Frenchman of the
Regina anti. '
" The English Commander, Campbell,
declared that the Frenchman should not
take the ship out of harbor during his stay.
On the 4th, Le Dalai, left, the authority of
her Captain being superseded by the arrival
of the staff officer; on the 7th inst., both
parties concluded to bring .the matter into
court, and consequently the English -Com
mander,,our Marshal having been placed on
boa'rd of the Regina 00, left for' Palmas
to the relief of an English,tratier there , in
distress. OA the Bth, the Frenchman, fully
satisfied that the English had actually gone
to Palmas, wait on board the'Regiaa
`with' five boats, and about seventy men'
armed to the teeth, and ordered the Marshal
sisliord,•saying that the vessel .vvaa French
propeity. '
"It i trim this was'a great indignity to
,
the Liberian gciveitmerit ; bat if the French
were inclined to act tic-dastardly, and if the
affair has united in the liberation of about
two hundred and fifty men,. and probably
the prevention of the prevention of the
trade on our coast in futur6,:ive can submit
to the indignity, fully confident' that our
stand, in the whole affait.will be approved
by the civilized world, and . , We the event
to God. .
"The affair will soon take 'national turn.
The first three acts of this try important
drama have been played, an noti.there re
main the fourth aot and . + t e ; conclusion;
whit these will be, we canno
.tell., * *
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"Excuse the seeminglyis` rcifeElS manner
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in which this is written ii 4 limited tithe
compelling me to write hag y . .. , S Ai etmcza't i
(Signed,) H. It. ' - 4071.180 N: ~,
From our. London Corr
The Lords and the Ohurch•rates trestioi—What
the , i Times" says of themi e India Bill,
(No. 3)—The Council and _ Constitution—
General Outran' at Calcutta= 'Antecedents—;
Pensions for the Brave and thei elatives—Dis
patch of Troops—The "Waste o nOtirnate,-E
--tract, from Private Letter as tt;'! ate of India—
&Foy Atrocities a Reality—Tlie' (using of the
India Bill—Personal - : Sketches , olyoake, and
t: r
Cooper—Note on Orthograph r , Fairchild on
Baptism—Spurgeon at the West:End—Russell,
the " Correspondent," in India=llia Wit and
Genius—The Battle with thee—Sir Colin's
and
Self-Exposure—Hr. Dallas and he Fourth of
July—Dr. Livingstone at the Calle and in Africa
—Breaking of the Atlantic Cable-Postscript.
LONDON, July 9th, 1858...
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The Houst OF LORDS, after yielding,
last week, to the pressure of 'Of' Cameos,
and, the - persuasions of Lord Derby, as -to
the admission,of Jews into Parliament, the
very next night, under the same. Premier's ,
leadership, reversed their concili&tory, policy,
and threw out, by a large-"majority, the Bill
sent up from, the lower House ter the aboli-
tion of Church rates. This„ is"revery"", year
becoming' a more, and more Veletlandyep,-
flails question. The Diesenterth,Aoer the
guidance of Edward MM.,' editor of the
Non- Oonformist, for some in Parlia
ment, and likely to go there again,- a' man of
acknowledged ability, and of 'one idea ' in
reference to this matter, have.-,made such
progress in their assault on,Church rates,,
that their abolition is only a question of time.
Lord Palmerston, not long' before his
treated ,a, Deputation Of their. body with
scant respect, if not positive insolence, and
that was not forgotten when the decisive
vote that upset his Cabinet came to be given.,
But now the Premier insists that old Church
fabrics in rural, districts; will= go:to and
that unless there be compensation tprovided,
there can be no abolition:allowed.: .The
rates; say the Tory Lords, come oift,the lands
virtually, and their abolition would:' only in
the end swell our rent' fella; by T tinehavint
to pay, so much less per annurni and we do
not want any such result. But it is a fact -
that in *any oases the rates 'do not come
off the lands ; they-are in towns just what . .,
the hateful " Annuity Tax" is in Edin
burgh, out of which the city clergy of the
Scottish Establishment receive, each, .R. 60 0,
per annum. By a majority of one only, did,
the latter tax escape abolition .by, a vote of
the House of Commons, and the Edinburgh
clergy sagaciously see that
,with a "minority
of population, in. their churches, " com
promise," is their only hope of being throWn
on the voluntary principle. of support.
Well, as to Churchißates and the. Peers,,,.
"compromise" also, and a settlement on
the principle of " meeting Dissenters half
way," is proposed by the Bishops; who plead
hard—and with some justice, ler poor cler
gymen in rural districts—in the matter.
But the result of the conduct ,of the Lords
is to make them Very unpopular. They go
on the " zig-zag principle" of making a
concession to-day, and of refusing to-undo
a., heavy, burden., tomorrow. With what..
vigor did the Times, apply the lash next
morning after the division on the Church e
Rates Bill And then, two days after, it
assaults. Lord Derby again, shoWing what-, a -
golden opportunity to make political capital
he has lost, and' pointing out that the Peers
have nothing before them but a disgraceful
concession of what they now so sternly deny.
Thus. it writes : "We hardly think the"
principle of refusing a liberal measure to-' •
day, because you conceded a liberal measure
yesterday; of fasting, on Friday, because
you feasted on Thursday; of listening to
policy one day, and prejudice the
will be likely to conciliate to .Lord Derby
and his Government the support and good
opinion of the country. No man can. serve
two masters, without, making both .of them
his enemies, and establishing precedents
which are sure to be used against himself.
Lord Derby has not pleased the Tories near
ly so much by refusing the Bill for the,
abolition of Church Rates, as he haoffended-.,
them, by accepting ,the Bill for the admission
of Jews into Parliament."
The Nym dna& Buz, in the form in
which it goes up to the Lords, makes a. less
sweeping change in the government than
was expected. Although the Company is
abolished, and the proprietors lose all their
former power, the Directors revive under
the name of Counselors, (assisting and Ad
vising the Secretary of State for India,)
with numberi slightly diminished, and with
salaries (41200 per annum,) largely in=
creased. The Government nominees on the
Council, as well as those to be elected by
the Council once constituted, will be *Ohs
bly those who are now most prominent in
Leadeichall Street, London. But under the
new regime, the Secretary of
_State, unlike
the past Presidents of the Board of Control,
will be able at his pleasure to assume the initia
tive. This has hitherto, in ordinary cases, been
reserved to the Court of Directors. Again,
the Crown (i. e., the Ministry in power,)
selects withput check, as at present, the
Governor-General, the Governors of Presi
denoies, and the Commander-in-Chief, and
of the members of the different Coun
cils in India: The minor patronage,- as to •
civil and military cadetships, will. be much
the same as at present, and the difficult
4uestion of the re.organization of the Indian'
army, and its transference to the Crown, is
postponed.
Much will depend on the character of the
men who work the system, both here and
in India;; , and, as I. have often said in my
letters, there is reason to hope that Chris
lianity will find all increasing nunabei of
faithful repreientatives in connexion with
the future Government of- India. Outram
is now on the Council at• Calcutta, • and a'
nobler, more patriotic, and more disinterested
man, there cannot bp. As to , his chiyalry,,
and courage, and skill, his whole Career has
o borne testimony, especially Lis 'eCiituct at
eet;',.,
Luoknow. The piate of the celebrated re
treat,. without the loss of a man, from Luck
noi, by Sir Colin's forcei, was Outram's.
We know what
. a high.souled spirit he dis
played, when, having the right, he refused
to take superior command over Havelock,
but placed himself under him, till he should
complete his career of oriatorips. In a Anil
liant eulogium pronounced on Outram, the,
other day, it *the India Houlie, by Captain
Eastwick, (a Christian man and a Direc
tor,) it was,mentioned ,that Outrain was so
unselfish and , conscientious that he ,refused
to accept—although a poor man--of pf a,largea
iiiiii i iit'SZindeliraeliminW and had Made
it over to benefolint institutions in Bombay.
The' Directors Voted,'' list eek;• to' Sir
Colin. Campbell and Of Sir James Outiam,
annuities of 12,000, land Of, ,£l , OOO , rez,'
Speetively. A sum also of nearly 112,000,
per annuni,Ta r ti'beenancariled as pensions to
the relatives ( widows , mo th e rs; ; and sisters,)
of those officers- who perished in . battle, or
were massacred.
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dispatched from England to ,The:_;'
waste , of climate alone is terrible both among
officers , and melt; The Beinhaypiiriespend.,
*ent of.thtr Times deseribes fatal effects of
the. fierce sun on our brave 'troops . . Str H.
Rose , the gallant captor , of Oalpee (in
whiCh were, found ammunition, and other
stores worth three lam of rupees,) was, in
one battle, three times struck down in one
•day K by the effects of the sun. In'ohe fight, ;
the enemy. only injured two men, but; the
sun killett fifteen .. ; This was in an Infantryl
Regiment which only arrived in India last
Autumn, one thousand stiong t but s whieh
in the of May only mustered five
hundred and , fifty. The people of= the 'Lini=
AO States may ; well be , thankful that they
are not sending , their eons out on
paign, from which - many a fine , youth would
never retarn, or from which returning, they,
would bring with' them the seeds of preina.
ture• old age. War is. indeed' a terrible
waste of : life, as ..well as treasure, and this
pll= strife, seems far from, being ended j
although it's' issue 'certain. I have lying
before me a - letter froni a friend, formerly
an elder in my own church, and now - ern.
.ployed in Western , -India to open. up ,the
=ere which he formerly surveyed as a naval
officer, to navigation and commerce. e
writes from Kurrachee, on the St H ay.
He writes thus :;'"'England, T. fear,' not
yet Tally aware -.'of,the task 'before her.
Since the rescue .of the: Luoknow garrison,
we have done little, more than taught the
rebels to fight, I hope the Earopeans maybe
housed once, that -Yon `will not delay re.
inforeepienti, and then; When the cold
weather returns, With a' 'strong itraty,' - tiii'd .
some twenty flying columns, we may be able '
to` give a good account of the mutineers."
As to the atrocities committed by native
troops, but denied'oi tinestioned by some on
both sides of the Atlantic, my correspondent
adds, (after, having remarked, " I regret to'
be obliged to, say it, but; I conscientiously
believe that severity, at this moment, is
mercy in India; the natives hate us, and by
truckling in their prejudices We Merely
make ourselves despised:") l "I am amused
at the endeavors which a certain platy Jere
making at home, to prove that the Sepoys
have been guilty of nothing worse, than
murder. ' After conversing with some offi
cers whn - Went through the whole of, the
Delhi .campaign, one's`blood.curdles to hear
of the appearenoes which thd , corpses of our
men, when recovered, presented. All evi
dence proves - that Whenever Ahoy have the
opportunity, and time enough, they not only
mutilate the' remains of our people, but no
doubt do n't wait till the spirit has fled, to
do this. _ _
lc To be respected, we must, go forward as
a Christian nation, and instead of sjimpa
thizing witli eitheT Hindomira or Mo,haia
reedanisoa, We shohld'give beith a . cold toler.
ation ; taking every .opportunitP to hold forth
the truth as it is, in Christ-Jeans."
I was presentlast 'night in the Commons,
at the PASSING OF THE:INDIA' BILL. Pal
merston, beaten in all his attempts
_ta alter
the constitution of the Council gave .his
cordial adhesion to the principle of the Bill.
This was received with cheers. '`'Little,
waspish Mr. Roebuck denounced the bill as
"unworkable."' Lord' John Russell, looking,
hale and hearty,in fine temper and in very
happy language; said he ;"'did not join in
the malediction " 'Ad . Mr.- Rbebnek, He
considered that there were many redeeming'
features in the which he thought, a
great improtemmit 'the past., Of course,
there were many qiieitions 'requiring *flute
'profound-study,anecarefullcigislation,euoh '
MI the tenure of land, 'as - minute the"laid;
salt, and, opium taxes.: Finallyi:up rose the
Chancellor of Exchequer, Disraeli, ; ,(with,
care-worn look;
,and older in aspect than,
last year,)` Who congratulated' and thanked
the liousei in connexion with` the` hearty
scipport.whieh- had been given, , on alltddee,
to..the Government. He ; referred to "the
principles of truth and jnitiee,," ; as the foun
dation of - Old futurelndian Empire. But
no . ate said .a word is reference to our fu
ture relation to Hilidevialis and' lifohanwne
danistn4 as to the support of: their temples
and mosques.
Lord Stanley has won great praise, and .1
admiration in his conduct of this bill. ± He a
of fair comfilexion, sandy hair, has gray eyes,
speaks with an effort, lips pushed' out, and
evidently with- some decided defect in the
palate, or cartilage of the nose. He looks a
dull person, but ii very clever, and is the
most rising stateiman of the'day:,, He seems
free from father's (Derby s) fiery tempei.
HOLYOAKE AND COOPER have reeenty
beendisputing.publielyi on the great su pet
of Infidelity or Christianity, in the city Of
j. York. Formerly, as ,youitere: aware, they '
Were fast sillies in the cause • of Skepticism, I
but now Cooper sits at tie feet of, Jesns,,
clothed and in his right inind. A striking
tribute to Christianity was 'recently' horne
by him , at. Halifax. He 'EnSiothined; thit
those who doubted never, thought,; con
demnecl the calling of a "'sceptic,"*: Cart in-,
quirer, or doubter,) "an infidel,',' it being
merely a term of opprobrium . Ag - Ito. the
tin Yogr,licage, Iln, d. two words, whose.s.or.".
thography " different tbatot,Englielk i rrit, ;
era. Thronifiethit of ikePtle Ameritsen, snd
sceptic '!,Englich usage. •,The- other)110 ittri k y_t!
e/Gor ".Ergibih, and traveler!' Aite,tio,et Tan,'
I try 'to write " ant , 'Ytraveter„ .. but
I #0 , 139, with difficulty,' and f oulyin &Mollie to
yoUr readers. Whiphuright . • •
Mtge; which' is' the arbiter 'Of lauguage,:is
atiil variable, , thottghAt has nearly decided in fa=' -
vor of the k h and the one I.—Euij
o I •
causes of skepticism, he traced them to - the
bad example of religious professors the
checking of fee inquiry, to blupdering, thn
ology, the oppreaston of the poor, and the
question of moral evil.':
Cooper, also pointed out the Varieties of
skepticism, and alluded, te.,the great , want iof
unity among its adherents.. He; then gave,
an interesting account of his career, his
,de
clension into' infidelity, arid -his return
Christianity; -- to his earnest faith a Meth
odist. It was a very, earth:at:faith, ,andihe ,
knew "bettellia
Dr 7obeon, littniever'deserted
ever'lfe'Came to London, he found out,
and With praYern'and tears he followed
He had returned to; Christianity, and-hildr&
not care whether be was speered rat or nett,
he was . oncewtore p prpying:,m,pn, anti ; a. l
happi man.,` More than that , Ikei*eoded
to' be a preaching' Man, and to 'carrythis
Gospel, God lielping-hioi, through England':
Cooper is a man ;;Of :real. - genius,-of then.'
ough honesty, and:; of, pure=lifer So that - - his;
deliberate return to .Christianity ; woheavy
blow and sore, discouragement to the . Seca.,
lariat cause.
,Between .. himand Holyoake,
at york,ex.preasioos„otimitual courtesy.and
respect, were, interchanged,- but the latter:
and his party. feel very= sore, -, .n0 -dotibt,' at
.Cooper's position - 1- alarthed hie
finence, they try, by discussion, to mitigate
the effeet of his- evangelistie career. -If
llolyoake is en honest doubter,;:whoicariitelll
but.that he too, ere, long, may be bronght,
eaptire to Emmanuel's feet? !Once, it, is.
asserted; this man 'Was a Sabbath isfit - oai
teacher at Birmingham, and' eat Under' the
ministry John Angel James. .
PR. FAIRCHILD'S Book o*Be.fitraii, (the:
receipt of which, ~from -the. , antlier,-;l4reg,
throughyou, gratefally,te auknowledge,)
well `calculated to rebike arrogance, if apt
to put it to ' rejoice' most sincerely
in its public:gimp shit for - hbnesideuritere
on a disputed I do mot -believe - tier
'there
. is any book -extant, , eompact r eti.
lively, and so telling,„tn:be found- ;
MR. SPURGEON preached ,thin week, to, a
West-End audience on behalf of an. Orphan
Asylum which has attained its centenary year
of existence. His-text "Ile gathered
together the outcasts of/Israel!?;The two'
points. discussed were—Jet.,The loving kinds'
uses
,of God . 2d. The dutyrof the gaurph.
to imitate his example in gathering together,
the outcasts." ''.there were ' 1 some very
tender touches in the diimourse; 3 end =a, very
r full statement, les '.ltenal; of Gospel '
Referring, to the conversion of " outcesteP
from the, East-End of London and from , -
among the'vilest, he said L in - hiunytqutiq
and smile-provoking Way, that 'ere %fig, such
"Anne 'might' have to Crime riniong" the'
West-End .fa.shionables to evangelise them."
God had, been .calling,long =to Oxfordian&
Cambridge to send out ,the right
_ministers to gather in his outcasts,
_but, :they
I had failed'to do so.' The clergy' they trained,
were too much ;of the formal who - could'
not preach without their eassoeks,t&e.
" outcasts!' converted, ,he believed, would
do that work instead of them.. The *nom,
sinners, when converted, were best gnarled.
to - bring others in. He referred to, his own
Oonversion=long rebellions; althongh With
the best home-training, andrkinother'sr con
dant: prayerful- interestja himo
Mr. Spurgeon goesnext,upontli.toßerfast,
where he is to preach four
.
MR. RUSSELL, the, fermi Correspondent
of the Times, is coining borne from India
His health suffered severely } from the
climate; end 'heeides, he -hi,& . -esereiriliiik'
fiem ahorse., Meanwhile; littenn eontinire
to;rarrive froin him, written at a time when
he was carried from ,place. ,to: place in rut,
Ow
an inVaiid;) the rear
`Even though intering„ NOW
ever, his pen still -, flashes•= r iff'the' *aid 'he
allowable—with .Sparks of wit,andergelaus:
Thus, for example, in deserdzingthei intense,
heat in eatkirle,4eear , t4t ,k 11151,1) into Ah'e ,
tents would''' discover many of t4 ,. ,,ofroxira i
a Panting `on' &dr 'clfar'poYs, lethe'neareet
possibleipproadvto Aciamite. mnitnme, and
gasping, for: breath like carp: on: Yanks
:of: a esocip",,Asbvle,with,;beef, As thus de?
seribed : The firstrn
ea-fire that, was
lighted;diatnibed a coniuranitiof 'the ( ' Mast'
destructive brieri;in' the hollow tree',
ever heard 'of;:they at ;once - &Minded ,td
the, assault,, and in 'a few minutes their eneti
Mies were, utterly routed.:,,The Commander
-, -Chieehimself I- attacked - • dr'
Aimeelf was . am. • driven
itiglit oat' of the field, 'or rather ' out of ;the
'tape, fat'-the • 'enamyldid note detiu* tinge
lad„ forged him to stake frefteii i thetoPere
•The Chief of the. Sdffi-t9O; via lisa
tided, and uttpriy deferite4in a few. seoowilk.
Col? Altherpe, after , a. gallant spat/14 . AF%
obliged'to ifieloss'of his - sPeetaores.
Mr. MoKinnon; . riiiiii ar'liiiirlintnob a a, /
elannore, resisted his foes with gielitititi*J.
itYttad , ,mmige for !erne ,time, finally:
was obligedto fly, wounded ta,gperglj__
"The guard over 'the treasure,up ; glop,
obliged to abandon theie.peirt
wrapped themselves up in
'and lay flat on the groundpind in a iihait
cipie the, bees were completely victorious:
During the struggle, all the 4eadquarteFs
Staff armed themselves with, greep,,,houghs,
IMO that it looked'as if they Wee - rehearsing
.aaeoond march totDunidnaisik"
He complains•csit:Bir Colin ' Campbell's
r self•exposure.„ -,llgetis aYery cool and'ciu-1
dons leader; ix ej r ofAhe lives of,.hie
men almost to lifailt !. ; e 3tenmidat thenu j ial
of the Captaiih, lid' the shouting, is i
careless, almost to a faertiti ofrliii 'Own lig:
I *would not wish to dos injustice, but iris
felt by those about him, that on the.day of
battle, he does not im - ftioientbrappreciateithei
value of his own existence. At Barellly, bp:
was almost among a Crowd of Ghaseelabilt.;
ins, who swept :through ihe= rank - of the'
Forty- Second. A., , sabre• clut- might -114
destroyed forever , the A1e1101413 , ireb of corns
binations, the key of which is in his possesh
eion alone. To-day (18th May, before Ellpi
'jehanpore,) round* shot passeditio _ a to*
him, : , that an, escape was thought-stare*
possible." ,„, .. 1 vb.,"
The fiery course of, the HigNiskdm i ,
combined with 'the straeagetia . 4 . 4
~:the
'l3eneral,,meet in , thiS , "rerriarkable'
Even his 'failing -leins:toavatoes'indei; and
gge Shope ;
a.i.f.kei‘Yrill be ePered , talon's;
e
mein the•h - okoe,9l4,,, Ast. i gr atuls,-(
'tibia _which's amass
r and nation
tireidadi .
rrcli " '
DA9nts, and the Amirioans,iu,Lopp
Nan:lave bein'tioniiiiiiiSiatini the - goliit - h
of July. He stated t,bat'lliatßiltiah c iroV t
AlgnMent gitinawip all olaiinitoitherighti
Philadelphia, 111 South Tenth Street, below Chestnut,
By Kan, or at the Moo. 61.60 i gear,m fapßospzerus .
Delivered in the City, 1..11'5
,WHOLE NO. 808
of visit to 40 1 eXicao slips, , sgot N6eigrallY
enough. he ,spoke,exultingly of thikonward
march , of America; in. power and 4 wealth.
The Times does.n4t - einnfilain
gently warns Young Arnerisa - agiinitya4 . •
inesits - tesniineiViiiiir also hidinagethAt i kle c ,
ii iitietoranerioa-=nadvieli ;a • n at ih e:7
ner—toward the cause of philanthropram
vsaryisolexenyttespeoially. in not alloWint 4 her
t :glorioussthig to: ielfinidtfor the wicked' tniffio
of the African elave-trade. Now that her
leporipitmcosqkpon ,heutplkpoilftect l And
• h•that'"" Lord
puma those abuse.. tt ti
e _Derby
seenisillefeireined to nide §Pam execute
'the' treatise shentis SigsniiefSeihil abolition
of,the•slamitrade. , -,But Spain =is 'faltie and
Por,rapir to the pore. „Force f!,
8 however, if necessary. He °Presiders that
the Emperor , will give up the
im
portation of Africans tato his , colonies, ,
A-)
DELI ,Ljvi4,GsTorm, l , after- reaching - the
CaPe:of, Good Hope, t was , publicly . enter
tained at 4 1 . k . ,,P 4 1T4r . _ and s um OOP
prieented him hi itilier USX. He bad
aeededlo the Poitngutensiktliiabittsiiliere
that natives.. 4 stilb patiently awaited 'him.
What. a, joyful„ Aneeting would it ibe with
2.those faithful creOures file, is probably
;-:now amid'then. kinsmen on the Zambesi.
_. THE SECOND FAILUNECIF THE ATLANTIC
catP#lotegTh *Amok telheoile,
'4ocire4: Fiye hundred mile" ; of oehle t her
been` lost' Fearful. titOirtie; 'Tule ,
t he` Saliffifer'seeheiiii the Athifiti - 07, f eoiltiih'•:
*lied :I , tolthe cable 'is -Werth •
£lOO, per mile, There , ne f • hoireviii abun
'illanoe left in the wayi•of•Jetgths sndlitis
thßt 7 the Gir l s p r im" ,the
name LeviathanLe'viathan be i ng .,nos Zibansiono,l,)
chaff be oiidployed for
She oould he , gritireWip in it shift time.
P. S.-=Continental Politioktre
Austria :T ie : being oonoiliateds-brFranoe, and
our, gateauzgoes l ne,xt Tarok lota grand naval
denionairstion at Clierhourg
- • t' • "
Sir Lytton' Bulwer last night intiiidgeed.
a 'Bill I for' , Min& laciv
eminent lor. the territoilea ofthi
Bap : Company , : , .Theefigure tall,Ahl oom
Plexicr , teir, hieetyhi 9f..spialcing ,forcible,,
nt somewhat' elabo rate
The Irish ' dineratrAtlendifs now hdd=
ng its annual meeting The
Rev. John Johnston:hi: l aw& tleaed Mod
'iiator., The honor °Warred'. on- lira
specially 9n,a(pionnt 9f his great Oxertions
and success in (pine:ion with open-air
Preaiihifikin reland. w . „
..1. , , tt(i .0"1 - 11,..1:1. t,"..7 ttirmt - t. tip.„ttt
t
1. at e r .voi , r :,- ...,.„.. ~..
I ,anntgs.
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• • • • 1...1 ”.11
06110,..70* B,OVAi°I
o f; be with .preliors
guide; labia op.". . .
I,• • r '
OD'IPSONS sits
they serve him from . liole,Viierfidlt mato
the end of their daps. •
BPiitrruer, EtzeLuip.,---It obsitrved
thit, our , Lord Jesus ,Chriat r when, he wrie , -
aeon the earth, in the Alive' of , hie -fleehi.:
wrought no, 14-oures ;. h3o:7 , WhoMsoriver,.
they brought . t . o him for hisaling, he ; beide&
them throughout. This was to show what
perfect
,and complete , Saviour he was
"throughout; and shall. not we be saints
throughout 7 77: -.4/./eaq.
.ro ( a
DrrzatingED.—"l.lm72 nor, surd w ttie
Stoutly as I paiffiblilirorg. T 47 toup of
'ids volt* struck ?"
`..losteoppel smLaske4-.-e : ".Tlutt , ,boy , wittil me L
m4p,,helieve' e t osplßett!ing to tuy!motherov
i,ued
on h e '
, tone. I l
e" le th fightrtmelt.,,
''Phitt - Bey
i'l'lropetthe will etialr to it. He will, I feel
41111 ke• • " 14.4 ' 4 : +• LEI
rt - is
t irk' .31.14
THE BIBLk:- 2 -Whit I
. pin 'ii ; e n ` '
the,
'''dieinond has , dioPpedlnini its "°
is the, . Bible when, its emotive z trithireave •
been taken l away.,, MP:15,0, e s .habeia- clothes
are .when the balm hoo d ,sl i ipped„otit of,them
into death; alid'ilienother'sliine,Olosp Only, '
tie Babe of
P'Bbfhlehem,sand~tBetintlie' 'di ift-"
ledneas thatplothed his lifei should slip onto
- VW?
31IXCAROW TO USE Tim Fr Estf:--•—lf
Anfireit2,,tike flesh than we, ought ; welnonritiho.S
njcene aye nty i i, irw,egive, not. -Oilier meoessityin
otifilit, we deseroy-o oitizenft.
floeh iet4 be sitisfoid,so far oasuflioes to:m=4v
8 ; :Whosoever illoweth {putch 830 F 4ierof t
liatalo melte, iieriPrond,,4ciwoth 'nokhowltet
F; to `algreatrt ;
lark,lol, -"4 l etY .Pf the 'fiesiht - werrbreakr
mitci.the `ll4,iinity 7 of her folly:to 9658:03!
,"•-• -I, • L.
, •a'Satir_l = t• eta
.f.COMPENSATION.-0 O•Wilippliwwgr,
• S • <tart
litace discontent 'when 1 . re mi cas,* 1 09
oonditions<bfiliie fellow men, din ',w
6414 11 2 'f' 3 4 ) ,I NTn : are
bidincet• ' l .lle!thit Ilig r etiiinenee eiisl;47
~ .s, a ctenvyf 4/1115' mite: forgoes
!;;the Kelpie 'ConifioNi ) 'a - a - haie;. "„'113,e
_ . gred,warrior leaves wife and td eirt titr, ,
t 4 . : .; 'fro diditicie'r We'4;;:ilii •
'oeileati spiri t ..,
'"liireiltraffiid . Y" Mile/ghee" tirit'Y'Qi its con
ugnsations ; and be .is wise ritt c , desirinF,,
not ihigh"'thitige;iseeks the' ° pine of happi-.
...t,lPlPlßwithirc the •au m"ed: circle of content.
0; ..... , smaiv,Jl r.
43 0 1 i l litr4q 1 1 irntm 01 1
litThi•nx,tainbitnamsbiroiaikat, .•
• l a, 9r
. whiopinfajouand i 6 hi ircm B_ , I
131 ;47 I*M. 'kgratefui to-the)dewe 3 a lo ro . '"t
Iror 11101etere.xthirib theeloids !refuse ;
• 34 BLOW, West wind, blow !
1 ilA n d Aat gentle citoiti plot }OnT
.:;Awake .4he ;music:l2 ofathilliowifeti "••••• • •
the bes3tty:xdthb e 7 !:".1 -• ;
Tie corn.fields longito hear-thy eif o resiilpfiNY
And woo ds and,orchAirdszwill Ilejoiod 417. ' 7 •' • •
To see Akeemontle.Rain t - -i3 n, PLA• •
- 31r4 1 131e. I The r susblag, IsinAh,dosoondsio
. ivolit r tke leaveelf cc O aid
Hork,A l ow„itiON, o l9goi. Met yoartJ ,y,
s-VP. 4 l 11 71 , 1 ' 0 141 w
on lArtgadiwituri .
it°
, ant - • • . o, X l kftl.zfius..c•tb inn
"ne4litting corn s ' •',14 41 ).t0.)48 1 0,(41 -rod sr:
The gratoirows,' kTflner 1 44114,P3440 03 t•"
The . woOde are musical again :
, : And-fro m 044 sir..o-.ng,S A
Do n ° P ° L,A i ti ki Plat, 8 / 1 494401i
( irfi g itizekee . la ABSWAI37 , hat d 3 tev
, A -vbicea an them to the
.I, OT d Tr • • • •
11.-
I OOO To thank him for the Rain.
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