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prosbyterlan &dvammt.i.o Vol. rig 110. 43.'
DAVID MeKINNEII, editor and Proprietor.
ZTENS.-I3 ADVANCE.
ir,riginat Vottrg,
" Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be
at peace."—Job xxii: 21.
BY MRS. L. H. siootTasEy.
Acquaint thyeelf with God,
If thou would'st read aright
The Book of Nature, ever spread
Before. thee, day and night,;
if thou would'st fully learn
The wonders there dieplay'd,
:Enshrine its Author in thy heart,
And love what he hathwiatie.
So shall the warbling grove—
The surge with mountain-swell'=
The Banyan on the Indian sands,
The lily in its dell ;
Yea, every winged seed
That qulokeneth 'neath the sod,
Teaoh heavenly wisdom, if thy Boni
Acquaint itself with God.
There are, who gather wealth
From many a storied page,
That tendeth but to wrinkling care,
Nor warms the frost of age—
Yet, thou with lowly mind
Intent on sacred lore,
Acquaint thyself with God, and be
At peace forevermdre.
From the Preebyterian
Board of Domestic Missions and the As•
eistant Secretary.
The controversy which has been started in
relation to the office of Assistant Secretary
of the Board of Domestic Missions, seems
likely to engage more attention than any one
anticipated at its introduction into the Gen.
eral Assembly at New Orleans. The editor
of the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate
being Chairman of the Committee of the
Assembly appointed on the Annual Report
of the Board, we presume, from the part
which he has since taken in the matter, first
introduced it into the Committee, and it was
brought before the Assembly in their report.
The Assembly, after dismission, referred
the question of abolishing the office to the
Board of Missions, very prudently deeming
the members of the Board, who were sup
posed to be familiar with its operations and
practical wants, best qualified to judge of
the propriety of the change proposed. The
thind of the Assembly unquestionably was,
that the decision of the Board should be
final in the ease, and that all reasonable per
sons would be disposed to acquiesce, to
whichsoever conclusion the Board should.
come. On reading in the Presbyterian
the report of that meeting of the Board,
held on the 28th ult., expressly for the con
eideration of this linger, I supposed that
the question was finally disposed of, and
that we should hear no more of it. Bat on
receiving the Banner and Advocate of
July 10th, also containing an account of the
proceedings, with the •remarks of the 'editor
in connexion therewith, it appeared that
there was a disposition to continue to agi
tate the question. Why should not the de
eleion of the Board itself, the most compe
tent tribunal, be final ? What is to be gained
to the cause of Domestic) Missions by con
tinuing the agitation ? The very compe
tent tribunal to which the matter was re
ferred, has decided that the office cannot be
dispensed with at present; and the worthy
brother filling the office is both competent
and faithful. Even the editor of the Ban
ner and Advocate says that the resolutions
endorsing the fidelity and ability of the in
cumbent, and vindicating him from un
founded aspersions and suspicions, were
adopted nem. con. Can any one be the
friend, of the Board, whatever he may pro•
fess, who is fomenting an agitation which
will take from its funds in any one year,
more than double the amount of the Secre
tary's salary, by affording only a plausible
excuse to those to withhold their oontribu -
tions, who at all times, and under the most
favorable circumstances, give reluctantly ?
Is this contidued agitation only another evi
dence of the bad grace with which some
men submit to defeat, and to be overruled
in projects of which, perhaps, they may
claim the paternity ? The matter is brought
before the Assembly's Committee on the
Report of the Board ; that Committee con
, sent that it shall be brought before the As•
sembly; it so far meets with favor that the
Assembly sends it down to the Board of Mis.
Moos, that if they deem it advisable, they
may abolish the office. A majority of the
Board say that the office is necessary, and
the gentleman now occupying it is laborious,
competent, faithful, and successful. Is not
this sufficient to satisfy any man who, is
seeking an honest end, and not contending
for victory or selfish purposes?
Such special pleadings and inept argu
meats as are contained in the Banner of the
10th inn are unworthy of a moment's re
spectiul consideration. The editor intimates
that the majority who voted to sustain the
office and the incumbent, were not compe
tent to decide properly, at least not so com
petent as the minority, of which he was One,
and may also say, " Quorum magna pars
jui," Whatever may be thought of the
truth abd force of the grounds on which
this plea is put, its modesty must be admired.
Look at the voters on each side of this
question. Tbey are all very respectable
gentlemen, and so far would we be from de
tracting from their well-earned reputations,
that we would not'even think of instituting
a couipalisun among them, were it not that
the Banner and Advocate does 80, to the
comparative disparagement of some of the
oldest, wisest, and best friends of the
Church and her Boards, Is it to be be
lieved that such men as Drs McDowell,
McElroy, Snodgrass, Krebs, 0-ray, Macklin,
and others, are not acquainted with the ne
cessities of the Board and the wants of the
cause; while Drs McKinney, Campbell,
and Messrs. Cyrus Dickson, Crowell. &c ,
are fully competent, and intimately acquaint
ed with the woriiipgs, of the whole machin
ery ? It may well be questioned whether
there is a man in the whole Church who has
an equal acquaintance'With the business and
wants of all our Boards,`with Dr. John Mc-
Dowell. And he is a man of uncommon
business capacity, who knoWs not only what
ought to be done, but how to\ . do it; and if
personal acquaintance with present and
former Secretaries is any qualification, (as
the editor of the Banner seems to think)
he has this honor and qualification also. A
very similar statement might be made with
regard to Drs. McElroy and Krebs. not only
with , reference to their high standing as men
of renown in the Church, but their capacity
for comprehending financial matters and
business transacitions, and how they ought
to be.conducted. If it is necessary to refer
to obbers, and the laymen of the Board,
there are Dr. A.. W. Mitchell and Mr. Mar ,
tien, •of long experience in the Boards of
the'Cbur3h, mid whom it would be difficult
to deceive in business matters.
'But to all this may be offered the special
,plea, "These men do not belong to the Ex
.ecutive Committee" It seems, according
, to the Banner, the. Executive Committee
are the only efficient working men of the
'Board, and therefore their votes and judg
menta are alone of any great consideration.
-It must add wonderfully to a man's sense
and judgment of the proprieties of things ,
, to be so fortunate as to be a member of the
Executive Committee 1 We see that the
editor of the Banner was a member of that
Committee in 1855, and suppose that this
is the reason be is so sharp and extensive in
his knowledge of the business and wants of
the Board, in connexion with his " personal
acquaintance and friendship with the pres
ent and former Secretaries of the Board.";
But the Executive Committee have a
more intimate acquaintance with the busi
ness and duties of the officers of the Board
than the other members. There is surety
nothing mysterious in the machinery of the
-Board, or the duties of its officers, which
any plain man might not fully understand
in one hour. The only difference in their
favor is, that they become acquainted in a
particular matter of business a little sooner
than the others, but they can be no better
able to judge than others, after business is
brought to their notice There were Dr
Macklin, and Messrs. Shields Martien, and
A W Mitchell, M. D., all residents of the
city, voting with , the majority; and wbo
will say that they are not just as competent
to determine office,
.the necessity of the and
the diligence of the Officer, as any member
of the Executive Committee ? But if to be,
or to have been, a member of the Execu
tive Committee, is so inspiring, we believe
that they all have been such, at one time or
another, and some of them since 1855, and if
the editor of the Banner still preserves his
unction so long, as derived from member
ship in the Executive Committee, why may
not they? "The members of the Execu
tive Committee are the only working men."
Then we wonder at the General Assembly
wasting their time, and other people's time
too, in appointing Board, when an Execu
tive Committee not only do all the work,
but are the only capable „persons to do any
work. Why did Drs. McKinney and Camp
bell go , all the way from Pittsburgh to Phil
adelphia to meet the Board, and Mr. Dick
son from Baltimore, seeing they did not be
long to the Executive Committee ?
However, it will be news to the Church
at large to be' informed that Drs, McDowell,
McElroy, Krebs, and others of the majority,
are not working men, and •take very little
interest in the Boards. If we take up the
Minutes of the General Assembly, and look
at their contributiobs and those. of their
churches to the several Boards, and to this
Board in particular, we should be simple
enough to think that they were working
men, and took an interest in the Boards, if
we had not been told to the contrary. Dr.
McElroy's church, the year before last, gave
more to the Board of Dame/die Missions
than all the churches in some of our Pres
byteries. But we suppose that had he been
a member of the. Executive Committee he
would not have given so much, as he would
have had more experience, and known more
about the wants of the Board ; in a word,
would have been a " working. man !"
We proceed to, remark more seriously,
that we conaidered the whole thing, from
first to last, a rash and inconsiderate move
ment;. injurious to all the Boards of the
Church, and to this Board in particular;
and, to the worthy and efficient Assistant
Secretary; and more especially the state
ments and comments which have been made
in the Banner, in regard to the proceedings
of the Board of Missions in the case. It is
calculated to raise suspicions against all the
Boards and their management. if the As.
sistant Secretary of this Board may be dis
pensed with, why may not those of the other
Buards also ' and their salaries be saved to
the Church? Nothing , can be said, and
nothing has been said avowedly against the
competency, diligence, or fidelity of Dr.
Happersett. It is true, that the editor of
the Banner indulges in a strain of remark,
which implies that there is something be
hind the ostensible object of the movement.
This may be more vexatious than 'direct
charges to the person , implicated, because it
cannot be met, or even noticed; while it'is
a resort much safer for one desiring to avoid
responsibility. We say, as a friend to the
Board, and to the Secretary, though a dis
interested friend, let this mode 'of attack
cease, and let candor and open fairness alone
govern. As to the necessity 'of the office,
and its continuance, a majority of the Board
have expressed their opinion; and we ven
ture to assert that their views are in accord
ance with a majority of the Church, and of
the leek General Assembly.
It is unfair to infer the settled opinion
of the Assembly from the vote sending down
the `Suggested inquiry to the Board. No
doubt the General Assembly would be will
ing to dispense with the office, if the busi
ness of the Church in this department could
be as well managed without it. To ascer
tain this point
,they sent it down to the
Board. Nothing, therefore, could be more
disingenuous and unfair, than to argue that
the vote of the Assembly was to be inter
preted as a modest and gentlemanly way of
ordering the thing to be done. Our Gener
al Assemblies usually do things directly, and
whenever they shall get into the habit of
expressing their determinations in this in
direct circuitous, and " gentlemanly" mode,
we will begin to fear more for, the Church
than when the Board of Publication neglects
to eupersede one hymn by another. If the
office of Assistant Secretary is not necessary,
it ought to be. We subscribe most heartily
to a remark made by Dr. Krebs at the meet
ing of the Board—" An office is very much
what it is made." And the anomaly noticed
by Dr. Snodgrass, " of a Board reporting
increased operations, and diminishing its
working force "! If there is not work
enough for two Secretaries, there might be,
and there would bey `if it were done. All
that was said by the leading speaker for
abolishing - the office. in commendation
.of
"ONE THING IS NEEDFUL:" "ONE THING HAVE I DESIRED OF THE LORD:" "THIS ONE THING I DO."
PUBLICATION OFFICE, GAZETTE BUILDING, TTH STREET, ABOVE SMITHFIELD, PITTSBURGH, PA.
FOR TILE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, AUGUST 911 4 1558.
the chief Secretary "bringing the Beard
through a year of great financial embarrass•
ment, without deficiency, and without debt
—immense financial ability—great forecast
—unfailing industry, leading to the happiest
results," might with great propriety have
included the Assistant Secretary. Without
wishing to subtract one iota from the merits
and just praise of Dr Musgrave, may we
not inquire how much of this success is due
to the energy, efficiency, and diligence of
the Assistant, in connexion with the chief
Secretary? It was shown, at the meeting
of the Board, that thousands of dollars were
brought into the Treasury through his agen
cy; that more work was done, and more
saving to the funds by the Assistant Secre
tary while in California, than in the same
time during any one year for years past.
Add to this, that the Secretary relinquished
three' hundred dollars of his salary, thus
Sharing with the missionaries in the reduc
tions made in their salaries, Which no other
officer of the Board did. Though unmar
ried, the Assistant Secretary has a mother,
sister, nephews, nieces, some of whom are
orphans, dependent on him for their daily
bread. He could but ill afford this, togeth•
er' with about three hundred dollars travel-
ing expenses relinquished in behalf of the
Board.
We have said that the course pursued in
this case is calculated to do injury to all our
Boards. Take D r r. l McKinney's whole
speech at the late meeting, and it would
have been just as much in point if applied
to any other Board, or any other Secretary,
had some one only gutton up a motion in
the Assembly to inquire if a Secretary might
nut be dispensed with. "The plan of sys
tematic benevolence has been inaugurated—
the churches don't dike traveling agents—
the Boards are Trustees of the Church's
charities—we are bound to practise all pos
sible economy—the work has been done by
one Secretary, and well done," &a. We
remember when the business pertaining to
the Foreign Board was all done by one man.
But does this imply that it can now be done,
and well done in its expansion , by the same
man, or any other ?
object to the whole spirit in which this
matter has been conducted. It savors very
much of radicalism and demagogueism.
Hence these appeals to the prejudices and
cupidity of men—and references to. our
"toiling and self sacrificing misionaries "
cc destitute congregations "--g4 widows "
" orphans," B,te.; and in this connexion,
the threat in, the form of a prediction, that
the benevolence of the churches will seek
some other channels. Well, now, suppose
that a Secretary was retained whose services
might possibly be dispensed with, would
these gentlemen recommend to the churches
such revolutionary measures; or think the,
occasion could justify either the withhold
ing their contributions, or the pouring them
into the treasury of some other denomina
tion ? If not, why such a twaddle ? We
have heard of a tempest in a teapot, but we
never saw any thing so like it before.
But are the churches dissatisfied with the
conclusion to which the Board came after
mature deliberation? We have seen no ev
idence that they are.
The Editor of the Banner undoubtedly
is the personal friend of all present and for
mer Secretaries, and has been a member of
the Executive Committee too ; his views
are certainly of great consequence; and his
advice to the churches, though somewhat
radical, and some would say, Absalomish,
is very well calculated to keep up, if not
create dissatisfaction. We would have deem
ed it quite as proper to have withheld even
(rood advice, till it would appear that it was
actually needed. Perhaps the churches do
not wish any discussion, being satisfied with
the present disposal of the matter, having
great confidence in the honesty, wisdom, and
prudence of such men as Drs. McDowell,
McElroy, Krebs, and such like.
Perhaps there are enough of- men in all
the churches who know that it is easier to
pull down than to build up; and, can die.
cern the short-sightedness of all penny-wise
and pound•foolish policies—such as gain an
end, but lose a cause.
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
For the Presbyterian Bander and Advocate
A Field of Labor.
REV. D MCKINNEY, D. D.—Dear Sir:
—lt is very frequently the practice of va
cant churches, to call the, attention of min
isters who are seeking fields of usefulness,
through the. medium of your valuable, paper.
And this would seem to be a very desirable
matter, and legitimately within the sphere
of a religious newspaper
Allow me, therefore, to call the attention
of some minister, who wishes to enter upon
a field of labor which promises, with faith•
ful cultivation, fair reward in the building
up of the Redeemer's kingdom, to the
churches of Decatur, Elhanan, and Pleasant
Hill. These, churches are situated in Indi
ana, Presbytery of Fort Wayne. Decatur is
the central, and largest church, and lies in
Adams County; Pleasant Hill lies distant
from it, about ten or eleven .miles; and
Elhanan about the same distance. The
church at Decatur numbers about eighty,
Elhanan near sixty, and Pleasant Hill from
twenty to thirty members..
These churches are willing to pledge the
payment of at least five hundred dollars, (in
quarterly payments, if desired,) fur the sup
port of a pastor, if they can thus secure the
settled, permanent aid of such an one.
Decatur is a County seat, and has prob
ably some six hundred inhabitants. The
other churches lie entirely in the country,
and the stamp is very much that of Penn
sylvania people.
, So far as is known to the writer, there has
never, at any period in the history of any of
these churches, been any thing but the most
pleasant and fraternal feeling within them,
and
. they have been remarkably free from
any cases of discipline. So that there are no
" divisions among them."
I write this at the instance of these
churches, and if the attention of some
" good minister of Jesus Christ " be attract
ed, and led hither, I am sure a good service
will be rendered•to the cause of our blessed
Mister. M.N.N.
P. S.---These churches would be glad if
this might be copied into the Presbyterian
and Presbyterian of the West.
h is one of the worst effects of prosper
ity to make a man a vortex instead of a
fountain, so that instead of throwing out he
learns only to draw in.
From our London Correspondent.
The Details of Indian News—The Great Results
Accomplished—Summary by Mr. Russel—Num
ber of Sepoys Slain—The Indian Press Rebuked
—Lord Elphinstone and the Bombay Presidency
—The Rojah. of .Yurgoond Executed—The Law of
Adoption and Nella Sahib—A Chess Battle be
tween England and America—Mr. Rarey and his
Secret " out —Charges and Explanations—Sir
Lytton Bawer: , and his. Wife—Novellas and
Domestic Life—The "Tablet" and "Dublin Re
view"— Popery and Literature—Scandalous Con
duct of Irish Papists and Psiests—Recapture of
Gwalior—Pekin. lie Peril.
Ifoisrnote, July 23d, 1858.
TELE NEWS'FRONT INDIA, as fully eluci
dated by the correspondence whichlollowed
the telegram, beam/4 1 '6'11,0e wholejavorable l
impressions of thekesiiititiCoomPlished.
truth, when the mellowing light. of a few
years shall have fallen on the page, and
when the nervous susceptibilities and alarms
of the present shall all have disappeared be
fore crowning success, it will be a marvel of
history to have it recounted and remembered
that within twelve months, or little more,
from the outbreak =of a terrible and unex
pected mutiny, such wondrous results have
been achieved by British power. This
month of July is the first anniversary season
of Havelock's magnificent series of victories,
with a handful oftroops,
.and without pos
sible help from England, which emphati
cally saved India. Since then, Delhi, the
great stronghold of mutiny, haa fallen, and
the tide everywhere is turned. Hear the
decisive testimony of Mr. Russel, writing
on the 2d of June, as to the present condi
tion of affairs, and say is it not cheering?
" So far as we can now judge, the only
district in India which will require 'the
presence of an army next Autumn, and of
large operations in its reduction, will be
Oude, and perhaps part of Gorrtiekpore.
But let us recollect that Lucknow is in our
hands; that its .enormous garrison and its
armies have been beaten and dispersed; that
all the serviceable field - artillery of the enemy
has fallen into our possession; and that we
have deprived them of all their considerable
strongholds.
"These results.have been achieved at the
cost of very little life, and without greet effn
siert of blood. There is not in Central In
or in the North West Provinces, or
Bengal, any asserribte of the enemy which
has the smallest pre miens to be considered
an army. In one short campaign, Sir Colin
Campbell has tranquilized the Doab, crushed
the Crwalior Contingent," (here the Writer
was unaware of Scindia's defeat the day be
fore his writing at Gwa.lior, which;however,
seems not likely to be attended with perma
nently evil results,) "taken Lucknow, over
run Oude with moveable columns, wrested
Rohileund from the rule of the rebels, se
cured, our possession of that rich province,
and re.established the civil rule of the Com
pany in its old sites petik; while his
lieutenants haie - restred the prestige of our
arms in Central India, pacified large prov
inces, have carried Jhansi by storm, captured
Calpee, cleared out Banda, swept Judges
pore, laid waste the haunts of numerous
chieftains, and broken every band which
met them in arms, seizing their guns, and
dispersing them in hopeless flight.' •
Mr. Russel then deals with the panic and
absurd incredulity of the Indian press,(to
this, Bombay is an honorable exception,) on
which, and the despondent letters of its
Calcutta correspondent--always falsified by
results—the Times itself has, ere now, ani
madverted. The cry is, " Nothing has been
done !" and worse than this, the fear that
is always cruel, seems to 'regret that 'our ar
tillery has been so powerful as almost unas
sisted, and without great slaughter, to re
duce the strongholds of the enemy. And
so, says the good-hearted and indignant
Russel, " After every victory they shout
for' bleed, more blood.' They care not for
the results achieved theY look eather to
the flying' enemy, and rage for impossible
slaughter.. Some of the gentlemen put one
in mind of the croaker who, after the vic
tory of the Nile, in which we destroyed all
the enemy's fleet save, two, went about
shaking his head in deep despondency, ex
pressing his belief that those two lrigates.
would play the very mischief in the Chan
nel.' „
The number of Sepoys slain, or who have
died' f wounds and diseases incident on war,
since the beginning :of the mutiny, is not
reckoned at less than thirty-thousand. Be
sides these, eight or ten thousand armed
men and inhabitants of towns and villages,
have perished in encounters with our troops.
As to those shot, blown away from guns,
or hanged, in pursuance of judicial sen
tencei it was the 'calculation of the cor
respondent of the Now Conformist, two
months ago, that ten thousand had been put
to death.
Mr. Russel entirely acquits our noble army
from any delight in blood.; and • General
Rose, in thanking, his army—which had
traversed more than one thousand miles,
taken more than one hundred guns, and
captured the strongest forts—glories in
the humanity which they had so often dis
played. " You have fought," he says in
his. general order, " against the strong, and
you have protected the weak and defence
less of foes as well as friends. I have seen
you, in the ardor of the combat, preserve
and place children out of harm's way.
This is the discipline of Christian soldiers,
and this it is which has brought you from the
shores of Western India, to the waters of the
Jumna." Christianity has always softened
the horrors of war; 'even " the soil of
honor," and the pity for the vanquished,
(as contrasted with the Vae Vials of the
Romans,) of the age of chivalry, were in
spired by the religion, of the Cross. How
certainly shall it yet extinguish the flames
of war, by (the only effectual means,) the
quenohing waters of spiritual truth, and
that all the world over!
In the Bombay Presidency, it has been
the happiness of the excellent Lord Elphin
stone, (once, it is said, a favorite to the
girlish fancy of Victoria, and honorably ex•
fled by promotion to be the head of a Presi
dency, to remove him from too near pro
pinquity to a susceptible heart) to meet
successfully the first risings of mutiny, and
to crush them. The murder of the political
agent in the Mahratta country, by the Chief
of Nurgoone, has been swiftly followed by
the execution of six of his followers, and by
that of the great criminal, who had intended
thus to inaugurate an extended insurrection.
The law of adoption, in oonnexion with
this ease, is again being dismissed. This
Chief And no children, and he had peti
tioned .the Bombay Government• to •be al-
lowed to adopt an heir. This was refused.
Old treaties secured the right, but all over
India it was taken away, twelve years ago,
by a new enactment.
We must not forget that Nena Sahib him
self pleaded that he as an adopted child, had
been rejected and disowned as to his claim
by the Governor General, Lord Dalhousie.
It does not appear so clearly that he would
have had such a title, even under the old
law. But he seems to have persuaded oth
ers to believe it, and the alarm and hatred
arising from this cause are to be taken into
the reckoning, in connexion with the fear!
ful scenes tha have been enacted in India
- It remains to be seen whether the new Gov-
Ornment of India Will4epial the recent law,
which seems to have wrought so hadly, and by
the help of which the lands of Chiefs dying.
without issue were passing constantly into
the hands of the British. If this his been
one cause of the insurrection, among others;
and if contentment is essential to permanent
tranquility,. let us hope for. a wise and
humane reversal of mistaken legislation:
A CHESS BATTLE is always a bloodless
one, even though there be " Knights" upon
the field. Pleasant it is, therefore, to find,
that instead of a fight between England and
America about the right of search'and visit
—sure to be followed by torrents of blood—
the only battle coming off soon, is one at
Chess. The announcement is made of a
" Great Chess-Match for One Thousand
Guineas a'side—Ameriaa against England "
—to which it is added, by way, of paragraph
ic explanation '
"the challenge of the Amer.
inns to back their newly-risen Chess star,
Mr. Paul Morphy, a young lawyer of New
Orleans, against the well known English
amateur, Mr. Staunton, for one thousand
guineas, in a match of twenty-one games,
has been . accepted by the latter and the
contest is arranged to commence at the be;
ginning of September."
MR. RAMS, after taming the most vicious
horses that could be found, and crowning
his, triumphs by perfectly subduing to his
will, the Zebra—the wild horse of the des=
ert—has been in hot water from accusations
brought against him, of • trickery. It was'
very mat•apros, certainly, (it would have .
been more so had it occurred before he re
ceived £5,000 from the Government of
France, and as much from that of England,
for his " secret," besides innumerable ten
guineas subscriptions for gentlemen, and five
guineas from ladies of high degree,) that Mr.
Routledge, a oheap publisher in London,
should issue a little book for six-pence, en
titled, "The_ Art of Harse-Taming, by J.
R. Rarey." In this—confessedly the Mr.
Rarey's own production, and the copy of a
pamphlet which had been, printed already in
Atnericathe whole " art " and " secret "
were fully described and disclosed. Where-
upon. anlndignant.gentleman, who had paid
his ten guineas,
,rushed into print, in the"
Times. Mr. Rarey had bound all his pupils,
under a penalty, not to disclose his "secret,"
but here it appeared, that long ago, the
secret" was "out." And. so some peo
ple, making free use of the vernacular, said
it was a " sell," &c. Mr. Rarey was not
left, however, without defenders. He had
the solatium already of plenty of cash, and
even thus, if he had dealt unfairly, and was
a man of no principle, he might have said, ,
with Horace's complacent hero :
46 Populus me eibilat—at mit& plaudo t
Bluml uummee contemplor in area."
But other bettet.defence was setup. First,
Mr. Rarey, owning to the authorship of the
pamphlet,, solemnly declared that it was
written only for private circulation among
his own pupils in one of the Western States,
where he . first , practised his system. He
also released his English pupils from their
bond of concealment.
Next, gentlemen stood forth to declare,
that Mr. Rarey had actually accomplished all
he promised, and that the, mere reading a de•
soription of his mode, could, never be suffi
cient to teach a thorough imitation, except
to very few. Public, opinion is divided on
the vexed. question. One thing is certain—
even while a rather unpleasant feeling is
created—that Mr. Rarey is a man of genius,
that be is original, and humane also. A
new era in the treatment olthe dumb crea
tion is thus likely to be inaugurated.
SIR LYTTON BIILWER, 'like some other
literary-men, hos had a long standing quar
rel with his wife. Sheds literary too, and
must have been "a blue," even in girlhood;
one of a class, out of which even literary
gentlemen do not generally choose wives.
But between her and her husband there has
been separation, as to marital fellowship, and
against 'him—disguised under the mask of
novels—the most furious and nialignamt dia
tribes have, for years, been directed by the
lady. All manner of profligacy, cruelty, and
heartless conduct has, in' this way, been as•
cribed to him, and—last, not least—not long
since, she actually, mar inted him, and
abused him on the hustings at his election
for an English county ! Soon after came
out a statement, that Lady Bulwer had been
seized by stratagem, and carried over to a
private lunatic asylum. Sir Edward was
charged with this conduct, and it was as
serted that the lady was perfectly sane. A
Cabinet Minister could not afford to brave
such damaging rumors without explanation.
It was next announced that the lady was
free, and that all things were about to be
arranged. And, last of all, Out conies Sir
Bulwer's eldest son—with whom the mother
is staying in London, and about to travel on
the Continent...a-who moreover acted for his
father throughout the whole affair. In his
letter to the Press, and accompanying docu
ments, it appears that Dr. Connoly, famous
Innaoy cases, had once thought the lady
to be in a state requiring restraint.
'Dr. Forbes Winslow, having examined
the lady last week, declared that there was
no reason to detain her, but considered, that
from facts previously submitted, and opin
ions received; he did not think Sir Ed
ward's conduct had been harsh or unjus
tifiable. Damaging, however, biah to Dick
ens and Bulwer, are the disclosures recently
made. Here are two professed instructors
of the people, of a class who sneer at the
pulpit, and have no sympathy with old-fash
ioned Evangelism, who yet, from whatever
cause, are living apart from the women
whom once they chose, and solemnly swore
to cherish. Any one who has read "Pet
ham and " Devereux,", aa I did yearmago,
wherein the reader is, by the fascination , . of
genius and eloquence, made , to admire a
couple of accomplished scoundrels, outlive
little doubt that Bulwer, while a little better
than the writers of the previous "Satanic ,
School," has been very familiar with the
penetralia of fashionable excess. I hope
be is a wiser and better man now, than of
old. He underwent, some years ago, at
Malvern Hills, a thorough course of the
" Water-Cure System," to, his great physical
benefit. A little inward purification, from
other and higher influences, would make
him great, happy, and useful indeed I
noir liimaxn, we hear that the Tablet,
and the Dublin Review-4he one a weekly
journal, and the other a Quarierly , —are in
danger of extinction from lack of support. ,
Certainly the Papists support their, own
press andyeri e dicals very. ,itoperfectly. But
the system is tO blame fer it. 'Wiseman,
who is the main inspiration " of the .Dublin
Review, is an 'accomplished writer, and a:
man of science, and he aspires to be one of
the instructors of the day and age, for the
benefit of Rune. Ultra-Mentanism, hew
ever, taunts' both the Review and the Tab
let. Urgent appeals are made to Romanist%
to sustain: them; with what success, time
will show. Meanwhile, the Irish priests
distinguish themselves after their own tastes
and fashion. The latest about them is, that
their faithful disciples at Trillambie, , in
King'i County, have committed a fearful
assault on two Scripture readers. When
the poor men appealed to two priests, who,
seemed quite opportunely 'to arrive , on the
spot, the Reverend gentlemen made some
remarks which infuriated the rabblelo deeds
of, greater atrocity.
Another scandalous affair, most damaging
to Irish Popery, has write In the .
County of Donegal', Lord George Hill,
benevolent nobleman, has turned a wilder
ness into a fruitful field, and has established
extensive manufaotories, deploying large
numbers. The priests never liked him or
his improvements. They also, by false rep
resentations of extreme poverty, obtained
for a large number of families relief-money
from, the Nor-Laiv Board. It was found,
on investigation, that the people were not
in distress, and that when fined'i . for killing
of sheep and - other outragesi,they could pro.
duos MO, notes at times, and other sums in
abundance. All kinds of cruelty was eharged
by the priests on the guardian& The'priests,
after investigation, refused to acknowledge
their imposture, and stirred up their triends
in Parliament to ask a second: investigation.
The result is, that a Committee of the House
of Commons, including Renaanists, has unan
imously stamped falsehdod on' the plea' of
destitution. Here is a specimen of the evi
dence :
IleadzOondable Young, • examined by Lord
Naas.—l took immediate , steps to discover the'
sheep after the report of the destruction. ,On the
15th of April I found 'fi , re skins hi a 'bog;hole,
with stones tied to them, and the wool-taken off
them. found three :in another beg-hole. On
the 20th •of 'April I found eighteen heads and
seven skins of ;sheep, buried to a dePth oftnine'
feet. The heads, were identified as those of sheep
the property of Mr. Hunter. On the 221 of Aprik
I found• two cheeps' sking and etifrails", , and onthe,
24th,two other, skins. These could, not beiden
tified. On: "various" other occasions I found
mains of other sheep—heads, bones, and
There :were twenty-four outrages committed in the
district. The sheep outrages Were betireen the
8d February, 1857, and'the 22d 'February, 1858.
There were about twelve „hundred sheep des l ,
troyed. The police and sheep-tax were collected
by me. They amounted to something over
.Z 2,000. All was collected by. February, 1858:
The people opposed in the first instance, And we
had to drive off cattle, but none of them Were .
sold. I was at first attended by an armed force
of police. I seized a cow of Mr. Doherty:s.
was redeemed and the' tax paid before it reached
the pound. The people, did not seem to went'
money. In the majority of instances bank-notes
were given, some of them ,Z2O notes. One man!
gave me a £5 in mistake for a'£l; and did not
discover his mistake for three weeks. He is on
the reli4 Het' 'The people paid 'the' tax `out of
their own' earnings. Ishouldrsarthat, taking the
whole district, nearly £2,020 were„received ,for
kelp'ind lobsters. By fax a greater part of that
was for kelp': I consider tkat therels no destitn.
tion _whatever amongst the. people. Mere was
very little failure of the potato crop year,,
and tbe people had plenty stored. r did n'ot, flay
more ; than Bd._per, stone. for potatoes,durin' gloat
'Winter. The, oat crop was good.. I ave kmiwn
the people since` 1844. " They tigvir .'were better
off •during that period for food and stook than .
they are at_present. The,elothing and beidingl
of the people are better than ever. 'Tare is a
great change for the worse in the feedings of -the pea-
ple toward their landlords. I attribute _that , to. the.
Roman each eler,gymea. If left to'iheW4eisie4,
the peoile would be a warwAearted,eordented,
natured people. I saw people go ham-footed and
nearly naked to receive relief, 'whom` I have
known to have good clothes and shoiii:
` This is the class-of men who are adtwated
at the Nation's expense at Maynooth, 'Who
are being appointed, in inoreascd,uumbers,
and with, double - their, former !pay; 49
Chaplains in the army, and whose nominees
in Parliament have suceeded wising a
Rpformatory School Rill for ,IrciauCslint.
ting out young .criminals from the Bible and
the. Gospel. , • J.N.
P. 8.1---Gwalior bat; been recaptured, by
Sir,ll. Rose.
The forts' of. the Chinese river, Peiho,
have been taken 'by the French and Eng.
lish.
Take no Thought for the. Morrow.
"If the most .anxious and nohappy men
of. the 'world," says Dr. Chalmers, " were
examined as to the ground- - of their,disqui
etude, it would be found, in nine , huudred
and ninety-nine eases. out of the une thou
sand, that the proiision of this day was uot
the ground of it. , .They carry forwardlheir
imagmations to a,distant.futnrity, , andffill it
up with the spectres of melancholy and:des,
pair. - What a world of unhappiness mould
be saved, if the things of to-day, its ,duties,
employments :and services were to, occupy
all our hearts ; and as to to-morrow, how de=
lightful to think that we have the sure war:
rant of God for belteving thatby committing
its issues in quietiess to him, when the fu
ture day comes, the provision of that day,
will come along with it=! What I would
like to impress upon all who are beset with
anxieties about the future days, they are to'
live in this world is, that daily breadis one
of the. objects it is agreeable to the of
God that we should ask, for it is the yery
petition which, the Son of 'God taught
disciples. We have a full warrant, then, for
believing that we shall get it, and,acoording
to the faith of our prayer, so will
unto us." it be done
No SEOURITY fBUT IN, ,RIGHTIO.I7BNEI3I3.
—security is ;nowhere; neither in - heaven,
nor in: aradise, lunch; less 4n, the , world.
InA heaven , the angels: fell frown- , thelDivine
presence; in' Paradise,i•Adsei front.hit
tolaae 'of ple*re.pin,. the world;--Judits,fell
from the nehool of orteSavionig; Bernard.
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WHOLE NO. 808
The Love of Home.
It is only shallow minded pretenders who
either make distinguished origin a matter of
:personal merit, or obscure origin a matter of
personal reproach. Taunt and scoffing at
the humble condition of early life affect no
body in America but those who are foolish
enough to indulge in them and they are
generally sufficiently punished by public re
buke. A man who is not ashamed of him
self need not be ashamed of his early con
dition; Itdidnothappen to me to be born
in a Jog-cabin ; but my elder brothers and
sisters were born in a log-cabin, raised among
the snow-drifts:of New Hampshire, at a pe
riod so early, that when the smoke first rose
from its rade chimney, and curled over the
frozen, hills, there was no similar evidence
of a white man's habitation between it and
the 'settlements on the rivers of Canada.
Its remdins still exist. I make to it an
annual. visit. I carry my children to it, to
teach them the hardships endured, by the
generation which have gone before them. I
love to dwell on the tender recollections, the
kindred ties, the early affections, and the
touching narratives and incidents which
mingle with all. I know of this primitive
family abode. I weep to think that none of
those who inhabited it are, now among . the
living; and if ever I am ashamed vof it, or
if ever I fail'in affectionate veneration for
him who reared it, and defended it against
savage violence and destruction, cherished
all the domestic virtues beneath its vont; and,
through the fire and , blood of seven ybars'
Revolutiobary Warr shrunk from no danger,
no toil, no sacrifice,. to serve his country,
and to, raise his children to a condition bet
ter than his own, may my name, and the
name of my posterity, be blotted, forever
from the memory. of mankind I----Webster.
Childhood.
Let no man smile, in the selfsufficiency
ofhis acquisition at the perceptions of early,
very early childhood. Deep and rapturous
are they, as some of :those me old springs
of limpid water =that bubble in brawling
beanty tofthe earth's surface from rooky re
cesses that never may see the light of day.
To childhood all-is real—that which appears
to "•be, is. The ; little hand 'that, with no
mental guiding notion of distance, out
stretches to grasp the moon for Its silvery
beauty, - is buys` - type:, of the young mind
that has made no moral comparisons.
of -conception and absolute faith in all
they see, combined' with an intuitive and
deeply philosophical jddgment of gentleness
or harshness, : make up, the early`mysteries of
human intellect;
,perception, and moral edu
cation, sating anUreacting in their thou.
Awls
,of after conditions, do all the : rest.
Happy 4s that, tiny • lord of the, creation
whose first tottering mental steps are guided
by kindness. - Woe, woe to Xhosa who, with
sonabre,d a trust ass human soul, fresh from
the hand, of its *Aker, confided ,to• them,
abuse, the confidence ,of Nature-and betray
their •God-i—Lifi -and Adventures of a
Stammerer.
FOrgiVtMelUi.
Near the end of the seventeenth century,
a Turkish grandee in Hungary :`made a
Christian nobleman his prisoner, and treated
him with the„iitinest,barbarity.t The slave
such he,was7--was yoked with an ox,
and compelled to &ig the plough, But
the 'fcirtiine of War is chanOing,' and: the
turk fell' iheliands of tho'Hu *rain,
who said to their enslaved fellow.countrymen,
take sour, revenge upon sour enemy."
This, was in accordance, with the customs of
the age; and die" Turk silpposing, as a
,
matter of course , that lie - would be tortured
to deatli, , had - iiiitialy — swallowed poison,
when liiiiisifenieralifinie iron; Christian
slave; tellinghim togo in peace,' for he had
nettling to fear. The Moslem 111101, so im-
Tressed with this heavenly spirit,„that he
preelain*ii with his dying Weith, will
not "die Milstein, I ilia s Christian ;
for there is no religion butAbat of- Christ
which teaches -forkivedess of inielies."—
. / 764 -o's Par/ruin?
, .
Soft' Pill(4:J.-A Word `to Pazints.
Yes " soft pillow " is the reward of fidel
ity, the 'companion of a clear conscience. It
is `Sufficient remuneration for doing right, in
the absence of all other reward. And none
know more trulythe-value of a soft pillow,
than those Jtarenta 3 whose . :anxiety for way
weld ohildren is enhanced by a conscious
ness of neglect. Those who faithfully re
buke, and properly restrain them by their
Christian - deportment and religions counsels,
can sleep quietly in the day of trial.
„Parente !< do potty duty now, in the fear
of God ? , in obedience to this law, at every
sacrifice; andwhen old, age comes on, you
may lay, 'down on a soft pillow, assured of
His favor who has said, " Train up a child
in , the .way, hat should ‘ge, and when he is
old he will:not - depart, frem it."
, D i marrurq OF , NISSIONAILIES.- The
bark:NO7 Bag, bouud for Smyrna, sailed
'frOrit this port on Monday, 9th inst., heivin.
on board as' paiiingers, Rev. Dr. Riggs, wife
and six children; Rev. Mr. Ladd, wife and
two children; and Rev. T. L. , .Ainbrose, of
_OssipeerN. H. Dr. Riggs ,is tcp be con-
A ected , with the AnuenianApicn at Con
rita4eeple. Rev.' Mr.:badll,retarns to his
'former 'station at Smyrna,'and Rev. Mr.
Ambrose is 'destinedH, te- The Nestorians.
Religious services at the vessel? were con
ducted by Rev.. Pres. White, of Wabash
College.
may, mention's. an interesting +coin%
,eident, that on retupoking from the services
ee:boe4„,the Itthys a:44 we attluled the
ixnk, , Priyee-meeting the Old South Chap
-3el, Wheke met'firo'COWverted Azinenians,
the :fruit of missiiina r ry7 labor at Constanti
e4kapla, one of,. wboM etholt: part in the meet
ing,--Boston Recorder.. . . .
TEL A lmpga g Art,Pip.T,E, SopraTY, during
the 'forty irnaya of `its „ existence, has issued
11;824912 .13iblefei Mid Testaments indiffer
ent tongue. 'The trithar: and Foreign Bi
ble Sionetwsinkte - its organization in 1803,
has oirenlated nearly .thirty-one millions of
Bibles and Testaments.
"g r in notmork4hatlls men ; it ill ',nom.
WOrk.ll heplthy ; you. cannot put more on a
man .
can bear 4 1 ,1 10 revo
linden' diet 'dPstrnys thpmielninsig; bat the
ra'id's ; hitt love and
trust are sweet juices.