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TWO DOLLARS g E JV A N N U M: .
BY ORS'ON S. MURRAY
YERMONT TELEGRAPH.
"HllANDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1810.
LOTIIBPPOA INDUNP'
The Tacts disclosed id the communication below,
in relation to fho extermination of the aborigines of
liiis country, are not onlr a foul blot on the chris
tian name, but a gross scandal on human nature,
ft Is another part of the fame horrible crusade that
ii now tnakin; use of blood-hochds for the extir
patioo of anotherorlion of these noble sons of the
fcieit. Chr'utimi! Christian!! Listen to the
UieecUSngs of these savages no called that your
Mow ckrutian,by name, cease to poison, and in
foriate their sarage brethren with liquid fire ! Lis
to, and be,aahamed for your race. Be in prayer
u God that such a nation as this" may be bro't
to $ft&y repentance.
Tbank tba writer for this communication. Hope
to bear from him again.
lovrk Territory, Feb. 20, 1840.
Mr. Murray i For more than twenty
years I have been a wanderer, but have
never ceased to remember wiih affection
green hUJs, and rugged, mountains of
ray nauve aiate; ana have often turned
an eye of hope to the fastnesses of Ver
mont, consoling myself with the wish
that, should the fate of the cities of the
plain overwhelm the south ani the west,
I might once more escape to thj scenes of
my childhood, and breathe the air of free
dom, amidst the homes of freemen. For
years I have felt that freedom of speech
and of the press were, though among the
boasted constituents of my birth-right,
things which I did not possess in perfec
tion. I can not speak , and write and
print, as a son of the Green Mountain
State should do, because the heavy hand
of the dominant party in politics, is over
me and alter reiterated crushings and re-
tutb'ttj m. cannot out leel in mv
. l . l . . . . . " 'v Hi'
- willil
t fin. Your paper I have 1
lideredas unshackled and manly at least h
I a . - - I
u anv other, and when th iJl
i . o i
pat up within me has struggled for vent,
.7; 7 .s a.1 yurLcolm"3 might
fiujrd a channel thrnnrrk vKt.k , ..
.affjrd a channel through which to un-
burthen my full soul. Can you and will
you speak one word for the crushed, op
pressed, insulted and fast wasting remnant
of our Indian neighbors? Or will the
strong grasp ohuman power, (the pow
er which we ourselves as the freemen ol
the United States in virtue of our elective
franchiza create, and for whose exercise
vtare accountable) throttle you and sup-
Tlteu VOUr Voice of remonstranr-P nnrl
f 9 --------ba w va
wamg, as it has heretofore that of your
wrtrorthy correspondent? At nil m0
" V I VII
luve mused long and despondingly, and
feel authorized to unburihen myself it but
10 your private ear, though I would be
glad that the citizens of my native State
might also hear my voice of warning and
admonition. I have sojourned long, and
traveled widely among our slave-holding
oad indian-hu'nting States, and Territo
ries of the South and West; and the black
cloud of vengeance' which twenty" years
"?o appeared to my eye but as a man's
hand, now overspreads the whole heavens
and is, I cannot but fear, fraught with im
pending ruin to our beloved land. But I
may not enlarge, because I need all the
space mv sheet or yours can afford far
f'iclt. if these will hot speak to the
hearts of our fellow citizens and awaken
n'redeeming, self-acquitting energy within
them, declamation certainly will not.
Permit me. therefore, to frive vou! m
inebrieest'possible form, some account of
ne trioo oi emigrated Indians, now resi
dent in the western portion of Iowa.
The sketch will necessarily include inci
dental notices of other tribes, and mostly
of those indigenous to the soil they now
occupy, among whom the former have
been introduced' by the fostering hand of
" eai ratner, xne executive ol the
Uni'etT States. ',The Potowattomies of
Illinois and Michigan, including n few
O'Jawasnnd Chippewas.as is weli known
13 your intelligent reader?, hy several
Jreaties held ot St. Josephs, Chicago,
Milwauke, and other placts near thp
outh end of ;Lake flchigan, ceded to
United States their lands in that coun
,r7. accepting, in ( lieu, a tract of 5,000,
W on the east bank of the Missouri riv
er.nd north of the State of Missouri, to
gether with large cash annuities and very
'taril allowances as is customary in such
tases for agricultural improvements,
Khools, &c &c... Oh, that I could make
you understand, how these treaty stipula
J'oos have been carried into effect ! ! But
te task would be hoDeless.; None hut
,iri eye witness can know or understand to
"nai extent the benevolent designs of the
WeLf the Uoiled Stales n their large
oa liberal benefactions are frustrated, and
ij-orse thnn defeated, by the Tnanner of
aeir application I appeal unhesitating
ly to every christian missionary and every
jnintercsted man. on or beyond the Indian
frontier; , in , support of the position, that
the millions annually expecded by the
States for the alleged object of. carrying
Qto effect Indian treaties, would for afl
Purposes of practical benefit to- the tribes
incomparably better applied werothey
Junk lo tbe depths of the sea. But to re"
VJrn 10 lne Potowittoraies, whose remov
Jl to the tract they now occupy, as you
probably well aware, cost" the Gov
glnftmCnlivrnore lhan 2000,W of dollars,
goa after their arrival in their new
fMlhey respectfully solicited their .
Qu lhe Apartment of
filrapnt u ;y.."inSlon I0.r the Tul-
aujirs at wasni
. vi wa ineir ireaty stipulations
t ia a du&ranr lL r :J ' 1
fc i . 6lty is belter than nivown. tn u ,,..
:lwr o my oo. to know what
-r CO. Tit.
' ' ' " ' ' " ii ' ' ' SPEL. I P A V A B LE W I T H I sfToU R Mo t it
as promised the agricultural assistanr-A
cessary to enable them to resume, their la
bors for support of themselves and fami
lies. They were answered among other
things, that a large invoice of looms and
spinning wheels had been purchased with
their money and stored at'Sr, Louis, and
as there was not a pound of wool, flax
or cotton, or other spinable material in the
nation, they were requested to go south
and examine the country west of the State
of Missouri and see whether it would not
suit them to become a member of Elder
M Coy V congregation of Indian States
about to be erected in that delightsome
land of woodless plains and waterless riv
ers. The Potowattomies made the desir
ed exploration, and through their intelli
gent Chief,, B. Caldwell, Piensh Le
IerVPahdegoshub, and others, answer
ed. trut they were content with the lands
they had acquired by former treaties, and
atgalrn,JfSpeclfu,ir a,d confidingly urred
the fulfilment of those treaties on the part
of tae United States. Through an indi
vidual then with them as agent -of" the
Government, they made many most earn
est appeals, that whiskey, the great bane
of their race, the deadliest of all their en
emies, might be kept from them. At the
suggestion of some of their principal
chiefs they farmed a temperance society,
on the principle of total abstinence from
all that can intoxicate, which numbered
among its members by fir the larger patt
of the leading men in ihM tri. 0,t
when the great ..dominant" power, which
Pill..!. n 1 1 L.. F J . . -
.M.C3 an m maian country with a rod of
iron and by some other instrument (prob
ably the ballot box) exerts a paramount
sway at Washington when this ffreat
sovereign authority, I say, demanded li
censo to trade among them, the reply of
.vj iriiue amonor them th rpnh nf
n . f
. o -.tjvc.ij was, --io, tell
U Pn Tr""' p'en ot wh,ske-v
.,, we Know he has plenty of whiskey
- wvw, uuu n we wan l it we -tan fn
there and buy. Our determination is. not
w nav any v sellers amon
ThiJ M l . .
----- uittus niiuwii ai
Washinston. it was forth
that the perilous condition of the Osao-es
. ine presence ot an humane and
intelligent agent necessary among them,
and the individual who had. been instru
mental in giving utterance to the anti
ium sentiments of the rhipf
his travels to the Neosho.' Th
tomies, mean time, annlied thomplvoc
cording to their ability, tn nrorMratlAnd.
cultivatinor their lands, iustlv nnnrnA.
ng that their small domain of 5 mill
w
acres, hemmed in as it. is. Kv hnrAa r
Perful and hostile hunters, would not
afford earn e enough tn f,A iham
e year's nro visions a lln-of1 h,r
States shouM be expended. It is but just
ice to mem as a people to say that at this
time, their conduct in all their intercourse
wun tne lew whites in th rnnnim .o
conciliatory and judicious, and that'they
were rapidly establishing habits of friend
ly intercourse and onnd imdprsin.v
with all. even their herprlitarv onan;a
- - ..... , .IIVIitO
me ium, wnose ae:egates they received
with Hnrlnto anA li'.m:., t : .p . -
uuu v4oiniascu in saieiy.
Let us now turn a le.nf. D n fl rrlo rna of
their present state. I ennv iu
journal of a gentleman of character and
veracity, an intimate friend of their prin
cipal chief, who is now, and has for a long
time been resident amon? them. W ivhnw
name I withhold, lest the strong hand of
power should crush him for'havinc an
eye to see, and a heart to feel, and a pen to
write. Some slight peculiarities in the di
ary will be explained by a knowledge of
the fact, that the author speaks and writes
English as an acquired tongue.
i'OTOWATTOMIE NATION, )
; -Jan. 7, 1840.
Most Dear Sir and Friend I hn
journal of the most remarkable events
wnicn take place around us. They are
rather of a gloomy nature, distrusting and
discouraging. I intend, however, tn o-ir
you a short sketch of these, and I dare
say your rearret of h.3vincr left. thr Hnnn.
cil Bluff, ' when beinsr made acauainted
with the abominations of the nlare will
instantly vanish. .
May 10. Maj. D. held a council at
Bellevue with the Pawnees An In',
waylaid a Pawnee,' took his scalp and e3-
a r l . - sr- -..
capea. fdiato the fawnees a hnndrprt
dollars in goads for the body, obtained the
honorable title among his own people, of
a distinguished brave and warrior.
12. Majors . JD. . and D. held council
with the Potowattomies. and nronnsed an
exchange of country. The Indians unan
imously refused to treat, and declared n.
on the wampum belt, (equivalent to an
oath amonsr the whitesl that a sreat m-
jonty of their brethren being absent, they
couia not ana would not enter into anv
' ni . J
engagements. inev expressed, in the
meanwhile, a desire to see all f.irmr
treaty stipulations fulfilled,, Whils. form-.
er engagements on the part ot the Uovern
ment were postponed from year to year, (
they had no inclination whatever to enter
tuvu a new ujrjjain. :
-24. A war party of Saucs discovered
three : lodges, of .Omawhaws on: the head
waters of the Boyer, consisting of nine
men and. twelve women. Their friendly
invitation to smoke was accepted by the
latter, for they believed them to ba Pntn.
wattomies. The men were treacherously
murdered by the Saucs. and , the women
lead into captivity; Danced nine da vs
a'uuu ,uo caip post-in me great Sauc
vu,abe- Vreai "urrah tor Indian braves I
45.. .Two ,. Potowattomies were killed
27. Throe r.. .. j .
the Missouri Supposed to be drunk. "
' 1"lAftUUa- WEDNESDAY. putt. 1 ,l84r ' .
. z: . ... will VII :v
! ,.28' A Potowottomie was poisoned on
u t vlfcCilt wmisi-urunK. Many ot
these Indians appear to be well versed in
the knowledge and. use of poison ; tbey
apply it with a wonderful skill against
those they find in their way.
30. Arrival of the steamer, Wilming
ton, with provisions. A war of extermi
nation appears to be preparing around the
poor Potowattomies. In the face of
treaties and assurances of protection
against, all foes, fifty large canoes have
beorHanded ready charged with the most
murderous grape shot, each containing
thirty gallons, videlicet, whiskey, brandy,
rum, alcohol. The boat had not left its
moorings when the skirmishes commenc
ed. After the fourth, fifth and sixth dis
charges, the confusion became great and
appalling. In all directions men women
and children were seen tottering and fall
ing. The war whoop the discordant
drunken Indian's song, cries, savage roar-
nigs, lurmeu tne martial chorus. , Quar
rel succeeded to
quairel, a-shower ofle "ihin. L thr . -Sr V8 th"
d. Th.oInK m.Hhri, nSVnLlhree mission families des-
blows soon followed. The r.lnh. th fm"
ahawk, spears, butcher-knives brandished
together in the air. Strange! Astonish
ing I ! In this dreadful affray a man only
was drowned in the Missouri, another se
verely stabbed,, and several noses lost
(the prominent point you well know Poto
wattomies particularly aim at in their
drunken frolics.) I pass over in silence,
for fear of being too long, a whole series
of minor scratches, cuts, bites, bumps
bruises, breaking of arms and legs, the
loss of teeth, eyes, ears, fingers, and many
other numerates. I shuddered at the
deed. A squaw offered her little boy for
sale, four years old, to the crew of the
boat, for a few bottles of whiskey. I
know, from good authority that upwards
of eighty barrels of the. abominable stuff
are on the line of the State ready, to be
nroil T ht in HI tku ..i .
o - us iic.At. payment. io a"-
ent here seems to have the power to put
the laws in execution. Poor sio-n of
the times !
31. Drinking continues. Drunkards
with by the dozen. Indians are selling
horses, blankets, guns, their all, to have a
lick at the canoe. Four dollars a bot
tle! Plenty at that price! Detestable
traffic! ! !
June 3. A woman with child, mother
of four young children, was brutally mur
dered this morning at the Issue House
Her body presented a most horrible spec
tacle of savage cruelty. She was literal
ly cut up.
4. Burial of the unhappy woman.
Among the provisions placed in her grave
were several bottles of liquor. Not a bad
idea, if all had been buried alone with
her. -
5. A Sauc killed by a drunken Poto
wattornie. The murderer, after the per
petration of the deed, was mortally wound-
w-ny . nis own father-in-law. Indian
method ot redressing wrongs.
6. Rumor. Four lo was,, three Poto
wattomies, one Kickapoo are said to have
been killed in drunken frolics.
7. Attempt at murder. A Pnt.,..
roie was discovered while in the act of
Killing nis aunt, our next neighbor.
Timely assistance . a knock down pre
vented him.
11. Another Bluff accident. Severe
scalding. An Indian drew his knife to
stab his companion, when another friend
without the least ceremony or hesitation,
poured over the aggressor's head a full
kettle of boiling soup. The unhappy
man escaped death narrowly lost all his
hair, and will, asjong as he lives, present
a melancholy appearance among his kind
red. '. ; . . ( . .. .
15. A monster in human shape, on the
Mosquito, a savage, returning home from
a nights debauch, wrested his infant son
irom the breast ot his mother and crush
ed him against the post of his Iodofi
, 17. Pekachahbe, another Mosquito Po-
lowauomie, snot an Indian through he
thigh, merely for the pleasure of killino-
and finished the unhappy man with the
ouu oi nis gun, literally pounding the
head to atoms. The nephew of themur
dered indivividual, as a matter of course,
stole up to Pekachahbe's camp, found him'
lying down apparently composing himseli
to sleep, and shot him instantly hro' the
head. This whole affair was settled
within a tew minute's time.
18. Arrival of Sub-Agent Mr. C. His
presence seems to keep the whiskey sell
ers in some awe. 4 Don't know what he
might or will do.' The best is to secure
all the liquor in cages (Q,r Cashes) all
went at it. . The many murders commit
ted act powerfully upon the minds of the
Indians. They "begged the agent in coun
cil to prevent the poison from being bro't
to them.
20. A youog brother of Mr.
killed the assistant blacksmith of the
Potowattomies, a Mr. Chase, an old man
He shot him through the head whilst
asleep. Some previous quarrel had ex
isted. - : . - .. .. :..:.'
- J uly 6. A fatal rencounter took place
lately between the Omawhaws and Sioux
of different bands originating in the steal
ing of a few horses by the latter. About
forty are said to have been slain'on both
sides.; -,; -r ., .-.
- 7. The son. of the Prophet of the
Kickapoos killed the blacksmith of the na
tion.. It is said the white man was the
aggressor. v,:; vj , .. ...'
Aug. 8. Arrival of the Steamer, St.
Peters, with the annuities. v
, On the 15th, the ninety thousand dol
lars were divided to the Indians. Great
gala. , Wonderful scrapings of traders to
obtain their Indian credits..
zmrrrr : ...... vui ai i. nu. -'n
iidsarf !n-hey ""nk -
l ,P aceS -T
by whole barrels and sold even by white
uen m the presence of the ajent. Var
on loads wish vh;ejj.a o:.,1 j;i r-
, " a-1- mure uaiiy irum
the settlements and along with it the very
j i.u Ik IUC ICI v
oregs of our whito noi'hu-o "c
the mountain, a V ' U-7SC,S
worse Th I v unk"ds' pobleraand
to th eroand 1 rlTaV? brohl
m7o
mote noses were bitten off, and a score of
u aer horrible mutilations have taken
place. One has been murdered. Two
women are dangerously ill of bad usae.
Aug 15. Arrival of 200 Dragoons
borne OLtoes accused ol depredations on
missionaries and other whites made pris
oners. r
. Oct. The Otto blacksmith left the sta
tion. One of the farmers left some time
before."
The journal proceeds with its detail of
uutrage ana violence, stating among oth-
tined to the Pawnees and Omahaws are
still at Bellevue, where two at least of
them have been several years alreadyl
waiting for their respective flocks to be
more settled and steady ! As well wait
tor the Missouri to become less turbulent
Rusticus expectat dum defluat amnis. It
speaks also of the death-bed of Rev. Mo
ses Merrill, who perishes like a true sold
ler. endeavoring to sustain the banner of
the cros? among the thrice savage Ottoes,
and the more than thricesavage abomina
tions of the American fur trade.
Religious Miscellany.
From the New York Observer.
Smluent Piety Requisite in Candldatea
for tne Ministry,
The mere increase of numbers is not
sufficient; higher qualifications are need
ed than have commonly been found in
candidates in our day : especially a deep
and abiding conviction of the truth as it
is nv. Jesus, and a constraining sense of
the love of Christ, habitually,-on the
mind. One minister of eminent piety is
worth many whose piety is feeble, "and
their religious course unsteady. False
religious ways have ministers enough.
When there, was but one prophet of Je
hovah, there were four hundred priests of
Baal, and more than as many more of
Ashtarotb, or the Groves. The temples
of the Pagans in India and China swarm
with ministers, all of whom are support
ed at the public expense. Where mon
asteries exist, they are commonly crowd-
t-u, auu me religious orders ot the Rom
isn cnurcn tind devotees enough. Vari
ous motives induce men to consecrate their
lives to a lalse religion. Some are influ
enced Dy a love of ease and sensual indul-
gence; dui doubtless, the far great num
bers by religious motive; that is, by the
bidding fonce of superstition. The mass
of the people are easily brought under the
muuence oi superstition, but with much
difficulty brought to take an interestlin
the doctrines of truth, and the pure wor
ship of God. No people in the world
manifest so much indifference to the reli
gion m which they have been brourh up
as they who have been educated in I pure
system of Christianity. Many Protest
ants have very little esteem for their reli
gion, and very little veneration for the sa
cred office of the ministry. In most re
ligions, the ministers of the altar stand
high on account of their sacred nffi.
and parents deem it an honor for their
iu uc luvi'ieu wuu ii: put raani'
persons, among us. a little exalted nluu
the common run of men, are resolutely
averse to have their sons become nra,i,.
ers of the gospel. Indeed, thev are apt
io minic mat a young man who miirht
shine in the senate, or. at the bar, throws
himself away, if he becomes aj minister
of the gospel. This shows how tempo
ral things predominate in the minds of
worldly Christians, over those which are
eternal. It is a thing very favorable to
the purity of the ministrv am, .,, ,-
it promises little to attract young men of
xvonuiy principles. I hey who enter it
must do so on the principles of faith and
self-denial. They must expect to stru.
file wiih privations, not snfnr..-l J3..
other of the learned professions: and they
uoi. wan lur incir.nunor ana reward in
another world, where thev thai
shall shine as the brightnes'of the fiirma-
menf, and they that turn manv to r;rrh
eousness, as the stars forever and ever."
By eminence in pietv. is not mpnt
traordinary views and extotic frames, bati
a deep and conscientious regard to the au-
thnrlt.. 4 1 .. f o.
clan A . r . i 'n.j , . . .
".v.itjr auu xioiy ui vnnsr, ouch a
"vciuv uuijuii oi me n.eapcmpr i.-mn. i
nvinor m ease and luxuru.
Young men, who have been regularly j
J I
euucaied in the doctrines ot our standards
and accustomed from infmcy to habits of
regularity, sobriety, and industry, are far
more likely to make exemplary pastors,
when truly pious, than such as have been
brought up in vice and ignorance, al
though they may be truly converted from
their sins, and may possess a flaming zeal.
Those who have the selection and recom
mending, of young men to be taken up
and educated," have a solemn responsibili
ty; and on lhi3 point," there has been
great indiscretion. Many youths have
been taken from the plough and ihe shop,
and placed upon the funds of the church,
who after -spending years at school, and
dom, as leaves the person no time nor in- 2??' " 'et Somf mesrcocous of ,m
clinatiou; to think of growing rich, or of SSrS i ""IJ "P W.hat
l- .. . t ul i 1USI nave rpen Ihd wisho arA QrMm
ieipeSdin many hundreds, xvould be bet
ler -turned to tlir original, humble, bu
useful and honest occupation, lhanHo be
brought into the minisrrv. Thev had
it
neither such pietv nor talents as should
"dve inaucea their triends to recommend
them to Education Boards. Many seem
jw emertam the toolish opinion, that f you
can makea minister of any man, he will
of.corse ch more useful, than in a
No opinion can be more
to entertain the foolish opinion, that if you
erroneous; even in the new countries, a
pious layman ol plain understanding, is
far more useful than the same man, cloth
ed with the sacred office. I have known
some laymen who could speak fluently on
religion, and pleased the multitude, but I
never knew a lav preacher, who did not
diminish his respectability and influence
by holding forth in public. Neither is it
commonly advisable for men who have
I l .
oeen long in another profession, to become
ministers ; they ar sure to bring with
them the technical habits of their for
mer, pursuits. It is a good genera!
rule, and scriptural, for every man to
abide in the calling in which h w mil.
ed. And th ere M nn lnwflll nrnToemn in
JiU,vjJiUll 1U
which a person of eminent piety may not
be very useful ; and surely, piety and tal
ent are. needed "in other "callings beside
the ministry. Some may thin that in
stead of wishing to increase ministers, the
tendency of my remark is, to discourage
men from entering the sacred office. I
confess, that I am more solicitous to have
those that aspire to the ministry, suitably
qualified, than to have it filled ever so
full with unqualified men. The necessi
ty of eminent piety in ministers, need not
be proved by labored argumentation. No
body denies it. The wicked world ex
pect it; and as far as external conduct is
concerned, exact it. Let the guide of
souls be what he professes Jto be, a man
of God, thoroughly furnished to every
good work. Let the youth who aspire's
to this office imbibe the pure and humble
spirit of the gospel. Let him make thor
ough trial of his prudence, sobriety, and
oiauutiy, ueiore ne oners himself. Let
his iriends also be free and faithful with
their friendly counsels to inexpe'ienced
youth. Rather let them, at first lean to
the side of discouragement than the con
trary. Many more are pushed forward,
who should remain in the back ground)
than are retarded or hindered, when they
should go forward. Let it be remember
ed that the most deserving will common
ly be the most reserved and diffident. We
should be cautious of encouraging a for
ward, self-confident youth to think of the
ministry. At any rate, he should be re
pressed for the present. He mav Ipafn
by sore experience, his own weakness,
and want of wisdom. Bring forward the
timid, the' reserved, and diffident youth,
who needs to be taken by the hand and
encouraged. But before any one is rec
ommended to be supported by the funds
of the church, let a fair trial be made of
his capacity, at home. Let his first pro
bation be in his father's cottage, or in his
master's shop. There is too much en
couragement given to young men to lean
on the arm of charitv. It would h f;ir
better to cast them for a while on their
own resou rces. The er .KwT .
,
have made nre not mere thenri- a
An Enlightened Heathkv R
many of the more enlightened htthone
a Divine Instructor was ardently dpslr'
In illustration of this, the language of
Plato has been often cited; nor is it easy
to conceive of any thing more conclusive
and striking than his picture of Socrates
apvismg nis pupil to torego the usual sac
rifices until a teacher should he sent from
on high. In another place, speakin of
L. " a a .
ucii an inspired teacher, he represents,
with prophetic sagacitv and Dreeisinn.
mat -ne must be noor. and void nfo
qualifications but those of virtue alone:
.1. a
tnat a wiclced world would not bear his
instructions and reproofs; and therefore
within three or four years after he began
to preach, fhe would be persecuted, im
prisoned, scourged, and at last be put to
death." In this remarkable
behold the divine philosopher, rising from
a mournful survey of human ignorance,
turning wiih an air of despondency from
every earthly resource, yet eagerly thirst
ing for a knowledge of God, and virtue,
and futurity, till his thirst grows into a
desire for celestial aid, and his desire ma
tures to an anticination. and even a nr.
diction, which God was actually intending
to Idlhl. And in uttering the desire which
his words disclose, we may take it for
granted, he was clothing the thoughts nfn
. r o -
thousand bosoms, venting the secret anri
cherished longings of unnumbered hearts.
If we. ihourrh standing in the radiance of
the "Sun," which ha3 since risen on the
wjc o
i . . .
. .
I - . v . . .jv, ..- Mn..&. uli cvuilun
UnnS nf thnp ii'hn i'ith loon noponm.
ot their existence, were sitting in
dark
ness and the shadow of death?
ris"s Great Teacher. ' .
Dr. liar-
Public, Worship in France. Ap
propriations are made by government for
1840, of 34,491.300 francs to the Roman
Catholics; 959.000 to the Protestant com
munions; and 90,000 to the Jews. The
Roman Catholics have 35,271 ecclesias
tics in active service. The Protestants
have 397 pastors of the Reformed Com
munion; and 232 of the Lu'.heran. The
Jews have 103 rabbis.
Whole population of France is 33,540,
910. The Protestants are more than 1,-200,000.
Paris has no Sabbath. It is the day of
the god of this world. It has about 2000
Protestant hearers, and fourteen faithful
sermons are presented there every SaLbath
oay. xutirht hnndri -i;m .
ath schools two-thirds of them are Ro-
wiau vaiuoiics.
L 2?oSfi 8 -NaviSal0 Wand there
are 23,000 natives receiving Christian in-
school's conuun 3000 children. In the
Georgian Islands, an interesting revival
!i,?,0rlhaibee? witnsed,Bnd many
added to the churches. And in the Soci- ,
ety Islands the congregations are very
large. How great the change efiWd
oy the progress of trmh ! r
the sea, within a few years I What .
blessed illustration of the gospel as th
power of God in the divine renewal ot de
praved human nature!
Morals of Christian axd Moham
medan Governments. It is remarka
ule, that while nominally r!hriM;
ernments are licensing the sale of poison
... vi amcui spirits tne govern
ment of Turkey is prohibiting tLe culti.
vation of poison. It is stated that ihe Ot
toman government has dispatched into all
the districts in which opium was cultivat
ed, firmans addressed to the governors
requiring them to cause grain to be sown
in all the fields, which have heretofore
been appropriated to the production of
that drug. v
The Missionary Institute at
Basle Switzerland. This Seminary,
which during the life of the venerable
LIumhardt, sent into the field of Mission
ary sacrifice and toil, so many faithful
men continues in a highly flourishing
condition. Dr. Blumhardt "has been sue
ceeled in the superintendance of the in
stitution by Dr. Hoffman, who ia repre
seated as possessing eminent qualifications
for the stanon having made the Subject
of Christian missions the study of his
whole life.
West Indies. Th missionary intel
ligence of the Unitnd R
there has been a visible improvement in
attendance on nuh u wnrth;n r
, "w.ump, buu iiicreas-
eu eao-erness m ipm t a ,l . .
Votod. anion? the coin
. . , w.wv. ,ivpU1ani.u, since
their emancipation: and that the work of
instruction on the mrt nfih.
and of Ihe missionaries of nil
t:ons, is carried on with unabated vior.
ocvcrai cnurcnes, and nine new school
houses were built at th stations of th.
United Brethren in 1837. Two-third of
the expense of th
. . . - w . uvucs wus iur
nished by government.
Cape Vincknt. N" v a .-
. . ii interest
ing workf grace commenced at ihis
place, with sudden nmvor .k :i
die of September last; and about seventy-
u i" i a me iruits. 'ihe
wc uas oeen arousec;, purified and
strengthened, and many of the youth and
some heads of lamilies gathered into the
Balti MORE. It nnnwr it... til-i
IZ J "' "i f
adelphia Episcopal Recorder, that the re- .
: uaiiiuiure nus reached ih. v,m.
rnnl hu Telcnea the Lpis-
uupai cnurcn, upwards of two hundred
nave been confirmed in iwo of their
churches,, within a few weeks.
The American Board of Commission
ers for Foreign Mission. r
ing a printing eSinhi;,h. ' ' AT ?rna'
, -, . .o - iiwii uu printer
to the mission of the Reformed Dutch
"m r 15ana 01 Borneo.
I he.Ujptist churches ,'n th,-. c... .
port a scene of general reliWn, n,e-
Ity.. i""-j-
Volume Distribotion in the Cut
different' 'i Md to the
diflerent churches m the city, met in the
Depository on Monday evening last, and
the bound volumes of the Society. in a
noon the work was commenced,"and by
dred libraries znd a thousand single vol
umes, xvere sold-in all about four thou
sand volumes; and h not
.i iurd PLm f tbe cily ha been, vis
ited. This shows what can be done by
private members of th k u . . 3
hey engage ,n any good work with eu-
"eulluc" zi'vosion Recorder..
Communicative Nirror r
TiANiTY.-It is interesting to look not On
ly at the COmmuniratlv- ru.:
lanity with respect to the diffusion of
knowledge, but to th nrnKaM- norm....
cy cl us influences, compared with that of
ancient kingdoms. Take Egypt for ex-'
ample. The wisdom of the Egyptians
proFeroiai, yet how little has ihe
world profited hv them. Thev nprpAn
the people, and their wisdom died with
mem. i ne wonu, instead ol being taught
by them, sends her wise men to -spell out
wnai mey lavugui ana sau, irom their hi
eroglyphs. Concerning the knowledge
nhiob these emblems were intended lo
impart. " Destruction and Death s,y, Ya
have heard the fame thereof with ouf ears.
We think of Chompollion in a mausoleum '
lying on his back, far. up under ihe roof
sketching the mystic signs. So pas.ea
the wisdom of this ivorid which knew not
-od. Hill, any ..nation which receives
and retains Chri
j uvvauic tx
desert, and its places of sepuhured grand-
' io me iooi-wii ol the solitary
and adventurous traveler., searching
what manner of lime, the indentures of us
caes and ruins indicate f We- beliere it
nn