Mass. Sermon by the Rev. Mr. Holmes, of New-Bedford. Oct. 25.-The Rev. JOSEPH IVES FOOT was installed Pastor of the Church in Brookfield, Mass. Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Humphrey, of Amherst. Oct. 26. The Rev. CLARK H. GOODRICH was ordained over the church in Windham, N. Y. Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Porter of Catskill. Oct. 31.-The Rev. ELIAS W. CRANE was installed Pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, L. I. Sermon by the Rev. Gardiner Spring. Nov. 1.-The Rev. NATHANIEL BARKER was ordained over the Congregational church in Mendon, Mass. Sermon by the Rev. Benjamin Wood of Upton. Nov. 3.-The Rev. THOMAS M. SMITH was installed Pastor of the first Congregational church at Fall River, Mass. Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Woods, of Andover. Nov. 8.-The Rev. HANDEL G. NOTT was ordained over the first church in Dunstable, N. H. Sermon by the Rev. Samuel Green of Boston. Nov. 14. The Rev. DAVID D. TAPPAN was ordained as an Evangelist at Durham N. H. Sermon by the Rev. Mr. Burt of Durham. Nov. 11.-The Rev. GEORGE ALLEN was ordained Pastor of the Baptist Church in Burlington, N. J. Sermon by the Rev. James M. Challiss. Nov. 8.-The Rev. GEORGE RIPLEY was ordained Pastor of the Unitarian Congregational church in Boston. Sermon by the Rev. President Kirkland. Nov. 15.-The Rev. AARON PICKET was ordained over the second Congregational church in Cohasset, Mass. Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Codman of Dorchester. Nov. 16.-The Rev. PAUL JEWETT was installed Pastor of the Congrega. tional church in Scituate, Mass. Sermon by the Rev. Mr. Fay of Charles town. Nov. 16.-The Rev. GARRY BISHOP as an Evangelist at Lewiston. Nov. 16.-The Rev. BERIAH LEACH over the Baptist church in Shoreham, Vt. Sermon by the Rev. Mr. Sawyer of Brandon. Nov. 15.-The Rev. J.P. B. STORER was ordained Pastor of the Unitarian society in Walpole. Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Nicols of Portland. Nov. 15.-The Rev. THOMAS ALFRED WARNER was ordained at Copenhagen, N. Y. Sermon by the Rev. J. Blodgett. Nov. 15. The Rev. JAMES H. STEWART was ordained in Philadelphia as an Evangelist. Sermon by the Rev. Mr. Scovel of Woodbury. Oct. 25.-The Rev. WM. JENKS was ordained Pastor of Green street church, Boston. Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Woods of Andover. Public Affairs. ANTI-SLAVERY CONVENTION.-The National Convention for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery in the United States, held its annual meeting at Baltimore, on the 25th October. Delegations appeared from North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Maryland, Delaware, East Pennsylvania, West Pennsylvania, and New-York; and communications were received from several societies in Massachusetts and Ohio. The information received of the progress of the cause of eman cipation, was highly satisfactory. About 1826.-No. 12. 84 thirty societies exist in North Carolina, several in Virginia, five in Maryland, forty in Tennessee, and five in Pennsylvania. The following preamble and resolutions were submitted, and the most important of them adopted by the Convention: Whereas it is represented by the great body of the owners of slaves, that slavery is a grievous evil, and its continuance and increase fraught with appalling dangers: And whereas the friends of emancipation are frequently called upon by the proprietors of slaves, to devise some adequate means to rid the country by a safe and gradual process, of a population whose continuance amongst us is so unnatural, and whose rapid multiplication so alarming: And whereas many of the free northern states have assisted in former times to entail this curse upon the land, by countenancing slavery themselves, and allowing their citizens to participate in the African slave trade: And whereas the safety, prosperity, and happiness of any one portion of these United States, is alike dear to all: And whereas in the opinion of this convention, it is expedient for the nation to put forth its strength in a concentrated effort to free this happy country from so great a calamity, without a forcible interference with rights of property sanctioned indirectly at least, by the constitution: Therefore, Resolved, That it be recommended to the Congress of the United States, to provide without delay for the gradual but certain extinguishment of slavery, and the transportation of the whole coloured population now held in bondage, to the coast of Africa or the island of St. Domingo, if such an arrangement can be made. Resolved, That for the accomplishment of this purpose, upon principles of equity towards those who hold this species of property, the Congress of the United States be requested to vote a fund of millions of dollars per annum, to be applied to the purchase and transportation of slaves pursuant to the foregoing resolution,-until our soil shall no longer be polluted by the foot of a slave,-Provided that the slaves so to be purchased, shall consist as nearly as possible of an equal number of both sexes, between the ages of sixteen and forty-five. Resolved, That as a portion of the fund so to be created, this convention most cordially approves of the proposition heretofore submitted to Congress, to appropriate the avails of the public lands for that purpose. Resolved, That the Congress of the United States be requested to commence the great work of emancipation, by immediately abolishing slavery within the District of Columbia, and causing the persons set at liberty to be transported to Hayti, or to the Western coast of Africa, or either which they may choose for a residence. Resolved, That the Congress of the United States be requested by this convention, to pass laws prohibiting the domestic slave trade, as it is now carried on coast-wise from the waters of the Chesapeake Bay to the more Southern states, and the states upon the Mississippi river, and also to prevent the transportation of slaves by land, or in any other manner, from one state to another. Resolved, That it be recommended to the Congress of the United States, to prohibit by law the rending asunder of the family ties of slaves by the separation of husbands from their wives, wives from their husbands, and children from their parents, (while under the age of years) by sales of parts of families into distant states and territories. Resolved, That it be recommended by this convention to the Legislatures of the slave-holding states, or any of them where the marriage of slaves is not authorised or provided for by law, to provide for such marriages, and guard, protect, and enforce their conjugal rights and duties, by laws corresponding with those which govern the whites in all civilized and Christian countries. Resolved, That this Convention address a respectful memorial to Congress, embracing the several subjects referred to in the preceding resolu tions, and also to the Legislatures of the several states, requesting their aid and co-operation in the measures here proposed. And whereas, in the opinion of this convention, as a general rule, ignorance and vice are inseparable companions, and the best way to make good servants is to enlighten their understandings, and improve their hearts by wholesome, moral and religious instruction: And whereas, it is admitted on all hands, that sooner or later the work of emancipation must be undertaken and prosecuted to its completion: Therefore, and in order that the slaves may be the better fitted to appreciate and enjoy the blessings of freedom Resolved, That it be recommended by this convention to the Legislatures of the several states where personal slavery exists, to repeal all laws in any manner prohibiting the moral and religious instruction of the slaves. Resolved, That the proprietors of slaves in the United States be respectfully requested by this convention, to encourage by all possible means the instruction of their slaves in reading, and the rudiments of a common English education, together with the leading doctrines of Christianity, by Sunday schools, and such other means as may be within their power. TEXAS-It is stated in the Arkansas papers, that the Mexican government have recently passed a law for the emancipation of all the slaves in the Province of Texas, and that orders had been received for carrying it into immediate effect. Great consternation was produced among the slave holders; many of whom were hurrying off their slaves in great numbers into Louisiania and Arkansas. LIBERIA.-The following extract from the agent's letters to the Board of Managers of the American Colonization Society, gives an account of negociations which have been entered into with the chiefs of Cape Mount, which promise us a strong hold upon that important point of the African coast. The outline of the treaty is as follows: 1. The Colony cedes to the Governor of Cape Mount the right of establishing a trading house at Cape Mesurado, and for the present permits this establishment to be made on Perseverance Island. 2. And cedes also the right of employing a commercial agent from among the Bettlers. 3. To the Colony is ceded the right of the exclusive use of a piece of land situated contiguous to the land of Cape Mount; 4. The Chiefs of Cape Mount agree to build, in the first instance, a large and Mount, for a reasonable compensation; secure factory for the Colony at Cape to guarantee the safety of persons and property belonging to the said factory : to exact no tribute or custom of it, or any person resorting to it, forever; and to encourage the free transmission of all the trade of the interior to the said factory. 5. They also stipulate expressly, never to sell their country, or any right of occupancy in it, to any Europeans or other foreigners, under whatever circumstances: Also, never to permit any Englishman, Frenchman, Spaniard, or other than tory or trading house ashore, either for the colonists of Liberia to estalish a facslaves or produce; but oblige them always to trade from their vessels. 6. They also stipulate that prices shall be mutually adjusted by public authority, and revised by the same parties every four months-and, fixed, shall never be departed from, except by mutual consent, and a mutual understanding first had by the same parties. 7. The Cape Mount and Cape Mesufriends and members of one common famrado people shall treat each other as ily, and endeavour to obtain, deserve, and keep each other's confidence." Such is the outline. The arrangement is important in itself: the ultimate consequence can hardly fail, under good management, of being much more so. The trade of Cape Mount is worth at a moderate computation, $50,000 per annum. The exclusion of Europeans we regard as tantamount, its present effects tion of the property of the soil: to which on our colony considered, to the acquisiit may be expected to lead as soon as the growth of our population shall demand its comprehension within our territorial limits. To Correspondents. N. N.; the Address over the grave of M. de Saint Laurent; Pope Leo the First; a translation from Muenscher's Manual of Dogmatic History; and one or two other communications, have been received. To the errata in the last Number the following should have been added: namely, at page 456, line 39, in the article on Eccles. xii., erase the word their:-in the review of memoirs of Jane Taylor, at page 593, line 23, for effect, read effort: at p. 595, last line but one, for quarrelled, read guarded: at p. 602, Ï. 35, read, her character as a daughter and sister demands, &c. INDEX TO THE ESSAYS, INTELLIGENCE, &c., OF THE ABDOOL MESSEE, 548 Afflictions, 139 Alleghany College, 431 All seek their own, 63 Amboyna, 272 American Authors, 135 Bible Society, 325 American in England, observations of, American Seamen's Friend Society, 101 Amusements, brutal, 241 British mission in India, 545 Brutal Amusements, 241 Burial of the king and queen of the Sandwich Islands, 49 Burmah, 167, 374, 440 Calcutta, 546 Cathedral at York, 242 Cherokee alphabet, 163 Christianity, uncompromising character Christ's divinity, 198 Chrysostom's homily on Eutropius, 553 College, Alleghany, 431 Answers to Correspondents, 56, 112, 168, Colossal organ, 262 Anniversaries in New-York, 325 Barbadoes, 549 Bells, baptism of, 409 Beneficial effects of the scriptures, 493 Bible in Mexico, 268 Bible Societies on the continent, 663 Bombay mission, 49 Comets, Olber's theory of, 489 Complaining, 137 Congress, 224, 278 Memorabilia of, 307 Connexion between the closet and the between spiritual understand- Crime, inadequacy of criminal laws for Cuba, 168 Darrach, Samuel F. obituary of, 495 Death of Alexander, 165 of Mr. Fisk, 219 of Missionaries, 267 Deaths of children, 261 Book of the Roman Catholic Church, 432 Deborah, song of, 70 Denmark, 262, 608 Dissenters in England, 243 Divine forbearance made an occasion of Dogmatism, 78 Donations, 164, 222, 276, 373, 165, 550. Imprecations of David, 620 Importance of Christianizing the hea- Improper use of the word 'verse,' 244 Indian Converts, 663 Insurance against hail, 432 Intelligence, Literary and Philosophical, -, Religious, 47, 101, 162, 219, Italy, 432 |