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From the stone of unction, the image was carried to the sepulchre, and laid in the tomb, at the door of which a sermon was delivered in Spanish, and the scene was closed.

Seldom have I had such feelings with regard to the Christian religion, as I had while witnessing this tragic scene, acted in one of the most interesting, one of the most sacred places on earth,-on Mount Calvary,-in the house of God, at the place where the Son of God suffered. Never did I feel so ashamed of the name of Christian: I know of no scene on earth so calculated to make a man an infidel.

Pagan Christians! Idolatrous worshippers of Christ! Who can go to a Jew or a Mussulman, in Jerusalem, and ask him to embrace the Christian religion? Ye have defiled the sanctuary of the Lord, and put the Son of God to open shame!-Rel. Intel.

THE CASE OF MORGAN.

In our last we mentioned the result of the trial of the persons charged with the abduction of this man. Another trial has taken place with results equally unsatisfactory, as it respects any certain clue to his fate. Nicholas G. Chesebro, Harris Seymour, Henry Howard and Moses Roberts, were indicted by the grand jury for a conspiracy to convict William Morgan of petit larceny. The trial came on at the Ontario General Sessions on the 23d ultimo. The judge entered a nolle prosqui in reference to Chesebro, (he being in jail pursuant to the sentence of the former court,) and the trial of the others proceeded. After the testimony in behalf of the prosecution closed, the counsel for the defendants did not produce any witnesses, but raised a question as to the validity of the indictment, and it was quashed on account of informality. Previous to this trial, however, the result of the former had aroused the inhabitants to greater energy, and a determination to investigate the fate of Morgan to the utmost of their ability. County and town meetings were held, and committees appointed from nine different meetings, to form a joint committee to endeavour to trace his fate. This committee entered immediately on their duty, and with diligence, perseverance and determination, pursued their investigations in the face of every opposition. Nor have their investigations been in vain; they find, however, that they have not the power necessary to compel a full disclosure of this high handed crime, and therefore, they have applied by petition to the legislature, now in session, to strengthen their hands so as to obtain a full investigation of the affair. The following extracts from their petition, presented to the Legislature on the 9th instant, give a brief relation of the result of their labours, and opens up a wide-spread scene of wickedness, unparalleled in the annals of crime!

To the Honourable the Legislature of the State of New-York, in Senate and Assembly convened.

The Petition of sundry persons, members of committees appointed by the counties of Genesee, Ontario, Livingston, Monroe and Niagara, to investigate the circumstances of the abduction of one William Morgan, and to edeav our to discover and bring to punishment the perpetrators of the outrage committed upon his liberty or life, respectfully represents :

That your petitioners have done all in their power to perform faithfully the duties thus imposed upon them, by their fellow citizens; that during such investigation, your petitioners have ascertained to their own satisfaction, that the said William Morgan was seized in the village of Batavia, on the 11th day of September last, by certain persons, with a pretended legal process, and although the said Morgan was at that time confined on the limits of Genesee county jail, he was without his consent, forcibly put into a carriage and conveyed to the village of Canandaigua, where he was examined as to the alleged charge, and no cause of complaint was found against him; but that, notwithstanding, he was arrested by another process procured to be issued for the purpose, and confined in the jail of Ontario county; that on the evening of the 12th of the same month, those persons who procured him to be thus

confined, or others, confederates with them, procured his liberation, and took him from the said jail, and forcibly and against his consent, placed him, gagged and bound, in a carriage, and conveyed him, or caused him to be conveyed, as far as Hanford's Landing, near the mouth of the Genesee river,; that on the 13th of the same month, the same persons, or others confederate with them, conveyed him in the same forcible and violent manner, by means of relays of horses, provided for that purpose, by many different individuals, along the ridge road to Lewiston, and on the morning of the 14th of the same month, after conveying him to the distance of 120 miles, in little more than 24 hours, lodged him in Fort Niagara, where he was confined and forcibly detained against his inclination and consent; that he was either detained in confinement in the said fort, during the 14th, or, as your petitioners have some reason to believe, was forcibly conveyed across the Niagara river, out of the territory of the United States, and upon some of the confederates refusing to receive him there, was in the same forcible manner, reconveyed to the said fort, and detained in confinement; that on the night of the 14th, the said Morgan was, by the persons who procured him to be thus spirited away, or by others confederate with them, forcibly and deliberately murdered, by having his throat cut from ear to ear, his tongue torn out, and his body consigned to the depths of Niagara river or Lake Ontario: that these several horrid outrages from the time of Morgan's seizure at Canandaigua, were perpetrated without even the form of legal process, and without any even pretended offeuce against the laws of this land.

[The petition then goes on to represent the transactions in relation to the attempt to set fire to the printing-office of David C. Miller, the attack made upon David C. Miller himself, and his being forcibly seized and detained till rescued by his friends, and adds:]

Your petitioners have reason to believe that the said David C. Miller was seized for the purpose of conveying him to Hanford's Landing, and from that point to convey him, together with Morgan, to Fort Niagara, and with an intention and determination that he should share the same horrid fate.

But your petitioners would further represent that there are many and apparently insurmountable difficulties in the way of a thorough investigation of this affair, in the usual legal method. Among other things, your petitioners would represent, as a circumstance well calculated to excite alarm, that the persons implicated in this affair, are many of them men of respectable standing and leading influence in this community, some of them formerly members of your honourble body, others officers of justice both executive and judicial, holding high and responsible stations in the administration of our laws.

The witnesses too, which would be necessary to warrant a grand jury in finding an indictment, are numerous and scattered over an extent of country, of perhaps more than one hundred and fifty miles, and if willing, can be collected only with great difficulty and expense to them individually; and in many instances the most important and essential witnesses have shown themselves unwilling to relate their knowledge of the facts, and by their absence at the times when they are wanted, and by other means, have, and it may be expected will continue to retard, if not entirely defeat, the investigation. Your petitioners would therefore represent to your honourable body, that as this is a peculiar and extraordinary outrage, so it demands a peculiar and extraordinary remedy.

Your petitioners would therefore pray your honourable body, taking into consideration the circumstances set forth in this petition, that your body would pass an act appointing a committee or commissioners, with the most ample powers, to visit this theatre of injustice-to investigate the facts and circumstances attending its commission-to send for persons and examine them on oath touching the matters in this petition mentioned, and to be authorised to compel the attendance of such witnesses, and also to compel them to answer on oath, touching such matters as they may lawfully be compelled to answer, and to preserve a record of such testimony, to report to your honourable body, that your body may enact such law or take such order thereon, as your body shall deem meet and proper.

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View of Public Affairs.

We are again obliged to crowd this department into a small space; this, however, will be sufficient to contain a brief notice of the most important intelligence of the last month.

EUROPE.

GREAT-BRITAIN. The last arrivals, brought the accounts of the death of the Duke of York, on the 5th of January, in the 64th year of his age. By his death the Duke of Clarence, now 62 years of age, becomes the next heir to the crown, and in the event of his decease, Alexandrina, the daughter of the late Duke of Kent, now in her 8th year. The promptness with which aid was sent to assist the Portuguese in repelling the aggressions of Spain, has been well received throughout the kingdom; and additional troops have embarked on the same destination. The Duke of Wellington has been appointed Commander in Chief, in the place of the Duke of York deceased. He has expressed his determination to remove none who have recieved their appointment from his predecessor.

PORTUGAL.-The British troops sent to aid the Constitutionalists, had arrived at Lisbon, and were received by one party, with acclamations, and by others with great coolness. Previous to their arrival the Constitutionalists themselves, had succeeded in several encounters with the insurgents, and had driven them from the greater part of the Portuguese territory. No account of their operations has yet arrived.

SPAIN. So far as appearances go, the French ministry have been using their influence to induce Ferdinand to acknowledge the Portuguese court and regency. The decision of the contest between Spain and Portugal, will probably depend upon the course which France will ultimately pursue. Though her professions are pacific, it is thought that no great confidence can be placed in them. The Jesuits, ultra royalists, and haters of England, form a numerous and influential party, and are strongly inclined for war in support of the measures of the Spanish king, and whether the government take part in the war or not, he will no doubt receive powerful support from this quarter.The decided tone of Mr. Canning's speech is said to have united all parties in Spain, and active preparations are making for war. The proceedings of the Spanish cabinet are kept a profound secret; 100,000 muskets are said to have been purchased in France, for Spain. Upon the whole, the continuance of the peace of Europe appears more doubtful than it formerly did. GREECE.-Accounts from this country can scarcely be called any thing else than mere rumours. The war for some time seems to have been nearly stationary. Athens, however, has been evacuated by the Turks, and again occupied by the Greeks. The Pacha of Egypt is said to be determined to prosecute the war, and 78 sail of vessels to have left Alexandria for Greece. The most important intelligence respecting this country is from a paragraph in the London Times, which is as follows: "There is at length good ground for congratulating Europe on the adoption of a final and decisive measure on behalf of Greece, by the three great powers of Great-Britain, France, and Russia. The cabinets of London and St. Petersburgh had, some time ago, transmitted their ultimatum to Turkey, on this subject. The count of the Thuileries has acceded to the policy of its allies within the last fortnight, and resistance by Turkey to their joint demands is wholly out of the question. The point insisted on amounts to nothing less than a full recognition, by the Porte, of the absolute and entire independence of the Greek nation, which recognition is to be officially communicated to the parties requiring it by a given day, failing of which the ambassadors of the allied Christian courts are, on that same day, simultaneously to quit Constantinople. Consuls were, at the expiration of the ultimatum, to be sent to Greece, from England, France, and Russia."

From Asia and Africa, we have no intelligence of any consequence.

AMERICA.

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SOUTH AMERICA. The arrival of Bolivar in Venezuela seems to have set. led the disturbances which for some time have existed in these countries. power, approaching to absolute, has been conferred upon him or assumed by him, to which, it appears, submission is readily yielded. The affairs of Buenos Ayres and Peru continue in the same situation as before.

UNITED STATES.-Congress adjourned on the 3d inst. The bill laying an additional tax on woollens, which has occupied a great portion of their time, has not been passed. The Report of the Committee on foreign commerce, the object of which was to exclude all vessels from the British Colonial possessions from the ports of the U. S. unless Great-Britian shall grant the same freedom of access to her colonies, to vessels of the U. S. as to her own, (the carrying trade between G. Britain and these provinces excepted,) has not been agreed to, owing to the great difference of opinion which existed respecting it. The matter of course stands now as it did at the meeting of Congress. It is however generally believed, that there will be no difficulty in arranging this matter in a reasonable way by treaty.

The differences with Georgia are not yet adjusted. The history of this difficulty, is the following: The Legislature of Georgia, in 1795, sold the right of the state to purchase from the Indians certain territory within her boundaries, formerly and now, possessed by the Creeks, Cherokees, &c. to certain companies, for the consideration of some millions of dollars. The Legislature of the next year rescinded the deed of the preceeding one, on the ground of its having been obtained by improper means, and many members of the Legislature themselves belonging to these companies. The purchasers, nevertheless, considered their claim valid, insisted that the Legislature had not the power to annul the contract made with them, and appealed to the Supreme court of the United States. The United States took up the matter and a negotiation was concluded in 1802 by which the right of pre-emption was ceded to the United States by both parties, on condition of paying certain sums to the state of Georgia and to these companies, from the proceeds of the sale of said lands, as soon as the Indian title could be extinguished, by treaty or otherwise.This has been done from time to time, as portions of this territory could be obtained from the Indian proprietors. In 1825, some chiefs representing themselves to be authorised by their nations, ceded all the lands within the lines of Georgia, on certain conditions. This, however, was found to have been effected without the consent, and contrary to the will, of these nations. It was therefore annulled in 1826, and a treaty entered into with the Indians, by which all the territory claimed by Georgia, was obtained, except about 60,000 acres. Georgia, however, eager for possession, is for adhering to the negotiation of 1825, ceding the whole, and has sent on her surveyors to survey and lay it out into lots, which right she claims, not only on the ground of the said negotiation, but likewise on the ground of the sovereignty which she claims over the whole territory within her lines. This claim of sovereignty, however, is totally unfounded, as by the Constitution of the United States, the Indians are considered as foreign nations, having entire sovereignty over the territory which belongs to them; and there is an express law, which forbids the survey of lands unceded by the Indians. On these grounds, the Indians forbid and resist the survey of the unceded territory. This Georgia threatens to effect by force. And as the general Government is bound to protect the Indians in their rights, this force, if employed, must be resisted by the United States, intimation of which, has been given to Georgia. This matte was referred by the President to Congress, with an expression of his determination to resist the claims of Georgia, by force, if necessary, the existing laws of the United States remaining unaltered, and submitting the propriety of further legislation on this subject. The committee appointed on this business, in their report, recommend pacific measures, as far as possible, expressing a belief that a resort to force will not be necessary, and that the United States endeavour to extinguish the Indian title as soon as possible.Governor Troup has sent a letter to the Secretary of War, setting the United States at defiance, and has odered the Georgia militia to be ready for a set to!

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Sin made its entrance into the world in the way of giving God the lie. "The serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die." Had this been true, he that had said they should die, could not be God, and whatever he might declare should not be believed: what he commands ought not to be obeyed; what he threatens ought not to be feared; what he promises ought to be despised and rejected; and what he himself proposes to do, ought to be opposed. But on the other hand, every mark of respect and adoration ought to be given to him who affirms, "Ye shall not surely die." This is a general view of the controversy that has obtained between God and Satan since the world began. The great majority of mankind, in all ages and nations, have taken part with the latter, and strenuously supported his pretensions; and they have acted precisely towards the true and eternal God, as if he were a liar, a deceiver, and not God. Every method he has chosen, to manifest his eternal power and Godhead, they have directly or indirectly tried to subvert; while they have tacitly assented to every claim which the God of this world has made on power and prerogative. Now, if God should train up a person in his own family, where every opportunity of knowing the truth is to be enjoyed, and if he should be at particular pains to manifest in his sight all his perfections, and grant to him a peculiar faculty of vision and also bring him quite near, that he might see most distinctly and examine most minutely, I ask, what would be that persons duty if called upon to speak between God and *his adversaries? Would it not be to declare what he had seen and heard of God, in opposition to all that they might allege? VOL. III.

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