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the process of sending them to New England nnd elsewhere, to he ord lined, nnd then formed a Preslij try to suit the exigencies of the case 'hey suv tint their (icclivc tiffinli Presbytery was unsife. in the h mds of an orthodox synod, and tiien erected an elective affinity synod fur iis security they saw tint miniytcis in iiiuf icluted ;md shielded in this way could t!o; piss currently while Pieshyteries retained the rijjhl of examin dioii and tlien declared they should he received on their testimonials 1 hey snv that to condemn the errors specified in the resolution offered by Mr. Jennings, would be to condemn themselves they siw that to countenance the "fmous memorial"1 would be to offend New

Lnl and. ;md a "few dozen11 of your acquaintance j they s iw tint to n j-ct the memorial nnd the res- j cliition ;:t;er wu ;t had transpired, would tix on themselves everlasting contempt and then they vo:ed their "un ;h ited attachment to our excellent stand ards!!"' WYi!, indeed, h is the able defender of the Act and Testimony said, 'The doings of the Assembly fur four ye ::s h id s:ro;igly set in such a way as to make heresy respectable, to m ike it sjcu-e, to make it praiseworthy, to orginize it, to protect it and finally to en nr.. ft it in a permanent establishment, us a n;rt of our oiax m;z it ion." "The urgent

motive tor the erection ot the new 1'resbytery oi i );ut ol i,im who experiences it. referring all the gloPi! de!p!,ia w. s the protection of these e rrors in J rv to the author of s ilv.dion,' and that the blood doctrme and discipline." "-The assembly is leliev- j which was shed on Calvaiy"s Cross, which is efflc icdto hare taken it into favour far that very reason." j CI()US to cleanse from all sin, is the only Purgatory. by your own rule then their motives were corrupt; flt were not so well known that the Romish Chinch

Din von sav, "Some ot the most ottensive ot these! acts wi re proposed, or c irri, d tiirougii. by men who j have ever stood, and do now stand, high in the res- j ,na.i .i me chinx ues, p. Ko. Mo ever doubted i it ; iio etaods i;ia;n-r t i :n the recent cotnmenta- i in . , tor on the Jo:n .ds tnan J.ie c-dt'or of the Pud a-1 , , , . , - 1 1 ucip.i..i .11 m some !oiess.is 111 incociic u sem lnine? thin oisticguished reviv;ht.; 7 Some of j.i r ,ew dozen may i,e toutid in these high ranks! ion .1111, t:ic acts irrre manned l, men u-aa hare tcstyu-.i aga,a,-t these errors, and hare some , ig.it ta be beh, re,," p. 13. I deny that any J manh:s a riant to be h. heved, whose w.nds and notions are ,!, antipodes of each other. That "ae- j tioi,5 speak louder than words, is a verity which ; -"""u I'm sur.i men 10 siviine. tial estimate am , I to mike of men who "st md high," or sit high, 'who s iy nnd do not Still more, "who say one j way nnd do another? And bcice ou have rmbtIy s.iiil, "No ti stifying against error would sdisly 1i,- friends"' of the Act and Teslimrny."' p. 13v). Vh:t good will it do fur the Presbytery of New Bnu sv. ick and the synod of Pittsburgh, to bear witness in their own way, while they suffer the errors and ;. busts to go on while bv their acts thev shield and 1 roiect thern? No wonder "there w;.s a rebuke of the middle course, put forth in no very me snred terms, by the official pip. r of the movement party," ;,s i!k signers of the Act and Testi mony are called, n. I'M). r. n..iiibnioii ilmv -uo 'ft r ' " ,;,me,,,,r; ' "7 a,e ' fthe'-mmementpaiiv hey have Inhered, and spoken, and acted, and they have no intention ol i ol i ' ' ,P nailhig their flay and sittmy down m re pose. Clt-f I iration on the Dirt ot .no- number .f i. ,i;i-w!n nls, dm error exists in the church, is not sufficient lor its extiip.it on. The cause is altogether inadequate to ti e effect." 0:1 ;isk with some deoree of alarm, notwiih- -,,,!, u , ' st. ndmg ;:U your co p, sure, "Is the wedye to be tr ;!;;::: t;, ; imisteis m a churcli admitted to sn-srantiaby sound, have sign ihe dov. ques'ion, ' p. ij 1 . The body of a sound church, long trained in a form i f sound words, usually remain sound, after many of its miaislt rs beeomt- mrrimt Plain, bon es', cI infotmi'd members of a church, frequently nsisi successfully the heretic..;! opiiiions of I lie most j taU-i.trd specnl ilois in theology. Believing the j mam body of the ruling elders and .members of the j chm h to be sound, when the majority of the e'er- j pv had become corrupt, the frami is of the "Act and j Testimony' hive made their appeal to the foiintair. ' r.e ... ...... .e. .r. II 1 1 . 1

I ' 'o i3 inu ui'iu in 1110 uic iS i , .m;i..ii.,.f,,n it,. ;i.i ., . " . rn . 1 , , ., .- .... 1 'he atii..Oity ot man. lie said that her conduct im rn tde his own body on earth that tamtam. liid,a;.i,i r. i ,. ., . .

churrl. m,v !,e in , n,, .t..... .. ....... -.'iiihii'i.i ill 111 till 1 Ml 1-P'im-u. 11 so tne need ot relormaiion is increased ed " 7 s increased i mii-l i "' , T TT ' ' ,, : 1 " i 1 Cll"r ' :Mh'f-1 r.ither in n dnniiiisl but one-tenth of tl . f - - 111 -i.i..i and Testimony," it is more thin I expected, ll" numbers can be relied on, there is a gieater number m the "movement nuiy"1 than was om e Ii...,,,! icu 10 ix; siitistantla V soiun . s tmnn, ii.. A . suiheieut to drive th d-rs of the Vatican. vedge home ag oust the thunConcluded next week. THE DEATH OF THE YOUNG. BY ruoKKSSOK LOXGFI.LLOW. Beautiful is that sivson of b fe when we can say in the linen ige ,,f Script ue, 'Thou Inst the dew of thy youth'. Bat of these flowers Death Ins adhered 1!ny. He places them upon rs m5l)ll ) b s torm is changed to something less terrific than beiore. We learn to g ze and shudder not, for he cones in his arms tlie sweet blossoms of our earthly hopes. V: shall see them tig.iin, bloomimr in a h ppier land. ,) ;a,il ,''i'igs s again to our friends. Thev are w uimir (- ,ls; ;lIIj W(J sjl;lH ni(, ,)(; bohiij them. Pi iey hive gone before us and "arc 1 ke the angebm heiven. Tiiey stand upon tlie border of the grave, to welcome us with eounteu mces of ..iiieaion, wiiie.h they oie on earth lovely more radiant more sn:riin .1 -yet more Death has taken thee, l-.o, sweet sis'er, and 'fliou hast the d..w of thy youih'. He hath placed thee upon his bosom and his stem countenance wore a smde. The 'f.r country' seems nearer and the way less .Ink; for tiiou Inst gone beiore passiim so quickly to thy rest, that day itself dies not more cludy. And thou art there w.iiimg to bid ,ls Wl,i come, when we shall have done the woik mven us to do. :ul d, .11 .... I ...i to , ... wiiun licus io oe seen no more earth. on Infant Jfyf4m. The Syriac translation cf tae New Tei- " 's Hrt""ue l. was r..inp!,-ied ury ra.lv in die sev;'''VFi''7',fn;,V'et,w: n.e .;,h-i. ;,f .iaa.-w. ',, ' ' f lU" A...Ml. s. Noiv in ,1... y,i:,C ef'd tr tn t' "'nt'"Mi' a.e trai.l i,e,l .v,ia and h ,r cmiirtn, .! ai lor atul ins chill,,. ,, , , , fVor. I'ind. I,1'", f inanus and Ins children. BaTTISTS IX A MI.RIC 4 't l l r . rif- i, ll,,., , ' Wditorof (he Amencm tJipt.st a:;d Home issio), p ,.j .. r. u ....... . ....... I v. -coid gives the .. -v ...".ii. oi int; increase ov i tion il.e p st e.u : 'h it deuominPh, re,re.J.ssoci.,tions,r,,n'.n , !,nrcvs n , ord umd iiiinisi. is. and 7: In ,.i, r'" 'T"

"sso. i.mi.ns sent ,,, then minutes to the -M, r", i J""r s,s,tr" s"d "'- fe"rl- "Nu agent, ;,d ta.,r ,ltir g.,m amounted loXJ? : tn ! t"'1' '"'l'"1' f"r Wl',e slle '"-V Sls,el' 1 w,,bUI vmX iu r hers. The S .me ratio for the whole number ( i 1 s,"'"' 11 1 sl,,,"!tl d nice on Ihe lob-board lor her. jv-'ld give a nett mcrcse f tmt t.s, llU(1 ' ' j "! care to keep ut of my way, but if I for th vf-sr p..sf. ' 'y " oids ii..n her, if ihe deviJ does not turn j At tnruie out, wi)).v

From the Protestant Vindicator. I send you an extract from the Deny Journal. It exhibits, in strong features, t lie genuine character and spirit of Romanism in Ireland, as it is taught by tiie Priests, nnd practiced by their devoted and superstitious slaves. It is something similar to the persecution of the boy Ryan in Boston, which rei euily lnppenei.'; anil the account of the worn in now itving at S't. John's, which. you lately published. Such facts only prove that Popery is every where and always the same. Deruy. PERSECUTION FOR CONSCIENCE SAKE. ' case of a very disnistinr nature came before

the Mayor. The interest to hear the particulars of it was intense, and the court was greatly crowded. j i iie case originated in an aggravated assault which J ivas committed by John Devlin, on his sister, C.dhaiine D. vim, who has lately renounced the duiniuI ion of the Romish Priests, and adopted the Sicred J volume as her only rule of faith and practice; J whence she has learned tiiat her Mikcr is the alone I object of worship that there is but osi: Mediator j between this great and pure Being and offending j man that deliverance "from the wrath to come" is 1 i . i ... ... omaineu in a way winch excludes boasting on the ni.v,vs nnivo,.i...i .. !,...,... -i. i.i i ...... ! ..-. ........... j. . vv-w . t iiuii.ci a.ic uiuiu, anu l .i l i ,cr IS i rlC l p;iljl.- of anv improvement, it would j t.xcite astonishment that, i'n this enlightened aw, ;inv W0l,jj be s deVold 0f common Ponse as to ,). ,,r,oi,p-.ii; t. i -n. 1....1 i. ! ...o .... ... viMii,,uuiij; un. iiiiiiu. 1 in: uouy ill : v lie n,,,!, nnn,l immi,,i ; .1 7...i ' .1. . ., K11111U11..J in luiit i, l. AIUHVtUU till IIIC racK, or given to the elevoiii ing ti one; hut the 1)1 er pan will assert its dignity, and spurn the d;c,iltion which would impiously coerce it The p:)llies h;iving bee called) ;ui(j ,he complain. ant sworn, she was desired by the Mayor to state w1:lt sh(. ,!ld to rav wilic, she did eary in Uie ful. J,,,, - ',,., words- " As,,e XV;1S relnrni frm W.lham-s.rcet, she :. ( , i.or t..i... m... i; 1.. ' 1. ed her how she did, and said she was a great slran- ! t?ne rephed she was well, but supposed she 1 could not venture to visit him or her other relatives, as she understood that she had been threatened! lie said she bad nothing to fear, and tisked her to go with him for a short tim ; to his place, as he had something to say to her. She answered she would not, hut thai he might now say whatever he wished. He then urged her to accompmy hiiti into a publichouse on the quay to drink; but she refused, telling him that she had never made it a praclic : to fiequeid j such a pi ice, and Would be sorry to do so now. ; '1 li s conversation took place as she was "oiiw homei wards. VS thev Wahvfd :ilunT iin !.,- .1" ii... Vn of her having chtnged her religion was ,rue jie nIli,.d ia slffll,T,iltive. I,lit, , t " ,,;c , ,,,fl. ,..... . . ', ."' ' i, ,,i ,!;,, 11 ir 1 1 1 , i had prettilv disgraced herself bv eavimr her Church ! 1.1 '- , , .- , , c- v-'i'oieo, ! 1 uiu uiai ne was asuameu to hold up Ins head on j j that account. Siie told him if lie never had more I j cause to hang his head, it would be well with him. j j lie then insisted that she should accompany him,! (either to his house or tint of a relative, named . I 1 1 1 1J 1 1 1-1 IV IC MC iiivio. I fnl...i.l.... 1 1 v'iitf. -p prenensive 1 1 ii us 1 esoms were evi she ri.Wd 1 1 ,!. i ,i i, i i , , Lre ''j s-'-r r r"r' '"" "m - Quig. Apprehensive lint his designs were evil, she several times, and was severely burl. up stairs, which she at first refused to do, unless some witnesses were allowed to be present; but, aware that violence would be resorted to, she considered it as well to comply. Her brother then inter rogited her, relative to her leiving the Church of Rome, and used disrespectful and threatening l.myinge respecting certain persons, particularly the Rev. James Radclill"', who, he conceived, had been instrumental in leading away her mind from its doctrines. She slated tint she could not believe these d i. trines nor submit her conscience anv l.mrmr i. " -'.-ie.fu .i-r uio.i.er w..s omnmg in She siitl that she had nothing to do with the (le::(1; ,ul a wollld Klve to appear at the judgment ",eal "f (;i,ris'' w,,en e would have to give a'."t of himself to God. lie insisted onl.er tikmg an o.ith to reiuni to ihe Romish Church, to wh ehshe replied, that tint would be contrary to ber eonscience, and she reminded him lint he would not h ive to be accountable for her in the day when the secrets of all hearts would be revealed. He then became greatly exasperated, t dd her that Ihe devil was in hei inside, and that she was in the nect nitli to hell. Shr, Ln,l i,;m i.,. ,: , .....v. ' , "inn i .ii iu : 1 1'' i!, .i I I, ...I I .. -.1. r t . . .ii ii.- uiu u.-eii wiin i;r. .wcijaugiiiiu, it that was the language the Bishop desired iiim to use to her, and said tint such expressions proved him to be a stranger to the grice of Cod. He said she was a co.ifident at rap, and tint if she did not promis-3 to return to the Chapel, he would lake a knife from his pocket and rui: it through her bloody heart. She told him she was in hispower he might act as he plj ised but he would have to be accountable for his conduct towards her. He next took a cord from h s pocket, and threatened to tie her. These threats so operated upon her mind, that be extorted a promise from berth it she would attend the Romish Ch ipel on the next Sunday morning, be pledging himself tint lfshe rem lined unconvinced by what she would then hear, he would never molest her any more. She told him, that to gratify him she would go once, but tint it would have no effect in altering her present opinions, nor would she ever enter il a second time. On Ibis condition she was liberated. Nancy Quig was present at the most of this conversation. " Witnessess were then produced, to corroborate the complainant's testimony as to the assault, hut it was unnecessary, as the accused unequivocally admitted his guilt. The .Mayor then ordered the information of Catherine Devlin lo he taken, when her attorney stated lhat his client did not wish to prosecute her brother, but merely to have him put under security to keep the peace. Ordered to be kept in custody till he would find bad for three years himself in 15i and two sureties in 10 each. The attorney then produced Margaret Campbell, lo prove that Sarah M'Teague had used menacing language in reference to Catharine Devin. She deposed that as she went into her own house, she heard scolding on the street: went to the door, and saw Sally M'Teague. A girl asked Sally whom she was scolding; she leplu.l it was the Misses Ijaloniiih, r tinning a Catholic gill from her reli

Statistics of popery it the United States. "We must be in haste," wrote Mr. Fenwick of Cincinnati. "If the protestant sects are beforehand with us, it will be difficult to destroy their influence." I will be interesting to protectants, to see the result of these urged applications to Europe, for popish priests to 'destroy the influence of protestant denomi nations in theCnited Staves. We have lately procured the Cathohc Laity's Directory. The cover is adorned with a triple crown, representing the one worn by the pope, and intimating that the inhabitants of the United States are, or ought to be, the liege subjects of Rome. Perhaps it is also intended to render the republicans of "this too free country," as the priests term it more familiar with the insignia of that royalty, which will prevail in the days when the free principles introduced by theReforuiation, shall no longer vex the mother church and her august hed. The number of Roman Archbishops and bishops in the United States, is 2. They are located at Baltimore, Bardstown, Ky., Charleston, S. C, Philadelphia, St. Louis, loston, New York, Mobile, New Orleans, Detroit, Cincinnati, and Vincennes, la. Their territory is laid off with geographical precision, so as to embrace the whole United States. The churches and clergy are scattered over the United States in the following manner: SOUTHERN STATES. Louisiana Churches -26, priests 29; of these 7 are stationed in New Orleans. Mississippi I church at Natchez, no priests.

ilabama t diuretics. 8 Dnests. 4 stationed at t.;i.. mh. Florida 3 churches, 2 priests, Georgia 4 churches, 3 priests South. Carolina I churches, 7 priests, G of these , Mdent at Charleston -Nora Carolina 11 churches, 3 priests. resi .Maryland f5 churches, 23 priests. The Rev William McSherry, of St. Thomas' Manor, is pro vincial of the Jesuit?. firginia 10 churchrs, 4 priests. District of Columbia 3 churches, 6 priests. MIDDLE STATES. rcnnsylvania 56 churches, 43 priests, 15 of these reside i 1 Philadelphia. Delaware 3 churches, 2 priests. J7 tc Jersey 6 churches, 5 priests. .Vif York 43 churches, 30 priests. NEW ENGLAND. Connecticut 8 churches, 8 priests. Massachut:et!s 11 churches, 13 priests. .Mtine 7 churches, G priests. JNcw Hampshire 2 churches, 2 priests. Vermont 1 church, 1 priest. WESTERN STATES. .Michigan and Northwest Territory 10 churches, 13 priesis. Ohio--25 churches and stations, 18 priests, 6 of these reside in Cincinnati, and n ot. Josephs, i wnere there is a convent ot the Dominica is. j Kentucky 27 churches, 33 priesis, 1 1 of these ; reside at liardstown. At Lebanon is a convent ot" ! Jf ""fvhere the Tetd. ( i Coc",,s- At bt-jet-uiis nere tne loiiowing J esuits reside: Jlessrs. tlouet. Fo'.icliet, Evremont and uui'i--. 11 01. nose, asu ngton con niy, is a r n 1 1 convent of Dominicans, where o priests reside. - ' Tennessee 1 church, no priest. .Missouri 15J churches, 19 priests. Illinois 10 churches, G priests. .Irha isas 9 churches, 1 priest. Indiana 9 churches, 2 priests. Total of Churches in the United States, 3P2. We have only put down the priests enrolled with the churches. This does not in lude all. The total number of priests in the United States, is stated in the Catho'ic's Laity's Directory, to be thrie hundred a id forty-one! The employment of a lare portion of these is not stated. In the diocese of St. ""Icwmn e ''j nr in reiti. Vi nn nns a nd Detroit, the number of priests is set down at 112. Cin. Jour. T1II3 STANDARD. FRIDAY, APRIL 3, is:r. To OUR SciiSCniBERS.We assure vou. before we go any further, that we are in a very good humor; though we are very sorry we are ever for ced to address you as at present. But necessity compels us. We have seen in a number of papers of late, "that the Standard removed from Cincinnati to Indiana, to live cheaper." Perhaps it was so. Une thing is ceitain: we are well pleas ed with our present situation: we have abundance of good water, and breathe a salubrious air. Put, we cannot live upon air and water. Such are the """ -i oiai u tcuiiioi get men to worn tor us, nor materials to work upon, without pay money! To send our paper to you, as we do weekly, costs us a mriot ,'.-.-,1 r.v,x,.. .1 l r. i"11" '""" alul ,v e "ave no ay ot niai ..,, Km g or getting money, but from you. Will you not look over your books, or tax your memories, and see if you do not owe us something Perhaps (no doubt of it) some of you will discover that you have been subscribing one, two, three, four, and more, years even from the beining of of our paper and have never sent us one remittance. Does that look right? We can assure you, it docs not feel just right. We are therefore in earnest when we call upon every subscriber to pay hisjust dues, and that as soon as possible. If we speak too plain, we ask pardon but, verily, wc wish to be understood. Our terms arc: If paid within six months, $2 00 after six months, $2 50. Six months of the current year, are nearly passed. .Igents will confer a favor by remitting what monies they may have in possession, forthwith. Remittances by mail, may be made at our risk. Err at cm On the last pac;e and fourth column ol the present paper, for "Polish, violence," read "Popish violence." Perhaps the mistake is prophetical oi'the violence which may yet be committed by the Poles, who, having fled from their own country to this lor safety, are to be located west ol us all of whom, we have been informed, are Roman Catholics. Indiana Theological Seminary and Hanover College Prom the Annual Catalogue of this Institution, just published, we make the following summary: Theological Professors, 2; Students, 10. College Faculty, 7; Seniors, 6; Juniors, 20; Sophomores, 21; Freshmen, 30; Academic Department, 119; Irregular and Scientific, 24. Total, 230: Dismissed, as unpromising, 6. Tuition, $10 00 persess on: 1 oard, from $1 00 to $1 50, per week: Room rent. $1 00 per session: Fuel and lights, 00 per year: Washing $4 00. Next Session will commence the first Monday in May. "It is very desirable that all the students should be present at the commencement of the Fion."

To the Editor of the Standard. Dear Sir, The paragraph "Nunneries," trans-' ferred to our Gazette of Vincennes, of the 14th March, from the "Standard of South Hanover"

denounces the Catholic Religious Societies of Fe-

males, now spread all over our United States, as us any oiucr roau to mlluence and power, in "intolerable haunts of turpitude and atrocity." It this country, and we will give the Roman Cathon.akcs it a matter of reproach to Americans, totreat lic Church "crt7 for takinghis one. them with iavor. It urges earnestly that they be t., . . , not "slow" to learn the lesson of "detestation" and Tlm 5cenrs 01 atr0C1I' and turpitude" should destruction; which, it is said, Europe inculcates be found otton in nunneries, in this country, by to them. It quotes with unqualified commenda- protestants, is not probable. Such events, at prction, the acts of foreign lawless tyranny and spoil senf woulJ Jefeat tlie enJ for whi h h particularly those ot the Parliament ot England, 300 years ago, in the days of that bloody monster, tullonsffl're established. They must recommend Henry VIII. j themselves to the confidence of a virtuous comThe Societies so fearfully denounced to our cit- munity, or thev cannot exist or accomplish their izens, exist in our United States in a great variety object.' For Colleges, Orphan Asylums, Sec, no ot lorms. We have the Carmentes, Visitations, . r , , r o , , Clarisses, Dominicans. Sacred Heart Ursulinesi thaI?Ws are duc 10 the Ro!1,an Cathohc Church or Loretines, Sisters of Mercy, Sisters of Charity of 10 nnneries, as such but to a virtuous public Nazareth, and those of St. Joseph's Vallev, near opinion, and to the benevolence of subordinate Emitsburgh.kc. They have a very large number agents, who, absorbed in the present Cood, have

enjoy the "iavor the paper spoke of. Where they are not established, the opinions and judg-! nientsof the people are not formed from actual' survey and scrutiny. As one particularly acquainted with the last in stitution mentioned, the Sisters of Chanty of St.: Joseph's, permit me, Mr. Editor, simply to state!

that they exist, since 1C09, in Maryland, and have' When an author has acquired, by his genius and formed 32 of their establishments in the States of writings, a considerable degree of popularity, his Massachusetts, New ork, Pennsylvania, Dela- 1 , . " , ware, Virginia, Ohio, Missouri, and Louisiana. fh a," (1 as they are on the whole Among them, there are 14 Asylums for Orphans, i;iv ourab'.e to evangelical truth and genuine piety,

in someof which there are more than a hundred o(" orphans at a time, under the care of the sisters 4 Hospita!s21 Free Schools, where many thousands ol children receive daily instruction many boarding, and day-scholar Academies; that of St. Joseph's, a most numerous one, with a large proportion of Protestant pupils of the most intelligent families. The parents bad, for Ions vears. every . .. ', , , ' - ' -Y opportunity, which w e have not, in these remote parts, to judge whether their esteem and favor was ..'judiciously and safely attached to the Institutions

denounced in our Indiana papers. The Houses tence pronounced by the accredited cenor of litthus mentioned exist 5 of them in the very City prature iu a jnstance? juf! and b1(J ( of.New ork, o in Philadelphia, 4 in Ualtunore, : , . , J 1 2 n Washington and Alexandria, 2 in New Or- 011 f0Un'.1 moral aiuI ''-g'ou-" principle, then maleans, 1 in Boston, where the Ursulines were fust1 11 " a scribbler would be rebuked into a sense of his sheltered after the burning of Charleston Rich-': ignorance and folk; many a press would ceae to mond, Albany, Cincinnati have their own. j under the piles of absurdity and error, which It is scarcely probable tor sensible readers, that1 , , , , , ,. . . some hundreds of sisters, whh their numerous . ar obtruic'i P":i and pulled into ceproiestant friends, servants, officers, physicians, j h'bnty, by the interested, or the undiscriminating; iVc. their thousands of pupils, and of patients, and ' much time and money, now thrown away upon .1...:.. r .1: ..: i ...: I . . - '

i.iiiiiut:.-, siiudi, nui 111 i-uninf, urn 111 lueifrasii. or worse tiian trash, m t ,r ho nr l.n.

n addle of the most enlightened cities, as their e tablishments are. for the greatest nart of them: u nj ,l?r th0 inspection of municipal bodies, and of i'Oartioi managers mom ui mem ouen pi oie.-i ani gentlemen, as, for instance, at the Infirmary and the hospital in Baltimore of other boards, particularlv at the Asylums of most respectable ladie many of themalso Protestant would not only es - cape detection in their turpitude atul atrocity, but see their excellent name more and more honored by all; their services most esteemed, and caked for in many more places than their number, although continually increasing, can afford. No, Dear Sir, this is not probable; and we would think it safer for good men duly to suspend their judgment, until they may have truly examined into the case. It would be more fearful for the persons that would judge these good sisters, than for themselves; if through prejudice and improper precipitation, they were exposed to hate, and cause to be hated, what, in the eyes of the Almighty, maybe praiseworthy, whilst it actually seems so, in the eyes of innumerable people, the best at opportunity to form a correct judgment of the characters of "le ppsfjn tlm injured I retrained, it seemed to me, in these remarks, from any expression that might prevent the admission, in your paper, of this testimony of an old fiiend of the Sisters particularly mentioned here; but, who has been well acquainted with a large proportion of the other Institutes of this Country. It can, after all, but give occasion to more particular and fair inquiry, and elicit more information concerning the evils and dangers lately denounced in your paper, and our Gazette of Vincennes. Respectfully, Dear Sir, SIMON HRUT.R, Bishop if Vincennes. Vincennes, March 21, 1031.

I meritorious pages. ihe writer in the "PresbyteThe Bishop's Letter. We have received the Han Review," aftef duly acknow!;' '"in- the vanpreceding communication from Vincennes, pur-oiis merits oiMr. Abbot, and making several friend-

porting to come trom the Catholic L.shop ol that p-ace, as will be seen by the signature. e some-

timescorrect manuscripts, without authority for ..1Ie has ,1(.,.n rcyvlUn ami(, ,ie h,Irian$ so doing, but in the present instance we cannot 1 gorgeous delineations here presented of our Savassume the responsibility, inasmuch as the manu-' lol"''s doings, but in vain does he attempt from all script comes from the region of vfallibiUli,. We j ,ll;lt been set before him to form any precise i ii i and definite views as to the "reat inimnp u-i,;m, shall therefore print the letter verba! un et literati,n,l Saviollr ,,a, cdZ all Xt he hil as we received it. The paragraph referred to, asjdone and suiTered in our name and on our behalf, having come from the "Standard," we have not j And even when this subject is handled, as it probeen able to find in our paper; and we are, conse-1 ,l'si!e(ll' !s the views which are set forth are .-ueaquently, unprepared to justify or condemn it. We j f:'": V" i'"-1 'V"h -Uch V' ' , ' , , I ,louM,dnd a to preclude our bruising forward anv do not hesitate to say, however, that we detest charge of systematic heresy against the respecte! jYnnncries, and we care not how soon the lesson of, author. The doctrine of universal pardon is broad"detestasiun" is learned by ail but a lesson of 4de-; !A M'lU.l'(l al but by no means openly avowed. struction" is quite another thing. The word cfcJ ! h.ore.is' llowover' 0,1P J'omi.iient exhibited in tho , ,. , , ., - , ;lo!'""ing quotation, which leads us stron-ly to sfruclum seems to be thrown in, by way ot ma-; suspect that Mr. Abbot approximates in hisMheo! king out a bad case. We would inform the Pish- logical creed to the Arminians. After brin.Hn flop that Protestants never learn lessons of dc- ,orw"ar,l a' occurrance of real life, as illustrative struct ion, except from Roman Catholics. Amon-st ' ' ,Io,c,rmo of substitution, he thus proceeds: n .i i- .i i .i , , ! "Such a case is analagous, in many respect to Catholics, this lesson is so thoroughly taught, that the measures God has adopted to make the for-iv-it is amongst the last lessons unlearned by those eness of human guilt safe. It is only one point who have once belonged to their communion; and however, of the analagy which I wish the reader hence a spirit of persecution and destruction clans:, 10 oI,serve here, viz: that though the measure in like a viper, to Protestants, even after they had re- ,-en I'd f ,7 d t!!0 """7 '" d" , , , . ,. , . ,. 11 w A 11,n ' '"-nti.d tor '.he criminal to understand nounced the authority of his Holiness. As to that at the time he was forgiven. So in regard to tho "bloody monster, Henry VIII," we detest his '"oral effect in God's government produced by character as much as we detest nunneries but t,le su,,,'r'n ' Jesus Christ, in preparing the , e n i ... way for the lortrivcness of sin the ni'iuri ui we think an overruling Providence wise v sul er- n..,:,, ,, ., , , r i , - " . w as . , ' netessaiyto render free forgiveness sate, but a ed the power of this lawless tyrant to be exerted clear understanding of its nature, and of its moral against the overgrown power and blasphemous effect, is not always necessary to enable the indipretentions of the "man of sin and son of perdi- V,,,,K,I ''"ut to avail himself of it ;rari .ion." Thespoiha.ions which he committed upon "m'L'T '"'i" ,rfriv,'",,I '"''f - (d. but lie may be torgive.-i, am. yet not know that the Catholic establishments in England, Roman Ch, ist died, nil he actually meets Inn, in heaven." Catholics ought not to complain of; as they very P. Tit. well know, that it was only lawless power, graspin-r "This is one of die most prominent doctrinal erwbata legalized system of cheating and imposture '7 l'1 lle' "-''"n T '",-Vml . . . .. 1 chargeable. He admits in all its extent the eflica had been forages accumulating, at the expense of cv ot , death of Christ in procuring the pardon the temporal and eternal interests of mankind. i' tlie sinner, but he denies the necessity of faith

Upon the contents of the letter in relation to the , - " ' .ii I I I.1UUI1 III UIV good character which nunneriessustain, we wouW i 1 11 I T Vrt..nir l.n l.nnn .-I I' I o'u.uR, iii.ii iiicnc esuuaiHiimenis are n"i

new things. The intelligent part of tl-e world man may br forgiven, aiufyet so far from believwill judge of them from their past history, their ,ul,y never once have beard efthe death of connexions, and the principles u'On which they . , , i i r- n . . a i i 'Altliough the who e ol the Review is wort! v are founded. Co eges. Orphan Asylums, fee. are af n,,riw..i , , o( ... " wou.j h ' 1 J ' oi p lusal, yel, tor the sake of brevity, we must very good things, in themselves, and it is by man- limit ourselv es to a lew extracts, showW the naifesting great zeal in building up such institutions ,l" e of the errors which Mr Abbott holds and disas these, that the king of a few petty states in Ita- MM,llates. The readers of the Standard will see Iy, and the impudent pretender to the empire ot J,,0,?K,, ,,u' .f tract which can probably ., ., 1,0 K'ven in a single ariiele, to make them cautious trie world, must Ket a tooting m tins country. Sa-: what Ixwks they purchase.

tan must put on the garb of an 'angel of light,' ii" he would succeed in his schemes of deception and it would be strange if the Tope has not yet learned this stratagem from his old master. Show-

......... u. "I'l'jUO. For the Standard. The Corner Stone, or a Familiar Illustration of the Principles if Christian Truth. by Jacob Abbott, author ot "the 1 ounr Christian. or the reverse, are calculated to produce much good or evil. The effect may be ii lncrpa!ed or diminished, by means . , , in some measure s oi'the "Guardians ot tau rre-'",lie editors and publishers of our weekly, monthly, and quarterly periodicals, who . by their recommendations and censures, have no ' K,,,.,ti ; ,1,, ; .1 , .- ' , . small mlluence in directing the pub ic taste, and .. 0 ' m """'"S or curtailing the circulation of the works of doomed or applauded authors. If the senstowed more wisely; and the ruin of many an ingenious, but unformed mind, be prevented. Rut more particularly, the conductors of our religious periodicals should be aware of their influence in directing their readers to the purchase and : VQnl1 ot books, which, according to the nature of their contents, may be guides to the blind, "lead them into the ditch" of error, sin nnd misery. The responsibility is great; and it should be conscientiously and firmly met. Editors and others should not only notice, for the benefit of their readers, works which they can safely recommend, but also record their solemn caveat respecting such as would prove injurious. It is not so gratifying to the (( ( lings to censure, as to applaud; but it maybe as necessary. The book whose title stand at the head of this article, has not been seen by the writer. Put he has met with a notice of it in the Edinburgh n--bvtprinn Revio-. come extracts from which be deems it a duty to lay before the American Public. The author of "The Comer Stone"' is favourably known, by his writings, both in this country and in Europe; and while we cheerfully acknowledge his many excellent qualities, as a writer, we deem it so much the more necessary to expose his defects, as a theologian. Elegance ofstyle, acuteness of thought, accuracy of observation, and refinement of taste, we readily concede to him; but all these furnish neither palliative nor cure for the piCpasation of dangerous error, in his otherwise ! iy strictures of a more genera! clu laractcr, proceeds thus: !.?," , oinanung an interest in that death. r..l I . ' ?CSXZ I I. . . I ' informed in that beheveth snail ne saved ' ua. nr.. t ,.,,!, i i... xt.- a i.i i. ..