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new impulse from on high; and though it has since declined, there have been many interesting cases of convietion and apparent change of heart, down to the present period. The at tention of a few has been very lately called up, and we cannot but hope, that God has still many rich blessings in store for this people.

The whole number, who give evidence of being born again, including a few in the Baptist society, is, I believe, more than a hundred. But forty have as yet united with the church under my care. It is expected that twenty or thirty more will offer themselves on the first of January; and that in due time, many others, whose hopes are now of recent date, will come forward and "subscribe with their hands unto the

Lord." The subjects of this revival, have not been encouraged to make a profession immediately; but rather to wait for a considerable time, that they might have full opportunity to examine themselves, and better judge, whether the seed had fallen upon good ground, or upon stony places.

As in most other revivals, of which particular accounts have been published, the subjects of this work, are principally young people; and a much greater number of females, than of the other sex. There are many heads of families, however, among the subjects of the revival, and some of them considerably past the meridian of life. A large majority of them are children of the church, or in other words, of professors of religion, although some were in every sense, “aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise." The leadjug characteristics of this revival, differ so little from those which usually attend such a work of the Spirit, in these latter days, that a particular deThe lineation seems unnecessary. subjects of it, cordially embrace the doctrines of grace, as they are exhibit ed in the Assembly's Catechism, and other kindred confessions. Did my limits permit, I might detail some very interesting cases of conversion; but I must draw to a close with a single remark.

Nothing was ever plainer, than that God has revived his work here, and has carried it on in answer to prayer. As long as the church remained stupid, there was nothing but death in the congregation. As soon as christians

began to pray fervently, there was a
"noise and shaking among the dry
bones." When Jacob wrestled, and
said "I will not let thee go except thou
bless me," then he prevailed. And
during the whole summer, the state of
the revival might be known by looking
at the church and of the church, by
inquiring how the work progressed
among the people. When there was
an extraordinary spirit of prayer, then
many were awakened and brought into
the kingdom. When prayer was less
frequent and fervent, then the work ap
appeared stationary, or retrograde.

DONATIONS TO RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE
INSTITUTIONS.

The Treasurer of the American Bible

Society acknowledges the receipt of $3310 57 in the month of November The issues from the depository during the same period were, Bibles, 3072, Testa ments, 1769: Value $3272 76

The Treasurer of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions ack nowledges the reciept of $3418 15 from Oct. 21st to Nov. 20th. We are gratified in perceiving that of this sum $212 were sent from Balse, Switzerland, by the Rev. Theophilus Blumhardt, as a donation from the Baron de Campagne.

The New-York Female Assistance Society, state in their Report of Nov. 13th that "a retrospect of the last year impresses the mind with sentiments of the liveliest gratitude to that Omnipotent Power, from whose storehouse of mercies, we have, through the hands of a benevolent public, recieved supplies for the support and com fort of three hundred and fifty nine poor, sick and distressed fellow-creatures. Io these, your almoners, have paid one thousand fiteen visits, in which they have en deavoured, as far as abilities would permi while adininistering of your bounty to their tempora! wants, to direct the wound. ed and afflicted to the inexhaustible treasures of religion" the unsearchable richés of Christ."

Fifteen of the persons relieved, have passed from this vale of tears to a world of spirits; and we have the satisfaction to add, we believe the most of those have been removed from a state of suffering, to that city, whose inhabitants shall no more say, "I am sick;" but where pains of body and sorrow of mind, are eternally es cluded.

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Expended, $1040 89.

Received, $1106

The Rev. Mr. Ward, the object of whese visit to this country was stated in our last, visited this city during the present month. He preached three sermons, and at the

close of the last service on Sabbath evening, a contribution of $203 was taken up for the benevolent object which he has in view. A further sum bas since been ob

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tained in this place. In Hartford, the collection for the same object was $230. In Worcester, Mass. Mr. W. obtained a handsome sum, and proceeded to Boston.

Ordinations and Installations.

Oct. 18th. The Rev. BENJAMIN H. PITMAN, was ordained to the pastoral care of the Presbyterian Congregation al Church' in Goffstown, N. H.-Sermon by the Rev. Mr. Coleman, of Tiverton, R. I.

couraging. This is the first instance in which the Missionary Society alluded to has auded in the settlement of a minister in one of the waste places of Zion, but "it is expected that in the course of a few weeks, the congregational church and society in Montgomery, will receive a similar blessing through the aid of the same society."

Nov. 27th-The Rev. PAUL JEW ETT, was installed pastor of the Congregational Church and Society, in Fairhaven Mass.-Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Worcester, of Salem, Mass.

Nov. 22d.-The Rev. GARDNER HAYDEN, was ordained pastor of the Congregational Church in Egremont, Berkshire Co. Mass.-Sermon by the Rev. Mr. Keep of Blandford, Mass. Fifty years ago there was a respectable congregational church in Egremont, but for the last twenty-six years the church has been in a declining state. Dec. 13th.-The Rev. JoRN M. By the assistance afforded by the Do- PUTNAM, was ordained pastor of the mestic Missionary Society of Massa-Church and Calvinistic Society' in chusetts, a minister of the Gospel has Ashby, Mass.-A new meeting-house, been given to those who were lately as erected by said church and society, was sheep without a shepherd, and the on the same day, dedicated to the worprospect of his usefulness is very en- ship of Almighty God

View of Public Affairs.

UNITED STATES.

Upon taking the question in the Senate, on the Resolution for the admission of Missouri into the Union, there were, Yeas, 26: Nays, 18. Upon the

question in the House of Repre

from what are termed free States, viz. HORSEY, and VANDYKE, from Delaware, THOMAS from Illinois, Parrott from New-Hampshire, HOLMES and CHANDLER from Maine.

Mr. Eustis, in the House of Repre

, there were, Yeas, 79: Nays, sentatives, introduced on the 19th inst.

93, so that the Resolution is REJECTED. Before the vote on the Resolution was aken in the Senate, the following proiso was offered by Mr. Eaton, of Tenessee, and adopted; Yeas 23: Provided, That nothing herein contained shail be so construed as to give the assent of Congress to any provision in the constitution of Missouri, if any such there be, which contravenes that clause in the constitution of the United States, which declares that the citizens of each State shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of eitizens in the seve*ral States

Of the Senators who voted for the admission of Missouri, there were sir Vol. 2-No. XII.

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a resolution declaring that Missouri should be admitted into the Union on the same footing with the original States, provided she expunges from her constitution that portion of it which prevents 'free negroes and mulattoes from coming into that State and settling in it, under any pretext whatsoever. The Resolution on the motion of Mr. Eustis was directed to lie on the table.

By the Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, it appears that on the 1st of January, 1821, there will be a balance against the Treasury of $2,638,169; and the deficiency in the receipts of the ensuing year is estimated

at $4,813,117, leaving a balance of $7,451,586, beyond the estimated means, for which provision is to be made. The Secretary recommends a loan in preference to a laxdan ga Among the subjects which are before Congress, is the reduction of their own compensation, and that of the officers of government; the granting relief to sufferers under the old Sedition Law, and the reduction of the army.

On motion of Mr. MERCER, in the. House of Representatives, a committee has been appointed to request the President to lay before that House any correspondence that he does not deem it inexpedient to disclose, which may have existed between the Executive of the United States, and the governments of the maritime powers of Europe in relation to the African Slave Trade.

GREAT BRITAIN.

The examination of witnesses in favour of the Queen of England was finished about the last of Oct. On the 2d of Nov. on a motion for a second reading of the Bill of Pains and Penalties, the Lord Chancellor addressed the House, and declared his conviction of the guilt of her majesty. Lord Erskine rose in reply, but after speaking a short time, he became indisposed, and fell insensible upon the table. After a short adjournment, produced by this unhappy event, the discussion was resumed by lord Lauderdale. The latest arrivals do not bring the decision of the House of Lords respecting her majesty's case; but little doubt, however, can be entertained, that it will be unfavourable to her.

After the witnesses in favour of the Queen had been examined, she was visited by several distinguished persons, who were convinced of her innocence. Among these were her son-inlaw, the prince Leopold, and the duke of Sussex.

The House of Commons met on the 17th of October, and after a warm debate, adjourned to Nov. 23d.

FRANCE.

disturbances, the 'artizans of discard
the propagators of unjust distrust a-
gainst his government, his family and
himself,' The proclamation discover
a good degree of solicitude on the part
of the monarch, and the appeal which
he makes to the friends of the monar-
chy is well calculated to excite them
to action and vigilance. All accounts
unite in the statement, that the birth
of a young prince had given great
joy to the people of France. It is
said that the peasants are extremely
unwilling to enrol themselves in the
military service, and that some had
mutilated themselves to escape serving.
The government, however, incorpo-
rates such in the companies of pio-

neers.

ITALY.

This country appears destined to become once more the theatre of war.It could not have been expected that Austria would be indifferent to the revolution at Naples, and the sovereign of that country has sent a note to the sovereigns of the Holy Alliance, informing them of his intention “to establish order in the whole of the Italian Peninsula, and to protect the Head of the Church against the machinations of revolutionary demagogues that surround him." It was supposed that by the middle of October, the imperial forces in Italy would amount to upwards of 200,000 strong. One army is formed on the frontiers of Piedmont, the other on the borders of the states of the Church. The interview of the sovereigns at Troppan, was to take place on the 26th of October: no ambassadors were to be admitted to it. except those of England and France."

SUMMARY.

SAMUEL SPRIGG, has been chosen Gos. ernor of the State of Maryland.

THOMAS BENNET, has been chosen Governor of the State of South Carolina.

THOMAS BOLLING Robertson, has beer

ana.

Commodore ISAAC CHAUNCEY, has been appointed one of the Commissioners of the Navy Board.

On the 25th of October, the king of chosen Governor of the State of Louisi France issued a proclamation, the object of which was to advise his subjects respecting the characters to whom they should give their suffrages at the election then approaching. He exhorts them to exclude from the noble functions of Deputies, the authors of

During the present month, Capt. Hadlock, of the schooner Five Brothers, late from Davis' Straitsy touched at this post

on his way to New York. He brought alteration until

chief of the Exquimaux Indians, with his wife and child. They were dressed in seal skins, which ar sewed with sinews. The chief had brought his dog, part wolf and part fox, and his canoe, which is 19 feet long and covered with seal skins.

On the 2nd of October, several inhabitants of Buffaloe, saw, during a thunder shower, a water-spout on Lake Erie. The singular motion of the colugin of 'water, and its abrupt termination on reaching the shore, being de ven before a brisk windy had a novel and pleasing effect.'

According to the census of the present year, Baltimore contains 62,627 inhabit

ants.

The city and precincts contained in 1790, 13,503; in 1800, 26,514; in 1810, 46,555 inhabitants.

The State of Alabama contains 129,227 persons, of whom 43,714 are slaves. Boston contains about 43,000, giving an increase of 10,000 in ten years.

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The Governor of Ohio, states in his speech to the Legislature of that State, that the annual harvest of their territory is estimated, on the most particular infor"mation that could be obtained,' at fortyfive millions of bushels of grain. Ohio militia now muster at least eighty thousand men,' w

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By a Tennessee paper, it appears that 'during one week, in November, the sales of the Hiwasse lands amounted to $84,000. Some of the lands were sold at $84 an aere, and some at $25.

Singular Facts-There is a farm in Quincy, about eight miles from Boston, which has been owned by the same family for ? 172 years and is now in the possession of the seventh generation. In Plymouth › County, a part of the land belonging to the first Gov. Bradford, has always been in the family, and is now owned by a des cendant of the sixth generation. The same is true with regard to the farm of Gov. Winslow; except that the son of the sixth generation has lately deceased. It is also a fact, that land owned by Thomas, of Marshfield, and Warren, of Plymouth, (who were among the first settlers,) is still in those respective families; and a great part of the farm purchased and occupied by John Alden, the vigorous youth who first stepped on the Plymouth rock, is also now owned and occupied by a descendant of the seventh generation.—Gaz.

A wolf has been discovered, during the *present month, near Stuyvesant's woods, within two or three miles of the City Hall, New-York.

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By the late treaty of cession with the Choctaws, negociated by Gen. Jackson and Hinds, it is stipulated, that the boun

remain

established the period at

which said nation shall become 90 civiliz
ed and enlightened, as to be made citizens
of the United States, and Congress shall
lay off a limited parcel of land for the ben-
efit of each family or individual in the na-
tion. Fifty-four sections, of a mile
square each, are to be laid off and sold in
the ceded territory, to raise a fund for the
fourths to be expended on the east, and
support of schools in the nation, three-
the other on the west side of the Missis-
sippi. The agent is empowered to seize
and confiscate all whiskey introduced into
the nation without a permit; and a corps
of light horse, consisting of ten men for
each district, is to be supported by our
government, at the rate of $20 a man, to
maintain good order, and oblige all men
both white and red to pay their just debts,
-Chil. Rec.

The Discovery Ships Heela aud Griper,
have been spoken in lat. 68, long, 69, all
well, and on their return to Englaud.-
They had been 500 miles up Lancaster
Sound, and wintered in lat. 74, long, 115.
There are different statements in the Lon-
don prints. According to one, the attempt
to find a north-west passage had been en-
tirely fruitless. According to the other,
Capt. Ross had entered the Croker Moun-
tains, and had expectations that a passage
might be discovered.

The French Government is about to send an expedition to Madagascar to found a colony on that Island. Two sons of Madagascar chiefs have been educated in France, and are to return home with the expedition.

The son of Napoleon Bonaparte, who bears the title of Prince Reichstadt, is to be educated for a military life. He has entered a regiment of the garrison of Vienna. He entered as a private soldier, but has been promoted,

The French Government intends sending a vessel to Lapland. It is to proceed beyond the North Cape, into the Frozen Ocean, and it is expected to return about the end of September next year.

There is an ordonnance in the Paris Moniteur, declaring that the nursing of the male children of indigent parents, born on the 20th of Sept. (the birth day of the young Prince,) in the city of Paris, shall be defrayed by the State. The sum of 200 francs is to be put in the Sayings Bank for each of them.

It is stated in the Edinburgh Review that an article which appeared in the newspapers and magazines of that conntry, and which has been extensively reprinted in this country, and which pretends to give the number of schools and

scholars in England and Wales, is a fabri

cation.

Before the late revolution in Spain There existed but one Gazette at Madrid, called the official Gazette and some other periodical prints devoted to advertisements and ecclesias ical matters. In July last, the following publications flourished in the capital.

1. The Madrid Gazette: 2. The Gazette of the Government: 3. The Miscellany, (daily) independent and constitution; al: 4. The Constitutional, more devoted to the Ministry: 5, The Law, specially dedicated to the defence of the Constitution: 6, The Publicist, of the most liberal cast: 7, The Political and Literary Courier, its title bespeaks its character: 8, The Bee Hive, liberally political: 9, The Spanish Minerva, after the model of the French Minerva; 10, The National Minerva: 11, The Palladium, or Journal of the Patriotic Societies: 12, The Zealous Citizen ardent for reform: 13, The Aurora, the principal record of the proceedings of the Patriotic Societies, violent and persomat: 14, The Conservator, moderate and constitutional: 15, The Vigilant, designed to assail whatever menaces the new order of things: 16, The Sun, the reposit ory of the public ordinances, which it analyses and explains: 17, The Chronicle of the Arts: 18, The Universal Observer, explains the text and principles of the constitution in great detail, temperate and impartial: 19, The Messenger: 20, Annals of Agriculture, Arts, and Commerce: 21, Correspondence between two Friends of Liberty, occupied with deep speculation: 22, The letters of a Pour little Idler: full of poignant and ingenious sarcasm, and levelled at all vulgar errors: 23, The Brother Idler, like the preceding:

24, The Periodico Mania, attacks all the other Journals.-25, The Contra-Periodico Mauia adversary of the preceding -26, The diplomatic Elarlequin

Besides all these periodical works, a great number of sheets of controversy on various «ubjects appeardaily, and the press teems with sermons, discourses, and commentaries of the Constitution. The capitals of the provinces have all their political and commercial journals. Let this state of things continue for some time, and there will be no danger of a relapse for the Spanish people. Walsh's Gazette.

In the year 1795, the city of Odessa on the Black Sea, contained but a few houses, and in that year, the Grst that it had any trade, 35 small vessels arrived and 30 sailed. In November 1804, more than 2900 houses had been erected and the inhabit-.ants amounted to 15000. In 1510 there ar rived at that port the following ships and vessels; 407 Russian; 101 Austrian ;258 English; 23 Turkish; 25 French; 15 Swedish; 1 Portuguese; 12 Sicilian; 4 Sardinian. The number of men employed in these vessels was 15,291; the number of passengers; 852. The population, according to Worcester, is 40,000; but it is supposed that the present population of Od essa much exceeds this number.

The Emperor of Russia has ordered a new levy of foor men upon every fivehundred, amounting to 96,000.

The Government of Constantinople have succeeded in subduing the insurrection caused by the revolt of Ali Pacha.A bloody battle is said to have been des perately fought by Ali, under the walls of Janina; he then blew into the air a tow. er which contained his treasures, and was buried in its ruins.

To Headers and Correspondents.

It may be gratifying to those who have been solicitous for the success of the CHRISTIAN SPECTATOR, to learn that its patronage is extending. But while we are gratified in being able to state this fact, we would also suggest, that the pub-" lication of the work is so expensive, that a more general patronage is necessary to give the publisher a suitable remuneration.

We solicit from agents and others an immediate return of the number of rop es they wish to take, the ensuing year.

It was our intention to publish a Review of Dr. MILLER'S Sermon at the ordi nation of the Rev. Mr. NEVINS, in the present number, but we have been obliged to defer the Review until January. In that number we also intend forbishing a " Memoir of the Rev. SAMUEL B. IngersoLL.

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