New-York daily tribune., 1846-01-13
City Items.

THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-lhe con
rress,ion lately worshipping in wast having finished
their very couodious and beautiful edihce on the Ff;n
avenue assembled on Sabbath morning to engsse IN ihe
solemn ceremony Of dedicating 20 the honor oi Inc
Mos, High spirit cheerful nSrstulston snd cevou'
gratitude seemed TO animate the assembly as af'er
considerable period partial dispersion they TOOK 'he
seats together for the rst time. in this sanctuary.
After most solemn snd fervens conservation OF this
new temple TO the worship of Jehovah, the Pastor Dr
Phillips proceeded with eoquen, sermon on the
peculiar forms doctrines and government OF the Presby
tersn Church. showing their Scriptura authority and
their adaptation for promoting personal pet the general
spread of knowledge, and the advancement OF mans
hishes, welfare The grea, principles OF PresoyfeTisnis
.ao; God alone is Lord the conscience snd taHf ss's
6u, one Mediator beteeH God and d be SAID lay a. te
foundation OF the Christian system and consH'ueu e
true germ OF the Tree OF liberty. Wherever man nao
been educated in this doctrine and imoued win us
spirit he stood erec-,hs champion OF cvl snd relsous
freedom In illustration of this fact &c alluded TO the
Scotch Covenanters and the English Furans aud their
descendants; to whom under God this nation and the
world were chiefly indebted for all ther free and noble
institutions.
In the afternoon the Doctor gave interesting sccount
of the origin OF Presbyterisn!su IN this City, about liU
wears since and OF its various trials and general progress
to the time and concluded by pressing upon his
large audience their infinite obligations OF gratitude TO tie
great Head of the Church for the signal prosperity Win
which He had blessed them and the high hopes OF far
ther advancement and usefulness they were allowed to
cherish
LIKEyEss OF CAssIus NJ. CLAY.-Messrs Anthony,
Clark & Co. took yesterday Daguerreotype OF &c NJ
Clay which one of the most spirited ana expressive
miniatures ever examined 1t is surely trophy cl
the new Art It may be al their National Miniature
Gallery 2i7 Broadway and really worth svlsit As tue
weLeerned reputation OF the artists would naturally IL
dicate By the way. their Gallery Comprising pasner
reotypes OF several hundreds of the most eminent men
in the na,on) only be seen for price We are
sure it would be thronged and you may step OUT
of Broadway into it without expense or ceremony We
trust our citizens do not neglec, So inviting study
IL The arrival OF the steam packet Hibernia Is
looked for with the interest Her arrival may be
expec,ed at Boston about Sunday next She has been
at sea nearly eight days if she left advertised In the
meantime we may have days later intelligence by
some of our sailing packets OF which number are due
The Presidents Message. which forwarded by the
packet ship Prince Albert London and the fast sail
ing ship Sea Tor Liverpool probably reached England
about the Goth or 25th December. 1t will be remem
bered that these vessels did not leave Newfork until
the 9TH of December The therefore will bring
us the first intelligence of the reception ofthe Presidents
Message.
fEP The last number of the Westminster Review
contains very complimentary notice OF Mr.. Mathewss
Biz Abel and the Little Manhattan" After giving an
extract or two Of some length, the reviewer winds up
his article with tire following question -" We would
ask-not in not this equal 70 any thing
in Boz =
II We have received o very sweet and musical
sonc-ail songs are not musical-wren by f. e Marcy.
NJ D. and dedicated to Mrs NJ Dudley Bean of Waverly.
Place 1t is entitled " oh Sing that Gentle
Song r. though we don't how it could be sung too
much
e The Journal of Commerce was wrong in an
nouncng that the Supreme Court of the United States
had decided the in which the consttuiionaty OF
the NewYork law. imposing tax on passengers from
beyond sea- atissue. In consequence of ChiefJ
tice Taneys illness the judgment OF the Supreme Court
has yet been given.
MADISON SQGARE.--A correspondent OF the Post
transmits the following from the books of the
Assessors of Taxes showing the assessed valuation OF
property near MadisonSquare, Immediately before and
after the resolution of the Common Council TO lay out
MadisonSquare upon the principle of not assessing for
the city property in the Square and eserving for mill
tary and public buildings:
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