New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-07-18

ri = Al A meeting on Monday week FCtea uhhii'
mons call for Rev Dr. PATTON % become tneu fastof
,.hcb I, Il understood he viii accept The congrega
ron intend building church, and with such pas
Tor they will no doubt meet great success Dr Patton
xss deservedly celebrated and honorcd during ms resi-
denee and mnisry this City during his Psstorshp Of
the Spring Il. Church
~ The friends OF the Sabbath ia Ohio have
recently held large and animated meeting ~ Aenis,
and az one Of the results formed association 10 pro
mote is better Observance, under the ute OIL me We
fern sabbath Union. There ~ delegates present
fran twenty Counties ia Ohio and from the states OF
Pennsylvania Indiana, kentucky, and Iowa scenes
OF Resoutions-thftecn 10 number-was adopted ~
hrning in iudcious and explicit language the authoily
utility and desirsbleness Of the sabbath IN all the ea
tons OF life, and specifying and depofng many OF VI
usual methods in which II Is Decorated me Consu
tuition of the Union is brief and practical Authorizing
The emp,oyen Of agents 30 labor for the pfomooh ~
sound Scrptural views on the subject non bsLLAnl
sroarR was chosen President OF the Union ne neca
Of sucb consolidation Of public sentiment IS Feiy
,ch felt ~ the West and the present u most ia'oi
able opportunity for chccting H.
Omar IScRyAsE-F From letters received at the
Bsp,ist Missionary Rooms in this City since the Ami
,ersary in May last II appears that ll0 karens nave
recently Joined the Churches connected WIN inc Aiei
lean Missions.
NyswgRIsu NOT ORrHoDOXY. the Troy
Conference Of the Methodist Episcopal Chuion' Res.
NJ sprague of Amsterdam In this state was tileo on
The charge of being Mesmerizer. The charge was
sustained. and he was expelled from the ministry
u,ssloS TO TuRKEY-Messrs. Edward ". Dodd
ma Oliver Crane have been ordained At Newark, y J
as Missionaries or Eyangeiists TO the Armenian' ana
Jews In Turkey
~ There are no newspapers Ia Syria or Per
ala and in Egypt the Barbary States aud other cOun'
tries Including iOO0oO0 speak Y the Arabic language
there is but newspaper in the naive tongue ana yu
three or four in the French or tnshsh showing ,ha'
there Is nothing in Manomedansm favorable to gen
eTs improvement
sutoRs.-At recent meeting Of benevolent
society in Bangor Me. Rev SIR. Chckering remarked
tina, since his return from Europe he had four wonders
respecting seamen. /. That any parent ever sends
son to sea That any sailor goes h sea second
time g. That any who is sailor Is not morally
ruined g. That so little Is done by Christians IN behalf
Of sailors.
RELIGIOUS ToLgRArloN ~ NEw-GRANADA-
This South American Republic has become Of special
interest to the inhabitants OF this country IN c0nse
quence Of the late Treaty, which secures the right OF
way the Isthmus OF Panama 10 the Government
and people of the United States in that arrangement
the Interests OF both countries will be promoted Along
the line Of transit towns viii eprng up and attract I'M
migrants from all countries immigration Is greatly de-
sired by the Government OF New Granada, ana IN order
~ secure H. they have determined 10 otter large induce
,nents In the shape of lands and privileges, and among
these privileges is the most ample religious federation
DR. BAIRD An EDITOR.-The Christian LHi0R,
heretofore edited by a committee Of the American
Evangelical Alliance. Is hereafter 10 be edited, says the
EraA1ciist by Rev DR.. BAIRD, whose competency and
peculiar qualifications for the office wen known.
Under his management and with the aid his extensive
European acquaintance viii supply him. the Union will
become available and interesting journal
THE SABBATH LAWS or PA-The case of specht
rs the Commonwealth, has at length been decided by
the Supreme Court of this state. now In Session al
Harrisburg. specht is one OF the sect OF seventh
Day Baptsts,' and was convicted in Franklin County
upon an indictment for working sunday lie APP
pesed from the decision IN order 20 test the consu
ilonsity Of the laws Of the Commonwealth cnjoining
the observance OF Sunday day of rest from manual
labor Judge Bell delivered the opinion Of the Supreme
Court affirming the proceeding OF the Court below,
and establishing the constutonaly OF the laws The
ground upon which the opinion was given H. that the
appointment of Sunday a day OF rest from secular
labor is social and political regulation which gives
preference 10 religious establishment or mode OF
worship Reading Pa) Gazette
SABBATH CoSyyS1IoS.--The Western Sabbath
Convention commenced is sessions at Cincinnati on
Wednesday, the 2lst ut and closed ON Thursday after
About go Delegates, many OF them from distant
points, in attendance The following officers
were chosen: j. p WILCOX of Columbus. President
Hon Jeremiah Morrow and others, Vice Presidents
Rev. J. H. Trmble, and others Secretaries Western
sabbath Union formed and II is believed strong
impulse has been given to the cause OF Sabbath reform
AMERICAN BETHEL SocETY.-The Annual Re
port OF this Society, just published dscloses degree
OF activity and success in difficult but allimporant
field of Christian labor but Little apprehended by the
Church at large On all the principal inland water
thoroughires at the North and West jealous and ell
ient missionaries have been appointed whose business
has been 10 hold direct personal intercourse with the
sailors, boatmen and hands employed and to distribute
tracts and religious reading, and to exert kindly
Christian influence az they found opportunity. The
Report presents specimens OF the which these
various missionaries have realized, and eNemphhes by
many very interesting cases the Importance aud bless
edness of this field of labor When the destitute con
dton of most of these aud boys is considered ant
the powerful influence for evil they scattcrn.
abroad the bcncht Of such retaining agency a
this Society excrts, viii be very apparent It's affairs
Gays the EcdRgois managed with economy an,
skill and the efforts of is juicous and energetic Sec
rotary are welldirecied. Al the principal ports chap
els for bostncn kept OPEN and the Gospel pTeache,
10 many who could not be persuaded 80 enter any
binary house OF worship The receipts OF the last yea
1913 10 besides $1,000 raised in Ohio 70 be eX
pended therein increase OF nearly $1,000 the re
ceips OF the preceding year. The Society deserves wei
of the public All accounts.