The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-21
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

MISSIONARIES FoR INDIA And CHExA Tn.
foreign missionary societies la the United State,
contemplate sending out large additional fore.
curing the coming mOnth, amounting In All "a
about twenty live. The ship Bowdiieh, vbIch
will sail on the 9Th Of October. for Madras. will
take out the following persons, under the A. B
y p. M.-Cyrus L. Mills and wife. j r. Noees
ana wiie, and Mr. Burnell, (PriHfer) wife ami
child, for Ceylon; J. W. Dulles and vile. and
Mrs. Myron Winslow, for Madras; ana DR..
Shelton and wife. for Madura- The Southern.
Baptist Board expect 10 send two missionaries
and their wives 10 China. in the ship VaIparaiso.
which will sail October 7th- The Rev. Msssrs
Whilden and Goodale will go out about the sam.
ume, as well as four or SIX others, from the
Northern Baptist Board.
FREEDOM IN THE EAsr--In the Br,ti.b Hop..
Of Commons, lately, Lord Palmerston stated
mat the Boy of 1'unis had abandoned within hls
COMMONS, not merely the slave trade bar aIso
slavery ITSELF From the Sultan Of Tarksy, the
British government had also obtained frmzuz
prohibiting the slave trade amongst his SUBJECT.
IN the eastern seas; that the Imaum Of Mascar
had abolished it within certain latiiades; that
The Arabian chiefs in the Persian gulf had also
abandoned it; AMI that the Schsh 81 Pefsn had
issued hrman prohibiting IL throughsat Ais
dominions-
HOME MIssIoSs.-Rev. DIR. Mast, IN h!a re-
marks before the East Genesee Confsreres Lac.
week, stated that he commenced his labor.
among the Germans in Cincinnati, IA IS26. da-
ring which year only three were converted -
Now there are seven Thousand Germans con-
nected with the Methodist Church. The Chris
tian ApOlogist, the German Methodist psB-r Al
Cincinnati, eirculates four thousand copieg, 0.
more than half as many papers a. there ar,
members Of the German Methodist Charchesin
that city.
The California Star declares there is net a
slave in that territory, and no power OF the
United States Government can establish slavery
The people will not permit II, and every slave
taken there, we are gwen 10 understand, win
be liberated as promptly as he would be in Can
ada.
JEWISH PROGREss.-At a recent meeting 0!
the Jews at Darmstadt, Prussia, variety Of re-
forms were proposed By The Liberals The
proposal was met by the mos; deliberate OpPoss-
ton ON the part Of the orthodox party, and tho
reiormers who lost the day, are, IT said, taking
measures TO organise synagogue after theis
own heart.
Right Rev. DIR. Meis, Bishop of Vancouver,
in Oregon, arrived at Dubuque, Iowa, on The
22i ult. lie left Walla Walla on the 20lh CT
March last, and crossed the Rocky Mountains
alone and on foot. In many places, he says, the
snow was twenty feet deep. He is on his way
TO Europe.
MIssIONARIEs..-Rev. Henry Van Meter, Of
Rochester, and Rev. Calvin C. Moore, Of Still
water, were few days since ordained as Mis-
siOnaries of the Baptist Board 10 African, India.
expecting soon 10 embark for that country.
Rev. VIM. ID. Smith, of New Albany, Il. bzs
been appointed Professor of Languages in the
new Presbyterian College recently founded Al
West Point, Iowa
Rev. Nathaniel Cendriek, ID. u. President Of
the Madison University, died at his residence,
Hamilton, Madison country on the 10th inst
lie was most widely esteemed and beloved.
SUDDEN DEArH.-The Rev Mr.. Mathis, Vi
the Baptist Church, Savannah. while preaching
| in the Bethel Church, in Greene county, Last
| Sunday week, fell instantaneously dead N the
pulpit.
| Rev Mr.. Prentiss, of New Bedford mas been
/ elected to the PrOfessOrship Of Natural and Re-
vealed Religion in Bowdoin College, Brunswick,
Maine.
Rev. 5. Bush and wife sailed last week from
| Boston port, as Missionaries to siam, under shs
patronage Of the Presbyterian Board.
Omo.-The number of Episcopal clergymsu
In Ohio is o.; parishes, -.