The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-12-11

from New York, had been cut oil by oeath, ana de-
MED the pleasure of partakng IN the general Joy,
which flowed in on their fellow citizens, return
inc tn their ancient habitations. And those habi-
tatonS such as had survived the fires, how marred
and mutilated; in many cases mere shells and
weeks and none more so than the habitations of
the Almighty. The sanctuaries where they and
their fathers had worshipped, save ST. Paul's, st.
Georges, the Methodist meeting house in John
street, and some three four smaller and obscure
places, had been converted into hospitals, barracks,
riding schools, and filthy prisons. Years elapsed
before, in their poverty, the people were enabled
fully to restore of them to their former sacred
The churches which suffered most from this
desecration were two of the Low Dutch Reformed
churches, the three Presbyterian churches, the
French Protestant church, the Anabaptst church,
and the Friends new meeting house."
At the time of the evacuation, great uncertainty
prevailed in respect to the religious affairs OF the
citizens. The Presbyterian ministers had been
driven into exile. The Rev. Charles lngis, d. d.,
Rector of the Parish of Trinity Church, having
rendered himself greatly obnoxious to the patriots,
determined to follow the loyasts of his flock to
Nova Scotia, and accordingly resigned his Rector
ship November 1st, 1888. The Rev. John Rogers,
D. D., senior pastor to the Collegiate Presbyterian
Church, returned to the city on the day after the
evacua ton, and on the following Sabbath, Decem-
Der 1st, preached in St. Georges Chapel, Beck
man street. ''to thronged and deeply-attected as
semblyn discourse adapted to the occasion from
Lord, etc The vestry Of Trinity Church having
kindly offered the of their two Chapels, st.
Paul's and st. Georges, the Presbyterian Church
occupied these buildings a part of every Sabbath
until June. 1884, when the Brick Church in Beck.
street having been repaired, they took posses
sion Of it on the 9th Of June.
On the Monday following the Evacuation day,
December I'd, another elegant entertainment was
given by Governor Clinton. On Tuesday evening
an unparalleled exhibition Of firewoFkss" was
given at the Bowling Green. On Thursday, the
9Th, General Washington again met his fellow off
GERS at Francis Tavern, where, after most affect
ing interview, he gave them the parting hand and
farewell kiss. At noon OF the same day, he left
for Annapolis in Maryland, to resign into the
hands of Congress, the commission which he had
so nobly fulfilled. Thursday, Of the following
week, the 1lth, was observed by appointment of
Congress " as a day of Public Thanksgiving
throughout the United States.'' On this occasion,
Dr. Rogers preached in St. Georges chapel, a
sermon from Psalms cxxvi. 3:-"The Lord hath
done great things for us, whereof we glad" 1t
was afterwards published with the title" The
Divine goodness displayed in the American Revo-
luton
From that day to the present, the progress of the
city has. been almost without precedent. Very
few of the inhabitants that survived the remain.
| Splendid and spacious warehouses have in very
| many cases supplanted their humble structures.
| The bounds of the city have been extended on
every hand, until it numbers at this day full half a
| million of people; and with Brooklyn, Williams
| burgh and Green Point, on the other shore of the
| East River, not much if any less than 100000
| souls. As we look on the enterprise trade, com
merce, credit, extent opulence and magnifCence ot
| the present city, with its hundreds of churches,
| and contrast it with the contracted, war-worn,
desolate town, of which our grand-sres took pos
session on the 2Jth OF November, 1888, we may
| well exclaim-" What hath God wrought"