The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-05-17


The British mail steamship Deo from Tampico and
Vera Cruz, arrived at Havana on the sy instant We
have received the following important information lwz
Mexico.-
CRY OF MEXICO, May g. 1854.
Critical Position Of Santa Anna-Resol,on ~ Qaeretaro
The Northern Boundary Ssrpey, de-
The position OF his Seres Hghness the President Of
the republic, is critical in the extreme
Suppesng he had succeeded in driving Alvarez out of
his mountain Businesses Acapulco Santa Anna had
nearly fallen into the laid for him by Alvarez who
by strasagous manoeuvre, has placed himself between
the capital exico )and the forces Of Anna
supplies thus entirely cut of, and his fast
becoming victims 10 the effects OF want aud she climate
1t is also known to the government that varez had
c@pured upwards Of four hundred mules laden with beg
and provisions for the Of the forces under Santa
Anna.
Queretaro ia in state Of revolution, aud II is impos
sbe not TO that this capital about to follow in
The arrival of Lieut. John G. Parke of the U. army
and escort at Tuzon department. of Sonora the Goth
the 2eth uit. He will trace the northern boundary or
rather limits and bounds, between the two countries.
ference.
The annual sermon before this body was preached
yesterday morning. at eleven O'clock the
Methodist Episcopal church, by the Rev. DR.. Holdick
The reverend gentleman chose his text the forty
seventh chapter of Ezekiel the sixth the ninth verses
| inclusive.
The anniversary exercises were held in the evening
| the same place. Bishop Scott presided.
After the usual exercises the annual report read
No statisos given but 1t appears that the whole
the affairs of the association in prosperous oond
| tion.
| Rev. Dr. Neey, Rev. DR.. Durbin and DR.. Wiley fol
| lowed, in brief and appropriate addresses
Rev. Mr. HAGASY delivered eloquent address upon
the subject of missions and missionary enterprise He
referred to the second prophecy, whc distinctly pre-
dcted the uture triumph of the gospel and the reaza-
tion of the mellenium But that time had not
| Had the time when the nations should not
Lift hostile hands against each otherf No The
history of the bloody wars which had lately aflc-
ted the world was SUFFICIENT answer to the ques.
ton The conversion Of this world not to be ac-
complished by the simple aid of the gospel alone He
did not mean to say that the gospel was not the great
| instrumentality in its conversion but he would say
that depend alone the gradual advance of gospel
TRUTH he should desparnot entirely despairbu still
be persuaded that the time would be much heightened
until the final triumph of the gospel The gospel had
now been In the world eighteen hundred years 1t
tree that 1t sprung into notice in Jerusalem, and in
santly spread throughout Palestine and thence spread
North, South East and West. In the of three
| hundred years II brought the whole Roman empire to
the foot of the lie granted that IL should be taken
into account that miracles wrought at the early
me and attended the gospel at every step throughout
| that period. But what occurred afterwardsp After
the year thousand Of the Christian era Mshomme-
danism had covered half the globe. From that period
Mahomcdanism ruled the day, and from the year lS00
| Christianity neglected. But there political
! causes which id action. Then, at that corrupt
period Luther arose, and effected sudden reforma-
| tion But to what should ascrbe that reformation?
Certainly not to Luther alone but political
at work the subject The principal that led to
the complete Of Professionalism ascribahe to
natural in great In England, the las
cvious propensities Of Henry VIII the principal
cause and Duke Frederic, in Germany, took active
part also in the establishment Of the basis of pure
gicn The speaker detailed the progress Of the Chris
tan Church from year TO year, and the meeting finally
adjourned, after short session.