The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-12

ten years the highest punishment which the law allows
| to be inflicted for the offence.
Gardner is represented man of good manners,
| as more than commonly ingenious and plausible. TIL,
story Of his mine and his losses and the proofs will
which he sustained it, must have been forged with
siderable skill not to awaken any suspicion of the frau
! in the commissioners.
enjoyment of large fortune, in the midst of consan
anxiety and fear of detection, followed by complete
posure OF the raud verdict of guilty from the jury
gnomnous sentence from the court and escape from
the sentence by dreadful expedient of suicide. HI
could have borne seems, the reproaches of his owl
conscience but not the shame Of condemnation to the
pentenary He closed his life by act which will bt
regarded equivalent to confession Of the Grin
which the jury has just found him guilty.
Religious Intelligence. |"
Rev Alexander lrClelland, D. D., of New Brunswick
Mems Association of the South Dutch Church, Fifth
avenue corner of Twenty first street, this evening
An address will be delivered before the Young Men
Christian Association this evening by Rev. Alexander
Duff d. D., of the Free Church of Scotland Missionary
to Calcutta at the Dutch Reformed Church Lafayette
| place, corner of Fourth street.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PROVISIONAL BISHOP.
To-day forenoon, at ST. Paus Church. in this city, ord
nation afternoon at St Paurs Church. South Brooklyn
| evening, at st. Johns Church, Brooklyn.
Wednesday evening, at Holy Trinity Church. Brooklyn
Thursday evening, at St. Johns Church, Brooklyn.
Friday evening, at st. Marks Church, Brooklyn
Saturday evening" at st. Peters Church. Brooklyn
ORDINATIONS.
On Thursday 22d February in St Pauls Church Tren-
ton the Bishop of New Jersey admitted the
the Rev James Lee MAXWELL Deacon, to the holy order
of priests.
The ordination of elders and deacons in connection
with the Baltimore Annual Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. took place the 9Th inst in the
Iaght street and Exeter churches
INSTALLATIONS. !,
Rev j. A. McKane, pastor OF the Berean Baptist church
corner of Bedford and Downing Streets will be installed
on Thursday evening, 10th inst.
Rev. Royal Mann installed pastor of the Presbitc
rian church in Peach Orchard, Tompkins county, New
York. on tho 14th ult.
Rev. R. Townsend installed pastor of the Presbyte
rian church in Eurdct, New York. on the 18TH ult by
the Presbytery of Ithaca.
The Rev. II. A. Brinsmade, n. d. formerly of Newark
N d. was installed pastor Of the First Congregational
church in Beloit, Wisconsin the 1eth February.
INVITATIONS.
The Rev VIM T. Branty, Professor in Georgia State
Cnirerstity has accepted call from congregation in
the city OF Philadelphia
BY unanimous vote of the Plymouth Church. Chi
cago, H. the Few Mr. Eggleston, to whom cali was
extended by the society time since, invited to
become their pastor The installation services take place
on Sabbath evening, March IL.
CONTRIBUTIONS.
. on sSunaaay nth March first in Lent in St Marys
the assistant minister read morning prayer the
bishop OF New Jersey preached confirmed fifty persons
makng seventy in this parish during the current con-
ventonal year and administered the holy communion
assisted by the Rev Dr. Watson and the Rev Mr. Frost
RESIGNATION.
Rev. v r. Hotchkiss, who, for nearly FIVE years past
Rn Dfi az
church. in Buffalo, rendered his resignation on the I'd
inst, to take effect May 1st
DEATH IN THE MINISTRY
Rev, Jane, n. s"wles rector Of the church of the Ep
phany, in Phiiadeipha, died q, r.srce Richmond dis
trict, South Carolina, on the 9th inst.
NEW CHURCHES.
The new edifce just completed by the West Twenty
third street church, will be dedicated to the
worship of God this morning
On 9Th inst the Second Protestant Dutch Reformed
church, in Seventh street. above Brown, Philadelphia
was dedicated The dedication delivered by
Rev. DR.. Bethune, of Brooklyn, N. Y Rev Mr.. Parker
and Rev. Dr. Berg assisted in the exercises.
The Union y, churches in Burlington, N. j., viii be
dedicated on Wednesday, 18th inst.
The free Union NJ church in Belvidere N j., will be
dedicated on Thursday, 10th inst
The splendid church cdfce which has been erected by
the Baptist Society Ftchburg Mass the past season.
was dedicated on the LIST inst.
AMERICAN BAPTIST MISSIONARY UNI0N-MONTHLY
INTELLIGENCE.
The dngs of four deaths of members Of the missions
have been received within the month The announce
men in the of three Of them reached the Missionary
Rooms the same day Tic persons deceased are Rev. H.
E. Knapp and Mrs. Rose, Of the Arracan mission and
Mrs shermer and Mrs Rose of the mission to the
sas, in West Africa. These deaths all occurred within
three months of each other The two Ia ter persons had
left this country within year. During the last twelve
months six missionaries OF different denominations have
died in Africa and eight have been obliged to return to
/ America.
! At Mauman, Moung shway A. has been ordained pas
tor of the Burmese church, formerly under OF Dr.
Wade Three of the missionaries, Dr. Wade and Messrs
Haswe and Stevens, participated in the ceremonies, be-
/ sides Pah Poo the Karen pastor.
Mr. Bennett at Tavoy, states that the Karen Bible is
completed and undoubtedly the cheapest Bible ever
printed in India. Mr.. Thomas mentions that the native
preachers had been gathered by him. for month past
for the purpose OF receiving further instruction They
studied the Messhnc passagcy in the Old Testament AMI
their fuldimont in the new besides receiving l.
cd instruction the principles Of church order and dis
1 cpline.
The work Of the mission goes forward encouragngy at
Rangoon The large and attentive and
tie schools Interesting Three asked baptism on
the goth of November last Mr. Kncaid expecting
to depart for his station at near Prone.
The new city Of nngoon bids fair to be the second If not
the first, city in India. The famine was at n end
At the Karen Ministerial Conference held -four times a
year, the native preachers reported 100 baptms since
their last mceting This conference held its recent SEES
sion at fassein.
Dr. Mason writes from his new station Toung-oo Octo-
Der 81 that he had accomplished the journey safely and
Maulmain more thcky peopled with Karens than
any he had seen, besides many Burman and falling vii
most in He kindly received by the officers OF
| Tonngoo, and two influential Burmans have already
openly declared their remuneration of dolatry.
Mr.. johnson, at Hong Kong communicates notice oil
the baptism Of three Chinese young man. and
two members of Mrs Us boarding of the ages
thirteen and fourteen respectively.
At Ningro, Mr.. Goddard was aboring ON the Chinese
translation In the New Testament he had reached the
middle OF the Apocalypse which he expected to finish in
the course OF month when he would his labor;
on the Old Testament.
Mr.. Arnold writes from Athens, Greece, that his new
ci"lei openel jan Ihcre Is spirit OF inquiry
among The people Light spreading and all subjects
are freely discussed. An Ahenan paper lately pub
shed an article calling in question the picty of the
tonal church, and clearly drawing n distinction between
this religion in name and true Christianity pamphlet
has lately appeared written by eminent lawyer, being
the substance Of lectures delivered by him to the Law
students in the University of Ohio which strongly
advocated the principle Of religious liberty Another
eminent counsellor associated with the former in the
cause, reminded the judges that the Apostle says
"a that liz hereto after the first and second
admohtion reject he did not say, force him. bind him
/ burn him, hang him"
The warke aspect Of the Eastern question reused the