New-York daily tribune., 1856-05-20

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Tie COMMITTEE on Foreign nissous reported nun
Der Of csfoD giving gratitude to God and askias
additional contributions repeatedly and for varsas
purrose- ffsm members.
= The Rev. JoHs L. Wilson, Secretary Of the Bnari
Of Foreigs Missions, made the Annual Statement TO
the Assembly: Conversions, l5o Receipts, SCOT soi;
E1penuhures, seol .e0a; Missionaries scot out 4T-,o
Ibds q; Siam, A. China, Afncs, 9; South AImfics
1. United States, "a.
The Rev. Mr.. CrLBERTsos, from tAe Sbanghse Ms
,;,n sa,d that he had ebored eleven years p China
He opposed that Chinese was the most diffcuIr lao
ouane 10 Learn; still missi nares could csneral,y
nre sch 10 il in year. IL required decate ear ~
spesk it correctly but was not very dficaf to speak
Il irelligently The preacher might be satisfied if able
10 spe ak the language, but not 10 read IT, which was
yery different thing. The dialects Of different portions
Of The country were 20 different that missionaries could
no, easily adapt themselves to q new locality Tn.
Chinese bac so much difficulty in leamIg their written
language that there necessity for reducing the
,poken lsngUage 70 writing Tor the benefit Of the peo-
Me Buddhism, the religion of the Chinese had been
called All eisrn. Ii 10 effect to great extent thst
nTsc.icsl Atheism which obtained extensively in civil
ed countries II was system of humanitarian
reTpion-a deication OF human nature The Chinese
wo,shiupeo himself, his ancestors, and his Emperor.
The Emperor himself made great show Of religion
nS b,d lately on several occasions spent nights in de-
,o.;on in various temples The officers of the Gov.
ey, nent stood IS mt diators between the go,ss and
the people. They prayed of more rain, OF less rain,
sccdyo,, o 10 the state Of the weather The people
vre lmot sfraid TO live out Of the sight Of temple
The country was in fact divided into parishes aud
ua would tell you that be lived in the district of
certain temple Ihis wes sad state OF superstition
neonle feared they would lose their erops Dsy aher
cav crowds of people came into the country to the
great temple to pray. One Of the reports circulated
ss tbnt they were 10 have visits from spirits Of the
s,ber world and there would BE- deaths among them.
Pacard, to that effect were posted and the time was
act II 90 happened that there was an earthquake a.
the very time and such wall as arose FROM tbst city
be hoped lever to hear sgsin. Everybody thought
that he was surrounded by spirits from the internal
piops. His own teacher, man who had taken
a degree, argued TO him that II could not
be an eaqasts ,s,s fUr then m.,s w0ula MOI have re
the vor,bip in the temples was done by the women,
but supertition pervaded all classes and the very men
who laughed at these absurdIies, generally would
cali in the prie-ts for prayers when mere was oean
in the family. In FoO-Cbow, man not long ago muir
dered Canton MAD, and he was Immediately lynched.
Nails were driven into his eyes aud every one was In
yited 10 whtle him with hs knife, until he was lite
rsIJy minced The authorities refused TO give up any
of The rpeleaders in the affair The Government in
China was not able 10 put down the various nsurec.
tops which had broken out. great body OF meo had
started forth procainng that there was but one iod,
and spreading the Scriptures n Translated by Prot
es,apt mi .sonary He would not say that their sue
ct.s would be an advantage to the Christian religion,
but il was certainly great movement.
Rev. ANDREW p HAPPER, NJ d., of the Canton
n
opium war, and the American and French
tre aties which opened the country to mission
sres and secured liberation TO the Christian
religion He thought that the Cbnese census OF 1917,
which gave 500 900 900 the population OF the coun
ty was rather within the mark. Rice was the pnncpai
food Of the people, and was cultivated over nearly
two thirds Of the country two crops beng reaPed
every year. there was no difficulty IN accounting Tor
the sustenance Of 400 900 Of souls which number
be thought fair estimate They were very much sl,
perior TO any other heather people and were second
only the Saxon race in the elements OF clyl1ation.
Each village elected its Elder, who might determine
all suits at law. Each ward might, if they took inme-
djate steps, vote foreigner ont Of the ward whom
they id GOT like. This great hnderance 70 MIS-
siOhaIies in obtaining houses The denomination nsd
hut twelve Missionaries iu this country and two ply
sicians Was this the result which might have been
expected when l2 years ago the country was openedto
Christianity Their position among the Chinese was
sonaIy in this city. The people in to hear them
from curiosity and seldom came again. D. .t
The Asst mby took a -H-. t
The complaint Of the Session of saltwater against
tbe SYNOD of New.Jersey was taken up.
The MODERATOR explained the law in relation to
sncb cssts and reminded the Assembly of their
sIoDsibties as the Court of Jesus Christ
The papers were then read They snow that Petor
b. ScLaier, tder in the Saltwater church,
pended from f.lowship be being charged with un-
Christian conduct-disLODerty and sisnder The sian
der was stated to have consisted in Dir. Schaer cali
ing bis pastor the Rev. Mr. Condt, lar and thief
ID, claiiDg that he had stolen sermon, and be dld
not to hear man preach who would steal a ser
mon. Mr. Schsfer, when cited to appear ana tske
bis trial. declined and thereupon suspended tor
contumacy. He appealed to the Presbytery and OBJ
tanned all order for his reinstatement, be declaring
that no copy OF the charges bad been served upon a
The Sesson appealed from the order of the Presbytey
10 the Synod OF New-Jersey, and the action OF the
PrerbyteIy sustained by that body. The Session
now ccnpla ns Of the action Ut the Synod
The Rev. Mr.. CoSDIT OF the saltwater Church TOOK
the plstfoIm and stated the case at length
Tie MODERATOR reminded him that he must con-
fine Lime to the action of the Synod, as was OF
that that the Church was complaining.
Mr. CosDrI was just upon the eve OF coming 70 tne
sction Of the Synod. He continued, maintaining that
the Synsd bad violated fundamental principle OF the
Consultation of the Church, fully recognized by the
Court Of Jesus Chrt, before which be then was. Ihe
Piesbytery had NO jurisdiction over the momoers VI
churches. The advocate of Mr. Schaffer was mem
Der Of the Presby T. nan Church.
Judge FINE asked il copy OF the charges was
served upon Mr.. Schafer biz wife, with the citation
as ad been stated IL the papers read.
The Rev. Mr. CoSDIT read from the Record that
the charges were read to Mr. Schsffer.
The Rev. Mr.. DAWSON appeared on the part OF inc
Synod ~
only psrtes entitled to be heard were the Session ana
the =, nod.
DIR. DAWSON said that the original merits OF the
care were never before the Synod and ne knew no
reason- Why they should come before this Court ne
proceeded 10 examine the reasons assigned Tor TIE
mplaint. Some Of them he declared grounde's,
otbeTs oisiDgenuous.
Invitations 10 yisit the rooms of the American Boe
Society aud the Anniversary Of the Young Men
Christian Association read. Every member OF
The Assembly is TO be preseLted with copy vi .no
Palms IN double plea type the largest ever useu ioi
The Psans in this country.
The Assembly then adjourned until this morning I"
O'Clock.
EXPLOSION IN PYROTECHNIC
ESTABLISHMENT.