Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-01-29

LECTURE AT THE ASSEMBLY ROCKS .-Wednes.
day evening, John Delaneld, Esq. Of Missouri,
delivered lecture a. above, on the Truth Of
holy Writ, and in opposition to the isms Of the
day. The audience was small, probably on &C.
count Of the insufficient notice giver, but the lee
ture was certainly most able ana interesting
discourse. The lecturer began by imag nins a
philosopher alone at midnight on river; around
him are the flowing waters, the dense forests, the
LOFTY banks and many other manifestations of
the grandeur Of nature; above him is the out
spread canopy, bedecked with innumerable stars
whose brightness is reflected by the ever. flowing
waters at his feet no animal life il near, and
save the murmuring of the stream, as it sweeps
onward to the ocean, all is still and silent
The hour Is proPitious for thong hts concerning
the whereof and the wherefor of all things that
exist, and what Is to be the condition of the
mental part of man in the unknown future
Under such circumstances the mind is liable to
enter voluntarily upon speculations, and accord.
ing to Its degree of intelligence will its notion.
be Irrational, or In accordance with Divine revel-
alton The starting point for these Elections is
apt 10 be the mutations which matter Is observed
to be continually undergoing and f.cm this we
are naturally led to consider what Is the source
of all, and to what will these chances ultim.tsIv
tend y
The speaker proceeded to show how the intel.
ligent mind Is thus led to recognise and accent
Divine revelation, while those inclined to dis
pute the truths therein set forth become involved
In labyrinth Of inconsistent philosophjsings
from which, because of the vastness of the sub.
Ject, they are totally unable to extricate their
thoughts and WILL in all probability settle down
on some crude system of infdeity. The fool
ishness of the so-called systems Of philosophy
founded on inidelity, was next illustrated and
me large share of credulity necessary for their
belief remarked. The lecturer then examined
several of these systems, aud called attention to
| the fact that while they appear consi stent with
some of the developments Of science, they are
ance with the same
The revelations of Holy Writ were then con-
sidered, in connection with the sciences, and it
was shown that. far as all established facts are
concerned, there is no disagreement between the
Two I Is true that they do not, however always
agree with speculations of scientific men For
instance, the Bible is disputed because it is said
mat geology proves this world TO have existed for
much longer period than that assigned Il i'm tte
Mosaic account. Biologists contend that the
earth was first a mass of molten matter and the
outer crust gradually became cool and hard This
the lecturer thought irrational, as IL does not
permit the existence of water on the earth and
the atmosphere TO be nationally accounted for
Ihey say that the inner portions of the globe are
SILL In an incandesesnt condition, and gradually
assuming solidity but the mines in the Carpa
THAN mountains aud the deepest sea soundinrs
prove that the deeper You penetrate the earth be
yOnd q certain distance the more intcpsc a. tho
cold.
The notion that there has not been time suffi-
Client, allowing the Mosaic account to be true for
lhs ii2ht from many Of the fixed stars to have
reached us was exploded for, said the lecturer
the passage OF lg ht through space is instdntane-
Gus, and 1t is only through the sixty four miles of
atmosphere surrounding our earth, that light
meets with obstructionS
AS whole. the lecture was a powerful aryu-
gunent against infidelty, and displayed great
mental labor Mr.. ID lectures again to- night on
the tSmS of the day, the object of the discourse
being especially to show the fallacy of spirit.
ualism and other recent wonderful dogmas
EXAMINATION OF ANDERSON AND RAWLINGS
Yesterday afternoon, Luke Anderson and Will
liam Rawlings, who were suspected of bling
concerned in the murder Of William Griffin at
A1uia Creek, Stafford county, Va on the 9th of
December, l-57, Were taken from The county iaiI
TO the seventh district police office for hea ring
before Justice Dom. The prisoners were in Gus
| tody Of Constables Allen and Boss. Daniel Rat
cliffe appeared for defence. A number of wit
nesses were examined but nothing was ELECTED
| duplicating the prisoners, and they were dis
missed by Justice Dom for want of evidence TO
Justify holding them. Tn" suspicion against An
derson appears to have arisen merely from the
| fact that he was At Aqua Creek on Christmas
eve, the date of the murder, and that he came
away rather hastily: but cause for his sudden
| departure was shown in his being i'll and wish
| ing to get back to Washington as speedily az
possible.
The WEATHER.-Range Of the thermometer