New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-10-18
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New YoRx, Oct. IL, 1858.

changing fssturC a fair example of life in New York
Ii one may judge from what is going on immediately
around him, the Metropolis is the yscera from whcl
emauate all the forces, lot lectual and physical
phiosophicaland practical cred aud proiaue wi ct
opera upon the cupidity or philanthropy of man
kind; little world of new ideaq new institutions
new reforms, new notous good bad, and Indifferent
which set the sovereign people thinking aud 70 the
TT Of mark nd wonderingly lingering "wbat
neXt?"
To recaptrat7 in brief, we have had
Firt-A National Quadfennial Convention Of
Christians secG whose cr' I'd is no creed at all
no church. pix t. 20 role of action but the bible nc
leader hut Christ, no name hui Christian and who
profe ellowship With Az Christians. II cannot b.
r2id that the Cnlstiansn are exactly free thinke,
but they ignore al ehurch names aud distinctions
and do not stop Inquire whether man is Metho.
dist Baptist Catholic 81 long as he has the prime
element Of goodu about him. It is refreshing to
know that there are at leet two hundred and fl, y
thorsa0d d" Christians in this wicked country.
Secoud-The American Bible Union has just com
pleed very inter 0tiug Sc sion of three DAYS during
which tue principal topic of discu sion and congratu-
lat.on the work OF revising the Bible which he's
u n prog lg under the auspices of the Union for
numt OF years, To facilita the translation and
in rpre on Of the Scriptures, learned scholar has
haeu ens r., Creece 10 oro1ira tba dion and rerfact
himself in the aopoace and m b,s renr, il is az.
pecf that the work vim he nre,,ad forward win
renewed eae,pv. The ravi ory moyanont 10 not
s. oopv seconded Ia tois s,ctiE for rooIa conn, n
u we'll listed with the old King James version,
and noSw tins 1d cg the few bunders that have been
de'7ct d, Ting endure the ills we have, lther
than fly to others we know not off,
Third Sahhath,ScooI to,cbors howe too,, i,,,,oo
raj Convention, and far and near gooa tdings have
been brought of the influence, and henafi,s 0f gn
day-Schools npon the land.
Fourth-The Germans, renresentfnp almost o,,orr
STATE in the Union, have lust Terminated nrof,cta5
s. ion If a weeks duration in which mn,
together IL discu7 measures for the nrota,tion az
emgrant5 on their pa. ge to tbts cnnnt,, ana
the prevention of the systematic seduction and do.
morazation Of female pa senrers which il soil II
prevail through the fuiany and brn4,Ijtv Of cat,ns
and officers Of emigraut sb;ps The snhiect i IN be
laid before Cougre J. with appropriai recommends.
tions.
Fith-We have been ttaat 4 too,, sxhil,iti,,,. &c
novel as it wa4 refreshing in the shane of nnblic
political cross,eyamfuation II cferrit smth tba i5a-
dependent candidate for Governor. As Won mgbt
suppose, from the peculiar conglomeration Of a Nav
York audience the int rocutory epfsodps we're rare
aud racy and, in the irapisitor,ol order, thr,,b
which he paa sed. more opinions we're extracted rr6n
Ganit Smith than Jack Bunsbv wouId have tbouohf
of in six months. Through the yide rInIs If noiit
cal, social religious and moral eronnnv har,1l,, 4,
question wrs left nnventated, ana t,,oDGh ba f,Ipd
to convince his audience, it was conceded that the
trial resultedin the complete triumph of the wouIde
Governor, and that be possesses treat talents mr,I