New-York daily tribune., 1859-06-06

which hs. been in session here since he le,h Gt is
us, closing its business and IL about 20 separate.
The a;,srdsrce ha. been fun-every Presbytery hav-
irg been represented until within f,'w days pss:,
when some OF the members returned home. The time
has been mostly occupied with ordinary routine ous-
ress, in which few outside Of this communion take
much interest. This body is characterized by great
decorum. and quite nnch dignity 81 any other
eccle.as,icsl boy in the country II hss fair share
of talent in its ministry. and men of maIk-such
for instance a. pr. Rice ct Chicago, the celebrated
opponent of Alexander Campbell and noted fr his Pro
Slavery tendencies ard pr. Thornwel ot South Car
ors. decidedly strong man, Of clear head snd state
mem. sbd q fitting representative Of the theology of
his Srste. la the structure ~ his mind, an IN his
sye %; presenting az argnHcn', Mr. TbOrowell resem
hes John c. Calhoun. Dr. Psmer of New.Orleans,
comparatively young man, j. distinguished for popular
ialep, for pup' ora,ory, but = net 80 strong man az
either Of tie before uamed Then there arr Drs. Nc
GIL of Per NY lvauis McMaster of this S'ate beside
several fiom your city and vicinity.
Nv impress N il that majority Of the members
from Slave States; and there can be no question
that .he South rules the boiy IN IT, mos MI
mute proceedings. The Transactions II this session
prove this ii any doubt ever existed Of the fact.
The first, and perhaps mos, nportsnt-at any rate,
m,s interesting question beure the body, was As to
the location ot their proposed theological Seminary
for the Northwest Only two oc stions-Chicsgo and
this Ilace-coup.ted for the site. Quite lengthy
Discussion arose, and considerable warmth was mani
fested in the settlement of the question Chicago,
however by a largely prepoDderatlng vote, obtained
the victory McCORNIcK. of reaper notoresy, who is
a member of the Presbyterian Church. rendered an
erdowr en-, of sloo coo, while only some $66oo were
subscribed here. Money, with Dr. Rices superior
X IN a. debater ard taccian and unbounded control
the body decided the question. The result does
not Civ. that entire satisfaction which should prevail
20 il sure the success If the Seminary. Still this may
wear away. Or. Rice elected principal Professor,
together with Drs Willis Lord, j. l.. Hafsey and VIM.
l. Scott, II will De strange If such enterprise, st
such locality can proceed under the patronage OF AZ
bitterly Pro-Slavery body, we'll represented in
that sput by DIR. Rice aud Others. But L may. The
wonder will be greater If the South should send their
young nen 20 a city OF such Frer-Soi prochvlties.
Tie everla,irg question of Slavery did come mp in
this body, notw hsanf ing s precautions In ,ne nfst
place II seems that its Board for Domestic Missions
had refused 70 send uuder ia patronage young man
pr, posed as Missionary for Catornls and graduate
If frircsown and Of unque-tioned moral character,
for the sule reason that he AntiSayery aglta
tor as one of it, members expressed Il.
DIR. Vsndyke of BrookyD, who seems % have more
warm blood in bis bo1y than most Of the members,
brought the secret out in the course ut an attsck on
the policy Of this Board. He asked Dr. Humphrey Of
Kertuckv | believe, and member of the Board, 10
state To the Assembly the reason he had given IN PR
yate for the rel, c'ion Of the young man.
DR.. HUNFHRky at first said, with considerable en-
barras mer, that the youpg man rrected because
be was not, what they styled in Kentucky, sentl-
mental Presbyterian"
d. VAspYKE was not satisfied with this statement,
and required the exact language the reverend gentle
msn used in giving him iDr. w. the information.
a, last the Kentucky Doctor stammered out, that he
told him the man was rejected because he was All
Abolition agitator. We have here an amusing def
milton of what at least in Kentucky, constitutes sen-
mental Presby eriaIisn. The matter dropped without
exciting a single further remark. Il there another
BODY ecclesiastical OF political where such state
ment woad not have created an explosion
This body for some years past has had Theological
Seminary located at New-Aibsny, the Ohio River
.ba nv
THIS Institution it seems, has nourshed, and the
euerprze il inaugurated IN lts place The reason
assigned side IL that Il has been under anti
Slavery influence DR. McMasier being the prime cu- /
pr aud the Dr. on the other says the South has been
Jealous trying to destroy the Institution. After the
location If the new institution at Chcago, the nomina
AZ a competitor to Dr. Rice for the principal chair.
b. fore proceediIg TO the election DIR. NJ claimed the
floor, and made quite lengthy and able speech
in biz own vindication. He showed his course
in regard to the question of Slavery to have
been quite moderate, taking hs statement 10 be
true, as do, and that the only reason why the
bitterly opposed was because he was moderate anti
Slavery man in sentiment. He made plain, and for
any other body, mild statement Of his opposition tn
Slavery. He was followed by the inevitable DIR. Rice
who made short speech, wherein he bitterly attacked
the Aboltioniss with Southern overseer style. Dr.
McMaster stood shadow Of chance in the election
lie received only ~ votes out of 300 His
vote probably embodied all there il of anti Slavery
sentiment in The body. The Northern members
completely COW ed by the Southern brethren.
This body is evidently making nsiderable progress
especially at the South and according to their
statement. are gaining rapidly upon the New School |
branch. How that may he am not prepared TO say,
but this body is looktg for large concessions from the
n. =. PresbyteriaDs.
The Commissioners have evidently had pleasant |
witt here. On the whole our citizens have tried 10 |
make il 80 though If them who strongly IN
favor of beating the Theological Seminary here found
the burden If hospitality heavy in entertaining
who have decided ~ establish il else where.
Among the aymen here Of note, notice Judge
Simp.on Of Kentucky Giles Of Maryland, and Stacey
G.. Potts Of New-Jersey, but who seem not TO have
taken any prominent part In any of the debates.
We are having famous weather now for crops. For
some weeks We had been without rain, and began To
fear drouih but Providence smiles upon u. From
every section have representations Of abundant