The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-11-13

Goa OF heaven SO that when your time Of trial earth
faithful servant TO be united with the holy apostles,
priests and patarchs and oil the holy q God in
Heaven, where your reward will be exceeding great
greater than eye heard or yet
into the heart Of man to conceive "a
The mass was then proceeded with to the cnd, and,
ater the episcopal benedction, the congrega
tion dispersed.
COMBINATION by tho Right Reverend
Bishop Potter.
The interesting rite Of confirmation administered
yesterday morning by the Right Reverend Bishop Potter
In the Sailors Floating chu.ch, Pike slip, to five male
and two female candidates, for admission within the
folds Of the Episcopaian church Confirmation is one
of the oldest rites pacced in the Epscopaan church,
which derives its authority from sundry passages from
scripture and by the Of antiquity It Is, in the
language of the Prayer book Thc laying ON of hands
upon those who are bapsed and years Of dscre
ton" The laying of hands spoken of BY ST. Paul and
by St Luke in the Acts Of the Apostles and spoken
Of by the writers who lived the carly days of the
the Apostles
In anticipation Of the evenul occasion there was
very good attendance in the somewhat limited of
the Floating church, among whom were a number Of
sailors from inc adjacent shipping, to witness the cee-
bration by the Bishop
The services were commenced by the baptism of ono
Of the members previous to confirmation, by the pastor
OF the church, the Rev Robert w Lewis, and by the
reading OF the prayers for the occasion Before the
commencement of the sermon he mentioned that it
any one tme Of the of the profession
in which they were engaged which calls them at
any moment He could not appoint his own time for
continuation but had to consult both the candidate and
the Right Reverend the Bishops opportunity Already
he had lost three, who had been called away sud
denly; but the number wanting admission showed
that God was blessing his efforts in this direction.
Subsequent to the Bishops Sermon which a most
beautiful and impressive one. in which he pointed
the path which he hoped the candidates would take in
future life and urged present not to delay,
audf1 r0utu ard
andkneeling at the foot of tho union rail while
the Bishop laid his hands upon their heads blessing
them and praying that tho Lord would defend them with
His heavenly grace and that they might continue His
service forever increasing in the Holy Spirit aud
more, until they come into the Kingdom OF God
The Condition OF the Freedmen.
ADDRESSES AT THE CHURCH OF THE PURITANs BY
CHAPLAIN FRENCH, GENERAL FISK AND OTHERS.
The Church of the Puritans last evening crowded
by large and attentive congregation, which assembled
for the purpose Of hearing facts in relation
freedmen from General Fisk and Chaplain French both
of the Freedmen's Bureau
After some preliminary services Or Cheevcr the pas
tor Of the church, introduced Chaplain French.
Mr. FRENCH said:-The military arrangement OF the
forces this day places the chaplain before the general
Providence At times dscloses TO the work He doing
while at other times the knowledge ia withheld from
us During the past four years we have been many
times ignorant of His lwise designs but he IL now
carrying those designs out and leaving us in the
power Of political partisans parties. Mr.
Lincoln came into Office for the maintenance
for tbp smancnan o % r,c soea IN
johnson took tho Office Of Vice President assist Mr.
Lincoln in his efforts TO maintain peace, when on him
has been rolled tho work Of reconstruction Providence
never deserts once taken In hand When Moses
died there Joshua to continue the work of finish
Moses had begun What has been the work Of our nation
for the past four yearsf The taking OF four millions Of
souls out OF tho prison house Of slavery and setting them
on the worlds highway There they arc now, without
money shelter clothes They have friends Of their
own race to assist them and feeling Of supreme lone
ness has come over them. How glad they were when
first they became Of their freedom anticipating
hardshs and yet they had begun 10 SNUFF the
They are now fast travelling down 70 The tomb
They want collins and will want thousands before
the January Of 1866 Thoy were set Free not in the pres
cnce OF the Northern people, where they have sympathy
but In the midst Of their previous owners who look
upon them in very different light was sent in the
spring Of the by tho military commission into South
Carolina 10 explain 10 the planters and freedmen their
position. While there addressed large numbers Of
each found two classes One Class opposed secession,
and Lad wished ferventy for the extinction Of slavery
THIS party In the minority. The members Of IL feel
favorably towards the freedmen They say the educa
ton aud elevation OF the Is necessary 10 the inter
ess Of the white Another class, and by ar the
iarycr one Is dissatisfied with the present government
and even now Ia anxious TO establish separate one
Conquered accepts reluctantly the fate war; because
II unable to do ything further better condition
Members Of this class have often said TO me- I've don't
intend 10 gveHp our slaves, aud II compelled, win
demand compensation for thom." They stand In the
way Of the fsecdmon, and " they cannot hold 10
the freedmen say they will have to leave,
and would leave behind them bonfire or .
scv ~ 10 no an 20 m
III treatment large number entertained the idea Of
division Of the land among them, and some had com
menced appropr ating H. Wherever I went however,
when made OF the wishes OF the government
they relinquishcd H. large class in the South are
surprised al the quietncss Of the freedmen saying eve
of Our
former slaves they have received treatment In
freedom than while In slavery" The freedmen
ous TO make their freedom complete The Israclcs in
the desert had the commssary Of heaven open to
them They shod well throughout their tedious
for a moment, giving them advice through Moses and
the elders God will not perform miracle In tbs
Of the freedman journeyng from slavery TO liberty
them. Abundance Of food on Northern farms and
clothes In Northern manufactures should supply
10 them those things which they require.
To imagine they get without assistance woold be
to set them 70 make 'bricks without straw" Tho
South do believe in their success and wish them 10
fail Al Port Royal, where the government assisted
them they have got we'll have money and property
and are become people 2. c mt i%po,sblo
and expects you To help them The freedmen meet with
many obstacles The objection TO their holding land is
ono Once possessed Of land they are liable 10 taxation
and the ballot box is there open TO them, representa-
ton follow Education will place them In similar
position, aud u Ia impossible 10 get Southern and In TOO
many cases. Northern ladies' teach in coiorcd schools
In many places the merchants will not allow stores to be
hired 70 them for business purposes while In one large
place In South Carolina tho physicians win not visit
coorcd family unless their fees be paid advance They
are stu cruelty treated In the South They believe
they must leave their old plantations, and when
they do they won't be taken In elsewhere The Southern
people, however well inclined unable TO assist them
as all their money IL sunk IN Conicd rate bunds. II
seems 20 have been pcorunci by Providence that they
should place inpici confidence in those bosds Col.
egcs, churches railroads. all Institutions laye sunk
their accumulated funds Ia them Many Sonthcrncrs say
they will leave America; but they American born
and will be unable TO find home elsewhere In south
Carolina Geost In aud Alabama there 81 freed.
men. AZ our soldiers hcmncd the So them planters in
they sent their saves TO the ccntrcwhch for
this In these places owing To drought and poverty,
the people are unable TO sustain this Of population
II do not assist them we drive the Sou hern
people TO establish another system OF oppression
II assisted thirty Thousand freedmen will perish In
Georgia before the LIST Of March They starving ana
dyjag there calling fW collins because they can't get