Feb. 16.-The Rev. SILAS WILDER, over the Congregational Church at Lewis, N. Y. Sermon by the Rev. Mr. Messer.

Feb. 16.-The Rev. G. D. BOARDMAN was ordained at North Yarmouth, as a missionary to Burmah. Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Chaplain.

Feb. 23.-The Rev. ERASTUS COLE, over the Congregational Church at Worcester, N. Y. Sermon by the Rev. Seth Williston.

Feb. 24.-The Rev. ABEL CALDWELL, Over the Congregational Church at Westford, N. Y.

March 2.-The Rev. IOS FOSTER, over the Congregational Church in Canaan, N. H. Sermon by the Rev. President Tyler, of Dartmouth College. March 9.-The Rev. Lot Rider, over the Congregational Church in Monson, Me. Sermon by the Rev.

Professor Smith.

March 9.-The Rev. HARVEY SMITH, over the Congregational Church in Weybridge, Vt. Sermon by the Rev. Mr. Smith of Poultney.

March 9.-The Rev. MICHAEL OSBORNE, Over the Congregational Church at Woodbridge, N. J. Sermon by the Rev. Stephen Thompson.

March 9.-The Rev. LEONARD BACON, (installed) over the First Congre

gational Church in New-Haven, Conn. Sermon by the Rev. Joel Hawes, of Hartford.

March 16. The Rev. ROBERT DAvis was admitted to the order of priests, at Christ Church, Philadelphia, by the Rt. Rev. Bishop White.

March 16.-The Rev. WALES TILESTON, Over the Congregational Church in Charlemont, Mass. Sermon by the Rev. Mr. Sprague, of West-Springfield. The Rev. PLUMMER CHASE and Rev. SOLOMON ADAMS, as Evangelists. Sermon by the Rev. J. Bigelow, of Lubec.

DOMESTIC.

THE session of Congress and the administration of President Monroe, closed on the 3d of March. The project of Mr. Calhoun, for the colonization of the Indians, was made a subject of some discussion in the senate, but seems to have excited no enthusiasm. The "Piracy Bill" finally passed, but not till it had been divested of its formidable features. In its present form it does little more than authorize the building of ten additional sloops of war. The bill for the occupation of the Oregon was lost in the senate by being indefinitely laid on the table.

The inauguration of Mr. Adams took place, of course, on the 4th of March.

On the same day the senate was convened by the executive, for the purpose of confirming nominations, &c. The new members of the cabinet are, Henry Clay of Kentucky, Secretary of State; Richard Rush, of Pennsylvania, Secretary of the Treasury; James Barbour, of Virginia, Secretary of War.

New cessions of land have been obtained from the Creeks and Choctaws, and the occupants are to go 'towards the setting sun'-a phrase, as full of metaphorical as of literal meaning, in respect to their whole race. From our knowledge of these 'treaties, we fear there has been something wicked in this business especially as the Creeks had lately expressed a determination to make no more cessions.

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[VOL. VII.

For the Christian Spectator.

MEMOIR OF MR. CORNELIUS TUTHILL.

THE venerable historian of Connecticut enables us to trace the ancestors of the subject of this Memoir, to their first settlement in this country." Anno Domini 1640, in the second year of Theophilus Eaton being governor, the colony of New-Haven, or their confederates, purchased and settled Southhold, on Long-Island. Mr. John Youngs, who had been a minister at Hingham in England,came over with a considerable part of his church, and here fixed his residence.

He

gathered his church anew on the 21st of October, and the planters united themselves with New-Haven. Some of the principal men were, the Rev. Mr. Youngs, Mr. William Welles, Mr. Barnabas Horton, Thomas Mapes, and John Tuthill."* From Long Island, the great grand father of the subject of this memoir moved to Blooming Grove,in Orange County, New-York. From this place his father moved to Hopewell in the same county; thence to New-Paltz in Ulster county, and hence to Newburgh on the Hudson, where he entered into public life, and died a member elect of Con

gress, and in the midst of activity

and usefulness.

ly favoured with opportunities for acquiring an education which should fit him to become useful and respectable in the world, he diligently improved the advantages he enjoyed for the purpose. At twelve years of age, he joined Kingston Academy, and commenced the study of the languages, preparatory to admission into the public seminaries of learning. In October 1810, he joined the freshmen class in Yale College, where he was graduated September 1814, and delivered an English oration on the "benefits of national adversity."

In compliance with the wishes or his father, and agreeably to his own inclination, he without loss of time entered his name at a law office, and studied at Kingston (N. Y.) and at Litchfield (Conn.) not far from one year and a half.

While thus engaged in the last named place, he was arrested by the Spirit of God as a sinner, and experienced a great moral change, particularly in his views of the character, law, and government of God; the necessity, design, and efficacy of the death of Christ, and bis own obligation to devote himself to that course of exertion which would make him the most directly and extensively useful to mankind. Un

der a deliberate and decided conviction of duty, therefore, he relinquished all idea of following the profession of the law, and in Oc tober 1815 commenced the study of theology with the late Dr. Dwight,

attention and give effect to the word, he uniformly officiated on these occasions without written preparation. There was in particular, a populous village nearly two miles distant, where he attended and performed every week. It was after labouring here, on a very warm evening, to a crowded and solemn assembly, that he exposed himself in riding home, and in consequence of a sudden change of weather, received an injury from which he never recovered.

Unable to resume the labours of the ministry, and incapable from his principles and habits, of enduring a state of inaction, in June 1819, he took charge of a respectable school in this city, which he taught and governed with uncommon accuracy, energy, and effect. After spending more than a year in this employment, he edited, for six months, the Microscope, a literary paper published weekly in this city. Finding himself, however, still feeble, and that he must abandon all hope of enjoying confirmed health, unless more effectual means were speedily resorted to for that purpose, he resolved to take a voyage to Europe; and accordingly, October 29th 1820, sailed for Gibraltar. The sacrifice of feeling which this step cost him, is described with simplicity and pathos, in a letter to an intimate friend. "I left home, as you know, on Thursday evening last at 9 o'clock. It was with a heavy heart I can assure you, and yet the expediency of going was so deeply impressed on my mind, that my resolution did not flag in the least, that I could perceive. To one who has experienced the solid satisfaction of domestic life, who knows what it is to receive and reciprocate the thousand little kind and endearing offices that charac terize the happy family; to such a one few sacrifices can be greater than that of leaving the society in which he so much delights, and exchanging it for the inconveniences,

the anxieties, and the perils of a voyage at sea. No pecuniary object, no motives of curiosity, no thirst for knowledge, no gratification that could be ministered to my ambition, would tempt me at all to make such a sacrifice. Nothing but the recovery of my health (that which gold cannot purchase and without which no blessing of life can be enjoyed) would be sufficient to induce me to take such a step. But more than two years' bitter experience has taught me what it is to be lingering along, pressed down by the continual presence of slow disease, imperceptibly wearing away my system, deadening my spirits, enfeebling my resolution, and exhausting my vigour. A sense of these, with the other evils arising from disease, have induced me to make one thorough and decisive effort for the recovery of my health; which may God of his goodness bless with success."

The incidents of the voyage comprised nothing particularly worthy of detail, especially since the crossing of the Atlantic has become so common; but at the moment of his embarkation an event took place, most interesting and rare, and which he depicted in language, with reflections subjoined, that deserves to be read and remembered.

"Just after the packet had hauled off to the south-west from the pier, at about twelve o'clock Thursday evening, the discovery of a tremendous fire upon the wharf, induced the captain to come to immediately, and to lie till the catastrophe of this dreadful visitation should be ascertained. We were so near during the whole as to have a fair and distinct view of the ravages of the devouring flames. And truly no sight is more awful, and at the same time more sublime, than a raging fire. For an extent of nearly a third of a mile,the devouring element shot into the sky its wild and terrific flames; while the dark dun smoke rolled

away in the air, in immense volumes, towards the east, until it lodged itself just above the plain of the horizon, and there continued embodied in one vast and continually increasing cloud. The falling of the buildings, the cries of the firemen, and the ringing of the bells, were all distinctly heard at our distance; and distressing sounds they were. In many instances, probably, this fire has swept away the fruits of the industry and economy and self-denial of many years. There was, no doubt, many a bleeding heart and drooping spirit in our city the next morning. How difficult it is for us in such cases to have a steady conviction that "it is all for the best!" as Mrs. Simpson says in the tract. But may it not be in this instance, while it is with you a season of such general religious interest, that there are some yet out of the Good Shepherd's fold, whom God wishes to awaken to a proper sense of more enduring good, and of the value of their souls, by depriving them of a little of their property? And may there not be others, just beginning to hope that they have obtained the 'one thing needful,' whose sincerity God intends in this way to prove?"

Referring to his departure from New-York, in the letter from which the preceding extracts have been taken, he particularly mentions the strong predilection sailors have for beginning a voyage on Sunday, and that all the moral considerations which you may suggest to the contrary, will in this case be found to be entirely unavailing; you must either go then, or not at all. He arrived at Gibraltar after a passage of thirty days, sailed thence to Naples, ascended mount Vesuvius, observing after his descent, "Only a crust separated us all theway up from a lake of fire which had been burning for ages; one of the most striking and terrific manifestations of the greatness and power of God. Recollecting how many it had destroyed, I could not help exclaiming,truly

great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty!' The view from Vesuvius is less extensive than from Etna, but embraces confessedly the most beautiful bay in the world, and comprises scenes vastly interesting in their history." He visited Rome, Florence, Leghorn, Pisa, Genoa, that city of palaces, and Turin, examining their curiosities of nature and art. From the capital of Savoy he entered Switzerland, passed through Geneva, Lausanne, Basil, and Berne, the capital of all the cantons. Leaving this interesting and peculiar country,he went on to Strasburg, thence to Worms, associated with the name of Luther,Mayence, the strongest town in all Germany, and Frankfort on the Maine. Of the last named place, his notes are more particular: "The general sobriety and kind deportment of the inhabitants-intelligence universal-many Germans are instructed in two or three languages, and speak them with considerable propriety--a reading people-their composition such as to qualify them to take great satisfaction in the common comforts of life: not so lifeless and insensible as not to relish them on the one hand; and on the other, not so sensible and quick as to be always anticipating too much, and from present discontentment constantly planning new schemes; just slow enough to be fixed and persevering." Pursu ing his route, he stopped at Coblentz, Bonn the seat of a celebrated university, Cologne, and Cleves. Entering Holland, travelled through Nimwegen, and Utrecht, to Amsterdam; thence to Leyden, Hague, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Brussels, and Waterloo, the field on which thirty-five thousand men were slain, and fifty thousand wounded, in one day, toge ther with fourteen thousand horses killed, and three hundred pieces of cannon taken. He passed through France, spending some time at the capital, crossed the channel from Calais to Dover, went to London, visited the principal places and es