"The French ministry having opposed originally the appointment of John Adams as minister to conclude a treaty of peace, continued after his appointment to urge his recall. This Congress refused to do, but to conciliate, as far as they could with propriety, their high ally, they joined with Mr. Adams, for that purpose, in 1782, Mr. Jay, Dr. Franklin, Mr. Jefferson, and Mr. Laurens. Mr. Jefferson never embarked on this mission, and Mr. Laurens did not arrive in France until after the signature of the first treaty. At the same time their commission was constituted, the commissioners were directed to consult, in all cases, the French ministry.

"Mr. Jay wrote to Congress, and remonstrated against his being obliged to receive and obey, under the name of opinions, the directions of those on whom no American minister ought to be dependant,' and begged to be relieved from such a situation. The part Mr. Jay took in this negotiation, will ever remain the proudest monument of his fame, and entitle his memory to the gratitude of the last generation of his countrymen. France and Spain were intriguing with Great-Britain not to make an acknowledgment of our independence preliminary to a treaty, to deprive us of the fisheries and the navigation of the Mississippi, and to bound us by the Ohio. Still our ministers were instructed to consult the French cabinet in all their measures, and Dr. Franklin felt bound by his instructions. Mr. Jay, however, refused to obey his instructions. He would not consult a cabinet who were plotting against the essential interests of his country, and he sent a messenger to London, (a respectable English gentleman attached to the American cause,) to confer with the English cabinet, and took other important measures, without even consulting his colleague, Dr. Franklin. His other colleague, Mr. Adams, was in Holland, and refused to leave there until the British cabinet had consented to acknowledge our independence, preliminary to the treaty. He, however, kept up a constant corres pondence until Mr. Adams arrived in Paris, Oct. 26.-The treaty was signed Nov. 30. 'Mr. Adams and Mr. Jay concurred on every point, and co-operated with the utmost cordiality. And those who duly estimate the value of our western country, the navigation of the Mississippi,

and the fisheries, will know the nature of the debt of gratitude due by their country. men to Jay and Adams, for their successful exertions in contravention of their instructions, in obtaining these important national acquisitions.

"In May, 1783, Mr. Jay wrote to Congress, declining to be considered a candidate for a mission to Great-Britain, and advised the appointment of Mr. Adams to that situation. In the autumn of that year he resigned his post as minister to Spain, and returned home. He was immediately placed at the head of the department of foreign affairs, an office similar to that of secretary of state, and he continued in this situation until the adoption of the constitution of the United States, to which he essentially contributed in the Convention of New-York, called for that purpose, of which Convention he was a member.

"On the organization of the govern ment of the United States, Mr. Jay was appointed Chief Justice. He continued in this office until 1794, when he was appointed Envoy Extraordinary to GreatBritain, where he signed the treaty which has since borne his name. Great diversity of opinion existed among his countrymen in relation to this treaty, but all will now acknowledge that the task of negotiating a commercial treaty with Great-Britain has been at all times one of extreme difficulty, that Mr. Jay did all in his power to effect a beneficial treaty for his country, and that no other citizen could at that period have negotiated a more beneficial

one.

He returned to New-York in 1795. During his absence he had been elected Governor of New-York. He continued in this office until 1801, when he declined a re-election, as also the office of Chief Justice of the United States, to which he had been again appointed, and retired to private life. The next year he lost his wife, and has since resided on his farm at Bedford, New-York. A few years since he had two sons and three daughters living.

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Among those productions of the pen which will ever hold the highest rank, is the Federalist, a work undertaken with the purest and most patriotic intentions, and executed with the most uncommon ability. This work was undertaken by Mr. Jay, Mr. Madison, and Mr. Hamilton. Mr Jay, however, in consequence of a wound, was prevented from executing the part he intended. He had written, before he received the wound, the second, third, fourth, and fifth numbers, and after his recovery, the sixty-fourth number, on the treatymaking power. The occasion of his receiving his wound was a riot in NewYork. Some young surgeons, in obtaining subjects for dissection, had excited the fury of the populace, and to escape the frenzy of the mob, had taken shelter in the prison, and the police proved inadequate

to its defence. In this emergency, Mr. Jay and others placed themselves under the orders of Col. Hamilton, to enforce the sovereignty of the law, and Mr. Jay was severely wounded in the head by a stone thrown from the mob, and this wound confined him to his bed, and obliged him to give up the patriotic labour of recommending the constitution of the United States to his countrymen, in his purposed numbers of the Federalist."

Mrs. Lucy JARVIS.

DIED at Burlington, New-Jersey, on the evening of the 5th of May, and interred at St. Michael's church, Trenton, Mrs. LUCY JARVIS, relict of the Right Rev. Abraham Jarvis, of Connecticut, in the 80th year of her age. In the death of this lady, a numerous circle of relations and friends are called to mourn no ordinary loss. Perhaps few attain to an age so advanced, with such a complete retention of mental and bodily faculties as she enjoyed. Her understanding was of the first order, and her gentle and courteous manners never failed to win the admiration

and esteem of all with whom she associated. But it is chiefly for her firm faith and trust in the Christian religion, which were manifested through life by the prac tice of every Christian duty, that those who knew her amiableness and worth, will continue to cherish her memory, and to reflect with pleasure on her many virtues.

It has never fallen to the lot of the writer of this article to meet with any person whose life afforded a more beautiful illustration of the excellence of the Christian character; and he finds himself at a loss in paying a due tribute to the memory of one who excited his love and esteem in whatever employment or scene it was his good fortune to see her engaged, and on whatever topic he heard her discourse, throughout a long period of acquaintance. Unconnected with her by the ties of kindred, but united (he trusts) by a bond, whose origin is as divine, whose communion is as pure, whose destiny is as exalted, even the bond of fellowship

with the Lord Jesus, he is 'bowed down heavily as one that mourneth for his mother.' The bereaved who survive to lament the loss, have great reason, however, to be comforted by the assurance, that the loss is theirs alone. Her's is infinite gain; all that gain which is com prised in the declaration, blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.'

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[Trenton Emporium.

THE workmen in Trinity church in this city, in removing the foundation of the walls of the old edifice, now closed within the area of the new building, have discovered two stones with distinct ainsors at the bottom of the wall at the south-west

$375,000

Bishop's Fund, Pennsylvania, Episcopal Society for Propagating Christianity in Pennsylvania, Ladies' Benevolent Society, Charles

ton,

Shirras Dispensary, do.
Society for Advancing Christianity in
South Carolina,
Bishop's Fund, do.

Protestant Episcopal Domestic Missionary Society, South-Carolina, Mariners' Church, Charleston,

And two houses on Bay-street, Charleston, to the Orphan House of that city.

Kohne. Certain properties are set apart for Ample provision is made in the will for Mrs. the benefit of the testator's collateral kindred, and many bequests are made to his servants and poor friends.

The residue of his estate is bequeathed to his executors, in trust, for distribution to such charities in Pennsylvania and South-Carolina as

they may deem most beneficial to mankind, and so that part of the coloured population of each of the said states of Pennsylvania and SouthCarolina shall partake thereof.

Mr. Kohne was a native of Germany, and for many years a citizen of South Carolina. His executors are Mrs. Kohne, John Bohlen, and Roberts Vaux, of Philadelphia, and Robert Maxwell, of South-Carolina.

extent, the power not only of holding his audiences in delighted admiration,

man.

EVERY benevolent mind will find exalted happiness in the act of communicating ideas or information that may tend to the moral improvement of a single individual of the human family; and it is a position that will hardly be controverted, that it is the duty of every Christian, and especially of every Christian Minister, to do all within the compass of his ability to promote the interests, and advance the cause of evangelical truth; a duty of so high and sacred a character, that for every failure in the discharge of it, we shall have to render a strict account to the Judge of all the earth.

Influenced by these considerations, the writer of the present article has determined to give publicity through the columns of The Christian Journal," to several interesting conversations which he heard from the lips of one who is now numbered with the dead, but who, during his sojourn upon earth, and ministrations at the altar, was a burning and a shining light" in the Zion of our God.

Mr. Hentered the ministry at an early period of life, a young man, in the estimation of all who, had any knowledge of him, of great promise. His subsequent attainments and standing justified the expectation of his friends.

When the writer of the present sketch first became acquainted with him, he had passed the meridian of life, but possessed all his mental energies and intellectual powers, in undecayed vigour.

In the pulpit he was eloquent and impressive, and had, to an uncommon VOL. XIII,

truths which glowed in his own mind.

In the private circle, alike removed from austerity and levity, his manners were truly winning, and gravity and cheerfulness were sweetly blended in his character.

Few men possessed a happier address, or were more highly gifted in conversational powers; and he had the rare faculty of investing every subject upon which he spoke with a charm. Though he had a taste that could relish, and an imagination that could be delighted with, the beauties of nature and of art-though he possessed much general information, and his views upon almost all subjects had been expanded and enlarged by reading and reflection, yet it was instantly observable to all who approached him, that the subject which most interested him, of which he never lost sight, and to which he made every thing else subor dinate, was holiness of heart, and the salvation of his fellow men.

Our readers will not be surprised to learn, that the Rev. Mr. H- was greatly blessed in his labours, and was the instrument of "turning many to righteousness."

Neither will they be surprised, that the writer of this article, then looking forward to the ministry, considered his time never better employed than when in the society of this excellent man, especially when the conversation, as it often did, turned upon the duty, responsibility, and success of the Minister of Christ. It was on one of those delightful occasions, a number of persons being present, that the question was proposed, "What kind of preaching will be most successful in saving

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souls ?"

The glow and animation which at that moment lit up the countenance of Mr. H, the writer will never forget. He does not expect to present to the reader the fervour of feeling, or eloquence of language, with which the conversation was conducted on the part of Mr. H- but the ideas then expressed will live upon his memory as long as he retains his be ing.

"What kind of preaching will be most successful in saving souls ?"

"The preaching of the cross," answered Mr H- with an emphasis and tone that rivited every eye upon him, and with an intensity of feeling that seemed to spread over his features an unearthly radiance." The preaching of the cross. Every discourse that has not Christ, and him crucified, in it, as its ground work and main pillar, will fall powerless upon the ears of sinners. In the gospel, Christ is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end of every thing; and if he does not occupy the same prominent and essential place in the preaching of that Gospel, that preaching will never become the power of God unto salvation to any soul. Christ must be exhibited in all his offices as Prophet, Priest, and King; as a mediator between God and man; as the alone meritorious cause of our justification; as the sinner's only hope; as the Being upon whom he depends for grace to do any thing that will be pleasing to God, and whose merits alone can render any of his actions acceptable to him. Every duty should be enforced by motives drawn from our union with Christ, as our spiritual head, "that Christ may be all and in all."

Mr H- paused for a moment, but seeing us all apparently waiting with the expectation of hearing some thing farther from him, he modestly remarked, that he did not wish to engross the whole conversation, but if we would allow him to elucidate his ideas on this subject, he would give us a sketch of the difficulties and success he had experienced in the matter of preaching, since he had entered upon his ministerial labours.

"I made up my mind," continued

he, "at a very early age, to devote myself to the ministry; and when, af ter completing my preparatory studies, I received from authorized hands the holy office of an ambassador of God, I was filled with a deep sense of the awful responsibility it had imposed upon me. My destination after receiv ing orders, was just what I could have desired. I was stationed in a village of some magnitude, which was surrounded by a beautiful and highly romantic country. The congregation committed to my charge was not numerous, and owing to a variety of causes, had been labouring under con siderable depression for a number of years. This, thought I, is exactly the field for me; here is room enough for labour; here I can task all the powers of my being in the most glorious of all causes-in building up the waste places of Zion. Here is an opportunity of holding up to the view of the ignorant and the prejudiced, the principles and excellencies of our pure and Apostolic Church, and of awakening to vigorous action the languid members of our own communion; and when fatigued with study, or wearied with exertion, I can ramble through these fields, or recliné beneath the shade of yonder grove, and gaze upon the ten thousand charms and diversified beauties that surround me, and while thus contemplating the works of the Creator, my mind will be refreshed and invigorated, and carried up with new feelings of adoration to the Maker of this goodly scene. Such were my reflections, as I first ap proached the village of M, to enter upon the duties of my charge.

"I believe I was acceptable to my parish. The congregation rapidly in creased, and never failed to listen to my sermons with great attention, and apparently deep interest. This was, of course, gratifying to the feelings of a young man, in whose heart there still lingered too much of earthly passion. But I never deviated from what I believed to be the truth, to court popular favour. I did not keep back what I believed to be a part of the counsel of God, the establishment of a Christian Church, as the divinely appointed instrument by which sinners were to

be awakened and brought into a covenant relation with God, and in which they were to be trained and fitted for their heavenly inheritance; that the form of this Church was defined by the same authority which gave it being, and that it could be shown by incontrovertible testimony, that that form was Episcopal. Repentance, obedience, and holiness, were often recurring themes in my discourses. Death, judgment, eternity-the obedient saved-the disobedient punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord. To these affecting truths I endeavoured to give a prominency and conspicuous place in all my sermons, and they often seemed to spread great solemnity over the con gregation, and leave them under deep seriousness. But, at the end of five years, I felt as though I had been labouring in vain. It is true, the external condition of the society in which I officiated was vastly improved; members had become better instructed in the principles, and were more firmly attached to the forms, of the Church. But where were the souls saved under my ministration? Where were the seals to my ministry? I looked for them in vain. I know not that there was a single instance of conversion in my flock during the whole period of five years. The thought gave me trouble, and the more I reflected upon it, the more I was distressed. During the same period, there had been added to the communion of another denomination in this village, more than two hundred members.

"In a purer and more primitive Church-a Churck instituted by Christ for the very purpose of 'turning men from the power of Satan unto God,' 1 had done nothing. To what cause was this to be attributed? I had strove to be faithful, and proclaim the truth with all boldness. But still I felt that the sin might be lying at my door, and the thought at length became agony to me, especially when I reflected that so many immortal souls, for whom the Saviour had shed his precious blood, committed to my care, were going to the judgment bar to reecive the sentence of everlasting banishment from the presence of God.

"About this time I accidently fell in with a neighbouring minister of another denomination, and in the course of our interview, the conversation turned upon the subject of Episcopacy. He at length remarked, that the argument was very much on our side; but that the fact that there were no revivals, and but seldom any conversions in the Episcopal Church, seemed to be a striking testimony of God against us. I was by no means prepared to admit the legitimacy of this inference, but it went home to my heart like a sword; for I felt that my deficiency had contribnted to increase this erroneous im. pression, and sink in the estimation of the world the evangelical character of the Church. And I was forcibly struck with the truth, that if an angel from Heaven should prove the divine origin of Episcopacy, it would have no effect upon the public mind, unless the character of the Church for piety and evangelical religion stood equally high. And here I would remark, that whenever our truly Apostolic Church does not maintain that character, the cause will be found in the unfaithfulness of those who bear the sacred things of the temple. If they who minister at our altars, would but preach with all faithfulness the truths which breathe through our whole liturgy, which are plainly stated in our articles, and most luminously unfolded in our homilies if they would but make the instruction that emanates from the pulpit accord with the devotion that ascends from the desk; in short, if they will be consistent Churchmen, all levers of the Bible will be forced to love the Church.

"Although at this time I did not know in what my unfaithfulness consisted, I was fully of the opinion that my want of success was owing to myself, not to the Church in which I ministered.

"I determined to spend more of my time in reading the sacred scriptures, and in prayer to God, that he would enlighten me with his spirit, and lead me in the way of truth. While acting in conformity with this determination, my attention was arrested by this passage in St. Paul's first epistle to the Corinthians: I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus