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The Wfest.--Dr. Beeeher, of Cincinnati, preached two powerful sermons in this civ last Sunday, on the state and prospects of the Miss!sslppi valley. That vast and fertile region, which already contains pop nlation of near 5,oo0,00o, he estimated to be capable of supporting population of 30O,oo0,0o0. Looking forward to the mo- rals and political condition of it's inhabitants 50 or 100 years hence, and considering the efforts which are making by foreign agen- cies, civil and religious, to gain the control of that " helm of the nation," as Dr. Beech CT called it. the energies of his mind found ample scope for exertien, and he welded them with surprising effect. His object in visiting this part of the country, was to ob- tain the means of erecting chapel for the Lane Seminary at Cincinnati, of which he Is principal, establishing new professor ship, and procuring a library. The two first of these objects be has already accom- pllshed The funds for the chapel were given in Boston, which was all he intended 10 ask of that generous people. But jtiss jjtiss as he was about leaving. q gentleman offer ed $7,500 towards the professorship, on condition that like amount, being the sum necessary to complete 1t, should be raised within 30 days. On passing through Wor- cester, he called on wealthy family there, four members of which subscribed $l000 each, and the remaining $s500 was given in Hartford. For the library he looks prln- cipally to the citizens of New-Yofk. In his discourses on Sunday, he expressed his decided opinion that cleFgymen and teach. CTS for the western valley should be eduea- ted in the valley itself The materials, he said, were ample, and of the very best kind. Nothing but the want of means to afford the necessary accommodations, prevented the Lane Seminary from having, at this moment, GOO students. instead of 100. He complimented highly tho intelliggeace and enterprise of the west, and riaiculed the idea, too common at the east, that clergy men. whose limited qualifications render them unacceptable in New Englandor New York, would do for the Mississippi valley. There was no people, he said, more quick 10 discern, Or more ready to appreciate, real merit, than the citizens of the valley, and none, on the other hand, more dilficull to be imposed upon by clerical empires.

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