of the many quarrels between Barclay and Cool. At one time Mr. Cool, in presence of several gentlemen, accosted Mr. Barclay nearly or quite in substance, as follows: You have injured me very much, and also have attempted to violate the chastity of my wife!" Mr. Barclay denied the fact. Mrs. Cool being present, said, Yes, uncle, you did. The reason that Mrs. Cool gave for concealing the thing for a considerable time, was, that she was a poor orphan child, (if I mistake not) and living in her uncle's family and had no friends to protect her against the rage and influ ence of her uncle, and that her word would bear no weight in the seale against him in his elevated situation. Secondly, that probably, as she had resisted his apparent evil purpose, he would not attempt a like assault a second time-and if kept secret, it would not injure his character and usefulness; but she was conscious that she did wrong in concealing it, but concluded, in communicating it, she would be much exposed to the threats made by Mr. Barclay, of what he would do, in case of a discovery; and that she never would have revealed it, had not her uncle persecuted her and her husband. I must here in justice to Mrs. Cool, say, that she was a decent, prudent woman; was pious, and a communicant in the church: Mr. See James M'Cracken's evidence, elder of Oxford congregation... Barclay frequently spoke of her in the highest terms, and said she was a person of strict honesty and veracity. Mr. Barclay brought to my house, Gen. Jonathan Hill, Doctor Joseph I. Hendrick, and Capt. Moses Moore, to consult and advise what was best for him to do respecting the declarations of Mrs. Cool. He said he was, and could prove himself an innocent man. He was advised to cite Mrs. Cool immediately before the session, that either his character or hers must be sacrificed, and that he should not wait to be cited, but should cite her; and if he made his innocence appear, it would in a great measure silence those ill natured reports that were in circulation, tending to injure his character and usefulness; and that a public investigation would probably put the whole clamours to rest. Mrs. Cool was cited conformably to the plan of church government, and a day fixed on for trial, at Knolton meeting house. "Mr. Barclay had requested the attendance of the Rev. Gardner A. Hunt, and the Rev. Josepli Campbell, to superintend the trial. Mr. Hunt, on his way up to Knolton, called at Mr. Barclay's ; he interrogated Mr. Hunt, and wished to know how the session was to proceed? Mr. Hunt very properly said, that as Mr. Barclay had cited Mrs. Cool to appear before the church session to answer certain charges, that it would be the duty of the session to go into an open, and fair investigation, and admit evidence for, and against the accused, to show her guilt and Mr. Barclay's innocence. Mr. Barclay then told Mr. Hunt, that if his opinion was, that evide..ce should be heard, (in an insulting manner) that he wanted none of his services, and that he, Mr. Hunt, might go home again about his business. Of course, as any other man in like circumstances would have done, Mr. Hunt returned home, disgusted at such conduct." And men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil; for every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.--John iii, 19, 20. The session being convened, and Mr. Campbell presiding, a very great concourse of people assembled to hear the trial, some person proposed a compromise between Mr. Barclay and Mr. and Mrs. Cool. Mr. Barclay instantaneously rose, and said, he was willing to try to compromise the thing those three persons then withdrew, and after an hour or upwards, returned to the church, and said they had made a compromise, and that Mrs. Cool had signed a recantation. The paper was read; Gershom Bartow and myself, sitting together, upon considering the contents of the paper, concluded that it was not sufficiently formal and explicit, to exonerate Mr. Barclay completely from the charge; we both went immediately to This Mr. Barclay and told him that the recantation as it stood, was imperfect and insufficient. Mark his answer" Hush! Hush!.....you two cunning dogs.....not a word above your breath....Hush!"At the same time shaking his hand at us in token of silence. Mrs. Cool said afterwards, that she was deceived in said compromise, and that what she had charged Mr. Barclay with, was true, notwithstanding the recantation. Mr. Cool was, however, prosecuted by Mr. Barclay and others: eventually he was obliged to seek refuge in a foreign land, and with his wife, now resides in the British Province of Upper Canada, secluded from all their friends, and in low circumstances. relation of Mr. and Mrs. Cool brings to my recollection the following scripture: And the Lord sent Nathan unto David; and he came unto him, and said unto him, there were two men in one city, the one rich, and the other poor; the rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds; but the poor man had nothing save one little ewe lamb, which he had brought and nourished up; and it grew up together with him, and his children: it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter ; and there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock, and of his own herd, to dress for the way-faring man, that was come unto him, but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come unto him; and David's anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, as the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing, shall surely die, and he sball restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity; and Nathan (alias Paul,) said unto David, thou art the man.-2 Sam. xii, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. I shall now resume the further consideration of the dispute between Mr. Barclay, and Esquire Kirkendall. In October 1811, a presbytery convened at Newton, in the county of Sussex. Esquire Kirkendall exhibited to this presbytery a number of charges against Mr. Barclay. The presbytery in order to adjust and settle the thing in the mildest and easiest way, appointed a committee to meet at Oxford church, and if the matter could not be compromised to the satisfaction of the parties, and to the honour of religion, the committee were instructed to inquire into the cause of complaint and make report to the presbytery, conformably to the following order, viz. At a Meeting of the presbytery of New Brunswick, on the 2d day of October, 1811, the following minute was made, viz, Certain charges against the Rev. David Barclay were laid before the presbytery by Samuel Kirkendall, Esq. of the congregation of Knolton, but it appeared upon inquiry, that there was a defect of testimony, to support the charges, and certain particular circumstances attending the bringing forward of the charges.-On motion, Resolved, |