206 LIFE OF BENJAMIN SILLIMAN. 



FROM MR. STEPHEN TWINING. 



NEW HAVEN, November 16, 1805. 



WE have been in much commotion in our soci 

 ety through the past summer and until now, with Doctor 

 Dana. The ground of the difficulty has been an irrecon 

 cilable hostility in the Doctor to the settlement of Mr. 

 Stuart in the society, and a very general attachment of the 

 members of the society to him. The present week, a com 

 promise has been effected between the society and the 

 Doctor, by which the Doctor unites with the society in ask 

 ing a dissolution of the pastoral relation between them. I 

 expect an Ecclesiastical Council will meet to dismiss the 

 Doctor about the first Tuesday in December, and that an 

 invitation of Mr. Stuart to settle will immediately succeed 

 it. There is some talk here of war between this country 

 and Spain. In Pennsylvania, McKean's party, with the 

 help of the Federalists, have prevailed over Duane and his 

 party, the Snyderites, by a majority of about five thousand 

 votes for McKean. The State of Delaware holds to its 

 Federalism. New Jersey has been considerably agitated 

 by the revolutionists ; but the Quids and Federalists have 

 a large majority. The legislature of this State had more 

 Federalists in it than it has had for several years 



TO PROFESSOR J. DAT. 



EDINBURGH, December 28, 1805. 



MY DEAR FRIEND, Brother Davis * will not 



doubt that I am deeply grieved at the part which he has 

 found it necessary to act with respect to his office. "We 

 must submit to God's will, believing that all is 'for the best. 

 I hope, however, that our brother (for so we must still 

 call him) will be able to find a proper avocation in New 

 Haven, so that we may still enjoy his society and conversa 

 tion. My love to him and Mrs. D. Dr. Dwight, it seems, 

 * Afterwards President Davis. F. 



