1860.
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THURSDAY.,SEPTIIIII4IIIEIIi
,§OIISBO.
PLEASANT RESPONSES PROM SUB
SCRIBERS. •
We give the following as .a specimen of the
cheering responses we receive from our sub
scribers, and of the evidence that our labors for
their good do not fail of appreciation. We
hope that many who may not have time for the
verbal expression of their feelings, will, imitate
•they act by which, in this case, our:correspon
iient prefaced his letter. It is a very eipiessive
and satisfactory demonstration - of approiral.
Our'correspondent's suggestions, at the close of
his letter, are pertinent and valuable. We com
mend them to such of onernaders as may, from
time to time, come lutopossession of facts which
would be interesting to our church and the re
ligious public generally.
Rzv. J. W. Afiamiit;
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of 'the PntsorrnarAti from its commencement,
except Nos..— and —of this year. Yon will
confer a favor by sending those numbers Zam
rejoiced to find our organ of the New School
getting to be better sustained. We should have
the Very bea paper, and the best supported,
ti all who love our branch should lend a help
ing hand. Short, pointed, and interesting ac
counts from our churches in reference to the
Lord's doings with them would, we think, give
additional Interest to the AMERICAN PE/ME-
This is the age of telegraphs and utili
tarianism, and this, in its highest and spiritual
sense,' should characterize our religious , press.
May the great Head of the church prosper you.
- With great respect,
, digiono Nutt'ileum
OUR OWN, CHURCH.
Bev. B. -Fairchild, D. D., has resigned the
Seareteryship of the American and Foreign Chris
tittnAtnion, and accepted tbe call of the First Pres
byterian church of Montgomery, Orange csunty, N.
Y., of
,which,-her was formerly pastor, and at which
place he desires . _ his friends and correspondents' to
address hini.
The Church in Richland, Michigan, nine miles
north-east of Xalainazoo,' has prospered under the
care of Rev:Milton Bradley, who has been its pastor
for several years'. Within the year they haye telt
encouraked to "arise and build,!:' andthey nie now
nearly completed a new house of worship, which-will
cost about seven , thousand dollars. They expect to
occupg I,t aboui the first of Jarmary,Evangdiet.
Southold, N. v.—Nine years ago, Rev. Epher
Whitaker became the pastor of this church, and by
the grace of God still continues his labors.
.. The net
gain of church members .has . been fourteen per cent.
Of benevolent contributions, three hundred per cent.
Since hisllathin.`_The even' ags of otintqh,
T l 4 1 1PAKT Ili ..*. -
.
iv? .
'lto first riga years of his pastorate it was more than
sizty-three yearso The people have increased the
salary and, also, enlarged and greatly improved the
pi t rigrillige. It is new worth twice ae much as it was
nine years ago.
Greenporkl. i.--A special meeting of Long Is
hod Presbytery was held at Greenport on the 21st
of August to install Rev. Edward Stratton as Pastor
of the church. He was received from the Presbytery
of Catakill, and accepted the unanimous call to be
come the pastor of this important church, in the large
and 'rapidly growing village at the eastern terminus
of the Long Island Railroad. The installation ser
vices were as follows: Invocation and reading of the
Scriptures, by the Rev. Henry J. Acker, of 'Green
port; prayer by the Rev. John Reid, of Franklinville;
sermon by the Rev. Epher Whitaker, of Southold;
constitutional queitions by the Moderator, Rev. Mr.
Reid; charge to the pastor by the Rev: Carson W.
Adams, of Thompsonville, Ct., formerly of Greenport;
charge to the people, by the ReT. Daniol M. I f f#4,
of Shelter Island; prayer by the Rev. Jas. T. Ham
lin, of Mattituck; benediction by the pastor. The
singing was under the direction of S. Wells Phillips,
Esq., who presided at the organ. Mr. Stratton has
been preaching in Greenport with entire acceptance
and great usefulness, for eight months past.
The Churches in Washington City.—These
ehurohes have been very active in making improve
ments IA their edifices this summer. Those on Rev.,
John C. Smith's, and Rev. Byron Sunderland's
churches, are nearly completed, and the congrega
tion hope soon to enter again upon their regular wor
ship.
Erie Presbytery on knblioation.—The sUbject ,
of the collection of funds for the General Assembly's
lo Publication Committee, and the circulation of the
issues of ataa Committee within the bounds of this
resbytery, was taken up—on which it was
Resolved, let. That George A. Lyon, D. D., and
homas T. Bradford, ministers, and D. S. Clark, el
r, be a committee to have the general supervision
f the Publication cause in behalf of this Presbytery,
receive and disburse moneys collected in our
churches for this purpose, and to do whatever they 1.
may deem proper for the promotion of the design of
their appointment, and to report annually to Presby
terye at its autumnal meeting, on the whole matter
hereby given them In charge.
. Resolved, 2d. That it be recommended to all our
churches to take up a collection for . the Publication
cause in October next, and pay it in to the Presby
' tery's Committee, who shall transmit one half of the
same as a donation to the Assembly's Publication
Committee, and shall invest the other half in the is
sues of the said Committee for sale within the bounds
of this Preebytery.
By order of Presbytery. .
J. VANCE, Stated Clerk.
Belle Valley, Sep. 9, 1860.
Washington, D. C
.--_R
ay. JOHN C. SMITH, D. D.
oompleted,Vri'Sabbeth , hefote last, hie 21st year as
pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian Church in this
city, and his 28th yearin"thilvdrstrict. Eight hiio-
Old; communicants have:beep added.under his pas
torate, being an almost exact ratio,yith the increaie
orpopnlation. His eiucoeseful Ministry has witnessed
an increase in the population of Washington from
20,000 to now 61,400. Churohes have doubled in
number. When he commenced the erection of the
Assembly's Church in .1852, uo Protestant church
had beeu built for several years, but in the past eight
years twenty odd church enterprises have been car
ried out, with accommodations for ten thousand ad
ditional persons, aid the value of church property
has been advanced five-fold. A prosperous ministry,
truly,
REV. A. G. Certorreas.—Eight years ago, the As.
sembly's Church had its cornerstone laid. In this
time, the denomination has increased to 8 churches,
doUblliig their: Sittings, Mid from' thousand
SePternber fl 1860.
dollars of prpea:ty advanoinglo apresent valuation
of two huddreeand seventY-flvel' thousand dollars.
In a 'ministry of eight years, ,thecitev. •parothers
—amid unusual physical weilinesit—hie established
his church, having received * * , l?, Members, baptized
g39,tnalting a total of adulkamy. infant receptions, of
481. Ray.G W. SAMSON, D. ii , the able and popular
President of Columbian College, I. 0, has kindly
consented, to. supply the pulpit of .the Assembly's
church, of which Rev. Mr. Carothers is pastor, every
Sabbath morning. The feeble health of
, the pastor
requireis relief, and in securing Dr. S. the churai - has
been greatly blessed.
Rev. B. SUNDERLAND, D. D, of. the,
First 'Chnich
IS‘ now On a visit to• the North. ::Durillg the pait
.stammer hia edifme has been'vastly:enlarge'd; and In
the conise,of a, few weeks'pastOr and people hope to
re-enter their sanctuary: Dr. Sunderland's pastotate
has,- been largelyAstmcesifill, and his -present enter
prise adds not, only to the comfort of his congrega
ticin,lxit to the taste' and *beauty of Church arehitec
tire, and to the health Of our city.,-
REV. MASON Nom, ohaplain , in• the' United States
N • ayy,,,has, always supplied the , of -the Sixth
Church. This church, , situated in South Washington,
was built through the exertions of this esteemed, bro
ther, and his labors have been, most incessant and
earnest in advancing this important interest.
OVER, BRANCHES OF- THE-PRESZY
, TERIAN CHURCH.
Reviyals.—We learn that there ,bas been an in
teresting state of religious interest , in 'the pethel
hurcb county 'Kentucky for;mne weeks
pass -- , - Ituring.a,recentmeeting held in that church,
thirty perams'profeased trisope
,New Providence Church, in Mercer county, bee
also had a resent ingathering affin unusual number
of souls into it. Sixty-eight. persons were
ted 'io the communion on a recent occasion.—Louis
vine Herald, (O. S.)
The 'degree of 'D. D. was duly conferred 'upon
the Rev. R. ; _B. Westbrook, of this city, at the
late cominencernent of Washington College..:
17; P. Church in Nebraska,Rey. Thos. IL=
Cartney, organized, on Saturday, , ,the 18th ultimo, a
new ChUrch in Nebraska Territory, to be called the
"United Presbyterian Congregution of Rock Bluffs."
Nine persons, four magi and five - females, were re
ceived into themliership.
The United Synod's Atoard of Missions."`"'
Rev. Arthur-Mitchell, the excellent pastor of our 3d
Church, and Dr. G. E. Post, of,the. Union Theological
Seminary, New York, leavelere next-week for a tour
in behalf of our trnited• Synod's ;Board, to awaken
interest in it, and to-intsculuse Dr.-Post and to excite
interest in him as one whom we expect to send out
as our Missionary as sdon as his medical and theolo
gwal education is completed.— Witness.
.
The New Theological ,
Seminary.—A letter ad
dressed by the Rev. A. IL H. Boyd, D. D, of Win
cheiter, Va., to the ministry and churches'in con
nexion with the 'United Synod' of the Presbyterian
Church, states that the Board of Visitors to the MA. :
versity of Virginia have .declined by a small majority
to accede to the proposition loCating the Theological
Seminary..under the :care and - patronage of this Sy
non, at the UniverSity of Virginia.
Dr. Boyd, in his letter, reports seventy thousand
already subscribed, and says' one_hundred thousand
dollars will be required.to erect the necessary build-
Increase of Presbyterianism in Fifty Years.
—The venerable Dr. John Meßoweli, in, the selpi
onniens*i3ernson of his ministryonakes the tillOW
ing statementu„ • .- .
The Presbyterian Church was divideA
sinenwhiek
, 0 a. - seem : 2 es 13 ould be taken into the
accouni lit Comparing the Presbyterian 'Chureoli as it
now is, with what.it was , fifty years ago. In the Ge
nor4 Assembly, of 1807, the first J. attended, the nom:
bei of 'delegates in attendance was fifty-four;—the
number in'tbe two Assemblies which met last spring
was 467.
F. :The number of Synods when. I enteredlthe mini*
tyy was seven; the number now;' as reported to the
last Assemblies, is fifty-one. The number of Pres
byteries when I commenced my ministry, was thirty
one---now it is two hundred and fifty-four. The num
ber of ministers in the Presbyterian church then was
three hundred and seventy—now it is three 'thousand
seven ltundred and sixty-five. The number of churches
then was six hundred and seventy-four—now it is
four, thousand, six hundred and thirty-seven, and the
number of communicants then was seventeen thou
sand eight hundred and seventy-one—now it is three
hundred and sixty-six thousand, eight hundred and
eighty-one.
According to this statement, the Synods have been
multiplied seven times, the Presbyteries eight times,
the ministers ten times, the churches seven times,
and the communicants twenty times.
Vacanoies.—The 'North Carolina Presbyterian'
says:
The number of, vacancies among our churches is
increasing to an alarming extent. Where shall the
right men to occupy them be found? They are not
coming forward from the Synod. There is no in
crease of the supply at home.
Union of Religious Papers.—The Sentinel, of
Memphis, Tenn., having been published for some
time past, at a pecuniary sacrifice, with no prospect
of improvement, is now united with the True Wit
nese,' of New Orleans, the united paper taking the
name of Tine Witness and Sentinel,' to be issued
simultaneously in Memphis and New Orleans,—an
editor residing at each place, as heretofore. An en
largement of the sheet is expected.
The Children's Church at St.-Anne.—Wednes
day, September sth, 1860, the corner-stone of the
Obildren's Church at St. Anne, Illinois, was laid..
.A.II the exercises were in French, or translated into
that language, and appeared to be deeply interesting
to the twelve or fifteen hundred persons present.
brumbers of the audience came ten or twelve miles
to, attend the exercises, and all manifested unusual
interest in the services of the occasion.
The history of the Bible deposited in the corner
stone is interesting. In July last, a little girl about
nine years old, living in Virginia, sent a gold dollar
given her as a keepsake, with the request that it
might be deposited in the corner-stone for safe keep
ing, or used in laying that or some other stone in the
building.
'Her letter was shown to a bookseller in St. Louis,
and he was asked to furnish the best Bible THAT dol
lar would buy, to be deposited in the corner-stone of
the Children's Church at St. Anne. He at once se
lected a very beautiful Bible, usually sold for a much
larger sum, and on receiving the dollar handed it
back as' a contribution from one of his children.
Just before the Bible was laid in its place, the let
ter of the little girl was read and interpreted to the.
delighted people, and the gold dollar handed to the
mason who prepared the corner-stone. He says he
will not part with it.
Liberality of Harmony Presbytery; South Ca
rolina, to its Missionary Laborers.—Dr. Adger'
has been defending the Harmony Presbytery from
the criticisms of an anonymous .correspondent in the
columns of the 'Presbyterian.'
He says:
"Be it said, Messrs. Editors, to the honor of the
Missionary Committee of Harmony Presbytery, that
whenever they employ ,a missionary they pay him at
the rate of one thousand dollars per annum. They
have fixed one thousand ,dollars as the least SUM that
,ought babe paid to miniettltrit in our country churches.
==!!MMI
And to the honor of the churches in Harmony Pres
bytery be it said, they have sustained the Committee
in this. Where else in our country churches is the
standard of ministerial compensation placed higher 7
Ravilag in the Cumberland Presbyterian
Chureh.—Our exchanges speak of numerous revivals
under the management of the brethren of the ,Cum
berland church—especially-in Tennessee, where we
count five revivals'; 'with conversions or 'professiOns
rePorted, ranging from twenty .to fifty in number, in
A' single paper: Others of like importance are re
ported in Alabama; Mississippi, and Missouri. But
what becomes of all the so-called converts? We fear
the work,.in a vast number of instances, is superficial
aq :Act res s yltS transient Let our enroberlaiid bre
thren look to these things. They are, we believe, in
the mood for improvement just now.
LUTHERAN.
Resignation of a Pastor.—Theßaltimors Ame
rican says:
The Rev: John 0. Morris, D. D., for many years
the' regular
,pastor 'of the First English Lutheran
church, has tendered his resiguition to the consistory
of the congregation.: It,
willbe recollected that some months since the
Directors of the Peabody Institute 'elected Dr. Mor
ris,to the responsible position Of Librarian. Consi
dering his various attainments in branches of art and
science, there is no man in the country who would
better and more acceptably fill Such e place in , the
•
Institute.
Trappe, Church, Dimitgonlery County.,- Histoz:ed--Intefeatin t i Celebration::--A cor
respondent of the 'Missionary' say's:
The building erected here in 1743 by. onrpetriarch,
Henry Melehior I'llahlenbeig; for the of God,
had becomelate`years very mach decayed and Cut
of repair. A 'new, Aharch was built, And the old one
deserted. , • • • • • -
Asthere'wes no More use for . the building, many
cf the congregation wished the walls taken .down and
the rubbish cleared 'avvay. Others, however, held it
with Its hallowed and extended'associations in •too
high esteem to 'permit this; and at a meeting of the
aura, Messre: S. Gross Pry, Rev. G. Sill, and H.
Royer, were appointed, a committee to have a new
root and ceiling pnt in the building, and • every other
repair made also that was necessary to its preserva
tion. , •
These, repairs cost the .coiripamy between six and
seven hundred dollars, --la large part of which was
contributed by the Igublertberg family, especially
that branch of it,residing in New York. In conside
ration of this and - many other reasons, the , committee
•
extended an invitation, to Rev:Dr. W. A. Mublen
berg; rector of the Chunk of. the Holy Commtittion,
• in New York, a great grand=son of the Patriarch and
grand-son of Ron - . F. A. Mnhlenberg, first Speaker
of Congress,, to preach a disiconise at the re-opening
of the old blinding. The invitation was accepted,
and Wednesday. and: Thursday, the sth and,6th of
September,- were set apart for religions services, con
nected with the re : opening of the church.
Dr. Muhlenberg's discourse was an earnest plea
for the reunitin: of the Lutheran end Episcopal
Churches, which he considers as essentially one.
He was willing to accept a form partly extempora
neous.
He spoke of the great intimacy that existed be
tween his great igrandfather and Bishop White— -
shoicing how nearly these men felt related- to each
other in church ties, as well those of personal re
gard. In this connexion he made a remark to jus
tify the part he was taking on the present occasion:
"On theevening of the day when I was ordained to
my office by the hands'of Bishop White, he remarked.
to me—`Well, my young brother, I do not think the.
shades of your venerated great-gradf_nther were die
' • • • i 0-*ay. r.-- Abd so I can an
Bishop White, are not disturbed afthe place I am
occupying to-day."
BAPTIST.
Corner-Stone Layin g.,
BAP. CHURCH.-
The corner Wine Of the new Baptist edifice, at 18th
and Spring. Garden streets, Philadelphia, was laid
Septeinber sth. The congregation is at present wor
shipping in Sansoin street church.
Brown University.--The Commencement texer
cises took place September 12th. There were 29
graduates. The degree of D. D. was conferred on
Rev. T. M. Clark, bishop of R. 1., and that of LL. D.
on Judge J. M. Read, of the Supreme court of this
State.
There was a very delighful reunion in the evening
at the house of the venerable ex-president, Dr. Way
land. The oration before the literary societies was
, delivered by Rev. J. Wheaton Smith, of this city—
subject, "Faith and Scholarship, or Religious Faith
as Elementary to a Finished Scholarship."
Mang Shaw Loo.—Mong Shaw Loo, a native of
Maulmain, Burmah,and now a student at the Lewis
burg University, delivered an interesting lecture at
Zion, Centre county, Pa., on the evening of the 28th
of August last. The father of Shaw Lou became a
convert to the Christian religion a number of years
ago, and Wll3 baptized by the celebrated , Dr. Judson,
Baptist missionary in Burnish. Shaw Loo himself
became a subject of divine grace when he was about
fifteen years of age. He is now in his twentieth year.
In the year 1857, in the month of December, he came
to this country for the purpose of obtaining a tho
rough education, in order to be able to return to his
native land, well prepared to preach the gospel of
peace and salvation to his benighted countrymen.
He also , desires to pursue a course of medical stu
dies, in order to become useful as a physician, which
is indeed a happy idea.
FOREION.
Religious Anniversaries in Geneva.—From
Monday, June, 18t11, to the 20th, the anniversaries of
the leading religious societies occupied the attention
of the public. They .are the Bible, Missionary, Evan
gelical, and Protestant Societies, and the Evangelical
Alliance. Marie D'Aubigne and F. Monod took a
prominent part The Theological School, under
D'Aubigne and Gunmen, has 44 students; anti is in a
flourishing condition.
Hayti—While threatened at home, the Pope his
succeeded in re-establishing his spiritual power in an
American country, where for many years it had ap
peared to be entirely extinct. The new President of
Hayti has concluded a concordat which gives to that
country, for the first time, a fully organized hierar
chy. The comments of the tfaytien press on this
event are rather humiliating for the court of Rome,
which, however, has undoubtedly had most one de
mands complied with. It must now soon appear
whether the Roman Church in Hayti has still strength
enough to struggle against the paganism into which
the mass of the population have practically relapsed.
We believe the prospects of Protestantism, in the
same island, are very promising.
St. George's in the East.—Notwithstanding the
changes made in the management of this notorious
and obstinate congregation, according to the Church- 7
item, the people are quite as rude and boisterous as
ever.
Rev. J. Ohunder Gengooly, a Brahmin convert,
recently delivered a lecture in London. In the course
of his address, the reverend gentleman corrected some
popular errors(?) concerning the Car of Juggernaut.
It was no part of the worship, he said, for a devotee to
cast himself under the wheels of the car. Accidents
sometimes happened, and people were killed in the
crush ; • but_ Juggernaut demanded no human sacri
floe: Fie was the Brahmin god of love, peace and
.meic*y. (I?)'
Fifttrio of • titt itth;
pwrtATiELPIfIA CITY
The Waterworks'Extemion.--This work in pro
gress ,at Fairmount, is well worth a visit. Five
.steam engines are employed, some of them day and
night, in draining the nOffer,d'am, in.pile. driving and
in hoisting: Four large pups are needful in - order
to keep the works clear of the water; which rushes in
rapidly through the isirousfr soil, especially it ;high
stages of the tide. As muai as a and a half
of gallons of water are diAliarged in the 24 hours.
The extension will•embrace three turbine wheela to
drive the same number of) pumps. They , will be
placed just beneath what, wits formerly and what - will
again be the walk to the ,, pleasure house overlooking
the Schuylkill dam. This, walk will be the top of, a'
,substantial and beautiful •'eut-stone structure, the
north side of which is already completed, and with
its three tasteful Arches, gives promise of a well-pro
portioned, .durable and, .graceful building, , *hen
finished.' •
Killed by Falling Data Stairs:-- . A, man named
Edward Hinkle, a book-binder by trade, engaged in
business on the second floor of No. 4 Ranstead place,
fell, a few evenings since, down-a steep flight of stairs,
and thus met his death.'t ".
The American Poracireepal Society has been in
session in this city, contavrif&' g,the 11th.
VI ,
The New PabliCt Plan 'furnished
by the:Architect, Jam 141f4 thur, wsts.adoptedSept.,
6th, by the Cornmiesionaka.
Secretary were authorikl*ifirtadiertifie for proposals
on the-basis of the plscz cued s' •
d N*x.
Solidified Xlik.—Wili, IL Civer has favored,
us with a sample of solid milk.. It Was manufactured
after the process desoribeailit the Atlas, a &lir weeps
ago—done into small " beak'," 'Whiel eau- be' eat
it
ried in the pocket or " hat)? ' Thissample was Ma e
from Orange county milk, (liar years ago, by Renr.
O'Reilly, and still remainsash and good. The bi
that Mr. Civer gave us, r aired-ef-Isame—tbat...he
. .
carried when out surveyi l on , the prairies of the
West.—Attica Atlas. f 'I .
1
The. Sewing-Nraehin ,
: I Ptitehf:—The Sewing -
Maehine,Patent has beenj a:tended for seven years
longer to the inventor, Mr. Howe,
Emigration from Kansaa.=---A large number of
Kansas people are alreatpeeing: from famine and
winter. Long trains OW ons, bearing the invo
lunta7 exiles with their r goods,, can now daily be
seen passing through ..Leiyipiworth-,op their way to
Nebraska and lowa. j'
Awful Steataboit Diatt*.= .4 -For several months
past. We have had no great , t ealam . ity to notice in 'our
crowded highways of trav4... The pleasure seekers
of the summer have gone ie and fro in great throngs
under the favoring care oflrrovidence, with scarcely
a mishap. Bat now the s ne changes, and sudden
ly a crowded boat goes do n in the dark-night, car
;
rying hundreds with it, O'throwing them upon the
waves, eager to make them heir prey. On Saturday,
Sept.Bth, at 2 o'clock in e tmorning, the steamer
Lady Elgin, bound from 'Chicago to Lake Superior,
i t
with ~f . " l " ' 00 souls on " .Ciard, was run into by a
, ner off Waukegan, anffslink in twenty minutes.
, --
The steamer was poorly supplied with boats, and only
seventy odd persons were save; among the lost were
Mr. Lumsden of the N. O. Vicaynne, Michael In
grani, M. P., proprietor of the London Illustrated
_News, and son , and Mr. Horner, son of the late Dr
4 .
tattler of this city, from whnie estate the Priebyte
jkkHouse was purChni k eik - - he city of Milwaukie,
where many of ~tbe visit '
Ato t , 4 rigid, was alteene of
Mildest excitement W ' e i's of the disaster wad
ThoirCifp were savdds,, kla the highest terms
of the conduct of Capt. John Wilson, commander of
the . ill fated boat. On board, he was all coolness and
bravery, always neglecting himself and caring for
the safety of the others.. He was seen early, in the
morning only-a few rods from shore, standing, upon
a raft surrounded by several other rafts, encouraging
and cheering them, and advising them how to pro
ceed. While in the very aet Of encouraging others,
a heavy roller struck him and washed, him off the
raft, in sight of the survivors' and crowds on shore.
On the announcement to the Board of Trade soon
after, that. the farm of Call Jack Wilson, of the
Lady Elgin, was encumbered to the amount of $l5OO,
it was proposed that one half the amount be raised
here and the balance at Buffas.. The members, with
their accustomed liberality, ,kot up a subscription
list, and in , lees than half an hour ovei $5OO had been
subscribed. _
Suspected Slaver.—A bark named Weathergauge
was seized at New York, on thel2th, with the re
gular outfit of a slaver on boaill:.% • -
A Burglar Run Over.—A 'train on the Provi
dence-railroad at °Jamaica Plairn!, on Saturday before
last, struck a man on the track, who died in - about
half an hour. On examinatio, a pair of false whis
kers, a moustache, and a vari ty of burglars' tools
were found in his pocket., It i °a =little singular that
a man sufficiently adroit for btrglary, could not get
out of the way in season for a ridlroad train.
Pennsylvania O Training : hool for - Feeble
mindedP Children.—The anniv'arnary.of the occupa
tion of the present buildings,iat Media, Delaware
county, was celebrated Sept. llth, by the School for
Feeble-minded Children. A larke number of visitors
was in attendance. The children sang and gave
other evidences of proficiency mider their benevolent
instructor.' ' ' '
The People' of Salisbury, ML, are slowly corn-
Inencing to re-build upon the Beene of the late dis
aster in that town.
Celebration of Perry's Viet* .—lt is' pleasant
to read of vast gatherings of people and great enthu
siasm upon other than political : sets. . Such was
the celebration, of the 47th an:W*BW of the battle
of Lake Erie, at Cleveland, Sept.4fith. 70,000 per
sons are computed to hive been'-sent. A marble
statue of Perry, by Mr. Walcott l yras inaugurated,
and an oration delivered by George Bancroft.
A Shocking Railroad Cataßtrophe happened
on Friday night, at Delayan, Wiconsin, by the col
lision of a freight and kpassengettrain. Five per-,
sons were killed and twenty-five wpunded, several of
them seriously.
john B. Gough, the temperance orator, brought
with him from Europe four thousaml vol limes of select
theological works, which he is about to present to the
church in Boylston, of which he is' a. member, as a
permanent pastoral library.
The "New Chureh."--Tbie Church, popularly
known as Swedenborgian, held its , forty-second an
nual conference recently, at Chicago, 111.
Sunday Theatres in New York.—We aro happy
to record the general subjection of the Sunday thea
tre proprietors to'the laws of the 'State. A single
notorious offender stills resists public sentiment and
defies the authorities; but a little everience of the
penalties of violated law, so soon as? the indictuients
hanging over his head can be reached, may teach him
-a valuable lesson. The' Stadt theatre—after a part , -
ing growl at the " Sunday fanatics," through the
Staats Zeitung, for interrupting its Sunday profits,
which formerly equalled those of the entire week,
takes out a new license, and.foregoes Sunday exhibi
tions. On the whole, a more genet:al submission to
the theatre and Sunday laws has beetrsecured than
has been known•for twenty years.--2Tintes:
A Wholesome Law. einstained.--The Supreme
Court of Mississippi has affirraed - the validity of the
law making it penal for retailers to sell liquor to a
drunken man, and declarini that the owner of the
establishment is rearamiible for the ants of his bar
keeper on his behalf.
FOREIGN.
Sytia.—Letters.frotn Beyrout, of August 12th, re
-port the condition of the Chrietians in Beyrout as
most deplorable. The' French and Russian authori
ties appear very atIZiOUS ici clear the Christians out
of Syria, The landing of a foreign few, will, it is
feared by many, lead to a general massacre of Chris
tians. . ,
,By order of.Fuad Pasha, seventy individuals, con
victed of having taken part in the late massacre, had
been hung, and one hundred and. ten soldiers shot.
He had compelled three thousand inhabitants of Da
mascus to enter tlie army. .
Four thousand five hnndred soldiers of the , Frenek
.
expedAidn hid disembarked at Beyrout.
. , .
The appearance - of foreign troops had been the sig
nal for the manifestations ,of ill-feeling between the
Christians and liloaletns;. partial fights had taken
place in Beyront. * .
Constantinople letters continue to express fears of
a general rising against the Christians when the
French troops landed. • •
. Sickening details relative to thelatimassaeres con
tinue to come to hand. • •.•
At Hasbeiya, out of-3,200 Christians only 1,400
'were found remaining, nearly, all' woinen• and chil
dren. The corpses remained unliniied. - The Send
Was'filll of them, and in the Upper' rooms they were
pi ed in heapsfivet six feet hi'g .
General;Beaufort, the Commander of the Prendh
forces, in a proclamation, had prohibited the:Marg-
Ups froutrenewinghhe contlict.,.
iA•ConstantinoPle despatch stile.: ,7Notwithstand
g the representations of „the Ambassadors, -Kur
id Pasha remained •at Constantinople ; , until the
Ikt la
arquis de Lavalette again insisted, and obtained
h 'departure, in order that he might be brought io
tr lin 'Syria:` ' ' • •
'—‘2l'helllupanlinin Inhabitants--are-naiiiiiiine•c,
threatening attitude. The garrison has beenin
mased ,• but the-soldiers'. 'arrears."
: IDALiscus, Aug. 20, (official.)-This morning one
,
brdred, tinc e l sixty-seven persons implicated in the
late massacres,, and on whom sentence of death had
been passed, were executed. Fifty-seven of the eon
dernued men were hanged in the most populous part'
ofi.the'eity ; and one; hundred and ten of the local
et:dice were shot in the square.: • •
Their execution has struck terror into the inhabi
tants - of the -city, whieh remained tranquil. To•
morrow those Condemned to hard labor and detention
Will be sent under a strong escort. to Beyrout, where
they will be immediately embarked for Constantin - 1)-
oe. Among the persons hanged, were brothers, sons,
and parents of the firstmen in the country— No at
tention was paid to their rank or
,dignity.
To-morrow all'the principal parties compromised
will be-arrested ; tried, and punished. The trial of
ex-Gov.ernorAhmed Pasha, and other officers, is pro
ceeding before 4 council of war. The sentences•will
be enforced immediately after they are pronounced.
The guilty persons Who escaped after the'massacre
will be tried as outlaws. - They will undergo their
penalties as soon as they are seized. The army of
the Sultan acts with the most rigorous discipline, and
in , perfect loyalty. - The arm of j ustice is triumphant.
Perfect tranquillity reigns on all the borders of Syria.
Order is re-establisher]. at Seidl and its environs.
Collision in the Herzegovina between tbe Chris
tians and the Mussulinans
A despatch from Trieste, dated Auguit 24th, states
that letters had heen received from Ragusa, ,an
nouncing that a terrible collision had occurred at
Gasko, in the Herzegovina, between. the Christians
and the Mussulmans. The latter were the assailants,
and in their fury spared neither tbe•women nor chi".
dren of• their yanquishedimemies. As:usual, tbe au
thorities were unable or 'unwilling' to prevent the
massacre
The Herzegovina is a small' and moiintainons tract
nerth:ot .*Autiitnia; and'tonchei the GniPtif Venice at
Ord , a sin I le I oint. % _ :
between the two religions.
Napies, August 28.—The Neapolitan troops were
attacked by Garibaldians near , Piale, by whom they
were surrounded and defeated. An armistice was
then prepared. The commanding officer referred
their proposition to the General-in-Chief for his deci
sion. In the meantime the enthusiasm of the Nea
politan troops abated. They became disorganized,
and dispersed, leaving ,the batteries without any de
fenders.
Garibaldi has left Calabria, but it is not known in
what direction he has gone. Decisive events are ex
pected to take place shortly. Baron Bremer has ob
tained the satisfaction which he demanded.
A statement was afloat that Garibaldi entered Mon
teleone on the 27th of August, and that h e had suc
ceeded in transporting his whole army to the main
land.
England.—The first street railway in England,
upon the American principle, was inaugurated at
Birkenhead on the 30th of August, and the general
impression was highly favorable.
The Crops in Enropi.—Very recent accounts
from Europe, and especially from the eastern part of
it, modify considerably previous reports of the con
dition of the crops. Although storms and locusts
have done much damage in the Russian grain-bear
ing provinces, there is a strong belief that the har
vest will turn out to be a good one. Spain will have
a large surplus for exportation, and, as most likely ;
of an excellent quality. The deficiency will be chiefly
in the British Islands, Holland and Germany, but as
other crops have not suffered to the same extent as
wheat, the demand may not prove so great as many
have supposed. From India; vast quantities of rice
will•be supplied.
The Bishop of London has addressed a letter to his
clergy, commending the setting apart of some early
Sunday for paying attention to the condition of the
country, in connexion with the prospects of the har
vest.
Our Treaty with Ohina.—lt appears from our
treaty of amity and commerce with China, which has
just been officially promulgated, that the United
States will exert their good offices, in case any other:
nation should act unjustly or. oppressively against
that empire, to bring about a satisfactory arrangement
of the question = thus showing their friendly feelings:
A similar'provision is contained in the.treaty with
Japan.
The Latest by the Jura.
The weather has been - fine throughout England,
and the harvest prospects were promising. This fa
vorable change was exercising , a buoyant influence
on, funds and cotton.
A telegram from Naples, dated the 6th inst., an
nounces that Garibaldi ; and his forces were at Sn,ler
ne, and their immediate arrival at Naples was confi
dently expected, and the King of Naples was to leave
the same day for Gaeta.
Bight Sardinian frigatis were in the bay of Naples
with two regiments aboard.
The British steamer Osvrell, which was taken by
the Garibaldians, had been re-captured by a British
war steamer.
More measures are reported to have been commit
ted at Balbec and other places.
.31ittrritit.
PHILIPS—EVANS—On. the- 10th inst., by the Rev.
Thos. Brainerd, D. D., Lewis. Philips, M. D., to Miss
Caroline Evans.
Bower's Medicated Figs are an efficient
remedy for all derangements of the bowels, habitual
costiveness, sick and nervous headache, dyspepsia, piles,
&c., Persons of sedentary life should always use them.
They are reliable and safe, and do not debilitate, and can
be taken at all times without inconvenience: They con
tain no mercury. Pleasant to the taste. One fig has a
laxative effect, while two figs are sufficient to produce
an active purge.
Prepared only by G. OilkiWer, Sixth and. Vine, and
sold by leading druggists. tTiice per box is 371 cents.
NOTICES.
The Synod of West Pennsylvania will meet at
lVfeadville, Crawford county, Pa., on the 4th Friday of
Sept., (28th inst.,) at-7 o'clock, P. M.
GEO. A. LYON, Stated Clerk.
' Synod of Onondaga.—This Synod will hold
itsmext annual meeting in the 2tl Church of Auburn, on
Tuesday, October 9th, at 7 o'clock, P. M.
'LEWIS li. RELD, Stated Clerk.
The synod of Geneva will meet at Waterloo,
the last Tuepday (26) of September, at 2 o'clock, P. M.
B. M. GOLDSMITH '
l ISM Stated Aug. 30; IS Stated Clerk.
. . ,
Synod Mr Missouri—The Annual meeting of
this body is.to tie held at La. Grange, Mo., commencing
ThursdaY s the 27th day of September next, at .7i
P.M. r HENAN A. NEr.sorr,
St. Louis Aug'...27th 1860. Stated. Clerk.
Synod of I IJuols will meet iici the Presbyte
rian Church. "Carlinville on - tile. , first Thursday , (4th day) of October nest, aehalf-paet 7 o'clock, P. M.
E. B. OLMSTED, -
Slated Clerk.
Synod of .Westerni - Reserve , 0 —The
,
meeting of the Synod of Western Reserver, will be at
Youngstown, IVlahoning county., 0., on Friday after the
second'Tuesday;ll2th) of ' October, at 2 o'clock; P. M.
• -By ortler,bf Synod, . X. Berm, - •
• Stated Clerk.
,•• • •
Vienna, Trumbulll,'Co. 0., Sept 10t12;1860.
• , .
Synod of PennSylvania.—Thp Synod of
Pennsylvania will meet in the First Presbyterian Church,
Harrisburg, on Friday, October 19th,at half past seven:
o'clock, , P- M., to• be opened with a sermon, by the-
Moderator, Rev. Robt. Adair. Wm. •B. MOORE,
Aka,Od ofT - The Synod of
gan will hold its annual meeting in Ann-Arbor, on the
2d. Thursday - (the 11th), of October, at half past .seven
o'clock, P". M. • Was. S. HUGGINS;
. .Kalarna.so, Sept...l4th, 1860. • Stated Clerk.
Noticp—Wilmington, Presbytery will bold
its next stated meeting in 'Hanover Street Church, Wil
mington, commencing Tuesday, September• 2.5 th, at 7i
; • ;
ORDER OF EXERCISES.--Tuesday Evening.—Sermon by
Rev. H. J. Gaylord, "on 'The Relation of the Intervals
between =Revivals of Religion to the Growth of the
•
• Wedneaday merning,) I o'clock.—Addresses by Molars.
Foot, Emerson arid Rood, on 'The State of the World
in relation to the Ringdam of God.'
Wednesday afternoon, 3k o'clock.—Addresses byMes—
srs. Patter Son, Wiswell, and Cann, The Remedies
of Infidelity for the Moral Evils of the World.'
Wednesday evening.—Serrnon on 'Christian Experience
in • the Song of Solomon,' by Rev. T. Garland Ranmer.
Thursday raorneng, o'clock.—Addresses by Messrs.
Mears, Foot, and Raniner, on 'Every Church a Mission,
every Christian a Missionary.'
• Thursday afternoon, 3i o'clock.—A General Meeting
of the Sabbath School's, with adresses from Messrs.
Emerson, Gaylord, and Mears. By the Committee of
Arrangements. JOHN W. MEARS,
The next stated meeting of the Pres
bytery of Harrisburg was appointed to be held at Car
lisle, on Tuesday, the 16th of . October next, at half past
seven o'clock in the evening, to be opened with a ser
mon by Rev. T. Street, of York, Pa.
- Third - -Presbytery of .Philadelpha
stands adjourned to meet in the Walnut Street Presby
terian Church, [West Philadelphia,] on Tuesday, Oct.
2d ) at 3i o'clock, P. M. J. O. BUTLER,
The Presbytery of Keokuk will meet at
kontrose, on Tuesday the 25th of September, at half
past 7.0 7 e10ck, P. M. G. C. BEAMAN,
Stated Clerk.
The Presbytery of Genesee stands adjourned
to meet at atohnsonsburgh on the 4th Tuesday of Sept.,
25th inst., at 2 o'clock, P. M.
The brethrengoing by Attica will find teams waiting
there on the arrival of the 9 o'clock train .from Batavia,
kindly provided by the Church of Johnsoneburgh.
G. S. CORWIN, Stated Clerk.
Elba, Sept. 7th, 1860.
Notice—A Quarterly Meeting of the Directors of
the Philadelphia Education Society 3 will be held in the
Presbyterian Rouse, 1334 Chestnut streeti on Tuesday,
the 26th inst., at 4 o'clock, P. M. .
C.ELS.RLES BROWN, Cor. Secretary.
Sept. 1860
Annual Meeting of the American
Board.--=The Annual Meeting of the Aineriein Board
of Commissioners for Foreign Missions will be held in th
Tremont Tenaple. Boston, on •the24l of October, (Tuesday,)
at 4 o'clock, P. M. Corpqrate and Honorary members, and
other friends of the Board, tiroposing• to attend Its. sessions, are •
.
• - • 4 .. rem w o comp y
with this request, will receive letters of introduction to families
that will be ready to receive them on the day of the meeting.
The Committee of Arrangements cannot promise to make
provision for persons whir shall fail to' signify their intentions
by the 26th of September. Efforts will be made to obtain a
reduction of fare by railroads end steamboats, and the result
will be published as soon as practicable.
• Tne. ANNUAL SERMON will be preached by Rev. S. W.
Fisher, D. D. of Hamilton College.
Henry Edwards, • Arthur W. Tufts,
Moses H. Day, Philo Sanford,
• Loring Lothrop, • Aaron - Kimball,
J. C. Tyler, Alran Simonds,
Franklin Snow, Thomas D. Demond,
Joseph S. Ropes, Arthur Merrill,
Ezra Farnsworth, John Field, '
Caleb H. Scudder, James H. Goodrich,
T. It. Marvin, ire Cheever,
Nathan Carruth, Rufus S. Frost,
Charles W. Scudder, E. L. Teed,
M. H. Sargent,
Committee of Arrangements.
Acknowledgment.—
John W. Glaghorn, Treasurer of the Pennsvlva.nia.
Bible .Society, acknowledges the following receipts,
from May Ist to Sept. Ist, 1860:
FROM THE WESTERN. DISTRICT OX.PA., REY. J. 3. Antra,
D. D., SECRETARY:
Clearfield County Bible Society, - - - $96 00
E r i e CC CC cc— 110 00
Venango cc " iF - - - 140 00
Beaver cc - cc cc - - - :3000
Westmoreland County Bible Society, - - 67 94
Indiana cc 6— • • 8.5 96
Washington " " cc - - 83 22
Armstrong cc cc cc - • - 30 00
Bradford •cc cc cc - - 86 61
Cambria cc cc cc — • • 22 00
Mercer cc cc cc - - - 11 46
Johnstown, Welsh cc cc - • • 66 00
Johnstown and vicinity, Bible Society - - 64 00
Cherry Hill and Green Township Bible Society, 20 00
Allegheny 59'85
Pittsburg, Female " " 14 00
Pittsburg, Young Men's " cc 330 00
Canonsburg, Female cc cc 40 82
Presbyterian Church, Kittanning, - - 65 39
Erie Conference of the M. E. Church, - 113'15
FROM THE _EASTERN DISTRICT OF PA., REV. IRVIN W. TOR-
BENCE, SECRETARY.
Luzerne County Bible Society, - - 75 00
Lancaster cc 'cc cc - - 112 22
York cc cc- 130 00
Carbon c' cc cc - - 00
Lehigh cc cc - - 40 00
Bucks ca cc pc , —.— 38 64
Chainbersburg Female Bible Society, - - 54 14
Carlisle " cc " - 219 00
Bellefonte lc a 6C • • 624
*Lewisburg cc cc cc . - 30 00
Danville cc cc cc - - 54 00
Bedford Bible SocietY, - - - 100 00
'doCiety, •-•- '7OO 59
Jersey Shore cc cc - - - - 46 21
Female Bible Society of•Phila., - - - 125 00
Nezereth Hall, Northampton Co., - - 16 15
New Sondciu Presbyterian Churck, - - 10 00
West Chester' - • • 7 00
Jeremiah Joynt, Phila. - - - - - 200 00
S. Paine, Carlisle, - - - - - 100
Estate of Wm. McWilliams, dec'd, Centre Co.,
Legacy, - - - - - 250 00
Total, - - ' $3,799 39
BIBLE DISTRIBUTION:
Fiem Hay Ist to Sept Ist, 1860;the Society sold and
distributed 32,759 Bibles and Testamen* in the follow
ing languages, viz: English, French, German, Welsh,
Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Swedish, Italian ' Chinese, La
tin, Hebrew, Greek and in raised lettersfor the Blind.
Bible House and Depository corner-of Walnut and
Seventh streets, Philadelphia.
.Tottu P. Ruoans, Agent.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
FINE GROCERIES AND TEAS.
THOMPSON BLACK & SON,
N. W. CORNER OF BROAD AND CHESTNUT STREETS,
Philadelphia,
Whblesale and Retail Dealers in Flue Tens, Sugar,Coffee, Flour,
Ptah, .`'.picas, Pickles, Preserves, and every variety o choice. Family
Groceries.
Zfr- Goods delivered in any part of :the city, eV packed securely
for the country. , sep2o-ly
NAMES R. WEBB,
TEL DEALER AND FAMILY GROCER,
223 S. EIORTH ST., BELOW WALITI7T,
Has for sale a large and varied assortment of fine Teas,
Coffees, and choice GrocerieS for Family use. '
Orders by mail promptly attended to, and Goods
carefully packed and forwarded. aug3o-Iy.
ONE PRICE CLOTHING (604 Market Street) made
in the latest styles and best manner, expressly for retail
sales. The lowestselling price is marked in plain figures on
each article, and never varied from. All goods made to order
warranted satisfactory, and at the same rate as ready-made.
Our one price system is strictly adhered to, as we believe this
to be the only fair way of dealing, as all are thereby treated
alike. JON ES & CO..
604 Market at., Philadelphia.
Stated Clerk.
btated,Clerk
C. P. Wrnro, Stated Clerk
Stated Clerk
I NGR AM trinVENSITY,
LEitOit, NEW Yost'.
First or Autumnal Term begins Wednesday, Septem
ber 19th, 1860.
Board and Tuition, per term, - - $75.00
Second term; first WednesdaY in February. Com
mencement, Fourth Weilneatlay in June.
Rreparitory Department none received under
twelve years of age.- In the Regular Department, ac
cording to attainments, in any one of the four classes.
Important and favorable changes have been , made in
the Faculty, with excellent accessions; increasing the
facilities - of - Sound and various learning, in all the De
partments; with pairtial or complete course, at, option.,
Having attained " a' comparative maturity, through
more than ,a quarter of a century, our Institution in
tends to augment continually its best arrangements;
while EXPANSION and, raopnEss characterize' its succes
sive 'stages, in hope of a nobler future of permanent and
honorable usefulness. Its aim and scope—to furnish a
thorough, sulierior, and especially a CHRISTIAN educa
tion for. our daughters at the smallest practicable ex
pense.
For salubrity, adaptation, accessibleness, and every
proper auxiliary, X..E11011 is justly desirable, and well
proved, as the site of our University.
€l3 - Important,' though not indispensable, that scho
lars arrive the first week of the term. Synopsis sent
by mail, when; deaired.
SAMUEL HANSON COX, Chanceller.
Leroy,'August 15th, 1860. 745-st.
•
RITTENHOUSE ACADEMY,
English and Classical School—in the City Institute
Building—Chestnut and Eighteenth. Streels,:entranee do
Eighteenth street, third door above Chestnut. The next
session will commenee on 10"onday, Sep. 3d. 1860. Re
ference—Rev. Albert Barnes; Rev. Richard Newton, D.
D., Hon. Geo. Shars*ood, LL. D.. Wm. Purees, Esq.
746-4 t. JOHN 'WEsrcOrr, Principal.
*BS M. W. HOWLS .
Has removed her school to 152.5 Chestnut street, and
will ii-open on Wednesday, September 12th. A. few
boarditigpupils'recAived. Circulars' at the school and
at the Presbyterian House, N 0.1334 & 1336 chestnut St.
7464 t..
rri HE SPRING GARDEN INSTITUTF. FOR YOUNG
j LADIES, will be re-opened on the 34 of Septem
. .
GILBERT COMBS, A. M.,
Pantmem..
608 and 611 Marshall St., Phila.,
4 a g3O
MISS M. A. BROWN'S SCHOOL FOR, YOUNG
LADLES, at theßouth West corner of Eighteenth Street and
Wallace, will commence on MONDAY, September 10th.
For Circulars, apply as above. 747.3 E
PRESBYTERIAN PUBLICATION COX
: XITTEN.
CHAIRMAN, Ray. ALBERT DARIs'ES.
SECRETARY. REV. JOHN W. DULLES.
TREASURER, Ma. War. L.IIII,DEBURN.
The Committee's publications may be ordered of
CHARLES L LUTHER,
1334 Ch.estnut St., Pliitade
They may also be had at
683 Broadway, N. Y., A. D F. Randolph.
Cincinnati, William Scott.
Detroit, Raymond and Lapham.
Chicago, William Tomlinson.
St. Louis, J. W. Mclntyre.
Ciereititn'dcfnihiin & Bragg.
Buffalo, P. G. Cook.
7 he Conanittee publish
THE.CHURCH-. PSALM/ST, in various style; for use in
congregations.
ECIACTIC TUNE-BooK t for`c.boirs:
THE SABBA4H-SCHOOK. HYMN BOOK.
With Books and Tracts ter use by Pastors, Sabbath
-Schools, Ste. 748-Iyr
- ID ALLAH SINGING ;• GUITAR;' ACRE)) MUSIC
AND CHANTING, for private School Classes. -
Highest city references:
T. BISHOP, Vocal Academy, 1202 Frmtgar Sr. 4t
Tv MEDICINE IS NECESSARY, USE BRANDRETR'S PILLS,
They are as pleasant as a truly effective medicine can
be. It is true you may take pu . rgatives which will ope
rate without pain, because they take the.balsamic parts
from the blood, which is.worse than being bled, worse
than having the vital lluid abstracted. Beware of them.
Brandreth's Pills only take hold of those matters which
the . 1)64, when' sick, wants to evacuate. They are
solely an assistant, of nature,—nothing more, nothing
less. They do not fOrce; they merely; assist; and herein
is their great value. The-man- is thriceblessed who is
so fortunate as to be acquainted with this good and at:
most-perfect gift Wotan., because he has to a great ex,l
- hitiliody insured in health by their occasional use.
Principal Office, 294 Canal Street, New York. Sold by
'W,Plvovr & SONS, Philadelphia, and by all respecta
ble dealers in medicines.
a des e• er ' 'enna., close its pre
sent Summer - Term onithe29th•of September next, and
resume the duties of the Winter-Session on the first of
November.
'The school is session during the summer months,
the scholastic year being divided into two sessions, of
five months each, which commence respectively on the
first of May and November. The range of studies pur
sued is, extensive, and the system of instruction tho
rough—designed and calculated to prepare boys and
young men for our best colleges, or for the require
ments of business life in its various ramifications. The
French, German, and Spanish-Janguages are taught by
native resident teachers, of ability and tried experience.
A German gentleman of acknowledged skill has charge
of the departments of Music, Draining, and Painting..
The Principal is assisted in the duties of the school
room-by seven teachers, who reside in his family, and
many of whom have been for years connected with the
Institution.
Catalogues, containin g full particulars, will be sent
upon application to *.n. F. WYERS, A. IIL, '
Principal.
746.3-mo '
West Chester, Pa., August 16, -1860
N. B.—Five daily Mail and Passenger trains connect
the Borough of West Chester, by direct railroad, with
Philadelphia, and three daily trains, via. the Pennell.
vania and West Chester Railroad.
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FLEMING'S VOCABULARLY OF PHILOSOPHY.—
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use of Students. By Wu.t.rasr FLEXING, D. D., Profes
sor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Glasgow.
From the Second revised and enlarged London Edi
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Philosophy brought down to 1860, Bibliographical and
Analytical Index, Synthetical TableS, and other addi
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12mo. Cloth, $1.75.'
HENGSTENBERG ON ECCLESIASTES.—Commen
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pended, Treatises on the Song of Solomon; on the
Book of Job; on the Prophet Isaiah; on the Sacrifices
of Holy. Scripture; and on the
_Jews and the Christian
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by D. W. Simon. Bvo. Cloth, $2.000.
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