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The United Weekly Prayer Meeting of onr churches, hitherto held on the afternoon of each Tuesday, has made the round of the churohes. It has been decided, in accordance with the wishes of many who cannot get out in the afternoon, in recommencing the series, to hold them in the eve ning. The next meeting will be in the church on Washington Square, to commence at 7} o'clock, on Tuesday evening, February 14th. fMifWUH fttMipw*. The Presbytery Of Cayuga held its recent annual meeting in the village of Union Springs. The Rev. George W. Warns was chosen Moderator. The opening sermon by Rev. S. S. Goss, of Meridian, was a thorough and timely discussion of the subject of Christian Philanthropy. The first hour of the morning session was spent in prayer and conference, with manifest tokens of the Spirit’s presence. Two of the pastors had come from scenes of revival, and others spoke of encouraging signs in their respective fields of labor. The remainder of the morning was occupied in hearing the narratives of religion, and statistical re ports, which denoted a healthy condition of the churches. Gratifying statements were made by the professors of the Theological Seminary at Auburn, of the prosperity of that institution in numbers, and the spirit of study and devotedness of the students to the work of preparing themselves for the Christian ministry. The Communion Season in the afternoon was a precious reunion of brethren at the table of the Lord, and of fellowship with the Church, which had so re cently, and to suoh a remarkable degree, experienced the blessing of the Lord. The sermon was by Rev. Henry Fowler, of Auburn, on the Ascension of Christ, and was a most appropriate and tender discourse. The evening was devoted, to the ordination of Mr. Thomas B. Hudson, a recent graduate of the Auburn Theological Seminary, and his installation as pastor ’ the church. Professor E. A. Huntington preached ie sermon from Exodus iv. 13. The Moderator presided, and proposed the Consti ional questions. Rev. I. Tompkins offered the or iing and installing prayer; Rev, 0. Hawley gave charge to the pastor, and Professor J. B. Condit charge to the people. The house was crowded ;h a sympathizing congregation, and the services iroughout wore solemn and impressive. The young vstor enters upon his work under the most encoh- iging auspices. lley. Charles Anderson was chosen Commissioner i the Auburn Theological Seminary. E. A. Hunt-, igton, 1). D., and Simon S, Goss were chosen Church imtnissioners to the General Assembly, and Charles •wley and George W. Warner their Alternates, ters Albert H. Goss and William Atwood were ran Lay Commissioners, and Elders D. H. Hamil i and Warren Crocker their Alternates. The Presbytery adjourned to meet at Auburn the ining after the commencement exercises of the Se minary, to which meeting several important items of business were deferred. American Board.—The Secretaries of the Ameri can Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions have issued, ip pamphlet form, a concise historical sketch of the Board, with general statistics of other foreign missionary operations. It is designed espe cially for pastors, to aid them in presenting the claims of the Board to their congregations, during this, its jubilee year. It is fifty years since the Board was organized, and forty-eight years since its first mis sionaries, Jtidson, Newell, Nott, Hall, and Rice were sent out to heathen lands. The receipts the first year were $14,000. Its receipts now are some $350, 000 per annum, and it has under its carp, 'in different parts of the world, about 400 male and female mis- lonaries, and nearly 500 native helpers. More than ifty thousand hopeful converts have been gathered \to churches connected with the different missions. ■ known to all who are Interested in the foreign missionary work, the Board is now laboring under the embarrassing influence of a heavy debt,and-.we see by the February Herald that there seems to .be but little prospect of its being relieved from its em barrassment. The estimates sent home by the mis sionaries for the current year, were $383,000, and lese have been reduced with great difficulty to $370, J. To meet the debt and current expense this year, $438,000 are needed, while the whole amount of receipts for the first five months of the year, up to Deo. 31, including offerings for the debt, was but $87,464; nearly $6,000 less than for the same period last year, and leaving a total of $358,536 as needed for the remaining portion of the year. Religious Awakening in Batavia.— lt is stated that quite an active religious interest has been pre vailing in Batavia for some weeks past. It has been stated that through the agency of the English Wesleyan Missionary Society, the Gospel is preached in more than twenty languages at 3,650 places in various parts of Europe, India, China, Southern and Western Africa, the West Indies, Aus tralia; Canada, and British America. Spurgeon in Paris. —The Rev. Mr. Spurgeon, it is said, is about to visit Paris, and preach in the American Chapel, Rue de Berri. This he will do on week-days, as it is impossible for him to be absent from the immense congregation of 10,000 persons in London, to whom he preaches on Sundays. Galig nani says: “It is earnestly hoped that the Spirit of God will bless the ministrations of Mr. S. during his visit to this great city, to the salvation of' many im mortal souls. This will be the great and permanent object of his short sojourn here. It will he only for a few days, which he generously gives by postponing other engagements, as his arrangements have been made for two years to come.” Presbytery Of Utica. —This bodymet at the Con gregational Church in Clinton, Tuesday, Jan. 31st, for its annual session. . Rev. W. S. Curtiss, D. D,, was chosen Moderator, Rev. W. E. Knox, Glork, Rev. E. Dunham, As sistant Clerk. The last Moderator, bn whom it de volved to preach the opening sermon, not being pre sent, the Rev. T. D. Hunt was designated to perform this service. Rev. Dr. Goertner.andßev. Dr. Bonney dispensed the elements at the communion, assisted by elders Clark-, Anderson, and Raymond. On the eveningof Tuesday, a discourse was preached by Rev. W. E. Knox, of Rome, from Deut. xxxii. 31. The preacher aimed to ahowi and.did show, that the relianoe of the unbeliever is, by his own confessions, less worthy of confidence, than that of the believer. Among the acts of Presbytery most worthy of note were the following: The first, "that pertaining to the missionary aid to be extended to the feeble churohes within bounds of Presbytery. For years past- a Presbyterial Committee has existed, who, through the Home Missionary So ciety, has aimed to supply destitute churches with the word of God. But the plan has not accomplished all that was designed by it. Hence, it was voted to com mit this matter to a committee, who should, if the way was prepared, appoint a man that should have the oversight of these churches, and go and labor among them, in word and doctrine. The plan, if carried out, will involve a division of labor among different con gregations. In this connexion it should be mentioned, that Presbytery passed a set of resolutions, approving the action of the past General Assembly on the subject of Home Missions, and looking toward the performance of this work by our own church organization. Another set of resolutions approved the Assembly’s plan on education, and a committee, consisting of Rev. Drs. Curtiss, Fisher, and Rev. A. D. Gridley, was appointed to co-operate with the committee of the General Assembly in making provision for candidates for the ministry. The following persons were appointed commis sioners to the next General Assembly. f Rev. O. Bartholomew. 1 „ . . , Ministers, j Rev j M.M‘Gifford. } Principals. ( Rev. S. W. Brace. 1 ,• , 1 Rev. A. Di Gridley. } Alternates, f Doctor Blair. In- • i Lay Delegates. j hßubt. S. Williams. Rev. 1. Payson was likewise chosen commissioner to the Auburn Theo. Sem., for the next three years. On Wednesday, evening, the Presbytery, on invita tion of Pres. Fisher, visited Ham. Col., and held re ligious services with the students, in the senior reci tation room. All the meetings of Presbytery were characterized with a spirit of true fraternal affection, and especially those of a devotional character, so that all who were present, felt that “it was good to be there.” Response. —We are happy to learn that the First Presbyterian Church of the Northern Liberties, of which the Rev. T. J. Shepherd is pastor, has nobly re sponded to the call of the American Board, by dou bling this year their usual contribution. Will not other churches follow this good example? Sherburne, S’. Y. —The pastor of the Congrega iional Church, writes as follows: “We are in the midst of a revival. For five weeks, God by his Spirit has been converting men, women and the dear youth of Sherburne. The work began in the First Congregational Church, and seems to be extending to the Methodist and Baptist Congrega tions. The meetings appear like “ Union Meetings;” yet there was no suoh union when the revival commenced. The inquiry room is full every evening, and the au dience large. We have been assisted by the Rev. 0. Parker, the Evangelist, and the Rev. H. Doane, of Norwich, is now preaching every evening with good effect. We hope the work wild extend all around us, for we have positive evidence that , multitudes are willing to come to Christ. The work is very quiet, but it is apparently tho rough, and the converts are laboring zealously for their Master. God be praised for his mercy and love to us." A. M‘D. Chenango Presbytery,-—At the recent meeting of the Chenango-Presbytery, Rev. A. M'Dougall and John S. Morse, elder, were appointed as delegates to the next General Assembly. The Rev. H. Roane and W. Thurber, alternates. Commissioners to Auburn Theological Seminary, Rev, H. Doane, Rev. M. Callahan, and Dr. I. Q. Owen. Dr. Tyng and Foreign Missions.— -One of the largest collections ever made in a New York church,* was made in St. George’s Church on last Sunday week. The occasion was an appeal made by Dr. Tyng for foreign missions; before making which the Doctor told his people that the amount he must have was five thousand dollars. Three thousand dollars were given on the plates, and as soon as the benedic tion was pronounced, some of the congregation came forward to ascertain the deficit, which was promptly made op, to the great delectation of the Rector, and to the decided advantage of the missionary treasury. Church Offerings for Foreign Missions, for 1859- —The following amounts were contributed to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, for the year 1859, by the Philadelphia Churches. First Presbyterian Church, 1 $lBlB 99 Third “ 439 20 Clinton St. “ 539 82 Calvary “ 791 74 Western “ 188 66 Buttonwood St. “ 265 43 Coates “ 205 93 Green Hill “ 100 80 Walnut St. “ 127 00 Mantua “ 70 00 Southwark “ 31 00 Germantown, Market Square Presb. Ch. ' 436 45 Manayunk 20 0C Olivet “ 69 04 Tabor _ “ 20 00 First Independent “ 25 00 Arch St. (for Fgn. Mis. tn part ) “ 380 33 At the last meeting of the Presbytery of Buffalo, the following persons were appointed Commissioners to the next General Assembly, to meet in Pittsburgh, on tbe : thifd Thursday in May next: Rev. Albert T. Chester, D.D., and Rev. Charles F. Mussey; and Elders Thomas Farnham of Buffalo, and Samuel A. Brown of Jamestown. furtgtmxn atid <Svx«9eltst. Presbyterians of Color.— The colored member ship of the Old School Presbyterian Church at the South is large, though we believe they have never been represented in the General Assembly by men of color,'.either clerical or lay. In the Presbytery of Charleston, S. 0., 1637 out of 2,889 members, or considerably over one-half, are colored. In the whole Synod of South Carolina, 5,009 out of 13,074, are colored members. The Presbyteries, of Mississippi and Central Mississippi, of Tuscaloosa and South Alabama, of Georgia, of Concord -and Fayetteville, also show many churches with a large proportion of colored communicants, from one-third to one-seventh of. the whole. In the whole of the above mentioned bodies, there are 9,076 colored, out of 33,667 communicants. Among the churches of these Presbyteries we find twenty with an aggregate colored membership of 3,600, or an ave rage of 130 to each. An application for ordination was recently presented to the Georgia (Methodist) Conference by a colored man. The members were divided in sentiment in regard to the propriety and expediency of granting the application. A majority seemed at one time to favor the request, but after earnest protest by several prominent ministers, it was decided not to admit the applicant to Deacon’s Orders. With reference to this matter the North Carolina Presbyterian would lay its shortcomings, if any, on the heads of a few misguided men in the North. It says: “At the South, the question assumes a peculiar form; and weighty political, as well as moral consi derations, must affect the So far as our knowledge extends, there are no licensed colored mi nisters _in any of the slaveholding States. , It is doubtful , whether an application for licensure - was ever made to any of our Presbyteries. Whether a Presbytery would take the responsibility of refusing an application which was sustained by all the re quired spiritual and intellectual qualifications in the candidate remains to be seen. If such a refusal should be given, it would be more attributable to the violent and impertinent agitation of the slavery ques tion by Northern Abolitionists, than to all other rea sons combined.” Prof- Huntington’s Reasons for Resigning.— Prof. Huntington’s letter conveying to the corpora tion of Harvard his resignation of the offiees of Preacher and Plummer Professor, explains the rea sons of that act. The following passage defines one of the troubles in the College: "I am eonscious of an increased difficulty in the discharge of one chief part of my duties here. In the original design of the founder of the chair I have occupied there'appears to be no evidence that the office of preaching and administering church ordi nances was contemplated. It was found convenient, owing to the vacancy in the Hollis Professorship and other facts, to connect this pastoral office with the Plummer foundation. By the laws, that portion of the under-graduates required to attend' publie wor ship on the Lord’s day in the chapel has .consisted of such as remained in Cambridge on that day, except ing al way those whose denominational relations lead them away to other parishes. The practical opera tion of this rule for many years has been to consti tute this part of the chapel congregation almost en tirely of the sons of Unitarian parents. I cannot easily reeoncile it with Christian fairness to preach to these young men, absent from their homes, under these conditions, in my present interpretation of the Gospel of Christ, with all the freedom of subject and expression indispensable to a clear conscience. It is true, there is no literal obstacle in the statutes to ah entire alteration in the attendance. A change in the relative proportions of the two religious classes in the institution has been going on for some time, un til now about half of the whole number of students belong to Trinitarian families. But I greatly ques tion whether such a process of shifting within the chapel is one which it belongs to me to render neces sary, or one that could take place under my ministry with the proper edification and peace of the Society, on account of the circumstances of my appointment already mentioned. At a recent meeting of the Board of Overseers the resignation of Prof. Huntington gave rise to inquiry and discussion: Hon. G. S. Boutwell said it was well known the newspapers had stated that Prof. Huntington had tendered his resignation to the corporation. He in quired whether this was true. Hon. A. A. Lawrence replied that the resignation had been received, but that it had not. beeu acted on. He hoped that it would not be a final resignation. He said that no change in the views of Prof. Hunt ington had been considered a good reason for his re signation. It was the general desire that he should remain. Mr. Boutwell thought that it was important to the interest of the college that he should be retained, as did Rev. Mr. Miller, Ex : Gov. Washburn, and others. On Mr. Boiitwell’s motion, a resolution was adopted declaring it the earnest wish of the Board that Prof. Huntington should withdraw his - resignation which it has been informed he has tendered to the corpora tion, and appointing a committee of five to take such steps as are expedient to induce him to withdraw it. This resolution was adopted by a vote of 17 to 1. Hon. C. G. .Davis, of Plymouth, alone voting in the negative. The matter of the resignation was referred to the committee. A memorial presented by Wen dell Phillips Garrison, praying for more liberty in re ligious.observances, was also referred. The idea of there being-an excess of religions restriction at Har vard, is novel, to say the least. “The Church” in New York.— The ‘Christian Advocate and Journal’ well gives the following spe cimen of High Church assumptions and absurdi ties:— . ' The Churchman, a High Church Protestant and Episcopal newspaper, says that four of the wards— containing a population of nearly a hundred thou sand, are “ without a church to enter or a clergyman' tO . P reBi ? h ' to them." And “in five wards havipg a’ population of 134,404, there are but seven churches.” What the Churchman means by this sad spiritual destitution is, that there are only so many Episcopal churches and priests in these wards. The churches and ministers of other denominations-are wholly ig nored. Nothing is more ridiculous than the assump tions of the Churchman. If New York had to de pend upon Trinity for the Gospel, our destitution would excite the sympathy of the Christian world— and missionaries from India and the South Sea Is lands would soon come to our help. Thank God there are living Churches and a living ministry in all these wards. Revival in the East Indies.— There are signs that the. great revival has extended to the distant East. Dr. Duff has been conducting a special union service of ten days in Calcutta, and a deep impres sion has been produced by the occasion. Without any public notice the hall was tolerably well filled on the first day. Though the subsequent mornings were occasionally blustering and rainy, the hall was always well filled, sometimes overcrowded. Instead of abating, the interest appeared to increase to the very last. Many declared that they obtained new insight into the meaning of God’s word, new and more impressive views of divine realities, and were greatly revived and refreshed in spirit. Christians of all denominations drew nearer to each other in the bonds of a common faith and love. Pious lay men, belonging to the various churches, had for the first time taken an active.and-effective share in such public devotional meetings, and, amid all the ser vices, so completely were all one in faith and doc trine, that a stranger, in no instance, could detect, from the sentiments expressed or petitions offered, to what body or section of the Christian Church the different parties belonged. In eonsequenee of the devotional spirit awakened, fresh life had been poured into private and domestic prayers, several social prayer-meetings had been formed; the ministrations of some of the pulpits had been enlivened, there were a few laymen who,had resolved to hold a business men’s prayer-meeting daily at the rooms of the Bible Society, at half past nine o’clock, and it was resolved to renew these Union Prayer-meetings at the Old Church-room on the first of three native holidays, and to continue them through those days, as well as the subsequent native holidays, to the end of the year. ' ' \ The Movement for Prayer and Effort in Lon don. —A London correspondent says/— “There are upward of one hundred, daily meetings for prayer. I was at one whieh has been kept up-|teadily in the Lower Room, Exeter, from week to ,yesek, ever since the first gathering was prompted byjthe tidings of the American awakening. There was a goodly at tendance, and a most devout spirit prevailed. Very many requests for prayer were read out on the occa sion, some of them very touching. One was from a Sabbath School teacher in behalf of [he school with which she is connected, that the Spirit might be poured out, both on teachers and children. Another was for ‘a clergyman of the Church of England, in much trial,’ that ‘these afflictions wfaty bring him to a full knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus, that he may come to be a burning and a shining light— and be a blessing to many.” The Patagonian or South Ameri Society, is an association in London, of labor among the islands of Terra <j Society own a vessel called the “Al •which is used for the purpose of the commanded by a pious captain. A colony of 300 Waldensian emigi ints established themselves during the years 1856-8; in South Ame rica, at Montevideo. It is said that t iey exert a most beneficial influence upon the inhat itants, who are chiefly Catholic. Complete religiou i, toleration has been secured to them. They are tos to support a pastor or school teacher. , On the Western coast of Africa are now established all along from Senegaff to Gaboon, and over 100 Christian Churches are organized, into which more than 15,000 hopeful converts hate been gathered. No less than 16,000 native youth are now receiving an education in the schools connected with these mis sions; and more than twenty different dialects have been studied out and reduced to writing. ! Thus has some knowledge of salvation been brought within the reach of at least five millions of Afkpans who never before heard the Gospel sound. j A.t the regular meeting of thelßerkshire North Association of Congregational Ministers, Held at Pittsfield, Jan. 30th, 1860, the following Resolutions were adopted: ! i - Resolved, That in the death of Charles Rcnshaw, of Richmond, the' Assfictiition have lost a highly esteemed brother Clmreh a vain able minister. j? \ Resolved, That we sympathize deeply with the af flicted widow and in the loss of the husband and father, and prayvthat this greatfaffliclion may re sult in their spirit'/al and everlasting good. Resolved, That this Association fapply the vacant pulpit of their deceased brother three months for the benefit of the widow, and that Durfee be requested to arrange in what order the brethren shall perform this service, and give them notice accord ing- , Resolved, That in this death the Association [feel called upon to be more faithful ip their ministry, knowing that the time is short. ! Resolved, That the Association / sympathize with the Church of Richmond in the loss of their faithful and successful pastor, and pray the Gracious Head of the Church to give them speedily a faithful overseer of the flock. Resolved, That a copy of these Resolutions he fur nished respectively to; Mrs. Renshpw, to the Clerk of the Church of Richmond, to the Scribe of the Asso ciation, and also to the Congregationalist of Boston, the American Presbyterian of Philadelphia, and the newspapers within the bounds of the Association. John TopujßModerqior. , Kinsekv Twlning, Scribe. Governor Chase, of Ohio; has been elected a Fede ral Senator, to take his seat on the fourth of March, 1861. He was elected on the first ballot.- Chase re ceived seventy-five, Pugh fifty-four,‘and Corwin five votes. The Churchman, in a long article on “Church Ex tension,” says the Romanists in the United States number about 3,000,000; the Methodists, 1,880,269; the Baptists, 1,200,000; and other denpminations in proportion; while the Protestant Episcopal Church claims less than 140,000 communicants, and is ex tending slowest of all. Grace Greenwood gave a lectdre to the convicts and visitors at the Ohio Penitentiary on Sabbath. About a thousand persons attendance, and her opening remarks about endearments of home; fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters, were exceed ingl? affecting—moving many to tears. She held up to the admiration and wonder of her hearers, the character and qualities of the hearts of Lady Franklin, Florence Nightingale, Dr. Kane, and many others; and retired from that singular audience with bless ings from those whose feelings were wrought upon as only they ean be touched by a lady of Grace Green wood’s gifts. • .' i A young lady who'indulged in an afternoon’s ex ercise on skates on Jamaica Pond, near Boston, during the very cold snap, very imprudently had her skate straps so tightened as to prevent a.by circulation of the blood in the feet below the ankles. The conse quence was, that upon taking them off, to return home, her feet were both found to be frozen. Al though every effort was made by physicians to restore them to a normal state, one of them was so badly frost-bitten as to render amputation .necessary to pre vent mortification ensuing. lady is about 19 years of age, and her misfortune is felt very keenly by herself and friends. , . „ *'■ V Cornelius Conway Felton, the present i learned Greek Professor, has been elected, by a unanjinhus vote, President of Harvard Cpllege in place of Rev. James Walker, resigned. This appointment is received with general gratification by the friends of the College. Dr. Felton is not merely an accom plished Greek scholar; he is a man of extensive and thorough scholarship, of liberal views, of wide • ac quaintance, by personal observation, with the insti tutions and systems of instruction in the old world, and he will bring to the important post to which he is so handsomely called, a mature and thoroughly furnished mind with high purposes of usefulness. The California Legislature is'Composed of 34 law yers, 16 farmers, 5 stock raisers, 4 rancheros, 2 put themselves down “mud-sills,” 21 miners,"and 1 hair dresser. The oldest member ,is 68. Only 6of the whole number are naturalized citizens. There are in St. Louis, 75 Churches, viz.: Roman Catholie, 19; Protestant Episcopal, 7; Presbyterian, O. S., 4; N. 5.,-4; Congregational, I;.Methodist, (all classes,) 17; Baptist, 7; Lutheran, 8; Unitarian, 1; Universalist, 1; The number and variety of Hospitals, Asylums, other charitable Institutions, reflect honor upon the benevolence of the people of St. Louis; and ih their Medical and Scientific Associations, Institutions, Colleges, Uni versities, &c., they need not shrink from a comparison with any city. At Hyde Park, New York, on Thursday night, the residence of Daniel Early was destroyed by fire. His wife and three children escaped with Some in jury. Throe other children were burned to death. Mr. Early was absent at the time of the sad calamity. The large spots now apparent- on the surface of the sun, are successfully photogrophed by Whipple, at the Cambridge Observatory. He is now engaged with Prof. Bond, making a series of photographic observa tions On these remarkable appearances.-" ’ Dead letters, instead of being returned within sis months, as heretofore, are now returned within half that period of time, thus proportionably facilitating the restoration of valuables to their owners, as well as preventing the inconvenient accumulation of such letters at the various post-offices. Cyrus W. Field, Esq., had a brilliant company at his house last week, on Tuesday evening, to meet M. Du Cballin, who has recently returned from explora tions in the interior of Africa. The most eminent men of science and learning, of all professions, were present. The exhibition of skulls of the Gorilla race of animals attracted marked attention, and elicited interesting discussion. Diphtheria or malignant sore throat has been very prevalent and' fatal in New York and Brooklyn, for a few months past; and it is regarded by some of the physicians as a new disease, while others contend that it has appeared at intervals since 1814. 122 cases are reported as having occurred in connexion with the Dispensary in Canal Street, since the new year came in. In Boston, one half the children born die under five years of age, and in New York, two-thirds. In Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, about 22,000 children die annually, under the age of five years, and full ten thousand of these, it is estimated, are children of poverty, and might have lived if properly eared for. isan Missionary jbaving its field (jelFuego. The Ben Gardiner,” i mission, and is A very heart-rending affair recently occurred at Mount Vernon. A lady was found weeping bitterly at the ice-house—mistaking it for the tomb of Wash ington. On Sunday morning, Rev. H. W. Beecher, of Brooklyn, at the close of his sermon, presented a lit tle slave girl; named Jink, to his congregation, tellihg them, that $BOO would save her from a fate that he dreaded to name. The child was a very pretty one, about nine years of age, with only one-sixteenth part of black blood in her veins. A collection was taken up for her benefit, and realized $1000.07. Be sides the money contributions, a very handsome opal ring was put into the plate. This was placed on the child’s hand by Mr. Beecher, who told her to preserve it as her .freedom-ring. The congregation appeared to be deeply interested in the (jfcild, who is said to be the daughter of a leading Washington physician. Conjpess. Souse, Feb. 0. —Mr GrSw, of Pennsylva nia Miles, of South Carolina, and Etheridge, of Ten nessee, were appointed a committee to wait upon the President, in conjunction with a similar committee from the Senate, and inform him that Congress waß ready to receive communications from him. The Post Office appropriation bill was passed. It appro priates $4,296,000 to meet the deficiency of the depart ment for the expenses of the year ending the 30th of June, 1859; $6,400,000 are appropriated towards the expenses of the year ending June, 1861. It provides for the payment of interest to eontraetors, and appro priates $lOOO .for extra clerk hire, to expedite the payment of the Post Office creditors. George Martin was elected doorkeeper. Wm. Lucas was elected postmaster, when the House adjourned till Thursday. A private dispatch received at Washington, an nounces the election of Gov. Milton S. Latham as United States Senator from California, in the place of Hon. David Broderick. Fifty students have been expelled from Keystone College, Ohio, for refusing to pledge themselves to at tend at recitations. -The Presbyterian Church, at Golden, Erie Co., N. Y., was destroyed by fire on the first instant. From Washington, as far as ascertained, we find the Chairmen of the Committee will he as follows: Mr. Corwin—Foreign affairs. Mr. Washburn, of Illinois—Commerce. Mr. Sherman—Ways ahd Means. Mr. Grow—Territories. . On Sunday fear more bodies were taken from the ruins in Elm: street, New York city. Three of them were identified as those of Mrs. Stock, child, and ser vant. So far, seven bodies have been recovered. There were 470 deaths in the city of New York last week, a decrease of ten compared with the mor tality of the previous week. Of the deceased 209 were children under five years of age. The Legislature of Mississippi have rejected, by a vote of three to one, the bill to repeal the State law against the introduction of Africans. ■ / San Francisco dates to the 12th, are received by over land mail and telegraph. The steamship Northerner, bound to Portland, Oregon, was wrecked on the 6th of January, near Cape Mendocino, Thirty-three lives were lost. The mails and treasure were saved, but,the vessel is a total loss. High Mass will be performed at St Patrick’s Church, Twentieth and Locust Streets, on Wednesday morning, for the repose of the soul of Bishop Neu- Law among the Doctors— ln a case before Jus tice Conlon, the other day, in Indianapolis, wherein one physician claimed, pay from another for visiting a patient, at his request, it was shown in evidence that it was a with physicians not to make charge for visiting another’s patient, when requested by the physician in attendance to do so.- The Justice held that custom made law, and that the complaining physician would have to abide the rules and regula tions of his profession. The custom, the Judge held, was paramount to the law governing the case, and if; the complainant expected to get pay for his services; he would have to bring an action against the party , whom be served as a physician, and not against the person who requested him to act as such. .The Me dical Society of Richmond, Va., denounce the custom prevalent in some quarters, of physicians accepting of a stipulated yearly fee for their services, as dan gerous to families and unjust to the profession. Can’t Afford It. —Those who are counting the cost of dissolving; the Union, may close their, calcula tions somewhat after the fashion of the old woman in the subjoined anecdote:—-“ A person having occasion to visit an old couple in Durham, of extremely penu rious habits, found; them holding counsel together upon a matter which apparently weighed heavily upon the minds of both, and thinking it was respect ing the probable dissolution of the wife, who was ly ing dangerously ill, proceeded to offer them all the consolation in bis power; but was cut short by being' informed that this was not exactly the subject they were discussing, but one which afflicted them still more deeply, viz.: the cost of tho funeral; and, to his astonishment, they continued their ghastly calcula tions until every item in the catalogue, from coffin to night cap, had been gone through, with much grumb ling at the rapacity of ‘the undertakers,’ when the bright thought suddenly'struck the husband, and he exclaimed—‘Well, Janet, lass, you may not die after all, ye ken.’ ‘ Deed, and I hope not, Robert,’ replied hishelpmate, in a low, feeble voice, ‘for I am quite sure that we canna afford it.'” The Valor of the Pulpit.—The following item, which we extract from the Richmond, ( Va.) Dispatch, shows that the church militant flourishes in Virginia: During the late disturbances at Harper’s Ferry, and when the militia, throughout the State, were ready to a man to shoulder their muskets and march to the field of battle, the commander of a volunteer corps in the eastern part of the State, whose patriot ism is only equalled by bis piety—for he is a minister of the Gospel—offered the services at bis command to the Governor, and as an inducement to insure his ac ceptance, proposed to pay all expenses to get to the field and back, and while on duty, out of his own pocket. Marriage Of Cousins. —The Governor of Kentucky recommends the Legislature of that State to prohibit by law, under severe penalties, the marriage of con sins. He says that the imbeciles, insane, deaf-mutes, and blind, in the different asylums of that State, who are the offspring of .cousins, are from sixteen to twenty per cent, of the whole number; and he claims that it iB the right and duty of the State to protect itself against the evil and expense, by forbidding such unions, which Nature plainly forbids, by the natural penalty she uniformly inflicts. A Chinese Newspaper.— The Foochow Daily News is a fair example of a Chinese newspaper. ; It is about the size and texture of a Bank of ’England note, only of somewhat greater length, and perhaps a trifle narrower. Its copies are multiplied by writers, not by printers; hut it has a printed title. The in- telligence mainly consists of reports of visits inter changed between the two chief officers of the province, t V e . f? overn or and the lieutenant-governor, and of the visitors received by them. A file of it for half a year may almost be read through at a single breakfast, , Practice. —Pending the discussion of a bill granting a divorce in the Nebraska Legislature, one of the members related an instance of sharp prac tice of a couple resident in that territory. They ap plied to the Legislature and obtained a divorce, and immediately the man and wife pre-empted one hun dred and sixty acres of land apiece, and having proved their title thereto, were married again, the next day after securing IGO acres of land by the ope ration. e Free Coloured Population in the Sonth.—A writer in a Nashville paper has compiled the proba ble number of free coloured persons now in the Slave States, which is about two hundred and sixty-five thousand, distributed as follows:—Maryland, eighty thousand; Virginia,sixty thousand; North Carolina, thirty thousand; Delaware, twenty thousand; Loui siana, twenty thousand; Kentucky, eleven thousand; District of Columbia, eleven thousand; South Caro lina, ten thousand; Tennessee, eight thousand; Geor gia, three thousand; Mississippi, three thousand; Alabama, three thousand; Florida, twelve hundred; Missouri, twelve hundred; Texas, one thousand; Ar kansas, one thousand. , United States Seamen, —The following is said to be a correct estimate of the number of seamen in the various ports in the United States: Boston, eighty thousand; New Bedford and Buz zard Bay, ten tbousaud; Providence, twenty-seven hundred; New London, eight thousand; New York, two hundred thousand; besides from twelve to thirty thousand always resident for a period; Philadelphia four thousand to seven thousand; Baltimore, eight to twelve thousand; Charleston, seventeen thousand; and New Orleans, fifty thousand. On the lakes there were from forty to fifty thousand seamen. . Pulpit Plagiarism. —Charges are frequently made dr insionated that ministers are guilty of pla giarism, either by preaching whole sermons that do not belong to them, or making extensive quotations without acknowledgment. Probably there are mi nisters who are thus guilty, and we have nothing to say m their defence. But these random charges have lately met with a rebuke in England, A person wrote a letter to the Manchester Guardian, charging Rev. William M. Punshon, a celebrated Wesleyan minister, with “pirating a sermnn of Doctor Green wood, of America.” Mr. Punshon immediately met the charge by forwarding the manuscript of his ser mon to the editor, with the request that he would obtain a copy of Dr. G.’s sermon from his correspond ent, and report the result. On the following week, the editor stated that he compared the two sermons, and found “the charge of plagiarism wholly without foundation.” Probably there are other cases in which, if the charge were met in the same way, the result would be the same. A Hard Used Word.— Worcester’s new Diction ary gives the following passage in illustration of the amount of hard labor that is required of the conve nient little verb to gat; '. I got on horseback within ten minutes after I got your letter. When I got to Canterbury I got a chaise for town; but I got wet through before I got to Can terbury, and I got such, a cold that I shall not be able to get rid of it in a hurry. I got to the treasury about noon, but first of all I got shaved and dressed. I soon got into the seeret of getting & memorial before the board; but I could not get an answer then; however, I got intelligence from the messenger that I should most likely get one on the next morning. As soon as I got back to my inn, I got my supper, and got to bed. It was not lotig before I got to sleep. When I got up in the morning I got my breakfast, and I got myself dressed, that I might gel out in time to get an answer to my memorial. As soon as I got. it, i got into the chaise, and got to Canterbury by three, and about three I got home. I have got nothing for you, and so adieu.. A small, clean potato, with the end cut off, is a very convenient medium of applying brickdust to knives, keeping it about the right moisture, while the juice of the potato assists in removing stains from the surface. It is said that a better polish can be got by this method than by any other, and with less labor. NOTICES. Ingham University, Leroy, W. T. The second term of the year commences, this week. Febru ary 8, 1860, on Wednesday, ’ 2t * SAMUEL HANSON COX. Br request Of the Men’s Chris tian Association, Dr. Henry M. Seudder, will deliver a Course of Five Lectures on India, at the Musical Fund Hall, commencing Thursday Eveatng, January 26th, to be conttnued on January 31st, February 2d, 10th, and 16th. Notice of the subjects of Lectures will be given in the daily prints. Tickets may be obtained at the Book Stores and Publication Houses, at the Rooms of the Association, Nos. 1009 and 1011 Chestnut street, amt at the door, on the evening of the Lectures. The Publication Cause. The Treas urer of the Presbyterian Publication Committee would acknowledge the receipt of the following donations, from January Ist to February Ist, 1880, viz..: 2d Presbyterian Church, Mendham, N. J., by Rev. T.F. White, 57 18 IS Presbyterian Church, South Ottawa, 111., by Rev. C. H. Force, 3 qq Pisgah Pres. Chr’ch, 111., by Rev. W. F. Gallaher, 16 00 “ “ “ Clinton, lad., by Rev, John - A. Tiffany, 2 00 2d “ “ “ Chicago, 111., (in part) by . Wm. H. Magie, 48 00 “ “ C{ Cerro Gordo, 111., by. Rev. J. C. Campbell, 5 00 “ “ “ Onondaga Valley, N. Y.,by Rev. E. R. Davis, 4 00 l s t« « « st. Louis, Mo., by E. P. Freeman, 32 75 Ist" “ tc Philadelphia, Pa. Collec tion (in part,) 78 40 “ “ “ S. C. P., IS 00 “ “ “ Miss H. Chauncy, 15 00 « « it Mrs. C. Biddle, by Rev. A. Barnes, 100 00 , . “ A >ady, by Rev. A. Barnes, 500 A friend, Wilmington, Delaware, 50 00 Elisha Taylor, Esq., Cleveland, Ohio, 100 00 Presbyterian Church, Batavia, N. Y. By A. Cowdin, . : • 14 25 Presbyterian Church, West Chester, Pa., addi tional, by Rev. W.E. Moore, 29 50 By Report of Rev. C. H. Chester, to January 15, 1860,: — Collection at Castleton, N. Y., 9 45 it « Medina, N, Y., 9 00 “ “ Knowlesville, N. Y., 20 00 “ “ Ovid, N. Y., additional, 9 24 Jas. O. Sheldon, 10 00 Collection at Ogden, fif. Y., 6 76 “ “ Jamestown, N. Y., 27 09 Springville, N. Y., by B. Cochran, 5 00 Total $632 59 The following acknowledgment of donations, re ceived from November 1 to December 1, 1859, did not appear, owing to an oversight Presbyterian Church, Moreheadville, Penn., by Rev. E. W. Cleaveland, 5 68 Presbyterian church, West Chester, Pa., by Rev. W. E. Moore, 60 00 Presbyterian church, Pike, N. Y., by Rev. D. Russell, 10 oo Presbyterian church, West Philadelphia, by Rev. J, G. Butler, . 40 00 Mr. Joseph s. Harris, Philadelphia, Penn., 10 00 Mr. Stephen Harris, n « 15 oo Second Presbyterian Church, New Albany, Ind., ' by Rev. J. G. Atterbnry, 40 31 Friends in Ithaca, N. Y-, by Rev. L. Kellogg, 17 00 Presbyterian church, Nassau, N. Y., by Otis Allen, Esq., 10 00 Presbyterian church, Washington, ni., by Rev. C F. Beach, 2 .25 Rev. S. S. Goss, Meridian, N. Y., 5 00 Presbyterian church, Adrian, Mich., by Rev. G. C. Curtis, 20 00 Total, $235 24 Philadelphia, February 1, 1860. W. PCJRVES, Treasurer. . One of the humanitarian movements of the times, altbou-h little known as such, can hardly be over-estimated in its importance upon the well-being of our widely scattered communities. The population of the American States, is in many sections so sparse, that skillful physicians are hardly available to them. Vast numbers of our people, are obliged to employ in sickness, such medical relief as they can hear of from each other, or indeed any they can get from any quarter. _ Hence arises the great con sumption of Patent Medicines amoug us, greater by far than in any of the old countries, where skillful physi cians are accessible to all classes. Unprincipled men have long availed themselves of this necessity, to palm off their worthless nostrums, until the word has become synonimous with imposition and cheat. One of our leading Chemists in the East, Dr. Ayer, is pursuing a course which defeats this iniquity. He brings not only his own, hut the best skill of our times to bear, for the production of the best remedies which can be made. These are supplied to the world, in a convenient form, at low pnc?s, and the people will no more buy poor medicines instead of good, at the same cost, than they \mli bran instead of hour. The.inevitable consequence Of this is, that the vile compounds that flood our country are discarded for those which honestly accomplish the end m view, —which cure. Do we over-estimate its im portance, in believing that this prospect of supplanting the by- word medicines, with those of actual worth and virtue, is fraught with immense consequence for good, to the masses of our people— Gazette and ChTOtdclefPeru, la . 3 3 Alf EXPERIENCED TEACHER, who is.a-graduate of a College, desires a situation as principal of an Academy, or as an assistant. He can furnish testimo nials as to character and qualifications- Address, A. 8., Chestnut Hill* 714-3 t. Philadelphia, Pa. 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