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TIICRSDAV, FEB. 9, 1860.
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CHANGE OF HOUR.
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
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are discarded for those which honestly accomplish the
end m view, —which cure. Do we over-estimate its im
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the by- word medicines, with those of actual worth and
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