860. rutetc Qf.l3o.ll4tligt. THUBSBAir, APRIL 19, 1800. AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN AND GENESEE EVANGELIST, A WEEKLY FAMILY NEWSPAPER, lished every Thursday, at 1384 Chestnut St., Philadelphia , Pa. Devoted to the promotion of sound Christian ;rine and pure religion, especially as connected the Constitutional Presbyterian Church in United States of America. TERMS, Mail Subscribers, two dollars per year, DVANCE. ,y Subscribers, receiving tbeir paper through •ier, will be charged fifty cents additional. CLUBS. x copies will be sent to one address for a year IBM DOXAAES, jn copies will be sent to one address for a year ’■EVENTEEN DOLLARS, EirrY copies will ba sent to one address for \rr dollars. ,übs may be formed to commeneo with the of January, and to secure the deduction, the ;y roust invariably be paid in advance. 'All papers will be continued after the ex ion of the year, unless expressly ordered to liscontinued, and suoh orders should be by •, and not by returning a paper. To secure a iontinuance, all arrearages must be paid. Remittances may bo made directly by mail at risk of the publishers, and receipts will be trned in the papers, encourage ministers and others to aid in mlating the American Presbyterian, we will >w the premiums offered last year for new icribers. ■ PREMIUMS. : _ Any clergyman of our denomination who will id us two new subscribers, with payment for a .r in advance, shall receive his own paper free; id for every additional THREE names we will md an extra copy to any friend he may direct. To interest all the friends of the American iLSBYTERIAN and GrENESEE EvANGET.ISTto do imething to inorease its circulation and conse •uit usefulness, we offer to any person sending three new names , with six dollars, the paper a year, free of charge, for himself or any one jui he will name. ■ For four new subscribers, with eight dollars, will send a copy of the Presbyterian Quar ly Review for one year. Any person sending ten new subscribers and mty dollars shall reoelve from the author a mplete set of Barnes ’ Notes on the New Testa jt, eleven volumes. To encourage the eirou ion of the paper, Mr. Barnes has generously le this liberal proffer to any extent that it may Philadelphia, Fob. 3d, 1860. FORM OP REPORT. Our Publication Committee have issued a neat id concise form for tbe Report of a Church Sen ion to its Presbytery. The Clerks of Presbyte ies will appreciate this form. The tables for con ■ibutions embrace, tbe different committees and >cieties to which out ohurohes usually gtve, under .e headings contained in the Minutes of the Ge neral Assembly. Its general use by sessions would facilitate the labors of the Clerk? of Pres byteries and add, to the. pyeeisioa of Jbe Minutes * our General Assembly, ithe of the fotca one cent. OORRECTIOir. The wrong initials were accidentally appended the Sunday School Dedication Hymn, in our last number. They should have been, C. A. C. Rework, N. .1. LEGISLATURE OF lOWA. Des Moines, lowa, April 3, 1860, The anticipations expressed in ray last letter from this point have been confirmed, upon the adjournment of the Legislature to-day, sine die, after a Bession of seventy-eight days, the long est known in our history. Besides the civil and criminal practice act, of which I wrote in my last, our General Assembly has provided for the printing of the Revised Statutes of lowa, under the supervision of 0. Ben. Darwin, Esq., one of the codifying commissioners appointed two years ago. Ho adds all the decisions of our Supreme Courts on the Code and Statutes as revised, with notes and references to the sources of the principles embodied.in both the Code and Statutes, as found in other States in America and Europe. For a young man, he is, perhaps, the greatest adept in legal lore, at least for his years, in our State. But to return. As I anticipated, the subject of temperance legislation has slept, after the passage by the House of the bill restoring to the ban of our prohibitory law wine, beer, and cider, and by the other branch of the Assembly a very stringent license law, there being no .'ound of compromise, especially in view of an exciting political campaign and a presidential election. Our Lieutenant Governor, Hon. Nicholas J. Rusch, of Davenport, has been appointed to the office of Commissioner' of Immigration, to re side eight months of the year in New York, and direct emigration into lowa. Ido not predict much good to our population by the introduc tion of foreigners by emigration schemes. But our Solons have judged otherwise, as we have so many broad acres lying out doors, just as the Creator, the fire, and flood have left them, in their beauty and fidelity. Never was there abetter time for native-born citizens to resort to this Mesopotamia of America. S. S. H. The Basle Missionary Institution. —The following sketch of this Institution, by Rev. Mr, Bpittler, of Basle, will be read, we are sure, with interest:— In the neighborhood of Basle, about five miles from that town, upon a hill about fifteen hundred feet from the level of the sea, .there stood an old church in an almost ruinous state, and as often as certain persons went up to this place they felt grieved in their hearts that such a lovely place, and such a beautifully-situated churoh, should be so utterly useless. And they desired and* prayed to the Lord that this place might, if possible, be dedicated to the service of Christ; and, in the years 1830 and 1840, an application was made to the government of. Basle that this church might be set apart and might be used for missionary pur poses. The application was granted, and from that timo tilt the present day, now nineteen years, this church Las been employed for the purpose of training students for missionary labors in distant parts of the world. Horn they Study and how they Labor. —The pe culiarity of the institution is this: that, during the three years of training, the students do not only study—do not merely aspire after a thoologi cal education—-bat they pursue manual labor ac cording to their ability. - They are taught different trades, such as carpenters, tailors, orshoemakers. They also perform every domestic' duty. They wash their own clothes, they bake their own bread, and they cook their own food. The institution is surrounded by a considerable number of fields, which are farmed by the students; and besides, as many of the students as possible are employed in the occupation of colporteurs. Where they have gone to, and what they do.~ Soroo of these have gone to Russia, scattering the Scriptural truth under the influence of Russian princes and nobles; others have gone to Austria; .some are to be found, among the German families of Texas; and even in Buenos Ayres and Patago nia, they have found .a field for their work. Six of our brethren are laboring, under God’s mercy, in Palestine, and others are endeavoring to extend his kingdom on the west coast of Africa, while six of our brethren are-scattered throughout India and the Gold Coast; and the London Society has one at Salem, and others in different lands. Our’prin cipal source of employment is Palestine, but our eyes are generally directed to tbe east country of Africa. At Jerusalem we have a house which we have hired for six or seven years, and this is occu pied by four or five of our brethren, who are either tradesmen or merchants. These brethren have, shops in which they transact business as well as attend to the work of the mission; and while we send them such articles as we think they can dis pose of, they, in return, send us wine, frnit, and other things, the proceeds of all of which gd to the support of the caidse in which we are all engagdil While they attend to the trades in which they are 1 employed, the Workof education still goes on; and they make- use of every opportunity to converse With the Turks, and to circulate Bibles and tracts iafiapng them. The bishop of Jerusalem has taken a.great interest in these labors, and one of the best fruits of what has been done is this, that at Mount- Zion six of these students were about being dedi cated to the sprfad of the Gospel in Abyssinia; perhaps the first men who. ever left that sacred spot upon such a holy mission. Religion in Florence. —One year ago, it was difficult to introduce a few Bibles into Florence, and dangerous to keep them in your hohse; and while it was permitted to foreigners to hold religious services in their own language, and for their own countrymen, it was utterly and strictly forbidden to attempt in anyway, either by books or by teaching, to disseminate Bible troth amongst Italians. And now what a change. With due regard to maintaining order, and not creating any public disturbance, the Gospel may be taught and the Bible distri buted jast as freely, not only in the city of Flo rence, bnt in all Tuscany, and indeed in all Cen tral Italy, as it can be in New York or Scotland. The Nankin Rebels.—The following is inte resting and striking:— , Khun Hian, an evangelist connected with the, Free church mission at Swatow, has been im prisoned at Ta Poo with some of the insurgents, and gathered some interesting, information from them regarding the Taepingwangparty, or Nankin rebels. Their copy of the Decalogue, which he saw, is identical with ours—the phraseology being slightly different. It is prefaced by a prayer for the Spirit’s assistance,and terminatgd by a doxology to the Trinity, all perfectly orthodox. They have at present four kings, that of Nankin being the chief. In the course of this year they made an inroad on Ta Poo and Hong Sun, and at the. lat ter place broke down all the images. It seems to be their practice first to kill the gods, and then slay the people; the former being destroyed, how can. the latter hope to withstand? The report is, that they treat their prisoners well, and after they have kept them for a time, .give them their choice to go or stay. The report of their discipline is very favourable; tbeir numbers seem* to be great. It would be presumptuous, as well ,as foolish, at present to say what may be the future history of China. In regard to the insurgents, so little is known of them that it would be difficult to form, a demdedMopiirioa;-balr'wtf mew safely Mtr; that a 'bSHybfTffen, 'Comprising millions of people, whose religion is opposition to every form of idolatry, Papal as well as Pagan, and who make the Scrip tures of the Old and New Testaments the standard of their teaching, and whose own whether prayers or hymns, contain so much saving truth, and who for- years have maintained their place in tbe heart of the Chinese empire, and seem now more consolidated than ever, we may safely say that such a body of men have a very important part to play in the 1 purposes, of Him whose kingdom is to fill the whole earth. Were the way opened up to them, one might regard them, humanly speaking, as in a state of prepara tion for the immediate receptiomof divine truth. 11. & F. Record of Free Clmrehof Scotland. Fourth Presbytery of New York.— This Pres bytery,'at its session on the 2d itist,, elected the fol lowing Commissioners to tho General Assembly; Rev. Htenry M. Field, and Rev. J. P.' Hovey, princi pals ; and Rev. Gurdon W. Noyes, and Rev. John Spalding, alternates. Elders, B. M. Hartley, and T. H. Bartholomew, principals; and S. M, Blatch ford, and A. N. Brown, alternates. Rochester Presbytery, —The Commissioners to the General Assembly from Rochester Presbytery are Alfred North and Nathan Bosworth, ministers, and David Dickey and David Fanoher, eldors. Rev. T. I. Cuyler, of N. Y., has resigned the pas torate of the Reformed Dutch church,’ and accepted the call of the Park Presbyterian church, corner of De Kalb and Carlton Avenue, Brooklyn, He enters at once .upon his new pasto rate. Wilmington Presbytery.—The session of this body held last week in Delaware City Church, was among the most agreeable, profitable, and harmo nious that bad ever been held. Only three of the olerical members were absent, though a number of churches failed to send elders.. Rev. G. F. Wiswell was elected Moderator and Rev. Wm. Aikman, Clerk. Topics of great practical importance, sug, gested by the Committee of Arrangements, were ably discussed, such as: Howto increase the effective ness of the Ministry; The duty of Presbyteries to their vacant ohtirches; The true mode of preaching with particular reference to expository and extempore preaching. In these discussions nearly all the breth ren took an earnest and animated part, contributing to enlarge each other’s views and to interest, and, it is hoped, to profit the assembled congregations. Among so much that was excellent, it is almost in vidious to make a selection, but we cannot refrain from mentioning Bro.'Aikman’s address oh the ad vantages of expository preaching, as peculiarly happy. He alluded to the position sometimes taken that a Scriptural method of preaching is incompatible with any direct reference on the part of the preacher to social questions and social abases. The Bible, he said, was itself full of such references, and was a book manifestly designed for community as well as for the individual. Taking it for a guide, we should be safe in preaching plainly on each topics. The Bible preacher would find a proper use of newspa pers and the current literature of the day, a real help to him in his work. He referred to Jonathan Edwards, the author of the History of the Redemp tion, as taking a lively interest in the little newspa per of his day, unfolding it with trembling eagerness to see from its columns how the kingdom of Christ was moving in the world. The course of things in the world is the fulfilment of the Divine purposes. The newspaper presente us with a record of the ful filment: the Bible contains the prediction. Con templating the one, we gain a better understanding of the meaning of the other. Acts op the Presbytery.—ln regard to the for mula for admitting church members, resolved, that the Presbytery deem it inexpedient for the Ge neral Assembly to adopt said Formula. Rev. H. J. Gaylord and Dr. L. P. Bush, were ehosen primaries, and Rev. Geo. Foot and Mr. T. B. and:seiw#h ■; 4Nrx«s*ii*£, Hopper alternate Commissioners to the next General Assembly. Rev. John W. Mears asked and obtained leave from Presbytery to withdraw his acceptance of the call of the Milford Church placed in his hands by Presbytery, the Church having signified their con currence in this request. Whereupon Presbytery adopted the following; Resolved, That Presbytery regrets the removal of, BrOi Mears from the important field, of Milford and Mispillion churches, believing, as we do, that his ministry has been eminently successful during the years he has spent there. Resolved, That since Bro. Meats sees his way clear to leave the pastoral office, we are gratified to hear of his connection with the American Presby terian. In these new relations he carries with him our entire confidence and best wishes for his suc cess. . Resolved, That the religious newspapers circu lating in our families and congregations should be effective auxiliaries to pastors in training the people to correct views of doctrine and duty, and to an in telligent, honest and earnest attachment to our branch of the Church, and we believe Bro. Mears, in his position as editor, is admirably qualified for such a work. - ~ - - - -.- The next place of meeting is Hanover street church, Wilmington. Time, the fourth Tuesday of September, at half-past 7 o’clock, P. M. - Rev. Wm. Aikman, H. J. Gaylord, and J. W. Mears are a Committee of Arrangements' for- this meeting, to an order of exercises and give each member early notice of the part assigned him. Rev. D. H. Emerson and Geo. F. Wiswell are a committee to write a circular letter to .the sessions, of the churches, urging upon them the duty of being represented on the floor of Presbytery. After passing a hearty vote of thants to the good people of Delaware City, the Presbytery adjourned with the usual religions exercises. ' \- The Narrative speaks of the churches generally as in a prosperous condition,-though but two—the Central Wilmington, and St. George’s, report revi vals. It describes the churches as growing in de nominational feeling, and, as . a necessary conse quence, in mutual good understanding and har mony. ‘ Third Presbytery of New York.— The semi annual session of the Third Presbytery of New York was commenced on Monday, the second instant, at the Mercer street Presbyterian church. Rev. Wal ter Clarke, D. D., was. elected Moderator, and Revs. C. C. Wallace and E. W. French, temporary Secre taries. - The following candidates, students of the Union Theological Seminary, were examined and licensed by the Presbytery, viz.: Alonzo D. Moore, Hiram D. Wrage, George B. Newcomb, D. Stewart Dodge, John S. Whitman, J. Allen Maxwell, Alfred S. Col lins, and Arthur T. Pierson. The following persons were elected Commission ers to the General Assembly: Rev. Walter Clarke, D.D., Rev. Edwin P. Hatfield, D.D., and Rev. Rollin A. Sawyer, principals; and Rev. John J. Owen, D.D., Rev. Wm. H: Babbitt, and llev. Dwight M. Sew ard, alternates. The lay delegates are elders W. H. Christy, Charles A. Davidson, and John G. Parker; principals; Charles L. Doe, H. C. Littell, and Wm. C. Harp, alternates; Hamilton College.— Anson G. Chester, Esq., late editor of the Syracuse Journal, has received official notice of his election as Poet for the anniversary meeting of the Union Literary Society of Hamilton College, to be held on the 17th of July, 1860. Ed win P. Whipple, of Boston, is to deliver the oration. St. George’s Church.. —Fifteen persons were ad mitted >to membership in this church on last Sab bath ; fourteen of them on profession. A large pro portion of them were from the Sabbath School and are in early life. Ebohester.—Farewell Services in the Brick Church. —The Democrat says, that divine services were held in the Brick Church on Sunday, April Ist, for the last time. The house was crowded in every part. Dr. Siiaw preached in'the morning, and gap. an interesting history of the origin and growth of- the Society. - The exercises in the Sabbath Schoetl’were also deeply interesting. In addition to the large number of-teachers and scholars, manyrhf the congregation met with the School to engage f in and witness these closing exercises, which, consisted mainly of brief addresses from those who have been for many'years identified with it. At the close, the following lines, written for the occasion, were sung: We pause here to-day, ’mid sweet memories of old, Our glad happy hearts recollections unfold i In storm and in sunshine through many a year, We’re-brought heartfelt praises, and chanted them here. Home, Home, sweet, sweet Home; The heart says good- by, as we leave our “ sweet Home.” The years, with their treasures, have glided away, And left us to weep our sad tears here to-day; But though now we’re .leaving these' dear sacred walls, A sound of sweet comfort invitingly falls. Home, Home, sweet, sweet Home ; Our Saviour will meet ns wherever we roam. When earth’s joys are ended, earth’s partings are o’er, We’ll meet Him at Home, there to.dwell.evermore; Oh! fairer and brighter, than these homes can be, Is the heaven the redeemed of Jesus shall see. Home, Home, sweet, sweet Home; Ten thousand glad voices shall welcome us home.': In the afternoon the Lord’s Supper was admi nistered—the house being again crowded—and fifty one were received into the church. Yesterday the work of demolishing the old structure commenced. The removal of the basement floor proved the truth of Dr. Shaw’s remark, that it could not be made dry. It was muddy, wet and foul, and it is no wonder that so many have dreaded to go there and sit for an hour. The Society will, for the current year, occupy the Washington Street Church, the slips of which will be rented at nine o’clock this morning. In a few days the Old Brick will disappear, and hundreds who* have for so many years been accus tomed to see it, will miss it in their daily Walks. ’ But the energy with which the new enterprise has been undertaken will soon replace it with an edifice better adapted to tho wants of the Society, and raoffi befit ting the city, of which it will be an ornament. lowa Palls, lowa.— The pastor of the Presbyte rian chureh writes us:—“Perhaps your readers would like to hear something from the far West. Last Sab both, (the 25th of March,) was odr communion sea son, and eleven persons joined our little church on profession of their faith in-Christ, as a part of the benefits it has derived from the revival which broke out here about the Ist of January last, in connexion with a series of evening prayer-meetings which we held for several weeks. These were the only special means we used, except morning inquiry meetings and private labor with individuals. Others will pro bably unite wtth us at our next communion season. Also, as a .result of special meetings held by me at Point Pleasant, the prospective county seat of this county, in the month of February last, a Presbyterian Church of twenty-five members has been gathered there, and of the most substantial portion af the community. , Presbytery of Niagara.—Our Presbytery have appointed as commissioners to the General Assembly; Ilev. A. M'Coll, and J. T. Coit, his alternate. Elders J. Wilson, and E. Gillette. Religions Statistics of Philadelphia.— At the late meeting of the Philadelphia Annual . Conference of the Methodist Church, in this city, the following statistics were given: “It Is a fact proved by the statistics of the religious denominations of this city, that there are not more than 75,000 members, or : one-eighth of the population of the consolidated city found in all the Protestant churcheß, and that if filled to. their utmost capacity thenf wjbuld not be accommodations in all the church edifices for more than 200,000 hearers, or one-third of the whole po pulation, thus leaving a vast’multitude without chtirch accommodations. There are irihludl&M this num ber aboat 75,000 children, between (the ages of five and fifteen years, who do not even jattend the Sab bath Schools. The Methodist Episcopal Church has within th'b limits of this city abbut{ls,ooo, or one fifth of the entire Protestant' church,-membership of the city, and, has, also/in jtsfifty-fout principal and twenty-two mission Sabbath'Schools, an .aggregate' of 16,500 oliiidren, or nearly the entire population between the ages of-five'aap fifteen years.” Sympathy with the Pope.—The Giomalc di JRoma says:—‘‘Within: the ‘last fewi weeks various addresses from Germany have been presented to the Holy Father, in the name of the Cathoiics of that country. Among those sent from Bavaria; the ad-- dress from the archdiocese of Munich has' 80,000 signatures; that from the dioeesd of Wurzburg, 50,400; from the diocese of Passau, 35,019; and' from the diocese of Spire, 20,000. ’’ The address from the archdiocese of Cologne was si|heg ' by 165,000, and that from Breslau by 107,000'. 'The Bishop of Culm, in Eastern Prussia, has also eeit two volumes of signatures.” . 4/ •Mr. Matthew Vassar has determined : to estab lish and endow an institution for the education’ of young women in a course o&etudy.iSipilar.to that pursued in the leading colleges, t<£ tip located in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and to be called. the Vassar Female College. Madagascar.— To meet the anxi^sJSsqu iriesmnd. stimulate the fervent prayers of in our Churches, we give an abstract.. o,f ,the leading, particulars contained in the latest'. intelligence re ceived from the island. I ' The laws of Madagascar, that is, the decrees of the queen, directed against all prrifeSsoitof.‘Christianity, • remain unrelaxed in their severity] multitudes' both of men and women, who have been convicted of believing the truths and practising the duties of; the Gospel, are now suffering poverty, irdprisonment; and slavery. ■-/ j.'f But, while the condition of iliesetsufferers. should; awaken our tenderest sympathy; iti is gratifying .to learn that for some/months past fthese, oppressive and sanguinary laws have not in force os. regards new victims. .A kind and powerful influence. has been, through the merciful pro.yidonce of God,, exerted on behalf of his suffering-'tjaiuts, and.the effort has happily been successful tp.’the, extentnow indicated. • ' • t ’ ! ‘ For the present, however, access; to the island on the part of any Christian missionary, or indeed of any foreigner, is strictly ,pro}jiijrab‘£nd eommuni cation with ~the suffering Chi^mifeijkall but im practicable. ' . But notwithstanding the long co|tinued andaceu mulated afflictions they have endured, and-the,com stant dangers to which they are .feilL,exposed, be lievers continue to increase, andsthe:Churches of- Madagascar are multiplied; andjthis applies nob only to the capital but to differ@ft-pn rts of the island. - , * - Iti the review of these facts, it is evident that the; only means of alleviation and assistance Christians' can at present employ on behalf of. jihSir brethren in Madagascar, is*earnest, persev’erih|'prayerl ~ "" It has appeared to a number of their friends, that, besides bearing them in faith and prayer before the mercy seat on other occasions, concert in prayer at some special season, either privately, socially, or more publicly, as may be deemed best, might tend to keep alive affectionate sympathy*.with them, and excite to earnest pleading with Ifft'Lord on their behalf. The evening of Thursday Ift each week; be tween the hours of seven and eigKtfo’elock, has been' selected for prayer for the Malagn’sf‘Christians, wh by the Saviour’s grace, have borne their severe and wffe|ings .m a r ßxmn^9- ; honorabto J 5. Ws'great name., All- friends are interested for, these afflicted brethren, are earnestly invited to unite, if practicable, in special prayer for them during some portion of the above spe cified. " ■ ■ '■ - . -’hf*. . Moral Influence of the Revival.— A Cavan correspondent of the Belfast Balmier says:—“Last week, in our County Prison here,- put of upwards of, fifty prisoners, some of whom , stand charged with very serious offences, not a single ime belongs to the Protestant community of any denomination." P# w % 0I - fftrl'Wi rt* By the arrival of the NiagaraotfHalifax Saturday afternoon, we have European advices to the 25fch hit., three days later than the accounts brought by the" Kangaroo. The news is interesting, Victor Emanuel had accepted the annexation of Toscany to Sardinia, and signed a decree to that effect. 1 The French army were leaving Lombardy, and forces were evacuating Savoy. Nothings£ [importance. had transpired in the British Parliament. The funds had advanced both in Paria and London. ; The substitute for the bill abolishing capital punish ment in the State of New York,! has passed both branches of the. Legislature, auThdyv awaits the ac tion of the Governor. The substitute is not exactly what the friends of the originnl bill desired; althoughjthe clause therein deferring execution for a year after sentence, is con sidered a great point gained, *r Additional accounts from Vera Cruz, brought by the United States ship Savannah; which left that port on the 26th ultimo, have been received, ftlira mon commenced withdrawing his forces from before Vera Cruz.on the morning of the 21st, and was re treating towards the capital. ; It is stated that the liberals in Vera Cruz were so neatly out of ammu nition that Miramon would probably have captured the city had he kept up the siege a short time longer. On the evening of the 23d the steamer Indianola brought to anchor off the city d barque which-it had captured southward, in the neighborhood of Alvarado. The barque bore Spanish bound to Galveston, Texas. The piptain give as ah excuse for being found so near tfie Mexican coast that his compass was disordered. A proposition having been -brought forward in Parliament to open the British Museum to the pub lic on Sundays, an influential deputation, composed of upwards of two hundred noblemen, members of Parliament, clergymen, ministers, 6 jvnd; gentlemen of various Protestant denominations, waited upon Lord Palmerston to urge him strenuously to oppose any such endeavor. The House of Commons have" al ready given strong and decisive expression to the disapproval of a former motion to the same effect. The contributions in Great-Britain; during the year 1859, to thirty' evangelical and-benevolent or ganizations, including Bible Societies, missionary so cieties, etc., amount to four millions two hundred and forty-eight thousand four hundred and forty-five dollars. These thirty societies, however, represent but a portion of the amount subscribed by the Christian public of Great Britain for evangelical and benevo lent purposes. But even this portion averages up ward of eighty thousand dollars -per Say, and nearly five hundred dollars an hour, thrdhghout tho yekr— both day and night. ■ - - 5 * Philadelphia. —Thefollowingrecordin tho Spring field Republican shows that religion in .Philadelphia is not only “ brotherly,” but influential on the masses: The almost total cessation ofiNtremen’s riots iii Philadelphia, for the last eightefq rnenths, is attri buted’ to the salutary effects of the deep religious in terest which has prevailed among them for a long time past. At the Philadelphia noon-day prayer meetings often as many as ninety of the city pastors are present. There is less stiffness* and formality than in the prayer-meetings in New England, and when they get through the exercises there is a cor dial, hearty shaking of the band, and 'friendly Chris tian _ greetings, ; and they pftem.4ing the* doxology holdingeach other by the hand;. . : * ■ii— 1 l't StfeceKatteims items. Wilson's Vindication of his New History of the Conquest of Mexico. Danstiums, N. Y., Mabch, 1860. To tke Editor's of the Boston Post:—Absence in Western Kansas and severe illness ; have, with other reasons, prevented my replying to the libel on mo and caricature of my history in the Atlantic Monthly,' when published by*the Titte*'firm of Phillips, Samp son A p.abliahingrboujje that had heavy invest ments imthewdrks ofthelate Mf Prescotfand that had advanced him a bonus of $50,000 on his copy rights (see Prescott’s published letter to the Har per’s.) " !!,■■; ; U.;.-.,. * In'; 1856, Harper & Brothers published a volume ■of, my adventures and researches In Mexico during parts of the years 1851, ’52, ’53 and ’54; a volume that sold to the extent ofsooo copiesand still continues to sell, though it directly impeaches Miv Prescott’s authorities,, and proves their Btories-impossible by our .army surveys, A copy of that book I sent to. the late Mr, Prescott with many misgiyings as to the manner of its reception. To my surprise it received the following commendatory notice, which he autho rized me to publish ; though he must have known that an extehsi’ve sale of that volume Would destroy public confidence in his histories;' as they all rested on a common foundation—Spanish books written by permission during the ;era of despotism ; in thftt: couhtry, ; Here it is:-r-. . , My Bear Sir:—lam very much! obliged.to yon fori your new work on Mexico and its‘Religion. Infant unpretending form i t con tains a good deal of matter ( quite original. That .portion of the work relating to the exaggerations of the early conquerors’,.is particu larly deserving of; attention .by the students of our' early Worth American abrialk You have dealt with; a bold hftnd, ! stripping off' the findrobe of romance, .and in some cases,' indeed, the flesh, beneath it—re ducing it to an unsightly skeleton.... The skeleton, however, may be nearer the truth; but yet it will be hard to prove it. There.does not appear*to be much consistency in the various fes'timony of the old Chro niclers. Your' strong ground, therefore, must con sist in Itlie eon tradic tion afforded by present appear ances to the statements of. the conquerors. However, this is a subject which I shall examine more at lei-l sure-rhaving been able, from; pressing occupations of late, to take only a superficial glance at your volume. . • . . . ’ ' Repeating my thank's for your favor, I remain, dear sir, Yery sincerely yours, ” • ■ . . •'• W.V' . TT • ■ ■ To R. A. WriSbjr,;Esq. : ,-Rochester, N. Y. ;: • Stranger tliait this, Mr. Prescott has most tho roughly aiscre'dited; his own authorities, as Will be! seerii by, the following slip which a friend has put in to,my.bands since .my history was published. Mr. Prescott says ! “When the conquCrors attempted anything like a‘ precise numeration, it will be as safe to substitute ‘ a multitude'-’ ‘h greaVforce,’trusting tbe amount to the J reader’s ,; own imagination.” Yol, 11. page 433, note. ; . OF .tbe losses consequent upon the retreat from Mexico—after speaking of the “ greatest d iscrepancy ” in “numerical estimates,” he says: “Bernal Diaz does not take the trouble to agree with himself. After stating'that rthe rear on which the loss fell heaviest; consisted of 120 men, He adds, in the same paragraph, that 150 of these were slain, which num ber swells to 200 in a few lines further., FaLi tuff’s men in buckram.!’’ Voi. II: page 376-7, and note 26... .. ... : s ; Of , the numbers of victims of human sacrifice, lie Writes—With .such loose and contradictory data, it is! clear that any specific number is mere conjecture, undeserving themSjiie of'Calculation.’’ “One has to read but a little way to'find. out that the science of numbers—.at least whore the party was not an eye witness-“is anything but an exadt science, with these, ancient chroniclers.”—[Prescott’s Conquest, Vol. I.: Motes, ; „„! Of the battle'with the Tsbascans—“ There is more discrepancy as to the number of the slain—varying' from one to thirty thousand!' In this monstrous dis-; cordance, the common disposition to exaggerate may lead us to look for,truth in the neighborhood of the. smallest number.” [Prescott’s Conquest, Yol. L, £63. Note 27 of the same page speak's of the “ex orbitant amount” cited in the text. '. Of the city of Cempoalla—“The city is said to contain from twenty to thirty thousand inhabitants. This is the most'moderate computation, and not im probable.” [Yol. I„ p. 343.] In the note, (17) same page, he says—“ Torquemada hesitates between twenty, fifty, and one hundred and; fifty thousand, each of which he names at different, times 1” , -Citiog-Herreiai’»pd Bf>rnal-,i.>iftz.,-he says—“ The 'tormer historian states 'fhe rtumber of lhdian allies who followed Cortez, at eighty thousand; the latter at ten thousand, Qtiien Sabef ” (Who knows,-?) Vol.' 11., p. 460. Note 20. -. Of the army'of tlicTlasealans—“To the astonished. eyes of Cortez appeared a. hundred thousand, men, while no account estimates' them at less than thirty thousand. According to Gomarra, tho enemy mustered 80,000, Bernal more than 40,000. But Herrera and Torquemada reduce them to 30,000. One might as well reckon tho leaves of a forest, as the numbors of a confused throng of barbarians. As this was one of the several armies kept-.on foot by the Tlascalans, the smallest amount is probably too large. The whole population of the State, according to Clavigero, who would not be likely to underrate it, did not exceed half a million at the time of the inva sion." [Prescott’s Conquest, Yol. 1., p. 427.] “The extent of Montezuma’s conquests—a deba table; ground for the historian.” [Vql. 1., p. 417, Note 10.] “Tue larger, and a priori. less probable number." Vol. 1., 435, note. “ Through the magni fying lens of Cortez they (the Tlascalans) appeared to be 150,000 men,” Vol. 1., 438, note. “Camargo adds, more than a hundred thousand men flocked out to receive the Spaniards, a thing that appears impossible! It does*indeed!” Vol. I.j 472, note. He sneers at the 100,000 men whq. went out from TJas oala with Cortez. V01.'11.-, 11, note 17, : He rejects the 60,000 canoes at Mexico, mentioned by Herrera, arid writes “ swarms of canoes,” instead. Vol. 11., 70, He hesitates to adopt 40,000 as the population of Mexico, although that' number is “ the most modest computation.” t Vol. 11., p. 139. , v , .. . Of the Totonacs: “Tlie cacique added that the To toriac'territory contained about thirty towns and vil lage, which could muster a hundred thousand warriors—a number much exaggerated.” Vol. 1., p. 346. 1 ' Of the reputed number of victims Of human sacri fices: loose, this arithmetic may be, the general fact is appalling.” [Vol. 1., p. 358, note 5. Of Cortez and Bernal Diaz: “Both these actors in the drama show too obvious a desire to magnify their own prowess, by exaggerating the number of their foes, and diminishing'their own, to be entitled to much confidence in their estimates.” Vol. 1., p. 392, note 3. “ The Tlascalan Territory was fifty miles in cir cumference, ten long, from east to west, and four broad, from north, to south. ‘Conquisto de Mejico, lib. 3, chap, 3/ It must have made a queer figure in geometry !” YoL 1., p. 418, note 11. Of the reputed results of'the battle of Tlascala: “The official returns of the old Castilian crusaders, whether in the Old World or the New, are scarcely more trustworthy than a French Imperial bulletin in our day.” Vol. Lj p, 432, note 32. ' •OF- course Mr. Wilson and'his, friends are too' gen erous to demolish Mr. Prescots with his own ammuni tion." ;■ ■ Messrs. Phillips & Sampson were as guiltless of this uncalled for assault on me as the lamented Pres cott himself; for they were both dead, I understand, when it was written. But persons of less discretion, who were represented in that firm by “ and Go thought it was necessary to orush me in orderto save themselves. Heneethoy’resortedto such a critioism as perhaps never before appeared in a respectable magazine: I had paid a heavy bill of postage—sl3' —on a parcel from the city of Mexico, on Mr. Pres cott’s account, and refused to allow him to refund any part of it; but I afterwards’ requested the loan of two hooks,'that had once, been offered me for a dollar each, ■ But they never came. This request to borrow is introduced Into the criticism, and also my publishers’ circulars, which I never saw till printed, are charged upon me. A jest is pointed at my dedi cation simply by changing a period into a comma at the end of tho second line, and changing the order of the words that follow; so, too, throughout the criticism sentences are ’ garbled, passages are mis quoted,:&e., &e., becaused .had shown Mr. Prescott’s authorities in their true character—historico-reli giods novels. 11. A. Wilson. Mr. Breseoti’s Place rilled.— The American public will be gratified with the announcement that John -Lothrop Motley, author of the History of the Dutch Republic, has been elected Corresponding Mrahber or the French. Institute, in the place of, the lamented Prescott. In philosophical analysis, in clearness and vigor of style, and in learning and re search, Motley stands in the front rank of living his: torians, and perhaps no work which has issued from the press of this country has been received with more favor, or elicited higher encomiums abroad than this history of our leamedand accomplished countryman. Times, . , . Peaches. —There is a fair prospect throughout the 'peaob-growing’districts, says the Doylestown (Pa.) Democrat, so far as we have been enabled to ascertain, of an abandant and full harvest of this de licious fruit the coming season. Boston, Dee. Bth; 1855. NOTICES, The General Assembly .—The Commission er* appointed to meet in General Assembly in Pitts burgh are requested to send their names to Rev. H. -Kendall, Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements, who will forward to them due notice of the places of residence of the-families that will entertain them during the session of the Assembly-; that they may beat no loss where to go when they .reach the city. tf The Presbytery of Niagara will meet at Xnowlesnlle the first Tuesday [lst inst] of May, 4 o clqclc, r. m. Church records will then be called for. is or. special lessons a full meeting, is desired.. _i, .. . J, J. Ward, Staled Clerk. Knowlesville, April 6th, iB6O. _, T *W. Piiloa Ptayer Meeting of our „5-9JS®®* will be held iq Buttonwood Street Church, on !Wqe|day evening, at 8 o’clock. HTotlce.—The Seventeenth Anniver saiy_‘bf the Spting Garden Female Bible Society will be held at St. Mark’s Lutheran .Church,.Spring Garden St. above Thirteenth, on Monday evening the 16th inst.. The Presbytery of GeheSee stands Mjpnrbeu to meet at Byron, on the 4th Tuesday, the 24th of April next, at 4 o’clock, t. m. • The churches will remember that the time for presen tation of church records was changed at the last meeting o*. Presbytery, from the 4th Tuesday of October to the ».? e * J l a y-.of April, and send up-their records and statistical reports to this meeting that our report to Ge neral Assembly may be as complete as possible. , ■ G. S. Corwin, Staled Cleric. Elba, March 31, 1860. . Auburn Theological Seminary.— The anniversary exercises will commence on Friday, 27th inst., at 9 o'clock,, a. m., with the examination of the classes, which will.be continued through Saturday and Monday- . -On Monday evening will ’be speaking by representa tives of the various societies. Tuesday; Ist May, at 9 a. m-., thn'Boardamcet; 2f.m., Sermon * before .ttye Alumni by. Rev. w. E. Knox. In' the evening, Address to tim Rhetorical. Society by Rev. Asa D. Smith, D. D. Wednesday; at 9 a. m., Annual Meeting of the West ern Education Society in the Chapel. At 2 v. at., speak ing by members of the Graduating Class, and Farewell Address to the class by Rev. .Dr. Hall. Ap 12—2 t. Samuel M. Hopkins, Clerk. „?OWfl City Prosbylery. —The Semi-Annual Meeting of lowa City Presbytery will be held at Clinton on the third Thursday of April, at 7| o’clock, p. at. Statistics and apportionments of the churches will be called for. 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