1860. f **rtgtwi*n ®£ti£a£t (gsangtliat. thuridat, Arsaae, xsuo. THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN AND GENESEE EVANGELIST, A WEEKLY FAMILY NEWSPAPER, Published every Thursday, at 1384 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. Devoted to the promotion of sound Christian dootrine and pure religion, especially as connected with the Constitutional Presbyterian Churoh in the United States of America. To Mail Subscribers, two dollars per year, •IN ADVANCE. City Subscribers, receiving their paper through a carrier, will be charged fifty cents additional. Six copies will be sent to one address for a year for TEN DOLLARS. Ten copies will be sent to one address for a year for SEVENTEEN DOLLARS. Twenty copies will be sent to one address for THIRTY DOLLARS. 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To interest all the friends of the American Presbyterian and Genesee Evangelist to do something to inorease its circulation and conse quent usefulness, we offer to any person sending us three new names, with six dollars, the paper for a year, free of charge, for himself or any one whom he will name. For four new subscribers, with eight dollars, we will send a copy of the Presbyterian Quar terly Beview for one year. Any person sending ten new subscribers and twenty dollars shall receive from the author a complete set of Barnes’ Notes on the New Testa ment, eleven .volumes. To encourage the circu lation of the paper, Mr. Barnes has generously made this liberal proffer to any extent that it may be accepted.. Philadelphia, Feb. Bd, 1860. NEW SUBSCRIBERS. A brief canvass in the city of Wilmington has been sufficient to add to our list Thirty new sub scribers. These, with other indications of a simi lar character, show that the claims of our paper need only to he presented and understood to meet with a cordial response. We have also kind words aud a prospeot of inorease from another Southern city, We believe that a firm adherence to the principles and position of our denomination will prove a passport to the favorable regards of our ministers and people generally. .fttUpmi §aMlipu». The Noon Day Flayer Meetings.—On Monday, of last week, a gentleman from the South was pre sent who had been converted through the instrumen tality of these meetings a year ago, A letter from his .wife was read, acknowledging the goodness of God in bringing him under the influence of those Christian brethren here who had taken him to the meeting, and also asking prayer for their son, who is a wanderer. A statement was mode, that at Louis ville, Ky., a good work of grace has beghn,—many converts are reported, and prayer meetings are being held every night:—cheering word was also reported of the olty of London, —a prayer meeting had been arranged for the 31at of March, to be held in the rooms of the Young Men’s Christian Association, to continue from 9 o’clock in the morning until 9 at night, Also, a meeting had been held among the upper classes at the house of a distinguished clergy man, at which 150 persons were present, to pray for the descent of the Spirit of God upon London, in a similar manner to the displays of power in this coun try in 1858. Liberia, —The Rev. Mr. Stewart, a colored minister from Liberia, made an interesting statement in regard to his work in Africa. He said, “I went out eleven years since, and oan report quite an advance in the cause of Christ in that time among the native Afri cans. The access to the heathen is more free than ever before} good people are but few there, it is true, but we are endeavoring to do what we can to spread the Gospel light ih that dark land. When I first went out, there was much fighting, warfare and blood shed amongst the natives; that hindered our progress eerioußly; now that is done away with, and we have access into the interior as far as we have the means to go. lam raising money in this country to com lete a church in which I labor, and expect to return iry soon, having nearly accomplished my mission, tm my experience in Africa, it is my'belief, that ,t land mast be civilized and converted entirely by ins of the labors of the colored men of the United vtes. The white laborers who go there die of the ly of the colored men die there, it is true, hut it •ova want and exposure, and not from the climate, ise the liberty I have token in addressing you, I cannot resist asking your prayers and sympa for Africa, that interesting continent, Africa, jg In heathen darkness.” Reform in New York city, —A gentleman from York said “ that the efforts commenced a year ;e by a number of Christian men, to bring about letter observance of the Sabbath in that city, had it with marked success. Of the 5000 liquor shops id drinking saloons, several thousand had been tosed on the Sabbath, and, as a consequence,' Sun lay crime bad decreased as compared with that of ' other days of the week 85 per cent, during the ist six months. In one quarter the Sunday arrests id fallen off 7000; fifty or sixty Sunday theatres id low lager beer saloons had been dosed by the ithorities, and more than all, a law has just been issed at Albany extirpating this whole system of mday amusement and revelry; notwithstanding i intense opposition, of the Sunday press, and *ny party leaders and political managers. This we insider n great moral triumph. It illustrates the iwer of persistent, prayerful effort in bohalf of iristian Reforms. If Christian men will'stand up • the right and the truth, evil doers will be vanquished all the great moral issues of the day.”,, Rev. Mr. Ider said, “ that the influence of law, either for or inst intemperance and crime was more potent many were willing to believe, and British legis ton in India sliowb the point distinctly. The only id thing in the whole system of Hindooism is, that entire influence goes against intemperance- It is isidered an enormous crime amongst them to be ie intoxicated. It was considered, by the better iss of Hindoo* a calamity, when British law sane- TERMS. CLUBS. tioned the making and vending of liquor in India. It gave the prestige of power to make drinking re spectable, and, asaConsequence the evil has increased immensely; formerly only the lowest caste and the most degraded, indulged in drink to any extent —and in the city in which I reside, with a population of 44,000, there was not a single drinking shop, but during the five years of my stay there twenty-nine groggeries have been established, and their evil influ ence is plainly manifest. I have no idea of reflecting upon-the British government in making these, re marks, as in this respect it is certainly no worse than our own, but it is a sample of the moral effect of laws that sanction vice in any form.” The North Broad Street Sabbath School cele brated its first anniversary on Sabbath afternoon last: its connexion with the North Broad St. Church, however, has. existed only since the , Ist of January, 1860. At that time, there were 63 scholars on the roll; there-are now 190, including 2 female Bible, classes and an Infant school, and 20 teachers. The Library contains 353 volumes, including valuable additions recently made by the Superintendent, Mr, Thomas E. Potter. The meeting was addressed by the veteran friend of Sunday School children, Mr. Abraham Martin, also by Dr. Evans, a member of the congregation, by Rev. Mr. Mears, and by the pastor, Rev. Mr. Adams. Philadelphia Fourth Presbytery. —The follow ing notice, received for our last issue, was acciden tally deferred The Fourth Presbytery of Philadel phia met in the Buttonwood Street Presbyterian Churoh. Tuesday evening, 10th inst.,. at o’clock, and was opened' with a sermo"n’Ky'ftev’.^GTeorge’Duf field, Jr. During the sessions, twenty-three ministers and fourteen, elders were present. The Rev. Charles R. Bliss, of Beveriy, was elected Moderator, and the Rev. Messrs. Jenkins and Cox, temporary Clerks. .The .items.of business possessing general interest, were the following: < 1. The reception of Rev. Albert Henry Barnes from* the Presbytery of Pennsylvania. • - 2. The ordination sine iitulo of Wm. J. Erdman. 3. The taking George J. Mingins under the care of Presbytery as a candidate for the Gospel ministry. 4. The election,of Commissioners to the General Assembly. Principals—Ministers:—Revs. Albert Barnes and John M‘Leod; Elders: Messrs. David Thomas and Dr. J. M. Paul. Alternates-—Ministers: Revs. Dr. Brainerd and Henry S. Osborn; Elders: Messrs. John Clouds and S. T. Bodine. 5. Resolution.—• Resolve d, That Presbytery recom mend to the Philadelphia Home Missionary Society to employ, during vacations, in any appropriate mis sionary work, and for such compensation as may he proper, those candidates for the Gospel ministry, under our care studying Theology,'who mayseek employment, and who may be approved by the So ciety. Presbytery adjourned, to meet in Belvidere Second church, 3d Tuesday in September next, (18 th day of the month) at 7$ o’clock, P. M. . T. J. Shepherd, Stated Clerk. The Presbytery of Harrisburgh has just enjoyed an interesting meeting in the First Presbyterian - Churoh in Harrisburgh. The attendance, both of ministers and- elders, Was larger than perhaps ever before, and the same delightful and friendly inter course which has always characterized the meetings of this body; was there especially apparent. One of our number, Rev. George R. Moore, was dismissed to another field in the western part of this State ; but -two excellent and beloved brethren were received to labor as pastors in three of our vacant churches. Rev. James Dickson", from the same Presbytery to which Brother Moore was dismissed, has received a unanimous call to labor in the First Church of North umberland, and arrangements were made for his in stallation on the 30th of May next; and Rev. Charles M. Blake; formerly of Philadelphia,*and a mission-. ary in OaliforblaTwas received from the Puritan As-. sooiation of Allegheny County, N. Y., to take, the; charge of the churches of Hublersburgh and Spring Mills, in Centre County, where he is to be installed on the first day of June. Prof. R. C. Allison, of the Agricultural College, in Centre .County, for some, years a licentiate of this Presbytery, presented a re quest for ordination, and it was agreed that his re quest should be complied with, if the way be properly prepared, at the meeting for the installation at Spring Mills. Much time was spent, as usual, in the free conversation on the state of religion among the mi nisters and churches, from which it appeared that all the congregations were united, and prosperous, that one very beautiful and expensive church edifice has just been completed, and another is in process of erection, that none of the churches are burdened with heavy debts, and but one destitute of the regu lar preaching of the gospel, and that at least one of our feeble churches has recently received a very large increase of its members. The interest of our meet ing was much enhanced by the presence of Rev. D. Lindley, of the South African Mission, whose excel lent discourse, on Wednesday evening, produced im pressions whieft surely can never be effaced. The Formula for what is erroneously called a “ Public admission to Chureh membership,” sent to the Pres byteries, by the last General Assembly, for their consideration, was thoroughly discussed, and received very little favor. While some were still inclined -to use some abbreviated form of a confession of faith, and all were in favor of some public addi-ess to those approaching the table of the. Lord for the first time, none were willing to have such a formula adopted and recommended by the General Assembly. The reasons expressed for this, were, that it would have much the same effect as the adoption, by our Church, of a new confession of faith, that it did not properly recognise the previous membership of those who had been baptized in infancy, that it was demanding too large' ah amount of doctrinal knowledge, and too perfect a uniformity of belief as a pre-requisite for communion, that, however strict the examination be fore the Session into the doctrinal belief and piety of the candidate may be, the whole spirit of our Di rectory was opposed to the requirement of a literal and extensive confession of faith from private mem bers as the condition of their approach to the Lord’s Tableland that any attempt to produce uniformity - -o'P*ua»gw*ltt aar-obur3trw4s‘inc§ly"foT)e unsuccessful, ; and to be grossly misunderstood. The Commissioners ap'pointed to the next General Assembly, were Rev. C. P. Wing, principal, and Rev. . T. H, Robinson, his alternate; Hon. Mordeoai M‘Kin , ney, of Harrisburgh, principal, and James L. Wat son, of Hublersburgh, his alternate. Presbytery of Kalamazoo.— The Presbytery of Kalamazoo has just held its annual meeting in Niles; Rev. Preston Taylor, Moderator, Rev. Wm. S. Hog gins, Temporary Clerk. Two or three hoars were devoted to the discussion of a Report upon the “Formula for Public Admission to Church Member ship," which the General Assembly last year sent down to the Presbyteries. A paper was adopted to be sent to the next Assembly, recommending some verbal alterations, and the introduction into the Con fession of an article on the Sabbath, and suggesting that too much had been sacrificed to brevity in the “Covenant." The Prtsbytery appointed as Commissioners to the General Assembly: Rev. Wm. S. Huggins, and L. H. Trask, Esq., principals; and Rev. E. B. Sherwood, and Judge Nathaniel Bacon, alternates.* Commis sioners to the Theological Department of Lind Uni versity : Rev. M. Bradley, principal, and Rev. A. Bryant, alternate. Rev. Joseph H. Towne, D. D., late of Rochester, has accepted the call of the Westminster church, Buffalo. Mr. Towne enters upon the duties of his oflice immediately. The Rev. Wm. Young, of Ontario, having re ceived a unaniindus call from the Presbyterian church at Rose, has entered upon Ins new field of labor, and ■wishes his friends to address him, Rose, Wavne Co., n.y. ■'■ §tmmc»tt ffttjrtiitmv xthA ftmjtiit The Presbytery of Keokuk, lowa, met in Keo kuk, April 12th. All the ministers present but two. Rev. Erastus J. Gillet, D. D., and Elder Solomon Beckley, principals, and Rev. Glen Wood and Elder James C. Braden, alternates, were chosen Commis sioners to the General Assembly. Two churches were organized in Washington Co., and received under our care. Rev. W. Porterfield, of Chicago Presbytery, (O.Sj) was received as a member of our body. | The labors of the Rev. W. H. Williams, in his mis sionary work in our bounds, were highly approved, and Presbytery recommend his continuation as odr Exploring Missionary another year. j W. H. Williams and G. C. Beaman were appointed a Committee on applications to the A. H. M. S.; E. J. Gillet, W. H. Williams, and.Hiratn Leonard, Stand ing Committee on Education. I Our Exploring Missionary was instructed espe cially, to look after and take care of the vacant churches in our bonnds. Presbytery earnestly recommends to the churches to raise a Contingent Fund, for defraying the ex penses of Delegates, to meetings of Presbytery and Synod, and that this subject be made a matter of in quiry at our next meeting; Yoted that Stated Clerk make extracts from otir minutes to be published in the American Presbyterian and New York Evangelist. i Adjourned, to meet at Montrose, on Tuesday pre-; ceding the fourth Thursday of September. i G. C; Beaman, Stated Clerk. Croton, I were reckoned best qualified, have been elected Evangelists, and two colporteurs have been sent out to sell the Scriptures. Deacons have been cliosen to manage the church affairs, and, in a short time, they think, according to Bible rule, of choosing elders'.or presbyters. The church roll numbers more thpn 200, and is the largest evangelical church in Italy. The censorship of the press is removed m Tuscany, and the demand for Bibles atjH tracts is immense. The government 5s willing to do all the pressure of the priests will allow. h The Tuscans are a better educated people than the Piedmontese, and an educated'ministry is greatly needed in the province. Since the return of Maza rella toGenoa., a carpenter named Birsa.li has been forth to the attentive: and delighted audi ences. He appears to be a than of considerable energy and intelligence though uneducated, with a plain, stem and deep-browed face—the countenance of a hard-thinking, hard-working man. Switzerland. —The member*,of the Romish com munion form two-fifths of the whole Swiss people, their numbers being stated at {172,000. All but one of their bishops are Swiss, and in direct connexion with Rome; but the attempts recently made to se cure the same arrangement for the remaining dio cese, whieh includes 170,000 souls, in East and South, and which is under an Italian Bishop, was at the last advices unsuccessful. Twenty-six or seven prayer-meetings are reported as having taken place at Geneva during the week of the “Lodiana” Concert of Prayer. Many of the most experienced brethren affirm that, in all the coarse of their Christian never enjoyed -sirolrwwveeir'OT'SEinfual'refreffimenk Preaching 1 in the London Theatres, —As a rule atspirit of profound attention and solemn earnest ness reigns at the various theatres which have been opened for the preaching of the Gospel. Lord Shaftes bury has borne repeated testimony to this, in con nexion with a visit of observation made by him to the Victoria Theatre on a Lord’s day evening, when 4000 persons of the very lowesticlass were present, and “ a pin might be heard to drop,” so profound was the silence. Cases of awakening have occurred. Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society .—The annual meeting of this Society was held in February. The principal operations of the Society are, the par tial support of a medical missionary and his assist ants at Madras; the supply of medicine and surgi cal instruments to certain missionaries and the ed u eating of six students destined for missionary ser vice. Dr. Patterson, at Madras, has rendered medical assistance to 5,417 patientg from nearly every caste and class in the community, besides making missionary visits to the homes of the natives. Remarkable Movement Among the Pishing Villages of Banffshire, Scotland.— To the asto nishment of the fishing crews who returned to Port ossie, after a few days’absence at sea, the entire place was under the'deepest excitement. A kind of rude hall was found crammed ,with people, and prayers and praise, and groans and sighs, were to be heard ascending day and night. No clerical agency has been at the head of this movement. A few young men of the village had been attending a religious meeting at Findochty, two miles, distant, and re turned so much affected that their employer shut up his shop, and with them commended a revival cru sade. The usual physical phenomena are exhibited. Conviction is universal and conversions seem to he. numerous. In Findochty, the work is even more decided. There are about 500 people, purely seafaring, air en gaged in religious exercises. I have spoken to com mon fishermen who have for nearly three days and three nights been praying and shying, and exhort ing neighbors. Labor is totally suspended meantime, and has been during these.five days. Even the cooking of victuals is mugfe: neglected, and every one seems to have got the gfflßof tongues, for lads of fourteen and fifteen yearstof ago, and men with hoary hairs, have become popular mouth-or gans, and offer up amazingly intelligent petitions. • In another village, called Port-fcneekie, the move ment has been at work. Two publicans in this place are reported‘stricken,’and have palled down their signboards in disgust, greatly to the gratification of the friends of sobriety. ' < • Now, no villages were moro destitute of spiritu alty prior to this change. According to the ad mission of the people themselves, they were deplora bly careless of Divine things. The work seems to be the result of Divine power. Where intemperance is arrested and destroyed, where and old grudges are given up, where utter worldliness gives place to spirituality, there can be no mistake as to the genuineness, of the movement.” Foreign Missions— The churches of Worcester county have contributed during the past year to the support of foreign missions as follows; To the Ameri can Board, $15,159, 34; to the Arnett Missionary Association, $3,812,59; to the Baptist, $1 054 57 • to the Methodist, §738,69. The churches of’the city of Worcester gave to the American Board, $4,034,56; to the Baptist missions, $581,17; to the American Missionary Association, $414,50- and to the Methodist Missions, $166,72; two legacies have been given during the year, one of $BOO, and one of $4OO. Sandwich Islands— Till 1819, when the first missionary set foot on the islands, the inhabitants ncre cannibals. The number of admissions to the churehes from the beginning exceeds 35,000; of whom about 17,978 are now alive and in good stand ing. . Admissions during the . last year were 587.. Contributions for various religtbus and charitable purposes amounted to $26,068. Four churches have native pastors'; the ordination of natives has succeeded better than was anticipated. JffOT ®f t! t HIwL A sudden darkness enveloped the city of Pittsburgh about 7 o’clock, Monday morning, April 9tb, render ing the whole city as dark as night. The Chronicle says:—“Previous to the change a painful stillness pervaded the city, rendering sounds at a distance plainly audible. The bell on the East Liberty train was distinctly heard all through the Second Ward, and other sounds equally distant were quite as audi ble. The whole thing lasted but a few moments, and when it had passed away, all seemed more or less relieved.” Columbus papers state that the injuries to railroads and canals in thecentral portion of Ohio, by freshets are much greater than was anticipated. The damage to the public works is immense, probably not less than $BO,OOO. East of Newark the Central Ohio Road is covered with water for miles. At Marietta, yesterday, the water was six feet deep on Harmer street, and was rising at the rate of three inches per hour. At Zanesville the Muskingum River is higher than ever before known. West Zanesville is entirely under water, and the lower side of Zanesville is in the same condition. This city is acquiring a high reputation abroad on account of the extent, variety, and excellence of its manufactures. a few months large orders have been received from Cuba for engines and boilers. Some of the establishments have hands employed all night in order that the work may be completed at the time specified. The aggregate of work of this kind to Cuba within the present year, will amount to $200,000. : There are «ow within the limits of Philadelphia nineteen passenger railways in operation, that trans port daily, except Sabbath, from one portion of this city to another, between, one hundred and forty thou sand and one hundred and forty-five thousand per sons, and receive from $7,000 to $B,OOO per day. At this rate, the total receipts of these different com panies will exceed $2,000,000 annually. Moreover there is not a single car run on the Sabbath; horses and employees are allowed' to rest. The special train from New York to Norwalk, on Monday, last week, ran over and killed a man named Stephen Burling, a respectable farmer of New Ro chelle. He was seen walking on the opposite track, but the engineer sounding the whistle as the locomo tive approached, he jumped immediately in front of the engine and was crushed. The Boston Post says that the cranberry fever still rages at Cape Cod, and the people there have entered into their spring work of cranberry planting. Nearly every piece of marsh, swamp, or upland, which can be made available for its culture, have been secured by capitalists, and are now being speedily transformed into rich and valuable cranberry meadows. The Anti-Tobacco Journal of Rev. George Trask declares that the clergy of the United States'cost an nually $6,000,000; the criminals, $19,000,000; the lawyers, $35,000,000; tobacco, $40,000,000; and rum $100,000,000. The classification is rather an odd one, but the figures speak amazingly. Since the establishment of a telegraphic communi cation between Alexandria and India, news from In dia will now reach England in six days. The news from China and Australia will not bo accelerated until India is connected by telegraph with Ceylon, when intelligence will be received from Hong Kong in twenty-two days, and from Melbourne in twenty five dayß. There are about one hundred and forty .teleEEadtßlatiimsan.Jndia: A prize of one hundred dollars is offered, says the New York Post, by Mr. C. Q. Colton, for the best poem descriptive of Peale’s celebrated painting of “The Court of Death,” the award to he made by three American poets, as early as the 4th of July next. Mr. W. Newman, one of the prominent artists en gaged on the London Punch, has recently come to New York city, under an engagement with a London publisher, who has spent the last two years in this country, and who is about to try the experiment of publishing a daily illustrated comic paper in that city. W. C. A. Lawrence, late Speaker of the House of Representatives, died in Harrisburgh on the morn ing of the 22d. The funeral is to take place on Wednesday morning at 10 .o’clock. Three days’ later news is received from Europe by the America at Halifax. The political news is un important, and the British Parliament had adjourned over for the Easter holidays. Heenan, the American champion, was arrested at Derby early on the morn ing of Good Friday, and would be kept in custody until after the America sailed, when he would be brought before tbe magistrate. It was supposed the fight would be indefinitely postponed. It is reported that the steamer Great Eastern would-be ready to sail on her American trip at the same time with the squadron which is to accompany the Prince of Wales to Canada in June. It is stated that the inhabitants of Savoy and Nice would vote, in. a few days, by uni versal suffrage, on the question of annexation to France. Tbe London money market was slightly easier. The bullion in the Bank of England had decreased £387,000 during the week. The Easter holidays had produced quietness in the cotton market of Liverpool. The favorable influence of the treaty of commerce between France and England is already noticed. The export in the southern departments of France is considerably increased. Sardinia has claimed the political prisoners of the Legations. The secretary of the Duke of Casani bad been exiled. A despatch from Florence states that the ambassadors of France and England had taken down their escut cheons. Tbe insurrection at Palermo had been sup pressed, after an obstinate combat in the streets and houses. The insurrection at Messina still continues. The steamship Hammonia arrived at New York on Monday frym Southampton, on the evening of the 10th inst. Her advices have been anticipated by the Australasian, at Portland. Three days’ later intelligence is received from Eu rope, by the arrival of the Australasian, at Portland, yesterday, from Liverpool on the 11th inst., and Queenstown on the 12th. The political news does not possess much interest. Heenan, the American cham pion, had been released on his own recognizance for £5O, with two sureties for £25 each. It was consi dered certain that the fight would come off on the 16th instant, the day originally fixed. Some of the French and other Continental journals having ac cused the English Parliament of favoring the recent Cariist attempt in Spain, and the insurrection in Sicily, the French government had reprimanded the Paris Pays and Patrie for giving currency to such charges. An imperial Commissioner of the French government was coldly received in eome places while travelling through Sardinia. Garibaldi had taken his seat in the Chamber of Representatives at Turin. An anti-Austrian demonstration had been made at the capital of Hungary, on the occasion of the death of a student, who died from injuAes received from the police during the recent disturbances in that city. The 4 preliminaries for a treaty of peace with Spain had been ratified by the Emperor of Morocco. Gen. Ortega, the leader of the late attempted revolt, and their accessories, persons of the highest rank, had been arrested. The later dispatches announce that the insurrection is spreading rapidly in Sicily. An insurrection has again broken out in Naples. The rebels occupied" a convent, which was carried by as sault by the royal troops, and the rebels were all captured. The number of interments in the city, of Philadel phia last week, were 190; a decrease of 17 compared with the previous,week. Fifty-two were under one year old; between one and five, 20; under five, 81; males, 119; females, 71; boys, 61; girls, 38; adults. 91; children, 99; almshouse, 9; colored, 9; country, 3, The hotel keepers at Charleston are dismayed by the slim attendance at the Convention. Of the forty thousand provided for at a large outlay, not more than two thousand have made their appearance, and a large number of those sent, sleep and imbibe on the steamers. The deaths by consumption have decreased some fifty per cent, per annum among the stone cutters of Quincy, Milton, Eockport, and the marble works of Vermont, since they have ceased shaving and given na ture her sway in matters she may be supposed to un derstand. Workmen in Western flour mills; colliers in the numerous mines of the Middle Slates; miners at Galena, Dubuque, and the copper regions of Like Su perior; employees in drug mills, drivers, engineers, arctic navigators; residents in low, wet countries, and thou-, sands of artisans whose employment is prejudicial to healthy lungs, generally wear the moustache as a sani tary rather than an ornamental appendage to the face of manhood. A Coin of Antioehus IV., King of Syria.— Something for Num.isMatisis.--W e have been shown by Major C. W. King an ancient coin, believed by those who are supposed to be conipetcnt to decide, to be genuine. It is of brass, and was found by the Major among money in circulation, where it went rather hard. Its history in this country has been traced back to a publie contribution, where it was probably east by a sailor. The following is an ac curate description, as given by a man of learning, after a .thorough investigation: A COIN OF ANTIOCHUS IT., KING OF STRIA, The superscription is Basileos—king, Antiochou—• Antioehus. Figure of an eagle. Theou—Theos. Epiphanou—Epiphanes, surnames. On the reverse is the head of Antioehus, who was the son of Anti ochus 111., and was given as - a hostage to the Ro mans in the year 188 B. C., probably for 200 B. 0. He ascended the throne in 175 B. C., which must be about the date of the coin. During 171 and 168 B. C. be attempted and almost completed the conquest of Egypt. The cruelties he. perpetrated against the Jews during this war, as recorded in books of the Maccabees—we find in Maccabees i. 10, “And there came out of them a wicked root, Antioehus (sur named) Epiphanes, son of Antioehus the king, who had been there a hostage at Rome, and he reigned in the hundred and thirty and seventh year of the king ■ dom of the Greeks.” He died B. C. 164, reigned eleven years—left a son (Eupatorj—a daughter Lo ri ice, Vide, old-fashioned Bible, Livi Die G. R.— Kennebec Journal, 6th. Banyan’s Wife. —Elizabeth Banyan then told how she had travelled to London to see if she could get her husband’s liberty, and how Lord Barkwood had’ told her that the House of Lords could do nothing for her, as Banyan’s releasement had been committed to the Judges. “This he told me,” she added, “and now I am come to you to see if anything may be done in this business, and you give neither releasement nor re lief.” “My lord,” cried Chester, “he is a pestilent fel low; there is not such a fellow in the country again;” though even Twisden seemed a little touched, for he exclaimed, “What, will your husband leave preaching? If he will do so then.send for him.” “My lord,” replied; the heroic wife, calmly, “he dares not leave off preaching as long as he can speak.” The French Canadians.— Probable Defection.— A colporteur, who has been through much of the French country on. the north shore of the St. Law rence, informs us that land is fast increasing in value, (probably on account of the commutation of Seignora! dues, chiefly at the expense of Upper Ca nada,) but that many of the old farms are now so sub divided among heirs, that the strips are inconve niently narrow'. Those strips, it seems, may be bought cheaper, in proportion, than good sized farms, the owners being desirous of removing to new lands. He says the kabitans are greatly puzzled and not a little alarmed about having-to-sign addresses to the Pope, being afraid that they may have to pay something in consequence of signing. One of them, an intelligent man too, asked the colporteur if he would have the kindness to explain to him what it was all about; and when informed, a great weight seemed to be removed from his mind; and he-said if that was all, it did not eost much to pray for the Pope! We asked our informant, himself a Swiss, on which side the sympathies of the-French Canadian people would be found in the event of a rupture be tween France and the Pope? To which lie replied, that their sympathies would be all with France, as their mother country, towards which they entertain the warmest feelings of love and veneration. He add ed that there must soon bo a great emigration from the French parishes, on account of the small ness of the farms and the largeness of the families; the average number of children in each family being, he thinks, fit least seven or eight, and, generally speaking, all strong and healthy! At this rate, po pulation should double in about fifteen years, and the French themselves will soon need the Saskatche wan valley, which is, by all accounts, just the kind of land they delight to settle upon. That, this great and important race should be speedily leavened with the gospel, is a matter of pri mary importance for this continent; and our colpor teur friend says the indications for this are so favor able, that he would not bo surprised to hear of one or more whole parishes in Lower Canada following the lead of Father Chiniquy’s parishes in Illinois.— Montreal Witness. > Jtlnniiiili's. POLHAMIUS—MACK. On the 16th inst. by the Rev. Thos. Uramerd, I). D. James A. Polhamius, of Brooklyn, N. V. to Eliza Hemmings Mack, of this City. AT. MO YD—DILKS. On the 16th inst. by the Rev. Thos. Brainenl, D. D. Augustus Almond, to Susanna S. Dilks. NOTICES. The Treasurer of the Pennsylvania Bible Society acknowledges the following receipts in Feb ruary :and March, I860: From the Western District of Penna. Rev. J. I. Aikin, D. D., Secretary. Tioga County Bible Society $3O 00 Erie . “ 28120 Mercer 67 83 Presbyterian Church, Wyalusing, 8 44 From the Eastern District of Penna. Rev. Irvin' V U. Torrence, Secretary. 1 Philadelphia Bible Society, $621 14 Salena and Vicinity Bible Society, 16 00 Lackawanna “ 125 00 Carlisle Female “ 51 50 Lockhaven Female “ 60 00 Williamsport “ “ 73 00 Milton “ “ 157 24 Gettysburg “ “ 78 00 Bloomsburg “ “ ........ 123 52 Bellefonte “ *« ........ 625 Lewistuwn “ . “ 67 50 Lehigh County “ 4J7 20 Wayne "< 100 84 York “ “ 40 00 First Presbyterian Church, West Ches ter,. ...... 13 50 P. F. Eisenbrown, 10 00 Mifflin Circuit, East Baltimore Conference, 3 20 Bellbfonte “ “ “ 2 00 Damascus “ Wyoming ** ]0 00 Salem “ “ “ 7 jjj During February and March the Society sold and dis tributed 11,271 Bibles and Testaments in the following languages, viz.: English, French, German, Welsh, Spa nish, Danish, Swedish, Arabic. Hungarian, Chinese, Persian. Italian, Greek, and Hebrew. Bible House and Depository, corner of Walnut and Seventh streets, Philadelphia. John T. Rhoads, Agent. Bower’s Medicated Fig's.— The novelty of this invention consists in inlaying the best quality of Figs with the purest Alexandria Senna, thereby consti tuting one of the most pleasant and efficacious remedies extant for the cure of Sick Headache, Dyspepsia, Gene ral Constipation, and in fact, all the ills arising from an unhealthy condition of the bowels. Price 374 cents per box. Manufactured by Geo. C. Bower, Sixth and Vine Large discount to the trade. menu vine. 1 i? h An » Iversary of ila^ ?? I^ 1 ,? Tract Society wilt be held 3d,at Fu " d Hai ) lDn Thurst iay Evening, May Addresses will be delivered by the Rev. Messrs. Wat son, Breed, Hyatt, Smith, and A- Willetts. Ticketsoan be procured at the Tract House, 929 Chest nut Street. ers T spo&?o P f eftTf?,ynThBCcm,“!BsioD burgh are requestedto IL're Assembly in Pitts- Kendall, Chairman of the Cmmufi!'' n3 f es Kev - H who writ forward to themdSw! of Arrangements, residence Ofthe families that wilt .° f the f,laces of the session of the Assembly'thatth^'* 1 ' 1 t , hem tlmin S where to go when they nfn r ?i’ ?rni meet ftt o’clock, f. M . Churdh reco^sTvfll^'ie f 4 For special reasons * full meeting is desired. ‘ d Jtnowlesville, April 6lh, mo*' ' AAnn ’ Slalcd 1 BuTLEBy Stated Cleric* The Union Prayer Itfeclin- of Churches will be helo in the Cedar Street Chureh H. Aug. Smith, Pastor, on Cedar (South! ’ J? r ' Eleventh, on Tuesday evening, at 8 o’clock ’ Auburn Theological Semi»a ry .-IH<> exercises will commence on Friday, 27th mst, at 9 o’clock, a. si., with the examination of ti» Sunday becontinued trough Saturday and On Monday evening will be speaking by representa tives of the various societies. J represer.ta- Sermorf fore^the' A lumnf In KCr to fih « Wednesday, at 9 a. m., Annual Meeting of the West ern Education Society in the Chapel. At 2*. jr spek mg by members of the Graduating Class, ami Fare well Address to the class by Rev. Dr. Half. eweil Ap 12—2 t. Samuel M. Hopkins, Clerk fiihle Cimventlon.—The Pennsylvania Bib's Society will hold their Fifty-Second Anniversary in con nection with a Bible Convention, at, the Cbirch ,m Washington Square, on Wednesday, May 2d, 1880, at 4 o clock, p. m. Ministers and all others interested in the circulation of God s word, are cordially invited to at teniU " ' 127-21 The Fifty-Second innlrersaryofthe Pennsylvania Bible Society will be held in conjunction with a Bible Convention in the Church on Washington Square on Wednesday, May 2nd, at 4 o’clock; P. M. The services will consist of voluntary addresses, not to exceed ten minutes each, from Clergymen and Lay- Atl persons favorable to the free circulation of the Bible without note or comment, are cordially invited to attend - ’ Ap. 2:t—2t. Anniversary of the Philadelphia Sab bath School Association— The Filth Annni versary of thus Association, will take pl.ee on Tuesday Evening, May Ist, in the chu-ch corner of Bro ul and Sansom Streets, [Rev. Mr. Chambers’,] at a I before 8 o c ock. * Rev. Dr. Newton, Rev. Dr. Brandy, Rev. J. W. Jack son, Rev. Dr. Jenkins, and several lay brethren have kindly agreed to take part in the exercises on the occa sion. 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