1860. fwirtjstma# ©rntart GEoanfltlist. THURSDAY . MAY 3, 1860. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY- Commissioners to the General Assembly at Pittsburg, passing over the whole or any part of the “Pennsylvania Central,” the “Pittsburg, Wheeling and Cleveland,” the “Pittsburg, Port Wayne and Obioago,” and the “Ohio and Missis-, slppi Bail Roads, can pass for half fare} or, pay ing full fare to the Assembly, can have an ex cursion ticket which will permit them to return free. The “Pennsylvania Northern Central Rail road,” running from Baltimore, through Harris burgh to Sunbury, will do the same. An effort has been made to seoure the same from Stinbury to Elmira and Canandaigua, which, if successful, will be published in our newspapers, and will give Central and Western New York Commissioners a choice between the route, through Elmira, Sun bury and Harrisburgh, and that through Buffalo and Cleveland. Application has been made to many other roads for similar terms, but without success:' The Commissioners are slow to send their names and residences to the Committee of arrangements at Pittsburg. Prompt attention to this matter will save the commissioners and the committee much trouble. But those who neglect it, will have places promptly assigned them when they reach the city, on application to the committee. K. , Plttaburg, Pa. All the commissioners, and others, who propose to attend the meetings of the Assembly, are ear nestly requested to come and spend the day pre vious to the organization, In thanksgiving for mercies past, and imploring the divine blessing. Many ministers and elders will come from scenes of revival; they may do the churches in Pittsburg, and the other .members of Assembly great good, by bringing up & report of what the Lord is doing fdr his people. We need greater showers of divine grace on all our churches—we need wisdom and” strength from on high. Let us come together and seek earnestly the blessing of God. THE PRESBYTERIAN QUARTERLY REVIEW, fOR APRIL. Interesting, readable, and valuable as usual, No intelligent layman in onr church sbonld be without it. In the first article, —“ Who is Re sponsible for the present Slavery agitation?”— the writer takes an impartial and common sense view of the subject, dealing out praise'and blame with even-handed justice to all. The causes mentioned and discussed are,—-the existence among ns of such an institution as slavery; the entirely new ground on which the system is now defended; the selfish and mercenary motives c?f many who keep up the agitation; the political parties; northern presses, secular and religious, which keep up the slavery agitation for their own advantage; the interests of trade; and a practical violation of reciprocal obligations. To quote from one of our most respectable dailies : “ The entire spirit of the article is mag nanimous and free-hearted, and could the prin ciples of the author prevail, slavery agitation would be at an end to-day, and liberty and re ligion would be gloriously advanced.” The second article, —“Pythagoras,”—is an examination of the pretensions advanced for the sage of Croton by the New-Platonistp, in their controversies with the early Christians. The reviewer has taken for his text those passages in Grote’s History of Greece, in which the usually very cautious historian seems, for some ;reason { to pay nndue regard to the fables of Porphyry and lambiiehus, concerning their mas ter. The point is well taken, and an opportu nity is thus afforded for exhibiting some of the peculiar excellencies of Christianity as Con trasted with the beßt attempts of philosophy to satisfy the religions wants of men. Article third,—"The American State and Christianity,”—is a calm and lucid discussion of a question of present interest. Its spirit is temperate and tolerant, but firm. The array of legal opinions, .including such names ag Hon. John M. Clayton, of Delaware, Chancellor Kent, of New York, Judge Duncan, of Pennsylvania, Mr. Webster, in the Girard Will case, and others, is convincing, and very valuable. The main.idea of the article is thus presented in the language of Mr. Clayton: “The distinction is a sound one between a religion preferred by law and a religion preferred by the people without the co ercion of law; between a legal establishment and a religious creed freely chosen by the peo ple themselves, and for the full and perfect en joyment of which, without interruption and dis turbance, they may claim the protection of law, guarantied to them by the Constitution itself.” The application of this principle to the right of discussion, the freedom of the press, and the observance of the Sabbath, opens up some in teresting and. to us. new views of the subject. We commend the article to the friends of Sab bath and moral reform, who desire to rest their efforts for sound legislation upon a proper basis. Article fourth corresponds more nearly tithe idea of a review} certain leading works, on the annihilation of the wicked forming the basis of : the discussion. The writer adverts to the fact that the Second Adventists or Millenteß of nearly twenty years ago instead of renouncing exploded errors and returning to the chnrch from whicn they seceded, have almost as a body become believers and propagandists of the above mentioned heresy. His exposure of the absurd and ruinous consequences to which this belief inevitably tends, is eminently logical, and the refutation complete. The style is vigorous and manly, and the discussion seasonable. Article fifth and last,—"The Insurrection of the Paxton Boys,”—is an historical study or mo nograph, already known to the Philadelphia public as having been read before the' Pennsyl vania Historical Society. Those who are igno rant of this singular episode, in the history of the relations existing between the first settlers and the aborigines of Pennsylvania, will find in this article the fullest information, both pn the matter itself and on a great variety of connected topics. The facile pen, the versatile mind and playful fancy, the accurate research, and the Btrong local and church feeling of the editor, are manifest in this Sue essay. Besides a very full and ably treated book-list, we are pleased to see the feature of Literary and Theological Intelligence again introduced into the Review. The present number fully sus tains the high reputation of the periodical, and we again cordially recommend it to the patron age of our readers. r fjUligiMts Installation of Rev. Mr. Robbins— Rev. F. L. Robbins was installed pastor of the Green Hill Church on Sabbath evening last. Rev. Charles Brown pre sided and put the constitutional questions; Rev. E. E. Adams preached the sermon from Luke ii. 14, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men;” dwelling upon the idea that the duty of the church and its ministry was to pro claim the coming of Christ to men. The charge to the pastor was delivered by Rev. Dr. Brainerd; and that to the people by Rev. Dr. Wallace. . These ex ercises Were Uniformly of a high order. ■ Every "thing passed off satisfactorily and well, and a good impres sion was made upph the crowded audience. The pastor has our cordial wishes-for his success in this important and growing field of labor. Noon Ray Prayer Meeting,— Saturday is al ways specially devoted to prayer for Sabbath School labors, and much interesting incident generally comes out on that day. The following remarks'were made last Saturday. Sunday Schools. —-I was yesterday conversing with a lady in this city who had been raised a Hickslte Quaker-. I’askedher how itJiappened that she had come into the church of Christ. She said “ she bad beep requested by a pious friend to allow her chil dren to go to Sabbath School. After.her little bov had gone there a short time, h.e said, ‘Ma, why go to church V He said it quite earnestly, and her conscience seemed to smite her,' and she resolved to go as her little son suggested. The Spirit soon sent conviction to her soul, and she resolved to serve the Lord'; she communicated the fact to her, husband— he-tod had been convicted of his sins, and they , both wdiit together to the session of the church, and soon were admitted to membership.” That man is a phy sician, and is now doing what good .be can in his pro fession, and who can tell the amount of good a pious physician can do? -See what happy results flow from that little-boy’s going to Sunday School, or rather from that pious friend’s asking if'he might go. West-Point. —l am astrangft- amongst you. I come from West'Point Academy. The revival has not vi sited us, there, but there are a few Christian hearts who still hope and-pray for a blessing. We meet, some fifty of us, twice a week, half an hour at a time, to pray for the outpouring of. God’s Spirit. and I ask yoU to remember us, and join us, as we pray for a blessing upon the young gathered there. We do not forget the.children—l superintend a Sabbath School of the children of the soldiers and workmen, where fifty or sixty are gathered every Sabbath. We de sire your .prayers and sympathies, as we feel that -we are in'a cold and unsympatbizing place. The army at large also needs your prayers—an officer'in the army died in your city here a few days ago, and his sorrowing family stand -especially in need of your prayers.’ He found" peace in believing, arid” your meeting here was made- the instrument in bringing him to a knowledge'of his Saviour. He came, it is true, only at the eleventh hour.. / . - In the Cars.—l have 1 just returned from New York city, where I found the meetings well filled and very encouraging. In coming over in the cars, I over heard two gentlemen talking about Jesus. I won dered if, they would go on talking when the train stopped at a station, where everybody in the car cOUld hSir them—we so often talk of Jesus when we are not apt to be heard—the cars stopped, the con versation went on, I thanked God for it, and whs en couraged. Whitefidd was once stopping at the house of a ge neral in the army living in Rhode Island; as he was about-to depart the thought struck him, “ I have not said anything to this,man -.or his . family specially about their souls, and it is now l too late.” He turned tothe window and wrote with hiS diamond ring ;up6n lie glass, “One thing thou jaokest.” r After he was i tb “theroSnTanS at once read the sentence in the window. 11 was as an arrow to his heart, God blessed it, and he became a con verted man. - The etching is still there' on that pane of glass to-day, and Whitefield and the general are in heaven. ! Young Men's Christian Associations.— The Seventh Annual Convention of the Confederation of the Young Men’s Christian Associations of North America was held in New Orleans, commencing its sessions ontbe iith ult., and adjourning on the 16th ulfc., to meet the next year in St, Louis',-Mo. : There wore present nearly one hundred and fifty delegates, representing every section of the country, and <;he entire community of New Orleans seemed to take an interest in the deliberations of the Conven tion, largely attending its extra sessions. Wm. P. Munford of Richmond, Va., was the.pre siding officer, and Jno. Wanamaker of this city the pnnoipal Secretary. From facts reported to the Convention, we learn that there are now in ex istence, and in active operation, two hundred and five Young Men’s Christian Associations in this country, with a total membership of 25,000 young men,'which in comparison with the statistics presented at the Convention in Troy, June 1858, shows a large in crease both in Associations and in membership—at least five thousand young men have enrolled them selves in this army since that time. What a mighty power for good is this if rightly employed. Inter changes of experience were freely made, and .plans adopted which we doubt not will tend greatly to ex tend the usefulness of these excellent institutions— —that gathering of loving-disciples of the Saviour in that far off Southern clime cannot but result in good to Zion. The Central Committee, having in charge the af fairs of the Confederacy, has been removed from Rich mond; Va., to Philadelphia,‘and the following is the Committee for the coming year. George H. Stujirt, Jno. W. Sexton, John Wana maker, 'George Oookman, James Grant. * Also one person from each state who aidih keeping the Associations stirred up to continued effort. We regret our space does not allow us to give a more ex tended report of this interesting Convention, hut close our sketch with the following admirable resolutions, introduced by Mr. Wanamaker of this oity, which were unanimously adopted: s Resolved, That this Convention re-affirm the decla ration of the Troy Convention, that we do not intend that this institution shall take the highest place in our affections, Or the-largest share in onr labors, but that we hold this organization as auxilary to the di vinely appointed: means of grace—the Chureh, and the preaching of the Gospel. Resolved, That the Associations should, in all cases, carefully avoid in their enterprises, anything that might interfere with the duties of members to their respective churches. Presbytery of Coldwater.— At the recent meet ing in Hillsdale, Rev. James Knox was installed as pastor over the church in that place. Rev. George Duffield, D. D., of the Detroit Presbytery, by invita tion, preached the sermon; Re v. H. L. Stanley delivered the charge to the pastor, and Rev. Wm. Fuller to the people. Accounts of several revivals within the Pres bytery, added to the interest of the meeting. Among the places specially named were Coldwater, Three Rivers, and Parkville. Rev. Wm. Fuller, and Elder Levi Baxter, were chosen Commissioners to the General Rev. Elijah Buck and Elder William McMecbeu, alternates. A remarkable missionary meeting has been held at Liverpool, England, which continued for five days, and was attended by a large number of returned mission aries, among them Dr. McGowan, an American Mission ary from China. The d iscussion took a wide range, em braeing the whole theory and management of missions, and mituy valuable practical suggestions were brought out. It was the prevailing opinion that the missionary operations may be relieved of much of their present cumbersome machinery, and rendered,more economical and effective. lawman fwa&iitemtt an Buffalo. —Extract from the minutes of a meeting of the Session of the First Presbyterian Church of Buffalo, held April 9,1860. This being the first Sessional Meeting subsequent to the removal of our late pastor, Rev. Dr. Thompson, the following minute was prepared, and the Clerk was,directed to place it on our records, and transmit a copy to our late pastor, to wit: ' . The circumstances under which we are now con vened; forcibly remind us of the loss we have sus tained in the removal of our late presiding officer. We had already in common with the congregation of whieh we are members painfully, realized the loss of his accustomed ministrations in the desk. But this occasion—our present condition—the vacant chair which he had fbr more than eleven years filled with such impartiality, dignity, and Christian courtesy, bring home to our hearts and sympathies more fully than we can express, the value of what we have pos sessed, and the loss we have sustained. We shall ever cherish with pleasure the memory of his official -intercourse with us as a Session, as well as with us se verally as individuals. Though ho longer officially connected, with ur, the bonds of our common friend ships are not severed. He still has a remembrance, and a home in our hearts. He carries with him to his new field of labor our earnest sympathy, and our ardent desire and prayer is, that the, great Head .of the Church may make him to those whom be may hereafter minister what he has been to us, a blessing and a bond of union. By order of Session. James Crocker, Clerk. ■I . ■ Rev. Dr. Spear, of Brooklyn .—Many of our readers, says the Evangelist, are aware that this excellent and devoted pastor of the South Presby terian Church, Brooklyn, has been obliged, in con sequence of impaired health, to suspend his labors for nearly a year past. For a season, it was feared that his disease was of a very serious character, en dangering even his life. But entire rest, giving the constitution time to recover its tone, has removed this depressing conviction; and on the 14th inst., he sailed in the Adriatic for Europe, in company with his sod, to he absent on the Continent six months. On the Thursday evening, previous to his departure, a number of his parishioners waited upon him at his residence, and; after a pleasant interview and many hearty wishes for his safe return, in restored health, one of their number on behaif of the people, presented him with a purse of gold, containing $1,250, begging its acceptance, as an expression of sympathy in his present affliction, and of their-undiminished interest and attachment. r • In receiving such a token of love and confidence, Dr. Spear replied with-much, feeling, alluding tothe unity, which had ever characterized the people—to the frequent baptisms of the Holy Spirit—to the gradual increase of the Church from small beginnings to , its present position and .usefulness-—to the: lights and shadows, which had alternated through a pastorate of seventeen years. The whole scene was interesting, as illustrating the mutual devotion of pastor and people. It ought to be stated as a still larger proof of the liberality of this people, that daring the long period of the pastor’s disability, his salary has been punctually paid and his pulpit supplied, and such will continue to be the case during his absence abroad. Under such assurances of love and sympathy,,our beloved brother departs, and we bid him God speed, praying that he may return fully restored to his wonted health, and better qualified than ever before, to lead his flock be side the still waters and into green pastures. ' Testimonials. —At a meeting of the First Presby terian Church and Society in EUicottville, KF. Y., the following Preamble and Resolutions were unani mously adopted, to wit: Whereas, the Rev. Charles Jerome has requested a dissolution of the pastoral relation so long and hap pily existing between us, therefore, ' Resolped, Xhat.in view of the pecuniary embarrass ments'under which this Church and Society now la bor, it is but just to Mr. Jerome and his family that we accede to hib request: while', at the Same time, we deeply deplore the necessity that sunders the endear ing ties which nearly six years of faithful labor in the Lord have interwoven between us. Resolved, Thai thB self-sacrificing labors of Brother Jerome in remaining with us so long to his pecuni ary loss, and our spiritual gain, have placed us under obligations to him that our feeble language cannot express; and we earnestly pray the Great Giver *of all good abundantly to replenish'him with all tempo ral audspiritualblessings. . Resolved, That we commend this brother beloved in Christ, to the churches, as an able preacher and a faithful-pastor, and we sincerely desire him the best success wherever God in his providence may call him to labor; and we tender him, as well in trial and sorrow as in prosperity and joy, the highest as surances of our continued affection and esteem. Resolved, That this action Of our Church and Soci ety be published in the American Presbyterian and the N. Y. Evangelist. Dated EUicottville, New York, April 18th. J. M. Staunton, Moderator. : W. B. Huntley, Ciert. ■_ > Presbytery of lowa City.— The Presbytery of lowa City has just held its semi-annual session at Clinton; R&v, L. F. Dudley, Moderator, and Rev. I. W. Atherton, Temporary, and by subsequent elec tion on resignation of Rev. S.'Storrs Howe, Stated Clerk. The churches were weli represented; and the occasion was one'of some interest and profit. Rev. Abner D. Chapman of the Presbytery of Franklin, Ohio, was received as a member, and a commissioner was appointed to install Rev. I. W. Atherton as pas tor of the First Presbyterian Church at Cedar Rapids, which was reported in hopeful condition, and as being about to enlarge and improve its present chureh edi fice. The overture of the last Gene: al Assembly in relation to a Formula of Doctrine was answered by common consent in the negative. The churches ge nerally gave, favorable reports of their temporal and spiritual prosperity during the last half year. The church at Marengo, of which Rev. Alexander Lemon is stated supply, had been visited with a gracious re vival of the Lord’s work, resulting in an accession of from twenty-five to thirty members, and in a greatly ' improved condition of-the community, as Well as the strengthening and enoouTageraent of the church. The churches at Mt.' Vernon and Camanche were prose cuting, hopefully, the work of erecting new church edifices;, two otherswere about to make improve ments; and there was a prospect, through the bless ing of God on the energetic efforts of its pastor, Rev. Daniel Clark, that the Chureh at Lyons would be speedily relieved from financial embarrassment. The Presbytery appointed as commissioners to the General Assembly, Rev. George E. W. Leonard and Elder William Stewart, principals; and Rev. G. D. A. Hebard and Elder Lysander Jones, alternates. The following resolutions were passed: Resolved-, That it is the duty of members of churches and of ministers in this body to take all proper measures to suppress the use and sale of intoxicating liquors. ' Resolved, That this Presbytery hereby re-affirm its confidence in the American Home Missionary Society and its General Agent for the State, and expresses the hope that there may be continued co-operation in the great work of building up the cause of Christ, which assumes such special importance in this wide and rapidly developing field of the West. The Stated Clerk was instructed to send an abstract of the minutes for immediate publication to the Evan gelist, the American Presbyterian aud the Central Christian Herald; and was specially enjoined to in sert the resolution in relation to the American Home Missionary Society. - ■ I. W. Atherton, Stated Clerk. Cedar Rapids, lowa, April 24. / Rev. Joseph Torrey, Jr., a son of Professor Torrey of Burlington; has accented a call to become pastor of the Congregational Church in Hardwick, Vt. Rev. Dr. Thompson, of the Second, church in this city, is prostrated by an attack of billions fever.—Cin cinnati C. Herald. • v , - Moses Bristol, Moderator. Address on Publication,- the Address on Publication sembly at Pittsburg, will be brose J; Wight of Chicago, a the Address as alternate, Dr. to perform the service. Presbytery of Newark imi the South Park Presbyterian® of the Sixth church, was cho*W Messrs. Pingry, of Roseville,U Clerks. In the afternoon ad * “The Crane Legacy ” to theP. t field Academy. In the evenin') Plainfield, the late Moderator, pri The next day the Trustees of: t Presbytery in 1837 made arepoi resigned their charge, aud.reej Presbytery for their long-conti nistration. It was then voted, money bequeathed for the edui a preference should be given connexion with the Blooinfipl that Institution maintains 4 '• the Presbytery; also that the Is ized and requested to pay the hands of Mr. P. H. Ported, as their financial agent to tak Mr. Chas. W. Wilson, an candidates fbr the ministry, in examined in respect to theii and taken in charge of Presi and Rev. J. M.Bherwbod to General Assembly, ariditi Theodore S. Brown, alternate! appointed are Mr. Peter Jac primaries, and Mr. J. B. Pin alternates. Rev. D. G. Sprague, of Si b Orange, asked leave to resign his pastoral chaTge jd that the relation be tween him and his people bi issolved. The request was granted, and the Rev. A Hoyt was appointed to preach in South Orange anc idlare the pulpit vacant. In the afternoon, Rev. Mr oehring, of the German church at Patterson, asked *! re to resign his charge. The request was granted, ports from the, churches were then read, which, show! a decided advance upon former years, in many depart nts of Christian activity. A recess was then taken,: t attend the ceremony of laying the corner-stone of th St German Presbyterian church, Marshall street, at i eh addresses were made by Rev. Messrs. Poor, Aikra and Stearns, in English, and Rev. Messrs. Guenther id Bielfield in German. Prayers were offered by Re Slessrs Eva and Thebe rath. The corner-stone wi laid by Rev. Mr. Guen ther, the Pastor. In the evening, a sermon preached by the Rev. iilr, Aik man. After whichhs Presbytery adjourned to half-past 8 on the mormi of the 19th. The chief remaining business was the nsideration of the report of the Educational Commitwherein it* was shown that the amount of funds duted by the Church in its connexion the last year ws lecidedly in advance of that of any previous year, ex sdihg the sum bf 12,000. Such progress was deemed eleari-indicatibn of the, advantage of the system pu ed by the Presbytery in managing this, department Christian benevolence through its own direct age f, and encouraged the hope that ere long the Pr< yteriau Church (N. S.j would come into the same ] i in reference to all de partments of Christiau activ , Presbytery adjourned to meet next September at tl ligh street Presbyterian church, Newark. 1 ‘ . The Presbytery of ( meeting in Centreville, A sth, and in accordance wil lowa, was opened with a I sart, and constituted by p Rev. C. Martin was eh Delang alternate to the G Wr D. Evans arid 0. H. E Presbytery having coni? nedlrid with 1 Compared with pastoral lab Resolutions: iHi. Resoloed, That Pres’ of the churches under its j sirableness of the pastoral i lent way. 2nd, That this Presbyter tice of annually electing si the current year) and expri the vacant churches adher policy of our constitutional J 11,) and as being carried fo sembly. Resolutions on the questioi and are as follows. Ist. Resolved, That wo ; .rtily approve of the position already taken by t General Assembly on the subject of slavery, and commend the general circulation amongst our chu|es of the Tract entitled “ Testimony of the General asembly on Slavery,” 2nd . Kesoloed, That in ac of each church to make its, o our ehurches have the prral nions from slaveholding an<] being in perfect harmonyjh the great body of our church church sessions within our 1 action in this direction spee April 10, 1860. . Rev. G. J. Hutchins has unanimous call to the First Kenosha, Wisconsin, in con terian and Congregational C Montgomery, U. Y.-A First Presbyterian church ' rendered vacant by the deatl Judd, have extended a unaoi R. Fairchild, D. D. Secretar Foreign Christian Union,; to- b Twicelalready within the la child has held the pastoral offh important congregation,Tjemj by the earnest, solicilatipnsjol two prominent missionary ins and by an imperative, sense Christ in connection with thf the call now extended to bin What remarkable and very pla and reciprocal confidence and' to religion and the parties coi Binghamton. —The Presbterian Chtirch' in Bing hamton, N. Y., are about erecmg a new edifice—the want of which has beenTncreaagly felt for years past. The contemplated edifice is't* be of brick, in the Romanesque style of architectni 110 -feet in length by about 70 feet in width, w.ithl ne spire 200 feet in height.' It will have on the grind floor 170. slips, w hich, with the galleries,; will,ctmlrtably seat, between 1,000 and. 1,100 people. Thaelreme width of the towers is, about 90 feet. The Hanlare pronounced to be unusually elegant, and: confeniit for church pur poses. The work is already uffleri contract, and is to be completed by July Ist, 1861. \The whole cost of the edifice, including windows of B«ned glass, furnaces, and upholstering, will be about $L5,000. The West Side. The poriiotmf the Binghamton congregation on the West side pf tjL Chenango River, are also taking measures to eobnizf their management, Fed the thanks of the led and faithful admi- in appropriating the dion of needy students, vo such as may be in I Academy, so long as < afacter satisfactory to ler Trustees be author he funds in-trust iuto iqm they have apoin ted .hem in charge. Mr. Samuel Murdock, e course of study, were sligibus quffifi'eations, 2ry. Rev. Dr. Stearns painted Commissioners iSFSSn Hbyty and Rev. The Lay Commissioners is and Mr. John Munn, i, and Mr. D. W. Crane, .ritoa held their, .first moose . Co., lowa, April he order of the Synod of mon by Rev. W. H. Dy- . , and C. H. jnßj'Assembly. Elders, oil. . feed the evils as coii- ■when 'adopted the following ery call ..the, attention b to the exceeding de ition as the more excel- .isapprove of the prac tices, (the preacher for the earnest desire that o; the wisely arranged Sionary system (Chap; ard by the General Aa- slavery were adopted, ■dance with.the rights ; terms of communion, e to bar their commu p-slavery members as i the high position of n this subject, and that inds are urged to take y. A. Martin, Stated Clerk. ceived and accepted a ■esbyterian Church of don with the Presby rention of that State. understand that the Montgomery, N. Y., f the 1 Rev. Dr. G. N. ms call to the Rev. E. of the American and ome their pastor, twenty years Dr. Fair in that interesting and ithdrawn from it only fficers' and friends of utions of the country, duty to the cause of . The acceptance of sou Id; furnish' a some sen tdnstaneeof mutual Uteem, alike honorable ferned. Commissioners to the General Assembly.—Ge nesee Presbytery, —At their late meeting, on 25th April, elected Samuel H. Cox, D. D., Commissioner to the General Assembly, and Rev. W. V. Couch, his alternate. Cincinnati Presbytery.— D. H. Allen, D. D., and Rev. C. E. Babb. Elders—Dr, A. Beasley, of Rip ley, and A. H. Hinkle, of Cincinnati, third. Alter nates—Rev. W. S. Kennedy and Rev. H. A. Tracy. Elders—E. D. Mansfield, Esq.-, of Morrow, and E. S. Padgett, of Cincinnati, second. Greencastle Presbytery.— Rev. Joseph G. Wilson and Elder H. F. Blount have been elected Commis sioners to the General Assembly. The PnfesBYTERY of Chicago held its annual meet ing last week. The following were elected Com missioners to ‘General Assenibly: Rev; J. Ambrose Wight, Rev. Robert W. Patterson, D. D.; Elders— Henry Smith, Bacon Wheeler; principals. Rev. Geo. L. Little, Rev. Ansel I). Eddy, D. D-; Elders— Ebenczer Jenkins, Bradford Y. Averill, as alternates. Presbytery of Huron.- —Rev. E, Bushnell and C. L. Latimer, Esq., principals, and Rev. J. B. Fowler, and Mr, Thomas Lawrence, alternates. Assessments were made on the churches for Commissioners’ Fund, and mostly paid on the Bpot-by the delegates in be half of their respective churches. This method has been pursued for several years in this Presbytery with the best results. Presbytery of Cleveland,— Rev, Daniel C. Blood, Rev. James Shaw, Elder David L. Atwater, Elder W. A. Otis. ■' ‘ ' Saleh Presbytkrv.— Rev. J. G. Atterbiiry and Elder Daniel Cortn'er, principals, and Rev. Charles Hutchinson, and Elder'J. T. Henderson, alternates. Presbytery of North River.— Rev. Jonathan Sil liman and Edward Wells, Esq., principals. Rev. A. C. Frisseli, and L. W. Stanton, Id. D.,, alternates. Presbytery of Erie.— Rev. Wm. Grassie, princi pal; Rev. Alexander Porter, alternate. Elder Ben jamin R-. Tuttle; alternate, Elder Jacob Fretts.- Presbytery, of Detroit.— A. El dridge and Hon. P. B. Thurston. ' Presbytery of' Washtenaw:— Rev: Thosi Wright and Thomas Ladd. Presbytery of Portage.— Rev. George E. Pierce, D. D.", and Elder - ■— Maumee Presbytery. —Rev. Wm. W. Williams, and John R. Osborn, Esq. / , H tm : jl i l i, 1? ml. Charleston Contention.— The National Demo cratic Convention to nominate candidates for the highest offices of the nation, is in session in Charleston, and has .been for more than a week.. Hqn. Caleb Cushing, of Mass., was chosen President of the Con vention. Perhaps more than the usual tumult and conflict of discordant opinions/ which characterize such meetings .are apparent, . The great struggle seems to be on the: part of ithe South to retain their ancient ascendency over the Democratic party; and to force that party stilf farther in a pro-slavei-y direc tion. A great battle has been fought both in- the Convention and in Com mittee, on ! the platform: of prin ciples to be adopted. A majority and two minority reports have been mase, neither of which, however, Is likely to satisfy the ultra Southern wing, unless" an individual pledged to the protection of slavery in the territories is nominated for the Presidency, the .contest for the nomination is clearly between such an .individual and , Stephen A. Douglass,,the champion of popular sovereignty, or the right of.the: inhabitants of the territories to settle the question*of slavery for themselves. : ' Sinee penning the above, we learn that a platform 'has been adopted acceptable- to the friends of Mr. Douglass, (re-affirming that Cincinnati platform and sustaining tße Dred Seott decision,) but that the de legations from Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, -Mo . rida and-Texsts, with most of those from- Arkansas and South Carolina, at ones withdrew from the Con vention, and others were preparing to follow their ex sample.,. . ..... The brutal prize fight between Heenan, the Ameri can, and Sayers, the British, pugilists, at length came off on the 17th of April. It seems tq have been a drawn battle. Heenan was nearly .blinded, and Say ers., had an arm badly injured in the conflict. A contemporary says: “If any other protest against the practice of pugilism than .the simple account of this fight be needed, we may, indeed, .despair of , our hu manity.” Yet it was a spectacle exceedingly humi liating to witness the eagerness manifested in our city by'thousands upon thousands of all classes of society to procure the : earliest and fullest accounts of the fight issued by the press. - Death of Lawrence Johnson, Esq.—Lawrence Johnson, Esq., the well-known type founder and ste reotyper, died of paralysis at two o’clock; on the morning of the 26th ult., at his residence at Eighth and Pine Streets. Mr. Johnson appeared to be in his usual health on Tuesday morning, and in the afternoon of that day was taken ill while attending a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Green and Coates Streets Railway Company. He was taken home, and,died as stated. Mr., Johnson was about sixty years of age at the time of his death, ; He was an Englishman by birth, and he emigrated to this country while quite a young man. The house of L. Johnson & Co. has been, for many years, the leading establishment in the country for the supply not only of tjrpe, stereotype plates, electrotypes, &c., but of every'other article of print ers’ findings. ' 7 ' Johnson & Co. had a braneh establishment at Cin cinnati, and their business was as wide-spread as the Union. Mr. Johnson was also active in private en terprises. He owned Sansotn. Street Hall, and much other valuable property, and. he was also largely in terested in the city railway enterprises; He was very wealthy at the time of his death, and his success in life is,attributable to,his industry and strict integ rity. 7""'*'' “FOREIGN. MASSACRE IN ROHE. > There has-been a bloody affray at. Rome. The streets of the seven-hilled eity have beep deluged with blood, men liave been cat down, women slashed and wounded, and infants murdered in the arms of their mothers. This has not been the work of an insur rectionary populace of infuriated liberals. The mur ders have been committed by the Pope’s savage guard (not the French soldiers; who behaved With hu manity) upon the unarmed people in the Corso. The, details of this , massacre, which was unpro voked, are heart-sickening. A plot was laid to en trap the people a second time. Placards were issued calling upon them to rise, and cannons were pre-. pared in the hope that they would obey and be slaugh tered. But wise men were on the alert, and met the conspiracy by, a warning to the intended victims. PRINCE OF .WALES’ VISIT TO CANADA. About the last ef May, or eaily in June, (lie heir of the English Throne crosses the Atlantic, to pay a visit to ,tho liege and loyal subjects upon your side of the ocean. A large fleet will be in attendance, so that hie safety will be as well secured as possible upon this important journey. He is not, the first scion of royalty that has: visited British North Ame rica. His grandsire, the Duke of Kent,, was com mander-in-chief of the forces there, and resided near Quebec, hard by the Falls of Monfmorenci. very modest' and-unassuming young man, and generally popular, a little addicted to fun and gay life, and, if report speaks truly, not the most moral young man. . Tlhe Monitetir publishes the following despatch: Nice, Sunday, April 15, 3P. M.—At 1 o’clock, P. M., to-day, cut of the total number of 7,000 voters, 5,000 had already registered their votes. The news from the neighboring comm ones is excellent. The voting in favor of annexation to France, is unanimous. An insurrection of ~ a formidable character has ’ broken out in the Sicilies, against the Neapolitan government. There has been much 'fighting and Woodshed, particularly at Palermo and Messina, At last accounts the insurrection was not suppressed, though the government forces had prevailed to some extent. Ihe Pope s Bull, —This document issued from the Vatican, March 20, 1860, formally excommunicates all those who hare taken part in the “sinful” insur rection in the papal provinces, in usurping, occupying and invading them, as well as those who have been their warranters, supporters, helpers, counsellors, fol lowers, those who have connived at executing these deeds under whatever pretence and in whatever man ner. It speaks of the adversaries of the Catholic and -Apostolic See as having made themselves detestable by their attempts which were characterized by lying, hypocrisy, and trying ;to deprive the Holy See of its secular power. ' Inthis language, reference "is doubt less made to the French .Emperor, who, however, is only once mentioned in the bull, and then without any definite accusation. Not so with the king of Sardinia. He and his government are singled out as bearing the principal part in “ these mischievous and perverse in trigues.'’ The Pope, ignorantly or falsely, we scarcely can decide which, charges the Sardinian government with obtaining the universal vote in their favor by force, money, threats, terror, and other cun ning means. He is hot bold enough, however, to ex communicate either of the offending princes by name, heinous as lie may regard their conduct. Meanwhile we learn that the cabinet of the new Italian kingdom is to he composed of 3 from Piedmont, 2 from Ito magna, and one member each from Tuscany, Lom bardy and Modena. Jfiarriagfs. BLAIR—CUNNINGHAM.—On the 23d ult., by the Rev. Thus. Brainerd, D. D., Mr. Robert Blair, to Miss Jane Cunningham. , UEROUSSE—COOPER.—On the 24th nil., by the Rev. Thos. Brainerd, D. D., Mr. William Derousse, to Miss Mary Jane Cooper. PEALE—JOHNSON.—On the 25th ult, by the Rev. Thos. Brainerd, D. D., Mr. Howard Peale, to Miss Mary Stuart Johnson. REEVES—THOMPSON—At Germantown, April 26, by Rev. H. Darting, Mr. Frank B. Reeves, to Miss Ellen B Thompson, daughter of. the late N. B. Thompson of this city. LQOMtS—ELLIN WOOD—At East Pembroke, Gene see County, N. Y-, April 25th, by Rev. F. F. Ellinwood, of Rochester, assisted by Rev. G. P. Folsom, of Geneseo, Mr. J. H. Loomis, of Attica, to Miss Harriet S. Ellin : wood, of East Pembroke. NOTICES. General 1 Assembly.— The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of Ame rica, wilt meet in the Third. Presbyterian. Church of Pittsburg, Pa., on Thursday, May l7th, 1860, at II .o’clock, 4 a. M., and be opened with a sermon by the Rev. Robert W; Patterson, D.D., the Moderator of the last •Assembly.. _. The Committee on Commissions will, meet the same day,' at 9 o’clock, •a. m., in the Lecture Room of the Church. . i Edwin F. Hatfield, Stated Clerk. Henry Darling, Permanent Clerk. S3* Presbyterian papers please copy. The General Assembly.— The Commission ers appointed* t6 :, 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 thatwilt entertain them during the session of the Assembly ; that they may be at no loss where to go when they reach the city. tf The Union Prayer Meeting of our Churches will be held in the Green Hill Chnrch, Girard Avenue, between 16th and 17th Streets, on Tuesday evening, at 8 O’clock. r ” Installation of Rev. Mr. Adams.— Rev; E. E. Adams will be installed pastor of the* North; Broad Street Church, on. Sabbath evening next, at i before 8 o’clock. ■: The Annual M«etingvof the Presby terian Historical Society wiit be held in the 2d United Presbyterian Church, [Rev. Dr. Dales,] tin Tuesday evening, Btb inst., at j before 8 o’clock. The annual Address will be delivered by the Rev. Mr. Sloaue of New. York. Members of all Presbyterian congregations are invited to attend. -= American Sunday-School Union An niversary.—The Thirty-Sixth Anniversary of the Ame rican Sunday-School Union, will be held (D. V.) in Musical Fund Hall, Locust Street .above Eighth, On next Tuesday evening, May Bth,comnu;;ne'mg at 7| o’clock. Addresses will be delivered by tlie Rev. N. H. 3cbenck of Baltimore, the Rev. J. Hyatt Smith, of this eity, the Rev, Hiram Eddy, of Connecticut, and the Rev. Dr. I. W; Wiley, of New Jersey. Tickets of admission may be obtained, gratuitously, at the Society’s House, 112? Chestnut Street. The Annual Sermon will be delivered [this] Sunday Evening, May 6th, in the St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, Spring Garden Street above Thirteenth, by the Rev. C P. Krauth, D. D. By order of the Committee. Philadelphia,’ May, 1860. . rlVotfce.— Pastors and Sessions'of Philadelphia, 4th Presbytery, who have hot sent to undersigned their statistical reports, are requested to do so without delay. T. J. 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It possesses the advantages of having a Daily Mail, a Telegraph Office, and an Adams’ Express Office. The buildings have been erected with reference to a united ed ucation of both sexes on the basis of a well regulated Christian family. So healthy is the location, that no case of sick ness has occurred in the school ; but several students of weakly constitutions have become strong ahd robust. The course of instruction comprises every thing that is taught in the best colleges ami seminaries of our coun try. Send for a Catalogue. > JAMtSS E. GRIFFIN, A. M., 727-4 t Principal. JUST PUBLISHED, THE AMERICAN SUNDAY-SCHOOL HYMN BOOK, A new and oboice collection of Hymns, ■ % . DESIGNED FOR SUND AY-SOHO 0-L Bp AND PREPARED BY A COMMITTEE OF PASTORS AND SUPERINTEND ENTS IN NEW YORK. Price SIO QJ) per hundred. Single Copies 12 cents. c PUBLISHED AHD FOR SALE At The American Sunday-School Union, 1122 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. 699 Broadway, N. Y. | I4L Washington St., Boston. AND BOOKSELLERS GENERALI'S R. B- Westbrook, Secretary. May 3-2 t AMERICAN WATCHES, made by the AMERICAN WATCH COMPANY, WALTHAM, MASS. the A accom 0 n a nvinri t . e ;L , ,° th f e fo,,owin ? statement and monials ?n °f recommendation and testi- T!!n v? ° f tbese celebr ated watches. A gold medal was awarded the Company bv the Ame rican Institute at New York in 1857. P 7 7 “ A „,T. he Company also received the First Premium—a fn 185™ edal—from tlle Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, These watches have now been in market for nearly ten years, during which time they have been tested as to accuracy, dnrability, and reliability in every con ceivable manner, and have proved themselves to be me most satisfactory time-pieces ever offered to the PUDIIC. This result has been brought about by a strict appUca uon of mechanical science to the construction of the watch from its very inception, rendering i t when finished, mathematically correct, in all its proportions, and ne rnake &S perfect a time-keeper as it is possible to The Company have tested their watches in many in stances by actual daily noting, and the result of this test has been, that they have exhibited a rate equal in rega la rity to the best marine chronometer. N. B. —We have just introduced a mew style of watch, elaborately finished, and thinner than any we have hitherto produced, with several improvements calcu lated to insure the greatest accuracy of performance, ami to prevent the usual accidents and derangements to which foreign watches are liable. LETTER FROM PAUL MORPHY, THE CELE BRATED CHESS PLAYER. • New York, Oct sth, 1859. Mb. R. E. Robbins, Treas. Am. Watch Comoany— Dear Sir.—The American Watch, No. 9240, presented me by the New York Chess Club, has proved to be a most reliable and-acctirate-tinre-kecper —almust uuiie cessarily so for ordinary purposes. It is now nearly five months since it came into my. possession, and during that period its variation from standard time has been but a trifle more than a quarter of a minute. The fol lowing is a record of its performance; It was set June 3d, correctly : June 15, - - fast 2secs. • Ang. 15, - - fast 9 secs. Julyl, - - fast 3 secs. Sep.,l, - .- fast-l2sees. July 15, - - fast 5 sefcs. Sep. 15, - - fast.l4 secs. Aug. 1, - - fasts secs. Oct. 1;. - - fast 16secs. I give yon permission to make such use of this state ment as you may think proper. ' I am, with respect, yours truly, Paul Morphy. FROM GENERAL MORRIS OF THE HOME JOURNAL. New York, Jan. 23d, 3860. R. E. Edßßissj Esq.—Rear American watch made by your Company, which . I have had in constant use for about a year, has kept excellent time, and sus tains your'guaranty. It seems to be less disturbed by horseback and railroad car jolting than the generality of foreign watches. ■ Respectfnlly yours, George P. Morbis. Book Room, No. 200 Mulberry St., N; Y.,) Feb. 6th, 1860. ] R- E. Robbins, Treasurer American Watch Co Dear Sir:—l take great pleasure in being able tp certify that for the last ten months I have carried a witch from the manufactory of the American Watch'Company, and that it has given perfect, satisfaction as a time-keeper. Judging from the one I have, Ido not hesitate to pre dict, that .the .lay is not far distant, when watches made in the United States will supersede all others. James Floy, D. D. LETTER FROM THE REV. DR. PRIME, EDITOR NEW YORE OBSERVER. ' New Yobk, Feb. 21st, 1860. The American Watch Company— Gentlemen;—I have worn one of your American watches for the last six months, and lam greatly pleased with it. It keeps time to my entire satisfaction. Wilton BLurk; S. C., Oct. 20th, 1859. R. E. Robbins, Esq—Dear Sir;—The three watches of your manufacture which I purchased to be used on my plantation, have proved to be the most correct time keepers I: have ever known:; I gave my head servant, my head carpenter, and my head engineer, each, one of them; and since they have been in their respective pos session, every thing on the plantation has moved like clock-work, in consequence of the extreme accuracy and regularity with which these watches perform. American Watch Company, Walthh, Mas^ —I have tested with extreme care the running of the watch I bought of you, now nearly a year since, and so accurate and equable has been its performance, that I have thought-it would intereHt yon, -amtrail • ottigra-ftmrttlar with horology, to see a record of its. variations. It was finally set to true time, after it bad been regulating in my possession for three months. , June o, - - lost 4 sec 3. I Oct. 1, - - - lost S secs. ■AUg. 15, - - lost 6 secs. [ Dec. 15, - - lost 9 sect. Since which time its average monthly variation has not exceeded six seconds. CAUTION.—As our watch is now extensively coun terfeited by foreign manufacturers,-we have to inform the public'that no watch is of our production which is unaccompanied by a certificate of genuineness, bearing the number of the witch, and signed by our Treasurer, R, E, Robbins, or by our predecessors, Appleton, Tracy & Co. ' As these watches are for sale by jewelers generally throughout the Union, the American Watch Company do not solicit orders for single watches. ROBBIM & APPLEXOS, Wholesale Agents, No. 182, Broadtfay, H. Y, 729-731, e. o. w. 66,000 copies. The Sahbath Hymn Book. The Sabbath Tune Book. ■ The Sahbath Hymn and .Tune Book. Br Edwards A. Park, D. D.; Austin Phelps, D. I>, $ . and laOwell Mason, Ur. of Music. No better evidence of the appreciation of these books by the Christian public can be presented, than the fact, that though so recently completed, the publishers have already had occasion to print more than sixty-six thousand copies ofthern. The books are furnished in various-sized type and styles ,of binding, thus meeting the wants of those who must consult economy, as well as of those who desire large type arid elegant externals! A very con venient eiliti oh of the Hymn Book, in type as large and clear as that of ordinary 18mo. hymn books, is furnished at retail: at fifty-six cents. A very neat and convenient edition of the Hymn and Tune. Book, with type larger than that of many other higher-priced hymn and tune books, is supplied at retail at eighty cents. Twenty per cent, discount from these prices is made at wholesale. Pamphlets containing a full description of the. books, with lists of styles ami prices of various editions, to gether with a mass of testimonials from very many emi nent sources, will he sent gratuitously, post-paid, to any one desiring to receive, them. The publishers will also take pleasure in referring any who desire to learn what is the practical working of the Sabbath Hymn and Tune Book in congregational singing, to many important con gregations where it is used. Published by MASON BROTHERS, Nos.'s and 7 Mercer Street, New York. 6t-e. o. w The First Adam and the Second!! THE ELQHIM ItETTEAXED! LINDSAY & BLAKISTON, Philadelphia, Have now ready, THE ELOHIM REVEALED, in the Creation and Redemption of Man. By the Rev. Samuel Baird, D. D., Pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Woodbury, N. J. 1 Vo!. Royal Octavo, 668 pp. $2.50. NOTICES OF THE PRESS. This work is clearly the result of much and conscien tibus'study. 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