iB6O. jUumiwfl 1 wljgtimiJtt (itntsfic 1-HUHBDAV, MAY3I, 18«0. SOIL Of THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY or THE PKB9BTTBBI AN CHOBOH IN THE UNITED STATES Of AMERICA, Convened in the City of Pittsburgh, Pa,, May 17,1866. OFFICERS. Rev. Thornton A. Mills, Moderator. Rev.,Edwin F. Hatfield, D. D.,. Stated Clerk. Rev, Henry Darling, Permanent Clerk, Bev. WilliamN. M‘Harg, \ Bev. Ebenezer Bushnell, j* Temporary Clerks. Commissioners, Synod of Albany. Presbyteries. Ministers. Eiders. Champlain, Rufus R. Damming, ,Abel Knapp, John R. Young. Jotham Sewall, S. T. Seetye, Wm. S. I.eavitt, Elias L. Bong, Troy, Albany, Columbia, CulsUill, Synod of Utioa. Rufus Pratt, Wm. 1. Eldridge. •Jos. A. Canfield, David J. Wager. Jeremiah Petrie. • * Jos. N. M‘Giffert, R. S. Williamson. Urlo Bartholomew. St. Livwrenoe, Watertown, Oswego, V lioa, Synod oy Geneva. Vim. 3. Jennings, Alfred Bolter, M.D. Oliver P. Conklin, James M. Pow, Bath, J. Woodruff, J. 11. HotehMft, . Chemung, .F. Harrington,— 0., Robinson, Ithaca, Wm, Wisner, d. d.', Jos. Esty, Pennsylvania, Joseph Jewell, Joseph Campbell. Lyons, W. N. MoHarg, Dennis Clark. Geneva, Synod of Onondaga. Onondaga, Lewis H. Reid, Amnaa H. Jerome. Royal A. Avery, Erwin E. Wells'. E A. Huntington, n. ». ; Simon S. Gbss. 0. 11. Seymour, J. M. Sdmrraerlibrtt. Samuel I', Bacon. ' Cnyuga, Cortland, Tioga, Synod or Susquehanna. Otsego, Snmuel W. Bosh, Robert Russell. Chenango, A. McDougnll, John 8. Morse. Delaware, JullusS.Piittengill, Haifvey Parsons. Synod of Genesee. Buffalo, A. X. Chester, n.n. THos, Farnham, Ch. F. Mua“ej, Sami. A. Brown, : Ontario, Levi Parsons, Jr., L. J. Ames, M. D. Boohester, Alfred North, David Dickey, Nathan Bos worth,' David Fanchor, Genesee, Walter V. Couch, Daniel N. Wells, Niagara, A. McCall, Genesee Valley, I. G. Ogden, Stsod oy New Yobk and New Jersey. Hudson, James W. Wood, W. S. Webb. North River, Jonathan Sllliman, Edward Wells, Long Island, Bpher Whitaker, M. D. Loper, New York, Bd, E. F. Hatfield, o. d. Hiram S. Littell. Walter Clarke, t>.». Rnllfn A. Sawyer, New York, 4th, John Spaulding; John H. Baled. Henry M. Field. Chas. 9. Robertson, Brooklyn, Be work, J, F. Stearns, d.d, Peter Jacobus, J. M. Sherwood, John Alunn. Bocknway, B. C. Wogle, J. L. Allen, Montroße, Jas, B. McCreary, B. S. Bentley, Synod or Wes* ilenna. Erie, Wm. Grasaia. , . Menclville, Oliver N. Ghapln, ITon.W.W. Davidson. Pittsburgh, Sam’l M. Sparks, W. C. Aughinbaugh. Synod of Pbnna. Wilmington, H. J. Gaylord, Thomas B. Hopper- Phila.,3d, Henry Darling, P. Frazer-Smith, J. G. Butler, , Isaac Ashmetid. Phila., 4th, John M'Leod, David Thomas, Thos. Bralnerd, B.D. Harrisburg, C. P. Wing, D. 8., Hon.M.MiMoKinnoy Synod o» Michigan, Detroit, A. Eldridge, Hon. P. B. Thurston, Monroe, B. B, Salter, d. b. “ ' Marshall, M. Gelston, C. Armstrong, Washtenaw, Tb, Wright, Thos. M. Ladd, Kalamazoo, Wm. S.* Huggins, L. H. Trask, Coldwater, Wm. Fuller, Hon tevl Baiter, Saginaw, A. Seofield, F. Burns, i:;i Grand tt. Valley, C. Smith, S.Wood. . ' Lake Superior.' j l - i ' Stnod of Westebjt Reserve, Grand River, J. M. Gillett, , Ernstus Cheater. Portige, Geo. E. Pierce, d.d., -Prof;C. A.i'oung. Huron, E. Buahnell, 0. L. Latimer, Trumbull, Isaac Winane, . Wm. Laird, Cleveland, Jas.;Sbaw, D. F. Atwater, M. D. Elyria, D. A. Grosvenot. Maumee, "Wm. W. Williams, John R. Osborn. Synod or Ohio. Eben B. Andrews. Athens, pHtnakiite., Franklin, Scioto, Simon J. Humphrey, Chas. Wallace. Edward D. Morris, J. MoElroy. Joseph Chester, ’ Joseph Riggs. Synod or Cincinnati. Cincinnati, D, H. Allen, d, d,, A, Beasley, at. 0. E . Babb, A. H. Hinkle, John Martin, ■' Hon. Wm. “Wilson, John Hussey, G. Y. Kootp... Dayton, Hamilton, Synod or Indiana. Salem, J. G. Atterbury, Dan!. Cdrtner, Madison, Henry Little, Alex. Edgar. Indianapolis, T< A. Mills, J. 0. Wlsbard, Greeneastle, Jos. G. Wilson, B. F. Blunt.. Synod or Wabash. ’ Crnwfordavllle, W. N. Steele, F. W. Fry, M. D. St, .Joseph, Jacob Patch, Logansport, J. A, Carnahan, Henry A. Wilson. Fort Wayne, Elroy Curtis, Sam’l MaClain. SYNOD Or ILLINOIS. Illinois, John C. Downer, Hiram B. Ellis. Schuyler. Edwin L. Hurd, Clark B. Church. Wabash, Joseph Wilson, W'm. M. Alliann. Alton, Cornelius H. Taylor, Joshua G. Lamb. Synod of Peoria, Ottawa, W. W. Wells. Knox, Harvey Curtis, D. D. Wm. A. Wood. Galena, Josinh Leonard, ' Thos. Wilson. Chicago, H. W. Patterson, i>. d. Eben. Jenkins. J. Ambrose Wight, Henry Smith. Bclvldere, Henry B. Holmes, Jos. G; Button. Bloomington, Alfred Eddy, Leon; P. Capel. Synod of Wisconsin. Milwaukee, Edmund P. Waldo, . IsaacN. Mason. Fox River, Charles F. Halsey, Chauncey Bigelow. Columbus, Wm. Lusk, . Synod or lowa. Des Moines, John C, Ewing, John G.Weeks,M.D. Jowa City, <}. E.W. Leonard, Wm. Stewart, Keokuk, E. J. Gillet, ». ». Dubuque, Geo. E. Delavan, John Maclay. luwa Valley, *James Gordon. Chari tun. Synod or Minnesota. Dakota, T. S. Williamson, M. D., Geo. C. Clopp. Minnesota, J. Mattuoks, D.' W. Ingersoll, Winona. . ' Synod or Alta California. Sim Frunclseo. Sierra Nevada, Abel H, Wilder, M. D. ;gan Jose, S. B, Bell, J. 8.. McDonald; - Bysod or. Missoost.: • St. Louis, • H. A, Nelson, D. D.' ... " Northern Missouri, W. W. Whipple, James Porter, Lexington. .■■ } Osage, it SYNOD Of YIBOINIA. Winchester. D, of Columbia. Hanover. Piedmont, CORRESPONDING BODIES. 1. General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyte rian Cbureh. '' 2. General Assembly of the United Presbyterian- Church of North America. 8. General Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church inNorth America;—Rev. T. W. J. Wylie, d. d. 4. General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States. Rev. William A. Passavant. 6. Synod of the German Reformed Church in the United States. [, i 6. General Association of Massachusetts, . Dodd, D. D. 7. General Association of Connecticut. 8. General Association of New Hampshire. ■ ' C. General Conference of Maine. ’ Rev. T. Hood. 10. General Convention of Vermont. \ if ! Rev. Jeremiah E. Rankin, 11. Presbyterian and Congregational Convention of Wisconsin. 12. Union of the Evangelical Churches of France. STANDING COMMITTEES. 1. Judicial Committbb. -^Ministers —Thds. Brainerd, D. D., George E. Pierce, D. D., John C-Downor, B. C. Megie. *-. Eldrn— John Gaul, Jr., Hon. P, B. Thurston, Wm. M. Allison. ’ E ; ; 2. Bills and Wing, D. D., Joseph G. WilSon, : K JS QiiletS D.»IL C. IT. Taylor. • Elders- p, F, Smith, J. L. Al’eu, Joseph Esty. 8. Polity of the Church.— Jfinfeters—H. Curtis, D. D., James Sbaw, 0. P. Conklin; E. Whitaker. Elders —Edward E. Wells, C. B. Church, W. W. Davidson. 4. Foreign Missions Ministers — A. T. Chester, D. D,, Thomas S. Williamson, M. D., W. S. Leavitt, A. Eldridge. Eiders— B. S. Bentley, A. Bolter, M. D,, A. H. Hinkle. 6. Church Extension.— jH»»jsfers.—R. W. Patterson, D. D., Henry Little, H. A. Nelson, D. D., S. T. Seelye. Elders—J, B. Pinneo, Isaac Ashmead, 3. Wood. 6. Edboation.: — Ministers — D. Howe Allen, D. Di, E. A. Huntington, D. D., 3. M. Sherwood, J.,G. Buttler. Elders—3. S. Osborne, T. M. Ladd, J. J. Lamb. 7. Publication.— Ministers—3. G. Atterbury, H. M. Field, J. A. Wight; Courtney Smith. HMers—Edgar A. Day, Joseph Riggs, John H. Buten. - * 8. Narrative.— Ministers —W. S. Huggins; E. : B Andrews, S. B. Bell, E. D. Morris. * - _ Elders—A, H. Jerome, W. 8. Webb, J. O. Wishard; 9. Lbavr of Absence — -Ministers—A.; Scofield, J. ; S. Pattengill, J, Sillimab, G. E. Delevan. Elders— J. H. Hbtohkin, J.;M. Pow,,C. Bigelow.,, Devotional Exercises, —Ministers— S, M. Sparks, J» Spaulding, J* M‘Leod, H. B. Holmes. * ‘ u Elders— W. A. Wood, C. Armstrong, J. M’Elroy. 11.— Mileage. — Elders— G. Y. Roots, J. G. Weeks M. D., H. B. Littell. 8. C. Dermott. E. A. Durant. J. Gaul, Jr. Edgar B, Day. T?E OLD SCHOOL ASSEMBLY. Scarcely had our “ Old School ” brethren as sembled. in Rochester, when a great battery of the heaviest artillery was opened qgainst the whole systetnofßoards, as in operation among thetl. Their chief opponent is Dr. Thornwell, the author of the* proposal that all voluntary societies be ig nored by th¥~chni'ch. Dr. T. maintained the ofjchhrchprder;:; Hel|as„a f° r the ! Presbyterian' system as made>mp. of Sessions, Presbyteries, Synods,ami Assemblies, but for Hoards he finds no warrant, afl'd iu stibK a matter be is-unwilHiig to by expediency alone. The system of Prdsby teries and Synods is ample in itself outsiile piecesof maehi nery, to do the work of the church. ' lib would be cphcedingtlie nisuSiceneyof this divinesystem to do so. On this g-w<>i to express his own viewsof the' Church, and no b]e and honlth r ful 'viewkihey are, Where Christ’s Spirit dwells, there* he said, is the Church, with authority tp ..d9- i^ s , !l °w'U-Work in the best way. The Chureh; hedaimed,might in her discretion adopt such modes or.agencies to carry out the com mands of Christ as she deemed best. The other theory was part of American %^&^icrwh?sw* ft eud,;'abdjre ! , all .utterly, :iuhscrip tural. He dedlhtdd that the Presbyterian Church would never submit as long as there is one drop of the blood of her.fathers in the veins of her chil dren to this superlatively high-Chureh ! order. Pr. Adger, of the Columbia, S. C., Theological Seminary, followed on Monday, (21st,) sustaining the views of Dr. 1 Thornwell. He complained ’of the smallness of-the amount contributed to the Board of Domestic Missions; which, after deduct ing legacies, &c.,reached in the year past but $53,000. Less than half of the churches have done anything, and the small increase of $5OOO, over the preieding year’s receipts, was rather a matter of lamentation than congratulation. Thbre is no reserve in the following language: '* We hate the origin of the Boards. The part of the Church which Drs. Ilodge and Spring re present must yield something to us on our part. We hate the system of Boards; but we want to co-operate with you; we want to work together; but we must work apart, if you insist on your pre sent system. We want to work through, our Presbyteries, aud Synods, and General Assembly. Boards have no life in them.” Dr. Thornwell also spokein reply to Dr. Hodge, ; developing at length his extreme views' of Church order. , '' . . f ; “ My brother (Dr. Hodge) has said my princi ple is hyper, hypen, hyper Presbyterianism; and I must retort that his principle is no, no, NO Pres byterianism—no, no, no churehism.” Teaching and ruling elders were the only di vinely appointed church officers, and to them alone aofirig as?jep|MntMves. of, the sions> :Prssbyteries,&c., should the various inte rests of Christ's kingdom be committed'. He says: “Now, by a true construction of our system, the General Assembly the Board of Domestic Missions. The Executive Committee ought to be the hands of the Assembly, and directly responsi ble to it. But this is riot the case. Another or ganisation—a Bcwsiety whose meihbers are notiden tical with the members of the Church, and whose 'officers are not Church officers, is interposed be tween the active agency and the Assembly which ought to control. What, then, do you want? To abolish the Board arid have the General Assembly act as the Board of Missions for the Church, or rather the Church act through the Assembly.” J(f - $ Jfc Jfc “The difference between a Board and a Com mittee of the Assembly may seem to be small, but the difference is immense. The one is a Separate society, the other the' Church’s own hand.” Dr. Hodge replied, defending his own more moderate views of church polity: “Another principle, which I understood Dr. Thornwell to advance, Is, that the Church is as clearly revealed as the items of faith. This I cannot receive. The details of Church order are not specified, and at best they must be mat ter of inference; and I cannot bear to have the inferences of men' bound upon my conscience. I won’t do it. An explicit command of God I jvilt. obey—a mere inference of man never. 'ThaWniy Presbyterianism ; arid I believe it is the Presbyterianism of our standards, and of the Scriptures.” At this point,-the detailed Report before us in the Presbyterian closes. We believe, how ever, that.after still further debate on Friday, the body resolved to adhere to its old systep by ■' yf.*'. a vote of more than 4 to 1, 56 votes being given by the minority. The following things are made clear to onr minds by this debate: 1. A wide difference of opinion in that body as to the teaching of our standards on Church Po lity : hyper-fo/per- hyper high Presbyterianism being set over against no-no-NO Presbyterianism. Another instance of the impracticability of en forcing the ipsissima verba construction. 2. The “Old School,” in flying from volun tary societies, have fallen into the embarrass ments of Boards, which are great Societies, having the name, and form of doing the work and of being responsible to the church, with far too little of the reality. , ' • ■3. Instead of our coming on ,to their ground, in leaving Voluntary Societies and forming Committees, there-is a decided and powerful movement among themselves, to abandon the Boards and come to our ground of a small, working, and directly-responsible Committee. EDITOR’S TABLE. THE PROVINCE OP REASON: a Criticism of the Bampton Lectures on “.The Limits-,of .Religious Thought.” By John Young, LL. D., Edin., Author * of “ Ttie Christ of History;” etc." New York : Robert Carter & Brothers, No. 530 Broadway. 1860. For sale at Martiens, Philadelphia. The influence of philosophy and liberal studies has ever contributed to establish sure and firm the foundations of our religion. Christianity has come down to us after many contests, as a religion of peace; with reason, philosophy, science and human learning arrayed against it; Shehasproved herself the wisdom? ofs»God in ihaimony with all that is true, beUiitifuland lovely.' She is the per fection of the glory of all God’s works, and gives significance and completeness where all was unin telligible. Religion has nothing to fear . from reason, inquiry and investigation : : if it had, it would prove it'was not from God; . There are no real limitsto the scope and exercise of our facul ties on such a subject. Men cannot be tied to a system that reison does not, sustain and conscience sanction. A revelation/from heaven that; com mands our faith must also accord with our reason; and to-deride and berate the faculties of soul which .... r -- --- ' ; ' r f.Y shadow forth the image of God, is not only cant but foolish. Indeed, it is a crime to pour habi tual contempt on our Maker, by refusing to put forth the powers with which he,has endowed us, on the highest and grandest subjects which can occupy them: it is absurd to imagine that we en danger faith by an earnest appeal to reason. Mr. Young r who has before demonstrated that he can use logic and reason to find “ Christ in history,”, has- reviewed in, volume-the late Bampton lectures on the “ limits of religious thought.” Maosel’s work has been extensively and thoroughly criticised, but by none more legi timately and fairly than in this volume. is a review of German. Philosophy, showing the true with the false, and gives the true province of reason. It is written with clearness and precision, and, with; entire command of the subj ec t.; -: NOTES ON THE,GREEK TEXT OF THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO PHILEMON,; As the Basis of a Revi sion of the Com mon English Version; and a Revised Version with Notes* New York: American'Bible Union.’ ; * ' s "■ •We have not had the time necessary to a criti cal examination of this volume, but we propose giving our attention to it at an early day. OCCA-S&s#A# SERMONS "aNU ’'Auulcissfes;-Bx.' -JFißhOr. P j -PfP-riilftTlt ftf COi- lfeger 7 New 1 York :? Mason ffiottierffr'" ; -- It is ever a source of pleasure to ns to be able to notice; the appearance of a new book that, we feel sure is to be a valuable acquisition to the li brary in which it shall find a place. A book that without hesitancy or reservation we can commend to-our readers. The work now before us is of this class; Dr. Fisher is not only a man of thorough scholarship and sound theology,-but as a writer he is logical, polished and attractive. The topics discussed in the present work are all'of an inte resting character, and treated in the author’s hap piest style. , ' Dr. Fisher's present sphere is one great, success. Hamilton College, an old and re putable institution, has lately com.e into full sym pathy with our branch, of the church, and his ac cession to, the presidency has given confidence to |Bje friends, of; the college and an impetus to the cause of education in central and western ifriw York. The efforts to increase its endowment have received very general favor, and indeed two indi viduals have alone endowed the chair of the Pre sident.'; ■ , BOW TO ENJOY LIFE: or Physical and Mental Hy giene. By William M. Cornell, M. D. Philadelphia: .James Challen & Son. This work explains the reciprocal action of the body and mind, and shows how much human happi ness depends on their nice adjustment and the know ledge of their agency. , The author is well known riS’a;lecturer on Physiology arid Hygiene, and the treatment of Nervous Diseases, and having devoted years of study to this department, is enabled to present a popular treatise of great value and inte rest to . every student, professional man, and' in fact'toe Very family. It embodies the principles ’and facts contained in his able work, “Clerical Health,” which was universally commended by tRe press. .. . ... . ; „ We have no hesitancy in .commending the pre sent volume to all our readers, ‘and more espe cially to clergymen and clergymen’s wives. We think it cannot fail to he read with interest and to do good. ... MARY BUNYAN, THE DREAMER'S BLIND DAUGHTER. A Tale of Religions Persecution. By Sollie Rocboster Ford, Author of “Grace -Tru- 'htau:« -'New York: Sheldon & Co. To hut few men is the Christian world so much indebted as to the author of “ Pilgri m r s Progress.” This w.o.rk is. a familiar narrative' of his imprison ment and.sufferioga—the heroic and persevering efforts of his wife arid, daughter, to secure his re lease from prison—their deprivations, and the persecutions of all who Syrripathized witH Bunyan. It will bo sought and read with eagerness. ;■ A HISTORY OF THE MODERN JEWS; or, Annals of the Hebrew Race. From the Destruction of Jeru salem to the Present Time. By Samuel' M. Smueker, LL. D., Author of “The Life, Speeches and Memo rials of Daniel, Webster,” &e. Philadelphia: Duane Rulison. . , The author gives us in this volume, a compre hensive history of this most remarkable race of men —their persecutions and trials, their numbers, peculiarities, &c., which we think the reader will ■firid both 5 interesting and instructive. >• DICKEN’S SHORJ STORIES: Containing Thirty-one . Stories never before Published in this country. By Charles Dickens, “Boz ” Complete in One Yoltime. . Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers. It would be but little better than imposition in us to attempt to say anything explanatory of a work frorai the pen of an author, so universally and ' reald aS Charles Diekehsi We will onlysaythat : these stories,' like all their predeees iSr^laiS?Ml'of.wiVliumo#) pathos} affJibstruptibu. Missionary Ordinatioi —The Third Presbytery of New York met, by ad urnment at Tarry town, Wednesday evening, the Jth> inst., to ordain as an Evangelist one of its licent tes, Mr. Henry N. Cobb. Mr. Cobb is under appoint ent from the American Board as a missionary to Nestorians. The occasion was every 1 af one of deep interest. It was worked by a specift interdenominational co mity, the more noteworthy 3 evincing that it is quite possible for the different 1 inches of the Church of Christ to be one in hearty s liile they have separate arrangements for carrying on the missionary work. The candidate was a inei jer at the time of his li censure of the Second 'lb >rmed Dutch Church at Tarrytown, of which hlsjfi ler is an esteemed elder, holding there the same offi< he had previously filled in two different Presbyters churches. When it was determined, in View of Ih missionary relations of the son, that he, should b ordained by the Third Presbytery of New York, t , pastor and Consistory of the church to .which he (elonged very promptly and courteously tendered tl use of their edifice for the services of the oecasioi with the generous hos pitality of their homes. d S A large audience was pre was made, it is believed, e only to Christian devotion in! cial claims of the tnissionar On the following morn! was united in marriage,wi Zandt, of Tarryjtown Hew German Church, was Organized on Monday < by a committee of the Thii fice in Rivington street, N pied by the Brai nerd Pres that chureh removed to Fpu flee has been devoted to s church gathered there set now worshipping under the Mr. Toelke, in Sixth street called the Rivington street Church, the Rev. liaphhel | Central Presbyterian Rev. Dr. Wood preached an course to' the people of hii morning, the 20th instant. The Green Hill Sunday-! Anniversary of the Green II School Association, was he! May 6th. From the Secret! the association has in charge branches, and an infant ’sc seventy teachers and officers twenty scholars. The cbjie are appropriated to the sup lowa, the scholars having p annually three hundred dol! On a recent Sabbath, set the Congregational cliureh Of whom were heads Of fami first fruits of the extensive re A large number more are £ next communion. , ( “The United Synod.”— Witness of the 17 th' of May; corporation of that body, pa by the legislature of Tenne Dutchßeformed.— Rev. delphia, has accepted the ca First. Reformed Dutch Chur enter on his new duties abo The Cumberland Pre Byterians, a: body of Christians 100,000 strong, are discussing in their Nashville organ, The Banne of Peace, whether to en . gage in the work'of foreignjnjesions p* not. We are sorryto_findyo.uso j as the undecided state of th»\great Question among you would indicate. The Bajdsts of Alabama, are, on the contrary, appointing n iesibnary meetings in every church within the bound of the Coosa Associa tion.: Might not this example be followed with pro fit among ourselves? ' . . The Canada Foreign Miss recently sent Rev. C. C. Garpei coast of Labrador. ' The Baptist Publication Society.— From the report published in the las}/ Cl ronicle, we gather the following factsreceipts (for ;he year, 149,937.20; new publicatiOns, fifty-two, Sabbath school books. A book has been published every Wednes day since the 6th' of last July.i 96,000 copies of The Young Reaper have been per month. Whole number of 18mo. pages printjd during the year, 73,126,900. To the missionarr (colporteur) depart ment, $16,629.03, have been contributed. Some of the colporteurs have labored'ijf Sweden, and; some ampng the seamen. Theyhavdeirculated 24,0C0 vo lumes, and 440,000 pages of tracts’. They have also organized thirty-four and report the Con version of nearly one thousawl -souls. Certainly a most encouraging resume of th To inquire into the expediency Ofprepariug a suit able address to the Episcopal Church South; with a view to the establishment; and main tenance of fraternal relations between the two bodies along the borders. , Mr. Oonkhill then offered a resolution directing that a committee of five.be appointed to memorialize the Governors of Southern States, asking that our people be allowed the privilege of worshipping God in accordance with the spirit-,of our institution.— Adopted. ' The reporter of the Press says: ; The session to-day has been rather stormy,' and the first real indications of the feelings existing between the extremes on . the subject of slavery. ittaligturt. nt,land an impression ineptly favorable, not ;eneral, but to the spe- ll the young missionary tf Miss Matilda E. Tan new German church ening, the 14th instant, Presbytery, in the edi- T ,York, formerly oocu yterian church. Since leenfchigtreet, the old edi fices in German. One a or eight years ago, is |tsto r '' -atoral care of the Rev. -f To that just, formed, i'i German Ikesbyterian jpsler is fo minister. nrch, Broome St.— ipressive farewell dis ate charge, on Sunday LOol.— The Fourteenth Presbyterian Sabbath on Shn'day afternoon, ■y’s report we learn that a mamschool, with two jpol, numbering, in all, i with eight hundred and jobs in the main school fort, of a-missionary in >' themselves to pay lIS. shty persons united wi th a Polo, 111., forty-seven ies. These are but the ival among that people, tpeeted to unite at, the ■ Fe find in the Knoxville ; foe text of the act of in i: sed December 3d, 1859, ; see. - , ■ k. A: Willetsi of Philii -11 to the pastorate of the h of Brooklyn, and will t the first of June. onary Society have ter missionary to- tho Tie Northern liberties Bible Society.— The twenty-eighth anniversary of this excellent organiza- b held in the Presbyterian Church, Coates st. below Fourth. The twenty-eighth annual report was read. This is the only Bible Society in the late Dis trict of the Northern Liberties, where its Tabors among the German population have had an excellent effect. By female visitors its operations have been carried on. Since last report, 777 Bibles and one thousand four hundred copies of the Testament were distributed. Hamilton College.— The following members of the Senior Class of Hamilton College,, have been an nounced by the faculty as competitors for the Clark Rhetorical Prize:—Milton H. Nortbrup, William H’. Beach, Samuel Miller, R. S. Bingham* John R. Lewis and Arba Brookins. The. exhibition will take place on the 13th of June next at Clinton. Warning to Fast Young Men —A citizen df Washington, D. C., recently became possessd of a $5 note, with the endorsement: “This is the last of twenty thousand' dollars Bpent in gaAblmg in the fa shionable Imlls of Washington. Young men into whose, bands this may fall, beware of dissipation, drunkenness and gambling.” FOREIGN. Count de Znylen.— I This-Dutch nobleman, for six years minister of the Netberland Government at Con stantinople, has recently been recalled to take the part of Minister of Foreign Affairs at Home. His Excellency's Christian example, his unwearied and successful efforts to provide spiritual instruction for the French Protestants in Constantinople, the influ ence he has exerted for the maintenance of religious liberty in Turkey, have elicited from American and other missionaries, in M Constantinople,,tQ the"humber of fifteen, a farewell address of the most cordial and complimentary character. It was presented to De Zuylen on the 16th of March, and received from him a suitable and noMe response., ~, AmerieanMissionaries in Turkey— The ,Le vant . Herald,teffijiil'glish paper, .published at Con stanstinople, risk nobody's contradiction in affirming that tnePlLmarican;missionaries have done more to advance civilization: and pure , religion throughout Turkey, than all the agencies, diplomatic or missionary, which. European policy or propagand ism has 1 ever Set to w’ork upon the country. The Presbyterian native Church in Amoy, China, now supports two native evangelists, whe labor among the heathen population. Very cheering prospects are opening before the Amoy Mission. It is certainly a great step in advance for a church of Chinese; Pres byterians to support two Chinese missionaries. 1 : , Geneva.—The Montreal Witness of May 17, says: A private letter just received from Geneva,, Switzer land, states that there, is great anxiety in the city of Calvin-in consequence of-the annexation of Savpy to France. Considerable danger had already accrued in past years,-to the little State, in consequence of the influx of a foreign population entirely Roman Ca tholic, but some security, at least, was found in the fact that they belonged to distinct nationalities, about half being from France, and the other half "from Sa voy. The recent annexation, however, gives unity to this foreign element, and makes it entirely French, so that about two-fifths of tho-whole population will hereafter, be made from subjects of France. , It will be an easy matter, therefore, for, Louis Napoleon to raise, whenever- convenient, some political distur bance in Geneva, and to create, some plausible pre text for him to interfere. worldly nature are comparatively , few. The world seems to wait ih stillness, while great spiritual inte rests are discussed and determined upon by, the numerous representative bodies of different branches of the Church., .Another part of our paper will speak more particularly of the acts of these bodies. There" are, or within a few .days must have been, a dozen of these Church courts in session. / Besides our own Assembly, there is the body meeting in Rochester, the United Synod at Huntsville’ Alabama; the Re formed Presbyterian-Synod in Pittsburg, the United Presbyterian Assembly in this city, the Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian -Church, the Quad rennial Conference of the M. E. Church, and the Dio cesan Convention of the P. E. Church of this State, in this city. It is well calculated to excite deep emo tion to reflect upon the variety and dignity of the interests, both of the church and the community, in volved in the deliberations. of these bodies. The Christian popple , whom, they ~represent; count ;by scores and hundreds of thousands, and - even: by the million. Their influence is felt in every rank of so ciety, in every department of business, in every insti tution of learning in onr country.; and their benevo lent enterprises ramify into every quarter of the globe. Almost all of them report ah encouraging degree of progress'. Topics worthy of the highest courts of Christ’s kingdom, are being ably discussed, and im portant truth is eliminated. Infidels and gainsayers are put to shame, . Never was greater vigor evinced in the different, members of Christ’s body. Who is she that looketh forth -as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the-sun, and terrible as an army with banners?-- j The Slave Trade. —The two cargpesbfcaptured Africans, now at Key West, will probably be sent to Liberia, under the care of the American Colonization Society. Senator Wilson has introduced into Co’n gress a bill for the more effectual suppression of the Slave Trade. The Republican Candidates.-— We do not know what the religious preferences of Messrs. Lincoln anti Hamlin are,,or whether they havo any at all,,albeit we find their names flying at the head of one of pur “religious” newspapers, just above an article on Di vine Illumination; but it is said of.Mr..Lincoln, that at tho announcement of his unexpected- nomination, he set an example'of sobriety uncommon among poli ticians under such circumstances, and one well worthy of imitation by all parties in the coming campaign. The usual distribution of intoxicating liquors was dispensed with oh the occasion. So far as Mr. Lincoln was concerned, the excitement of the ■ crowd arose from worthier causes than the maddening influence of drugged liquors. The Japanese Commissioners. —On'Monday, the 21st of May, the Japanese Commissioners, attended by several members' of their suite, and the Naval Commissioners, proceeded to the State Department, where their treaty with this Government was duly ratified. " The copies of the document were carefully compared, and the certificates of the correctness were signed and exchanged. On their way to the depart merit the/treaty-box was borne on the shoulders of two of their servants. Secretary Cass, during the diplomatic proceedings, informed the Commissioners that Jt afforded Aim great pleasure to exchange the ratifications of the treaty with them, and expressed a fervent hope that the two nations would be bound still closer, in friend ship. The Commissioners reciprocated the compli ment,atid expressed their obligations to the venerable Secretary. They also spoke of the kind attentions bestowed'on them, and trusted that the peace between the two nations may be everlasting. : The Japanese steamer Candinmurrah, sailed from San Francisco; for Honolulu, on the Bth of May. AJiijsrewell festival was given to the officers of tlie steamer Candinmurrah, by the city authorities and citizens of San Francisco; and she sailed for Honolulu immediately after the arrival of tbe pony express, which brought news only eighteen day from Europe. The Candinmurrah will complete the transmission of the newß around the world in quicker time thanwas ever before done! •Visit-or the Japanese to Philadelphia.— The Japanese manifest great cariosity to seo Philadelphia, as they have been told they will there see the process of manufacturing- gold, silver, and copper coin, and nothing Bas surprised them more than our American coin. •They are collecting specimens of American art with great industry, and make it a point to examine the droBS and ornaments of every visitor to whom they are presented. On their return, their report will create great astonishment, and many revolutions in business, trade, and manufactures, will, no doubt, be the result.—Coi*. Press. Mayor Wood has just succeeded in winning the approbation of the New York press, without distinc tion or exception of party. While he was absent at the Charleston Convention, a job was put in hand to spend some $30,000 in printing some five thousand copies of the Report of the Special Committee ap pointed in 1858 to make arrangements for the cele bration of the Atlantic Cable, ■ Mr. Wood, has exer cised his privilege, as mayor, to veto the resolution authorizing this palpable job. Accidbxt on a Railway.— On Tuesday afternoon, May 23d, a man named Michael O’Donnell was run over.by a passenger railway car, on Girard Avenue above Twelfth street, and both legs broken, just above the ankle. The Tornado at Cincinnati:— On Monday, the 21st of May, at 4 o’clock, P. M. this city was visited with a tornado of extraordinary violence, having a north-easterly direction. An immense number of building including five churches and three school houses, were unroofed and partially destroyed. Se veral lives were lost by falling walls and timbers. A boy was blown into a canal and rescued, and im mediately afterwards blown in again and drowned. A steamboat was capsized and two lives lost near the city, while at various points in the Ohio river loaded coal boats were sunk, and many of the hands drowned. Railroads were covered with fallen timber, and shops and depots injured and demolished. , .The Slave Trabe Opened in a new way. — W e learn that the Government has received information that the fishermen, off the coast of Florida and South Ca rolina are in the habit of running over to Cuba, on the .pretence of disposing of their, fish, and returning with two or’three native Africans, bought there at a low figure, which they dispose of at a great advance, to parties who meet them on the coast, purchase the negroes, and take them into the interior. This gross and notorious violation of law has been going on for some time, and it remains to be seen whether any steps will be taken to arrest it. : Invention for Whitening Wheat.— A process for whitening wheat and rye in the grain, the details of which are not made public, has been discovered by James M. Clark of this city. The cost is but one sixteenth of a cent per bushel, and the value of the grain is said to be enhanced from; ten to twelve cents a bushel. Drs. Goddard arid Atlee certify that the wholesomeness of the grain is increased by the pro cess. ■ FOREIGN. England.' —Sir E. Trevellyan has been removed from his position as Governor of Madras, for publicly opposing the Indian financial scheme, of Mr. Wilson. His removal was reluctantly ordered by the Govern ment, as the general administration of Sir T. has been satisfactory. ; * Frauds in Government Contracts. —Additional sur vbys of gun-boats, built by private contract during the Russian war, had developed more rottenness in the vessels, and a total unfitness for further service. Archbishop of Tork. —Dr. Langley, Bishop of Dur ham, has been appointed Archbishop of York. Sicily.— The insurrection is not suppressed: Ga ribaldi’s movements attracted general attention. -A.oon-espnndont.aMre fifeies describes the departure of the expedition from'Gehoa on the'sth of May by midnight. It was composed of two thousand two hundred volunteers. Three steamers were lying in the offing, to which they were conveyed in detach ments from various points along a range of four or five miles of coast. The concentration of any large body on a given spot was avoided, in order not to bring additional perplexity on the Government. Nearly five thousand persons of all kinds flocked to the beach to bid the gallant adventurers “Good speed.” ■ The enthusiasm of the troops in garrison at Genoa has been so roused that it was necessary to confine them to their barracks to prevent deserting, in order to enrol themselves. Medici, Garibaldi’s able lieute nant, was to start in four or five days with two thou sand more volunteers. .... . ✓ : . NOTICES. The Rochester Presbytery will hold its'semi-annual meeting on the 2d Tuesday, 12lh June next, at Honeoye Falls, 2 o’clock, p. M. : Charles E. Furman, StatcdClerk. : Tile Presbytery off Erte will meet in the Presbyterian Church of Mitlcreek, on the fourth Tuesday, of June, iost., at_4 o'clock, p. m. Sessional Records required for examination. J. Vance, Stated Clerk. June Ist. The Presbytery or Geneva will hold its semi-annual meeting at Dundee, the second Tuesday (12th) of June, commencing at 2 o'clock, p.-m. B. M. Goi.nsMiTn, Sfa!ci Clerk. The Presbytery or Cayuga will hold its next stated meeting at Northville, on Tuesday, June 19tb, at 2 o’clock, p. h. Cfiaki.es Hawley, Stated Clerk. Auburn, May 23, 1860. ; The*Presbytery or Onondaga will hold its next-stated meeting at Collamer, on the third Tues day, [l9,th] of June next, commencing.at 2 o’clock, p. m. JR, A. Ayery, Stated, Clerk. Liverpool, May 23, 1860. The Presbytery-off Buffalo will hold their stated meeting at St.. Catherine’s, on the third Tuesday [l9th] of June, commencing at 5 o’clock, r. m. By the present time table, trains leave Buffalo at 8.45 A. h. and 2.30 p. m., and Suspension Bridge at 10.30 A. H. and 4.15 f.m. Timothy Stillman, Stated Clark. Dunkirk, May 19, 1860. If Medicine is necessary, use Brandreth’s Pills.— They are as pleasant as a truly effective medicine can be. 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Although We knew by hear-say, that it was large, yet were we surprised when we came into view of its real magnitude, ami still more by the extent and complication of its truly Immense business. The whole massive structure is in fact one vast chemical laboratory, in which the processes of this wonderful art are constantly going on. Medico chemical science has found that the curative properties of any substance exist in some one or more of its com ponent parts. Thus the remedial effects of opium are due solely to the morphia ifeontains, although this is but one-eighteenth part of its weight; the other seven teen parts are gum, extractive and inert or offensive matter. Dr. Ayer’s system separates the medical pro perties of each substance employed, and we are here shown the processes by which the virtues of each reme dial agent are chased through the- alembics until they come out completely pure at last. 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