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THITRISPAT I , MAN 13. 1861.
TORN W MEARa. EDITOR.
ASSOCIAAD
ALIMT BARNES, GEMS DUFFIELD, Js.
THOMAS BRAINERD, I JOHN JENKINS,
HENRY DARLING, THOMAS J. SHEPHERD
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
We
,publish so much of the proceedings as we
have obtained information of, up to the hour of
going to press. The Assembly showed much wis
dom in the choice of a Moderator. In these days,
it is a pleasure to find that real merit is appreci
ated, even in a modest man. The principal mat
terof business—the organization of the Assembly's
(10KMMTEE OF HOME MISSIONS—was prompt
ly brought before the body in a definite and ma
nageable shape, by the report of the Committee
appointed for this purpose last year. It was made,
the order of the day for Monday afternoon last.
We are glad to notice that our Assembly is spend
ing a great deal of time in praying for the coun
try. These prayer-meetings are remarkable in
their character, as may be seen by the notice
which we publish. The example is encouraging,
and shows to what religious body the country may
look with entire certainty for .sympathy and spi
ritual aid in this crisis. Other evidence will,
doubtless, be given by the Assembly of the un
alterable fidelity of the true Presbyterianism of
this country to the principles of '76, and of 1818.
THE ASSEMBLY IN PHILADELPHIA.
It is not a little remarkable that the Assembly
now convened in the Seventh Church, formerly
located in Ranstead Court, but now on Penn
Square, should be called upon to witness and rea
lize a practical sundering of their body by the act of
Providence, as extensive as that which they accom
plished by violence, in the same Seventh church,
twenty-four years ago. The only way in which their
church can now be saved from downright imme
diate disruption, is by such humiliating concessions
to the dictation of rebels in arms against the go
vernment, as will crush them under the weight of
the loyal public opinion of the North, and so work
in another, and perhaps slower way, their over
throw. Whichever course they take, their glory
as a great, imposing, national church, is departed.
Their great artificial scheme of suppressing opinion
in their ecclesiastical councils; their boundless
concessions to the South for the sake of denomi
national unity; their boastings of conservatism
loudly re-echoed by secular journals who admired
that trait—all these have not saved them from
the deplorable fate of discovering within their no
minal limits, members, officers, ministers of the
gospel even, armed against each other, with the
weapons of death; separated by the broad and
impassable lines of rebellion and loyalty. So an
porficial was the unity in which they gloried. And
the Providence of God has brought them back to
this Seventh Church to reveal it to them. The
venerable Dr. Plutner, in his able and impressive,
discourse on the Divine Government, delivered in
this church last Sabbath afternoon, need not to
have gone back as far as the case of Jacob pu
nished for his fraud upon Esau, by the fraudulent
substitution of Leah for Rachel, to illustrate the
pregnant remark that the divine retribution often•
overtakes us in the very form of our own sins.
The most forcible illustration was around him—in
the presence of but little over a score of Southern
of mmissioners in that Assembly—in the ignoble
avowal of one of their journals, the North Caroli
na Presbyterian, that "there can be no surer me
thod of dividing the church" than for this As
sembly to pass resolutions in favor of the Union
and the Constitution—in the resistance of these
ft w Southern commissioners, aided by such men
as Dr. Hodge, to any, the least, approach to an
expression of loyalty, sought by Dr. Spring and a
hundred others. He might have drawn other very
recent illustrations from the enthusiasm of Prince
ton students for the Star Spangled Banner reviled
by the Old School papers in the South—in the
recent manly resignation of Dr. Geo. Junkin from
the Presidency of Washington College, Virginia,
rather than teach under a rebel banner, and the
military rage of President Atkinson and Dr. Dab
ney, of the same State and the same church,
thrusting themselves forward to the command of
companies, eager to shed their blood for the supre
macy of that very flag.
It is a sad, and yet wholesome spectacle. Per
haps Dr. Pru'mer and his associates are learning
some new lessons in theology, even,—to use ano
ther of his illustrations in the same magnificent
sermon—as Adonibezek did after losing his own
thumbs and great toes; leading him to say, "As
I have done, so bath God requited me."
The peaceful, harmonious, and patriotic attitude
of our own church in its present councils at Syra
cuse, is but the legitimate result of an early and
faithful adherence to Scriptural principles, and to
the genuine spirit of Presbyterianism, at all ha
zards. Our church members are not in arms
against each other, but are inflamed with a una
nimous and ardent mutual affection, and an un
bounded devotion to that which it has ever been
the glory of 'Presbyterianism to uphold, at any
and every cost—just laws and a righteous govern
ment. We would rejoice to recognise our brethren
of the other branch, as fairly and ecclesiastically
upon the same high ground with ourselves. Mul
titudes of them are there as individuals. We hope
Dr. Spring will yet be able to carry the Assembly
irith him.
Meanwhile, we would suggest to this Assem
bly, that common fame charges upon a large
number of Synods, and whole sections of their
church, the gravest infractions of duty to the
rightful authorities of this country, including
the violation of oaths and covenant obligations,
the bearing of arms against the government, and
the persistent and wanton incitement of their
fellow citizens thereto; also, that the extent to
which these pernicious sentiments have seized
upon the church in those sections, renders it
impossible that proper discipline should be ad
ministered in the constitutional way; whence it
might be desirable for the Assembly itself, ra
ther than tolerate so great a scandal,' and in
order to conserve the imperilled purity and good
name of the church, promptly to cut of the of
fending Synods, and enact that no representa
tive from their constituent Presbyteries be I,ll
lowed a seat in . future Assemblies, without first
taking the oath of allegiance to our Gonern
ment. This might seem a little revolutionary;
but the place in which the body is now meeting,
to say nothing of the extraordinary exigencies
of the case, the enormity of, the , offences, and the
brazen boldness of the offenders, would mate-
rially aid the successors of the men of II and
'3B in overcoming , any constitutional scruples
they might cherish on the' subject. Certainly,
the excision of the rebellious Synods of '6l
would be a far clearer vindication of the loyalty
of the church to the Oovernmeut, than the ex
cision of the Four Synoilsin '37 was of loyalty
to the Confession of Faith.
LITTLE DELAWARE.
The "Diamond State" covered herself with
lustre in the times of the Revolution. Her single
regiment, officered by Presbyterian Elders,—one
of whom, Col. John Haslett, fell at the battle of
Princeton, and for a long time 'slept in the burial
ground of the First Church in this city—bore an
honorable part in some of the most memorable and
bloody struggles of that period, and received the
name of " the gallant Delaware Regiment" from
its uniform bravery; it never turned its back upon
tho'foe. It more than once disproved the vaunt
of our enemy, that the undisciplined Americans
would never stand the bayonets of the British
veterans. More than one-seventh of the entire
population of the state bore arms during the
struggle.
We are glad to see that the attitude of this
State in the present struggle, is such as will still
further vindicate her claim to the proud title she
already bears. There were traitors and tories
within her borders, as everywhere else, during the
Revolution; but even in the region where, in De
laware, they were then most numerous and trouble
some, it would seem there will be no chance for
their ignoble successors in these times to lift up
their heads. We learn that an immense mass
meeting was recently held in Georgetown, Sussex
Co., the southernmost of the State, to set forth
the attachment of the people, without distinction
of party, to our Federal Union. A patriotic letter
to that meeting, from the pen of the Hon. John
W. Houston, formerly member of Congress, now
of Milford, and connected with one of the oldest
Presbyterian families of the State, has appeared
in the Delaware Journal and Statesman, from
which we make the following extract, to show the
spirit which animates the true men of the south
ern portion of the State:
For my own part, gentlemen, I have no hesi
tation in saying, Go no where. Stay at home in
the Union where you are till the crack of doom,
or until it goes to pieces, if go to pieces it. must,
and we are left standing solitary and alone with
our feet planted firmly on the rock of the Consti
tution and with dying grasp still hugging to our
breast the flag of our country, with its motto re
versed in sense at least, as the last survivor of
that once glorious confederation of American
States, which it has long been our boast, we were
the first to enter and would be the last to leave.
These concluding words refer to the fact that
Delaware was the first State which formally rati
fied the federal Constitution. The memorial atone
contributed to the Washington monument, con
tains an inscription certifying this fact, and add
ing that Delaware will be the last to abandon the
Union. This is the traditional feeling and the
sacred instinct of her• people, and her governor
has done well in paying so much respect to it as
to respond loyally to the call of the President.
The Delaware regiment again exists, drawn from
all parts bf the' State, and the proud distinction
belongs to the Diamond commonwealth of being
the only thoroughly loyal State of the South;
• • Faithful found-
Among the faithless—faithful only she.
The honorable contrast will be sure to mark all
her history. Beside proud, imbecile, shuffling,
demoralized Virginia, her diminutive proportions
will be forgotten. We are reminded by, the re
lative attitude of these two States, of an incident
of Revolutionary times, given in the "Lives of
the Signers" under the sketch of the life of Ca3sar
Rodney, who was one of the three Signers of the
Declaration of Independence from Delaware. It
is in substance as follows:
In the Federal Congress the Virginia members
were accustomed to v aunt the resources of their own
State at the expense of the others, and to indulge
themselves in high-wrought eulogies and gratu
lations, which sometimes nettled the representa
tives of other States, who styled this spirit of self
laudation among the Virginians, "dominionism."
But when the enemy actually approached their
borders, the change in the style of their remarks
was as obvious as it was , mortifying. They in
troduced a demand for supplies of arms, troops,
and assistance of every kind, declaring their State
to be destitute in every particular! When their
speaker eat down, a moment of surprised silence
ensued. It was broken by the shrill voice and
the tall figure of Rodney. In a style of sarcastic
raillery, peculiar to himself, be deplored the me
lancholy and prostrate condition of his neigh
bour—the extensive and hitherto powerful State
of Virginia. "But," said he, raising his voice,
"let her be of good cheer; she has a friend in
need; DELAWARE will take her under its protec
tion, and ensure her safety !"
THE WAXES NOT FORTH-COMING.
We have in vain called on the Christian Ob
server to produce the name of a single minister of
our Synod, or of a respectable layman of our
church in this vicinity, as sustaining it in its pre
sent attitude towards the Government: It claims
to be loyal: if the claim is good, there need be no
hesitancy in producing the names; their absence
is ominous. Bluster and asseveration will not
make amends. Even if it were true that some
half-a-dozen of the original eorporators of this
paper had complained of us 'to the Observer—as
that paper, in its last issue, tried to insinuate—it
by no means follows that they sustain the Observer
in its present attitude. But the impression sought
to be made, is false. No half-a-dozen men, in
any way concerned with this paper, have com
plained of us to the Christian. Observer, or its
friends, since the day when it became necessary
for patriots and loyal men to choose their position
apart from traitors. We doubt whether six re
spectable men could be found—we will not say of
the sixty corporatora of this paper, or of the
six thousand members of our churches in this
city; but of the six hundred thousand inhabitants
of this loyal community—who would undertake
such a base and shameful errand as to carry a
complaint of a loyal, true and patriotic journal,
to one whose partiality for traitors sticks to it like
the fatal shirt of Nessus, muzzling its Editorial
pen and giving to its whole sheet the contorted
and humiliating appearance of a struggle to adapt
itself to traitors and patriots, law-givers and law
breakers, Eastern Virginians and Pennsylvanians,
at one and the same time!
A SENTIMENT MOM MOTLEY.—There was
never peace well made without a mighty war pre
ceding, and always the sword in hand is the best
pen to write the conditions of peace. --.Atelt.hurat
to Queen . Elizabeth.
Auttriran fflttioli#ttrian a and 6tntrat (frangtliot,
For the American Presbyterian.
LETTER FROM GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Syracuse, N. Y., May 18, 1861.
We are now in full operation. There are about
200 Ministers and Elders present. Dr. Condit,
Professor at Auburn Theological Seminary, fills
the Moderator's chair with dignity and grade, and"
he dispatches "business with a promptitude 'and
ease that quite refresh the members. We have
quite a number of distinguished men among us—
as, Dr. Cox; Pastor Fisch, of Lyons, France, re
presenting the Evangelical Union of FraneeyDr.
Waldo, formerly Chaplain in Congress, and before
that a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and now
in the 100th year of his age; and so on. The
members of the Assembly are very youthful look
ing men, although, here and there, a head of
snowy whiteness lifts itself among the other mem
bers, like the snow-clad pinnacles of the Alps
above the surrounding forest trees, imparting
beauty and glory to the scene, and lifting our
thoughts Heavenward to that sublime world to
which they point, and to which they are so near.
This Assembly is characterized by energy,
promptness, gravity, a remarkable harmony, a re
markable spirit of brotherly love, and a truly
wonderful spirit of prayer.
Instead of the long and learned and sleep-in
ducing sermons of the olden time, we here have
prayer-meetings, prayer-meetings for the country,
and glorious meetings they are.
On the first evening of the Assembly, Thursday,
there was a general prayer-meeting; on Friday
evening there was another; this evening (Satur
day) there is to be another. These meetings are.
in the large and splendid church in which the
Assembly is holding its present sessions, (Dr.
Canfield's) and the building is filled to overflovving
each evening, while prayers and addresses follow
each other in quick succession, and, with each
prayer and each address, the tone of feeling rises
higher and yet higher, uritil all are bathed in an
atmosphere of light and salvation;
But: time presses, and I must bid you a hasty
adieu.
"THE SOLDIER'S FRIEND."
MR. EDITOR :-I have just examined a small
volume with the above title, prepared by Mr.
Dulles, of this city, and I cannot refrain from
calling the attention of Christians, who wish to do
something for the spiritual interests of our volun
teers, to the importance of placing this little book
in their bands. • Twelve dollars,' I understand,
will procure a hundred copies, enough to supply
one company. Many have shown commendable
zeal in aiding in the preparation of suitable clothing
and food for those who are going at - the call of
duty to protect the Capital of the nation, and to
sustain its Constitutional authorities in enforcing
the laws of the, land; and others have not been
unmindful of their religious welfare. Bibles and
Testaments have been distributed among them,
and our Episcopalian friends have freely circulated
their Prayer-Book.
Now, I think the members of our church can
not do a better work in behalf of our soldiers than
to distribute among them, as widely as possible,
"The Soldier's Friend." It is of a' convenient
size, and free from sectarianism. It is not de
signed to make the soldiers Presbyterians,,but to
make them wise unto eternal life. It consists of
a brief exposition of a verse of Scripture for each
day of the month, thirty-one selections from the
Psalms, and thirty-one hymns, with the Lord's
Prayer and the Creed, and a few brief formEi of
pryer. Every one of our , Sabbath.schools might
procure a hundred copies of this little'book and
present them to the members of some company.
There are many of the. members of our church
who could easily make such a donation, and, there
are others, hi larger numbers, who might send to
Charles S. Luther, No. 1334 Chestnut St, a small
sum, from twenty-five cents to•one dollar each,
that would constitute, in the aggregate, a. suffi
cient fund to provide a large number of "The Sol
dier's Friend" for our volunteers. Such a book
distributed among our soldiers, with earnest prayer
for the Divine blessing to accompany its perusal,
could not fail to prove an everlasting good to many.
Will not some of our Christian friends adopt this
mode of commending Christ to men? L. M.
[Our correspondent has made a contribution for
this purpose. We shall be happy to be the me
dium for any donations 'for this object.] -
RECENT REViz wS.
The delay of the appearance of the PROTESTANT
EPISCOPAL QUARTERLY, is accounted for in the
introductory remarks of the recent issue. It was
designed to change to a weekly from the quarterly
form,; but the plan encountered mnexpected dif
ficulties, and the present number, which is very
bulky, and stands for both January and April,
pledges an adherence to the old form. In renew
edly stating the principles on which the Periodi
cal is ebnducted, the editors remark that they hold
"Episcopacy to be necessary to the well-being,
but not to the being of the church." The articles
are clear, able, and interesting, the topics are ju
diciously chosen, and the character of the work is
such as to call for congratulations at the degree of
prosperity it is represented as enjoying. The
questions raised by the new Oxford. Essayists, are
handled with, the thoroughness which we should
expect in an evangelical organ . of the Episcopal
March. Besides an article specially addressed
to the object of exploring the true character of
these pestiferous writings, they are alluded to in
the introduction, in two other of the leading arti
cles, and in the literary notices. What then is
our surprise to find that in a notice of :a- recent
volume, entitled «the Pulpit, and the American
Revolution" the critic allowe himself in such
absurd language as, the following : " What a mis
take the Puritans made t If they had only bad
the sense to receive the venerable man, (the Bi
shop,) and grace enough to submit to his authority,
New England might probably have been saved
from her erratic career and endless agitation."
This cant about the adaptedness of Prelacy as a
conservator of orthodoxy, especially in reference
to New England, has, we should think, had its
day. The grand panacea has been proved utterly
inadequate to such a result in the staid old mother
country, why should it succeed any better in the
new? What has issued from the'Unitarian Cam
bridge of America, excelling in the intensity of its
infidel tincture, the late issue of the prelatic and
orthodox Oxfordl of England ? We pause for a
reply.
Mn. ZIEBER, the agent, No. 106 South Third
Street, has handed us the April number' of
BLACKWOOD, which opens with a remarkable ar
tide on " Spontaneous Combustion of the Living
Body." The writer recapitulates a number of
supposed instances of this phenomenon, and then
proceeds to argue against the existence of any such
a process. So far as he knows, no one has ever
seen its commencement, and therefore, no one is
competent,. to testify to its entire spontaneity.
A recent French work on Ad" is the topic of
the second article. That famous country is no
longer " the land of the dead," only. In an article
on Americanisms, some' of the obsolete prejudice
of educated Englismen towards a country which
was believed to be in a semi-barbarous condition,
is allowed to re-appear : you get the impression
that our speech is overrun with vulgarisms,as the
field of the slothful with thorns. Life in, Oen,tral
Africa; The World of Weimar; General Pat
rick Gordon, the PI'USSICIA Scat; The Punjaub ant
1857, fill out the entertaining and instructive Mis
cellany. Published by L. SCOTT& CO, New York
GENERAL A
n SS R E I M AN t,I : Y on , O
u P ite T l yE ,PRESBY-
•The annual meetingeof this , • body commenced
on' Thursday, the 16th,tat'Ai A. M. ' at .the First
Church, Syracuse, N. y. After the singing of
'the anthem
- -- "Glory -hettrGed-in the higheetin - -- ,.. N.' -- P
by the oboir; Re* DrlOYkins offered prayer', ao;d:
read the 48th and 80th psalms The psatm
"God is the refuge of his saints,"
was then sung by theVongregation, and Re - v:Dr:
A. D. Smith, of Neru York ;
,city,,offered, prayer,
making special petition .fur this branch, of • the
church, and for the ih4le nation •in its, present
crisis of trouble.. . , •:
The hymn
"Happy the church; thou -saei.ed 'place,"
was then sung, after' iihidh the:last Moderator,
Rev. T. A. Mills, D. D4t Newark; N. J., preached
fr
the opening sermon, 'the text, 1 Tini. iii. 14,
15--'These things I.write,unto thee, hoping to
come'unto thee shortly, but if I tarry long, that
thou reighte,st know'hoi thou °tightest to behave
thyself in the church, Which is the household of
the living God, the'pillar'ind ground of truth."
The sermon was a carefully prepared and ela
borate discussion of tha theme .suggested„ by the
text, "The Church, the: 14014014:IfAlink. living
God.” The preacher olettlyand' strOngly pre
sented, first, the fact that is is Ifoikii institution,
living and breathing
, only in ; and 'through Him :
and then urged the necessity of its seeking in this
age a large outpouring ufain it of vital force from
above.
Raving discussed, -the' Abject this 'generally,
the speaker applied it 0 body before:him, by
urging the diligent cuittittlioit ifn active Chris
tian _life through. alt th4ehurch, He-pointed to
the danger of relying oAnatithtinps and etgan
izations, instead of tlin,adiVe life of the Church.
He applied the subject, direopytnthe varied fortis
of Christian activity now PAsecuted by the Church,
naming Ministerial Education, Church Extension,
and Rome and Foreign‘Missionsdis torms of ac
tive effort, all calling now ToI. 'the great increase
of Christian life. iielkeichectthe results of ten
years of increased. effort' on the Part ;Of this Gene
ral Assembly, and the present position of its leatt
ing interests, and briefi l i Alluding, to 'the solemn
character of the present'age, When so'many' great
events are oecurrineWid . mighty changes are in
prospect over the whole 'World, he urged on 'the
body the responsibilitinf the charge resting on
them as a Church of theliving God.
After the sermon, the-Assembly was constituted
by prayer, led by , the lastjqederator, after which,
on - Motion of Dr. A. o:Sinilh, an
.. adjournment
was made to .3 o'clock' '
Notice was given, t_ea,ch,.dey's session will
be preceded by a prayer-meeting, and that all the
sessions will be open-tot:re
4grE j it_ rifpm
At 3 o'clock, Rev. Dr. Mills; the Moderator of
the last Assembly, topk,the t chair, and, opened the
meeting with prayer,:
The names of 'tile .3 bli t tunisSioners" were theri.
eallod and the roll 'correetbd,`after which the'As
sembly proceededto the election Of a'Afilderator:
Dr. Smith,' of New: Xork,:Dr. Condit,, of. An;
burn, Dr. Nelson ' of 4t,,,,intis, ,Dr. Kendall, of
Pittsburgh, and Dr. Jenkins, of Philadelphia,Were
nominated.
The first ballat'residtedliu3' follows: &filth, 62;
Condit, 75; Nelson, 214 'Kendall, 3; Jenkins,
6 . No election , ~ • •
• The second hallot,ennfirte4 , to the two.highest
Candidates, resulted,ae'fellowsillev. J. S. Con
dit, D. D., 106; Rev!. rAiirreSthith D. D. 68::
Dr. Condit was declared electedi:' • 1 • •'
Rev. Dr. Nelson, of StAohisi.and , Rev. P:
llovey,,of Kew YOrk, were appointed n cummittee
to conduct him to the platform, where he was re
ceived with a few appiopriatp remarks, by the re,
tiring Moderator. - •
Upon taking the.pyreDri Qigi'dit Said:
My Christian Frilidtvlj-4-thanic you ` for `tfiis
act of your kindness int.choosing me to fill this
place, for whicli-Meil,inlyself unworthy;; .but I
accept the trust'have,committed, to me. *I
can only`promise to giVe'to the duties of this of
fice my most careful attention and'all my`energy.
While asking your indulgence I also solicit your
earnest, : steadfast co-operation; but, in view of
duties always deveiving on this body, sacred , re
sponsibilities, wide-reaching in their consequences,
but especially this - year; in view of interesting,
momentous questions that will be subinitted to
your deliberation and decision, let us unite, day
by, day, in supplicating. the guidance of.the Holy
Spirit, that the Moderator may be • directed in the
discharge of his trust, and all here united in this
Assembly may be enabled to' fulfil their responsi
bility in the fear of God,iso that when we mile
to the conclusion of this session, we Shall have
reason to be grateful for all that. has been done, and
for that kind Providence which has directed us.
May the Lord'is presence be with na all!
Rev. Messrs. A. K. Strong, of Michigan, and
-E. Buckingham, of -low* were appointed tempo
rary clerks, - . •
The Second Pi,esbyterian Church; at _Cincin
nati, was designated 'as the plate for the next
meeting of the Assembly, and a committee was
appointed to nominate a committee of arrange
ments for that sesiion.
Judge Spencer, bf Syracuse, from the committee
of arrangements, reported in regard to the hours
l
le
of meeting, and t Assembly decided to meet as
follows:—Mornin , 9 to 12; Afternoon, 3 to sf;
and evening exercises at 7f. The first half hour
of the morning seiviees to be spent in devotional
exercises. • ' -
Rev. Dr. Kendall, of Pittsburgh, moved- the
appointment of N eommittee.of five, to report a
recommendation of what action it is meet for the
Assembly to take,iiti view - of the present state of
the country. [Probably adopted:- mir reports do
lx
not say anything f rther.] .
Adjourned. ,
PRAYER-MEETING.
A prayer and conference meeting was held in
the evening, wi h trierence to the present condi
tion-of the countryt: Rev. Asa Smith; D. D.,
of New York; lead• Ole 'exerciies, which were par
ticipated in by many of the commissioners. The
burden of the, prsyer was that God would inter=
toreand re-tore peace and unity to our distracted
cou try.' •
The body of thl, spacious. ehurch'ivas full of
members of the A ssembly and citizens, and the
exercises :were highly interesting.
SECOND DAY,---itIDAVMOENING: SESSION.
The Asiembly niet at , 9 o'clock this forenoon,
and spent a half( Our in clevotional exercises,
whi:h were very iterestirig and edifying. The
appointed,half ho having , passed, business was
.1 ? .
resumed, and'the 1 r II was called for revision and
correction. Nine 'new: . members' appeared and
were added to theist,_namely : ,
Rev. Samuel EyWishard, Pres. of Schuyler.
Rev. H. A. Femiel, Pres of Troy:
f
Rev. Chas. S. lvester, Pres. of Columbia.
Nilo Tuttle, it . of Ottawa.,
J. Milton Sinit Pres. of Brooklyn. '
Chas. T. Wilkie' ()Il i Fos River Prea.
W
Ziba hittleseY Pres. of Catskill.
John C. Robb, i res. of Pennsylvania. ; '
Joseph A. Tyler' Pros. of Ithaca.'
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The Aloderatop 'o t ek, announced _the, following
Standing C ount ii . ' .
1. JUDICIAL CORlilTTEF—AfinisterS—Asa D.
Smith, 1). D.,Af oardman LaMbert, D. D.,
George N. Boarn Luiher Conklin. Elders
—Hon. Israel Sf - enctir, Sada. M. Blatehlord i
Hon. llenry D. do k. • ' -
2. BILLS AND O ERTURES--lifinisters--Henry
Kendall, D. D., 1 110. tuieLoonsbury, D. D., James
H. Johnston, Dor . e'gitton. Biders--Thomas
Archer, Hon. bini 1 S. l -Baeen, L. It. Livin g ston.
3. POLITY OF 'l'll ClORoR—AtiniSterB-IYOS
venor W. Ileacock, D: D., Lyman Gilbert, D. D.,
George Freeroln„,4 el Campbell. Elders--M%.
Benjamin IV. RV, ond z Jacob J. Denman,,..
D., Franklin Willms.
4. FOREIGN M - "sroN.4.;'-'4llinisters—John Jen
kins, D. D., Go don. AV. 'Noyes, Daniel Rice,
Alexander Porte . `;Elders-=lsrael' - F. Terrill,
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Frederick Starr, Samuel N. Kinney.
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5. OuURCH, ExTENsrorr--.Ministers—ilenry
A. Nelson, D. D., J. Geddes Craighead, Augustus
T. Norton, John M. Biehnp. :':Elders—John G.
Parker, Hon. Augustus P. Hamall, Jacob, Jahn
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son.
6. EDUCATION--Ministers--Henry Smith, D.P.,
Joseph B. Bittinger . , Nicholas W. Goertmer,
D. D.; -. Y. - Parsois'adiey: Bitleri—William
ChristiefE)mezer: . S; dg ett, James R. Sayre,
7. I.6moAirrbsr-:-:-Sli'muel H. Cox, 1). D.,
Thecidere L.'enyler„ George M. Maxwell, Marcus
Hicks,. -RJlD4sey, Richard L.
'eele - y, Ingham Townsend'.
8. LEAVE oh`. AESENOE—Ministerslienry A.
Riley, Asa Johnson, Nlisha B. Sherwood; William
13. Wastel. Elders- 7 -4s. M. ,ilaines, Aohn,
Buckley, Elijah b. Kanouse:
DEvoTiolvAi, ExunoriE isters.LißO
bert Gregg, Sohn TV: Daiii; Abra
ham K. Arming. Elders—Hon; Israel S. Spencer,
•GeorgeN. Allen, William Webster - j :
10. MiLEAGE---Eoers- . ---Speneer 4ellogg, Am-
Pease, - Jacob Aililiart.
Rev. Paitoi• Fisch," was '.presented
to. the . Assembly - as a delegate from the' Evart
gelfeal - Uniop, of that country,' and. , aii appoint
meet was gkade for ihim, to address ,the .A.sseatbly
this, 'afternoon.
,
Tellers were appointed to'oollect Go narra
tive and statistical repOrta from 'Presbyteries."
Rev. Dr. Canfield, announced• that o vial
reports of ,the,:kseeruhly would, appear In two
of
_the city. papers, the Joyrno,l,l4n, afternoon
paper, and the Courier, a morning paper, 04011
bringing . the ?siloit - 1T to the latest moment be
fore going:'tolpross.•• •" •*.`
The Treasurer's report was read, and referred
to,,ne,alditing-comprittee. •-•‘l.-1
reports wer . t 3 tpen i presented • from ,the
folidWini r delegates from this bod4to,Other cc
`elesia4tical
Rev. W. Et.'lvieijnret, , Teletate .to the Chet
berland Presbyterian. Church, tne't:
Nesliville, Tennessee.
Rev. 'R F, HatAeld, delegate tn pip
Genertit Aesneiatidn Orlsitissiel isettn,meeting
at Holliston:
- :Rev. =Henry Llttle; delegate to the General
..Assoointion of:New Hampshire, meeting 'at
ClaremOnt. , „ •
Rev. 'George A. Howard, ,delegate to .the Ge 7
tieraf Conference of` l e atne, meeting' at B'angor.
These' reports vier uittiCbptailorderedto be printed in :the appendix to the iiinnteS. •
Rev. !I% D.4-Secretary of. the Com=
fplt,te,.of the last Aesembly ; on, Herne Mitsions,
Piiserited the Apqrt of that Committee.
• The followint constitution and reinlutions,
proposed-by th'e torninittee - weie ordered printed,
and :the whole snbjeet was, made , -- the-'.order or
the day for 3L P,I kt, Monday •
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CONSTITUTION OF TEE PRESBYTERIAN' COMMITTEE
‘.` OF HOMES tIESSI6NS: - s."l - •
_ I. r The ,Genoral Assembly, inlaccordance with
the obvious indications of, Divine Providence
anda - greeablyto the Constitution of the Church,
(Form of Wm. : : asuines respon,
sibilitY of Conductiig ' the work of 'ilbizteatis=
sions , Within bonnds. • - ".r
IL To this end,, the Assombly,hereby
tntes a pet:itianent committee,. to be,. known
as 'PRESBYTERIAN COMMITTEE;Or, 'HOME
Mr rows; to -beilticated . iu the city of
to consistof-fifteen meMbers, of whom not more
than : eight be•mipisters of the Gospel, to
~arranied in the first _instance into three
clisses, to mire one, and three years re
spectively, and-their snecessors to serve for
years, to be appointed by the'A's - seMbly,' five - of
them, to be a quorum for ordinary :business, and
a majority for, the election, of officers and the
determination of their salaries. ,
111. The committee Shall elect annually a ge
neral secretary, a treaSurer; , and such other offi
cers and agents . ' as may be reqiiisite for the'sue
cessful prosecution of the Work. They shall
have. power to fill, until the meeting of,next As
sembly, their own vacancies, to, appoint their
own `meetiPis,'fo i Aeterminii,thespecifie duties
of their' officers,'and 'Mike their own ' 4 14-lairs,
subject to lihe.xevision of the Assembly
IV; They shall:undertake the work of aiding
such congregations as. are , unable to support, in
whole or in , part, the stated preaching of the
gospel ; and of sending missionaries to the des
titute in our own land. They shall appoint - the
missionaries;, give them all needful' instructions
as to the place and character of their labors,
taking care to appoint no one, unacceptable to
the Presbytery in whose bounds he is to labor;
securing and regarding, as far Ps practidable,
the advice and endorsement of 'Presbytery as to
the selection and location:oflaborers, and their
remuneration. They, shall make the necessary
appropriations to congregations, exploring mis
sionaries, and agents; and take measures to se
cure the efficient agency of the Synods, Presby
teries, and churches, in the work'of exploration
in securing missionaries, and in Obtaining funds
for , the common treasury.. They shall keep a
faithful record of 'their proCeedings, and make
au Annual Report 'of their operations to the
Assembly. •
V. The Treasurer shalll take Charge of the
moneys contributed to the cause; shall disburse
them only upon the - duly certified order of the
committee, to whom he shall make report of the
state of the treasury at such times as they shall
direct, and give bonds annually for the faithful
discharge of his trusts, to such an amount as
the committee may determine.
VI. As it is not the design of the General
Assembly to supersede the different ecclesiasti
cal bodies connected with it, but to give unity
and efficiency to their actions, so as to bring out
the full adaptation and force of the Presbyterian
system in Home Missions; the Presbyteries are
recommended to appoint a standing Committee
of Home Missions to explore their destitutions,
and to select and designate missionaries, to re
commend the amount of their compensations, to
secure an annual contribution to the cause from
each of their churches, and furnish annually to
the Permanent Committee, on or before the
15th of April, a detailed statement of the Home
Missionary work within their bounds. , ,
The Committee, also recommend to the Gene
ral Assembly the adoption of the following re
solutions, for the guidance of the Presbyterian
Committee of Home Missions and the Presby
teries,:
1. Resolved, That the condition of the Home
Missionary work throughout the Church, at the
present time, calls for a reconsideration and re
adjustment of many of its arrangements, so as
to give it, in its new relations, the greatest sta.
billy and efficiency.
2. Resolved, That the aim should be, to. esta
blish churches which have the prospect of reach
ing, at no distant day, a self-sustaining condi
tion, and not such as will; nevitably remain rin
prolonged or perpetual dependence; and that
the attention, of Presbyteries be directed to this
point, in asking appropriations for churches al
ready existing, and in planting others, so that
the bounty of, the whole church < may be dis
pensed so as to secure the earliest and most
beneficial returns.
3. Beso/ve4, That the Presbyteries should
Carefully weigh the relative claims of old orga , -
nizationa and of new enterprises, that one may
not, be sacrificed for the other; that as to the
former, they should ascertain if any ought to
be discontinued, if several may.not be united
under one missionary, what may be done to sti
mulate them to greater efforts for self-support,
and if apprOpritttions to decidedly unprOmising
ones should notbe curtailed ; anti as to the lat
ter, they should then only be undertaken where
the providential indications point out their ne
cessity, and never to establish denominational
interests where there is really no call nor room
for them; the general principle being that we
should hold only •that which is :worth holding,
and , advance no farther than can be done effect
4. Resolved, That applications from the Pres
byteries should state all the facts which the
Committee should know.in order to form a•cor
rect judgment in the case, such as—the location
of the church; its positive and relative, its pre- ,
sent and prospective iinportance; its age ;' num
hers ; pecuniary ability; necessities; length of
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time during which it has been receiving a ssist
once' the prospect of its ceasingltoinecd a ssist
uric etc., etc. And that no church should
be
teeonimended for an appropriation-which* dives
not make all reasonable exertions to sustain the
preaching of the gospel; make an annual con
tribution to the general treasury;, and satisfy „ ,
Itielrreib'ytery that it — lies - complied with
engagements to its minister... i*
5. Resolved, That ap,propriatiOns Would) be
made with reference to the necessities and pros
pects of congregations,ratherahan in view of
the wants of missionaries; , the support of the
ministry being regarded chiefly as nmeans of ;
building up the church. • •
:6. Resolved, That, as the funds of,the church
mint be limited in comparison with the very ex
tensive field to be supplied,'a careful economy
should be regarded in allapproPriations, and
strenuous efforts should be made to increase the
contributions to the general treasury, from year
to year.
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'I. Resolved, That in planting new churches,
the unity of the body of Christ should ,be, sore
cognised, that where another denomination, of
like general faith and order, is in possessiiin of.
afield, and is doing all that may be fairly needed
to supply it with the gospel, presently or pros
pectively, missionaries should not be sent to
that field, but to more destitute regions. ,
S. Resolved, That itinerating missionary la
bor should be employed wherever the wants of
any particular region :may demand it, and'the
the disposal of the Committee will ;al
low; and that, great care should be taken to
gather up . and perpetuate the results of Snell
itineranctes, so that the energies and Meatis of
the church may , not be wasted in fruitless expe
:9:..4e,solved,. That the , Con2mittee pu Church
Extension, established in 1855, having satisfac
toillY fulfilled its course', as a supplementary
- firrangeinent, and its separate continuance be
ing -rendered unnecessary by the establishment
of the ..Presbyterian Committee of Home Mis-
sions, it shallbe,merged into hat Committee,
which is declared to be the, legal successor to
all its reationsibilities rights and claims; and
P
that When the Presby' ibrian'Committeepnylome
Missions becomes organiWed; the funds; recbrds;
claims, and responsibilities of said Church Ex
tenaion'Committee shall.be transferred to that
"Ceminittee.
ffeiolved, That tice Perinanent Commit
tee.oti Home Missions, establi'shecl in 1858, be
discontinued,: .
1L Resolved, That the General Assembly te
gulfs it of the utmostimportEnce that uniform
PresbYterial system should be adopted, as soon
and_ as far as practicable;' and`it `earnestly re=
Corninende all its ecclesiastical bodies actini in
eonnectionlirith , other organizations, ah hoon as
it can heldpneiwithout sacrifice to exihting in.
terests, to conforni themselves to the Assembly's
plan.
12. Resolved, That the Presbyterian Com
mittee of Home Missions - be directed 6.a:ppli
to the Legislatute of for 'an Act of: In=
corporation. •, •
13—Rcsolued, That the Presbyterian Com-
mittee of Mime Missions be directed to hold its
first' meeting' in - 'on the day 'or —,
and the , Stated Clerk of the Assembly notify in
due time, the inemberi3, of the time and place of
meeting.
Dr. Wallace, of Philadelphia, read the report
of the trustees of the .Presbyterian House, which
Was referred tO'the Committee on Publication.,
. .
The same gentleman presented the report of
the Church Extension Committee. ..it appears
from this that great progre-ss :has been ,made; in
the work of Home Missions in the Church. The
receipts were upwards of $21,000; the number
Of missionaries, 88; boxes of clothing for mission.:
cries, 40; legacies, $25,000. The report, was
ferred to the Church Extension Committee.
Thp hour of 12 having arrived, the Assembly,
took a recess till 3 P. M.
Both, on Thursday and Friday evenings, meet.:
ings were held on the state of the'emintry. The
church, which is a very laige one, was filled with
meiibers of the Assettibly'and. citizens and ladies
of Syrachte. AddresSes delifered; inter
spersed with singing and prayer. Among others
who spoke, were Dr. Cox, Pastor. Fisch, Bra. jerk.,
kin's and Darling, of Philadelphia; Mr. Emerson,
of Delaware, and otliera. Rev. Mr. Waldo;'ever
ninety years of age, 'who enlisted in the Revolu
tionary war at sixteen years of .age, made an
teresting address. 'The spirit of patriotism mounts
very high. The exercises for this (Friday) even
ing were concluded by singing, amidst great en
thusiasm], of . the Star Spangled Rattner. The
Geeeral ASsemblY are' to a man in favor of the
Union. Strong.resolutions sustaining the.govern
nient will be adopted.
The hospitality of the citizens of Syracuse t o .
wards the Aasernbly is unbounded.
SECOND DAY - ---AFTEDNOON SESSION.
'At three o'clock the Assembly was opened with
prayer by Rev. Dr. Cox. The &Rowing Commis
sione.rs were announced, and their names were
added to - the roll:
Joseph Allison, , 3d.Presbytery of Philadelphia;,
Reuben S. Ragan,
.Presbytery of Green
Castle.
Rev. Daniel G. Mallory, 4th Presbytery of Phi
ladelphia. • .
On motion; of Dr. A.- D. Smith, 10 :.o'clock;
Monday morning, was
,appointed for hearing ad 7
dresses fi.om delegates to this body from corre
sponding bodies.
Rev. VA: Mills, D, D., read - report of his
reception by 'the General: Association of Con
. necticut, as delegate from this body: , The -re
port was accepted, and, ordered to be printed with
the others.
At the suggestion of Dr., Cox', ladies were • in
vited to take seats ia the : front wall slips on either
side' of the church;
Committees. Were appointed to nominate dele
gates to corresponding bodies and, a preacher on
Home Missions in 1862.
The report 'on statistical 'returns was' read` by
Rev. A. K. Strong, for E. F. Hatfield, D. D. and
H. Darling, Committee.. They recommended the
idoption of no new methcd.s,, but only careful and
accurate compliance with the , methods already in
dicated by the As.lembly. Some discussion fol.;
lowed,'in the course of which it-Was explained
that new blanks for returns have been prepared
for the use of the churches in reporting to Eresby
tEries. The report •was accepted, adopted, and
ordered printed in the minutes.
The following committee was announced to re
port delegates to foreign bodies Ref. Jas. Knox,
Rev. Moses B. Gelston, Rev. Joseph T. Willet,
Rev. Theodore S,,Brown, Rev. Benjamin Graves.
The foll Owing committee.was announced to name
a preacher on home Missions: Rev. Theodore L.
Cuyler, Rev.lAndrew J. Fennel, Rev. Oliver N:
Chapin. `. -
It was moved to appoint the usual days of fast
ing and prayer, 'the first. Monday in January and
the lase Thursday in .I*ebruary, but objection was
made to the first Monday in January, as a season,
for various: reasons, unfavorable for the purpose.
Many short speeehei were made for and against
the .observanee of the first Monday in January.
The original motion prevailed.
ADDRESS BY REV. G. FISCH.
The hour having arrived for it, Rev. Pastor Fisch,
of France, was presented to the Assembly, and
made a very feeling address. •
lie considered it a great priVilege toltave re
mained in this country lon&enough'to attend this
General Assembly. It-had been his great desire,
and its accomplishment atoned to him for his stay
in tie country. In the name of his French bre-
Oren, he expressed the deepest sympathy for this
nation in its present eircutustaneei. 'French Pro
testants, and especially those of the Free Church,
look to America, and sometimes are accused of an
Antericpmania. At a distance the little,defieien
cs'are lost from sight. They .look at America
across the ocean, and everything, except one thing,
which le would not nientieni seemed to them ad
mirable. • They feel that" their own destiny in
France is _at stake, in our crisis. t The-Protestants
of France are very, liberal. The Roman Catholic
ehurchis on the -side of ,every kind of human
slavery of mind; so, at the preSent"titne,'Fieneli
Protestants feel that our destinies and struggles
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are theirs, and on triumph : l . 7M be theirs also, ani
they'expectAhatoir'ertsoetrieonner than many t.x.
peet r this natioriwillhain assumed in the gen ,,, ai
estimation of nationsi.p,ositibiliven higher tha n
it
tool some twenty years ago.
Mr. Fisch describe& the progreas of Protestant_
ism in France. Paris;Witlfits 1,800,000 inha.
fully Lia r leferigiouTt effort. 50, 0 , 4 .,
are
u t tiW 14 7 2 , ''paldt„'n'esh4retsberrresP4becnogmuinpg afsaVlo'yrabej;
k eb n an ovr t n in . ° khey were once not distinguished Ir on ,
infidels,,and ha himself, .after preaching in the, .
south of France, had once been asked to vi s i t a
man who he was owed was a perfect Calvicic t
for he believed neither in God nor Devil. I t
now realized, that‘Protestants believe in both, a n q
that if thge,is hope ef. safety.for the French
tion, it kiiiivangelicarteligion.
lir:Tisch =hoped a:deputation would be s ent
from this body to.the •French Synod meeting next
year at La Force. • The pastor of that aura,
most excellent Man, had from the F rn _ nt i i
Academy the rare distin'ction of thepriz de t ot „ ,
the prize of moral eicellinee, conferred on him at
the instance, of Mr. itemusat, one of the Cabin et
Ministers Of Napoleon I L,. an eminent Catholic,
He begged the remembrance of the member , of
the Assembly in their . prayers. France shr,nl,l
be remembered by American' Christians. Th e
stronghold of the enemy should be aimed at. It
would have been wise for the enemies of this
vernixient to' have seized Washington while they
could. France is the spiritual Washington of th e
great adversary— She claims aid from us. If
she has not invented telegraphs, or steamboats, or
railroads?-she invented Presbyterianism, for Joh n
Calvin was a Frenchman.
t The Mnderator,, taking Dr. Fiseh's band, cor
dially responded to his address in the following
wards:-- ,
Let mein ono word, sir, respond to your 1.. n•
gunge of hearty sympathy with us. For one,
am not surprised to find the French heart beating
as your'n"does to.day.' I cannot forbear to allude
to scenes revived in memory; one Saturday e ve .
nine, eight4en years ago, going to a prayer -meet
ing conducted.byilonod, and afterwards led by a
stranger going to the chapel of the beloved past or
at LyonsOrhere r l. heard a sermon from the test,
"Therefore being justified by faith," &e., and
when he prayed. for the American ministers pre
sent his voice trembled and ceased in the fulness
of emotion. -We rejoice in your sympathy. We
have learned, "Put not your, trust in princes;"
we trust in God, but it is grateful to have the
tender of sympathizing friends, and the assurance
of the prayers of our Christian brethren on the
other side of the sea. We believe we shall come
threrigh'this trial and that one blessing shall be
the result of it, putting to the test, as it has not
been for along time, .PRINGIPLE in this country,
and that it "PIN strengthened and brought out
in a vigo,r, such as has not been seen in this coun
try. :Ivray God's' Blessing go with you, my bro
ther!". '
Dr. Cox,-after Mr. Fisch had closed his remarks,
offered a resolution of cordial sympathy for him
and his fellow, Christians and pastors in France,
which he accompanied with a very spirited address.
The lesblition was unanimously adopted. The
Moderator theft called on Mr. Fisch to relate the
conversion of a Professor of the Sorbonne, which
he did in a very affecting manner, and in much
extremely interesting detail.
The srePort of the 'Church Erection and Church
Eitension Committee was read by Rev. B. J.
Wallace, and appropriately= referred.
Dr. Jenkins, of 'Philadelphia; was appointed
leader of the, evening , prayer,meeting, and the
Assembly then took a - recess till 9A. M. Prayer
was' offered by'Dr. Gilbert.
EBTRE I D - iY—SATIITIDA--..itoltiiiNCl SESSION
The Assembly met at nine this morning, and
passed the usual Fhalfhour in devotional exercise.
IBl:witless-being resumed,' the following new
CoulNiksignert were annettneed:—.
9,, B. Stevens,-Presbytery of Lake Supe
rior:
Rev ~P 6. Wisner,' D D., Presbytery of Nia-
Ceplias,Arms, Preekterynf Knox.
James A. Bell, Presbytery _of Watertown.
REPORT ON 'DEVOTIONAL EXERCISES
The Corlimittee'on Devotional Exercises made
a report of appointments' for - the Sabbath and
coming week:—
Thursday, 3 P.M.—The .Communion of the
Lord's Slipper will be ; administered in this house.
The Moderator of . the Assembly to preside.
Rev. pr Jenkins, of. Philadelphia, to adminis
ter the'Slieranient.
Thelollowing ruling eldetn to distribute the
bread to the communicants": S. Spencer;
Spencer Kelogg, Esq ; lion. D. S. Bacon; Ilan.
Josepli W. Raymond; R. L.
Sbeley;
The'following -to dieeribute the'cup: Smith ()s
-trut*. Esq.; :Bon. Samuel , M. Blatchford; lion.
Augustus P. Mescal; L.' R.;;Livingston, Esq.;
E. D. Kanonse, Es:q.; „Ebenezer Randolph, Esq.
The annual address of the Presbyterian Eis
tOrical: Seciky, on the . '" Ter Centenary of the
meeting of 'Abe- Firit Genentl Assembly," takes
place, toz.day,'(Thursday,) P. M., at-7i o'clock.
Rev. J.:Marsh, D. D., Secretary of the Ameri
can Temperance Union made,a brief address, and
asked the passage of the following resolution:
iMereas, In the Providence. of God our be
loved country is in 'a state of very unusual excite
ment and conflict, in' which there is danger of a
great increase of intemperance,
, Resolved, That the circumstance demands the
special attention of the ministry and churches,
and While we render thanks for - the preparation
which has been made for these days of conflict by
the 'treat temperance reformation '
we do earnestly
ask for extraordinary prayer and labor, that oar
noble.young men, who go in .the, spirit of Lexing
ton and Bunker Bill to the defence of the Consti
tution and laws, may be kept from the tempta
tions of the camp and the field, that we may conic
out of ; this war with far greater ability than we
haie ever possessed, - to wage successful combat
with intemperance and every other moral evil
Which hinders the advent of the kingdom of
Christ.
Rev. T. Cuyler seconded the resolution in a
few :remarks.
Dr. Cox also favored it, but wished tobacco
were included in the resolution and that is were
more explicit against the license system.
Dr. A. D. Smith said a few words in regard to
the special dangers of young men in camp.
The resolution was unanimously adopted.
l'he permanent committees on Church Erection
and . .Publication presented their xeports, which
were read and referred tp the appropriate stand
ing committees of the .Aasembly. The reports
are long and we shall present an abstract of them
in our next issue.l
Rev. Mr. Emerson, ofDelaware, was appointed
to lead the prayer meeting this evening.
The special committee the State of the
Union presented a very stirring and decided re
port, which was. read; and slight objection having
been made to some of the expressions, was recom
mitted fortrevision.
Thee - Aisenibly then adjourned to Monday, at
.9, A. M; 'after prayer by the Moderator.
,EDITOR'S, TABLE.
PAMPHLETS AND, PERIODICALS
From W. B. ZIEBER, of this city, we have re
ceived the . April issues of the WESTMINSTER and
the LONDON QUARTERLY' REVIEWS.
The articles in the WESTMINSTER are, Kingsley
on History—Sicilian Revolution—Voltaire's Ro
tnances—The Universities and, Scientific Educa
tion—Early Intercourse of England and Germany
—The Co4on,..lganufa&ture—Maine on Ancient
Law — Eton-Austria and Iser Beforms--Con tem
porary. Literatire.
, 111
The f t osb3N QUARTERLY contains :• The Pearls
and Mick : Pearls `of History—Euphuism—Lord
Dundonald- 4 -Spiritual Destitution in the Metro-
Polis---Germau,• Flemish and , Dtttch Art—African
Discovery—,LOrd Stanhope's-Life of Pitt—lndian
dUirency, Finance and Legislation—lron Manu
facture.
May 23