THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN
AND
GENESEE EVANGELIST.
A RELIGIOr S AKD PAMU.V NEWSPAPER
IN THE INTEREST OF THE
Constitutional Presbyterian Church.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
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AT THE PRESBYTERIAN HOUSE,
1334 Cfiestnut Street, (2d story,! Philadelphia.
Rev. John W Hears, Editor and Publisher.
THE SCARLET WOMAN.
LATE DEVELOPMENTS.
How deeply the great of earth would
grovel before the swelling and blasphemous
pretensions of Papal Rome, is graphically
foretold in the book of Revelation. And
it is among the paradoxes of our, history,
as a Republic, that nowhere has this ho
mage to the power and influence of the
beast been more abject than among a cer
tain class Of pur own public men. It was
reserved to a republic to produce some of
the worst illustrations of the corrupting,
pernicious influences of slavery, and of
subserviency to its ends on the part of po
liticians; it seems that we have men
among us determined to let no opportuni
ty pass of rendering homage to a super
stition, not more false in fact, than opposed
in spirit to the whole theory of Republi
canism.
The Rev. John Hughes, “Archbishop of
New York,” is dead, We do uot intend
to make this event, which forever removes
a fellow-mortal from the reach of our
praise or blame, an-occasion for expressing
our opinion of the man or of his religious
beliefs. We are not now concerned with
his person or his character as a prelate.
But we are concerned for the character of
many of our living public men, who have
certainly given occasion for astonishment
and indignation to every Protestant and
every loyal citizen, by the manner in which
they have treated the occurence. Two of
the most prominent of our local and State
legislatures have gone out of their way to
pass the most laudatory resolutions in ho
nor of the departed prelate, as if he had
performed some conspicuous service, or
enduied some great hardship for the city,
the commonwealth, or the republic. It is
notorious he has done neither. It is per
fectly well known that his position upon
the great question now disturbing the
country, and calling upon every citizen, as
his first and simplest duty, to take a stand
that could not for an instant be misunder
stood by the dullest, was far from satisfac
tory; ,his semi-official mission to France
and Italy in 1862, was, in our opinion,
semi-loyal, and utterly unworthy of the
eclat attempted to he given it; he himself
had no confidence ip its and said,
in reply to the congratulations of the truck;-
ling Boarcf of New YorkATdermen on his:
return: “All the time I was abroad I did
not represent one part of the country, more
than another, but the whole of it as, I once
knew it;” and again, to Secretary Seward,
Nov, 1, 1862, be wrote: “ When all hope
[of the preservation of peace,] passed
away, I was for the vigorous prosecution
of the war, so that one side or the ' other
•should find itselfin the ascendancy. ” (The
italics are ours.) And his behaviour during
the New York riots, his tardy use of his in
fluence, if he had any, his untimely witti
cisms, amid the desolations and murders of
those terrible scenes, and his dismissing the
bio ody rioters without a rebuke, but with his
episcopal' benediction, —these things prove
much that we do not care to dwell upon ;
but we must say they utterly' annihilate
any relic of a foundation for civil gratitude
and public honor towards the archbishop.
The New York Aldermen and Albany
Legislature aTe not less informed or dis
cerning than are the loyal and Protestant
community. Their purpose was plain.
They were dallying with the scarlet woman.
One source of power to which they were
accustomed with fawning sevility to apply,
is destroyed in the overthrow of the slave
oligarchy of, the South. The pope and his
minions still remain, and they dote on them
more-fondly, from the loss which they
have just suffered.
It seenis -that Mr. Davis has received
words of warmth and-kindness, and even
recognition, in terms, as “ President,” “ Il
lustrious President,” from, the pope..- The
pope wishes a perpetual friendship estab
lished between himself and the rebel Presi
dent. Italian liberty and American na
tionality are alike distasteful to the head
■of the worst system of ecclesiastical de
spotism the world has ever known. Poor
Pope! Poor ‘‘President!” A waning
Pope and a waning President may well
feel sympathy for. each other.
A new page is turned over in the his
tory of the scarlet woman. It is a page of
unspeakable and unparalelled horrors. Her
idolatrous worship Of Mary has been inter
rupted by a most hCart-rending calamity.
A human holocaust has been offered up to
her superstition. The burning of the Je
suits’ Church in Santiago ' must hot be
New Series. Vol. I, No. 5.
lightly passed over as an unavoidable, mys
terious providence. All events are, in
some sense, providences, and to speak of
the ushering of two thousand five hundred
human beings into eternity, through a
reckless use of the most hazardous ma
chinery; for the Sake of a gaudy and su
perstitious display, as a providence or a
a mystery, is to pervert a solemn phrase
into mockery. Lying priests who had
been deluding weak females into the belief
that they corresponded by letter with Mary,
undertake, without the slightest regard to
personal- safety, to decorate in the most
frail and flimsy manner, a vast church, fill
ing it with wood'and muslin, and hanging
20,000 camphene lamps upon wall and
and roof, and then gather into it a congre
gation of nearly three thousand persons;—
the conflagration and awful disaster that
ensued, must, in some considerable degree,
be laid to their charge, and to the charge
of which turns the wor
ship of God into’ a gaudy show.
Nay more. These wretches, according
to every account that has reached us, did
not lift a finger to rescue the perishing,'
pitiful multitude of helples females. They
are accused of having locked up one of the
doors of egress, through which many of the
poor creatures might have escaped, so that
they might devote themselves undisturbed
to the work of saving the tools of their
trade. Instead of' so many women
rescued, we have a list, given in one of
the Santiago papers, of articles of ridicu
lous insignificance, such as wooden images,
settees, books, candle-sticks and a great
deal of sacred mattings and carpets saved
from the flames. Having achieved this
extraordinary work, it is said they forsook
the spot and even withheld their offices
from such of the sufferers as were by
superhuman efforts brought gasping and
maimed from the perishing crowd.
; The Valparaiso Patriot says :
“ It may be safely stated that no event
has ever occurred in Chile which, has
-dealt so heavy d blow to the priest's as this
dire and unutterable calamity. Never
has the press spoken of them as now.
Their imprudence in getting up such
pageants, 'which ’are freely styled idola
trous—their failure to aid in rescuing the,
victims—their deception of the devotees
with the letter box of Mary and its pre
tended answers—have all placed them in
a mo’sfc uiiieiiYiabla position.” '
DRi ROBINSOFS LIBRARY.
Since the death of r Dr: Edwardßobirison,
there has been al’good deal of inquiry as;
to the disposition of his private library,,
which is well known to be very valuable
and rich in apparatus for biblical' study.
Several institutions made proposals for the
purchase of this library. One of them
was Hamilton College. There Dr. Ro
binson had graduated. While a tutor
there, he had prepared his first book for
the press. One of its professorships, en
dowed by the friends of Dr. Robinson in
New York and Brooklyn had been honored
with his name. Why should not the li
brary and Robinson Professorship go to
gether ? So asked a few gentlemen in
New York, with whom a good thought is
quickly translated into generous action.
They placed the means for its purchase in
the hands of Dr. Gceftner. who has re
cently had the satisfaction of forwarding
the library to its new and permanent home
in Hamilton College.- It embraces not
less than twelve hundred rare and valua-'
ble books, such as the biblical scholar de
lights to surround himself with, as well as
a very large number of mapis, which in
the estimation of some will seem to be
worth nearly the cost of the entire library.
Apart from its intrinsic value and practi
cal uses, the Robinson Library has asso
ciations, growing out of a life-long devotion
to biblical science, that give it an almost
sacred' character. •'Fortunate is the col
lege, whose students can hereafter handle
the very bonks and maps .that were used
so successfully by the immortal author of
the Biblical Researches.
DEATH OP MBS. EEV. JAS. M’OASEIE.
It is with heartfelt sorrow-that we an
nounce the death of the estimable v?ife of
our beloved brother, Rev. James McCaskie,
on the.3d of January last, at the residence
of his father, near Whitehouse, County
Tyrone, Ireland. Her end was' peace;
her trust in the merits of the Saviour was
simple and child-like, and her desire was
“to depart and he with Christ, which is
for better.”
We tender our sympathies to the be
reaved husband, who will doubtless be
graciously enabled ,to bear the stroke and
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY; FEBRUARY 4, 186 4 .
to derive those severe but heavenly les
sons of discipline from the event, which it
was meant in the order of Providence to
convey. Mr McCaskie is still in Ireland.
Out of several pieces sent us on the death of
Sergeant Hmniston, we unhesitatingly give the'
preference to the following simple, sweet verges,
very well adapted to music, which the author
has already provided for them, and will soon;
publish. Mr. Clark, the author, (“the poet
vocalist,”) is an adept in this land of work,
having written, composed music for and pub
licly sung a number of pieces as: “The Dawn
of; Redemption,” “Fremont’s Battle Hymn,”
“Rock of Liberty,” and other popular songs;
We think “The Children of the Battle-Field,)',
will vie with either of others in popularity.
THE CHILDSES OP THE BATTLE-FIELD,
• BY JAMES G. CLARK.
[of Dansville, N. Y.]
Upon the field ,of Gettysburg
The summer sun was high,
When Freedom met her traitorous foe
Beneath a Northern sky;
Among the heroes of the North,
Who swelled her grand array— 1
Who rushed, like mountain eagles forth,
From happy homes away,
There stood a man of humble’fame,
A sire-of children, three,
And gazed, within a little frame,
Their pictured forms to see ;
And blame him not if, in the strife,
He breathed a soldier’s prayer—
“OLFather, guard the soldier’s wife,
his children care.” . . vi
Upon the field.of Gettysburg
When morning shone again,
The crimson cloud of battle burst
In streams of fiery rain; -
Our legions quelled the awful flood - •:<
Of shot, and steel, and shell,
While banners, marked with ball and blood,
: Around them rose and"fell; to
And none more nobly won the name cs
Of Champion of the Free,
Than he who.pressed the,little frame ■. -A:
That held his children three; ~
And none were braver in the strife J
Than he who breathed the prayer.:-
“0! Father, guard the soldier’s wife, ~ j
And for his children care.”.
Upon the field of Gettysburg
The full moon slowly rose,
She looked, and saw ten thousand brows
All pale in death’s repose,
And down beside a silver stream,
From other forms away, . ~ ?
Calm as a warrior in a dream, ~
: Our fallen comrade lay; • '
His limbs were cold, his sightless eyes- . ’ t
Were fixed upon the three .
Sweet sters that rose in mem’ry’s skies
; To light him o’er death’s sea.,, . ‘ «jf.
Then honored be the soldier's life, " ! ; .
And hallowed be his prayer;; ■'
“0! Father, guard the soldier’ a wife, , - :
And for his children cafe.”
REY- DR. GCEHTRER AJRD
, After a brief absence, Rev.l)r,.Gfcert
ner has resumed to this city and resumed
the effort in behalf of the Albert Barnes
Professorship in Hamilton College, which
he commenced under such encouraging cir-i
cumstances a few weeks ago. We are
happy to say that there is no apparent
abatement of interest in the, undertaking
on the part of our people, and that Dr;
Goertner regards the result with the calmr
ness of an officer who has never known
defeat in sny past enterprise on this .field
of effort.
Philadelphians and admirers of .the man
whose, name is to bo connected with, the
professorship will not fail to sustain Dr.
Goertner in these expectations. • - -
We shall next week publish the con
cluding number of this excellent series; of
papers for the soldiers. I? is" soarcely n%»
cessary for us to express our high opinion"
of these contributions to our columns.
They have been,.tender, appropriate,-and
interesting; we have seen nothing in our
exchanges at all approaching thefn either
in aim or execution; As our papsir goes
in very large numbers every week to-the
army, a wide field for usefulness is .afforded
in this line of writing. We shoqld be.
glad to be able to keep up the “ Soldier’s
Scrap Book ” with the aid of one or more'
contributors, familiar with the wants of
the soldiers and interested in their spiritual,
condition. . ,
ANNIVERSARY OP THE CHRISTIAN
The truly noble aims and gteat work of
tbis organization, the high place it~ de
servedly holds in the hearts of loyal Chris
tian people, the grandeur of the demon
stration on, last Thursday evening in its
behalf, will, we are sure, make our exten
sive report of the Anniversary proceedings,
welcome to all our readers.’ This report will’
be found very full and accurate and wor
thy of a careful perusal. Bishop Janes’,
statement is given as received from the,
reporter; some late revisions did not reach
us in time for insertion.
Our Paper is delayed nearly a whole,
day by the failure of the paper mill to' fill'
our order, given in what we regarded, and*
what had heretofore proved, due-season.
A portion pf the editoin is necessarily,
printed on paper of different proportions
from our regular sheet. ' l ". ! '
THE PRIZE POEM.
COLLEGE.
SOLDIER’S SCRAP BOOK.
COMMISSION.
Suffering Refugees at Cairo. —The
great number of fugitives coming from
South-western portions of the rebel terri
tory, and congregating at Cairo 111., is not
only, sad and overwhelming proof of the
tyranny and suffering under which the
people of the South are groaning, but is
demanding the immediate attention
of the benevolent. Often a hundred refu
gees a day reach this point. Numbers of
them are helpless remnants of families,
whose protectors havs been murdered by
guerillas, and who have been fobbed of all
means of living. They are suffering for
almost every necessary of life ; their suffer
ings are aggravated by the privations of
winter; and, from the nature of the case,
the severity of those sufferings is.increased
by the accumulation of the sufferers.
' ' "Rev. Ezekiel Folson, Chaplain of the
’Post Hospital at Cairo, is in the East,
under orders from Genefal Reid, command
ing at Cairo, on a mission of benevolence
tWoward those refugees. His labors iff
several cities have awakened' deep and
’practical sympathy. He is how in Philaf
'delphia, and we take pleasure in commen
..ding his mission to the sympathy and
charities of our readers.
Jftm jrf., ip
s,. Pastors Remembered. Rev. E. J.
Gaylord, of Delaware .city and Port Penn
..Churches, Delaware, writes from the for
•flier locality, January 23d; as follows : a ~,
sH:Returning from an evening religious ser
vitee in this place, I found my premises had
been invaded during my absence' by the
-good people from my congregation at Port
iPenp. The invadinghost had fled, leaving
,bphind an amply supplied coinnissariafc—
•chickens, turkeys,; hams; butter; lard, teas,
.coffee, and sugars in every variety, grains of
,all kinds, muslins, flannel, &c., and withal
;$i ample roll of greenbacks. In these
,times,, and amid the distractions, of- a Bor-
,der, State, an expression of this sort to the
jgj§jjp;,,an<i, as regards, vplpfejm ad.yance of
1 sibailar. movements,. .is peculiarly
and; Evan
gdjft learps that the house of Reu.E. E.
Gffiet was recently invaded hy.a host of un-
who. : took him captive, and,
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fibr Sirs. G., raised the amount to near
fO...Put what ,was more , precious than
gift itself, was ■ the feeling, it manifest
ed, (and which was happily expressed in an
address by one pf the members,) the cordial
■attachment of all to. their, pastor, who has.
preached to them with so much fidelity and
success for fifteen years. —Rev. E. G.
Moore, of Wilmington, 111., has received
from his people gifts, mostly in money,
amounting to nearly $2OO. Last year they
paid him $lOO more than the salary agreed
upon, and'this year they have raised his sa
lary $lOO, Rev. A. T. Rankin, of Kings
ton and Clarksburg, Ind,, has received nu
merous gifts from his people, and an addi
tion of $lOO to his salary.
MiNisiiats’ and Elders' Sons in the
Asmy.—Rcu. J. A. Raney , of Three Ki-
Xers, MiSh., writes to the Presbytery Re
porter, that his eldest son is in the 19th
Veils. Last March' he was taken
prlSen&yand After long ahd ! severe marches,
sftrd inn«fh- snffevv'g from hunger, he: was
seS-inisi'ciattle car to Richmond, robbed of
his personal effects,’ and put into liibby Pri
son. , But.after a-short stay; he was ex
changed. The Church Sessionconsiats of the
pagtor and,: five Elders. : All but one of them
h&ve.a soninthearmy; and he has a young
- man there, .raised, asason in hisfamily. One
of the Elders’was . for-some time time a
Captain in the. service, but continued ill
-health compelled him, to resign, u You may
jkftOw, says Mr. R., that we do not forget to
for. the soldiers in th.e,-prayer meeting
op on the Sabbath-
Robt. Stewart is still laboring at
omro, 111., though j ust recovering from a
spell of sickness. A large part of his sup
port will probably be raised'on the ground.
He Writes to the Reporter, Dec. 25th:
I think the way is preparing for addi
tional strength to the church. Our congre
gaitibns are good, and are beginning to as
sume a more permanent character. This
morning I received a line from an officer in
jibe navy, stating that he had for several
idonths attended our church, and that, as
•he was ordered to the ocean service, he
wtehed irie to reocive the enclosed (810) as
a token of his kind regards.
Ministerial Movements. — -Rev. Wm.
Rarl“ of Auburn, lias.received a call to the
Genesee Evangelist, No. 924.
pastoral charge' of the church at Malden,
Ulster C. 0., N. Y.——Rev. Geo. F. Earnest
has taken charge of the'church at Ausable
Forks, N. Y. Rev. iV. P. Bailey has re
signed the charge of the church at'Paines
ville, 0. Rev. Win. Ellers has accepted
the call of the church at Troy, Madison
Co., 111.: Rev. Jas. IK Stark has taken
charge of the church at Jefferson, Wis.——
Rev. J. B. Riley has removed from Lodi to
Berlin, Wis., and has taken charge of the
church there.
, A Work. of Grach.—Rev Thomas 11.
Tallow, of Newark; Mo., writes to the Re
porter under date, of Dec. sth, 1863:
•“.During a late meeting.held in the New'
■Providence Church, we had a seasonof re
freshing from the presence of , the Lord.
Sixteen young people became moved, I trust,
by the Holy Spirit; to seek eternal life
through our Lord Jesus Christ. We were
aided in. our meeting by Rey. L. W, Dun
lap' lately of Illinois, and Rev. J. A. Dar-'
rah, 1 of West Ely, Mo.” 1
FROM OUR ROCHESTER CORRESPON
DENT.
PRESBYTERY OF ST; LAWRENCE.
This body'held its annual meeting at
Canton, on the 19thinst. The Presbytery
Of Ogdensburgh, (0. S.) was in session at
the same time in the same place, and in
the same spirit, if we may judge ftoin the
fact that after organizing separately they
came together and united in the opening
services. The sermon for both was
preached byitfev. L. Merrill Miller, Pastor
of the Presbyterian Church (0. S.) at
: Ogdensburgh. As Mr. Miller was once a
Rochester boy, upon whose face we had
-not' looked for about twenty years, we
were not a little interested to see and
hear him. We had heard indeed that he
had grown to be a man now, but were
glad of the opportunity to judge for our
selves. If ail * the Rochester boys had
done as well in life’s race, this goodly city
would not have had occasion to be
ashamed of any of* them; The sermon was
good, such as an able and excellent man of a
genial and catholic spirit would be'expec
ted to preach; and it was graccftilly, for
cibly and i agreeably’delivered. But we
were even more pleased with Mr. Miller,
as he appeared in the anniversaries from
day to day, of which we have before
we&^feiiiny,
; and kept the run of business aS
in such a way that every thing
seemed to move like , clock; work. Mr.
Miller is pastor,of a large and flourishing'
church; and is exerting a Wide and genial
influence for every good cause in this-part
of the country. ,
UNION OF PRESBYTERIANS.
It will be remembered that a movement
was set on foot by the two Presbyteries of
which we are now speaking some time
since, looking toward the re-union of the
two branches of the Presbyterian Church.
These brethren are in earnest on this
subject, and do not mean to let it sleep
until something is really accomplished.
After such an auspicious opening, in prac
tical union themselves, each Presbytery
appointed a committee of two of its own
number, to confer together and report,
each committee to its own body, a set of
resolutions, to be sent up to each of tho
next General Assemblies, as an expression
of the sentiment that prevails in this region.
The committees after a pleasant and
fraternal conference, cordially agreed upon
the following, which were adopted unani
mously by the twb Presbyteries.
1. .Resolved, That we heartily approve
the action'of the last'General Assembly,
and the-Spirit manifested in a similar
action by the other Assembly and give
sincere, thanks 'to,, God for, the manifesta
tions of increasing readiness and desire for
a fall and complete union of the two
bodies. '- ■ 5
2. Resolved, -That we are clearly con
vinced, that in this part of the country, our
churches .and congregations are earnestly
looking for the' rembval of all ecclesiastical
hindrances to the Outward completion of
the union and harmony .in action of the
church;- at large, which really exists in,
spirit, orthodoxy add readiness for
and fraternity. !
3. Resolved; That we earnestly hop'd
that the wisdom of the General Assembly ’
.guided by our .divine Lord, may devise,
some plan to accomplish; this, union as
speedily as possible, so that our Presby
teries may not be compelled to take the
initiative. .
4. Resolved, That we hereby overture
General Assembly to appoint a committee
if it seem best to them to do so, tol consider
and mature some plan looking to the
accomplishment of this great object. sV
The two Presbyteries seemed to -vie'
witheach other as to '-which sbould be.
TERMS.
By mail $2.00 per annum, in advance.
“ “, 2.60 “ “ after 3 months.
By carrier 26 cents additional.
CLUBS
Ten or more papers sent by mail to one
church or locality, or in the city to one address,
By mail $1.50 per annum.
By nanaer 2.00 “
To save trouble, club subscriptions must com
mence at the same date, must be paid strictly
in advance and in one remittance, for which
one receipt will be returned. ■
Ministers and ministers’ widows supplied at
club rates.
Postage, five cents quarterly, to be paid in ad
vance by the subscribers at the office of delivery.
most generous and earnest in the advocacy
of these measures. It was delightful
to see the Hon. . John Fine, long an
honored citizen ■of Ogdensburgh, and
member of the old school Presbyterian
Church in that place, foremost and warmest
in urging the re-union. He seemed to be
like Simeon, waiting for the consolation
of Israel; seemed indeed, unable to rest
longer in peace, and have, these two great
ecclesiastical bodies, already, and always
one, remain longer apart. , He says the
only hindrance to re-union now, if indeed
there be any, is with the clergy alone.
The laity are ripe for it, longing for it,
and almost ready to demand it.
It is known to some, also, that the Sy
nod of Buffalo, (0. S.) which met last Fall
in Ogdenshuig took similar action in re
gard to re-union; and that the Synod of
Utica (N. S.) afterward adopted the same
resolutions, emphatically endorsing the ac
tion of the Synod of Buffalo,, showihg how
earnestly the hearts of Presbyterians in
all this region are longing for the oneness
in form, which already exists in spirit.
Which doth hinder ?
The Presbytery of St. Lawrence ap
pointed the following delegates to the
next General Assembly, to .meet in Day
ton. Clericals—-Rev. Bliss Bnmap, of
Massena, Principal ; Rev. H. C. Riggs,
of Potsdam, Alternate; Lay —W. L.
Knowles, of Potsdam, Principal; Hon.
C. T. Hulburd, of Brasher Falls, now
member of Congress, Alternate. Rev. S.
W. Pratt, of Brasher Fall, , was appointed,
according to the recommendation of the
last General Assembly,, to look after the
interests of Foreign Missions, within the
bounds of Presbytery. He is also Secre
tary of the County Missionaiy Society,
auxiliary to the American Board, and will
do all in his power, we doubt not, to see
that this glorious cause receives proper at
tention in all the churches.
Rev. B; B. Beckwith, of Gouvemeur,
was appointed, ih like manner, to look
after Home Missions; Rev.. John Waugh,
of Canton, after Education; and Rev. H.
C. Riggs, of Potsdam, after Publication.
To use life current phrase of the day, there
are live men in this county; and all these
interests, we doubt, not, will he attended
to with great faithfulness. There seems
to. be something in the keen atmosphere
•of these Northern regions, which imparts
peculiar activity to heart and brain. We
! were*ndt the* omy noticed it;
'Strangersspoke of it; and weknewnot
when or where we have met more earnest
and enterprising men, or attended more
stirring and enthusiastic meetings. So it
is not a union of death and inaction .after
which these brethren are longing. They
want the great, re-united, harmonious,
happy Presbyterian Church to he one of
the greatest and wisest working forces on
the face of the earth; and they are expect
ing to live to see it so.
But one thing we did not quite fancy,
and that'was the names of some of the
towns in this region. We almost imag
ined we were going to drop in and make
a pleasant c ill-upon the Editor-in-Chief,
when the conductor called out, “Philadel
phia,” oiseinonung, as we were riding upon
the railway from Ogdensburgh to Water
town; But our pleasant conceit was soon
quashed, as wb looked'out upon a little
village of two or three hundred inhabi
tants. And being thus put on our guard,
we refused tb think even of the colleges,
and the green, and the glorious old elms,
when after a few miles the same worthy
official announced “New Haven!” We
are sure that if the present generation had
the naming of these towns, they would
show Something more of originality-, be
side avoiding an qnpleasant contrast, and
some little inconvenience. But it is a
great country for all that.
A Call. —The Plymouth Church of this
city (Congregational) have just given a
call to Rev. W. Hogartji, D. D., of De
troit, to become their pastor. We have
known that their thoughts had been run
ning in this direction ■ for some time,'but
we regarded Dr. Hogarth as firmly fixed
in his peninsular home. We do not see
how ’that city 1 or state cjn spare him, as he
has many precious" interests in his hands,
and his influence is widely felt., For .the
sake of these interests we could earnestly
wish that he might remain where he is;
and yet we should be glad to have<Ply-
month Church get a very good minister,
just such as ML Hogarth is; and so for
their sakes we’hlniost hope that he may
see the way clear to accept their cordial
invitation. '" ’ ' ‘ 'GenHHSB.
■ 'Rochester, Jrtn.29th,lB63.