Zstigiums gattUirttf. PRESBYTERIAN. THE FIRST FRuirs.—We have before no ticed the wonderful revivals in some of the rural districts of Southeastern Pennsylvania. The last Presbpterian has the account of the communion Sabbath, Bth inst., in Rev. Mr. Uinsted's church at Fagg's Manor. One hundred and fifty- , :even new communicants came to the table. It was a season of indes .cribably tender interest. The account adds : " The work has not ended ; many others, not yet received, are deeply exercised about their tours salvation. Persons have been operated upon in the community who have not attend ed our meetings. The Spirit of God seemed, and still seems to be, diffused through the atmosphere. The ,judgment day only . will reveal the number brought under the ence of this great awakening. In several other churches the good work is going on, and we are ( looking for a great outpouring within our bounds. May we not expect the windows of heaven to be opened over this whole land ?" The same paper has a note from Rev. Mr. Rittenhouse, of the Middle Oetorara Church, which speaks of an accession:of eighty-six on profession, on the preceding Sabbath. The writer says :—" The history 'of this revival is briefly this—We laid hold upon God's prom ises ; we asked and We received ; we sought and we found. 'The Lord has been faith ful to his promise, and to his name be all "the glory." MORE OF THE PREVALENT TONE.—In the account of the late meeting of the Central Presbytery of Philadelphia, (0. S.) we find the following :—° According to usual order, a free conversation on the state of religion was held, which proved to be one of marked interest and importance. Encouraging re ports were made by many of the pastors of increased attendance upon, , and attention to the means of grace, and in some instances of large'additions to the communion of the church; but still the conviction generally ob tained, that a revival of -religion is' greatly needed,,and should be earnestly sought.:' :4. full conference on this subject; occupying nearly one-half of the entire session of the Presbytery, manifests the interest felt there= ITEMS. —Rev. R. A. Johnston, after a pas torate of more than twenty years, the oldest in the Transylvania Presby. , has taken his dismis sion from the church in PitifitLiok,Ky.--Yes terday was the day designated by the Synod of. the Canada Presbyterian Church, td be observed.; by its congregations as a day of Spebial Thanksgiving for God's goodness the past season. —At a congregational ser vice, fbllowing the installation of Rev. A. R Simpson over the Knox Presbyterian Church in Hamilton, Canada West, the ladies of the congregation presented their new pastor with a handsome pulpit gown - kid cassock—a gift which, to a Presbyterian minister this side of the lakes, would be of small account.—Rev. James Alexander and wife, missionaries, of the Presbyterian.Bdard, ;O. .S , sailed from Boston a few dayi since, for their field of labor in India.—A revival in progress is reported from the Presbyterian church in Bowling Green, Ky.—The Presbytery of Northumberland, on the 2d inst., installed Rev. H. Graham Finney over the churches of Lycoming, Lycoming Centre, and _Linden; Pa.—The Presbytery of Washington, (0. S.) occupying the southwestern part of Penn sylvania, has ordained Mr. Wm. S. Van Cleve as an evangelist, to labor among._ destitute churches under its care.—The Presbytery of Carlisle installed Rev. B. M. Kerr over the church in Mechanicsburg, Pa., on the 3d inst.—The Synod of Virginia, recently, in session in Lynchbu5g.......... 4 adopted re soluttons in favor of maintaing a separate church organization in Virenia. --The members of the Presbytery of Troy, 0. S., and the Presbytery of Argyle, Un. Pres., have recently held a united meeting of three days, devoted exclusively to spiritual edification. CONGREGATIONAL. BREAKING GROUND IN WASHINGTON. - The National Intelligencer of the 23rd ult. says :—"Last Sabbath the Congregational Society, now formally and effectively organ ized, held its first service in the Unitarian Church, corner of Sixth and D street. Rev. Charles B. Boynton, D.D., for nearly twenty years a popular and successful preacher and .pastor of Cincinnati, officiated morning and afternoon to large audiences. The society; we learn will soon take measures preparatory to building a large and handsome church edi fice, commensurate with the growing popu 'talon of.the Capital ; and it has the promise of liberal aid from the great Congregational Council, held in June last, in Boston, which gave new energy to Congregationalism the country. " We see it stated in this connection, that a course ofiwtures by Rev. Henry.Wardßeech er,in aid of this enterprise, is soon to be de livered in Washington. REFORMED DUTCH. TEE SFmnionY.—The inauguration of Rev. Dr. Deniareat as Professor of Pastoral Theology and Sacred Rhetoric in the Theolo .gical Seminary of the., Reformed Dutch Church, located in New Brunswick, N. J., - took place on the 19th ultimo. - It was an event of interest, and the exercises were at tended by a numerous and appreciative as sembly.': The Seminary year opens with an accession of eleven students. Others are ex pected to apply for admission. ITEMS.—Rev. Henry E. Decker was, on thel9th ultimo, dismissed from the Church in- Piermont, with a view of accepting a call in Michigan.—Arrangerhents have been made for the installation of Rev. John Steele over the First R. D. Church in Paterson, N. J. ; also for the installation of Rev. W. W. Holloway over the Broadway R. D. Church, in the same, city.—A late meeting of the Classis of reene, (N. Y.,) being likely to - fail on account of the non-appearance of a quorum on the appointed morning, the pas tor of the church rode "going and coming, twenty-two miles, and rallied the needed number."—Rev. V. M. Hulbert, late of Yonkers New York, was installed at White Plains, New York, on the 21st ultimo. Ser mon by Dr. Ganse.—The North Dutch Church in Albany, New York, has recently suffered an afflictive bereavement in the death of William Boy, M. D., one of its devoted and influential - members.—Rev. J. Mc- Holmes was installed ever the R. D. Church, of Hudson,. New York, on the 24th ultimo. —Rev. George H. Peck was installed over the First R. D. Church, Jersey City, on the fat instant. METHODIST. ERIE CONFERENOE.—The Statistics of this Conference, covering the northwestern por tion of Pennsylvania, and the northeastern of Ohio, give 25,523 church members, a de crease of 370 during the year; 2,284 proba tioners, a decrease of 92 ; 367 churches, valued at $764,800, an increase of 5 churches and $52, 100; 121 parsonages, valued at $132,- 705, an increase of 10 nalsonages and $38,- 585. The contributions for the past year were as follows: for Conference claimants $3,372, an increase of $827 ; for Missionary 'Society $24,491, an increase of $8,663; for Tract Society $B7B, an increase of -$314 ; for Bible Society $6,217, an incregke .$2,422; and for Sunday School Union $BO4, an in crease of $249. SOUTHERN KENTUCKY CONFERENCE.—We have already noticed the decision made at the late meeting of this Conference at Covington, braivote of 37 to 25, to abide with the M. E. °hilt& South until its General Conference p r oper to move in the matter of re shlilLsee itith the North. Since then eighteen Ministers have withdrawn from the Church, Mier framing and printing an addresi to the ministers and members of Southern Method ism. This is &mini- , document, but severely an imadverts upon the Southern Bishops and. Church dignitaries for opposing the spirit of unity and fraternity. These withdrawing ministers propose to " seek a communion more -- in harmony with the spirit of • the age and the demands of Christian principle." IrEAts.—The annual ,meeting of the " Na tional ,Zocal Preachers' Association," a new and Important institution of the M. E. Church, commenced its sessions in Wil mington, Del., on last Saturday.—Seven teen young persons were recently. received into full membership in the Liberty Street M. E. Church, Pittsburg.—A revivaris re ported as in process on the Warrensville charge in the Erie Conference.—Rev. Z. S. Weller writes from Hannibal, Mo., that the woi.k of revival is progressing gloriously. He looks for wondrous displays in Missouri gene rally.-----About eighty conversions are re' . - ported as the fruits of camp-rneeting_ in .Blacksville, West yir g ipia.—Two Wes leyan - missionaries, Rev. Messrs. Ralph Ar nold and James Edney, have recently died in St. Kitts, W. L BAPTIST. DEATH o.ll' , FRANCIS WAYLAND. Rev. Dr. Francis Wayland, who was more than twenty-eight years President of Brown University, was prostrated by a paralytic stroke on Tuesday, the 26th ultimo, and: died on the following - Staturday, - aged , sixtylnine years. Dr. Wayland -was - born in'New York in 1796. After - graduating at Cbllege in 1813, he studied - 'fnedicitie; was licensed as a phyaician: — lleitinejliiried the Baptist Church, he pursued a course of theological studies at Andover ' and 'after wards, while a tutor at Union College, was for five years minister ,of tee First Baptist Church, in Boston; and atter having been for a few months a professbr at Union Col lege, was, in December, 1826, chosen Presi dent of Brown University, succeeding Dr: Messer. Dr. Wayland held his responsible post for a quarter of a centry, 'resigning . in 1855.,. Since that time.he- has been occupied iii'literary and 'benevolent labors of various kindsrand has also performed some ininie terial duty. Among his works may be men tioned "Elements of Moral Science," and "Elements of Political Economy," both ex; tensively used as class-books ; " Life of Adoniram Judson," two volumes; and "In tellectual Philosphy." Ile was a man of large frame and imposing presence, such ai well corresponded with his breadth and strebgth of mind. His life was one of very great and very pratical usefulness. AN ITEM WITH ITS MORAL. —A correspond; ent of the Chicago Christian limes and Wit: ness, reports the reception , by the Mattoon Baptist Association of the newly organized Wabash Point Church, and then adds This churoh was separated during the year from Mattoon,; leaving the mother church with almost no financial ability at all. The strong arm is cut off. Thus Mattoon, a place of 3000 or 4000 people, like almost every other important town in Southern Illinois, is doomed to be deprived of Baptist influence and effort, by the short-sighted polio? . of Bap; tists themselves. Very many of the most Emiaylks. in thh re rsgt .tcAm., u g z s v three or five miles of them, and in the town, itself nothing, or at most a little starveling church, or a few members without• courage sufficient to organize. IE these would consent to work together, there v ould be many strong and efficient churches in a region of country comprising thirty-six counties, all south of I , the Terre Haute and Alton Railroad, where now there is not more than one Baptist Church that is really sustaining a pastor. This State of things is very much to be deplored. We heard an intelligent Baptist minister, who has been fifteen years on this -field, say that he only knew of four Baptist pastors in these thirty-six counties who were aiming to give their whole time to the ministry, and who live by ministerial labor.. COLORED BAPTIST ASSOCIATION.—A COT respondent of the Watchman and Reflector writes from Savannah, Ga.,Aug. 31st : " send you a copy of the Minutes of a new As sociation, which our colored churches have formed. Au organization was much needed; and when they suggested constituting one, I approved, it, and aided them in the under taking,. -I ,am pleased with the beginning which they have made, and hope it may en courage you. Just before the Association I aided in the ordination of three ministers in Brother Cox's church. They are promising men. The churches composing this Associa tion are the colored churches in.:Savannah, four in number, the Hilton Heid church, the St. Helena, church and the Beaufort church. , , ItgvivAL.—Rev. G. W. Patch, of Marble head, is enjoying a precious revival among his people. Bro. Pr had,a successful pastor ate of more thiii fifteen years, and 'his pre sent experience confirms the truth that'a per manent ministry is the most fruitful of good: —Cor. National ]baptist. d'rfinrs.—R.ev. Warren B. ClaPp, former pastor of the Baptist Church in Dover, N. H., died in!Franklindale, - N. Y:, on the 27th, ultimo.—Rev. E. T. HiScox D.D., has gnne, under the auspices of the 'Home , Ma sten Board, to spend a few weeks in Missouri, to counsel and aid pastors and vacant churches in the present emergency.—Mr. Lewis P. Hornberger received ordination in this city, on.the 21st ultimo. Thomas Roberts,. a venerableßaptist minister, died in Middle town, N.-J.., on the 23d uftimo.-4.n ex tensive revival in Gouverneur, N. Y., was reported at the late meeting of the St. Law rence Association. —The Baptist Church in Coventry, N: Y., reports a season of re freshing.—The Freewill Baptists of Rhode Island, are working industriously to bring their literary school, the Lapham Institute, into a flourishing condition, and with consi derable success. They have a handsome and large building, 'and a good number of stu dents.—Zion. Baptist Church, _.in Ports mouth, Va., a new organization, is enjoying a revival. EPISCOPAL. ITEMS. —The New York Episcopal Conven tion adjourned without taking any notice of the controversy between Bishop Potter and a portion of the clergymen of the diocese, on the question of allowing "heretics" to occupy their pulpits.—Grace Church at Mount Airy, a suburb of this city, hitherto a chapel of Christ Church, Germantown, has been set off as an independant church, with Rev. Alexander Shiras as rector.—Rev-. Dr. Quintard, Bishop elect of Tennessee, writes to General Thomas that he never be lieved in, or voted for, or taught secession. He only recognized the de facto government over him, and he never prayed for the over throw of the Union arms, "never having, in all his ministry, uttered in public an extern.- ' pore prayer." He has taken the oath to sup "port the Gove*Ceitt of the - United States, THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19 1865. LUTHERANISM IN CANADA.—The Canada Synod of the Lutheran Church met' last month in Heidelberg, ;Waterloo Co, C.. W. It was found that the churches generally are growing in numbers, in activity and liberali ty. A number of charges have not wily be cecome self sustaining, but some of them are nobly contributing to sustain the various be novolent operations of the church. Home Missions claim their particular attentiori, and this cause receives the largest aniount of con tributions; but Foreign . Missions, Beneficiary Education, and the Orphan cause are also aided more and more from year to year. ITEats.—The newly erected college, under the guardianship of the Lutheran church, at Watertowi, Wis., was dedicated with reli gious services, on the 14th ult.—The Lu. .t,heran dillege_ in Fairfield„ Iowa; has corn ; .iponee'd its *Mimi ;Session .prosperously. of:,theStitehti,are,r6turned soldiers. .Litliran . pastorate of three : United ch3.iitheglii.,Yifestmoreland Co., Pa., vacated by - the, decease of Rev. Father Lawson, was filled byihei installation of Rev, J. P. Rentz on the 3rd ult.—Rev W. 0. Wilson was recently installed over the Bethlehem charge; Washington co., Pa. It must not be forgotten that we have yet an army, still large, though shorn of its late magnificent proportions, and still a very im portant field for Christian., effort. We are happy . to record now and then a token of reli gious influences Still abiding with it, in con nection with the regular chaplaincy. A Chat tanooga correspondent of the Christian Her ald writes.that.there is quite a religious in terest in the Forty-fourth Colored Infantry, and also in the Eighteenth, wire are in the same encampment. In the evening - the two chaplains invited their men to chapelleadi He and we held a very•pleasant'Service. He says :—"I have seldom really and thor oughly enjoyed a meeting more than I did that. How sweetly and grandly solemn their singing sound, outdoors, under the stars and beneath the shadows of Lookout Moun ts-lir I" FORGE ORME WORLD. —The -whole number of American Foreign Mission ary'. Societiesisl6, having`under_their charge 2,388 missionaries, native preachers, sic., 54,000- church members, 22,000 pupils and receipts amounting -to $1,100,000. ln Great Britain there are 20 Missionary Societies ; missionaries,. native preachers, &c., 5,216 ; members, 185,090 ; pupils, 201,000 : receints, $3,094,000. O'n the continent of Europe there are 12 Societies, of which six are in, Germany. They have 811 missionaries, &c.,. 79,000 church members, receipts, $267,000. Total of Protestant Missionary Associations, 58 ; missiona I, native helpers, 9,418 ; * .11 „„, receipts, ,481,00 I . ; -1: 1 1 1 -1 VitratIrL"15 - i -- minor missionary efforts, undertaken, as on various-Pacific islands, by converts -.from. among the heathen; for the benefit of other' and still'inore thlgraded tribes. PROPOSED REEORM OP IruF, R. C. CHURCH IN ITALY..-" G. De F.," the French corres pondent of the H. Y Observer, gisies an ac count of a Society for the Emancipation of the Clergy, which has sprung - up in Italy under the lead of Father Frota, an old monk intelligent and courageous, and which already numbers among, its members more than a thousand ecclesiastics. Its leading principles are:— - - Ist. The Pope is to be the primate of the Universal Church, and will assemble,, as soon as possible , a general council, for the purpose of modifying and regulating matters of faith and discipline. 2d. The metroPOlitans, iirCh bisliOps, and bishop's shall_ resume possession of their ancient rights, of whioh they have been; deprived,since the.pontificate of Gregory: VII.- 3d. The priests of an inferior order and the people, will take part freely in the election of curates; bishops, and even of the Tope. 4th:'Religious Worship ,will be conducted in the various national languages ; the Bible , will be circulated freely, and will be put In-the, hands of all. sth. Auricular confession shall be no longer obligatory ; each member of the. Church shall do, in this respect, as he judges' best, and the sacerdotal jurisdiction shall be conformed' to the canonical rules of the thir-; teenth and fourteenth centuries. 6th. Com mon priests shall have the right to deliberate and vote in provincial. synods. 7th. Obliga tory celibacy shall be abolished for all the 'eCclesiastics. sth. Full liberty of conscience. .shall be recognized by the church, and every, measure of coercion shall be cOmplaely aban doned. and he means heartily and cheerfully to keep it.—The Church Intelligencer, of the 28th ult., says :—"A telegram to us, from Bishop Elliott, announces that the House of South ern Bishops will not meet in Augusta, as heretofore published. The difficulty and ex pense of traveling, we presume, are the chief causes." LUTHERAN CHURCH EXTENSION. —A Lutheran Church enterprise for both German and English preaching, has been inaugurated in West Greenville, a thriving town in Mercer co., Pa. The corner-stone of a large church edifice, with fine architectural plans, was laid on the 23rd ult. The services of the occasion were in both languages. Rev. Mr. Ulery, a mis sionary of the Pittsburg Synod, has charge of the English speaking part of the e,ongrega tion. THE ARMY. MUWAIONALRY ROMAN CATHOLIC. All very well, but the effort will be lost labor, except as its result will add another to the many demonstrations that there is no mid-way , ground between old fossilixed Ito manism and out-and-out Protestantism. MISCELLANEOUS. REVIVAL u GALLATIN, KY.—An interest ing revival is in progress in this place, in which the. Presbyterian,. "Methedist, and, Baptist Churches participate. To each of them there' have been a good nunibef of ac cessions by profession. DEPARTURE OF IVIISSIONARIES.—The fol.; lowing missionaries embarked. on the 4th instant, on board the ship Leucothea_,_lound from Boston for India : The Rev. .N.'Har ris, who is returning to a work' in which he was formerly engaged, and the Rev E. 0. Stevens and wife, all three of whom go under the patronage and direction of the American Baptist Missionary Union, to labor in Bur mah ; the Rev. Mr. Alexander , and wife, who go under the auspices and direction of the Presbyterian Board ; and Mrs. Bachellor, of the Free-Will Baptist. Association, who goes to join her husband in the mission work at • Orissa, Hindostan. CLERGYMEN LEAVING CALIFORNIA.—The steamer which left on the 2d instant, carried away from-this coast, six clergymen :—Rev. J. H. Brodt, Rev. W. F. Snow, Rev. W. B. Browne, Rev. James Cameron, Rev. T.-H. Pearne, D.D., and Rev. Mr. Roberts. Seve ral of these have been among the best laborers in this Pacific field. Rev. J. H. Brodt deserves especial and honorable men tion. He came to California in the fall of 1854. He had:labored steadily in Columbia, Petaluma and Marysville,. besides tempory labors at various other points. After a ser vice of eleven years, he returns to the East to continue iris ministerial work there. Verily, at this rate, California will be well represented in the Pastorates of the Atlantic .rrancisco Pacific. ITEMS. —Rev. 11. Clay Trumbull, of Hart ford, having been mustered out of service as chaplain of the 10th Connecticut, is to return immediately the secretaryship of the Ame rican Sunday-school Union for New England. —Rev. Samuel H. Hall, D.D., late pastor of our church in Owego, N. Y., has been elected corresponding secretary of the Amer ican Seamen's Friend Society, and has en tered upon the duties of that office, at No. 80 Wall Street, New York.—Rev. J. C. Hol brook sailed for England on the ith inst., to re present the American Missionary Association, with reference to the cause of the Freedmen. He expects to be engaged several months in England, Scotland, Wales, and. Ireland, and good - results are anticipated from his labors. He will also visit the Continent before he re turns. —Mrs. Mary Warburton, of Hart ford, Cpllll., is about erecting a chapel in that city, at a probable expense of $15,000, to be used for the !Union Sabbath-school, and also a place of' preaching for the Germans. FOREIGN. WEST Baizniswicx, ENG.—The Lord Jesus is still owning and blessing the labors of his people in this town in the conversion of sin ners. A series of meetings, called "Lamp light Meetings," are being heldi by our young converts, who i meet together on week even ings beneath tone of the town lamps, by the light of which theygive out a hymn and offer up prayer to God, after which short and earn est addressed are delivered. The people flock together by large numbers, and listen to the word with•deep attention.—Revival. 'NEW GE4NAVA.—An American engineer writes to the-Am. and For. Christian:Union from Bue ventura :—" I can assure y'u, as a positive ct, that in this State of Cauca, with whic I am well acquainted, there is if not one.sin le'person among the natives; who has ever r dor seen the Scriptures, or has an idea thasuch a book exists. Of churches or Sabbat -schools there 'ire none here, nor any kind o religious books. In fact, here you have a wide field Open, and there is room i_. , for'all Protegant niisSionaries: The present governmerit is a liberal one, and very much opposed to, all Catholic priestd, Jesuits, etc., and I dare say that your works would be welcomed iby them." CHINA.—The .Evangelical Christendom gives an 'account of a 'journey made by an ageat bf the Scottish National Bible Society, and'his liOthai. ' a missionary, iito 'the 'kite 'rior of Afongolia; and the`success they met with in the sale of copies of the word of God. The books were everywhere bought with the utmost. avidity, end at the prices put an them by the venders. .It ih'probable that nothing more 'tfin literary curiosity was at the bot tom of this eagerness, but it is impossible to reflect on the'dissemination . of so many copies of 'the Divine Beek among that benighted population without a yearning prayer to its Author that the entrance of his word may give light. ' ' DEA.TH OF RiV. ROBERT YOUNG.—We have some readers who, will recollect that the particular occasion of the disruption of the church of- Scbtland, in 1843, and the forma den of a 'protesting free church under the head of Dr. Chalmers, and other leading Presbyterians., was the enforcement by the civil authority of an order upon the 'Strath bogie Presbytery to instal Rev. Robert Young 'over the Auchterarder parish. The Presby tery. of itiown free will, would have denied him an installation. The case was carried through. all 'the courts, and finally decided in the House of Lords, under whose compulsion the, installation took place. Mr. Young re ..3",,,aih a few weeks Bi-irtfaq-"` RELIGIOUS EQUALITY IN CHILL —By the latest arrival, it appears that the "Bill of Interpretation," as ibis called, which estab lishes the most liberal construction of- the Constitution in 'favor of religious freeilom, has passed buth houses of the Chilian Con gress. So that now it is said that "Free wor ship, which has existed in fact in some of the towns of Chili, more especially in Valparaiso, will have acqriired the legal sanction which it lacked; and edifices of all denominations may be put up and protected by law. No meter proof of the advancement of Chili in civilization and knowledge exists than the attitude which the majority of het, people have assumed in this •important Aestion; and it is to be hoped that the good example she has set will be followed by her sister re publics of South America." UNION OF ENGLISH, GREEK AND ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHES.—The London Patriot Of , the 14th Ult., says:—On Thursday even irk the first of a series of services was held in the church of St. Mary Magdalen, Mun ster,i . square, n connection with a movement, whieh seems to have received much support, amongst the, members of the Church of Eng land. So• much attention, indeed, has the setierne commanded, that during to-day and Sunday there will be Celebrations of the Holy CommL,niOn in connection with it in nearly 300 churches in England. At the services -last night; the Rev. F. G. Lee, M. A., for merly of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, was - the preacher. An address has been issued ad dressed to all " who, while they lament the divigons amongst Christians, look forward for their healing mainly to a corporate re union of those three great bodies which claim for themselves the inheritance of the priest hood and the name of Catholic." ENGLISH, ROMISEI, AND GREEK UNION.- A singular religious movement was begun in England a few weeks ago. It is pro Posed to unite the members of the English, Roman Catholic and Greek ChurchN in friendly communion, and the public joArnals report that three hundred churches in England have assented to the measure. From a statement made by Rev. F. G. Hall, formerly of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, we gather the follow ing indications of the character and purpose of this movement : "An institution has been formed under the title of The Association for the Promo tioti of the Unity of Christendom,' to unite in a bond of intercessory prayer members both of the clergy and laity of the Roman Catholic, Greek and Anglican communions. `To all,' it is said,who, while they lament the divisions amongst Christians, look for ward for their healing mainly to a corporate re-union of those three great bodies which claim for themselves the inheritance of the priesthood and the naite of Catholic, an ap peal is made. They are not asked to com promise any principles which they, rightly or wrongly, hold dear; they are simply asked to unite for the promotion of a high and holy end." The names of members are to be kept strictly private, and the only obligation im posed upon.those who join the association is the daily u i se of ,a short prayer, to which is added, in the case of priests, the offering, at least once'in three months, of the Holy Sacri flee. —N Y. Observer.: ITEMS.—Rev. Mr. Preston, of the Pres byterian Board's mission in China, in an excursion up the Nprth River, noticed, as an indication of the decline of idolatry, that the pagodas are all old, and when one falls into ruins, no new one (is built in its place.— The clergy in Natal, Bishop Colenso'-s South African Diocese, l in accepting the decision of the home Privy Council . , have resolved not to recognize the authority of the semi-infidel prelate.—ln Guatemala the. influence of •ate, until removed Jesuitism with the government is restored. —The Moravian missionary ship, Har mony, the ninth of a series which, for the last ninty-five years have made an annual voyage from England to Greenland and Lab rador, sailed out of the Thames a few weeks since, with five missionaries for those deso late regions. imam entytanito. AMERICAN LIFE NEE HD 'MST NM Walnut Street, S. E. cor. of Fourth. INCOME FOR THE YEAR 1864, $357,800. LOSSES PAID DURING THE YEAR AMOUNTING TO $85,000. Insurancei made upon the Total Abstinence Rates, the lowest in the world. Also upon JOINT STOCK Rates which are•over 20 per cent. lower than Mutual Rates. Or MUTUAL RATES upon which a DIVI DEND has'been made of • FIFTY. RER CENT.. on Policies in force January let. 1865. THE TEN-YEAR NON-FORFEITURE PLAN. by which ,a person insured can make all his payment in ten years. and does not forfeit, and can at any time cease the amount g o u ji , p poli f y for twice ASSETS. $lOO,OOO 11. 5.5.20 bonds, 40,000 City of Philadelphia 6s. new, 30,000 11. S. Certificate of indebteitess, 25,000 Allegheny County bonds. 15,000 11 S. LOall of 1881. . 10,000 Wyoming ; Valley. Canal bonds, 10,000 State of Tennessee' onds,. 10,000 Philadelphia and Erie Railroad bonds, 10.006,Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chi cago bonds, 9,000 Reading . Rail road Ist Mortgage bonds, 6.500 - City of Pittsburg and other bonds, 1,000 shares - Pennsylvania Railroad k stocks, 450 shares Corn Exchange National 22 shares ConsolidatiOn National Bank, 107 shares Farmers' National Bank of Reading. 142 shares Williamsport Water Corn- PanY, 192 shares American Life Insurance and Trust Company, Morigagea, Rehl'EatitteGround Rents, &C. 2117,27816 Loans on collateral - imply Semired 112.755 73 Premium notes secured by Policies 114.399 62 Cash in hands of agents secured by bonds. 36,604 70 Cash on deposit with U. S. Treasurer, at 6 ' per cent 50,000 00 Cash' on hand and in banks. 50,331 67 Accrued interest and rents due, Jan. 1.. 10.464 n THE AMERICAN IS . A HOME COMPANY. Its TRUSTEES are well known citizens in our midst, entitling it to -more consideration than those whose managers reside in distant cities. Alexander Whilldin, William J. Howard, J. , Ed gar Thomson, Samuel T. Bodine, George Nugent. John Aikman, Hon. dames Pollock, Henry K. Bennett, Albert C. Roberts, Hon. Joseph Allison, P. B. Mingle,: Isaao Harlehurst, Samuel Work. ' • ALEX. WHI LLDIN, President _ SLJIIJEL W ORK, Vice-President. • JOHN S. WILSON, Secretary and Treasurer. INSURANCE AGAINST ~C_ EVERY DESCRIPTION. BY THE TRAVELERS' INSURANCE COMPANY HARTFORD, CONN CAPITAL Wit, IV, ALLEN, AGENT, 404 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. GENERAL ACCIDENT POLICIES For Five Mildred Dollars, with $3 per week compen sation, can be had for $3 per annum, or any other sum between $5OO and $lO,OOO at proportionate rates. , . TEN- DOLLARS PREMIUM Secures a Policy for $2OOO, Or $lO per week compensa: lion for all. and every description of accident—travel ling or otherwise—under a General Accident Policy, at the Ordinary Rate. THIRTY DOLLARS PREMIUM Securetra full Policy for $5OOO, or $25 per week nom neissatiOn. as &hove, at the Special Rafe. FOREIGN RISKS. • Policies issued, for Foreign, West India, and Cali fornia Travel. , Rates can be learned by application to the Office. SHORT TIME TICKETS. Arrangements are in course of completion by which the traveller will be able to purchase, at any Railway Ticket Office, Insurance We kete for one or th,irty days' travel. Ten cents will b l ui a ticket for one day's travel, insuring $3000; or' 'l5 weekly compensation. Polices..may be , h for 3,6, or 12 months..in the same manner. ... Hazardous Risks taken at Hazardous Rates. Policies issued for 5 years for 4 years premium. INDUCEMENTS. The rates of premium are lesslhan those of any other Company covering the same risk. ' No medical examination is required, and thousands of those who have been rejected by Life Companies, in consequence of hereditary or other diseases, can effect insurance in the TRAVELLERS' at the lowest rates. Life Insurance Companies pay no part of theprin ciao] sum until the death of the assured. The TRA VELLERS' pay the loss or damage sustained by per sonal injury whenever it ocewr e. The feeling of security which such an insurance gives to those • dependent upon their own labor for support is worth more than money. No better or more satisfactory . se can be made of so small a sum. J. G. BATTERSON, President. RODNEY DENNIS. Secretary. G. F. DAVIS. Vice President. HENRY A. DYER, General Agent.- Applications received and Policies issued by WILLIAM W. ALLEN, No. 404 Walnut Street. ARCANA WATCH. An Elegant Novelty in Watches. The cases of this watch are a new invention, cone• posed of several different metals combined, rolled to gether and planished, producing en exact imitation oflB carat gold, nailed Arcana. They are as beauti fill as solid gold, and are afforded at one-eighth the cost, The cases are beautifully designed and are en graved in the exact style of the celebrated Gold Hunt ing Levers, and so exact an imitation of gold as to defy detection: The movements are manufactured by the well-known St. Jimer Watch Company of Europe. and are superbly finished. having engraved pallets. fancy carved bridges, Adjusting regulator, line, dial and skeleton hands. . . . These watches are all Hunting Cases and of three sizes, the smallest being for Ladies. A ease of six will be sent by Mail or Express for $125. A single one sent in a handsome case for $25. They will rsadily sell for three times their cost. We also import a very superior finished and elegant watch which we can sell for $3O each, or $l4O per case of six. These are also hunting cases. and for Ladies and Gents. lire aresole agents for this Watch in the United States and none are genuine which do not bear our Trade Mark. Per— sons ordering watches. 0 0.D.. will please remit 25 per cent. of the amount with their order. Orders for any kind of watches promptly and faithfully fulfilled. Address. AHCANA WATCH CO.. No. 62 FULTON S E., New York City, Importers and Dealers in watches of every description. Successor to Girard W. Devaugh Jr Co J. & F. CADMUS, No. 736 Market St., S. E. Corner ofElghtb, PICELADIMPHLL. Jilanufaeturers and Dealers in BOOTS SHOES, TRUNKIit. ,OARPET BAGS AND VALISES of every variety and style. id-WY Bfet.lltrifiltZ, frttgan,s, &-r. ESTEY'S COTTA(E ORGANS Are not only unexcelled, . but, they are positively unequalled by any reed instruni.nt in the country_for SWEETNESS of TONE. POWER and 1)(TRAB HA TY. For sale only by E. 111. BRICE, No.lB NOttTH SEVENTH STREET'. Also. constantly on band. a complete assortment the PERFECT MELODEON. A. Bradbury's first-class PIANO FORTES. .kl3O. SHEET MUSIC. oal-ly CARILARTS BOUDOIR ORGANS 1 CARHARIVS CHURCH 'HARMONIUMS CABfIAET'S MELODEONS! 2 Unequalled by any Reed Instruments in the world Also Parmelee's Patent Isolated Violin Frame Pianos, a 121.0 W and beautiful instrument- Sole agent, H. M. MORRISS, 728 Market street. THE MASON & HAMLIN CABINET ORGANS, Forty Different Styles, Plain and Elegant Cases, FOR DRAWING-ROOMS CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, &c., 0110 to 0600 Each.' $394.136 50 They occupy little space, are elegant as furniture, and not liable to get out of order; are boxed so that they can be sent anywhere by ordinary freight routes. all ready for use. - TIIIKT - Ir-FI3rE HIGHEST PREIS:MKS . - Have been awarded us within a few years, and our circulars contain printed testimony from TWO HIJNEBED AND FIFTY, OF THE LEADING HIJSICIANS of the counti7, that the instruments of our make ate THE BEST I?i THE WORLD of their class. Circulars with full particulars free. to obtaining a. Musical Instrument, it is scone's:Li - to get the best. Address, *CASON inurrnrEits, 596 Broadway, New York; or XASON de 11411141:61, 274 Washington Street, Boston. $996,461 79 MASON & ITAMT,IN'S CABENZT ORGANS, in cases of Rose wood, plain, or carved and paneled ; Mottled Walnut; Jet, or Imitation Ebony, with gilt engraving; and in Solid Walnut or Oak carved or plain One to twelve stops; $llO to $6OO each. M. & H. strive for the very • wor econ-- omy of manufacture is never consulted at expense in qual ity It is their ambition to make, not the lowest priced, but the best instruments, which are in the end the cheapest. The great reputa tion of their instruments is, in great measure, -the result of this policy. Circulars with full particulars free to any address. Salesrooms, 274 Washington Street, Bos ton; 7 Mercer Street, New York. $500,000 FROM SUFFERERS DYSPEPSIA REAb! -REFLECT!! ACTH I TARRANT & CO. Gentlemen, I am a reaident of Curaooa. and have often been disposed to write you concerning the real .valne•of your SELTZER APERIENT as .a remedy - for Indigestion and Dyspepsia. I desire to express--to you my sincere gratitude for the great benefit the SELTZER has done my wife. For four or five years my wife has been: sadly afflic ted with Dyspepsia, and after being under the treat ment of several Ddctors for two or three years, she was finally induced to seek the advice of a learned Physician, Doctor Cabialis, of Venezuela, who imme diately treated her with your EFFERVESCENT SELTZER APERIENT ,he began to improve at once and is now PERFECTLY WELL. - I teel it to be my duty for the good of humanity to makethis statement;feeling that a medicineso valua ble should be widely known. Trusting you will give this publicity, and repeating my earnest gratitude and thanks. I am very respectfully yours. S, D. C. RENRIQUER, Merchant, Curacoa, S. A. NNW YORK, June 28th, 1865. The suffering millions in our land to give this reline-- dy atrial; convinced that by its timely use many may be relieved. many cured of Dyspepsia, Heartburn. Sour Stomach. Sick Headache, Dizziness, Indigestion, Piles, Costiveness. Bilious Attacks, Liver Complaints, Rheumatic, Affection's. &c. Read the Pamphlet of Testimonials with each bot tle, and do not use the medicine against the advice of your Physician. IL‘.NILWAGTITRED ONLY BY TARRANT & CO., 278 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK. afar FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. HAIR CHANGED FROM GRAY TO NATURAL COLOR! BY USE OF MONTGOMERY'S CELEBRATED HAin , RESTORES Mr. Wm. C. Montgomery—Dear Sir :—I take plea sure in giving my testimony to the efficacy of your Hair Restorer. My hair having been gray or several years, and healing your Restorer highly spoken of, I determined to try it. I tun now happy to state it has done all you advertised it to do, having restored my wa s very gray) to its original natural preparation fur the hair, and pera e o n n did swho have gray hair and wish it h l co a a l i o d r r ( vis. w el h t i a l ls h l asP restored to its natural color, to use MONTGOMERY'S HAIR ftßlatlitEll. It also keeps the Scalp clean and free from Dandruff. and is easy and pleasant to use. Any persons who doubt the truth Ott this certifi cate can call and see for themselves. Yours, truly. WM. R. ROER, No. 905 Market street, Philaderphia. For sale at 2b South Eighth street: Dyutt & Co.. No*. 232 North Second street ; Johnson, Holloway & Cowden, Depot, No. 140 North Sixth street. WE ASK