e induced to enter the house of prayer. ow is a good time to hold these meet igs all over our country.—S. S. Times. VINELAND.—On Sunday, May 6, irty-eight persons were received into the irst church on profession, and twenty ix by letter.—At Owego, N. Y., re attly, twenty-five persons were ad itted to the church, making one In red and forty, at two communion sea , n s.--At Addison, N. Y., twenty were :ceived on profession April 1.--In onticello Township, Wis., forty have •en converted.--The First Ward *resbyterian Church, Syracuse, N. Y., as recently received an accession of ty to its membership; forty-one on ofession and nine by letter. Twenty e of the number received baptism. REV. 0. B. BIDWELL IN THE BPISCO ' PULPITS OF ENGLAND.--The Bishop Lincoln declared, in a letter which we üblished last week, that Rev. 0. B. >dwell got access to the parish pulpits his diocese under the mistaken , inion that be was an Episcopal clergy an. It now appears that the bishop mistaken, and that Mr. Bidwell's burch relations were well understood y the rectors wbo invited him to preach. 'he Congregationalist of last week pub :hes extracts from the private copes indence of Mr. Bidwell with his brother, ' ev. W. H. Didwell, editor of the Eclectic agazine in New York. In one of these tters the writer says :—" The Vicar of haplode knew I was a Presbyterian, or I told him so at Ely two months be ore." REUNION.—The Presbytery of Athens ecently delared their willingness "to ear from the Old School body any verture that would look like honorable nd fair reunion,' but that our body had aid and done enough. We are doing ell as we are." CHUILOHEB.—In Monticello township is., the people, by the untiring efforts Mr. Blackstone, the elder of a small iesbyterian Church, numbering only ne members, built and dedicated a niou stone•house of worship, costing ar $2OOO, free from debt —Three ewly organized churches have lately been • ded to the roll of the Grand River alley, Mich., Presb—One at St. Louis, Gratiot county, with twenty mem ers ; one at Lebewa, lonfa, county, with ne members ; and one at Greenwood, ceana county, with twelve members. PERSONAL—Mr. Edward P. Wells, a entiate of the Presbytery of Chicago, as ordained as an evangelist in the rst Presbyterian Church of Chicago, on abbath evening, April 14th. Mr. J. Brandt, a licentiate, recently received alder the care of Wabash Presbytery, linios, from the German Lutheran hurch, was, at its recent meeting in uscola, set apart to the work of an .vangelist. He has been laboring dur ,,g the winter with the Church of eoga, where more than a score of souls ave been converted to Christ. He has of yet completed his course at the ..eminary.—The Church at Grand : aven improved the occasion of Presby ery's meeting with them by extending call to Rev. D. H. Evans, late of Mon , oe Presbytery, to become their pastor. e accepted the same, and was installed 'n the evening of April llth.—Rev. . A. Sawyer was, installed pastor of he Third Street Church, Dayton, April 26th. Rev. J. B. McCord - was. in stalled pastor of the Church of Plymouth, Ohio, May let. gattttigtita. pßEssrmansaN. An Overture to the General Assembly was adopted by the Presbytery of New Lis bon, recommending that . body to take action to consummate the union between the Old and New School branches of the Presbyterian Church, as soon as the providence of God in dicates that it can be accomplished wisely and harmoniously. The Presbytery of Erie also resolved to overture the General Assembly to take steps toward a speedy reunion between the Old and New School Churches., H. J. Van Dyke in Riehmond.—We take the following from the repert of this notori-• ous gentleman's speech before the Bible So ciety in Richmond, Va. :—" He referred to his visit to this city five years ago. During the interval what streams of blood have flowed —what storms of passion raged between our homes. But there were ties still binding us together. If there were no other, there are religious sympathies now, as there were then. He had not learned to settle questions of right and wrong by mere manifestations of Providence. He was cautioned not to believe that those eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, were sinners above all men be cause they suffered :Awl things. Your po sition in the great ecclesiastical and theologi cal contests now upon us and before Its, is one of great importance and power. The real dies tion in controversy is whether Christ or Caesar is king in the Church : whether the Bible or reason is supreme. Your churches have been a bulwark in this contest. That mongrel bastard, progressive Christianity, has never been able to gam a footing among you. It is your glory : let that glory never be turned into shame." The Conclusion.—The Presbyterian, of this city, gives the following as, in its judg ment, the settled opinion on the Church ques tion, now pending before the General Assem bly:—:" Any repudiation of what the General Assembly has hitherto set forth in regard to the duty of Christians in a time of great na tional peril is not to be tolerated, and having secured this, they are ready for any scheme of conciliation which the Assembly, in its wisdom, may devise." Personal.—Rev. David R. .Love, of the Presbytery of Wabash, N. S., was received into the presbytery of Bloomington, 0. S. —At a meeting of the congregation wor shipping in West Arch Street Chur c call was given to the Rev. Charles Wadsworth, of San Franciboo, California, to become their pastor. It is believed that the call will be accepted. The salary was fixed at $6OOO - Sayre was ordained, May 7, by the Central Presbytery of Philadelphia, to the work of the Gospel ministry as an evangelist. Mr. Sayre expects to sail soon for Brazil, to labor under the direction of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyte rian Church. Congregational. — Dr. Todd's society in Pittsfield have voted him a salary of $2OOO, and the parsonage this year, in addition to $6OO to supply the pulpit during his neces sary absence in view of his feeble health.— The salary of Rev. J. W. Wellman, of New ton Corner, Mass., has been raised from $lBOO to s3ooo.—The Sabbath following the departure of Rev. Dr. Thompson, of the Tabernacle Church, for Europe, hispulpit was supplied by Rev. Mr. Hawes. of Phila delphia, and with great acceptance. Mr. Hawes previously declined a call proposed to him to fill the vacant pulpit at the Four teenth St. Church, in N. Y. city, so many years successfully sustained by Rev. Asa D. Smith. —Rev. C. D. _Herbert, late of West New bury, having received the degree of M.D., after pursuing the study of medicine in Philadelphia and in Boston, has purchased a house in Reading., and commenced ,prac tice there as a Hommopathic physician. —Plymouth Church, Chicago, has just exchanged the Sabbath Hymn Book for Robinson's Songs of the Sanctuary. Revivals.—The religious interest in Boston is rather increasing than diminishing. This is especially true of the meetings at Park Street and Mount Vernon Churches. On Sabbath evening, at the latter church, one hundred and fifty remained after service, to be conversed with upon the subject ot reli gion. Rev. Mr. Earle, and H. F. Durant, Esq., are speaking to crowded congregations in dif ferent churches.—At Chelsea, the interest still continues, and the meetings are well at tended. Nearly thirty united with Rev. Mr. Herrick's church, on a recent Sabbath, and a large accession is expected to Rev. Mr. Plumb's, at the next communion.—At New Bedford, twenty-five were admitted to the North Church, Rev. A. H. Quint's, which is about a third of those expecting soon to join.—Sabbath, 6th instant, was a memora ble and glorious day for Zion in Clinton, Conn. Fifty-two persons were received to the Con gregational Church by profession of faith, of whom-forty-four were batized at the time of their reception:—Nearly one-half of the pupils belonging to Rev. Henry Colton's school in Middletown, have become hope fully converted.—Twenty-three persons were addetrto the church in Stonington borough, under the care Rev. E. W. Gilman.- Three were descendants of Rev. James Noyes, the first pastor ot the Stonington Church, who preached there for fifty-six years; five were descendants of Rev. .Nathaniel Eells 'the third- pastor, whose ministry extended over ,fifty-three years ; and two of them deseend ants of the Rev. Joseph Fish, who was also settled in an adjoining parish for nearly half a century.—At Wauquoit, Mass., one- fourth of the entire population over ten years 1 of age unconverted three months ago have been converted. The good work is still progres sing with undiminished interest and power. —Fifty-four persons were admitted to the First Congregational Church in Pittsfield, Rev. Dr. Todd, pastor, and nearly as many to the South Church, Rev. Edward Strong, pastor.—There is unusual religious interest at South Plymouth, and the last communion service was rendered peculiarly interesting by the baptism and admission to .the church of a lady nearly niuetyone years old.—On the 6th of May, ninety-one were received into Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, Rev. H. W. Beecher ; twenty-six by the South Church, Rev. Edward Taylor; twenty-four by the Elm Place, Rev. William A. Bart lett; twenty-one by the Clinton Avenue, Rev. W. I. Budington •' and sixty by the Church of the Pilgrims, Dr. Storrs.—At Jersey City, fifty-three persons were admitted on the 6th of May to the Congregational Church, Rev. J. M. Holmes, pastor.—At. Peoria,lllinois, forty persons have been recently received into the Congregational Church. Among the converts is Hon. John T. Lindsay, Senator from that district, and one of the most distinguished lawyers in the State; and W. W. O'Brien, a leading Demo cratic lawyer, and heretofore a strong Roman Catholic. These two gentlemen are laboring in the revival with great success.—At Lansing, in Michigan, there are reported one hundred conversions in connection with the series of meetings in the Presbyterian Church, and a powerful revival is also re ported in the Congregational Church at Jack son, Mich. Sixty-five have been received into the church, and the interest continues. —The above is part of the record in the last Congregationalist, which contains re ports of 1654 accessions to churches, mainly at the communion season, May 6th. Episcopal—The Divinity School in West Philadelphia calls earnestly and hopefully for contributions to increase the endowments of professorships from $30,000 to $50,000, and thus enable it to secure the entire services of professors.—The Episcopalians of Philadel phia are moving for a new enterprise—new to them—the organization of a society to aid feeble parishes in the erection of churches. —The Sunday-schools connected with St. Andrew's Church on Eighth Street, three mission schools inchisive, number about one thousand members. The forty-seventh anni versary was celebrated on the 22d tilt. , on which occasion the offerings amounted to $l7OO. -- Bishori Randall, who, until his recent conse cration as Missionary Bishop for Colorado, was a highly esteemed Rector in Boston, was re cently complimented in that city by a fare well breakfast at the Revere House, attended by the Bishops of Massachusetts and Rhode Island Dioceses, and about one hundred of the other clergy. Baptist —The first stone of a new church a, Germantown was laid April 25.—Two Bap tist churches have been recognized recently in lowa, both the result of revivals enjoyed last winter. One at Masonville, and the other at Delaware Centre.—The churches in the British provinces are enjoying revival influ ences. Upwards of forty have been baptized at Yarmouth. —To the Sixteenth Baptist Church, New York, there were nineteen ac cessions by baptism on the 29th ult., making one hundred and sixty-nine since the first of January. — Rev. Eleazer Bill, ayoung min ister of much promise, was removed by death on the 23d ult. His short day of service was spent in Barryville, P a. He died in Cocher ton, N. Y.--Rev. R. S. Johnson writes from Independence Mo., to the Examiner and Ch r onicle:—` l lt is very discouraging here— everything works against us—the churches, except one, are all rebel, and very bitter to all new corners. They. use all their influence to keep the youth from going to a loy a l church. Our only hope is in the emigratio n of new comers; but to prevent this, the old rebel party have set afloat the most transp a _ rent false reports, and these have got into the papers East. I read to-day, in .The Examin er and Chronicle, that the old rebel soldiers are raising and forming combinations, and the better portion of the citizens moving off. Now, there never was anything more false than this. But seventeen Baptist families were on the eve of coming here (I received letters from them all); and these false re ports stopped them. Unless our friends from other States come to this beautiful re gion, it will be an uphill work to build up the a a t u e e a nd nnetvuerra lw f a a s c imlit acruoy whaet hchar- THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1866. Reformed Dutch.—The Secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Dutch Church states that " the financial year of the Board of Foreign Missions closes on the 30th of April. To conclude the year with out debt, $27,000 are still needed.—A new German church has recently been organized in Newark, N. J., under the charge of the Reformed Dutch Church organization, and was received by the South Classis of Bergen at its late session. A general plan of missionary operations is to be established among the Germans within the bounds of this Classis. —Rev. Charles Scott has, with the leave of his Classis, exchanged the pastorate at Shaw angunk, N. Y., for a professorship in Hope College, an institution of the R. D. Church in Holland, Mich. Rev. Abel T. Stewart nes also to Holland to take charge of the English speaking church in that place. • Lutheran.—Concerning the work West, Rev. M, Officer, the Home Missionary Agent, writes that he hopes, at no distant day, the way will be prepared, through the agency of Anglicised German youths, for the orgamza tion of an English speaking church. He also believes the way opening for organizations in St. Joseph, Osborn and Cameron, Utica, Ma con, Palmyra and Hannibal, all in Missouri. The truly evangelical element in the existing Lutheran churches in thatregion, is not large, and the pastors generally do not edify the few who have longings for the Spirit and the Life. They are forced, by their spiritual wants, to come into new organizations, feeble it is true, but nuclei around which elements of strength may gather, as dead formations shall be discarded.—The Lutheran Visitor says, that the brethren composing the West Virginia Synod have been greatly encouraged by the outpouring of the Spirit on their chur , ches ,during the winter. In a letter from one of them we have the following : "At Burk's Garden, in Dr. Greever's charge, we had a delightful meeting. During the four or five days through which the meeting was protract ed, some thirty persons gave evidence that they had `found the pearl of great price.' In Dr. Hawkins' charge, at Kimberling, we had quite a Pentecostal shower: upwards of sev enty conversions in a few days. He has had quite an interesting work of grace, also, in his St. Paul's Church. In my own charge there have been upwards of sixty conversions, the result of protracted efforts in my -Eben ezer and Cedar Grove congregations."— The German Lutheran Church at the corner of Fourth and Cherry Streets in this city, is, now one hundred years old. A centennial celebration ivas held within its walls last Sab bath, and an appropriate sermon preached by Rev. Dr:Krotel, a son of the Church.— The consecration of St. Thomas' German Evangelical Lutheran Church, at the corner of Herman and Morton streets, for Divine service, took place on Sunday, the 15th of April. This new place of Divine worship will cost about $7200 of which amount about $4OOO have been raised and paid by collection and a fair recently held. Anniversaries.—The American Bible So ciety commemorated its fiftieth anniversary on Sunday, May 6, in New York. The num ber of Bibles issued by the Society during the fifty years of its continuation is 21,409,996, distributed in regard to time as follows: first ten years, 480,000isecond, 1,540,000 ; third, 2;500,000; fburth, 6,000,0000; fifth, 10,000,- 000.. There are in connection with the present Society 5232 auxiliaries, besides two -recently added in Tennessee, composed of freedmen. The operations of the Society have been aided very materially b: generous contribu tions, amounting to $10,434,953, distributed as to periods as follows : first ten years, $450,000 ; second, $900,000; third, $1,243,- 000; fourth, $3,440,000 ; fifth, $4,750,000. The cost of the present Bible House was about $250,000. One of the greatest achievements of the Society, in co- operation with the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign, Missions, is the translation and printing of the Bible in the Arabic language. This great work has been many years in its accomplish ment, and is now going through the press at the Bible House. The British and Foreign Bible Society have made a request for plates, and will be supplied. Presbyterian Board of Missions, 0. S. The receipts of the Board have been $207,- 526 65, the expenditures, $210,376 38, leav ing a balance of $2849 73 against the trea sury. While no new fields have been occu pied, none have been given up, and some have been strengthened. There are in con nection with thisßoard, 75 ministers, 7 licen tiates, 4 physicians, and 232 teachers, colpor teurs, catechists, &c., including , the wives of the missionaries—or in all, a force 'of 318. There are 37 organized churches, with a mem bership of about 1200, and with scarcely an ex ception, there have been impoitant acces sions to them. American Seamen's .Freitd Society. —The receipts of the Parent Soclety during the year have been $51,759 92, the expenditures have been $43,743 60. 'The auxiliary societies have received $38,507 71, making a total of $90,267 63. This is $10,207 12 more than last year. The recent law of our legislature for " The Better Protection of Seamen," will cause a revolution in the boarding-house system, greatly to the benefit of the sailor and the moral improvement of the lower wards of the city. Chaplains have been ap pointed during the year, and appropriations made for their support, in Norfolk, Rich mond, Wilmington, Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, New Orleans, and Galveston ; one sent to Antwerp, Belgium. Since 1859 the Society has sent out 1752 libraries, containing 80,000 volumes, accessible to 104,000 seamen. There have been 635 libraries shipped through the year. Although a sma!l number of re ports have been received, the few that have been received show 476 hopeful conver sions .o,t sea, from the reading of religious books. American Missionary Association. —During the present fiscal year, till the 31st of March, the cash receipts were $149,902; and expen ditures, $149,387—0f which $12,236 were expened for the Foreign Missions. The value of clothing sent to the freedmen was estimated at $70,000. Upwards of $lOO,OOO will be needed to complete the engagements of the year.. The report gave a sketch of the atrocities perpetrated en freedmen, the burn ing of their churches and school-houses, and added that there was an improvement mani h fest in this respect. The speakers were Maj. as Gen. Howard and Rev. H. W. Beecher. tc- Foreign.—Pastor Paschoud Deposed.— The French Minister of Justice, as our read ers are aware reversed the decision of the Consistory of Reformed Church of Paris, retiring Pastor Paschoud at a salary of 6000 francs. The Consistory replied to the deci sion of the Minister of Public Worship by formally deposing M. Paschoud from his ministerial functions. The Ccinsistory, in a resolution, carried by a majority of 24 to 3, make use of the subjoined language : in n s not merely the discipline and the internal order of the Church which have been thus gravely affected by M. Martin Paschoud. BY his acts, by his language, by writings pub lishedor under hisauspic.es, he has He has invited to his r.ga.tioai,:tivl:weishhniiosewtohhinsilaadlaheesion and rapport to history. c e destructive of Christian mul l pulpit, and upheld byywbedis influence, pastors disa" resurrection of Jesus I niraeul u lel Y Christ, and birth and ' a ndany kind of supernatural inter- vention in the life of man and the world— that is to say, the historical bases and fun damental doctrines of the Christian religion as they have been proclaimed and professed in the Reformed Church of France, and by the discipline of that Church, which the Consistories are expressly appointed by law to maintain. In presence of such attacks against faith, such infractions of discipline, and such inability to discharge regularly and exactly pastoral functions, the Consistory could not remain inactive without failing in their duty, to the Church which they repre sent, and from which they hold their powers. They are religiously and legally bound to put an end, as far as they can, to this disorder and peril to the religion and Protestant Chris tian society. of France. They continue to be lieve that, if the new laws are silent with regard to;the pensioning of pastors, the an cientdiscipline and traditions of the Reform ed Church of France give Consistories the right of 'acting in this regard. They have, moreovdr, full confidence in the principle ad mitted and proclaimed in our time by the civil power' 4.t on questions of pure, reli gious belief lit is for the religious authority to decide. Ad the same time, they defer to the right of the Government respecting the rela tions between the State and the Church, and to the scruples which prevented the Minister of Worship from accepting the resolution of the Consistory, which removed M. Martin Paschoud with a pension of 6000 francs. In the situation in which this decision of the Minister placed the Consistory, they are con vinced that they are fulfilling their duty, and discharging their responsibility toward the Chum in formally pronouncing the deposi tion cif M.. Martin Paschoud, and laying be fore the Government this resolution, as well as the motives on which it is founded." THE MURDERER PROBST. his monster, the butcher of a whole honsehold, father, mother, little children, even to the babe in its cradle, visitor and kind servant, now lies in his cell awaiting execution. The sentence of death was pronounced upon him r after trial on the first count of the accusation, for the 'murder of Mr. Dearing, by Judge Allison., This sentence we give. It is a model of judiciary eloquence, digni fied, solemn, compact., earnest, and withal Christian. Philadelphia and the State of Pennsylvania have been most happy in the unblemished character of their judiciary. Although many deprecate the election of, judges by a popular vote, thus.tar we .have suffered no loss under this , i4stem. Onr judges command the unhesitating confidence of the commu nity, both for legal ability and moral character. A majority of them are decided Christian men. Judge Allison, of the Court of Quarter Sessions, and Judge Strong, of the Supreme Court, are elders in our branch of the Church. THE SENTENCE Anton Probst—You stand at the bar of this Court convicted of murder—of murder in the first degree. A jury of your own selection pronounced you, after a patient trial, guilty' of acritne, the punishment of which is death. Without cause and with malice preme ditated, you took the life of Christopher. Dearing., This, the verdict recorded against you, establishes as a fact, judicially ascertain ed, after a solemn and impartial trial, in which yonr every right was most carefully guarded. No one of the forms which the law has de clardd to he of the substance of such a trial, in the jealous watch and care which it keeps over the life of the citizen and the alien alike, has been neglected in your ease. A stranger in a strange land, alone but not friendless, for the law itself became your friend; pro 'vided you with able and conscientious counsel; shielded you from popular violence ; and to the tumultuous clamor for your life, issued its connuand of "Peace; be still!"• watched over and guarded your life with sleepless vigilance; and by the direct interposition of its might and its power, obtained for you a trial, in strict accordance with the Constitu tion. This ti e law in its benignity required should be accorded to you as a right, and, of all men, you have reason, here and now, in this its consecrated temple, to do it rever ence, to confess its strictly impartial justice, and to call it friend. _ Thus judged and thus condemned, by an exclusion from your cause of all things not to the issue relevant, your condemnation rests. Byl none other but legal evidence . , not in the leak degree by your own confession, but by evidence from which there was no escape, most conclusive in its character, you have been found guilty of the commission of one of the most appalling crimes of which the records of civilized jurisprudence make any mention. A felony of murder unparalleled your heart conceived and your hands executed ; in plan most domprehensive ; in minuteness of detail unequalled; in execution relentless, brutal, savage beyond precedent. A husband and a father, returning to his home in all the strength and glory of his manhood; a wife and a mother, toiling for the little loved ones, whom God had given to her—toiling at her domestic altar—her hum ble fireside ; _a companion of your daily labor, who, with you, shared your bed ; who almost slept in your arms; at peace with you; the very breath of whose life yon breathed ; your fourth victim, an inoffensive visitor, whose sex would have not in vain appealed to your compassion, if compassion you possess, had you but thoughti of the mother who gave you birth. And four helpless children of these slaughtered parents; four little ones, who had never done you harm • of three of these, in innocent and happy childhood, you "had been the daily witness; listened to their young and merry voices, and perhaps have had them play in confidence and trust about you; and the fourth, a smiling, tender, gen tle babe, who had not yet learned to lisp your name, or to know you as a stranger in that household, whose tiny, bloody garments, brought here by other hands, ,bore testimony most crushing against the monster, in the shape of man, who cut and hacked its infant life away. All this you performed alone, or aided by another, it matters not which; the legal and moral guilt of all rests upon your soul; and much more than human eye hath not seen you did, with malice inconceivable. Of all who gathered beneath the humble roof of Christopher Dearing, but one remains, a little, lonely, solitary boy—saved, not by your mercy, for mercy you had none, but by an interposing Providence protected from ,yo ur murderous arm and uplifted axe, with which you sought to kill them all. • Almost without motive you went at your work self-imposed, and eight innocent victims you slew ; not suddenly, not in a tempest of resistless passion, but in the coolness of a p re weditated design—one by one, at inter vals, with solemn pause, with calm delibera tion, and with a quenchless thirst for blood; you c eased not until all that you set out to do was folly accomplished, and when you found yourself alone with the dead, you felt your rr i ore ph was complete. And with what horrid mockery of life you grou ped these dead together—mother and gathered to each other, cheek -children close presse d to cheek, as if in calm repose ; and, like one who lays him down as sentinel to watch over his treasure, — husband and father, in company with his friend and relative, you placed as if to guard his wife and little ones from harm. How all these ghastly counte nances, and rigid forms, and glaring, sightless eyes condemned you, as on them you looked and claimed the work as all your own. So also must the sight of that poor boy who trusted you and thought you were his friend, have smitten you with horror, as you laid him, yet warm and bleeding, in his lonely bed. This is but a poor picture of your work, and of this I here remind you, that you may even now, at this dread hour for you, realize, if it indeed be possible for you to realize, the enor mity of your deeds of blood, and before God seek for pardon for your crime. No one may limit His power to forgive, but you can find mercy only in redeeming love. Man cannot, will not, dare not, pass by unavenged a crime so fearful as to be almost nameless. Society demands protection and violated law its vin dication. But the Omnipotent God hath said, " Whosoever will, let him come." To his mercy I commend you. But what you have to do, do speedily, for the night of death casts its shadows already around you. The avenger of blood has fol lowed steadily atter you, and in the darkness of night the invisible finger of the Almighty God pointed you out to your pursuers, and justice now claims you as its own. And that which it requires to be done shall not long be elayed. You had your success in the execution of your fell purpose. But justice having had its partial triumph in your arrest, detection, exposure, and conviction, demands the consummation of its purpose now in the final judgment and in the execution of the criminal, who has defied alike the laws of God and man, and outraged all the nobler sympathies of humanity. It only remains for me to pass on you the judgment of the law, which is, that [here the four Judges rose, and amid a breathless silence concluded the sentence] Anton Probst, the prisoner at the bar, be taken from hence to the jail of the County of Philadelphia, from whence he came, and thence to the place of execution, and that he there be hanged by the neck until he is dead, and may God have mercy on his soul I Dufing the remarks of Judge Allison, 'the scene in Court was one of more than ordinary solemnity. All was hushed except an occa sional sob from the females, as the Judge re ferred to the, helpless babes who had been the victims of the prisoner's cruelty. Probst stood calm and immoveable. The dull day- light, as it penetrated into the room, seemed to strike alone the dock, lighting it up and making Probst the central figure in all that vast crowd. His shadow was thrown sharply against the wall to his rear, and as he listened to the warning voice of the Judge, ..those who watched the prisoner, saw how firm he was— his shadow remained fixed and stationary. An artist could readily have pencilled the outline of his figure without fear that any ,tremor on the part of Probst would interfere with the correctness and sharpness of the work. As soon as the sentence was pro nounced, orders were given to close the Court, room doors, and so to prevent egress until the prisoner was removed. The police force, nearly two hundred in number, was then marched from the Central Station to Sixth street, and, after extraordinary exertions, succeeded in opening a passage way from the Court room to the van. The crowd was very dense, andlwhen Probst appeared, his recep tion exceeded that of any previous day. Yell after yell followed him as he entered the van and was driven rapidly off to prison. eMiItMS. gar These premiums are designed for the persons procuring new subscribers; the sub scribers must be such in the strictest sense and must pay regular rates, as named, strictly iri advance. CASH PREMIUMS. For one subscriber, 75 cents; for four or more, at one time, $1 25 each; for a club of ten new names, $7 60 ; each single addition to the club, 60 cents. OT Izi V. II 1-t M. I II 31 S. ger All orders for these premiums must en close a postage stamp. HOURS AT HOME or GUTHRIE'S SUNDAY MAGAZINE, (to those not already taking them), for one new name and $3 60. LANGE'S COMMENTARY, postage free, for Two new names and $7. SMITH'S CONDENSED Bm.ILDICTIONARY, post. age free; for Three new names and $9 76- SMITH'S UNABRIDGED DICTIONARY, 3' vols., postage free for Twelve new names and $37 50. Huss AND HIS TIMES, postage free, for Foar new names and $l2. OUR COMMITTEE'S PUBLICATIONS. SOCIAL HYMN AND TUNE BOON. For every new subscriber paying full rates in advance, we will give two copies of the Hymn and Tune pooh, bound in cloth, postage ten cents each. For a new club of ten, paying $25 in advance, we will send fifteen copies, freight extra. We make this offer to any ex tent. SABBATH-SCHOOL BOOKS For Eighteen new subscribers, paying as above, or for twenty-seven in club, we will send the entire list of the eighty-one Sabbath-school Library Books issued by the Committee. Freight extra. FOR ONE NEW SEBSCAIBER. Zulu Land, or Coleman's Text Book and Atlas. Postage ten cents. FOE TWO NEW SIIBSCRIBERS. Life of John Brainerd and Zulu Land. Post age 56 cents extra. FOR THREE NEW SUBSCRIBERS The Digest and Life of Brainerd, (postage 60 cents extra,) or Gillett's History of Presbyte rianism, two vols., and Social Hymn and Tune Book, morocco. Postage 60 cents extra. FOR FOUR NEW SIIBSCELBEHO Gillett's History, Life of Brainerd, Hyman and Tune Book, morocco. Postage $1 extra. Or the Digest and Gillett's History. Postage $1 extra. FOE FIVE NEW SITBSCRIBERS Zulu Land, History of Presbyterianism, IA of Brainerd, Hymn and Tune Book, morons°. Postage $1 12 extra. - Any book of equal value on the Committee's list may be substituted in the above offers. A list will be sent if desired. All orders must be accompanied with the cash. If possible buy a draft, or a postage order, as in case of loss of money we cannot send the premiums, though we shall adhere to our rule of sending the papers. MARRIAGES. GRIFFITHS—STEPHENS.—On WednesdaY even ing. 9th indt., by Rev. Dr. Brainerd, Mr. OBORGE GRIFFITHS to Was MARIA STEPHRHS. gpttiat Antigto. Fir Presbytery of Stenben Will hold its ilex regular meeting at Pultney, on the second Tuesday (12th) of June, 186 i, at 4 o'clock, P. M. W. A. MILES, Stated Clerk. CORNING, May 11. 1866. DEDICATION.—The Souther euteria Church, (Rev. Mr. McLeod. Minister') will be dedi— cated this Thursday evening. Mty rich. Services commencing at 8 o'clock. A Ictro ".. s be given by Rev. Mr. Barnes, Dr. Brain'. d. and Ree. W. Calkins. The Church is situated at the corner of Twentieth ud Fitzwater streets. Aar Philadelphia Tract and Mission also efety.—Office, 115 South Seventh Street. Tract Distributors' Monthly Meetings for May, in Southern District on - Friday evening 11th inst., at Methodist Church, Juniper and Lombard. In the Western District on Wednesday evening 16th inst. at Presbyterian Church corner of Seventeenth and Spruce. In the Northeastern District on Wednesday evening 23d inst., at Baptist Church. Eighth above Green, at 73 o'clock. Tract visitors wanted. JOSEPH. H. SCHREINER, Agent. PERRY DAVIS" PAIN KILLER. Rev. H. N. Van Meter, of Bassein, India, writes:- Here let me assure you that we prise your Pain Killer very highly. For the first two or three years of our residence in India, we were ignorant of its valuable Properties, and did not use it. but now v. ould hardly feel safe to be without it for a single day. Only a few nights since Mrs. Van Meter was stung by a scorpion, and intense pain was instantaneous through out the arm, and soon anumbness of all the fing'rs fol lowed. By the continued application of th u Pain Killer for an hour or more and at intervals al/ring the night, the alarming symptoms were subdued, and in the morning only a slight soreness was felt in this finger. I gave it in a severe case of Fever and Ague, accord— ing to directions. and it acted like a charm, breaking it up at once. The Karens have great confidence in it Mr. W. L. Carpenter writes from Calcutta, " Perri Davis' Vegetable Pain Killer is a very valuable medi cine, and most people here that have used it.ntertain a high opinion of its worth." ASTHMA CUR ED Belief guaranteed in ten minutes, and &permanent cure effected by the use of UPHAM'S ASTHMA CURE." Cases of from ten to twenty . years' standing yield at once to its influence. P r ice $2. Sent post-paid to any address, by S. C. UPHAM, 26 -South Eighth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Circulars sent free. 1036-3 m The Rev. George Hood and Lady, Of Princeton:N.J.—Experienced educator s--reeeivie into their family Six Misses to educate with their own: Terms moderate. with a good and safe home. Reference College Faculty. Send for a circular. PATENT 10E CREAK FREEZERS, Patent Old Dominion and French Infusion Coffee Pot, Patent Sliding Ice Pick, Patent Gas Stoves, Patent Fruit Cans and Jars, Patent Flour 'Sifters, Patent Door Springs. Manufactured and for sale, Wholesale and Retail, b 7 CHAS. BURNHAM & CO., 119 South Tenth Street. POPULAR NEW BEE HIVE. We have examined KELSEY'S PATENT BEE HIVE, Manufactured and sold by Mr. S. Macferran, 721 Chestnut street, and can readily understand why more honey can be made from it than from any other hive ever patented. The inventor of this hive spent years and a fortune in studying the bee scientifically, and his invention is a marvel of completeness. By following his direc tions it is impossible for a moth ever to enter this hive; the bees are never allowed to swarm, nor are they allowed to breed more than once in the same comb. To residents in the country, or in the Oily where they have forty feet of yard room, this hive ren ders bee culture one of the most interesting and at tractive things imaginable. Here, where myriads ut flowers are annually exhaling their sweetness on the fruitless air, thouiands of pounds of delicious honey might lust as readily be gathered for the enjoyment' of our citizens. We hope this hint will be popularly: acted upon, and that orders will pour in upon Mr. Macferran in one increasing stream for the hive in question, either with bees or without, as he furnishes them in either way. One of the most iritereetinf Pamphlets that we have ever read, containing a eOMr pieta description of the busy bee and the hive here referred to. is handed gratuitously to purchasers. TILE PHRENOLOGICAL CABINET 4 itl AND BOOK STORE, Llighetait: For the sale of Books on Phrenology. WF- ' P hysiology. Hygiene. and Phonograpbr lf, lilt and for Phrenological examinations. Or: dere by mail should be addressed to --,-: A, ~ JOHN L. CAPEN, No. 25 South Tenth Street. Phila. JAMES HAMILTON, BOOK BINDER. BOOK, STATIONARY, & PERIODICAL STORE ) ASSEMBLY BUILDIN GiI3, Tenth Street Below Chestnut. CEDAR CAMPHOR Put your Clothes away with Cedar Camphor and pow• ensure against the ravages of CLOTHES-Morse most cheaply. C. C.is sold by druggists everywhere Hair BIS & CHAPMAN, Boston.] That there is a MINT OF MONEY in the sale .1 POWER'S PATENT PERPETUAL BROOI It is light, tasty, and elegant, and totally unlike all others that we, have seen. There is no preceptible difference in weight between this and a. common broom, and it is the only Patent Broom in which the amount of corn can be varied at pleasure, making light or thick and heavy broom. The Broom iB already a Success And somebody in every county will want the change to make from $2OOO to $5OOO in the neat few month& IL M. Scott writes: "My first three weeks' work with the broom has netted me $550." Then why sit still, whistling the tune " I've nothing to do ?" A small investment, backed by a little energy and tact , will fill your packets with GREENBACKS State and County Rights for sale. Send stamp for circular. J. N. WEEIDDEN,. N. E. Cor.l7tk and Market Si. CHESTNUT ST. TEA HONG. WEST & BROWN, No. 809 CHESTNUT STREET. "W . E.& er, BROWN ARE RETAILING THEIR MUM STOCK AT RETAIL PRIM. THE CHOICEST TEAS ARE ALWAYS TO BE FOUND AT,THEIR HOME" = CALL: FOR A PRICE LIST. Philadelphia, Pa.
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