Tilt ..INERIOAN PRESBYTERIAN
AND
GENESEE EVANGELIST.
Alteligtoamand family Newspaper,
IN THE INTEREST OF THE
Constitutional Presbyterian Church.
PUBLISHED EXERT THURSDAY,
AT THE PRESBYTERIAN HOUSE,
1334 Chestnut Street, (3d story.) Philadelphia.
Rev. John W. Mears. Editor and Publisher.
atztritan taltgittialt,
THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1866
REPENT NOW!
A popular but rash writer, who has been
manifesting increasing hostility to the pe
culiarities of evangelical religion, in a re
cent publication attempts to ridicule the
common argument from thd pulpit for im
mediate repentance—the uncertainty of
life.
True, there are preachers who urge this
argument mechanically; who make it trite
by repetition; who are insensible to the
fitness of things in introducing this or
similar arguments. But the consideration
of the uncertainty of life itself, is one of
the most appropriate that can be urged.
No preacher of righteousness dare neglect
it, if he .would do his duty. '
We are but a passing rice. The noblest
natures even outside of the range of Scrip
ture and the Church, feelingly admit it.
" What shadows we are, and what shadows
we pursue," said the; great orator Burke.
"Oat, out, brief candle !" exclaims. Mac
beth
"Life's but a walking shadow ; a poor player.
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more."
Again, says Shakspeare:
" We are such stuff
As dreams are made of, and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep."
Aurelius Antoninus often warns the
reader of the uncertainty of life. He
says : ,4 What belongs to the soul is 'a
dream and vapor, and' life is a warfare and
a stranger's sojourn." "Do not act as if
thou wert going to live a thousand years.
Death hangs over thee. While thou
livest, while it is in thy power, be good.' '
Even Homer puts into the mouth of one
of his heroes a solemn and stately reflection
upon the similarity of the race of men to the
race of leaves. And it is an evil service
for any writer to deaden the sense of this
uncertainty in the minds of men. It can
be accomplished only at the expense of
our finer moral feelings, only by - blunting
and making coarser our moral natures,
already sufficiently debased and, hardened. •
Sensation writers may think it absurd to
ply men with arguments based on the un
certainty of life; but the absurdity is all the •
other way. It is plainly absurd for men
to risk anything important' upon an
aural!, that they will live another hour.
It is absurd for men to defer what can be
secured now, on the ground ,
manthat canbe
secured equally well' to-morrow. It is ir
rational , for a having property, to dis
pose of at his death, to defer making his
will a single day, on the ground that he
will be able to do it as well to-morrow. A.
man who would insure his life for the' bone-
fit of his family or his creditors, trifles
with them by every hour of postponement.
Every business' man is bound to keep his
accounts as . carefully as if he expected to
die tomorrow. He must include that pos
sibility in all his calculations.
How much greater the wrong and ab
surdity of calculating upon the future for
opportunity for the great business of life I
That, without which all 'life is a failure,
should be exposed to no contingency what
ever. So great, so awful is the catastro
phe of dying without repentance, that
words cannot be found to describe the folly
if risking it. That a creature who cannot
.all another bretith his own, should daily
nd delay in such a matter, is immeasura
.le presumption. Until the sinner has re
.ented, his liability to die, at any.moment
ould, by every possible means, be urged
pon his attention. The thought of death
ould beset him on every hand and hedge,
in up to his duty. He is' his' true friend
ho keeps him face to face with the dread,
:sibilities of his situation. There is no
gument more legitimate for immediate
. : ientatice than that the sinner may die
-night--yea, even though the sinner's
e should be prolonged , half a century.
is the argument of common prudence,
d it may be pressed with unwonted ear
:tness and repetition in proportion as un
•nted interests are at stake.
' epent now. That is the Divine com
ndment, and the dictate of the highest
dente is well. But you,will not die a
iment sooner for having repented. Your
- will be calmer, and will tend to prolong
-If in the light of God's complacent love.
lent now, and if you live scores of
s longer, so much the better, that you
thoroughly test the reality of your re
. tance. You can apply yourself to no
a serious or necessary bisinessin life
this.
LETTER upon the late Memphis riots,
I one who has had the best opporta
of judging, is given on an inside page.
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New Series, Vol. 111, No. 26.
THE PROPOSED GERMAN PRESBY
TERIAN CHURCH.
Somewhat slowly, yet we believe surely,
our people are moving for the establish
ment of a German Presbyterian Church in
this city. One of the most feaSible plans
suggested is as follows :.—Let the present
Coates' Street Cliurch vacate their premises,
which are now, and long have been, in the
heart of an extensive German population,
and turn them over. to the nucleus of a
German congregation already under the
care of the Fourth Presbytery. Meanwhile,
let the Coates' Street people be guaranteed
a reasonable sum for their valuable pro
perty, and otherwise be aided to build in a
new, and for them more eligible, situation.
This plan has the great advantage that it
would, by one operation, give us two
church buildings, both suited to the wants
of the congregations, instead of one, in
which there-is now no ,hope of growth or
prosperity.
We must certainly strike'a blow fir the
evangelization of our German population
in this city. The Whole Church is inte
rested in the work. WOnders have been
accomplished in the 14esbytery of Newark;
N. J., where thereare half a dozen or more
German Churches; :and surely the field is
still greater here. Our people in this city
must not and will not be behindhand.
FOREIGN MISSIONAItY PROFESSOR
Dr. Duff's return to Scotland, and his
active efforts as Secretary of the Commit
tee of Foreign Missions of the Free Church,
are already bearing good fruit. The con
tributiohb are still small, more money being
collected abroad than in Scotland. The
great Free Church, with a quarter of a
million of communicants, gave but £16,000
last year, including legacies. We believe
this is four thousand pounds more than
was given before Dr. Duff's return. His
last, -movement, reported to the General
Assembly of the Free Church three weeks
ago, and promptly sanctioned by that body,
was to procure private subscriptions to a
fUnd of £19,000, for - exidOwing - a,
ship of Foreign Missions, to be called the
Chair'of Evangelistic Theology, in connec
tion • with. College of the Free Church.
Opportunities will be afforded for the study
of the languages, mythology, etc., of the
heathen nations, and for the general train
ing of students for the missionary work.
The great success of the missionary In
stitute at Basel, called " Crischona,” may'
well encourage the Free Church to such a
step. Our only wonder is, that a 'plan
clearly wise and economical both of health:
and financial resources, has not been incor-i
porated into the poliey of all the great
societies and denominational enterprises in
the same field. Who will endow a mission-'
ary professorship in connection with one of
our seminaries, or with Hamilton College ?
DEATH OF REV. J. IL HENNARD, D.D.
A Saint of- God, an epistle known and
read of all men, has suddenly been trans
lated, from this world to one infinitely
holier and .better. We dare not lament
his departuie, however deep and tender
our Christian regard; we are sure he was
living through these months past, quite on
the verge of his heavenly home, and it was
the very reflection of. its glory , that shone
in his countenance, that dwelt in his tones,
and that gave unearthly fervor and inex
pressible yearning to his prayers in the
daily union meetings, and that drew all
Christian hearts toward him in such warn
affection. We have,. not met with an in-,
stance, in our life in this city, where
,ail
Other personal feelings seemedso completely,
merged in,the love of Christ, the sense,of
Christian brotherhood,.and zeal for .perish:
lug sinners,as in theintercourse of Dr. Ken:
nard withdhis brethren of other detunnina
time,' in these union` prayer -'meetings. ' He
may truly be described as the central figu - re
there. Never, while memory performs its
office, ' Can we forget that venerable ferm
7:
that heavenly expression of , countenance,.
those pleading, tearful tones that. went'
straight to the heart, as he testified to the
unwonted joys of his soul in those sweet
hours of communion; as he plead with im
penitent sinners, as he , brought glad news
of the Holy Spirit's work in various parts
of the land, or declared his overflowing
love for the brethren of different denomina
tions with whom he reioiced to commune
at these meetings. Never can we forget
the rapt ardor and importunity of his
prayers for the outpouring of the ,Spirit in
large measure upon this city. Theyseemed
to besiege the very gates of heaven; and
he more:than , once declared his conviction
that they, and those .of others, would'd - bp
answered in a great iVerk of grace here in
the coming isll.''' l rre . looked forward to
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 2S, 1866.
that period. with joyfuil anticipations; he
did not know that he was so near to a
higher work and a higher joy.
Indeed, it does not seem unnatural that
he should go ; so near he seemed to be
living and so closely communing with the
things and the interests of eternity while
here. Narrow, indeed, must have been the
river over which he crossed. To adapt the
words of Bunyan—And now was he, as it
were, in heaven • before he came to it, being
swallowed up with the sight of angels and
with hearing their melodious notes. - Here
also he had the city itself in view, and
thought he heard all the bells therein to
ring to welcome him. thereto. But, above
all, the warm and joyful-thoughts: that-he
had about his own dwelling there with such
company, and that forever and ever,! 'Oh,
by what tongue or pen can his gloiliouS: joy
be expressedl Thus he came tit; teige
gate. , .
De. KeAnard died last Sabbath June
:24, aged 68 yeaFs.
THE WATER SUPPLY OF OUR GREAT
CITIES.* I.
A subject so bound up with comfort,
cleanliness, health, and good morals, as the
abundant supply of, pure water to our great
and growing cities, :wilt. be regarded as • not
. unsuitable for discussionln the columns of
a: religious neivepaimr. The painfully stint
ed supply doled out to the abject poor of
London, undoubtedly forms a serious ob
stacle to their elevation in many ways. No
one who informs himself of the facts in the
case, as they have been stated by a writer
in the last number of the Edinburgh Re
view, will wonder at the degradation, the
drunkenness and the. Sabbath-breaking,
which accompany their poverty and make
it so hideous and so hopeless. The very
class of persons whose occupations render
necessary a large amount Of water to per
simal cleanliness; ' whose dwellings, from
their crowded condition, most need frequent
cleansings, to keep them from becoming
like the dens and styes of beasts, are the
most restricted in their use of the means
of abliition. The inadequate supplies and
the filthy condition of the water furnished
to our captive soldiers in the South during
the rebellion; has been matter of just exe
cration; but we must' conclude, that the
men who famished in the Andersonville
pen, were no worse off fer pure water, than
are thousands of the poorer inhabitants of
the:great Christian. city of London, at 'this
day. .
Our space does,,not permit as to present
the dreadful = facts as fully? as 'we 'might
wish. The! best of:the hones in theie mis
erable neighborhoOds are supplied with
wooden cisterns; which, if regularly filled
about which there is' some doubt—woUld
•
allow each inhabitant an average of four
'gallons in twenty-four hours, for all pur
poses. (In Philadelphia, the average to
each inhabitant is forty-five gallone.) More-
OVer, nine-tenths of these cisterns are without
covers, and one half of them- are so placed
as to catch the foul drippings from the eaves
of the houses, and are lined internally with
scum and slimy vegetation. Not a few are
so rotten that the finger can be pushed
through them, and the contents of those
that are tight,,become every hour more of
fensive and unlike What water should be,
for purposes of cleanliness and consump
tion.
. Another inode of supplying these poorer
quarters is by turning 'Ott water from the
street pipes , for a certain length of time
every day., ' At that time, all who want
water must be in attendance, with, such
articles as they command. For twenty
minutes a half 444.strgam is allowed to run.
"In the afternoon, those who -; pass .that
way may see, in looking .up the narrow
entrances of these courtsynrowda•of women
.and children, provided with bottles, pails;
tubC, teakettles, broken jugs and other via
These people will tell' you that "they
have not a'drop 'of water in their housea. . .
At length the water Limes from a lead pipe
of not more thin half ,an inch in- diamter.
$0 small is the stream , that it is difficult
even - for those who are provided with proper,
vessels to get what is wanted, and some are'
SO ill off in this respect, that they are not
able to collect more theirs•gallon rof water: .
In some of the dark courts and lanes, pure
water is as scarce as•itis on board an emi
grant ship during a long voyage."
Worse still, there are . whole days in.
which there is absolutely not a drop of
water to be obtained, and these days, of all
others in the week, - are those in which the
abject poor w.onld feel-disposed and at lei-
' 1 -
* Anual Report of the Chief Engineer of the
Water n Department •of the,City of Philadelphia,
and'Plan of Supplying the City with Witter by
Aqueduct from the Perkiomen, presented to
Conrella, Februaxy . 18.66.
8 „
Edinbur g h R ev i ew 'AprillB66, Art. "Water
1 4 , 1 51 . Y." , f•-, -14; • • • •,%.• • ••••,-
sure for some attempt at personal cleanli
ness. From. Saturday afternoon at three
o'clock, until Monday afternoon at the same
hour, there are neighborhoods totally with
out a supply. Sometimes a whole court
has to borrow from "a Public" at the cor
ner. Three or four gallons'of water must
be made to last an individual, for every
purpose; forty-eight hours`!" fn a tenement
neighborhOod near Covent Garden, the
'poor creatures were described as actually
famished for water in this Sunday drought
The premises belong to "'eminent brewers"
—men who not only convert much pare
water MO a means of dissipation, but who
eorruptiatuch more by the mere process of
manufacture. Any one noticitig'the gutters
near a brewery, finished with turbid and of.
sensive streams, may leatn what poisoners
of nature's beierage they are.
Who :can doubt that there is a close
connection between these facts and, the no
toriously degraded condition of the London
poor ? Who can. doubt that_the squalor of
their homes often drives them to the better
conditioned gin shop; or, that when a
healthful `brink is almost impossible to be
had, a stiniulalit — is' used in its stead?
Who can avoid the suspicion that those
"eminent brewers" already mentioned,
stint their tenants of water, so that their
appetite for beer may be ke,pt at the high
est available point? We believe it has
long ago been settled, that
.an abundant
supply of pure water greatly promotes
temperate habits'among the masses.
The relation of water supplyto progiess
is shown in.the fact;that the demand for
water in our cities increases in a far higher
ratio than would result from the, increase
of the population. " Not only does every
additional person need a certain quantity,
but every individual tends to require more
water than any of his predecessors. The
diffusion of care and cleanliness of body
makes one man use perhaps twice as much
water as any of his anCestors, and the more
confidently men believe that cleanliness is
next to godliness, the more ample will be
their ablutions." Facts in regard to the
amount - of water used by former genera
tions cannot be obtained; but we trace the
effect of the increase " in the remarkable
diminution in certain once prevalent die- I
eases." In Glasgow, in 1838, twenty-six
gallons a day was considered a liberal sup
ply for each individual. In 1845 it rose to
30 gallons; in 1852 to 35 and 38 gallons, and
now, since .4Loch Batrine has been pat to
the practical purposes, of a water supply,
45 gallops are delivered, on an average, to;
every , man , woman , and child in the city.
In London, the agerage is twenty-six gal
lons at the present time. In Philadelphia,
in'lB3o, it WitEi twelve and a 'half . gallons;
in 1861, it was' Orty-one gallons; it is now,
stated to be forty-five. Part of this increase'
is dmibtlesb 'due to the' increase of menu-
actoriee, requiring water r for the genera
tion of steam and for a multitude of other
purposes; but much, is clue to.the increas
ing appreciation byindividuals of the great
comfort and moral value of an abundant
water supply, when thud bountifully brought
to their doors. They and their homes can
be clean; it is their fault and their shame
if they are not. A river of bright, pure
water, poured in thousands co . f branches along
every street and by every door, is a truly
delightful persuasive to something very
near akin to virtue. People yield to the
persuasive; they luxuriate in the cheaply
got, cleanliness'of their persons and homes.
The filthier ones around them - are shamed
and stimulated. Tkey, too t must have their
Share ; And 'so the demand increases, and
civilization and virtue are promoted in.the
action and 're=action of
,inereasing supply
and increasing demand.;. it, being difficult
to - apportion. the praisa accurately between
the supply and the demand..
:There is.;a great deal of Cant uttered by
infidel bigots and Would-be`social reformeri
and materialist philoactiters, upon the
proper Mitheds'of amillioratiug and
ting the social Condition of the masses
Oni missionary efforts, 'directed at the.
spiiitual wants of: these, multitudes, are
decried, and methods of outward improve
ment are extolled worthy the first place
in such undertakings. Let us not be loth
to learn-even from our enemies. Let us
admit, that while myriads of the London
poor have but two or three gallons of wa
ter apiece for all purposes, in one day, and'
on Sabbath none at all, or are supplied
from filthy vats, little better than sewers,
it is visionary to hope for great result's
t fro ety
from bare spiritual appliances. And it
would be a legitimate and practical
taking;under
or the benevolent Christian men of
h
not only for Mr. Peabody, but
al so
_f or the : Bishop of liondon,, and the
multiplied evangelical organizations among
churchmen and. disse ntFllb', o ea,r
neatly for . iu? inc.!ease.i.4i;*fr.supi.o)
.'i ,
Genesee Evangelist, No. 1049.
powerful adjunct in the work of evangeli
zation.
We have taken our readers away from
home in this article. It is, fortunately,
away from home that the most impressive
illustrations of what we would avoid are
to be found. We will try to come nearer
in our next. •
The annual Commencement of this insti
tution, whose name has been changed from
".Ashmun Institute"—a title still retained
by the preparatory department—aad whose
powers have been enlarged by a'recent act
of the Legislature, took place on Thursday
of last week, at Qxford, Pa. A large and
intelligent company assembled, both from
the vicinity and from distant parts of the
country.. Among the latter were Maj.-Gen.
'O. 0: Howard 'and Hon: Wm. E. Dodge of
New York. The exercises were commenced
by the college choir singing "Lift up your
heads," in excellent style. After prayer,
the members of -the graduating oleos made
addresses. A contemporary says .of the
members of the class
They 'were well-looking, clear-eyed, in
telligeut young men, and the character of
their orations was, we think, about equal
,to that of any of the colleges, of ,the coun
try. The first speaker was J. H. Jackson,
of Philadelphia; ke was followed by Thos.
L. Schenck, of Prinoeton, who recited an
extract on " The Character of Washing
ton." After music by the choir, William
B. Price, of- Wilmington, N. C., (who be
came free at the close of the war,) recited
"The Raising of the Flag over Fort
Sumter." The next' speaker was Joseph
Thompson, of Medford, N. J. After mu
sic, William L. Johnson, of New York
City, gave an address on "The Elevation
of the African Race;" E. W. Hammond,
of Baltimore, spoke on " The Duties of
the Day," and W. D. Johnson, of Balti
more, made the closing oration.
Prayer was offered by the Rev, Thos. J.
Shepherd, when a brief address was made
by the distinguished chief of the Freed
men's Bureau, General 0. 0. Howard. A
warm reception was accorded this Christian
hero, whose earnest piety, unflinching pa
triotism,•'and keen jense of justice to the
loyal masses of the South, made his pres
ence on that platform, designed most intl.-.
mately and effectively to promote the wel
fare of the colored race, as appropriate as
it was welcome.
In the afternoon a freer meeting of the
assembled friends of , the institution was
held in a neighboring grove. We again
quote from the Bulletin:
Beneath the waving branches of the '
trees seats had been placed, in front •of a
platform which was decorated with the.
-American flag and a green wreath. Here
the college choir, gave .us .more of theii,
,pleasant music, while the faculty, 'the stu
dents, the visitors- from other - places, and
the, residenta of the vicinity seated ,them
selves or reclined on ihe leaf-strewn turf .
The scene was Picturesque. The duak
though animated faces of the students; the
gaily colored dresses of the females • the
venerable forms of. the ministers, and the
ruddy healthful-looking faces of the farmers
of the vicinity, all comtined to make up a
pleasing picture. The day was bright and
sunny, with an exquisite breeze blowing
over the undulating hills and lovely vales
of Chester county. During the afternoon,
addresses were made by the Rev. William
Speer, President of the Prei3byterien Board
of Education, Rev. William R Moore, of
West Chester, Rev. E. Hawes, pastor of the
Central Cong regational Church of Phila . -
delphia, Mr. W , William Main of PhiladelPhia,
Rev. Dr. Dickey, Hon. 'Mr.i Dodge r mem
ber of Congress from New York, Mr. Bas
sett, of the Colored . High . School of
.Phila
delphia, kajpr-General Howard, and Rev.
S. C. Logan, Seiretary of the Freedman's
Committee of the Presbp4rian Church.
The addresses were marked by a broad
Christian and humanitarian' tone, mingled
with touches of humor, personal reininist
cences, patriotic appeals and the like.
The exercises eonbludecl by three cheers
for Pennsylvania, proposed by Gen. HO*.
ard, whd coMplimerited the - cOndUct of the
soldiers of our State during the war, .and
a response of three cheers, for Gen. How
•ard, proposed by Rev M. Dickey.
We are glad to leant - that forty-six stir-:
dents have been in 'attendance during the
term just closed. Thorprosperity of the
Institution is indeed cheering to every
friend of the colored race in America.
Could we but provide 'carefully edlicated
religious teachers, in suf f icient numbers,'
for this docile and religiously inclined but
often sadly Mis-directed race, we should do
more for their elevation than by any other
means at present within our reach. There
s no parallel in written history to the rapid
progress made by the freedmen in educa
tion in: the year following the war; and no
vacuum; not only of need, but of conscious;
clamorous *ant Of the means of furthei
advancement, has ever opened .so v ido y
and so suddenly, as we behold it among
this - ,class in , the South;. It is a most lope._
fni feature : Of, the.sitnition that their oven
people,nrs atirledgp,to prepare theniselvei
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY.
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to meet this demand. Christian charity
and true patriotism cannot be better exer
cised than in furnishing 'them the facilities
of an institution like the Linculn Univer
sity. .
SABBATH-SCHOOLS AND THE NEW
MISSION SHIP.
- PRESBYTICRILN HOWL 1334 Chestnut St.,
Office American Board C. Foreign Missions. J
Sabbath -schools wishing certificates of
stock for the new Morning Star or copies
of the history of the old ship, can have the
same by sending the amounts donated, with
a statement of the number of blank certifi
cates and bQpirs needed, either to L. S.
Ward, Treasurer, Mission House, Boston,
or to this office.
Our schools in Pennsylvania, New Jer
sey, Delaware, Maryland, and District of
Columbia very generally and gladly took
part in building the first Morning Star;
we hope they will all, with like weal, lend a
hand in building this seoond missionary
ship. We feel quite sure they will. It
is important that the collections be made
as promptly as possible.
It will be remembered that ten cents
secures a certificate for 6ne share of stock,
and that fifty cents secures in addition the
neat little book giving a history of the first
Morning Star, by Rev. Mr. Bingham.
Any sohools that have not received spe
cimens of the certificates or the volume,can
be supplied, if they will send name and
address as stated above,
J. MaLEop,
Dist. See. A.. 11 C. F. M
OUR CONGREGATIONAL FRIENDS are
exercised with reports as to the Presby
terian leanings of their new enterprise in
Washington City. Both the Boston pa
pers of last week refer to the sabject.
The Congregationalist says:—
"A report has been circulated to some ex
tent to the effect that the Congregational
Church at Washington, and its pastor, Rev.
C. B. Boynton, well known as the patriotic
chaplain of the House of Representatives,
have Presbyterian leanings. We have the
best authority fir saying that this charge
has no foundatiOn in truth. The pastor, in a
private note to us remarks:—` There is DOG a
church in Boston more decidedly and thor
oughly Congregational than this is, and no
one less likely to become Presbyterian.'"
The Recorder Says:
"We rejoice in ample evidence that the
new Congregational Church in Washington
•is intelligently and thoroughly with us in our
Pilgrim Faith and Polity. We learn that the
Congregational polity has been repeatedly
vindicated from their pulpit with earnestness
and ability by Dr. Boynton, and Viet both the
pastor and the membership are fully con
vinced that the Congregational system is the
system, beyond all others, fitted to carry the
principles of Christian freedom into the South
and all other waste places." ,
Both papers unite in an earnest ap
peal for assistance to the'new enterprise.
The available ground in Washington for
churches of 'a Puritan leaning being so
thoroughly covered' by the Presbyterian
organtiations there, we cannot be sur
prised to:hear once more of difficulties in
the way of a Congregational enterprise
And rumors of a movement Presbytery_
ward. ..Better service can be done in
that city by Northern men, in standing
by the assailed pastor-and people of the
First Presbyterian Church and in vindi
cating their noble and liberal position
before the community, than in drawing
Off to form other churches without any
gain in principle and with an actual di
vision and loss of influence.
MORE PARDONS.—The attention of the
law-abiding public has been aroused by
the frequency and miscellaneous char
acter of '"the pardons ever and anon
issuing from the Executive department
of the Government. We refer not only
to the twelve thousand or more delivered
from the penalties of treason, but to mail
robbers, embezzlers of the public moneys,
arid the- like, who are frequently an
nonnced• as recipients of Executive
clenieney. The latest cases we have
noticed; are those published in the dailies
of Friday-last ; the first being that of a
mail-agent' on 'the line 'between New
York and Washington, who was indicted
in January last, by the Grand Jury of
the 'United States District Court at
Trenton, N. J., 'fOr stealing letters con
tainine-mOney. • The case came on for
trial on Wednesday last, when, to the
:surprise of, everybody, a full pardon,
signed-by the President and Secretary
!Seward, was presented, and the defend
ant* was unconditionally discharged.
We cut the other announcement, in its
!boldness, from the Washington telegrams
`of a daily paper:—
The President has ordeied a pardon to be
issued to Mary Blake, who was sentenced to
pay a fine of $5OO and be imprisoned until
the fine was paid, for keeping a house of ill
fame.
Remember, we have .nearry three
Years of this yet to bear.
REV. CHARLES P. KRAITTR, D D.,
has•iaacepted a - call to the pastorate of
St.' Stephen's (Evangelical. Lutheran)
Church, corner •Of • Portieth and - Arch
streeti;West Philadelphia, late in charge
of Rev,l3.