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frittritaii JiMliftkiai' " TUUKSDA’S 1 , JULY;2B, 1867. Qu% *Sp/cial ¥J<DYfesp° n dfnt ~in, and Paris'fi- C/vhago Correspondent on i<t Missionr ary Tour, SfiCfmd page.; Union Pacific Railroad, Sabbatii, Movement in (Jhieogo, -Jllo rmonism, Page ITS?*#;./ ;C|o^fer« ;( 6/ Jessica's First Prayer, mgand Scientific, page Seven.; : .a ~..•*,.0 THE- SUNDAY* SCHOOL 5 KROPESSOESHIf IH / MARYVILLE COLLEGE. ■ In the paper' of lastweeh, we‘published f the Tennessee, Rev. Samugb'.Sawyer, for the estab- a Sunday-school Professorship,inithat much' - ' 1 iie’eded ! institution.-" ; <.Th«- cohperafeion of one hundred Sunday-schools : only, Out -of the eighteen iiandred' in our body, is souglvt, Irom each of sum can i l3e,T^e^at.on t q t e and paidininstalments if necessary. We. earnestly, ask the attention of our ; readers,’- especially of superintendents - and teachers of circular, and appefiSs«ne"rCmark'S',of Mr.sSnstyitrieaJU’S^P^- nation and endorseih‘erit''of i the : '‘a^eal. Mr. S. says: The incumbent of the S. S. Professorshin,wi|l Ite the College. Rev. Lyrnah house in CineinnMi;Usl, that but lor ttf|>cpoic stand of thVSyOo'd of East Tennessee, hev*ouldi,have been deposed fronrthe -mlhistfy. The supposed Udder the Abolition ery ( tMey could n% evefjr Soutbern'Sjihoa in- faVor'bf the neWgbasis. But to their confusion and amazement, of our 48 ministers-only;.three--v?ent|t) ; ld .Sohool, aud one of them D’o'ak) ,?hr 79 chuWhdiHratf Taur.favore'd they fitbisiSiW* Hood judges'have.saidj if the- Tennessee had sided 'with [the School —the war would* probably have*l&sted.drWQj yfears longer. How could 5 Sherman have marched* so well to Atlanta or J}ave so com pletely annihilated Hood at Aashville; but for the cooperation oft-thje ( East 'Tennessee masses in hearty sympathy with liberty and the Union ? ; 'Witlf our 517 ehurchi§ fp-orgaOize'd'on! a -loyal basts, unless we have hetp, in our impoverished and condition,\itf .bringtng*forward a HomC Ministry, there is danger that the Sy nod of Tennessee, riotwithstaudihg its noble re cord of-qhjdtV a«centuny will he dropped from the Minutes of our ftener&L Assembly.—.. One. of. our • Presby teriesAKlngsten, has but f one.actiDg min ister to look’ after ten churches" I .' We call in vain $r jmore? men,- Sotitei valuable - men’ and some hobby drift-wood have found their way among us, hut we have 30 vacant fields. How can we. liold the ground jand Qolumppsqlikp, throw out our tovyar,ds beyond,; unless bur .Christian young.men are hrbhght for-- ward to'fill'our pulpits/tb" loot-After our Sab-, bath-scbdblsjahd to push'dn’ th'eK’ldyfth'Pffesbyte rian column SoutbWard and Westward ? Of our twelve candidates for the ministry, three are col-, ored young men of fair promise, and Maryville- College will take her fostering care,; because she sees no good" reason why she should, not, and because we'nped them in the field. .A! little judicious help how in the cause of Christian education, and with the blessing of the Lord, all; that region may blooni.an’d:bj ( ossom in light and glory. Your brotherfiii Christ,s* -, Ab SAMTTEr, Sawyer. : UNIVERSALISTS- lU. WILMIHGTOE. A correspondent, in WiltniDgtoll.UQd.sr a recent date writes us a note inreference to paragraph'contained in our paper.of the 11th. The Methodist ,'eliurches-of /dur neighboring city. Wilmingfoij, JfiaWK spirit of | ir.om better houses of worship,; ‘but iif dbing'so' tliey went do the very reprehensible Resort -of - stilling one. of tlieir old church edifices to the service of the. destructive erj ror of &c._ „ , QT j “The building which the Universalistg purl chased never was J>y.or,in-r any manner connected with the Methodist Episcopal, churgh. Itwas s si at . v Qne tigie a local preacher, (but of .late years, I am credibly informed, not connected with the Cottrell in any capacity;) who, with a 'Jew others used it as a place of worship tor a time, himself occupying: thSpQpit’h wasl.afterwar<Wturned into;, a,,tenement house- ..with- basement, and became indeed, a place,fit .only for the .owls, and the hats .to dwell in. jThis year"it-i was sold,hither by, the party mentioned above or persons 'to whom : he may have subse quently sold it, to the TJbiy e .|salist^ Society; and the Methodist churches Here oV anywhere else were he'ver in any why'or ’ manner connected • 'jn’tfi its building; occiipantfy ’or sale,'and I Assure you, my dear its.preseut ownership and use ape, jegretted bygone - in, .this cqmniunity ? more than by. . 7, . . “ The Methodists'." SMITH’S DICTIONARY OF THE* .BIBLE. ; The extraordinary merit of .this work has- led to its publication in various fofms. In England, there is a three-volumed and a one-volumed edi tion,both of whichhayhheeh'iiiporte/1 and issued in* this country, With the.impfint of one of our most respectable .firms- . Another firm is -issuing it in the form of a serial; with‘emendations by an American scholar of high repute. r .Still 'another hhusi, ‘thait "of^S. 7 S* Scrantonl&i Qo./&sirtford, publishers of “ Women-, of the War,” are now putting, through the press ; tbe edi ‘ tion, an" exact reprint of the English oni, which they are saiihg lt will make a compact vbluinc, royal octavo, of 1100 fusely illustrated 1 and supplied with good maps. andt§s jaccorjiiug l^ts^le- The.worfeis, a.stagdard yin,, every It Tfflß AMBEKf'AIf PRESBITERIM, JtlliY! 28,18671 is a reshlf of'th?"same"exa l ct i -ahdJ painstaking scholarship wliich haA been' allied -by the ■com piler to the antiquities 1 of Grreq6&'an(r Rome/' /It is per^eC]tly 4 addasapft§,! lo rpopular, uge; ; . are guru • feveryiifriend "fit. the: WPtds of i Gad will be'gratified'to knowithktthe efforts df tb'is 'firA and' thhitv numerous cahvasserb 'ate about ’tb carfy to' the' 'dbbrs'of the people, a work so ,^e}L‘ tbjenftj j as;, to the meaning: of-that word', and tp-. interest (them /more deeplyiandihtfelligehtlydn-it&zstudyzit:a 1 - -.Jon'■ .'iftle ageh'fd'in this'city kre Messts I .’Wf’B-. 'Par maleo M' do.Vfio SanSo'm stteet ! ‘abdye 7tb. ; v-iiiA .«tt!ftuuut umi o* eiK-iM'-iopon 1 h'i-ijR ■.♦f.U - ■ ,(** H OV.ii •i/r/il. <>,s *c swot i.sovioii Uo’fß-ii-j-i ■:. ■■ 90jyiM§g§ E WMT.i%Ti g9^a%, <iiThb iseries; of literacy:Exercises filling,com-: mbncement &k’ei at ’this"highly: favtired* institul tioiijwere inaugurated bn Sabbath'mbrnibgby the Baccalaureate sermon of tie ,‘n'ew, President/. As f.- ■•‘.'■'3 ".1 ‘ ilia*.- '3 * < ' 'J 1 this was, the ~fi v j;st !; app.earanpe j: ,of -..8y.; rjrpwu,, in this service,. Mslsbrmon tor.theijgrfiditiatiug .class was lookfed fbr Iriterfesti'i Tlifi til lage church ' was more' thko" usually crowded 1 bn tta AhairSidndabenqhes, aisles,. jjrqm the reputation!of the? Brefeidenfe.-foW ripe scholar! Ship, itWad exp'dbtOd, oPhourse, i th&tth'e i 6efm6ii wbuld feb' kll* ©at; kft' and* culture' J khiil& mkift Af; iniMfCttp ■:>& n-W>.vJ.Ot fit saua-vi lbuJ.in^impjic, l |y I; s ; piritu^Jfty J an.df.pqnge^.cy^we .jndgej', itr,far.,tr ; ansc,endednthe n ex,p > eetati,ona- of many/of'the hearers j It'wks. founded) upoip the passage," “'Except a iuan r bh 'bbrri ! &gaihdhe <, cah'- not see the argument. fpr; the .true religiop. . /f he plos.ing np,- dress:to.the-graduating,e}ass!w«s.! a lso filled’with the noblest sbttfimen£s<;and the bfe'st of cbunsela ii " Oh' Sabbath 1 evening-Revy Br'. ; '!H;eacb'ck; 'of Buffalo, gave an admirable address before the So-, ciejty; of Christian Research. v , Hjs.tfieine. was.,the Reflex ■ Influence, qf: Missions:; .ahd'iife (gave (the Boctof otieftf his'igrandbsti opportunities: for’ the pl'ay of of illfistratibn’ahd t bj - ahbrjr. AU ibf h'js'hap.piest ' ■ : 0n /Monday afternoon, occur,red:so;pethipg new, •a , prize ii debate; )-,t Mr-.- Charles ■pii - Kingsleys ;ttf Utica, 1 aihohgihis' numerous Benefactions, haS' pro vided ' tWo' 'bnzeh, one ! of f 'ah d 1 bne'of' , ! tb pe' ; giyen ,tp those,who shall excel, in neons,debate;, ,’lt was, a. seyere., ,or,deal, t for the youngimen;’ : The cfuestioniwas; Hasthe power of' oratory diminished' in ,the ; progress of’ OiVilizd-; tiqh ?”’ There; wbre fbiir sp'eahersj whcl hcqui?tSd thetnselvea.;w.ellj, was regarded aß.avgr.eat,success.,. It,will-.hence forthiibe a (marked feature of-. ebnimencement week. • ■: ■•■• On Sfbrfday 'etening was the usual Prize Dd-; ciamatioh. This, was. founded by Mr. C. C. ’Kings’ey, .Four speakers/froipj,each of. the,thr.ee younger classes,appbar', and two prizesare/award-, ed in'each clash;"' The speaking was gb6if ?i show ing the fine tfaiding which is, giveh in 1 this insti tution in this part of a, proper, collegiate educa- On Tuesday ; afternoon|;yp,}held> the annua' meeting of 1 th'e i Sbtli’ety' 1 6f thb'A'lumni, Ex-Gov ernor Hawley; of Connecticut, in- the chair. The address was delivered by Henry G. Miller, Esq., of Chicago, (class of 1848) It was sound and able, would have answered well before a bench of judges, but hardly had inspiration enough for a popular asseihbly'. , ;f 'But " whatever weariness it left upon h'ippily relieved by the poem, byßev. Ar.thurfT;'Pierson, of Water ford, (class of 185.7;) which 'followed. The sub ject was “Rothing, ? j buti'the, rhymer managed to mate something out.of it: 1 The 'versification was easy and graceiul,'whilstajsp it embraced so much, of innocent mirth and :humor to call forth, from a delight'ed dudiench, Wdqiient demonstra tions of applause— - The letter of the Annalist, Hon. Edward A. Wetmore, of Utica, class of ISI7, was read by Rev. Albert Erdman,_.of Clinton, and the Necro logy by Rev.'Herrick -JoJ\nspn,, Pitts , burg. The death of fourteen of Ihe former gra duates of the College was reported for the year, inSiudmg the JnM ofCMvl'.Ged: &CCilh'bun,: D.U., of tlie first class, grhdliated, in: 1814; HouJ Geo. Hastings,date of Mt,t Morris,. Ng#., class of 1826, once Judge of Livingston County Court, ,and for one term a member of Congress;,,and Rey. JohyTomkins, for twenty-five yeare pastor of the Presbyterian church of. Marcellus. ' ()n Wednesday afternoon" jcame the ‘inaugura :tion, of the Rev. Samuel. Gilman Rrownj JhD.fas ‘ihe. seventh President of Hamilton College!, Which was-the great, event of the week, , Ex-President Hbrth presided bn the occasion.- \Ex-Prfesidenfc Eisher, ma.de the opening.- prayer.. , Hon. Hiram of the* dldesf Trustees'-of-the College, &adb ,tlve;a’d<iress,,ofiiti<fcbtion;>hd gave to the-sn'ewiPreside'ntthe'charter and keys of the College as symbols of his office; and then follow ed ths inaugural address .'of‘"Dr. Brown, which was acknowledged by all to be one pf. rare beauty and strength. His thCme-Vtfls; “The American 'College: : its Aims and ifs‘M'eth'Ods ;’’ and it pre sented ‘one bf' the’-finest plCas'ever made for the higher education | 'its imp'ortatfCb terall the inter ests both of the Church and of the State, first, ,-j \ ..Id jf, > i.J- 'Jl.’.'.li ’ -U'.-'r . > «<. >•?,.. 1 . ? because of the discipline it gives,:and . secondly, because of the information.it -impartsjj,-. This, ad dress was followed'by an-original “Hymn of Wel come,” sung with apparent heartin&fsdiy the un dergraduates:We noticed?also, that-when the : President was announced' for his’inaugural he Was greeted with long continued applause by the students; and we hear bn | every hand, that ' hb‘ is, reqeiyed, with the utmostcordiality to relations. This argues well for tho futui-e ,o,f thq, College.' 'Long may he preside’successfully over itS ihteresta.' n Il: " '■ 1 '' V "V Oh Wednesday evening there' Was. anothef mating off the Alumni, presid,ed oyqr ;r hy Br, i Hetrick JohnsoUji with informal,, addresses dfrom a large rivlmbfer’bP speakers:, i ?Dr.’ ’lf bison : led off, abd spbKS ih ( highly Af'tTiie new iPrOsident’.' pfj Hbacpct inaife the'fhosi'iiui an|. side"sj;^hing 5 which wo have ever., .heard, eyeni fipsP BrSJ '■ 'Henry ' Kendally Williairp’iG.-’ ('K.n'ox’j ehbs. Fi.jßbhihsoki itpr.af-.thoitltica EeralA,;ifinxa ja}soovjt Bn. 8n . : The lattdr<can make® speech,aswell as editta pfcperf He'dbes both with nndiis ik'fefykbbir to Have a A -ijWaribe o .io' fiiake sp,^eciies ,^: t P l dhgr.bss ? -if fie webefieve candidate pfiAfi fiisr ; digtriqs, in the Housfe ofi tßbprbsenthtives mate ! 'vdeant' liy tlic cleVatiori’ of 'iT'on; ' ; llbs'cc)^ Cofiklihg .td, the Senate? : ’ life 1 if bf Yale-'dollege, hiit 1 spoke in 'the'iirg'hest'ierins^iif Hamilt,o,n< •, i He, could- spea]p>iwiife i some { pjep\diar advantage; he said, hring'tlan'aautsiderttiohb could judge impartially p i afi , d' J he ' paid u a‘'¥ety fiiWi trillule'£o' ,, the ! in .vwssime t na.: YUuotLj £ >:,i.,>q *. aju., .finm W!? MR it has sent out, for emineDfiseriV.iqe,in;the ohjareh in>th'e!bfmy'‘and id the' StatbP>He' r.eferr'edf among 'cfthefs'W,Bf?^dlsbnV‘ i ’ w^b;; had' : d'onb Tl rbo¥e‘th'aii any other one man to save ’Missouri to tlidnatibn and to.-liberty,;? to jDr. jKendall jyjio. ist' swqep,- ing the, ■,continent!’' for Home . jMjSsions; ; to ;Rey> lA;"M: ! StoWej,who’ii atfehdmgito the same work id its' more t ‘fnihute^de’tailS, u ititli''th'e "shnie" High devotion and unwearied fdithftilhe'&'.V' rl , .Thispleasant’tneqtipgpf ~tjhe? t (ie clqse;cl *jtk the jaf .a Nelson', and- seebnded • by^Br;’ Enox,- asking* for enlarged endowment,' with special, Reference ‘ ft the increase btlihe salaries'of the TProfessors. It -n? :“•! i „■->)*. ’! /: Rxt m . 1*» t > \i) is * fi|H i tion for their-salaries/are.all quite, itoo ibwi/inWe hbpO;thb-ft i iehds'of I the'GbH6geWilI | sp'eedily'St tend'to making them,mii'ch higher.- : '/' '•* graduating ..class ,nuinbere l d’ ,thirty-tiu’ee,' ; whoße namesand-fesidencesare as follows: : /•> oJt ‘iHdhafd 1 Allison, 'CKesterp James'B: Avery, Oneida Castle /• Charles' Babcock’,‘Albiqil ; Barnayd? Milfordjjrlsaac Oliver: Jjeqfc, .iOgdeps .'burgb'; ■ Amory * Howe; Bradford, Suspension 'Bridge ; Bavid Riddle Breed, ’Pittsburg, Pa-.; Edwin Jerome Brown, Oneida; jFrank Y’an Ness Bullard, Perry; Buane Qonant, Middle,G-ran .ville Samuel: Jackson rßisher,,’Utica; , Rufus 'Smith 1 Green, 1 Butternuts y« Earl i Hall, ito ;gyle j'&iholl' Halsey, pthacaj 1 Martin'P.fHbJlis- J.er,', tihaca; .George '^oKwtt'^Bfub^lj,if eyjsjrk', ij.; Jobm.Wnfprjp Jacks, .Safavia ;,Frederic Benryu (Kellogg; .Rome!; 1 Elliott; Pardee iiKigper, 'Hazelton, Pa.'; John • Thomas -Knox, ’Wilson’; Chester JenningkEybhJliyohb Palls;. JOhh'Bud- 7tlaldwlnsyili.e .Pardon"Pot- ter,-! pitiea!; -Charles.. 'Edmund ' .Rice,: : Sydney>AHyn : iSher.win.ißata7ia.j! Alexander Go- 'burn "Sbp'er; 'Rome'; ‘Willittfe' ■Clinton’; 1 Hugh Toler;Hew Tork'jVJdshph'Leoii ,jiraughy.|dant9nl; .jßeii^amin ( ling," Stacy's. Basin ; Saimgel jjjetzel -Utica; Elliott Strong;Williams, Glintoh.xij '"fpWnty-isix of these : y6iih f g men ‘‘ ; appe’ar'e:d'i < n• i bn the hthgepr'afid' ke’re'.'agaiii 'ye : skw the! .marked : jß.fieejb ,pf ith dip! rhetorical Prof/ Upson is.notia.niaster ’in jhis.aTtjiye-knpy not-whereoneis to be;found, -i e .t r ßey, ChgrJes .E.: byterian Church, (0. S.) at, l One;da, i h a s /received an earnest call; to'j the? Seconds-Street Church, Troy, N. Y- late Dr. Kennedy’s!" ’ V. f -' i? ■ " r ’ ‘Rev. ;H7 G? RhuoPafteY serving' tlie Church at jys; v ;t k 1 sap;;r?jt>ne l Potedam for six. years witg^great.accepta.nceyh.asj ) been/dismissed from the pastorate,fat'his own !re-' iqiiest, on account of ill health??"’ ;; ; y ’The' Church 'Of Canton 1 F&ve'added. §5OO. .to 1 - , - r . |- ; f‘ s'■ '< t > . t«i■ jJ ■ the salary of . their pastor, Rev. John Waugh, niaking|it flOOO and a. parsonage,; .: r ; .. . ■ yjßev.'Dr. Hawley, of Auburn,' has just re ceived a preSentof l slO@o-fr'om'so‘ineoif hS'speople. As'he, was startidg for Kis suuimer vacation', a few palled apparently to' wish him 'ai ( .pleasant time, and, kindly presen ted.this very ken of their high regard. . Dr. Hawley Has<£one, as 11 usual, to tbe ! Gatskillb foYthb’ summer; ' Dr. Condit and Dr! Nelson; 'are to sbpply l his pulpit iu,his.absence. . ....' ' ..7 . . ,E. if,. Huntington, Esq,, is, out with, his aceus-, toined,circular for.t,he State Sunday-sohoo,! Teach er’s Association; to' be held in Dr. Wlsner’s Ehurch, in' LockpOrti for three days, commencing August SO'th,' 1 to which”we shall''refer another time. V",.-.,, - .Genesee..' • ■ Rochester, July.2o, 1867.': ‘..ft-. i'- ,Tlie following Honorary Degrees, .\rere .confer rod by Hamilton: College: at . its. late iCommenee 'iiient': '' ‘' :i ' " •iii; i :. ; ;V \;« •< • ii'-, ' S. ~ r rf i I'Cleveltind, ph,iq; ,Rey! Eddy,, j* Rev. Chas.’ E. Robinson, Oneida,Jh y r ■ Andrew ,McMillan., Htica,.M. Y. i ;,‘ t 'Gebrge‘'G. ’Truair, 'Syracuse', Daniel P. ’Baldwiii, V Eogansji6rt, Indiana.’ ' ” j! : ” ' ; v, DiDu Rev/, JV Germain Porter,'Waterlooj N. Y.; Eev. Alfred B. Goodrich, Utica, !Nv'-Y;j' Rev; Hhrig P;ißnsh, Rochester. N. Y. iii • 1 Hdh. i Calvin 'T.- ! Hulbtirdj Brasher MIS/'N/Y'/ l'o~ r 'Ot;,"’ 3 t«n •y. ijjffos 'if ffw fejrirrtjtw;, y itq*)/rrAi^.s < Wi'Jf}i““ fflte Sp eei.vedj all ,-heads of, .families..-i p A •wife, who were among the number, three 1 MWfiot 1 been ilMde'bf abbiffsh-^fbr more .than fifteen years. . ■-• . D'fjj •. .a ounpov :i"i> « >< (5O MMGNIbN fAT: WhARTONO StREET' C UDUOH ,* Mfcf'Sabbath was 3 £ 'very'iht&esUng‘ day id’ thib Church. ( iSpveriiP w6r6 added fcT 1&, eominuni'oftf thiTerseverfe in tbeir labora ofjlpve; and;!work-!of faithj in that /pari - of thel city.- '.'Thejdeviland yide ‘ in its’variduif foifih's’ suffer 1 a powerful rebuke from this sdnptuafy'of'fioddn'fhfeir hiidst. : 7.EI'-oT nail f w ri*“ro. ,‘J .rj (■»>{ seir-a «;»«.ort andi laboring there/ And thibeffortso-yerysuocesß; ful j> is l i a > lesson - : of < great encouragement (to all '•liaunne '<’• yneqrxio io Itd.lih:'; jo .hoi Mue-xvlUi .>%-•• veld -a 4?r HciTsWli -Eresbyte^rjan, churphjOF thisiphtce hag added s2ooito the .’pastor’s Two: yeafi<ago the Church' called: the pastor-With jSOOJ ah'd'wifch 1 dobbtsbijiress'ed'b^ some" as"fo its 1 ability to raissliat 'imbunt.’' ,K Ijtt , . / .SD.nTH'ov.r.'aJ'iOW. ijprgMre and at the‘»Jlose*Of jfhe fofctyear.wasrdefiAitelyiiaisedKtb fdO'O&v’ ; Now at the clbse'sdfi'thte'seeoudx yeafe.it hWs'bSeh'rajsbd.'tci' 11200“ •* p. l en. . j ■- • --J ,Ab‘yt:hei sarnie'time, theyySexfon’s'salp-fy.'yas, without solicitation,,, gdvanced fifty; per.pent., All this is very much due to the zeal and energy of the Treasurer. Mffre tßfih hadf 'the prederiff Church have been'addedflhinig these two years. fi'Tbb ve'rysdelighitfuf iAAnlyQbaryiekereisefi of the- Sunday-school' have 3 uit' passed,e at'Which' 'the cohjgr'eg'dtibh pr'esc!tit? i;! i;ave“'sll'o 'fot thei'Usfe of theeseboolyand-th'e XveryX’gratifljfing annonnce rnenfWaSniade'thht no'deathshMocburrcdaiUong teacheiS’ofseholaiisiduring:. thenar. >d’f .vt: • C hTStAi WEbbraal—The 'ofT ctrk ! , Pal, on'the' '26th 1 of'Junbj trehted ' their "pastor | It4y.‘ H.;E, Niles, ( and “lady,'to 1 a sur^risej'.in' i ‘tfie f calledia “.crystal:,Wedding.” i yW!e<supiposeitmakeg• -very little difference .- what • nam!e: ia« given; tor .'the | t'rAtfdaciiiSny The people wouldhavehiade a'tihppof., thnily to if ,they M^h'btfohnd, one. At all events, when Mr. and Mrs. back to the paESonage;;they fonjid it occupied and rapidly filling up with yoting. and'old. 1 ! 1 iThepar lbf was decorated’ l witli ! gi-eat taste with 'a profu sion of‘flowers and evergreens. ' On two .tables in th.e I b^.c^ I par|pr gftt a.,glittering every article: of glassware that .could .be used du the family. Among them iwas ' a: jar labelled “mint containing a peculiar soft of con feetjiione .exg.miQatipn: 1 yas fdnnd t ( o haye<heeu opposite .attic ofiSeejiii Andther bottle, labelled “ t hamily: Me dicifie”''was l fiill-bf ’gr'eenba'eka. i An''address .of congratulation,was the party adjourned ‘to"the dining room, and par- a; haudsojiie, supper,;in the, sj;yle ,of .a true wedding feast.;.;-This very ,opppritnne..Bupply(eoa bles tliespaitor to'ispend. his vaeationdh the: fnost feomfortabde iilabn'er,' ah'd fn‘ a ehhaned his i value and prolong his usefulness among his 1 peo-! pie. They wiH i: fiiid it a good invCstmeht.' The new jahji S, the church,"is'pEogresSingifilnelyv.andiWhen com-; pleted, ,iyip Jse,.qne .qfj the, finest,iUjthe.jj>tp,te.- i-W e rej pice at .the jepeafedi tokefisiof-, behefice n ce, an d; •prosperity ;gwen''by (he Tork-'chuTch' during'the pasforateb'f'Mr/NilSs: --"'J' l ri ‘l*T ; ■' :,l! , ; (Thanks, .fbosi NpLPHpB > . I SEp l i^GS 1 ,Mo.-—I .wishiko iexpress my.ithanks, inihehalf :of brothers Shaw,' J'enkins' and 'niys'elf,.‘t6 th,e FirStiEreshyte 'fii'n J 6hureh 'Brppkryh| for Jona-' tipn pf and fifty aflSabbath. Schopj use in^Qun^qr^ : it jn ?the. secondiplaces our thanks.-are,'due. Ret; Dr: 'Kendall, -ffir‘ suggesting ■ us' as 1 the' recipieifts oftbis greatfavorl' " i "; r ’ ! ' Thirdly, we. would, not./withhold ;our gratitude from the Kublioation Gommittee for the liberal allowance 1 made to u*, for the - money scnt them, tbr oudh the'hands’ of Now, 1 'will .ngticp the .churches, in’‘the East, that have been bJessedjOfifjpd.andj.arej strpng.,and,wealthy, feel ■arid reali-zefthe.great imjfortahce and, value-to us pioneer' -missionaries, of ithese Sabbath School books in our labpfs in' tbe West ? 1 As important as is the woi'k of the Home .Mission Committee, ,aud that; of.the Trustees of the Chureh.,Ereptipn Fund; the work of ' th e 'Pub licatio u .Committee; has no lets'ciaicnsjupcn the sympathiCspa;nd'eentribu tiphs pf,aS the ehufcbes. ' Ffaterhally. J " ;; , ;juiy l Sih, ,1867 f Instaleation.—Rev.Btepbeh W;Dana.grad uate 11 6f* Union TKedlogibal Seminary, l Was :;ih s tailed r pastor, of'the Belvidere Second" Church, , on Thursday July Uth, 1807.., W jWopd> -presided and- '-proposed the* queSrioils|;gev:>|J.; J. Ddna/bf ' Mass., father of s pr®fchecF Rev:Bhrnes 1 0^9?', i |iaf£jyettej. cpllege" fgaye -the-charge to tbe'peop'e.,vThe:oeqasiomwABj.ohe bf the'deepies'tfinterest/and'thejpeepl'e' shieieoi'di ; ally united' in'dheii' de% ! ! 'The pf Aspects of the Church, were never prosperous Over forty Church by Mr. Dana began his labors among them- M.—MS&er'Writes ' Since ; a * little r jpore- ( than,. one year .ago the Church, S. S;~. ) oCth,i? l piftce ltfj.wu VjMgKSKttMtf fWil'Slml,,aud.hth&T..coUecfypim $Q t£3j£ w* J*w ?^si®^? u e ,^M r rV Qtjxrj, ( us through till next ini» church .ieiiowship. i off*BW ma£k &s*;’ w$ *m*j ehurphrten nule? the .village, a-nd hope spdn/jwill a ministpr. Qne to[ us now of. bpepial ,comfbrj> is pur ypupg rhg pa S etijg : h,as ii aih##9?^ gn , , iJ?£ , CHUBCHiES. —-The’ Church in-MetropoliSy-111., has -members;'Ando now nunibefe 22.: pALridwincihurobwasdoiiganiaediat Bntlierp:Mi6i', March/3'l«t. i Another cwasflrgahizbd pas6rCo.’i)M6lj'Malrch 33isft -At W'late Jcorhmubidn in t\Ehkfc Spring; M 0.,. an eldet waa' ordained; i 4 children' Jhaptiied;' and. 'T-iherif bermadded' totbe 'C hnreha J ~ The- Ciassan-Etveinie Bresbyterian-jchuroh, , Brooklyn;! wash iorgaaized JuiykSth; MX.} tfebkty P.oiM./jbyhtbejßreisbyi terydofoßrooklynlVlt consists ofvfiftyitwb.'meiß} bers. o Theses with/bheiexception of J two -onLpr.Or fession:iio£ - ithpiroFaith,* swef dditeceived; by letter from.othßrS-chureihes; i Three, - elders and - three deacons wererchoseh and hrdatnfecL .. .The ;Congre i gation have (procureddots and- erected thereon: a neat .and- substantial ’lecturee ! room ) 'Bu£6eieiit Tor present '-purposes.' ■- iTh’e .prospects afe! excellent. . i 1 The exterior; of -theiOentraJL'Bresbyteiian church, ; Wilmington;; ©eL,iis now being Jjepaintt ed 1 and previous to them.- Stallationjo'f-4tsiiiewip4steis,jßesKiGi D. ShaWioD !, '-'6jis>ii&ftbw; dt! a .-T-Thh Jinfet estihg leWiee 2 of* otd&ihihgf injwwßb hibects“ ere tbirg tetmabe 2 known 'the' fedtind-i^W'dsleM pfe'cey ldth'-street'Cjh’drclr oh SbndayhTuiy \L4th. ! *Ero candidate!,' Mr::’Charles 'C? J*w&y, ’W i u ‘reher?t bf* the’ "trhioK' J ,TheB^gre^”Seiffin r akyr, and 2 durihg 'His'cqdrhe Jp ihemberyhip;] and 1 id; Ssibb’dth'-shhooJL labors the-, chhrSh ‘hanied: 1 ‘Much fore felt L ih 'the 1 sCtyices/'apPa good ;wa's ih u The; bpenitfg seryicek' ■Rev.\Drl Booth J ,'6f-' the T Ajerb&r street 'Chhtelr— 'whei ! id* si Veihhd9 he Brutlhflffiil ’Gbijdrtiifckefe 'df the Anlerib'ah T^raey : gobs' ohf—and 1 thh' l ehriiroii t ) a'fery p.riate' one; fo’hhded npdn' tile :J last- clhnse 'of tSe Bib vei‘sS ,; bf ' the'-’9th v 'chhbtbr l ! pf'tsaiaih' was preached J by‘the i4th-stfeet Ghhreb, the Rev./B. iy;<Hit6hb6ck,' The moderator of the-Third, Preshjdbiy; Bt.’'‘tVfW. 2 Newell;'jiro- usthil ■ tam,d'J6f fbred'th'e’ordaih'ing 'hVayef—Brs; oipt and Booth, and ‘Rbvs. 1 'Wilson I ,' Hitbh(36ck , ,| and Toue otheh clergymiah;’hhitihg with “the modefatof ’ih'this iihposi tioh * b'f had ds. ’•' The 1 Teneirabl'e' : BrV Cox thfenl i es , cei)ded' the piilpit" date The 'services ebhcluded 1 with' the 1 apostolic’ Behediction bjr J Mr! Tracy, 1! ’With a’hd’ther member nf'the TdtH-htt'eet'Dhu'reli, Mr'. 1 of. the*'venbrahle'‘Secretary l 'bf‘ ; 'the i Amerieslh Tract SbbieCy, :i oib,'Rev ? .' l)df; : Tfaby ; bxped6e : to nl Set 'sail' fdf Turkey, .with 'add , 1 The! 'pßE :^BYTt:itY n & Afield' met'April 19tli. Three.cliiir.clies reported u reyiva]3- of re ligipn.y i J^ev.' . tr. ihstalled ; pastor the "Second;" ('foureK-oJ opringfiel'd. itijyas' ’ ' - y;-".';" " JtesdlvM'lst. ;i T'hat i it l shhli be a'.staiididg rhlb o^'PrcSbylhry at each ‘regulir.nbiebtings to of' sfsheiadl 1 ot (|hr. of the day ( at sbmd _ bbsiiop, i &d^hit ! a£/thil6,‘titi»e^t ll sH^;^no&e'l^ : h i, iAi6te Reaching, 'teacherSj'and all matteys bSrineeted therewith. t 23..; - 'That'the Rye'shyjteryshall diyeti'B'i'fbt the elijldred 1 Sf ' t thfe ” SahHathitchools with."‘prayer! music * ' ' ' OfTi -v; I'-..: ’ hi*. 9m**> ( P°th: A,jceylval.^t, j-eppr.tqd, .sixty. and. had' .gathered in., Ali,thb : chprchps rejbrted/faypva , blp.progress.. ,Ot%ha, Church; organized about a yppr ago has!twefltyAh r p e r , j , !, THE,PftESpYTEB.Y!pE,Sq|ipYi,EB.-met in Perry, April 19th; .i Delegates . were rpceiycd'fi-pm and sept.to t ( he Os- S.; Hrosbytery.of, %huylcr„Seven churches,reported,revivals and-ilargCj accessions, anitwo churchesihad b,een .organized,.during the year..-., , - ~ --J-. ,"r. i,M iNiSTERrAirtr-Rev.. Go "Wi.- :Wallace-.of. Sey mour’has removed-: to Delphi:, Ind., andibecome stated -.'supply : tb >the. r Clluroh therc. ——Rev. JobniiHussey.'is-supplying ithe pulpit of:-.our Church, in .Seymour ‘during the summer vacation iof the &lendale -Female College,-in which he is a professoi-r——Eev. J. T. Willett has, removed to - St;: Louis, Cfratiot county,, Rev. P. R. Day, late-of Troy, has accepted ;a eall tOi the Kirst.Congregational church:of Saratoga Springs. — —-Heury -L; Brown,, aixecent graduate of; Lane Seminary-and a licentiate:of Hamilroti Hresbyte ry; has received andri accejAed -a ca 11... from,.the Church at -Marion, -j&raiit ibonnty;.lad; ,'. : ;-'-Tbe First Church of Orange, -N-. J.; which , was made vacant in.Dpcember last;iby;itlie sudden -death;of •its-pastor, Revi r ,James Hoyt, have a call to Rev. Eldridge Mix, of Burlington,, Vt;—rr-^Rev. Charph, has,accepted } a, calltto. the pastorate of chnjehayCrystal India.—A new telegraph ine is to ‘be establish/d 'Bet\teetfEttgland : arid*i\er- ? s^t j l4diaitf! possesion?, janjl; arrangements. Piufsp/a, Russia and Persia for the route through those co,un- pf India will arrange for a V J " ■