THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1867. On our inside pages will be found: —On page 2d a .European letter from, G. W. M., de scribing Venice and Geneva, with a communica tion on New Jersey Theology ; on page iid Rural Economy ( including a Fourth New York . article on Pennsylvania Farming, a cynical growl at dogs,) and ,a Scientific article of gnsat value, though not very easy reading, — Gen. Casey’s Mathematical Refutation of Hume. On page 6 th our Family . Circle budget. On page 7th the la test Foreign Literary Intelligence, and an official statement of the great work of the Baste .Mission Society, one of the most famous in Europe. * The Irish General Assembly has held a. special session for the despatch of unfinished business, and has - elected HeVirHenry Wallace, of Londonderry to the Belfast chair of Christian Ethics, vacated by the sudden death of Prof., Gibson. MrJlWaUace'had 144 votes; Rev. Mr. Murphy, l6l; Rev. Mr. Gitson, 28. The dele gates to America made a formal report of the events, of their visit, and addressed the Assembly: in regard; to the. interests and prospects of the Reformed Chtft'eh ifi America. , Rev. Newmaj* Hall, D.D., of London, ar rived; in Bostqnon Tuesday week, by-the’Cuba. During the' pdssage, daily services, With preach ing, were heldyin the forward cabin of the steam ship. A mem bet of the Society of Friends in this city^descri^jeS 1 the religious interest on board as something unexampled'. -. \ ; Scottish Presbyterianism may set its house in order, for. its days are numbered. The Catho lic Herald of this city says:— \ There is scarcely any place in which the Church has ' undergone nfore'. vicissitudes, and hardly one in • which its revival has been more rapid. The sour bigotry of Presbyterianism for a long time held!possession ofthe country; but now a happy change has taken and there is te jpdlieyc ife/'will beljjefmanent.' After lae so- Reformation/' almost ivefy thing in the shape of religion [!] was banished from the land, and to be iu all respects as unlike Catholicity, fil" the new creed ‘ tatfght 6 hy i KnbW'%hd biA followers. But,common to be»yetnjn ing to men’s minds, and many approaches are being hiade to- tlie old state of things; ' Then -the deeision of the Holy Father to restore the hierar chy will have the happiest effects upon the des tiny of the Churph,,and willbe the greatest proof he can give of his desire to consult the wished of the laity. At presents thej missions are presided over by three vicars apostolic, located in Edin burg, Glasgow, - and' Aberdeen;; hut once the hiearchy is restored,, there will be one archbishop and six suffragans). ■ ; ■ t; ’» v Authorship op Ecce Homo, Again. —The London Spectatdr announces, “by authority,” that the authorship of Ecce Homo belongs to Mr. Seeley, Professor,of Latin in ithe,Lqn,dpn Univer sity, and son of Mr. Seeley, the Low'CHurch pub lisher Off Fleet" street, himself also an author of some celebrity.-— N-. Y. Advocate. The aboye is a mistake, as the Spectator only gave the ,statement, as a rumor. The strongest probability is that the book is from the pen. of one of the Spectator’s own editors—Mr. Hutton. Their ■notice of the book was suspiciously short; itß style remarkably resembles Mr. Hutton’s editorials on religious topics, and is especially like that of his essay contributed to the Broad Ohefphs“.Tract| for Bfiests jmd’Peopleuj- and all the/above* have been quioklygepro duced in their columns without comment. The above rumor was long ago contradicted “ by au thority.” ■» ■ tbresuuiei<afe.biut the Ist of October next, in the city of Chi-' cago, the publication of the Union Presbyte riaj*.* vjt will be published by an assqciatiqn, composed of members oftho United Presbyjj terian Church, and will be.;edited by Rev. J. A. P. McGaw, of Monmputh (Illinois) Col lege, aßsjsted by a corps of able* contri butors. The advocacy of Christian. Union on Scriptural* principles will form ,ai promi nent feature of the paper. Its columns v b,e open to the fraternal discussion of all, questions connected with the interests of the United Presbyterian Church;;and its aim will be to havd' the discussion conducted in th'e spirit of bijptherly kindness and, charity. ITV 1 TTIfTTT-* ' ; V■■ ri 1:. i '{ Ns SIJTOR WTRii® CREMDAM.-^Tte^n^ Slavery Standard, makeii a queer mess of Cbiireh matters. in a recent number ithas article . on.the sins of the American Churohesinßegard to, slavery, and. givesan historical resume of the matter in regard 1:o" the PfgWbyterkiir l oh'ureh, f Appears ttat’ 1 the “ Southern or Old School” Church di videdtfrom the\ ‘t Northern or New’Sehool'”' Churdi in 1837,mainly because it was found necessary to be quit pf an abolition minority jn' the latter; that the war having settled the. practical; issuhby abolishing slayery, the “ Northern (N. S.i) Church,” at its recent meeting at Rochester, endorsed proposals for immediate organic ipumon with the! “ South ern ~(0: ,S.) ChurchV’ whose Assembly at Memphis has plainlyahoyn that it still up holds and justifies slavery. Mid on this sup posed! apostaoy the Smdatd bapes, ft philip pic against the unprincipled Churches of the ITorthl V * ' THE AMERICAN PR FROM OUR ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT. GENEROUSLY DONE. D. M. Osborne & Co. are large manufacturers of Reapers, in the pleasant city of Auburn. They have a building 380 feet long by 60 broad, aver aging three and a half stories high, furnishing foundry, black smith-shops, beside rooms for wood-work, for finishing, painting, storage, offices and . the like. They employ 175 men—have sometimes had 225 in their service. They use 1100 tons of coal, and 500 tons of iron, annual ly. In the last year they have made 4,200 reap ers ; and have not only made them, but sold them ; plainly showing, we suppose, that this is one of the largest establishments of the kind in the country. : ; The gentlemanly proprietors of the establish ment are not indifferent to the comfort or enjoy ment of those who work for them, and they, re cently gave a very handsome entertainment to their employes; As 'their immense ware-rooms were nearly empty, they were, cleared and ar ranged for an evening 1 entertainment. About 800 persons were present, including clefgjrmen, lawyers, physicians, merchants and their families, to meet the employes , and their -families,, .ehpter disfineliojis.,b.eisg.ohlit.eiat.ed.__.A.hancLfurniahe(L sweet music; tables were loaded .with refresh ments, and so/_a; igpod long spent in social festivities. OUR DROUGHT. While so large a portion of our country is ab solutely suffering with the superabundance of rain, by the mysterious but just arrangements of Providence, all Western New York has.been suf fering quite as much by- drought. We have hardly had in this vicinity, even a considerable shower since the Fourth of July. Income parts, they tell us they have had “no rain” since May last. In many places the earth is fearfully parched; the corn looks thin and small; and in some localities even shade and forest trees are (drooping and dying. Cisterns have given out Wells are dry. < “ All' signs Ml,” and-thousands ■have mournfully said, day after day, tf When will'” it rain ?” - , . We are 'encouraged, however, by some limited showers, which- have visited us within, .the last, throe days. Wepresume these are but the pre cursors •of r an “ abundance of rain,” which,. of course, we have not doubted we' should get in due time. - .SSROPATHY. We Suppose everybody knows what is meant' by hydropathy—treatment by water. And sp. asropathy be treatment by air. 'Why is not the one word as, legitimate as the other ? We. used, to drink water when we were dry ; now some people drink, and soak too, when they are .sick. We used to breathe the vitalizing:air—be cause we could, not well help it. But who could haye thought of breathing much air, or forcing two or three atmospheres, instead of one, into the lungs; and calling that a healing art? And yet, this has been done. There is at Glifton an establishment called an.Air'Bnth In- Institute, or which perhaps more conveniently be called an iErppathic Institute. It is in charge of Dr. Baldwin, recently a practicing physician in this oity, and an elder, respected, and beloved, in the Central k church, (Dr. Campbell’s.) The large hotel at Clifton has been purchased and fitted up fomthe: purpose designated; An addi tion, almost as large as the hotel'itself is-'beihg made-to the building. The establishment is now full to overflowing, and many more ape waiting to gain admittance as soon as there shall be room for them. The patronage, so far, is all that the proprietors could ask op desjre. .. But what of the treatment? We do not yet know how it feels, but it is curious to look upon. Weenter a'room, andbeforeus is a cell, in which the patients, one. two, three or more at a time, are enclosed. The cell is a huge cylinder, per haps-ten feet longsby seven broad, reaching from the floor to the ceiling. It is made of wrought iron plates, firmly riveted like a common steam boiler. At one side is a door by which pa-: tients enter. On each side* is a small glass win dow, consisting of a single pane to light the, apartment. . ■ Once inside the door is shipt.. The patients may then seat theniselves as they please, as in any other small room. Some gather around a little table and amuse themselves with chess, or back gammon. They may read, or they may converse, as the mood is on them. Meantime, the*’Doctor, by means of a force-pump, is giving' them a double dose of nothing but pure atmospheric air., Two or three atmospheres, instead, of- one, are compressed into this iron chamber; the air being' changed constantly. The patient, breathing in this condensed air, takes just so much more vi talizing oxygen into the system. The curative power, we believe, is in the stimulating' tonic ef fect-6f this double dose of [But the* extra pressure on the tympanum of the ear must endanger the hearing, as in* divibgibells. Ed.] What wonders this .ipropathy is yet to work, in restoring damaged human constitutions to their pristine vigor, we do not yet know. We are only sure thtit' it'is win does, he does intelligently, scientifically and conscientiously.- - Audi his is ad mirably fitted up for the comfort of his patients with^large, airy fine building and beautiful grounds‘around it; with a sulphur spring near the door, and sulphur baths to any extent, warm or 'cold, inside. It is, SBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1867. at least, a charming place in which to try to get well half century. The Presbyterian church of Knowlesville have been holding a very pleasant half-century anni versary. The church was organized in 1817, and is the oldest but one the churches of Niaga ra Presbytery, that of Lewiston having been pre viously formed. A memorial sermon, of great interest, was preached by Rev. I. O. Fil more, the pastor. Addresses were also made by Wm. Knowles, after whom the village was named, and who has been an elder in this church for forty-five years; also by deacon Joel Palmer, of Clarkson, who was present at the organization of the church fifty'years ago. These venerable men entertained their juniors with many interesting reminiscences of thd past, and contributed much to, piake,the occasion one, long to be remembered ■by all who were present. IMPROVEMENTS. On a recent visit to the pleasant village of Fredonia, we found that the Presbyterian church there, (Rev. Dr. Wright’s,) has beeu moved by the almost universal spirit of improvement. The pulpit iS lowered and made more" plehsant and commodious'. The floors have new bright carpeik New gas-fixtures and fresh paint suggest ideas of utility and beauty pleasantly combined! A large building is also in process of erection for one of our State Normal; Schools. When this is, in operation it; will doubtless add largely to, Dr. Wright’s pleasant congregation. By, that time it be necessary, we judge, to add thirty feet to the length of their church, or build an other much larger than the present, which they are well able to do. Even now they have hardly room enough for their entire congregation. ' THAT STEEPLE. We speak of that upon "Dr. Wisner’s church at Lockport, now nearly completed. It is of wood, covered with variegated Slate, 210''feet high, to cost $4,200; It will be E very great im provement to their noble cliureh edifice. The new organ, which is building,for them in. Buffalo, is to be-donein a few weeks,And .wißjadd much to the comfort of their Sabbath assemblies. Good examples, as well- as bad,. are infectious. The Congregational church of; Lockport, are im T , itating the Presbyterian, by putting a steeple on, their house of worship. Next we suppose the Methodists and Roman Catholics will be doing ttie same thing; for all.these four denominations have had fine church edifices' standing for years, close together, thus unfinished, waiting,,we sup pose, like some othei people, foi a- “ convenient season.” It will add much to their comeliness and attractiveness, if they all have as graceful and beautiful spires as that which the Presbyte rians have erected. THE CRURCH AT, HUME. This church, as you have already mentioned, was organized August 11th, under very promising auspices, by Rev. Milton Waldo, of Hornells ville; Rev. E.,li. Boingi of Angelica, and R’ev. J. S. Bingham, of Belmont, as a Commission of the Genesee Valley Presbytery. Rev. James Lewis, of Union Theological Seminary has been laboring very successfully among them since last May. Seventeen persons enter into the organi zation of the church, and others .will soon be ready to join them. Two elders were ordained, and two more will soon be added to their num ber. Already a Sabbath-school, of a hundred members: is gathered, well equipped for work, and everything‘promises Well for the new enter prise. Rev. Messrs. Waldo and Boing have, recently been making quite .a missionary tour of the region, ‘‘ strengthening the churches.” At Franklin vi)le they found Rev. Mr. Tinker doing a work similar to-that which Mr. Lewis has accomplished, so successfully at-Hume. v The Genesee Valley Presbytery is evidently trying to do its duty to the destitute localities within its own bounds, a good example fdr some other Presbyteries to con sider and imitate. Genesee. Rochester, Aug. 31,1867. OUR CHICAGO CORRESPONDENT. Chicago, Axjg. -29th, 1867. Dear Presbyterian:; —Your correspon dent returns to his post, after ah’ absence of some weeks, will; endeavor hereafter to sup ply you with his usual resume of weekly in telligence. . . I find ’business comparatively q,uiet, al though beginning to show signs of reviving activity. The splendid crops already, ga thered in, or rapidly maturing under favor able skies, give assurance of a ,prosperous business) season, inspiring hope and confi dence throughout the community. The receipts of grain Tor ,the next few„months a,t this point will be immense. And this re minds me- that, an attempt is ;-making, to break np the, practice: of gambling .in; grain, so prevalent on ’Change. Our. last legisla ture passed alaw makingfit; penal to buy or sell “short,” as the well-known phrase is, or in other words under the form of a real transaction to bet upon the price of the arti cle at a specified future poriod. This law has lain dormant until quite recently, when three prominent speculators or gamblers were suddenly arrested in the midst of their; operations at th,e Board of Trade, rooms, and' bound .qver fo,r trial under * the statute. It were greatly; to be desired that this at- tempt to break up an immoral and demoral izing practice might succeed; but it is very doubtful if it does. The gambling mania, now almost universal, seems successfully to defy all legal restrictions. The summer just closing has been by common consent of those who have passed it here, a most delightful one in Chicago. Indeed, it is doubtful whether any of the multitudes who have sought health and re creation away from it, have found any where, more uniformly bright skies or in vigorating and salubrious The noble lake at our feet is at once a “ thing of beau ty,” and a fountain of health to our city, and when we- Shall have accomplished the removal of. some few remaining obstacle# thereto, arising out of the natural features of the spot, Chicago will be one of the most attractive and -salubrious of our large cities. As yet our ministers of all denomi nations are absent; but.the next Sabbath will see the greater part of them in their pulpits, fo: the great gratification of their people. ; ■■■•• ~ • Among the sensationbof the week, I note the appearahce’of the widely heralded “Na tional Beligioua-Newspaper ” of our Con gregational brethren. The idea of a “na tional” journal issuing from this point, is certainly a bold,'and to some; may seem a preposterous idea. ‘lt may yet appear, that so far as that denomination is concerned, -there is nothing impracticable in: the con ception. The Advance is a handsome eight page paper, of about } the size and general appearance of the New York Independent ; which however it .exceeds in the beauty of its mechanical work, though its type is of a smaller face. Its object is set forth as being “to defend.the evangelical, doctrines and Scriptural polity of the .Congregational Churches.” It avers that “more than a thou sand churches scattered through ten adjoin ing States have called' loudly for a n.ew re ligious paper which in size and ability, in courage and hope, should represent the rising empire of the Interior. In answer to this call, The Advance appears. The name indicates its character,' suggesting .its .spirit of progress; its purpose of leadership.” But while it will advocate progress, it will' not do this “ with vague ideas, by irrational methods, or on principles.” It will “ not interpret the clamor of restless, minds for change, ,as inspired utterances in dicating duty,” but, while justifying its title, will “preserve unbroken connection with God’s word and those grand doctrines of re ligionin the belief of which the Church has ever found its inspiratiomand-strength.” The Advance absorbs the subscription lists both Of, The Refig tons News-Letter of lowa, and of The Puritan, of Wisconsin, and secures the local services of Bev. Jesse Guern sey, the able editor of the former. That it will be ably edited admits of no doubf Its general religious, commercial, and literary intelligence promises to bo full and -accu rate. Already.it has had to postpone “several columns of first class advertisements.” Of the success of this hew candidate for public favor there can be but little doubt. It has vigor, enterprise, talent, and, let us hope, the inspiration of high religious aims behind it. Should it not be-‘made the un scrupulous organ of a denomination, or the advocate of a radicalism in Church and. State which loses sight of the great and fun damental* truths of religion and of politics, it may be a powerful engine for good. Let us hope that such will-be itsigission. Mean time, are New ’School- Presbyterians alone to continue without a representative press in this great metropolis of the Interior? If so it must bo to our cost. The North Western Presbyterian has thus far failed of self-support. Not 'without abil ity and industry in its editorial'department, it has never fully commanded the confidence of its own denomination, much , less that of others. At present its chiefs if not its only vocation, seems to. be the defeating of the attempt at union between its branch of. the Church and our own, Reactionary and conservative, it represents only the past .in, theology, and upon all great' social ques tions of the day. It is not a matter for sur prise that it does not better succeed in this region. Two conventions of some general impor tance have just been held here. The first ' The Thirteenth Annual Convention of the Diocese oe Illinois. This is understood to be a Special Con vention called in place Of the, regular Con vention in Sept., in-order tc? give Bishop Whitehouse an opportunity of attending the Pan-Anglican Council of Bishops to. be held in London in September. The number of delegates in attendance, both lay and clerical, was larger-arid; the proceedings in teresting and harmonious. The. opening services were held in thepCathedral ofLit.- Peter and St. Paul,” oil Wednesday the 21st at-10} A. M. “ The clergy 46 in number, preceded by the Bishop, entered the front door and proceeded, up the' middlo' aisle chanting the 122 d Psalm, Lcetatus Sum, as the Processional;” with much'mbre simi lar Btyle, and very ihuCh of it couched-in'a . dead language, the whojo accpunt pf which, , as;, contained in, the American this present correspondent most humbly confesses is to him quite unintelligible, and fears might prove so to most of your benight ed readers. The opening address of the Bishop was chiefly occupied with such mat ters as the “ Pan-Anglican Council,” the “ Cathedral system,” “ Bural Deans,” &e. Only subject one considered by the Conven tion is of special interest beyond the bounds of the denomination—that of marriage and divorce. On this the following resolution was adopted : Resolved, That the Deputies representing this Diocese in the next General Convention be instructed toprocure, by General Canon law, with suitable qualifications, a pro hibition of the use of the marriage ser vice of the Church in cases where cither party contemplating marriage shall have been previously divorced by the civil law, on grounds other than that of Adultery; and also procure a. rule of duty to be follow ed by clergymen, whose services arc thus applied for, in ascertaining the facts bearing upon such nominations. Officers for the year were elected, matters pertaining to endowment, the missionary work, &c., were, considered, and the Conven tion doaed ~vyith. .a, &rewell' address to the Bishop. - ; ‘ .. . By the way; lest he should hot otherwise become informed of a fact of grave personal moment to hiflijT take tms method of ad vising the Bev. if W. Lirimon (although I have not the-pleasure of* his acquaintance) that he has incurred the; direful wrath of the American Churchman of this city, by some no doubt, inadvertant utterance. “Half educated preachers, like this 1 Bev. J. TP. Lirimon ofthe Seventh Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia;” must be careful how they “undertake to talk about the Church.” The “ malignities and stupidities of these gentry,”. arq more .than the, patience of this exemplary Christian sheet can endure. Will the brother,-and all others in similar dan ger, take care how they stir up the saintly indignation of theqe champions and guar dians of “ the .Church ?” ; ; The other Convention referred to< above “ NATIONiX LABOR CONGRESS.” This body. was composed of delegates from different Workingmen’s Onions in the country. Its' l professed object was to “ se cure to the laboring olaissestheir rights, and successfully resist the encroachments being made on tjhem by capitalists and non-pro ducers.” : ~ In point’ of' ndmbers the Convention was a failure. Of the'thousand or more dele gates -who were fekpect!ed‘fo be prebent, but 64 appeared, of whom 12 were from Chicago. Six days were spent fin. discussing the vari ous plans# broright forward for attaining the purposes of the Convention. Prominent among these, were the securing of laws making universal the “ eight hour” system of labor, cooperative, unions,.like those so common in Europe, the abolition of labor in the penitentiaries,; the establishment of a newspaper to be devoted to their purposes, and the organization of the workingmen of the land into a political party, for compell ing the recognition of 1 their claims to’a more favorable legislation—state and national. The National Bank system was denounced, and a resolution adopted, urging a speedy restoration of the Southern States to their proper practical relations to the Union. The “Congress ” adjourned to meet next year in,the city of New York. Rev. Doctor Patten, editor-in-chief of The Advance, Continues for, the present to sup ply the pulpit of his late charge. The daily prayer meeting at the new rooms of the Y. M. C. Association is in creasing in numbers and interest. The well known and .devoted lay evangelist, Mr. D. Moody, is giving most interesting accounts of the state ofi religion .in., Europe,, as wit nessed by him'in his 'recent tour, in our va rious churches. There are few more ef fective and earnest-»work-ers-for Jesus than Mr. M. .• ■ .... ■ d l . According-to the. minutes of the Congre gational General Asspeiatipnpf 111., just pub lished,! tsehurches contain aimembership of 10,363. That' of Michigan reports 155 churchies', idSßininisters, and 9,581 m'eihbers. Our brethren of the O. S.,have entered with commendable zeal upon the work of church extension in Chicago. They are about to organize a missionary church in the south-western part of the city, making, as a correspondent of, the Presbyterian puts it, “ pur seventh, in Chicago, and enabling us to walk the streets*without blushing as much as we once did.” And yet there is room. Tne suit for the" property of the N. S. Presbyterian church in Ipwa City, has re sulted in giving the chnrqh; edifice to the trustees of the church, and the parsonage to a private individual:. The Second Presbyterian ch.urch. (Doctor is ,cailed r to mourn the death of another of , its original members, Mr. C. H. Starkweather,' who' expired ■ 'ladt- evehihg,' after age. He died the peaceful, nappy death of ITEMS,
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