The American Presbyterian. (Philadelphia) 1856-1869, January 23, 1868, Image 4

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1868
r Our Travelling Correspondent gives a
deeply interesting description of the Watch Fac
tory at Elgin, Ill.; A. C. S., writes on America
and Home Missions; these, with Editor's Table
on second page. Religious Intelligence, Presby
terian, Episcopal, Congregational, Lutheran,
Methodist, Unitarian and Afissionary;third page •
Letter to Little Christians, from Mr. Hammond,
Sketch of Alexander Whilldin and other miscel
lany for the Family, sixth page; Scientific and
Rural Economy, seventh page. -
AcKNowLaniumlint.- 7 -Erow ‘ tlie,Eemale So
.
cietyfor the Education a Reathen '?outh, for
Mrs. Wilder's Girls School in Kolapoor, by Miss
Wetherill, $125,00.
ser- Wanted. geveral Copies of the AMERICAN
PRESBYTERIAN of. the 17th of last October,
,for
which ten - cents each will be paid.
Skir We are again surprised with an unusual
amount of advertising. Should the pressure con
tinue—as it generally does not—we shall be com
pelled te enhirgi3; <M .by`employing
smaller:type and condensing matter into smaller
space, we shall labor to provide our readers with
their full quota of serviceable material.
bar LANGE'S COMMENTARIES. Scribner's
Bookbuyer of January 15th says, that,the pAica
tion of three Inew'volmnes during the neat three
months is certain. They are GenesisCprinthians,
and another volume of Epistles. The latter will
ptobably be the first to appear. Canvassers will
find Lange on our premium.list.
RENTOUL'S CHEAP LIBRARY OF STANDARD
BIBLICAL EXPOEITORS is a Monthly Publication,
commencing with the previous month. It.: is ,to
donsist of " standard expositions, of separate
books 'or the Bible, now very scarce - and out of
print, the want of new editions of which is - much
felt, by _Evangelical Christians." The year's issue
of 576 Bvo. pages will cost $1.50 in advance. The
current number contains a-part of RALPH WARD-
Leur'ort tcermiAsTEs. The. Publisher is Win.
E. Renton], 421'Walnut Stl,
THE REEORMEU CHURCH MONTHLY, iS a liter
ary enterprise which every frienoiot Evangelical
Truth in or outside ._of ) the (Geritiaii) Ve r for'med
Church will . greet,iith the best wishes for its
success. Edited by Rev. Dr:BoMherger , mf this
city, and others, it will give voice to the better
and more truly Protestant tendencia in that de
nomination which hive hitherto been without a
literary organ. The articles in the opening num
ber are important as presenting the principlei by
which the Monthly will be guided ;' . and arc writ
ten in a strong and racy style that must attract
the reader. The very valuable statistics of the
"Christian World" are marked for transfer to our
columns. In 'the classification of Reformed,
Lutheran and others, we are not sure where the
Editors intend to place the Evaugelical--DAted
—Church of Prupsia.
The Magazine is handsomelip . inted - by Loag,
and is to be had of Rev. J. A. H. Bomberger,
D. D., 493 N.-Sixth St, Phila., at $2 per an-
LINCOLN TharEßß*, at Offer% Chester Co.,
Pa., has been blest, by tv glorious, work, resulting
in the hopeful- conversion of -rititirrEzst of the
students. Last Sabbath the little church con
nected with. the Institution, was.-made rglad.by
the admission of these-lo its comsainiop,,,Rey - .
Mr. Rendall, the President, gave them instruc
tion concerning the nature and significance of
baptism, impressively administered the ordinanee.
Rev. Mr. Westcott explained the object and na
ture of the Lord's Supper, drawing a vivid distil:l.c
-tio n between the accepted and unworthy partaker;
and Rev. Dr. Adams closed the service with a
tender congratulation and appeal. The presence
of Alex. Whilldin, Esq., one of the generous
friends of the University, was a feature of the
occasion. The accession of these new members
is accepted - as a proof of the Diviee favor, and
an addition to the moral power of the University.
In the evening a touching sermon was delivered
by Rev. Mr. Jackson, a graduate of the Institu
tion.
The last session of the Institution closed on
Wednesday 22d inst., for a vacation of two weeks'
has been a prosperous one. The number of stu
dents is more than one hundred, and their pro
gress in study has been gratifying. A large num
ber of applications for admission at the opening
of the next session, has been made by young men
of promise who need aid while prosecuting their
studies. Funds constituted for this specia pur
pose would greatly enlarge the usefulness of the
Institution at this time.
Tim INDEPENDENT, lately much enlarged, is coming
with fresh energy upon the field of newspaper en
terprise and competition, it is but trite to say,
that it is one of the most ably conducted journals
here or anywhere in the world. And while we
wish it. were a more positive power for good than it
is, while, we deplore, as an ominous sign of_ the
.times, its abandonment of clear evangelical positions
upon which it started, we may say, unhesitatingly,
that as a secular and political journal, with a high
moral tone, its influence in the mass of journalism
in our country is ..elevating and-.creditahle to this
branch of American literature. We purpose copy
ing into our next , issue, the artiele by 'Rev. R. M.
Hatfield, entitled, "Evangelical Christians and the
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1868.
Sar Might not a part of the ample additional
space lately given to the Presbyterian, be useful
ly employed in allowing its readers to see exactly
what it is which the conductors object - to in the
columns of cotemporaries ? In its issue of the
18th, that paper refers to an item of only seven
teen lines* in our columns of the 9th, and barely
quotes enough even of those few lines to mist
the entire significance of- the •article, and to put
us in a false light before the readers. We did
not complain of Prof. Hodge's book as an open
rupture of the truce, &c., although the Presbyte
ridit says we did.s What We did 'saY i atlii iPEat
the Presbyterian chooses to overlook was gii3j
"But we have a right to complain that at this
stage of the negotiatiom3 between the two branches,
a book which really represents but a singla,elaoo o f
;Amain the Orthodox Iteformed Churches Should
be issued by ,the Publication Aoard of the. other
branch. It is, so far as it goes, an open rupture of
the truce between the two bodies? - .
The pronoun, it, "here:evidently, refers to the
books issued by the Board.
*it, 1 74 it
The Presbyterian blind present-rela
tions between.,ole ) twP badieeitbut it is the blind
ness of those who will not see. It says " What
truce we may askl - Where was it ma a Vie°
it iti'
waspro° mme en m e ng
assertion :
" We, believe that the,doetrine.e, set forth Prof.
Hodge's book are held. arid taught universally in
our braneh of the•Chtirelqagdiyill be held and ex
pounded in the gime sense after the union comes, if
it should come."
This oracular utterance is only the_ opinion . _
_of
our cotem m1.'17,412 1 4 witless for wbait 4tiiitixorth.
diet:l4ode of
a-considerable =and ifpnnerly influowtialybostry in
the - otler branch of the r C,lmrck.to shape the re
union moves lent: inthe interest of
. p t xclusivism
and Princetonian theology,. It goes ..to confirm a
remarkwe made in oureritieismon Profiledge's
book last week :--;`!The Publication Board'of the
other branch virtually say, either thete. l is - to be
no re-union,.or the re-united Church must take
Prof Hodge as the exponent of orthodoxy, upon
the. Aionement'
We shall see. In the - opinion of - not a - - few,
the re-union moveine'nfis'Obd i i appointed means
of sweepii)g,NidDisTifilita73ilia ,. .ithbvreb forever
frem the pesitienn.ef,pewer. and infigencejanfitof
fiee it has long held in the Presbyterian Church.
FROM OUR--ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT.
krilrowm TS. , . '
By the gift ofgrlo,oooorom e generous and
4 7 0 0
prosperous.nrseryny • a and
...
~,
Bro
thers, oitr d-
aC t rearit, an endowment 11000 to
Elmira College is completed--. 4 Tewenty
q
fire thonsand of th is is from t.haßeisla
-
ture -
Cue
And now, Inghamm - University is attempting to
obtain the same favorigrthe State.- Rev. Mr.
Page, :their new financial' Sec re t ary ' ;- 441ba
,. ,
ny agotiating'for thia,purpose; and every .friend
of the institution` will wishlipf,entriplete sr - access
The application fo'ir fifty Ateus,aricl' dollars,
the interest of which alone is td - -be' paid to the
University, and that on cop:l4i, th . at twenty
five thousand Are otlreririselo be raised and de
posited with the treasurer,ofthe State, the inter
est of that also to'be paid over to the Institution,
the -seventy-Ave -thousand- ,thus- constitutingi-a
permanent endowment.- '--The State has done
much more.thenAkis for ,pullity,es fox npe•- young
men ; Why not - somethin g or the young ladies
also ? Judging .by the known gallantry of our
LegislatorB,..one would have expected them to
make aniplezprevisibij for the ladies first. But,
Getter late than nsysr j evehia_thislatter.
c -
„ atra,STREF OF , Cnijacu j . 4 r3.
;
Mentionhaltreeently been ricade'er " street
of churches" in - St; Loilis - othd another-irp
go. We too ha,v9 F our street ,of. churches; not
very long, bat quite gs - remarkable .as_ either- of
the others ligrned."Within a's . pace of 3torit'loo
rods, a little over one bloblE, ire-have.ten churches,
eight in one street, and two just around. -the cor
ner in another. We will name them, in order,
"swinging ronnor-the oblong; the Old First
Presbyterum,t the First EPiscopal, (St. Luke's)
the First Baptist; the:FirsttMethodist; an ortho
dox German Church, the grand old Brick Pres
byterian
_the - Uniterl Presbyterian, aarother.; Ger
man Church, the Quaker-meeting-house and the
",Unitarian thripek"'C Surely all' iorteinay be kir
commodated, in this• brief. sprien. •
MEMORIAL SERVICE
Rev. Wolcott!Calkins of 'the North Church,
Buffalo, deeply interested his people,'aiia- - gave
great satisfaction, by preaching a memorial
mon fdr thone - ineufberti of
in all; who had - drain the Past year. the ser
mon embraced a brief sketch ofeach4ifei, with such
words of instruction and couni3.ll.as
is
sugges
ted by the solemn occasion : Whir, not that a
good plan Tor a New,Year's disbouraer° '
, . ... I.
NIAGARA EALL§=.QUIQIf.
It would.seem from soirmstatements recently
made i that, those who wish to see Midgard-NES in
all their ancient glory, must not wait too long. It
is thought that the waters are *gettidEptired of
pouring themselves in one steady stream over
that fearful precipice,. or else have grown modest
about beidg looked upOril so much,- and so are
making for themselves a, subterranean.
_channel,
going down through the rocks about half a mile
back from the cataract, and coming out some
where below. A marked change in the retotion
of the waters, both above and below the Falls, is
thought to indicate this "wonderful change of
base,' - If this be so, we must expect die long to
hear that large portions of the rocks have given
way, and the entire aspect of the - Falls may be
materially changed before many more years have
rolled away.
A T/ M E-LY GIFT.
Mr. Stephen (}Hopkins, son of Prof, Hop
kins, of Auburn, a licentiate and a senior in
Auburn Seminary, has been supplying the Pres
byterian Church of Camillus. The people, either
because they liked him, or wished to time him,
or, for some good reason, made him a most un
expected, but welcome, new year's present, of a
beautiful golcl watch.
We notice, also, that Rev. F. S. Howe, of
Watkins, has been " visited" by his people, to the
amount of about $5OO. How we should like to
have our numerous people serve us in like man
ner. But, alas, they! are so scattered, that we
fear it may not soon 14.
TEMYERVICE LECTURES
ce Lecture , or addresses, in Auburn,
Arrangements have been made for a course of
ci ll i
Temperan
sixteen in all, to be elivered by the clergymen
and others belongin to that city, on,successive
Monday evenings. • We notice that= Rev. Drs.
Condit, 'Huntington, Hopkins and Hawley; with
Revs:' Henri Hopkins;
-Fowler and S. . Roardman;take
pant in the coursei, ..d it ,is but ,reasonable to
expect that gi 11 may be done by it.
aT
""
Dana,Mr. Bigelow,
pary,:las recoiled a
Presbyterian Church.
TOO STR
Last year, the ;,'
Le Roy
refitted
worship, at , an exp,
would ,
,noW•.seein
serious mistake
time. At the recent 1
taken, at au anhua
were needed. •, It is
gregation. Rev. . 0 3
a call to die, Cion4
which it is probabl
A minister . re, tly preached an Sable and
stirring discourse in one of the brethOdbit
churches of Elm' against the theatre: "Another
pastor, in another hurch, if we may trust the
published report s - hrs — diScOurse,Thok ground
rather in favor of • e same institution... There
might be'# bad th tre, and there mLght bw,a
good one The ,n,:• opera, recently itUrted; in
that city, should n
tried . ;. and, ought
in& just , the place
*ant: of the patron.
counsel foy.w.dler: 7,
LL-SWISED.
D.D., of Watertown,:has:re
0, and admirable paticinago.;
Mimihop,
Itiimilar experience, ark both
ts to be well housed
,for
GENMEE. !*-
„
Roc4eseer, Jan.llB, 1868.
Rev. J. J. Por
cent!, gonojnto a
provided by- his
of Vernon, hail a
know ;,h0 good
winter: ; •
REJoumR 71 R. Irg;TEELD'..q LETTER.
DEml f ßil: ;r: ; ;4 ( 4 goi& is, lolod, 41 the
other . " is toy!: I say, this , a z , fro#o9, l of Mr.
Niteeld'i3l4l'etiti d i lititerJ I ivtti italled cut
.
seetog Ate so, is a. .n ti .3 2; us 'take
e
t'henA . in. dcta. ils. -- -'. - .. i i 0 . .1. k
1. Mormoutk, Golesburgh are both styled
" large t,ownse!,*l.l.,_su,ggest that the epithet
is ainbig i tioud enoOgh .6 apply ; to both, Both are
such to NortherAlinoisans; 'neither such to the
• , -
dwellers in cities., ,
2& 5 Galeabli ,h is so homogeneous `as to
contain nothing b t; - "Aoler,icanti t and B,wedes."
Which Patronize t, • Feuiatisf There are "no
Norwegians" there I kaviari invitation t.o".ffors
ker," ,qn the pri n 0414 . str r e.gt. If
tha means Swedes n - Gal4blirth, it dties , not)-in
other localities, iprirqrs;(or one at
least) tu4yeittse - t at. tl4 ~,have
Danish,' and SWe.A . lr' types - pant - a thing
4hat maybe called fop in those, tongues.:, ..hure
Galesburgh -Swedes :nob linguists?.. .
3.. " Heretics" a,: not equivalent-to " heretical
churches." What re the statistics of Spiritual
ism in Galesburg h It is nOtorions: that the
quantity of "diiieni
cannot he memulett,by heretical
churches. We lia've enough in Philgilphia to
fill teatimes number of those , churches. I
judged from tl4 - talk' OuchwAitiz . ens as I met
and from tbe pitliculron sale. I
had a good ,chance.pf 'seeing .hoth,'ind did not
form myestimate frinictiat:teriible book the Di
rectory._: ;I: - may -have- judged haslikiri but ;Mrs
Duffield lies not shown it. --
4. Paddy - and. tbe,„ - Sakpolmalter.:.iiyre rather
loosely connected in the expression used, but my
memory was not chronological, as the grounds I
gale Anthe , interen*,lleatty 8 1 ,10 4 r., ?
liibeear ithOf i 3 y with as to' the
truth of the cooperation. between the spirituous
and .spiritual 0 liberals." • The, tone of,the Taper
and the Character of its articles shows 'that it
ap
peals •for•its support to both-classes.' •I did not
aim••at• l the ILittiversalists any more than any
others. The insinuation that I am an advocate of
the - new Gospel, according to Thompson and
Andrew l is-purelylrOtitous.
7 -This, , and:.thia,alone,..was &mistake on .my
part—a mistake which I sincerely regret. I was
misled, jz,La pnblistO
_report of
_the mecting,_
which must either have been a gross misrepresen,
tation, or_the prayer meetin,g was , very "liberal"
indeed. "What are . correspondents' " - On the
Wing" to do, when gm,virtkums and orthodox
G-alesbarghers are guilty of " misrepreseutation"
of ,themselves?, , ,
had neither wish nor motive ' to Misrepresent
GaleShttrgh. I - heard much good of it and liked
it when - I,saw it. I would like it still 'pith's, did
it not copy after the style of the old Scotch par
son, who prayed for ab!essing onlais'ewn "Island
of Ronald and the adjacent islands of Great
Britain 'lend Ireland." In conclusion, tnay, -
ask, was it a Galesburgher who declared that his
town was right in the centre of the t arth, and
had the sky tucked in around it?,
•
CHURCH EREcrIoN.---Dr. Spear's Church,
Brooklyn, has given $lOOO. The First Church,
Orange, $650. - West Church, re,
ports a cpntribution from a single of
$lOOO, and Central Roc!:ester, another of $5OO.
[Ma
a),senAor in Auburn Semi
accepted a call to the
f Fayetteville. -
IT TOR THEISI
.
esoyterian congreppon of
beautified their lows of
se of nearly slop°. - It
though they had;,icidifip;:a
not enlarging at the same
Id of seats, all wefieagerly
i rent.of 33,000, aiiir more
large and flourishing cen
wart Sheddon has;. received
tional church of o: Tae 114,
he will accept. •
M CON
breondemned until it was
to be suffered to fail of be
r pleasant improvement, for
.e of good people. &ran&
an to give.
Yours, itc., -
• ON TEE WING
4615 fri fru eintuto.
BUCHANAN, MICH.-A correspondent writes
some particulars of the revival in this place, previ
ously mentioned : Six weeks ago, the United Breth
ren, the Methodists and the Presbyterians, united in
a series of meetings, one week in each Church,
in the evening, conducted by the minister of the
church where held, the ministers taking turn in
preadhing when no neighboring brother was pre
sent to aid--much time being spent in prayer.
The Holy Spirituras poured out upon the peoL
ple, and more or legs have been hopefullycon
vetted almost daily. Numbers have united with
these Churches. On the last 'Sabbath evening,
there was a ,united communion season in the
Methodist house, and from 200 to 250 commem
orated the 'dying love of Christ.
The Disciples or Christians also have been en
gaged • in a series of. meetings `for 'the last two
weeks, conducted by one of their - popular preach
ers, and.l6 have been baptized.!
' MAASHALLTOWN, IC:WA:—GO& is pouring out
his Spirit upon his people , here, and converting
sinners. All Evangelidal denoininarions s.harelin
the , wbtk, and are:dolightfUlly 'nnited, th ey
have been for a Year past ; inpromoting the cause
of 'one common 'Master. The Young Men's
Chriatian.Association,han kept 4 a daily morn
ing prayer-meeting for the past. six lmonths.
Y.:--REv.ltin. VAN Dzuns', NEW
Ft~D Rev : M it. 'Vincent, pastor; of the
gis f ; Church, Troy, writes to the .gemag east an
interesting account,. of .Evangelistic movements
by our hitherto somewhat inactive-mother church
there.
` " About twoyears ag,o we commenced simult all e
ously two enterprises of this eharacter. .trhe first
Was at the Iron Works, about twolsiles below
the city, where the .immense establishments of
the Messrs. Burden and
_Corning and Winslow
have concentrated, a large population. Our Meth , -
odist brethren had long/had a_' vigorous self-sup.
Porting church there i lind - a fine Sabbath-school:
One of our zealous 'Christian Women, however,
on cativassi'ng, found - upwards of foriy Presbyte
rian families, English,lria, and Scotch, some
of them steeped in the_ stern Calvinism of their
Scottish homes and. _.kirks,, and as incapable, of
fusing with our-Methodist brethren as oil with
water. The proposition fora distinct: enterprise
was readily embraced. About seven ` or ' eight
months ago, the peep% 'organized a Church and
called. a.
,plator, the Rev'. John Tatlock. The, capi
talists of that neighborlaood have taken the.en
terprise to their hearts, and have their; plan's
ready laid for building st ,. .beautiful and ,conveni
eat chareh., '
Per the Up-town enterprise,it was at first diffi
cult to find a foothold. After muchsearching,
we at length found.a place ,to light, in the shape,
of an " upper chamber," twenty by thirty feet,
unlashed and unplastered, and to whieh:iweis
cended at first by a ladder. Here Oakwood Sun
day-School was
,organized. Never was movement
received in any neighborhood with more enthusi
asm.
.The little room was speedily crowded, un
til it seemed* though we should have to haug
the children out of the_windows. One old, blind
lady,- Very 'Oa, said, " 0' how thankful I_ am
that •: we are to have a church here at last. /
must have something in that church, if 'Ws only
a nail." -During, the week a' regular prayer
meeting was sustained in the little room, and
Christ often met.the disciples there as he did in
that. other chamber long ago.
On the: 29th of October, 1866, the corner
stone of a chapel wasklaid .with appropriate cere
thoes.th
i and the first , sermon-vbas 'preached there
on Stifiday,
.January" 27 '1867. The chapel ,
stall& at the;`Cihae: of Oakwood avenue and
Honsick street, on an eminence, Commanding`
view of the entire city.,_ We have four lots, 95
by 100 feet, which cost something
.over $600,0.
Vie chapel i s 0r4(0 9 4, 40 by 60 feet;-and
ranged - so as td c'brnbine the advantages of a
Sahhath-sehool and or ' . an audience room. And
.
now; best of all, ; Oakwood spas a minister of its
own. The brethren of the First _Church felt
that the indications-pointing toward a church ,
rcinitition were too - strong too be ignored; and
have be'e a lOoking t ioiintr'for the right than.
God has sent him, as 'Nye believe, in the person of
Rev. George Van lle.urs, late pastor of Tabor
church, Philadelphia. None who know the his
tory of his wonderful work in. the:Quaker City
will fail to read; in=his assuming the charge of
our enterpriSe; a good augury-of Its success:"
•
MINISTERLAL.—Rev. J. Levis, Jones has re
signed the charge of the First Church of Mat
toon,lll., to take charge of the churches at Sa--
lina and Solomon. City, Kansas. - The Rev.'
Mr. Noble, lately called to the pastorate of the
Third Chnrch,. Pittsburg; has 'arrived in - that
city and entered upon his labors.—Rev. F. W.
Flint who is in Minnesota for his ,health, is sup
plying the pulpit in St. PauL—Rev. Henry .
Little,, pastor of the Baldwin Church, Terre
Haute, has . received and accepted a cad to the
pa4toiate of the Church at 'Brazil, Ind., and has
accepted the call, to tale effect on the first Sab-`
bath • 'of February riext..L—Tl4 Re*. Prentiss
-
De Veuve waY djsmisse,d by the Presbytery
Philadelphia„ . (o. 5.,) at its late meeting, to the
Third Presbytery of Philadelphia, to asiuMir the
pastoral' care Of the First Presbyterian church, of
Pottsville, Pa. • - •
CHURCHES. - PreV. W. N. Steele,' acting is
missionary for Crawierdsville Presbytery, repova
the organization of a church at Alamo, Ind.,
whose prospects are very hopefUl. He writes `to
the Herald : "I AO many wind's interested in
religion in every Place I' In twelve years ,
on the Wabash "I" have found; no such time to la
bor as the, present. The Holy Spirit is _in every
congregation.''—,:—Our Church,. in Delaware, 0.,
having , !clecided that it is not the best for them
to unite 'with the 0. S. at present, has added
three hundreds dollars to the salary of its pasta,
Rev- 0. 11. Newton, and determined to build a
new house of worship.
,10t. has already been
secured.-- 7 ---There 4 a precious revival in. the
Church Ills.-, at this time. We,
have received' twenty:seven,;and I think about
ten or" moreprofees religion. that have not yet
united!' -
LANE SEMINARY-REV. DR. MORRI,:,
Rev. E. D. Morris, D D., has removed fr,
umbus to Walnut Hills, and entered tip , n
duties as Professor in Lane Seminary. 14.
son is expected to be at his post by the Ist
April. We are requested to state that the
dress of the Faculty and the students is titA
cinnati, but Walnut Hills, and their correspoo.
dents will please so direct. If letters are sen t
to Cincinnati they are subjected to a delay of•
twenty-four hours.
A good man who went home from Columbus,
recently, left Lane a legacy of $15,000. Obitu ar
and particulars next week.—.llerald.
OTEIZR BRANCH -ITEMS. -At the m eet
ing of the Board of Publication of the Presbr
terian church, held on the 24th of December
1867, the Rev. Alexander T. McGill, 1).1)., of
Princeton, N. J., was unanimously elected Presi
dent of the Board, in the place of Rer. W. M
Engles °D.D., deceased.—The Rev. I. N.
dee, DID., has received and accepted an appoint.
meet as financial agent for Lincoln University. in
Chester county, Pa., and under the care of New
Castle Presbytery.—At the late meeting of
the Presbytery of Argyle, Pa., (U. P.) a cow.
mittee of laymen reported the following resolu
tion: " That it is the opinion of this meetinz of
laymen that fifty per cent., at least, should
added to the salaries of Ininisters, in this Presby.
tery, above those paid in 1860."
THE UNION PACIFIC/ :RAILROAD.
When this. great 'work is completed, as it vii
he by 1870, if the present rate of progress con
tinues, a.riew era of trade will'begin. with direct
and rapid communication between the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts. It: is almost impossible to
over estimate the national benefits that. will fel
low. Already more than five hundred and forty
miles west of Omaha 'have been built, and the
road is now within ten mites of one of the highest
points of the Rocky mountains. The rapidity of
the progress of this road is without a parallel,
and, the construction has not been suspended
even in midwinter. We find the usefulness of
the enterprise already demonstrated by the set
tlements that have been made along the road.
and there are many thousands of people in the
towns west of Omaha, in a`country rich in mine
ral and agricultural wealth, Which, but tor the
„Inion l Pacific 'Railroad, would still be the hunt
ing, ground of the Pidian.
Congress noverdid A wiser thing than when 1:
offered filtylnilliona-of dollars, in Government
bonds, as a loan to the company. By that act it
insured the success of 'an enterprise which will
really'be what the national debt was said to be—
a 'national blasino• The Government bu d.
however, are secured , by, a second mortgage, o
that piivate capital invested in the road receiver
first mortgage bonds, which have a higher value
than those of the Government. The American
pedple take a deep interest in- this railroad, and
properly so, for none of the great works of the
laSt twenty-five years compare with it in useful
ness and, value. It will be the richest railroad le
the world, and must, for many years, enjoy the
monopoly of the •Pacific travel and trade.
EMMY. MONUMENT.
[Since the following notice Was written, the mono
went has been put in its place in Woodland Cone
tery.]
- AMONG the many beautiful monuments erected to
the memory of our departed heroes ' is on , . of ut
usual taste and beauty, just finished for the late la
mented-General David Birney, at the marble work+
of Henry & Tarr &' .Sou, No. 710 Green Street.
where it will remain a few dips (previous to its re"
moval to the Woodland Cemetery) for the inspee
tiOn of the_public. The monument is built of Ital
ian mar'bl'e , and stamin:2o feet high, and is 4 feet 6
inches at - the 'base, next is a molded base, 1S in
ches,thick; *WI the name Of " Birney" raised on
the front: this receives the die, on the front of
which is an Nricerican flag: bkauti fully draped over
an elabbiato eh iildAnthnscription. The cap forn.+
a semi -circle;-and Carved on the front is the bade , .
of the Tenth
. Corps ; of which he was commander,
ori.the be& is an Oak wreath, and the right ar , l
left sides contain two stirs, and the Latin sentence,
"'Tis Sweet to die for'orie'a country." On the shaft
is carved a sword, sash ''and'icelt,*the whole being
surmounted" with a beautiful- Urn of flowers; 9
finale represents a rising star The erecting of this
monument 'is not
-only a "fitting tribute." to the de
ceased, but also reflects great credit upon his frien,i4
by whom it was erected:
Ws have examined the Monument just erected a:
the marble yard of ilsnry,S, T.arr A Son, No. 7 1 "
Green Street, for thelitte'genOiti.David B. BirnQ.
and would exiirTs Our.lierl'ect satisfaction with it iu
every respect,: are dAiiiiits :that the public
should examine it preiious. to
,its erection iu thki
cemetery. (Sighed) Geoßcs BULLOCK.
JOHN W. EVERIIAN,
• . DAVI,D WINEBRENNF.R,
Committee.
Ot:iitt - stOtigiiruant,
THURSDAY, ;T:ANUARY 23, 1868
TERII63 OF TEUE'BANNtR--42.50 by mad. I
•• , ,
this city, $3.00 in adNo.nce.,
The proceedings of ,the S. S. Association
of the let R. P. ehrireh of this "city, on the death
of Mr. Pennison; appear, next week.
MARRIED.
HENDELL—IIHNItIn PhHadelp
L hia,
Ford Sutton, T. W. Kendall and'alorence L. Henry, both oyf Cht,tor
Co. Pa. Jan. 15th, b Rev-
gpiat atoito.
The Preebytery 'of Cheniumig will bold its &W
-itt Meeting at Big Flats, on Tuesday, Jan. 28, to 3 o'clock, P.N. eb
Wednesday, 'th, at 2 the n new Presbyterian church is to /4
dedicated. Sermon by Rev. T. Dawsoii, of New York city.
O.•CARR, Stated Clerk
.
Presbyterian and Th6ological
view for-1868.
IDITED IT
Prof• HENRY B . BM= and J. M. BBIRWOOD
The January trinbernew ready begins is new volume, an d
tains, besides articles on ``. Reunion," owd-ox,Dr. J ANzs m c c,oss
Scotland, who been Onoted - air ateclit ebntribntor to th . ..g18
Tablable.quarterly. -
Address
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