gintrtialt VtEs'4tttlait. THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1868 On the Wing in Cincinnati; An Appeal to Farmers, H nry Bewley (the " nine tons of tracts" man), by Rev. E. P. Hammond, Letter from a Country Parsonage, with Intelligence from several denominations, Page second ; Notices of New Books, Page third; A Miscellany for knisters, Ministers Wives, S. S. Teachers, Young Ladies, Young Men, Small Children and Babies, with Poetry, Page sixth; the Union Con vention at Easton, Scientific, and Rural Econo my, Page seventh. ler The attention of Elders in the Third and Fourth Presbyteries is, called to the announce ment of the adjourned meeting to be held this evening in the Western Church. age- "The Presbyterian Monthly" is sent FREE to all Honorary and Corresponding members of the Committee of Home - Missions. Any person sending $lOO to our Treasury can thereby consti tute himself an_ Honorary member of the Com mittee, or a Corresponding member by the—paY ment of $3O, and receive from this office a Certificate of ,such membership —and the "Presbyterian Monthly" also. H. KENDALL. Vir. , On Saturday, the *2lst inst., .Mr. P. H. Hunt and his wife, late of Madras, sailed in tie Ocean Queen for Aspinwall, en route to China by the Pacific Mail 'Steamship line from San Fran cisco. Mr. Hunt was for many years printer for the Tamil Missions; w and havinc , finished up his work and transferred his press tkriatiVe hancla in India, he now goes tocio a similar important ser vice, if the Lord' will, in the capital of China. Trio' young ladies ae:conipany Mr. and Mrs. Hunt: Miss Mary H. Vorter, of Wisconsin, to be associated with Mrs. Bridgman in the instruction of her school in `-Peking; and `Miss Mary E: Andrews, from Ohio, to reside in the family of Mr. Chapin , and„labor among Chinese women, at Tung Chow, a large city twelve miles south of Peking. far I.4ectUre on the Trials of Unionists daringthe War, Characteristics of the Southern people - and other interesting topics, will be given in Musical Fund Hall, nest Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. As delivered in the North ern part of this city,= the lecture has, been pro nounced by those competent to judge, decidedly the.best of the season, moving alike to mirth and to tears, and conveying a. large amount of valuable information. Tickets 50 ets., for sale at the Presbyterian •Book Store, 1334 Chestnut St., and at Ashmead's 724 Chestnut St. set. The Board of Pliblicatioh . of the Other Branch appeals for means to supply the Domes tic Missionaries of their Church with "that valua ble work, Hodge on the Atonement." •-. tar. We expect to publish in. our nexCa full report of the Christian Convontion. which met in this city this week. A -.report of the Re-union Convention, at Easton, will be found on our sev enth page—inside. _ We: Will nit our sturdy farmezi give heed to the claims : of thc Church Erect* cause, so forci- bly urged ( upon: them 14 the :excell‘rit ;Secieiary; Dr. Ellinwood,i'on anOther page-of Itlith paperi? /kr The following magazines forApriFare re ceived: Lippincotes; Atlantic Monthly; Our Young Folks; Harper's New Monthly.; Home Magazine; Presbyterian Monthly; Sabbath at Home. Also Blackwood for February,'Guth rie's Sunday Magazine for March. GERMAN ST. °Bunt:H.—The people of this charge gave their pastor a surprise visit, March 19th. During the absenceof the pastor and his family, the whple house was metamorphosed by new carpets and curtain's, and the and lar der were well supplied with coal and provisions. This is another pleasant proof of the revived in terest prevailing in -German St. Chtirch, and a happy omen of future harmony and prosperity under their present relations. NORTH BROAD ST. CHURCII.—Rev. Peter Stryker, DID., of the Reformed (Dutch) Church, New York, now pastor elect of North Broad St. Church in this city, preached to a large audience in that Church last Sabbath. " OLD PINE STREET CHURCFL"—The friends of Old Pine Street Church will rejoipe to hear of the precious'work of grace going on in this COD-. gregation. Rey. R. H. Allen, the pastor, has been preaching every evening for more than two weeks. Thirty-five persons have united., with the church up to this date, and the Meetings still continue with increased interest. Of the above additions, twenty-four were on examination. After the service last Sabbath evening, eight per sons-oan met in the pastor's study for religious con versation; among the number were a widowed mo ther and three young men, her sons, and her entire family. The work seems to be of a very decided character, as manifested in the boldness and readi ness with which the young converts go to work in leading, and praying, and speaking in the prayer meetings. The fruits of the "Pastor's lectures to young people'; are being gathered. soir The. Christian • Convention met in the Penn Square Church on Tuesday evening last, Judge Strong temporary chairman. - After ad dresses from Drs. Richard Newton and John Hall, Geo. H. Stuart, Esq. was chosen Chairman and arrangements made for an order of exercises. Full reports in our next. THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 2C), 1868. REVIVALP. The Ohserner sums _ up During the last fortnight intelligence has reached us of revivals in more than 120 churches not Lef'ore beard from. The number of new converts is 3,930, of whom 2,843 have become members of the Church. From many already reported, additional and cheering intelligence has been received; and we can announce that since January 1, accounts have reached us of 700 revivals, 13,500 conver sions and 6,540 additions to the different evan gelical churches, not including the Methodists. An exchange states that 8201 cases of hopeful con version have been lately reported in a single week, by Methodist pastors. Forty of the churches most recently revived are Presbyterian, and with in the fortnight, in all, 50 Baptist nhuiches have been heard from, and,report an aggregate acces s sion of 1,240 members, while from 20 Congrega tional: churched4e receive reports of more than 500 conversions." To proceed to particulars: In the Reformed Church (late Dutch, and still Slightly so,) revivals ..are,. reported in Pompton Plains, ,N. J., forty receixe fl g ,profession, in cluding sixteen headi‘ot fainilieS; in Green point, 'L. 1., thirty-eight added; in Port Jervis, N. Y., many awakened.- In the other branch, the Presbyterian Banner reports. revivals -ar.:lllnnsffeld, o;:whatel.iforty one persons have been, •received on profession, fourteen by baptism, and where between three . and four hurtdred conversions have been added to all denominations since the Week of Prayer; in the ;joint. chargeyf• Lenanoning and Barton, P,a., where twenty two persons were received lately ? ,makine• c' a total of sixty-six since July;; in Washing ; -, ton, .Pa., where nineteen _have beep, received; in Ashland, 0., where between sixty and seventy were gathered in,at thelast communion; in Hays ville, 0., where ihirty- , four have been added to the Church and .others ; expect to be so; in the joint charge of Decatur and Flat _Rock, Ind., where forty-two baste been.received r twenty-seveu on- profession; in'Shady Side, 0.,-'where twenty five have been added,- on profession. The Pres byter reports religious , interest in Liberty„ - lowa, twenty-three added; in Washington, 0., twenty added. The Raeifici. report's a 'revival at Lockford, Cal., where more than seventy have expressed an interest. There is nota. household of which some one Vas not risen for prayers!, 'The 'Presbyterian repOrts reVivals r in where there are fifty inquirers and very many conversions; in Deerfield, N. J., where forty-two were lately added on profession. T.TheßrOslayterian church in Leesburg, Pa., has received 83 members on profession at a single- communion. A great work of grace IS, in progyess in . the town and neighborhood of Freeport; Hairisonr Co., Eastern Ohio, in the midst of - a strongly giaakef com munity, where• Quakerism had, as a religidus influ ence, become effete, and their meeting-house sadly dilapidated.. The Spirit was- ; abundantly. ponied out, and up to tiartdf 13th, fifry-Olie had been added to the... church--tiventy:twe. , baptized. Twenty-seven of . the who,le,are men---twent,y-four, heads of families. A, great-grand-father,, ninety one years of age, united, and a youth of four teen. These`were the minimum 'and. maximum of age. A nUmber,were over sixty; and three or four over seventy! In the Baptist churches revivals-are reported: at ,Dymo,:k, ,Pa., forty to sixty have professed hope, the work was deep and quiet; at Sharon, forty received and the work still going on ; in Stockton, Cal., where Jachb 'Knapp cs labbring, fifty-five received: Mr.i.Knapp lois since been laboring in the First Church, San Francisce, mid at,.a.prayer rueeting.in that city, B,ev. Drs. Send-. der, Wadsworth, and Eel's, of the Presbyteliah Church, spokelbelingly and, rejoicingly in view of his visit to the Pacific . Coast. In Springfield, 111., the revival commenced, as has been ; the case with nearly all reported, with, ,the. Week of Prayer. Between sixty and seventy; all adults,' have united with the .church,-and- the work still Does on with power. At " Waterloo, la., the church in five years has increased fro seventy three members to about two hundred' and forty members. The recent revival ,has resulted - 'in fifty-four conversions. In Charlemont; Mass., Congregationalists and Methodists united with the Baptists and seventy or eighty have pro fessed conversion; in Burlington, N. J".„ forty eight have been baptized. In-Portsmouth, 0., fifty have been received; in' White Pigeon, Mich , nearly forty hopefully converted. InNew York State, in Geneva, thirty additions; Ontario Centre. •thirty-five ; Franklin Vill e; fifty-three bap- ,1 dams during the winter;.Lisle, Broome county,' two hundred conversions; Saugerties,' forty-oiae baptisms; in Tabernacle Cnurch, New York. City, under the ministrations ofMr. Earle, the Evangelist, as many as one hian - Ad and fifty, have expressed hope or sought inst s fuction ; in Green Point, N. Y., twenty-two receititi Homer, N. Y., forty or fifty received, and twenty added to the Congregational. Church, while large numbers are still coming forward;, in Benton Centre, N. Y., seventy on the anxious bench; in Venice, N. Y., forty conversions, including "some of 'the most influential people of the place;" in Horseheads, N. Y., thirty inquirers; in Stanford ; N. Y. twenty-two candidates for immersion; in, Glens Falls, N. Y., thirty-four (nine heads of families) baptized, and others expected. In Waterbury, Conn., over one hundred have asked for prayers; in Normal, 111., twenty-nine bap tisms; In Cedar -Rapids, lowa-, seventy-three re-. ceived by baptism. In the churches of the Congregational' order revivals are reported—in-Kingston, R. I, thirty or forty conversions; in the+Second church, West Winsted, Ct., where thirty-two were added; in' Stonington, Ct., where, mprethan a Imidred per sons have publicly manifested their desire for salvation ; in Yale College , where the religious interest Rill continues, an the evening , meetings are well sustained; Farmington, 111, where 37 were converted, and the revival is still progress ing, and already counts over 100 converts among the different denominations; at Genesee 25 (mostly heads of families) received; in Winne bago, 111., where Rev. S. P. Weldon, an Episco pal minister of like spirit with Messrs. Tyng and Hubbard. has assisted in the - 'work; in Lincoln College, Ks., where all but two of the students have professed faith in Christ, while the work has also reached the Legislature, now in session, some of whose members are inepairing, the way of life. , HOW IT LOOKS FROM A NEW ENGLAND POINT OF VIEW. Our Boston cotetnporary. the Congregational ist and Recorder, the organ of the staid wing of that connection in the older States, under the heading " A Presbyterian Rock Ahead," writes : In the midst of Presbyterian plans and hopes for re-union, the new volume on The. Atonement, by Dr. A. A. Hodge, of Allegheny, and publish ed by The Presbyterian Board of Publication, must have fallen like a thunderbolt from a clear sky. The leading minds in the Old School General Assembly must be intending to insist upon their interpretation of the Westminster Confession of faith as a test of Union. The . Preface asserts that the book is issued as a "vindication of the ancient faith of the Presbyterian Church, and of the unquestionable and Only legitimate interpre tation of her standards." The " satisfaction " theory of the atonement is stoutly maintained, while the governmentally] theory of Jenicyn, Beman, Barnes and others, is severely judged, and condemned as Arminian. Not only this, but that mournfulmisrepresentation of the,Gospel, the dogma of limited atonement, or as this apthor . .terms " the definite and per sonal redemption ". plan, is insisted on as an essen tial part of the doctrine, as follows : " It certainly follows that • . . . the design and !effects of Christ's piacular sacrifice of himself . . must have been to secure with certainty the actual remission of the'sins of all those for whom he died. And follows that-Christ „must, make intercession for 'all those for whom he.. made expiation: But ithi:rist's intercession is alwajit efficiteibus. Of fered from a,throne at the'right hand of his Father: 'His formula-of interces.sionis, '.,Father I will.' His !testimony is that the Father heareth him always.' And he intercedes only,' for his own people, John :9. I pray riot for the WORLD; but for them. which THOU LEAST GIVEN ME? " ' We shall look with interest to see what die, New. School General Assembly will say to this at their approaching May meeting. 1%16n - dine there seems to be herein developed a new consideration favoring'the Hartford Semi nary for Qui ,Cdngregational Old School young men, No`such stuff as this is there`Mingled with the old School teachings. , On the ground of theology as really as of 'polity:We cannot afford to have our New England young men go to Prince ton, or to Alleghony.l FROM OUR ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT BURNING QF "ST. PETER'S CEETJRCR. Wednesday, _lBth instairt, witnessed a disas trous conflagration in our city. It occurred about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The wind was high, and the first thought of every one was, " What a fearful time for a fire," and. yet few imagined what mischiefs was pending. Soon, however, it passed from rig to lip, tliat St. Peter's church NiA in . flames. 'Thisiras but too true; and all that now remains of that beautiful edifice is its blackened walls. - The fire-is supposed to have originated from a defeCtive flue of the furnace. The sexton had kindled a fire about Impripas usual, to warm up , for the evening meeting, The high wind doubt less created an unusual draft, and prObably' the furnace flues were thus heated beyond the point of safety, with no one present to see and guard against such damage. When first , discovered, by some one -passing by, the fire bad already made such progress, that smoke was bursting out the doors and windows. It was then too late to save anithing. Two young .men tried to' creep iu closa , to the floor, ad 'bring cot .pulpit; Bible; but the smoke was so dense that they were obliged to turn backspeedily,to escape.suf focation. This chiirEli'was erected in I-852 , 3; by Hon. Levi A. Ward,-whO has ,owned the larger part of it =ever since. The material was Milwaukee brick ; the cost about $50,000. It was insured for,- s`2o,ooo;i and WiltyprobahlYi be' rebuild' 'at once, upon the same walls, which are standing entire, or which are regarded as snbs , antial and safe. They— are built of great `thickness and strength - " Ther6wai in thelower this church the only chime"of bells of. which::our city coitlirboast. They cost $3,500, sixteen years, ago ; but are now only a shapeless mass of, melted metal. The orgari• also; valued at 82000; was 41,—Quies1- by the flatueii. This sanctuary, it will, be remembered, is , the one in which the minister was, expected to wear the goWn and bands, and . use a sort of ritual, a]- though it was an 0. S. Presbyterian Church. For sometime after its completion it _had no settled pastor, Rev: Jno. T. Colt,- - and 'Rev. L. W. Ba con succeSsively'officiating as stated supplies." The following have since been the settled li.aa t4s—Rev's. A. H. Richardson, J.R. Town D.D:, J. T.cCoit, and E. D. Yeomans, D.D. As we stated last week, Rev. M. EL Hutton bad just been called to its vacant pulpit, and since we then'yfrote,hiTaoceptance or the call was received. In the mean time, the Second - Baptist church, the Third — ,Presbyierian; ; Chriat Church (Episcopal) have offered the use of their sanctu aries, the lather of which has:teen accepted, , and services will be held next ,Sabbath by the new pastor, who is now on_ the grougd. Services will be held for the present--iii the afternolan .in -that Church. atm.—The church in Bergen, (Rev. E.. B. Van Auken-,,actin,,c , ,pa.t.or), is making some kne imprOvements. 'Yhejt, live sold the old parso nage, which' was not, in itself, or in its location, just what they wanted for their minister. and bought another and better one nearer the - Ohi r They are also making extensive repairs in their sanctuary, making the interior as good .as new. They are thus expending . about $5OOO, for 'these changes, and will be much more comfortable for them: The New Wadsworth Library building, in Geneseo, is expected to be ready for use about the first of April. It is a very tasteful, hand some structure, and reflects great credit on those who have had it in charge. PERSONAL.—REV. ISAAC CLARK, of the Sec ond Presbyterian Church, 4lmira, has received, and accepted a call to the Coagregational [7] church of Aurora, Illinois, and is soon to remove to his new field of labor.---Rev. R. T. Searle, late of Liverpool, Onondaga county, has received and accepted a call to the Congregational church of Thetford, Vermont. HON. CHARLES C. DWIGHT, of Auburn, is appointed by our Governor, as one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of this State, in place of Hon. Henry Welles, deceased. This appoint ment seems to be hailed with general satisfaction. We are the more glad of it, because Mr. Dwight is a young man, an honored member of the Cen tral Church in Auburn, (Rev. Henry Fowler's), an officer also, and worker in its Sunday-school. Combining all these things, with acknowledged ability, fine professional reputation, and that no ble balance of character po necessary on the bench, it was an appointment eminently fit to be made. Long may he w.ear : the honors.so. early put upon him. REV. G - EO. S. BOARDMAN, D.D., late of Ca zenovia, has taken the house of Rev: Prof. Boyd, of Geneva,,and is expecting to make his residence in that beautiful village for the present. Prof. Boyd is expecting with his family to, spend eighteen months, or, two years, in the meantime, in Europe, ' REV.. JAMES ORTON, acting pastor of the Congregational church in Brighton, • near this has recently returned - in safety from his scientific, expedition to South America. He went by way of Panama, visited . Quito, passed across the Andes, down the Amazon, and home that way, bringing with him some fifteen hun dred "specimens" of birds, beasts, reptiles, and the like, from that tropical clime. 'GENESEE. Rochester March 21. 1868. d.flt.t.t*t,Tji,f . , B giIIESDA CauucEt - .--Last Sabbath was a most blessed day in this young Church. It . was pits second communion season, and 48 persons were received into fellowship-38 on prcifhssion, of faith ; the fruit, in part - of a gracious season. of revival with which the Church is now faver ,ed. Among' those receivediwere -some ,cases of great 'interest. Several , heads of families past the meridian of life : ; . :several entire families also embracing parents (father and another both) and their children; several persons who had not;- until the Churchwas started, been in - the habit of attending religious services _for years; &ie.! l'theatrical.actor, who gives up his profession and the theatre altogether for Christ; and two or three quite young persons Ivho furnish remarka ble :evidence of grace and knowledie. The Church is much strengthened and encouraged and arranaements are beina made to beoin the erection of ,a „house of worship irnmediately. Such a house is greatly needed, thec hill - occu pied being• crowded almost to' suffocation. The initiSterial brethren, Thompson, Mallery, Mitch ell ;F A. H. Barnes, SaWyer, Diver Crittenden, McLeod, and Shepherd,:who so kindly aided the pastor in .special services, will please accept . our th an kE. i T. Ev 4:, Pastor. RE - v. J. 6. BUTLER., 11. D., has been_ elected Secretary .of the American and Foreign Christ thin Union, and has accepted the-appointment. We congratulate the Society on securing the ser vices of one so' well qualified by exemitive abili ty, suavity of ,manners and long pastoral experi . en ce for the work'. • INSTALLATION ( OF ELVERS IN TR HARRIS , . BURaII C1117,11C71.-0 Sunday, March Bth,:the following persons were ordained -and installed el ders of the- First Church, Harrisburgh : Alfred - Arms.rong, William S. Shaffer,Dr: Jas. Fleining and r Walter , . F. Fahnestock, jr. , In connection with the s'ervices the pastor, Rev. T. H. Robin son,„ preached a very interesting historical dis course, in which lie exhibited the character of the eldership enjoyed by the ,church since its organ ization in 1794. It appears that the First Church has beenunusually blessed in this respect. The succession of elders has,been marked by all! the best qualities required in that important office. Net • a few of them. did excellent service for country,as.well as-for the:;Chnreh. ~ Two of the first •.bench, Messrs. Adam Boyd and Samuel Weir, served as ,officers inn the I.Revolutionary army, and were at , several engagements- under General Washington. Capt. Stoner, elected about 1814, had 'distinguished himself during the war of the Revolution, having. sold his .farm a few miles above thelieity and: applied its proceeds in raising equipping equippin the company of which he was tle.Captain..'Through the.: unfortunate loss of his military papers he never• received from the Government any, re-payment for; ,patriotic sacrifice. John : Nielson, elected- in .1825, served as cashier in the , State Treasury. His accounts for twenty-one years are said to have needed but seventeen cents to make. a balance. Samuel W. Hays, elected 1828, established in the same year the first Infant • Sunday-sehool. of Harrisburg, continued its successful and honored superinten dent for twenty-seven; years, and in connection with another elder, organized:and conducted the first Colored Sunday , §chool of the city. Mr. Robinson remarked that of the twenty-one men to whom.-he reade-referebee as having served in the eldership, :nineteen. and perhaps twenty of, them were of Scotch or ,Sootch Irish descent. Three fatheri and their sons' and fouArothers have filled the , office. There has been a remarkable permanence in the fmnili4 of the chtirch„and an - aqterenee to Presbyterianism and'',Oaliinistit that soar'back into the past beyond 'the'reach of existin g records. The Elders, Filo held over, previous to this election, were only fonr,—Messrs. James W. Weir and Alexander Sloan, who have been . in : office thirty:three and a half years, and have succeeded,their fathers in the same Office,—and Mr, John 'A: Vireir,—brother, to Jamei Mr. R S. Fleining z -: -brother to Dr. James elected in 1865. , ' It ' After Mr. o mson s address; the candidates for ordination kneeled, and by prayer and the imposition of the hands, of the pastor and the cg isting session of 4,1 e church, theY were set apart to their sacred office. ; The right hand of fellow ship was then given to.the new members of the session by the older 'members. Mr.' Robinson followed with a brief address to the new elder, on the duties and responsibilities of their office. Rev. Alfred Taylor, of Philadelphia, followed with an address to the church of like import, and the solemn and impressive services concluded with a hymn and the benediction. MINISTERIAL. — Rev. A. L. Brooks accepts the call from Peoria to Decatur, 11l The First Church (late Dr. Robinson's), in Brooklyn, gave March 14th, a unanimous call to Rev. Rob ert R. Booth,D.D.. of the Mercer-st. Presbyterian church, in New York, and it is confidently ex pected tha.t.he will accept. .The _Evangelist says : " What the result will be, we are not advised, and do not presume to conjecture. This we know, Dr. Booth's mini.dryin his present charge has been very successful, and his, people are Warmly attached to .him, and do not at all like the idea of losing him."—Rev. C. H. Taylor, D.D., of Alton, 111., has' accepted the call re cently tendered him by 'the Third Church of Cincinnati, and his congregation has united with him in a petition to the Presbytery of Alton for the dissolution of the pastoral relation_between them. ----- Rev. Thomas H. Skinner, .- Jr., D.D., has been induced to reconsider his de cision to decline the 'call to the Presbyterian 'Church of Fort Wayne, and expects to - commence his •labors there early in April. His brethren in this city will regret to lose from this vicinity, one who is greatly beloved in all bur . churehes."— Evan . o , /ist.—--Rei.' S. M. Mortori---successor of the lamented Frederick 'Starr in the North Church of: St. Louis, has had a suprise visit from his people. Besides a large number of useful and ornamental, a.rticles, spggestive of great fu ture enjoyinent, they presented him with a purse containing $320 'in greenbacks. Mr. Morton was ordained and installed March 22.—Rev. Dr. Newell, of the Allen = street Church, New York,,who has been for more; , than- Tour months, laid aside by illness from active pastoral duty, is now so far, recovered that he ex pected' to occupy his pulpit last-Sabbath morn --L-Rev. Wolcott Calkins of the North Church, Buffalo,'not . iong `ago deeply interested his people by preaching,a memorial sermon, for those members of his ChUrch---,-seventeen in all, 'who - had - died ffuriv, the' pet - year. This used to be a custom with Dr. E. F. Ratfteldc!duting his long and very successful pastorate in New York. l„--Rev: Theron. H. Hawks, D.D., Pastor of ithe Second Church, in Cleveland, jpe resigned his char,ge..----Rev. Wilber Mckitg, late ,pastor Of the Third Church, Cincinnati, has accepted a call from the First-Church,'Marysville, Cal., and was to be installed o,n the 17th of March. . ALAI4IEDA, CAL:; is one of the thrifty towns growing up in 'the vicinity , of San Francisco Bay. In November, 1865, the Presbyterian church was organized with, twelve members; and for a time services were held in the High School building. Temporary supplies were procured till August, '66, when Bev. F. L. Nash accepted a call as stated supply. Int March following, he was installed pastor. During the past year the Church-hisibe'ett:abundantty prospered. Twenty neiv.members , have been, added to • the Church, making.. the whole,. number thirty-seven. ' The new church edifice, built in gothic ; style, is neat and spacious—an •arehitectural ornament. to the town. It is, ,probably the best church edifice in the' State,' outside of the larger towns.---The Occident. i Onußcgts.—Rev. Andrew Parsons, pastor of the'First Chnteh, Ottiwa, Writes ifroitio• the-'ad vantages of 'Otpawa pp PresbyteFiati itninigrants. He says : • : Our edithational - Avant4;es are superior to those of- rubst other places in the State- Besides good public schtiels, conducted by experienced teachers from the. East, we. have the Ottawa University, which it is expected will be comple ted this Spring. The LeOrenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad is-now "adtitrileted to this place. Lands.•lying convenient - to town range from $B.OO .to' $'30:00"-per acre. From three miles to ten of town it ranges from -$3.00 to $7.00 per acre.; timber-hind from $6.00.t0 520.00 per acre. The Church has now over thirty mem bers. There is now a stone edifice, nearly fin ished, 30x50 feet, with a tower 11 feet square at the base. We expect to get it finished. in . May next and be out of debt. The prospect of a self-sustaiining church of our order here quite soon is good. Rsviyms HForty persons 'were received to membership at Dr. -Cuyler's Church, Brooklyn, March Pith, twenty-four, Mostly heads of fami lies on profession' of faith. At