frriyinat eztntmintiratimu. REV. A. M. STEWART'S LETTERS—XVII, Nevada, Aug. 186 S. THE LOVE OF MONEY. DF,AR EDITOR :—/Ifoirey, says many an ignor ant quoter of the Bible, "is the root of all evil." Paul never made such a mistake in his writing or preaching. Macey is a good thing, and is always so treated of by the sacred writers. " Money an swereth all things," says a wise one among them. A very desirable thing it must therefore be. The source of the evil referred to, is located in the human heart and not in the pocket. "The LOVE o money is the root of all evil." Even this assertion I had been wont, in times past, to look upon as a little apcoryphal—a He braeism—a somewhat foreign expression to be understood in a general and figurative sense, and I not particularly. This was, however, my infirm ity, arising from a lack of thorough acquaintance with the motive power to human action. I must now, and do hereby most humbly beg Paul's par don. Experience ought to be a curer of ignor ance and error. The Apostle was and remains vindicated. Nor could Paul, in his wonderful self-deniaLhave learned( from himself, but from the Spirit of God, the, ttuiyersal truthfulness and lasting application of his assertion about money. God has =Ad each'orOUr race with an unceas ing desire to be 'rich.' This' ne one nned' be silly enottgli,to denyor attempt to ignore. Thanks, morecTer, to Acin•F Makor , for the manner of our, creating. ,A.,good thing,is it to , berich--good,to haye.,plenly or every,needfnl or desirable thing to own. The Redeemer well knew 'what at.mOtiv.e 'power Be . addressed and excited when enjoining 4ipon s the multitude : Lay up for Tc,Rirselyps,tresures "—"Nes," says each one, that Is Ty wish, and this I do." And withoutwaiting to any 'explanation as to What kind d'ireitiures are' to be laid, and where and , whyl:. the` multitude are off to get rich. 3tope_pbeing,the world's. accredited representa tive for ail its ,other valuables; money must be had as the thing most desirable. ,Hence "They thiewill he—thus—rich fall into temptation and snare; andinto many foolish and hurtful lusts, whidh' drown men in destruction and perdi ttion-f7. It was , this inordinate, aching, ceaseless thirst ing; to become . speedily rich, which so quickly peopled` California 'after tidings of her gold de posits got abroad; no matter though two thou sand Miles of -territory,,unpeopled and half des ert, must be crossed in order to reach it—the same unsatisfied longing that now so suddenly peoples, in squads and localities, far off and inte rior Nevada ; along her mountain slopes, in 'her deep gorges, and on her treeless valleys. Eager, unsatisfied, •conscienceless men, with pick, and spade, and shovel, and drill and powder—after money. It is worth, to a Christian philoscipher, a journey across 'our continent, into this vast mineral region, 'to witness whit is termed, " A mining excitement." That is, when in some new, perhaps far off district, rich deposits of - silver are discovered, or supposed to be. From all the mining districts already opened, as well as from other quarters, hundreds are up and off at once to grasp the reported treasures. WHITE PINE Since my coming into this region of Nevada, one of those periodical excitements has arisen, even to fever-hcat. A few months since, some rich specimens of chloride-of-silver ore were dis covered by some wandering prospecter, in a dis trict bearing the general designation, WHITE PINE, about one hundred and twenty riles south east from Austin,,Neva.da„Until the late dis covery, the entire region was without inhabitant. Farther examination developed still richer depo sits. The tidinn, exaggerated as they flew, went far and wide. tiding excitement rose. Hundreds Were up and started, leaving what they could not take along—on foot, on mules, on horses, in wagons and stages; along hot, sandy, dreary, shadeless, springless, foodless courses—ways there were not. Every article for human comfort or even existence had to be taken along . Yet within the past two' Months, a colony has been formed, called "Treas ure City," of a thousand people ; and this on the summit of a mountain, .eight thousand feet above the level of the sea. Some of the people, among whom is quite a sprinkling of women and children, are in tents, some in rude and hastily constructed shanties, while others have a wide habitation in the open air. At first, there were banks of snow from which to obtain water for domestic purposes. Now, at the close of August, the sun having nearly melted the snow, all the water used has to be carried a distance of three miles up a steep mountain side. Could any impulse but the love of money effect such wonders ? SQUATTER LAWS Miners h&.ve their own crude laws, though of ten rudely broken even by themselves. As in all squatter sovereignties, the pioneer, becomes legal possessor of a certain boundary. where he locates, and of what may lie benes,ta the surface. As other adventurera successively arrive, each, of a-squad together, plants himself on "a portion of unoccupied territory; large or small, according to the impromptu laws of, the settlement. Uncle Sam has as yet neither surveyed nor located any part otthis Nizist region. Many differences - and broils, as Might be expected from such conditions, arise fisticuffs, shillelaings, and too often the bowie-knife and pistol arein requisition. Here each one imagining that beneath his sur face claim lie hidden untold treasures, sets to digging', picking, shoVelling; ,drilling and blast; ing. lianks of earth, caves, pits, holes and sinks soon change altogether the original appearance of the locality., Hard toil in one season in such , a place as the,White Pine, would be sufficient to grade a hundred - miles of the Pacific Railroad. Nine- . tenths of the toilers even in 'a good mining distria are disappointed—not only getting nothing, but los ing all their.labor and othq outlays. When hope expires; these sit down penniless and sad; fit subjects for some new excitement. PREACHING TO SUCH Owing to the workings _of worldliness and strifes of selfish passion iironight by the love of money, Pastors and Evangelists find how difficult it is in Atlantic communities, to obtiin a hearing from the masses on Christ's behalf. It may eas. ily be imagined, how much more intensified al THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1868, these evils from money-loving become in this re gion ; where the existence of a man and his fam ily, if he have one, often seems to depend on his getting money, and his only avenues for this, are mining and gambling. And hence how much more difficult for an ambassador of Jesus to ob tain a foothold or even a hearing for his Master. Here strangely to myself have I been laboring for three months ; and, under the impression that the Dispenser of gifts has bestowed upon me some adaptation for such a work, feel disposed to continue in it for a time, and this on account of present ruggedness and difficulties: A. M. STEWART. THE OPINION'S OF YANG 01100; OR, ONE FOR HIMSELF." Yang Choo was a Chinese philosopher, who flourished not long previous to the birth of Men cius—which event took place about 371 B. C. Litple, comparatively is known of him, but enough of his writings have been handed dewn,,to show that he was an advocate ,of self-eejoyment,:iand self-abandonment. Mencius who . bitterly, de nounced and successfully'exposed the Oil' ten dencies 'of' his sentiments, characte'riSes 'tarn' as the adVocate Of the selfish principle;'" Each one for himself." I propose to,give a synopsis of • Yang Choo's sentiments, derived from a translation of some of his writing with notes or eiitieisin, by Rev. br. hales Legge, in the Seborid . 'Volu'ine of las "CiEtnuAE CLAssrds.P • Yang Oboe said: "A. hundred years are the extreme limit of longevity ;'and not one man in a thous/ad enjoys such a period of life. Buppose the case of one whe does so : infancy, borne in the arms, arid , doting old age, will occupy nearly one half; what is forgotten. in , sleep and. what :is lost in the waking day, will ..nearly occupy the half; pain and sickness, sorrow and bitterness, losses, anxieties and fears will nearly occupy one half. There may remain ten years or so, bilt reckon that not even •in them will be found an hour of self-abandoninent, without the shadow of solicitude.. What, is the life of man then to .be, made of? What pleasure is in it? "Is it to be prized' for the pleasure of food and dress? or for the enjoyments of niusie arid b'eauty? But one cannot be !always satisfied with flips!) pleasures; one cannot be always toying with beauty and listening to music. And then there, are the restraints of punishments and the stinsn lante of rewards, the urgings and the repressings of =fame and laws;—these make one strive restlessly for the vain praiie of an hour, and calculate on the residuary glory after death; they keep. him, as with body bent, on, the watch against' what his ears hear and his eyes see, and attending to the right and the wrong 'Of his ccinduct and thoughts. In this way he loses tke real pleasure of his' years and cannot allow himself for a moment. In what (lees he differ from au individual manacled;: mkt fettered in an inner.prison ? The people of high, antiquity knew boih the shortness of life and how suddenly and comPletely it might" be cloied by 'death; and therefore they obeyed the movements of their hearts, refusing not what it:was natural for them-to take, ,nor seeking to' avoid any 'plea= sure that occurred' to them. They paid no heed . to the incitementd of , fame ; 'they:enjoyed • them selves according to their nature; they did 'not re-' sist the common tendency. of all things to self-en joyment; they cared not to be famous, after death; they managed to keep 'clear' of puniihrPentl' as to fame and praise, being first or last,. long life or short life,`thisse things , did not come into their caletilations." "Wherein' people differ is the 'matter , of life; wherein they agree IS death. While they 'are alive, we have the distinctions of intelligence and stupidity,; honorableness , and meanness; when they are dead' we have so tpuch stinkinff rotten ness, decaying away;—'this is the , common, lot. Yet intelligence and stupidity, honorableness and meanness are not in one's •power,•'neither is, that condition of putridity, decay, and utter disappear ance. A.man:s dife, is not in.his own hands,, nor is his death; .his intelligence is not his, own,, nor is his stupidity, nor his honorableness, ti(er• his meanness. All are born and all die ; , the in telligent'and•the•stupid, the honorable ,and the • rnean. At ten years old, some die, at one hundred years sour die. T,he , virtuous ind the sage die; the ruffian • ainl the fool `alsO die: , Alive they were Yaou, and Shun, ==dead, they are so much rotten bone. Alive they` were Kee" and Chow'; - dend they are. so much rotten bone`.T •Who could know' any difference :in their rotten ; bones ; ? alive therefore, let us hasten to,,make the . beat., of life; iihat leisure have we to thitilt of any thing after death r In answer to an inquiry, Yang Choo said, "One eannot.be assured of long life: Setting value upon life will not preserve it; taking care of the body will not make it greatly better. , And, in fact, Why should long life be made of ? There are the five feelings with their likingsand dislikings, —now as in olden times. Thdre are the four limbs, now at ease, now in dauger,—now as in old time. All these things I have heard, of, and seen, and gone through. A hundred years of them would'be more than'enough, and shall I wish the pain. protracted through a longer life?" His questioner answered, "If it be so, early death is better.thap long life. Let a man,go tcitrample on the pointed steel, or throw himself .into ~ the caldron, or flames, to get what he desires." Yang. Choo - answered, "No. Being ogee born, take; your life.asdt Comes, and endure it, And seeking to en joy yourself as you desire, so wait - the. approach of death. When you are about to die, treat ,the thing with indifference, and f endure and seek ing to accomplish your deiarture, so abandon yourself to annihilation. Bath death and life should be treated with indifference; they should both be endured,—Why trouble one's self about earliness or lateness in connection with them ?" Yaug ; Choo said: "The empire agrees in Con sidering Shtin ' Yu, Chow Kunz, and Confucius to have been the most admirable of men and in considering Ka. and Chow tolave'been the most wicked." ."Now Shun had to plow the ground on the South of the Ho, and to, play the potter by the Lug lake. His four limbs had not even a tem porary rest; for his Mouth and stomach, he could not find pleasant foOd and warm Clothing. No love of his parents restecrupon him ; no affection of his brothers and sisters. When he was thirty years old he had not been able to get the permis sion of his parents to marry. When Yaou at length resigned to him the throne, he was ad- vanced in age, his wisdom was decayed, his son, Shang-Kenn, proved without ability; and he fi nally had to resign the throne to Yu. Sorrow fully came he tolls death. Of all mortals never was one whose life was so worn anti inipoisoned as his. Kwan was required to reduce the deluged land twordtr, and when his labors were ineffec tual, he was put to death and Yu, his son ' had to undertake the task and serve his enemy. All his energies were spent on his labors with the land. A child was born to him, but he could not, foster it; he passed his door.withaut entering; his body became tent and ,IvithOred; the Skfti ; of his It_kds and feet became thick and callous. *hen at, length - Shun — resigned - to him the thrrone, lie lived in a low, mean house, while his' sacrificial cap and apron were . elegant. _.Sorrowfully ,came he to his ,death. Of ail mortals never was one whoSe' life was so saddened and 'embittered ei his On the death.of King' Woo, hig - son, King Shing was young. and- Weak:'Chow-Kung:had, to.nuder take all the imperialdnties.. The Duke,ot Shaou was disKred, and evil , reports spread, through the ethpire. Chow-Kurig had to reside three years in the East; he slew his elder brether, and banished" hisryounger ' scarcely' 'escapee with his life.. Sorrowfully came he te , hisdeath. Qf all. mortals,. never , NPs. ctrig , NtOse-lire ,Waa:l3o full ef hazards and terrprp as his. Confucius understood the way? of the ancient emperors and kinds: He" restkinded tO l 'the''inirit.ition'S the princes , of his time. The tree *ail etit'dotirniovdit him in. Sungl , the trasesofais fodtstepti were remoyed,in,Wei ;,:heyas ;reduced to, extremety in4Shang Chow, he was surrounded in Chin`, and Tiiip; he had to bend to the head of he was disgraced' ' `Ho`Hon'S'OrroVecilly came - he to' lis death. -I Oiall;iiiiultalerievek Was one so agitated and, lizirriecLas his.'.' "These four sages, during their life, had not days diitt they 444 had a grand fame AdtiYillliftet through myriads of,ages. But,, that farne z is.what none who cares for what is.rhal would _choose... Qclebrate,,,t,bein, —they-donot know it. Rewardithem . ,--they do not know it. Their fa - me ie no mote to , theM than` to thetrunk`Of it tree tifa clod of earth. On the other hand, Ka came into the. ac 7, cumulated wealth of. many generations ; to him belonged the honor' of the imperial peat ; wis doni'wits - enough tdMike hint Set, .at defia,nce . all belcy; his was enough tiishiik'd the empire. He indulged`the pleasures to;which his, eyes and ears prompted he carried,out.tyliateyer, it, came into his thoughtsto do. I,rightlyeame, he to his death.' Of all riiciitilSueer was one whose We' was Po luxurious arid diseipAekl'aii his!' Chow_ came into the accumulated, wealth of many generations.. to.hina belcin b cred!the taper , of the,ipu4 perial peat; ' his, power ,enabled. tedo yhgpver T he would ; his, will vfas everywhere ebeyedf,tte, indulged his feelings in all'. his iiilaces, gave the rein ' s lastshiethrAk,h' the' long nightli . he never Made-himself_ better by the-thought:'of propriefy and righteousness. Brightly Caine 1.110 to his destruction. Of all,mortals never, was one whose life traS,so abandoned .as his. "ThesetWo, villiting, during their lives, had the joy of gratifying their deAireia., •Since'theiedeaith; thethave had the evil ,faine , of folly and tyranriy.- B „ftjte i reality, of4onjeyatentia what no fame can give. Reproach ,them;-4ey do not know, it.' thein;---fhey do nog now it. Their ill farnc 'is no . rnbreto them than to the ti:unk:Of a tree as clod Of earth:" "To the four sages all admiration is given: Yet were their lives bitter to Ote,end, and, their, common lot wa r s death. To / thp, f two, villains, all, condemnation isgiven ; yet tlieir lives were plea, sant to the'last,`atid' theii coniihaa' life was Eke': wite death" ' ' Let the _above suffice to show , f the 'character ,o Yang ,Choo's,mind,and writings. ~,His teachings have no redeetning,, Aualities. His , reasonings, contain no 'elem'ent to countei•act His poison that', is in 'them. He never irises to the thought Of God. There are, he allow, such ideas as these' of propriety and rightebusne6i, but the effect;of them is merely to embitter and max the:enjoyment _of life. Fame is but a phantom which only the fool Will pursue. It is the same With all , at.deat,h. There theirbeini en 6: After that there' is but so4much putridity andXottenness: ; Mencius might welliday,.that if 'such " licenti mAs talk" were notarrested the path,ofhenevolence. and righteousness would be stopped up. Icyans's, principles had been' entertained; every "bond" of society WO'uld'l44e . been diSSolVetl2"' All' die' foundations of .order Would have -been , clestroyed: Vice, would have bechme rampant,, .itud would have been named,only tohave i been sePr,ne4: Doubtless it, was owing is itencius' „opposition. that the foul and dangerous cuireni, was. staYed. He raised 'up 'againSt it the 'billwaric 'of hintan nature, Tormed foi virtue:- :.He insisted'on bene volence, righteousness, propriety,fidelity as the no blest attributes, of, man's conduct. More, was needed but more he'could riot supply,, If he had had a living faith' in*Qoa, and had 'been in Pos session Of His reVealed'ivill,'the'Preient state of China might have been. very different. According .to. Dr. I d earre ' in summing up the sentiments of Yang blioo,the conclusion of the whole matter is ? "Let us eat, and drink; let us live in pleasure; ,graiily the ears and eyes; get servants and inaidenS,niiisic., beauty, wine; when the day is insufficient, carry it on through the night; EA.CH ONE•FOR H,IMSELF.", According to the Hebrew Preacher and: Sagle, "the conclusion of the whole matter " really is, Pear God aced keep .His commandments; for this• is the whole duty Of wean. For God shall bring every•worh into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil." T , entsidt, July, 156 8 ,... J. D. ;.'E''.:.THAXX • YOU." What a,eharcn in thcise two little words The first expressing, gratitude for a' favor received; the seeon,d:liestow k ing u the boon of gratitude; on the giver,of the favor. Blessed words I bearing reciprocal ,b,lessings both to ,the giver' and -rer! •4•1 - 1 , t' r. , On , one ,of.,the hottest Sabbaths of the _last hot summer I. Was invited in.the absence of the pastor, to preach ,to a ,large city congregation. ; If my boots did not, melt, it was because they were made of skih tougher than "my own epider mis'. The congre.ation xvas cOmniehdably 'atten . .! tive: It is hopeithat in so warm soil the re= suits of the good,seed,may.be thirty, sixty, or , an hundred fold. .As I came ftom the pulpit; one of the congregation said, " Tlkank you." 1 repeat—Messed Words I So much better than & t ten-crollar greenback. How much better than the bread and flesh brought by the ravens to, feed tie Lord's prophet by the brook Cherith ! Bet ter' than'the manna gathered in the wilderness of Sin : better even than the hot bread of the Gibe onites mentioned in the ninth chapter ortrOitu' a. How my heart swells to think of that " Thank you I" How it renews my strength for ,another sultry day's sermon. And how my very purse swells for joy that its owner's services were so Molly appreciated, FAHRENHEIT 20°. if? _ _ UNIC% TIEBOLOGICAL SEMINARY, The session.has begun with ,bright prospects. . , Professors arid h studentsave resunied work with alacrity and energy. The Professors enter' upon their duties a 4 though it afforded thetii peculiar pleasnre 'tio 'he withthe students.' Th 6, - lecture as though` they loved'their work, and esteemed it Priv.legd.". The students Of ` mon are not com pelled, to listen' to dull, prosy, monotonous lee= tares. 'i'lleinatiners of 'the Profess rs in the led ,• • tare-room; and 'their 'Ueda of inerileatin,g truth, do not l'ed the 'studerits inprario,'that they re dard their duties burd'ensorher Ur of iniiior . tanew: 'They are anxious ''' to'telunderistood; and wurk fertthat end.` They!Pot, only loVe.thei Stu PP.s.s.i!)),e warmer. They not only cog the studerits ; g: breth ren," but t;•ccietheril as such: • 'Ther'e'in no sense of ' enithot s Sepiratiori' 6tN•Pein 'PrOfeSiOrs 'and studeritsc. No such uciuld-be Written' about Union Seminary as we: read, a few•weeks•ago:•in! the independent about, Princeton • And , rlo ,you: not "suppose, that the zeal, love, and activity ,of the Professors bavetheir effe.et upon'the sttide ? Ilhey'returii to the SerninaryWithgeniiinetpleaSti are.;, They erieer thet elasizoom.as -tho Ugh; they esteem it, a , privilege Au : listen to,the Professors,, Every student,listenflo . ,everyproresq,Or with ,ii,n terest. tin see noindication on the part of the stn.: dents that they esteem ahil'ectiii-ekVi•P' or 1111iil ter-' etitfog,•:;•TrUthiiariitle `objective! It is presentied in such a:manner, that,youi desire to hear More• of it. You- lose - - sight of the ,tpan,in contempla ting the truth ; which lieresents., The Professors. deliver 'their lectures with such freshness ana earnestness;' that you would think they 'Were' going rover t thb, course - for the first time. Let-ms go:into Prof/Smith's. room. ,:'You are immediately...drawn toward: him, his , corclialiy of man ner., l; He is so earnest in. setting Aral the truth that yOu are involuntaillY lod 'And l ifie more' youliiten, the Mord pink:desire to.do so. 'lie' does not hold his -book') up before.his face und,read ,as thaigh. he wished, :he :could get i ont, of„ would ,npt, take...him tO bee self•-satisfied nian? r rior does his manner, WordS, his riotes make you pel that he , thinks lie has 'nothing MOrg-te leartr makes the Students;feel that he is a felloW-studeritl:•The interleaveCp,ages of AlisuOte..bOok-4a Slip Of.pa per inserted „here, anktherei 7 indinate ,that he,, is studying—that he i consideri hiS bilsiness of teach .,inghis"chretbnsine".4Litli'at 'hoc makes prepara: Lion for 'each '` lecture; aid 'that' iiiobably' he has something 318Wliviiich hedid riot- give to the last class. Eat, are theleffeets.of,thEise tiainga: lack of confidence in the ,übilify of the Profes sor or'in the completeness or truth of the System . 1 which lie`teielie4. 2. taell"gtride,rit, takeS notes -indicating, that he is - dux:icing 'to Rise not'h'ing: 3. Eachistudent, is,:q42d to go to theAecture:rooni. --,- r does nut, go ontuf mere poll teuess . .tp , the Proi, fessor , ; regrets when the hour hasj.xpirecl: Al the expiration' of the hour s•tudent, feels that he has been profited. 5., The P'r l o r tessiSr is not Only regardeiiisiith 'the profoundest 'respect, bat alsomithlfraternal love •• .c • T,46.,;Prfliess,qrs are approachable.,,t iton,do not feet i !oath t call : upon them. The. Professors :desire the students to call 'npin ,themand peatedlYindicate their readinesS to as'sist theihin anything. Prof. ilitcheoCk - said 'to' the Senior Class-the, other: dayl: "I. Will be happy to see you' at ,ray,room apy tiroe. • Alpbough am never idle, I, amalwaysat, yotir service. If you., have anyAlestions to Ican'asSist you in your, stu'diesL-if'l Can leililyouhOok=if I canhelp' you iiranything; it will afford } Me; pleashre to do student,rwho hadi spent two yearst at. '" Princeton," ,turned to. a., , clask,mate and,remark ed : " We never heard 'anythi 0. like that at Prineeton." Dr. Skinner has each'serdor to come to 4 his hOUse with -a — gerninii,'Macl gives him the benefit 'of •a iirivite and , careen' , exaniination of the, sermon. Ancl the venerable Doctor tells the students,thatypne reason why he• pursues .this method is, that he desires to beedme acquainted with and to learn- to love them. . " Union " is prosperous; 'We l have 'abOnt the same •number of. students thiit'were present last year ; . There are about : fifty names ,upon the roll. of the 'Senior Class.„ Five ,of.the, eniora are - - rem - 'Princeton Seminary.. — And ysst bete I desire l to call your attention to some' statements found irt*4 'Letter from Prince ton, N. J," .The Presbyterian" (0! S.) of September 19th., The writer begins rby,saying that, " The venerable building of,the Princetcn . Schools are again inhabited., In spite of, the fierce attacks of magazine and newSpaper L writers,' the place and the people th,enColpursue the .etlen tenerL:of their ways .2 . ll;the coolest manner iniagin able." I would; say to " this is precisely;, the trouble with Princeton. Some„ of these, at tac,ks which he refers to, were rather seVere, but they contained much triitte' is the ' ,enti trient of. some of Prineeto i n's ivainieiitcfriendsl regard to them.• The_ tenor of Princeton r,sl.” way is net . only' even, but ; also . exclAsiye,lor,mal and eminently unsocial, "The coolest maner, i maginable" froni * Self-SUircericy. One of the chief reageM4 why' the inkjiltity i df"‘Prinbeten alunini rejoice'that Dr: - Janibs'lletlosli is going, to. Princeton the,hope , that his' accession to the ".venerable schools?' will be the means of arousing "the place ,and, the pcople „thereof•r frOni the pursuit of " the even 'tenor ar their way," and of 'Changing ille" Vcioleeti mannei - iii"-- aginable." into Vt 4 wahnkst, heartiest, and: 93i6si' Chitist r likei mannner Leta',the_ Princeton ,scboels get i ont of the even ; tenor 0, their way," and throw aside "the coolest 'manner; imaginable," 'arid the number of studeiii6 Ab flock to the " fenerible'bilildino""wilrverY pidly ncrease. i ;1.;: Agin, 44 Caipai ". says; " the -Seminary has hardly ful,l Inurnber of students.. -The .Senieri class has dwindled down.' New 'School men craftily —I do not mean mickedly—offer large favors to students, and naturally Enough , they g et them. Some go to Union Seminary," &„c., " Caspar" cannot prove that " New School men craftily—l do not mean wickedly--offer large favors to stu .dents." On the other hand, look - into some of the back numbers of " The Presbyterian " at the advertisement for " Princeton Theological Semi nary," and see what unusual inducements were held out to students. "Some go to Union Semi- Paryrit is true. This year six came from Prince ton—one in the Middle Class and five in the Se nior,•Each pne i rejoices-that he is here r gulmsne regret tbat,t,bey aill.not, come sponer—.*t he "large favors" are not pecuniary-Because tiese students neither ask nor need such "large faC/olif". The large favors they receive in common . with all other'. students. bere_are,eicellent instructiOn,per sonal interest in their welfare, and the lack of"the coolest manner imaginahle." . " Caspar," -don't be jealous; neither misrepresent institutions or in divduals: ; I'. 44 bid f grind's ipeed in ,seekiiiklhe welfare of "Prineetop._ pipn" is much younger than. Princeton 1 ". but sh possesses many elements of, power.and vitality that Princeton would ,do well to adopt. . N. .13 it,. . l'eW York , September 21st, 1868. *17,E4 . 2,; ; REITOLUTIO*Wir AOSOq,ATIONa. One of the most,,strikingspoints in the,natnral history of rivem ie , the ierpetuall flowing of the stream, and 'arriong' . all' the Wonders, is the . oWilianency of the Divine arrangements to nr nish this constant supply.,.,, ?* this massive PO') overrun by wild.plautkand overshadowed by trees of centuries' growth. little stream is trickling down-frota,a..crevice, where thetip of,your , finger would stop-Alsillow, keeping moist a-patch of moss and; half„wasting itself in; the, kindly. office., That tiny,water is, the:„starting, of the• mighty:river. The origin of another : stream is some ,clear spripg, climbing up to the surface of ; .the_ eartVohrough unknown snlitorranean,passitges, and, amidst' the white, yielding sands, bursting tumultuously, like children; at play, into joyful life. Other rivers, like the.lll.ississippi;hcve their, origin in:fresh, clear lakes, which also must be filled froin be neath by innunierabfe springs and fountains, bleaking ny: from the howelS of the earth, , and He who fills the `seasand 'spileads the &dial:neat ,and gives to air, and earth, and water, their Sev ,eral properties, and keeps the globe in its -per pe'tnat's'ciing„ 'causes that, incessant round of 'Cloud-mhking,' dnoiv an d and internal flowing' arid breaking forth; whioh keep our rivers perpetually full•and flowing. , The-Thidsotris•associated•With the early history oft the land:- I haVe just returned from a visitto 'Dobbs' Ferry on thh , Eastern• bank of the;stream. It: is at the, town of Greenbush,•within the-limits Of which thehattle of: White was fought. Directly opposite,Dobbs'• Ferry in ,the little, vil lege of Tappan, was held the trial of .Major. Andre. Ilsre, also fitillotande aJpw r huilt _stone bows:, once used for •his prison, and near by is another stone structure, Opt formed, in those days, • the headquarters, of Ge,peral Washington. From an elevation a little further westward, overlooking tbe surrounding, country and near the boundary line of New Nosh apd,New'Jfersey . , the unfertu nate young effiCer, looked hisYasti upon the great' river and the glorious sky, and having been fairly •• and even 'compassuinately judged and 'blind guilty, there met his puniihment on the gibbet., The remains, dear to many hearts at, home, fifty years later, were conveyed to Westminster Abbey, but, dr gag of fig original ira•VO PreSelliecll3' liggitilEßnyt,kee.sy:rtlanted ,by.,,worthy hands„to keep sad sentinel over the once sacred spot. , • in g iiihq - friedd through • Irvingbori and Tarrytown, we .came • upon the very gpot - • .;.-. . where Andre was captured, which is marked by agirdendid granite shaft' and monument,.inseribed with the historic story; and I heard - ars-incident connected with this inemoria that deserves-tabe perpetuated. . ' .• • ltseems-that , the precise spot of the Capt - ufe is a few , feet distant, on the. opposite side .' - of a little brook called Andre's Brook, but the owner of the land, a white citizen; refused to part with the few square feet of earth , required for the pur pose. ,A colored citizen, however, - owning the other side,' not only,..che,erfully furnished the ground,.but refused cotap,ensation, and ; thus, in scribed his owl name,,though invisible, i on the rising monument.'. , From the, up venerable friend whose taste it is to hunt up the traditieus, of every remarkable le,arned.some particulars ab.lut the cap ture of Andre ;which show the Providential hand in a striking light. Of the three young AMericans engaged: in this great affair , Pauldin. - haeirgviously been taken by the British and carried to New Tork where he found a Prison' in tbe old Sugar House, in which, by all accounts; he saw the same kind of horrors, as were lately perpetrated at Anderson ville on our 4lnion - sofilieria."' Among other acts of friendship, young'Pauldliag was stripped of his decent clothing and had:to pick up the cast off rags of an En,glish soldier, in which he was clad when he was released and permitted to re turn home. The very, next day, he summoned his two.friends;Van Wirt-and Williams, and in his -British uniform, went out towards the • high way, oils _scout.- Leaving his two companions under the , trees,- Paulding, carrying his gun, went down to the road, lust,,as 4odre, who was to have gone do gone river from West . Point by the V.O.lll . 9 l rWaS passing ,on horseback., This, was a part of file Neutral Ground, which might account ° for an English spliier lyjno- round, and Andre, suppoAni;4l;kinkii' be r 111 when . challenged ng by betrayed 6;6 frank a confes- When Paulding declared himself to be an Ameribhn;Aitilre. tooletliegr'Oftn'd of tieing, also, an American 'going'oa I`uniCirtant duty, towards the enemy's lines. But the young Yankee was increduldifh,.'and "Mali:lug:hi` his - Caiipaitions were ready to believe his story and ac6 - ept his money and wateWAtidlet Paillaing;with an oath, refused, and upon- , searching his person, even to hia thatfatat'secretk-of Alas , errand was re vealed. Then Andrelireposed, that if' one of their numbers viould 'carry.theo.,papers safely to New York, he remaining a hOstage, they should receiel l o,ooo-guineat i tO divide among themsel ves, provided he himself yviras then released; but again ~Rauld2ng was ftrukogainst the golden bait. though;,it.fs ,say 4, t,ho other two,would have ac cepted the bargain. And so was Andre taken. Yours in haste, W. W. TAYLOR.
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