mfritait Eri,sl"tstfriait.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1869
REV. JOHN W. MEARS, D. D., Editor.
1334 Chestnut Street, Philade/Worth
TIE EDITORIAL COMMITTEE.
Rev. Z. DI Humphrey, D.D., Pastor of Calvary
Church.
Rev. Herrick Johnson, D. D., Pastor of the
First Chareh.
Rev. Danl. March. D.D., Pastor of Clinton St.
Church.
Rev. Peter Stryker, D.D., Pastor of N. Broad
St. Church. ,
Rev. George F. 'Winne D.D., Pastor of Green
11111 Church.
Der. E. E. Adams, D. D., Prot in Lineups Uni
versity.
R#v. Samuel IV. Duffield, Special Ccir
eespondeut. •
Mr. Robert E. Thompson will continuetoipt
as Editor of the News Department.
Correspondents in every Preabytery and
Synod will promptly, furnish us with fresh) items
of news from,' their ,respeotive
~ • , .
taii• Not eS.Of Portland, Ate., Impressions' of
Europe,' d'11: B. 0.," Pyramids dud
the Mosaic Chronology, Page :Bditor'S Ta
tialsey Dunn ing, (,Sermon" Concluged),
llon2ish Church ( !tenth.) Page 3rd,; Pepiputki
Bymn. Firinness of-RetiOons Principle& DicsS,
ing at Saratoga, Budget of Anecd'otes,'Misiitni
ary kilns, Page dig Bel:gious Int4tigetice,
Page 7th: . ". "1"
18chool advertisements • are :inserted , iat 0ne
i11.44 dedticiion when .payment` mad? strictly
in. adv * ance, ' :
-You can , i)iy your own . subscription for .2
year, bylentling its two' new names and five dol
lars at one r'emitt ' ance. "
—The tattle of
. the nun imprisotied'in C,ra
cow for, twenty.one Years, and lately released,',
_the -governtnent, is Barbara , ,Ubryk. The =filet
—known only in:-convent: circles' beforeivas
revealed by an anonymous' letter; in Woman's
hand-writing, 'addiesse'd the atithorkies. 'Her
cell was 'only seven paces ,long by six , wide,
containing all kinds ,of .filth, and without the
slightest, decent accommodations—no chair, bed
or table. It was warmed neither by fire nor sun
light, and' yet the - Woman Was , destitute of all
clothing! Tlfe bishop teemS 'to hare' been
, beeig
norant of the, outrage, and has suspended , the
father confessor , • and the superioiess. It, is also
said that he will dissolve. the •convent. The
Attorney General has taken ;the matter indiand.
—The New York lima says':—" The.
.Water
street' Mission; having outlived the 'reaction
which, set in upon it, according to the law`of most ,
undertakings, seems to be really doing . gOod l and
to deserve support. Here is an account. of
poor woMen `taken away from the Wretched '
cellars of that neighborhood, and along with
these, fifty drunkards fished out,—and twenty of
them earning their decent livings, to' say nothing
of the ' Bttnday-school—though we' would say
some thing ,of it—with its eighty yupijs, who in
going to it .certainly show• a resolute purpose to
be goOd. The directors .are doing a. good work,
wittr little public applamie; and we, hope , :they
may , procure the $1.5,00u which they want to
build their 'house.
FROM 0111 ROORESTER',OORREPONDERT,
ITEMS
We see it reported that. twenty-tiin nonviets
were, received at Antolini pris . ' on 'tn the'nionth
July—four in one day and from, one Of our
smaller cities.
We have no doubt that fifteen of-tbose , twenty=
two convicts Would now be Uptight' and useful
e u l ., •
citizens, if it were not for the grUg 7 shops of 'our
land. We license, authorize and establish , the
temptation at every corner, of tbe etreett3, and
then punish men for falling into it; "set the trap
and then blame the silly prey for being caught
•=- , We gee also that Supt. , Day, of the. Inebriates
Asylum at Bingliainpten, thinks that no Aitem
perate person can'really' reform except by
strong exercise •of will, great deterplination.
The world's experienceproves that rto,confirmed,
inebriate is. sake until h,) gets the grace of God
to 'help him. •, 'f,Great determination" may be'
better, than, willing weakness.; ;bun after the will
has once-been broken dowtyand-the- conscience
•
debauched byf,liesecrimilinl indulgences, man's' -
strongesedeterinination inllimtself is only weakl.
4 """
:190.1iave in our city a young ,:nian2ist profes-
Biondi life, whOwilas'tiltd. a great nuinttipies in
has own strength to reform ? but all ikyaitti
would run well for a few weeks, anh then itt•
some evil hour, the temptation would again be
too much for him, and he would desee9d to the
l H
oWest.depths of degiadation.. 'e now'sees and
acknowledges that his :only tope' Godi, his
only lafety, in being a true Christian and get
ting divine..lielpr With which' to 'battle agairist'
his deadly „enetny.: 'We would that every poor”'
inebriate, who,tries to reform, could be made to,
understand this, and seek at once that help with.,
out, which nothing *awe,
—The Pratihitaritti 'gaiety of Clinton ace
preparing, tcombelliah andiniiroVe their church
edifice very considerably; ,find have also com ,
mewed the erection of a chapel. It has been
qUit.i'lEeiter t ali? supposed that a new elfpich
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1869.
would soon be erected there. We have thought
the time had come for it, and that a large, and
more eligible church-edifice would add consider
ably to the congregation. It certainly would be
a great convenience at commencements. But
the Society know their own affairs best.
We are glad they are about to get an admir
able pastor. Mr. Hudson is beloved by his con
gregation at North-east. They will not willingly
part with him; and yet be is eminently qualified
for the important position to illicit he is called,
at Clinton, and we doubt not will make himself
acceptable And useful in. that oommunitY. We
hope a great blessing will follow'him to thi3'hevi
field of labor.
—The indefatigable Dr, Gcertuerwaii in
our city a, few days ,since, looking. ~after. the
interests of .Hamilton trying
to show some" of our rich" thin irilhnr the very
best things they can pessibl3r with: their
money. wants $lOO,OOO, more pr 6, to endoW
a scientific course, for Hamilton.; oWbere is the
man that will' give -Mk hitinci:to Itieh a -pellarth
men; , of this . : admirable in?tituti a opy: ItwOnid`
he h o norh y r°wil?iN4Afir;flPi Pa4o l Og:3Tors•
it would. be deing.goo'cl,longgt i erithe,donorhadfl
passed from , earthly Scenes: :Itsvibuld be fiJsert.
of inithortality of honor , aniluErefulnnss worth far
More. than the $100,060' ht. might cOst. W i lt&
- speaks for the prize ;)
We learg
.t.hat, , 44ll9;Proof edifice for thp
Cabjitet and , ,Maintings 'of Ingham University is.
progressing finely, under Airs. -Staunton's guicl
inc.o - 'bend, It he a valuable idditie6ild the' l
buildings ,of the institution, and will enable its
numerous friends to.thin.k Intiol? Wore 0 9mfort,r*
ably of those• treiduresAif , isoience Land: of, art
when once they securely' housed lt
would be a great leis ituleed if Some
, =
day they should he. evoitred by the flatues.
are , worth all the 'security that canhethrnwn
around them. ' " 1 . ' . 1 `
—We hear:that Reti Pliny PAanborne has'
received a' Mos i t'WekoMf
his 'new'
pastorate in Springfield. His, sa;ary, ;ktuu ,
and ,parsonage; which last the people, :have,
ibeen enlarging', and pitting in: .complete order;
beside this, he and 'his , family are reeeiving
daily proofs of yeople!s 'loadriess
presents ,of usefntaud - , valuable things pour
ingi in upon them, HeiS. 'remembered in,West
Bloomfield, where, ,, he spent , twelve years, AS
most industriouiiiiiii, efficient pastor. "Bubb ,we
do not doubt, he 11 be in dfi. '
*F• DrE,(WIFIOYI itt,tilarn ie Ina*
;happy: recipient of pursecif $5OO from ,MEA. ap
preciatiieand'iovingleoPle., This isperhaPs the
more complimentary Trani), the fact that they are
now engaged in building a very expensive`
They still have something handsome, for teir
,esteemed-pastor.,. ,
.4-11.'ev.. "Myron Adams' accepts : the invitation
to' hn'Preibiterian church- of Dinikirk," and
•
4 - p,e,ces k enter i i rpOri his new :field' . of lahOr
about the first of Septexuher.
-,Rev.- O. H. Seymour of Hamoiondsport I:ape
received and aCcepted',a call to• thePreabyteriah.
Ohurch of; Trumausbarg.' " • '''
.1 L . • !
'the First Presbyterian church .oft,P9 l T l
have sent a . 001 Europe- for the" services of
Rev:Dr. linOtkil linmel ; *" • , '
IMMIIIII
Rochester August 7 , 1869
Ai PEiTtrit.
.111emorial notice. ,of Jill John' za. P/drk i • ; of St.
George's; Delaware, joxstor ,•i.Reti
• B ea l e . , dwit . A
Mr: Joh n"o'.. departed life On
Thursday
~'night,,4lyl,i,he.:otii,'.:lB69, in the:
71st year of his. age,lt tkorn,in ,this
ion , the .6th of 'March; 1799.1 'The Clark family
'emigrated: to Delaiiire: Fiera : the' State.'orNew
York. From what "foreign 'co'untry they` immi
grated thither is not,„knolyp
..,letween the, yearq j
i/.7301and , 1736,:0ne Captain': Clark.: commanded.
a vessel, which:sailed- fkont , New Oastle.,tcrisiew,
Yuri city. 'This - Captain-OM& was • the .great
greakgrandrather of the deceased. He had a
son J 6,4,. who vies the,greal.grandfather, o'l4 .
deceased, ,and who was liorn •on the ,11fili of,
jannary,. MO: ffohn. , Clark, then a . young,
man, was. accustom* to' accompany 'his father,
the' CaptOri in his voyi#S . on the.vessel re
kekTed, to. , , ,
One day, a young widow Hadley, , who..iivetl
upon and mined- a farm] in !this neighbbrh'hody.
'took passage on Captain ;Clark's' vessel 'af
Castle, l'ohnd , for eiV York - w tourin'g the ' voy.'
age a t congental intimacy sprung iip IBgtweenj
young Clark angl'Mis:9ladley;:whieti,lly ad
n
by, 'ripened into ''affectinn, ',and tertnidafecl in'
marriage. They settld& 'OW the -farm '-iliedd3r
alluded' to, and which 'the' "youngeeP obit of' the'
deceased' now liVes
From 'this pair sprang the . - riro Clark eon.'
nesiOn Of this region.:- The name of one, of their'
iho was horn onibe 12th' of OctOber,'l737,
who died' on the 16iii of ..slay, was
Thii 'Person 'Was the grandfather of the
ded4ied. ' lie' lived and died in' this 'neighbor
hood.
Oceorge• - •Clark i 'son of John, just mentioned,
.and tither of the , deceased; `was born Red
Lion Hundrect,. .September 4th; 1767, and de
,
'Parted this'life, December 1838. lie was .a
I:nan'of good mind and manners —a man of un-
Comolow popularity and influence in the com
munity. ileidied in the triumph of faith in the
:72d•year of his:age.
'Thus, the deceased , belonged to a pious family,
being bOrlr' , withili the pale . off that covenant,
which is well , orderedoinllall 'thing§ .and . .sure;
andlo whichlkirtains 'gm. blessed _promise : ".1
GENESEE
IS gelMl
will be a God to thee,aad to thy seed after
thee."
Although he had the disadvantage of losing
his mother early, he was th)roughly instructed
in the principles of our 'holy religion, by his
most excellent father, and his amiable step-
Mother. So perfetly had they taught, him that
matchless form of .sound words—the Shorter
Catechism, that, until . the day of his death, he
could repeat, it accurately . J,ust as the pious
instructions of' Eunice and tiis, the mother and
the grandmother of TiMothy,llaid the
of his, future character, so :this early training
gave shape and definiteness '
to the views of the
deceased, :and fitted him fer after usefulness. '''
It.,is yelieved„phat the late :31r,Itetiert. Porter, •
.of Wilmington; .who , y,tiet , 'universally, esteem ed cineer the holieit of m e n wi*.' so remark-,
able, :for his piety that, at :Ill's death, ; the Ilev.
Or. Gilbert, contrary. to his invariable . . .citstom;
, preached ' a ; funeral .sertnon,-it, is belieVek.that •
that
,goil:* L an was . the init'Atatent,;,in t'he i hands ,
.of ded; of .our trieed4s. 130 VT:sip - li', ,
~ titip: . oc
curred.-when M.,c Oark.: 4 kat f,,i., sehOoli;n4d.yet; irk
hie. *co., - ,FroW 31141 'lime: at
he, ziew in
- grace and IcpowleAge Li 44e, grew,r . statore,land
, , , . , ~q- ad4rlailecti
ad 4 rlailecti in Years. . . ' .. •
, ,;. ~ litt •- . ;: , ...;;•;.' , .;i . i;!.. ,; ~.,i
, 40 in every buing: pse so iit.,re % lo p, 91,_ ?la
rit;ithi,eihs: halve il. but,. from 'ilit , t0„1,q,q;,,.h . ; was
IWhii,le'llearted qt,i*,ikek.: . .ti
.*., - .lt. abott:deing.
gitt4 telieVingrit; to be; hiaLhailiiness and slaty
L bl e pi. p ; , ! 4; benefit ob f cre,!ffis, early , , v ital vety,
gViistiati . . ili44,y 4114, spirit' for eartiesi l " i work
r ekin,e94,omeive l s, al sonl947esep .well
.reiirl e l m
,hoiir, la, l h is ; ',9rgkeizOg7 end .dionduCtiogrp,'"ip,yer
ipectikg
j ai, ' Franjihn„' Sehool', Ilourre,'; neal.:lx.fifty. i
,yema r igo ; ', Thus, la.,the' fervor Of hie' first !eye, ;
tik . exhiliited a 7.91 land devotitte whielt,:ecitti,
Anii4d , the reSpeel f p.l-4:o9irifidpodaslfiihi; entire._ . c9 . 9ikilaiij; - tp ee l exteit thit'few ,young. .men :
l ever
,attain; and It1:0 ; was the.mOreremarkiible;,
,that, i n these days Ole - young Men' reset frequently ;
Made 'p.rk pawn of re.. %too ,
~
,i . ...
As an evidence of` hii preminen ce . and pepu-,.,
k
larityln i the chute ,of hieh, he was then ,, and,:
, 'until his death , . coquetted (f.t.,' be, a Worthy' Mem
',Yet., heivals alacted i arviTor'itaip44.liig,alieg Eli', er I
, before ' 'he ~:was t.4nt,jr,itearis of ' age, in Which
'office he'has 'a4iiiely served;
~the ',,St; in which
1
Church for more than' halta'`c'en'tni.',, E ' . ,
: • Mr, 'Clark ' was 'Married
,te 3110 ' Elizehet.h
i3eyholit'SiitY 1 1.8 . ,(14141.2:6,; and 'hence ha r d lived
in that sacred' ;•eititi,oti fottitore' than forty - three.
I ..i , eiiit t li: . ' F' i rein - Whitt 1,1. heir': seen 'and froth, Wliat,l :
have heard:J . aMPreparetl tot affirm iti#: . t.):kord
'eoued i l4iit'hi4 ' been. amore ` kind, devOted' and.
'noble 'i l ikiiii'''''"' consider , 446iW i alreAleha'l6'
no e us „ora, , .
~,, „ . .
r , , ;
~'ilte'l a ail,lii6tie,fzigler,lthae,Mi'Olitrk: ' -
~ . 1
' l Th er'e have been tivelVe . ..ilOcifie this family,
five of mtiom have preceded : their fiitheileto the:
eternal i 'WOrld. ' i,
,„ . -
! 'lt was the heart. alseige'tNat,reMoVed our aged.
brdiliei. l . 1 Fcii.'Wevel4 ';Vears'he 14a suffered' beck
ajOiiail.t:.-troe thli• soiree, yet` only for .the, last
\ i
two'or - thr4 ' - year:i ilad' „ thetie'ittpaCks been very
severe or frfgi,oo,', 'str . o, - y - 9a63' age.his'like was;
'ilespai'ied.'of;' . .bitt,''f' mm . that''steittliore. spell' h -
seoinet itib, , ire eat( ly'.echtiered.'''' During the::
present sumtner 'ty attack ' s' kiiict . be"e"n very fre,: -
lu,
flUe i nt, sudden: and t o rtning., 'Again and again.
'l4s, sons , oear.l;i;y - have iteen` eixtuinened : Tiorta: their 3
;homes tells 'bed'sid ' inAhe "iiiglit'-tiMe.'ict 'see.
their 'lther'die: OA riday night, iTri.ilk . 4" , ,3 - di, be
'came Within a - stag' f 'death.; and 'On' Tuesday •
last his. attacks' were iiieely i leae severe; 'bat the,
!f - : . • • . for his
• "... debar i.i . .. 0 11 l'ji .1 ' p et )1 , ....) . .4 • ~
set, time tor : uts
On Wednesday; theSth, T he felt so nniell'hetter.'
'that, but for the, ear` est:etitreaty of his: fa inily
tio'',;:ov.o4..'wdv 'titan ed ' a 'Meeting 'of .the 'Trus- ,
i
teo. of thel i oot, till ailhe'eitiOf Wilotiagion'. , 1
On the day ' lif - ' l.i s 'dCatfir he' iiiited ',DelaWare
Oity' r otilusiliesit,,antf, i ' on return , called atthe/
'houses' Of three"Ot ' his. - suns '' 'having 'reaChed!
'hotne;. and taken, 6; he' Catered into ' cheerful
conversation with, his"Aiar r 'fly' .. i , r t ,': :i ' ''' '. ', ' :; i •;;,,
It was no* tittle for' j ", family`illity,":iii he was
'aiviayd'aectisteiiiii " Call the ''Verting i alid'aticitiny3
ion
. 1 ,_. -41 , , 7 , .1,- ~ ~ - 1.4.: y 14,41
" devotions 1. Ate
,prayer . he t offered moet.
tarteat l*titiciis' dr::,tilt iheiiieighbore arotitatlVl
tckall, the mend: 4 i i :n't hkflitallYi''Ycii:hilltisto, r ; , l
iihe',4ii te6ii w ii . .. the for ( two' or 'three
,d a ys, and' IbPali. ~thechterAfa of the hifeVed,
eh nrch, 'which' ,Wite'''4'iieW.' to . : ilig=ll l eai:: '. ill&
- Very eitneStli'hesithilit ; 613Ifibit,:hriithekly:Icind-1
ness, sincere .affeetion''''ilid''Chriiiiiii . Charity :
:Might:prevail - it t''.iiii'Ohlite'cii 'and 'COngregation,
'and`that the 'ACtibleasi:4'6f God' liiight,"4tend
the labors'Of - him'Wlie.iit'atids'on 'this .iiittch4ower.
„
Although ifitinil4 , Ver,e; it the t,itne,'deeply
impressed Witii'ttiefr'eeantn'aini. the fervor ef the
prayer'; did. his 'ink and . daughter suppose
they were' hear l i4 iliaoanilliar-voice in prayer
for the 'la'st tiine ItNii 'll4 'half 'paat'inine
o'clock: """ ...,t .'Tr,
As Mr. 'Mirk!' Wisietirin,Ohe; clObir struck
the hour " Of and'''he'''Obsdiieil 22 ."Thatia
teh—ati" 'tEi iusia ut ortt
tinir had elapsed before the fear.
`thkt he was about` to' have one' Of"his F iekablie
pain, and suffocation - ' ' 'Shop his Wife *sin' eon
"i'inced that hid feirs 'ware' not `nem:nide& He
- arose in Pain' and difficulty lof
l breat - Pino. • 'put he did' 'tide seem to' be' nearly
. 2 l ldi
ill as he had offal lider before 1 ' 'lre prayed,
" Lord J,esus,'havn liseicy l ort a'poor ainner." ;He:
said to his' wire, "I ariC•resirful ;We'll be 'alone."'
said 'she, "the us:" " Tea,
atilt': is truezi-Hod'. , .'ia hirer- he laintlyi•eplied;
and reclinirifffipon l the ) hid, Jib 'lnveathed'hia life •
out sw44tlY Aare, without alitfitiale or 'a l 'inOunr.
Thui'beeillired thefiratt dakth' our dorgiega
' current yeai. ; this' dsleep tin.
Jd;sue our Oldest Riling Rider, 'and Main' pillar
the Ohnicli.; and Ails ''depart'ed 'one `.of the.
purest,' and
,best"of
I meri it has- ever 'ibeen ;the
apealea'4Pi' f ivil'ega n W inait!""
When' lie di'd,"iincl as he did, so be
•
loved, so lamented, 'and' with 'such 'a yedod :
ing e4rt` home fetid in his Olin lied', without
a half-hour's'suffering, and zu the full' use of his
reason; full 9f ,years and full of • honors,, arid,'
'best, of' all,. dYing in' 'thav dedeptance of God land..
with' 1-neatness for the '''gldry. , land, surelY, these
are c ircumstances of coiifort:and of Mercy , con=
'ridded 'with this Afflictive'disPensation. ' •
Only thdfday before his 'death he was asked
thel4uestion; if he did not fear to die, to which•
he -promptly replied : " Of course I 'feel very
solemn whet I have my severe attacks, but I
cannot say that I fear, death either., at such
tittles, or at any time. I feel satisfied , that I am
prepared' to• go." And he did approach death—.
Like. one Who wraps trip' drape ry of his couch
tiout him. and lies pleasant'dreams?'''
What a privilege to die thus! and what a priv
lege to see one die thus!
At home and abrold Mr. Clark was an emi
nently social man. He was most affectionate in
his own family. He loved to have frequent
family reunions. None that were present will
ever forget his joy, as, on the seventieth anni
versary of his birth, he bad gathered around him
his children 'and grandchildren with a few others
including 'his pastor's family, in his palatial
residence at " Prospect Fair."
He loved little children, and little children
loved him. . He was a generous and noble-hearted
friend, and he made friends wherever he went.
He was perfectly trau'sparent, for you knew him
at the first interview'; and' all after acquaintance
served to. ratify and itierea.se the, favorable opin
iop you thee ,formed.,of Ate, man. was given ,
to hospitality. One always felt at home in his
ouse. . .
Taking in acoonnt the slender'Opp l ertUnities
-for , eduCatien , hel possessed •in =his youth' , his
knowledge was both accurate and'extensi*e, He
was-•a-great—reader; and- remembered -well—what
he read.
It was kitis'ait'Whge to;riae over the neigh- .
borkood with the deceased, an to have him.givo
the history. of .41aoh„farm ; family as you
pasged'ibitils•s4;" a'plebsure to bear
hitte:reboUnt the indidetiteof big childhood , .and ,
yontli;swiih "Whih his faithfully retentive mem
ory was well lided:'• • • •
=Ho, early "bed: mid egrly, to. riie: He
never` snioke' u n eigat or cheWed! ttobaceo. •He
had alWitys \been' ternper.ite lin 'elf! things.
I With - very !deeilled• opinionk ind, deep! Oonvto
%don' .he was, al ways !Atfaithful fearless :advocate
of ,what he; believed. to•be the truth. And when
&vet:. occarion :vaned , for,it, he Would !freely%
frankly and !kindly ••express hin'leanscientiotte
and well matuted.convictions; No; matqin this
tegioni;iras :more; active = and., influential -in the
!'.temperance cause than hp .was/ I . i • r •
Although. litr:ielatki had! been for imany years
a -Director-of Delaware !College, President:of the
Board: of !;Trustees ,ef !the! Poor fot New Castle
count:y, ;a :Bank . Officer, 10.tm i .yet Aelatever
held any high political .trust, -nor: did lie seen to
!desire it.; 7.13 he 4.ely! office The was ever heard to
say he wished to fill was that of Trustee ;of the.
Poor., lie-reinarked to eifriend When Once his
name was ; mentioned! An! , connection with the
;Gubernatorial: .Chaiti "I.lfitd), rather !!be.Trustee
;of the Pocir than tGovernor.of the State.!'', •
• It >is -airriosb superfluous Ito .say." that, gig
Church:: ntostl , rif all , engaged his thoughts' and ,
plans and tprayers.,.l.llhe• morning of his last day
onlearth .wes,spent inhiconversing with 'his pastor
about the'hearly Aistory:. of , the. 'St:, Oreerge's
church: I :assisted hii*in , searching ,his
for the life,..ot Dr.i John , Rodgers; the 'first:stated'
'Pastor ofdthis ;eiturch,-,whioh, ,when: found, he
listened' Ito tiret.reading of with fixed attention
and intense' defight-,stoPping :the reader here
aid there to explain •.a little, or to throw- in*
incident, 'dr an. anecdote, ',which :tradition had'
handed,down
Jerusalem was , above .;his chief , joy, Never
. needlessly absentl , from the sanctuary himself, it,
al*ays-giieved; him) to:lrmow of. the l absence of,
-others. Fer.)minyl years ..hel:had been in,the
habit/ of: Making outland 16,ndi ag, to the pastor,
allist.of absenteeb from.the Cloinmunion Table. ,
Thns, in this presnce, I pronounce Mr. Clark
, to . .have 'been tomodel iman.ia'tmottel •Christian„
and a model elder.l , Faulti•he .may' haves had r e;
•be Must :have had—but I.know.mot; what :theY
iserti: •' ,r.;
No -trrafrhates =unwarranted praise• of , the dead
iilore than do ; lbit 'it is:due to truth ; and:no of
fence to , vhiepropiieties - of the occasion') to - assert
I that those whir knew the decease& the best‘ , held
&lin in ' , the ihighest -esteem—t-that le did - more for
:the , Churelvor which' he w'as a= mdmber than any
one .thatEsurvivesrlata--that , the r odor •of his
name, in all this - rdgieri bf , countiry; twill bet Sweet
!Mr; yiirs-andsjreies-- , 4hkt,- although le \was 'one
of; the , weal thiest men ;in State of 'Delaware; he'was ,
Onebf m6stonlodest and .unassnming of her cid
z4ni--1-artd-Ithntrmhat he was, in most respects we
- all-may idesire to become. t.
+"•;' His industry, integrity: 'and ; genial- manners;
joined , to> hiS •early piety; and knOviledge. ithe
Serintnies, makes thimsaiitiodel for-the - study and:
imitation of , our ' , young. men. .We ; tare ac-t
Clistorrted to - Study the fivei tin - & , characters , Of 'our,
men, and 'strive to bop' after them; when
perhaps - , cani , scardely lira* a - single , lesson of
practical wisdom :from' thilnce adapteci to mir
,sphere in life..Of what -value;; ieximplei,; are'
:the ' , lives; of most of tour •: statesmen, poets and,
philosoPhers ? I Of; wliat , viilue to us las: models of,
integrity, - virtne, ,and piety - are , the. hies of Vol-.
tdire;i Chesierfield, , and oßyron . ,l dr. Alexander,
ind --Napoleon? ItilVliot• the lives of
thcie natin,'oi such as these, thattwe. should study
or Strive to imitate: 'We ineeed :no more Ciesars
or Brous; for Bottapartes, tOrttlrctltaires, ;bUt we
'ad , de,ed , mord upright; downright', devoted- 0 h
like: else - deceased:l' And life and' faboi:.4;
bia-;aimingti .and his - , doings, - furnish more real:
wisdom; for es who are left:, behind him than all!
they biographies of all the C.Tgars. ; , 4,1
• Tilt !TOTAL EOLIiitt..OP Avetuszi.vie
l'rlitiettital solar eclipie , of 1869 basibeeppnidie
ielciselYland successfully Observed than :Agny pre.:
vitittsVienoinenon of , the , sanie class.. citimay be
gradyin'g to , the , national pride of 'l3otne t tio know
'tihat'vhis ccittutryalready contains tt; greater , num
lbe`i of large'*efrictdrei thin. can' beufound in any'
one' kingdOni ,- ofith'e Old' World ~c irett, ,n one of
ihde, owing to 'positicinccould, be brqught
into ~r equisition', f or • observing: the. total eclipse.
Our astren r cenersfhave been obliged ,toltrivel•litib
,
'dreds,- and,' , in sortie instants; thousarids.of
'tci'reach: the poirite of observation, on' the line lei'
totality to :which they were severally assigned_
A party of scientific .observers, itrelu r 'ding :
Prof. Winlock , of , Harvard; Alvan Clark, and
others', obtained' Borne gratifying reghlts at Sheltcy. l
Ky ; and 'tank. several.'photouraphs of tti.e
stin. ' .The 'red protuberances; and Bdily's , beacts:
were distinetly visible:'Prof. Winlock obseived
eleven ',bright- lines-in the spectrum', only 'five
having been previously determined.,' Near Spring
`field, 11l party under the coast Burr* made
observations. They were aided :by Prof. Pierce,
of HarVard, Prof Twining, of Yale, a" Professor
from !Canada, , and-the Hon. Alex. Evans, former
ly N. 0:, from llaryland', spoken -of !, as' an en
thusiastic :amateUr astranomer.., The party was
favored with remarkably fine weather. - . As , the
eifipse progressed ; thle photographic .paity took
impressions rapidly, and recorded at the sam e
time the instant of obtaining their pictures. N, t
less than 235 photographic impressions of the
sun were taken from the beginning to the elo.i e
of the eclipse. At 4 h ,45 mm., the diminutio n
of light was very perceptible, and at 5 o'clock a
singular leaden hue began to spread over the
heavens, especially toward the north-west. A t
three minutes past 5, or a little more than two
minutes before the total obscuration, the planet
Venus was seen. Within six seconds of the pre.
diction, the last rays of the sun disappeared, and
that instant the corona burst forth in all its
splendor and beauty. Another moment and the
red flash of a protuberance burst forth on the
left hand limb of the sun, like a tongue Of 'flame
jetting out horizontally. Boon another jet flash
ed vertically downward from the . lowest limb of
the sun. sOthers, observing with the aid of the
telescope, saw several more of these protuberances.
Me'tnwhile the heavens had darkened sufficiently
to permit
.a;iiew - of the following planets and
stars; besides' Venus ; Mercury, Mars, Sa
.turn,.ftegulus and Arcturus. -.A herd of cattle
feeding at a little distanee from the reservoir did
not Seem to pay any .attention to the change.
The heriion ail' around was lightened up by a
fibre of dini - tWilight, for four Of'fiie . degrees in
breadth; Mid.above this rim of light Ming a dark,
leaden canopy, increasing ini depth of shade to.
ward the zenith. Suddenly the .sun burst out
again from behind the beaptifid corona, and
almest instantly the corona and red protuber
anceS- vertisbed:` . The spectrOsicrope was not
employed' ici; the observatientnit - this Idace, nearly
Alb toe iinstrutnents, and ; those, skilled in their
Ase,„ ;haying gone to Slielbh ; and Des
Moines, lowa. • Most of the astrouemioal obser
veikof thig *Hose hale 'cOnaeqo the conclusion
that by'lltilithe greater 'part. of the phenomenon
called t hveorwm, if:notithe t -ifhole of-it belongs
to ,our °w i n Atmosphereirather,than toany.atmos
phere.either of the sun or moon. . • ,
AtDes Moines, lowa, extensive preparations
`had bean'made by the — United' States" Naval
'Acadealy, -by the !United' States'•Coast Survey,
and: •by.itnembers..of. the Burgeon-Generals office
of the United ,States Army ,of Observation, on the
light - and - heat Of the''.4ati, `witli' the apeetiescope,
land -for .takiliglibetogralihic 'negatives of the
eclipse basil •ittst phkses-il While ,Prof.:Peters, with
an
,itple,;4,3orps ,of Assistants from Hamilton Col
lagayN. fitted` out by, the munificent, donation
Litchfield, if". ! Brookl,iti, was prepared
tiNbsetikte 'all the phendiziena which might he of
thiterost. tiethe world. ;The central line of totality
was cdiseffeked :nineteen- miles north of
p A ,,4l„ s iinp,,t)y, a variation of, fourteen seconds in
the actual,tiine of commencement of the eclipse
iroin that Balled for 'for iu preViouti caleulations.
.The'correspondent of The Tlibitne says' C.With
thito•very .slighV delay; :the - eXhibitiOn !began,
and ,the shadow swept from the northwest tp.the
southeast
,in majestic
As
the
a
sun into crescent. As the.moon advanced, the
jagged outline 'of its' surface projected Upon the
Clear face of the `sun' formed an -undulating line
of inky, blackness upon asilver base; and.oansed
some, of the most interesting phenomena ire
ceding the total ,obscuration. When about five
sixths obscured this line reminded me of the
outline of the CatskillOs seen from the-Hud
son, and at. the:ttonthwestern point ot the ores
cent,.at lune tiine, a projection on the Moon's
surface swerved the.line °Atha sun's rim; and a
strip of silver . , abont r seven degrees in length,
where the'san was "still seen through a valley on
tlie . moon's Surface,`. 7 .Wliblly ' separate from the
crescent, shone for.nearly:ten - seconds before the
advancing satellite,entirely obscured
.;But
,the glory, of a total. eclipse,ia, its ,totality, and
soon the pallor of the. adv.spoing shadow,,spread
an indescribable glOdrn the whole-fade of
nature. Dogs affrighted ; ran howling to their
kgnnels ; a flock of.,,turk:eys, surprised that night
had found them se" far from their accustomed
roost, ran` hurriedly to cover, and 'birds and ani
nials showed the utmost Signs of fear.. On swept
the swift moon, and its shadow, dike a.pall; black
.eneti the. earth until; as- ! suddenly as a, candle is
e t tuffe j j.
_the sua'.is last rays were obscured, and
then, with a
I lMo_ ofiglory,_ the jagged outline
of 'the cormia'sliOne UM-behind' the 'black moon,
Which . seerriedniiitionlesS i tatuf pink-colored flames
marked., theDprotubelenceS which Astronomers
intently; stqclying.„ J l.n this case they, shot
,eitt from-the : sine's surface• certainly not less than
from 50;000 . to 75;0d0, miles and sliiiiie;With a
brilliant, rosylustre:' 'lVlercu4 #4sektrecNiii the
instant that the sun 'was obseUred;) and 'disap
,peared with the, first: ray _that' shot,outufgom be
hind the . recedina. „Vines could be seen
for a minute beare,the eclipse became
an.for three ,tuitimies 'after the sun began to
einerge. 'total obsenratieri was
inin..'s3•sec, The 4ibitervers having in.eliarge
the. examinatieh of the...h.eave.ns:stroned fbe.sun,
did not MA any,. hitt:a-mercurial planet. •The
photogr9heris : sccuredcxccllept negntlyes'of the
eclipse in- all phases `and' taken in for
all,' no' more satiSfaetorrethibition: &able
than :that:witliessed
• •- 0 They. that will :be: fait ; into :tempta
tion awl a snare, ; and pierce Ahem-
BelY9s•througl? wuli FiliVreßTFßws,"
test has bgen
,sorrdwfnlly • illustrated by
Mr " Frank W. .13 allara• of the
~
.Associa
tion; of New. Arork. Tr( an evil, hour he speculated
• la
in stocks to, ,Oereapt i hip pav f ings. sliMen de
himtbe chrOe , of f s sell
ing out at a great ioss or secretly borrowing
ss`Xloo. from` the •Tristfilitice Conipany of 'Which he
-
was 16re - tar t :lr.' This was the second eyirstep and
A tdliim:ho4n untilhe'dwed the Cdpipany(with.
t s6 ' 66o ' f ind as his losses left
••
him to / pay it, expdsure and disgrace
aivaited . him. Ile ketired"to his native place a
disgra;dect . 4na'iiiine4'inati, but his character has
endeared to friends, that tbeY are
going to raise and back'the entire sum; while
his employers 'have no intention of prosecuting
`J Stated Clerks of Preskytoxies wish to re
mind the members of those judicatoTies of the
SPX° [AL : A SSESSMENT. OP FOUR, , CENTS for each
ehuich member, recirtared for' l defrAing tho ex
penses of the adjouinid meetilitr of the Assembly
in Noveinber. ii!desiredithat the amount be
collected and paid - o*er. at; the, fall meetings.