N O N Sere's, Vol. VI, No. 50. - Strictly I n Advance 0.50. Otherarige $3. Postage 20ete, to be paid where delivered.. FROX CHICAGO TO DENVER. RIPE OF TWENTY-TWO lIII3TDREI► AN 11110IISAIM FEET HIGH. TO IN STAG A HOME► MISSIONARY. DEJA, AMuRrOAN :—The church at Denver, Colorado, having made application to' the Chica go Presbytery, with which it stands - connected, for the•installation of, Rev. E. P. Wells, its s tar elect, Rev. J. H. Taylor, of Lake Forrest,, and the writer hereof were appointed . a,com . trait tee of Presbytery to„ prlceed to Denver and Ter form the agreeable service. - Leaving hre on the 23d of November, we reached next morning the goodly city of Omaha, now numbering' upwards of 20,000 souls, having more than doubled. its population in the two years Since last I visited it. It was pleasant to find a handsome rind • eau-- a odious house or worship on the 'fonndation which had then stood for some time unoccupied: This church has suffered froin canine not yet al together removed; but it has elements of strength and a noble ppportnnity,.ard ought to have a bright and prosperous future. Resuming next da y'our journey over the 'U. Y. R. R., a ride of 24 honrs carried-us across the entire State of Nebraska to Cheyenne, the caps tat of the Territory`of Wyoming, where our route diverged from the main track. This en tice route is now eo familiarly inan to all read ers of newspaperit, that I shall spend time in eentibin g 'either the country , or the' jenru - 4. Yet one ean hardly rid himself' of the feeling of. wondernient,'arni a lurking suspicion 'that' it is all unreal, as be rolls luxurioutily along Over these vast and mainly unoccupied spaces, at ihdiate of 500 miles 'per day, eating, -drinking,' reading , talking, sleeping as though enjoying' the eom;. H forts of a well appointed house. Cheyenne, wish Its 8,000 Intabitanii, growth of little more' than two years; hasi the tined and permanent look of a to*n ten tidied its' age. Here we feted 'brOther of the late 0.€1.,. , laboring with encouraging prospects on the titri4- 6/1 / hard material with'which he has to build, and patiently awaiting 'the - arrival ef his cliurch oil= tine, which; hadluttelbthini f oinforireety - telkin graph, had been shipped by rail Frani Chicago; and might be ex,peeted any hour: It was to post $B,OOO, and to be the beet -chur i ch edifice between Omaha and San Francisco: Whether he got it up so as to preach in 'it the next Sabbath,' I have not learned. We bad looked forward with some misgivings to a stage ride of 1.10 Miles, twenty hours, from this point to D., coca Were happy to find onisnlvis just in time for the first 'traid - over . thd Denver branch, now build to Evans, a point about half way the distances Calais yeti have '.a Map com piled within the last sit *Peeks, you need not troll, Me yourself to search for this newest of "cities;" for six weeks since not a vestige of it occupied the present site. Yet it numbered that day' from, one hundred to one hundred and My housesoind the daily paper of that date announced that, should the present favorable weather continue ".a week longer," a considerable number could be added. As an evidence of the rapidity with which civi lization advances in those parts, the keeper of the house where we dined had been shot dead, in cold blood, some days before our arrival, and his murderer hung upon the nearest "cottorawood," within two hours thereafter. The details were given us by a young man, a fellow passenger, who bad "assisted" at the trial and execution, with the air with which be might have spoken of pie-nie. The last 50 mites we made by ,stage, reaching our destination late in the evening. This whole ride from Cheyenne to Denver was of a most interesting character. The road runs nearly parallell with the mountain range, some GO miles distant,, but appearing, in the pure, transparent atmosphere of those elevated regions, (0 000 feet above the sea,) to be scarcely ha 'f a dozen miles away. Its lofty snow-capped peaks are constantly 'in sight, and, the long serrated ridge stretches away, on either hand until it loses itself in the distance& Herds of antelope bounded away from us on every side at the ap proach of the train; prairie wolves sneaked out of I:glit, and pert little prairie dogs sat composedly at the doors of their houses, as though railway traits had been familiar, objects all their lives long. The country itself is beautiful, the soil fine, and capable, with irrigation, of producing the finest of crops. It' is, however, and will be hiefly valuable us a grazing country ; cattle reeding the entire winter ou the wild grtnses of the region, and couilig out hi good condition for market iu the,spriug. We were surprised to see how numerous were the ranches or farina lying coutinnou-ly along all the water courses, indi cating a much larger population than we bad supposed to exist there. Denver, the capital; and princip 1 . town of the territory, is a goodly little.cityi of five thousand Boo's, skirted by the l'lntte, tied divided by the bed of Cherry Creek, whose waters sink into the ground about midway the town; giving a'singidar appearance from the bridge under which they' disappear. Through all its streets, yards,. and gardens are seen the shallow.ditclies, which bring water, taken from the Creek at a 'higher level, without which neitheiktree nor plant could grow. The scenery of the region is scarcely, surpassed, in grandeur, the temperature , mild; the i Mid salubrious, the people intelligent, 'and generally moral. • The installation services Of the Sabbath dreii together a large and apparently interested 'audi-' mice. lt, had seemed , a scarcely necessary ex penditure of time and means, that two persons . should make an, excursion of 2,200 Miles for 'this, service of an hour, but`we fudged' that' it was wisely made, and that 'the 'reSalts the Churah and the people would prove ly happy` , Our excellent brether Wells is* universall yes- - teemed and beloved, and we trust' may long 'Con tine to labor with success in' that distant, bit most interesting and important field. ' Unfortunately the season' of `the year did" not perMit of our entering the inountaini,, ring the region to any' great extent, with refer' ` ' cube to MiAsionery work ' .` ' ;We `sew'ind thetiid' enough, however, to 'deepen and' intEilsif~" our' convictinn'bf the urgent necessity Of a' 'great 'aid rapid extension of our #orle,,inithia great ` embryo' State. is mountains cite literally fall . of'val na ble ores, now more suenessfilllY:eitranted - than ever before, and are soon to le poputons `with ad' aCtive; enterprising, and nrealthy claii of pnrskins. BUth the Kama's Pacific' and' the Denver Pact'. fie Itait'reads will ' hive ranched Denver course of another seasea,.ind will bring allarge secession to its Population.. The sainfirity Of the bring there in 41neit of' health, 'while in five - years' time its caroni, parks, streaths; and, above : all, its ' magnificent' mountain scenery will make it the annial'resore of thousands upon theusands 'of our . recreation arid' pleasure-seeking citizens from 'every 'part-of tl Itroad - latrid: ' „On tiaixig.i.*eattalitexo,tha ti the intellectual character of the greater 'part of the People we met all over that great region.°lt would lie” very difficultto equal them in any; situ ilar - number of people at the Eiat. Bold, reso lute; self-reliant, afraid of nothing, aoustomed to carry their lives in one hand and. a' revolver the other; they are yet frank, cordial, communi cative, generous and friendly. Those-Who-'go to , preach the gospel to such> men as are . chiefly ' found there,, must be live, earnest, practical men, well versed in human nature, and ,prompt to en ter into the interests ; and views , of , these young and vigorous communities. All others ,had, on every account, best rema i n,, elsewhere. They will . get ne hearing there. . , IsT9wraw.EsT. Chicago, Dec. 10, 180. GREAT ENLIGHTENMENT OF THE NA- , TIQE PRINCES QV INDIA., RAJAH OF KOLAPOGIR. OOING.TO EN.OLAND. LET lEK. FROM REF. R. G. ; W ILDER. . We hear that, as a part of his general educe, tion, before taking the reins of government; the Maharajah of Kolapoor is likely to Make a trip to England. He will probabry'start in Mardi next.— Times of India. MY DEAR EDITOR :-The 'good' peop'e' of America have not 'yet learned to feel a Very ape cial interest iti the'details of political; religious movements in India.' Hilt 'doubtless,' as the' lines of ihtercommunieation continue to shorten, and all nations are drawn more.closely together in , one common brotherhood, thiginterest will greatly increase. A very hopeful sign of the times in India, at presentis the 'rapidly increasing intelligence Of many of ithe - Chiefs and 'Princes, resulting in , breaking up their exclusive. views and- feelings, and their adoption of sentiments add principles more liberal, and more in:accordance with the spirit of the age. . Witness;-the King (Rajah) of 'Jeypore employing a missionary, to , supetiutend his medical and educational departments, accord , ing to hint a position of the highest importance and influence under his government, and wel• eernino - o and supporting a young lady, from our Women's Union Missionary Society, to teach , the ladies of his.palace and the girls of •his,eapital Four years ago I spent:five hours in the Durbur of the young Chiefs of Koorundlear, an indepen dent principality twenty five miles' from my house in India, and was listened to most eagerly by them and one hundred and fifty of the heads of their people, as I discoursed on the leading principles, history and doctrines of our Christian faith,— and never was I more, intelligently questioned on all, the leading topics which interest the m0..4 in telligent minds of the age. Oue of those Chiefs has rinse been eected member of the Legislative Council of the Governor of Bombay. The Chief Of Junzkhuncli well educated man, and so far in advance of the priests and people around him, PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, D,ECEMBER 16, 1869. that when the first instancofottbe remarriage: of a Brahtnan widow occurred recently in Bombay, an event which• seriottily algibated the':whola of . Western India; and brongh4 upim the parties and all *ho countenanced theirdthe bitterest ceron t r e of-the whole orthodom,Brahkdan priestlittod, this, Chief instantly marked his sense of the propriety and int portin of 'die :ro' form, :by sending •r,00.0. lupees ($750) to the bridertand‘bridegrdorn - as S . marriage gift; .1; rz 1,) The t piragraph • abnie; whiehl ate'rel , ilipped from en' Indiin Taper jiist vatliand; hem speeial: interest for , me, .beeause riferring onr:Owni Kink: (Raj tily)' atKolapedk --Ela is a t Young ilant of abetit twenttiearii, i,oti'verade readily'ito Eng lish, 'and is welt eawisted Oa. IlltellitigtitV iik k ti all gatheriagtrof the Mitive Princes ef at Lotirbtr Of; the' `Governor' of "Itodibay-; the 'Nee Of epeelif helitirls"Secordeot id , Mini; and the sustaln`s 'it go'ott , griiee and • arkedc 'At •My interieleo irith: him"; three months ago, he spoke .4 1 Rio/viol, to vißit 'Eng: land—La wish which 'l' 6Mitt#'d 4k‘ , eiforftto encore rage; litiowityg 4t to be ode , 4.(thl; most effeetite measures for 'dehtrby int , ' thee r‘eninantiffi:if ; Super: , ••• r • • kititibn' add r ' , eaate-pi.djadircer rind conf•ming;' 'aidie'liberil hireadyi.an' enlightened:a t 6 earre' E6tilinfg rfortheidof eir6 2 ` monies aild'w6i•ships,'Sia r ObtroonfottriV plaisittee' to''the , 'prieStS Ileople l 'sleet has an English' ookr oroiir Chriatian ofierip4' . , tures=-a gift' from our Atntlfican BibleSOdietiyi and "I auf issiliedi thni . .t4Toften NOS'. it! 'Ai's. kind Te'eliiigs fo*ards otti 'Mission itieve baie•oft,' , dad' ivha'n3. l 4te let l his' dapiGill;' three whenier witAi rtlian-he 'f&L e6tijoretni• -illtisoll ;00.1 Weisel men tief 1 61110, aisirred,? ti will dirterin' itd irifili4neto in his sibjecitd: , 43611141 his heb:rr - . brOtifilit°6lider the' influeifee oocri , gitt r ee' , atnill'Sprli;f skid 4 " {' "" ron*e - , Ake e ri tut nnee,. iDhulip Singh, now in England soon look for trinnipts:ok'fliii Goefel' , in the Kingdifm Xe_iiipopals ,, fai . giiiii . aitiMilefok4,o 4400' It?' , ' - ranspiririg • on the: Island of Madagascar; ' For this let us pray. Youra sincerely, -.1 - ,'" ... ..i . ,! .. .:i; . T G. WILDER • ROCHESTER; SHAIV'g TirENTY-i . thiIIRSABY. ;7;.' .11EATIT OF ELDER FREDERICK STARR-OR.: hwoxote iingiVELICVOltomE. With-the eapiration' Of 'the fast month; itev Dr. Shaw Completed , IWenty•iiin'e "years of his grand: and.4ticceissful sittit(istryT6ver :the Brick churoh , of this city. riatit,Sibtidihr `evening he preached• his: anniversary FierniOn 't63a (great con grbititio'n of deeplii filterestet ''Jatidi: 'attentive hearers: ..It was . a . remarkahle an'd : interesting 'occasion. How seldom a pastor 'is:Permitted 'to preach:lis..'B9il anniversary sermon" to the same frock. What Changes: in that time! , What resurrections froth deaths unto . life! How these .t matters thronged the, minds, 'especially' of 'the older:members, of the congregation. They lived , Over very rapidly some scenes of marvel lous interest lin' the' 'history of the Old Brick churCh. W , e are happy to ' , report that :the -enterprise was never more ,prdsperous than now; the pastor never stronger in •the , affection 'of his people. 'The. church ''giews not old with age; bid only more vigorous; and more efficient year by year. , The numberadded to. the' felloWShip the pist year Was 0fi1y.222 ! The Whole nunibei now in its communion. only 1267 1' Stich •a church is a mighty power in the community. But the Anniversary sermon was not the only notice taken of 'the event. After the Sabbath, the :ladies , took it in hand, and on Thursday evening the 'church proper, the Lecture ' , Room, Sabbath school Rooms were all thrown open for a reception -or sociable . and supper. 'The great church'Was thronged. All the rooms Seemed to be' full. Hand shaking, kindly greetings and pleasant Words filled , up the flying hours. The supper, enough of the best for an army of men, was sprea& upon the long 'table in the lieeture Room. We • noticed a great stout man in • the desk "carving' turkeys!' But it was not the Only time meat has been dispensed from that< sacred place; meat which some have relished, even more than' they did:this which perishes with the using. There was' a great throng of young people present: The Brick church is' largely compOsed of such, full of life, hope and activity. Long may they live and labor in the Master's‘service, better' Christians than their fathers, making the chtirch more and' more mighty and useful every year till time shall end. STAiftS'DZATII Last Sabbath evening Dr. Campbell preached a most appropriate and highly sat;isilatdry ser mon on the, death. of his esteemed and able Elder; ` , FREDERICK.• STARR, Esq. . He paid a well;deserved .tribute to - - his worth. Mr. Starr was.born in Warren;Ct.,-settled hi Rochester in 1822, where helms lived until he quietly yielded up' his life tb the. Giver of ail good, on , the 27th ultyatd 70 'years tif 'age. • Hitrdiy any layman of our part of the country was better known'than fdr.!•Stair,. especially within the boUnds •of the Presbyterian church; • -certainly no one was's, better friend:of our. belOved: Zion. He was an intelligent New School, man; well: ready itt Theology, lehaafous of his . own views, yetluroni rejoiced' More sineerelk vicitlyithan.he; in. th'e • bleseed" reunion' now so happily consiimniated: ;The -last' act dr .11isllife peas to on .the ntiptinl oerenicerise;at Pitts burgh:: 'tom his- dental: ;bed: he said it 'wae gloaious4 it Was: Woitkallit cost.": 9Thi4.last !remark' wha -made in' view of the tat thafthemisrtakerk sick while: Attending, the, meeting at Pittaborgh6 ) He inettu3dito , be saying, t,liatisuohiconsunimation was:mord' dying for. . itany . or , Miinreaders remember.lthat Starr 'once: owned iand published , the'. 'Galicia? ;Evcngelist,:befoile it •Was;removed. froth our %city; to, Phil/m:l6i and • Igritivi to be ithe.Amsuickwi PiCESBYTE4IAIC OTItiB a:salittole of. ,the waythr,Whieh he' %yeti :always 'trying to. protriote the,' iriteresti: ofvthe :church.. Her 'Carried' the hurdin,:of • that: piper , for some.ltime vn 'his Shoulders, because he thought it a power forgciod in" all 'this ;region: ; r.„ • 1 He Was `, one lot gthe hest Men - in - this,. or any other , city ; alWays ready.to deny himself to do.' gold •; a min pf conicience, a 1,6a1l of intqgrity, tearless foie the right, ,Thea&chturaeteristica:wnre heautifully presented , by: his 'pastor: • be did nob indulge in Tnisome ;adulation ;' with-sueh 6ne discrimination amheLie eatable. Of making; the bestiqualities of: theme!' were.strikingly and. pleasingly _presented. • 'The Sermon