From our London Correspondent. Weather in England—A Contrast—Weather tophrts—The Coming Comet—Two Bemarkable secure:•—Thackeray at the Surrey Music Ball— Personnel and Style—The Effect on the tienre—Estimate of his Influmce—George R. ,son—His Appearance and Characteristics— Tenure in its Bearing upon Morals and Reli t—Proposed Meeting of Evangelical Alliance Berlin—High Church Lutheranism in Ger w—The Unemployed in London—The Convo ion Party and firee Church Movement Con tted—The Burial Service — The Reformatory cement—Ragged School Union—Railways and wavers Shoeblack Brigades Dressmakers Milliners—Home and Foreign Polifies—De p on Ilaynooth—Postscript on Lee's Bible. LONDON, February 20, 1857. IE WEATHER IN ENGLAND, during ;Winter, has presented a marked ma to that which has prevailed in the id States. In Novem - ber we had about ays of frost, and in the beginning of )resent month about the same. In rat case, the skaters on the Ser ie, and on the waters in St. James' 'found the ice ofttimes dangerous, and ;lives were lost. In the second period, frost was more intense, the ice was 'Jr, and Scotch gentlemen in London ito the pond in the Surrey Gardens to in their national Winter sport of pingand bad laid deep the plan of a Club ;" when lo ! King Frost lone morning suddenly, before a South wind, and English fog and damp an occasional glimpse of sunshine,) le their accustomed hibernal reign. we quite sympathized with travelers id up by snow storms in the United ' not forgetting the worthy editor of Inner and Advocate, who, intent to work of a faithful Trustee to the Col thich he has so affectionately cher was compelled to return to Pittsburgh recta. Then we amuse ourselves by log how strange ice and snow must in the eyes t,f the children of Louisi id the Sunny South, and are glad to :that with you coals and employrpent been abundant. ►phecies about the weather are being forth by two sages. One is a viva- Frenchman, who, viewing the future de rose, predicts beautiful weather to dune; while another, a sombre aa, warns us of the coming of a comet, shall burn up the, world, on (the ►t is particular and definite!) the 13th Je, 1857 ! This globe of ours has sur , a great many similar predictions, from irisra and other sources; and I suspect to remain as it is, until great tragedies be enacted thereon, illustrating human and Divine retribution; and until there come and pass away that Millennial era, the earth shall yield her increase, and unity, fraternity, and equality," which elity and Socialism cannot give, shall 3cured, through the faith of the Naza to a jubilant world. `have once and again referred to our LECTURERS; and having listened itly to two of the most eminent of I shall now give you my impres• el. Accompanied by a young friend of literary tastes, and thoroughlyacquaint ith the writings of Mr. Thackeray, I not long since, to the Surrey Gardens 4c Hall, to hear that gentleman lecture. [very important, I think, to see and hear, u can, the man whose writings have him eminent in his generation. True, re is often disappointment, and phrenol seems often at fault in discovering the Trial developments of the genius, the land fancy that lurks within. Still, let and see Mr. Thackeray, and hear him riving at the Hall sometime before o'clock, we ascend the fatal stair, on at the foot of which se many were ied to death, on the memorable cm in when a panic seized Mr. Spurgeon's lgation. We take our places in the of the gallery, overlooking the plat and desk. The place gradually fills :specially the area; the reserved seats, galleries, and the platform, are not so tded. It is a cold and frosty night, and ender to see even so many in this out-of tay and unfashionable region. Thaekeray at last enters at the back ie platform. He comes in very quietly, trough his spectacles peers downwards %rotted, as if he was afraid of something )ing him up. Look at him ! Yon ex ad to see a man comparatively young; Ibis man has a head silvered with grey, igh his frame is erect still. His nose not naturally, perhaps, a pug, or to more politely, g‘ retroussee ;" but it so, as by a fall or blow, in his early 'the bridge was broken and flattened. wehead is not very ample, nor is the Itself very large. Put that brain in ►le, and that of 'Chalmers in the other, I,ckeray's cranium, with its contents— /8 and thought-inspiring though they till kick the beam. His mouth is not some, nor his face attractive. There is shrewdness, however, much self-posses. and dressed simply in black, Mr. lkeray has the aspect of a well-bred 'lll gentleman. advances to the desk, and lays down .S. in loose leaves, or slips, before him. tout a word of preface, as if reading 'a book, he begins his well-known second to on the Georges. The audience have sketches of it in the paper, and listen e writer of it with all the greater in- He describes—after the mode of an, a voluminous romance writer—a gen an riding rapidly in his jackboots, on a lummer evening, in a certain mentioned of the last century, along the road to Ism., coming at last to a kind of a farm or villa, asking for the master of the ishment, told that be is fast asleep, len rushing into a chamber, where on lay " a little fat gentleman." 'Where ialpole, (England's prime minister,) lown on his knees at the side of the and tip, little gentleman being told DOW George IL, and that his il - father, George 1., has just expired, up on his elbow, and cries out in iously in his Gertuau-English - "That t big lie !" tad read this before, but it was a very It thing to hear Thaekeray tell it, and I bow calm he was while his audience .d and applauded. He then went op a most graphic picture of the state irt morals, or rather immorality, in the d . the second George, and of the self is, meanness, and corruption, of the • circles of society. The satire w as ble, and the morals suggested, as well contrast drawn between' those days, England's Queen and aristocracy now, most impressive. :,erepersed with these sketches,, charm mpses were given of a few characters ,ni one could love ;" and among ,these the Queen herself, traced through a ' devotedness to her faithless husband, to the remarkable dying scene. (e whole lecture was exceedingly rich. the outpouring of a mind steeped, as in the literary and politioal remin- AI of the past, and the died, in my ,te, was decidedly favorable to religion irtuc. Still, while Thackeray's voice Ir, there is a monotony in his reading; his accentuation is bad; be displays scarcely any emotion ; and he wants, therefore, the requisites of a first-rate orator. The second lccturer is George R. Dawson, A. M., of Birmingham. Sometimes this gentleman is called " Reverend ;" panic ularly when at borne, for be has a chapel in which he lectures, discourses, or preaches, on the Lord's day, to some of the descendants of the priestly party of the last century, and semi-skeptical or literary young men, and in which town, side by aide, as he is, with John Angel James, and other Evangelical worthies, both in and out of the Establishment, he is regarded as a Unitarian, and "something more." Mr. Dawson, however, is a literary man; not a writer, indeed, but rather a lecturer, justly popular, and one whose lectures would bear to be printed. I went to hear him, a few nights ago, at the Islington Literary Institution. As I turned the corner of the street, I found a crowd near another public building, in ex pectation of General Tom Thumb, who was to ,appear that evening before a body of Islingtonians, and whose carriage and little self excite a great sensation in our streets; although it is understood that he is not the mode, as he was in the West End, on his last visit. Perhaps it is because Barnum is 'now found not. Still the little gentle man gets admiration, and it is reported that he had received no less than five hundred and twenty-seven valentines last week Mr. Dawson lectured to a crowded audi ence on "The Improvers of Shaltspeare." The subject was not one in which I felt any special interest. My object was to see and form a definite opinion of one who ex ercises considerable influence; at this time, in our literary circles, and over young peo ple who read. His appearance is younger, considerably, than, that of Thackeray. His figure is compact, and, under the middle size. His head is covered with curling, dark hair, with moustache and beard corres ponding, which gives him a look some• what foreign, like 'that of an Italian. But be no sooner opens his lips than you find that he draws his words " From the pure well of English undefiled." He is an ardent admirer of Shakapeare's simplicity and majesty of style, his Saxon plainness, and of his works as they were; not as they have been made by incompe tent editors, among whom he classed Alex ander Pope, Stephens, Bishop Warburton, and even Dr. Johnson himself, turning their comments and supposed improve ments into ridicule, with extraordinary cleverness, and elegant severity. Without any reference to his subject, I would say that Dawson's style and manner came up to my ideal of a lecturer on a literary sub ject, to an audience not too numerous, and in a building of limited dimensions. Having. heard Thackeray once, I am satisfied; but, as to Dawson, I should like, had I a leisure evening, to listen to him again. On the general subject of LITERATURE, As CONNECTED WITH THE ADVANCEMENT Or MORALITY, let me say that there is much to encourage us, and be thankful for. Not that false pictures of life and virtue are not drawn; not that the time has yet come, when genius, in its highest developments, has become a consecrated thing; nor that, our greatest poets or writers have drunk co piously from " Siloa's brook, fast by the oracle of God." But there is some veneration for the moral greatness of the Puritans; for our grand old Bible; for truth and purity; and neither the eye nor ear is offended by such obsceni ties or witticisms, as the best writers or speakers.would have indulged in one hun dred years ago. The INTENDED MEETING OF THE EVAN GELICAL ALLIANCE IN GERMANY, Sum mer next, will go far to test the pulse of Evangelical life in that country. Meantime, the British branch of the Alliance is about to forward to Berlin a statement of the principles and doctrines to which they ad here, and their anxious desire that these should be widely and extensively recognized and acted on by the Protestants of Germany. To this document, signatures era now being extensively solicited and obtained. The greatest opponent of Evang elism, at this moment, in Germany, is not Rational ism, but High Church Lutheranism. The clergy of that communion are anxious to ex ercise a very stringent discipline over those who will not, or do not, conform to the dis cipline, sacraments, and rites, of the Church. The fact is, that they seek to set up a Protestant papacy; a yoke which, in the present temper of the German mind, would speedily be broken in pieces. Dr. Marriot, of Basle, in a recent com munication to the London Tract Society Committee, gave us some very interesting particulars, not only with regard to the large number of tracts which by his agency have been circulated over Germany, but also as to the animus which pervades the teaching and literature of the Lutheran clergy. The Rev. E. Stephon, of Berlin, has, in the name and under the sanction of the Berlin Tract Society, (which, how ever, exists only in name,) published a small book of seventy-seven pages, on the "Sacrament of Holy Baptism. One of the chapters is entitled " Influence of Christian Baptism, on a Christian State." He holds baptism as essential to citizenship, and therefore urges the exclusion of Bap tists from civil rites !, "The State would cease to be a Christian State if the Baptists are recognized as members of the State." In speaking of a young girl's death-bed, he says nothing of faith in Christ, but rejoices to be able to state that "she clung to the holy ordinance of baptism." A letter of remonstrance was addressed., by Dr. Marriot, to the quasi Secretary of the Berlin Tract Society. It appeared, from the reply, that the book does not sell well. Still it utters sentiments which are indorsed by Stahl, Kreutzenberg, and Hengstenberg —sentiments such as, that "Holy Baptism imparts forgiveness of sins, and the gift of the Holy Ghost in order to believe"—that living faith is imparted in and by bap tism "—and-that it is "the regular and ap pointed channel of regeneration." The Church of England CONVOCATION has had three days' meetings in London, without any very definite result, except to show the divided state of opinion and party in that ponderous amalgamation and " com promise. ' The. Spiritual Independence Party are virtually High Churchmen and Tractarians, with a few exceptions ; and their struggles for liberty are rather violent. How different' was it in the case of the Don- Intrusion Party, in the Church of Scotland? They fought for liberty—a liberty for the exercise, not of a Popedom, but of a spirit ual jurisdiction only in matters spiritual, and with which the laity and its rights were essentially identified. And they fought, also, the battle of truth—of that-revived Evangelism which was the real occasion of the disruption. Several of the clergy complain bitterly of being obliged to read the Burial Service indiscriminately, and over persons who had lived notoriously wicked lives- The Bishop of Exeter says, no consideration could in duce him to do such a thing; but he will THE PRESBYTERIAN BANNER AND ADVOCATE. not take upon him to order his clergy to violate the law. Some propire to deal with profligates Wore they die; and if impeni• tent, to pronounce them excommunicated persons, that so they may die without the usual funeral pronunciation of safety. This is a clumsy and impracticable scheme. Par liament alone can release the consciences of good men; and if that body began to tinker the Prayer Book in one part, it must do so in another. The cutting of the Gordian Knot would be a dissolution of `Cbutch and State; bat that seems far distant, indeed. The Evangelicals have been so favored of late, that they cling to the status quo. As to THE REFORMATORY MOVEMENT, it is not only about, as indicated in my last, to receive a great impulse all over the country, by Government and Parliamentary aid, but its healthy efficiency is powerfully promoted by the action of the Reformatory and Refuge Union. This Society held its annual meeting last week. The London Ragged School Union, also, is making active exertions to extend its operations, by an increase of funds. Already it has done vast good in the metropolis; but a wide field remains to be " possessed." A great meeting was held on its behalf yester day, at the Mansion House, the Lord-Mayor in the Chair, £1,500 subscriptions an nounced; and another is to be held, ere long, at Willis's Rooms, under the Presidency of Lord Shaftabury. Thus the ".City" proper, and the " West End," are to be stirred np in succession, to come to the rescue of the starving outcasts of society. The RAILWAY AND REVOLVERS in Geor gia matter has come up again. First, there appeared yesterday affidavits from the mana ger and other officers of the railway, deny ing the whole statement. To-day, Mr. Ar rowsmith comes out in the Times, reiterating the charge, but says that he made, as he finds,by a reference to his journal, a mistake as to the day. The depositions refer to Thursday, whereas it was Friday he left Macon, and on Saturday morning he arrived at Augusta. His diary, from which he gives an extract,..he had not with him when he wrote his first letter. Nothing could "ever obliterate," be says, " from my mind, the sight of the body of the young man killed in the oars, or the 'tears shed by the father, who went in the . same omnibus to the hotel in Augusta with me, when he said he was the last child left. Were las free to meet the Judgment Day, as I .am in this matter, it would be well with me." The Times formerly Said it was "a hallucination," but has not yet spoken again on this subject. The annual meeting of the SHOE-BLACK BRIGADES, was held, also, last week, in St. Martin's Hall. Lord Shaftsbury presided; and many leading philanthropists, including persons of high rank, were present. After the boys had been plentifully regaled at tea, a report was read, as to results. In the City of London alone, during the last twelve months, no less a sum has been eatned in blacking shoes,' than £2,771. During ten months, the Red Brigade had earned a total sum of £1,445. This was earned by fifty-four boys; on an average, being about twelve shillings per week to each boy. Six shillings per week of this was given to the boy for his living; three shil lings were set apart for him in the Savings Bank; and the remaining three went to the expense of the Society. Several of the best boys, tn.() had distinguished themselves by good conduct, were brought' forward to the platform, and received rewards from the Chairman, who had previously told the as sembled youths, that any of them might live to be a Chairman of a Ragged School meet ing, which he regarded as a higher honor than if one of them became Lord Chancel lor. The appearance of the "Red," "Blue," and "Yellow," in different parts 'of the metropolis, is always a truly cheering sight. The WORKING CLASSES have suffered greatly from want of employment this Win ter; and there have been large gatherings and demonstrations in the open air. Emi gration Societies are being.formed ; and as the Spring approaches, there will be in creased demand for labor at home. At the same time, the labor market is generally over-stocked ; and this is one cause of crime. The DRESS-MAKERS AND MILLINERS' ASSOOIATION held, also, a large meeting, last week. The class whom it is sought to benefit is a large one, and terribly oppressed by overwork, particularly in the fashionable season. Some poor girls work sixteen or eighteen hours out of the twenty-four. Ap prentices and assistants, too, are often very badly fed. I know of two cases of young persons who have suffered in this way. The Bishop of Oxford, at a former meeting, gave testimony as to the effects of this system on human life, as follows : The witness was asked before the Committee of the House of - Lords,whether she had everknowit cases of positive cruelty ; and a very remarkable answer was received : " I remember one instance, in which one who was working with me was obliged to work at the business till twelve o'clock at night, although she was unwelL Her illness increased; and when the doctor was called in, he said she ought to have been in bed weeks ago. She had sat and cried over her work every day for a long time before the doctor was sent for. They did not make her work after the doctor had said she could not work ; she was obliged to go to bed. But, then, (mark you!) she never got up again, but died a week after she bad advice." The ques tion was asked, "What is the cause of thieextra ordinary pressure ?" If the answer was, " The necessities of thousands, the feeding of, hungry men, clothing of naked children, providing ac coutrements for brave men going to fight for their country," there would be some allowance for such pressure. But the answer is, " The entertain ments, the balls, the flower-shows, and all these things, requiring so many changes of dress. The ladies did not order their dresses in time. One house told me that they had forty-six dresses to make all at once, for a flower-show." • It is for the flower• show, my lord, it is for the gay dancing of the painted butterfly in the Slimmer sun; it is for such things as these that our sisters and our daughters are to be offered up at the shrine of the modern ll.roloch in the Valley of Sbomination. * * The remedy is to be found in the quick ened moral feeling of the community of this na tion, aq bringing an intelligent public opinion to bear upon thislreat question."—From a Speech of the Bishop of Oxford. The practical solution of the difficulty rests largely with ladies themselves. Thoughtlessness and hurry are often great crimes against individuals in their issues. But still the agitation of this grievance, as well as that of late closing of shops, has done good, and will yet accomplish much more. to POLITICAL AFFAIRS, I have to re port that the " War Ninepence has been abolished, and that the income tax, from April next will be 7d. on the pound. Last week, Panch had an illustration, represent ing patient "John Bull" standing up to be flogged by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with the cat•and-nine-tails. Palmerston in terferes, and says, " He has got enough." Underneath is written, "Dpacend ye nine!" This week, Palmerston appears as an' omni bus conductor, standing on his perch—an admirable likeness, too. "Brittania," with a trident in her hand, but dressed as an elderly lady, comes up and asks the fare and the conductor tells her, " We are down to seven-pence, Ma'am." And so, on the back of, the omnibus 10d. is scored across, and " down to 7d." is seen underneath. We are all in good humor at this reduction. Next, the MAYNOOTH QuzsnoN has been brought up in Parliament by Mr. Spooner. His proposal to repeal the grant was lost last night, by a narrow majority of eight votes. He exposed the corrupt and lying text-books of Maynooth, and proved the disloyalty of its principles. Bowyer, and other Popish members, defended. Roebuck, the organ of the Latitudinarians, sneered at and abused "the bigots ;" while Lord Palmerston pleaded that the repeal would be a breach of faith, and that it was better to have Romish priests educated at home than abroad. Old Mr. Drummond, the lrvingite, reviled Popish classhooks, but supported the grant; abused " German Rationalism" by which he weant, in this case, Evangelical principles in the Church, and legal decisions against Tractarianism; and ended by saying, that the Romish Church alone was a witness now for those essential things, "priesthood and sacraments I" - .Nothing new from PERSIA.. Negotiations for peace are going on in Paris and in Lon don. As to China, we are to have a discus sion in the Lords, next week. The King of Naples finds that his captives will not, (with a few exceptions,) go to South Amer ica. J. W. .P. s. In reference to Dr. Lee's Reference Bible, and the letter of the publishers, I submit the following remarks : The Witness had but two articles on the Reference Bible—both in October. Since then, I am not aware that it has either re considered or retracted its charges against Dr. Lee. I simply repeated what the Wit ness had said, offered some comments, and drew some ded notions therefrom. First, The Witness stated that; in Dr, Lee's Bible, the only parallel passage to Job xix : 25, as sug gested on the margin, was Job xlii 10-17, "by which," I naturally inferred, "he would have it understood, that only Job's temporal restoration was meant; and not his faith in one who could redeem him from the power of the grave." Was this an un warrantable inference ? No; for, secondly, I said, referring to a letter in the Witness, "An apologist for Dr. Lee lets out the secret, that the latter does not hold• that the resur rection of the dead is taught in the Old Testament!' Now, this I repeat, and this is not denied ; and I may add, that some folks say that the "apologist" was Dr. Lee himself: At all events, the "apologist" did say, that Dr. Lee did not belieye that the doctrine of the resurrection was taught in the Old Testament." Ii not this a most dangerous, and a most untenable doctrine? I wonder whether David or. Daniel knew nothing of this great truth; or where, if not in the Old Testament; Martha got her noble confession of faith on the subject 1 It was only the Sadducees that denied a resurrec tion, and that before Christ taught it; while the other Jews held it fast. But we are told by the publishers, Dr. Lee .has "consented" to bring in among his references to the passage in Job, 1. Cor. xv : 49-57. Why, this makes the matter worse than ever. Publishers and Editors agree to make additions and emendations, but at what an expense and damage to them selves. Now, as the "mended" Reference Bible stands, Dr. Lee, THE EDITOR, teaches that the resurrection is contained in the Old Testament, and was believed by Old Testa ment saints. But Dr. Lee, the DIVINE, denies that the resurrection is taught in the Old Testament, or was known to the Old Testament saints ! ! Need I add any thing further ? I deprecate, with you, 66 wrong, partial, or mixed references,' and I love honesty. J. W Washington Correspondence. WASBINGTON, March 16, 1857. There is no foundation for the report that Mr. Whittlesey has resigned the Comptrollership of the Treasury. He is willing and prepared to sur render, but requires the President to issue his mandate. The-removal of Mr. Washington, as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, seems to have given very general satisfaction; for it was his misfortune to have incurred an unpopularity that was limited to no political prejudice. Indeed, the most active opposition came from the party with which he was identified, and appeared to ramify, through all• its divisions. An amend ment to the civil bill, requiring this officer to be nominated to the Senate—he had heretofore been appointed at the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury—was aimed especially at Mr. Wash ington, who, it is believed, could not have been confirmed, bad he been sent in. By successful and adroit management, the ma jority in the Senate succeeded in postponing ac tion upon the Indiana cases ; and the sitting Senators will, th6refore, retain their places until the next term. As the Legislature of Indiana only meets triennially, and adjourned on the 9th inst., this expedient was sought as the best mode of securing Mr. Bright and Mr. Fitch their pre tended claims, until new influences could be brought to bear upon the election of twother Legislature. This whole proceeding has done much to lower the ancient dignity of the Senate; more, indeed, than any ordinary event , of late yqars. Every principle involved was settled by the Judiciary Committee adversely to Mr. Har lan, in a case of clear merit, where only a nomi nal interposed as a barrier to a complete election. And now, for want of a better pretext, to ignore that decision, the same Committee have recom mended an inquiry into the rights of members of the Indiana Legislature, with which they have as much to do as with a mission at the Fejee Islands. This fact furnishes melancholy evi '''dence of the downward tendency in public affairs, and of the subserviency to party - behests by men who aspire to be honorable and ohivalrous. The treaty with the Sandwich Islands failed, for want of time; though it commanded ,more than a two-thirds vote, upon some, amendments, on Friday. It was resisted mainly by the sugar and wool-growing intereits, and received its 'quietus through their opposition. Mr. Foot, of Vermont, was perhaps most instrumental, as an influential member of the Committee on Foreign Relations, in bringing about the adverse report, with which it came hampered before the Senate. Had there been any attempt, in the closing hours of the Session, to test the sense of the Chamber, the treaty would have been doomed by opposing speeches. The Dallas Treaty, as amended by the Senate, is not open to any serious objection on the part of the British Government, and will doubtless be ac cepted without delay or difficulty. In adopting the modification, in preference to the reso.utions pro posed by the Committee on Foreign Relations, for the renewal of negotiations, the majority were actuated by a desire to terminate the controversy now, and to retain the power in their own bands. The correspondence between Mr. Buchanan, when Minister to London, and Lord Clarendon, was sufficient to prove, that if the merits of this ques tion were re-opened for discussion, difficulties might be interposed, that would operate in juriously on the friendly relations of the two countries. Besides this.consideration, there was some misgiving with the temper heretofore mani fested toward 'England by Gen. Cass, that a negotiation conducted under his auspices, might assume a shape which would ultimately prove embarrassing. Hence, a constitutional majority was rallied to alter the treaty, so the its original design would still be preserved. The material changes only affect the large land grants, alleged to have been made by the Musquito Bing, which the treaty virtually confirmed; the jurisdiction of the Bay Islands in Honduras, and en a manner to avoid the slavery prohibition in the convention between England and Honduras; determine some geographical lines more correctly; and abrogate an article excluding either Costa Rica or Nicara gua, for non.concurrence in the arrangement within a limited time. It is not yet ascertained whether Lord Napier has suf f icient power to con duct the negotiation for these amendments im mediately; but if he has not, Mr. Dallas, who planned the original scheme of settlement, will be allowed the opportunity , of bringing it to a con elusion. After ten days of Executive Session, the Senate terminated its labors on Saturday, and the city would return to its wontedmonotony during the recess of Congress, but for the throngs of office seekers who .still crowd the hotels, line the avenues, and almost besiege the White House. Their name is legion, and every train swells the multitude with new swarms, all bent on the same patriotic purpose of serving the country. And the fact is particularly noticed, that the distant States supply the greatest proportionate members of this anxious and impatient crowd. California is represented by scores, and every expiring office has a host of hungry applicants, who compete with keen interest and determined purpose. Although the President has attempted to lay down a rule for the dispensation of patronage, he has already discovered that the same necessity which compelled him to abandon the original cast of his Cabinet, has operated in producing exceptions to this arbitrary policy. Most of the Senators and Representatives from the old Southern States have remonstrated against the rotation idea, and in most cases, their wishes have been strictly re corded. • The appointments in Louisiana and Tennessee, which were recently made, conformed to this view, except in a few changes ; and those in South Carolina and Virginia, to be made in a week or so, will follow a similn? direction. In the great cities of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Baltimore, party sentiment will be more considered ; and the delegations in Congress, unless entirely united, will exercise no controlling influence. It is understood the President will take up the Philadelphia appointments at once, and the others in the order of the expiration of their commissions. The rush for office has been unprecedented. Since 1840, when change was demanded by public leeling, there has been no such pressure. Every Department has been reg ularly invested with an army of exacting Demo crats. They will take no refusal. Failing at one point, they retreat to another, and so on, until the whole circuit has been made. Mr. Buchanan has been persecuted, beyond all endurance. He groans under the afflictions of the Presidenny. They give him no rest or respite. These mental perplexities, added to the vestiges of a disease which prostrated him seriously a month ago, have already shown their effects, in the increased marks of care and anxiety, and made inroads upon a constitution naturally robust. Although' his bi ographers have been generous enough to keep him stationary. the President begins to feel and show his age. Attending Cabinet meetings four or five hours daily, and pursued by inconsiderate visitors afterwards, it is not to be wondered Mr. Buchanan has been compelled to establish the discipline of retiring at eight o'clock in the evening, to recruit his exhausted energies. General Harrison and General Taylor were victims to the Presidential office; and Mr.' Buchanan needs the utmost care, to guard himself against the dangers to which they were exposed. His very efforts to bear up, and to meet the constant claims upon his atten tion, have materially contributed to the present disability, which has excited the Concern of his immediate friends. A CALM OBSERVES. Attu ptgartnunt. Book-Keeping. Our good city of Pittsburgh furnishes to her youth, and to all young men of the country who desire instruction, facilities of the first order for acquiring a Mercantile education. It is not, how ever, our present intention to commend our Collegiate institutes, but rather to sneak of a work lying before us which is admirably adapted to instruct those engaged in the inland and mari tine commerce of the country, in the keeping of their accounts. It is DUFF'S NORTH AMERICAN ACCOUNTANT. The systems of Single and Double Entry Book-Keeping, are presented with much fullness and clearness, exemplifying the modern improvements in the science, with a new and certain method of detecting errors and proving the Ledger. The work is highly spziken of by Merchants; Bankers, and others, in different cities of the Union ; and the examination we have been able to give it, disposes ns to join in the com mendation. The book is a Royal Octavo of 222 pages, of good material, and neatly executed. It is pub lished by the Harp ers, of New York, and is for sale in this city. ELDvSELTISEMENT. FASHIONABLE CLOTHING for men and boy's, cut with taste, and made with care, will be found at Carnaghan's, near the Post Office, Allegheny city. Special attention is given to boy's wear, and fash ion, blended with neatness and taste in the pro duction of every garment. A fine assortment of Spring Goods has just been opened, to which the attention of buyers is invited: COATEIVILLE MALIPAND FEMALE ACADEMY.—The Catalogue of this Institution for 1866-57, shows a total of 79 pupils. The "Curriculum," ar rangements, principles, &to., &0., are well set forth. Z. C. Cochran, A. M., is the Principal. Markets. Pittsburgh. Asass—Pearls, ?a7 c. . Vets, 6Y 2 07e. Soda Ash, 8Y ,i . .APPLEB—S4.OO@4.SO per bbl. Base—Smallmbite, $2A2@)2 75 per bush. BLITT= AND Roos—Butter, 20c. Bags, 1254(g1140. 8500w5—51.2502.50. DA= Irsurr--Yeaches, $3.50. Apples, $2.00@2.25. Frwrnzas---55c. per lb. Roan—Wheat4s.oo@s.so. Rye, $3.68. Corn Meal, 60c. Buckwheat, $2.25@2.50 per 100 lbs. rssu—Country 500. per 100 lbs. Gams—Oats, 34@3bc. Corn, 570. Barley; $1.255))1.30. Rye, 63§65e. Wheat, $1.15@1.30. Laan--121.01334c. Hex—sB 00(413.00 per ton. LUM855—511.00022.50. Shingles, $3.00@4.00 per 31. Sean—elever, $7.26@7.50. Timothy, $3.00. 13gErre-3105 1 / t e. tinsis-4 1 ,4@534e. gross. EIOGE--.634C, gross. • Sofia's. Brjr. JEFFERSON COLLEGE.—The Board of Trustees mill meet on :WEDNESDKY, the 25th inst., at 10 o'clock A. M. The members are requested to be punctual in their attend ance, as business of importance will . *sum before them. JAMES bI'OULLOIIOII, Secretary. Canonsburg, March 6,1857. mbl43t. Presbyterial Notices. The PRESBYTERY OF DONEGAL will bold its next stated meeting in the Presbyterian church of Columbia, on Tuesday, April 14th, at 7 o'clock P. K. Sessional Records, written Sesaional Saporta on tbe State of Religion, and Sta tistical Reporte, will be called for at this meeting. • JOHN MEW:LEAR, Stated Clerk. • The PRESBYTERY 01/ ROCK RIVER will bold ite stated Spring meeting in tbe Presbyterian church, at Andorer, Henry County, on Tuesday, April 2let, at 7 o'clock P. M. Sessional Recorde, and Assoremento for Contingent Fund, will be called for. S. T. WILSON, Stated Clerk. The PREBBYTRRY OP ST. CLAIRSVILLE will meet at Mount Pleasant, on the Third Tuesday of April, atll o'clock A. Id. Sessional Records, Statistical Reports and Congrega tional Settlements, will be called for. Members will come prepared to pay the money assessed for the Commissioners' Fund. JOHN MOPPAT, Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY OF CHIC AOO wlll hold Its next regu lar meeting at Earivllle, on the Second Thursday (9th) of Aprih at 7 o'clock I.'. N. GEORGE F. GOODEIVE, Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY OF ALLEGHENY CITY will meet on the decond Tuesday of April, at 10 o'clock A. M., in the Lec ture .Room of the First Presbyterian church of Allegheny. J.5.61.1t8 ALLISON; Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY OF BEAVER will meet in Neshannock, on the Second Tuesday of April next. at 11 o'clock A. M. D.C. REED, Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY OE DRS MOINES will Weed at Kirk- Tile, on tlie Second Tuesday in 401, at 7 o'clock R. M. JOHN M. McELROY, Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY OV SPRUBENVILLE adjourned to meet at Oak Ridge church, on the Second Tuesday (14th) of April. JOHN. R. AGNEW, Stated Clerk. THE PRESBYTERY OF REDSTON.E will meet in Greensboro', on the Second Tuesday of April neat, at 7 o'clock P. H. Vacant, as well as other congregations, are required to send up full Statistical Reports and Congrega• tional Settlements, together with Contributions to the Com inissioners' Fund. N. B.—Greene bore' is on ihe Monongahela River, at the head of navigation, Greene Uounty, Pa. J. McOLINTOCH, Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY OF HIINTINODON will bold Re next ststed meeting in the Presbyterian church of Lewistown, on the Sesond Tuesday (the 14th,) of April, at 11 reolock.A. M. A statistical report from each church will be called for, at this meeting. as well as a report from each congrrgatlon as to whether the pastor's salary has been - ImM. ROBERT HAMILL, Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY OP BLAIRSVILLE will meet accord. ding to adjournment, at Congruity, on the Second Tuesday t of April, at 2 o'clock P.M. *' JAMES DAVIS, Stated Clerk. , The PftESBYTERY OIMPBORIA will meet in. ;Wm. wood, Peoria County, 111., on. the Third Friday (17th,) Of Atail'l6sl!at I'3 : 1 ranatto FSSINU tams, The PRESBYTERY OP SCHUYLER will meet at Mt. Sterling, Breen County, 11l , on Tbtunday, April 2d, at 7 o'clock P. M. Every clerical end ley member, Commie• elonere end Contingent Funds, &self nel Records and St►tletical Reports, and settlements with ministers. will be expected. THOMAS B. VAIL L., Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY OF BAREST - MLR stands adjonntr d to meet at Newark on the Second Friday (the lath,} of April, at 2 o'clock, P M. • Let the church Sessions not fail to send up their Statis tical Reports, Sessional Records, and thelreasesements of 6 etc per church member, for Commissioners' and Contingent Funds. WM. M. ROBINSON, Stated Clerk. The PRRSBYrERY OF WASHINGTON will meet on the Third Tuesday (1 he 21st day) of April nest, at Florence, Pa ,at 2 o'clock P it. Sessional Records, Stalls. tical Report,. Treasurers' Proofs of Settlement, Reports respecting contributions to the Church Boards,and preach ing on ministerial support, add the Comtehsionrre and Contingent Funds. will be called for. Pastors and Sea- Mons are also notified to make out full reports on the state of religion in their churches, and send them to MY. E. 0. Wines, D. D Washington Penna., Va., at least tan days before the time above mentioned. EDGAR WOODS, Stated Clerk. The PEESBYTERY OF MARION wilt 'meet at Upper Sandusky on the Second Tuesday (14th,) of April r eat, at 2 o'clock P. M. - - Sessions will be careful to send up their records for re view, and also theDommissioners' Fund, which is assessed as follows: Delaware church, 55.00; Marysville, 3.00; Marion, 275; York, 1..60; New 'Winchester, 1.00 ; Waynes burg. 1.10; Iberia, 3.20; Eden, 1 48; Tiflin. 2.50; 11CCutch enville, 1 50; Mersailes, 3.50; Salem 1.00; Winnimac, 1 00; Mt. Gilead,l.6o; Canaan 3.60; IBicyrite. 6.70; Tipper San dusky. 240 Milford, 3.00; Kingston, 260; Leesville, 1.60; Union. I V; Osceola. 1 32: Broken-Sword, 00.84; Radnor, 1 24; Bichland, 00.68; Pisgah, 1 92; Little Mill Creek, 00.40; Caroline, 112; Liberty, 264; Sandaeky, . 1.16; Brown, 2.50; Corinth, 00.70; Cardington, 00.21; Galion, 00.50; Crestline, 1.00 ; Wyaudott, 1.00. H. A. TRIM, Stated Clerk, The PRESBYTERY OP KASKASKIA Mande adjourned to meet at Oarmi, While Oonnty,lll., on the Second Friday in April, at 11 o'clock, A. M. THOS. W. KTNEs, Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY of LOGANSPORT stands adjourned to meet at e West Union church, on the Second Tuesday of April, at 7 o'clock P. M. Written reports of settlements with their utiiiisters are required from all the churches. Commissioners' Fund.--Logansport, ; Delphi, 4.25; Camden. 1,05; Bethlehem. 65 00; Monticello, 2.70; Rook Creek, 215 ; Peru, 310 ; Lafayette, 4.50; Rossville, 4.65 ; Lexington, 250; .Oxford , 1.35; Rensselaer, 150; Bethel, - 00.60; Francisville, 0055; Indian. Creek4.so ; Mill Creek, 1.15; West Union, 185 ; Roehester, 00.95 ; -Kokomo, 1.80; Ventre, 1.05; Frankfort, 5.45; Jefferson, 3.45; Sugar Creek, 115. A free eonVeyaneo will be found at Logansport, on the arrival of the morning train. • R. W. WRIGHT, Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY OF CLARION will meat inSleking on the First Tuesday of April next, at 31, o'clock A. M. D. M'CAY, Stated Clerk. • The PRISnYTERY OF SALMI:MO will meet at Elders ridge on the Second Tuesdey or April. at 2 o'clock P. M. All the congregations are required to vend up Sessional Records Statistical 'Reports, Written Narratives, Certifi cates of settlement with their pastors, contributions to Commissioners' and Contingent Ftmd, and statement of their action in reference to the increase of pastors' salaries. W. W. Win:IDIOM, Stated Clerk. The 'PRESBYTERY OF CONCORD wtlihold its next 'semi annual meeting in the church of Prospect, Rowan County, N. C., on Thursday, Apnl 16th, at 11 o'clock A.M. Sessions are earnestly requested to send up full Statistical Reports. R. H. LAFFERTY, btated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY OF WOOSTER stands adjourned, to meet in Canal Fulton, on Tuesday. the Sin of April, at 11 o'clock A. H. J. W. HANNA, Stated Clerk. arridt. In aewickleyville, Pa.. on the evening of the 26th of Feb ruary. by Rev. James Allison, Mr. Hannrarsorr MM. of Allegheny City, to Miss MART R. Isionsw, of Sewickleyville. On the evening of the 18th of February, by. Rev. Joseph Stevens, Mr. Jens r. G. Lone, of Juniata County, Pa, to Miss Fume= O. tISLI,Angir, youngest daughter of Hon. John M. Gallaher, of Pine Creek Township, Clinton County, Pa. On the evening of the 24th of February, Sir. SAMUEL BROWN; of Nittany, Valley, to Miss SARAH O. GAME, youngest daugh ter of Bev. John IL Grier, of Jersey Shore, Pa. February 26tb, by Rev. Wm. Hunter, Mr. Miewign Blom/ to Miss LATINA JOHNSON, both of Beaver County, Pa. At Lisbon, Linn County, lowa, on Januaryl9th, by Rev. A. S. Thorne, Dr. Joan 5.-wasox to Miss ANN B. Baum. At Amity parsonage. March Bd, by Rev. Wm. P. Harrison Mr. OBSESS D. Cowen to Mies Itentsir RICIfIs, all of Wash ington County, Pa. On February 24th, at JSMISOE'S Hotel, by Rev. G. W, Shailfer, Mr. JACOB Borrs to Miss HANNAH JANE JAMISON. both of Shade Gap. On March bth, at the residence of Mrs. Mary Pollock, MS. ABRAM SHEBNEFILLS to Miss NANCY R. GOOD, both of Huntingdon County. . By Bev. T. 8. Leeson, on the 18th Dee., Mr..VirEr. LOUDEN tb NJ m &MENA QUINAHLN. On the 26th of Feb., Mr. SIMON WAWA to MISS HESTER LOUDEN, all of Armstrong Co, Pa. On the Bth of Jan., by Rev. J. L. Vallandigham, Mr. Wm. BALDWIN to MIS Louisa A. MOOSE. Oo the 28th, Mr. JOHN Balt, to Miss Satan ANN BALDWIN, 1111 of Newcastle County, Delaware. . . On the Ist lust., by Rev.a. W. Martin, in East Liverpool, Mr. Wm. Haney, Jr., to Misa ARUM, daughter of Sanford (l Hill, Pao. On the sth inst., Mr. Mammon. F. M'lorrosa to Miss Bummer% daughter. of Peter Ross, Esq., of Yellow Creek, all of Columbia, 0. At Retreat, on Tuesday, the 10th inst., by Rer. Daniel Motzer, Wm. Monza, Etsq , to Miss MARL& 0. Caostwam, all, of Montgomery County, Me. ADVERTISEMENTS.' AHIGH SCHOOL. —A HIGH SCHOOL will be opened in the Borough of 'farentum, Alle gheny County, Pa. for Males .and Females, on the 16th of April. For particu lars, apply to ma2t4t* MA &CUB ORMOND, Tarenttun. TUSCARORA FMB/ALM lIEHEINABLY. AT ACADEMIA, Juniata County, Pa.—This Institution has time* advantages and attractions that pertain to a thor ough and comprehensive system of education, coaductect by experienced and skillful teachers, and a location . In a very healthful region. away from towns and villages, and in the midst of charming scenery. Expenses, $l2O per annum; with mnstc,.sl6o. The Summer Session wilt commence May 6th. mt,2l-6t B. HINDS, Principal. /QTEUBENYILLIG SPERIALE SEMINARY. —This Institution will commence its Aith year the FIRST MONDAY ON MAY, under arrangements which will add greatly to its efficiency and prosperity. The Rev. Dr. BRATTY continues. its Superintendent; with Prof. A. M. Reid as Principal of the School, Rev. J. It. Agnew; Professor of Mental and Moral Science; and competent, experienced Teachers in all the Departments of Instruction. The build ings and grounds are extensive, and adapted in the best manner to such a purpose. Steubenville is a very healthy place, and accessible by river and railroads, in every direc- tion. A full account of Studies, Terms, ,to-, Is found In the Catalogue and Outline, which may be obtained front the Superintendent or Principal. • mh2l-Sts 11.0110111, TM BROADWAY, CORNER OF HOUSTON !STREET, N. Y., uu the same Block with Nitga's Carden, and oppotite St. Thomas' Church. ON THE EUROPEAN OR AMERICAN PLAN, AT OPTION. Rooms SO cents to 63.00 per day. MEALS EXIRA AT ALL HOURS, AND AS ORDERED, Or, $2.00 per day for Rooms and Board. In Summer, this house Is one of the coolest and best ven tilated lb the city ; and all Winter it commands., without tire, the temperature of the tropics, being heated thoroughly and throughout by steam. SIDNEY ROMAN. mn3l3m• 1110 L 74 OW ATM OINTMENT.—f!APETY AND ONKTAINTY.—.This great external remedy does not suppress inflammation, but expels the cause of it, by excretion through the pores. Hence its radical cares of salt rheum, erysipelas, ring worm, and other eruptive dis eases. Sold at the manufactories, No. 80 Maiden Lane, Nair York, and No. 244 Strand, London; and by all druggists, at 25c, 623,4 c., and $l.OO per pot. tuba MIJIL.RACIFIto LAMER AN VS FLORIDA WATER.—Fifteen years of triumphant success in South America, is the recommendation of this peerless ex tract of tropical flowers to the ladles of the United States. Imitations are in the market, but their odor is both eicken• ing and evanescent. That of the genuine is lasting, refircsb ine, delicate and healthful. Sold by D. T. Leaman & Co. wholesale druggists. 69 Water Street, New York, and by all druggists, at bOr.. per bottle. MANS FIELD FEMALE SEMINARY, about five miles from Pittsburgh, near the junction or the Nobleetown and Washington Plank Roads. Mrs. Dd. A. KERR, Principal. The Summer Session of this Institution will commence on TUESDAY, April 7th, 1867. /TERMS—per Session of five months, one-half invariably in advance—Boarding, Lodging, and Light, $BO.OO. DAY TUlTlON.—Primary Department, $10.00; Junior Department, $12.00; Senior Department, $l6 00. Composi tion, Declamation, and study of the Scriotures, throughout the whole Course. Noeffort will be spared to rendor ffiaosß ell Female Semina ry worthy the .patron age of parents and gum diens. who may wish to give their children and wards a thorough Roglieh education, without exposing them to the banefta Ingueneea of more populous communities. trth2l.4lt milarwooldiAVADlGMLY.—W. H. WOODS, A. M., Proptletor and Principal. .3. A. HEAD, A.M.. Professor of the Latin and Creek Langueges. .3. ALFRED SHADE, M. D., Lecturer on Anatomy and Hygiene. Rev. W. S. MORRISON. Lecturer on Evidences of Christianity. • Assistant in English Department, and Teacher in Prepare. , tory Department. • The next Bergen of this Institution will open the FIRST WEDNESDAY OF MAY. Peculiar inducements are held out by this Institution to young meo desiring an education. The Board of Datrue tore Ii composed of gentlemen of high literary attainments, and Allied in their profession. • The location le quiet, secluded, and healthy. Situated among the mountains, it enjoys the pure mountain air. There has never a single csse of ague originated here; and /. those subject to it could not find a better location. The Course of Instruction is such asis beet calculated to prepare young men for business, for teaching, and for taking . a high stand in College. • A Normal Class is formed for those desiring to become • teachers, in which practical Instruction will be given in the art of teaching, hearing recitations, and the proper mode of managing and conducting a school. '• COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT. The Connie of study In this department is slat as ,to.give, thorough instruction in Single and Double Entry Book. I keeping, Mercantile Calculations. Perimanehip,"&a. IThe time occupied to finish the Course will vary from tie to ten weeks , depending upon the student ' s own diligenicie., Students can take up this branch of study, either in eon nexion with other studies, or devote to it their whole time.• Shade Gap is situated on the mail route between Mt. I. Union Station, on the Penosylvania Railroad, and Chem. I beraborg, from which places there is a regular line of stages. TERMS.—For Session of five months, $52.50 Washing and light, extra. Tuition in Doable Entry. . Book-keeping. I flail Course, time not limited, F 20.00. In Single Entry, fell I Course, time unlimited, $B.OO. Students in Academic de. ; . partment, studying Book-keeping, are only charged half the er above prices. U. , Payment halt in advance; balance at the middle of the .8080. • . * 'gII A deduction of ten dollars made for ministers' sons. Ear Catalogues, containing full particulars, address W. H. WOODS, shads Gap. 1 A I's mh2l4it Huntingdon County. Pa PROSPECT US ow TIM PRESBYTERIAN BANNER ED 411boratt. The Rama ie pabllshed weekly, In the cake of PM. burgh and Philadelphia, and Is adapted to general eironlatloP In the Presbyterian Chureb. TERNS EN ADVANUE, IN CLUBS of twenty, and upwards, DELIVERED in either of the oldest, ADVERTISEMENTS; In Advance. For eight lines, or less, one insertion 60 emits ; each sub segment insertion, 25 cents. Each additional line, beyond eight, 8 cents for every insertion. For eight lines, three months, $B.OO. Each additional line 25 cents. For eight Ilnee, One Year, $lO.OO. &eh additional Ilse $l. Calms of two lime, $6 a year, and $1 for each addl. 'Honed line. Duentass Noncom of ten lines or less, One Dollar. Daub additional line, b cent.. Jar Communications recommendatory of Inventions, Me &cal Practice, Scheele, &c. fic., being designed for the pp nary benefit of Individuals, should be pcadfor BueMess Notices. Balm by mail, where no good pportsmity is otherwise at hand. Drafts or note, of the larger denominations are preferable, where they can be conveniently obtained. 8088011M/02111 taken by Bey. S. Guitissu, vs West Mayotte Street, Baltimore. J. D. Williams, Meg., and Jae. A. Irwin Eeq., Presbyterian rooms, No. 45 St. Clair Street, Pitts burgh. J. S. Copes, M. D., New Orleans: PASTORS sending us twenty enbecribers and upwards will be thereby entitled to a paper without charge. N. B. When Presbyterian families are very much diverged, hey may be accommodated at the Club price, even though • 'ew of the twenty be wanting. Let ell be supplied, if peed ele. The Poore we obeli favor, to our utmostability. Let Na supply be ruit,let every paper paid' for. For Two Dollars paid, we will send Seventy numbers; OT for One Dollar, Thirty-three number& This is for the sake of easy remittance. *** credit is extended (we wish it may not be needful to &re r-sdit) the CONDITION is Two Dollars, after the third ramit..vand Two Dollars and Fifty cents, at the end of the year. lhr e are but customary price, for °charmers. If. Parton!, in mating up dubs, And some persons not ready to pay at once, theymay yet send on the names, at the Club price, on their own responsibility to pay us shortly. It deeirable that clubs date their subscription periods at the sometime. DAVID MOKINNNY, Proprietor. 11L.TSW EDITIONS OW TELE HOLT BIBLE. .L recently published by COWAN & CO., Edinburgh, Scotland. Sold by WM. S. RANTOUL, No. 20 .Bt. Moir St., Pittsburgh, and all Booksellers. New Diamond - 82zoo Pocket ;-size of page WteN, inches; about an Inch in thickness. This is one of the Fottall9th and moat beautiful editions in print. To be had in plain and elegant• bindings, from 76 cm. to $6.50. New Diamond 24m0. Bible ; size of page 5x294 inches. A finely printed edition, hi plain and elegant binding., from 75 cts. to $6.50. New Ruby Bible • size of page 534x3 1 1; Inehes. A large type pocket edition, In plain and elegant bindings, from 85 cis. to $2.00. Bibles ,with Marginal References, nudged and improved by Robert Lee, D. D., Regius Professor of Biblical Criticism and Biblical d.nthpaities in the University of Edinburgh, and one of Her Majesty's chaplains in ordinary in Scotland. These Bibles contain about 80,000 refererves. New Diamond Dhno, Deference Bible ; size of page, kali Inches; about an inch in thickness. A finely printed and distinct edition, itcplaitt and elegant bindings . , from 75 cis. to $7.50 New Ruby 10mo. Reference Bible, in plain and elegant bind ings, from $1..25 , to $5.00 New Ruby Foolscap Svc. Bibles, in plain and elegant bind. I from k 1.50 t 058.50. Thnge, e References ,In these Ruby Bibles are arranged on a now plan, in immediate connexion with the verses to which they relate. affording great facility and ease in consultation. The Publishers hive the pleasure to submit the following, from a numerous list of recommendatory notices: Letter from Rev. W. LINDSAY ALEXANDER, D. D., Ed inburgh; " I have examined with care the edition of the Bible published by Maseru. Cowan & Co., and edited by the Ray. Dr. lee. Itis very: carefully and correctly printed, in &clear type. and with a neat page. The Marginal References are excellent, guiding the reader to really parallel passages and phrases, and thereby, at a little expense'of labor, affording him material assistance in the study of the geared Word. The editor has, with great judgment, discarded the onerous farrago usually heaped together under the title of Marginal References," and has retained only such as tend to elucidate the peonage to which they relate. "July 4,1858." From Rev. JOHN BROWN, D. A., 'Professor of Divinity of the United Presbyterian Church, Rdinburgh "While the present edition presents a collection of Refer ences tufficientlyannide, and in the name of the editor, gives a guarantee for the judicious selection of parallels, it has made provision for easy consultation above any Reference Bibby we are acquainted with." From Rev. T.BARCLAY, D, Carrie: "This edition of the Bible, with References, &e., revised and arranged by Professor Robert Lee,' I regard as the most , valuable of the many popular editions that have been pub nailed of late 'Yearn. Great judgment appears to have been evinced in selecting these References only which are appro priate; and it will be difficult to point out an instance in which any Reference, deserving that character, has been omitted" From Rev. ARCHIBALD BAIRD, D. D., Paisley: In addition to the excellence of type, the Reference. themselves, so far as I have gone In the examination, are direct and appropriate, and Stied to make Scripture its own interpreter. Prom Rey. JOHN COOK, D.D , St. Andrews I willingly concur in recommending Messrs. Cowan k Co.'s edition of the Bible, as containing many References well selected and conveniently arranged, and also a select number of the usual Marginal Readings." From Rev. JAMES 0 RklIC, D. D., Glasgow: "I have no hesitation in recommending this copy of the Baripturesns well fitted for the use of those Who wish to re fer to parallel passages when reading the Bible." From Rev. DAVI D CRICHTON, Free Church. Arbroath: "I have sometimes been disappointed on examining pas sages marked In some Reference Bibles as parallel, to die., cover that they had no real, or atleaet important bearingos that with which they were made to appear connected; hay ing, however, turned up some of thces.given In the edition by Messrs. Cowan k Co., already mentioned, I thad them to be most appropriate." Extract of a letter from Rev. ROBERT B. NICHOL, Free Church, Galashiels "I have no hemitaHou in saying, that by your new Refer ence Bible, you have laid our Biblareading population un der great bligations." From Rev. D &YID RING, LL. D, Glasgow : "A judicious setae! ion of References has been made, and the use of them has been facilitated by placing them under the verses to which they relate. Marginal renderings, which appeared to be unimportant or incorrect, have been replaced by others better fitted to illustrate the text. Such an edition of the Scriptures will, no doubt, be prized by the Christian public." • From Rev. WILLIAM PAUL, D. D., Banchory•Devenick : "I much approve of the new arrangement of the Refer encesand various Renderings in the Bible just published by Messrs. Cowan & Co." From Rey. W. R. PEKIN, D. D., Professor of 'Divinity, Aberdeen: " I have examined your edition of the Bible with Refer• micas, and havemuch pleasure in certifying, that your plan o f subjoining the References appears to me well calculated to facilitate a comparison of the parallel passages; and that the selection of References seems to be judicious with a view to the illustration of the sacred text," From Rev. GEORGE JEFFREY, Glasgow: " I think it especially good Bible for the youth of our Sabbath Schoola.' From Fier. JOHN Bi'RA.E, Hayrick : "I think it a great and decided Improvement upon the editions in common use, end it will give me much pleasure to recommend its circulation in the Parish." From Rev. WILLIAM MURRAY, Melrose : "There is no confusion among the Reference., or difficulty in finding them. as in other Bibles; they meet the eye at once; and being of a different - type , are no barrier to the continuous reading of the text. They are, at the same time, very selett and appropriate, Instead of being, a. is toooften the case, unnecessarily and injudiciously multiplied. Alto gether, the edition seems to be the very bast of Its kind." From Rev. JOHN SMYTH, D. D., Glasgow: "1 have great pleasure in recommending the 'New Edi tion of the Bible with References,' as greatly preferable to the usnal method of presenting parallel passages to the reader." From Rev. HARRY STUART, Oatblaw : "May the Lord bless and prosper this edition of his Holy Word t" From Rev. CHARLES THOMSON, Free Cheirch. Wick: "Messrs. Cowan & Co.'s edition of the Holy Scriptures with References, is deserving of high commendation. It is a great improvement on the meal referential Bibles." From Rev. W. K. TWEED/S, D D., Edinburgh "I have examined, with some care, the new edition of the Bible issued by Messrs. Cowan & Co., of Edinburgh, and, most readily attest the conviction, that it is a great improve ment upon all the editions that I have seen." From R;y. JOHN THOMSON. Paisley: The plan adopted In this new edition is fftted to be of great practical utility and advantage, both to mlniators and people. To ministers, especially in preparing lectures on a large portion of Scripture, it is fitted to be of great advan tage. by furnishing , them at the end of each verse with a limited number of well-selected parallel passages." From Rey. ADAM THOMSON, D. D., Coldstream : " An edition which, along with its high excellence In every other respect, is so eminently 4tted to promote and facilitate the comparing of Scripture with Scripture, merits, as I trust it will receive, a very wide circulation." From Re►. JOHN WILLIS, D. D., Cartage : "I purpose recommending your edition to my pccrple on Sabbath." From Re►. ROBERT CRAIG, A. 111, Rothesay : "I regard your new edition of the Bible as an important improvement on our Pocket Bibles, carrying, in itself, as it does, its own illuminative References; In general, well chosen, and of easy application to whatever seems dark or difficult" From Raw. JOHN LONGIEIHK, A. M„ Minister of Mart. hien' Church, and Lecturer in King's College, Aberdeen: " Having examined the Bible lately published by Messrs. Cowan & Co., I have much pleasure in bearing my testimony to its general excellence. Copious and just parallel passages are calculated, in a great measure, to supply the place of a Commentary to the poor but earnest student; and be has the high iwttlefaction of knowing that, in this case,"God is his own interpreter." Many of the marginal r eadings, or translations. are preferable to those that have been adopted in the text." From a Review in the SCOTSMAN NEW3PAPER: "Its greatest merit consists In the judicious selection of References, in the no lea indiedous rejection of many that are inappropriate, and in the insertion of a great number or new parallels that bole° difficulties and correct erroneous glosses. This Bible will assuredly become the most popular of all these published with References." . Prom the GLASGOW SATURDAY POST: " Thiee new editions are vast improvements on any hith erto published. The References are amply sufficient. and have been moot judiciously selected; while the simplicity and ease of Reference is everything that could be desired."' A Prospectus, containing specimen pages of these. Nitbise, and recommendatory notices by ONE lIUNDRXD. riIiNDITB4IfiNTY FOUR CLBRGYMBN, may be bad on sppli catiffn to the Publishers, or to WM. 8. BENTOUL, Book. sell No: 20 . Eft. Clair Street, Pittsburgh. • , Cowan Co. continue to publish the most popular Bib issued' by H. 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