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
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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.
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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."'
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Nitbise, and recommendatory notices by ONE lIUNDRXD.
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