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Temperance Again.
Under this capticn we have an article
professedly replying to one which appeared
in our 'columns, under date of July 11th.
The article is quite too personal. It con
t ains matters not at all alluded to in the ar
ticle complained of, and which have no con
nexion with Temperance. So far as the
paper now before us responds to the former,
we give it in the folldwing extract. The
writers having alluded to some difficulties
on the subject of the use of intoxicating
liquors, without specifying what the diffi
culties were, add
"The matter was finally brought before
the Session and Deacons, in the form of a
temperance pledge or league. This paper
had in it some features of doubtful proprie
ty, to which some of the Session , took ex
ception; but as a general expression of dis
approbation of the evils growing out of
the use of intoxicating drinks, was ap
proved by all. But when any particular
was objected to, the young minister becaMe
quite irritated, and expressed a determina
tion to have no alteration made in it what
ever. This caused the paper to Ile voted
down."
We have read both the articles with
much care, and we cannot find that the lat
ter responds to the former, in any part or
respect, expect in the paragraph which we
have given. Perhaps the author of the
former did wrong in writing for the public;
and in printing for him, we did not practice
our usual caution. Ministers, elders, dea
cons, and members of churches, should set•
tle all their difficulties at home. They
should never bring them before the public,
except when a great principle is concerned;
and then the principle should be discussed,
with as little allusion to personalities as pos-
Bible. Nothing should be introduced but
what bears directly and essentially on the
ease. There* should never be the slightest
effort to injure either reputation or feelings.
Even retaliation our Lord will not permit.
Render not evil for evil, but contrariwise,
blessing, is the Christian rule. Say not I
will do unto him as he bath done unto me.
If the "young minister," in his zeal
against intemperance, that deadly foe to
man, which is murdering its millions, and
that foul blot still on some parts of the Chris
tian Church, has erred, his brother officers
should forgive him ; and if they, in their
zeal for personal liberty, declined to bind
themselves as he thought they should, and
as may possibly have been their duty
also, he should forgive them. Nothing is
to be gained by brethren and fellow-soldiers
opposing and exposing each oth s er. They
suffer: 'thereby.; dud` the cause of Christ
suffers. let them ' bear and forbeiir;
British India.
For the last three months, the empire of
England in India has encountered the most
trying peril which has ever occurred in its
eventful history. Since the days of Clive
and the field of Plassey, the British sceptre
in the East has never been in such imminent
danger.. In fact, the magnificent army of
the Bengal Presidency has ceased to exist.
Had the mutinies and slaughters of Euro
peans taken place in the Madras and in
the Bombay Governments, which have spread
over the valley of the Ganges and its trib
utaries, the dominion of the English in Hin
doostan, would have tottered to its fall. At
least, the conquest of India must have been
accomplished again, amidst difficulties of the
most formidable character.
The catastrophe which has occurred, was
foreseen, long since, by many, both in Eng
land and in the East, who were intimately
acquainted with the state of affairs in India.
Warnings and remonstrances, for several
years past, have been laid on the table of the
India House in Leaden Hall Street; but the
leaden-headed officials of that circumlocution
office did not like to be disturbed. They had
ruled India in their own way, and instead of
losing, they lied gained extensive territories.
When reminded that the country had been
gained by force of arms, and that it was im
possible to rule it by red-tapeism, since the
changes that had been introduced by British
institutions hnd put a power into the bands
of the natives which they had never wielded
in any period of their former history, the
answer was, " our system has done hitherto;
why should it not do in all time to come ?"
Nevertheless, both military and civil officers
continued to remonstrate. In almost every
case the parties were snubbed and reproved
as croakers or interrneddlers, or a bar to
their promotion was laid down, over which
they felt that it was nearly impossible to
rise. The rottenness of the Indian system
of administration was well known to several
of the late Governors General, by some of
whom it was deplored; and by others of
them, the evils which were foreshadowed,
were despised. The late Sir Charles Napier,
whose career in India was so brilliant, used
all the influence of his high official position
in Scinde, and brought the weight of his mil
itary and administrative knowledge and tal
ents to bear on parties in power, but in vain.
His life, now published, has shown how
fully he was aware of the dangers which
were so imminent, and of the necessity that
existed for immediate and thorough reform
in all departments. He met the usual fate
of all who attempted to disturb the repose
of those who preferred to slumber on the
edge of a volcano which was ready to burst
forth in ungovernable fury, and overwhelm
them.
Even in the early part of this season, the
authorities in Bengal had abundant warning
that danger was at their doors. As an illus
tration of the combination and mutual prepa.
ration that existed among the people of that
Presidency, Mr. D'lsraeli, speaking in the.
House of Commons, on the 27th day of July
last, says:
The annexation of Ovule took place early in
1856. This is only the middle of 1857. Is it
true that there has been no evidence of combina
tion and conspiracy in India? There may have
been evidence which the Goveinment has not un
derstood. There may have been symbols which
perplexed them. There may have been conduct,
the motives of which they could not penetrate.
But that there is no evidence of combination fur
the last twelve months, especially in Bengal,
seems to me a position which cannot for a mo
ment be maintained. [Rear, hear.] The House
has heard of the circulation of mysterious cakes
in India=or, if not, allow me to tell them what
has taken place and what was taking place in
India nearly twelve months ago. This took
place :—A messenger comes to the head man of
a village and brings him six pancakes—chi/pat
tiessuch as the natives make of wheaten flour,
and he says, "These six pancakes are sent to you ;
you will make six others, and send them on to the
next village." The head man obeys, accepts the
six cakes, makes six others, and sends them on
to the head man of the next village, with the
same message. How did it begin? It is a mys
tery. If we knew the village whence the pan
cakes were first circulated, we might get very
valuable information. But in the course of four
or five months, the whole of Bengal and the great
part of .tbe contiguous country have been sub
jected to this process—ef a man going from vil
lage to village, from bead man to head man, from
police station to police station, leaving six pan
cakes, with no other order than that six other pan
cakes should be made and circulated.
So, also, it was known that suspicious prac
tices were common among the troops in the
Bengal regiments. The following quotation,
from the same speech, will show that the
European officers who had charge of regi
ments, and'who slumbered at their posts with
such,symptoms spreading around them, were
utterly unfit for the positions which they oc
cupied :
There was, also, an indication of conspiracy
among the military, which must have been known
to the Indian Government. I allude to the circum
stance of the lotus flower. A - man came with a
lotus flower, and gave it to the chief of a regiment,
'lt was circulated from hand to hand in the regi
ment, and every man wbo took it looked at it and
passed it on, saying nothing. We must under
stand that every man who passed it on was ac
quainted with the plot. When it came to the
last soldier of the regiment he disappeared and
took it to the next station. The process was gone
through in every regiment in Bengal. There was
not a regiment, not a station, not an escort to
which, the lotus flower was not sent. All these
things took place after the annexation of Oude.
An honorable gentlemen reminds me that last
year the Bengal regiments refused their fur
loughs. That was certainly a significant circum
stance.
We can imagine the promptitude which
would have been displayed by the heads of
the Russian army, had they been aware of
similar indications among their troops, or
among the inhabitants of an important prov
ince, such as Poland or Finland. In Ben
gal, however, it appears that little, if any,
effort was made to penetrate the mystery, or
to provide for any impending emergency.
Even when disaffection began openly to
manifest itself in the native regiments, the
same dullness of apprehension and reckless
ness as to the future, was displayed. Insub
ordination and plotting were discovered in
the regiments at Barrackpore, and yet in the
face of this danger, the 84th British regiment
was ordered off to Rangoon. The disaffec
tion, however, spread so rapidly, and the
alarm connected with the mutinies and
bloody tragedies which took place at Meerut
and at Delhi, were so ominous, that the order
was countermanded in time to retain the
services of the European& We need not
enter into details. 'At first it was hoped
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that only a few of the Hindoo troops were
disaffected ; but gradually it was discovered
that the combination had spread to every
part of the Pre idency. It was reported that
eight or ten regiments were lost to the Gov
ernment; then the number rose to twenty,
then to twenty-eight, and suddenly to thirty.
The 70th native infani,ry was believed to be
firm and loyal. They even petitioned to be
sent to Delhi, to avenge the outrages which
had been perpetrated there. The men were
addressed by Lord Canning, the Governor-
General, who thanked them for their firm
ness and devotion, and who explained to
them the baselessness of the suspicions which
had been created, by evil-minded men, on the
subject of any intention of the Government
to use force to convert them to Christianity,
or in any way to affect their caste, or religious
prejudices. And yet the next mail brings
the intelligence that this very regiment bad
to be disarmed. It is notorious now, that
the trouble in the army has surpassed all ex
pectation. Fifty six regiments have been
destroyed by - mutiny, one has been disbanded,
and thirty-eight have been disarmed; mak
ing, in all, eighty seven regiments blotted
out from the British Indian army roll. It
is difficult to compute the numbers thus lost;
but the amount must range between ninety
and one hundred thousand men.
Meerut and Delhi have fallen into the
hands of the mutineers. The treasures and
military stores at the latter place were enor
mous, and thus the troops in the fort have
been enabled to hold out against repeated as
saults of the forces which have assembled to
drive them from their stronghold, which had
been left, with the usual degree of careless
ness, without any European defence. So
far as correct information has been obtained,
there is no doubt remaining but that the
slaughter of Europeans has been very great.
Civilians, as well as military men, and mis
sionaries with their families, have been cut
off. In Delhi, the bloodshefl has been very
great, but an overruling Providence in
terfered to arrest the wide-spread conspiracy
in other parts of the Presidency. It appears,
that in consequence of a severe storm which
detained the European troops in the fort at
Calcutta, the inhabitants there were not at
tacked, as had been planned; and similar
deliverances occurred elsewhere, as it seems
that the Queen's birth-day had been set
apart as the tine when a wholesale assault
should have been attempted on the white
population.
At first it was reported that the difficulty
was owing simply to a thoughtless effort, on
the part of the authorities, to introduce
among the Hindoo troops, the Enfield rifle,
in which a cartridge is used, of which the
paper is greased with ix or pig fat. It was
further reported that this form cf cartridge
bad been introduced by the Government,
mainly with a view to degrade the soldiers
from their caste, and thus serve as an in
etrument for their forcible conversion to
Christianity. This report was soon dis
covered to be unfounded, and it was shown
that arrangements had been made to
dispense with 'grease in the paper of the
cartridges, as soon as it was discovered that
offence was likely to be taken because of its
use. Then, again, objection was made
to the color of the paper in which the
cartridge had been rolled; but this, also, was
found to be merely , a pretext, because in
former years, the paper, which had been
manufactured at Serampore, for the use of
the army, had been made of different shades
and no objection bad been urged against it
When our readers bear in mind that the
insubordination has been of Lfined, as yet,
to the Be,. gal army, it will be obvious that
some peculiarity in the state of the forces
in that Presidency, must exist as a cause for
what has taken place. Such is the case.
The Sepoys in all the Hindoo regiments
have been recruited from the Brabminical
caste. They have thus been elevated to
rank, and filled with hauteur and a pride of
exclusiveness not to be found in the Madras
or Bombay service. Instead of having one
regiment of one caste, sod another regiment
of another, that caste which has considered
itself to be the lords of the human family,
has thus been raised to an importance of
power among the people, such as had never
been knoWn in former times. Then, again,
the laxity of discipline, owing to the paucity
of European officers in the native regiments,.
has been very great. -In many of these
regiments, three or four and sometimes five
officers, including the commander and the
adjutant, were the only persons to control
the movements of large bodies of disciplined
men. Often, these officers were absent, and
a few boys only remained, so that the sub
ordinates really had the only command 'that
was exercised, and the Sepo3s gradually
became accustomed to obey officers of their
own caste and color. Very frequently, also,
when discipline bad to be exercised it
turned out that the few English officers who
had charge of a regiment, bad really no
acquaintance with their men. They dis
played no interest in their welfare. In this
respect the stiff and haughty Englishman is
the opposite of the mobile, complaisant
Frenchman, who knows every man under
his command, who is always familiar with
them all, but who, mean while, never loses
his position of command. Even in eases of
complaint and redress, the inferior officers
were frequently the chief confidence and
source of trust for the men.
Add to this the following fact whiela . is
unquestionable, and the influence of which
it will be seen, would necessarily cause its
weight to be felt in any impending contro
versy. Ever since the power of Great
Britain in India became known to the
natives, the influence of Christianity on
their conquerors was apparent. The differ
ent Rajahs, their Prime Ministers and
military men, were the first to discover the
fact. From the upper classes down to the
lower, the , conviction that Britain is powerful
because Britain is Christian, gradually found
its way. The efforts of missionaries direct
ly and indirectly helped to propagate the
sentiment, • for notwithstanding the loss of
caste and property, on the part of those who
were persecuted by the Brahminical priest
hood, on the occasion of their conversion,
still it was Been that all such acquired
dignity and power, on their profession of
Christianity. So, also, it was seen, in the
case of the pupils who bad passed through
the Government Colleges, or the Academies
of the missionaries, without adopting Chris
tianity; yet, in consequence of their con
nexion with Christians, they bad gained in
vigor what they never could have acquired
by Hindoo science. Then, again, the
growth of the English Empire in the coun
try, served continually to keep these ideas
before the minds of the priesthood and all
the multitudinous cormorants, who, in con
nexion with the native courts, had fattened
on the peculation and plunder which had
come to an end when the process of annexa
tion of territory bad been completed. A
similar state of mind has existed among the
Mohammedan population, and the rapid
progress of the British arms in Scinde, in
the Punjaub and all the regions of the North-
West, has filled the minds of the petty rulers
of these regions with the expectation that
all power is about to pass out of their hands.
Hence, a willingness to combine, with a
view to the resumption of their rule. It
was seen that Britain permitted a descend
ant of the great Mogul to live in state, in
Delhi, on'a pension of $750,000 per annum;
and, although compelled to annex Oude, still
the profligate monarch had been endowed,'
and continued to enjoy an enormous subsidy.
Here, then, were two centres, around which
dissatisfaction might congregate; and here
were the representatives of ancient thrones
and dynasties, to which the native popu:a
tion might look, provided, that by oue fell
and wide-spread holocaust, the European
intruders were . out of the way. Very
naturally the king of Oude wished to be on
his throne again. We shall have more to.
say about this personage and others, in India
of a similar stamp, ere long, guided, as we
AO be, by late information from one of
our own missionaries. More we need not
state now, than that his Ex Majesty of Oude
has been found to be at the bottom of the
conspiracy, in conjunction with the pensioned
king of Delhi. On this subject the London
Times sa3s :
Those incurable, though unsuccessful intrigu ere,
the Ex King of Oude and his minister, had been
detected in correspondence with the mutineers,
and put out of harm's way in Furt William It
will be remembered that before the annexation of
Oude, the wralineis of the royal family and its
utter want of principle, bad drawn it into the
habit of intriguing wi'h one faction against an
other ; and Mohammedans and Hindons were de
stroying one another, both with the royal war
rant. These intrigues it was said hi those days,
necessarily ramified throughout ail India, as there
was hardly R. regiment In our service in which
was not to be found both Mohammedans and Bin
does with relations and friends in the kingdom
of Oude, and engaged in its quarrels It was
not to be expected that his Ex-Majtsty could
keep long out of his own element of faction.
Whether he had much band in causing the mutiny
is rf little import snot ; but so long us he was at
large, be probably bad no more power of keeping
clear of it than the miserable puppet of the Pal
ace of Delhi. However, lie is niv in good hands;
and as Government has proof of his there in the
conspiracy, the stoppage of his allowance will
contribute to pay the costs of the war.
Another irflnence, promotive of these
disturbanees, remains to .be noticed. A
writer from Paris, addressing the London
Morning Post, says: " The discontent of the
native troops, in India, seems to have been
known to foreign Governments for some time
past." Commenting on this the Editor
says:
To some foreign Governments it was more than
known, and we wish we could believe that there was
one foreign Government at least who had not "act or
part" in fostering or exciting the discontent. From
the period of the second Government of Lord Corn
wallis, down to the period of the Government of
Lord Dalhousie, Russia has never been without
civil, military or trading agents in India ; and it
has ever been the business of these missionaries
to say a bad word and to excite a bitter feeling
against England, and to exalt, to the, tenth heavens,
the personal character of the Czar, and the greatness
and power of the Russian arms.
During the Governments of the Marquis of
Bastinge '
Lord Amherst, Lord William Bentinck,
and Lord Auckland, Russian agents in India be
came much more numerous, their visits more fre
quent, and their intrigues more artful and un
ceasing than at any antecedent time. Sometimes
these Fersons arpeared to be traveling for pleas
ure or instruction—sometimes in the interest of
science or commerce—sometimes they affected to
be studying the religion or the Bindoos ; but
their objects, however outwardly varied, were
always really uniform—namely, to spy the naked
ness of the land, and to send intelligence as to
any faulty or assailable point to the Russian
Chancery at St. Petersburg. The individuals
selected for the Russian service in India were
well chosen. They were men generally acquainted
with the history and languages of the East, per
sonally insinuating, flexible, and adroit.
There is abundant evidence, both in Fort Wil
liam and Leaden Hall Street, of the proceedings of
these Muscovites; and we should not 'be at all
surprised if some of the Oude nobles and function
aries and some of lhe Brahmins, were under
agents in the pay of the paramount and superior
practitioners who were immediately instructed by
the Russian Chancery.
It is obvious, that since the commence
ment of the war in the East, it was the.
policy of Russia to weaken England in that
quarter. There could be no more likely way
of effecting this, than by stirring up the
national feelings of the Mohammedan
population toward their dethroned rulers;
and by filling the Sepoy troops with vision
ary , alarm, on the subject of caste, and the
forcible loss of their religion. If the
machinations of the agents engaged in this
work did not produce an effect as early as
was desirable, the delay is attributable
to the difficulty of moving the Asiatic mind,
and to the fact that the sudden termination
of the Crimean war, rendered a vigorous
effort the less needful. The alarm, connected
with the Persian entanglement, no doubt,
supplied fresh strength to the plan, and in
due course of time it produced the expected
result. It is certainly an ominous fact, that
Greek Houses in Madras, Calcutta, and
Bombay, seem all to be in league with Houses
in Odessa; that the earliest and most disas
trous news has always been communicated
to the Greek Houses in London, and that a
bond of connexion seems to exist between
these Houses and the parties in the lonian
parliament, who are now showing their
hostility to Great Britain and, also, the
Gra3co•Russian party at Athens.
We think that the danger has culminated.
Much valuable life has been lost Mission
' ary operations have been suspended, and the
families of dear brethren have been obliged
to flee hither and thither, with their lives
in their hands, encountering others, in their
perilous journeys, equall,y unprotected, so
far as the aid of man is concerned. Great
mistakes have been made in the manage
ment of affairs in India; but as usual we are
satisfied that the common sense of the
English mind will rectify what is wrong.
England often blunders, and perseveres in
error; but, when the facts are discovered, no
expense will be spared, and no labor will be
saved, 'in removing abuses, and placing the
condition of affairs on' a stable basis.
Already large bodies of European troops
have been forwarded, and great vigor is
displayed in the dread emergency. That
great good will result to the cause of Chris
tianity, from this struggle, we doubt not.
Heathenism, including caste and all the
abominations of Brahminical pride and
idolatries, were sedulously preserved and
petted iu Bengal. Christianity was fostered
in Madras, where some of the legal decis
ions, which struck the heaviest blows against
Riede° laws and practices, were given ; 3et
in Madras the army is study, while in
Bengal the disaffection has been universal.
On the whole, we agree with the Bombay
Tim,es, which recognizes, in the present
disturbances, simply the commencement of
the great battle between Christianity and
caste. This battle has been impending ever
since the Eoglish arrived in India; and
those who adiuitted high Brahmins into the
army, hive selected as the battle ground, the
ranks of the army. They, not the mission
aries, have converted the battle into Chris
tianity versus the army. The only remedy
fir the evil is, instead of making the army
a great Brahmin machine for perpetuating
caste, to make the Brahmin become a caste
less servant of the State. The whole strug
gle is Christianity versus Brahmin - ism, not
Christianity versus the inhabitants of India.
The Harvest
The harvest, now gathered in, is one of
the most abundant which a bountiful Provi
dence has ever granted to our country.
From the East, West, North and South, we
have the most cheering accounts. The
breadth of acres cultivated was the most
txtensive within our history, and the average
yield. of wheat, rye, oats, and grass, ranks
among the largest; and both grain and bay
have, generally, been secured in good order.
The prospect for corn, also, is very fine.
One or two more rains, and a good season
for ripening, will give our country bushels
by the'million.
"Oh, that men would praise the Lord for
his goodness, and for his wonderful wolks to
the children of men l"
EASTERN SUMMARY.
BOSTON AND NEW ENGLAND
The South West Chapel, of Boston, Eng
land, where the celebrated John Cotton
labored from 1613 to 1638, previous to his
removal to Boston, in New England, bad
fallen into decay. But, the church has
been repaired and restored as nearly as
possible to its former ornaments and ar
rangements, by the contribution of nearly
$3,500, from citizens of Boston and vicinity,
in this county, and was re-cpened on the
21st of July with appropriate services.
Upon this occasion, the American Minister,
Mr. Dallas, Bishop Smith, of Kentucky,
and Mcyor Bigelow, of Boston, were pre
sent. John Cotton died in December, 1652,
but his memory has not perished. Bis name
is still dear to many in Boston and Massa
chusetts.
Universalism, once so rapid in its ad_
vances in many places, does not attract as
much attention as formerly. However
strongly many may cling to its peculiar
doctrines, the denomination as a distinct
organization is certainly on the wane. The
editor of the Boston Trumpet, one of the
organs of the body, complains of the want
of interest manifested by the people, in the
meetings of their conventions, and says that
beyond the clergy they scarcely excite any
attention.
Brownson has been for thirteen years in
the bosom of the Roman Catholic Church;
a long period for him to remain in the
same relations, or to entertain the same
views. And now be seems to become
restive and uneasy. In the last number of
his Olarterly, he has a severe article on
the bigotry, narrowness, and intolerance of
the American Catholic press, and, also, upon
the Roman clergy of Prance, for their
unprincipled support and fulsome adulation
of Louis Napoleon. It is quite probable
that the Bishop of that diocese did not revise
this article; though Brownson has here
tofore declared that he published nothing
without his Bishop's consent.
The Southern Aid Society, for the
purpose of assisting Domestic Missionary
operations in the Southern States, received
in Boston, in July, $578.50, and subscrip
tions that will raise the amount to $708.50:
This Society operates mainly with New
School Presbyterians in the. South. The
Board of Domestic Missions of our Church
has declined, some time ago, any ao.opera
tion with this Society.
The Anniversary exercises of Andover
Theological Seminary were held last week.
The Sermon before the Alumni, was
preached by the Rev. Dr. Cheever, of New
York, from 2. Cor. iv : 2. The address
beforo the Porter Rhetorical Society was by
the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, of Brook
lyn, New Yolk. His subject was "The
Power of the Pulpit, or rather the causes at
work to weaken the power of the Ministry."
President Stearns, of Amherst. College,
delivered the address before the Missionary
Society 'of Inquiry. His object was to
distinguish some of the peculiar and most
important qualifications of a leading mis
sionary to the heathen. The number of
graduates was twenty.seven. The Alumni
have completed a neat and tasteful monu
ment to the late Leonard Woods, D. D., at a
cost of $55888. Concerning the examine
tic& of the middle class in Theology, a
correspondent of the New York Evangelist
makes the following remarks:
• Many of the topics were treated, in, a very
thorough and satisfactory manner—pardon-
larly the subject of the Oberlin Perfection-1 tive Truth, both inductive and dei ti „, i .„„
ism
menandof the doctrine of the Eternal Punish- I The work will be issued by the Carter, I
t h ced. The former was -
in the Autumn. It is the intentio n v
r i
candidly stated and completely refuted—•
the latter was established by an array of author, we learn, to publish one Nolunie e ; ,
argument and Scripture proof overwhelm- year, until his entire plan is filled up.
ing. The doctrine of Regeneration was I The same publishers have
preSs
discussed copiously, but not very definitely. '
life of Thomas H. Gallanclett, late P r i ae i p i
While I could not complain of any error, .1 1
could not help feeling that there was a sort of the Asylum for the Deaf and iht•nh at
of carefulness and jealousy lest to much: Hartford, Connecticut, by the Rev,
should be ascribed to the grace of God. Humphrey, D.D.
The doctrine of Imputation was annihilated I
Sheldon, Blakeman ct• Co. , are shout
without ceremony—as if it must necessarily' to
witlels-l in ,„ 4
imply a transfer of personal qualities. It publish a new work, by the
semis a little marvelous that this doctrine and youthful minister, Mr. Spurgr,,,,,
should be made the target for theoloeic London. Its title will be, "The cz
„da,,
exercise, when justification was allowed to his Saviour.” This work is said to 1,,
be not the making of one innocent or holy, !
all the author's excellences, and to b.:
but the acquitting or relieving hint of thei
penalty due to his transgressions.
' fects.of many of what have been noted a •
•
At the late meeting of the Alumni of
I ,
William's College, six thousand dollars were The Rev. Dr. Baird, now in Eu , ~,
writes to the New York Observer an ate, ,;
raised in addition to seven thousand dollars
of Spurgeon, in which he speaks of hill,
already contributed, for the erection of a
great and excellent preacher, such 4 .
chapel and Alumni hall.
At the commencement exercises of Am
, mended by the times for the removal of e t
heist College, last week, the address of the the salvation of men, and the glory of
Bat no portrait that we have seen of the p r .
Alumni was delivered by the Bon..Galushal
, son, manner, and spirit of this youthful
A. Grow, of Pennsylvania; and the address
bassador for Jesus, surpasses the one draw;
•
before the Social Union, by the Hon. Anson ,
some months ago by our London Corre,,r i .
Burlingame, of Massachusetts. At the ' , dent, and which has been widely copird
meeting of the Alumni the Hon. Samuel
Indeed, if we mistake not, the article of ou r
Williston, of East Hampton, proposed tol
. correspondent was one of the fist notices
give $15,000 for the erection of an Alumni' correspondent
Hall, on condition that the Alumni con-
that tended to correct the misapprehen
entertained in this country, at first, concern.
tribute a like sum in aid of the library •
7 ing Spurgeon, his labors, his doctrines, awl
$ll,OOO of this sum have been already his hearers
secured. The Rev. Daniel W. Poor, D. D.,
pastor of the High Street Presbyterian
church, Newark, N. J., of the class of 1837,
was elected Profe&or of Latin. The Col
lege was never in a better condition than at
present; each class numbers about sixty.
When will the friends of learning and
religion, in Pittsburgh and vicinity, rally
around our Theological Seminary and
neighboring Colleges, with the ardor and
liberality, manifested by the people of
Massachusetts, toward her literary and.
theological institutions?
NEW YORK.
The City is crowded with strangers from
the West and South, and heavy purchases
are beginning to be made. The foreign im
portations continue to be very large, and
the duties immense. The payments from
the South Lnd West on the Spring pur
chases, are much more prompt than was
expected. The money market continues
active, but stocks have declined still farther.
The Number of Enwgrants to this port,
for July, has been 27,190, being 10 900
more than in July of last year. Nearly
one half of these arrivals have been by
way of Liverpool; and only 415 were first
class passergers. All these persons, save
about 500, are destined for the West.;
The steam p"ropellers are rapidly monopo
lizing this kind of maritime business.
The New Police force has at length been
fully organized, and each member registered
and supplied with his appropriate badge.
The whole force numbers nearly 1000 men.
Better order, more peaceful times, and
greater safety to person and property, are
earnestly desired.
Mrs. Gunnivykam has utterly failed, in
her attempts to be admitted to bail; and she
now occupies her old , quarters in the tombs.
It is reported that the District Attorney will'
indict her as Mrs. Burden, so that to escape
the State Prison, she must prove that she
was never married to Dr. Burdell. This
will destroy her chances of obtaining any
property. And if she insists that 'she is
really Mrs. Burden, she will convict herself'
of an attempt to produce a fraudulent heir. I
The Quarantine Commissioners Imve
reported.favorably to the retention of Se
gimp's Point, the buildings of which were,
lately destroyed by fire, for purposes of
Quarantine.
The Morals of Mercantile Life are in
sad need of entire revision. Truth, hones
ty, and honor, are far from being held in that
estimation to which they are entitled. It
will soon be a matter of necessity for men,
engaged in large business transactions, to
introduce the most rigid reforms, or they
themselves will become the greatest suffer
ers in a pecuniary way. The Times states
that a large Carpet firm has been compelled
to make an assignment, owing principally
to the gradual absorption of a vast amount
of money by the head manager and book
beeper. Nor is there any redress, for the
guilty one is no longer in this world. And
a suit is now pending, in which the propri
etor of the Howard Hotel, on Broadway,
charges his barkeeper with abstracting from
his employer, in small slims, to the amount
of $20,000.
The Times also states that Thackeray is
engaged on a new work, to be styled " Vir
ginians," and that during its progress he
may pay another visit to this country.
The New York Okurch,nuin is not at all
satisfied with the course of Bishop Easthurn,
of Massachusetts. According to the Chur ch,-
man, the Bishop is wanting in a proper esti•
mation of the claims of the Episcopal Church,
of the dignity of the office he holds, and of
the extent of the authority which he wields.
The consideration of the Bishop for ,other
denominations, and his disposition to co ape
rat with them on terms of equality, re
ceives the Churchman's most decided eon•
demnation. Several of the religions papers
of New York have been calling attention to
the number of clergymen deposed by the
Episcopal Bishops, but the explanation is
given in the fact, that every minister
leaving that denomination to connect
with another, is solemnly deposed by the
presiding Bishop. So that the publication
of the deposition of a minister, without any
explanation of the cause, is liable to inflict
injury on most worthy men, at most, only
guilty of changing their Church relations.
The Rev. R. J. Breckinridge, is
now in this city superintending the publica
tion of' the first volume of.rhis work on The
ology,' entitled, " The Knowledge of God ob
jlectivelyconsidered b being the First Part of
Theologycon4lere'a '1;8 a Science` Of
PHILADELPHIA
Owing to the Excessive Heat of the hit
two weeks, business has been unusually in-
active
The Time of Delusions is not yet past,
nor has the progress of knowledge and sci
ence destroyed the tendency of the huma n
mind to entertain the greatest absurdities,
while rejecting the p?ainest and most impor•
tent truths. The only certain safeguard is
found in an intelligent understanding and
hearty reception of the Gospel of the Lori
Jesus Christ. A trial has just been con•
eluded before one of the - Courts, in which
Anna Weister, Caroline Mueller, and Car-,
line Warner, were tried for conspiracy in
obtaining money under false pretences. The
verdict was "not guilty," but the defend
ants are to pay the costs. The particular
offense charged was not proved, yet the;
were virtually- adjudged guilty of crimi•
nal practices. Anna Weister a younn.
German woman, and has resided in Philadcl•
phia for several years. A year or two op,
she gave . out that she was inspired, and Bath•
ered followers of both sexes, principally from
among the Germans, to whom she preached.
At times she used horrid blasphemy, pre•
tending to be, the daughter of God, the sister
of Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost. Be
lieving her to speak directly by Divine au
thority, her followers readily gave all the
money she demanded. In this way, .very
considerable amounts, in sums of $3OO, $2.50
and $lOO, and pitchers, jewelry, and dresses
were. obtained. For the recovery of these,
suit was instituted by some who had been,
for a time, among her followers. Successful
as she was in securing proselytes and money,
she does not seem to have advocated any
well-defined creed or form of belief. Occa
sional pretensions were made of the posses
sion of miraculous powers; various ridicu
lous, and sometimes profane observances
were enjoined, and occasionally, it is said,
the delusion did not stop short of separating
parent and child, husband and wife• Even
yet, there are those*who have most implicit
confidence in the declarations of this ignor
ant and fanatical woman. In view of this,
in a city of schools and churches, such as
Philadelphia, can it be thought strange, that
Mormonism, and other impositions, should
flourish in localities less highly favored.
Ecclesiastical.
The Presbytery of Albany, at an adjourned
meeting, held at Johnstown, New Yolk,
on the 4th inst., ordained Mr. JAMES
FROTEIINGRA3i, from the Theological
,Seminary, at. Princeton, and Mr. PETE?.
VEXDEB., from the Western Theoloal
oal Seminary, at Allegheny, to the oda
of Evangelists Sermon by Dr. J. Leigh
ton Wilson, Secretary of the Board - er
Foreign Missions, from John iv : 35; or
daining prayer by Rev. J. P. Fisher, of
Johnstown.; charge by Rev. Jeremiah
Wood, of Ma3fteld. Mr. Frotbinghava
has been designated as missionary to the
Choctaw Nation, whither he will proceed
immediately.
Rev. ALFRED Ntvis, D.D., bas declined
the call from the Presbyterian church at
LewiShurg, Pa.
Rev. jaiuEs Y. MITCHELL was installed
pastor of the Presbyterian church at Phil
lipsburg, New Jersey, on the 26th ult.
Rev. Huou A. BROWN'S Post Office address
is changed from Rockford, Illinois, to
Morsingford, Charlotte County, Va.
Mr. JouN E, WOODS has been installed
pastor of the Presbyterian church at Ben'
tonsport, lowa. Rev. 5 C. McCune, of
Fairfield, preached the sermon aad made
4 the ordaining prayer Rev. D. V. Smock,
of Birmingham gave the charge to the
pastor, and Rev. James Caldwell of Lib
ertyville, the charge to the people.
Rev. HENRY BROWN, who formerly hod
charge of the Presbyterian church, at
Harrisonburg, Virginia, has been unani
mously elected Principal of the Female
Seminary, at Auburn, Alabama.
Rev.
-ouN M. BOGGS, late from the Pres
bytery of Cmhocton, was installed pastor
of the church of Independence, Buchan
.an ounty, lovia, by the Presbytery at
Dubuque, on the 29th of July.
Mr. WASHINGTON FROTHINGHAM WB5 or
dained to the work of the ministry, and
installed pastor of the church of ilawil;
ton Union, N. Y., by the Presbytery
Albany, on the 30th of June.
„ • ,t
Mr. JOSEPH W. HUBBARD was oruatne.•
and installed pastor of the Second Prey
byterian church of Bridgetown, Nov
Jersey, by the Presbytery
sey, on the sth inst. of West Jer-
Rev. A. W. PITZER'S Post Office address is
Leavenworth City, Kansas.
itev. Joan JONES has been installed pastor
of the r"tesbyterian church at Rome,
Op/kitten, of the Presbytery of
Cher°