IZZ Western Correspondence. Pit.~l have had opportuni• ty of convitsiog With several of our leading wen in tlx West, rincc the disruption in the New Sehool General Assembly, and believe that you express our views in the article contained in your issue of July 25tb, beaded, tt t h e N ew Sohool Soutb— Would their azoession to tic Old School be desira ble!" We thank y,,u fur that article. We believe it will do good. The truth is, if we know the position of the Old School upon the subj Pet of tila.very, it is not the position of Dr. It His is not the doctrine upon which we have so happily settled; and if he, with his new and foreign views, finds en trance among us, we fear for the result. ].owing, however, that he differs from us upon that, as. also upon other questions of importance, ho may have no idea of making soy overtures to us; and may lead all who iltopethise with him, to turn their attention in other directions to find a home. Noticing that but little progress is being made in the matter of union between the Associate iteforwed brethren South and ourselves, leads we to speak of the late union between the Seceders and that branch of the Church These two families of the Pres of °brie. byterian Church have been long seeking to effect Ft union. The Associate Reformed brethren, especially, have been very anxious for it, going far more than half way, as hose of us who have been lookers on have '.elieved, in their overtures to secure this , esirable end. At length the union is ; cured, but if we are to judge by the testi .ony found in their papers, it is not as early as could be desired. here are found .rotesters gist and West, which evidences h'at not quite all has been secured that was ,nticipated. We make these observations a no unkind spirit-, for we know of nothing ore derArable than a hearty union between bee two bodies, never being able to see ny real cause for division in their case; yet e refer to this state of things to inquire f these brethren South ; who adhere to all lie peculiarities of their Church, are pre• iarLd for a union with us when so little uod is resulting from the attempt with a .inter Church, so nearly identical with them .elves, that it is impossible for the uninitiated o discover the difference ? While speaking of Union, I am reminded that this word has been made a sort of b,ttle-ory by all sorts of errorists throughout the West and South; and although the thing itself is most desirable, yet we have come to look with suspicion upon the person who makes a free use of the term. In the mouths of those who use it most, it means, generally, that you are to give up all that you hold dear in doctrine and prac tice, adopt their errors, and there will be a union. The followers of Alexander Camp ball, within the memory of many, succeeded in breaking up Christian Churches, and gathering multitudes to themselves, by the free use of this single potent word. The writer once came in contact with one of these zealous proselyters, in the person of a shrewd, intelligent female. She claimed to have no creed; entertained a most holy horror of all who, deceived by the Devil, ad hered tb anything of the kind; had a dislike to all Churches, especially to the Presbyterian, on account of the Arch Heretic, N. L. Rice; and was particularly anxious to add to her o any trophies, a moven to her notions, in the form of an Old School Presbyterian minister. She was not long in laying her plans, and opened her batteries, by deliver iog a broadside upon the blessedness of union among Christians. To this, of course, "North-West" said, amen ; inviting madam to propose some feasible plan of union, and if it would not require too great a sacrifice on his part, she would not find him backward in adopting it. "Sir," said she, "you must be immersed " Although, madam, 1 have hitherto been very tenacious upon the mode of baptism, believing sprinkling or pouring to be the true Scriptural mode, yet for the sake of union, the blessings of which you have so tiffeotingly described, I will con• cede the point, and be immersed. But, first, let me ask, what will you concede? "Me!" Yee, madam; union you know implies mutual concessions for greater good; and having taken one step, I will claim that you take one, and allow me to baptize, by immersion, those beautiful children. " What, Sir; baptize my children! No, Sir. I know better than to allow that, I assure you." Well, madam, any other concession as im portant as the one I have made 'I Think of the blessedness of union. "Indeed, Sir, I have no concessions to make." Ab, then, I think I understand you; you wish me to come over to your faith, and adopt your notions in full. I trust, madam, you will never speak of 'union again. I call all such efforts, "attempts to prose lyte." Give them hereafter their true name. The publivtion of the Minutes of the Assembly, for 1857, enables us to note the progress of our Church, in the valley of the Mississippi. This, we do with profound gratitude to God. Seeing, as we think we do, his band in causing Zion to lengthen her cords and strengthen her stakes. I present, in the following table, a sum mary view of the condition of the Church in three States, Illinois, lowa and Wisconsin, in the years 1854 and 1857, and the increase during these three years: Synod of Wisconsin. Ministers,_. . . . . Clint ohm . . Conmunicants, . . . Synods Illinois i t Chicago. tslitristers, . . . . . 88 112 Churches, . . . . 116 165 Communicants, . . . 4,715 7,705 Synod of lowa. Ministers, . . . . . Churehrs,. . 53 107 64 Communicants, . . . 1,193 4,159 2,966 Several instructive facts are presented in these statistics. It will be perceived that the Synod of Wisconsin is the weakest, and has made the least progress of the three. This is owing to the character of the popu. lotion of that State; the American portion of which is mainly from the New England States, where it is well known there is little or no sympathy with the peculiarities of the Presbyterian form of church govern ment. It will also be observed, that the churches have had a healthy growth, an increase of membership, which has indicated a real progress. For instance,in Wisconsin, the average membership in each church, in 1854, was nearly twenty.iaine; and, in 1857, notwithstanding tbe increase in the number of churches, the average is thirty two. In the Synods of Illinois and Chicago, the average, in 1854 was forty; in 1857, it is forty seven, although the churches have, in the meantime, increased from one hundred and sixteen to one hundred and sixty.live. In the Synod of lowa the same fact is still more strikingly exemplified. Although their churches have more than doubled in number, in the last three 'Tars, the average of membership has, in the same time, in creased from twenty two soda half to thirty eight and two•thirds. This fact is enconr a4ing It slows that our progress has not been of a fictitious character, increasing the number of our miaiatry and aural/ea with. out adding to our membership. I question much whether any Church, upon this West ern field, having the same difficulties to surmount, can exhibit statistics which contain a more urgent call, than these, for thankfulness to the Bread Head of the Church. To my brethren I would say, let us thank•the Lord and take courage. I do not know that the death of ex cellent brother Church, of Princeton, Illinois, has found its way, through the columns of the Banner and Advocate, to your readers. His death occurred about the Ist of May last. As he was extensively known, and much esteemed fur his many excellent qual ities of heart and mind throughout this region, I will hope to be able to send you, in my next, a somewhat more extended notice of his life and labors. I see by the Dubuque papers that Ales. ander College is anticipating a prosperous future. She has secured a new and most beautiful site for her new College building, and, by the sale of the old edifice and grounds, finds herself in funds to go forward vigorously in securing new accommodations for her Professors anestudents. The corps of Faculry is full of good men and true; at the head of which, stands Dr. Phelps, well known as an able instructor We will hope for a good report from this Institution as a co-laborer in the great cause of education. Carroll College is doing well. Their commencement services took place on July 15th, and as you have, no doubt, seen a notice of them in the secular prints, I will not now enter into detail It must be encouraging to the friends of our Church in the East, to know that these institutions are beginning to show evidence of usefulness, and to see an answer to their prayers in the fruit which they are now enabled to bring forth. The weather is fine for our harvests; and such harvests ! Never before was there such abundant crops of small grain known in the West. Intelligent farmers assure me that the yield of wheat in Illinois, Wisconsin, and lowa, will be double that of any former year. "Oh, that men would praise the Lord for his goodness." May we not expect a full treasury, in the house of the Lord, as the result of such abundance? Yours, &c., NORTH-WEST. For the Presbyterian Banner and Advosat. Presbytery of Erie. The Presbytery of Erie hereby gives the following notice : The Presbytery, at a meeting held Aug. 12th, 1857, being fully persuaded that Chas A. Bebrends, at the time of his reception, had been, and was still, deposed from the Gospel ministry, ordered his name to be stricken from their Etoll. By order of Presbytery. W. M. BLACKBURN, Clerk. Erie, Pa, , Aug. 13, 1857. A Catholic paper in Canada East says that a priest, who was within sight of the steamer Montreal, lately burned a few miles below Quebec, gave a iree absolution to all the persons on board before a single soul perished I It has been the lot of this State to occupy a very prominent place in our National affairs, es pecially in connexion,with the agitation of the Slavery question. And on this subjecl it is not likely soon to decline from its prominence. Ac counts received, for the last year, seem to justify, the thought, that a great political change is in pregreSs. Immigrants from the -Northern and Middle States have been, recently, purchasiog Missouri lands with eagerness. These, with the multitude of foreigners who are settling there, are rapidly modifying the complexion of social send- Ment. In the last Legislature, some remarks were made favorable, prospectively, to emancipa tion. Several recent elections in St Louis, look that way. Some of the journals favor the ides. But the most remarkable - feature in the case, is the election (probably) for the next Governer of the State of a gentleman claimed to be an eman. cipationist. Major Rolins to whom reports give the elec tion, is spoken of as a good citizen. His political sentiments, may be collected, to eome extent, froth a recent speech at SL Louis. If it is cor rectly given, he spoke with much plainness. The remafks attributed t 6 him are as follows : Now, in regard my opinion upon the subject of "emancipation." I hear Weald, occassion ally, that Missouri is destined to be a free State. Very well. lam in favor of leaving that question, to higher than human laws, and I am in favor of submitting that question to the laws of climate, of emigration, of labor, and of production; which, first or last, affect the destiniiies of man and Commonwealths; and to the clear guidance of Him who does all these things well. Now, I am in favor or encouraging labor in our State ; protecting the labor of this great city, and of the entire Commonwealth in which we live. lam in favor of inviting and encouraging emigration to the State of Missouri from every part. I say, let us throw wide open our doors and invite here men of the North and the South, and men of every tongue and kindred upon the hab liable glube. Invite them here to cultivate our prairies, to till our land, to aid in developing our mineral resources, to aid in filling up our great cities, and in making Missouri the proudest and noblest Commonwealth in this sisterhood of States; and if, my friends, this cordial system of emigration from North and South—if, I say, this emigration in the course of years brings about such a dilproportion between the white and black races, that it is no longer the interest of the peo ple of Missouri to continue it a slave State, I say, "then let it go." These are my opinion% my friends. • I hide them from no one. Ido not wish to war with a men, however, because he differs with me upon the'subject. Ido not wish to war with a man because he is an emancipationist. That is the better and the wisest policy. My opinion is, that in consequence of the agitation that such a ques tion will awaken in the State, and in consequence of the fact that we occupy a Northern latitude here;. in consequence of the fact that the dis proportion between the white and black races is becoming greater and greater; and of the, fact that in the course of time—in ten, twenty, or fifty years most probably—it will become the in terest cf the stave holder himself to stay the cur rent of slave populatiorrin the State, of Mit-souri, that it is better to do Without the institution ; I say, that, in consequence of all these laws and ' considerations ant causes now operating, it would be best to let the question alone. 1864. 1857. increase 28 33 6 28 87 9 706 1,177 381 49 2,990 25 71 The President returned this evening Am. 14 —lf it be true, as stated that Costa Rica has:disposed of the Nioaraugtm transit route, and has acquired part of the territory of the lat ter, our government will unquestionably object to that arrangement, it being known that William Cary Jones was especially instructed to represent the views of the administration on that subject . , adverse to such a course of policy. Until the meeting of Congress, no diplomatic appointments will be made, except such as may be demanded by public exigencies, as it is desired that the Fuezessors of the present incumbents shall not go abroad until their appointments shall I be confirmed by tb - e Senate. Not very Valiable. geins pepartnitut. Nissonri. Washington. Ana. 12.—Instruotions have been issued to the Surveyor General of Kansas and Nebraska, to prepare a proper plan of survey for a tract of land heretofore ceded to the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, in order that a patent may be issued therefor. THE PRESBYTERIAN BANNER AND ADVOCATE. Kentucky. It appears from the Louisville papers, of both parties, that the Democrats have only carried one branch of the Kentucky Legislature. In the Senate there are twenty Americans and eighteen Democrats. leaving an American majority of two ; in the other House there is a Democratic majority of from twelve to twenty. A United States Sen ator is to be chosen. Longevity. The Register General of England and Wales coucludes that of twelve classes of occupations. ftrmers have the longest lives. The order of longevity is as follows :-1. Farmers; 2 Shoe mikers; 8. Weavers ; 4. Grocers ; 6. Black smiths; 6. Carpenters; 7. Tailors; 8. Laborers; 0. Miners; 10. Bakers; 11. Butchers; 12. Inn keepers. Kansas ST. LOUIS, Aug. 11.—Kansas advices to the Bth inst., state that Gen. Walker returned to Law rence with the U. S. troops, the apprehensions of an attack, by the Indians proving groundless. The city government met on the ith inst., and are eng4ged in perfecting ordinances. The election returns indicate nearly a unani mous vote in favor of the Topeka Constitution. Ann. 14 —The Kansas correspondence of the Democrat says: Judge Kane has published an opinion that the payment of taxes is essential to preliminary rights. Rohug, the Sheriff of Duog lass County, has given notice of his intention to collect taxes. Rumor says that Lane, Robinson, Phillips, Con• wny, Blood, and others have been indicted by the Grand Jury of Lecompton. In a speech at Osawake on the sth, Lane announced the organ iza ion of eleven thousand men to protect the polls in October, and stated that the number would be increased to twenty-five thousand. It is stated that advices from Kansas report that Governor Walker had received peaceful overtures from the people of Lawrence, and that a reconciliation .was confidently expected. Gov ernor Walker's force consists of six companies of dragoons, oue company of infantry, and one com pany of flying artillery—in 'all, six hundred men. California. The steamer Central America, which arrived at New York, August 12, brings California dates to July 20th, and $1,250,000 in specie. The Democratic State Convention had nomina ted Ron J. P. Weller as candidate for Governor, and the Republic.tn Convention, Edward Stanley, as candidate for the same office. The mining news is favorable. and the agricul tural prospects throughout the State are good. The anti Broderick party bore down all oppcei Lion in the Democratic Convention. The pro ceedings of the session were of livery boisterous character. The markets continued depressed, and it was believed nothing but the suspension of shipments for two or three months would restore confi- deuce OREGON.—In the 'Tune election the official ma jority in favor of the Convention to forma State Constitution, was five thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight. Central America. . Soon after the grand explosion of Walker's government in Nicaraugua, one of his returned Grnerals undertook to assert, through a New York paper, that only twO thouaand• filibusters, in all, had been sent to Central America. We scouted at it as preposterous, and at length the proof of its falsehood has come to hand. A San Juan del Norte correspondent of the New York Daily Times hai taken great pains to • ascertain the true number of men sent from the Atlantic States and California to join Walker in Nicarau gua during the last two years, and is assured that the honks of Charles Morgan, & Sons prove that 7,000 men have been shipped up the San Juan River, and 3,600 received from California---mak ing, in all, 10,500. The same writer is abo in formed by Mr. Bostwick, late. Secretary of State iu Walker's government, that he' can prove by documentary evidence that no less than 6,700 fili busters have found their graves in Nicaragua. These figures are worthy of public attention at , a time when Walker is again using all his influence to get up another invading expe ition. if he could not secure the least foothold with a force of ten thousand men,,far superior as soldiers to the native troops, the cause must certainly he hopeless, and those who aid him in another such enterprise, will only be committing an act of atro• clans and murderous folly. Items. The white population of Oregon Territory is stated by the Oregon papers to be from 411,000 to 45,000. In the Southern States, whose elections have just been held, the return shows twenty-five Dem ocratic members of Congress, and six Americans, 'being a Democratic gain of seven. NEW ORLEANS, August 12.—The deaths for the past week amounted to ninety-eight. Mtaican dates to the 34 are received. The news is unimportant. Commonfort was almost un animously elected. CIIRIOES ARRANGEMENTS OF A HOSPITAL —The large City Hospital of Chic,igo has been placed, by the Board of Health, under the charge of two medical boards, one of the allopathic school of medicine, and the other of the horucepathic. To the latter only about one fourth of the building has been. allotted, but more will be given if need ed. Near Edith, S. C., a crop is about to be gath ered of four acres of sun flowers. The seed will be used for oil, and to feed cattle and poultry, as in the South of France; but the chief object is to, obtain the fibres of the stalks for paper making; if tile cultivation succeeds, it is expected to supply abundant materiels for fine writing and printing paper, as well as fine and course for paper hangings. FAGOTS - FOR• HERETICS.s—The Ardgate church in London has a fund bequeathed to it in the dark days of persecution. Its specific purpose was to purchase fagots. not, to warm the cold, or prepare food for the hungry poor, but to burn heretics. Some centuries are now past, and the supply hes so far exceeded the demand, that there is no more room for storing away the abundant fagots. The trustees of the feud, it is said, now give away the proceeds to keep alive the poor, and comfort and save the very class that a different age had con signed to the stake. During the past week there were two hundred and eighty four interments in Philadelphia. The mortality in .New York is 'still on the increase; the total for the week ending August 16 was six hundred and thirty-three. FINAL DECREE IN . FAVON OF. TWO CONON:88S RUBBER COD] PAN Y.—Bosion t August 11.—The `United States Circuit Court, yeiterdayonade final decree and a perpetual injunction was entered in favor of the Congress Rubber Company against some dozen importing houses, dealers, and manu facturers of elastic webs. The right to all elastic webs is dins established in the company, and no gonds can be hereafter imported having vulcanized rubber in them THE PEACH CHOP.—We learn from peach-grow ers that in various orchards the yield will average about a third or half a crop This, they say, is preferable, as a limited quantity at large prices is better for them than large quantities at limited prices. The' Canal Department of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company Irts been placed under the charge of W. B. Foster; Jr. r lTice President, as General Superintendent,; T. 4. Dupuy, Esq., Engineer; and D. L. Mitchell, Esq., Secretary and Auditor. [AI/TKICTIBEMENT.j ItE‘ Old and young are now indiscriminately using Prof. Wood's Hair Restorative; some as a cosmetic or beautifier of the complexion, some to prevent the hair falling, some as a l mere dress ing of the hair, and others to make it grow and to change gray , hair to its original color; and there is no doubt of its answering all the pur poses for which it was destined by its illustrious inventor. We are utterly averse to incurring editorial responsibility in trifling matters, but as we deem it no trifling matter to have the hair on a man's head (when prematurely falling off) actually and permanently restored, so neither do we consider it unworthy the editorial profession to recommend a Hair Restorative that will effect this very thing. Wood's celebrated " Hair Restorative' is the article we have in view, and if the certificates of the most distinguished men in .the country, are entitled to credence, then is this preparation all that is claimed, for it on the part of its prop rietor. See extracts-from the Niimouri &publican in the special notice column of this paper.—Rah way American. Sold tq all Druggiat/, Pittsburgh Markets. PITTSBURGH, Tuesday, Aug. 18. Am:ma—Pearls. 614*,. Pets, 6@634c. Soda Aeh, 334@05ic. BEANa—$2.O2 per much. Therrna ‘l.ln Roos— koil. nutter 120.1 , 1 c.; retailing in market at 25 , 28 e. Eggs, 8@034.; retailing in market at 15(alfic. racava—Weatern Reserve.loe. DRIED Fa MT—Pvaches, $5 50. Apples. $2.25@ 2 50. Fuse—Milt Feed, on arrival, at 60@65e. per 100 the; from store, 75c. FE~TNEES-'Prime Western. sficrts6c. per t. noun—Extra, on the wharf sold at $6 65 and superfine 37dA11.40; from store at $6.75 for superfine, $0 .80 for ex tra. $7.12 for extra family; Rye $5.0045.25. GRAIN—Oats. 46(&48c Corn. 7.561,800. 'Barley. 70(00c. Wheat. Tennessee red 1.35; Kentucky Mediterranean $1.2.5; small lots rrom wagon at $1..26. liar—$7000(0114.00 per ton. Wont-35050c. Pormroas—New. 60c per bushel. Lunn-14Q 14%c. MILLS STOPPED.—The number of cotton looms that have been stopped in New England, in con sequence of the high price of cotton and the low price of goods, is about six thousand, and orders have been given to stop many more as fast as the yarn runs out. We heard, yesterday of two large mills that will run only till the cotton now in pro• cess of manufacture is exhausted. This is the only remedy. We talk of the short supply of cot ton. The evil is not there ;it is the over supply of cotton machinery. The looms now in operation are not only too many for the supply of cotton, they are too many for the demand for cotton goods at anything like the prices which alone, at the present' cost of the raw material, can return a .new dollar for an old one. In England, thirty thousand horns have been stopped, and prices 'have quickly, responded to this judicious curtail ment of production.—Providence Journal. [ADTERTISMENT.] The Great Holland Remedy BCERITAVE'S HOLLAND BITTERS.—Persons eub jest to nervous or sick headache, will 'find in Boerhave's Holland Bitters a sure, safe, and, pleasant remedy. It soothes the throbbing head, corrects acidity of the stomach, assists digestion, and creates a healthy appetite.. It is, without doubt, a. most'delightful preParation, and an ef fectual remedy. •The fact that it is now a very popular medicine throughout all the Holland"set tlements in Wisconsin, New York, Michigan, Illinois and Indiana, speaks much in its favor. CArrioN !—Be careful to to l ls for Bcerhave's Holland Bitters. Sold at $l.OO per bottle; or, six bottles for $5.00, by the sole proprietors, BENJAMIN PAGE, JR., & CO., Pittsburgh; and. Druggists generally. tortign ntelligenct. NEW YORK, August 17.—The steamer Columbia has anived Lff Sandy Hook, with Liverpool dates to the third inbtant. The Arabia arrived out on the Benoit instaut. The telegraph squadron left Queenstown on the third for Valencia Bay, to commence • laying the cable. The. English Government has asked Parliament for authority to embody the militia for an increase of the army. A new furkish Ministry had been announced. A dispatch from Madrid says that the Marquis of Serrono has supercEded Gen. Concha as Gover nor General of Cuba. The East India Company has made a requisition for 6000 additional troops. Lord Panmure had introduced a bill authoriz ing the embodiment of the militia without calling Parliament together. He anuounced , the inten. tion of considerably inoreasiug the' rank and file of the army. Lord Brougham made a. speech in favor of the extension of the elective franchise. Lord John Russell's motion for a Committee of Enquiry as to whether Jews can not be admitted on affirmation under existing acts, was agreed to. Au Italian paper has published IVltizzini's defence, but it was suppressed. He declares that he will not stop until his object is accomplished. The French Ambassador at Turkey hits sus- pended relations because the Moldavian elections were not set aside. Mustapha Pasha is now Grand Vizier. A disp tteh from Paris states that, the Emperor and Empress leave St. Cloud to-day, to visit V etorio. at Osborne. The clipper Swiftaure, from Australia, arrived at Dartmouth, bringing sixty thousand ounces of gul d. The steamer Columbo arrived at Southampton on Tuesday, bringing the China and India mails. Her passengers firmly believe Delhi to have fallen. They state that Bazear intelligence outstrips Government dtspatches, ! and that, according to Bauer news, Delhi had fallen. When the Madras passengers left,- an outbreak was fully expected. All Europeans were under arms, and one thousand seven hundred armed men were found about the residence of King Oude, although according to the treaty not entitled to one. Colin Campbell's phasage through Egypt was an ovaiiou. He intends dividing his army into Fix flying division& The plunder of the Indian treasures is esti mated at two millions pounds sterling. The basis of the Netherlands pruject for the abolition of slavery in tt.e West Indies, is indem nity to the proprietors for thirty-four millions guilders. Persia refuses to evacuate Herat. The telegraphic dispatch, alleging the capture of. Delhi by the British, but which is contradicted, was as follows: "Delhi was stormed and taken June 12th, with great slaughter to the matioeers, the'remnant of whom took refuge within the palace, the lofty but decayed walls of which could afford them but a temporary refuge." The London Ttmes says that Delhi has been made by the British a, sort of India Sebastopol, having. been wonderfully strengthened with..for• tifications and filled with cannon and ammunition; and that it can be supplied to any extent by the Jumma, which fl-,ws under its palace, and which is in the hands of the natives. But the inferior ity of the India races, in a military point of view, is too great to admit of their success in' the present revolt, At Allahabad a handful of Euro. peen iuvalids defended the fort and one of the chief-arsenals in India against several native regiments. At Beuares, even with the aid of irregulars and a Sikh regiment, the mutineers were beaten off and driven towards Delhi by a company of artillery and a handful of the Queen's 13ih and the Madras fusileers. In fact, wherever there was an European force the superiority of the Eurcpean has been established' against the greatest odds, and under eircums'ances of much discouragement. So, in the midst of fighting in Oude, at Aurungabad, and, other places, authori ty,has been sternly, and .'fearlessly vindicated by public executions, with the best results. The'rebellion in India seenis to have found the anthorities there entirely unprepared—although how they could have overlooked the various evi dences of a tendency that way on the part of the native troops seems difficult to understand. erY officer seems to have had confidence in the fidelity of the troops under his own command until fired upon by tnem. One account says : ." At Benares, at five o'clock on the evening of the 4th, the Brigade was ordered out for the pur pose of disarming the thirty-first regiment, who were known to be disaffected, and in correspond ence with people in the city., The men were or dered to appear on parade without their arms. Some companies obeyed and did so, but others refused to give up their arms, and commenced firing upon their officers. This appeared to be the signal, for.the rest. of the regiments then ran to the piles of arms; the guns however began to pour in the grape so sharply upon them, that they were glad to beat a retreat; only a few of of the most determined rebels still kept up a fire from the right wing at the officers. The Sikh regiment all the time remained quiet on parade, passive spectators of the scene, but at this crisis they loaded, by order of Col. Gordon. An omin ous change then came over them. , The cavalry first turned, and then the Sikhs poured in a deliberate volley on the officers standing round, three of whom fell. The artillery in return gave them a shower of grape, which sent them flying off the parade. " About one hundred of the mutineers were killed, and two hundred weunded ; the rest, bolt ed throwing down their arms. The mutineers of the Sikh regiment tried to capture the guns, but were thrice repulsed with great loss Only a 'few men of the irregular enevalry and Sikh regi ment stood firm ; all the rest mutinied ; their discomfiture was complete, thanks to the bravery of one hundred and eighty European soldiers who defended the guns, and charged and shot down the mutineers. Eight only instead of thir ty-five, as reported, of these brave soldiers were killed and wounded. The lives of the oiviliana and , , their fa,miliere who fled token refuse in she Chinee tore cutchery, were saved by the presence and no ble exertions of Soorat Singh, a Sikh prisoner. Rd it was who went among the Sikh's of the treas ury guard and prevented them from rising after they had heard how the men of their corps had been cut up, and by his influence they were kept at their post until the next morning, when the treasure was removed to cantonments, under an escort of Europeans. The portion of the Sikh corps over the treasury remain staunch." The following are the stations, at which the women and children of Europeans anti Americans have fallen into the hands of the soldiery, and it is better to draw a veil over the barbarities they endured from these merciless fiends: Meerut, Delhi, Ferozepore, Allyghur, Roorkee, Murdaun, Lucknow, Nusseerabad, Neemuch, Benares, Hanoi, flissar, Jhansi, htehidpore, Jullundur, A- zimghur, Futteghur, Jaunpore, Btreilly, Shah joanpoor. At the remainder of these stations, the officers were murderously assaulted, the bungalows fired, and at most of them the trea suries lo a ted, fniitts. TIM ANNUAL REPORT of the Board of Domestic Mis sions, addressed to the following persons, can be had by them. free of ebarge, by calling on Jona Cummaraos Libra rian at the Presbyterian' Book Rooms, in Pittsburgh: Pittsburet.—Jathes Ring, M. D , 0. G. Hussey, M. D. Rlliiam Bakewell, Esq., A H. McCandless. M. D., J. D. Wil liams, Esq., J. P. Williams, Edwin IL Williams, Luke Loom is, Robert Scott, David Cooper, Benjamin (McLain, Washing ton McClintock, James Chambers, Johnston Adams, lion. Walter Li3wrie John P. Loy, Malcom Leech, 'John Harmer, Jas N. Brady, Harvey Childs, Robert Fife. L K. Livingston, John McKee. Samuel Mckhuters, Robert Dalzell, E. G. B l isp, john'T Logan, Thomas flat Bey. Esq , Robert D. Thomp son, David Allen, Hiram B. Alien, Henry Porter, Mrs. Mary Lea, Mrs. Mary Leech, Mrs. Hester Paxton, Mrs Caroline Paxton, Mrs Mary R. Smith, Mrs. - Martha Murphy, Mrs. Matilda T. Murphy, Mrs. Mary Thompson, Mrs. Mary Rob inson, Mrs. Mary 2.l , tivil, Mrs. Mary Willrios, Mrs Mary Ann Laughlin, Mrs.. E. F Denny, Mrs Eliza Wallingford, Mrs. Sarah Watley, Mrs. R. B. Patterson. Airs Ann Halley, Mrs. Annie Spencer. Mrs. Matilda M.rshall, Mrs. Elizabeth Dilworth, Mrs. Estelle Allen, Mrs. Elizabeth GaZZIIIII Miss J. M. C. Comingo. Miss Jane Morrow, Miss H. Matilda Craig Miss Emma 0. Williams, Jane Blair, Catharine Lorenz .411egletny City,—T. H. Nevin, John Hanna, Mrs. E. Davis. , . litenmvahela aty.--Mrs. Margaret Hamilton, Mrs. A. Martin, Mrs. Ann B. Kerr, Miss Prance I Moore, Alexander Wilson, Joseph Wilson, Joseph Sid 10, John Power, Jr. J. W. 1 4 tiaith, David Moore, Isaac VanvOorhil, Moses Scott, H. Esptry, Henry Fulton. . • Presbyt,erial. The PRESBYTERY OF PEORIA will meet to Metamora, Woodford C.ounty, on the third Tuesday (loth) of Sep. terabor,lBs7, at 734 o'clock I'. 81. • .ROECEItI' P. FARRIS, sated Clerk. The PRBSBYTFRY, OF PA IS•ATINE stands adjourned to ra, et in Newton. Jasper County. on the Ina Thur,dAy of September next. ac 7 o'clock P M AR Sessional. Records ought to , be sent up for examinatiln. R 'H LILLY, Stated Mork. The PRESBV.TERY OP BEAVER. will meet in the church of Westfield, on the second Tuesday of September, at 11. o'clock A. tl. - D. C. REED, S. U. The PRESBYTERY OA' ROCK RIVER will hold its stat ed Fall rmeting at eulton city, on Tuesday, October 13th at 734 o'clock P. M. The semi annual assessment of five cen ts per member, for contingent and Commissioner's funds, will be called for. R WILSON, Stated Clerk. The PRESByr ERY OP ALLEGHENY will meet at Ecrub grase, on the 4th Tuesday of augutt at 11 o'clock A, M. ' - NEWTON BRACKEN, Stated Clerk, . . The PRESBYTERY OF RIOULAtiEI will meet in Savon. nab, on the second Timidity of Sapternber, OW at 7 o'c'ock• P. M. J. P. CALDWELL, S.C. ' The PRESBYTERY 'Or WoOSTER stands adjourned, to -meet in Northfield, on Tuesday, the let of September, at 11 o'clockA: - J. W. IIiNNA, 8. O. The PRESBYTERY OF SCHUYLER swill hold its next regular meeting at Galepburg, Knox Co, 1.11, on Monday, October 12th, at 11 o'clock A. M. Firty.eight members are expected. T. S. VAILL, S. C. Synodical. The SYNOD OF ALLEGHENY will meet, agreeably to adj' nioreerit, In the City ot - Bile, on the Fourth Thursday of September, (21th,) at i o'clock. P. M. By a resoluti4n adopted at the last mailing, the Stated Clerks of Presbyterivi are directed to send their respective Narratives to the tioromittee appainted' by the Synod, on the:Narrative of the State of Religion; previous to the first of September in each year. The Chairman of this Commit tee is the Rev. Loyal Toting, ELLIOT B. SWIFT, Stated Clerk. Niarritb . . Jane 4th. by Rev. 'J. W. Lanius.. Mr. JOUR M. SCOTT, Of, Putnam County, la., to FRANCES W. PENDLETON, of MoutgOinery'County, la. July 300, Mr. Jona L. P. El Roc; ER, to Miss Galas S. Loom, .both of Mentgomery Co., la. On the afternoon of the 10th of August, at the residence of the non. 0 B. ricklin, Charlesten,lli. by Rev. H. 3. Tenable, ttev. It. EL Lux's' to Wise "VALSSI.I. GORDON'.' bitharg. DIED—Oct the 9th of Jetty, at his late residence in Franklin Township, Allegheny County, Mu. GEORGE ORME, in the:7sth year of his age. The deceased was,lor more than twenty-five years, a consistent and highly esteemed, member of the Fairmount Presbyterian church. His suf ferings were protracted, ` and at times very severe, but he bore them with Christian patience and submission. No man in the community was more highly respected and esteemed, as was evinced by the immense concourse of people who attended his funeral. The church, of which be was so long a +member, will greatly` feel his loss. He has left a wife and several children to mourn their lobs, but they mourn not as those who have no hope." "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord." • DIED—At Circleville, Ohio, July 31st, of pul monary consumptiOß, MRS. 'MARGARET 'HARTLEY CLARKE, wife of Dr. E. C. Clarke, of the above place. Mrs. Clarke was born at Mount Dallas, near Bedford, Bedford County, Pa , and was, a gradu ate of Steubenville Female Seminary, daring her stay in which she united .with the Church of Christ, in her fifteenth year. She died young, not having quite finished her thirty-third year. But she did not live; by any means, in vain. She was the mother of six children of, the Covenant, who, it is hoped, though they are all young, may live to obey her living instructions, and dying coun sels, She was an active member of, the Presby terian church, of Circleville; and much did she do to sustain the churel:yand aid in, erecting their present house of worship.- Her's was a triumph ant death ; not extatic but triumphant. Her de cline was long; and for a time she Walked in dark ness, arid was in fear of death. But God showed his faithfulness; and when death came, leaning on' Jesus she met the grim King in all calmness and peace. Her stricken, but believing husband, sorrows not without hope, even in her death. Wad comforted him in the manner of it DIED—In Marengo, Illinois, on the 27th of. July, 1857, Ma. WILLIAM M. REEDY, aged,B6 years. Mr. Reedy , was a native of Pennsalvania. He moved to Illinois a little over two years ago., He had been 'a member of the Presbyterian . Church twenty one years, part of the time a Ruling Elder. The last eight years of his life were spent in the labors of EL Colporteur. At first, in the service of the American Tract Society, and afterwards of the Presbyterian Board of Publication, he distrib uted between five and six thousand dollars worth of books. "His works de follow him." He leaves a wife and, seven very interesting little boys, together with the Church, the Board, and many friends, to mourn his loss. W.P.C. Din—ln Ebensburg, Pa., on ;the 9th inst., of disease of the heart, Ma. EDWARD EvANs, (Tan ner,) aged about 74 yea.s. DIND-At his residence, in Moon Township, Allegheny County, on the 26th of June, JOHN A. NESBIT, Esq , aged 53 years. He had been a Ruling Elder in the church of Montours, for several years, where his venerable and pious father filled the same office. During the last year,•he felt it his duty to change his loca tion within the bounds of Sharon congregation; but before the time came round for the removal of his family, disease had become deeply seated, so that when ids change of place occurred, he wasema ciatedt ad duly left bie new home a few tieseed - • I -I,) i• , till he was called to linger out the wearisome days and nights that preceded his decease. Thus, in the mysterious providence of God, his expecta tions were shortened, and the usefulness antici pated from him, in his new sphere, was unex pectedly brought to a close—hie wife left to mourn, and his sons and daughters left without an excellent earthly father. He was aware, for some time before his departure, that his disease was incurable ; and said, with emphasis, 46 Let the will of God be done." Knowing the possibil ity of being deceived in his hopes, he desired a brighter evidence of acceptance, and before his death, obtained it, with a composure of mind which enabled him to depart without fear, in ex pectation of a glorious immortality. S.C.J. DIED—In . Holmesville, Halmos Co., Ohio, on the 31st of July, Mae. MARIA J. MoCAur- Nur, consort of Rev. W. D. McCartney, in the 44th year of her age. ' Her disease was somewhat complicated, but chronic diarrhoea was the, chief cause of her dis solution. The deceased was a native of Wash. ington County, Pa. She united with the Presby 7 tenon church of Claysville, Wasaington Co., Pa., some time in 1829 or 1830. She loved the doc trines and policy of the. Presbyterian Church, and took a , deep interest in the advancement ; of all her benevolent schemes. Her piety was modest and retiring; sbe had her lights and her shades during her phristian pilgrimage, but her end was joy and peace;'she departed trusting In the merits of her Saviour, whom she esteemed as " The chiefest among ten thousand, and one altogether lovely." She has left a heart" stricken husband to mourn the loss of one who was pre eminently a help meet for him; and one Child, who needed her maternal care and counsel. But We trust, their, lose is her gain. ' C. M. Dun—Near weosville, Pa., on the 27th ult., blattoartaT M. ilawrox, in the 30th year of her ago. An invaluable daughter and , sister, whose judg ment and energy largely relieved a widowed moth er from domestic care; and an exemplary Chris tian, whose religions character had grown and and strengthened with the natural, under the faithful discipline of a pious household. ADVERTISEMENTS. IrDEAVER ACADBNY.—ULASSIOAL A. I) COMMERCIAL SCHOOL. n % V.. J.. , A, MoCILL, A. M., PrincipM. MR. C. W: MATE klit. Aseoliihi Priocipal. ' • . MR. MATTHEW BUFF, Assistant Proteseor. TERMS PER SESSION OF FIVE .MONTHS. Tuition, higttest,classes, $8 0 ' " middle " 7.0 . lowest " p.m Next Session commences on Monday, 31st of August. FEMALE SEMINARY. . • , REV. 3. A. McOILL, A. M., Principal. • MRS.' J. B. MotfILL, Associate Principal. ' :511SS M. J. HOST, 1 . . . E. 0. MOORE, r‘ Assistant Teachers. " M.'3. LEDLEE,) TERMS, PER SESSION OF FIVE MONTHS. Boarding, light, and room furnished, - 550,00 Fuel, per month, . • LOS Washing, per, dozen, ' ' 37% Highest class, 8.00 / Tuition. Miudte " • - 7.00 Lowest " ' 5.00 Seseion opens on Monday, the 31st of. August.' Will accommodate sixty boarderi, There were 192 scholars in attendance during the past year, 9 young ladies of whom. 'graduated with the first honors The situation is beautiful and healthful. The tone of morals good. The Principal and Trustees of this Institution %ill do all in their power to make it worthy the confidence of its numerous patrons. - ' , e'er particulars address stev. J. A. McGIL , p , Beaver, or. A EI lION. TII-. CUNNINGASI, Beaver . Cata , ogiies to be had at A. ti. English's Beek-Store, and J. 11. Mellor's Music-Store. au22-11 viIIIIIS DAY PUBLISHED: . . VIE POSTHUMOUS WORKS ~ - ' OF rno REV...,JOHR HARRIS, D. D. „ EDITED BY lIEV. PhiLlP SMITH, B, A. TOLIDIE FIRM SERMONS ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS The author of "The Great Teacher" first won distinction by hie brilliant displays of pulpit eloquence. So.gr.at wee Lis renown th st hie services were in constant reqacet for special occasions throughout the kingdom. The dermons here presented to the oxidic, fully sustain the reputation which they procured for their author while living. They are entitled to be ranked with the beet tuudels of this sort at composition. 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