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DITROIT.-It appears that, 'at last, we
have an Old School. Presbyterian Church in
Detroit. This, however, is not by any
direct agency or liberality of our own. The
Second Church (N. 5) has divided ; and
the conservative portion, with Rev. Henry
Neill, their pastor, have organized a chinch,
intending to be in our connexion. They
will be welcome.
WESTERN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.-
'The Seminary, at Allegheny, will open on
Monday, the 14th inetant. Stndentb are
desired to be in attendance promptly.
Rooms in. the Seminary axe furnished free
of expense, to the Students, and board, can
be had at two dollars per week. The Rev.
Edward Leavitt, an Alnmnus of the Sem
inary, -who returned ,from India last weell,
will meet the Students at an early date, and
give information in regard to Missions in
India,
Lodiana Xission Houses Burnt.
It appears that our India Missions had to
stiffer more than alarm, from the rebellion.
The Presbyterian publishes a letter of Rev.
Andrew Gordon, a * missionary of the Asso;
elate Presbyterian Church, detailing some of
the sad. events of the, times. Respecting
`the Lodiana' Mission, he says:
• "Within a few days we.have heard sad
news frOm" Lodiana. The ill disposed.
Mohammedans of the city were emboldened
by the approach of two mutinous regiments
from Jalandar, to do great dathage to the
mission premises. They hurnt the mission
church and school-house in the city, burnt
the church in the mission compound, with
the book-binding and book-depository, and
three of the' native Christians' houses.
'They carried away or defstroyed whatever
belonged to the printing-press, and plundered
the houses of the missionaries, the Rev. L.
Jarivier and Mr. Thaekwell. They have
lost nearly 'every thing they possessed; but
providentially no life was lost. They took
refuge in the Treasury, which is a miniature
fort. We have not beard of any person
belonging to any of the missions being
killed; nor have we beard of any station
being plundered except that at Lodiana.
The Saharanpur missionaries, we hear, have
all gone up to the Hill Station at Landour."
Southern New School Convention-
We gather, from our secular exchanges,
some items "respecting the meeting of this
body. 'A more full and reliable report may
be expected next week.
The Convention met, as called, in Rich
mond, Va, on the '27th ult. There were
one hundred and twenty-fotir delegates
present from fifteen Presbyteries, in Tennes
see, Missouri, Kentucky, Virginia, Missis
sippi and Maryland. There were, in addi
tion, two' corresponding members from Phil
adelphia, and one from New Jersey. One
clergyman and one layman from each Synod
were constituted.a business committee.
During the first three days of the meet
ing, resolutions were' passed, sustaining the
relation of master and servant, and declaring
in substance that Presbyterians, sympathizing
with the objects of the Convection, be
invited , to withdraw from their .present
ecclesiastical:relations; and that nothing can
be made a basis for discipline in the' Pres
byterian 'Church which is not specifically
referred to in the constitution as a crime or
heresy.
The proposition to organize a General,
Sinod led to an exciting debate, but tlie
I . 3il eneeedipgs seem to have been very barmen.'
tons. the meeting, .yrus„,adjunrned till
Monday.
Mormonism."
What is to be the future of this abomina
ble imposture ? Hitherto it has been nour
ished by deep ignorance, unreasoning credu
lity and wild fanaticism. Its votaries have
chiefly been gathered from foreign nations,
where proselytes have been gained by enor
mous lying and wholesale deception. The
manufacturing districts of England, and the
large towns of Scotland, have afforded the
most extensive supplies of these misguided
beings. Although our own country must
acknowledge the paternity of the delusion,
and our Western States and unoccupied ter
ritory have afforded homes to the impostors
and their victims, still the victims have
mainly come from abroad.
There is no difficulty in accounting for
this fact. In this country the characters of
Smith, Rigdon & Co., very speedily became
known; and although the system soon began
to change its character, still the gross im
moralities and blasphemies of its founders,
and their unwarranted pretences and dishon
esty, were pretty generally understood in a
short time, in all parts of the land where the
people were in-the habit of reading. Under
these circumstances it was not likely that any
would be led astray by their simulation of
prophetic powers, or their olaims to a Divine
mission, except the most unreflecting. None
could yield to them but such as are disposed
to be carried captive by the marvelous, and
who are ready to believe the incredible.
True it is that every large community wiL
be found to contain a certain number of men
without, moral, principle, ready to join any
association where they may be able to grat
ify their selfishness by preying on the sub
stance of others, or to satisfy their licentious
appetites by means of the provisions of this
modern Mohammedanism.
Any one who is acquainted with the con
dition of the manufacturing districts of
En gl and, will feel no surpriee at learning the
numbers which have been gained to Mor
monism out of those regions. For years
past, the people have lived in vast masses
congregated together, and as a general thing,
without the means of grace. The Church
of England has long lain under the charge
of not being a teaching Church. Among
the masses of the people which, in a census,
could not have been claimed by any body of
Dissenters, there have been multitudes who
never come into contact with a minister of
the Gospel; who attend on no church, and
who have no rational ideas of religion, of
revelation, or of the nature and authority of
the Bible. In Scotland, while the Church
has been a teaching institute, there are
great numbers crowded together in the large
cities, such as Paisley, Glasgow, and Dun
dee, who, from the want of the subdivision
of parishes, are nearly as degraded, intellec
tuaLy and morally, as are their English,
heathen brethren. It is among this class
that the Mormon missionaries have reaped
the largest harveSt.
It is a remarkable fact, that the Presbyte
rianism of the North of Ireland has proved
an impregnable stronghold to the assaults of
the Mormon& It is the same with Mormon
ism in that country as it was with Socialism.
Various efforts were made to ex port th e Social
system from England' to Dublin and Belfast,
,but the people, discerning the impurity of the
system, ,and how it degraded the female por
tion of the human family, rose up at once
and ehased the first apostles of the creed-out
of the country. 'Mormonism has found as
little favor in that country as did its affiliated
system of impurities; and there is no pros
pect no* ttiat - it will ever gain a lodgment in
the Green isle,
The different works which have been
published, expository of the conduct and
character' of the Utah Saints, have been
'reprinted in Great Britain, and their circu
lation has done much good already, in guid
ing the public mind. We believe it to be
true that in England, among intelligent and
educated men, there were few who could
iniagine that any who laid claim td the ex
ercise of reasoning powers, would bring
theinselVes to hearken, with patience, to the
a dvocates of such a system. Such men, there
fore,' disregarded the efforts of Mormon
preachers. They did not believe that sue
cess could attend their efforts, and they
therefore despised them as unworthy of no
tice. The shrewd apostles, finding that they
had the field to themselves, became bold in
assertion, and defiant, as well as expository
4nd prophetic, in their ministrations. Sue
,
cess among the thoughtless soon . attended
their efforts, and thousands made up their
minds to go to an , earthly paradise, from the
toil and care, and unceasing struggle of a
trying English home. In some quarters,
there were ministers and , members of
churches who were willing to go down from
their social position, and, for the sake'of the
poor people who were being led astray, to
stand face to face with the vile abettors of
the polluted system. Many have done so, and
with great. success. The Mormon apostles
have been routed out of many towns and
parishes by the zeal of such men; but in
many of these encounters,' the friends of
truth have urgently felt the want of correct
information of a historical nature, and of
facts in detail. That want is not likely to
be felt much longer. The public had been
made acquainted, with the state of affairs in
Utah, in 1852, by Lieut. Gunnieon, whose
residence in the Territory enabled him to
sketch :the rise and progress, the peculiar
dootrines, condition, and prospects of the
Mormons. In 1854, Benjamin G. Ferris,
who had filled the post of Secretary in Utah
Territory, published a similar work, after six
months' residence at Great Salt Lake City.
Now a more important work, and much
fuller of details, has appeared, from the pen
of one who has been a veritable Elder and
leader in this gigantic system of blasphemy
and imposture. '
John Hyae, Jr., the author of the work
before us, is a fair specimen of an English
man converted to Mormonism. He candidly
*Manssonism • Its Leaders axid Designs. By ,
John Hyde, Jr., formerly a Mormon Elder and
Resident of Salt Lake. 12in0.; pp. 885. New
York: , 1Y."•P.,-Fecridge t Ro;•2Bl , ,Broadvray.
1867 ,
THEPRESBYTERIAN BANS ER AND AD V MATE.
avows, that in - early life he had no clear or.
Iconnected views on the subject of religion.
He was not more ignorant of facts than he
was illogical in his examination of the
claims of. the system which' he embraced.
With as much propriety he might have be
come a Hindoo, a Parsee, or a Mohamme
dan, so far as the reasonableness of his
reasons are concerned. Nevertheless he be
came a Saint, was soon elevated to the rank
of an Elder, and left his native land for .the
elysium beyond the Rocky'Mountains. -All
the romance, and the gilded visions, faded
when the facts of the beastly state of the
Mormon community became fully known to
him. To keep him employed, he was dis
patched on a mission to the Sandwich
Islands, and he embraced the opportunity
of leaving the community; and'now, with a
view to cast as great a flood of light as pos
sible on the state of affairs in Utah, he has
given his book to the public. Nearly every
view in which Mormonism should be con
sidered, is diEieussed here; while facts and
illustrations are given in abundance. As an
evidence of his truthfulness, he almost always
gives the names of the parties, in full, to
whom he has occasion to refer. We have
examined the work with much care, and we
consider that the circulation of a large and
cheap editioh in England, would do much
in arresting the progress of the imposture in
that country.
While we have
. no desire to occupy our
columns by discussing the political aspects
of Mormonism, we cannot forbear to say
that the appointment of Brigham` Young,
the head of the Church, to the highest civil
office of the Territory, was a grand political
mistake. Evil, and nothing but evil, has
flown from this blunder, and we trust that
the political changes which are about to be
effected in Utah by the present Administra
tion, will,have a happy influence in social
affairs. With the religious belief and reli
gious worship of the Itlormons, so long as
these are matters between them and, God,
and do not injuriously interfere with their
fellow-men, Government must not interfere;
but if they dill practice corrupting immoral
ities, destructive of the wellbeing of their,
fellow-men, socially and individually, they are
not to be permitted to take shelter under the
sacred name of religion. The Administra
tion has, in the present case of Utah, a very
difficult task. We pray that it may have
the needed wisdom, activity, and firmness,
and may be sustained by the whole moral
and physical influence of the country.
Home and Foreign Record.
The September number of the Home and
Foreign Record is before us. It contains
some things encouraging, but a more than
usual presentation of facts adapted to pro
duce sadness on the Christian spirit. Is the
Lord hiding his face?
DOMESTIC MISSIONS.
This first-undertaken and very great and
urgent work of the Church, declines. It
was with peculiar pain and deep depression
that we read the 'Communication of Secretary
Musgrave, on the "Financial embarrass
ment" of this Board. We place it on our
first page, and ask for it an attentive perusah
It is truly painful to think, that the already
small contributions to our faithful, laborious,
and self-denying missionaries, must be re
duced to a still lower scale. When wealth
abounds in, the land, and the means of acqui
sition to the farmer, mechanic, common
laborer, and tradesman are greatly advanced,
could it have been suppo r sed that the com
pens.ation to the servants of the churches
would be reduced ? ' Must .those who serve
at the altar, serve in penury ? The necessa
ries of life are enhanced in value, and it
would be reasonable to suppose 'that they
who had received for their labors, barely.a
sufficiency for a living, should have had their
means •proportionally increasing ? It would
be very hard, when food increases in price,
that they Should be compelled to live on their
former income; but, in such circumstances,
to, diminish their means is intolerable. We
trust that it will prove literally intolerable—
not to be borne even in thought by the con
tributors to the Lord's treasury. Every good
feeling of patriotism, hnmanity, and religion,
impel to a liberal sustentation of, the Domes
tic Board.
Rs enn.Ts in July: at Philadelphia, $8,001; at
Louisville, $5BB. ~ ,
EDUCATION
We are presented with a very interesting
account of a visit of Secretary Van Renssel
lacr to Carroll College, Wisconsin. The oc
casion was that of the Annual Commence
ment. The Institution is in its infancy.
There were five graduates. To each of these
a handsome Bible was presented, a donation
from trudge Fine, of Ogdensburg, N. York.
Dr. Savage, the President, and his fellow
laborers, the Faculty, Trustees, and benefac
tors, are doing there a good work. We must
have Christian education, or we cannot have
Gospel ministers.
RECEIPTS in duly: at Philadelphia, $2,118; at
Pittsburgh, $352 ; at : Louisville, $155.
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
INDIA.—The latest news is of June 2d.
The missionaries had been mercifully pre
served, in the midst of great dangers, result
ing from the rebellion, of the native troops
in that country. It was hoped that the chief
danger had passed.
CHINA.—The news comes down to May
Bth. At Shanghai, the missionaries were in
good health. At Ningpo, "the work was
growing in interest, and becoming more and
more encouraging." There were a number
of hopeful inquirers.
AruwA.—At Liberia, the labors of the
High School, were conducted by Mr. Wil
liams. Food was scarce and dear. At Cor
iseo, the missionaries' health was good, but
they greatly needed more help.
INDIAN MISSIONS.—Death has invaded
the habitations of our brethren on the fron
tier. Mrs. Templeton, of Kowetah, and Miss
Greenleaf, of Wapanue'ka, have been called
to their rest. These were amiable and ex, :
eellent ladies. '
" Mr. Loughridge remarks, in connexion with
the death of Mrs) Templeton, that God, while he
was chastising with one hand, was hestowingi3less-,
ings with the other. Since the 15th of March,foar:
teen persons had become the subjects of Divine
grace, as there was every reason to hope, and been
added to the church in connexion with the Creek
mission."
" Mr. Templeton mentions the happy death of
a recent convert at Tulseytown, one of the out
stations where he elatedly preached; and men
tions that he had baptized two other individuals
at a later date, at the same place."
BOGOTA, S. A.—Mr. Pratt gives a very
interesting account of the
,events of "Holy
Week." Read it. Borne is idolatrous.
Donations in July, $9,033. •
,P lII3LIC
We are furnished with the following
cheering intelligence :
THE BOARD'S SABBATH SCHOOL LIBRARY.—The
Sabbath School Library issued by the Board, is
continually receiving valuable additions. It now
numbers one hundred and eighty-four volumes,
and at catalogue prices can be had for $36.50,
bound in the usual Sabbath School style; or in
muslin f0r142.60. When the cash is sent with
the order, however, the entire set'may be had for
$27.38; or in muslin far $32.18
CIRCULATION OF Tin BOARD'S Booxs.—The de
mand for the publications of the Board is delight
fully on the increase. The extended regions in
which they are now circulating also give promise
of augmenting usefulness.
The whole number of volumes distributed during
the year past has been as follows :
Soles ot the Publishing house, 198,578 volumes.
" by colporteurs, 125,579 "
Given by 00l porteurs, 14,802 "
Granted by Executive Com.,
Total, 336,910
which is an increase (omitting the books last year
alio distrilnited by the Synods not reporting this
year) 42,893 volumes over the circulation of last
year.
The total of tracts circulated has been as fol
lows •
Sales at the Publishing house, 477.441 pages.
Diatributed by colporteurs, 2,140,379 "
Granted by Executive Com., 162,582 "
Total,
It is interesting to observe, not, only the in
creasing amount of circulation from year to year,
hitt also the constantly extending field into which
the publications of the Board are ending their
way. Their circulation is no longer confined to
North America ; they were sent, during the past
year, to every quarter of the globe. While not a
State or Territory of our own land was left wholly
unvisited by them ; while increasing quantities
were furnished to our Pacific coast, and large sup
plies poured; into Nova Scotia, New Brunswick,
and the Gantidas, some of them were Undergoing
translation in Sweden, with a view to renewed
circulation by Christians there;
and others tra
verging France, to attract, with the learning And
eloquence of the great and good Calvin, 'to the
study of the Word of God. At the same time,
others of them were still oonned by native Afri
cans in the Liberian schools, others were perused
by noble and even by imperial eyes in the palaces
of Brazil, while hundreds also read them on the
coasts of China, and far up the Ganges, in Northern
India.
Dori Avows, July 16th to August 15th, $1,340;
Salem $6,716.
CHURCH EXTENSION.
Rurss.—No appropriation is made without the
recommendation of the Presbytery, or the Church
Extensfon Committee of the Presbytery within
whose bounds the Church applying for aid is lo •
sated.
.
No appropriation i s p a id until the Committee re
ceives a certificate from the Trustees of the
Church aided, stating that their church lot is
properly secured, and that the amount appropri
ated will complete their house of worship and
leave the whole property free from debt.
Appropriations not called for within two years
of the date thereof, are regarded as withdrawn.
Contributions to this Board are effectual
aids to Domestic Missions. A sheltered
place in which to meet, is next in import
ance to a good minister.
DONATIONS in July : at St. Louis, $276 ; at Phila
delphia, $114; at Pittsburgh, $239.
Histoi3r of Jefferson College.
The following correspondence has been
Placed in our hands, and we cheerfully pre
sent it to our readers. Dr. Jeffery, is Presi
dent of the Board of Trustees, and takes a
deep interest in the. Institution. The ,reply
of Dr. Smith is to the point, and should be
satisfactory. It is iropossible to please every
man's taste in such matters. We would be
pleased to learn, very soon, that a second
edition. was called for, in which improve
ments might be introduced, on the sugges
tion of friends.
11EnnioiTs v.ILLE. Aug 15, 1857.
REV. JOSEPH SMITH, D D.—Dear BrO
—I regret to learn, that objections are made
to your '° History of Jefferson College," just
published, because, in the opinion of the objec
tors, it contains so much that is Tr ot history,
but Individual Biography ; and especially
the length of some of. these biographical
sketches, (as that, for instance, of Rev. Dr.
Anderson, to which so much space is assign
ed,) is regarded as objectionable.
You could, perhaps, by a brief statement,
by : way of explanation, obviate these objec
tions. I suggest, this, for year consideration.
In haste. -Yews truly,
WILLIAM JEFFERY,
GREENSBURG, Aug. 18, 1857.
REV. WILLIAM JEFFREY, .0. D.—Dear
Brother:--I thank you for your favor of the
15th inst., in which )ou frankly state the
objections, you have heard to a book entitled
on the back, "History of Jefferson College."
This short form of expression was employed
for convenience, and is only a small part of
the real title of the book, as stated in full, on
the title page: "History of Jefferson Col
lege; including an account of the early 4 Log-
Cabin ' Schools and the Canonsburg Acad
emy; with Biographical Sketches of the Rev.
Matthew Brown, D D , Rev. Samuel Ralston,
D.D., Rev. Matthew Henderson, Rev. James
Ramsey, D.D., Rev. John H. Kennedy, and
Rev: Abr'm. Anderson, D.D."
I had not supposed before, that the back
of a book was expected to contain a full de
scription of it. 'Any 'short expression suffi
ciently denoting , the leading design of the
-work, I supposed was not improper to .be
placed on the outside, or cover; as, for in
stance,
,"Marshall's Life of Washington,"
"Scott's Life of Napoleon," &c.
I cannot admit that the contents of my
book disappoint, the announcement on the
title page.
If the objection still is against "a book of
such multifarious contents, I have no right
to complain. It may be a valid objection with
many persons; and of course, they will not
purchase the book. But there has been no
attempt to mislead the public, by placing
"History of Jefferson College" on the back
of the work.
The amount of Biographical matter which
I introduced, was purposely designed to ren
der the book more readable, and acceptable
to many of our people, in the various branch
es of the Presbyterian Church, as well as to
the old students and graduates. How far
the interests of Jefferson College, and of the
cause of collegiate education, might be pro
moted by the general reading of such a book,
I will not pretend to say. A College, that
throughout its earlier life was sustained by
the prayers and contributions of the fathers
and mothers of our Western Zion, more than
half a century ago, ought to gain a kind, ear
to the story of its, rise and 'progress, from
many more, than merely those vele - can call
it their Alma Mater.
of the 3ives f those good men,
A sket ch thde telottont tb
litabinent
*ho were
the College, I fondly hoped would afford en
tertainment and instruction to many readers,
and dispose them to listen, with more atten
tion, to our history of the College.
I frankly confess, however,. that I was
greatly deceived in the amount of space re
quired for the sketch of Dr.,A, Anderson.
it was not intended to be longer than those
of Dr: Ralston and Ramsey. That admii ably
written paper, from the pen of the Rev.,W. M.
MCElwee, was dispersed through five num
bers of the Evangelical Repository, on a very
large and densely printed page.. Though
the whole article was much abridged, the re,
mainder, when brought together, exceeded, by
thirty or forty pages; what I supposed would
be the length of the article. As the proof
sheets were generally submitted, not in
pages, but on long slips, without pages, the
disproportioned length of this "sketch" was
not detected till it was too late to correct it.
The reader has more of the "Life" of this
excellent servant of God than it was.designed
to give him. Should the publisher succeed
in disposing of the present edition, that
"sketch" may hereafter be shortened.
Yours, truly, • JOSEPH
FIRE.—We are sorry to learn that the
dwelling of our excellent brother, the Rev.
Daniel E. Nevin, of Sewickley, Pa., was
entirely cOnsumed by fire, on. last Sabbath
afternoon. This is the second calamity of
like kind that has befallen this good brother
within seventeen years.
8,951
EASTERN SUMMARY.
The Churches of Boston are at present
suffering from the tendency to change pasto•
ral relations. Eight of them are now vacant,
viz., the King's Chapel; New South; Bow
doin Street; Fifth Universalist; Phillips,
Son:1 Boston; Maverick; East Boston;
Bowdoin Square, and the new Unitarian So
ciety in Suffolk Street. To these may be
added, in the vicinity, the Winthrop church
in Charlestown, the Mystic in Medford, and
the orthodox churches in West New Malden
and East Cambridge.
The reply of, the Puritan to the Indepen
dent is calm, earnest, and caustic. There is
no shrinking from the position taken in the
beginning, or from the statements then made
as to the avowed purpose of the proprietors
of the Independent. Among other things,
the Puritan charges the Independent with
being most valiant "when doing battle
against old and, established truths and their
defenders," Again, it is charged, " When
one breaks rank among us, (the Congrega
tionalists,) as Dr. Bushnell did, tho Inde
pendent appears his special friend. Its most
generous sympathies are reserved for deposed
heretics, of the class of Davidson; and its
chosen allies arc professed Unitarians, of
the class of Huntingdon—not named indeed,
in the list of contributors, but, anonymously,
a leading writer." And it is also charged,
that the impression existing among Even
t gelical denominations, "that a considerable
portion of the CongregatiiMal ministry are
leading off toward Unitarianism," is caused
by the Independent, and the party it repre
sents. These are grave accusations, made in
full view of all the, possible results, which
will demand, and most probably. receive, no
tice by the party involved.
The 'American Education Society, like
our own Board of• Domestic Missions will
be in great need of funds to meet its appro
priations
. by the first of October, unless spe
cial efforts be made to supply the deficiency.
The whole riumber aided last year was 332;
and as the College year is about to com
mence, many new applicants are expected.
For the last ten years, full appropriations have
been made to the young men under the care
of this Society, and its Managers are loth to
make only a partial appropriation now, but
at the same time determined that no debt
shall be incurred.
A Monument is to be erected to the late
Abbott Lawrence, in Auburn Cemetery, of
fine marble, twenty-six feet high. It will be,
in general terms, a Roman Doric shaft, rest
ing on a heavy pedestal, ornamented with a
spiral vine and leaves, and surmounted by
an antique urn, with drapery.
Dr. Jackson, the distinguished Chemist
of Boston, is now in. Washington City, mak
ing arrangements to carry out the plans of
the Agricultural Bureau, attached to the U.
S. Patent Office, in regard to the Chemical
Analysis of the Best &rile and `171,08g Impor
tant productions. These embrace the cotton
plant and the cotton soils, the Chinese and
African sugar canes, the, Chinese yam, com
mon potato, chinas, and Indian corn.
The work on which Dr. Deane, of Green
field, Mass., is engaged—"Foot-Prints of the
,Creator"—will cost not far from $5,000,
the Smithsonian Institute defraying the ex
penses of lithography and publication. The
impression of bird-tracks, and the foot-prints
of both extinct and living animals, are said
to be exceedingly accurate and fine.
The Field Family Record is summed up
by an exchange, as follows
2,780,402 ,4
Few families of brothers exhibit more talent
and enterprise than the Fields, natives of Stock
bridge, Mass., but now all occupying prominent
positions before the country. Cyrus W. Field, long
known as an extensive dealer in , paper in the City
of New York, has lately rendered his name famil
iar to the world by his prominent connexion with
the Ocean Telegraph. Matthew D. Field, State
Senator from this County, is also engaged in the
same enterprise, and is at, this moment cruising
with the Company's steamer in the vicinity of
Trinity. Bay, awaiting the' arrival of the vessels
with the cable, and the result of the experiment.
David Dudley Field is known ns a distinguished
lawyer in the City of New :York. Stephen J.
Field is a Democratic candidate for Judge of the
Supreme Court in California. Jonathan P. Field
is an able and prominent lawyer in Stockbridge,
Berkshire County, Mass., and, if not so widely
known, is not behind the others in ability.
The venerable Dr. Wayland is urging the
Baptist churches of this country to return to
the practice of Congregational Singing. It
is high time for a general movement• of this
kind in all'our American Churches; and we
rejoice to have observed Many indications,
of late, in the right direction. To cultivate
the power of singing the praises of God, is
not only a delightful employment, but also a
sacred duty. Efforts should be made, in ev
ery congregation, for training the people,
and e_specially the young, for engaging, with
taste and skill, in this exercise of worship,
both in' public and private. -We' know of
nothing better adapted to repress the devo;
BOSTON AND NEW ENGLAND.
tioualfeeling of a Christian assembly, than
for choir or precentor to select tunes,
such as will prevent the mass of the people
from uttering God's praises.
The Rev. Dr. Stiles, of New Haven, has
been for some time engaged on a work to be
styled " Modern, Reforms." The book is
now in press, and will be issued in a few
weeks. It has been predicted that its ap
pearance will create something of a sensation
in certain quarters, but time will reveal the
truth or falsity of the prediction.
NEW YORK
During the last week, there was much ex
citement in the Commercial and Financial
Circles, owing to the failure of the Ohio Trust
Company; also, of John Thompson, Jacob
Little, and some other private bankers and
stock jobbers. Yet it is to be noted, that in
all the instances of failures on a large scale,
at the present time, there has been no inter
ruption in any of the great channels of regular
business. The failures have been on the part
of those engaged in stock.jobbing operations,
which, as conducted at present, are merely
great and splendid gambling schemes, and the
sooner the whole business comes to amend,
oven if it should be by the downfall of some
or all who have committed themselves to
such enterprises, the better will it be for the
general credit and commercial morality of
of the country. For such we have no tears
to shed, while we deplore the loss they have
often occasioned to honest and toiling indtts•
try, and widows and orphans.
An unusual number of Murders, Stab
bings, and Robberies have been committed
within the last few weeks. People are be
coming too familiar with blood, licentious
ness and crime; so frequently are they
brought to notice, that much . of theieenor
mity begins to be lost sight of.
The Courier and Enquirer, one of the
most reliable and respectable of the journals
of the City, commenting upon the late state
of affairs in California, makes the following
remarks :
Our city is, in a similaf degree, cursed with
characters who neither fear God nor regard man.
The assassinations, and murders, and assaults,
and burglaries, and robberies which are every
day and night occurring, as our police reports
testify, and the flagrant frauds which are prac
tised at every popular election, admonish us
that we have the same identical class in oar midst
that at last drove the people of San Francisco
to such desperation. Our ministers of the law,
too, have been lax. Crime of the most ag
gravated type daily escapes detection and pun
ishment. This is a matter of indignant com
plaint among all respectable people. The feel
ing has become so general that our executive
officers, our Police, our prosecuting attorneys,
and our justices, have been shamefully delin
quent in the discharge of their duty ; and thus
all the regular machinery of justice has'sunk into
discredit. Such a loss of confidence is in itself.a
great public calamity. It must be arrested, or
its ultimate result will be fearful
Yet we are not to forget that much of
this is owing to the location of New York, re
ceiving all the desperadoes that escape from
the old world, being a hiding place for all
the criminals escaping from every quarter
of the land, and also being a very large
city, e,omprising, within' its limits great
masses, of fallen and depraved humanity.
And it must be admitted that much of the
enterprise and benevolence of the country
emanates from this same spot, where can
also be, found -°a vast amount of unsullied
integrity, sterling worth, and earnast piety.
One of the saddest things connected with
ihe Morals of the city, is the large number
of fallen and depraved women, exceeding, it
is supposed, in number and depravity, the
bad men.
Fashionable people are Returning from
the usual resorts earlier than usual. The
weather has been cool, and there has been
a manifest falling off in. the interest taken
in the recreations of the sea-shore and
Springs. A few seasons like the present
would reduce them to their legitimate use.
The returns for Violation of the Sabbath
by the sale of liquors, are becoming much
less frequent under the faithful application
of the laws, and drunkenness and disorder
on the Lord's day have diminished corres
pondingly. The more reputable establish
ments of this kind are closed from Saturday
evening till Monday morning; and it is
hoped the action of the Grand Jury will
soon compel others to respect the laws.
Many of the Lager. Beer Saloons are kept
open on the Sabbath, and the fine of fifty
dollars is paid on Monday morning.
The . Surrogate has decided that Mrs.
Cunningham is not Mrs. Burden, and let
ters of administration have been granted to
the, nearest of kin. She has expressed her
determination to contest this decision. At
the time of his decease, Dr. Burden was
reported to have been a man of great
wealth ; but the whole , of his property has
been ascertained to be worth only $40,000;
$33,000 in real estate, and $7,000 in per
sonal property.
Last January the Editor of the Times re
ceived a package containing a communica
tion professedly written by John McElroy,
of . St. Mary's churoh, Boston, comment
ing severely upon an article published by
Bishop Hughes, on " The Catholic Press."
Thin was published, and gave great offence
to the Bishop, who demanded the author.
Mr. Raymond, the editor, upon inquiry,
found he had been deceived, and that no
such article had ever been written by Mr.
McElroy; but immediately placed the orig
inal in, the. Bishop's hands, and offered any
assistance he could give in discovering and
exposing the real author. During Mr. Ray
mond's late visit to Europe, the Bishop pub
lished two articles in the Tribune, one over
his own name, and the other over a fictitious
signature, animadverting with great severity
on the conduct of the editor in this case,
denying that, the means of deteeting:,the.
author had been furnished him, and
ing, at least, that the author was no other
than the editor himself. To this, Mr. Ray-mond, upon his return, has written a'seath
ing reply; which places the Bishop and his
abettors ia a most unenviable position.
treat disappointment 'h been - felt at the
Breaking of the Telegiiiilac . Cable, when
three hundred and thirty - miles from the
- coast of Ireland. The. Directors held a
~rneeting , on the , 45thAulty in London;lthel
results of which have not rea.)heii -„. -
writing this. The design will n0t.„;.1
doned; but the great point fir th,, i ? ,
to determine is, whether to ma;,
, t ,',
at once, or delay the w or k ,
. 1
next Summer. All great enterprl-,;„
subject to disaster and di5c0ur,: ;: , : ,,, 5 , ,
the beginning; but skill, patiet e
favoring Providence, will trititapit iu
end. fi
Blackwood's Magazine has bear,
half a century, without a chang e
prietors; but Putnam's Magazi ne
five years old, and is now in
the sixth firm. It was sold lest r,
the publisheis of Emerson's Unifid
Magazine, for $6,000, and will
incorporated with that publication,,„ ,
under the name of Emerson's Potb,„,
Rev. Rufus W. Griswold, L. L., , 01
known in connexion with the newspane, r ,.,_
magazine press, as the editor of r _ t , „,
poetical and literary works, and fr)LII,
connexion with general literature,
his residence in New York, on Tb. - arii.-
August 27, in the 42d year of his age.
Appleton & Co. have in press a new v;.
by Col. Benton, on the Dred Scott Dec,;::
which will be • published in a few
The Col. takes ground against the
of the Court, and in favor of the minf, i i.;
The Evangelist replies to the state,ll:
of the Independent concerning the say;'
increase of the New School Presbytels .
churches in New York, from 1849 to 163 - ,
by saying that then they had several fees._
churches, scarcely maintaining an existervL:,
but now all their churches are strong;
that then the rolls of the churches had th
names of hundreds who had retheveri
or otherwise disappeared, but that DM;
the rolls contain only the mime.; u ;
actual and resident members. The Eoi,-
,gelist also points to Union Theuice, : i.
cal Seminary, which had for years a
very precarious existence, but which L,
now a property valued at $BO,OOO, and as
endowment of $150,000, which will Boor be
raised to $200,000, and an able corp., (..!
Professors, together with a large numbe:
students.
PHILADELPHIA
David Paid Brown, the well-kaa'rz
criminal lawyer, has declined the nomia
tion for Judge of the Court of Corram
Pleas, tendered him by the "
Americans," and - they have nominati-i
Judge Conrad, the candidate of the
party.
A National Convention of Teachers 'Al
held in Philadelphia last week, for the ps:.
pose of organizing a national convention of
teachers, to be held every year, for the ptr.
pose of mutual improvement, and in aid
general education. A large number
teachers, from different parts of the Union,
were present, and the proceedings were fui
of terest.
The Trustees of the Polytechnic Cotleg ,
have elected William .J. Whitaker, the
Geologist, Professor of Geology, Miners'.•
ogy, and Mining. This gentleman is f_•
.miliar with the geology of the country; an
his late tour through the mining districts o
Europe will add to his qualifications for the
post to which he has been called.
Ecclesiastical
The Presbytery of Kaskaskia, at its late
meeting in Carmi, Illinois, licensed Mr.
WILL - 14m R. SIM, of Golconda, as a
probationer for the Gospel ministry. Mr.
Sim, has just completed his Theological
studies in the Danville Seminary.
Rev. JAMES SMITH'S Post Office addreFs 15
changed from Milroy, Mifflin County, Pa.,
to Mount Joy, Lancaster County, Pa.
Mr. T. G. SMITH was ordained and installed
pastor of the. Fourth Presbyterian chureL,
Cincinnati, Ohio, by the Presbytery of
Cincinnati, on the 19th ultimo.
Rev. A. CRAIG'S Post Office address
changed from Esperance, New York, to
Milford, Delaware.
Rev. EBENEZER. ERSKINE, of Columbia,
Pa., has received a unanimous call to
become the pastor of the First Presby
• terian church of Sterling, Illinois.
Mr. JAMES SINCLAIR, late of Allegheny
Seminary, has been called to Smyrua and
Asbpole churches, N. C., which call he
accepts. (The minutes of the Genenl
Assembly report Mr. Sinclair as havili.:
been in the Seminary but two year.:
This is a mistake. Mr. S. took a fiLl
three years course in the. Institution.:'
The Presbyterian will please copy.
Mr. THOMAS SPENCER OGDEN Was ordained
as an Evangelist, by the Presbytery s!
New Brunswick, on the 19th ultimo. 31r.
Ogden is to sail early in September, as
missionary of the Assembly's Board of
Foreign MissionS, for Corisco, Western
Africa.
Rev. S. H. DAVIS has revived and accept;
ed a call from the Presbyterian church 0:
Namozine.,
blessrs.JAs FICLARK and THOS.CuRTELyo;
were ordained to the work of the Guse
ministry, by the Presbytery of Cineine
on the 14th ult. Mr. Clark was installed
at Somerset, Ohio. Committees %seri'
appointed for the installation of )Ir.
Clark at Pisgah, on Saturday 22d iustalit,
and of Mr. Cortelyow at Williamsburg;
0., on Friday, September 4th.
Rev. R. B. ABBOTT has resigned his pl:ce•
as Principal of the White Water Presby
terial Academy, and accepted an iuvar
tion to, supply the church in Brookville ,
Indiana.
Rev.' 'JAMES H. BROOKS, of Dayton, Ohio:
has received a unanimous call to become
the pastor of the Second Presbyterian
church, of Louisville, Ky.
Rev. LOWMAN HAWES, of Bloomington ,
Indiana, has received a unanimous call to
become the pastor of the First Presby
terian church of Madison, Indiana.
Rev. CHARLES H. FOOTE, of New Dino
wick, New Jersey, has received a call to
become the pastor of the Presbyterian
church of Rockford, Illinois.
Rev. Dr. J. N. WADDEL'S Post Office acidre s s
is changed from Oxford,
Mississippi, to
La Grange, Tennessee.
Rev., R. H. BYERS, having receiver' a call to
become pastor of the church in Hoot, o,
Texas,. has removed from New Danville
_ ton that