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Pas
THE EDITOR expects to be at the Synods
of Ohio, and Pittsburgh, and that a friend,
who will attend to his business, will be at the
Synod of Wheeling.
SUBSOOMILS iIIIISt not neglect us . these
hard times. itenew fully and' ritomptly.
Get youi neighbors to subscribe. Bend us
good currency. As usual, where ministers
or elders desire papers for their charges,
they may send all the names for which they
. 0 ill be responsible; the payment to be made
within a short time.
Bogd of tublicotOn.
The Booli-maliing department of this
Board is so regulated as to supply itself with
all needed funds, from sales. The Colpor
tenr department depends mainly on the lib
erality of the churches. Colporteurs are
bound to supply the , ; .destitute. They sell
where they .can, but -their sales come not,
and cannot-be 'expected' to come, to an
amount adequate to the expenses. Hence
the call upon the churolies. See letter of
the Corresponding Searetary.
Fifth Church, Pittsburgh.
There was quite an attentive and respect
able congregation' in this house, on last
Sabbath, who evidently were much pleased
and interested' with a sermon, delivered by
the Rev. Charles Beaeh,
,of Miss. A hope
is entertaided that -Mr. Beach will preach
on next Sabbath morning, at 10i o'clock
and in the afternoon, at 8 o'clock. Notice
of the meetings will be given, in the secUlar
papers of the city, on Saturday. Rouse's
version of David's Psalmi only, are used in
praise by this congregation.
Ministers Deceased.
REV. Bonn RT GLENN.—In another col
umn may, be found a brief notice of the death
of this,beloved servant of Jesus. Christ.
REV. JAMES CUNNINGHAM.—This vene
rable father entered into his rest on the Bth
of September. He Aced at his residence, in
Mavtiusturs,,Knem Connty, Ohio, as stated
in the Presbyterian of the West, being in
eighty• Sixth year. About fifty years ago
hp entered the ministry, and chose Ohio as
the field of ,his labors. For some time he
had been unable to preach. He departed
in peace.
REV. T.' P-Arq.—From the St Louis
Presbyterian we learn, that this brother
died on the 12th of September. He suf
fered long from Shikness,.but his departure
was " calm and peaceful 'as the setting sun."
His ageis not stated.'
REV. T. HUNTER, of the Church of Scot
land Mission at, Sealoote India was mur
dered by tke r4olted Sepoys. He is spoken
of as having..been .a devoted laborer.:
Qtan College.
A College in the Sandwich Islands may be
regarded as.a wonder; but it is a reality. :.
It is the 'approptiate fruit of - Christianity,
and it is, at; the same tithe, an evidence of ,
the progiess of the Gcspel in a little cluster
of Islands,
,which in our younger years, were,
entirely heathen. At the late meeting of
the Anierican Board, Rev. Dr. Armstrong,
formerly the Board's missionary, but now at
the head of the r Government's Board of
Instruction, resented the claims of Oahu
College. We 4uote from the Puritan Re
,
corder ,
Dr., Armstrong made a most, animated
and cogent appeal in behalf of the College.
He had been twenty-five years. absent from
this country. Re had now returned on
businem--not for his health; not to see
his - friends ; . not to. tell the story, in gen
eral, of the. success 'of Missions in • the
Sandwich Islands—but to present the sub
ject of their effort for the establishment of
a College. It had become a great question
with the missionaries, what was to be done
with their children.
.. The Mission schools
were* entirely inadequate; especially 'so
since 'the change in the relations of that
Mission to the Board: If Ahat was to be
their home, and the home of their chil
dren and children's children, were they to
be contented without any provision for their
education, more thon a common school ed
ucation ? In this feeling originated the
idea of 'a College. They asked and obtain
ed a good charter from the Government.
The' next want was a President. After a
time, just the man appeared, in the Rev.
Mr. Beckwith, whom the Trustees had ap
pointed, and who had accepted their ap
pointment:
, r -
. . Dr. Armstrong then ask el a oontribu
tion::to the endowment 'Die Sandwich
Island :.Government had given , $lO,OOO ;
the American Board, $6,000; and - $34,-
000 were, yet needed. The importance of
the t3ollege was urged from the considera
tions that the missionaries' children, now one
hundred and kftyln number, needed instruc
tion, that it was Cheaper to endow the College
and educate , them there, than to bring
them .to this country; and that the estab
lislinient Cf the College, embraced Mission
ari Eitension,which has already begun to take
place, from; the `Sandwich Islands to the
thousa i iid Islands. lying West of them.
For 4he encouraging of the audience, Dr.;
Armstrong alluded - to the cheering success
of
, : the the - Miseion at the, Sandwich , ands : "
i lsl
go 4 thauspo pgkecong* l 9e th m _ m eilef. -
merit have been received into,the c.tiygolles,
tifiWhoinisixteen thousand have died , in.ithe
sueoeas =its :ittinderfuViThe
work is the Lord's.:' -
Asylums for Inebriates.
Intemperance is a monster vice. In the
family, in society, its baneful effects can not
be exaggerated. Our object is not to write
an essay on the evils of drunkenness. Alas,
the fruits of this crying sin, that ruins
the bodies and souls of so many thousands
of our people, both in town and country,
are so patent, that all observers may behold
them. The village must be small, in which
a.tavern has existed , for a few years, and the
rural district where a pest house of this kind
has had time to produce its usual effects,
must be limited, where there are not broken
hearted wives, and wretched, neglected chil
dren pining in want, because of intemperate
husbands and fathers; or where there are
not beggared fathers, whose homes are
soenes of desolation because of the ruin
which reckless and abandoned wives have
caused
Intemperance is not merely a sin that
destroys the soul, but it , is a disease, also,
that overcomes, the body. The use of alco
holic stimulants gradually brings the nerv-
ous Bytem into such a state, that the victim
of the, fell habit lases all self-contra), and
yields to, a demand for fresh excitement
which is irresistible.. Self-respect dies out;
the good will of the community, the regard
of friends, the peace and comfort of home,
the claims of a family, health, life, and even
heaven itself—all are as nothing compared
to the ;gratification of the fell craving for
strong drink which leads the victim, bound
and manacled, to his doom. Hence it is
that the inebriate, so long as access can be
bad to the intoxicating beverage, will con-
tinue to drink, even though death and ever-
eating misery be in the cup. Medical men
know this to be the ease, and the xnelan-
choly experience 0E those who have suffered
from, the disgrace and waste of substance
occasioned by this moral disease, know that
we are not giving an overcharged picture of
the drunkard's slivery. We have long felt
that the nature of this disease suggests the
only effectual remedy for its cure
as the victim of the vice can reach the in-
strument with which be injures himself, so
long will he persist in doing himself harm.
Thp only"way, then, to deal with, persons
_
who have lot the power of self-government,
is to place theta in a situation where they
can not find the means - of gratifying the
vicious appetite, and where there will be an
opportunity given to the broken down frame
to recuperate its energies. There is as
urgent a ueoessity for the establishment of
asylums for the drunken, as there is for med
ical hospitals for the insane. The State has
an undoubted right to protect itself from
the outrages and crimes which are commit
ted by drunkards; and an appeal to the
criminal calendar will sbow that's vast per
eentage‘of those eases which occupy the time
of our civil Courts, are directly produced by
the subjects of this vice. The citizens'of
the community have a right to adopt• hu
mane, moral, and legal means to save them
selves from the oppresshie rates which are
levied on their property to support the fam
ilies of those who ruin themselves by strong
drink. And it is unquestionably an' act of
mercy to open the door of an institution
where, under the protection of law, the suf.
feting victim may be presented with an op
portunity ef escaping the ruin which stares
hire in the, face, as he feels that he is gradu
ally but certainly approaching the precipice
*vet which, if not rescued by a hand strong
et' than his own, - he is sure to be 'borne to,
ignominious doom. The inmbers of our
people who have unfortunately fallen ;into
this vice, are such, that one institution
would lad, we fear, suffice for the wants of
a State. With a view; however, to afford
the community the evidence which the bene
ficial working of such a Home would pro
duce where total absence from intoxicating
beverages, judicious medical treatment; and
industrial occupation for the support "of the
inmates, and fot their families, provided a
surplus. would remain from their labors,
might be enjoyed, it is high time that a vig
orous effort• of enlightened philanthropists
were put forth for the erection of such an,
establishment. We had hoped, that ere
now, the effort which was commenced in the
State, of New. York, would have been crown
ed with success; and that the •institution
would have been a model for others, which
might have been rising rapidly in other dis
tricts of the country.
Who, in Penns,ylvania, will undertake the
labor of founding such, a benevolent enter
prise ? The undertaking would not, we are
inclined to believe, be of a herculean char
acter. Funds would, we might hope, be
forthcoming.; _and charter, with judicious
provisions, would doubtless, be granted.
Regulations as to the admission of residents
would necessarily be somewhat similar in
character to tlnise which prevent fraud or
cruelty in the case, of patients in asylums
for:the insane. The 'testimony of medical
men, and in many cases the authority of a
jury of respectable citizens, would be need
ful to secure the removal of some cases to
such an, institution; while, with others,
there would be no practical difficulty, what
ever. A woman who has her circle of low
minded, tippling neighborsi and who, in their
society, has fallen, and has ruined her fam
ily,,, might refuse to enter such a home,
because of her professed regard to her chil
dren, but really from her attachment to the
reprobate circle in which she was living.
And yeti her example is ruinous to her chil
dren, while in her daily practice she is
wasting that which should procure their food
and clothing. Her miserable husband, on
his return to his cheerless apartments, not
worthy of the name of home, is sure to find
her ineapable 7 —her children cold and hun
gry; and yet, while he is broken-hearted and
his young ones starving,..he might be unable
• to persuade her, fallen as she is, to enter the
Home, and aim at happier days. The decis
ion: of a jury—a large and dispassionate
jity----shol4; in this cape, be brought into
operation, and their action should warrant
'hers remission to, the asylum, or the. contrary.
So also in 'din ease - of a=-brutal husband, ,
t
whoserearnings are squandered tav
THE PRESBYTERIAN BANNER AND ADVOCATE.
ern, while his laborious wife is, with untir
ing industry and energy, procuring food,
raiment, and a habitation for her beloved
charge. The wretched man, who should be
the provider for his household, is their curse,
and he even becomes a drag on the wife,
whose time and toil are so precious. When
he knows that she is toiling for him, and that
he may spend his time and means among his
boon companions, it is not likely that he
would voluntarily seek the shelter of ,a home
where he might be refOrmed., Wh
as in the , other case, should not the verdict
of a jury decide on his being made an in
mate of a place where he might support him
self, and be delivered from the temptation
under which he daily fell ? Once parties
were admitted, they would be occupied with
such industrial occupations as would be re
munerative, and thus their support might
be provided for; and if no debt incumbered
the asylum, there might, in some cases, be•
a margin of profit left for their families at
home.
One idea we venture to suggesit, which,
we think, will commend itself to our read.
era, namely, that with a view to the support
of such institutions where inebriates are to
be reformed, a 'tax for their maintenance'
should be imppsed on all taverns, and places
licensed to sell intoxicating beverages;
that is, if the community will still license,
or tolerate this system of physical and
moral destruction. Surely, the parties
who profit by making drunkards, to
the , injury of society, are in justice
bound to aid in their reformation. In
the case of many inmates possessed of
means, the establishment would only be es
teemed because of its protective character..
What such parties need is to be in a place
where it is impossible to procure the means
of injuring , themselves, and where they
would have time to recuperate. That under
the careful regimen and management of a
well.ordered institution, with medical aid,
moral and religious culture, and healthful
labor or occupation; there would, under the
Divine blessing, be many who, in time,
would be restored again to society, we doubt
not. Time, however, and in many cases a
long time, would be required to breakdown
the evil habit, to restore the healthy tone of
the stomach and nervous system, and to
form the character anew.
So long
Again, we say, who will step forth, and
for the sake of perishing iinmortals, for the
relief of suffering children pining in want
and wretchedness, bFoken-hearted wives and
husbands bordering on despair, put forth "a
vigorous effort to establish such a Home ?,
Who in Philadelphia, and who in Pitts
burgh, will strive to bless the State, by
founding such invaluable institutions ?
Synod of Allegheny.
One of the benefits intended by the di
,
vision of the old Synod of Pittsburgh, was
that the two bodies thus formed, might be
able to meet in places not large enough to
accommodate the original body. The ad
vantages to be secured by our ecclesiastical
bodies meeting in various parts of the
Church, are obvious to all. At one time,
Philadelphia was doesidered•to be the fixed
place for the meeting of the General As
sembly, and a few years ago no one thought
of proposing any otherplace for the meet
ing of the Synod of Pittsburgh, than the
city whose name it bears. But now other
counsels prevail, and other places &aim the
, privilege of entertaining these ecclesiastical
bodies, and of being benefited by their
presence.
Erie, the place of meeting of the Synod
of Allegheny, is on the extreme Northern
b order of its territory. By the old method
of travel through Butler, Mercer, and
Meadville, the distance from Pittsburgh is
one hundred and twenty miles; but by the
present route generally traveled, through
Cleveland, the distance is doubled, but the
time and fatigue greatly 'lessened. This
city contains some eight thousand inhabi
tants, is beautifully located, and contains
many private residences indicating, taste and
wealth. For a time after the completion of
the railroad connexion between Buffalo and
Cleveland its prosperity seemed greatly re
tarded ; but during the last year, business
has revived, and appearances of permanent
growth begin to manifest themselves. The
railroad outbreaks have eeatied,,but the sore
has not been altogether healed, nor will the
fatal effects of any such.uprising soon disap
pear from any community that has been
thus agitated.
The 'Episcopalians, Methodists, Associate
Reformed, and Baptists, have, each, one
church. There is a large Universalist Soci
ety, and the Roman Catholics have- an im
mense edifice, always crowded at public ser
vice by the large population of that faith in
the city and vicinity.
Until two years age, there was only one
Presbyterian church, and it was in connexion.
with the New School branch, of which the
Rev. Dr. Lyon has been for many years the
pastor. A short time ago a new, organiza
tion was effected, in connexion with our
branch of the Church, called the Park
Church, which has hitherto occupied a pub
lic hall as a place of worship, - but will, in a
few weeks, enter the new, comniodions, and
attractive edifice now nearly completed; and
it will be gratifying to those who have con
tributed to this enterprise, to know, that, if
the subscriptions are promptly paid, the
house will be free from debt'at its Comple
tion. The pastor, Rev. Wm: Blackburn, is
greatly encouraged in his work, beloved by
his people, and respected by the whole •com
munity.
But from the fact that many of the sub
scriptions, owing to changes in, the circum
stances of those making them, will not be met,
there'will be a deficiency of two thousand dol
lars. A member of the congregation has
,generously agreed to add one thousand dol
lars to his former contribution, upon condi
tion that the Synod raise' the remaining
thousand dollars. The Synnd appointed a
committee to make immediate application to
the churches' for this purpose. ,
The Synod was opened with a aerxdon by
the Rev. Robert Dilworth, D. D., from Eph.
iii : 8; from which he deduced the qualifi
cations, the work, and the results of a suc
cessful pastorate. The attendance was not
as large as Would bave been desirable . , but
still respectable in numbers. The greatest
deficiency was on the part of the Eldership.
The Presbytery of Allegheny City had,but
a single Elder.
On Friday afternoon, the inquiries with
regard, to Church Extension in the several
Presbyteries, elicited a most interesting in
terchange of sentiment. It appeared that
there was not a single person within the
bounds of the Presbytery of Beaver, more
than four or five miles distant from a regu
larly organized Presbyterian church. The
Presbytery of Allegheny reported, that, with
in its bounds, there was no room for further
church extension. But far different is it in
the Presbytery of. Erie. This Presbytery
comprises five Counties within its bounds, in
one of which (Warren,) there is not a single
minister of our branch of the Church, and
in_the large, wealthy, and populous County I
of Erie, there are but two. The number of
vacancies is so large, that the ministers are I
unable to supply them properly, without
neglecting, unduly, their own flocks; whilst
it is impossible to visit destitute places, or
effect new organizations. And the whole
field has been invaded by various errorists—
infidels, Universalists and Unitarians-to a
degree not surpassed in any quarter of the
land. Certainly this =field has strong claims
upon the Synod to which it belongs; and
upon the Board of Domestic Missions.
In view of the present state of religion,
the few revivals, and the many difficulties in
the way, it was' determined to invite the
Synods of Pittsburgh, Ohio, and Wheeling,
to unite with this' Synod, in convention, in
the city of Pittsburgh, on the evening of
the last Tuesday• in November, to continue
in session until the evening of the following
Thursday, to consider the whole subject of a
revival of religion in our entire Church, and
especially in the Synods uniting in this Con
ventidn. The Synod of Ohio was requested
to appoint one of its members to open the
Convention with an -appropriate sermon.
Committees were appointed to make the ne
cessary arrangements for the Convention, and
to bring the subject before the other Synods.
This project, we doubt not, will gladden the
hearts of many ministers, elders,' and pious
people.. The happy effects of such a meeting,
properly conducted, pervaded by the S
of all grace, cannot lavver-estimated. We
hope for a large attendfree, and most blessed
results.
An interesting, address was delivered, on
the subject of Church Extension, by the
Rev. Henry L Coe, Secretary of the Assem
bly's Committee for that purpose.-
Owing to the large amount of missionary
territory within, the, bounds of, the Presby
tery of Erie, the loud call for ministerial la
bor in that field; the inability of the Presby
tery to providelthe whole amount of neces
sary'furids,
,and the straitened circum
stances of the Board of Domestic Missions,
the Synod determined to aid in this work,
and appointed a‘committee for securing the
requisite funds:-
It was recommended that the condition
and dangers of our missions in India be
made a special subject of instruction and
prayer.-upon next Sabbath, and at the ap
proaching monthly concert. Never were
the prayers of God's people so necessary in
the missionary operations of our Church, as,
at present; let them not be withheld.
The meeting of the Synod was remarkably
harmonious. There was not a single judi
cial case, nor was there one exception taken
or proposed to the records of any of the
Presbyteries. And long will the kind at
tentions' and generous hospitality of the citi
zens of Erie be remembered by those in
attendance at this pleasant meeting.
Instruction of Servants.
The Pivine command recognizes authority
as resident in the master of the house over,
and makes him responsible for, "his son, his
daughter, his man-servant his .maid-servant,
and all that are within' his gates." This
principle„ is not sufficiently recognized by us.
Our Church courts, our pulpits, and, our
presses should expound and urge it greatly
more than they de. Where it is held that,
rightfully, servants are born in the house,
and bought with money, and retained for
life, the religious duties of the master to
ward them aretespeeially extensive and per
emptory. Not more, as seems to us, is he
bound to care for the souls of his children
than of his domestics in such a case.
Such being our opinion, we are pleased to
notice the - following 'recent action of the
Presbytery of Lexington, Va.
The following paper in reference to the
instruction of colored peOple was adopted by
Presbytery
The people of color sustain , to this Pres
bytery relations'which involve the heaviest
responsibility. They arc members of our
families, they minister to 'our comfort, they
are dependent upon our' care. The Gospel
I distinctly recognizes and sanctions the rela
tion subsisting between master and servant,
and as distinctly points 'out the duties which
each dyes to the other. And among the
duties which the master owes to his servant,
that of supplying - Vim with adequate reli
gious instruction, is superior in importance
and forde to all others.
That this duty is sadly neglected, is
evinced by the fact, that while this Presby
tery reports to the General Assembly two
thousand nine hundred and thirty-two white
communicants, it reports only one hundred
and fifty-four colored members, of whom
more-than one-half below: , to the churches
of , Tievi Providence aneßethel. If these
two churches be subtracted from 'the rest,
there will remain lwenty-seven churches,
with an aggregate colored membership of
seventy-two, the average being a fraction
over two to each church. Therefore,
Resolzted, That we deeply deplore our
past neglect of this interesting portion of
our people. •
Resolved, That the clerical members of
this body be affectionately exhorted more
frequently to appropriate a portion of each
sermon, and indeed to preach with more
frequency for their special benefit.
`'Resolved, That the Ruling . Elders and pri
vate inembera of 3 the church =be urged to be-
stow more pains to secure their attendance
on family worship, and on the public ser
vices of the sanctuary.
Resolved, That as the greatest obstacle in I
the, way of our usefulness to the colored
people lies in the fact that their owners do
not cause their servants, as members of
their own households, to attend their own
churches, but allow them to wander to other
churches, and thus be removed from domes
tic and pastoral influences, it. be, and hereby
is earnestly recommended to masters and
mistresses to deal with their servants in,this
reSpect, as they would deal with their o'ven
children when at all prudent, and that the
elders and merabers of bur Church cooperate
with them in attaining this much-to-be
desired result.
Resolved, That the Session of each church
within our bounds be earnestly requested to
establish a Sabbath School for their oral in
struction in the Shorter Catechism, and in
the Sacred Scriptures.
Resolved, That we learn with great satis
faction, that such Sabbath Schools exist in
many of the Southern States of this con
federacy, and that a meeting has recently
been held in the Metropolis of our own
State, at which measures were devised for
the enlargement and multiplication of such
Schools in that city, and throughout the
Commonwealth.
Revivals,
ZION CHURCH, TENN.—Th e Presbyterian.
Herald contains a letter from Rev. J. T.
Hendrick, giving a very pleasing account of
a revival in this church. Fifty-five white
persons had entered into communion; and
sixty - colored persons been admitted i into the
" Class of Instruction."
SCOTCH GROVE, lOWA.—This church
has been enjoying reviving influences for
some weeks. Twenty members have recent
ly been added to the communion, as part of
the fruits.
EASTERN SUMMARY.
BOSTON AND NEW ENGLAND.
There are seasons of rest in every de
partment of trade—times when but little
inquiry is made, and few sales effected.
And again there are occasions when but few
commodities are brought into the market, or
at least the number of new productions in
troduced is small. This has been the case
with.the Book Trade of Boston, for the last
six months; it has been unusually quiet,
and the critics have become almost restless
with waiting for the appearance of new pub
lications. So that there is great danger of
undue severity or undue praise, when the
new claimant for literary approbation comes
before the public. But it must not be sup
posed that authors, editors, or presses have
been idle. On the contrary, they have been
unusually active, and the results of their
labors are beginning to be made known.
The. Boston publishers are bringing out a
large number of valuable books, in the high
est style of typographic art. The first two
volumes of the great National work of Prof.
Agassiz, entitled, " Contributions to the
Natural History of the United States, will
soon be issued by Little & Brown. The
whole, work will consist of ten volumes, and
will cost subscribers $l2O. The long list
of names' already received, warrants the
publication, notwithstanding the great price.
The same house has also issued the eighty
seventh volume of its excellent, edition of
the British Poets.
Among its large importations, is the
eighth edition of the Encyclopedia Britan
nica, for which it has the sole agency in the
United States. This is a work of great and
permanent value, the twelfth vulume of
which has been issued, extending to the let
ter M. The price is $5,50 per volume.
Another work to be had of the same pub
lishers, is the letters of John Calvin, from
the original manuscript, by. Dr. Jules Bon
net, which amount to four octavo volumes,
at $2.50 per volume. This work will be
highly valued by all Presbyterians, especial
ly, because of its
~"revelation of the true
character of the great Reformer, who has
been so grossly misrepresented by different
parties.
We feel ourselves under obligations to
mention another publication by the same
house. In nothing concerning antiquity has
there been greater ignorance, than with I
respect to its geography. The most of the
Manuals on this subject are sadly defective,
while many of them are utterly valueless.
It is no uncommon thing to find men who
can read the Greek and Roman. Classics
with great ease, who have no knowledge of
the location of the empires, cities, battles,
and peoples, of whom they are reading.
And it is not strange ; for their instructors
have not been competent to the task, and
they have not had the books from which re
liable information could be had. This want
is now supplied by the "Dictionary of Greek
and Roman tieography," by Dr. Wm
Smith. Its value as a work of reference
on the subject of which it treats, can
scarcely be overestimated. The cost is $lO.
Messrs. Gould and Lincoln have issued a
book that will , be eagerly sought 'by the
young, styled the "Poor Boy and Merchant
„Prince," or elements of success , drawn from
the life and character of the late Amos
Lawrence, by Rev. Wm. M. Thayer.
Various reasons have been assigned for the
Resignation of Judge Curtis, of the Su
preme Court of the United States; but this
gentleman has declared the true cause to
have been the small salary, totally inade
quate to the wants of his family. Excessive
salaries are a great evil, but insufficient sala
ries will not conimand the highest legal abil
ity for our Courts. In some of our Courts,
the compensation is so low as to keep from
the judicial bench any but second, or even
third rate lawyers..
It is reported that the American Board
of Foreign Missions has, received a legacy
of one hundred thousand dollars, from • the
late Henry Dwight, of Geneva, New York.
Mr. Dwight was educated for the ministry,
but his voice failing, he was compelled to
choose another vocation, and' became a
banker. For years he had been a . liberal,
but unostentatious contributor, to many
benevolent objects.
NEW YORK.
All expectations with regard' to the •re.
storation of ease and confidence in The
Money Market, have been disappointed
The shrewdest conjectures have not, &en
realized, and many hopes have been blasted.
To give any definite opinion with regard to
the financial condition of the great Metrop
olis is impossible. The troubles that began
here are spreading rapidly over the *bole
country, until the ruin of many large busi
ness firms, and the temporary suspension of
Banks throughout the North, West, and
South-West, seems inevitable. Two things
are certain. Merchants have held out in-,
ducements to purchase upon long credits to
an enormous extent, and when the day, of
payment has arrived the claim is not met,
and the creditor becomes the immediate
sufferer. And many of the Banks for the
purpose of putting their notes in circulation,
have entrusted them to parties whose sure
ties have proved worthless. How far the
present panic may extend, or when it will
cease, no one can tell.
But notwithstanding the pecuniary diffi
culties, the people of New York, upon' whose
beneficence the calls of charity are more
frequent than any where else in the country,
do not withhold their benevolence. The
sufferings and wants of the surviors of the
ill-Fated Central America have touched
many hearts, and already $14,000 have been
contributed for their relief.
For two years and seven months a Mormon
_Paper was sustained in this city, but recent
ly an order was given for discontinuing the
paper and dosing the houses of worship,
from head quarters, in Utah, without assign
ing any reason. Fifteen men were con
nected with the paper, only one of whom
was an American. Within the time specified
they have been instrumental in forwarding
three thousand eight hundred persons to
Deseret, many of them of the very lowest
class of European emigrants. Probably all
the Mormons in this city and vicinity will
remove to Utah in the Spring, although they
are in a great quandary because of, the pre
sent order. ,Nor are they satisfied with the
conduct of Mr. Buchanan in appointing the
present commander of the troops about - to
go to Utah.
Some time ago Bishop Hughes purchased
the property of Mr. Forrest, the tragedian,
on the Hudson; just above Yonkers, for
$lOO,OOO. On this property, which em
braces forty acres, and is beautifully situated,
A Hew Convent for the "Sisters of Charity,"
is about to be erected at a cost of $140,000.
The building will be two hundred and sixty
four feet long and eighty broad.
The 28th Annual Fair of The ilinerican
Institute has been open nearly three weeks. I
It is held at the Crystal Palace, and its
attractions have daily increased., Crowds !
have attended, both day and evening,,but
especially in the evening. No department
has attracted so much attention as that of
machinery, in which the inventive genius of
our country is displayed in a remarkable
manner from year to year.
About sixty clergymen, of various denom
inations, attended the Ministerial Confer
ence, on the subject of Temperance, held
week before last, at Poughkeepsie. The
discussions were spirited and earnest. Res
olutions were passed recognizing the Tem
perance reformation as the work of God;
bewailing the present 'extent and evils of .
- intemperance; affirming the duties of min
isters with respect to it, in the pulpit;
the necessity and importance of prohibitory
laws, and the duties of ministers and Chris
tians toward the rising generation.. The, re
sults of the deliberations were harmonious;
and it is to be hoped that this and similar
conferences will produce great and perma
nent effects for good. -
The Sabbath School Teachers of the
State held their Annual Convention in the
city of Rochester, on the 15th, 16th, and
17th of September. The attendance was
large, and the meetings were crowded by
deeply interested auditors. The whole num
per of pupils in connexion with the Sabbath
Schools of the State is about three hundred
thousand, while there are about four bun
dred and twenty thousand children between
the ages of five and fifteen, nnreached by
this means of Christian effort. Nearly an
entire day was spent in discussing how this
great multitude might. be brought to enjoy
the benefits of Christian instruction on the
Lord's day. The next regular Convention
will be held in Brooklyn, in October' 1858.
Nor the Presbyterian 'Banner and 'Advocate
Another Watchman Fallen.
Rev. Robert Glenn, pastor of the united
congregations of Mill Creek and Sugar
Creek, Erie Presbytery, departed this life
on Sabbath morning, Sept. 6, 1857, in the
fifty-sixth year of his age. His sufferings,
protracted and painful, were .borne with
Christian patience and submission to the
will of his Master, although .he often ex
pressed a strong desire 'to preach the Gos
pel still longer, and acknowledged the ten
der ties that bound him to his family. On
Thursday previous to his death, being in
formed through the attending physician,
that he might not live more than a few
hours, he rejoiced that his end was so near,
and expressed a desire to bid farewell with
his family, lest he should become dull or
insensible. Accordingly, when the hour
for prayer arrived, he talked to them for
half an hour, and then calling each one to
his bed-side, bade them a last, solenin fare
well. After this, in prayer, he commended
them all to God, and the keeping of his
graoe. From this time on he waited pa
tiently the coming of the Lord Jesus, when
lie sweetly fell asleep to awilre in that eter
nal Sabbath which remains for the people
of God.
As a preacher of the. Gospel he was plain,
practical,. and earnest. As a pastor he tvas'
faithful in catechising and making a per.'
zonaloffer of the Gospel to all the 'members
of the different families of his charge. As
a Christian, his walk and conversation' at
corded with his profession. As a cottoselor
he was wise and faithful. His personal ap
pearanc,e and movements were strikino ,
proofs to all, that he was' a man of God.'
His whole heart and energies were employed
in the great work to which his life was de
voted. His labors were not noted for the
remarkable outpouring of , the Spirit; yet
there was a constant ingithering to ' the
churches under his' pastoral care! The
members of Mill Creek church who called
'him to become their pa tor, with e e cg cp.
tion, ail passed befure biro to their ,c - Ti
but as the fathers and reet`iers fell a• e
their children rose up to upport the tA,
of Jesus Christ. Throughout his mil, ,
rial life, a period of near twenty-i-ev e; ,
years, be was loved, revered, and ho tior , c i
by all who knew him. lie now rest, Lo u
his labors, and his works follow him.
Meeting of the Alumni Associs.tioa of
Washington College.
COLLEGE HALL, Sept. 16, h 57,.
The Association was called to ord , -1. a t
three o'clock P. M., by the President,
James I. Brownson ; and the introd u ,
prayer was offered by Rev. John M.
Thos. H. Elliott, M. D., from the Cum.
mittee appointed to prepare a complete t'•, t .
alogue of the Alumni, reported that t;,,,
Catalogue would probably be ready f:r
lication by the next meeting of the
ation. Report accepted and Committee c ms ,
tinned.
Dr. Elliott, from the Committee to pa.
p are r i etiees,of deceased Alumni, repcin-i
progress, and announced the death of
members of the Association during the I.fst
year, viz., J. L. Bowman, Esq., Rev. Aker
Leonard, Jr., Hon. Jno. G. Montgoa.erv,
and Hon. Benj. Ramsey, all of Pennsylviri,:
On motion, Report accepted and Committ_e
continued.
On motion of Hon. John H. Ewins.. the
officers of last year were unanimously R.
elected.
Rev. E. L. Belden moved that a Commit
tee of three be appointed to devise a O LE
for the endowment of a new ProfessorAip
by the Alumni, and after discussion by HYA.
J. H. Ewing, Rev. E. L. Belden, and ll's,
Jno. M. Faris, the motion was adopted.
Committee, Rev. Jas. I. Brownson, Tit
MaKennan, M. D., and Hon. Joint
Ewing.
George S. Hart, Esq., from Committee t o
devise means for the erection of a suitable
monument over the grave of Prof. Num,.
reported progress, and on motion the
mitte was continued.
On motion of Rev. E. L. Belden, the
thanks of the Association were unanimously
tendered to Rev. Jno. M. Faris for his faith
ful and energetic efforts as agent in behalf
of the College endowment.
It was on motion,
Resolved, That the Association hare
heard with pleasure of the appointment of
Rev. Alex. Swaney, of Ohio, as succe6sx
to Mr. Faris in the agency for the Collei. , e
endowment, and that they hereby pledge
to him their countenance and support.
On motion of Rev. Jno. M. Faris, Flun.
Henry Stanberry, of Ohio, was appsinted
Orator of the Associations for next year, and
Hon. Oscar F. Moore, of Ohio, alternate.
OnJnotion, it was
Resolved, That Rev. J. M. Boggs of
lowa,Principal, and George D. Curtis, Lg.,
of a., alternate, be invited to deliver a
poem before the Association, at the next
meeting..
Committee to notify these gentlemen of
their appointment, Hon. John H. Ewing,
Thomas H. Elliott, M. D., and Rev. Joh?.
M. Faris.
On motion of Geo.. S. Hart, Esq., it Ras
unanimously
Resolved, That we have been highly
gratified with the commencement exercises
of to.day, with the talent, proficiency, and
thorough intellectual training displayed by
the graduating class; and with the evidence
we have witnessed, of the ability, efficien:l,
and fidelity with which the learned Faculty
of the College have discharged their ardu
duties during the past year.
On motion, the Secretary was directed te
furnish a copy of the above resolution to the
Faculty.
On motion of Rev. E. L Belden, it vat
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meet
ing be published in the papers of the town,
in the Presbyterian and in the Presbyterial.
Banner and Advocate.
Closed with prayer.
JAS. I. BROWNSON, Pres't.
J. Wilson Wisleart, Sec's.
Ecclesiastical.
Rev. J. R. COULTER having been" recently
installed pastor of the churches of Scrub
grass and New Salem, correspondent:
will please address him at Big Bend, Ye.
mango Co., Pa.
Rev. tY3I,:tN CoLnAtAN . , D.D., has retank , a
from Europe, and is about to resume ti:
duties as Principal of the Presbytetha
Institute, Philadelphia. -
Rev. T. S. OGDEN having received an ap
pomtment from the Presbyterian Board
as a missionary to Africa, to be stationed
upon the Island of Corisco, is expected•
with his companion, to sail for their place
of destination about the first of Oetob,r
next.
Rev. J. W. PoRTER's Post Office addrti , :
is changed from White Haven, Pa., t)
Easton, Pa.
Rev. ISAAC V. Bnowres Post Office ad.drtE4
is changed from Somerville, N. J•, tc
Trenton, N. .7.
Rev. S. R. FRIERSON has received a cllit)
become the pastor of the Presbyteri-n
church in Canton, Mies., which be 113 F.
agreed to accept, provided his Presbyters
will consent to his removal.
Rev. Dr. Grammy - has received and aceeP
ed the call to become pastor of the
and Presbyterian church of llemp,hk:‘
Tenn., made vacant by the remorJ
Dr. John Gray to La. Grange College.
The pastoral relation between Rev. JAIIE'
IL FITZGERALD and the Preshyte l
aura in Buckingham, Va., wat• - •
solved by the Presbytery of West lig'
over; on the 27th of August.
The pastoral relation between Rev. Str..v
JOHNSON and the church of Rue) Tu. , ' Ic
dissolved, by the Presbytery of Alarib:;•
on the 16th of September.
-
Rev. JAmes A. LEPPS has accepted
call of the Presbyterian congregation
Parkersburg, Va.
The pastoral relation betsveen Rev. Dr
,WATIE,:EN and the church of Greeesba:
Indiana was dissolved at the united r ,
eldest of pastor and people, by the
bytery of White Water on the Sth
ReV: SAML. F. COLT'S Post Office address t"
changed from Towanda, Pa., to
- Bradford County, Pa.
Rev. ROBERT NETT CHAPMAN, D S':ls
installed pastor of the Ashville chant.
North Carolina, by Concord Presbytery ,
on the 3d inst.
Mr. A. A. TAYLOR, a recent graduate 0-
Princeton Theological Seminary , 17
agreed to supply the Presbyterian chill:
of Portland, in Louisville, Ky., for
months_
Mr; SAMUEL HASKELL, also a recent t. 5
uate of . Princeton, has wade a sirailtir
gacreinent with the Presbyterian ell!
or Goshen, Oldham Co., Ky.
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