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Notices; and treat yourselves to lin ereelleut
&alp for the underitandine and enjoying of
n very important part of Scriptitre.
_
CLiatsort PRZ4IIIVERY.—Itre learn that
the ;mina of iceotings appointed for the
Outclass in this Presbytery, are
. now being
itild. A 'member of the, Church informs us
that those at Concord and Callenburg, have
been attan:d;sti with much :interest. ,We
shall hope to heir that God, has , greatly
bleatsad his servants' labors. '
Tia 'PASTORAL LETTER of, the late CCM
ventien of Synods at Pittsburgh, has been
put in pamphlet form ; and two copies have
.
'beenmailed, postage paid, to each; Minister
'who' was present . The Post
of the Elders 'could not be ascertained.
Ministers Will please.give one copy to thoir
'neighbor Elder, who May have been a mem: ,
ber of the Conventian. '
,
' There are still .
smne eight hundred copies
,
of the pamphlet on hand, which We. would
like to dispose;of at twelve cents :a dozen.,
Nonmetal' College; 111.
This InstitutiOn'tyas organized two years
ago. belongs to the Associate Reformed
Presbyterians, is under the care of. Synod,
and has its charter from the State, It re.:'
°elves pupils of both sexes. :We haVO,
before us a pamphlet' containing the'tiddress i
of Rev. J.,planelwd, tho,eherge , of
Rev. Archibald,Tesbit, and. the :address Of-
Rev. D. A. Wallace, all delivered on the,
occasion of the inatigiration 'of the litter as
President of the College.'
The Ptilltg's and People's /mina
Some time ageme noted; the purpose of
Revs. R. , L. Breek -and Wm. Flinn to` issue
a monthly journal, at Macon;Ga: We wel
come it to our table, though hmg intreach
ing us. No. .9 , is the first with which we
have been.favored. The,editors say: ,giNot
at newspaper in the Presbyterian Church,
exchanges with us, though we have repeated
ly sent the Jpurtml to them." We trust
they will withdrawitm,eenqure,,ep far as we
are implicated.
Presents.
Christmas
, has . -New Year's at
hand. rem ember year pastor „ Cheer his
heart by SOl5llB token of low!. love7-some
thing vainable : •
Remember: the: poor; the widew, , the
erleas, Alike their hearts
Ana what gir ?,'.Food, raiment,
money, a, good toelr-- 7 something really use-
' And forget not the religioni -newspaper:
Let it be, where needad, 'ydir "present. Its
weekly visits for,a whole year, cheering and
instructing the aged' and the young, will
keeptyou id perpetual- remembrance. • -Send
us ff 1.25 for the /lamer and Aditic'ate, for
your deigpttr, and i ? e4oyr -a treasure
for which you will` be many,
Messina. • • • `
The Ne
The.year 1857 ,has almost expired, and
'lrith it will expire the subscription term of
many of our readers. - With the renewal of
. Ithe year, we request a new engagement. .
,And we exieedingly , need an increase r to our
'Eats. BY a litt)eltind importunitY, on the
g reat of friends, B°mo:subscribers,' who cotdd
.not spare change, owing' to the hard times,
tin'September and Cteteber; may now be in
&cad to make their remittances, and secure
to themselves and families excellent weekly
evading for 1858. Knowledge must decline
when the newspaper =is „permitted to cease
frosty ils.vegular visits. Neither old papers,
hooklynor tracts Can keep the family eiren
with the events of the 'day; and no Amount ,
iof supply the; went
of the religious, either in ft‘oti, opinions; or
inflnenge, on. the most impurtarit, of all `iti=„
tomb. ' ;
„
Ruling Ilidars---Compara#l,e : Statleties.,
A paper adnpted by the': Synod of Ohio,,
and published as a pamphlet; sate forth some
of the dedelenciei” of Rull i n k illders„
enjoina their duties, in an 'impressive mati
tier- . The publications of our Board, on the..
subject of DETIES, are excellent.. The book
a : Dir. Afiller, and the tract by Dr. Engin,
should be-in, every elder's band
The same pamphlet contains comparative
rstatietits of the three 'Synods, Wheeling,
Ohio, and The statement is by,
no means , landetnry ,the Synod which
slakes it. It (Ohio) has increased but three
miAistan, twenty churches,- and seventielx,
icemannicang, since I.B4Bi:ind gave, in
but 111;81 2 inont ` 4ie ,sosiosaf the
Olfikiefif 4 en it 41101116,Yelfi:sgot
The asmotwassigned, for so slow, an in
moat mei 14, a large'.munber 'of 'Pteshor
oriel fandhis remove Westward every year ,, ,and 2d, MO inmsiag populetim is largely.
of ouch as aim. 4384Ue Lo OYangOikai
Bat, the Ipopuletitia as ,confessedly much
creased. There is then the; Wore materiel
on which to operate ; a.,4 - ministers, aide%
and membets'are hones nailed toil wise and
owe intents) Wort.
I=
The long looked-for Work of Dr. Liv
ingstesm has, at length, appeared. It is,
in every respect, characteristic and wor•
thy of the man. What Dr. Barth has
done in making us acquainted with the re
gions North cf the Equator, Dr. Living
stone has accomplished in the Southern por
tion of the African Continent. We noticed
Dr. Barth's great work, as one of the most
valuable contributions that had ever been
made to oar stook of Geographical and Eth-
Inological knowledge, and while we would
not be understood as in any way undervalu
ing it in commending the production of the
British traveler; still, truth compels us to
say, that Dr. Livingstone's book is the book
of the season. . Dr. Barth, in writing an
English book, had 'the 'difficulty to encoun
ter of'usidg a foreign tongue; and' though
his style is idiomatic, still he'dOes not die
play that liveliness and • ease which are
apparent. in the exciting narrative of the
indefatigable missionary.. Besides, them is a
deep and solemn interest winch every where.
appears` on the, paps of Dr. Livingstone, in'
'qonsequene4 of the, position which he (mini-'
pied, and the ends which .he desired - to at;
, .
`Dr. Livingstone was not
,a mere tourist,
journeying for sight-seeing, sated with Eu
ropean scenes, and seeking excitement in
deadly frays with lions and tigers. He was
not a mere itntioreariari; or alingiiist;eacer
taining how fax Ronan, Arah; or Vortuguese
civilization had penetrated among the tribes
Of the , interior of. those vast regions which,
for centuries, had lain beyond the ken of
civilized man. But' while be had his full
Shard of perils' from wild heasts 7 --perila by
land and perils by water--his main : object
was to, seek out the condition of the human
family in degradation and' sin, in order to
open up the path of the missionary of the .
Crest and thus hasten the time when Af
rica shall be made glad with the Gopel of
the. Son `of God. In order /to accomplish!
this, he left civilization' hehind: him, and
lived and'iourneYed fOryeai'S among savages,
hd
want e utt e rances f o ear y ays ha d
liecome/tiiifipult to, his, lips, .and the eounds
:of his •mother -tongue fell strangely.on his
ear:' Hisretappearatice among eivilized'men,
and his landing iii'Britain was like 'a return
from the dead.
And here we have to note one of.the most
remarkable t.and encomitging. faohr which
leenr to indicate the pregress' of `a 'right
re,
spirit,';hot& in Great Britititi tad in America,
in the preientday: : Mine wait when Mission-
aries were shutout of India by men in 'pow
er., The: Haldanes, in their -day, were es-.
teemed over-zealous visionaries
ed enthusiasts. The Lives of Henry Martyn,
Pitney Fisk, Brainerd,Swartz, or eigen i .
held, would have been 'thrown, aside con
temptuously, by men who boasted of 'their
intellectual endowments, as only fit for sen
timental die:Priers.. The sun ; f 186 't looks
down upon diffe rent 'dep. When, Carey
and .Marshman went forth to the East, the
brilliant Sidney Smith could , hold them up
to public laughter and contempt, as addle
'headed, foplish pobhlenl Now a son of
that karshinari. spenhe onbehnlf of missions
in the East, and the herald that - carries
his powerful appeals to every' land where
civilization reigns, ie the . London Times: .
While Mrs if/svelte:4r (a daughter of that
reviled Metrihman,) is now raised to rank
and title, and has. her husbanti tin the East,
beefing back the assaults of heathen cruelty,
she has a brother, who, thus wielding the
influent* Of the Thunderer, speaks' to
Britain, and tells• her people of the National
shortcoMinge, and the'unfaithfulness of Eng
lish Christians , to the heathen;;; states'.
men, editors, merchants, warriere.and
iansoidmit ' , the charge and confess the sin.
So l likewise, in the case of Dr.`Livirigstorte;,,
hie arrival wits ` hailed with thankfulness,
,and it is aeknowiedged on all hands, that,
whitever .he has been ,enabled to , do in ex
tending the boundarie's of science; and point
ing to new spheres of eothmercial activity,
it is unquestionable that a new field has
bee# opened up by him; in Plush the light
of the Gospel must he established, and that
the duty of - Christ/bins 'to 'down-trodden Af
ries is clearly . 'revealed.
We eppreherid that new' era has arrived .
in =the management of Missione, both iri
India and in -Africa. Henceforward the
missionary shall .not be permitted- to go out
alone. The Christian menhanic,' the'Chris-•
Alan zacri!chent, the seboblmaater, the agri-'
crilturalist, and the physician, must accom
pany the preacher of the Gospel, if an evan
gelizing process would be brought to bear,
with vigor and success,• on great masses of
the heathen. - This work of Dr: Living
eione's will hasten the'time when such ar
rabgeineiti'shall be mile. We `anticipate ; ,
great reezdts fret:nits apperinince. It shows,..!
most satisfactorily r that. the productivenels
of interior Africa -truly wonderful:.' Li
*steed of hang defective in water, it has
,weter,in 1444'4 being 'Slitteces-.
lion of 'arid, plains and sandy deserts, the
vegetation is luxuriant,, and crops of the
me/It desirable . tropical - Products; and pro=
ducts of the' temperate zone, may be had
abundance, front eprolific, generous soil. /,
The narrative is characterized by great
ailffolieity and. elearneiss. 'There "is 'no aim
at 'amartnees, at ' grandiloquence or wit.
'c'hLen ire tell our readers , that his, starting
point was at. the . Cap of G oo d Hope, and
that , journeying Northwardand Westward" ,
he' reached the Atlantio coast at Se. Paul
Tioand6,in latitude
. 8° '4l) South ` and that
thence hec
Ler wed th e' Continent and touched
,the Indian Oceei,at the Neithern month
the Zambesi, in 18° South' latitude, and,
=II
.* Mussuutany ...Tsaws AND Itassanoults in
klottTl:'Assiba ; inoluding a Wretch of sixteen
Jare ieeidenoe in the interior ' of' Africa. and
ourney from the Cape of Giod Hope to Loanda, on
the West coast ; :thence across the Continent, down
the 'river Zambebi e to the %Eastern Ocean. By
David histin i pia m , L . L. 1)., D.,C, L., Fellow of
the. Facul t y' or Riveitoisigi and &Irvine; Glas
gow ; Correspondlig Member Of . the GeOgraphiost
mid' Statiiticat Bociety'Of hiew`lreik:; -Gold Med.:
andteorreeponding Mamber of the Royal Geo
grtiohiO4,Bool 'sties of London and' Paris, F. 8. A,
,Portrait: M4ips , ,brAtyowsmith,
.isti . Anerons L_Hltuitiittli*Bye„ pk, 782.. New
TotiOlsrahmi #ltiothirs.- 1868
=I
African Discoier3r.*
MEE
~...«
THE PRE SBYTEIt: 'I'3A'NNkR /I.Nb ADVOCATE.
that thus he traversed 21:* of longitude and
25° of latitude, our readers will have some
conception of the magnitude of his perilous
undertaking. Still, this statement gives but
an inadequate idea of his labors and suffer
ings. To know how he doubled on his jour
nay; made circuits and came out on his path
again,' traversed regions under water;
crossed rivers; sunk again. and 'again.under
fevers; encountered lions, and serpents, and
was delivered from dangera manifold; our
,readers siiust , eieme to the=ono k iteelf.;
We have said that this is the book of the
season, and facts will inStain lie in the dec.;
laration. In one day the London publisher
dispesed of the enormous number of 13,800
copies, at ,bondoti prices. The American
sales will, we doubt not, be • proportionately
great, and edition after edition will, of
course, be called for, until the reading com_
triunity shall all be familiar with this re
markable Work. The illustrative apparatus
is complete. Maps,, views, and . pictorial
representations, render all the aid which the
intelligent reader may require tooompris . •
hind this intensely; exciting volume of Afri
esti adventure. The publishers have laid
the reading public under great obligations
by, the diligence they, have used in issuing
the-work so rapidly as they have done ) , after
its appearance in-London.
Pioopeots of the jonthem New School
Syn9d.'
Al a condensation of important 'news
relative to our brethren of the 'New School,
we give the following from -the Americciu
Presbyterian :
We learn that the Synod of Kentucky,
at their recent meeting, after looking at the
Matter on all sides, determined to occupy a
similar position to tho Synod of Missouri--
to remain independent for the present. In
:the language, of' the Presbyterian Herald
of : The idea of a connexion
'with a sectional Southern body, is not much
more popular in' Kentucky than would be a
union with' a Northern sectional body."
" The Kentucky people have little sympa
thy with extremists, either North. or Soath."
The prospects of the Knoxville . South
ern Synod are beeoming more and more
gloomy: Of, the ,seven Synods of our
Church containing , slaveholdere, the Synod
of •Pennsylvania adheres entire to the. Ge
neral Assembly , while the Synods of Ken
tuoky and Missouri refuse to ,join the Se
cession.
,Thio l leavee but tour Synods.,
But even they -Are, not united, The Pres r
.bytery of the District 9f Columbia, attached
"to the, Synod of ViTginia,, remains inde
pendent. .Of the Synod of West Tenneft
see, . two Presbyteries, Shiloh , and West.
Tennessee, have determined to join the
"Old School," leaving, of that „Synod, but
rtsingle,P,zeabytery—ltichland, with a small
one„ we, believe, formed ont „of, it— , to go to
,Knoxville. Of the Synod, of Mississippi,
one of the Presbyteries Texas has avowed
its preference for the "Old School," so that
but one. Synod, that .of Tennessee, and that
not without much reluctance, gees entire
into , the. Southern Secession.
Miirepresented
" Verily, then, Anti:Slaver3r is motional ;
Pro-Slavery is national; and Dr. McKinney
is a national man l"--Presbyteriatt of the
West.
Not-so fast, dear sir. Your inferences are
utterly gratuitous, and your assertions incor
rect. Anti• Slavery is not sectional—iris not
looalized. Pro-Slaverly is not national—not a
common sentiment in the nation, nor a mat
ter. of common law. And " Dr.
,111 Alum ey "
is more than. a;" national man "—he is a, ser
vant of Him who bade his disciples, "preach
the' Gospel to every creature." lie would
hence let no priVate feeling, Whether an ad
miration or a grudge, and no interest, whether
personal to: himself or advantageous to :a
friend, interfere'vrith an henna' and full dig-
Airge of his duty to hie' Master anillo Zion.
il knowsnot What "h 'r "
p ysu ylency
is*, any leader..;
Letteis I on: Regeneratim
After's simiension of several weeks we
resume these deeply instructive _lettere. A
few, who are everloOking out for some sew
thing, had rather the suspension shlialdt be.
permanent ;- but . others,inquiring"aniionsly
for . the "One thing needfid,"' are' "deligiited
withthese plain , practical discu"suons o
one
of themost important of Christian doctrine&
They love :to-trace in.them their own- expe
rience, or to discover their defects, with -a
view to progress: ! We begin with a number
accidentally omittd,- few letters on - :
Adoptiou and justification will follow.
A lady, correspondent .s&'appreoiatfie the''
"Evidences" of Regeneration," that 'she
Wishes them putiti'a 'more permanent form,
and regrets her inability to contribute to the
expense. ~
THE COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
has TORTY students, this session—the largest
number which has ever been connected with
the Institution et one time
OBrrtrAßY Noness hive aeoumidated;
We devote a large Brow to.them this week;
and, riext.,week, we hope to find room for
on handi !,,
! Presbyterian Banner sual Wanda:
licknoliht4giont.
Permit' me, Mr. Editor,:on behalf of my
companion and myself,- to acknowledge the
'reception of many gifts and donations during ,
the past , SamMer and Fall, from , members of
the Presbyterian church and iongregationJ
of McKeesport, Pi. - Things very necessary
and suitable in a pastor's family, amounting
to sevinty five dollam and in cash thirty
live dollars. Most of the above came aboiC
a month since,. in the form , of 11. donation. •
'Favors to the value of at least fifteen dot.
Tars have been experience& by us,' fronr
otherw•of bur communityi not attendants at
our church:
We ale* acknowledge s contribution of
one hundred dollar's, from the • church, to
constitute f , my 'wife - and self Honorary ,
Members'of the;Board of Domestic Missions.
For all these-kindnesses,the givers have
our most Ocirdial thanks, a nd a earty " God
bless you." R. F. WILSON.
P. S. In behalf of the church I may in this
connexion, acknowledge the. donation of 11 1
vet excellent bell, costing over fowl' hundred'
dollars, 'frotp Capt. 8,, Conrsin, a pew'. holder :
in the church. '
Aleofi very bitedeople olook, for the
aide of theeehurob; front some of the lediei
of tiyet,hOfigifgathVe, vidue4 artweiliy
EASTERN SUMMARY.
BOSTON' AND NE* ENOLAND.
Much confusion and excitement were oc
casioned in the selection of suitable Candi
dcites for tke'llroyeraliif, and other city offi
cers. ~At l gth , ,nontinatioas were made
altogether independent of party lines.
Mr. F.:T. ;iinopin, dr:, was at the head of
one ticket; for the office of Mayor, and Mr.
Hall was at the head of the other ticket, for
.the At the electiorq just held,
the fernier was elected by: a plirrility of
nearly four thousand, together with all the
Aldermen, and several of the Councilmen,
on the same ticket. A. eil'?rrespondent of the
New York now, says this is considered
equal to a victory on the side of Anti-Tem
perance, and in ,oppositil)n•to proposed re
forms in the city governaient.
Fears are entertained that Power's -Stat
ue of
..Daniel Webster lies been lost togeth
er with the vessel carrying it. It was
shipped at Leghorn, on the Oxford, three
menthe 'ago, tort nething has since been
, heard of the 'miser or prei.
With the beginning ofthe year,,that old,-
wellttriod, and 'fearless 'advocate of Congre.
gationut Orthodoxy, the Puritan Roearder,
wilfenter upon 53cl volume. Long may,
its career o£ usefulness:. be continued; and
may its patrowand friends be. greatly in- ,
creased. In the last number, there is a
aFell'4writOrt editorial on the induction of
men of lax Views of Theology into the'
mitibtry, and their installation as , pastors..
The ,fault is not charged exclusively upon
those entertaining such sentiments, but
partly,' also, on those irho are firm in their
adherenoe to Orthodork. sentiments. It is
said, that for years many such have gone to
their;
homes from eccleninstical councils, sick
at heart, because of the position in which
they had found
. themselves placed. To give
a cordial, atfirmative vote, 'was: what' they
could net do with a good conscience, and
yet they could not sum.won ,sufficient- moral
courage to speak andt vote in opposition,
when feeling, at,.the same time, that duty
inquired them to do so. Because of the
existence of this state of things, itis alleged,
many unsJund •men •have been received,
great evils have sprung up; and Councils
belie nullified through want of faithfulness
one of the very objects nf their existence. ,
It may not he. imprtyper here to inquire,
if there LS not" reason to fear that Wsimilar
state' of things is possible elnewhere. Our
Own Church, through her Presbyteries, has
sedulously guarded : the truth, as ahe under
stands it, nor do we believe there ever has
been 'a time when then; was a more cordial
!unaniniity - in, doctrine and,- government
among, her ministry,, than at present But
we speak of other qualifications than correct
doctrinal' belief, concerning which great
care and eircumipection should always be
exerchied, with respOci to candidates for the
holy ministry. Personal piety, literary ac
quirements, zeal, prudepnce, gifts, and many
of her things necessary to the ministerial
character, are to be ta*en into account; and
Presbyteries, upon whieh the duty devolves,
are derelict to their ti&t, if they neglect to
exercise a kind but strict examination and
supervision, of nandida es who may present
.
themselves, or be un er their watch and
;
care. This is 'a ` responsibility not to be
thrown upon our Theological Seminaries, or
any particular persons. presbyterial action
in Winging men into th 6 ininistry, and Pres
byterial control over the churches, should
be iealiqes, and notmer'o forme; and every
member ofn Preabytery is under solemn ob
ligations to act intelligently and conscien
tiously, " without fear, prejudice, or, favor."
The Congregationalistt proposes to drop
the term Reverend, as now applied to minis
ters, and to substitute in its place the more
Scriptural•and.signifmant title, Pastor, as is
umiak in the German. and Swedish Churches.
If this be done, it may be 1 1 33 quired, how are
we to 'designate those, ministers who do not
sustain the > pastoral relaticn ? We must
confess the change, if it could` be generally
about would biaccordant with our
own views.,
1E The Publishing. Business is by no means
as n'ative now, as bee been usual at this sea
son atthe year. Yet the first two volumes
of the great work of A.gassiz, entitled,
Cont4blititins tothe, Natural History ,of
.tie United States,” hp,ve just been issued.
The; whole willconsist _ of twelve, volumes, at
.ten , .dollars per volume. Already, one thou
sand subsonbers have been secured.
Massschnietts is now traversed by Twelve
Hundred and ti'ghty-Five Miles Rfzil
road.. The vales, .pf the= churches in the
State IS 4110,50000; the number of Free
Schools 8 679 . Public Libraries ;1,462,
newspapers published 224 . In the whole
State r there: are , only 4055 person& of native
'birth., Who can neither read nor write.
Piolesieirs a/024941m of
yide . dalle g e, have beak honored by a ;re
quest to furnish their portraits. for- plibilea.
tion 'in' a work aboUtrto be boned at Vienna,"
AuStria; styled, "Portraits of Eminent Sei 7
„
entano men.
I From.many towns and villages throughnitt
New England, cheering reports of Awal eno
Interest among the' churches are continually
received. Chriitians seem to be more than
usually ,prayerful and earnest, and nova few
inquire, "what quiet we do to be saved ?"
Hopesitliat tidies of precious refreshing, are
abotit 'to conic froni the Lord, are entertained
,
by
*34.
NEW YORK
The Resumption of Specie Payments by
the Banks , nota ttendedwith •
,any un
usual, interest or move ment., The only effect
Was the same that occured at the time of
auspension, Viz., a rise in the Stocks. Prob
ably the most important "consequence will be
to bring about an early resumption through,
out' jthe . country, to avoid high rates of
exchange. The amount of specie now on
hand is estimated at $28,000,000.
Provisions' have been arriving in larger
quantitesi and,prices have.fallen proportion
the Meantime the;calls for
t • :•
upotiq inatititiobs - 'and! 'private indrnduais
have been beyond any former precedent.
The' amount already contributed, notwith
standing the unusual mildness of the weather,
far exceeds that of any previous year, for the
same length of time. .A general visitation
of the whole city has been commenced, for
the purpose of discovering and relieving
temporal wants, and also to bring the poor,
careless and abandoned, under the influence
of Christian sympathy and instruction.
A meeting of the friends of the Juvenile
Teinzlerdnee Movement, was held at the
Bible loupe, on Monday, the.l4th inst.
The Committee appointed at the Saratoga
meeting reported a constitution, which was
adopted, and permanent officers, who were
elected. The Association is designated the
"American Juvenile Temperance Society."
And the , object is to unite , all the youth of
the United States, as far as possible, on the
principles 0f.. " total abstinence." Probably
good men were never more in doubt, as to
the beat means to be employed in arresting
the spread of inteniperance than at present
•The ground gained,ikformer years has been
measurably - lost and lone. of the. worst
'features of the, ase is, that the young are
_so'
.zp
• and , ,•
exposed, and , at the samntime, so addicted
to this alarming vice.
As an instance of the. direful effects of
Intemperance, we may refer to the. following
'fact.' Of the six thousand persons tried
hefore the' Coirt of Special Sessions within
the last year, for this great city, only ninety
four were sober; when arrested. And yet
great'andlstrongly fortified as is this enemy
of huMan kind, it must not be unmet;" there
mist be some remedy that will be effectual.
~The "Poor Indian" has been almost
forgotten of late years by the busy world;
and soon all thoughts of his once wide.apread
dominion will have passed 'from the. minds
of those who have seized upon his posses
sions. The "red man? has withered away
at the approach of the "pale face." Still
there are some who 'remember him • who
have not forgotten his wrongs; who would
reform, his habits, and preserve him from
extinction. A Society has been formed in
this city, called the :"Indian Aid Associm
tion," tbe r objedts of ilia' are to' aivaken a
more extended interest in their behalf, and
to provide for their instruction. and govern
ment: : •
NewTork is not only the great commercial
emPoriUm'nfthe country,
here,
owing the
wealth and taste collected here, -and `-to the
facility with 'which' it .may be.' reached' and'
the opportunities for exhibition of works of
art, it is rapidly bees:citing the, head.quartera
of all the Leading American Artists. The
most eminent of these ;are, just now,' vari
ously engaged in other places,'
-
" Huntington is at works in London on his large'
picture of ' American Men of Science." 'Near ,
by Huntington's lodgings at. Kensington, Cropsey
has a small house, and his studio is often visited
by Ruskin, who at first could scarcely believe the
brilliant combinations in this artist's Autumnal
sketches were other than the exaggerations of
Young America;'.but having proved Cropsey's
rare fidelity, by watching his English landscapes,
he now believes fully in the radiant truth of his
trans-Atlantic studies. Darley is domiciled with
his sisters on the Delaware, and hard at work
making the most accurate, spirited and finished
illustrations for the new and elegant edition of
Cooper's novel—to be issued. in the Spring by
Stringer & I'443:wend. Wiliam H. Hunt, whose
French Flower Girl' was the gem of last yeses
exhibition here, has gone to Fayal for the Win
ter."
According to the 'Episcopal Ritual,
churches are to be set apart from. all " un
hallowed, worldly, and common uses," by an
act of consecration, performed by the bishop
of the diocese. It seems that St. Paul's, on
Broadway, begun in 1763, and.completed
and opened for public worship in 1776, was,
never dedicated according to the ritual. At
that time there was nod'bishop 'in the die;
nese. And yet . it is, and'his Veen, 'acknowi
edged as a, regular church:by the denomina
tion to which it. belongs.
Increased-Religious -Interest is reported in
most 'of the Evangelical 'churches. Pas
toral visitation is prOgiess morning
prayer meetings are held, and there is a
large:attendance on public worship upon the
Sabbath;
PHILADELPHIA-
In Voninion with oilier Atlantic cities,
Philadelphia begins tc,,, feel Relief; by the
returning of 'confidence, and the removal of
the heavy pressure. The people are mani
festing again their former activity and buoy. ;
ant, hopefulness., ,
The, business of Popular• Lecturing is at
a great diseoint in most places,• just now,
No is it strange that, it should be so, for
many of the lectures were most insignificant
in point of instruction or rational entertain
ment, whilst the pretensions were enormous.
The discussions of history, literature, and,
science, were shallow enough, but the thee
logi9al disquisitions upon which some ven
tured) were shallower still. ,
Several courses :of a higher and better
order have'biefi; or will'be deliv4red during
the ireserit'Winter. Such are, the lectures;
of Prof. Coppee, on' English Literatnre, of
Prof. Mathile, on, the Introduction to
,the
Study of Laws, and of. the Rev. = Dr. Ste=
vans; on Palestine and. the Eat.
The North Apzericc, has appeared in
new ands attractive dress. This paperolaints
to be the 'regular eontinnanee of the Daily
Adiertiser, established in 1771; and to be
the oldest newspaper in the linited States,,
ou t o f New England, and to have been the
first daili.newspeper in thig Country.
The 'Episcopalians opened a Free Chur4,
for
,sailors and Oieir ; families, called the
fr Church, of the: itedeemer," on last Sab
bath, at the corner of Swanson and Oahe
rine Streets.
The scheine published in our last to re
lieve the ...41:nerican Sunday School Union,-
is beginning, to be carried into practical
operation. The Sabbath Schools of the Rev.
Dr. Boardman's Church have agreed to con
tribute their $500,, and those of Rev. Mr.
Breed's church, (forked by a colony from,
the former,) have resolved to raise , an equal
sum.
I=
TaANNsoIvING IN MlllSOUßL—Governor,
Stewart has appointed the last Thursday
:(31st)• of. - Deeeniber, 'as a day of Thankii
g. . .
Ecclesiastical,
Bev. T. S. C. SMITH having accepted calls
from the churches of Bethel and Chestnut
Grove, requests correspondents to notice
the change of his Post Office address from
Bell Air to Jarrettsville, Harford County,
Maryland.
Rev. R. H. RICHARDSON has become asso
ciated with Rev. G. F. Goodhue in the
charge of the Marengo Institute, and has
also accepted the call to become pastor of
the church in Marengo, 111.
Rev. 0. H. P. SMYTH, of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, was received by the
Presbytery of Tombeekbee at slate meet
ing.
Rev. HENRY NEILL was installed' pastor of
the. Westminster church, Detroit, on Sab
bath evening, 6th inst., by the Presbyteiy
of Michigan. Rev. Dr. Rice, of Chicago,
by invitation, preached the sermon.
Rev. E. P. l'ALmurt's Post Office address is
changed from Bell's Store, S. C., to Ma-
rietta, Ge.
Mr. Wm. MI virtu,s, a member of the first
class in the Princeton Tlieological Semi
' nary, was licensed to preach the Gospel
liy the.'Presbytery -of Riritan,' at their
stated meeting in October. '
Rev. WILLIAM MACK, from the Presbytery
of West Tennessee, (N: S.) was received
by,the Presbytery of Maury, at its late
meeting.
Mr. J. T. HENDRICK was ordained and in-
stalled pastor of Zion church by the Pres
bytery of Maury, at its late meeting.
Mr. JoszPw F. JENRISON, a graduate of
Princeton Seminary, was ordained and in
stalled_ pastor of the. church at Phcenix
villa, Pa., on the 4th inst., by
_the _Pres
bytery of Philadelphia.
Rev. S. D. CAMPBELL'S Post Office address
is changed from Knox Hill, Florida, to
Elba, Coffee County, Ala.
Rev. RENRY BnowN's Post Office , address
is' Changed from Crab` Bottom Va. a to
Madiaim 'Florida.
Rev. A. D. CAMPBELL'S •Post Office address
is changed from .Bennettsville, 8. ,to
Clark's Mills, -Moore , Botinty, N. C.
Rev. C: R. VAUGHAN'S Post Office 'address
is.changed from Lynchhirg, Va, to Farm
vile, Va. ' ' ' •
Rev.J., S. AlcsoN'A Post Office address
changed from Greensboro', Ga., to Sa
vannah, Ga.
Tor the Presbyterian Banner and Edvocite. 4.4
General Haieleek.'
DE/Vt, Stx —lt,wasin the year
.1836, the writer became, ,acquainted_ with
Lieutenant Henry Havelock, of, the, 13th
regiment, of., European Infantry. He was
then , Adjutant of his regiment, and stationed
with it at 'Kurnaul, in Upper „India. , Dr.
Campbell and myself, on,por arrival itt that
country, in the above mentioned year, were
stationed, at Seharunpoor, thirty miles from
Kurnaol; Shortly after our arrival we received
an invitation from Lieut., Havelock to attend
, . _
a temperance meeting he had got.up in his,
regiment; to make addresses, and to remain"
with him a few days. We accordingly went. ,
He was t,ben chiefly known,'at distance, as
the author of the _Burma, arnapaiot, and
at home, as a very , promising young , officer.
We found the hero, Wit was to be, a re
markably small man—notable.to swing his
sword buckled by his side—with a large
nose, protruding, from the base -.of - a high,
intellectual forehead, and watched, on either
side, by small, grey, bright eyes. His cone-,
tenanee was far from prepossessing, but when
lighted up by vivid thoughts the whole ex
pression was pleasing.
Energy was depicted on every movement
of body or mind. Head, bands, and feet
were constantly in motion during his wake
ful hours. Even while leading in family
worship, be would spring from,bis knees to
his feet, throw his head back, writhe his
body, gesticulate violently.with his arms and'
pitch himself down again on his knees, much '
to the amusement, sometimes, of his visitors.
Mrs. Havelock is, a daughter of the latn,
venerable, Dr. Marshman, of the Serampore
Baptist Missions—a worthy daughtir
worthy, father. At the time, of their mar
riage, Lieut. Havelock was, not pious; .but
through his wife's and father-in : law's rostra. .
mentality he became,a. truly devoted! Chris
tians, and a Baptist. I'here being no min
ister of that, persuasion in Kurna4l, he had a
chapel erected, collepted a: large 'congrega.:
tion of dissenters, and, preached to them,
both, on the Sabbath ,and, week days. He
also administered the Lord's Supper to there;
and, I believe, baptized those he admitted
to_ his communion. This _gave rise to the
Commander-in-Chief's saying, "As Have
leek's men are the best in the army, he'
wished he would baptize the whole
,army:"
I often preached for him in-,his. chapel, in
kurnaui, and , for twenty years, whenever he
was within reach of our station, he attended'
regularly all our religious services. Itreitheri
hot winds, a scorching sun, nor torrents •if
rain ever kept him away. < « This ; punctual' '
ity (he would say) is my protest against !the
world."
Oa one occasion, when, he,end were
,
going to prayer-meeting, we met a young
friend, Lieutenant, afterward General, Mayne
of much notoriety. 11.a.velook said,., to him,
" Come with us, . Mayne ?" "No !" said
" only mad, men, go to prayer-meeting:"
" Ah, Mayne, ,a very serviceable,madness,
that walls; reply.
In 1838. he went, with his regiment; to
Afighanistan, and at the time •of the awful'
massacre of, the tritiehforees therein 1842,
. he, witknisont one hundred, teen, , was stir
reunaed in a smell fort by three thousarid
Affghane, and clepely bcspiged for three
, months. Owing to want, of .provisions, and
constant fatigue, all hearts failed, except'
that of Haveleolc.,,,tvery where, night and
day, was.the well-known little man present
to cheer, his .men, and to pray with .thera.'
The very elements seemed to fight against
them. An earthquake, in an instant, leveled
the walls of their fort, and expoeed thein
to. the balls of the enemy. But, nothing
daunted, havelock called for a council o f
war, to which the lion-hearted sir Robert
Sale, who, commanded, assented, and in the
_dolma of night they issuetkirom their fallen
fortress, attacked the enemy, with fixed bay:
°nets, in his midnight slumbers, put him 'to4
/light, and took Jiis whole, camp. Altai
Havelock's return from this war, he was ap.
pointed Persian interpreter to the Command- .
and, took up his abeder'in.Sinde.
Being required, by,the Chief to ; be ;present,
as interpreter, at his, State balls, where..native
gentlemen sometimes attended,4demed
ilia duty tueemply. But on.my . , remonstra
ting with. him. against the practice, he con
fessed that as going to such amusements was
a necessary part of the world's existence it
must be wrong, and that he always felt out
of his element in the ball room. Several
letters passed between us on this subject,
and the 'Oerresponderipe , was closed by hie
*le's sending me one hundred rupees for
the ~,mission- Leaving Simla he passed
through' the Ptinjaub wars with great honor,,
and was afterward appointed Assistant Ad-
jutant General in the Bombay Presidene;.
then Quartermaster General of the Queen''
troops in India, and when I left I n di a.
year ago, he was Adjutant General of 4 }, c 4 ,
forces in the country. Since that, h e
appointed to command the Persian exp edi•
tion, and on his return to India, got command
of the Cawnpore division. His late erpi,,i. l
are before the world. With a handful of
men he has defeated overwhelming
of well trained soldiers, under ale
. fi,, l `
Nina Sahib, some eight or ten timeB— tra7 '
eling fifty miles, and fighting three serer:
battles the same day. He has relieved q uwo.
pore and Lucknow, and destroyed Bit
The hero of upwards of thirty battle s ,
has never been wounded. - lint what is tar;
gratifying to every Christian heart, Genes:i
Havelook, with all his promotion and sue r ":
is still the same devoted Christian.
in Simla, two years ago, a Baptist tnissirt:r:
and myself held religious meetings twi c :
week, with a few of God's humble p t
There the General, turning aside hum
the aristocracy and fashion in which he d:
moved, was found a reviler attendant.
his life be spared for much more usefult-.;
and may many more such Christian !
raised up in India to bless her. He is a' z
sixty years of age.
I may probably give you a similar ske
of the lamented Sir Henry Lawrence, IA
I also had the pleasure of knowing for
twenty years.
BeHeve me yours truly,
J. M. JAMIESON'
Marengo, /// , Dec. 14th, 1857.
For the Presbyterian Banner and Adetade.
Beaver Presbytery.
DEATH OP REV. •TANDE SAtTERFIELD.
The Presbytery, in session at Newcastle, Ilk.
9th, 1857, adopted the following preamble an;
resolutions:
The deceased was born August, A. D.
Queen Ann County, Maryland, and died curer.
ber 20tb, 1857, at his residence near West 3h.i
dlesex, Mercer County, Pa.,, where he had its
for fifty-seven years, in the 89th year of hi; a z .
and 68th of his ministry. After removing
Washington County, Pa., he prosecuted his
ary course, preparatory to the ministry, in th!
Academy at Canonsburg, and studied Theo!.
under Dr.' hiebtillan. He was licensed to precz
the Gospel by the Presbytery of Redstone, AprL
1800. He immediately came to this section 'f
the country. as an ambassador for Christ,
was ordained Ootober, 1800, and installed pro
of the churches of NeshannoCk and Itloora e u
He labored faithfully, and suffered many Earl
ships incident to the early settlement of
country.
. Resolved, That while we deplore the loss of
piseenoe, and counsels, and prayers, we rejoice
that in a good old age, after having been permit•
ted , to preach the Gospel for more than fifty -tenet
years, he was taken home in peace to those man.
liiiiiiisVwhich Jesus hoe gone to prepare.
Resolved, That we cannot refrain from bese.:2
'O'er - decided testimony 6f his attachment to tiE
doctrines and , order of the Presbyterian Church
of the clearness with which he stated them:
the "hardness he 'endured as a good soldier:!
Jeans' Christ" in unfurling the banner of zi
Gospel,snd planting the foundations of Prestp,.
rianiem in these Western wiles ; and especißS.:v
in the living exhibition he gave, in a conskiv
and ; :exemplary life, of the truth and power Ef
religion.
'l?eiolved, That in this dispensation of Prov!-
,dence, we sre admonished to be more faiditY,
and work while it is day, for the night corned,
PASTORAL RELATIONS DISSOLVED
The pastoral relations between Rev. A. n:-
Cieady and the church of Neshannock, and En
T. P. Johnston and the church of Clarksvillf,
were dissolved.
LICENSUBX.
Mr. Robert R. Moore, of the Western Theolog.
ical Seminary, was licensed to preach the Gospel
• READING SEB.MONS.
The Presbytery passed the folloting preamble
and resolution
Presbytery believing that the practice of real
ing sermons is a growing evil in the Church, ant
that ordinarily it ought
. to be discouraged in our
candidates for the ministry ; therefore,
Resolved, That hereafter, this Presbytery
not, under ordinary circumstances, sustain, I!
parts of trial for licensure, or ordination, any
lecture, or popular sermon, delivered by reading.
D. C. REED, S. C.
Western Correspondence.
• DR. lefolcirmY :—Universalism, among other
form.s.of , error, is making extraordinary efforts :a
obtain the ascendency over the mind of the ctn.
,iuttnity in this North-Western world. It is here
imuslially well organized and manned. Its Ia
per at Chicago, and College at Galesburg, I hoe
before referred to ; and I wish here to notice s
.fact, which is, I believe, becoming a feature
the denomination, all over the land. The old d:•••
trine respecting the future condition- of the soui,
given up as untenable, and the whole orenomisn.r ,
is evidently adopting the ground of the Restorations
"The editor of the New Covenant, the organ of the
sect, preached a sermon not long since, in one
,of, the, interior towns of Illinois, in which he
,CleduiTi, as the doctrine of_ Universalists net
that upon death, the soul entered upon a state of
puidshnient which was expiatory, and which
ended when full satisfaction had been rendered
for sin.
•
It is proper, that we keep ourselves informed, as
to the devices of the adversary of souls. This neic
Cpinioni is Simply an' attempt to popularize their
system, and give it might where the bald absent
ides and unscriptural positions of old-fashioned
Universalism would not be accepted. It sill be
'ito3l, however , : to see that these changes, touch
ing the radical tenets of the sect, deafly evidehee
the falsitY of tlieir system. Every body kh ? I. 5
with:- what-horror any thing like future pang'
Inept was received by the older Universalists, sad
what ado, was made over the dogma that to
received' their punishment as they Wed
along' throngh life. This was, with them, the
truth,' of 'all others, most insisted upon; and to
deny it, or intimate the possibility of future pun
ishment, was regarded as, most clearly indicating
lamentable ignorance. God was represented as
too. good, top merciful to punish men hereafter
for theirems committed tere. Now, all this goes
for nothing. The 'old leaders are repudiated.
The doctrines taught by Ballots and his contempo
raries, is no longer the doctrine of the sect; and
,God is now none too good to punish, for a time, at
least, in the , future, for the sins of the present.
Another peculiarity of this denomination.
-though not`so modern,tor confined to them alone,
is the trick of setting up an impudent claim 1 0
t h e isYniPaillY
With humanity to be found upon
.thc,ea,rth. „ It is. by, no means uncommon for then
to, ,asse,itOttat- theirs is the only denominatio n
whichigoes into all the haunts of men, and takes
theta `by' the hind, and treats them as though
:they were worth saving. The arrogance of this
pretence, ; , and its utter falsity, was strikiagif
abed in an incident which occurred but a
fety weeks since, not far from where I write. . 1
person who lad been a somewhat constant attend
ant upon Universalist preaching, and that too, of
the-editor of the New - Covenent, fell from a build
, ing, and was .severely i n j ure d . H e sent, le his
affliction, for .the ;Universalist preacher, (this ed
ihhTt) who, at the time, was in the place, bee
did not'go to see him. Again he sent, and sae
agaitt;the third time, if I mistake not, but ws s
not , gratified with a visit. The truth is, Di
,v,exuali.sta can give no consolation in sickness, or
whpn accidents befall mankind. In the ease be`
'fore na, the mininister did not go, probably, feem
ilie'biet, that had he' gone; he would have be es
obliged to give the poor man some such consols
tionfee this: * The Lord allowed you to fall frail'
that building, and break your:limbs and ribs, be
pause you had sinned just enough to render such
a punishment just. If you bad been a little great"
er Sinner, you probably would have fallen 1 1 P° 11
your head, broke your neck, and, if our old eei?,i
timents were true, gone direst to heaven; or,
our modern doctrine is correct, entered the woeer
upon your work of expiation in another wail s '
and of course, all the sooner, get home to glory;
Either way, it seems unity you were not a gene:
sinner." Not, perhaps, wishing to administer see!k
consolation, he did the wisest thing that he car
have done—he, staid, away, yet by
so doing, th e
groundlessness of .the, claim to all the sympathy
rn
with huanitYosnlearly exhibited.
he
Dr. Maudill ) , of the bnited Presbyterian of t
Welt. untining the resignation of his charge by
the Rev. Mr . - McMillan, near Pittsburgh, Pa., and
hie connexion : with the Presbyterian Church, add!'
" This 14 believe makes elie fourteen ordained nun
-
Alters who — have goes Over from us to other