auna at Phcatt. ravpiptcal; JULY 24,1 friatink.:4 st.llo,"644tiviiiirelraViii 111.253 or, delivered at reiblonem of gubserl. bellaill.lll. Proopletitib On Third Page. sl4l TIN Al. II should be prOMPLI a little while ~,fors the year expires, that we Rimy milk/Liltarriamigmell for steady supply. , ' , Wild thin WILAPPIeit Indleates that we desire a renewal. however, lx the haste , of mailing, this dwell should be painted. am kep, 4 fory, AktliAdal will still not forgirtlii4 ILlAlllTTllielfgeand payment by sass bands, when tionvenient. Ors mud by male canoeing wttkordlnary Care, and troubling nobody with a knowledge of what you are doing. I,4nr a largo amount, send a Draft, or large hotel. 'Poi one oirtive papilissainad Gobi er eels~ cotes. ' Wit il[ll3 MIAIIOII4 Mond portairrataraps." •iir "mitts , still. loud 'for afterii papers! say VI or llevonty nuMbere, or $1 for I'lkirtymthrse Letierie mad Coasisiankatiloits to RAVI DAVID *IOE . INNE.l6. Pittsburgh, AOKNOWW)GMENT. — We have received $7.50, from a,friend, to supply clergymen on the " Shady SideP with our journal. • ORGANS .z—Baptint Noel Oa the New York Chronick !Owns from London,) who has been trained tc; the nee of the organ in wor ship, and who was for years accustomed Ault while in the English Establishment, now re fuses to introduce: one into his church, And Iris people have nothing but simple congrega. tional Lcitteries. The pernicious business of Lottery deal ing is extensively carried on in our country; and Pittsburgh, "With all its virtues of hon esty and induitry, has' beet deeply afflicted with this vice. Circulars from the 'dealers, are sent out, itbonsapds, inducing the un wary to purchase and remit, their money. Several Of these dealers have lately been ar rested, by order of our worthy Mayor. Three of them, named Bryan, ,Seevil, and Perry, have been, tried, before the Court,, convicted and eentenced,--the two last named to a year's infprisonthent moth. We trust that our worthy officers will not `step with the mere beginning of a goad work, jiut will prosecute it till our city shall be purged. Lafayette College. The Commencement 8161011308 of Lafay ette College, we are authorized to say,:will take place next week. The Baccalaureate sermon will be preached by the President on Sabbath morning, July 25th, and in the evening Dr. Murray, of Elizabeth, will preach the annual, sermon before the Brain erd Evangelical Society. Junior Exhibi tion on gonday evening.. An address by Rev. C. C. Jones before' the Society of Alumni, and an address by Prof Nairn°, before the, Literary SOcieties, on Tuesday. The Inaugural address- of. President' Itle- Phail, and" the' exercises of the gridualing class will take . plane on Wednesda'y meneing at. 9 o'OlOok. , . Jelfetion College. The Annual Commencement ofthis inbtit tution, wilLtake place on the Fourth of Aw• gust next. The exercises connected with the Anniversary',; be as' follows :'Sabbath}, . August I, w ,a ;Sermon before the Religions ; Societies, by Rev: Geo. W. t. Thompson, of Academia; ' add> the Bacriehtureate Sermon, by the Proudest ' On Tuesday, August 3, the Alrimni Asso ciation will.be addressed:by Rev Dr. 'Alfred Nevin, of Philadelphia,, and an . Historical Notice of,the,Clasa of 1328, will be ; pad, by Rev. Loyal Young. Exercises to commence . at 2 P. M. In the evening of the seine day, Item. Dr. Hoge, of, ,Richmond, Va., will deliver the Address before the . Literary §ocieties of the College. Installation in the, Third .ohurch. Rev. Henry Kendall was installed pastor of the Third. Presbyterian church (New School,) in this city,, on the evening , of the 18th inst. 4:Cev.'", Dr. Heacock,, of Buffalo, N. Y., preached the earn:ion, Rev. Mr. Ma lin, of Philadelphia, 'presided and 'deliv; ered the charke to'titepastor, and' Rei, Howard, of Pittsburgh, delivered the chtne to the people. Mr. Kendall is from Ontario Presbytery, New. York, and is st.t devoted, orthodox, and excellent preacher. We congratulate the congregation'on tgeii harmonioris and happy settlement -of paitor, yr,orthy,to,,be, the successor of the, estimable Dr. Riddleorho officiated in',their midst for nearly twenty five years:.:;: ' ' ' "'' " Liberia. We are sorry to see, by the papers, thak President Benson .has been guilty of kvery , great indiscretion,• if not of a positive crime. The French, in the prosecution of their g 4 Free Emigration" scheme, sent a ship, the Regina 'Cali, for &load' of negroes. She landed at. Cape. Mount, and, in some form, obtained the President's ,permiasion to ship ,her cargo thence. , They, say that .he took!naoney from them, as passport dlity, for four' hendred emigrants. , When two bun• dyed and se!!enty-one were received, they mutinied. .The mate and eleven of the men were massacred t and the voyage was broken up. The Frenolwatatement would make President Bensort guilty of complicity Id this buying or stealing tutu to be put into a forced servitude for a dozen or twenty years, in, a strange land. , 'The statements of some of his own officers, partially relieve him. But he is in a sad plight--sa' d,even though the conduct of the French maYhave been somewhat compulsory and deceptive. It is stated, positively, that no emigrant who went out from this country, was shipped on the Regina emit but still a great wrong was done, and it behooves the Colonization Society to look into matter, and see that ouch a thing 'eannot again ,ocour. Let the alavotrade be utterly abolished. - Away with the names of "Apprenticeship," and` ' " Nee Emigration." It is substantially involuniam and Lifieris, must have nought to do with It, .only to repeljt from her coasts. Ell!EM=l The friends of Dr. Breokinridge have been come, for man years that o , ne of his fondly cherished schemes ii the publication ,of a Cornmeitary by our Board, or rather by the General Assembly in which the whole Ward of {god should pass Under review, and 4 itiat thus our people might be provided, .not only with our Catechisms and ConfessiTa, but also with an exposition of Scripture which would exhibit an entire accordance in doc trine with the Westminster Standards. Our readers are aware that the vopcsal to take the Ipreliminary iiteps sows' the consumma tion, of this great undertdking, was-discussed at some length in the late Assembly. We ire not surprised 'that the project was re coived with some favor; and yet the As seL . ablyr did well in delaying deeisive action uuti a future time. To many minds it woula appear altogether suitable,•that as our , Board \ issues our Confession and our Cate ekieme,\:and as the doctiines exhibited in these ,wreks are founded 'on, the Word of God, and Ixpository •of the great truths which :the'-plume of Inspiration contains, , so the same board should procure and pub lish a well-digeete'd Comment on the Bible. Matthew,Heinl„v and the . Westminster An notators, lived nearly two , centuries ago. 'Since their day, inaVy, questions which bear. on Revelation hate arisen bite Importance, and occupy a prominent' place in the litera ture of the age. Now, altbough,the great . truths connected with the' Being of God; with man's relation to his Criator and Judge; the Fall and Restoration 'through a Re deemer, must ever remain the same; and an 'orthodox, Scriptural expusition of them one age, Must bring out:such 'troths as should be -received in any other age, still, . even m connexion with these fundamental points, there are new phases of error appear ing which require to be refuted, and the treatise which met the exigencies of the Church two hundred years ago, would now be imperfect., How desirable, then, that the learning and piety of the Church were devoted'to the momentous task otpreparing such a work as would open up the meaning of the Holy spirit in the Ward—a work `which would embody the results of 'Anti quarian research in Egypt„ Palestine, and Assyria, that would use the latest informa l Lion' of the hiatorian, anct . the • results . ok Bib Beal eriticism—thus including the wealth' of modern learning,. and the orthodoxy 'of `our Church, as set forth in her recognized symbols ! . Passing from. Henry, Gill, - Lightfoot, and the older Commentators, to Scott, Clark and others of more modern times, ob jections may be urged 'against them all. They are all defective; in so far as the' great topics are concerned which have been discuss ed in Germany for a time, which have thence passed over into Britain, and which' are * rising up into importance among the think , classes in . our own land. Then,again, notwithstanding the, learning. which Clark displays; his peurilities and absurdities= are so apparent, and his theological errors are io rampant, that his work can present few claims on a Presbyterian. population. .Even • Scott, with all the solidity of hie judgnaent, his freedom from party,' and his calmness and honesty, is open to criticism on' the subject of the atonement. That the pub lications of'l,lr. Barnes have been prciductive of much avil, is unquestionable. Their sale in our own,b country and in the British _ Provinces. has een immense ; and in Great Britain, where cheap editions have been circulated, his name and reputation as, an 'American and a Presbyterian, have carried. his Notes into most extensive circulation. How desirable, then, the possession of a sound, learned, judicious, 'doctrinal, and 'practical Commentary would be, in.which the merits of Henry, Gill, Scott, and others, would all be combined—in which valuable information would be condensed, the errors and faults of former writers avoided, and the whole would really ba entitled to take rank as the most learnedyaccurate, and valuable Commentary extant, on the Word of God. That such a ‘ work is a desideratum, we freely adMit. We would rejoice in its pro duction by Presbyterian ministers, and its publication by our Board ; but we greatly fear that many years must elapse hafore any thing shall appear which will receive an:en dorsement from the Assembly. The difficul ties that lie in the way, are far more, numer- ous and more momentous than many of our 'readers would at first 'sight conceive. That we have Hebrew'and Greek icholas in` our • Church—Antiquarians, Historians, and oth erst who are well qualified by their talents and acquirements to comment on Seriptiire— the literature of the day abundantly testifies. itStilly is one thing for a minister or - a lay-, man to prepare a treatise on a vase, a chap ger, or even ru Book of Scripture, and to usher it into the : "world= as expressing his own indivdnal'views, and it is - another tiling altogether for a Synod or an Assedibly to commission a number of, writers to pre pare an Exposition :of all the Boas com prised in, the Word of God, and then direct or-even in a modified form, but yet With ascertain degree of, ecclesiastical aiithority and approbation, to send the work forth from a recognized institution of the Church. • ,r(o IMEMBEZ An Assembly's Commentary. • Now, look at the subjeets on which learned men, no matter ho* learned' how evangeli cal, or how sincere 'they may he n are 'Rkely to differ. There is, in the first place, tie Hebrew and the Greek Text. I Learned linguists in Oxford, as well as in Paris and Rome, and in Princeton and Danville, do differ,' and no doubt'Will still !liffei, very ma, terially on importane,:points in this depart ment. They, area diverse. in "their opinions :on important passages, even before a word of a' Commentary is written on the' Text. 'What ',Text then shalt be adopied and 'on What authority? What allowance shall , be made for the effect -which the discovery of new manuscripts may have on controverte'd passages, Whether rejected or retained in the 'Word ? to o or. Thee Science presettin immense diffienl ties. Geologyy for ; instance. Is. the Assete bly prepared to adopt , aieisolution I;piointitig t-1 "kb Itt k N t- . • •-' V, ') 3 1 3 1,1 81 1 ,to bbi nErE LPRESBYTERFA-N - B*NNER - AVNIY A DTOCA TE. any Commentator on the Dook.ef Genesis? Does the man live whose views en Geology, in connexion with the MoF,ale narrative will be universally received in our Church as .sariPttfrat aa4, scientific? TO this it may be said that the linembly, or the Bo ar d , would e eoomitted to every interpreta tion . Eihich writer on a controverted portion , ofserip tnre such as the cosmogony of Moses .Taighl urge ; but the truth is, that the public. 'iv - 4111d receive any Commentary prepared under the auspices of the Board, and by directiom of the Assembly, if not'ai clothed with authority—at least as receiving the sanction and - approval of these bodies.' We do n't think that our Board would endorse the Geological views of those who maintain that Moses, by the term 44 day," meant strictly the twenty four hours; neither will that institution, however conservative, take np the position that there is no truth in the conclusions of such as Hitchcock, Buck land and Miller. Then again, it is impossible to proceed any great way in an Exposition, either of the Old Testament or of the Ne'w, withont coming into contact • with the Millenarian theory. On what aide of this controversy are our writers to be arrayed ? • Is the com mentator on Isaiah to take Anti-Millenarian ground, and the expounder of the Bonk of Revelation to take 0 opposite ? r " is this • , subject to be treated on the compromise Principle; by running a' line through the Bible, or by allowing one elan to_ expound thus, and another differently, and eack to exhibit his own exegesis? So likewise the theory of the Church and the question therewith connected of Church government. We, fear that difficulties of great moment might arise here. Some might display' a tendency to carry the jure divine rlgnt of our forms so far `asto un= church the members of ether denominations, while a latitudinarian, spirit might be man Vested by an equally learned and to calls for pecuniary aid, 'are asked again to extend their %von. Others, also are invited to unite with them, It must be sustained, and by a general' effort, will be austained with ease. - • .13ethels are oo:operative Chriitian Unions. They maintain the .. grand, distinctive fea, turei,of discipleship under the Divine Mas ter, without attempting to make prominent the minor shades of family branches. Mere all mairjain their labors ln'happY harmony. - .3. u 800, gr, ;::t---Xiks, out reply to " A Qiteip"-Asst week, an answer -to the wain 411,e3tionrwhieli he puts in iloinukunies; tzon 0118thinit: Ttri oto 17. g A Mistake, Corrected. It is not often that we notice the errors of our contemporaries—we . never do so, un less when urged by a-strong sense of duty. The Presbyterian of July 17th, says : "-Those oppoied-to the offioe of the'Also.' elate Secretaryship of the Board of Domes tie Missions, ' seem to look only at the possibility of sustaining the Board with the smallest practicable sum of money." How- our contemporary could make such a representation of the large majority in the Assembly,of . the r aotive, „laboring members of the Board, of Our pain selves, and of the thousands of devoted pastors, elders,- and Christian people who fed, think and speak, with us,. is exceedingly strange. Ode o its conductors was present in the AFsetnbly and heard the discussions; another was i the Board, and might, if attentive, hay 3 1 been informed of the principles and motive Of "those Opposed to 'the office;" all •, them have had access to our columns wbe they could learn the views of the brethr. of whom their: speak. How then could th make such an egregiows mistake-:--a mista so deeply injurious to "those" of whi M. they speak ! Let them tax their menu ry to recall in full, or et least in its spirit, i t 1 ~.. e argument in the Assembly,. which intsit'st d upon a vastly increased efficiency in: t e cause as both needful and practicable' and look again at the discussion in the B l oard, where the dispensing with, the office] was f i n urged,,. not only- for the saving el the salary and expenses of the incumbe t, so that thereby eleven more missionariel.Might be sustained, but also as a needful Ille9;19 of inducing the churches to continue , end in crease their...contributions, as a carryfrig out of the wishes of the churches, ar i lid as a faithful execution of the trusteephip of fands hallowed 'to the Lord; and 'f arther, let them reVise the list of ayes am noes, where fourteen men, embracing all , iut one of the business men ,of the Boiltrd—cer tainly 'not " penny wise and pour I fooliki" men—soleninly'reccrited their na,, es a s de siring' the abolition of the office Surely, Musgrave, and Clarke, and ,Ne kirk, and Macalister, and, their compeers, men •de. voted to the'cause of Christ; ab.unding in love to the souls of the perishin l ; glorying in the: .Presbyterian Chureh, and c naeoratin g time and Wealth, to the austenta 'en of the Board—surely these are not men si f llio "look only" at ,the possibility alleged, Let our contempoitry examine candidly - these facts, and retract its unworthy imputat t lion. , " Those opposed to the continuance of the office" are numerous, and are influenced, we, believe, by the purest motives. They seek Zion's-welfare. They seek not "how to save the 113019 i money," 'but how to do the meat with their meansi how to- make the Board in the highest degree efficient ; how to make the best use of the charities entrusted to their care ; how to increase their means; bow to induce the churches the moat cheerfully, liberally, and prayer.: hilly to exercise thegracts of giving. Among those spokeriof, we , know not a man balk , 'need in his course by , anything persona , parsimonious, , or, otherwise base.,, ; ;They are gentlemen. and Christians; large hearted, nobly liberal, industrious; desirous to employ every aid"neddful, willing fairly to comp n: sate every' laborer, but unwilling—utterly continue a needless office, at the expense of the charities of the Chuich.. The facts of the ease are these : 1.. There was an Assistant,Secretary who had the care`of Chureth Extension. 2. _The •Assembly, •three years ago, took away, his business, and gave it to a Commit tee at St. Louis: 3. The Board created f?r the Apsistant, thus deprived of an Assoolatcahip, and made him a - traveying Agent. 4. The. Assembly inaugurated a Syste matic Benevolence scheme: This scheme works Well. It 'takes away the business.of , the Associate Secretary. What now, shall be done? Shall the Board , continue a needless office. Since, as the laborers in the Board believe, - there is work for not more than one Seeretary, ought , they, as urged by some, to make work for another? What say , the churches What say pastors - and Presbyteries.? Are ;they desirous to have their people's charities taxed thus? The grand question is, Is the office real . ty needed? If it shall be decided by the churches that they really desire the office, then we, most heartily, as we said at the Assembly and in the Board ; go in for it. And we must add—and we will here be joined by,multitudes—if it must be, let it be filled by a man of mind, •who loves to to, work, and who is adapted to the work re /nixed. On these conditions, both the office and ,the occupant shall have our cor dial support , The Princeton Review. The truly number of tb:e Princeton will be,read with much interest throighout; but the principal attraction will be the elaborate paperion the Rebellion in India. This.is :by far the most valuable paper which: , has appeared in any L periodical since the out- break of the great oriental tragedy. None .of -the British Reviews or Magazines, and -indeed no British work—Dr. Duff's not even excepted—so far as we know,:, have ever presented such a condensation of the whole question, ae the - author, Mr - . Lowenthal, our •missionary at Pe.shawnr, has given in this lamb:ions article. The causes of the.massa ore are distinctly and powerfully port r ayed. The horrible and sickening scenes of blood, and lust, and rapine, are 'sketrrhed' , With;S master hand, and the - Whole drama is set forth with such pier that the reader feels as if he were a spectator of the- scenes which are recorded. We fully•expect that this artielewill -produce a great sensation in England as it deservedly should. The article on the General 'Assembly is a brief and clear statement of the' leading trapsaetions of that ,bOdy. We are glad to find that the Riview adopts the SaMe side of the question wh i le!' we . have , been compelled to take' ancnt—rii‘theßectch say-the Bible dennnentari' Tecnr - Own-thoughte on the 0.,04t m 4 r . , [...;~. .~-$: subject, presented in another .column, we, easy possibly yet add those of the Reviewer 7 The other articles are, Sprague'a'Annals of the Presbyterian Pulpit; Histories] Val:. T i le of the Pentateuch; and Missions in Western Africa. Religion in Common Life,* The age of great sermon writers is not yet past'; and here we 'lime as remarkable a vol ume of discourses as we have seen for many years. Chalmers, Stanley, Melville, : Butler, and Guthrie, hie grent . names eirtile roll of British,preaehers, and here we have a vol ume that constrains us to add the name of Caird to this brilliant catalogue. Each of these writers has his. peculiar poWer. Chal mers grasped an idea, and he turned it round and examined it on every side, and he never stayed his hand until, by analysis and dem onstration, and by the resistless torrent of impassioned language, he had fixed the idea forever on his reader's or his hearer's mind Guthrie is a painter of gorgeous pictures, and in his portraiture lie dips his pencil into the human heart By every sketch he gives an illustration, and teaches a doctrine. He never TeBBODB, and yet he is eminently a doctrinal preariber, Butler—even Scottish critics themselves being judges—stands aloft on a pedestal overtopping them all. Mag nificent in diction,, gorgeous in illustration, evangelical in doctrine, philosophical in tone, he penetrates into the recesses of the soul, and fills-his reader with wonder as he melts under the influence of contending emotions, Caird possesses the'shrewd observation of his countrymen. He abounds in illustrations, but they arentit-claborated as on the pages of Chalmers, nor , so magnificent as those of Butler, nor - so extended as the, scenes, of Guthrie. Still the .reader feels that they are. perdue nt, telling,, and • really illustrative. They to not lead the reader away from the theme. 'They are helps to his understand ing,', they render intelligent the often profoundly inetaphysioal philosophical po litions with which , they are connected. Mr. Caird has already attained to great faine. This volume' will make him still "farther known; and as he is,young, diligent, and careful of, his reputation, we doubt not but that, if spared, we shalltseon be gratified by another' work of equally great Table SS the one now lying before us , * Szsmons: By the .Rev. John- M A., :minister of the Park church, Glasgow. Author 'tof " Religion in -Cowmen . Life,"--a Berman !preached before the. Queen. 12:n0., pp. 898. ilslcw York : Robert Carter 4 Brothers, 530 Broad way. Pittsburgh: 'J. a Davison. 1858. . . Church -Extension, i : Our brethren of the:United Presbyterian cihurches in. Allegheny City, have entered tiihon the • work of church extension „with Co amendable zeal and liberality. They are n t content'to remain from year to year with th 'same number of churches, nor are they . , willing to satisfy themselves by, the organi sal ion ;of a •feeble church or two, leaving the in to struggle for a.preedrious existence as 'iest they may; ;lint the whole body of ~ tin , people take an interest in the matter, an , contribute ii to its , success. At a meet. in of the churches held last week, it was resoilved that every. communicant in connex ion With their churchesin Allegheny, would contribute ten, cents per week for five years, to rid in' erecting and sustaining four new churches in that city, . The sum thus to be realiized will amount to twine $31,000, which, . 1 wi 1 larger contributions from the more wealttliy,' and the" donations of those who may unite in forming the new churches, wi I accomplish the desired result. The first new church is to be commenced forth= witlx, fronting the Weit Cominon, and im inlidiately opposite the Western Theological Serritinary of our •Church. IVTe would be exceedingly pleased to be. ah.e • - to record a movement in the same direc tion! on the part of our own churches in Alie gheny and Pittsburgh, where much grtin.nd still remains for Presbyterians to 1710.48 PM, but whioh Presbyterians have sadly neilill ected, and with respect to which we Can 1 see ut little anxiety at present. T , e "Late Rev.J. 3, Janeway, D. D." Tie Board of Domestic Missions, at a 1 mee ing on the 12th inst., adopted and pat lon cord, the following testimonial, corn . . me ~ , orative of this most'worthy man, and ex °elle nt minister of Christ : i " The Committee appointed at the last meetliog of the Board, on the 28th of June, 11858.4 to prepare a minute to be recorded witht reference to the death of the Rev. Di. Jacoh 3: Janeway, then announced, beg leave to present the following 14 /The Rev. Jacob J Janeway, D. D , who departed this life in the city of New Bruns wickl,.Newlersey, June 27th, 1858, in the eighvy-fourth year of his age, occupied a 1 prothinent and'large place in the benevolent institaitions'of the day, for the advancement , of the kingdom of Christ and the good of 'mantic:Md. In the providence of God he in heritreda large paternal estate, and he faith fully! used it in doing good. Every good • *irk' presentekto him, found in him a liberal patron. Butit , is especially in hie connexion withlthis Doinestic Missionary Institution that ,iwe have at present to do. Ile has long been; connected with it, and has been a bless ' ing to it by his counsels, his labors, and his peculniary contributions. When the Com. , mittiee of Missions was first created, inlBo2, consisting of seven members, Dr; janeway was ilne of them, and for many years hetook an waive and leading part in their operations: When the Committee was changed into a Board, Dr. Janeway oontintted a member. In 1848 he - was elected President of the I Board, in which office he continued, nntithis death. Notwithstanding the _distance of his residence, he was constant in his attendance ~.on its meetings until hindered by disease. We have reasouto thank God for the efficient part he enabledcour departed friend long to not' in this important Institution, and we pray! that he may raise up others to fill his place." TOBACCO l'itosouTEET;.-4e see it stated that the last North Indiana Conference of the Methodist Chusch agreed to the follow , jag resolution Resolved, That no person-be admitted as a membetof this Conference, - alio is in the habit of using tobacco in the common :way, without an agreement to discontinue ,the practiee: =I The Late Rev. Nathan H. Hall, D D. Prom the Presbyterian Herald, we learn that this worthy minister was a native of Virginia. At an early age he was removed, with his fathefs family, to Kentucky. He was licensed to preach in 1805, and was 'hence over fifty'years in the ministry. In 1849 he removed to Missouri, and was set tled at Columbia. He died June 22d, 1858, aged about seventy-six years. He was a tender and "faithfulpastor, and an ex cellent preacher, and specially a- revi valist. EASTERN SUMMA.RT. BOSTON AND NEW ENGLAND. The Dram Shops of Boston continue to be fruitful• source of evil, and number now, exelu sive of, groceries in which ardent spirits are sold, one thousand six hundred and fifty nine. But large as this number may appear, notwithstand ing the efforts that have been made for their sup pression, it is less than last year by three hun dred and twenty four; so that temperance prin ciples are at least on the advance. Every new investigation brings to light addi tional evidence of the Recklesir Way . in which the business of the late firm of Lawrence, Stone Sr, CO., was managed, and teaches important les sons to all reflecting men engaged in commercial transactions. The debts already proved against the concern, amount to nearly the enormous sum of three millions of dollars. Connecticut is largely represented in this city, and an Association exists styled " The Sons of Connecticut," the members of which are about to make a visit to their native State in company. They will go to Hartford, and then sail down the Connecticut River. Many of the orthodox Baptists and Congrega tionalists of this vicinity are anxious for a more intimate Christian fellowship between the two bodies. The great barrier to closer fraternal in tercourse at present, is the close communion doc trine as held in most of the Baptist churches. But many indications encourage the hope that the days of this exclusivism will soon come to an end in many of their largest churches, and those mast distinguished for earnest piety and good works. The Recorder says: We regard the Orthodox Congregationalists and the Calvinistic Baptists as essentially one, and we desire to see no contention between them. They have one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and only differ about the mode of -an ordinance, the sub stance or essence of which is " the answer of a good conscience toward God." Brethren in heart, let us then conic together as brethren around that table which is not our own, but the Great Master's. Dr. Walker has actually declared his intention to resign the Presidency of Cambridge College at the approaching meeting of the Trustees, and that be will preside for the last time at the next Commencement Consequently, the friends of the gentlemen whose names we mentioned same time ago, are very active in urging the claims and qualifications of their favorite& From present appearances, it is probable that the choice lies between the Hon. IL.. C. Winthrop and Prof. Felton. Mr. Winthrop is a gentleman of schol arly pursuits, with , no particular calling at present; and tbe removal of Prof. Felton from the department of Greek would create a vacancy not easily filled. Amherst College will suffer -a loss in Prof. Haven, who has concluded to accept the appoint- went to the Chair of Dootriaal Theology in the Congregational Seminary at Chicago, Id. From this it appears that the Theological Seminary at that place, under Congregational auspices, will soon go into operation. • The health of Dr. Bushnell, of Hartford, has become so feeble and uncertain, that his people have unanimously called the Rev. J. Lewis Dimon, of Fall River, Mass, to be associate pastor,-declaring, at the same time, their deter mination to regard Dr. Bushnell, also, as their pastor, until he shall be removed-by death. ; His labors in this charge have continued for a quarter 'of a century. Methodism has a stronger hold h: New England than is generally supposed, although" Many of the churches are suffering greatly by immigration to the West. Zion's• 'Herald gives the following summary : " Total membership' in the six Conferences is eighty thousand lour hundred and forty-six. Total increase during the past year, eight thou sand four hundred and seventy-nine. There are Several towns in the Western part of Massachu setts and Vermont included in the New York and Troy Conferences; all of Connecticut West of the river is embraced in the New York East Con ference, which would add to the membership about fifteen , thousand, and to the increase proba bly about two thousand In round numbers. the membership of the Methodist churchrs in New England is about one hundred thousand,' and rhi increase the past year has been about ten thou sand." NEW YORK. Frank Leslie, who began the crusade against the " swill milk," is in a fair way to become fa mous, and to increase the circulation of his journal. An Alderman, named Reed, has taken offence at a wood cut representing certain things alleged to have taken place in the investigations made by the Committee appointed on the subject, and has entered a suit for libel. This will keep Mr. Leslie a little longer before the eyes of the publid', and awaken new attention to his publica tions., The-third trial of the Italian, Casure2ni; for the murder of policeman Anderson, has resulted in his conviction and being sentenced to be hung an the 2d of. Septethber. Many fearful develop ments were made during the progress of this trial, of the efforts made- to provide false testi molly; to get witnesses for the prosecution out of the way, and to defeat the ends of justice. now, after conviction, an attempt is to be Made to move executive clemency in his behalf. This city was lately honored with the presence of some scions of the British Aristocracy, in the person of four young English lords.. ,And, as a matter of course, the most lavish attention was besto wed upon them, and their most insignificant movements were duly chronicled. In Fourth of July orations, and stump speeches, there is much boasting of Anierican institutions, and of the honor of being American Republicans, but it can not be disguised that no people on earth are more anxious to touch the fingers 'of nobility, or walk ‘in its shadow, than are many among ourselves. No doubt these are 'Worthy young gentlemen, and entitled to be treated with all kindness and hos pitality, but the excessive notoriety to which - they were subjected, must have been very an noying. . But little is to be expected from the present .Board of Bducatian, in behalf of, the Bible in the public schools. A Committee, after diligent in reported that in twelve of•the schools the ,'Bible was not read, and reported a resolution or dering the local Directors tohave the Bible read in all the schools. But this resolution was de feated by a vote of sixteen to thirteen. Thus does this Board, to which snob an important trust has been committed, refuse to direct that God's own Word shall be read in the schools where mul titudes of immortalheings are receiving instruc tion. Thefear of Archbishop Hughes,and a criminal disregard of the highest interests of obildren and youth, have led to this result The friends of the Bible and‘frieeinstitutions will moitprobably, in due thne, - appoint a Bdard more congenial to the wishes* and Sentiments of 'the greatmass of the people; and that, too, 'without any new political organization: One of the excellent and flourishing humane in. stitutions of this city, is that for the Deaf and' Dumb, under the care of Dr. Peet. New buildings of imposing appearance have been erected on Washington Heights, and a prosperous future seems to be open before it. The graduating elms, at the exercises last week, numbered thirty fi ve, of whom fourteen were females. The examine, Notts and performances of the pupils gave the highest satisfaction. Archbishop Bugher has issued a circular, calling for donations to the amount of one milli, a of dollars, for the purpose of erecting a selen. did Cathedral on Broadway. And arrange, merits have actually been mode for commencing and carrying out this great project of an Eccles'. astir, untiring in his efforts to advance the Papal cause. The -Freeman's Journal says: u The con. tracts for grading and clearing the ground ferti le erection of the new Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. Patrick, on Fifth Avenue, were given out a week or two since. The time for laying the car. ner•atone is,finally fixed for August 15. The cost of the building, above ground, is not expected to fall short of three-quarters of a million. Its eg. mensions will present a front of one hundred and forty feet, and a depth of three hundred and twenty five feet. Its location is on the block be tween Fiftieth and Fifty first Streets, fronting on Fifth Avenue, and reaching back to where the line of Madison Avenue will run when that street is laid out at its upper end. The position is one of the most commanding and admirable in the whole island. The building will •he constructed under the supervision of Messrs. Renwick & Rod riguez, architects, in the most substantial manner, five years being estimated as the probable period for its completion. There will be no curtailment of the plans for economical reasons. Its details will exercise the earnest attention and study of the Archbishop, whose energy and care, it is in tended, shall control every line and block in its progress. It will be a church for the whole Dio cese, without pews, and but a limited number of chairs in the transept, in the manner of the French cathedrals." A. correspondent of the Protestant Church/ton coogratulates the Episcopal Church in this coun try, on the prospect of drawing all men into her communion; from the fact that five out of six of her ministers are from other denominations. Now it strikes us that this is very small cause for re joicing. For can that. Church be strong and vig orous that can only produce one out of six of its own ministers ? Is not this rather an evidence of weakness and decrepitude ? Ocher denominations are able to rear their own ministers, and also to send off a few to supply the wants of their Episco. pal brethren. The work of a New Translation of the Bible, un. dertakeu by one division of our Baptist brethren, progresses very slowly, and with diminished in. tereet. The new translation of the Acts of the Apostles, which has just appeared, will not do much to recommend it, on account of either pro. found scholarship or good taste. As was to be expected, the word rendered "baptize" in our common version, has given a deal of trouble. Thus they give us, "Reform, and be immersed." "Therefore, having gladly received the Word, they were immersed," and so on, wherever the word baptize or baptism is used. The doctrine of the descent of the Spirit, and of the Spirit filling :the heart, cannot be avoided, but where baptism of the Spirit , is spoken of, it is most unwarrant ably spoken of as " immersion into the Spirit." Some of the attempted improvements on the old version are strange enough. Acts ii: 42, they render as follow : •• And they perseveringlycontinued in the Apos tle's teaching, and in the contribution, awl in the breaking of the loaf and in prayers." Acts raj: 83, in this new version, reads: And he [the jailer] took them [Paul and Silas] the same hour of the night and washed their stripes, and was immediately immersed, he and all hie family." The Christian Observer well remarks: " It is evident that, in this instance, the rite was administered shortly after midnight, within the walls of the prison. As we never heard of a river or pool in a Roman prison, it is impossible to conceive how Paul. could have immersed the jailer in Water." The following specimen is rather amusing. Acta xvii : 22d verse, reads: " Then Paul stood up in the midst of Areopa gus, and said, Athenians I I perceive that, in every respect, you are exceedingly devotional." And what an entire want of a proper concep tion of the duties of a translator, is shown in the rendering of the 17th verse of the 23d chapter. Here "the chief" of the Old English Bible is made "a chiliarch." The meaning of the former is understood by every 'child, while not one in a hundred understands the latter: Verse 17—" Then Paul called one of the centu rions to him and said, bring this young man to the chiliara; for be has a certain thing to tell him."; PHIL&DELPHIA. Great complaint has been made for some time, with regard to the management of the Public Schools. It has been charged that the public money has been squandered recklessly in un necessary outlays; that unnecessary expenses are incurred in the frequent changes of the books; and that much favoritism has been manifeste,d in the selection of these. The High School is a source of much pride to the people of this city. The fortieth Semi-Anim al Commencement was held last week, with the usual awarding, of honors and diplomas. For about two months, a prayer-meeting has been held by the pupils, after school hours. At first, the meetings were held in one of the rooms, but owing to opposition of various kinds from without, the Lecture-Room of St. Mark's church was ob tained. It is the intention of those interested in the movement, to resume this meeting immedi ately after the close of the Summer vacation. The Dl:city Prayer Meeting of the Young Dien's Christian Association is again held, and will be until the first of Septemher, is Tayne's Hall, at the request of the proprietor. Since the Ist of May, the tent erected by this Association, has been need as a place of preach ing every evening, except when prevented by the dampness Of wet weather. The meetings have been characterized by good order and mach sol emnity. Fift y three sermons have been preached by mini s ters of eleven 'different denominations; and the.aggregate number of those present at the meetings, is reported to have been about fifty one thousand. Three daily, services are now held— ' sun rise prayer meeting, from 6 to 6 A. DI ; preaching in German, from 7 to 8 : and in Eng lish, from 8 to 9. • Far the P'retbyterian. Banner and. Advocate Kirkville, lowa. REV. D. MCKINNEY 7 D D. ---Dear Sir —Permit me through the columns of your excellent paper, to call the attention of ruin lBtPre looking for a location, to Birkville, Wapello County, lowa. We have just com pleted a very neat ohuroh edifice, and have it ready , for occupancy, and are desirous of securing the labors of some good, practical intacher. The location eannot be surpassed by any country place in the West. Any one coming here desiring to labor in the Master's vineyard, having, his heart filled with a Saviour's love, will be kindly received and liberally supported by a little band of warm hearted Chris.tisma, and have a pros• peat of growing usefulness, Any information desired, can be bad by addressing J. M. C., Kirkville, Wapello °minty, lowa.