' 4 ! ottrg. A False Genius. BY ADELAIDE ANNE PIOOTER I see a Spirit by thy side, Purple-winged and ea - gin-eyed, Looking like a heavenly guide. Though he, seeiu,so bright said fair, Ere thou trust his proffered care, r Pause a little and beware I If he bid thee dwell apart, Tending Bowe idealonnart , In alit& and aowsOlieart; In eelf-worship wrapped alone, Dreaming thy poorgriefs are grown More than other men hare known; ttwelllngtn some cloudy sibere, Though 'God's Work is waiting here, And. God deipteth to be near ; torelea crimson. glare Show thee evil everywhere, Tainting all the , wholesome.air; *title *itli retirange;' distorted. choice, 'Thou wilt hoer a wailing voice; If - a simple, humble heart, : Settukto,thee a meaner part TLan ihj , noblest aim and art; If. he bid thee krAr before Crowned Mind and nothing more, 'The great idol men adorel And with starry veil unfold Sin, the trailing eon:tent old, Till his scales grins out like gold Though hismords seem true Ilad'wisp, Boul,l say to thee, Arise, He is a demon in disguisel —Legvn4 and legrios. .- - JA44, , it,,::-R - 4 . tk6.. Boom; sent to ma for Notice. will : b• drdy uttoudoll foiOpill'ihoerromer pubpohors *Philo!. dolpripiti *Op ,lart at our Philadolphia 01111.ohili'llouth 10th.flit.ebolour Choitilu - iivillialr*, or 4folopla, N:l4T!loisti Mk. PILDSBYTDDIANDIN A PRINDTPLEI AND A VITALITY. —This is the title of a Fourth Of July Sermon, preached by Rev. lohek 11674, ,pastor of the Presbyterian church , in Williamsburg, Pa. The Discourse is founded on Matt. v : 18; "Ye are the salt of the earth." The preacher ably and truthfully sets forth Presbyterianism as of Divine origin, and also luile,conservative and pro Motive influences upon true piety, social' principles, lit-. erature and the.arts, civil government—upon all that maims Man happy here below and fits lirn for joys above. MAX 'UPON 'Tait SSA; or, a kliStOry of Maritime Adventure, Exploration and Discovery. By Fratak i ß.; Goodrich: Bvo., pp. 044. Philadel phia : B. .6ippincoet Co. 1858. • This is one of the most acceptable books which we have found upon our , table for many months. The title is not =a' misnomer, for the volume be gins isitit Ahe earliest traces of our knowledge on the subjeU of maritime affairs. The acquaint ance of the H ebrews , and other oriental nations, with navigation, was not extensive. Their voy ages were chiefly ih the Eastern part of the 31fediteFiantutn, or Great .. , Sea,. and in the Red Sea with Eastern Africa. This subject is treated as fully, As 4 demervvi, and then the commerce and discover's , of 'the - :GreelM and, Carthaginians pass in review. the exciting narratives of me diesvaiLodvepturarpoqups, a large •part Alf, the, volume, *Moll ends with the preparations fOr the operations of the , great monster, the Leviathan. We can assure our readers that the contents of, dozons of, old antiquation tomes have been ran-, sacked for the: . materials which.nie here served` : up in a itiadabli*anner. The book is very folly ilinettatitd, and the purchaser will be doubly re paid for the price of the volume by a eight of the Greek,..Romen, - , and, old English' shipi, of which engravings are given. TER WASTMINSTRE. RIVEICW, for Judy, 1858, (Leonard Reoi; t CO, corner of Fulton and Gold Streets; Weir York ) is now before us. It dis plays the • usual amount of talent and great learning,: and, we are Berry to be compelled to see, l ,as' mneh , liostility as ever to the canoe of Evangelicedreligion. In the first article, "Cal vin," the writer lays , himself ant to blacken the great French Reformer, with amazing deterrina tion, and., willt . 11;inusiz% ;dexteity. Admitting the gees** , of the Reformer's: 'mbid,-the siutr, plicity tiehis purpose, aniLhiti wonderful control over the educated and thinking Europe, he neverthelesa revives the often-rafttted calumny of Calvin's influence having led to the death of Banana, sinful:inks resolved to admit no evidence efexcept in order to attack thiCies sessor !mph power, and show how evil was the result oi" seitihnaimoity in the hands of so dark and ungainly , a anbject. The articles on Cardinal Wiseman's "Recollections," and on "Scottish Domestic Annals ," will be read with much in terest. Aa ninial, the "EontemPereneons Lit erature" is most treacherous, especially in the deparisnentof. Theology. BLAcKW9OD'S MAGIAZIXII,JeIy,IBSB, (Leonard &on- it Co., New York, corner of , Fulton and Goldlirects,) . posiesses the _usual amount , of ex cellent articles, among which the scenes of the Indian catastrophe time largely.. For the Predbytiyrian Balmer and Advocate. KAMM§ TERRITORY, July 2 S , 1858. Dn.' MOKirmar--Dear :—Having recently seen a statement in, your paper, over the signature of G. M. Swan, relative to Presbyterianism„ and Presbyterians in Kan sas Territory, that is calculated to create an erlw.3ePali iropressi9n,,we feel enned,on, in justice to the cause ,this Territoiy, toi3Or reet, his statements. , 'BBa4n:informs us, in his conimuniea that,,lui: has been but a short time in the Territory, -.(June 12th, 1858,) and yet he presumed ti:',!! l inf:aTin the public ,. that itpres4terianisin-,ist not very popular in Kansas.' There' is in this statement a double iniustioet—lt is unjust to ou t caus e , and. will , sate t,iiev.faotai an your reauers can then judgef4iA*PPlTes. : On the, North side of the t Kansas river, we have several, congregation i niiirlittifen t o by Areisr,iii . :47o oo k) .PitzeTkßillqbleVßl9.k -us, arid :others.' . On the Sotth.Vderinf the, have. Messrs • 3VVIROP, Monfort, Reed, and Wallace and perhaps others tiiiCta have not heard of,, Rev Mr. Monfort is at Teciimself and 'Browns- f and in the viciniti