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UXLW AM f sholdd be prompt; a little
while before the year expires, that we may
make full arrangements for a steady pimply.
Tun REM 11111LAPPKA ienbuttem that we
domino a renewal. If, bowevir, in tho halite
•f mailbag, this signal thoialdlbe °emitted, we
hope our friends will .till itotforset
paYmest by wife
kandui whoa eouvealeat• Or, send by
oiteloellig with ordiwy lora, sad treabiluo
nobody with a .kimewledge of what you are
debug. For Xitu4a aumewut, Mad a Draft, or
largo mates. For wee ortwo papers, sand bold
•r well motes. ,
CII/Ufhlt, liend postage stamp*,
•r bettor atilt;hiutd fir were paperst sey
or Seventy ausallare, or .1 for Thirtyrthitee
aakbars.
IMMO. all Letters sake Cosualualostisaut
to RAV• DAVID likeereN/lelf. Pittsbasakks.
Purrannrinal.—Atentrs. J. V. Cowell
& Son, South -wog corner of Seventh and
Chestnut Streets, Will receive pennants for
Presbyterian .Banner and Advocate.
OBICION.—The Clingregationalists hare,
in this Territory, one Association, eleven
ministers, eight ehurehos, eighteen stations,
and two hundred and eighty four members.
A Snoter. 4 . M.switim of the Truatees of
the Western Theological Seminary, will be
held on Tuesday, January 4th, at 2 P. M.,
in the Library of the Seminary. A fall at
tendance is requested. By order,
P. G. BAILEY, President.
PRRAOHING TO THE MAssas..--The Pres.
kyterian of the Trost informs us of an ar
rangement is Cincinnati, by which preach
ing is had, in a large Hall, on Sabbath af•
ternoons, for all .who will attend. On, the
12th inst., Dr. Scott, of that place, preach.
ed to about two thousand persons.
UNION 07 NSWS.PLIMIS.—The Westmins
ter Herald, of New Wilmington, Pa., is to
be conjoined, on and after the Ist of Jan
nary, 1869, with the United Presbyterian,
of this city. This union will greatly
strengthen our neighbor, and will be a ben
efit to the churches.
The Sandwich Islands.
We see it stated that Rev. Mr. Coan's
church at the Sandwich Islands, has over
five thousand members. During the past
year the collections for Foreign Missions at
the monthly concert, have been $l,BOO, and
the church has contributed $4,500 for be
nevolent objects of all kinds.
This is certainly an evidence of great
fruitfulness in a land which, but a genera
tion ago, was enshrouded in heatheniah
darkness.
Presbytery of Texas, New School.
This Presbytery, being met at San Mar
cos October 22d, declared its adhesion to
the United Synod, (the .New School South,)
It is, however, very small. One of:its mem
bers has left the State in discouragement,
and another has taken a dismission, to join
the Old 'School.'' There are thus left= but
three ministerial members—barely enough
to constitute a Presbytery. Its churches
also, it says in its report, are few and little.
It adjourned to meet again, toward the last
of October, 1859.
The United Presbyterian Church.
At the meeting of the Eastern Asmiate
Reformed Synod, a large majority agreed to
enter into and abide with the United .Pres
byterian Church, 2Lthe Basis settled at the
meeting in this Wme, last May. A few,
however, declined. We see given the
names of Rev: Joseph AleCarrell, D. D.,
Rev. T. T. Farrington, Rev. Joseph Mc-
Nulty, Rev. Clark "Tying, Rev. Adam Mc-
Clelland, Rey.. John Gibson, and Rev. IL
Howard Wallace. These still claim to be
the Associate Reformed Synod. Dr. For
szthe stands aloof from both partiol - at pre.s
eat. The exercises of the Seminary at
Newburg have been swipended.
Denominational Zeal.
We sometimes hear a boast in favor of
National Societies, over Denominational
Agencies. Moses Herald, in noticing the
remark that the " catalogue of Books pub
lished by the American Sunday School
Union numbers over one thousand, and is
the largest by far in the country, if not in
the world," lays "We are not fond of de
nominational boasting, but the truth is al
ways preferable to falsehood. The simple
truth is, that the Methodist Sunday School
"Union has a catalogue of, over twelve bun
died books. It also &pates about V 1 5 ,000
a year to needy schools, publishes more
pages than say other, •and all without any
paid traveling agents whatever."
Tits National Societies, however, esrel
elbr the Bible, Tact, and Sculley School,
have a,reat work to do- nay amid be
regarded, not as rivals to denominational
enterprise, but as miaborers in Obibt's
cause, and for the country's benefit.
Our Last Issue for 1858.
With the present number will elowt the
period for Which payment is made, by mazy
of our sobeerilxue. We .hope for a plump;
renewal. Keep up and inereawe the bits,
ahoy& Our work amulet possibly go on,
at preview privets ) rushes we have a Liam
aIIIISCRXETION.
We mein the work because
VC desire EVERT FAIIILT to be supplied.
Brethren, one and all, help as. Begin the
Yew aright.
'rho ahtb pries fur tight arra upwards, is
$1.35.
—Pbr twenty and upwards, to the same
cougregation, the pries is 01,25, and a eopy
is added for the pastor.
---k =use maybe *Aided fa a club,
at any time„ at club pri've.
--The price' to aspirate aoleetitatrs,
$1.50.
Sfir Prom ifitiovitunshas s and span*
mabdied Deb lour papas (asps
!stay sraected,) are siet for -
Early Preachiug in Pittsburgh•
'The records of Pittaburgh tell us but
very little' about the early Implantation of
the Gospel here, That it was preaohed
and took 'effect, and producid' much fruit,
is manifest. There are probably but few
cities where there are more Cluistians in
proportion to the whole population, or where
professors of religion-give a better evidence
of being true disciples. Defective in all
things as our Church members are, when
compared with the standard of perfectness,
Set, when compared with their brethren,
they are found to be among the closer fol
lowers of the Master, in knowledge, ortho
doxy, love, - notivity—in intellectual acquisi
tions, in gracious adornments, and deeds of
,kindness. But it is not wise for men to
compare themselves with themselves. Boast
ing is vain, and prideleruinous. When we
note what we are; it behooves us to think of
what we should be. This will tend to hu
mility, and prompt to the making of proper
attainments.
In a conversation, recently, with a few
brethren, it was claimed by one of them,
that to the German Reformed Church be
longs the credit of first planting the
Gospel in Pittsburgh. We accordingly ap.
plied to the worthy pastor of the church of
that body, and received, with due prompti
tude, the fopowing reply
Ray. > Dn. MOKIN NET—Dear :—At
the request of Rev. Dr. Schneok,- I send
you the following historical facts, showing
that, the first regular minister of the Gospel
who, preached steadily in Pittsburgh, was
the Rev. Father Weber, of the German
Reformed Church. •
From the Historical Collections of Penn
sylvania, it appears that when Arthur Lee
was here in 1784, " there were no buildings
outside the Fort, except a fesi huts on the
bank of the Monongahela"; and at that
time there was " not a priest of any persua
sion, nor church nor chapel, in the place."
—list. Col., p. 81. " There ware not over
thirty log huts in Pittsburgh then. Its in
habitants were mostly Soots and Irish, who
live in paltry log houses, and are as dirty
as in the North of Ireland, or even Scot
land."—Hist. Col., p. 18.
In the Minutes of the-German Reformed
Synod, held in Reading, Pa , May, 1782, it
appears that Rev. John William Weber,
one of its ministers, was commissioned to
take charge of this point, as a pastor of the
Reformed people living here, and at points
adjacent, in Westmoreland County, in which
all Western Pennsylvania was then included.
"A congregation in Westmoreland Coun
ty, near Pittsburgh, in the back part of
Pennsylvania, a new settlement where 710
ministers have - yet been, very earnestly en
treated for a good minister, to whom they
promise to pay annually £BO, besides other
necessaries of life."—See Min. Syn., 1782.
Rev. Mr. Weber expressed his willing
ness to accept the appointment, and "it
was resolved by the Reverend Coetus to
recommend him to them, that he may re
ceive a regular call to that place."
A call was extended to him, and was ac
cepted. And in the following October,
(1782,) he is found in Pittsburgh. A Ger
man traveler by the name of Sohoepf, who
afterwards published an account of his tour
in Amerits, visited Pittsburgh in the Au
tumn of 1782. He says : Public build
ings, as houses for worship, there are none
here. There is, nevertheless, a German
preacher here,
who ministers for believing
persons of differentconfemionn."--Schoepf's
Reiae, p. 273.
In September, 1782, father Weber speaks
of being in Pittsburgh. He removed his
family to this Western settlement, in June,
1783. At that time he preached to four
coneregations--" one in Pittsburgh, two in
Hempfield Township, namely, Brush Creek
and Harolds, and one in Mount Pleasant
Township, Westmoreland County. There
being no other German Reformed minister
in all that region, be visited all the infant
congregations in Allegheny, Washington,
and Fayette Counties • instructing the
young, administering the Sacraments, and
preaching the Gospel." At that time there
was still much danger in traveling, from
wild beasts and Indians; "and in riding on
horseback, or traveling on foot to his ap
pointments, he usually went armed with a
musket, or borse-pistol."—See Rev. H. Har
baugh's Lives of the Fathers of the German
Reformed Church, Vol. 1., p. 214.
He continued to preach in Pittsburgh,
together with other congregations, for many
years. We find Pittsburgh mentioned as
one of his churches in the Minutes of Synod,
1783-1793. There is also a notice in the
Pittsburgh Gazette, of August 1789, to the
effect that there was at that time "settled
in town, one clergyman of the Calvinistic
Chureti, Samuel Barr, and one of the Ger
man Calvinistic Church occasionally preached
there.—His. Col., page 81. "We have
already shown that this occasional preaching
was stated—as he preached here regularly
with his other churches."—Ded. &r. at
Grace church, Deo , 1857.
Tbe church first planted here, has long
since been without a name in this city.
Recently, Grace church has been erected, as
a continuation of the original German Re
formed church which planted the standard
of the Heidelberg Gateellisca in infant
Pittsburgh. "After seventylve years of
modeat absence, the Church by whose
preachiog and prayers the ground was first
consecrated to our Holy Religion'," has
again l a id claim to a place and a home in
Pittsburgh.
There are those now living who can tes
tify, that before any "priest, or church, or
chapel," was found outside of the Fort,
Rev. Father 'Weber, a. Gellman Reformed
minister, pushed in the house; baptized
and cateehised the children of the inhah
itanht. After the dedication sermon was
preached, last December, in Grace church,
in which some of the above statements
were made by Rev. H. Hula - net, one old
gentleman c a me to me and declared that
much of this he knew to be so; that he
had been baptized at a regular service in
his father's house, by Rev. Weber, seventy
' four yews age.
If you deem these statements of any in
, tenwtt to the p resen t iehahitants of this
city and - vicinity, they are at your service,
to be used as you may see proper. As it
dote not immediately ooneern the matter in
band to show how the ground thus orig
inally held by oar church has been long lost
and neglected, it is not necessary that the
details be herewith given.
Dr. Sehneek's request must be my apol
ogy for inflicting these hurriedly prepared
statements upon your time and attention.
Nor have I time, in the few hours left me,
before leaving the city, to put them into a
more acceptable form.
Respectfully yours in the 41 151 4
Gnu. B. Pht-sarr.„
Paster of Gram church, cor. Grant and
Webster Streets.
This would prevents Pittsburgh as having
=Ea
Between 1766 and 1775, above noted, it
is probable that there were a few missionary
supplies, but we have seen no records of the
fact. -
One of the great privileges which we en
joy in this the earthly house of our .pil
grimage, is to help in building up and in
extending the spiritual kingdom of Christ.
This work is , to be performed when, where,
and how the Master requires. His Word
gives us the principle. His providence
points out the particular occasion and
manner.
A call, distinct and loud, now cornea to
us, for the sustaining of our missionary
operations. Domestic Missions is surely
God's work. That this work should, be
conducted by our Church, is fully admitted.
We have engaged in it, and have been
greatly blessed. Six hundred missionaries
—a large number, but not near the number
needed—have heard God's call, and the
calls of the poor and needy, and have en
tered the service. Shall tl.ey be sustained?
Shall some of them be dismissed ? Or
shall they be kept at the starvation point?
The Bible tells us, the laborer is worthy
of his hire. Shall they then devote a
portion of their time to school teaching, or
to farming? We trust that they will do so,
rather than abandon the field. But, why
should such a necessity be imposed? We
trust that Christian liberality and prompti
tude will prevent it.
The Board's, APPRAII in anothe.r column,
will be read with deep interest; and, we
think, by many, with i glow of shame.
Will not the reader ask—and especially the
ministerial reader—has my neglect caused
this deficiency F
We have now no supernumerary officers--
no sinecures-4n the Board of Itlimions.
The contributions of the churches are not
taxed to pay a traveling agent. There is no
oommissioned and paid superintendent, to
visit around to incite Presbyteries and stir
up pastors and churches. The business is
left to church officers and people, as a matter
of duty to Christ and his cause, and as the
exercise of a Gospel grace. The General
Assembly, and the Board of Domestic Mis-
sions, have fairly put this work of raising
funds to sustain their Lord's Domestic cause,
into the hands of his Church, to do it under
a sense of duty, and with a spontaneous lib
erality.
Now, shall the work languish ? Must
there be appeal after appeal ? We know
something of 'what Man is. He needs
line upon line, precept upon precept.
Well, if the appeal must be issued, let it
not be in vain.
We know that there has been about the
usual liberality in the region which centres
at the Pittsburgh receiving taw; but still,
we venture to urge upon our brethren the
imporhusce of increased donations; and to
this end is it not enough to say, The _Lord's
«mew hatA steed .2
The Examiner (Baptist,) in adverting
to the necessity of a strictly - home action by
the churches, as well as of extended combi
nations, in the work of benevolence, makes
the following excellent remar ka
" The conviction has been long growing
upon us, that the ine lEciency of churches is
owing to an inadequate appreciation of their
proper work, and a 'cry imperfect sense of
the real reqoonsibilities and -duties of a
Christian iworesaion. And one cause that
we are convinced hu operated to produce
these injurious results; is the passion for
doing every thing on a great scale, through
g national Societies, each with its grand ar
ray of office-bearers, and all tending to re
lieve Christiana from their duty of volun
tary activity by the substitution of hired
agencies•
gg We want to see churehes do more of
their own work, and hire out less of it to
national' Societies. Colportage„ for ex
ample, under the direction of Societies,
needs restriction rather than expansion.
Instead of having a church in Albany raise
money and send it to New York, fora Board
or Committee there to hire men to evangel
ize the neglected population of Albany, we
would have the pastor, of kern and members I
of the ehmeli go themselves into - the
streets and lanes,' with invitations to the
Gi3spel supper. We have altogether too
much man-contrived machinery for doing
the work committed by our Lord to his
churches. * * * *
" We are told that the (thrusting "cannot
be relied upon to make collections without
the help of agents? that whenever the
agents fail to visit a district, contribution
fall off from twenty-five to fifty per anti.' I
that 'pastors, with few exceptions, are not
half alive to the chime of benelsderuse, and
will not move in its behalf union goaded to
it by the visits of screen.' Renee it is ar
geed, in official **ries, from these dismal
statements, that agents are as indispensable
to the prosperity of the work of home and ,
foreign evangelisation i as pastors are to the
apir' Anal growth of the ehurehes."
Let 1121 not run to efther extreme. Ex
TFIN PRESBYTERIAN BANNER AND ADVOCATE.
been no very inviting place, in 1782. But
there were human beings here, and every
soul is precious; and to the memory of
Rev. John William Weber is to be ascribed
the honor of statedly preaching the Gospel
and administering the sacraments here, tat a
time so remote.
Mr. Weber, however, was not the first of
Christian Ambas.sadors who proclaimed the
glad tidings in Pittsburgh. In turning to
" Old Redstone," the Rev. Pr. Joseph.
Smith's-Historical Sketches, pp. 375—:-we
find some important data, on the sabjeot be
fore us. From these it appears that in 1766,
by the appointment of the Synod of New
York and Philadelphia, Rev. Messrs. Beat
ty and Duffield visited this country as mis
sionaries, and preached. This was sixteen
yeare before Mr. Weber's mission. They
found here a Rev. Mr. McLagan, chaplain
to the Forty second Regiment, but no de.
finite statement is made of his preaching
habits; nor of his ecclesiastical connexion.
Dr. McMillan preached here the Second
Sabbath in September, 1775. After this
. -
time the history of Presbyteriao preaching
is definite, being traced, in the First chinch,
through,Meesrs, Barr, Mahon, Steele, Stock
ton, and Herron, to the present pastor, Mr.
Paxton.
A Call Which Should be Heeded.
The Churches Should Work.
tended Association is indispensable to the
greatest good, in religious affairs, as well as
in political interests; but home duties are
never to be neglected. In a few things,
"National Societies" foal be highly useful.
In more, however, denominational organi
zation has greater efficiency. And in far,
far more, the action of individual churches
is the instrumentality of the greatest good;
far themselves, the denomination, and the
world.
A Pastoral Resignation.
We regret, as will very many of our read•
iqa, to learn,, that the Rev. 0. 0. McClean,
of Huntingdon,. Pa., has felt constrained,
on account of enfeebled health, to resign
his charge. A strong hOpe is entertained
by his friends, that a Ilhort period of rest
will restore him againto the active duties of
his office,
Mr. McClean has labored with abun
dant success. God has granted him fre
quent seasons of refresliinent in his own
-congregation ; and when'called to labor with
his brethren during Communion seasons,
and protracted meetings, his preaching has
often been attended with ""the demonstra
tion of the Spirit, and with power."
His truly exemplary congregation, after
tendering his family the use of the par
sonage till the first of April next, and
voting a aoiltiatiance of"his salary for six
monthsipassed the following resolution :
Resolved, That the congregation cannot part
with Mr: McClean, without expressing their high
appreciation, of his talents and ministerial labors ;
and that they do hereby bear testimony to his
zeal for the spiritual and temporal interests of the
Church ; to his persevering efforts to advance his
Master's cause; to his earnest solicitude for the
salvation of souls ; to his kind watchfulness, and
care over the young ; and his tender regard -for
the welfare of the sick, and dying. And whilst
they feel thankful that his labors have been
. owned and blessed, they trust that his health
and life may be spared for further usefulness,
wheresoever Providence may call him.
—VIP
Large amounts of Money are expended
EA S T E RN summ Aß y . every day in this city, at the various place,
BOSTON AND NEW ENGLAND, of amusement ; and not a few of them are
The Shoe-Trade of Boston and New
very far from benefiting either the intellect
or the heart. It is estimated by those most
England is becoming immense. Indeed, competent to form a correct opinion on this
from the published statistics, it appears
suoject, that over $60,000 are expended in
that every eighth man in Ma.ssachu• this way every week, one-third of which
setts is a shoemaker. In Boston there are
comes from the hard earnings of mechanics
two hundred and eighteen shoe-houses, and poor people.
transacting a business of 865,000,000 per
Last Saturday, the Odeon Theatre, in the
annum. While, in New, York, there are
Bowery, was consumed by fire. The flames
only fifty.five shoeouses, doing an annual
spread to the Voile+, Gardens, the noted
business of h $16,000,000.
plaCe of amusement and recreation for the
One of the features of the Atlantic Month- Germans, and to other houses in the Tien ly, has been the wit and humor of the face• ity, doing much injury.
tious Oliver Wendell Holmes. Many of
The Italian, Cancemi, who murdered
his "Breakfast Table " disquisitions have
policman Anderson, while the latter was
been characterized by much brilliancy. But
endeavoring to arrest him for burglary, has
the Congregationalist, that:is by no means
liable to the charge of an extra degree of 5 at length been convicted of manslaughter in
the first degree. This was the fourth trial,
fastidiousness, has the following, concerning
a lecture prepared by him for the Winter on the first the jury failed to agree ; on the
second and third trials he was convicted of
gret by many of Lis admirers. The subject
campaign, that will be read with much re-
murder but in each case a new trial_ was
granted on account of some alleged in
is, "The Chief End of Man," which leads formality. In one case, we believe, the
every intelligent mind back to the solemn I
p
answer given to the first question of the plea was that in charging the jury, the
• j ud g e ' had neglected to take into account
gregationalist say, : ' Shorter Catechiim. Of the :Lecture the a
previous good character; and in the other m
The humorous "Autocrat of The Breakfast case the plea was that owing to the sickness
Table" has a new Lyceum Lecture, written, we of a juror, he was allowed to withdraw, and
suppose, for the !S'inter's lecture campaign, the the trial went on with a jury of eleven, by
subject of which is the first question of the West
minster Assembly's Catechism. We have heard consent of defendant's counsel. Every one
the lecture. There is much in it that is genial must coincide with the view taken of thia
and brilliant, of course, and some truth, but that .
truth is intermingled with grave errors , and Ay, ny the Journal of Commerce- That paper
unscholarly, uneotateous thrusts at Evangelical 1 says
I :
doctrines, which make the lecture, on the whole, lt is plain that under say theory of the case,
decidedly objectionable.
* * * Cancemi was not guilty of manslaughter, and
If a disbeliever in Orthodoxy wishes to oppose that his crime, if he committed any, was murder
Evangelical religio n through the medium of a; and pumahable with death. How the jury could
ceum lecture, he has, of course, a perfect right to reconc i le i t w i th the i r - consc i ence; to call the
do so, if he can take avowedly for his theme— 1 killing of a policeman engaged in arresting the
" era& a humbug, total depravity an old we- accused for felony, manslaughter, surpasses our
man's whim,and future punishment a lie ;." instead ectuprehpnion ; but is is probable that failing to
of insinuating heresy under cover of such a sub- come to an u salmons opinion either for acquittal
jeot as will not convey on its face its real character. or conviction, they compromised, the matter by
This abusing of the courtesy of Lyceum commit- return i ng this most extraord i nary and i llog i cal
tees, by preaching sectarianism before people verdict.
assembled for other put pusee---judged by the low.
eat standard of the ethics that apply to such sea. It is reported that a member of the last I
jects— is unworthy of any one who aspires to be < jury has been charged with perjury, and
a teacher of the people. I that he will be tried for this crime. Bat
This should be borne in mind by the cum- i
ine proverbial uncertainty of law is greatly
mittees of Library said Lyceum Aesociations,
increased of late in the decisions of New
who would not have rank infidelity taught
York judges. (The matter has been ex
wider specious thrusts at Evangelical re
however widely extended the repute- P
tion of the lecturer may be. Mr- MeElm t h, formerly one of the Pub
lishers of the Tribuise, will issue a New
The meet observant among Unitarians
Weekl
and the most devoted to the defence and y Paper, to be changed in due time
to a daily, on the Ist of January, in the
liar tenets,are I
dissemination of the ir Peen same form mid of the same dire as the
gradually opening their eyes to the inherent
weaknesses of the system. The last limo- "' Gad " , r is i eertai .
tti T y he na nani a
taitiw
g one, eselet4cd Ticenor
her of the Boston. Unitarian Magazine, has
a sketch of the past, present, and- future ef indicate T i ha p in te 2featres Ciise.
is it very clearly its
Unitarianism, in the following reply given to
the quest i on, Why i s the G ospe l of u n i te _ The _Micheal Students in attendance at
r i on t om no t more cordially _welcomed. aa. the
good new by the people ?
Unitarianism has made too much account of
understanding and will, too little of intuition and
spirit. It is essentially an ethicalsystem ; and
although, unlike the austere moralist' n of the
Hebrews, it twines the lovely wreaths of senti
ment resod its iron reds of kw, still, when hu
manity presses against it its warm ltreests, a chill
strikes through the leaves. With all its noble
speech about the dignity of human nature, it has
not believed heartily enough in the worth of the
"common people;-"notwithstanding its many
tender thoughts about the dear. God, it hesitates
to send the vulgar criminal and the hardened sin
_
Re? to 'Meet' cis-.,stnerlifitt kip. Bishop Huylashes ladled the attention - of
A sew = pnblieation, to be entitled the Cos- his di oce s e t o th e new A insl i e= C o ll e „ .
grajuCtiental Quarterly, will be issued on !to be founded at Rome for the education of
January 1, 1859, to be conducted by Bev. I native Ameram candidates for the Rou&li
J. S. Clark, IL IL, Rev. H. M. Dexter, and , - priesthood, priesthood, and has asked contributions 1
Rev. H. A. Quint, under the sanction of the 1 from all the churches in aid of this project.
Congregational Library Asm Th e i
etation-
prespecies state that it will be a delimit"' a- and the Institution, soon be put into opera
tional journal of facts, Fineiples, and ergs- lion, as the lot for the building has already
meats. It is to supply in part, the place been purchased. This country is not a de
left vacant by the Quarterly Register, so tillable place for the education of the Barash I
long and so ably conducted by the late Prof:l priesthood. The air we breathe is too free; 1
B. R Edwards. Each number will consist 1 our mountain' aam too high; our rivets too I
of from eighty to one hundred and twenty I long; our lakes too large'; and our prairies
pages, as the amount of patronage received i too broad, for the confi n ed range of priestly
may justify; the page being of the mane ! culture, such as Rome allows. The - banks
'size and general appeazance as that of the 1 of the river' iber, with its stasnmit naushes,
Atlantic 41km/dials. i afford a more congenial atmosphere. Rome,
l'he`mss of B eete ,„ are meu e ne g y itself, is the great School for the echivation
active, and many works of standard merit, are 1 of its rrathadernmsr and for imparting its
about to be issued. The books prepared kw - spirit , and objects to thOle Ida are to be en
the holidays are much superior to the 1 gaged in advancing its 'Plans:
annuals so common a few years ago, and most The .1 1 Tern York Observer has at last
of which were of very Battle value. achieved the honor of being excluded from i
The Presbytery of Londfnuieray *menu- i ihe dominions of the Pope- Rren Amain's'
bled in B oehm, a f ew d eye see . an d- reca h„,a 1 and Regis' li residents are not allowed to re-
the K nox pleabffieriaa church wider ice : calve it by the ordinary manse of the mails. - i
eve. Previous to this, 'the Presbyterian 1 The New York City ?Saw gook s bes I,
Church of East Boston had been received.
The Knox church is composed chiefly of
persons of Scotch origin; and the East
Boston church of natives of New Bruns
wich and Nova Scotia. It is In contimpla 2
tion to organize another Old School church
just as soon as a suitable place of worship
and an aceeptable pastor can be secured.
There are also two Presbyterian churches in
Newburypnrt. So that there is a sufficient
nucleus for tbe organization of a Presbytery
in Massachusetts, leaving the Presbytery of
Londonderry to occupy Southern New Hamp
shire. These Presbyteries, united with that
of Connecticut, will prepare the way for the
organization of a - Synod of New England.
And there are many Presbyterians at Fall
River, Taunton, Lawrence, and other places,
who will be gladdened by such a movement.
Nor can our Congregational brethren com
plain. They have followed their people
with their peculiar form of church organi
zation, to New York and throughout the
great West; and surely they will not com
plain if we seek to supply our own people
scattered throughout the land' of the Pil
grims, with the means of grace, as dispensed
by the Church of their fathers. The move
ments of our Church in this quarter will be
watched with much interest.
NEW YORK.
Quite an Excitement has been created by
the disminion of one hundred and thirty
Custom House officials, by Collector Schell.
Some of them threaten disclosures concern
ing the way in which the business of the
customs is conducted, that will .be by no
means to the credit of those concerned.
But such insinuations are to be received
with much abatement, when coming from
those dipffected and smarting under the
impression that a great - wrong has been per
petrated against them..
the different schools in this metropolis, mum-
ber tea. hundred.
&MIMS. I ' M .LL. D., late Bishop of
the Protestant Episcopal Church for worth
I Carolina, but now a devoted and cherished
servant of _Rome, is ever and anon turning
lup in some new character. His latest per
! formulae vas, to deliver a public leetuve in
this city, on the cause of the prejudices
entertained against the Boman Catholic
Church.
employed during - the last year, twenty-eight
missionaries, of whom two were to resident
Germans, two to immigrant Germans, one to
French residents, one to Seamen, and one
to the Jews, of whom there are now six
thousand families in the city. During that
period, this Society has also distributed. 1,-
183,671 tracts, 1,031 Bibles, and 778 Tes
taments.
Peter Cooper, Esq so well known for
his great wealth, public spirit, and abund
ant charities, appears almost daily in the
streets, riding in an antiquated vehicle,
drawn by - a single steady horse, threading
his - way most unostentatiously among drays,
wagons, omnibuses, and dashing equipages
of the rich, much as if he were some kind
hearted country physician who had come
into town for a new supply of medicinee.
But the nods directed toward him, and the
smiles lavished upon him, show that he is well
known, and greatly beloved. Yet this same
man, whose wealth is so great, and whose
unpretending mode of life contrasts so
strongly with the fashion and extravagance
of many around him,
.and who is one of
New York's
,great Pat benefactors, explored
the country adjacent, for many years, in
search of the hoofs and horns of slaugh
tered cattle, and made a vast &Anne by
turning them into glew, isinglass, and ad
hesive matter.
The fears expressed by many, that the
services on Sabbath evening, at the Acade
my of Music, would interfere with the at.
tendanee at the churches, have not been re
alized. But, on the contrary, the attend
ance at the different churches in the vicin
ity, has largely increased, especially on fine
evenings.
As an instance of the Liberality of City
Churches, and of their readiness to engage
in every good work, we may mention the
New School Presbyterian church, of which
Dr. An D. Smith is pastor. This church
has determined to expend $3,000 duringthe
coming Summer, in efforts toward city evan
gelization, in addition to the expenditures
for their own pastor and house of worship,
and their contributions to the different re
ligious Boards and Societies, and the general
objects of benevolence. Let those who de
light to dwell on the extravagance of city
churches, read this and similar statements,
and then consider how little of the same
spirit is manifested in other places.
PHILADELPHIA.
The Trial of _Messrs. Allibone and New
hall for conspiracy to defraud the Bank of
Pennsylvania, that has been in progress for
several weeks, has at length been terminated,
by their acquittal. Owing to the character
of the testimony, and the failure to make
out the specific charge, the prosecuting at
torney abandoned the ease without address
ing the jury. Mr. Allibone has escaped, it
is said, for the most part, owing to the pecu
liar form of the indictment implicating him
self and Mr. Newhall alike.
This city has always had a deservedly
high reputation for its Humane _lnstillations,
but it is not generally known that aa far !
back as 1750, a number of its benevolent .
eitizens united in efforts for the care and I
treatment of the insane in America, which 1 .
resulted in the Ist institution of the kind I
introduced into this country, which was
opened in February, 1752. This was the ;
beginning of Pennsylvania Hospital_ From
that time until 1841, it continued to immibe
patients in the buildings between Spruce and
Pine, and Eighth and Ninth Streets. In
this latter year, the department for the in- 1
sane was removed to a mcst appropriate
spot, beyond the Schuylkill, where commo
dious buildings and fine grounds were se-1
cured, as the results of Philadelphia liber
ality. At that time there were ninety-four
patients in the institution; in 1853, there I
were two hundred and forty-eight. During
this year, large additional buildings were
proposed, and the liberality of the people of 4 ,
the city was again invoked. These buildings
are now rapidly approaching completion,
after an expenditure of $225,000. The sum
of 550,000 will be required to finish Ura l
work, which will no doubt be promptly
given.
The idea of building a Hall, in some een- Mr- Joys A.. Pumas's as ophirell .. ?T":
teal plum on Chestnut. Street, for the use ef out t i rWn'tere vetz
oef te e
ruim g Chris. Lia* Aneeica(aa v I Union church. Ms Net Or see adrire
at a cost of about 1.50,000, has at lerwtl E ntrinuille, y eaussate.
taken a somewhat definite form. A. bars, I ma .. i pw , ataa cowl& us sad - sista la an
and spirited meeting in behalf of the object Evaß ge oi s t, By the Presbytery of W
has been held, and a committee of one from I D.
estrastriet. on the 29'4 :lam
the
each of the denominations repr ese nted , Rev.. Tmois. Cammuu's Pest Office ad
the wswiatace has been appointed te report dress is 'Beth* Aloademen t Oeasty, Teals.
a Pine of %maims: and "Peakation. of Bev.. H. PARE's Post Orme ad are iS
the grounds on which the A. Sort sto a wne d fro m Dasealie s .te Partagrn . _
stand ffai the future. Ps-
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Rev J I' Itzak bila of Sewer, lowa,
-• I. Bend of Dontestie Irisaietts. desires to le addreseed free Vie prt.. , ..etz,
a t
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pi „ .. l the sadt hesnthe Asturth elm* Treswe,
" a ''''''''''' la war " "P eal that the " 5 i Irtiter etter, and Las eitnereden irk defies
eeipts of the Beard of boantesie Alissiva" is ii
fallen off, front the ht of Mares to the
1.4 of November, as erospoA4 *tit the ear. i c Rev. Guersa W. C N s has twill& hetome
responding period of the paetions year ) he.l the stated. sapply et" dee dumb, o ..ta
twee five and six drawled dam. The 1 Pasta) 3 detivelme is our retrapft dui* the irs,t ttee s it elx , it p, p irtzszs u s - ambled from
montleof the preersa*nai year, Tit., Man* 1 etc h* 7, 041 , b k , Li T i msteas „ - ..,watpier
and April, tree mere ask .six disused del-1 o limuitr ibt......
hrs.
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... ne receipts up to Detemsbet 14., as elm-1 Iter- , J O": 41 !„' 14 :• 7 ,._ 88 , 121184 ilia e-447.'"'"
pared with the nerreependiat rite stentiss i is '‘-' ooo l, uolo 0100100 use %Pim.
4 the
more thSeel 0
reTleue) she* Iha elf of , Rev. 8, J- &mots)* was itMatileel lomat of
an Sl.OOO I Freee this stattineet ; the liiies ehutelk,, at Pit ',lamina meter
it is evident that, itukfe the ttentvary : Oi l Ala., ee k the Nth ikt Washer..
sPeedilY and
111"t ! s4 rePles the "Ira : )1r Gevuett a, Rmsts lea mated .ta
atm seen be amen* embarrakked. I aetem , a ‘ am a h em o n th irre 4- 4 of
Last yen; abetit tilk. titne the treas , ints " -- :i ---
vas ~ .
so
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IT ph that the am , / vlotok lea ConlogN ?A- e
vele Othzed rot a tier ) to rethact thchh , sips : Btu. Nclut. NAITIWira` im ieztirsi Led
propriatiaas to the ate, "Ore Items I iket st. sea hew tint's etrarr.l,
"tv " yet, this yea r , Nl coax rliell to re. 1 .4ittuq, 4116aiiii.
.
son to thlo PA onowe; *An 1641 kft tl l lq AM. fatillikali 3 1 1aUltarcrs was Walked
neeitita " 414161 $441 Ikk;e4 IVabbikk* i e; dtk rt%Skytto , et arc. ammr .. ;le
the sad yolk ot rethretietk seat Isk *pa% tt- liu * imito %w it veighd r a4 - rime o f fr...
sorted IQ`
ln th tiiimitlak of Amok% To.
k.',- esusiaxion ret moot the re '
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Thielt Ito tad tecesm, *4 Mike 4 ter hot , ll'ov- J s G. Utt yes - olauThei Px 4 or '- -
Atwell Repo& thamte, et' Ihibkill z It, by the Pre. , l - y:5:7
"t is utter of., k,l, tX t , 11z, 44 ,,,t, ii 4 boa Risst tee the 17;th not. .13f ,-
that they shwa be ontrieil .* ftv.vite4* 4 ' Ars W- Hula rvsicked tle -''''':
to nape epttka tit (4 tk4Ava.4ib t Rut 3. R- Ihsan PtsLea, s'''' -.7:T.-f-:.
rata
*AM btala ti rittliaktan tlittUtA "Fe , itiollitignikk l 1 al.1 "
raeakats:. MINNA ttrtsl Auttima
„see .%:1111the wce the etnite to Ike }Leer.
!seamy is allosts4 to kotetna oxhaueook so owl '&1%4- marsay to the mpk,
that without special donations from tile
friends of the cruse, we could not m-, l t
our current liabilities. Doting the p:Ls
year we should have been Utterly unable to
pay our missionaries as their salaries becam e
due, .had it not been for the responses mad,
b y i n di v id ua l s and churches to cur rep eat ed
and urgent cat's for assistance. It
certainly be mere creditable to the char. , ,, ,
of our Church, if the necessity for
special appeals could be obviated.
tributions of the churches ought to be n.r .; 7
regular and systematic, as well as more t , e-,
oral and liberal, so that the treasury of I L,
Board might always be in a sound and safe
condition. Of course, so often as the Tv
silt' arises, the Board will feel obli2 E d t ,
make special appeals for pecuniary ai;i; aed
we beg our patrons distinctly to understand,
that we never make such special calls, ttr,l=.
we are compelled to do so by our pre ! ,: r ,
necessities. We make this explanation, l e .
cause we have had fears that the repeat...l
annual recurrence of such special apr a : s
may at length lose their influence ; and
fail to induce the needed response from
churches. If this should ever be the C2il',
we know that the Board could not meet
their liabilities, and would be driven to t;
stern necessity of a rapid and general re
trenchment We therefore respectfully and
earnestly request all our ministers and oh Lr-1.
Sessions to adopt the General Asserob:r' ,
plan of Systematic Benevolence—to use
their best endeavors not only to iaduc ,
every church to contribute scmeth.ing, but
as much as their ability will allow—and to
forward their collections as speedily as pos.
sible. If all would cordially adopt this r : ar.,
and carry it out with practical wisdom and
energy, the treasury of the Board would be
constantly replenished, and our missiont:r-.
-operations conducted without embarra , ,
went, and with far greater efficiency."
As the necessity has again arisen, we p. - .W
make a special and earnest appal to tl.e
friends of the cause for pecuniary aid. Any
reduction of the salaries of many of our mi
sionaries would at this time be pectiliv'y
injurious, on account of the failure of ti.!
crops in various sections of the West, and
North-West, and the consequent inabillt . :
of the churches to pay their ministers what
they had promised_ We trust that Goi will
open the hearts of his people to contribute
promptly and liberally, that our beloved
missionaries may not be allowed to suffer
while in the prosecution of their great work.
We will add that the Board of Domestic
rdigaions was induced by the general senti
meat of the Church, the example of all the
other Boards, and the plan inaugurated by
the General Assembly, to abstain from the
employment of salaried collecting agents.
The Board do not doubt that the plan of
Systematic Benevolence, adopted and rec
ommended by the Ueneral Assembly, is the
best that could be devised, provied that
churches will practically and energetically
carry it out. And will not the pastors and
Sessions do so? Dear 'brethren, your re
sponsibility is weighty, and we trust that
you will faithfully discharge your duty.
A 3 our necessities are both immediate
and urgent, will not many of our liberal
friends forward their individual donatior.s
without delay ? Your contributions, at this
time, would greatly encourag e e and strength
en the Board, and relieve tte anxieties of
our misNionaties.
'MUSGRAVE, Cor_ See-
For the Fresh.'tartan Baemor and lialrecate.
Donation Visit
The good people of llopewell church and
congregation made a descent, recently, upon
the premises of their pastor, and, as the
sequel proved, not with evil intent. The
day lent its cheering light to the occasin.
The glow of oenerous regard far their min
ister appeared in the countenances of ail.
The ample tables were literally burdened
with good th - np, and when all present ,and
there were many,) were well filled, the has
lets that remained were suggestive of the
number recorded in Holy Writ. The wood
yard (for there
,was no shed,) had light
thoughts of atoproacbing Winter, rejoicing in
the hope of giving the stern visitor a warm
reception. The pcializy yard presented an
unwonted aspect, and many a clarion note
may be heard from the youthful representa•
tives of the race of Shanghais-. The rati:;ml
seasrsnable supplies mocked at the ghxzs of
want and hard times. The paAor's her e,
if he had had one, world have felt new at
tractions for his toaster's era).
Then last, though not least, the can et:
of the purse, which it is said answer all
thinss, was not wantbm. Should there be
any elerojnaan troubled with conseiescicgie
scruples, touching the propriety, value. or
rectitude of such ormairuss ! let him
erase one =eh as above, and we guarsazee
his numeral° . n and perpetual peace of mind.
on the .subject. A.O 3.