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WrLILIAMSPORT, PA.—We are sorry , to
learn that the Presbyterian church of this
place, erected at a cost of 420,000, has been
consumed by fire. The people, are devoted
and spirited, and will no doubt soon repair.
the loss.
Another Minister Dead.
The Rev. William N. Mebane, of the
Synod of North Carolinai fell asleep
in Jesus, on the morning of the Bth
instant. At the outset of his ministe
rial career, though possessing tads of
the highest order, and great, thorough.:
ness of preparation, he became a missionary
in Texas and in the sout,h•Vkleat; and
throughout his life it Was his greak delight
to preach the G-ospel in the waste places.
Be was greatly beloved in the Synod lef
North Carolina, and his loss will be deeply
felt.
Second Presbyterian Church.
The congregation Of 'which' Di. Ho'inid'
is pastor, toolt possession Of . the sP4oionn
lecture room of their ,new
,ohnroh,
Penn Street, last Sibbath. This lecture
room though by no means - adequAte to' they
wants of the large odagregation is lirge
well lighted, and , well . ventilate& . We con.
gratulate this people upon the prospect , of
being supplied with ample .atioommodations
by the completion, of their new Ohuroh.
The vicissitudes in the way of !share& au
oornmodations experienced by ,this oongrogn..
Lion, since it left the old ,quarters, in Die,
mond Alley, have been many, .nevertheless
its growth has been continuous and vigarddsi:
General Assembly of the :United Preeby-
terian Church.
'This body formed list year, in this city;
by the coming together: of te Asiobiateand,
Associate Reformed, Chniches,,or, es,tbey,
are more commonly called, Union and Se
ceder Churches, held itsirst annual meeting
at Xenia, Chin, on the 18th inst . .; The As. '
sembly was opened with a sermon by the
Rev. J. T. Presely, of Allegheny, from Ps.
xxxvi : 5: The: Rev. Dr. Bullion!, of the
State of New York, was elected Modera
tore; 'the Rev. James Prestley, of Pitts
hotel, Pa., Clerk for !'our years, and Rev T.
H Beveridge, Assistact.Cierk., About one
hundred and eighty ~.members were in at
tendance. 0,2
Jistorical Want.
We desire, for the pul pose of presenting
the same to the Preibyterian Historical Bo
•
ciety, the seventeen volumes of the Presbr .
gerian Advocate ;, ON the volumes of the
paper under its previeus names, back to the:
date 'of its inception - by Rev. Mr. Andrews,
in (we beheVe,) 1814 The office files were`
lost by fire. If the Whole cannot, be furn
ished, parts would be acceptable. If two
series are supplied, we shall , In pleased,
after furnishing the *Historical
• Siciety,
retain a copy fcir ourselves. '
Pamphlets, .andother publiCationa of a
bistorical nature, and specially these relat
ing to our Churohoire thinkfulltreceived
by the Society. Let authors keep this in ,
mind.
The American Theological ileyiew,:for
The
.seconds number of this able_ Quart.
nip, edited by Ilemrlk Smith-and-Joseph
Tracy, has reiebbd—us: It:TM:4l.l6es four
departMents—l Essays led Reviews 11.
News of the Chuichea, and Maidens;
Theological and Literary Intelligence`; IV:
Criticism of New; Books.
Among the 'mays and reviews . , there ii
an article on the Theology of Edwarifis oae
on the Unity of Mankind; one on'Sawyer's'
Version of the New -Testament &o.
article on the Aim and Design of the Re.,,
view, sets forth the fact that. it .to be .a
Theological Review in distinction from an
,
Ecdesiastkal' Review, and claims that there
is a theology .common to the Orthodox
churches of New England, and to at least a
portion of the Presbyterian- Church in this
country, of Whielriv_in , thel representative
The Review iecpubliabed by Charles 80rib.
nor, New York; and , Moore, -Munro & Oo ;
Boston. - •
New School General Assembly.
This body met in Wilmington,'Delaware;
on Thursday, the 19th inst , and was opened
with a sermon by the Rev. pi. Thompson,.
of Buffalo. His subject was-the office sod
work of a bishop. • After tha-sermon, the
Asiembly was etinstitnted with prayer; and
the' Rev. Dr. Patterson, of `Chicago, was
elected Moderator; and the Rev. Charles
P. Bash, of I linois, and H. E. Nil v, of
New York, Temporary Clerks. About one
hundred and aidtty delegate@
,are attend- ;
sues. This city has been . . selected as .tile,
place for the nee' Meeting; this will be the
firat time that hili're - ver mat
in Pittsburgh. '
; .
The report of the donmittip,pf:Vnblice-:
tion presents a prosperous condition of af
fairs in that enterprise.
The report of the Committeie on Chunk'
.
Extension shows th at the 'fund for that Puya
pose now amounts to $108,000: The whole
number of übarchcp . aßta durieg . tke year,
wan one hundred and nineteen, fclT,llileh,
some thirty thousand dollars were appro,Pri,
stied. , Two and ouclalfi per cent., hive
been . voted -from 3 the Chisel: 1w aid thin
work in Kansas. This Assembly is 'grant
ally preparing the way for separate cotton in
conducting its Foreign Mission..
RUM
Chun* 61ifity. . 61 :.: •
Three things, in'addition to the Spirit of
601514,4kra. , 4101.94ii0OluddereduOthen.-Ife..
would estimate their ecclesiastical ability.
These are, their aggiegite`.mtimbership; the
number of families to be supported, and the
amount
,of their, tproduclive means. The
first is no certain criterion of ability ; the
second is rather an element of weakness for
the - , time; therthifd indicates their real
tWrirrillhe productive means
greatly-exceed-a-peoples-wantarthenreven!.
though that people be few in numbers,
there is great their hearts being
right, to sustain the Gospel, and to .send
forth its heralds
I=
It is trite remark, that it is not what a
man earns, but what .he Ataves, that makes
him rich. So in regard to heneficenee. It
is not what a people`e income may be, but'
it is what i 6 left theiefio - tn after; supplying
their needful wants, which measures their
ability , to .give'. If ; ,a.man's means : barely
supplies his needs, he has thetynothing to
spare for others : He- can` - support neither
pastor nor missions.' „ there be a eon.
gregation comprising a hundred men, each
of. whom< needs absolutely every dollar of
his income and earnings, that congregation
is poor. It is a ‘ mission field; and any in
elvase * of similar materials Would leave it
still au object ,of missionary charity. If.
there is
, •
another congregation of a hundred,
each of whom has means moderately beyond
his wants, it may do afitindAntly for itself,
in building a church and sustaining a pastor.
If there is, still a third congregation of a
hundred, all or many of whom have incomes
vastly in excess of their wants, this congre
gation,is rich. In addition to providing for ,
iteelf, it can help its neighbere, and send
mesaengers far abroad. And if there is- a
fourth eonOregation, ,, of.'only ten members,
but Who Viiie the' aggregate 'indite of he
last hundred, that congregation is kill
richer in its ability to give. It has but ten
persons, or - ten families to support, where
the other had a hundred, and its surplus
meat hence be larger by” the Antolini, 'of
means reqUiatte to-eustairi the ninety..
As this principle is vastly important, let
as endeavoi to'illustrate 'and apply it. < It ia
thus 'Manifest 'that district of country
where churches are numerous and large,
may yet hex missionary fie 4; while another
district may have , eburch'is lOW and small,
and yet be able to provide for all its 'own
wants, and give largely
. to the general
cause. The productiVe lands, factories,
mines, and busineaswithin a congregation,
may yield a net income of, say, $50,000.
If - Oat net income 'has 'to feed, chithe,
shelter, and edicate ten'fainiljei 'these
may heye,. from: their $,5,900,, each, a large
amount of money to spare to the cause Of ,
benevolence; but the' $50;000 has -to
feed, clothe, shelter, and' etincate a hundred
familit4,lhese may have, fiont'illeir limited
portion, only a mere trifle to spare. Aetnal
necessities may absorb all the dollars, leaving
for charity but the two mites. We seine
tilhee :See One man - baying three or four line
farms,
_end only his one family to anima.
Again, we seep twenty wen, with no farm.
They tire but tenants, paying rent; giving
one•third, or one half of what proceeds from
their toil, to their intilords. And yet these
twenty tenants , have their twenty, families to
sustain. eannot the One' man spare vastly
more: to:the cause of benevolence, than the
twenty ? ' '
Thus it is minifeeetbit,while every man
should give something—give as the, Lord
has, prospered as regarda ehurch
ability, the s amalL congregation and the
spai4ely Settled distriet, may far exceed the"
large`congregation and the populous coittJ
try The small and the sparse may be really
and rightfully. the giving, and the large
and the populoinstuayi aajustly, be the qtid- ,
receiving. ,
These are matters that shotild he looked
into bythose who. plan our missionary. ope
rations, and who attivfor. and disburse Our'
charitable funda And they specially call
for attention, just noi,'4ndir the u deininds
of our brethren of the South-West. Those
brethren ask the .0-eneral w Assembly .for an
Executive Committee on Missions, to be le
ied at 'New which CoMmittee
shall receive and:diibitrre all the money con.
tribnted in their.ewn sha ll receiVe
eao 'axed amount . .of 'the oontributhms of
the residue of the alstirches.l This demand
they urge from the smallness of their con
gregations, the extent of the country, 144, ,
the fast, that mittsippari,R.B there must have
larger appropriations, than laborers have in
the North and -Wean—larger than the Phila
delphia and libuisViDe Cominittica are *ill.,
ing to make."
Now, we are no Sectionalists. Thkwhole
Country is:one and the whole= General As,'
seMbly of the Presbyterian Church it; one: ,
And the strong should help the *Cali:
Every part shOul4 be dulf:nourtshed, and
should contribute- . and receive according to
its relative ability and its wants. Wherever
men go, missionaries should go; .and
ever missionaries go, they should be stis7.'"-
taint.d. And, though the attainment of a
perfect equality, in either the burdens or, the
benefaction's may ridt'be expected, Still there
should 'be sonic ap p soxtwatiou toward it.
Matters, should be cohddeted with Intelli
genee. Right lesson should prevail, as far
as practicable.
Whit then id the oandition of the region'
•
which "Makes this laige demand ' ? Are
families numerous, ancl : tha,prOdoptiie means
'
pOssessed.by them,. small?;, If so, help
.he•IP them :greatly. are :the .families
bit'-few jri'nutobrr,lana are tbeirprodnative
means great Then bid them ,not be unk .
pdrtunate for help, but insist that they 'shall .
help Uthers. Show them . tbat thei vary nub
merous congregation, or the very populonf
district of eountry may, peoperly, •be tha'i
aid'reoeiving portion of Zion ; :while 114 - :
small ,congregation, and the sparsely
portion.. ; district be, the ; aid contributing portiOn,
rreSent=tbii(possibility to their intelligence,.
and ask an 16eitigatiotilks . to the facts':
• , !• -.• . .
In neusidering. the ..tieweinti. of our brat&
rercuf -Mississippi, Alabama, Louieiaea, end,
let these principles - be` applied, and
let r tfierigid prevail:
.•• • . ,
Also, in recommending par:ticnig coyigne.,
talons to the Board 'of, Domestioi
lirant Prelibiteries•tike the:fewnesa of the:
nn mars as ail indiestibi'of *ending fee- ,
biennia. Let thorn look at the 'produistive
Dinette. ,Lit ,thpin not vote missionary:
money a congregation where its people,
palifess'ilne 4 platititiOns, ;Aorta; mills,tisoto-'
ries, &0., merely because that congregation
is but few in numbers; while they withhold
MI
THE PRESMETERIAN BANNER AND ADVOCATE.
aid from a orgregation of tenants, artisans,
and day la orers, ecatme their membership
Amptelky hundrds. 4,TudgartglAsolpk,
The numerous people may be the poor, and
mendfahlti while' the few may bertha rich,
who should be called upon to contribute..
Church ability, then,,,consists in, the pro
ductive meads'o'f' 'the piople over iind above
-what is -required for their personal and fam
illlsuppr. And,,while, the distributors,
OP'fileMisst tt onar97filids regard thistrfnoit
-ple r let - not individual) donora_ignore. it..
God requires a portion from every man, but
tisk,s largely from those to whom be has
given, and'still gives,' greatly beyond their
personal and family needs.
The Assembly of 1859.
The meeting of the General Assembly is
the great event of the year, in the Presby
terian Church. It may well he looked to
with great interest ,Preparation for it
should be made with much diligence
Prayer- for it should be offered, with ardor
and importunity, by ail the people. Dee
,„
trine' purity, Charch order, the people's
edification, the character, of the rising race;
the prospects, deeply temporal and 'intensely
spiritual, of tnyriads.upon 'myriads of men,,
depend upon the Assembly.
GOING TO INDIANAPOLIS.
We left , Pittsburgh on; Tuesday, May
17th, at a few minutes after one o'clock, on
that exeellent and well conducted road, the
Pittsburgh ) Fort Wayne and Chiago, and
reached Crestline, a distance of one hUndred
and eighty.seven miles, at about eight. The
P. M. was delightful. Nature was rapidly
clothing herself in her fresh garb of 'green.
The company was large and cheerful: Ev.
erything smiled with joy. We had Drs.
Junkie,. Musgrave, McGill, Clarke, Ley
burn,,!,Happersett, Ph:truer, with a host of
other brethre , n, ministerial and laic, on the
train. At Alliance, .we were served with
-srather a poorly prepared supper (usually be
fore this, we had fared well there.)
We left Crestline at nine o'clock. Had
a fine ""sleeping " car. This road is not so
well constructed as the , former. The oars
shake, and progress cannot be so rapid. We,
however,.reached Indianapolis, two hundred
and six! wiles from `Orestline, before seven
o'clock in the morning
INDIANAPOLIS.
This is a delightful city, having a popu
• -
habit of some twenty five thoniand. The
pfot' is very extensive. The country is
level, all around, as far as the eye can reach
from-the highest pirinacles and spires. The
buildings are tasteful, and most have large
yards beautifully planted. The streets are
wide, walks good, chinches nutuerotis; neat,
and well located. It, is , a lovely place,
Our, good brother, David ,Stevenson, of the.
Third church, did well last year, to persuade
the Assembly to fix upon, this as the place
for ,this year's meeting. But still, we think
that •if our invitation to Pittsburgh had
been accrpted, we should have dismissed
the Members, at the end of two‘weeks, from
„ •
our " Smoky . City," quite as fat, healthful,
and good looking as they will depart from
here--i. e., provided they should have dili-
gently and judiciously used the rich meat,
and' the good water, and the other nutritive
and purifying materials' with which they
would have beep abundantly supplied. We
hope they will try us at some future time.
They have a standing invitation, and will
be received cordially; whenever they shall
be pleased to give it an acceptinoe.
IiNUEUWESTERN SEMINARY
The Board of Directors of the North-
Western Theological Seminary, sat on the
1701-- :-20th` to receive proposals for site
and endowment. From Chicago there was a
,proposal by C. k'Corrniek, 1.15 q., on con
dition of the location being ,made, in that
city,Ur within one and a half miles of it,
of 4100,000, ; that is, o'f' $25,000 fol. each'
eflour Professorships, payable in four equal
annual payments, with interest. Other
persons offered a site and adjoining lots and
lands, to the extent of forty five acres, worth,
.say, $25 009:
The people of Aridianapolis offered;
'site and subscriptions, $35,000. Members
of the twolbdiana Synods. promise, on their
behalf; to be raised by the people, $20,000;
1.- tarid some thought that the Synod of Oincin
I,nati,would raise $30,096. ,
1,
The New Albany fonds, amounting to
about $25,000, may be transferred to-either
place,giving the' phispeet of a total tif
rsllo,o6b
Chicago'. Bot,the $BO,OOO from Cincinnati
being but very indefinitely promised, and
. there being a prospect of still more dona.
!lions at Chicago, the plebe haat named has
decidedly the advantage, on , tbri score of
funds. It has also greatly the advantage as
to distance from other Seminaziee, and in'
its central position; 'and - there - is scarcely a
'doubt but that it will - be-the choice of the
Asserady. ' =
ORGANIZATION. OF TEtE HOUSE.
The General ,Assembly, met in this city
(Indianapolis) on the 19th. Dr. - Wm. A.
Scott, the last Moderator, not being Present,
Dr. N L Rice was invited to preset', and
to preside till a Moderator should be choSeri.
Dr. Rice's sermon was on !le Wortle," We
• walk by faith, ,not by sight." It was sound,
lucid, earnest, adapted. The beautiful new
:church was illed to its capacity:_
The choice of a Moderator was unanitnens.
Drs. Wm. L. Breckinridge, E D. M.aeMas
, `ter, and B. 'M. Sthith, were nomina
-1 ted. ;Drs., KaoMaister Smith ob.
!tained liberty to withdraw their names,
leaving the place,to Dr. Breekinridge ; who
presides with great acceptance.
There wars but little business 'done on
Thuridiy and Friday, beyond the appointing ,
of the Standing Committees, the reception
of papers, and the adopting of special orders,
for particular days.
On Saturday, Rev. Samuel T. Wilson,
President of the Board of Directors of the
Theological Semiwiry of the North-West,
tendered, in a neat address, and, by a pre
seating of the papers,'&l3., that . Institution
to the General-Assembly.- The papers were
referred.te the oomniittear on Seminaries,
with instructions to report on Monday:.
CHURCH EXTENSION.
This subject was brought forward by the
Comihittee on the Annual Report, with
highly commendatory resolu4ons. An
amendment, offered, by Dr., Tandjko, dies
°enraging solicitors from churches receiving
aid from the Board, elicited 4nnehiearneet
diaoussiUn; (See our report of Proceedings.)
The shOndrueut was rejected, and the
resolutions were l aApptud.
SABBATH.
The Sabbath waa cumulative with bleu
lugs--4est ; the sanctuary,; a throne of
grace; a fall and free Gospel; peace;
del ightfxl day, cleF, cool . frce froni_Attsti ,
gifted ministers of thoroughly filled
churches; and, the presence of the Lord.
Brethren, endowed with the highest preach
ing powers,,or those so reputed, were, as is
usual, the 'persons called to`aerve ; and they
evinced a ready mind. Several of them
preachedtwice,,,thengh i t different ehurches.
is may be a 'anti in einitherit upon the man
Atrentkte; , and yet there are,. some strong
reasons why be should resist the importunity,
both of admirers and of the. curious. Ben
efits result, not from might and power, but
from God's Spirit. God - choses, sometimes,
the weak to confound the mighty. And
when he brings together two hundred of his
ministers; all equal in olfice,ali endued with
gifts, it would be no very wild presumption
to suppose that he meant to relieve t them
each, from duplicated labors. However, as
those moat capable , to instruct, were both
able and willing, and-as the great multitude
of the brethren were anxious to rest, listen and
learn, all were deeply gratified. About
twenty churches and,places of worship were
occupied, morning and evening, by members
of tbe Assembly g and, it is to* he believed,
by greatly delighted and' greatly edified au
dienoes. M.
EvangelicaLlait,heran Synod.
This Synod was in session, in this city; in
the lutbetan church, on SeVenth Street,
during the last week. The attendance was
large, and the Preoeedings were interesting:
The Rev. C. W. Sehaeffer, D. D., Professor
of Theology, in the Theological Seminary,
at Gettysburg, was the presiding officer.
Many of the ablest men in the denomina.
tion were, present, including among others,
Rev. Drs. Pohlman, of Albany; Harkey, of
Springfield, 11l ; Baugher, President of
Pennsylvania College ; and Krauth, Pro
fesior of Theology in the Seminary, at
Gettysburgh. The discussions concerning,
the progress of the, kabob of this Chip eh,
its educational institutions, its
~publications,
and its missionary, enterprises at home and
abroad, were able and earnest. - Last Sab
bath, most of the pulpits in the .two cities
were occupied by members of the Synod,
who preached with great acceptance to the
people. The Evaitgelieal Lutheran Church
in this country,-oecupies -an important pusi
tiert, and has a- great work to do among the
descendants of the Old Lutherans, and in
the, general evangelization of the whole
people.
EASTERN SUMMARY.
Boston and New Englaind.
This old Puritan City has been honored with
special demonstfations of favOr from the banks
of the Tiber.
The Rev. Dr. Cummings, of New York, in mad
dress made upon: the occasion of'the laying of
the corner stone of h. new Roman Catholic Midi
tutim, to he called trite '• House of the Guardian
'Angel," said that the enterprise had been com
menced directly under the auspices of the. Pope,
at the suggestion of the speater, and that a
speotal ndu - rnee' would be granted to all its con
trihutors.'Therefore, Bostonians whose con
sciences may he troubled on account of Pies in
the past, or "who may desire opportunity for a
Hula transgression 'in, the future, or who may,
wish to ia.oape some of the fasts er penances of
the Church, should comeforwarrat once with the
nosessary pecuniary satisfaction. An nosy way,
truly, to obtain immunity from the corNequences
of sia, dr theiequirements of a`correct life
The city authorities : huve Jaelected Mr. George
Sumner to deliver the Oration on the Fourth of
Provincialismv Languayre are often an interest
.
ing study, and every locality has P no3' e peculiar
to itself. Boehm has been generally admitted to
have its full share, but it seems from an atticle
in the North American Review, that not a few of
them are common in Boston, Lincolnshire, ,
Eng
land. Among those enumerated as common to
both places, are the following
"Apple-pie order." . " Argufy." • "Bannisters
—The rails or balustrade of a staircase."
Chokfull ." Chunky-Short; thick ; clumsy
in shape and person." " Crease—A mark made
iu paper by being folded, or in a garment by be
ing- ; sat upon." " Down in, the mouth."
" Father long legs—The , slender, Ipng legged
crane-Sy " Good mind-,-A strong inclination
to do anything.." " Heft." " High • time."
" Hitch, on"" ' "Jabber." " Keeping-room."
" Kindling—Materials , for lighting fire."-
fire."-
"Mash 'tub." '" May-b"."' " Out andnout."
t• Quality—Geritry." " Right' up and 'down?'
•• Scamp." "Stumpy." •• Tip over." " Tin.
licked.' "Unpotished." ...Water bewitched- - Weak
-tea, punche' etc: .."Wile , way—To. wile away the
time • beguile it."
Among the prov'erbial sayings of old Boston,
we:Veccigniee 'Sot a'few which we had supposed
indigenous to our , own soil. Snob are the follow.
ing "I",'El in the wrong ‘box." "It rains cats
and dogs." " I'lrgo through thick and thin for
you." "As dead as a door-nail."
The receipts, of the, Boston Braipch. df Am'ei
kan Tract Society, for the last year, have` been $67,-
000, being en increase of nearly $6,000 over last
year. It is not to tie supposed by our readers
that the present independent position of this
body, or the opening of an agency in New York,
receives the approbation of all the friends of the
Tract cause in Soston and vicinity. Many of the
most devoted members of the orthodox churches
in this region, have, from the beginning, depreca
ted the course of the leaders in the movement, and
ire steadfast Mends of the, National Society.
The Boston Society - hail just' issued the first
number of its . New Iltont4, styled The Tract
3oicrnal. deolaiis that its objects and aims
will be the same as that'of the American Menem
ger, with the addition of the avowed views of this
Society, •()lithe subject' , of 'slavery. The present
number has an arthile on colportage, that will
probably attract mach attention from pastors and
the managers in tract and ciolpOrteur enterprises.
The writer takes the ground'' that the Church
is God's own Society, divinely appointed to do all
needful Christien work; and that the cburehee
are bound 'so far -as they can to do the work,
either by their members in person, or by those
who are employed by and directly, amenable to
them," and that' "whenever in'addition to this,
it is necessary to employ persons as special la.:
borers in this work* it should done in such
a way es to be properly the work of the churches
thernaelves,:and under the eyes of pastors and
churckses.". By this method of operation, 541
classes would -be reached, except in districts
"where the regular means of grace do not exist,
or cannot reach those needing the Gospel," where
" men must be appointed directly by the Society,
and be under their support and superintendence."
A. wonderful -interest has been manifested of
late years, Ihrotighout New England, with regard
to the collection of Family Memorials, and espe
cially of . genealogies. Old recotils, old books
old " nentapapers, and old tombstone% are care
fully and eagerly examined, for the purpose of
establishing the connexion between the departed
worthies and those now alive And could' the
Pilgrim Fathers now rise up, they would be
astonished at the roastmultitudes claiming to be
their descendants. It was formally tauntingly
said of our good neighbor% the Virginians, that
they all claintet to belong to the,, ,, first families ;"
and it Aces really, appear that the present genera
tipn cfNew.England claims to belong, by natural
descent, to the passengers of the ti May Flower."
Nevertheless, hnigh as we may at
,some of the
pretensions put. forth, family;reminiscences are
highly Tallied...by alliwho possess them, and some
etthese -colleetion%wiir l be ..found in the ! end .to
have been valuable contributions to the general
history of the country. We take from the Proof
dente Journal, the following account of works of
this kind now in progretis:
The Rev. C. S. Newman, of Pawtucket, has
.oulleoted,uu‘priuted,,thcce 1 :),9,7 1 4;
Padelford families, and 'is engaged in collecting
and, arranging the genealogies other Rhode
Island families. Mr. Sylvanite .Bligs,' of'Bostati,
has nearly completed a genealogy of the Bliss
family. The Rev. Ashbel Steele has in prepara
tion one of the Brewster family; and there, has
just appeared in Albany a genealeglital history
of John and George Steele, who settled in Hart
ford, Conn., in 1635-36, with notices of other
branches in the United Statee. The latter work,
is' by Daniel` Steele Barrie,' of Wisconsin. But
the most important hook on this subject is that
upon-which--Jadge-Savage,-of-Boston; has been
occupied for the last twenty years; a genealogy
of the first settlers of New England, extending
to three generations. This is to be in fourldrge
octavo volumes, two of which will he issued
during the present year. Mr. S. G. Somerby, of
Boston, has devoted bis whole time during the
last ten years to genealogical researches, in the
United States and England, and is the collector
of many of the family genealogies which have
been published in New England. This gentleman
was in Providence a few class since, hunting up
particulars regarding old families which, first set
tied in Rhode Island, and hi a few weeks goes to
London, to pirsue his researches.
Now York.
But little is doing now in the Dry Goods Busi
ness; and the Stock market is almost at a "stand
still," owing to fhe troubles in Europe, and the
uncertainty connected with the management of
several of the great lines of railway, that have
in time pest figuied very couspicuouely before
the " Board of Brokers."
The Stock Market is a most exciting place, and
the dangers pecuniary and moral connected with
it, are very great. To pass through its scenes
with an untarniehed reputation, and an uninjured
COBSOiellee; is net easy. Green, the reformed gam•
bier, said a few years ago, that the stock ex
change could .be very easily prostituted to the
purposes of gambling and probably this remark
has been already verified in many instances.
Still there' are many men of high charaCter en
gaged in this kind of business, and who profess to
conduct it on principles of honesty and justice:
The Italian Iteeidenta are much . excited on no-.
count of the news from Sardinia, and Italy getter'.
ally., At
. first many of them thought of embark..
ing, directly for the. seat of war, but this is un
derstood to be discouraged by the Sardinian an
-thorities. At present a movement is on foot for
the collectioit of funds, to aid in the support of the
families of Italians, that may fall while fighting
for liberty and -indepetidence. Several Italians
of great wealth accumulated through years of in
dustry, are found in this city these look with
anxiety to the presentr threatening state of affairs
in Europe. And many sanguine Hungarians
firmly believe that the period for the redemption
Of their country draws nigh.
The Frigate General Admiral, which has been
built at thiS part for 'the Russian Government
made an excursion one'day list woek, down the
Bay, having on board some five hundred invited
guests. The engines worked admirably; her
steering qualities were found to be all that could
be desired ; and altogether the highest expects:
tions of her builders were realized, She will
leave for Cronstadt, about the middle of June.
The following description will give our readers
some idea of the size, armament, and_cost of this
vessel, which promives to ; do so much credit to
American naval reience and skill. .- .
The length of the spar deek is 307 feet.;. width,
55 feet ;•;length over all about 325 feet ; and depth
to epar deck-34 feet She has 44 side and 'two
stern ports on the Iciwer deck. and on the spar
deck 30 side ports, four ' , inward and four atter
ports. Ber armament will consist of eerenty
forty potted guns, and two large eleven-inell'Obell
swivel Dahlgren guns. Tnis size (forty pounders)
is peculiar to Reset y and the guns will be pieced
on the vessel on her arrival at Cronstadt. tier
crew will consist of 800 men, and she has capacity
to carry water and provisions fee t hei r stieteneuce
for six months, and stowsge for L2OO tons of
coal, and wilt not, when fully loaded. draw over
25 feet. The eheathiug of the vessel in ot cold
rolled copper, value $14,000. Tnere were 5 150
sheets of copper, weighing 50,000 pounds. sub
sheet. requiring 140 nails to secure it.. so that
, 721 000 nails, weighing 1,000 pounds, were used
in the coppering alone. The whole vessel, at the
time of launching, weighed 3,680 toes.
The Chambers of _Edinburgh have commenced
the publication of a new CyclopmJia of a pepu
lar.Charae,ter, which is issued in this country by
the Appletons, as .a foe simile of the original,
of aqua elegance, preserving the illustrations,
and at the the same low price.
The Ilistortcal Society is moving vigorously in
the work of collecting funds foe the perchase of
the Egyptian .slusaum of the late Dr. Henry
Abbott. We have frequently spoken of the great
- Value of this collection of Egyptian antiquities,
!or Which Dr. Abbott expended more than $lOO,-
,
000, and forty of the beet years of his life, and
for which only $6O 000 are now asked. We give
an account of the Illtieeum taken from the E ['min g
Post, that will be read with interest by many, who
will be delighted to know the objects of curiosity,
and historical interestto be found in it
Of the value of the collection it seems aliMist
siliperfluous 'to Speak. Learned men lks e FVillsin
San and Leyard have testified to its authenticity
and historical importance. It content; ,a highly
varied assortment of Egyptian antiquities el
every kind, from the huge mummied buds, whose
indistinct forms are clearly perceptible through
the thiek swathine bands in which they have for
est:diaries been 'wrapped, to' the combs and hair
ornaments worn by Egyptian ladies in the days
When the Sphynx was young, and the pyramids
looked down upon the people that had placed the
highest steno upon their summit. It' contains
rare old papyri, inscribed with quaint hiero
glyphics, wnich impress the beholder almost with
awe as he - gszes upon letters traced, perhaps,_ by
`hands that are now embalmed with rarettpices in
eeme yet undiscovered tomb upob the shores ot
the - Nile, and reciietnbers - that these characters
have been read by 'eyes that may have gazed on
the captive children of Diesel as they passed iu
mournful procession into the lend of Egypt, into
the house of bondage. It contalue stiff statues
of grim old Egyptians, who may have held office
under kings with prepoeterous names, like
Thothmes and bleuepthatt, and who may have
been prominent politicians in their day and gen
eration. It also contains little articles that are
quite as interesting,, if not quite Mt 'large as
these—the toys of little children—the toilet
apparatus of: Egyptian belles—the implements of
Egyptian industry, and the rings and seals of
Egyptian pride. Such a collection has never
before been in this country. An offer of sixty
thousand dollars has coins from England, and
unless the Museum speedily find a pills:Mager
here, it will be shortly reshipped for the Etigli.h
huyers. It has been pronounced, by those well
qualified to judge, to be, in some respects, supe
rior to the Egyptian collection in the British
useum.
Rev. W. M. Thompson who has already been a
missionary of the American Board for twenty-five
years in, Palestine, left for that country again
on Saturday of last week. Mr. Thompson, is the
author of that incomparable and unique, book,
" The Land nand the Book," published by the
Harpers, which has already gained a wide, circu
lation and which is so valuable in• its account of
the past and the present of Palestine as connect,.
ed with Bible history and Bible imagery.
Rev. James W. Alexander, D. D., on. account of
impaired health, has at the request of the elders
and deacons of his church, ceased his public
ministrations until Autirmn,in the hope that rest
and quiet may be followed by his complete restor
ation.
Philadelphia.
Mr. Henry Sampson has nearly ready for pnbli
°Won, a work entitled " Lives of Ethinent
Philadelphians," for which he is now receiving
subscriptions. It will contain . blographical mem
ories of Philadelphians now decease& who dis-`
tinguished themselves in various pursuits and
profession& 'Meets biographies have been pre
pared by numerous writers of taste and ability.
The work will form a map of information resPeot
ing the city, and some of its leadieg men of
former days, accessible in no other form. ,It will
be illustrated by •at least forty fine steel en
gravings.
The Eleventh <Annnel Meeting of the State
Medical' Society, will assemblein this city on the
Bth' of Tune. IThis Society is composed of two
delegates front the County Medical Societies
in the State. • - • .
Prof Vethalce,'for twenty yearn connected with
the University of Pennsylvania, has tient in his
resignation as Provost of, the tlniversity.„
.Bishop Potter, when last hiard froM, was on
his way to visit Rome, but suffering greatly from
an affection of the spine, which operates on the
brain.
Dr. Silliman rues, once Episcopal Bishop of
490,CaTogpa, but nor a pei.vert_te, Rome, has
been enlightening the inhabitants of the Quaker
City. with regard to the beauties and advantages
of the Monastic systems of Popery; but he does
not seem to have produced a very deep conviction
in the minds of any not previously committed to
Rome.
The Anniversary of the nitaddishia Sabbath
School Association, was an occasion of much in
terest. The President, George H Stuart, and a
number of ministers and laymen made interesting
statements and speeches concerning the progress
of the work undertaken by the Association.
From the report, it appears that the number of
Mission Sabbath Schools in the city is 101 ; that
the number of teachers employed in them is 904.
The whole number of Sabbath Schools now in
this oity is 321 ; whole number of teachers, 7,-
504 ; whole number of pupils, 64,958.
The Independent Presbyterian Church, of which
the Rev. John Chambers Las been pastor for the
last thirty-eve years, has received during that
time to its communion, two thousand six h,ondred
and sixty-eight members. Daring the list year,
there have been two hundred and ftfty,additious;
at the present time the number of regular cora
municants is about one thousand two hundred.
TO General Assembly of 1859.
The Seventy-Fiat General Assembly of the Presbyterfeu
Church in the Crated States of America came together, in
the Wird Preab,yterian church, in the city of Indianapolis,
Indiana, on the 18th day of May, 3859, at 11 o'clock A.. S.
In the absence of Rev. William. A. eeott, D D , toe Mod
erator of the last Assembly, Rev h adieu L. Rise, 13. D., was in
vited to preaoh the opening sermon, and to preside till a
Moderator should be chosen. The sermon was an exposi
tion of 2. Cor. v : 7, "k or we walk by faith; not by sight."
"Walk," said the preacher, expresses the whole conduct
of the man:
Faith" receives testimony—the testimony of God's
Word—the truth—the doctrines. God exists in three rer
sons—works in assn—renews—eanctitles. The mode of his
working we cannot understand.
The doctrines cluster around the Cross. Freeepts flow
from doctrine. Renee faith clings to the Gross. -
After the sermon, the Assembly was constituted by pray
er. The clerks reported the names of two. hundred and
eighty metrthers, trim had presented regular commissions.
'They also informed the House of several' defootiae commie-
Along, and of gentlemen who claimed seats, but bad not
their commission with Them. •
kcommittee on elections was appointed.
The names of 'nine new Preablteiles were reported.
Adjocaned with prayer.
' Afternoon Session. •
The Committee, on Elections reported favorably on the
cases submitted, and the names were enrolled. The prat.
6nee of several additional members was announced, so that
up to this thoe, there were three lumdred'and twelve men..
herein. attendance. .
- The following is the official
ROLL.
- - •
L SYNO'r or ALBANY.
Presbyteries. .Minutes. Elders.
Londonderry, G. A. tonman,
Samuel Haskell,
Troy • .1. H .Nixon, (2) Nathan Culver.
Albany, #G:'W. McMillan, S. H. Edwards.
1 U. W. A4orrie, D. MoGrrg•or, (2)
Mohawk, . C. It. Gregory, L Tenate
Elam, B. Mattoon. •
11. BUFFAL': .
Ogdensburg, L. Merrill Miller, G. Burthud
Genesee River, JOB. l N&Slitill, W. W. MoNair.
Buffalo City, Alex.,T. Rankin,
Michigan, Henry Neill,. Simon Towle.
Rocheeer City, A: G. Ball, A. 8., Geolge'llubbelL
M. NE* YOEX
Hudson; David: Beattie,
IVertb,Kiver, B. S. a arduer,
liedford W. Bailey
Long. 1 T. Doneorr
hew lurk Ist, f 3. C. Lowrie:C.D., W. IL Talcott,
IJ. M. Stevenson, J.) D., W-. R. Lewis.
lieW York 2d, Joseph. Mann, Robert Carter
Canton, -
Magni), S N 'Martin: •
uonneetieut, u W Convict.
ruesan, 11. J. Van Dike, '3exnee Rider.
West Afrins, D. A. Wilson.
NNW .imitia 3r.
Elizablatown,, 4T. 0. Rankin, 'Win. M. Rota,
' . I , W. M Martin, , S. .k.. :',,a ruts H.D
Passaic, .1. 0. Eal. aide Wm. Stevens.
D. Brunswick, ' a. T. MUM; D D. Sticy U. Potts,
3. - 11. D.vis, ' • .1. 0. Van Doren,
0. F Worrell„ J. GI Ihearley.
West Jerity, U It. Nord, . Wm. mark. ,
hewton, I Solomon }('hair; •h. ri. Kennedy,l P. B. Forisruari, . Darla Neighbor.
Raritan, . D: M Spa} d, .1 ii - Anderson.
t'iletrusitattna, (. O. Or.ms, , debit a Len..
Lazarus, .rohn berratiee, Obsess Puller.
Burlington, ' , •.I.lenry Perkins, D.D., bautuel , Durtio.
tr. .11 , 11...ADP..pata.
~ . ,
Bbiladel.,lBb, 11 , S. Clarke. .....D., Chas. Mara Mater
/
ioniii ban adwarde, DD, D. J M Cann,
.- - ' • Biwa I.3astop, AW. MitchclL
Philadel.,2.l.,K. ilagpernett,D.D., . .3 11 Mitchell.
j
' J. Scott, • Joieph Moorhead
4.- Newcastle,J. D.C. Grier. DD., .11. J. Dickey,
j J D. Vallandigham, Jas Springer, (2
Donegal, John J. Lane, . ti at:calla'.
Duo tingdon, ...JD Sterrett. Nat. 1,1 keen,
.1 John moore. D. W. Woods.
N'thumbeel'd, J. (J. Wat.on, D.D.,. It.. Cat dor, .
j M. B. Dattmcon, J. al'OoriainS..
• 11. Ba, 'MORS.
, Baltimore, jN. a. Burl, CO '', W. B, Giles,.
j 3. A.,Lefeere, J. Tien's.
Carlisie,N. ti: 13 bite, J . ,1 WI anahan
j W. W. Bet's, . liolroes:Cm4wrord
' Winchester, John ti Proctor, K. It. rho rrard
Betimes, ' A. F.- Bitiiilseg, ti Z..lllune 'eater.
Lewes, . . A D. Beat,m,, .11.4. MAIL
. VI i. r t. CTFIWEiG,'.
Redstone, James Black,Cepbee .
Porter.
Illairlivi,la, h. IL. Gillett, : J Yurre.
taitsburs, A. A. Denaldeen, D.D. IL qoften, (2)
Ohio, - 1 John Herr, Josiah Guy,
(Aaron Vt illiame, D.D.,
.. in. ti. 13rtmu.
'Clarion, , W. P. Moore, Itoberi d'utton
. ,
qxr. +l.LeOlligNY
Ailegiteny, W. G. Taylor:, • Wm. Gampbvll
D. U. Rend, J. W. Johnoott.
firm, David. Grier. - . ,
Allcgli'y City, e.l. bieLitron, D 11, T. H. Nevin.
Ix.
. . ,
Washington, IS. J lion. It. B.Reed,
Smith F. Grier, - matt I Eki.
Steubenville, M. A. Parkinson, 'Wm haulm)...
fa c ar Lisbon, A. R. hiaa.nastsr, A. W 147:wroth.
St. Chursvilie, - hobert Armstrong, - L. Wslah.
X.' till.lo.
Columba+, G. L. Kalb, • E. C. Clarke.
Marion, J. W. Knott, J. Cunningham.
Zanesville, , James U. Platt, Isaac etorer
Etachlaud, EL. Hervey, . Thos. nay s, M D
Wegner; K. 0. Li:dewy, Bobert Noble
CosillOCtOD, . •0. Q. Bomberger, George M'Kee.
Hooking, John Bowe, .Ben: Johneten.
West-flumes,,. • W. n. Kennedy, ls. J.-Wheelock.
Xl. 0: nCINNATI.
L. Stanton, D D.,
D D.,
West,'
S. Wtaver,
1.). V. Andeiso , n,
W. K. Brice,
J. 14 w. Soca,
XII iNEdANA.
New, Albany, E. D. Mat:Master, D.D. Silas C.Eay.
Vincennes, S-11.. 4lexander. 'Retht. MeChord.
Madison, ' ii. U, Thompson, 'Victor. King.
Indianapolis, 1,. Stevenson, K. C. Aewoomb
Whitawater, P. li. Holladay, R. F. - Patterson.
Palestine, John A. Steele; . David Dryden.
• • o ltN'-INt'IANA.
INIIAN
Logansport, It Irwin, Sr., 8. Winship
Lake, A. Y. ?doors, A. P. Andrew.
. J. M. I owtie, J. L, Wil.iawa,
CranTdaville, T. P. Gordon, J. It. Porter,
*untie, M. Cunningham, W. Sheets.
X V. ILLIEvI+
Kaskaakia, , B. IL Charles,
Sangamon, It. W. Allen,
Peoria, „Robert Johnson,
, P. Ilasainger,
lhoomington,' T It. Newell,
benne, John Crozier,
Palestine,
Chillicothe, . R.
Clucittuati, S.
/
Miami,
it, Unity,
I drum
1, diay,
xto d
XV. CEIIOAGO
Sclinyier, J.V. Blies,
• C. Ring,
Rock River, A. W. I,olnia.
ChiCago, - 1 IC L. Rico, 1).D.,
John M. Faris,
XVI. -WJECONSIg.
Dave,
.o,iiiw ati ldp, J. M. Buchanan,
Winnebago. U. R. Rickman,
Lake anii.er, 3 1. Sniiik, (A) •
XV.U. trWA.
John Rkin,
J. Phelps, U.D
J. G. Itiheldaffer,.
Cedar
P o qua
at. Paul,
Sion City ,
XVIII. SOUTHERN lOWA.
V. B. Dinsmore, W. Thompson.
Y. H. Jueob.
lowa,
Des Moines,
Council Bluffs,
Omaha, A. S. Billinaley.
XIX. n UPPER MISSOURL
Upper Mo
Lafayette,John. McFarland,
Migblan n. ,
P. Monfort,
Platte, tk. P. Wrodward,
XX. MISSOURI. . .
.
Missouri, .T. Montgomery, D.D:(2.) '
SL: Wl's,S. J. P. Anderson., D.D., Dr . E. M'Lean,
i James R. Brookes, O. S Watson.
Palmyra, A. P. Forman, M. M. BuquiLl
Potosi, A. Munson, A. AL/reflation.
I
XXI. KENTUCKY. '
Louisville, W. L. Ureckinridge,D.D., Wm. Richardson
I
- • tD. T. Stuart, Mark flardin.•
Muhlenbarg, J. J Pierce, David Banks, (2)
Transylvania, E. P. Humphrey, D.D., J liarrett.
W. Lexington, J. K. Lel% ' Jaime Simpson.
Ebenezer. L. B. W. Shryrick, J. W. Rand.
Paducah, J. T. Hendrick; D.D , P. B. Bloiloodwln
XXII. VIRGINIA.. .
Greenbrier, IL Ruffner, D.D., 1.4 r. Donally.
Lexington, 1 B. Brow*: James Vt Mon.
D. C. Irwin, James Henry.
il. Id. i mbh. D.D , J. B. Barksdale.
A. W. Miller, It. V. Niemeyer.
James N. Lewis, W. Thomas.
H. A. Brown, J. D. Bpraggins.
XXIII. NORTH CAROLINA. .
W. R. Gaston, (2,
Weatil ono ver,
Mast Hanover,
Montgomery,
ltoanoke,
fJ. 'Doll, ~,
11. M. Sherwood,
Janme Sinclair, Gen.. A.D. M c Lean.
G. McNeill, W. N. Whit-led.
R. H. Cbipman, D D., D. W. Hill,
S. C. Alesander, A. T. Summey.
XXIV. NASAVILIA.
S. B.' Campbell.
J. T. Hendrick,
J. S. Hays,.
James Wilson.
a. L. Kline, . J. A. Stoddard.
XXV. .80IITD CAROLINA.
t - .L.0 , 1 , 1114103',. ' James Farrow,
.hiseph Gilbert, ' . ' Thomas Weir..
J, R. Baird,. lt G. Davidson . (2)
SJamss Donlon, • G.W. Lie,
I.leinelilltoliowell, • . T. A.Maym -
Charleston,. t J H.Thornwell, D.D., J. WS. Heaton.
t W. G. lim a ,
Orange,
Fayetteville,
Concord,
Rolston,
Maury i
Nashvlle,
Tun=Ma,
8. Carolina,
Bethel,
Harmony,
R. sate, D.D., iheshiciL
Mint River, J. L. Rogers.
Florida. B. J. Milliken,
Cherokee, E. P. Palmer,
Mull. ALAMOS/L.
Beet Maims, A. R. WOorkla, A. Cunningham.
P. Manes, P. J. Sparrow, B. A. Ohms.
T uacs i oom , J. R. Bowman, J. Mies..
XXVIII. MISSISSIPPI.
PlliiiiisiOpt, +homes H. Clelland.
Louisiana, J. M. Geary.
Tombe.,kbee, J. A..Eyon, D.D.,
Rea Myer, J. H. Hall,
E. Miesirelppi, A. R. Graves.
Cen. 13. S. Brown, T. C. Herd s _
New Orleane, /LH Palmer, DA, H. Thomas.
- XXIX. HEHPHIS.
Waiters. Diet,
Chickasaw, J. B. Stafford,
Memphis, D. H. Cummins,
N. Itlisahadpvi, H. H. Paine, (2)
ARKANfiAB
- R. Welch,
A. R. Banks.
Arkansas,°sacklts
Creek Nation, John LBley,
X7rXt. TEXAS,
Smog, R. H. Byese,
Bratern Texas, W. C. Dun iau.
Central Texaa, Thos. Alexander,
Wesel]. Texas, It. F. Bunting,
XXXII. PACIFIC_
CatifarD . W. W. Spoor.
Oregon,
Stockton,.
Benicia,
Lodiana,
turrukkabad,
Aliababad,
'DRUG ATMS FROM CORRESPONDING BODIES:
General Synod of the Reformed Dutch Church.
associate Reformed Synod of the South.
The organisation of the 'Presbytery of Siam was an
nounced, and it was attached to the Synod of Albany, as
ice request.
Thighs the tenth new Presbytery organised during the
past,year, und makes our present number one hundred and
seematy•
Rey. Are. Wm. L Breekinedge, R. D. hisetraster. end
Benjamin F. tmitb, were put in nomination for the office
Of Moderator. The len two Naked and-obtained leave to
withdraw their names, aid the drat was then elected unan
imously.
Dr. litrecitiorldge, on accepting the position, made a neat,
brief and pertinent address to the Rouse
Rev. Joseph R. Mann, of the Second Presbytery of New
Yin it, was chosen Temporary Clerk .
The boom for the morning SeeiFiona ware fixed at 9
o'clo-k to 12; and from gto 6, for the afternoon.
. .
It as% made s standing nil. that, in ail elections, by tbis
Assembly, a majority tat: rotes mat shall be essential to
a choice.
It was resolved fkatthe Zest half hoar of each morning
1141 Brion shall be occupied in devotional exercises.
The clerks were directed to have printed, seven hundred
and flay copies of the Roll for the use of the Inexchers.
Adjournoi with prayer.
SECOND DAY.
MAT 20th,1859:
The Amenably met end occupied half an hour in dew. ,
tional exercises.
The Minutes of the last Fenian were read and approved.
The Boards of the Church, sad the Church Extension
Conan/Dee, banded in their Annual Reports, which were re
ferred to the respective committees.
Reports from the Theological Seminaries were presented,
and referred.
The Sioderator announced the Standing Committees. We
notice, in those, " a reform Last year; some of them eni
br.cetrthirty members; in the enneut list we ote erre no
nuinberAo excenlnine. The following are the Coinniittees
tiriaarcara.—JfinOters: N. L Rice, D. D ,J. H.
Thin nwell, . b.. Lowrie, Henry Ruffner. D. JJ., W.
W. 8e11a..., Elders: Mark Hardin, Robert Carter, A. H.
Donkey, Gresham.
JUDICIAL COXlDlT=L—Afiniaters: E. D. litheifes!er, D. D
S. J. P. Anderson. D. D., W. a Data, K. Happersett, D. D..
George A—IMP - man. Eiders: Hon. Junes Simpson, Jame
It. Stoddard, Charles McAlester, William V. Gil-s.
Dome= PatErlnNs.—Ministers: E P. Humphrey, D. D.,
J. I'llelps.D D., A.R. Banks, Beery Neill, Thomas Aloe an-
Elders: William E. Lewis, William Thompson, J. G.
Bromley, S. H. Armstrrng
imam. klismous.—Ministers: S. R. Wilson. D. D , A. G.
Mall, D D , Samuel N. Martin, Jacob Doll, John T. Hen
drick, D. D. Elders: Silas C. Day, J. D. Smoggies t J.
Gaston, W. B. la nett.
BOeltD OF EDEUsIiON —rfiXETP,S: J. A. Lyon, D. D., A.
EL (iiacalarter. D D, J. M. Buchanan: H. A. Brown, b. it.
Thompson. Alders: W. B. A. Ramsay, L - it. Barksdale. IL
"Thomas, Samuel numb.
BOARD Or I lIELIVATIOrt.—JITOIStert: IL H. Chapman, D D ,„
J. N. C Grier I/ /3 '3. Wilson. Alexander Rankin, It.
Irwin. Elders: S. B. Edwarde, Witham L. Walter, B. A.
Glass, L. Bullock.
GOGROZI Bart.reeen —NV/defers: R. .1 Ten Dyke, Ed
wards, D. D., J. G. lithaidafter, Thomas B. Welch, N. West,
Jr. Elders: J. W. Rand, J. A. Brackimidge, Jonathan
Bllsa, Victor King.
Tairatomet Everaramsa —Mongers: B M Palmer. D. D.,
JohriV Scott. D L.. J C. Bankin D D, Aaron Williams,
.D. P . Samuel Brown. Elder,: Hon. S. G Potts, D. H. Bill,
Simon Towle. A. W. Mitchell
STEWS ATIO 13(ritvotacc..—Ministers: B M. Smith, D.
Ii S Clark, D (3 Lowr ie. D , Henry Pecking-11 N.,
J . M. Stesomien, D. D. /Tears: N, Culver, S EL Grant,
Daild Banks, G 1 0 Penally.
NANIWriVE Or THE STATE OF itri.mort.--iliitifaterrs:,, P. 3.
Sparrow, D. It t. Stanton, Dlo bannael Barked, John
Kerr, L.:51 Miller Elders: W Lolconhe, S. S.lWatilonsJ
T Miller, W. W. anioa.'oll
POItEiGF ClOtErtrOFEEELEl—.Ministers: A T McGill.l3 D.,
J. R. Bowman, D T. ,tuart. t it. Alexander. Alders: D.
W. Woods, K. S Kennedy, it R alter tard, N C. incEarland.
Fitsance—J, L s. Wm. hiehaidson. ilobert Car
ter. Char.es DlacA!cster, ik Gaston, Stacy G. Potts, .1
(Mitchell
W. W.: Robinson
D !Roomer.
D D
DZTOTIOnII. ESERCEBo.—Miniaters: D. Bterenoon,
Cuoninghata. Elder: W. &Web-
LEM! ,- sr AIRSICFRE Jocl .11..-Lyle. John Mc
'Farlard, E.l3.lnotutoro .t./cltri: John Johnston, J. Bar
rett
. MILY.AO2. —Mari s" fen: F. P Monftrt, D.lt .3.J Lame, B. P.
-hi ttirger ...Utters: Johnien, D. Welch
The next meeting of the General Amembir was fixed for
Ron Hester, h. Y. the rote stood, for Rochester 236, Phila
delphia 45. Mt mphis ZO
preposition war. made to alter the form of the statis
tical table. so as to have a column for the number or Rub
lug u•ders in oach ongregatinr. Fcreral other slteratiocs
W. re suggested and advocandr and the whole subject was
referred to a :penis' Committee.
Reports on the Overture sent down to the Presbyteries
by thejast ACEtuntily, provi,ing
. f 1' inch a change in the
Constitution as to authorise, in certain cases, a Remission
of the Ministerial 'Office. were called for. A 'point was
nettle relative to ,the manner in_ which the Assembly
cootd.teceive the eridetce of what had been the
vreKbyterbl twice"; many Presbyteries . haring sent ure
no report. be. B. tI iimith. of Ye, moved that
written etitemento by the comniiesioners should be rt celled
as sr sufficient r. What! eof their t* reel, g terj's actin. This
was of jecred to, and was withdrawn Dr. Anderson of Mo.,
hen moved that the r nip adequate evidence, is. an extract
front the minutes of tbe Preehl teeter. co taw by the clerk
This. atte r ao earnest debit,. A kla 11011 Orli he table; arid on
root on of Or. hall rf Neu 'York, roe Presnyteries were di•
rested to band fn their rep its to the Committe of hula
andO•ertens.
To give the Committees think. oritanizo and'prepare boo•
inevo. :he nvoiembly twolved t • bold no afternoon somas/xi..
Adj •urued with
_Foyer
• SATURDAY Montana, May 2L.
The Assembly spent a half h,ur in devotional exercises.
The Minutes of ekerday wer read and approved.
A Committee applinted a tetetdvy to examme tw3 nails
tenvered for the vs, ef the dem:ably, r<portee that neither
Of them mould wconuoOdate the Assemtly as we 11 as does
the one now tke upled They also re:onumnded some ntod
itiattilns, as to .he ocoop,ii.g of olus The lepors was
adopted.
1 tee No 'orator announced the Committees on the synod'
ical ttscoras as renown:
COM 81 1/I FES SYD. UDICAL ItECoRDS
I. Sysnet rf dirbasry—B. L. Br anton, L.D „ Minister; Thos.
Barry. Luling Miler.
Sort, Mi. inter; John Tyro n, Fidel;
-.new York—.S. Dram, D.D, Minster; J. J.
Gresham,
IV. limo Jersey—S. H. Thompson' Minister; H. C. New
comb, Hiner.
.PkittaleZphia—J. Montgomery, D.D., Minister; W. B.
MoonA, inner
Thomas Barry.
..obn.lots. - tun,
W. a. Moores.
.bennett Levis
J.. a.. Harmer.
J lt. tiopack,
W. - thinuittgbim
C. Ara arlaad.
NI. Bat. itIIOTC-J. C. 1% ation. D.D., Minister; R. Candor,
!der
rillsl4ll - 911--I. a. Day a, ittiviet(r; R. lereboid,
!der.
VIII Alkykrey: J. S. Weaver, Minister; N. C. McVay-
and, Darr. ' • ,
IX. Wm:din-3 . C. Wieg,llinieter; S. C. JacksorOlider.
X. Ohin—J. J.,. Apple. liiinieter :. 'P. Weir, hider.
XI. Cincinnati—b. b. Idaddaster, D IL, Iditlister ; A. W.
eintash, bider.
: XII. indiana-4amea M. Platt, Slinkier; J. Storer,
"..lder. . , .
XIII. _Northern .3m/fawn—J. :T. Fierce, Mini:ter; 'llarict
anita ' hider
XIV. Jittnois—Otorge Main, idiuitter; A.A. Nam%
Me*.
XV . Chilogo—A. P. Forman, Minister; E. McLean,
!der.
XVL Wisconsin—lt. 11. Byers, Minister; R. B. Shannon,
idea
XVII. Joma—A S. (lardlner, Minister; T. D. Bloomer,
lder.
XVIII Southern Anca—J. E. Nassau, Minister; W. W.
McNair, Elder.
XIX. Upper lb Fsourf-4. B. Darla, Mil:dater; J. Vert
Doren, Elder.
XX. Mistaitri—John Dorrance Minister; Charles
Elder. . . ,
R. DDT' glwi
J Todd.
John, C. Wier.
J. T. ECCieb.
acob
J. F. Youtigken
XXT. Kntudr-11. S. Clerk; 'tar; lifinisier; A. Si
!ditched, }g)dtr. _
1111. Vivixtra--Daniel Gaston, Minister;'D. J. M'Cann,
Elder.
John Clark, '
B. O. Jaekton
IL C Plaid.
XXIII. /Corti&
,Conawa—John Crosier, Minister; F.
F
Voungken, Rider
XXIV. ./Vashui/Ic—R. R. Colmery; Minister; R. Rolle,
Eldnr.
0. A. Spring,
N. 0. Thompson
XXV. Envik Cardien—J. F. Striatum, D.D., Ninieter;
T. H. Nevin, Elder.
XXV,i. Cienria—J. A. Steele, SI laieter ; D. Drydev, Elder.
XXV IL. Aitibanta—n- Y. illuort, thinister; A. P. niAlrew,
Elder.
John Ogden, (2).
Beuj. Ciatiott.
XXVIII. Ekin, D.D., 'Mutat r; Knox,
Elder.
XXIX. .11fcmpleis—A. Donaldson, P.D.,. Minister; Josiah
Guy Eider.
Samuel Knox.
J. U. Booth.
XXX. _Arkansas—ll. Perkins, D.D., Minister ; John
Alien, Elder.
XXXi. Tc.as—C. 1?-. Worrell, Mulder; William Black,
Elder.
W. Holcumbe
XXXII. Pacii, c-13. Hervey, Minister; Themes Hays,
Elder.
XXXIII. Northern. lndia—J. itlencilalid, Minister; N.
U. Wangle, hider.
On motion, the business referred from the lnst Assembly
to the ;entreat, was placed at the head of the docket.
Re* R. L. Stanton, D. D., on the part of the Directors of
the Ttleolog cal cewtuary of the Aural-Wein. a-ked Privilege
for Rev. Samuel T Wilson, of Rock. Island. President of the
Do it'd to present - the interests of the Seminary.
Mr. Wlisoct, by authority of the Boar't of Directors, under
Instruction of the Synods concerned, tendered the Seminary
to the Assembly, presenting the papers in the rase, and ex
pressing a lODEOCH desire that the Assembly
will acc,pt the
tender, nod efficiently col:Wont the Institution. The papers
Were referred to the Committee on Seminal Ses, with a di
re Mon to report on Monday.
CHURCH EXTENSION.
Et'. M. Grant.
E.ll - Wettish
.1. Calhoun.
Rev Henry I. Coe, Corresponding Secretary of the Com
mittee on Church Extension, introduced the eubjict, in au
earnest and lucid address- The income increases annually,
and the cause grown in the affection of the churches.
Funds are still very greatly behiud the wants But hope
brightens; churches aided, have already begiun to help the
Committee in return. There isal-o an inerreseddispesition
to build churches. which, while neat and substantial, and
ettfliziently large, shall yet be economical. The abstract of
the Committee's report, which we publish, presents many
interesting facts.
Rev. H. .1. 'Vandyke, Chairman of the Standing Coin-
Mitten, presented the Committee's Report, sustaining and
commending the cause, and offering a series of Baneful lOne.
Dr. Palmer—The Church Extension Committee beautiful
ly compliments the system of our Church operations We
have the Education Board to prepare the men. Then the
Domestic and Foreign Boards to send th.. men forth Then
this Board to erett hOtialeS of worship. And the Board of
Publication furnish books for .the people. Church Exten
sion is the, youngest of our Church institutione It should
be fostered, and made to grow, 'lt merits atrium affections,
and openhauded lieerality. The unity of the Church im
plies that the strong shall help the treble. Let us say to
this younger Board, Godspeed.
W. W. McNair---The extreme North Wee' responds, in
this matter, to the BoutirWeet, repre,onted by Dr. Palmer.
The destitution; are great .Edifices are needed, and they
should be comfortable. The people have come from the Bust,
with its present notions of what a Church should be. They
must have something to correspond. The obtaining of a
house ie essential to the sustaining of a ;mew. Church
Extension aid is intimately connected with the Domestic
Mission - enterprise.
Dr. Vandyke, though be reported the action of the Com
mittee, wished to offer 'an amendment. It disapproves of
the practise of sending sollattorsfrom the churches, to raise
funds hy personal calla. It m not restovabie that church- ,
es which contribute to the board should be subjected to
each calla—nor that ministers should leave their apprepri•
its Work and travel hundreds of miles and spend mouths in
seeking money. -wesh ave . a system o f organ i ze d. a c tion.
This going around, spoils - the system. .
Dr. McLaren—There are always two sides to a question.
S.H. Armstrong
W. B. A. Kamm/
0. M. Dorman.'
W. Jr. antich.
John Collins:
IL B. James.
S. W. Penn.
A. U. Conkey.
T. J. Pleekraore..
J. W. Clapp, (2)
A. W. Lyons, (2)
R.B. Shavings.
a A Sraclienritlige..
xxxna. NORTHERN
THIRD DAY.