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VMOKINNEYP '`
JAMES ALLISON, PROPP.IETORth
T.O EPHENIVITTLk
PITTSBURGH, JULY 18, 1859.
Taaam.—si.act, I.lt, adValli•Os or la Optbe
1651 il7, den for 'eclat rOll4lOlOll/ or Iliabeerie
bqkrib 11,4.00 p Nee Proirpesteet•amidira Plow
L Jll should be promeidire llttlr
went before tee year expiring that wo nosy
make Man arretweeteine lora steady eapply:
RAW 141 KAMM& inditator that Iwo
dootro a ranflookt. If, hOWOoOri la the hats
of wailhyti this sistaat should be asittodg we
hops war triads wW rtili ' aol forgot
,
NIt%ITSFAIi 'ES .— !Boni '
jpayassiat sate
hands. WAWA savalauts Or, mud by Audi,
oastosiug with ordinary oozy and troubling
nobody with a nitmowledga of what you ars
Rot a large ansowits wad aprattjor
Strips souse Voroaaortwo paparroond Gild
Or Man 'rotas. ' • '
TO MUM 011 AS eilig Sind postage stavaPat
or ID otter ottli, mead for mows. sok.porof my *X
or lOowouty AstoolOirmi or ;I for TitirtrotAaree
DIILIFOCIP a!1 l.ottoro as 4 Coomassatfoottolui
to DAVID WOCIIIITIVI Or. CO., PittobOurigA.
Pa. •• • ,•', bs -
eiENTERSON Comzuw. —The 'Comminne
ment at lefferson College will take pliee oa
Wednesday, August 3d. Exercises to com
mence at 9 o'clock A. M.
HONORARY J , Dtentax---1114 degree of
Doctor of Divinity, has been conferred on
the Rev. John Johnstone, of Tallylish, Ire
land, by Westminster College, Pa.:
REV. GuouGE Bumurovms, D.D., formerly
Professor of Languages at .Lafayette Col
lege, sailed for California -on the sth inet.
Dr. Burrowee, it is said, intends
,to devote
to the work of education in that int.
portant country,
Itzv. DR. MACKLIDL-Df. Macklin •was,
for ninny i.yeare, the pastOr o f the' Eighth
Presbyterian church in Philadelphia. His
health having much declined, he paued the
last Winter . in Georgia and i .Plorida; not,
however, with any great benefit. In the
Spring he returned u far astltinire.
Aftii v ickise weeks
,;'of iiif#AeSs there, he
was called to his rest. He died On the 6th
instant.
Prelbytezitin Col6i3r,
Tbeprokoaition; . in another iolumu, comets
to us from ,a highly , respectable pouree. We
are aimed that it is a boaa fide movement,
and thattbe persons who impale it are worthy
of all confidence. We like greatly Ai
thought of concerted 'eniigrat tiun—the min
ister and petiole,' io 'finjOi; at - Once, Church,
school; :tifir the ' comforts of good eociety.
Inquiry, as solicited, will coat but atrifie,
and may Fallibly lead to arrangementts ! of
great value.
=MI
.The Atonement.
We, thief 'sgive4o 7 Oiti readers tie
last of 'the ex c ellent =serues of , . attic ekon the
Atonement: The subjeet is worthy. of all
the attention. Which has 'hien' given to it,
We'kupt.that our friende, the aged ind'the
young, will 'seek for a persvpd' interest in
the . great Itentedy. Aul§niellectual appre
hensionlof the tnith it'really is, is bfiuset
importance but this has its value skit leads
to faith* apprehension!' 'rinse ` only who
both hi r oi and receive the truth, are stied:
The elicited by what has
been pubiished.in our columns will, we hope,
induce many to.prossoute the , subjedf, as it
is presented- in the rSCriptures.
~„Aids they
may havei > inii : Will'aeafe, a iia i tlie'4eritings of
God's ministeis. Symington' on the At6e
ment, is one of the works which may be
safteirreconuended.,
Edutstional Notices.
The 'nibject of 'Education is near our
• We haieJibored much in,the 4111104),
s and .1% still do .very much for3t, gratuitous.
ly. But the demands upon our colanins, in
this line are ly 'far too great, - 6'4).044 in
notices of sdhophi and:,aisaaemtes. There
are'from one to , ; two hundred of,theseof a
high.ninnaoter,And trulyi excellent, within
the bounds:of o ur cironlation, ant to"giire
notideinf all, to the extent which are pftin
sent, would fccppy nOitunns,,every
weekipt4e.,nar, readers ; 'would - not
bear this. To relieve us,' we were obliged,
even in the-first-year, of our - existence as a
journal, to adoptiArrnlerlthit such commu
nications Ahag i be l paid for, s& Spegial:Aro
,tiees,- JAnduthe.:Ahing is Aresisonable. , and
equitable); 4. Thisqtrtiales are =for :the' spat:1101
peoniiiirf:bt/nelit l ef the'echool.:'
, J °alinlinaries and 'Coliegen
-
r 0 , 4 ALP is - ,
,compoiralirve)y 4 few, in ,:number, And they are
of very: general, interest. 'Brief noticeoof
tbese„weAlwaye insert gratuitonsly;
canes which '` send ' us their Catelfiguee; al
'ways receive, without charge, a brief eait.e•
'vial notice.
Happy •are we, ever,ic aid ourbrethren,
and-we wish to do it on prhieiplei which
'are praCtioable and mutually beneficial.
Parsonages.
In the; atherland, manses, thatqc &meal,
a house and glebe for the pastor, are common,
if not almost universal.' Why have we not
snob pre,parations for comfort, and induce
to pernianency in the piltOra trOlUtion
is this country : ? We trust that the atten
tion., of. our„ good people will, be , earnestly
• directed to this subject,: Land la, for ithe
moat 'plat/ Cheap. It should hni-aeatrCd.
A few sores' would etititribui.U'gieatlit to
both the: 4 il,4tOrid comfoit of tko pastor
cans, hie ,family, and heneel to .the -benefit
of the congregation.
;T.
The "progress of the Free'Churoh-of
land thi n stated by a gmmittee oftheir
late Assembly , •
' The number of manses which have,reoeived
grants from the committee is five hundred and
twenty-two; the'ntilither'. tit manses piovided by
the Marquis of Breadalbsite; on his estate, twenty
seven ; thennixtber.,of,mtmses admitted to grants,
but not . yet free twenty-one; . the-number of
mansexproiidtalidependentlYtif the general Kind,
by congregation:Wier - indiVidueg. br
thirtytthreaL totaireve hundred and-eighty-three.
There now .refnairt o of the :Oda oberges of the
OhnroN, only , about one hundred tiutt have no
manses—lif. we exolide;
Dundee; and 'other" large - ' towns, wheri suitable
dwellings for the ministers can be , Tinted:" The
scheme i s still' going oti;,.and wilt le steadily
prosecuted, until, every, congregation, ihall hive
its manse. While ,411 of these buildings are, cont.
modions'aed neat,.not a few of thine are superior
to the old buildibga, which'the of parish
es are compelled to provide and =Vital . for
State clergy North of. the. Tweed. Several con,
gregations, whose debt on the edifices of the
church in 1854 was very , tionsidirabte; 'hive re-:
calved aid toward. , the extinction. thereof;rfrom
the fund originated for that purpose. , `The'entire
debt of one hunclred said eighty congregations'
has }peen eitingnisted, and of slutpnine part ly "so. Of the eongrefitioni etMlhlebt; there are:
thlityAihotwhose" debt Is not than .£100;',
twenty-one whose debt is.:apt:intsiei•thai ee6oo ;•
and nineteen whose debt isnot more than £1,000.`
WM
'ki rd* , , of Itiblicattion Annual, Report.
he istii/Uires:i 4
iU itir 130 to
40 , -0 .'4
4,
'report their doings end condition every
[
year. These reports are made to the As.
1 Tena lyr and ' 'air Wa i n .— tar '' 'PAM
information. To circulate a knowledge of
their contents, is then right and proper. If
every thing hail been well - done, it will be
fiti l eatilit'BoardhiPticiiiaiinnd the Church's
joy._ If the wishes of the Church have not
been executed ) • ol t ker interests not mb
ar.) z, . ;tv ,I,JAr
served, ,she will4now it, and may apply
the remedy.
The results of the !act - year's operations
of the Board of •Publication, we gave in
gerieral terms in our abstract, at the close Of
the Aseeinbly's Meeting . : "lire propose now
to present some matters more minutely.
. This'Board it will be observed does not
manufacturelbooks.• It doe! not write them,
nor print them, [nor bia- them, as to the
carrying on pf the operations_ It' des
nothirig,Lit aft of the kind. li[receives or
bur; minftsoripts,Undit•seleote books for '.a
ralialaal,-iaili .44 1 4 a 6ilidileesi liOseal o
Outland bind.. it neitherowns novnian•
ages a PaPer unn; A printing office; nor a
bindery: And it , bas its stated 'houses
Whir:kitei woritydfitia. There is no looki ng ont, , for:laborers ; no hunting up of mate
riik;!-'no.t.' nianagiiiie of workmen''; no
searches , for ,new and, more favert;ble con
IC=
tractors:' Bvet the proof raiding is, by the
use l ef steTeotype plates, yedased to a trifle. .
The . furnishing of the books, on the system
irei4ised, "requires but very> little labor at
the Board's , hand, and. butt 4 small amount
of, eiPerinteudence. Hence, a very few
mew might, do a very large.: business and,
according to right reason, anal the practice
of all sound economists, the employees
shoili not be beyond the employment, either
in number or in salary: Hoiv, is it in this
Board•P •
ME
'Tha'Boarkiettotttil . "'implo ,
. ..7 4
00 il Pe ' E - sit*rk, per * 4 0 11, i lI :0 1 ? ' 4I ;. a ":. a s
fon,, ,
W'; ' • ` ' ,
E4tor ) -, . . •-, '' • '''' 11,200.00
Car.
to
chargedchargedßook Depar . t, i ii 4
ReormrY, and expz.;,B
' -'. ' 506 17
. 00
' °64.6r14gel
1?
: 2,724.17
Publishing Agent;• : , 2,000 00
Treesurer, , . , . 1,000.00
puperintendent Of Depository, : 1,500.80
of ColPertuge,: I 600 00
Book-keePer and Clerks, - . 1 805.01
Porter, • . . . 884.00
Amount of salaries in ;office, $12,098.18
The extent of aetual. business done. is
represented thus:
Cash received for Pcoks,,,, ; . $69,087.24
ireidnet, " * Beidui for Ordere,7 '6;39E41
Amount of Books of Biard sold, $65,695438'
g - ot'Spe'lifome Grad For;
etyra Renard, and thee "Sabbeith
Visito:
4.R is 2,?1i , 1 1 I '1
entrusted, to Others and ~.hence
does ; not lippeir, in this:statenient. • ,
IheTresinirer'snooeuntloots, $101,872: ,
62; bat tads embraces wish in - Treasury" and
fitindry'ether 'netters. The actual husiness
of the If F we have rightly understood
the meaning of ff Books 4nr4orders,', i 5,46 5 ),
695.884:n11d - 4a:do thisilnisinesa r the thrums'.
salaries ile:Bl2;o,93.lBii'thit' 18A-lier,
gent! '
The other expenses in the; offuninre: - •
, f ,
Drayage, Freight , and Conperige,, - 98.99
Fuel,Gas, - Beyiens, " 489.22'
• +4B4lOti
.Advertiabwatationery,Atei -•": 899.28'
Taxes, Licenee, and Watefient, r. ;594:07
Ppetage„and ,SlpOriee„ • „ , • 414.1.0
Contingent` Expenses,
Solicitors} Salary, 10600
/Li • .1::
;;..' ..;i4t15..
Add ' salaries as abOve
Thus the offitie eipense) ,
(there, being no ,charge ; for rent nor for in
terest on ospitol,.ss these were furnished by
the ehurches&amount to- $15,199:94,1' on: 4.
business of $65, 695'83 that - is, a.' 'little
overt 2 4 per cent •..
, '. -
1 e4k, there were employed , last year, Onez
hundred and , forty-three colportenrs, whose
-joint: labers.amounted rto • about forty-lull
yet*. These nolportaars are- salesmen ftir
the sostird . a The aniHaliot of their safe; is
not stated in, the report,, but it is *flown to
be very large; These colporteurs' give away
some ibeoks, lout' still, these 'gifts are. Wei
from the Board. - They are 'charged 7 teilie
Oolportalge - fund, .and npaid.a for _ E of Ahe
contlibutiord *of ;the , °birches. Thus their
Whole distriintion,,'Whetter in donations or
leti; 'the Board , and iloelY into
the entry, "`Cash received
The Colportage account eUmde thus, for
he , leef year :
Contributions' to , Oolgortlige; ' $24,817.00
Paid -debt,' , ' part,) b 5457.70
Paid, to;,Cor.!Spo.. and Sitper7 ,
intendent,..as ibove, , .8,000.90
Amt expended, , on, COportage,; ;being- • •
)311fnles,4xpentes,,,FroiOto, ,and.
tionitionl; 16,859.30
Add iiiiniditureo ob olro, 1.5,799,94
Making total.of
.., to "
Thui, without/charging, Tent, • or • interest
On 'capital; Wit have` a" nest of $82,159.24, on
a business amounting i $65,695 83'; tha t
is, almost 50,,per cent.
Off the Rorie' and Foreign. Record, there
were printed a little overl7,ooo'oopies, at a
cost of $5;217:10. The Treasurer:deem not
•
tell us ..whe l, nce thiationey comes, only that
it is paid t o him .by.)4r. Welker. But we
find that, in addition'', to subscriptions, this
Board pays" toward it f:2.85 , 70; the .Foreign
Board pays' $761.52; .the
$380.76 and the Education Board doubtless
pays, Tr° t lrqtg, , ,, 089,7. 1 5;,a1514 _.Church!.tx
tensioni $126 92 ; -- there , iis , vpaide
the Boards tOMakeup tbe defitilency, beyond
the siii4teriPtiona, $1,885.66. This segm'ite
j I.
us, With' bur knowledge, of 'the :printing tins
,
knoll, exceedingly strange.. , A subription
lbgt of• 171000, even , •ttfter , 43,000 e are given
away, to miniers and ' , sty:dents, 'should 'yet
eastaia `tee paper I leintyinoilii4 for c
respondenoe,pd notbiug l for, `Bditink,;,T, s bo
differentecretaries attend to all , this. .;TY4;..Y
then are' Jour. contributions Ito .Missions arid
education taxed so largely for gtdeficiiii
.
Dies?"'
MO
Of 40,,,S l a/oPeA Sch - od rieiter,lth,ere are
printed 58,000, ,and yet •this .accotott chow
deficiency of 15371.:86.,
REMARK'SL:
• • 'M.'
We do,iot objeot„te the , onOtriet,eye.
tem., 'lt may be, on the whole, preferable
to 'having tYpeo, printing premeee, bindery,
What we think 'strange of, in, the hair.
' ';
ing ep many Oneere; at' wash large ealaiies,
Li= ' 0 ? <;1
toiPe o °De ` ,
_2. -We de I not l ask that the work Amu Awe
given tithe lowest reef.
eliallliatrialle 4 to have it'll:WA&
`aa low - o'4 Imp b -466 well. Glife t le'CO
the,l4lo , 4 •
lowfW andlbpat" bidder
.". • it.r)
8. The amount of business, it seems to
=I
' 1 .f
=MEE
_
THE -PRESBYTER - NER-v- A N: mwoo
Vni,l/4
us, is immenflizbelow what o , ghito M 1 be
done, and done. Judi lOoOkt the'
amount ofeilfteniehed hyTheehtireh—
—The 'monopoly of
,the Hymn Books,_
mry-ptigtir l imOrkis., : a 53 ,••• 3 ‘
power of denomin a tional attach
' mere - Dairy Preib3iferiiin - wilnini‘if the
Board% r '
—The immense field of usefulness afford-.
ed by the Presbyterian Church, with its
o 4 fat,' linndOtandierfelMtlioAltidt
tnembers • the sister denominations in the
tidied States; the Presbyterians in Canada'
and• Nova Scotia; and the very large intel
ligent reading and investigating community
of North America.' Such a field`! ;And
such a' capital ! And such a corps of Ott-,
aisle ,Anti ,such need , -for information
And, such calls for books! ,And , : sis many
distributors and salesmen . ; in theshape , of
OclpOrtursi furnished' kid sustained by the
churches l ric pork i4;:;ne.;
virlierp,, i 8 . 0 4r .P,TeibPerigA zealaP4
Hu, it..Pelilhedr •
4. , The statement of ; mounts is - greatly
defective. do 4 not 'come down istsfh,
ciently give
general balance sheet. It' does not give the
amount, of, sales : In. the, store, .by.,retail,,by
wholisale, orders, and broolpOrteurs.:
It &Cis 'not''give iis ithei aitkattnt,,4 .t elapitsd;
nor; the stook on hand, nor the net *fail.
le}", g
-do c ts not,, tell ue the , prices paid, nor, to
whom. sadly. defectiva.:- It: presumes,
wonderfully :upon the: easy confiding'' and
non inquiring; Writ r'id• the chitroltesi.
motto IS There
we,trnet, when its sun Shall have fully rusen
and 4.lstr light Shall, clearly ; 7 ;; ; ;
1. - Why should 'the i3'Ssoistaiy of ttiie
1.1
Board receive and *-r. ylien
the Beore4riei :of the Boards receive
but fl,BOO to 12,000?
2. Why.is 84500 of the Secretary's sal
ary ' taken from`-thee contributions 'of the
obikohimeakiiiOitaie7 " f
8 Why - 13114ft notsonie $6,000 to 88,000.
Ak ,
e 11 , 111 ar4 8 1,, 11 0, .0.4 e •'4,oe„eipeases:pe
saved, and , appropriated , lo-foolportagsr or
donations? . ;" ' '
4 Wby migit not the $1,162 50 received
for rent, ; be appropriated:ln ...eolportage, or,
donations?. , ,
ens' and 'their
5. Whys might not one half, or more, of
- r
the net • profits of eaoh year,'siy, $5;000 or
$6,000, be eirpended'inlicilpertalt6 or'dOna
tions?
••
6. Was not m o ney donated to
the honee,.given on the pledge orainder the
impression that rooms worrld, be furnishedin
it .for all the 'Boards? Vhyi - then, are the
other Boards charged rent?
er. Do all the, oompeneated offwerd of the
Board,employ their whole time in the Board's
services, or. do ;some,of them take :.a: portion
of .their time to:other businesa ? • •
We have,-in the Charges in the otEee,
two' 15 etcs.," ono "Sundries " and'one "Con
dugout .Expenses " connected with , :acme
amonntingito ,$1,940:48.-. What is covered
by them indefinite expression:sr
We•miglit'aboinquire' the manner
of g paper, the cOrnmissiensPaiA . •
also, as to the pile", pabilor composition;
press-wori ; binding; and many other, things
But we forbear.
Let it here Mt, ide ask foiliti
forMation.
~e, i n,ve the Baer We helped
,
to
inaugurate ,and, endow it, But we are
not quite satisfied with .thee results.:, We do
not know, why the :expenses eltordd' be so
ging; 'inti'onifait'oially - wit"Mticknot 'Understand
without* a Meagre, b4siness is done. Many
ministers antr„:utembent,of the,churohes are
not satisfied.. Light is wanted. Gan it be
had We •cheeifolly tender - our columns
to a reasonable'extent, for title; intrpose
If we have 1440, any instatement; eve
shall be most bappyto correct Oro %Ares
and percentage differ:a tlittle from those of
MacideiterOn the 4*6101y: This is
beatnik' he had'adaeso to date, which '
not within our reach. , We have tiOed the
statements in the Report, as published ; and
th'ey,atir more favorable to the Board thin
Were those to,,w, we bave jist *Ando&
We trust that;We shall bars: a responsel full l,
eandid,` sitioftieteiy ;• that :Confidence, dam-,
aged by the revelations , inthetlast Assembly;
and by . *a reicikbef'Sreno, may lie
,re-
stored.,
3,706.7,6
12,088:18
$15;799:94
'TI a Ghoi a 'of , Tiro' Stioretaiies.
; In< its 'notice rbt the latel annual meeting
Of die golf:l'4l'6f lkdomeatie Miesions the
Prfisbytersaire says.: ,t‘...Dra. =Musgrave = and
Happitiaritt mere ifnamutously Atoms
ordinate.; Secretaries."; This, statement, is
adapted to Wake a very erroneous iMpres
elan. The .opeaaton of two Secretaries was
Opposed,. both by speeches and , votes The
ballot for the_ officers ,:was.. divided.. Dr.
Krebs had •29. votes, Dr. Musgrave 27, Dr.
lirehierriptt 26. This elected Dri. 'Krebs
and Musgrave. ~-Dr. • Krebs 'declined, and
Dr: Miiilriy i rneved Musgrave; and
Happersett be thcASocretitries. A number
said" ;
Aye' " ethers - Were , silent.' Thus, "on
- lv 4
the .first , vote, Dr. flappersett, Was left out.
On the" Second vote the elaction was, practi.
pally ' , Atm*loon,- blO,, —re. f lkty. 4 4 was far
from being,111211111121012& "'The friends of-Dr.
H. 14d , come ,theit AO make a place for him,
and they were able ,to -puti him in it, and
determined tie do so i Thls ,having become
manifest, :further -opposition- would., have
licen . 'useless u tind might have seemed d
t• IA. , , 11 0 0 , to
• 8 457 70
$32i159,24
The'same journal' says , again :- The ar•
rangement4eimed : ; to,. general 'es:tistata.
tionhartforig!the- members = !A- the Board, a,
itided; 2 44T 5. - fr 0 4 1 . , t, , Ve Vdfe?!
A. strange ~ s tatement l , t We knew, and we
'elipPoita that' Wit ninny tneinhers
were deeply dissatisfied. Let it not be sup,
•-Pllied J
Inc!lnPtt P 1 1!" 11i/Y, one of those :
gentlemen , who ,had heretofore conducted ,
the 'hisitess of=tbe.Boarkand7whose , course
was so fully' sustained' in the Assembly, has
lthanied his prinitiples., NO : though they
knew
.;how , to,be 0012lleouff genth!Nolib
they are 'yet firm as Christians. The Church
maY'reljouponthein, - thit they are_her=serv , ,
ante, and will seek her welfare; and ; when
r•
,she,calls, they will snare! :
if then theminority rt attihis very unusual
meeting of-thelßoardiahonght it to be their
duty, until the churChes'and -Presbyteries
have litt4 time tn express fheii. feelings
,and desires, to study the things which rarke
;for s !, peace, ,heFteg meekly fthgrV,4
;d . otitiein=it apirjt7andlonas purple', iniwhieh
itbbylheice. tat 'ther infir'neveihe
ers~'3et`them`not be = =They
1
# t ' fi
they satisfied wit h
4
14M184A VCi t t i e tla r . t*.c n tl i t ur r.r
n the et .
results. They sub-
,~~:~,f~
MEM
tin
QUESTIONS. ;
11111
Jr" # lon
tteilito what'ltifey could not prevent pur
-1 'ilitis :'await" some iirdiezition&of the
frisbee of their' conatituen4. It is now Ibr
tbe people te,2ak„ and the Presbyteries to .
TE"YrWir are tnf7uTniantTalowe;lZi
.thwoonservaters- of:purity. ..11. they, are sat
isfied, we acquiesce.
We are Boni to be obliged to allude to
this sirbjeot. Our; oonteinpbrary inight have.
m i red ne,,, But _the unrongis not only done.
by it, but is repeated in other paws and,
An, rline?, e rgittlt thd :7? Wand
also, by letters received from far and near,.
arid by conversations, that there is great die
satisfaction in the Church. 'The 'statement.
above, , though, it ernay fail 'to contrive* our
friends`that we did our full duty in resist.'
ingthat • •
a wrong, "will' ye showwe no
join in the doing of that ywrong.
=Texas:
Deigestic ordained
Spring, by ~Washington ,Presbytery, writes
to-us under ,date of .Tune 27th
="r came to the StateNduring the month of
May, and soon,Jound ',myself -in.,Lookhart,
There is here a congregation; which, though
small in numbers, , are earnestly; esirons• to
hive the Gospel preached Iregularly. They
are about uniting with another small congre
gation ten, miles North-East, in calling me.!
There is a good house 4f - worship here, but
none - aethe bald place:: If You .•knoi. of
any young men Who are looking for a field
of labor,4end them 'out;here: For lack of
good, earnestflabeters y this bread land,:last
filling ip with,simmigration; , is slipping out
of . . the lands of the' Ohara: I ',hive never
saw ::any .condition' things.lto winch the
language Hof .Christ,can be inbre appropriate-.
ly applied, thatm the:harvest truly is Ven
tious, but the laborers are few." There are
points which may be countedcby the seore,..
where there , are enough Presbyteriani to or&
gamin congregathins r and support :a minister
for a half , cr.a third -oft , his jtime , taf there
was some one to take the lead.
Texas is a •country which has -not had
justice done•her 3 incthetestimation-of;thein
habitants of the, older States. It has been.
too-much looked upon •• as an .out-of-the l way
region,. not more ,, than.• bait civilized, -un.
healthy, and lacking-iiall the' hings whiah
are deemed esSential`comfortably.
NOW, have been in,'the.,.Noitli-isist, and
therefoie apeak advisedly,4i , li'pn I say that
one can live just as comfortably,
.and•• with
much sculll labot . ; and 'no more cast,
thin in the. States of ' the-Nortli:ivist. Ido
hope that some , s of the . Men who
graduated during the past" Spring, may ,re
member that it was !not ',without s reaspn the
Assembly, S at its late) meetipg,,establiehed an
Advisory • Committee, ,of ,the: Board z of, N
aiad° Missionstat New Orleans, with a view
especially to ;i tlie,,3lAnto, of this., region of,
country. , Minititers are,,needed every where,'
and:the people are ready toteceive and sup-,
pork them. ' • - • - ' •
When I at down'to write, it was with no_
view to having, what J. might say publiihed.
Buk if you think - any ; good he:donei
thereby, loti are at'liberty to , give these •re
marks to •your- readers. . Your hrother, in•the
faith of Christ.. -
'EASTERN SUMMY:
Boston and New England:
The , Clity of Boston is raPidlY-becomin' g, for 'the'
most part, .4. pla`oe - of "business and boarding'
helms, at least as'a as the lesilifig .
literafi, 'and Mei of wealth are Uonceriaid. The.
towns in the 'adjoining '
vicinity, and along the
lines of the different railroads, are rapidly it.
tritsibig 310 y from the large city' rft'ole wet"
many of those whose influence is great, and" who;
are largely identified with the prosperity and good
government - of the Metropolis of the State, have
but little to do with, its municipal coweerns. , And
the opimeetienoeis, that it,isjoned, iery,diffLoilt
to e°#°7°• the Prelre hind 9. 1 :- etheez l3 .fee , the TaT
rions i posts be SRed. ,y• , •
The dim! Amara Walkertas left- fors the- seat
of -war in Europe, Where he wilt aot as - the dor-
respondentlof the Boston dacha. ,
Rev. David .Magi/i, of Philadelphia, has accept
.
ed tp'e call to the Knox 'Presbyterian church, in
this city. This oongregation .; orMsists
of Scotch emigrants.
,It is very.painful to know that the American .
Board of Foreign Aitiasions is likely to, be grtfit#W,
involved and hampered, in its operationfrhafpn.
the - close of, ite present year. • The .repeipte for
the last three months have been i less than during
the oorresponding months of any year eines/849. 1
The average receipts for these three months dur e
ing the last three years, have been more.lthattf
$92,000 ; and during the previous nine years, the
average receipts in these 'months were $84,p00:•
But the amount received in the last three months,
including the contributions for the debt, ie less.
than $68,000. tine , two‘ menthe more remain,.
and yet $170,000 remain to be received, to meet
current expenees and pay off last year's defieien
cy I This. condition of - things must ; be deeply
regretted,' not only by the immediate contributors ,
to . the funds *of this Board, but byilfihol friends'
of hfiesione, espeCially when there 'axe so many ,
new' openlirgi for inissionarieffort, and-so' nay'
lend calls for additional laborers. The'
teal oo ' minitte ' e continued to enliiie the opitifiV
done of'the Board,' treating' 'to the abilitY itiul 4
willingness of the churches to meetthe demands
made upon them, but t in this their expectations
have not yet been met'
Let:those who so eloquently counseled our own,
Domestic Doardt?lng;tir*ltioiAr,i2sponsibilities„ .
to make every appropriation,recemmended, to ap..,
point every miesionary . that . might apply, and In,
short, not to hesitate incurri ng debt to any amount o ,
relying on the pharohes "to foot the bills," ponder .
these things. , The American Board -incurred a l
debt,after_mature deliberation, and upon,the ad
vice of the most liberal and wise..of its pat.
rone, but that,: step has. enoumbered,it ever,
since, and watootinne to do so for sometime to, '
come. . -Let our Board:e,ofj Domestic, Missions
adopt:the suggestions of some of the =panel*,
speakers in the Assembly at Indianapolis, and'
of'io'ree eXpalleiVe writers in our jour4
nsis; and."-tbe wow become appar-,
int. emetlifig to`propose and advcicate
indefinite ontlaylCisSittolireer.at tbe exercise of
coincion piudenoeifin the platform, but it is
other matter to mile 'the" money ~ a nd ••meet the'
engagements: "
' .7'h general Congregatiemal , Association, ' of
itiasae4setts, had a lcrge l and interesting annual
meeting, at Pittsfield. The Bev. Dr. Blagden,, of
the old SO l ilth church ; Boston, presided. Statls: l
tidal reports from eyery,Orthgdox9ongregational
eiarphln the S tate, ,(for„the e i** 4 ttme,) were
presented. The churches ,straber,,...4Ss, being, c
gain of two within , the year., ,The admissions in
1868 were : by; profession, 8,811 ; by certificate,.
2,497;, .total, 11,808... Removals in 18684 by,
death, 1,172; •by dlemiseioc„ 2,410; by excom 7
Nuniestion, 78; total. 8,606.1 After deducting
the lames by revisals of ,Church lista, the net
gain tol the churches, in 1868, was 7,400 members.
Total'nutober of members , of the Orthodox Con.
gregatiocal l ehurahesirothe State; , 76,766. Total
Caliber of pupils in tbe Sabbath , Bohools; 79,376,
tieing al ggin:of 6,166" in the' year. The , discus
sion of the different topics mentioned •by us a
iheit time :arth; "was earnest and • histrnetive
But the ginati sibjeat onitereat was the Home
Missionaq Si;oieti, and "the late action the
New
The derekittalrilmiltitt body; 'ReV: 11;.Foldit;
IY., l , l 4;ja!A;;ldrrispimitinfly , bat 'keeoi&-
fion
not only t i lt) , general policy of the Boelety; bit
tt ) 'to • S
9 i t • Pl. t.
im ari b l 4l oo i.POreatfsitlti* • Dlr. Fowler
ooinpiailiaa:lla,tia reesdidicins Ur)
sii!terbßdx; imared, in bettles.,by,
g ( ?ngrei090 1 01 0 ,,,.4.14 ,9 1 P ?Sof
the possible oonseinencesi to which Itirpreseit
4 „.% 4,
action might lead: As the case n*abwriii, 1. 1
looks very much as if otiiioii s eratiott)lratwet* Ca" ,
_,.
gregationalists and N l * School 4:resbrnrians. ,
was about at an end. I
KvdThit;Neto -Boglasui,Hteitet are , doingkeverpthinw
in their power to encourage manufactures. The
Letiblahiretof litaino; at Zia lstit;
an act, exempting cotton and woolen mann factutieg
tiatallishinents hereafter einited-:-buildings, ma
o finery, and capital `Wein 'ten yews,
in all towns voting their assent to the act.
The Arezoburyporalt. Ifercury, on the 11th .
r7;ofie;iiliendred'fanCilecond
cAttral The firseutnitzi was issued June 12th,
58,bylames -Sranklin,--(brother. of- .itenjatnin
Franklin,) and, with the exception of a very few
months, this paper has "been served regularly' to its
patrons every week since, 'while . all but two of the
papers then in existence have long ago been finis
pended. The Old Franklin press upon Which
the Mercury was first printed; May.be still seen in
the office of that paper.
Late events in - Ectiapa haVe 'tended to si►akea
again, -in' a small degree, the Bpi it of Steculation
in hour and proviiions: bift iii many were recent.:
caught up in; anoperation of the same' kind,
that the' present movement` is not likely to extend'
The first indications of Ease in the Money
Market, after the heavy paymenis due on the first
of the month, are now beginning to be seen.,
These, payments were met much more ; generally
than was anticipated sometime. ago. The ; sums
paid in. various ways at that time were enormous:
The interest 4ue : on the pityand Slats 4Jehts•was .
paid to.the amount of $8,820,000, while,sl,B7B,-
000, were , paid out as City Bank dividends.
The Taxable revel,* of this' city, for the pros
, eat year reaches' the enormous sum of $551,928,- ,
122, 'of , which,'the real estate Amounts to :$878,-
954;980 ; personal, $158,886,780; nonresident;
$14,681,462, increase overiaityear, $20,701,182:
The enforcement of the Sunday Ligaor, Law is
not, reliehed at all; by alders and abettors of in-.
liampermice., - A i!xeinonstrance na g ainst the exe
oution of the law has. been, presented..,. The,
AniericaO eilitien;o'f, this , precious. document, par
ports;to be,signect by- four hundred and-forty-six
disinterested citizens, witbs their. residences an
nexed..- But Sr am en *examination ; made at-the
. Police Office, it appears that thirty-eight of t,heae
are liquor dealers and confectioners, one hundred
and eighteen. live -br. New Jersey, Long Island,
and other out town forty-nine. are
Clerks." physicians," importers,' of , deiii
lohns,rito4" and two hundred'. and' forty-one; sire
not to - be found in the; City: Directory: Such
paper.carries its Own 7 condemnation Oil Ile fade;
More'lrew Ifoures Are now iii progress than at
any time in the history of the city. Thiele parti&'
true of the briefing's Portions,: The hard
worked editors have. s greet; disponitidn to 'seek
the calm and quiet of the country after the toils
of the day. Not one-half the editors` of the city
reside within its limits. They are pond scattered
round in , the adjoining towns, or in, cosy retreats
along the railroads. The editor of the .Toirnal
of Conwae;ve, resides in NeW Haven.
• The Iyeto York Cominereis/ shows tip the ineon
sistenoy and time serving policy of the-London
rimm, in the present oosture-of European* affairs,
most oclioluEdvelY• • The Commercial Says:
.The /gest numbers of the ,London noes, re
ceived previous to those which have confe.to hand
by , the promen,, manifested a, reckless perposeof
exciting' the public sentiment in England against
the Emperor of France, for, up to the evening
before the steamer's; sailing,, it 'was , not knOtin
that the Derby Ministry would be defeated and .a
change of Administrationfollow.„ That was the
11th of June. On , that day Lord Derby's . Minis
try resigned, and _the 'Queen sent for Lord Oran
villa and commanded hint to form a new Cabinet.
During Saturday and SundaY , it became knoWn
that Lord Granville had not succeeded, and that
Lord ,Paimerston was:to try lds hand. Onlgon
day, "June .13th, Lord Palmeraton accepted the
post of Premier, and Lord John" Russel that of
Seciettay of State' for Foreign Affairs, li being
well ' , underatoikdi that the warm isympathies of
these two statesmen are with Italy and‘France in
tke,present contest. Whereupon : theTlntte,,t,ao-
ingthat the current of events and of public nem,
titnent was Mote than ever likely -to run counter'
to the comae it pursued;Wheele - complatelyround,
expresses the fullest confidence in the , assurances
of both ; ,-Napoleon ; ' lIL and, Enssiao.anda!sees
nothing the designs of either, but the sincere
and chivalric purpose of achieving indePendence
for Italy.
MOE
The recent Union govemonts do not meet with
the approbation of all, denominations to the, de
gree . usually supposed. A,- short.'time ago; we
noticed a special oard in the Christian .Adoocate
and Journal, in which Messrs. Carlton and Porter,
the publishing ageilts of the Methodist Episcopal
Book Concern, spoke of ." Union!" efforts's and
".llnion f' books, as hostile, to the interests of
Methodism. And •now an address has been sent
Out to the members of the Baptist. Church, by.
order of 'the 'Baptist Sunday School Convention;
demanding that the distinctive' tenets of the Bap
tist :Church, ' be taught in the , Stmday Solools.
Itimiya that , 4 the truths which are ignored, or
Partially misrepresented • in' genera'. Systems of
instil:Union, are only those which • particulaili
distinguished us as a denomination.' Tiitiiin
mersion only is Christian Baptism, that 'befieveri
only'are gualitled to' 00111111t1i.), that a Church of
Christie coraposed - oily of baptized believers, and
that it is the only botiy,that possesses ecclesias;
Seal authority; such truths as these, and only
such truths, are ignored in our associations with
other denominations in Sunday Schools."
Without any rstference to the ;peckiliar senti
ments enunciated.ai.ove, , it cannot• be denied that
there is altogether too little of instruction not
only :in peculiar denomittational• doctrines,' but
even in the distinguishing doctrines of the Chris
tian,system in many of our Sabbath Schools. It
isthigh time for pastors and Sessions 'to take a ,
deeper interest in Sabbath School instruction,.
and to see to it that the distinctive doctrines of
Presbyterienism be not altogether ignored, and
thlitithe youth of the Chtutch be not 'fed on a
dilated system of doctrine, such as enr'CbUroh
repudiatse. Let the Bible and the Catechism
occupy afar more prominent position in Sabbath
Schciol.exeroises thin they haie done of late.
The Church of the Pilgrims, in Droaklyn, of
which the; ltev. Dr. Storrs is pastor, has deter-
mined to remove in , a body to New York.
,The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher is turning his
lecturing to some practical account. He hai
jast purchased twenty- sinew acres • of land in
West Chester•Conoty. Y.; for' which he pays
$18,000,. made by extri; latkorl 3D . lea
InektiV
In BB' George'.l Churck'sir which 11, ...e'llter. Dr.
Tyntis pastor, four missionaries to ' Ohiria were
ordaiuedps deacons, to go out under the auspices
of the American Episcopal Church. In this
sank* Bishop Boone, so well and so fivotistilY
130 . 19100 the missionaries of the Presbyterla n
Basilliin t Oh l ina,,and Bishop Southgate, who made,
himself ridiculous by his High Church preten
sions among tbe.Nestorians, a few years_ ago,
took part. , ,
• The Counties of New York and Kings, which go
to• make up the great metropolis, have within
their ilimits' some four hundred and twenty
churches, 'Seating comfortably three hundred and
fifty-five thousand persons. The aggregate sala
ries of the . pastors of these churches amount to
$020,000.
,
The Number of Churches Closed during the
Sommer is , becoming less every year. The
pastors are allowed the usual respite of from
four to eight weeks, but their pulpits are supplied
by ministers without charge, or licentiates, to
whom a reepeotable oom:.ensation is made by the
churches, not by the pastors. In the meantime,
many of the.pastors do, good service in relieving
tho:olergymen of tha places where they may be
athltjug, by an occasional sermon.
tThe Rev. Kingmak Hoet, pastor or the Broome
diurohiwaa 'drOirlied, While bath
ing at Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Mr. Nott was
11#34 . moor to the late Dr. COl2O, greatly admired
by the people of his cliarge.,,:vid yet in the -very
morning of life. -
• • Philadelphia:
Prtg e l ), PA! ,°f thill•OVar,eineast & cW s at M.°
working of the new Steam Fire Engine. y It ,
was
New. York.
b i t'
conveyed from New York to within twentypagC
Of the etty by railroad; amt the rekdabibig drt-*
team wee passed:over at thatiate atilt oftwetie.
miles an hour, on the common road, astonishing
Ati,rut , 4Bl l 4.o.ok.iil&t4e old 4 ,l4§lgej„wid.ralaing,
a great dust in general. It descends and ascends
,thcr j eit,epeststreste , in perfect safety, and under
the full control of the engineer, while its builders
deniers' thifit - will be able to throir nine hun
dred gallons of water a minute when ; in' c*
eration.
The' rieureiller Railways did an extensive Wig
ness on the Fourth. The roads now in operation
are ten, and their united length, if extended in a
straight li a.. onld kkat leastopeluodred
The nunaber of horses emPloyed on these roads,
amounts to one thousand, and the number of ears
to three : hundred, and% thirteen. . — During •ithei
Fourth, the receipts on all . the various roads were
$8,787 ; and the number of fares at firs cents
each, were no less;than one hundred and seventy
five thousinid, seven hundred and forty. If we
add to these the persons traveling with eammuta
tion tickets, and: council men, heads or depart
mentsoeporters • for • newspapers, - and others on
the free list, it will be seen that nearly one third
of the entire population 'of the city, trafeled. in
the city oars on that day.'
.
.Tha Young Ifen'.l Christian A:sedation held a
meeting on the of the Fourth;, in Jaynes'
Hall. The speakers were limited to ten minutes
e ac h, bet the whole; exercises occntdedmirly,
three hours. fbe speakers seemed to vie with
each other in efforts to produce fan and norndl
ment,,rather thanin a desire to leave a truly pp,
trioticand Christian impreseion on the hearers.
The I:lenry Ward
,lieeoher style has ..taken pos !
session of the platform, both secular. and relig
,
The Res E. W. , J. Wylie, and Rev. John Jenk
itur have received'the honorary degree' of D. IL,
from the "University' of New York. The fernier
is pastor or the First Reformed Presbyterian
ohuruh of this "city, and also a Professor in' the
TheolOgioul' Seminary of the Reformedyresby
terigui chuich, aid 'the latter is' pastor cif the
Calvary (New siihOol,l,Presbyterfan
' oBdroh
Ttie Rev. ;TOhn famouti for the well known
sermon on 4 ‘ Religion in Common Life," of
Glasgow, resolved the same honor from the same
institution at the same time. ,
•EcelegastioaL
Mr. MArnErAELSgrapar was ordained
and installed pastor of the church of Cur
rfs Run, 'on the 30th. nit, by the Pres
bytery. of Saltuburg. Dr. Donaldson
preached the, sermon, -proposed„ the non
, stitutional questions and offered the or
daining prayer; Mr. Mechlin delivered
the charge to the pastor," and• Mr. Wood
end to thepeople.
Rev: S.' M. MONTGOMERY has removed ,to
Liberty, Miss., where oorrespondents.will
please address him;
Rev:•DA*ifo Moisrorr was installed
of. ad
the Greensburg church, Indiana, by, a
Comtteo of th e Presbytery of . :rhite,-
water, on the 24th nit.
Rev- J O B Ent B. AMON has aakal charge
of -Newton eharchAnzerne comity, Ps.
Elio Post Office .address. is Bald Mount,
Pa• y • • .
Mr;„ W. L., KEPiNEDY, late sv of Prhiceton
Theological SeminsFy, was lioensed by the
Presbytery of:Tuscaloosa on -the 23d of
June: His Post Office address iss Boligee,
Alabama. • •
Bei: DAVID MAGILL'S pastoral relation to
the 'Union church, Philadelphia, was dis
solved by the Presbytery of Philadelphia,
on the sth inst ~with' a= view to - his so
= cipting the call of the lines church;
' Boston, Massachusetia.
Rev Dr. L. J. llAux; of Louisville, Ky.,
...has given notice of his , aceeptanCe of
,tha
Pxofessf.orship•in, the -Chicago Theological
Seminary'
Rev. J. L. MoKEE, of Keokuk, Uwe; has
received a nail from the , Chestnnt" Street
church, Louisville, Ky.
ReT. Al C. !ALLEN has resigned the pastoral
'charge of the aura of Rtipetvell, John
con countY,lidiana; and his*Post Office
address .te eihariged from Franklin, Indi•
anti, -
Rev. Atm, BRADSHAW, formerly of Tin
, peSsee, died suddenly at Lagrange, Texas,
on the 15th of June.
Bev., W. Moßmi of Mobile, Ala., has
tio - 6 mettoed labor as a mum' ionary at Chapel
-Bill; Texas, In connexion with jirenham
rand Hempstead.
For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate.
• ' A COrreittiOn:
igESSILS, Enrrons a recent notice
of the admirable articles on the 4tonement
now : appearing in your_ paper, bz - an time
einmtablO slip of thepen I attributed' them
to L iiiiea t d of "L. D In 'the
latter` of the, two, many will recognize the
eignatnre - of
,tlie Rev. brother, who ,preoided
over the, Ortiod of Pittsburgh, : at its meeting
in Motioninlialit Citi. L. N: D.
Ph the Presbyteries isniterialeCtaiocite.
• Sahhith School 'Celibiratini Foresi
' - City, yMo. '• •
EDITORS well know that
bout' are inteferaid in all that concerns our
ehied Zion. therefore presume to tres
Pl'ins';on your time leing 'enough to give you'
some account of Our Sabbath Sehool, and,
its recent eelebratiOn of the Eighty third
Arinivensary of 'Our" national independence.
We organized a Vition Sabbath Soho' here
on the Ist of May. There were'then some
fourteen or fifteen scholars, and six teachers
We were, however, encouraged, as these
the 'work. Those of . you who'have always
Hied in cities, and been need 'to seeing so
many happy faces on a Sabbath morning
congregated the capacity of , a Sabbath
Sohool, will perhaps wonder at the state of
thinga here. But,friends, cease to speculate
on the indifference of Western people, and
especially of us " Border Ruffians," in refer
ence to all that is good; for we now have Mine'
fifti-nine or Bitty scholars and seven teaeliers
all attending regularlY, and cheering' the
hearts of God's people by their praiseworthy .
condiet. fanoy - adine of our city' ant:lran
could learn a lemon of meekneis and &co
nlict frOm'' these ' Western little ones. The
parents and'friends are becoming interested
Witte matter, and occasionally drop in to
cheer their little ones fly 'theft. presenne. •
The young men of 'bin place begin' to take.
an interestin it, and in the course oftwiroe
three Sabbaths a 13ib1e. , gaze will be formed
for their benefit:. I liesre'ra Bible Class of
young ladies, who meet with meeyeri.Sah.,
bath afternoon, to study God's Holy Word.
From three, the s , number haeinereased
twelve.
In. Order to encourage the children, we
got up a 'celebration for their beneta. Etas
class had its own banner, with some suitable
Motto inseribed. We marched to the Fair
g -l iOrinde, and after listem'ng to the reading
of ,tke, Decla ration , and three speeches, each
followed by 'a song from the "Forest City
Glee Club, we erected a temporary table,
and had a real nine dinner, which the ehil
dren all e e emed 'abjcir .: `. They ' 'played
ironed for some time, and
- then wended
their way homeward tired, hutd
P ease •
The majority of them had never attended
aqthing of the 'kind, and 'who knows hut
the seed of patriotism was then buried in
roariYa bosom, which shall finally yield a
glorious increase. I trust that they may all
be benefited, by it, and, that many of those
ivho,yvere present may early learn to lave
4 168118. We are still weak, yet 8004 in
hope for hrighidi days. 'We earitesiltSl4
for God's blessing , on our humble eidaityom,
and we know he, will, in his own g'oodlime,
Mesa us abundantly.. I would closerby say
"Biethreri; pray for us."
Yours, truly,
For ihei'rembiteitian gliner and loitteate.
•
Report of .T. D. Williams,
.Taustnlas OP THE BOARDS or DONESTitt Ma
ness, EDUCATION, PUBLICATION, AND FUND
SPFERANFULLVED- MINISTERS AND 'FREIE
"Fextrags, vox Juni, 1859.
DOMESTIC MISSIONS.
SYNOD or. P/TTSBIIIIGIEL —Red/tone Presbytery:
Sewickley church, $7.00. Ohio Pb'y: Centre
chmech, 42 88 ;;.- Montour% -19.-48:i , Clarion Ably :
'New Ilehobeth /chuiCM 7 80:`- Waltobury P'by :
Leechberg church, 16.82 ; Cherry Tree, 13.00 ;
'Concoid, 16.00. Blaireville Pb'y Murraysville
church, 20.00; New Salem, 19 00.
SYNOD OF ALLEGHENY —Beaver My: Westfield
church, 9.00; Unity, 13.00; West Middlesex,
.9.20 ; Eulaski. 7.00..
&POD OF WHDELlNG. — Sieetbelltilk Pb'y : Oak
Ridge cii., 9 00 ; Big Boring, quarterly colleotion,
7.00. Washington . .Pb l y : Cross Roads, 16.86 ;
Mill Creek, 14.00. , New Lisbon Pb'y : Newton,
5 90. St. Claireville Fb'y : Kirkwood, 5.48.
SYNOD or Onvo.— Wooder Pb'y : Sugar Creek
Church, 1.22. Marion Pb'y : Marseilles, 8.00.
SYNOD OF CHIOAGO.—SCANyier . Ipava
church, 8.00.
STROD OF NORTHERN INnIATFA —Fort Wayne
PE'y : Pleasant Ridge church, 7.26; New Lan
caster, 5 66 ; Bluffton. 8.34.
M/80BLLA11110113.—Satonel Ott , Beg Wheeling,
•
Va., 5.00.
SYRON OF PITTOBUBAUL—Ohio Pb'y: Bethany
church, 37.00. Clorion Pb'y New Rehoboth,
7.86. Salteburg P6'y Saltsbarg, 26.47. Blairs
ville My: Congruity, 33 06
SYNOD OT ALLEGITSNY.—AIiTheny Pb ' y : Plain
Grove church, 28 26. Allegheny City Pb'y:
Highland, 5.15. ' • . • '
&mop or auro.-- Wooster Pb'y: Chippewa
church, 132; :Rich/and :: Pb'y,: Ashland, Mrs.
Boyd, 1.00; Savannah, 6.31. Zanesville Pb'y:
MoConnellaville church. 6.00. ' •
Brow) or lorri.—Calar Pb'y: Lisbon church,
4 00.
Mlcarxeineous.—=Baenuel Ott, Esq., Whet:o2g,
Va., 5.00.
SYNOD or Privsnonag.—Saltsburg 2"b'y :
Ei
derton church, 3.60
SYNOD or Onro.— 'Wooster Ple'y: sugar , Creek
ch., (to constitute Rev. P. M. Semple, and in
part to 'constitute nos: Morrow, Honorary Mesa
bers,),sB.6s. 4ichlan!i.P.s'y : B*dpnga?nrg,6.4o ;
Ashland, Alia. BOyd, 1.00.
•
&moo or Priiiurneilit:-:Re de n ione .I'6'y: Re
hoboth church, 6100:. Blairsville My: Cross
Roods, 1i..b0.
,
SYNOD OF WHNNIMNG.--Stezibenville Ph'g : Oak
Ridgeahurok, 8.00. ,
STOOD OF, 01110.—Wooster Pb'y.: Congress
church, 'lO.OO. Ridalatici Pb'y : Bladensburg,
1160. ZanavOle Pb'y i 011,441 00.
Ladies of Bridgewater, First church, a, box,
82.59. Female MiasiOnary Society. of Ebenezer
church, a b0i.,.50.90.-
ToTALs.- I Domestio Missions, $296.23; Zdnos
tion $161.47; Publication, $69 . 46;. Church
Extension, $94.10.
D. Warimme, Rec. Agent,
• 114 Smithfield Street.
Pittsburgh,
,ertmeß9, 1859. • • •
For theihresbyierhua Banner and Adirocits,
Report of R. .
THEA:SHEEE OF THE BOARD OF tOHJOION 'Airiness,
*OR ;Tunic, 1859. •
ItEDSTONE PRESBYTERY.—Tent cong., $20,-
85 ; Tent clog., Ladies Missionary Society,
'20.00. 40 86.
CEDAR PWY.—Walcott Gong.. 8.15 ; - Blue
Grass,B.oo ; Rev. John M. Tones and wife,
Walmtt„ lowa, 5.00. 11.15.
SALTSBURG PBT.—Glade Run cong., 20.00;
Elderton, 11.23; . Gilgal, 1000; Indiana, Sab
bath School, 6.00.; Master Johnny Sutton, In.
diens, 1.25 ; Master Tommy Sutton, Indiana,
,50c.; Box Clothing. Foreign Missionary Society,
Bethel; valued at 22.41. 48 98 ,
OHIO T'S'Y.---Ceiitraldhurch, Pittsburgh, month
ly concert collection ' 11,97; Manchester, Sob
-. bath School, 82.87.; Maria 8.. Smith, Canons
rburg; Pa. 5.00.. 49.84. -
STEOBENVILLE PB'T.--..Big Spring cong., 6.00.
NEW 'LISBON BB'Y.—Clarkson cong., 14.00.
Hanover, 710. 21.10.
WASHINGTON rair.—Washington tong., an
next collection, 142.76. •
CLARION P'BY.—Missionary, 'Society, Leather
wood cong., 11.50.
BEAVER FFY.—Box Clothing, Ladies . Mission
ary Society; 'Slippery Rock cong., valued at
'Total,-$881.68.
ORIGDei Treasurer.
fittsburgh,, Time 84:4,1859.
• .
ipt theTreabyterfordallander and Advoadde.
Reoeits' to' the . Botird. Of Colportege -
Mesons. Borrows :—Please acknowledge the
foll Owing donations to ,the•Beird of Colgortage for
the month of June :
First:Presb'n ch., , PdtKeerporti Redstone
• P'by, Synod of Pittstuirgh,. - $48.00
Burgettstown p'by ofWashington,
Synod of Wheeling, 12.06
Beulah ch!,, P'by of Blairsville, Synod of
Pittaburitt, 14.00
Amity ch., P'by of Allegheny, Synod of
Allegheny, , ; , • -
Bntler„ ch., P'by of Allegheny, Synod of
'Allegheny, " . 10.00
. • • p $87.06
, •• ; ions CIILBSICTSON, Librarian.
July. ; 2d , 1859. • .
for theTivabyteriansßanner. and Advocate.
A Presbyterian Colony.
iiiiMber of respectable*Preabyterian families,
desiroinr or emigrating to the Western country,
(lowa, Missouri, or Kansas,) invite the co-opera
tion of other, families : a nd individuals of similar
views, carrying out 'a
rational and practicable
plait of concert emigration-, with a view to con
stitute, in a new Settlement, a well ordered cam
munity. Great, inconveniences, much hardship,
and many privations social and religious, result
from the; usual meth ods of midge ation and settle
ment: Hiindreds of families are scattered here
and' there throughout the West;without schools,
withput Church privileges, and without the full
advantages of good neighborhood, who, by proper
concert, might have concentrated in more compact
and honiogenectue communities so as to forestal
and, avoid those privations, an d at he same time
secure, in a higher degree, all the usual objects
of emigration.
It is, therefore, seriously prtiposed to inaugurate
a method that, may forestal a state of things that
is acknowledged ) to be evil. No , Utopian scheme
is, proposed. No community of lands or of goods,
bat simply an agreement on' the part of a sat
oient number of families and individuals, com
prising .he various callings and employments, to
join in purchasing and settling a town and town
ship,, and there establishing a congregation of the
Lord, and a well ordered community. The out-
Hoeft and details of the plea will be sent, in
printed circular, to any person applying for it,
and-enclosing a letter stamp. .
But this plan will or course be subject to modi
fication, by a majority of the actual emigration,
at-their first Meeting. Some of the-sdvantages,
which it is believed*ill result from this plan of
emigration are'as follows:
1. A well appointed community, and a complete
civilization, the appliances and conveni
ences thereof, early secured;. much of which are
long wanting, in hap-hazard settlements of the
West '
7 2. A 'community homogeneous in social and
religions views and sympathies, and consequently
.able at once to maintain the Church and good
8 0 0 , 0 14. '
3.; kower and influence for good, upon sur
rounding popilationi. One hundred families,
united in one community, can 'be much more effi
cient for good, both amongst themselves and
abroad, than the same or a much larger number
seattered,in isolated and feeble groups.
RnaLTa.
4. Upon the usual plan of emigration, the change
of, habits of life, and the lack of the usual sp
(
&alms of comfort and health, almost always re
stain sickness and Often in death. Upon this
plan most of the diseaseproducing inconveniences
can be avoided.
A better investment of funds in real estate
and other . property, and a better reward of labor
and enterprine. such: a settlement and its
vicinity, real estate would at once become valu
able ; whilst profitable employment would be se
cured to_the laborer in every call'ng.
Other advantages, which need not here be de
*HO, will readily suggest themselves.
ineyresent pore myeculuirly propitious for this
enterprise.'' "An opportunity now offerafor a most
desirable locatibn, , and oilman and valuable lands,
that may not long;exist. It is hoped, then, that
those who feel inclined to adopt this plan of emi
gration beprompt k in sending in their names.
110 soon is' a sufficient number have applied, a
time of meeting and a central place will be ap
pchnted; where the members of the proposed
colony can convene, to- confer, = settle definitely
thelitate or Territory to which they will remove,
the plan of procedure, the method. and , rules of
kintuerit: oflands, andsto depute judicious, rag
eri; tit'effent the seleetitin and punne t s, of
territory...is desirable-that 'a 'prepay propor
tion of all the various trades and - occupations be
tibtained. 1404%4 dettirabliknot only, that cap
' who have meanitrieinlicateindpuroltase
' Sir' Jr
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PUBLICATION.
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