I 1- t ' . 1 aiD ti (it,. DAVIDMIIINNET, JAMES ALLISON, PItOPRISTOBS. tSTEPILEN LI I PTLE,t; : PITTSBITRGIE, - JULY 23, 1859. • stgamulo,- sl,l9 r te advatieeVer:LAJOlmbe $1.5114 ors delivered at reeldeiteet of aulmetle b 134 °11 7,R 11 1 1 rr?•P•"" 1 2, Tiflgk It NJAMP AL should be peroiapti Mingle while berets the year expfres, that we may teaks full liiiietigententa for 7 a steady aappf7~ 'MIS RED ViTRAPPSJIIIrina! thole we , • desire a rinnivinli hOWeirere In the ifienie of walllngt,ihile wignal should be omitted, we tops owr fri. d. will still net forgot use RIERIVITANCEN.—Sook payment. /by oaf* hoods, lobos sosiviodonit. Or, mood by =sill estelortagg wttk ordinary, ,oiro, avidt trniabifag nobody with a kikowlodgo of lobos yaw art doing. 'Fors lOrgo aroomost, mid a VroPticir largo *otos, liror ono ortvro pnyiroisiOd pirla or asooll motors TO DUMB CRANITA, Dom& pootogit otamopos Or bolter stills *wad, for .llllLorttpoporol say I 1 la or SO, sty ammillersi t or TI 'for TlOrtY"tbritis, Dosaboros . DIRECT 'all Loners avid Convomanicattcrob to DAVID NoKINN/AT Pittsburgh,* POPULAR SOVERBIONTY.-0 11 our fourth page we pr4tient the views of one who would maintain the people's right's. H . n . would have the majority to rule, under God, in What-- ever rightfully belongs to social interests. MONOWGALIA .ituapiarr.—This inetitit tion, located at Motgatitown, is ,cou ducted by Rev. J. R. Moore, with five As:. aistants. The Catalogue, under date of June, 1859, gives 'the mines of ninety pu• pile in the Classical and Mathematical De= partment, and fifty:seven in the English Department KENTON :COLLEGE. The Theological Department of this institution .is presided over by Rt. Rev. Charles P. Mllvaine, The recent Catalogue shows an; attendance of, twenty•one ; young • men, candidates' for sacred orders. In the College proper, there are osse,hundred and twenty seven students, and in the Grammar School, eighty.one. JEFFERSON COLLEGE.- I .Tifi last Annual Catalogue gives the nimber of students 'at• tending in this eminently useful as 216—Seniors 65,,Juniors 51, Soplioinores 59, Freshmen, 41. The Comtaerfeement,'noW ';near at hand, will call together many, we hOpe, of 'the Alumni. Jefferson 'is not to be forgotten.' PITTEStniGH FEMALk : T Rev. I. C. Pershing has-` been elected President of this Institution,' under the care of our Methodist Episcopal brithien, and will enter upon his new , duties as Hoop as he can , be released from *the church +at East Liberty,-whieli he has now in 'charge. We know Mr. Pershing' to ,be it` , Irian , of energy, and.an'eicellani *OdDBUIIN FEMALD ISRm=mty.=-Tlie First Annual Catalogue of Woodburn Sem inary, Morgautown,,ya., : si t kows an attend ance.of sisty-eight youngiaciies. : , It, also,la . under the .SnperintendSgue of Rev. J . : 11.4 Moore, with Mrs. Moore as Principal, and.. three assistants. The facilities for-a-good female education keeffialmiwitb.wWas they eltontedOniifen'yOrtirei With' ticone . xenjoyed by our sons Liberty Advancing. There is a`wise'and good Providence con trolling all events. The terrible war in Italy, 'Must finally. übserve the Gospel of Peace. !The ; following -statement indicates that the 'goodie near : • There recently` arrived at Florence, a Swiss Protestantclergyman, who= is preach ing religitinaliberty tethe Itiliens,rtn their own language. this privilege iii one of the first fruits which the admirable' tuseiati l revolution )haa produced.. -.A. , lFlorence 'cor respondent ;of the Providence Journal, says: W,ouldit ; pot buwerth wbilefor,some of our American Protestant Nissionery defies to take steps fir the establiahinenkof a chapel here ? ,Chwoh:-Improveme4ts. Improvements •in the way of building, are rapidly on the Udiranee, in *Pittsburgh; this season ;' Mid we are pleased to find that •,, • the churchee are not neglected. . , The FirstPre;byterian church is under going•very' mifenisive repairs, in ttarinteriort‘ The Secoa 'church Progiesees. lofty towers' are' rarsirig lii`gh` Weir heads. Its completion le 'iipieteir, - The Third church is being" renovated. A recess will be ',added in the year, of the Theiyindows will be Telighted, the roof renewed'„ the walle and eteeplepeinted, and the•pairement about the edifice relaid. The Methodist 'church, corner of 'Liberty and Hay Streets,is to be made a - fiiie build. ing. The work progresse& under theli; and skill of many workmen, A "Fourth of July: Sermon• We love " The 'Fourth." We would' • . keep up the recollection of the aay for the benefite of the event ~commemorated. qu i that day, a fewand feeble people d t eal,arei themselves a : iation, free of right, , ind inde pendent, and •- they made their appear tc; Him who riles over ‘S . ,I. He heard' And now, an annual tribute of praise should ascend. What more, appropriate l 4bau the assembling of a congregation, irthp, Lord's houseffor purposes worsfLip,l We have before us an excellent 'sermon, preached ' in the Presbyterian church' of Lawreneevilli,`'on • the last Anniversii7 of - Amerioan IndeliChaeuce;'"by the pastor, Rev. Ricihatill,g.'," It is' published by re• quiet, ond, : is,for sale`by John Pittsburgh. We trust that many, will pur chase and4ead. 3 The Presbyterian Quarterly 'Review: • i Number twenty-nine (Jul ) ) is on our table. possesses great Interest. ;The ar ticles are,: I. ;Theology of Dr. Taylor:; The Itonianoe of' the ItoseVlll. Law ; IV. The Gendral "Ansembly N. `S.,) of 18.59 ; V. Travels in Distant Lands VI. Notices of New:l34i., The.Review l of ,Dr. Zeylor'cr Lectares too the Moral Government ortGod, iskinstruc ti,Ve. ''The anther's 'sentimenta are, Strongly approbated, but F . not fatly` endorsed. lire irq can apPreclate the reasoning;but jve . cannot approve the positions of author or reviewer; The article on the Assembly has much value, as showing the 'state of affairs be tween the New School` and' thelOongr"ega tionalists ; and' also as great movement of the New Aabool In abandon. Li ing thaground they polity nearly ra .generation . ago, and ; whit* was one of 4he -tinfluellebe - ziesulnig to' , ..thb diviaibn of the Presbyterian Church. ram • Calvin's tle vtf the 'isms of Colvin familiar to the Christian world. It is attached to a much 1 9.101.,44441.904i9P14040,11,919.d.Je1tgi°9&1 doctrines. The term. Calvinistic is not applied to these doctrine; 'badman they originated with _him, for .they were ,Feached by qh,ristand, his Apostles; they are fl inteilw%ven''wA i iii'th l e th arhole texture of Satiptitte7;•=tofd=isFlong=aszaz - -pure- Gospel promulkatekinttbe early ages of the CliniclilltititeWthinevere these doctrines .setiorth—But-Calvin-was-their- great.- er pounder in modern times. He brought to tbeit . eisininetion the most earnest piety, !ma' power of intellect and wealth of learn ing r unequilled by any expositor,,from Apes toll° days until his own times. And greatly atv theee doctrines lave been misunderstood; , ' and much as they have been misrepresented, both intentionally and and F . unintentionally, by enemies and , byfripnds, and notwithstanding the obloquy and detraction , with. which the memory of 'Calvin ' has been visited, the great'Systein'Of truth Which'he Set forth' so distinctly and defended so ably, remains unshaken. This is nbt all. Every , stu dent of history,- and every careful observer, cannot failio4otice -that just proportion to the increased' study of Scripture, and growing reverence 'for the Word , of God among, the Christian, denominations styled' EvangelicaVis-there a nearer approach to the doctrinal truthw held and deelared by' tiee 'gretit'Oenevan Reformer, who "trine fornied an obseure Alpine city into a metro polis of., the. hnmen, mind." , Silently, but certainly and' irresistibly, is this process going on, even among`those whose early prejudices and denbminalional ittiehmeits blind them to the knowledge of the fact. Calvin was; a man of ;great and varied attainments, Performing many it difficult part, any one of which , would have entitled any ordinary mau to a .conspicuous ,place in the annals of history, with promptness, accuracy, and efficiency. He was a , profound scholar in profane, and`sacred. learning. ] His lumi nous CoMinentaries, dedipated to the moat illustrious personages of ;the age, even mod ern theology, - with all its superior facilities, has never; surpassed._ 'As a theologian, he was Scriptural, exact, diseriMinating, and unanswerable. He was an', enlightened statesman,, to whom orators and historians delighted to do honor. 'He was the Umpire to whose deOisiori the' most distin guished Scholars and .Bivines , yielded.:., He was the paator to whom the burdened sinner went that he might be led to Jesus;; to whom the sorrowing' Christian repaired, that ,he might ~find consolation;, and who fed the finch Over which the Holy ghost had made him overseer. And- t at the, :same time he Was the counsellor , and obrrespondAt of statesmen, princes, Queens and Xings. "So powerful was the position be occupied, so Untiring waahis indUstry, And so,enrpassing Were.his abilities,' that , he• became inveeted with an almotit universal Apoitolate. -And now, after the 'lapse of three COSiturietiYhie influence is still Widening and deenening and will continue to do so, as 'the great,,aoo 7 trines he loved, and.with whichlis fame, is so 'closely connecteti,,:tecome' incorporated more and more with .himan enlightetiMiet and proirese. How natural is it for us tb`deeire(to know' net merely the outward life and public, teich lugs of such- 'a mans, but also` the inner sKings,,thc motives, by,which he, •was ,aetua ted, and the-utterances , of his spirit, as it , Sw; ' ot ponred out' in his familiar and cenfiden , tialcorrespondenCe ? This is the very priv ilege allowed us in the two veinmes befere us, and in the stwo yet to follow. xA few days before , his•death, and in - one of the lasty:" conversations' reported to 'its by his ,'dearly 'I beloied friend, Theodoie Be:za, Calvin , ing with tremuloushauds to almost his only , possessions of Any value, in this, world, his ri manuscripts and his correspondence:kept up for a quarter ofa eintury; requested : that these memorials might be preseried, and that a selectiOn haul 'his' letters !should= be sentedte'theßefoirried ChUrches,is evidence .; of the intetestand affection he felt for theca. This request, though sacredly,, cherished,, could :be ;fulfilled onlydn part, in- they 16th ' Century: r The Plague Irat,iingifor the third tit!: in genein; the state ~' things France ,the `breaking out Ofthe Civil War to the Massacre of- St: Bartholomew;: the great- Idisasters - that had 'cOmis on' the Protestant cause; and the 'dangers :that threatened the city' of the Reformation, all" tended, to delay the ~Work. , And even pri. vete friendship' and conscientious judgment, doubted if , it was' nof left for a inture day 'to receive 'a treasure' so valuable. But the MEM ' OEM preparation to diseharge the trust comm it ted to his filen* by, the dying Reformer, own meneed ate,onee.:: , The. originals .of , sr.. vast = number of 71dt - era - addressed to Fiance; Eng; v'•. .• , , ; The ,Rev. : Dr Maclean remarked upon the land, Gertz/inland Switzerland,Were secured power •of kindness and lovei in relieving the at„ miseries of mankind, and especially the in and added 'to thole already ' collected, Geneva. To this work, Charles de jonvillers 3 ' sane: ' ''' ' • , The Rev. Ntm. Campbell, 1).. D. a' Pro addressed hiumelf4with the zeal of a disciple I • for" twenty" and the -filial reverernie of a - son, fer,, Reformed. . , - ~, long "yeat'el, requiring distant journeys `great IDutch- Church, New Brunswick,. expenditnres,carefiiirasearelles, andimniense • / N. 3.; 'said - he was , not a Tennsylianian, labor, under the vigilant supervision oftlte,ria. thciugh'greitly indebted to Pistinsylvainahe This iwits•the origin of , Calvin's Latin corms- ' an education reeeiveilafone of:her:Conceit, pondence•publisheikin '1575: : . : ~ -. but 'rejoiced in the`''present movement; an : in all,, the,, „ umane enterprises of -the But it reineinefifor our own day to Witness the,publination of both his Frenchand Latin,. State Ss redeb. as 1 9y , Pe.tesYllrallial?- cou l 4 corre s pondence, and open . Faith was. neoesssry•to success in this tin up4for history a• . dertaking, and throtigh 'faith qt intiksrio rich .mice hitherto ,tinexploind. r . I,,No,twith ;standing the; in,vestigations_of theseveral distin“ ee ' 4 *' * . : ~ , , ~.., , „,' , ,`, i h a Protestant -, ~... .: . . „ .After the benedietion had been' ''''''' gins e authors, and especially of • • .., - PrP pi." Paul . Henry, of 'Berlin,' a general end m' unced, tte assemblage:partook ; 9f a ` iitithentio 'collection of `Calvin's correspond-;collation prepared -for the occasion: . . . ! - ileriscs,,,the,,gieater , part of. which, has, been, plc' present building' Will,have a front: v at' i buried -in 'the. , dust of , libraries :for • nearly three hundred and foitifive feet,' althorigh. threecenturies,- is . now for the- - fireCiiine the entire edificewhen completed, will be over' , 064 to the' - "public. This - 'collection` is the'. seven hundred feet long: :The contracts iCanft of five years of study' and research for pliiiing the part now in process of con among the in:hives of SwitzerlaunrFrance struction under 'roof amount' to - $47,000. Germany ; and England, by the Rer!Dr The entire completion and fuinishing of this . liilen Bonnet, arid comprises four Volaineii; - part will require some $50,600,--niore. The of which only two arC yet pribiished:' ,. ,Th'e means now" in the hands of the managers Whele e are $50,000 from` the State ;',510,000 from' greaPendence covers a r period extend.,-; 'ling from May.. 1528,in ' May 1564, and i4vOnali• . 7l.,a 6 4a.l l eoeaent $5,9,09 !rate' includes over iboAnridte.'dilettiars. The two #•ke lite Rev ,19440, Ai : 4 i'l present Volume's ',now -, befign - noodonsist - - Of thine there are one hundred:and four patients' tin . der-the mire of "this institutioncin the build - `litindied . :?sind! thirty-nine' 'letters, 'bringing ' dal): Ili 'correspondence CO . ' 1563'' geien ' ing - timPbrarilY ; : )6 ° ll Pie4 l7 SixtY - tane new y e ars her*, his ' death, which, took place:in patients have been received within the kit 1564. -Thesklettercare addressed to Francis, six faßnths,, and fifty r94X dismissed., alt. is. 1 ! Daniel, 7.llbigender, Bullinger, Pixel; 'the' estimated ' that there ' are .no liege, than two: thousand iniane perioni in -Western Chu oh of Geneva,' 2viiet, * g oonithi,.. - bie: ~..zLifl:.i ,iit-. ~ 3- ..,,, ;0-4 , -- sylianiar and five thousitirdi iii the'inollii" i tiat zTT ijoir m t&V 0,,, z 4 m . V oic i p if„, d , fro am e , . 8E 4, 1 ; 1,,,,,t4,e„ , e41 ,, ,Aiiit.,4 , ,, ,i vinit 0 4 .1.. x1 , e , ce . r. . i, Originalltdatitawripta, and edited with , Ilittloriaat f.: ' ` '' Notes.. ; ty c ii r ,i,,r t a r izm inett . t vi,),LaL an d it m, ,i ts for completing this building at,an i early , ti 'sV a ti 45 4i ip i end inx9 ro lAtttr i rittWe r a f rina n l. ;dnvi,inJ.vin:yi urgent, ,and-thet rit ynallslo,nilly . Board of Publication. Plifienr"ghl 4 Bilar l e ip',/ / * forma fromthe Bate, inni.froin themetilthy l , Grolporiaje licionut, 13t. Clair Street . , the generous, and the pions. A e it; THE PRE BYiTEVIAN 'B NN ER AND ADVOCATEu 4 NE ERIE lanothon, Ormitiner,_Bucer, laithet," de Palms?. Masoning, tir D4iire of Somerot, Edward VI., Lelius 'Elociinus, Lady Ain Seymour. Not only do they illustrate ~,t4,13 , 11,6 , 11V,4 4 IFil7aTter of the but they also reveal to, tur much oonoerning the eharseter Viand principles of those to whom they are addreasedi - SiOrow: important liglA upon many ft&atiiiiti}tlie 'Etieleiliasheal;Hiatory of the-Reformation.Dr. Bonnet: names among. the special and liberal patronsuf r , bis under () i' ' i f' *a l )° re .* tab-D.llllr. onk ise, of era, ox, of New York. The first two volumes were issued in Edinburgh,' Scotland, but owing to unforeseen circumstances the far ther 'prosecution of the work there, was arrested. A benevolent gentleman of New York,''understood to be Mr.. Lenox, gen erously purchased the copyright of the Letters, and - transferred it• to the Presbyte rian - Board of Publication. " Students of Ecclesiastical history Will find these letters, an invaluable aid in the study of the history of the. Church in .the age in which they were written, and in forming a correct opinion not only of Calvin, but also of those who acted' • with him, and of the men and the principles that opposed 'them. EVery Presbyterian who• can command the means should- enrich his library with these previous deposits,: and lend his' aid in _giving success to thii`noble'priTect. How interesting to, view, the great Re former in all the phases of his eventful life, from the inbseure scholar' of Bourges and Paris,' flying front - the 'stake into exile, until, dying in triumph, he is aisle to'conteMplati his work ,as completed; Here, we heve the familiar outgushings of friendship mingled with 'grave questions of theoloay, the heroic' breathings of faith; and the Prefeundest: poll oy rof stateimanihip. Herer we see him exhorting with the , same autherity, the hum. ble Ministers of the Gospel amid thumoun tains Of. Switzerland, and the powerful Mon arehi of 'England; Sweden, and ,Peland; Nor where else . cane such , a,correet idea of Calvin, as alnan, a scholar, a statesman, kfriend, Divineiand a Christian,' be obtained, as from theseLetters. Western Pennsylvania - Hospital for the Insane., • , The, corner stone of the , edifice to be erected for this benevolent and philanthropic' institution, on the farm purchased for its use, was laid last Wednes4ay forenoon. The , site is admirably chosen on the bank, of the Ohio river, and on the -line of the'Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Rsilroid, about eight mites below this Oity. : ''ThC lolation is . I'. very healthful, and ih f eSe.' rroanding scenery is not equalled by that of any other instills , tion of theskind in the land. 'Upon this, interesting oecasinis, from tiro' hundred and'fifty to three hundred persons were es present, and among the were many of the men of .wealth, benevolence, and •en terprise, from the cities of Pittshaigh, Alle ghenY; and the surrounding country: ` The President , of 'ilie'Board 'Or Managers, Thoinaa Bake Well, 'Esq., occupied the Chair. The proceedings w,ere, opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Preston, of the- Bpiscopal Church.. Thena : glass urn, .eontainiog rions historical,doeuments i tnewspapers, &e , j was deposited : in the stone,; .;and after prayer by the Rev. Dr, McKinney, the Icorner stone' was " ' This was followed fiyan address from the Hon. Walter S. Lowrie, Chief JUstice of the State, in which-he alliided td the Eta that hospitals''and asylu the "reinl t of the practical workings of ohrisicanity, and were, ,to be. the Manifestation, of Christian love •and,,benevolenne among men. This declaration was strongly fortified by reference to the early Stragglai'of Christianity `with ' heathenism,Vthe neglect and _ inability of the latter to relieve the , poor and suffering, and :by , the 'present efforts in7behalf of the nnfortunati'of every (dais. 'The next speaker was the, Hon. E. D., Gazzam," who spoke of the fact that Penn sylvania had from her origin been distin guished for her huinane 'end' reformatory institutions. Dr. .Ourwen, ';whoa has charge of the- , Insane , Asyltiriat Harrisbtirg, Said thilit irate the beginning` of the fifth institution of i dle, same lind.in this ComMonweilth,. and . ,„tlaat the first hospital for.the insane, on the:test ern Continent,- was opened at :Philadelphia, in 1752.= 'The. Dr. , ' spoke 'of the difficulties to be' nanuntered; and appealed to the peck pre for sympathy and siliPport.' The Hon. J. Moorhead said• he was , a practical mai, that great Practical diffieul ties bad been heretofore Meti and many stiff' awaited them. , A vast amount of; . means was still/needed, and that neither public appropriations nor private Contributions could he applied to a more deserting object: 'fennaneiley of the Pastoid Re'ldiom This`important subjeet is :receiv• ng some attention ; but it deserves still more. A peo- A5A0RA144104e14914)-4 ellATo 3 lo.tk a Wan, among them as their spiritual guide and in sfructor,t.exelePt `:with" , a to his confirm. ing tile theirs fora life time; and it should be with an equal i view to, permanency, that a`Minitater would accept of a settlement. ADA' Presbyteries-Ihould make the - dissolution of tthis rel V atiopir.a, thing vcry,diffmult, l4 " and to I he consummated only for Very important rea A minister's spiritual influence depends very muelrupon - the attachments of his peo. ple. This is especially' the ease with min isters;;advanced in, life. And strong at. tachments of the young to the aged must have commenced" in the childhood of the former. There must have been a veneration nearly synchronous with the commencement of 'memory.. Attachments also of the aged, or the Middle aged, toward a minister, to, be really strong,, must, ordinarily, have com menced when the minister was young. The minister, also, who would make a good provision for .hinsself• in temporal , things, must not be.a matugiven to change. Before he commences .a family, and while his hail. ly is small, let him save'something. How ever diminutive his salary, let him so live as to incur no debt for any, thing he consumes, and so that his little stoek shall be ever in creasing. And let not his acquisitions be `diminished, by a' loss of time, loss in the sale of furniture, loss by injury to furniture, loss by expenditures, So., St,c., which are in. °Went to •removals. - In addition to the loss of the spiritual in fluence which good 'elan has in a series of years, acquired with the young and_uld of his, congregation, and whioh.is annihilated, or nearly , so, !This removal, we are to esti mate the loss of the hold' which' he had gained upon their peeunisry benevolence. 'Every man s who consecrates to a people the vivacity of, youth,,and - the,. vigor of a fall manhoodi and the:wisdom of yeers of exlie rienee;is fairly entitled to- remuneration in the days of - feebleness, whether resulting from sickness or old And this is a claim which there is not one congregation in a thousand• that will repudiate. It ;is a claim so strong, and so effective for good, and so reciprocally blissful in its influences, that every.miniater should strive to make it his. But whioh is utterly broken up and loiikby removals. The rule ' *that the pastoral connexion should be as enduring as life. This rule has its exceptions, we admit; and, unhappily many, very many , congregations, and still more pastors, -think,. each that his or their ease ie the exception. This is wrong; The thought should be reverse& Every one should think thak the exception belongs to others, and not to himself; and to this con elusion he should adhere till God in his prov idenee shall= compel him to think otherwise. Ruling • Elders in Congregational Churches. Of lateSrears, the office' of :Ruling Elder has been confined almost exclusively to the different 'branches of the Presbyterian Church. The Orthodox Congregational and Independent churches, while professedly holding +the same great general system of doetrine, 'have been forlong pearl almost, entirely pare , dernoeracies, in, government and discipline, in distinction from the, republicanism of Presbyterians. But it was not so always. The 'old Cambridge and' Say biro* Platforms, the ancient syin bole of the 'faith of New England in the days of her ,sturdy Puritan theology, recog nine and define the duties of Ruling Elders. And' formerly there were Ruling Elders in many'.Of the most flourishiniCongregational churches. Cotton Mather says : " Few disereet,,pastors but nnike many, occasional elders." President Edwards declares ,: " Discipline is indiapensable, but impossible' without elders" Lately, t a pe discussion of, the propriety of having Ruling Elders in ~the Corigrega tional churches, has been revived, in Illi nois. Atlhe Annual Meeting ,of the Con gregational Association of that State, :about one year ago, _ ; -a: .resolution, was ~introduced recommending the churches to="- restore the came a 0 - ordination of elderi." After debites'-the. subject ,wag referred to' *the Meeting of the Association for this year. At this meeting;,recently held at Blooming fon,.Dr. Edward Beecher, Chairman of the Committee having the matter `in charge, reptiited in - favor of Congregational elders- Bit after another' discussion, the subject was.referred,to:the meeting for. next year. Prof. 'Bartlett,- another memberof the-Com inittee, now piblishes' a long argument aaamet elders claimincr that this is ami noriti report .-that should have been submit• ted to the Association, and reflecting, upon the <condust of the Chairman. Prof. Bart lett admits the existence of elders in the early history. of ' Congregationalism, bat thinks ; their restoration inexpedient Presi dent Blanchard-has come to the aid .of Dr. Beeohcr, - , and%isterts that the newly organ ized cburchrof Ottawa has;elected elders whom he ordained. And the 'COngre. gational Herald, < of Chicago, has an able and cOnclusive argument in favor of the eldership.— Dr. Beecher, President Blanch ard,nnd-others,•anticipate great advantages =I to the 99ngregational churches by the re institution„of elders, and show a disposition to forestall the judgment of the Association' 5) n -this 'question. It is one of the signs of the times that the . necessity,,of having some sort of order and,,goyernment in, the churches, is/so apparent as to compel some most extreme Independents to modify in practicethe sys t,ein under "which' they have' long acted. Elipri,:approaeh , to genuine Presbyterian order, is ,to.be hailed with , thankfulness. How much better. would it have been for sound doctrine and efficient church order, if our Independent brethren; in this country, had hing , fige adopted heartily, the Presbyte• rianiorm of Churoh government!' , ),11rdted; Presbyterian Church. -The lEvakqeliaiti Repository bontains the Minutes ,of, thefleperal Assembly of this • • • body. - We formerlynored the- leading ;fes• tures of interest: We now collect the foi ]owing statistics,: MinistFrs; loastorsi l Without ,Charge; ' .Licentiates, 'Congregations, Memtms, Infantelialttized, Aifdesyoik - CcirakbutedirHorne klissioils; $8;682.89: h i • Egreige,, • do,- .":81474 00 - . Other Flinds t 5 ,782 66 . , $22,98104 .41 Average to each membor; Seminary of the. North-West. Our readers will like to be informed of the' progress of affairs relative to this institution. .We haveaseenots.yet, no statement:that any. of the professors elect had formally accept ed, other !lan Dr. Halsey. The • eipecta tion, however,-still is, that all will respond affirmatively to the Assembly's call. In relation to site, we give the following from .the St.. Louis Presbyterian: At:; the ;recent meeting of the Board at Chicago v ilb prompt acceptance of the no hie site offered by Charles Macalester„ Esci , of Philadelphia, was pressed by some of our friends; others who had been inti• mate with all the negotiations, and being ful ly assured that Mr. Macalester did not in any shape appear as a bidder for the site, would rejoice with all true. Presbyterians if his offer should provoke others to a more liberal thing, prevailed to have the whole matter placed in the hands of a judicious Execaltive Committee, with some discretion ary power. The wisdom of this course is already apparent. We have now twenty acres :offered a .little North. West from the cemetery, worth. $40,000, and have little doubt of obtaining ten acres more near the same locality. . We have, since the adjourn ment of the Board, secured, at little or no coat, a very eligibly situated first class dwell ing house, with forty rooms, ready furnished in every department, for immediate °coupon. ey. We have other and cheering evidences that our gracious Lord is with us—of this, more in due time. It is not proposed that the agents °Khmer= active solicitation among the churches until after harvest. Pre sent indications are that When they go among the people, they will have, little more to ask than the means to erect suitable buildings. Let us thank. God and take courage,' 'see that we fall not out by the way.' Treat the' brethren in some of the• Synods with whom we have been constrained to con , tend sharply,' in, the past, with Christian courtesy. If the think to disturb us with, efforts to divert young men from our Semin. ary to Allegheny or to Danville, they will be greatly mistaken. We tell all the young men in the land whose hearts the Lord is turning towards the, ministry, you cannot do better than to go and sit at the feet of Plainer and of Hreekii3ridge, of Jacobus and Humphrey. Perish our insti tution, when• we cannot feel that with such men and such Seminaries, , we cannot be as one. We are founding this Great School of the Prophets for another age than this, when'all the good men who have favored and who have opposed its present happy con. tie!, are in heaven. "We 'have `a 'great work to do, and we mean in all things, as far as in us lies, to live peaceably with all men.' Z." Considerable interest is -being awakened in several districts, in this region, with re gard to ,the prevailing intemperance, and the means to be employed to arrest the alarming 'progress of the evil. 'That some decided-action is necessary, is evident to all. At least a dozen of years have parsed away without any general agitation of the subject. In the meantime, thoae that were boys then, have become men, and,many of, them sro-in danger of destroying both body and soul by the intoxicating cup, without warning or admonition. It is time for ministers to be gin again to preach on the subject, and for the newspapers, both secular and religious, to speak out An astonishing apathy has been pervading. the commtmity, while rum shops have been increasing; and the drinking customs of society abandoned by many for a time, have been renewed. It is, tkerefore, with heart-felt gratification that we record, the fact that temperance meetings are, being held in the different churchei , of Allegheny City, and in some of the adjoining towns. These meetingi are conducted by religious men, and upon reli gious principles. We will have more to.say on this subject irom time to time. At a meeting of. Session of Government Street Presbyterian church, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : The Session of the Government Street church dissolving the relations that have se pleasantly existed between the Rev. Jno C. Lord D D of Buffalo, and the Govern ment Street church, as its temporary pastor, cannot withhold; the expression of their high appreciation of his ministerial character and qualifications, .of his genial and catholic spirit, of the fidelity` with'which he has dis charged' his paitoral duties, of his lively in-' terest' in, and deep sympathy for the success of the Boards of our General As .senibly, and of his sound and able exposi tion of the doctrines of our beloved Church, 'and the duties - and responsibilities of its members.; The Session Consider it a privil- ege that they have been permitted for even so short 'a dine, to enjoy the ministrations and coansels of so` sound a theologian and so eloqaent a Divine. - In thus taking leavei of Dr. Lord,- the Session wish him a safe return to his home,. a cordial reception, by his Session and his people, and ar long life of usefulness in his Master's service. By order of Session, IV ALtER 'SMITH, Clerk. LARGE AITD TiIBERAL.—The Rev. MY. Coen! s church, at' the Sandwich Islands, has over five thousand members. Daring the past year the collections far 'Foreign Mis `sions at the Monthly' Concert, were $1,300, and the church contributed $4,500 for benevoleut objects of all kinds. The Presbyterian quotes from a Roman Catholicieriodical of Paris : "'Much may be said on Protestant diver sities and sects, but one , fact remains certain.; it is, that nations where the Bible circulates and iS read, have preserved a strong, deep, and endiring relicious faith -while in the countries., where it is not known, one is obliged, to deplore a moral superficiality and want of, principles, for which a splendid uniformity 'of rites cannot compensate. Let the, learned theologians discuss on certain passages, on the authenticity of such and such text, what are such miseries compared to the healthful and pure atmosphere which the Bible spreads wherever it is read, whe ther in low or elevated classes." For the Preabyterlan Banner and Advocate. Organization of a Chinch in Wisconsin. MESSRS. EDITORS -:-A. Church as or ganized in this county onvhe llth and 12th inst., which 'assumed the nanie 'of the.Pres byterittri church of Fancy Creek. Fourteen persons united in' organization—two of whom were not previously in connexion with any church. Mr. Alanson Clark and Mr. Dan iel' Noble 'were' elected` - Ruling Elders, and were ordained'on Sabbath in the presence of an interested congregatfort. Considerable interest is felt in the prosperity of this little ohureh; by those who are not the - followers 'of Christ. There is, in feet, quite a religious interest existing among the people in that region, and-the prospect of extended useful. ness On the part of the ohureh is very good ' The; brethren seem to be 'much in' earnest; and qUite sanguine, with the blessing thi Ltwa i ns to the `final suceiss Of the enterprise. One difficulty under which they • labor, arises out of the fact, that they are at pros 306 • 102 56-- 464 63.4 , ; 56,647 1 3,468 4,189 The Tempeyanee Movement. Mobile. An Important A.dmission. ~~.: ent dependent for preaching upon a minister whose bands are already full—and there is no other in our connexion, within seventy miles, who can conduct a service in English. lUhe •membership is principally , coinpused of former residents of Columbiana and adjacent .:(iounties in Ohio. Richland Centre, Wis., July 1859. Ecclesiastical. . Mr. J.. E ANNAN, of Allegheny City,,has declined the call to the Presbyterian church of Xenia, 0. Mr. B. F. Mr.Eas, was ordained and installed pastor of the church at Somerset, Pa , by the Presbytery of Redstone, on the 24th ult. In these services, Rev. James R. Hughes presided, proposed the constitu tional questions, and delivered the charge to the pastor, Rev. R. M. Wallace deliv.. ered the charge to the people, and Rev. Jas. Black preached the sermon. Rev. R. K. SarooT, a recent graduate of Danville Seminary, has received and accepted a call from the church of Bowling Green, Ky., and has entered upon his labors there. Rev. ComN McKiNNEY, of Jackson, Tenn., has been elected Principal of the Ewing Female Institute, and pastor of, the church in Perrysville, Ky. Rev. WM. ARMSTRONG, of Ne:w Castle, Indiana, has received and aceepted, an invitation to supply the churches of Jef fersbn and Roseville. His Post Office ad dress is Jefferson, Clinton Co, Ind. Rev. J. L. YANTIS, P. 0., late President of Richmond College, Mo., has been called to become pastor of tha First church, in Danville, Ky. Rev. A. HARTPENCE, of the Presbytery of Shiloh, New &boo], was received by the Presbytery of Maury, on the 10th ult. Rev. HENRY G. Comm°, of Steubenville, 0„ ,and Rev. SAMUEL J. BArun, of Woodbury, N. J., have bad conferred on them by Centre College, Danville, Ky., the degree of D.D. Rev. J. C. MITCHELL'S pastoral relation to the church of Greensboro',. and Rev. A. P. SILLIMAN'S. to th - e church of Hebron, were dissolved by the. Presbytery of Tus kaloosa, at, its late meeting. Mr. W. L. KENNEDY was licensed to preach the Gospel, by the Presbytery of Tusks loose, at its late meeting. _ _ oar. ooszru n. MARBHALL was ordained and installed pastor of the Heathland church, by the Presbytery of Rick River, on the 15th ult. The Rev. Chas. Axtell preached the sermon, the Rev. David Kerry presided, the Rev. Josiah Milligan gave the charge to the pastor, and the Rev. Jacob Coon the charge to the peo ple. Mr. Marshall's Post Office address is Woodhull, Henry County, 111. Rev. JAMES H. CLARK'S Post Office ad dress is changed from Paterson, New Jersey, to Harlington, lowa. Rev..JoHN E. 'Aromas has taken charge of the church in Lithopolis, Ohio, at which place correspondents will please address him. Rev. JAMES B. RAMSEY, of Lyncbburgs Va., has had conferred on him, by Wash ington College, Va., the. degree of D.D Rev. Dr. GEORGE B - anuovnes' pastoral re,. lation to, the church of Neartown, Pa., was dissolved by the Second Presbytery of Philadelphia, on the 21st ult. , EASTERN SUMMARY. Boston and New England.: The Movable Character of the Population in our American cities, is seen even in Boston, to which the idea of a good deal of permanenee as to local habitation is generally:attributed. Of the fifty thousand names in the Directory •of last year, only thirty-eight thousand are found this year; sixteen thousand new names have, keen added, and no less than fourteen thousand individuals have changed their places of residence. For many years the Book Trade Bales of New York and Philadelphia, have attracted much at tention, and have drawn to those cities many of the most intelligent and reliable merchants in the wholevconntry. This year the city of Boston in augurates a regular Trade. Book, Sale, which is to commence on the 28th of August. This has awakened very considerable attention among pub lishers and literary men';"and . tio iwins will be spared to make the stay of,those who may attend, agreeable and profitable. , Free roardi of admis sion to the public institutions, and places of in terest, have been prepared, and an excursion down the bay on board a steamer has been.proposed. Our friends, Messrs. Gould d• Lincoln, are mak ing preparations to serve up another lot of those good things, for which theiihonee has' become so famous. Among other thingd they :have now in press, The Puritans; or The Conti Church, and Parliament of England, during the reigns of Ed ward Sixth and Elizabeth, by Samuel Hopkine, in three volumes, octavo; Lives of the Billet). Novelists and their Styles, by. David Masson, 'M A., who is favorably known to the American pub lie through his admirable lie of Milton, lately published by the same house ; Paul the Preach er,„by ,the Rev. John Eadie, D. D. ; The Leaders of the Reformation, Luther, Calvin, Latimer, and Knox, by Rev. I. Tulloch, D. D., well known from his celebrated prize essay on Theism; Nehemiah, a 'Model for Business. Men, by Rev. Hugh Stowell; Popular Preachers of the Ancient Church, by Rev. Win. Wilson. - The Young Men's Christian Association has rearmed religious services at the'tent, on Boston Common, every Sabbath evening, at 6 o'clock. Atthe first meeting, not less than three thousand persons were present, of whom at least ,one -half were females. The death of the distinguished . lawyer, Rufus Choat4 is very widely and deeply felt He en tered Dartmouth College in 1815, and graduated with the highest : honors in 1819. For a year afterwards he was a ;tutor in the College, and immediately afterwards spent about_ a year at Washington City, in the office of that genial spirit and eloquent man, William Wirt, Attorney General of the 11 cited States. He was admitted to the bar at Danvers, Mass., im1824 ; in a. year or two removed be Salem. In 1832'ne was elect ed to the National . Efouse of Representatives, Where • he served one term, but declined a . re election. In 1834 he removed" to Boston, ac quired a large and important law business, and soon hemline one`of the acknowledged leaders of the Boston Bar. After eight years of arduous and unremitting toil, in which he achieved Many triumphs, he was elected to the United States Senate, to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Web ster, who had resigned to accept a Cahinet ap peintment In this position he at once took a 'front rank along with the leading minds of that body. As a jury lawyer he had no equal in the United States. In stating a case and explaining the. - law he was remarkable for clearness and plainness of language, but when this was dune, his c actien .became., ne.rvons & passionate, And ex pressive, while his speech sparkled and glowed. with fire .And energy. And, however, others might ,difler from him, on political, , qnestiona, everybody loved him as a man. As .-a classical scholar he stood very high; during the dulling , stages of a long-'trial, in which both were en-. gaged as counsel, he and Mr. Webster were found amusing themselves in making =quotations from cheek. - authore, and. puzzling one another with naming the anthers: ) The witticisms of Mr: Choate, and the: good things hm has said atthe. bar, arm talked of-at the social board, and in private °Welt* end quoted as frequentlY as the most celebrated sayings of Sidney , Sittith- and Miles Latiab. His pilvate . charabter Norits`Twith out 'reproachi'"lfe Wee' consfint - 'i r iteadint upon the ministry of Dr. Nehemiah Adams, whose evangelical expositions of the great doc trines of the Gospel he greatly relished: `The corner stone of the " Neonates/ to the Forefathers," at Plymouth Rock, is to be laid on the first of August, with appropriate ceremonies. Governor Hanks is expected to deliver a speech on th'e occasion: Already, in this work, some six hundred tons of Qaincey granite have been im bedded in mortar. Dr. Bashneli; of Hartford,' , Conn , has taken farewell of his people, in a. sermon, in which he reviewed bis ministry of twenty-six years 9132011 g them. The sole cause of his retirement was ill health.' individual members of the congregation have trabacribed $lO,OOO, to be paid to him in five annual installments. or to bie family in case of his decease. His present destination is Minne sota, where it is expected he will soon locate his family. New York. /dr. and Hrs. Sickles have startled the pub lic by living together again, as husband and wife. This must be about the last act of the ridiculous farce connected with this whole affair. Surely the newspapers that were so industrious in man ufacturing public sentiment in behalf of Sickles, the ladies that sympathized so touchingly with him, the ministers that were so kind to visit the manslayer in his cell, and to stand by his side speaking words of encouragement in the court room, and others who could even in the pulpit speak approvingly of the act that had been com mitted by him, would be glad if the record and memory of the lest few months could be de stroyed. Let us have no more attempts to screen the guilty; no more mockery of trial in our courts of justice ; no more vaporings of sickly senti ment ; when the private avenger of wrong is to b e dealt with. The coarse of Mr. Sickles since the conclusion of the trial, and in the present, proves the virtuous indignation so vehemently manifested, to have been anything else than real. However criminal Mr. Key may have been, the spectre of his dead body must haunt the thoughts and trouble the dreams of his assassin. The vigorous measures taken by the police commissioners, have done much to intimidate the Sunday Liquor Dealers. During the last two weeks most of the liquor shops have been closed, and the consequence has been emelt quiet Sabbaths as have not been known in this city for some time. If the commissioners carry ilk the resolutions that they have passed, these pests and plague spots will be rendered in a measure harmless on that day in which, above all others in the week, they have been carrying on their hurtful traffic, with ruinous profits. And at the same time the affrays, stabbings, and general wickedness, will be greatly diminished. But notwithstanding all the educational, re formatory, and religious efforts that have been put forth, the expenses to honest industry, for the protection of property and person in this great metropolis, are absolutely enormous. The appropriations for the present year are the fol lowing, and it is not improbable that even this large amount will fail to meet all the require manta in this direction: For pay of Deputy Superintendent, $2,000 For pay of six Inspectors, each $1.200, 7.200 For pay of thirty Sergeants, each $9OO, 27,004 For pay of one bundled and ninety-eight Patrolmen, each $BOO, - 158.400 For pay of fifteen doormen, each $7OO, 10,500 Stationary and Printing, 400 Contingent expenses, 1,000 Telegraph expenses, 500 Proportion of general expenses, 4.720 New Station House,, Fifth Precinct, 8.000 New Station House; Sixth Precinct, 8,000 Repairing Station House, Ninth Ward, 500 Fourth Precinct Station House, alterations, 500 Total, The Now York Tribune gives the following sug gestive facts concerning American Aurnalisns: There are now printed within the limits of the Union not less than four thousand newspapers, at least five hundred of them daily, and five hundred semi-weekly. Their average circulation we esti. , mate at two thousand each for the dailies, two thousand five hundred for the semi-weeklies, and one thousand five hundred for the weeklies, making a total circulation in this country of more than four hundred millions of newspaper sheets per annum. Yet in 1813—less than half a cen tury ago—the total circulation of newspapers in this country was estimated by Isaiah Thomas, in his " History of Printing," at only a little more than twenty millions of sheets per annum. At that time there were three hundred and fifty-nine newspapers, of which twenty-seven only were Whatan advance in less than half a cen tury I The principal editor of the Hew York Times, and, the well known correspondent of that journal, kfalakor r a native of the State of Ohio, are at the seat of war, in Italy, and agreeably to their vo cation, are in swift .pursuit of the latest news. Mr. Raymond was not only able to describe the last battle from his own observations, but alto, with the practical sagacity and celerity for which the enterprising American is sonspicuons, suc ceeded in getting his dispatches into the mail in time to reach the steamer from Havre, thus out• stripping the camp followers of the Paris and London Press. The &kat* America; in addition to its usual attractions, is - now publishing reliable and well written biographical notices of the Fathers of Philosophy. The same journal says of two late Members of Congress, made notable on several accounts, personal and public: As an evidence of what industry and perse verance will do, it may be stated that the Hun. Solon Borlandand Hon. Jer. Clemens have risen, by successive stages, from United States Senators and ministers plenipotentiary until they hen reached the editorial chair ; and they are now associated in the management of the Memphis (Tenn.) Enquirer!" We have before mentioned that the Rev. ✓ L. Hatch, a member of Dr. Cheever's church, hnd made himself odious not only to the members o that church and Christians generally, but to all the friends of good government and good order, by his advocacy of running the street cars on the Sabbath, and other things of like character. At length the church has taken him in band, and ex.' communicated him from church fellowship and connexion, because of doubting the Divine ap pointment of the first day of the week, and also for bis persistent efforts against the enforcement of the Sabbath laws. Bishop Boone, in company with the five lately ordained Episcopal Missionaries, sailed in the ship Golden Rule, on the 11th inst., for China, Bishop Boone is greatly beloved by the mission aries of our own Church, and was a special frieca and admirer of the martyred Lowrie. Rutgers • Pentode Institute has had a score of years - of uninterrupted success. -Over Eve thou• sand young ladies have received from it the means of a thoptigh education since its organization in 1837. The number of students in attendance at tie General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church, for the year just closed, was 48, viz.: Seniors, 8 ; Middle Class, 22 ; Junior Class, 13; preparing, 5. The number of volumes in the library amounts to fourteen hundred. Philadelphia. Business continues inactive; and the sale of flour and provisions, at moderate rates, is dull. The Beat of last week, and the beginning of this, was- oppressive. Several weeks ago we mentioned the Cheering Fact that not one of the near twenty passenger railways were permitted to run their cars on the Sabbath. But the Sabbath is not to confirme a day of sacred rest, without , a struggle, in this country, at least in the large cities. There is a German infidel leaven there that is constantly working in connexion with self-interest, and many other causes, to undermine the ,sanctity of the. First °day of the week. The Dickens and Thaekeray school of literature takes the same direction in this particular. And too many of our daily newspapers hold similar sentiments, or if not holding them, have not the moral courage to oppose them. These influences have been at work - in Philadelphia, and two of the Railroads, tliel * Ridge 'Avenue and the Green B.lld Coates street roads, commenced running their CiF9 on:theSabbith. The Mayor has had some of the drivers and condictiirs• ahestek- and .has given notice that others would be arrested. I n the meantime great indignation at the innovation has $228,720
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