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