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exchanges, often refuse to deliver papers to
subscribers, and even inform editors to cease
sending them. It is a bad state of affairs
when such means of suppressing information
are resorted to. The law of Virginia is as
follows
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know that any such book or other writing
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ceived at his office in the mail, he shall give
notice thereof V) some justice, who shall
inquire into the circumstances, and have
such book or writing burned in his pres
ence."
Individual Labor Needed,
We see it stated that in New Orleans
not more than ten per cent. of the pop
ulation attend public worship on the Sab
bath. What a neglect ! No wonder that
there is violence in the streets. What
a field for personal effort, on the part of
missionaries, colporteurs, Sabbath School
teachers, and all resident Christians. In
such a condition of things, men must be
approached individually, to a very great ex
tent, or they will not be brought to a knowl
edge of the truth; and especially must
children be thus gathered into the Sabbath
School.
Letters on Psalmody.
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may also be sent to the Messrs. Mp.rtien, the
Publishers, No. 606 Chestnut Street, Phil
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For the Probyterlanßanner and Advocate.
Carelessness or Worse.
"A Member of the Board" of Publica
tion replies with spirit to my late article,
under the above heading. lam glad he
agrees with me, that we ought to be " jeal
ous" of, and not even to " tolerate any edi•
torial emendations of our Standards." Bat
does not our friend's zeal somewhat "o'er
leap itself ?" Notice the following state
ment :
cc I went immediately to the Depository
of the Board, in this city, and carefully ex
amined every one of the editions, some eight
or ten in number, of our Shorter Catechism
now published byi our Board. The result
was that not one of them contains the word
ESPECIALLY in the fifty.eighth answer of the
Shorter Catechism, but all of them contain
the word EXPRESSLY. * * * On inquiry,
I learned that the word ESPECIALLY had, for
a time, crept into one editionappended to the
24m0. Hymn Book. This was the whole
story."
Let us understand each other. "A
Member" opposes the result of my investi
gation with the result of his, and in such
terms of narrative, and of comment, as to
compel three inferences : 1. That my state
ment is untrue. He cannot even "imagine
upon what facts Standard-Bearer founds
his assertion." And his countevetatement
is so clear and positive, that your editorial
charity is embarrassed to find an explanation
for mine. 2. That the only ease, and that
an unimportant one, in which ESPECIALLY
crept into the place of EXPRESSLY, was cor
rected with commendable promptness. And
8, that having himself mado inquiry, and
obtained this satisfaotory information at the
Publication Rooms, I and all others ought
to go and do likewise, in all such oases.
Now, I certainly did not intend to bear
false or uncharitable witness against our
Board. I said, " I have examined several
different editions of the Catechism pub
lished by our Board, and regret to find this
reading in all." Messrs. Editors, I have re
examined them, and the foregoing statement
Is mum, to the same extent and in the
same sense as I first made it. Here, on my
table, are four 24m0 Hymn Books, with
the Shorter Catechism appended. One of
these books I know to have been in use
since 1847; two were purchased in 1857,
and one in 1858. In the church where I
minister are five 12mo. Hymn Books, dating
from 1853 to 1857—here is a sixth by my
hand, which I bought early in 1854. In
all these different books, the error to which
I have called attention occurs. And I very
much doubt if my friend, the "Member,"
can, on any inquiry be may make,
show me
a copy of these two Hymn Books, with the
Shorter Catechism appended, published dur
ing a period of at least thirteen years, which
does not contain and convey IL If any of
the corrected copies have yet been bound
and offered for sale, I have not seen it—not
even the partial oorreetion of EXPRESS in
stead of EXPRESSLY, with which you have
been favored. But I do not doubt the
statements of "A Member" that such is
now, though very recently, the fact. I may
have been technically inaccurate in styling
these several issues editions. For any such
inaccuracy I submit to correction. But I
believe I used the word in the same sense,
and with the name propriety as my friend
the "Member."
Now, what becomes of Inference No. 1 ?
My statements are true.
What of Inference No. 2 ? Not only the
24m0., but the 12mo. Hymn Book contains
the error—not only in one edition but in
all the editions, (probably,) except the one
now passing, or just passed through the
press.
What of :Inferen . oe No 3 ? Ia this a
specimen of the way questions are answered
and informations given at the Rooms of the
Board ? Then I beg to decline depending
upon that source. ,Then, very regretfully,
I must continue a little longer the heading
of my article, which I would gladly ex•
change for something expressive of my great
attachment to our Board, my interest in its
success, my confidence in its management,
for I am sure this indicates " carelessness or
worse." STANDARD-BEARER.
Home and Foreign Record,
DOMESTIC MISSIONS.
The February number of the Record
gives the usual notice of the season, that the
fiscal year will close with the present
month. Any contributions not received
before the first of March, cannot be acknowl
edged in the Annual Report to the General
Assembly. The appropriations for the year
have bees larger than usual, and more
money is hence needed to meet engagements
to laborers. Let church members keep it in
mind, that fifty cents, or a dollar, or five
dollars, is but a 0111Z11 sum from them, while
the aggregate is of vast importance to the
missionaries.
ENCEIPTEI in December, at Philadelphia, $19,874 ;
at Louisville, $1,206
Of this amount $5,872 was from the
church of the lath Dr. J. W. Alexander,
and $8,031, from legacies. The South-
Western Advisory Committee acknowledge
the receipt of $4,449 ; but this does not go
into the Treasury of the Board. It is ap
propriated and paid by that Committee, in
their own region.
EDUCATION.
This Board have been cheered by a larger
accession of Candidates than usual, and de
pressed by' a want of adequate funds to
meet their necessities. The Board rejoice
to receive liberally, but not for the purpose
of hoarding. The main pleasure is in the
paying out; and that because it is a means
of sending forth more well-prepared labor
ers to the harvest.
It is hoped that the tide, in regard to this
Board, is turning. A merchant 'ends in of
his abundance $500; a female of limited
means, sends $l.OO ; and a cr wood chopper"
in Nebraska gives the earning of a day's
hard toil with his axe, being $1.20. When
all shall bring their offerings, there will be
an abundance.
THE LAST THURSDAY in February is
spoken of by the Board, with great desire
and expectation. On that day the churches
are to be all engaged in prayer for God's
blessing upon the great cause in which this
Board labor; and the fervent prayers of the
righteous avail much. The Assembly has
also recommended the joining of alma deeds
with prayer, on that day—that all Presby
terian churches, in our connexion, take up
collections to enable the Board to aid needy
institutions of learning. We may possibly
recur to this subject again. ,
RamPm in December, at Philadelphia, $9,275;
at Pittsburgh, $216 at Louisville $43.
Included in this are a contribution of
$3,057, from First church, N. Y., -$1 . ,000
from A. & 8., New York, and $3,515 from
legacies.
FOREIGN MISSIONS
CHrNA.—Letters are received to date of
October 20th. Dr. and Mrs. Hepburn had
sailed from Shanghai, and arrived at Naga
saki, and were to sail shortly for Kanagwa,
in the bay of Yeddo. Mr.Lowrie's health,
which had been feeble for some time, was
improved. Mr. Martin had returned from
Japan.
INDlA.—liatest dates are to October 9th
"The Futtehgnrh letter contains the follow
ing statements about the general state of that
mission : Our operations, as to general appear
ances, are going on favorably, and when we come
to make up our report, you will see that we have
a good many irons in the fire. Our schools are
well attended ; the preaching of the Gospel, and
the distribution of books is kept up ; and we are
not without inquirers. All this ought to encour
age us to go on with our labors, and I hope we
shall do so, even though we feel that there is
much to discourage.' The same letter contains
an urgent appeal for more laborers. The letter
from Lahor contains an account of two interest
ing cases of conversion : one a Brahim, and the
other a Mussalraan faquir. The former desired
to be baptized in front of the city hall, 'that all
the Musoulmans and Hindus may witness it, and
that those who formerly worshipped his feet, may
ask and learn why he has become a. Christian. '
The Mussulman convert had brought his family
from a great distance, that they might be instruct
ed in the Christian faith, and be baptized as be
had been."
AFRlCA.—Letters from Liberia, of Octo
ber 22d, state that the missionaries enjoyed
good health. The schools were in vigorous
operation, and the missionary work in pro
gress. Mr. Miller was exploring the inte
rior ; and the Messrs. Amos, at Sinou, were
recovering from the acclimating fever. The
Corisco missionaries were enjoying bright
anticipations. This mission has been favored
with encouraging tokens of the Spirit's
power and presence for more than a year
past. In a letter of very recent date, Mr.
Mackey remarks " I know you will rejoice
with us that we are able to send you such
encouraging news in relation to our mission
ary work. The indications of the continued
presence of
.the Holy Spirit among the
people here, are in the Itigheet degree en
couraging. There is no abatement in the
interest manifested in Divine things. 113
the Catechism class there are now about
fifty who are candidates for baptism. Among
these, are several men with their wives.
Yesterday, which was the Sabbath, our
meetings were full, and in the evening,
crowded. Oar Sabbath School at Evanga
simba, in the afternoon, numbered over
seventy children and adults. I know that
you, and many of God's people in America,
will pray for us, that we may have grace to
labor faithfully, and that the Spirit of God
may be poured out more abundantly upon
these people." Mr. Clemens, in a letter of
three weeks' earlier date, speaking of con
verts that had already been received to the
Church, says: "The converts are chiefly
from among the young, and• of such as have
been educated at our different stations.
They are principally young men who are
looking forward to be useful in the Church.
Some of them have already decided to be
come ministers of the Gospel, that they
may make known the unsearchable riches of
Christ."
rn , . .
SOUTH AMERIOA.—:11118 18 an important
Mission. The Spanish part of this Conti
nent, having struck for freedom, as well as
ourselves, deserves sympathy and aid. It is
also a hopeful field.
Letters have been received from Bogota of the
9th of November, and from Rio Janeiro of the
12th. From the former place we receive cheer
ing intelligence. Mr. Sharpe gives an account
of three cases of hopeful conversion ; one of
whom was formerly Mayor of that city, but now
a suffering invalid. The opposition on the part
of the Romish party waxes warmer, as a matter
of course, in connexion with these tokens of the
Spirit's presence and power, but no open out
break has taken place: Mr. Simonton is becoming
better acquainted with the field of labor upon
which be has entered, and while he is strongly
impressed with the importance of caution and
circumspection in all his movements, he has a
growing conviction that the way is opening for a
great work in Brazil.
INDIAN TRrBEL—We latel3r gave the
account of the reception of the Chootaw
Mission by our Board. It is one of the
most important Missions among the Indians,
and has been the most ancoessful. To carry
it on efficiently, will require an addition of
about XB,OOO to the Board's income, Surely
LI t :I - I 4k 14 ik t AND ADVOCATE.
this will not be wanting when btu% a field
is to be ocoupied.
RECEIPTS In December, $15,269.
PUBLICATION
This Board, like that of Domestic Mis
sions, closes its fiscal year with this month.
Donations, to be acknowledged in the report
to the Assembly, need to be received before
the let of March. The Board's Circular,
lately published, made known the pressing
wants of the Colportage and Distribution
Funds. It is understood that 'the Synods
of Pittsburgh and Allegheny are expected
to work through their own Board, that is,
if they so choose; and hence to send their
contributions to the treasurer in Pittsburgh.
The Board have lately issued several very
useful books, most of which have been no
ticed in our Literary column.
Dommoxs in December, $1,833 ; sales, $6,794.
CHURCH EXTENSION
COMPARATIVE STATIqTIOS of the applications,
appropriations, and receipts of the Church Ex
tension Committee during the first nine months
of the last five years, reckoning in each from
April 1, the beginning of our fiscal year. The
applications are not those simply put on file, but
those which furnished the information necessary
to the final action of the Committee.
APYT.,IOATIONS.
No. of churches Aggregate amount Average to each
1865 applying. church.
1856 54 15,862.49 284.49
1857 66 18,242.08 325.75
1858 70 30,186.90 481.24
1859 81 42,757.68 527.87
APPROPRIATIONS
No. or churches Aggregate amount Average to each
aided. appropriated. church.
450 $ 9,196.450 $188.93
1856
1856= 64 12407.49 229.77
1867 66 15 ,8 1 0.28 . 282.88
1858 66 16,717.90 268.30
1859 69 18,495.68 268.05
ItIOHISTI3.
No.or contrib'g Amt. contributed Total contribu
churches. by churches. Bono from all ,
sources.
1855 61 $ 3,202.88 $ 8,435.00
1856 310 11,264.99 14,514.38
1857 320 6,068.05 9,118.50
1858 411 13,505,64 17,218.06
1859 391 7,477.12 11,501.32
REcnrers in December, $2,245. •
The Pennsylvania Legislature.
This very respectable body of men, we
are (pleased to learn, have established a
Prayer-Meeting. We trust that none will
suspect, hence, a union of Church arid
State. Legislators have their responsibili
ties, as men ; and a citizen, when elected
a representative, is not, for this reason, to
become an Atheist. He is still accountable
to God, and he then, more than ever, needs
that wisdom which is from above. God
holds nations to an account, as well as in
dividuals; and nations need the Divine
guidance. A Legislative Prayer. Meeting is
hence a hopeful symptom.
This meeting was inaugurated . as a Daily,
on the morning of the 25th of January.
Some twenty-five members, of both Houses,
were present. Hon Win. M. • Francis,
Speaker of the Senate, presided. On the
next day about forty persons were in attend
ance. A happy influence may be expected
from the devotion of a part of the morning
of each day, to united communion with
God, by those entrusted with the people's
high interests.
NEW ORL - wis.—The Fourth Presby
terian church, under the care of Rev. G-.
L. More, have their beautiful edifice nearly
ereoted. It was greatly needed, and is in
an important part of the city.
OUR. LONDON LETTER of January sth
has not yet reached us. It is probably
traveling over the country, as the result of
getting into the wrong mailbag. That of
the 12th was detained by the very tedious
passage of the steamer, so that it reached
us barely in time for this issue.
EASTERN SUMMARY.
Boston and New England.
The Defection from the Unitarian ranks, of such
men as Rev. Messrs. Gage, Coolidge, and Hunt
ington, is not viewed without alarm by the lead
ers of that sect. Yet their boasted liberality of
sentiment, deters some of the mere able and
learned from entering the controversial arena;
while others fear the effects of discussion upon
minds already somewhat unsettled as to their
convictions of the soundness of the Unitarian
doctrine. Still there is a feeling that something
must be done to prevent the defection from
spreading any farther. Accordingly, the Rev.
Dr. Lamson, Unitarian, is preparing a work enti
tled " The Fathers of the Primitive Church Op
posed to the Trinity." And Rev. Thomas Starr
King, previous to his departure for California, is
making a succession of pyrotechnic displays, in
a series of discourses on the Trinity, in direst re
ply to the arguments of Prof. Huntington.
Among other things, Mr. Ring asserts, with a
very positive air, that prior to the year three
hundred, no theologian or preacher uttered a
statement concerning the Trinity, that would now
be considered orthodox by those who hold that
doctrine. Prof. Huntington's letter of resigna
tion has been published. While acknowledging
the kindness with which he has been uniformly
treated by ex-President Walker, he says that he
could notexpect his ministrations.to continue ac
ceptable to the students who attend the Universi
ty Chapel, while entertaining his present religious
views. It seems that students, whose parents
belong to orthodox Churches, do not generally
attend the chapel services on the Sabbath, but
worship In seme of the neighboring orthodox
churches, so that the chapel attendance is mainly
of those who entertain Unitarian proclivities.
This pretty fully confirms the suspicion enter
tained, that opposition to Professor Hunting
ton's orthodoxy is one great cause, and that,
the principal one, of his resignation. The Shaw
Mut Avenue church, Boston, has given the
Professor a mill, promaing a salary of $4,000 a
year. He will, occupy the pulpit of that church,
during the present month ; but the prevalent im
pression is, that he will eventually seek a place'
in the ranks of the Episcbpal clergy.
Messrs. Gould Lincoln have just issued
"The Annual of Scientific Discovery, or Year
Book of Facts insBcience and Art for 1800," by
D. A. Wells, Esq. This is probably the most in
structive of the whole series , of this Annual.
Full details are given of the wonderful progress
of scientific discovery and invention during the
past year. It contains Sir Charles Lyell's Ad
dress before the British AssoCiation for 1859,
"On the Geological. Age of Man ;" a full report
of the alleged discovery of the remains of man
in geological formations; Falconer's Report on
the Bone Caves of Sicily ; Pouobet's Experiments
on Spontaneous Generation, and the discussion
relative to the same in the French Academy ;
Leverrier's Supposed New Planet; Geological
Summary for 1859 ; Halley's and the Berlin
University Tables of the Population of the Globe
together with a greater amount, of varied and
useful information than can be found in any other
single publication, American or European.
The Hon. Edward Everett is the author of the
article on Washington, in the New Encyclopedia
Eritannioa, now rapidly approaching completion.
The Hon. Areal Dew, author of the Maine
Tqmperance Law, indignantly denies ,the charge
that he has become addicted to the use of ardent
s !kits, or abandoned hie total abstinence princi
pl les, in any way, in the least degree. The whole
se ems to have originated from either the minty,-
p. :ehension or designed perversion of a couple
or lines in a newspaper, which stated that Mr.
D ssq piy 44 t. 11 iv;a
a slight injury received from a mis-step. Thus a
merely physical accident was tortured into a
moral obliquity.
In the Hall of the Connecticut Matorical Society,
is the identical box, some three feet long, in
which the Charter of Connecticut was brought
from England in 1662, and in phial the identical
Charter may now be seen, carefully folded.
Near the centre of the room, inclosed in a neat
glass case, is a portion of the memorable oak in
whioh the Charter was hidden by Captain Joseph
Wadsworth, in 1687. The piece of this rare old
tree is about three feet in length, by one in
diameter. And near it stands the famous " chest"
of. Elder Brewster, brought by him in the May
flower, which landed at Plymouth, December 22d,
1620. And not far from this is Miles Standish's
dinner-pot; and near it an old, high-backed
chair, belonging to the Stanley family. Here,
too, hangs the sword of the daring, heroic, and un
conquerable General Israel Putnam, Washing
ton's favorite general. And strange as it may
seem, an Ottoman, once the property of Mrs.
General Washington, lies near the Brewster
" chest ;" and also a small pieoe of the old
"Independence Bell," which once sent forth its
notice in defiance of George 111., and all his
misguided advisers.
The course of Agricultural Lectures, so often
spoken of during last Summer by practical men,
and for the benefit of cultivators of the soil, is
now in progress at Yale College. Tho first lec
ture was delivered by Professor S. W. Johnson,
formerly a pupil of the celebrated Liebig, and
now Professor of Scientific Agriculture
at the Scientific School. The attendance was
large, comprising representatives from all the
New,.nglatui States, all the Middle States, most
of the Western States, some of the southern
States; and the e Canadas.
The Gymnasium intended for the benefit of the
students of Yale College, has been completed at
an expense of $lO,OOO. Every facility is afford
ed for exercising the body and developing its
strength:
Now York.
The 'Money Market is felt to be considerably
easier, but the ratts of interest have declined
very slightly.
In the Markets, flour is depressed ; wheat is
dull and heavy; and the tendency of the price of
corn is downward.
Mercantile Operations are every extensive just
now, and the prospects for a large Spring business
are good
The Vigorous Efforts put forth by the Sabbath
Committee and the Commissioners of Police
have not been without their :effect, for there
is a manifest improvement in the observance
of the Sabbath. This has taken place just
in proportion to the extent to which the
sale of liquor has been stopped on the Lord's
day. The closing of the drinking houses, so far
as it has been accomplished, has done much to
lessen the number of arrests on the Sabbath.
And now it is principally in those parts of the
city inhabited by foreigners, and where Sunday
theatricals and beer gardens abound, that riot
and crime are found on the Sabbath. The abat
ing of these nuisances will do much to promote
the work of reformation.
A Movement is now on foot to give to the Cen
tral Park a feature which is considered one of
the most attractive characteristics of the famous
Regent's Park of London. A number of gentle
men, such as August Belmont, Wm. IL Aspin
wall, Benjamin R. Winthrop, Hamilton Fish, B.
H. Field, R. L. Stuart, &c., have organized an
association for the establishment of a complete
and extensive Zoological and Botanical Garden in
the Central Park. The design is a good one,
and if fully carried (sif t will be a great incentive
for strangers to visit the city. The Zoological
collections at Paris, Berlin, London, and other
European cities, are regarded by savants as
among the most valuable and instructive features
of those capitals. In this country, the facilities
for obtaining a large and valuable Zoological
collection are greater than in any• other part of
the world. The Zoological wealth of our South
ern and Western wilds, and of the Canadian
forests is very great, and the intercourse of our
shipmasters with all parts of the world, would
easily secure specimens from all quarters.
Rev. Dr. Stevens, the able editor of the Chris..
fiats Advocate and Journal, the organ of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church North, recommends the
approaching General Conference to inaugurate
some system of Lay delegation, and contends that
the public sentiment of the Churchrequiree soma
thing of this kind. In this view he is warmly
supported by many of the leading laymenin that
Church, and by not a few of the clergy. But
there is a very slender hope of the success of any
such movement at this time. The General Con
ference has never looked with much favor upon
any progress in this direction. The Episcopal
Methodist Chtirch is the only Protestant denomi
nation in this country that continues to exclude
symen from its courts.
The Baptist Chronicle says that since the first
establishment of the Karen and Burman Missions
in
. 1812, forty-one of those who went thither
have died. And of these, who for the love of
Christ and man, served unto death, twenty-five
were women. Of the forty-one, four died in
America among their kindred; four died on the
sea, and one in London. The remainder, with the
exception of Mrs. S. B. Judson, who died at St.
Helena, finished their lives in the scenes of their
labors among the people dear to them as those for
whom the Lord died.
The Rev. Charles F. Robinson, of Troy, New
York, has been called to the pastorate of the
church formerly served by Dr. Cos, in Brooklyn.
The Green Avenue Presbyterian Church, Brook
lyn, has given a unanimous call to the Rev. W.
R. Lee, of Fair Haven, Connecticut, which he
will probably acoept. Mr. Lee has been hereto
fore in connexion with the Congregationalists,
but is a thoroughly orthodox man, and has been
an able and vigorous opponent of the theological
heresies rife in some parts of New England.
A correspondent of the Sunday School Timm
says that the Rev. Nathaniel West, Jr., has been
called to be pastor of the late Dr. Spencer's
church, in Brooklyn. This would be an unquiet-,
tion to the ministerial force of our Church in
Brooklyn, but a great lose to the church in Cin
cinnati, where his labors have been so greatly
blessed. We do not believe that the people of Cin
cinnati will be easily persuaded to allow Mr. West
to leave them, notwithstanding the many oppor
tunities for usefulness presented in the vicinity
of the great metropolis.
Last Week we gave some account of the Dia
custrione in Hr. Beecher's Church, about contrib
uting to the. American Board of Foreign Missions.
It now appears that the entire contribution of
this large congregation to Foreign Missions, last
year, was only $lOO. So that we do not think
it strange that Mr. Beecher told the people they
were making "much ado about nothing." But
in his speech on the subject, he gave utterance
to some sentiments with respect to slavery, to
which it may be well to call attention, since he
is regarded by many as a " star " of the first
magnitude, although an erratic one. In that
speech he said, distinctly, that "he held a man
might 4old a slave and not do wrong ;" that
"such a thing as Immediate emancipation was
impossible ;" that "he believed a man might
hold a slave for the good of the slave ;" and
that " he would welcome a true Christian who
would say that he was an unwilling slaveholder."
He would say, " Brother, sit down to the table,
and if no other man will sup with you, I will,
and Christ will. A man might be putting forth
ten times the power to get out. of elaveholding,
that an anti-slavery man was to keep out of it."
These views are certainly more conservative than
some expressed by him in former times, and
will strike some of his admirer's withwith surprise.
Possibly he may have become tired of being as
sociated with such men as thote among whom be
has been latterly classed.
The Meeting far 'Prayer in the church of which
Dr. James W. Alexander was formerly pastor, on
f • ,'
brother, Dr. Joseph Addison Alexander, was
peculiarly solemn, and. tender. But little was
said; no one seemed able to speak. But the
prayers were very fervent and touching. Nearly
all the New York Directors of the Seminary were
present at the funeral services on Tuesday ; Drs.
Spring, Snodgrass, Krebs, Potts, Phillips, Thomp
son ; and Messrs. Ebenezer Platt, Moses Allen,
Robert Carter, and W. Smith. An excellent
sermon was preached on the occasion by the
Rev. John Ralf, D.D., of Trenton ; the Rev. Drs.
Spring, Potts, and McDonald, assisted in the de
votional services.
PhiladelPhia.
The Trans -Atlantic Steamship Enterprise seems
to have taken another form, while the desired re
sults are likely to be secured. For some time,
negotiations have been in progress, though in
very quiet way, with the leading capitalist of the
Canadian line of steamers, to see upon what
terms he would be willing to place steamships
upon a direct line between Philadelphia and
Liverpool. At length, assurance has been given
that a steamer can be secured every two weeks,
if Philadelphia will guarantee freight to the
amount of $350,000, and passengers to the
amount of $400,000; Already, parties interested
in the revival of the foreign trade of the city have
given guarantees for freight to the amount of.
$300,000, and no doubt, the remainder will soon
be secured. As to the passenger guarantee, no
doubt seems to be entertained about securing it.
It is even said by some, that the Pennsylvania
Railroad could take this entire risk with perfect
safety, and be the gainer in the end. There is,
undoubtedly a strong desire on the part of many
of the leading merchants to have, once more, a
good share of the foreign trade of the country.
fame. Ron Snowden, Director of the Mint, has
given notice that unless the law is repealed, the
authorities at the Mint will I,e bound, until
February 21, 1861, to receive Spanish and Mexi- ,
can coins at their nominal value by tale, and pay
out for them the new cent. Or the holders may
receive in return, silver coins of the United
States, but in this case, the Mexican and Span
ish coins will only be taken liy weight. Already
the Mint and its branches, together with the
Assay Offiae have, in this way, paid out in gold
and silver coins, $1,000,000, and in the new
cent, $500,000, so that a million and a half of
foreign coin has disappeared from circulation
within a short time.
If,. Charles Heidsiek, the well known mane.
facturer of the wine that bears his name, is now
on a visit to this country, and lately spent a few
days in this city: While here, he gave some feels,
with regard to Champagne wine used in this
country, that should be a warning to any who
are addicted to its use. The consumption of
Champagne in the United States alone, every
year, is estimated upon reliable data, at one
million baskets, while Mr. Heidsick states: that
Champagne is only manufactured in a very limited
district of country in France, and that the whole
amount made in any one year, does not exceed
800,000 ; of which, Russia takes 160,000 ; Great
Britain and her dependencies, 165,000 ; America,
220,000; France, 162,000 ; and Germany, 140,-
000 baskets every year So that four out of
every five bottles of Champagne sold in this
country are entirely spurious, made.of vile com
pounds, and just as injurious to morals and
health as the meanest strychnine whiskey.
Jaynes Hal?, where the noonday prayer-meet
ings were so long held, and around which so many
precious memories of those hallowed hours olw3-
ter, is now converted into an immense Clothing
establishment. Probably thlo is the largest and
most magnifioient room in the world devoted to
such a purpose.
The First Provost' of the University of Pennsyl
vania, was the Rev. De, Ewing, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, of this city. His
opponent for the office was Dr. Smith, anEpiseopa-
Han, whose appoinment was urged on the ground
that the institution was to be Episcopal in its char
acter. Dr. Ewing was man of great learning and
scientific attainments for his day. In June, 1768,
he suggested to the American Philosophical Socie
ty the propriety of making observations on the
" Transit of Venus," and he was appointed to
this duty, to be aided by Dr. Rittenlionae, and'
Dr. Wm. Smith. His mathematical projections
on this subject, were sent to the Astronozher Royal
of England, by whom they were most favorably
received. He visited England just_ before the
revolution, and everywhere stood up manfully
in defence of the rights of the American people.
In frequent conversations with Lord North, he
frankly told him of the effects of his policy, and
of the undoubted issue of the contest, and en
treated him to pause before he had irretrievably
alienated the affections of the Colonies. The
cities of Glasgow, Montrose, Dundee, and Perth,
presented him their freedom ; and the University
of Edinburgh, of which Dr. Robertson was then
Principal, bestowed on him the degree of Doctor
of Divinity. While in London, he met the cele
brated Dr. Johnson, at a dinner party, where the
conversation naturally turned on the threatening
aspect of American affairs. Dr. Ewing, as usual,
defended the cause of his country. But Dr.
Johnson, who hated the American patriots most
intensely, looked at him sternly and said, "What
do you, sir, know on the subject ?" Dr. Ewing
calmly replied, that having Jived in America all
his life, he thought himself qualified to deliver
his opinion on the subject under discussion.
The conversation proceeded, and Johnson became
loud and abusive in his denunciation of the Amer
icans. At length he very rudely said, " Sir,
what do you know in America ? Yon never read ;
you have no books there." Here the American
was too many for him, for Dr. Ewing instantly
replied, "Pardon me, sir ; we have read the
Rambler." This instantly appeased the old
lion, and he sat until a late hour, long after the
other guests had departed, conversing with Dr.
Ewing. In 1784 Dr. E. was appointed, with Dr.
Rittenhouse and others, to extend Mason and
Dixon's line to the Ohio River.
For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate
CAXLILEI, CLINTON CO., ILL., Jan. 24, 1860
Mama. EDITORS :—Allow me to make the
following statement through your valuable paper,
to Presbyterians who intend to remove West at
an early period :
This place is located forty-seven miles East of
St. Louis, on the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad.
The soil around Carlyle is rich and productive,
and a good marker accessible to farmers.
Unimproved land, having a desirable propor
tion of wood, clan be bought at $lO per acre, and
improved land from $2O to $BO, according to
the amount of outlay In improvement.
A second steam flouring mill ie iu progress of
erection in this place.
Besides the steam saw mills and flouring mills
in and contiguous to this place, there are several
mills on the streams through the county. A wire
suspension bridge across the Kaskaskia was
commenced last Fall, and will be completed
against April.
We have abundance of fruit of superior quality.
To prudent persons we can give assurance of
as much health here as they are likely to enjoy
elsewhere.
In the Preebyteriau church organized here,
there are two faithful Ruling 'Elders, and another
recently elected, two deacons, and another elect,
and a membership of thirty, (ten having been ad.
ded within the last nine months,) who are intelli
gent, kind, and zealous.
Conscientious Presbyterians, who intend to
settle in the West, make it a capital point to le
oate where there is a church organization.
To those who settle within our titian& we will
give a hearty reception and assurance that they
will advance their own interests—temporal and
spiritual—and serve the Church.
Inquiries promptly answered.
Paexcus H. L. ',Aran.
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For the Presbyterian Banner end Advocato.
Receipts
TOWARD THE EXDOWSIENT OE FOURTH PROITABOU.
SHIP IX THE WESTERN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
FOR JANUARY, 1860.
First church, Allegheny, $75.00
Bethany, Ohio 62.00
Sharon, do do 8.50
Miller's Run , Obio P'by, 19.00
Freedom and Concord, Allegley Clty P'by, 9.00
For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate
JEFFBRSON CITY, Jan. 23, 1860
MEISSILS. EDITORS :—As I am exploring in this
State for the Presbyterian Association for emigra
tion, I will make, occasionally, same jottings of
what I see and hear, for the benefit of your
readers. This State, possessing about the area
in square miles of Pennsylvania, has, at present,
less than one-third the number of inhabitants,
and consequently, there are large bodies of
vacant land that can be obtained on fair terms by
emigrants desiring to settle here. Vacant unim
proved lands can be bad from three to fifteen
dollars per acre, prices varying as to nearness or
remoteness from markot.
Excepting a portion of the country in tho
Northern part of the State, and perhaps some
portions of the Western part, Missouri may be
said to be well timbered. Coal is everywhere
very abundant South of the Missouri River, es
pecially in the Eastern • and middle portions.
Lead and iron is found in good quantities, and
these will, doubtless, prove rich productions.
This State having a geographical position
neither far South nor North, has the advantage
over almost all the Western States, in possessing
a climate well adapted to fruit growing and
stock raising. The rolling lands of Missouri are
alike adapted to fruit and grazfag, and consider
ing the mildness of Winters, I am of the opinion
great advantages are offered to those desiring a
Western home. I desire especially to call the
attention of such to this country.
I am well aware' every part- of the great
West has its own peculiar attractions and local
advantages. The energy and industry of the
settlers are making a "good country;" yet there
are portions of this great and growing North-
West, which have peculiar advantages, and with
the same amount of industry and enterprise,
greater results follow. This I deem to be true
of Missouri. When fairly developed by enter
prising industry, she will rank as the best of all
the West. This is my present Impression from
my limited and short acquaintance with this
country. More hereafter. Yours, truly,
W. P. MONTGOMNRY.
From our London Correspondent.
The Burial of Macaulay—Outside the Abbey—The
Dean's Yard—Early Arrivals—Campbell, Rus
sel, Thackera,y—The Hearse and Coffin—The
Dead Peer's ‘; Brougham"—The Nave, the An.
them, and the Procession—" Ashes to Ashes,
Dust to Dust"—The Last Look Into the Open
Grave—Tories Not Present—A Prelatic Excep
tion, and a Sham Protestant—The World's Con
cert for Prayer—How Observed in London—Ad
dresses to Unconverted Ragged School Teachers—
Result, and Solemn Scene—Prayer for London,
Invited—The Pope and the Emperor—The /Bea
table Issue—Postscript.
LONDON, January 12, 1860.
TEE BUBJAL OF LOUD MACAULAY has
signalized the present week. It has been
my privilege to take your readers to many
a stirring scene in the metropolis. Let me
now carry them with me to the old Abbey at
Westminster, where repose not only Kings,
Queens, and Nobles of high degree, good,
bad and indifferent, but also the ashes of
England's mightiest dead, if we except
Nelson, and Wellington, whose ashes almost
commingle in St. Paul's. Cathedral.
It is Monday morning, the ninth day of
the first month of 1860. The weather is
dry, but murky. I arrive at 12 o'clock
noon, at the Abbey. Already at the door
entering the church at Poet's Corner, nearly
opposite the new House of Peers, a num
ber of those who have obtained tickets,
(a limited body, comprising many distin
guished men in the arts of war and peace,)
have arrived, and on showing their tickets,
they are allowed to pass in.
I have not asked for % ticket of admix.
elan, nor do I expect to be more than an
outside spectator of the funeral procession,
and pageant. Yet I am, ere long, to be
inside the Abbey, in as favored a position
for hearing and observing,' as any others.
How does this come to pass ? In this way
I pass to the back of the great Abbey, as the
funeral is to come that way, and the body
is to be borne in, first of all, through the
Dean's Yard, and the Cloisters, in the rear
side. I piece myself on the pavement; *friend
and acquaintance comes up and takes his
stand beside me. A very polite brace of
police inspectors are marshaling the people;
and after waiting a little while,l find that
my friend and myself cannot closely mark,
where we stand, the carriages and their oc
cupants, as they are expected to pass. I
step across to one of the inspectors, and tell
bim that I have something to do with the
pen and the press, embracing in my thoughts
at the moment, the readers of the Banner.
I ask, can we not be permitted to pass the
gates 7 Politely, the " Open Sesame " is
spoken, and we enter into the Dean's Yard.
This is a garden or park-like square enclo
sure, doubtless very ancient, surrounded by
the residences of the clergy and other offi
cials of the Abbey.
We stand on the side-path by which the
hearse is to pass, until it has yielded up its
burden at yonder gloomy, low-arched door,
which leads directly into the body of the
church.
Suddenly we hear the sound of 'wheels.
Who comes here ? John Campbell, the son
of a Scottish parish minister. Whig from
his early days, once Solicitor General or At
torney General for Scotland, then Lord
Chancellor of Ireland, next Chief Justice,
and now last, and highest of all, Lord High
Chancellor of England. A remarkable old
yet juvenile-like, fee& and vigorous, at oev
enty•six years, is this Nestor—pawky, wise
in council as a Cabinet Minister, even if he is
not mighty in battle. Next drives up and
steps out Lord John Rune!, one of those
great statesmen who stood fast by liberty,
civil and religious, when Toryism was in
the ascendant, and now standing up nobly
as our Foreign Minister, for the Italian
cause. He looks healthier and stronger
than usual. He is come to do honor to the
memory of the Historian, Essayist, and
Orator of his party.
But who is this ? He stalks or strides
rapidly along on foot. His head is thrown
back, his looks are grey, but bushy, his chest
expanded, hie shoulders broad, his stature
lofty, his step firm, his eye keen and penetra-
ting, as it looks through those spectacles
which sit on a very remarkable nasal promon
tory depressed in media, as it his been by
an accident long ago.
This is William N. Thackeray, the author,
the satirist, the moralist, the artist, the
editor' too of that new and great success,
the "Cot - AO Magazine." I saw him once
before at a funeral. It was as pall-bearer,
beside the grave of Douglas Jerrold, on a
bright Summer day, at Norwood Cemetery.
Will he look as cynical today as then ?
But the gates are at last thrown open, (it
is past one o'clock,) to permit the hearse,
with its six jet black horses, the three mourn
ing coaches, and the empty carriage of the
dead. How sadly suggestive this is as it
comes and departs empty, never, alas 1 to be
occupied again, or convey its illustrious own
er to the British Museum Library ; or other
literary haunts ! It makes us sad, the very
sight of it, at once, and throws a black pall
(even before the undertaker's pall envelops
it) over that coroneted coffin, which is slowly
drawn forth from the hearse, and is slowly
borne away through cloister's gloom, to the
Abbey.
Am I to see no more ? One inspector
shakes his head and says, " No." The oth
er born for the crisis, and so polite before,
says, "Pass in." In two minutes I am out
side the barriers of the Nave, into which
pours down through those windows a dim, re
ligious, solemn light, on a procession already
in motion. The coffin is midway; the pall
over it is borne (say, rather touched by the
hand of each) by the pall-bearers : selected
and invited, nearly all historic miles, and
men of renown. Here are the Lord Chancel
lor; and a more loveable man still, a genuine
Christian, ind one of finest taste, the Earl
of Carlisle ; here also, is the yellow-haired,
and still youthful Duke of Argyle, (Macau
lay's nearest neighbor at Kensington, when
the Duke was in town,) as well as Earl Stan
hope (once Lord Mahon, and an author,)
with the speaker of the House of Commons;
Sir Holland, the great physician;`the
Bishop of Oxford, Sir D. Durnbis; Whist)
$163.50
Missouri.
plisbed Doctor Millman, the Dean of St.
Paul's.
Then follow the Dean, Chapter, and Choir,
all chanting the Anthem, "I am the Resur
rection and the Life." The body is borne in
to the choir; here the service for the Burial
of the Dead is proceeded with; another An
them is sung and the restof the service is
reserved for Vie grave's mouth; thither the
coffin is borne, and into it, as a brother and
other relatives of the deceased are grouped
with . the pall-bearers around, and a great
company of spectators stretching back as far
as the gates of the chapel of Henry the
Seventh, is slowly let down.
Dr. Trench now reads the ooncluding
prayers. The grave was dug right down
into the gravelly soil—nearly a square cham
ber, about twelve feet deep, and almost im
mediately beneath Rabaillac's famous monu
ment to the memory of Handel. As the
solemn words are said, " Ashes to ashes,
dust to dust," two handfulls of sand fall
on the coffin lid, eloquently saying, even
for one so renowned, to whose spirit now all
earthly glory must dwarf into extremest
littleness, " Vanity of vanities, all is
vanity."
As soon as the benediction is pronounced,
relatives, pallbearers, and then the general
spectators, repair to the verge of the open
grave, and take a last look at the coffin;
and all look sadly upon its rich brass plate,
and its engraved name and title.
Wellington's funeral was a grander thing,
and more impressive by far,' than was this
of Macaulay; yet the last, also, was striking
and solemnizing. The service ought to have
been solemnizing, and was so in part. But
there was a great deal more, I fear, of
curiosity, than devotion, and the anthem
songs, though very fine, were rather too
artistic; the audience being only able to
listen, without distinguishing the words.
The Tory party had scarce a representa
tive at this funeral. They hated Macaulay.
With all his other defects, he did too noble
service against High Churchism, and Divine
Right and Despotism generally, to be loved
by a Tory. Samuel Wilberforce, indeed,
a Land•like Bishop, was there, a pall-bearer I
0, Proteus What doest thou here What
hest thou to * do with the burial of a man
who scourged and smote the Tractarianisin
thou lovest and eherishest? Were Ithuriel
here, this morning, as this true priest, with
furtive eye, and Jesuit features, and squat
figure, an d long cloak, stepped out of his
carriage, and did the spear but touch him,
the world would have seen a true Popish
Medimval Bishop, instead of the quasi and
sham Protestant Bishop of Oxford.
THE WORLD'S CONCERT FOR PRAYER,
as proposed by the Lodiana missionaries, was
begun by Christians in London with great
solemnity, unanimity, and , earnestness, on
the morning of the 9th inst., 'and is being
continued during the week. At Free
*eon's Hall there is prayer every morning
and evening—and daily prayer in many
other places. At Islington there was a
glorious meeting, at 9 o'clock on Monday
morning. The Vicar, the son of the late
Bishop Wilson, of Calcutta, presided. About
twenty ministers were on the platform.
The place of assembly was crowded to ex
cess; many were obliged to go away.
Solemn and suitable discourses were preached
very generally on the previous day, and in
the evening of the Sabbath, prayer united
and earnest was very common. Never,
surely, was there a concert of prayer like
this, since the Saviour's ascension. The num
bers engaging in it; the extent of the Con
cert, beginning far away Eastward, while we
in England had night's darkness and sleep
upon us; and then its utterances bursting
forth here all day long ; and as the sun set
in the West, he dawned on the United
States, to wake up fresh suppliants. Like
a glorious zone, this concert has encireled
the globe. Let us hope for great results.
A clergyman of the Church of England, at
the Islington meeting, among other suppli
cations, asked a special blessing on thosebreth
ren in India, with whom the proposal for this
concert originated. I trust that here on
earth, and still more in eternity, they will
find, to their adoring astonishment, that the
idea was of the Spirit's own prompting.
Happy presage, even amid troublous times,
of the day when the prayers of the Son of
Jesse and all nations shall be so "ended"
as to be turned into prairie, and when
"'Nation after nation taught the song,
Barth rolls the rapturous hosanna round t"
ADDRESSES TO RAGGED SCHOOL TEACH
ERS exclusively, were delivered, last week,
by Mr. Brownlow North and Mr. R. Rad
cliffe, at Freemason's Hall. The words
spoken by the second of these gentlemen to
unconverted teachers, were attended with
such arrow-like power, not only to them but
to others present, that a number remained
after the general meeting, in a state of deep
anxiety. They were separately addressed
by Mr. Radcliffe for a few minutes, and
also by Mr. Noel, and these gentlemen, with
myself and others, were engaged for some
time in conversing with persons under the
deepest spiritual anxiety.
I believe that the ,Spirit of God is still
in mighty operation / And entreat the prayers
of all American Christians who read these
lines, especially those who are the fruit of
the late revival in the United States, and
not forgetting to ask the prayers of the
Ladling brethren, (who also read your
Banner,) that they will continue to ask for
an abundant outpouring of the Spirit on
this great city during the present year.
THE PAPACY .is in deeper trouble than
ever; those "strong rowers," the Jesuits,
seem powerless, and the bark of Saint Peter
is among the breakers. Count Walewski's
dismissal by the French Emperor, was re
garded, justly, as in defiance of both Austria
and the Pope, and of a hearty recognition of
the necessity of a liberal policy, and of
close alliance with England, based thereon.
But this, it now turns out, was but the get
ting rid of one who had. repeatedly been a
bar to progress, and in whom despots, in
cluding the exiled princes of Italy, pieced
confidence—Palmerston alone, hindered a
war breaking out between England and
France, a few months ago—Waleweki,
the renegade Pole, having inspired the
French press to abuse this country. But
now comes to light something more serious
still. On the 2d of December, the Pope ad
dressed a letter to Napoleon HI., imploring
him to
. stand by him against the revolted
Romagnols. "No answer is given to this un
til the 31st of December, on which day is
dispatched a letter to the Holy Father. It
did not reach Rome till after New Year's
day. On that day, as is usual, the, French
General at Rome, and his officers, presented
their congratulations to the Pope. The old
man replied, thanking the General, and im
ploring blessings on the Emperor, Empress,
Prince Imperial, and the whole French na
tion. But all this benediction is condi
tional ! For the Pope, in a very undignified
way, betraying the alarms of those Cardinal
atial old women who surround and mislead
him, virtually declared that the renuncia
tion by the Emperor of a "contemptible
pamphlet," which was a monster of hypoc
risy and a tissue of blunders, was essential
to a reconciliation. Since then, as you,
know, the Pope has declared that he is
ready to become an exile or a martyr for
the " rights "of the Holy See. Well, and
what said Napoleon ? Why, that his Holi
ness' letter of December had affected him
deeply, but that the logic of events was in
exorable. That had the Pope granted,
some time ago, as advised by the Emperor,
a separate administastion, and a Lay govern
ment, to the Romagna, the people would have
returned to their allegiance. Now it is too
late ; so let the Pope yield with a good
gram', and keep the States of the Church,
which the Great Powers in Congress will
guarantee to him.
The Papists evenrivhere, Ste finding out
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