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PITTSBURGH, Minn, APRIL St, 1860.
General Assembly of tht i'lesbytielan Church.
The General Asseulbly 'of the Presbyterian
Churck in the United Status of America will
hold its 'next nre , eting in the First Presbyterian
church, Rochester, New Fork, at eleven. o'clock
A. Itf. on Z'hufsficiy, the 17th of Nay, and will
be opeAed.with, a sernton by the Rev. IVltird,ot
L. BREOKINILIDON, D.D., Moderator of the last
Assembly. •
The Conti:nig:cc of Commissions Aprill meet in
the Lecture-Room of the church on the Wednes
day evening preceding, at eight o'clock, to re
ceive' Commissions, and' on Thursday morning,
the day of the meeting, at nine o'clock, for the
same purpose.
Jaw' LETIMEN, Staled Clerk.
ALEXANDER T.. MCGILL, Permanent Clerk
P. S.—Stattid Clerks •of Presbyteries are re
spectfully requested to make out their lists of
persons entitled to the Minutes on a separate
sheet, and to send that, together with moneys for
the Minutes, to G. H. VAN GELDER, Esq.,
TREASURER 0? .iRN :GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 320
'WALNUT STREET, PUILADELIMILA..
The Committee of Arrangements request Com
missioners and others, who expect to attend the
mooting of the General Assembly, which con
venes in the CITY OF BOCIIESTER, MAT 17Th,
next, td forward their names and Post Office ad
dresses to .SETH IL TERRY, RoonasTen, N. Y.,
se soon as may be.
'Flices will be assigned to all such before their
leaving hems. '
Those who do not send their .names in season,
will be provided with places on their arrival, on
application at the Rooms of the Committee, at
the First Presbyterian church.
Due noticewill be given of any arrangements
made with Railroad Companies, for a reduction
of fare.
Dated, Rochester, April sth, 1860. ,
SAMUEL MILLER, LEVI A. WARD,
FREEMAN CLARER, SELAR MATTILEWS,
SETH 11.. TERRY,
Sub-Committee of .Arrangements
PRINCETON SEMINARY.
It is stated that a liberal and wealthy
Christian gentleman stands ready to endow
Professorship at Princeton, as soon
as.the General Assembly shall have estab
lished the Chair, and filled it.. It is also
said that the valuable library of the late
Dr. J: A. ALEXANDER is to be bought by
a friend, and presented to the institution..
We hope that no thoughts of rivalship will
interfere with, a due enlargement of the
means of education, at Princeton; or else
-where.' All who are to preach the Gospel,.
do:not need the extensive course of instruc
tion, which would be implied in the em
ploying,of five Professors, nor of four, nor
of three. But the Church does really need
that while all her sons who enter the min
istry shall be well educated; some of them
—some of those most highly gifteu—shall
enjoy.' also the verybest opportunities for
acquiring vast and. varied treasures of
kno*ledge.
CRINGE IN. THE MANNER -OF DIRECTING
PAPERS.
Congress having,amendud.the Post Office
laws, so as to allow publishers to put on
each ,paper the date to which the subscrip
._4l--,---L---..3,l__we_have concluded to .adopt
the plan. We commence, tans
a part of our issue, and hope to progress,
till every paper shall bear, weekly, , together
with the subscriber's name, the date to
which he has paid.
Thh3 plan has advantages. It is a re
ceipt weekly sent, saves expense, and keeps
subscribers always informed of the time
when they should renew their subscription
and Prevent the stepping of their paper.
N. B. In some cases the indication of
payment is given when we have not actu
agy - received the money—it is, when a
friend has raised a club and sent on the
names, making himself responsible to us.
We cheerfully give a short credit thus,
though we still hope for great promptness.
PRAYER BEFORE HE OPENING OF THE
ASSEMBLY.
It has been proposed that Commissioners
to the General Assembly, at Rochester,
New Irork, on the third Thursday in'May,
shall meet, as far as practicable, on the
Monda , y ? Tuesday, and Wednesday pm
vious, and engage in a concert of prayer,
specially for the Divine blessing upon the
House about to organize. We trust
that very many will make it convenient to
be there, and will then find themselves and
their brethren in the spirit of prayer.
Some vastly important questions are to be
discussed, and should be decided upon, by
the body. Wisdom from on high, is indis
pensable to the attaining of happy results.
And.in this concert of prayer, Christians
at home should earnestly unite. Special
intercessions may. well commence on the
Sabbath previouslyto the Assembly's meet
ing, and then the . representatives of the
churches be remembered at the throne of
grace; daily, onward. If the Lord will
hear, Zion shall flourish:
FARE TO TRE ; GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
It has been customary fbr years for dele
gates to our. General Assembly, after pay
ing full railroad fare in going, to be allowed
to return without charge, upon presenting
a certificate, signed by the officers, that
they bad been in. attendance. But it is
probable; that this privilege will not be
allowed, this year, to those who must pass
over the Little Mianii, Cleveland and
Columhus, and Lake Shore railroads, since
application was made to these roads in be
half of the delegates to the General Con
ference of the Methodist Church, which
meets at Buffalo, but with no success. The
editor of 'the Western. Christian Advocate
says :
"The result of-this refusal to extend to
a religious what we believe has never been
withheld. from a political convention, will
be `to send‘manyof the. General Conference
delegates through Canada to Buffalo. The
road:from Detroit through Canada has gen
erously extended the courtesies usual on
such occasions; and, as it deserves, will
reap a harvest, which the narrow policy of
the roads"on this side of the Lake has
allowed to be gathered by our more liberal
Canadian brethren."
As a matter of course, the delegates to
our General Assembly 'who pass over this
route will receive the same treatment, and
must go prepared to meet it.
If the Astierably of our Church will meet,
in Pittsburgh next year, we risk nothing
in saying to,its members that the Pennsyl
irtibia Central, and Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne
and - Chicago roads, will cheerfully carry
atm at httif Oleo.
WESTERN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
The session that is just now closing has
been one of unusual prosperity. The at
tendance of students has been unprecedent
ly large, while the health of themselves
and their instructors has been remarkably
good. Commen4able diligence has been
manifested in all the various studies, and
at the same time, the cultivation of person
al religion has not been neglected: A spi
rit of active and serious .piety has pre
vailed.
Several of the members of the Senior
Class will go out as foreign missionaries;
others are alFeady 7 tinder appointment by
the Domestic Board, and .loud calls from
various quarters are made on the remain
dei.
The patrons `of this Institution have
great 'reason for gratitude, because of its
past prosperity, and those who have been
most liberal in.its:supPort in former years,
will not cease their benefacilons.
The first three days of the present week
were devoted to theexanlination of the dif
.
ferent classes. The following ex.bibit will
show the extent;variety, and thoroughness
of this examination.' The subjects'for each
day are given; add when the subject is re
peated, it is to be uuderstood that different
classes were examined on it :
ilionclay.---Biblieal Criticism, Polemics,
Sacred History, PaStem' Epistles; l'astoral
Theology, Archtnotogy;Eeclosiaeticat llis
tory, itehrew, piciantie Theology.
Tuesday ,—Hebrew, Experimental Re
ligion; Ecclesiastical History, Greek Testa
.went.
Mditesday.--EdWards on the Will,
Didactic Theology, Homiletics,. Church
Government, Greek. Testament, Ecclesia&
tical History, Hebrew, Polemic Theology.
The students acquitted themselves with
credit, both to themseltes and the Profts
sors.
-• The 'address of Dr. HooF.,' of Richmond,
Ira., before the Society of. Inquiry, was de
livered on Tuesday evening, in Dr. SWIFT'S
church. It was replete with interest: A
crowded house evinced the attachment .of
our people to what' concerns our young
men. This popular zeal for' our Semina
ries will, as we hope, never fail.
Dr. Homes theme was, The Promise of
Continued Prosperity to our Church, from
her Adaptation to the wants of I.lumanity
in General, and tolhose of our Country in
ParticUlar. We need not say to those who
know the speaker, that he was ardent, elc
(input, lucid, and instructive. Nor need we
tell him that his audience appreciated his
discourac. This was evinced by their eager
attention.
In the illustration of his subject Dr.
I.IOGE 'Spoke of the fact that all Seriptiire
is profitable; all is . designed of God for
man's instruction ; to . make fnll-grown
Christian men, the whole Word of. God is
needed—and the Presbyterian Church re
ceives the whole .Wercl , and preaches it all;
all its doctrines and MI its duties. God's
sovereignty, the freeness 'of grace, man's
lost and helpless estate,-man's responsibili
ty—all the doctrines, popular or unpalat
able, she teaches, fearlessly and in faith.
She does . not.diYida-tho"" "nc l : l 3otq9-4 1 3em.
-Irn a -101,;4- ~—,...a.....1411.1(Pni5en." All she
regards as wholesome, and administers all,
in due season, striving rightly to divide the
Word, to young . and Old, to saint and sin
ner. And the duties, as DiVinely taught,
which flow from the relations of men to
each other, and to God, she presents, re
iterates,and maintains with - firmness, one
and all.
The Close Adherenee of our Church to
Primitive Simplicity, was also noted as a
feature .adapting her to usefulness. Her
mode of worship is . §trietly Evangelical:
She has made no additions of human'. de
vising. She affects r not the rsthetieal.
The administration of the sacraments is
simple. She invents no ceremonies. Trust
ing the wisdom of Christ in the institu
tion, she confides in her 'Lord that he will
bless just what himself has instituted.
The Adaptation of Presbyterian Govern
ment to an intelligent, free, and law-abiding
peOple, as a ground of confidence in
Church progress and perpetuity, was ably
.presented. Americans arc an intelligent
people. They think. They investigate.
They yield not to dictation,; nor to tradi
tion, but to truth's pOwei. The speaker
alluded . here to the influence of Calvinism,
and its connexion with inielligence, civil
free.dom;and elevated social life, in Geneva,
Holland, Scotland, England, and these Uni
ted States. He also noticed the fact that,
though Presbyterians are not the largest de
nomination in the . country; yet, taking their
three grand features, and taking a vote
on each, each would have a large ma
jority of the whole Christian population.
Calvinism also has always been; not only
the friend and patron of education, but the
real and efficient agent in its promotion.
ft . bas also stood prominent in the various .
branches of the highest-classes of litera
ture and science.
In conclusion, the respOnsibility.
.clevolv
ing on the youthful ministry, was affection
ately. and earnestly presented. The eleva
ted character of our Church is, by them, to
be maintained, and her glory un.aer Christ,
her Lord, to be promoted.
The closing exercises take place the ev
ening after we ga to press; an account Of
which will be given' next week:
PRESBYTERY OF .HUNTINGDON.
It was our privilege to be _present at the
meeting of this Presbytery, at Hollidays
burg, Pa., on the 10th and 11th instant.
The attendance was large, the ministers
generally being present, and, also represen
tatives from nearly all the churches. It is
delightful to attend upon the -sessions of a
country Presbytery, and witness the 'truly
fraternal spirit of the brethren, ministerial
and laic, and see their induStry; and feel
with them the deep interest tacit in Zion's
affairs; and participate in the eihPerating
inthience of a numerously: present and
greatly delighted congregation. And if
we should utter a word specially :favorable
to the Presbytery of Huntingdon, its min
isters, elders, and people, we. may , well be ,
excused. In one of its chuicheS he, who
now directs the pen, hifil his birth-place and
his early consecration to God. In it he
grewup to manhood. Its . ,meetings he at
tended with much punctuality tWenty
, two years of. his Ministerial life,,Often r
ding on horseback, i going andaeturning,
leigheyP one hundred Unliferty xnil ,:and
PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.-T-SATURDA Y, APRIL 21, 1860.
always happy in the privilege of being one
of the assemblage.
The late meeting had to him, after an
absence of seven years, its wonted interest.
Changed it is; considerably, as to its min
isterial members ; but the - younger breth
ren have much 'of 'the spirit. of ;their
seniors, and of the departed; and the con
gregation manifested the characteristic and
familiar interest in the proceedings. Peo-'
pie should attend Presbyterial meetings, al
ways, and in large numbers ; and ministers'
and elders should ever strive, as becomes
the ambassadors of Christ and partakers of
his Spirit, to make. their assemblings at
tractive and instructive.
A somewhat peculiar interest was given
to the late meeting, by the ordination of
two young men with a view to their going
as missionaries to Siam. They are, DANIEL
W. FISIFER, of •Blair County, and N. A:
McDoNALn, of Franklin County. The
trials of these brethren were highly 'grati
fying. They have appointments froth our
Foreign Board, and arc to sail shortly.
In the ordination exercises, Rev. - 3'OllN.
W. I•VrirrE preached the sermon, Rev. G-.
W.T4O3IPSON, D.D., presided and led in
the ordaining• prayer, and Rev. D. X. JUN-
Ki X, .D.D., charged the Evangelists. The
occasion elicited much emotion. Many
fervent hearts, joined in 'the prayer for
blessings the richest, temporal and sPirit..
nal, upon the devoted young servants: of
Jeans Christ. • The--solemnitiei • will be
long remenibered,land thd increased zeal in
the behalf of Foreign Missions, must be
I nr , abiding. abidi • •
b • :
Three young men, 31m - Es C. :WILSON,
WILLIAM ALEXANDER,' and SIIIIII.JEt L.
GAMBLE, were licensed as probationeri for
the ministry; . and one, JAMES N.
was received as a candidate. , .
The reports from the churches manifest
ed a deep interest, in several places; on the
subject of religion. Middle Tuscarora we
mention, in another column. BirminghaM,
a small vacant church, has, been enjoying
the labors of ReV. DAVID STERRITT, and is
greatly refreshed. Hollidaysburg had
eleven new communicants adad, a few dys
ago.
Rev. P.OREIIT HAMILL and Rev.. JoHN
ELLIOTT, ministers, and Messrs. JortATHAN
HAMILTON and WILLIAM WILSON, M. D.,
elders, were chosen Commissioners.to the
General Assembly. An abstract of the
minutes will appear next week.
MINISTERIAL SUPPORT.
It is astonishing with what reluctance
many men contribute to the support of
their pastor. The proceeds of -a day's bus
iness, or the yield of an acre of well tilled
soil, or the money received for a young ani
mal, the rearing of which upon the farm
cost nothing perceptible, is clutched with`a
firm grasp, and yielded with great reluc
tance when the minister's maintenance is
to be raised; while double the amount is
expended cheerfully for a party, or on a
jaunt, or for jewelry, or on fine dress, or• in
the payment of a bill, much of which is
comprised in tobacco and ; liquors. How is
this ? What is there in human nature,
wkicli_canses so much pain when the claims
of religion are to taot.?-.. it- s is human,
nature, and not a gracions nature which so
feels -and reluctates. A writer in the
Southern' Asbyteriart, some weeks ago,
well sets off this spirit, on a high and low
scale. He says
"A. gives $1,500 for a negro and $lO to
his pastor. -B. gives $5OO for the education
of his children and $l5 for preaching. C.
pays $2OO for medical services and $2O. to
his pastor. D. pays a store account, of $6OO
and $25 to his preacher. E. spends $3OO
every Summer on a pleasure trip and $l5
for church privileges. P. makes fifty bags
of cotton, which will bring him at least
$2,000, and all he pays for religious' and
charitable purposes does not exceed $5O. 'G.
has just bought a carriage for $5OO, and is
very much vexed because the deacon hinted
that he ought to`give more than $l2 to
support the minister. H. is expending sev
eral hundred dollars on a new house, and
regrets that he cannot ivive to the church
more than $lO. L paid a lawyer $250 as
a fee, in one suit, and $l5 is as much as he
ever paid to his pastor. And so on down to
Z., who was always a cross fellow, and never
fails to make a fuss about the little pittance
he does give."
Such disproportionate expenditures, and
penuriousness belong not, to climate. We
find them in the balmy SOuth, the mild
Middle, and the chilling North. They are
not the expansions and contractions of heat
and cold. They are the outgoings of a soul
liberal to self-indulgence, but alien from
God, and the things of God.
Support your minister: He brings you
glad-tidings; he makes your household or
derly, honest, joyous ; he makes.your prep
erty secure; he guides you and yours heav
enward. He is your best friend ; your
real benefactor. Regard him as Such.
Show yourself such to him.
IS SLAVERY A CIVIL INSTITUTION?
Our Southern brethren are exceedingly
troubled to find a suitable locus for slavery.
They must, they think, find it in the Bible.
It must have a Scriptural sanction. Oth
erwise, conscience could not be satisfied,
nor a stand be maintained in discussions
with religious men. But then, if it is a
Bible doctrine it must be regulated by Bi
ble rules. If it has the sanction of Serip
ture, the powers of masters and the subjec
tion of slaves must be •granted, enjoined,
bounded, and limited, by. the Scriptures.
There must he no assumptions of authority,
no deprivation of liberties, no' withholding
of rights. The authority on the one hand,
and the rights and liberties on the other,
are such, and such .only, and such in full,
as the Scripture gives. For these, as well
as for a sanction of the relation, we must
go "to the law and, to the testimony."
" What is written ?" How readest thou?"
And then, too, legislation must, conform to
Scriptural principles and precepts. Yea,
and the Church also must note the relation,
and examine into the conduct of both
master and slave, and reprove, rebuke,,and
exhort.
And 0 what a change must hence sdper
vend ! What a Bower would this give to
the Church, over Men's propertgl And
how the judgment of the whole Church
must be brought to bear •'upon the relation
both as to the doctrine, what it really is,
and as to the practice, wliether it is right
or wrong!
But all this cannot be borne. • Even;the,
Divine-right slaver:Tram, Shrink 'A(6 the
e'Un'idefuhrieds -of their Asiuirtictithr. They
resort to the civil power. So the Central
Presbyterial?, (March 31st,) gays :
"Let'then the Evamelist'..henceforth re
member that slavery is a civil institution,
with which the Church has no more right
to interfere than the legislature of a State
has to interfere with a purely religious in
stitution."
This is a monstrous statement to go forth,
editorially, in a religious journal. Are the
slaves human beings ? Iftso, the Church
is bound to seek their enlightenment, con
version, and edification. She is bound to
receive them within her pale, and to care
fox• them as members. And are themasters
members of the Church? She is then
bound to see, that they , keep all tite com
mandments of God. The Church, then,
has a right to interfere with slavery: A
Master's power may subvert the slave's
rights under the fourth, fifth, sixth, sev
enth,, and eighth commandments. Must
then the Church give up, so far as regards
theSe two .classes of persons, their so
cial. relation, one-half of the moral 'law ?
If men see propq, in the exercise of their
civic power, to affirm the - bondage of four
millions of their fellow-beings, that surely
cannot' deprive Christ of his rights,
through his. Church, ever. these millions;
nor can it dissolve the obligations under
which the Church is placed, toward, her.
Head. Marriage is a cfre7 institution', but,
this does not, prevent the Church from,
interfering. She may„ and should, both,
teach and administer ,disnipline. So also of
slavery.
Slavery, we agree, is a civil, and merely,
a civil institution; that is, slavery in its
peculiar .features„ as distinct from service,
is human. Service 'is recognized of God:
Service is regulated in Scripture. its &a
t* and rewards are enjoined. *Butslavery
is distinet therefrom. It. is of man'. it is
civil institution. And still, that it is $O,
does not place it as the. Central presumes,
beyond' the sphere of Christian interfer
ence. Every man is bound, in whatever he
does, to regard the'glory of God. And'so
the Church mustteach. .
R.EVIVUS.
Middle Tusearovi Pa.-The church in this
place, under the ininrstrations of Rev.: 4.
J. HA - mwroN, has,been enjoying a remark
able season of refreshing: Profhssors have
been very much revived, 'both in the'Pres
byterian and United Presbyterian conore
gations, and many new r uonverts have been
added to their numbers;
. .sixthr-six to Ale
former, and ten to the: latter. A call lia,s
been made out for Mr. HAmitcorr by the
Middle. Tuscarora church, which he accepts,
and, he is shortly to b 9 installed, by a Cora
mittee
.of the Presbytery of Huntington.
Mr. H. was aided 'for 4pme time during the
revival, by Rev. 0-. TnomPsow, D. I).
• Perry,,Par—The pas i tpr, Rev. JOHN Mc-
KEAN, writes : , , .
"You are anxious.' to hear of the out
pouring of God's Spirit on his churches,
and we here have beew blessed in a wOnder
ful manner. 'Twenty were added to ,Perry
church, Jefferson County, Pa., within the
last 'few weeks,' all on examination. God
opened his hand and. gave us many good
things, strengthening,: our souls, we hope,
and enliiening ourt/graces. The people
seem much refreshed; and our prospects"in
- thii field appear much - brighter every
year "
Bald Mont.—Rev. J. B. ADAMS, 'of
Bald Mount, Luzerne County, Pa., under
date of the oth inst., writes us
" Last Sabbath a week, seven persons
made a public profession of religion in our
church, amdng whom was my son. Ile
hopes to be a minister."
The Temperauceville Church, of which , Mr.
MeCARTNEr is pastor, has just concluded
two weeks of pleasant and profitable ser
vices. At their communion, on Sabbath,
they received thirteen, accessions, eleven
of whom we.re, on profesSion.
Rev. d. 1. Mark—This brother has been
transferred from the New School Presbyte-
Flan Church to the Old School, and is, now
a member of the. Presbytery of Ohio.
EASTERN. SUMMARY.
BOSTON AtlrD RETT-ENO'Leflt,TP.
But few people at 'a distance 'have any proper
idea of the extent of business transacted' in the
LOBSTER TRADE, every. year, in Bostowand
ity.. The 'season for taking thisfish',has just
Commenced. In the cold weather, fish of 'this
kind strike off into the deep water, where it is
probably:warmer than near the shore. As the
warm weather approaches, they leave their deep
sea retreats, and coming near the land, immense
quantities are caught in traps made for the pur
pose, with a self-acting door, Which opens as
they pass through, and immediateiriloses, leav
,ing the lobstei.6 in "durance vile." It is 65t.i
-mated that notices than one million two hundrk
theusand of these fish are carried into Boston
every year. From this lioint they, are sent,
boiled, to every part of the State. •, They are
found on every part of the coast of. North Amer
ica,,frcantlie St. Lawrence to the gulf of Mexico:
It-is, wonderful how long they are able to live
without food ; some of them have been known-to
live six months after being caught, without any
:sustenance. , .
The Yankees are greatly given to " Calcula
ruco".7 A correspondent of the Traveller, who
has been applying his natural propensity to
analyzing the April fashions for the ladies, as
set forth in the magazines, says in respeetle the
sea of flounces on the full feathered dress that
the buiy hand of the sempstress must stitch and
sew, to finish this one garment, "to the extent of
nine liundred and seventy-•seven feet. Add to this
twepty-three feet for the waist, and you haye one
thousand feet, or one mile of sewing, in about
five`dresies." No wondOr sewing machines are
in demand.
The Sscoin Am - millers have not yet given up
all 'exPectation_ of the final accomplishment of
their theories, and in. their own. peculiar manner;
notwithstanding thetaistakes so frequently made
.with.-respect.to the day . on which the present
order of things shall cease to exist. They held a
meeting in Boston 'on Saturday, thelth inst., to
prepare for the.end of the world, which'they be
lieved Would certainly take place 'on" the follow-.
ing day; Sabbath,' the. Bth inst. On that day
they were Much engaged in praying, singing, and,
exhorting, but the destruction of all , earthly
things;did not take place; and these deluded
people separated to wait until some other day is
selected by their leaders for this great event.
Mews. Oculd & Lincoln have .in press a Nay,.
Esumsu , Woux, by that:distinguished,nattualist,
Philip llenry Geese, entitled "Romance of Nat
ural Dietary," that be a very acceptable
workto.all who takoon interest in such, studies.
Thee early sheets tave been forwarded to- these
publishers from England.
130311 t .EPISOOPALIANS are greatly opposed to,
the formation of another church tbr Dr. Hunt
ington.- The reason given for this, is that:the
'Episcopal' ''churches now in existence, 'furnish
abuidatitaeconimisdalions for all that prefer this
denoraination, and that a new church, if •sue"
orily*lskki the:ca
cannot' be expected' that there will be any cone
siderable secessions from the other denomina , -
tions.,, Dr. Huntington at preSent, meets with
the Bible class of the Young Men's Christian As
sociation
every. Saturday evening. The attend
ance
is good, and his instructions are listened to
with much interest. It will be a happy day for
• Boston and New England, when the Bible Will be
restored to the 'place it once held in the estima
tion of all the 'People, as - the rule . of faith and
practice. '
The next STATE SABBATH SCITOOL CONVBIti:TDSN
is to be held 'at Worcester, June 13th and 14th.
- Owing.tolhe place, and' the season of the.year, a
large gathering is expected.
. •
The Hex. Amain BIOEtOW, an old and much
esteemed citizen of Worcester; • Mass., died in
that city on Thursday, at the A.dvaneed age 'of
eighty- . tve years. He was a member of 'Con
gress for the 'Worcester 'North District; . as long
ago as 1810, and continued in the two succeed
ing bodies, in company with Clay, Webster, Cal
houn, Lowndes, &c. • .lie was the ',oldest member
of ,the bar of Worcester County, and for sixteen
years held the office of Clerk of the, Supreme
Court for the Worcester DiStriet..
Mns. STOWE'S " Minister's Wooing" is passing
a pretty severe "ordeal of criticism in different
parts of •New England: People have begun. to
examine the incidents of the story, the charac
ters introduced, and the sentithents advanced,
and just in proportion as_ this is .tione does the
work sink in the estimation of the friends of
Prangelibel religion. • •
At a, Meeting 'of the Taunton Association,
week before last, the Rev. Mr. Blake' read an Es
say on the " Minister's' Wooing," in which be
severely criticiseclita historical.iimeeuracies and
its misrepresentations of the
. Hopkinsian theolo
gy, The good sense of the people revolts at the
• earricatbre of one of, the great men of New-Eng
land.' , •
One of the descendants of Rom WILLIAMS;
has (lath:tuned that the resting place of the
founder of abode Island, 'shall no longer remain
unmarked. The remains of Mr. Williams were
exhumed last week, and will in due time be
buried in a more suitable place. The Providence
Journal
J says:
"It is'eertainly an ungrateful neglect, and not
quite to the - bonor ofihis city' and State, that. our
founder, the chief man in our history,.
should. have been so long in an .obscure grave,
without any stone of. memorial. ' Nearly a pen- .
tury in 1771, the freemen of Providence
took some steps toward the erection of a monu-.
ment. But the work is left for this or some cern
ing generation. .Cowper speaks of the uuknoWn
martyrs of Liberty, Ouse 'ashes flew, no mar
ble tCHS .us whither.'• 19illiums ought not.to be
one of these. His 'aslies euglit to be taken into,
:civic trust, while soulptufegfves bond in stone '
to guard his name and keep it always in the pub
- lic eye.": • . . • '
NEW:YORI?:
EVERYTHING in this city is done on, a gigantic
scale ; here there' are great virtues, .and here
vice abounds in frightful proportions. Here in
comes are large, and the expenditures are
enormous; and nowhere is money so .lavishly
expended as in the City Government, up
on all possible objects, and upomall possible pre
texts. Last year the Common Council expended
$04,474 with the professed object of making its
proceedings known to the people at large. But
unfortunately the greater part of the sum was
appropriated to the benefit of political favOrites.
More than $50,000 were received by the Daily
Armes, Morning Express, Commercial Advertiser,
Courier t Zzquirer, and Day Book, whose united
total circulation is only twelve thousand. Thus
these 'papers received over $4 per annum for each
subscrilier. While the Times, Herald, Tribune,
Sun, and Staats .Zeitung, whose united - daily cir
culation is over two hundred thousand, or more
than sixteen times that of the, five pitpers before
mentioned, received - 0n1y,513,060; and the re
mainder ,was spent on a ,crowd of journals, the
names of which were not known to one in fifty of
the inhabitants. :This is ; ,a specimen of the fa
voritism practised so extensively in the city Gov
ernment. And it is to; - he feared that the same
spirit is, extending to other places.
'An enterprising individual now runs an EARLY
'ExTREss; for. the purpose of aupplYing the pea
ple along the line of Railroad between' Albany
and New'Yark With the city papers in advance
of the mail. The train consists of 'a locomotive,
tender', and a single car, run at the expense and
risk of this person, while a stipulated' um is
paid for the use of the track: Thii may give our
readers some idea of the extent of the daily
newspaper business in that slirection, in order
that such a large outlay may be justified.. As *tt
matter of course, other newiPaper dealers and
the country .papers -along that route, are loud in
condemnation of !the monopoly. But , energy, ,,
perseverance, and tact, 'must have their way, and
exert a controlling influence in any calling.
,The NEW Yonw. SANITARY ASSOCIATION is DOW
,giving - much, attention to the conditions neces
sary to health, of, body and vigor of, mind ; anzl.
its papers are generally, possessed of marked
ability, so that they will be invaluable as works
of reference for authors and political economists.
At a recent meeting, ProfessOr•Morris presented
carefully prepared statistics;:' showing that in
eight hundred and seventy : two families, in whili
the parents were blood relations, of the three
thousand nine hundred children, only four hun
dred and ten were perfect, while throe thousand
four hundred and zunety . wereclefective. A short
time ago a femily of ' immigrants, rarents and
children, passed through Davenport; lowa ; but
the live children were ill idiots. The inter
marriage of blood reloticms' was given as the
cause.
In a recent editorial, the Century brings some
very severe charges against the MANAGERS or THE
CITY ItAmwArs; and especially those of the Sixth
and Eighth .kvenues, - with respect to the treat
rtkcnt of the drivers
It is charged that the pay allowed for a day's
work of fifteen hours is only a dollar and a half;
that if the driver absents himself for a couple of
hours on Sunday to go,to the house of qod, his
wages for the succeeding week are cut down to a
dollar and a quarter; that whatever accidents
Occur to the car from collision, breakage, or any
ether cause, even down to the scratching of the
paint, are deducted from this miserable pittance,
and that the slightest complaint is followed by an
immediate dischargm When it is - remembered that
these are among the most profitable city railways
in the 'United States, paying not less than - fifty
per cent. dividends on the cost of the roads, it
will be admitted, we imagine r that these charges,
if just, indicate that there are depths of mean
ness too nearly unfathomable for anything but a
city railroad corporation to fathom.
This is feature connected with • all Sabbath
breaking concerns that shouldte looked fairly in
the face by all hirelings , dependent for subsist
ence on their daily toil No ethers are so much
interested in protecting the Sabbath from dese
cration as the'se. For just'as soon as the Sab
bath. would be secularized, just that soon would
the working man and the working woman, be
compelled to labor seven days in the week, in
stead of six, as now. The tender mercies of rich
Sabbath-breaking corporations are cruel, and
they will find imitators everywhere, if the holy
Sabbath can be perverted from sacred uses.
The proposal to Anomsit CiaITAT, PUNISIL
=NT has awakened much - discussion in various
quarters, 'within the last few. weeks. But the
success of the advocates of this measure has
been much less than was anticipated after the
demonstrations made in the beginning of the .
agitation - of the subject. The legislature has so
modified the bill that but little objeotion can be
urged, against it,,, even by those most strenuous
for the old law on, the subject. As amended, the
bill'retains the punishment of death for murder,
treason, or arson in the first degree—that is, for
treason, murder by premeditation, by poison, or.
while engaged in theTerpetration of.burglary or
robbery.' Even then, execution is to be delayed
'till the expiration of one year after the passing
of sentence, and until the G'overnor shall issue,
his warrant therefor., Murder in the second de
gree is to ba ,punished With imprisonment * for,
life. As thus amended, the bill pasied the
House by the. 'detisive vote _of rdnetrfthir yeas
.
to xvize na'ysoand doubtless liss , the 'Senate
, ..!
Ma. Secil.osos araa.,,invited to come to this
country this Spring, to be present at the Anni
versary of the Congregational Union; and the
other Anniversaries in May, but. has declined.
He writes to Dr. Thompson that. it, is quite im
possible for him to leave home at present for
America, and adds : "I have been nearly seven
years without rest, and am hoping this year to
make a little journey upon the Continent. I
must then come home again, and, if God shall
help, me, stiok to it, for another seven years."
Foes STEMNICTS of Union Theological Semi
nary are under ,appointment by, the American
Board of Foreign Missions. This Seminary has
alWays been fruitful of missionaries.
The Proteitane Churchman speaks of a glaring
defect in the EnscorA.l. Pi air-Boor, with
respect to prayer for missions, that is worthy the
attention or those who are constantly extolling
that book. That paper says:
a startling fact; that as a Church we
have very little united prayer .for mission. The
Prayer-Book does not contain a solitary prayer
for a blessing on the work; because, when our
Prayer-Book was compiled, we had no missions.
We hsive, indeed, the Collect for Good Friday ;
and - it is true that some of our prayers are won‘
derfully comprehensive in their scope; that the
bit.dny is , particularly so, in the glowing petitions
of which there is scarcely a-desire of the soul
which may not find utterance. But still, we
have no specific remembrance of our missions
and Missionaries in our public LiturgiCal services.
That" many earnest supplications • are offered in
their behalf at family worship, in private and
social meetings, and in the closet, we know; but
this does not atone for their being omitted in the
solemn'assemblies of the great congregation."
PHILADELPHIA.
TIIIS CITY is acquiring a high reputation
abroad on account of the extent, variety, and ex
cellence of its manufactures. Within a few
months large orders have been received from Cu
ha for engines and boilers. Some of the estab
lishments have hp.nds employed ail nightin order
that the work may be completed at the time spe
cified. The aggregate of work of this kind to
Cuba within the .prksent year, will amount to
$200;000.
There are now within thelimits of Philadel
phia; NINETEEN PASSENGEIt. RAILWAYS in opera
tion', that transport daily, except Sabbath, from
one portion:of this city to another, between one
hundred and forty thousand and"one hundred and
forty-five ''thousand persons, and receive from
'57,000 to $B,OOO per day. At this rate, the to
tal receipts of these different - companies mill ex
ceed $2;000,000 'annually. Moreover there is
not a single car run on the Sabbath ; horses . and
employees are allowed to rest. We wish that as
mull could be said of our Pittsburgh Passenger
Railways.
The QuAxsits who settled this eity, were not
unmindful of the obligations of the Christian
Sabbath, however anxious some of their descen
dants may be to throw off its restraints. •
In the " Great Law," passed in the Assembly
'Chaster, soon after his first landing, Dec. 12,
1682, William Penn has reeorded his estimation
of the Sabbath as one of the main safe-guards
of civil and religious liberty. In the first article
of this code, the design of which is declared to be,
-that "Sod may have his du; Onset- his du% and
the people their due so that the beit and firmest
foundation may be laid for th; present and In
-
lure happiness of both the Government and the
people of this Province," he thus ordains "To
the end that looseness, irreligion, and atheism
may not creep in wider the pretence of con
science, in this Province be it further enacted
by the`authority aforesaid; that, according to the
good example of the primitive Christians, and
for the ease of the creation, every first day of the
week, called the LORD'S Dal', people shall abstain
from their common toil and labor, that whether
Masters, parents, children, or servants, they may
the better dispose themselves to read the Scrip
tures-of truth at home, or to frequent such meet
ings of religious worship ahead, as may best suit
their respective persuasions," (Hazard's Annals
1602, 1682.)
The Rev. Dr. Sounnan repeated two of his
great lectures on,lndia, last week, under the aus
pices of the Young Men's Christian Association.
one he showed the, essential identity of Hin
doe Pantheism, and the Boston Transcendental
ism of Ralph Waldo Emerson et id omne genus;
and in the other he gave. a graphic and stirring
account of the Mutiny in India. Both lectures
were received with the -most unqualified appro
bation. This was Dr. Scudder's last appearance
in Philadelphia' previous to -leaving for India.
'His lectures' will be published' immediately after
his departure, by Nesirs. Sheldon 4. Co. '
ECCLESIASTICAL.
Rev. W. M. DONALDSON'S pastoral relation
to the 'churches of Bluffton' and New
Lancaster, has been dissolved by the
Presbytery of Fort Wayne. He still re
tains the charge of the Pleasant Ridge
church, and having accepted a call from
Elhanan for the blame of his time, re
-moves from Bluffton, Indiana, to Ossian,
Wells County, Indiana, and desires cor-
respondents to address him accordingly.
REV. J. C. GILLAM was installed pastor of
the Presbyterian church ,at . Berlin,
Holmes County, Ohio, on Friday, the
24th of February.
Rev. H. 141: ROBERTSON, of Juneau, Wis.,
`has accepted a call from the First
church, Fond du Lac, Wis., and 'his
Yost Office address is changed accord
.
ingly.
Mr. H. G. FINNEY has received a unaoi
nicius call to the eliiich at Lewes, Dela-
ware.
Rev. GEORGE C. HECKMAN', pastor of the
church of Portage, Wisconsin, has re
ceived a, unanimous call to become pas
tor of the church of Janesville, Wiscon
sin.
Mr. W. L. KENNEDY was ordained and in
stalled by the Presbytery of. Tuscaloosa,
pastor of the. Burton's Hill and Bethle
hem ' churches, on the 31st ult. His
Post Otlice address is Boligee, or Eutaw
Alabama.
Bev. WILLIAM C. CATTELL, Professor in
Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania,
has accepted the call to the church at
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. .
Rev. ARMSTRONG's WM. Post f'tce ad
' 0
dress is changed from Jefferson, Ind., to
Indianapolis; Ind.
Rev.• A. BARITIOLOMEW's Post Office ad
dress is changed from Huntsville, Ohio,
to Cape Giardeau, Mo. He has accepted
the invitation of the church of that
place to supply their pulpit.
For, the Preebyterian Banner
Presbytery of Lafayette.
PLEASANT Hat, Mo., April 7th, 1860
Musses. EDITORS :—The Presbytery
,of La
fayette is, now in session at this place. Rev. B.
M. Robson, of Lexington, and Mr. Samuel
Tayloi, Ruling Elder, are 'elected Commissioners
to the General Assembly. Rev. J. V. Barks, of
the Presbytery of Osage,' (N. 8.) ; has been receiv
ed as a member of this Presbytery; a150,.4w0
churches—Warsaw and Union—from the same.
Yours, 'JOHN- IVITAnuAwc.
Fcir dip Presbyterian Banner
The Presbytery of Cedar
Met in lowa City, April Bd, and was opened - with
a sermon by Rev. S. M. Anderson. -Rev. 'Robert
"Boag was elected Moderator, and Rev. Luther
Dodd, Temporary Clerk. ,
Rev. John M. Jones and Rev. J. D. Mason,
were - appointed, a Committee to write to delm' -
quent churches, and urge them•to settle tip with
their pastors and supplies, paying,thern the
full amount due.. • • ._ •
The church at Tipton presented a call for the,
pastoral services of Rev. Robert tarutheis; which
it iahoped he will accept.
Messrs. Belden, Jones, and Sewell, were. ap
,
pointed a Committee to install Rev. Jacob Pent
zer over the Herman church. Jones, Belden, and,
.Sewell are a Committee to organize a church at,
Wilton; Dodd, Kirk, and Staley, to organiie a
cburett at Columbia ; Dodd, Benn, and Cowie, to
•organize church at South Ridge ; and Fuller
ton, Kirk, and Dobbins, _to organize a church at.
Fremont. Itey.,James Kirk and Dr. C. 0. Wat
ers were chosen delegates to the General Assem
bly, and Rev. Jno. Jones and "X. M. Dalzell;
'alternate's. - ••
i.
The,North Church IcAra'City; , being
,exceedLugly aulialu nid in /financial af 'eras;
cordially recommended to the Christian sympa
thy and beneficence of the churches and individu
als to whom,- in its pressing emergency, it may
apply for aid.
An appropriate and able sermon by Rev. J. D.
-Mason, on the "Permanency of the Pastoral Re
.lation," was requested for publication in the lez
positor, and our Board was also requested to issue
•it in Tract form. in relation to the proposition
on Page 538, Minutes of General Assembly, it
S as
"Resolved, That, in the opinion of this Presh2,-.
tery, any material change in the organization of
our Boards, is at present, inexpedient."
TIRR LES
Newton—Rev. Jones, last Sabbath of April.
Sand Prairie, West Irving, and Fremont—Re7.
•Fidlerton, for six months.
Linn Grove and Linden—Revs. Mason and Ca_
ruthers, one Sabbath, at discretion.
.De Wilt—Rev. Middlemas, two Sabbaths;
.
Rev. Mason, one Sabbath, at discretion.
Vinton—Rev. Boyd, third and fourth Sabbaths
'of April; Rev; Sbund, one Sabbath, at discretion.
Rock Creek--Rev.'Sbund, at discretion.
Wilton and Pigeon—Rev. Pentzer, one
half his time.
Unity—Rev. McClean, one Sabbath ; iter.
Shund, at discretion. '
Cedar Rapids—Rev. Marshall, two Sabbaths;
.Rev. Waters, one Sabbath.
German March, Heliron—Rev. Kobb, two Sab
baths, at discretion.
• Our next stated meeting is to be at Cedar Rap
ids, the Tuesday before meeting of Synod, at 7
P. M.
Presbytery holds an adjourned meeting in Da
renport,.on•the second Tuesday of June, at 7 l'.
M. FA. L. Ilatnnx, Stated Clerk.
Struck by Lightning,
Ou Saturday 'evening, 7th inst., the
house of Mr. George Searight, of Freder
icksburg, Ohio, was struck by lightning.
The electricity passed down a flue and
stove-pipe into the kitchen, in which, car
rying some things round 'in its own w a y,
and smashing others to pieces, it made a
strange mixture. The windows, sash and
all,; were, blown to atoms, doors badly
smashed; and plastering on the ceiling and
walls much •diunaged by pieces of timber
and other missiles that appeared to have
been hurled in all directions. Arriving at
the`floor, the electricity had passed out, in
at least three different directions. One
portion entering the buttery, litterally tore
everythiny there to pieces.
But that which is strangest to tell is,
that Mr. and Mrs. Searight, and three
children, were within these rooms at this
time; Mr. S. sitting within a few feet of the
stove; Mrs. S. passing from, the buttery,
right . over that part of the floor taken by
two portions of the electricity; two chil
'dren in the same vicinity, and a third in
the buttery, *here everything but -herself
was torn to pieces; and yet, with the ex
ception of a severe shock, and the singeing
of their hair, all were unhurt.
,Truly,
God's works are marvellous, and his good
ness infinite. Com.
Dedication.
We have to record the erection of another
of our churches, of a tasteful and. commo
dious houie of worship. The:credit in this
case, belongs to the church, in tnipritown,
Pa. The dedication took place on the lOth
inst. : .jacobts, who • had. engaged' to
preach on the occasion, was hindered from
being present at the beginning of the services
by a detention of the cars, caused by damage
to the. track from the recent rains and
flood. Dr. Wilson, of Dunlap Creek, being
present ? accepted an invitation to occupy
the pulpit, and preached , , able discourse
from Matthew viii :22 In the evening Dr.
Jacobus preached with much acceptance,
from Phil. ii :".1.6: Rev Stoueroad, Dr.
Fairchild, Dr. Patterson, and others also
took part in the services which were,
throughout of the most interesting character..
A. large number of ministers were present
and ; the seats were, filled with attentive
listeners.
The new building (which is the, third
erected by this church since its origin; forty
years ago,) reflects much - credit on the
liberality and public spirit of the congregi
tion. Few houses outside the large cities,
excel it in architectural design and finish.
It is built of brick; in size is 75 feet by . .47;
has a lecture-room and Bible-classroom on.
the first floor.; upper and lower vestibules ;
choir gallery over the upper Vestibule; brink
belfry, surrounded ..by spire, &c., The
main room is heated from the basement;
ventilated by flues in the wall, with registers
attached; the ceiling and wills neatly fres
coed; the windows of stained glass ;und the
floor carpeted uniforrty. When the seats
are cuihioned, which will be.done shortly,
the furnitnre of the room will be completed.
The entire cost of the erection and furnish
ing of the building, will be from eight to
nine thousand dollars.
Tor the Prethy*rian Banner
Letter' froin- Scotland.
EDINBURGIV March 27th 1860
MESSRS. EDITORS :—Since im the domin
ions of her Majesty ; the Queen, and the
territory. of the Emperor Napoleon,my old
friend, the. liann,er, has rarely visited nie.
The few numbers I have received, replete
with news of Church and State, and gen
eral information about "my own. native
land," afforded me a pleasure „which can
only be.realized by a stranger in a strange
land. Your columns are. still, I see, hon
ored by the• pen of your worthycorrespon
dent of the great metropolis of the wprld;
and as he has, long acted- as your Foreign
Correspondent inG-reat-.Britain, I almost
despair ofbeing able to give you any thing
that will be, new, interesting, or instruc
tive to 3rour Many readers. To give yon a
detailed account of my travels through - this
country and Franee, with incidents• illus
trative of the character ; people, and nations,
would perhapi be to, urden your columns,
rather than maintain their character for
the new, useful, and good.
That - many false impressions are current
in America (they rarely' use the .term Uni
ted States; perhaps they do netlike it,) with
regard to the Mother Country; and many,
very, many,-itiqhis country with regard to
America, cannot be denied; . but to correct
them will not bethe province of the writer
of this brief epistle. Neither will I at
tempt a description -of the great "Modern
Babylon ; " a World of wonders hi itself, nor
of the ‘c gay and beautiful: Paris," nor of
the city of cotton and spools, nor of the
great high, emporium of linen, but will
confine my few random obserVationslii the
" Glory of the Canny Scotch," Edinburgh,
the: odern Athens. Why this city should
be called thee modern Athens,. or ire what
respects it is similar to. the ancienteity of
the sa.me name,:lwill leave to of
Edinburgh University; to explain; who has
recently mentioned seven pax-tie -Oars in
which there is a striking. resemblance, the
principal difference being - the superiority
of the MOdern over the ancient: Knowint ,
- the difficulty in comparing'things entirely
unlike, I - will leave it to .others to draw a
parallel, between the Yankee Athens of
America, and.the Athens of - the "Canny
Seotch."
If I should. _venture to give , the opin
ion of , the ;people, here with regard to
their own city, I would say that Edinburgh
is the finest; Most beautiful, Most pleasant,
and, most romantic city in the world, and
inhabited by the most learned, Wisest, and
beat people ; and that. "they.know a little
more than any body else,' is a common say
ing of their emulous neighbors at Glasgow.
Thatithe city is beautiful, and romantic (if
that - word
_cau l with:, propriety, be applied
ci t y,) filly .agreq. Not the least
novelty to the stranger visiting this place,
aud that, which:strikes, him as ,being differ
ent from any thing in the "Old Country,"
is! its situation.' ; as it were, on three
or ranges(of formerlyseparated
from: each - other : by desk ravines, but now
olnilee4d..kirAftY. 44.4 6 . 1 6 which pass far
Fur the Preabyterf an Banner
Ver. the Preebyterien Banner.
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