l'iFj." i-4:', 1 :, Pi".i: .;:i... Al :".ii. iisb#toialt, -I,anitet. PITTSBURGH, SATURDAY) JIM 3a,1850. Hampden Sydney College, th.—rA: inter esting revival of religion is now in progress in this College, in which so many of the strong men of the Presbyterian Church of Winer times were reared. Already more than tient" have Professed to have expe riented a change of heart, and the interest stilt continues. Printetonteminar Rev. y.—_ e_ ev._ r.PALM ERM Inis'deClined the Professorship to'which he Was appointed in this Seminary, by the last. , Creneral Assembly. The Rev. C. W. .FIODGE accepts, and 'will enter upon his &titles at the beginning of next session. MiPIIODGE is admirably qualified from pastoral experience and habits of, study, for ; this position, that , was unsought, by himielf, or Inv one of his relatives. SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. The dedication services took •place last Sabbath, according to the announcement made last week. Sermon in the morning by the'. pastor, Rev. Dr. HOWARD, from Lef.:xis : .80 ; ii the afternoon by Rev. Dr. SwlT,.,from Fs. xxiii: 6; in the evening by Mr. PAx , roN,from : , 25. These-discourses: were able .and, appropriate, andolistened to by large audiences. • The'bhurch edifice cost $28,000, and the lot $1.6,000. At a'sale, on Monday even ing,. pews to the amount of, $6,400 were sold. . WASHINGTON, PA. The forty-fourth anniversary; f the Sab bath 'School of the Presbyterian church of this. place, was celebrated on Wednesday, the 20th inst. Addresses were made by JOHN GILLESPIE, of Washington Col lege;Mr.' GODFREY, a'representative of the AmeriOati Sunday School Union, and by the. Rev.' A.'M. BEET), of ParkeSburg, Pa, but pastor nleet of the Central Presbyterian church. of Cincinnati. The average num ber of ptipils in attendance during the year, was two hundred and forty-four; the mis sionary contributions amounted to $177. Fifteen of those in attendance upon the school, have been.added to the communion of the church since the last anniversary. The nest interesting feature was the pre sentation of Bibles, Testaments, etc., to those scholars who, within the year, had recited, accurately; the largest number of Scripture, verses, answers to questions in the Shorter Catechism, etc. About seven ty rewards were distributed. At the conclusion of the exercises, Dr. BROWNSON, in behalf of the School, pre sented Dr. REED with the entire set of Dr. ALEXANDER'S Commentaries, and also the ComMentaxies of Dr. HODGE, as an expres sion of affection and esteem for him. Dr. Rion luut been connected with the school, as SuPeriiitendent, for twenty-two' years. COLONIZATION. The attention of our readers is earnestly called to, the following Circular, from the Pennsylvania Colonization Society: THE FOURTH OF JULY The design of the Colonization scheme is to aid the American people of color to reach Africa, and there to establish free States and the Church of God; to suppress the worst traffic that ever existed; and to provide a 'home for such recaptured slaves as may be subject to the control of the Governmentef the United States. The magnitude and benevolence of this enterprise is . being constantly demonstra ted. A mepUblic has been reared on the West African Coast, where the slave-trade formerly flourished, having a sea front of sir hundred miles—affording liberty to its citizens, and` all the rights arid privileges of an enlightened government. By. practical illustAtiOni its inhabitants teach their -un civilized brethren the beauties of the reli gion they , profess. Liberia is very pros perous. Its commerce, already large and valuablh, is extending . . Treaties have re cently been . concluded between its represen tative, in :London and,the Powers of Den mark-and Sardinia: The prejudice of the colored population of the United States is giving way, and many yearn to .help forward the, work of, African :Nationality. 'This:is particularly the case -within the bounds of Pennsylva nia. During the last fourteen months there have gone to Liberia seventy-five colored residents of this State : • four of whom were from Allegheny County; twenty six from Chester; eleven from Erie; three from Greene; seventeen from Philadelphia, and fourteen from Washington. Several were of comparative wealth, and nearly all of great respectability. As large a number, comprising among them farmers, mechanics and teachers, hive already applied to be sent by the packet. Mary Caroline Stephens, November Ist, next, from Baltimore. Among the counties from which applica tions proceed may be named those of. Dau phin, Erie, Lancaster, Lycoming, Perry, Philadelphia, and Washington. Two hun dred and twenty-eight emigrants left on first of May;last. Ninety-two were born free, and one hundred 'and thirty-six were eman cipated—seventy three of the latter owing their freedoin to one generous individual. A small steamer has been built and dispatched from New -York, at a cost of $20,000, intended to run as a mail and revenue'boat on the Liberian coast. En couraged by the successful establishment of the inland settlement of Carysbtirg, in Li beria, it is proposed to form another in the salubrious mountain region, East of Basso- Cone. The territory for this has been se cured, by purchase, from the native chiefs and proprtetors. The Government of Liberia has crushed out the slave-trade and slavery within, and for a conSiderable distance beyond its actu al jurisdiction. Its excellent President , has issued instructions to the preper par ties to endeavor in all the treatiesthey may negotiate on behalf of that Republic, to have inserted an article denouncing this unnatural traffic as piracy. What 'would be the condition of the Afribans captured on board' of slavers if it was not 'for Libe ria? It would be as impossible to return them to their original homes as it would be to restore the ieaves that were torn by the whirlwind from the thickest forest.. ' The Colonization Society solicits every friend to the cause, every Minister of the Gospel, every patriot and every Christian, to come forward to its aid. Must the Soci ety be restricted in its great enterprise ? Agreeably to custom, it is expected that ministers of every communion will submit to their' congregations, on the Sabbath pre ceding or 'succeeding the Fourth of July, its present necessities, and the weighty reasons., wai l which should secure to it universal-and effi cient' tnipport..' , ' - . Address William Coppinger, Trim ' Colonized= Society, Phihtiielphia. ..,„..._ii:l' '; DOMESTIC The annual meeting. of the Board , of Do mestic Missions took place at the Mission Rooms in Philadelphia, on the 19th inst. Thirty members were in attendance. This is about the usual number present .at au annual meeting. The Rev. „Mutt MoDow , ELL,' D. D., was re6lected President; Rev. T. L. JANEWAY, D. D., Vice President; A. W. MiTairELL, M. D., Recording Secre tary; Revs. G. W. MUSGRAVE, D. D., and R. HAPPERSETT, D. D., Corresponding Secretaries ; and . S. .D. P,OWELL, Esq. Treasurer. .The former Auditors,. Trus tees, and Executive Committee, wure elected, with bUt a feW changes. The Ix ecutive Committee, nominated by letter from Louisville; was elected. • DR. 31IUSGRAVE PURPOSES ,TO RETIRE. On the announcement of Dr. Mus . GRAVE'S ,reeleetion, he gave notice of a purpose to retire, at the close of the pres ent-official year, from the responsibilities and labors of the office. The notice was, at his urgent request, put on record. 4s , the Doctor is not a man given to change, nor one of those facile beings who can deelare, a purpose and then yield to a reverse solici tation, we ,may consider his retirement a fixed fact in human affairs. His knoWl edge of Church interests, his business talents, his industry, his firmness to Prin ciple, :his-whole-heartedness in his work, and his disinterested self-consecration 'to` the welfare of Zion, it will be no easy mat ter to find, in combination, in one who, may be willing to occupy a Secretary's Chair. Rev. lIENnv STEELE CLARKE, D. though, present, took no part in the elec tions. At their close he tendered to the Board a resignation of his position is ;a member. He deeply regretted the necesSi- - ty which impelled him to this decision. He was a Presbyterian in all his feelings. He loved the Church. He loved the Board. He would still labor zealously in the combs of Domestic Missions, and would sustain the Board. But he could not retain office, as matters were conducted. He •h4d thought much, before the meeting of the late Assembly; of taking this "step, but he was restrained by the hope - that the Assent bly would change a present feature of the Board's plan. It was, to him, a wrong, 'a deep wrong, to waste or misuse the &rids of the Church. The money was contribu ted in the exercise of a Christlan grace. A second Secretary in the office in Phila. delphia, he could not but regard as useless, and the expense as a waste. The Assembly had now met and dissolved without apply ing a remedy, and he hence felt it to be his duty to resign. Much regret was expressed at this deter mination of Dr. CLARKE, and he was earnestly urged, by many members, to re. consider the subject, and withdraw hi resignation. It was specially pressed upon him, that by his voice and votes he had endeavored to have things otherwise, and that now he might quietly yield to a m 4 ., jority. But such was not his view of 'the, subject It was with him a matter ,of principle, and principle could not acquiesce° merely because it was opposed by a ma jority. - Dr. CLARKE was a usefUl member; ; prompt in his attendance at the Board's, meetings, and pleasant, wise and judicious. The cause suffers by the retirement of one such, but the conscientiousness which . added to his value, was a stimulant to his determination to retire. His tender was put on record, and ordered to -be reported to the next General Assembly. THE DUPLICATED SECRETARYSHIP Dr. 3.I I KfNNEY offered the following reso lution relative to the duplicated Secretary . ship . WHEREAS, The Senior Secretary of the Board has signified his purpose to retire from office at the close of the official year now commencing; and whereas there have been serious complaints" against the employing of two Secretaries Coor dinate; and whereas a large and respectable- Committee of the Assembly of 1859 did, after *much deliberation, report:to the .Assembly of 1860, advising, among other things, the appoint:: ing of but. one Secretary, to be resident in Phila delphia, which report, for mant.of time, was, not fully acted upon; therefore, ' • Resolved, That we declare our purpose, and, so pledge ourselves to the churches, that, after he present year, we will appoint but one Secretary,"to: hold office at the same tithe, and to have the seat of his operations in this city. The small space of time allotted, by cus' tom, to au Annual. Meeting, had nearly, expired before this resolution could ,be offered, and hence the discussion of it was very brief The mover would not tax the brethren's patience by going into a full argument ,ori the, merits of the question. He alluded.' briefly to the principle that the Board was the agent of the Church, and should mar ; tain, in order that it might execute, her, will, and supply her wants. To this end, information should be acquired .from every quarter; and, especially it should not be repelled, but rather sought for, from the Board's members. He then proceeded to' express, the state of feeling• in regard to the Secretaryship,,in the region which he, in part, represented. The people and the elders, with scarcely an exception, and Am ministers almost unanimously, were opposed to the incurring of the expense of two Sec retaries at the central office. A ' few churches had declined to contribute. Some had paid under protest. Some had con tributed last year, with the purpose of giving no more,lill the system was changed. Some, if not many, were purposing to di- rest their benefactions through other chan nels. One Presbytery had sent up &memo rial to the General Assembly on the sub ject The. Synod of Pittsburgh, last OctO ber, had advised the churches to contribute for the sake of sustaining the missionaries who were working in their fields of labor, but had protested against construing the contributions into an approval of the Board's scheme. He alluded also to the state of feeling in more distant 'Places, and he believed that wherever accurate informa tion had gone forth, nine -tenths, if not k vastly greater proportion of the .044 *were decidedly and strongly oppmsd to the duplicated Secretaryship. The mover urged the adoption of-the resolution, Ist, because,'by the resignation, of one of the Secretaries, the :way "was opened for a change of policy, without, the di s placing of au offi.eer; that is, provided the Secretary who' was left was competent to the duties Cf the office; and 2dly, be , own, by a present declaration of prime, we.:gould. existing ~ ixritattien,, anti MISSIONS-MEETING OF. THE BOARD-SOME DISQUISITIONS. A MEMBER RESIGNS PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.---SATURDA Y, JUNE 30, 1860. would secure a confidence in the Board, leading to a continued cheerful and liberal contribution to a cause whieb.ll3 deservedly so dear to us, Dr. A. D. CAMPBELL seconded the'reso lution, and sustained it in a few able and most pertinent remarks. Drs. KREBS, JA:EBWAY, and several Oth ers, spoke briefly, but decidedly; in oppo sition. The resolution was ordered on record, and laid over, subject to be called ut, at a future time.. The meeting adjoUrned. A FIXED POLICY The policy of those in power may now be regarded as fixed. They will have two Secretaries at least; and there' are indica tions of a purpose to have three, or, more : that is, they are determined to have nu merous high salaried. officers. Great pros perity during the past year, is asserted. The collections, donations, and legacies, are pleaded as an evidence that their plan is, acceptable. This construction we well knew, a year ago, would be put upon any liberality which might be extended to the cause; but still we could not withhold pon tributions. The Synod of Pittsburgh feared that this would be the ease, , and pro tested against it in advance; but` :still the thing is done. Anotheeevidenee which these Jaen boast, ingly produce in favor of their policy, is the fact that the Assembly did not con demn it; and they assert;with seemingly, great confidence, that if the matter had been put to a vote, a large majority of the House would have been found in their fa , vor. Our opinion, and one of us was n. member of the House and mingled:much with.his fellow-members, is dii.ectly the re-• verse. Which is' right, May be doubtful:`' 'The fact is, that the Assembly expressed' no opinion on the subject lt did nothing.' except to hear two propositions, the one, to, approve of the. Board's action in , the prem ises, and the other to reverse that action, and then to lay both on the table. _ This conduct of the Assembly seems, strange to many. It was, however, evi dently no approval of the status quo. Nei- . ther was it a decided indication yin favor of a change. Nor yet did it proCeed from in difference. There was a manifest disposi tion, on the part of some, to make a lone discussion. For this, at the late hour when the was reached, there was no time, and the short way of getting rid of a debate, was resorted to; that is, it , was laid on the table, nem. con. TWO MEANS 'OF REMEDY The result of this failure, on the part of the Assembly, is a strong belief, by the men of the present. policy, that they are firmly seated. They feel themselves sus-. tamed, and are more elated than ever, and will hold ow with' confidence till there is some new, and decisive development of feeling. Such a development would he the withholding of contributions. This, if general, -would speedily bring matters to a crisis. It would corn.: pel a respect to the will of the people.. But such a means of correction would be attended with imnapnse ,evils, and hence it is greatly to be deprecated. There is= an- . other, and a better remedy; one which may be a little slower in its application, but it is practicable. There is a remedy perfectly constitutional, free from all evils,.and, if' extensively applied, equally effective in the end. It would be found in the Presbyter ies and Synods sending up their remon strances and memorials to the General As sembly; demanding action, and urging a change of policy. If they were not heard the first year, a result which might preteeed from a want of a sufficiently extended con cert, which want of concert must be ex . pected from a want of information, and that want of information must result from there being but one journal in the Church, which will publish the facts bearing on the case—if ineffectual the first year, the dis cussion then elicited would spread' informa tjon and awake interest, and might prepare the way for more extended memorials, and happier results the year following. AN ALTERNATIVE A due effort being made, and it being found that the majority were intelligently in favor of the expensive scheme, the mi nority would have their choice either to submit patiently, and work cheerfully with their brethren; or otherwise, to adopt the plan of working by Presbyteries and Syn ods. Each Presbytery, or each Synod could supervise its own field, appoint its own missionaries„ appropriate its own. funds, aid its own feeble churches, and supply-its own' destitutions; and then it, could send all the additional funds raised, either to the Board, for general distribu tion, or directly to some feeble Presbytery, or poor Synod, whose field was large. This plan is truly Scriptural and strictly Pres byterian. It has also some favorable fea tures; but we do not present it as prefera ble to the Board system, nor as at all equal to it, if that system can be riyhtlY conduct id. We merely suggest it as a possible re sort, in case nJatters shall be so conducted that thefriends of economy and efficiency cannot conscientiously - work through the Board. They can; then, in this way, exer cise the grace of .giving. Even single' churehes might adopt it, and cultivate a mission field, close by them, or far off: And individuals might adopt. it, one by himself, or a few in concert. And' possibly it may, be that our Lord requires of us ,a great deal more• of home effort than we have been wont to put forth, and that`he is driving us to it by chastisements. 'We.in vite the attention of our brethren to this thought.' But, in ,auy,ov,ent, we would urge our readers to let nothing hinder them from abounding the grace of which we speak. Cheerful giving is always required of us ; and to impart the Gospel to the poor, is 4t. duty ever incumbent. ACTIVITY URGED Aa,the policy of 4aving a large Board, .add not a small committee, has been estab -lished, by the late ,Assezatily, on r a footirig not 'likely soon , to be shaken, it becomes the duty of the , friends of the system to put forth their. best efforts to sustain it. That event, signalized, after days of the ablest discussion, by an overthelmning majority, w:ais accomplished very much. by the firm ness, eloquence and votes of the advocates df . economy; for we claim Drs.- 'lotion and BOAR,I)MAN, as well as the numerous Younger men of the Middle and Western ) 3tates, to be in this category The recede shtygispem> 119,21_ 11.0.01,4 efficient. We, hence, in conjunction with our brethren,lmiuisferlar andlaic, strive to have the 13oaril.so eon - dieted, that itNShall both - merit and receive the confidence of the churches—to have , it so conducted, that it shall avoid all, the evils charged upon the system by its oppoitmits,'apd'shall accom plish all the good el'aiin'ecl for it by its ad vocates. In. these ,efforts; it must be evident that we do not plead .merely for the saving of the salary of the needless Secretary. We plead for a wise;economy, and an expansive energy in all the Board's affairs. We ask that there shall be no useless employees; and that the officers shall all be men- of known ability and industry—men coni manding the respect and confidence of the churches. , And we urge upon the churches a greatly increased liberality. We plead that the system of. Boards shall be made as frilly good in practice, as it is really exoel lent in theory. JEFFERSON COLLEGE, PA. -Tlid:catoo g u.p . roi isso gives the follow ing. summary Seniors, 48 ; Jiiiniors, 62 ; SoPhomores, :63 ; Freshmen, 36. Total in College- classes, 209. In the Prepara tory Tepartnientilfere are 32.. 'So that the whole number is 241. This year cioni menc6nieiit" takes Place on 'Wednesday, August lat. On the previous Sabbath a sermon will be, delivered before the Reli gious' •Societies, by the Rev. MosEs A. 1-1063, ' - of• Zanesville, Ohio. And the ad- Aress before the Literary' Societies 'will he' delivered on' Tuelday evening, by the Rev. . 3- 9NATE I 4 , N EITAKPs, D•D•I pastor of the. West. Arch Street Preibyterian church, Phiiadeiphia - 'Tomah College w (ixforC Ohio.—The Sixth Annual Cataloolie of this Institution shows an attendance:(4'sixty-six pupils during the year. =II EASTERN SMEARY. BOSTONAND NEW-ENGLAND. THE . Pußrisamig are actively engaged in.rep aration for the Fall trride. The Suramer is the time for the moropopular religious and Meth : ) , won s. The massive - volumes are reserved for the Autumn and _Winter. ' But these are prepared for the trade during the ,Summer months, that, they may be on the shelves of the booksellers . at the proper time. -; Last week, Messrs. Gould & Lincoln issued a volume that isfull of inte'rest to American Chris is entitled " The Year of Grace," and is a History of the Revival in Ireland in 1859,, by Rey,. William Gibson, Professor of Ethics in Queen's 'College; Dublin. This work was pre pared especially for the American publishers, and will undoatedly;have a ;very large circula-* The same.house have in preparation, and will soon publish,. "Geographical Studies," by the late Prof. ,Carr Ritter, of Berlin. This will be an exceedingly valuable contribution to our scientific literature:and will! einbrace the "Introduction to the BrElkunde,". and the leading generaliza tions of that work,.the author's lectures on the relations of GeographY to History, and a number of iinperiatit. -papSrs on Physical Geography. The translator, 'W. L. Gage, a' former 'pupil orßitter, aided in the ielection of icaierials by the family and friends of the ,laMented'geogra pher.. ,This Work:will be -welcomed by scholars and tin of science. Last .Sabbath - week 'RALPH 'WALDO EMERSON delivdrecifn chailaiteristie 'discourse', at 'Music Hall, on the late" Thdodore Pirker. What will become of Ur. Parker's congregation, is now a matter'of donsideiabld doubt. The platform has been of late 'vitriously occupied. Wendell Phil lips, Renry'Ward Beecher, Ralph Waldo Emer son, WilliamAlVin Bartlett, William R. Furness, and - Theodore Tilter, have in succession figured there. ,A strange medley, indeed. The late ORDINATION OF Mn. LOVERING, a graduate of the Cambridge , Divinity School, and his installation as colleague with the Rev. Dr. Barrett, 'of. the • Unitarian church on Chambers Street, have created , considerable stir in Unita, rian circles. The Itev. George Heyvrorth, of the, church of the Unity, preached the sermon, and took occasion to introduce some theological novelties with regard to ,the; Bible, that shocked even old-fashioned Unitarians. He is reported assaying that - he would put the Bible where he would a book in geology; and let it stand or fall omits own merits.- Questionit if you dare, but only. read and understand. IL He would tear down the awe' with which 'the ohiirch had in vested iL' He laced the Bible too' much to tot crate"the *retched affectation about• it which periaded society. - Its geology and its astronomy are 'wrong. It'eontains words which had better not have been written;'and truths, also, which and which` man in his ienses can Scorn, and which he can , neither live nor die without:To bring the Bible driWn to the level of man's questionings, however much this might . be Act:mated,. was, after all, the only waitd teach men the truth of the Bible. Ni,*,' if this is not very near. .Parkerism, we knew not what is. Still it is the legitimate out , , a growth of progressive 'Unitarianism. The sermon seems to have been utterly distasteful to the ven erable Dr. Gannet, who is a Unitarian of the Chaining school. In his charge to the. newly ordained minister, he took a very different view of the Bible. He ltold. him . to read it,. and not simply for the, purpose of _lintling* errors and raising objections. With strong, deep emphasis, he said, as if touching the doctrine of the ser mon:: you, don't believe the ,Bible, ,say so, and then remove it ; ,front the pulpit and' retire yourself." He also gave some' very.hard hits at the ; parades of-clerical manliness and false inde pendence, which lead so :many persons -to deny the truth. ; , It*aSevident that the hearts of the audience went with the venerable man, *ho, with the weight :of years upon him; reverenced the Bible. In our age of false liberty and pro fane license; thereis no necessity for urging men' to hold less firmly. the Word of-God. POISONING BY SLAirES: was not altegether tin known New England, while slavery existed there, and' the punishment was very Caviare. Capt. John Codman, grandfather of the John Codman, D.D., of Dorchester, was poisoned some one hundred and twenty 7 ftve years ago, by his three slaves, Mark, Phillis, and Phebh, in Charlestovrit. The two former were convicted, 'and Mark was executed on the Northerly side of Cambridge road, where the gibbet remained till a short, time before the Revolution. Phillis was burned at, the stake, ten,yards from the gallows. The Congregational Qzfartgrly says that this is the only instance of burning at the stake under authority of. law, . that ever occurred in New England. Tun EPISCOPAL Cannon at the present time,- makixtg. seine . considerable 'advances in many places in the Eastern States. The reason. given for this by ,roariy, , is that the people have become so heartily tired.with the /cm, and other. things, - that have' displaeed the Gospel front many of the pulpits;: that they 11:1•8 - seekirig a place where they can, at least, hear the Gospel preached. NEW-YORK. "TIE jAPANEgE have been thelions of the week. They have been 'souglit by the fashionable, the wealthy, and the literary, and have been eagerly followed by the rabble. The Central Park, the theatres, and the magniftent stores that line Broadway, haVik been; objects of special interest to them. They have spent much time in that , business, so highly relished many of the la 7 dies,,viz., s+ '.'.ohoppi*,slthenghthek*rchsas have neither been many, norexpensive. Many of , the . stores:have been put int*? a perfect flutter by the. appearance' of 'the di/by members of the Embassy, whose coffers were not greatly replen- ished at their departure. Nevertheless, presents of all sorts have flowed in upon them continually. The entertainment given them by Mr. Bennett, of the Reread, was a Magnificent affair. Ben nett lives-in princely style, and, on the occasion referred to, received more than three thousand guests. . Tan lartux or Momup - as still continues. Last week the ship, .William Topacott, brought Over six . hundred. They consist of English; Germans, Danes, Swedes, Norwegians, and some. Italians—the English, however, preponderating in numbers. There are a .few old people, but the majority are young,and and, aged, -with a large sprinkling of Childrtin, from .infants• ar month old:to , those of five and ten years. Their appearancd compares favorably with ordinary emigrants; but the majority of those, at all ad vanced in:years, gives evidence that they have been' inured to , : hardships qind suffering; :•and many, particularly the women with small chil i dren, ebenf Neighed down with anxiety. They are in charge - of of Elders," whose direction's they implieity obey,_ under the formsof an organize ,. , . , tion,'Which was' arranged at. the commencement of the voyage. No 'where else have there been suCh'fortunate STEGULATxoNs IN REAL ESTATE, within a few years, as in this city.. The case of Mayor Wood is an Illestration., In IS4B Ale purchased, three acres of land, at Bloomingdale, for $7,000. The Same land.is,now in the dity„prOper, and is val ued at $200,000. He has 'actually • refused $lBO,OOO.- The sante gentleman owns three hun dred lots, contiguous to the Central Park, valued at $lO,OOO. These same lots, ; a few years ago, were considered of but little account. , "THE LANs' AGAINST THE ' SUNHAT THEATRES are' beginning to be rigorously carried into effeet. The most notorious of this clasS is the Volks Theatre, kept by a man, named Eustailti, whO has defied' the law and 'officers for a long time, but who seems to be in a fair way to receive his • deserts at last. His theatre t which has alwaya been in fuller' blast on Sunday nights than any other, has been one of the principal moral sequrges of the Seventeenth W t 'ard. Unmeasured tipplbag, gambling and billiard-playing, have been fhe most innocent of the accompaniments to a set of vidger comedies, Sunday after Sun day. A thousand or more, chiefly of the chil dren and youth, of all nationalities, have had their initiation into the ra*eties of, varied in iquity on the Lord's day, under the pupillage of this <veteran wrong-doer.• He was before the Suprente Court, a day or two since, by attachment for contempt, for vio lating an order of injunction. His plea was characteristic; to.the effect that he had made a verbal lease of his establishnient to an aged wo man; his sister-in-law, living•in the same house; and so could not control the performances! This dodge was' exposed by- 'affidavits, showing• that . on the very day of the offence, his counsel had written two notes to Mr. Crani; asking in Bus taahi's own 'name for a license for his theatre ; and that on that same day he had advertised in the German Staats Zeifuriq , that the troubles, about the Sunday laws,lWere.over, and that he should' perform as usual ; and by other, testi- mony. Tn the course of the argument, the counsel fop the Rouse of Refuge (Mr. Cram) called the at tention of the Court to the fact that Bustachi was an old offender, that he :was one of a class determined to defy the laws and courts of the country and that the shallowattempt to escape justice,. by putting forward an aged inmate of his own family, as entering into a theatrical specula- Lion,' in which he had'himself failed, only en hanced his guilt. :'.se must and shall be made to obey the laws, " said Mr. Cram, ,‘ and so shall the impudent class to whielrhe belongs. If I do nothing else the rest of my life, these men shall ,be made to obey the iamb" , Those who know aught'of the decision of char acter of.'this able counsellor, knew that:such a declaration means a great deal. It may be taken as the death warrant of unlicensed theatricals on all days, and of Sunday theatricals in all guar- We give so touch space to tliis affair, to show the violent determination, on the part of some, to have the laws of God and . man obeyed, and, at the same time, to prove "that there are officers true enough, and fearless eno'ugh, to execute the laws. Unfaithful officers give *4 'license to crime, and ought not to be tolerated.. THE APPLETONS have published, yin an octavo volume of nearly five hundred pages, the celebra ted ".Mount Vernon Papers," contributed, by Ed ward Everett, to the New York Ledger. In Sep tember, 1858, Mr.. Bonner, proprietor of the Ledger, offered to .pay Mr. Eveiett Sio,oir, to be by him donated to the Ladies' 'Association, for the purchasd'of Mt. Vernon, prOvided . that Mr. Everett would write one original article, for the Ledger, every week, for one year.: The conditions were accepted, the money was paid over, and the contributions of Mr. Everett have been complet ed. They treat of Mt. Vernon„ of pidltolidays and, customs, , of literary matters, of the author's travels at home and abroad, of, his recollections of eminent persons whom he met, of science, of history, of the panic of 1857; of political pros petits,' of 'Adams' Express, of, lighthouses, of Daniel Boone, of the illustrious dead, of 1859, . • and, very largely, of George Washington. The reminiscences and sketches of illustrious literary and political characters—Scott; ; Louis Napideon, Prescott, Bond, Hallam, Von Humboldt,. Prince. Metternich,,.Talleyrand, and ; others—are very interesting. The accounts of Mr. Everett's for eign travels are also calculated to interest, as well as amuse. ; !rue same house has also in press, "Origin and History of Language, " by Wre.: Farrar; ailfil lin's "Alpha and Omega ; , or, Series of Scrip ture Studies ; " Lyra Domestics ; " "Trench's Sermons in ;Westminster Abbey ; "Winslow on Obscure Dieeases of the Brain and 'Mind ; " " Leslie's ,Persouni Reminiscences,'" Tom Taylor;'Professor Faraday's "Lectures on Forces of Matter; " new bool4y Hans Ander son, with the attractive title . "Sandhills of Jut land; " "The Life of our Lord:Historically Con sidered ; " by the Rev. C. J. Elliott, and the sec end'volume of Buckle's " Civilization. " HARPER & Buorusai Will soon bring out the " Cycloptedia, of Sacred - Literature ; a Cycle pmdia of BiblieaL TheologicaL and Ecclesiastical Literature, by the Rev. John M'Clintoek, D.D., :LLD., President of Troy University, New York, and James Strong, S. T. D., Professor of Biblical Literature, in Troy University. - SHELDON & Co:, of New - York; announce Hagenbach's "History of Christian Doctrine," to be re-translated ant edited by Prof. H. B. Smith, of the Union Theological Seminary. They will also publish, about theist of S e pt em .. -her, the "Life and Letters ".of theilate Mrs. Emily C. Judson, by Rev. A. C. Kendrick, D.D., in one octavo volume. Mrs. judson became known to the public as a writer under the`'name of Fanny Forrester. Her " Life and Letters" Will make an attractive book. IL is now stated that a Rnnicnous DAILY will certainly be started yin this city, between the mid dle of August and the let of September, called the Daily Message. The money has been paid in, and an editorial corps of fifteen has been se cured. The na l nes of the editors are not to be known, but. Henry, Ward_lieecher,is not to be one, of them, as;we stated last, week. The LEGISLATrft OP Nnw Ythur. at its Wei session, pasied a law requiring Ministers, Alklei.' 7 , men, Justices of the Peace, and ;Mayers or ,cities, to register the names of persons' united by theM in marriage. To ihe non=performance this, a considerable penalty watqttitched. few days ago, Bishop Hughes,al , d - fits with the other clergymen of the city, vas 'firtiUdie‘ytth a notice, informing him of the retrailt*tii - ef the law. This brought 'out his reverencebi long letter, d*ing the right. of the fi t tV to make any 80439maajf of him, and statiui i t hAt ovary siarlcms result f fibm 64:4440. like himself complying with the law. The Arch bishop intimates that this ceremony is often pri vately performed, where publicity might be very unfortunate. But hisprotest . is not likely to be regarded; he must obey the law, or suffer its penalty, though he does talk largely of persecu tion and martyrdom. Dr. _Alexander's church has given a unanimous call to the. REV. Dn. PALMER, of New Orleans. The Dr:has declined the Princeton appointment, and it is not at all likely that this call will be accepted. The people of New Orleans are will ing to grant Dr. Palmer any amount of time for relaxation that he may think fit to take, and any assistance that may be necessary. THE PEoPr.s are leaving for their country seats, the Springs, the sea-side, and Europe ; and, as a matter of course, many of the churches are but thinly attended. PHILADELPHIA In this city, many Impitov - emzxrs, in the way of building, are in progress. The quiet and steady growth of Philadelphia is remarkable. Chestnut Street has been gaining rapidly for sev eral years, but in the future the advance will be much more rapid. Dr. David Jayne, whose stu pendous pile of granite between Second and Third Streets inaugurated the previous epoch, is about to lead the van again with a structure on the site of the old Arcade, seventy feet in height, of white marble, and quite florid in its architec tural appearance externally. Already, the foun dations of this edifice• are laid, and in a few months it will uprear its lofty brow above all surrounding competition. - THE. CO3I3IISSIO2iERB from the original thirteen States, Have fixed upon the centre of Inde pendence Square, Philadelphia, as the site for the Proposed monument. The law allows them sixty feet square. - The ComnlissionerS have adopted an addreSs to the Legislatures of the original thirteen 'States, stating that the menu ment'will cost not over $150,000, and that the sums to be contributed by the States, shall be in proportion to the number of representatives in Congress of each ;* that the material shall be granite, and the design distinguished for sim plicity. The monument will be so constructed as to admit of an appropriate - inscription upon it by each, of the original States. If the necessary, legislation can be obtained prior to the 4th of, July, 1861, the Commissioners recommend that that day be set apart for the laying of the corner stone. THE COMMENCEMENT of the- High School will take place. on July the 16th.. The REv. J. W. KRAMER has been elected Cor responding, Secretary of the 'Pennsylvania Sea men's Friend Society. A Nsw WORK has just been issued by Joseph M. Wilson, entitled " The Divine Purpose Ex plained, or, All Things Decreed," by the Rev. _George Morton, late pastor of Ebenezer church,. Indiana County, Pa. It is a handsome.octavo volume of, three hundred and ten pages, costing 51.2€5. The author thus clearly sets forth its oh ject—" To Show How it is that though all things are decreed, yet the decree ,is not the cause of sin, and that man acts freely in doing what is de creed,; and also to assign a Satisfactory Reason for the Existence of Moral ,Evil, are the Clings aimed at in the.following pages." The subjects. discussed are:—" Foreordination Established— from Reason and Scripture-;" " Man Free - and Responsible—set forth fully from the' Word of God :" ". The cause of all acts shown to be the agent's own nature or disposition ;" " The Ori gin, or Cause of Moral Evil, fully set forth, and explained ;" " The bearing of the subject on the Covenant made with Adam, and the excellence of the Covenant made apparent ;" "Why does' moral evil exist in the universe of God? Several theories examined ;" The glory of the Creator the end of all things, and sin no exception, proved at length from the Scripturei "Row God is glorified through the existence of sin, fully explained." _:For, Etc Zreslajoi:ian Banner. Western Unitarian Convention. ' MESSRS. EDITORS :—This body met in Quincy, 111., on Thursday, June 14th. It consists of all, or nearly all, the Unitarian ministers and Societies, West of the Alle ghenies. As this Convention afforded me an unusual opportunity of learning the views and - work of this body, I attended most of its meetings with some interest; and I have thought that your readers may feel a desire to know something about it. These people are among the adversaries whom we have to encounter; and it is well that we think of them. Buffalo, N. Y., Meadville, Pa., Louis ville, , Ky.-, Evansville Ind., St. Louie, Mo., and Milwaukie, Wis., constitute; r think, the bounds of the body represented. The had representatives from several placew within these extreme points; and'r noticed reports from two men laboring in Kansas.. Ido not know the precise num ber of congregations included in the body; but learned that on Saturday our city con tained about one hundred and sixty stran gers, who were gathered here on account of the Convention—many of them, however, being Universalist ministers, not belonging, to the body ; some ladies','and some visit ors from the East. The business of this body is very sim ple. They first hear verbal reports from all the congregations represented, read let ters from others, hear visitors from the Eastern ASsociation and from the Univer salists ; and then discuss such matters as a business committee has noted as worthy of attention. Every man has his say," . and votes are taken; no question is ever deci ded, and so there can be no divisions and disagreements. In addition to this course, however, a Missionary Society was inana , - urated at this meeting, the intention ° of which is to support, a man to find places for new organizations. They intend to organ ize Societies in all the large towns, where they can find any material. Artd, accord ing to their present policy, there is scarce ly a town where there is not material; as they are fast taking the position that what ever is opposed to Evangelical belief and piety, belong:3 to them. Simple Unitari anism, of the Charming stamp, is at the one end of this very accommodating people, and utter rejection of the Bible at the other; and between, they have Universal ism, Spiritualism, Swedenborgianism, and whatever is at „war with the orthodox. Where, they can gather all such people to gether, and get, them to pay for seats, in order to have an organized opposition to godliness, and to provide themselves with a genteel place of Sunday amusement, there they can have a Unitarian Society. Your readers may think that I make a severe, charge against the Unitarians f and that I ought to be more charitable. wish it were so; but that it is not, a few tacts will show. I knew, before this Conven tion, that the composition of the Unitarian Society in this city was such as. T have in dicated. But I hoped that this was an ex ceptional case. I doubted if such men as Mr. Heywood, of Louisville, would com mune with our minister. But there is no room to doubt now. He tells me that their pobcy is, comprehension, not exclu sion. The Rev. Mr. Ames, of Blooming-, ton, Illinois, said to the Convention that bis Society consisted of a, few old fashion ed - Unitarians, some Universalist's, some !_Svodenboigians, and a good many Infidels and Spiiitualists. He thought they were ;,getting toward Christianity, because they kwere examining what, is true. They were in. a somewhat.embryotic state, and did, not thew what they 'Should believe by and by. He gave them moral lectures ; ; and some of thenA alreaily among terbesi men in Blomiym. The impression that his who rf. . made 04,me was, that be rejects the 0:a15.4 „does net .helieve of a biStsjs, ghritity looks : w . ith more corn :P:ll./ct*Cl:l4i.ce,:v.,,..ipiee'Loan,,,q4„:*3, holder of any opinions. Re was received by the Association as well as any one, so fir as I could see. The broader his utter ances, the more pleasure they seemed to give to the majority. The Rev. Mr. Conway, of Cincinnati, said that his Society had recently divided itself. He had' been preaching that the new Testament is in error in attributing miracles to our Saviour; and a part of his Society had left him in consequence, and formed a new body, called. the Church of the Redeemer. But his audiences were quite as large as before. All this means, that just as he becomes more infidel, and drives away the more Christian part of his people, the infidels come and take seats ; all of which is very likely. The minister from Toledo, whose name I did net catch, said that perhaps he might not long preach there, as some of his peo ple did not like him to preach against the truth of the Bible; •which yet he could not avoid doing; for it is not true where it endorses miracles. This man also made the impression upon the audience that he is simply an infidel—an impression that he did not remove from my mind in a private conversation which I had with him after ward. • - The Rev. Mr. B. and the Rev. Mr. A, had a,playful contest in the Convention as to which had recently behaved least like a minister; and each succeeded very well in showing that he had no ministerial dignity —whereby the body seemed much edified. The Rev. Mr. Collier, of Chicago evi dently the ,best man among them—while heartily praising the. Bible, intimated that he was quite willing - people: should get their religious knowledge elsewhere if they would. This is so good and warm-hearted a man that he carried away my sympathies, until he began -to .show plainly that he would embrace all who would associate with him, even._ if they rejected the most im portant truth. So unhappily inconsistent was he, that he taught that the Bible is es sential to men, and yet they who do not be lieve it are just as good ; or, at least, this is a fair inference fromhis positions. The Convention commenced each day's proceedings with one hour spent in confer ence and -prayer. There was much said that sounded good to the heedless. A great deal .was ,said about their love to all religious denominations; and it was sever al times: very unctuously proclaimed that, though wamotdd not acknowledge them to be Christians, they would consider us of the household of faith ; and though we would. not `love them, they would compre hend us in the arms of charity. They of ten used the same terms that we do ; yet in a sense , very different. For instance, Dr. Hodges, of Cambridge, was eloquent in admiration: of the mediatorial office of Christ; and some orthodox people thought he was, relying on it:-as •all his salvation ; while he really said, to .heedfal ears, that he believedinnothing more than our Lord's prophetical office. Dr. Bellows, of New York distinouished himself by declaring that the Uni7arians ought to, make more of the Holy,Spirit; but his whole talk was skillfully contrived to make the orthodox think favorably of them,while saying nothing positive after all. It was warm and affec tionate ;,:but mystical and indefinite in the extreme. - A Mr. Hagg gave a noble utter ance' to •the...doctrine of a historic Christ, and the wqrk of the Spirit; und declared that these - were sorrowfully lacking in their abody. ; -It was,plain that there were two parties; but it was equally plain that all were agreed. in subordinating doctrine to their union against - the- orthodox. From their eager ness to associate with the •Universalists, and from some other similar indications, it is clear thattheir union is no longer an as sertion of the nni-personality si t f God, but a, rejection :of the idea of future punish ment They claim' all as brethren -whu hot believe evenif they also do not believe in heaven. Their: first and chief object is to get rid of the fear of retribu tion; and, secondly, they wish to have it settled that it is no matter what one -be lieves. . Rev. Mr. Staples, of St. Louis, expressed. the opinion that three-fourths of the Camp bellites agree_ with this be& substantially ; and this opinion was endorsed by Elder John Young, who was .present here, and read himself out of the - Campbellite body, and into. the-Unitarian: Mr: Young is the same who once had a Controversy on baptism with our Dr. Grundy, at Maysville, Ky., and who has since Been President of the .North-v,tern, Christian. University at Indianapolis.: What will! the, followers of the Bishop of Bethany say' to these de velopments ? I suspect, that this account of the Con vention will appear very indefinite and con fused. But : this characteristic is its chief merit: it thereby ,conveys a d just idea of what the body_ was, whiCh is described. It was throughout a most, hanoontpus series of contradictnry, utterances, all tending to a most Sectarian, a.dvocacy of indifferentism.. J.w. l'or the Pmbyterian Itirmer Incidents and Sights Continued. This portion of our State is well named Belmont; that is, beautiful hills, for a 're gion more lovely it would be, difficult, to find • and it is as fertile as'it is fair. It is mostly - under a high state of cultivation. Well fenced with comfortable resi dences, large Orhhards, beautiful gardens, and numerous flock's - and herds, indicate the secular independence and domestic comforts of the people. A large stream, called 11. - Mahon's Creek, in its course to"the river, makes many remarkably quick and abrupt turns, so that, the semi-mountains on each side seem to dove-tail into each other. The Central Ohio Railroad, in ascending this "stream,,, goes through more tunnels and cuts, and uver more bridges in., a dis ta,nce of a few miles, than any other road, perhaps, in the world, in an .equal space. This has had a good sOcialeffect,on the com munity. Families once separated two, three or four.miles by these sudden curves of the creek, have ,been brought nigh to each other.'• 'We attended an evening pray er-Meeting during °Ur:few days' stay here, and met persons at it who lived four miles apart ,via, the old creek-bank road, that were now almost in sight of each others' homes, by the railroad. This prayer-meeting was well attended and well conducted. It was held in a school house, 'built on . : ;a narrow flat, be t Ween two enormous hills. ,The scene wit.; rural, but, sweet—and sweeter still was it talear the praises of God ascend from this shady dell, and- his blessing asked upon us all, and, upon the great Assembly of our Church then in session, and upon all the agencies and ,movements of Christ's king dom in the World. The songs and petitions of that occasion were truly refreshing. It, was a privilege to..he there. May that, prayer-meeting be continued and well sus tained ; and the many that attend it, grow, " strongin the grace that-is in Christ Jesus." Brother H., .the minister, is an exeellent man and a faithful pastor. But time came for us to leave our kind friends and their pleasant homes in Bel mont: and-we ,returned to Bellair just in time to enter the ears for Pittsburgh, ere the engineer whistled "up brakes, " and in about an hour were set down,at Mingo --- ; a„ station on the Ohio, three miles below Steubenville. This place is rich in Indian reminiscences: Here was the home, and here is the grave of Logan, the world-famed Mingo 'Chief, whose manly form, rnagna niraity and • eloquence has been seldom equalled by the , most gifted and accom plished in civilized life. At tins pantt i too (Sues rendezvousettthe
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