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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