Vrtsbpitrian aniter. PITTSBURGH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER' I, 1860. iirinrctin Theological Semiaary.—The next session of the , Prineeban Theological Seminary will begi won Thursday, the sixth day of September. Board is furnished'at two dollars per'week. Rooms are provided free of expense to the student. END OP A VOLUME: Two numbers after the present, will complete the eighth volume of the Presby terian Banner. A prompt renewal of sub sOriptions is earnestly desired. We wish also an increase. Will not our friends help us? We press the more urgently, from a confidence that the subscriber is amply re munerated ; and that whoever induces his neighbor to take the Banner, confers a Very great benefit upon that neighbor . and his family. We cannot promise rewards s and pre miums. Our terms are too low for that; but ire trust that ministers and elders, and all iood 'men, women, and children will aid us from a principle of love. Sustain THE BANNER. THE TROUBLES IN THE EAST. The agitations in Syria still continue to occupy a large share of attention in this country and Europe, and the interest is not likely 'to be 'lessened for seine time. Accordieg to the last report, Jerusalem itself was threatenedfrow without by three thousand Bedouin Arabs, and - from within by the fanatical Moslems. The mission aries had fled to Jaffa, and unless the Gov ernor,proves to be more faithful and deter mined than his colleague at Damascus, Je rusalem will again be destroyed. `An arrangement had been made by which the remaining Protestant ChritAians would be sent to Beirut; by the English Consul, under the escort of Druses! The Druses have become greatly alarmed at the consequences of their rashness and cruelty, and are"anxious to do something to redeem themselves in the sight of Europe. On this account they have become so friendly as - to offer a large escort from the moun tains of Lebanon to Beirut. Fortunately there were no Ainerican citizens in Damascus at the time, of the massacre. Mr. CRAWFORD and family are some ten hours distant, and occupy a house jointly with a Mosleth Sheikh; and owing to this fact he will be safe. For a Moslem will lose his own life sooner than allow the guests in his house , to be disturbed. Ow ing to this'fact, many Christians escaped at Dainascui, and several Moslems lost their Hives in defending those Christians who had sought protection in their houses. in the meantime the Turkish Govern ment is beginning to awaken to the dan gersi it has incurred, and is acting with an increased degree of vigor toward the sup pression of these cruelties. If this Gov ernment was in the hands of Christian na tions, it might, be powerful and respected in a war-like point 'of view. 'For although we are accustomed to view Turkey as in the article of death, she has an army and navy quite , formidable.. She has actually unCler arms a total of one hundred and fifty thousand; but, 'in two months' time and with funds this number could be inereitied to four hundred thousand fighting, men. The,Ottonatm .Navy consists of six line-of battle ships ; eight frigates, ten screw cor vettes, ten gunboats _and sixty brigs, sloops and other small craft—making a total of thirty thousand sailors and marines, and one thousand and eighty guns actually afloat; besides four ships of the line and two frigates in course of construction. But at present no one dreads all this armament Neither does any of the great powers care a jot for its assistance. TURKEY This f misgoverned country is the scene or great troubles. All parts of it are in dis order. The perioil of the reign of " The F False Prophet;" is, we trust, drawing near to its completion. We take the following from the .Ye to York World THE ; CONSTANTINOPLE TIT MULT.-Ac- TION OF THE FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES. —By 'the kindness of a friend, we have been faVored with the subjoined extract of a private letter, dated Constantinople, July, 25th, from Rev. Dr, DWIGHT, American Missionary to Constantinople. No man has a better opportunity of learning the ex act truth. After giving an account of the riot, which agrees entirely with that of our own correspondent, published on Thursday, Dr. DWIGHT goes on to say : "As might be expected, the representa tives of the foreign Protestant powers at the Porte are greatly aroused by those dis graceful scenes. A meeting of five of them was held last Friday at the British embassy, and a very strong note was addressed' by them jointly to the'Porte, making some de mands which can hardly fail of being com plied with, and which must make a noise here. The• Porte haS just now officially in formed SDEPAN EFFENDI, the head' of the' native Protestants, that it has come to the decision to present to this community ground for separate cemeteries of their own, in three or four different places around the capital, " Much bitterness of feeling is now man ifested toward us, and toward our native brethren. We cannot walk the: streets without being insulted. The general state of feeling here is any thing but satisfacto ry. The events that have occurred in Leb anon and Damascus seem to be kindling up an inward fire in the hearts of Mussul mans and Christians of this city. The outrageous proceedings of the Armenians at the burying ,ground, so unlike their for mer character, 'are strongly suspected o f having had a foreign instigation, and it is firmly believed that the great object was to provoke the Turks to fire upon the mob, when the hue and cry would be raised that Mussulman fanaticism had shed Christian (?) blood, and tens of thousands of Chris bans (1) in this capital, would have' started 'up to revenge- it; which, of course, would have brought on a general and terrible civil war in the streets and houses of Con stantinople. " In fact, we -see reason enough on all sides- to apprehend that such a thing may be brought -on every day. May the Lord avert it -by his protridence. One thing is becoming more and more certain, namely, that the real disturbers .of the peace in Turkey are the so-called Christians of the Country. The Marmites of Lebanon first provoked the Druses, though the conduct of the latter had been' such as to call forth the indignation the civilized world. The Aitrunians were the' sole cause of the disgraceful scenes here, and so it has been on ill similar occasions heretofore. Our comfort and our hope is, , that the Lprd (tod' .A.lnaighty reigns. He will enemies; under his fixt.." THE POOR 1N CITIES. In large and wealthy cities, there is found, probably, the greatest amount of poverty, vice, and wretchedness, which ex ist in any situation or arrangementof civ ilized society. The poor in the country, laborers at iron -works, operatives in facto ries, enjoy a paradise, in comparison with a portion of the poor in cities, like London, Paris, New-York, and Philadelphia. It is true that cities have their virtuous poor; but they have a large class who are de graded beyond any thing ever witnessed in country places and smaller towns." Even the slaves in the South, are in a condition far preferable to that of thousands of city poor. who are called freemen—better in their moral cbaracter, religious condition, family relations, dwellings, food, raiment —in everything which makes life desira ble, or even tolerable. These thoughts are prompted by the reading of the August report of the Board of Health, on Sanitory Reforms, in Phila delphia. To show their truthfulness, we shall quote somewhat largely. The Board visited 'the purlieus of Bedford, BAer, Spafford, and other streets. They say Among the worst. forms of tenements visited were those underground. Dark, deep; damp, Chilly, filthy and contracted cellars, unlighted and unventilated, save by the doorways; which, during the night., and whenever- it rained, were Bliut down, thus excluding the only-entrance for light and air, rendering the atmosphere -still more vitiated and poisonous. Some of these cel lar ,domicils were unprovided, with any other floor than the bare, damp earth ;' some were cov ered with worn-out. dirty matting, saturated withmoisture ; some with pieces - of .old carpet ing, While others had board floors, in a state,ef decay from long-continued dampness. in one of these cellars' pieces of board were arranged to keepthe feet of the occupants from the water which covered the ground. • " Scarcely the vestige of any furniture was, to. be Seen ; in many of them not cven a bed or a bun dle of rags to lie on at night; destitute of every comfort, and tenanted by the lowest order of de graded whites - and - blacks,' huddled together pro miscuously, numbering in each apartment from four to six permanent inmates,-and some of them receiving lodgers at two and three cents per night, in a space-not exceeding ten' by twelve feet square, and with scarcely breathing room. Localities that are as productive Of moral debase ment as they are encouraging to physical deprav ity, and disgraceful in a civilized community. From - these cellars issue' forth a nauseous at mosphere, so loaded with fetid exhalations as al most to stifle those accustomed to breathe a purer , In these, hovels,, too, they found a popula .tion half fed and half clothed, of all ages, sexes, ;and colors, frinir the Want in the arms to a hoary , In the same category.as these cellar tenements, may be classed numerous Closely-packed, above ground, deplorable shanties, or rather pens. from five to ten feet Square, located in the rear of dilapidated buildings, eight or ten of which occupy a space hardly ample enough for an or dinary sized kitchen ; without chimneys, with out ventilation, without light,.without furniture; destitute of everything that had even the ap pearance of accommodation to render them de cent ; and yet they were tenanted by' human beings. Here is - described a wretchedness of con . dition, the like of which one uninitiated would suppose could not be found in any civilized, much less in any Christian com munity. But it exists in the very metrop olis of Pennsylvania—in a city noted for art, science, taste, Comfortable dwellings, beauty of situation—noted for hospitality, benevolence, and philanthrppy—noted for its institutions to refine the degraded, ele vate the lo'vr, teach the ignorant, gather in the out-casts, and afford healthful homes and profitable employment to all, vvhether denizen or stranger—it exists there, sur rounded by wealth, splendor, plenty, schools, churches, every thing which can make life happy. How is this ? Evidently there is something ple better their condition ? The means is clearly within their reach. Labor in abun dance, and at remunerative prices, is in de mand—just at their 'doors. And they are not bound to those wretched tenements; better are to be had in abundance. Nor are they hound to a city residence. The ways to the country are open to them, all around. But they lack energy. They are defective in taste. 1 Their appetites are low. They are lazy, ignorant, depraved. The fault is justly theirs. But why are they thus ignorant, de prived, and inert? 'They belong to fallen humanity—humanity which, left to itself, tends downward and downward; but which, under proper influences from without,ls regenerated, and hence tends upward, and upward. .And the, agency of those influ ences is in the hands of their neighbors. The fault then lies, in some "measure, with those who have 'knowledge, and can com mand the means 'of elevating them. They are susceptible of elevation. They are hu man beings. Each of them, has a soul which is a proper subject of moral and in tellectual progress ; and when they do not choose to use the means of improvement, a reasonable, kind,,., and, effective constraint should be put upon them. They now use their liberty to the immense injury of so ciety. Morals are corrupted, property is made insecure, health is endangered, and society has a right to protect itself. It is in a sanitary aspect that the Board of Health look upon the subject; and they propose, as a mitigation of the evil, that the authorities shall close up all the vile tenements, both .under and above ground, which are not so lighted and ven tilated, and otherwise 'arranged, that the health of the inmates may be safe. , This would compel the owners to re-build, or re pair; and it would also disperse the dense crowds.'A great benefit would result from this measure. The'report says on this point: The. Board are not wanting in the evidence of the consequences caused by the extensive preva lence of similar nuisances in other large cities, nor of the sanitary benefits as the results of their entire suppression. Liverpool, Birmingham, Nottingham, London, New-York, and other pla ces, have suffered to a far greater extent from the dangerous influences arising .from internal and underground domiciliary causes, than our own city; and the details of the deplorable scenes witnessed and recorded as occurring in those places, both in a physical and moral aspect,' are sickening in the, extreme. But in all these cities sanitary science has been applied, and a reformation followed it., the effects of which are evinceffin the lessening 6f their bills of mortal ity, and the sensible improvement in their once crowded, filthy and unhealthy districts. This le eneouraino• The example of others, where the evils have been worse, both teaches and prompts to action. But far more still is needed. There lust be a moral reform. The Gospel must, somehow, be made to reach this refuse of humanity. How ? That is the difficult prOblem. Its solution is being attempted by philanthra pigs, -and the indications of success are such is to. - encourage hope. Charities be stowed avail but little. The real relief must be found in incitements prompting the needy to supply themselves. And to this nothing is more effective than the principlef .Christianity. The religion produced by L theßible,,is an inward' power. It is a lifo-7ra life ,which develops and PRESBYTERPANANNER.---SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1860. manifests itself in the ' whole of Gospel morality; in industry and thrift, as really as in honesty, piety and worihip. And to the persevering and more abound ing use of Gospel means, Christians are in cited, by instances of success ) in many places. Even in the miserable pnrlieus above described, the benevolent maY some 'indications of a' cheering character. Labors bestowed there, have not been en tirely lost. We, ourselves, have preached in one of the precincts, to the assembled children of " Ragged Schools,"`conducted ender Christian direetion ; and good seed sown, is never all lost. Some of it is made fruitful. Christians are cheered! , by the fact that all the, dwellers in those abodes of poverty are not absolutely degraded. The Board are.enabled thus to speak t. Before taking leave . of thek scenes of, squalid wretchedness, it. may be gratifying to allude to the fact that amid the sanitary evils and abuses that abound in this district, there was .to be found thrift, industry and neatness in many of the domicils of the, laboring poor. The well whitewashed wall, the clean scrubbed floior, the neatly arranged but'ancient and Worn-out furni ture, and the clean and tidy appearance of the women and children, gaVe an air of cemfort and happiness to these dilapidated dwellings sugges live of, the idea that poverty, filth and degrada tion fire not necessarily concomitants. Taking these facts all together, the rural population will see, that they have no suf ficient rea.son, whether poor-or rich, to,en vy their city brethren. And Christians in all places will be stimulated to use the means which will dispel ignorance and poverty from the masses. SABBATILIN PARIS, DR. LEYBURN, of the Pr esbytOian, who is now travelling in Europe; writes home some very sprightly add highly.' entertain ing letters. After crossing the Channel, from England to France',.he thus notices the contrast between the "two countries:- " And • the • country, too, hew unlike beautiful rural England. It is flat and tame, With scarcely a tolerable hill to break the monotony, with only here and there , a dreary village, and no beautiful 'hawthorn hedges---not even the relief of a fence-to separate farms and fields. 'A great part of the country is covered with, vineyards, but the vines were cut down to not more than two or three feet, each tied in'a;not partic ularly graceful mariner, to its- own partie: ular stick. Now and then 'we passed . ' a small field of grain, and occasionally a flar ing one of scarlet poppies." But it- is the manner 'of. observing the Sabbath which, as Christians, we are most, concerned to notice. Dr. L. says: "Having reached Paris on Saturday ev ening, we had, at the outset, the dpportu nity for seeing a Parisian Sunday, And how .striking and shocking the Contrast with what we had just, left in England, or 'what we have been accustomed to in our. own Sabbath-keeping land. One sees nothing here to distinguish the Lord's day from any other dty in the week, unless it be a greater excess of frivolity. The shops are open just as usual, workmen are ham mering away at a new building adjacent, carts loaded with stone and lime are lum bering along the street,'and just opposite us, at one set of 3vindows, tailors are busily plying their needles whilst at another wo men are working and knitting fancy wors ted work. "The military, of murk, are parading, and the roll of drums and flash of bayonets looks almost as if we were in the midst of one of those revolutions. with which this gay and wicked capital has so much aboun ded. Verily, it would seem as if, in, our short transit across the Channel, we 'had _suddeuly_falleu,apon—a—lfiathen am happy to say, however, that an Ameri can friend, familiar with Paris, informs me that though a stranger may not observe it, there is a gradual improvement going'on as to the Sabbath; that here and there a shop is now closed, and, that the number of these is increasing; and that in other respects a change has been manifest within the last ten or fifteen years. This is certainly cheering; but there is still a wide field for improvement. To the stranger, it would seem that Paris has no Sabbath. " Having occasion to walk out a short' dis- Mince from the hotel in. the morning, I saw a crowd going into one of the Rontish churches, and being a little ; curious to see how things were done. by ,Romanists here, where they have all their own way; I step ped in for, a few minutes.,. It was -a , fete,. , the fete de Dieu, or fete 'of Almighty God s Having exhansted Am days forth° ;Virgin Mary, and the long calender of saints, they finally set apart one day in the year to the , honor of that God, whose glory they have been the rest of the year' giving to 'others. Just inside the entrance there was a railing. and gateway, at which a woman 'was sta-' tioned, who demanded two or three sou for permission to •enter and occupy one of the rough chairs with which the floor was' covered. In addition to the usual retinue of priests and incense beys, With their bati smelling censers, there 'lva§ to-day a band of music in front of the altar, playing airs which savoured more of the opera than of a place claiming to be .the house of God. Conspicuonsin the crowd was a company of young girls, - dressed in white, arid each of them wearing a white= veil over the head,. and flowince t' down the back. The meaning of all thisl do not" profess' to know. A very .cursory inspection, I should. think, would show any intelligent mind that this idolatrous parade is as, far as possibfufrom that Gospel one of whose most striking characteristics is its unpretending, simplic ity. "From such spectacles as this, and from the godlessness and gaiety everywhere around us, it was refreshing toturn our steps to the . American Chapel, where, with our, fel, low-countrymen, and in our own tongueove could unite in a. truly . Christian worship. On , this, our first Sabbath Paris, the I Rev. Dr. PRENTICE, ofNew-York, who had been acting for Borne time as minister of the American ;Chapel, .was officiating in,his, closing services, before giving - place to his successor, the. Rev. Dr. McClintock. The Chapel is a neat stonebuilding capable of I seating, perhaps, four hundred. -There were probably about two hundred. and fifty• present this morning.. we arriVed rather before , the, hour of service, I.stepped into the vestry room,, erom , which I, had heard the voice of singing, and found, there a little Sabbath-Sehool, of some ten or a_ dozen children. Earlier in the season, I. believe, the attendance had been somewhat larger, and those in charge of ,the sehool expressed' the hope that during the next season they would be able very considera bly to increase the number. Certainly all, Christian, parents whose lot_may be cast here, should feel it a privilege to have ;their children brought under such nurture, in-. stead of having them exposed to the Su nday associations into which they will prob ably otherwise fall, amid such surroundings. This Chapel, as the reader is probably aware, was got up, on the union principle. In order to embrace all evangelical denom inations, and especially in order to secure the cooperation. of Episcopalians, there are both liturgical and, extemporaneous ser vices. The afternoon is -extemporaneous,. and in the morning a portion of the liturgy from, the .American Episcopal Prayer 8,00 k., is used. The only alterations which Dr. Prentice made, so .far, as I eould , notice,. were the - interpolation of the.: Emperor, Empress;and. Prince Imperial ,' in, .the prayer . for ,the .President ,cif the United . - States, ,and: the Change of, the -.Farr for the 'bishops and other clergy' -to ' all ministers of.the Gospel." t the,conclu sion‘ of the 'A sera:l64n eitempore prayer was Offered. The communion was also af.l ministered on the same morning, some thirty or forty persons participating. Dr. Prentiee's discourse was full of the Gospel, and ,very edifying , : ;and I am sure, from what.' heard, thdt 'is parted with with much, regret by..the Christian brethren here, to whom, he has been ministering. q„, , "If the spectacle thiS_Morning of a Sun"- day in Paris was shocking, ' we were, if pos sible, even More appalled' bY what we wit nessed in returningfrom,the chapel to our hotel through the Champs Elysees. The Champs' Elysees is one of 'the great pleas ure'resorts Parisians. It consists - of a broad avenue of a mile or more in length, with beautiful groUnds on either side. To-day,it is''alive with as gay and thought leas a crowd of pleasuk-seekers as we could well find in all the world: The avenue is almoit a dense mass of vehicles of every description, from the sumptuous coach of the prince del& to the one-horse' cab, or even to the four-in-hand Oat' or - dog car riage of the little Children; whilst 'under the trees anddround the flower 7 gardens are every species of cheap ,exhibitions - jug' ; glery, Punch arid Judy', automaton theatres, and whatever else of like nature could tract multitude.,,' The. whole , spec tacle is that of a gay, godless,• gala day; and to ; eok at them one, would, think that these 0914 had never. heard that there was such commandment as z Remember the Sabbath clay , to• keep itf,holy,'. or, .indeed, that they had, never se , Mueh,as heard that there is a quiition Sabbath. Truly the Church ofLlteme,will lhave ietrible reek-, ening tomake ,iu regard to these ,French people,..She murdered the Huguenots who would, have ; 4aught their , 'countrymen tty otiery -- Vses "commandments; -and by her example, precepts ; and traditions, she , has educated them to set at naught the-institu tions of ,that .very Christianity , of which she arrOg,antlyfassuthes to , be chief and sole custodian?' ,;.f; MEM The Rev. 'George • one'of the oldeit members' of the`liMaiingdcni Presbytery, and pastor forManyyearsof the churches of Shade Gap andTuseargra i in the bounds. of which be still le.§ides, now in hia.ciglity eighth year, islying 'very dangerously That Gospel which it ;Was his privilecre for so many years to, preach ,to others, is to him very precious ; and full of conifort and eonsolation;'stiffering, as' he now does, un der severe 'bOdilk ifilintione, and the in firmities of age. • EASTERN SUMMARY. BOSTON AND 4VETF,:ENGLAND BOSTON consists of :twelve wards. Ae . cOrdinc , to the" assessment ' of the present . year, the real estate is valued at $163 756 - 700; the personal At $112;483,200. The number of ,polls is 34;179 . ; and the rate of taxation' is ninetyhree cents on :one hun dred deilars. The' WILL LATE.- JONATHAN Or . THE PHILLIPS affords another =instance of Boaz , ton liberality.", Bering life he made fre quent and large contributions, so that entire. estate will not,now exceed .$800,000., But, of this ,he has ,•made, the following large. donations'; , , - To the city of Boston,' te 'procure and maintain .`a Etiblicaiibrar,y - $20,000 To the city of Boston,.to adorn and cm--- hellish streets and public places To' Harvard College.— .. .... Bosion Society 'of" Natural History Boston ;Marine iSocierY Massachusetts Medical Societi Masse.ehuse Amherst G • atege „, Vito. Williams College" "6,000 Massachusetts -Eye. and Ear Infirmary... 5,000 Boston Hispensary . 5,000 Farm Sehool ' , moo Massachusetts'Cdniregational.Charitij • ble Society... - ' Town of PhillipStom Mass.,'for a.Tewrt Library a fund 0f..::::... o TER Rwv. F. WARBEN,...Of Brom, field Street :Methodist chureh,-Boston, has• been invited 4,o!a•Professorship in the 'new Methodist Missions Institute; in Bremen, 9eimapy, withl the design.' of taking the Presidaßey in ; a short time. . . EVdl5l FRIE . ND OF 'Missions will - ba joked to learn, that the: entire. delit, , Ofthii American Board' . ef FoTeigni'ldittsieneliit been provided $2 5 006 and this sum is ,a amount assumed by contributors . ,in.New-Yori i .we have-ho doubt that lb •a few:dnystit , will be removed also. This ieSnit.is.highlj ore itable-to all 'We patronior : Pie.l3oard; 'and . ;is • -proof 1 t0....the 'world ihit miisiOn'ary 'operiitions pvill nokbatidlowed to take, any 'retrograde • • The' CRIME oa 01111ROH 'of v4hich we lately gaTeScime s Recount have:the following 'seriptitins that will; be matters of curiosity to many.' .These bells are eight in nwiaher, and OS a'eviees t and mottos are in' regular order, on each' bell neeording to its. num. ber. fir. Tenor,: lat. This 1)ea1 df bight ie•the gift of's number of 'generous persons to Christ church, in Vosten, New-England, Anno 1774. • 2d. This church w 8,3 founded in . the year 1728. Timothy Cutter , Doctor of Di vinity, the first rector. . ;•! ' • 3d. Yetape,Ae firekilpg of beals,casti:for ,the British Empire 4th God Pieseoe the Church orkMgliasity. 1744: • :"' isvf: • ;-; bthr William* Shirk - 3y tHiski.j governor La; thi Mass. Bolin Ns- B. Annii 6th. ,Tlia ; subleTiptiona for thes6 .gun.hi.loka ;Hammock. and Hobert Temple,, Chtsiiiiiviirdanii, ;bum '1743, completed by:Rob ert laakiriii , 'John " Gould,' Churishwardeihe,' Anno 1744.•:: . • . ' 7th. Sinee s generosity has opened 'our.montbs, our tongues shall ring aloud its-praise. 17,44. Biii.' AVel I,tudtakll, n f , Gloucester, cast us all. Ann° 11,48: ' ' ". , " ' . ' . no HOME 017 trEnsTFort, at Marshielk 'nonsisted 'of about one thousand eight . ..bun- - ; Ore& acres, and :Was piiilliased by lli m ' stomp ,twenty-five'..iilhiirty*aiii*6.. This in-' ohnitfli OcPT9Petty . o.ir owned by . Joh n ..Window, the first goverpor i cfltha Plymouth colony, chosen after the -arrival of the PH *rims in, this country., f ,"(lppq,, , this, : estate r:ildr.,li4terjavishedimmetsksoms, and to : it he i dev.oted great= care.: But at present - it is and state of great ;deselation. Like the`vineyard of the sluggard; wit is all 'grown over li i ith thorns, ; nettles have • coy Bred 'the face ,thereof." Even the old study—a buibling separate ,from ,the, mad sloe house:2Ell , We Abe* lhooka; 'chairs, sofas, and other items, remain as Webster left them--see 'to ! 'he . totally neglected , and twenty-fire,e l erits.is demanded of every visitor . that nnterie theelouse , where-the great State sm an lived ; a n d 'died. ' This .. . , could be endiiied . if &it' titeney Altus col lectedmilt,,speroNtlf!uping the .house and 'grouo4lll,clrdar,lont. inch •isinot the. case. All thiwarians from thelact that the estate •-p notitioFin't el binds of the Webster ( family" n* ' The' ' iire', Of *Oster' is.. about k i Self a nay dicta t,, in. _ the old burial ground, ;here lie the reniains.uf Goveroor Wiaskow IMEMINEG 20,000 9 0,000 10,000 • 10,000 . 10,000 . 10,000 • tuu 5,000 5,000 $185,009 MN The house„occupied by Governor Winslow, is still standing, at about the distance of 'a utile from theiresideficil'of 'hirn' who was the great, expounder of the Constitution. It is a two story house, with one of the noblest beech trees in front,. This town is also celebraied as the. residence of Peri grine White, the first English child that, was American born. The town was the fifth settled in the order of time, and was called by the Indians llfissaucatucket; and at one time, before it. received its present name, it was called :Researra. OLD FOLKS are thick. asblackbeiries , , among the rough hills of Old Connecticut. This the returns of the census demonstrate. Mr. James Douglass, of Coventry, is in'his one hundred'and fourth year ; is still clear sighted ; has liVed with *his ' wife seventy years, and always voted the Democratic ticket. Galinda Green, of Chaplin, is one hundred and five years'old. Widow Thomp son, of Bristol, is onehundred and one, _ a and gets her subsistence by sewing.. Widow Trail, of Bloomfield, was, born one year,later. But in Mansfield, a cosy village away from. all routes- of travel, there' are two himdred people over seventy years of age; among' a total population of only two thouiandr NE,Tir- YORK., Some Of 'the: 31i . rOrt.. ITEmS , connected with a great• city like New-York, are worthy of notice': Arnow; things of this sort, the various teamsters, cartmen,porters, and sniall - dealdis of various kinds consti tute • a large total. Thbre were last year licensed in New-York 367 express wagons, 6,288_ public carts, ,1,200 dirt, carts, 328 charcoal carts, 130. street railroad cars (which does not include those on some of the: roads,) the latter paying $44 each; there are 50 licensed: boarding houses • which s pay $lO each; 1,741 . cartmen, 328 porters, who pay a licen'se'of sl`'a year, and 50 cents for renewal, while there are nine chimney-sweepers, paying a license of $3 each, and 772 pedlers who pay a .licen - se of s6' per armutn. New-York has 55 pawn brokeis, who pay , a 'license of $5O eaeli• 219 second-hand dealers, at $25 each • 261 junk shops, at $25 each; 664 junk carts anditoits, $lO each';. 845 hackney coaches,' $5 each;- 822 hackney coach drivers, $1 each X 1,015 stages, $2O each •: 1,84 2 stage driVers, only 25 cents each ; and 43 intelli aence offices at $25 each. • • . , . The WEALTH OF )1' Tu. B. ASTOR, son of the late John JacohAstor is now estimated at $40,000,000, and is said to 'be increasing at the rate of $3,000,000' per annum- Mr. Astor may be seen alnimt . any day on Broadway, with 'a'hat 'worth about, six shil, linos and a suit of clothes that would..not cost any >where more than -twe'uty dollars. He dives in a splendid mansion,. and occa sionally gives snperb dinners, 'but in gen oral he is a man of unostentatious habits and works harder than any.one his em- PloY• Quite a controversy has . arisen with, re gard to - the most, approprate place for lc, eating the.PAINCE WALES,.; during-his anticipated.. Visit. Several private resi- - . denees have been 'offered; such that of Miyor Wood, MoBes 4rinneß, Rev. Gor ham B. Abbott of the Spiqg and it is said also that of,Tam Benne , o ie era entertain the Prince has given rise to in numerable squibs, in many of the newspa pers, not at all complimentary to those who have been so . eager tor extend, their liospi talities to the royal visitor. But it is now supposed that, part of, the 'Prince's will be .quartered at the Everett ilc4ie, whilst the new hotel, near the Fifth Ave: nue flotel, will be taken for:the Prince and the remainder. Till 'BOOK ASSOCrATION have Issued their September, Catalogne.;,,.iThe invoices .are - -enormopsly heavy,• the. listoceliPying five buidred' and. twenty four l arge octavo pages The sale will' be g in s::Cm theidaY; , .•. , • continuo dailY in, he order, of the.catalogue. ; The largest initoice is that ofFDerbpiad Jackson .;•-•-next -largest is44o of Ord Appletoni! liOnses areiefieiteeted :by - Little :13rowni. -friakaor Th ayer & ltldridge; "efosiiii& Nieliols, and , .1;4'01Vil Teggard; H. Roley . Co., and, opens. Three: or four. Engli'gh invoices olso ;appear the catalogue. ' r. ' 111 R. Ofitracs, the successor ;of Beach, in the Sun, has.conle outsinian,ible article, in 'Alai' hO'lakea high gonad-in ;favor of `the and'pledges the e.10.# spppcort,:of tils pa iper,;to . both. The conrse the leading 'newspapers of this- city, with this-exception of the Herald, in regard' to the Sabbath and' le 'institutions of religion, is 'highly commendable ; ant? B);Ows . that Qhriptisuity is xo,akingitself felt...throughout the ei t itire structure of society: Breati2Sheld644; Co. will "on .of,Octubei, issue.. ihe first ivolumee,Deun Milinutes great work,,LaTIN OIIRSTIANI, TT.:' consist . ..d; eight volumes, OnaVotting to be issue d' eVery*•mobth until the wbidi - is compliied. • *it - will be "a re*- print' of the 1 ast,London , edition sgrpassing it in convenience, of forn2,4qualling. it in typography, and' at ;about ..lutlf ithe. price. The stereotyping aiid'irintini will be done, ~by H. 0. Houghto4Co.,at Ap . Riverside ;Pres., Cambridge, whose worlt.lja, too well known to need commendation.: !EMI ume :will be a . beautiful erownl octavo of about . six hundred pages. , Thiarbblik is really a'hifitory'Of ifiediaavidkinrepe, from the point of view of t!LeChristiatt,phnrch, 'and takes rank with _Hallam's. "Middle Ages," and Gibbon's Decline and -Tull of the Milan Empirb," while it is Only infe rior to 11.44iiiiiiip , rti:',/,ilistory of '.England " i n briAiaoy.Of . style. THE'CATROLIOS of the diocese of New= York, under ` the lead of Archbishop Hughes, have raised $53,331.04 in aid of the Pope, and . tho money has been already. transmitted .to • a His ,•Holiness.. This large Rum hay been mostly collected through the Church ontiiniititionii and the contri bations egg eolltinue2 'ls it not about time, for the ..krehhilhep..,to propose something in behalf of. liio faithful Maronite brethren in Syriti? ' . . . Dr. CHEEER: is 13m:ring qtt.ite • an ovntiani , V • • in England. , He ev . cpli.,ex.m.da, bje,..;wma l, . • ; . style of, eloquence denonneinttliViiisti4l • andjaninistlinVof 4. =EI tat e, Gordon this ,country. He 'speaks as if he alone was-`the only righteous one with which this entire land is.blessed. Dr. Cheever has never forgiven the people of t'*is country for leaving him to preach to . 9mpty pews, for the most part. .The MERCER STREET PRESBYTERIAN Cututpx, has lost • another of the .able bench of elder,s with which it has been so longndorned. Within two years the hand of death has pressed heavily, on -these elders. 'Benjamin F. Butler, Anson G. PhelpS, Wm. 'G. Bull, and now, .Juhe Mason, have all gone to their reward. Judge Mason who died, last week was enii nent as a civilian, as a private Christian, as a ruling elder; as antiattendant upon the meeting4'for,prayer, and as a teacher in the Sabbath School. He was a , son of the Rev. Dr John. M. Xnson of blessed memory. ' PHZLADEtPHIA. - The POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT , has de 'dared the streets of this city post -routes, . and"' has instituted proceedings against "Blood's Dispatch" for alleged. . violations. of the United States postal law;-in deliver ing-letters and newspapers. Brit ":Blood's Dispatch" continues to discharge its dn ties as heretofore, and ; will do 'so at least until ,torbidden by the Supreme Court of the United States. This " Dispatch" , has beetr a great convenience, and -we doubt very much if the Poste Office by any arrangement will do the Work equally, as well- The IitSH.FOR SITUATIONS' ill this city is wonderful, and should lead any' who may be thinking of leavini ,comfortable places in thecountry fOr the risks of the city, to reflection the matter /seriously before it is WO' late. Here is " a case in point:" A mercantile house in Front Street .advertmed fora " young luau.in a counting house." Though the salary offered was bit one hundred dollars a year, during the three dayi in which their ad vertisement Was in- the paper, they received no less than .four hundred and twelve applications, for the situation, of whom a large majority were pinned by , actual iMsidents of the city, languish-, ing toi want of, employment. ,MESSRS. „„ M ITE,ENGLISH & CO. have issued, in neat pamphlet form, an essay by ,Newton Brown, D.D., on ” The Death Threatened to Adam." The object is to show the kind of death originally threat ened against sin. ,O.nd in the discussion of this - he does not leave" a single. inch of ground •for the-:: An - nailationists to stand upon. The funeral of the REV. THOMAS IL BEVERIDGE, whose death was announced in our last, was largely attended. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Joseph , T. Copper, D.D., to a weeping, audience. ECCLESIASTICAL. Rev. T. G. Scow's Post Office address is changed from Mt. Jackson, Lawrence County, Pa., to Meclianistown, Carroll County, Ohio. Rev. IL B. CAMPBELL'S Post Office address, is changed from. Camden, Miss.,:to - Can ton, Miss. Rdv. EZEKIEL FORMAN has beeri.called : to become pastor of the church in Glasgow, ,Ky.-;*and though lie has not yet accepted will coinmence labor there iiimediately. His Post'Office address is changed from `Danville to. Glasgow. * ' RCN:. H. M.- SCUDDER, of Elizaville, Ky., ,has declined the call of the Fifth church. 41,----Nli,rcanainri-laits-pr fe* charge, at least for some time Rev.-J. H. CALVIN has beep electecrPro ' fessor of the Greek Language and Liter atute in Oakland . College; Miss and Rev. 'l. PRreE, Professor of Belles 'Let , fres and History. Rev. ANDREW; KOLB's Post Office address is 'Clia.tvied - from Galena 11l to Scales Mound, Jo Daviess County, 111. , Rev: H. T. MORTON'S Past- Office. addreis is changed from .Newton, 111., to Prince ton, Ind; ::= Rev. C. N. CAMPBELL has removed, to peach . Qrchard, Lawrence Couttty,.'Xy.,„ and .taken• charge of• a missionary enter prise, there. . • • ' Rev. LEWIS GANO has been deposed from ; the 'ministry by , the 'Presbytery ot TroY? -The Presbytery express doubts as: folds 'entire sanity: lii any 'case they re gand him as 'disqualified for the work of 'the - Gospehninistry. • ' ' Rey. GE6. G. HECKMAN: was installe4.pas, tor of the church of Janesville ,, Wis' on Thursday evening, August Second, by the resbytery of Milwaukee. Rev.