Vrtsbßttrian crinner. PITTSBURGH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8,1860. or Raving purchased for our Office the "Eight" to use Dick's Accountant and Dispatch Patent, aft, or nearly alt, Of our subscribers now have their papers addressed to them regularly by a singularly unique machine, which fastens nn the tohite margin a small colored. "address stamp," or label, whereon appears their name plainly printed, followed by thetfate up to which they have aid for their papers—this being authorised by an Act of Congress. The date will always be advanced on the receipt of subscription money, in 'Oast accordance with the amount so received, and thus Ile an ewer-ready and valid receipt; securing to every one, and at all times, a perfect knowledge of his newspaper ac ount. so that 0 , any error is made,he can immediately' de fect it and.tave it corrected—a, boon alike valuable to the 4 publisher and subscriber, as it mast terminate all painful psiSunilerstandiugs bettbeen them respecting account/4 and thus tend to perpetuatetheir important relationship. sa* Those in arrears will please remit. THE SABBATH SCHOOL VISITOR. The improvement in' this little messen ger. of love to the children, is immense. N 406 commend it most heartily to Sabbath Schools and families. There is now an issue of from sixty to seventy thousand copies. Thu number should be greatly in creased. Let it reach every family where there is a child old enough to read, or tp understand a little narrative by having it read; or even to admire a pretty picture. Early acquired knowledge is indispensable to a proper development of the moral pow ers, and we love .to• have knowledge asso ciated With that which is pleasing to the eye, and refilling to the taste. Let the little ones have the Visitor. END OF VOLUME. ONE number after the present, will complete the eighth volume of the Presby terian Banner. k prompt renewal of sub scriptions 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 and pre miums. Our terms are too low for that; but we trust that ministers and elders, and all good men, women, and children will aid us from a principle of love. Sustain THE BANNER. PRESBYTERY OF OHM ' The Presbytery of Ohio held its Stated meeting at .Mingo, last week. Business was transacted with great harmony. Mr. WILLIAM GREENOUGH, late of the Western Theological Seminary, was or dained and installed as pastor at Mingo. The reception of Mr. GRI E.rouGH by the people, is cordial, and the prospects of use fulness are fair. This congregation en joyed.the labors of the late Rev. Dr. RAL STON, for over forty years. A call, from the.dew congregation of Fairview, (Munnstow.n,) was presented to Rev. S. M. McCtuNG, which he accepted. An adjourned meeting of the Presby tery to be held in the Lecture-Room of the First church, Pittsburgh, on Tuesday, Sept. 11th, at 2 o'clock P. M. CHURCH PREROGATIVE IN RELATION TO VOL UNTARY ASSOCIATIONS. The late General Assembly, at Rochester passed a resolution, unanimously, affirming its right to uphold and defend truth and righteousness, and to oppose sin, by com mending, or by warning against all kinds of influences and combinations in society. It at the same time added that no sufficient reason then appeared for any new action on the subjects of Temperance and Coloni zation. The Presbytery of Louisville which, last Spring, had taken a strong po sition against such right, on the part of the Assembly, seems to be much pleased that the Assembly did no more than affirm its right. This appears in the fdllowipg: Resolved, That the Presbytery of Lou isville feels called upon to express its high gratification with this action of the Gen eral Assembly; and the hope that the general concurrence of the Assembly in this action may lead to an equally general concurrence of the Church at large, in the view that no additional action is necessary on the whole subject. For our part we should be pleased to see new developments of social action tq i commend; and as we cannot expect in this day of sin, that there will be no social evils, we trust that our General Assembly will be ever faithful in raising a warning voice, when the occasion for it shall occur. 1 PEW FOR EVERT FARR The property of the country should sup port the Church - . We would not recom mend a tax, by law, for Church purposes— we would not even submit to such a tax, if it were possible for us successfully to resist it. But still the property should support the Church. The obligation is a moral one. The contribution must be the voluntary offering of the property holders to the Church, of their own choice, and in such amounts as may be needed. Property has a very large part of its value, its security, from the influence of religion. All citizens do not have farms. A large majority have no real estate of any kind. The non-owners have the numbers and the physical power in the community, and they could divide the lands by force, or tax them enormously; or they coulditestroy imjrovements, or plun der the products. Why do they not accom plish these things. They are restrained by their own, and by the public sense of right and wrong. This moral sense they have , from religion. It is due to the Church—her Bible, her preaching, her or dinances,3 her influence upon the conscience of the community. A return should hence be made to her. The property should sup port her, , for the benefit she renders to it. The Church preserves the farmer's crops from pillage—preserves his fences, his barns, his house, his cattle—preserves all that he has. He is hence bound, in moral honesty, and bound byhis own interests, to do his proper portion' toward sustaining . religion where his farm is thus protected. And the man who has two farms should do double is much as he does who has but one. That is, for every farm a man has, he should rent a pew in the church, or should lease each farm to a family that will be :the proprietors of a pew. Our remarks might be greatly extended. We might %peak of many other kinds of property; and also of the influence of re ligion on personal safety. But we suspend the utterance of our thoughts, requesting ,our readers, who own lauded estate, to look seriously at the subject, in the light in Ai& we have presented it, and see if we are not right in saying, apew for every farm., =I We give space, on our first page, to an extract, on civil government, from a sermon preached by Rev. D. X. JuNKIN, D.D., be fore the last , General Assembly, and pub lished by the Board of Domestic Missions. Ibis our custom :to notice works sent to us, Iy . anthers and publisheis ; and when they Submit their productions for this purpose, it is supposed that *e are free, and will not be made to miff& for an honest exercise of our judgment. If journalists are to be 'subjected to the publishing of cards, and of whole pages of books, their freedom is gone, and their criticisms become useless. It is hence a rule, with them, not to permit their notices to be controverted in their own columns. We, however, consent, on special considerations, for once, to suspend the rule. Dr. JUNKIN sends us the following: A CARD. Alessrs. Edztors :—ln your otherwise kind no tice of the - dermon which I preached, by appOint ment, before the General Assembly at Rochester, you say that, in your opinion, the views of civil Government which I express are "very erro neous ;" but leave the readers of the sermon to judge for themselves of their correctness. New this would be very well, if all the readers of the Banner could.also obtain.a.copy of the sermon. But you know that is nn impossibility; so that before thousands of your readers, who will never see my sermon, I stand charged by yqu with ad vancing, in a sermon, before the General Assem bly, " very erroneous" sentiments. My character —especially my;character as a faithful expounder of. God's Word—isMymost valuable earthly pos- Aession, and I know you would not wantonly or needlessly rob me of this. I prize the good opinion of all your readers. Many of my people who take your journal will not see my sermon. Would it not be fair to give your readers an op portunity of judging of my sermon, by reprinting !.llLat part of. it which you think so " very erro neous?" All I say on the subject of chill .gov ernment does not occupy four pages. I believe the views 'expressed to be eminently Scriptural, Presbyterian, Republican, sound, and safe. Rill you let your readers have a chance of condemn ing me or of acquitting me of the serious charge you have preferred? P. N. JUNKIE. The extract requested, is given in full, with the author's CAPS and Italics. Some of the statements and expressions are ex cellent; others are, as we before said, very erroneous. The State is as really ;An ordi nance of God, as is the Church. Both are composed of men, rational, accountable, and needin'g instruction. God gives in strus,tion by reason and experience, but especially does he give it in his written Word. He there speaks to men. All are under his government. He teaches all that which they most need to know, for this world and the next. He enjoins things civil, as well as things spiritual. He pre scribes for time, as, well as for eternity. He rules in goodness and mercy over sinners, as really as over saints; and he addresses the fears of each, as well as their hopes. All are bound, in all things—whether they eat, or drink, or whatever they do—to re gard his gldry. Both departments of his kingdom, the civil and the religious, are administered in this world. Both are de .signed.for the happiness of the came sub jects. There can then, of right, be no a antagonism." It is an error to make them antagonistic. God has not made them so. He does not permit. men to be Chris tians in the Church, and Atheists in the State. He himself is Lord of each, arid in each he demands reverence. Neither has God confined civil govern ment to operate by fear alone, and to the use only of the sword. The Scriptures do not confine it to the employt'nent xnerely•of force and terror. Nor does reason so con fine it; nor utility; nor common sense. No; but the reverse. Everything produc tive of human well-being in this world—it not attempting to interfere with conscience and the soul's relation to God--is within its province. Civil government is not charged with fitting men for immortality. It may, hence, not teach religion, nor ordain wor ship. In things strictly religious, it may neither prescribe nor prohibit. In these it must leave the soul free. It is in things temporal that it has its field of operation. Its end is to protect person, property, and reputation; to promote happiness; and to afford facilities for th'e development of men's poWers, and for the acquisition and use of all the means of physical, intelligent, and social progress and enjoyment. The State, in making the high attain ments for which she was inttituted, needs a general diffusion of knowledge, cultivated intellect, and correct moral principle. These give security, with freedom. These :produce peace and plenty. These she must have; and she is bound to see to their pro duction. There must be institutions in,the land, 'where these will be implanted and cherished. Some degree of morality is indispensa ble to the very existence of civil govern ment`, and to a republic a very high de gree is necessary. What would the oath be worth in the absence of moral princi ple ? Without moral principle, what se curity could there he to liberty, person, property, character, any thing which good men hold dear ? Without moral principle, officers would be oppressors, liberty would be licentiousness, a constitution would' be without value, and laws would be but a dead letter. This indispensable, the State may possi bly have indirectly; and if so, it will be well. A Christian people need but protect 'the Sabbath, keep worship free, foster edu cation, and make good laws and administer them uprightly, and morality will flourish. Christianity carries morality with it—mor ality of the best *kind; and all that Chris tianity -needs, and all she should accept, from the civil power, is, untrammelled freedom. But, how different from all these senti ments are the teachings of the sermon! It set's : "The State governs men- by force and fear." * * * " Her only veission is protection from force, by force. The only weapon placed in her hands, by Divine au thority, is the sword. The only motive to which she may appeal, is fear. Civil goV ernment is, strictly, a stranger to moral suasion." * * "As magistrates, their functions is compulsion—their argu ment, the sword." * * * " Civil gov ernment is * * sinTly an agency for protecting sights and avenging wrongs . byforce." * * " The doctrine .that the religious principle of benevolence, that reigns in the hearts of individuals and in the bosom of the Church, may lawfully warm the heart of the State, and become the controlling impulse of civil legislation and national action, is a child. born of the unhappy wedlock of Church and State. It was a monster birth, and is a most mis chievous bantling. The principle. of Chris tian charity never ought t,- became the im pulse of government action: The. State, like the corporations she creates, 'bath no Soul.' Her cold and mail-clad bosom PeT CIVIL GOVERNMENT. PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.7--SATURDAY SEPTEMBER' 8, 1860. er was designed to grow warm with the glow of charity, nor to feel:the throbbings of compassion." * * * In civil gov ernment, ballots are bayonets—* * * * suffrage and the sword are inseparable." What an odious monster civil govern ment must thus be ! It must be from be neath, rather than from above. •Surely such a thing cannot be heaven-born, a gift, of the God of love,,to his intelligent and sensitive creattwes. According to this, we, as a civil government, can have no Sabbath, no prayer in a legislative Hall, no favor to religion, no public schools, no charters and no donations to Academies, Colleges, Libraries, Hospitals, Infirmaries, Asylums, &c., &c. There must be no God acknowledged by government, no instruc tion fostered, no morality inculcated, no stimulants to goodness, no benevolence, no love, no mercy. The State is thtis reduced to a blank Atheism, only that the name of God is retained in the administration of the oath. Of such an institution, the pieacher might well say, her only mm- give is fear, and her only weapon the sword. Happily, however, the sermon is a mis take. God has .ordained no such thing. Fallen as men are, and awful as are God's judgments, mercy still abounds. He rules in love. Civil government is, with him, no " temporary eTpedient." It is a perma nent institution, established in wisdom and resultinc , in foreordained. benefits.. It is a terror, but only; to evil doers; to those who do well, it is a praise. -The ruler is a minister of God, for good. Kings are nur sing fathers, by the ,Divine ordinance. Government is paternal. It bears the sword, as the father bears the rod—as one, and only as one, of the instrumentalities of benefit. It:seeks the good of the whOle family—every earthly good 'which can be had under wise, just, and equitable arrange ments. It is a misapplication of Scripture to say, that the State"may use only terror and the sword; and, also, to say, that the "spirit of bondage," in Rom. viii: 15, means civil government. The State nee& honesty, in tegrity, and uprightness in the people, and: these are not results of terror 7 nor the fruits of fear, nor the, products of, the sword. They' are the offspring of quite a different parentage. , Then let the. State have. her Sabbaths and her chaplaincies; her sohools also, and God's. Bible in them, for all her youthful population; and also her laws against vice and immorality, with upright judges to ad minister them. Let ler be the civil gov ern ment of a Christian people, administer ed by themselves, under God, in accordance with the , fundamental principles of- upright ness, equity, and benevolence. ROME IND FOREIGN RECOREIOI - SEITEN 7 BELL . . DOMESTIC,MISSIONS:: Relative to their fiscal affairs,- the Board During the Summer months, the pecuniary resources of the Board of Domestic Missions are usually, very small. About the first of August last, the Treasury was, in fact. overdrawn, .and; the'l3oard were obliged to borrow funds to carry on its current 'operations. For reasons not Alec- • essary to state atdength, the Board have incur red very large liabilities. ip •the.prosecution •of this work. Under the circumstances, they felt that they could not have done otherwise, and at the same' , time, in any good degree have kept pace with the constantly growing wants of our country. The, many and promising fields which Providence has opened, were urgently pressed upon the Board, whilst, the embarrassed condi tion of a large portion of Gm Western country seemed to make it necessary' to continue, and 'in some instances, increase the aid:afforded to our faithful missionaries already in commission in that field. Even with the large increase of ninety-one additional laboreis, we were able to meet only a lin3ited portion of the many pressing demands upon the 'Board. ' In addition to the ordinary calls for assistance, God in his providence has devolved upon. our Church, in a very special manner, the remarkable work now in progress amongst the French Colo nists in Illinois. The General Assembly special ly commend - this work to the Board of Domestic Missions, and reccommend the churches to coiip erate with the Board in its prosecution Already large drafts have been made uPon us to meet the exigency of this case, and to supply them at once with a pure Gospel. liberal responses have already been made to appeals for the relief of their temporal wants, and as these have now been supplied, we, cannot but hope 'that there will be also prompt and liberalresponses to their appeals for the bread of life.. • We are aware that during - this season of the year the city churches cannot advantageously take up collections for the Board. This renders it the more necessary that the country churchee should take up collections, which most orthena could advantageously do at this season. Our reliance Must therefore be for the present almost entirely upon the rural congregations. We trust the pastors and officers of such churches will m -1 alize their responsibility, and do what they can . to replenish our exhausted Treasury. ItEcmlwrs, in July, at Philadelphia, $5,879; at _Louisville, $2,773; at New-Orleans, $307. > Of this amount, $4,000 seems to have been 'legacies. The amount received on loan is not stated. EDUCATION The place vacated by the deceaSe of Dr. VAN RENSSELAER, has not yet been filled, by the election of a permanent, officer. Rev. ROBERT WATTS acts tinder the appellation of Assistant Corresponding Secretary. RECEIPTS, in. July, at Philadelphia, $2,172; at Pittsburgh, $227; at Louisville, $172. FORL'IGN MISSIONS. ' CniNA.--Our latest letters are' dated Shanghai May 14th: The brethren of Canton continue 'to speak• encouragingly of that place as a promising field of missionary labor. Since the opening, of the new chapel they have had large and, attentive audiences; there are Many indications that the missionaries are fast gaining the ear of the peo ple, and, what is better, their confidence and re spect too. The letters from Isiingpo speak of continued religious interest' at Sanpoh, one. of the out-stations of that mission. Pour persons were received to the communion of .the chdrch on the.previous Sabbath, and there were besides, a number of inquirers after the •truth. Much credit is assigned to the native members of the churches as the instrumental means of proinoting this work. SIAM.—We have a single letter from Bangkok of the 32th of May. The intercourse with that place will be partially interrupted during the pending war with China. We werftorry to learn that Mrs. Wilson had Ititen broughtsvery low by an attack of cholera, gill(' to know Cid she was decidedly convalescent, at the date of our letter. Her little'girl, war extremely ill, and•` it was very doubtful whether she would be restor ed. • INDIA.—We have letters from Lodiana, June 12th. There had been much sickness in the Girl's Orphan School at Lodiarta, chiefly from the prevalence of measles. Mention is made of a convert that had been receivedi to the church' at that place, and several irupiirers are also report ed. Mr. Morrison, who had been an invalid for the greater part of the Winter, had been restor ed to comfortable health. Mr. Barnes was, suf fering from neuralgia, but with this exception the missionaries and their families in that part of the country were generally well. The heat bad been very severe. Araws.—We have letteri fresh Liberia as late as the 9th of June, and from Corisco to the 21:st of May. Mr. Miller had .been exploring •the country to the East of Monrovia, and was .about to commence his missionary work among the na tives in that region. Mr. Blyden writes abbot having more applicants for admisslon to the Al exander high-school than he could possible re ceive, and inquires if• the means for the enlarge ment of the school cannot be,had. Mr. Erskine mentions that a school for native children had been commenced by one'ef the female' members of his church.. 'She is ' tobeitided by the mite- hers of the church. From Corisco we learn that our, brethren had organized. themselves , into 'a Presbytery to be call&bthe " Presbytery, of Cor isco,' the second has keen organized in that part of the Worldlait eighteen nionths. Three YOung men 'Were 4ceivitil under the' care of the Presbytery at the same time, with the view of fitting themselves for the ministry. INDIAN MISSIONS.—We have letters from the Creek mission to the 24th of July ; Chickasaw, 'July sth; . and from several the Choctaw sta tions, of ,20-28 d .of July. All' of thase letters except the one from the Creek Mission speak of 'unprecedented hot weather and distressing drought. Great suffering among the people is Consequently anticipate:d. All of the boarding schools had been closed for the Summer vacation, and most of the teachers had left their places `with the view of recreating after the long terra of confinement. Mr. llotchkin reports a collet, tion from his chuich at "Living Lands" for Foreign Missions, of seventy dollars, being an average of. nearly one dollar for each member. Were our churches generally to imitate this ex ample, the receipts of the Foreign Board would be nearly doubled. Mr. Ilotchkin mentions one woman, without shoes or stockings, that had con tributed one dollar to this collection. PUBLICATION. Rev. B. T. WsLLs, of lowa, has accepted the, appointment of District Superintend ant of Colportage, for the Pacific coast, and expects to leave for San Francisco in Octo bor. Re, will have a. large and important NEED Or FuNhs.—We are again obliged to make known to the churches our great need of funds. During the Summer months an unusually large number of theological student's have been engaged in ColpOrtage. Importamt and inviting fields have been opened to the Board in various pares of the land, some'of them for the first time, and they have been occupied. Several eolpoi teurs are now busily and Most usefully at work among the French people of Northern Illinois, in and, around. Mr. Chiniquy's charge. Heavy demands will soon be made upon the Treasury for Oalifernia and Oregon. At the present time the Colportage,fund of the Board is overdrawn to. the extent of about $B,OOO, and for this aum, as well as the current , expenses of the coming months, we are obliged to rely upon the contri butions from the churches for our Colportage Fund. Will not our brethren, the pastors, and will not also tife'Preshyteries, at their approach ing meetings, come up in earnest to our help ? RECEIPTS , in July: Donations, $1,413; Sales, $6,824. CHURCH EXTENSION. RECEIPTS in July :at St. Louis, $140; Phila delphia, $340 ; .for church at St. Anne $224. Oakland College, Miss, Professor 4 R. PRICE, RICHARDSON, , and J. If. UALITIN, all accept their e.ppointmenti. EASTERN SITIOURY.. BOSTON AND NEW-BNGLAiITD GbVERNOK BANKS deditied i a re-nouti-' nation for the office of. Governor. The reason given for this, is the necessity for making some.better provisien for his fami ly than the honest emoluments of political office will ,allow. He has sheen elected : Vice President of the Central Illinois Railroad, at a salary of $7,500 per annum, and will.remove to Chicago at the expira tion ,of his rubernatorial term. John A. Andrew, Esq., , of Boston, has been nomi nated for next governor;: by the Republi • FATHER Wroir, the Ron ish priest who made so much trouble in the Eliot School, last year, in the 'matter of reading the Scriptures; has been dismissed from the pastoratelof St. Mary's church, and will be •, president of, the Loyola; Jesuit Col lege, at:. Baltimore. Bishop Fitzpatrick Would' have "'removed him long ago, being wholly opposed "to his course in advising the ROMA child;en to ° refuse to read or hear read,, the common English Versiola of the Holy. Scriptures, in the public schools;' but Father Wiget is a Jesuit, and the Bishophad no direct control over him. Mits. -MARY RooPE BOND, widow of the late Professor Bond of Harvard Astronomi cal ' Observatory', at' Cambridge, and Mrs.' Catharine Bigelow tawrence, widow of thu late Abbott ,LaWrence, died last week at their residences in Boston. • , THE IJNITARTANS; of Boston, area'good' deal 'disappointed at the unexpected an nouncement that the Rev. James Martin- eau, the high., priest of Unitarianism in England, will not visit this country this year, and that` consequently the' inspiration anticipated from hini at the yearly gather , ing in. Brooklyn, N. Y., in a short . time, will not be received. Some of the more enthusiastic, anxious for some demonstra tion that - vvill 'awaken . public attention and infuse "a:little new life into the 'inert and , • dying body, propose . to send forthwith ;to Paris for the purpose of bringing over M. Coquerel,the. some-what celebrated Unita rian preacher of France. But no foreign importation can rouse the old Unitarianism of New-England into any thing like activi ty and aggressive.migor. However, some of the' more staid and 'conservative Unita rians 'AO still cling to the Bible ,as the. Word . of ,God, and eschew 'Parkerism a® :a. most, pestiferous heresy, are becoming rec onciled 'to the absence of M. Martineau, from having discovered that the eyes 'of Mr. -Parker'S Society have been directed toward him; that correspondence has taken place between that Society and him, and that he , has signified " how,' pleased he should have been 'to stand in Mr. Parker's place." They feel that to have welcomed one as the a.uest of 'American Unitarian's whose sympathies were with Parker, would, have -been , to,, compromise the whole denom ination. The old Unitarian churches that' still revere 'the names of Buckminster, Channin , Y, and Nichols, do not wish to be compromised in the least by the' fantastic tricks" of any such professional visitor from another clime, however loudly his claim to broiherhood may be pressed. THE PROPRIETY OF ORDAINING MINIS TERS, except as pastors of particular churches, -is undergoing considerable dis cussion in different parts "of New-Epgland, at . the present tinie. The , churches. have become wearied with the great number of ordained ministers, who never were pastor's, and who never expect' to become such, andare seekina some way to prevent'a far a ther, increase or this order of ministers. It is found- that Dr. John. Owen, the great Coryphwas of English Congregationalism, denied the' right to ordain any minister ex cept as a pastor of a particular -congrega tion; he also insisted on the necessity and. Scriptural authority for, the ruling elders. The fathers of New-England Congregation alism were'unanimous in the minion that a minister' Should, not be ordained, except as , pastor of some church. And ruling elders were found in all the early Congre gational churches of this country. In a work of Dr. Increase Mather, published in Boston in 1700, entitled, "Order of the Gospel professed and practiced by th e . Churehesuf Christ in New-England, justi fied," he: takes high ground, reasons strongly fro l in Scripture, and brings forward Much historical authority, ableinst the or-, dination ,of ministers, except as pastors. Ile says; • "We haie no' instance in the Scripture of ordinary officers ordained, except unto a particular flock. .Acts,xiv : 23: They or dained elders by , elec i tion (so does the Ge neva translation read the words truly enough, as that Learned Knight, Sir Nor ton Knatehbull has critically evinced) in every church.., Paul: left it in charge with Titus that he should ordain elders in every city. Tit. 5. He was not to or dain them to be individua vaga, but a par ticular place, a ' city wherein some Church was assigned to thent to labor in. He might not (as Mr:Baynes and from him Didoclavius speaks) ordain elders as the University creates Doctors of physic, without assigning them any patients, or as they make. Masters of Art, without 'pro viding for them any scholars." In •England, DR. INCREASE MATHER preached for some time to ,Tohn Howe's parish. 'After his return lie became - very eminent for piety, learning, and ability; was Moderator of the Synod of the Massa chusetts churches in 1680; was• twice cho sen President of Harvard Cellege; and was the' only man on whom the College :conferred the degree of D.D., during the first one hundred and thirty-five years of its existence. In the sermon preached at his funeral, Dr. Coleman said of him: "He was the patriarch and prophet among us, if any could be so called. * * * * * For sixty years,together he made himself master of all the learning of past : age's, or that waspassing in la' own times, that was needful- to. furnish out an acconi plished' Divine." • • • The gECoNn 'On OLD . SOUTH CHURCH . of Hartford, Connecticut, with the consent ,and countenance of the General Court, and; the advice of an Ecclesiastical council was organized' February 12, 16 . 69; Rev. Mr. Whiting and thirty-one members constitu ting , , the church.. The names 'e l f these thirty-one members are all given. The, pastors have been, -Rev.• Messrs. Whiting, Whitman,,Boarchnan, Flint,; Linsley, Vanarsdaien, Dagget, Clarke, and , the present pastor, ROV. E. Pond Parker., During the• troubles of the Revolutionary war, fr0m:1777 to 1784, the church remain ed destitute of a settled pastor. The record'of additions from 1669 to 1791 is 105 t..; The present number , of communi -cants is four hundred and. fifty-six. It was the ordination' of the present pastor, not Withstanding his avowed' rejection of some of the fundamental truths held by the or thodox churches inNew-England,. that ex cited so much discussion 'in .the religious newspapers a few months ago. NEW-YORK The entire TAX , LEyY of New-York for the present year amounts to $9,728,007:00. This is at - , the rate of 1 little over $1.68 on every noo of valuation. Last year the rate for every $lOO of, valuation was a little over $1.79.. BUSINESS iS ttOW quite aetiv., 'The city is filled with buyers from all parts of the Union, but especially from the far-South, and far-West. These come earlier owing to the length of time required to tranhort their purchase& The'market is crowded with foreign goods, and consequently the prices in this,line are low., But domestic goods are in great demand and bring good prices. Fashionable upper-ten-dom is, undergo ing quite an excitement with regard-to the ball to be given to the PRINCE Or WALES, at the- cademy of Music. 'What a pity that, no' more rational method could have been discovered for entertaining the prospective occupant of the British:throne, than an ex hibition in which nimbleness of feet will be the principalattraction ! What a comment on our fashionable civilization of the nine teenth century! The Committee appointed to, obtain con tributions' on behalf of the SYRIAN SUP FERERR, has been remarkably , successful. Already over $lO,OOO have been secured, and this sum will be largelY increased. In: passing, it may be well to mention that the' two 'volumes pUblished by the Harpers,. some two, years ago, of which the Rev. W. Thompson, D.D., ,for over twenty-five years a missionary in Syria, entitled.." The Land and the Book," are not only most valuable contributions to, Biblicalliterature, but are also full of most interesting and reliable information in reference to the present state of things in Syria.. These books will not'grow old, but will, continue to be read• and referred to, when most of the volumes of EaStern travels now pub-' lished will have been.forptten., HARPER & BROTHERS will, snail publish the second volume of " Alford's Greek Testainent," - which has,been delayed that it Might receive the late.st corrections - of the indefatigable editor., This work," when completed, will be a ;vast repertory of the learning and literature connected with the New Testament. 'CARTER & BROTHERS will BOOR- publish " Lorimer's ilistory of the Scottish Refor mation,". and Bridges on' .Ecelesiastes." These gentlemen are continually laying the Church under new obligations by the num ber: and high character of their popular and standard publications. THE " CIIURCIDIAN " must' be always in hot water. It always has some new trouble on hand.. When Father Chiniquy and his Colony renounced Romanistn; and before they had made choice of any particular de nomination with 'which to connect their selves,.the Churchntan was in ecstacies at the movement, commended' Mr. Chiniquy and his people to the 'favorable considera tion of Episcopalians, and bent them a large invoice of Prayer Books and other. Episco pal attractions. But, immediately 'upon Mr. ,Chiniquy and his, peoPle. becoming Presbyterians, the Churchman ceased' his advocacy, and now leaves no means untried to attack him and destroy his reputation, if possible. In a recent number of the Churchman, he is called an " old adven turer," " the accomplished tactician and professional beggar of Kankakee," while it is insinuated that his whole enterprise is a "swindling operatfon," and that "his life is anything but creditable to a man of the world, not to says a minister of God." Now all this is entirely slanderous. The only offence of which Mr. Chiniquy has been guilty against the Churchman, is his refudal to, leap into the arms of. High Church. Episcopacy, that were widely open to receive him. , . • • ' THE IjONSISTORY OP THE COLLEOTA.TE CHURCH hiie cninmenced the wort: of n larging the lectnre 7 room in which:the Ful ton Street prayer meeting is.,held. The work - is expected. to be einnpleted . in the course of thirty Says. The room will then seat comfortably from five hundred to six hundred persons. The old lecture-room would scarcely seat comfortably two hun dred people. This Fulton Street prayer meeting seems to have become a permanent institution. But comparatively few New- Yorkers are prbsent every day, but the crowd of strangers in the city always afford a sufficient number for a very` respectable meeting... Some of the statements made every, day arc quite interesting, but the want of some Scriptural exposition is a great defect. The introduction of this ele ment would be a valuable addition to the usual services. • PHAADAPHIA THIS CITY was never more prosperous_ Its manufactories are all in active opera tion ; its products are in great demand; and its general business is wonderfully ac tive. Crowds of strangers are here, and the hotels are full. The Continental, the Girard, • ' and the Merchants, are doing an immense business. The Merchants' Htitel, kept by the. Messrs. McKibben, so well known in• Pittsburgh and vicinity, still re tains its high character. Its table, its bedding, and its entire arrangements are all that 'can be desired; while the nhargos are moderate. The system of SELLING BOOKS BY PUB LIC AUCTION was , originated in this city nearly thirty years ago, by Mr. M. Thomas, who had been a publisher and bookseller. Some years ago this method was adopted in. New-York, and within a, year or two it has been established in Boston. The next Book Trade Sale will commence in this city on Monday the 17th inst. The catalogue consists of an octavo volume of three:hun dred and sixty pages, while on the day of sale a supplement will be issued including new , invoices. The Harpers, Appletous, and Charles Scribner do not contribute, to this sale. These gentlemen are so arranging their sales with regular dealers as to render it almost unnecessaiy for them to make use , Of the auction sales. There are some in voices of unusual extent. For example, J.. B. Lippincott's covers-twenty-one-pages, and so does that of • Derby. & Jackson. T. B. Peterson & Bro.'s occupy nineteen pa ges, and Leavitt & Allen, New-York, , have 'the same space. Crosby, Nichols & Lee, and Gould & Lincoln, Boston houses, each fill eighteen pages; James B. Smith has 'eleven, and E. H. 'Butler & Co,. has ten pages, W. A. Townsend & C 0.,, New-York, also having ten. Ticknor & Field's, Boston, ... occupy eight pages. Brown & Taggard of Boston; and Sheldon & Co., also contribute largely. Messrs. SMITH „ENGLISH & Co. announce a new work entitled "Pulpit Themes and. Preach'er's Assistant," by tlie author "of "Helps for the Pulpit." .THE SECOND PRESBYTERIAN . ,CHURCH, of which. the Rev. Charles W., Shields is pastor,. after being closed for , six weeks, was re-opened for public worship last Sal bath. While the church was clOsed it was completely re-fitted and renovated,, principally through the zeal and liberality of the ladies of the congregation. The history of this venerable church,' dates back to the early times of Presbyterianism in this country. Its pastorate is associated with along lineof distinguished ministers, including . a Tennent, a &Foal; a Green, a Ja,newaY, - and - a duyler: And in its elder ship have -been found some of the ableA and best of the laymen of the Presbyterian Church. The late Judge -Joel ;Tones, a, prodigy of both legal and Biblical learning, was ' a ruling elder in this church. And in the membership of this church, to-day, are the descendants of some of the founders of Presbyterianisin in this land. Dearly do they love the old 'consecrated spot; fondly do they cherish its precious memo ries. ECCLESIASTICAL Rev. ALEXANDER & HoG.SHEA_D has re ; signed, the pastoral cha - rge of the chnreb at Abinadon Va. His Post ' Office:ad , dress is now Ohristiansburg Va. Rev. L. LEONARD'S Post Office address is changed from Charlotte, 'Monroe County, New-York, to Detroit, ,Michigan.. Rev. J. H. AUGHEY ,' `hiving: taken. thaige 'of the "churches of French Camps and 'Nazareth, wishes vorreSPendenti to ail dress him at French Catiips, Chdeta* County, Mississippi. - = R.ev. ALEXANDER REED, Of Parkeshurg,, Pa., has declined the call• to the Central church Cincinnati Ohio. Rev. J. L. KIRKPATRICK, D.D., of Charles , ton, S. C., has received an invitation' to supply the pulpit of the - Fifth Avenue: church, New-iork, lately under _the charge of the late Dr. Alexander: VARIETIES. Removal of the Ancient Sareophigna.--- ,The old limestone sarcophagus, which has so, long been on exhibition in the bafement story of the patent office- building, an 'eb ject alike, of curiosity and national interest to all Americans visiting, that institution, is about beimg removed to the Smithsonian grounds, to be placed among the. many other .collections there of' a somewhat slim ier character. Thi s; sarcophagi's, was the repository of the Roman Emperor, Alex ander Severus, and was brought to the United States in 1839, on board the frigate Constitution, by C ommod.ore Jesse D. Elliott, who intended it as a resting place for the remains of General Andrew Jackson. This distinguished individual, however ' it will be recollected, While expressitig.his appreciation of the kindness of Commodore Elliott, and acknowledging the honor in tended to be conferred upon, him, declined its acceptance, as being inconsistent with his ideas of republican simplicity --- Wash in.gton Star. Sacrifice of 3theßing ofDahomey,—Yrom Lagos; we learn that the King of Da , homey was : about to make ,an immense -sacrifice of human life to the memory of 7 the late-king, his father. The West Afri can Herald, of the lath ult., referring' to this istention, says : ".His -Majesty Badahung, -King