Vrtsbgitrian 'fanner. PITTSBURGH, SittIRDAY, SERBiliiitit 10860. Itirtyright new .studentt 'have entered legheny Seminary. ntai fhe Presbytery of Ohio, erg requested to 'send reports to Rev. GEo. MAREardErk, b,, Upper St. Clair, Pa., that le day make out a report from Presbytery tiVe Synod. Send soon. The Hoord of Co'podia of the Synods of Pittsburgh and Allegheny, will hold its aemi-annual meeting in the Presbyterian Rooms, St. Clair Street., Pittsburgh, on Thursday, the 27th inst.. at 2 o'clock P.M. A full attendance is requested. JAMES CAROTHERS. President. New Church Organized.—A Committee of the Presbytery of Allegheny City organ ized a new Church near Courtney's Station, on the 'Pittsburgh, Fort. Wayne and Chi cago Railroad, on Friday, the 7th inst, consisting of twenty-one members. A con siderable amount of property in this vi cinity is abont;ooming into market, and in a inw years ,there will most probably be a large population at 'this point. The name of the new organization is Emsworth, the name of the Courtney Farm as originally patented at this land office. END OF A VOLUME, The present number completes the eighth volume of the Presbyterian 8a?... ner. A' prompt renewal of subscriptiots 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 premise rewards and pre mium& 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: NOT SINGULAR. " We would remind our subscribers that obituaries must be paid for at the rate , of' five cents per line of nine - words, payment in advance. , The simple •announcement of the death will not be charged for. Pay ment invariably to be forwarded with the manuscript, as -we can not open accounts for such items."--Presbyterian, Sept. .Ist. "We- find' it necessary to remind our friends that , we have adopted the same rule in regard to obituaries. Those sending these notices must invariably send the pay in advande. This rule has not been at tended to in a few cases."—Presbyter, Sep tember 6th. ' In the above extracts our readers will see that'we are not singular in making 'a` charge for obituary notices, which extend, beyond the. announcement. Nor ram Pres.: byterian 'papers Singular. It is a custom, and ought ,to be regarded as reasonable. Some of,our contemporaries charge for the simple .announcement, and for marriage notices, land for notices of meeetings of Presbyteries, Synods, &c., all of which we give gratuitously. Printers of Presbyterian papers do a great deal of work for which they send no'bills. THE - NEW SCHOOL SOUTH, This body, though small, must not be entirely: forgotten. They still strive to maintain their distinctive features, a.nd• a serperpetitation. Their organ, the Knox v Ile Witness, in a late number, presents a letter from Rev. Dr. BOYD, relative to their contemplated Seminary "You are aware that the United Synod determined at its meeting in Lynchburg in May, 1859, to locate the Seminary near the University of Virginia. This location vas selected because it Was thought tint, apart from the influence which an institu tion of the kind, would be likely to have upon so.' large a body of Southern young men as are assembled at the University of Virginia, the benefits resulting from at ieudance :upon the 'lectures of the Profes sors of the University by, our Theological students would be great, and would be a compensation for the increased expense that must be incurred at that place. " Application was accordingly made to the Board of Visitors at Its meeting in 1859 and 1860, to permit "our Theological students to attend the lectures of the Pro fessors without charge, and also to have the use of the library of the University- upon the terms prescribed for 'the students of the University. To , our great surprise the Board of Visitors, by a majority of two, have declined to accede to our proposition." Some $40,000 are still needed for the endowment. DRINKING POISON. Last week Dr: Cox delivered a couple cot aecturei in the Lecture Room of Dr, raiia. I.l°B church, Allegheny, that, should alarm 'the drinkers of beer and liquors, and awa ken concerted - movement throughout the entire community against the farther pro gross of the drinking habits that have been so greatly revived among us. Because, if the Dr.-be a true man, as he is generally supposed to be, and if the tests are reliable, which can he easily determined, most of what is now drunk under the names of beer r whisky, brandy, and wine, is nothing less than diluted poison—and not so very diluted after all. He Pitnounceda'specimen of Lager beer, from one of the, most popular establish ments for , that of manufacture in Al legheny, to have in its ingredients tobacco, instead of'hops. A bottle of whisky, ob- : obtained from one of the most respectable liquor dealers in Pittsburgh, was found to, contain a large amount, of sulphuric acid. With respect 'to - brandy, he said that in stead 'of being made from wine, its base was generally bad whisky, containing sweet spirits of nitre, sulphuric acid, lead, lime, chloroform, and other ingredients. , In wine b,e i had found arsenic. SuOate of zinc was Very, common in gin. Strychnine was a most powerful stimulant, and would, make one barrel of liquor go as far as four. He had examined a specimen of imported old Cogniac, and discovered it to have whisky ,ati a,base, with fuzz? oil, sulphuric acid,,chloroform, pepper, &c. In view of these , factsi why will people continue :to use slid' . maddening and death-dealing p r epiTatious any longer? And Irby is the community so regardless of sueh.fearfol, ruin WASHINGTON COLLEGE, PA; The exercises preparatory to the late Commencement in Washington` College, began on Sabbath, September 2d. On the morning of that day, the Baccalaureate Sermon was preached by the President, Rev. JORN W. SCOTT, D.D., from I. Kings ii: 2--“ Shew thyself a man." In the evening Rev. Wm. M. FERGUSON preached to the Society of Religious Inquiry, from Luke viii : 35—“ Sitting at the feet of Jesus." These texts were admirably adapted to the'occasion, and, we doubt not, were the foundations of sermons in a high degree appropriate. We heard them so spoken of by persons who were present, and we should so expect from our knowl edge of the preachers. Both are sound evangelical" men, and each throws a whole heart into his ministry for Jesus. We did not. reach Washington till noon on Tuesday, when we were doomed, with multitudes of others, to a sad disappoint ment. The Literary Societies were to have been addressed, that, evening, by Rev. R. J. BRECKINRIDOE, D.D., and they, with the citizens, and many strangers, had been anticipating a feast. But the speaker did •uot come. Dr. BI EOKINRIDGE was prevented by sickness in his family from fulfilling his enf , agement. • A large audience, however, assembled on that evening, to hear the val ,edittory addresses of members of the Grad 'lei ding Class, to their, respective Societies, awl responses to the same. All these per romances were highly creditable to the young gentlemen concerned. The Union Literary Society was represented by H. G. BLAYNEY, and. G. W. RIGGLE and the hiashineton Society by Wm. 'S. EAGLESON, and R. W. DAwsoN. At the close oi these zercises an , admirable address was deliver ed to the members of the Class of 1857, who were present; by Mr. HENRY Woons, a member , of the class, previously chosen by them for this purpose. The exercises of the Commencement proper were held on Wednesday, Septem ber sth. Rev. SAMuxL WILSON, D.D., of Dunlap's" Creek, led in prayer. Addresses were delivered by twelve members of the Graduating Class. Distinctions were awarded to five of the Class, in the order we namethem: A. NEWELL, J. E. ED MONDS, J. L. MILLIGAN, S. M`. HENDER SON, and T. D. EWING. The speaking on the occasion was excellent. In naturalnesti we may have heard it excelled, but in full ness of voice and diitinetness of enuncia tion, it was far beyond what is customary on such. occasions. The composition also was fine, and the thoughts good: Of all this, and especially of the distinctness of their utterance . , the young men had be fore theM the most convincing evidence. The immense audience was silent and at tentive. This thought should be impressed upon every man who would occupy the pul pit or the platform, or who"would rise in a • deliberative assembly. It is, mainly, for the speaker to preserve order. A sense of propriety may be powerful for a while, but an audience' soon become tired of sitting still and hearing 'nothing., They must j , be entertained by the speaker, or they will entertain themselves in talking, or they will fall asleep. From the specimen we had on the stage at Washington, we think that those young men are not likely to speak to a sleeping or a talking_ audience. The first degree in the Arts was conferred by President Sect -TT, upon the following thirty-one young gentlemen, who comprised the Senior Class, viz.: J. W. Allen, Belmont County, Ohio ; L. Anderson, Emlinton, Pa.; Henry G. Blayney, Ohio, County, Va.; J. Mc. Blayney, Ohio County, Va:- ' • W. L. Boyd, Monroe County, Ohio ; Wm. 1. Childs, Pittsburgh, Pa.;' Wm. S. Eagleson, !luffalo, Pa.; T. E. Edmonds, Piqua, Ohio; T. 1 .). Ewing, Jacksonville, Pa.; Henry Gantz, 't Tashington County, Pa.; Samuel Graham, Clar ion County, Pn.; Samuel T. Griffith; Washington, Pa.; J, J. Hazlett, Jacksonville,'Pa.; Samuel M. Henderson, Boweratown, Ohio; Wm. Jack, Jack sonville, Pa.; James Lafferty, Pittsburgh, Pa.; David. Hull Laverty, Wellsville, Ohio; 'Edward. Payson Lewis, Washington, Pa.;. B. J. McGreg4. or, Belmont County, Ohio •, David A. McKnight., Washington County, Pa.; J. F. Martin, Mechan icsburg, Pa.; J. M. Maxwell, Freeman's Land ing, Va.; John C. Meloy, West Middletown; Pa.; Wm. T. Meloy, West Middletown; Pa.; J. L. Milligan, Ickesburg, Pa.; Henry A. Newell, Paris, Ill.; Benjamin F. Powelson, .Lake Spring, Mo;; John B. Reed, Buffalo, Pa.; B. S. Sloan, Rural Valley, Pa.; H. H.. White, Saltsburg, Pa.; D. C. Wilson, Indiana, Pa. . The degree of A. M. :was conferred in course upon the class of three years stand ing viz,: • J. W. Acheson, Richard Carson, Samuel. "Conn, Geo. K. Cracraft, Chas. P. -French, Wzn, A. Han way; Joseph Rays, S. P. Kinkaid, S. G. McFar land, J. R. Marshall, Samuel Ramsey, J. P. Rep pert, John R. Sherrth:d. Jno P. P. Stoektctn, Jas. W. Warden, Joseph Waugh, Freileric Wines, Henry Woods. The honorary degree of A. M. - was con ferred upon, Mr. Benjamin Shoemaker, .Profettator elect in the Maryland Agricultural 'College, 'and on Dr, J. D. White, of Philadelphia. The degree of D.D. was conforred upon tev. R. P. Westbrook, Philndelible., Pa:; Rev. Nunes W. McKerman, Frankfort, Pa.; Rev. Isatte Greer, Miftlinsburg, Pa.; and Rev. John = Scott, Pittsburgh, Pa. The congregation was dismissed with the benediction, by Rev. J. J.' MARKS, D.D. The prospects of Washington. College were presented as being quite favorable. The late Senior Class was the largest which has ever left the institution ; and one ele ment of strength to a College, always, is the number of its graduates. Of :this class, twenty have the Christian ministry in view. The Chair, of Mathematics, so acceptably occupied by Prof ALRICR, for some twenty nine years, is temporarily filled by an ex- cellent young man from the Western Theo-'logical Seminary'. The Department of Natural History, ably conducted by Prof BREWER, who retires, is to be under the direction of Prof. WEBSTER, whose name is most favorably recommended.. The Chair of :Latin will be filled by a suitable teacher, till a permanent professor may be chosen. Expecting a communication, shortly, relative to the condition and interests of the Institution, from a source whence full and reliable information may proceed, we suspend our 'own remarks. ' KINDNESS. While we utterly repudiate a union of Church and State, and all internieddling, the one with the other, we are yet pleased to see mutual acts of courtesy and kindness toward each other, on the part of their functionaries. It is perfectly heooming in the ministers of a city to volunteer a chap laincy fO' Congress, or to a State Legisla ture, and it is equally proper and praise. Worthifen• a public officer to afford to miniver ilia-mesas of personal 'emxifort, or •; AN BANNER.---SA'TT_TRDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1860. facilities for prosecuting; the 'duties of his calling. 4. The kindness we nowiotiee is theiender of a chaplaincy to Rev. S. B. MCPIIEETERS, D.D., of St. Louis, Mo., which his congre gation have granted him leave, for a year, to accept.. Dr. MOPHEETERS' health has, for some time, been very feeble. He goes to Fort Union, New Mexico, where there ie a delightful climate, and where he will have a temporary field of usefulness in the army, while enjoying the means of recu perating his physical constitution. • WESTERN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. This institution was opened on Monday, the 10th, for the reception of students, and thirty-three young gentlemen entered regularly. The professors were all present; and a large number of, the members 'of last 'year's Middle and Junior Classes were promptly in the Hall, ready to resume their important work. On Tuesday the Faculty and students, with a number, of the Directors and other friends of the Seminary, convened to ; hear the, opening address, .by Prof. WILSON. Bev. Dr. ELLIOTT presided. ReV. Dr. GRAHAM, Reformed Presbyterian minister of Liverpool, , England, led in prayer. Prof. • WlLsort's address was brief, able, learned, earnest, eloqnent It was a most happy rnanifelstation of the doctrine which he taught ' Its- practical value was nianii fest to the audience by, the living example before them. This augurs well'for a session of vast improvement Prof. WrLsores subject was; " HABITS OF STUDY." That every man Shall form good- habits is of vast importance. Habits guide the life. This is most emphatically true of the , minister. The student must have a perfect control of his mind. This is an acquired power; or rather, a habit: To, attain it there must be mental• discipline, fixedness of attention, repetition of eflOrt, concentra tion of energies. Concentration is the great secret of success. Study must so grow into a habit that it shall become de lightful, the mind's pleasure, the Soul's joy., Study baptized with the spirit 'of prayer, and consecrated to Christ, is mot antagonistic' to a true religious fervor, but. conduCive 'of it. • The frst great point to be gained, then, is • to form such habits of • study that intellec tual exertion will be sidelight..: ,:The.second great point is accuracy and thoroughness. One well digested, prinCiple or, truth, said the speaker, is worth five hundred crudities and half-formed conceptions. To thus fix our knowledge the pen is of great service. Dr. , ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER used to tell his students to use the pen daily. e 4 Writing makes . a ready man" Cicero dwelt upon the importance of this to all who would be accurate thinkers. Writing, like study, must 'become a pleas , ure. Again, fliers must be A 1 3 1)111.08z in our studies—a Aefinite • end must .be, con templated—something useful, houorable, worthy of the - man, and beneficial to his fellows. And then we must have SYSTEst—a method,•by which. to reach. that purpose. This will keep us from wasting our powers, and frittering away our energies. Method will also enable us to turn all our knowl edge to account. When we get a new idea we will know what to do with it--where to put it. These habits, must be formed—forined while you are at the Seminat;Y. You must address yourselves to hard work, and per severe till you love it. Labor is an ordi nance of God. Geniui cannot take its place. All who would be 'useful must work earnestly, untiringly. What the world calls genius, is but the evidence of well directed toil. • Seek your happiness in your work: If. you do not find it there you will seek-for it in vain elsewhere. If students have Come to this Seminary dreamina of .ease and idleness, they have come, to the wrong Place. We have no room here for idlers.' " In the sweat of thy face "• was the con dition of success proposed to' man, imme iliately on his fall,` and it is a: condition unchanged. Sir, ISAAC NEWTON said he made his acquisitions by constantly think-. ing. He persevered; , added little to, little., .till in the end, he realized• acq . uisitionsi im mense. If any (4 these young men shall find room here for ease, his epitaph m_ ay be written at once. It is very brief—"pied a Dunce." The theological student looks forward to a work, the like of which is not on earth —a work which will, reqUire all his powers, when cultivated to the highest degree prac-, ticable, and drawn out to their utmost ten siOn. Let him note it now. Life is a sol "emu thing Meet your; responsibilities. The world must be redeemed by the Gospel, and you are ,to , be the heralds. The Chris, tian• ministry is to do:it, l and you are being formed into that ministry. • ' After the address, foir additional 'stu dents were 'received, 'm king,'on the ~ two days, thirty-seven matrie totes. This is the highest number ever rec ived at the open ing of a session. The r turn of last year's students is alio larger tkan• has been custo mary at a peried so earli: t 1 The Professor elect t the Fifth Chair, Rev. WILLIAM M. P XXON, D.D., was' present. We, have not , heard of a day as fixed for his inauguration. It may possi bly be deferred till tl i m , ineeting.of the Synod of Allegheny, which will occur shortly. ' , A PROPRECY,op INIANNED. MOHAMMED seems to have been aware that the religion which he was founding, would'not be perpetual. :He had •some fa miliarity with the Scriptures, and a degree of capability for appreciating them. Many things in his system he drew thence, but with great perversions. Among other things he studied the prophecies, and there learned of the coming prevalence and of the perpetuity of the 'Kingdom of Christ. Hence, of course, his own must decline. This is remarkably noticed, in a recent let ter of ADD-EL-BADER, to the Bergin Bart's, an Arabic journal published in France. , We give, from an exchange, a portion of the letter ' "Your advice, might be listened .to if you were speaking 'to the living, but you are talking to ,the dead. Mussulman sov ereigns ought to love juytiae, - but " . we are fir from this. The actual' state Of the' Chrititian Mohainmedinlmireri' wag 'Pie= dieted by MottA:mmit , . 1T announced the fall of the emsAits-L:and there are no Cz ,SARS. Ile said, filiavillat the''Ohritian".kings would maintain themselves to the end of all ages; and that the kings of his people would be deserted by God on account of their injustice and their love of the goods of this life. He said, too, that .the world Would not come to an end till the majority of mankind "had .become Christians. And this ,must come to pass, for according to. MISLAAI, the authorised expounder Of MO HAMMED, the Christians hive foUr qualities which insure their success in the future; clemency in yieoy, resistance under de feat; enemy renewing the &It, and be ' nevo,ence to the poor, 'the weak, and the orphan. .I will add, for myself, that, to' these they add another greater gift,---that of knowledge hOw to shake' off, when it is necessary, the injustice' nd the oppression of their kings. weep; 0 my` God over the prostration of IsLA.m. At this moment a fearful trouble reignS betieen the'Drises and the Maronites. ECery where the evil has deep roots: They are killing and slay hug one another everywhere. God grant a better end to ail these things. Yours in poverty, but rich before God" tc ADD-EL-KADER." COMPARISONS-MISSIONARY STATISTICS. Comparisons are odious. So says the old saw, and it is, right as regards a large class of Ahem. The North Carolina Presbyte rian,` in one'of its gratuitous efforts'to in jure us, perpetrates the following : The Board cannot afford to have an insufficient or an inefficient force in'the office. The Minutes Of the Aisembly show that the entire contribu tiens to the Dontestic Board by the Synod of Pittsburgh, to which the Editor belongs, amount for the, year , to !$8,617. Granting that, all the ministers in Wet Synod are like-minded With Dr. McKinney (and we know some tato are not) let us compare that 'amount with the contributions of some other , parts of the Church which demand an Iffleient and liberal policy. The Presbytery of New-York pity contributes $14,396—0r four, times - as much r --tiftfugh • the Presbytery has only 7,002 - members and the Synod has' 18,107 There are'two or three single churches which de mand'two Secretaries, and which , give more to the Board than the two" or three entire Synods which this injurious agitation has been, carried ,on by the Banner's agency., Dr. Phillips' church gives $5,765 'and the Banner's own Presbytery only $1,986. D. POtts' $4,408, Dr. MeElroy's sl,69B—while' the Banner's Ohio and Western Pennsylvania Presbyteries which have,made all this.noise in the columns of the Banner do,not give a fourthof the amount. • The Presbytery ,of Nassau which insists upon retaining Dr. Banner sett ,gives' more' than any Presbytery in Dr: McKinney's Synod or in any of the neighboring Synods in which his paper circulates. On this out-burst.we wish to make a few remarks: - • WehaVe been steady friends Of TlllS gone, and uniform contributors, ever • since we knew anything of the real value of re ligion; and..we' have habitually given through' the Boards.' 2. Weure,gratified to, see the , high dal): dard selected, with, whiph to compare our. Synod—even, the!wealthy and liberal New- York. It is true that in one case a single church, Dr. Phillips', is selected, against a whole Synod.. But let it be 'noted that that church is immensely rich--probably worth greatly more ,than the whole Synbd of " . Pittsburgh, and handling , five times, or ten times, the amount of ready cash. And that church has but one Minister and about three hUndred families to ,support, while 'the congregations of our Synod support 104.. ministers; and about seven thou sand hmilies. Supposing then the wealth of the Synod, and the congregation to be' the seine, what an immense,burden has the Synod to bear, beyond that of the congre gatibn ? And hence, how much more largely ought the congregation to contrib ute ? lt znay, well contribute of its abun dance, and still be less liberal than, the Syned,, even though the Synod. but sus tained its, own. ' 3. Neither. the liberality nor the parsi mony of ,the Synod of Pittsburgh' depends on the Banner. Our ministers and church cs have minds and emotions of their own, and`-they give; or withhold, according to their j udgMen t an d piety. 4. If we, might feel any resPonSibility for the influence of, the Banner, as to con tributions to the Domestic Board, we have no cause•of shame, in comparison with oth ers:"Carlisle Presbytery, where the Ban ner circulates extensively, givcs to the Board $1,561, beyond what" is: draws out.' The Presbyteries of Efuntitwdon and Ohio 'where the,Bauner has ,a very large circula tion, cive the 'one $960 ;more than supplies its own destitutions, 'and the 'other $795. Where, cxcept , New:±ork First, do we find' three Presbyteries equal to them ? Troy . gives $976; and. New-York Second, 950. But where do we 'find any others to approx imate: them ? "Even Philadelphia, the seat of the Boaid and the field of two Secreta ries! operation,s, gave, last year, but , $lOB, beyond supplying its own calls ! Yea, and the bcasted Presbytery of Nassau, embrac ing the farm') and wealthy city of Brook lyn, gare but $91.11. And if T we look at Synods, we still have no 'cause to blush. The Synod of Pitts burgh, embracing a very extensive moun tainous region, settled by the Boor, sup plies its own wants, and leaves $1,176 in the. Board's;:treasury. Where; excePt, New- York, do 'you find its equal. The Synod of Philadelphia leaves but $443 'in the treas ury; and . the. Synod of North Carolina, where our pensorious contemporaryhas.the almest entire journalistic influence, fails to `supply it's 'own—yea; draws $1,069 from the 'Board More thin it puts in. t This is, the true' test. North Carolina is exhaus tive 'upon the " Board • Pittsburgh takes good,care of all its owa, and yet replenish es.the Board. But 'still, while the region in which it is our privilege to he road, does not lade in comparison with the best, we yet confess that it hail nought whereof to boast in the way of, liberality. But it has this excuse. It attends 'well to its arm household. It is diyided into small congregations, that the poor, who must go afoot, may reach the house of God. It has ience many pastors *The North Carolina Presbyterian, of July 28th, pretending to comment on our report of the June meeting of the Board of Missions, made some personal remarks, neither justified nor called for by our article. These, were copied, in part, .by the Presbyterian Herald, and the Presbyter, and again printed in the North Carolina. We sent to the; editor a short letter, noting a few of his mis takes, and asking him, as our defense, to publish our, article, Which he had professed to criticise. He promised 'to do so, but kept not his promise.' In his issue"cif 'Septemberlst, he published our brief letter; with a long tirade of misrepresenta tions and perionalities, and closed by refusing us his columns' in defense. 'We trust that no one will infer from our silence ' as he himself did on a former ()cession, that, his statements are cor rect,. The most of them, and emphatically what he says 'about a "contract" with the Presby'te rian, sire'i grossly ndorreet--unti - lie. We got our figures frotn the Board's TABLE, in the 4fOnte..ang Foreign. Record, for, September. 'Large baltineeiitt favor of the Synods of Ala bama and Missiiisippi, appear im this Table, but it is to be noted that the money is not under the control of, ad Board. It lielonge't6 the Smith Webtern ',lrdirAritroni'itittb`4 ' to support; and these: pastors have low salaries; so that neither pastors nor con gregations . can give largely. But yet; greatly more might be done, and should be done. And something more would be done, if contributions were not wasted on super numerary officers in the Board. It is hard for pastors who are stinted to $5OO a year, for self, wife, children, library, travelling expenses, '&e., &c., to give; and hard for them to ask their hard toiling people to give, when they 'know . that ttio Secretaries are employed at $2,000 a year, each, where there is'work for but one ; and that these Secretaries have their expenses paid, when they , wish to, enjoy a jaunt to Baltiinore, New-York, ,Boston, Albany, the Prairies, or the South. Give us and ceopmnical and wise use of sacred funds, :and we will give, not only more cheerfully; but more -liber ally: 'Where money is wasted, it is an im position to ask the day laborer for his dol, • lar, and the poor widow for her dime. - And is it impudence? or what is it; in our contemporary, in view of the above showing, to boast of its own region, or even of Philadelphia, and to disparage the Synod of Pittsburgh ? The assertion that the first church, New- York, is in favor of the, expensive scheine of the Board, we regard as a mistake. We have the best possible reason to know that the honored pastor of that' church sympathises with us in our views of econo my and efficiency. And yet he gives to this Board, $5,765; while . Dr. M'Butov, who is opposed to, us, with one, hundred and fiftY-five more church members than his neighbor, gives but $1,693.' Verily the Banner's principle is the handmaid to lib erality. No man wishes. to see his bounty wasted upon sinecures.. But. •why does Dr. I PaiLLIPs still give so liberally ? He does it on principle. He loves the cause. And he may also feel, as we suggeated months ago. We all, know that if you 'Send to your laborer his dinner, by a person Who Will eat, or lose half of it by the way, you must send a double portion, or your laborer will suffer. .;'So'lve say again to the churches inasmuch as you convey to the missionaries by a leaky, channel, dis patch an extra quantity,. till You can have the breaches repaired. The fault is yours if the waste shall continue. Then make up the waste, or stop the leak. TILE WEAVERS IN HONS. Our ladies who flourish in their silk, but little think; and perhaps dO,not knew, the Roverty, misery, and toil, which, are con nected with the production of the beautiful fabric with • which they are .habited. Dr. LErnoux, in one Of is letters, speaks` thus of Lyons and the silk manufactories "Lyons lies between the Rhone and Saone, extending from one to the other, contains a population of, near three hun 'dred thousand, and is the chief_manufac taring city of France. Its choice velvets and silks are well ..known to ladies who may lappert to like handsome cloaks and dresses, the world over- In company with our .Carolina acquaintances we gratified our curiosity by going to see the process of making these fine. fabrics;, and I may, say. to our fair countrywomen who float through our "city streets, and elegant saloons in, these 'beautiful and costly products, that they can form but little idea, of the misera ble abodes froth. which such luxuries come: The building to which we were conducted is fourteen stories high, and having made our way through the, low and dismal en-, trance to it, and climbed, some ten or a .dozen dark and dirty flights of stone steps, we were shown into a small, dreary apart ment,.where, amid hot fetid ,air,. the wan, weaver, was plying his shuttle., Here,,in this stifling den, badly paid and badly fed,, the poor, artificer toils "from morn to noon, from noon to dewy eve,"' on the material which is to adorn' vanity and beauty in the saloons of wealth and gaiety. Silk manu-. facturing is not conducted, as I had, sup posed, by : machinery, or in great caravan series like our cotton mills,. The, weaving is•dene by hand, and each operative pursues his little , business wherever his preference or his scanty means may wherever mer chant employing asmany of them as his trade calls. for. The weaver. himself has no part in devising the beautiful . , patterns which adorn his textures.. These .are . ,provided for him ,by an. artist, in such a way that by a system of ingeniously arranged perforated cards, each hole receiving :.a hook attached to` its _particular thread, he has nothing to do but to ply his shuttle, and there comes from his loom the richly figured fabric, almost ready for the . shops. . There are in this city not 'far .from _eighty thousand of these weavers, and the raw material whiCh they work, up comes not only from various parts of France, bukalso from Italy, Tor- . key, India, and. China. The ..Lyous silk weavers have borne the reputation of rather -a turbulent class. Whilst weaving silks they have Also sometimes woven. revolu tionary,plots. Those Solitary,dens to ;which they are :consigned lay: their toilsome life affords ample opportunity for cogitations, which, when the eighty thousand have the opportunity to consolidate, are found to be rife,: with .red .republicanism. -It is said that the, frowning fertress on yonder hill has beenmade considerably ,stronger, with a viewto firilig down ppm' the weavers, if. occasion should , require, ' yor the. Prembyierian.Banner. Report' of H. Childs, Treasurer of the Board of Foreign Missions, for :August, 1860." • Blairsville Presbytery:, Ebensburg, congrega tion, $18.00; Little Girls' Missionary Society, Ebeniburg, 28.00; Union, 17100. .$63.00: Ohio Presbytery: 'Hopewell cong., $ll.BB Lebanon, to constitute Henry Large a Life Mem ber, balance ($5.00) for Home and Foreign Rec ord, 35.00; Concord, 10.00. $56.38. Washington Preshyteiii BuidettatOwn cong., $18.00; Lower Buffalo, 6.00: Cross Creek, 58.- 06; Cross Roads, 34.07; ; .New. Cumberland; 18.00. $134.13. Redstone Presbytery: - Brownsville and Little. Redstone ; , eong., $20.25; ,Melieesport, Fist church, ad., 2.50; Mt. Pleasant Cong., 45.00. §67.75. Saltsburg Presbytery: Clarksburg congrega tion, $ll.OO. Erie Presbytery :. Sturgeonville eong., $B.OO ; Gravel Run, 5.00; Washington, 5.00. $lB.OO. Allegheny City Prosbytery :Bharpsburg cong., $23.10: • ' - Steul;6ville Presbytery: Centre Unity tong.; $O.OO. - , St. Clairsville Presbytery : Cadiz:congregation, $30.00. Coshocton Presbyter3r: Apple Creek cont., $26.00; Clark, 6.00. $32.00. " Wooster Presbytery i Chippewa oong., $B.OO ; Jackson, 0.40. $17.40. • . Fort Wayne Presbytery: Pleasant. Ridge tong., Sabbath School in part, 75c. E. Ogden, for Foreign Missions, $16.00. Total, $476.51. H. Cnuns, Receiving Agent. PittaburgA, September 1, 1860. Acknowledgment. MESSRS: 'EDITORS :--Please acknowledges the following donations to the, Board of Colportage during : he month of August: Rehoboth church,. Redstone Presbytery—s3s.BB Uniontown " " 20410 Leechburg Saltsburg " 20:50 Total 566.88 'Jbalk."Cmilmiiltbe,Sibrtainn. Per the Presbyterian. Ihtneer EASTERN' SUMMARY. BOSTON AND NEW-ENGLAND Much is said now-a-days about the SU PERFICIAL CHARACTEE OF THE EDUCA TION OF THE AGE, the wide-spread habit of novel reading to the exclusion of the.solid and substantial, and the want of deep and careful thought. This is no doubt true in part, but only in part. -Whilst there is, a large number to which this will apply, there is, probably a larger class than at any 'previous time, of patient scholars, deep t thinkers, and most thorough investigators. If it were .not so, there would not be such a large demand for the learned and able works pUblished by the house of Messrs. Gould & Lincoln, of Boston. They issue nothing light, and trashy, but the most sterling works of literature, history, .the ology, and scienee, in all its various depart ments. Of' this, their advertisements and our book notices contain most ample evi deuce. This week we have a notice of the " Prolegomena .Logica," by Prof. •Mansell, ,a work of great discrimination and singu lar ability. In a few days they will issue , " Lectures on Logic," by. Sir William Ham ilton. This master in mental science treats the entire subject of logic in a thorough manner, in thirty ohapters; while the, Ap pendix will a large number of val uable papers, the fruits of his' abors and researches in this, department of learning, and.'especially exhibiting the latest devel opments of his new 'logical theory. The volume will contain, seven hundred pages, Royal Bvo., handsomely printed, and ,at: half the price of ,the English edition. . Sir William Hamilton's ":Lectures on Meta physics," published by the same house;has been adopted as a text-book .in' Harvard, Yale, and Princeton Colleges, in Rochester 'University, and many other Colleges , and Seminaries. Prof. Phelps' " Still Hour," that has received so much and so just`cam mendation, is still a living book. Since its publication,.eight months ago, the sales have averaged:about one thousand copies per . week. It has also just been adopted as one of, the issues of `the Presbyterian Board of Publication. The same publishers have in press, and nearly ready, anew and splendid edition of " Bunyares,Pilgrim's Progress." It will` contain a large number of illustrations by some of the first artists of the, day, will be elegantly printed on tinted paper, and bound in various and beautiful styles, ad mirably adapting it for presentation copies. It will he in. ample season for the holidays, and it is hoped may be as acceptable to the public as was the beautiful and truly excel lent volume of" Gotthold's Emblems," kit year. They have also in press the following .works.:."The Romance of Natural His tory," by Philip Henry Gosse, with numer ous elegant illustrations, 12mo. This au.: thor has published in England several works on his favorite , study of Natural - History, of which this is believed to be the, most comprehensive and attractive. The illus trations, which will be of a superior. char acter, will greatly enhancelhe value of'the work. "Evenings with the Doctrines," by Rev. Nehemiah Adams,. D.D. This volume will consist of a series' of lectures delivered by Dr. Adams, before his own people, a few months since, and which, at the time, attracted marked notice in the limited circle in which they were known. Each lecture is devoted to some prominent. and important doctrine of the Evangelical faith, and consists of a popular exposition of the doc trine, with historical notices; the Scriptu ral and logical basis on which it rests, with a statement and.'examination` of the more prominent objections that have been urged •against it. Dr. Adams ,is well known ,as one of the. soundest and staunchest theolo gians among Orthodox Congregationalists "The Life of Trust; a 'Narrative of the Dealings of God with the Rev.. George Muller." Edited and condensed by. Rev: H. ; Lincoln Wayland.' 'With an Introduc tion by Francis Wayland, D.D. .12m0. - - " The Life of Christ Historically Consid ered." By C. J. 13.1); - 121ao. The author says his object in these lec tures is, Ist, "to arrange, to comment upon, and, as far as, possible, to illustrate, the principal events in our Redeezier's earthly history; to show their coherence, their connexion, and their varied and - sue gestive meanings`; to'place, as far as may be safely attempted, the different Divine' discourses in their apparently true posi tions, estimated chronologically, and to indicate how they both give to and receive illustration from the outward events with which they stand in more immediate ,con nexion,;" and 2d, to say something "both on the, sources of-our history, and our esti mate of their divinely ordered differences and characteriStics." The - commencement exercises of BROWN UNIVERSITY, Providence, Rhode Island, were h'eld last week, in the First Baptist church. This church was bUilt in 1776. The oration before the Phi Beta Kappa 'So ciety, was delivered by -the Hon. Thomas A. Jenckes, of Providence. The Literary Societies had for their speaker the Rev; J. Wheaton Smith, of Philadelphia, who had for his subject, " The Jtelation of Faith to Scholarship." The Poem was delivered by George H. Calvert, Esq., of Newport, a great-grandson of. Lord 'Baltimore, the founder of Maryland. The Missionary .Sermon was preached by the Rev. D. TUrn bull, of Hartford, from Zech. iv : 9—" Who hath despised the day of small things?" After the close of the College' dinner, a call was made on. the venerable. Dr. Way land, by the past graduates of the College, and the pApils of the Dr. when he presided over the College. The Dr:welcomed the visitors in the most cordial manner. This was the ; nipety-second Anniversary celebra lion of Brown University. During ,these ninety-two years, more than two thousand graduates have gone forth from this W . lege. NEW-YORK. The AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST' now elesing up its nineteenth 'year, has desert ed its ancient habitation among the agri cultural warehouses on Water Street, and taken np,its abode for the next ten years, at least, in the 'very centre of the great newspaper establishment s of the city that haie for some time past been concentrating around "Printing-Home square." The eminent success, of the Amzerican Agric4 tutist r which Atow ommttaits fifty thousand: IMO subscribers, while due in part tolhe correct policy of the, pfiblisbers, viz.: to get up the best possible paper without regard to expenses, and then to make it widely known by liberal advertising—is an indication of the greatly-increased desire on the part of cultivators for information upon the best methods of tilling the soil. The present circulation of the Agriculturist, it may be remarked, is greater than that of the entire agricultural press only a few years ago. When this journal started there were but two or three agricultural papers in ex istence; the agricultural journals now number full forty. HARPER & BROTHERS will soon publish Captain Burton's Explorations in Eastern and Central Africa, with nurfierous curious engravings from the author's sketches. Du Chaillu's work is also in press, by the same house, who have heretofore issued im portant contributions to the geography and natural history of the great African conti nent,- by Livingstone, Barth, Anderssen, Wilson, and Gordon Cumming. THE JAPANESE COMMITTEE have at last succeeded in making out a list of the charges which they mean to present to the Comptroller. According to this precious document, it appears that the bill for board ing, the Embassy is $18,000; for the colla tion 'on the 'Vida, furnished by the Le lands, $2,500; while the chartering of the boat'cost $BOO more. The expense incurred for the ball NVas $60,000, and it is thus distributed: ~ Twelve thousand suppers ($3.00)—536,000 Decotations 8,000 Wine 16,000 Dimmed total," Under the head of wine is included 57,- 500 for three thousand bottles of "green seal." What a splendid and merry affair it'must have been, at this rate of decora tion and drinking 1 For music the charge is $3,000; for ear .riages, $7,500; with numerous small items, such' as $l,OOO for the use of the theatre, $l,OOO for printing, and other sums for kidgloves, &c., &e. The whole amounts to `about $106,000. THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN PATENT ; AGENCY has been doing a large business 'during the month of August, although this month is'not usually considered favorable to invention. In August, ninety-eight new patents - were. issued, of which forty-five were obtained through the agency of Messrs. Miann & Co: These gentlemen are about to commence the Fall campaign with re *wed eneray. The members of the firm, with their experienced coips , of draughts men and specification writers, are still to be aided by Hon. Judge Mason, who will counsel in all.legal matters connected with patents. AN, ESTABLISITMENT has been opened on Broad Way for furnishing to order, and 'an short,notice, sermons, political 'speeches, literary addresses, essays, compositions— in short- everything under the head of brain-work. Such institutions as this have been long in existence in England, and do quite a large business in that country. This is the first'public attempt of the kind in, the United States, and the future will reveal what degree of success it may attain in 'building up the reputation of some by means of the ability and labor of others who are to keep in• the back-ground. There has been raging for some time past quite a FIERCE ' WAR. between the two parties inthe Episcopal The cause of the strife is - the formation by the Low ,Church party, of a Missionary Society on the voluntary principle, throngh which their contributions may go to the building up of the churches that sympathise with their views. The High Church papers dep tecate this . movement as an unheard-of innovation, and a subversion of the very foundation of Episcopacy. They assert thatlhe Church Missionary Society can be the only legitimate one. Perhaps they are right in theory, hitt it is a hard case for the Low Churchmen, the influence of that So ciety going wholly to the' spread of High Chula dogmas. The battle wages fiercer and fiercer. Some of our contemporaries have been " will this result in a split ?."- The answer can be given, by no ,means. 'Episcopalians may differ and wrangle among themselves. But " The 'Church " is to them the rallyingpoint, and around it they will gather whatever diver srtp opinion, may exist among them. Tux PEOPLE have mostly returned from the Summer dissipations at the springs and the various sea-side resorts. It is a great pity that these places should be so terribly perverted from.. their proper objects, and that so - many should there acquire habits not conducive to the best interests of either soul or body. And those who retired to their retreats in the country at the begin. ning of ihe season, are beginning to Come back to their city homes. The churches are again open, and the pastors are once more in their usual places. During the Summer fewer churches than formerly were closed; and we trust that the day is , not far distant when the habit of closing the churches in the Summer, in our large Cities, will have altogether ceased. PHILADELPHIA. THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA is sup posed to contain about 70,000 blacks; of these from 20;000 to 25,000 reside in Phil adelphia. This city has a larger colored element than any other of the great North ern cities. The reporters of the Press, Col. Forney's paper, have been making ex plorations among them; and have brought to light some interesting.faets. According to the census of 1850 the negroes of Phil adelphia then owned $BOO,OOO worth of property, divided ,'among 19,000 persons; but their,property is much larger thou it was ten years ago. One negro alone has real and 'personal estate valued at $300,00 0 . Some quarters of this city are populated to a large extent by the lower order of blacks. But'a portion of the town is inhabited by 'an intelligent class, who have accumulated money, and are respected by their white neighbors. By some statistics which were published a - few years since, there were 4,019 families of colored people, of whom 241 were living in, their own houses. • Of these there were about 5,000 able-bodied men over 21—of whom 1,581 were laborers, 256 mechanics, , 240 Mariners, 166 ,shopkeepers, 276 coach 'm en aand calikm 557 waiters, 156 hair 'dressers Rev. .-:DANIEL E. GOODwIN, .460,000
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