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PITTSBURGH; SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29,1860.
wir Having pUrchased for'aar o f fice, the " Right" to use
D.V4 's,Accottniant and Dispatch ruicizt, alt, or nearly
of nor iubsiribersauSto have their papers addressed to them
regularly by a singularly unique machine, which fastens
, on the white margin a smolt adored "address damn!'
.or
mtobet; Whereon appears their' niimiplainlyprfnlal, followed
by the date up to which they have ynxittfor their papers—this
beaky authorized by an Act of aragrees. The date wilt
. attoasts be,advanced.oy Wee receipt te subscription money,
'in emit accerrdatice with the &noire so recefred, and thus
80 an teetrertcfy and vatid receipt ; 'securing to everyone.
and at all times.
,a pc- 4 f ee t knowledge of his newspaper au
'. Want, ssi that if any error is made he can immediately de
', {eft it atuthave it corrected--a boon alike valuable to the
totibtishir and stibioriber, as it must terminate an painful
' l4 ""d 4 rtanditigs between them respecting accounti, 'and
„
te±tet to perpetuate their important relationship..
Thele in'artears will please remit. '
.11; Fifty-thrie new students hare.entered the
- Theological Seminary, Aileo P henY.
• ; •
•
& . jlWalker, the filibuster, has been captured,
ilatiduras, And shot. We suppose that
robber, and murderer ever more richly
deserved such a fate.
.•;Btv'. Matt, pastor of Steel Creek
,church; Nl' C., died September 'l6th, of
typhoidlever. The North 01rolina Pres
byterialt speaks of, him as having been one
l of the most valuable ministers, and but in
f the prime of life at the time of his decease.
, 'Centre College; Ky„ has` opened its new
term with a large increase of new 'students.
:This is we believe,,one of the oldest, and
.among the most successful, of our Ec
:clesiastioal Colleges. It .has done a good
work for Presbyterianism.
`t • Jewish Synagogne.—The Jews 'of Pitts-
Itairgit havi4-pwrobt.o.4.--.rritric
Atieet, between Penn and the river, where
they will erect a building for their worship.
They are now receiving proposals.. Quite
a large riuniber of this people have collect
id 'in and aroridd Pittiburcrh within the last
~ 2e;ar years.
Princeton, Theolpgieal Seminary.--The Di-'
rectors of the Princeton Theological Semi
nary have arranged for the inauguration of
Prof. C. W. HODGE, on the first Thursday
in November, at o'clock. The Rev. Dr.
ltielitAlL, President of Lafayette College,
to preach the installation sermon ; Rev.
'Dr. Phillips, of New-York, is to propound
the questions, and the professor-elect'-de
liver hii inaugural address. - 'The dis
posal
,of the chair assigned to Rev. Dr.
PALMER, who declines, will not be defi
nitely arranged until after' Dr. AIoGILL's
returnfrom Europe, who was to sail in the
Europnon Saturday week.,
A. UTAH'S CONCERT OF PRAYER.
. have received a Circular from the
New-York arid Brooklyn Maternal Associa
.
b Christian
on, asking ' mothers throughout
our country, to meet together at such
places.as may be most convenient, on the
First Wednesday of October next, at three
O'clock, and unite with them in a Concert
of Prayer in behalf` of mothers and their
children': 'They also suggest the propriety
of .meeting together on the First Wednes
day. of very month, 'at-the same hour, for
this purpose. The' circular says :
- "The presence. and power of the Holy
Spirit is' our only hope, and while we be
lieve God has'promised to bless the chil
dren of his servants, we are reminded•that
parental prayer and faithfulness is a prin
cipal means through which the fulfilment
iii to be' realized. We cannot suppress a
fear'lest by our neglect or indifference we
on.tselves . should close' up the avenue by
which 'the blessings of the Gospel are ap
pointed to flow to the hearts of those com
mitted to us." - -
BOMB IVOT UNtIiANGING.
, The 'claims of Romanists to be the true
Church, OTIQ and unchanging, are most
vain. Scripture and history are both
against her. Her peculiar dogmas are not
tithe found in the Word of God, neither
did they ;have their • origin all at one pe
riod. She is ever changing; not so much',
however, by abandoning old heresies as by
adopting new ones. She adds to her cor
rnptioili, She` had no prayers for the'dcad
until about the fourth century; the su
premacy of ;,the Pope .was not admitted
until the year A. D. 606; the worship of
the cress and • relics, in 787; the infalli
bility of the, dharch. of Mime, in 1076 ;
the sacrifice of the Mass, irk 1100 ; transub
stantiation; in 1215; Purgatory, established
in 1638 ; • the sale'of, indulgences, in 1563:
And She still inventing. It is but re
cently that she established the immaculate
conception of the - Virgin Mary..
There is no end to folly until the fool .is,
destroyed. Thus may we expect that it
will be with ihe, apostate Church. And
her end is probably near. A great change
awaits her, to be ;broughtupon her in the
providence of God: Prophecy assures us
of her downfall, and the indications are
that the time is at hand.
CHURCH PRECEDENCE. ;
Great dissatisfaction has been manifested
in the ,Canadas owing to theprecede,nce
given to the Episcopal and Bornish minis
ters, over the ministers of all other denom
inations, duripg thc,prpgress of the Prinee
of Wales. The Provincial Parliament has
declared all semblance -of Union between
Church and State aboliShed, and therefore
the preference given to the. Episcopal' and
Romisli churches has been an affront. to
the majority,of the Protestant population.
It wail the desire of the ministers andipeo
ple of the 'other denorninations that all
might stand on common ground. But the
Duke of Newcastle,, and the other officials.
having the matter in charge, made .a Fog:
tive ar4angenient, placing Episcopal minis-,
,
tars first, Roman Catholic next, and all
others next. This was virtually an official
announcement that the Episcopal 'Church,
was superior to the Roman Catholic, and
the Roman Catholic superior to all others.
In fact it was saying that the ministers of
no other than these two favored sects were
worthy to come under the shadow, of royal
ty. Such precedence will not increase the
spiritual'influence of those specially hon
ored, nori . will it lessen that of those Who
have , been treated: as inferiors; but the
official -character given,to the arrangement
is 7:whatis .so: much , disliked'; and the in
dignity will be felt by dissenters through- -
out 'England,' Ireland; and ',Seotland. Bet
ter would it' have been for the Duke of
Newcastle to have allowed
,the_Yrinee to
pass, under the Orange arch, than to have
sulimitted to an arrangement by which the
feelings , of tens of thousands of the most
loyal subjects of the English crown were
outrirA
111 M
THE DESIRE FOR POPULAR" APPLAUSE.
It is well, at times, to look through the
surface to what is hidden beneath, to turn
from the outward action, and consider the
motive by which it has been prompted, and
to endeavor to ascertain, as far as possible,
the precise' state of our hearts with regard
to God and man. ' The exterior 'may be
fair enough, while within there is rotten
ness and corruption. Our conduct may
seem praiseworthy, but when the motive_ is
learned, we may be covered with shame and
confusions of face. This a result to
which all are exposed ,in a greater or less
degree.
Our age is a wonderful one on many ac
counts: It surpasses all others in sub,du
, lug the' powers of nature to the control and
uses of men. .Almost every day reports
some new discovery, some new triumph of
human mind. The glory of the human in
tellect, tire 'power of the hymen will, and
capacity of the human race. Tor advance
occupy •ularge part of,
the addresSes
-delivered-at college commencements,,(nae
cbanips' institutes, and agricultural "'hiss,
and also of politicians on the sturnp. The
same 'tendency is , seen in many of our
newspapers, and in• most of our popular •
literature. And in some placeethat might'
be named, this is the great staple of pulpit
•
discourse. •
Now this is well enough, so lows as, the
great object is to- impress men with the
value of their souls, the greatness of their
'influence for good or evil, the worth of the
trusts' committed to their
ss care, and, their
_ cons iss r uons-issits-sis , s-iseseistaT" res pow.' b i l
ity toG-od. , But whenever it tends to sep
arate man from' God, to make him feel his
independence' of God, to lead hiM to' ttiest
in himself, to imiore a special Providence,
and to reject the Divine teachings, it is
dangerous and to be eschewed at once.
For the effect will be` to minister 'to that
human pride so plainly condemned in Scrip
ture, and so disastrous in its effects upon
individuals, conrinimitieS;and nations.
The desire for notoriety is, easily stimu
lated; and
, the minister of the Gospel may
be led astray by it, when he 'vainly sup
poses himself *directly in the path of duty.
Sound doctrine and sound judgment, are
both in danger when ,the applauses of the
hour and of the occasion begin to be de
sired. Flattery may beget pride. And
" Pride goeth, before destruction, and a
haughty spirit before a fall.""Hoe" many
have verified this' by a bitter experience,
in 'all the walks of life. Many of the her
esies that have rent the Church,,and de
stroyed the souls of men, may be traced to
this cause. The great and holy Auguatine
said: " Pride, is, the Mother. of Heretics ;"
and in another place : " The whole• Chri
stian system is but one serried line against
Pride." Yet baneful. as it is, clearly 'as
Scripture has spoken against • it, and, strong
ly as it has been denounced in the pulpit
and on the platform, it may bewilder the
preacher, it may effect the churehes of a
denomination, or of an age.
The natural effect is spiritual poverty,
extravagance, and ruin: The good DE SACI
spake truly, as well as beautifully, 'When be
said, " The God 'who loves to shed abroad
his richestlavor on the spiritually poor who
know their own indigence, withdraws from
those arrogant paupers who believe them
selves rich when but crammed with Self
and emptied of God." A Catholic thinker
of our day, .......FRANz VON BAADER', Sap
"Pride es against God, is but a beggar's
pride, that may inflate itself, but cannot fill,
itself." But a person possessing ,this, for
feits the .Divine favor, and yet may fail to'
perceive his forfeiture. History is full of
examples to illustrate this; we will only
refer to one, and that one still in, the recol
lection of many persons now living. We
refer to the eloquent, gifted, 'ardent, and
eccentric Enwaan InvING. In, the begin
ning of his ministry, he was the friend and
colleague of the great CHALMERS . . Vast
multitudes attended upon his . ' ministry.
Wherever he went•crowds followed. When
he spake of sin • and the terrors of
the law, the people trembled.' When
he spake of the . love and sufferings of
Christ, the people wept. His own soul
seemed on fire with love to Christ, and•zeal
for God and his truth, and he sought by all
possible means to kindle the satie flame in
the hearts of others. But alas how soon
was all this changed. Along with' much
bleased truth he began in his Treadling, a
universal fault-finding with , others;- then
his"own syStenc of missionary 'OPerafione,
wild and unmanageable as it was, was the
only proper kind; then his own interpre
tation of prophecy'; thee' his doctrine of
something - like an inspired *attainment;
then'his doctrine of " UnknoWn Tongnea';"
then the, blasphemous doctrine of, the sin
fulness of Christ's human nature s This
was•followed, and properly too, by suspen
sien-arid deposition from the ministry, on
account of
, heresy and contnmacy. 'To this
he replied with most terrific denunciations,
against all churches, all ministers, and all
Christians who would not follow'his lead.
How had: the mighty fallen l To'inider-
Stand the cause of all this, so fir as is perinit
ted human, intellect, was long a matter, of
difficulty. But at length. the key seems to
have' been discoVered. The excellent Dr.
Mann - taus, who knew 'him well, andad
mired his wonderful pOwers gave it' as his
estimate of the man : , " He. ,preached
IRVING and Irvir4isin. from first to last."
This opiniOU is confirmed by -at remark
made by hina just before coming to London:,
An elder in Edinburgh, his devoted friend,
- in parting, with him-, warned him 40 be
humble;; 'to go feeling his dependPnce, and
praying to God for 'hap, guidance; `and
wisdom. To this his only reply Oil!
I want none of your sober. advice It, is all
envy, I know. Besides, Sir Elder, i will
bet you a pipe of,wine, that. I will be a
preacher in London not more than a month
or six weeks, before I shall be the pleat, eel
ebrated and popular preacher in it,; crowds
thronging after•me ; no place large enough:
to,hold.them ; and •lords and 'scholars. and
phileSophers all milling to attend on my
ministry there. What say yon to that'? I
know a thing or two, if you do not." •
After that, who can think it strange that
such a great sight vtent out in darkness ?
Self was the rock on wlqch fie split.
Pride puffed him up, and pride elesilim.
He trusted' in himself, and felt not his need
of the Holy Ghost. True and forcible are
the words of MAINE DE BIRAN : "•Honor
giVen to the Holy Ghost is' the great pre-,
eervative 'againat Pride. m Let Hi,
amur.
9 • a A.N..?BANNE.R.---SATURPAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1860.
sought and wont' as-we are taught m Scrip
ture, and we shall he neithar, intoxicated
with flattery, hot Wpride.
BENEFICENCE OP AMERICAN• CHURCHES TO
' THE CHURCHES OF THE OLD WORLD.
Fondly do -those -who Cave -left parents
and 'kindred in Europe DA' bacic'to the
land of their birth - and the homes Of their
childhood, and vast sums have been sent
back by sons and -daughters Id' aid and
cheer parents who nourished thein and
watched over them in infaney. - Nor do'es
the American forget , the Church of., the
~Old World from whichihe sprang.. There
the fact of a common redeniption',' a common
object, and hopes,' - are distinctlY `recognized.
When weakness and' deerefiittide' come
upon the mother, it, is natpral..for -her , to
look to the, (laughter for . sympathy and
help ; and when the - Evangelical Churches
of 'rurope bectime seneible'of' their Weak
ness and of " increasing opportunitiesl,for
usefulness, it was but reasonable to turn
. to
the.young and vigorous -churches of the
United States for encouragement and aid.
- Nor haVe they:looked vain, as
evident from the statementi which` follow
condensed from ,a late article in, the World.
in the Winter of 1836-7, Rev. PuturPE
Bon - on - En, then 'endeavoring:to Amid' a
Protestant church in the city of 13rnSSels,
Belginm, came to thisf,country , zinc:l,4 the
end of four months ,carried, back with Ihim
.$8,000,. with which he -built a, large - nnd,
beautiful chapel.. Shortly' after. .camethe
Rev. JOHN CHUMBIER,BROiVN.,frOr:.:Stn
- 113reisffurgn, tussia, and . got almost with
'out effort, 83,000, which helped to, build
the American-chapel in the City of the
Czars." He was foll Owed by the' Rev - .
GEORGE SCOTT, 'a Wearqau missionary
laboring izr*StockOln4; 4 . S4eden, and lie re
ceived $6,000 or $7,000 , , tolmild a church•
in that important City; near' pie same time
- the Rev. Mr; SnursoN' from ';Port - Raab,
Ireland; raised , a handsome sum to assist in,
building his church and parsonage. - '
In the year 1844 Drs. CUDININGRAM and'
BURNS Rev Mr "CiiALBI I E,It'M
. . s, andr.
Timis, came, as , a detention from the
Free Church. of Scotland," to plead, for
the hundreds'of congregations driVen froth
the churches' of their tatlieribitp great,
DisrePtion and received nearly , sBo'ooo.
After the revolution of 1848,
,in France,
the Rev. Mr...Ma - DEL came over and ob
tained between $B,OOO and $lO,OOO for the
Evangelical Protestant' Churches that
country, and in 1850 the Rev.,Mr. PILATTE
secured $ll,OOO more for the same ,object.
A little later a delegate fro - m •the
"Primitive Wesleyans" of'lrelan`d, got
between $6,000, and $B,OOO, and about the
same time Dr. DILL and Mr. SIMPSON'
collected a, han dsotne.sum. for the, Presbyte
rians of Ireland. Not long 'after, the Rev.
Mr. ARTHUR, and one or two of 'his Wes
leyan brethren froth Ireland, .caine asking
$lOO,OOO for *their mission 'in that country,
and succeeded in obtaining $BO,OOO. The
Baptists gave a considerable sum , to the
Rev. Mr. ONCKEN, of Germany: "''ln 1854
the Rev. Dr. Moderatiii.,of the
Waldensian ;Synod, secured help -
,for• tbe
misssonary work in Italy, and for, the
endowment of the Theological'.Synod at
-La Tour; and one year ago Dr..pciArt; and
Messrs. DILL and WILSON, got '530,000, to
help forward the good work in Ireland.
Sp that in twenty-five years between $200,-
000 and $250,000, haie been given upon
direct! application, by our 'ehurehei, in ad
dition to the large grants made by the
Societies, to help on the work. of God in
the Old World.
A ECU COLLEGE
Davidson Collecre, under, the care of the
Synod of North . Carolina, is one of the
richest. Colleges of the country, South and
West of New-Jersey. A large, part'of its
wealth came to it recently, as the legacy of
MAXWELL CHAMBERS. Since this, acqui
sition, it: has not got fairly into working
'order, and seems to have , some diffiCulty
about filling-it's 'Presidential and Prefea
serial chairs. Tier. Dr. SPArtitow, its
first President under the-Synod, writes to,
the True Witness:, , •
" .We are disposed to think - that is too
wealthy to achieve the objects'for which it,
was originally founded.- ParadoTical asit.
may appear, ewe' believe 'we state but the,
sober -truth when We say 'that great=
wealth may, and often prOve a 'serious,
injury to a college: As in such 'a - case
those• who are concerned in 'condUcting
operatione are , not depen'dent on ""success
and, ‘conseciuently, on their , exertions'-for'
maintenance, qhere is great' danger - that
t ey will become negligent itithe discharge
of their several 'duties: - Again, there' is
danger' that a wealthTinstitution, having a
number of departments with fat - salaries
attached to them, should tempt the selfish
and unscrupulous to-seek, it may be by in.r,
trigue and undue-influences, forl4mselies
ar `th6r. friends, tlielofficesi for their emol
uments alone, and without any proper
regard to their fitness- to ''perform the 'chi
ties attached to thetn."- ' " • '
We do not ask any' One to make our 'Jef
ferson and Waahington Colleges so very
rick, but really, ,we would , rejoice . to.. see
each of them suppliedlwith a. , fevr ten thou
sands. .They are now quitel too prior` for
comfort—L . -yea; too Toor to work Well; that
is to do all the work needed of a
in, our Ilay„
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
'The whole community is F interested in,
education--- 7 education„which shall be' of,the
right kind, and embrace the Whole of the ris ,
ing race-LeduCatiori which' shill make the
entire population, as far as may be possible,
honest, intelligent, Indiltyieits, - thrifty-1-
make them good neighbtirkalidlgbiid citizens.
Such is the end aimed"at by' our', public
school system ; and benee Christians in their'
social capacity—piristians Of all clenemina
tions—shpuld do their full share in , sus l ,
taining and giving character to these insti- ,
tutiens. • '
This spbject has 'lately 'obtained a piom
„inence in Louisville, Ky, -which is rattier
unusual, but which-may tend ,greatly to SO
oiaLbenefits. The Presbyterian Herald,
ittits discussions on'• the subject, makes- the.
:following sound temarks:
'" As to the hints suggested in the dis
cussion of last week touching a. denomina-,
tion that seeks educational control,' we .
+ have only to ;saythat if aimed at Presbyte-,
rians, the response to' them' is short and,
very conclusive. If it is Meant that 'the'
Presbyterian body have either sought or
exercised control over the public' schoola,,
all the history of 'the present state 'of thn
'schools, as well as the very first pritieiplei,
of our theory oteducation deritouetrate the
absurdity t , cf the' charge.% But if, it is
meant that,Presbyterian people, while they
go all.)eng,ths, fora public provision for
the edilcation of 'the people at large, and
cheerfully bear their share of the burden,
yet at the same time evoke the aid of pri
vate liberality and Christian zeal to add
their utmost to all that the public at large
do for education, and , that they seek to
.control the use of-their own funds.for this
purpose, then the charge is true enough.
atirintelligent citizen, instead of re
'gardi rig Such effotts'ivithjealousy as adverse
to 'publie'edtication' will rather • rejoice at
every'such addition to the means of'educa
don' and the glory of the city. '
.fi The Presbyterian' theory of education is
very simple and conSistent. 'lt holde
k first truth that the 'Yam/ /,t/ is'the divinely
-6ppoihted'agency for the education of chil
-dren and' not - primarily either the State or
thetChurcir. It holds, however thatfunilies,
not"i ndiV i duals erely, are the - constituent
JelementS bothUrthe Churcltand 'the State,
and that consequently the interests of both
the Ohnieh•andibeState'Vernand that they
each provide ,severally' all the facilities peS-
Bible to aid'and encourage fa.milies'te' e,dn
eate their ' children.' Neither the one nor
thelother*May uSinly'the parent's place' as
the Original Controlling power in education',
'but bah 'should render 'eeery reasonable aid
tti , the parent'
,in 'furnishing facilities for
edUcatioft."' • ' '
EAsTERN• 'SIBMY
.130STON AND NEW-ENGLAND. •
The 17th Of the present mouth:Was the
Two,FIDNDRND AND THIRTIETH ANNIVER
SAHY. OP THE SETTLEMENT OF • BOSTON.
Salutes -were , fired, , and the bells rung. at
eyanriee...recip.-a:n , su set.
Thirty years ago llAny - Aito UNINEASITY
bad only two, hundred students' and fifteen
professors.: 'Now it has'nearly on'e'thcinsand
ittiae4s:in all its departments, and' fifty
proreSsOr:e. •
ihe APO STI4EO , 0.1", VIDgLITY are still
active their. endeavors': to oppose the
truth and diseemiriaie error. The "Fre::
ternity" connected 'with the 'late Be; . .
Theodore, PaAer'sSoCietY in, Boston has
already announced .its ; lecturers for ; the
edmibg season: The.course'will'eonsiat of
thirteen; the first one' being., Monday eyen
betober The services" of the"fol
fulying lecturers have been secured, in ,the
order named,: ,Charles Sumner, liev. Jas. ,
Freeman Clarke, Rev Thomas W.:
High n
son, Careline',ll-'lO all, Bev : Wm. R.' Alger,
r H'.'lnird'Deuglas, Ralph
Vaido Emerson,:,ittenry Ward Beecher,
Sarah Jane Lippincott, Carl Schurz, :Bet:
Edivin 11. Chapin; George William Curtis.'
Quitel a: piebald ' eol! ection' ' '
Rev F ~ D. " ,}ITINTiNGTON :Whose late
resignation , - of the : Plunimer professorship
of• Harvard College, and , severance of his
relations with the Unitarians, 'has caused
so remar , was,or airiedf, a deacon"
of
Frotestant Episcepal church in Bosten,
' on, the,l2th. , Bishops Eastburn, of Mass.;
land Burgess, or Maine, and a' large num
her of the 'EpiSeepal elergymen. of this
diocese were present in `their, ecclesiastical
robes. • , The cervices were, conducted by the.
Rev. J. J.N. Watson, chaplain of- the
Charleston - "navy • yard. The sermon,
preached . 6j, the Rt..Retr. :
George Burgess,
of the diocese of Maine, was a very able
production After these, ceremonies,, the.
communion, was administered by Bishop
Eastburn, assisted Bishop Smith, 'of
ViCtoria, New South 'Wales. The ordina
tion did not take place without opposition.,
Objectipna were made by a member of the
Committee iof, the -Diocese—the' Rector of
one of - the Oldest Episcopal' parishes in
Malsachnsetts. 'These were based upcM
one of the latest- published 'producti9 n s
. fr,Pm Dr. Huntington's pen. ,It was
thought 'at one time that.the public services
of the ordination would not proceed. He,
Was preSenteilto the Bishop by the Rev.'
Dr Stone," of Brookline; and not, by the
Rector of the, church in which he was re
cently confirmed. , His • recent book has
the name of the author as "Rector' of 'Em-
Manuel 'church," whereupon the
tian Exam,iner remarks that he assumed
the title before: he was even 'a deacon
among his new friends. 'He delivered the
first sermon since his ordination 'on Sun"-
day morning ,the 16th inst., to 'the New
Episcopal Society of Emmanuel Church,
Boston, of which he is pastor. The' text
of his discuSsion was Galatians'vi: , l4; 15, ,
,'Mr."JoHNB. Gouda reeeired'an ent iu-
siaatie welcome home, on _Monday, evening
at ; the ...Tremont. Temple, Boston. A
crowded audience• assembled, arid Mr. Gough'
deli'Vered 'bee Of his :Most entertaining
digeOnises. EM:li in t.intiont Of Octo
ber, he will enter on his labors as a
~„
tem
perance advosati,:'arid:hai already engaged
to lecture on subject, o'r address Young
`Associations in Portland,
Providence, Philadelphia, and various cities
, j §tate:Of ifew-York,i.n Canada, and,
irrthe West. , T''
A eoPy'of the "Riy BOON," the
printedfirst boot. in America, at
Cambridge, 141 ass., .been sold, not to
the British .Musentn, but to, h private , col-,
lector: in Enigland, for gone -'h_undred and
fifty guineaa: l2 -more than $751). • '
.7 ,/
The Fourth Annual Convention of the
New-England -GALLAIIDET ASSOCIATION
of i Deaf and Dumb, ivas held last- week in
the'city - `of Hartford. The ' Pieis of that
city ha s the follo ing no tee ofthis inter
eating,heseroblage
r,
There.arpmearly three hundred ladies and.gen-,
tlemen,presentrrfrop,all parts :of New-England,
a fine ilooltink,' intelligent ,company ;
aninvlieu 'we'ealled,
.neon ' 'all were' talking
and lau'ghing together with the 'greatest 'animaL•
tion, yet not onesaid. a word audibly. 'Wiest, of ,
them are getting ; along well in the world—some
are married and. havetheir children with them—
and all seem to keenly appreciate the'privilege
of liieetiig theii ,
'old friends' agaiii, and picking
up the Scattered ' thteads 'of friendship, alrthe
strongersbeeause they are shut out from inter
course,with. the world at large . .
4,p o'clock, this morning, the Association met
in the Chapel,' and Were called to order by their
president, Mr: Thomas Brown, of ,New-Ramp
shire, , w graduate "of the 'Asylutn. Rev. W. , W.
Turner; principal of the Asylum; offered prayer,
after, Which Ar.. Brown delivered : his, annual ad
dress or message to the Association, all in the.
sign language of course.
THE, COLLEGE YEAR .&T Y.A.LE has com-
meneed very propitiously. The Freshman
Class ,numbers one hundredaind fifty..men;
and wilt inerease - somewhae beyond , that.
There . haire also been'ten additions to the
Sophomore Class', and about the , same num
bed to , the, junfors. The.new building for
the. Scientific School is, already occupied by
the "students in - engineering, and the de
paittnent 'for which it was erected will soon
be in full operation.
, • I X - FT-YORK . • • .
BUSINESS PROSPECTS pare very Swam.-
agig West is paying its
• debts with, its 'surplps produce, but it is
not expected that this will do more than
biing -up the West to its condition pre-
Titus to the great collapse in 1857. The
South is also doing well. The amount of
cotton received since Sept. Ist, is already
fifty-one thousand bales, against twelve
thousand for the same period last year.
The total cotton crop in this country for
the .year ending August 31st, is four mil
lions six hundred and seventy-ftte thousand
seven hundred • and seventy bales, the
largest on record. This is owing . to the
increased amount °fiend :devoted to this
article. The market continues amply sup
plied with capital seeking short invest
ments. Call loans are easy at six and
seven pereent., and the best Arade of mer
cantile-paper is easy of negotiation at seven
per cent: for sixty to ninety days, and eight
and nine per cent. for longer' dates. Pay
ments are made with the greatest regularity.
,
The ; importations are large and increasing.
Late advices from Europe have caused a
heavy decline in the prices, of wheat and
.flour: Iri England the`weathei had greatly
improved, so that the harvest would be in
better, order, while the foreign supplies of
grain have been large. It maybe interest
ing to state here that the official statement
of the commerce of all the . States, for the
last fiscal yet, shows.that the amount of
American produce exported was $316,-
.220,610. •:
THE BOoK TRA.tit " SALE, just closed,
amounted to, over $350,000. Books Of
I . 7inttrziTi"da cuaractel : 7lllll — VM - YriFid
•value were:the-most sought after.
SURVFXOU "HART last week seized the
bark. Inm:hero:we on, suspicion ot
intended for a:slaver. She had been fitting
out at Jersey ,City, and: hauled into the
stream -Among - her cargo are three bun
-tired aind twenty muskets, between three
hundred and four hundred kegs of powder,
' , quantity of rice and: pilot bread, twelve
:thousand feet of lumber, two surf and two
common:, boats, half - dozen , wronght ' iron
'boilers andd - as thany'fitrnaces, and one huh
dred oil casks containing water.
It, appears from STATISTICS, furnished to
the Commissioners of Charity' and Correc
tion, thatfrom the 31st of August to '`the
inst, five hundred and ninety-one Per
sons haye been, transferred to the ,work
house on, Blackwell's Island, as vagrants.
Of this nurmber, two.were sent `up for , the
hundredth time'.
D APPLETON & Co,. will shortly pub
a, charniing work entitled After ice
bergs with a Painter," written by... Rev.
Lewis 'L; Noble, who 'acconipained
'ChUreb. on his'recent trip to tile' iee-fieldS
of the North Atlantic - to make sketches for
his intended pidture, of which all our read
ers have doubtless heard. Mr. Noble. is
favorably knoWn to the 'literary world 'by
his '" Life of Cole" : and' other works. His
forthcoming book, it is, said, will add very
greatly to his . reputation. The holiday
books to be.published this Year by the Ap:.
pletons will be unusually numerous. Ainong
the othe'r fortlicomine. weilcs Of this house
may be mentioned a pessible republ icati On of
the " World before Adam," the great work
of Zimmerman, a distinguished German sa
vant.' This book` has never been'published
he're 'tbouA at the time of its appearance
abroad •it created a great excitement in the
literary circles of France and Gerioany.
MEssiti. SEIELDON & 'Ool have issued;
in one elegantly printed 12mo. volume the
Life of. George Washington,.; by Edward
Everett Originally *ritten,. at the sug
gestion of Lord Macaulay, as an article for
the Eneyelopmdia Britannica ; it is publish
ed in this form for general circulation; and
wherever. the English language,is spoken.
or , the character - of Washington is revered,
this volume will be received - as one of the
Most interesting and glowing portraitures .
of his magnificent life and character that
has ever been published. It is a: hook for
the masses of the People, , and it is 'delight
ful to think that'so admirable an abridgment
of such works as Washinoton Irvincr will
be read, to the latest times, in families,
whose means will not permit them to pur-
chased more costly history , of the illus
trious Father of his Country. •
XNEW
,and truly valuable work from,
'the pen of Mrs. Botta, formerly Miss Anne
C. Lynch, has been published by Derby &'
Jackson. It is a`
.conipend and index or
general literature; so arranged that the
.subject and the author, with•all important
information; are here: preeented, and quade
available for the us of the student or gen
drat reader..
CHARLES SCRIBNER. will: publish, in
October, " A Commentary on Matthew, , " by
the late Rev: J. Addison Alexander, D. D.,
in one volutife; uniform with tbe..Psalmd.
THE AMOUNT contributed for ~ t he Syr
•
ian sufferers has reached $15,000.
EARNEST AND ACTIVE CIIRISTIANS have
for a 'Ion& 'time been devising some effec
tual means for reaching the tens of ihousands
of the,population, especially in the lower
wards; with the Gospel. = At•length an ASSQ
ciati on, ,eoriUiSin& members of various
churches lin been formed for the puipose
of. institutin g preaching in theatres, 'halls,
public. rooms, and - cellars. What may be
the ''success of this scheme is uncertain.
But it is now' 'pretty generally admitted
that mission Sabbath Schools and traet, dis-
tribution, however useful in their place,
will not do as -a substitutel for the public
proclamation of the Gospclby the ambassa
dor of Jesus Christ.
PIIILADELPHIk."
THE CONTRACT, for erection. the Public
Buildings ! on Penn Square, has,been given,
by the commissioners,• to John-McArthur,
Jr, the well-known architect,' at $1,287,-
600:00 The material is to be the blue
marble of Pennsylvania.
INFIDELS, , SPIRITUALISTS, ETC., have a
' more formidable organization in 'this city
than is generally supposed. The Sansom
Street Society, has existence for
been in,
seven years, : and has, always, been exceed
ingly bitter in its assaults ::upon Evangeli
cal Christianity.' On Shbbaili the audience
i
comprises fromthree - hindred to eight
hundred men. The organs of Spiritualism, :
Herald of Truth, and , More Light, claim, a :
circulation of twenty thousand in this city
alone. But - this is probably an etaggera
tion, for it is part of the tactics of infideli
ty to o,ppear stronger, than it really is.
The eleventh, anniversary of the VEGE
TAMA* SOCIETY was celebrated iast week
in the Bible Christian Church Third Street
above Giraxcl Avenue. As a. matter of
course, in this conclave an exclusively veg
etable diet was made the only certain basis of
health and morality, while every evil was
attributed to the use of another kind of
food.
The Rev. Mr. SCHWEMITZ, pastor of
the Moravian church - at the corner of
Franklin and Wood Streets, has been
pointed to the charge of 'the church at
Litiz, Lancaster County. The Itev_ A.
Reinke, of Staten Island, is to sueceed . the
retiring pastor. The succeeding minister
is. said to be a most useful and talented
man, worthy of succeeding to the pulpit of
, Mr. Sehweinitz.
THE WILL of the late Rev. William
Neill, MD., of Philadelphia, contains a
bequest of $2,000 to the Trustees of the
College of New-jersey, at Princeton, 'to
aid indigent students who may be prePar
ing for the Gospel ministry:.
The late Rev ; CORTLAND YAN RENSSE
LAER has left to the Presbyterian church"in
Burlington New-Jersey, a legacy of $6,000,
of which he, directed 0,000 to be expend=
ed in the purchase of a parsonage, $2,000
for the support of the school attached to
the chUrch, and $l,OOO toward discharging
the debt on the latter building. This has
always been a feeble church, -pecuniarily;
and the deceased, during his life„.was
steady and generous contributor to its
wants. This contribution he has thus
continued and made permanent at ;hie
The CORNER-STONE of the new Bresby-'
terian churCh located at the corner , ; of
Frankford Road and Columbia Street, in
this city, was laid on last Monday after
noon: After singing a hymn, and reading
the Scriptures by Rev. Mr. Ladd, and
,
prayer by the ,Rev. Daniel Gaston, the
Rev. Wm. 0. Johnstone gave a brief ac
count of the incipiency and history of the
enterprise, and addresses were delivered by,
Rev . . Jos. II Jones,D.D., Rev. W. J. R.
Taylor, D.D., and Rev, J. Edwards, D.D.
Rev. W. R. 'Work, the pastor laid 'the cor
'ner-stone. A Bible, a hymn-book, 'several
of the religious papers, and some other
documents, were deposited in the corner
stone. - After it bad been•laid the, doxolo
gy was sung, and the benediction pronoune
edlbyßev. Mr. Murphy. The church will
be , a handsome Gothic structure, seven ty-six
feet by fortv-two, with aceommodations for
four hundred and fifty sitters.
,Tbe Presbytery of ZJUICSViIIO •
Met in Cambridoe on the llth inst., and
was opened with a 'sermon Wm.
M. Robinson, from Isaiah lii : I—" Awake
awake, put on thy strength, 0 Zien. h Fif
teen ministers and sixteen elders vrerepres-
tpon the report of a committee pre
viously appointed ; the Presbytery took an
del. its care the newly-organized churCh' of
Beulah at! Clays Ville. This new organiza
tion has 'completed a neat church:edifice,
and is able to support a pastor half the
time.
Pour young, men with the ministry in
view, were taken. under the care of, the
Presbyteryi two of whom enter upon their
theological studies.
The Chairman of the Committee on Ed
neation having tendered his resignation,
Rev. J. E. Alexander was appointed "to
fill his place. This committee is now Revs.
John E: Alexander, Camp: •Willson, and
Elder 3. - R. Caldwell. By the action of
the last General .Assembly, it is made the
duty of this Committee to make careful ,
in
quiry as to - the conduct and progress in
study, of all the' candidates under the care
of Presbytery, and report to Presbytery at
every stated meeting, or oftener, if Pres
byterial action is needed.
It is earnestly recommended' that a con
tribution be taken annually in all our
Churches, in behalf of -the "'Disabled
AlinisterS' Fund."
Presbytery directed that a, contribution
be' taken, 'on the Sabbath preceding the
last” Thursday of February, in all our
chnrehes (which have not taken such corr
tribution,) for the endowment of the Fourth
Professorship' in the Western Theoltgieal
.
Seminary.
The churches of ' Olive, Bristol, Mt
Pleasant, Marietta, Muskingum, and Mad=
isoni'obtained leave to'supply themselves till
the next stated meeting of Presbytery ; and'
the following supplies were appointed to
the church oY
Beulah—Mr. Alexander, First Sabbath
of October. Mr. Platt, First Sabbath of
November. - Mr. Kelly, First Sabbath of
December. Mr. Ferguson, First Sabbath
of January. Mr. Hamilton, First Sabbath
of February. Mr. Duncan, First Sabbath'
of March: Mr. Willson, First Sabbath of
Api
Presbytery reergnmend that a collection
, belaken 'all our churches, before the lit
Of 'November, if "practicable, to aid the"
church d - r Marietta in paying for snob re:
pairs upon 'their bouse• of worship , as were,
rendered necessary by the high waters last
April '
Presl•yterY' will hold : its next stated
meeting in the First church *in Zanesville
on tlie second Tuesday of April next.
W. M. ROBINSON, Stated Clerk.
N. 11 . —L-Let not a church in the Presby
tery of Zanesville fail - to send to the Stated
Clerk, by the 10th of'Oetober ' a statistical
report on Systematic Benevolence for-the
last!Synodical year.
PERSONAL
Rev. John Winebrenner died at Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, the 11tli instant.
He was the- founder of the denomination
known as,the Church of God,'' and was.
honored and esteemed .by the entire mem
bership,.which einbraces- many' thousands
in many-States of the Union,.
Old Hang John, the Freehman five hun
dred years zigo, took it into, his head 'to
fotind a library, and lie began with --Whit
do you' suppose ?—, ten vawn:es. But I v he
knew what he was about, for that librafy--
the Royal Library of PariS-4S now . the
moqt ma&nificent public library;and,'eon
•
tains 700,000 volumes.
Resignation of a. Pastor.--The Baltimore
AMerioan says : • . •
many
years
The Rev. m
John G. Morris, D.D., for any
years the,regular ,pastor-of the First Eng
lish Lu*eran. church; has tendered his
resignation to the eonsistory of the congre-.
gation. •
-It will be recollected that some months
since the Directors of the Peabody:.lnsti
tute 'elected Dr; Morris to the responsible
pOsition of‘Librarian. Considering his.vt..
rious attainments in branches , of art and
science ; there is no man in the country who
Would better and more acceptably fill such
a place in , the Institute.
Dr. Livinntone, the Africa explorer,
writeslo`the New York GeogiaPhieal So
cfety that his party in ascending a branch
of the Shire River, came upon herds of ele
.
phants which appared as far as the eye
could reach. It was estimated that eight
liiindred of ' these noble animals were 'Seen
irione • -
For the Fresbytenan . Blumor
The North British Review has ehane u i
bands.. in future be issued by dn.
well known theological publishers of Edi n .
burgh, the Messrs. Clark.
Prof. Porter (lately elected to the Choir
of Biblical' Criticism at. Belfast,
who is son-in-law to the Rev. Dr. Cook e '
has expressed his .decided conviction, f r ,, le
long residence at Damascus, that the lite
and soul of this terrible massacre is illohaz i ,.
medan fanaticism, and fear of extirpatin g ef
the:faith of the Koran. 'He'believes that
the Porte, left to itself, will not redress di s
wrongs nor punish the murderers. 11' hel l ;
he exclaimed, was ever a Pasba punigieti
or executed ?' Even the Sultan, wliti
erally gets credit for some enlighteim mit
and liberality, Mr. Porter regards as aw l ,.
ing better than a hypocrite, as having ne
,real sympathy with liberty, and has nev er
fulfilled any engagement he has made,
Thiee' songs, two of them written by A c.
ton Bell and one of them by Ellis Bell. tll, l
sisters of Charfotte Bronte, have been . iset
to
,music . ili ;England, are highly praised
the London critics.
Cabrifh-- 7 -Edward, Everett says : r< I sup.
.pose there are more persons belongin f! t ,
the reading and thinking classes of society.
in. Europe and America, whose opini oli ,
on, the most important subjects, have hea l ,,
to some extent, influenced if not wholly d e _
termined, by, the instructions given to u s
in the church of St. Peter in Geneva, thre e
hundred years ago, ;than by those of any
other human teacher."
VARIETIES.:
THE 'Californi a fruit crop for 1860—e z
elusive of wines—is worth $600,000.
SAN FRANcisco exports for the preF. - ent
year are estima,eritit - 71;000 -- ions bread,
stuirS;lo,ooo tons wool and bides; 1.0,c0
eons - Dye' wdo . cl. -The latter item is broug i t
in coasts s Fiona Maio), and re-sbipretl.
CONGREGATIONAL—The Pre:Ay/010 4
_l/661d-thinks that in twenty years Weal.
ern Congregationaliits, will' not retain
single trace of the old-fashioned Calviniiqn
of their. New- England fathers. On the
Atonement they have long been Arminizin
in tentimenq and insensibly but certainly
are:they abandoning othernld landmarks of
predestinarianism.
WE.sLEvAiss nr - Vkir.--In the islands of
Fiji 'mil' Wesleyan brethern retort their
Missionary work as containing : Chapels,
298,P other preaching places, 116 ; mission
aries, 10'; 11nglisib schoolmasters, 2;
nature
assistants; 10; local preachers, 253; mem
bers. 9.715; 'on trial, 4,001; scholars,
21,917; professor's -and attendants on wor
ship,
.60,000. These are marvelous facts
to he folindaniong pvople which not Ion!
eon took pleasure in feasting on human
flesh ! Great ifithe power,of the Gospel of
Jesus . . • •
A
EGYPT AND, .O.SSYRIA.---UOl. Sir Henry
Rawlinson has just announced the discovery
of some important synchronisms between
the histories of Egypt and Assyria, recen t
ly.discoverecl by him, on a set of clay cyl
inders, received at the British. Museum
„
from Nineych dumg his absence in Persia.
CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE.--" The De
velopment bf Christian Architecture in
Italy; between the Fourth and Fifteenth
Centuries inclusive '
" by William Sebastian
Okeley,-of , Trinity College, Cambridge, 1
vol:, royal'Bvo., with plates, is the title of
a volume nearly ready for publication.
,
vaNiriter.oGY.—rrof. Spencer F. Baird.
of Washington, is about to issue a
,generztl
systematic work on Anierictin !Ornithology,
that will be greeted with eagerness by the
scientific`
men; of Europe and Ameriba.
•
LITERARY CIIRIOSITY.-A real literary
curiosity has been brought to light in the
revival of • 'The Book of Vagabonds and
Beggars, withva Vocabulary of language,"
original, 'edited , by Martin Luther in 15:18
in the most. stormy period of his life, to
warn his readers against the artifices of
this class of rogues: ' '
WHY ARE THE PRAIRIES TREELESS ?
The Westerners, when they speculate on
creolooy, answer this question . by `affirming
that the prairie fires have burnt them all
off—that they have been frightened
out of existeUce by the fires' of the Indians.
At other times they vary their theory by
affirming that the •absence of trees is due to
the deficiency of rain ;* but neither does
this stand examination; for the maps of the
distribution of rain shows that•the fall on
the prairies about equals that in other re
gions. 31,r. Whitney, in his paper on the
Origin of the Prairies, read before the
Scientific Congress; slthirs that the real
cause of the absence of urburescent vege
tation lies in certain raeehaniCal conditions
of the soil; and in its extreme fineness.—
Western. Paper. •
ON TuE Lexington and Danville Rail
road. in Kentucky, Mr., Roebling is en
gaged. in constructing a suspension bridge,
which will form a span of 1,224 feet, from
centre to centre of towels, over a chasm
300 feet deep. When completed, it will
be the most stupenduous work of the kind
in the world. ,
Two of Fawke's steam plows are, now
being`constructed in Philadelphia for Cu
ba, for the purpose of being used on tobac
co plantations.
IN Philadelphia, there are now in actual
running, order, nineteen passencrer railway
companies, with 395 ears, 2,74fhorses, and
1,623 men,ernployed... There are 160 7-40
miles, of single track.
THi annual gold product of Australia,
since: the - first 4liscovery , of this metal in
1851: has been as follows.: 1851; for five
months, 145,145 ounces; 1852, 1.974,975;
1853, 2,497.723; 1854; 2,144,699 ; 1855.
2.576,745 ; 1856, 3,003,811;.1857, 2,729,-
6'55 ; 1859. 2,616,976. Total for the eight
years, 17,589 4 729 ounces, valued at £4 per
•otince. Total value, £70,358,916, or $340,
535,153. • =
HARD READING.--Some industrious
Gael is making a collection of books pi int
edirt Welsh. ; He has gathered together
some 3,000 volumes. The dialect of the
Gaelic spoken in Wales is a compound
of gurgling,snorting, and guar wholly
,
undcsribablo and unpleasant to Anglo-
Sason - ears. Take half a doze.n sibffont
snakes,.a couple of porkers, and a turkey
gobbler, put them all iu a pen and stir
thaw up briskly With a sharp stick, and
you will get out at them a, very fair imita
tion of the WeLshlanoman-e.
TUB DISTRIBUTION OF •CURRENCY.--A
correspondent oftbe New-. York World says
"It has-been estimated that the currency
required,in the United, States does not or
dinarily exceed-$9 per inhabitant, of which
at.the utmost, only one- quarter is in coin.
In England, it amounts to $2B, of which
one-third is , in coin; whilst in France it is
probably double , the first-named sum, the
largest portion, being in coin." On the 4th
ult., the, liabilibies• of New-York were :
Deposits, $83.846,988 ; circulation, $9,176,-
386; total, $93,023,374. The assets were:
Loaps and discounts, 8130,118,247 ; specie,
$22,128;189; total, $152,246,486, The
specie is'a reserve to fall back upon in a
case Of: emergency; but not a fund to meet
the aggregate indebtedness of the banks.
Tgi MooN.—Herr Schwabe, a distin
gujOed German astronomer, in a late num
het 'cif the AstronomiCal Annals, announces
having. - seen `a species of vegetation in the
men. Here is the' fact on which he bases
hiCeanclitsion
„
T i ll& surface of the moon presents nu
t,
mercia%triped lines like so many furrows.
Theseliad been* ,explained in a variety of