g 444"41. . . , LETTERS OF JOHN CALVIN.—The fourth and - conoludin,g volume fatale Letters of John issued by'our Board of Publica tion. Them9sare.oompilfo from the original man uscripts, and edited, with historical notes, lir.Dr. Julesl3oWit, and translated front the. Latin and French. languages, by 'Yams Robert Gilchrist. I.p the last volume is appended a complete and `Valuable Index, prepared by the Rev. Dr. Black . wood, of Philadelphia. ~,'yAs,thete successive volumes appeared, we ex 7 pressed our high estimate of their value to a proper.understsmding of the mind and heart of Calvin—=of the circumstances in which he was placed--of Abet men among whoin.he acted so controlling a part, and .of the system of:theology which„behrs his great'name. Arut now that the work is completed, ,can safely say that, no - i thecilogitiat inla is'comp elowit out it TIED SPIRIT ..og,H,F4V,REW POETRY.—Mr. garPon, (late Rudd . d" ,C4rllon,) 413 Broadway, New-York, has just published, in an Svc): volume, 'tlie latest, work. of chat profoutuL thinker and gifted writer, Isaac Taylor, entitled,'" The Spirit Wetry." It is '.lteconipanied with a, fitting and appreciative Biographical Introduc tion„)ly, the Bev. William Adams, D.D., of New- York city. Another work from the now veners,bile' author .of I"•Natural.History of Enthusiasm," " Ancient Christianity," "Physical Theory of "Anotlielr Life," " SaturdayiEvening," Sm., will be wel comed by thousands of readers. This volume, I i kaliA4l44o stakeable• proof of protracted study and careful writing. 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For sale in . Pittsburolt, by Henry Niner, Fifth Street, at $1.50 per volume. ANNUAL REPORT OF THY, 'MANAGERS OF. THE W.ESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HOS PITAL FOR 1861.—This is an interesting Re port concerning an institution a great import anoo to Wee.terokg.PusYY,i '• 4- A REPORT TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR of tbe,Operations 9f the,Sanikary Opiranission, and upon the' Sanitabe:Oondition you as not, bc.leause that won't take long, and I shan't have to leave my seat." So she kissed him twice. Richard laughed. " Well, I think I'll take the trouble Ito , play. with baby," said he. "And.when he's tired of playintr, it Lcome down .again mill•you take the trouble. Ito get the scis sors for me? Will you a little, mamma?',' , And his. 'vanillin said, " Yes, I will. Fort don't mean to be selfish except when you set me a bad example." So Riehayd went up stairs and played horse a good while. Be let baby drive, and he trotted' all round the nursery; 'Rd made believe eat hay, and he said to tin.rse\ "Now I am not a shell-fish. I'm n'horse. Seer' 'And the nurse said, "Yes you're a very nice' boise now, and the next time I want to take a ride I'll engage you you maylle- J,l istellantous. .Old Noses ; or, the Praying Negro. MITE; was a great merchant in Balti more'. '.one: as. , t• he was.. Twain& over. the. vessels thatclay at the wharf, he stepped upon the deck of one, at the stern of which he;. saw a negro sitting, whose de jected countenance gave sure indication of, distress. He accosted him with— " Hey, my man, .w,hat is the matter ?" • The riPgro ;op, his eyes, and look ing at Mr. 8., replied----- " Ah, inassa, I",se in great trouble." • - " What about ? " "Kase rse fotehed. up . here to be, sold." " What for.? What have you been de in..? Have you been stealin.:? :or did you run away ? or what ?",, "No no, massa, none o' dat • it's bei . ase I don't mind de audes." '" What kind of orders ? " " Well, massa, stranger, ; I: will tell you. IVlassa Willum werry striek man, and werry nice Man- too, and ebrybody on the place got to mine him, and I break trees de rile, but ;I did n't 'tend-to break de rule doe; I forgot myself ; an I got too high." "It is for-getting nrunk, then, is it ?" "0 no, sah, not dat nother." "Then tell me what:you are to be sold for ?" • , " For prayin, sah." " For praying; that is a. string° •tale. Will not, your master, permit you, to pray.' "Oh, yes, sah, he let me pray easy, but I hollers too lond." " And why do you , halloo in-, you prayers ?'" ' " Kase de Spirit comes on, me, an I gets happy bre r knows it ; den I gone; kan't trole myself den I knows nutting 'bout masiit's rule." " And do you Suppose your master will really sell you for thatZ" " 0 yes, no help for me 17 COW ; all 'the mew; in' de world' . could n't' help Me' now kase' werfmassa-Willum say one 'ting, nil do wieder."' " Whatsis your name ?" "Moses, sah." "What-is your master's name?" Massamame Col. • " Where:does he live ?" "Downtowde'easirrsheah3'' • • "Is he a good master,: and treats you well?" " 0 yes, no, better xnassaim de world."' "Stand, up and let, me. look at you," And Moses etood ,up, ,and .presented. a ro, bust frame; and, as. Mr. stripped urphis sleeve his . arm, gave evidence of unusual muscular strength. " Where is your master ?" Yander he is, jiS eomin to, de warf." . As Mr: B.;started for the, shore he, heard Moses give t o heavy sigh, followed by a deep groan. Moses was not at all pleased with the pre d sent phase .of affairs. He was strongly impressed with the idea that 'B., was alrader; and - intended'to buy him, and' it was this that made him so unwilling to empluarkieape,MllK:A;t,thZi:oo*(l:lliform ation. Mr. B. reached the wharf just as Col. 0, did„ ~Efe introduced himself, and mid^" I understand you want to sell that negro man r yonder;on board the schooner!' Col. C. replied that he did. "'What do you 'ask for him ?" " I expect to get se.verchundred "Bow old, do,you reck9 him to)e ? " Somewhere' about 'thirty.'" " Is he healthy ?" "'Very ; he'never had anY'SioknesS in his life, ,aFeept,ope,or two spells of .the , ague." ",Is.„beh t f t aity,r .„ "'Yes, eit'as" man ought, and it will :4:lit' him as much good.' . , " Is he a good hand ?" " Yes, sir, he is the best- han on my place He iavaYad:Yr 4 01 4) and indus triOus. "tie has heen my foreman for the last ten years, arid a more trusty negro I never knew" • ‘' " Why do you wish to sell. him ?" " Because he disobeyed my orders. As I said, he is my foreman; •and that he might he.available at any moment 1 - might want him, I built his hut within a hundred yards of ,my own house, and I haire- never rang the bell at any time in,. the :light' or -morning , thatlis• ;horn did not answer in five Minutes after. But two ,years ago he got •religion, and commenced what he terms family. prayer:; that- is, prayer in adel 414 every night 41d - 10p:ring; 'and when, fie,be gan his prayer it was impossible to tell when he would Atop,: especiallyit( as he tertuedit) he got happy. Then he would sing,- and pray, and, halloo for an hour, 'or two together, that you might hear nearly a mile eff. And he would pray for me, and my wife, and my children, and my whole family connexion, to the third gen eration ; and sometimes when we would' hive visitors, Moses' prayers;, would„inter rupt the conversation, and destroyfthe.en• - joyment of the whole company. The wo= men would ery;,nrid the childr4 would. cry, and it would make me , almest frantiep and, even after Lilac' retired; it Vimild 'some times be near daylight before I could go to sleep, for it appeared• .to me that I could hear Moses pray for three hours after he had . finished. , I ,bore' if long as I could,. and:then forbade his praying any more, and Moses , promised obedience, but he soon transgressed,;,..nnd ray rule is never to whip,' but whenever.a.negro proves.incorrigible sell him. This "keeps tp.em in tidier soli jeetiod, and is l'e'ss tfouble'than whipping. And I pardoned'MOses twiee for disobedi-. ence in praying-so loud.; but thethird time' I•knew ;I must sellidni, or everynegro on the Ann wonldsoon, be;perfeetly regardless •,of all my,orders,", "You, spoke ofsrMose& hut; I suppose from that he has a family." "'Yes,he haSliwbiAtin and three child ren, or aci,fi I s4pose he calls her now; for soon after hc,got: religion he, asked me if they might ybei married, and I presume they Were." 1. , x-`; • " What will yoir i eike for her', and the children . ? " " If:you .want, them for your own use, I will take , ,severr , -hiindred dollars; but I shall not sell - Moriesiiior them to go out of the' State." " «I Wish them 'ail' tor my own, use, and willF give you the,, fourteen hundred. Mr. B. and VOL O. then went to B.'s store, drew up the writings, and closed the sale,'after which they returned to the ves- W. Mr. B. approa.ched the negro, who sat with his eyes fixed upon, the deck, wrapt in meditation ,of the , most, awful-forebod ings,. 'aind said--" Well, Moses, `..1 haw% bought you!' Moses made a very low • bow, and every Inuicle of his face,worked with emotion, as be replied, "Is 'Yen, ma.4sa ? Where's I gwine, mama , ?, Is I gwine to Georgy ?" "No," said. Mr. 13., " I'm , a merchant .here in the city; lyonder' is my store, and I want you to Attend on the store; and `I have purchased ,wife and children, too, that'you may laet be separated." "Brew" God' fbr• dat! and, mama, kin I go to meetin" sometimes?" "Yes, Moses, you can go to church three times (M. the Sabbath, and every night in the 'week ; and you can pray as, often as you choose, and as loud as you choose, and as long as you choose; and every time you 'pray whether it be at home or in the wao, you to pray for 'me my wife,,, and - all my children; for if you are a good man, your prayers will do us no harm, .and we need them very much ; and if you wish to, you may pray, for everybody of my name in the 'State. It will not injure there." While Mr. B. was dealing out these privileges to Moses, the negro's eyes danced in their sockets, and his full heart laughed ,outright for_gladuess, exposing two rows of as .even clean ivories as any African can boast; and his , hearts response was, " Bress God, bress God all de' time, and bress you, too, massa; , Moses neber fink 'bout he gwine td have all dese comroodationers ; dis make me link liout Joseph in de, Egypt." And after Moses had' poured a few blessings upon Col.' C.; bade him a' warm adieu, q and requested him to give his love and fare well to his mistress, the,children, and, all the servants, he followed Mr..B. to the store,to „enter up,on _the ,functions of 4is new office. The return inf the schooner hrought to Moseshisi _ . Early the next - Spring, as Mr. 13. was OM day, standing at the storedoor„he saw a man leap upon the wharf 'fibm, the deck of a vessel, and walk "hurriedly toward the store. He soon recognised him as Col. C. They ,exehan'ged sahitations;` and to the Colonel's inquiry after Moses, Mr. B. re plied that be was up stairs Measuring grain, and invited him to 'walk up and see him. Soon Mr. B.'s' attention was arrested by a very, confused. noise — above. He listened, and heard an unusual, shuffling of feet,. some one sobbing violently, and ,some one talking very hurriedly ; and. he determined to go up and see vwhat was going on. When he reached =the head of the stairs, he was startled by Seeing Moses „in the middle orthe doviii 'upon OntiAn l ee, with his arms around the Colonel's wait, and talking rapidly, while the Colonel stood weeping. So soon as the, Colonel could sufficiently control , his feelings, he told Mr. B. that he had never been•able to free himself from the influence of•Moses' Prayers; and th+ during the pat year, he and his wife, and all his, children, had been converted to God.. Moses responded, -"Bress God, massa C.; do I way up bea i l neber forgit you in, my prayers; I :oilers put de..ole maSga;side de new > one. Bress God, dis make Moses, tink 'bout Joseph in Egypt again!' The 'Colonel then stated to Mr. B. that his object in coining to Baltimore was to buy Moses andhis family back again. , But Mr. B. assured him that was outt of the' question; for he could not part with him, and he intended to manumit Moses and his Wifeat forty, and his children at.thirty-: five years of age. Moses was not far wrong in his refer ence to Joseph. For when Joseph was sold into Egypt, God overruled it to his, good, ani he obtained blessings that,were : far beyond his expectations ; so with -Mo ses. Joseph eventually proved the instru merit in God's hands of saving the lives of those who sold 'him. Moses proved the instrument in -GolVs. hands- of saving tlie , man's soul who sold him.. Old Moses is:rtip.iiving.-",, ge long since obtained his freedoni, and'at present occu pies a comfortable house of his own, and is doing well for both worlds.—Exchange. Two Classa of Roman Catholic (Nations. The "gentlemen at Rome," with the Pope at their head, estimate the,numher the adherentsof. their. Church at twoltun-. dral millions. We are neither going, tO'ae cept nor reject their 'estimate on,the.pres 'ent occasion:h It is a very large one—too large 'byrsornethinglike Wit, millions, in the opinion of the Berlin statisticians; who have-the credit` f being well-informed Men on all'such 'subjects. For the nonce we let' this point pass. We wish, however, to, call the attention of our readars to nmost important clasSifi cation of, Ban patholic nations, or, coon- tries,` for shall have occasion to usathese words' interchangeably in this article. 'The First Class"'coniii3ts of those ROman Catholic ,nations in Which there is a *Pro tstant element, greater or .= less, inter- MOrsed and4lifinsd. To , this category be 'l9n,gs‘, in every parish of, whieh. there is a l‘rotestant church, and, more or, ,less of a Plotestant population; Franceiin' ;which,, there d aro ,a ; million and