tiresbgteriart 'nrttr. PITTSBURG'', WEDNESDAY, APRIL IJ, 1863. GENERAL ASSEMBLY. The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the Gaited States of America will bold its next meeting 'its the First Presbyterian Church in the ✓site of Peoria, Illinois, at eleven o'bldek A.' M: etn Thursday, the 21st of May, and ✓tilt he *coed with a sermon by the Rev. Chailes -C. Beatty, D.D., Moderator of the last Assembly. itar'• The Committee of Commissions will meet. in the Lecture-room of the church on the Wednesday evening preceding, at eight o'clock, to receive commissions, and on Thursday morn ing, the day of the meeting, at nine o'clock, for the,same purpose. , Axxxxsrnan T. McGmt, Stated Clerk. Wirmaat E. SCHENCK, Permanent Clerk. The ,Directors of the Board of Colportage of.the Synods of Pittsburgh and Alleghe ny, will meet at the Book-Rows, on Tues day, the sth of May, at 2 o'clock P. M. : 4 .. J. CAnOTHEAS. folleitioia on Yost Dily.—J•lthe .suggestiot of the , Christian. Commission, ot epleotions on rthe- Fast. Day, te aid itt tbcir ion eyq len t work, .:came. , :too late for ,v)nr. last , iseee, Setnithidgi itoil , eiety tday yet lie h0i1e: ,, ,, ,, 1 , ~.,;: t ••- :., ~,;,: 5. A.: a.• ••• , • , 1,-st Be to tlitiiit!tiillilit.7oMtini#4lollte •i Bailr 41440tariiill ef)%f ehaii, ram- Imp' o I.l' AfrniV, On tteir4hming a certificate ftom the Stated Cle.ik 0 Pm Allegheny Tilley Railroad offers the satee'terniS ng those-of the Connellsville ro ti. Wo.expeet, by next week, to make'sitni Jar for other roads. The' Reit General Assembly.— Stated Clerks:of Presbyteries, and of other bodies sending delegates to the Assembly, are re !petted ,:to send in the names of delegates immediately on their 'appointment, with thi - Pest Office address of each one. =By so •idling - yea will assist and oblige us. Address' J. BOYD HEADLEY, 4 GEO. IL MOILVAINE, for Committee of Arrangements. Afield, Aril 4th, 1863. Western. Theological Seminary.—The nn • dersigned, a committee of the Board of Truidees or the Western Theological Sem-- inary,' beg leave respectfully to present the' .foltowing brief statementlO the delinquent churches within the bounds of the four Syilodtt which have engaged. to endow the Fourth Professorship in that Institution, viz: That whereas, by a recent very lib eral, efiforron the part of a few friends Of the Seminary, the Endowment referred to, has been completed, (three gentlemen hay ingleaCh.Contributed. $5,000,) it is' feared that'll& impression has gone out, to some extent, that the wants of the institution are entirely:provided for. This is a misappre- . hetisiati, as the Seminary is still in need of funds . to' Meet other liabilities. It is there fore hoped and earnestly requested by the Board, that those churches which have not met their apportionment,.. will do so as promptly as_ practicable, and thereby fully meet the wants of the A. O. PATTERSON, JAMES CABOTHERS,t , • ankßiiitee. State Sabbath Selma Convention.—Atten tion is requested to the Special Notice which announces the second annual meeting of the State Sabbath School Convention of Penn sylvania, to be held in the First. Presbyte rian church, :Pittsburgh, on Tuesday, June 211; 1863.' The object is of vast import anCe. Great influences go forth from these nieptings, giving direction to the moral and religions course of the rising generation. The interests of all denominations are af feeted.• The 'welfare of the country is con carped. Time and eternity plead that 'things shall be done rightly. The atten tion of Pastors and Elders, who are charged with the education of the people, is par- ticularly invited. Circular& have lately been sent to pastors, embiacing a letter to Sabbath, School Superintendents, which letter they' are requested to dispose of as designated. rt. IP Mule Medical College of Pennsylvania. —The 'Eleventh annual Commencement of this Institution occurred in Philadelphia, March 14, 1863. Three young ladies grad uated on the occasion. The Valedictory Address was delivered by Mrs. EMELrNE H. CLEVELAND, M. D. Professor, &0.c.,&c. The Vourteenth Annual Session will commence on Wednesday, Oct. 14,1503. There are seven Professors in the Faculty, male and female. This College has met with some opposi tion, and has also been vigorously support ed. Wt, are hence surprised - that it should semi ant but three M. D.'s in its eleventh graduation class. We have several times ndted itti announcements, but have never entered into a. discussion of its merits. We a re, too conservative. to advocate the in , . novatien, and are unwilling to oppose a movement which some of our lady friends think belottgi to their privileges .and to .the'Avelfaie 'of society. .Closittg theliquoi Houses on the Sabbath. ,114, Evening Chronicle think's we gave our municipal authorities credit beyond their deserts for the cessation of the liquor traffic In - Pittsburgh, on the Sabbath. It says did:Theynothing whatever to bring about this desirable reform, and ought not therefore te,reeeive credit which justly be longs to,others. It is tol)istriet Attorney KlRKPArlitnit and the Judges of the Court that we are indebted for the,stoppage of the traffic, and it is but proper that the public should know the fad." The' worthy District Attorney and the audß haTO our thanks for the efficient disclkige of their 'official. duties; and 'we trust that the citizens will embrace the first opportunity which shall occur, to in stal a Mayor, and Aldermen, and city po lice who will heartily cooperate in the en forcing of the laws. When the people eonfer official honors, and emoluments, up- , . on a portion of their fellow-eitizens, and bAnd dup. by, : usu oath, it is but right, that they should insist on -the faithful discharge of official duties. EEO ALLEGHENY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY— CLOSING EXERCISES. The examinations of the respective classes in this Institution of the Church took place before a Committee of the Board of Directors, and were reported upon as fully equal to any examination they had ever attended, Clergymen of eminence from other quarters testified that they never had listened to more successful per formances of students than in this closing ordeal. The Rev. Dr. PATTERSON deliv ered a brief address, which terminated the proceedings of the Committee. On Tuesday evening the Rev. CHARLES W. SHIELDS, D:D., pastor of the Second Presbyterial• chinch of Philielelphlat,r-de , livered the 'discourse before - the 'Society of Inquiry. His theme was tlacDu4;:bilae‘ Church to give the, GoepeLte,Aillik4 'world. His diseourae.vivrieti,initrkii , thought, ftmeibly presented, and was'niiikdd • ~ 1,4-4 e - hyyelif p4i,eitx 3044ritualtlyhighly be coming the ,audience and the occasion. 4 fir,:Sirmili,'spOt4he previous . Sabbath in t4re eityd4trfd occupied the Pulpit of Dr. .I',9olttigN4itiAiernions are highly spoken of - 41clitilleteU judges, and altogether his A 1 7444ntprvice were most satisfactory. OnWe'dnesday evening, members (If the f'Griaduating Class delivered brief addresses; i• which were in adieirable taste for compact- - ness and force and' 'were received with a high' degree of commendation by, a very croisrded audience. The speakers were : JOHN I. 13EACOM, ANDREW A. DINSMORE, JAMES H. Dot.: ALDSON, HENRY MARTIN HERVEY; WALL. MOOREHEAD, '.JAMES WALLACE. WIGHTMAN, W. SWIFT WEBIEIT. The whole nimber, of Graduate's in • this class is twenty-five, as- followe : MATTHEW L. ANDERSON, JOHN BEACOM,. J. MC CLITSKEY BLAYNEY, WIII. LOGAN BOYD, FARIS BROWN, ALBERT DILWORTH, AN DREW A. Duisiees, JAIUT.BII. DONALD SON, WM.'S : EAGLESON, N.H. GILLETT' FIFE, CALVIN C. 'GOULD, - SAM'O'NL M. HENDERSON, HENRY MARTYN HERVEY, ROBERT W. HILL, DAVID P;Low.S.RT, A. S. MILHOLLAND, GEORGE M. MILLER, W. WALL, MOOREHEAD, THOMAS X. ORR . , JOHN B. REED, .MARTIN L. TODD, JAMES WALLACE WIONTMAN, JOHN WILSON, THOMAS M. WILSON, W. SWIFT WRIGHT. After these' addresses were pronounced, * the Rev. • Dr. ELLIOTT delivered, With a few touching words, the Diplom& of, the . Institution to those to whom it had -been granted by the Board of Director& Im mediately following • this ceremMay, the Rev. Dr. JAconus preSented to each of the Class a neat copy. of the Scriptures, in the name of the Faculty ; and in an - address of ten or fifteen minutes, gave the Class an earnest exhortation to revere, and study, and teach the Word of God. He irntrOdticieti'' his 'address by saying, that this act of Preentation was symbolical of what the Faculty had all along aimed to do—to give . them the Scriptures—and if they had not already done it in fact, as they here did it in form, they, had failed of, what they chiefly proposed in. the curriculum of the Seminary, leading them through the gateway of the original-language& and by the courses, of History and Doctrine, to the Tree of Life in the.,taidst. . He then spoke of the Word of God, as " the incorruptible seed which liveth and abideth forever," as the treasure-hause. con taining things new and old.; as "the sword of the Spirit'/ which the Spirit himself had bid - den 'them to take. And raerein this ' ceremony`' might be regarded es a sword preientcztion. And they shbuld vow that it should never be sheathed while there was - a foe "of Christ who .might Tbe cloven by it, or while they had a muscle to wield it And further, it is- asiorch-light which they are to " hold forth as light-bearers in the world, in the midst of a 'rooked and perverse generation!' And so also it is body of truth, which they -are' to dissect with a Divine emrgery--skillful as reapeets the joints and arteries and finer tissues, and the vitals—.' rightly dividing the Word of truth." And he closed by exhorting them to "let the Word' , .of Christ dwell in them richly." He was followed by Mr. THOMAS - X: Oita, who pronounced a very tender and, able'Valedictory, with great power of lan-, guage and of delivery.• •We have never known more highly creditable pdrformances on any similar occasion. INSFRRECTION. An ' insurrection` may become, to a coun try, pne tft the greatest calamities. It is civil war of the worst kind, where ifie in surgents are numerous. Northerners o in estimating the comparative strength of 'the two sections of our countrY, calculated largely on the rising of the slaves against their masters, or at, least that the fear of in Insurrection; would keep large niimbers of the white men at home. It is found) however, that the slave has no such desire for freedom, as was supposed. He stays at home and toils patiently for the support of his master, controlled perfectly by the aged and feeble of the whites. The knowledge of there being immense armies marshalled to sustain them, and the actual invasion of the Sputh, and the proclamation of free dom, have all failed to excite in the slaves generally, any such delire of actual liberty as they were supposed to possess. Whether it would be morally right, under the laws and usages of modern warfare, to . adopt means to produce an insurrection in the country of the enemy, has received, some little attention. But the public mind at the North, in so shocked with the bare thought of the cruelties likely to be perpe trated upon 'women, children, and aged, persons, that such an event is contemplated with horror, and the thing finds but few aa vodales. Suelrbeing the case, it would be strange if we should receive from Englimd the first teachings leading to a change of national sentiment. ;,But it may be so. One justification has already reached our NEIN MEEMIE PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.---WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1863. shores. The London Army arid Navy Gazette, edited by WILLIAAI H. RUSSELL, in noticing the outcry made by some of our Northern journals against the "inhumani- . ty" of employing negroes as soldiers, says : " There is a journal in this mettibpolis which is the'reputed organ of the Confed erate States. At all events the paper has decided Southern proclivities. In the last number it is asserted that civilized nations will think death by powder and ball is too respectable for men guilty of an attempt to incite an inferior race to insurrection.' The allusit r. arises from a report that Fed eral officers of a certain negro regiment, which is said to have been talsen in Florida, had been sentenced to be shot. This pas sage is one of many proofs that the Ameri cans cannot comprehend the feelings of this country—it may be . of. any '.other—regard ica, the war. The uprising of a portion of o;7:enemy's subjects, inferior or superior toei.is a desirable object to elfeet—k is eb:lste. a legitimate operation of war. If "Great Britain were engaged' in a war with France, nothing would be .more natural than ,for our enemy to excite Ilindoo, kus sulman or Arab to revolt. No rule:of war- fare= would permit us to treat, °teen:en gaged in that service otherwise than condi/Ain.. a legitimate operation. It' is V. necessary evil of a war, in which servile in suirection 'may be 'invoked by an invader to increase the ordinary horroraturcalami ties of hostile oeCupation..,`Whed'some ' :* years ago, Southern statesmen, insolent and aggressive, '" threatened this; 'Country' 'Wall war,. it was remarked over:and - over again, in British journals, that the dispatch of Some of our West India regiments to Louisiana or the Carolinas might be one of the most for foidable 'agencies to . which even our vast belligerent : power: could resort. Our South ,ern friends must carry the whole weight of slavery on their shOlders,, in peaen'er, in war. Servile insurreetiOn would he a dread ful evil. It, would be a repetition of the Indian' revolt, of 1857. An inferior race would rise against theii'masters: But; it" is an accident and a eentingent of any, war in which a State slaveholders engages. The officers who develOp it are=as` freefroui any act of vengeance or retaliation as those' who fight on the (leas of theirshipsi or in the lines of their regiments' This matter is here well Pilt,add deservei attention. No one, can tor to What straits' the country may be,driven.,Theleeling is almost universal, that the xerellion, must be suppressed, Whatever ' maihe the cost. There have been sad divisions hitherto as to the Manner of carrying on the War, and especially as to who should have the efftees `and emoluthents. But these divisions are dying out; and thq must vanish before stern necessity. Any manner, any meanss,. and. by any hands, is likely yet to hecome the earnest cry of the,people. The. real friends of 'Thumanity" will hence endeavor, by a speedy and wise put. * thug forth of the nation's power, to conquer a peace, before the masses are .driven to desperation. Insurrection- is a legitimate war measure, especially against insurgents, but it is a thing , so awful that: we•trust our country may be spared the calamity., English Sentintent on . tine'American con test is presented hy. pur, European cor respondent, in, a. manner truly cheering. We , have•all along,maintiained that the peo ple of Great Britain 'upheld the eause 'of the North and of freedem: The, building' of ships, at private yclrds,;'" fed' thaEM- , peior_of China," ,and then selling them to . Confederate - a, :not to. be , charged. _against the nation. It is an individual enterprise: And it is hard to see on what principle we . coudemb the selling of, ships: to the South, by one class of, • merchants, while we buy, , from another class, firearmssaltpetre, and: gunpowder. If the British> Gdvernmett;t on . the principle of National comity,` twill stop the ship-bnilding • for our rebels, we ,shall, be ready-to reciprocate thepourtesy in a time of need; otherwise, 'we mnstbear this as we'bear other- ' Continental .4ellthly.--lhe contents of No. XVII invite the inquiring- mind to its perusal. The Great Prairie Statel The Union ; The Value: of the Union Tb Causes and; Results of . the War; and,.The DeAiny of the Afriein Race in the United" States, are among' the' valualile pipers. The, pne last named discusses asubject of vast importance, but which has '.been ex-' ceedingly neglCeted. - We all wish well to African,-and we aim 'at advancing happiness. But do ,'We' duly cOnsider his nature, habits, wants, capabilities ? he be really, benefited by the freedom which we offer him'?- Do we provide for him, as in ditty boUnd ? , Tilt Eclectic Nagazine--Ale May 3:lum ber of the 'Eclectic is ornamented with portrait ..of the Prince and Princess of Wales. The : recent marriage, the high station, and thuatniable character of these personages, render their likenesser an oh- feet of interest. Tfieletter press presents" several articles 'of ' . great value, historical, literary, and scientific. We always feel to be a great deprivation when anything prevents us from per u sing * this -excellent monthly. Theloll:owing , contributions to:the .Board of Colportage have boenyeceived during the monthe F of March and April Cherrytree con., Saltsb'g Pby, for soldiers, $12.50 A Friend to the soldiers, d 0.., 5.00 Rev. JohnA. Brown, Of Fredericksburg, Ohio, for soldiers, ``' ' - 3;00 Congruity tong:; for soldiers, " 10:34 Fairfield cong.,Brie , Pby , Bridgewater German cong, First Presbyterian eong., Kittanning, 111.00 Temperanceville cong., Ohio pby,..........: 10.45 Rev. A. 0. Pattcrson, D.D '10:00" Boiling Springs, 4,00 First Presbyterian cong, Airy., additional, ~ 4 .50, Contribution for soldiers from Mt. Wash- ,' , ington gong ., Otu,OPby, 18.20 Betkel and Jacksonville cong., Saltsburg Presbytery, 10.50 1 Gilgal cong., Saltsburg Pby; - 8.00 Mount Pleasant cong, Baltsburg 4.00 Marion cong., " " 2.00 . First ch. ' Pittsburgh, " " 1.06 Richland conk., Clarion Pby, 2.50 Clintonville cong., Allegheny ... 2.70 Ebenezer " " 8.00 Salem C 4 2.00 Butler . s• " . 18.00 John Culbertson, Librarian. MIMI Poi the Preebytetien Balmier Acknowledgment. EASTERN SUMMARY. NEW-ENGLAND. A CORRESPONDENT of the N. Y. Exam iner, writing from Boston, communicates the following : " To one who knew Boston well, the change that ten years Itas made is marked. One of the Boston notions is to abandon the old land, and build palaces on the soil redeemed from the marshes. The Maine Railroad Depot stands on the spot where the old millpond once stood, in which many a time I have been in swimming. The staid and sober part of ,old Boston have abandoned to trade, to pleasure, or for eigners, the soil and streets - in which they have lived; and gone South for residences. The Back Bay hotels, the aristocracy and elegant houses are streaming on to the city line south.. " A Struggle is goings on for, the social bentreall are adrift just now- 7 -as many parties claim to be the Hub as there .were cities . t.a 'claim !Homer dead.' The, old unitarian eleipeAt still remains in power. Bot, „it„. is and waning power. The' Transcendental' Section- claim the -life and intellect of the Liberal party, while the old` line, tinder the lead'7 , of Gan nett, 'do not yield to . the new 'demand. "The BpiacoPel'ans arerowing pow 'er..t. They .are recruited from the old-line Unilarians; ; , -and ,the :so-called Orthodox. Many men of eintilince; Who, in the days, of Lyman "Biedier, and later -still, wore' the Wheel-horses ofOrafigelical. Qongregation alism in , ,the have gone, over to, the Bpiscopalians , ,, and 'aid ,to swell that grow-, ing party:,,Bilt the Bishop of Massachu setts does not have all to himself. The :Puieyites, er',,Ad•tient, 'pakty;eleint to, be party of Might ) in. the city, ,And se 'nll, sects spear to be .lionse divided against itself." -, , UNDER. THE EIBA7!ODon t Fire too iligh, the Congregatibitizlise offers some, excellent remarkson 60 subject of "adapting special - sernioha iOrthe eiretiMiabees of the wee. 'alba for lOW they are ,Sppointe#, , Our contemporary- seems 4o; have. specially view the opening sermons , to be 'preached at the approaching anniversaries of certain- benevelent organizations, the ,sUgges • < : tions,made have an applicability far inure widely extended. %Incite the conclUding paragraph : -a,.• " We'rentizie,to Pr f Oriiiiind a rule Of here e los as at least•worthy of consideration , , that aes general rule `the eiqlzitigdisaqurse before a deliberative:Christian aiseinbly shouldainiat immecliitte impresgion;'shOuld be designed, not for leisurely perusal after an interval of months,,but, for direct effeet upon those who have' come 'together ;• that it should be, a fit Prelude for What is to fol low, generating thought, enkindling feel ing, provoking, to - utterance and activity's. and we pronounce the'serthon all the hetter, if it is, ao;phresed that it cannot be repeated elsewhere, and under other circumstances, withont many a,p, erasure and alteration. Let.it, be Binh that no one in the audience can donbt, that it was prepared - for that as sembly or fandy for a Moment in any part of it that he, is likening' to beautiful-ex tracts frOM thanksgiving a, patriotic ser mons of previous „ years `;: Let it be born for that occairon and.let, the occasion give in spiration to the: ddress.' Tiiß,Disten Watchnuin i in .an .article on ' 4 Divorce, remark's • ' • • • " For two'oethr, e, yeas our Legislature ,has' been invited to considerinepositions for'relaxing the 'obligations of the mei- L riage 'bond; by, diminishing the disabil- W es of those who are convicted of violating it. Our law of divorce already goeite the extreme'limit :of Christian- morality; if it does' _net trimacend it. * .* • *- We are glatblenetide that the present, legislature, like its predecessors, has lent no courite- Jaime to such' schemes. The annual in ,quirt' has - been 'proposed, referred to the' appropriate committee, 'and responded - tos with the afprepriate:report, that it•iS 4 in exPedient tb'legislate.' Wetrustothat the representatives of the people may long con tinue Of the game . IT APPEARS that,:nntil within a fei years, no-minister living out of the State of Con necticut Was•allowed to perforrn a marriage ceremony within the State. ' Acoording to the decisions of the Superior Churt, all such marriages were iltegal. In 1857 latir was' passed, -, nullifying the previous stainteS •on the subject,' so that; as the Relxgidus Herald observes : "If any min ister settled in another State has an invite:. Cop !to return to a former field„ of labor. in the laud of steady habits,' and- solemnize the' 'marriage rite for old friends- and` par ishieners, and has a dispositimi to accept the invitation and do the work of et,i tarkgling,:fo. for life, he has a legal right to do AN EASTENN'EXCHANdE says : ' g 4 We learn from the' LowelLpapers ;that the Andover.As'sociati 3 Oi-of - CWiregational ministers, after, their: customary bUsiness - Ineet4Ogi3noitt7rlve ix* t9-'the oirMe.-of •Gerr.i Butler sandand tetiderid through:ona - efithAr number : the 'eipres sion of ilt6ir high appreciation of his pub lic,services,,and their unfeigned, thanks, for the. energy .and devotion to the right which be l -bad shown, and pledged - to . him, in What ever position he ~might be allowed to serve the country,the continuance of._ their good, wishes and theirprayers, aEsuringhim that: they, came not q as, politicians, but as Chris tian.ministeis and,Christian patriots._ The General, replied ,with deep • emotion. He had not expected any such reward ,as this. Most cordially he, thanked them for their good opinions, declariog that he prized (be approval and the,preiers of, no living clasa of men., more, sincerely than thrift of the elergy , of NeW-Hngland. In course of his, remarks .he : . expressed:' the most lively coa l ' viction that the result, of the war would be the freedoin of the country froni, the, cause.' and, existence pf d the rebellion.". , , ltrE W-YOP,K; • e • ; 181!** L IEILALLY ILNOITN that- a Coa vention:of the Laymen of .the Methodist Church in the loyal States, is ,to be held soon 'NeW-York city, having in view mairqy the suhject of Lay Representation., The organs of the denomination - are, wank &sting considerable interest in the ap proaching Meeting. We think the move ment is rather diaapproved of than `other wise by ,the majority of them. " The le compatibility of Lay Representation with the itinerancy, constitutes seemingly the chief -ground of difficulty. *any of the arguments advaneea by. the opposition ap 7 pear weighty and tiOrthy, of Careful , cog sideration. The, ,New l York Yelltp i difk probably-the most zealous supporter of the •r • • $184:05 measure, speaks as follows on the sub ject: " To say that no' plan of Lay Represen tation can be devised, which will work har moniously with the itinerancy, is sheer nonsense. We have seen no evidence that Methodist laymen are enemies of the itin erancy, or that they have any wish to break it down. Supposing lay delegates in the General Conference, they will be found as earnestly desirous' of maintaining Method ism in all its vigor, as the travelling minis ters possibly can be. The laymen of our Church love Methodism, and they can be brought into closer cooperation with the ministry without, sacrificing anything es sential to our systein of government." Tun FOLLOWING NOTION of what is • called the " Mission at St. Francis Xavier's Church," may be interesting to Protestant readers. The Catholic Register, of York, says: " The exercises' f a Missionnommenced last Sunday at St: Francis. Xavier's church, in Sixteenth street ; and.wilL be continued for two weeks, orperhaps for a longertime. The-Mission was opened by Father SWins, , S. J. i .at, the Mass. at, half past . The order-of exercisesnis„ Muffs ands instruction at a-quarter before 'five every morning. Mass -and '?.sermon ; at .nine A. M: At R. Al. the.Beals,and a-sermon, foliewekby • the Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. The exercises in, the dwelt nre for men -women, The.goodd Fathers have. re : . served- file -magnificent:-new; Hall -Of, St. Xavier's- College, ([1(4'04011g ;the church, and. capable of: accommedating two thousand persons, fnr, men exclusively, at the hour of evening exercises: - If it prove necessary, as we doubt not it will ; evening exercises will , be bold for 1. -third congregation, in the; basement. , of the ,ehurch, and, Father S. J., , will. .there preach, the .;Mission. :When the, Mission? closes, uTridtum, in honor of ..the' lately canonized ; Japanese -Martyrs, will be celebrated, :when, we,sup-, pose, the Papal Benediction, ~ s pecially granted , by the Pope, will - be bestowed."- 1". Ar';ilX 'Fuxin* 'STREET Piayer Meet:. 'Leg last_week, a speaker in 'illiistration = of the influence for good which even children are capable of exerting,.related the follow- Of:the. recent powerful work . -of grace ;in - Fall Riier; Masi : " A little boy, bright and intelligent, was converted, who ~.was only ten years old. His parents Were,. entirely : careless on the' subject' of religion;and had not probably been inside a chuPch for years.. The child at epee became .very anxious on their ac cofint, and ':when ' ,`his- his father came in tie would ran to him, and 'putting his aims about him, say, I want you to dome to church, and be a Christian, and go to heav -en with Me: , want you to love 'Jesus right Off."' The boy, would not be diverted, - and at length the father and Mother, yield ing te.his iMpOrtunities, found themselves in the prayer-meeting. Never 'liad they been there before. But the , meeting had only well begun when the fattier, on his own . motien, went forward and turned around and addressed his friends and neigh bore, saying, Fiiends, if you think tree& `can hive mercy on such a sinner as r alh; I want you to,pray for me.' His 'face trayed deep einotion. Instantly the little "boy was on his feet, running around look ing for his mother ; and when he had "found : her he begged . herlo come and kneel beside , his 'father. begged. Seine reldetance she went, and the son knelt between his parent's. .Thaminister called on some one to pray. - He attempted it and broke down. The minister tried,, and 'he failed. Then ' the whole' congregation were melted into. Jeers before thetord." THE Journal of Commerce says of Rev. Dr. Mitten's church, Reformed Dutch " A few years ago it Was a Ion& way up town,' now it seems to be too far grown -town .for many 'of its menibeie, and the=congra-. gation are constantly removing' to the tip ..per part of the city. ' To meet the wishes of the families residing. in that vicinity, services will be held in ',Rutgers chapel the present. Dr.---Huttow will continue pastor of both. congregations, with his son, Rev..M. Htitton, as assistant." . SIXTY New-York gentlemen of-the high est respectability, and having All'aggregate , -wealth of probably not less than two-hun dred millions of dollars, united,' says the' Examiner, - in the . Hon. S. - R . -Chase an invitatiop zto a:dinner r on his next, visit to this city. . Mr. Chase declined the invi tation- on account of the pressure, of.official dutiesi. But 'such - an endorsement dif his financial` ability, and assure - new:of cerium' al . reepect, must be - a lasting :source of pleasure to - him. • : ; Tux LATE Mrs. Blandinw - Dudley, of`A - 1- banj, bequeathed $30,000 to the ,Dudiey` Observatery (of which she was the: fount: der,) for the establishment orkpioreasor ship.-Among her other bequests - was $5OOO to the Albany Orphan Asylum ;- $4OOO to, the North Dutch;Church ;' $lOOO to the Childrees Friend Society' of Allni;• ny ; *ssoo; to the Secend Street Mission' chureti ; and $5OO to the 'African Baptist' church. NatrilAw ~ ./AowsoN, ~of N ' evr-IrPr.k' who. his. at , various. Alines made 'donations -to Williams„ College, amounting in all to abeiat $80,000; has recently died at tlie age of.s3, years. THERE is an excess- of money pressing, on theiniarketifor employmentiwfirst class loans, -, for which there is no adequate' outlet excepting in Government. securities: The receipts: by •Government during the , last•monthhave averaged ab0ut42,000,000 per day, arising from converitions; call-loans, and customs and taxation. • Gold has fluetuated during the week, from 152 to 146, and brokers' .60zday, star ! ling:bills were sold on 'Tuesday atag to 165:• THE EPISCOPAL RECORDER, of this city, deserVedly esteemed for its zealous de: fence, of evangelical truth; has an excellent article on ` the subject of substituting the chanting of the Palter in place of :the singing of, the metrical version con tained in the Episcopal Prayer Book. Among other things it remarks - with com . mendable candor': = = • . • = There are -two•serious objections to the use of our present version. In- the , first, place, we lire singing, unconsciously ;to tur selves,- the Essays and; Reviews!, For, in truth, the very neological tonstruction which. Williams was .tondenined •for• heresy for defending, is sung, by tuiCas if i t were the meaning of the Bible, itself.. We, have drawn •from the most solemn Messian ic Psalms their Messianic meaning, and . sing them as if man were to ;be. savipur, for hiniself. -It was natural that -Tate ,and, Brady - should have thought so, for they were pen of the, world, imbued on l y that theology which, passed current time when the Church had fallen is! If and dedicated to God in baptism, * * fatal torpor. But at all times the Ch • when they come to yearn of discreVo n , if tiara heart felt that the version fell dm"; •,t they be free from scandal," &e. Th us, the original; and now, when present.c ,, , , while the phrase "all baptized persons" i; troversies have brought this question 0' ir general, and embraees all who are baptized, piaeular atonement so closely home to u-- adults as well . as infants, the latter claus e there are few who env turn to verse I,r refers exclunively to infants- The two . which suppress this - element, wrthout .5.4 - - sorts, adult and infant baptism, are jumbled row and pain. And where earn, the con. together indiscriminately, so that no power vents to modern neology find a itroam; of intellect can dovetail them into each Rut this point, than that the Church has inter p. , - other, or produce haimony where there is rated translations going on this false pu it- inextricable confusion. eiple into•her Standards of faith 7". . But perhaps it will be said that by ti a n pi , s. baptized . persons," the Revised .Discipli ne Tim DAILY N:E7li, in noticing the _ means only baptized infants. entannual meetinga the Orthodoi Friet,cs d . oes not remedy the ineoberenbe, as I will in Philadelphia, says : ‘.. This year, the, so- show 'in Another brief article. .: bernessnf the colors they wear has re. -, . . A SE-P a - BYTERIAL dered their appearanceexceptional. 9 . 1 e , color' they most affect chances' tir be the . , eery acme of the present fashion..ll PHILADELPHIA' Leger. states that tbe•anthorities of the Polytechnic Coll , '• Philadelphia; haie decided to open their labdratory for instruction in practical cht ni istrYin. the , aftern'oons, 'Mere are minyl persons, not, regular students of the college', whose' engagenients donut permit ;them to , devote the'whole tlaY to study r and , who yet need to be familiar with the best Methods of Performing chemical - experiments in , . or- der 'to improve , themselves; in the line of their dallY. bigness. Not foray the l young physician, the- apothecaryAnd-theAnechan *Leal dentis4 , =but the , ,photographer, the dyer, the elactrotyper-7a.udlethersOlepend upon chemistry for „many of the improve-, meats in their several vocations . 74E slnisenlPTlosis of the Philadelphia ; Corn , Exchange ,to ,the,:suffcring Irish amount to $5,1811 Five : hindred berm* of Amur, and - sl,4oa,in, !whims almady,been• forwarded., . 'Yee the .liriiebyteriut•Benaei. The Synod of Allegany; at its last meet-` ing, appointed a 'comm]. tee to`take consideration the propriety of changing the nudes: Of the Synod and one of _the two' Presbyteries' of Allegheny and - Allegheilf - City, or the names of - the said tivollireaby teriee report at tihe of Synod. The, reasons for this action` of t Synod are 'tw o, 'the confitsidit and mistakes apt' to result frOm the repetition ; of thiy'name Allegheny, and the unseemly'appearinde pOverty reiourcei"3if garde to appropriate names, as 'alibi* in the use of the same nimeii*aPplied to two of the fOur Pleabyteries'Aia conipeie the: Syned,' and: to the Byribd tittielf-- - Lor 'three times in five. The of thid.comMupicetiiiii is to thafenggeations on tins subject be made to Chaitinan (Rev. John V. Reynolds, Meadville, Pa.,) 'of -the committee kaithig `it in charge, by. such is take an:intereir nn it, 'espeeially Membem 'or the ` Presbytk ries more iminediately-eiMeernelt: For 'the , Pres*terlait Baunei• The *hod Book of Discipline aitssus..Enrrousr—As this new and,re 7 , vise&Discipline must come hef,oret t he,Gen 7 eial Assembly;. and if approved. and sent down-to the. Presbyteries' will have to .he voted upon as'a whole, yea. or fury, without, the pOssibility of Amendment ) It becomes, 'important to examine ; it closely in order, to ascertain th e validity , of-its,pretinsions to supersede the old, and ,establis 3 hed : forin t , With your, strictures in,general, I poneuri, but there is one point ,additional f to which . I beg leave to, direct the -attention of the delegates.to the next,Asserahly. Section IV. of the„first, ckapter, "baptized persons in ; . their-,Aelation to discipline, reads as follows : " All baptized, persons,are anernbers of the Church, are under its care and subject to. its ,government and .discipline { , and when they have arrived, at the..years of ills:: cretion, they are hOund'in perform all., the duties of 'church memberS. 'lt is' offiee of the church, t ere ore nuse-the proper means, in dependence on- Divine graee bringing them to repentance and faith, that they mayrightly perform their duty." 7 ' bilciwl. , b - eg leave to say, with all due def erence enthe venerable" Committee'otite2: vision," ( that there is here a very; singular confusion of ideas. Let us analyze theUe; tion- - proMising 'that ..po tthe Committee were appointed'for the very purpose of - in: arranging, any Uppearanen . of conftsinn, rectifying: mistakes, barn:Ll:tilling contra didions and illuminating „dirk pineei in' Book' Of. Discipline," we are entitled to 'expect; after so Protracted a term of la berfous effort; that - all should 'be clear as " All baptized persons aremembers of the Church." Is this.:strictly snit's:No lutely- true ? Suppose a member to he —4 - communiCated-4s he kill meraber the Church," or does eirtoninitiniizi-Omi destroy his baPtisni ' go that lie line longer: " a baptized person?" Taken in . it ` plain, literal sense,:the:stateifient leads to this contraffietork result, , Again Bp ".'the Churek" is, meant " the visible Church "-discipline, in the very nature - of - thedaSe; hiving no relation to " the Church invisible." But in what sense is it true that-" aabitotized;-.pfirsons are members , of the visible.Chirch"? Who are "members? of -the Church'??, -How are they filezeribed our Standards ?, Take,thiskexample,:- " Baptism is not to be, adminietred,to any that are out . of the vis ible Church till they pfofess their faith in Christ and obedience:to,. him ; bAt, the in fants,4,of such as = are members of, the visible bhurch are to be baptized."—Shorter 95.,, Now look into the I.argerpatechisro, 186, anitsee the meaning attached to the phrase, " members of the visible :Church :" thus, "but infants, descending from,;par= ' etas; either both or but one of them pro fesszng faith in Ohrist ando6e*nce,tohim, are, to be baptizeo2f, .Xlero are twofoinisi of