The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-01-25

Government ; one. and including the
: subscription houses These firms
are all II twenty fowls or cities, lR
fourteen States. The city Of New
York alone contains eighty OF them;
Philadelphia thirty-0ne; Boston
twenty five: Hartford eight; Cinein-
natl FIVE; Albany four; Chicagof6ur;
Springfield, Massachusetts, and San
Francisco. each two, and the follow
ing one apiece: Battle Greek, Mich,
namely, the Seventh Day Baptist Pub
fishing Society; Hallowell, Ne;
Hinsdale. N. H; Louisville, Ky;
New Haven, Conn; Northampton,
Mass. Portland. Ne. St. Louis, Mo. !;
Syracuse, New York; Washington,
D. Q (namely, The Government
and Wilson, y. G. ta .lE
BISHOP SIMPSON lectured in Mt.
Pleasant, Iowa, by invitation Of the
Y. Nj. @. A. and for the benefit of
the Iowa WesleyaB University. De-
cember 18th and Goth. During his
visit he also delivered an address to
the students Of the University. The
veners BILE DIR. Elliott was on the ros-
trum, and the Bishop, pointing to
him, said that near forty years ago he
had walked eighty miles, carrying his
little bundle Of clothes, and became
student under the Doctor. when he
was President of Madison College.
The venerable Doctor. the eloquent
Bishop, and the touching allusion of
the past, made the scene most i'm
pressive and affecting.
From the Providence Journal. Jan. IO.[
BISHOP SMITH. OF KENTUCKY,
PRESIDING BIsHoP.-By the death of
Bishop Hopkins, the place of Pre-
siding Bishop In the Protestant Epis-
copal Church Of the United States,
now belongs to the Right Reverend
Benjamin Bosworth Smith, ID. D.. of
Kentucky Both he and Bishop Me-
Ilvaine, of Ohio, we're consecrated at
October 81, 1881: but the conseera-
the services of the. occasion, and he
is consequently the next in the order
of his succession. He resides It
Frankfort, Kentucky. He is a native
of Rhode Island. having been born
In Bristol in 1874, and graduated
at Brown University In the class
of 1910. He studied theology
with Bishop Griswold, who then re-
sided at Bristol, and was ordained
Deacon in 1878, and Presbyter in
1919. He was some years settled 10
Middlebury, VT. and afterwards in
Virginia, whence he removed to Ken
lucky. He is a man of great excel
fence of character. and belongs to
the Evangelical or Low Church party.
During the civil war he maintained
the truest loyalty to the Union, and
in its earliest stages especially, while
the position of Kentucky was dubi-
Gus, he made his influence very widely
felt ID the State IN supporting the
Government and promoting the cause
of the Union. 10 consequence of the
extent of his diocese and his own in
creasing inhrmities. it lately became
necessary to choose an assistant
bishop, and the Right Rev. G.. d.
Cummings, d. ID. was consecrated in
that Office IN Nove mber, 1866.
PASTORAL AID ,SooIETIEs-A new
question IS just now engaging the
attention of the Methodist pastors of
Philadelphia and vicinity-that of
inaugurating system Of pastoral
aid societies., composed of ladies Of
the Church. The work suggested is
that Of sub districting the territory
embraced in their congregations, In
order to visit the sick and needy.
gather the children into the Sunday
Schools, encourage attendance upon
religious services, and give religious
counsel wherever needed. Ia short,
the work proposed Is that of aiding
the pastor by regular systemat:eal
plan of labor. Bishop Simpson has
given his endorsement to the move
ment, and the preachers meeting, by
a unanimous vote. agreed to take the
subject into consideration, and report
Monday of last week. = Western
Christian ADVOCATE.
VERY interesting meetings are being
held in the Fourth Street Theatre,
Cincinnati. They are held every Sun
day afternoon, and have been in pro-
gress for some time. At a recent
meeting, one of the exercises was the
recitation of Whittier's poem on Pal
estine.
RoMANIsTs AND Our PUEBLO
SCHoOLs.-The Universe, the organ
of the Roman Catholics in Philadel
phia, recently used the following
coarse language respecting the public
school system Of this country. Speak
ing of that city. it says:
There are multitudes of Catholic
Ia the public schools here,
aud these same schools are quite as
destructive of faith as the U9iversi-
tieS ~ FnolaDd The CatbolIc