THE POPULATION OF TURKEY.-The whole Turkish empire, according to the census made for the assessment of the "tenths," comprises in the aggregate a population of nearly 42,000,000, of which 18,000,000 are in Europe and 24,000,000 in Asia. Servia, Moldavia, and Wallachia number 6,000,000 inhabitants, so that there remains a population of 36,000,000 for Turkey proper. Setting aside the provinces enjoying self-government, this population is divided into eleven different races: Greek races, 2,000,000; Armenians, 2,500,000; Syrians and Chaldeans, 300,000; Sclaves, 6,000,000; and Albanians, 2,000,000: total, 12,800,000. These constitute the Christian element. Including in it the Syrians and Chaldeans, we can not reasonably add to it the 300,000 Jews found in those countries. Now follows the Mussulman portion, composed of 15,800,000 souls, without reckoning 160,000 Tartars, 100,000 Turcomans, 5,600,

000 Arabians, 40,000 Druses, and 1,000,000 Kurds; or, in all, 6,900,000 Mohammedans of different kinds. To sum up, there are Christians, 12,800,000; Mohammedans, 6.900,000; and Mussulmans, 15,800,000; or a total population of 35,500,000; to which must be added, to make up the number of 36,000,000, the 300,000 Jews, and about 200,000 Gipsies, who have no religion.

BURR'S BURIAL-PLACE.-There has been at various times considerable dispute about the burial and grave of Colonel Aaron Burr. A correspondent in Princeton gives the following as the facts: "Colonel Burr was buried, according to his own request, in the Princeton Cemetery, within a few days after his decease. His remains were accompanied to Princeton by several relatives and friends from New York, and they were deposited near the grave of his father, Rev. Aaron Burr, the second President of Princeton College. In regard to his monument, there is no mystery or secrecy about it. The monument was purchased by one or more of his near relatives, and it was put up in open daylight, and not at midnight, as has been asserted."

AFRICAN EXPLORATIONS.-The African travelers are generally unfortunate people. Dr. Livingstone was murdered in Zanzibar. Girard was murdered or drowned. An English consul and missionaries are still prisoners in Abyssinia, with little hope of relief. The English Government has sent out a party of artisans with guns and machinery for the Emperor Theodore, in exchange for the consul and missionaries, but who knows that he will not keep them all? The men who are on the way have, however, agreed to take the chances. M. Du Chaillu got safe home, but his book is a story of difficulties and disasters. There is no telling what may be done for Africa hereafter, but Africa at present is a pretty hopeless case.

CURIOSITIES OF PHOTOGRAPHY.-Photographers have taken the sun himself," when in eclipse; they have caught an impression of a shell whizzing through the air, discharged from the mouth of a 36-inch mortar; they have caught the wave as it broke on the shore, the sun depicting even the drops falling from its toppling crest; more, they have not failed in getting a "good impression" of the head of a criminal executed by the guillotine, catching the severed head in mid-air as it fell into the basket below. Photographic bookmarks and visiting-cards are sold by the thousand, while photographic shirt-studs and waistcoat buttons,

ornamented with microscopic miniatures, are now be ing daily produced in countless numbers at the button manufactories in Prussia; portraits of a popular person, Garibaldi for instance, being ordered by the hundred thousand at a time! On the authority of a careful English writer, all this photographing requires the use of no less than twenty tuns of silver per annum!

DRINKING IMPURE WATER.-Set a pitcher of icewater in a room, inhabited, and in a few hours it will have absorbed from the room nearly all the respired and perspired gases of the room, the air of which will have become purer, but the water utterly filthy. This depends on the fact that the water has the faculty of condensing and absorbing all the gases, which it does without increasing its own bulk. The colder water is, the greater its capacity to contain these gases. At ordinary temperature a pint of water will contain a pint of carbonic acid gas, and several pints of ammonia. This capacity is nearly doubled by reducing the temperature to that of ice. Hence water, kept in the room awhile, is always unfit for use, and should be often renewed, whether it has become warm or not. And for this same reason, the water in a pump-stock should all be pumped out in the morning before any is used. That which has stood in the pitcher over night is not fit for coffee water in the morning. Impure water is more injurious to the health than impure air, and every person should provide the means of obtaining fresh, pure water for all domestic uses.

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THE ARCTIC NIGHT.-Dr. Hayes thus describes the night near the north pole: "The darkness of the night can not be appreciated by any unless personally experiencing it. It is a darkness that can be felt. Although no effect seemed to be produced on the phys ical faculties, it was a severe strain on the mental. Repose is withdrawn. The desire for sleep gives place to an intense longing for light. The heart yearns for new companionship; any thing but the same stern darkThe silence so dreary and profound becomes at last a terror, yet one which, however terribly haunted, must still be endured. The scene at times is grand beyond description-the mountain peaks stand out in all their cold distinctness; the stars even, seem to pierce sharply through the clear sky; the moon's clear light sends a chill of discomfort. Nothing seems to blend, but on the contrary every thing stands out abruptly and distinct. The quiet that every-where reigns is terrible in itself. The mind can find no rest, but wanders out into the vast space to escape present scenes and find something to cling to. The constellations so familiar at home lost their charm; the Pleiades their softness; no footfall gladdens the ear; no wild beast even breaks the stillness. Silence has ceased to be a negative, it stands a frightful specter; it is unendurable, and the foot thrust into the snow to relieve the calm, causes a start almost of fear."

EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL.-Experiments made by Drs. Ringer and Rickards on men and animals go to show that the temperature of the body falls nearly as fast after the use of alcohol in doses sufficient to produce intoxication, as after death itself. The facility with which drunkards freeze to death is explained by this fact. The abuse of alcohol also accounts for one-fifth of the insanity in the country.

JEWISH REFORMS.-It is announced that this year, on the occasion of the world's Exhibition, all the rabbis of Europe are to assemble at Paris, to hold a general council or great sanhedrim. The questions to be discussed and decided are, 1. The abolition of the religious laws that forbid the Jews to eat certain articles of food. 2. The abolition of polygamy among the Jews in Algiers, and of the custom by which an unequal inherit

ance is established between male and female descendants. It is said that the French Government looks with favor on these proposed reforms in Algiers. There are in that country 40,000 Jewish families that are not yet subjected to all the regulations of the Code Napoleon.

SPIRITUAL DECLINE IN HOLLAND.-The Reformed Church of Holland was one among the many Churches that grew out of the Reformation. Near the beginning of the seventeenth century her Calvinism was fiercely assailed and torn by Arminius. In the next century the infidelity of France was introduced extensively into Holland through the writings of Voltaire and Rousseau. Now the infidelity of Germany is taught in her theological schools, and of course is preached from her pulpits. It is essentially the same sort which is seeking to establish itself within the Unitarian pale in this country.

RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN PARIS DURING THE EXPOSITION. There will be an immense gathering of strangers in Paris from all parts of Europe and of the world, and we are glad to see that provision is to be made for the spiritual wants of this great multitude. An English correspondent writes that the Bishop of London has called for large sums, which will be amply supplied, for providing preaching in Paris during the great Exhibition. Mr. Spurgeon has secured a large building for the same purpose. Other Dissenters will occupy other places. Thus Protestants of different nations English, Scotch, and Irish, and Americans-will be

habitants; in 1860, one communicant for every four inhabitants, omitting fractions. During this period, the population has increased nearly sixfold, and the communicants have increased fourteen and a half fold; therefore the increase of Church membership has been two times and a half greater than that of the population.

DREW THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.-The Drew Theological Seminary will be opened early in the Autumn with two classes certainly, and three if needed, at which time some of the professors will be on the ground to give the necessary instructions. Accommodations have been provided for seventy-five students, who will receive room-rent and tuition free, and board will be provided at very low rates.

GENESEE COLLEGE.-The movement to remove Genesee College from Lima to Syracuse, or somewhere in that locality, is likely to be consummated. A public meeting has just been held at Syracuse to consider the question of petitioning the Legislature to grant the city permission to issue its bonds for the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, the money thus obtained to be given to Genesee College to aid the funds of the institution. After a full discussion, it was resolved to ask authority, on condition that the College be endowed previously to the extent of four hundred thousand dollars. Should the project be carried out the institution will occupy a central location, be provided with ample buildings, and a cash endowment of half a million of dollars.

UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.-The Christian Instructor gives the following account of the progress of the United Presbyterian Church since its formation by the union of the Associate and Associate Reformed Presbyterian Churches in 1858:

In the eight years of her history her home missions have increased in funds for its treasury from $8,682 to $20,838; the foreign missions from $8,574 to $112,276. There was no education, publication, Church extension, or freedmen's mission boards; but now all these are in active existence, with an aggregate last year of nearly $40,000, raised for them. Then the whole amount raised for all purposes in the whole Church was $22,989; now, for the year ending the 30th of April last, it was 589,052. Then the average amount paid by each

member of the whole Church was 41 cents; now, during the last ecclesiastical year, it was $9.02. Then there were 408 ministers and licentiates; now there are 539. Then there were 634 churches; now there are 685. Then we had nine foreign missionaries, male and female-not counting the wives and children-now there are nineteen on our list. Then there were two Churches-one at Sealkote and one at Damascus-now we have nine well-organized Churches in the heathen world.

METHODIST MISSIONARY OPERATIONS.-The missionary operations of the Methodist Episcopal Church are conducted on a large scale. Appropriations for the current year in support of the mission establishment amount to $1,030,978. The number of foreign missionaries employed is as follows:

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Whereupon it appeared that returns had been received from all the Annual Conferences, with the following results:

On Change of Name, 1,577 votes have been cast; yeas, 1,168; nays, 409. The affirmative vote being less than the required three-fourths, this question was pronounced lost.

On Lay Representation, 1,570 votes have been cast: yeas, 1,199; nays, 371. The affirmative vote being the required three fourths of the whole, this question was pronounced carried.

WOMEN IN INDIA.-The condition of women in

India, even of the upper classes, is as low and degraded as it is possible to conceive. Till recently they have been beyond the reach of Christian influence. We are glad to learn from a correspondent of the Boston Recorder that the Gospel is beginning to make its way among them. Christian ladies from this country and England are finding their way into the hitherto secluded retreats of their sisters in India, and are carrying the Gospel where none but Christian women can carry it. Their labors, with other causes, are

CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCHOOL PAPER-The Catholic Standard says: We are informed that a neat little paper, for the use of Sunday schools, is soon to be issued in New York. It will supply a want long felt, and we have no doubt that it will tend largely to the promotion of sound Catholic doctrine"

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH SOUTH.-On Tuesday, April 16th, the Book Editor, at the request of the Bishops, joined them in gathering, verifying, and casting up the votes of the Annual Conferences on the two questions-Change of Name and Lay Representa tion-submitted by the late General Conference.

Great numbers of Hindoo husbands and fathers are beginning to feel a lively interest in the visits of those missionary ladies to their families, and affording them encouragement and aid in their work.

MADAGASCAR.-Six French priests, besides Sisters of Mercy, have been added to the Popish mission in Madagascar, which is now as strong in European agency as the Protestants, but its congregations are not oneeighth as large.

JEWS IN HOLLAND.-There are about 100,000 Jews in Holland, of whom one-third are in the capital, and the proselytes to Christianity steadily increasing.

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We devote a great deal of attention to the department of illustration in the Repository, and it is very gratifying both to the editor and the artists to find these efforts so well appreciated by those for whom they are made. We are prepared to promise our subscribers still more and better things in this department of the Repository. From one of our contributors we have received the following "glimpse of heaven's joy," suggested by our engraving:

Hail, holy ones! though ye are mounting to the skies,
Pause ye, O pause! and give my favored spirit's vision
A moment's gaze ere you pass the gates of paradise,
To dwell amid those scenes all sunny and elysian.
O spirits pure! may not this throbbing heart of mine
Grow holier far by reason of this sight divine?

Away from heaven's broad, beauteous entrance-street,
Nor stay the gushings of that glad, triumphant song,
Which ye will hymn in concert at the Savior's feet.
But O, my soul will stronger, fairer, nobler be,
For this sweet, heavenly sight that God is granting me!
O angel guide! thy home's bright light around thee plays,
And on thy lovely face, so happy and serene,

I read thy blessed teachings: "Worthy He of praise,
Who by his precious blood cleanseth from all sin.
Ransomed sister-spirit, yonder keep thine eyes,
And see the ruby walls which there in beauty rise."

Yes, raptured one, well mayest thou look with gaze intense

Up to that wondrous world where Christ in glory reigns,

O, upward keep that gaze! let not thine eyes turn thence,

Down to this world of sin, of sorrows, and of pains.
Onward, upward take your way to that home of joy,
Blessed ones, free for aye from sinning's dark annoy!
On-speed on to heaven now! let naught your flight impede!
Bliss the glorious Godhead gives is yours evermore!

O, this that I have felt has been my spirit's need,
And for it I will bow, and Jesus will adore,

And in the toilsome paths that may my feet await,
This influence felt and lesson learned, I will not forget.
And O, when mine it be to lie in weakness down,

And feel the faint-grown pulsing growing fainter still,
Then, precious Christ, thy child in death leave not alone,
But with me be, and let thy peace my bosom fill.
And when my eyes shall close, O Jesus, God of love,
Bear me in thy faithful arms to our home above.

F. M. M.

OUR ENGRAVINGS FOR JUNE-For the present month we furnish two engravings that we know will be welcomed by our readers. The portrait of Mrs. Sarah Wesley, wife of Rev. Charles Wesley, the poet of Methodism, we have secured through Rev. Samuel Dunn, of England, who accompanies the engraving with an admirable article on Mrs. Wesley. The portrait is authentic, and we think is the only genuine steel engraving of this excellent lady that has appeared in this country. To Mr. Dunn we are also indebted for the portrait of Mrs. Adam Clarke, and the many who were delighted with his former sketch, will find an equally-interesting and instructive one in this of Mrs. Wesley. Mr. Wellstood, the artist, has pleased us greatly in this picture.

"The Little Foragers" is furnished by Mr. Hinshelwood from a picture by A. F. Tait. Mr. Tait holds the first position in America as a painter of animals, and is preeminent in the department of birds. The present picture was painted for his friend, James M. Hart, an artist whose landscapes have frequently adorned the Repository. We esteem ourselves highly favored in getting one of these pictures of Mr. Tait, as they are in such demand and command such prices that Mr. Tait has hesitated to allow any of his pictures to be engraved. We desire in this connection to call the attention of our readers to a very beautiful form in which Mr. Tait's pictures are now being issued. L. Prang & Co., fine-art publishers, of Boston, have placed on our table two specimens of their "chromolithographs' after Tait. The first is a group of chickens, in all the naturalness of form, gracefulness of attitude, and richness of coloring which characterize Mr. Tait's pictures. The second is a group of quails, two parents and their family of ten little ones. Nothing can surpass the beauty of this picture but the painting itself, and, indeed, the general impression of the picture is as pleasing as that of the painting itself, except of course that we miss the delicate touches of the artist's brush. As a delightful substitute for the costly originals these chromo-lithographs will be every-where welcomed by the lovers of the beautiful. L. Prang & Co. have made exclusive arrangements with Mr. Tait for issuing his pictures in this form, and they can be had from them through the mail, by addressing the publishers at 159 Washington-street, Boston. We unhesitatingly pronounce these chromo-lithographs vastly superior to many of the expensive paintings that we find on the walls of some of our friends' houses.

DANCING AND OTHER THINGS.-The New York Evening Gazette says that in many families this season dancing has been discarded. In its place more elegant and intellectual diversions have been given, and with great success. Fine readings and recitations, ending, in some cases, in delicious suppers, the whole entertainment being over long before midnight, have been the novelty. We are glad to learn this fact, and to

know that the same thing is true also of this city. Some of our best citizens are beginning to discard from their families these silly and worse than useless amusements, and to substitute for them something more rational and less harmful. We notice also that some of our Churches have been providing a better entertainment for their young people in the form of lyceums, societies, and social gatherings of a pure and entertaining character. This is as it should be. We can not ignore the mirthful side of human nature, especially in the young, and true wisdom consists in supplanting the vicious and dangerous amusements by entertainments that are wise and harmless. In our next number we will give the first of a series of articles on this whole question of amusements from the pen of one who has given it much study. We hope both parents and young people will give them a perusal.

THE NEW MISSION-HOUSE.-We are glad to learn that there is a good prospect of our Laving better accommodations in the city of New York for the necessities of our Missionary Society. The Board of Managers have purchased a building and lot on the north-west corner of Fifth Avenue and Thirteenthstreet, for the purpose of the new Mission-House. The building consists of a double dwelling, three stories high, with brown-stone front, which can be fitted up for use at comparatively small expense. The price paid for the property was $105,000. According to the New York Advocate it is not fully determined whether the permanent Mission House of the Society will be located at that point. It is hinted that a suitable location may be secured hereafter for the erection of buildings which shall accommodate both the missionary and general publishing interests of the Church. This is very desirable, as the present out-of-the-way and obscure location of our publishing interest is unsuitable and beneath the dignity of our Church in this department. It has long been a matter of regret that the step was not taken years ago when a good location might have been obtained at a reasonable cost.

THE REMOVAL OF THE CONCORD BIBLICAL INSTITUTE.-The site for the new Theological Seminary, instead of the Concord Biblical Institute, has at last been secured. Thirty-one acres on Aspinwall Hill in Brookline have been purchased. It is represented as an admirable location, less than three miles from the State-House, and visible from the Common, Boston, and is the natural terminus of Commonwealth Avenue, which Zion's Herald thinks when completed will be the finest street in America. The prospect commands the ocean, city, and surrounding woods and towns. It is expected the building will be ready for occupancy by the academic year of 1868. Meantime, after next September, students will pursue their course in Boston.

ARTICLES ACCEPTED.-Drops from Heaven; Willie; Growing Old; The Isles of Eastern Asia; Rufus Choate;

Mysteries; Come unto Me and Rest; Memory's Hall; The Passover Night.

ARTICLES DECLINED.-Fatalism; At Night; A Dewdrop; The Great Commission; Earth's Changes; Drifted Away; The Pleasant Rain; The Gospel; Whose I would be; Sunset; Memory.