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NF.YIN M.WAKK 



it* chief branch** are the Vimm* and I 



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Nevada and Oregon, running north 



ih in NeTada: the Nevada Central, running south 



from Battle Mountain to I/. .11. > ".. miles ; the Eureka 

 and Palisade, running south to Eureka. '.*i miles. 

 SOOK- of these have also smaller l.-cal branches. On 

 all railroad* in the State Indians are allowed to ride 



: 



In ls-7 the total nuiiiU-r of children 

 nder 21 was stated to be 14. .7 of whom i i.-j 



white. The allciidan.v in the |uiblie schools was re- 

 i at 98i<, but four districts tailed to re|M.rt. 

 From the State school fund over $63,000 wa appor- 

 tioned among the districts This fund contained 

 $1 J7.i i-h. while State and I". S. l-onds swell 



the total to $'.i> 1 . 2"ii".. Part of the school fund was 

 used in buildin- the State Insane Asylum, tit Ken.. 

 In 1S>."> the Nevada State I'nivcrsity was transferred 

 from Elko in the eastern, to Reno in the western part 

 of the State. In February. ISM'., the new buildimr. 

 costing about $20.000, was opened with two instructors 

 and 56 students, chiefly in the preparatory department 

 There is a State Orphans' Home in Carson City, with 

 52 inmates. 



Indium. There are in Nevada about 9500 Indians: 

 Pah-Utes, 300 Pi-Utes; Shoshones, 4200. and 

 Washoes. .">00. About 1300 remain permanently on 

 the three Indian Reservations. Pyramid Like. Walker 

 Lake, and Duck Valley. Nearly '.MHKl of them wear 

 citizens' dress. About 900 speak English, and about 

 400 can read. On the reservations the schools are well 

 attended, but elsewhere there is no provision for their 

 instruction. The Indians are generally industrious 

 lalmrcrs. but they live around the towns and rely on 

 the white population for employment and support. 



(J. o. M.) 



NKVIN. JOHN WILLIAMSON (1803-1SN.). theolo- 



S'an, was born at Shippcnsburg. Pa.. Feb. 20, 1803. 

 e was of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and graduated at 

 I'nion College, 1S21, but on account of feeble health 

 spent the next two years at home. Then entering on 

 the study of theology at Princeton, he became so well 

 versed in Hebrew that when l>r. Charles Hodge went 

 to Europe in IS'Jii. Nevin was appointed to supply the 

 chair of Oriental and Biblical Literature. His hand- 

 !>ok of Iti'Mifnl .[iitii/iiitii.i. then prepared, had a wide 

 circulation. On being licensed to preach in 1S2> he 

 was called to the newly established Presbyterian 'I hco 

 logical Seminary, at Allegheny, Pa., as assistant pro 

 fesaor of Hebrew and Biblical Literature. Ten years 

 were s|M-nt here, during which his character as a leader 

 of religious thought was manifested. ( )n the one hand 

 he oppoaed slavery, infidelity, and worldly tendencies 

 in the church ; on the other he opposed the increasing 

 tendency to individualism in religion. He was thn- 

 L-ivc prominence to the historical church as a 

 divine institution. Regarding the (Jerman Reformed 

 Church a* more true to the principles and us 

 tbe Reformation he joined that denomination it. 

 He was then made professor of theology in its semi- 

 nary at Merecrsburg, Pa., and in Is. In he succeeded l>r. 

 \ Ranch as |, resident of Marshal) College there 

 id. itc on I'hi An.riniix llfnrh (184.'.) caused a 

 brisk controversy within and hryond the Reformed 

 Church. In 1S44 Dr. Nevin received as his colleague 

 Dr. Philip Schaff. whose l'rit,<;'/,/, ,,f //-/. ^,i,,tixni In- 

 had already translated into English.' In Is to he pub 

 toned Tke Mfdiuil /\a*ii< - , which set forth the do.- 

 trine of the Kelormed Church in regard to the l/ird's 

 Supper The lheoliiiric.il views here iircsented met 

 I'poMtion even in the Kelormed Church, but !>r. 

 Ni-vin earnestly and ably maintained them as the his 

 torical creed of the church. With his friends he 

 established in 1st'.' the M A'-r/.ir, f ur the 



defence and ex|M,sili..n of this tl IOL-V. and conducted 



it with abilitv lor four years, when he relinquished the 

 task to Others. In I V,| Marshall College had I 



moved to Lancaster, Pa., and united with Franklin 

 College, and Dr. Nevin retained the pn --idency until 

 II.- then retired from profeMoria] work, but 

 continued to preach and to write. He had also much 

 to do with the preparation of a new English liturgy 

 for the Reformed Church. In I.M'd he undertook the 

 duties of professor of history in Franklin and Marshall 

 College, and in !>, again became its (.resident, and 

 held the office for ten years. Thereafter lie lived in 

 retirement at I>anca.ster until his death on . I unc t',. 1886. 

 Dr. Nevin was one of the foremost theologians of 

 I America. He set forth the person of Christ as the 

 true centre of theology, the visible church as his body, 

 and its ministers and ordinances as the ap|Hiinted 

 channel of divine grace. His views were not summed 

 up in any single work adequate to his reputation, but 

 were given it; occasional treatises and discourses and in 

 liblltiolls to the MII-I; i-i.l,ii,-i/ I'iritir. Beside-i 

 /''. I/ V V//,M/ /' -i. vi <v may IK' mentioned Tin Apngtlet 

 (}reed: lit Origin. Gmttfatia*, <m<l I'lmi (IM'.i); 

 A'- i-iliiti,iii a*dfttaemptifm(\yjO); Tin A'- 

 (,'<></ in Christ (IS71) ; Clu-ist <(</ His Xjiirit (! 



His son, ROHKUT JKNKINS NKVIN. during the civil 

 war commanded a battery of artillery, and afterwards 

 took orders in the Protestant Episcopal Church. He 

 has been for some years rector of the American Church 

 of St. Paul's within the walls at Koine. Italy. 



NEW ALBANY, a city of Indiana, comity-seat of 

 Floyd CO., is on the N. bank of the Ohio River, nearly 

 opposite I/ouisville, on the 1/ouisvillc, New Albany, 

 and Chicago, the l-oiiisville, Evansville. and St. Louis, 

 and the Jeffersonville. Madison, and Indianapolis Rail- 

 roads. Two other railroads are in processor construc- 

 tion. The city has a court-house, U. S. government 

 building, 4 national banks. 1 daily and 4 weekly news- 

 papers, 18 churches and 10 schools, and Do Pauw Fe- 

 male Colleire. New Albany is the largest manufactur- 

 ing city in I ndiana. having 141' industrial establishments, 

 comprising iron and brass foundries, rolling-mills, flour, 

 woollen, and cotton-mills, tanneries, shoe, chair, basket, 

 and box factories, potteries, stone and brick yards. 

 The glass-works are the largest west of Pittsburgh. 

 New Albany is lighted with gas, and has water-works 

 with :; reservoirs. Its property is valued at $9,000,000, 

 and its public debt is $400,000. Settled in 1814, it was 

 incorporated in is it 1 .. In 1880 it had a population of 

 16,423, but it is now estimated to have over 20, (K). 



NEWARK, the principal city of New Jersey, 

 county-seat of Essex co., is on the I'.i- 

 River, 3 miles above Newark 

 W. of New York. 



See Vol. XVII. 



,.. 370 (p. 379 "; 



Am. Rep.). ' 



Four railroads maintain frequent com- 

 munication with the metro|K)lis. The city, excellently 

 laid out with well-paved, shady, and well drained 

 streets, and several small parks, has somewhat of a 

 rural appearance in spite ot'it- abundant factories, which 

 entitle it to be called the " Birmingham of America." 

 It occupies a site aliout live miles long by five broad, 

 and on the river front there is a line of docks over a 

 mile long. It has public buildings for city, county. 

 and government purposes. 11 national banks, 5 savings 

 banks, and other financial and insurance companies, ILM 

 churches, a high school, and .".(I public schools. K-sides 

 excellent private schools. Over 400 manufactories 

 here produce a great variety of articles, including 

 brass- and iron yvork. machinery, carriages, saddlery, 

 harness, trunks, hats, hardware, and jewelry. The 

 innual product is valued at $60,000,000. The city has 



IMS and electric lights, a g 1 supply of water from the 



upper Passaie. and a paid lire department. Newark 

 :lled in li.i'.i 1 , by a Puritan colony from Connect- 

 icut, and the inhabitants have long maintained a high 

 moral and religious character. It received a city char- 

 ter in iS.'Io. and soon afterward the foreign element 

 liiL-ily increased, as it still continues to do. The pop- 

 ulation in 1 sso was 1 :;r,..".os. and is now estimated to 

 exceed 150,000. Its suburbs extend west to Orange, 

 and south nearly to Elizabeth. 



