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era! works of great merit ; among them were 

 "Political Fallacies," a very clear exposition 

 of the reasoning by which secession was 

 justified; " Sanctification ; " "The Taberna- 

 cle, or the Gospel according to Moses ; " "Sab- 

 batismos ; " an Essay on Baptism ; and a work 

 on which he had long been engaged, a " Com- 

 mentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews." He 

 was also, during this period, a frequent con- 

 tributor to the periodical press. Jefferson Col- 

 lege conferred upon him the degree of D. D. 

 in 1833, and Butgers that of LL. D. in 1856. 

 Thus much is to be said of his literary and edu- 

 cational career. But, during all those years, 

 he had also been an active theologian, and had 

 exerted a powerful influence in the higher ju- 

 dicatories of the Presbyterian Church. A most 

 decided Calvinist, both by early education and 

 conscientious conviction, he tolerated neither 

 in the churches of which he was pastor, nor 

 in the councils of the Church, any departure 

 from the standards of orthodoxy. In the di- 

 vision of the Presbyterian Church, which took 



place in 1837, he took an active part in behalf 

 of the Old School. He demanded a rigid ad- 

 herence to the views of Calvin and Turretin, 

 and the explanations of them given by what 

 was then known as the Princeton School ; and 

 himself instituted the original charges of un- 

 soundness in doctrine against Rev. Albert 

 Barnes, of Philadelphia. In the whole con- 

 troversy he was the ablest champion of the 

 Old School orthodoxy, and his great logical 

 power, his eloquence, and his profound theo- 

 logical learning, made him an opponent to be 

 feared. In- 1844 he was moderator of the 

 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church 

 (O. S.), and his address, announcing the ex- 

 odus of the Free Church of Scotland from the 

 Kirk, is still remembered for its glowing elo- 

 quence. The years which followed had their 

 softening effect on the sternness of Dr. Jun- 

 kins's denunciations of what he deemed her- 

 esy; but he was throughout life a vigorous 

 and strong thinker, and an able polemical 

 writer and speaker. 



KANSAS. The Legislature of Kansas, which 

 met on the 14th of January, continued in ses- 

 sion until the 3d of March. Few measures of 

 any but local interest or importance were con- 

 sidered. Resolutions were introduced indors- 

 ing the action of Congress in impeaching the 

 President, but no further attention was given 

 to national affairs. A bill passed both Houses 

 allowing all persons to practise law in the 

 State without distinction of color or sex. The 

 commissioners appointed under the act of 

 February 18, 1867, to revise and codify the 

 statutes,- submitted a report containing 1,200 

 printed pages, which occupied much of the at- 

 tention of the Assembly. This report, after some 

 amendment, was adopted, as the body of Re- 

 vised Statutes of the State. A proposition so 

 to amend the criminal law as to abolish the 

 death-penalty in all cases was rejected by a 

 decisive vote. Codes regulating the procedure 

 both in civil and criminal suits were adoped. 

 The stringent law respecting the sale of intox- 

 icating liquors heretofore in force was some- 

 what modified, and now leaves the regulation 

 of this traffic in the larger cities to the muni- 

 cipal authorities. A subject which demanded 

 and received a large share of attention was 

 the condition of the State finances, which 

 were represented to be a good deal embar- 

 rassed. The expenses of the courts were re- 

 duced one-third ; many salaries were cut down, 

 and a disposition was shown to postpone, for 

 the present, any liberal appropriations for pub- 

 lic institutions. Moreover, the State tax was 

 increased from four to five and a half mills on 

 the dollar. The actual financial situation is 

 exhibited in the following tables : 



Liabilities and Resources of the State, Nov. 30, 1868. 



LIABILITIES. 



6 per cent, bonds, funding Territorial debt. $60.500 00 



6 ' refunding taxes 39,675 00 



7 ' current expenses, 1861... 204,000 00 

 7 ' internal improvement... 70,00000 



7 ' Capitol building 250,000 00 



7 ' Penitentiary building.... 260,00000 



7 ' Deaf and Dumb Asylum I 



building f 



7 " Insane Asylum building. 

 7 " military 

 10 " Agricultural College 



15,500 00 



20,000 00 

 170,000 00 

 5,500 00 



Outstanding State warrants 290,254 



military " 4,60911 



Territorial" 8,15423 



Total $1,398,192 37. 



RESOURCES. 



Taxes, levy of 1868 $234,450 33 



due on levy, 1867 60,945 36 



" 1866 17,31760 



" 1865... 19,92760 



" 1864. . . 13,840 80 



1863 13,70557 



" 1862 18,345 45 



" 1861 12,24519 



Amount in Treasury 26,620 31 



" military 5,851 74 



Total $423,309 95 



Receipts and Disbursements of the Treawry, far the 

 Fiscal Year ending November 30, 1868. 



