1 '4 reshtttrian Namur. PITTBBI26II, SATDRDIT, AUGUST 2, 1862. The nrangelleal Repository and United Trekterian .Review, for July, contains the %complete Minutes of the' late meeting of the 'Goa:Oral Assembly of the United Presbyte %rim Church. Sunny Aide Academy.—The Semi-Annual 'Catalogue of this institution shows an at tendance of forty-six young ladies, during the last •term. It is situated at Newburg, Cumberland County, Pa., and Rev. DAx :[EL WILLIAMS and Mrs. C. L. WILLIAMS, are the Principals, with five other instruc tors. For terms, see advertisement. The Article Signed " New Sersey."—There was a communication, two weeks ago, over the signature (< New Jersey," commenting on the case of Dr. PLumun, before the Presbytery of Allegheny City. A desire has been expressed to know who is the author, and also who is not the author. The latter desire we can gratify so far as to say, that he is not a Professor, Director, Trustee, or active man in any Theological Seminary. Now Book of Bisciplino.—The Committee of the General Assembly, on this work, sat in this city last week, and cause to har monious, conclusions after three days of diligent labor. The proposed Book has been considerably modified, making it to retain more of the features of that which has hnig: .served the Church. We hope to be able to refer to the modifications more particularly next week. The meeting was large. Board of Publication.—By request we make the following announcement: The Committee appointed by the last General Assembly to examine the affairs of the Board of Publication, will convene at the Boon's, 821 Chestnut Street Phila. ' deliShia on Tuesday, 16th of September, at 10 o'clock A. M. "All persons shall have full opportuni ty, either is person or by writing,•to pre sent to the Committee any objections or doubts they may entertain in regard to the plans and operations of the Board." By order of the General Assembly. CHARLES C. BEATTY, Ch'n. THE ASHEN INSTITUTE. We have several times called the atten tion of our readers to this excellent school for the education of colored young men. All may be thankful for its existence and for the blessing of God upon it, and that even an , average of fifteen African youths are thus favored with a good education. But still, it is really surprising that so little favor is shown <to a school having such noble ends and aims. Where is the real love, the ardent, practical benevo lence of the ten times ten thousand who (denier so loudly, politically, for justice and kindness to the black race. Have they not a few dollars to spare for ' , the making of liberty a blessing—for the true elevation 4)f this portion of their fellow-men? We have but' little:admiration for the princi ples of those who vociferate, "Emancipa- , tion," but who will do nothing to make freedom a benefit, The AshMllli Institute does good not only to the few pupils there educated. It isends,its ,sons forth to be each a shining ; light., a specimen of what an. African may become, and a means of elevating many. They are prepared to become artisans, trier- <shunts; teachers, and ministers. In , these times this matter should, be •pressed. The Institute is delightfully. sit uated: It is in Chester County, Pa., where • it has a few acres of land, with a commence ment of comfortable buildinas. It is the benevolent work ,of the Presbytery of New- • castle, and is worthy, in every aspect, of the l utmost confidence. Read the article in another column. DEATH OF ,ANOTHER3ISTER. The Ref*. , JAMES C. BROWN, D: D., Chaplain of the 48th Regiment of Indiana' Volunteers, died on the 14th of July, at Paducah, Ky., from diSease contracted ! while in the discharge of his duties in the I field. Dr. BROWN was a native of thew, State of Ohio, graduated at Jefferson Col leg4, Pa., studied theology two years at the Western ' Theoloaleal Seminary and one year at Columbia, S. C. The principall part of his ministry was in Valparaiso, Ind., and the adjoining country, where his !, labors" were arduous and were greatly blest in the conversion of souls and the building ttp of the Chtrch. Long will his memory be cherished 'and revered by the people among whom he dwelt and for whose good • he toiled most uneeasingly. Some time ago he accepted an agency for the Nerth Western Theological Seminary, at Chicago.,'but on accountof the state of the ! \ country, .ro'sulting from the Southern re- 1 bellion,'this\vrork did not succeed as was I 4 \ • ,autimpated. Afterwards he preached with great success for six months, to one of our churches in the Cityof St. Lonis, when ar rangements were made for a most promi sing ifield of usefulnesslor him, but the distrracted state of the Oldie mind Pre:: ventedt.him from entering uiltu it. Dur ing last Winter he preached at South Bend, Indiana. And in March he accepted the chaplaincy of the 48th Regiment of Indi ana Volunteers, of which his brother was Oolonel. And while faithfully engaged in the duties of this important station he was taken to his - reward. He was a man 'of great integrity of char- actor, of wonderful singleness of purpose in his Master's service, and of deep and fervent piety. lie Was an excellent preach ,er, laborious.pastOr, and an humble, conftd , ping, and Ipving.follower of the Lord Jesus ‘Christ. Ilia brother, Rev. F. T. BRowN is pas tor,; of • the Bridge Street ; Presbyterian nhttreh Giorge''tkiwn, D. 0: GETTING TO WORK IN EARNEST. We have now been engaged in the war for more than a year, and we seem to be farther from its end than we did at the termination of the first month. We mis took the power of our enemy, his earnest ness, his determination. If we had at once concluded that he was really strong, and would put forth all his strength, and contend to exhaustion, we might have been induced to exercise wisdom, and put forth all our strength and use all righteous means which God might place within our reach. In that case the war would have been al ready ended. We have three times his strength, independent of our naval forces ; and a twelve months labor should have ended the conflict. But there were some unwise counsels got an ascendency. Well, let us not make the case still worse, by divisions and criminations. Let us one and all, get to work in earnest, us ing every means which God has given us. The late reverse before Richmond, seems, as we remarked last week, to have, an arousing tendency. On this subject, the Christian intelligencer, the organ of that steady and conservative body, the Re formed Dutch Church, presents some ex cellent thoughts, which we here give to our readers: "The : Government and' the people are alike coming to see and feel that there is immediate and pressing necessity for mak ing the war with the rebels heavy, direct, and severe. We can omit no longer the use of any lawful means whereby the re bellion may be speedily suppressed. True, we have had great battles and great victo ries to crown the Federal arms. True, we have acquired possession of forts, porta, cities, and even States. True, the -great river of the West has been opened, and is firmly held. While these important, re sults have been secured, the industries of the free States have been prosecuted with steady zeal, and we have presented the spectacle of a great people living well-nigh in a condition of peace, although sustain ing the greatest war of modern times. " How has it been at the South ? There a terrific military despotism, sending ter rorism into every city, village and hamlet, hesitating at no measure thought by it useful to its bad cause, has forced the en tire male population between the ages of eighteen and sixty, capable of bearing arms, into the field. It has gathered and massed its forces with entire recklessness of human life, for the purpose of destroy. ing the nation. Meanwhile, the slaves have been left at home, to plant, dig, hoe, and produce for the support of the Con federate army. Thus their negroes, - in fact, have formed a great reserve, for the production of necessary supplies, without which the Confederate armies could never have been brought up to their present pro portions. " There are some signs that this great advantage will not much longer be allowed the rebels. As a war measure, the Gov ernment..has an undoubted right, first to deprive the Southern traitors of that arm of their strength which they have in the labor of their slaves, and next to transfer that arm over to our entrenchments, and to make it of service there, that our soldiers may have more time for fighting, and be less oppressed than they have been by se vere labors with axe and spade. In eman cipation laws and proclamations we have tiu faith. They can simply nourish faction without hurting the rebels. But when our armies are in repose or on the march, with intent to suppress the rebellion, why ought they not receive all slaves, and even encour age them to come, not to fight, but to work This policy put in execution would soon ' turn the tables.' It would add to our strength, and reduce that of our enemy. More, it would prove to Rebeldom, that if it hopes to preserve a vestige of its peculiar institution, it must ask for peace, and sub mit to the Constitution of the country. " It bas been estimated that since the war began, the Federal armies have lost, by cas ualty and disease, one hundred thousand men; and it is certain, that before it is over, they will lose many more besides. Who slew all these,? Traitors, who in the interest of slavery made war upon a free Government. Had there been no slavery, to be, as Dr. PALMER said, conserved and perpetuated '— if there had not been, as ALEXANDER H. STEVENS avowed, an in tention on the pit of the rebels 'to make slavery 'the chief cornerstone' of a South ern empire—there would have been no war —none of the horrible desolations which now overspread the whole land. And now where are we with respect to it ? We have fought through a year. We have secured gains, and encountered heavy losses too. We have done more; we' have maintained the status of slavery by the power of our arms. True, the institution has received some heavy blows, direct and incidental.; but nevertheless, there it stands to-day, be hind the Confederate armies, as their.main succor and support. Accordingly, this question is before the people now, and will have a speedy answer—to wit : Can the Government afford any longer to permit the array of three or four millions of slaves in and behind the intrenchments of the enemy, as a grand supporting force ? It is simply a question as to the best way of prosecuting the war, on our part, to a speedy and successful issue, and not at all, a question bearing directly on any emanci pation policy whatever. We are engaged in a fearful war, with an almost savage en emy. We arefighting for law, and truth, and order, and civilization, and humanity, and religion, with men who are in arms against all these for the purpose of oppressing white and black alike, and trampling free dom and right in the dust. They stick at no measures; they waste no time over po litical scruples; they slacken their ener ..ies by no considerations of humanity. In a these respects, we cannot, must not imitate them.' But at all hazards, and at whatever c expense of time, blood, and treasure,' we must subdue them, and make them feel, not so much the vindictive malice, as the sublime power of the Government they have wickedly undertaken to destroy. If this is to be done soon and well, let their slaves enter our armies by thousands and tens of thousands; let them work for and serve our soldiers; let the forsaken fields of the South call, in their desolation, for the return of their owners ; and while we venture no predictions in respect to the immediate future,.still we think there can be no reason for doubting that the effect of such a procedure would be of great ad vantage to the Union, and of' equal disad vantage to the Confederate armies. " On this topic we have no new nor re cently-adopted opinions. We expressed them then as we do now, more than a year ago, immediately after the fall of Sumpter; and the..piogress of events has only ,deep ocn,rirlYtkin- wki" ciagntit.E4dr4 PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.---SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1862. to carry on a civil war in which the armies on either side of the contest are fighting substantially for one object, and that object the preservation and conserwitionof slavery. None but the most stupid reader will ac cuse us of having sympathy with the aboli tionists. They have clamored for procla mations and for edicts, and have said a thousand foolish things about the conduct of the war. They are fond of theories, and enamored of impossible plans. But the country—the people—Democrats and Re publicans, who are in blood earnest to crush the rebellion—have thought, and do think, that contraband negroes may help our loyal armies, as much as contraband horses, or corn, or cotton. Why uot,-then, let them, come, and invite them to come, and pay them when they have come, to assist in the tremendous labors of the camp? When once we have got ourselves possessed for our good cause of one-half the earnestness which inflames the zeal of the Confeder ates for their bad cause, we shall then be very near the final victory. In view of re r cent events, may wo not ask ourselves whether Divine Providence is not teaching us the way in which we should walk, and by what method wo should rise to ,the height of that great argument, which we are making in behalf of Constitutional order and' human freedom ?" The idea that slavery is to be conserved must be abandoned. The other idea is be coming more and more apparent, that God means its extirpation. We do not now, however, discuss the right or the wrong of slavery, nor the morality or immorality of abolitionism. We now speak of carrying on the war, of conquer ing the rebellion, of establishing law, order, and peace. To this end the Government, must overpower the enemy. We must take from him the , armor in which he trusted, and use it ourselves. Events show , that the slaves, according to his original boast, are to him an element of immense power. He has in then . / his almost entire produc tive force. They are his laborers,; men, women, and children of them. They , sus tain his armies, and they feed his women and children whom he leaves at home. We must take them to the utmost extent that we can, to weaken him; and we must.em ploy them, they being willing, in all ways which to them will be just, to overcome him. • DR. MU:NARRATIVE RELATINGIII).:AF FAIRS BEFORE MUM. Rev. Dr. MA nKs, Chaplain to the 63d Regiment Penn'a Volunteers, owing to his fidelity to the trust reposed in him, was taken prisoner before Richmond, and de tained some weeks. He was then re leased, without parole, and returned to his regiment, at Harrison's Landing. He now on a brief visit to his family. Dr. MARKS is an example to Chaplains, and merits the esteem and gratitude of the sol diers' friends. He thus writes: DEAR DOCTOR :--You requested, me, if I found it possible, to pen a narrative of the events of deepest interest to us which occurred in connexion with the retreat of our army before Richmond. In conse quence of the sickness of our surgeons, Dr. J. K. RODGERS and Dr. SUTTON, ,I was left in charge of two hospitals, near Savage Station. In these were about two hundred and fifty men. At the commencement, of the retreat of the left wing of the army, on Sunday morning, I went to Savage Sta tion, and found the right wing of the army moving on the Williamsburg road toward James river. I now learned for the first time that the removal of the hospitals was deemed an impossibility, arid that the safety of the army demanded that the sick and wounded should he left' to the enemy. I returned to the hospital in CARTER'S house, and found that, officers of our army had been sent to urge all those who could Walk, or drag themselves away, to hasten and join thir regiments, for the enemy would occupy all that region before night. Afraid of captivity and violence, more than one hundred—one-half of them rising; from sick beds—hastened to escape. Those - who were unable to 'bear_their knapsacks and guns ' were 'aided .by the stronger..' Many of these were assisted by wagons and am bulances, When they had reaeled the high way of our army, and but a very small number fell into the hands of the enemy. Of the one hundred and fifty that re mained at the hospital in CARTER'S house and Meadow Station, but few ,could bear removal any distance, even in wagons. Of the surgeons, all were gone. Dr. RoDGEns, our Brigade Surgeon, was sick, and - unable to prescribe. The surgeon in charge had been laid aside with fever fcir two .weeks. I had assumed from necessity the elidrge; and when their captivity became a 'painful certainty, I found it impossible to for'sake the sick and disabled, without shame and dishonor. In the hurry of - conversation, the pression I made on the writer in the" Ga zette was not fully correct. The enemy were about us on Sunday evening, but we were not taken prisoners until Monday morning. The officers of the Confederate Army who in form took us prisoners, treated us with great, kindness, and were with our in valids, in a few moments, on the best of terms. (It is bard to extinguish all na tional feeling.) They searched the prem ises, took possession of fifty' muskets, twenty revolvers, and some dirks and knives, appropriated to their wants two coats, some blankets and gloves, and a bot tle, of hospital whiskey. They left with us a guard for our protection, and we were never molested.' During the week, we learned at Savage Station that our wounded men lying in the hospitals'on or near the field ofhattle, were in the greatest destitution and misery--, some having been stripped by the enemy, 1 others still lying on the spots where they, had fallen, and all without sufficient- food, handages, and medicines. -I requested per mission of the Confederate Major in com mand, to pass the lines of their arniy and carry to the wounded such things-asT , were most needed. He assured me such per mission could not be granted;:he would render himself liable to arrest; and with out a strong,guard sent along with tile, he could not secure. me from danger, and if anything befell me of evil, there would be no end of the trouble, but if I was dis posed to go, he did not think I would be harmed. I loaded .two horses with all•they could bear, and started.on my The first day, I met full fifteen hundred soldiers . ot the Confederate army, worn out: and exhausted many of them withou i t guns, a Tart of the shattered mass thrown, off from• every army, in defeat and retreat.; They were turning their faces for ,rest:and , Mei fast:duple "estgirn mien led me to the hills over the White Oak Swamp. I pissed through portions of HllL's and JACKSON'S divisions. I was not molested or stopped at any post, but the pickets and guards let me pass on without a question. I *sited this day a hospital in tents, and found several of our men, who had 'risen from their sick beds and followed to this point, our army, but here they were compelled to stop and become prisoners. This day's safety and success emboldened me. The following day 1 passed the White Oak Swamp, and went to the various hospi tals on tbe field of battle. I found on the FRAZER Farm, near to the field of battle of Monday, about two hundred and forty men, most of whom were wounded. At this place were lying several officers of the Pennsylvania Reserves—Lieut. Col. Mc- INTIRE, Maj. WoOLWORTII, Capt. GUTH— BERTSON, Capt. M. B. ADAMS, and, others. All of these were alive 'and doing well when I left,Richmond: The sufferings of our men here were most severe and bitter. The Confederate author ities had sent out from Richmond all the wagons, ambulances and carriages which could be found, and removed their own wounded to the city,, but ours were left to. perish, unpitied by them. As a great ad dition to their cruelty, their surgeons had robbed ours of all medicines, surgical in struments and sanitory stores. And thus the few surgeons of our army who remained, were without the means of aiding our wounded men. La these hospitals, surrounded by the camps of the enemy, bur men were greatly wronged by the exhorbitant prices charged for every article of neee.siity. Many were robbed or money and clothing; the horses of, the. offi cers were taken. .When these hospitals were created, there was no food left for our disabled troops.. Requisition after requi sition • was made upon the Confederate Quarter-masters- 7 --- the Generals were be sieged—many promises were given, but no food came.. The cry of our wounded men became long and loud, not for surgical help, but for " bread." Day followed day, and still no food came, until the even ing of the fourth day after the battle .of Monday; and then a single hard cracker and a small piece of fat side-bacon for each man. The following day, flour, was sent to hospitals. This the sick and wounded were left to manufacture into bread, as best they could, without salt and yest. The flour was rolled into a little cake, and baked on a stick orthe end of a ramrod_ Such,. until their , removal • to Savage Station or Richmond, was. the food of many of our disabled and fainting men. During those days many died of exhaustion and want. 'ln my visits to these hospitals. I was deeply affected Eby the painful, harrowing narrative -of the sufferings of, those days. One of our surgeons, Dr. MARSH, of the. 4th Cavalry, who remained with the wound ed at WILLIS' church, won my lasting re spect by shedding tears as he described the dreadful sufferings of his patients,in these days. Wounded men suffer much: from hunger and exhaustion, and need to be nourished every few hours, by good food and stimulants. As I went from one to another through, his_hospital, we came to the spot where a non-commissioned officer of the Reserves was breathing his last. We stopped, and in a few moments the weary was at, rest. He had under his right hand; which was clasped in death. The doctor could not, tell me his name. I lifted his hand from the book, hoping to find his name on the front page: As I did so, a wounded, soldier lying alongside of the dead, requested me to leave the Bible, as it was larger print than his own Testament, and he wished to read some.of the blessed words. I found him to be lstSeret Jaax A. PRICE, of the 3d Reserves. He was near his end, but expressed his joyful con fidence in God his Saviour. He said that he had been a follower of the. Redeemer for more than six years, and had, as he hoped, never forsaken his .Lord ; and .on the battle-field-and on this painful bed he found the ,Gospel all his hope and stay. And now as he. approached the valley and shadow of death, he had no. fear. Re was now trembling arid gasping for breath. After praying with him, I left him,, to see him no more; rejoicing that , if left alone by man, his Divine Saviour 'was with him, and would never leaxe him. He thought from the prayers, and language of the dead by bis side, that he was a good man, and had entered his rest. At the hospital, on the li.ELsois Farm, I found WILL. SMITH, of Co. 8., of Sharps burg. He was wounded in the chest. He lived several days after the battle of Mon day, possessed his reason to, the last, and died, as 'I hope, penitent, and believing. At the next hospital, 'a farm house, surrounded with fruit-trees; in that portion of the. battle-field where-the struggle had been the most deadly, I found several offi cers and men of our army ; amongst these, Adj't S. GAITHER, of the 10th Reserves. Of the scenes of this battle-fleld, and the , , conversation with the wounded, I must de fer writing until next week. lINISTERS AIRESTED. We are grieved to find that a number of ministers have subjected 'themselves to arrest, for their disloyalty; and especially grieved that Presbyterian ministers who have for long life enjoyed protection in person, family, aiid property, are in so un enviable a position. The followinc , has ob tained currency " NENi-Yong, l July 28.--The Tribune has received a special dispatch from Colum bus, Ohio, which states that the Rev. Pr, BROOJECS, of St. Louis, and Rev..D. HOYT, of Louisville, were arrested on Friday night, at the house of. Judge CLARK, of Ohio. It is reported that: important pa pers were >found on• them, implicating VALLANDIGHA.M, who will, be taken to Cincinnati.!' The New-York Tribune, like the New- York Herald, being an extreme sensation paper, is not the best authority for state merits of this kind. We shall therefore keep a lookout for a contradiction in refer once to the two eminent brethren named. The Cincinnati papers said, a short time ago, that the True Presbyterian, Of Louis ville, was suppressed, and' its senior editor arrested. • The paper,'howeVer, still came to us, and it denied the statement indig- I nantly. It seems, however, , that the Pres- i byter and Gazette published not entirely Without authority. The order had been I given, says the Presbyter, but within two days, at the instance of a , prominent min ister and truly loyal man, it was revoked. il, Key., Benjamin wallaie, CD., editor of tho 'Presbyterian Quarterly. .geview, (N. 5.,) Philadelphia, died on the morning of July i2stite. . L. • ,JAMES` J. MARKS. IntTzit :4 _.11,-FW IkT,CI:A.4I BOSTON AND NEW-ENGLAND. A. CORRESPONDENT of the Christian In (Unitarian,) furnishes its columns with a brief Catechism, so,ge portions of - which are very well asked and answered -thus : Q.—Wherein has Unitarianism been a failure ? A.—ln unconsciously taking for its mot to a misreading of Proverbs iv : 23—" Keep thy head with all diligence, for out of it -tire the issues of life." Q.—Where is the text. thus read, to be found with full comments ? A.--in the Gospel according to Buckle. Q.—What is the result of such religious -" headship ?" A.—A rationalness which some are un -charitable enough to think indifference, .and a. Church too "broad" in proportion to.its length and depth. Q.--Into what does all-head religion of ;ten harden ? A.---Into skepticism. Q.—lnto what does it flatten? A:.—lnto formalism. Q.----into' what does it soften ? A.—lnto mstheticistn, figures, meta- Thors, and suck beautiful "prayers and .chants." The author of this catechism thinks that - the great want of Unitarians is earnest -ness. Doubtless this is so, but we doubt -the possihility of growing any very gener -al or deeply-rooted earnestness on the soil not Unitarian doetrine. TUE American Board of Commissioners :for Foreign Missions has appointed its - meeting for 1862 in Springfield, Octo ler 7,8, and 9. THOUSANDS of acres of corn and pota -toes in Connecticut have not yet had their 4 ' first hoeing," in consequence of the scar .eity of laboring men this season. The - wages of farm laborers in many parts of the State have advanced to $1.50 per day. THE POWDER Mums at Hazardville, 'Ct., were blowrk up on Wednesday after moon, causing a most appalling calamity. About 40 tons of powder was destroyed, - -the fine wooden buildings 'were blown to .atoms, and eight persons were killed out -right, and a few injured. Scarcely a vestige of the buildings was left. The concussion was so severe that dwelling-houses within two miles were un roofed, trees uprooted, cattle and people prostrated, etc. The explosion was dis tinctly heard at :Northampton and West Brookfield, a distance of over 50 miles. In Springfield houses were, arred as by an earthquake. There will be great suffering is ,the vicinity, as many houses were ren dered unfit to occupy. 'DURING the French war, ,as it was tailed, the poll-tax in New-England was four dollars, the tax on real estate was at the rate of thirty-six dollars on an hun dred dollars valuation, and there was an excise duty on tea, coffee, wine, rum, and other articles in general use. NEW-YORE THE supply of money is easy, and tends to increase. Therates are sto 6 per cent. for call loans and for discounts of prime business paper at or under ninety days, and 6to 7 per cent. for longer dates. See ond-class paper is neglected. There is a great disposition to use caution to an ex treme degree, so as to check transactions, while• first-class borrowers find it very easy to obtain what they want. The market for gold is very unsettled. The premium has risen to 20 per cent., and the money mar ket has hardly awakened to the fact that the standard of money exchanges is riot gold, but Government securities. This it cannot fail, however, to do shortly. Gold is only wanted for shipments. The amount shipped last week was only $1,800,- 000—about one-third below the average of recent weeks' shipments. Gold is very abundant in the country. The high pre mium brings it out of its hiding-places steadily. The banks _do not lose any, but hold fast to their $32,000,000. The re turns of American securities continues, and is a natural result of the rise in, their val 7 ue here. We can readily spare our gold, for which we have littlelome use; and we cannot lose by its, export, for we do not give it away. THE excitement in the market for cotton goods has become very intense, and prices are rising daily. We cannot give quota : , tions. No holders will sell large parcels; but keep their customers sparingly supplied. Both city and country jobbers are eager to buy. The aggregate sales are very large, and the market has seldom been so active, and never so much so at this season. The advance in the price of cotton is the chief cause of this, and the prospect of a great scarcity, as manufacturers decline making many goods while the cost is so great. The retail trade is buying now, instead ok at the usual period of August and Septem ber. Stocks are light, and are rapidly getting lighter. The greatest advance is on the lower qualities, which are most in demand. SECRETARY STANTON has received a let ter from Win. H. Aspinwall, of the firm of Howland & Aspinwall, of New-York, en closing a' check for $25,290.60, being the amount of their commission for the sale of Enfield muskets to the Government Mr. Aspinwall declines to receive any peon niary_compensation for services reidered to the Government in suppressing the rebel lion. The Secretary of War, in reply, eu logizes the conduct and the patriotism of Mr. Aspinwall. TROT'S " New-York Directory," lately published, gives the following list of churches Baptist, 38 ; Congregational, 4; Dutch Reformed; 22'; Friends, 3 ; • Jewish Syna gogues, 18 ; Lutheran, 7; Methodist Epis copal, 34; African' Methodist Episcopal, 4 ; MethodiSt Protestant,'l; Presbyterian, (including two Mission chapels,) 48;.Uni ted Presbyterian, 6; Associate Reformed Presbyterian, 1; Reformed Presbyterian, 5; Protestant Episcopal, (including seven Mission ,chapels,) 62 ; Roman Catholic, 31; 'Unitarian, 2,,-Universalist, 4; miscel laneous, 20; making a total of 305. Some half dozen Mission chapels are not enu merated; but as 'several of, the foregoing elaurdhet prdlialily ere- long be said duti - °, O tr, ''‘..1111,..; , a 2." • • • and closed up, the number may stand as it is-305. The following table shows how this com pares with other cities : Cities. Population. Churches. No. to Pop: New-York, 805,651 305 Ito 2,641 Philadelphia, 565,529 275 Ito 2,056 Baltimore, 212,418 170 Ito 1,249 Boston, 177,718 112 Ito 1,588 TIIE correspondent of a contemporary thus speaks of the newly elected Professor \ in the General Episcopal Seminary in this City Dr. Seabury is rector of the Church of the \ Annunciation, corner of Sixteenth Street \ and Sixth Avenue, - where prayers are read \ eyery morning to three people (as I can testify from ocular inspection,) and all the rubrics are sedulously observed. He is one of \ tlie highest of the High, and his election is very distasteful to the Low Church party, to \whom Dr. Turner had been acceptable. 1 4e Seminary will, of course, lose every Toe of their con fidence, and all intercAovill be transferred to the new Divinity School established in Philadelphia. THE YOUNG DIEN , S UHRIFDIAN Asso clATroN have undertaken the, beneficent service of supplying all the Newslyork hos pitals for sick and wounded soldiers, with night-watchers. About two hundie(l and fitly young men have already volunteered to take their share of this necessary ak3id merciful work, and .as many more are needed. PIII.L AD ELPIIIA THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY are contrib uting with great liberality in aid of re cruiting. THE AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY, of this city, learns that President Benson left London on the sth inst., for Hamburg and the Continent—expecting to be absent some five or six weeks. It is therefore ma likely that he will visit the United States. EverYwhere in England he has been treated with the greatest possible kindness, cour tesy, and respect. The three last invita tions he had before his departure from London were to breakfast with the Duchess of Argyle—to dine at the Lord Mayor's Banquet, where the Viceroy of Egypt was, and to a magnificent evening party at Miss. Burdett Coutts'. "He had innumerable invitations," writes Gerard Ralston, Esq., " more than he physically could accept." REV. BEN;I. J. WALLACE, P.D., died Saturday, at his residence in Philadelphia, after an illness of several weeks. The de ceased was born in Erie, Pa., in 1810, and from 1827 to 1830 was a cadet at West Point, but resigned to become a student'of divinity at Princeton.- He has had charge of several Presbyterian churches in this State, and for a time was Professor in the. College at Newark, Del. For the past twelve years he resided in that city, and was the editor and principal con tributor of the Presbyterian' Quarterly Re view. . ECCLESIASTICAL. Rev. C. P. Cummrics, M.D., of Biookville, is about removing to Beaver, Pa, where correspondents will please address him. THE CONGR'EGATIOIc lately under the pas toral care of Dr. Woods, have engaged the Rev. 0. 0. McClean for three months, commencing on the first Sabbath in Au gust, proximo. The Ashman Institute Ma. EDITOK :—The propriety of employ ing persons of African descent as soldiers in our army, is questioned by many. Cer tainly they are more deeply interested in the issue of this war than any other class, having their personal liberty at stake. It, would seem therefore that they should have a place in our armies, and a- place of dan ger and effort in proportion to the benefits they are to, receive, if we s,uceeed. Wheth er this be right or wrong, however, we will not pretend to decide—it is a political question. There is another in reference to the position of the colored people of our country, which we as Christians need .not err in determining, viz.: In the battle for the success of Christ's kingdom, they should be , permitted to take their place, and especially the place they are by physi cal constitution best qualified to fill—that, of laborers among their own people here, and in Africa. To qualify a portion of them for this place, is the object of the Ashmun Institute. Many of your readers were interested in this Institution when first established, and now that the question "What shall we do for the contrabands ?" has become so important, they would no doubt be pleased to hear of it again in con nexion with that subject. On Thursday last the Fifth Yearly Ses sion closed, with a public examination of the young men; and the thorough, faithful teaching of the Rev. Dr. Martin, the Prin cipal, was clearly exhibited in the course of the examination, and was highly grati fying to the Trustees, and others who were present. The progress made in all the studies, the order and evidently deep sym pathy between Dr. Martio and his ' pupils, the piety and. Christian, zeal as proved by their, own constant,noon-day and .other prayer-meetings, and their labors among the colored people around them as prepare. tory to, the work of the ministry and missions, abroad; were, regarded as calling for thankfulness to God, and activity and hope for the future. The average number in attendance for the five years, has been fifteen, thoubh bow somewhat diminished by the failure of pre vious patrons to contribute for th support of particular students, who have/therefore been compelled to leave the,institution. Now la me say a few words to the benevo lent reader, interested in tke building up of 'Christ's kingdom Ist. The education is cntirely:gratuitous to the pupils. A hundred dollars contrib uted 'will support a /clung, man ' for the Session of ten months; whom you may find among the-lately liberated slaves, or from the congregations, of colored people; many such are waiting for . you to say, "come, we'will help, you'2—and they may be your missionaries in the West'lndia Islands, or in Africa, or may act as preachers and teachers in your place, among their desti tute people in our awn country. 2d,. Funds are ,needed to pay the salary of the Principal, and to meet the current expenses of the Institution. The watchful care of the Newcastle Presbytery may be 'a 'sufficient pledge that they will be' jridi= ciously and faithfully applied. 3d , There are many encouragements., -That ctila tio - defOlibr morning- whim the . _ A -.,- =IS For the Preabytenart 'Banner sainted Dr. Van Rensselaer delivered the opening address, has already brighten e d into a ceering harvest day. His words were, " Heaven bless the Institution in its plans, its officers, and its pupils. Bless it, God of Ethiopia, who hast m a d e of one blood all nations of men. Be th glorified on every Continent; be thou rifled in Africa.' Already its graduates are preaching in Africa and in this country ; and under present .providences the door is wide open. Have we not all long used the fruits o f slavery ? Do we not owe a debt to the colored race? And how can we better dis charge it, than by supporting such an In stitution for them ? ONE OF THE TRUSTEES Oxford, Chester Co., Pa. For the Presbyterian Banner Board of Colportage. REV. DAVID I.4OKINNEY :—please knowledge the following donations to the Board of Colportage, during the months of June and July: Elderton cong, Saltsb'g Pby, for soldiers, $ 4 00 Sewickley cong, Redstone Pby, " 37 2 5 Butler Pby'n Sabbath School, " 13 00 A lady friend, " 2 00 Joseph McGahen, Esq., " l 00 Rural Valley cong, Blairsville Pby, 18 0 0 Rev. W. F. Morgan, " 2 00 Miss Anna Rea, " 1 00 Bethel cong, Ohio Pby, 85 00 Slatelick cong, Pby, one-third 23 50 Freeport " " " " 18 Bluffton cong, Synod of North'n Indiana, 200 Mount Pleasant cong, Erie Pby, 9 09 Cross-Roads eont, Allegheny City Pby. 500 Concord cong, " Montours cong, Ohio Pby, HarKisville cong, Allegheny Pby, Amity cong, " " 4 50 Leechburg cong, Saltsbnrg Pby, 7 61 West Greenville song, Allegheny Pby, 14 00 Jacksonville eong, Saltsburg 3 60 George's Creek song, Redstone Pby, 6 60 Salem cong, Blairsville " 8 00 Ohartiers song, Ohio Sandy Lake gong, Erie Indiana cong, plairsville G. BAILEY, Treasurer Pittsburgh, July 29, 186/ Religions Depression. It is a strange truth that some of the highest of God's servants are tried with darkness on the, dying bed. Theory would say, when a religious man is laid up, for his last struggle, now he is alone for deep com munion with God. Fact very often says, " No; now he is alone, as his Master was before him in the wilderness, to be tempted of the devil." Look at John the Baptist in imagination, and you will say, "Now his rough pilgrimage is done. He is quiet, he is out of the world, with the rapt foretaste of heaven in his soul." Look at John in fact. He is agitated, sending to Christ, not able to rest, grim doubt wrestling with his soul, misgiving for one last black hour whether all his hope had not been delusion. There is one thing we remark here by the way: Doubt often comes from inactivity. We cannot give the philosophy of it, but this is the fact—Christians who have noth ing to do but to sit thinking of ,themselves, meditating, sentimentalizing, (or mysticiz iug,) are alinost,sure to become the prey of dark, black misgivings. John struggling in the desert needs no proof that Jesus is the Christ. John shut up, became morbid and doubtful immediately. Brethren, all this is very marvellous. The history of a hu man soul is marvellous. We are mysteries; but here is the history of it all ; for sad ness, for suffering, for misgiving, there is no remedy but 'stirring and doing.—Rob ertson. John Bell Refusing the Protection of the American Flag.—ln May last, Gen. Mitchel received a letter from Mrs.. Bell, asking him for a passport, for her husband front Blount Springs, Ala., to Nashville. The General granted the request, and Nicholas Davis waited upon Mr. Bell, to communi cate to him the wishes of his wife and the assurances of the General. • The courtesy was declined; the leader of the late Ameri can party evidently preferring to remain on rebel soil, to the acceptance of the protec tion of the American Flag. Our Minister to Rome and the Pope.—ln a letter from the London Times' correspond ent at Rome, we read : • "Among the nu merous presentations to his Holiness, dur iug the last few days, has been Mr. Randall, United States Minister, who speaks no other language than English. His excel lency, in a good. stump speech,- regretted that at -the present moment his Govern ment was in an embarrassed state in conse quence of the rebellion of the South, but declared that their institutions were safe, as the principles in which they were founded were eternal. He was instructed by the President to convey his sympathy with his Holiness, and to express an earn est wish that the Pope might be successful in the' accomplishment' of his objects, and that his throne might be established.. In short, it was a kind of 'O, King, live for ever,' speech. His excellency was accom panied by the Consul and Mr; Smith, who translated the speech for the benefit of the Pope, ands ranslated it in so liberal a man ner as greatly to delight the paternal heart. According to - his version, the President ex pressed. 'ti• hope that =his Holiness might overcome-all his enemies, and that his sov ereignty might be confirmed. Either the Minister must' have exceeded his instruc tion's or the president is bidding. -high for Catholic and conservative favor, in which cm he may probably stand a chance of be ing honored with the title, if not of the eldest son,' at least of the most zealous friend of the Church!' (!!!) Duke Pasqnier, the oldest statesman in France, the very Nestor of publicists, has died at the age of ninety-six. He was born, April 22, 1767—tw0 years earlier than Wellington and Napoleon. At that time, George:lll. had reigned seven years; Louis XV. had been fifty-four years on the throne of France; the Empress Catharine had been six years at the head of publi, affairs in Prussia; Joseph 11. was Emperor,/ of Germany; Frederick the Great haw . , reigned twenty-seven years in Prussia, and, truly greater than any- of these, Lord Clive was in the ,third year of his sway as first Viceroy of India., When Pasquier was nine years_ old, te Declaration of Inde pendence was signed and proclaimed in Philadelphia. Into the life of this one man, extended so long beyond the natural term, were crowded the events of the world's history for nearly a century. The ,, .Wickliffe hap—Secessionism has struck its roots deep in the family of Presi dent Tyler's . PoStmaster-General. Colonel Wickliffe, one of the sons, commands the Fifth Kentucky regiment in the Confed erste army; another son, Ben Wickliffe, ex-Governor of Louisiana, with his two nephews, also joined the rebel standard. Another one Col. Charles Wickliffe, was killed at Shifoh, and Capt. Nat. Wickliffe, who was, aid to Gen. A.. Sidney Johnston, is still in thh-s'ervice:k_ • 2 20 12 29 6 60 r 35 6 00 8 58 $277 21
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