Vtesigitrian 'iatuter. PITTSBURGH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 186! Sir Having purchase! for our office the "Right" to use Dick's Accountant and Dispatch /Went, ail, or nearly all, Of our subscriber: new have their papers addressed to them regularly by a sinpularly unique machine, which fastens as the while enswyten a small colored "address stamp," or label, Sehereon appears their name plainly printed, followed by this sink up tovskich they have paid for their papers—this being authorised by an Act of any ress. 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In these exciting times people will have the news, and they should have it truthfully, and-with religious associations. Prubyterian Trans.—Our Board of Pub lication has recently issued three interest ing and valuable tracts. One of these, entitled a Am I a Soldier ?" is well suited for the camp. Another, called " The Con verted Sailor," we would commend to the attention• of our Navy chaplains. The third, bearing the title, " Where are the Nine 7" is addressed especially to persons recovered from sickness. The whole three may be read with profit by persons of all classes. A HELP TO PUTT. The Christian has need of every possi ble motive to incite him to the discharge of duty. However desirous of living in con formity to the law of God, he finds himself under the influence of a " law in his mem bers," impelling him constantly to evil. A - valuable incentive to duty may be found, we think; in the prospective contem plation of the hour of private prayer. A neglect of duty—and especially a flagrant commission of sin—utterly dis qualifies, as every erring Christian well knows, for a joyful approach to God in prayer. As the child feels uneasy and un happy in the presence of his earthly father, whose displeasure he has incurred, so is it with the offending believer in the presence of his dishonored Father in heaven. He is oppressed with shame and a sense of guilt. He has nothing to en courage him from within. Oonscience ut ters only stern rebuke. No encourage ment is extended from without. The Holy Spirit withholds his wonted aid. The Saviour, in whose name be has so often ap proached with confidence and j"y, casts upon him a sorrowful and reproachful look. The Father, (smelly so attentive to his prayer, now turns away his ear. The Christian is overwhelmed with anguish. Out of the depths he cries. He sues for pardon. He wrestles importunately at the throne of grace. Whether relief be speedily vouchsafed or long withheld, the experience of the suppliant has been bitter—intensely ago nizing. Its recurrence cannot" bat be dreaded. The Christian would avoid it. Let him, think of it as the consequence of sin. Let him think of it whenever he is tempted, and it may prove, an inestimable aid in deterring from sin and inciting to duty. THANKSGIVING DAY. We are pleased to publish the Proclama tion of Gov. CURTIN, appointing Thursday, November 27th, as a day of thanksgiving. It is a valuable document, presenting to the Mind blessings derived from God for which we should be truly grateful. Even in the severe chastisement with which God is visiting the land, his mercies greatly abound.. Praise him for his goodness. The day named is likely to be the chosen time -in all the Middle and Northern States. We trust that a grateful people will observe it religiously Let thanks proceed from au humbled, reverential, and rejoicing heart: WHEREAS, It is a good thing to render thank® unto God for all his mercy and loving kindness ; Therefore, I, ANDREW G. CURTIN, Gov ernor of the Commonwealth of Penosylva• nia, do recommend that THURSDAY, THE 27TEt DAY OF NOVEMBER NEXT, be set apart by the people of this Commonwealth, as a day of solemn Prayer and Thanksgiving to the Almighty; giving him humble th‘nks that he has been graciously pleaSed to protect our free insti tutions and Government, and to keep us from sickness and pestilence, and to cause the earth to bring forth her increase, so that.' our garners are choked with the harvest, and to look so favorably on the toil of his children, that industry has thriven among us and labor has its reward ; and also' that he has delivered us from the hands of our enemies, and filled our officers and men in the field with a loyal and in trepid spirit, and given them victory; ant that he has poured oat upon us (albeit un worthy) other great and manifold blessings : Beseeching him to help and govern us in his steadfast fear and love, and to put into our minds good desires, so that by his con tinual help we may have a right judgment in all things: And especially, praying- him to give to Christian churches grace to bate the thing which is evil, and to utter the teachings of truth and righteousness, de claring openly the , whole counsel of God: Andlutost , heartilyentreating him to b* stovr ;upon our 'civil 'rulers, wisdom and: earnestness in council, and upon our tary-leaders, zeal and vigor in action, that the bee of rebellion may be quenched— that we, being armed with his defence, may-be preserved from all perils, and that hereafter our people, living in peace and .quiettiess, may, ftom generation to genera tion, reap the abundant finite of hie weiny, and with joy and. thankfulness' Falai. wadi sunguiVibutholy anus A PATRIOTIC MINISTER. Patriotism is the rule among our minis ters. Sympathy with the Secessionists is the exception. Sorry are we that such sympathy has even an existence. But among good men, men equally true in prin ciple, there are degrees of ardor. And among the most ardent of the patriotic, is our worthy brother, Rev. F. T. Buowtq, pastor of the Presbyterian church, George town, D. C. Mr. BROWN, writing to the Presbyter, under date of Sept. 28th, says " This has been the saddest and busiest Summer I have spent since I have been in the ministry. The 'saddest,' because of the loss, by this bloody war and atrocious rebellion, of three brothers, all I have, viz. : Rev. J. C. - 131towri, D.D.; Chaplain, died at Paducah, Ky.; Col. W. L. BLOWN, killed at Bull Run ; and Rev. H. A. BROWN, traitor in Virginia, together with many dear friends; and, because of the never ceasing scenes of sorrow and horror I have witnessed in the hospitals of the Dis trict. * * Next to the glory and privilege of bearing arms in this, the no blest and most significant fight of many centuries, is the glory and privilege of min istering to the wants of those who have beCome disabled, and been carried to the, rear in the conflict. I have no fears of the result. And I confidently believe that God, through, us, is doing a work for us, and fur the whole world, worth a thousand fold more than all the blood and treasure it is costing us. * * * " 1 The curse of rebellion and slavery is worse—deeper, bitterer, more malignant— than I thought it to be when I came here; worse than I thought it to be three months ago. God only can see and know it all. And, lory be to his name, he does see and know it all. I have never preached, strict ly speaking, a political sermon in my life I have never introduced a political question into a sermon, save when in some way it had a bearing on religion. And the near est I have come to doing so here was in a sermon, a month or two since, on ' The re lations and duties of the Churchl to the State in time of war'; in which E stated that in this war the duties the Christian Church owed to this Christian State were—To pray for the State; to sympathize with the State, and in every possible way to help the State. In the course of the discussion of these subjects, ['called traitors, traitors; and trea son, treason; and rebellion, rebellion; and slavery, slavery; and gave expression to my abhorrence of those ministers of the Gospel in the loyal States who would neither preach nor pray for the Government, and against the Rebellion." The Church has certainly a duty to per. form to the State. She wants a country, as her earthly dwelling place. She wants a peaceful home. She wants liberty to teach and to preach ; to present and expound the whole of God's Word; to point out sin, and to, rebuke sin; and she wants protec tion in the use of that liberty. The war embraces prineiplea which are within the domain of ministerial instruction, and issues also, in which the Church has a very deep interest. So far then as the principles and issues involved in the war come under, or are embraced within, the teachings of Scrip titre, so far may the ministers of the Word bring them to the test. And for their country they may always pray. But while we claim it as the right, awl: urge it as the &Ay of the Minister, to adapt his preaching and prayers to the times, mre must insist that he shall not give undue. importance to any one thing. He is am ambassador for Christ, to effect men's recon ciliation to God. This is his great work; and 'to this, patriotism, literature, the lova: of family, all things, are to be kept sub— servient. The Lord grant to his ministers: both zeal and Wisdom, fidelity and discre tion, that they may stand in their lot. DR. PLUDER AND THE PRESBYTERY OF AMWAY ail. When Dr. PLUMER resigned,.the= Seminary and in his church, and when his. resignations were 'courteously received by the Directors and the Presbjiery, and when his request for clean papers to another Presbytery was granted, and he was actu ally gone, it was supposed that he had, gone in peace. It seetus, however, that his. Presbytery and the Christian public were still to be disturbed. APaper had been offered in Presbytery, professing to be, a Remonstrance against the granting of his request to be released from his pastoral charge, but really inculpating Presbytery fur its previous course. This inculpation the members were willing to beat:in silence, and simply ordered the, Paper. to be kept on file. The Doctor's friends, however, had the Paper published, in one of the city dailiem, and had extra copies extensively circulated. These going beyond the region where the history of the transaction was known, brought inquiries for the facts. Hence the response of the Presoyfery on our first page. Dr. PLUMa had been greatly loved and honored in the Seminary, and by his Chris tian brethren in all this region: Hence it was with much pain that they saw him take a course which tended to impair his useful ness, and which has resulted in his depar ture. But it was by him chosen delib erately, and persevered in relentlessly. Members of his congregation, and some of his ministerial brethren, approached him repeatedly, kindly, and even deferentially, but his mind was fixed. And there was no charge laid against him before the Direc tors of the Seminary. The only thing proposed in the call for the Board's meet ing, was an inquiry into the Seminary's interests; but when the members came, together, no sooner was the meeting organ ized than' the Doctor took the floor and tendered his resignation, requesting also a prompt acceptance. His request was granted. Neither was there any charge laid against. Dr. PLUMES, in Presbytery. 'lt was there a request by a portion of his people for ad vice.in the midst of difficulties, and result ing in an effort on the part of Presbytery to compose those difficulties. The Presby tery may have been raiataken in the mead. ures adopted, but it was certainly honest and patient. And whenithe _pastor, becom, Aliawateafted owith,Alre of,-Preikyterifal PRESBYTERIAN BANINER.---SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1862. measures, asked to be released from his charge and dismissed to another Presby tery, his request was granted—granted without any censure, or any abatement from the ordinary honorable record and kind testimonials. The Doctor, having been treated with so much courtesy, and having his requests Agsented to with respect, it is to be regretted that his friends put the Presbytery under the necessity of defending itself against the influence of partial and erroneous state ments. GOD'S DIARY. Some men are very careful not to put on paper any thing which may prove injuri au4 to them. The caution is a wise one, and ought to be practiced by all. An in jutions sentence committed to paper, may remain and do harm, long after the band that penned it is mouldering in the dust.. Some men keep :a diary. They make a. daily record of their actions, and to some extent of their thoughte.''' No man ever kept a full diary; The completest one ever made, recorded only a small ,portion of the acts of the subject. Very important class es of acts are omitted altogether. A great many thoughts pans throligh men's minds which they would not,like to see expressed on •paper. They would• not like to see them spread out before their own eyes,. much less before the .eyes of their fellow-men. How'miserable it would make one to have a complete diary of, his life published I, No created hand can record such a diary. It is beyond the power of man; but it is not beyond the power of God. Such a diary is kept in the memory of God! Ev ery action of our lives, is, as it were, pho tographed in heaven the instant it is per formed. The most secret thought is reg istered in the diary of God. What folly for men to attempt to sin in secret ! Their acts are not only seen, but recorded on the adamantine pages of the book of God's remembrance ! Are they recorded in vain ? or shall the record one day , be exhibited.to the uni verse When all secret things , shall be brought into juEgtnent, shall they be - nude publicly manifest, that the grounds 'Of the sentenre may be seen? Synodical feelings,.—The meetings of our Synods are becoming, in a great degree, re unions of Christian brethren. There is but very little judicial business, and scarcely e any thing of dissentient discussion. There, is much prayer, much investigation in re gard to Christian duty, and some preaching and exhortation. We have recently attend ed, for part of their sessions, the meetings of four Synods—Allegheny, Ohio, Wheel; ing, and Pittsburgh—and have felt some thing with the Psalmist, ,, when be said, Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity." If there is turmoil in the distance, causing fear and anxiety, it is sweet to have peace at home. EASTERN SUMMARY. NE W -ENGLAN D. IN ANOTHER COLUMN Will be found, from the pen of a correspondent, an inter esting, account of the late Meeting of the American Board of Foreign Missions held at Springfield, Mass. In addition to the account thus given, we note with pleasure the noble minute on the state of the coun try, reported by Rev. Dr. Bacon, on behalf of the Business Committee. - It , IS a matter 'worthy of profound consideration thaithis minute was adopted withqut a word of de bate by this large and. venerable body. It reads as follows • The Board of Commissioners for Forein Missions in its last annual meeting ren dered its sympathy in the Struggle of our national Governinent with rebellion, and its prayer to the God of nations so to over.: rule the conflict that the rebellion may be crushed, slavery, its prime - eause,lrell moved, and that ',peace, prosperity, and righteousness may be permanently estab lished throughont,our land. Again assembled for the annual review . of our work in its progresa, and in its hin; drances, we are compelled' to recognize again' the relation between the great ex tension of Christian benevolence with which we are intrusted, and the conflict of our country with a huge and deaperate re bellion ; we 'are reminded that wherever our missionaries labor, their personal sale: ty, their liberty to pursue their work, arid 'their privilege of standing unawecl befdre. the rudest of barbarous nations, are partly dependent, under 'the prdvidenee of God, on the filet that they arecitizens of the United States; protected in all parts of the earth by the influential power of the great RepUblic, and We are compelled to see t6t what this rebellion aims at, the divisien of our country among two or more naturally independent confederacies, weak in them selves and jealous and hoitile toward each other; would weaken the hands of Ameri can missionaries in every part of •the world. We are reminded, too, that the'en= . tire moral influence - of the Ameirican churches upon the world is far more pow: erful and beneficent frorn the fact that they are the churches of a great, united,`Sover eige; and self goierned people;' Therefore it is impossible for us to entertain a tiviusht of say termination of this war, - otherwise , than in the perfect restoration of the Union under the Constitution Which ' by the favor of .Ged, has made this mitibn heretofore so great and prosperous in its freedom. We record again our loyal sympathy. ith the. President of the United States,, in the struggle to vindicate and maintain " the supreme law of the land " according to. his inaugural oath, and our confidence that ac cording. to his , proclaimed intention, he not fail to employ for ,that„purpose, against the enemies of the-United States, all those powers with which.he isinvested by the Constitution of the :United States, and all twee means of subjugation which are warranted. by the law''of..nations and and the law. of God: Anti with: our re mewed prayer to , the , God , whose displeasure at the wickedness Which fdls.,the :earth with sadness and oppression,,all' history has testified, and who'so often, wrought deliver ance for our fathers in their perils, .we're cord our grateful confidence that the rebel lion will be erttshed,• that slavery, Its prime, cause, will be retrieved, and that peace, prosperity;and righleousness will, be per, mauentoly egtabliebod cur,landt . `MIL FOLLOWIN4I EXTRACTS from a communication in the .A.(l vertiser, from the pen of Prof. Theophilus Parsons, of the Law School of Cambridge, cannot fail to interest all who feel for their country's welfare. We commend them especially to the attention of those thoughtful men who may honestly differ with those in authority regard'to the measures most likely to result in the crushing out of the present wicked rebellion. Prof. Parsons refer_ ring to the late Proclamation, thus writes : " I am not au abolitionist. I did not expect or desire - this measure, nor do I see its necessity. But why should I not defer to the judgment of the President ? It was his duty to form and to act upon this judg ment. He has acted under pressure, but it was a pressure on both sides. He knows all the facts upon vvhich 1 could form an opinion, .and Many which I do not. He must knoW bettdr than how far it will be an help and how far an hindrance in'the work he 'has to d 6. And he must know better than I can Whether such measure was necessary to arrest iiiipending and im portant peril' from ahiaad. Would it not be very foolish to suppose the'judgment of one who had'onlY my means of judgment, likely to,be wiser than that - of one Who has "the means which the may Poss'esses "A short time may determine whether this' nation is iblive Or die:" And the in fluence of this war and its result - may be as ,broad as the-woild and as'lasting as time. And how much we are doing which - in its greatness, is ,Worthy of the hour I We are pouring out,' our best blood like water. Some of us—haw, many I—Offer up our sons, and send them to battle with as saiile, and when they die, bury them almost without a tear. Can we not sacrifice our prejudices and our passiotis,'our eharished opinions, our partiziM habits' and associations, and, even - the 'assertionsand declarations to which we stand committed '?• Must not these sacrifteeS'be made, unles, we are wil ling that ait'ahpr sacrifice should 'be una railing? 'ls our patriotism no longer patriotism'When it` demands—noe . money, for that we, are ready to, give—not effort, for that we are willing to make—not blood and life, for their we ate pohring out; but submission—simple honest real submis . . 61013, to constituted authority "Hilt Iwili not pursue this course of ',thought any further. For myself, I have now no' politics, and desire to have none, but the purpose of sustaining 'my country, and therefore its goverbment, in every way that I can; and With the whole of the little strength I possess I" SEVERAL of the most prominent church es in Connecticut are at present without pastors. The' North church ia Hartford, , the church in Oranoe the Colleoe Street church in New-Haven the church in North Haven, and. the Second ,chureh in Bridge port, ire mentioned' in the list of vacan cies. THEREV. W. A. Sour; p.D., has, we understand, declined the call , tc• theTirst Presbyterian. church, Boston: A BOSTON letter-writer, under date of . • Oct. 16, says: A large crowd are in attend ance at Faneuilliall to-day, to witness the process oft drafting.' The proceedings- are attended with entire good nature on, the part of the audience." SoLomoN , FootE seems,to„be quite a fa vorite.with the people of, Vermont'. ,He has already' twiee• represented thein in the United States Senate, on the 14th inst. he was a. , ein chosen Senator for six years from the 4th of,lgarch next. He received the unanimous 'vote of the •State• Senate, and in the I!ouse only se,ven votes were cast against him. THE AUTHOR of "'Country Living and Country Thinking," including some of the admirable Essays which lately appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, is , ,,Miss ~Al4igail E. Dodge, of Hamilton, ;Mass. Her noin de plume, it will be remembered, is Gail Ham-. She •has forsome time been a con tributor to the *lndependent. , THE ,IRO-CLAD MONITOR, Ara,leant; which was launched at Boston on Tuesday, Oct. 14th, is aboni 1800 tons. Her length is 200' feet, and her breadth 48' feet. The thickness of her wooden armor "is' three feet, and of the iron armor Outside of the wood,'sisfinched.' The turret is 21 feet'in diameter i and 11 , inches thick. The'deek-' plating' is one inch thick. After being launched, the vessel was moored Under the . shear's, where the work of fitting her for" sea will' be'completed ' NEW-YORK. MR. EDWARD PAYSON HAISMOND, , of Connecticut, was recently licensed to preach the Gospel by the hird Presbytery (N. 5.,) of New-York, and it,is expected that be will shortly be' ordained to the full `Work of the ministry. We - presume tiom' all we can ' gather, that 'Mr. Hain mond .is not posie4ed of the scholas tic attainments usually deemed indis `pensible in candidates for the ministry by. the 'Presbyteilan Church,' though the , j preseet'departure from our eicellent rules on this subject, is fieihaps perfeetly liable. Both in Scotland and in. New- England, Mr. Hammond has labored as an evangelist with remarkable sucaess. Hun dreds of soulshave already, through his instrumentality, been brought into the fold of Christ. .!Everywhere he seems, to have enjoyed the: confidence and sympathy. of 'the ministers of the:churches: in whose bounds he has labored. • ' THE following notice of the sermon of Bishop ilicCoskry, at the opening of the. late General , Convention of the :Protestant Episcopal Chtirch may seem severe, but occurring as it does in an Episeopal paper,' the Ch,ristfan Tintes,, we, may, presume, it no more severe than the ease, demanded. The 'Bishop was.,on& a Presbyterian, and be seems diterniinid to give'full Proof' of the thoroughness`Ofco his'n Version to is • copaey, by going to, the very extreme of High-Church bigotrYo. We are pleased to quote the notice entitled to as an c evidence that such'eitreMistsare repiadiated by at, least many in'the EPisco'pal Church :' Of the.serrnon,bycthe Bishop of Michi gan, we cannot spealt,as we yrould,.; for it .was neither patriotic aer'ProteStatiV,'neither evangelical nor charitable; but was, cynical in its criticism 'of' the, great body ,of, our fellow-citizens, and Censorious toward all .other,Christian bodies:in the , land. Rt: Rev. geetletnan's,theory of, the causes 'of; this; war ?..s co rrect,i its con ti n , giant % Air siugle daylvaitioutAle ;any Christian plea or principle. If his view of eaters is correct, then we are the most irreligious and immoral people in Christendom ; the few good men conceded to the. "sects" are such in spite of their religious associations and denominational influencee, and not because of them. In brief, our national calamities are all to be ascribed to the denial of Apostolic Suc cession in the qaainistry of the Church, and the rejection of the dogma 'of Baptismal Regeneration, the acceptance of which vould go far to redeem us from the perdi tion to Whith 4Ve are hastening. More in narrow than in anger, we pro 'non nee , thisnerucon an insult to the Church; or, if endorsed by the Church, then an in sult from the Church to the nation which _,protects it .and ;guarantees it in all its lib ,erties, so Abet even such a sermon as this can ~be preached by one of its chief min :istera. 'TglEetz -ave sine clergymen connected =with the dim Marches included in the cor , , - ,poratt;on =of Triaity church, in New-York. Pram the &Batwing statement, it will be :seen drat the olergy of " Old Trinity" are true wad zedeas patriots: The rector, Dr. Berrien, has a son eon- Inected , with. the Navy. Department. In 'Trinity eiturolt, Dr. Vinton has two broth ers itz (be =Omitted States'army ; Dr. Ogilby has a too., am officer, who diatinguished 'hitutek4: iaz gallextiy at 'Fort Donelson and - in (Aber . Western battles: ln St. Paul's •chapel, Dr.. Ifht 'has a son in the army in Vitrginist,; IVltr. Dix has a father a Major =Demo:44.2,nd a brother a chaplain in the :United States service. In John's •ehapel„ 10c. Winton has gone himself as =chap/ aim vitt& this (7th New-York) Reo=i- Meat. lat Weitaity chapel, Dr. Higbee as -two sees in tle, :naval service of the United, States, atijitttir. Hobart, a nephew in the ,arnely. Titr, liethaitt, in an able article on the -" Comparative character of the American Pulpit," retnarkt : " For intellectually able .se,rmenizing—the elaborate, instructive, -convincing discussion of the great theses .of religion, practical and dogmatic—we are indicted. to yield the palm to the Presbyte rian pulpit, adding, also, that of 'the Cal vinistk Congregationalists." We dam our contemporary for this - tribute of praise, and we hope we shall be , e.xcueed for adding that we regard the ~c ompliment a plat one. At 'the same time we roma. that much of our " intel lectually able :sermonising " is compara tively ineifeetaal, for want of that ardor :and earnestness of delivery which so emi nentlyeintracterizes our Methodist brethren in the tainistry, Tarmustits from East Genesee , (Methodist) Conference make the vote of - the ministry 42 'for and 52 against lay del •egtiti,m, and that of the laity 733 for and 325 against; *bowing in both cases a ma jority in favor of change: The Conference decided not:to locate its members who have : gone to the aver as offieers or privates, but ito give them nominal appointments. ' THE Tri&me says : • ,The enrollment for, this city is com -pleted. About 250,000 names are recorded. 'There are .not more than 200,000 at the •outside betweea the Eiges of 18 and 45; of these,7s,ooo are aliens; 25,000 are militia, :runlet), and other exempts by occupation, ,and,1,),000 to 20,000 will claim exemption :from .disabilitie , i; so that when the lists are thorough zevised, there will be consider .ably less than 100,000 subject to draft. 'The greatest cumber of votes recorded- is ;about 120.000, and these include all ages ;front 21 years. In an enrollment of 250,- (000, therefor.e., the dodgers will have small *chance of escaper THE NEW: fRON-CLAD Passaic is rapid= ly approaching completion at Greenpoint: A huge gun 'for 'her ririnainent was taken faun the .13rooklyn Navy Yard, a few daya agat,qo be. placed in the turret. ' Captain Percival Drayton, of South Carolina, has ;been ordered to -the command of the yes :eel, and has reported to Admiral Paulding, •of 'this station,' for that purpbae.' The „Passaic is one 'of the single-turreted "Mon hers" building under Mr. Ericsson's su pervision. Pilot% p. p. 'BROWN, of Madison Uni worsity, has suspended his, effteial labors in that, institution for the present, and ,ae oepted, the Ate of Colonel of the 169th Teglinent and has just gone on to the seat 4:if 'war. THE YOUNG 4 MEN'S CHRIETrAN Asso- CIATION of New-York have Undertaken.the beneficent service of supplying all the hos pitals in that city with night-watchers. About two hundred and fifty young men have already volunteered to take their *hare of this merciful and necessary work. • THE leading feature of the money mar- Iret is the great advance in the premium 'on gold with an accompanying rise in the rates of foreign eichange. Gold is now (Wednesday) at a premium of ga pet cent., - and the market for ex change on Enrope is wholly unsettled. Drawers kncw not what to ask, and bank ers, 'the 'cement they draw hills, cover either by gold shipments of remittance of such .Commtercial bills as offer in,'th'e mat ket. The export 'of gold list - Week amounted t0'52,255,514, which is above the - average of the last few weeks. On Mothiay there were sales of first-ciasi sterling 60-day bills at-145, and the quota tions are 144 to 145. The high rates of foreign exchange are stimulating qui exitorts, and 'retukt.affeet in - the it, of diminution our imports. Our , export 4 last week were in value $;807,827, and imports $1,867,222, shoWing. a large excess of exports for the week; h'irt.foi the ) , ear,that is since <Tannery Ist, the case is '' , different. Imports, $1.89;973',214; Ex ports 'of . produee, $109,518,224 ; Exports" 5pecie,147,172,882.' ' .PHILADELPBIA. , • THE "ANNUAL MEETING of the'Pennsyl 'yenta Colonization Society was held orithe evening of the 13th inst., at the SOciety'S , room, iaNalnUt Street. All true frieD4 of the More& race will take a deep.interest : in the' welfare' of Liberia. From 'the an nual' report we malia'tho following ex . tracts , . Advice.s of an encouraging euaraoter continue to .proceed from,, the Liberian Re; public. Prosperity attends„ all, interests. Peace has prevailed. Agriculture is meet ing_ with greatly increased attention. It, is pecr,liarly,gratifying to he assured that the,beneficence and humanity extended to the: four thousand five hundreil:.natiya Africans taken by our Government cruisers from slavers, .4134 ,landed ~that thriving; State .between August 26,,1860 „ andolf ,;#3, I M4 , 4ItRiM4 0 1.0 0 0, 6 tcn 'llPlttiok. have been worthily bestowed, and that they are daily advancing in knowledge, virtue, and the more ennobling usages of Ghristian life. We trust that no change will be made in the disposition of recaptured Africans, hut that the policy inaugurated by Monroe will be faithfully adhered to— that of returning all such to their native Continent. " It is believed that the shipment of slaves from the Western regions of Africa have been much reduced of late—owing mostly to the operation of the new treaty between the Governments of the United- States and Great Britain—which author izes the detention and search of suspected craft, in certain localities, by the men-of war of each nation. Before many months, we trust, the exigences of affairs at home will allow our authorities to enlarge the squadron in that quarter, and substitute steamers for sailing vessels. It may not be too much to express the further ,hope that ere long the Government of Great Britain may, with our own, unite in another measure to put an end to this execra ble traffic, and, that is to demand that the only Government that now admits of its being carried oo within its limits, shall cruse to encourage or allow it. Settlements of , civilized colored men, scattered along the Aft icon seaboard, are the most effectual barriers tin the. prosecution '‘of , this. high crime against :humanity. Liberia, has swept this. terrible _evil from _nigh: -seven hundred miles of the coast—her own, ter ritory--and in this reprd is worthy of the best wishes, active. sympathy, and liberal support of Christendom REv. DR. MusdaAvE 'has "been invited to supply the pulpit - of the 'Penn Preiby terian church, made .vacant; .by the , death, of the Rev. F. D. Ladd, the: late pastor. The invitation has, We • understand, been accepted. AT THE different prominentrnedical leges in, this city, the introductory lectures for the course of 1862 and 1868 were de livered on Monday, and on . Tp. esday the regular series of lectures were begun -upon the ,various branches of medical science. At all the colleges the attendance this year will exceed that of last,,owing, po induce meets presented to ,physicians to become surgeons in the, army. THE Board' of Medical Examiners, for surgeons in the army, have been in'session during the past week, ex amining applicants for. 'this situation. The examinations, of Alte 'Board are very stringent; it being the intention' of ' the Governxner& to have none' but careful and well educated men placed in these posi tions. They will continue 'their sittings until all the vacancies are filled. THE following statement shows the- . num , ber of soldiers who have died,, beenp dis charged, or sent, to their Tegimenis from thn different army hospitals in this city,' dur ing the month of September : lied, s n; Discharged, 655 • Sent to regiments 7E4. For the Presbyterian Banner Should we Pray for our &mulles'? Mu. Enuou,:—lt has alWays lieen my, opinion that we are too careless in our, use, of a great weapon, that is in (Mr power tO use the struggle that now shakes our 'na.. tion, viz., that of prayer. IlaVing . lately attended the meeting of one of the' Pres-, byteries of our Church, I was struck with the entire neglect of a.reinembrance of our Southern bretbren'at Throne of Grace. Itwas ray privilege during the sittings of Presbytery, to be a silent petitioner, while others led the atidience in some ten prayers:: Those prayers, I am happy to say, were full of zeal and warmth for our 'beloved country, our rulers, our armies and; navies, our sick arid wounded—all foundji place' in those prayers,, but not one :of them cen mined a single petition for our enethies: I confess it stagaered me. I 'wondered if the day of prayer for our - enemies had gone by, or had the South t hecorne so corrupt. and committed such a sin' that we should not pray for thern. Are theY not onr brethren , ? Yea, many of them are bound to us by the tender ties of consanguinity; many of the members Of our churches have friends and relatives amen,9,-` the outhern , people„ ninny of them are doubtless sick and wounded, and many more may have to meet death on the bat tle-field. No*, Mr. Editor, I 'ask, is it not our privilege; yea, farther, is it not our boun den duty while we remember our country, our army and navy, to `remember those who are DOW in arms against na ? .* Does not. Christ iiistruct us to pray for those who despitefully•use us ? And may it not. be` that God Is Waiting' to' heir the united voice of his people for those' Who ire in arms against us? And'ai united prayer is powerful, might, we not hope. that if our ,petitions for then]. were earnest and faith: 'fill, he might open their eyes and 'eonviet their minds, and by that means quell the unnatural rebellion that now afillem uscso' sorely ? rs it not' therefore our duty to pray for`our enemies while we pray: for our beloved country'? N. PERSONAL Gen. C. T. James, who died at. Sag .Etarbor, L. 1., Oct. 16, in ,eonsequence of, injuries received ,by a -preinoure c4.plosion,of one, of his own ~projeetiles, was a native of Rhode Island. By profession he was an engineer, and .for a time was engaged in superintending, the constructiotLof some ..of the 'largest manufacturing establishments, in New-England. His leisure hours for the last thirty years have been devoted to the Atucly of, artillery,, and the improvementS which he elaime to have made were the re sult and deduction of careful 'scientific ib vestigations. Gen. Jamei represented his- State in the United States Senate' 'from' .1851 to .1857. Ile derived his ''military' title from having held the position - of Maj. General-of the Rhode Island State Militia. At the time of his death' he was, about - fifty four years of age.' He leaVeS a wife' and fOur children: • Death-of , Com. Hudson, 11, N.z-,-pornmo.:! Win.. N. Hudson, of the U. S..Nav ,died very ; ; suddenly,_ in.Bronklyn :on the morn— ing of Wednesday lie , was' a nattve. of the , State of New-York i , and entered; the inavy, en_ .the, first of. , Tnnuary, 1818 he was sailing master, and stationed at. the Brooklyn Navy-yard. During the fol ing yep' h, e.was ordered h 3 the siotia --war G'ane. He remained on her ; for some.titie,, and was then. transferred to the -schoon or , PO/piti 2 ;a•' ,t l ie Warrant, o 1 midsliipmitt: bore the, 44 of January 1, 1816, and Was receißed.While on-thu. bo iplain, in ,184 - In 184 Midshipman Hudson was attacjill ed to ,the New-York,stationi where. helfe.: Inained 7 untij 184, when he was granted.a, furlough, .promotion, in the latter to Par wbee, he Was ordered, t: of the eo , rne,year, In:Nevember 18,4 the sloop;of-war irurrea, and remained on her, a. longcruise:, . he was.e gmEnrhiesineed a on n it nande t r,„api. l l . MVO, Watt ilrierell the 43kf sloop•of--war i✓incennes, of the Pacific squad ron. Commodore Hudson returned in the Vincennes in June, 1852, and again was appointed to the New-York Nary-yard. In 1855 he was promoted to a captaincy. In 18,36 he was detached from the yard, and was awaiting orders until 1857, when he Was ordered to the frigate Niagara, to as sist in laying the famous transatlantic sub marine telegraph cable. After the success ful accomplishment of this mission, he left the Niagara, and was ordered to the Navy yard at Boston, where he performed the duties of commandant until the present year, when he was appointed Light-house Inspector for the New-York district. At the time of his death he was ranked a cap tain on the retired list as No. 20. Corn Wilkes.—A Bermuda letter, pub lished in the Halifax papers of the 11th inst., complains of the visit of Admiral ,Wilkes to that pert., with Alves United States, war vessels. , The Admiral arrived on the.2sth of September„direetfrom New- York, in four, days, and remained in port about five days, in, defiance of the Queen's proclamation, : allowing ,only-twenty - four hours' stay." „ In -conclusion, the letter oar - , "It would.„Deem that Wilkes had a dou ble object, in ,v,iew corning to Bermuda. First, to insult the, authorities, for, he must have knos,vn what a,defenceiess state we "were, In; and, seeend, to ! capture , or des troy:the vesselsinport, six steamers that are engaged, either di reetly :or i reedy, in the trade with the,' rebel. ports and de stroy, all. the ; , powder, ,of which there is said to be.a largo quantity stored en one of the small islands in Castle ,Harbor. The Admiral and one of his, steamers, had gone out of sight from the land, .Eint,, , the other one, ',having coaled and repaired, is. cruising - outside of St. George. Complaints are also 'Made that 13ritish.vessels : we ts occasionally brought to by Federal( guns, while entering the harbor of St. George.'; Ir. John C. Calhoun 411 0 .' '1.85n. A Southern writer relatee 'the follOvving as evidence' of his sagacity I • During Mr. Calhoun's illness, a distin guished Senatoi,Wliti possessed hisentire confidence,' one dity *Mit tn.:*visit him:: In speaking of the 'CliniProtni:se Maas:urea, Mr. Calhoun said " shall never again be in .the Senate;' my day is One S lip; but if the gentlemen Wholiave charge . of these' ques tions think that they will be abli, as loyal men, to adju4`them by'cOynpihreis . e,'l fear they aretMistakin:''.'The"Seedillrt tion,''sir, Nave been .mist bear `The `two Sections Canna longer live under a 'cannier' :6f:firerowel:it. "I' think I eau See 'clearly within . what time the' Sep •aration will takeu:Tildee,',an,d 'I fix , it at twelve yeara--ithree' 'PreSidential;terms. My judgmeht that'acilijeet; but I am not so 'Clear it take place r'biltur think thatille greatest pieba bilitfis;'ttat the . 0 - theriiiiietit'*ill explode during a'Presid6tial-electron'"'' 'Major .General , -Bir Bardley Wilmot Inglis, the :hero: of; buck mai*. in. :the Bepoy rebellion,-diedeon'the 14tht of. September at Horeburgiiacarnauys It will be rernem ' bereci that.this officer was; an command of the garrison at .Lneknow, -and: defended that'.po§ition• _with ie.. very. small force'of English: soldiers, already=' enfeebled , by pri vation and-the disease ib ci dent. to A:hostile climate, against . an 'enormously dispropor- I tioned force of:rentineers; Filr.that noble defence be was made' a amight" Cowman-. der of , thelßath. .Subsequently. :be was p poin ted to: the cam rain d . the tish troops in the -.lonian::-Islands; .but his health, • shaken by : the . .longs flinxiety And desperate privation of 4.4ricknow,Aanguish cd until his medical adiisors thought it their d uty to ...recommend Ithat - z he should try..the air of. Germany.. , was fifty y ears ,old; . • - 1 , VA RitTIER.I lietrihntion.;,Tenon it statel.tlat Matt. OelLouisville.sofigolninster i murder 'nr, was sil 9 t,by -guerriAlaa,, on 'hia-:own plan tation a I:ew l days sin e fittVakos ton, NOith'''Carolina,`lis'suiferiiii'terribiy from.the yel l OW . leveri'i'MpO l iiiir by One of the vessel s which rung th e bLekatie. ,l he reports giVek•TOthe South ern papers state that there ire. 4 'forty-five new eaSci, - .on:the ',date of 'thi'`latest dis patehets:' inpToportioo . 'eo Ji'o . Pnlation, is as - Argo an amount of s i ckness as ever 1 . was know i n, the epi'lieitireg-4 Oiteans I.or, Norfolk'. 'The 'mnitaiiii."i4'vkl'r k'reat. Among the deaths We notice ! thWeaine of Dr. James Dickso nn' the i le'a4ing elan 'of and of the orN6 th Carolina, a - Aylfrg—gidliriii ihetiraisPrr byterisn Wilni ' lingkeii, r s'iirl • °s of the.:pitreiseand.ntibleSttnen"°°° k oar 9• • W!1 haveever Manufacture lottitot c --The Dui)mi 11 Shot, -- tower.. baying beenlpurehased and cl ue d 8 u p by a s,t, r.4t qa;ihoiutsei - ie N ePtier to r e its eompetit4P.lAtte eitiaensof,Dnbuq°nwe9bvee eante.indignentf,enti: ,commenced ituen ng :to - itnakefAunV by Air TIP: g ez ni P :t r a i l . dOwn the deserted „lead: 'obirkf , ivitEr„ the most ~ ? satisfactorT, resn' te'Tahnv are trip.ibusine' q s n t e r e o e l4 i ly ty , : h . a ig t r i g decided ,that irn; :the s r s e : is tu n te o ;*dniitlhar,:ant7l.7etp;,e.,,filfetunir":7l%o4-Ijrtki 11t4e4trr:rtou"nudd, wen. 0t1514 % :Will du as ,; Mew' Minei'Disenterid.—ath '- 'N'ews; of the' 15"ee'lieiiiipseveral' lodes of the elate.'rzirrge ,dgeAngeks New d i scoveries bn ttehhlcee fullyopening-theioded'at thi: l l poi sane rich- appek.anee' littlfwe'dhe°rne they ere Another ittait';beovi ditieniered this side - of the state thilea' ilgel l itid'abotit forty frOM Teljaehak, by old 14' orted eountry. i„rist :t y .1.. this . "4 4 , onttnp e ion itly nietP:re-4ttninilbeilre'n;i°.tralletavtehe-se wh „n ? thak, d th e under, tl e M T Ae , , emancipated, will be.,aa.foll6w - t hgt kcesi4ent, Alabama , ctu Florida,: 14 trt ' Georgia, • ' 7lll mi.4s4o , 7 , , Li i.tl3 4A804n,:01° 1/44114iiiia' Fr i L'"): • 71 i-i%:11 fi 69 , 6 8644 Puri,'v ": 6 2 4 Y. .7. 0 g,,44L Teia;, , 15 /4 Eastern M 7 ,89. ;t- 8%5 000 , „1. 'rot•. l ,A9noroang to census of •:. : 0 1 6615 laekaort4 inure* - ,..414r4a1;ii make T,ol:mgcegat.o4 thei iinte about R a i • t/e4f WWI
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