Vrtsbgttrian §anyter. PITTSBURGH) WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1.863. Change of Rooms,—We have transferred our office from the front rooms to the rear of the Gazette Building, 84 Fifth Street. The entrance is by the central front door and through the hall, Ball's Journal of licalth,—We enrich our fourth page by an extract from this excellent . periodical, on "Farmer Health." The Journal is a monthly - of six teen pages, published in New-York. It is alwaya good. Beard of COlpartage.—We are pleased 'ming called ,upon to, publish receipts to the amount of $245.27, for the Board of Col pottage of the Synods of Pittsburgh and Allegheny. The churches of the Synods do well to sustain this their own benevolent institution. Singular. --The New-York Observer, now entering its forty-first year, was originated, 'and has been perpetuated by men single `laxly tenacious of life and wonderfully 'messed with bodily as well as mental vigor. ,Its " founders, proprietors, editors, and all _who have had arty 'responsible connexion with its editorial columns and business Management are alive and in good health to-day.,, Tko ,liouso of Dram—This reformatory institution is under able Managers, and is pi:educing" great benefits. The Annual Meeting of the Contributors was held on Monday last. The Report was _read by JOHN T. Lon4B, Esq., President. The Inmates for the year were; Bor. Girl*. Tot. No. of inmates; Dec. 24, 1861,-148 58 .206 Reeeivnd during 1862, 100 53 153 Discharged during 1862, : .„....... 55 30 85 Remaining, Dec. 22d, 1862, 193 81 274 Meeting of Allegheny Preshytery.---Efoving been requested is a constitutional manner, I lereby call a 'special meeting of the Presbytery of Allegfieny, on the 20th day of January, 1803, at the Church Of Bull Creek, at 11 o'CloCk A. M. The object of the _meeting is to receive Mr. George W. Jackson, under the cafe -of this. Presbytery, and to, attend to all the preliminaries of ordination and installation, and to ordain and install him pastor of the congregation of:Bull Creek, if the way be open. . JAMES COULTER,, Moderator. Change ar Ditte,—weh ave substituted the word Wednesday, for that of " Saturday," iUdating our paper. We also go to press a little earlier in the week. This is done to %accomniodate, - many subscribers whose mail facilities required - that the Banner shoild be in the Post Office by; Wednesday evening. We may, in justice to ourselves, put , ibaelt the date to which payments are made se as to give fully, but not more than, fift*-two numbers for the year. Some of Or contemporaries omitted a week, because th:!s year contains fifty-three of their pub lishing days. We thought our subscribers would prefer to have no week omitted. ROM AND FOREIGN RECORD. -The number for January comes' to us With more cheering tidings than did some of its predecessors. We had begun to fear that the love of great numbers of our peoplea d "waled cold: The contributions to thel3oards had been, for some mOutbs, Useeedingly smalL Debtswere rapidly, in creasing. New laborers could not be em ployed. The wages of old ones were de -crease& Oar candidates were not sus fained; Things' looked gloomy. Sorrow was 'beginning to settle down. upon the heart of Zion's-friends. In such circum itanosit is refreshing to find signs of a tie* life. - - :The contributions to the Boards daring the month of November were : • Domestic Missions ; - •$10,777.09 Education; - 4,963.35 Foreign Missions, , - 13,477.29 Publibation, (including sales) • 5,828.21 Olitirch .Eatension, - - 1,283.03 • , -These collections, though far short of Meeting the increased demands', yet afforded Much relief ; and we trust they are the be ginnings, of a new ardor and a noble liber ality on the part of our Churches. . DIRECTORY OF . HOSPITALS _ The following information may be of great value to the friends of the sick and Wotinded of the army: The Sanitary Commission have estab lished an office of information in regard to Patients in the Hospitals in tho District of Columbia, and of Frederick City, Maryland. By.wieference to books, which are correct ed daily, an answer can;: under: ordinary circumstances, he given lop return mail to the fallowing questions: _lst. -Is ---- [ giving name - and reg iment] at present in the hospitals of -the District, or of Frederick . City ? 2d. If so, what is his proper address ?. Bd. What is the name of the Surgeon or Chaplain of the hospital ? 4th: If not in hosital at present, has he recently been in hospital? sth. If so, did he die in hospital, and at what date ? 6th. If recently discharged from hospital, was he discharged from service ? 7th. If not, - , what were his orders on leaving ? The Commissioner is prepared also to furnish more specific information as to the eitidition of any patient in the District hos iiitaht, within twenty-four hours after a re quest to do so, from an officer of any of its earrifspotiding Societies. f.`-he office of the Directory will be open daily fromS o'olook A.. M. to 8 o'clock P. M., and'accessible in urgent cases at' any how, of the night. 4 '.i 6 h.„ nutiber of patients in these hospi tals is about 25,000. If found to be pran t eat t la„,:.the duty, here. : undertaken locally by the,,Clommfasion Will he extended to in- Oncle,tillittia general hospitals.iii the coun try. FILED. LAW oLattiqpn, General Secretary. *ADAMS :1101:1/Z,4.44A - OrEgref, Wcaington, D. C., .N0v.19, 1862, THE BlBhE AS AN EDUCATING POWER.* We have often spoken of the Bible, as the fountain of knowledge, and adapted to the human mind, to transform it and fill it with wisdom. We have also alluded to the influence of the teacher upon his pu pils, imparting, as it were, himself to theni —his manner, spirit, modes of thought, energies. And we have insisted upon the careful selection of reading for the young, and even for the aged. The spirit of the hook is transfused, more or less, be it good or be it bad. In this connexion we have spoken of the, newspaper as a me dium of influence. How it gives character to the household, in taste, sentiment, modes of thought, style of speaking, writing, and reasoning, and in principles of, action. • As an eloquent exposition of some of the thoughts alluded to, we present to our readers an extract from a little work of JOHN S. HART, LL.D., late of the Sunday 'School Union, Philadelphia; and now Principal of the Model Department of the New-Jersey State Normal School. "One of the necessary tendencies of the human mind is to grow into the like ness of those with whom we are brought into. Contact No matter how great may be our native independence of character, we all, neeessarily - and unconsciously, are moulded and shaped by the minds which press much upon ours. -We are influenced and fash- - ion ed by the thoughts and opinion& of those even whom we-do not admire. We cannot escape entirely the influence of one even whom we .lespise and hate, if he be a 'man ~.of intellectual power, and. if circumstances throw us much -within the reach of his thoughts.. Thought, indeed, is a most subtle agent, stealing unawares into tile se cret, chambers of the soul, in its passive and confiding moments, and working, often its mightiest effects.when its presence is least suspected. - " If pure, naked thought of >itself have this subtle, ,pervasive influence, even when 'not distinguished,for brilliancy, when em eating from a man of common understand mg, or even .when coming from a source which is disliked and - despised, what must be its influence when clothed with all the attractions of grace and beauty; when in stinct with living force from the hand of genius ; when coming to us' fresh from the the heart of one whom we love, and whose opinions we have-learned to receive as the utterances of superior wisdom l There is something eontagiouein the fire of genius. A natural dolt cannot indeed be converted into a man of parts, by merely associating with one who possesses genius. But such associations has undoubtedly a 'wonderful power in'quickening whatever natural parts a man may have. " These secret, subtle influences, form a .large element in the educational power of a seat of learning. ,The mere knowledge which is gained at such a place' might be gained, elsewhere. But at the College, or the Universityi the young man is brought into direct and kindly contact with some of the most gifted minds of the. community. The influence upon him is often like that of life from the „dead. Every professional man, who has 'advanced some degrees in the career .of life, is surprised on looking back upon his College course, to find how many of the influenees which-have formed his character and shaped his destiny, have sprung from the living power of some one beloved Professor. It is to the parent a boon for which no maney can pay, to be able thus: for d period of years to secure for his son a close and daily contact with even one man of real power!! The author then proceeds to show what a mighty effect a daily intercourse with the holy Scriptures must have upon the jiidg: went, temper, and habits of the, young. Of the influence of the Bible upon Ju-' risprudence, he says: • " eminent lawyer once, tempted me to step out of my own chosen walk of Study, and to read an essay which he se leeted for the obcasion, on a purely legal question. The work selected for the exper intent was by that eminent English Jurist, Sir Wrraa - s.m JONES. It related to a single point of legal' ethics, and was commended to my attention as one of the finest speci mens extant of pure logic applied to ques tions of law. The work was "JONES' on Bailments." Every . legal• gentleman will understand 'the intellectual - delight with which-a mind unaccustomed-to au& hives tigatiOns; but otherwise not unfamiliar.with discipline and eniture, would rest and ex patiate in the-calm self-evidencing conclu sions of that beautiful monograph. Per haps, howeyeri the most striking' fact that presses upon the mind of-any unprofessional reader-of that work, is, that the great ju visit seeks his highest illustrations of equity, not in Roman Jurisprudence, not in. Pe rsian and Indian law, with which he was equally familiar, but in the lawirof Mom— . in the - civil code of the Hebrew COllllllOll - Which, with all its - intentionally stringent national peculiarities, had yet its foundations, in the eternal principles of right. The majestic principles which un • derlie the entire structure of our own civil and political fabric, have been drawn from the same source. Back 'of the Declaration of Independence, back of Magna Charta, back--of Corm and BLACKSTONE, back of JUSTINIAN, back of the Twelve Tables i in that civil code which• God, by 'the band 'of MOSES, gave to his ancient people, the ju rist and the statesman find embedded those great principles of law and equity which have commanded the assent of the wise in all ages, and have entered into the univer sal life, of nations and commonwealths." Of the Bible's conservation of the Eng lish language he says: " To the general aspects of the subject, may be added one peculiar to the _English speaking nations. 'That version of the Scriptures, which has become the .common heir-loom of all. English-speaking-Protes tants, is by eomuion consent the noblest monument if our mother tongue.: = The Eng lish Bible is the accepted standard of the English language. It has done, and it is doing, more to keep the language to its moorings, than all other causes combined. If, in the startling rush and progression -of new ideas, the language do not drift en tirely from its moorings, so that Bacon, and MILTON,. and SHAKESPEARE, Will have to be read by our descendants with the help of a Lexicon and a Commentary, as native Greeks have now,to read PLATO and DEivt- OSTHENES, it will be because, through all coming generations, every English-speak ing, lip, shallhe trained, from infancy to the golden accents of the English Bible. Of the ,more ; than 'seventy millions who now speak this wonderful tongue, there is not one, whose deareit hciusehold words are not drawn froin that' riceless depository. The . _ * TRIO 818E,45'11.14 .SD - 170/CMG LIMBIL among the Nation's: tity , JahrieS. Mai; LL.B. 18mo, Pp. 68. PhileVphke Garrigries PRESBYTERIAN BANNER .---WEDNES_DAY, JA N CARY 7, 1863. writer or the speaker among us, who wishes to utter his thoughts in words which shall have power to stir the public heart to its lowest depths and its widest circumference, should sive his days and nights to the study of the English Bible. He who wishes merely to enrich his own mind, should al low it to be steeped, as it were, in the very words of that marvelous book." THE IRILITARY ARRESTS AND THE REM- A valued brother in a neighboring State, wbo is a devoted laborer in his Master's cause, though, we fear, a little too mueh of a party politician, but withal a good friend of ours, sends us a " kind ,whisper." He already has our thanks, over: our own sig nature, and al4o an intimation that possi bly we might take a,sept9iiceor two, of his letter for a text. , Thai.we naaymore fully respond ,to his suggestions, and -let others 'share the benefit. He says _ " I have wondered that when the nidit sacred rights of citizens' have - been' inva ded by the minions of power, awl; thou sands of our citizens have been, languish ing in dungeons and prison"camps, and en during the:,, outrages of the ingitisitiOn, or the reign or. terror in the - fule ofltosEs- FIBRE, the Banner, mcler raised a voice to sustain law,- order, and the - ' very fennda tiort Of 'all * civil liberty. The World, and other secula'r presses, have been left to face that danger, and theY'have dime it, bravely, whilst the: Banners (and _..the , religious press,) passed by on the other side,' and said, behold we knew •it, net"' - • Here are very positive "assertione,; but it seems to us that there must be some mistake, and no little .exaggeration. If the writer alludes to the arrests' of 'Union men in the -South; the imprisonments tor tUreS, robberies, and 'executions there, the Banner has not been And if he alludes to the oppression ..of millions •of God's rational creatures, laving • a ',dark , skin, still.the Banner has said something: And it . would have 'sairinuel more, in both mesa, if it eetild litive`reaeled the oppressors' ears. Our monitor, however, evidently means not to speak. of the rebels and usurpers at the South, but of ✓ the fully constituted Governinent of the eoln try and its military arrests at the North. Now, we must confess that though we have known of arrests, yet, if they oc curred in . such numbers i -and With • such circumstances of atrocity, we' knew it not. The " minions of power," if such there be in the land, may have been doing things secretly. The arrests, so -far as we -have known, or heard; with scarcely "an excep tion; have beep made by the lawful Presi dent, and by. .means •of lawful officers. They are not " numbered, by. thousands." No one his been made to' "languish in a dungeon!' There has been nothing of the "inquisition;;" and nothing of "the.rule of Itoussrmaz"—no efforts to enforce confeesion, no torture, no guillotine, no taking away of life. We have, however, heard of a considerable number of arrests. The "" powers ordained of God;", who are enjoined to be- " a terror to evil doers," and ", not to bear the sword in vain," and to protect those who do well," lay they had prima facie' evidence: , that sundry persons were plotting evil against the State, and they arrested and ,imPrisoned them to prevent their consummating that evil, to the great injury of their. neighbors and the country. If this was really, so, the rulers deserve praise.; especially as they treated the men kindly, fed and sheltered them, and .set them at liberty as soon as the danger was -passed. If 'the persona. were really innoeent; and if the officers, or others who had them arrested, - were influ enced by personal malignity, the law will yet give redress. • Justice, moves slowly, as though she were lame,-but yet - she gath ers force as she - advanees, and she seldeni fails to overtake - the culprit, • The Work; now so highly complimented, we have read pretty steadily; from its first number onward. if we recollect' -right . ; it advocated these arrests, when most of them were made '• and its ,change we cannot at tribute to either more light or a growing virtue. Its conversion was effected, so we have been informed, by gold :that is, it was bought up by the " outs" 'who wished to become "ins," and then it-suddenly as-, sailed the country's legitimate rulers. In such circumstances none'should " wonder" that " the Banner (and the religious press,)" heed its utterances but little. + • It is a happy thing that; the religious press of the country keeps, for the: most part, free from party trammels and political' aspirations. Look at :the Recbrder,-,in Baton ;' the Observer,,./uteltigeneer, Advo cate, Examiner, Evangelist, in New-Yorkl , the Presbyterian., Standard, Recorder; and I:nib-actor, in Philadelphia ;- the- BanWer, in Pittsburgh; 'the Preskyter,_ in Cincin nati ; the late Herald, in :Lpuisyillp -and' at other journals in those and ether . cities and towns, and you will need party politi ca/ spectacles, of great magnifying, distort ing, and discoloring power, if you will find anything of party politics—saving Only that we are all patriots,. and would main tain our country's unity, and, her constitu tion, and her laws, under the rulers regu larly chosen, and legitimately holding'their office. If politicians will assail the Bible: and, the Sabbath, and Temperanee, -and drag them into politics, we cannot hence cease to defend them. And if- politicians will become traitors and excite a rebellion, we are boind to sustain our corintry. , And politicians shall attempt to abridge the perspnal libertiof 'innocent men, or their, freedom :of speech, or the freedom of a: loyal press, they will then find us again their opponents.We are in faijor ot‘the I largest, liberty; but it must be a liberty, under,. law;.liberty with responsibility liberty -to act, but mot to injure your neigh bor or your country; liberty to speak or print, but liable to punishment for defaina tion,for inciting to treasep, or for aiding, the ; public; enemy. ' , Liberty: isi.precintill.:. Whatewoild iwirt Ms PRESS. not do for :reedoin, personal and political ? How we do detest- the man, or the officer, or the partisan, who would deprive us of our just rights—of wife, or child, or in heritance, or the fruits of our toil, or the means of mental improvement, or of our Bible or Sabbath, or of a choice as to our religious connexions ! But when we think of our privileges, and bless God for them, our mind turns as it were instinctively, (we trust that it is God's Spirit within us,) to the oppressed thousands of loyal citi zens at the South, and the enslaved mil lions of negroes there, and thinks that freedom, and the protection of law, would be just ae precious .to them as it is to us. g‘ All things whatsoever ye would that men should do unto yon, do ye even so to them." Will .ourgoodbrother so turn his-thoughts ? IHE DECREE IS PASSEII . It is man's decree; but it is made by the representative and , authoritative head =of a' great 'nation. It pledges 'a mighty people` to the'doing of a wonderful act. It • is, uttered 'under an imperative sense of public duty, and it invokes "the gracious favour of -Almighty. God" And will not God hear the prayer? It proclaims free dom to r ihree milliOns of his creatures, hitherto' Oppre . ssed and degraded slaves. Will God hear, and grant his gracious favor;?...:. It is-true that this decree does -not pro fefs:to:emariate from huniins feelins from benevolence nor from, obedience to God's written Jaw. It professes to proceed from militgry. - necessity. But 'has not ,, God, .in executing his wise counsels, brought upon the land this necessity? Has he not baf fled and ' thwarted us in all our, plans to escape this necessity? God has a purpose in this.. means.it :be- either in wrath, or in`mercy. If in wrath, he will make it a means of still greater suffering, and of deeper degradation than anything yet ex perienned ;. if-in mercy, he will cause bless ings - to , _-result:. If the President has not gone far enough; God may-still chastise'ui for doinci our work but in part, and May make us to proclaim:universal emSnoipa.: tion; For the present.we•centemplate ,the decree as issued. It reads thus: WASHINGTON, Jan. 1, 1868. y the; Preside4t of the United States. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS On'the 22d day of Septem ber, in the year'of our Lord 1862, a proc lamation was issued by the l'resident of the United States, containing among other things, the following to wit : That on the, first day of. January, in the year of. -our Lord 1863, all persons held as slaves within any Staie or:designated part of a State, the people whereof shall thenbe in rebellion against the United States, shall be then; the,ndeforward, and . for ever free; and the Executive Oevernment of the United States, including the Military and Naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedOin, of such persons, and "will ~do nio act, or acts, to, repress, such persons, or any, of them, in any effort they make for their actual freedom. That the Executive will on the first daY of January aforesaid, by Proclamation, designate the States, and parts of Stites, if any, in which the people therein respectively shall then be in rebel lion against tbe ,United States, * andthe fact that any State, and the people, thereof, shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States, by mem bers chosen thereto * at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters .of 'such: States shall have participated, shall, in the aliience ''tif strong countervailing testimo ny, lie deemed conclusive evidence that such States and, the People thereof are not then in-rebellion against the United States. Now therefore ABRAHAM LINCOLN President of the United States, by virtue of the power in "me vested, as Commander:- ir4 s hief of the army and navy of the United States, in 'time of actual ,armed, re bellion against the authority and govern ment of the United States, and asa fit and , necessary vier measure for, suppressing the said rebellion, do, on this, first day,of Jan uary, in the year of our Lord 186 a, and in accordance with my purpose so to do, publicly, proclaimed for the full . period of on e hundred - days from the day first above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the, peo ple thereof yesPectively are this day in re bellion against the United States, the fol lowing, to Arkansas, Texas, Louisi na, (except the,parishes of Saint Bernard, Plaqueminea, Jefferson, Saint James, As cension, Asinuiption, Terrebone, Lafourc,he, Saint Martin, and Orleans, including the city of New Orleans,) Mississippi, Alaba- Flerida, Georgia, South`Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, except the forty eight 'counties designated as Western Vir ginia, and also the' counties of Berkley, Ae coniae, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Anne, and Norfelk, including the cities _;ef Norfolk and Portsmouth, and which: excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if the proclamation were net, issued. • . • •, And by virtne'ef the power,and for the pnrpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all Orions hehl as slaves within the said designated States,and parts ~of said States, are, and hence orever shall be free, and that the Executive Government 'of the 'United States", - inelirding - the' 'Military and .Naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free, to abstain from all vio lence, unless in necessary self-defence; and I. recommend to them, that,.in all eases , when alloWed, they labor faithfully for rea sonable wages. And further declare and make known • . that such 'Persons, of suitable condition, will be received, into the armed service of the United, States, to garrison forts; tions, stations, and, other places, and to man vessels Of all sorb in the said service. "'.And upon this act, sincerely believed" to be an act of justice, warranted by the Con stitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate pidgment of mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God. In` witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand - and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. • Done at the city_of Washington this, the first day Of January, in the year of our Lord 1863; and of the Independence of 'the 'United States of America the 87th. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By the President, • WM HI 'SEWARD, Sec'y of State. Noble thoughts, and well uttered ; clear brief, -comprehensive. Now, shall the'de . scree lie eleniteirt' We to the letter and in its entire spirit. It is constitutional and righteous, as we endeav ored to show when the President's purpose was first declared. We then expressed a doubt of its expediency. And we still doubted. But the, Administration, who knew far better than we, the circumstances, necessities, and tendencies, thought differ ently. And now we have neither the right nor the disposition to go back, discuss and diffuse our doubts: The thing is done. It is past recall. Three millions of slaves are now, by public' authority, made free men, and they must not be again reduced to bondage. " The Executive Government of the United States, including the milita ry and naval authorities," is pledged to "recognize and ,maintain" their freedom. Amen, say we. And let all the people say, .AMEN: It is obrected that the act does a' wrong to men's property If the_ claimants of the slaves think so, let 'them apply. to the - civil law ; just as they would for any other slaini•to be measured by 'money., And if damages are awarded, let theni - be paid. We hold'Oui propertY boind for ,Our prop er share. • ,We- would ,do injustice to no man. We think they have., no -right=-.to --compensation for servants, 'Mere' than for horses, cotton, and ships lest by 'theirre rebellion. But ',if they have rights let them be duly asserted. Do any maintain that the country his not 'the ability to execute the decree. If not, then it should not have been made. It was intended to weaken the foe, And gain,snecess te the war. We: think`it will have this-effect. Sure are. We that it may be - Made so, if the Administration has the proper Wisdom and endig . l. 'Here are; say one. person in five, capable of bearing arms, which will give us . 600,000 men. The President says these "Will be received into the armed - service of the United States!' What an accession to our military force would be even` the half or the third of them 1, And what a loss to, the enemy to be dePrived of lis,laborers; for both sexes are- laborers for their masters. True, we cannot _hive them °iced ; but our army is already in every State but one. It has access now to many of the slaves - and many More will come and we can and will penetrate. further ' , awl many whites will be forced to stay at home to hold the - slaves. The measure may be made greatly effective, and''especially when the blacks get tb Un derstand that, Who would be free, Himself must strike the blow." There-is great danger, of eruelty in the warfare. This must. be avoided; if possi ble. The enemy has already threatened to murder all the blacki caught in our service; and has even begun the deed - by shooting twenty men of our teamsters ; who were lately captured in. Tennessee; and also fifty others in Georgia,' whov were endeavoring to escape'to our lines: If this'should pro= gross, the blscks will retaliate upon women and children, and another Saint Domingo scene, will boenacted. This we must:pre vent. - We mustOsOrigor. WO should at once seize Confederate civilians by the score or the thousands, and held them as laostages for the.. blacks;_and then let Mr. Davis know, :most - assuredly, that for every black man put to death, one of his white - citizens (a rebel) shall _surely die:A. few* such executions ,would , reestablish order. The : ]lacks _would feel safe,, and indiscriminate slaughter would be =pre= vente& We treinble at the' contemplation of our dangers, but we hesitate not We• are in a pOsition in which timid counsels would surely bring ruin. ; Boldness, prudence i firinneSS, will, With God's bleising, be our country's salyatien. _ REV. B. GAUDY, D. D. Dr. G.rtuNDy is, we believe, a native of Kentucky. " He haS occupied a prominent place in the Presbyterian Church, and been highly appreciated. ' He was five years pastor :of the Second . church in Memphis, Tenn. He lately preached his farewell Ser mon there, having two calls to Ohio"---one to Cincinnati; and the ether to Chillicothe. After the close of his sermon; he addedi says the Memphis Bulletin, as follows': " And: now my ministerial workltere . is done. lave preached in this:ptaPit; far as I knOw, thy last sermon. • I have stood by it 'amid the' rage and iiolenCe . of secession, iintil; by the bleeding of I have' seed 'planted over it the fink 'of our fathers and of our common country. May that `ghirions flag' ever wave over and protect it 'from the polluting breath and touch- !tif-it , secession - preacher. I thank ) God 'tlititl'hive been. m ade the instrument; in hie haii'di'of protecting and preserving at - blait tine . of the pulpits in this city from the hypocrisy and immorality of political secession. 1. regret - to know that. this is the onlypnlpit 'in '.)deriaphis. 'Amid the ministry of all dOnoininations iii this city, I have sincid'itinglehanded anti alone; and, ruipleitunkt End trying as is the position, wouldzoontinue so to stand did I,deem this necessary to protect this pulpit, from thei' profanity and hypoCrisy 'of :treason. Ant' . so I learn 'not my duty from theisteiti3iit' circumstances of the case.. Hsiang ... stood' by the pulpit in the hour: of danger and of trialuntil God has spread'over itthe great flag of my country, as the emblem-of :his' presence and 'wirer, surelyl can Bowles:lre it 'without any fear as to the fiititie.', " In regardliitlie Session of=this . church, • I have' but a word to say. • lirtuiw the conT stitution of my Churoh; and; the "duty and: character of her officers. Comptiiirtg 'the' spirit and conduct of-the 'Elders and Deti: cons of this church with•the true - and Scrip= tural standard, I kow, of a. truth, *that they have forfeited all clitint, as such, to my rep speot and confidence. For these meti,'hOw everj have no bitter words of reproach or abuse. As God knows my heart, I indulge toward them nofeelings of hatred or revenge. Looking at 'their conduct in - its true light, and treating it as it is, I have for them lofty contempt, and from my . soul I pity them. I pity them because, tried by the principles of common honor and honesty, they have disgraced themselves, as I have the documents to show. I pity : them lie cause they are not only tratoin to 'their' coontry, but upon their , souhireits theAftilt) of the destruction not' onlS , tranipe& ut•iiiii`thVeonketution their church by seeking to remove their minister regardless of the will of the peo ple, thereby perjuring their souls by vi lat ing their ordination vow to study and , bey the same, but they have sold themselves, soul and body, to a rebellion, the very I.asis of which is falsehood, and the very spit it of which is murder. I pray God to pre:,erve this pulpit from the control of such men, and this house from the hypocrisy of their devotion. This may seem to some, harsh; but I have seen enough of the spirit of Southern Secession, and beard enough of its prayers, to know for myself that it is not the spirit of the Gospel:. And, finally, I pity the elders and deacons of this church, and the membership of it controlled by them, because they are a part and parcel of a God forsaken church, whose worship,is an abom ination. God pity the Southern Church, and save it from utter ruin." He then speaks of the conduct of the members of his Preshytery; as the reason for`his leaving the city. . ' say "To The people, in their response, say: us, this is one of the sad cense quences,, ofthis unholy strife.. We ask God to give us-grace, as he has given it to you; to,,forgive the .authors of this sorrowful event; but while memory, lives we cannot fbrget them. , -• " They determined that _the cause of re ligion, like.-everything•Alse,lshould be -mitt ordinate.d to the cause of treason, and: only too, thoroughly have they done their work. "You who were onee—how brief a period • , ,sinee—the -bosom friend, nay, almost: the of ,these men; are now •for,saiext, -be cause you, yefuse to lay aside the honorable habiliments of your .couniry -and don _the degrading_livery&of Rebellion.. • "„You„ can _have po regrets as to your past course. You followed the dictates df reason, justice, religion and patriotism. "The throng of false., ilattering'sycho pha,nts has 'dispersed`; their place ocenpied by,a fevi faithful, honest' admireri,devoted ly attached to - you. The hollow voice ''of hypocritical cant has vanished: - away, and you are greeted with the grateful words of friendship - and truth." . _ •. This is all strong language.. I . •,shows that there area few Christians, if not many, who are•decidedly loyal. - It 'encourages us to persevere in efforts to reestablish ; the Conatitetion' and AIM laims in the seceded Siates.. We doubt not but that, if the au thority of-the Federal Government were established there - beyond a' peradventure ) there wenld be found tens of thetimindito hail it with joy. • Worth Noting.--The 'New-York: Obierver . says : "Anonymous letters and communications are of no use to us.: ay. are not read, un less for amusement. We 'do not> return manuscripts. Sw.ou'r. greatly de sire brief pithy, pungent pieces, a half or quarter coliimn long., Anybody can write a long article: it takes.genius, wit and tact to be brief." . The Observer is not singular, in any thing here quoted. - - - EASTERN = SUMMARY. NEW: ENGLAND. : THE CONGREGATIONAL iTOLIMAL, for 'a longtime the organ of the Congregational and'-Presbyterian dent inations of New- Etampshire, has, we regret-to learnybeen un der the necessity of - Impending publication. We understand that arrangements have been with the' Congregatxozii tact, iof Tl`oston, for at least the temporary _supply' of-the Journal's subscribers. • THE FOLLOWING inteveokg: . luiti4o . l f furnished by the 110t0 . 7 t.4f;pit4er,i" Dr. Cleaveland, in a recent leeture at. oil* bridgeport, gave an account of liit f 'Ocr• laincy; &killing on camp and paitiiiilii;ly . .those that NierelkiWor on theArth:..fpterica; during. the losnhard ment:of. Forti.Jackson and St. Philip. At the close 'of the , leotuie,:sksmodelil:Young Man thi''siealeei4Si the likttf,' and said : "I was with Y9 ll :•.V s L . :tiit: in and know that every AiordwoxPiave: uttered.** nightie brie ' , ;andl. , ink** telitytitilliat these Atie! niatit l i4aiiiii*Aia Nitres 2nz'e4.i scaled; • soul " * 0 14 k juid"4s4:l 4 11 ; 3 61 " Pi*/ p lace, to bury:Ay:wife and. only . 41 . 5 4 0FENG . t. 9 the, -4 08 / 4 1tgetnew, U 01 - tiurianism in Nevi-En neititPr jo ereaeibrnor.aggreseive, heal loot" vreetly .- duliing ~ the last whiiiiiii'poifek of the evangelical . 01013 h. :. 08, .b.9o;:in.:kei!pect to numbers tglit —haft-been „ more than quadrupled within the same period. 'ldienuirgiiii; Vermont, i suppo.sed to be the, only place in New-England where Forefathers' Day is _invariably celebrated. . by.a4iblic• address and sobiat festival. Heir . ; troziathan Clement, .6f WOod • I 1 stock, del i vere d the address this yea r , .. in :which he gave,. says en imehan ge, " an able, elegant, andzimpressive presentation.of 'the antagonism•between between' Puritn and anti .. .. , Puritan idainente Modor'n society, - and' showed low fearfully we have Per • • ..,- •• . from the good old ways of our fathera, 'respects our feelings of dependenceowGed; our regard for-the Bible' and the' Sabbaflir :our preeifor the perpetuation of 'slavery,' and our habit of, speaking;avilrefdignities.": MR: *MEM Tiar Eii.; ,Stekeitth, H.; well known to many as " Old Jo-Pltuit• 'uter i the Hermit," who has , passed sixty-. sevenzieitre. ofhia life , hpliniself in a kind' ot log houseisituated - in , e) remote locality,. died:. :•theadAnst. • ~ aged: • eiihty-eight years. One of his friends called an him -the. evening :'previous toldscdeq,b; an d• .qtreab3d permission4toopasi•lthinight 'with him; bu he re pliedo'rfen - coati . ;d o me no good—l than ` -die 'heti:trillion:ling.?' The friend:granted.hisiwish:ami-Jletkihim; and duiing the he; bad lived,' alone.:' • s, Tss w *1..48 A 861.:. which - occurred . sonietwe Ye/is dick : his 'recently come ft;`our knowledge. - Upon exhuming the body,Of Mrs. Sa raliWood;:siike of :Arnold Wood,--of Westport; 'Ober burialcit found t haflietritaction had taken "plaes.'. _Like a' marble . statue the , deceased appea: ed, perfect in form and feature, andristakin-: ing, a neturaVand ,eoressitni." and inside coffin of pine weie'ilgio De' lak eea e an si de Mail& ' tromg a 'Maid in the cemetery at VelitpOrtr NEW-YORK. WE LEARN that arrangements have be er , made in this city for the delivery of a course of doctrinal sermons on successive Sabbath evenings by ministers representing the lead ing evangelical denominations. Rev, D r , AdaMs, Shedd, Rice. Hitchcock, De Witt Williams, ! Storrs, Tyng, Vinton and Thou p. son are mentioned on the list of lecture rs. A similar course was delivered mo re th an thirty years ago in the same city, and with great acceptability to the Christian public. Rev. Dr. Adams opened the present series on last Sabbath evening. ACCORDING to the recently published catalogue of Union Theological Seminary in New-York city, eighty-nine young m en are s i'var their theological studies in this The Evangelist states tini e tf it i i t e n g tien that, in consequence of the unsettled con dition of affairs' in the border slave States, a number of young . men' have been preven ted frein'attending. TRE j - zwis'a Itr,cont) reports a discourse recently deliverediihe enry-street Sy n .. agogue. The following extract cannot f a il to awaken -every . Chnstan breast pro found )sytiPailiy'for the sufferings of the remnant Of God's ancient people- Would that they could Vern et once to the rejected , Saviour who even noW says to them, "C one unto me 'allye t at labor. and are heavy la den, and I will -give you rest." The Jew ish preacher thutr spoke . "No step could hive been more fatal, no folly more .disastrous, DO act as pregnant with -misery and Suffering as that of tres. passing cg 5 ,111.4: the :gnat and mighty God of Loa - el; -and when God in his wrath aver ted his face fromns, , when the light of his gracious ,countenance nolonger smiled upon us, ..fearful indeed, was our. punishment. God aloe knows the enormity of our of fence; God alone can 'fell how swift, how just, and how 'terrible has been the retribu tion. Long years -of-Misery, anguish, and suffering have been ours; for ages we have been wanderers Upon the face of the earth, a by-word end .a ,reproach among the nations With'viliom our lot was cast. The iron heel of persecution. has trampled us into the. dirst;- ~the; . finger : . of scorn has pointednsont42 the vilest of the vile ; our homes hitve been desecrated; our cities pillaged; synagogries:desecrated ; the hell hounds of. bigotry-and superstition have pursued us = with unrelenting hate from place;to place; the torture, the stake, and the scuiffold have ever beenbefore our eyes ; the ixonofhftter. anvil has ever been en tefing weir scoffed, despised; accounted as the - Ifeiinat'Sedin of the earth; incarcerated in . fairy : dungeons; starved, tortured, ,murtlered,.slairromtil thet pen -up ageny.of;pur souls,-bursting; from its care worn „fetters,' almostTcompelled us to ex -44,40;4 Cain of ; old:- ‘t.,My punishment is greater than Inan bear.' " _ Fprisks; who, thirteen years ego,lleftithe 'rectorship , of St. Luke's for Rome, preached that ''Church Christmas morning; for the first time since his renun- Siatioii - of - Ronfifir - Oathollefain"and his res toration ihibe - Aurelr: There= .wasa large atteadhii7* . bat the eXpeetaiieit - that Dr. Forbes wain make' any reference to the oireninstances.Orhia - perVeisign•;aad reean tation`was disaPpointed.' 'His text was ap propriate to the day,=beingfroin Rev. xxii: 16,'-ul am' the Boot and oikning of Day id, - and the bright - and Kerning 'Spar." ARP - . VITIA,AN Thurlow Weed, has re tired from } the Albany Aufraq, his period of eaiterial service i extending over more than forty tlke paper .has passed into ,'"ihe hands of llsn. Henry, H. Vac 1 /yek,4irik,Superintendent of the State of New-York: • 411:iimar Isetis flush of Money. Capital ists, are+. 'lke - king ' in - 'vale otiliortetni ties of plakoing . tbeir spare tocinktinlood tempor sty loans. The deposits•iWbink have again increased, and therateseefiriterest are tend ing dewnward.. The:tightness usual at this season is not -felt. Therein not the least pressure for money:. paper is scarce:-; Few long-datedjnoies are made, and fthe - MO . -grades 'Of short paper are scarce ancl4anted.:.- All pigments are made uitliqbegreatest , iegtilatity7 ' There are no renewadaWantednow: The West has been prettrwelD supplied4rsM: News York with cuireney.- The quotations - of rates are sto 6 per 'cent. for prime'llommercial indorsed papei, 90-days and under,' and- to 7 per cent. -for dates` frs'moutlat/-ISingle names are 7 toS pet cent; i• - •leall leans are sto 7 per cent.-6 being the standard. Goldhi novr. premium.' itfi32l to 32.1 per eent.parid .tOt 2640er 'Veit C—which iaa-trifle belOvidisa4eek'sigtentations. ezehaiigis - ' is.. Steady. Sterling 6041Uyibilli are 4 145 U-to 148 und-francs S. 871 to 3:85: The banks are strong in spe cie, whilelheirdetnind liabilities are unu suallyhaavy. The business; of the port is active- for the season..-'The'imports last week amounted to $ 2 ,981;024,- and exports of- prodttee,to $8;457,636.• The 'specie ex ported in'the weeklies $296,000. - • *E4RThilit; oommed.: sepresen to. fives:K=4lkt tionorwati held -in 'this city-on~tpe:l inst.; with the; sp e cialView of OffeXin pr a yers for the Country, at this eriiie a l period of her - history. The meeting is spoken of as highly interesting. 'Xiier.'o4 . dresses a nd ptayern:iwere. earnest and The blegaiiii . tit Heaven, yvos44Ailly invoked in .tihe , Pre.oioeng; :proclamation • • iti4f:ArniSAßY of Gi ralfdyo4l4V.:iiiti,:i4,o44,d:oi the 81st . )) 1 '110e4;$11e retir in g Pr t iltid osts ,- dalivetoididiS asewe ll address. id9iii;A:fainer pupils were': Above` . l;ll';',l644 4 :iiiid" obey y o ur arid ••Aiiiieuiter that the ' fear Of7the.l4trd is tke..beginnin g of wis dom!, lit;:"shaltyou prepare ;yourselves for aitafor the bliss of EleaYogi to he precisely I r g e k . N.*egnaewish.,to see it, we rejoice iu 1 4, 4114 . 1 411"inlMee that: it is not likely to,bolurikift N r aileliiiiilanfounde r intended to-lias;e4,2".' • - %;.! - Fr9l l l the truly of the Potomac. lErs—AlNnuiszno, ARHT 07 THE POTOMAC, • ". January 3, 1863. 4:l4lo.4iitiAas ascertained:that the enemY 54 -sisl4.:4-opgly ;Increased his river Pickets for 'sate, dialancti abOve Falmouth, and our picke t ' ;Allied that this might cover some projected .tempt to cross- Our forces nearest at hand were .immedi atelydisettedeo?as to 'give the rebels 3 !Marta reception, but no attempt watt made by , them to cross. FRI
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