Vrtshgterian anntr. PITTSBURGH, VEDNESDLY, `SEPT. 9,1852. ENT OF A VOLUME. This number Closes another volume of the PHISIVETERIAN BANNER. For . eleven ar ,yes have we now devoted ourselves in tently to the service of God and his Church in this work. The responsibility we have borne. In the labor we have had effective aid. Neither expense' nor toil have we spla:ed in our effort? to make the Bamiza jtist-auch a journal as should be received into -, every Presbyterian family. in its cironlition many of our brethren, minis. teia, — elders, and private membera; have been.. of r = co-laborers. We promise our continued devotion to THIS C*IE THING, awthe main business of our life, and we ask•their untiring 'assistance in efforts to plat a good religions Journal into every hause. • • Renewals and new subscriptions, prompt are most respietfully solicited. The Pielident'sletter.—ln our News De partment we give a letter of President LINCOLN to a Union Convention in Spring field, 111. It will be read with deep inter est by men of all politial yertiis,•and es pecially by those who; rejecting the idea of a compromise with rebels in arms, desire a restoration of the . Union on the principle of a conserved Constitution and a due en forcement of the ,laws. His position is, that, we must suppress the rebellion, and that thiPis to be done in the field. To this' end his Emancipation-Proclamation was issued. To this end regiments of ne groes are raised. To this end volunteering is to be continued and the, conscription en forced.' :kis a pritisewortly feature in tho Pres ident's letter, that it is free from political partisanship. His manifest determination isa to: maintain the . Union, using to this end legitimate means. RODE AND FOREIGN RECORD. DOMESTIC MISSIONS. It may be interesting to oar readers to know whence the funds for Domestic Mis sions are derived, and where they are ex pended for labor. This.they may learn, to some extent, by noting how much each Synod gave, the last year, and how much it drew, the difference between these showing the net centribution to the treasury, by each of one class of. Synods, and the pre cise amount of aid received by another class of Synods : Thu fellowink . are the contributing grads: , Am 't Gwen. Am'! Drawn. Nel Coen. Albiniy ' I 1,992.00 $ 927.93 $ 1,064.07, New:York 13,831.54 3,810.47. 11,621.07 New-Jersey - 6,246.77 8,9( 9.32 2,387.46 Philadelnhia..... .. ... ' 8,71t.74 3,662.96 . 5,154 70 Itatimore ,3,304.51.2,326.55 977.96 Pittitorgh ' • ' 3,413.74. ' 1,057.83 2,325.91 Allegheny ' 1,183.73 ' 176.01 - 958.72 Wheeling 1,146,63 . . 447.50 ' 1,299.13 Obit._ .1, • 2.186" 613,04 ____sso.ne Oin d u onut, 1,209.26 , /pp 689.76 Kentucky 895:50 225.00 • 170.60 , The . following are aid-receiving Synods _. ~:.,„ i ~. • ~ - Net Aid .tiStl Given. Asul Drawn. Received. Milffisiol.c.l ''' ' 1604.27 ' 51,08 . 7a6 .;133.48 Sandusky ' 264.89 887.00 622.61 ludians 381.90 492.12 110.18 Niiiiberu Indiana 867.03 1,795.87 • 1,228.64 .711inold 978.30 . 1,987.78 . 991.48 Obieno 809.27 . 3,930.41 3,321.14 Wiscotisin.:....'. ... ... .. ... 318.30 ' 8.279,38 '' 2,961.09 SL-Pau] - 198.56 3,717.033,520.47 lowa.' ' ' 474.82 3,813.98 . 3,339.09 lididhera lowa . 242.70 : 2,805,65- ' 2,557.95 Xr_pper Missouri ''' 27.25 2 , 325.14 2,297.89 Missouri ' 376.17 - ' 825.88 449.49 Pacific '518.03 ; 1,895,41 1,377.38 ItioariTsla July : $2,168.55. EDUCATION We ask attention to twelve counsels given:to candidates for the ministry. The fitst "Never forget that you are a can didate fdr the lady ministry, the highest off,Me :upon. earth" They are all excellent. lianzzypi in July : $921.37. FOREIGN The e4cotintS from most of our Missions' are more than usually cheering. A' fpw converts, have been received—lndians, Ohinvie, Siamese, East-Indians, and Afri- Rawlins in July: $01,816.85. PM3LICATION. . The Board,have added sevetal new pub lications to, their Catalogue. They will now send any book by mall, post-paid, :on teoehing the'Catalogue price. Itsonvi , s, : Donations, $1,850.09 . ; 'Saies, 16,380.16:-1 iTILON EXTENSION "ILIUM ,i,tILLS!,-,-„Tht: receipts of the American,.•,Oongregational ,Union -for May were $90.7.91., of which $4lO came from Massachusetts.,; During the last five , years, g last bills !. ;have been , paid by the : Union on Mere-than one hundred different church ea, and among them all only one has dis banded or changed its• polity; and that one, in. Waynesville, Ohio, has refunded the $lOO which it received." • While we rejoice in the church: exten sion success of our Congregational breth ren, As l shown in, the preceding statement, we , :werad, with humble gratitude to Giid, add, that' our own church, through its Board of Church Extension, has during the same, period, paid the, last bills on more than-three-hundred churches. —: There; are still greatly 'more churishes neiding to' finish a building in which to worship tlic'God'of their fathers.' And they ask it at the hands of those to' whom Obilhas entrusted.the means. Bactimis in July : $2,686.22. ECCLESIASTICAL Bev. JOON, KELLEY; late of Chandlers- Nine; Ohio, .has teen installed pastor rof the _church in'id'Oonnellsvilla, 0. , Aiii; F. B. `has been` oallad; to Par*); Wiseeosin. : 4,0„ D. ()our has resigned Shia charge at Galena, 111. t , Mr.:JA3.! KENNEY; of the Presbytery . of r - Donegal,intstbeon invited' tit the ihnreh • <in -}lutitiOgdort '.Ttilley,=Pecona Pieoby tory- of Philadelphiap----- AiriErrisiiined to the elifireh Van *Wert, Ohio!" J o J. !key.4A l 4l l) 's T9t 3 9f.#99.,AaPirPss is tt ohartill Yro*.gettErnile, to. Oarenfs burg, Pa. SOCIAL CONDITION OF. -ENGLAND.* The condition of the people of countries diffeiing in climate, fruitfulness, natural productions, form of government, religictn, &c., is a most interesting subject of study. Very important deductions may thence be drawn relative to the value of varying so cial institutions, and the means - of human progress. It requires, however, great wis dom in tile, student, who would arrive at. right conclusions. Races of men differ, and hence they need diversified-institu- 1 tions. There are transmitted peculiarities,. .native. prejudices, predispositions, desires, tastes, propensities, which Alemand, for the people's good, iaws,, and ordinances, and modes of education; and-.fornis of reli gion exceedingly diverse, one from another. It requires the enlightened statesman and intelligent Christian, the man of extensive reading and much experience, the man who possesses a soundly ,discriminating mind, capable of tracing existences to, their proper •.• • • causes, and of acourately, from given•causes; deducing their' legitiniate.resnits, to .• pre scribe and carry out great Social reforms. For the most part, the social Condition of a country is a growth—a growth of gen erations. There are particular epochs commemorating visible 'changes of great' notoriety; but the advance to those epochs was's growth. Beteriorations in national affairs are not sudden; neither are high at tainments in excellence. Oftentimes also the good and the evil . are so Commingled that few observers can so discriminate as to tell us which way the progress is. And too frequently the investigator goes to work • with prejudice, and finds things which he wishes to find.; or discovers evidences con clusive, as he thinks, of the correctness of his precenceptions. We have before us a book on 'the Social. Condition of England. It is, mainly, se lections - from ,the work of if O'S'SPEE KA "k, Esq., (English,) published in Londo n' lBso, entitled "Social Condition and : Edu cation of the peoPle of Europe." - Mr . . KAY was sent by the Senate of the University of Cambridge, England, to Western Eu rope to ascertain the comparative social condition of the poorer`classes of , the dif ferent countries. Now, ordinarily, an Eng lishman abroad is disposed to find fault with and to disparage every thing he see& Nothing is so perfect but that he -can 'dis cover in it some blemialies; while at home, nothing is so defeativc but that he can find in, it, some excellences: : Occasionally, how-, ever, you meet with' a " John Bull" of a different character—one who can see abroad that which is praiseworthy, and at home that which deserves strictures... Of the latter and very small classjust alluded to, is Mr. KAY. His 'commenda tions tit' the sosialeoudition of the poorer gleam on the Continent 7 we have not IT fore us; as the American editor presents to us only what Air. KAY says of England.. This editor does not - give us- his - name; but ,. his Introduction to the book is net adapts(' _to _preposss • cim.in-his—favor.__ begins thus: -" Some eighteen months passed in Eng land, Scotland; and Ireland, during which time I visited all the great working centres, as well as many of the pri,ncipal agricultural counties, convincefime that the great cul ture, reftnument, and education of the higher classes of society were purchased at the cost of the utter degradation, and bru tality of the lower orders." Again : "Our countryis now rich-in re spectable citizens whose parents were part and parcel of Great Britain'S 'brutality." And again : " The mass of brutality in our seaboard cities is.an imported article." ' A writer who can, .apply'such epithets to human beings, and 'especially to - civilized and Christiin people; may well conceal name. We wish we could speak of him as an "imported article." Perhaps he really is such. Detaili of Mr. KAY's work we cannot uetend to -give to any great' extent. We but allude to a few things. Great fault is 'found . with the Church. The poor are not looked after, and not pro vided. with sitting& This is a fault every where ; but when. Mr. Kay compliments the Romish Church as 'greatly in advance' of the Anglican (Protestant) in its care for the poor; he weakens 'our confidence in both his judgment and hie testimony. To the • laws of primogeniture and en tailment of landed estates; he justly objects, Their influence .is injurious to the diffusion of' property.-' Mr. KaYloreients the amount expended upon the poor of England as an evidenee of an unhappy social condition. The. an nual expenditure under the poor lawis be tween £4,000,000 and £5,000,000 ; and besides this, immense sums are given away by unions and charitable associations. , This, however, is no certain evidence of either extreme poverty or , discoinfort.: The fact that in the United States tens of myriads of dollars are expended by charitable in stitutions, and tens of millions appropriated to sustain free schools, is no good,- proof against the excellence' of our- social condi tion. In Europe, - Moitly,the children are left uneducated;`and on ,the Continent, most of those persons whom the lEnglish make comfortable by their ipoor law system, are left to•beg or 'starve. Mr. KAY thus concludes his remarks : t‘ Here, with our, ,crest npeumulated masses; with a population i increasing -by one thou sand per diem, ;; with an expenditure on . abject pauperism, which in the days of our prosperity amounts to £5,000,000_ per ,an num, with a terrible defloteneyin the num ber of our churches and, of our clergy ; with the, most demoralizing publications spread through the eottiges of . our, op*. fives 5 ,witt ! democratic ideas of the wildest kinds sand a knowledge of the power of unioli dnily gaining ground among them ; here,. too, where the poor have uo stake whatever inthe country; where ' there,are .49 4 6 4 11111 `properties,; At ; . where e . 112 Pi frightful discrepancy exists .- between- the *Tim /lobar. 061MITION ANT) EDTICAiION TRETiCIPI;"6 IN J Ngiexp- Br:rokePh IraY, 841 •of Ttirlity College; Ciunbridge. , 12mo. pp. 828: kiew-Fork.;;fferper 'Broolera. For sale by R. S. Davis; Pittsburgh. PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.--WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1863. richer and the poorer classes ; where they have nothing to lose, and everything to gain, from a revolution ; here, too, where we are stimulating the rapid increase of our popu lation. by extending and steadying the base of our commercial greatness ; where the majority - of the orie - ratives have no religion ;. where th,e national; religion is utterly 'un'= fitted to dttriet an unedlyated people; where 'our' very freedoin is a danger, unless the. people are taught.to use . and not to 'abuse it ; and hare, too, where the aristocracy is richer and, more, powerful- than that of any' other country in the, world, the. poor, are more depressed, more pauperised, more nu rnerev,s in comparison •tO the other classes, more irreligous, awl very much worse, edu cated than. ,the poor we any other _European nation, solely excepting Russia, • Turkey, South Italy, Pdreugal, and , " Such a..state :of things csrinot long continue.'; Many of Mi. KAY'S 'remarks indicate that he . belongs to th,e Opposition: , But Most of what he Gays . is.danljtless truthful: He is, writing for his' Countrymen, and. he, direets them to the ,dark side. - of .thet.pie ture. He.dwelrs :upon evils(airdi iiiperfec tions which'he would have'- Corrected. He rung comparisons, that he may proyoke the His ; object - nation to jealousy , or own good. His ,object is not to - flatter, by pointing_ _to cellences; but -to reform and improve by ,telling of defecti and stimulating tdamendL ment. So also do ,many`zealOni men, the 'agents of reforin, in our .country.. What descriptions are often given,-of. the' state of Morals:and religion; and of the ckn ditiOn of ' the'' even in shell wealthy and refined' - dais -as New-York Philadel phia, and .Pittsburgh 1 But what a,mon-, strous outrage would it be ?atm tratli, - for a foreigner:to reprint those descriptions 'as an exhibit of our; social condition I And thus we, claiming to bejust and charitable' are not then to understand : ,Mr. KAT - as, giving..us a full picture of .the social: con dition of England. Be professes to do no such thing. He is wilting' for home use . : He is urging a special reform ; He would remove a blight. He wsuld,make asocial condition which, in many respects; is most exemplary, to, advance Still more toward perfectness. Find fault, - however, as, we will with England, she claims our admiration. The increase of her:population,: the sinallness of her home army ; the almost unlimited freedem of speech.and of the press, the security of, person and propertY, the advance in wealth, the - vast national in.: fluenee of the little island the immense extent of her :colonial and dependent terri-: tories, the-fact that she carries an open. Bible, free religion, free speech; a . free' press, literature, art, seience, and personal security whereier she goes, are proofs iire fragable that a she has - noble ;people.-and : a good government, The United Kingdom embyaning Great. Britain ? TrA.11(1 ? and all Islands, has an area of but 122 0 551 square miles"; about three times'the ifterof:Penn;; sylvania; and 'has .a,popfilition of about 2 4 4,900,000 ; and yet the extent of- her : do: main,-and-her mud" - 'd,Vlll" ;polder;" and her political influence, are secoffdt6 no . nation on'the faee of the glebe. She has had no revOlution, and no very dangerous* insurrection, except one in India, for gen erations, and no. foreign foe has set a foot on " English soil for "some two hundred years. She does more for the Bible and, Foreiam. Missions than all other countries combined. Small as she is in territory, and isolated, she stands at the head of the na tions. Her social condition must lie, good, to give "her such preeminence: Perfect she is net, in her internal arrangements; as Mr 'Kix makes - abundantly • manifest.' And entirely, just to her neighbors she is not;:as we ourselves too well know. But it becomes not us to vilify, her. We onr selves. are not perfect And then she is our parent. Our laWs; and our social and civil - institutions, in. all their excellence, are mostly from her. • Our literature thence and also our religion, Her unjust encroachments-We have twice rePelled by arms and we may'again be "driven to .the same painful necessity in the defence Of our rights. But we must not descend so low is to misrepreeint and ietile her: Happy And self-satisfied -as we are`in our iroproved'conditicon,!we'earLafford to think well and speak.well of litifronC - whom we descended. To diSparage her is to "speak our own shame. . If we regard England- 1113 a " neighbor," let us "love" het7; . , if, at the "mother',' country,": let us ." honor". her , and if, ,as a rival, let us emulate and excel- her. If she iedespicable, then for we to be. better than she.is, may be no matter of ,gratula tion ; but if she is cxeellent, then for 1280 be more excellent will be`to our.,: praise. It will be our glory to rise, in eterythini great and estimable, above the most powei ful, stable; wealthy, free, moiat i . and 'Ohria tian nation of, the earth. TEE SOIPFIRRN GENERAL ASSEMBLY Throu.'h the kindness of Chaplain, Sunizi, , the Presbyterian has received & copy of .a Richmond - journal; from Which it gives dome items of the doings of ihe list'South. , ern 'General Assembly (Old School). • The Assembly's meeting- was held .in May, 'in Columbia, St= O. It_ accepted a charter granted by-the -Legislature- of the State of Tennessee, • March 19th,!,1863. linder, this charter, lTrustees. were 'elected to take charge of the property which 14a belonged to the whole Presbyterian 'Church, and to receive and- hold' any'ether 'property which maybe ic4uired. The Theolegical Seminary at'•COlutebia was;transferred by the Synods O.:which; it ,belotiged, to the General. Assembly.-: 'Was stated that' th& Seminary's property amounted to $277,940.81..• • The Report on Foreign Misitionit. says : "Lively _ gratitide :to „ , the., 'Head o£. the Church , Aue,,, ihst , while it has ._pleased him, in his inscrutablimiidom, &alio* our CeinnitinieatiOn with foreign nations , to be; la a Oat mehatife; *footed by enemies of our eountri, it has 'Pissed him to'perr mit us to * do - s'omething for the Indians on our Western border." No statement is given of the number of missionaries em ployed:nor of the funds and labors. Domestic Missions elicit but little in terest, beyond lamentations over . .difficulties and hindrances. Funds are diminished, and the churches are weakened by the ab sence of their male members, in the war. o • Education for the ministry, seems to have been suspended. The funds of the Com- Mittee have been invested in " Confederate notes;" and collections from the churches are urged, because "the demand will - be . •. • . very great at no distant du." • The Cominittee on Publication have sued twenty-sia books and 'tracts, and their total receipts were Two thou sand dollars •worth of the -books of our Bpard.werA4old hY a Mr., ,K.Errlb.for portage, at the _time of -the, ou.tbreak of the rebellion." ' These 019 Trunte," es take Ofe tribution, giving:Mr. K their bond to await a le 6 4.4eeision as to ihn - t i i.tle: union iith tie-lbAed Synod, thedinsobiate Reformed.Synod.i.and the Independent Presbyterian- Churoh, , Was di l sousio, ) 'and' seme•pieliniinarY measures` adopted SUph union ought to be summated: . The report on Slavery recommepda some . _ impertant improvements It was referred to a sPecial: committee, to report next; year. ; We Jlope that by the time said report is to be'presented; the condition:4A these mho are now slaves Will be advancadimnienaCly be.; yond what r the Asecrably contemplates, The Lpid proiper the Assembly so far'as it is in' the right, and forgive. its wrong, and make-it a blessing. EASTERN tuiaiLEt.; .:,NEW-ENGLAN6; 2 Our " down-ast" frientli seem to have been peculiarly quiet (luring the -laSt week. We haveiscareely anitem of news, of ligious chi:fader and! not much of 'any exCepewhat relates to iirty polities. BOSTON has long considered- itself the Athens of America.' It felt itself to beun rivalled in literature : and its title to the . • - claim has:been pretty , generally accorded. As an evidence of its self-sustaining power, we see it stated that it has almost entirely ceased its subscription to foreign. journals. But three years ago .2,000 scf . .one -;jeurnal Were taken, while it-•present the mimber is reduced to'about twenty. The:home article is considered * EullY adequate to satisfy all common wants. . ' . 1t v: DR. MEsslE ,' who brought over the petition from the four thousand:English clergymen, and who protractdd his visit-to this:uountry,ias been speaking...in Boston and Poriland-and well -received. The re sponge of 16.1110riVaila Vv abv,' has metwith . nueh favor in Eng. laml.: IlooKNio0D; has.. undiirtaken to form a colony ,of . Congregationalista to ;2'otip..in. the State. af Delaware now virtu ally free. The Pilgrim -.attask had l' ever shown tendencies todiffusion.` it his „cart-, tributed largely:to furnish the West with of population and enterprise, to scat .ter over its broad expanses : -; And the -same - process; is be.' initiated in the South: And what seems au'auspicioUs omertfor the. South is.the fact, as it is said, that'North grit .emigration' is welcomed' and even in= vited'though this must be on quite a lim-` itedieaie. ' ' : .r. The immediate propOsition madeby Lockwood is to .organizd a gongregationat n deny . in Centzal. Delaware, who .shall . take along-with them the church and sehopl and the various elenients of social proiipeyity, and set ageing in that' beatitifal ininiature'New-England;-for tha`purpose.of evangelizing and'developing the State- Ain' end an zysonlation has been fortned; of :which many of the`leading men in: the 'State are.offieera.:. A tun..l4o=9ga irie'etitig of the - Aesocia 7 ,- tioit cif 'New-Hanitiihire was held Toi..three avg . , 00inmaneing, egad thQ 25th. Tu controversy relative ta 'the 'Chafes ;town goitmoil „add Mather fain' can- . - THE .receipts of. the:American.Bcard• for 'July , were:427 705 64 • j The entire ; receipts' Xreni SeptemberAst to : AUgust 3ist were 4333'445 75. • ' A. - CONFER,ENCE- of tile Independent Methodist churches,mill, be held in Frank-- lin School building, Boston, Oct. 7th,- Rev: Hiram Mattison, ofSt. < John'S, church; ...New-York, presiding: The"object .of the ~conference -is • to' carry ' the Gospel to the ;;:poor ; to unite different denominations for ; home mission purposes; to establish union chnrclied waste places ,where nn. sect' succeed';could to meet .in halls and cheap places fez' worship; so as to - avoid un necessary: expense; and to come back , is fay .as 'possible' to the faith and zeal and • simplicity of the Puritans, and 'of the early • MethOdists. The . Boston, church is OM gregailo4l in 'government, ' ,Baptist as re specte immersion, and' Methodik in dtic4 trine and,Modei of worship. Any - church or society desiringto - be represented in Con Terence can 'confer Rev. 'Henry Morgan, Boston. ' 2' • • NEW-YORIL • Tim Mari in New-York is doncluded so far as the wheel is concerned ; and albs peaceful. There is, however, no little ex citement still, relative to exemptions;` sub stitutes, mustering in, &c,.; 80; and , the I - rejoice ef 30,990_ 'United Seates troops ,cOnsiderably, in. some Ruarters, thOugh it doubtless contributes wonderfully to the produotioh of a‘quiet resignation. The TheologiCal Seminary, • on. 20th treet r eltared,so the , fortune of the drawing, that _much attention was ex oneistage'ef the proceas j - so rap. : idly did the' names" 'Of the students folloW each other, that it • becaine-tha universal belief that the • Seminary,w,ould_ be nearly depopulated. • .• _ • _. •-• ,- -Altother feature about the draft, or 'rath "CC the riots''Which interrupted the draft is ;the bringing out of the value. of husbands.. .This species of property seems, to be highly , appreciated in the Commercial Metropolis. •Set , eialleitales liatieSent iii• te the ",COmpiipgiiiti`thalciag of hitsbaiids during file' Unhappy ''Ovent.* The estimatesr of the value. of the deceased vary greatly, ranging front ten, thousand to as low as two 'thousand dollars; We suppose that the estimates might still be greatly modified. Some husbands are worth absolutely noth ing, while others ,are "invaluable. Of the righteousness of,a claim to compensation, we have. no doubt; but if it shall .be ad judged good in law, in what .a predicament does it place Dr. Cheever: and CO., who -maintain that it is not possible for one hu: man being to haVe property in another hu man being.? . What ? One man worth two thousand , dollars, and another ten thousand dollars; an d. to be sued' for and recovered ineourt, jast as those eame , ladies would 'recover the property.or money value of their deStrxe&housesatid`furnituie ! This must gdfarldiariffuitiring theoSouthern mas ter's. claim 'tO prp;priy right - in his man servantsand maid-servants, on the principles of Americanjurisprudence, , , Ray. Da SIIEIO) of - the Brick churah in addition-to . the. , recent' calf to a, Proles= sorahip the:Unidn'Theologinal-Seminery; has reeeived 1:4661'11g" invitation to clime the:President-of. the College of • Cali ibilda• - • • . . THERE has been "for the past few months, a great degree of religious interest in the State of Ne*York., d'n Rochester,- about 900 on one Sabbath united with the various churches : In :11tieal:606 conversions' are reported: In':'.l,:nbitrn over 100 united with the churblies'at the last communion, and a large number. are , expected to unite at the next. TOE PTO.test4,4t,Episcopal Convention of the: Diocese of Western New-York, held at 'Rodhester lastyeek, , pasied a resolution in favor of raising a general- fund to pay the : commutations of the Episcopal clergy in • the diocese who may`be, drafted. Tnn REV. IL MORRISON, D.D., the•veteran missionary of the Presbyterian Board in Northern India,'who .was elected Moderator of the Peoria Assembly,. has just sailed' on his return to his field of labor. ` Rev. Alexander Henry, late of Louisville, Ky., accompanies him., Ex - v. J. L. , Lvow, -Missionary4 of the American Board .at Sidon, Syria, has re turned to this country forte benefit - of his health; finding ill New-York: with his family, by the City of • Tirashiagton, °tithe 26th ult., lIALLEOII i father of Major 'General Halleck, is still "living at.the ad ;tamed' age of 103 years, at Wateville, X. Y.' HeN. LUTHER BuAwsg, - one of the most. distinguiShed citizens of .New-York, died en Sunday, at the.. Ocean Hotise, at. Newport, R I. in the eightieth year of his, age. • MONEY 'MATTERS in New, , YOrk are . mobile.. Gold has gone up to,l32per cent. This :was Occasioned partly by visit of Secretarydbase. He wanted funds, and Obtained a proinise of the Banks ':to ad vance him $35,000,000, to be repaid, a next month, in the fortheoming.tnited - States intAriant:haering 'kW tender -, The 6ccretar i i.expects to: get 0ie 7 06,P64 aAat tional, in Boston and Other places.' . • MirusTxne are returning p their church es, after their. Summervadation: - Peace prevails . t aed,, her children are edified.j Philadelphia,` 'at Third .Presbytery of Philadelphia, n't, a pro-re-nata meeting , held it the Pres yiertati Hove, August 24th, acceded, to, "the request Of the Rev. John Jenkins; for a dissolution of the pastoral rela tion. which has existed betweenhimself and ;the Calvary ehin•Oh*:far. nearly ten years, and dismissed to the Presbytery: of. Linden, England.'Au appropriate and : fraternal Minute was' adopted' by Preshy terq . TEE .FoRTS. below city which had long,heen • mere, loafing - places .are now ifeenes of activity. . * Port Dela Ware is a sight to behold, ifs large military force 'and its ten 'thousand rebel prisoners .Fort Midin is 4-very different place:from what it' -was three years ago. 113.nited States engineers have .:'put it in. splendid - condition: It , now a military pest worthy of StErner...Confi7 . . Tm NAVY YD,ie alive-With - laborers —building ships; "repairing , ships, and in= `dressing the means of business, : MI UlliteiVatitOS 'Olifi8;10il COMMiggioil. • The Army. ConiMittee 'of the "Qhristiari '..ConuniSalon presents the following, reports of its Sp - rations _during the month of Au gust • Commissions. to .1447 as :delegates have been given tO .. .RetQ William Dalzell,.itae r overtop ;; . Ohio ;.- Ra. Jr.; Adameiville; Ohio ;...-Thompton R.' Arinf4 Indiana :"County, Pa„,".; Wallace Jtedeliff; :Pittsburgh _; i A, Jeffers, Pittsbu rgh ;; -making fit"ty-dileiates ~sentto the army Since April Ist• The letters and Jeporhi from our ,dela :gates demenstrateAhe necessity and..ef4- ciency of the ChriOtiiikcoitimissiou: . Robert McQuatti of , Mercer,says • t " Never . have there been such doors. of . T,isefulne,ss opened ; to • philanthropieti and : earnest Christine as ,at the present., . The, ,pppei‘nitiee now afforded to e4ch to, elle. : liste the suffe r ings in our own land, and to bring the weary and heavy laden to Chriiit,, ail!, mush as hive. not non enjoyed, the *past---nor 6'4ll:such be 'had in therftiture. "From the Various camps and ls in-our land, there comes to ,iiiefilove*. of 'humanity and of God, mori;tium cry to come over and;hidfi. ne: ln response to this call, let earnest, faithful and. intelligent Christian men. come to., this work-i--and such 0n1y7,--men•Whg ale willing. to endure, hardships foi the] eke , of Christ, or for the salvation of.onine.-t f tet pleasure seekers, and those wlni are !nutted, by mere 'Curiosity, 'remain at .honie and- let those come who have .a: heart to conipaisionate the stifferings, and a,,niind to Work for the :sOod of the soldier. Such men may be the ".,means of doing-much good in the army, and `in' the realization of this, will enjoy much r14 11 ;* 1;011 'in response to, this oFy, they who rt cannot come in person should seek to en eourage and cheer the soldier by those Man ifeitations of regard , and syMpathy for him in bis:piivations and 'dangers." ',.. The yield Agents in different parts of the asking fkii;‘i earnest, active, faith -Ad Ministers," mehof experience in their ,cajling, possessing, goixl - bodily health, as well sound judiimint, to labor 'es dele .gitea ],n , br ‘ igadea that tirtuteilittikccit ChaP ,y&Would stiggeit that,eieli.gynok.Pree y or on creme° appoin one minister to represent it in the army, making provis ion for the supply of his pulpit and the comfort ot•his family, and let him remain at his post at least three months to cheer and save choice young men. We thankfully acknowledge the follow ing contributions (omitted in our last re port) for religious reading matter, through the publication Societies of the Churches ; Presbyterian church, Sewickley, Pa $ 48.65 • " Blairsville 40.40 " McKeesport,— ...... 27..00 U. P. " Salem, Indiana— 10.00 . Tits Treasurer thankfully acknowledges the following cash donations : Baptist church, Freeport, Pa 4.20 " Hilleville,LawrenOe co.,Pa. 5.00 11. P. church, Dayton, Pa 10.00 " Mountville, Pa - 9.00 - " Kittanning, Pa ' 10- 0 0 s. , Brownsvillo,lVlercer co.,Ptt. 12.65 • . " Robinson Washlon co., Pa. 22.00 " BidneY, Shelby co., 0hi0... 82.00 " " East Palestine, Ohio 10.65 " - BinithOr'k, Henderson co.lll. 19.00 St. Clair U. P. church, (additional) Pa... . 1.00 Reformed Pres. church, Allegheny 26.69 " " Elizabeth, Pa,... 17.00 Meth. Epis. church, Beaver st.., Alleg'y... 55.87 " " " Smithfield•st., Pitts. - 8.00 4 , East Liberty, Pa..— 19.00 " . • Duquesne Boro', Pa. 6.12 " .". MonongahelaCity,Pa. 10.55 " " " Dayton, Pa 7.25 " " " Oil City, Pa. 11.15 " • " " Bison Valley, Pa ". 6.00 .." ' " " Greenock, Pa 7.06 4 ‘ 4 44 44 ' Pine Sun • 7.00 " Bellair,Belm't c0.,0. 25.00 " " gew-Liebon, 0 15.00,, " " " ' 6 Wellifliurg, West Va. 10.66 Third Presbyterian church, Pittsburgh... $4.86 F our th Ai Ai • ft 15 Central ' 6 4 ' a 42.00 Harmony " WlNewton,Pa 6.00 Concord " Dayton, Pa 6.60 Hethany " " Harriotsville,Pa 22.31 Long Island Pies. church, (allitionalPs. 1:60 &Mild Hill " .'" ' " 15.00 Unity "• - Latrobe, " 70.00 Raccoon " " Wash'tn . co.Pa. 25.30 Revi J. W. Martin's church, Steubenville (Presbytery) Ohio 20.55 Bethel and .Tacksonville churchis ' 35.00 Harmony and Plank Road church 8.00 Presbyterian church, Congruity, Pa 50:50 " Tarentum, Pa 18.48 U " Sharpsbnrg, Pa.... 36.14 Mt.Washington,Pa 82.00 " • " Neii Castle, Pa..... 43:20 " " Rural V.,Arneg co. 16.17 " Elderton, " 7.33 " " Harrisv'l, Butler co 4.00 " New Prov., .Greene 85.00 " " Ebensb'g,Camb. co 21.00 • " " AmitY,Butrr co.Pa, 10.26 " "Soroggsfteld, Ohio. 21.25 " Richmond, " 7.85 "':Knoxville " 8.10 " London, " 5.25 " " Mt. Baton, 4 " 16.50 " " Minerva, " 14.50 " S School,"Law'vle. 6.40 2dlj. " 'M.ercer Pa 6.00 Collection at Connelliorille, Pa 13.10" Connautville, Pa I3AS " : Californitt;'Pa • 5.05 " Oil Creek, Pa 8.56 New Vernon, Pa 16 . .78 *" Marion, Ohio 25:30 Prieteds of the Soldiers, Clarkson, Ohio.- 15.0 Q Army Com., Salem °wag., New Derry; Ps. 11.65 Ledies'Aid Bob., Lexington, Bonet co. Pa: 19.00 " " Eldersridge, Ind. Co. Pa. 7.00 " ' " Berrilltp.; Are:lB'g co. Pa. 8,00 " Beth. con., U. Bt.Cl'r Pa. 37.00 Soldiers' 'Aid Club, SheakleyviMe, Mercer Co., Pa • ' - 13.92 James 0"Ilara, Pittsburgh 100.00 P. P. Hanna & C 0.,., Pittsburgh 60.00 Mis. J. Seibert,. " Wm. 'Jeffrey, D.D., Herriottsville, Pa 10.00 Mrs; B. Jeffrey, .<" 5.,00 Philip Banta, ..FrOadOlll. Pa ' " 5.00 MBGbAisßialtemy 5lOO Mrs. M. env • 100 Miss Murdoch LOO A Friend- s ' 3.00 J. C. A„ 6th U. S. Cavalry - 20 Bella Low - 10 Friend, per Rev: ".T. N.-Boyle, West Eli2abetl ' 1,26 The following COntributions of • hcispitil stores have been received durini the month 'of August : • • .• One box of hospitalatores from Soldier's' Aid Society of Centreville, Orewf.ota *ti -t)i;:thint do. from ladles 'of Greensburg.; 1. boi Ofelothing and fruit`from Ladies' Aid Society. of Lancaster, Clarion Contity box of stores from.Solditsro! Aid Society of Conitersville, Allegheny County . ; 1 box of sundries from Soldiers' Aid Society of Glade Mills, Butler county ; 2 boxes of clothing and fruit from ladies of Unity congregation, Latrobe ; 1 box of hospital stores from Ladies' Aid Society of Putney ville, Armstrong county; 3 boxes of hospi tal stores. from Ladies' Aid. Society of Blairsville, Indiana county . ;. 1 box do. from Christian Commission of West 'Lebanon, Indiana bounty; 2 boxes of hospital stores and . one keg of wine from ladies of U. P. congregation of Mount Hope, Washington county; 2 boxes of stores from Soldiers' Aid-Society of West Middleton, Washing ten o.onnty ; 1 box from Roy. G. W. Mech lin, Dayton, Ohio ; 2 boxes and 3 packages of olothing:and fruit, and .2 cans of milk, from Limlies' Christian Aid Society of Rob inson- township; Allegheny county ; 1 box of fruit from. Ladies' Aid Society of deffer . son, Gre ece county; 1 box of hospital stores from 'Soldiers' Aid Society of. West Deer township;. 1 box of hospital stores from 'Ladies" Aid Sooiety of Cowansville ' Arm strong pounty s ; 2 • box.ee:of hospital stores from Ladies'. Aid -.Society of Tenrieville, Fayette county; of . clothing from %%Ladies' Aidlociety of Strattonsville; Cla •ri on minty, .1:boi. of reading matter from Mrs. -N. TBalleittine, Temperanceville ; 5 :bimeil of clothing end frpit from Ladies' Aid Soiety of Hillside, Westinoreland Conn ty;' 1 - box sundries fro* Kiskizninitas {School. bistrict No. 8, Arinstrongicounty ; 1 bet 'of' hospital stores from Dim No. 3, : Armstrong county; .1 box of stindrisie.frorn toniprd and Glade Run churches, Dayton, boxes, from unknoivn :persons; 1 box films t3.ohnol District:No. 2, Ohio' township, per Beaver • County Army Committee; 1 box of hospital stores from Soldiers' Aid lifailetyl of Elder's Ridge, Indiana county; •1: -bOx of hospital stores and 1' barrel of dried apples, from Ladies' Aid Society of Somerset; 1 box of hospital 'stores from ladies of Congruity Presbyterian church, Westn;toreland county ; 2 boxes from La dies'. Aid'Society of District No. 1 of CoOl • spring township, Mercer county; 1 box of, housewives from Rev. Henderson's church, Pigeon Creek, Washington county; 1 : box • Of hospital stores from Ladies' Aid Society .' of Freedom,' per Army Committee of Beaver county; 1 box of housewives from - Sunday School of Centre Presbyterian church - , mite' Caiionsburg; 3.boxes of hospital'stores silt 1• barrel of potatoes, from Ladies' Chrietiiin Commission 'of Butler,. Butler conati; boi of stores from Ladies' Aid Sooiety Of Middlesex, Butler county; 1 box 'of hospi tal stores 'from Ladies' Aid SooietY;of Clin ton, Butler county; 1 boi from. ladies of Buffalo, Washington county; 2 - boies from Uniontown, Fayette county; 3...bak from ladies of West Elizabeth, per Rev. S. N. Boyle; :boxes. ladies'. , ' Aid Society of Moon township,perßeaver connty. Army Committee; .I.ibox from; Soldiers'. Aid So ciety of District. No. N. Brighton town ship, per. Army Committee,of Beaver coun ty; 1 box from• Ladies'.-3 Aid Society of Putneyville, Armstrong 'county; 1 box of hospital, stores frompe.liolars of Irwin's Sta tion, Westmoreland county; 7 boxes of reading matteeirdni OhriOrtaiMinimissiln, froin Migs Ada S. Mitdshiill2 Abie,"nontribuani of clothing, fruits, and reading matter, from Mrs. Craig, Miss Laughlin, Mrs. Lindsey, Mrs. R. McKee, Mrs. J. Cum mings, Mrs. Porter, Mrs.-Jones, Mrs. Ross, Mrs. Cluly. Work done at City pall by the ladies : 204 shirts, 186 paint drawers, and 241 bandages. The following articles will be needed during this month : Flannel shirts, canton flannel drawers, woolen socks, blankets, comforts, canned and dried fruits. The following articles have been for warded to the hospitals and camps of our armies, during the past month : 463 shirts, 385 pairs drawers, 263 pil lows, 175 pillow oases, 192 towels, 141 pads and slings, 87 sheets, 68 pairs socks, 214 housewives, 41 pairs slippers, 62 dressing gowns, 353 handkerchiefs, 124 pounds crackers, 56 bushels potatoes, 50 dozen eggs, 703 cans of fruit, 1,825 pounds dried fruit, 1,217 books, 94,600 pkgs." papers and tracts, 451 testaments, 365 hymn books, 296 bandages, 29 pounds of lint, 67 arm slings, 6 reams writing paper, 1,500 envel opes,lB poundsfarina, 27 pounds corn starc, 21'pounds soap, 265 pounds butter. The work of the Commission is enlarg ing, and the demands• upon our means constantly increasing. The calls for pub lications,, especially, are -very urgent, and with the continued - increase of the work there comes a continued' demand for sup plies, which we earnestly desire to meet. Let all stores be sent to Wm. P. Wey man, No. 79 Smithfield Street, 'and all cash contributions to Jos. Albree, Treasurer, No. 71 Wood Street. ROBERT MCKNIGHT, JOB. ALBREE, W. P. WEYAAN, R. C. T . OTTEN, Jos. ROME, Zji J. IL MoOrtiz Executive Cona. Pittsburgh, Sept. 1, 1863. PRESBYTERIAL NOTICES. The 'PRESBYTERY OP REDSTONE will meet pro-re-nata, at Connellsville, on Wednesday, the 16th day' of September next, at 2 o'clock P. M., for the , purpose• of ordaining Mr. George Paull as an: Evangelist,-prior to his entering upon a Foreign - Mission. - - Done in compliance with the request of the constitutional, number of Ministera and Ruling Elders. .1 - 011NMCLINTOCK, Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY OF REDSTONE will hold its next stated meeting at Brownsville, on the First Tuesday of October next, at 2 o'elookP. M. By order of Presbytery. JOHN WOLINTOCK, Stated Clerk. The PRSSHYTERY OF. WASHINGTON will holctits next stated . meeting at New Cumberland, on the Filet Tneeday-(6th day) of October next, at 2 O'olock. F. ALEX M'CAREELL; Stated Clerk The. PRESBYTERY OF BLAIRSVILLE will meet, according to adjournment, at New Salem, on the • First Tuesit.y of October, at 2 o'clock P. AL JAMES DAVIS, Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY. OF ST. CLAIRSVILLE will meet in Beallsville; on the First Tuesday of Ootober, at 11 o'clock A. M. J. B. GRAHAM, Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY OF HOCKING- will meet (D. V.) in Athens, on Tuesday, September 22d, at 7 o'clockI). M. A tali attendance is desired. • J. H. PRATT, Stated Clerk. TI,Ot VingIIVITTRY OR ROOK RIVER will meet.' at Arlington, on. Matitcf, Mate 192 t,. gL • The assessment for the Contingent Fund will he, called for. - S. T. WILSON, Stated Clerk The PRESBYTERY ' OF _PALESTINE trill hold its regular Fall meeting Et Kansas, 111. , on Friday,, the 9th of October, at 7 o'clock P. M. Sessional Records will be called for. MoFARLAND, Stated Clerk. . • The PRESBYTERY OF SALTSBURG stands adjourned to meet at Rural Village, on the First Tuesday (6th) of October, at 2 o'clock P. X. W. W. WOODEND J Stated. Clerk. The PRESBYTERY- OF SANGAMON will Meet at• Centre on Tuesday, September 29th, 18611,444 P. •M. . G. W. F. BIRCH, Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY OF KASKASKIA amide adjourned to meet in the Waveland church, Octo ber 9th, 1863, at 7 -o'clock P. M. ALFRED N. DNNNY,-Stated Clerk. The TittESBYTEtt OF - ALLEGHENY CITY will hold its nextistated ideetirig 'at - Bridgewater, commencing' on the Third Tuesday of Septem ber, at Il °leech A. M. WILLIAM ANNAN, Stated Clerk. Ma . ii:PRESAYTERY OF BEAVER will meet of thil Church of Beaver Falls, on the Fourth Wednesday of September, at 11 o'clock A. M. • . ; • •.• - D. C. t.BED, Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY OF BLOOMINGTON meet at Onargo, 111., on Tuesday, Septeniber 22A, at 7f o'clock P. M. R. CONOVER,• Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY OF CLARION will meet at Calleusburg on Tuesday, September 16th, at 11 o'olook T. 81113111ARD, Stated Clerk The PEZI3WiTERY OF PEORIA will hold its next stated *acting in the Presbyterian church of Prinde*HlO, on the Third Tuesday of Septem ber, .at 7,} O'clock P. M. ROBERT JOHNSTON, Stated Clerk. _ The PRESBYTERY OF ZANESVILLE - will meet, as adjourned, in the Presbyterian church of Bristol, Morgan Cotutty. Ohio, on the Third Tueeday (15th) of Sept6mber, at 7 o'clock P: W. M. FERGUSON, Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY OF NEW LISBON will meet, I). V., in - the church of Coitaville, on the last Tues.:lay, the 29th day, of September next, at 12 'o'clock M. ROBERT RAYS, The PRESBYTERY OF ERIE will meet at Mercer, on the. Fourth .TneeclaY of September next, at 2 o'clock P. S. J: IeEATON, Stated. Clerk: The PRESBYTERY OF SCRUYLERiriII meet in Ipava, Fulton County, ftpeedsy Sep : tember 22d, 1862, : at 7 o'oloak.4,4,tarfening _ S. V4l.4l3.j;•§l.fated 1•: SYNOINaL The SYNOD OF ILLINOIS stands adjourned to meet in the Preebyterian church of Bloom ington, .on the secovid Wednesday of October, at To'clock P.:v.. • RQIII4IIM 'WINSTON, Stated Clerk. SYNOD OF' lOwe ' , hill- hold its next meetineritAetimeity;bn Thursday, Sel)- tember'lOth, at Wo,'eleek.P. M. A, E.' TAYLOR,. Stated . . Tbe SYIfODIOF ALL EGHENY will meet is the'FirotTreebyterien church of Allegheny on the Fourth:: Thursday. of September, (24th st,7i o'clock P..„111. §*I:FT, Stated Clerk. The SYNOD OF SOITTH'ERN lOWA will . old next stated` meeting se Des Moines - 01'4, on the last Thursday in September next, (24th day,) at 7 o'clock , S. C. 14'01EFNE, Stated Clerk. ME . The' SYNOD OLVEIICAGO will meet in the Priebyteriah 'cithroh of - Macomb, 111. , on the Third •Thursday (16th day) of October next, at 3 o!olock:P.,feli:, , The Presbyteries are reminded that they , are to send 4p to Synod a full list of the names of the ILiding Elders of all the , charches within thiiiUunds, with their Post:Office address, in thelr 144' b e ins er ted.'in-the Eippendix I,,lci•tho htinutearattAe Synod. • • . • • Stated Clerk.
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