I= = SeTit II Vrtsbgtaii,i'larttr. PITTSHIGN, VEMBDIT, 11110 10 1864. Enlargement of the .:Banner.—Arrange. ?PARSI.I lILUIS.,) talk:prow:6p forna meat o f f mt. paper in a week or two. Par- . #oalara will be given next week. • EXIBLVIIIINCL `l , lat 'conductors of a publie journal, it is 4:l#edititeobserve and indibate the follies :omi dangers of the time., a as 'What is' good and premising .1 -That we - may do, this; wemust lookoupon life as it now is,' aid, when ` occasion demands, we' , must; speak of the ditifgerotur tendencies eihib ited. This' TS' esPeaallytliti' 'Case when • moral -elykraeter, religious ,professien, and, the' welfare of the' Church and. otsouls, mny be involved. 'Bi tihiek such as these, it is nat i -to pected that in our habits ,and;:pnrsuits we. will move with,, the same plow and, steady tread as when all is calni, and quiet. The days are tkiftunialtuous: fpr thiS, the break-`1 fiigri up of formernesociations Pre 'toe vio-1 lent to r permifcit„, l and, new and itartling events ,haspn , on :With a rapidity that for: 18°,, that those who suppose-men should, move, feel, think, and act :even in the hasinek of ordinary life as they did. twee yepit ago , .forget. that , the world moYeagasst do not perceive-that thngreater part of Imankind moves with it. That Were should` be confusion, turmoil, and rhihs* for, time and eternity, for soul ind fx-lait Amadr,„the ruptures and overiiirnings of the present, is what every reflecting , mind, acquainted, ,with the' history of the, past and understanding the peculiarities of human nature, shoidderpect. ~i But& wannot -be ,denied- that there are marsithings just now caleulated - to awaken apprehengions in the prudent, and deep solieltade n,the ,piens... Many of the old paths have : een deserted-, and some'of them with" ia - great loss, but others with fetal's'', risk. -The people are excited, The whole public mind-has become-feverish. ReguLsr labae has ne sittrawtiOns; Steady gains sad cep are not enough. Fortune, fame,,are wot sought .by wa gtail - And ' progressive steps,'but by f ome Madden move. Money is abundant to de grass never ,lefore witnessed in rn Amts. times. , The Government is, compeihrd to strew ' , itsf utmost broadcast; and thore is t Something very like a general scramble f' eels's, it Vast wealth has been speedi:.- ; aminired -hy many Who a short time s,.it;l were,poor.. Expensive habits of life Isas4, been introdsteed.. And notwithstand ilie'eficirmous pilaw at which all that gt.:- ' ifies,t be tastes of the people and ministers to lux„Ury and display, is held r never, ,was the cost.segarded so little-as'now,. Sometimes itseeme as if something - of , the infatuation What' leids some , Mei' fie indulge in the *ldissi.aodigelity gf expenditure just on the, very: financial, ruin had seized upon our entire- population:: There seems to be . de "limit:to the extravagance now rife, in :dress;'equipage, henna; and - manner of:living.'' This pervades all classes and ounditions, according to, their -measure. • n An Egetern paper told as, the other day, of a man who was building'a marble stable or the rear of his lot, and fitting up a private theatre over,, it; and also of another• who had paid $B,OOO for a - pair of horses to drive for his own pleasure. The same pa per friforthed us'of a man who had served rip a; dinner; for a single dozen of his friends at a Cost of.$1,000; of a children's party, given where every child was clad in-dresses imported directly from Faris ; and of an American citizen whchad bought a single house for $100,060, but who - was tearing it down, that he might erect orie costing $5OO 7 OW -The speculations in- Teal estate are enorMons. A.broker in New-York hired & l o u se in 1863, on F ifth Avenue, for $3,000 a year, Which was - then considered high-figure. ,But in January he sub let it at the rate of 68,500 per annum, paid semi-annually :in advance, and is now trav eling in'Europe on., the profits of the trans action. A short time 'ego a house which lad cost - 616,060; was sold for 825;000 ; bid when the papers were draWn they *ere made =to a third party at-an advance of slo,ooo. these things •iit'is`tiot confined to' New-York, 'bat Pervade proportionin the amount of wealth and populatinn every city, town, village-and district in the land. And they are but indibationg of what is rife in all bramihes of trade and' in every departMent of life. This spirit abounds among the poor as well as among the rich; among those who-are not able to meet this proagiotts expenditure,' as 'well as among those Who ,are.. The example is conta gious, since, it appeals to, one of the sisrongest principles ins, our, degenerate' hu man nature. It is high time• for us to look , at this matter and to weigh it well'both Its temporal and Iran's] aspects. The state of aPparhist prosperity which now exists, cannot - last 'always. War is enfeehling and impoverighing; it cuts away the strength of a people, and it eats up their treasure. The reaction will oome, though we do not 'believe that it will be so sudden or that there is any need for-it being so disastrous as many imagine.. But still things cannot he at flood tide and high pressure always; they must reach their equilibrium slower or latest; and in arriving at this point many will be crushed. Many fortunes suddenly acouiredWill be carried along brthe storm as the thistie-down be fore the wind. Many' now its the very . height 6f - prosperity-will be checked so ab ruptly as to be en4ely" prostrated:" And Wispy { " who now spend ‘i areiv6steks " ishly for-silks, will be in bied. Or ,vrrettcy for bread, and meat. But* this is not the worst feature'd • case. Regular habits and sober idean of life are broken :up. Toiling iminstry held in disfavor.,-, gains, howeveg limptuin, are not enough. Men must rido with the whirlwind, and akuire wealth , `y specUlation, or chicanery .or fn, any: way not positively under the ban of the law— , and even this does not always deter. And their families -can no longer. live in a homely ankrespectable- way: as,- , formerly, ; Costly furniture, costly • dress,:Land , costly -eittier tkintnents, must - talin - the place of domforts and simple habits. • • Thus the domestic; life of the people is rapidly becoming disturbed and unsettled: That noble Old English word " hOnifi, il which has no synonym in any other lan guage, is rapidly.olosing..its original and true meaning.' . • And as, the, result of all. thin k ing rejig , ions , principles are endangered. Thaspirit of the world is forcing its -way into the , ehUralien, and findu xt many are withering and dying. The claims of the Gospel are made to give, pilule the, claims, ef,tha world. The deaperateri attempt iaebeing, made;a,lits, to 'inehy, to serve God and Alammon at the - Same time. A flood of worldliness threatens to ,extuignish the life and power Of godliness.. Drunkenness and. profanity riot in -the - . day-time. Can it be otherwise Vievr of such things, than that Rion should languish; piety be smitten, and. the unconverted be carried headlong to ruin T. Let the people awaken to duty, repress the temptation extraitagance, 'and -miika •regular pursuits theiinnain de pendence, Let pastors cry aloud, show the people their sins,. and, with ,tenderest hearts lead them again to: that. Saviiiiir rrom whom they haft). turned away Let. taints besiege the mercy seat, and- cry 2ightily unto God to hnve mercy upon us, /o spare. his people,.,to forgive our sins, 4.nd to save our land., - CEBISTILN''.BENEI?ICENCE: Our 'readers have not. failed to remark 4 hat; contrary perhaps .to their anticipa tions, the receipts of our several 'Boards, is .also 'of the various charitable andre-, igious assoeiations throughout the land, lave been largely.inoreased since the com oeneement of the %F. Every reader of he religions press . Vust have observed, ilso how numerous have :'been' the in karma in which the , .debts„ :; upon the ;birches of all denominations .havn.been laid off, though' many of these inennibranceS 1 1 liberality; f. been.mitreme large. The therality f many, churches Aoward . their pastors ha's een another marked feature of the time,. lotwithstanding it has been a time of • civil i 'rife. But whilst in allihis`the Christian heart rill find abundant cause for• thankfulness Ws cannot and ought not to shut our eyes the truth that all this tide'ofbenevo - - - race would be swollen a hundred•fold ere the ellierohenpervaded'with thC `, feel log that all they'have is .the Lord's,,and ere each heart imbued with that absorbing Live pr Him who hath redeemed is, which mould prompt and indeed neccissiiate the , iltire consecration of soul and self to ` l ihrist and toils cause ; How few .are there who give even the 'the'of their income tit the - Lord. -Even 1 the most . liberal - dommunities, where we find One church in which this roportion is generally - observed ? .And ,et who - will say that this' is too large a t•roportion of our substance to be dedicated ).the service of our Maker? What we need is, to be vitalixed with 'he principle that for us , "to • live is :Iffist." The maxim is 'brief, but world 'mbracing. Let this become the all= absorbing, soul.fillingdesire, and from this mtitain a continuous stream of Christian vharities must be the inevitable outfloW.! t'o move the Church's liberality, it will squire nocy - ostl machinery of complicated tgencies, no. high-wrought appeals to stir 'he sympathies, no factitious helps - and, ions Stratagems ; but at once and forever ze Christian-becomes " a living sacrifice," nd his example a a living epistle," in the diet, spontaneous flow of kindly words ad: loving deeds. Qur thoughts haie been directed to "this 'abject by finding upon our table a reprint :eom the Danville Review, in pamphlet . arm, of a discourse . upon " Christian ifeneficenee : Thee Bible Argument." In his able troiiise, not only ihe'daty, but he Privilege and happiness ,ar - syst,mati arerolearly N and convincingly. pre an led. The treatise,iii furnished by the üblishers,' MOORE, WitstAort, KEYS tt - Cincinnati, Ohici, at $6 00 iieirhun ' red, We earnestly, commend to our pm !ors and churches. this argument, nd feel assured that the money 'invested= its circulation will be abundantly repaid- , TWO PUILIUTIONN: ON_ SLOgil*,. o r table re two works on the qua!- . • • . , which • , I ion . of . SliV:ery• to iiiiih:Welave been "fa tuested to ealkthUatteptiohof our readers. With • this desire Wei hereby .manifest our • , The first is entitled "'A "Scriptural:and Historical View of Slavery`, from the Days, id* the Patriarch ABILARAM to thO Nine. t eenth Century, by JONN HENRY HOPKINS ) D.D. Lt.D., Bishop of the Diocese of Ver. Mont." It profemies to be addressed to ,might Ray.4l, - Caze Pe** D:D., " Bishop the Dioceso of Pennsylvania Bishop HoPgtxs is.no stranger in this community. aere there are many now, living who have known and observed him as he discharged, uecesiiV.elfthe duties of clerk in an iron vorksof a lawyer atlthe bit; of pastor of ity phirnh, of ,proprietor, of a Sourish.: lug ,school, and o,f, Bishop of the Diocese Veinnont. Since his removal from Penn- Ylvania, he ha's - often returned to 'visit rel. ilives and renew the associations of -his 'youth, .and also .to solicit aid in behalf of the institution/For the Apiscopal Church in * fiisyy oy BLavicar, by Bishop Hopkins. Pp. 37G. Hew-yorhi W 1. Dooley .j- Co. Pith: burgh: ,Itinry, ittiner, ang. Davis, Clarke 4. co. Tau Acittirtsx — BLaysny. Pittsburgh United .1 3 . iertverion Board 'of publication, Third Ake AreAbOirjA n • oome, Hand &rein, _ ___---- • _.- -' - i:VE:g....§:j 3 Y - 3744tANS. BANNER.---WEDNESDAY,... MARCH 3(V 1864. :, - : z , -.4. - r;. _:.•. -.-;,.- - _ ~.;2•,.:_ ,_.. : .. ..: .. lie St.* opVerr44o. 4t , one time he ac quired tonliiderable =reputation'ai:a-writer in the Romish Controversy; and until re cently, it was not supposed-.that be could ever fall so low, in a time such as this, as to be the apologist and advocate of American, slavery. Fors Forpions man,hornarid reared -in the -North, and-especially a-minister of the 'gospel, (we make no distinction, be tween 'ministers, for they are all bishops) ,to present himself as the =defender and champion, of that spathm of`slaiery, which allgood Men have so hingjegarded plague-spot in onr institutions, and. for thi. ,removal „of which they have prayed-z-how aier Alit' , may have, differed , as to the man net by Which"this was to' be accomplished, Which has rent allbranehee of our; Anteri cau ,Churchourd which is ,now seeking to destroy the life.of the nation, and•the highs est hopes of ,humanity in this , world-!--ili sink hierself to abartis low `s depth - as one , can .reach,. and stilt:retain ,the name and semblance of s Christian. After seeing the views put foith•. by Bishop lionuws, and considering'the maw: ner and time of their aeliveranep, We do not perceive how Biehop POTTER, and the eler omen Who ,aoted-with him, could avoid entering their' public' protest -• Nor do we understand how Bishop •'aid the Rev. Dr VAN Dzuspr and, the Bey. gr. BwoPE, of this city, and kfew other,s,ef the Episcopal clergy iii the State;, could refuse to unite -with their•-brithren-in'repudiating such a The ot6i work is of a widelydifferent character. is entitled, " The . Against Slavery." This is:aninquiry into. the - genius of the Mosaic System,. and the teachings of Old Teitainent Ori - the sub= jeet of human rights. The argument non-. tained in this, thorough. and comprehensive treatise, on ihis subject, was published twenty seven 'years ago: ' It passedlhrongh four editiona, but the stereotype'plates were destroyed in 1838, and for more than.twen ty years it has been; out, of print. : - The ' present edition 'has=-been prepared for the press by the author, and - -has been' brought opt, neatly and cheaply,, by Ate United Presbyterian. of :Publication. At the& close have been very properly added, some extracts from the excellent address of the Synod" of Xeritncky, deliiered th the churches, On the - subject of alaiery;'` 1835. Within the compass of Acad 151 page's we have a complete= refilled= of , all• the sophistrieS of thoiekwho would plead Scriptural,' authorityfor the continuance of human slavery, as it existed at the South at the outbreak of the rebellion. No bishop's lawn can save the first;of ~ these worki from contempq while the sec ond is unaiswerable in the main, Whatever disagreement there might be about some particulars. ' ' Last Friday, the 25th instant, •was the day, thiS'yeer;'observed as " GoodFridaY" by Roman ; Catholics, Fkpiscopaliins,; and Lutherans, irk `remembrance of the crucifix ion of our Lord. Jesus Christ,. ‘,‘ for =lien and our salvation!' In 'conformity with a circular signed by leading alergYMen of different denominations, in New-York City, this day was observed ` by Many of the churches of these -several denominations, as a day of humiliation 'and prayer. The reasons given in:-:the circular were the fol lowing:. "The first object. of the proposal, 'refer ring to. the great fact and doctrine to which the day ' is devoted, is to declare, by our union in keeping its the unity of our faith touching the sufferings ~and death of the Lord Jesus Christi the 'Mediator, very God, very men, awthe,Onuatonerrient for the sins of the world. " • ' " The second object is to take advantage of the day for an occasion of fasting humil iation and prayer, in view.of _our national troubles, our sins as individuals r and ,as; a people; the intense worldliness'= mong us; the rapid; and appalling growth of luxury and extravagance, with all 'their attendant evils. These, in the ,rnidst. of the direst calamities and chastisements that can be fall a people call , upon us, especially in New-York, to humble ourselies hefore the Almighty. Paler, beseeching him . not to deal with us according Jo our deservings, to Inove --, us to a 'consideration of our ways; to give us of his floly•Spirit for repentance and 'reforlitition, ana-to turn to the be4rts of OK PeProle) and!lo be PlPabo,49 remove from. our land the judgments,which *4 justly prevoked. For this purl Pose we deem a day apprOpriate which is already so extensively a religious one; and Viiinh, in the sacrifice of . the cross,-axhih its infinite„-beyond , all things else thear °ceding , • sinfulness of sin, - and - the only meritorious ground of availing priyer and intercession. ' . The Intlependekt—Rev: HENRY Wrap BETlonta,has.ceased to be the nominal' ? as he never was the real, editor of the Inde- Mr THEODORET ' ROW pendent. . ILYON IS the real editor of that paper. Among his assistants is : a r son of the noted WM. I i ,LOYD, GARRISON. Mr. Boar,ouzii- still Writes -for thfs New;York Ledger, and ocoasionally-for the Independent. NEW - $ OF TgE 01117110.1iES .AND MINISTERS.. •PSESBYTERIAC. Old School. The . First Presbyterian church, Madison Indianartinder the pas toral care of , leir.; Arehibalkhas enjoyed a'refreshing` season of . revival. During the Week` Prayeroi spirit of un usual, earneetness 'and solicitude was mani fested., Nightly `==meetings; for prayer, with occasional preaching, *ere continued. There *as no effort during these exercises to itrodueit mere 'excitement. At a corn parati4ely: early period of these meetings, several interesting 011885 of conversion - oe= earred. A: number .of persons were , con victed of :sin and attended- meetings -.of in quiry, the majority- of whom have:: cons neete&with the church: - ev'.4.A, Broistn' `hal ing iisigned,l6 , GOOD FRIDAY. present pastoral charge tb accept a ball as Principal of West . Liberty Academy, and pastor of the Presbyterian 'church of that place, his Post Office address will be changed from Fredericksburg, Wayne Co., Ohio, to West Liberty, Ohio Co., West Virginia. , The church' -of ,Foresit Grove,' organized some monthsago by the Presbytery of Ohio, have erected a neat and commodious house of - Warship, and dedicated it te°God. They havti'a Sabbath, School with an average at tendance of`seventy schOlard. On the 28th itiat. they made out a call, unanimously, for Mr. -- Fouke, • of the ""Western Theological Seminary, fdr`his labors, in connection with the' Church,' of Mot:dans. • • The Prepbyterian-says "ale oongrega. tien Hunderdou County, New- Jamey, has, since ; the settlement of their young pastor, the Rev. Joshua H. Jazieway, enjoyed an , almost gontinuous.,revival of religion; and .Tie nuderstund,thatAixtySive, on professiOn,of their faith,,have been re oeived into Ahe &mph ; and others are ex., peoting to Ao : likquiige on the next - wen-, sion." . From the same paper, we learn " that a more ''than'' natal- 'state of seriousness las bean preraili i ng. in the Presbyterian-church of White clay 'Creek, Delaware; under the pastoral oare , of Rev. J.-L. Vallandighaii. At the last communion nine persons , were receivod,ou„,the confession of their faith, all of _whom were young persons, the haptiaed children of• the church. Others are, now preparekto, unite with the church ,on the neat.: sacramental occasion. : .'W , e are ,in r . formed thapu:airuPar retretililpg,bas, been experienced ,in, the- Zion,. Peshyteriau church, alsowithin the boumis of the New 014n PrealvtOrY-", .'Thnitev. - Dr. J. a. Stedman has not, - as was reported, been sent beyond our lines, but is still • engaged in. his usual pastoral labors'• in the rirst church, Meniphie: Rev. gutty M. Painter,. wlio was re quired by the - GoVernment to leave Upper Missouri, on account ` Of his` rebel sympi thiei is now , preacliing to a Congregational church ''in Lynn, Mass. This congregation wee organized as a n Independent ' Method= isfeburob, but new' claims to be a. regular congregational, church. Behool.—Matthias W. Baldwin, Esq., of:Philadelphia, has given:twenty thousand dollars , for the ..erection of a new.sanctuary, to be built on the beautiful , let on.,the. cor ner of 22d and Mount Vernon- •Streets, Philadelphia, , adjoining lhnpresent*,hapel, and , the work will be • immediatel)ecom menced. The plan of": the lie* -Chinch being too extensive for. the, size of the lot, sixteen feet additional.. ground. have been secured, and.throngh- the liberality of John A. Brown and Henry; J. Williams - , Bags., with ngerierous reductien on•-the' :.part of the owners, entirely paid- for. InitCd Rev James Prestly; D.D., 'Of Pittsburgh, hai been - giving lectures in New-York fOr the benefit' of the P chuich, 'Hoboken. His stibject was 7 ‘A. Trip through F ! gypt, Syria; and: the Holy Land:" - Rev. Mr. Lansing and family, .after be ingin this country since July last sailed from New-York on - their return to hiiwork in - Egypt, on Saturday the - 19th inst,' - in the 'steamship City of _Nem- York. His health, though considerably improved, is far from being all that it should `be; and he returns al this finis becinie he'feels thit ngreat work is opened up, and that there is "pressing - need for help _in Egypt at this He takes with him.his two sons; who hive been in this country for the past seven "years. Beformed.—The Rev. John N. McLeod, D.D., in a communication to the Observer, says that.the Reformed Presbyterian Church has felt it to be her drity to enter upon the fieldof labor among the- freed blacks as a Home Mission. "She has always pro claimed the right of the colored man - to liberty, and all the privileges Of the Church of Jesne Christ, and_ she, is now 'taking competent ministers for their pastoral charges, , and sending them with.needful as sistants to preach_the Gospel to these poor; and the experiment thus far has been blessed., It is not for'us to offer our advice to the other and greater tribes of our New Testament Israel, but we will be allowed to folk the question of the Reformed Protest , ant batch Church, and the two General Asseinblies of the Presbyterian Church, whether the time has not conic when they may effectually use their power. of social poiition, learning, piety and •numbeis, to aid the freedmen of the country; and thus to help its Government in the time of war to,eontribute.to.the speedy return of peace on the basis of righteousness, to elevate and comtbrt a downtrodden race, and save lint:aortal- souls." Wormed Butch.,---The. Rev. James Ste venson, isrhose death las been lately an nounced,:was bornfin. Salem, ,Washington . ; County;, N.' Y, , in 1798, where, -itt,early life,leAnperienced religion and: _connect ed- himself ;with , -the. Scotch ,Presbyteriau Cliurch, then under the pastoral charge of Rev. Dr. Proudfit, It Was at an early pe riod in his religions life that he devoted himself, ;without a reserve,- to. the service of the .Lord. An , impelling.desire for. the salyntionnf_souls ledlim to enter upon a course :of prepa,rationi for the QoapeLminis try, With-a burning zeal for the glory .of God.in.the salvation- otsouls, he gavelim self,up i holly.to the Lord, willing to labor wherever, ~in ! the providence of God, he , mig,ht:be - EPISCOPAL., At the Annual Meeting Of the'Society for the Increase of the Ministry, held in Providence lase Octeber, it was, motion of the Bev.''Dr. Cole, voted that, a Sehol aribip Find, specially , for the benefit;of the &ins of Clergy; be established. The' Ob ject was then referred to Bishop Clark and Dr: Oxie; with, the e Eieentive Cominittee, to carry the plan into execution. Qn be.. half of that Committee, Dr. Coxe presented aßefkirt'Which was 'adopted, and of 'Which the,fellowingis a,synopsis recognition of the debt, of gratitude . which'is - due to those'who haVe given np,; all worldly : gain for the Sake of Chiiiielind his Church,lhe Society establishes a spe-` dal dePartment, to be calla the` "Sons of the Clergy Fund," , t'O'hid,in the education of the'sons' of 'Clergymen 'to succeed their. ratite - 1 , 5, , if it should please God to call them, in the saerektninistry, " Sens of 63,1.0 i -ten will be received and, retained - on this foundation as scholars o the Soeiet,y, on the same terms and with the same privilege respects as:aye applied to other bises; . save and except that it shall not be required of theta to ex press 'an intention of applying for Holy °Hits, nay - shall the anpointinenta be lim- Wald nethatiSoihnitififirahts. " li - bestowing Scholarships so far is this :gaud Will permit, preference will be given, other thingsbeing equal,,to candidates in —the following order : Ist. Sons of clergy men deceased. 2d. Sons of missionaries. 3d. Sons of, clergymen enggged in labors considered equivalent to those of mis siOuaries in point of privations and self sacrifice. METHODIST. The annual missionary collection of St. Penni M. R Chtireh, Fourth Avenue; New-Yorkiamotinted to the noble suin of tielve thousand .fiie 'hundred d9llars. it is but a few, months ago since that $lO,OOO Were'collected in the same Church for City Missions, thus making •contributions' of twenty-two thouiand five - hundred dollars within the finaneitil year. ' - Baltimore Methodism has shared in-the innovations ,of the times.. But recently t o step has been, taken which places a new_ church hack among . ancient . instoms. Mr. WesleY Star, formerly a member of the igethodiik-Protestant Church, but, latterly of 'the- Nethodiitt, .Episeopiii _Church, re cently built's ch M urch on the, corner of Pop pleton and:Pratt streets. r. Starr clings with great tenacity to ,the'old .peenliarities of Methodism,. and built this church in order that there might be at least one church in the city where the men and women should" sit apitk — aiid where the hymna 'should 'be litia•-iit 2 the' 'old 'style. Thee church is >nearly completed, and has been presented by-its owner to the' Metho dist Protestant Church, the conditions in the deed being that the peculiarities above referred to shall be forever- adheiedr to within its walls- ,f, • • " ,CONGREGATIONAL.' Broadway Tabernacle, of whieh Rev. Dr. J. P. Thompson is pastor, contributed last year, to`objects of benevolence, $88,000! 865,000, of this Was appropriated to pay off the debt:of the ehirch. BAPTIST. The total nuteher of Baptzst . chnrches in Great Britain and Ireland -is 2 , 3 7 3 1 of which 2,240 ire in England and Wales. The aggregate number of members rs pOrted to the Baptist - Union is 1. ; 7,6,232; and estimating the urireportingChurches at the same average, the 'Baptists in the United Kingdoni gtotually in church mein berihip must be *Obtinearly 250 000.' PersonitL OWell Lovejoy, member of Congress frop the Fifth Illinois District, died,- st Brook lyn, N. Y, last Friday. He was,a brother of Bey. B . P. Lovejoy,,murAered,at'Alton, 111., by a pro:slavery mob, in 18'57. Ir.l Eben - 'Eteriam,- of .Prooklyn, known''for his' devotion, to meteorological science, died on'Sriturday last of dropsy of the heart,...ei the age of> severity. • -His hourly records of the weather tun .back to nearly 'thirty yeah, and were continued everitos the day of his doath. He was as eminent'fot his practical berievolenoe'as he waslor his attaohmont to.t hie favorite ad- The autographed° of the'Grincinnati San itary,Fair ,took ,plaec last week. ,General jamesOlinton's„cniginal Order Book sold for $l6; a manuscript, speech of William H. , Harrison for $l6 ;.B. B. French's "Last Words of John Brown" for $lO Eliza beth Barrett Browning's autograph for 86; Washingtonlrvieg's $5.50 ; Jeff. Davis, $5.25 • John Adams 'ss $5; •Buchanan's with a letter of Baron Hunaboldt 'bought for the sake - of the latter, $5. -The city of Islewburyport, Mass.,.is\noted for the nurfiber of distinguished 'lawyers Who have practised' ' , or studied - there. Among theme were Rufus King, Chief gee Parsons, 'John Quincy Adams, RObert Treat Paine; Judge . Jackson and Caleb Cusbing The 'younger members of the present bar show a capadity for .military command as well as for jurisprudence. Of seven lawyers connected with' one office as practitioners or Students, at the beginning of the war, six have held positions in the Federal army, and , the seventh was recently elevated to the' bench. Dr, Franklin Bache, the oldest great grand son ,ot Benjamin Franklin, and a distni-.. guishecl memher the Medieal profession, died at hie rOsidenee in Philaclia, on Satur day afternoon, after, a, short illness. Dr. Bache was born in P,hiladelphia on the 25th of October ; 1792 and was the eldestnon of the eldest grandchild of Benjamin Frank lin. In 1801 he graduated Bachelor of. Arts at the University of Petinsylvenia, and four years later graduated in the Med ical department in , the - same institution. The year previous he entered the army. as Surgeon's Mate, and the year was appointed a full SergeOn, a position . he oc cupied tor two years, when he resigned, and' commenced a PriVate 'make. . At .the outbreak of the rebellion, Brown son's Quarterly Review was almost the only advocate' of air _ anti.slavery policy f.among all.: the -Catholic? journals. • : - The great ma jority of them werer"violently opposing .er ery - anti-slavery measure of :the: Govern ment,-and acting irCceneert with tbezetra Peace faction of the North. But, ,iimpro gress-of. the:wer wrought , among ,them several, conversions . .. Tits Vineinnati Tele gra:ph, Almnrgan of- Archbiehop was, the first, to come - evil, to ;the Anti. slaverY party,_ awl' to admW and even .to urge -the necessity , of abolishing ,slavery throughont.the -.1/nited;States.T. Its- exam plehas recently been followed by. The Uni verse, the • , Catholic paper of :Philadelphia. In elate issue; this paper admits that the peace of the Republic demands the aboli tion of slavery; that the - national- entreat in favor of abolition groats steadily strong er and hu become irresistible, and. that it would be absurd to attempt to oppose it.- titerau Ite s. 'Sheldon & Co. continue to 'be the New- Yt4k -publishers of the celebrated River side editions of standard boo Val. -` They- are also soon to publish the Theologiial Works orthe late Dr. - Bethune, in two volmnes crown octavo; and' a' new , translation of Ne ander's Planting and' Training of the Chrii3thui`Ohurek by Dr. Robinson, of the Rochester-Theological Seniinary queen jirtotia, it appairs, has ,literary tastes: In 184, Whea she Was but sixteen years old, a small volume °filer poems was published forth, for distribu tion exclusliplY in. the royal family cirele. The edburg Gazette` now, .announces .that Queen Victoria is engaged.' in writing din Memoirs of her Life and"nines; and that this wqrk a.econnts.for her Prolonged seclu sion since Priuce Albert's death:.„ , _ Ir. Bohn, the velknoim classical and standard publisher, has sold his•publiehing business to another house•--Bell &Daldy, of. Fleet , Street. • The Edinburgh Witnesji, made famous - by thelite`thigh Millerylas Varkties. The Weeleiane of England are making great exertions in " Church Extension.' They have paid out, within a few years, nearly half a million sterling on church debts. They are building many new and elegant churches every year; The iron rails on the'Sotithern railroads are - worndown - to - tbe thickness of a-lady's little finger, the trestle bridges , shiver and creak warningly underUvery train, the care run,at times to suit the condnetar's conve nience, and it teelt i the correspondent of the,LondOn tiines two days and nights to get froti Chickamauga" to Atlanta, a dist ! nnee of one hundred and "thirty _ - A liberal-spirit of tOleratimi seems to pre= Tail among the nations of the earth. Through the remonstrances of the Govern ments Of England, France, Italy, and the United States,,the persecutionilhat have been-waged. against 'the: 'Jitys :cif Morocco, have oeased. There are over 2 L 00,009 Jews in, the Kingdom ofMorocco, and, this act Of clemency , : toward that rice Jigs been hrought about by the Rerseverince of Sir Moses . Monteflori, a, Jewish baronet of great wealth and influence in England. The Agefirof the American Bible Society at 'Constantinople, hes received sUbscriti. Voris toward supplying the wcoutrabands , ' in .America - with Bibles. Many of:"the Protestant Armeniane - hive given freely for this{object, and some even-who-belonged to the old- Church have voluntarilf - put down their Baines and - sant in'their bild;remark ing that since Ameridan Chridtians had helped to Send-them the Bible, it' washit just that they should in 'rettirA, do genie thing for the' poor Weald. 'A nu:tuber of the 'Bitglish.in , Constantifinple have also subscribed hundsomely." - The :New-York journal of - Commerce says presents the, most wonderful example ,of great, continuous,: and health ful increase. In 1830 Illinois;contained . 157,445 inhabitants ; in.lS4O, 476,183; in 1850 84 474) • in, 1869,: ; 1; 711 051. 'The gain daring,the last decade was r therefore, 861,481, - orp_lol.oo per cent— So large a population,f—more than, donbling, itself :in ten yeafsrby the regwiar :course-of settle ment arid : ; natural increase, is without ..a parallel. The condition : to ; which Illinois has Attained under the, prograss.of -the last thirty years, is a.:monnment of the blee sings of industry, enterprise, „race, and free institutions Pre4!Yte- The:' PP.gSBYTEIri OF ; NEW .LISBIr will uteet,,p 7 V., in.the Presbyterian eburelLin Sa lem, ea the Fofirth Tuesday of Aprir - iiiw, at o'eloelCP: M. - • ' ' ' Sesdional Accords, Statieiveil Reis:ilia Com missioners' Fund; and'Settietnenta with IP/WM.la and Supplies, be called. for from, the churches. RoBERT HAYS, S.• C' 'The PRESBYTERY OF BLOOMINGTON will meet - at Towanda,: on Tuesday, 'April 26th, at-7 Sessional Records and Settlement with Pastors will be called for;.' and Commissioners' Fund -s fo lows vas Bloomington $l3OO ; Wayne:",* s9.o;'. Clinton, $6.60 ; Deer Creek - and Hayworth,. each $5.50 Meet Urbana, $5.25-; Towanda and Atlanta; each $4.75 Onion:Grove, $4,25; ,Crow-,-Meadow,,,Quarga„ and Salem-each $8.75; Mackinaw and Lexington; each $2.76.; Dwight and Metamora,. each ,$2 50, Chenoa,: Brenton;Parm. Harriniy, El Paso, Low Foint,"Tolotio,lnd Sulphur Springs, each $2.00; Monticello, $1.50 Cheney': Grove and Reading, $1125 ;:Ashkum, Gilman , Galloway, and Paxton, each $l.OO. RR. CONOVE Stated Clerk. -The PRESBYTERY OF IitGiIL4ND stands adjourned to xneet•in Burlingame ' on- Thiireday; the 21st of April ; at .7 o'clock P.-11. Statistical Reports and Sessional Records arpsrequired to be,presented. J. O. REASER, S. C. • The PRESBYTERY OF FAIRFIELDVM hold its next statedsmeeting at Ottrwa, on the Third Friday. (15tit) in April, at 2 o elock-P. M. It. - was, made a standing rtile, the Spring meetings should be so arranged, litatFiesbytery oould remain in session over the Sabbath: S. C. M'CUNE, Stated Clerk : The PRESBYTERY OF. ST: CLAIRSVILLE trill meetin st. , plairaville, on the .Fourth Tues day of Apil, at 11 o'clock A. M. Statistical'Reports, Sessional Records, Settle ments with Pastors and'Stated Supplies; Moneys forlhe Commissioners' Fund at the rate of two and one-half cents per member-of the , chureit, and - seventy-five, cents from each congregation for, the General Assemblfe Contingent Fund, will be required at this meeting. Rath tengre gatitin contributing to the Contingent Fund will receive a copy of the Minutes of, the next- meet ing of the Assembly. - J. B. GRAHAM, Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY OYSTEUBENVILLE will Bold its next stated, Spring meeting in Steuben ville First church, on the. Fourth: 'Tnesday of April, at 2 o'clock P. M. ROBERT . HERRON Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY OF 01110 will meet at Centre clriroh, ori Tuesday, April 26th, at 11 o'clock A. M. 7 Sessions will please Send up full -Regatta. Ty: B. MoILVAINE, 8. C. The.PRESBYTERY OP WASHINGTON will meet in West Ale.xander, on the r Potrrth Tuesday (26th day) of April, at 4 siNilOolt P. M. Pastors and 'Sessions are required to forward s.written=Narrative.of the State of Religions in their respeotire eirarges,,to the Rev. Smith Grier, New thunberland, West Virginia, at' ea* itif days prior to ati meeting of Prestlyter3r. ALEX. McCARRELL, Stated-Clerk. - The PRESBYTERY QF NARiON, lOU meet at the chur,eh of Brown, on the ..Second Tuesday tl2thy of April neat, at y wei6=ck P. M. Mein hers will` stop at Eden Station, on the - 'O. Q: &C. H.: A. -TRUE, 13Utted Clerk. The R.RESBYTgRY OF CLARION stands a!- journed at Greenville, on the- kit . Tues day of April (26th), at 11 o'clileic A. :Pas tors, and &salami of vacant chutrohes willplease send Narratiies on theßtite of Religion to Rev'. 4ohn.Wray, Rockdale Aline, Pa., so as to reach him not later , than April gOth.-- J. H. SHERRARD Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY OFREDSTONE will meet in Elisabeth, on the Fourth. Tuesday. of April (26th) at. .2 o'clock P.-M. ..Sessional Records, iteports, 'Commissioners' Fund, and written certificates from the Treasurer that the minister's salnry is fully paid, will - be called for. • - R. F: -WILSON, Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY OF ZANESVILLE will meet in Newark on the Third tuesiluy of April, al, 7 o'clock F. M. - , W. Pit FERGUSON, Stated Clerk. The PRESBYORY O 1 CHICAGO siattds ad joerhed to meet it 'Lane, on the Beeorid Tueiday of Apill (12th), .at 74. o'clock P. W . ' • W. W. 11 - ARSRA, Stated Clerk. The P.RESBYTERY OF CEDAR will' - meet in . . . Vernon, o n Tuesday, the.26th of April, at. 7 E. Li BELDEN, 'Stated Cl e rk. • -The PREBI . I,YTERY OF VIROENNFS hold-its next rSgular sessionsJat,Zviinsville, ginning. ozs ..Thurstlay, April 14th, at 71-.o'cloch N. M. • The PRESBYTERYOF PEORIA will hold its next stated 'nesting in-the church <of Henry, on the Tbir&Tuesday , (19th) of .April, at If o'clock P. M. < HOBERe AOHNSTP.N, Stated Clerk:, The PRESBYTERY OF CARLISLE will hold its next' slated meeting in. the 'Presbyterian Church .of 'Hagerstown, blakyland,. on-Tuesday, tile 12th of April; at 7 o'clock P. A. p. MITCHELL, Stated. Plerk. The PREBI3(TER.Y OF SCEINYLER will meet aqiiirie City, on' ^Thure lay;: A leprit't4t"ie, . . 1864, at 2f o'clock P. M. Commissioner s ' E,„ nine cents per member of each church. . THOMAS S. VALLL, Stated Cit., The PRESBYTERY OF A LLEGIIE:sTY (Ir stands adjourned to meet on the first Tuetrl v April. The place of meeting is the Ceilrir,; churoh, Allegheny City, the hoar 10 WM. &NNAN , Stated Cie!' The PRESBYTERY OF KASKASKIA meet in - the Pleaeant'Ridge church (near t QI N DLO April 7th, at 2 o'clock P. M. ALFRED N. DENNY, S. The PRESBYTERY OF ERIE will i te , t West Greenville on the second Tuesday (12e c 1 April, at 7} o'clock P. M. The- PRESBYTERY OF BLAIRSVILLE meet according to adjournment, at Congruity, 0 , the second Tuesday of April, at 2 o'clock p. JAMES DAVIS, s, _The 'PRESBYTERY OF DUBUQUE will to. (Deo Volente) Bpworth, the Second Til t ., 4 ay of April (12th} at 3 o'clock P. M. Assessment on the churches, for Commhsiot. ers' Fund, at the rate of ten cents per , " " JOHN M. BOGGS, Stated clerk member. The PRESBYTERY OF lOWA. will bold stated Spring ,nteeting in the Presbyterian eh urc of Burlington, at ,7 P. M. on the Secoad 'r ut , day of April; (12tb). Sessional -Ilieords and Statistical p, (1 ,, r, mast be presented. - :The PRESBYTERY OF SALTSBURG adjourried to meet at Glade Run ch•!rch Seoond Tueisday of April, at 2 o'clock • W. W. WOODEND, Stated Clui, • The PRESBYTERY OF HUNTINGDON' Is : hold its next stated meeting in the Belief t. Pienbyterisit church, on the Second Te eE d,. (the 12th) of April, at 11 o'clock A. M. • - ROBERT HAMILL, Stated ClPrli The PRESBYTERY OF TOLEDO will meet is Tolefle,''Tama County, lowa, on Tuesdv, ilu 12th of - April, 1864, at 7 o'clock P. M, The Sessions will remember to send the Stasis. tical Reports, carefully prepared. LUTHER DODD, Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY OF WOOSTER will hell its Spring meeting at Fredericksbur g , ot , ! L r Third Tuesday of April, at 11 o'clock A. ' • JOHN R. CARSON, Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY OF ALLEGHENY =tam;... . adjourned to meet in Butler, on the second - Tuesday (12th) of April, at 11 o'clock A. • . R. COULTER, Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY OF BEAVER Trill tiled !tt Eiliiipery Rock, ott the Second Tuesday of Ap r il , at 11 o'clock A.M. , = The PRESBYTERY OF ROCK RIVER Ll': meet at Middle Creek church, on the last Tue, day of April, at BF. M. Members journeyite by rail are to be at " Winnebago tion;" onthe' Galena and Chicago Railroad, 1.7 the "day train , on•• Tuesday, where carriages tr,. be in waiting to , convey them to the church. S. T. WILSON, Stated Clerk. The PABSBY'I'ERIe OF SAT GAMON will at: . in "the First church; Springfield, on Fridi7, • April Bth, 1864, at 7 o'clock P. M. .W. P. BIRCH, Stated Clerk. runt Pius. The War:--The intelligence this week is ta.r: exciting than for'some time past, and the Spring catepaignpeems to have opened in earnest. Fort De 'Rustiey, Red River, La., was cat.. Lured,' March- 16th, by the U. S. fore foreea nub; Gett;',A.. Smith. Gen. Smith, with abc.,; l : 10,000 men, left Vicksburg on the 10th, road the - Atchafalaya River on the 14th, and disel baricedfiis forces to operate on land against f:r'. Ituasey,. whern'ilte rebel Gen. Dick Ta .7 was .enottutped• with 11,000 men. The latter. hearing Of Stnith's approach, attempted to his rear and .attack him. Skirmishing ensue.'. - • but 'Geri. Smith, declining a battle, by a rani and skilfttl Movement, succeeded in reachingt.it Fort thiree hears before the rebels came up. charge was made, and after a brief contest the Fort wail taken, with 825 prisoners, including 24 commissioned officers 10 guns of various cSi m ibr a qUantity of small arms, 2,000 barrels fine powder, and a large supply of commissar; stores. - Rort -De •Rnesey is a most formidable work. with bomb-proofs cbvered with railroad irra. and ti , powerful water-battery, with guns wk.: rably plantedibr rapid and effective firing up: moving up or down the river. Al) , 800 nogroes were employed for a year in a. structing the earth-works, and it will take Z men two or three days to destroy them. Three rebel rams are reported higher up tit river, in whose impregnability the rebels seer: their utmost confidence, and that they can any of Our gunboats.- Admiral Porter is bui'y engaged.in-removing obstructions from the rir,r. His fleet is . composed of 89 vessels, includiq transports : . : 10 are iron -clads, and two are r.=r• reted monitors. Exciting news may be amid' ,- ted from , this quarter before many weeks. the 16th, Gen; Banks' cavalry occupied Nev Iberia. ~ The destination of the Red River expedizio is supposed to be Shreveport, 230 miles from ;Le mouth of the river, an extensive depot for e missary and other stores for the rebel troir. Front this point a railroad runs westward nor'! 50 miles to Marshal, Texas. Alexandria, J'' miles from the month, is the highest. point ao Red River yet visited by our troops. On Friday, - March 25th, Paducah, Ky., at the mouth of the Tennessee River, and '6O mi , en above Cairo, was captured, sacked, and fired, by the rebel Gen. Forest, at the head of an va matitil ft:Wee of 6,000 men. Col. Rucks, with about 800 men, - Commanded the U. S. post, be" lciw.,the city.. The rebels made four assaults en the ; fort, but , were, repulsed each time. Three of our gunboats opened upon the city, during it occupation by "the enemy, and a large part of the place - was thinned, as also the Marine Rail road,.isteamer':,drizona, and the wharf-boat. About 3,000 of the inhabitants moved across the river, upon the approach of the rebels. The rebels retired during the night, and at last ad vices were between'MaySeld and Columbus, irv. - The U. S. losslifreported as 12 killed and ..10 wounded. The loss of the rebels is believed :o be;3oo killed, .among s thent Gen. Thompson, and 0ver4,200 wounded., 'The amount of public nod Private.,property . captured or destroyed is un kriown,'-brat Imppesed 'to be large. TivenlY five houtses around the fort were destroyed by our troops; they being used to screen rebel obri - r.Pshooters. The headquarters and Govern ment .atorehouses were burned by the eneulY- The"eitY is said to be nearly in ruins. It is )1 6 sup Posed the - iebele will venture an attack ova Columbus. Our forces there are ready O r them. froth the ArmY of the Cumberland, sdrices are to March 22d. Numerous deserters are scut coming-in.- They report . Bishop Polk reinforc ing Johnston's army. Longstreet's cavalry were at Marietta, Ga. The rebels were very strong at Dalton, with R,ooo:oavalry on this side. Our army is in 'splendid - Condition and watchful. The Aarfato Registe ,estimates the U- S. srmY of-the Cumberland at 100,000 men; and adds, "Our forces are fully, adequate to meet the ese• thy at all points." Another rebel print reports the Yankee Gen: Dbdge, with 10,000 men, to have . crossed the Tennessee River going South' Prorti, the A.rmy of the Potomac, rumors are rife, biev3allictin g , in regard to its reorganiza tion.: Gin: - Grant, after a brief stay in Wa s.h. , ington, repaired to the .front, March 24th, and rec i elv,ed an enthusiastic ,welconie, though ho characteristically declined any formal receptionH e returned to Washington City, March :f.t ., ith and , various speculations are indulged as to future movements: The let and fidrartny- corps are to be oonFoli dated, and attachid to the 6th corps, under tiell• Sedgwick, The 9th army corps, (Gen. Zulu' side's) is to rendenious atiAnnapolis. It is reported that Gen. Grant intends to place all General officers on duty at once. Ns-''v Generals Buell, lkl'Cotik, and Crittenden still 1) assigned to commands in the West. .. Creneral. Order No. 114,, prohibiting officers Vailiingtori' without leave of tb.. S. J. M. EATON, s GEO. D. STEWART, Stated Clerk D. C. REED, Stated Clerk,
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