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American refirgtetian
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riILVRADAY. JULY 4. 18611..
JOHN W. MEARS„ EDITOR.
Asgoovvrth, WITH
ALBERT BARNES, coins inrprritit
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THOMAS BRAINERD, JOHN JENKINS,' • 1.
DENSE DARLING. • - THOMAS J. SHEPHERD.-:,.
OUR NATIONAL BINS.
PRACTICAL ISSUES OF FASTING.
God is angry with our nation, with all of it.
And justly so; for all parts of it have sinned.
And while we do indeed believe that the section,
which is at war with the rightfully constituted
authorities of our country, with a view to the in
definite perpetuation and extension of slavery, is
guilty of peculiar and heinous offences; yet we
can properly derive no self-complacency whatever
from contemplating those offence.but are in
great danger of aggravating our sins by pride, by
indifference and hardness of heart. Let it be Uri? ,
derstood, that asindividuals, and as a nation, we
have committed offences enough to justify the
Almighty inblotting us now out of existence, and
that if our nation is at this time preserved from
overthrow, it will be out of the mere grace of
God who putteth down one and setteth up another
as be will. So far as our characters are concerned,
there is only too much reason to believe that
the calamities hanging over ns, will in the exer
cise of divine justice be allowed to fall upon us; and if
a guiltier party than ourselves be made the instru
ments of our chastisement, those who have read
the contemporaneous history of Judah and As
syria, will know where to find a parallel. • -
We have great hopes that our national existence
is to be triumphantly and gloriously preserved and
fixed upon a firmer basis than heretofore; but one
great oondition of the realization of this hope is,
national humiliation and recognition of national
unworthiness of such a result. . In a word, we
must fast, after the practical manner insisted upon in
God's word; by confessing our sins; by denying
ourselves the sinful indulgences of which, as a
people, we ham been guilty; by setting ourselves,
each in our place, to turn away from our charac
teristic national sins. Some of these are:—
1. Covetousness; leading to a reckless and un
scrupulous haste to grow , rich; to fraud and dis
honesty, which is winked at by the public; to ut
terly hazardous extensions of credit and expansions
of business; to notoriously unsound principles of
banking; to a most shame-fell scramble for offices of
trust and responsibility, with not a solitary end in
view, but to make the most of their emoluments;
to a hideous degradation of almost the whole system
of American politics—municipal,S tate, and national
—into a cunning arrangement of parties fore the
pecuniary reward of favorites, by processes of cor
ruption, often so profound and so intricate, as, to
defy investigation. It is our covetousness which
has furnished the needful facilities for carrying on
the slave trade; which has closed the eyes not
only of Spanish, but of northern officials to its
Pr
prosecution; it is our covetousness - whieh encouraged
the_rebel President - of a section without ships or
sailors, to call for privateers. We have been in
imminent danger of becoming a nation of gam
blers under the respectable titles of merchants,
shippers, stock-brokers, railroad-directors, and
office-seekers. We must put bounds to this greed
of gold. Trade and credit must be brought within
proper limits. Banking must be done upon safe
and honest principles. Those who handle the
public money, must be held to a strict account;
and offices of trust must not be regarded as mere
opportunities for rewarding zealous partisans, ut
terly ignorant of the duty and unworthy the dig
nity of the position. Our popular standards of
judgment must be corrected. Every Christian
man must set himself against a false estimate of
wealth in society and the church.
2. Great abuses have come in with the opera
tion of• our democratic institutions. The success
of a democratic government depends upon the
gree of influence which good men exert upon the
people, in their exercise of the elective frandhise.
Now the American people are susceptible to good
influences, and, other things being equal, would
honestly prefer to put good men in office. But if,
in the exercise of the right of suffrage, the mass
of the people art neglected by the virtuous' and
Christian part of the community; if polities are
allowed to degenerate into a trade carried on by
men utterly devoid of principle, in whose ,hands
all reference'to the public Weal is lost sight of; if
better men "are tootnneh absorbed in the nobler (7)
pursuits of marehandise, agriculture, and profes
sional life, and find it too inconvenient'for them to
pay attention to the very unimportant question of
who is to govern them, and give shape to the laws,
by which their merchandising, their agiicultnre,
their professional practice—Wieir life 7 ---is to Vd.go
verned; what wonder that democratic institutions
come into disrepute, that troublei arise, ankihat
at last the ship of state, under the m'am n i agemau t.
of those who, in' prosperous times, have been suf
fered- to slip th - tirphit - leif of command, has drifted
upon the breakers and lkiivers in everytimber, with
the shock? This crying sin of negligeqce has
brought with it, as we all *30,401 ,own, awfnl
nalty; and. loudly, alt aot indeed too late,' do the
times call upon Christian men in their indiiidual
capacity, and ministers of the gospel from the pul
pit, to interpose their influence,. and to. yield no
looker to a time serving timidith 6t, love of ease,
which would 'keep .tlicuf from ilineddling with fa
lidos." If some change to tiiis effect does rnot cc
car, we know not what-hilly hinder the recurrence
of great national'&orders every;generation or two
in our history.
•
, S.. There is a whole .041qm of national of-
tinge, of which awnwmarore is but the generic
niunri-:4lte grand summary. It is the flowering out
of insubcirdinatiowin the family, "of lax discipline
and revolutiwn7 violence in the Church,, Oficis
.. applied. tendernesS tkead ministration of the laws,
of false and perverted sympathy with the criminal,.
—of theological error iw regard to the justice of.
sternal.purtishinent There 'has been a loosening
of all bonds, a rejecition of all'restrajnt, a contempt
of all antitority, a Weakening .of all wholesome
ideas of penalty, a process of riationatdebilitation
going any Whotte:Raisis was at had reacitt4in the
imbecility Of an Eseetitive Officer, who darted not
`vindicate the ordinantte of God, of whick he Was
one of the chief representatives on earth,'Whew
whole States rose up_to insult and to renounce it.
The Southern rebellion is iraMtheuational vicare
fleeted' and tordideiviarge, for us the more clearly
is recognise its deflirinity: If we ever pass safely
over, the trial,it wtl reinain a beacon light for all
coming tivae. , ;.: Add we pray God its fearfid light
may shine into every One of the many misgoverned
homes of America, Where the seed i of rebellion in
the eitizen,,are this,* sown; Ore pray that it may
illuntinate every church connail an d asse mbly
whore the disagreeable duties of discipline are
neglected, or where impatient men would override
constitutiona - to-get-rid of - disorders imaginary‘or
real; we pray that it may warn hesitating judges,
jurors,. and, governors, when blind impulses of
humanity toward the criminal incline them to
'grievous inhumanity towards an outraged comma ,
pity; we pray that henceforth .I.Aw may not want
SACREDNESS ) nor due PENALTY fail of CERTAINTY,
nor CITIZENS look vacantly in each other's , fices,
in doubt whether they have a COUNTRY, question-'
ing whether their long, and proud, and peaceful.
sense of security under their beloved and cherished ;
government was not the deepest delusion with
which men have ever been mocked, since the ser
pent perpetrated the grand fraud upon the mother
of ail the living!
.What is the fast that God has chosen ? Is it
not the breaking off of our sins by righteousnessy
is it not the rising up of , the nation in , arms against
those inward foes which` are the secret source—the
true leaven of our outward difficulties? And what
but a temporary good will flow from the success;
of our arms to-day, unless we are alsO successful
in the spiritual encounter.viith pride, with covet
ousness, with accursed political apathy, `with the ,
subtle spirit of rebellion, that has permeated , and
unsettled the social fabric in eery joint and rela
tion? . •
"Cry aloud I spare not; lift up thy voice like a
trumpet, and show my ,people, their transOession,
and the house of Jacob their sins. Is not this the
Past that i have chosen, to loose the bands of
wickedness? . . Then shall thy light break for*
ai the morning, and thipe health shall spring forth
speedily. Then shalt thou call,und the. Lord shall
answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here 1
am. And thou shalt be called the Repairer of the
Breach, the Restorer of Paths to dwell in."
THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL RELATIONS
OP THE CHURCH.
The doctrine that the church, as such, should
concern herself with matters ecclesiastical and
spiritual only, while the individual members are
free to mingle in all the social and public relations
Of life, and are bound to exercise upon them the
best possible influence, is not new; but we think
it is a novelty in the Presbyterian Church; and
we are ashamed to see it tolerated, and" strenu
ously and ably argued for there. , : :We have been
accustomed to regard it as a mark- ofr High
Churehisin wherever it appeared. And we he-
Here it to be utterly false ,in principle, self-con
tradictory, degrading to the position of the church,
and most pernicious in its ,infinertee upon. public
Morals and the general good.
As to the High-Churchisna of this view of the
office of the church; we, eed only turn to discus
sions now going on in the, journals Of the 4is
&pal Church on the, present state of the country.
The editors of some of these journals are com
promising before the community their own, doubt
less sincere, patriotism, -by the pertinacity with
which they seek to hold the church, in its organic
capacity, aloof from the questions of the day.
The Church journal of New York,' the: able re
presentative of the High Church party, labers
to vindicate the. character Of the Southern bi
-shops, who made such indecent haste'in aeknow
'edging rebellion whenever it raised its head,
(very different from the tardy conduct of most of
the bishops in the Revolution,) by arguing that
it is a griestion of political theories merely.
The journal says: No rightful authority of the
Federal Government can be annulled merely by
certain persons getting wrong notions about it
into their heads. But if the wrong riotion gets
to be so "extensively maintained" in the whole, of
the nine States, .tat no friends of
,the true idea
can maintain their ground, we do not see any
" moral and religious grounds" thereby esta
blished, which render it the duty of the church
toset thefnine States right in their pplities. It
is not a case -in which "the Church" is called to
meddle. . . . . Questions like these are not the
ones which the Lord God has ever sent down a
church and a religion from heaven to_d i ecide.
The same paper turns aside from It Auvariable
rule not to criticise " the official documerit t hf any
bishop," in order to administer a sharp rebuke
the Bishop of lowa for expressing, in his address
to the cenvention , of his diocese recently, his. de
cided 'disapproval' of the course of the Sonthern
bishops; The Journal says:
It seems to us pafr a moment's reflection is
enough to show, the unwisdom of liiingliig any
thing before a Diocesan ,convention, in ;the official
address, except such things as'are of specific dio
cesan interest, or are, open, for,definitive diocesan
action. . . The church, or aehurch convention,
is no place for mere sectionalism on any subject:
We will not pause here to, show the utter incon
sistency of the Journal in' deferiding the course
of these Southern:bishops, whose haste, like that
of the Old School Presbyterians, to give the nas
cent rebellion the full endorsement of,heir sacred
office, was of the boldest, most influential, arid
most disastrous instances of , pplitital - intermect:l
dling ever given by the American clergy. We, shall
not attempt to explain this inconsistency because
to our minds it would involve a serious doubt of
the entire loyalty of the Church Journal, which
- wo wonld entertain with the utmost reluotanee
and Pain. Wo-..leaves.-it--euteigilqiicik -- thetefore,
satisfied with the evidence fignished by the ex
tracts; that the doctrine mentioned at the onenirig
of this article. is a High Church. doctrine: With
bodies', therefore, who cherish views of the church
strained beyond the tone of Scriptural `injunction,
and out of all sympathy with the , complex being
for whom good the Chureh,,was established, we
would fain leave such theories. We will nor give
ourselves undue'concern' about the'errors of °theta ;
but wheu they creep into' bb iel Whose Original
principles are deduced more,,d4rectly from
. the'
Scripture, are more comprehensive,' more just,
more common sense in their character;- when they
gain the endorsement, of large bodiei of Presby
terians,'
• and can claim as their standard-bearers
influential journals in, the Presbyterian Church,
we must protest. '
We bold to the position that-GREAT 4RESTIONS
O PUBLIC MORALS ARE LEOITIMATE MATTERS
OT OM= ACTION, and that actum in such mat
ore, is scmietimes a duty of the most solemn and
imperative character. W 4 hold that ,the qhurch
is, in a high. degree, derelict, 'and will =be :held to
strict acconntabilitY,lf she evades the questions
in which the moral' opPositions' of 'the times are
contain „ hold that she: owes a moral duty
to the public to give her great infhtenee,.bohily
and unreservedly, on' the: side of the right in-all
such wallas. To withhold her testimonyloi die
mite of peace, or for any motive of expedieney, is
to spread doubt through the community; it is to
lower-`the tone of public morals, and to divorce re
'ligidt(cncl morality in the ' populai conception.
It is ta,,approsiniate the Church to femonkish in
stitutieur divOid l o`f sympathy withliManitY, 'as
such. It is to approximate it to a Jesuiticalso-
May, whose perpetuity and prosperity are to be
armor
4 t8 , 1 ;
aUt
Antertritit sttobtierlint ni tutott rattgetiot
• 4 / f"
sought in the contpromise„ if needful, of the plain_:
eat principles of morality.,
- And here, since we htvie mentioned the. Rpts„
copal Church, we are glad to be able to quote from
One of its best papers, the _Protestant Churchman,
r , lately become-the 'sole - organ - ofroue of its-ablest
men, Rev. Dr. Tyng, a ‘ very emphatic repud l iatin
of the narrow and blind spirit Ai' cocletiiasttcismil
Says the doctor:-
- We have no sympathy with"such'a time §erving
spirit. The quarrels of the Church are a : two
penny.thing, when compared to the great.Chris
tiaw duty of maintaining social order, national au.
thority, and human freedoni r against a violent.re-,
bellion of unprincipled and ungoveriable men,
A correspondent, too, of the-same Church:Jour
not to which we have referred, sends a "re:Mon
strance " in very much the same' tone, which
is
published in the of the Jauy:nal, and
which gives the editor no little trouble. He puts
some pointed questions; as in referenoe to the ,
teaching of "the Church on the duty of Obedience
to civil rulers, set at naught" ,by Southern hi
,
And' is not here, it ev6; a 'call upon the living
Church; in her official capacity arid action, in her
several Dioceeei, and in adery-other legitimate Way,
to set forth this despised teariliiiig, 'and to present
anew to the acceptance of her 'misguided brethren
these rejected. services TrulY it it be not the,
office of. the - church to hold forth and inculcate
such high moral and religious obligation tis'is- here
conterimed, r irit be 'riot- seasonable far' her to do
this; then,' in 'the' 'nuke 'of 'Heaven's 'Majesty;
which is now so outraged and flouted in its refire sentatives upon earth, let us beseech God iti`dend
us from heaven' a church and a religioW that'm4
do this needftil work 'Upon earth, '
•
rebellien be not* sin, if separation'from
lawful government be not schism, from right, land
truth, and Christian duty, V * , riien andhuschism
or hereiy, the Church may not and ought not to
give her counsel and her warning,; then God help
the Chttreh!! 4'
This Episcopalian, subscriber to the - lE4h Church
organ, the Church. Jogrnal, has a very just. idea
of the powers and functions of the Church, in re
lation to such public matters as enter' the dOmain
of morale. it Pains and surprises us, therefore, to
find Presbyteiiani so . confuted and InfElta as, in
many cases, they appear to be;'ina the same'point.
Such seems to be the' cOndition of the Hew York
OPserver, judging from the -leading, editorial of
the issue of June 20th.. Without, in so many
words, condemning _the recent action of, the / two
Assemblies, the Synod of the -.l3,eformed, -Dutch
Church, and other, ecclesiastical bodies of the
highest respectability in the North,it layti:down
the very PrinCiples upon which the Opponents - Of
such action based their arguments
3 . For example,
in the. opening, sentence of ,the= article referred
"If we doubt the expediency, and deny ,the
duty of the Church in US
,orgame,capacity,,to
meddle with polities,.we do' not, call in question
the privilege and the'obligation of every citizen in
such a time as this.", ' ' - • -
And again:— • • - 2 - •
"Men forget, or they never thoiight,-tliat the
Church'is of God; and, the preacher Is servant:
.of God, set to declare his word and will, that can
not be moulded and dispensed with the changing
opinions of men, but is the same yesterday,, to-day
and forever." ' '
' "In all "countries, and in all - ages, since Christ
came, experience has, proved that Church , best
answers. the pUrpose of its institution byletpitig
ithiof from the eMbrice of the State. `We
might well believe that the ChuroVirould, be able
to understand its true-rehrtl - to tife — goverualout,-
and'ibUld'netrer intrude its into into the domain' of
political action." -
"I3utlhe duty of the Chilioh is ' to sustain the
institutions of religion for the 'salvation of 'souls.
Its office is Spiritual, and only spiritual "
"Men of the world are impatient, and members
of the Church are misguided`-and in error, when
they press' the Church, as a-Chi:itch, in its'services
or its privileges, to participate' in those works which
have their relations solely~to . things of the World.
~ I .,et:the dead bury their dead.'`' 'Let the world do
its work."
These sentiments are guardedly expressed, but
their meaning is plain. They Put'the :Veto York
• Observer in antagonism with Dr. Bpritig3nd`With
-the great majority of his brethren who voted" with
him in Philadelphia; in antagonism with,our oWn
Church, and, in fact, with,-every branch - . of the
AmStican Chureh-tiot'sWept into the vortex Of the
rebellion, unless it be the High Church wing of
- the Episcopalian. Nay, it is an attitude of War
with all the noblest and -most honorabie.tratiitions
•of the Presbyterian Church: - For it•cannot be too
distinctly held up to view at this day, that the'at
tempted restriction ofthe '''res_byt.erian`Chuinb i n
4a organic Papagityl,o*aficl a P;i l r4 aPPle
siastical.and Spiritual character; is, all 1141i0VAWON
`• riot We' muted by , its- history or its constitution,
the Prospect of Which, if foreSeeif by the 'fathers,
h
would have them with as ants men and
giief. The Presbyteriamismwhich attemptsto
-graft this High... Church, novelty on ,ouvuonstitu-
Ition or ottrimaistine, for,the- sake' of unity or-any
other object, is a falazcs debirter, unworthy et the
name. . The true spirit of our body 4s ihoirn in
the Form 4Governmentphich wigße :to 'Uur,,A.p
sembiy-the' duty, smong% °them, itofireeouilmenii
'ing arid' atterapting-'refortaation Of -ivanuers; and
the Vrothotion of ehaiity, truth and holiness,
through all the ehßrehee iuder`their care'. The
action. of the,mother Synod, sustaining and cheer
ing the people . during the,Revolntion; and in
the celebrated paperiiiiilivery in 1818, are vene
reble,precedentS; 'based iip9Uist and e o P 3 'l4ehett
i sive .xiews, 9f the ,l.lhitrch + ponstitutiOn,and ,of
the,funetiOns of the.Chnrch sa a leaveninginiluenee
in society. It is , too late-for High Churchmen-to
chafe against, them. They have been over7helm
,
inglY confirmed in every branch of the Presbyte
nen Chnieh this, year, Ind, we thinkitivould be
wiser and more gra9eful fol the 94eriler`gn&Dr.
Hedge to regard and treat them as irrevocably act
ttedi
THE CH41611431, ,OESERVER AND BI
SHOP OrETS_
The editor of the Ohristidn Observer isf endea
,
voting to evadetthe responsibility of his unpatriotic
course, which an indignant_ public and the s'eeilir
press of this loyal city are joining to fasten, upon
him, by the ingenious device of charging,,,t4e au
thershipef every thing that appears-in thefipers
oil' the subject upon' the Alik.ftroArt Pnistrtit.-
BSAN, and soendeavoring i nfitiiehe
a 5 i
inaigniOaa4 of,
aPPearaPaaquarrel batmen tIY O
rival newspapers... Thus; renireg • rule in in
very decisive language, palls the Olvristion
Pi*publishing,-
server to account in fiillj'll . ishbp
Cltey of Tennessee's ple,`for':it , ree
rebellion, and for circulating cepiei of iihe„paper
containing it, gratuitously through this loyal com
iminitii: Whereupon the Observer askss,--.-t-
"'.But who the author of this sinprotolfett
assault on tbs . :aim:Won Observed; says
it is ,thOsinie tom lrboi4 1 : 805 was striving hard,
"like a snake in the 4rass;',',to obtain ,aontrol ;of
the Qa**,.o4 : kkt, su oyftortike
abolition itopaSures*hieh rent the church . 1857,
anct*ho.,7ift. his itarty, fias ree'sntkilin
egoe wOn
.
derfully patriotic! "
_
Being ourselves ignorant of the authorship of
^i*
the Bulled article, wii-have taken pains sines
olibervinetka, attke, toc:`,iitnitti;nto 144 matter,
and we learn, from the moghllirea lt atid indubitable
authority, that it was neitherl written, nor even
r4f4t3elyilliaggestedmbynanyollresbyteriauraniniater.
of this city, orby-aigroni wlicria now, oriatiapyi
time previous ibid Plan ;in connexion with, t4AazioAnrt ,1
4
;.. ; OUR ARMY -comma%
Among - the Religious Intelligence4lll be found
a column devoted to thelaimy, tilde
doubtless will he . ionnd to Posseis peculiar, ldterCAl
Our 10 of chaplains is 'the. most eoinplete:.tofie
found s anywherenwithin,,ourinowledge,-thOugh, of
course, open to correction by way of additions:
Nor are we able to distirignish between the three
months' and the three years' regiments. It - will
he seen - that-the State the designation of the regl" :
ment, r and IN denomination of the chaplain, are
given—thus .koraing en, excellent opportumty to
the friends of "the'volunteers of kccwitigi add CPM
munieciiipg with, those who havkeharge of their
spiritual`interests, in the eiPosed situation, as to
lifeand morals , ca of the n We 'Might to praY
••• '`ln • J
for these brethren. They : need divine aid-in their -
responsible position . - Many of them will be • re
cogniied ita men of high character - and standing
in the yarionwehurched. There' - are Edliard'l'. 7 .
Neill aied.itenry VeWler; of our ow n church, Thos.
P.-c, EftrUt, church; A..•M ,
Stewart; of the RiforM'a -- Pieebyterian — etrach;
A: H. Quintivetthe dongiegatienfal gliureh;" Gof
don Winsles+, P. D , of ^the - Episcopal
liptkeijo i mmmVins,low, of the A.
at Medias; Crilhert Haven, of the Methodist Church)
and others that deserve equal notice, We have
no'doubt that: he majoritj of thesis' men` are:riom
petent and faithful; and their lahori in, evarigi;
lining their regiments, in sympathizing with: them
in theirhar4hiPs and perils, and in'administering
the consolations of.religion in the hour of 'suffering
and - death are already - Producing their effects.
Never did an army go forth better pravidedou
respect to their spiritual wants. Bayonets in these
times 'not only Ihink—they are • learning to . pray.
It is a source of terror , to, our adversaries that so
much prayer is mingled with our stupendorqi ef
forts
It was related, in the Union Ntyer-meeting at
New York, we believe, that .a - lady born and reared
in the South, now residing in - a free State; was
lately deploring` the unhappy strife, arid the sad
fate reserved apparently : for her home 'and: the
friends of hcroutk.
Why be afraid, mother," said a daughter,
"do you not - believe that the South will fight
well?" •
-"Yes."
t 4 Why, then, be afraid Y" -
"I know tlie - Strathernem are brave and will
fight , to- the, death., ; But these .6 7 0therners do
"wag so!"
But to return to the chaplains. In knunaber
of instances, they have proved themselves valuable
and:yfise adjuncts in the conduct of.the war itself.
Di..Winslowwes -on the fated.field of Great Bethel,
adminisferindeonsolation to, and aiding in the res
cue of„the wounded and dying. Ile''was even
left behind in-the retreat, and'got back only after
111M4Y3Pel:ile ;to the Wm. A. Pile,
with a sqUalt of arm d; looking, afterL,the
wounded at the:battle of Booneville, took a score of.
accord'
rebel mhlierslMlasners, mg by
thoi-4ery
.
services render ed
. braev: George'W..Dodge, of
s Z,
Ellsworth'Ofiaregrat.the Marisosination of their
_beloved commandeii were of the utmost impor
tance. -They 081bl:is - described•-bya correspon
dent of.the Protestant Churchman:
"When Colonel Ellsworth startedcwith four
men, and the surgeon,
aud.A reporter, for the
.tele
graph office, ,Mr. Dodge„feared it was an impru
dent step, and wished to _eXpoiiiilite with him,
but COncluded thSt . , ale it' might not be . bedoniing
in his position, he wettldlit least accompany him.
He didsopand the. Murder. occurred in-the than
ner which is so well known over all the ; land.
After it occurred Mr. Dodge assumed command of
the party, closed the front door, and• placed a guard
at it, and forbid all persons from eemmunicating
with any one without the hernia. took twelve men
(temporarily.)nrs; 924 4 4 Ake clamor , and
alarm Cf,the,women,,and, then sent out to the Cap-
tain of,the . nkuiat company, and-by. the aid of a
few,.-of his met? had. the body of-the murdered
Colonel prepared, carried to the steaniboat,, and
on way to the Navy-Yard, before the regiment
was.aware that any thing disastrous hid occurred.
"Means were.,dapted to have tho news so.commu
nicated to the regiment as that there should be no
opportunity for a sudden outburst of revenge, I
have befit assured by' high • authority, and,indeed,
'Wit; 'evident enough, that the moat -experienced
'efftem.. could 'tint have
_shown more. pronippness,
.self-cOntrol, and brave decision than was erhibited
,this man .Of Pea Ce." ,
And the labors and successes of thefin..WlA in
theirpecuha . r and more appropriate aphelia); are,
, in part, related• in another Column: -;4;
But it is unquestionable that the Christian-com
munity is far . from doing its duty towards ew.r.v.o-
~. •
lunteers in this, respect. Nunhewot the,mi
ments are destitute of chaplains, and means should
be taken in regard to those now forming, as far as
possible, to' indiftri the - 01:PC4113 luiOnisl-k) take
steps for procuring a surOy. :We to see
a correspondeet
.414simsmalling atten
,tioif to this_ duty: -Surely is . 'duty to
seek to supply tlarelvtfir Want!' at these' ininads,
asinfich so - as to ro evengelliPeg . ef
t.ge likatoea f the
thteat West,. It is a branch of Rome Arnerionerjust
now of greaterimportance than any other depart
ment, ,
of that, work. The correspondent, referred
to, asks:—
"Have• Christians done :al 11 they, ean,, do ? I
,tesv,they have, beenjlinded, in their
,zeal.to
Anld the national tlagOind hAve__ aver -the
weightier concerns of,tkeAQPl. gavolhe Govern
-Plent done thgir duty*providing„a suitable num
ber of chaplains fog each r iegiwlnt?,, fear ; ey
.have not,, and : ,p4lrbapa t it4.papre the
„faul,t,af, the
,Chnreh-tbas, pr *pi ;other, who have qotjimper
,timeit thernoy* n .gia..t. zee, ,they. shoglot ; do,4o
BroYide,spiAtpalowsellors and advisers for,„9oph
HELP THOSE 'WOMEN..
4dies;...patriotically laboring 'at Rev.. Dr.
llOalidomn i ailihurdh,.oonent of Twelfth and Wal
itiailiti.;:haVoilmlek aallisroo to aid in' farnishing
L UYMl l :!4Pijelidnfo'tSisseqit'reineple:of
ofqAM.TiVaniA. kv9l l3l ltoora.-: , 014Y0 are, in . need ; of
%Th . ate
, rial . ofmoaeyoutd.ofraliaiatanbe kithe 'Snipe
of l
boapflogefit . llN'intrelhi eet n - eeila . Vat
..:149.03 , , iiimirhAr4lo. R. itasApt, Ile. 40
lady. -wherpyggfidwors,tiwpoilatign' ?
0411.8..1,T1UME JONI*. The :chute& ia o . peir.fiviry
Tridity ttiii;dhatte dayiltladieeif "airdelibialtk
"ttiiiliOelAiVit4fl *lap
if; II 3•"51
A9444.om;PArimiw. AdieFawn
the'Tinsiv• PrtstoiatpAq oiN4Bll , 3*ltlan
Qpn ti d e loYal 1)&0497(t01L.,4 ENTR3i
19rAtaft% "bi1)44 , 94 , by 1#43444wp.fakke,90-
gregation.
_
For the sonerica Presbyterian!
• 4 ,
FEO
+. • A
OKA MEM; OBBESPOIDENT.
10tht•1b61
Ma. EDITOR :—Tho Free Chuich of Scotland
is, in most respects, a model church. Its Supreme,
Alilourt!thasNinstorclosed.itetammahsession,in,Rolinc
linrglirpnder the able-pipieratorship of Dr. Cand
‘lish:l' 1
The most pleasing portions of the proceedings
Fofattlre:.AwalwAirrhitYettebirthegreportiffarw
yersationwca evangelizing efforts at hump, and orb
theirevival of religion. Dr: 4.-4 Wood, pre4eatv
ad. wrePort,- entering - into full details' on, the relit
giotis. awakening, Which his been going on now for
time, and extensively over the coun 3
try „Ample. statements were given !by the, - Ilev.
Thos., Galley and other ministersi , whe - have Much
eigaged movement.= , •
=
Nothing trable to stand 'before' this mighty re
iifi9*ee no innorality,
,no
strength of habit, no power of interest—all have
yielded;:-they ; he* dime- so- on- every _Part of .r the
earth'i'surfacei and 'among' ineti 'eVery nation.
rt bas been ?A l ike Saine on the prairies of Veit;
i e n r4 Ah 4t e sfi cat i it . ol 4 l-telan i d 4 , e s p n i 4 4i t ,6ll9 e .6i t-E lletn te :n ci ;s. ' 7h d tl ia ta i
of Scotland; inithesmbaletwof the Alps audthed.i
viins'of-Trirkey. •', • •
• j elike,and on every
tone?, dap - R'aWer 'from on high, has Operated
with the same instantaimons , might; and the , dame
beneficent ;effect. Most manifest:it that min
finence,-. mightier-than thronespiightier than "irt- ,
Mies - lawa 1 and all Inini ' institutions,—an
induencemire 2 holy,divine in its , . nature, and uni
versal, in, its operation, ham - heed unloosed, ~and
sives.promise of a new moral era in-the'tiorld:
The colliegie of the'gree Church for' training
young men. for the Ministry, - ire located it
Edin
burgh, Glasgow, andA.berdeenit and most: of.; the
Professors take the , highest rank among- our -Bri
`fish. The 'number of students reported
for this year is 195—not by any means . ideqUate
to the large deMatid of the Church in 'theSe days
of revival,
The report baying been read by, the co4vener,
Drs. J. Henderson and , J. J. -Wbod moved its ap
proval, which was -unanimously carried. At the
same time, r Buchanan moved that the Prefei
sonihip of .Natural Seicnce in should
be= converted into ti„leotnreship; ' and that a-leature
, •
ship be also instituted in Glasgow-4he appoint
ments of both the leatitreships to be for the' term
of ,
fi! 7 year!.
Tar. , i3nehanan Professor Gibson Sir H. Mon
criefft and others explained the . competency and
vindleaS :the expediency of this , step A lec
tureship can maintained at "half the nip eueb of
a ProfessoishiP, and Yielda the same acivalltaiee.
The Rev. .:Tolin Minns, of Torpiehen, - was named
for Edinburgh, and W. Reddie, Esq., for Glas
gow. •
„ . ;
On the - same' dai - Dr Cunningham , for Dr
; . . '
T weedie, Who is abroad on account : of his health ,
gave ‘ in the Report on Foreign Missions., Ife-re
gretted- the small-iportiou of -tithe which the pres
sure of -litisineal 'allowed the .Assembly to . devote
tit the vast -.. subject to which : , the referr . ed;
and he was afraid , that throughout :the Church
Ihexe was a very inadeciwite sense of the duty-they
aired -to 'the:world of "heathenism. The report
givei statement bf a Verysatisfiator y' netnre, re
garding the deveropinent -of. tlie :OduCational me
thod into the evangelistic at the mission stations
in India.,
Minign=l
The Rev. R. A. Gardiner, of Calcutta' then rid
.
dieaSed the kisseiniii.' He dwelt on the discou-
Ogelikents which weighdown the heart of the`mie
.sionary, among th&unponvertedvmillion& of , India.
- But it is the , fact. that now. the .oldest misisionaries,
the men who know the native' Mind beat, are' the
- most linguine of suceesa.. ' i l`WentYtiiinisand na
tive Christiana in Bengal, the ; diminishing influ
ence, of, priests and ahnsters, thelgrowing diffusion
.., -
' , of gospel truth i the geoeral , persuasion. Riving the
}lindens that Christianity is destined: tb 'prevail,
Were:pointed to as' 'tokens orProgress. Iri his
concluding appeal,, which was, very eloquent,. he
besought an enlarged pia:calor missionaries• in the
- -
prayers pf:the!Church.. - ;
Three iiiefe;liturnettniiiSionaries 'Lavin ad
dressed the Asseinhy, Dr:43,..l3uchapan _moved
the approval of the reperts,3andi in doing so,: gave
a - brief but: interesting 'sketeh i t the rise sharp-kb
gress'ef mission He thought it iin
liegsihle:tc:-donhi,4it Oted ;is angry_ witls B,citain
neglect: of its, high anil l soleMn trust towards
India _ Efe:alsenmade some rousing remarks .on
the duty of -ministersio' take 'Means for 'keeling
alive the interest of their congregations in" ibis
great, cause.
The Free 'Church is also doing. a.! - .ocalwUrlenn
the Enropeari'contifiant- and irtille colonies; Tor.
J Brown, in bringing up the report of o
nial and .Continental Dommittee,,gaye a rapid stun
,
'nary sif the leading features which the repUrttpre
sentaland,which: axle, 4,hia year, of extrabrainary
interest On'the "nation of _ Professor Ltnaden,
seconded by; theeo `A. r4ri"er). - " , ,4eliv4an j Pe
off the ihuis..pmlAy, thp report; was
aclopted...• • . --.• •
714
. t Free. a fintnrnal
444%4 ' , 44474 sng*-:041_
.riegicbhar.aliess: 4 , 4o,..iltataitas4344l4eptition r.
-Thlirlearrthie , deptitationrot thwiringlieli Prettily
terien :Chitreli;' and thaijekliteliielqiiiiikttin:
Church, occupied nearly the whole of thiiiiiiierint
on Saturday.
/4 0 46r6Kig..4101 ,R0N00 3 31/9.41
,dieeeed4he Acntrt.:. Ibt arse follewelbyithe :Rat
:JABallailtlyi*fnet Pendoi:lp ma, gOisiltilleatis
fsot~drji'dacoit<n to 6f ftlie, iziotekiiirigeeiiiikai4iato.
tie liyerian `; Cbgis~i ', nl9 a 441401, :
• 1;11 sr. p 1;4 e 4 .4?
0 89 41:.; fme .. oh amiTY
Able Address...-.liowihe . mfittottidt4he
;Foilte,4'nedondedi by G. , comuririllweoi thettAseein
-01.4441 ite thelf
• • .1 . h '• .. ‘: •
IiPPTP.M4 ; C Pkg AttecP4APAghto ( 4 , 4Teat
ititortineeknatthelrelations eft.Fseabitelienisnaito
the IleglislrnatiOn.'
* 6 ? -. 'sr
fr omq 6 P!'t 6t P 6 -146;Ak* P el Prent ul .
Ohqfrbk•Wlifi t4tln 10 , 4.1* Afiv4fP . Dill,
derator of the Irish PresbyteiiewSpiodiaddraailed
[ -the lisalsOly: , ; After o rpferring.4.l6l theYaitanding .
nns progresek_of fits
'heLaiielt
.*41 4 140 2 1911 113 . 1-1 ; 6 k 14 . - KR 44 i 4 g ;0 6 ETlF.iliii
.4146englwie9.44 1 0 , PhuArgh ia.ai
theriiiiefOlinfch
tiariWale d w as catiValf ‘n . itT lituib. a. 'let •
.N. 14 e.,ht . -rvtr /79t3.: , •?.fie . .e.t C A I LIM I N A M k . e ; ."
.'l6.l!MillflarA, 71:1, 1 9e 6.2k9Mß•foit!WW-4PRa l atilia
4.l.w..x)?,4corcffti Atte (.044 lafi adults; aallAk
The u r4sport !of -; the; two ;Re
cords was preaented4o the iteiv."RlAlidliti,f." The
W 4 .. .0;1)04 sin o f
itke(..4.4A
- .irecieltipbtefd ktAiijimprovey Welt/614:4,106w
editefal l •liiiseleigeits7find!byd Oiling it
;11. w
ty . :PPY4W a .V;rt : n s Mi g .MlFk.RßEevotfuit effort.,
It is proposed in future that the Record shall not
,assist mainly of long letterslkoin Wissm
bitt that it should contain inforr4thin k jug.
Nit s .working of the echrtes Ottlfe !Aro some ti
thing with regard to other deominatio r and
papers, bearing more directly on personal, spiritual ,
R.,1j09 1 A .
-
The Report on Temperance, by Prof. Miller,
was, on the whole, well reeeifed, wheh 11 ,F,
sidered that not more than about one-foil tli`
wilAs , ters haYeAntialafitt e 1,90 4 0 4 1.!,
stated that wherever the tide of revival has spread,
it has swept intemperance to, a r great extent away.
Attention was directed' 6' the imhjent of sanitary
improvement as heaßiii, on temperance, and to
the drinking usag es of fitherals" beptisma 'and
marsianes.
Dr. WOod,, n Moving the acceptation'Of
the report, referred to the diecomferf of many of
theclassesrest
ge o the working ,
cause of drunkenness: also gave fatitsithititra
tiVe of the influence of the revival movement'
promoting temperance.
The Sustentation Fund . it the sheet4nchor of
the Scottish Free Church 2 'The total amount
the fund this year £ll2 093,'being an Increase
over last year of 'Z2;188. ' The total -number of
ministers on the rolls of Piesbytery was 844, and
the fund this year yields a, diWdend to each minis-
ter of .11148, being More than kit year. -
There ienOt another chard', to be fenfid the
average income of whose ministers is equal, the
Free Chard' of Scollan4. The minister of the.
nodest and feebleat cow Atioa of this chine&
igregatio!,
has a stipend of 1,138 or .$6 0 besides a rep
denee rent:free ; but the wealthy congregations
Awoke an addition to thiequal dividend. Their
leadlnemirkisters in Edinburgh and Glasgow have
incomes averaging `
:from X4OO ,to '&00, and, in
sonic instances, to £lOOO. k ,
Dr. Candlish has?made an excellent. Moderator.
Dr.,R.Euchanan has made thelargest number of
speeches' Principal Cunningham delivered two
powerful addresses. The other more proficient
speakeriTiiere .Dl..;Begg,
Gillson, the Rev. W. Nixon and the . Rev. J.
Nelsen x_' .- •
=OE
A-A7ESTION FOR ''DELINQUENT
CHURCHES.
Very many churches have not, yet, made their
annual contribution for gorei g n- Missions. The
fiscal' yeari'of the Americani3oard terminatei July
31. The'sum of $150,000 is neddeq diffing the
two months of June and ! Tidy. Any considerable
'deficiency will involve ruinous curtailmenp3in the
appropriations for the next year. z What shall be
the' fate of. the missions Y
Forthe Autexican Prestiy*Lin:
'PRESBYTERY JITATALO.
Chautcpqns co, N.:V„,Jo.ne 204.1861:
The Presbytery, of Buffalo has just held ite ari
1:9241 -.meeting at Silier Creek. . The :various
• chui.ches were well- represented the representa
tion of . of. eldership being, unusually: l lama. :.The
..leport': of the commissioners the ~General. An
sembly- Wall received with_great satisfaction,:; The
.general tone of 'the_ Assembly, their_ action , Mire
gard i to. the Herne Mission questionyland the- fra
tepial iihown towards- the delegates from4he
New, England; Congregationalists, was highly,,grati
fying Ito those of us whose l ,New England origin,
-associations andAympathies have mada the sunder
ino. of the old co,Operative system in Home Mission
tiork,a very painful. matter. :
'W'e : nowifeel that me; can enter heartily
General Assembly...a plan, and that Prasbyterfrans
221,4.Q0Pgreptienalit.ta will love each otker-letter
than they have seemed to do for a few years past:
Kk.committeolvasi chosen 4.41 ..report,,atr. an ad.:
journed,,,meeting - , two weeks ,heam, qtrifm a iphm
of,ca-operation ,with the Assemblfs committee.:'
-The most interesting feature of; this; meeting-of
Presbytery, was the ordination. of Afr. , F;lNr. Flint,
graduate,. of. Auburn Seminary' class of ,1859.i'as
,pastor, of the, church of Silver Creek. ',l
Professor lluntingten,, , uf- Auburn Seminary
-preached:A very able andolaborate ; discourse frpm
1 11, on ,the.HOly Ghost es- s tlie revealing
power of God. in the 'Scriptures,- and the source of
. the ; right understanding of., them,- and pOwerful
application of .their itruth-bythe preacher; • was
a. discourse 'worthy to , he : pondekedf!atid, applied
in Abase days of.. analogical and. sensatiOn. preach-
T °v. Br;: Walter Clark,- tbe , latelyfinattaleit pas
tor of the First Chureh,,, Buffalo, ~gc.Ve ,to , the
pastor , a very chaste and earnest ; cl*rgelt..eki
Rev, Wm. s -Waith:son of :former ,pastorioA the
church in Silver Creek, who, universally- .enne
rated and beloved by the brethrenand , the - ehttiches
-of our R.re;sbytery, , about , 'a ;year ;ego Wee' trans
lated from the service of tbeloWer -sanctuary
tO *the of our - God , abete; gave the ,diarge
. to.the -people, wideli ahOunded in felieitoimand
Aoucbing...allusiona to premories tof: his- father's did-
Aistry,r an& that -in the &well he 'himself
first;professed .k.Chrict4 And.was.,,first, liefrosed,,to
preach: the gospely;„ ,, - p-
Brother• Flint iii,a young. mat. of- great promise,
a, fine scholar, and aal, earnest and eloquent preach
er. The church is one of our most ,reliable and
energetic churolies.j, -ABUT. the pastoral relation
nowt, consummatedr between. them ,prove. a great
blessing to tbeithurOli and, the: commtmity..,
may : be well, perhaps/ to state the nfiwt -Ithat bro
• ther .Flint..haa .already preached ati this church
_the, bull yearend a half , as aketated supply; during
which. time;he has gained upon •their, interest,tas
they became ;better. atquainted •with ) him. ; • • •
The general condition Of the oburchetr within
. : bur bOunds seems, to. be- . hopeful. , .. Therp-ere some
voryrstreng eihurchea,,many very-feeble, and some
Wmitid3trengthi- and: by the judicious application
4311 missionary aid, may, soon become:self-imstaining.
Yours truly, ,
: -
For the American Presto/sem
titftfßN OF 10, PILESBYTEIT .
12=1
At a meeting of this body, Hebron, anne,2sth,
the following-reSONtionkon• the state, ofithe cowl
:try.wereLunanimously...adopted:=
6...-Met, together as we are, ,at a time whemonr
Moment hi , calling JO its defence ,tlie military.
fonei (pf and : prosecuting a course to,
muintigajtke,Coptititution ' and put down ,a ! most
ridoked.conspiracy,andrebellion against the Union
lad' the laws rr when I nlay of the inenxbers of our
icorigregations upd-ohurches are going -forth from
,thecroa44i.employments tothaield • of*ttle--
And .wheny,therefore, as citizens,: we must-take
grztictfor,prnitinst the measures of the Govern-i
meet; and, as teachers of, religion, must ; , approve
001 )48ulafchtteniibtlziAnk iuto.tho service-of mapytj
of the membeis our,flook,4o::unatamously, and&
solemnly .give exprewejulivtorithe: fullowieg :resolu- '
tions
. .
$ Rfsgve4y Ede
votion to tllPAlliditutii9 ll '.44heThate4Statea,.and
``,Tiom , piadolinwpwrimAatAimegt,'ll244.)ein L
.Ml 9 Ant,thing 4k : the,
„Wv_a vof any. State iottthe amtra* notwitioitatia
-1;1)3141 ; • LITZ -"lf.i
I 14:4M/ 0 04 tnlit AlEhp6oplebbalttngibg-to*e s
.0 4 :pghernirty6,of,thig,r4ionm-themselwrn a it in g
• kik Pc' o .% l4 o 4 ...t.law 4 ingl , l l P:F.e.der4l: l 3gwimilenti ,
and never having lrAgsp2oetoktd Against Icifoogla,
013 , e .0 f- j 4l sgetWit l 49/444P31Migan i ce r cita jus l
pt4f l4 4!‘,
,lot.lifclK-Aketi MTWARA N94 6 4:4 1 2(1 ,bave am'
Allertao4..-2t.1 tf-;ar s!
• • 448644; Theft mil Any,: established.- govern=
.; 4 1ex5)44.0 by ; the. , , , faet,, of its existence, flan
79td11R0 8 0 1 194 1 . and its exeputiveoffcers
1 1 104 1 ,14% P .i.thia.,:goyegnmept„.enpeeildly—fortnaecl,
nin4,%3Y41, 4441grbkperktythoee• like thembrkldbad
neverA*4lo4ms, pervadby the Jars, 3%01111o: 1
,:rality, of ous l holy and , ionder w h ial'Gt° l
oillttlAeAßdirukali.behPAl.otiko3C.Othtt
government is emphatically of God, and worthy to
.y' /''
: *
s , :uitained at whatever cost of treasure and
' '
it mat require; and they who resist its poker, re.
• sist ordinance—while they who rally. Let
the call of those placed in aullinrity, and go
-e4 not bearing the sword in vain, are God's are „
gers to execute wrath on evil doers."
4. li'esoked, That, asthis w i ar is our country'.;
ent*lisiraVeitreiMiiinie against traitors, our
soldiers„.having ..no,,place for personal hatred„,,
revet4estptdcl their enemies," and «p r
for them," wtile "they do not the work o f
Such being our judgment of this unhappy at ,l
unnatural eontestwe, Op* "'amend the readiness
which the rnemifera 6Vorir looks go forth at 11 ,
call of, God and.icur country; andi while we (4 - 1
that the cause in which they, are engaged is
we exhort them tolpir4secute - it urith religious .
titres, and give them the assurance that they s l a p
be earnestly and habitnally remembered in
gravers.
On motion, it was voted that those resolutifini
be printed in the N.'Y. Eva.pgelist, the Indep t n r ,,,
dent, American Presbyterian;' and molder pap a. ,
of Troy.
- • 711toderat
ur.
Clerks
HENRY A. POET,
CROSSING TSB POTOXAC
BY TIM 0116 R,
, LAT Oy 711 E PENNSYLVANIA
Camp Hitchcock, Beckly Co., 'Pa.,
June S
Strange.Sibbath-ieeping all this. No Lord's
day-in times o£: war. The need for all this com
mon use of holy time may seem in place to mill.
Gary men ; yeTihave I not been able to see why it
could not be in general avoided. Last night we
encamped in Maryland, two miles from Williams
port, on the Potomae. The spot was one of un
usual beautyand fitness for such a service. The
light broke on us with unwonted quietness, and,
our expectation was to spend the day in rest and
religions exercise. Some morning exercises were
held, and preparations for public worship m a d e.
At ten o'clock, however, the bugle suddenly
sounded fo Strike tents and be ready to march.
An army is truly a great machine. A loeomo
tive; all its varying parts, living, intelligent. anti
working in harmony with one another. lichen
the trurnpist'sounded to prepare for march, a k cau
tiful, well-ordered, Tide:extended city of ten tl_ et
sand inhabitants Stretched through all the n,
• borhood—over field and meadow, wood and 141: •
-
The inhabitants were engaged in a thousand Ic.-
ried employments.- Eating, sleeping, tall.ing,
laughing, reading, singing, praying. in half
hour the - city had ditiappeared. The 'houses acr e
all in witgorts_tind on" the road; the ten thousand
inhabitants were all in military order and with
bristling bayonets ready for battle.
Never has it, been my lot to witness so general
a display of order and strength, beauty zed ro
mance, AS - Without any of the soldiers
knowing the destination,. the immense chimes
commented:filing into'the road leading down to
Williamsport nearhy. Cavalry and infantry, ar
tilleryippd_baggage wagons, followed each other.
Down through the town, over the long sloping
banks of the beautiful river, and to the water's
edge of the-Pbtamac,*hich-divides Virginia from
Maryland. No halt Ordered, but on went the
grand cavalcade, straight into the river. Skills,
boats and bridges-*l4 ‘ ' 4:fieen destroyed by the
enemy. With tawrion,. dotter shouts and cheerint
the soldiers waded:into:the river—to the ankle, t)
the knees, to. thirloins; and to the waist,—on they
waded, and abetted ‘'through the clear-flowing
stream. On ifiient in a iiiitiMing endless stream
of four men deep. ` ' Our thirteenth regiment had
the honor of being near-the. fpqnt.of the colunin.
Walking in its front ranh,•tatepped into the fa
mous old river with;boots and all on, and hugely
enjoyed a splashing and 'dabbling, waist deep, to
the opposite. Ishore,. andinvaded old Virginia. On
and up the steep bank Mad away over the rising.
swelling grand, adveriee the invading army. Nut
a secessionist appeared to stop its progress, not a
doirmoved tongue... •
When nearly a mile up- the-rising ground, I
stopped to rest under the shade of atree r and look
on the panorama behind,_ What a vision ! Ftr
three miles, down to the river, across, up the op.
posite bluds,..md:aray e exer; , *to i Miand, could
be distittetl!rsbeit'llatie444o4oo,4o4l men fear
;.'deep. Askitladed- away in-the-distance, the co
lumn seemed . ,like„apr enFutous serpent, twisting
, rotind'the bends of the road across the river, up
' and dow-iliViViii;Siiijiidireoteglie they sank
enlitd.,swelledltway--iiitnithe L d*. auce.- More than a
liqgq—bands4aoP,l3l4led up
.rntific thg jiaitKog each" regiMent. Ilad the
eye of ieff.'„DVvia or any other Intelligent seas
iicisiiiiii.entedlittlinis'viiiioit;ll% 'idea of physical
resistance ttattittarit must havv at Once died with
,
About.two . teeloek,the head of, the column, in
which Our regiment halted and pitched tents
on rising - ground'amne,two Miles_tiest of the river.
'For foci hours the rOoliiintr' .141 P coming on,
andr ertnat4in still aI: 'wrire . Xt comes. Ne
ver.Aufumytibte *ems , quiet-old : fields and woods
of VirApia -waked up with .snch a living excite
ment., i, Whither we ,are,to more on to-morrow, I
• . Itaire neither asked 'haie any information.
Mire iiicafrop ialthat Harper's Ferry has been
fbituaand.Lanaiidorted:i AfnO, vie-may have in oar
Merturtity , ef enraging these beau
innuntite and yalleys, of the, Old Dominion
" Poor old:Virkung,4 - Teettilily ad for her present
-
dfi 4ornin kitfind th.—Notwithstand
ing;thmtreaCexcitem:eutg .efc'yesterday, thus ba
`44hiug.* squnii!g4lkquett-Ag its ever being Sab
bath, we got affinientlyr quieted in camp to have
interestingg3.l,4,,
evening religious exercises. Elislia s
recjimit'of lijah Mat 'friel . ffitinted, to any heart ,
whiehl does , ntit grieva.anny'- , tiie Holy Spirit in
Scenes like thua. life ana:bustle and pre
parations, for another marelt.4 will send this by
-the tirstw,no returns. " lil a y:etyn letters may reach
4 .
me 'somehow. ,
: I z , r•PAE - 4. l stewiri, xxx Banner
, the covenant.
... li-z.:,,,ND1T0W.8.: TAB
- 6 ;:P4447
.V. I 9 3II CPE RAYPA.;
,r. BLuE FLAG;
6 - THE - room, THE PPOPWL iILEACIIEDP"
These are teree little irohimel just issued by the
. Aisittittokit ItikiciT Boom* iuid i toi isle at their
Depository; 929 .01ifistiont.flEhieet. - "The second
wolume designed.to,awaken - aeinterest in sailoo
Aii,p.bjoets t of, {eligious, effort.,..Xo ! lunkniacia a
. Itrge, oximoi from OM; inieresking,s , tary on our
last pig". isdisc ourse of Rev•
jointAir:'-kaAiri, on the -topic 'named,
isimintredwition-b3r: Rei...:Gaisiisier Spring, D. D.
. • .pAxpirraqap2Tol: •
•-:MEnc/Eimacinto - l'or4ttly;N:::11. Bidwell, editor,
toTiWA* oPitcoparyzelection, L eopious and judi-
MfoIVOPPL 0 9,4101ajoctlidlitfamous quarterlies
,n 4 lion,thlies in the mother eutintry . . The leading
iiiiinntalieraiTtigtea and its Woo
dent ; Romantstn The King in Italy; The
•Westminster's Amticle,Millibidey, &c. The illv
tratioulistmperb,,,,iktkrleuarters Charlemagne ,
di&I.AI7-I,,Ceonacious power, told;
ing animmense twe'-handed broadswen.
at his right, and supporting the cross-surmounted
-eggs Smthis7tittatind exeMited in admirable style
fceni) lig, original loy Maissonier.
3,T.111 71 41734 - PaRAY,, of the Ist Churr 4 ,
,)
, i .q. t yrrestitas published his solemn and
n)tritl Y
,ap prui
pote,riddress, o'n the deh of C;
lie 'diliVe r red at Bran ILdl '-
itoltliiit city, •oli "Sibbath,; Tnne 2d, before the
• ZQuityeseadeta, formerly commanded by the bri
liant and elprt-lived-rculogel. : ,We are happy to
find cleartraces,of,a:dentp reliitieus feeling in s°'''
V iVes geiArieferred to by 31r.
- sneliqstle` fallowing
J.
"It is , :said ) brititiiWoriapatiions, that when his
brothel ituffliokriftwtiletaxmory, he was seen re'
c peatedly,,,toOceplka L is : Ind in • prayer; that he i
would arise in the night, again and again,
seeming to forget that others were near, Wet . °
`ithd audible petitions 0
God for Ilielifesofiktia Brother!'
VPir.eliaPPY tob • Messrs. WM. 1.1
/—* "Ft+)}'1047,9:4.7,p91 ; ,:ii.k. a single pewl ) . 3- .`
Ahree,papers f'n?anly and,of great value la
iin i lfeknit i c-WIL . e ,Efi t es OF HON'
Mingi;rof Reiitiati,Thire.:ku:Bv.zustr ,
• r ivinDoki; WAS.- ierrgnutx, P r i c e 15 an>
For sale at the PRESBYTZBIAN BOOK. STOuE.
July 4,