—AND— GENESEE ETANGEIIBT. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1861 JOHN W. MHAES, Our Paper.—For the present, and the past two weeks, the pressure upon our columns of Re* ports of meetings, interesting and valuable to our readers, of good communications and other mat ter, whioh we desired to lay before them, has been so great as to interfere seriously with the exercise of the proper editorial funotion. We think the pressure will, be much less in another week, when we shall again speak face to face with our readers.: Meanwhile, we esteem it a pleasure to be the vehicle of communicating from such varied sources, views of such interest and information of such importance as these numbers have contained. Acknowledgments.— To our friends who have been kindly responding to our calls for mo ney, we would express our thanks. A considera ble number of bills have been settled, especially by our olty subscribers. We trust that those in the country will not be behindhand. Those pastors also, who in this city and other places, have recently secured large additions to uur list in their congregations, will also accept our thanks. We shall show our sense of their kindness by laboring to make Our paper an effi-, dent, and acceptable auxiliary to their pastoral work. ‘ New Subscribers, who through the inadver tencies of the carrier, have failed to receive the issues of the last two weeks, are notified that their year will be reckoned as commencing only with the present number } so that they will pay only for the numbers they actually receive. SYNOD OF PENNSYLVANIA, The sessions of the Synod were opened on Tuesday evening of last week, in the Walnut St. Church, West Philadelphia, (Rev. J.-Ch But •lar’s,) with a sermon by Rev. T. H. Robinson, co-pastor of the First Church, Harrisburg, on the text, Acts xiii. 57: “And #he disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Ghost.” The theme: the relations of the Holy Ghost to the present dispensation, was handled with great vigor and icope of thought, and left a deep impression on the minds of the Synod. Rev. T. H. Robinson was chosen Moderator, and Rev. J. Garland Hamner and Charles R. Uliss, temporary Clerks. A very fair represen tation was in attendance; though there appeared no sufficient reason for the absence of many mem bers, or the’ lack of representation on the part of it majority of the churches. Some impressive re marks were made on this subject by Rev. Mr. Barnes, on the second day of the session, who argued warmly for the. exercise of a little self denial in attendance on ecclesiastical meetings, and who thought it might he wise to dispense with the calling of the roll, and asking for ex cuses for absence, and to leave every member to his simple sense of duty to a higher authority than that of the brethren. Addresses were delivered on Wednesday by Jlev, D. G. Mallery, od the Observance of the Sabbath, and by Rev. J. G.'Helffenstein, D. D., on Union among Evangelical Christians. That of Dr. H., especially, was a thorough and careful exhibition of the theme, and conceived in the kindliest possible spirit. M The chief, topic of discussion of the day, how-1 over, and one into whieh the Synod entered with 1 he greatest spirit, was on the better support and encouragement of the American Presbyte rian. The preamble and resolutions given be low, were offered by Rev. D. H. Emerson, of Wilmington Presbytery, who accompanied them with a speech expressive of his earnest wish that ihe paper should receive the full support of the Synod. The Editor was then called on for a statement as .to the condition of the paper, which lie explained as being very hopeful, though still needing the aid which he believed the Synod was prepared to pledge, in oilier to assure it a prosperous existence. He was followed by Dr. Brainerd, who recited what the brethren iff Phila > lelphia were doing for the paper, and invited ■hose in other parts of the Synod, to share with ohem the privilege and responsibility of the work i n which they were equally interested. His well known cordial views of the paper were given with emphasis. Rev. Mr. Barnes was very anxious that the Synod should not content itself with re solutions, which, of themselves; would aeeom- ; dish nothing. He thought the work they were undertaking was a serious onOj yet the paper was ■i. necessity to us. He adverted to the management of the paper financially and otherwise by the pre sent editor, in terms which modesty forbids us to repeat. ' Rev. E. E. Adams spoke approvingly of the economy with which the paper was at present conducted. Judge Strong was very warm and earnest in his advocacy of the paper, which he commended in the highest terms as something which could not be dispensed with, and as par ticularly adapted to the religious training of our households. This he said, though he had differed from it considerably in time past, and might, per haps, do so still ; yet no one could question that the paper fairly represented the denomination, and that it was a very good paper. There was no doubt in his mind, but that it would be sus tained. Rey. Dr. Darling spoke very earnestly of the necessity of circulating such a paper among our people, as a means of keeping alive a proper denominational spirit. We were greatly at fault as a denomination in this respect. It was the boast of certain papers, not in sympathy with us, that they had a larger circulation in our own fields, qur own papers. How, he asked, could we expect our people toappreeiate and sus tain our own- enterprises, when influences, so un friendly to them’were constantly and widely cir culating among our families? Rev. Alfred Tay lor congratulated the paper upon its improvement in several respects, and warmly urged upon Synod some pi-actlcal suggestions as to the method of increasing its circulation. The discussion was participated in b/ Rev. Drs. Jenkins and Wallace, and Messrs. Adair, Judkins, and others; after which the resolutions were unanimously adopted by a rising vote. Tbe resolutions are as follows: —■ Whereas, The tone and character of the AmeuigaN Presbyterian upon matters of a religious and denominational interest, and upon the great issue of the day, are such as the Synod cordially approve; and; whereas, in the present pressure, there is need of special efforts ip order to sustain the paper, therefore, Unsolved, That the American Presbyterian should, and shall be sustained. Resolved, That as pastors and individual mem bers of the Synod, we will labor to add one thousand names to the subscription list during the present season. Resolved , That the churches he urged to pro cure thfe number of subscribers apportioned to Editor. each--. The next morning it was Resolved, That the Stated Clerk be directed to place a copy of the resolutions on the Ameri can Presbyterian, in the hands of the session of each of onr Churches. The remaining business of Synod seemed to concentrate in the sessions of Thursday. The Committee on the Minutes of the Assembly re ported resolutions (1) of sympathy with the As sembly’s deliverance on the state of the country; (2,) recommending a rigid inquiry as to’whether any of the churches mentioned “ with shame ” by the Assembly’s Committee, as contributing nothing to the cause of Foreign Missions, are found within our bounds; (3,) endorsing the Assembly’s recommendation that our ministers and churches correspond with the Publication Committee and assist tbeir efforts in diffusing a denominational literature; (4,) ‘ Synod rejoices in the fact that the General Assembly has at length assumed the responsibility of conducting the work of Home Missions within its bounds, (p. 466,) and urgently recommends ‘ the Presby terian Committee of Home Missions,’ to the gen rous support of all our churches.” (5,) “ Synod approves of the General Assembly 1 s educational plan. (p. 474,) and recommend to the Presby teries to conform their action to its provisions as circumstances will permit.” The report was adopted. A Committee on Foreign Missions, consisting of one minister from each Presbytery was ap pointed, “ whose duty it shall be to attend to the interests of Foreign Missions in their several Presbyteries; especially to see that a contribu tion for the cause is made in each church annu- ally, and to report yearly to the Synod the amounts of these contributions,. and any other matter connected with the cause of Christ in foreign lands.” Rev. John M ! Leod, F. L. Robbins, T. H. Robinson, H. J. Gaylord, and Halsey Dunning are the Committee. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was ad ministered at 11 o’clock. The Moderator pre sided; Rev. Dr. Wing distributed the bread, and Rev. Dr. Wallace the cup, with suitable and im pressive remarks. It was felt to be a profitable season The Committee of Visitation to the New York Union Seminary are Rev. Drs. John C. Smith and Patton, and Messrs. Malleiy, Hamner and Street. Rev. George F. Wiswell discussed the subject assigned him—The Future Destiny of the Afri can Race in this Country, in an interesting, ins tructive and earnest manner. Our space will not allow an extended notice of the address, which we regret, as well on account of the very great im portance of the subject as the character of the address itself. Rev. J. W. Mears followed in a few remarks on the same subject. Rev. Dr, Darling delivered an address on the best method of conducting PrayeT Meetings, with particular reference to the' monthly concert, in which happy allusion was made to the prevalence of the missionary spirit among the early Chris tians. We were gratified to find Dr. Darling so far recovered as to be able, with little or no ap parent inconvenience, to address the Synod on I this subject, which he evidently had much at heart, in his usual fervent and luminous manner. Committee to memorialize the Government on the subject of Chaplains to the army, Rev. B. J. Wallace, D. D., Thomas Brainerd, D. D., Wm. R. De Witt, D. D., Hon. Wm. Strong, and John A. Brown. Resolved, That the Stated Clerk be directed to correspond with the Presbytery of tbe District of Columbia, reminding them of their connection with this Synod, affectionately urging them to attend its next meeting, and to send up their re cords for review. Resolutions on the state of the country will ap pear in onr next. The Synod adjourned on Thursday evening after a profitable and. delightful session. DEATH OF COLONEL BAKER. The country mourns the loss of one of her marked men and favorites, in the death of Colo nel Baker. This sad event took place on Monday last, while the Colonel was gallantly leading his regiment against a much larger force of the ene my. He had been comparatively a short time before the public, but in that brief period he had quite won their hearts by the soundness of Ms views, and the thrilling eloquence of his speech in the Senate, and by the devotedness and ear nestness with which he advocated and personally espoused the cause of his country. His example was wonderfully contagious, and he soon drew around him a brigade, composed almost exclu sively of young men from our own loyal State, though be had accepted a Colonel’s commission from Governor Curtain a few days before he fell. While we cannot express the pain this unto ward event, gives us, we thank God that men like Mm—men in his high station, have been found in our country, in this crisis, ready to offer them selves a sacrifice for her good. Knowing the risks and hazards of war, nay, boldly pushing forward to meet them, he has added his shining name to the roll of martyrs for the Constitution now unfolding. There is public virtue left in the country when public men are thus prepared to lay down their lives in its support, and to seal their the saeredness of law with their blood. His death on the battle-field is proof in deed of the enormity of the rebellion which can strike down such defenders of the Government, and exult in it too; but it is proof, too, that the same God who made our fathers willing to pur chase our liberties with their blood, is with this generation also, strengthening and toning it in all its classes, to a similar degree of heroism for the upholding of those liberties. How freely are men giving themselves for the maintenance of a merely human interest |. How, vast are theirsacrifiees in money, in conveniences and comforts, and in bloody! How cheerful in the performance and the endurance of all! Chris tian ! learn a lesson here, in regard to the vast interests involved in your high vocation. What denials are you enduring for your Master, what in conveniences are you suffering for the promotion of holy principle within you? Have you resist ed unto blood, striving against sin ? Are you ' compromising principle for the sake of a little ease, or to escape across? Are you complaining of the burdens of your religion, of the tax upon >' s -w. * time, money and energies required in canymg on the Holy War? Ah! there were those of whom the world was not worthy, who freely endured privations and sufferings and wrongs such as darken the pages of history, in order to conserve and transmit the far higher blessing of a pure Christianity to us their descendants. Let us not forget those heroic times of faith, nor prove our selves unworthy of those sacrifices, hut being en compassed by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us run with patience the race set before ns, looking unto Jesus, the greatest martyr, hero, and exem plar of all- A CAVALRY COLONEL VINDICATED. Very absurd and injurious stories are set afloat now-a-days, not merely of Chaplains hut also of Colonels and other officers in respect to their re ligious characters. We noticed the attack upon Colonel Bayard, in the paper referred tobelow,and felt grieved and shocked at what we supposed to be a true account of very depraved and unusual conduct on the part of that officer. We are hap py to be instrumental in vindicating him, by publishing the following communication. We are not acquainted with its author, but it bears on its face every appearance of candor:— Camp Pierpont, Virginia, Oot. 17,1861. “ Honor to whom honor is due.” I was very. much surprised at seeing an article in the .Pitts burg Christian Advocate, headed, " A Colonel to be looked after,” purporting to have come from an army correspondent to the above-mentioned paper, stating as follows:—“ Colonel George D. Bayard, of the regular Army, now Colonel of' one of the Pennsylvania Regiments; is a man who‘neither fears God nor regards man.’ He declares, and even swears, by his Maher that he does not want and will not appoint a Chaplain, that they corrupt the morals and engender insub ordination among the men, and has, therefore, stoutly refused to allow the officers to vote for Chaplain.” That Col. Geo. D. Bayard is of the regular Army, and a thoroughly educated military;man, no one will attempt to deny. As to the charges brought against him by tbe correspondent of the Christian Advocate, I must say, in justice to Col. Bayard, and the reputation of the regiment, they are not only unchristian but also unjust. And, to the contrary, I can state that Col. B. is a per fect gentleman, and not opposed to having a Chaplain. When I first presented the matte}- to him, very soon after his assuming the command of the regiment, his reply was:—“lf my men wish a Chaplain they shall have one.” Where upon learning their wishes, the appointment was made immediately. And further, I can slate that he has fully co-operated with me in all that I could wish. If, therefore, the correspondent of the Christian Advocate will correct his error, and acknowledge me a Christian minister, I will “look after” our worthy Colonel. E. Heryey Beale, Chaplain First Penna. Cav. R. C. FROM A MISSIONARY IN CHINA. Rev. J. W. Mears : My Dear Sir, —I subscribed for the American Presbyterian three years ago, and sent the monpjjy g, Ijutit stolen from’him, and I'have never received the paper. I have occasionally met with a number whioh I have read with much pleasure. Ido not wish to he without the paper any longer, and think I can afford to pay for it. I would rather diminish my customary daily food, than he de prived of the healthy mental and spiritual nutri ment which I have found, and expect to find in the columns of your valuable paper. I wish, also, that the Quarterly Review of our Church be sent to me. I have never taken it, hut must now de lay no longer. In these times of reviving loyalty and patriotism, it becomes every Christian to re new his loyalty to whatever regiment of King Immanuel’s army he 1 belongs. The good pro vidence of God brought the gospel with power to my heart while attending the stated services in Allen Street Presbyterian Church, New York. Lane Seminary is my Alma Mdter, as a “ school of the prophets.” Now being placed here among a heathen and idolatrous people to proclaim the terms of pardon, peace, and eternal life to rebel men, I cannot but desire the occasional treat,.-of reading the accounts of the doings of my fellow soldiers in my dear native land. God has greatly blessed her. He will, lam persuaded, continue to bless her. This present chastisement is sent in love and wisdom to purge her’of iniquity and ungodliness. “ I will chastise him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men; but my merey shall not depart away from him,” saith the Lord of David. So it is with the United States of America. God grant that all his -people there may see the hand of a kind Father in the infliction of this scourge, repent of their lukewarmness and return to their first love. “ Will a man rob God? yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee ? In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse, for ye have robbed me, even the whole nation. Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing that there sjiall not ihe room enough to receive it.” The third chapter of Malachi is very applicable to the present con dition of our country. The “ offerings” whioh have heretofore been given in the United States for Domestic and Foreign Missions, seem hut a “ tithe of mint, anise and cummin,” when com pared with the millions of money and thousands of men now furnished for the support of the Government. When Britain was slow to give the gospel to her Indian subjects, a mutiny was allowed to spring up to quicken her to duty. When the United States were slack in efforts to diffuse the gospel of peaee and love at home and abroad, a spirit of discord was permitted to ripen into armed; rebellion. Soon may the people of the Lord eome up to his help against the mighty hosts of Satan, as they now do for the defence of their Government against treason, rebellion, and downright mutiny. Tithes, and more than tithes, are freely offered for the defence of onr national Government. When the present exigency is passed, will not the claim's of Him who ife “ Gov ernor among the nations” he regarded? • “Co ye into all the world, and preach the ffospel to every creature.” Let prompt and general obedi ence be given to this great command of the new dispensation, and our land will he the glory and delight of all lands. “ Our God will bless us, and the land will yield her increase.” So may it be! Yours very truly, Subscribe to th e Presbyterian. THE CIRCULAR OF THE EVANGELICAL AL LIANGLE—I&XTER FROM REV. DR. 00X. My Dear Sir : 1 From my beloved personal friend, and the sin cere friend' ofV&r country, Rev. George Fisch, D.D.; oflhave received the &1-. lowing we may term it, since it was intended f&r general circulation throughout the world, and especially in our now imperiled and bleeding eounffly. Tbe talent, lihe learning, tbe piety, the num bers, the of that august convocation lately met in tins city of Calvin, Geneva, Switzer land; to thoSw’who know them, or many of them, as constituting the fifth ecumenical meet ing of the Evangelical Alliance, will require no introduction Tffbm me, or any more important person, to commend them to their high esteem; their reverential regard ; their Christian affection and confidence-. Their hearß beat in harmony of love and prayer for thej alvation of man; for the obedi ence of all na< ions, by faith, to the glorious gos pel of our bless d God; for the progressive ad vent of the Millennium, when peace and piety shall hallow aim unite all the populous surfaces of the, globe u*jpie Lord, one faith, om baptism. Their influence! and their light to it, aTe, per haps, for special reasons, less appreciated or known, among us-than: they should be, than they are in Europe, anckm all-civilized society beside. This may be little to our credit, whose indepen dence is too often the offspring of pride, igno rance, and ill-breeding. In all Europe, however, camps, Courts, col leges, and th(£ge who rule them, m\eonjunetion with the power of the periodical and the daily press, their influence is a reality; and it is all in favor of the cause of God and of man. The public. Sentiment of the classes, if not of the masses—to An equal extent, feels the power of such a convocation, and owns it t as at once an illumination, an impulse, and a restraint. This is opportune just now. in the transition stages of society, especially on the continent, in respect to human liberty,'’"individual duty, and the folly— sickening to ejeath—of all the pyramid of hier archy. Pope* is. reaching the end of its tether, the term of itypropheti.c life-time. The vacuous old Pope is rickety, contemptible, and staggering on his last logs,—Rev. 17: 8,11. 13: 8. Glory to God alone! Their love,i*utspoken and unfeigned, for onr nation and oui’ cause, especially at this time of unprecedented erisis and venturous treason, is it self something, whieh we, of all men, ought to honor and esteem with gratitude as generous as the goodness that uttered it. The Protestant fame and profession of Great Britain is well and widely construed with it, as those , also of the other Protestant States of Europe and the world. For these and other reasons, I eoneur in de siring, with all onr friends there, that this manly and Christian should be at once widely promulgated in onr country, and justly estimated by all onr people, eliciting ihe response of our fraternal thanks, the evidence of our just appreciation of their unbonght sympathy, and of their thousand" nd millions of petition- to the Throne of GrateSar the prosperous and termination (Sethis l laVery made and ire on L sporting war ! I need not say that I think their philosophy, ab&ut its origin, as all the world know" i" not oAe m lhonti of a fraction deviou from the truth! The body of; Christ is one. and. as they tell us e ch member nu t feel for every othei God is judging us, since of oppression he is not the patron or the approver. Wherefore, thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression ’ and perverseness, and stay thereon ; THERFORE, this iniquity shall be to you as a. preach ready tofaU, swelling out in a high wall , whose breaking cometh suddenly, at an instant !■ —lsai.. 30 : 12, 13. ’ We may hope that all our people are progres sively concentrating in sentiment, to' the point of truth eternal, in reference to the sin of ehattel izing and permanently brutifying some 5,000,000 of our own speeies, for whom Christ died! Nevei, till this pregnant mischief is eliminated from our nation, will-peaee, order, law, union, liberty, righteousness, and tiue hope return to ns and dwell jfermanently among ns. - God secs, and who can deceive His vision or elude it? Let us pray more for the merciful blanching away of that virulent plague-spot from'the grand escutcheon of our nation. God knows how,to do it for ns, as also how to try and prove us, an tecedently, whether or not we are principled, philanthropic, and so patriotic and Christian in our love tif county and of our fellow-creatures! The hand of God, as well as his eye and his heart, is in this <|ire begun calamity! and how long it is to last, or how it is to end, God only knows. Let us r not be partizan, or partial, or petty, in our views; hut wise, devout, humble, bold, and usefulyfhile we live! Samuel Hanson Cox. The Conference of Evangelical Christians, as sembled at Genevd from various countries, de sires hereby to cofivey to their brethren of the United States of America an expression of deep sympathy under the sad and terrible crisis in which they now arte placed ; they would unite in earnest and persevering prayer that this calamity may be overruled py God to the furtherance of the. interest of humanity, of the cause of free dom and of onr common Christianity. Impress ed with the conviction that the origin of this war is to be traced to Slavery, the Conference would entreat' Almighty God to dispose the hearts of His own people in America to use the means dictated by wisdom and Christian princi ple for the speedy and complete suppression of a system, alike opposed to the spirit of the gospel and to the peaee, prosperity, and progress of that great people. And whereas our brethren of the United States have appointed Thursday, the 26th instant, as a day bf Special Humiliation and Prayer, this Conference earnestly invites their fellow-christians of various countries to unite with the brethren there before the Throne of Grace in liumiliatiofi and prayer, remembering the words of Scripture: “If one member suffer, all the members suffer with it.” Naville, President. DAVI&feiSOT, , iSi4|hj/iseß'du'Bureau Genevois. Published in vatfbus'-coufltries by request of the General Committee of tlie Conference. ] W. Oardall. M. A.. | James Davis, Sec’s Evangelical Alliance, British Branch. H. SqHMRTTAU, Foreign Secretary. [FOR THE AMERICAN I’ItESBYTBRIAN,] HOME MISSIONARY COMMITTEE. Dear Brother—l am very happy to state that the Bev. Dr. Kepdall has accepted the office of General Secretary of the Home Missionary S. W. B. ’Leroy, New York, Oot. 16, 1861, CIRCULAR. Committee, to which he was unanimously elected. It is a source of much gratification to the Com mittee, which will, we are sure, be shared in by the whole Church. The work is of vast impor tance, and we all feel that Dr.’ Kendall has spe cial qualifications to meet the exigency.; Of course, howpver, he Will need the active and en ergetic Co-dperation of our whole peoplb, which it is earnestly hoped will he given at once. If there may he any exception to the general feeling of satisfaction, it will he, we are afraid, in the Third Church, in Pittsburg. We can only say that our brethren there, like good Christians and good Presbyterians, will be called on to sa crifice their particular interests to the general interest of the whole Church, which we know they will do from a sense of duty, if not entirely cheerfully. . The-exaet time of Dr. Kendall’s entrance on his duties will he announced soon. Meanwhile donations will be sent to E. A. Lambert, Treasu rer, Presbyterian Booms, No. 150 Nassau street, New York, and other communications to the un dersigned, Benj. J. Wallace, No. 1334 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. [FOR THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN.]. SIX THotf§flD SbLIiAIS ioE THETBOQFS, Mu' Editor- —The American Tract Society, of New York, have expended one thousand dollars per month, for six- months, for the Army and Navy. They haye supplied the troops with one thousand libraries, comprising twenty-five thou sand volumes. Of these, 600 were . the “ Sol dier's Camp Library, and 400 the Sofdier’s Pock et Library, each consisting of twenty-five vol umes. - Besides the above, they have supplied them’ with tracts, hooks, handbills, and periodicals, in English, German, French, Spanish, and other languages, to the amount of about four millions of pages. About two hundred and fifty regiments have shared in these appropriations. They are highly appreciated by all, and urgent appeals for more are daily coming to the committee from chaplains, officers, army committees, nurses and others. To meet these appeals, the Society is dependent on the public. Belying upon their benevolence, they have thus fax appropriated' fdfc the troops about double tbe amount of the con tributions received for the purpose. O. Eastman, Corresponding See’y, American Tract Society. FEOM THE SEAT OF WAE II THE WEST, . The last two weeks have been full of various events, mostly the workings of ambitious and reckless men, who are little for their country, but every thing for themselves. It has been cuttingly remarked, that “ this is a politicians’ war,” and the transactions of the past six months would seem to verify it. Not only on the Potomac, but here in Missouri, do we feel the injury they work. The whole of the troubles here, of which your readers have heard so much lately, are elearly traceable to them. : ;Majpr v Goq,g^. ( I have had the 'honor, of a personal acquaintance the past twelve years, is a man of singular purity of character and singleness of aim. In “ malice,” he is a child; but in “understanding,” he is a man—a whole-souled, noble, most excellent man. During my residence in California, I was for some time thrown into very intimate and confi dential relations to him. I was with him hy night and day for months, and in such circum stances as to see him thoroughly tested. It was during the contest for United States Senator, at San Jose in 1850-51, the battle with secession had then to he fought. Every artifice which narrowness and malice could suggest, was re sorted to, in order to defeat the great Pathfinder. At length, after one hundred and forty-seven ballotings in joint meetings by the Senate and House, both parties retired from the field. It was a drawn battle. But my love and admira tion for Fremont were only augmented by the contest. In his most unreserved moments, he exhibited all the delicacy of woman, and the nerve and- discretion of a hero. When greatly provoked by some wretched artifice of his antag onists, I never heard an indelicate or a wicked word escape his lips. Conscious of his own in tegrity and the rectitude of his motives, he calmly looked to the future to vindicate him and his course. I have known many men, in many lands, but nowhere have I ever met one who could' so command the best sentiments of the head and heart, as can Major General Fremont. He is to-day what he was when I knew him before, saving that he is of a little fuller habit, and his hair is mottled grey. Owing to his weighty eares, I see hut very little of him per sonally, but that little shows the same considerate kindness as of old. I have every reason to be lieve that his plans are founded in wisdom, and that we have th’e right to expect that God will give him good success. It as most painful to see the systematic efforts at detraction whieh have been now for weeks i directed against the General eominanding in this Department; and unless our people can be puri fied of their censoriousness and impatience, for one, I see little hope for the country. The body of our army in this State, is now to the west of this city, in pursuit of the foe. They are composed of an excellent sort of men, the flower of the West, under good discipline, and moving steadily on, I doubt not, to victory. There is some sickness now, but not often fatal. The best of care is used in the hospitals, as I can tes tify from personal visitations. The country here is in a most deplorable, but still improving, condition. It has passed through several changes in as many months, and the “freezing and thawing” have had the effect of preparing the soil for permanent seeds and fruits of freedom., I cannot stop to give you full par ticulars now, but as we move on from time to time, I hope to illustrate more fully what I see on the spot. I remain, yours, &c., ** Pennsylvania Colonization Societt. —- Tbe Bev. A. T. McGill, D. D., Professor in the Theological Seminary at Princeton, N. J-, will deliver the annual discourse before the Pennsyl vania Colonization Society, in the Presbyterian Church on Arch street, above Tenth, (Bev. Dr. Wadsworth, pastor,) on Sunday evening, 27th inst., at 7 i o'clock. The friends of Africa are invited to he present The miser lives poor to die ■rich, and is the jailor of his house, and the turnkey of his wealth. Jefferson-City, Mo., \ Oct. Bth, 1861. J HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUB. PHILADELPHIA. [The following letter, from the father of a New York volunteer, who is one among the vast num ber entertained at our Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, has appeared in at leas| two of our I|. Y '-exchanges.] 1 " v • ’ As a parent, I desire to make acknowledgments in behalf of a large family circle here, and of two beloved sons in Company F, of 48th New York Voiunteers, one of whom, on reaching Washington, wrote me of his journey thus: “From Bordentown we went to Camden, and then put on out knapsacks, and went on board the ferry-boat for a city that I never will for get in all my life —it was Philadelphia. After we had crossed the ferry, we were taken to a large storehouse, where, on the first floor, the ladies of the city (God bless them!) .have fitted np a dining-room, so that no regiment may leave Philadelphia hungry. You’d better believe it was very acceptable, and that we ate of it with good-will. There were boiled ham, smoked beef, cheese, tomatoes nicely cut np, bread and but ter, and coffee, and they were all fresh, and good, and abundant; and we had plenty of good water, which is what, we cannot get in this far famed city of Washington.” Good for Phila delphia! ’ > , { Persist in your labor of love, gentle ladiel, and the invocations of many a satisfied soldier, and of grateful parents and friends, will arise to heaven to descend with blessings on your hearts and homes. Wm. P. Lyon. New York, Oct. 1, 1861. ■ ff« ®L «r iilttrt. Letter from Western New York. —Dry- den, N. Y., October 12th, 1861.—Mr. Editor: Amid the exciting news of these war times, a word from Western New York may be interest ing to your readers. Our quiet village is doing its part for the defence of the country. Men are going by scores, if not by hundreds, from among us to fight for freedom. Our military depot is Cortland, about ten miles east of here. Colonel Green’s Regiment is fast filling up, and the women here are actively engaged in making articles for the comfort of the troops-at this point, and also for head-quarters. The crops in this region have been abundant, and the fine autumn weather keeps our pastures still green. Corn and other crops are nearly all secured. All seem confident that the Union will be preserved, and are laboring to do it. The cause of Christ also is remembered with lively interest. The Presbyterian bouse of worship, Rev. A. MeDou gall’s, is nearly enclosed. It is virtually to be a new house. The old edifice was stripped to the frame, the steeple moved, twenty feet added to the front, and a spire built on the corner. The style; is entirely changed, and a beautiful Ro manesque structure, forty-five by seventy-five feet, now rises to the view. A lecture room is to be built on the rear this fall. God has blessed this people during the past year with a precious revival of religion. Sixty five have united with the church on profession of their faith in Christ, nearly half of them heads of families. Under these encouraging circumstances; the'peopfe of God said, “We will arise to build.” The church now numbers about 250 members, and is a very interesting field of labor. It has also a flourishing Sabbath School, and bids fair to be a large and growing congre gation. It is connected with Cortland Presby tery, and as that body meets here next Decem ber, we hope by that time to he ready to dedicate said house to the worship of Almighty God. California. —The church in Mendocino have given a call to Rev. D. McClure, and we are glad to learn that the call has been accepted, and Mr. McClure has commenced his work as pastor. Few churches in this State have shown more life and appreciation of church privileges than onr brethren in Mendocino. Although without a pastor since their organization, now upwards of a year, they have held together, un der all discouragements, and at last have secured the services of atrue, earnestness, and no doubt one who will prove to them a most successful pastor. Clerical Changes. —Rev. R. W. Landis, late'of Somerset, Ky., may lie addressed for the present at Danville, in the same State, where he proposes to remain and share the fate of the Union cause. Mr. Isaae Clark, late of Andover Seminary, has received a unanimons call to settle as pastor of the Second Church in Elmira, N. Y. Rev. Andrew Huntington, late of Syracuse, Onondaga county, N. Y., has removed to Free hold, Monmouth county, N. J. The Presbytery of Utica, at a late meeting, dissolved at their re quest, the pastoral relation between Rev. J. W. Whitefield and the Congregational church at Yerona. Synod of Onondaga. —This body held its annual meeting October Bth at Binghampton. Rev. S. B. Canfield, D. D., of Syracuse, preached the opening sermon. By a coincidence the As sociation of New York and Brooklyn met in the Congregational Church at Binghampton at the same time. The two bodies celebrated the Lord's- Supper, and held other devotional services' to-' gether. ‘ Synod is to meet next year on the 2d Tuesday of September at Cortland. The Narrative of Religion speaks of revivals of great power in,the churches of Yirgil, Cin cinnatus, and Dryden. Reference is also made to the gift of the late Peter Douglas, of Sennett, of ten thousand dollars to Auburn Theological Seminary, and ten thousand dollars to the Trus tees of the' Presbyterian House, Philadelphia, besides making both residuary legatees. Synodical Action. —The Synod of Utica has pasted a resolution expressing satisfaction at the appointment of Dr. Kendall as Secretary of Home Missions, and pledging him their cordial co-operation. This Synod and that of Onondaga appointed the stated clerks of the Presbyteries as committees to look after the interests of Fo reign Missions within the hounds of the Synods. Appointed Chaplain. —We understand that the Rev. D. G. Mallery has been offered the Chaplaincy' of Colonel Hartranft’s Regiment, that hewiilaccoptthe position-.— -Norristoum Republican. s' • Soldiers’ Hymns and PSalms is a collection by the f American Tract Society of nearly one hundred pieces, chiefly well-known hymns, with a considerable number of the old version of the Psalms. The latter feature will adapt it to a want much felt by the pious soldiers of the Re formed and United Presbyterian Churches, whose scruples forbid the use of any other compositions i in public worship. The style is very attractive, and the size and binding suited to the exigen cies of a soldier’s life. For sale by H. N. Thissell, No. 929 Chestnut street. gtiwj ftoMwatietts. The Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review, of the present month, draws largely upon the metaphysical works of Drs. Hickok and Sqtder, of our church, for topics, and tries to discover in -the latter, and in some other de velopments of doctrine further North, the germs of an American Essays and Reviews. We sin cerely hope the cannonade of the Reviewer will not precipitate such an infliction upon the Ame rican Church before its time. He thinks, how ever, that in the; “New School Presbyterian body,” the tendency is to the dying out of the peculiarities of the “ system known as New Divi nity.” Indeed he “ rejoices to believe ” that this tendency in our body “has for some time been most active and powerful.” Certainly we feel like rubbing our eyes and looking around ns for the proof of this, to us novel fact, in o ur own ! experience, and are inclined to attribute it ra ther to the kindlier eye and improved judgment of the reviewer, in respect to the adherents of the “New Divinty.” At which we also rejoice. “American Nationality” is a wholesome,vigorous patriotic essay, in support of the great idea of national, as against State, sovereignty. It is with pleasure we read in the Princeton organ such words as the following: “Slavery will no more predtSfhinste'aiid rage in our national coun cils; and surely it is not too much to expect that through this life and death struggle between slave ry and freedom, the providence of God will open some way for the deliverance of the slave.” Yet, in the last but one of the book notices, the Assembly is condemned for allowing itself to be driven, by the patriotic spirit aroused within and around it, to transcend the limits of its constitutional au thority, by pronouncing upon the question of allegiance, as between the State and the nation; and the highly conservative Dr. Lord, of Buffalo, is rebuked for preaching in his fast-day discourse, doctrine which would tend to make this an anti slavery war* « a war to subvet the Constitution" As if the depriving of rebels against the Consti tution, of rights under the Constitution, subverted it! Then is the blockade a subversion of the ■ Constitution, to say nothing of seizures of pro ■ perty and the suspension of the habeas oorpus act, ■ constantly occurring. These inconsistencies are 1 pitiful and damaging to the character of the Review. We are heartily glad there is salt enough, even among the conservative men of this Church, to repudiate the noxious doctrines of Dr. Hodge’s protest, which still linger in the Review like dead flies in the apothecarie’s ointment. Messrs. Ticknor & Fields have just published in their usual tasteful style, the Sermons preach ed by President Walker, late of Harvard Col lege, in the chapel of that Institution. With a sort of parade of heretical opinion, the very first sermon contains a denial of the true and proper divinity of the Mediator: “The Bible never speaks of his being: God and man at the same time,” says this religious teacher of youth in old Har vard. We must suppose that Dr. Walker never compared John i, 1 with John i. 14 ; or that his Bible which “ never speaks,” etc., does not contain those verses. We must also suppose that the incongruity, of these opinions with those of the founders of the institution, on the income of whose legacies the preacher was living, did not* strike him as remarkable. For the rest, there are many wholesome lessons conveyed to the' stu dent in a simple, perspicuons and agreeable style, though there is the almost inevitable feebleness which marks all efforts to convince and persuade men which are off of the massive foundations of Evangelical truth. For sale by J. B. Lippix- COTT & Go. . Foreign Reading Rooms, Ho. 1828 Chestnut street, corner of Juniper. Open from 8 o’clock, A. M., until 10 o’clock, P. M. We cheerfully give place to the following cir. eular of Mr. Leypoldt “ The undersighed would respectfully inform his patrons, that, in connection with his Foreign Book Store, he will open on the first of Novem ber next, a Cabinet de Lecture, in the European style. A choice selection'of the principal French, German, and illustrated English periodicals, will he regularly received, and the collection will he increased according to the demand. If particu larly requested, some Italian and Spanish perio dicals will also be added. Special attention has been paid tb make the Rooms pleasant and suita ble for ladies. Confident that an undertaking so pre-eminently educational in its character, will meet with the approbation of all who take an in terest in foreign life and literature, the under signed will endeavor to make it as great a neces sity in Philadelphia, as similar establishments are in all the principal cities of Europe. “F. Leypoldt. “Terms of Subscription—Single > subscription, per annum, |6 00; Family do. do., $lO 00.” The Bibliotheca Sacra for October con tains a very valuable and instructive article on Theories of Messianic Prophecy by Prof. S. C. Bartlett, of the Chicago Theological Seminary- It reviews past theories, which are mainly reject ed, and comes hack to that which regards the two dispensations as organically connected in a great and prevailing typical relation.. This theory “ finds one continuous scheme of God running unbroken through the two dispensations, of which the earlier portion sustains a pre-ordained paral lelism to the later, being typical, or rather repre sentative, of it.” This view, which is substan tially that of Fairbaim, Ebrard, Tholuek, and others, it is claimed, (and we believe it,) will he found more successful in removing the difficul ties which students of Scripture have ever found in the references of New Testament writers to prophecies and other passages in the Old. There is a very valuable editorial on “Ger man Treatises on Moral Philosophy,” and Re v - David C. Scudder completes his “ Sketch” of the Philosophy of the Hindus. Asaph; or, the Choir Book, is a varied, entertaining, and valuable collection of Music-" sacred and secular, by those experienced and ju dicious teachers and publishers, Lowell MasoS & Wm. Mason. Its range being so varied—''' in fact contains two hooks in one,—will not fad to make it popular; and yet the presence of * large body of secular music in a work chiefly in ' tended for church choirs, must still more distract and secularize the - thoughts of a class of person whose attention it is already difficult for the preach er to secure. The large mass of matter contained in the book is systematically arranged. The me chanical execution is very satisfactory. F° r sB ‘ c by J. B. Lippinoptt & Go., Philadelphia. One of the most earnest and soul-stirring ap peals in behalf; of the imperilled eause oi m 0 Constitution, which we have yet seen, is the F aS J Day Sermon of Rev. A. L. Stone,-D. D., of 1 ar p Street Church, Boston, on the 0 Human Government, published by Reno Hoyt, of Boston. It will reward any one trouble of' procuring and reading it. We do know whether it is to be procured in this city u not. ' ; OCT. 24,
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