1861. —AND— GENESEE EVANGELIST. JOHN W. HEARS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 186 J, THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, A WEEKLY RELIGIOUS AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER, IJf THE INTEREST OF THE Constitutional Presbyterian Church, Published every Thursday, at No. 1334 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. TEEMS—(in advance). By mail, * \, By earners, in the city, PREMIUMS, Any clergyman procuring ns two new subscribers, with the pay in advance, is entitled to a third copy one year, free. Any person procuring three new subscribers, with the pay in advance, can have a fourth copy free, for one year. For Five Dollars we will send two copies of the paper and a copy of the Quarterly Review, for one year, to new subscribers. Any one procuring new subscribers is entitled to. Fifty centsyfpv a»ok <m« cjioti»oA asitrprepaM; §Wifta« fttteltigMM. PMSMTEMAK. The Synod of Pennsylvania in connection with the Presbyterian Church, (N, S.) met in Philadel- phia, Tuesday, October 15th. Various matters of business were attended to, among which was the passage of certain resolutions expressing Synod’s ap proval of the tone and character of the American Presbyterian, the only paper published within the bounds of the Synod.' It was determined that the paper should be sustained, and that in order to this, an effort should be immediately made to add one thousand new names to its subscription list. A missionary meeting was held, at which addresses were made by various members of Synod. It was stated that the work was going on well, and the flnanolal condition of the Board, in the present state of affairs, was much better than had been expected. The following resolution, with others, was adopt ed:— , , " f Resolved, That our abhorrence of this causeless re bellion is intensified by the fact that its authors have announced, as their chief purpose, the formation out of our common inheritance, of a new empire, of which human slavery shall be the chief corner-stone. During the course of the sessions, such subjects ns the sanctification of the Sabbath, the importance anti practicability of spiritual and external organic anion, the best mode of conducting prayer meetings, and the improvement of the colored race, were pro posed and discussed. The Preshyterial reports: showed religious progress. After a pleasant meet ing, the Synod adjourned to meet next fall, in Wil mington, Delaware. The IT. of New York .-—This ecclesi-1 astical body met in Albany on the first Tuesday of October. The attendance of delegates was respect able. Eight Presbyteries reported to Synod the re ligious condition and prospects of the different con gregations within their respective bounds. Commu nications from the different boards of the church were received and read. The Board of Education recommended to Synod to take into, careful. conside ration the Whole subjeoll'bf Christian education, and suggested several topics. Among these were the duty of parents to dedicate to the service of God, in the work of the ministry, the choicest of their sons, and to train them carefully and thoroughly for it, and the duty of Christian citizens to see to it that the publio schools of the country are conducted on Christian principles; that Christian teachers are em ployed ; the Bible used as a text-book, and a Chris tian influence continually exerted. The Board of Foreign Missions made a statement, some of the items of which are as follows:—Our Missions are in China, Northern India, Syria, Egypt and Trinidad. And there are twenty-six of our members actively engaged in them already, or are now on their way to them. The sum needed to pay their salaries and to meet the necessary expenses of the missions for the year ending April, 1862, will be $23,200; and all this must he had, and that promptly, or all our Fo reign Missionary interests must materially suffer. An earnest appeal was made to Synod to come to 'he help of the missionary cause. It was also stated f hat Kev. Andrew Watson and wife had lately sailed for Egypt, and that Bey. James S. Barr and part ner were soon to leave for India. Several resolu tions on the war were passed, attributing it to slavery, approving the proclamation of the national fast, and General M'Clellan’s Sabbath order, and exhorting all under the care of the Synod to support by all lawful means the righteous cause of the go vernment. The last of these was as follows: Resolved, That it is our prayer to Almighty God, that the movements that are now taking place, will result in the extinction of the unrighteous system of slavery, which is so antagonistic to our free institu tions, and that the government will exercise its legi timate power in the furtherance of this result; and also that these vast upheavings of society may have a happy influence in the purification and extension of the churches of this land. The Synod of Allegheny, 0. S.— The sessions of this body began on September 26tb, in Newcastle, Pennsylvania. Among other items of business, a paper in regard to the Sabbath was presented and read. It warned tie members of the church not, to forget, in these war times, their obligations to sanc tify the Sabbath. Reading the secular papers, conversing on or discussing Worldly'topics, and tra-' veling unnecessarily, or engaging in manual labor on the Sabbath, were referred to as very common me thods of Sabbath desecration. Rev. Dr. John C. Lowrie made an address on foreign Missions. The following resolution Was adopted:— Resolved, That this Synod has an unalterable at tachment to the Constitution and Government under riueh our country has greatly prospered, and the Church been so signally blessed, and that we will la bor and pray for the complete suppression of this Great a n d kicked rebellion, and the continuance of the integrity of the union of these States. , The Rev. Dr. Kendall of Pittsburg, has accept ed the Secretaryship of the Presbyterian Home Mission Committee. The Evangelist remarks: , This is a post of great responsibility, and of no hide difficulty. The work is new ; the method of benevolence has largely to he created, and the con tributions of our churches called forth and turned “to this channel. But Dr.' Kendall has many qua “fhations for the work. He is well acquainted with |be wants of the Presbyterian Church, and earnest ln developing its resources and its strength. ''We rtinnot doubt that in thiShieW sphere he will be'emi ll|l'itly useful. ' of a Missionary—Mr. Samuel C. -worge was ordained a missionary to Siam, on “iirsday, the 3d instant, by the Presbytery of Alle *“Wiy city, in the First Church of Allegheny. The " ife of Mr. George was formerly Miss Gill, of Alle gheny, (brought upin,theßef. Presbyterian Church) u sister of Mrs. Johnson, one of our martyr J“Wsionaries at Futegurrh. Though one sister fell 111 the high places of the field, the Lord has pre parerl another to take her’place. The wrath of man twmot defeat the purposes of God. Mr. and Mrs. n;orge will sail in about two Weeks, from Kew York ° r Siam, More about Dr. Scott.—ln the meetingpf Pres bytery which adopted the loyal resolutions so ob noxious to this clergyman, and which led-fcfhis re signation of his charge, he denied that Presbytery had any authority to eaU the present war a rebellion Where, in the word of God,.he asked, did they get the authority to call it a rebellion? We must wait and see whether it succeeded,or pot .before, we railed it a rebellion. i/ejlf. Davis u)as,no more a tnmtor than George Washington— that would depend on his successor his failure; that-Jefferson Davis was m much President, as fibrdhctm Inncohn was Presi dent Editor. * Two Interesting Facts.— The Presbytery of Washtenaw (New School) makes the following re _ port:—During our meeting Wo interesting facts be came evident. One was that all our churches now enjoy the preaching of the gospel. The other was, that all our ministers, save one, are entirely support edby those to whom'they minister.- it. 1 $2 00 per annum, 2 80 “ Death of Eorin recent death of Lorin Andrews, LL. D., President of Kenyon- Col lege, at Gambier, Ohio, is a severe blow',to that pro minent Institution of the Low (Church party, and also to the patriotic cause. He ,was prompt to re spond to his country’s call, and had already seen considerable service as colonel of ah Ohio regiment in .[Western Virginia. Itryag there .Ihatrthe. change in habits andattendant amiftwiWfio«Hg.iwA nT .v -I vhctypnora feverfwhich enctedfos cfetoafew weeks after his return home as an invalid. Bishop M'llvaine says he gave directions coneem ing his burial, and sent his exhortation to his regi ment, in words which he first thought over, then de livered, and then requested to be repeated to him, that he might be sure he was understood. . They Were these them to stand for the right, for their country, andfar Jesus.” - Missionary Bishop in the Pacific.—The bishops of New Zealand have consecrated Rev. John Cple ridge Patterson, son of Judge Patterson, (“Inas much as it hath pleased Almighty God to open an effectual door for the propagation of the faith, jn his dear Son Jesus Christ among the heathen inhabi tants of the western isles’of the South Pacific, and has by his good providence committed that blessed work to the branch of his church which hath been planted in New Zealand, ’’) missionary bishop among the islands aforesaid. Hi'Health of Bishop Potter, —Bishop Alonzo Potter, of Pennsylvania, on account of the feeble state of his health, Las given notice that aspecial Convention of the Diocese’, of Pennsylvania will be held in St. Andrew’s church, in the city of Phila delphia, on Wednesday, the 23d of October, at 10 o’clock in the morning, to elect a successor to bishop Bowman. The General Association of New York re cently held its twenty-eighth annual session at Bing hamton. The subjoined resolution in regard to the “Church Anti-Slavery Society,” was read and adopted:— Resolved, That in view of the frequent and em phatic declarations of this Association touching the sinfulness, of slavery, and the duty of using all mo ral and lawful means for its removal, and in view also of the general fidelity of our pastors and churches in carrying out these declarations in preaching and practice, the Association see no occa sion for a society extraneous to the churches to in cite them to their duty upon this subject, and re spectfully leave the ‘■ Church Anti-Slavery Society’ ’ to pursue ip its own way whatever duty it feels caffi e£t to perfilfin Iff tire Common effort'ofdur American Christianity for the abolition of slavery. A series of resolutions of an anti-slavery character, were also passed. Twenty-five Years a Pastor.—Rev. Dr. Blag den, senior pastor of the Old South Church, Bos ton, preached- his quarter of a century sermon on the Sabbath of September 29th. He stated that during the period of his labors, two hundred and five persons have been admitted to the church by profession, and one hundred and ninety-five by let ter; one hundred and sixty-one have been taken away by death, and one hundred and sixty-four by dismission to other churches. The number of in fant baptisms has been, one hundred and seventy seven, and of adults one hundred and forty-eight. During this time, also, he. had attended four hun dred and ten funerals, three hundred and eighty four marriages, and preached one thousand and nineteen fully written sermons. Five young men who joined this church are now pastors of churches, and one was only separated from the clerical calling jy death. The society has contributed in this time iU32,650.07 in aidpf destitute churches. Ordination and Installation.—W. McL. Bar ber was ordained and installed over the church of South Danvers, Mass., on the 2d instant. Rev. Mr. Barber was of the last class graduated from An dover. He was bom in Scotland, and came early to tins country. He was converted in early youth. He had pious Presbyterian parents, but left home before Ms conversion. The sermon was preached by Prof. Parke of Andover—the subject, the Im precatory Psalms. The preacher argued, 1. That such imprecations should not be for one’s self, but for the public and for God; 2. That private indivi duals should not visit with punishment, but should invoke the public authorities; 3. The duty of acqui escing in the afflictions, when, these are minor evils compared with the greater; 4. That while we may grieve over the event in one respect, we may rejoice at it in another, as full of blessing, ■ Impressive Scenes. —Prayer was lately asked in the Fulton street meeting for the Fourteenth Regi ment of Ohio Volunteers. Said the speaker: “I called the other day upon a good brother in Toledo, Ohio. He asked me to go with him and hear him preach to his regiment, the Fourteenth of Ohio. He had left a flourishing church, and was going with these brave men to scenes of conflict and strife. I •went with him, and as the prayer commenced, every man in the regiment dropped upon his knees, and every heart was touched by the earnestness of the appeal to God for his blessing, by the allusion to the loved ones that they were leaving behind, and the dangers and trials which they were to encounter. It was a solemn time. “The following Wednesday, as I went to take my seat in the cars, I found this regiment just leaving. And here was another impressive scene. .1 noticed a fine-looking young man, as he entered the depot. A companion met him, and entered into conversa tion with him: ‘Ohl’ said he, ‘don’t talk to. me now; I must go to my mother.’ He had promised to meet her, and as he did so, he laid his head on her Bhoulder, and wept like a child. Such were some of the scenes which I witnessed. Oh! pray for that regiment and that chaplain. ’ ’ • Conversionsj—Am extract from a private fetter of a member of the 3d New Hampshire Regiment, Washington, D. C., Oct. Ist: “There have been quite a number of our regiment converted, and seven have been baptized since we have been here. They were baptized within a square which was formed by the whole regiment. We have prayer meetings three times every week.” ■ EPISCOPAL. CONGREGATIONAL. ARMY. Requests for Prayer from the Sea—Frequent requests for prayer come from the sea, and quite a number from our navy. Mr. Stewart, chaplain on hoard the Niagara, sent in a request for prayer, and mentioned the fact that one of the youngest men, and at the same time one of the noblest men in the marine guard on hoard that noble ship, was a pro- ft rani ti tt § t l 9 ir %tm x! fessmg Christian, One of the officers also gave good evidence of being a Christian. From the African squadron we also learn that they have established a noon prayer meeting, which is well, sustained. Of the thirty-eight ships now in the blockading service of the government, every one of them has one or more pfojis foen.on boaid. Thus is God partying on ms work,among thehaidy men of the sea; and in the very midst of times of trouble, and when the billows, of war are surging all around us, is heard the still, .small voice, of the Spirit, calling the way ward, erring sons of earth back to the fold of the k®k er d. ; , And they are coming from' near sus meekly at the feet of Je- FOREIGN. Revival at Hayle, England.—The revival at Mayleis still in progress. During the last four weeks upwards of three thousand souls have professed faith m Lhnst, and so enjoy consequent peace and par don. Many of the tones of conversion are most in teresting, some of them very striking; and all of them appear to be genuine. Numbers more are the subjects of deep conviction. The work is spreading, as well as deepening. Not since the great Cornish revival of 1839 has there been such a powerful and extensive religious awakening. Sinners of eveiy age, from youth to hoary hairs, are among the saved. Many, also, ampngjtbe sailors have been converted, and, in nantiral phrasy “i— - presented by the movement is the union and cordiality which prevails among Christians of every section of the church. All seem to love and labor as brethren. The churches are quickened into a higher life, fired with a holier zeal, and characterized-by intense activity. Theser-" vices are conducted by the Rev. W. Booth, of Lon don, whose powers of mind, graphic illustrations, impassioned appeal, together with his successful la bors in tbe past, point him out as singularly and specially adapted for the evangelistic work. ’ The Boy Mortara.—The New York Observer states that the Jewish child Mortara has never been baptized, and the claim which ,the Romish Church pretend to set up for his detention is as false as it was absurd. It will be remembered that this boy was saidto have been presented byitsnurseforbap tism in the Romish Church, and afterward ■the Church seized It and refused to deliver it up to its parents on the ground of its being a Christian, and must not therefore be' returned to Judaism. .The recent Conference at Geneva brought out the fact that the servant had admitted that the 6MId was not baptized. It is proposed now to present a request for his liberation to King Tictor Emanuel. The Emperor of the French is favorable to this. It would afford the king of Italy an opportunity to show his ability and disposition to protect liberty of conscience, and the rights of the people, while he leaves the Pope free.to the exercise of all his religious prerogatives in the little domain that is still nominally left to his spiritual control Morel Order.—The Lord Bishop of Rochester, England, has'just promulgated a novel, but by no means unwarrantable, order to candidates for ordi nation. He requires a certificate from each candi date to the effect that he has power of voice sufficient for his public ministrations; that he has no impedi ment or hesitation; and that his manner of reading is not heavy or monotonous, but- such as is-well fit ted for the sacred; functions which he will have to discharge'. His lordship also requires every candi date to read before Mm previous to the ordination. This regulation is likely to have most beneficial effects, though Bishop Wigram is the first bishop who has made it. I see it stated in our foreign papers, so great was'the anxiety of many persons to attend the recent sessions of the Evangelical Conference at Geneva, that numbers of continental Christians in humble life and of limited means laid by in storefor some twelve months pre viously, in order to he able to come to Geneva. The' weather also was most favorable, and the .completion of railways from Paris to Geneva, as well as similar facilities from Germany across Switzerland, and also kindred though limited means of access from Italy— all contributed to render this gathering, as to num bers, a great success. . Teetotal Literature in England.—Teetotalism is now represented in England by three weekly news papers, with a united circulation reported at 25,000 weekly; six monthly magazines,. circulating 20,000; two periodicals for the young, including over 300,000; and two cheap quarterly reviews, together circulating about 10,000 copies. THE NORTH. Subscription to the National Loan—Provi dence, R. 1., Oct. 17.—The subscription to the Na tional Loan to-day, in tMs city, amounted to about $>300,000. • - { At the office of Jay Cooke & Co., in PhiladelpMa, the investments in.the loan are steadily continued; on the 17th they were $70,000. In Pittsburg, the whole amount taken a week ago, was over $450,000. It is intimated that the banks of New York, Boston and PhiladelpMa, have it in contemplation to notify the government of their willingness to take the re maining fifty millions of the loan at par. The New York Post says: “We learn from good authority that certain foreign capitalists have offered Mr. Chase, the Secretary, of the Treasury, to take a hundred million loan of the United States government at six and a half per cent, interest. Loyalty of the Iron City— The Pittsburg Chro nicle, whose editor, Mr. M‘Knight, was recently in Washington, says: “It gives ns opportunity to state what we heard at the War Department while at Washington, and,,w|deh oygljt to be known here. Secretary Cameron says that Pittsburg is fihd*6nly’ large city in the North where, not only has no open : charge been made against the loyalty of any one man, hut where riot even a suspicion or complaint of any one’s loyalty has ever found its way to the Adminis tration. This fact certainly speaks well for Pitts burg’s devotion to the Union. Philadelphia as a manufacturing City.— The 1 U. S. Gazette says :—“ We do not sufficiently recog nise the fact that thfe is the greatest manufacturing city in the world. The present census establishes that it is far ahead of all competition in America in this respect. But, in addition, let it he borne in mind, that none of the great factory cities of Europe approach ours in population. Manchester, the largest of them all, is sixty-eight thousand behind us in the number of people. Boiler Explosion. —On Saturday evening, the 19th, about six o’clock, at the machine shop and boiler works of I. P. Morris & Co., in the nineteenth ward, Philada., a steam boiler exploded, killing two men—the engineer, Patrick O’Neill, and a laborer named Thomas Hibberd, wounding a third man, named John .Parker, and driving the boiler through the side of the house, making a complete wreck. The boiler also went entirely through the brass foun dry. Cotton in the North.—At Nashville, Southern Illinois, considerable quantities of cotton have been raised this season, and sold to the cotton factory in Chicago. This cotton is pronounced by competent judges to be equal to a good quality of southern pro duction. THE SOUTH. Prom the Month of the Mississippi.—Through Southern sources we have a despatch purporting to come from Com. Hollins, in command of the rebel gun-boats on the Mississippi, gives an account of an attack made by theji upon the United States block ading fleet, -which, the account says, was driven.upon the sand bar and tip southwest Pass, and the sloop of-war Preble was sink. The Preble of a little over ,500 tons, l6 guns. It has been used for many yhapsfin ordinary, as a practice ship, and is probably not i reh a vessel as could stand very heavy guns. ► Europe. —lt is believed that xhville has run the blockade at lenee of the negligence of the F the squadron at that place, moved. She carries John M. ell, Commissioners to Europe, d them on the West Indies to ) Europe. Our vessels are in if Friday says: Commissioners 1 the rebel steamer IV Charleston in consec commanding officer who has since been i Mason and John Sli and will probably lai take passage thence, ; pursuit The Press “A despatch ton states that our gi ed last night from Washing- 'eminent has learned that the jjlidell and Mason, are not only Miyis to form commercial treaties fgiand, but to place the Seceded tike protection of foreign govem artling proposition, and shows |ion of the rebel leaders, but if republican institutions, and ivert a large portion of our fair re .of a foreign crown.” tes tnat the Mas/mue has* rebel commissioner! authorized by Jeff.. with France and E States directly under meats. TMs is a not only the desper their utter disregard their willingness to land into juafire-ai —“KTucMnond pai escaped. Plenty of Men.-—that they have plenty of men we know whenever i fight occurs, for they usually outnumber us in ey jy engagement. North Caro lina has sent no less than thirty regiments into the field, and when she san do that, other and richer States, like Georgia i ad Louisiana, can send a great many more. It is a out time that we had got rid of the notion of the w ikness of the South, and made our mind up to fight jthe rebels earnestly as the only way to put down rebation.— Ledger. Appropos of this,- says that Mississippi, voting population of regiments in the field i Except Florida, whose po pulation is sparse, the re is not a State in the South that has not more men in the field than Massachu setts. '■* Insubordination.-VReports of the insubordina tion and disbandment i f regiments of the rebel army so frequently reach us, 'that there is doubtless good foundation for some Iff them. A despatch from Darnestown states o* the rebel regiments, which were recently encamped near Great Falls, have mutinied and abandoned their companions. The appearance of thj recent rebel camp at Big Spring, in Western Viminia, when it was visited by a portion of the command, of Gen. Reynolds, indi cated that a portion of the rebels, lately stationed there, had disbanded and returned to their homes. MISSOURI p THE WEST. General Fremontmaffairs were thorougly over hauled by the Secretary of War, on his late visit to the West. He ordered jGeneral Fremont to discon tinue, as unnecessary,] his field works around St. Louis, and at JeffersoklCity; to suspend work on the barracks near his residence, for his body guard, and ordered him to'leij all his debts in St. Louis, amounting to $4,500, OPp, remain unpaid until they can be properly examined. Contracts are to be made by regular disbibjsing officers of-the army. The officers appointed pv General Fremont are not to be paid. Much of tife order, however, it is said, is a practical nullity, f j The Race between our army and the retreating rebels, has probably xegfepd. a.■toi'nviuation-bv-4bie' time. From thfe f SHvmi®pamp of the army, which ■was at Warsaw, on the Osage River, October 26th, the following dispatch has been received: • “We are here with tarts of General Siegel and Asboth’s divisions. 1 “General Siegel’s advance is already across the Osage. H “ His calvary to-day llad a skirmish with one of the enemy’s mounted parties, and took three pri soners., He is in possesion of the bridge over the Pomme de Terre river, frith infantry and artillery. The main body of the enemy is reported to be four or five miles distant” I On the 13th a sharp-, skirmish occurred between two companies of Unitfed States cavalry and one hundred and thirty rebel cavalry, twenty miles from Lebanon, Mo., in which the rebels were surprised, attacked in the rear, completely routed, and lost thirty kiHed and thirty captured. A body of two thousand five hundred United States troops, under General Wyman, also dispersed a body of rebels at Link Creek, captured two hun dred of them , killed a considerable number, and took eighteen wagon loads of (goods. Kentucky.— -The, kfeofe,-JJnion population of Northern and Central l&mtueky are rapidly arming. The force it will send'tothe field will not fell short of fifty thousand by the first of December. General Zollieoffer, though said to have retreated, is yet at Cumberland Ford with bis main force, while his advance is in Laurel county, at London, and in that vicinity, ravaging the country, and driving the people from .their homes. When Generals Camerpa and Thomas reached Cincinnati, they found three dispatches from Ken tucky, asking prompt for General Sherman. General Cameron at once telegraphed to Pittsburg, Chicago and. Indianapolis, and eight, thousand troops were 'at once started by special trains to Kentucky. : : A Rebel Confiscation.— -The correspondent of the S. Louis Democrat says: A party of Secesh gambled for a Union man’s farm in Newton county. The winner ordered the Union man to leave, saying that the Dutch would never be back to sustair^him; and they commenced sowing wheat on his land three days before these Algerinessucceeded jn owner away fiom life homestead. " -Tf'l""'-- • Items. —A Plan for the new post office building in Philadelphia, has beeh adopted.—Three thousand five hundred men are employed at the Brooklyn navy yard.—The United States steamer Louisiana has- captured a dozen schooners without clearance papers, off Chincoteague Island.—John Boss, the principal chief of the Cherokees, has written a letter, which is published in an Arkansas paper, officially announcing his intention and that of his people, to join the Southern rebels. The N avy.—77te Expedition. —Qn Monday night and on Tuesday, the 14th and 15th, there arrived at Portress Monroe twenty-three steamers filled with Federal soldiers. They were landed at Old Point, hut no mention is made concerning their future movements. Before the dose of the week upwards of eighty more steamers,, filled with Federal soldiers, will arrive at the same place. LatessfeXaesday. On the Mohday, the 21st, our army and our country safferer 'S most severe loss in the death of Col. Baker, who fell at the head of his men in a skirmkh with the enemy on the Virginia side of the Potomac, near Leesburg. In the confusion consequent upon his right wing of our forces being engaged with a superior force, suffered repulse with considerable loss. The rumors against Fremont of incompetence and extravagance are renewed- to-day, and the probabi lity of his removal is increased. Gen. M'Call’s advance to Brainesville was merely a reconnoisance. His division remains‘near Lees burg: A man direct from Gen. Price’s army says Jack son’ s rebel Legislature kt ixi session at Stockton, the atttf denes' duauplisit. see that the N. 0. Crescent ith less than a fourth of the Eassachusetts, has four more county seat of Cedar county, which place Ben M'Cullough was approaching, with from 6,000 to 12,000 reinforcements for Gen. Price. ' $2,918,978.52 has been received in this city at the office of Jay Cooke & Co., in behalf of the national loan. On Thursday, Sept. 26, at Beverly, N. J., by the Rev. Charles B. Bliss, Mr. Thomas Haslam to Miss Sarah Stevenson, both of Beverly. Stated Clerks, Secretaries, and Others, take Notice, Hereafter, a charge will be made of Kve cents per line for the first, and Three cents per line for each sub sequent insertion, of Notices and Acknowledgements. A reduction of thirty-three per cent, when a quarter of a column or more is occupied, will be made. Niagara Presbytery. The next Stated meeting of Niagara Presbytery will take place at Yates, on the 29th‘instant, at 4 o’clock, P.ME / JOSHUA COOKE, octl7 2t Stated Clerk. The Synod of Geneva stands adjourned to meet at Geneva, New York, on the fourth Tuesday (22d day) of October, 1861, at 2 o’clock, P. M. S. M. DAY, Temp. Clerk. dmtiovututo.. SOLDIERS HYMNS WITH PSALMS. THE AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY, New York, have issued a beautiful edition of their SOLDIER’S HYMNS, with thirty-four Psalms and Scripture Paraphrases from the Scotch version. Priee 6 cents single; $5 60 per hundred ; $5O per thousand. Depository, No. 929 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. oct!9 4t R.. S. WALTON, FASHIONABLE HAT AND CAP STORE, No. 1024 Market Street, Umbrellas always on hand. WILLIAM S. YOUNG, BOOK, CARD AND JOB PRINTER, No 62 North'Sixth street, PHILADELPHIA. SPECIALITY FOR LADIES. TRUSS AND BRACE DEPARTMENT. GONDUCTED by competent Ladies. Entrance on Twelfth street, first door below Race/ A full line of Mechanical Remedies, light and elegant in construction, especially adapted to Ladies’ use. C. H. NEEDLES, Proprietor, S. W. corner Twelfth and Race streets, Phila, Entrance to C. H. N.’s Rooms, for gentlemen, at the corner. 753 ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOL LARS PER YEAR! BELVEDERE SEMINARY, NEW JERSEY. ONE Hundred and Fifty Dollars will pay for Board and Tuition a year, for a young Lady, in this Institution. Its location for advantages cannot be surpassed. „ The instruction is equal to that impacted in any School of the highest order. A native French teacher resides in the family. Pupils are received at any time, and charged accordingly. REV. J. ADDISON WHITAKER, A.M., Principal. MISS DELIA A. SLOCUM, Vice Principal. octlO ly . HENRY.O. BLAIR, T ;; PRESCRIPTION AND FAMILY MEDICINE STORE, S. W. corner of Eighth and Walnut Streets, PHILADELPHIA. , [Established 1829.] THE undersigned having resumed the entire control of the business, will be glad to see his old friends, and the public generally, and will endeavor to serve them with courtesy and fidelity. H. C. BLAIR. jy2o 3m REMOVAL. JAMES R. WEBB, DEALER IN Pine Teas, Coffees, and Choice Family Groceries. Has removed to the - S. E. corner of Eighth and Walnut streets, Phila delphia, a few doors from his former location, where he will be happy to see his friends and customers. Goods carefully packed and forwarded to the coun try. SILVER PLATING. SAMUEL SMYTH, No. 1336 Chestnut Street, op posite the U. S. Mint, Philadelphia. Electro Silver Plater on Albata and Nickel Silver Metals, Britannia, Copper, Brass, Steel or Iron, where all orders for Plating will be promptly attended to. All Plating warranted to he done, according to order. Re-plating done for use of hotels and private families warranted to give entire satisfaction. sep2o OIL CLOTHS ' FOB SALE BY THE MANUFACTURER, AT No. 229 Arch Street, Philadelphia. AND Ho. 49 Cedar Street, New York. The Stock consists of Enamelled Leather Cloth. Carriage Floor Oil Cloth. Table and Stair Oil Cloths. Stand Covers and Green Curtain Cloth. Floor Oil Cloths, from f to 6 yards wide. The style and quality of these goods are not ex celled. Will be sold to dealers at reasonable prices, feb 23-ly THOMAS POTTER, Mannfacturer. PATENT UNFERMENTED AERATED BREAD. A BSOLUTELY PURE, made without Yeast, Al- J~L kalies, or Baking Powders of any kind! It is perfectly cleanly, as no human hands ever touch it till it is baked. By this new Process of raising bread, all the nutritious and palatable qualities of the Flour are preserved unimpaired. It is always light and sweet. It never sours, and will not.dry up like Yeast Brefid, and contains nothing but water, salt and flour. By this process we produce a more-healthy and nutri tious—a sweeter and cheaper Bread than can be made by any other process. We have a great number of testimonials of its su perior qualities, from eminent chemists and physi cians, both in' this country and Europe, but the best proof of the article is “ eating it.” Please try it. Ladies and others interested are invited to call and see the process of making the UNEERMENTED AERATED BREAD, Corner of Buttonwood and Broad Streets, PHILADELPHIA. VAN RIPER & CAMP, Proprietors. N.B.—This Bread will soon be for sale by our Agents, and all respectable dealers in the city. [olO 3m ICE DEALERS. YOUR ORDERS ARE RESPECTFULLY SO LICITED. THE MOLIERE ICE COMPANY Is prepared to furnish a superior article of EASTERN ICE, EXCLUSIVELY, As cheaply and promptly as any other Company in the City. ORDERS LEFT AT , ' Jos. Elkinton & Son’s, No. 783 S. Second St. John Krider & Co. 's, N. E. Corner of Second and Walnut Streets. Thomas Weaver’s, Druggist, N. E. corner of 18th and Vine Streets. Robert Maull’s, No 18 North Delaware Avenue. J. T. Hufnal’s, Druggist, S. W. cor. of Nineteenth and Green Streets. 8 Pounds per Day, 55 Cents per Week. 12 “ “ 70 “ “ 16 “ “ 80 “ “ 20 “ “ 00 “ “ Steamboats and Shipping supplied at the shortest notice. Please notify all changes or neglect, at the Office, in writing. Office and Depot, No. 206 Shippen Street, Or, sent through the Penny Post, will be promptly attended to. ■ Residence, Nos. 323 and 621 North Eighteenth St. WOLBERT-& BKO. PHILADELPHIA. oetlO THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN GENESSEE EVANGELIST. A. Weeldy Religious and Family Newspaper, Published evert Thursday, at No. 1334 , Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Devoted to the Promotion of Sound Doctrine, Correct and Elevated Moral Principles, and Pare Re ligion, as Taught in the Constitutional Presbyterian Church in the United States. JOHN W. HEARS, ■ - - - . Editor. The Americas Presbyterian was commenced five years ago, by the Religious and Literary Association of Philadelphia, and is still in their hands. One year afterwards, The Genesee Evangelist, for ten years published in Rochester, N. Y., was united with, and merged in, The American Presbyterian. The Synod of Genesee publicly and cordially endorsed this union, and the united paper continues to circulate in the for mer field of the Evangelist. The field in this part of the country has providentially opened to a large extent to our paper, and pastors ana people are more harmonious and more deeply interested than ever in promoting its circulation among their congregations. In proportion as these measures are successful, the paper will be improved in character and increased in substantial value and usefulness. The services of some of the best religious writers in the church have been secured to its columns, and a Foreign corres pondent, of character and ability, will shortly be en gaged. The external appearance of the paper has been greaJjz improved he the a][M- ; t,iit.ion of ,opw fnpts ~f ”"e tor uie 'tire -■ — it, tiiur secm-mg legibiiityTnitr type lorttfeentire sheet, thus Si beauty in a very high degree. As a Religious Teacher. The American Presbyterian will inculcate pure morals and sound Scriptural doctrine; particularly a true and firm adherence to the Standards of the Pres byterian Church as being in all the essential and ne cessary articles, good forms of sound words and sys tems of Christian doctrine; this it will endeavor to do in a catholic and kindly spirit towards all, with a readiness to recognize the image of Christ in every one p* the rent branches of his church, cultivating union in spirit, and prepared to . welcome every safe and ho norable movement towards union in form. ’ It is impossible, and would be unwise and contrary to the spirit of Scripture, to divorce religion from citizenship and the social relations of life. The American Presbyterian has endeavored firmly, con sistently and carefully to bring home to every citizen his obligations, as laid down in Scripture, to the State: it has labored to revive and stimulate the flame of patriotism towards our excellent Government—the best temporal gift of God to man, —and has aided to develope that wholesome public opinion which is now arrayed with such power on the side of law, order, and human rights, against the assaults of traitors. With our Church, it claims to have been in the van of that great and marvellous movement which electri fied the nation, and marshalled it as one man in de fmjee of its imperilled;institutions; it did hot follow in the wake of opinion, or slowly shift with the changing and iirresistible current. Those who are in the slightest degree acquainted with its columns, need not be of the consistent loyalty of its posi tion. And it will continue earnestly and fearlessly to advocate the more thorough and every-day applica tion of the Christian principle of the country to the concerns and' relations of social life, of business and of politics. On the question of slavery, it will unhe sitatingly maintain the position of the whole Presby terian Church in 1818. As- a Religious Newspaper, It will contain tlfe latest intelligence, carefully and systematically, arranged, giving prominence to the af fairs of oar own Church, while endeavoring to convey correct information of the progress of Christ’s king dom in every branch of his Church, and in every part of the world. The issue of the week before the Monthly Concert, will contain a summary view of the state of religion ,in foreign lands for the preceding month, so that our readers will be thoroughly in formed and enabled to join intelligently in the great movements of the Church for the spread of the gospel. As a Family Paper. It will present every week a fresh and pleasing va riety of instructive matter, original and selected; the main feature of which will be, a narrative illustrating effectively some moral principle or religious truth or duty, for the benefit of the younger members of the family v What is relished by them, will not fall to plena* those of all ages. •“ Secular News. Great pains will be taken to sift out the truth from the accumulated mass of despatches and letters upon the absorbing topics of the day. Every event of im portance in the great struggle, now making its deep mark in history, will be noted; important documents, speeches and sermons bearing upon the issues before us, will be reproduced in whole or in part. So that a file oi our paper will be found to contain a brief and reliable history of the rebellion of 1861. Endorsements of Religions Bodies. . Our paper is growing rapidly in favor with the min istry and intelligent laity of onr Church. We are con stantly receiving the most cordial expressions of ap proval of our course. We quote the action of three .Religious bodies to the same effect. SYNOD OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1860. “ Resolved, That Synod has heard with pleasure of the accession of Rev. John W. Hears to the Editorial department of the Amebic an Presbyterian. “‘ Resolved,. That Synod has entire confidence in the American Presbyterian; as a Religious paper, advocating the principles, and tending to promote the welfare of our denomination, and would cordially re commend it to the patronage of our Churches.” PASTORS’ ASSOCIATION, 1861. “Resolved, That this Association regards it as a matter of the highest importance, that the American Presbyterian should be sustained,'and its circulation* increased in our churches, and that it will cordially co-operate in any proper measures to that end.” WILMINGTON PRESBYTERY, 1861. “ Resolved, That Presbytery express its entire con fidence in the American Presbyterian, and sympathy with it, as conducted by Rev. John W. Hears, and do most cordially commend it to the families of our churches." TEEMS. To Mail Subscribers, $2 per year, in advance.? City Subscribers, receiving their paper through a carrier, will be charged 50 cents additional. Four copies will be sent to one Postoffice for a year for seven dollars. Ten copies will be sent to one Postoffice for a year, for FIFTEEN DOLLARS. Twenty-four copies will be sent to one Postoffice for a year, for thirty-two dollars. Forty copies will be sent to one Postoffice for a year, for fifty dollars. To secure the reduction, the money must invariably be paid in advance. Church Sessions desirous of introducing the paper generally among their congregations, and others wish a supply FOR THE ARMY, will be facilitated in their good wort by, the above rates. • i- AII papers will be continued after the expiration of the year, unless expressly ordered to be discontinued, and such orders should be by letter, and not bv returning a paper. To secure a discontinuance, all arrearages must be paid. ’ Remittances may be made directly by mail at the risk of the publishers, and receipts will be returned in the papers. ADVERTISEMENTS. The American Presbyterian will devote a limited space to advertisements of an approved character. It will furnish, an excellent medium to advertise evevy thing of use or interest to the family. It is a family paper, generally used by the household, and circulates largely among the intelligent families in all sections of .our country, especially in this city, and at the North and West. . Six cents a line will be charged for the first inser tion, and four cents for each subsequent insertion. Annual advertisements one hollar a line per anum. figT All communications intended fjr this paper, or on business, should be directed to . _ JOHN W. HEARS, Editor of American Presbyterian, Philadelphia, Pa. SfFv ELI HOXDBN’S , QU WHOLESALE AMD BETAIXgLiJj ESTABLISHMENT, Wo. 708 Market Street, bet. 7th & Bth, south side, rHit.ADiti.ruiA. CLOCKS, WATOIIBS, jewelry, gold pens HOLDERS. Era Every variety or ALARM CLOCKS for sound t&rlyrutcrt. Ail at lowest cash, prices. With a practical experience of 25 years—l 7 year* in hi? present location—theproprietor Is at all times prepared to furnish war Time-Keepers of the best quality and in all stvlee. Abort*. named articles also repaired with great care, and warranted, nl-ly KELODEON MANUFACTORY. The undersigned having for the part twelve year* been practically engaged in manufacturing MELODEOIVS, iferts confident of his ability to produce an article supe nor to any otherm the city, and .upon' the most mode rate terms. Repairing promptly attended "• A - MACNUTT, No. 115 N. Sixth Street. CLUBS. CRITTENDEN'S h Cffmmornal ©SLLStS. N. E. oorner Seventh and Chestnut Street*, PHILADELPHIA. An Institution designed to prepare young men for act ire bust* ness. Established September, 1844. Incorporated June 4th, IMS. IBOARD 07 TRUSTEES, B. B. CoaisaTß. Dayid S. Bbowr, Francis Hoskins, A. T. Parsons, David Milne, D. B. Hinhan, George 11. Stuart, Frederick Brown, John Spark awe, Joshua Lipplnoqtt, Jr. Sax ujcl C. Morton, John Sislet. FACULTY. 8. HODGES CRITTENDEN, Attorney at Law, Principal, Consult log Accountant, and Instructor tu Commercial Customs and Commercial Law. THOMAS W. MOOKK, Professor of remnanshEn.. JOHN GROESBECK, Professor of Bookkeeping and Phonography, and Verbatim Reporter. JAMES A. GARLAND, and H. A. WILTBERGER, Instructors In the Book-Keeping Department. At this Institution each student Is taught individually, and may attend as many hours daily as ha chooses. The Complete Counting Boost course embraces thorough la straction lu Penmanship, Book-Keeping, Commercial forms, and Mercantile Arithmetic; with the privilege of attending all the Lectures on Political Economy, Commercial Law, the Duties of Business Men, Ac., which are delivered at Intervals during the year, In the Lecture Room of the College. The Department of Commercial Law affords business men every facility for acquiring 'sactauan amount of lerai information as shall guide them with discretion in their business affairs. Pull Course Law Students also received. Catalogues, containing full particulars of terms, manner of In struction, Ac, may be had on applying at Hie College, either in per* ion or by letter. we nty-five per cent, discount allowed to sons of Clergymen. 4W* CRITTENDEN'S BOOK-KEEPING for sale. *Price $1.50. Key to the same, 50 cents. LIFE INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY. Company’s Buildings, South-East Comer of Walnut and Fourth Streets. Open from 9, A. M„ to 5, P. M. Incorporated 1950 by the Legislature of Pennsylvania. Capital, $500,000. Charter perpetual. Insures Lives during the natural life or for short terms, grants annuities and endowments, and makes contracts of all kinds de pending on the issues of life. Acting also as Executors, Trustees, aud Guardians. Policies of Life Insurance issued at the usual mutual rates of other good companies—with profits to the assured—at Joint Stock rates, 20 per cent, less than above, or Total Abstinence rates 40 per cent, less than Mutual price. SAYING FOND. Interest at 5 p*r cent, allowed for every day the Deposit remains, and paid back on demand in gold and silver, and Checks furnished as lu a Bank, for use of Depositors. This Company has First Mortgages , Beat Estate, Ground Bents* and other first-class Investments, as well as the Capital Stock, for the seemity of depositors in this old established Institution. ALEXANDER WHILLDIN, President. s SAMUEL WORK, Vice-President. John <X Sims, Secretary. John S. Wilson, Treasurer. BOARD OF TRUSTEES. Alexander Whilldln, ,T. Edgar Thomson, Samuel Work, Jonas Bowman, John C. Farr,. William J. Howard, John Alkman, B. H* Townsend, M. D., Samuel T. Bodtfne, George Nugent, T. Esmond© Harper, Albert C. Roberts, H. H. Eldridge, R. H. Townsend, H. D. MEDICAL EXAMINERS. J. F; Bird, M. D., J. Newton Walker, M. D. In attendance at tile Company’s Offlce deny at oaeo’dock, P. M. THE FIRE 111 CHESTNUT STREET- Letter from Theo. H. Peters & Co. Philadelphia, January 19,1550. Messrs. Parrel, Berrikq & Co., 629 Chestnut Street. Gentlemen: —We, have recovered the Herring’* Patent Champion Safe, of your make- which we bought from you nearlv five years ago, from the ruins nf our building, No. 716 Chestnut sheet, which was entirely destroyed by fire on the morning of the 17th inst. So rapid was the progress of the flames, before we could reach the store, the whole interior was one mass of fire. The Safe being in the hack part of the store, and surrounded bv the most combustible materials, was exposed to great heat. It fell with the walls of that part of the building into the cellar, and remained im bedded in the ruins for more than thirty hours. The Safe was opened this morning in the presence of a number of gentlemen, and the contents, comprising our books, bills, receivable money, and a large amount of valuable papers, are all safe; not a thing was touched by fire. Respectfully, yours, THEO. H. PETERS * CO. The above Safe can be seen at our store, where the public are invited to call and examine it. PARREL, HERRING & CO. No. 629 Chestnut St. (Jayne’s Hall.) I LADD, WEBSTER- AND CO.’S TIGHT IoCK STITCH SEWING MACHINES. BbV THE BEST, AND GET THE CHEAPEST’. They StitCk, hem, bind, feU, run, mid gather without basting; use <t straight needle and, wheel feed, and make stitch alike on both sides of the cloth. They are without any of those delicate and nice adjustments, which make many machines “more plague than profit.” We claim them to be the best made machines in the world, and capable of doing a greater range of work, in a more satisfactory manner. PRICES REDUCED to $5O, and upwards. LADD, WEBSTER, & CO., 153-6 m. 921 Chestnut St., Pbilad. MARBLE WORKS. HENRY S. TARR, Manufacturer of CARVED AND ORNAMENTAL MARBLE WORKS, No. 710 Greek Street, Above Seventh, . Philadelphia. CARVED, ORNAMENTAL STATUARY and MO NUMENTAL WORK of every description. Having erected specimens in almost every cemetery throughout this State, and supplied orders from nearly every State in the Union, I trust to receive yout influ ence anil patronage for the above establishment. I also contract for Vaults, Sareopbagis, &c. I have many references throughout the Union, which can be seen on application. aug!6-ly. MOFFAT’S LIFE PILLS AND PHOENIX BITTERS. These Medicines have now been before the public for a period o» THIRTY YJSARS, and during that time maintained a high charac ter, in almost ever? part of the globe, for their extraordinary and immediate power of restoring perfect health to persons suffering under nearly every kind of disease to «hich the human frame is liable. The most horrible cases of FCROFULA, fu which the face, bones. and limbs of the victim hate been, preyed upon by the insatiable disease, are proved, by the undeulable authority uf the sufferers themselves, to have been completely cored by theee purely Vege table Medicines, after aU others have been found more than uaelt**. Obstinate cases of PILES, ot insoy years* standing, have rapidly and permanently yielded to the same means, and other of like kind are daily cured in every part of the country. ’ Habitual, as well as Occasional Costiveness, Dyspepsia. Bilious and Liver Diseases, Asthma, Dropsy, Rheumatism, Fever and Ague, Worms, Settled Pains in the Limbs, Together with a long catalogue of other maladies, are shown, on the same indisputable evidence, to be every where and invariably exterminated by these mildly operating, yet sure and speedy re sources of health and strength, without the usual aid ol puffery and artificial recommendations. tee- “Mo2at : s Yegetable Life Pills and Phoenix Bitters ” have thus acquired a solid and enduring reputation, which bids defiance it* contradiction, and which is co-exteusive with the American popu lation. Both the Life Pills and Pbcekix Bitters ace mild and agreeable Id their operation, and effectnally cleanse the system of all impuri ties without occasioning any prostration of strength, nr requiring any confinement or change of diet. Prepared and sold by DR. WILLIAM B. MOFFAT. 335 Bboabvat, New Tors. Oct. 18—1 yr. For Solo by oil Druggists. AMERICAN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS. Instituted in 1810. _ The Board acting for Churches and individual Chris tians in America, have established missions in Africa, India, China, Turkey, Persia, Greece, the Islands of the Pacific, and among the American Indians. Contributions may be sent to James M. Gordon Esq., Treasurer, Missionary House, 33 Pemberton Square Boston, or to Samuel Work, Esq., Banker, 36 South, 3d st., Philadelphia, who consents to act as receiving agent for the Philadelphia District. JOHN McJ.EOD, 76, District Sec. of the A. B. C. M, F. THE SINGER SEWING MACHINES. Tbe marked, and ever extending, popularity of SINGER'S SEWING MACHINES, both in America and Europe, is such as best to establish their superiority oyer all others in the market. Sewing machines (so called) may be bought, it is true, for a smaller amount of dollars, but it is mistaken economy to invest anything in a worthless or unreliable article, and those who do so must abide the consequence I SINGER’S NEW FAMILY MACHINES. In order to place THE BEST FAMILY MACHINES IN THE'WORLD within the reach of all, we have re duced our Letter A, or Transverse Shuttle Machines, Upautifullyornamented.to $5O. Singer’s No. 1, and 2, Standard Shuttle Machines, both of very general application and capacity, and popular both in the family and the manufactory. Prices reduced, respectively, from $135 to $9O and $lOO. Singer’s No. 3 Standard Shuttle Machine, for Carriage Mahers and heavy leather work. Price complete, sl2o. Also, to completet the list, an entirely Sew article, unequalled for manufacturing purposes, noiseless, rapid, and capable of every kind of work! Price (including iron stand and drawers,)’sllo, cheaper at that, in view of its value, than the machines of any other maker as a gift. All of Singer’s Machines make the interlock stitch with two threads, which is the best stitch known. Every person desiring to procure full and reliable in formation about Sewing Machines, their sizes, prices, working capacities, and the best methods of purchasing, can obtain it by sending for a copy of 1. M. Singer & Co.’s Gazette, which is a beautiful pictorial paper en tirely devoted to the subject. It will be supplied gratis. 1. M SINGER & CO, SlO Chestnut Street. oet. 18-1 yr. ■ep 39—ly
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