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GENESEE EVANGELIST.
JOHN W. MEARS,
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1862
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Nutellieure.
Presbyterian.
Rev. H. IC. Lusk, of the Presbytery of Monon
gahela, (U. P.) departed •this life on Saturday, the
25th ult., at Meehanicsburgh, Cumberland county,
Pa. He was much respected by those who knew
him, and has been called from his labors to his rest,
just as life was opening up with good promise of
usefulness.
A. W. Mitchell, M.D., well known for his con
nection with the Presbyterian Board of Publication,
and with various other enterprises of the Old School
Presbyterian Church, died at St. Louis, Missouri,
on the 18th of January, after a brief illness of two
days.
The Germano in Tennessee. -- Fioni sources
which, for prudential reasons we will not mention,
we an happy to learn that our German brethren in
Tennessee are, with very few exceptions, sound
Union men. A good deal of anxiety has been felt
in regard to the German Lutheran colony at Wart
burg, Morgan county, where the Rev. Pastor Wil
ken, of the Pennsylvania Synod, has long been la
boring, nor have we been able to hear a word of it
until, now, A correspondent of the Illinois &mu
Zeitung, who appears to know what he writes, says
that one-third of the population have crossed over
Kentucky, and are doing good service in the Union
army. The Germans at the Wartburg are princi
pally Saxons, and are Worthy sons of that brave old
stock, who have ever been the haters of oppression
and the friends of liberty.
• Methodist.
The Case of Dr. Parsons.—At the recent ses
sion of the Louisville Conference, Methodist Episco
pal Church, South, the case of Dr. Parsons caused
considerable interest, he having during the year en
tere Protestant Episcopal Church, and after a
Wirifttirre - doniVe - ctedhiinevit.Vith
titodis' t Episeopal Church, South. Bishop Kava
naugh stated that the college of Bishops had the
ease of Dr. Parsons before them, and decided that
if a minister leave a Conference and the Church,
With an intention of joining another Church, and re
turn to the Church before consummating his pur
pose, that he takes the position in the Church and
Conference which he occupied before his withdrawal.
Dr. Parsons atidreised the Conference, feelingly de
ploring his error, and declaring his unalterable at
tachment to Methodism, and declaring he was never
dissatisfied with his ordination. Being out of the
Church a few days taught him how to prize it.
. German Methodism in Missouri.—As nearly
as we can now collect, there are in the St. Louis dis
trict 1124 members; in the three circuits connected
with the Southern Illinois Conference, about 200 ;
and in other parts some 931. In all the number is,
according to the above, 2255. We may now call the
number 2000. Perhaps there are now no more than
4000 of English-speaking members of our Church in
this State. Both together will make about 6000
members,
Another Ordination, — Mr. M. E. Harmstead,
a, member of the M. E. Church in Camden, and a
local preacher, has been ordained by the Rev. John
Chambers, of Yhilailelphia, to the work of the mi
nistry. By the authority of what Church, or for
the ministry of, what Church, this kind act was
done, does not appear. We question very much the
propriety and Christianity
. of this whole business.
Bev. W. J. Thompoon.—The venerable W. J.
Thompson died at his residence near Pekin, Cler
mont county, Ohio, on the 3d ult, in the 95th year
of his age,. Out- of twelve children, but one, Dr.
Thompson, of Fayetteville, Ohio, survives. Brother
Thompson was the first among the pioneers of Me
thodism in, Ohio. He was born nearly ten years
before the war of the (evolution, and was over
thirty years of age at the death or General Wash
ington.
Dedlostion.—A beautiful Methodist church was
opened at l)iere-Le•Fit (Drome) on the 20th of De
cember. This is the most beautiful Methodist struc
ture in France. Rev Mr, Hocart, President of the
French Conference, preached in the morning and
afternoon. Hundreds wept away unabli 10 gain ad
-
mittance.
-Unitarian.
What trrdteriana are doing for Missions
The Pomentive Committee of the American Unita.
rian Association have issued a call for funds to sus
tarot% missionary operations, in which, it is said,
" the Arrierican Unitarian Association is the princi
pal orgardSation among the Unitarians for missionary
action. If they do not act through this agency,
they are not/ likely to act at all in this direction." In
regard to what is actually done, the appeal states t—
,, A f e w soc ieties give, and give liberally, year
after year, and have done so for some ten, twenty,
or thirty years; but many give only occasionally, ir
regularly, without system, as if guided by mere
PAW, and not by any sense, of duty to Christian
truth or to the Christian Church.
"It appears from the books of this office that in
the year 1860, for example, out of the two hundred
at o sixty fir societies nominally connected with our
denomination, a hundred and nine gate nothing, in
any form, to the funds of this Association. These
hendred and nine churches neither contributed to
our missionary, work in India, nor to our missionary
woh*i+ois. They gave us nothing with which
to publis and circulate trade ; nothing , for the edit
cation of youtig teen et"diir'theulogicsl schools: They
didltotteven- take x number of our Monthly
Journal.
I n At, tante. Oar,' fiftY4lie `oi•oitr Ise/defies gave
us, for all these objects, only an average amount of
$l2 each ; twenty-eight of, our societies contributed
an 'average nr 0 34 endi.; societies, an
ararage of reties art ale ra g e ' of
$133 dollars each ; while onlysoven societleagave
$2 00 per annum.
2 50 "
Lutheran.
between. $2OO and $3OO ; one society gave betweenp
$3OO and $4OO ; two societies, between $5OO an
$6OO ; and only one society exceeds $6OO in its total
contribution. The total amount received into our
treasury last year from all contributions, including
the subscriptions to the Monthly Journal, reached
the sum of $9871 84. •
Edito
"From this amount of $9871 84 were to be de
ducted the cost of publishing the Journal, (about
$3000) and the salaries, office rent, and other ex
penses (about s2Boo),—leaving, for our missionary
and other work, the insignificant sum of a little over
$4OOO, or about the amount contributed to Foreign
Missions alone by some single orthodox churches in
Boston."
Not to speak of the small amount which is raised
in this large and wealthy denomination to propagate
what they profess to regard as the true faith, this
exhibit shows that:nearly 60 per cent. of the amount
contributed is devoted to incidental expenses with
out reaching the object for which the funds were
contributed.
Report of a: Colporteur.--" The camp-ground
of a regiment recently gone to the seat of war,'
which had been largely supplied with tracts, not
only from the Board, but from other religious soci
eties, was visited by your colporteur immediately
after its vacation - by - tlin troops ; and while large
quantities of newspapers and other printed matter
was found strewn over the field, not a solitary tract
or fragment of a tract was to be seen. This circum
stance was a source of deep satisfaction and thank
fulness to myself; and it is recorded for the gratifi
cation others interested in this most laudable Chris
tian enterprise.
"Many of the commanders and other officers of
the vessels visited are pious and God-fearing men,
and sent their sincere thanks to the Board for the
gifts of boeks and. tracts which they received ; and
pledged themselves to use all their influence, both
in word and deed, to secure their proper use and
Appreciation on the part of the men of their re
spective commands.
" It was my aim, as far as the Lord enabled me,
to make the ceremony of presenting these gifts more
or less impressive and emphatic, and to do what I
could to secure their future use by the recipients ;
praying that the Holy , Spirit might be pleased to
carry the sacred messages home to their hearts."—
a and F. Record.
Death of a Chaplain.—We copy the following
from the Presbyterian Herald, with 'saddened feel
mourning that one who so lately entered upon
his labora for Christ; should be so soon cut down.
" It gives'us pain to make mention of the death
of the Rev. J. W. Jacobs, at the age of twenty-four.
He was the son of J. A. Jacobs, Esq., the honored
superintendent of the Kentucky Deaf and Dumb
Asylum at Danville. , He accepted, three months
ago, the chaplaincy of the Fourth Kentucky Regi
ment of Infantry, Colonel Fry commanding., He
followed his regiment to Lebanon, Kentucky ; re
mained there in charge of the sick when the regi
nient marched towards Somerset : was seized with
typhoid fever, and, after a brief illness, died at his
post on the 20th .of January."
Rev. P. , Itizer, chaplain of the Highland Regi
ment, and whose lot it has been daring the course of
his services, to be:at the battle of Bull's - Run and
also at Port Royal, has returned in impaired health
to his home in Sunbury, Pa.
Rev. J. P. B. Wilmer.--A late letter from For
tress Monroe to a morning paper in this city, made
aments.
o is ctty, which were commented on In these co -
umns and in those of many other journal& We
learn now that the statements made were incorrect.
General Wool and the Provost Marshal at Fortress
Monroe deny the assertion that Dr. Wilmer had pa
pers, plans, etc., concealed in his neck.cloth and
other clothing. The reports concerning.his baggage
were also greatly exaggerated, and after a little de
lay all the articles he took from the North were for
warded to hire. We make this correction with
pleasure, in ju?tice to a gentlenian who has many
friends here, and'we request that it be made also by
distant papers, that have 'been led into error by the
false reports of the correspondent in question.—Er.
Missions Among the Poor.—The Tract Mis
sionary Society, under the leadership of A. R.
Wetmore, now entering on the thirty-fifth year of
its history, recently assembled in the Broadway Ta
bernacle church, New York, (Dr. Thompson's).
Statements were made by Mr. Lederer, missionary
to the Jews, and Messrs. Hett, Camp, Rusten, and
Spencer, missionaries of the First, Sixth, Eighteenth
and Twenty-first Wards, showing the working of
this organization among the masses, and the good
accomplished, both to the bodies and Fouls of the
poor, ignorant, and neglected. The statistics pre
sented were fully up to- the usualuverage.—Tinys.
A Church in a Priscat.—ln the Northern In
diana prison, ',at Michigan City, much'religious
terist has been manifested during the last three
meetbs, and - a number of hopeful conversions haie
occurred. Sixteen have been examined - for admis
sion to a church about to be organizedln the prison,
and number more are to be examined. ; Meetings
for-prayer have been held twice a weeiri and a Sab
bath school 'every Sabbath morning. The Holy
Spirit bath indeed'Unbarred the gates of this prison,
and given the freedoin of Christ to those,bound.
One in. Christ—The members of the English
and United Presbyterian Churches in London met
on the 11th ult:,• in Regent Square, in hallowed
joint communion at the Lord's table. This is one
step of many, preparatory to the probably not far
distant amalgamation of the two sections into one
English Presbyterian Synod.—Cor. Presbyterian.
I: CIA tgitit tWO.
The Loan Bill Passed in the House.—Mr.
Stevens's substitute for the Treasury note bill of the
Committee of Ways and Means, was passed on the
6th inst., by the decisive vote of 93 to 59. It au
thorises the issue of demand Treasury notes, without
interest, to the amount of $150,000,000, of . which
$50,000,000 arelo be in lieu of the notes issued un
der the act of July 17th, 1861, which are to be taken
up as rapidly as possible. The notes are to be'a le
gal tender for all purposes. The bill also authorises
the issue of 6 percent. coupon bonds to the amount
of $5,000,000, redeeniable at the pleasure of the
Government; after twenty years from date, the in
terest to be paid semi-annually.
Sesse D. Bright, U. S. Senator from Indiana,
was expelled. Feb.'sth, by more than a two-thirds
vote, for holding friendly, communication with Jeff.
Davis as President of the Confederate States, and
recommending to him a person who had an improve
ment in fire-arms to dispose of. There were feur-c
teen negative votes, including some persons of un
I
doubted loyalty, as follows:
Nays—Messrs. Bayard, Carlisle, Cowan, Harris,
Kennedy, Latham, Nesmith, Pearce, Powell, Rice,
Saulsbury, Ten Eyck, Thomson and Wiley.--14.
What Kentucky has Done: Kentucky has a
voting population of but 156,000 in all. The por
tion.ef the State in possession of the Union treops
contains 100,000 of that total number of voters,
and of that population she has full 30,000
enlisted under the banner of the Union for the war.
Army.
Miscellaneous.
The North.
Auttritait Vttoligteti
Attack on Fort Henry, Tenn.---Twelve steam
ers laden with troops left Cairo on Tuesday, the 3d,
and; attended by gunboats, proceeded up the Ten
nessee: river, reaching a point 6 miles below Fort
Henry* next day. After a reconnoisance made
by the gunboats, Essex and St. Louis:, our troops
were landed the same day. Fort Henry is 55 miles
up the Tennessee river.
Fort Henry Captared.—We chronicle with
heartfelt joy another important Federal victory in
the West. The dispatch from Cairo, Feb. 7, says;
" Fort Henry, on the Tennessee river, surren
dered yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock, after a de
termined resistance. The fight, lasted one hour
and fifteen minutes, being conducted by the gun
boats Cincinnati, Essex, and St. Louis. The Es
sex was disabled at the tenth round, by a ball
striking her boiler. A. numbea of her crew were
killed, being scalded to death. Commodore Porter
was badly scalded, but not dangerously. 'Two rebel
Generals; one Colonel, two Captains, and one
hundred privates were taken prisoners.. The fort
mounted seventeen guns. The land force did not
reach the scene of action for two hours after the
surrender. The Memphis and Ohio Railroad bridge,
fifteen miles above the fort has been taken posses
sion -of by our troops. The General in command
who was captured, is Lloyd Tilghinan,, formerly of
Maryland. He is represented to be disheartened and
to regard the capture of the fort as one of the most
damaging events of the war. r But the oPinion of a
captive leader may be easily exaggerated. The rebel
loss—five killed, and ten wounded, was not equal to
ours, if we include the loss on the Essex from scald
ing and drowning. On her alone 11 were killed and
missing, and 19 wounded. There were one killed
and wounded on the' Cincinnati. All the rebel'
infantry, made good their escape, and our own sol
diers not arriving in time to participate in the en
gagement Flag officer Foote says the fort was de
fended by 20 - guns and 17 mortars, and the fight was
one of determined gallantry on both sides. The Sur
render was unconditional. The infantry left every
thing in their flight, and a vast deal of plunder has
fallen into our, hands; including a large and valuable
amount of ordinance stores.
.
The South.
.
The Georgia Iganifeste.—The desperate condi
tion and the fierce spasmodic opera of the rebellion,
are shown, in, the manifesto recently issued by the
Cobbs, Robert Toombs, and M. 3. Crawford•to the
people . of Georgia. There are many surprising ad' 7 :
missions and few untruths in this melancholy doeu-
merit. The writers appear to rely more upon the
1116 less destruction of their own homes by the
Georgians than upon the valor of their arms; to re-.
pel the invaders. They say :
" Our enemy has exhibited an energy, a perseve
rance, and an amount of resources which we had
scarcely. expeoted, and a disregard of Constitution
and laws which we can hardly credit. The result of
both, however, is that power which, is the chase=
teristic element of despotism, and renders it as for
midable to its enemies as it is destructive to its
subjects: - - - •
" immense army has been organized for our
destruetion, which is being disciplined to the un
thinking stolidity of regulars. With. the exclusive
posseSsion of the seas, our enemy is enabled to throw
upon the shores of every State the nucleus of an
army. And the threat is made, and doubtless the
attempt will follow in early spring to crush us with
al giant's grasp by a simultaneous movement along
our entire borders. .
" With whatever alacrity our people may rush, to
arms, and with whatever energy our GOVernment
may use its resources, we cannot expect to cope with
_rair-Anerny either in numbers, equipments or multi
' tions •
must iiok to desperate daring and universal self-
"The prospect of foreign interference is at least
a remote one, and should not be relied on. it
comes let it be only auxiliary to , our own prepara
tion for freedom. To our God and ourselves alone
we should look..
" These are stern 'facts; perhaps some of them
are unpalatable. But we are deceived in you if you
would have us to conceal them in order to deceive
you. The only question for us and for you is, as a
nation, and individually what have we to do ?
" The foot of the oppressor is on the soil of
Georgia. Ile comes with lust in his eye, poverty
his purse, and hell in his heart. He comes a robber
and .a murderer. How shall you meet him? With
the sword at the threshold! With death for him or
for yourself ! But more than this—let every woman'
have a'torch, every child a firebrand --let the loved
homes of youth be made ashes, and theftelds of our
heritage be made desolate. Let blackness and . ruin
mark your departing steps, if depart you must, and
let'a desert more .terrible than Sahara weleente the
Vandals.. Let every :city be levelled by the, flame,
and every village be lost inashes. Let your faithful
slaves share ybar fortune and your crust. Trttstwife
arid children to' the sure:refuge and protection Of
God—.preferring even for those loved ones the char
nel house as a home, than loathsome vassalage to a
nation, already sunk below the contempt of the civil
ized World. , This may be your terrible choice ; and
determine at once, and without dissent, -as honor,
and patriotism, and duty to God require."
The Blunders of the Rebels.--The Religious
Herald, a• Baptist paper, minted initichmond, Va.,
in enumerating the mistakes the leaders of secession
have made, mentions eight great, blunders having
been committed by theni :,.-".1.1n .firing upon Fort
Sumter; 2. In • believing there would be a divided
North and an apathetic United States Government;'
3. In believing that they, would have the hearty
sympathies of Earope; 4. In believing "that the
bonds of their confederacy would readily be taken in
Europe ; 5. In believing that the military power of.
the North would be directed' in a crusade against
slayery, rather than employed for the overthrow of,
treason, and the establishment of the Union and the
Constitution; 6 In believing .that, Northern conr-'
age and physique were no match for 'Southern, or
that in battle one Soutlierner equalled five , Yankees•;
7. In believing that the flag of the Cotton Oligarchy
would wave above the Capitol at Washington, and
the roll of slaves be called on Bunker Hill; 8. In
believing that the fancied omnipotence of cotton
would dominate the commerce of the world."
Union Feeling inEast Tennessee. --Letters found
in Zollicolfer's deierted camp, shoW that tbe rebel
leaders regarded the Union-mitiment in East Ten
nessee as formidable. The .PAss of this city giVes
such extracts as the following : On October 28th,
Colonel Wood, commanding rebel troops at Knei
ville, wrote to Zollicotrer as follows
"The news of your falling back to Cumberland
Ford has had the effect of developing a:feeling that
has only been kept under by the presence of troops.
It was plainly visible that the. Union men were so
glad they could hardly repress an open expression of
their joy. This afternoon it assumed an open cha
racter, and some eight or ten of the bullies, or lead
ers made an attack on some of my men,, near the.
Lamar House, and seriously wounded Several."
Again, Colonel Wood writing under date . of No
vember 1, said :
" I do not believe that the Unionists are in the
least reconciled to the (rebel) Government; but, on
contrary, as hostile to it as the people of Ohio, and
will be ready to take up arms as soon as they believe
the Lincoln forces are near enough to sustain them."
" On the 10th of November, - Major Slosson, com
manding the .rebels, at Lowden, Tenn., wrote, to
Colonel Wood as follows
" The Union feeling of this county is'exceedingly
bitter, and all they want, in my opinion, to induce a
general uprising is encouragement from the Lincoln
d' . ... -. 1.4';' - t'il,t . ...o . 'tti- . .:.'..0.titt: - . -: # 1: i .:,61
_ eat many arms, and are
Union flags to receive the
armies. They h
actually manufact
refugee Tentless •
getting bold enou
l en they return.
Barbarity oftbels.—An Illinois corres
pondent of the Be g der says of the Missouri
secessionists rs that the traitors delight
greatly in the ":" v , n of the property of the
Union men. of ppears to 'afford them so
much gratificati ii s destruction, unless it be
taking their liv • one case you may learn a
multitude of oih.rs. e man, seeing his neighbor
passing, went fo he and shot him dOwn.When
asked if his neighbi injured him, the answer
was, "No ; I' haV ing against him ; but he
voted for Lincoln, will daitroy everything
which belongs to hi wouldn't leave one imp of
them living." -
atch. In iegard to. the
• 's dispatch ofNov. 20th,
es' seizure of Mason' and
rapers do not speak out,,
• sums ofmoney realized,.
the Ministry, by buying
t were low, about the 19th
The Suppressed
suripressicin of Mr. "S i ,
disavowing: Captain
Slidell, the English
but darkly hint:at im
by parties connected•
when =the price of
Pece.ember, and selli; en they rose,- these spew:
'atoll - knowing, that; had .been averted, by Mr.
Seward, . The pipe Cie of the.Eyangclist says
"It is known that th 'a ,(S
sh fevernmentkept the,
receipt of Mr. Sevier st despatch to kr. Adams
a.State secret, impa is ten o r te only a few pri 7
vileged persons; .and Rothschild,a and one or
two others are thus uultoodto have cleared scalie
st
thing like a million *ng by operations, first for ;
the fall and then for ise." . , ~
'Capture of Nana :b. -L-A late of the'
India Tirnei anncinnlat the miscreant Nana, of
Bithoor was capture& w =days ago atKnrrachee,
when on the point c4ibarking from that port.
Some difficulty' was atk, experienced in identify
ing the prisoner, but }identity seems to be pretty
fully established. i '
The Spaniards Retied inNexieo.—By tele
graph from 'San Fratr we learn that a courier
arrived at Acaphico, .OhePaeifie mist of Mexico,
on the 26th of Jahuartv, ith news that the &pan
iards had been defeat! and repulsed, after a five
a .c,
hours' battle at the N : arßridge. It, liras added,
moreover, that the MA nslad given up their in
fernal' dissensions, anti' Cordially united in re
sistance to their invader This latter Statement is
i
confirmed by previod, tints that, have reached
this Country by'7lraip . 'itat;a, The report, of the
'Mexican victory is n improbable one, and the
11
news of it:Would 'alibi reachus scionor by way,of
San Francisco' than li avarai,iiiiiiiiiieli' as' the'
Spaniards and their aili the‘Euglish and French,
hold'the port of Vera ; `z, ilia' regul'a'r coniniuni
,
cation is kept up as fo y.
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- Feeling towards our
tens. The Press says:
cent difficulty in regal.r
been hailed with joy by
indeed, by the whole cly l
fered to this country by t
the heart of the people
of the people holds the
but a spirit of fault-find
malignity—inspired t ,
scorn and acrimony.
sell breathe the loftie/
in and if The Tinf.s and if the class it repre
sents, have not accepte this settlement in the right
sense, their bitterness.r nits, : from disappointment.,
All this clamor about-ilke,,," stone, blockade" pro
-...,-.2214ft- deszka r ...
shipowners who desire 4 1 / 4 o evade the blockade, and
carry on a contraband trade with the South."
The fact, is adverted.to that three official men, in
cluding- Mr. Gladstone, Chancellor , of the Exche
quer, have recently . made speeches,, in, which an An
glo-American war is highly deprecated, and good
wishes.are, expressed fox the great cause,of Freedom,
and Unity, and good Government.
Mr. Moncrieff, at .Edinburgh, (which city, he re.
presentg in Parliament), spoke- in the same vein—
lamenting that.the insolence of the British press had
augmented the recent had feeling between two an-
.Lions. .
Mr: Gilpin treated hi l s constitunts at Northamp
ton to a speech.strongliin favor of „ the Federalists
of the 'North, and strongly urged them, " not on
any account to, give their consent to .a premature
and, ,mmeessary acknowledgement of: the Southern,
States, or America."
Nevertheless, more•recentndvices point to some
sort of; interference- as in - contemplation. Remon
strances have actually liven sent by the English Go-.
vernrnent to Lord Lyons againsetheetone bloc;kade;,
which he wasinstruct*o communicate , to Mr. Se- ,
ward. This. we'Jearrl - from ,a . : published letter
of Earl Russell: ; ; Itisalso stated inEngland—upon
what authority we , do, not ,see-7-that the French
Minister at ;Washington had...been furnished with
the cordial disapprobatiOn;of the French Govern
ment at the conduct of the United States Govern- -
ment in, choking up Charleston, f lmrbor with stone,
and that he would join. Lord Lyons in protesting
against the act. While the London Times,' by a
sudden and inexplicable change, .now,opposes any
interference in . our affairs,., and, the , Manchester
Gya,:dian, one of the, cotton, organs, :argues nearly
in the same spirit, the London Morning Post says
"That matters in America are evidently approach
ing a situation_ prhich the de facto government of
the South may claim „consideration in Europe.
The belief gains ground that the French Govern
ment will consider that the, proofs„of, the fictitious
character -of the, blockade bayelong been too com
plete and numerous to render it possible to be passed
over without danger to those .public 'and ; national
rights, the quiet maintenance of which depends, on
a firm regard for precedents."
t The Emperoil3- !Larose of the .27th to. the
Chambers, alludes in a pacifie tone to our affairi.
The rebels have„ . evacuated Rornney; and it is
now in our poSsessien:---Twelve houses at Har
per's Ferry, which have served as a :hiding...place to
rebel riflemen for the annoyance of our troops, were
burned down on the 7th.—The rebels accuse their,
General, Crittenden, of beingdrunk'before and after
the battle of Somerset, or Miff creek.—T—Our army
is advancing from' Somerset:towards Tennessee as
rapidly as the means of transportation and the state
of the roads fate: refiigee from' l'exas
declares that abontthe 'time'he left 'Southern Mis
.
Boni, - along the highways, in.schne sections, the at
mosphere Was literally stifling with the stench of
unburied Union men who had been butchered by
the, rebel guerillas. ,.
.The Norfolk paperh acknow
ledge the iron-clad'Vesiel . 'Areriinutc, to, be a failure.
There was a'formidable riot, with loss of life, in
Richmond, on the:4th instant.—The President
has reprieved Gordon, the slave-664er * , who is'con-:
derailed to be hnng.-----The Constitution, soon after
leaving Fortress Monroe for Ship Island, returned
with the Miami in tow in a disahl4 Condition.
Humphre3r's Marshall's forces 'are reported disban
ded.—General Pritskis expected to resist the ad
vance of our army in Southern Iliasottri.'—lt is
proposed to have a chaplain to each 'brigade, in
stead of each regiment, in the' army:-
TUESDAY-THE LATEST
:Brigadier General Stone, who commanded on the
Potomac; above Washington .and-ordered the fatal
movement at Ball's Bluff,,was arrested on Saturday,
and sent to Fort Lafayetie, on Sunday, the 9th.
vernment in,offteial qnsr
he settlement uf: our re-,
o Mason. and. Slidell has
nglancl and,Franee, and
ed world.. Peace is pro
e leading men of F..nglancl;,
'robs for peace`i . the hand
olive branch, and nothing
g-I might say a spirit of
who reply to them with
ie despatches of Lord RUS
and nObleSte spirit, of hu.
items:
'mitt foam,
QUARTER , CENTURY 54:
SikRY.
" BE.GAVE SOME, PASTORS."
REV. THOMAS IIItAINERD, D.D.,
AND
OLD - PINE STREET CONGREGATION.
SANSOM
. STREET HALL, MONDAY EVENING,
FEBRUARY 17th, 1862.
THE time for commemorating this anniversary has
been changed from the 14th, to Monday evening
the I.7th inst..it having been found impossible to corn
fdete arrangements before the 17th.
All who'are now, or have been members of the con
gregation within the last quarter century, and desire
to participatein the celebration, are requested to en,
gage ticket's of the following:—
. J ohn Wallace, 9th below South St.
Samuel Work, 36 South Third St. -
W. J. P. White, sth and Chestnut St.
Farr and brother, 334 Chestnut St.
James W. Queen, 924 Chestnut SL
S. Tustin Eldridge, 426 South Second St.
Frederick IVlyerle,,34B South SeCond SL
Order. of ROBERT J. MERCER, Chairman, of
Committee of arrangethents. febl3 1t
• ,Ornonom YOUNG Secretary,
Philadelphia, February Bth, 1882. .
afftertioriututo.
ARECENT .Gradiaate . of Yale College is desirous
of a actuation as a PRIVINE Wrote; in a Family
or otherwise, A young man intending to enter Yale
or any other College t will receive special attention for
a moderate noMpensation; 'Thelma references given
concerning capacity and character. Address or call
upon R. S.. DAVIS, No. 29 N. Tenth street, Phila
delphia:7 febl3 2t
Ingham trniversit, Leivy, N. Y.
QEC,OND Term commences on Wednesday, Febru
-0 ary sth, 1862; Prices 18w- $l5O a `year, inclu
ding board and tuition, few extras ; hi,gher English
branches,:with those strictly classical; Latin, Greek,
French, Antiquities, History, Chronology, and others,
regularly pursued.
is• ' .
Leroy accessible by Railroad from all points. It
is central, salubrious, retired, adapted, proved. Our.
Twenty-Eighth CoMmencement, Wednesday, 25th,
1862. Orator for Altonia and Concordia Societies,
Rev. Dr. Storrs,• of Ifrooklyn, N. Y.
.The Institution is the property of, and under the
care and oversight of the Synod of Genesee. Its
culty is' worthy - of confidence. In common with
others, we are affected in numbers by this miserable
rebellion' and its consequences I .Must our Daughters
be neglected? Oidinarily, no student received for a
period shorter than the re,lular Term of Twenty'
weeks. - -SAMUEL HANSON COXi
febl3 . , . Chancellor.
.)19... Synopsis sent by mail on request. .
'ler We would thank other papers to give this one
,or.two insertions. S. C.
SAmuzL Won . K- - - WILLIAM MCCOUCI4
KRAMER & R,um, PirrsisunG. . -
BANKING HOUSE OF
WORK, MeCOUCii & CO.
No. 36 'SOUTH THIRD STREET, 'PRILADELPIITA
DEALERS in uneurrent - Bank Notes and Coins.
Southern • and Western Funds bonght on the
most favorable ternis.
Bills of VA! schange on New. York,l3oston, Pittsbiirg,
Baltimore, Richmond, Cincinnati St. Louis etc
nth.", constantly for sale. • -
- Collections promptly made on all aceqssible points
in the United States and Caimans.
DepOsits received, payable on demand, and interest
I allowed as per agreement. - •
Stocks and,Loans bought and sold % on.commission,
and Business Paper negociated.
Refer to Philadelphia and Commercial Banks,
Philadelphia , I - Read, prexel. & Co., Winslow, Lather
& Co., New York i • and Citizens' and Ex.change
Banks, Fittsbnr.. , febl3 tf
Life Instranee and Trust Company.
O W °3l " P" t r n
S _
.„ BUILDINGS, t Southeast Cornerr of
aln dFourth Stres.
'Open . from 9, A. M., to 5, P. M.
Incorporated 1850 by the Legislature of Pennsyl-
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 depending on the issues of life.
Acting also as Executors, Trustees, and Guardians.
Policies of Life Insurance issued at the usual mu
tual 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
tllutual Price
SAYING FUND.
Interest at 5 per cent.= allowed for-everyday the De
posit remains, and paid•back on demand , •in gold and'
silver, and Checks furnished as in a Bank, for use of
Depositors.
Ibis Company has' First Mortgages, Real 'Estate,:
Ground Rents, and other first-class Investments; as
as 'well as, the Capital Stock, for the security, of deposi
tors in this old established Institution.
ALEXANDER WHILLDIN, President.
,_. SAMUEL WORK,. Vice-President.
C-Stlts,,Secretary:. , • ' .
5...Vi . 7 . 1.8915 . „ Treasurer.
ImAin OF TRUSTEE&
Alexander . - J. Edgar Thomson,'
Samuer,Work,. . Jonas Bowman, .
- John . C.•Fsrr, William J. Howard,
John Alkmen; R: H. Townsend, M. D•)
Samuel T. Bodine, George Nugent,
T. Esmonde Harper,, , Albert C. Roberts,
H. IL Eldridge,
J. F. Bird, M. D.,j. Newton Walker, M. D.
In attendance at the - Company's Office daily at one
o'clock, R. ' • feb'22ts.
PIANO FORTES.
iffessrs. LANE & cArRL,
the PHILADELPHIA COMPANY, in closing up their
kJ business, would call the attention of the , pUblic
to . their fine assortment of first class instruments,
which for beauty atone, and excellence of workman
ship, cannot he surpassed—and at prices to suit the
times. No. 11;22 North Sixth. street, second story.
'nov2l 3m
BLANK BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
XL A. BEES, ; . -
BI libok]ilantifaeturer, Stationer and .„
Printer
No. 418 Walnut street, (between-Fourth arid Fifth.)
(DAvm M. ROGAN Agent,)
for *mks Public: Offices Merchants and
others, 1, trY.LN.D to any given pattern, (with, or
witheiut •heading printed, )and 'Boum) in the best Man=
ner, both with regard to neatness and durability.; Or
ders for Annual and other'Repoits, Cerd4 Circulars,.
Bill Heads, and J,OB PRINTING of every description,
executed in the best style.at the shortest notice. Also,
Engraving and Lithographie'Printing. - ; •
A. general assortment of • American, French and
English Stationary, Cap, Letter and Note Papers,
Envelopes, etc. " Initials • stamped on paper and' enve
lopes.- Music and booka` rebound in any stAe of
binding. • - • . • octl2 3m
FULL WEIGHT, WITHOUT . PAPER
WILSON'S DANDELION COPPEE
,
IS the best and - cheapest Coffee that can be used, and
is entirely different - from any other Dandelion Cell
fee that has-yet- been , offered- to the public. Persons
who use it once will continue to use it, as, in addition
to its peculiarly rich add delicious flavor, one half the
quantity is sufficient . It is -prepared om a receipt
which the..propriptor used for years in England, ;with
a..tid,
great success, cart be procured, at WILSON',S Tea
Warehouse, No. 36 Chestitut'sfreet, or at every gro
cery and tea store in the 'United States or Canada.
N.l3.—TheDandelion Root used is imported, by the
proprietor from France; and, is , of the finest descrip'-
tioa. The',green andelioh Root for sale. , Cash. or
ders from the country-promptly Dandelion
promptly attended to. deel2
1117'0L - LOCK'S IMPROVED DANDELION COP-
E. Made from the best Java Coffee, is recom
mended by -Physicians as a superior, nutritious bever
age-for• General Debility,. Dyspepsia, and all Bilious
disorders. " • -
.Thousands who have been reluctantly compelled to
abandon the rise ,of Coffee, ;will use this without, inju
lions effects. One, can Contains the strength of two
,poundsof - ordinery coffee. For sale at, the ,corner'.Of
.Eloirrkaarr and SPRATCE, and all Druggists and Gni
, cerd, , and, by DrowrCo.,
No. , 232 North. S scum),
Street. Price 26 cents. - noVl4ly
AMERICAN
Monumental Marble Works.
CHARLES FINNEY,
Nora,
.Twelfth street, above Ridge avenue. Phila
MONUMENTS,,HEAD It, FOOT STONES, POSTS, &C.,
at the lowest cash prices
THOMAS H. McCOLLIN,
Plumber and Gas-Fitter,
8. E. CORNER ELEVENTH AND RACE STSi PHILIDELTDIJA
T_TAS constantly on hand, or furnishes to order, Hy
drants, Rains, Water-Wheels, Windmills, Lift
and Force. Pumps, Stationary Washstands, Hydrants,
Bushing Tubes Lead, Gast and Wrought Iron Pipes,
Sheet Lead, and all other articles in the trade. Port
able Gas and Water Works put up on the most ap
p_roved principles.
All work done on moderate terms, and warranted
to-give satisfaction.
Wona, or LEAD BURNING person
ally attended•to. . , jari3o
WEST END
Window Shade Curtain and Upholstery
Store,
No. 1408 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
TTPHOLSTERY in all its .branehes purity of ma
t) aerials and superiority of workmanship guaran
teed. HENRY PATTEN,
nov2B iy NO. 1408 Chestnut street.
HENRY C. BLAIR, "
P H MA C BAY' T t ST,
PRESCRIPTION AND 'FAMILY MEDICINE STORE,
S. W. -corner of Eighth and Walnut streets,
PIILLADELI'HIA.
(Established 1829.)
MHE 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.
II
deel2 . C. BLAIR
SILVER PLATING.
SAMUEL SMYTEI, N0.,1336 Chestnut Street, op
posite the U. S. Mint, Philadelphia.
EleetrO Silver Plater on Albata and Niciel. Silver
Metals, Britannia, Copper, Brass, Steel or Iron, where
all orders. for Plating will be promptly attended.to.
All Plating warranted to be done according to order.
Re-plating done for use of hotels and private families
warranted to give entire satisfaction. sep2o
R. NEWELL'S
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,_.
NO. 724 AROR STREET, PHILADELPHIA;
ONE of the lamest and most complete Galleries in;
'the United States, Where the best pictures known
to the Photographic art, at prices no higher-than are
paid for miserable ,caricatures. The proprietor, a
practical Photographer, attends personally every sit
ting--and allows . no picture to leave the gallery unless
it givei perfect'satisfaction. Daguerreotypes and Am
brotypes of absent or decerised friends, photographed
to any desired size, or taken on Canvass, life size, and
painted in Oil, by the best artists. At this Gallery
pictures 'dad be, 'taken in any weather—as perfect in
cloudy day's' as when the sun Shines. Persons visiting
the city, are respectfully invited to examine-our-spe
cimens, which for price and quality defy Competition.
109, , .: Instructions given in the art of Photography. — iDa
R. NEWELL ,
Gallery, of Art, No. 724 Arch street, Philadelphia.
COMMENDATION.
From Colonel James Page.
"Having occasion for, a portrait, i procured one
from Mr. Robert gewell, of the city of Philadelphia,
a miniature in oil colors, under the new process dis
covered by him and take great pleasure in expressing
the satisfadtion given me, not only by the accuracy of
the likeness, but its artistic finish in all respects, and
recommend himto the patronage of those disposed.to
encourage the beautifal art."—JAMES PAGE. [decl2
A. VANSANT,
MANUFACTURER Or
FRENCH CONFECTLOnsi
Has removed to 836 CHESTNUT street, below Ninth,
•nurr toe - orV - iiii --- ieritainotel.)
WHERE he invites, his customers, and, others who
love PURE and GOOD Confeetionary,-he using
nothing but loaf
_sugar, and having his drying room
heated with hot air, thereby avoiding altdast, ete.
Also, always on hand, fine GRAPES, SWEET ORANGES,
FIGS, RAISINS, ALMONDS, ETC. A fine assortment of
FANCY BOXES, FRENCH. GLACE FRUITS ' , Eq-c.
deel2 6m •
REMOVAL.
JAMES K. WEBB,
DEALER. IN
.Fine Teas, Coffees, and Choice Pauli
• Groceries:
Has removed to the,
S. E. corner of Eighth and Walnut strsds, Philo
delphia, a few doors from his former location, where
he will be'happy to see.his friends and customers.
. Goods carefully packed and for Warded to the coun
try,.
.
„ R.,. S. WALTON,
• .
FASKIONABLE HAT A11T.1) CAP„ STORE,
No, 1024 BIARKET,ST4EET,,
P.ItiLAtELPITIL
• Umbidlas always on hand. ” iactlo
YOUNG LADIES' INSTITuTE
WILMINGTON, DEL.,
'MEMBER limited to Thirty: Buildine new and
111 • well located. Accommodations desirable, and
Charges moderate. A few mere pupils can be receiv
ed." For information, addresS
THOS. M. CANN, Principal and: Prop'i.
Catalogues 'can - be had at the Music store of J. E.
Gould, No. 682 Chestnut street ; or, at the office of
the "American Presbyterian." dec26 ly,
OA. - S. D O TTE_R,
TIEALER in the eelbrated EAST FRANKLIN, Mem-
MOTH VEIN, LOCUST MOUNTAIN, HICKORY, AND
SPRING MOUNTAIN. [Lehigh] COAL, WHOLESALE AND
RETAIL, YARD -304 N. BROAD ST, lst above Vine,
West' ide, Philadelphia. feb6 6m
Superior French Confections,
Mannfctured by
AVGUSTUS TILLMESI
• No. 1302 Chestnut street, Plislaclelphia.
UT up.neatly, in 1,2, and 5 pound boxes, without
P
extra charge. Also, a large variety of Box BONS,
suitable, for Holiday presents. „A fine selection of
Fuutrs - and'GRAI.E'S constantly on hand. [decl9 Gm
A YOUNG LADY
PROPOSES to instinct' Children in the Elementary
branches, of an: English Education, either in a
class; In: at their own residence. Good references can
be given. Address Mrs. L. S., care.of BANNER or
THE Covractivr, Box '216 Philadelphia Postoffiee.
/AXE PRICE CLOTRING (604 Market Street) made
Ur in the latest stiles and best manner, expressly for
retail sales. The lowest selling price is marked inplain
figures on_ each article, and never varied from. All
goods medal's order ivarrented satisfactory, and at the
same rate as - ready-made. Our one price system is strictly
adhered to, as we believe this to be the only fair way of
dealing , is' ail are thereby treated alike.
JON SS & CO.,
- 604 Market st., Philadelphia.
g 3 1
TORTE—RECTE—CITEQUE.
rE oif FLETCHER,
ARTIST,
; No. WOOD STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
Historical,- Portrait and Landscape
Painter and Photographer,
PTIOTOGRAPHS IN OIL,
" Which. for Superiority of Execution and
Cheapness, defy Competition.
LOOK, AT THE PRICES, VIZ:
10 x ltinches, Orntd. Gilt Frame, complete, t 5 00
13 l5 " " " " " _lOOO
17 x-20 , :" " ii " " 15 00
20 x 24 Life size, rich Orn'd. Gilt Frame.
25 . X. 30. Li7eZe l!te' " " 2 0 5 ( Q o o'
29±36'• •It . ; 14 ' 1 - tr co CZ it 300Q'
LARGEi Sliis IN ,raoroniroN
~ Copies from . DAGUERREOTYPES, AmBROTYPES,
TOGRAPIIS and..OIL- PAINTINGS, 'RE . TRODECED AWE
SIZE .AND COLOED IN OIL.
- - VieWS Of Countrk Residences, Land r se'apes, Cattle,
Horses; ete.;ete., from nature. - • •
Dar EVERY .PICTURE WARRANTED. '1614
decl9 8m
JOSEPH BERNHARD ,
•
Bell and Brass Founder,
AND MANUFACTURER OF
MINERAL WATER APPARATUS,
nor2B No. 120 Nourn SIXTH STREET:, PIIIEdk.
BELLS for Churches, School Houses, Corporations,
Factories, Steamboats, etc. Chimes or peals of
any number of Bells, or in any Key of the Musical
scale, All bells warranted to he one-third superior to
the Cast-steel or Amalgam Bells, Bells of any weight
or tone," with any inscription or design, cast to order.
decl9 13,3,
A BOOK FOR SOLDIERS.
A NEW AND lIANDSONE EDITION OF TIIE
MARTYRS OF THE MUTINY
In Muslin, flush binding, Assorted Colors,
At 30 Cts., or four copies for $1 00.
Sent by Mail, post-paid, for Thirty Cents a copy, to
any direction indicated by the purchaser,
BY THE
Presbyterian Publication Coimnittee.
j 23 tf
"DARTS CLOAK. STORE, N. E. coiner of Eighth
1 and Walnut. The styles, quality, and prices can
not be surpassed by any establishment in the . city.
Ladies cannot fail being suited from our immense
stock. •
rPHOSE interesting CARD PHOTOGRAPHS are
_l_ made in great quantity, and of superior quality,
REIMER'S GALLERY,
Second street, above Green.
Delaware Military Academy at Wil
mington.
THE NEXT SESSION OF THIS INSTITUTE WILL
COMMENCE ON
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3d,
.1862
A LL the branches of a thorough English and Class
-11 ical education, the Infantry and Artillery Drill,
and other " - Elements of military art and Science,"
arc taught by experienced and competent instructors.
The moral training of cadets and their habits are care
fully attended to.
Students may enter at any time, and will be charged
only from the date of entrance.
]!or circulars, apply to
febe) 9 u
Sacram.ental
A Pure and
Unadulterated Article,
Especially suited for Communion Purposes.
For sale by STAHL & MILLER,
S. E. corner Tenth and Arch streets,
Philadelphia.
deenth ly
E. 0.. TROXPSON,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
N. E. CUR. SEVENTH AND
.W :ALEUT STREETS,
Philadelphia.
THE design of this establishitent is to meet the wants
. of Gentlemen accustomed to, or desirous of hav
ing Clothing made to order and measure.
Suitable selections can always be made
from large varieties of material on
hand for the purpose. Omar) ly
• -- NEW STORE.. •
No. 133 South Eleventh street, above Walnut. Di
c. W. CLARK,
ATENETIAN BLINDS and WINDOW SHADES - ,
V Cords, Tassels and Trimmings. Best quality work
at very low prices. Repairing promptly attended to,
Branch Store and Manufactory, Second street, above
Walnut. . Blinds for - Churchesi'Halls, and Libraries,
made in the most suVstantial manner: nov2l
ORIENTAL NOTE PAPER & ENVELOPES.
Just out new style Note Paper, colored border, with
Envelopes to match.
r Storekeepers supplied at the very lowest prices.
Orders by mail promptly attended to.
Handsome Show Cards put up with each lot, at
MAGEE'S,
316 Chestnut Street, above Third, corner of Hudson St.,
nearly opposite the St. Louis Hotel, late Pra.nkhn
House, Philadelphia.
READY MADE, 'OR MADE TO ORDER,
AT
No. 806 MARKET STREET,
• PHILADELPHIA.
Also, Gents' Furnishing Goods, and Flannel Shirts
in great variety. decl2
• E. H. ELDRIDGE,
Fashionable Clothier, '
[Formerly of Eighth and Chestnut streets,]
HAS taken the Store,
No. 628, MAR= smErr,
Where he is prepared to fUrnish his old friends and
Ready Made or Made to Order, in the Best Style,
As he buys and sells exclusively for Cash.. [decs ly
• CHEAP HAT STORE I
TEMPLE OF FASHI:ON!!
. i HITS AND TAPS
•
Cheap for - Cash,
. .
• . ,
• . 40 N. SIXTH STREET,
. .
2 :- •
.-, (Between Market +k Arch,)
.-„
• .Botain
Particular attention paid to bespoke Hats. [decl4. ly
OIL CLOTHS
FOR SALE BY THE MANUFACTURER, AT
No. 229 Arch Street, Philadelphia:
AND
No. 49 Cedar Street, NewTork.
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 to 6 yards wide.
The style and quality of these goods are not ex
celled. Will be sold to dealers at reasonable prices.
feb 26-1 y THOMAS POrTEß,'Manufacturer.
Carved and Ornainental 'lllarble Works,
No. 710 Green Street, above Seventh, Philadelphia.
Having erected specimens in almost every cemetery
I I throughout this State, and supplied orders from
nearly every State in the Union, 1 trust to receive
your influence and patronage for the above establish
ment,, ~I.also contract for Vaults, "Sarcorliagis, etc,
have many referencei throughout the Ur ion, which
can' be - .seen on 'application.
Chrved r Ornamental Statuary and Monumental
Work of every description. apl3-ly
JUST PUBLISHED.
wrill FOUR CUTS
CHARLES S. LUTHER,
No. 1334 Chestnut street,
Philadelphia
THEO. HYATT,
President D. M. A.
4.‘t.t764.
BUY , YOUR CLOTHING
the public in. general with
CLOTHING,
AT MODERATE PRICES,
MARBLE WORKS.
HENRY S. TARR,
MANDFACTiTRER OFD
,Aquariums
Fern Oases,'
Manufactured and foil
sale by -
William Perrin,
No.l.44N.Sixth street,
(Odd Fellows' Hall).