1862. Ij'xxx N 1)- GENESEE EVANGELIST. JOHN W. 'MEARS, THURSDAY,.APRIL 24, 1862. THE, AJNERIOAN PRESBYTERIAN, A. WEEKLY RELIGIOUS AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER, IN THE INTEREST OP-THE Constitutional Presbyterian Church, PUTITJORED EVM4I` THURSDAY, AT , No. 1334 Chestnut St, Philadelphia. TEBMS—(ia advance). By mail, By carriers, in the city, PREMIUMI3, Any clergyman procuring, tis two new subseribere, with the pay in advance, le entitled to a third copy one years free Any p erson , procuring three new subscribers, with the inky advanes t 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 R(view, for one year, to new subscribers. Any one procuring now subscribers is entitled Jo Fifty cents for each one secured and prepaid. Nutritifeure. Presbyterian. , Presbyterian General Assemblies and Synods. Old School Presbyterian, Coiumbus, Ohio; May 15. 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Obaeraer. A Popular Minister.--A correspondent of the Lutheran Observer thus speaks of the Rev. Dr. Wadsworth, late pastor of the Arch street Presby terian church, of this city, who has accepted a call fiom Carley (*wish, San;Francisco. "We doubt, whether any minister hatreviz-eit— joyed the love of a people to a greater degree, than has Dr. Wadsworth that of the congregation from whom he is soon to separate. Irrespective of a munificent salary, they a few years ago, presented him with the misnumbered title deeds to a resi dence on Arch street, worth not far from twenty thousand dollars ; at 'another time a' five hundred dollar piano, and next with a carved sater-box, containing seven hundred and Afty d'orlesilr in half eagles i His salary in Francisco is to be seven thousand dollars, a house free of rent, and expenses thither all defrayed It does not often fall to the lot of a minister of the Gospel to share so largely in the carnal things of his parishioners." Princeton Theological Seminary.—The Semi centennial Anniversary of the Theological Seminary at Princeton, New Jersey, will be observed on Wed, nesday, April 30th. The order of exercises will be as follows :—A meeting of the Alumni will be held ht eleven o'clock, A. M., in the Oratory. Dinner will be provided at half-past one o'clock, P. M. A . discourse will be delivered by the Rev. Dr. Sprague, of Albany, in the First Presbyterian Church; at three o'clock, P. M. Trains arrive at Princeton Station from New: York at nine o'clock, A. M. and twelve M. ; from Philadelphia, at eight and fifteen past eleven- o'clock, A. M., and twelve o'clock, M. ; and leave, both ways. at six and eight o'clock, P. N. Those who may prefer to remain over night, are requested to apply immediately, on their arrival, to the committee of arrangements, (Professors Mof fat and C. W. Hodge,) when acconimodations will be provided. Rev. James M. Dickson, for the past. four years and a half pastor of a congregation in Brooklyn in connection with the Reformed Presbyterian. Church (0. S.) has resigned hie charge and united with the Third Presbytery of New York. One year ago Mr. Dickson asked diamission from his Presbytery, which, however, waiunimiinously refused on Pres bytery receiving an earnest remonstrance from his congregation. • , • A. New Xission. iohool:—The Reformed Pres byterian Church, Chicago, Rev. Robert Patterson pastor are about organizing a new Mission Sabbath School on Bremer Avenue, in the midst'of a large and neglected population, embracing as many as six nationalities, and among others, fifteen Polish fami lies. SUCCOSS to this new enterprise. Teaching the " Preedmen."—A colportenr of the American Tract Society, New York, thus describes his experience in imparting instruction to some of the freed men in - Washington : . Last Friday r called en' Commodore. Dahigren, who is in command of the Navy Yard, with a letter from Rev, Dr, John 0: Smith, (whose hospitality I have enjoyed since reaching the city,) requesting 'a pass to the Navy Yard, to teach and do good to the contrabands.' He gave me and my work the most cordial welcome, and referred me to Lient. Parker, who would aid me in Carrying out my wishes. He kindly offered to have the ! chapel lighted, and all the contrabands notified to meet me at 7i, P. M. I visited the women lit their.,rooms, and they ,ex- Pressed a strong desire-to meetineand learn to read. The men I was not able to see: At the appointed hour I found the contrabands assembled ,in the chapel, and Captain Morris with - them, who re mained and witnessed with ,great interest my ser vice with them to the close. I phased before them ` Lesson 1 ' of the tablet accompanying the ' Bible Reader,' which is as follows.: God earth dreated beginning and the God heaven in the beginning created heaven. " I than asked them if they would know the pic ture of a horse, dog or eat if they should see it, and they said yes, I then told diem thesowerb printed words, the words that they were, tisiag evetY day. I then pointed out the word 'Clod,' and they re $2 00 per annum. 2 80 Army. peated it after me several times. I then pointed out ' earth,' ' created,' ' and'`ete., and asked them if they looked like `God.' They at once said no. I then pointed.out the other word ' God,' and asked them what that was. ' They all said ' God.' I then said,.' are you sure? Look carefully.' They said, •It looks exactly like it.' - I said, ' Yes, that is the same ; it is the name of the God that made you, and you will always know it hereafter, as surely as you would know the niettire of a horse or cow.' " In this manner I proceeded with each word in the lesson, until they could name it as soon as I placed my pointer on it. The following line com pletes., the first lesson : 'ln the - beginning God oreatecl, the heaven and the earth.' I pointed out each word' in order, commencing with the last, , and went over it a few times in this way. I then said, ' This is the first verse in the Bible,. and you can read it.' I then pointed out each word in order, ,and they read, 'ln the beginning God created the heaven and-the. earth.' It would be difficult to say which was most excited and delighted, teachers or scholars. The ; whole , time occupied upon the lesson was little, if any, over half an hour." Books for, the Soldiers.—At the second annual ~ meeting of 'the Western Agency - of the Boston Tract Society,!•held lately in Chicago, it was stated that the receipts for the year were $6290 93 : ex penditures, $5950 57, - Earnest and interesting addresseg were made by Rev. Robert 'Patterson, Rev. W. W. Patton, followed Sy several clerical and lay members of the various ehttrehes. The agency has been largely operating in the army. Its report gave full details of the work there, and embraced- a large number of letters of thrilling interest, from chaplains and others in the army, who had been furnished with publications for gratuitous- distribu tion among the soldiers. Editor The admirable series of soldiers' books, tracts and periodicals prepared by the American Tract SoCiety, Boston, furnished the A.gency- with the material needed for its work; and that society which - has dis tributed nearly twenty million pages in the army, at the East and South, generously duplicated for the Western army the amount contributed to the Agency for this work. As a result, over two million pages of reading matter have been distributed in our Western army by the agency. These have gone into nearly one hundred regiment's from Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, lowa, MinnOota, Mis souri, Kansas, Nebr'a'ska and Kentucky'; also into the hospitals at. Chicago, Cairo,_ Springfield, St. Louis, Mound City, Paducah, Jefferson City and Ironton, and among the rebel prisoners at Canip Douglas and Spring-add. The Secretary has visited many of the camps and personally distributed these publications, which have always been received with eagerness. He has had the cordial co-operation of chaplains and.pious Men in the several regiments, and been furnished with abundant testimony to the, usefulness of this work, in the reformation of the vicious, the Con version of the impenitent, and the edification and comfort of cluistians. .I,wish that tPrayer was Written."—Oile of our 'visitors in the hospital_of the rebel prisoners at Chicago, found A man very sick and very much afraid that lie was about to die, who seemed con scious of an utter lack of preparation: He'wt' a stranger to the Bible, and yet felt the need of its comforting power. When urged by our Christian visitor to pray for pardon and peace, he said he Could not pray, he never did. The visitor then, in order to lead his.mind along - into .the light of Godies word, repeated to him a part of the .51st Psalm. When he paused, the sick min exclaimed, " 0, I wish that prayer was written I" As it is one of the most beautiful and appropriate prayera ever uttered by a sinner, we insert it as follows : " Have mercy upon me, 0 Glad, accord* i lening,...kindnesal_eccerding unto the multitude of thy tender mercies, blot out "my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my trans gressions : and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy;sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest„, and be clear when thou judgest. Behold I was shapen in iniquity ; and in sin did my mother conceive me- Behold thou desirest truth in the inward parts : and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. Purge', me with hyssop, and I shall be clean wash me, 'and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me to hear joy and gladness ; that the bones which thou hut broken may rejoice., Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Create in me a. cleait 11,04 W, ,o-9 : 0, and renew a, right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy , presence, and take not thy Holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvatian, and uphold me with thy free Spirit. Then will I teach transgressors, thy ways, and sinners shall be converted unto thee.' Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, 0 God, thou God of my salvation, and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. 0 Lord, open thou my lips, and my mouth shell show foi.tir thy praise. For thou desirest not sacrifice, else would I give, it ; thou delightest not in burnt-offering. The sacrifices of God are a - broken spirit ; a broken and a'contrite heart, 0 Ged, thou wilt not despise."—Ronte rfr sitar. The R . (14. Dr: Duff's College. : - -The Rev. J. D. Brown, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in a letter of January last, front Bengal, India, thus speaks of the college at that place, under - the super intendence of the Rev, Dr. Duff: "On Saturday lase, we visited Dr. DufFs Col lege. The old gentleman received us kindly, and showed us over the entire institution, in which there are nearly one thousand stUdeuts, frail' children up to manhood, :studying both - their own language and the English: TM higher, &Lags also take a tho rough claOcal- course:. Some of the,young gentle men are not only fine scholars, - but they are sincere Christians, orwhom we expect much influence in the cause 'of God. To hear those heathen children talk about Christ, made us forget the endearments of home, and rejoice that we were in India. From the top'of the building we looked down on the burn ing Ghat,, in which the natives bury_ their dead. Blue Smoke was Curling up over the top of the Ghat from the funeral pile of some poor heathen. iamaitta.—The present religious condition of the Island of JamaiCa is as follows: Baptists - . Wesleyan . . 50 31 23,500 Presbyterians . . 21 18 7, 000 London Missionary Society 13 j.. 1 2,000 Moraviam J 3 - 13 . 5,000 Wesleyan Ameciation . I 0 6 2,000 American Ccingregatipaalists 5 5 400 - _ Roman Catholics . -. 10 7 2,500 The Church of England has 1 bishop, three arch deacons, 22 reetors, 50 curates, and 10 assistant curates. Theo bws muSbev .. 5,000, and *ferardp - ia four syn agogues. Reviews by Dr. Cunningham. —A series of papers and reviews, by tho late. Dr. Cunningham, is about to be published, and will form a most valu able contribution to a sound, vigorous, and' truly Calvinistic theology. The firaivolume will be "The Reformers, and the Theology of the Reformation." In addition to this, a lay gentleuutn of the Free Church has given ten thousand dollars for the foun dation of a Cunningham Lectureship, and Dr.Cand lish has been nominated to "deliver the first course of-Lectures. • Intelligence' from Madagascar.—Very cheer ing intelligence comes from Madagascar. Vetters from the veteran missionary, William Ellis, state Miscellaneous. Churches. 'Preachers. Cong. . 00 30 30,000 ,Ailittx,if-4,4 : , •':...: Nmo.bg:tt e rtot .411 d ', ',tip tugg'.,e:t...,:.0F411:#4,.--P4-* that the number of native Christians has not been exaggerat,ed, but actually exceeds'the largest calcu lations. Those who were imprisoned for their Christianity are set free. They are eagerly looking on all sides .for- missionaries, teachers and Bibles. Six missionaries from the London SoCiety embarked for Madagascar at the end of March. totiv ftwo. The Recent Great Engagement at Pittsburg Landing very naturally continues to absorb the attention of the country. It was fought April 6th and 7th, and the report of Gen. Grant, the General in command, dated April 9th, did not make its appearance : until the 16th. He, sets dovrn our loss in killed at 1500, and 3500 wounded. The enemies loss in killed, and left on the field, he represents as greater than our own. He says the enemy suffered terribly in the retreat from demoralization and= de sertion. A newspaper authority says 2500 of our men besides, are missing. About 1000 unwounded Rebel prisoners were taken, and; about 1200 wounded. 2200 Rebels had been buried. Our troops retools an ,Monday,, all- , the batteries lost on Sunday,`' and captured twelve Pieces frem the Rebels.' The opening:of the battle on Sunday was a con i ! plete and disastrous surprise to our. troops, who 'do_ , not seem to bave been in any proper military manner upon their guard. The coMmencement of the action is thus described by the' correspondent.of the Cincinnati,Gazette "Almost at dawn, Sherman's pickets were driven in, a very little later Prentiss's were ; and the enemy were into the camps almost as. soon as were the pickets thernselvei. ."Here began scenes which, let us, hope, wilfhaVe no parallel in our remaining annals of the war. Many, particularly ampng our officers, were not yet out of bed. Others were dressing, others : washnlg, others Cooking', a feW eating'their breakfasts. 'Many guns were - unloaded, accoutrements lying pell-tiell, ammunition was ill-supplied—in short, the camps were completely surprised—disgracefully, might be added, unless some one can hereafter give some yet undiscovered reason to the contrary—and were taken at almost every possible disadvantage. "The first *lltLeries from the pickets rushing in, and the few scattering < shots ; that preceded their arrival, aroused the regiments to a sense of their peril, .an instant aftetwards, rattling volleys of musketry poured through the tents, while before there.was time for thought of preparation, there came rushing through the woods, with lines of battle sweepinethe - '*hole *fronts Oflb.ii Divisidn>•-cattips and bending dolmort either, flank, the fine, dashing; compact columns of the enemy. " Into thejnit-aroused camps thronged - the rebel regiments, firing sharp volleys as they, came, - and springing forward upon our laggards with the bayo net, for while their; artillery, already in position, was tossing shells to the further side of the encamp ments, scores, were shot down as they were running, without weapons, hatless, coatless, toward the river. The searching bullets found other poor Unfortunates in their teak and'-there,, all unheeding now, they still slumbered, Nyhile the unseen foe rushed on. Others,fell as, they were disentangling themselves from the flaps ;that ,formed the doors to their tents ; others as, they were buckling on their accoutre ments; others'as they werevainly trying to impress on the cruelly-exultant enemy 'their readiness to surrender. * "Officers were bayoneted in their beds, and left for dead,,,Who, through the whole two days' fearful struggle; lay there gasping in - their agony,_,and on Monday evening, were found in their gore, inside their tents, and still able to. ulg... , arei-e.ttre-ii-nrftd-Ilisasters that opmled - the rebel onset on the lines of Buoldand's brigade, in Sherman's divisiOn. Similar, though perhaps less terrible in some' of the details, was the fate of Prentiss's entire-front." Thus thrown into disorder, 'pressed by superior numbers, having no concerted Plan of action, and being coMposed, in some instances of troops that never before been under fire, we do not wonder that the divisions on our left and centre soon gave way. it- appears too that a column of the rebel army took of road 'from Corinth, and came upon 6ne these advance divisions—Gen. Sher man's—froni quite a different direction in the midst of the fight, , thus adding to, the confusion and •dis may. Gen. Prentiss, with three regiments, was .completely surrounded by three times their number and laid down their arms. - By ten o'cleek Sunday niorning, these three ad vance divisions were entirely routed, and.their camps occupied by the enemy. Two divisions—those of Hurlbut and Wallace—remained between the enemy rand the landing. The int:ter division was _that of General Smith, then sick, and his - command' had devolved for the time on General W. H. L. Wallace. These force's, with such, of the routed divisions as could be raßiedi now resisted the victorious enemy with cool and deliberate bravery. It was fortunate for us, Says the correspondent, that the accidental circumstance that Prentiss's per-' .tion of our line had been completely broken sooner than anY-of the rest, had caused the enemy's "onset to veer chiefly to our left. There we were tolerably safe; and at worst, if the rebels , drove . us to the river on the left, flank, the gun-boats could come into play. Our weakest point was the right, and to turning this the rebels do not seem to have paid so much attention on Sunday. The rebel onslaught sin these divisions was furious. Charge after charge was repelled, and our froops at times even gained a portion of their -lost ground. From ten o'clock to four, they successfully repulsed the enemy, and then-retired in good order under cover of >the gunboats; In this closing struggle, General Wallace - received a wound, believed to be mortal. All our camps # except , those of his-clivinion were eepupied by the enemy. " Our forces were now crow.ded in a seini-circle within, half a mile of the landing. The firing had ceased. . At this juncture the advance of Buell's army begauto be seem on:the opposite` . side of the river. The enemy renewed the attack, expecting to complete their work, but twenty-tie tier:4 field:and. Siege nffillery, with the enormous metal of the gunboats, which now for the first time could be brought to bear, held diem at bay duringthe waning hours of that memorable Sabbath evening. _ The correspondent thus - suns up the day's losses We have lost nearly all our camps and camp ettuipage. " We have lost nearly half our field artillery. We have lost a division General anittwo or three regiments of our soldiers as prisoneri.' YVAtivelost—lini dreadfully we are afraid to think—in killed and wounded. .The-hos pitals are fall to overflowing. A long ridge bl;'.nf is set apart for surgical uses.. It is covered with the maimed, the dead and dying. And..our men are discouraged by prolonged defeat. Nothing but the m ost energetic exertion on the part of the officers prevents them from becoming demoralized. Regi ments have lost their favorite field officers, compa nies-the captains whom they hafealways lookedlo, with that implicit faith the soldier learnsy to 'lead them to battle. " By nine o'clock all was hushed near the landing. The host of combatants that three hours before had been deep in the work of human destruction, had all sunk silently to the earth, ' the weary to sleep, the wounded to die.' The stars looked 'out upon the scene, and all breathed the natural calm and . quiet of a Sabbath evening. * * * " Haifa mile off lay a victorious enemy, command ed by the most dashing of their Generals, and one scarcely dared to ask himself the question, ghat to-morrow? ' We were defeated, our dead and dy ing were around us, days c o pid hardly sum up our' leases. - .AndSthen there came up the grand refrain of Whittier's----writte n after Manassas, I believe, but of that night, apparently far more apPlicable to this greater thas Manassas--` Under the cloud and through the sell.' ' Sons of the %lints who faced their Jordan flood, In fierce Aill4 ic's unretreatinglvave— Who by the IC Sea of their glorious blood , . t Reaohed„to, , 'Freedom that, your blood shall e save I' its ' ' 0 I countryo36nj ~Ood's day is-not yet done ! He leaveth AO:IAS people utterly I Count it a covenant, that He leads us on Beneath thec ud and through the crimson seal' " TII VICTOBT OF MONDAY. With three 'sions of fresh troops under Buell, including the i''_ ands of Generals Nelson, Crit tenden, MeCo and Lew Wallace, the army as immediately reo ganized, It was . foUnd that the shells sent by t gunboats during the night, had compelled they els to retire 'and yield half the ground they has gnified the day before. As early as 7 o'clock, Gs eral Lew Wallace on our right, had compelled retreat of a. rebel battery. On our oxtreme lel, here the daybefore we hadbeen l v so badlY beaten,l eneral Nelson, by dint of despe rate fighting, re vered the lost ground, drove beak the rebels in con ion, retook the captured camps and artillery, and ' 'oir some pieces from the enemy. The 'battle end' there at half-past two o'clock: Towards the cen e,' General Crittenden's division, (which included' - t e only Permulvania, regiment on the ground} cap ed, kik; and recaptured a rebel battery - of threeun 83' and finally drove the enemy" from our eamps.r. - Xllhus:the left was saved. Op` the! right centre, 14 ' ooknyith his soldiers from the armiof the - Po - ac, gained equal advantages with Tess loss of Xue '" McClernand and , Iluilliut also fought bravely. .th - the rediganitiedlmefi of-t,lfeir commands: On the extreme-right, General Lew Wallace, suppor .(1 by Sherman, succeeded in driv ing back the Ina s ' . column' of the enemy, composed of twenty regirri • ts =witli several batteries of artil leiy. , Sharpsho • ters first Crippled the batteries, and then ourinfan charged upon the stubborn but at last defeated foe.'; The fight lasted here until four o'clock; when t e day was ours = along the whole length of the fie ly contesteUines. ; .. v, it It is believed hatin the Siinday's 'fight the ene. myoutnumbered nearly two to one. Half-a64lozen of our regiment were utterly raw,'and the advance iiivisions were-rprised by - the bold onslaught of the enemy. On onday, with, about equal numbers, we were the vie '' . ,But thehoastingi with which sl it the first delusive ports of the battle wereattended; werewithout fo dation. .We beatthe enemy from our poiition Vili he had assatilted,'"with losses on both Sides, wine . seem on the whole to be about balanded. Tho." - As - a their best' General, A. S. Johnston, perha* throws . - the scale . in our favor. General Beau regard, 'on Tuesday morning, sent in a flag 'of _truce, +nesting permission to bury his dead, which is a,,concession of defeat. The .dead had.howeier, alriady.been buried. Later aavices place our army eight miles in advance of the former - position; and two ladles from the enemy. General Halle& is in co d. - ' - 14 Unconditien ' (Surrender of Fort Pulaski--= On the 11th, pre 'sly one year from the attack on Fort Sumter, Fo Pulasli, at the mouth of the Savannah river, withitsgurrison of 381 men, sur rendered; tor. ; our forces. .The Southern ~aeeount says: `,` The surrendswas-unemulitionat Seven large breaches were male in the South wallby the Fede ral battery of eight Parrott guns at King's. Lan ding. All the barbette guns on that side were die mounted, and also three of the casemate guns, leavin g but one . ginbearing on that, point. , Three bills entered the magazine, and, a clear _breach was made in it. The balls used were conical, and were through the walli afihearly every fire. Olmstead,' was in command, telegraphed the previous eve g that - no human being could stand upon the.rampartathr even a single moment, and that over on thoustaid large shells exploded within the fort." Other Movements.---General 0. M.. Mitchell, the former brilliant astronomical.lecturer, is gaining ,equal renown in his present career. „op. Saturday, the 12th, he sent out two expeditions on the cap tured railroad. from Huntsville, Alabama, 0% went east to Stevenson, the junction of the.Chatti- - nooga with the Memphis and Charleston railroads, at:which point they seized two, thousand pf the ene my who were retreating, without firing , a shot, and, captured five locomotives and- a large .amount. of rolling Stock. , The other expedition weßtwest, .and arrived at Decatur in, time ,to save the railroad bridge, which was in flames. . General M. now holds one hnndred-miles of the Memphis-and Charleston rafiroad j the great connecting link between the east .ern and. Westernjonrtions of the South. He an swered a telpgrOW:despatch addressed hyl3eaare gard to . ..reff•Davis I Cien.llatlceookniin Moved rapidly upon Mount Jackson on the llth, and prevented the deatrudion -of bridges . by. the enemy. Many prisoners, 2 loco motives and. some cars were taken. The progress of this General up the valley of the Shenandoah is a continual triumph. On the 17th, lie telegraphed to Secretary Stanton gs follows: . , • " Our troops occupy Newmarket to-night. _There has-been some= artillery,skirreishing, but no loss on our side. We have taken many prisoners." On the 18th, the - advance reached. Sparta, eight miles further: Jackson has retired from the valley iowardwGordonsville. , The Lower Miesissippi.—Rebel accounts say that our gunboats commenced the'. attack'upon Forts Pike and: Philip, fifty miles_ below New Or leans, 'on: the I.4th. A despatch dated Key West, April 9,' &WS .* that Gen. Arnold,'at Fort Pickens, la&receiveduuthentio information that ten, of the 'mortar *sick sofa th,ree .stecnneri, had successfully run the ortindet the forts on the Mississippi at nfoht,'lrithclut - "Ct'fhot being fired at them. .4 `'Siege of Yer,ttown.—Skirmishes of inaignift: cant charaCter, arising from attemptsof' either party to monfifguns, an- the Chief occurrent :s thus far. The rebels are ti Ng to build'irorka`oir didneeiter Point, on the North - side of York 'river, ' did- Corniillis in 178 4 1; but thus far 'with only - partial success on account of the interference of our gun- . Comxnodere Foote commenced. the tta.Va4ttae,k upon Fort Pillow, eighty miles above Memphis, on the 14th. General Pope's command occupied the Arkansas side of the river. • Items,--7The Select Committee to inquire into the slestructiot of property in the Norfolk Navy Yard, report reflecting „severely on both Adminis' - trations, and on officers Paulding,' Pendergrast and MeCauley.----The rebel, steamer Nashville arrived at Nassau, N. P. from Charleston, Alarek3o. _Her name is now T. L. Wragg.—Generai 'McDowell occupied Fredericksburg, on the Rappahannock, on the 18th. ''#:g*,44.1... - ...-.7fiii.t . ' . iic•.'o:.. „ , The Thirtieth_Annivereail of the Northern Liberties Bible Society will be held on Tuesday ev ening, April 29th, 1862, in the Fourth Baptist Church, eorner of Fifth and. Buttonwood , streets, commencing at 1-4 before Bight. Addresses will be delivered by Rev, T. Brainerd,' D. D., and others. Third Presbyter3r of Philadelphia— Stands adjourned to meet at the Presbytermn House, on Tuesday, April 29th, at 11 O'clock, A. M. J. a. BOIL R, Stated Clerk. ap24 lt The - PRESBiI'ERt OF NORTE{ Ahssounrwill meet, at 4Gyange on Aiday May 2,_at 7f P. Df W W. WraPiq.,E t apl.o 4t Stated Clerk. "Unfermented Bread." PHILADELPHIA 4th Month 8d 1862. To MESSRS. VAN RIPER & CAMP: GENTLEMEN-Li my family tile bakers' Bread has seldom been need, 'for we like. our• own better ; but since the introduction of your UNFERMENTED BREAD, we have steadily used it, not only with satisfaction but with delight, for we consider it the 'TUT BEST BREA.D`we ever'Saw or tasted. ' Your apparatus and process of manufacture, 'which I have carefully examined, is such as always to ensure, a most wholesome and cleanly article. You. will please accept my sincere thanks for giving to our citizens this most perfect STAFF or LIFE. In my opinion, your suceess•is decidedly . certain. Very Respectfully, SILAS S. BROOKS, M.-D., Professor Practice of Medicine in the Hdraceopa thic Medical College of Pennsylvania; . . , 'The General Asseinbly or we PnesnY .xnutal Cann= in the - United= States of America„will. meet in the Second Presbyterian. church, of the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, on Thursday, May :15th; 1862, at 11 o'clock. A.M., and be opened with a Sermon by the Rev. Jonathan'B. Condit., D.D., the Moderator of the last. General A saernbly. ' - The Committee .on Commissions will meet in,t,he lecture room of the church on the same day, at 9 o'clock, A.M. En*lN F. HALYI:64D, - ' Stated Clerk. HENnY DARLING, Permanent Clerk. apio tf. Commissioners and Delegates to the GENE RAL ASSEMBLY. OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,. to ineetin May 15t1i, - are requested to send their names to the undersigned as 80011 as prac ticable,• that they may lie advised .of the places as - signed to them before they leave home. Any who do not send their names. in season, will be preiided for, on apPlicatiOn toL the committee of arrangements, at the Lecture Room of the Second Presbyterian Church. Cincinnati, 1862„ 'lmportant Poets, = COnStant writing for' six months done cheaper with our Gold Pens than with steel ; therefore, it is economy to use Geld Pens. The Gold Pen. remains, unchanged by years of con tinued use, while .the Steel Pen is ever changing by corrosion and wear ;" therefore; perfect uniformityof wiiting is obtained only by the use ofthe Gold Pen: The Gold Pen is always. ready and,reliable, while the Steel Pen must be often condemned and a new one selected ; therefore ip the use of the . Gold Poi there is great, saving of' time.' ' Gold is capable of receiving any degree of elasti city, so:that the Gold Pen is exactly adapted to the hand of ,the. writer ; therefore, the nerves, of the hand and pm are, not injured, as is known to be the ease by the use of Steel Pens. See " The Pen is - mightier - than' the'Sword," in another-column. ~ .mar2o 6m airtrtiotztuto. - _W. OOD' & CARY; (SUCCESSORS TO •LINCOLE, WOOD & NICHOLS ' ) CITY' BONNET AND' MILLINERY STORE, _ No. 725 Chestnut street, Ailadelphia. EVERY:description of. Millinery Work, executed with neatness and despatch. Special attention paid to goods for Missea'and Children ' s wear: ap24 2ra Alt EIiIC AO Life Insurance And Trust Company. COMPANY'S BUILiIINGS, Southeast Corner of Walnut and' Fourth Streets. kuthorized Capital,' , - = • " $500,000 Paid up Capital, - - 250,000 Indorporatea 1850, by tbe Legislature of-Penna. Insures Lives during the natural life or for short . , ...Ales and .eniiiiwments, and makes .nontracts of all - kin.ds de endi. . •L. • • , Acting also as Etdeu inciiistees, an, uardiaus. Policies of Life Insurance issued at the usual mm bud rates of other good companies—with profits to the assured—laat.BoNus January, 1861 being 43 per cent. of allpremlurns received' on mutual policied—at Joint Stock rates; 20 per cent. 'less than above, or Total Abstittence , rates 40 per cent, less thay-lintual price. • NON-FORrEITITRE PLAN, By whieb.n . persottpaysTor 6; 7 or-IC years only, when the Policy is paid dp for, LIFE, and nothing more to pay;- and. should he be unable, or wish to discontinue sooner, 'the Company-will ussue a,PAin unPoracx,jn :proportion to the amount of premium paid, as fol lows : , , On a Policy of $lOOO, At 5 Year " .7 Year 10 Year after payment Rates. Rates.' Rates: of 2 An. Prem.'s, for $4OO OQ $285 . 70 I $2OO 90 " 4 - do *" I 800 00 *671'40 400 00 ".6 do " 867 10' 600:00' " 8 -, do I " 800'00 ALEXANDER WHILLDIN, President. SAMUEL WORX,Vice-President. Jens S. WILSON, Secretary. BOkRD OF TRUSTEES. :•;^•: Alexarider - Whilldin, - J. , Edgar Thomson, Hon. Jas. Pollock, :Hon. 'Joseph, . Albert C. Roberts, Jonas Bowman, Sauutel T. Bodine, H. ' H. Eldridge, George Nugent, John: Aikruan, William J. Howard, Charles F. Henzlitt, "Samuel Work. MEDICAL ExAmmisus. J. F. Bird, M. D. i '- J Newton Walker, M. D. la attendance at the Company's Office daily at 12 o'clock, M. "." feb 22tf. :} l (ifiodicals • PUBLISHED BY 'MB AMERICAN SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION. , "The Sund ay School • . . A Monthly Re lig ious Newspaper,. 16 pages,-• quarto, for Sunday-School Teachers, Bible Classes, Parents, and all :who are engaged or interested in the religious training of the Young. , - Duly,lwenty : five Cents per Animm. "The,Child's World," A new, cheap Illustrated paper for Children and Youth, supplied Monthly or SemvXonthly.. , - Only $6 00 per 100 copie s. " - Mora/4; and $l2 00 per 10(Y:copies, Send-Monthly. Specimen; copies. furnislied, giatititously, on• (post paid.),application to , • THE AMERICAN SUNDLY-SCHOL UNION, No. 1122 Chestnut. Street, Philadelphia, or No. 599 Broadway, New York.; aplo 8 t '''ST LOUIS Sunday-School, Theological and Tract Depositoryi mHE American Sunday-School Union and Ameri ..L. can Tract Society, each maintained 'for many years depciaitoriee of their, respective publications in this city these are now united under the care of the subscriber, and he has added thereto- select assort ment of the publications of the various evangelical denominations, , with those of private publishers,- which are sold at, publishers' ; prices. Catalouges and specimens of Sunday-School papers sent on application. School Books and Stationery, Address J. W. McINTYRE, No. 9 South Fifth Street, St, Louis Mo. apl.o 4t CLOAKS, PAT,ETOTS AND MA NtILLAS— Ladies in want of the above artieleawill find' it to their advantage to visit the old 'established house of Mrs. HENRY, iqo. 88 N. Ninth street, below Arch.- All the - latest Paris =styled alWays on `hand, at prices that astonish everybody. N. B. A large. assortment, of Ladies Morning Wrappers alarays on hand,. at th& loweit market price. - Itpl.oBm ,ITUSBAND'S CALCINED MAGNESIA, js, free fram unpleasant taste,, and three times the, strength of the common Calcined Magnesia. A World's Fair Medal and four First Premium Si lver Medals have been awarded it, as being the bestin the market. For sale by the Druggists and country Storekeepers, and by the manufacturer THOMAS HUSBAND, 'N. W corner Third.and Spruce. ap3 3m P. bTAltat, Chairman of Com. As by law, the packages must at least weigh eight ounces,, orders for lessthan fifteen copies cannot be ,sent postage paid. _ ' , Packages are delivered free of charge in New York, Troy, Baltimore,. Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Wheeli,ng - Chicago, St. Louis, awl Louisville. • - . Orders should- be sent to PETERWALKER AGENT, feb22 8m No. 821 Chestnut street,'Philadelphia. , = T HOSE interesting CAR]) PHOTOGRAPHS, are made in great:quantity, and of superior quality, REIMER'S GALLERY, , Second street, above Green. A `C A i TRHundersigned takes pleure in announcing to the patrons of the "American Presbyterian," and the public in general, that the • CLOTHING manufactured, either ready-made or special order, is from material of the VERY BEST FABRIC'S, and warranted to give aatisfaction.. The.prices are marked in PLAIN FIGURES, on, each and in all cases, uniformly low. TERMS. CA-SH, - EDWARD T. TAYLOR, For CHARLES STOKES, No. 824 Chestnut street, Phila. WAR TIMES.—A reduction of a Hundred Per 'I V • Cent. Superior Colored Photographs for $l. Ambrotypes at all ikrices: REIMER'S PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY, jan2 ly Second street, above Gran. • S T REM • For Churches, Schools; Farms;Tactories, etc., etc THESE Bells are made from an AELOY OF STEEL, by a new process that enables the propri etors to sell them at one-half the price of others,. and at. the same time to furnish a >venir SUPERIOR Bell. They are not liable to brenk, and are, war-, ranted: 'For particulars fele- Eve to Size, Keys, Hangings, Prices, and warranty, send for a. -Circular; to the Manufactu rers, BROWN - & WHITE, No. 20 Liberty street, jan2 New York. Coinpositiqn k'L. 8 , • TIRNRY C. BLAIR, P Ait MACE II T I,S,T , PRESCRIPTION . AND FAMILY . MEDICINE STORE, 'S. W. corner of. Eighth and. Walnut streets, PRILADELPRIA. (Established 1829.) om Undersigned having resumed Ate entire control T of his business, will be glad to see his old iriends, and the public generally, and will endeavor to serve them with courtesy and fidelity. decl2 - C: BLAIR WINDOW SHADEg', Damask, Lace, - and Muslin Curtains. ta,.I.LT Cornices, Bands, Gimps . and Fringes. Spring, Hair, and Husk Mattrasses;` Verandah Awnings, improved styles. Old Furniture re-Upholstered and Varnished. Furniture Slips cut and made to fit. Carpets cut, altered'and laid, at W. E HNRY PATTEN'S, West End Curtain and Upholstery Store; No. 1408 Chest nut street. . mar 6 tf H. A. DREER; Nurseryman, Seedsman and Florist, No. g 27 CHESTNUT STREET, Philadelphia. Vegetable, .Grass and Flower Seeds of the best q,u.ality. Fruit and. Shade Trees, Eyergreens, Grap6 Vines, ' Strawberry Plants, Asparagus Roots, ete. - T!' Dreer's Garden Calender for 18 2," published for gratuitous distribution, will be forwarded to all applicants, by enclosing a stamp to the above ad dress. - feb27 8m R. S. WALTON, FASHIONABLE RAT •AND CAP STORE, No. 1024 KUMET STREET, • PHILADELPHIA. "Umbrellas always on hand. ' Odd° GOOD WHOLESOME' BREAD. - aaa to their facilities for thO nianufacture W I 1* UNFERMENTED AERATED BREAD, are now prepared_to supply the demand promptly. The 13re.ad is receiving the most favorable recom mendations from the post eminent Physicians, And Chennits, arid is„-proved to, be more nutritious and more wholesome than other Bread, and is invaluable in all cases of Dyspepsia. The process is perfectly cleanly, and is worthy the attention of the public, who are invited to call at the BakerY, corner of Brbad and'Buttonweod streets, al any hour” of the day Or-night; and_witness- the method employed. Families will be regulary supplied at their louses by leavinglheir address at thdl3akery, or by handing -in•their orders at tiny of our Agencies in the different .parts of the city. • feb22- tf Just' PAblished. "THE BIBLE READER" THE "WORD METHOD" APPLTED TO TRR BIBLE. _ GETS work is coristructed npon the principle &roil ' many teachers as the " WORD Menton." 'Several' elementary books on this plan are in exten sive use in this country and in England. By it the Child or adult is introduced, AT oxoe,to the knowledge of words as signs of 'ideas, ,instead of acquiring, a .knowledge of letters as the elements of words._ . - In the proper use of this method, a eonwetent knowl ledge of the art of - readingvaWbe obtaindd by children or,adults in Amery few dalrq:or weeks at most,- And e 'the '.4diraniage of it is specially obvious for Am:airs, who have neither time nor patience to endure the te dious and seemingly useless process of alphabetical `and morniayllable instruction which is usually adop ted. "THE BIBLE READER" is published in aitheap form, for general use, at 15 cents. The TAnkirs, which arecf use in teaching large classes, may be had in sheets for 4 cents each, or ; on cards for 17 cents each., Str A Circular explaining and illustrating the principle, and containing the opinions of eminent teachers and philologiSts, will be forwarded upon post paid, application. lei. Samples of the Book and:Tablets will also' be furnished by mail to teachers--especially. of Mission and. Adult Schools—who will remit , fifteen cents for payment of postage. I l ublisbed and for sale by THE AMERICAN SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION, No; =1122 Chestnut' street, Philadelphia, and No. 599 Broadway, New York. ap 0 4 t The - Presbyterian Sabbath-School A MONTHLY PAPER, Prepared expressly for use in Presbyterian Si bath Schools - PRESBYTERIAN BOARD OF PUBLICATION. T.is printed on beautiful paper, and , embellished in I the highest style of art, while the reading matter isfentertaiinng and instructive in the greatest possible degree. Its terms are prepayMent, WITHOUT. POSTAGE. For ctlis one_ mppy, oneear, - - teii . eorns, to one address, LC fift y. 14 IS " one hundred copies to one-address, - 800 There,isillothing gained by paying postage through the Publishers in Pennsylvania. The postage at the Of ce of Delivery is Three cents' each copy per annum, *hen piiid . in advance. POSTAGE PAID. Fifteen copies to one address t - Twenty-three eopies to one address, Thirty I t (4 tC Forty iv Seventy-five " " " One hundred " " " jan2 y MMI $ 2 00 8-00 4 00 6 00 6:00 9 00 1 00 a •n sdnoot 44. ia - 000.441 - io tfrM' it' • . 4'W" - PHYSICAL AND i 2 TAT. EDUCATION, Now ono]. poi. BOARDING AND DAY PUPILS. 'THIS School has two peculiar features,iis.: Th u T 714 as a primary object,. and INSTRUCTION by Lectures. YounF ladies only are received as boarders. The school is designed to grVethem as complete and finislid an education as can be had in any Seminary or Female College. Pupils may commence. any time. Apply for terms, at the School, No. 1432 S. PENN SQUARE, or address, WM. M. CORNELL, A.M., M.D. Principal. Miss MAnion A. SLocum, late of the Female Semi nary at Harrisburg, Pa., is Assistant Principal. Dr. C. has also a`Department for Boys, in separate rooms, where they are fitted for Business, or College, or Military, or Naval Schools. Miss Clara F. Sher man, of Boston, is assistant - teacher in the School for Boys. Both Schools have .a *PRIMARY_DEPARTMENT, in which pupils are received at .a reduced. price. In strumental Music, Latin, Greek, French, and German are taught by competent instrueters. nov2l REiERENCES.—Rev. Alfred Nevin, D. D.; Rev. H. A. Boardman, D. D.; Rev. Hi S.- Clarke, D. D.; Rev. Albert Barnes, D. D. Rev. J. Janes, P.D.; Hon. Alexander Henry ; Hon. Richard Taus; Wm. H. Allen, Ti. Ti. D., Philadelphia, Pa. _ A. H. Vinton, D. D., New , York City. Rev. David McKinney, D. D., Pittsburg, Pa. MARBLE-- WORKS. HENRY S. -TARR, MAIMTACTITEER • Carve& and Ornamental Marble Works, No. 710 Green. Street, above Seventh Philadelphia. }laving erected specimens in almost every cemetery throughout this State and supplied orders from nearly every State in-the Union, I trust to receive your influence and for the above establish ment. I ago contract for Vaults, Sarcophagis, etc. I have many references throughout the Thum, which can be seen on application. ' Kir Carved, Ornamental Statuary and Monumental work of every description. aplB-ly THOMAS H. McCOLLIN, Plumber and Gas-Fitter, S. E. CORNER ELEVENTH AND RACE STS, PHILADELLERIA. HAS constantly on hand, or furnishes to order, Hy draulic Rams, Water-Wheels, Windmills, Lift and Force Pumps, Stationary Washstands, Hydrants, Bathing Tubs, Lead, .Cast 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 proved principles. All work done on moderate terms, and warranted to give satisfaCtion. • • N.B.—CHEMICAL WORK, or LEAs BURNING person ally attended to. jan3o ly Monumental Marble Works. CHARLES FINNEY, North Twelfth street, above Ridge avenue. Phaa. MONUMENTS, HEAD ct FOOT STONES, POSTS, LC., at the lowest each prices E. H. ELDRIDGE, AGT., Fashionable Clothier, [Formerly of Eighth and Chestnut streets,] HAS taken the Store, °N No. 628 11ARKET smErr, Where he is .prepared to furnish his old friends and .the public in general with CLOTHING, Ready Hack or Made to Order, in the Best Style, AT MODERATE PRICES, As he buys and sells exclusively for Cash. , [decs ly E. O. THOMPSON, MERCHANT TAILOR, N. E. con. SEvENTH Ann W.u.wrrr wrimrs, Philadelphia. THE design of this establishmarkt-iwttnisent the vents abrffeirtleirien — rteensfomed to, or desirous often:r ing Clothing made to, order and measure. . Suitable selections can always be made from large varieties of material on hand for the purpose. [jan3o ly ONE PRICE CLOTHING (604 Market Street) made in the latest styles and best manner, express!) , for retail sales. "The lowest selling price is marked in pain figures on each article, and never• varied from. All goods made to order warrented 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, as all are thereby' treated alike. TONES & 604 Market'at, Phii;delphia. sepl3 1y NEW STORE. . • , No. 133 South Eleventh street, above Walnut. TTENETIAN 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 Churches, Halls, and Libraries, made in the most substantial manner. nov2l Superior Fre,neh Co - nceetions, Manufactured by AUGUSTUS 'II.I4INRS : .2%. 1302 Chestnut street, Phdadelphia. I.TT up neatly, in 1,2 y and 5 peund boxes, without P aka charge. Also, &large variety of Box Boy; s, which. :cannot be excelled. A fine selection of FR iTPXS and GRAPES constantly on hand. [deelg 6in The Chea,post and Best Hair .Dye in the. World. - NEVER FADES Olt ,WASHES, OUT. TTPHAICS Hair Dye, 38 cents e.-box, three boxes lJ for $l. The, best in use. Try it. Sold only 17PHAM'S, No. 408 Chestnut Street. feb27 3m. REMOV A T, ZAKES B WEBB, nEL ERrx - Fine Teas, Coffees, and -.Choice. Faddly - Groberies. - Has removed to the S. E. cornerof Eighth and Walnut SkSetS, Phil • delphia, a - few doors from his former location, whore he will be happy to:se:e his-friends and customers. - Goods carefully packed ,and forwarded to the,eoun• BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE - - . y~l YCI BRITISH REVIEWS. T !SCOTT & CO., 11 - 7 Youa z continue to publish the follciwing British, Publications, . The London• Quarterly (Cor!sqrvative). The Edinburg Review (Whie The Eel* British Review (Free Church). Blackwood's Edinburgh . , Nagazbie (Tory). The, receipt of AdvanCe Blieets from. the 'British riblishers-gives additional value" to these Reprints, inasmuch as they eau now be placed in the hands of subscribers abeut as soon as the original. editions. . 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Re-plating done for use of InStels'and private families warranted to give entire satisfaction. sep2o 135 decl9 ly