i , b 1 L.s .- 1 t-.) .:i.olqricart trtoligitiria4 -A N D GENESEE EVANGELIST, :1111i W. MEARS, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1862 11[E AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, WEEKLY RELIGIOUS AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER, IN THE INTEREST OE THE Constitutional Presbyterian Church, PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 1 AT No. 1331 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. TERMS—(in advance). mail, carriers, in the city, PRBMIIIMS, Am , klo.gyman procuring us two new subscriber` t :1, , pay in advance, is entitled to a third oft reevettr, free. . 1 „ v person procuring three new subscribers, with , e p a y in advance, can haye a fourth copy free, for For Five Dollars we will send two eopiee of the aprr ILnd a copy of the Quarterly Review, for one I,;tr, to new subscribers. • Any one procuring new subscribers is entitled to Fifty cents for each one secured and prepaid.' Nrlivipo NuttVanua. - Presbyterian. Items of Interest. --From the Presbyterian of filiq city, we clip a number of items, commencing ~it h part of an article on the proposed Assembly at lern phis : "The Assembly of the Presbyterian ureh, in the Confederate States, adjourned to vt in the city of Memphis,•Tennessee, on Thurs ,,y. the first day of May. This day is near at band, nd the United States forces are drawing near also Memphis. If the Assembly and- these forces maid meet there, we suggest that the godly Com ,dere Foote might be called upon to open the ses .oas of the Assembly with prayer,, and also might iliver a homily, much needed, upon the "Nature 1(1 the Benefits of Loyalty to the Constitution and The presence of his gunboats at the levee • Memphis would give emplussis and force to such lieourse from the Cromwellian captain." In the University of North Carolina, there are at I ,,ent one hundred and nine students. A few ors ago the number of students in this Institution 0. between tour and five hundred. A thousand dollard have been sent by the South -1» Committee of Missions, to two missionaries in oneetion with the Presbyterian Board, originally I Am the South. Pr. D. Magill, of the 0. S. ()hurl, in this city, e.:l afterwards in Boston, has gone to Ireland: He e.vently delivered a lecture in Belfast, on this coup ;ry, in which he said : " America has been a grand sham, and a hypocrisy, all through her history Since thy lievolution." . The Presbytery of Shelbyville, Ky., has sent as Commissioners to the Amimbly at Columbus,: per- Eons of opposite sentiments on the question of loy ally. 'flie Presbyteries of Elizabeth and Passaic, meet ing in different churches .of Elizabeth at the same time, last month, paid a joint 'visit to General Scott, who had just arrived' at his fainily mansion in that city, 1)r. Magie spoke for the Presbyteries, and paid among other thinp - ; a time wheel-tip tion was spreading on every side, and it was almost impossible to tell whom to trust, you, sir, constitu ted a rallying point, around which loyal hearts felt that they could safely gather. God has honored you as the instrument of unspeakable good to this beloved land." General Scott replied warmly,.and made this weighty remark : " God has been very kind to me, and If I have been of service to the country in any degree, he deserves the prairie. T fool my dependence on Him for bodily and mental - The Presbytery of West Lexington, Ky., have chosen Dr. Breekintidge, Commissioner to the Ge neral Assemby, and have under advisement a min ute condemning the transfer of the Hesbyterian ibTuid to Dr. Robinson, and proposing the - estab-, liAment of a new and loyal paper. The proprietors of the CumberlandPresbyktian Laying purchased the list of the St. Louis. Observer, hare engaged the services of Rev. A. - 8. - Miller, Prc:,ident of Waynesburg College, as o-nditor with Campbell, Jr., the former editor. The Presby- Icriun is now the only wedgy paper in the Church, except, it may be, one in the State of Texas. Army. Disloyal Clergymen in Newborn. A wri ter from Newborn, N. C., says that as soon as Gen. Po-ter was appointed military governor, he request e l the several pastors to open their respective churches on the ensuing Sabbath. The rector of the Episcopal church called. " General, I have re ceived your request to open my church," " Well, sir ?" "Ifit is opened, I shall officiate, but I can't pray for the President of the United States." "Who will you pray for, then ?" " The Presi dent of the Confederate. States." No you won't, sir. I will find a man who will pray for the Presi dent and preach also, " "Ishe an Episcopal cler gyman ?" "No ; Ibellsrve he is a Congregation- Mitt." " Then, sir, I protest against his entering my pulpit. Ido not recognize him as a clergyman i. he has never been ordained" "Well, sir, I recog nise him as such, and as you will not do your loyal duty and read the proper prayers of your Church, you cannot be permitted to officiate." "Sir, you are not our protectors, but our tyrants. So I have always thought." "There, my friend, that's enough. You have said sufficient to justify me in sending you to the Provost Marshal." That church was opened and loyal servioes observed there. Another Chaplain Killed.—Among the list of killed in Gen. MoCiernand's brigade at the despe rate battle of Pittsburg Landing occurs the name of Rev. Mr. Walters, of Quincy, chaplain of one of the Illinois regments." The person referred to hrrre is undoubtedly Rev. J. L, Walther, one of our (;,rrman travelling preachers, located in the vicinity Quincy,'and chaplain of the" 49th Illinob3 Regi n.fmt, which suffered severely in the engagement. the rebel side the only minister thus fitr report oi killed is Rev. Dabney Carr Harrison, son of the Roy. Peyton Harrison, D. D., of Virginia, who fell kr the taking of Fort Donelson. Foreign. Rev. Dr. Wiehern's "Rauhe Haus,' er re !il.ge and reformatory for neglected boys, with the I.sutherhood of Christian laborers under his amtrol, 1 a, recently been the object of a-most bitter attack l'oni an infidel source in Baden. The N. Evang. ipchotzeitung notices Dr. W+' B report for the past ear, and regards it as furnishing the best refutation ~f such attacks. From this it appears that 582 hildrcn had, up to that time, enjoyed the advan of Christian instruction in the ."House." In what better way," says the Kirchertzeitung, could a substitute for a home-life be provided for die=t abandoned children ths,n.by the very sensible rangct tient of placing them in companies of 12 or . 11 each in a separate family with their, own dwell ifig. their own & i c y 11 festivals and family feeling, their own family.patrons and oblicts of family ()lathy ? How various is the activity inthe house and the garden, in the fields and the workshops ,• and with what skill is it divided .and organizvn You behold the children dividing themselves in groups, according to the work Assigned them, and soon the greatest activity is apparent in every part of the spacious establishment, There are the shoe makers providing booth and shoes for 160 perms. Thereis carpentering and looksuiithing, tailor ing and spinning, baking and painting, plough ing and sowing, washing and cooking, all done as if it were a pleashre. Nor is instruction excluded from its_proper place, while time is also secured, for joyous sports, for frequent readings, especially from the lives of German heroes and the history of the country, for gymnastic exercises, for bathing and swimming. Quite a feature Of the House is the singing. The grand popular lyrica of Germany, - both spiritual and secular, ring from house to house, and from 'corner to earner of the garden, in the fa, glad choruses of the children: and amid all these' manifold forms of activity there breathes the spirit of Christian restraint aud"Chris tian affection. In the midst of tile children and their teachers stands the unseen,.yut inwardly per ceived form of the great, pitying, childrens' friend of Nazareth, whom all contemplate, and from whom all draw daily, new supplies of love and patience, that with unfeigned friendliness they may welcome each new ,ciimer froire the rank; of the abandoned ones without." _ Editor $2 00 per annum. 2 50 " But the great, and, as it is conceived, dangerous influence of Dr. Wichern, lies in the numbers of the brethren whom be ilea trained and sent forth on . similar errands of mercy to various parts of the world, and who are still bound by formal ties to the central establishment. In the last 16 years no fewer than 846 young men have made application to be 'admitted to the brotherhood, only 250 of whom were accepted. '370 in all haveheen sent forth in response to 787 requests. They are engaged in Houses of. Reform; Poor , Houses, ' Orphan Houses and the like, and though scattered over the world are embraced in a single organization, with Wich6rit at their head. To this fact 'of organization, the Kirchenzeitung maintains that they owe much of their strength and joyfulness in their self-denying labors. It declares that the practical.wisdom of the arrangement is worthy of admiration. "It is indis pensable to a successful contest with popery that we confront her with protestanthrotherhoods formed on an evangelical plan. Wichern deserves the thanks of the church for 'solving this question. The opponents of the Rough House' ought to , see that without such closely organized fraternities, guided by a single will, the Evangelical Church is utterly incapable of contending with the advancing compact masses of the Catholic fraternities. They have in vacled Protestant communities by orawds to engage in. these charitable services, and ,the Protestant Church in Germany, from one decade to another, finds itself driven back , from point to point by their superior numbers." Hence the need of such 'ar rangements as these of Wichern's. So argues the Kirchenzeitung. The result of these attacks has , been to awaken sympathy for the House in new quarters, and to secure important additional contri butions. Infidel Rule in -Geneva.—A wealthy aristocrat of ancient family in this city, a man of dissolute life and infidel principles, named James Flazy, got into power inlB4B, and has managed with, his associates to exert a controlling influence in the affairs of Ge neva ever since. He favored the Catholics, who, outside of the city, form one-third of the population of the State, and gainedltheir unanimous support ; they, with the worst part of, the Protestant popula tion,,aided by electionfranas and violence, ave for fifteen lears'given a majorityM for azy. 'Nearly every post in the administration was given to the Catholics, who boasted of being political masters of ‘ 1441411 " AM theolllProtesta. us were placed completely under the control of the State, several of them were dissolved ; the schools were placed in the hands of irreligious masters; many Protestant schools received Catholic masters ; aca demy and college professors were removed for not favoring Flan', and men taken from the ranks of open unbelief in France and Germany put in their place. A life of pleasure, disorder and Sabbath breaking has been encouraged. The character of a serious and moral man has Come to involve peienip tory exclusion from all public functions. Happily a reaction has taken place among the people, the evangelical ranks -have become consoli dated, and the attempt of Mazy to establish a gam bling houstiat tittle when Europe is turning against the vice, has resulted in his overthrow. His.friends are still in power and the gambling house still exists, but the movement begun, it is believed,iwill result in the moral emancipation of Geneva. The Elberfeld Revival.—lt will be remembered that Father King, of the Orphan House, was re moved from his office by the authorities of the town for the offence of encouraging the revival among the orphans, which they regarded as disorderly. A higher court confirmed this action, and declared Mr. King incapable of holding the office. A much more enlightened feelineprevails at Berlin, however, 'and the higher &nut there has reversed both-these deci sions. The Town Council of Elberfeld must now .either restore Mr. Mug to his post or compensate_ him for the loss._ Encouraging Pmts.-4n Paris we are constantly hearing of one and another frankly confessing - the power of grace. We hear also of reviving influence spreading in the provinces. The young men of the Christian Association at Dieu-le-Fit have seen a considerable number of their youthful friends find peace in the finished work of- the - Lord Jesus, this year. At Rion (Haute Loire), a thoroug_h re vival movement is taking place. At the end of the year„ 2 colportenr, M. Bonnie, was invited there - to supply a vacancy in the work of exhortation. God gave power to His owrt Word, and so many souls came hungering for the bread of life, that M. Felix Faure, from Montmeyran, the president of a work of evangelization, was called to help. - From•*oo, to 2000 persons came to hear the Wordof life ; the chapel was far too small; open-air meetings were necessarily held, and many devoted themselves to the Lord, having found peace through believing. This was too much for the adversary to endure, so he stirred up opposition. The two honored instru ments of revival were accused as disturbers of the peace, of vagabondage, etc., and both were arrested and imprisoned. After a confinement, one of nine days, and the other longer, they were let out on bail, The work goes' on nevertheless, and without a symptom of disorder.—News of the Churches. _ Mr. HamMo44.7—A correspondent of the Inde— pendent, writes from Plymouth, kassachusetts, as follows " Dear Brother Hammond is laboring here, and God's seal is upon his labors. There bad been feel ing, but no decided development, till we opened the courts of the Lord's house night after mght, _and he presented, to' the People, many of whum never be fore fre4juented the sanctuary, the eimple Gospel of Christ. Noir the Holy Spirit is moving upon the community, and striking cases of conversion have already occurred. An. aged' man of business rose last night, and said, For forty years I have tried to be saved without Christ, but now I have come to him alone.' We believe the work is just, begun. To the Kink of Zion be all the glory I Even the children are shouting hosanna to, his name; a score of them meeting for prayer and praise." rultrrtgs of union. The avoid* of New York says : "A very cheering indication of union is the news from St. Louis, that the second Baptist church in that city has voted to send, for the future, them:l=oy it gives to Foreign Missions, to . our Mis sionary Union at Boston. We cordially welcome Miscellaneous. IWr Vttobtt t ri an , and iltitott graltgellot this Southern church, hoping eventually to extend a similar greeting to -many other churches of the South." Dr. 311oAnally's paper, the St. Louis Chriatian Advocate, organ of the Southern Methodist Church, having persevered in its disloyal course after due warning, has been finally suppressed by the mili tary authorities, and Dr. McA. placed in surveil lance. Troy University is now fully claimed REP a Me tholfist - institution. Yet the Legislature of New York, according to the Methodist, "has appropriated $5OOO annually as present aid, and an earnest of better things hereafter. The New York Confer ence, at its recent session, nobly followed up this action by adopting the institution, and resolving to raise an endowraent for it; and a similar plan has since been adopted cordially and unanimously, as we learn, by the Vermont and Troy Conferences. The University is now in successful operation,under Professors Lewis, Emerson, Rood, Himes andEaer mann ; and we expect within a few weeks to chro nicle the election of a permanent President, who will command the universal confidence of the Church." Missionary Coiled Back by the Natives.— Rev Jared Scudder, of the Reformed- Dutch Mis sion, of Arcot district, being, detained in this coun try for want of funds, entered the service of his country as chaplain to the 59th Regiment N. Y. Volunteers, His people in India are so anxious for his return that they are contributing fandX with most extraordinary liberality. His brother Henry writes " Our little foverty-strieken native churches have been making a giant effort to raise the money for your passage, and they have done it with great rtheerfalness and promptness. I have never seen such a spirit in our 'churches -before. They love you and`wish'you to come back, and they have given a most substantial proof of their attachment to you. Think of a church like that of Vellore raising three hundred - rupees (one hundred'and fifty dollars) independent of what the missionaries 'gave. This is a fact wholly new in the Indian churches. I do not believe - there is another.instance like it. the Dutch Church showed one-quarter of the liber ality; we should not know what to do with 'super fluous lakhis of rupees.' ilt.totic .ftwo. Congress.—The Senate Committee on the inqui ry into the charges - of disloyalty against Mr. Stark, of Oregon, have made a report, finding those charges proven. A resolution passed the House last week, on mo tion of Mr. Morrill, (Vt.) that ;all officers fbund guilty of habitual intoxication be expelled from the army. The Confiscation Bill of the "ifecuse his been, laid - a u . 4 • 'n on the table, an a re,sol ton adopted, appoint' g a special committee to _take - into consideration the matter of confiscation W and •the. various bills which have been prepared in regard to it. The Senate has passed an important bill establishing diplomatic relations with Liberia and Hayti. The President is authorised by thin bill to appoint to each of these republics a,diplomatic representative of 'the United States, to bean accredited Cominis sioner and Consul-General, with an annual salary of four thousand dollars. 'The irrepressible Vallandigharn, on Thursday last, the 25th ult., rose in his seat, ana denounced Senator Wade as a " liar, a scoundrel, and a cow ard." Mr. Hutchins offered a - resolution setting forth the, offensive language , used by Senator Vallandig ham against SenatorWade chiracterising it as a violation of the ruleh, and aMTNWe the decorum of the House, and concluding by declaring that Cle ment.L. Vallindigha.ra is deserving of, and is here by censured by this House. On Friday, the 25th ult., the Senate ratified the Seward-Lyons treaty against the slave trade. The Inquirer states that by its provisions the slave trade is surrounded with so many perils that the nefarious operators must be driven from the business. The leading feature of the treaty is that vessels of war of both nations are allowed to search merchant vessels belonging to each other, within the limits of 200 miles: rom the coast of Africa, south of Cade de Verde, and within thirty leagues around the island of Cuba. Mixed tribunals are to be established at two ports on the coast of Africa for the trial of par ties engaged in the slave trade, both nations to be equally repre,sented, , Secrettuy Seward,'in speak ing of the ratification of the treaty, said he con sidered it the most important event of his life, be cause it puts an end to the slave trade forever. Senator Sumner, Chairman of the Committee of Foreign Relations, deserves much credit for the active part he has taken to effect the treaty. The resolution censuring Vallandigham, for his late slanderous attack upon Senator Wade; and of fered by representative Hutchins, of Ohio, cannot be entertained,, according to the decision of the, Speaker, because of informality in the mode, of pro cedure. Senator Cowan has introduced a new con fiscation_ bill. The Horrors of the. Pittsburg Battle.—The horrors of the Pittsburg battle field exceed any idea description can give. In company with Capt. JEwxnr Winoox, of the. Platte Valley, we yester day passed again over the grounds. The terrible stench 'from its putriTying bodies is daily becoming i more sickening,, so shallow being the graves that ' poisonous gases escape easily from the mass of cor rp.ption and settle down near the earth, seeming kith as those lately living to leave it. Mile after mile we met the same graveyard atmosphere, and occasionally a head peered from some rude mound, or a limb rigid' . and slightly corrupted, was thnrst into view. So great had been the task that the s tray •of 13 040 3 0 3 had wmetixr 1 ,6 s 119 P their, work l lightly, and while we werestanding by, a;inan tak ing a stick, knocked away an inch or two of soil, and exposed portions of a bloody uniform. Many of the 'graves showed plainly the hand of friendship, One, that of a chaplain, had a neat headboard, and' by it Jai the fatal grapesb.ot that had given tbe mound its tenant. Some slabs bad urns and weep ing willows •carved upon them. , Every hill and val ley bore tokens of the great battle, and a day's ride would still leave many places unvisited that • had witnessed that daring attack and stern resistance. Passing on among the camps, the tents may be seen torn and hundreds rendered 'useless by the balls. In some divisions so much is this the case that few are of any use now in stormy weather. 'When the Rebels held possession they plundered :with remar kable tact, and the Union officers and soldiers are minus most of their private effects. An incident somewhat curious occurred in Gen. "MOCLEIRIAND'S guarters. When the Rebels were driven back' on Monday, and he regained‘possession, on entering his tent, a figure in Rebel costume was sitting, in a chair, the:head resting on a table, as if its; owner was, dosing, very much in the style .that sleeping clerks do after a bard day's work. A slight shake to waken the apparent sleeper, and the body of a corpse fell upon the floor. Wounded in a man ner that must, have caused him excruciating, pain when lying down, he had crawled into the chair and died. Others were' dead upon cots. Near General Mcermuniasn's tent the Itebel leader SYDNEY Joassols fell. When found, his body and that of a Major were lying side by side, it evidently being the intention to carry them away. For ages to come, the battle field of 'Pittsburg, or, as BEAIIREGABD aptly terms it, Shiloh, will be a scene of melancholy interest. Five thousand died there, and other thousands Will go through life dis figured, or linger out - an existence upon Sick beds. Skirmish near Pittsbnrk Landing.—A recon noitring party, under Brigadier -General A. J. Sinith, left thatplace. April Nth, and attacked the enemy's pickets, one hundred and fifty strong l .who fled in great haste, leaving their knapsacks, blank ets, and everything else. The party then proceeded to Pea Ridge, Tennessee, where they found 3000 or 4000 rebels drawn up in line r of battle, who, at the first fire of our artillery, also decamped, leaving their teas, camp equipage, pri te, baggage, and even half , written letters aryl oth things indicating the completeness of' the surprieß. Enough tents were Z left to • accommodate a divkion. Everything was burned. We captured- twlve prisoners, none of whom expressed regret at beg taken. They say the people South are getting sic :of the war. Intelligence from Yoiktown says that the i t prepa f rations for arrrying out the plans of the Com reander-in-chief are beingritpidly pushed forward to completion. The rebel Ames are stated to num ber 100,000. ' The• Skirmish at Lee'ti ,Mills;recently was accompanied with serious lops to some of our Ver mont regiments that were engaged. The rebels lost nearly two - hundred killed and wounded. The firing of our, artillery was dinirable. it is thus described :—The practice of our artillery was per fect The energy of thefixi ng was indescribable. sThe roar was unceasing. cloud of smoke and dust rose from the crest of e ribel works, where, with not so much as an instant's cessation, the fif h simile eXploded, No troops:could face such a storm, and the endeavor of the en ray to plant a single volley into, Colonel Stough ' ts men must have cost them many lives. To our men it was a terrific ordeal, as well as their safety. ' The, shells of our artillery were aimed - direly over them, and the track of the fiery shelter cOhld not have exceeded ten'feet, and probably . wasaess than that distance above their heads. Ne' ' had artillery a more delicate or important missi _ . tt to perform—a double vt and diverse duty.; or so firifig as to avoid one and hit the other, both being ost in the same range The X errimae i s exP eted soon to Appear in company with some iron- , d steamers, which have been just finished at Norfolk. They will meet with a warm: reception. The, Richmond: Desziatch, thus speaks of .the damage done to the Merrimac by the firing of the Monitor.--`c In some places—front the heat and weight of the sh4t,- the plates were, welded together. 1:22 other. places later were broken, but not broken through, and the damage was repaired by taking off. the injured - plates and putting on others. Her proto, which was ma of cast iron, was broken when she ran into the Oyo erland, but she supplied t. herself with abetter one.. , , o,oloziel y.—Lk eirre - spondent of the New York World, writing froiti Woodstock, Va., gives the 'following sketch oflthe Confederate Colonel .Ashby.; .1 • " Ashby—no disciplined soldier, pursuing no re gular line of warfare, Nvhiell is a part, of a plan com prising different: brandies of service, infantry, ca valry and artillery—has displayed a skill and genius in the management of his men which have-made him, in the estimation of this division, 'no ordinary commander. He has.protected the retreat of Jack son most admirably, and while, at one time, our ad -mice was close upon him, he rode up the hill before them as quietly as any peaceful farmer;on a market day. He is a great horseinan, and always hag been and through these mountains and forests of the She nands.oah has ranged on horseback in the hunt nf the fox and deer, and has often distinguished himself in the tournament, which is , among the still cherished practices of the Virginians; and .I am told , that while riding at the top of his speed he.will throw his lance upon.the ground and seiri,it again in paising with the utmost dexterity. _ ...,Maltorse, too, is‘disul led like his master, to the accomplishment of the most wont e ea -. He will drop to the grolilidzin a flash, at the Wish of his rider, and rise . satin as suddenly, bound through the woods hie a deer, avoiding trees and branches, clearing every-obstacle, jumping fences or , ditches with perfect ease. All who know Colonel i Ashby say he is a man of modest, quiet demeanor ; a silent man,whe keeps his owncoun,sel, and is held in the most fabulous regard by his inferior officers and men. He is said to be 'a Christian and a man of eminent piety, as is also his General, the Stone. wall Jackson. I must frankly express the degree of respect I have been led to entertain for the charac ter of. his non -committal, dark, inscrutable. Colonel The .13ombardment)of =Fort. Jaekson.—llort, , Jackson, seventy miles i below New Orleans, and with Fort, St. Philip among its most important-de fences, was recently bombarded by the United Stai . cs fleet. The fire on our side was terrific, according to the confessions of the rebels theawlves. Since the above intelligence came to hand, news . . has been received through rebel sources of the pas sage of the fort by a United States gunboat and of the probable fall of. New Orleans.. We give the substance of the dospatches as they, appear in the secular papers. One iaient by General. - Wool from Fortress Monroe, under date of April 27, and is as follows : . 2b< the Hon. Behan M. Stanton, Secretary. of War :—A fugitive black, just arrived from Ports mouth, brings the Petersburg .rapiess of yesterday, which contains.the following despatch. "Monim, April 25.—The enemy passed Fort Jackson at 4 o'clock yesterdaymorning. When the news reached New Orleans the excitement was boundless..:Martial law was put in full force, and Imsinets was completely. suspended. Air the cotton and steamboats, excepting such as are necessity - to transport• coin, ammunition,- &c., were destroyed. "At one &clock to-day;-the telegraph operators bade us.good-bye, saying:that the enemy had aft peered bare the :'his is the last we knowre garding the fall We will send you 'the particulars as awn as they can - be -Thernegro bringing tte 3above reports that the rebels have two iron-chtd steamer's nearly Completed at Norfolk, and:that it isbelieved3hatthe Merrimac will be out to-morrow. TI:IA REPOT- COMMbiED. Ilzw)qTr'mmus 3{,ta.r.Arr.orNocir, April 27 I have just returned - from the camp opposite Fredericksburg. I was told that the . Richmond .Examiner, of the 26th, had been received in town, announcing as follows: , "New Orleans Taken—Great Dest r uction of Pro . perty, Cotton and Stearnboarts—EnouYk Steam boats Saved to Carry Away the Arnmanition:--- Great Oanstemation v ' of thernliabltants." Iswit.T McDovntra.,elliajor-Gendral. Evacuation of Corint4.—An engagement re cently took place between the _advance, guard 'of the U. S. and rebel armies. The rebels were_ repulsed, and an advance made to within six miles of Corinth. Deserters Beni' Beauregari's army report' that the rebel has evacuated the above place , and marched a considerable portion of his force to MeMphis, with the intention of'issiating in die de fence of that city. The second day's fighting at Pittsburg Lantling was more than - the " Charleston hero" had expected to encounter, and de'eming discretion the better part of Valet., he removed • to: what he ifoubtless deemed amore safe pcisitiori. Even liferaphie7 ever, we apprehend, will, in a few dais, be found by BeMiregard too warm to be a desirable plade of Gen. Banks' Command.—Ort Saturday last, 'Gen. Belau, with active and`persovering command, was at Harrisburg, within sixteen miles of the Re bel General JACKSON, who, with his entire force, was resting on the, east bank of the Shenamloalt. Xpuied Fotica. Philadelphia -Fourth Presbytery stands ad journed to meet in Presbyterian House, Monday, sth May, at 12 o'clock, M. T. J. SEXPEERD, myl it - Stated Clerk. "Unfermented Bread." niaLADELPEire, 4th Month Bd, 1862. To MESSRS. VAN RIPER & CAMP: • GENTLExxx--In my family the bakers' Bread has seldom been used, 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 may BEST BREAD 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. - Yon will please accept my sincere:thanks for giving to our citizens this moat perfect STAFF OF LIFE. In myopinion, your success is decidedly certain. Very Respectfully, SILAS S. BROOKS, M. D., Professor Practice of Medicine, in the Homceopa this Medical College of Pennsylvania. The PRESBYTERY OF Noßr MxssoURI will meet at LaGrange, on Friday, 31:ccy2,_at 7} P.M. W. W. WICEPPLE, aplo 4t Stated Clerk. The General Assembly or TER PRESBYTERIAN Citunort in the United States of America, will meet in the Second Presbyterian church, of the city of Cincinnati Ohio, Tkursday, 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 Assembly. The Committee - on Commissions will meet.in the lecture room of the church an the same day, at 9 o'clock, A.M. Enwin F. HAmmu, Stated Clerk. linisurr DARLING, aplo tf - Permanent Clerk. Commissioaers and Delegates to the GetNz- RAI. ASSEMBLY Or THE PRESBYTERIAN CRIIROR, to meet in. ancianati, May, 15th, are requested to send their names to the undersigned as soon as pm ticable, that they may be advised of the places as signed to them before, they leave home: Any who do not, send their names in season, will be provided for, on application to the committee of arrangement,s, at. the Lecture Room of the Second Presbyterian Church. J. r. OTARR; ' Chairman of Com: Cincinnati, April 1862. Important Facts. Constant Writing for six months done cheaper with our. Gold Pens,than with steel; therefore, it economy to use Gold 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 uniformity of writing is obtained only by the use of the Gold Pe: The Gold Pen ieialways ready and reliable while the Steel Pen must be often condemned and anew one selected ;therefore in the use of the Gold Pea there is sreat saving of: time. Gold is capable of receiving any degree.pf elasti city, so that the Gold Perris exactly adepTed to the hand of the writer ;:therefore, the 'nerves of the hand and arm 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 tatito. At Chattanooga; Tenn., Saturday, March 18th, 1862, AGirES CamEitoN, 'relict of Dr.` William Cameron, of Scotland, aged 74 years. atrettitemento. UARTER-CENTURY SER M O N.—Quarter , Century Sermon of Rev. Thanes Brainerd, D. D., in Old Pine street Church ; with the account of '--- , memeniiion„FegitivaL worn s et Hall. • - e .-g-Btvoivron-E, For sale at t e No. 1334 Chestnut street, _Philadelin The Union 13i1A6 Dictioary. A:. NEW Edition ofithis yit:inabte, and popultir Work :is now issue 4, oon,taming 690 mos, witk - Six Finely .Colored' lgaps, Six Plain do., and ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY ' • .Illustrative Wood-Cuts. ITiTC E-9 ETENTY-FIVE CENTS. Vublished' and for sale by the ' AMA_ RICAN SUNDAY-SCHOOL : UNION; No. 1122 Mesta - at street,' Philadelphia, myi St WOMD & CARY (stroc.vssoßs To LINCOLN, WOOD & NicaoLs,) CITY BONNET AND MILLINERY STORE, No. ,725 Chestnut street, Philadelphia.. • EVERY description= of Millinery work executed with neatness and despatch. Special attention paid to goods. for Misses' and Children's wear. ap24 AMERICAN Life Insurance and Trgst Company. COMPANY'S BUILDINGS; Southeast Cornet of Walnut and Fourth Streets. Authorized Capital, Paid up_Capital, Incorporated 1850, by the Legislature &Penna. 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. Policie,s of. Life Insurance issued at•the usual mu tual rates 'of other good companies--with profits to the assured--list Beinn January,' 1861, being 43 percent. - of all premiums received on mutual policies—at Joint. Stock rates, 20 per cent. less than above, or Total Abstinence rates 40 per cent, less than Mutual price. Also ,"a' NON-FORFEITURE PLAN, By which a . person pays for 5, 7 or 10, years only, when the. Policy is paid upfor LlFE,"and nothing more to pay; and. should he be unable, or wish to discontinue sooner, the Company will ussue a P.m UP POLICY, - in 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. Pram's ; for $400..00 $285 70. $200 ; 09 " 4 do " 800 00 671 40. 400 00 •" 6 db " ' '-- 857- 10 600 00 " 8 do - 44 '.....- - 800 00 .. .. ALATANDER IVILELLDfig t President: SAMITEL WORK, Vice-President. ' JOHN S. WILSON, Secretary. ' . - BOARD OF. TRUSTEES: Alexander Whilldin, J. Edgar Thomson, Hon. jas. Pollock, Ron. Joseph Allison, Albert C. Roberts, . Jonas , Bowman,: Samuel T. - Bodine, .H. H. Eldridge, George. Nugent, 'John Allunon, William .T. - Howard, Charles F. Heazlitt, -Samuel WorL MEhIOALEMIXINERS. J. F. Bird, X. D., J; Neyvton:Walke . r, M. D. in attendance et the Company: s Office daily 12 o'clock, _ feb 22tf. . S .- WALTON, FASHIONABLE HAT AND ca. STOBE, No. 1024 idARKET 'STREET, PHILADELPHIA.: - UmbieHad always on hand. - • octlo S. - DOTTER, TAEAT.,ERthe 'eelbrated EAST liltansx.rx, MAN .II—, MOTH VEIN, LOOUST MOUNTAIN HICKORY, AND SPRING . lifoutrrauf [Lehigh] Com',iiOLESALN AND ,YARp-804 N. BROAD S; Ist above Vine, West side, Philadelphia. feb6 6m THOSE interesting CARD PHOTOGRAPHS' are fir made in great 'quantity, and of superior quality, at AMMER'S GALLERY, Sant ly . Second street, above-Green. THE undersigned 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 FABRICS, and warranted to give satisfaction. The prices are marked in PLAIN FIGURES, on .each garmenti and in all' eases, uniformly low. TERMS - 'CASH, - EDWARD T. TAYLOR, For CHARLES STOKES, No. 824 Chestnut street, Phila. STEEL Composition BELLS, HENRY C. BLAIR, PHARMACEUTIST, PRESCRIPTION AND 'FAMILY MEDICINE STORE, 8. V. corner of Eighth and Walnut streets, PHILADELPHIA. (Established 1829.) TIME underiigned having resumed the entire control 1. of his.usiness, will be glad to see his old friends, and the imblic generally, and will endeavor to serve them with courtesy and fidelity. decl2. IL C. BLAIR. WINDOW SHA.DES' Damask, Lace, and Muslin Curtains. r_f_lLT Cornices, Bands, Gimps and Fringes. Spring, Hair, 'and'Nusk Mattrasses; Verandah Awnings, improved styles. Old .Furniture re-Upholstered and Varnished. Furniture Slips cut and made to fit. Carpets - cat, altered and laid, at. W. LIENRY PATTEN'S,'West End. Curtain and Upholstery Store, No. 1408 Chest nut. street. , raar6 tf. H. A. FREER, Nurseryman, Seedsman and. Florist, No. 827 CHESTNUT STREET, Philadelphia. Vegetable, Grass and Flower Seeds of the best quality. Fruit and Shade Trees, Evergreens, Grape Vines Strawberry Plants, Asparagus Roots, etc. " Dreer's Garden Calender for 1862," 'published for gratuitous distribution, will be forwa'rded .to all applicants, by enclosing a stamp to the above ad dress. - • feb27 8m GOOD WHOLESOME BREAD. yAN 4. CAMP having added very largely to their facilities for,the manufacture of UNFERMENTED AERATED. BREAD, are now,prepared to supply the demand promptly. The Bread is receiving the most favorable recom mendations from thehrost eminent Physicians and Chemists, and is proved to be ,more nutritious and mordivholeSonie than other Bread, and is invaluable in all eases of Dyspepsia. The process it •perfectly cleanly, and - is worthy the attention of the public, who are invited-to call at the Bakery, corner of Broad and Buttonwood streets, at any hour of the day'or night, and witness the method employed. Families will be regulary supplied at their houses leafingtheirliddregrat the Bakery;:or by handin l in_ their orders at any of our Agencies in the different parts of the city: • feb22 tf "THE BIBLE READER? THE "WORD METHOD" APPLIED TO THE HIS work is constructed upon thtprinciple T iar to many teachers as the' 44 WOR.D METHOD." 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 ONcE,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 competent know ledge of the art of reading can'be obtained by children or adults in a very few days sir weeks at most.. And the' ailvantage of it is specially obvious for ADULTS, who have neither-time nor patience to endure the te dious and, seemingly useless process , of alphabetical and monosyllable instruction which is usually adop ted. " Tilt, BIBLE READER" is published in a cheap form, for general use, at - 15 cents. The TKBLETS, Villa. are of use in teaching large classes, may be had in sheets' fore cents *CaCh; or on. cards for 17 cents SO — A Circular, explaining and illustrating' the principle, and containing the opinions of eminent teachers and philologists, will be forwarded upon post paid application. M. Samples of the Book and Tablets will also_ be furnished by mail to teachers—especially of MilSion and Adult Schools—who -will remit fifteen cents for payment of postage. • _ Publiahed and for sale by THE AMERICAN SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION No. 1122 Chestnut street, Philadelpfda,- and No. 699 Broadway, New . .York: $500,000 250,000 aplo 4t .The PreSbyterian Sabbath-School Visitor, , A MONTHLY 'PAPER; Prepared expressly;for use in Presbyterian • • - Sabbath Schools, PRESBYTERIAN -BOARD OF PIfBLIOATION. TT is printed on beautiful paper', and embellished in I. the highest style, of art, while the reading matter is entertaining and instructive in the greatest possible degree. Its terms are prepayment, ,For one copy one year, - - $0 26 " ten copies, to one address,- - 100 cc, fifty 7c rt 4 50 " one hundred copies to one address, - 800 There is nothing gained by paying 'postage through the Publishers in Pennsylvania.. The postage at the Office of_Delivery is Three cents each copy per annum, when paid in advance. POSTAGE PAID. Fifteen copies to one address, - Twenty-three copies to one address, Thirty Tt LI Forty- ." " " Fifty. Seventy-eve One hundred " As by law, the packages must at least weigh eight ounces, orders for less than fifteen copies cannot be, sent postage paid. • Packages arolelivered free of charge in New York,, Troy, Baltimore,. Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Wheeling Chicago, St. Louis, and Louisville. Orders should be sent to PETER WALKER, AGENT, No. 821 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. feb 2 3m CLOAKS, PALETOTS AND MANTELLAS,— Ladies in want of the above articles will find it to their advantage to visit the old established house of Mrs. HANBYBB N. Ninth street, below Arch. All the latest DavisP styles always on hand, at prices that astonish everybody. N. B. A large. assortment of 'Ladies Morning Wrappers always on hand, at the lowest market price. aplo 3m TTUSBAND'S CALCINED MAGNESIA is free JILL from unpleasant taste, and three times the strength of the common Calcined Magnesia. A World's Fair-MedaLand.four First Premium Sil ver Medals have been awarded it, as being the best in the market. For sale by the Druggists and country Storekeepers,' and by the manufacturer, THOMAS HUSBAND, N. corner Third , and Spruce; a 8 gm A"CARD. For Churches, Schools, Farms, Factories, etc., etc THESE Bells are made from an AELOY OF STEEL, by a new process tliat enables the propri etors to sell them at one-half the price of others, and at the same time to furnish a VERY stiFERIOR Bell. They are not liable to brenk, and are war ,' ranted. For particulars rela tive to Size, Keys, Hangings, Prices, and warranty, .send for a. Circular, to the Manufactu rers, BROWN & No. 20 Liberty street, jan2 New York. Just Published. BIBLE. VIVIOITT POSTAGE. I i tl., tt SCHOOL FOR PHYSICAL AND NEN TAI EDIIOATION, BOARDING AND DAY PUPILS. THIS School has two peculiar features,viz.: HEALTH, as aprimary object, and LisraucTioN by Lectures. Yount ladies only are received as boarders. The sphool is designed to give them as complete and finislied'au 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 SonAR; or address, WM. M.. COANELL, A.M., M.D.:,_,..Principal; 'Miss MARION A. &Locum, 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 SchoOlfor Boys. Both Schools have a PRIMARY DEPAnntrarr, in which pupils are received at a reduced price. In strumental Music, Latin, Greek, French, and German are taught by competent instructors. nov2l REFERENCES.—Rev. Alfred Nevin, D. D.; Rev. IL A... Boardman, D. D.; Rev. H. S. _Clarke, D. D.; Rev. Albert Barnes, D. D.- Rev. ,- .T.-11'.1 - ones, D.D.; Hon. Alexander Heniy ; Jon. Richard' 'tram.; Wm. H. Allen, L. L. D, Philadelphia, Pa.', A. H. Vinton, D. D., New York City. Rev. David McKinney, D. D., Pittsburg„Pa. • MARBLE WORKS. HENRY S. TARR, Carved and Ornamental. Marble Works, No. 710 Green Street, above Seventh, Philadelphia. Having erected specimens in almost every cemetery throughout this State Land supplied orders from nearly every State in the Union, trust to receive your influence and-patronage-for the above establish ment. I also contract ,for, Vaults, Sarcaphagis, etc. I have many references throughout the tuon, which can be seen on application:. Carved, Ornamental Statuary and Monumental work of every description, aplB-1-y THOMAS H. AteCOLLIN, Plumber. and Gas-Fitter, S. E. CORNER ELEVENTH AND RACE STS, PHILADELHHIA. tTAS constantly on hand, or furnishes to order, Hy .ll" 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.8.---CEiEmiciAL WORK, _or LEAD BURNING person ally attended 'to.. jan3o ly Monumental Marble Works. Arol th, Ticelfth street, above Ridge avenue. Phi/i7. MONUMENTS, HEAD A; FOOT STONES, POSTS, AC., at the lowest cash prices E. 11. ELDRIDGE, AGT., Fashionable Clothier, [Formerly of Eighth and Chestnut streets,] H AS taken the Store, No. 628 MARKET STREET, Where he is prepared to furnish his old friends and the public in general with CLOTHIIire, • Ready Made or Made to Order, in the Best age, AT MODERATE PRICES, As he buys and sells exclusively for Cash. [dees ly E. 0. THOIIPSON, MERCHANT -TAILOR, N. E. con. SnvEarrn Aso WALsta sruE re, .THg design-of this establishment Ist° 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. [jan3o ly NEW STORE. No. 138 South Eleventh street, above Walnut. • O.'W. `CLARK,.-- ITENETIAN BLINDS and WINDOW SHADES, v Cords, Tassels and Trimmings.- Best qUalityWork at very low prices: Repairing promptly attended to. Branch Store and Manufactury, Second street, above Walnut. Blinds for Churches, Hails, and Libraries, naade , in the most substantial manner. nov2l Superior French . Confections, Manufactured by • AUGUSTUS TILLMES, ./Vo. 1302 Cheitziut street, Plisladelphia. PUT up neatly, in 1,2, and 5 pound boxes, without extra charge. Also, a large Nariety of Box Bows, which cannot be excelled. A. fine selection of FRInTs and aIt:APE 'constantly on hand. (decl9 em The Cheapest and Best Hair Dye in the World. NEVER FADES OR WASHES OUT. TTPHAM'S Hair Dye, 38 cents a box, three boxes .k for $L The best in use. Try rt. Sold only UPHAM'S, No.. 408 Chestnut Street. feb2'73m The Only Periodi44 MIERICAN D A Y-S OH L UNION. " The Sunday-School World;;" / Monthly Religious Newspaper, 16 pages- quarto . , for Sunday-School Teachers,. Bible Classes, and all "who are or interested in the religious training of the Young. Ouly twenty-five Gents per. Annum. " The Child's . World," . A new, cheitp Illustrate d. paper for Children and Yoult, snplivi Monthly or Semi-Monthly. Of4Y. $0:00 per 100. copies, •Monthly ; and $l2 00 per 100 copies, Semi-Monthly„ Speoimen copies furnished gratuitously, on (post ptp.49 ,application to 1 144 1 04 AMERICAN SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION, No. 1122 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, or No. 599 Broadway, New York. tip 0 8t $ 2 0 8 00 4 00 6 00 6 00 9 00 11 00 ST. LOUIS Sunday-School Theologipal and Tract . • Depository. L W American, Sunday-School _Union-and Ameri .l. can Tract Spciety, each maintained for many years depositories of their respective publications in this city ; these are now united under the care of the subscriber, and he his idded thereto a select assort ment of the publications of the' farious evangelical denominations, with 'ose of private'Publishers, which are sold .at publishers prices. Catalouges and specimens of Sunday School papers sent on application. School IBooks and Stationery. Address W. IicINTYRE, No. 9 South Fifth Street, St; Louis Mo. aplo 4f THE POPULAR. Balmy. TVALELLR'S' COMPOUND, SYRUP fOF DOCK 4.1 is the most popular Medicine, because it is the best Conon' SYRUP, theipist Rlood Purifier, the most potent Invigorator, and the most soothing and speedy cure for pains — in ,the Inns and 4apitting: of blood. For sale - by the proprietor, P. Jtru.aus, No. 1525 Market St: and by all Durggists— Jan 23 tf WAR TIMES.—A reduction UP a:4Htmdred Per Ceit. Superior Colored Photographs for si. Anibrizitypes at all prices. REIMER'S PHOTOGRAPHIC ,GALLERY., ..jau2 , , . See.ond street; above Oren. NOW OPEN 'FOR ra.eruPAcTunEi OF CHARLES MIREY, Pbilndelphia PUBLISHED BY T}Y4, 139 dee 9 ly
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