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,EVANGELiSe:
JOHN W.;lklE44E . bi.i , ".'',* , ! 7:',*
TIIIIICBDAY, MAY
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Presbyterian.
, Remarkable Scruples in regard to Thanks
giving.-41At the late meeting of the Presbytery`of
Baltimore," says &correspondent of the Presbyterian,
Standard, " quite an interesting discussion grew
out of a tcdtnite found in the records of one of the
Sessions, in which the . Pastor and Moderator of one
of the Sessions had expressed and entered as his
opinion, that the appointment of a day of. Thanks
giving by the Governor of Maryland, on the 28th of
November, 1861, was in violation of the constant
doctrine of the New Testament, and our standards
on that subject
"A motion was made to approve the records,with
that exception, as an amendment to the report of the
Committee, approving of thein entire. To prevent
discussion, which might be exciting, 'and got rid of
the subject, one member moved the previous ques
tion, and by vote of yeas and nays,, the Presbytery
refused to amend the report, After a' good deal of
dismission, they finally approved the ,records with-
out exception, requirin:
brethren who do not bell;
Scriptural or according
against the vote, dr san.
scriptural and unpres , .
peace and quietness, w.
the subject without an
The Eleuthera Ass
the Presbyterian Chu
adjourned to meet i f
Thursday, the first da
Assembly at Augusta,
meeting, was interests
was the first Wedues.
which they met at Au !
to observe as an anniv
the third Wednesday
bodies were then in se
Pryor replied, that h
secessionist, that he
the same day with the
last the first Thursda
Bev. Z. L Hatab
St. Congregational c]
and accepted the un
Second Congregatio
ham, Massachuset
bered, was excom
church, in Union
advocating a more
Sabbath than the
IsVs Catechism al
The Unitarian
now belongs, is
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regarding it (like
as a time
mination to which Mr. hatch
iberal in its views of Sabbath;
ksgiving and Christmas days)
.ship, but also for
Exchange.
Atocial enjo;
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Beecher
Stowe were
lluntingtol
Sabbath of
that the am
who has wi
will now fn
to learn th
firmed in
Articles.—
Prison
phia have
itual good
to the nut
ed officers a circular
of solid religious re
cd, and 1400 voluui
on a like errand, to
May we not hope tl
North better men
removed,
Donations in
thankfully 'reed ,
member of the et.
age, - Esq., Treastu
Sunday School U ,
on behalf of the es
Visiting the
Christian Advocati
Chicago Prayer-Dig
mato who went'
Landing, the scene
marked that they i
die on any of the bi
without speaking to
which he was assig'
rently gono from at
told him the man e
by giving him semi
and learning his nal
" William, do you
"Am I ?" responded
you any message ti
" Tell them I die fru:
away again. lievivl
any other message.
in heaven."
While dressing the
soldier, the surgeon
the other end of the
Leaving the one he
hands, ho hurried to
who said, " Oh, I am
till I die; I cannot die
Jesus, who always wal'
of the shadow of deatl
know him, and now it
with him a few moment
by his side, who could
while if he had sent for
Editor
$2 00 per. annum
2 50 "
r.:. the weak consciences of
e that opinion to be either
0 our standards, to protest
tion what they hold as un
, . terian. For the sake of
perceive those brethren left
i protest or com Plaint."
The Assembly of
the Confederate States
MeTphis, Tennessee, on
May. The debate in the
the place and .time of the
The first day proposed
of December, the day on
ta, and which they wished
ry. A member proposed
ay, as other Presbyterian
w. To this the'Rev., Dr.
"so much of a rabid
not desire to txt sitting on
rehes of the North." At
May was fixed upon.
gational.
nearly pastor of the State
h, in Brooklyn, has.reeeived
r. ous call to the pulpit of the
(Unitarian) ,ehurch in Ring
r. Hatch, ' it may be remem
. boated from Dr. Cheever's
re, a year or two since, for
genial, and Christian•nee of
-tan doctrines and the ASSEIII
,—lt is said in the
tat Miss Catharine
Harriet Beecher
Anuel church; (Dr.
'hop Eastburn, on
is fair to suPpose
"strong-minded,"
doctrines of grace,
© pleasure to many
permanently con
-4' the Thirty-Nine
iitteo in Philadel
euient for the spir
. now in our hands,
, 1500 commission
brary of 300 new volumes
has already been forward
to proeeed, in a few days,
000 prisoners at Chicago.
ey will go hotne -from the
soma bitter prejudices
suitable books will.be
aPOliebY any
by W. Lyttleton Say
ofilwof the American
1 122 Chestnut street,
T. Y. Observer. •
-The North - . Wes fern
prooeedings of the
" One of the cam-
erers at Pittsburg
terrible conflict, re
lined not to.let a man
lhould be asaigned to
Is. On the boat to
found a man appa
a leg. The surgeon
3, but might revive
:e gave him some,
rade near by, said,
are going to die ? "
Yery faintly. "Have
3r and' sister?"
," and then sank
was asked If he had
them to meet me
another wouided} .
to mid a man at
le him at once.
the surgeon's
, sent for biw,
do not leave me
Don't you know
igh the valley'
no, sir, I do not
He re11 3 44,0.'t
gone, with toile
in the least,
luoh earneßtnA
ness as he did for man to•comfort and assist him, he
would have found 'an ea.v passage over the dark
stream of death.
A Talk with some Preednien.---A writer in the
Christian Chronicle, Philadelphia, speaking of the
arrival of a number of" contrabands" at the Union
Saloon, at the foot of Washington street, relates ~he
following interesting incident :
Entering into conversation with them, I inquired
if there were any Christians among them. "Yes."
AO . Baptists? "Yes, massa, I'se one," said a
stout man, and we shook hands cordially. I asked
an old woinan, looking more like an Egyptian Tanta
my than anything else, if she loved the Saviour.
" I does." Do you belong to any church ? " I
does." What kind? "Baptist,_ mama." I told
her I was a Baptist minister. "0 Lor bless ye;
gib nke your hand - 'gin," and rising half way up,
with such a shake, look and itrin, with eyes and
mouth open, she said, " Lor bless.ye, Lor bless ye.
Pse'so glad to see a dear minister - once more," tears
running down her withered cheeks. I said, How
old are you? " Don't know, tram was ploughing
when Cornwallis was taken ; saw soldiers running,
and women crying. Was,baptized by Mr. Baker,
at Berryville, Va. ; am a rail Virginny nigger ; have
had two husbands, arid twenty-one children;
youngest son by my.. side, has a wife and four
children in honduge." TThis woman, who seems to
be a specimennf mummy-like longevity, found no
where but among negroes, is farther stated to be 104
yeark - old. She' was, consequently, eighteen years
of age when the Declaration of Independence was
signed. The youngest son, above mentioned, is
said to be a fine-looking negro, and very-tender of
his mother; "In parting/' adds the narrator, "
said, I shall meet you. in heaven. 0 yea, bless de
Lor. All ob God's dear children born ob de Spirit.
We'll meet in hebben,; date sartin.' This : she said
with so much feeling, that many around wept." It
is pleasant to be, able , toltdd that this- interesting
group all found employment, and that is room
for more.—N. Y: Examiner. -
Missionary Items.
Devil Worship.—" I now state, and I wish it to
be ; heard in every corner of the Christian world,
that the devil is regularly, systematically, and cere
moniously worshipped by a large majority, of the in
habitants of the, island of 'Ceylon I . The demon
worship of the Greeks! and .11omans had good, as
well as ;bad" demons : but I have „never heard of a
benevolent being in the worship as practised in Cey
lon. They are all evil, exercising .a most wicked
and maJdelotts inftuence over the affairs of men ; and
on this account,, tie natives are afraid of them eon
• •
When the Portuguese had possesssion of the is
tind; tliey PrOhibiteil dein worship, and made it a
capital offence for any one to profess himself a devil
priest. The Dutch also enacted laws against it; but
still it exists, and. nothing but the gospel of Christ
can succeed in eradicating-its principles, and des
troying, its practice, "-Rev, Gough. •
.21adagitspat —The following facts are now '
clearly ascertained. . The number of native Chris
tians •in Madagascar has not been exaggerated in
the representations of.their friends, but actually ex
ceeds their: largest calculations: the suffering cap
tives were all set free, they returned to their homes,
and, under thet!.s4ces of the new government,, en
joy unresttiettePenrous liberty. The 'Christians
are importunately requesting the earliest visit of
Mr. Ellis at the capital, and through .him they en
treat the London Missionary Society to send mis
sionaries and teachers forthwith; with equal urgen
cy they, beg for BibleS and other, books, from which
they may acquire Scriptural and useful knowledge:
and in all these measures they have the sanction
and cordial concurrence of the new sovereign.
X. E. Missions in. Thdia.,---The India Mission
was commenced in 1856, under the superintendeuce
of the Rev. William Butler, D. D. That :gentle
man seems eminently adaPted for the important
office that he fills with so much credit to himself
and benefit to the mission. The statistics for the
year 1861 are as follows:
Missionaries • - - 17
Native preachers ""-. 12
School teachers - - 21
Communicants - - 93
Average Sabbath congregation 371 -
Sabbath scholars - 223
Native orphans, - - • - 102
.Schools - 18
Day scholars, male - - 371.
Day Scholars, female - 80
Baptisms during the year 7 1 ,, 57
Chapels - - - 10
School-houses - - 7
—Him. Advocate.
A Convert in Siam—The Home and Foreign
Record of the Presbyterian Church, relates the fol.,
lowing
About the first of July, a very intelligent man,
named Kon (Kawn,) from a- neighboring village,
visited the mission, professing to be, a Christian,
and desiring to place his son, who acCompanied him
under regular religious instruction. A longer ac
quaintance has confirmed the sincerity of his pro
fession, and the hopes which were then awakened
on his behalf. The following particulars have been
learned in reference to him : He was the son of
respectable parents; had been a prtpil in a temple,
when a boy, and afterwards a priest. He was wild
and depraved in his youth. About twelve years
ago his father -received a,book from a missionary,
which he gave to his son. It seems to have made
no particular impression on the father's mind, ex
cept that it was correct Siamese. It was that por
tion of Old Testament history which contains
the life of Moses, and the giving of the law. The
reading of it produced in his mind a deep convie
tion of, the folly of idolatry,, and the truth of relig
ion. From that time he began to search for books,
and some one to converse with ; but living in an ont
country; village, it was so thathe did not visit. Bang,
kok bUt once afterwards, and failed to have an in
terview with one then. Some time after this he
got from it neighbor, who did - not value it, 'a 'copy
of the Gospel of Jein, and subsequently the Acts
of the Apostles and' some tracts. . All of these he
had studied, until he can repeat chapter after chap
ter from memory. Nor does it appear to be a mere
theoretical knowledge. He loves the truth, and the
truth has made him free., He has studied it with
earnest prayer for guidance and light, and has been,
we believe, savingly taught of God. For the last
four years he believes he has been a Christian,
though - very much needing some one with whoni to
converse, „and give him, further. instruction.. His
joy at fintittig the missionaries was intense, and hp
has listened with eagerness to all their instructions.
He has walked five miles nearly every Sabbath
since, to attend worship, and has given every evi
dettenof his love to;the Saviour and his cause. He
feels a deep interest in'the conversion of his own
family and countrymen, and. has already, engaged
with mach earnestness in the distribution of books,
and bids fair to be an invaluable assistant in the
work. `,
Vower of" 'Prayer. —During a"missionary
journey performed by one of,the missionaries of the
English General Baptist Diissionary Society, in the
vicinity of Orissa, a number of questions were, pro
posed by the heathen in reference to the person and
work of Christ, the, plan of salvation and a future
state. After repeated expressions of satisfaction
and delight, a grey-headed old man, with a bright
open countenance said, There is one question .1_
should like to be auswered--Tell us how ;we are to
worship the.nseen God ? " Dauludsr with admir
able tact and dearness apswered the inquiry. Turn,
jug to the man Ini,said; Brother,'God can bewor-
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shipped in every clime and country, in every time
and place—God is here." And with a propriety
we can never forget, he said, "Let us worship Him
now." And, without a moment's pause or hesita
tion, our native teacher fell upon his knees, and of
fered one of the most simple, yet sublime and touch
ing prayers we have ever heard. Oh how he plea
ded with God for the salvation of his countrymen !
A very marked , effect had 'been produced by our
songs and addresses; but it is utterly impossible to
describe the effect of this prayer ; the heathen were
completely awe-stricken ; all were silent as death.
Such a scene I had never witnessed, and on rising
from our knees all were ready to exclaim, " Surely
God is in thii place." The room we occupied had
been built for heathen revelry, but that night it was
converted into a house of prayer; instead of de
bauched songs, the praises of him who gave his life
for the . world were sung; and where Satan once
reigned supreme, we found a very Bethel in our
souls.—Rcp. of. G. B. S.
etvo.
The Capture of New Orleans.--PRELuitrNARy
MOVEMENTS, —This greatest event of the war, de
cisive, doubtless, of its result, took place on Thurs
day, the 24th of April. Details of `the preliminary
movements of our navy had already_ reached us,
through enir own sources, but the startling announce
ment of the fact, coming from the rebels, on the
28th of the month, seemed too ruoinpntous and too
good to be trim. ;
Flag officer .Farragut's fleet in the Mississippi
includes Porter's mortar fleet of twenty-one schoon
ers, each.carrying a heavy mortar and two thirty
two pound guns the schooner Kittatinny, of nine
guns; fourteen gunboats, of four, five and six guns
each; the steam sloop Iroquis, of nine guns : the
steam sloop Oneida, of eleven guns ; the steam slobp
Pensacola, of twenty-four guns; the steam, sloop
Varnna, of ten guns; the steam sloop Mississippi,
of sixteen guns; the steam sloop Richmond, of
twenty-eight guns; the steam sloop Brooklyn, of
twenty-six .guns, and the flag ship Hartford, of
twenty-six guns=—in all forty 7 Six sail, carrying two
hundred and eighty-six guns and twenty-one mor
tars. The United States Gazette says that sof our
ships were plated, and further protected by chain
cables spiked on their hulls.
Besides this, General Butler had a large division
of soldiers under his command, which for some time
has been conveniently situated, for co-operating
with the River Expedition by the Gulf and Take
approaches to New Orleans; on the east.
To oppose this force the rebels had op the river
about a dozen steamers, and perhaps half as many
on the Lakes, some carrying as high as eight gnus,
but the most of them four or five. They also speak
of two iron-clad vessels, the Mississippi and the
Louisiana, carrying 20 sixty-eight.pounders each,
which were expected to equal the. Merrimac irrtheir
performances. 'The Bain Manaisas was believed to
be on the stocks. In the line of fortifteations, the
chief were Ports Jackson and St. Philip, some
seventy miles below the city, on opposite sides of.the
river, mounting, according to the rebel account,
170 rifled sixty-three pounders, received from Eng
land, and manned by 3000 men. Between New,
Orleans and the forts they claimed to have an al-
Most continuous succession of earthworks. Chains
were stretched across the river in range of the pis
of the forts, and even a dam is said to , have been
built just above the two forts named, Guarding
the, entrance to Lake Pontchartrain they had Forts
Macomb and Pike, two towers, and a battery; erect
ed by the United States Gotemment, besides; such
other defences as they have thrown up since.. 'West
of the river there were also some defences, but our
forF , es doloa.R.P.ear to kava.atkiciikted .•an advance
in'thaesinarier
•
Advices from the river up to April 12th, were,
received on the 26th, at Fortress Monroe. Recormois
saticei had been made some 'distance above the head
of the passes as early as the 12th . "of March. On
the 13th Ihe flag-ship Hartford, in company with
the Brooklyn, crossed the bar at the entrance of the
river, and commenced preparing for action. On
the 20th the mortar fleet came up to the head of
the passes: On the 28th a reconnoissance was
made to-within range of the guns of the forts by the.
gunboat Kennebec, when sixty shots were fired,
with no other effect than to reveal the calibre of
their guns. On the 4th and sth of April the rebel
flotilla were pursued until within range. of the guns
of their forts; they refused to give battle to our
fleet, in whole or in part. Meanwhile our large
vessels were, with difficulty, getting over the bar at
the n4uth' of the river, the Pensacola and Colorado
being especially deep in the :water. Part of the
armament of the latter vessel had to be. removed.
On the 9th a much needed'supply of coal arrived.
The following beautiful incident is noted hi the
correspondence of the Herald for that 'day :—" A
very large white eagle has been floating over our
heads all day long, and its presence is, hailed as a
good omen. Ido not know when I have seen such
a sight. When first discovered he was right over
our masthead, and just visible ; slowly and grace
fully he descended until within, say`Boo yards, when
sailing 'off southward for a moment, he suddenly
darted upwards andlowards the centre of the sun.
Thus he sailed and winged until dusk, when he was
lost to our view."
The attack on the forts commenced, according to
the New Orleans Pkayung, on the 13th—the Sab
bath we are sorry to say—though, as described in
that journal, it was designed in all probability,'
merely as experimentai On Wednesday, the 23d,
a despatch was sent from New Orleans stating that
a heavy and continued bombardment of the farts
had been going on all night, and .that one thousand
shells had fallen in Fort 3:ackson that most of their
barbette guns had several times been dismounted,
but that they were still in working order; and the
garrison, cheerful and confident, were making -re
pairs as best they could. Other official papers of
the same date Speak of the.bombardment as terrific.
One of our gunboats is first reported as having
ascended beyond the forts, which the rebels make
light of, saying they have other slefences which they
rely upon.
In Richmond, on the 26th, it was said that affairs
were "critical at New Orleans at this time. On
Thursday, according to intelligence received here,
two of the enemy's gunboats passed Fort. Jackson,
and commenced to make cautious. observations in
the river above. The Same information stated that
the Louisiana, the iron-clad battery, was in position
to resist them.
" yesterday there were reports that an a;ddi
tional number of the enemy's vessels had run by the
forts. Telegraphic intercourse with the city of New
Orleans was very difficult, on account, it was stated,
of the excitement pre - vailing there, which had
caused a general interruption of business."
This was only the rebel way of breaking the fear
ful news of the actual fall of New Orleans into our
hands. On Thursday, the 24th, at 4 o'clock in the
morning, our whole fleet passed the forts, engaged
and routed the enemy's navy, in a desperate con
flict, and appeared at I o'clock in the day before
the city, demanding its surrender. This - Was refused,.
and the rebel flag left flying, but General Lovell,
with the forces designed for the defence of the, city,
evacuated, and retired by the Jackson railroad to
Tangipahoa, 78 miles from the city. From that
place, three days afterwards, .he telegraphed to
Richmond that the bombarded forts which our ves
sels had passed were still in the hands of the rebels,
and in good condition, and that the Mcßae and
Loufsiana, vessels, were safe. The other iren-clad,
Mississippi, is said to have been burned to pre
vent capture.
Ciii the Lake tide of the city the panic was so
great, that the day after its fall, the forts on Pont
chartrain were evacuated, and all the gunboats
burned, so that a clear passage was made for Gen.
Butler's advance from,Ship Island.
On Saturday, April 26th, flag officer Farragut,
from the United. State s. ship %Hartford, demanded
the surrender of tie city, the removal of the rebel
flags, and hoisting of lila of the Union, and the
protection of the Union 'Citizens He sayS: 7 -- ; `‘ I
shall speedily and - sevetrely punish any person or
persons who shall con:mit suoh outrages as were
, ,
witnessed yesterday, by armed amen firing upon,
helpless women and_ children for giving expression
to their pleasure at, witnessing the old fiag.",
,
The Mayor replids in. the loftiest style of - sham
patriotism, impotent, indignation and Southern bom
bast. He ,says, to surrender .the city were an idle
and wimeaning ceremony, and utterly rejects the
idea of raising our flag or . " profaning the sacred
emblem .of their aspirations." As to the loyal citi
zens he says the people 4 New Orleans do not allow
themselves to be insulted by the interference of
,such as have rendered themselves odious and con
temptible by their dastardly 'desertion, cif our cause
in the mighty struggle ht which we are engaged.
The rebel papers do intgive us the results of, this
correspondence. Our„forees have; since captured
Baton Rouge and the Arsenal there. A Collector
for the port.of NewOrleam has been, appointed.
Later advises state, that General Bo.tlees army had
reached New Orleans,.,' . at an im m
mense aount of
cotton had been discove d and seized, and that, the
Union citizens of New; ‘
e- ea,ns lead held a meeting,
which was attended by numbers ; r who indulged
in the most, enthnsiastie, dinonstrations of boy.
Congress.—The 11 - se on Monday passed a bill
to prevent, and punish the practice ofpolygamyi and
toannul certain acts ofibe Legislature of the Terri
tory of Utah establishing' the same. , , .'-
On Tuesday, - a violentiliscumion took place inthe
House ; on the report of the Select Cominittee'on
'Government contracts:lV.lessr& Conlding, of New
York, and Morehead an Stevens, of Penhaylvania,
opposed the whole actin - of the' Comniittee as need
less. Mr. Washburne, f Illinois, defendedit with
intemperate though, , ' pirhaps, well-founded :zeal.
He said: "That we shdild be met with opposition,
with all this obloquy, w4very well uaderstoodf We
.
knew whose paths we messed.; *e'knew that the
contractors, and'athe thkves, and the plthitlerers,
who had the Treasury klithe throat, would be at our
heels,. and we well knewt also, who were their sym
pathizers and abators, oth in this . House and out
of this House: We oflourse did not expect their
approval ' ' o' ..
On - Wednesday; tlatrlS'eaate refused to refer the
Confiscation bills to i ieitimittee. The House passed
a vote of implied censu upon Fremont for= me, Of
his purchases, and of often 'censure upon Secretary
Cameron for his emplornent of Oummings, and his
contracts with irresponsihle partie& ' ' '
Before Yorktoxin, Ifgular siege operations are
going on, which are nerssarily slow Both sides
are busy throwing up ',works and Strengthening
old ones. A brilliant slack upon an advanced out
work of the rebels was made by five companies of
the Massachusetts Firstiand. Eleventh, April 26, in
which they were entirely successful. They took and
destroyed the work and,aptured fourteen men, with
the loss of three killed and 'thirteen wounded. Re
markable coolness and .bravery were' shoWn.' in the
action. Five rebel gunboats, appeared in Wakick
creek on the 28th of April,, and shelled our camps
on the left wing.
Secretary Seward, with hi `usual: far:sigh*d
'leas and commendahle l joalousy_ of
„our national
honor, as earty_as last ;, November, sent out strong
representations to the British. Government and other
European and South A %ion .RoWe.l's,,i4 regard to
will
~ .
the Sumter in their poi; , and,exprissing bishops
As,
that they i take an earAn t ppor,tunity to withdraw
their recognition of "toe "rhikie as belligqents. When
the replies were not satisfactory, as in several in
stances they were not (Great Britainrand- Brazil),
Mr. Seward unhesitatingly expressed his opinion,to
that effect, in further instructions to our ambassa
dors. The replies, so far as published, -profess a,
wish to maintain friendly, relations with us._ Mr.
Seward adds, in conclusion . (Feb. 27), " . This do
mestic war has been protracted: long- enough. It is
the interest of humanity that it shoUld. be - closed as
speedily as possible. It would come to an end to
morrow, if the European States should clearly an
nounce that,expectations of favor from them must
be renounced.''
General Banks' column spent Sabbath; 27th of
April, at Harrisonburg. All the chorales, whose
pastors were not in the Secession army, were open
for worship. Quite a skirmish between the rear
guard of Ashby's cavalry. and the Forty-sixth Penn
sylvania, took place on a 26th, Which resulted in .
the discomfiture of the lapis.
, .
.
Capture of Fort ~,igaeon..—From Southern
Sources we learn diet yrt Macon surrendered on
Sabbath, the 27th, with a loss acknowledged by
themselves of 7 killed and 18 wounded. G-encral
Burnside appears to be advancing upon Norfolk.
Gen. Nitehell had a brisk and completely suc
cessful encounter with the enemy at Bridgeport,
consisting of 5 regiments of infantry and 1800 ca
valry. He pronounces the camPaign ended in that
quarter.
4eneraLafalleBes 'pickets on the 27th, were
but half a mile-from those of the enemy. A report
that the enemy's gunboats.were coming up the river
to attack our flotilla, has led to a movement of gurt
ners to Island 'No. 10, in :numbers sufficient to man
the batteries there. Union. clubs '=are- said to be
meeting nightly in Memphis, and oonimunicating
with similar clubs in nearly every large city of the
South. • .
Despatches from Pittsbjug Landing state that on
Monday, the 28th, a cavalry reconnoissance met a
rebel foraging party neartMonterey , , A.sharp'Skir
anish ensued, resulting e ;, de rt is of five rebel&
including, one , major; an $ ie . capturing of nineteen
prisoner& One man was wounded on •our side.
The prisoners say ; the enculy have-upwards of _eighty
thousand: men at Corinth, and:will fight„ and that
they are busy entrenching and Mounting large guns.
A reconnoissance in, force was made April-30th,
from Pittsburg Landing to fourmiles, agave Purdy,
on the Meinphis and Ohio Railroad, north of Co
rinth. Two bridges were burned and a locoluotive
run into the river, thus cutting off all supplies from
that section to the rebels at Corinth. Part of Beau-,
regard's advance, 4500. strong, were routed and dis
persed at Farmington, close to Corinth, May 3d.
General H. also telegraphs that on the 26th, a body.
of 156 Missouri volunteers attacked and routed 600
savages, at Wesha., killing and wounding 32, ,captur-.
ing 62 prisoner& with horses and arms in quantity.
The Late Battle at , Pigeon Ranche, New Mex
ico, resulted in 'such a complete defeat of the rebel
Texans, that they have abandoned Santa Fe The
two wings of our little army In 'that territory have
formed a junction, and, are in pursuit of the retreat
ing foe. ,
LATEST NE
Yorktown Evatuatedo. On Friday morning,
. .
the enemy, appalled by the near approach and for
,
midable character of McClellan's siege wore, com
menced to evacuate. The movement was suspected.
but not known till Sabbath, morning, when York
town and Gloucester were occupied
,by our forces.
Between 40 and 50 heavy guns were left at York
townand 71 at Gloucester, besides ammunition,
stores, medicines, tents, camp equipage; and private
property, in large quantities. The., entire cavalry
and horse artillery of our army were: immediately
sent in pursuit; The Me 11 1 .7110 4: came ontlOTeNtall's
Point, with a view, it is believed, of preventing any
movement of ours by way of James river, against
the retreating forces.
On the evening of the same day, the 4th, our
pursuing forces came up, with the enemy's rear, two
and a half miles cast of Williamsburg, and found
him protected with entrenchments. His cavalry
were repulsed, and 25 prisoners taken, with a loss
on our side of 25 wounded—one mortally—and one
gun lost by sticking in the. mud. The absence of
our infantry forbade any further movements.
goticto.
Thirty-Eighth Anniversary. -- The thirty
eighth anniversary of the AMERICAN SUNDAY
SCIIOOL UNION will be obsemed by public services
at Concert Hall,- Chestnut street above Twelfth, on
Tuesday, May 13th at 8 o'clock, P. M.
Tickets of admission may be had gratuitously, at
the Depositnry, No. 1122 Chestnut street.
The ANNUAL SERMON Will be preached' on the
preceding Lord's day evening, May 11; at 8 o'clock,
by the Rev. P. S. Henson at the Tabernacle
Church, Chestnut street west of' Eighteenth et.
my 8 1L
The General Assembly OF THE PRISM/Tat:IAN
CHURCH 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 &Clock. - , and be opened with a Sermon by
the Rev. Jonathan B. Condit, DIX, the Moderator
of the last General Assembly.
The. Committee ; on Commissions will meet in the
lecture room of the church on, the Same day, at 9
o'clock, A.M. Enwo F. ILLLFIELD,
Stated Clerk.
HENRY DARLING,
,aplo tf Permanent Clerk.
Cominissioners and Delegates to the GENE
RAL AssEMBLY Op . THE PRESBYTERIAN Crruncrr,
to meet in Cincin n ati, May .15th, ,ape;,requested to
send their names to the undersigned as soon as prac
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 providea for, on appliCation to the committee;of
arrangements, at the Lecture Rdom of the Second
, Presbyterian Church.
• • P. STARR,
_
Chairman. of Cora.
Cicinnati, April 1862.
dvlcttiotztitto.
Ackw4ledgenient.
PRESBYTERIAN,
Roo s 1
• ' No. 160 Nasiau street, N. Y. f
THE Presbyterian Committee of Home Missions
X.. acknowledge the receipt- of the following
,con
tributions during the month of April, 18624 -
Presbyterian Church, Cortland, ll NY, $ 673
" • . " .Ellidottville,Y, 10 00
7th " " New York City, 44 00
• " " Middletown, NY, 25•_00
Missouri II 1t Soc'y, St Louis, Mo, in part, 65'00
2d Presbyterian church, Williamsport, - Pa, 10000
Ist " " Reading, .Pa, collec
ted $BO 52
Sab School, 67 86.1.4838
N Broad Street church, Philadelphia,Pa,
• Alex Whilldin;soo N
' Collection, • 77' 37--177 87
Mrs LB Parsons, Gouverneur; NY, 10 00
Germantown, Penne, • - 100
3rd Presbyterian Cli,,Pittsbur . g, paid balance 800
H
Missouri 111 Soey, St Louts, Mo balance, 64 60
Harlem Presb church (m c) Nsv York,e 5,75
•
Ist Presbyterian eh, Rome, impart 39 61
" " Mesopotamia, bal, 133
Mrs Catharine Beach, Rockaway, NJ. 3 00
H . H Blakely, , E Aurora ? NY, 8 00
Union Miss•ry'Soe'y, Wilson, NY, 3 00
Brick Presb church, ParsippanY, NJ, 41 75
South Presb eh, (m e) Brooklyn, NY, 65 81
2d Congregational church, Coventry, NY, 35 00
Presbyterian church, Gibson, Pa, 12 00
" • Harrisburg, Pa, 200
cc cc • Circlevi
. lle, NY, . 5 00
" Ob
4 . " NY, 6'60
14th St Presb eh, New York City, balance, 25'00
Presb church, Fentonville, Mich, 15 46
Central Presb church, Broome St, New York, , 20 88
6th Presb church, Newark;NJ, 47 00
"A Friend," Orange ' NY, • 6 00
Presbyterian church, Hillsdale, Mich, 90 00
lst " ' 44 Kalamazoo, " 135 88
, 41 - • 41 Centreville, NY, 24 60
"D RN" Lancaster, Ohio, 600
S'S Miss'y Soey, Presb ch, Batavia, NY, 5 00
Rev R A Avery, Gloversville, NY, - 20 00
Horace Hunt, Esq., Buffalo, 44 300
Almon Presbyterian church, New' Yo.k, 3 4 , 40
Hornellsville 41 44 25 00
Watertown 44 14 " .150 45
Ethridge Miss'y Society, 44 20 00
Prattsburgh, in part, is 88 03
Ogden, Captain S Weare, " 8 00
Rome, bal in part, " • 18 02
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Auburn Theological Seminary Society of In
quiry, NY, 19 00
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Lafayette street church, " " 182•09
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Portland,Congregational eh, " 212
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Jason Webster, Esq, Portland, " 100
ist ch, additional, Buffalo, . " - . . 30 .00
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Panama church, additional, 44 700
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.
Ist Ward Presb church, Syracuse, NY, 32 00
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Joann S. WILSON, Secretary.
BOARD OF TRUSTEE'S...
Alexander Whilldin, J. Edgar Thomson,
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T
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Young ladies only are received arboarddra. The school
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ripils may commence any tithe: Apply
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