174 Zm i ttk.an Eirtgigttrian GENESE-E IiV#NGIELIST. TIITTRSDAY, fIJLY 3, 1862. JOHN W. MEARS, Tin litinntiP:'EXODUS. Many of out readers in the city aro contempla ting and preparing for their usual summer jaunt and temporaty change of abobe.- Some have 11- ready.goria.. There is temptation to neglect duty and to sionfurni' to the worg at home and every here,. but this breaking up of faluiliar arrange 'dents, this etuanoipa,tion from the restraints of business, this general relaxation in our habits brings with it peculiar liabilities to a decline in spirituality. We may complain as we will of want of time for religious duties when surround ed by multiplied cares of a business and doMestio . , !torture, and may sighfor greater leisure for prayer itiNading; the truth is the znotni;nts of privacy ly)oiela we snatch from a b;sy and tvellordered fe are generally the moat profitable of all to our elloiritual interests. Leisure is apt to bring with it a loss of spiritual energy ana a diminished dispo sition to a faithful and regular use of the means of grace. The rest we are giving (ourselves and which our systems do require, is too apt to be ex tended in the direction of the spiritual cenflict. The soldier of • Christ is seduced by the preva lent ease and aimlessness of his outward life, to unbuckle his spiritual artuph* draw in his, guar and thns to expose himscif to the inroads of his Land unresting foe. The fashionable, world loafing gaily around him, in its, most fasci: aspects. He is apt to be - draWn intO , its ii ing whirl; to , disguise his Chrinthity charm. conform Vo its customs, azutto sac-. rifice, in le or in part, his religiens - piinciples. Or, if he tutains a fair degree of consistency,, ho comes • damaged and baokiliddert by ne glect, by i tarity in his duties, hy suffering, the novel t co-obtruded into the place of his; Bible; so with renovated health of body, 4 `he 113 to mom relining spiritual life,, a weaken ti faith, a tranged from the meroy-Seat *.‘d a taste Or le things, vitiated.; , We Write gainst allowi, ions incident to ould urge you 'de extent, your. ~ k +ur familiar Bible .0 1 :Cnst the, hour a. ..• . y, but not ostt • - 4 of non—confor .;', r issociations among .i , them in sustaining ce . Itet not content witl tu,%•if maintaining your gt lye ` , OO °A out for opporta Ord , ' • our religious newsp you. -.VW, will constitute a of co `d gi ation with your previt. will ° p •alive your interest move tits from which you are not go • o ip, oblivion, do not pass true Oh 'lan when you go upon tour. are: persuaded •that the -the news per will be found of no in preven i t t such a disaster. But eno hof advice I may a kik accompany malt as go, protecting harm, and r wing their strength for usefulness i •the future. BOZO= AND INFIDELITY. . .. The Catl4o4. Herold and Visitor of thiii 6 ,1.3 , ..„ has taken neitasion recently from articles in el, colums,*C recent developments of 'unbelief, ',O' reiterate the old cry - of the licentious tendencer innate to Protestanism. These infidel sentimenti, are, according to the Herald, but the nate, 1 . I t t, fruit and development of Protestanism. ,e' answer : yes; just as truly as Protestanism is t - ; fruit of Romanism,' and as truly as one fact oe, event in human experience and human history is connected with ' the , preeeeding facts. Ro mattism gave rise to Protestanism, Protestanism gave rise to Infidelity;, hence we are justified in saying that Romanisia..' gave rise to Infidelity. For by such' loose ways of reasoning you can connect the most diverge and opposite events. But that Infidelity is the legitimate and logical fruit oftrue Protestaniam we most earnestly de ny.. .Protestanism is the rejection of human au thority attiring to . come between the Out and Clod, and putting, not reason, .but faith in the re vealed word of God, in .its place. Protestantism puts proper limits on the exercise of reason, which .Romaniem aims to choke and dwarf Reason, on n the one ' hand, learns 0 , exercise. healthfully and profitably, her due functions in subordination to, n faith; _on the other hand, she chafes, rebels, and at last bursts aside her unnat ural bounds, and rushes to. fearfulMteesses of pre sumption and profanity. What-4art hai Prot estantism in the wide-spread and.hOtoziettitinfi deity of France ? Who is to blamethe. measureless license of Voltaire, of Ronaieittwand of the French Encyclopedists ? Was it the prot estantism of Geneva which degenerated intn..P fidelity, or was it a foreign poison borrowed"frOM "most Catholic" soil and transplanted to her atm 7, Whenckeose that whole movement by which croctiii:ity*as led aside into such deep and con -4611(1414004es of error, if not from the infiu ow ,i . k. the French Catholic infidel, Voltaire, tipontlie king, and of his daring philosophy upon the educated classes? What had Protestantism to do with .the unparalleled and worse than heathenish excesses of the French Revolutiom ? Ah 1 the miserable Hugenots had been buried too deep by St. Bartholomew, or driven too far by the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, .to lay any -. '.,. 4 'on of the blame upon them ! w 2..;;; ~.,.---- . ..1-. ',.- '4,7. =:r..'lrl takes occasion at the same time to W 9 1 ' • ,;..: ,:, ~, ' ig iffilan and consolidation of the Protestant hosts. Let us take a hint from such demonstra tions and Ilnrsey - -........ur good work, so dear to the heart o ''!::. , : -. ; 1 _.. , `f,.0 formed the burden of hisinterceid i" ..' , •:.;•! , i.. l4 i i hose who exalt tradition above the Bible; the Church and the mother of Christ above Christ himself, may well be alarmed at the signs of 4491011n0nt of' his prayer in the closer twine 0 4 410gue followers. Says the Herald t "One by one the most Evangelical seats give up their peculiar dogmas, and incon gruity takes the place of creeds. Every thin g for peace, say they; let us unite ; let us heal the breachektOong ourselves." .. . . , • ' . HOPE' often ohetim the fainting heart. -.-A N rt-- Editor. ndly to warn' yen, reader, Wee to yield to iii;te temPta reason of recreation. We, up to the greatest, possii, bit of devotion& _Take you. Keep your watch power of temptation: illy, maintain a right the world. Choose mple of God. Join awl social,servi nentive but be aggress of doing good. to be sent after. living cord ciations and Le 'religious lied. Do dipse as a summer; ranee of, efficacy LETTER PROM A MISSIONARY. Dissolution of the Mpstoral Relation in a Slave State.—lt was an impressive moment when in Presbytery on the very spot where many years' ago I assumed the office of pastor, all the origi nal actors having left that body, my junior co presbYters solemnly dissolved my' pastoral bonds, and -I was adrift, without charge. I felt lonely and desolate. A feeling of disappoint ment seized me. I had long hoped to finish my career in that place and with that same beloved people. Ina moment the work was done; I was no longer a pastor; no more to the La Orange church thah any body else. A few tears stole unbidden; but my aching heart felt what tears nor words could not express. Sabbath came. I craved and enjoyed the pri vilege of preaching Sabbath morning and assist ing in the administration of the Lord's Supper. There was a good' attendance and my last words (not a fennel valedictory) were kindly heard. The hext day I roamed over the rocky hills and took many a ,tearfnl leave of those to whom I long ministered in joy and in sorrow • many of whom I had baptized, or,married, or.buried their kindred, and with all of whom I have been asso ciated in numberless tender pastoral offices. Se cession, treason, and all sorts of errors and wrongs were , for the•moment forgotten; and it seemed as if the •horrors of •last summer had not been kno*n. lam sure . l never saw such a week be ,fore ;• 1 and shallirkeiref again piss through more affecting scenes. Bro. T. goes to the assembly. r have proposed to him to press , the , Rome Missionary Commit tee to take vigorous measures to save Missouri. The 7half way policy of holding a few isolated ,poste in an enemy's country does not accord with ithe material;spirit of the, day, or the necessities of 'the present situation. But alas I whatlmve I to do with . the old ship! lam no longer a eaptein,-aor captain's mate. It ia.harirfeel' that I atn'outside the camp. But WUi maintain one I cannot net, I will submit and keep silehee. 'MTELLIGENOE, for duly, gives some additional exiMples of the disposition of native concerts to assume a- portion of the burdens of the mission . ary work . The Zulus subscribed X5O to pay the enemies of the-return journey of an. absent mis sionary, Mr. Rood. Mr. , McKinney, writes from .Amninzitutote, March' Ist fr "tThe action was hearty and cheerful, and very encouraging to all our letreff.' Mr. Rood is dearly beloved here, and shOuld yet be able to send him back soon, there is - a probability that' he could be very useful. We feel in great need of his ser vices." Mr.> Rood had Hailed before this letter Was received." - „ Mr. Richardson writing from Ambkir, respect ing the diminished ,appropriations, for the year, We shall be,much surpruied, homer, if the movement does - not deinonstrate, more fully than anything else could have derke; 'the strong hold which evangelical institutions` have acquired in the hearts and affections ofthese native•brethren. " Our Arabkir brethren had already assumed about one third of the eapense of their isehools, and now, in the abseneegAvgstor-orO r eir own, ithey have come forward and assuineda gr'ea't part (perhaps, during the year, the whole) of the salary, of the pastor of the Shapik - ehorqb, " The same brethren have recently organized among themselves a Bible Society, 'and have already raised a Considerable awn and investedit ,books ' which their own committee of twelve are circulating, by sale and gift, throughout the 'city and villages. With such a beginning, •we ,confidontly expect that they will.come behind in no gift?! fence from ged Mr. Randall writes from the Madura mis- "My people did more the last' than in : any previous year, in contributing to benevolent, ob jects,and I shall continue to urge upon, them the: duty and privilege of doing . more and more for the support of their own institutions. - I fear, however, that your expectations, with 'reference 'to the support of native helpers, will not be realized immediatzly at this station. We must r t. relax our efforts yet." . The - Protestant Armenians of - Shewan, pro ceeding upon a systematic Beneficence plan, last year raised $350. - P.mtalsetyrzoN.—Mr. Jessup'writes, April 5 " Thtt news` from Hums is still of bitter' perse cution andlisevere trial to the native brethren there. They, are stoned and beaten in the 'streets, and abused, by. all classes of the people. Quite a large numbs ,f.them, who have not been able to stand th • • m, have nominally returned to the Greek c di, where they hold a Bible, class every night, and 'discuss openly and freely with.. hundreds of the Veeple. It is more and more evident that a mistaltihary shot/hi be sent - there as soon as possible. "It is'evident thatithe spirit of perdecution has received a new iMptdse from some (platter of late, and Protestantiam:.mill . have some- severe struggles before it will beidile to maintain, even its present position. The--missionary societies among the native brethrwire in a flourishing condition. The plan ofVekly giving, bids fair do become a permanent ono. At Angora, however, is,tere, as our readers remember, a converted Turkhas been imprison ed and treated with great brutalitylor his religion, deliverance has happily appeare& .pMr. Bliss writes May 14th that Hassan'litallatien sent to Yozgat " And to-day the joyful news con esfrom Yoz gat, that after bein. , b kept in priiiiktitere ten days he was set at liberty, under orda,however, not to leave the sit}. The Protestifit brethren of Yozgat did not know of his being there till the day of his release. They then founctkim out., and he is now with them, attending the meet ings and declaring boldly his faith in Chriiit. He expresses much sorrow for the recantation which was forced front him by his extreme sufferings:o Angora." In regard to the murder of Mr. Coiling, a COT- respondent of the News of the Churde; front Constantinople May 6: "The perpetrators of the bill ody deed have not yet been arrested, though theirinames are known_ They have fled to the neighbouring mountains Wbere the power of the Government is but nom inally recognised. Before their flight, they con fessed their agency in the murderand declared that they 'were bribed to it by tin:coffer of 1.0,-, 000 -piastres on the part of two Armenians, if they should succeed in puttine. Yft : Coffing to death. This goes to confirm the ankipicion pre viously existing, that the.murder was not prompt ed by mere hope of plunder, but had:connexion with Mr. Coffing's labours as a missionaiy. These two Armenians have since been put under arrest for examination. The local. Turkish authorities have thus far acted very promptly and efficient ly in their efforts.for the arrest of the murderera. The neighbouring Pashas of Adana and A. 1600 have manifested a great interest in the cake, and. a'disposition to do all in 'their PoWer to - furttieg.,„ the ends of justice." ' ` HONE MISSIONS. American Treolltteriatt and 6tittott PROGRESS.—New Stations have been opened among the Armenians in Persia under the care of the Nestorian Mission. Then are Salmas and 001 a. A native helper has been set apart for the work in the latter village. Mr. Shedd writes : We have, such access to the people as aston ishes some of our mission, and exceeds the hopes of the most sanguine, re have also sold an Cif couraging number of books. These are the signs of hope. On the other hand, we must lament that as yet we see no spiritual work taking hold of the hearts of men. AN AWAKENING of muc interest is reported in the Seminaries of Oroomiah by Mr. Cobb March 1. He thus describes some of the earlier mani feitations of the work : " The services of the Sabbath were pleasant and solemn. Just at dark, Gewergis, one, of the teachers, came in to tell me that after'supper the boys *ent to the school-room to have a prayer meeting alone. He was soon attraeted by the voice of weeping and went in. He found nearly the *bole school in tears. With streaming eyes they spoke and pr‘ayed, many taking part. The evening was solemn .and impressive; the boys bursting into tears as they sung,' Alas, and .did my Saviour bleed? " Scenes of equal interest were witnessed du ring the succeeding week in the female seminary. On last Saturday evening, the whole school were bowed in earnest supplication, and for some time made no motion when requested by Miss Rice to retire to their 'closets for private prayer: It was rat privilege to speak a word to them while thus waiting upon the Lord, and I can truly say that I never saw such a scene 'before. .With heads, bowed upon ihe desks - before them, and 'le to repress entirely the sobs which betokened their deep feeling, they listened to the words, and afterwards engaged in prayer. Even then they were unwilling to leave the school room, and only after repeated requests did they retire to their own rooms where many of them. continued' in earnest prayer much farther into the night." POPERY IN NORTH of GERMANY—A correspondent in. the News of the Marches writ ing from Hamburg- in regard to , a visit of the Jesuits to that citylsays : "It was very clear'that the materialism and indifference of the great body of the people have.far less objection to Popery than to the. Gospel, and the Roman doctrines and ceremonies are well adapted to a - sensual people who do not like to be lost, and would gladly say a few paternosters, and pay a few dollars to a priest, who will undertake all. the trouble of piloting them through danger. In the kingdom of Han over they reaped a large harvest - last year, and even the King and Queen heard them gladly. As matters stand at present, there would be little difficulty in bringing a great part of North Ger many' back to the Chum of home: Few of the pastors see the dangers of Popery, and still fewer are able successfully - town:Tete with The Jesuits, while the *ant ,of organization and divisions among the Protestants, prevent them making united efforts against the common foe." PROGRESS IN PARIS.—Rev. Frederic Mono& at the recent . dedication of a new Reformed Evangelical. Church in Paris, spoke of the growth of the Denomination ; while he blessed the Lord for the change his eyes had seen from 1819, when there were in Paris but 3 places of wor ship, 6 pastors, 3 sermons a week, and no meet, ings for piayer, to 1862, when there are 33 places of worship, 38 pastors, 83 sermons :a, week, and a large number "of prayer-meetings. ENGLAND Wx have - passed - through 'three phaSes - of feel ing towards that great, preponderating portion of the English nation .wl i tich haF, steadily : refused to sympathise with us in our struggle, and has leaned, more or less decidedly, to the cause of the rebellion... First, We were desirous and hopeful of its good opinion; then -we were astonished, grieved and indignant; lastly and at this day, we are profoundly indifferent. We have' friends in England, staunch though few;' we do not forgot them when we speak thus., But they knew, quite as well as we, how few and weak they are —rari nantes in gurgite vasto. They know how strongly the current sets in the opposite direc tion. Anthony Trollope, the English traveler, the tone of whose recent volume entitles him to be classed among our friends, while likaintaiiiing„ contrary to our belief, that. his Government' has acted exactly as it should have done in the strUg gle, says "But .I must confess that -I have not been so proud of the tone of, all our people at home, as I have been of the decisions of our statesmen.' It seems to me that some of us never tire in abusing the' -Americans, and calling them names for having alloNied themselves to be driven into this civil war. We tell them that they are fools and idiots; we speak of their doinvias though there had - been some plain , course by which ;the war might . have been avolded;, and we throw it in their teeth , that they have no capability, for war. We tell them of the de which they.are creating, and point out to therahat theycan never .pay it. We laugh at their attempt to sustain loyalty, and speak-of them as a steady father% of a fandly is iront to speak of some unihrifty prodigal .who is throwing awaYhis estate and hurrying' Troth one ruinous debanohery to another. And, alas! we too t ' frequently allow to escape from us some ex pression of that satisfaction which er,q rival tradesman has, in the downfallof another." , Sags 'Rev. Mr. Wilder, writing from Kolapoor, India, April 24th; We thank God for the tele gram announcing the success of the Federal thins, but I grieve to say every Briton I ink showd in words or looks that he is sorry." - The testimony of Count de Gasparin, its America and Europe, is explicit..," rietending to be neutral," says " France and . England have given all their moral support to the South." - ' Recent advises inform in that;both Houses pr Parliament have had General Butler's order, con-. cerning the females of, New Orleans, who vilely insulted our citizen soldiers, under serious and - rather protracted'consideration. Some resolution appears to have been adopted on the suhject, and if the President; does not disavew and rescind the' order, we may _expect a diplomatic protest from 'these indignant' friends and Patrens of _female. virtue among the rebelS. It will be observed that eauregard's mock heroic order on the eubject„ `;' lied to his arni3 before borinth, was arse for „, • .y laid before PaVianient, andc lii inorpreta : tin . General. Butler's meaning was; aggly, v . ado dby that body , know that, , so far' from esigning to encourage crime among our [addle , General Hitler's 'rules-have been ntost istringe and that several, of our own far have iiheen peb; . ely; executed for' crimesof far less me finitude tha ,those supposed to be ericonraged this order. 4. nd we know that the penalty-con itemplated- in I e order about the females was, :confinement in , e : calaboose or: common jail, and. (that even this fer,-,been exeentedrin but' *n single instance ',Hid the :proinlitneids” ,:- Ls. IC:A fence with which Parliament assailed the order, is only another proof of the ill feeling which is cherished towards us, and . which no career of vic tory can soften, but rather the reverse. It appears indeed as if, unable to aid the men engaged in rebellion, the Lords. and r zlommons were anxious to secure immunity to !lie Wometiiin their rebel lions demonstrations: On the other hand; have we heard of any protests - et:noble lords and mem bers against the , well-au*ticated and hideous attrocities perpetrated by the rebel army upon the-very corpses of the Union soldiers at Manas sas, which were not threats but shameful deeds ? ,--or against the enlistment of painted, toms itawking savages by the rebels at the very open ing of the contest; or at the robberies, cruelties and murders perpetrated upon peaceable citizens all over the South, irterelifor their adhesion to the Union.? They have taken fire at a threat; they- are cold to the most outrageous deeds. The threat is from an officer of the Union against re bels, the deeds are by the ,!'"Oonfederateslt against the Union. In all the mutterings of interference in our struggle which have come from the Old World, it has been perfectly elearaliich side of the quar rel would be espoused. Ai. rebellious govern ment would be recognize and our `government compelled to.abandon its - purpose of suppressing and punishing.the rebelllon. No one has ever heard an intimation of intervention in our favor. If the object had been sinilly to, put an end to a disturbance which so seripitsly affected the indus -014" piiil4l.z:' ed': world, this*parti:. ality for, the weaker side4o`uld be ineiplierible. Peace would be more likely to be attained by si ding with the stronger party. But alas for Christian England! it is plain she has not de sired peace alone; she has not,. in her policy to wards us, shown a prefereitee, as.a Christian nay tion shoed,. for the' van& of 'purity,- truth and righteousness ; of law an/ good government and social security and human liberty as:better than: peace ; she has clamored- for. peace, for cotton, for trade at the expense of the overthrew of all these ! We do not underkand it; it is a problem quite as hard, nay harder, ,to solve than that of the origiri:of the rebellion.itself. As Americans able to take care of and justify ourselves, we view it with a. profound indifference; but as Chris tian men, it is a demonstration that pains us to the heart. Suppose that at a time when the fixed pur- - , pose and the power of o t ter government to quell the rebellion had become manifest, England France and Russia, having, from prudential rea sons, if you please, rettained silent hitherto, shouldhave come forwaritancl united in the Dee-, laration that the• rebellion was without justifica tion ; that the United States Government hid dealt fairly by its Southern'aubjects ; that the re bellion is in the interest of a social institution , rapidly growing obsolete under the progress of hu manity and the light of Christianity, and repu diated by all civilised nations; that the power of the free states was fully .equal to the work, soon er or later, of entirely quelling the disturbance, which it was clearly their intention to do;.that for the South to prolong their resistance would only uselessly protract and rnutiply the mischiefs of war'at home and abroad; without affecting' the result; and that any expectation of sympathy, aid or interposition, o.lar'part from the South was hitile ;—no doubt of support, if not the chief support of the rebellion - would have disap peared and peace woulo have been speedily de clared. The friendship of our government would have been secured ; retaliatory legislation in the form of high' tariffs &c., pcevented ; the war spir it checked, armaments reduced, - and expenses saved in America arid Ril f rope r and a new support to loyalty and a; new and needed check- to disor ganizing tendencies everywhere given. ;It was not done, but on the coptrary, a sympathising and friendly attitude war maintained toward the rebels in the face of our victories, and additional lives must be sacrificed additional,expenses in curred, and more play mid encouragement given to the principles of disorder before they are final ly quelled„ Meanwhile, America leift alone to do her work, to vindicatelier right •to Pe, will accomplish that and much more. Passing through an nnparall eld ordeal, distressed at tie -treachery of millions of her sons and at the desolation of vast tracts of her Soil, distressed more Aeply still at the , streams a of patriotic blood and tlis hundreds of patriotic lives, which must needs be sacrificed, in her de fence, she strugglesthrciugh all so bravely, that she is even now rising from the smoke of the conflict, like a turreted.,Cybele, with the ',dignity of conscious power, commanding the awe and re spect of the nations,-and - !reaching forth her un forbidden arm to the prize of the hegenacny—the leadership of the nations of the world in their grand movements Y towards social perfection.,, SUNDAY FIGHTING. THE New' York Obs Over and the Citristin Intelligencer; having learned (2) ;that General Fremont was dVeated a*Wlaktil6 of Cross Keys in the Valley of the Shenandoah, hasten to the inference that the def4V was a divine punish ment, similar to others OVhiett appear to have been inflicted upon boarti4s in this conflict, for fighting Sunday battles, when they might have been etreided. The ' Ot i lerier 'even insinuates that .the battle was plarpOsely fought on Sunday, at the instigation of -14 e foreign. 'officers. it says "Perhaps the large -Proportion of Gernian troops and of European staff-officers, who. mazy boast their superiority V' . .• American " stiperatit ions" about the Sabbath,.may have encouraged a Sunday battle for the sake. , of demonstrating its safety." Noir if the Observer:Ozows that these officers acted upon 'suite iiiigodirrnotives, it •is right in expo Sing and' denouncing` tleir conduct. But as it says in the next sentence ""we have no ade linae knowledge 'of the motives," etc., its acen sation is.a mere suspicion that shofild not he tol erated; and will not le t e bY high-ininded men, especially against those: irlio nt any rate are not s itting cosily behind edl r's but fighting bravely, and„,fecirig : 44 safety,,of these editors and their coue predated the services ofi these. men, ;would , seek rather to shield their •chkracter than-to - east gra tnitous suspicion' upon there. But 'as to the battle itself. :11, indeed Fremont.• fought on sznday, and our men •iiere4heuttack l ing party look. , at the'facts. JaeksOn hactadvaneed with the declared purpose of driving :our troops from- the. Valley, and of threatening the Capital; He had reached. the ,banksJof , the' Potomac, and thoroughly alarmed .the ',anihrotiiinsi SaShington.- His raid' was one -fornifidatdo l and dinbairdasiug• which .s, i 4 the rebels (who have mostly pursupd a defensive policy) have made, and may yet lead to a recog nition of the " Confederate " ,government abroad. Now, to our minds, there was a clear military necessity for pursuing these insolent invaders without cessation v and for punishing them to the extent of our power just as soon as it could be done. — Having, come up with. Jackson on Satur day night, Fremont well knew that he would at terly escape us_. if allowed to retain unmolested an entire day. It seems to us it was clearly Fre moues duty to do exactly what he did- on that Bth day of June ; quite as much as it would have been to repel an- assault, had the enemy made one upon him on that day. The, entire po sition .of affairs was different from that at Big Bethel or Bull 'Run, where, from all we can learn, there was no military necessity for the at tack being made on one day rather than another. In these oases, we freely admit that - a severe les son was designed and ,justly administered to us by'the offended God of the Sabbath. But as to the result of the battle of Cross Keys. For it was not until these sapient journals had dis covered that Fremont was beaten and that Cross Keys was a defeat for the Union, that we heard anything of Fremont's sin of breaking the Sab bath. Says the . Observer: " Fuller accounts constrain the belief that the bloody engagment at Cross Keys, Ott Sunday, the Bth inst., resulted in the repulse of the assailants„ as.in all previous battles on that day. Our dead' and wounded-were left on the battle field, and the enemy continued his movement without succeSs ful interruption or pursuit:" Now if this were true; it could not alter our views as above expressed. But we set over against the " belief" into which the Observer has been ",constrained" the statement of a participant in the battle, -which appeared in the Independent of last week, under the head of "General Fremont's Valley Campaign." The writer says of the bat,. tle of Cross Keys, among other things; "Our ar tillery performances on the day of the battle were shown in the hundreds of mangled bodiea which the rebels abqndoned in the wooili." And again "The:end was that the enemy withdrew and we slept on the battle-field. * * * * The next morning at dawn, we marched on into the woods in battle order, expecting to renew the fight, for it Was too much to hope that •with such superior numbers, and after such stubborn fight ing, Jackson - would run. But the'woods were silent, and the only rebels found there were their dead, whom they had abandoned in their noctur nal flight, and, of whom we buried over 300. Our loss in killed will be covered by 125---our woun ded and missing at least 500. Two rebel guns are rebel guns no longer, Ina will now speak for the Union. 7 Surely this testimony may be accepted as prov ing that the divine disapproval was not given in this Sunday attack, and as going to show that to compel a flying invader with whom 'you have just come up, to fight CM Sunday, is not of the inexcusable aggre3sive sort of warfare to which the attacks at Big Bethel and Bull Run clearly DEATH OF REV. HIRAM GREGG. - Asleep in Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio, lies all that is mortal of this beloved minister of the gospel. He departed this life on Friday, 20th ult., at 2 o'clock P. M. , His disease was . typhoid -pnettnionia After-assisting; the pastor of the Third Street Church . Dayton at the com munion season, on the first Sabbath of June, and preaching with , his usual fervor in the evening, he was taken ill. In about a week he recovered from the , first shock of •the disease, and all were cheered with the prospect of his speedy recovery. But on Wednesday 'proceeding his death; an un favorable change took place, and he declined rap. idly until Friday afternoon, when he fell asleep in Jesus. His funeral services were attended by a large concourse of people, at,the Third Street Church, on Sabbath afternoon, the several clergy men of the city, of all denominations, taking part in them. A funeral discourse will be preaaehed on next Sabbath morning by the pastor of the church, Rev,S. G.'Spees. The whole community deeply mourns hill loss. All feel thata warm-hearted friend and Chris tian, and a faithful, able, and zealous minister has gone to his rest. 'Dear man, none knew him but to love - him. The 'tidings 'of his death will strike a chotil ofsadness in' thousands rofThearts. Sudden as was his call • hence, he was prepared for it. " I know' *horn -I =have believed," was his lantmaat when , informed of the-fatal nature of his; disease. He died the death of the right eous. He has gone to the general assambly and church of - the ftreborn, which - are written: in heaven. THE EXPERIMENT WITH. THE PREEDKEN. I=== Mr. 'Edward L. Peirce, agent of the TreasUry Department among the blacks of PortEoytd and the neighbouring Islands, has made his r report dated-June 2d. to Mr. Chase. Mr. P. has had very great difficulties to- contend with in- his novel and benevolent enterprise. The destitute timid ition - ef the 'blacks, abandoned suddenly' by their masters; -the seizure hy the U; 8.-govern merit previsions, 'cattle, horses, and ninlis which left the poor creatures more'destitute still, and seriously hindered the efforts of Mr. Pierce and his associates to cultivate the land; , the unavoidable delay and consequent lateness ,cif the planting; 'the tardiness of -the government in fulfilling its. contenrs ;with IhemegroeS for ser vice; especially in ',gathering; and - preparing for shopmen the cotton , left Upoirtheislaud; the ma= certainty of the negreeti as to the future;: must all be taken into the account in 'estimating the la bors of Mr. Pierce and his associates and the re sults they have achieved. The great, point hwil been *mined in the face of alLthese difficulties of demonstrating the capability and disposition of the• enalaved.race not only : to proVidingrfor their own wants,diut, under-the stimulus of regular `as freemen., to 'follow-ordinary industrial pursilits, and contribute to, the' wealth' and commerce of the country. Pierce does-`not omit to call attention to his report to the encouraging pro gress, made in educating the freedom and their children. -Churches have be,en opened arta o clipio,llll4l 001 gospel preached• - when it had, never before:beett preached. ;We shall give some extracts from - Mr.Tierce's report-in our next. DAILY PRAYER MEETINGS. At Bui,t;nwood Street, bburellipy. lgr.Ehep iterd:s fiat:6i 8: to::v 8i A. =M. , At Sansom Street,. (Business men's) - 12 tel. At the Diligent BnginwHeuse corner of I.oth ~.Filbert, street, from 5 t0,..6 .All, are invited: la Church two. AC . CESSIONS.—Seventy persons have recently been received to the membership of the Church in,Caldwell, N. J., under the care of Rev. I. N. Sprague. LAFAYETTE STREET CHURCH, Bu f falo, on Sabbath June 10th, the Lafayette Street Presby terian. Church,—Rev, Dr Ileacock, pastor - =held their last service in the old edifice. Workmen are already engaged in removing the structure preparatory to the erection of a new one, of more ample proportions and elegant ; architecture. The new building is to be enclosed, the tower couipleted..as far as the roof, and the Lecture room is to be finished for use, by the lst of Oc tober next. The cost of the building thus far will be, we understand, about $lB,OOO. The entire coast exclusive of spire and win dows, is fixed it $16,500. The windows will probably cost $l,OOO more. We, congratulate both Dr. kleacock and his congregation, on the actual inauguration of the movement which is to secure them a beautiful and suitable house of worship.----Bufalo Advo cate. DEDICATION, OF THE SECOND CIVJECE, EL MIRA.--ThiS handsome and substantial new edi fice, fronting on Lake street, was dedicated to its sacred use on Friday the 13th inst., the anniver sary of the death of their first Pastor, the lamen ted *ev.:ilavid Rev.ll3iivid Murdoch of Connecticilt, a son of thefirst-iamed, took part in the services, The: sermon was preached by then. ' tor of the First church of Auburn, Rev, ChaMilawley, D. D., for many years the personal friend of Dr. Murdoch, and to whose memory,:. in opening his discourse, he paid a graceful and fitting tribute. Dr. Hi wle,y'e discourse, though a lenghty one, was listened to with unabated interest to its close, we notice that the local papers desire its publica tion in a suitable form for preservation. At the conclusion of the sermon, Rev. Isaac . Clark, pas tor of the church, standing in the pulpit, request ed the Trustees, Elders, Deacons, and members of the congregation worshipping in the edifice, to rise in their Places, when he read the dedica tory formula prescribed for the Presbyterian Church to which the appropriate responses were Made. The dedicatory prayer by the rastor fol lowed, and the protracted and memorable Bar . vices were concluded with the singing, by the whole congregation, of an original hymn to the time of Old, Hundred. That the choicest bless ings may rest on this new church, now so happi ly entering upon its full career, is the prayer of its brethren of like precious faitb..—Evangelist. ,CLEBICAL CHANGES ETC REV. WM. JESUP JENNINGS, late of Seneca Falls; has 'accepted a call froni the Second Con gregational church of Coventry, Tolland county; Conn. • Rev. Norman Tucker, late of Dearborn; Mich., has removed to White Lake, Oakland county, in the same State, having accepted an in vitation to labor for a year. Mr. John P. Watson of Union Seminary was .ordained , by the New York 3rd. Presbytery June 22d. In Otsego Presbytery the pastoral,relations existing between Rev.S.W.Bush and the Cooperstown Church, be tween:Rev. A. Bronson and the Church in Fly Creek, A. S. Twambly and the Church in Cherry Valley were dissolved. Rev. Mr, Twombly has tak en'eharge of a church recently organized in Alba ny. Mr. Bronson has removed to Ticonderoga, and Mr. Bush may be - addressed at Binghamton N. Y. kr..J. B. Beaumont was ordained and instal led pastor of the Church •in Olean N ' Y. by, the Genesee Valley Presbytery June sth. ftw rublicationo, WE. have received a copy each of two editions of ANTHONY TROLLOPE'S NORTH AMERICA- One, a very cheap and yet very good edition at 60 cents, bound in muslin, issued• by liarper. Brothers, and another, - the " author's edition," for which = copyright is paid •to Mr. Trollop°, issued by Messrs. J. B. Lippincott & Co., of this City. The latter is much :superior in appearance, and by every fair principle the more worthy of patronage. The,book is very readable, and will, we think, prove very instructive to our transatlantic friends if they will read it. Mr. T.'s travels commenced after our troubles broke qut, and his book is much occupied with them. He discusses the questions connected with the war quite fully and - fairly, and endorses the Northern views with a decision and cordialityquite refreshing in an Englishman in these times. While aPproving of the course of the. British Governments towards ns, he -con demns that of the press and people of England, and argues at. length against it. Mr. T. thinks secession will be accomplished, and' fears that a military usurpation is in store'for us. nit book, however, was= written before our 'series of vic lories began at Mill Spring,, end allowance will be made , accordingly. Our traieller is hardly of the stuff to make a soldier • he seems , to see almost nothing of the camps, which he visited, , as , far west...as Rolla,. sut the filth; American' soldiers are disgusting to ids olfactories. He would doubtless appreciate the reason given -by one , of the Richmond papers for the - abandonment of the battle-groUnd by the rebels after the en gagenient of Fair Oaks that it was too offensive 'for - them to stay and oeenpy it ! ' It must not be supposed that war and political discussions...form. the staple .of this book. It treats our pehnliarities from almost every point of view; our Federal and. State GoVernments, our tribunals, our -finances, our agricultural pro ductions, our 'educational and religious arrange ments are discussed with care, kind feeling, and good judgment in themain, forming altogether a treatise worthy to, take its place in the front k • , ran of tourists' essays upon our country, and deriving additional and unwonted interest from the period in which it was written. • HARPER'S HAND-BOOK Pon TRAVELLERS IN EUROPE ARE THE EAST, by N. Pembroke . Pet ridge, is a. most complete, vcrde mecunti compris ing the. substance of a score ,or more of hand books (which are needless except where -a.-pro; tracted stay is intended), and forearming:-and forewarning the American tourist upon' nthort- Sand points which Bear upon 'the - comfort, the pro&Alenessh d the cost tf the j•ourney It• s the. work of - a: tourist himself, and- - is accortipi nied with a map of Europe and the Emit as far as PaTuseus.,..:l-4ct no,one attempt to Foss. the Atlantic fcr,phe.first time v it o t this eiocileut companion.iFer,.salel?y,-J. *.4ppiticott,kep. THE TRAVELLER'S -DEVOTIONAL LIBRARY. Here is a set of spiritual guide-hooks for the tra veller, quite as valuable, in their way, as the one above noticed. We are liable to go astray—to backslide, as we go forward and further from the familiar scenes, of the sanetuary, the closet, and the family niter, and this neat little packet, done up as the tasteful and thoughtful publisher, Ran dolph,- is always expected to do such things; may be easily carried, along., and read without fatigue, and with profit by the traveler. It con sists of a selection of hymns by the evangelical Ryle, and of four or five little treatises by the devout (Mamba Winslow; in flexible covers, and put up in a neat cloth case. For sale at the Presbyterian Bookstore. PAMPHLETS. THE MONTHLIES FOIL JULY.—The Atlantic is a -valuable number; containing little open to objection from evangelical writers—though that little is a dead fly in delicate ointment. The book critic speaks approvingly of a work on the Gospels, of the very character and tendency of Strauss' Most anti-christian Life of Christ. We do most earnestly protest against this serving up the very rankest poison under the seemingly harmless exterior of light literature. The At lantic must quit it, or it will be libelled every where as the incorrigible foe of evangelical reli gion. Close by this article, we find a decisive condemnation of the immoral character of Victor Hugo's last novel, which is making such a sensa tion under the title of Les Miserables. There is- , a...wholeaoine 3ncligaatien _ iu _the tone 'wit& which the critic rejects " Victor Jingoism," as Offered to be substituted for Christianity. Our I pleasure in reading it is however modified by the surprise we feel in seeing it so near the criticism of General Hittheockis book, just referred to. The other articles in the Atlantic, are rich and highly instructive, particularly that by Agassiz, on the Echinoderms, and the sketch of Ericsson, and his manifold and great works and inventions. Hawthorne's article "A Peace Man's View of the War," is half-hearted .and unworthy a place in pages so manfully and grandly loyal as those of the Atlantic have been. The Continental Monthly is varied and enter. twining. Mr. Kimball's story : Was he Success. ful ? gives us a transient glimpse of a genuine Christian or two, such as we feared the author had never been so fortunate as to meet with, and was incapable of appreciating. Wey hope he will let us see more of them, and not fill out his scenes with the dreary performances of hypocrites and formalists. "Among the Pines" is too thickly spiced with profane expressions to be read aloud, though it is - doubtless a just and able delineation of the class of persons brought under notice. The Knickerbocker : has passed into the hands of. Morris Phillips, as publisher. It has been in considerable' straits financially, but is. now in. a fair.way to retrieve its position in that respect. The opening paper: Retribution, is written in an excellent , spirit, and draws valuable lessons from the lives of Queen Elizabeth and William the Conqueror upon its theme. There is great variety in the articles which follow, and the pecu liar, original, spice and flavor of the Knicker bocker still hang about the contributions. None of the magazines are through and through more enjoyable than this. Mr. BIDWELL'S Eclectic Magazine takes us with agreeable surprise, by its handsome engrav ed portrait of the Inventor of the Magnetic Tel Mr. Samuel P. B. Morse. It is a accom panied : , orith a biographical sketch of the distill= guished American. Social Life in Medieval England, Tl , e Human Heart, and By-gone Man ners are noticeable articles, among twenty-six in The American. Exeh,ange and Review, a valu able monthly for our business men. The June number contains articles on Coal, The Coal Trade of E. Pennsylvania, About Advertising, Ameri can History t , with Summaries on Insurance, Pa tents, Finance, etc. Philadelphia : Whiting & Co, 712 Chestnut street. - The Eclectic Medical: - journal of. Philadelphia, June. W. Paine, M.D., 931 Arch street.- The Pulpit and the Rostrum. guppleinent contains a 'Sketch of, Paxson Brownlow and Two o£his• recent Speeches delivered in. New York." New. York : E. D: Barker. - :• _ Historical Sketch, - of the Spa Misemb. By Rev. Thomas Laurie, American 'Board. A valu able aid to pasterxe,nd others preparing the spe cial subject for IlenthlyConeert. Sixth Annual Catalogue' of Monmouth Col lege. This is ari institution under the care of the - United Presbyterians. One hundred and nine ty-one students and female—the two sexes being p4ced indiscriminately in the catalogue, are found in the Collegiate, Scientific and Prepa ratory ,Department, and thirty in the Theological Schools, Dr. David A. Wallace is the President. Drs. Young and Seettare the Faculty of the The ological Seminary. Morgesoixs . : A New . " England Story. By Eliza Btoddard. New York : 'Carleton, Pub- lisher. Litteirs Living Age for the week contains Geutz's Thary, from the Nati9nal Review; The Prodioal Son, continued; The Herdsman' of La margue, and a number of short artieles, with po etry. `BOOKS, ETO., RECEIVED.—VOUT Of the 808- ton edition of Baeon's Worlm, (notice next week). The .Evangelical Repository and United Presby terian Quarterly, combined fie June. Wm. S. Young, Proprietor. Blackwood's Edinburg Ma gazine, for June. YArk : L. Scott k Co. Philadelphia : W., Zieber. Harper's Maga zine for July. Philadelphia :J. B. Lippincott 06. REV H ii...BuDGE has accepted the call of the church! at Beverly, and is at lis post. among them people. 'We extend to him a cordial wel come and - hope he may find his new relations both agreeable and useful. Gonny,n RITLE.—It is said of an Indian, that. T wheneier- he got into a bad place in the swamp, where the ground was too soft for safety, _he,:pnt up a stake to mark the place. Thus he noto.enly, avoided the danger himself, but kept others from falling into the same snare. Might not every Christian learn a hmiison from this rude son'ef the forest, not only to guard ag ainst his 'thrti false steps, but as he prays,. ‘ 1 Lead us not ,into temptation," to he careful to remove temp- Olitl of his laiotheetipith JULY 3, =WE
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