1862. american Vreollgttri; -AND GENESEE EVANGELIST. JOHN W. ?MRS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1862 THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, A WEEKLY RELIGIOUS AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER, IN THE INTEREST OF THE Constitutional Presbyterian Church, PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, AT . No; 1334 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. TERMS--(in advance). - $2 00 per annum. 250 " By mail, • . By carriers, in the city, Pnbutrms. Any clergyman procuring us two- new subscribers, with the pay in, advance, its entitled •to a third copy one year s free. Any person 'procuring three new atibseribere, with the pay in advance, can have a fourth copy free, for one year. For Five Dollars we will send two copies of the paper aid a oopy of the Quarterly Review, for one year, to new subscribers. Any one' procuring new subscribers Vs entitled to Fifty cents for each one secured and prepaid. (;)1 digiono ‘;`Altellittart. Presbyterian. The United Preebyterian Church in Oregon. —The Rev S. G. Irvine writes to the Evangelical Repository,—The United Presbytery of Oregon met in Willamette Church, on Wednesday, May 14th. All the ministerial brethren were present save one, who is not in the habit of attending at all, or engag ing very regularly in the duties of the ministry. We have not much business of importance to transact; limited in means and men we can do little more than send out one of our number occasionally to visit new portions of our country. A call was presented fl•orn Union Point congregation for R"bv. Worth, and accepted, and an installation appointed. A commission was also appointed for my installation in Albany. I bad been labouring for some years past in the congregation of Willamette, and in Albany, the place occupied by Mr. Miller, but had not been installed in Albany. After our meeting of Presby tery we held a kind of joint communion at Rev. Kendall's Chtireb, all the brethren remaining. We had a large congregation for this country and at this time ; but a congregation of one hundred and fifty, with seventy communicants, would seem to you the day of small things. Our population, sparse at bat, has been considerably scattered by the attractions of gold. * * * * * *—Our religi ous and social institutions have not kept pace with our material growth. The institutions of religion do not seem to spread themselves so rapidly'and spontaneously as those-agencies designed to corrupt and degrade. Every Mining village, (or rather col lection of tents and huts,) has its gambling and drinking saloon, and every Corm of vice represented. I recently noticed a newspaper paragraph mention ing the existence of a theatre in a," town" without a house, and the saloon of a steamboat afforded ac commodations to actors and audience. ," the present unsettled condition of our popu ation in the new mining districts, but little encour agetnent is afforded to missionary labor, unless it would be a kind of itinerating that could go from place to place easily. Whatcan be done for the fu ture moral well-being of our Pacific States should be done, as they are apart of the great field, " world," of our own country, and as they have con tributed much to our materiel wealth. A Loyal-Presbyterian.--Itsv. B. W. Ohidlow on a visit to one of our Hospifals feund there an aged soldier of whom he gives the following history. He was from the land of John Knox, and the Ca meronians. Thirteen years ago, with a large family he emigrated to Western Pennsylvania. In a good country, under ,a good Government, he enjoyed life and prosperity. When his adopted country needed his aid, though near sixty years old, he hastened to the rescue, and five brave sons followed their worthy sire to the battle fields of right against 'a slave oli garchy. Four of these sons are in the 63d and one in the 12th Pennsylvania Volunteers. What a glo rious contribution from one home in Nfestern Penn sylvania, to the cause of patriotism in its trial and struggles. Alexander Wiper, private in the 77th Pennsylvania Volunteers, is a worthy son of old Scotia, - and a gallant defender of the land of his adoption in the days of its peril. He said that his " mild wife, and a true one," wrote to him recently, " that the lads were a' weel if they ken'd where their faither was." He spoke of the kirk and-the minister of his native land. Then said the writer, you are a Presbyterian? " That's my principle, and my forefaitbers a' before me," was his prompt and earnest reply.= The old hero is probably through with active service,' but his heart glows with genuine patriotism, and his words of cheer will inspire youn ger men to deeds ot noble daring. , The excellence of Presbyterianism.—ln the dhcussion of the Regium Dorium question in the Irish Parliament, an Episcopalian member from Derry, bore the following testimony to the Presby terianism. He said that he had ever found that the extensions of the Prebyterian Church in Ireland had been co-terminons with the increase of order, obedi ence to the law, and the advanee of religion. (Hear.) He begged to 'remind the house that no agrarian as sassioations nor threateninga of outrage tainted the character of thoite districts where Presbyterianism preponderated. (Hear) Though a charge of in sufficient collection had been made against the Pres byterian Church tor ministerial support, he thought the following,faeta went•Nery far to meet that ob jection. In 1854 the whole sun` collected was 417,183 18s 9d whereas in 1861 it was £27,742 le 2d, being an increase of £lO,OOO in seven years, and to which ought to be added £s,9oomere for globes, manses and church supplementary funds, 'raised by voluntary subscription. There were in 1854 eighty manses; in 1861 there were one hundred and thirty five MUMS. The number of congregations poisess ing an income of £lOO per annum and upwards amounted in 1854 to thirty-three: in 1861 there were seventy-six such congregations. The number endowed congregations belonging to, and under the authority of, the, General Assembly now amounted to four hundred and ninety-three, averaging one hun dred and laixty-six families to each congregation, and supplying from each congregation ministerial' stipend to the amount of pearly £67 per annum. Dr. Breckinridge.—The Presbyter says - " It comes to us, from a respectable minister in Central Kentucky, that it was a prominent object with'Slor gan in his late raid, to capture Dr. R. J. Breckin ridge. An. effort was made to find him in Danville, and then at his farm in Fayette County. He was, however, in Lexington, where • it was not safe to venture, rt Was said to be the object'to put him to death. Whether this was seriously intended or not, the guerillas were given.to understand that his life would be avenged by' the blood of a large number of leading Kentucky secessionist." Preaching Treason.—Rev. Dr. Palmer, of New Orleans, is now canvassing Mississippi and Georgia, preaching a crusade in behalf of slavery and tilkason. • A letter from a, mesh woman says : ".The people flock to hear him by the thousands : tlOy listen to him with the greatest eagerness under 'the green tree on the mountain tops, in the'log cabins, and in their highest places. He rouses up the fearful, cheers the faint-hearted and praises the brave. They say he has done more than a regiment of .soldiers; he is indeed a treasure to us, and one we may justly be proud of." Editor Statistics of Methodism,--A committee of the Providence Conference, in a friendly, fraternal let ter to the Rhode Island Association of the Congre gationill Church, presents the following condensed view of Methodism in the North : " Our present statistics are, ministers,7ooo ; mem bers 1,000,000; total increase, 9,700. Decrease of probationers, 11,600; nett loss, 1900. Local minis ters, 8360 ; theie are laymen mostly. Churches 10,000 nearly.; gain for the year, 167 ; value, $20,- 000,000; parsonages, 2760; value, $2,670,000. Churches, average, $2OOO in value ; parsonages, $lOOO. Sabbath Schools. Schools, 13,600; offi cers and teachers, 150,000; scholars. 826,000; Bi ble classes, .16,630 ; , volumes in libraries, 2,400,000;• cost, $140,000 ; papers, 200,000 nearly; conversion, 17,500; number of volumes on catalogue, 1250 doubled the past 10 years, This department of church enterprise is in a . highly prosperous state. Benevolent contributions for Conference'claimants, $54,000 ; missions, $250,000 ; an increase of $25,- 000 the past year; Tract Society, $15,000 ; Bible Society, $40,000; for Sabbath Schools, $11,000; total, $370,000 ; pages of tracts the last six years, 68,000,000. Domestic Missions. In 1857, in Mi chigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, lowa, Nebraska, Kansas, California, and Oregon, there were, preach ers, 850; members, 82,000 ; churches, 580 ; -par sonages, 290. In 1862, a period of five years,: preachers, 1114 ; members, 113,000 ; churches, 830; • parsonages, 460 ; Domestic Missions to foreign pop-, ulations,German, Scandinavian, French, and Welsh, missionaries, 300 ; members, 26,000. Indian mis sionaries, 14; members, 1460. Foreign Missions. These are in Liberia, South America, China, India, Rtilgaria in Turkey. Germany, and the Seandinavi tm countries, missionaries, 72 ; members, 4480. Liberia has cost us the past thirty years, $500,000. "No. of Annual Conferences, 511. In forming these we pay no regard to State lines; but consult only our own convenience. • " Book Concern. This was established in 1789, and though wholly managed by traveling ministers, has never failed, never suspended_ payment, even in the greatest commercial revulsions, and has never suspended operations; and though once burnt to the ground, has risen as a Phcenix from its ashes. Its present property is worth about $500,000, even after paying $190,600 to the South since 1844, and ex pending $1,000,000 for benevolent objects the past twenty years. Its present issues amount to upwards of 3,000,000 volumes per annum. There is also another in Cincinnati possessing about half as much of the same property, also branches in Boston arm Chicago. " We publish one Quarterly with a circulation of four thousand copies, one Monthly with a circulation of 24,000, and also Weeklies whose aggregate circa- Mien is very large, that of New York alone being 24,000; also, the Sabbath School Teachers' Journal, with a circulation of 15,000; Sunday School Advo cate,. 200,000 ; also, two German papers, the Apo logeee and the Sunday School Bell, the latter with a circulation of 14,500." Rev.-J. V. Rimes, of the Advent ,Herald, pro phecies that the end of the world will take place in 1867 or 1868. He is about to set forth on a preach ing tour, to make known to those who sit in dark ness, this new doctrine. He says : "I enter on this glorious work anew in the strength of God and the unshaken confidence in Protestant principles of interpretation-that the visions of Daniel reach to the everlastiug kingdom —that the book of Revelation gives a history of the true church, and also of the papal power, and car ries us to the end of all things—that a prophetic day denotes a natural year, and a prophetic time 360 natural years—that the times and seasons were to be understood and proclaimed. The church was not to be in darkness, that that day should overtake her as a thief. And believing (with the most dis tinguished, pious, and learned expositors of the word of God in this century) that the signs of this time and the fulfilment of the . prophecies indicate the speedy termination of this dispensation. I give myself entirely to the work of proclaiming these things, As a 'watchman on the Falls of Zion,' I can do no less, if I am faithful to ray proper work." Episcopal Liberality.—The Philadelphia In quirer, of August 2d. contained a notice from the " Rector of the Church of the Covenant." that upon the following day the "Holy Communion" would be-administered; and► added an invitation to all communicants in good standing in evangelical churches now closed for the summer vacation, to participate with them. We know that the Church of the Covenant, which was organized by the gifted and lamented Dudley Tyng, is' among the lowest of the low, yet even there we were not prepared for such an invitation as this Tide Scotcll Presbyterian Churches restrict their'communion under all ordi nary circumstances to their own members, upon the ground of edification, and that all things may be done decently and in nrder, fully recognizing the genuineness of other organizations, and the validity of their ordinances. The Baptist church admits only those who have been immersed, for that is the only baptism -they can recognize. The Episcopal church claims to be the only true apostolic Organiza tion, and, consequently, restricts the " Holy Com munion" to those \ who have received confirmation from the hands of their bishops Its " order of con firmation" close with the positive declaration, " And there shall none be admitted to the Holy Commun ion, until such time as he be confirmed, or be ready and desirohs to be confirmed." The course of the Church of the Covenant is a departure from the law and custom of its church ; and although the same thing may often have been done quietly and privately, this is the first time, of which we have any knowledge, that it has been done publicly and by advertisement. * The Baptists and the Pontrabands.—Private letters from South Carolina to New York, speak encouragingly of the progress of missionary labors among the Baptists. The clergymen of that deno mination are very active and efficient. Large num bers of the colored population have been - baptized, after giving satisfactory evidence of their religious condition. It was formerly the custom to bring all the candidates for baptism to Beaufort ; but the condition of things is so changed by the war, that this course is no longer adopted, and baptism takes place at the several places of , worship. The mis sionaries find an increasing - attention to the obser vance of the Sabbath, and the number of worshippers is on the increase. On the . 2Bth of July (Sabbath) there was a very interesting quarterly meeting at . Hilton Head, at which are stationed the Ninety-seventh Pennsylva nia and the Seventh Connecticut regiments. The Rev. Mr, Waylantr, son of Dr. Wayland, of Pro vidence, is the chaplain of the latter regiment, and he is doing much good. ' Major-General Hunter is deserving of great praise for his kindness and atten tion to those missionaries who are serving the poor colored people. During the week ending on the 28th of July, about one hundred persons were add ed to the Baptist Church. At a communion ser vice one , hundred communed. The clergymen in attendance, were the Rev. Mr. Brinkerhoff, of New- York, and the. Rev. Mr. Wayland of Providence. Methodist. Millerism. Episcopal. Army. Amttiratt greoli t tetiait and 6tutott (o.)rangtliot. Miseellifieous: The Evangelical Church in Paris.—A Cor respondent of the New. York. Evangelical writes. " I was much interested last Sabbath in attending the services of the new chapel of the Reformed Evangelical (Five) Church, for which the excellent Dr. (or " Pasteur," as they say much better here.) F. Monod collected from us some $lO,OOO five years ago. The edifice is in.use, and finished except a lit tle part of the interior. It is simple, substantial, and convenient ; just the thing, I should say, for its design—the evangelization of the people. It preach es to all that pass by its texts of Scripture cut dis tinctly on its front and in its vestibule, and it was to me an expressive symbol to find the BIBLE lying with its pages open towards the people, on the com munion table in front of the pulpit. God's - Word presides. The edifice is not large, and I was sur prised-to learn that, with the ground, it had cost $40,000; of which, I am sorry to say, $l4OO remain unpaid. The congregation was good, And a daily morning prayer-meeting has been sustained since the edifice was opened. It is almost under the sha dow of the grand Romish mass-house of St. Vincent de Paul. How sugg'estively the contrast of the little chapel with the magnificent church, carries one back from the pomp and corruption of the Middle Ages to the infancy and simplicity of Christianity. 0 that France may yet take back the Gospel 1. The excellent Pasteur Monod, although now counting three score and seven years, ministers to the. people, by the help of a colleague, with unbroken vigor and power, besides bearing the burdens of a multitude of the churches of a like faith round about, and edit: ing the Archives of Christianity. tour Fetrig. Official account of the Battle of Cedar Nountain.—We give to our readers the substance of it. He says : • The engagement did.not fairly open until after 6 o'clock, but for an hour and a half was furious and unceasing. Throughout, the cannonading, which at first was desultory and directed mainly against the cavalry, had continued to receive reports from General Banks that no attack was apprehended, and that no considerable infantry force of the enemy had come forward. Yet towards evening the increase in the artillery firing having satisfied me an engagement might be at hand, thouglk the lateness of the hour rendered it unlikely, 1 ordered General McDowell to advance Rickett's Division to support • General Banks, and directed General Siegel to bring his men.upon the ground as soon as possible. I arrived personally on the field at 7 P. M., and found the action raging furiously. The infantry fire was incessant and severe. I found General Banks. holding the position lie took np early in the morning. His losses were heavy. Rickett's Division was immediately pushed for ward, and occupied the right of General Banks, the brigades of Crawford and Gordon being directed to change their position from the right and mass them selves in the centre. Before, this change could be effected it was quite dark, though the, artillery fire continued at short range without intermission. The artillery fire at night by the Second and Fifth Maine Batteries, in. Rickett's Division, of General McDowell's Corps, was most destructive, as was readily observable the next morning in the dead men and horses, and broken gun-carriages of the enemy's batteries which had been advanced against it. Our-Creeps rested-orrtheir arms-during the Bight in line of battle, the heavy shelling, being kept up on both sides until midnight. At daylight the next morning, the enemy fell back two miles from our front, and still higher up the mountain. our pickets at once advanced and occupied the ground. The fatigue of the troops from long marches and excessive heat, made it impossible for either side to resume the action on Sabbath. The men were, there fore, allowed to rest and recruit the whole day, our only active operation being of cavalry on the enemy's flank and rear. - Monday was spent in burying the dead and in getting off the wounded. The slaughter was severe on both sides, most of the fighting toeing hand to hand. The dead bodies of both armies were found min gled together in , masses over the wh9le ground of the conflict. The burying of the dead was not completed until dark oar Monday, the heat being so terrible that se vere work was not possible. On Monday night the , enemy fled from the . field, leaving many of his dead unburied and his wounded on the ground and along the road to Orange Court- House, as will be seen from General Buford's Dis patch'. From the Army of Virginia. Another mys terious Disappearance ol Jackson.—Scouts have re ported that there was no force of rebels within ten miles of Cedar Run on the 18th. It is the belief that Jackson has gone in some other direction, and may appear when he is least ex pected. A slight skirmish took place on the 16th, between the Ninth New York Cavalry and the enemy at the Itapidan. - ' Colonel Carrell, acting Brigadier-General, was wounded in the breast on the 17th, while visiting the pickets at the ford near Rapidan Station by one of the Rebel pickets. Arrest of General Frank Patterson.—The ar rest of General Frank Patterson is the . subject of con siderable talk in this city. The New York. Tribune gives the following explanation of it : "It is rumored that General=Frank. Patterson, of Philadelphia, com manding the New. Jersey Bxigade, is the general re ferred to as having so seriously interfered to prevent the consummation of Hooker's plan of capturia whole rebel division at Malvern Hill. It is said that General Patterson at the time was intoxicated, and so acted as to give the rebels timely notice of the approach of our army. 'He is now under; arrest, and the whole matter will come before a general court-martial" Drafting.—Another important order has been issued by the War Department ,in relation to the coming draft, which will positively commence on the let of September. Bounty and advanced pay will be.given until that tine to recruits for the old regi ments. If the old regiments shall not, by that time, 1;4 filled up, a special draft will be ordered for the purpose. Another Order.—Another order relative to the evasion of the draft has been issued from Washington. Its effect will be to diminish the rigor of the pre ceeding order, and no obstacle will now be inter posed to prevent travel from State to. State, except in the case of those who seek to shirk military duty. To attain this desirable object, a passport system is to be devised. General Lane has issued a proclamation to the people of Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and Dakota, urging them to stand by the old flag, for the defence of their hearth-stones. Philadelphia is ahead of all other cities in her contributions for the war. They amount to *414,838 besides the half a million voted by the Councils for bounties. It includes subscriptions re ceived up to the evening of Monday, the 18th in stant. foveittent of the Army of the. Potomac.— Tke New York Times of the 15th, has the following ; It will be seen by our special correspondence, this Morning, - that the army of the Potomac is making a very important , movement, the exact nature of which it is not yet proper to reveal.. With regard to this movement, the Boston Traveller, of Wed nesday says : "We Understand that, a letter has been received in thiscityfiern a naval officer attach ed to the flotilla of Jamei River, in which he states that great events there are unmistakably at hand, and that within a few diys the loyal people of this country may expect to receive intelligence of a most important and motnent.us character- A movement is immediately to take 'place, which, in the opinion of the writer, has been so well arranged that' it can scarcely fail of success, and which will, if carried' out as designed, result irta victory which NOB erase from the minds of the people all the failures and defeats of the past. We notice this movement' is alluded to by several correspendents with the army of General McClellan. " The Philadelphia 'Press, of yesterday, thus alludes to it; • Ode of the most important movements made since the' war commenc ed is now in progress,. and will probably result in an important victory, being no more nor less than the speedy downfall of Rielimond. Ilia it is nearly accomplished without the rebels being aware of it, is of itself cause for sufficient congratulation : and while it opens the broad field of vigor and energy in the long-promised new war policy of the Govern- . went, but a short time /will elapse before publicity will be given to this nielFreent. Now, it would be quite improper to detail it: That General Pope has succeeded most adrAirably in performing his part of the campaign deed not for a moment he doubted. f The Battle of Kirksville.—Gen. Merrill tel egraphed to St. Louis, .*om Hudson, Mo., further particulars of the battlnear Kirksville, between Colonel McNeill's fore and Porter's guerrillas, numbering 3,000 men:/ The loss Of the enemy in killed and wounded is set, down at not less than 300, of whom 128 were foun j. and, buried on the, battle field. ~ Two thousand ofF'orter's force deserted him, and have scattered in every direction.; several hun dred have been taken tnisoners, and some of the most notorious of these,. found with evidence of their faithle,sstiess to their oaths, and their parole in their pockets, were summarily disposed of by a COurt martial. Porter and those rebels who adhere to him are retreating, closely folloWeil by McNeil and his victorious troops. The Federal loss is stated at eight killed and twenty-five wounded. Col. McNeil was slightly injured. This victory has broken the back-bone of the guerri‘ in Missouri. The troops in pursuit will either drive them out of the State or put it beyond their ability to do any further mischief , in it. The Battle of Cedar ilmuttain.--Thislate contest nearCulpepperi, seems to have been, as in decisive as it was fiercely fought land bloody. No particular advantage so far as can be seen at present has accrued to either side. The rebels however, have sent in a lag of truce, asking permission to• bury their dead on the battle field. This shows that, with all their superiority, they were too badly cut up to maintain their position, and that their falling back was from necessity, not choice. Our troops are engaged in bringing off our wound ed from the battle-field and burying our dead. Jackson has since fallen back beyond the Rapid ian, and was pursued byi General Polie. Coinuization.—The Tresident'Angust 14, gave audience at the White ;House to a Committee of colored Men, for the discussion of the matter of col onizatien, as proposed 'by the last Congress.: Mr. Lincoln made a speech , of considerable length in which he urged colonization as the, best thing for the colored race, and state.d, that a place in Central America had been decided upon for the experiment. He asked the delegatimi to give the matter tho rough consideration, and to give him an answer at their pleasure. They promised to do so, and then retired. A Severe Battle Arkansai.—Defeat of the Rebels-700 Prisoners Captured.—Reports from White river say that eneral Horey's division had a fight on the 11th, ne.r Clarendon, Ark The United States fort of infantry, and the reh, of cavalry and a part II ade. The battle raged fier, structive effect on both feat of the rebels' and t ely for some time with de ;cies, lint resulted in the tde capture of 700 prisoners. The Use of Rebel Oroperty.--To compliance with an Executive ord r, General McClellan has issued a general order t his armk, directing them to seize and use such re el -property, as may be nec essary for their supply, t the same time instructing them to beware of marauding or wantonly destroy ing property. Officers ire directed to employ per sons of Afrimn descent "I& military 'and naval purposes, " giving them a reasonable remuneration. The War, in Xentneky.—Advance of the Re bels.—Three thousand, ebel cavalry were at Rich mond, Ky., 25 miles son h of Lexington,on the 18th, I They are supposed to e the advanced gdard of a larger body.. Rumors are prevale tat Louisville, apparently well founded, indicate e occupation of several new points in. Kentucky by, file rebel guerrillas; who•ex hibit great activity. , , , . • t o The names of the pl' ces occupied and numbers of the forces are withh d by ,order of the military authorities. There is nsiderable' excitement in that city from these ru ors. - Evsonation of H rrison's Landing.—Dfc.- Ciellan's advance at illiamsburg. —Harrison's f Landing was evacuated' 'n the morning of the 16th, by the Union troops, nd at about the same;hour General McCiellan's.a vance arrived at Williams burg. - All was quiet, and iti the 'public property had been safely removed. 'r , . , , • • - , e - Pieflarationifer' gifting . in New Sersey.— Gov.. Olden has issued a Proclamation appointing a Commissioner and S ' geon for'each county, to in perintend the drafting, ' And to' fiellitate the'raising the quota of that Statk has established "five places of rendezvous—at Newark, Flemington, 'Trenton, Beverly and Freehold. ' • Capture of ~ a Band of Guerrillas.—Eighty guerrillas from Meade county, on their way to join Morgan, were attacked, on Saturday iptli, near Mammoth Cave Tenn essee, ,:,by thirty-our ; flotne Guards. The Captain was killed and all the guer rillas capture& Sinking ; of a Trport.--We , received the horrible report from ,WAshington that the hospital transport George Peabody was run, into and sunk in the Potomac, August.l4, and that about eighty, lives were lost—sick and wounded Soldiers from General McOlellan's army. Items.---The election' hi 'Tennessee has resulted in the total defeat of the rebel candidates, in every department Johnson;* the''rebel candidate for mayor, was defeated.'by ,40,060 Union - majority. The legislatute.now stand/Almost entirely Union. The Provost Marshal of Leavenworth city; t Kan sass in anticipation of trouble from pennies, has ordered the immediate eitrohnent of the citizens for militia service: Cassius M. Clay into be'appointed to very impor tant duties west of the - .Mississippi. Colonels Corcoran and Wilcox dined with the President on the 18 . th inst. The former has now been promoted to the rank of Brigadier-Generat General' elson is at, Nashville Tennessee. Trains are now running in the Chattanooga Rail road, Tennessee. - - es consisted of six regiments forces. of eigiht regiments f General Hiridman's brig- ratito. Of Cholent Infant= WILLIE, son of James and Reid, in Xenia, July 20th, aged 7 weeks. Little child, he has gone ere he knew what suffer ing was. Blessed are the early dead who fall asleep in Jesus. R McC. giptrial fotire, American Board.—The Churches which have not taken their Annual Collections for the Board, are reminded that the fiscal year closes with the pre sent month (August) : It is desirable that all the contributions be sent in as soon as poalible. JOHN MCLEOD .? . District Secretary. , , Presbyterian House, 1.334 Chestnut street, Aug. 11, /862. Notice.—The Stated Annual meeting of the Synod of Genesee will be held at LE ROE, on the se dond Tuesday (the 9th day) of September, at four o'clock, P. M. , The following appointments were made at the last meeting. OUlVedneiday, at; 11 o'clock, A.M., the Sabbath School Ca.use, Rev Daniel Russel. At four o'clock, P. M., the Education Cause, Rev. F. IV. Plink, and in, the evening a, Sermon by Rev. Walter Clarke D. D. subject, "Submission to L'aw and Authority." On Thursday at 11 o'clock, A. M. the Publica tion Cause, Rev. Jos. R. > Page, from 7 to 81. o'clock, P. M., Home Missions, .by Rev. E. W. Stoddard; and from to 9i o'clock, P. M. Foreign Missions, by Rev. G. W.Hancock, D. D. Members who go to Synod by the Buffalo, N. Y. and E. It. R. and # pay full fare, will be.re turned free on application to the Stated Clerk. „, ..I.I3IOTHY OTILLMAN, Stated Clerk. Dunkirk, Aug. 9th, 1862. Important Facts. — . Constant writing for six montfis done cheaper with our Gold*Pens than with steel'; therefore, it is 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 Pen. The Gold Pen is always ready and reliable, while the Steel Pen must be often condemned and a mew one selected ;' therefore, in the use of the Gold. Pen there is great saving of time. Gold is capable of receiving any degree of elasti city, so that the Gold Pen is exactly adapted to the hand of the writer ; therefore, the. nerves of the hand and aria are not injured, as is known to be the case by the we of Steel Pens. See The Pen is mightier than the Sword," in another column. mar2o eon Aireisotiotlatuto, Back Numbers of the AMERICAN BUSBY ' TERIAN Wanted: BY A SUBSCRIBER: First Volume, 1857—Feby 12th,. No. 24; Feby 26th, No. 26; April 2d, No. 31. 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FOR THE 'USE OF THE , cmoin; simonio;sdulooL; :mum:OAL corm:mom, & THE BY EDWARD MOULTON' ** This book is not one of a series of Triennia productions made to supply a market artificially crc ated, but is the embodiment of the best fruits of tli labor of its author in- selection, arrangement and co 10 Rion, during a period of thirty years, devoted Sacred Music.- rSpeciaatention is directed to the fact that is book is printed from large, clear type, the object se• lug not to see how much could be crowded into it out how well it couldbe done. We have, therefo a handsome, 'open page, with but one part on a • •ff, except in a few standard, well-known tunes sel cted fOr congregational use. •Price; $1 single. . . sB;per do7,en. Specimen copies - sent by rnail,Tost-paid, on eceipt of price. Specimen Pages sent free on tipplica ion. OLIVES. DITSON & CO., Publish s, 277 Washington Street, .14ton. 1 tea‘ 11 '0 L. YOUNG 'LADIES INISTITFTE, - WILMINGTON, DELAWARE. 1 NAJMEEE.LIMITMD TO:' THIRTY. Building 'Neu) and Canveniently„Arranged. • , f Spacious' rounds for Exercise. :Charges moderate. NEXT SESSION COMMENCES THE FIRST 314:)NEE&Y IN SEPTEMBER. . . For information, address , . ' '‘ REV. TROMAS N. ANN, A. M., - Frinci I,ind Proprietor., Catalogues can be had'at the rthic torest of .T. E. Giulia, 'and Lee St Walker, Cheseput street ; .or at - the office of the "American Presbytsrian." •Julyal. if. 14,q 1000 ITEMS Wanted. julyBl tf WAR TIMES.— _ A reduction n of a Hundred Per Cent. Superior Colored Photographs, for $l. Ambrotypes at all prices. ' REIMER'S PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY; jan2 ly econd atreet, - above Green. R. S. WALTON, • FASHIONABLE HAT AND CAP'STORE, No. 1024 MARKET STREET MIT A 7)lmpr n -4. Umbrellas always on hand. eclat) . GEORGE J. BOYD; ' • BANKER: No. 18 SOuth Third Street, Philadelphia, (Two doors above Mechanics' Bank.) DBALER in Bills of Exchange,Bank Notes and Sp ecie. Drafts on New York, Bpston, Bald more,'etc., for sale. Stocks and Bonds bought and sold on commission, att the Board of Brokers. Busi ness ,Paper, Loans on Collaterals, etc., negotiated. Deposits received and interest allowed. jag • Gs RUSSELL, No. 22 NORTH SIXTH STREET Am . jean and Imported f ~~ FINE Coral, Lava, and Carbuncle Jewelry, in Etru scan and plain mountings. Silverware of every description' warranted equal to coin. Plated Ware— Tea Sets,"Ca ke Baskets, Castors, Cups, Knives, Forks, etc. Repairing carefully attended to. nov2B ly A good reliable Agent wanP ed in every town, to talre the entire control; for his neighborhood, of on% of the BEST and MOST PROFITABLE articles ever presented to- the public. The right MAN or virOl4lAN can make front $2O to $5O a week easily. ,Bor circular, with fun de scription, address JACOB LEWIS CO. 82 and 84 Nassau St., New York NEW MUSIC BOOK. fiIIIIRCU CHOIRS, and al] others wishing for a gpv FIRST-CLASS book of. Church music are in vited to examine THE TABERNAC LE, A new book of Hymn Tunes, aha'as, Anthems, ete By B. F. BAKER and W. 0. Pranzmis Price $8 00 per dozen. The publishers, in offering this new work, beg leave to say that ‘ it has enlisted the best efforts of its able and experienced authors, and will be found most ad mirably adapted to the wants of choristers and choirs in churches of every denominatim 119— Send to the publishers. fur a circular descrip tive of the work. A sample cam forwarded, postpaid for One, Dollar. TICKNOR St FIELDS, july3l 2t] Aro. 185 Washington St Boston, Mass Collegiatkinstitute for foung Ladies, NO. 1530 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, Rev. Charles A. Smith, D. D., Principal. The eighth Academic year begins on Monday, Sep tember loth, 1862. Circulars specifying terms, &c., will be sent, and additional information given, on application to the Principal. Letters may be directed to Box 1889, Post office• Philadelphia. . July 101 y. ' SYRUP or DOCK. JUMELLE'S COMPOUND; SYRUP. OF DOCK • TS the remedy now more' extensively nsed than any other,-foOhe cure of Coughs ' Liver Complaint, Spitting of Blood, arid, Pains in the Breast. As a blood purififr and invigorating specific, as a restora- tive in cases of physical debility and nervous irrita tion, it has no equal. Sold by the Proprietor, F. JUMPLLE, No. 1525 Market street, and at all Druggists. july24 tf A New Work on Praitical Religion. 2ESTHE'rIC PIETY, BY REV. Wikt. BACON. The character of the , work can best be seen from the following • • RECOMMENDATIONS : From Rev. Suienv BARNES, pastor of the First Presbytirian Church, Philadelphia. "I hive reaii with as much'care and attention as I could bestoif on it, a work by the Rev. William 13a con, entitled " Esthetic. Piety or•the beauty and love liness of the Christian Religion." The design of this work, as stated, by the author (pp. 23, 24,) is to show. 1. That the Christian Religion is . essentially beau tiful and lovely. 2. That Christians should strive as much as possi ble to attain and to exhibit all the excellences of this 8. That sinners as well as saints should candidly_ examine and correctly estimate the duties and graces of Christianity, and thence be Jed to adopt and prad ace them in order to secure all the happiness to which they will lead." - ' No one can doubt the importance of the subject thus discussed. And in my judgment the author has ; discussed them in such a.way as to be eminently uses ful to all those who will read his work. The piety of the,churcb would be of a higher order, and the hap piness of Christians would be much greater, if they would follow the counsels addressed to them in this book ; and! it would be for the eternal welfare of those who are not now Christians, if they would, as the author suggests, so examine Christianity; so lay aside all pre judice ; so yield themselves to the'convictimi of truth, as to embrace the Christian system and. practice it in their lives. I think that the 'book is adapted to elevate the faith; and increase the piety of the Church, and that i ' tendency would be to convince all persons that e Christian religion is 'f worthy of:all accepts 'don '' and is the richest gift which God has confer red n maul:incl.—l have known the Rev. Mr. Bacon for many years, and in such 'circumstances' as to sh w ' what manner of spirit he is of, and I have the r utmost confidence in his piety, his zeal, and his de site to do good to the world, and•eommend this work I-the fruit of the reflections of many 'years, and the esult of a desire to do good when he is unable pub icly to preach the Gospel, to all with whom my name may serve as a sufficient commendation of the work to induce them to examine it for themselves." • , ALBERT BARNES. - From Rev. NAIVE,HOPKINS, D. D. L. L. D., Pre sident of William's College, and of the A. B. C. F. • Your work on " /Esthetic Piety" I have no he sitation in commending for its judicious design, its clear discrimination, of the elements of Christian 'character, its forcible commendation of them, and its full reference to those passages of Scripture by which they are sustained . "' MARK HOPKINS. From the Professors of the Auburn Theological Seminary. " I have read your work on iEsthetip Piety with entire approbation and unmingled gratification. It is full of sound common sense, suggestive thought and scriptural truth. It cannot fail to profit those who will attentively read it. lam glad that while you are disabled from all labor abroad, you are able to divert your own mind, alleviate the pains of your long con finement, and render yourself widely and permanent ly useful by producing such works.' "I have read your last volume entitled ".!Esthetic Piety" with much satisfaction. The cultivation of this department of Christain character demands at tention. Your book• has my cordial approbation, as it furnishes desirable help to the many who are in need of a Manual on this subject. I rejoice that dur ing your long confinement you are- able to use your pen for the good of the Church." J. B. CONDIT. " I have read with _interest and profit the work on "/Esthetic Piety" by Rev. WILLIAM.Becox. "The very discriminating and full analysis of the chris tian character it contains, classes it as an aid to self examination with the best extant works on experi mental religion ; and the exhibition of ther reasons why piety is too often presented in an unattractive form is full of admonition .to•• all Christi.ans. As a work, not for popular reading, but for closet contem plation, I wish it might be put into =the hands of every church member." , M. Homxs. - "I have yet been> able only; to glance at it"— /Esthetic Piety.' But I have read enough to disco ver, that it is• an excellent work of its kind, skilfully adapted to recommend our holy religion even as a mat ter of taste; to show the groundlessness of the impres sion, (whence so much aversion to Christianity,) that it is "unsightly and forbidding." At the same time I am glad to notice, that you do not lose sight of those higher considerations, which would make it an imperative duty, and the true interest of sinners to embrace the:' Gospel,, even though 'it shouldbe offen sive to the nice taste of the cultivated and refined." . . E. A. E[IINTIIsrGTON. For Sale at the PRESBYTERIAN BOOKSTORE. july 17-tf REMOVAL . WIII T MAN & 00 , MANUFACTURERS OF Fancy and. Plain 'Candies, chocolate Confections, Gum DroPs, .Mixed Sugar Plums, .etc. ete. Also, . dealers in' Foreign Fruits, and brilliant it colored Fire Works. • Having removed from Second and Chestnut streets to • 318 CHESTNUT. ST, BELOW" FOUR7II, where 'the public will find pnre Confectionary and an assortment of. Fire Works, not surpassed by any es tablishment in the city. , ju2B lm T. W. Wilson's Tea Warehouse, No. 236 Chestnut street, W. T. WILSON, . Proprietor. Tea and toffee at 'the lowest wholesale prices for ' . Orders from the country promptly attended to. • • ' Ju26.tf The Attentiort`of HOusekeepers TS Called to our large stock °Utile Jt.: UNIVERSAL, CLOTHES WRINGERS, they are the only reliable. Watxontts in the market; it is easily fastened to the Tub, and never works loose ;it has no Wooden Screw to break, no Rubber band to stretch and no iron Frame to rust the Clothes; they are.manufactured in four sizes, and sell for • $5, $6, $7, and $lO, They are reliable and warranted. Call and examine them at, • ' WALCOTT & BURNHAM, . July 10 dt ' 627' Chestnut St. Superintendents, Teachers and Com mittees A BOUT making selections for Sabbath-School A braries, should send for the SELECT DE.scau , ME CATALOGUE, of • t • J. C OARRIGUESA CO. SForth street, Penn:a..> The catalogue will be Sent free on'applicatioa., ' july lO ly. CHEAP HAT STORE TEMPLE OP FASHION!! HATS AND OAPS Cheap for Cash, 40 N. SIXTH STREET (Between Market & Arch) BOURNE Particular attention paid to bespoke Hats. Neel 2 1 NEW STORE. No. 138 South Eleventh street, above Walnut. C. W. CLARK, VENETIAN BLINDS and WINDOW SHADES, Cords, Tassels and Trimmings. Beat qualitywork at very low prices. Repairing promptly attended to. Branch Store and Manufactury, Second street, aboVe Walnut. Blinds for Churches, Halls, and Librarie made in the most substantial manner. nOv2l The Cheapest and Best Hair Dye in the World. NEV74—TAppS OR :11 7 410a1FA OUT, UPHAM'S Hair Dye ' 38 cents a box, three boxes for $l. The best in use. Try it. Sold only UPHAM' S, No. 403 Chestnut Street. feb27 6m TRUE undersigned takes pleasure in announcing to 1 the patrons'of the American Presbyterian," and the public in general, that the CLOTHING mannEuttired, either. ready-made or special order, is from material of the and warranted to give satisfiletion. The prices are marked in PLAIN FIGURES, on each garment, and in all cases, uniformly low. TERMS CASH, EDWARD T. TAYLOR, For CHARLES STOKES No. 824 'Chestnut street, PhilL DANDELION COFFEE. THIS preparation, made from the best Java. Coffee, is recommended by physicians as a superior NUTRITIOUS BEVERAGE for General Debility, Dyspepsia, and all bilious disorders. Thousands who have been compelled to abandon'the use of Cof fee will use this without injurious effects. One can contains the strength of two pounds of ordinary coffee Price 25 cents. The purest and best BAKING POWDER known, for making light, sweet and nutritious Bread and Cakes. Price .15 cents. Manufactured by M.U. KOLLOCK, CHEMST, Cornet of Broad and Cheituut streets, Phila, , And sold by all Druggists and Grocers. mar 27 tf Ong CLOTHS FOP. SALE BY ±HE MANUFACTURER, AT No. 229 Arch Street s Phi adelphia. No. 49 Cedar Street, New York. - • The Stock consists of Enamelled Leather Cloth. . Carriage Floor Oil Cloth. Table and Stair Oil Cloths. Stand Covers and Green Curtain Cloth. Floor Oil Cloths, from .1- to 6 yards wide. The style and quality of these goods are not ex celled. • Will be sold to dealers at reasonable prices. feb THOMAS POTTER, Manufacturer. Sacramental Unadulterated Article Especially suited for Communion Purposes For sale by START, & MILLER, S. E. corner Tenth and Arch streets, Philadelphia. EDWIN HALL dee26th ly WILLIAM 'F. GEDDES, Plain and Fancy Printer, No. 320 CHESTNUT STREET, (Over Adams' Express) Philadelphia. Pa.mplalets, Constitutions, Circulars, Cards, Bill heads, Bills of Lading, Law and Custom House Blanks, etc. mar 27 tf A RE much superior to Oil Paintings, as likenesses 21- and pieturess, if made .-by skilful artists, such as you find at REIMER'S GALLERY, Second street, above Green. Made directly from living persons, and froM Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, or Photo graphs, when persons are deceased. jell?. ly 'REMOVAL. SAXES R WEBB, DEALER IN Pine, Teas, Coffees ,. and Choice Family Groceries. - Has removed to the • S. B. corner of Eighth and Walnut struts, Phila delphia, a few, doors from his former location, where he will 1?e happy to see his friends and customers. • Goods carefully packed and forwarded to the coml. Simday-School, Theological and Tract Depository. American Sunday-School Union and Atneri. can Tract Society, each maintained for many yeari'depositories of their respective publications in this city ; these are now united under the care of the subscriber, and he has added thereto a select assort ment of the pnblications of the various evangelical dehominations, with those ofprivate publishers, which aro sdldni publishers' prices. Catalouges and specimens of Sunday-School papers sent on application. School Books and Stationery. Address J. W. McINTYRE, - ' No. 9 South Fifth Street, St. Louis Mo. apl.o tf E. O. THOZPSON, M.EILCHANT N. E. COR. SEVENTH AND WALNUT STREETS, Philadelphia. TilE!design of this establishment is to meet the wants ,of Gentlemen accustomed to, or desirous of hay .. ing Clothing made to order and measure. Suitable selections can always be made . from large varieties of material on hand'for the purpose. jjan3o iq E. H., ELDRIDGE, AGT.„ Fashi : onable Clothier, [Formerly' of Eighth and Chestuut, streetsj TTAStaken - the Store, • • No. 628 14-tanux STREET, Where lie is prepared to: furnish his old- friends and Ready Made or Made. to : Order, ,in, the Best Style, . • 'MODERATE PRICES, as he buys awl sells exelusil'ely for Cush. i [dees 1r A CARD. VERY BEST FABRICS, KOLLOCK'S KOLLOCKIS LEVAIN J. BUFFINGTON, ORGAN BUILDER Ito. 131 S. ELEVENTH PHILADELPHIA. A Pure and Life-Size Photographs in Oil ST. LOTTLS the public in general with C L - 0 TIELNG. 203 Above Walnut,
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