1863.
Wrobgtreian
-AND
GENEkIEE EVANGELIST.
JOHN W. NEARS,
THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1863
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Translation of the Heidelberg Catechism.—
The Christian intelligencer, announces th . at the
Rev. Dr. Berg, of the Theological Seminary at
New Brunswick, N. J., has just completed the
translation of Van Alpen's very able work on the
History and Literature of the Heidelberg Catechism,
and its Introduction into the Netherlands. It will
fill the next forthcoming number of the Evangdical
QuarterlN, and will immediately thereafter be put
into book form, for general use. In taking upon
himself, amid all his other labors, this task, and in
accomplishing it with a diligence that allowed but
slight relaxation from labor, Dr. Berg has made
himself a benefactor to the denomination. For he
will place into the hands of all who care to know
any thing as they ought to know about the charac
ter and history of our standards, precisely such a
work as has long been a desideratum among us.
It also says, that Dr. Berg intends to deliver a
series of lectures on the Catechism to the theologi
cal classes under his care. This labor, added to the
increasing attention which Rev. Dr. Woodbridge is
exacting from the students in his department, to
the history of the Reformed Church, cannot fail to
have the most wholesome and lasting effect upon
the character of our rising ministry, and upon the
future of the Church,
The same paper refers to the approaching ceiebra
tion of the adoption of the above excellent formulary.
A convention of all the ministers and one or more
laymen from each pastoral charge, will be held
in the Race Street Church, Philadelphia, com
mencing on Saturday, Jan. 17, and may continue
in session a week or ten days.
The design of the commemoration among other
things is to reproduce the times in which the Cate
chism was born, and the circumstances which modi
fied its character ; to quicken in the mind of the
Church the consciousness of her original genius and
mission; and to awaken a deeper and more
gent love for the aneient landmarks and.. new zeal
for the spread of the truth --
About twelve or fourteen historical and theologi
cal essays from different ministers of the Dutch Re
formed and German Reformed Churches are to be
read, and dizOnsied. '
CoAgregational.
The Periodical Press.—Two Congregational
papers, the Congregational Journe4l, New Hamp
shire, and the Oberlin Evangelist, havo , been dis
continued at the beginning of the new year. On
the remaining journals of Congregationalism we
find the following remarks in the Boston Congrega
zionalist:
" There now remain but six weekly religious pa
pers of our order in the land, namely ; The Inde
pendent, (at least nominally Congregational,) the
Congregationalist, Boston Recorder, Portland Chris
tian Mirror, Vermont Chronicle ( published at
Windsor,) and Hartford Religious Herald. The
four which have been suspended, all within a few
months are the Lewiston Make .Evangelist, Con
cord, (N. 11.,) Congregrtional Journal, Chicago,
Congregational Herald and Oberlin Evangelist.
There are four which are ,now issued monthly, all
of recent origin. namely I Th.? risconn . n Puritan,
at Milwaukee ; the lam- Religious Notos-Letter at
Dubuque ; the Congregational Record at Lawrence,
Kansas; and the Illinois Christian Era, President
Blanchards's paper. These four are each, we think,
published at fifty cents per annum. The first three
are admirably answering the purpose of a local re
ligious paper The Era we do not receive. The
San Francisco Pacific is the organ both of the Con
gregationalists and the Presbyterians in California.
It is a good paper, and increases in value with a late.
change in its management—without disparagement
to the former editor."
Orthodox Congregationalists—The Cortgrega,
tonal Quarterly for January, 1863, gives statistics of
the denomination in the United States, Canada, Nova
Scotia, New Brunswick and Jamaica, which foot up
as follows Churches, 2,884, ministers, 2,643, (of
whom 904 are pastors, 861 stated supplies, 215 not
specified, and 663 not in service) church members,
261,474, of whom 33,535 are absent, (increase, 2,-
858) Sabbath School scholars, 255,257.
Army Chaplains Defended, —A writer in the
Evangelist, says:
" It is perhaps true, that among those sustaining
the responsible station of chaplain, some are mere
hirelings,' but as a class I don't believe a more
laborious and earnest sat of men can be found any
where. Amid the frequent complaints made against
chaplains, and the many abuses heaped upon them,
the great body of them have worked and prayed on,
just as faithful pastors do at home."
Miscellaneous.
Excomratiniention of Dr. Forbes.—This Cler
gyhian who lately left the Roman Catholb Church
for the Episcopal his former ecclesiastical home, has
been excommunicated by Bishop Hughes of New
York. Having referred to his reception into the
Catholic Church and the favors shown him there
and having charged him with making " shipwreck
of the Faith which had been communicated to him
by the mercy o f God" the Bishop then pronounces
" out off from the communion of the One, Holy,
Catholic, Apostolic, Roman Chureh." and says that
the act of excommunication • took place at the
high altar of St. Patrick's Cathedral, on Saturday
the 27th ' inst., in the presenee of certain named wit
nesses. What Aan illustration of Romish intoler
ance
Religious belief of Garibaldi.—it is difficult
to ascertain the exact religious belief of Garibaldi.
Ile has too moral and noble a character to acquiesce
in a cold, sober Atheism or Rationalism. Those
who know him maintain that he is very regular in
raying his morning prayers. In reply - to a letter
Army
from an evangelical Christian,- who called his atten
tion to a pamphlet entitled Doterina Garibalclina
which was a parody of the Lord's Prayer, the A pos
tolic Creed, and the Ten. Commandments, Garibaldi
expresssed his entire disapprobation of the irreligi
ous style and contents of the pamphlet.
Editor
Evangelical Dissent in Wales.—We are in
debted to the N. Y: Observer for the following in
teresting facts on this subject. On the Census Sab
bath in 1851, 968,505 persons attended public wor
ship in Wales : aad of these only 174,947 attended
every Established church, and even from this a
large deduction of not less than 25 per cent. must
be made for servants and dependents of Church-
Men, who are compelled to attend church services
The proportion of Churchmen to Dissenters through
the entire country may be put dOwn as 1 to 8 ; but,
in many of the Districts, the proponderance of Dis
senters is much greater. The Dissenters have 3,000
places of worship while the . Church has but 1150.
These furnish accommodations for 60 per cent, of
the entire population ; and, as not more than 58
per cent. at any time required accommodation, the
Dissenters of Wales have done what probably no
nation in the history of the world has ever done—
they have provided religious accommodation for
every man, womanand child in the entire communi
ty. Taking the average Value of the chapels at
£5OO, they, have property of about •a -million and a
half of money—the result of voluntary contributions
alone,—and including the support of schools and
colleges, they contribute not less than a quarter of
st_raillio_n annually to religious objects— Not lasi
than 350,000 attended regular Nonconforming
places of worship, and about a half of the popula
tion of the country attend the chapels of the four
leading, denominations. Such are the religions sta
tistics of the country.
Rationalism on the Continent.—The Metho
di,9t, in an able review of the progress of Rational
ism during the past year, thus refers to its develop
ments in France :
"In France, the Rationalistic, and the Orthodox
parties, which until recently hive been more or less
accordant, have begun to separate openly, in conse
quence of the increasing boldness of the Rationalists
in expressing their opinions. The separation ap
pears now a matter of fidelity and duty for the
Orthodox. This necessary antagonism broke out
lately in the last Pastoral Conference of the Depart
ment of the Gard, held at St. Hyppolite. This
meeting of thirty or forty ministers, numbered but
three or four evangelical pastors. The reading of
the opening paper, drawn up by a young pastor and
analyzing the book of a Professor Larroque against
the Christian religion, was followed by a discussion,
in the course of which_ the most extreme negative
opinions were expressed. One of the pastors said
that Mr. Larroque was entirely right in some of his
attacks, and particularly:in those upon original sin
and. the expiatory death of Christ ; smother affirmed
that Mr. Larroque was destroying the Official, the
traditional Christianity, but was in no way attack
ing his own Christianity, which was anterior to doc
trines and to the Church ; another would absolutely
have it, that Mr. Larroque was a Christian, not
withstanding his own denial. Already, at the two
or three preceding Conferences, the chief speakers
had denied the inspiration and authority of the
Scriptures, the divinity; of Christ, etc., and at this
year's Conference some 'ltationalistic pastors of the
young,sehool declared that there is an abyss between
Orthodoxy and their opinion& The Orthodox were
therefore compelled to make an'emphatic protest.
They' forthwith resolved upon a separation, and
notified the meeting that henceforth they would no
more form a part of the Pastoral Conferences of the
Gard. They at' once organize a new Confer
ence. There has been for some time a general lin
' • n fi:v4 ..r 41 L 7I
into ana Rationalistic denomination
odor and
draws near. A separation like that which has just
taken place in the Department de Gard may greatly
hasten the time of the general split."
Referring to the German States, it mentions that
the "circumstance that the Rationalists, as a gen
erahrule, are in favor of ecclesiastical as well as
political freedom, and their opponents mostly against
it," gives the former an immense advantage. They
have obtained control of the established churches in
Baden, the Palatinate of Bavaria, and have hopes
of success in Hanover. "The State churches
of Austria and Holland remain under the un
disputed control of the Rationalistic School."
In Sweden, Christ's divinity has been attacked
by a canon of the State Church, " and the
the Government has refused to comply with the
demand of the Bishop of Gothenburg for his
suspension. As there is a probability that the
Church will soon obtain from the State authorization
to convoke General Church Assemblies, the con
troversy is likely to be decided by ecclesiastical au
thority alone, which, in Sweden, will provide for
the expulsion of the Rationalists from the Church."
Reading Sermons.—Dr. Begg, of the Scotch
Free Church, has given notice that he will move
the Presbytery to adopt means to put an end among
the students to the reading of sermons. British
Standard.
Opening of Churches in New Orleans.—The
following order was lately issued in New Orleans
by General Banks :
" The Commanding General issues the following
order:
" Applications for the suspension of the order
closing certain churches in the city of New Orleans
have been presented to ,the Military Governor of
the State, and by him referred to the Major-General
commanding.
"An omission in the Church service, assumed to
have been made by direction of the Church govern
ment, is, understood to have been the basis of this
order. Where the head of the State is also head
of the Church, an omission like that referred to would
be in contravention of political authority, but the
Government does nothere assume that power,' and
the case presented does not seem to require a con
tinued intervention of military authority. The or
der is, therefore, - provisionally rescinded, and the
churches will be opened as heretofore on and after
Christmas Day. This decision is based upon the
negative character of the offence charged.
"The Commanding General desires it to be un
derstood, however, that clergymen are subject to
the restrictions imposed upon all other men. They
well know the extent of their privileges. No ap
peal to the passions or prejudices of the people, or
to excite hostility to the Government, whether in
the form of prayer, exhortation, counsel, or sermon,
nor any offensive demonstration, whether open or
covert, can be allowed. As public teachers minis
ters should give some guarantee of theirpurp i ese to
the public.
40.
The Commanding General is indisposed to in
terfere with ;the rights of ethers, or to submit to the
interference of others with the rights of the Govern
ment, which relies upon its justice and power, and
not upon the consent of its opponents, for the suc
cess of its measures.
tOtir ftwo.
There were nearly forty-one millions in gold in
New York city January Ist., farmore than at any
new year for five years, or perhaps ever. Gold rose
to 30 on Thursday January Bth. Gen. Banks' mild
measures with secessionists in New Orleans instead
of conciliating only embolden them and render the
condition of loyal men and women very uncomforta
ble. He has already been compelled to stop Jacob
Barker's paper, the Advertizer, for its secession de
monstration& '
Atuttiran
. Great Exploit of Union Forces in Tenne3-
see.—Sinee the bold and magnificent advance cf
General Mitchell nearly a year ago, upon the rail
road at Huntsville, there has been nothing compa
rable to it in the achievements of National or rebel
forces until the recent descent of our cavalry upon
the Virginia and East Tennessee Railroad. The
account given in the Hew York Herald is as fol
lows : . •
" Two bodies of Union troops, belonging to General
Granger's army of Kentucky left Richmond, Ky.,
shortly before Christmas, on an unknown expedition.
It now appears that one portion of these forces took
the left hand road running South from that place,
and passing by Manchester, reached Mount Pleasant
Thence it took the road over the moontains to
Jonesville, and passing through that place and
Estilville, struck the railroad at Union, a station
situated about eleven miles from Bristol, which is
near the State line between Virginia and. Tennessee.
thispoint the work of destruction was commenced.
The telegraph lines to Richmond, Va., were first
cut to,prevent the rebel chiefs at their capital from
knowing any thing of what was going on beyond
that point. They next dashed up the line as far as
Bristol, effectually destroying the railroad track as
they went, and as they fell back burned the bridges
over the streams. Arriving at the point where the
railroad crosses, the _llOlston and Watauga rivers,
the Union troops burned those bridges, After cross
ing the river, and passing Carter depot, the Union
troops pushed on. to Jonesboro, thence toG-reen
.
vine . Ta d Milllverap, now known as Rogersville
Junction, aTtogeilier a distance of over seventy mires,
at'the same time destroYing all they could during
their movements in the way of bridges, trestle work,
&c., along that line. This ended the line of opera
tions of the colum on the left.
"The other colymn left Richmond, Ky., by one
of the troads running South, and struck the Gunther :
land Mountains at a point nearer CuMberland Gap
and farther to the, west of that taken by their col
leagues. They next proceeded to the State line,
and crossing the Olinch river followed the turniike
road to Rogersville. It was planned that this col
umn should arrive at this pointabout midnight, at
which hour a train of ears was generally at the station.
Rogeriville is a place of but small importance, and
contained but few inhabitants, who were easily se
cured and prevented from giving any alarm. The
branch of the railroad was also ofmere local use, and
connected with the main. line at Bull's Gap, or
Rogersville Junction. The troops found the train
at the station as had been supposed, and soon got it
underway. Having switched off at Bull's Gap, they
turned along the main line in a westerly direction
until they arrived at Strawberry plains, within a few
miles of. Knoxville. All this was done in a few.
hours, and then the work of destruction commenced
on the right. The track was torn up and a bridge
destroyed just east of Strawberry Plains, and other
work of destruction was performed as they wended
their way , back to the junction. Between New
Market and Morristown a long piece of trestle work
over half a mile in extent, was totally destroyed, and
near Russelville another bridge met the same fate
as its neighbors. Thus they fell back, destroying as
they went, until they again reached the Rogersville
junction, at Bull's Gap, where they met with their
friends who had been , operating on the eastern part
of the road. It will be seen that the operations ex
tended within a few miles ofthe whole length of the
line, and destroying the travel of greatly over a hun
dted miles in extent."
The resolt, of this exceedingly bold, well-timed,
and,successfol movement was to cut off reinforce
meats 'to- the rebel forces at Murfreesboro', who
otherwise would have had complete railroad com
munication with Richmond, Va., and would per
haps have received them in sufficient numbers to
Nashville, wrest Tennessee from our grasp; and
carry the war to the banks of the Ohio river. The
Lynchburg paper Which announced the destruction
of the road, Spoke of it as being taxed to its utmost
capacity. We are glad to learn that a Pennsylvania
detachment shared in this highly important enter
prise. The troops returned in rafety to Manches•
ter, January 6th, having lost but ten men.
Gov. Seymour sent a message of decidedly dis
loyal flavor to the New York Legislature, Jan. 7th.
But while'the document will comfort the sympa
thisers with rebellion in the North and will rrobably
be praised by the London Times as.the most sensi
ble and statesmanlike paper yet issued in our coun
try, yet the positions taken toward the close, that
our amp in the field niuSt be supported, and that
under no conditions must the division of the Union
be conceded, will nullify all he says about the sa
credness of State rights, the Constitutional
,rights
of the South, the threat to prosecute our govern
ment agents for arrests of suspected persons, and
the opposition he makes to the proclamation of
martial law. Like many other mortals, the G-over
nor's contradictions' save him, He is a suspicious
character just, now however, and ought to be watch
ed.'
Gov. Curtin's Message, goes at once to the bus
iness of the State and keeps steadily: hold of it.
The receipts from ordinary sources of revenue for
the year 1862 exceed those of 1861 by $1,038.166.
This condition of the finances of the State is consi
dered favorable to a revision of the revenue laws
for the purpose of lessening taxation. The public
debt on the first of December last amounted to $40,-
448,213. The sinking fund $10,781,000. It is.ex
pected that there will be a million and a half of dol
lars this year to devote to the payment of the pub
lic debt. The U. S. direct tax for 1862 was paid
partly in cash and partly by claims upon the Nation
al Government. He recommends the Legislature
to legalize the acts'of the various: municipalities in
appropriating money, to encourage enlistments, and
such legislation as will equalize the burden of this
patriotic effort. He pays a deserved tribute to the
promptitude and patriotism of the volunteers mili
tia who served at Hagerstown,: and says that mea
sures have been taken to pay them in full. A large
portion of the amount has been paid. Pennsylvania
has furniglied more than 200,000 men for the war ;
including the militia under the call of 11th of Sep :
tember, 250,000 men. The appointment of a com
mission to prepare an efficient militia system is re
commended. He think§ the Constitution ought to
be amended to give soldiers, the right of voting
when out of the State.
Congress reassembled Monday the sth. In the
Senate a bill was introduced to tax the issues of the
Banks. In the House, a bill was passed abroga
ting all treaties with the Sioux Indiang. Tuesday,
The House passed the bill appropyiating ten millions.
slaves. Vote: 73 to 46. On Wednesday, in the to com
pensate loyal masters in Mo., for their emancipated
Senate a bill to authorize the president to issue let
ters of marque was referred to the committee of
naval affairs. An important bill was passed forfeit
ing the pay of absent officers of the army. The
bill forfeits the pay . of officers absent over thirty
days, unless from wounds or sickness, and if absent
without leave their names.are to be stricken from
the rolls. Mr. Wilson said there were 7800 officers
absent. In the House, a resOlution of censure up
on Gen. Grant's order excluding Jews from the
'army lines, was tabled. The Bankrupt Act-was
taken up. A motion to lay it on the table failed by
59 to 66.
Thursday. In the Senate a motion to confer a
vote of thanks upon Gen. Rosecrans was referred
to the military committee. The beginning of a
great series of financial measures was introduced in
to the Senate in the form of a bill to tax the circu
lation of the banks. The Senate listens almost
every day with serene, patience to the cant of some
Senator about the arrests of disloyal persons, the
declaimers generally being rebel sympathizers who
and Itntoet (grangtliot
to follow their infamous lea-
Ito the rebel ranks. In the:
anks to Gen. Butler "for his
mane administration of affairs
passed, 88 to 32. An inquiry
enforcement of the Confisca
t of Columbia.
-The President
. has nomi
aylor of Ohio, Cbrutroller
dace of the old officer; Mr.
eased. Mr. Willey, of Irir:
have not the courags
der, Breckinridge,.
House, a 'vote of t
able, energetic and h
in New Orleans" ,we
was ordered into tb
tion Act in the Distr
January 9th Sena
nated . Robert W.
of the Treasury in
hittlesey lately
ginia, gave notice of
Virginia in the spo(
ery therein. A respl
for excluding tho
Mr. Powell of Sy.;
ing for the confinemei
in the District of Co
venient States was
by Mr Coßattier of V
needless, arrests mad.
viding that suits for t
to the circuit courts el
ws from his lines, offered by
lost 30 to 7. A bill Pro "d
-
/ of persons convicted of crime
mhia, in the prisons J:)f con
; ssed. A bill was introduced
to arrange remedies for any
by the government, and pro
' purpose must be &endured
the United S'tates.
In the House, a rt 'talon was passed looking to
the immediate real , of John Plant; one of the
Capitol Police, for *, human treatment of a soldier
this morning, in IlLt Capitol ground. Mr. Blake
said that this police n
. had attahked a soldier and
broken a cane over h head for asking a gentleman
to give him money, • ich the latter did
The Exeeutive, Ju , dal and Legislative appropri
ation Bill, and the C , sular and,Diplomatic appro
priation Bill war.- pas• .*
,
Monday, Januarec
West Virginia, intro
millions to aid loYal
slaves. Mr. Williams
ciple of answering a 1'
dulged in, very severe
ry's late speech agai
latter was very ang
by`the Chairman.
the raising of volun
Kentucky. In the
of the late Emancipai
to the committee on a
Military Affairs was
expediency and neces
(160 acres) to each so
hereafter enlist in an 3
ced a bill appropriating two
ICI en in emancipating their
, of Minnesota, on the prin.-
according to his folly, in
emiirks upon Mr. Sanlibu 7
the Administration. The
nd, was bidden to sit down
gill was passed providing for
s in and for the defence of
`,Use, a resolution approving
n proclamation, was referred
diciary. The committee on
trusted to inquire into the
ty of granting bounty land
ler now serving, or, who may
, 1d regiments; the said land
- - .
to be located; on any 'seated tel plantation,
as soon as the rebellim a crushed, and report by bill
or otherwise. It was -solved that no'nuire money
should be paid to =evil officer of the Govern=
wentuntil every arr chge due to any regiment in
the service has ba t e' y paid. Mr. Stevens in
troduced a bill authe g the President to enlist
t
150,000 persons of coil to serve for five years. An
effort was made to lap on the table, which failed
by 83 against 50 vote.' Postponed to next Wed
nesday.. The select*mmittee of Emancipation
were instructed to nlmre into the expediency of
offering aid to MarYlial and Virginia in the eman
cipation of their slab.
1e War.
News arrives bu lowly from Vicksburg. On
ThUrsday, January 4i, we had nothing later than
Tuesday's operation4f the week before, Dee: 30th.
The result of .Man 's operations, as previously
reported. by the.rebij, and confirmed by our own
sources, was the rep - e
of General Sherman to his
. _
dated Pullaborna f
terms that he ha(
the night before la.:
him ; but a despat(
states that our re.
Murfreesboro' the
rebels. Our whol
freesboro' iin kills
over 7000. The r
12,000 to 15,000.
nary 5, stating' in very mild
`withdrawn" from our front
i t ' He says we did not pursue
from Nashville, January 7th,
was already 8 miles beyond
freceeding day, pursuing the
: oss during the battle at Mur
!wounded and missing, is not
-1 less is estimated at from
e on Springfield, Mo., Janu
of rebels estimated at' 6000
to be under General Manna
-000 with 2 grins, under Gene
, clly wounded in the shoulder.
tion failed the next day, Fri
;d the town had surrendered.
•en from Springfield, Mis
turday or Sunday, the 11th.
An attack was
ary Bth, by a fon
strong, and suppost
duke. Our force it
ral Brown, who was
Telegraph commun
day, and it was fea
The rebels were
souri, with Joss on
The rebel papers be
their defeat by Bosi
the opening of E. T
they say an army o
The pirate Alab
Blanquitta, off the
12th. Semines4m.
whalers, Whom he
remained taking in
his whereabouts.
will still further in
him. Twenty-four
the U. S. ship Jan,
I to realize the seriousness of
ans. They fear it will secure
essee to our foroes, from which
00,000 could not dislodge us.
was at the desert Island of
last of Venezuela, December
e captains of two American
,und there, in irons, while he
11, for fear they should betray
tis outrage 'on neutral waters,
use the general public against
burs after the Alabama left,
'acibto came into the port!:
. The iron-clad P.
arrived in Ramp
sailing qualities are
seo, from Wilmington, Del.
Roads, January 9th. Her
-11 Spoken of.
Suitable acknowl
General ljalleck
Carter, for their re
latter commanded t
East Tennessee R
quarters were ten
January 9th. Gen
seventy-one miles
from Murfreesboro.
order that , all capt
fined until - Jeff. Da
rebel prisoners to su
On the morning •
a successful demons
Galveston, killing,
most every person
cept the two gun bo•
or five rebel rams a
riet Lane and captu
field being ashore wa
ling into the hands o
Renshaw, lieutenant
through some misma
plosion. Col. Burrel
setts regiment who
killed. Loss estima •
captured. Rebel lo
vessels were protecte•
Advices from Cai
Gen. Sherman has in
pelled to return from
under the direction o
barked on Saturday '
ports, pursued by the •
in range of the gun -„r
severe loss. At th
fleet of transports,
rived at Island No. 8
The engagement was
ieported. The princi
centre under Generals
duct of the latter is
as near as can be asee
wounded, and 1000 mi
Appeal of the 3d chart
affair as tar-as the rebe
their loss was small, as
ements have been made by
neral Roseerans and General
, t exploits in Tennessee. The
1 expedition to operate on the
. ad. Gen. Roseerans' liead
-1 4
Les beyond lgurfreesboro',
61 Bragg was at Tullahoma,
Nashwo
at. Rosecrans has issueraTi
rebel officers' shall be con
recent order is revoked ; the
st on army rations.
armory ist, the rebels made
tion upon our little force at
,apturing or ‘ destroying al
thing belonging to us, ex-
Owasco and Clifton. Four
eked and boarded the Har-
I her. The Flag-ship West
flown up to prevent her fal
i e •rebels. Her commander
mmerman and aboat's crew,
ement, perished in the ex
i d 300 men of a Massaehu
•e ashore, were captured or
at 150 to 160 killed and 300
probably as, great. Their
y cotton packing.
, January llth, say that,
ed been repulsed and com
eksburg. The entire force,
) 'Gen. MeOlernand, re-em
-1 unary 10th,) on the trans
bel advance,' which, coming
mts, were driven back with
last accounts, the entire
h troops on board, had ar
' 1 , on the way to Napoleon.
'ss general ihan heretofore
fighting was done by the
with and Blair. The con
hly spoken of. Our loss,
aimed, was 600 killed, 1500
ing. The Jackson (Miss.)
terizes the fight as a trivial
Is , were' concerned. It says
Id places the Union loss at
bill to aid the State of West
and final abolishment of slay
ton of censure on Gen. Grant
2,000. It regards the falling back of the Unionists
as a trap, auguring no good to the rebel cause.
Gen. Grant is said to be falling back towards
Memphis. Gen. Gorman goes to Napolean at the
mouth of the Arkansas river having evacuated
Helena. '
A new naval wedition is being fitted up in New
York.
The . Cit,ur:ch, Journal' of N. Y. city, weekly,
haS raised its price to O. instead, 0f.63.
goticro.
THE PUBLICATION CAUSE.
The Treasurer of the Presbyterian Publication Com
mittee, would acknowledge the receipt of the follow,-
ing contributions from November Ist to DeceMber
Blet, 1862, viz.:
Auburn, N.Y., First Presbyterian Church, ' $123,18
West Fayette, N.Y, a 4.00
Horse Heads, " " - " '7.00
Tionesta; Penns,ylvaida. " . 7.00
Hillsdale, Michigan, " ' " 23.00
Chicago ' Olivet " "in part, 2.00
Oxford, Ohio " ca 16.00
Southold, N.Y., " 11.45
Northern Liberties, Phila'phia, Ist Presb. eh, 33,00
Grand Haven, Michigan,. " , 6.00
West Dresden, N.Y., Friends, • 5.00
Havanna, ,N.Y., Presbyterian church, ' 14.00
Leroy, " " " 25:00
Philadelphia, North Broad streetSab. School, 10.00
Alexander Fullerton, Phila'phiaXfor soldiers), 10.00
Rev. E. D. Holt Chatfield Minn l.OO
Collarn`• Ohio Prekb •rian church ' •20.00
,•'• •" •, •'• Wa •
Syracuse, N.Y., Ist rd " 7 24.00
Norwalk, Ohio, Friends, : 10.00
Newark, N.J., 2nd Presbyterian church, 26.50
Danville, Indiana, " . 10.00
Three Rivers, Mich., 41 41 • . 24.00
Orange, N.J., Ist, " 43.73
Lima,' N.Y., " t ' l , 8.00
Rochester, Central' " " 45.83
New York, Seventh " " 25.40
Watertown, N.Y., 2nd " . 12.06
Beekmantown, ‘ 4.64
Orange, N.J., N.Y:,•I 2nd ' " " 27.87
Toronto, ,Ind., " • " 1.30
Clinton, " 41 11 • 2.28
Mount Gileadhio, 41 2.00
Elizabeth, Ni.,.J 3rd " " 10.00
Germantown, Pa., Market.S"nare.churc4 . 22.00
Prattsburg N.Y., Presbyterian church, 4.24
Mendota,lllinois, " s" 9.00
Westfield, N.Y., " " 42.64
Batavia, ' to Cg " 25.94
Detroit, Mich., lst " ". 16.46
Burdett, N.Y., ". • '" 6.00
Western Church Sab. School Philadelphia, . • 10.00
Ithaca, N.Y., Sab:' School (for soldiers),' ' 8.00
West Phila'phia " ' 44 ' • " 10.00
Havanna, N.Y., , " " 8 - 00
Mrs: Samuel Welsh; Phila'phia (for soldiers), 25.00
Rev. Henry Bushnell, Central College, Ohio, 5.00
Butternuts, N.Y., Presbyterian church, „ 15.00
Elmira, " Ist " tt, 37.37
A Friend (for the. Soldiers), 3.00
Brooklyn, N.Y„ Lafayette avenue 'Church, 86.70
New Albany,' Ind., 2nd Presbyterian • " 50.00
. Total, . $996.09
• WM. L. HILDEBURN, TREASURER.
Philadelphia, Jan'y Ist, 1863.
The Mummies of Thebes. --Messrs. Ayer &
Co., have received from Alexandria a. cargo of rags
to pay for their medicine, which are largely sold in
Egypt. They are evidently gathered from all classes
and qUarters of the'Pacha's domidons—the cast-off
garments of Hadjis and Howadjis—white linen tur
bans, loose breeches, and flowing robes. Not the
least part of their . bulk is cloth in which bodies were
einbahned and wound for preservation three thousand
years ago. They are now to be made into paper for
Ayer's Almanacs, and thus, after having wrapped the
dead for thirty centuries, are used to warn the living
from the narrow house which they have so long in
habited, and to which, in spite of all our guards and
cautions, we must so surely go.—[Daily Evening
Journal.
Important Facts. -- Constant writing for six
months_ w;t-h nnr_froldwith
e o
it is economy to use Gold Pens.
tinned use, while the Steel - Pei,P - u--uv-Years of con
corrosion and wear ; therefore, perfect urigMMY
writing js obtained only by the 'use of the Gold en. ,
The Gold Pen= is always ready and reliable '
while
the Steel Pen must be often condemned and a new
one selected ; therefore, in the use of the Gold Pen
there is great saving of time. .;
Geldis 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 arm are not injured, as is known to be the
case by the use of Steel Pens.
See `‘, The Pen is mightier than the Sword," in
another column. mar2o 6m
c advtrtiot
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AND THE
EPILEPSY CURED.
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under Dr. CORNELL s treatment, were published some
time since in this paper. We now adilthe following
cases:
The Superintendent of the Poor House in Abing
ton, after several months' treatment of a pauper ;who
had rrrs about every week when „I.eomincticed with
him, wrote me as' follows '
ABINGDON ' De ' comber 2d, 1850.
" The patient has had no fitsitice.l wrote you last."
(This was three months.) " I know, of ,no cause for
this favorable change, except your treatment of him.
BENJAMIN FROST."
44 KONTREAL, CANADA ' May 25,';1862.
"My family physician repeated-me to ask you to
: Send him a bottle,of medicine, the.same, as yon are
givingra
to y, little boy, as he feels Satisfied it has been
beneficial' in histise. M. H. 'Suvia - onn."
The above 'cases, except*Mr. Breaker's, were seve
ral years since, and now let me refer to another recent
one. Not having,. j heard for some time from the fol
lowing patient,,w o had previously been under my
- treatment, on - the 10th of June `I wrote, 'inquiring after
his health. 'The following is his reply: . •
f‘ Nonwicrt, Cr* &nue 164862
fc Du. W. .14. - IComfuLL—Dear Sir Your, kind let
ter with inquiries after my health, came duly to hand.
I am happy to 'Say I am in Goon health—have had no
return of fits fey nearly twenty-one months.'
5 "Wm-
For the last:flew years, the undersign,
up GENERAL practice, and opened, an
'Philadelphia, 1432 South Penn Square, ,
who need tosbe'watdhed, can be amour
in most, cases, they can be prescribed -ft
at heme. I.always ; wish,To SEE the pat
salt his family physician, when it can '6l
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