1863. 4;'-311111,0111 altvrobetriAn --A N GENESEE EVANGELIST. JOHN W. NEARS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1863 THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN A WEER LY RELIGIOUS AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER, - IN THE INTEREST OF THE Constitutional Presbyterian Chink PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, AT No. 1334 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. TERMB—(in advance). By mail, • - - - $2 00 per annum. By carriers, in the city, , 250 " Fifty Cents additional, if payment is delayed three months. PREMIUMS. Any clergyman procuring us four new subscribers, with the pay in advance, is entitled to a fifth copy eighteen months, free. Any p . erson procuring ;four new enbscribere, with the pay in advance, can have a fifth - copy free, for one year. . For Six Dollars we will send two copies of the paper and a copy of. the American Review, tor one year, to new subscribers. Any one procuring new subscribers is entitled to Fifty cents for each one secured and prepaid. ire digisto gutiOligturt, PreSbyetrian. Dr. McDowell,--We regret to say, that the venerable Dr. McDowell, of Philadelphia, is in a very low state of health, and is not expected to sur vive for many hours! The Doctor has fulfilled' his four score years, and very few meu have lived so protracted a life with such uniform consistency and devotion to his Master's cause.—. Presbyterian. Another Answer to Colenso.--John Wiley, of New York, has in press, and will shortly publish, a volume entitled "The Pentateuch yindicated, by Professor William Henry Green, of Princeton Semi nary, " in whioh the arguments of Bishop Colenso against the Pentateuch will be examined, and their fallacy o:cposed. We have no 'doubt that it will be a book of much interest and value. Rev. R. C. Grundy, the true man in the pulpit of Memphis, having resigned his .eharge, has ac cepted the call of the Central Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati, and entered upon the discharge of pas toral duties in that city, The Pittsburg Banner says of Dr. Breckin ridge's late Review article, condemning the Presi dents' plans of emancipation : "We have read it with much interest, but not the same full satisfac tion which we enjoyed in pursuing some of the author's previous teachings on the state of the country. . . Here, as in several places, his argu ment seems to be based upon the idea that the Pro clamation claims to abolish slavery' in the States. This it does . not do, nor pretend to do. It would emancipate individuals ; not abrogate laws. It is aimed at the' enemy's power, and not at his civil system." Deplorable Religions Condition of the South. —Some startling facts on this point are brought out in a summary of news from Southern sources,, given in the columns of our cotemporary, the Presbyterian. of last week. We doubt not the ease is no better in ot hez.EmoliAlauuthetn.churaka.Emdisce onm mti nances, or genera es. Not even rco an. prosperity, is the contrast so marked between the different sections of the country, as in their oppo site religious conditions. The article in question says: "Columbia Theological Seminary opened its term in last September with only four students, thouga more were expected; and the Union Semi nary, in Virginia, has but two. What' has become of the young men Who were preparing to enter the holy and peaceful, work of preaching the Gospel of Christ, may be learned from the following extract from the Narrative of the State of Religion of the Synod of Virginia, adopted at its meeting in. Oct., in Staunton : We are called to mourn the decease of an unusual number of theological students, matriculates of our own cherished institution, in Rrince Edwoxd, and it is the wish, of' Synod,, in this public manner, to give perpetuation to their names. The following is the blood-stained roll:—Samuel N. Lightner, who was wounded in the first battle of Manassas, but recovered and re-entered the`army, where he died of a fever; J. W. McCown, who fell asleep asleep at home, never having connected himself with the army; Hugh A. White, who was smitten on the high places of the field in the second battle of Manassas ; James M. Lynch,' who had nearly completed his theological courser and fell a victim to disease contracted in camp; and Edward W. Carrington, whose promising career_ was cut short at the bat tle of Seven Pines.' The Colleges are in no better condition. In Davidson College, North Carolina, there are twenty-five students, and others are not more full. --The Southern Presby terian Review' still exists. Congregational—S. Hadley Falls Church, has recently lost one third of its resident members, who have drawn off and formed a separate Church. Since leaving they have excommunicated fifty-nine of the members remaining behind. An ex-parte Council, from twenty-six churches, called by the older body, pet Tuesday, Feb. ,3rd, to consider the question: What ought this church to do in relation to the forty. three of the one hundred and twenty four resident members who have withdrawn from the communion and fellowship of this body for more than two yin& past, and worshipped with Rev. Richard Knight'? Opportunity - was given before the council—but declined—for any state ments by, or in behalf of, Mr. Knight, and those represented by him. The conolusiop arrived at after a thorough examination of the whole', question, as to which body is the church, and as to die right of the church to deal with these members, was unKtimously as follows :---" Itiasmuetf As these seceded triNinbers with regard to whom advice is asked, have withdrawn from this church, contrary to ecclesiastical order, and continue to absent themselves from it, resolved that we advise this church to withdraw from them their watch and care. E. Davis Moderator, JOAN W. HARDING Scribe." Meanwhile, the Congrega tionalist-from`which we clip the above,. contains the following item :--" A very interesting work of grace is now going on in Rev.'Mr. Knight's con gregation at South Hadley Falls. It followed the observance of the week Of prayer. From twenty five to thirty persons give evidence of conversion. The interest has been marked by unusual stillness, and seems to be the 4ilevelopment of feelings that had been latent, and needed but the earnest prayer and fidelity of God's people to ripen them into re pentance and faith,---Mr. Joseph W. Twitchell was ordained jai; 21th, at Southington, Ct. Ser mon by Rev. E. 0. Jones.. He is a graduate of Yale, and studied at Union Seminary, and since May 1861, has beereacting as chaplain of a New York regiment. The demand for his services has been so constant and presstng that he has not found it convenient till now to come home for ordination. He returns immediately to .his regiment.---The Congregational Year book, the annual organ and re cord of' the denomination in England, just issued, contains the following.pungent paragraph, which we commend to the consideration of..who Waist that all England is for the South : " The cause of the North, as now interpreted by the President, is the cause of order, liberty, justice, humanity, and religion; the cause of the South, as avowed by her chiefs, is thee cause of that " sum of all villainies," slavery. Who can bend the knee in prayer for the success of the South? Who can refuse his ardent supplications for the success of the friends of the slave ?"---A. revival of religion has lately com menced at • Deerfield, in Dr.,Crawfbrd's society. Its manifestation was sudden and is principally among the young. It embraces nearly all the youth con nected with, the-society. This Society came out a few years ago, from TJnitarianism. Editor Methodist.--This denomination appears, from newspaper accounts,, to 'be displaying its usual winter, activity—which cart scarcely be said of other Evangelical denominations. Contributions to various benevolent causes are frequently reported at double those of the previous year. Revivals are numerous, some of the most powerful occurring in the Most disturbed districts. For example, the pastor writes from a circuit in S. E. Ohio : " A meeting was commenced on the last Saturday in 1862, which lasted nearly three weeks, and resulted in the most blessed work of grace ever witnessed in these parts. More than one hundred were con verted and have united with the church. This work was in many respects very remarkable. Our chapel stands in a rural district, not very densely populated. We are just on the border, a few miles from the residence of the notorious rebel Jenkins, the terror of Western Virginia, whose guerilla band has appeared in sight of some of our people more than once. We are about twelve miles below the mouth of the Great Kanawha, from which the rebel hosts have been expected to emerge. About the time of the session of our con ference nearly every able-bodied man was undy arms, and alarms being spread for several consecu tive Sabbaths, our brethren, instead of going, up to the Lord's house on his holy day, were called to the defense of their liberties. There were only about four class-leaders remaining in the whole cir cuit, not one exhorter, and but one local preacher, who was doing business in Gallipolis, nine miles distant. Prayer and class-meetings had been al most entirely neglected, and the`" pUblic congrega tions were small. Thus matters stood at the com mencement of this wonderful meeting. The gene ral aspect of things were discouraging enough. But man's extremity is the Lord's opportunity.' " Again, Rev. T. Barnhart writes on Feb. 2nd, from Chmberland, Md . : "The excitement and alarm incident to a city located on the borders of Rebeldom ' have not prevented the work of God's grace among us. For the past seven weeks God has graciously poured forth his spirit, and upward of seventy souls have been happi ly converted. Sixty-five have united with us in Church fellowship, and the, work is still going on. We have doubled the subscription to the Christian, Advocate and Journal. Our missionary collection also will about double that of last year. We have now spent nearly two years with this people in the midst of all the alarms of Border warfare, and shall part with them with • reluctance. They are people truly loyal to both Church and State, and the man will be happy who is appointed to serve them the next term, provided always that he is a loyal man. —ln Union Church, St. Louis, on Sunday, Jan. 18th, more than five thousand dollars was sub scribed within half an hour toward meeting the, payments on, the church. On Sunday, February Ist, twelve persons joined the Church. Several conversions have taken place at their religious meet ings or protracted services.—Hon. William Can non, lately inaugurated Governor of Delaware, has been a Methodist from his youth up. He is a true patriot, and an earnest advocate of the Union. - - Mnrtqllir,44;rniii Army.—Two of the faculty of Bowdoin College, Me., both clergymen, are in the war.--At a pub lic meeting held in Washington, to devise measures for promoting the better observance of the Sabbath in the are army and the navy, the veteran General Casey responded to an invitation for his testimony, and in a few brief sentences, gave utterance to sen timents worthy to be proclaimed in the ears of the army and the nation. "'I have been thirty-six years in the military service, and I know that the army, needs a Sabbath. I was five years in the Florida war. In long Marchei, better time will be made, and the men will go through in better condi tion by resting on the Sabbath than by continuous marching. No prudent general will plan fot a Sunday battle. I would appeal to the American people •to save our American Sabbath. If our wealth is lost in this terrible War, it may be recovered ; if our young men are'killed off, others will grow up ; but if our Sabbath is lost, it can never be restored, and all is lost." The audience was affected to tears by these sententious words from the gray..headed tiar rior.—lowa College is represented in the U. S. Army by twenty-seven students from the Prepra tory departunt, and five from the freshman class of twelve. Three of these hold commissions. These young men have borne an honorable part in several of the severest battles of the West, but, so far as we know, not one of them has been killed or dangerously wounded. They are now at Columbus, By., at Helena, and 'in the interior of Arkansas, at. Vicksburg and at several other points.—lowa News Letter. Joilll 111th fAWL. Congress. Tuesday Feb. 10th. In the Senate • 7 Mr. Callamer's bill reorganizing the Post Office Department was passed. A resolution of inquiry as to French offers of Mediation, was passed. The National Currency bill was taken up Mr Sher , . . man in the course of his speech on the bill said : "At the time when a bill was offered in the House to increase the issue of paper money, gold was at 1361, The next day it rose to 138, and within three days to 141, and in six days to 148 i, and never suf fered a decline until there was a disposition evinced in the Senate to check this over-issue. That sim ple disposition to check this increased issue caused gold to fall three or four per cent." Various amend ments offered, by Mr.,. Powell of Ky. and voted for by the clique to whieh he belongs were rejected by decisive majorities. In the House, the Committee of ways and - means was directed to inquire into the operation of the tax law upon manufacturers of limited means. The report of the Cothfittee of Elections favorable to the admission of repreknta tives-elect from Louisiana was debated. Wednesday Feb. 11. In Senate, report's from Committees were presented adverse to the construc tion of the Cable to Galveston; also to amending the fugitive slave, act. The national Currency bill was debated. A bill was introduced in the House, au thorizing Nevada and Colorado Territories to form State Governments. The bill authorizing the con struction of an independent telegraph between Port land and Washington passed. The Naval appro priation bill was considered and an - amendment pas sed, 46, to 49 that no part of the appropriation shrill be expended for the pay or maintenance of the se ienty-six acting midshipmen appointed during the recess of Congress by the Secretary of the Navy, in violation of law, and that they be discharged from the Naval Academy in consequence of their illegal appointment. Thursday Feb. 12. In Senate, Mr. Hicks of Md. presented the petition of the citizens of Suffolk, N. y„, asking that the Constitution be amended so as to recognize our dependence on the Great Ruler of the Universe, whose name is not mentioned in that Amtriratt Trtolittti instrument. Also asking that every. State paper and law shall have the words "God prosper and bless the Republic" attached to it. The National Currency bill was passed by the exceeding close vote of 23 to 21. The Missouri Emancipation bill, as reported by the judiciary Committee, was passed. One of the Missouri Senators voted for, and one against. Not a Democrat voted for it. A message on foreign intervention from the President was re ceived. Bills for the admission of Nevada, Ne braska and Colorado, as States, were referred. The bill increasing the number of MajOr and Brig. Gene rals--20 of the former and 50 of the latter was pas sed. In the House, a bill providing for a temporary government of the Territory of Montana passed. In the course of debates on Coast Fortifications, Mr. Co; of Ohio, having indulged in some of the cant against New England, fashionable in certain quarters, Mr. Pike (Rep. ), of Maine, said that if I Mr. Cox beat his head against the softest part of New England, it wopld do his head more harm than the spot with which it came in contact. Friday Feb. 13,—The 13111 presented by Mr. Sumner to raise additional soldiers of -African de scent, was reported back by the Committee, with a recommendation that it do not pass. This recom mendation was founded on the supposition that the 11th Section - of the Confiscation act gives the Pre sident all needed authority in the premises. That section reads thus : " The President of the United States is authorized to employ as many persons of African descent as he may deem necessary and pro per for the ,suppression of the Rebellion, and for this purpose he may organize and use them in such manner as he may judge best for the public wel fare." A Bill to prevent correspondence with re bels, passed. After a sharp - passage between the re-, bel sympathizers in the Senate and their loyal op ponents, the bill providing ways and means for the support of the government passed .32 to 4. The four were Carlile, Powell, Richardson and Wall. The bill includes an amendment, making the inter est on the notes authorized by the bill,and certifi cates of indebtedness hereafter issued, payable in lawful money, instead of in coin: also, an amend ment reducing the Amount of notes to be issued to one hundred and fifty millions, including the amount issued by the resolution of. Jannag 27th, 1863. The circulation of the banks is taxed two per cent. In t) 'House, the proposition to dismiss the seven ty-six 'midshipmen appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury was rejected. During the rebellion there shall be one additional midshipman'appointed from each Congressional District in the loyal States. With these and other amendments the na val appropriation bill passed.' Monday, February 16th. In Senate at midnight the great bill empowering the President to call out, the national forces for the defence of the Union was passed. The House did nothing, but talk. The War. Will Negro troops fight well, is no longer a question. Their capacities and fitnesses for war against the rebels have been demonstrated at least in a small scale, to be really remarkable. Col. T. W. Eigginson of Massachusetts is in command of the Ist. South Carolina Colored Volunteers, and has just reported the results of a highly successful and creditable Expedition with a part of his regi ment up the St. Mary's river, Florida. He says: The expedition has carried the regimental flag and the President's proclamation far into the inte rior of Georgia and Florida. The men have been repeatedly under fire; have had infantry, cavalry, and even artillery arrayed against them, and have, in every instance, come off not only with unblemish ed honor, but with undisputed triumph. At Town ship, Fla., a detachment of the expedition fought a cavalry company which met us unexpectedly on a midnight march through pine woods, and which wt a oss on our ul on ~..,ALL Irrntx wounded, while, the opposing party admits twelve men killed (including Lieut. Jones, in command of the company), besides many wounded. So com plete was our victory that the enemy scattered, hid in the woods all night, not returning to his camp, which was five miles distant, until noon next day ; a fact which was, unfortunately unknown until too late to follow up our advanime. Had I listened to the urgent , appeals of my men, and pressed`the fly ing enemy, we could have destroyed his camp; but, in view - of the darkness, his uncertain` numbers and swifter motions, with your injunctions of caution, I judged it better to rest satisfied with the victory al ready gained, . "On another occasion, a detachment of about two hundred and fifty men, on board the John Adams, fought its way forty miles up and down a river the most dangerous in the department, the St. Mary's, a river left, untraversed by our gunboats for many months, as it required a boat built like the John Adams to ascend it successfully. The stream is nar row, swift, winding, and bordered at many places with high bluffs, which blazed with rifle shots. With our glasses, as• we approached these points, we could see mounted men by the hundreds, gallop ing through the woods from point to point to await us, and, though fearful of our shot and shell, they were so daring against musketry that one rebel ac tually sprang from the shore upon the large boat which was 'towed at our stern, where he was shot clown by one of my sergeants. . . . . . . . "The secret of our safety was inkeej ing the regi ment below, except the gunners; but this required the utmost energy of the officers, as the men were wild to come on deck, and evewimplored to be land ed on shore and charge on the enemy. Nobody knows anything about these men who has not seen them in battle. I find that I myseff knew nothing. There is a fiery energy about them beyond anything of which I have ever read, unless it be the French Zouaves. It requires the strictest discipline.to hold them in. hand. During ourfirst attack on the river, hefore I got them all penned below,. they crowded at the open ends of •the steamer, loading and firing with inconceivable rapidity, and shouting to each other, Never.give it up. " When collected into the hold, / they actually fought, each other for places at the few port-holes from which they could fire on the enemy. ' " Meanwhile,,the black gunners, admirablytrained by Lieutenants Stockdale and O'Neil (both being accomplished artillerists) and Mr. Illeron. of the gunboat, did their duty without the slightest pro tection, and with great coolness, amid a storm of shot."' Our forces entered Lebanon, Tennessee, on the Bth. They captured some six hundered rebels, most of them being men of Morg,an's eommand. Many field officers were taken. Among the prisoners is Paul Anderson, a violent member of the State Legi slature of 1860 and 1862. He was an original Seces sionist, and one of the earliest advocates of the Southern Confederacy. The railroad from Nashville to Murfreesboro' was to open Feb. 10. The anti-secessionist disturbances in Georgia have been of the most violent character, requiring to be suppressed by military demonstrations. About two hundred deserters are reported to have been taken by the commanding officers at Dahlonega and sent to their regiments, while other persons have been sentf.to Atlanta in irons: The date of these transactions is Jan'y 30. Our forces in Arkansas are famous for bold move ments. On the night of the 4th instant, Col Wa ring with a command of cavalry on the White River, drove Marmaduke's forces out of Batesville the night of the 4th instant, Killing and wounding many, and capturing some prisoners, among them Col. Adams. Colonel Waring says captain Roses, 4th Mis souri Cavalry, led the charge into Batesville most gallantly. Such of the enemy as could not crowd into the ferry-boat swam the river. Marnuniuke's entire force is on other side, and the pickets were exchanging s , n the morning of the sth inst. Waring has remo •bis men from the country. Gen. Roseerans nitiated an important move ment, designed fo immediate reward of merit in the army. It, f honor are to be kept by each company, re t, brigade, and division, on which the'names I'' ates and officers who have distinguished the T s, shall be entere4. and from time to tim.adved and organized into a k i "Light Battalion, , ' med and mounted, and composed of such he as to constitute the elite of the army. \ The Ninth Army q the Army of the Pot& Gen. Dix at Fortresl have moved as early z The Navy had fail. the Galveston surrend our vessels were lying ading duty only. On have captured two of • apparently without a s to both the above ins i gut gives it as his opi of our men was the ea it true that the rebel p destroyed in thewaters o She had captured eig The Alabama had reed filet with the Hatteras January was receivin Kingston, Jamaica, v four days. - The brilliant feat of the West on the Nis i enthusiasm. He ran fore Vicksburg, butt the peculiar position o , feet of the blow. Thy below `Vicksburg and s Admiral Porter. Spe into the rebel.vessel, • this result, and theref. gun to be spotted with jectiles recommended i round, Sergeant J. H purpose, fired the gun crushed through the pia the spot, but he didl , took place at exactlyi rebel steamer in flal succeeded in extingn the enemy's shell sett wheel on fire, while ill, ignited that portie W flames spread rapidly, 1 into the engine room s that, if I attempted t 4 burg again, my boat v ordered her to bp head. every man to the extiu ter much exertion, we' cutting the burning course, were not idle. but, though the cabin ti or was knockedto pieces, no material injury was do e to the boat, or to any of on those board, wasin ; ' ted." After this exploit, the Queen of the West p seeded southward to Port Hudson and returned ti . nextday. Her trip was most successful. She met th three steamers, with pro visions for the rebels "' Vicksburg, and succeeded •n sinking them. She took fifty-six. prisoners, one i f whom is .a colonel. The Queen of the West went. near enough, to Port dson to draw fire from their upper battery. Gov. Curtin has sent a message to the Pennsyl vania Legislature in regard to arbitrary arrests, and 'n response to a request , made by the House that he much more illegal, inprference by your executive, with matters which by the Constitution, are not en trusted to his cognizaance, and especially any such interference with the action of the executive of the United States or with the functions of the judiciary, would be, in the existing crisis, emphatically dan gerous, it would have a dire& revolutionary tenden cy—in fact, it would - be to commence a revolu tion." In another part of the message he says that he fears it is true "that a few wretches among us, false to all our free and loyal traditions; false to the memory of their fatluirs, and to the rights of their children : false to the gauntry which has given thorn birth and protected thOn, only stopping short of the technical offence of trason, in the very madness of mischief are actively plotting to betray us, to poison and mislead the mina- hf our people, by treacher ous misrepresentatioas, and to so aid and comfort the rebels that our fatt may be either to abandon the free North, and becomes hangers-on of - a Gov ernment founded in itreachery, fraud, and insane ambition, or, at best to dissolve the Union under which we have pro feed, and to break this fair arid glorioua country into fragments, which will be cursed by perpetual diaeordilat home, and by the contempt and ill-usage of forelgn nations, from which we shall then be too ak to vindicate ourselves." In regard to 'future , a • sts he recommends the pas sage of a joint resolu on, earnestly requesting that Congress. shall fort 'th pass laws defining and punishing offences o the class above' referred to, and providing for th air and speedy trial by an im _partial jury, of perso s charged with such [offences in the loyal and undi- urbed States, so that the guil ty may justly suffer d the innocent tie relieved. Important seii A ofoontraband goods and ar restse/ of persons eng din the traffic have recently been made in Wash' gton, On the night of Febru ary 9th, one ..T. T. B oke, who had long-been oper ating in this trade ti er the guise of a Union Ref ugee, was arrested b Col. L. C. Baker,' in the act of carrying off $14,0 worth of quinine, opium and nitrate of silver. Par i 0 in Washington are. Serious ly implicated. A r el Emissary from Europe was arrested on the shi :City of Manchester, in New York, Februaryllthl , A schooner loaded with sup i plies for the South, as captured on the Potomac February 9th, and o the same day a boat, contain ing eleven white an ve colored persons wastaken near. Blackiston's po t. 0ver.522,000, nearly all in gold was found on he party. Foreign,—A thr: simultaneously at fi around Warsaw, J made at midnight u Warsaw, many of . . . ! tening .insurrectitin broke out - points • - in Poland, chiefly unary 22nd. Attacks were ',an cantonments of soldierS in ' Ora were. reurdered in their aving beene concentrated, over ! not without serious loss. A illed and a G-eneral wounded. 'etersburg of the 25th discloses latent is admitted to be exten egraph and railway commu '• cl, and the insurgents had s Kielce and Pietrokow. P. beds. The soldiers came the insurgen • Russian Colonel was The Journal de St. ' the facts. The mo sive and serious. 1 nication is interim possession of two to is S. W. of Warsaw. had been issued pri Late dispatches say that order had been N. W. of Warsaw t night of the 26th, o surgents were taken the Government tr. treat. The latest I A revolutionary proclaatation ising land to the peasants, 1. at Kielce was not taken, and stored inWarsaw. At Plonk, 1 re was fighting' through the • hundred and fifty of the in- Isoners. At two other places, ps had been compelled to re . Vienna, January 28th, says "the sangudnary co 'as continue in Poland." The emancipation 41.1 onstration at Exter Hall was one of the most en usiastic and imposing scenes that have been witnesed in London for a long time. In numbers it was o of the most important since the days of thw . to Law League. The hall was crammed, and two her meetings were organized The resolutions reiterate t he out of the 'overflow: sentiments & the and• torittott 6ratigtliot, has been detached from 3 nd ordered to report to roe. They are said to 6th. remove the xsgrace of to January 25th, when de the bar doing block other hand, the rebels essels off Sabine Pass, s resistance. In regard s, Rear Admiral Fora , that The pusillanimity of the disaster. Nor is I •er Oreto or Florida was • West Indies as reported. prizes at last account& serious injury in her con alveston and on the 20th pairs in the harbor of she expected to remain 4. Ellet's ram, Queen of ippi, has excited general to the rebel ram lying be- force of the current, and e craft neutralized the ef , minander wrote a report it across the peninsula to ng of the attempt to run -ays "I had anticipated caused the starboard bow k t ee of the incendiary pro , our orders. As we swung : `ampbell, detailed for this A sixty-four pound shell t cadejust before he reached hesitate.. The discharge right moment and set the • , which they subsequently g. At this moment one of ,t cotton near the starboard discharge of our own gun eh was on the bow. The d the dense smoke rolling i ocatea the engineer. I saw an into the. City of Picks- Ulcl certainly be burnt. I down stream, and ordered . shing of the tunes. Af nally put the fire out, by les loose. The enemy, of Te were struck twelve times ancipation. Society!, anl ex- press great sympathy for the North. An amend ment expressing sentiments hostile to the cause of emancipation was promptly voted down, and the resolutions were carried almost unanimously. The London Times was denounced by the speakers amidst groans and hisses similar to those given at similar meetings held at Bradford and other towns. --Warsaw, Jan. 28.—The insurgents have re ceived considerable reinforcements from the better classes of society, including many from Warsaw. They captured a body of troops near Piotrkras, in cluding two Russian officers, who were immediately shot. ,114 arringtO. ON the 10th inst., by the Rev. 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A Cough, Cold, or an Irritated Throat, if allowed to progress, results in serious Pulmonary and Bronchial affections, oftentimes incurable. BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES reach DIRECTLY the affected parts and give almost in stant relief. In BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, and Oxman they are beneficial. The good effects resulting from the use of the Troches, and their extended use, has caused them 'to be counterfeited. Be sure to guard against worthless imitations. OBTAIN only. the GENU INE BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES which have PROVED their efficacy by a test of many years. PUBLIC SPEAR . , Ens and SINGERS Would use the Troche& Military Officers and Soldiers who over-tax the voice and are exposed to sudden changes, should have them. Sold everywhere at 26 cents per box. The Mummies of Thebes. —Messrs. Ayer & Co., have received from Alexandria a cargo of rags to pay for their medicines which are largely sold in Egypt. They are evidently gathered from all classes and_querters of the - Paella's dominions—the cast-off garments of Hadjis and llowadjis—white linen tur bans, loose breeches, and flowing robes. Not the leastpart of their bulk is cloth in which bodies were embalmed and wound for preservation three thousand years ago. They are now to be made into paper fur 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 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 new one selected therefore, in the use of the Gold Pen there is great saving of tune. 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 arm are not injured, as is known to be the ease by the use of Steel Pens. See " The Pen is mightier than the Sword," in another column. mar2o 6ni ALADY qualified to teach the English Branches, wishes a situation in a Family or School. No objection to the country. Address TEACHER, office of the "American Presbyterian. febl9 4t HOVER'S INK 31ANIEFACTORY. No. 416 RACE STREET, PHILADELPHIA. T HE reputation of Hovna's Ink and Fluid are too well and widely known, to need a recital, and the public can rest Satisfied that no effort of science and skill shall be lacking, to render this rums article equal to the wants of the AMERICAN public. Orders addressed to JOSEPH E. HOVER, Manufactu rer. . Fll3 ly FAMILY COAL. FAMILY COAL. FAMILIES snpplied with the best LEHIGH and - SCHUYLKILL COAL, at 115 North ! , BROAD street Orders left at S. Miller's, 1507 Poplar, or at J. Collins ' 1313 Mt. Vernon street, will be,!promptly attended to. [n2o 6m) MILLER & COLLINS. O. H. W7LLARD'S CARTES DE VISITE and...Photog b raph_ Qallelies, Nos. 1626, 1628 and 1630 MARKET STREET. ALL work from this* establishment is warranted to be of the very finest quality, and to give (perfect sa tisfaction. / u 27 1y DIRECTORY OF PRESBYTERI TEES & CHURCHES OF FHILA IPRESBYTERIAIpT H0u5E,1334 laff • NAMES OF MINISTERS AN, CHURCHES ADAM, E. E. - - - - N. Broad street church. ADAIR, ROBERT- - - Asst. Sec. H. M. Cam. BARNES, ALBERT - - - ISt Church. - - - BRAINERD, T., D.D., - 3rd-Church. - - Bnowly, CHARLES.- - - Sec. Phila. Ed. Soc'y. BRUEN, EDWARD•B. - - BURDETT, M.- - - - BUTLER, JAMES G. - - - Walnut st. Church,W P. CRITTENDEN, S. W. - 2nd Church, Darby. - - CULVER, ANDREW - - - Manayunk Church. - - DAALING, HENRY D.D. DULLES, JOHN W. - - Sec. 'rest.: Pub. Corn. EvA W. T.- , - - . , lst Chura, Kensington HELEPENSTEIN, 3 1 8., DD. Mkt Rause SttChurch. JENKINS, JOHN, D,D. - Calvary Church. - - JOHNSTON, THOMAS Se - Mantua : Church, W. P. MALIN, DAVID, D.D. - Miami, D. - - - - Clinton street Church. MOCASIIIE, JAMES - - South-western Church, Maxon, JOHN - - - Sec. A. R C. F. if. - JOHN W. -.- Ed. Am. Presbyterian. MILLER, JEREMIAH - - Phil. Sab. Association. MITCHELL, JAMES Y. Central Church, N. L. NEILL, B. D. - - - Chaplain U.S.Hospit'ls PATTON, John, D.D. • Logan Square Church; PIERCE, E. J. - - REEVE J. B. - - Lombardi at. Cent. Ch. ROBBINS, FRANK L. - - Green Hill Church. - SHEPHERD, THOMAS J: - Ist Church, N. L. - - Snrl7, CHARLES A., D.D. Western Church. - SMITH,H. AUGUSTUS Twlfth Church. - - TAYLOR, W. W. - - Olivet Church, - - - VAN DRUBS GEORGE - Tabor Mission. - - • SOI:ITHWA'P.K 18T.CRUP.Cii- KENDERTON CHURCH. - _ . 'ELPHIA. STNUT ST REBID NOES AND LO ATI ONS. 1682 Mt. i ertion Street. Sp. Gardyn and 13th Sts. Norristoin. Presbyte i t an Rouse. 255 Sout Eighth Street, Wash. SII: cor. Seventh. 634 PinetStreet. _ . Fourth dnd.Pine Streets Spruce l ab. 40th, W. P. Presbyterian House. 1531 Chestnut Street.. 718 Siinsom Street. - - . - - Chestnut ab. 40th, W. P Wawa Street, ab. 39th. Darby. Green Lane, Manayunk liiannyunk. Geimantown. Chestnut ab. 40th, W. P Presbyterian House. 1116 Columbia Av., East Girard Av. near. Han. St Germantown.'. Germantown. 1814 Pine Street. Locust Street., ab 15th. Sycamore and 36th, W.P. 6th and Bridge Sts.,W.P. 1614 Chestnut Street. 822 Pine Street. Tenth Street, bel. Spruce 425 S. Twentieth Street. Fitzwater and 20th Sts. Reeseville, Penna. Presbyterian House. 300 N. Eighteenth Street Presbyterian House. ' 1100 Callowhill Street. 1083 NorLh nh Street. Coates Street, ab. Third 2319 Green Street.• 1621 Summer Street 20th and 'Fine Streets. 718 Sansom Street. 11th and Race Streets. Lombard ab. Bth Street. Girard Av. & 16th Street Girard Av. ab. 16th St. 507. Brown Street. Byttonwood below Gtb. 1630 Arch Street. 17th and Filbert Streets. 1680 Arch Street. South Street, above 11th 2021 "Wallace Strret. 22nd and Mt. Vernon Sts. 250 S. Juniper Street. 17th and Fitzwater Ste. German ab. Third Street Tioga Street, ab. lith. The Pen is Mightier than the Sword." THE GOLD PEN-THE BEST OF ALL PENS. MORTON'S GOLD PENS, The Best Pens in the World ON receipt of any of the following sums in cash or post-stamps, the subscriber will send by return of mail, or otherwise, as directed, a Gold Pen or Pens, SELECTING THE SAXE ACCORDING TO DESCRIPTION, viz. :- GOLD PENS WITHOUT CASES For 26 cents, the Magic Pen ; for 88 cents, the Lucky Pen; for 60 cents, the Always-Ready Pen; for 76 cents : the Elegant Pen; and for $l, the Ex celsior Pen. The sizes are, Nos. 2,3, 4, 5 and 5. THE SAME PENS IN SILVER-PLATED EX TENSION CASES, WITli PENCILS For 50 cents, the Magic Pen; for 75 cents, the Lucky Pen ; for $l, the Always-Ready Pen ; for $1 25, the Elegant Pen ; and for $1 50, the Excelsior Pen. These are well finished, good writing G-old Pens, with Iridosnain Points, the average wear of every one of which will far outlast a gross of , the best Steel Pens.- The name " ..Morton," "Number," and " Quell ty,': are stamped on the following Pens, and .the Points are warranted for six months, except against accident. The numbers indicate size ONLY: No. '1 being the smallest, No. 6 the largest, adapted for the pocket; No. 4 the smallest, and No. 10 the largest Mammoth Gold Pen, for the desk. Long and me dium Nibs of all sizes and qualities. Short Nibs of Nos. 4,6, 6 and 7, and made only of first quality. The engravings are fee:similes of the sizes and styles. GOLD PENS, WITHOUT CASES For 75 cents, a No. 1 Pen, Ist quality, or a No. 8 Pen, 3d quality. For $l, a No. 2 Pen, Ist quality, or a No. 8 Pen, 2d quality, or a No. 4 Pen, 3d quality. For $125, a No. 3 Pen, Ist quality, or allo. 4Pen, 2d quality, or a No. 5 Pen ' 3d quality. For $1 50,' a No. 4 Pen,lst quality, or a No. 5 Pen, 2d quality,..or a.No. 6 Pen, 3d quality. For, $175,.a No. 5 Pen, Ist quality, or a No. .6 Pen, 2d quality. For $2 25, a No. 6 Pen, Ist quality. THE SAME GOLD PENS IN SILVER EXTEN- SION CASES, WITH PENCILS. For $l5O, a No. 1 Pen, Ist quality, or a No. 3 Pen, 3d quality. For $1 75, a No. 2 Pen, Ist quality, or a No. 3 Pen, 2d• quality, or a No. 4 Pen, 3d quality. ' For $2, a No. 3 Pen, Ist quality, or a No. 4 Pen, 2d quality .e or a No. 5 Pen, 3d quality. For 2 60, a No. 4 Pen, lst quality, or a No. 5 Pen, 2d qguality, or a No. 6 Pen ' g3d . ttality. For $3, a No. 5 Pen, lst, quality, or a No. 6 Pen, 2o quality. For $3 50, a No. 6 Pen, lst quality. GOLD PENS, ALL is QUALITY, IN SILVER . MOUNTED DESK-HOLDERS. For $2, a No. 4 Pen, for $2 25, a No. 5 Pen, for $2 75, a No. 6 Pen, for $8 50, a No. 7 Pen. For $4, a No. 8 Pen, for St 7 a N 0.9 Pen and for $6, a No. 10 Pen. The "Ist Quality ' L t.& pointed with the very best Tridosmin Points, carefully selected, and none of this quality are sold with the slightest imperfection which skill and theosest scrutiny can detect. The "2d Q!ality" are superior to any Pens made by previous to the year 1860. The 3d Quality "he intends shall equal in respect to Durability, Elasticity and Good Writing Qualities (the only true considerations) any Gold Pens made elsewhere. . . In regard to the. Cheap Gold Pens, he begs leave to say that,previous to operatinghis New and Pa. tented Machines, he could not gave made as Good Writing and Durable Pens, for the price, had the Gold, been furnished gratuitously Parties ordering. 1n:i& in all instances specify the "number "quality" of the Pens wanted, and be. paidieular to describe the - kind of Pens they 2Wer—whether.stiff or limber, coarse or fine. All remittance;by mail in Registered letters are at my risk: tar-Fog:sale by all dealers in the line throughout the country 4' Address A. MORTON, ..; No. 25 Maiden Lane, New York. Any one sanding a single letter post-stamp will re ceive a circular with the engravings above referred to. AMERICAN Life Insurance and Trust Company. COMPANY'S BUILDINGS. Southeast Corner or V Walnut and Fourth Streets. Authorized Capital, - - - - $500,00( Paid up eaPitall - - . - 250,00' Incorporated-1850, by the Legislature of Penna. Insures Lives'during the natural life or for short terms, grants annuities and endowments, al • . .' —. : • . , ; , Iniutii Poheies of Life Insurance issued at the turd rates of other good companies—with p assured—lastßoxus January, 1801, being 4; of all premiums received on mutual policief Stock rates,. 20 per cent. less than above Abstinence rates 40 per cent, less than MutL Also, s, . -': l `. ' NON-FORFEITURE PLAN, By which aperson pays for 5, 7 or 10 years only, when the Pdgey.te paid up for LIFE, and nothing more to pay i and should he be unable, or wish to discontinue soone”, the Company will ussue a PAID DP Pomoy, in proporti: it,to the amount of premium paid, as fol lows :' , V. On al! ey. of $lOOO, At 6 Year 7 Year 110 Year after' payment Rates. 1 Rates. 1 Rates. of 2 Aii. Prom's, for $4OO 00j $285 70 f $2OO 00 " 4 ' ... 00' " 800 001 571 40 j 400 00 "6 • .„do eg " 8 800 00 ‘-' ( ALEXANDER WHILLDIN, President. SAMUEL WORK, Vice-President. JonzT S. WILSON, Secretary. BOARD OF TRUSTEES. Alexander Whilldin, J. Edgar Thomson, Hon. Jas. Pollock, Hon. Joseph Allison, 41bnrtC. Roberts, Jonas Bowman, SamuelT. Bodine, H. H. Eldridge, Gedrgellugent, John Aikman, William J. Howard, Charles F. Heazlitt, Samuel Work. MEDICAL EXAMINERS. J. F. Bird, M. D., J. Newton Walker, M. D. lit attendance at the Company's Office daily at 12 o'clock, M. feb 22tf. --,,r- A. N. HEILIG, ' 7 -- ---=.- ~,, I k . *VWatchmaker and Jeweler, c qb, .:. ' No. 826 VINE STREET, (Near Ninth) PHILADELPHIA. A113d48 of Timepieces repaired, and warranted. Az assortment of Spectacles on hand. n2O 1y FAMILY GROCERIES. '" WILLIAM CLARKE, • N. CORNER. 12TH AND RACE STREETS., PHILA. CIFFERS for sale an assortment of best FAMILY GRQCERIES, including a supply of NEW Fiturrs 7 Anisn•GuoOND SPICES, ete, suitable for the sea son. Special attention paid to TEAS,which will be sold of better quality for the price than can be usually found. • deer" Iy ANDit4W BLAIR, HENRY C. BLAIR'S, PRESCRIPTION 451 FAMILY MEDICINE STORE, Eighth and Walnut streets, Philadelphia. (Established 1829.) NONE but the best Medicines dispensed. Prices Uniforp and reasonable. Persons residing in the ' country can have their orders faithfully and womptly executed, no matter how small. Physi cians supplied with pure medicines and medical pre paratibrea. iul2 tf THOMAS GARRICK & ORACXER AND BISCUIT BAKERS, : ::" 1905 MARKET STREET, ?EILA. Superior Crackers, Pilot and Ship Bread, SodA,. Sugar and Wine Priscuit,s• Pie-Aks, Juin : Lies, and Ginger Nuts, SOOTOII AND OTELER CAKES. Ground Cracker in any Quantity. Orders promptly filled. declB ly "NEW NOURNING STORE." FAMILIES about putting on MOURNING, 11 will find it to their advantage to examine air stock before purchasing elsewhere. mounth ig 'winery always Ready. Mourning Suits made Complete in 8 Hours M. A. MYERS ST,. CO., No. 926 Chestnut Street. 1.1e611. 3m S. TUSTON ELDRIDGE, [LAVE DAVENPORT ELDRIDGE,2 IMPORTER AND DEALER IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC HARDWARE, Cutlery, Tools, Looking Glasses, ete., No. 426 So UTE SECOND ST., above Lohnuab, [Opposite the Market, West Side,] Philadelphia. MUSIC PUBLISHERS, No. 722 CHE6TNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA, Respecttully call the attention of the Trade. Semina ries, Professors of Music, and the Music Public, in general, to their extensive and well-selected stock of SHEET MUSIC AND MUSIC BOOKS Their Catalogue 'being one of the largest in the country, they have every facility, to fill all orders en. trusted to them, correctly and with despatch. Always on hatul,'a splendid stock of Pianos, Melodeons, Guitars, Violin and Gui tar Strings, Etc., ,Etc. PIANOS TO RENT.' Music sent by Mail upon receipt of the marked price " THE MUSICAL ALMANAC" FOR 1863, Containing . a list of all the most I opular Masid of the day. Copies furniShed upon application. • • LEE & WALKER, • Xusie l!nblishers, And dealers-in PIANOS, MELODEONS, 722 Chestnut Street, Phila. jart29 3m SHOES AND UMBRELLAS 1626 MA Er ST. All kinds of Boots and Shoes of my own manu facture, or made to order. A good assortment of Gum Shoes. Umbrellas repaired. Pinking in a va riety of stiles, at low prices. n 27 6m Superintendents, Teachers,' and Com mittees ABOUT making selections for Sabbath-School braries, should send for the Snuncr DrscnlF TIVE CATALOGUE Of J. C. GARRIGUES 4k CO. 148 South Fourth street, Philadelphia, Peuu'a. The catalogue will be sent free on application. july 10 ly fIENTLEMEN'S kT WINTER CLOTHING, 'VERY DESIRABLE V IN STYLE AND PRICE, Suitable for the season. _n V ERCOATS AND BUSINESS SUITS, In great variety. WANAMAKER & BROWN, Vif POPULAR CLOTHING HOUSE, OAK HALL, S. E. COR. SIXTH AND MARKET STS. (N. B.) SPECS AL DEPARTMENT FOR CUSTOMER WORK. n2O ly pure, first-class arti cle, either Schuylkill or Lehigh, can rely on getting just weight, and being'accomrnodated on the most fa vorable terms at MARRIOTT & JENKINS, n2O Gm Ninth and Wallace streets. SAMUEL WORK. - - - WILLIAM MCCOI3OII. KRAMER & RAIIM, 'PITTSBURG. WORK, Mc.COUCH & CO., No. 36 SOUTH TUJRD STREET, P.Ef4,9I)ELPRIA. DEALERS in uneurrent Bank Notes and Coins. Southern and Western Funds bought on the most favoiable terms. Bills of Exchange on New York,Boston. Pittsburg, Baltimore, Richmond, Cincinnati, St. Louis, etc., etc., constantly for sale. Collections promptly made on all accessible points in the 'United States and Canadas. - Deposits received ; payable on demand, and interest allowed as per agreement. Stodks'and . Loans bought and sold on commission, and Business Paper negotiated. Refer to Philadiaphia and Cominercial Baehr Philadelphia ; ReatT'Drexel &-. Co., Winslow , Lanise & Co., New York ; and Citizens' and 11,xchange Banks, Pittsburg. febl3 tf MELODEONS ! HARMONIUMS !! eons o C my owx MAKE, which cannot be excelled. I am sole agent for CARHART'S SPLENDID HAMM minas, possessing unequalled powers, variety and beauty of tone. The best instrument for CHDRCHE ever introduced. H. M. MORRISS, janll ly No. 728 Market street. ST. LOUIS Sunday-School, Theological and Tract Depository. THE American Sunday-School Union and Ameri- I_ can Tract Society,. each maintained for many years depositories of their respective publications in this city,; these are now united under the care of the subscriber, and he has added thereto a select assort ment of the publications of the various evangelical denominations, with those of private publishers, which are sold at publishers': prices. Catalouges and specimens of Sunday-School papers sent on application. School Books and Stationery. Address J. W. McINTYRE, spin tf No., 9 South Fifth Street, St. Louis Mo. The 'W estern Stove and: Tinware, Depot. PRESTON ec MAHOOD, 1718 AURRET STREET, PHILADELPHIA, Manufacturers and Dealers in all kinds of Stoves, Tinware, Hollow-ware and House Keeping Articles in General. W E keep on hand an assortment of the most um provedPatterns, such as Silver's Gas Burn ers for Parlor, Store, and Office use, and a variety of patterns for Halls and Bar-rooms. We also have a large stock of Gas-burning Cooking Stoves, with all the latest improvements. Heater and Range work attended to.; All kinds of repairing promptly atten ded ;to. PRESTON & MAHOOD, n 27 6m 1718 Market street, Philadelphia. P. &,E. H. WILMA MSON, SCRIVDNE4B AND CONVEYANCERS, n0%6 iyl S. W. C6l. Alm AND S L EVDNTH ST'S LEE & WALKER, CONSTANTLY ON HAND. JUST ISSUED W. P. CLArlr. WM, QUINN, 16 LIBRARY STREET, PHILADELPHIA. MANUFACTURER retches, Wheel Chairs, an the celebrated Improved Lild' s Skating Sleds. Whole le and Retail, at reasonable nl3 3m THE UICDERSIGNED re constantly reeeh - n„ ., 7 COAL prepared ith a great deal of tre expressly for Fa - ily use, and onr (ends who want a BANKTNG HOUSE OF AL. COAL.
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