1863. alurviran Ntrobritvirox -A X D GENESEE EVANGELIST. JOHN W. MEARS, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1863. THE AIIIERICAN PRESBYTERIAN WEEKLY RELIGIOUS AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER, IN THE INTEREST OR THE Constitutional Presbyterian Church, PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, AT No. 1334 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. TERMS—(in advanee). By mail, - - - $2 00 per annum. By carriers, in the city, 250 " Fifty Cents additional, if payment is delayed three months. PREMIUMS. Any clergyznan procurm4 us xour new subscribers, with the payin advance, is entitled to a fifth copy eighteen months, free. Any person procuring four new subscribers, 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, for one year, to new subscribers. Any one procuring new subscribers is entitled to Fifty cents for each one secured and prepaid. t/igon strilitturt, Presbyterian. The Scottish Intrusion Case perplexes the Presbytery of Cupar not a little. ' A correspondent of the Weekly Review says they are at their wit's end. It seems to be clear that the expectations of the people - were raised by plausible letters from the Government to the effect that they could have the man of their choice. As a further indication of the leanings of Government, a letter has been produced addressed to ,a minister of the Scottish Churcli,who had sought the living for himself. The pith of that letter from Sir George Grey, or his secretary, is that the opinion of the people as to their future minister would be consulted before the appointment. The Government has lost credit with the people as want ing in straightforwardness, and in a real desire for the welfhre of the. Church, and the member for the county, Mr. Wemyss, who interested himself for the people,. and looked for a different result, is ali enated by the slight he has suffered. Dr. Begg,-not satisfied with his speech upon the " Paper lads," has come out upon the subject of sermon-reading particularly, and student-training generally, in a bulky pamphlet. Suggested Tour for Dr. Guthrie in the Holy Land.—A literary journal states that Messrs. Stra tum & Co., the enterprising publishers of " Good Words," have placed £5OOO at the disposal of the Rev. Dr. Guthrie, to enable him to make a tour in the Holy Land, with the view of Writing a commen tary on the, Bible, to be published in periodical numbers. Rev. W. Arnot, of the Free Church, Glasgow, declined the call of the St. George's English Pres byterian Church, Liverpool, with the liberal salary offered of 4750. Commissioners from the Lanca-, shire English Presbytery were admitted to the. Free Church Presbytery of Edinburg- to prom the - call. When Mr. Arnot announced his decision, Dr. Bu chanan and Prof. Gibson referred to the fact that Mr. A., by this decision, kept himself from being mixed up with the controversy in England on the mode of conducting public worship. Rev. Mr. Conklin has declined the call recently received from the Third Reformed Dutch Church of Philadelphia. There is some opposition among the United Presbyterians of England to the formation of a se parate Synod of the English Presbyteries. At a meeting of the Berwick Presbytery February 3rd, it appeared that put of ten English congregations con nected with the body, five voted for, and five against the proposal : three of the five expressing a desire not to be connected with the Synod if formed. It was unanimously resolved that, provided a Synod in England can be formed so constituted that it shall not assume the powers of the Supreme Synod, or interfere with' its present action' over the whole Church, ttad,PrOVided that such churches,in Eng land as choose shall. be allowed to retain their pre sent connection with their Presbyteries, this Pres bytery offer no opposition to the provincial Synod desired. The Presbytery of Edinburgh, their last meeting, passed a vote approthg of the proposed Synod. The Free Church edifice of Kelso (Dr. Bo ner's) has passed into the hands of the Established Church of Scotland. -42000 have been , raised by the people towards erecting a new building. Spiscopal.--Bishop Coteneo's New Book was under consideration at the recent session of the Convocation of Canterbury, February 12th. In the lower house Archdeacon Denison moved that an address be presented to the Upper House, praying them to appoint a coixtuatee to examine the work of Bishop Colons° on the Pentateuch, with a view of reporting whether or not those books contained heresy. - Dr. 31' Caul seconded the motion. Arch deacon Henry moved, as an amendment, that it was not safe to revive the power of Convocation to cen sure hooks or writers. Canon Brown' was afraid that the motion could lead to no practical result, and he submitted an amendment, asking the Upper House to take counsel with them as to the wisest and most legal method of proceeding. The Dean of Canterbury thought that the motion involved a permanent committee on heretical purposes, and therefore supported Canon Brown's amendment. Canon Selwyn objected to discussing a question which was pending in a court of law. Dr. Jeremy would not give a fictitious strength to Bishop Colen so's theories by ,appearing to stifle- crtticisix!. The amendments were negatived, and the motion agreed to. —Twenty more bishops held a meeting re cently, to consider the Connection of Bishop Colenso with the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and whether any united action should be adopted by the Episcopate in regard to the bishop. It is said their conclusion ,was that the society can no longer place confidence in- him, and that most of the bishops will follow those of Rochester and Win chester in prohibiting Dr. Colenso, from officiating in their dioceses. The Record says that difficulties in the way of a prosecution are great, unless it were through the medium of the African Fletropolitan, Bishop Gray, whose patent is under the considera tion of the Privy Council in the matter of the Rev. W. Long, the holder of a living in the African dio cese, who has been sentenced to deprivation.—An ther of the writers in "Essays and Reviews," has been proceeded`against for heresy. This is Profes sor Jewett, who will have to meet the.charge against him in the Chancellor's Court, Oxford. This suit is instituted by three Oxford professors. Baptist.--Baptista an Cartadm—There are ten tisociationa in Canada. In nine of these there were baptised last year, 614 ; there are 175 ministers, and 50 lieentiatae—total membership;in all the asso ciations is, 13,335. There are 429 members in asso ciated and mission ot urehis--totalc 13,764 The actual total must be much greater than is shown above, as the membership of many of the unassoci ated churches cannot be ascertained, and is not given. Brown University at Providence, R. 1., has received from the State authorities the grant of 120,000 acres of land by Congress, for the estab lishment of an Agricultural College. The fund accruing from the sale of these lands is to be applied to the instruction of proMising young men in those sciences most nearly related to agriculture and the mechanic arts. These young men are also to have the privilege of a classical course, if they so elect, and for each student the college receives one hun dred dollars from the annual interest of the fund. John Toomath was baptised recently in the Pierrepont street Baptist church, Brooklyn, Mr. Toomath has been for many years a minister in the Congregational Church in Ireland. He has been blind from his infancy, but is a very earnest and interedting preacher, reminding one very much of the " Blind Preacher," So touchingly described by the eloquent pen of William Wirt. Editor Army.—Rev. W. Alvord, of the Boston Tract Society, engaged arduously in the work of evangeli zation in the army, sends the following encouraging word from his field of labor in the Army of the Potomac: " There is certainly less swearing than we have bad,' is a remark I have beard more than once. A few days since, General Howard, on enter ing his tent; threw down a pack of leaflets on swear ing, which I had given jrink..in the inerning lit was Sunday). There,' said he: have been all through my division to-day, visiting hospitals, and haven't heard a single man swear.' I'm sure I haven't,' he added, for I deteriined when I went out, to give one of these to every man 'whom I heard take an oath, and there they all are;' point ing to the unbroken pack. ' Isn't it strange ? ' he added, looking steadily into the fire.' You know that ry3 good man's ear tingles more quickly and in tensely at profanity than do the general's. I have lately seen officers high in command more than once stop at the close of the prayer meeting to talk on personal religion, and these were men of known profanity." Yet he is compelled to add : " Swear ing enough there is; irreligion stalks every where in these camps, but God, even on this bloody soil, is ripening his elect. Oh for la.borers in such a harvest Nearly one-half of these regiments are without chap lains. If Christians want the heart-ache, let them come here. This great multitude, so near to death, so near to life, so dear to loving hearts at home— shall it be, when.it so much needs, when it calls, when it stretches forth literally its tens of thousands of hands for this gospel, that its importunity be denied ? We want onr country saved, loyal, but souls, loyal, to God, and saved, even more." Revival in a New York Regiment in East Virginia, —A'young officers writes to Rev. Di'. Tyng, from camp, February 17th, as follows: "My Dear Pas tor: * * * We are in the midst of a most gracious outpouring of God's Spirit. Already there have been numerous conversions, and scores are 'crying out, Men and brethren, what shall we do to be saved ?' Last Sabbath evening our chaplain stated that there would be on the following evening a meeting for those who wished advice as to how they must become Christians : it was to be in fact an inquiry , meeting. I went, thinking there would be very few at such a meeting, but to my surprise, I found the room where we hold our exercises quite full. On account of so great a number being present; we held a prayer meeting, and I never saw the pow er of God more strikingly demonstrated. When the invitation was given out for all those desirous ofbe coming Christians, and who wished the prayer of God's people to signify it by rising up, it seemed as though every one in the room stood upon his feet. I was very happy ; but when I happened to turn about and see three of my brother officers standing up to be prayed for, then my poor heart was too full for utterance; but I said within myself, Give God the praise."' Church Debts Paid.—A remarkable develops meat of liberality in the direction of liquidating church debts is now taking place. Within the past three months, immense sums have be,en raised for this purpose in New York City and Brooklyn. The Reformed Dutch Church, Brooklyn Heights, Rev. James Bells, Pastor, took, the lead, and extinguished a debt, of nearly thirty thousand dollars, just at the close of last year. In January, Dr. Bellows Church (Unita ria.n) discharged a debt of $49,000 ; Moses H. Grinnell relinquishing a claim of $23,000. The Clinton Avenue Church, Rev. Dr. Budington, Pastor, paid off a debt of $25,000, and secured or purchased the surrender of $28 5 000 in pew property, or church script exempt from assess ment. Broadway Tabernacle, Rev. Joseph P. Thompson, D.D., Pastor, recently paid off a debt of $25,00. The Methodist Church (St. Paul's), Rev.- Mr. Ridgway, raised $30,000 _towards their debt, Daniel Drew, Esq. giving $lO,OOO. The total amount raised or cancelled by these five churches is $187,000. The Prayer of the Jew in the Assembly.—Rev, M. R. Cohen, of Sacramento, in his turn, opened the Assembly of the California Legislature with prayer. The Gicaner,adds " The first instance of this kind, of fair and due acknowledgement, has been given by the Virginia. Legislature; in 1849. The ex ample was followed by' the Legislature of New York, to the Rev. Dr. M. Wise, editor of the Israelite, and by Congress, two years ago, to Dr. M. S. Raphael, of New York. We see that Rev. M. Cohen prayed according to ancient custom, with his head covered." Congregational.—Prof. J. N. Putnam of Dart mouth College, has been invited tuthe professor ship at Andover, recently vacated by Prof Shedd. It is stated that Prof. Phelps declines the call from the North Churehin Hartford— The society in South. Reading, of which Rev. C. ;Bliss is pastor, we learn has just paid $lO,OOO. toward clearing off a debt of 1,000. Me money Was raised by subscription, the largest amount given by any one person being $3,000. Several $l,OOO, each, and none less than $25. All seemed ready to help, and the amount was readi ly secured. A portion of the debt was aocuma lated in securing a parsonage. oiltotiz *two, Congrestl,--Monday Night and Tuasday March 2d and 3rd. The Senate continued the night session when the report of the Committee of Conference on indemnifying the President for. suspending the habeas carpus act was passed. The opposition who had." filibustered" all night to prevent a vote, pre- tended that one of their number had the floor when the question was put, hut the Senate "didn't see it." During the Se sin of Tuesday the bill modi fying the existing lay Or the collection of duties on imports was passed. T to bill to build a telegraph cable from .Fortress Monroe to Galveston was ta bled. Mr. Sumner's resolutions on mediation and intervention were passed—yeas, 31, nays 5. The bill for the admission of Nevada as a state, passed. In the House of Representatives the Senate's a mendments to the Internal Revenue bill were taken up. Some wore adopted, others were non-concurred in, and a committee of conference was appointed. The - miscellaneous appropriation bill was taken up. An amendment to pay for the raising, equipping, ,etc., of the militia of the border States called out to repel rebel raids, was adopted. An amendment to appropriate $200,000 for a navy-yard at League Island. was deblared out of order. The bill to re organize the. Courts of the District of Columbia was passed. Tile Committee-on Elections reported ad versely on the claims of Mr. Grafton, claiming a seat from Virginia. and that of Mr. A. Hawkins front Tennessee. The report was adopted, Five thonsand copies of Gen Pope'a report of his cam Anteriran Vrtto4ttriait and qtutiott 6rittigtliot paign in Virginia were ordered to be printed. The Committee on the. Judiciary made a report affirm ing the power of the Postmaster . General to exclude certain newspapers from the mails. The bill for a government for the Territory of Montana was passed, but the name was changed to Idaho. Fif teen thousand copies of the Internal Revenue bill and thirty thousand copies of the Conscription bill were ordered to be printed. Resolutions of thanks to Speaker Grow were passed. March, 4th—On this the concluding day of the session little business was transacted by either house. Bills to admit Nebraska, Nevada and Colorado as states failed from want of concurrent action of the Houses, or by dilatory motions. The bill to offer Missouri aid in freeing the slaves also failed ;. also the bill to provide for the election of members in Tennessee and Louisiana. Both Houses adjourned at 12 o'clock in good order. The War. The Army in Tennessee is not utterly inert. A detachment of our forces went from' Murfrees boro in pursuit of Morgan's Cavalry recently and General Rosecrans telegraphs as follows, ,February 27th "The rebels, of Morgan's and Wharton's commands; made a stand, in Bradyville. Colonels Paramour and Long went in with sabres, and whipped them in about three' minutes. Stokes' Cavalry advanced 'bravely with carbines.. We took 70 prisoners, including 8 officers, their camp equipage tents, saddles, some 90 horses, and Basil Duke's regimental paters 'were captured., Ilifaj. Murphy did,good service. We lost one man killed, and one captain and nine men wounded." Later advices from rebel sources represent Rosecrans as advanced half-way from Murfreesboro' on the road to Shelby ville. General Rosecrans has just dismissed forty two officers from the service for absence, insubordi nation, drunkenness, cowardice, and other offences. In a general order he announces that desertion will hereafter be punished by death. —Great complaints of scarcity come from rebel papers, A Raleigh pa per charges that the petty tyranny of the rebel mil itary and the operations of peculators have brought starvation tfpon the people. The Mobile Register says that efforts are being made by the Mobile and Ohio Railroad to stay the famine effects of General Pemberton's order prohibiting the shiprnent of flour and meal southward. But, as the railroad agents have no bayonets, the evil continues unabated, Department of the South. —A letter from Beau fort, S. C., dated February 24, says that General Hunter has decided to capture the fortifications upon the great Ogeechee river, near Savannah, by regular siege approaches, and that in pursuance of this plan the 47th New York Regiment has already left, for that point, and will be followed immediately by other troops. The bombardment of Fort Mc Allister, at the mouth of the Ogeeche, was still continued at last accounts, but our vessels have found it impossible to get nearer thail within thir teen hundred yards of the fort, owing to obstructions in the channel. A Hilton Head letter of the 27th ult. says the troops are under orders to embark. A despatch from Savannah, of the Ist inst., states that the steamer Nashville ran aground before Fort Mcallister, and was destroyed by one of our iron clads. From Vicksburg.—The gunboat Carondelet and five others-were reported (via Cairo March 3rd) as having reached the Tallahatchie through the Yazoo pass. This pass connects the Mississippi, opposite Helena, with the upper water of the Talla hatchie and Yazoo rivers, and allows our boats to manoeuvre to the rear of Vicksburg, and cat off the enemies supplies and communications. The Iron Clad Indianola was captured by three rebel boats among which was-the captured Queen of the West. The fight occurred about thirty miles below Vicks burg, on Tuesday, 24th ult. The fight was obsti nate, lasting several hours, and the Indianola only surrendered when in a sinking condition. The Mississippi is still rising. Two dredging machines had arrived and were put to work last week in the canal. A flat boat ran past the batteries. The Petersburg Express, a rebel paper, contains the following despatch about the capture of the In dianola : " VicKsuurtG, Feb. 25.—1 have the hon or to report, after a serious and hot engagement, the capture of the Federal iron-clad steamer India nola, Lieutenant Commanding Brown, U. S. N.. together with all her officers and crew, by the Con federate steamers Queen of the. West and Webb, forming an expedition that was sent out by me for that purpose under Major 3. L. Brent. Ihe prize is a good deal damaged: —R. TAYLOR, Major General Commanding." " Another despatch," says the Express, "from Lieut. Gen. Pemberton, announcing the capture, says that the Indianola is sunk on the Mississippi side of the river, her boats and upper works opt, near:Mr. Joe Davis' planta tion." A Fortress Monroe Telegram, March, Bth, gives the following from the Richmond .Dispatch of the Bth inst. says that the Indianola, recently captured from the Yankees, was blown up last Tuesday night by the rebels, and that her guns fell into the hands of the Federals. The Queen of the West left in such a hurry that part of her crew were abandoned on shore. A later despatch says that the Indianola was not destroyed, and that they (the Federals) are raising her. The Federal gunboats are making great havoc on Lake Providence.. Gold was Quoted at 300 in Richmond on the Ist of March. Defeat at Spring Hill—The old sickening story of outnumbered national forces is again heard, Van. Dorn with, it is said, 18,000 men advanced upon a single brigade of our troops at Spring Hill thirteen miles south of Frinldin and destroyed or captured nearly all of them, the cavalry and artillery alone making their escape. , The fight lasted all day and no reinforcements reached our men though it is said seven regiments were at Franklin. Shall we never be rid of the shamefal incompetency revealed by such disasters A Grand Union War Meeting was held in New York city on Friday last, composed of men of every shade of opinion, but the venomous opponents of the Government called " copper-heads." Republi cans, Democrats and Conservatives joined in the ut terance of the most unqualified sentiments of loyalty and_of a determination to maintain the National Union to the very last. By the side of Rev. Dr. Hitchcock, David D: Field and other prominent Republicans, there stood such men as John Van Bu ren, James T. Brady, and Judge Daly who -sus tained Gov. Seymour in the recent State election, and who have lain ever since under the imputation of sympathising more or less with the Wood, Pow ell, and. Vallindigham clique, and with the South itself. John Van Buren made a great speeeh in which he declared it a duty to sustain the President as much now as at the beginning of the war, and said we had nothing to do but fight this war through. The German Soidiers in the Army of the Potomac, wrote President Lincoln, on the 22d of February, a letter, in which they treat the peace" men at home in at summary manner. They Say these men " have taken advantage of certain measures the government adopted for the purpose of putting down the rebellion, and, just in them selves, we hail the measures as evidences of that energy and determination which alone can lead us to victory. We are as ready as ever to fight, suffer, and die for the sacred cause of the Union, which is the cause of human liberty and progress, and more ready than ever to punish traitors at home just as well as tles rebels in arms. We hope to see a day of reckoning between those who went . into the field willing to sacrifice their all for their country, and those miserable hypocrites who, at the commence ment of the war, cringed before the'majestic upri sing of popular enthusiasm, and now avail them selves of an hour of misfortune and danger to de- feat ma'z efforts, to barter away. the great future of this Union, :and to trifle 'with the blood of the people." Miscellaneous.—lt is the intention of the cif zens of Nashville to erect a monument to Sergt. Silas Eferring of the Anderson Troop, who was killed at the battle of Murfreesboro. It will be .rentem beted that, when the Ahderion Troop (cavalry) re futed to fight on account of private grievances, he announced his intention of going alone to represent the regiment, which 'so roused his company that they all resolved to accompany him, thus saving the entire regiment from disgrace.—Prentice says he is not a. betting man, but he will lay Louis Na poleon a trifling, wager that we will conquer the rebel confederacy before he conquers Mexico—and Victoria may hold the .stakes. Pusillanimous Peace.—" War never leaves where it found a nation*. It is never to be entered into without mature de liberation: not a deliberation lengthened out into a perplexing ittdecision, but a deliberation leading to a sure and fixed judgment. When so takes -up, it is not to be abandoned without reasons as valid; as fully and as extensively. considered. Peace may be made as unadvisedly as war. Nothing is so rashas fear; and the counsels of pusillanimity very rarely put off, whilst they are always sure to aggravate the evils from which they would sy.' . '-Burke. Well Done.—Tlie bogus news of the breaking of the blockade at Chariest& 'by the rebel rams, was published in the New• York Herald just in time to be carried ,to Europe the -steamer •Axabia. -It was feared that the circulation of that news in Europe for, a week, before it could be contra dicted, would have a veryinjurions effect upon our affairs there. This was can Wednesday. On Thurs day night, at eleven o'clock, a dispatch, was received in Boston, from Washington, of a 'favourable char acter, which was instantly transmitted to Halifax, and there put on board the steamer, with instruc tions to transmit it from Queenstown, in Ireland, to England, whence it would be sent to every capi tal in Europe some two days before the Herald could reach the shores of England. Thus for once truth outran a lie. Foreign,.—Character of the Emancipation meet ings in England. - - Dr . McOlinti3ck in the lastlifetho dist says: A remarkable feature of these meetings is the sure accuracy with which the popular instinct seizes upon the proper objects of its sympathy, the very objects which the aristocratic journals and ora tors have most flagrantly slandered, and ,traduced. The " Union" is as heartily cheereAby these mighty throngs as it could be byeimilar gatherings in New- York or Boston. The qatora at the'' Meetings do not need, as the Star reinarks, to make apologies for Mr. Lincoln: "Their audiences burst into a tumult of applause at every mention of his name. He hits become as popular as Kossuth or Garibaldi. He is regarded, like them, as the representative of popular sovereignty, and, of that, true democracy which, in the words of Mr. Chase, makes no distinc tion of race or color, class or clime. Working men regard him, moreover, with especial honor for those antecedents and habits which excite the derision and scorn of his aristocratic detractors. They like to remember that he was a rail-splitter and bargee. They honor, the institutions which make it possible for such a man to be lifted by the suffrages of his fellow-citizens to the highest place, in the common wealth. "—The French in .Mexico. —The news from Mexico, says the Sigh) of Havana, by our last arrival, which brings dates from Vera Cruz to the 27th ult., puts drather bad face on the affairs of France in that country. The guerilla,s continued to intercept convoys, and-carryoff the muleteers in great numbers. Over& thousand mules had been captured ,by them--(the , representatives of , much money and labor) :recently, and this paralyzes the movements of General Forey, as it deprives him of transportation and wastes his supplies. Already he has been forced to issue bills in sums of five dollars, and it is thought that, owing to the continued de- Crease in specie circulation} hew llhavetoissuethem as loin as one dollar, in order to make necessary pur chases. These bills are drawn on the Imperial treasury. Scarcely was Jalapa evacuated , by .the French forces when it wasnecupied by the Mexican troops ; and now the Frene r h have an enemy in front, on the flanks, and in the rear—everywhere, in fact. Tampico is again in the hands of Garza, who took possession of the Plaza as the French troops evacua te 1,. scarcely giving them an opportunity to embark on their transports. The Mexican artillery opened upon the vessels in the harbor, and a brisk engage ment ensued, which resulted in the destruction of a French:war vessel which, had grounded on the bar, and the driving away of the fleet. Our Cause in England.—Meetings, lectures, etc., in favor of President Linooln's emancipation policy < were of daily occurrence it rvarious parts of England; an imposing demonstrationfwas to be made in the am . phitheatre at Liverpool. oia the day of the departure of the steamer Hibernia. ..The resolutions and ad dress to Mr. Lincoln, thigh were to be proposed, emphatically approve of his course. A meeting on the subject was held at James' Hall, London, on the 18th, at which the speakers indulged in bitter in vectives against the Lord Mayor and Mr. Mason for the late affair at the Mansion House "banquet. A resolution condemning the act of the Lord Mayor, in inviting Mason to participate in the proceedings, was unanimously adopted. Foreign nation s at war with the United States would not hesitate.to emancipate and arm the slaves . The London Daily News, Jan. 22, says : If England had been at war with the United States, is there any doubt but that the English officers would have declared the slaves of the South emancipated ? Is it not the fact that the plan suggested by Sir Charles Napier,- when a war with America became imminent, was to land ten or twenty thousand stand of arms, to be distributed among the negroes? If, therefore, this was a legiti-• mate mode of warfare for the English, how does it become illegitimate when applied by the federal government? The North is at war with the South, and the ordinary modes of warfare must be alloived to the North as they would be to any other nation. Emancipation is pro3lainacd - not as a mere act of philanthropy, but as an act4flegitimitteswarfari, and in this respect it is clearly, justifiable." The Union Feeling in ,Texas—the Barbarities of the. Rebels.—lf any doubt existed respecting the barbarities practiced by the rebels towards persona suspected of Union sentiments, the record made by their own journals will establish the fact beyond cavil. In Texas the Union feeling was never wholly extinct, but as fast as persons are suspected, a sum mary method is adopted of caring them of any af fection for the old government. They are taken, a jury hastily summoned, and the evidence, the San Antonio Herald (rebel authority) says is "so con clusive .in every case that there is no getting around it." " In the mountains near Fort Clark, and along the Rio Grande, their bones are bleaching in the sun, and in the counties of Wise and Denton their bodies are suspended by scores from black jacks. They were warned in time to leave the country, and choosing to remain, and rely for protection upon the enemy with whom their government is at war,,they must expect to take the consequences of their choice. No government., iu time of war will tolerate treason ; and no man who is a traitor at heart should expect favors from the peo - de of a g overnment with whiCh he has no sympathy,.and m the overthrow of which he would rejoice. The organization has been found to extend to all dasses of the community, clergymen, professional: Inca, farmers, SE;c." ' • Latest.—ln the defeat of our forces at Spring Hill, Tenn., just a week ago, it is ascertained that the rebels suffered more ieriously in killed and wounded than our soldiers. Our loss was killed 100, wound ed 210 ; prisoners 1000. Rebel loss, killed 210 ; wounded over 500 ; prisoners 56; one brass six pounder. It is claimed that if our reserves had been brought up as they Might and , should have been, the defeat would have resulted in a decided 'victory. As it was the rebels retreated.. Two regi ments of Indians were with them. • . It is said that owners of property near Vicksburg have offered a million and a half of money to the citizens if they will surrender, and thus save their property from innndation in consequence of Gen. Grant's stupendous operations. 1~~~~~. DIED, on the 21st ult., at Mount Joy, Lancaster county, Penna., Mrs. BARBARA PATTERSON . , consort of Mr. John Patterson, in the 51st year of her age. In the death of this estimable woman, the Church with which she was connected, the community in which she lived, and her own family have indeed met with a severe loss ; but we trust what is our loss is her unspeakable gam. Such was the character of her disease, that no fears for her recovery were entertain ed till a short time before her death, when it took a sudden change, and she soon fell into a state of insen sibility, and gradually sunk till she calmly and gently passed from earth to heaven. Though she was una ble to tell—as she passed through the dark valley— what was her-state 6f mind,and what were her hopes, yet we ask 'not hOw she died, but how she lived, as the ground of our belief that for her to.live was Christ and to die was gain. " How blest the righteous when he dies! When sinks a weary soul to rest, How mildly`beam the closing eyes, How gently heaves the expiring breast Life's duty done, as sinks the clay, Light from its load the spirit flies; While heaven and earth,cotnbine to say, How blest the righteous when he dies 1 " greicial foticto:44 PUBLICATION CAUSE. The . Treasurer of the Presbyterian Publication Com mittee, would acknowledge the receipt of the follow ing donations from January Ist to March , Ist, 1863, Danville, Illinois, Presbyterian Church, $8.30 Alton, ' " " Sab. School, 10.29 West Chester, Pa., i 4 church, 31.00 Stephentown, N.Y., " " 5.00 Panama, " " ‘ 4 5.00 Corning, " " " 27.11 South Bergen, N.J., " 44 78.00 Genoa, N.Y., First Congregational church, 27.16 Jefferson, Wisconsn, Presbyterian church, 1.50 Philadelphia, Pa., Clinton street " 48.11 " add'l, by Miss Linnard, 5.00 Fir&Presb. church, Philadelphia, Pa., 284.00 W. Phila. Presb. Sab. Se\ Walnut St. eh, 10.00 Rev. Wm. B. Evans, Washington, D.C.,* 4.00 Aurelius, N.Y., Fresh. church, 6.35 Willoughby, Ohio " 5,50 •A. Champion, Esq., Rochester, N.Y., 150.00 Newark, N.Y., Presb. cliurch, 20.00 Rev. A. McDougall, Dryden, N.Y.., 1.65 'Detroit,' Mich., -Fort street church, 42.29 Galena, Ills.,First Presb. church, 20.30 Grand` Run, Pa., " 8.00 Marple, Pa., For the Army, 8.00 A Friend in Kentucky, 5.00 Beloit, Wis., Presb. cnurch, add'L, 2.00 E. N. S., Gilead f Ind., 5.00 Lockport, N.Y., Sala% School of Ist church, 10.25 Fairfield, N.J. ' First . Presb. church, 5.00 Rev. M. Smith, Collarher, N.Y., 2.00 Whitehall, N.Y. ' Presb. church, • 20.63 Rev. E. Garland, Johnstown, 0., 3.00 Rev. P. C,Baldwin, Bowling Green, Ohio, 10.00 Clyde, N.Y., Pre,sb. church, 7.75 Total., $877.19 WM. L. lIILDEBURN, TREASURER., Philadelphia, March 2d, 1868. Presbytery of Wilmington.—The Stated Meet ing of the Presbytery of Wilmington, will be held in the Chesapeake City church, Chesapeake City, com mencing on Tuesday, April 7th, at 7 o'clock; P.M. Statistical Reports, Narratives on the State of Reli gion, Sessional Records and Assessments will be called for. Wm. AMMAN, marl 2 4t Stated Clerk. "A Subscriber, and perhaps well wishing friend, writes us to inquire "why we advertise patent medi cines." We will here and now answer him that we do not. Our readers are aware that we have for years excluded everything of the sort, and the only seeming exception that we know of is the advertise; Dent of Dr. J. C. AYE. & Co.'s remedies, which now stands in our colums. If our rrieud does not know we will inform him. that these are not "-patent" or even secret medicine& Their composition has been made as publicly known as any. other scientific fact, and has moreover had the a pproval of the highest medical authority in the land. But what affords us perhaps still greater confidence in their worth is our personal knowledge of the man who makes them and the results that have followed , from their use ; results as familiar to our readers and to the whole, community as they are to ourselves. A Cough, Cold; or an. Irritated Throat, if allowed to progrese, rend* seri ous Pnlmonary and Bronchial affectionkeßintimes inonrable. . BROWN'S. BRONCHIAL TECOICES reach ntasom:r the affected parts and give almost in stant relief. , In „BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, and CATARRH they are beaeMal. 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 Tanolise Which have PROVED their efficacy by a test of many years. . PUBLIC SPEAK ERS and SINGERS shoul d use ilia. Troohes. Military Officers and Soldiers who over-ttlic the. voice and are exposed to sudden changes,.shoUldluilie them. Sold everywhere at 25 cents per box. rmportant Pact S.— Constant writing fbr sic months done cheaper with our Gold Pens than with tteel ; therefore, it is economy to use Gigot 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 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 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. mar2ol6m Advtictiotkruto: THE YOUNG MEN'S NONE, • • No. 1881 FILBERT ,Bisigr. BOARD do LODGING $2.50 & $2.25 PER WEEK. Mir Library,. Games, Periodicals, Daily Papers, etc. m 5 3m • E 0 A.CI4 X 1011.111fA, DRUGGIST • :60ar NrASKET• STRZET PnirAper.rara. • DEALER in. Mugs, Chemicals, Extracts, Pure Spices, and Perfumery ; Window Glass,Putty, White Lead, Zinc, Oils and Turpentine , Alcohol, etc. Importer of Praia Anatomical Preparations and Skeleions. ° • .- ists tr SPECIAL NOTICE: NEW C0 . P.A.1? TRER SHIP . THOMAS POTTER and GEORGE C. BOWER having associated themselves with WM. E. CAMP, in the business of Manufacturing the '• Vidermented Bread, . • •at the. corner of BROAD and BUTTONWOOD Sts., the business will hereafter be conducted "Under the name of POTTER, CAMP -& BOWER: • The:Unfermented Bread has been successfullyintro dimed iri this city and vicinity, and hits met with pub lic favor, and is approved by the highest medical au thority, as being more pure, nutritious and wholesome than the fermented bread, and no care or expense will be spared in the manufacture of it henceforth. Families and Stores , will be daily supplied in any part of the city on application at the office: We have, in connection with our business, intro iluced the most approved machinery for the manufac ture of Crackers, and having secured the services of a Boston baker of laige experience, are prepared to fill orders for any variety of • Crackers, consisting in part of the following, viz: Pilot Bread, : Army Bread, Soda. Biscuit, Milk Biscuit, Oyster Crackers,, Butter Crackers Wine Snaps, Farina Crackers, Boston Crackers • POTTER,' CAMP 4,/, BOWER. P:S.—A fee , men are wanted who have had expe rience in the distribution of Crackers among the gro cers and dealers. tebl2 6t W. P. CLAULK SHOES AND UMBRELLAS 1626 MAR= Sr. 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 Treemount Seminary, NORRISTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA. FOR YOUNG MEN AND Boys. The situation i high, healthy, and beautiful, amid ten acres of ground. The Principal devotes his whole time to the interests of the School. The Soloman Session of Four months, commences April 7th, 1863. For circulars, with full particulars, address, feb2G tf .. . JOHN W. LOCH, Principal. UNITED STATES LOANS. Seven and Three-Tenths Treasury Notes, Twenty Year Six per cent. Coupon Bonds, rive-TWenty Six per cent. Bonds. One Year Six per cent Certificates, For sale at Market rates, by WORK, MCCOUCH &',00., feb26 tf 86 So. Third street, Philadelphia. • 4- H. R. HUTCHINS, •if ). 4 , - AXP I A L" `1 4 C / r 5 CAREEN' -HILL - COAL YARD, RIDGE AVE. ‘JI - NUE, above Poplar 'street, Philadelphia. Constantly on hand, (under cOver,) the best quality of LEHIGH AND Scnu x.i.x.n.a. COAL, selected expressly for Family use. 'Weight guaranteed. Orders left at the Yard, or sent through Dispatch, promptly atten ded to: feb26 tf To Choristers and Singers. TO TEE VALUEOF:THE "ECLECTIC TUNE BOOK" as a collection of CHURCH MUSIC, we have received the'strongest testimonial& It has, by good authority, been pronounced " THE / 13E.ST COLLECTION 'EXTANT." It has, how - ever, been represented to us, that to make it complete, and to secure for it the widest circulation, it, should embrace a system of RudiMentary INSTRUCTION IN MUSIC, which had been omitted to admit a larger number of Tunes. To meet this wish, we have at a large increase of the cost of the book, but wrra No ADDITION TO ITS PRICE, (notwithstanding the advance in paper) added Mr. Bradbury's best system of 56 pages, "THE NEW ,SINGING ' CLASS," Offering thus a selection so admirable; and a system of instruction so excellerit, we trust that the ECLECTIC TUNE BOOK will be found adapted to the ends for whi - eh it was intended PRICE $l.OO. PER DOZEN; $9.00 Order from PRESBYTERIAN PUBLICATION COMMITTEE, feb26 tf 1334 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. lIOV.ER'S INK NANUPACTORY. No.' 416 RACE STREET, PRILADELPILIA.. HE reputation of HovEa's Ink and Fluid are too J._ 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 HOME article equal to `thee wants of the AmtawAN public. Orders addressed to JOSEPH. E. HOVER, Manufactu rut, nl3 ly FAMILY COAL. FAMILY GOAL. - IDIAMILIES supplied with the best LEHIGH and JL.' SCHUYLKILL COAL, at 115 North BROAD street. Orders left at S. Miller's, 1507 Poplar, or at J. Collins, 1813 Mt. Vernon street, will be promptly attended to. [n2o 6m] MILLER & COLLINS.. O. 11. WILLARD'S CARTES DE‘VISITE and .Shotograph Galleri es ) Nos. 1626, 1628 and 1630 MARKET STREET. ALL work from this establishment is warranted to be of the arivr&nest quality, and to give perfect sa tisfaction 7 , - • n 27 ly A. X HEILIG, rHatp,' atchmaker and Jeweler,, No. 836 VINE STEEET, (Near Ninth) Pnuann.mtiA. MAWR of Timepieces repaired, and warranted'. ArtlifisOitment of Spectacles on band. n2O ly FA.MILY GROCERIES. WILLIAM . CLARKE, N. W. CORNER 12111 AND RACE STREETS., PHILA. (VEERS for sale an assortment of best FAMILY 1.../*GROCERIES, including a supply of Nuw Menus, FRESH GROUND SPlcus,ete, tnitable for the sea son. 'Special attention paid to TEAS,which will be sold of better qinality for the price than can be 'usually found. deell Iy ANDREW BLAIR. - HENRY C. BLAIR'S, PRESCRIPTION do FAMILY MEDICINE STORE, Eighth and Walnut streets, Philadelphia. (Established 1829.) VONE,but the best Medicines dispensed. Prices .L 1 uniform and reasonable. Persons residing in the conntry can have th :ir orders faithfully and promptly executed, no matter how small. Physi mans supplied 'with lure medicines an i medical pre parations. • : jun tf TEIOMAS CARRICK. & CO., • CRACKER AND BISCUIT BAKERS, 1905 ISARKEIT STREET, PHILA.. Superior Crackers, Pilot and Ship Bread, ,;Soda, Sugar' and Wine. Biscuits, Pie-Aics, Jum 12es, and Ginger Ruts, A.PEe SOPTOW AND OTHER CARES. Ground Cracker in any Quantity. Orders'profivtly filled. deelfi ly - ",NEWAEOURN.I.NG STORE." VAMILIES about pitting on MOURNING, 12 will find it to their advantage to examine. our stook before purchasing elsewhere. -Mourning Millinery always Ready. - Mourning Snits made Complete in 8 Hours. i. &;A. MYEIIS & CO., deell 3m No. 926 Chestnut Street. S., TTJSTON .ELDRIDGE, [LATE DAVENPORT 4 ELDRIDGE ' ) lIRDORTER AND DEALER IN FORRIGH . AND DO]IESTIC HARDWARE' cntlery, Tools, Looking Glisses, ete., No.= 42A-SOOTH. SECOND ST., above LOMBARD, [Opposite the. Market, West Side,] Philadelphia. fIOAL ! COAL ! 2—TO FAMILIES AND MA vv NUFACTURERS.—Buy your. Coal of A. S. DOTTER, 804 BROAD street, above VINE, who keeps the best brands of Schuylkill and Lehigh Coal. For family use, buy_ the celebrated. East Franklin, for which he is sole agent. nov6 6m N.l3.—Dealers will please leave orders withhim. P. & E. IL WILLTAMSOE . , SeRIVENERS AND CONUTANO.E.RS, nov6 1...y1 S. W. eon. Axon AND SEVENTH STS. LEE & WALKER, MUSIC PUBLISHERS, No. 722 CHESTNUT STEI&T, PHILADELPHIA, Respectfully 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 CONSTANTLY ON HAND. Their Catalogue being one of the largest in the country, they have every facility, to fill all ordefs en trusted to them, correctly and with despatch. Always on hand, 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. JUST ISSUED " Tit* MUSICAL ALMANAC" FOR 1868, Containing a list of all the most I opular Music of tho day. Copies furnished upon application. LIE & WALKER, Musip Publishers, And dealers in PIANOS, MELODEONS, Ere., 722 Chestnut Street, Phila. jaii29 3m Superintendents, Teachers, and Com. mittees 4 A BOUT making selections for Sabbath-School 1.; .braries, should send for the SELECT DESCLIr TIVE CATALOGUE of J. C. GARRIGUES & CO. ' 148 South. Fourth street, Philadelphia,..Penn 7 a. The catalogne will be sent free on application. july 10 ly n_ENTLEMEN'S WINTER CLOTHING, fERY DESIRAI3LE V IN STYLE AND PRICE, Suitable for the season. NvANAMAKER & BROWN, POPULAR CLOTHING HOUSE, OAK TT A T,L, S. E. COR. SIXTH AND MARKET STS. (N. B.) pEer AT, DEPARTMENT 10 FOR CITSTOMKR WORK. WILLT A M F GEDDES, Plain and Fancy Printer, No. 320 CHESTNUT STREET, (Over Adams' Express) Philadelphia. Pamphlets, Constitutions, Circulars, Cards, Bills heads, Bills , of Lading, Law and Custom House Blanks, etc. mar 27 ly "The Pen is Mightier than the Sword." VIE GOLD PEN—THE BEST OF ALL PENS. NORTON'S GOLD PENS. The Best Pens in the World. ON receiptof any of the following sums in cash or post-stamps, the subscriber will send by return of mall, or. otherwise, as directed, a Gold Pen or Pens, SELECTING THE SAME ACCORDING TO DESCRIPTION, GOLD PENS WITHOUT CASES. For 25 cents, the Magic" Pen • for 38 cents, the Luoky Pen;for 50 cents, the Always -Ready Pen; for 75 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 OASES, WITH PENCILS For 60 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 Gold Pens', with Iridosmin Points, the average wear of every one of which will far outlast a gross of the best Steel Pens. ' The name " A.Morton," "Number," and " Quali ty," are stamped on the following Pens, and the Points are warranted for six months, except against accident.- The numbers indicate size ONLY: 14 . 0. 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. 4,5, 6 and - 7, and made only of first quality. The engravings are fac-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 L Ist quality,. or a No. 3 Pen, 2d quality, or a No. 4 Pen; 3d. quality. For $1 26, a No. 3 Pen, Ist quality, or allo. 4 Pen, 2d quality, or a No. 5 Pen, 3d quality. For $1 50, a No. 4 Pen, lst quality, ora No. 5 Pen, 2d quality, or a No. 6 Pen, 3d quality. For $1 75, a No. 5 Pen, Ist quality, or a No. 6 Pen, 2doluality. For $2 25, a No. 6 Pen, Ist quality. THE SAME GOLD PENS IN SILVER EXTEN SION CASES, WITH PENCILS. • For $1 60, 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, lstquality, or a No. 4 Pen, 2d 'quality, or a No. 5 Pen, 8d quality. For $2 50,'a No. 4 Pen, nit quality, ora No. 5 Pen, 2d quality, or a No. 6, Pen, 3d quality. For $3, a No. 5 Pei, Ist quality, or a No. 6 Pen, 2d quality. • For $3 50, a No. 6 Pen, let quality. GOLD PENS _ ALL , 18T QUALM MOtI 'I NTED DESK-HOLDERS. For $2, a No. 4 Pen, for $2 25, a No. 5 Pen, for - $2 75, a No. 6 Pen, for $3 50, a N0..7 Pen. For $4, a No. 8 Pen, for $5, a No. 9 Pen, and for $6, a No. 10 Pen. The "Ist Quality" are pointed with the very best Taidosrain Points,carefally selected, and none of this final* are sold with the slightest imperfection which skill and the closest scrutiny can detect. The "2d Quality" are superior .to any Pens made by- him 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 tothe Cheap Gold Pens he begs leave to say that, previous to operating his New and Pa tented Machines, he could not have made as Good Writing and Durable Pens, for the price, had the Gold been furnished gratuitously. Parties-ordering must in all instances specify the " number" and "quality" of the Pens wanted, and be particular to describe the kind of Pens they orefer—ichether stiff or limber, coarse or fine. All remittance by mail in Registered letters are at my risk. Xle'For salehy all dealers in the line throughout the country. • -- Address, A. , MORTON, No. 25 Maiden Lane New York. '""Any one sending a single letter post-stanip will re ceive a circular with the engravings above referred to. • -.E. H. ELDRIDGE, AGT., Fashlanable Clothier, ..[Formerly of Eighth and. Chestnut streets,] TTAS taken the Store, No. 628 Ilanart mazer, Where he is prepared to furnish his old friends and the prillie in.general with. C Rewlylfaxle or Made to Chrler, in the Best Style ArViIonE4ATE PRICES,. As he bnia And sells exclusively for Cash. [dee OVERCOATS AND BUSINESS SUITS, In great variety. IN SILVER-
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