1863 American Ittobgtvrian ^-AND GENESEI EVANGELIST. JOHN W. HEARS, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1863 THE AMERICO* ' PRESBYTERIAN A WEEKLY RELIGIOUS AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER, IN THE INTEREST or THE Constitutional Presbyterian Church, PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, AT No. 1334 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. TERMS—(in advance). By mail, • • - $2 00 per annum. By carriers, in the city, 250 it Fifty Cents additional, if payment is delayed three months. PREMIUMS. Any clergyman procuring us iour new subscribers, with the pay in advance, is entitled to a fifth copy eighteen months, free. Any person procuring four new subtioribers, with the pay in advance, can have a fifth copy free, for one year. For Six Dollars we will send two copied of the paper and a dopy of the American ReView, for one year, to new subscribers. i Any one procuring new subscribers s entitled to Fifty e.tints for each one secured and prepaid. Joligiono uttlaigence, PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION. Winlaxas, Thq Senate of the United States, de voutly recognizing the supreme authority and Ala government of Almighty God in all the affairs of men and of nations, has, by ii.resolution, requested the President to designate and set apart a day lox National prayer and humiliation ; and. WRIMEAS, It is the duty of nations, as well as of men, to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God, to confess their sins and transgress ions, in humble sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy and pardon, and to recognize the• sublime truth announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is ,the Lord And inasmuch as we,know that, by his divine law, nations, like individuals, are subject to punishments and chastisements in this world, may we not justly fear that the awful calamity of civil war which now desolates the land may be but a punishment inflicted upon us for our presumptuous sins, to the needful end of our national reformation as a whole people ? We have been the recipients of the choicest boun ties of heaven. We have been preserved, these many years, in peace and prosperity. We have grown in numbers, wealth, and power, as no other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the.gracious hand which preserved us in peace, and, multiplied and enriched and strengthened us;, and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of out hearts, that all 'these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own. Intoxicated with Unbroken success, we have become tee self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace--- too proud to pray to the God :that made us I It behooves us, then, to humble ourselves before the offended Power, to confessour National sins, and to pray for clemency and forgiveness. Now, therefore, in compliance with the request, and fully concurring in the views of the Senate, I do by this my proclamation designate and set apart Thursday, the 30th day of April, 1863, as a day of national humiliation, fasting, and prayer. And I" do hereby request all the, people to abstain on that day from their ordinary secular pursuits, and to unite, at their several places of public worship and their respective homes, in keeping the day holy to the Lord, and devoted to the humble discharge of the religious duties proper to that solemn occasion. All this being done in sincerity and.truth, let us then rest humbly in the hope, authorized by the Divine teachings, that the united cry of the Nation Will be heard on high, and answered with blessings, no lem than the pardon of our national sins, and the restoration of our now divided and sufferingeountry to its former happy condition of unity and peace I In witness whereof, 'I have 'hereunto set .my band, and caused the seal of the United. States to be affixed. Done at the Pity of Washington, this thirtieth , day of March, in the year of our Lord one thou [L. Q . ] sand eight hundred and sixty-three, and of the Independence of the. United States the eighty-seventh - By the President : WILLIAM H. SEW, Secretary of State. Presbyterian. The 'Union Movement in. Great Britain.— The Weekly Review of the 11th reports interesting proceedings on the Union of Presbyterians, at the last meeting of the Free Presbytery of Dalkeith. Rev. Dr. MacFarlane offered a resolution which he accompanied with a capital speech, closing with these words: " It is an acknowledged feet, that the aristocracy and landed proprietors of the country are fast going over to Episcopacy. The Established Church is veering in the same direction ; and there fore it becomes the more necessary that the middle andlndinitrial classes who forin the - strength of the country and the Church, should be welded and kept together by'one great central ecclesiastical power, the pulsation of which might be equally felt over the whole." The resolution was unanimously adop ted, and is as follows: " Whereas, the unity of the visible Church is enjoined by , the Highest Authori ty, is conducive to its welfare and efficacy, and to the honor of its living . Head ; and whereas it is the duty of every section in the Church to promote that unity upon a solid and scriptural basis,—it is hum bly overtured to the ensuing General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland, by the Free Presby tery, of Dalkeith, that they take such steps as to their wisdom may seem fit, for bringing about a union into one ecclesiastical organisation of the non- Established Presbyterian Churches of this land. And the Presbytery rather hope for a favorable acceptance of, this overture, because they believe that no insuperable obstacle exists to such a union being formed upon the basis of the Westminster Standards ; that the way has been in a good mea sure prepared for it by the progress of opinion and events ; and that the aspects of the times renders it peculiarly incumbent, on the friends of Presbyteri anism to form themselves into one great and united body." —The Presbyterians of Worcester (a district included in London City) are taking measures to form a new church in connection with the Presby tell, of London.—There is an appeal 'case before the Auchterarder Free Presbytery, in which a Mr. Monteath objectato a proposal to appoint Mr. David Phillips, publisher of the Grief Reralcl, a deacon of the Crieff congregation, on account of the un chaste character of several of the advertisements of protessedly medical works which appeared in that publication.—The whole proceedings of a recent meeting of the Free Presbytery of Lewis, among the highlands of Scotland, were in good Gaclic.— At the last meeting of the Synod of the United Presbyterian Church, on the report of a committee, it was agreed that measures should be, adopted for the erection of manses to those ministers who'ay not be receiving more than ,i2do per annum of sti Editor LINCOLN. pend, and a special committee 3va.s appointed to raise a central fund of £45,000, with the view of stimulating individual congregations in all parts of the country op the erection of suitable manses for their ministers. This comMittee has made a very good beginning, and has been able already to report subscriptions for this manse scheme to the amount of £18,295.—A vigorous and encouraging effort to organize a Presbyterian church, and erect an ed ifice in Swansea, Wales, is in progress, under the fostering care of the English Presbyterian Church. The town has a population of 43,000, with a large Scotch element, yet this is the first movement to establish a Presbyterian Church among theni. 'Union Charge, Clarke Co., Ohio.— The Ger man Reformed Messenger says : " One hundred and fifty:two persons have been recently added to this charge under the pastoral care of the Rev. J. Rich ards ; twenty-three to the Jenrmdem congregation; fourteen to the Immanuels congregation ; thirty to the North Hampton congregation, and eighty-five to the congregation at Treemount. COngregational—The esteemed Dr. 80 - 11 ton of the North Society, preached his 38th anniversary sermon on Sabbath afternoon, March 29. He is the fourth clergyman of a church now 133 years old, and is one of those servants of God whose fleeting years only serve to extend and increase the sphere of his usefulness. There are only two ministers in the state whose pastorates are longer than Dr. Bouton'i. Their are Rev. Dr..BurAtana,otikindge, and*Rev. tor. Barstow of Iteene.—Rev. Alonzo H. Quint, pastor of the Mather church, at Jamaica Plain, who has been for the past two years chaplain in the army, has resigned his pastorate, and the church has reluctantly con-ented to'his distnission.—Rev. John P. Gulliver of Norwich, Conn., has received a call to the South Congregational church, Brooklyn. "We hope," says the indepeedent, "he will accept it. The congregation intend,. on his acceptance; to take immediate steps for the erection of a new build ing. Mr. Gulliver will be welcome in Brooklyn. He is a brave, honest, and able man. For years past, he has been one of the foremost men in Connecticut. The late auspicious election in that state was helped in no small degree by his personal efforts and in fluence. Our only fear is, that when he comes to Brooklyn he will be likely to introduce politics in the pulpit." Baptist.—ne Chronicle of this city says : " The religious interest in our city churches continues and increases generally, so far as our information ex tends. The Examiner says: " The South Baptist . church of Hatford, OC ofwhich Rev. C. B. Crane is the successful pastor, have just done a right 'no ble thing. On Wednesday evening of last week, they completed a subscription of sixteen thousand dollars, to meet the debt on their house of worship, and on Saturday last, the last dollar of the debt was paid. It is said in Hartford that the pastor will preach, next Sabbath, a jubilee sermon from the text : "When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Then was our month filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing." And the singers will sing the " Gleria in Excelsis," and all the people will 'say in their hearts, "Not unto us, not unto us, but unto thy name be all the glory." Mitinellaueous.—ne Sabbath in Pittsburgh.— Efforts are now made, by the proper officers, to en force the State laws against the selling of liquor on the Sabbath. Their success is cheering, and it in dicates that.if the peoPle will choose upright and energetic men for their municipal magistracy, we may have a quiet and orderly city. The Chronicle, of the 20th inst., says : " Yesterday wits one of the quietest Sabbaths ever passed in Pittsburgh. There was not a single drinking house opened in the city, and there was consequently none of that drunken ness or disorder, which in times past have so often disgraced the Lord's day. This is a most satisfac tory state of affairs, and we trust it may continue. There is no excuse whatever for liquor-selling on Sunday, and we hope never again to, see it tolerated in Pittsburgh."—The Trustees of the Episcopal Divinity School, Philadelphia, have purchased for its use the mansion and grounds in West Philadel phia, formerly occupied by Mr. T. Allibone. _ Army.—A chaplain in , the Army of the Poto- Ina°, writes to the Evan,Olist, from Stoneinan's Switch, April 13th; describing a meeting of chap- kilns held at that place, as follows : :" This morn ing's meeting was of great interest: • It was attended by chaplains from widely distant parts of the army, nearly all with tidingtof the presence of the Holy Spirit in their regudents," awaking and refreshing Christians and converting sinners. ldo net mean that a revival so great as to force itself upon the notice of all is going on, but that there is a quiet work pervading the army, the aggregate results of which are of great value. Ifevery regimentis bles sed only as my own has been, the sum total is so great as to call for hearty rejoicings, for we count upon six or seven hopeful conversions from that.part of the regiment near this station. In some of the regiments there are a score or Mgre hopeful converts. The causes to which this work,can be ascribed are various. In some cases the 'chaplains have bee the honored instruments. In others it is traccai to religious reading distributed by various hangi In still others the converts ascribe their first serious impreisions to the letters of pious friends:at home. In not a few eases no human instrumentality was visible. It is just as in revivals at home in which the Spirit of God makes more or less use of means, or-works, as far as we can see, without means, just as Ile pleases. In this vicinity it is easy to trace effects to their causes. There Are near us some more than ordinarily earnest arid laborious chaplains. , Mr. Alvord, of the .American Tract Society, Boston, makes this the centre of his operations. And here the Christian Commission have established an agency and are holding meetings which are attended by crowds. Their chapel tent will now hold nearly two hundred, and is nightly filled to overflowing, while the Word is faithfully preached, and the re turning backsliders and young converts tell what God has done for them. To these meetings I attri bute mainly what has been done among the men of my own regiment.—Carleton (C. C. Coffin) re ports in the Journal quite a wide spread religious interest in some of the regiments at Hilton Head, including the 9th Me., and 115th N. Y. Several hundred profess conversion. Nearly fifty were bap tized on a single Sabbath'. Profanity and wicked ness have been greatly checked." 471 inutiotiz r~eo♦ The Siege of Vicksburg.—A new phase has been given to ' this protracted and troublesome affair by the passage of the rebel batteries, on the night of the 16th, by six of Admiral Porter's gun boats and three transports. The Benton, his flag ship, got opposite the upper battery, heading the line of vessels, before the rebels opened fire, which they continued "from 11 P.M. until 2 A.M., upon each succeeding vessel as it passed them. The only damage done was the firing of the Henry Clay, one of the transports, and the temporary disabling of the Forest City, another of them, and a shot through the Benton's hull. Our loss was but one man killed and two or three wounded. The rebels' fire was far less effective than was anticipated. They burned two or three houses in the town, as our squadron was passing, to light the river, so as to enable their artillerists to get good views of our steamers as they 'went down within range of their guns. On reach ing Wlrrenton, Admiral Porter bombarded that Aintxititit.::.grtolittri,iit .4,11.,d,..,...',..6,e-01-.0.tt,..:(61,...,-algtliOt village, with what effect is not known. The-tran sport Henry Clay was fired by the rebel shells. All hands on board were saved, the pilot remaining at his post until the flames forced him to leave. Our gunboats destroyed the rebel casemated guns at Warrenton, on their passage down and were at an chor at Carthage, La., on the 17th. Gen. Grant has gone, there. Troops are moving in that direc tion, and hot work was expected soon. A new canal is in progress to reach from Duck port, five miles above Young's Point, to New Car thage. It will be aided by a number of bayous in its progress. , On Monday, April 20, another fleet of gunboats and transports ran the batteries. The transports were the Tigress, Empire City, Moderator, Anglo- Saxon; Cheeseman, and Harrison. The transpoits ran past Warrenton without difficulty, the rebel batteries having been silenced there. Tennessee.—On Wednesday, the 22d, a success ful attack was made by our forces under Brig-Gen. Reynolds, upon MeMinnsville, 75 miles southeast of Nashville, the headquarters of Morgan. They entered the town at one o'clock in the morning, and completely surprised the rebels, capturing 250 prisoners, and putting the rest to flight. Two wa gon trains were also captured. Col. Longworth, of the Ohio Cavalry, destroyed the telegraph and bridges between Morrison and Manchester, and burned a train of cars and a locomotive and the mire CMS • Large quantities of wheat were also destroyed at several places. Gen. Reynolds then moved towards Liberty, but Gen. Morgan had de- Parted towards Carthage, near Alexandria. Our scouts kept picking up the rebels every half Mint Among them are captain Reynolds. They also de stroyed a mill at Liberty, which had been doing, good work for the rebels. ' The Rebel States. —There have been bread riots, according to the Savannah Hews, in two places in North. Carolina. The Richmond Exami ner says, "Our tables must be put upon a war-foot ing." Placards, headed " Bread or Blood," have been posted up in the streets of Mobile. Recent acts of the Georgia Legislature must be rather dis conraging to the rebel cause. They are a refusal to pass whin compelling the planting of provision crops, also a bill taxing those who refuse the rebel currency fifty per cent. of the amount refused, also the bill to endorse the rebel bonds, passed by the 'Rinse, but indefinitely postponed by the Senate. —Much interest is felt in Richmond in regard to matters at Suffolk. The papers admit that a rebel battery was captured. The tone of the editorials is desponding.—The Atlanta, Georgia, Confederacy says there .was a woman's riot at Milledgeville, April 10. They pitched into the dry goods store of Mr. Gans! " a Jew," and seized his fine goods / After a frightful flurry, the delicate creatures were dispersed by an eloquent appeal from Judge Harris, of the Superior Court. The correspondent said the women ," didn't want anything but thefine things." New Orleans.—By advices to the 13th, 're learn that important military movements were in pro gress against the rebels at Bayou Teche. General Banks is in the field, at the head of Grover's and Emory's divisions and Weitzel's brigade. On the 11th General Weitzel's forces crossed Berviick's Bay on pontoons, and advanced to Pattersonville, five miles up the Tiche.' The enemy retreated upon the approach of our forces, which steadily advance& The latter were reinforced on Sunday by Ernory's division. Grover:a forces embarked at Brashear City, and prdeeeded into Grand Lake to a point called Indian Bend, above Franklin. This move, if successfully accomplished, will bring the enemy between two fires, and cannot fail of good results. The rebel forces are estimated at four thousand men. On Sunday afternoon sharp skirmishing commenced between Weitzel's advance and the rebels, the latter retreating towards Franklin. General Banks' plan of free negro labor for the plantations meets with daily success. Cheering re ports from the planters from all quarters continue to be received, and if' no interference . is attempted, with - the present system, within nenety days Gen. Banks will have demonstrated the practicability of obtaining by voliinntry labor, as satisfactory a re sult as was obtained under the old system-. It was stated by paroled seamen from the If S. frigate Mississippi, who had reached. New Orleans, that the rebel, gunboat Webb was destroyed in the Port Hudson fight, and that our fleet did great damage to the batteries there, on one alone of which twenty-five rebels were , killed. The enemy were several times driven from their guns, and one of their batteries was spiked. Admiral Farragut's secretary has arrived at New Orleans with despatches. Farragut was blockading the mouth of Red River. On the trip down from Vicksburg, the fleet engaged the batteries at Grand Gulf. The Switzerland and Hartford were hit, but the only thing serious, was the fatal wounding of one man aboard the latter. We have from our own and rebel sources, the very good news that the steamer Queen of the West and. Diana taken from us'by the rebels, have been recaptured .or destroyed to prevent their fall ing into our hands, Our own account sags : The ram Qaeen of , the West was captured from the enemy, in Grand Lake, April 14th. Captain Fuller, her commander, an& all her crew and offi cers, numbering• ninety souls, are now prisoners at Berwick Bay. The Richmond papers say that the Queen of- the West got aground in Grand Lake and was blown up by a shell from the Union gun boat Calhoun. The Diana was burned by the rebels. One hundred and six prisoners, including seven commissioned officers, were captured from the Queen of the West. Among the officers was Captain Turner, commandant of the fleet. A des patch from Berwick Bay, April 15th, reports a Union :force beyond Franklin, La.. and marching on. Army of the Potomac. - - General Stoneman's proposed cavalry movements have been frustrated by the continued bad weather. Compelled by the swollen state of the fords to remain north , of the Rappahannock, he has scoured the country, and captured the commander of the Black Horse Cavaj ry, with 60 prisoners. Gen. Halleek paid a visit, April 22d, to Fortress Monroe, Norfolk, and Suffolk. Skirmishing con tinued on the Nansemond river ; the monitor Le high was engaged,in shelling out the rebel batte ries.— The Lunatic Asylum at Williamsburg, although within the lines of the enemy, is depend ent upon our Goiernment for supplies, the rebels having sent us word to that effect. Admission of West Virginia into the Union. —The President has issued a proclamation decla ring that the act for the admissifm of West Virginia into the Union shall take effect from and after sixty days from yesterday, proof having ,been sub mitted to him that the conditions of admission, namely, certain emancipation in her Constitution, have bten complied:with. Missouri.—The rebels have shown some activity :in the Southeast part of Missouri. They drove Col. Smart, with 400 men out of, and eight miles beyond Patterson, towards Pilot Knob, with a loss of 50 killed, wounded, and missing. They also threaten ed the town of Cape Girardeau. • North Carolina.—A Port Royal steamer,which touched at Beaufort, N.C., brings word to New York, April 21st, that the rebels have retreated from the vicinity of Washington, N.C., and aban doned all their batteries on Tar river. The steamer Escort left Newbern on the 18th, and was* not mo lested on her passage up. General-Foster was still, at Newbern. Naval.—The steamer Gertrude, 250 tons burthen loaded with gunpowder and military stores from St.- John's, N. 8., bound to Charleston, was captured by the Vanderbilt, April 1,6th.- 1 ----Gen. Ellet's Ma rine Brigade and Gen. Fitch's light draught gun boats have nearly swept iie Cumberland river of rebel cavalry, who were sent out on both sides of the river. Some severe fighting occurred and many prisoners-were taken. 'Florence, Tuscumbia, and other places were visited.in. the news from S. Thomas and Bermuda, we find that the barque Lap wing and the sloop J. M..Colcord, captured by the Florida, have, been xnannel. by piratical crews, and guns put on board of them 4, with directions to cruise in company with the Florida. Every vessel which the rebels capture hereafter, fitted • for the service instead of being burned, , ;rlll doubtless be manned with a piratical crew,, and sent to.capture our corn mercial vessels. ‘ " The conversion of Legal Tender Mites, on Saturday, into the Five-twenty year 6 per cent. Government loans, at the office _of Jay Cooke, was the largest of any day siace the ' opening of the agency here. The amount' reached, about a, million and a half of dollars, and for the week ending on Saturday afternoon, amounted to between eight and nine millions of doffars. The only cheek to the funding of the legal tenderourrency into the bonds now offered, seems to be th ' inability of the Trea t/ sury Department to funds the bonds as fist as they are 'deman4ed. The growing popularity of the U. S. 6 per cent loan surprises even loyal ;Men. ~On Monday last, two and a quartet' millions 4iere subscribed at the office of Jay Cooke ifirgiroirodic -Two-large; orders. were received' froni Kentucky accompanied With cheering accounts of the groliring popularitY of the loan in'that State. Froin Maryland the'orders are steadily on the increase. An order was 'received on. Monday from Key West, Florida. A soldier ba the Army of the Po tomae sends to the subscription agent his surplus earnings, with the remark, "dr I. fight hard enough my bonds will be good." 'Another "brave defen der" sends from Suffolk five hundred dollare to in vest in five-twenties, and saYs, "I am'much pleased with my purchase. I am' willing to trust Uncle Sam. If he is not good, nobody else is." While, soldiers exhibit such a spirit:there can be no such word as fail An agent, '"writing fi:om Louisville, says, "I am crowded with applieations for five twenties, and, trust the orders I have already for warded will be speedily filSd. lam getting letters from all parts of the Statei making inquiries, and look for large sales." . L Miscellaneous.—Shippuilcling in Kensington,. —The activity which hasifoi 'several months past characterized the operatiOns of the ship yards in Kensington continues unabated. In consequence of the demand by the . government for iron. vessels of war, Messrs. 'Cramp St' Sons, who' have hereto fore constructed ships of wood, only, are preparing to enter into the business of the ,foriner , branch also. They are now erecting a frame building in which to construct a morilor, the contract of which has been awarded to therm • The work on'this ves sel will occupy about sevlen months. This firm will soon launch a government side wheel double bowed steamer, of one thhusand tons burden, in tended to be used as a trailsport on , the Mississippi river. Her dimensions ar 240 feet length, 36 feet beam, and 12 feet hold. Over'seventy appli cations to bank under the niform national curren cy act have been made to t e Trea,sury Department. . Seven persons enga ed in the bloody riot in Danville, Ind., have been 'Tested and held to bail. They have 'made a eonfe skin, - and exposed the organization of the linig of the Golden Circle. The:Nasliville Uni n Club'of five hundred s memhers lave adoptell nti-slavei-y resolutions. - The Press of last F4day contains a list of slx Pennsylvania and one Niw Jersey regiments, one of the former being coposed of drafted men, mainly.old. Democrats, all f whom have,sent copies is l of resolutions of the stro est character, in support of the government and th war.-- Saint Louis, April 24.—Governor as le -has called four regi ments of militia into act: e, service from this dis trict for thirty days, in c usequence of the exten sive kidnapping of negro in this vicinity recently. Both Houses of th New York-Legislature 1 , have passed Judge Dean' \ Gold bill, limitating cor i porations in their loans o gold or exchange to par of currency. — 7 ----Boston April 24.--Thomas Sims, the fugitive slave, who as returned from here to slavery, some years since, arrived back to-day, having escaped from the ) rebels at Vicksburg. Foreign..—England.-(About the same time with the seizure of the rebel gunboat Alexandria, recently launched at Liverpool; the privateer Japan; or Virginia sailed. from Greenock ;—the efforts tf the British 4 government to prevent her departure were dilatory as usual. It is asserted that Mr. Dudley, time 'consul at , Liverpool, who discovered the c aracter of the Virginia from some intoxicated mbers of her crew, forgot to name the port frown hich she was to sail, in his dispatches to the ;authorities; and that the delay arose from, this ! cause. The Virginia lay off the °Oast of France three days and sailed on the 9th with a large supply of arms and ammuni tion. The Liverpool !chamber of commerce in view of the facility With, which neutrality laws are evaded; adopted a;l•esolution calling upon the . . government for mare: ,tringent enactments. Polamd.-'—By advices to the 6th, the insurgents were -active•and successful in every direction, and it is reported that the'entire, Russian army is to be placed on a war fonting, and that Cronstadt has been placed in estate of defence. The Len don Times announces; that dispatches on the Polish question were , simulta.neously sent to St. Petersburg on the 10t,h, from London, Paris and Vienna. 'I hey are "couched in friendly terms, but . all convey an intelligible warning to Europe, St Petersburg Apri/12th.1---An Imperial mani festo has L een iseued, granting a fall and entire amnesty to all the Poles in the Kingdom and entire Western Provinees, who lay down their arms and return to their allegiance by the 13th of May. Those .chirged with the ordinary crimes and military offences are exempted from the operations of th- pardon. The manifesto announces that the i granted to. Poland sh a practical experiena l ing, to the necessities Later: Good news has teen received from General Banks. At last accounts two expeditions, one from. Baton Rouge, (prob4ly) and the other from New Orleans, had moved triumphantly westward nearly to Opelousas, fighting some hard battles, and clear ing the country by capture or pursuit of rebel forces, - who also destroyed two gunboats and the captured U.S. boat Diana, with immense stores of provisions and ammunition. On'the night of the 17th inst., Gen. Banks had reached Yermillionville, 15 miles south of Opelousas, after a hard fight at Vermillion Bayou, where the rebeht had posted batteries and infantry, but they were, driven from them, after a hard fight, with considerable loss on, both sides. On the lower line of operations, towards Frank-. lin and New Iberia, there were battles at Irish Bend and Bethel Place, on the 13th and 14th. At, the latter place, the rebels left numbers of their dead unburied, and evidences were plenty of bloody, work in their ranks. Large stores of ammunition some Enfield rifles, and other arms, were captured. This expedition was above New Iberia on the 16th. Over 1600 prisoners had been taken t . many of them nothing loth. The fleet reduced the rebel fortifica tions at Bute La Rose,' an important point. At Cape Girardeau; Mo t ~the rebels attacked Gen. Nc- Neill, last Sabbath morning, but: ere repulse/ April 27.—A despatch from. Colonel Pomeroy ; dated Cape Girardeau., 10 A. M., says :—" The enemy are moving Off fast, and ,Gren. McNeil is , titutions which have been kit be mantained, and after , shall be developed accord of the age and the country. !War News. starting in pursuit. There is - no doubt that Gen. Vandever will strike him to-day." Cairo, April 27.—The latest advices from Cape Girardeau state that fifty or sixty Rebels were killed in the attack of yesterday, and over two hundred wounded. Seventy-five horses were also killed. )Jt arriatto. ON April 15th, by the Rev. Thomas Brainerd, D.D., Mr. Jonar Rocs to Mies leansue Haetueorr. IN Philsdelphla, on Wednesday. ; the 22d inst by the Rev. Albert Barnes, Devi]) E. 11(s.v.snAtt., Esq l of Blackwoodtown, NJ., to Bliss Etrza C. Bunny, daughter of the late Henry R. Burden, of Phila. dolphin. 4. slitoritc et•c CORRECTED WEEKLY BY wcauc t Dieool7o}l . CO.,'BANKERS, NO. 36 S• Third Street. PBBADELPHIA, April 28, /883. United States 7 &laths Treasury Notes 108 kb lose " 6's 1881 Coupons, 108 . 108 2 ' 640 . 4 * ' .104 • 104 A 6's One Year Certificates, 101% @ 102 " 6's New do. • 0p3.4 . @ 99 3 4 11 . Gold and Demand ,Notes, 60 50 2 4 , • General •Acteemplly.—The Committee of Arrangements for the annerpl'Asiembly, are able to report that Commissioners pay ilia:Atli fare - cmthe fOlitrwing-Railnade, :en their nay.to,he Aesa nk bly, will be returned free, viz . • - • Pennsylvania Central, from Philadelphia to Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Port Wayne and Chicago.. • • Pittsburg, Columbus andVincinnatt. , Ohio and Mississippi, from Cincinnati to Vincennes, Ind. New York Central, Albany to Buffalo. Reading Railroad, only to those paying fare to that Road—not on through tickets. , „ • • Auburn Theological Seminary. —The =Anniversary exercises will commence the present , year, on Monday, the 4th of The Examination of .the Classes will begin at 2 o'clock, Monday afternoon, and will he Continued' through the Tuesday and Wednes day succeeding. - • On Wednesday evening, the address before the Rhetorical Society, by W. S. Curtis, Da, President elect of Knox College. Thursday, 9 A.M.,—Meeting of the Board of Commissioners and Tzustees. Thursday, at 2 P.M.—Sermon before the Alumni. Thursday Evening---Commencement Exercises. Friday, 9 A.M.—Meeting of the Western Education Society in the chapel. SAMUEL M. HOPKINS, ITN Clerk of the Faculty. The Pastoral Association recommend to the churches in this city, connected with the Third and Fourth Presbytries of Philadelphia, the following order for the observant° of the National Fast Day, to occur on Thursday, the .30th Inst.; in accordance with the President's proclamation. I.—That all the churches be open for worship. In the morning at 11 &clear: IL—That there be four Union ansetings for prayer and exhorta tion, at 4 o'clock, P.M., to be held in the following churches: Third Presbyterian church (Rev. Dr. Drainerd's,); Calvary •Presbyterian church (Rev. Dr..l'enkhas); Central Presbyterian church, N.L. (Rev. Mr. Michell's); Logan Square Presbyterian church (Rev. Dr. Pat .—That Prayer-Meetings 'ln the evening be held in all the churches, if convenient to the respective congregations. : • apTd lt The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the -United "States of America willbe held , in the Fret Presbyterian Church of the City of PHILADELPHIA, Pa., on Thursday, the Fret day of May, 1863, at 11 o'clock A. mr., and, be opened with a eennon'by the Rev. George 'Duffield, D.P . ., the Moderator of thelast Assembly. The Committee on Commissions will meet at 9 o'clock A. M. of the seine day, in the Lecture Room of the First Church. EDWIN F. HATFIELD, Stated Clerk, • HENRY DARLING. PETZDAMINIt Clerk. Commissioners to the General Cont. mhisioners and Delegates to the next General Assembly, to meet in Philadelphia, on Thursday, 314 21st, are requested to send their names and postoifice address to the Committe of ArraUgements, at an early day, that they may be assigned places, and receive notice of such assignment before leaving home. Notes of intrwinction to the families which propose to receive them will be sent to Commission ers who fixward . their names in time, so that they can go directly from the ears to their places of abode. Address the Secretary of the Committee of Arrangements. *Toms W. Deism, Philadelphia. We sire apt to be free with our jokes upon Doctors and their "drugs, until sick and in need 'of their aid, then all alike bow to the necessity of recourse to their hard-earned and often ill-requited skill. The prevailinghelief that physicians frOwn upon whatever deviates from their pectiliarsys'em and usages, arises from the fact that their better informationle s tr: tent soonest to detectandjliscard the me. , dical delusions and ing oidtions that are thrust upon the community. That they are ready and prcmptto adopt any really valuable inven tion is seen by the treatment Dr. J. C. AYER'S Chemical Remedies have received at their; ands. They appreciate the value of tr-f.i.9 - medicines because they know their comßosition, and wherein . man wbo ever heard a respectable physician either disictrage the.. ordiscourage their use?,.No profession or pursuit has done more for the human family than themedical profession. None is'followed by nobler men or for nobler ends • nor is there one which much bet ter deserves the thanks of mankind Canton (N.Y.) Democrat., apt Mothers ! Mothers ! I Mothers !! ! DON'T fail iopiocure Ittrii.Winslowls Soothing Syrup for Children Teething. This valuable preparation is the prescription of one of the most experienced and skillful Nunes in New England, and has been used with never-failing success in THOUSAND OF OASES. It not only relieves the child *tun pain, but invigorates the sto mach and bowels, corrects acidity ,and gives tone and energy to the whole system. It will almost instantly relieve Griping in the Bowels and Wind Colic, And overcome Convulsions, which; if not speedily remedied, end in death. We believe it the Best and Surest Remedy in the World, ht all cases of .DYSENTERY and DIAItItH(RA IN CHILDREN, whe ther arising from Teething or from any other cause. Pull directions for using will accompany each bottle. None germ ine unless the Lac-simile of CURTIS & PERKINS, New York, is on the outside wrapper. Sold by all idediaine Dealers. Principe' Office, 48 Der Street, New York marl9l3l PRICE ONLY 25 CENTS PER BOTTLE. Health and. Strength to the Suffering.— Doctor Swa3rne's Compound Syrup Wild Cherry has proved to be the most efficacious remedy yet discovered for all pulmonary complaints, Cough, Hoarseness, Asthma, Bronchitis, Hcemoptysis (spitting blood), Short Breath, Croup, Wasting Mesh, Pains and Soreness, Weak Breast, all Throat, Breast and Lung Complaints. Let no dis ease, however bad"it may be,.or length of timeit may have existed, discourage you, until you have tried this great medicamentum. Pre pared only by Dr. Swayne k Son, 330 Sixth, above Vine, Philadel phia. Sold by Druggists. "Dr. Williams , Anti-Dyspeptic Elixir."—Dylipep. ale of the most aggravated form, Nausea, Headache, Jaundice, Loss of Appetite; Oppresion after Bating, Debility of the Nervous System, Disordered Liver, Vertigo, ffiiraness of Sight, cured, by this great 'Dyspepsia Remedy'. Wholesale and retail, at • . Dr. SWAM'S, 330 Sixth street, above Tine, Philadelphia.- Gray Hair Reartered-.llaidiiess Prevexited.—"Lon don Hair Color Restorer" and Dressing. The only attested article that will absolutely restore thehair to its original color and beauty, causing it to grow where it has fallen off or become thin. Wholesale and retail at- Dr. Swayne's, 330 Sixth street, above Vine, Philadel phia. Price 50 cents: Wetter, Scald-Read, Itch, .Blotches.—All Ernptione of the Skin, Chronic Erysipelas of the Sae, Old Sores of Long Stand ing, that put at defiance every other mode of treatment, are perma nently cured by "Dr. Swayne's All-healing Ointment." Prepared only .by. Dr. Swayne & Son, 330 Sixth street, above Tine, Philada. A Cough, Cold, or an Irritated Throat, if allowed to progress, results in serious Pulmonary and Bronchial affections, oftentimes incurable. BROWN'S BRONCTITA T. TROCHES • e reach DIRECTLY- the affected parts and give, almost in stant relief. In Baoxcnirts, Aorwm.A, and CATAnna 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 gum- AXE BROWN'S Bitoxcuist. TROCHES which have PROVED their efficacy bY a test of many years. PUBLIC SPEAK , ERB and SINGERS should use the' Troche& Military Officers and Soldiers who over-tax. the voice and are exposed to sudden changes, shOuld have them. Sold everywhere at 25 cents per box. entio. A MERICAN BELL COMPANY—lncorporated ; XX. Capital, $50,000 Manufacture all - kinds of Bells, and sots manufacturers of Brown White's "Steel Composition'? Bells, and Harrison's Patent Revolving Mountings. Our prices will please all buyers. An inspection is respectfully solicited. Our Pamphlet will he sent free upon application. It, gives useful information to all in search of a good Bell, with reports of those using, our Bells in every part of the country. Address,,AMERICAN BELL COMPANY, (Successors to Brown &c White) No. 30 Liberty street, NeW York. 'WO 3m. Four-Part Songs for Male Voices. MENDELSSOHN'S FOUR-PART SONGS. For Male Voices, t*o Tenors and two Basses. , Bnglish and German'Words. Price 75 cents. ARION A collection of.Four-Part Songs for Male VoiceS,. mainly to be sung, without Accompaniment. In separate Vocal parts and Piano Score. Price, com plete, 5 Vols. $3. Vocal-Parts, 4vols. $2.25. Rin- Ile vocal part,.7s cents. Piano Score $1.50. The above sent post paid, on receipt of price. Pub lished by OLFirER DITSON & CO:, Boston. ap23 KING'S NEW COLLECTION CHURCH MUSIC. Mostly Selected from the Works of the Great Mas• tern. With a Separate Organ Accompaniment. By WlLLtam A. KING. Editor of the "Grace Church Collection," etc. The favor with which Mr. King's previous works have been,received, and their, continued popularity, will insure, for this new candidate for public patronage a cordial welcome. The book is finely printed, and boubil in cloth. `Price ' $2.00—518.00 per dozen. DITSON &. CO.,i . Publishers, Boston. Copies 4nailed pOstepaidmi receipt of price:. .„„ _ NEW BOOKS. , :•, • "Our Father's Care." "Mother's Last Words." • Two popular Ballads of rare merit, just published in cheap form for distribution. PRICE, $3.00 PER HUNDRED. Published and for sale by THE AMERICAN SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION, ap3o tf No. 1122 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. JOHN F. CRIPPS' NAIt,BLB - VVORICS,, P IFTEENTS ~ AND RIDGE 'AVENUE,: PHILADELPHIA. • Jf you uroxo,a cheap' HEAD-STONE, call* J. 13. ORIPP'S, - nor. of 115th and Midge avenue. apl6-$m R. H. ELDRIDGE, AGT., Fashionable Clothier, [Formerly, of Eighth and Chestnut streets,] LTAS taken the Store,_ I No. 628 .M.A.REET STREET Where he is prepared to furnish his old friends, an the public in general with .CLPTHING,. Ready Made or Made to Order, in the Best Style i t t AT MODERATE PRICES t As he buys and sells exclusively for Cash. [decs ly H. R. HUTCHINS, Nun, above Poplar street, Philadelphia. Constantly on hand, (under cover,) the best quality Of LEHIGH AND Scistuyuctu. COAL, selected expressly for Family use. Weight guaranteed. Orders left at the Yard, or sent through Dispatch, promptly atten ded to. feb26 tf W A N AMA.KER & BROWN*" "OAK HALL" CLOTHING-, Southeast Corner of SIXTH an& MARKET Streets WA.NAMAKER & BROWN'S %ORMaker & Brown's Wanamaker & Brown's Wanamaker & Brown's Wanamaker & Brown's, Wanamaker & Brown's Wananiaker &- Brown's Wanamaker &- Brown's Wanamaker & Brown s , Spain AND SUMMER., 1863, Spring and Slimmer, 1863, Spring and Summer, 1868, Spring and Summer, 1 8 63 , Spring and Sum Erter,lB63, Spring and' Summer, 1863, Spring and Summer,, 1863, Spring and Summer, 1863, Spring and Summer, 1863. S. E. Cor. Sixth* Market. S. E. Cor. Sixth & Market.. S. E. Cor.. Sixth & Market. S. E. Cor. Sixth & Market. S. E. Cor. Sixth & Market. S. E. Cor. Sixth & Market. S. E. Cor. Sixth & Market. S. R. Cor. Sixth & Market. S. E. Cor. Sixth & Market. 'Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies, NO. 1630 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHTA Rev Charles A. Smith, D, ' The eighth Academic year begins on Monday, Sep tember 15th, '1862. Circulars specifying terms, &c., will be sent, and additional information given, on application to the Principal. Letters may •be 'directed to. Box 1839, Post'office• Philadelphia. July 101 y. YOUNG LADIES' INSTITUTE, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE. NUMBER LIMITED TO THIRTY. Building New and Conveniently Arranged. 'Spacious Groands for Exercise: Charges moderate. NEXT SESSION COMMENCES THE FIRST MONDAY IN. SEPTEMBER. For information, address Rev. THOMAS CANN. A. M., Principal and Proprietor. - Catalogues can be had at the Music stores of T. E. Gould, and Lee dr Walker, Chestnut street ; or at the office of the "American 'PresbytArian." julyal ly The West Chester Academy, AT WEST CHESTER, , PENNSYLVANIA Within Two Hours Ride from. Philadelphia. WILL commence the Summer Term, of full Fivt months,—the Seventeenth Session, under th( direction of its present Principal,—on the First of May next. 'Boys and Young Men are thoroughly pre pared for College or Business. Eight gentlemen of tried ability and experience, constitute the corps of Instructors. The Paxson, GXasi.ssr and SPANISH lan guages are taught by native resident teachers. The department of " Military Tactics " is in successful operation, under the charge of a competent instructor, without, in the least, interfering with the regular.stu dies of the school ; while the individual student is not required to connect hiniself with it. . Catalogues, containing full information, may be had at the office of thispaper or on application to the W PrinciPal, lELICAM F. WYERS A. M. ' spa ly • West Chester, Penna. Family Boarding School, FOR YOUNG MEN AND BOYS, At I,b,ttstouni, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. 1 1148.'School was established Eleven years since by the Reir. M. Meigs formerly President of Dela ware College. • The course of study is extensive, thorough and prac tical ; including the •usual preparation for Colleges, and the various branches of a substantial English Bu siness education. The'stndies of pupils will be con formed to their future vocation, so far as it may be actually deterniined, or reasonably anticipated. The Principalfgives hisundivided Rersonal attention to the Scbool, and:is aided by experienced assistants, in all the departnienti3. The ensuing Bummer Session will commence on Wednesday, May,.6tl, and continue Twenty-one Weeks. Circulars, containing references, names of patrons, and full particulaTs, will be sent by mail, on applica tion to the Principal, REV, M. MEIGS, A.M. Pottstown? April 2d,1362. apB ly POST-GRADUATE CLASS FOR LADIES. - 1 - IR. W. IC CORNELL is now giving instruction -11 to, a Clads of Ladies who have finished their 'School Education. No Text-books are used. One lour a day, four days a week, will secure all the ad vantages of the course. Special attention is given to Conversation and. Writing.: A Course of Reading, connected with the Subjects, will be advised, for those who have leisiire. The folldwing Subjects will be embraced: PhySio logy and .11guene, Intellectual Philosophy, Rhetoric, Criticism and English Literature, Government, Legis lation and 'Constitution of the United States, Economy, Natural Theology and. Evidences of Chris tianity. Apply at No. 1 , 182 SOUTH PENN SQUARE, PHIL'A. Dr. CORNFII.7 Is Classical School is open every day for pupils The following Clergymen, who now have children in it, may be inquired of :—Rev. James M. Crowell, EL .E. Adams, John \V. Mears, Philadelphia ; Rev. George Hood, Chester. Penna. Rev. James Boggs, Fairton, New Jersey; Rev. Wm. Budge. The SPRINO Session will ,commence on FEBRUARY Ist. - febs tf • Treemount -Seminary, NORRISTOWN,- PENNSYLVANTA. 1008,' Yorma. MEN AND BOYS. The situation is LILY high., healthy, and beautiful, amid ten acres of round. The Principal dciotes his Whole time to the. interests of thb School. The SUMMER Session of Four months. cominences April 7th, 1863, For circulars, with full particulars address, Apply at this Offibe, or to feb26 tf JOHN W. LOCH, Principal. MISS ROBB'S SCHOOL; FOR YOUNG LADIES AND CHILDREN, Ro. 81.6 SOUTH EleEVErll STRAW, PIiIIIAI*LiBIA. Osual:branches , of Englisi), education taught. _ YARD, RIDGE AVE "OAK. RA r L °I CLUTIIINEtS " Oak Hall " - Clothing - , " Oak Hall " Clothing, xc Oak Hall" Clothing, " Oak Hall " Clothing / " Oak Hall " Clothing, " Oak Hall " 'ClOthing, " Oak Hall Clothing, " Oak Hall" Clothing , LEE & WALKER, MUSIC PUBLISHEIigi No. 722 CHESTNUT STRtET, PHILADELPNIA, 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 orders 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. --ALso,— PIANGS TO BENT. Music sent by Mail upon receipt,of the marked price. JUST ISSUED. " THE MUSICAL ALMANAC" FOR 1963; Containing . a list of all the most I opular Music of the day. Copies furnished upon application. LEE & WAIVER, Music Publishers, And dealers in PIANOS, MELODEONS, Erc., jan29 3m 722 Chestnut Street, Phila PAPE - 11-HANGINGS. HOWELL & BOURKE; CORNER FOURTH AND MARKET STREETS,. PHILADELPHIA. HaYe now On hand a fine displa i t of WALL PAPERS, whieh they are selling at LOW PRICES, and put'on by eartifill men. in CITY AND COUNTRY Their NEW SPRING STYLES are worthy of a visit, to their establishment m 5 2m Cor. Fourth and Market Sts. CARPE TINGS! GARPETINGSI LEWIS. & SUCCESSORS TO H. H. ELDRIDGE'S (Old Established) CHEAP CARPET STORE/ No. 48 STRAWBERRY STREET, SECOND DOOR ABOVE CHESTNUT, PHILADELPHIA. • ler Strawberry is the first street west of Second. "Vol We invite attention to our well-selected stock of English Tapestry, Brussels, Imperial Three Ply, Superfine 4Sc Medium. Ingrain Entry and Stair OIL CLOTHS OF ALL WIDTHS & PRICES. N.8.--Just received a large iwvoiee of White and Bed Cheek Matting*. All of which we offer at the • LOWEST PRICES FHA CASH. LEWIS & IVINS, marl 9 8m 48 Strawberry street, Philadelphia The Fine STirt Emporium, NOS. 1 and 8 NORTH SIXTH STREET. (Ant door above Market street.) JOHN C. ARRISON, (FORMERLY J. BURR MOORE.) IMPORTER AND IEANIIPACTURED OP GENTLEMEN'S FINE FURNISHING GOODS. Especial attention is invited to his Improved Pattern Shirt. ILLSC)-- COLLARS OP LATEST STYLE, 11NDERCLOYRTNG GENERALLY, All made by hand s in the best manner s and at mode rate prices. marl 9 ly UNITED STATES LOANS. Seven and Three-Tenths. Treasury Notes, Twenty Year Six per cent. Coupon Bonds, Five-Twenty Six per een.t..Bonds. One Year Six per cent. Certificates, For sale at Market rates, by WORK, McCOUCH & CO., feb2B 3m 86 So. Third street, Philadelphia. For Sabbath-School Teachers and Parents. LESSONS FOB THE, LITTLE ONES. LESSONS ADAPTED TO USE IN 2712 f FAMILY, TEE INFANT SOllOOl4, The Younger Classes of Sabbath-Schools. A new book, by the author of " Money," and the fruit of much experience in teaching the "Little Ones. In muslin, 20 eta.; in boards, 12 cents. The author of these lessons, as teacher of the Infant School of the First Presbyterian church of Philadel phia: has made practical.trial of them before their pub lication. Others have used these lessons since they have been printed, - and 'esteem them highly. One lady, an accomplished teacher of the Society of Friends,after examination, took a hundred copies. The ook is commended to teachers of the ' . "LITTLE ONES" both in the Infant-School and in the family. A Catalogue of our Publications will be forwarded f P ree ETWEß lica i ti Z N nto RBPUBLICATION COMMITTIE, No. 1334 Chestnut street, jan29. tf Philadelphia. FAMILY COAL. FAMILY COAL. MIA:MIMES supplied with the best LEHIGH and 12 SCHUTT .. Wr F , L 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 6mi MILLER & COLLINS. GEORGE ASSISIEAD, DRUGGIST, 603 111.A.REET STREET, PHILADELPHIA. DEALER in Drugs, Chemicals, Extracts, Pure Spices, and Perfumery, Window Glass, Putty, White Lead, Zinc, Oils and Turpentine, Alcohol, etc. ImPorter of French Anatomical Preparations and Skeletons. . m 5 ly P. 16 E. H. winumsoN, SCRIVENERS AND CONVEYANCERS, nov6 Iy] %S. W. 00E. AEDEL AND SEVENTH STS Carpets,
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