146 GENESEE EVANGELIST. PHILADELPHIA, SEPT. 10, 1863, JOHN W. HEARS, Subscribers who are in arrears and liable to 50 cents additional charge on their bills, are notified that this charge will be re mitted to such as pay an additional year, in ad vance of the present. ' another bereavement. To the list of bereavements experienced in the immediate circle of our ministerial acquain tance given in our last, we have now to add the death of a younger brother of Rev. Dr. Darling; Mr. Thomas S. Darling, who died on or about the 81st. Mr. Darling was a well known citizen of Philadelphia, an ; active and loyal supporter of the administration, an interesting, affable and attractive companion, whom we have known from'our early school days; at a comparatively early age he has been called away, prepared we trust for a higher sphere of useliilness here after. REV. GEO, A. HOWARD The Publication Committee have done well in securing the services of Rev. Geo. A. How ard, of Catskill, td assist in raising the $50,000 fund, Mr. Howard is a true Christian gentle man, of most winning and affable address, whose appearance and manners are themselves a commendation of the cause he undertakes. To his intelligence and education, he adds the experience of a dozen or more years in the pastoral office over the same charge. He has prepared himself for this special work by the zeal and success with which he has culti vated the narrower field of his church and Presbytery, He which is faithful in little is faithfhl in much. Mr. Howard is not dismissed from his charge, but is only temporarily re leased for the object named. We bespeak for him a cordial and favorable reception ior the important cause which he represents, and for his own sake. ■ THE AID OF OUR FRIENDS In enlarging our subscription list is earnestly requested. Such aid we do not ask as a gratu ity, but are prepared to return an equivalent in every case. We renew the offer made last week; adding that the competition for the Sab bath school libraries may be extended to the close of the year; also, that ministers’ widows will be supplied at the same rate with ministers. We call attention to the very low terms for sol diers’ papers; for $lO,OO we will furnish, at this office, 500 copies for army distribution. Delivering of the same at any other point, will somewhat increase* the cost. No better religi ous literature, outside of the Bible, can he fur nished to the soldiers them, f fresh religious newspapers. . PROPOSALS POR INCREASING THE SUBSCRIPTION In place of a long lilt of premiums, we make one comprehensive offer to all who will engage in the work of procuring new subscribers. Un til farther notice we will give . One Dollar premium for every new sub scriber paying $2, in advance; (or $2.50 served by carrier.) , Clubs of ten or more, to one address: $15.00; by carrier $2O. If the club is made up of new subscribers, paying in advance, $5 will be paid to the person getting it up. Any one interesting himself to keep up the club from year to year shall have his copy free. Clubs of six by mail slo.—by carrier $l3 “ “four" “ 7. “ <> 9 SPECIAL TERMS TO MINISTERS AND MISBIONA- Ministers who receive their copies by mail will hereafter be charged $1,50, by carrier $2,- — always in advance. Home Missionaries and Theological Students will be charged $1, —by carriers $1,50 in advance. COPIES FOR THE. ARMY AND BENEVOLENT PUR- POSES. ' Copies will be furnished for the army or for general distribution On application to our office at the rate of two cents apiece; to be delivered to the Christian Commission, at the rate of 2J cents apiece | When large quantities are ordered a week’s notice must be given. PREMIUMS -EOR THE GREATEST NUMBER OP SUB- SCRIBERS. To.the Sabbath Sohool,of the church sending us the largest number of new subscribers over twenty, we offer not only the cash premium as above stated; but in addition, a library of well selected, large-sized, recent Sabbath-School books of 100 volumes. <* To the sohool of the Church sending us the second best list, the cash premium and a library of similar volumes, 50 in number. To the school of the church sending the third list, a large, colored $lO map of Jerusalem. TERMS OP THE PAPER IN ADVANCE. By mail $2. By carrier $2,50. 50 cents additional after three months, Advertisements, 6 cents per line for the first.; 4 cents for each subsequent insertion, 40 cents per line per quarter, 65 Cents for six months, $l.OO per annum. OUR SCHOOL LIST. Our readers have no doubt observed the list of school advertisements in another part of the paper. We shall be .doing a favor to parents and others seeking good schools for their chil dren, by calling attention to these notices. POE GIRLS AND YOUNG LADIES. Miss Eliza W. Smith’s school at 1210 Spruce St., opens next Monday, Highly re commended by Dr. Brainerd .(her pastor) and' others. Spring Garden Institute, 608 & 611 goring Garden St. Gilbert Combs, principal Of long stand ing and established reputation. Can per sonally recommend it. Opened Monday of this i week. Miss Robb, 816 South Eleventh St. The Misses Tatem, 712 Pine St ite institution. .Among Boarding Schools, we may speak of the Houghton Seminary, Clinton, N. Y., the scene last winter and spring of a precious revi val. Recommended highly by President Fish er of Hamilton College and other prominent clergymen of Western New York. Rev; Dr. Smith’s Philada. Collegiate Insti tute, 1530 Arch St, opens next Monday. A first elas3 institute; thorough and complete. Union Female Seminary, Xenia, Ohio, Rev. J. B. McMillan. Opened last Monday. A tho rough musical, scientific and classical education may he obtained here. Young Ladies’ Institute, Wilmington, Del; Rev. Thos. M. Cann. Number limited to thirty. The buildings are new and the grounds ample. Advantages in instruction, health and moral influences, great. Opened last Monday. Editor. B. Kendall’s, at 13th & Locust; a select school under careful, discriminating training, and pure and kindly influences. A good play yard with parallel bars, &c., is attached. Da. Wm. M. Cornell’s school-on Penn Square, now open; with a large share of pa tronage from ministers’ families. Dr. C. also has a boarding department for young, ladies. He is an experienced teacher; highly i^pom?,. .mended in New England and in this city. Saunders’ Institute in West Philada. is rapidly advancing towards a collegiate organi zation. Its corps of teachers embraces accom plished instructors. Military instruction is included; now open. Pennsylvania Military Academy at West Chester, Col. Theo. Hyatt is sui generis; —a “West Point,” in competent hands. Ex-Gov. Pollock is President of.the Board of Trustees. Freemodnt Seminary in the beautiful town of Norristown, John M. Loch principal, is in its 24th year. Opens next Tuesday. : West Chester Academy, W. F, Wyers principal, with a corps of eight competent instructors; three being in the military depart ment. A new term will soon open. Family Boarding School for young men and boys, at Pottstown, 35 miles from this city.. Rev. M. Meigs .principal. OPENING OF THE CAMPAIGN. After a dispersion more general than usual, on account of the severe heat of the summer, ■ pastors and congregations are returning to their homes and resuming their places in the sanctu ary. The work of the church is about to recommence in earnest, and the prayerful solicitude of the pious as to the means, methods ~ and results of the.work, is awakening. While .. the true follower of Christ is at his Master’s business in season and out of season, he is not indifferent to tbe various phases of the seasons, ’ and rejoices to witness the return of more favorable circumstances for joint and simulta neous action on the part of the people of Christ While an army may not sink into inactivity in the intervals of its active campaigns, and while many opportunities for detached exploits are furnished to companies and regiments and ; sometimes to individual soldiers'during the general quietude of the maim body, yet every true soldier feels a new, transcendent interest as the time draws near to set the entire force in ; motion,, and to engage in the grander and more decisive struggles of the war. So in a measure, do the soldiers of the cross view the return of : the season more adapted to efforts ior the/ extension of Christ’s kingdom. Many questions, 1 many mingled hopes and fears, rise in our breasts as we stand on the verge of this renewal of active effort. Convic tions of personal unfitness in the, lack qf zeal and devotedness and spirituality, and remem brances of past failures, join with humble hope of dtvine forgiveness and aid in the future. Our own thoughts have reverted for a moment . to the PECULIAR DIFFICULTIES AND EVILS TO BE OVER- These are to be found(l) in the great worldly excitements of the times. Not simply the war for our national existence, with its exciting fluctuations and possibility of foreign complica tions, but the still more exciting opportunities of suddenly attaining wealth, the throng of business engagements, and the prevailing and increasing interest connected with secular pursuits and objects through the intervention of science and successful exploration—these things call off and divide the attention of the people and make the work of the faithful pastor, more difficult. - 2. Unbelief, particularly in the form of objec tions to the truth and inspiration of the Scriptures, drawn from recent assertions (for they are little else) of professed men of science, is to a considerable degree prevalent and must be met. One alarming feature of the case is the perversion of a large body of the ministry of the hitherto orthodox Church of England to these views, and the inability or reluctance of the authorities of that Church to clear'her of. the offenders and maintain her needfjnilifcity. Another,is the ready subserviency of the. secular and ever religious press to the purposes of infidel ity. Three of the leading quarterlies of Great Bri tain have more or less openly, endorsed views at war with the infallibility of the scriptures. “Good Words,” a very-popular organ of-the established Church of Scotland, occupies at best, an equivocal position on these subjects. While at home, such a respectable paper as the New York limes has given a critical endorsement to the speculations of Colenso, and the New York Indepedent admits regularly to its columns the lucubrations in prose and verse of known infidels, who are permitted to express even their objectionable sentiments in its columns. 3. The vices of profanity, intemperance and excessive indulgence in tobacco are largely on the increase. These are some of the foes that must be met in the campaign on which the church is about to enter. Let us gird on our weapons, let us not be discouraged at delay, but patiently enduring let us confidently expect the downfall, of all tbe Vicksburgs and Charlestons, that a spirit of rebellion against the divine govern ment has erected in our way. THE PAPISTS UT ENGLAND A case of flagrant interference, by Jesuits, between parent and child, has recently been described in the columns of the Times by the justly offended parent. .Mr. Harrison, the writer’s sob, a youth of eighteen, having hono rably completed his preparation at Westminster A favor- FOR BOYS AND YOUTH. §wnia« and <S tnmt ivangdijst. School, was about to enter Oxford University, with excellent prospects, when he was induced to visit a Jesuit establishment, called an Ora tory, at Brompton. During the visit, which lasted but a few hours, he was persuaded to re ceive the rite of Baptism. The presumption is—though the father knows nothing of it—that these Jesuits had already interfered with Har rison at Westminster School. Of course, his fine prospects for Oxford were destroyed, to the great disappointment of his father. It was next proposed to the youth to seek his fortune in India, but the Oratorians again interfered, offering him a salary of. £lOO per anumn if he would east in his lotwith them; and when his fa ther sent him to the coast, to recruit his health and to be out of their way, the Father Supe rior of the Oratorians, Mr Faber, supplied him with, money. The result was that, at eighteen and a-half years of age, this boy became a Pos tulant in the Oratory at Brompton, and; has continued an inmate of the chapel since 1861. It has only to be added that Mr. Harrisdn wrote to Father Faber, earnestly protesting against the entrance of his son into the Oratory, and expressing surprise that MrJ Faber should 'countenance so flagrant a breach of the fifth commandment. Such representations Father Faber treated with disdain. ; Mr. Harrison does not seem to have thought pf< applying to the law for redress. Perhaps the son was too hopelessly enamoured of his new associates. . .T V . ' .Recently, a Hindoo father, a heathen, has succeeded in an application, to the Calcutta High Court for a writ of habeas corpus, to re- ; cover the person of his sdn, aged 15, from the hands qf Lis Christian teachers, Rev. Dr. Duff and;Rev. L. B. Dey. It was : in evidence that the boy was not detained against his will, but' had come freely and was free to go ; and that his parents and friends had.'hadfree access tb him, being permitted, to see .him alone.. Never theless the judge, Sir Mordaunt Wells, gave the unwilling boy up to his heathen paredts, saying that "the rights of the missionaries are as nothing compared with the rights of • a pa rent.” Dr. Duff and his associates were actu ally reprimanded for not sending home the boy! ■ ■ ■ - ■ 1 We put these two cases side by side; our readers can easily draw such parallels and con trasts as they are suited to suggest. What with Romanism and Golensoism and Essayism flourishing at home, and Protestant missions frowned upon abroad; the Christian name of Great Britian is falling under grevious. reproach. EDUCATION NOTICE. Ail new applications for assistance from ■ the • Education Fund of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, must he made through the Presbytery, (or its standing Committee oh Education,) in whose bounds the applicant holds, his church connection. Applications, properly certified according to the form' -given in- the Education Manual, will be placed on the Register of the Permanent Committee, and paid according to the rules laid down by the General Assembly. Tbe Manual will be furnished to any one desiring it; Applicants already enrolled must make a re port in writing to the body recommendingtheih, as to “their progress, wants and prospects,” and must forward a renewed recommendation for the present year, according to the rule adopted by the last General Assembly. See Minutes, p. 248. It is expected that appropriations will be commenced this year at the rate of one hundred dollars per annum to theological 1 students, and eighty dollars to collegiate students, payable quarterly, about the first of November, January, March and May, upon the return of favorable reports from their instructors, according to the aforementioned rule. / ■ : V Ministers and churches are reminded of the necessity of funds to carry on this cause, and of the recommendation .of ' the General Assem bly that a contribution for it shall be made an nually, in every congregation, and forwarded to J.W. Benedict, Treasurer,l2B Broadway, N. Y. Where it is more convenient, such con tributions maybe forwarded to him through Prof. E. A. Huntington, Auburn, N. Y.,' or Prof. G. E. Day, Walnut Hills, O. T. A. Mills, Gera. Sec. of Ed. Presb. Booms, N. 7., Sept. 1, 1863. ; PROM OUR ROCHESTER CORRES PONDENT. ; A DAY AT LOCKPORT. Bear Editor ; A.glance at this place does not indicate war. As in our other thriving towns,,of which your correspondent has had occasion to .speak .from time to time, here are no indications: of wasting or rapine. No hostile foot has been here—no Quantrell, to pillage, burn and destroy—but all is' peace, enterprise, activity and thrift., “The town was never more prosperous, business never better,"—the. same story .which we .have heard, in Albion, in Auburn, and constantly hear and see in Rochester. And it is not mere inflation; it is not 'speculation or business swagger.' If ever thrift seemed to be real, this does. Substan tial improvements are going forward; blocks of buildings and manufactories being erected. And' the amount of daily trade from a small city often thousand inhabitants, is very large. The appear ance of business, in tbe streets, in the stores, and shops, and mills, would do credit to a ‘city twice, a 3 large. An immense water power is here created by the surplus water of the Erie Canal, and this mal-M it emphatically a manufacturing place. Here are four or five flouring mills, a cotton ma nufactory, two woolen mills, a large number of saw mills, plough factories, machine shops, and other such establishments. A large building has recently been erected for the.manufacture of flaxen goods. Here, also, are large boat yards; and Lockport has long been famous for its fine stone quarries; and more recently some persons have turned their attention to nnraeries and hor ticulture, even making a business of raising strawberries. We saw one farm, twenty-five acres of which were set to strawberry vines, and the owner, as we were informed, took ss;oop as the proceeds of this year’s crop. And,, strange as the idea would have been thirty, years ago, this perishable fruit, after being picked ripe, lus cious and ready for the table, finds a' market ita New York, four hundred and twenty-seven miles from the place of tlxeir cultivation. But enough of these delicacies, especially as strawberries are out of season, and it is yet too early in the experiment to speak more particu larly of the flax manufactory. Something fine, however, is expected, we believe, from this something to demonstrate the practicability of using linen fabrics, to a large extent, in place of the universal cotton. Success attend it. You will expect me toppeak of the churches. It is pretty well known, We belieye, that the First Presbyterian. Church; with its strong, ge-. nial, loving,* though somewhat eceentric pastor, is a "power” in this region.' Dr. Wiener has a large and wealthy congregation, to whom he mi nisters -with great acceptance. Churches in dther places have tried to get Him away, but he still dwells among his own,people; and there, we trust, he will dwell to a ripe old age. His posi tion} is One of rmcreahirig power' and usefulness from year to year. - . / ’ : : ‘ The ; Congregational and other churches seem alsq tq be .enjoying, a good degree of prosperity. One peculiarity, however, i.n the church edifices of this place strikes 'a stranger rather oddly. No less than five such buildings have been for some years in an unfinished condition—five churches without steeples, exee.pt 23 the imagination.sup plies; them. .It,lookb as though “the funds” generally gave out 1 at some former time;- Four, at| least, of these five' chnrehes ' are within it few rodsof each other, all visible at a glance, and -each finished up, to the stub, of] a steeple, to be carried out at some future time, It is not ex actly a pleasant sight. It even gives the town an unfinished, not te say an unthrifty, look. It re minded your correspondent of a facetious remark of a New England clergyman when looking at a Universalist meeting-house, whose steeple was in a like unfinished condition. He said to a friend, “ They onda intended to have a spire there; [pointing to heaven] hut found on more mature . reflection, that they did not own far up that way.” We trust that these .prosperous times will enable the, good people of Lockport ere long to carry out the original design for these five church edifices. - They will then, at,least, He more pleasing to look upon. THE ELDER WISNER. Here we had the pleasurhiof meeting the ve nerable Dr. William Wisner, of Ithaca, father of Dr. Wisner. of . this, place, twice pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Ithaca, where,; among his old friends and, admirer's';I’he 1 ’he is spending the evening of his days; pastor of the Brick Church of Rochester, where, for-several years,; in the very prime ofi ,his. strength and power, he preached the gospel with such a plain ness, and fervorj and efficiency, as few men; the most gifted, have been able to achieve. If ever a minister preached human depravity, man’s to tal alienation from God by sin, utter helplessness without grace, and salvation r by the Cross alone; certainly Dr. Wisner, the elder, used to do it, when pastor of the Brick Church. That he has always done it, no one who knows him at all can doubt. : And yet he was one of the excinded, minis ters—^-cnit off in 1837 without trial, for heresy and irregularity—a man of 'system, of order, of sobriety, of fervent piety, of great' humility—a man of wisdom, of strength, faithfalnes, and use fulness rarely equalled in the chuVeh. But that great wrong, by which, with-Others, he suffered, is one of the things of the past; and, it is in no spirit of .bitterness we refer te it, Better days, we trust, are coming, and a Better understanding among those who are essentially one. That there were some slight irregularities’ in some churches of this region, it is not necessary to deny. Or, rather, some individuals, from some churches, went off into new views of sanctification; but the churches as such, and the great body of the mi nistery still remained as firm and sound in the faith as the churches of any, portion of our land. Time has'demonstrated the truth of. this asser tion. They were anchored in the truth, or, they would not be where they are to-day, strong- stable, flourishing, and evidently blessed of God, we had almost said, as few others are. But, speaking of the elder, Wisner, we are re minded of one peculiarity of his preaching, which; is worthy, of a passing notice; it was; indeed, one grpat secret of his jfower. To him the claims and offers of the Gospel were-all in the present tense. They were always matters of .im mediate importance. Every sermon was a mes sage from God to his hearers-that demanded im mediate attention. If it embodied the claims of. the law, they were of present force.—God re-; quires immediate submission to his authority . “My Sou, give me-thine heart”—give it now. You have ho right to refuse another moment. If you leave this house withbut.eomplying with this reasonable requirement; you do it\as a rebel, defying: infinite authority and provoking infinite: wrath —you do it at your peril. f And so, if it were the offers of the gospel that were the! burden of the discourse, those would seem to be pressed Home with as much, freshness of thought, strength of argument, aptness of ill ustration, and earnestness of: appeal, as though they had never been presented before, and never could be again, to. the same hearers.—-“AW is the accepted, time ; now is the day of salvation.” So this good man urged the immediate accept ance, of the Gospel ; so would he plead with fel; low men, and every time almost as though it was to be the last ; and so his ministry has been re markably successful -in winning-souls to Christ.-, A whole cohort of his own spiritual children; have already gone before, having died in the triumphs of that .faith which they learned From, his glowing lips, and are waiting to welcome their veneiated.teacher and. leader to the mansions of the blest, whenever it shall i■■ please the 1 blessed Saviour, whom he has served and loved so faith fully, to call him to the mansions above. • . . ftalk.— Rev. J. H. Morrow, a licentiate who has been for a time supplying the. pulpit of the church in Onondaga County, has received and accepted a unanimous call to settle over the Pres byterian, Church in Rock port. He is to enter upon his pastorate about the first of November. We also learn that the Rev. Job Pierson, of Victor; has received a call to the Presbyterian Church of Kalamazoo, Mich. Genesee, CHAPLAIN STEWART’S LETTER. ( White Sulphur Springs, Fauquier Co., Va., I ' f ’. ' September, 1863. Pear Editor: —“The land through whichwe have gone to search, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof.” So reported the spies in the camp of Israel after their forty days’ journey through the promised land. Precisely what they meant by this language may appear a httie in definite. Something disparaging beyond ques tion. It may not be uninteresting for your read-, erstohase a brief report of this Di*ie land—this Sacred Soil—this Old Dominion—this, to us, W,eary Land, so many parts of which our army of the Potomac has been so long and painfully searching out. By transposing the language of these cowardly delegates of Moses, a brief, intelligent, and truth ful account of this region now occupied by our army may be given—“ The land through which we pass is a laud that the inhabitants thereof have eaten up” Originally this has been a good fy land. The .lofty peaks and jrangfesfof the Blue Ridge- are full in view—bekutdfuTvalleys with alternate hill and dale—grand forests of useful and ornamental trees—living springs of water everywhere abound, more by far than was pro mised to Israel in the goodly lan d—a soil,which , geologists might term igneous, very productive; with quartz, mica schist, gneiss, granite; and iron stone somewhat profusely scattered over the sur- added, to all these a genial climate. Whpn taken possession of by the Anglo-Saxon,; Its cultivation was undertaken by compulsory ; and unpaid labor; and ,nowj for ; several genera tions have these old, worn fields been watered by. the .tears of.the slave, and these woods and vales,. filled with his sighing. The results of all this., are at present eyident, even to ob - ;i server. For many years a blight,.physical and moral, has been spreading; now the, full;ruin is] -come. , ..Disobedience ;; prompted by avarice,, throughout the reign of many kings, cheated Emmanuel’s land of its appointed,Sabbatical rest, learnings, admonitions, and threateningS '■ being ;qf no.avail; the Lord at length, packed, off the miserable remnant to far off Ba%lon—“ after which, says the prqpkct, the land had her rest seventy years." : This land is now- getting; her ' rest ;so -long denied. The country does not really 1: ear a, desolate and barren appearance.; - Old land marks by fields, fences, farms and , houses in jniany places have certainly pretty much disappeared. Wooden fences within;-army bounds are not. Instead of following the old Virginia roads, army trains often choose; more direct courses, making broad, beaten ways through fields, meadows, gardens and orchards. Some .sections through which we have- passed, as already written, are overgrown with blackberry bushes: in other places with weeds : but the section we now occupy is .covered with a fine growth of Timothy, Clover, and Blue grass, pre, R seating altogether a, rather pleasing appearance;; and affording abundant pasturage for the many : thousand horses and mules connected with the ' army, and also for the droves of beef cattle sent ~ on to feed it.. ~ • - ! ; WARRENTON: This place, with its'present condition and eon- ! nectivesj is no doubt a fair sample of all the large towns in Eastern Virginia. It is the seat of Justice for Parquier County, and located beauti fully on the summit of an elevated ridge of land- Before the war it must have been'a place of very considerable attractions. The principal street consists of fine old Virginia - mansions, detached from each other, with pleasant grass plots in front, and, - .what is not common in this region, both-sides of the streets lined with fine , old shade frees. In Dixie estimation,*a wealthy, ‘ refined, exceedingly aristocratic^—thorough I F, F' V. place—secesfi to the core. , ; ■ Riding through this place;-a short time Since, I chanced to meet an intelligent looking old gentleman, a- rebel resident, and felt constrained to accost him and if possible have a free and : friendly conversation. The military salute was accordingly given and by him in a seeming > manner returned. My connection with the army was stated, accompanied by a request that leaving out for the present Union and Confeder ate wars and revolutions, we would have a social’ chat about Warrenton and its conditions past and present. “No objections at all,” was his reply, “dismount!” Seated on the edge of the 1 side walk' under the shade of a‘ large elm wo had together a long and free communion. From’ this, more real insight was'obtained with’ respect to the actual condition of things—the thorough and entire revolution which has already taken place—the breaking up and scattering of all the old elements of Southern society, than could otherwise have been gained by long personal observation. My first question was about the Churches. “ We had; he said, pointing to the building of each as named: Presbyterian, Baptist, Metho dist, 'Episcopal and Catholic, all respectable congregations; All preaching stopped many ' months ago—the ministers are starred out gone; the congregations wholly shattered, and ' the houses of worship" taken for hospitals, guard houses or barracks.” ; - : “ How do the remaining inhabitants continue to live —how do they Obtain food or anything with which to buy?” “Look,” be' Continued, “at the different classes of houses. As you observe nearly every good house is inhabited the wife, children; family are here; but the men are gone into the Confederate army, in some way connected with the government, or fled away at your late approach—very many never to return, for many are already dead 5 . “ The inferior houses and negro quartersjare nearly all empty. There is not a store, grocery,' mechanic-shop, or any place of business open in and around Warren ton. The store-keepers, gro cers, 5 mechSnici, and'laborers had their business all broken up by the war; and are 1 driven away,' the men into the Southern army, and their families, the Lord knows Where, I do hot. ' As to the negroes, you know perhaps better where they are gbue than I could tell ' you. This bet ter class of families, the remnants of which are' still here,‘nearly every one owns or did own a farm in the adjacent country. Prom these they have contrived to live till the coming of your army a few. weeks since'; now, however, every resource : seems taken; away. P have 'a farm' he • said, pointing to a place about a mile' distant, till lately I managed to keep a few slaves and do a little farming. When your army camped here the last of July, I had four wbrk oxen, three colts-—horses all pressed into the Southern army—so many cows, sheep', ! pigs, and poultry, with forty acres of corn coming into ear; now there ! ib not iislave, a domestic animal, 1 a fowl, or an ear of corn left—all taken by your sol diers-—and this is the condition of all the other families here: So long as the Union army • remain's here we may contrive to live; tut when it is away T have no conception how the people, who will be left, can obtain food -to sustain life during the coming winter.” With thanks to my old Secesh friend for oiir freedom in converse and hopes expressed for the dawning of better times upon him and his, we parted. What a picture of complete and desolate ruin, and all sadly, sternly true. Yet Northern Cop. perheads ignorantly or perhaps maliciousiy con-. tinue to prate about things being, allowed to,go' on as they were before the war; so soon as It can be stopped. Things are ■ not here to start off with as they were, though the Northern traitors, had the war stop to-morrow. . All changed or fast changing —turned upside down —a mighty revolution going on—old things passing-away, new and better destinies be ing iu reserve for this goodly land. In the Lord's good Providence our Northern armies will be kept in the South long enough Co finish the great work so auspiciously begun—to break every yoke; break up and scatter all the old ele ments of Southern society; remodel their State governments ; • compel them to keep the peace ; and thus re-establish Our glbfious UniOn on a new, firm, add lasting basis. It may require several-years longer• to aecomplish this. ! ‘ Don’t be impitient, p dear friends at home.* Matters are moving onfast enough—quite as fast as the public 1 knowledge, ' sentiment, ••and sympathies, both • North and South, ean be moulded into shape'and conformity with the new arid-better order "of things. ■ ;i A. M. Stewart. 1 Down in A-Mine: or, Burtei) Alive. By the Author oT“ The Story of a Pocket-Jfible. ’ ’ Pub lished by the American Tract Society, Boston, ]Bmo., pp. 188. Illustrated. For salebyJohri Gv Broughton,’ 13 Bible House, N. Y. ■ ; This little volume, reprinted from the Reli gious-Tract Society of London; is understood to contain true histories of actual events: 1 It will convey some knowledge of the occupations and dangers of the -mining classes of- England ; while it presents, in a simple -and -affecting manner, 1 the valne 1 of religion in times' of tirou ble, arid the importance of a due preparation for eternity; < ‘ i < ; i PdßTr-NitiTH Annual 'Bepob¥ bf the 1 American" •‘Tract, Society; - :; Presented" at Boston,; MayU7th i 1863. Published by the American Tract Society, 28 Corn Hill, Boston. ‘ ‘ This is a valuable summary of a year of ear nest and efficient labor inan important depart ment of Christian effprt.; Alts' greati|feature is the work of evangelization done in our camps and hospitals by the renowned Mr,. Alyord. His ! jouimal is asJlirOlirig' a nairative‘ itirii be. There is rich reading between the pages of this diy-lobkirig report. Do Chnstiriris re alize what a vast and promising field for the. distribution of religious literature the army j sente ? Assuredly not, when the whole amount specifically donated for the arrriy through this noble charity is reported at but $8,231.08 in ■& year. Over $24,000 were actually appropri ated.., . ..... , .r. • V A Letter to an English Friend, on the Americanar. -An anonymous, ably-written-; pamphlet;, Published by A.D.F. -Randolph,! 683 Broadway,,N. Y.,' > - The London Quarterly, (L. Scott A Co;; N. Y., ‘W. B. Zieber, 106 & Third'Si, Pbilai;) 5 for July, 1863; contains : The Resources arid Future of Austria; Natural Hlstory-of the Bi ble— ; Glacial Theories; Our' Colo-' nial System—againstcasting loose the colonies from Great Britain; Washington''lrving genial arid kindly; Moderri Spiritualism; Sri ered:Trees and ‘Flowers; -'Boba.di ! Rbma-Aite- ; view of a Book by a SoUj bf Judge Stdry;Tlje Nile, Speke and Grant. . / 'i h * It is a source of great pain to observe "the defection of the leading British periodicals from' sound views of inspir'aifciori.' Here is the Aon-' dori Quarterly coolly surrendering the cl aims'of Scripture writers to accuracy in’ matters of na tural science. “It is beyond question,'”says the'writer of the article on “ The Nataralilis tory of the Bible,” “that the Biblical notices of animals are not always in strict harmony with zoological facts.” In the absence of the neces sary facts to guide to a* strictly scientific deci sion, such assertions savor of a degree of dog matism which is presumptuous. We regret this the more as the same article contains skil ful and inaiily vindications of the accnracy of the'Bible descriptions in several .contested cases. •• ;; ftaw irf w ftewte. Presbyterian. The Boy. George A Howard/ Pastor <T r the Presbyterian Church/ at Gattskill/N.’Y., bOO.re ceived leave of abkence from his congregation to enter upon alspecial temporary agency, to secure for the Presbyterian;Publication Committee, the sum of $50,000, which it was resolved by the.last General • Assembly, should be raised, tp place the committee, in a position to do its proper work in'producing and distributing a religious and denominational liters ture. He enters upon'his work. On the 15th ofthe, present month. • % Halsey of Nefr York City, rnling elder in one of the churches, and a well known citizen, died at his residence in Orange, N. J, Augt, ! 27. The Evange list says: He retired at his usual honr in the even ing, apparently in ’ no worse health than common, and was;shortly after taken with hemorrhage; of athe lungs, and expired almost immediately. Mr. Halsey has been connected .with the .Bank of New York for forty-seven years, and has filled the positions of clerk, teller, cashier, and president of the institution, per forming his duties in each tq the ,utmost satisfaction arid commanding the respect' and esteem of all wild knew him for his ability as a bank officer, and the virtues which? adorned his life.' His kindly disposition has won the attachment, while his consistent Chris tian; character cemmanded the respect .of all- who knew him. He served the church with a clear head and ready, heart, notwithstanding his hands were full of large business concerns.,. pte was a Riding Elder, first in tie Pearl Street Presbyterian cinreh, and afterwards in the Central Church. He was also trea surer of the Union Theoibgickl Seminary, and of the Church Erection Committee. • < w. Howard, a licentiate of the Second Presbytery Of New "York, wks, after custeimary ex amination, ordained and installed pastor# the Pirst Presbyterian Church in Aurora, on Tuesday last, the 25th ult; Dr. Boardman. of the Second Presbyterian Church of Auburn; preached from 1 Tim. iii. 1, “The Privileges of the Christian Minister.” Dr. J. B. Con difo of Auburn Seminary, delivered .the charge to the pastor; the Rev. W, S. Franklin the Charge to the. people. The Ordination .Prayer was offered by Rev., John Tompkins, of Mardellus. " " Hyde Park, Pa.-—The. new Presbyterian. church of Hyde Park, Pa., was dedicated op thel3th ult The edifice is built of brick, 60 by 40 feet, with a square tower 14 feet wide, projecting® feet from the front wall. Surmounting this tower is a belfry, and a plain octagon spire, making the Wal 105 feet’from the ground. At the rear of the lectnre-room are two smaller rooms for the Infantnnd Bible Classes of the Sabbath school. It is an exceedingly: neat and beau tiful structure built : after much patient waiting and effort, and supplies a .great want in the church aud eommumty. . A preqions day was last Sabbath, when, with renewpd Consecration of all her interests and hopes to the Lord, sliteen uhited with the cburch by profession— Evangelist. :i u Rev-; D. O. Allen, for many years a missionary of the American Board at; Bombay, died suddenly, of congestion of the lungs, at Lowell, Mass., July 19. Mr. Allen, went to India in 1827, where, for a full quarter of a century, Ms services were of eminent valne to the missionary cause, speciallyin connection with the press and the translation of the Scriptures. His heaMrhaving'b'ecome seriously impaired, he re turned to his native land in,1853, and finding that he was not likely to be able to resume his work at Bom bay, he soon,: asked, and received a release from Ms connection with the Board. In 1856, he published a valuable octavo j|plmiie,>of: about 600 pages, on ‘‘lndia, Ancient arid Modern.”—Mssy., Herald. Rev- E. J. Newlin-has resigned the pastorate of the Church of Blooffifleld N. J. ; The Trustees of N.Y., Union Theological Semi nary have invited-Rev. Dr, Shedd of the Brick Church, to the chair vacated by the death of : Dr. Bobinson. ! Reformed Presbyterian. ;■ Minutes' of ■ Synod—The minutes'bf General Synod are now distributed, and we presume in the hands of the Church.' The reason of their unusual detention is'fduhd in the state ’of the country. The first proof was''.corrected early- in June. -Then came the rebel invasion of Pennsylvania and Maryland, whichthe' New York troops were sent to iepel. This emptied'the printing office of almost every man, the hands being connected with the regiments 'departing. With one of these the. Stated Clerk was momentarily called to go as Chaplain, and having been mustered into the service of the United States, was detained in Maryland until August was ad vanced. In the meantime that part of the great re bellion, commonly, called- the Ngw York riots, oc curred ; and by _all- this,l business matters were so deranged that the issue of the Minutes-could not be made until now. The Clerk, however, trusts that no detriment will come to the good cause from the detention. And .he only adds, that typographical and other eirbrs 'which may be noticed by the criti cal eye might have been fewer, if-his personal super vision could always have'been given. New York, A’ugust 'IS, 1863. Mission to the Freedmen.— The Board'pf Do mestic Missions of the Reformed PresbyterianChhrch .having had this subject referred to them at the late Greeting of Synod, would take this method of inform ing the church, that one of the delegates appointed (Rev. Dr. Douglas,) to explore the field in the East, has reported, and recommended, that' a mission be established ini the vicinity of Washington City. In his reportthdre was a letter from the Secretary of War, giving assurance that the encouragement and protection of the government to our missionaries in prosecuting this work would be‘granted. Reference was also made to the character, wants and necessities of those colored men; they being .in a destitute condition. The missionary proposing to labor among them, will require books, clothing-arid other things, all would require .friends; -The Board before; appointing missionaries to labor has 'authorized thg Secretary to issue a call on the church as a whole, ana upon each -congregation under, her care to take np a specialcottection for this object, in order that the missionaries going to labor, may -not only be. sustained, but : also that: they may be furnished with all the appliances necessary to the successful prosecutibn of the'work. 1 It is expected .that the parties will present this subject before their ■respective congregations as early as posable, and that every congregation under the care of the chrirch raise funds, arid iorward 1 them to the Treasurer of Domestic Missions,, within this month if possible. Ethiopian hands are now stretched forth unto God, asking for the Bread of Life. Are there not many able and willing 4 to convey it nntp them J And that will here am I, send me ? Xenia, Ohio,-Sep: Id. 1863. J. C.'MoMiLiAN, Secfkwr'g and Tredmrer. PRESBYTERIAN MISSIONS;. ' . [Under this heading, we design to give informa tion from time to time of the work of the various branches of,the Presbyterian Church in the Foreign Mi3sinnary field. The operations of the .American Board will he included in the summary.] " , American Board-— The NestOrifm Mission of the American Board is at present-; much impeded. 1 The people are suffering extremly from a visitation of locus is... At /the instigation,..as .is. supposed, of Jesuit, Wked by tee French Mnbassy at'Tehtan, orders have been shut forbidding the Protestants to proselyte, preach/ or exhort; the evangelists are for bidden to go forth, the press forbidden to print/ ex cept ,by. special license from, the; Persian agent; * tool of the Jesuits, and /the schools ordered to re duce their pupils to 150 instead of 1200 or 1500 as in fprmer. years. At the sametime, the Roman Catho- Ucs are specified as .an in the country. Dr. Perkins, 'the veteran’ missionary writes that While there is just cause for apprehen sion and- fervent prayer, he' anticipates no serions .results'from the movement. ’ ; .: ■ ; ; Ordinatiane m pricey arid native pastors were ordained, in the Central Turkey ritis mon field, in the month of MayT MrJ Schneider now reports a fifth, at Ellis, on.the 28th of June.?-Mr. Taylor of the'Mandapasalie station; Madura mission, repqits the, ordination in April last of the fourth native pastor in his field. The .newly ordained pas tor’s closing prayer offered with tears, was as fol lows : •“ I, 01 Saviour, am weak and ignorant but thou hast calidd me td this work: and I ask only that thou wilt dwell in my heart.” ‘; Contributions and Impr&qemmt, Mr. Grimt oflte Znlu mismdn reports contributions for building a' hew chapel and other purposes during the year as amounting to $2,125; : ’He adds: “ Im provements in many important respects are going forward!...Six new houses are now building. One is being erected of >nrned. bricks,.; with a roof of good sawn timber, . and. with panel, doors and glass wiMows, hung with weights. Two of the rooms have hoard floors.” • « ‘ . ' ,? y ' ‘ r? H r ! ' * '*JI ! ; J;. • .. : Benevolence of-the Converts of Madiu-g,. Mr. Washbnrp .states,; that notwithstanding,the femme, and “the extraordinary ontepret; bepjeyolenee at the meeting a year and a half agb,” the‘ contribu tions of his people during the past year had exceeded those df 1861. They had tried a hew system of col lecting. A small earthen jai teas gilen to each person in the congregation, and he was invited to deposit in this weekly, or at the end of the harvest, as; God had prospered him. The. breaking of these jars, he says, afforde.d ; an interesting occasion at the. : new year;? festival, and the people were glad to find that they could, almost unconsciously, accumulate) . something even in the day of ‘ hard times.’ vtiom to tU Board duHng July amounte,tos27,7os;B4 From Septemher. Ist, 1862 to lst, 1863, 75. ■ The total to Sep. Ist, 1863, is about $3 5 83,50 d. ; Sandwich Jsktnffe^The-Hawmiafi Evangelical S . oc , iet y "Well has charge of the mission to the Marquesas. and Micronesian Islands, the, ship Mom **9. bteß re-organized and placed undercdnUl ofimßoardof2l members., Rev.Dr Gulickis Foreign Secretary. Bey., H . H?. Parker, a native, was. ordained and installed pastor of the Ist Native(Ohnrch, Honolulu, June 27th. v”* .Missions' of the Presbyterian Church (O- S-j • C7tma.~This Board has devoted much ate tention to the y*st field of China; and it is reaping a fair reward. , Rev. J. L,Nevius Writes from Tung Chow, May 11th, that five persons had jnst been re ceived into the church there. At Shanghae, Rev. F A arti “ " pites of a “ inquirer who, for eight yria|s had contended against an awakened conscience, butiat last came and unburdened himself to the mis! SEPT. 10 John N. McLeod.
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