PROM OUR WASHINGTON 00RRESP0N-
DENT.
Dear Brother : —This time last year
I was in your city. We were then in
all “ fears and dreads ” of Lee’s invasion
of Pennsylvania. I remained long
enough to see strong, bearded men em
brace each other on the street, like
children, and thank God for the great
deliveraneo. I loft Philadelphia on the
4th of July for Gettysburg; and heard,
as the cars rolled out into the green
fields, tho ringing bells and shouting
multitude behind.
How much has been crowded into the
year! What hopes and fears; what
triumphs and defeats; what judgments
and mercies; much to mortify and
humble us; more to lead us to distrust
all human wisdom and might.
What shall the next year bring us?
May it bring ns as a nation nearer to
God, and find us more entirely under
the shadow of the Almighty.
FORTRESS MONROE AND HAMPTON.
I have just returned from tho Army.
I have had the pleasure of relighting on'
many scenes with which I becamo fa
miliar in the campaign of 1862.
The appearance of the Portress and
environs has greatly improved since
those days. The debris, crumbling
buildings and shanties are all gone.
The streets are widened, the mud-holos
filled, and the houses painted. Within
and around the Port are many beautiful
bouses, covered with vines and surround
ed with flowering-treeß and shrubs of
Arabian fragrance.
Two miles from the Port is “ old
Hampton.” This, until the commence
ment of the rebellion, was one of the
most beautiful towns of Virginia. It
has a venerable antiquity, being the
Bpot to which the cavaliers tied from the
pestilence of Jamestown, and com
menced a village here as early as 1610.
Hampton had grown to be an opulent
commercial town of seven or eight
thousand. It is surrounded with the
finest agricultural fields in Virginia. It
has an interest of its own ; as being the
place in the Old Dominion where the
first cargo of slaves was landed and
sold; from whence came “ death, and
nil our woe.” The town, in the midst of
seronity, was burnt, by Order of General
Mngruder, to prevent our using it for
winter quarters. But one house escaped.
When I first saw Hampton it was a
most striking and novel spectacle. The
strongly-built walls and chimneys had
refused to yield to tempest and storm,
and were standing, the grim memorials
of the past. Then no one lived in the
ruins of Hampton ; now there are not
less than four hundred cabins of the
Preedmen. Their little houses, built.at
the base of the tall chimnies look like
bird cages. The streets ate clean, the
■old gardens cultivated, and the fields
around the town are green with corn.
Certainly, the desolation of other days
was gone, and I think there is more
laughter and exuberant joy in Hampton
than it ever know in the best days of
the old Virginia aristocracy.
There are schools, churches, stores,
aud most of the sigus of civilization.
NORFOLK.
This city is about eighteen*miles from
Fortress Monroe, and contained, previous
to the war, above twenty thousand in
habitants.
It has one of the finest harbors on our
coast, and will, in time, be one of the
great citios of the country. Its people
lived in a style of commercial opulence.
The houses are large, and surrounded
with flowering trees. "We found tho fig
tree full of fruit, and nearly as large as
in Syria; and the tropical magnolia,
with its rich loaf and its golden, lotus
like flower, is the glory of every garden.
The population of .Norfolk, generally,
sympathized with the rebellion, and
when the place was taken by our forces
many families left for Eichmond and
Petersburg. But throe-fourths of the
people remained, and most of these, in
time, took tho oath of allegiance; espec
ially tho men. But, in the mean-time,
the fire has not gone out; it is only the
slumber of tho volcano. Tho old inhab
itants, as far as possible, refuse to have
anything to do with the officers of our
army, and the teachers of the schools.
Tho churches ai-o mostly closed.
Tho Rev. Dr. Armstrong, of the Pres
byterian Church, has been sent a pris
oner to Fort Hatteras. After taking
the oath of allegiance, he showed that
in heart and counsel be was still an ene
my. In his church there is now no
Sabbath worship; this is also the case
in the Episcopal and Baptist Churches,
on account of the defection of the pas
tors. This is a most disastrous state of
things, for in tho meantime tho founda
tions are broken down, and the young
people grow up without the restraints
of Sabbath worship and teaching.
There'is, in Norfolk and Poi’tsmouth
:a population of 20,000. But few of
these are now slaves. Some of them
are paid wages to remain in the employ
of their former masters.
COLORED SCHOOLS.
The colored schools of Norfolk and
Portsmouth are the best I have ever
seen. The progress of the pupils in the
high schools astonished and delighted
all visitors. In less than a year of in
struction, hundreds of more children
have learned to read. They have thrown
off their African rudeness of tongue.
Many others write a good hand, and, a
great uumber display in their acquisitions
a brightness and an aptitute for learning
fully equal to those of any white chil
dren in our best schools. The Ameri
can Missionary Association and *the
National Freedmen's Association have
each a corps of teachers laboring here.
They are doing—in a.field where they
are as much alone as missionaries in
a foreign land—a most noble work.
And those who are about them may
deride and scorn their mission; but God,
who pitieth the poor, will remenber
them.
In tho neighborhood, on the farm of
General H. A. Wise, the government has
placed one hundred families of freedmen.
There, cabins have been built for them,
and the fields have been parcelled out
to them in lots of two and three acres;;
each of which becomes tbc home and
property of a family. The Taylor prop
erty, which is a finer estate than the
“ Wise,” is Occupied in the same way.
In their new houses, and with the
new motives to virtue and industry, the
slaves will escape from many of the
.vices of slavery.
RECRUITS FROM REBELBOM.
One of the things which most inter
ested me in Norfolk was a full regiment
of United States troops who had all
been in the rebel army ; but having es
caped from it, or being taken prisoners,
had taken the oath of allegiance, and
were now serving under the old flag.
They are all true men. I preached to
them on the Sabbath, and certainly I
never addressed a more devout body of
troops. In the drill, they were perfect;
and in person as fine a body of men as I
have seen. I was told by their officers
that they are much more easily governed
than our troops. They never question
the wisdom and propriety of any com
mand, but obey with unhesitating alac
rity. It is thought by their officers that
they can be trusted in tho most perilous
positions. Their intelligence and edu
cation are evidently much below those
of the regiments from the Free States.
They have much of the languid, unim
passioned look and manner ol the
poorer classes in tho South. But they
are mow in a great school.
'Washington, July lsfc, 1864. J. J. M.
CHAPLAIN STEW ART’S LETTER,
Battle-field, six miles South from >
Prtbjsbuhg, Va., June 23,1864. }
RIFLE PITS.
Dear Bro: Mears: —Much is said
and written at present concerning their
structure and use. The term has be
come a rather general one, designating
any military construction, for of
fence or defence. The term was, per
haps, first used during the Crimean war.
As the earthworks of the French and
English were advanced against the Re
dan and Malakoff, they were accustom
ed, by night, to advance their pickets
in front, who would dig round holes in
the ground in which three or four sharp
shooters would conceal themselves and
thus be able to annoy the Kussian gun
ners and sentinels. 'These holes were
called Rifle-pits. How, however, the
term is used to designate not merely a
round or square hole in the ground, but
a ditch, breastwork or embankment
miles in length.
NUMBER AND EXTENT OF THESE STRUC-
TURES,
The whole country between this and
the Eapid Anne, has been made literally
a region of Rifle-pits. In the construc
tion and use of these, the rebels have
evidently excelled and we have been
forced to take lessons from them. When
ever and wherever we have advanced
against them, we have invariably found
them hidden in ditches, burrowed in
pits and ensconced behind formidable
earthworks. During our present cam
paign it has been the almost invariable
practice, when in close proximity to the
enemy, and before proceeding to attack,
to throw up rifle-pits the whole extent
of our front-, ofton four or five miles in
length. This, in general, not for use,
but as a precautionary measure. Being
the invading army, we are still compell
ed to make the assault. These rifle-pits
aro constructed so that in case of any
repulse or disaster, they are a ready
and concerted place in which to rally
and repel an advancing enemy. In va
rious instances already, they have prov
ed a wise precaution.
FACILITY OF CONSTRUCTION. 1
This would altogether confound rail
road builders, canal makers, ditch-dig
gers andshovelers generally. A section
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1864.
of country quiet and unbroken at even
tide—by nature’s arrangements . and a
little careless farming—will, by morning
light, witness a rifle-pit from three to
six miles in length, constructed through
woods and jungles, over hill and dale,
across field and farm; not in a direct
line, but zig-zag, in order to suit, in
military judgment, the nature and incli
nation of the ground. The next morn
ing-light, may witness a similar struc
ture erected as if by magic a hundred
yards in front of the first, then another
and another, until the enemy’s works be
finally reached, or the place quietly
abandoned for some new sdene of opera
tions and fresh construction of rifle-pits.
MODE OF CONSTRUCTION.
A number of wagons filled with en
trenching tools always accompanies 'the
army. But to facilitate’matters, ekeh
brigade has usually a number of mules
with pannicles and these Stuck full! of
axes, picks and shovels. There are also
various pioneer corps, in which each
man carries a chopping or tool.
When a rifle-pit is to be constructed,
each, regimentfis usually 1 ordered tC per
form the labour on that portion pi its
own front. If no timber he available, a
simple ditch is dug, say three Jeot jwide
and three deep, the flirt thrown in front
—the side next the enemy, thus miking
with the ditch a protection as higlij as a
man’s shoulder ,and over which ho| can
point and rest his gun at an approach
ing enemy, his head only being ex
posed. j
Should rails or small timber lj,e avail
able, short posts are driven itto- the
ground close in front of where tlie ditch
is. to be dug, and a rail or small tree
laid on the ground and against the posts
on the outside. As the earth is thrown
over and rises, a second rail or log is
laid on the first, and also agilinst the
posts, and thus continued until an inner
wall of wood strongly flanked by earth
on the outside, is raised to the desired
height. Such a structure is much more
neat and more conveniently used than
a mere erection of earth. Not unfre
quently have-1 seen houses, barns, sheds
and outhouses torn down and the frag
ments converted into such structures in
a space of time that would astonish the
uninitiated. Tho work is performed by
detachments, each commanded by a pro
per office? whose duty it is to sde that all
the work is property done and that each
soldier does his duty. These! detach
ment are* relieved every half of whole
hour, thus enabling the work to pro
gress uninterruptedly and vigorously.
Considering the amount of labour and
drudgery actually performed our
army, the query may well be started;
11 How do our brave soldiers endure all
these sleepless choppings, . diggings,
marches, fatigues and battles ?” They
do indeed seem to be made of iron.
IMPROMPTU RIFE-PITS.
A week since, when the advance was
made on Petersburgh, our regiment
with others was advanced as skirmish
ers to within about half a mile of the
city, and far within the outer works of
the enemy which had been captured.
On ascending a rising ground, they
found the rebels in an open field and
within direct rifle range of heavy earth
works behind which the rebels were
strongly posted, and from, whom vol
leys of Minnie bullets came singing and
whistling in such a manner as to kill
and wound almost at once, over twenty
of our regiment. To advance with but
a skirmish line, was to instant death, to
fall back was against orders. All at
once, fell flat on the ground which was
dry and loamy. "Without pick or
shovel, each soldier immediately com
menced a rifle-pit on his own hook, us
ing his bayonet, if need were, to loosen
the earth and his tin cup for a shovel..
One had no tin cup and worked away
lustily with his spoon. The officers, for
once at least, found convenient use for
their swords in the construction of these
hasty life-preservers. The position was
held, and in a few minutes, each one had
a little pit, fronted by a small bank of
eai’th, in and behind which, as true
Northern mudsills, they lay compara
tively safe from the continued shower
of rebel bullets.
Long have I been familiar with a
kind of metaphorical expression, kicking
up a dust , used when some sudden dis
turbance or miniature rovf was extem
porised. No occasion for metaphors or
other figures of speech here, Mr. Editor.
A real dust is kicked up, with eveiy step,
man, horse or mule ventures to make,
as well as at every rotation of a wheel.
This sacred soil of Virginia, on which
we are at present trying to exist, seems
made of dust. If memory serves, it has
not rained for a month. The weather
is intensely, awfully, roastingly hot. All
moisture has seemingly left the soil, aud
it has become much like a newly burnt
bed of ashes. Wherever our immense
host of men, animals, wagons, ambu
lances and Artillery goes, the ground is
at once worked into the finest dust to
the depth of from three to six inches —
which rises and spreads itßelf, like the
ashes of Moses, sma* dust In o" the [and.
As movements of infantry, artillery,
cavalry, wagons, and ambulances, are
constantly going-on, there is, in conse
quence, an unceasing cloud of dust.
Everything seems turning to dust.
All things, yourself included, assuming
the color of dust. You see nothing but
dust —you smell dust, you eat dust, you
drink dust. Your clothes, blanket, tent,
food, drink, are all permeated with dust.
You walk in dust, you halt in dust, you
lie down in dust, you sleep in dust, you
wake in dust, you live dust—you are
emphatically dusty. Adding largely to
our comforts amid heat and dust—the
region affords no adequate supply of
water for such a,host. Long trains of
horses and mules are daily seen led by
their drivers for miles, in search of
water for the thirsty animals. Squads
of soldiers, with empty canteens, wan
dering everywhere through fields and
woods, and often vainly in search of
water. Quite comfortable and romantic,
dear reader, this soldiering business.
Yetone seeming marvel is connected with
it all: these brave, noble generous union
soldiers are cheery and hopefu J under all
these terrible discouragements.
FROM OUR ROCHESTER CORRESPON
DENT.
CORRECTIONS.
In our last we were in error in regard
to the name of that clergyman in Eng
land, upon whom tho doctorate was con
ferred by Ingham University—it is Rev.
Josiah Crofts, not Cross, as wo at first
understood it; and we beg pardon. It
may be important that the honor should
fall on the right man.
And then the types made us say that
tho business of Gloversville, in the man
ufacture of ‘gloves was jjl.ooo a year —
it should have been 81,000,000. These
cyphers were evidently left out by some
slip, and would make quite another
statement, if they were only there.
PRESBYTERY OF ONTARIO.
This body convened in its Semi-annual
meeting with the Church in Livonia,
on Friday afternoon, the 28th ult., and
was opened with a sermon by Rev. A.
L. Benton, of Lima. The object of the
sermon was to set forth the importance
of a more perfect evangelization of every
parish. It happily showed the hearers,
ministers and people, bow they may
work for Christ in cultivating the home
wastes. "What more important theme
could b ave been presented ? The church
needs tho work for its own spiritual life
and health; and thousands are perish
ing every year, right here in this Chris
tian land, because so little of this work
is done.
After ti.e sermon, Key. L. Conklin,
of East Bloomfield, was elected Modera
tor, and Rev. P. E. Sanborne, of West
Bloomfield, Temporary Clerk. But this
meeting of Presbytery was not confined
to the mere routine of ecclesiastical
business, and was one of unusual inter
est and profit. In the first place, an
unusual number ot the elders of the
churches, were in attendance. And
then by, a happy thought the pastor of
the church in Livonia had invited the
ministers and elders to bring their wives
to the meeting. A goodly number of
these had accepted the invitation and
wero in attendance; and it was very
plain to see that this added much, to the
interest of the occasion.
Another part of the Pastor’s admira
ble arrangement, was to have a good,
old-fashioned temperance meeting on
Tuesday evening. It was well attended,
and earnest, and interesting, addresses
were made by Rev’s. Dwight Seovel,
J. E. Page, and L. Parsons, Jr. These
speeches took a hopeful view of the sub
ject. All is not lost. True, there has
been some recent increase of intemper
ance ; but we have by no means gone
back to the place from which we started
but a few years ago, in this glorious re
form. Then drinking was universal;
now vast numbers touch not, taste not,
handle not. Then there were ten law
yers, judges, ministers, physicians, or
men in, other high places, accustomed to
indulge’ too freely in the use of intoxi
cating drinks, to one noV. The earnest
ness and eloquence of these speeches
showed, at least, that there were some
that stilL understood the subject, and
were ready to lead off in a new effort, if
necessary.l to put this reform again upon
the ascending grade.
The repeats also, which, by the grace
of God, these pastors were enabled to
bring up, i« regard to the state of re
ligion in their respective fields of labor,
were most cheering. We have, informer
letters, spoken of revivals in several of
their churches; but the grouping of the
facts into oi«e brief summary, gave
them renewed! interest —in Mt. Morris,
fifty conversions; in Genesee, thirty or
forty; in East Bloomfield about the
same number, twenty-nine having been
received to the church at the last com
munion season, twelve of them receiv
ing the ordinance of baptism at the
time; and ten are to unite with the
church in Livonia next Sabbath.
Eev. S. M. Day, pastor of the church
at Honeoye, was received into this body
from the Presbytery of Chemung. On
Wednesday afternoon, came the usual
celebration of the Lord’s supper,—the
business all having first been disposed of.
And then, before parting, all were in
vited to repair to the parsonage to
partake of a bountiful collation, pre
pared and served by the worthy people
of the place. It was a very social time,
and' a pleasant conclusion ,to a very in
teresting and profitable gathering.
The next meeting of the Presbytery
of Ontario is to be held in Ifunda. May
we be there.
They are caring for the little orphans
in Auburn. .The Asylum contains about
eighty inmates. The annual festival in
aid of its funds was recently held, real
izing $550. But the incident to which
we wish more particularly to refer, was
the visit of the Sunday-school of the
Central Presbyterian church in a body
to the Orphan Asylum, each one of the
children bearing some precious little gift
of such things as they could spare from
their own wardrobes at home, for the
benefit of the little homeless ones.
A. M. Stewart.
Rev. Mr. Fowler, pastor of the Central
church, addressed the orphans in a few
happy words, and made the presonta
tion'of the childrens’ gifts and his own;
to which one of the orphan boys re
sponded in av&ry neat speech, evidently
furnished to order, of which we givo a
few words: 1
“ Friends of the orphan, we hail with
joy this day of gifts and kind remem
brance. We welcome you to our Ajsy
luin home. You come to us on an er
rand of love. May the benefits of the
visit be mutual. *■ * * * * * *
“Again, dear friends, we thank you
for your kindness to us. Wo receive it
as a fresh token of God’s remembrance
of the orphan. You give to us of your
abundance; wo give to you in return
our grateful prayers that God’s blessing
may rest on you and yours, and that in
the last day the God. of the fatherless
may say unto you, 1 Well done; —inas-
much as ye did it unto one of the least
of these, ye did it unto me.”
This pleasant interview was enlivened
also by sweet singing, by the children
of the Sunday-school, and by the or
phans. It was an interesting andmemor
able occasion, and must have left a sweet
influence upon the minds of all the
children, which time will not so soon
efface. It was a happy thought of the
ever fertile brain of the pastor, or of
some one else, to suggest such a visit.
The contributions were as follows : fifty
yards of cloth, donated by Mr. Bailey,
Superintendent of th§ Sunday-school,
and made up into shirts and pillow cases
by the young ladies of the Central
church, besides a good pile of little
pantaloons, jackets, dresses, undergar
ments, shoes, and some seventeen dol
lars in money. Surely that was a deed
twice blessed, blessing those who gave,
and those who received.
In Buffalo also they are constantly
doing for the same praise-worthy object.
They have established a “ Soldiers Rest.”
A building has been erected under the
auspices of the ladies of the Sanitary
Commission, near the Central Depot,
and formally opened for its. charitable
purposes, by the raising of the old flag,
and by addresses and prayer. Here
the weary, worn, and wounded veterans
of the war may find a place of rest, and
care, and kind, attention, when passing
through Buffalo.
The ladies of the Christian Commis
sion in the same city have also been
moving to add to their moans of helping
to care for the soldiers. They planned
an excursion on the lake; chartered
two fine propellers for the purpose;
crowded them with passengers, and had
a fine time last Saturday, sailing sing
ing chatting, and cooling off, on the
Niagara river. The proceeds of the
excursion must have been handsome,
and all again for the soldiers.
So our' thoughts are constantly in
exercise for the brave defenders of our
country’s liberties. God give them the
victory, is our prayer without ceasing.
We are anxious just now, but hopeful.
We will not, can not, despair of final
success. A great victory, or a great
decline in gold would give us special
cheer.
WESTERN N. Y. BRANCH, U. S. C. COMMISSION.
Rev. S. Hunt, who has passed some
A GOOD DEED PLEASANTLY DONE
And Auburn is always astir with good
things. On the same evening, we be
lieve, a-grand concert was given, under
the direction of Mr. Thomas, a member
of the senior class in Auburn Theologi
cal Seminary, for the benefit of the
Ladies’* Soldiers Aid Society, it being
the third given for the same object, and
under the same auspices, within the
last six months. We do not know how
much money has been realized in this
way, but it must be considerable, and
the sick and wounded soldiers, will get
the benefit of it.
time with the Army of the Potomac, and
who knows the wants of the soldier
and can plead his cause, has been ip.
pointed Secretary and General Agent of
this Branch of the United States Christ
ian Commission. He enters upon the
duties at once, and all communications
and supplies for thiß branch should be
directed to him, at the rooms of the
Christian Commission in Buffalo.
Rochester, July 2,1864.
LETTER FROM REV. JOHN 0. SMITH,
Washington Citt, June 29, 15^4
Rev, Thomas Braineed, D. D., Mod
erator of General Assembly:
My cousin Geo. H. Smyth pastor elect
of Sixth Church and myself called on
the President this morning, and handed
to him the letter which yon wrote in
the office of the Executive mansion,
when you with other members of the
appointed by General Assem
bly, called to present the resolutions of
the Assembly. The President was un
expectedly absent on a visit to General
Grant, when the Committee weredhere.
With your official letter, wo presented
the resolutions of the Assembly beauti
fully transcribed on parchment, signed
by Thomas Brainerd Moderator, and
Edwin F. Hatfieft, Stated Clerk.
The President gave respectful and
earnest attention to the reading, and
said that he would write his reply if he
could find as much time. He was evi
dently much gratified with “the docu
ment,” and though oppressed with spe
cial calls at. the close of the session of
Congress, ho was cheerful and said kind
things, especially to my young relative,
who was charged with “the resolutions,”
while Irend (with difficulty) the letter
in the hand-wilting of my noble friend
and honored brother of “ old Pjne
street,” May God bless him and his
loyal church a thousand fold more and
more, with all in our consecrated bro
therhood. Always. John C. Smith.
PROGRESS IH'MIOHIGAIT.
At a late meeting of the Presbytery
of Marshall iu Homer, interesting re
vivals were reported at Battle-creek.
Marshall, Lansing and Mason. At Mar
shall 70 conversions in seven weeks, 50
of whom had already been received.
At Lansing a second church had sprung
up, with 04 of a membership—4o on
profession. At Okemos and Delhi, in
the same pastorate, churches had been
also ‘ organized under favorable pros
pects, and church buildings in progress.
The First, Lansing, though severely test
ed, are determined under God, togoforth
from the crucible thrice purified, and as
a three-fold cord that cannot easily be
broken ! Their success during the last
eight years has been a triumph.
Presbyterian.
Presbyterian Union. —The Presbyterian
Standard, contains the following significant
suggestive editorial:
At the late meetings of the General As
semblies at Newark and Dayton, the spirit
of union was manifested in a very gratifying
degree. The same thing was true of the
highest Judicatories of the other Presbyte
rian bodies in our country. Who can tell,
but that one grand purpose which God in
tends to accomplish by the war, is the bring
ing ot all the Presbyterian churches in our
land, now separated by unjustifiable parti
tions, into closer proximity, if not actual
Union! This result many expect, and for it,
tens of thousands of Christian hearts, that
have long mourned over the divided body of
the Lord Jesus Christ, are fervently praying
and pleading. With a view to favor and fa
cilitate such an issue, a 3 far as the influence
of the Standard is concerned, we offer the
following
, PREMIUMS,
for essays on the subject named:
For the best essay on “ The desirableness of
the union of the various branches of the Presbyte
rian Church,” twenty dollars.
For the best essay on “ The Praclicableness
of unilhxg the various branches of the Presbyte
rian Church,” twenty dollars.
For the best essay on “ The most effectual
means for securing the union of the various
branches of the Presbyterian Church twenty
dollars.
Ministerial Changes. — Rev. J. Moore, of
Witliamsbw'g, Pa., has resigned his charge to
succeed Sen. Dr. McCurky in the manage
ment of the Mantua Female Seminary. Rev.
J. S. Doolittle, pastor of the Reformed Dutch
Church of Flatlands, iicmg Island, has been'
elected Professor of. Belles Lettres and Elo
cution in Rutgers College, at New Bruns
wick, N. J.
Pitting Testimonial—Act. Jfr. R. j,
Breckenr'dge, while attending the late Na
tional Convention at Baltimore, as a dele
gate from Kentucky, was presented with a
beautiful and massive silver pitcher, bearing
on one side the inscription “Robert J
Brecken ridge, D. D„ of Kentucky, from the
Illinois Delegation to the National Conven
tion, assembled at Baltimore, June 7th
1864 ” And on the other side the emphatic
words, “ God and Liberty."
Moravian.
. Tbe Moravian says:—Our Norwegian Mis
sionary, Rev. A. M. Iverson, after a faithful
ana acceptable service of a good many years
at Ephraim and Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin,
has accepted a call to become the pastor of
two congregations in La Salle county, Illi
nois, at Leland and Mission Point. His
new charge will consist of three or four
hundred souls. He will continue as hereto
fore in connection with,the Home Mission
Society at Bethlehem. His successor at
Ephraim, Rev. Groenfeldt, of Denmark, is
exp'ented in this country by one of the first
vessels arriving from Europe.
Genesee,
S. B. S.