FROM OUR ROCHESTER OORRESPON- DENT. ROCHESTEU UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT. This lias been commencement week ■with this young and flourishing institu tion. The exercises were inaugurated by a sermon, on Sunday evening, from Rev. Dr. James, of Albany,-before the Young Men’s Christian Association of the College. Dr. James was onco settled in this city, (or village, as it then was) the first pastor of the Brick Church, which was then called the Socond Presbyterian Church. This was over thirty years ago. and Mr. James, we believe, has had no pastoral charge from that timo ; a gentleman of wealth and leisure, bril liant, at times, in his public efforts, but quite unequal. His sermon on this oc casion is spoken of by intelligent heai'- ors as one - of peculiar excellence and great ability. Prize declamations by the Sophomores oceurred on Monday evening in Corin thian Hall, which was crowded to its utmost capacity. G-eorge Raines, of Rochester, took the first prize, and Far ley Porter, of the same city, the socond. We shall expect to hear from these young men again, next year. The; oration before the Alumni was delivered on Tuesday evening, in the same Hall, by Rev. Galusha Anderson, of St. Douis, on “Liberal Education,” and is said to have been very fine. The poem was by Robert H. Fenn, some times called “the Blind Poet” of this city; a young man, a native of Roches ter, who was so unfortunate as to lose the use of his eyes, by some mishap while experimenting in chemistry, his favorite study. His case has excited much sympathy, and had prepared an appreciative audience to receive his poem, .Which was excellent, with pecu liar kindness. This gave increased in terest to the whole service of tho eve ning. Commencement proper occurred on Wednesday. Corinthian Hall was again packed. The graduating class embraced thirty-four young men, twom ty-four of whom “ appeared in public on tho stage,” making the oxercisos pretty long; but they were well sustained. Dr. Anderson, the accomplished President, presided with his accustomed dignity and grace. Last year he was in'Europe, touring and Booking health, and tho honor of pTosiding at commencement devolved upon tho learned and witty Professor of Greek, Dr. Kendrick; and well it became him. But all are glad to see the President in his place at this time. The following honorary degrees were conferred: A. M-, upon Rufus Sheldon, Professor in the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute; Captain William H. Harris, U. S. A., Chief of Ordnance of the 9th Army Corps; and Horaeo M. Conger, M. D., of Buffalo. D. D., upon Revs. B. H. Cray, of Washington; Isaac Wostcott, of How York, and Israel Foote, of this city. CLIFTON WATER CURE, This institution, which is not simply a water cure, but a delightful Health Retreat, continuos in a most prosperous condition. Dr. Henry Poster, tho bo- Hevolent founder, has returned from California in much improved health. Ho took the overland route, and had a delightful and invigorating rido across the prairies, and seems quite restored to his former strength. He was warmly welcomed by tho numerous inmates ot tho institution. Ho father, returning to the bosom of his family after a long absence, could have received a more kindly greeting. And, in spite of these troublous times, tho projected enlargement of tho insti tution,' of .which we spoke last year, is going forward. The foundations are al ready laid for tho west wing; and piles of brick and mortar are lying there ready for the large superstructure, which is to ombraco a now parlor and dining room, much larger than tho old. And beside this, tho present rooms are all full, and many patients have to find quarters in the surrounding village; showing that the Cure has lost none of its former popularity. The society also continues to bo of that select class which the Christian invalid would most value. The gay and foolish find other resorts. The intelligent, the thoughtful, the cheerful, the happy Christian will here find a social and religious, atmosphere, such as he loves; with physicians, med icines and attendants such as he' shall choose—they have all kinds—and min oral waters equal to any in tho State.' It is a pleasant resort for the weary and worn as well as the sick and feeble. Some remarkable cures arc wrought here. SUDDEN DEATH. On Monday, tho 11th inst., Mr. Calvin TJ. Hamilton, of this city, a man of eighty-fivo yoars, was almost instantly killed, whilo standing in the depot of tho Central Railway. A heavy freight train was passing tho station, by which n pair of horses, attached to an Express wagon, became frightened and unman ageable, and dashed down through the immense depot building, right alongside of tho morning train. Mr. Hamilton, who was quite deaf, stood under an archway at the further end of the build ing, looking in another direction, far removed, ah any one would have said, from danger; but before he probably heard a sound of their coming, the fran tic animals struck him down and tram pled him under foot. The horses were gone in a moment, but their work was already done. The bystanders gathered around and .found the old gentleman was still breathing, hut unconsciously; and possibly he ncVer knew what hurt him- Some blow had fractured the skull oyer the right eye, apd ho lived hut half an hour. He was the father of Frank H. Ham ilton, M. D., an eminent physician and surgeon of Buffalo, and of theJate T. B. Hamilton, Esq., of this city. He was a very noticeable man. Although eighty five years of age, he would have passed almost anywhere for a much younger one. He was very neat in personal ap pearance, erect in form, elastic in step, moving easily about among men, and taking an interest in all that is going on. He had long been an elder in the Cen tral Presbyterian Church and will long be remembered by all who have attend ed that sanctuary. On account of his deafness, he occupied a chair directly beneath, or a little toward one side of the pulpit, with his trumpet at his oar, eager to get what ho could of sermon and prayer and hymn as they fell from the pastor’s lips. And he was a most constant attendant at church, always in his place, on tho Sabbath, and* at the evening meetings. He was in church, as usual, only the evening before his translation. Who then Supposed that before the next evening ho would be in heaven ? • He always had a peculiar dread of the mere act of dying, or of mortal sickness and suffering, of looking forward to and (expecting the death agony. He was spared all that, and reached the bosom of his Saviour sooner and more easily than he had anticipated. The funeral was attended on Tuesday afternoon, from the house of his daughter-in-law, Mi - s, T. B. Hamilton. The coffin was unopeend, the remains being too much injured to bo. exposed, but they will sleep none the less- peacefully, in'our bountiful cemetery of Mt. Hope, until •the morning of the resurrection. ORDINATIONS J. H. Morrow, a gradute of Princeton Seminary] now preaching at Brockport, and J. H. Burtis, who has for somo time been in the service of the American Sunday School Union, as Secretary at Hew York, were ordained as Evange lists, by the Presbyteiy of Buffalo city, at their recent meeting at Aurora. A PASTOR REMEMBERED, Rev. W. A. Hiles, tho oarneit and in defatigable pastor of the Presbyterian church of Corning, was last week kindly remembered by his parishionore, and a purse of $l2O was quietly slipped into his hands, the gift of an appreciative and affectionate people. He has de served it. He has been, instant, in sea son, out of season, and bis labors have been truly blest. Quito a number have recently been added to his church, and moro arc expected to come. In the meantime his Society aro talking also of building a new and more commodious church edifice for their beloved pastor, to he located more advantageously, both for convenience and beauty, than the present upon the hill side. Everything seems to indicate harmony and prosper ity in this interesting parish. Long may both continue. Genesee. Rochester, July IC, 1864, THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN VINELAND. [We cheerfully give room and our endorsement to the following appeal for but a moderate degree of aid-in an im portant enterprise.] ■ A year ago tho Fourth Presbytery of Philadelphia organized a church in this new settlement. As our only place for religious service was in, a small school-house, our atten tion was early directed to tho erection of a house of worship. The rapid growth of the community made it desirable that tho building'when completed should accommodate between three and four hundred people. Accordingly plans were adopted of a house forty feet by sixty in dimensions, to be constructed of tho best material, in style of archi tecture plain and simple, yet sufficiently tasteful and noat to answer all the ends of a pleasant and commodious sanctuary for a century to come, should it last so long. It was supposed at the meeting of Presbytery in October last, that $2OOO would enclose tho building, so that, though .unfinished, we could hold our PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1864. services in it till we should he able, without further assistance, to complete it. But before our materials were pur chased and the work commenced, the prices of lumber and labor had so greatly advanced that we expended $3500 in stead of $2OOO as anticipated. • And now after exhausting pur own resources, after obtaining several hun dreds of dollars from surrounding com munities and about two hundred from a few individuals in Philadelphia, we find ourselves with a huildiiig we can use but with the drawback of about five hundred dollars of indebtedness. To meet this obligation and to fit up the interior of our edifice, we feel con strained to appeal to the benevolence of tho churches in the city. Our situation is certainly such as to entitle us to the sympathy and co-ope ration of those who desire the extension of Christ’s kingdom and the planting of Presbyterian churches in destitute regions. We are building the walls of our Zion in trouhulous times, holding the trowel and hammer, while others are wielding the sword, and under circum stances of peculiar discouragement and difficulty. Wo are a new community, settling a now tract of country, and for the present wo have to encounter "the high prices of the markets; with almost everything to buy and scarcely anything to sell, our lands as yet being only par tially brought into a state of cultiva tion. Our church, with the rapid* growth” of the settlement, has increased tomcar ly seventy members, and with a “‘Sab bath School in all embracing oven one hundred and sixty children and adults, ! and a congregation of about dred persons, these numbers all the time increasing, our prospects for-the future afford certainly an unusual de gree of encouragement. With a little assistance in our emerg ency, within two years from our organi zation we shall have added to our de nomination a strong and self-supporting society, and a house of worship unen cumbered by debt, in a region but re cently a wilderness, and at a time whon any church extension must awaken gratitude and-he hailed as an omen of good. Rev. Albort Worthington, for many years a Home Missionary at the West, but now a member of this society, will solicit contribution sin the city, and all gifts will bo thankfully ap,d; faithfully applied to this object-. ; - S. Loomis, - Pastor Presbyterian Church Yineland. LYONS FEMALE COLLEGE. Messrs. Editors :—On a little excur sion into lowa for recreation and plea sure, it was my privilege to attend the examination and commencement of Lyons Female College, under the Pre sidency of my old ana esteemed friend, Rev. George R. Moore, who is assisted; in the instruction by several vei r y com petent teachers. The exercises were sufficiently varied to test their scholar ship, and at tho same time to show that the students are learning to think. The recitations were evidently not a mere effort of the memory; nor were they the mere farcical result of collusion or previous understanding between teacher and scholar. The examinations!, as a whole, were honorably sustained,; doing great credit to the students, the teachers and the institution. On a scale' of ten, I should mark none lower than eight; while a considerable number could be marked as high as nine and four fifths, if not nine-tenths. The specimens of drawing and painting, furnished by the pupils under the instruction of MrsVMqore, showed much accuracy and skill. The Music, of which we bad more than a sprinkle, both from the students and teachers, Mrs. Lucy Bush, and Prof. A. G. J. Kaufman, was most excellent. Mrs. Bush gave us some choice vocal, and Prof Kaufman so mo.grand instru mental music. Rare advantages in this department, under the accomplished Prof., are offered to music scholars in Lyons College. Almost the entire hoarding class were converted during the.winter. The In stitution should be filled to its utmost capacity, with students from lowa and Horthern Illinois. On tho whole, the President and Faculty have great rea-' son to take courage from the past, and go forward with new purposes and great zeal in their high and holy work. P. S. Van Hest. Geneva, ¥is., June 30th, 1864. Rev. Wolcot Calkins has accepted the call to the pastorate of Calvary church in this city. "We congratulate the church on this announcement. Mr. Calkins, though not yet thirty years of age, haa already given proof of a high degree dfi fitness for the responsible post he will occupy. When he received the call, he was filling in a most acceptable manner the position of associate pastor, with the venerable Dr. Hawes, of Hartford, and in all probability would have been Dr. H’s successor. Mr. Calkins was brought up a Presby terian in Hew York State, and received part of his theological education in Hew York Union Seminary, having also spent some years in theological pursuits in Germany. Tho church iB now closed for the summer. CALVARY CHURCH. gkligwns fnfclligfttff. Presbyterian. Church Disloyalty— The Church of White Plains, N. Y., on the 7th inst, held a meet ing, the Presbytery having advised the resig nation of the pastor, Rev. Mr. Tress, because he refused to establish his loyalty. After an undignified debate the majority refused to part with their suspected minister, made the more suspicious by the character of his supporters. Death of the Rev. A. G. Fairchild, D. D. —The Rev. A. G. Fairchild, D. D., of the Presbytery of Redstone, died at his residence near Smithfield, Pa., June 30th, at 11 o’clock and 50 minutes, P. M. He was one of the .oldest and most widely known ministers in Western Pennsylvania, As a writer he had a high reputation throughout the Church. Congregational. The board of trust of Wheaton College, 111., elected J. C. Webster to the chair of rhetoric and logic. The’board also voted to raise a Lovejoy scholarship of a thousand dollars, upon the conditions named by the trustees of the Lovejoy Monument Associa tion, that this scholarship shall: be for the use of colored students, who shall be received .to the same privilege and upon the same terms as white scholar's. Wheaton College is now free from debt, and, by the gift of W. L. Wheaton, has just come intq pos session of thirty acres of land adjoining the village. The Beauties of Congregationalism. —The difficulties in the way of a settled polity, adequate to the wants of the churches, and consequently of a settled faith, inherent to Congregationalism, are apparent in the fol lowing items from The Conyregaiionalist and The Recorder: An ecclesiastical council was convened,in Portland on Thursday, July 7th, for exami nation, preparatory to installation, of Rev. J. E. Walton, who had accepted the call of .the Third Parish Church, Rev. Dr. Dwight late, pastor. Mr. Walton had removed hiS -family to the city, and had already entered upon his. labors. The council, however, declined entering upon the services of in stallation, in consequence of the unsatisfac tory doctrinal views of the candidate. At a special meeting of the church, held on the ; evening of the Bth inst., it was voted to lay the report of the council on the table, until the ’ regular church meeting, and to invite Rev. Mr. Walton to supply the pulpit on the following Sabbath. The affair has created no,little stir in our community, and especially in the church and society interested,, whose members have, with great unanimity and enthusiasm, given fheir hearts to the “ young man,” whose, career was at once, on coming amongst them, so full of promise of good success. It. is claimed by those who heard the examination, that while the candidate was somewhat pressed, yet he sustained the examination with meekness of spirit, and clearness of statement, and soundness of view." On the other hand, it is claimed, that the examination, having been conducted by Rev. Drs. Dwight, Chickering, and Carru thers, their judgment and conclusions, in connection with the members of the council, are to be received as evidence of Rev. Mr. Walton’s doctrinal inadequacy to the posi tion so long held by Rev. Dr. Dwight. The ‘people are still very much united in Mr. Walton, and it remains to be seen what will be done, in the case. -A council was con 'VeneAin Portland, last week, to ordain and install Rev. J. E. Walton, of Rockford, 111., over the Third Parish Church, formerly Dr. Dwight’s. There were twenty-three mem bers present, including Drs. Dwight and Shepard. Dr. Oaruthers was chosen Hode- rator. ■ After the examination of the candi date, the council was unanimously of the opinion that it was inexpedient to proceed to his installation. The council sat to a late hour, and a large congregation assembled to hear the sermon by.ProfessorShepard. The action of the council caused much excite ment among the congregation. The Port land Mirror says: “We understand that the candidate affirmed his belief that Christians and Christian ministers, in proportion to their faith, are as really inspired as were the prophets and apostles, and that this inspira tion is as authoritative to themselves as is the word of God; that God dwells in every Christian in some such sense as he dwelt in Christ; that the punishment of the wicked may not be eternal, but end in annihilation, and that heathen and others not having had the privilege on earth, may in another world have the offer of salvation. The can didate also gave the council to understand that his views had undergone a great change during the last, year, as the result of an inter view with- some Christian friend. On several important points he distinctly stated that his mind was not made up.” In the Congregaiionalist is also an article on the -recent council which dismissed Rev. Mr.'Diinond, who accepts a professorship in Brown* University, which endorsed his the ology, while another council had pronounced it unsound; both bodies were from Boston and vicinity. In this connection it may be added that Rev. H. M, Dexter, editor of the Congregaiionalist, is much censured by some of his brethren for disloyalty to the faith and polity, by exchanging pulpits with Rev. George Beecher, upon doctrinal views which had been condemned by the two churches. During a terrific thunder storm on Mon day night, the meeting-house of the Ortho dox Congregational society in Augusta, Me., was struck! by lightning, and totally destroy ed.. Loss $25,000. Insurance $4OOO. The organ, which was worth $3OOO, was insured for $lOOO. The church was built in 1807. Baptist, On Sabbath last, July 3d, Rev. Joseph H. Kennard, D. D., pastor of the Tenth Baptist Church of this city, at the opening of his morning sermon, announced to his church and congregation the gratifying information that the entire debt on their house of wor ship had been extinguished within a few days, through the liberality of the members of the church. Dr. Kennard has been pas tor in this city since 1824, and pastor of the present church since its organization, in 1838. During all this period; he has not in a single instance been absent from his pulpit a month at any one time for recreation, nor has he ever found it necessary to make a voyage to Europe for his health, although he has had frequent attacks of sickness. Dr. Kennard is truly a veteran minister, and fully entitled to a generous furlough, and a trip to Europe or the Holy Land; and his congregation would.be happy, without- doubt, to grant him all the facilities thereto, if they had reason to suppose that it would be desirable to him. — Chronicle. Rev. J. M. Richards, D. D., pastor of the Enon Baptist Church, this city, preached his farewell sermon on Sunday evening last. He has done a good work in this church. The New York Examiner has the following items: It can no longer be said that our denomi- nation in California is without a Doctor of Divinity. Rev. D. B. Cheyney is now one ot them, having been thus distinguished by the Chicago University. Our friend, Eev. N. W. Miner , of the capital of Illinois, has also re ceived the same mark from the same quarter. Rev. R. Telford and family, of the Tie Chiu Baptist Mission, is now on his way to this port, by way of San Francisco. They were to sail from Hongkong in April, returning home on account of the continued illness of Mrs. Telford. Chaplain E. S. Wheeler writes from New Orleans, June 27 th: “At Bonnet Carre, the -present location of our regiment, I have had the pleasure of organising a colored Baptist Church of one hundred members, the major ity of whom had been connected with Churches in different Southern States previ ous to the rebellion. A neat chapel has been erected near the camp, and a Sunday School of two hundred member’s has been gathered. Twenty persons have been bap tized within the past month, and twelve others will receive the ordinance next Sabbath. The Provosf Marshal of this par ish (Captain Darling) has offered me the use of the fine court-house on the opposite side of the river; and the way seems to be open for the holding of religious services in this slavery and Popery-cursed section of the country, with promise of the most glorious results. One of our Home Missionaries could accomplish a good work in this and the adjoining parish of St. James.” On the 12th of June, Eev. A. Barrelle ad ministered the ordinance of baptism for the first time in the Kocky Mountains. Two candidates were baptized in a lake on one of the mountain tops, a mile above Central City, Colorado, in the presence of more than 1,500 people. Mr. Barrelle writes that “ God seemed specially to honor his own appoint ment* in this mission mountain field. The Holy Spirit brooded over the scene. Silently the assembly turned towards home. Who will not pray that this, the first baptism in the Eocky Mountains, may be sanctified to the salvation of many gold-seekers, through the efficacy of the blood of Jesus? Christ ians of the far East! remember the mission now established in Central City, and the First Baptist Church of the BoCky Mountain Eange !” , Methodist. Wesleyan Methodists in Canada. —There is peace in all our borders, and the congrega tions, in almost every place, increasing in numbers. We fully expected to find at the conference that, in addition to the above in dications, there was also an increase in the numbers in society. We thought so from the cheering tidings of revivals which reach ed us from time to time. The summing up, however, of the numbers in all the districts shows a_ considerable decrease, a decrease of over seven hunched.— Christian Guardian. Canada M. El Church. —The Minutes of the three conferences, Ontario, Niagara and Bay Quinte, reports 215 travelling preachers, 20,- 068 church members, 268 churches, and 87 parsonages. The value- of the church prop erty is estimated at $296,683. Methodism in France. —The French Wesley an Conference, which embraces France and Switzerland, opened on June 17, at Nismes, Pastor Hocart presiding. Fifteen ministers were present. Six young men joined on probation, and three more were proposed as students. The statistics show a total of 1,606 members and 151 probationers, being an increase during the past year of 84 mem bers and 28 .probationers. A neat little Methodist Church was dedi cated at Joinville (Champagne) oh the sth of June, and another was to be dedicated at Vigan (Cevennes) on.tho 2Gth of June. The former, with a parsonage adjoining, was part of an old Convent, purchased and refitted. This seems to be a favorite mode of obtaining Methodist chapels in the southern portions of Europe. Rev. Alexander Clark, junior pastor of the Church of the New Testament, and editor of Clark’s School Visitor, of this city, and associ ate of Eev. Dr. Stockton, late chaplain to Congress, had- the honorary degree of Mas ter of Arts conferred on him by Mount Union College, Ohio, at the last commence ment, “in consequence of his distinguished attainments in science and literature, and of his efficient labors in the cause of education.” It is well.and worthily bestowed. Revivals, An exchange contains the interesting item Religious Interest at West Point. —During a large part of the year, prayer meetings are held by the cadets in a room in the barrack set apart for that purpose. These are, gene rally speaking, well attended •, a number of the cadets, preferring to devote the twenty minutes allowed them after supper for recrea tion, to prayer and pleading at a throne of grace for the conversion of their worldly companions. Two young gentlemen in par ticular, cadets Swift and Hitchcock (as I am informed) have interested themselves in inducing many to attend, who otherwise would not, and it is in a measure due to their noble efforts that these meetings are so well attended. The chaplain of the Academy also meets a Bible class of these young gentlemen on Sunday afternoon im mediately after church, which is also well attended. A large proportion of the teachers in the Sunday school, which is held in the government chapel, are cadets; and lam happy to say that they all seem well in formed upon the Divine truths which they attempt to teach. It is a happy sight to see this noble body of young men, many of whom must before long go forth in the service of their country; it is a happy sight I say to see them bowing in adoration before a throne of grace, and while they exhibit their patriotism by going forth to offer up their lives in defence of their country, not forgetting that allegiance which they owe to a heavenly government, and coining boldly forward in defence of then- religion. Revival at Groton. —The first Sabbath in July was a precious one to the church in Groton. Thirty were admitted to the church on profession of faith, and one by letter. The ages ranged from eleven to forty-five. Nineteen of the candidates received the rite of baptism! Perhaps twenty will be ad-- mitted in September. Including young peo ple from the Academy, who will unite with churches in other places, over sixty may be reckoned as the fruits of the recent work of the Spirit. Judging from the spirit mani fested by Christians, the influence of the revival has thus far proved an abiding one. On the part of those who have but recently hoped in Jesus, the work seems to be unu sually deep and lasting. Miscellaneous Unitarianism, the Christian Commission, and Infidelity. —The Christian Register, of Boston, has the following in its correspondence, which needs no comment. Gen. Sherman, while I was at Nashville, allowed only U. S. Sanitary agents to go to the front, cutting off the Christian Commis sion entirely, and barely allowing them two boxes & day on the freight trains, to send stores to agents already at the front. The Western spirit regards the pretence of com- ing to the fighting front to save the souls of men who die noble deaths in battle, as an utter humbug, and persons of the strictest othodoxy in the West have been known to affirm that any man who giveß his life in battle for his country, somehow becomes a Christian in so doing. * * * * “In the Western army, opinions have grown genuine Mid vigorous, and the common fears and traditions of a superficial religion have ‘played out/ and thousands have been taught a liberal faith and a cheerful hope by the experience of the campaign and the fight. It is found, as I heard of a chap lain's saying, who went out with the strict est notions, that all die with one spirit of submission and hope, a common wiuigness and a common trust, and it would take a pretty sturdy “liar for God” to hold on to the opinion that men cannot make a good death, unless they come to it iii an orthodox way.” The Christian Advocate and Journal, (Meth.) has the following striking statement respect ing the two Commissions. The following comes to us from one of the most intelligent and reliable employees of the Sanitary Commission! dated City Point, Va., July 1. The statements it makes are not altogether new, and they only confirm what we supposed was the case. Doubtless the Sanitary Commission is doing much good; but godless charity is rather a poor substitute for the genuine article. One cannot be long employed inside of the Sanitary Commission without seeing that “two nations” are within it. The prime movers of the Sanitary idea were, I believe,' Unitarians. Certainly the mana gers in this region are such, or downright infidels. Ifmd a bold indifference to the souls welfare talked freely among the lead ing men. Some of our ablest leaders deride the idea of helping men’s spiritual condi tion, and the weaker take the hooting tone -from them. It is very painful to hear-all this, and it serves to make a distinction be tween the Sanitary and Christian Commis sions, For instance, in my own wards I found religious services performed by the Christian Commission, and'the feeding and the nursing of the body by ns. This was painful to me, yet I 'did not feel free to in vade the apparently fixed order. A better acquintance gives me more freedom; In side, among my fellow laborers, I find some pious souls who believe what God has said of other men’s souls. I. had come to think the Sanitary Commission a godless thing. I find the result different, ana my feelings grow hopeful. If our humanitarian friends, who say so loudly that they care nothing what a.man’s faith is, that they don’t med dle with souls, etc., will do anything, I bid them Godspeed and rejoice in their work. They are doing a great work. Ido not see how men can so work and risk them selves who deny the love of Christ that con strainelh us. I can mention many names of workers here who are at once great scoffers and great laborers. Yet my own work is now clear. lam my own chaplain. Eev. Dr. Jonas’ King, Missionary ot the American Board of Commissioners tor Fo reign Missions, was called, in Easter-week, to administer the communion to the King of Greece, at that place. He attended, deeming it “an important duty./ The ac count which we have seen does not specify , whether he administered the ordinance to ’ the King and to the other persons present, upon personal inquiry into their spiritual qualifications, or oli the assumption that all communicants in European Btate-bhurches are worthy; or wether royai personages are held to a less precise standard or qualifica tion for church privileges than untitled ap plicants.—Examiner. A Presbyterian Minister writes from Vicks burg ; “ 1 am patiently-laboring to build up a colored congregation. We have a very fine Sabbath school, superintended by a colored man. We cannot get regular teach ers sufficient for the scholars that attend. • Some pious soldiers help us; but, from the . nature of their engagements, they cannot be quite regular. We hare formed a colored church—call it “The Berean Presbyterian Church of Vicksburg.” Three ruling elders —all of them full-blooded black-men —have been chosen and ordained. I think these - are the first colored ruling elders that have ever been ordained in the slave states.” The New York Observer has raised its terms to $3.00, the Watchman and Reflector to $2.50, and the UniversaUst to $2.25, on ac count of the high cost of paper and print . ing; and other papers will very soon be obliged to follow suit, or cut down in size. MISCELLANEOUS. LOSSES OF OUE ABMY, Foolish and extravagant calculations of -the fosses in the Army of the Potomac in its recent advance from, the Rapidan, are circulated and credited by many. A Con gressman, shortly before adjournment, de clared that Grant bad lost a hundred thou sand men; but he was merely expressing his partizan opposition to the government and its agent. We have seen another cal culation in a respectable journalmaking the entire los3, including that at the assault on .Petersburg, 00,000. The Independent, which is probably as well informed as any, has the following paragraph in a recent number: The losses of our army during the cam paign of General Grant have been greatly exaggerated. It is stated upon the best official authority that the numbers of the killed, from the time the army croosed the Rapidan until it reached the Jamas river, did not exceed four thousand men. The wounded numbered something over forty thousand, and including casualties of every description, less than fifty thousand; while the deaths of the wounded so far are not much in excess of two thousand, or from four to five per cent. The injuries of wounded men, in the majority of cases, are very slight. The permanent loss to our army for the time mentioned may be twelve to fifteen thousand men, but not in any case more ( tban twenty thousand, and the loss of liie is much less. The convalescent men began to return from the hospitals in this city, in six weeks from the opening of the campaign and have been going ever since. GOOD HEWS. All good 'citizens will rejoice in the fol lowing piece of intelligence which we clip from the local items of the North American: Wound Ur.— With but one or two excep tions all the concert saloons in the city are closed. They have been starved out for want of business. The prohibition against the waiter girl system shut up many of them; high price of liquors has finished -the rest. Nothing in the shape of liquor can'now be purchased for less than $2.25 a gallon, ex cept in large quantities. There is no evil that does not carry some benefaction in its train. The present, high price of liquor is making involuntary reformation in many a toper.
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