gultritait Uttoll3ttnan. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY'9, 1:8651 AWAKENING IN WASHINGTON, N. J. The Lord by his Holy Spirit, has vis ited this place, and large numbers are rejoicing in a Saviour's love. Rev. Mr. Bryan, of the 0. S. church of this place, visited Hackettstown during , Mr. Ham mond's three days' visit there, and when he saw the wonderful workings of the Holy Spirit, in the conversion, it is sup posed, of over two hundred' in those three or four days, his heart yearned for a similar , blessing. Though his own ~. church was in a very low state, and few, if- any, praying for a revival, yet he be _:that God was able to Fi come sud i• `Co his temple." He'therefore urged Rev. Mr. Hammond and Rev. 'G. C. Bush . • Cdl3* and unite with him and his peo :. 0,1/L praying andvlaboring for a refresh som the presence of the Lord. TM invitation was accepted, and last Sabbath morning, Rev. Mr. Bush, who is 4 , e brother of your corresponding editor, sated to the Christians in Washington , e facts of the revival in Hackettstown, and'Arged. them to pray for a like hies 81)4.'4' Many hearts were stirred to "sigh kin#ocry" for a similar blessing. the afternoon, when Mr. Hammond lressed the children, it was most evi -dent that the Holy Spirit was present. At the close, large numbers were bathed in tears, though only words of love and gentleness had been spoken. On Mon day, eighty young converts from Hack ettstown came twelve miles, expressly to attend Mr. H.'s afternoon children's meet, ing. It was most beautiful to hear the children from the two places sing,- from the Melodist, joyful responses 'to each other. Half a dozen ministers, from the surrounding towns, were preient, and more than all, the Holy Spirit .revealed Christ to many burdened souls. We heard it said that upwards of a hundred seemed to find peace in believing during these three days' meetings. Mr. H. was called home by a telegram to the bedside of his dying mother. He alluded, with much feeling, to the ten days which he had just spent with her. He spoke of her, at times,- as seemingly translated to the very presence of her Saviour in heaven. * * FEBRIFART 2, 1865. THE DEATH-BLOW TO SLAVERY. In another part of the paper will be found a full account of the passage by the House of the joint resolution, passed last session by the Senate, submitting to the legislatures of the various States the constitutional amendment by which slavery is at once, and without pre liminaries or;compensation, abolished in the States and Territories of the Union. • While we have always upheld the right and duty of the President, under the war power, to abol ish slavery in the rebellious districts, and have held it as abolished in those districts, and con sequently as doomed, without special consti tutional enactments, to speedy- extinction, we receive this act of Congress with joy and de vout thankfulness to God, as a solemn, delib- crate act,of theliation's representatives, invi- ting each sovereign State to put its most righteous and most Christian purpose upon re cord, in the most sacred of its instruments, the Constitution. Whoever may have had scruples as.to abolition under the war power, he must be satisfied of the unimpeachable rectitude of the method now pursued. Who ever may have dreaded the mischievous power which Mighestill linger among the remnants ooPtliti system, untouched by the President's proclamation, will see all his doubts removed by the extinction, at once and everywhere, of the entire system, as now proposed. Who ever lamented the comparatively low moral position indicated by emancipation under the pressure and excuse of military necessity, may now rejoice at the noble position of the National Congress, which inaugurates an era of universal freedom as part of the estab lished policy of the nation. And if any doubted the wisdom of our Chief Execu- tive officer, in boldly taking the advance two years ago in this movement, they behold it justified by the acquiescence, to-day, of the entire country, including many of his most 'determined political enemies, in the necessity and justice of the emancipation policy, of Apnasam Iswoorx. And the nineteenth century, too, is justified. Not in vain has shined its: light; not in vain have its vast advantages accumulated, not in fain has. a Protestant Christianity been so, widely diffused ; not for merely materialistic and godless uses has its wonderful advance in knowledge, in invention, in mechanical skill, in enterprise, in free thought, been attained. Truth triumphs; high moral principles are extricated from the entanglements of passion and expediency; the deep wrongs of ages are righted;And streams of martyr-blood are shed not only with cheerfulness, but the seed with which they were freighted springs up with miraculous rapidity, and waves in a golden harvest of renovated public4pinion, ere their crimson traces have quite vanished from the scenes of their sacrifice. THE. SOLDIER'S FRIEND. The above is the title of a little book just ,:published by the U. S. Sanitary Commission, serve as a pocket companion'to the soldier. 'The i:first part abounds with information respecting the Sanitary Commission'a r work, .anct'-relations to"the soldier and •the Govern merkt. He veil find here a guide and a help: in :ail- Matters pertaining to transportation, .atesiet43 nee, clothing, Pay, bounty, desciiptive list; discbayge r pension, and artificial limbs. The 4 14...-Ptaidfirpirt *embraces' a choice se lection- of devotional and patriotic hymrts, a lew psalms, and other religious matter, which will p it, doubly valuable.to the soldier. We are glad ,to find the Sanitary Commis sion ever ready to do 'what it can for the spi THE, AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, 9, 1865. rituanwelfare of the 'soldiers, and that, too, without in any way subjecting itself to the charge of sectarianism; We commind this little book to all inter ested in the -sOldiet and his family, and know of no gift that could be readily sent him so valuable to him as this. We`are informed it can be obtained -'at the Sarr 'Commission Rooms, 1307 Chestnut, at the,,1017 price of fifteen cents per coy* vT..O , • For additioncd,ReligOus Intelligence see,pag . e 41,'QyeNicin*le. i'RMIBIMERLAIN. REVIVALS IN TEE uIIMBERLAND rEMSBY . TERIAN GEWRCH.7—The-aititheriand .Pre-sby; terian has the account of, au. „extensive work of grace in the New >Salem , beingregationi, Coles Co. 111., which-has thus,-in sixty-one accessions to the sihurch. An ob, servable feature-in the 'state of-things in the church, is that the young persons are very punctual in their attendance 'upon prayer. ; meetings. In Cleorget6;im, in,the same State;' there have recently been•q*entiAree ceived into the church. „ ' • RmvivALs IN ICENTuoiri.—The-',,Xestern Presbyterian reports a work of grace in the Midway' Church, (Rev. William George's, 4, already resulting in the hopeful conversion of between twenty and thirty persons,; also an accession of eighteen members on profes sion of their faith in the church of Rev. W. L. Nourse in Bayless County. The same paper has the account of a revival in connec tion with a protracted meeting recently held in the church at Columbia, Itev.• George J. Reed, pastor. In the face ,of exceedingly unpropitious weather. th ,- ; attendance was large day after day and evening after even ing. At the time when the account wa written, about eighty had professed the Christian hope. These were people of all classes, ages, and conditions. Good tidings were still expected. REFORMED DUTCH. MINISTERIAL SOCIAL MEETINGS.-Our Dutch brethren in the State of New York are trying the experiment of. Pastoral Asso ciations. A correspondent of the Christian Intelligencer gives a very interesting account of the Meeting of' the Hudson River Pastoral Assmiation, held at Newburgh, and adds : " Only about thirty Ministers have as yet joined the Association. But the movement . is n :decided success. Already good results are Itiracea. , AS brethren know .each other better,. the 'lniore loving and United they be comb -A genuine sympathy is, swakened. e. . -religious- and', literary _advantages we nee , not speak, bit the social; elenenti4 - of r °f. I importance. It is often and justly sp rem ketcr4that Dutch . dominies are not so soci ,as in days of' oia. The meetings of ClasliSre getting to be so vembrief and for mal, o.at,-brethren almost adjacent/ kfiawbUt little *ore of each other than strangers. Such an kesodiation brings ministers together in familiar intercouse, and begets , that kind of friendliness and sympathy each 'needs. - We hope that in every section of the Church similarhOdies will be organized, and that all will take, an interest in them." VONGILEGATIONAL. CADMVT. Y.—A correspondent of the N. Y. ar* reports an interesting revival in the Congftational Church in this _place, eommencitiOntll the week of prayer, and al ready resulting in the hopeful conversion of some fortyperisins. An important feature in the work ik.ithat many Sabbath-school scholars are ificlnacd in the above number. The work is particularly cheering because it is the first with-which this church has been blessed for many years. SHERBURNA - IN. Y:—The Week of Prayer was observed with alpod degree of religious interest in this place.?.; The contributions of the First Contregad4nal,l, Church of Sher- . burne, during past ye were something over $7OO, being,an average of about $5 per member. They. ave . geriarously remember ed their pastor in a, , lrecenti. ,- 4.ft of $241, be sides making extensive repairs on the par sonage. Ten were added to 'he membership during the yew THE STATE ;:firiitET U64OII:EG ,Mc/NAL Clluaca, BrOolityn, (Rev. Newton lies ton's), has Weil' doing good by stealth." and may now blush to find it fame." A noble effort to pay, off the church debt las already be ,reivarded by a- subscription of $ll,OOO to theCend, and shall the remainder tarry in the rear? That flourishing young society is now orthodox—that is it, has a good minister and no debt. —lndependent. BAPTIST. REvrvirs.—A revival is reported . from Huntingdon, Pa.,Church,—a church repre sented in the ational Baptist" , as long like a heath in the "desert, not knowing when good cometh." Lewisburgh, Pa., Church is enjoying a season of refreshing. "'Some Marked tokens of the presence of the Holy Spirit" are recorded as existing in the Ger mantown Baptist . Church ; also "an exten sive work of Grace" la' the •TerseN,Shore, Pa., Church. A revival is in progreg" in Lower Providence, PC,' in White Deer Church, Ly coming Co., Pa., and in Deposit, Delaware Co:. N. Y. KENTUDICY.—The work of Evangelization has not been suspended, even in the midst of the civil commotions throuih which' this State has been passing. ,The last report of the General Association is not full, in conse quence of the failure of missionaries to fur nish complete returns. 'lt, however, has em ployed ten laborers who have been engaged most of the year. 'Their joint labors equal that of one man for seven years. They re port 219 baptized by these missionaries.— National Baptist. KANSAS.—A friend from Ottawa, Kansas, writes to the Examiner :—" Our prospects are brilliant in our colony, and our church is well under way. We all have our families, and are as happy as those in the. Arcadian Bowers. Brother ,Kallock preaches for us regularly, and such sermons are not to be heard out of Ottawa. We shall build a church this spring, and complete the colleg9, 40 by 65 feet, anethree stories high, built of stone. At least one hundred families will be on the ground by June. There is a great demand fbr carpenters, masons, stonecutters, &c." GOOD NEWS FROM NEW OuLv.Aws.—Rev. R. G. Seymour, of New Orleans, in a letter to the Baptist Home Mission Society, under date of January 4, 1865, says : "The Spirit is being poured out richly upon us.-Within two months eleven have been baptized, and added to the Coliseum Place Baptist Church. Ten.of the eleven are permanent residents. Many others have been- converted who be long to the army, and from whom we hear good reports. At every meeting there is some new one who is seeking or who has found the blessed Jesus. The work appears to be deepening. We hope for great things from God.'' REV. S. M. BAINBRIDGE, known and be loved as a faithful minister of 'Jesus Christ, died at Elmira N. Y on New-Year's even ing, the triumphant death of the'Claristiani ORDINATION. —An ecclesiastical council convened with the First Independent colored Baptist church of Memphis, Tenn., Nov.'l 19th, and ordained Morrill Henderson to the , work of the Gospel ministry. This colored man has labored with success among hie people in Memphis for upwards of twenty-, six years, and now enters 'upon the full du ties of the ministry in his mature age. THE EVANGELIST, 'EARLE, 'IN .ALBANY,; N. Y.—A letter to _the Watchman and Re-'. iiictoii., "dated at 'Albany; Jan. 30, says :-'-' '' Four weeks ago the present series of meet ings began in the Pearl Street church, wherci theinorning prayer-meeting has been gontin-, tied ever since. But from, the second Week the afternoon, and evening ;services have. bee held half of itlie time in ho Hirst church, o . i alternate two days: - The union is completer. and the auspices; lima iheering. Yesterday, morningAghteen were baptized ...by Brother -Bridgman ; and the same -number by, the:riaii toft:ef2the.ether chureh.in >the afternoon:, Tha v andierices are thronged, andel:slombn se-, licittideliiiincreahing. Brdther Earld,Whiitce we.all'teriderly,esteem, had engaged to begioi. a twelfth' Witahingeonthixt Sabbath : bull the tasters and deacons unanimously be , / Soug4liiin not to go, and , he has consenitgd to remain: another week. ' Heiler' expectS tif leaire 4el,and may , every Christian: pray for'.; him in his new field." " ' :t -Mas*restrrs, Sre - rienos.lt. appears,: from the-report of the Baptist, State Conven tion,just_ Asued, that the amount of money raised in'all theßaPtist churches is $425,987, or an average of $1625 for each church. When we rethember that this includes every - Baptist &their in the' State, every small and feeble :churelt;as well as those of large means, we'obtain °a very . favorable ithpreision of the energy and enterprise of Massachusetts Bap-s. Lists. The corresponding average for 1862 , was $1064, and f0r. , ,1863 $l2OO. - .‘,These fig- tires show that the Warhaa not essentially in= terfered with the prosperity of these chum ts, The number of meahers 'in the churche IS , reported as 35, 399,•contained in 262 church of which 65 are without, , pastors, though 6' whole number of Ordained ministers is 3 6. The number of members preparing for he ministry is reported lat 42. When sh we be able to publish similar statistical' ableg for all the Baptist churchionf the United Staimc —Watch,. and Re.` , METIIO,IIIBT. RtvrvAis.—We notice in our exchaiges j e, reports of a revival in the Newark, N. J., which has been going for- Central Ch h, ward; with more or less power, since the om meneement of the year, and whie.h bears this very satisfactory mark of the true pres lice of the Holy Spirit, that there is a larg ex pansion of practical Christian love—such love as is as ready to do, as well as talk and pray for Christ. The annual missionary collections taken up, were an increase of one thousand der cent. on any former year. The revival,, before spoken of, in the Thin. ty-seventh Street M. E. Church, New York, is going forward without abatement: It has been in progress since October, and more strikingly so since the week of prayer. At the present time it is believed that the i ave rage of conversions is not lessthan ten, per ~, day. , , THE CHURCH CATHOLIC. i • BIBLE CONTRIBITTIONS BY CHURCTINS. - The Hudson County Bible Society, N. J., received a thousand dollars from contribu tions in the churches, and expended $295 in Bibles for soldiers, and the rest 'in supplying destitute families, large numbers to Romish families. Of the churches Contributing, four Presbyterian gave $420, three Reformed Dutch' $404, five Methodist $ll3, three Ger man $2O, and one. Episcopal;; $l6. The Brodklyn Bible Sciciety reports four Congre gational churches giving $744, three. Re formed Dutch $625, three Presbyterian $517, fOur Methodist $382. three Episcopal $284, one Baptist $2B, and one:Lutheran $3.50. rosziGrt. METHODIST MISSION IN SWITZERLAND.-- The New York Methodist says of this Mis sion, that - it spreads and increasesin strength, and •manfests primitive Methodisra in its peculiarities and power. And were it,. not for • the constant drain of the members by emigration to America, we should not only have &large Conference; geographically, but in the number of preachers and people ,also. A letter from Rev. L. Nippert, of the Zorich District, says We are:blessed with. -a,Con tinual revival r now on this, then ..on another of our appointments. Our chapels and in Zurich, Thalweil, Horgen, Affoltern t Bir lach, Diebendorf,- and nthel% plicep; are crowded with attentive hearers:- OuPmem bership is, increasing rapidlY, and, official brethren in proportion, men 'true arid faith ful to OUT cause, working with their, minis ters in love and harmony. Our Quarterly. Conference numbers thirty members. We can, say that our societies are growing in grace and in the knowledge of Jesus Christ, living worthy of their profession and high callin . g, praising God that our church has meetings well attended andehly blessed." THE BIBLE IN PART.s.-4fie Evangelists laboring in Paris - under the direction of the Society of Evangelization, report that they find great access to the Papists. It is are. markable thing, they say, that the Bible should be such -anirnknown book: that in the midst of a.people who bear the name of Christian, and in the city where the cross glistens on the fronts of all the templet's; and is met with in all the houses, the. Evangel of Jesus Christ should be a novelty—a J thing unknown. But when the Bible gets access, it is appreciated in a remarkable manner.. A woman near the Bastile said :—" My huliband and I spend all our evenings in reading the Bible, and not long since he pi:lased the whole night in reading it to a dying pariion." "I must confess," said a sergent-de-ville, "that the Bible is a divine book, and therefore one cannot stop reading it; when you hate read a.romance, it is finished, and'you do not pare. to take it again ; but it is entirely different With the Bible." ITEMS. The Christian Mechanics in New York are associating themselves for the purpose of in augurating an effort for improving the moral condition of thousands of young mechanics in that city.—Rev. James 0. Murray, of Cambridgeport, Mass., has accepted a call to the associate pastorate with Dr. Spring, of the Brick church, New York. This is the Virginian abandoned by Dr. Moses Hoge, a Virginian secessionist, who, on the outbreak of the rebellion, had the honesty to go where he belonged.—lt is estimated _that between $120,000 and $150,000 is expended annually on the music of the churches in New York city. All wel, so far as it goes, for the cultivation of musical talent in the churches, but all wrong, so far as appropriated to the hiring of professional singers for the orchestras.— The loyal members of the . Presyterian churches in New Orleans, are"asking for pastors who are in connection with the church' North.—The Rev. D. P. Noyes has re- Hned the. Secretaryship of the American me Missionary Society, and, accepted the post of Secretary to the General , Conference of the Congregational churches of M.aSsachu setts, for the work of home evangelization in that State. EXCELLEV for these hard times is the name of a St. Louis firm: Giinn & Barrett! I,lsiixo ttfit,. MIDIEVIIth Closonmi SESSION: SENATS. Jamiary 30.—Mr. Saulsbury, of Delaware, Presented; and the clerk commenced reading a petition from the • shockingly celebrated Colorado Jewett, praying Congress tcotake immediatn . steps for ,the:_recogtlition of the independence of 'the Confederacy, believing , such a step indispensable for , preventing a war with Europe, and perpetuating the Amer -loan Eipublic. The reading was stoppedsby Aho.Objection of several. Senators. The Corn- . , gMitiee on Finance reported the =House reso ititionriiiitteing the duty on imported print ing paper,. with an amendment striking out tliree, hid inserting fifteen per cent. Or dered Printed._ The motion for a Standing e_ommittee on Corruption was again debated; aim' the ietaliatogf resolutions. Arnim 31. 141§taliatory resolutions, after undergoing amber of modifications, "werejinallY passed, -We believe the shape in which they now stand is about this : , afficer jn the rebel army who fall into our Itande; are tO experience substantially the, treatment which our . prisoners in fide South receive. The retaliation is, however, to "bei kept within eonformity to the USaggsta. as far as practicable, among civilized nation.[ The excha nr . ged&PienthelPres-i ident, and etlie appointment of " Com-, missione -of Prisoners " ."The: resoluti ons have yet ..go before the, other House Feb 'l.—James W„ Nye and William N.....iStelf,rt, U. S. Senators' ef'&3'l' from the n*:s4l4, - of Nevada were sworn in, after an inWedlial attempt ti . y Mr. Davis, of to p . vent adm ission on the ground that 11ongress .had passed no. law admitting the State of Nevada to the. Union. The House -resolution declaring certain States in rebel lion, - otS that; account not entitled' to represen 4ation in the votes of the Electoral,Colleges abouV, to be declared in joint meeting, was taken, up, and an amendment, excepting Linnpana from the list, was discussed until the hour of adjournment. February 2.—The day was spent upon the resolution respecting the right of States in rebellion_ to a Presidential vote, wiegind coming to any decision. [The passage. 'or rejection of the resolution will not affect the count itt joint meeting. The, settlement of a principle is the is the only thing sought.] February' 3.—The day was again spent up on the resolution of exclusion from the count in taking the Presidential vote. , The only result reached was the rejection of the pro posed amendment excepting .I,,ouisiana from the operation of the resolution. February 4.—A bill was introduced by Wilson, enacting that no person:shall be ex cluded from travel upon any railroad or navi gable water within the United States, on account of color, and that colored passengers in publie conveyaces shall be subject to the same regulations' as white peopki. .The bill prescribes punishmentY by fine Tor imprison ment, for any company,or person offending in the premises. It was ordered to he:printed. Mr. , Sumner introduced resointione.declaring the ratification of the emancipation anietid merit by three-fourths of the States de fin is e. exercising- the powers and perogatives-of States in the Union, sufficient to give validity.: to the amendment. Ordered to. be,printed. The House 'resolution in relation to the States entitled'to be counted'in the Presidential Vote • was adepted. • 'February 6.—The new EnrollmeriMt-walt: discussed and amended. The clause allciwitik recruiting in rebel States was stricken, out. ,Another. Constitutional amendment, was of fered restricting the apportionment of Itep'• - resentatives to the qualified voters—not the aggregate male population—of the State. The Committee on the Conduct of the War re . ported' on the Petersburg Mine Explosibn. I:olo:ogoo:4atpcmo.iliAinuisoki January 30.—The-motion direeting inggniry into'the allegedlnhtunanity of General Davis toward Georgia neiroes; was- adopted, and' the committee was charged to report at the earliest practicable time. A resolution was adopted that, in the , approaching _Congres sional count of the Piesidential vote j no elec toral votes shall be . counted from the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina; Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Tennessee, the local authorities of "those States having -rebelled, and continued more than three years in rebellion against the Government of the Unitecl.States. The Great Day of the ,Session January -3. 7 --The House cams to a vote on the proposed Constitutional amendment, ,which, when ratified by the Legislatures' of three-fourths, (27) of the States, or' in lieu of the Legislative affirmation of any State, then by the people in Convention, will ,be THE FINAL EXTINCTION OF SLAVE RY IN THE UNITED STATES. Before taking the question,-a few metribersfrorn the Democratic•side of the House, (Mr.'Mo. Al lister and - Mr. Coffroth, of this State in cluded)) gaVe.reasens why they should vote' for the amendment. These were joyfully re ceived, as itewas'known that without some changes of members from thg, vote of the last session,:the -, . Constitutional: majorily of two-thirds could not" be obtained. Among those who thus Came to the rescue, was Mr. Herrick, of New York, who said that it was` inconsistent to remain stationary when all the rest of the world is moving. Change is the universal law of nature. What he had here tofore regarded as impolitic ,had ceased - to operate. Having, at the last session, voted against :the proposed constitutional -amend ment, he would now vote for it. He had no doubt of the power to make the amendment in the manner -proposed. In amending it, - three-fourths of. the States represent the whole: The time hai arrived' to exercise the power. He believed that if the Democratic policy and measures had been adopted we should not now be engaged in war: but in the late Presidential election the peopletad endorsed „the anti-slavery issue. He was prepared to follow it. The question - was settled by the verdict of the people, and so far as the National Government was con cerned; it was not now a Political issue. The adoption' of the amendment would tend to restore all' that is desirable to the prosperity of the country. He believed that the best good of the Democratic party would be :enhanced;,, by; the pas,sage of the pro- , Position, and will open up' a way- tails triumph in the future. When the clerk commenced calling the roll, the speaker said, " Call my name as a member of the House.' ; The name was accordingly called. Applause r followed the response, as well as during the otherparts of the proceedings. The Speaker, calling to order, • expressed the hope that a better example would be set to preserve the decorum of the House. The utmost interest was manifested throughout the roll call, for on the previous vote to reconsider, not two thirds, but a large Majority of the members present had carried that question. It was therefore somewhat doubtful as to whether the pending joint resolution would be passed. The call having been completed, the Clerk proceeded to read the names of , those who voted in the affirmative, and, next, fof the members who voted in the negative. • There was now comparative silence. , The result was noted on a piece of paper, *and handed by the:Clerk to the Speaker, who announced— "On the passage of the joint resolution the vote is—yeas 117, nays 56. - ) aag,,th,e resolution is passed." Thereupon rose a general shettt of applause. Members on the floor hurrahed im chorus with the , deafening and equally em phatic Cheers of the galleries. The ,ladies,' in the dense: , assemblage, waved their handkerchiefs,. anagain and, again the ap plause was repeated, terminating with the clapping of hands, and such exclamations as, " Huirah for freedom !" " Glory enough for one day!'.' etc. ( Never was a scene of such. a_myous caracter ever before:witnessed imthe , House of Representatives . , certainly not :Within the last quarter o(a century. There ,were extensive handahaldngs and congratula tions in every . direction. The resolution, as pasted at thelast session by the Senate, ,and now by the House, is in the followin&werds:r- • - . "Be it-Resotved by the Senate and House of Repraentatioes of the United States ,of Amerwa, ..in,,amgress assembled, two-thirds of ,both _Houses concurring; That the following articles be:proposed to the, Legislatures of. the several. States as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and when ratified by three-fourths of said egislatures shall be 'valid to all intents and purposes arta, part of the said Constitution, viz.:— " prat',ooll.-S 14Peithe.r sla very nor involuntaryobi* as a punishment, for mime,. wheilathe party shall . . I wo beep vmpsipt -o,lfibut the Unitelttladis' sok phi& to their, ' " lictorti Congress power: to e oree'this article by apptote don." February I.—A bill for the construction of a - ship canal around Niagara Falls, of suffi cient capacity for good sized commercial or war vessels, was finally_passed. February 2.—A bill was passed to provide for aiding the State of Illinois, or any respon sible corporation, in the construction of new canal, or enlargement of that already ex isting, to open a water communication be tween Lake Michigan and the Mississippi, and also around the Upper and Lower Des Moines, for the passage of gunboats and ves sels of war, and also for facilitating commerce between the States. The aid pledged is $5,000,000 for the whole, or $2,000,000 for the Des Moines project. Commissioners of Survey's are to be appointed by the . Pres ident. February 3.—The entire day was occupied by a proposition, coming as z an amendment to the-appropriation bill, to dtablish a Board of' Admiralty. No vote. February 4.—The House' passed a joint re solution to. terminate the ,treaty-with Great Britain, regulating a naval foree on the lakes. February 6. A resolution of inquiry as to the exemption of certain of the clergy from draft. Was passed: Mr. Rollins; of Missouri, proposed to 'compensate loyal slaveholders. Lies over. Railroad companies who have re ceived, oblic lands, on condition of trans porting United .States •troops free of charge,' are to be overhauled for violating this pledge. Tb e practice of requiring passes from colored persons leaving Washington was ordered to be inquired into. A resolution` of 'Mr. Com, of Ohio, applauding. the President's-recent -efforts for peace, was laid on the table by 31 to 105, Fernando Wood foting With the ma jority. Wood's own resolutaoni pre,viousli offered, declaring it the duty of thee - President to maintain the integrity of then nion to the utmost, and to rejeet the remotest implication of the l ei ristence of aribtfief 'government within our territory, passed with = only - I negative votes. IPEAing .1.11110111111 AND INOVENDENI4I. These have been the great sensation of the Week.- With the depaatumfrist of Secretary Seward, and afterwards of President - Lificolit to Fortresa Monroe,.to meet`-the supposed commissioners filim the rebel President, the subject passed at, once -frOni,, the region of mere rumor to soniething . mysterioua substantiality. The beginning of any thing really tangible was found in the following statement, contained hi the Richmond Send nel of January - 30: " Messrs. A. H. Stephens, R. M. T.' Rim - ter, and James A., Campbell left , ,Riclinkiena , yesterday morning, on their way to Waihing r ton to confer, with,President Lincoln on the- subject of putting an • end to the war, if possible. The circumstances under which these gentlemen have:,`.departed ,on their mission are understood to be as folloWs "Mr. F. P. Blair having sought an unofficial and confidential interview . with President Davis, departed for Washington with an as surance that our President would be willing at any time, without any obstacle of 'form to s end. agents or commissioners to Washington to confer about terms of peace, if informed in idvance that the said commissioners would be received. On Mr. Blair's second visit to Riehmond he brought the consent of Mr. Lincoln to receive and confer with any agents informally sent with a view to the' restoration of - peace. The-three gentlemen who left yes terday were thereupon selected by the'Presi dent,- and' they hat gone without:lfornial credertlials and merely • as- informal agents to see whether it be possible to place a con ference for s peace on any basis'which may serve for attaining so desirable a result." Friday, 'January 31, the' :rebel ' Coniniis sixpters came within our lines, and received the hospitalities of General Grant!s head quarters February 1; Secretary Seward, accompa nied by his private Secretary Chew, left for Fortress Monroe, via Annapolis; to meet the rebel Commissioners. . On the morning of the 2d inst., the Presi dent, accompanied only by a single attache from the Presidential 'mansion . , leftWash ingtcni` for Annapolts, where, in a. special steamer; he embarked for Fortress, News also 4:itine,that the Commissioners at City Point had, embarked on General , Grabeit: deatch boat, the N. Hart*. • Fbruary 2.—The rebel Conifnissiliniiiii ar rived at Fortress-Monroe. Secretary Seward was awaiting their arrival in the •iteainer River Queen, immediately upon: which . both vessels proceeded to an anchorage in the 'stream side by side. At the same ! info, a Washington despatch, of the 3d itisA., stated that the President and Seeretaryf Seward were then in conference,. with the rebel.Coni missioners in the strati:tit. ' Last in the series of despatches comes the following from Washington. February 4 "The President and Secretary of, State ar rived this morning.from .Fortress Monilde, ten o'clock.. They. had an important confer:- : ence yesterday, with Stephens and his`assq- 1 dates, Hunter and Campbell, on boarib the ' River Queen,' in Hampton Roadb. The: conference occupied four hours; andittlittiosi= tively known to have resulted sin no change in the attitude of the Government, or , olithe. rebels ; in other words; it is alotg-f4Arge 2 ' The last statement is not - ntheial. some it may betaken as-correc t t,- but pg . yet,. the results of the interview, Whatever they; be, are undoubtedly fast, lockeathr the breasts of President and Seeretary. There are cross rumors respecting a genera) es chang6 prprisoners, having been a4reed upon, but we see nothing reliable. Ste the Blair" mission. , LATEST—DAY. ' The Committee on the Conduct of ) th War report on the failine count ted with. tlie°l mine before Petersburg, exonerating . Geral Burniside and laying thehlame upon-Gene ral, Meade, whd interfered with Iltirnaide", plans at the last and critical moment7--S 4 tier,. Sher man had on the 2d reached WhipPY4Miamr thirty miles northwest of Pocotaligo and equidistant' from .Chtirlesion gusts._ The, rebels fear the' - more because they are in doubt which of three points, Charleston, Augusta, orßrinch ville, he is aiming at.—Harry Gilrn.or was saptured, and his guerrilla band defeated at Moorefield, West Virginia, February s.—The pirate Shenandoah has been excluded from the.p_orts of Brazil.—New s from New Orleans, via (;afro, January 31st, is to the effect that Mobile is undoubtedly being evacuated .the mov,einent having commenced January 15tIt, BTAIXTLING, Tretni.—The reports of the week are that^the.French Emperor has given air to another of. his series of , designs env. braced in his Mexican programme. It is announced via San Francisco, that Dr. (late Senator) Gwin, has heed made a Viceroy by the Emperor . Maximilian, and that the latter has ceded to Franca a belt of Mexican terri tory, extending from the. Gulf tet the Pacific: Some of this territory:has_ been -but -recently conquered by the Imperial forces, but that makes no difference, as the programme was all arranged beforehand, • • " FAR-FETCHED AND Dktut Bonamov- is not always proof of value. The medical world. 13 becoming alive to the fact that our eemnichillock Root of the fields is an impor tant remedial agent, and one °LA:he-most et: Teetual alteratives known. Trot, width `Mows sOlitokolintir orOonalia...ovreAle* in - now known to be one oT tleingieg#tiof Sarsaparilla, which isitt*Ziiiig Indt he attention by its extraordinary dotes of ett , taneons and ulcerous diseases. =./forthfiefd ( 11), Herald. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. Received for the .blirdsterial Relief Fund. to Jan nary 81st. 1865. Philadelphia, Pa., from M. K. F 500.: York, Pa., Samuel Small, Esq 100 00- , 5 Philadelphia, Pa., lit Church Kensington, Rev. W. T. Eva. 32 Philadelphia, Pa.. Rev. 11 wd. B. Bruen 5 do do Samuel C. Perkins, Esti ...... 10 00 1. Elba Church, New York, Rev. Mr. Corwin 22 82, Wilmington. Del., Joseph W. Day 10 00 . - ciaairnati, Ohio, Poplar St. Church, Rev. J. Cheater Philadelphia, Pa,, Mt. Tabor Church, Rev. Mr. Van Deurs 10 00 Philadelphia, Pa., Miss M. Nataline Baynard. 10 00 Germantown, Pa.. Market Square Ch arch, Rev. Dr, He ffenstein 36 2A Cazenovia, N. Y., Ist Presb. Church, A. Foord. 50 25 New York, Mercer Street Church, Rev. Dr. Booth's col. fel2 50, Jas. Boorman 1000.. '1382 50 Jefferson, N. Y., Preab. Church, Rev. A. J. Buell ' 730 Washington, D. C., Rev. John C. Smith, D.D... 25.00 Ripley, Ohio, Second Chureh r Rev. John Rankin York, Pa., Miss Jane L. Cathcart. Germantown, Pa., Dr. Wm. &showed Newark, N. J., Park Street Church, Rev. Dr.. Parker 55 00 Philadelphia, Pa..l irst Church, N.L. Rev. T. J. Shepherd colleetion 72 50, Widow of a Cler gyman 25 00, John B. Stevenson 500 00 Williamsport, Pa., Second Church, Rev. Wre. Sterling 30 . 00 Philadelphia, Pa., Walnut St. Church, Rev. Dr. Butler 85 00- West Nantmeal Church, Pa.. ev. 1). C. Meeker 10 00 - Mt. Pleasant Church, 111., R. Shields LUX Newark, N. N. J., Nigh. St. Church, J. L. Meeker. 48 00' Lima, Y., Presb, Church. Rev. A. L. Balaton , 20 00 Philadelphia Pa , .N, Broad St.' Church; Dr. Adam's collection 8575, A, Wialldin 10000, B. D. Stewart 114 25.... 303 01) Newark, N. J., - Manama St.. German Preab. Church, parley. J: N. 'Guenther 16 00 Detrolt„ , ldioh... First Church, tidy. Dr. Duffield 6133 Hastings, Blieb...Presby. Church B: G, Bryant 500 -Iritweit on 13 26 'l3uchanan,Churcib, Mich , Rev. Wm. Fuller 360 Niles Presb. Church, Mich.,,L C. Larimer 51 11 Del.,Ranover - St. Church, J. B. Porter ' - 48 00 Mt:Sterling; LL, Pheab. Church, R. F. Crane.. 17 20 Warsaw,- 111., Presb..Church, Rev. J. G. Rankin 13 50 Sherburne, N. Y., First Church; Rev. C. Curtis • 10 60 JOJIN O. F Philadelphia, Feb. 3d l 1865 • I E S WHITICAR=IIARRIS - .--In Fairton, Now Jersey, January 26. by Rev. James Boggs, Lion. Ephraim H. Whitioar to-Mrs. Clarrissa A. Harris, all of Fairton. DULLNS"DAYNARD.—On Thursday, Februm, ~ 2d, by the ,Rev..Ohrirles Brown. the Rev. John W. Dallas to: iss M. N ataline Bamiard, step-daughter of theYiffioliting clergyman. All of Philadelphia. SORWARTZR—FELTEN.—AtNerristown.by Rev. Robert Adair, January Ist, 1a65. Mr. Charles Frederick Sohwartse. of New Jersey, to Miss Mary. .1. Felten, of Penn Square. Montgomery County, Pa. , STBleißilr—DOUtilati,b — .—Also, at the same place, mid kty,the.same minister, ,Tanuary 31, 1365, Mr. Jacob,. 11',Staixier,'Zif Philadelphia, to Miss Mary A. Douglass, `ofiNoirbitowil. CLARR,-70.14NAVBR.—.0n Thursday evening.F* miry 2d,..by the Rev. H. J. Sa.yl ,rd. Mr. James,R.' Clark to Miss Sadie Cleaver: both of Delaware CRY; 'Delaware.. . ' • httriaits4s. , • trit- Philadelphia Tract and Illiation4o - The eighty-first meeting in *half of.tkisßo qfietY.. will be held in the Baptist Chureh;" denier. of 1 70 Broad and Brown , streets. on Sabbath eveniti . 12th. at 734 e'elook. Rev. P. S. Hansen. Rev. T r . ,J. 'Wylie, D.D., Rev. F. Church, ttev. S. W. Mew l s ex pected to take part in the exercises. Publie tetd. . -.. JOSEPH. H. SCBRELPPWI .. ... . “ -. Chestnut St. • • • •• •••,, • Dpilly aloe Prayer Steetiaiefont 12 to '1 o ' clock, . in the Hall, No. ISM Chestitat Area. 'Walk in and "giro a few moments. to`Vid 'and.War soul. • "Prayer was appointed to convey The blessings God designs to give. Long as they. live should Christians pray, For only while they DRY tbey2ive."4 Sir °minibuses and Hoselyidsoiberk Minn. P/MRT Days aa kial!.-xesililemen — l have for many years used yourmalMAdemedicine, the Pain Killer, on my horses, and oap testify to its elfike*Y - # curing Galls, Sprains, penises, pilt% Cramps, Weak Joints, Rheumatism, Swellings, Colle..dke,, I have the utmost conSdencein,tii - Pain' Killer, and therefore recommend it to the public ai t the best reme dY foi horse flesh yet 'discovered; 'N:o fernier or owner of horses should be without it conisihinVy on hand. I have had over forty horses in conetint use, in the om nibus business, and have never kreitrnitio fail in ant 08110 where I have used it. LEWIS A. PHILLIPS. - Providence, R. I. Prices, 25 cent", 50 emits, Alld $1 peibottio. An Artieli.Of True Merit. , BRows.s.uir.oNcHim. Timone* are the most popular .'article in this country or Europe for Throat Thames, Coughs and Colds, and this popularity is:bailed upon .I:calmer-it. This result has be n " acqutredbY , loest•°f many years.: and " The TrocheeLettntinaclostgaid - t he first m public favor and confidence:., "' • AL Neglected Cough,- Cold, e More Throat, which might be oheokerbgetiettimple rented,: like • Brovnes _Bronchial .7froch..,_r fr...nowd to progress May terminate seriously., Tor Bronchitis, Asthma, Catarrh.cnd Conenzeptive Coats, **The Trochee are used with advantage. giiing oftentimes immediate relief. • Their goodratattation and extensive usebas brought out many wartldellaimitations, which we would cau tion Retchasexato be,on their guard against. Obtain orag EtoAmetffroctchia . Trade's. "./have*eit changed my mind respecting them frona t 5 4 .11 4 .0.44 40 , ,5i , to ; _ . better of that which /began - 0 • Rirr. HENRY WARD BEECHER. Throat Tioubles they.are a speeift c." N P. WILLIS. • Contain no opium nor anythiem_injurious.' De.EA.A 14 AY , ftz...Chtmiet, Boston• combination for ktiolvila DR. G. F:HICIELQW Boston. • their use to Pub/ic Speakers." u.; • ' REV. E. EL:CHAPIN Boston. have been 4h:eta:l with Bronchitis. anttiound relief theta /found your *Bronchial Trochee' -- C. H. 413FARDNIte. Principal of Rutger's Itemale.lnstitutew York., "Almost instant relief istA/M 4ionimpes4 law of breata" ing pet-Wier - le Rev. A. C;fiIiSSLESTON. New York. E3T22011-•FROM.Ewermart TgarattoWtak. 1 t hou .. 1 4/save derittedtirr hinefit .#44 Ike from anything lever tried...!? 3ILI $--, - - 1300E.HOTIOpetaBE;BO)PL,M, Prime Tenors of .11e:All*Ps tl°14 • • o ! . .TneVer kftflo4uokliziornteliiriassator :40(nweiws t- W. RANDALJ. , , Oxford Music Heft . "Phelan srifgd your 'Trochee; and oats ra*fy_ k_thar eftgagy." - CHAII:pItitSLOICA 2, The ator. • . "the `2l-oihgegroat'it7o& l l. . =7.1W:114F,1g: Edithr Loughborough; ittlestet, "Very in clewing the, ,21segae. leAelede!llei"' to/ring:thong suffering fr"' e° l4 - mho • • • AI Navin' . Of Xhet,"-BaYst Italian Ortega:: Londoo „ Miss Louisa , - gigs of '.ltoralltabarr Opera, 'llletka•bf 7•/* .Wachee"Wthe bighakt, tetras; 'and JusetotheM-Miustaftly. to clear and strdstilthrds the • •••voice • . everre . hire, at. 35 cents a Bor. , • joule I. gstsowN !amides scage. 205 High Holleryn.
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