THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN GENESEE- EVANGELIST. Reiigiotam and Fa 11owspaPer, IN r INTZEIST oa THII Ganstitational Presbyterian Church. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. AT THB PRESBYTERIAN HOUSE, 1384 Chestnut Street, (2d story,) Philadelphia. Bev:John W. Mears, Editor and Publisher. Rev. B. B. Mote'skin, Editor of •News and Family Departments. Bev. C. P. Bush, Correspondigg Editor, /Rochester, N. Y. • • anutitalt Urtolightian. THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1865 CONTENTS OF INSIDE PAGES. „ SECOND PAGE—THE ZANILY UntilLE A Sunset at Port Royal—The Young %Varian—The Working Man's Rebuke--Thoughts of Heaven—"l Want jesini"--Buried in the Sea—Sadred LyHes— Turn Rim Out—Very Proud To-mght. • THIRD PAGE—MISCELLANEOUS The Future of the American Soldier—Prayer—A Word on Immersion—Whisky arid , NewsPaaers— The Arab's Proof—Charles Carroll of Carrollton—l. Know Him. - • Agricultural: &Sit of Domeatic Kconomy—Drie Aare Enough; sometimes. SIXTH PAGE—COREESPONDENOE: °ken Air Preaching—The Protestants in • Frarice— Parsonitis—Jottings from a Parish Journal—Minis terial Record. SEVENTH PAGE—RELIGIOUS WOHLOABROAD: The Week of Prayer in London—Pr®gresiof:PaseYism and Romanian in England and, Scotland—The Tope's Enoyclioal—ltaly—Switzerland—Germany. THE SUCCESSES OF EVANGELISTS. One of the most, difficult' and impor tant proli l iems in the work of the ministry is, to bring the hearers who are familiar With the gospel, and with the whole matter of personal duty, to a decision. Custom has hardened them to the or dinary presentation of the truth. They take all their pastor's appeals as a matter of course. Whole communities fall into a routine of mere church-going and: ser mon-hearing They are in no furtther need of enlightenment; more light is, but greater responsibility, a heavier milk Atone about their necks. We remember: hearing an earnest preacher ; formerly palter of one of our cherches in this city; say that after a long course of faithfnl preaching to his people without effect, he felt constrained to pause and declare to them, in the midst of another earnest sermon, his dread of the ,conse quences to their souls, if he should go on in, the presentation of • God's truth while his hearers only„seemed to harden themselves .under_it Ha2,:feit - as -if he _ isearcely daredlto proceed. , • Now, it is — Often under stances, that "an evangelist is exactly the . Juan that is needed in the congregation. These are often the very circumstances in which he is most likely to be largely successful. An evangelist's entire mode of operation is aimed at . immediate re sults:, The very soul and spirit of his work is the expectation of bringing men to a decision on the spot: He'considers himself as accomplishing nothing unless he does that. He, of course, expects to do this, whether he, preaChei among 'the neglected and ignorant masses, or among the well-instructed congregations of ; off our evangelical, churches. But among the latter he feels that a 'substantial work of preparation has tiiken place, and he comes simply to put the finishing touch. His methods are all framed with a view to bring to a final issue the ,delays: of the wavering, to consummate the.half-formed purpose, to hasten even the unawak.ened,. but instructed, hearer of the gospel, through the process which he had been, expecting to make in a deliberate and . dignified manner,. or •to postpone . ito a more convenient season." ' All the arrang6ments of the' pastor. are,those of a settled laborer, identifying himself with his people, laying plans for the deliberate instruction of the people, and the training of their families, and . providing for their 'steady groivth in griic,e, and the maturing of their Christian , experience., throngh. a generation. All the plansnf an evangelist, on the con . trary, are .those of a man upon a errand requiring hAste. He has a few days, a week or two to spend here, and he must pack up and be off. The work he has in hand must be done promptly. He has a message from his Master to sinners which he must deliver. and be gone. Will they heir or refuse ? There is no time to procrastinate. .He is earnest, pressing, importunate. The pastor may ;,fail now, , but he will have other op -portunities. Not so the evangelist. It 'is now or never with tim. He must concentrate his energies. He must see, ancLplead personally with, the sinners. , ~He must , rally around him all the help which the church can give., He must 'Vie such special agencies as have been found helpful in accelerating the move ments of, the sinner, and bringing him to an ,early decision. The :evangelist's work, therefore, has .11. special; character. Routine, for the tints, is dispensed - with: An emergency is, as we may say, ,created by his pre- New Series,) No. 9. sence; and God's people feel called- upon to meet it by special efforts. And the unconverted feel a'new pressure ; they hive been thinking vaguely, and half promising themselves, some time, to become Christians ; the coming of an evangelist, and the stir - he,makes among the people of God,,muet stir 'their hearts also. An expectation is aroused of smile thing to be done.' Why Should not they 'do it ? Why not seize this opportunity, if they: are ever to be Christians at all? Many minds ha - re come to a certain stage of ripenesS but still, as it were, hang and Swing to and fro on the tree of old custom. A rap - or two from the evan gelist brings them to the ground. They were well nigh ready ; they promptly give up when he comes. For that matter, there is . probably almost always a preparedness in a well trained Christian community for a bold, believing laborer, to go •in and reap. Men are doubtless ready to receive the gospel in greater'numbers thin the faint hearted and low spirited are , ready to allow. The.evangelist is, a thorough believer in the susceptibility of men: to the truth, the fitness of the truth to their .wants, and the every day readiness of the Holy Spirit to bleis the truth in large measure. Hence he is, : bold; he makes his - way into hearts never suspected of being open to the converting influences of the gOspel. He bears .doWn resist ance. by his own .confidence and earnest ness. He gains confidence by the fre quent testing Of •his own plan and princi ples. He has over and over again found men the same, the truth the same, %and, God the Holy Spirit the same. His faith is stron'g, it can:remove mountains. trnembarrassed,,with pastoral cares is . elastic, less nervous - about giving' offence, • more free to devote himself to -the single - work of dealing with 'souls• nayrOvV simple bnsiness of - ion-: .version: He may concentrate his. set -monizing upon this one topic. He may , most - thoroughly prepare himself on each and every one of the very limited. num ber of sermons his necessary fot him to preach, and thus far exceed in oratory, in fullness of illustration in ease and fa miliarity with his b subject,- and in gene ral effectiveness, - What he or most preach ers might have reached under ordinary circumstances. And he certainly - must gain a large and , most valuable experi ence in dealing with the heart under serious impressions, anxiety, conviction of sin, doubt, and that whole clasi of feelings connected,,with a time of awake ning: .0.0 must acquire facility,-ninst 'able to communicate a spiritual momen- , ' i2l47i to the inquirer, and - accelerate his progress to the deelre'd crisis by superior skill. According to ; Mr. Barnes' lan guage, written thirty years ago, .he be- comes a practical theologian of'-the-high - 1 est character. lie," says Mr. B.; 4( the best theologian who is best apprized, of the proper means of conducting ; a re rvival of religioni who, under the inex- , 1 'pressible pressure on his spirit of revi val- has beer' urged,to the Bible to know what is to, be (tone to save trembling sin- nets." These things help to ex - pia* the sud den.and large successes of evangelists, and relieve their Work.of any-'necessary suspicion of Mete excitement, or agency foreign to true religion,- Evangelists foilm a distinct:class in the ministry, rer cognized as-such by inspired_authority, br the' appointment of Christ himself, and Vin dicated by the experience of the Church at its origin, andin ail,..miisionary=enter` . ,prises. In a community already Christian ized, their gifts, rightly exercised, ate a help to =the pastor. " Let no one fear for a moment," says' Dr. Arnot, of Glas- Ow, "that the recognition of this 'extra ordinary evangelistic work snpersedes the ministry. It supports the ministry in two points of view ; first; it gives us more work' in 'the way of directing the. awakening and watching . the converts ; but further, it will mike our sermons more appreciated and more in request A man who has been awakened by an extemporaneous, unstudied address, does not want to sit and hear such address 6 always. The ordinary 'ministry is more needed and more valued." In England the services of evangel ists are freely recognized and extensively employed: A doilleterice of more than PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1865. two hundred of these laborers, with their friends, was held in London, in the room of the Young Men's Christian Associa tion, January 24th. Lord Radstock, Hon. Somerset Maxwell, and other per sons of rank, were present and took an active part in the proceedings, which were marked with a• very ardent and im portunate spirit of prayer, and were pro longed until midnight. Instead of being afraid of this instrunaentality, the good people of England accept and guide THE LATE ENCYCLICAL. HOW THE ORGAWS, OP ROMANISH RECEIVE So far, as we, have seen, the Roman Catholic journals of this country, submit to the late Encyclical •with the abjectness of thorough. Intramontanes. Whatever may be hoped for in France, the minions of the Pope in'this country evidently did not eipect any thing else from his Holi ness, but denunciations of modern pre gress. and antagonism to every principle of freedoin, both of religious belief and of civil government. They are not sur prised or grieved at the tone of the letter; they applaud it, and, it is.for them to show how they can be loyal citizens, while they maintain the most solemn ,supreme alle giance to a spiritual sovereign maintain ing such •sentiments. The material part of :the Encyclical and the, comments of French: and other continental journals upon it, will be found upon our inside pages. We give below extracts from the , Univer,se,. Catholic, organ of, this city, premising that the •paper has fallen into disfavor with the authorities of the diocese for its ,advocacy of Fenianism. It is showing the virtue of meekness, so. common with subjects of the Pope, in thus swallowbig the Encyclical entire. The Universe . says : - ‘‘ Forget, not to read, and read again, the Encyclical of the venerable Head of 'Christendom. It is the most importaht manifesto of the age. When the messa ges of•. other Princes will be forgotten, it will be full of life. The. Church is eto -- All its aefiTist - forever. Attd: an almost ,as remarkable in the vigor , of Irdgid that, permeatesit, as in the au thority by which it has been declared. The grand old Pontiff speaks with all the strength, and clearness, and decision, and boldness, of a man, of thirty-five." The Boston Pilot thus expresses its exalted opinion of .the document :, ."It will have been seen by our readerS that tbe letter ,deals with, all the great heresies and dangerous extravagances of thought, and action that cbSractertze the age, "and it strikes ,a direct and telling blow at the disorganizing influences thak have dared to array thenaselveiin Opposi tion to established order and, sacred insti tutions, that have their foundation in ,the divine law of right, and truth, arid jus tice.?" . SAVANNAH) COLHMHIA ) CHAHLHS7CONOI WILMINGTON. Within two - short months commencing on 'Christmas day, and_ ending with' Washington's - birth-day, these four cities have been wrested from the grasp of the i rebellion and restored to the natiOnal thority., Five hundred cannon, forty - or fifty - thousand bales of cotton, stores and amunitinit, which no one, it would Seem, has found time to reckon up,linge 'for tresseS and' elaborate' lines of defence, Upon wlifch 'years of labonr have been' ex-' Pendell, and hundreds of 'lives sacrificed to maintain them, railroad lines and-cen tres'yital to the communications of the rebellion,' vast - tracts of country- teeming with-slaves and with supplies, are among the fruits Of these unparalleled successes, crowded into less than two months. Nay, so potent'was the strategy of Gen. Sher man, backed 'by the energy of Terry and SChofield, that hi five days; _all three of the last named cities became ours ; Co lumbia on the 17th, Charleston on the 18th and'Wilmington on the glorious 22,d` of February 1 The three great States of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia are almost •absolutely at our feet. Indeed, of the - three ; the guiltiest is most completely in the power of the lJnien. - A single regiment of union soldiers could probably march in triumph over the length and breadth of this prostrate mem ber of the " Confederacy," and execute the 'entire measure of a nation's ven geance upon its lately defiant and trucu lent population.', 'lts fierce leaders' and preachers of secession fled with the feeble women of_the rebel treasury departinent, whose 'movements constitute the chief item - of intelligence from South` Carolina , in the Richinond papers. No last rally of brave and desperate souls to stay the foot Of the invader - Upon the thrice sacred soirof South Carolina, no last struggle of men who -would sooner die than suffer dishonor, no -ambuscades -on the= flanks, no guerrillas in the rear to harrass the army whose advance they cannot stay, but headlong= inglorious flight-this is all the tale the papers of the rebel- capital have to tell of South Carolina,—the flight •r -k';ti of the female employes of the treasury, accompanied by- the chivalry of the State who fled quite as fast as they. " Like a Tyrian emperor triumphing" has. been Sherman's progress hitherto through the heart of the Cotton States. The inhabitants, so fiercely belliger entwhile he was at a have . distance, most obsequiously- and. peacefully sub-. mittedjo his presence. The armies of the rebellion have kept at a respectful dis tance, their tactics being simplified to the single movement of retreat. The burden of re t bel news is the details of his pro gress. ~, The . rebels furnish his:supplies; remount his horsemen, yield up their lines of col34n:#Aticin fio his.nse, and,gazette the various stages of his advance. - They have kiUdly relieved us of, all those little duties tii,) Sherman's army.. Some Some ave intiinated that there is deep strateg, in all these movements of the It rebels: ; . ': i l lt, is the strategy of weakness, conscionl and unveiled weakness. The seaboardfcities, the great railroad centres and the Mast territory teeming with slaves and supplies necessary to, the ; support of the armies, are given up for the plain rason that we, by the blessing of I God, :e pecially , since the litter. rout of Hood's ,army at Nashville; are too many for the. Their "..policy" of conce.ntra tip. is nothing but the result, of their confess d weakness. The _enemy is -on every :de of them. They have but one direction in which to retreat—towards the, centre—and they dignify the moVe menf thitherward by the name of " con cone-radon." We suppose a flock of frighteied sheep ' huddled together will hereafter be spoken of as " concentrated:" We by no meansintend to Make light of, the power of ,the rebels; thus aggre gated, to :do. mischief.. They are not . sheep though ~huddled . thus together. ~ And if, there is' any measure of deSperate, courage or energy left: in --them, we shall probably soon see„/an exhibition of it But' we do not believe the - various forces whiehShermaifiai/ewept before him in his triniaphakt. 's,diance, are formidable though ,united lOC one - body. Beanre gard-' has resigned the command over Viern,..inii.. - .1 - .432:ston,the'sarne - who vainly ~.. .. entletivo'red . =to - stop - Shernances' march to ,Atirifti - 4- - hits - been put in-hia-Plice:' - --'-'o.nr armies too can pursue the same policy of c eeritration,, and as' there are far more, 'of ours to e'oncebtrite ; the result =tat/ be '. - as great; if notireater, numerical ady'an ta than before: ' - - o ut even if Shermali le" - cheeked," and if by . concentration thOiebela. can . aChive some temporary successes, or, if. forgetful 'of , Gettysburg, - ' they venture. so loe ' desperate enterprise -of Xorthein in 'Asian, the capture of the - entire Atlantic. se :•board 'with - every seaport, and 'the 'w ole line•orailroad, remains as a per- M. lent . and "decisive advantage, and a M., i , nificent trophy of the winter cam pai.n, in our hands. Like a huge but Kr: sally Weakening reptile, the rebellion rtia,singone...claw after another of its 410 a upon the coast, until only two re mote'and feeble points of contact remain, to be loosed wlwnever the forceS'-"Of the Union are ready Tor the Undertaking., $ ,$ MINISTERIAL RELIEF FTIND:- , - We would say still another word for this youngest, but not least important, enter prise of our church. We cannot better do if. than brquoting the following,,from :a eorrespendent of the New York' Ob server, which appeared in the last num ber'"of that paper. " I haVe," • says the writer, " on my table w m e •wrt g, a • letter concerning one of `them,' raged min isters in indigent circumstances ; ] in the remote West, who has 'latikYred so long that he is- almost old enough to;be 'turned out'. Ait the beginning of the war, he had fottr sons, three of ' whom entered the army.. • One . Of these - - was shot dead ; another died of . diarrhcea contracted in the camp ; and the third was- so 'despe rately wounded- as to be' crippled for life. The fourth son, now'nineteen, has been a sufferer all his days from. a fall received in infancy through the carelessness Of his nurse. To 4 , ive employment to this son, (who is able to do some work), and to enable him to aid in the support of his aged parents, the father purchased on credit, a few acres of land for the invalid to CultiVite. The father is such a victim to neuralgic diseases, that he is some times' carried to the pulpit, and is obliged to sit while delivering his 'sermon. Though the' pittanceof two hundred dol lam promised hiro;by his people is unpaid, his labors are suspended only by the failUre of his health. In a lettter to a 'clerical friend, he Writes :—' - Although the roads in this region • are' rough, and the weather 'is• cold,- I have . ' been - able thuS fel' to Meet.• my-appointments.• I-suffer from the thinness of my garments. My undercoat is three years old; and my over coat four ; but -,l` am determined to preach as long as I can stand. -This cruel war has bereaved me of my sons, as Well as cut off my pecuniary supplies. I hope to meet my boys-where, though human re lationship is unknown, -yet-human' affec tier' is renewed and perfected.' " Genesee Evangelist, 'Wo. 980. TESTIMONIAL TO AN EDITOR. Editors are frequently called upon to give publicity to acts of appreciation and kindness towards others. At last we 'have to record an instance of , most gen erous regard to an editqr himself. We clip from the Christian‘ Work for Feb ruary: " A testimonial fund having been re cently raised for Dr. John Campbell, the editor of the British Standard, well known among, the Congregationalists as a leader of whatmay be-termed the Con servative section as regards theology, a numerous company, presided over by Lord Shaftesbury, recently, assembled to Present it. - The amount'raised from per sons of different denominations has besn 30001., besides 'a sum of 500/., given by Congregationalists alone." REV. A. M. STEWART'S LETTER. Dear Brother Arears:--Onee more in the Army, of the Potomac, and surrounded by associations, scenes, noises, bustle, Wondrously familiar ! For some time• I have been meditating a run tO and through the lines before. Petersburgh, and am now carrying out this resolve. Have been here now five days, and have passed along the lines several times ; once to the ex- - treme left, near Hatcher's Run. During past years, some effort has been made to -convey to your readers, by the pen, some just conception of camps, marches, and battles. The effort will not be renewed at length now. CITY PoixT, which before the war was but £1 lonely landing on the James River, comprising two or three decaying rebel, houses, is now an actual, live, bustling city. Here are all the appliances, not of productive, but consumptive human life. Twenty thousand people are, here, with • only, soldiers, sufficient to guard and. .keep. the, multitude in order. The head quarters of General Grant, with their ap pendages, constitute an entire ward of the city. Then, offices of quartermasters, commissaries of subsistence and of oid nance, with lower grades in the same di fection, uncounted. Sutlers, purveyors, r an&autlers, eating houses, oyster saloons, 'and news depots—long ranges `of - ware houses, hasty of construction, yet beauti fill in appearance—wide acres of hos pitals, tents and wooden structures--sta bles, corrals, cattle pens, wagon yards, carpenter and wagon-maker shops. The Christian Commission has a village in itself: -hotels, hotel& stables, offices, ware rooms, reading-rooms, with church and church-going bell to call the' worshipers to prayer. The Sanitary Commission has also here all its extensive appliances for benafitting the bodies of our suffering soldiers. Add to all this an immense fleet, riding in a capacious narbor, with vessels of all shapes and.sizes constantly coming and going, and we have a real , modern city. As by seeming magic the city has arisen, So' by the same procesi it may soon be dissolved. Within a month this place may be' left desolate as before; lonery 'as" Sahara, without an ia habitant. . Each succeeding year giVes evidence of our advance both' in the science and art of war. The long, long lines - of the army, with its almost countless encamp naents, are substantially the same ; yet are the breastworks higher,' and rifle-pits deeper now than heretofore=the forts stronger and more capacious; the sok diers' quarters more roomy and comfort able ; the cooking operations more home like, and the soldiers more healthy ; the discipline and morale' of the , army more perfect_; hospitals better arranged ; at tendance on the sick and wounded more careful, and 'surgery more skilful. A thorough military people have we be come. Dangerous elements these. When the present war is over, we may be too ready to provoke' or too quick to accept war from other directions. While no general battles or decisive engagements are being fought here' at present, yet are there daily and nightly cannonadings with continual picket firing in various places ; and none of these' at logether.bloddless. Last week I received in Washington a - telegram brief but 'in telligible :—,‘ Your nephew of the Round head P. V. mortally wounded." Was off by the next boat, but on Day arrival in the Ninth Corps, learned he Was dead and buried. Cruel war I I had his body raised, embalmed, and, by Adams' Express, sent North to sorrowing friends for a Christian burial. This is but , an instance among thousands. • Adams' Express is an institution drivesnow an. - immense' business - With the dead. Perhaps• twenty rough boxes 'per day are transmitted Worth ; each box six feet long by one and a half square,' and containing' the dead body-of a sol dier. What material for sackcloth, mourning, and tears. Yesterday, while I was in -the Ninth 'Corps,= a twenty-four -pound solid shot came-across from the ,_enemy; tore through a"group Of Michigan soldiers, instantlrkaling thiee-and -inn- CITY POINT, VA., Feb. 23, 1865 PROGRESS • TIfE • 'ART. OF' WAR . JIB It tSi • Per annum, in advance: By Mail, $3. 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The soldiers will all be glad when these long watchings and exposures - are over, and the decisive battle fought. Very- many - things of interest are noted to be embodied in future letters. A. M. STEWART. REVIVAL IN BLAIRSTOWN, N. J. The news of, the remarkable work of the Holy Spirit in Hackettstown, of which the .A.MERICAN PRESBYTERIAN contained an account a few weeks since, caused the hearts of Christians in all this region to pray for like blessings on their own churches. Rev. Mr. Riley, the pastor of the Old School Church in Blairstown, invited Rev. G. C. Bush, the pastor of the Church at Hackettstown, to give his people an account of the Spirit's work among the people of 'Hackettstown. It was found that Mr. Hammond, while on his way to Detroit, could spend .ene day at Maks town. He came therefore, on Wednes day the 16th, and. remained for only a day and a half. But oh, what days of blessings they were! Four meetings were held in the Pres byterian Church. The academy, where young men are fitted for college, sus liended its usual exercises, and we learn that' not a few of the students were blessed. People came for miles to attend the meetings. The district schools all around were closed. Mr. Hammond finished preaching Thursday night, a little after nine o'clock, and gave out notice' hat any who wished to retire could do so. Bat none moved from their seats. Weeping was heard in different parts of the crowded church. Oh I it was a night over which , angels must have rejoiced. No one seems to have had time to make an estimate of the number of pro bable conversions. We hope the egood work has just begun. Christians are beginning to believe that God . . answers prayer; and we pray that the work may go on till hundreds shall have found . " peace in believing." Rev. Mr. Bush, who rode sixteen miles to assist Mr. Hammond, stated that fifty-nine had joined his church, as a part• of the fruits _of _the revival in connection with Mr. Hammel:o'a labors with them. He still thought there were over two hundred children and adults, who were led by the Holy Spirit to accept of Christ, dUring Mr. Hammond'S three days' visit, Mr. Hammond intended to have com menced a series of :meetings in Detroit, on Sunday', the 19th, but the verrdeep snow, blocking the railroad: seemed to render it impossible for him to reach there, even if he had set out. He now expects to be there next . Saturday - . May the Holy Spirit attend his efforts. He often repeated the words in Zech. iv. 6 : "Not by might, nor 'by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts." May the. Lord ever help him - to realize this great truth, and never , allow him to trust in his own strength, which he must find but weakness. He has now'gone to Succasunna and to Newton, in this State, in which places he expects to spend but a.,day or 'two.: May the ministers and christians find that the God who converted three thousand in- one day, is still the same, " Glorious in holiness, fearful• in praises, doing wonders." . • A LovER, or REVIVALS A Hom - a MissioNAnv recently appoint ed in a destitute region of Michigan, in a county containing but one- other or dained minister—a Methodist brother— writes to know if some benevolent person will not pay for' several copies -of the AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN to be circu lated among the people. He says, "it would do much for our church here." He adds Error is rampant, Adven tists abound, and are doing- -- much mis chief. I preached recently-fourteen miles from here, walked home yesterday, can't afford to keep a horse. My most distant appointments are eighteen miles apart. We are in the midst of oil and salt ex citement here. A company is organized, with $60,000 capital, who will com mence to bore for oil and salt early in the spring. We need the salt of divine grace here." Who will aid this laborious and self denying missionary in his efforts to leaven this needy community with the truth, by furnishing him with ten dollars worth of PRESBYTERIANS?' IJANGE'S COMMENTARY.--OrderS for this great work have come in with such rapidity that the Publisher, Mr. Scribner, 'has been unable; to fill them. The third edition is . rtokr coming from the preSS, •when those who have been, waiting will be supplied. This will explain the delay experienced by some of our 'friends who were expecting the book as a premium. " Hope springs eternal in the human tireast." ILLUSTRATION.—"The evactuition of Charleston should rather inSpire . cheer-. fulness than gloom."—Eichnioiui Dis patch. -.•-
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