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THURSDAY, MAY 11,114
CONTENTS OF. INSIDE PAGES.
SECOND PACE—THE FAMILY CIRCLE: ''
"Maine Freund ist Meine, and fah Bin Sein"—The
Awakening—The Honest Irish Vad—The Soldier -7
Father,•-•A Seoret of Youth.
For the Little Folkt: Familiar Talks with the
Children. •
THIRD PAGE—EDITOR'S TABLE • , •
Carltdik& Porter's Books: Denton and Foi's "Com
- mentary on the Lord's Prayer"=Peak's " Our Coun
try, its Trial and its TriumplP—Donkersley's
"F acts for Boys and Girls,. about Boys and Girls"—
iseeip e e, Phillips ; Mains "Hallow4d. Songs"—Par
son s "A Model Boy: or, Recollections of John
Payson Williston Clark" -"'Picture' Book of One
Hundred Pictures":—" Day Dreams. and
what came of Thitlii"—R." Carter & Bio..'s Books:
South Church 'Lectures"—A. L. 0. E.'s "Giles
Oldham : or. Miracles. of Heavenly Love in Daily
• Life"—"Little 4 1iittii. and Jolly Jim"—Headley's
History; of Modern Heroes"—Johnson's "Post
Tenebraminft"-."Thirty-Righth Congress"Ptun'
phletscand Periodicals.
Serfnon by Rev. Wm. W. Tayloi, on the Deatb.of
• Mr. Linclon...4' • -
SIXTH 1 1 AGE--..... O OERESPONDENCE:
Modern Assaults on the Christian. Faith--Letter
from Rev. A.. -. IIL Stewart—Letter from; Petersburg--
-Letter from Norfolk—.PresbyterY. of • Harrisburg--
'Restilmse of Union Presbytery Last Tennessee. to
the .Action, of the St. Louis Presbytery—To Our
Elders--Facts for Thoughtful Men.
SMYENYfiPACiRtrICAL ECONOMY':
, One-Half Acre of . Flax--Clean Your Cellars—Bois
- bit ure Tor Bee Stings—Pollshing,Plows--
111 thli.Cateriallars--Tleat Dropping of Pear Trees.
-Miscellaneous: The Appian. Way and its Tombs--
United States OhAstian Commiision, Receipts.
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THE 4REAT - -AYOSTASY 'OF THE
SOUTHERN CHURCH,
It is a sad' history uman' weakness
that would have to - be written in recording
the,defection of the Southern_ ministry and
churche,s, from the - spirit of the_ gospel in
regard,ite the moral' ennality , ‘and simple
rights of men. At 'first, they hated.
testified against American slavery_i_.with all
ttie s idal of Northern' meII ,iii later times
'Theikhey toleret.44 as a ten-44793y evil.'
After a, tine, they changed With..lll&eheng
iiddels .of the community, andli,egan to
find excuses for therlation, and .draw .nice
distinctions `; between, slavery in its essence
and in its adjnnots. , Finally they came- to
an open, systematic defence of the system
as it was, and brought all the keenness and
subtlety of their intellects to the work of
warping the Scriptures, the Jaws 'of nature,
anikthe precedents of history tolhe support
of Americauslavery. As far back as 1835
or _1:80, , e minister - of the, ) ..lynod, of Missis,
siPpi preached:4 sermon to prove that the
Bible sanctions slavery. And tow, for
thirty years, the spiritulatand moral, * leaders
of the Southern people have'been listening ,
to, the calls of the " rebellieus people, lying
children, children that will not hearthe law
of 'the Lord, which say unto the seers, See
net; and unto the pr , , ProPhesy not
cs
unto us right things, stp,' -• onto us smooth
things, Prophesy, deceits;, get, ,you out Of
the way,turn aside out of the path, cause
the Holy One of:lsrael totkaiefrom among
To these Calls of interest, of pri de;antof
wanton lust, the ministry ot all denoinina
tions, alas, have been too ready to .yield
aequiescence. 'Pestitute 'of any martyr
spirit, v i ainly hoping for ,a 'ehange - to be
wrought withont their petional, positive in
terference, they hale at last 'Wien - them.
selves into, the awful Moral abysCof Amer
ican sl l every,.,ancl their . apolOgetic treatises;
in which the sacted,parnes ,of .014, Chris
tianity,and the Biblehaveheeri unhesitating
ly linked withthisabontination, are among
the most melancholy indications of human
weakness to be found in all literature.
Thepersistency of Seuthern Christians
in cleaving to this deusion,and in hugging
its almost pUtrifying careadS ig their arms,
is seen iu•the narrative of thelast Southern
Assembly which'inet in Charlotte ; N. C.,
a year ago, — In this ddeuttient they Say :
"The ?Ong confirmed agitations of our
aivertiaries =wrought within us a deeOr
oottviotklni Of the divine appointment of do-
Matietafrvitude ) .and hive Jed tea: clearer;
compr4knsion of.the , duties we owe to
African race. We hesitate not to affirm,
that itis the peculiar, mission of the South
ern Churey to. conserve t4e institution of
slaee4, - Ind to make it a lilei:sing, both to
master and slave." ' ,
,Will. the Southern churches disban4, when
.the institution which it
,is: their_," peculiar
mission to conserve," is annihilated by:the•
alitlibriti of the Union ? We.do not know
lone it'Would be better for the Cause of true
retigion that they should. - . •
3A still lower deep of 'apostasy has been
discovered among Southern Christians, in
{llp 3 Tilpation of the inhuman measures
adciptediy, the, rebel gOvernment for the
perpetuatiocv oi•slavery and the. support of
their ,cause. , Will.-it .be. believed that_ a,
Christian man and minister can be found ,
iu the Soak ta:defend:the starvation of
our litikoifirst b,y, the 'rebel authorities?
That a Oltriition minister, living ,im`Rich-
Mond within a few :minutes' walk of Belle
_
Isle and Libby Prison, doubtless a witness
of some of the awful barbarities perpetra
telt in those _places,, more , hideous than the
Black Hole' of ; Oaleutta,.. or the:Well, of
Cawnpore; could enollylargue for axe just
ness of such treatment of fellow men, even
of enemies? We would, . been=,
willing to believe it, nor filve
tasked the faith of our readers with the
statement,lad we not the most undoubted
authority for saying that a Presbyterian
,editsr, who fled from this city atthe Out
break of the war,-took refuge in Richmond,
and continued.to exercise his editorial fano
tions iuthat city, has been heard to affirm
it to be right to starve our captured sol
diers, on the ground that they were outlaws,
while the-kind treatment shown to rebel
prisoners by our Government was - no more
than what they merited at our handS, as
'soldiers in a righteous cause,_
We do not-know that we have got to the
bottom of the Southern church apostasy.
So far as we have gone, we find reason to
doubt whether true Christians -and loyal
men at thA,lqorth gap., janodpntly or pro
perly have anything to.do with. the recon
struction or recognition of these bodiesydr
whether the Government should e'er allow
a Southern Assembly, Synod, Conference
or Cenvention to meet. again, except,-"as
in the case of restored civil- governinent,
undoubtedly loyal and anti-slavery men are
at, the helm. We shall he conipelled to'
leave them to the fate so graphically , de
scribed by the prophet, in the ennneetion
from which we quoted a few lines above
Wherefore thus saith the H.P-brijiie of
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Israel, Because ye,• de n s ;- wordy and
trust in, opfiressana perverseness, and
staythererefore this iniquity
been--xiit- as a: breach ready to fall,, swelling
t in a high pall, whose breaking cometh
buddenly an instant. And he shall'
reak it' as the breaking ' of ilitepotter's,
VeaSet 'ihat is ; broken in iiedes ; Shill ri.U•
spafe so that there - Ishall not be fotirid - fu
the bur Sting of: it ''a shred to:takelfre , .frtn .
the hearth; or tot tpki water withal out
the pit."=lsAikti xxx. 12A.4.;
GNOMINIOUS - END , OF THE 'REBEL-
"LION.
,
The pro-slavery rebellion has died amost
disgraceful : death. • Loyal men and friends
9f htilmanity, who a few months ago loOked
with misgivings nnan-itn--great - Proportions,
its ahundniirr esCurces, its ansubdued spirit,
breathing undying , rage. and r hatred, - full ot
hope, sinitof defisnoe,.its connections and
supportsabroad, and- its abettors in political
circles and among: the Trieh Catholic inob
Of the" North weicliot; prepared :t6 ',Fee
"thedonfederaby" so sUddenly overwhelmed
with defeat, and descending to sup. -u
-reless depths of villainy and' ciiits
final struggles. P Yh,e dwifederacy, we must
remember, was the work of "'the-chivalry"
the South, of anenrWho claimed to ; be
the -nobility of ' America, who despised
honest toil„and Who aped the aristocracy
of ihe old WOrld,'in their contempt of the
working population of the 'Country. They
prided' themselves upon 'being exempt,
through the enforced labor of~ an, inferior
race, from the degrading , associations of
toil, and , claimed for their position as ,slave
masters, such leisure and such opportunities
of culture , as must -make their class a su
perior -order of huthanity, the Very" flower
and'clienax of the popul&tion of the Western
World: ;
They dreanied the ,diedni- of an, indepen
dent State of which, slavery Shoillehe the
corner-stone. They would castoff zonnec
tion with thc , ,hated North, -where the doc
trines of the — Bible; and the Declaration of
Independence:iponithe equality 'of-,;human
fightswere Still believed and practised, and` i
Where an influence unfriendly' to the per
petuity slaiery Wa§ . constantly
ground. They would compel the mercenary
and cowardly'N'orth to cringe before, their ,
prowess; they would extort an, acknowledg
ment of the right of secession and a recog
nition of-the independence of the, Confed
eraey at the point of the, bayonet mid at
the cannon's mouth. They i would raise
their flag on Faneuil Hall, and call the roll
of their slaves-on Bunker Hill. Or, "if
that were 'the extraVaganbe of an enthn2
sias t, they soberly expected, to ,found al l
great 'central American empire; < which
shOuld' embrace all the • slaire States, and .
Should dra,w to it, by commercial attraction,
`the whole Mississippi 'Valley, which ere
long- should .'swell to vast proportions by
the -annexation of Mexico and Central
Anerica; and 'should at lenoth adorn its
crown of empire with ;the Gem of the
Antilles." The wealth of the worl&should
pou'r into the coffers of thisnew State, and
raise the slave pOwerto unparalleled magni- .
fiCence among the nations.' RiChmond
sio :c tla be the scene of a splendid court,
where: itled peers of the new world should
rival, in haughty state', in wealth, in social
pretensions, and in style of living the
Magnates -of Europe; while the diScoml‘
fited and disappointed. North was to dWindle
to a handful of fanatical States, continuallr
crumbling from Want of internal strength-
and coherency, and finallreeesing to wield
any power among the nations of the earth;
PHILADELPHIA, T
„gaitch not many months ago,' was the ,
Sober - 'eipectation of the friends-`of the
Confederacy. SIMI too, until after pettysl ,
burg, prc „ )o.Thaps until the laiitipresidentiitl
election), the the fear 'of its "o
The
most hoPeful.of us looked for its al de
feat before many months.. But .wh‘'_ ea
pected to see such a lofty scheme of c
alit, - of militarit prowess, of empire,
social pride and Splendor, blotted outin
such a cloud of biack infamy, pt. diabolical
plots 'and crimes? IVA° expectek an end
so . ignominious incise shocking fe. thnbition
so lordly and so ,vistl jefferSon• hails a
fugitive with a reward upon his head, not
as an arch-traitor_ but' , , as `an arch-assassin]
The , fallen -Confederacy not merely a frus
trated itigheme of febellion, not meiely'A'
discod military (power, but a fel
neT3t l d4onl-Inniderers, and. ineeudiartes,
,
andpirates, whose last discovered Plot was
to introduce• yellowfever into the peaceful;
crowded' cities of the North, which they'
liad'failed to conquer or to burn!
The world pities.C.sar,arld Napoleon
their fall. It haa,aoTne : few tears
beheaded Chartes•of ~n ` gland and fouls
trance, for the ex a ..t-V l James, , for tl
bMiished of the Alhambra:
won a.4-erile: somewhat loth to see Tin:.
•01 - 6 tied out of the list' of nations.
what other feeling isgust can it h.
for the crushed, COnfederaci begun
perjury and theft, aiming t° give:perpetu
to the' ins4tikti . p . A, of, slavery ; !Ink dyipg
a, spasm ;ofmaligriity, in which it thrt
iWajtAlre weaporis,:of hoitorable - vvarfa;
and.seizes the:. `assassin's -knife, , the ins(
diary's torch, and the viritirOrtiestijedee
its last wea.paill*- 1
It is well: , - Goik' 6 hss-`suffered it - Nso to
for a 4.e:arly wise that all 1
world maybe advised, of the real, spirit
this rebellion, that sympathizers, may h:
np'excuse, and thiti;,ilke leaders may ha\
no Chance to escape. . What was designer
to
~excite the admiration, envy, and homage
of the-world, what might for ages .liave, ex:
torted its pity, :and so have always Continued.
to be • dangerous as an' el/ample to `they
ambitious and the restless, is no . * su'n'k;
almost, foo,low for contempt or indignation.:
It hai assumed the 'disgusting phase of
villainy, which few but ready-made villains'
*ill.ever found disposed
DEI,EGATE FROM :.THE FOURTH
PRESBYTERY
OF kIITEADE7 - 41111 . 4, TO 'THE ckEVEHAi.
ASSEMBLY AT BROOKLYN.
DEAR: BROTEEEit, MEARS :--As,my heat
and - inelination will not allow me to tal
InYPlacel.a,sl delegate to the General _
sembly; .t may be allowed to say a word ff
my alternate;Afie, Rev. John B.
,Reeve.,;
He is, I)elieve, the first colored mi
ever elected?tb way"Geii4ial Assembly.
our grand national conflict has settled
question that color is , no. itniger to , be
apology fdr oppresaion,and,;as colbred
hive shed their blood'freeljefoi• onr,flag
our'country,thergeems to be a propriety
givin&aeme merited iolian of respect:t
regard to their rc presentatives in the churl
And it is eminently proper that our Ix/
of the chnreh,-whiclv first , enunciated
principles of human -freedominhould be ,
first.to rise abeie the prejndices of caste:
That my alternatc : will personally do'
discreditto 'the AsAinbly, may be infer!
from the following letter, which .I:reckfii
from my 'diatinguished friend, Rev. T.
Skinner, Among us Mr. Reeve
sustained the character which he brought.
THAntatil
NEW YORK, Jan. 24,4861. •
REV. AND DEAR BROTHER. :=John
Reeve, of our senior class, informs me tl
he has a call frem a ,Chnrch of Africans
Philadelphia, to become their pastor.
is himself a colored man , and I presume
has no.prospect of ,exercisinc , his monist
except among his fell* ,A.fridaps, =l3ut
is only his, color that limits his sphi
He• has not• a superidr in the class .as to
preaching gift, and I•doubt if there is
abaie him in , academical and- theologi
cUlture. He stands among the first in
the depirtments in our Seminary.
will,=l am sure, appear at annive]
among the Ave or sig . who will r.
special distinction, as speaker, on the
casion. _
And he,is in other respects.a
man: *There is not one . of our stud
a• soulidbf mincton the subject of
and- its political bearings, and on a,
pointi.which are so much'gitated in
and State in these times. His piety
mandg• every one's confidence; and his
tlemanly,and dignified course in his
tions with his white brethren in the
nAry, is a , SutlicientAiresag,e of what he
heilrgeneral, society. Apart from his
plexion, he would be in as much d,•-•'
AY j
MAY 11, MO,
ell chespf our; lest class, as the best o
his ,i''' asmates. I regard Mr. Reeve as
entit 'to no •common
,intereSt from Lhis
white eihr4L as a candtdate for th 6 iiil-
Pit" lito„Ve . never kriown a man of Color
4
1. all e(- -cable to him. I rejoice that
heiS oak philadelphia.
Irours il, iti,, Tips.M. SKINNE4.
• • aAr t:
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'OUR
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that
to license
large
.proportion of
ale would be 1411 pleased Lto have,
_exercise the pi)wer•vesteci
laws of the. State.
convention , was organized by ap
; Rev. 1 11 4 - ri`-Tonsey, of the Methodist
in •Palinyie, as , Chainiian, and Rev. Lally, of ,
Baii 'Pahnit4, as Clek#
It4v..lioiaae Baton of i!ai.my
'viPs 4 11 P9f4 n1 Pn).gave" an. ear
practical oppning _ addresq.
now : been pitstor. of Ihe large 'andi
Presbyterian, Church in Palmyra;
fifteen years;' and iaa.man' of ileei
. i iiit exi 3 eligirbOktetobirt - W a y ne
i
ldija
jared — andiabl addre s s qn t
was listened "iv with: profiiiind re-
Eendaride at the conVehtion. was,
but embrKed persons-of-decided
from, various parts of the county.
.9plutions were passed, expressing'
ion.tthtitat is time for the friends
: to be '"iip and - doing," to stay
1g 'evils-of intemperance. Re
earnest and determined action
both by the resolations and in
View of the increasing evil, in
perils to which our young, men
in gt ...tstie , ,l4kigg i plazeg Lo f the, :
id with special reference tp.thp'
"patriot soldiers-froth thelteld,
:vie of Wayne *minty would
the temptations of the greg..
the way .of' their soldier boys,
come back to their`ipenee
st alter havin& escaped leath •
Illets: many . :of them may be
more • subtle, foe.
lerable deliberation, an asso
formed, .called the. Wayne.
oerance Society, with apiiro
, and with the •intent- of
;ilance Committees in every
3staeffort and'real work. After
:ntion a4journed to'meet again
;he Ad IFedacsclay, of May,
) (o'clock p. m.,10 be opened
is" by Rev. ,
,:war is over, and•slavery is'
l'hitS gone, likajudas, " to
Many of the best frends of
;idning to think it tigne for
for the 'suppeession of the
iranee; and this is the way
to work. It, is to beAloped..
not laI;or in vain in the
STARVED . SOLDIERS
ton recentlY:to pass a shbrt
we' heard somethinc , more
ot'rebel prisons which have,
and agonized our hearts'
:ess 'of this terrible ware
is its tales' of woe ; almost
is furnished its, quota of vio
arbarity and late.
ed that as many, as twelve or
amyra and its` immediate vi
t., starved to' death in rebel
flout the'best families ; some;
my son,' the stay and hope
)holds. Oh 1 what anguish
and again, on such homes,..
the slow, lingering,,awful,
their love 4 cones were
the gates of_death.
Was .three' months at
rations were a small
cake about two and a half
9 "o'clock morning,'
in the afternoon:--tWo'
an oceasiimal tea cup.
," with a few uncooked
could not eat. Wasn't
to kill? Atid, did not .
Irt E. Lee in puticular,
ill ? And ,is not; this;
they shbuldr...bUleld'
.4-. '"eir crimes, like-other
,RESPONDING EDITOR,
EItANCE CONVENTION
.ath interest, under' the
415 n, was,..held aTew days 'since
. frian Cltroh - at Lyons. The
invention was to Arouse and
ids.
try to prevent the grant
intendicito be ready with
:trances for the meeting
to he held in, some
;he coin
NEw • YoaK, May 1, 1865:
• The following Railroads have agreed
to return free, COminissioners to the
Ckeneral "Assembly of the Presbyterian
Chureh of the United States which eon-,
venes in. Brooklyn on , the 18th of May,
who pay full fare in coming:— _
New Jersey Central.
"St. Louie, Alton, and Terre Il'aute.
:"Lafayette and Indianapolis.
Indianapolis and Madison.
Terre Haute and Riehmond. - •
- .Pittsburg, Columbus and Cincinnati.
Marietta and Cincinnati.
Rensselear awl Saratoga. "
Saratoga and Whitehall.
Saratoga and Sctenectady.
The Committee of Arrangements have
dorrespondedWith all the leading rail
roads, but haveop to this date, received
favorable 'answers from the above
y, only..
Man of the railroads pass clergymen,
at`half-fare: when living on thee: line
the-road. ' 1 ' T. L. CtrYiET'
AR;
Chairman Committee of Arrangementt
=EMI
and lesser murderers The young man of
whom lived, belieVe, to , get
home and tell his tale of horrors, and 'then,
as ; was Manifestly, intended, to , sink. away
and die In exchange, for his wasted,
death-struck frame, Robert E. Lee received
a strong, well soldier just ready to enter
the rebel ranks and fight, again for the de
struction of ' our . country. And John C.
Breckinriclge,. rebel Secretary of - War,
writes; "Our plan is working as he
sent'off thousands of such,skeletons, in ex
, • .
changefor able bodied men. Is there no
punishment for such crimes-7
Rev. Mr.. pasior.ef the dentrai
Church of this city,, with'his•travellirt com
panion, Mr. W. S. Ailing, arrived home .firom
hisAreign tour on Wednesday of:this-week ;
He ha's been gone about . sii Months; visited.
Spain, Egypt, and Syria, and returned
through Italy,. rance;and England:; 'a trip
ved no less
ferent sea, v •
as
ships, beside his , boat e.xomany different Nile,
and various
_land journeys the
has, been -accomplished with favoring winds
and gales, without serious detention at any
point, and without, accident or harni'by the
way. God 'has manifestly heard the fro:,
quent and feivent prayers. of his loAfti
people.
And we are happy to add, that he' re
turns apparently in most robust and exciel
lent. health. Indsed, ,he has S added sonic.
twenty or more pounds to his weight, and
**kg -Apron& for Work.. He feels hirrise#-
!thatxtheftrip has been even.niore:beneficial
thanohiPliad dared to • '`
eats , coming -was a week or ten - . dui in
adVitride of the it which' he was ex.:‘:
Pee Pie a- jciyonS and
delightful' sUrprise. arriveil.:en Wed
nesday about noon; but it was'soon noised.
through , the ,parish; and a large, number
were, gatheied at the Wednesday evening
prayer meeting to give him a;happy greet
ing. His voice was .full OA strong, and'
some brief account of =his triplwas . received
with much interest. We trust his healtt
is decidedly and permanently improved;
and that many years of great usefulness are
yet alloted_ to him his beloved
people.
Rey. B. I,leadle,,poor, _elect. of the
First Presbyterian Church„ of this city,
who:has been' absent some six weeks on .
account :.of , health, has returned this,
webt,-edireach next%Sabblith, and supply
the pulpit for a time'; but he is not ex.;
*ding to settle here', He is afraid of the
dliniate,, and proposes to locate further
South before another winter shall Set
It +is a .great disappointment
.'to 'the.
Church; as.they had already become much
interested in. Mr. Beadle, and had great
hope of his usefulness among.thein.
Rev. _Frederic Starr, Jr.; preached his
farewell: sermon at Penn - Yan a week ago
last Sunday, and is, expecting; as we are
now informed, to 'go to St: Louis, to take
charve of the church of which Rev. Henry,
E. Niles was pastor. on the breaking out of
the rebellion. -
Bev. E.,8. Van, Auken has closed - his
labors with, the church of:Eleneoye Falls,
and has xeceived a cordial invitation to the,
Presbyterian Church'of Mendon, of which
Rey. Mr. Hind was recently pastor. 311,ev.
Ira "O. DeLoni is now supplying the'
church in Honeoye
Other chancres are in ,
progress. It is
painful- to see how man Tare transpiring
around us. We are sure we wish
both, to churches and pastors, when
wish there were not so many; and we
think we should speak almost as the
wise Solomon would, if - we should counsel
g'reate'r forbearanai, contentment, and,per
•
manence both to pastors and psople
Ropek[ESTER, May 6, 1866.
NOTICE - TO _COMMISSIONERS.
PERSONA',
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Presbytery of Dayton—P.rineipals,
Rev. Wm. ClieeVer and Ruling. Elder
W. a Phelps, Alternatei, :Rev.- J. B.
tittle and 'Ruling Elder B. P..Holines..-
Presbytery of4 l ten-LPrinelp,,als, Rev.
_Messrs. C. Beach and C. Pitkin, and
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Ruling Elders Isaac Searritt and D. W.
Munn; Alternates, Rev. Messrs. E. W.
Taylor and DaVid Dumont anil Ruling.
Elders Samuel' Wade and J. N. McCord,
M.D.
C. P. B
Presbytery of _Hamilton—Principals,
Rev - . E. S. 'Weaver and Ruling Elder
Alternaies, 'Rev. lan.
Noble`and Ruling Elder,G. Waire.
TRYING IT Ai - inr.—Oar city rail Way
companies ,manifest no disposition to
yield to the decision of the courts on, the
rights of respectable colored people to a
seat in the cars. On Friday,
,an'attempt
at the forcible ejection of a colored Sot:
der from one of the cars of the Fourth .
and Eighth : Streets Line; wits - inadd by
the conductor and driver, uniting. their
force to put him out: A similar outrage
was afterwards committed "upon the
same person by the conductor of another
car of the same- line., All the offenders
have since been arrested. and held to
answer for assault and battery. - If these
railroad gentry really mean to measure
strength with the commonwealth, they
are likely to, shave, a bllsy-timP °aft
The course they are now taking; will
make these, occasions none the fewer. .
• 7' Bif .
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Per annum. in ad s
vance:
By Mail, $ 3. By Carrier, 05 50,
Afty cents additional, after three months.
- ..„ 4 Clubs.--Ten fir more papers, sent to litre 'address,
payable strictly iii advance and in one remittance:'
By Mail, $250 per annum. By Carriers, $3 per annum.
Ministers and Xiniste.rat Widows, $2 in ad.:
vance. -
Home .111issiinisaries, $l5O inadvance.
'Fills' cents additional after three month& ' -
Remittances by mail are at our risk.
Posta'g'e.—Five cents quarterly,. in 'advance, paid
qy aubsenbers at the office of delivery.
Ad vertisentents.--12% cents, per line for. AG
first, and 10 cents for the second insertion.
One square (one month) • " $3 00
two months.. 5 50
three " ' 't 50
six 12 00
one
.year • - 18 CO
The following discount nJong ,advertiserifents, inr
sorted for three monthsa nd upwards. is allowed:,:,
Over 20 lines, 10 per cent off; °Ter 51 1,..1ineq., 2 0)Per
cent.; over 100 lines, 33 1 % 8 per cent, Of,
ACTION OF THE PRESBYTERY OF WIT,:
MINOTON.
ON 'I'ECE vxcroniEs.
Resolved That .this Presbytery desires to
give humb l e and grateful thanks to God that
He has, crowned the arms of the Union.with
'Victories, constant and decisive, on land and
on sea ; that He has given the strongholds
and the armies of the insurgents into - our
hands; that the rebellion lies crushed and
destroyed,; that slavery-is swept away ; ; that
the power of the Government is established;
that a Peace in righteousness already dawns
upon us, with the promise 'of a new t purified
and strengthened life to the nation;--for
these things we, give , praisd and glory to Grod.
ON ,THE ASSASSINATION OF THE
PRESIDENT.
WH:ERR&S t The Presbytery , of Wilmington
as convened in the Providence of G-od;
the lamentationeof ahereaved and astonished
people, mourning .the death of -its honored
and beloved Chief Magistrate, at the hands
of a rebel massin—an event unparalleled in
atrocity in the history of the Republic ;
therefore,
Resolved ; That we 'desire in humble sub--
mission, to bow to this overwhelming dispen,
sation of Providence, and to-take such a posi
-‘1 before God as May render even this
grieve
the people of our respective ta... 4 , 5 c0,
daily in sawing.this nation from an excess of
ab. • and vain glory in the recent remark
e a.. -
arms. th e national
...
Resolved, That we_thankfullyrecogniiethe
goodness of God in giving to us for, the past
most critical four years of our nation's history,
a Chief Magistrate of such honesty, integrity,
purity, unselfishness of character, and'•sincere
devotion to the, country. And the princiPles of
civil liberty involved in our struggle, as to
command the entire confidence of the people;
who, in all, hiS' public acts and declaratiow,
in all the trials and burdens of his station.,
habitually.recognized his dependence upon
the Divine strength, and who threw hiittself
tiPon- the yrayers of God's people, thus set
ting an example of.pietYin . high places, the
Salutary effeet of which has been felt through
but thewhifile land: - „ .: flosat.;.
.. Resolved, That in this last
infamous 'and,
treacheious deed, by which- 4-ChierMagti
trate, second to:'WaShington only in the'.:
feetion and rev:" '' of the people, lias been
smitten dowa-aiii liado a martyr to the great
principles of National Unity, Justice and
Emancipation, the Presbytery beholds fresh
proof of the implacable rage and heaven
defying, violence of this pro -slavery rebellion,
andcalls
upon all its members .and congrega
tions to join in, pledging themselves anew to
unsparing, unreserved opposition to its prin
ciples; and to hearty support of the new eX
ecutive in all measures needful for *uprooting
land.
every remnant and fibre of treason from the
COMMISSIONERS TO THE GENERAL
SEMBLY.--Th addition to those elsewhere
named, - We notice ..the' folloWing appoint
.lll
From the Presbytery of Detroit--
Principals, Rev. A. Eldridge, I).D, and
Ruling Elder George S. Frost; Alter
nates, Rev. William S. Hogarth,
and Ruling Elder --
Presbytery of W,Ushienaw—Ministe-.
rial Commilsioner, J. FoidSutton.
'Presknery of ,COrtland—Principals,
Rev. I. L. Beman and Ruling Elder J.
M. Roe ; Alternates, Rev.,G. M. Smith
and. Ruling Elder W. B. Edwards.
Presbytery of Grand River Valley,
Michigan—Principals, Rev. E. D. New
berry and Ruling Elder W. H. Wood
worth; ,Alternates, Rev. George Ran
ap,te and Ruling Elder Louis Lovell.
Presbytery of Greencastle„Xiniste;
rial Commissioner, Rev. RI Hawley.
Presbytery of Trumbull—Principals,
Rev. Augustus Cone; and ,Ruling Elder
Walter Smith; Alternates, Rev-. Henry
R. HoiSington and Ruling Elder Wriiioa4
Laird.
Pre.sliytery of Sciota----Prineipals,Auv.
E. P. 'Pratt, - and Bidet;
Addiion McCuliough.;;Alternges, 4prr,
J. FL Young, and Rtiling Elder Wni.
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