amtrivait Urroinstrrian.
THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1865
" AN EXCURSION UNDER GROUND."..._
The first part only of this article, from
the pen of Mr. Hammond, appears on
the inside this week. It will be con
cluded in our next.
DEDICATION AT VINELAND, N. J.—
We have a full and interesting account
of the dedication of the church in Vine
land, last week, which we shall publish
in our next.
CORRECTION-SUPT. KENNEDY.
We last week copied from one of our
dailies an item of Washington City in
telligence, impugning the loyalty of the
late Superintendent of the Census Bu
reau, Hon. J. C. G. Kennedy. We were
personally unacquainted with Mr. Ken
nedy, or with the facts in the case, but
supposed the journal in question had the
means of knowing. To this journal we
leave the responsibility of the assertion,
while, in justice to the late Superintend
ent, who is a Pennsylvanian, and a sup
porter of the Presbyterian Church, we
print the following copy of Secretary
Harlan's order, dismissing Mr. Ken
nedy from the service. It will be
seen that the reasons assigned by the
Secretary, are entirely distinct from any
considerations of loyalty or disloyalty,
or indeed from any considerations of the
character of the late indefatigable and
successful incumbent.
[COPY.]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WASHINGTON, June 2d, 1865.
SIR :—The unexpended portion o, the
fund specifically appropriated, for taking the
Bth census is not sufficient to cover the ex
penses incident to' the prosecution of the
work during
the current month.
Congress having at its last session failed to
make provision on the subject, it is obvious
that the existing arrangements in relation to it
must be abandoned.
I am constrained therefore to discontinue
after the sth inst., the services of yourself
and the clerks and employees who are en
titled to payment out of that filnd.
You will in the mean time deliver to the
Hon. Jas. M. Edmonds, Commissioner of the
.General Land- office all official documents and
letters connected with the Census, and all
public property of every description now in
your hands. You will take from him du
plicate receipts, one of which will be filed
with the acting chief clerk of this depart
ment. • .
I am Sir very Respectfully &c.
Jos HARLAN, Secretary
Jos. C. G. KENNEDY ESQ.,
Superintendent of Census.
With this evidence, which we cheer
fully lay before the public, we shall be
understood as withdrawing any sanction
which our copying the item in question,
last week, might have given to the
charge against the, late Superintendent.
ROME IN THE UNITED STATES.
The Christian Advocate, of Pittsburgh,
is responsible for the following state
ments. If Jesuitism has any more such
nice jobs in contemplation in this coun
try, we hope it will be quick about them.
We have plenty of Protestants who are
rejoicing in the delusion that Romanism
is reformed of such things, and means
to be very harmless among us. A few
more of these outrages will bring them
to see. things.
There is, says the Advocate, in St. Louis
or its neighborhood, a Roman Catholic con
vent, called the " Home of the Good Shep
herd." Sad misnomer! This Catholic in
stitution is striving hard to achieve a bad
eminence, and become a female Bastile. And
it bids fair to succeed. Within a few months
it has been in frequent collision with the
civil law, and in every case has been shown
guilty of the gravest outrages on the rights of
Protestant women.
The first case is that of a Miss Peltier, of
whose incarceration and treatment in the so
called House of the Good Shepherd we have
as yet but an imperfect history. The history
has, indeed, been given to the world in the
newspaper press of St. Louis; but nothing
beyond occasional paragraphs have thus far
found general circulation. From these we
gather that Miss Peltier was confined in the
Home of the Good Shepherd against her
will, and was even refused to her legal guar
dian. The law had to step in and release her.
Her report shows that personal liberty is as
much outraged in Catholic convents in this
country as in either Spain or Italy. .
A second case Occurred much about the
same time. An Italian girl, called Rosa Fo
piana, was kidnapped and taken to the Home
of the Good Shepherd. It was the old story
of wrong and outrage. The law had to be
appealed to to recover this poor girl from
Catholic oppression, and restore her to lib-
erty.
The third and most outrageous case of ab
duction relates to three young girls, Union
refugees, and named Josephine, Rebecca,
and Adelia Hargrave. All their friends are
Protestants, and lived formerly in Arkansas.
Their father is dead. Their mother was a
Protestant, and had Dr. Eliot, a Unitarian
minister, appointed as their guardian. She
afterwards became a Catholic, and this is the
fruitful cause of all the outrages that since
her death have fallen upon her children.
Even while the mother was alive these chil
dren, with an older sister about thirteen years
old, were kidnapped, and for nine months
were kept concealed, with feigned names, and
at the expense of a wealthy Catholic lady of
SOLouis in the convents of the Good Shep
herd and the Sacred Heart. In this last
named Catholic prison they were discovered
last December, and removed by an order of
the Provost Marshal for St. Louis, and re
stored to the care of Dr. Eliot.
This to law-abiding citizens should have
ended the case ; but it did not. On the 27th
of last January these three children were
again kidnapped by parties of Roman Catho
lics who had plotted together for this pur
pose. They were taken from their beds at
night by one Delia Joyce, some Irish Catho
lic servants,
and Margaret Burrows, alias
Sister Mary Angela, a so called out sister of
the Good Shepherd's convent. Catholic
men were waiting with a carriage from a
Catholic livery stable to convey them to a
Catholic house, where they were kept two or
three days. rom this it is notknown where
they were taken. Many Catholics in St.
Louis helped to pay the expenses of this kid
napping. plot, and among them is the name of
well-known priest, a so-called Father
Wheeler. Dr. Eliot, the legal guardian of
the children, has offered a reward of one
hundred dollars for such information as will
enable him again to appeal to the law for
their possession.
The same parties also abducted an older
sister, Mary Hargrave, from the family of
Rev. Mr. Snead, of Kirkwood. The only
member of the family now out of their fiend
ish clutches is a brother about fifteen years
old, an inmate of Dr. Eliot's family. Such
is the history, sad and humiliating to Ameri
cans, of a Protestant family of Union refu
gees in St. Louis.
FOR THE NEW JERUSALEM,
We have already noticed that Rev.
William Goodell, D. D., the veteran mis
sionary of the American Board at Con
stantinople, is . about to return 'to this
country, being incapacitated by age, or
rather exhaustion, from the laborious
service in that field. Any reader who
is not familiar with his name, and with
something of his character and history,
must be poorly acquainted with the mis
sionary enterprise of the last forty years.
For those whose reading has followed
his footstepsthe following expression
of his feelings in view of his final leave
of his Eastern work, will have an affect
ing interest ; 'indeed we know not who
can read it without emotion. It is taken
from a letter to the Board
" It would be our desire to live and die and
be buried among the people for whose good
we have spent the strength of our life and
vigor of our days." He writes : " This is,
to ns, a sad conclusion to which we have
come ; but after much thought and consulta
tion we are unable to come to any other.
When we left America the first time in 1822,
I do not recollect that either of us shed a
tear. We sailed from New York, having
already taken leave of our friends in New
England. When we sailed the second time,
in 1853, and left five children standing on the
wharf in Boston, not one of whom had yet
found a home, we sat down and wept. But
at the very thought of leaving our work in
Constantinople, together with our beloved
associates, and all the dear objects, of our
prayers and labors in the East, our head
seems ready at once to become waters and our
eyes a fountain of tears. Of all our separa
tions this seems the hardest to bear. Forty
three years ago we had youth and courage,
being strong and hopeful. Now youth and
strength and energy are gone. Then we had
much confidence in ourselves, as well as, I
hope, some in God. Now we have none in
ourselves, but we would still confidently-put
our hand in his, and go, confidingly and
cheerfully, wherever he may lead us, whether
it be from the Eastern to the Western conti
nent, or from this world to the other.
" When we left America the first time it
was to go to Jerusalem. That was our des
tination, but we have never been there Now
we set our faces toward the New Jerusilem,
and I hope we..shall not fail of, arriving there.
It is not so mile erica as it is heaven to
which we woul' .ow direct our_ eyes and
thoughts. For though life itself may yet be
spared for several years, our life-work must
be nearly or quite done ; and we feel that we
are going home to die no more.' We have
the prospect of finding, among our beloved
children, a suitable room, where we can
breathe our last prayers; and we hope to find
a corner in some cemetery, where we can rest
in quietness till the bright morning of the
resurrection.
" I anticipate much pleasure my dear bro
ther, in seeing you and the other members of
the Prudential Committee, with your and
their families, once more. The cause in
which you and they and we hays worn out
our eyes and strength and life is a glorious
cause. In the service of the Board I have
worn out two entire sets of teeth, one of ivory
and one of gold. I have also worn out my
eyes and my voice. My understanding also
I have worn out, or suffered to rust out ; and
indeed all I can now say of myself is,
" I'm a poor sinner, just nothing at all,
But Jesus Christ is my all in all !' "
OLD SoHooL ASSEMBLY.—Among the
acts of this body, was a resolution of
instruction to the Board of Domestic
Missions in the language following :
That no missionaries be appointed by the
Board except those giving satisfactory evi
dence.of their loyalty to the national Govern
ment, and of cordial sympathy with the
Presbyterian Church in her testimony on
doctrine, loyalty, and freedom.
In the course of the debate upon the
resolution, Rev. R. H. Allen, of Nash
ville, took ground in favor of the resolu ;
tion. He said that they on the border
must have protectioi. He had been
taken from his home, and the rope put
about his neck—taken Out to be banged ;
and there were others whose lives had
been in peril, some whose lives had
been sacrificed. Hon. C. A. Preston,
Mayor of Covington, Ky., the Hon.
George P. Strong, of St. Louis, Hon. T.
T. Alexander, of New York, and the
Rev. J. S. Braddock, of Kentucky, spoke
in favor of the resolution—the last gen
tleman giving such thrilling testimony
as is contained in the following brief
passage : "I have been rescued from the
rope, and my property laid in ashes be
cause of my devotion to the country and
the principles of the church." . The Rev.
Dr. S. R. Wilson,. from Indiana, was at
a loss to feel that he was in a court of
Jesus Christ, and not in a legislature or
political assembly, so he was . opposed
to the resolution. The resolution was
adopted with but a few negative voices.
PRESBYTERIAN GENERAL ASSEMBLIES
OF SCOTLAND—We learn through the
Banner of Ulster, that on May 18, the
General Assemblies of the Free and Es
tablished Churches of Scotland commenc
ed their annual sittings in Edinburgh.
On Friday night a most interesting and
important meeting for prayer and confer
ence of members of the United Presby
terian Synod and the General Assembly
of the Free Chureh took place in the
Assembly Hall. .At seven o'clock, the
ministers and elders of both bodies, to
the number of about 700, assembled in
the Library of the New College, where
an hour was spent in friendly intercourse.
At eight o'clock they adjourned to the
Free Assembly Hall, where addresses
were delivered by the Rev. Principal
Fairbairn, Rev. Dr. Cairns, and others.
The able and eloquent speech of Dr.
Cairns, is worthy of republication - on this
side of the Atlantic. We have it on file
for our columns in whole or substance.
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, JUNE IA 1865.
THE 0. S. ASSEMBLY ON RE-UNION.
As the proceedings in the Assemblies
respectively concerned are likely to ter
minate, for the present, any general
, movement between the New and Old
School Churches, we presume our read
ers will like to see the entire action of
the Assembly of the last named on the
subject. It is contained in the following
resolutions, reported by the Committee
on Bills and Overtures:—
"1. Resolved, That the General Assembly
reiterate their former expressions of fraternal
feelings toward their brethren of the other
branch of the Presbyterian Church, and their
desire for still more intimate relations, when
the Providence of God shall make it clear that
this measure is expedient.
"2. Resolved, That in the judment of this
Assembly, an attempt to force a general re
union before there is evidence by the action
of the Presbyteries that the two branches of
the Church are fully prepared for it, will retard
this result, and incur the danger of the forma
tion of three bodies instead of two.
" 3. Pesolved, That in order to strengthen
the feeble missionary churches belonging to
each, and enable them to become self-sustain
ing, the Presbyteries under our care be rec,pm
mended to eake such action as to them may
be deemed wise and expedient, to unite those
churches, and to permit them when so'united
to place themselves under the care of either
Assembly, according as a majority.of each
united church shall elect, and also that they
discourage the organizing of another church
in a field already occupied by our brethren
of the other branch, unless a second church
can be sustained in that field without aid from
the Board of Missions.
"4. ResOlf.l, That the only essential con
dition of organic reunion is an agreement in
Scripture doctrine and ecclesiastic order, ac
cording to the Standards of the Presbyterian
Church; and that when this shall appear
to the satisfaction of the ministers and
churches belonging to each body, the why will
be fully open for the two bodies to became
one.
" 5. Resolved, That in the meantime fra
ternal intercourse, both personal and official,
be encouraged between us and them, for the
purpo,se of cultivating friendly feelings, and of
learning, by a more intimate acquaintance,
whether an organic reunion will probably be
cordial and beneficial to the cause of Christ."
O'nly the fourth of the above resolu
tions met with any opposition. This
came from the Rev. W. L. Breckenridge,
who regarded the last part of it too much
of a trueism to require so dignified an .
utterance, and that the resolution as a
whole was adapted only td - Cause useless
agitation. It was defended,by Dr. Mon
fort, Judge Leavitt- and others; and the
'whole series was finally adopted intact:
and unanimously. In the coarse of the
discussion, Rev. Dr. •West read the As
,sembly the folloWing extract from Dr.
Brainerd's sermon at the opening of our'
Assembly in Brooklyn
" Divine authority fbrbids a schismatic and
sectarian rejection from our affections and fel
lowship of any whom Christ has receivod, but
it does not demand that we form ecelesiasticel
compacts beyond the limits of our harmony in
doctrine and judgment of policy. t To attempt
to hold out external signals of union beyond
the reality of union, is recognized neither by
candor nor comton sense. When, however,
a prospect of union stirs controversy, it is pre
mature : for the first requisition for union is
a desire for it, and when this is not nearly
universal, any effort to combine two denomi
nations will ordinarily end in making three.
Union reached by controversies and simple
majorities, would be coming in one way to go
I -tout seven ways." -
DEATH OF REV. DR. VAUGHN.-It 18
with unaffected sorrow that we record
the decease of this venerable a k nd widely be
loved clergyman of the Episcopal Church.
The event took place at his-residence in
this city, on the evening of, the sth inst.
Dr. Vaughn, at the time of the establish
ment of the Divinity School in West Phi
ladelphia, as a substitute ffir the Semi
nary at Alexandria, broken up by. he
war, was appointed.E'rofessor of Pastoral
Theology. In that position, as in all
others which he has occnpied, he secured
almost unlimited confidence. He was a
" moderate" churchman, often seen on
the platform and within the railing of
the chancel with ministers of other de
nominations in Christian worship and
enterprizes, and yet was scrupulously
loyal to his own church. His church
manship was true, but not bigoted ; his
Christian charity generous, but not reck
less. His Christian character was irre
proachable ; his temper, calm ; his heart,
warm ; and his hands ready for the Mas
ter's service. The death of such men
is to the church no common loss, for there
are none too many left.
RECORD OF INDIVIDUAL MUNIFI
CENCE.—Among the more recent instan
ces, we notice that Daniel . Fish, Esq.,
•
of Lansingburg, N. Y., promises $lO,OOO
toward the " Methodist General Biblical
Institute," to be located in or near Bos
ton. Messrs. Trevor and Colgate, of
New York, have donated to Madison
University, (Baptist,) s6o,ooo—one half
to constitute an endowment of a " Presi
dential Fund ;" the other half to-found
scholarships for the benefit, at present, of
students who have served in the army
or navy ; eventually to become scholar
ships for candidates for the ministry.
STILL ANOTHER VETERAN GONE.
We see in the papers of Monday a
notice of the death of the patriarch
minister of Lower New Jersey, Rev.
George W. Janvier, D.D., whose active
ministerial life was spent ~ as pastor of
the Presbyterian Church in Pittsgrove,
N. J. He died at that place on the 9th
inst., at an advanced age. He has ran
an earnest and faithful race, and he
leaves behind the blessed memory of the
just.
" BIRDS OF A FEATHER," &C.—We
clip th2 ir following from among the Re
ligionaMotices" in the city papers of last
Saturday, premising that the "First In
dependent Church" is that of Rev. John
Chambers :--
03 , THE REV. HENRY J. VAN DYKE, OF
Brooklyn. will preach in the Fiat Indepen
dent Church, Broad and Sansom streets, To=MOR
ROW. at 10% o'clock, A. M., and 4 P. DZ. .
FROM OUR CORRESPONDING -EDITOR.
INSTALLATION AT CUBA
On Tuesday, 6th instant, Rev. Collies
B. Gardner, late of Clarkson, in this
county, was installed pastor of the Pres
byterian Church in Cuba. The sermon
was preached by the Rev. Dr. Shaw, of
this city. Rev. E. L. Boing, of Ange
lica, Moderator of the Presbytery, presi
ded, pit the constitutional questions, and
gave the charge to the pastor ; and Rev.
J. B. Beaumont, of Olean, gave the
charge to the people.
The day was fine ; the congregation
in attendance large ; the services every
way well sustained, pleasant and inter
esting. Rev. Mr. Gardner has proved
himself a good man by his faithful and
acceptable labors at Clarkson, for a few
years past, and now enters upon his new
pastorate with great encouragement.
The people have already learned to love
him, although he has been with them but
a short time ; and we predict for him a
happy and useful ministry among them.
GENESEE COUNTY S. S. ASSOCIATION
This Society held its annual meeting,
on Wednesday, of this week, at Bethany.
A. F. Bartow, of Le• Roy, President of
the Association, was in the chair. The
attendance of delegates was large, every
town in the county being represented.
The principal topic of discussion was—
" The individual churclP members duty
to the Sabbath-school;' opening address
by Rev. C. C. Kimball, of Le Roy, after
which remarks were made by Dea. Ives,-
of Batavia, Rev. K. D. Nettleton, of Le
Roy, Rev. R. H. Dexter, of Pavilion, and
many others.
According to the custom, we believe,
of the county, a collation was served by
the good people of East Bethany, and
partaken in the gallery of the church.
After the severe labors of the conven
tion, this was the time for relaxation and
social enjoyment. The next meeting
(semi-annual) will be held at Alexandria.
MORE RETURNED SOLDIERS
The remnant of another of our noble
regiments arrived home this week, and
received a hearty welcome from our citi
zens. They look brown and strong—
look as though they had endured much
already, and could-endure anything. It
is muscle and pluck alone that are left;
feebleness and cowardice have been
weeded ont.
.But we were, exceedingly pained ber
fote nightfall to see some of those stal
wart men staggering through our streets.
And every day, since,lts welvhave passed
to and fro, we have seen some hanging
around our-miserable grogshops. This
horrible temptation lurks for them at
every corner ; and many are daily snared.
We have noticed that on many occa
sions, during the war now so happily
over, the grogshops haVe been closed
in various places by military author
ity, or by proclamation of the Gov
vernment. It was so, we believe, in
Washington at the time of grand review.
And why was this ; or what right have
we, to interfere with the rum-sellers' traf
fic ? Oh, nothing ; only the public good
required it; the protection of the soldiers
themselves, and of peaceful citizens.
If ever these considerations were worth
anything, it would seem as though they
ought to have their full force at a time
like this. Our city feels kindly towards
these men, because they have fought our
battles, and fought them well. It would
be a true kindness to them and to their
families, to shut up these grogshops, and
take this horrible temptation out Of their
way. The city is bound to protect its
peaceful inhabitants, but every man's life
is in daily peril, if our streets are filled
with drunken soldiers.
PLUCKY
An exciting scene was witnessed, on
Wednesday of this week, on the cars be
tween this city and Buffalo. A little
corporal was returning with a big priso
near from Ohio. The prisoner was a
desperate bounty-jumper, almost a giant
in form ; the corporal was about half his
size, but his equal in resolution.
Prisoner, pretending to need some
thing, starts for one end of the car, and
quick as lightning dashes through the
door, jumps from the platform, and runs
for the woods, while the cars are moving
at about thirty miles the hour.
" Sure•enoligh, he is gone ;" so every
one thought, except the little cbrporal ;
but he too, is through the door, and off
the platform; and although he seemed
to fall first upon his head, and all shud
dered for him, yet in an instant he is
right side up again, and in full chase.
Almost as if endowed with supernatu
ral strength for the occasion, he over
hauls his big prisoner just as they reach
the thicket, and with revolver in hand
cries, "halt !" Big bounty-jumper pre
fers not to die there, and so submits to
be marched back at the muzzle of the
six shooter, greatly to the gratification
of the passengers of the train, which had
come to a halt and run back, to see how
the race had ended.
Little corporal thought he would'nt
let big bounty jumper try that again, and
so by the stern persuasion of that same
potent revolver he compelled him to
submit to irons, much as Jeff. Davis did
at Fortress Monroe. How much ithelps
courage to be armed. with authority; to
have a whole State, or a nation at one's
baCk.
NARROW ESCAPE
Rev. Dr. Wright, pastor of the Pres
byterian Church at Fredonia, has been
recreating in a very sensible way ; taking
his horse and buggy, and the best possi
ble company, his excellent wife, he has
been journeying from town to town
until he reached Albion. All went well
until Rear that place. The horse was
supposed to be one of the best educated
and best behaved animals ever put In
harness. Even the wild snort of the
locomotive, and the thunder of cars
would not disturb his equinimity. But
unfortunately there is no canal at Fre
donia ; he had never seen a canal boat,
and when his innocent eyes first caught
a glimpse of such a wonderful object as
that, either imagining it a sea monster,
or something more dreadful, away he
plunged, down a considerable embank
ment, upsetting the carriage and making
wreck generally.
Mrs, Wright, we are happy to say, es
caped unhurt ; but the good Doctor, , we
sorry to add, was thrown down with
such violence as to be made almost in
sensible and helpless for the time. In
deed, it was feared that his spine was
seriously injured ; but after a day's rest
he was enabled to come on as far as Al
bion ; and seems to be rapidly recover
ing from the severe shock and temporary
injury.
HOUGHTON SEMINARY
Commencement at this highly pros
perous and excellent institution for young
ladies at Clinton, occurs on- Thursday,
22d instant ; examination in the preced
ing days of the same week. The an
nual address is to be given by Rev. Dr.
Hawley, of Auburn—of course, there
fore, it will be chaste, pertinent, and pro
fitable.
DR. SMITH'S DISCOURSE
We have received a copy of a sermon
preached in the North Church, Buffalo,
by. Rev. Dr. Henry Smith, the pastor, on
Sabbath evening, the 23d of April, one
week after the President's death. It is
published by request of numerous citi
zens of Bqfalo, who heard it ; and is
beautifully printed at the office of the Com
mercial Advertiser. The subject is,
" The Religious sentiments proper for
our National crisis."
We need hardly add, after naming
the accomplished orator, that it is able
and timely.
PERSONAL. N,
Rev. E. R. Beadle is still supplying
the First Church of the city, and has
consented to remain with them through
this month and `next; and then, we un
derstand, it is,probable he will accept a
call, which is now the third time Offered
to him, and urged upon his acceptance,
to a church in Philadelphia.
Rev. M. B. Gregg, late of Orangeville,
has received and accepted an invitation
to labor as pastor of the Presbyterian
church in Rose, Wayne County.
ROCHESTER, June 10, 1865
Stbso eturtljt,%.
CENTRAL NEW YORK-LOSS AND
GAIN.-By the transfer of Rev. T. D.
Hunt, from Waterville, N. Y., to Niles,
Mich, one of our thrifty Central New.
York churches has reluctantly parted
with a good preacher, and a particularly
good Pastor—one who, in both capaci
tiei, was greatly endeared to them. The
Presbytery of Utica granted his request
for a dismissiOn, on the 31st ult. A va
cant pastorate in the same Presbytery,
(New Hartford,) has been filled by the
installation therein of Rev.. Edward B.
Furbish. Rev. W. T. Eustis, of New
Haven, Conn., preached the sermon. Dr.
Fowler, of Utica, delivered the charge to
the pastor, and Pres. Fisher that to the
people. The New Hartford Chuch, re
latively to the region, is anything but new,
having been organized during a mission
ary visit of the younger President Ed
wards to the upper Mohawk country, in
1791. It has ever held a first rank
among the churches of the Presbytery.
Arrangements have also been made by
the same Presbytery, for another instal
lation, on the 21st inst.—that of Rev. B.
F. Willoughby, over the church in Au
gusta, another of the older churches of
Oneida county, and one from which the
cause o e f. Christ has reaped no mean•yield
of benevolence and personal consecra
tion—not the least of the latter - being
illustrated in the family, or of the latter,
in the person of the individual, from
whose letter in The Evangelist we glean
the above items.
DISMISSION of Da. THOMPSON.—We
noticed, a short time since, that Rev.
Dr. Thompson had offered his resigna
tion of the pastorate of the Second
Church in Cincinnati. The dissolution
of the relation was - consnirmiated at 'a
meeting of the Presbytery of Cincinnati
on the 11th ult., at which the Presby
tery adopted the following resolutions :-
1. That the Presbytery grant the request
of Dr. Thompson, for the reasons alleged, viz.:
the conviction, which' each year of his resi
dence here has made stronger, that he cannot
in this climate enjoy such health as is requi
site for the proper discharge of the duties of
the office.
2. That we record our sorrow and disap
pointment in being called to part with a bro
ther so much beloVed and so eminently fitted
for usefulness in the sphere which he has
been called to occupy among us, and our
hope and prayer is, that in some other por
tion of the land more congenial with his
health he may find a field in which he may
labor successfully for, many years to come.
3. That we also record' our deep sympathy
with the Second Church in the loss of their
beloved pastor, and our prayer that the Great
cad of the Church will soon send them an
other shepherd, whom he will bless as the in
strument of vast good to them and their
children.
IN MILAN, OHIO.--Rev. J. IL Wal
ters, pastor, some 60 hopeful conversions
have recently , taken place in connection
with a special effort in the labors of
which Rev. L. Bissell, connected with
the mission at Ahrnednnggur, India,
and Rev. D. E. Wells, of Monroeville,
participated with the pastor.
MONROEVILLE, Orao.--The religions
interest, before noticed, which commenc
ed in our church, (Rev. D. E. Wells, pas
tor,) in this place as far back as the
last week of prayer, has continued with
out retrogade, in gentle effusions to the
present time. Since the opening of the
year, 38 persons have been added, on
profession, to the communion of the
church, including a number of heads of
families, and $2OOO have been raised for
improvements on the church edifice.
NORWALK, Osio.—.As the result thus
far of a time of refreshing in the church
of Rev. Dr. Newton, in this place, 25
persons were recently received on public
progression of their faith.
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIA
TION.
The Tenth Annual Convention of the
Young Men's Chiistian Association of the
United States and British Provinces met-
Wednesday afternoon in the First Baptist
Church, at Broad and Arch streets. An
hour was spent in devotional exercises, in
which Revs. Bringhurst, Adams, Crowe,
Robinson, Reed, Richardson, Simons and '
others took part.
At 3 o'clock Jos. A. Pond, State Senator
of Massachusetts, called the Convention to
order, and delivered a short address. Mr.
Pond stated that on the sixth day of June,
1844, seven yoimg men met in the upper—
chamber in the city of London for the pur
pose of prayer for their reckless and dissolute
companions- From this small beginning, the
various Christian Associations have arisen.-
William F Lee,. of New York, was appointed
temporary secretary.
A committee was appointed to make all
necessary arrangements fol. the Convention.
On motion of Mr. Mcßurney, a committee
of one delegate from each State, Territory
and Province was appointdd for the purpose
of selecting the permanent officers- of the
Convention.
The following communication was react and
referred to the committee of arrangements.
U. S. Omits. COMAISSION,.II Bank St.,
PHILADELPHIA., June 7, 1865.
To the President and Members of the
Tenth Annual Convention Young Men's
Christian Associations :--It is with no or
dinary gratification that the U. S. Christian
Commission recognizes its intimate and cor
dial relationship to the Young Men's Chris
tjan Asociations of the nation. We also ask
the privilege of joining in the welcome which
greets you on beginning your sessions in this
city under circumstances so aspiring ; to. Chris
tian faith and activity and so radiant with
future promise. We shall be` glad'US see you
at our rooms at any and all times [during
yourstay among us, as may snit your con
venience. Should it be practicable for you
to visit us in a body, and thus see the head
quarters of your own agency in the armies of
the Republic for the past four years ' we
shallhepleased to receive you at such time
as it may suit you to designate.
In b - ehalf of the Committee, yours most
truly,
The Executive Committee reported that
$436 40 had been received during the year
from sundry Associations, and $4lO 02 ex
pended.
The Committee on Permanent organiza
tion reported the following officers :
President—Hon. C. Brainard, of New York
city.
C. P. B
Vice Presidents—T. J. Claxton, Montreal,
Canada; Clinton B. Fisk, St. Louis, Mo.,
Peter B. Simons, Philadelphia Pa.; J. A.
Pond, B oston,Mass. • N. H. Crawford, Bal
timore,: Md.; A. E.'Shanklin, Cincinnatti,
Ohio.
Secretaries—Wm. Edsall, Brooklyn, N.
Y.; A. Howard, Detroit, Mich.: W. Sher
man Potts St. Paul,Minn.;.Wm. F Lee,
New• , • - •
New York city. • "
After passing a complimenvote of
thanks to the retiring Chairman. Pond,
the Convention adjourned.
MEETING OF WELCOME.
A very large meeting at the Academy of
Music was held in the evening to welcome the
delegates of the Young Men's Christian Asso
ciations, holding their tenth convention. The
meeting was opened by reading of the Scrip
ture by Rev. Edw. Hawes, and prayer by Rev.
G. D. Boardman. Gov. Andrew G. Curtin
presided. Bishop Simpson made the speech
of welcome. He said that the citizens of Phi
ladelphia had come to welcome the Christian
Association to their homes and hearts. He
regretted that Governor Curtin had not seen
fit to occupy his place. It was the mission
of the Young Men's Christian Associations to
organize a Christina sentiment in the country,
and to aid in the education of the popular
mind. At the close of the Bishop's remarks
he referred to the capture of Jefferson Davis
and introduced Gen: Pritchard, who was on
the stage. The enthusiasm which this inci
dent created was unexampled. Gen. Pritch
ard modestly declined to make a speech. Let
ters were read from Secretary Seward, Gen.
Meade, Charles Sumner, Admiral Dupont,
Governor Parker and Governor Fenton. Af
ter the reading of the letters, Gen. Pritchard
was again loudly called, for, and in deference
to the call stepped forward and made a few
remarks. Rev. E. E. Adams D.D., wel
comed the Association in behalf of the
Churches.
Dr. Adams said that :he represented 300
Evangelical Churches who joined in welcom
ing the delegates to the city; and having in
vited thbm to the hospitalities of these
churches, as he believed in the parity of the
laity he invited them to the communion tables
of the churches ; and as he believed in the
parity of the clergy, he invited them to the
pulpits of the churches. He thanked God
that we were not under the regime of a New
York prelate who had recently declared that
he could not ecclesiasticallyrecognis' e any
minister ordained outside of the Episcopal
fold I
George H. Stuart, Esq., as the representa
tive of the Philadelphia Christian Außsocia
tion, welcomed the visiting brethren, The
exercises, of the evening were agreeably va
ried with vocal music by an excellent choir
and an orchestra under the direction of Car)
Sentz. Original hymns written for the occa
sion by Drs. Stockton and Adams were sung.
The Convention met at ninb o'clock. A
half an hour was spent in devotional exer
cises. George A. McAllister, of Boston, pre
siding, Addresses were made by Rev. Rufus
Clarke, of Albany, and others.
The Convention was opened with prayer
by Mr. Ballard, of New York.
Standing Committees were announced.
Mr. A. A Mcßurney, corresponding see
retary of the New York:Association, present
ed the following resolution of sympathy with
the United States :
YOUNG MEN'S OHRISTIAN .ASSOCIATIONS.
At a meeting of the members of the Young
Men's Christian Association of -Liverpool,
held on Saturday evening last, the follewing
resolutions were passed unanimously:
Resolved, That the members of the Liver
pool Young Men's Christian Association de
sire to express to their brethren of the kin
dred !associations in the United States, their
utter detestation and horror at the cowardly
assassination of President Lincoln, and to
LEMUEL Moss, Home Secretary.
SECOND DAY.