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A religious paper published in Belgium,
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heard froth very good authority that an
exhibition of the holy robe of our Saviour
will take place in the latter part , of
August, 18,66, at. Treves. .• This intelli
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of all . good- ahristians, more especially
of the faithful. who have , already been
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that which was attracted by this same'
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_
A MISSING LINA IN A PREPARATO RY
COURSE.—We see, reported in a cotem
porary, the remarks of Mr. Gron,t, a re-'
turned, missionary of the American.,
Board, in the late meeting of the.Massa
shneetts'Congiegation'al Cenference.
said that when he and his brethren in
Africa had occasion to. form a churp r it
among the Zulus,-they `did; iioekraw:
"what New. England. Congregationalism
was, but used the New Testament sykk
tern, and were glad; on their return, to
find the two identified. We have sup=
posed that among denominatiOng who
require at least some knowledge of church
polity as a part of educational prepara
tion for the ministry, it would note be
easy to find ministers who did, not
know what New England,Congregation
alism was."
THE E AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN AL
MANAC FOR 1166:
This valuable annual has just been issued
for next year. It contains a large body of
facts important to be known by every mem
•ber of the. Church, and is illustrated,in a
style of great beauty. Pastors and Church
Sessions cannot do a better work than to,
circulate it broadcast among their peoPle.
Address the Presbyterian Publication Com
mittee.
THE NEW NATION.
•
This is the title of a handsome sheet
the first number of which has-just ap
peared in Richmond, :ra: Its platform
is something new in Virginia: di Devot
ed to the cause of the Union, Freedom,
Equal Rights, Endless Progression,—ln-
dependent in all things,' Neutral in
isToneY It, is edited by Rev. 4 - aPeli W.
— ifillinteritt7whtmr-tbi loyal bedple in
this city TeCogn#e as a'loyal editor, in
4 'F ' rederickAurg, who yetused to succumb
to the tide of rebellion, and continued to
• •
maintain his position and, we believe, to
ptiblish his paper;` the Christian Banner,
some, time after almost every other lumi
nary of the kind had disappeared in, the
rebel eclipse. We are heartily 'glad to
see him renewing his good Work in the'
late ' rebel Capitol, Issuifigy'under the,
broad protectiorcof thevictorious Union,
such, a souna; vigorous, and uncomPro
•,
mising ,ativocate of right . principles, as
this first number, Of, The New Nation
promises to be. Mr. Hunnicutt is en
doiseci.b'y the Loyal League of
Virginia, who pledge him their - sppcirt,
and by Judge Underwood of the. U. S.
District Court of Virginia.
The contined publication of this paper
depends uhri' the degree of enooiirage
ment it receives. .We hope there may
be no' question on this point, and that
in,.the midst of se'many influences cal
&dated, to prolong so far: as possible the
dying life of the old S'Outh, The New
Nation may'' be sustained by loyal peo
ple in and out oil the State. "' The sub
scription price is $2 40. Address James
V. Hunnicutt, .t i retiericksbuig until fut;
.ti ther notice:
THE MISSOURI TEST OATH.
We, believe the conviction is now pret
ty general, that the oath demanded of
ministers of the gospel before pursuing
their vocation, by the new constitution of
Missouri, is a dangerous step toward a
political interference with religious lib
erty, such as, in the old countries, has
enslaved the church to the. State, and in
this country never has been, and never
can be tolerated. The oath, is very long.
'lt would fill a column in our paper. A
summary of it before us says:—" It re
quires a man to swear that he has never
directly or indirectly aided the late re
beilion, but has. always been truly and
loyally on the' side of the United States
against all enemies thereof, foreign and ,
domestic.'' It does not merely require
present loyalty. It is an oath of purga
tion. NO room , for repentance is left.
If a man has written letters to his South
ern friends unlawfully, he can never
preach the-Gospel -again, in Missouri
The oath is purely retrospective. It is
clearly an ex post facto law,such as is
forbidden by the Constitution itself ,-*lt
imposes a new penalty for. an - offence
committed - before - the law
. was framed."
- -But," while we find ourselves unable to
approve of this stringent article of the
constitution, we do not share in the sur
pride of some of our cotempuraries that,
under the circumstances surrounding the
convention, at the time of its , adoption, -
it should have received their sanction. It
was just as apparent in Missouri as in
the seceded States, that a corps of dis
loyal ministers was the most dangerous
element in the State. Before the rebel
lion it was predicted by some of our
soundest statesmen, that the Southern
pulpit and Southern ecclesiastical bodies
were fothenting such an intense pro
slave4 hatred of the GoVernment,,aS
would sooner or later bring on an attempt
at disruption. The wisest observers of
the late state of things in the South,
have characterized the disloyal portion of
the ministry an,the right arm of the re
bellion. None were more -inveterate
while the cause was alive, and none • are
so sudden in;their submission, now that
it is dead. In the border
'States of Ken
.
tacky and .Missouri; no other class of
men so embairassed the Union cauge, or
66' jeopardized'the integrity of the States.
The loyal . Missouri Convention knew
these men', and knew all .that was to be
feared from them. ,Sitting before it was'
known how decisive their powerrfor harm
in the pending eontest might yet beeonie, ,
it is not strange that they were led--into
a stretch of power;"to silence the pPlpit
from' becoming'an active agent in rebel
lion.
We have made theeeL'remaiks as in
troductory to the important correspond-,
ence below. Added.to the foregoing, it
makes a somewhat lengthy article for
our : columns,,but , it will be remembered
that ;this is our ; ,4rst, , uotico o a f the,, gis
souri oath, and we wish to malie the
view of it somewhat complete. We add,
before giving the correspondence, that
Dr. Nelson's relation to loyalty is
everywhere known to)be - as represented by
Mr. Brown. We also add, as a matter
of information, that, in a note to wiz: ,
serve's', selson says * * few cases
of arrests and binding over to court are
reported, but I understand a grand jury
has just closed its sessions here, [in St.
withopk indicting. any pf. those
who are dieiegkiding the requiientent of
the Constitution." We presume
unless'-the offenders ate thempphee, Anx
ious for a general flare-up, and so become
purposely, unbearable & ;that; the article
will gradually sink into' a dead letter,
and that an early opportunity will be
taken to reinoire it fro ii constitution.
LETTERS TO GOyEartplt, FLETCHER, FROM HON
B. GRATZ BROWN - AND REV. H. A. NELSON.
ST. Louis, Sept. 14, 1865.
Govxmou : I enclose you a letter: - from
Rev. Henry A. Nelson ) 'of this city, - now tem
porarily absent in New York,,whichhas been
• • , .3. t .
sent to my care to be delivered-to you on-your
return from the East. It comes from one whe
has been' eminent for his' loyalty throtighthit
the reliellion--eininentboth as wthinker and
a worker, not only in the walks of 'private life,
but'also in the line of his ministeriartluty--
and who has done as much to vindicate'the
true principles of freedom and Union as
.any
man in Missouri I therefore the, more-cor
dially commend his letter to your careful cen
sideration. You will see that the prevision
in one of the clauses of, the.new constitution,
requiring the. qualification of an oath from
ministers` ofthe Gospel, involves other mat
ters than the' mere , question of disloyalty.
This' no. one perhaps would, have failed to
recognize, but for the excited' state of public
feeling con Sequent oil the rebellion. Thepro
tdai; - libiveier, of wadi. men as. Dr.: Nelson,
and others I could name,' is in itself sufficien
proof that the bearing . of the. reqtirement
runs deeper than some allege 'ma trenches
upon what "many believe to be their'liberty of
conscience as rgards the ininisterialfunction.
Under suck Circumstances, and invested as
you are with authority, to. stay Or remit ;the
execution of penalties, it. Will be for yon.
determine how far respect shall ,be had by the
Executive of our State for that liberty:of
conscience-when-it deems itself„invaded,, and
when in no wise connected .with, disloyal cour
ses: For my own part I feel -it •rightto-say,
to youthiit am not one of those who believe.
the present. Constitution to be a perfeet in
'strument;' and I. shad be glad to' sewit
amen
ded in - several important 'respects at as early
a day' as 'Practicable ; and' especially; in all
those - respects thatsolice limitations upon the
right of suffrage predicated on distinCtions of
race and coror, and 'that tinllaaketo re-eit
tabliah in our land- the hiiinleiition between
church and State, and , rise=the power of the
latter_to purge the former, through the in
strumentality of test oaths. I am devoted to
civil and Ireligious, liberty , on p,riiteirile, and
cannot consent to violations of either, no mat, :
ter how.dear they maybe to theiruling prejw
dices of the time, and, it-is the initial of such.
infractions that should be opposed, for when
once hedged,,N about . , by
. other interests, and
connected even 'in - `nnafgniation with the re
tention of political power, they become difficult
to uproot. What is required by the Stateto
day as a qualification for preaching—may, to
morrow ,be further extended' as a qtalific,ation
for worshiP and State' Undertaking - to
,say who may worship publiclir . and WIO may
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN THURSDAY. OCTOBER 5, 1865.
not, might go a step further, requiring all to
worship, and prescribing the mode of that
worship. There is no assurance against such
ending, except the repression of such begin
ning. Standing, as I do, for entire, absolute
liberty of conscience—for a total severance
between Church and State—for the right of
each man to-approach God, in behalf of it him
self or-ethers, without any civil control or in
terposition, I cannot find it compatible with
such principles to endorse the imposition of
test oaths upon ministers and priests, as such,
in their religious capacity. They should stand
before the law as all other men, responsible
for their evil deeds, whether of word or action,
as you or .I stand responsible. But ,nay in
tention was not to make, an argument, not id:
raise obstacles to the putting in force the Con
stitution, but to submit some considerlitioes
as to its defective, character, the necessiO filt•
its amendment, and the disposition that should
animate all who are more solicitous of having,
an organic law for our State reflective of per
fect liberty in all its parts, than of making it,
a vehicle to consolidate prejudices against
color, animosities of race, or infractions of
civil and-religious liberty.
I have the honor to remain, mi dear sir,
yours tiuly, . B. Guemz BROWN.
REV. H. A...NELSON TO THE GOVERNOR.
ELMIRA, N. Y., Aligust 28, 1865,
Honorable and Dear. Sir :
I this day mail to the Secretary of State
my oath of loyalty as a Curator of the State
University, to be placed on file, as required
by the New Constitution. I have been absent
from Missouri since July 10, and shall pro
bably be detained here by important matters
until about the middle of_September.
I have seen very littlil'of the discussions
about'the enforcement of the New Coriatitu
tion, but haye given a good deal of thought
to tie subject, and think I may take the
erty of expressing to your excellency some of
my views. Your purpose faithfully to put in
force a Constitution adopted by the people;
notwithstanding your personal disapprobation
of some of its provisions, must be approved
by all candid men who can appreciate yohr
obligations as a magistrate. lt seems to me,
however,• that a practical question may arise
in regard to your obligation 'immediately and
sternly to put in force certain provisions which
were inserted' by the Convention while the
rebellion was still rampant,, which the collapse
of the• rebellion has made unnecessary, and
which. it is probable.-that a majority of the
people, at the time of their voting upon the
Conatifution, would have rejected if they had
had opportunity to, vote upon them as seller
rate j)ropOsitions. •- I• refer particularly- to the
provision requiring ministers • oflhe Gospel,
as such, to take and . file .the " Oath of, ley
alty."' `'The opinion that this is lam unwar
rantable encroachment of
• the civil power upon
the Churchi% a real infringement of religious'
liberty, is by no means confined to those who
sympathize with disloyalty. It is decidedly
my own opinion. I claim no exemption .from
respdnsibility to . the State for all my actions
on account'of my ministerial chtiriteterf I
do any disloyal act -or say any disloyal , ivord,
in -my pulpit or elsewhere, arrest the as
promptly and
,punish me as severely as any
other -- culprit . Take me even from the
horns of the altar." But Ide not admit tbe
right'of the State to - impose upon' me any
oath, or anything .else whatsoever AS a quali
fication for an office, which the State does not
-confer, and has no right. to control. This, I
say, although the oath is one which I can
take and have:taken , as a 'qualification for" the
exercise of4helht , of suffrage,. and for-the
civil office which hold; acknowledging , , the
right of the State to regulate= those 'civil re
lations. If I take it as a minister; I shall be
obliged to do so' With 'pUblic protest 'against
it as a wrongful exaction of a civil power 4 te,
which Ihave been entirely faithful• andtduta
ful—whieh it is my plasm:Lya tosservoiand de
fend against all of'diisloya p,
but which
it is yecUliarly painful to me- to find violating
my sacredest liberty. In , `regard •to those
ministers who cannot truly take that oath,
who have by word or deed 'manifested sympa-
thy. with the rebellion, haV)s thislo,sity : 'lf'
they have not been found:ko dangerous' during
the preildefice of rebellion in the State as' to
'require their expulsion Or arrest . brilie mili
tary power, now that the danger is past and
the power of:therebellion no longer exists . , I
cannot , make it seem manly to drive them
from. the State or from:their profesinonn. If
being unable to take the .oath, they leave
their profession and go into any secular
husiness, I cannot, see -that their influence will
be' less dangerous to the' State . than if left - in'
their present position, and if they continue to
preach and are arrested'' and imprisoned, the
State will, I think, appear to be punishing
them not for their disloyaltfr, but for preach
ing the - gospel • Certainly they-oneld he ex
empt from all punishment by simply refrain-:
ing from preaching. Is it neeessary = is it
well—to put our State Government in this
attitude ? I feel very confident that if our'
CcinVention had been sitting after the surren-1
der of Lee and Johnston, it would riot have ,
inserted such a provision. I am sure that,
many idio vcitedYfer the Constitution as a
whole, exceedin,gly regretted-that this pro.
.vision is in it. lam very Confident that an
amendinent striking out this provision;:if
submitted to the people, wouldabe adopted by
a large Majerity. I earnestly hope that your
Excellency'will be convinced that the real will,
of the people is that you should exercise
clemency exempting from .the'penalties of
this constitutional requirement all men whose
behavior 'since the'suppression-of the rebel
lion is unexceptionable,' or at least in staying
the execution of such penalties until the will
of the people can be ascertained, by the sub- ,
Mission to their votes of an:limendmetit to.
the Constitution, by the Legislature.
Most respectfully and loyalty., -
HENRY' A. NELSON.
To his, Excellenci, ;Thos.- C. Fletcher,- Gov
eruor..„;
THE NEW' YORK BISHOP /ND. HIS
C,Lilikor,=Cur readers• are already ad. ;
vised - thit a portion of the: Epis'eopal,
clergy in New York persist-4i fraternis
•lng with. ion=__Episcopal elempru, ,not
withstanding the positive prohibition
thereof by Bishop Potter. We- now
learn, through tile , .New ~ Yerk dailies,.
that the' latter hasinstittiteti keeeedings
"to - eitforee his authority in the t.sikatter.f
We suppose therefore that; unless ellen
is stayed' by , the pproaehing ' nerd
t
Convention, there must soon be some re,, ,
' ceptattop i 'pt. ,degragatieu-frop, ordiirs. ;
• • a
VOICES OF THE SOUL."—The author'
of this vremarkable work, Which must
take. rank -among the most thoughtfur
and-- effective defeoses. of,,ovangelie4.
truth based on the facts of universel
:consciousness,i le ,undershoodl 'be na r
'five cotchman, butt for -a nunikir of
years past connected with ourderkomk
nation, and at present pastor •of the
church in
,New-R - a ; ven, New York. .11.=
brief notice of works appears' in one
of our inside pages. It is pehliftWlaY,
R. Carter and. Brother, New York, a:l4 i
for sale at the.Presbyteriatt Book'Stdie.
FROM OUR CORRESPONDING EDITOR.
SYNOD OF GENEVA
This body met in Palmyra, on Tuesday
last, and was opened with a sermon by Rev.
F. S. Howe, of Watkins; after which, Rev.
W. A. Niles, of Corning, was elected Mod
erator; and Rev. W. L. Page, of Wolcott,
and Rev. Isaac Clark, of Elmira, Temporary
Clerk.
Mr. Howe's sermon embraced quite a
sketch of the history of Synod for some
years past ; and was listened to with much.
interest.
After the usual prayer-meeting next
morning, Rev. Darwin Chichester, of Bur -1,
dett, by previous appointment, read : a very
able and exceedingly interesting essay' on
the question, "How best to . promote the
study of the Bible, in the family, and in
the congregation," which was followed by
an interesting discussion upon the subject
presented.
In the afternoon, Rev. Dr. Mills was
heard for the cause of education`; Rev. A.
M. Stowe, for Ilome Missions'; and Rev.
A. C. Frissell, for the American Tract So
ciety, of Boston.
Rev. Dr. Cowles also presented his an
nual report of the condition and prospects
of Elmira Female College; ,showing it to
be in a very prosperous condition.
On the same afternoon the Lord's Sup
perwas celebrated ; address and breaking
of bread, by Rev. J. L. .Isjevius,'returned
Missionary Trom'China; with remarke and
administration of the cup, by Rev. Dr
Wood of Geneva. There was no ftermOt
an arrangement which we like much better
'than` to have a long sermon, as we often do,
and two cOnsiderable addresses beside.
Often the service is thus protracted beyond
profit. If there is a sermon, it would, seem
better to dispense with additional remarks.
In the evening there was an essay by
Rev: D D Gregory, of Prattsburgh on
" Church ,wOrk, and hovr to do it ;"
fol
lowed by 4. spirited,and interesting discus-
Un Thusday morning the' . devotional et
excises Weie - Unexpectedly continued two
hours;. and it was a meeting of great ten
(lepop awl . pepuliAr 4iterest. Every one
felt, that special divine = influences were
resting upon the. Synod; baptizing them
anew' work. 'Ari Infoinial cove
nant was inteied into to remember each
other more constantly' , in prayer, especially
on Sxuiday: morning, preparatory ;to the
Sabbath's mork. .;`
'On. Thursday also, Rev. W. B. Stewart
Iv= heard in behalf of the Americian and
Foreign Christi= Union, and J. B. Tyler?
Esq., , for the -American Sunday" School
Ernion--both,good speeches'.
WILLIAM GOODELL
This venerable rreturned.. Missionary was
in our city this week, on his way to the
'meeting of the American Board at Chicago.
He is now Peet seventy-two, years of age,
ancl,,quite 4 fiehle. He beeu t forTti-hree
years a ' Missionary ; ithirty-fitur,ryears in
Constantinople. Having worn .himself, out
in the missionary service, he haacome back
'in his native land to spend-the evening of
his days. He' is expecting to make his
t ,'hoine with his son near Philadelpkis... : ,
Being, in our city, on Wednesday , after-,
noon,die visited.the Rochester Seminary; a
moat excellent institution for yOung ladies, in.
which Rev. D. 'W., Marah, formerly'an able'
and excellent Missiopary at Mosul,inTurkey,
is an:Associate Principal, , and there he:made,
a very interesting •address to theschool.' In
the :evening ` of the day he, : spoke also
in the leetire-rodm .;f the Central Church,
and, excited , great intereat.....Jt was a
,Plea
e.sure, even to look_upon sthe venerable form
of one who has sti`iling been'eminenti in the
mieSionary'servici3. ' •
OSWEGO. AGAIN.
The church with which the General As-•
sOciation 'of New 'York met* last week; is
that of which Rev. Henry G .Ludlow
,been, pastor for the last„seven,rars, and
-from which he has now withdrawn, to enter
into-the service of the . American Mission
ary Astacciation. 'lt on the east side
the, town, whiSFe there was once what was'
called. the. Second, Presbyterian Church of
°owe& %the. First; of which Rev. Dr. Coy"-
dit has been pastor fe:r many
on the of the iiirer. '
The ~ ',S.econd" Church, as we under
.stand, languished-, and died.
,The Congte
%at...tonal-church was organize&orit-of the
ruhuFseien years' a`o,: Luillisir had
been its only-pastor. It. now waits for art
other. -It has a, fine house of worship, is ,
now, we believe, out of ; debt, and , presents
right man an, interesting field, of
usefulness•
O'swego•is apownzin mhich:Hon, , Gerrit3
Smith dwis much ,Piopefty,..andliki'dlivays .
taken intereit. , Here, ten,' years
;since, he founded , what is ,called .the City;
Library, by the gift of twentyfive thousand
'dollars. Heduutiiince giVen anether 'thou
send tO'addlo its books.-
Great improvements are, now ',going ;on
in OsiTego. .The_,,Oyrsense and Qs ego,
Railway Company; are deePening-a,,part of
the channel: 'of the river, building hrige
decks for.the shipment . coal',- which is
to behrOUght by
rand 4ere 'shipped - for Canada, and various
iports-upon the,Lakes.
Blastiniin the bed-of the stream they
hive also dieViivered what may prove to bo‘
valuable "mineral'spiqtigii: - They resemble
the waters of Saratoga. The question,
however, will be how to get at them; when
the waters of the river, now excluded by a
huge coffer dam, are permitted to •resume
their channel, eight or ten feet deep above
these springs. It may possibly be done by
walling up, or tubing, and so bringing the
waters to the surface.
BUFFALO IMPROVEMENTS
The First Presbyterian Church are rais
ing money to erect a mission chapel, some
thing like that erected by the North
Church last year.
In the mean time, the North Churcicare
moving to raise fifteen hundred dollars for
the current expenses of their mission cha
pel for the present year. And Lafayette
Street Church, not to be outdone by all the
rest, is about to erect a chapel to accom
modate its mission "school, which has had
its sessions for some time past in the chapel
connected with the church.. It is thought
that some other- locality will accommodate
both the church and the school bitter.
A STRIKE IN, UTICA.. ,
The employees in some of the factories
at Utica struck for ten hours a day instead
of eleven for work. After losing some
weeks of labor and wages, and Accomplish
ing nothing, they have gone , to work again,
the employers maintaining that they could
not make the reduction and• compete with
other establishments in the land.
The " situation"., called forth an excel
lent and able sermon from Dr. Fowler, of
the First Church, on " Capital,and Labor,"
showing that the interests of the two
classes are one, and that the golden rule
should govern, all; and it 41 thought that
:both employers and employed maibemiser
and better for the...experience of the past
few weeks.
Some of the' old and tried friends of
temperance in. Rochester held' a meeting
'last week, to inquire. , what -more may be
done to stay the ravages of -intemperance.
D. D. T. Moore, Esq., 'the mayor of the
city, Frederick Starr,' and General Riley,
were among, the active participants in'the
exercises of the meeting.
!After a talk around, it was resolved that
a general Temperance Convention be held,
at the City Hall, in 'Rochester,• on Thurs
day %nest, (Ootober sth,) at which time
it iihoped some plans for farther effort in
this reform may be devised and entered
:upon. It is conceded by all that something
must be.done, as intemperance is running
riot all around W.
CLIFTON SPRINCIN WATER MBE.
Theimproyements and eiklargenients
which have been , gningOrifoisome time at
this noble institution, are progressing
finely. The west wing is now done, em=
bracing a splendid new dining-room, which
:will,'"aaaommodate `, about'; tive`'hundred
guests,. and a magnificent;new parkr,„
forty by .fifty feet. The main portion of
the' - building is also ,approaching .comple
tion. The first and second stories , are to
be in order soon, and the rest finished
Attiring the= Winter,
knew gymnasium has also been.prected,
which is very large and admirably lighted.
Here the patients daily take their =healthful .
exercise. About one hiindrad and thirty
are now under treatment in the, institution.
A few weeks since, in the warmer weather,
the number was• about one` hundred. •and ,
sefenty, indicating great' prosperity. We
know no more admirable health retreat.
It is estimated that about,one thousand
garea of land - in this town are 'now devoted
to the miltare of the grape: ' Eiteniive
vineyards cover the steep , rigged hill aides
on- •the border Ad Crooked,; Lake,
.w here ,
where- nothing else-mould grow: , Lands
'which were 'hardly estimated at a hundred
dollars an acre a - few years igo, are now
held at , a tlionsand dollars. The soil and,
climate are peculiarly favorable for
vine. Poor men have been , mid; rich in
this - new line Of industry. Wine cellars
are to be feinnd here with a capital of one'
or two ; hindeit.ilietisand 'dollars each to
oarrynn their, operations: We fear they
will not; muchlielp the temperance eause.
' ' . 4ENBSEE COUNTY 82'8. ASSOCIATION.
The semi-annual meeting of t}
}is lis earnest,
-werking association, was held last week at
mixanderr; All 010**6126'i:of the: county,
elicept ' two, were ; represented: 'The 'ques
tions under discussion were,'" How'can we
reiel;;Lil the Children of :the county with
biblical insti:iet,ion -and".llons, can. we . ,
be instrnmental ain4e , conversion- Of - ti t
e
greatest number of them-"“ -
, .4
There' - were no itddrelises; but a
t t 3.1)
spyltea i ,ana. prg i lsuie niscussaon,in five
minute. speeches:
eAt, sand impulses given,-Nrhieli. must ;lie
felt throughout the county. -Divas thouglitt
by all a Meeting of great' eicellence.
•Tlte lax,gest 4g)ati):ichoof reported 'for the
county,-, Avas f that -.41f the Presbyterian
Church 'at Leßoy; with' two hundred and
fifty` membeii3: - ,- - ' •
INGMAM UNIVERSITY.
This: institution for yOung jadien, at Le
May; .seems , to be in a highly prpsperOus
condition. The number of students; lire
miees' to be as large-las the buildings will
accommodate.'
P r ERSONAL.
Rev. David Mane of liendham New
Jersey,:deelines the gall .roeently extended'
to him by the, Propbyterian _:Church` of
Penh' - " `C I"." '
itOCiii.;4Erf,'6eptimiiei 80, 1866:- '
FROM OUR, EAST TENNESSEE CORRES-
PONDENT.
insurance Companies in East Temussee--A
Rebel Shot—Rebel Teacher Giving Bowls
—A lieutenant Killed by a Rebel, and
what became of him— Other Incidents—A
Travelling Rebel Preacher—Colored 'troops
—Freedmen's Schools—Rev. J. B. Reeve,
&c., &c.
Mn. EDITOR : have just had an inter
esting conversation with an educated gen
tleman named Major.P., who has been
living a number of yesisin the South, and
who has recentlymarried and settled near
this city. Ile applied to an insurance .
company here to have his house insired.
The reply he received was, "In the con
dition of the country We do not like to
insure houses except in places where
there is a military force." He sent East
to a company to have his life insured.
The company declined, " because he wait _
living in a region where the mob spirit
interfered with the regular operation of
law, and the pledgedifaith of the Gov
ernment." " Years ago," the Major ad
ded, " I had my life insured on a voyage
to China—among the heathens."
The condition of things the Major re
ferred to, is apparent to every one:
Some weeks ago, a rebel named Cox,
from Blount County, was met in a store
at Knoxville, and deliberately shot by ..a
Union man named Foster, whose father
Cox was charged with having shot. The
rebels of Blount County, alarmed atthis
condition of things, are leaving—some
alter due notice, bat many without.
A rebel school-teacher was notified to
leave, and gave bonds of $lO,OOO that
he would never attempt to teach another
s'ehool anywhere in the United States.
Another closed oat and left, and still
others have suspended operations, not
knowing " wherennto this thing may
grow."
A Lieutenant Hall was shot in broad
daylight, in Knoxville, by Abner Baker,
a rebel soldier, and at night Baker was
taken froni the jail, gagged, and hung.
The boys said a Union man might pos
sibly kill a Union man and live,' but it
would not do for a rebel to try it
of rebel outlaws, eight in
number, passed through Blount County,
:several days since, .robbed Mr. Calton,
in his absence from his housed:if a new
suit of clothes ; hurried on to Louisville,
Tennessee, robbing , a.coloredmsn of five
hundred, dollars in money, and pasied on
till they . came to the house of a returned
Soldier,' sail robbed him diihree hundred
dollars. 'The rebel bandits then scam,
- piled to the mountains. • ',V
Occasional visits of a similar kind are
reported in ether counties, and every
such visit only rouses the Union soldiers
and makes them more determined to
•drive such outlaws from the State.
- Months ago,, you may remember read
ing about a rebel above Chattanooga
killing a Union Man, cutting out his
eyes, and tossing them, as he passed'ilie
house, into the lap 'Of his- mother, fix
claiming; There is a pair of eyes of an
old Lincolnite." ' The man has 'been ar
rested, and is in the Cleveland, Tonnes
see, jail., Last week his lawyer moved
that he be " held to •bail," and' as they
were arguing the matter in court, word
got out among the soldiers, and going to
a store they made up - a pony purse,
bought a rope, and came back to the
courthouse to hang' the man. Had he
been admitted to bail, an hour later
witild have found him executed at the
hands' of the populace. '
Lift week, a rebel preacher, Rev. Mr.
Campbell, Old . -, Bchool Presbyterian,
stopped at Rogersville -to: preach. Rebel
men, women, and children gathered to
hear, him, . but some • Union men had cer
tain very' definite conceptions about the
propriety of such ministers—unsidlued
and unrepentant—prisikling to East
Tennessee people, and they made free to
say to said Campbell that he was not
the man to preach at Rogersville, and -
although they did'Udt wish to hurt his
feelings; perhaps he would find it more
comfortable to go somewhere else. ..;
' To-day the Eighth Tennessee Cavalry
- are-paid off, and as they return home; a
• few more of the rebels will doubtless
-leave. The wives, and mothsrs of,these
soldiers will have their story of wrongs and
outrages, and the mean, persecutingre
bel who has annoyed Ind tyrannized
over,them. during -the 'talkthree years,
can find no " cities of
he,
in East Tennessee, where he:, will'"be sectire-
The 'avenger of blood will find him q:out,
and like Esau, his eneriir'ean findine
place of rePentance, , though he. •see iit -
carefully and with tears. -
The- colored troops are also .-being
withdrawn from this section of thp.ptate.
In, the judgment of many ; the, sial ele
ment is so atrong in this
.„ino#irkiin re-'
gipn, that we no longer need the bell! of
the military to Priserve quiet; is
perhaps true. And if the cohAt troops
:are , withdrawn, it because
;they are deficient in,spr i age or any otker
, soldierly quality, or because they lack
efficient officers, or becaussthey are black,
or beceuee, t4:rebs . • hate theta', %tit
simply because the '`
-have
such an overwhelming' Majority in- teat
Tennessee as to`secure order frOixi`Look,--
out Mountain into Bristol without - the:aid
of military fdice. -Many •are of, the-opin
ion that civil law will' thus resume its
sway,_and put an-on-01-.011 the. sooner to
aets_of ,yielence And, all private redress
of personal - wrongs So :104 as Major
1211Pneral StorteMan keepshis headquar
,ters here, however,, it is: - probable that
191(1.e co l ored troops will remain this
Pcst.
Schocils for the - Freedmen are springing
Up in many 16 - cilitieS, sustainedirricome
iiistanees 'by benevolent associations, and
at'otha points' kept up. by-their, own ef-