I CAN _VOLUNTEER. A 4 z"|z~ ■ 4jffllttttiClßtf TO Dollars per year If paid strictly N 3 rwo Dollars and Fifty Cents if paid V j months; after which Three Dollars 10 »d. These terms will be rigidly ad rery instance. No subscription dls- - .. . " ~ ~.. ~ ~ ~." ~ ■ ~" ~ ' -- - ■ --, - ~ :•* - 1 lL tt LZr ge3arepald ’ Pnlessat BY BRATTON & KENNEDY. ~ CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1860. VOL. 53. ifcastonal (Jarirs. e NEDY Attorney at Law, -, jc) slo, Fenna. Ofllce same as that of | f n Volunteer," South side of the Pub- dir . BXJTLEB, Attorney at vo i>P Carlisle, Penna. Office with Wm. J. r -ly. j L t>- jEE, Attorney at Law, 00 -‘ a ' novar Street, Carlisle, Pa., .j i -ly- ; w i“ AKLEY, Attorney at Law. - jG ' i South Hanover street. In the room - u p ' ipled by A. B. Sharpe. Esn. A DUNBAR, Attorney at - otr rllsle, Penna. Office a few doors noil’s Hotel. * y n LTZHOOVER, Attorney UNSKirOR at Law, Carlisle, Penna, v th Hanover street, opposite Bentz’a al ' eolal arrangement with the Patent , v r* s to securing Patent Bights, o> - SLTZHOOYER, Attorney and Real Estate Agent, Shepherds- cl)’ irginia. Prompt attention given to 1 a Jefferson county and the Counties 8 SHEARER, Attorney &o. „w, Carlisle. Pa. Office near Court side of Public Square, in “ Inhofl’s nd floor. Entrance, Hanover Street. , • ihg In all the Courts of this Judicial ipt attention will be given to all ( -,-r le Counties of Perry and Juniata, as * nberland. „ -ly*. . . ),'?■ . MAGLAUGHLIN, Attor- Law. Office in Building formerly ( r olunteer, a few doors South of Han- — d. BHAM, Attorney at Law. with Wra. H. Miller, Esq., South fHanover and Fomfret streets. v IRMAN, Attorney at Law. ' OF In Rheem's Hall Building, in the -xO T urt House, next door to the “Her irlisle, Penna. ’ IDLER, Attorney at Law, I p gle, Penna. Office in Building far ed by Volunteer, South Hanover GRAHAM, Attorney at [flee formerly occupied by Judge ;h Hanover street, Carlisle, Penna, TON SHORT, M. D., (for of Centrovillo, Pa.) Physician and in£ permanently located in Me* pa., most respectfully offers his ser public in the practice of Medicine in all their various .branches.— promptly attended to.) Particular 3n to Surgical Operations and the Chronio Diseases. aln Street, opposite Rail Hoad ave i. July 5, ’6O-ly. >RGE S. SEARIGHT, Den rom the Baltimore College of Denial ce at the residence of his mother, Street, three doors below Bedford, m, TRY—Dr. W. B. Shoemaker— .l Dentist, Newvllle, Pennsylvania, or North of the Post Office, ly. ifileirtcal. ATN^Y’REVENTTVE^EoSI RA. EAT ZINGABI BITTERS. rful remedy was discovered and in ut twenty yearsago by Dr. S. Cheop snt Egyptian physician, ig seen and felt the want of some h would strike the root of disease, much of the suffering which the hu vas then compelled to .endure, [uestion was presented to his mind vivid colors as he moved among the ig, and observed the inefficiency ol > remedies then in use. Thus he was md experiment; and after ten years labor he presented to his fellow man IZINGARI BITTERS. The effect ol blon In the prevention and cure ol so marvelous and astonishing that tiering marks of royal favor wore in him who discovered it. His name pon the Roll of Nobles, and a gold the following inscription: Dr S. 5 Public Benefactor, was presented 3 Viceroy. , atlon has been used in several epl )lera, both as a preventive and cura , and with such great success, that it reduced into nearly all the general he old world. ... ingthatan ounce, of prevention is ad of cure, applies with marvelous era, and therefore any remedy that s against this terrible disease should persistently used. >gists now agree that the cholera on the system through the blood, combination which acts on the ex is, and keeps them in working or revent a sufficient accumulation of exert its terrible effects on the or s is true not only of cholerra, but of bher maladies, especially the dlffer fever. a Bitters is Just such a remedy as the ions require. It acts on the organs and secretion, keeping up a perfect eon them. This Bitters Is composed oots and herbs, so nicely concocted gan is acted upon and put in tone, feasant and its effects prompt and cases of the following diseases have y it: Cholera, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, eraia, Dyspepsia, Flatulency, Cholic, )ollar per quart bottle, v lepot at the Walnut street wharf, Pa. , e by George Winters, wholesale and dealer, Second Street, Harrisburg, sr’s liquor store, and at the Franklin ile. * ____ F. RAHTER, Sole Proprietor. I—Cm. ‘EPSIA!. IMANENTIiY CURED BY STS DYSPEPSIA TROCHES a Pebkanentxy Cubed on the Money Refunded. :hes not only give immediate relief to effect a permanent cure in Dys y are not a purgative, and therefore 38 not create a necessity for the ho- Carthatlcs. They cause no sickness ,ch or griping of the bowels, and are inless to the most delicate, mmediately correct a sour Stomach, ace. Heartburn, Sickness or Fain In i, Costiveness, Belching of Wind, alnt. Headache, and in fact all those and dangerous symptoms of this ch unfit one for the pleasures and delicate persons who have been in use of powerful stimulants and pur find them a mild, safe and sure res digestive organs to their original I vigor. o n. b l »Tr& & CO., Chemists, 718 Market Street, Phll’a. C.STON, Druggist Carlisle. Cumberland sole agent for Cumberland County, all Druggists. JO—3m. IFIRE 0; M. CO., Broadway, 618 N. Y. IB—ly. YENTORS OFFICES. D'EPINEUTL AND EVANS, ENGINEERS & PATENT SOLICITORS No. 435 Walnut Street Philadelphia. itenta solicited—Consultations on Engineer Draughting and Sketches. Models, and Ma *ery or all lands made and skilfully attended Special attention given to Rejected Cases and inerences. Authentic Copies ot all Locu sts from Patent Office procured. ’h. Save yourselves useless trouble and trav lß expenses, as there is no need for personal rvlew with us. All business with these Offl can be transacted in writing.' -For further Jrrnatlon direct as above; with stamp onclos ,wlth Circular with references, 1, IB6o—ly. IRE SHUTTLE SEWING MA INKS are superior to all other for FAMI- D MANUFACTURING PURPOSES. Con *U the latest Improvements; are speedy; less: durable; ana easy to work, Hrated Circulars free. Agents wanted.— v* discount allowed. No consignments (Eitg atibettisements. aaWIS ND DEALER & JEWELER^ CIII3, JKWELILY h KILTER TTIRK, II E 3 and JEWELET REPAIRED. JJ jOB Chestnut A LARGE & SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF DIAMOND JEWELRY OF ALL KINDS. SUCH AS RINGS, PINS, SPUDS, DIAMOND SETS, &0., Also, ON HAND A RAliGi: ASSOKTSIENT OF AMERICAN, SWISS & ENGLISH WATCHES. MY ASSORTMENT OF JEWELRY IS COMPLETE IN ALL RESPECTS, Embracing Articles of the Highest Cost , AS ALSO, Articles of Comparatively Small Value, A VERY LARGE STOCK OF PLAIN RINGS ON HAND. SILVERWARE OF ALL KINDS. ALSO FANCY SILVERWARE SUITABLE FOR BRIDAL PRESENTS. ENGAGEMENT AND WEDDING KINGS ALWAYS ON HAND. Particular Attention Paid to Repairing Watches . Diamonds and all other Precious Stones BOUGHT FOR CASH. AS ALSO, OLD GOLD AND SILVER COUNTRY TRADE SOLICITED. Feb. 1,1806—1 y. Jjl & H. T. ANTHONY & CO., Manufacturers of Photographic Materials WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, 601 BROADWAY NEW YORK In addition to our main business of PHOTOs GRAPHIC MATERIALS, we are headquarter for the following, viz: Stereoscopes and Stereoscopic Views. Of these wo have an Immense assortment, In cluding VIEWS OF THE WAE, Obtained at great expense and forming a com plete Photographic History of the Great Union Contest. Bull Run, Dutch Gap, Yorktown, Pontoon Trains, Gettysburg, Hanover J unction, Fair Oaks, Lookout Mountain, Savage Station, Chickahomlny, Fredericksburg, City Point, Fairfax, Nashville, Richmond, Petersburg, Deep Bottom, Belle Plain, Monitors, Chattanooga, Fort Morgan, Atlanta, Charleston, Mobile, Florida, Strawberry Plains, &c:, &c., &c. American and Foreign Cities and Landscapes, Groups, Statuary, &c., &c. Also, Revolving Ster eoscopes, for public or private exhibition. Our Catalogue will be sent to any address on receipt of Stamp. PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS, We were the first to Introduce these into the United States and we manufacture Immense quantities in great variety, ranging in price from 50 cents to 850. Our ALBUMS.Imve the reputa tion of being superior in beauty and durability to any other. They will bo sent by mail, Free, on receipt of price. B©" FINE ALBUMS MADE TO ORDER. “©8 The Trade will And our Albums the most Sale able they can buy. CARD PHOTOGRAPHS. Our Catalogue now embraces over Five Thou sand different Subjects (to which additions are continually being made) of Eminent Americans, &c„ viz: about 100 Mag-Gens., 100 Lieut. Cols., 650 Statesmen, 100 Brig. “ 250 other Officers, 130 Divines, 875 Colonels, 75 Navy Officers, 135 Authors, 40 Artists, 125 Stage, 50 Prominent Women, 3,000 Copies of Works of Art, Including reproductions of the most celebrated Engravings, Paintings, Statues, &c. Catalogues sent on receipt of Stamp. An order for One Doz en Pictures from our Catalogue, will bo -filled on receipt of $l.BO, and sent by mall, free. Photographers and others ordering goods C.O. D,, will please remit twenty-five per cent, of the amount with their order. JB3**The prices and quality of our goods cannot fail to satisfy. May 17.18(W.—8m ■~pi REMINGTON & SONS, MANUFACTURERS OF REVOLVERS, RIFLES. MUSKETS AND CAMBINES, For the United States Service. Also, POCKET AND BELT REVOLVERS, REPEATIN G'PISTOLS, RIFLE CANES REVOLVING RIFLES, Rifle and Shot Gun Barrels, and Gun Materials, sold by Gun Dealers and the Trade generally. Jh these days of Housebreaking and Bobbery, every House, Store , Bank, and office, should have one of REMINGTON’S REVOLVERS. Parties desiring to avail themselves of the late Improvements In Pistols, and superior workman ship and form, will find all combined in the New REMINGTON REVOLVERS. 4- , Circulars containing cuts and description of our Arms will be furnished upon application. E. REMINGTON & SONS, lllon, N. Y. Moore & Nichols, Agents. No. 40 Courtland St., New York. April 12,1860—6 m. Humfier anfc <Eual. Qoal and lumber. he subscribers beg leave to inform the public that they continue the. COAL AND LUMBER BUSINESS, at the old stand of Delancey & Blair, where they will keep the best, and cleanest Coal in the Market, and perfectly dry, kept under cover. Fa milies will do well to try us; as we are determin ed to sell cleaner Coal, and at as low prices as any other Yard in the Town. Try us and be con vinced.- , ~ , , , We have also on hand, and will keep all kinds of Lumber usually kept in a first class Lumber Yard, which we will sell as low or lower than the lowest. Notice. — All orders for Coal and Lum ber can be left at Martin & Gardner’s, Harris’ and Faller’a Groceries, and at Creamers Jewelry Store, and at Wunderlich’s Glassware and Gro cery Depot, corner of South Hanover and Pom fret Streets, which will be promptly attended to and at the lowest & SHROJf . March 15.1866, QOAL AND LUMBER YARD. ie subscriber having leased the Yard formerly occupied by Armstrong & Hoffer, and purchased the stock of COAL AND LUMRBEE, in the Yard, together with an Immense new stock, will have constantly on hand and furnish to order all kinds and quality of seasoned LUMBER, BOARDS, SCANTLING. FRAME STUFF, PALING, PLASTERING Lath, Shingling Lath, Worked Flooring and Weatherboarding, Posts and Ralls, and every ar ticle that belongs to a Lumber Yard. _ All kinds of Shingles, to wit; White Pine, Hem lock, and Oak, of different qualities. Having cars ofmyown.l can furnish bills to order of any length and size at the shortest notice and on the most reasonable terms. My worked boards wIU bo kept under cover, so they cau be furnished at all times. . I have constantly on hand all kinds of FAM ILY COAL, under cover, which I will deliver, clean, to any part of the borough, to wit: Ly kens valley, Broken Egg, Stove and Nut, Luke Fiddler, Treverton, Locust Mountain, Lauberryf which 1 pledge myself to sell at the lowest prices. lAmebumers? and Blacksmiths' Ctoal, always on hand, which I will sell at the lowest figure. Yard weat aide of Grammar School, Main Street. Deo. 1, 1805 ANDREW H, BLAIR. dlotljing. JJEMOVAL! REMOVAL!! CLOTHING! CLOTHING! “ Quick Sales and Small Profits.'* The subscriber begs leave to Inform his custom ers and the public, that ho has removed his CLOTHING EMPORIUM to the Room formerly occupied by H. S. Ritter, on Main Street, two doors "West of Saxton’s Hardware Store, whore ho will continue the CLOTHING BUSINESS, in all its various branches, UP CLOTHING constantly on Imnd. CO \ PANTS and VESTS, In every stylo and variety. Shirts, white & gray linen, Stockings, Undershirts, Neckties, Collars, Handkerchiefs, Drawers, Suspenders, &c. Also, the best of French Cloths and Casslmores, in ©very variety. He has engaged the services of an experienced cutter, and especial attention will be paid to putting up customer work in the latest and most fashionable stylos. JOHN TREIBLER. April 19, IB6o—Om REMOVAL! BARGAINS IN CLOTHING I Henry S. Ritter would announce to the public that he has removed his CLOTHING AND GENTS' FURNISHING STORE to his now Store-Room, on West Main Street, three doors west of the First National Bank, Car lisle, where ho is fully prepared to MAKE WORK TO ORDER at short notice and in the best and most/cwWona blo style. He has recently returned from the city with a very largo and carefully selected lot of Goods, such as CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, VESTINGS, &c. t which he is prepared to sell at greatly reduced rates. Ho will always keep on hand READY-MADE CLOTHING of the best quality and style, and warranted to be as represented. Call and examine for your selves and bo convinced. His stock of GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING GOODS has been selected with care, and embraces SHIRTS* DRAWERS, COLLARS, STOCKINGS, Fine and Common GLOVES, NECKTIES , SUSPENDERS, HANDKERCHIEFS. and all articles in that line. Our custom department now contains the lar gest assortment of all the Fashionable New Fab rics for our patrons to select from. GOODS SOLD BY THE YARD OR PIECE. Call and examine before purchasing elsewhere. We are always ready to show our Goods to old and new customers. 43®- Don’t forget the Stand, West High Street, in the room lately occupied by R. E. Shaploy’a Jewelry Store April 20.1806—1 y. pLOTHING! CLOTHING!! GREAT FALL IN PRICES, The undersigned is now receiving his complete assortment of SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS, which for style, beauty and price, cannot be ex celled. His stock consists In part of fine Black and Blue French and English Cloths, Extra Heavy Doe skin, three cut and FANCY CASSI MERES. Also, a large variety of Casslnets and Tweeds, Kentucky Jeans, and Cottounades, Linens, and Linen Drillings, In great variety. Also a great assortment of READY MADE CLOTHING, of every stylo and quality, White Linen and Woolen Shirts, Summer Drawers, &c. Constant ly on hand a large assortment of Ties, Collars, Hosiery and Gloves, Linen, Silks and Cotton Handkerchiefs. Also a full assortment of Trunks, Carpet Bags and Valises, of every size. Clothing made to order at the shortest notice. Cali and examine the stock. Don’t forget the stand—South Hanover Street, adjoining Miller & Bowers’ Hardware Store, Car- ISAAC LIVINGSTON. May 10, 1866. faints, &c. Miller & bowers, SUCCESSORS TO LEWIS P. LYNE, North Hanover Street, Carlisle, Pa Dealers in American, English and German HARDWARE, Cutlery, Saddlery. Coach Trimmings, Shoe Findings, Morocco and Lining Skins, Lasts, Boot Trees and Shoemaker Tools of every rflescrlption. Solid and Brass Box Vices, Bellows, Files, Rasps, Horse Shoes, Horse Shoe Nads, Bar and Rolled Iron of all sizes, HAMES AND TRACES, Carriage Springs, Axles, Spokes, Fellows, Hubs, &c., &c. Saws of every variety, Carpenters’ Tools and Building Material, Table and Pocket Cutlery, Plated Forks and Spoons, with an extensive as sortment of Hardware of all kinds and of the best manufacture, which will be sold wholesale or re tail at the lowest prices. We are making great improvements in our already heavy stock oi goods, and invito all persons in want of Hard ware of every description to give us a call and wo are confident you will bo well paid for your trou ble. , ~ Hoping that by strict attention to business and a disposition to please all we will be able to maintain the reputation of the old stand. MILLER & BOWERS. Dec. 1, 1865. Hardware.— a subscriber has just returned from the Eastern Cities with the largest, cheapest, and best selected assortment of Hardware, ever offer ed in this county. Everything kept in a large wholesale and retail Hardware store, can be had a little lower than at any other house in the county, at the cheap hardware store of the sub scriber. NAILS AND SPIKES. Fifty tons nails and splices just received of the very best makes, and all warranted. Country merchants supplied with Nalls at manufacturers' nrices. * Six hundred pair Trace Chains of all kinds, with a large assortment of BUTT CHAINS, HALTER CHAINS, BREAST DO.. FIFTH CHAINS, LOG CHAINS, TONGUE CHAINS, COW CHAINS, &C. HAMES. Three hundred and fifty pair of Hamcs of all kinds just received. Common pattern, London pattern, Elizabethtown pattern with and without patent fastenings, cheaper than ever. PAINTS AND OILS. Ten tons White Lead, 1,000 gallons Oil jnst re ceived, with a large assortment of Varnishes. Tur pentine,, Japan,. Putty, Litharage, Whiting, Glue. Shellac, Paint Brushes, Fire-proof Paint. Florence White, White Zinc. Colored Zinc, Red Lead, Lard Oil, Boiled Oil, Sperm Oil, Fish Oil, <tc. Colors of every description, dry and in oil, In cans and tubs. FARM BELLS. Just received the largest, cheapest, and best assortment of Farm Bells in the county. Green castle Metal and Bell Metal, warranted not to crack. POWDER Twenty-five kegs Dupont Rock and Rlfie Pow der, with a large assortment of Safety Fuse, Picks, Crowbars, Stoue Drills, Stone Sledges, Stone Hammers, &c. PUMPS AND CEMENT. Fifty barrels of Cement, with a very large as sortment of Chain and Iron Pumps of all kinds, cheaper than ever, at the of __ HENRY pAaXON* Dec. 1,1865. TO TUB REV. ALFRED KEVIN, D. D. My Dear Sir; —Your letter addressed to me through the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin disappoints mo; because I did not expect it to come in that way, and because it does not cover the subject in issue between us. But iflamsilentyour friends will say, with some show of reason, that you have vindicated “ Political Preaching" so triumphantly that all op position is confounded. X must therefore speak freely in reply. In doing so, I mean to say nothing inconsistent with my great respect for your high character in the church and in the world. The ad mirable style and temper of your own communication deserves to bp Imitated. X fully concede the right ypu claim for, clergymen to select their dwn themes and handle them as they please. You say truly that neither lawyeVs nor phy sicians nor any other order of men nave the least authority to control you in these particulars. But you will not deny that this is a privilege which may be abused; you expressly admit that some clergy men have abused it “ and by doing so did more than any. other class of men, to com mence and continue the lata rebellion." — While, therefore, we can assert no power to, dictate your conduct, much less to force you, we are surely not wrong when we entreat you to impose upon yourselves those restrictions which reason and rev elation have shown to bo necessary for the good of the church- and the safety of civil society. I acknowledge that your commission is a broad one. You must “declare the whole counsel of God,” to the end that sinners may bo convinced and converts built up in their most holy faith. Truth, justice, temperance,' humility, mercy, peace, brotherly kindness, charity—the whole circle of the Christian virtues— must be assiduously taught to your hear ers; and if any of them be inclined to the opposite vices, you are to denounce them without fear, by private admonition, by open rebuke, or by a general delivery of the law which condemns them. You are not bound to pause in the performance of this duty because it may ollend a pow erful ruler or a strong political party. — Nor should you shrink from it when bad men, for their own purposes, approve what you do. Elevate the moral'charac ter, enlighten the darkness, and purify the hearts of those who are under your spiritual charge, at all hazards: for tuis is the work which your great Taskmas ter has given you to do, and he will ad mit no excuse for neglecting it. But this is precisely what the political preacher is not in the habit of doing. He directs the attention of his hearers away from their own sins to the sins, real or imputed, of other people. By teaching his congregation that they are better than other men he tills their hearts with self conceit, bigotry, spiritual pride, envy, hatred, malice and all tmcharitableness.' Instead of the exhortation, which thej” need, to take the beam out of their own eye he incites them to pluck the mote from their brother’s. He does not tell them what they shall do to be saved, but he instructs them very carefully how they shall act for the destruction of oth ers. He rouses and encourages to the ut most of his ability, those brutal passions which result in riot, bloodshed, spolia tion, civil war and general corruption of morals. H. S. RITTER. You commit a grevious error in suppo sing that politics and religion arc so min gled together that you cannot preach one without introducing the other. Christ and his apostles kept them perfectly sep arate. They announced the great facts of the Gospel to each individual whom they addressed. When these were ac cepted the believer was told to repent and be baptized for the remission of his sins, and afterwards to regulate his own life by the rules of a pure and perfect morality. They expressed no preference for one form of government over anoth er, they provoked no political revolutions, and they proposed no legal reforms. If they had done so they would have flatly contradicted the declaration that Christ's Kingdom was not of this world, and Christianity itself would have died out in half a ceutury. But they accepted the relations which wero created by human law and exhorted their disciples to dis charge faithfully the duties which arose out of them. Though the laws which de fined the authority of husbauds, parents, masters knd magistrates were as bad as human perversity could make them, yet the early Christians contented themselves with teaching moderation in the exercise of legal power, and uniformly inculcated the virtues of obedience and fidelity up on wives, children, slaves and subjects.— They joined in no clamoisfor or against any administration, but simply testified against sin before the only tribunal which Christ ever erected on earth; that is to say, the conscience of the sinner himself. The vice of political preaching was whol ly unknown to the primitive church. It is true that Paul counselled onedi ence to the government of Nero ; and I am aware that modern clergymen inter pret his words as ajustificatiouofthe doc trine that support of an existing admin istration is ‘‘part of their allegiance to God.” Several Synods and other eccle siastical bodies have solemnly resolved something to that effect. But they for get that what Paul advised was simple submission, not active assistance, to Ne ro. The Christians of that day did not endorse his atrocities merely because he was “the administration duly placed in power.” They did not go with him to the theatre, applaud his acting, or praise him in the churches when he kidnapped their brethren, set fire to a city, or deso lated a province. Nor did they assist at his apotheosis after his death, or pro nounce funeral sermons to show that he was greater than Bcipio, more virtuous than Cato, and more eloquent than Cice ro. Political preachers would have done this, but Paul and Peter did no such thing. There is nothing in the Scriptures to justify the Church in applying its discip line to any member for offences purely political, much less for his mere opinions or feelings on public affairs. The clergy are without authority, as they are often without fitness, to decide for their, con gregations what is right or what is wrong in the legislation of the country. They are not called or sent to propagate any kind of political doctrine. The Church and the State are entirely separate and distinct in their origin, their object, and the sphere of their action; insomuch that the organism of one can never be used for any purpose of the other without injury to both. Do I therefore say that the Christian re ligion is to have no influence on the po litical destiny of man ? Far from it.— Notwithstanding the faithfulness of ma ny professors, it has already changed the face of human society; and it will yet ac complish its mission by spreading peace, independence, truth, justice, and liberty regulated by law, “ from the sea to the uttermost ends of the earth.” But this will be accomplished only by reforming and elevating the individuals of whom society is composed; not by exasperating communities against each other; not by any alliance with the governments, of the world; not by any vulgar partner ship with politicians to kill and plunder their enemies. Every time you reform a bad man and bring his character up to the standard of Christian morality, you make an addi tion, greater or leas to,that righteousness" which exaiteth a uation f and subtract an equal sum from the sin which is a re proach to any people. Sometimes a sin gle conversion is extremely important in its immediate effect upon the public in terest of a whole nation. No doubt the acceptance of the truth by Dionysius the Areopagite had much to do in moulding the subsequent laws and customs ol Athens. The conversion of Constantine was followed by the instant abrogation of all laws which fettered the conscience.— In the reign of Theodosius the people of Thessaloniea rose against the,Roman gar rison and killed its commander. For this act of rebellion the Emperor decreed against them the curse of an indiscrimin ate war in which the guilty and the inno cent were confounded together in one general slaughter. His spiritual “ guide, philosopher, and friend” at the time was Ambrose, Archbishop of Milan, who bold ly denounced his cruelty, refused to give him the Sacrament, or even to administer it in his presence, compelled him to take his seat among the penitents on the porti co of the church and induced him tohum ble his diadem in the dust for eight months in succession. The conscience of the Emperor was thoroughly awakened : his subsequent reign was distinguished by justice and mercy, the integrity of the empire was preserved in peace, and the great Theodosiau code, the product of that bitter repentance, is still read and quoted for its admirable union of humanity and policy. Ambrose produced those conse quences by acting in the true capacity of a Christian minister ; for he reformed the criminal by a direct appeal to his own heart; A political preacher in the same circumstances would have inflamed the sanguinary passions of the monarch by exaggerating the treason of the Thessalo nians and counselling the military exe cution all who presumed to sympathize in their sufferings. You will see, I think, the distinction I would make. A gospel preacher addroses the conscience of his hearers.for the lion est purpose of converting them from the error of their ways; a political preacher speaks to one community, one party or one sect, and his theme is the wickedness of another. The latter effects no religious purpose whatever; but the chances are ninety-nine in a hundred that ho excites the bad passion of those who are present, while he slanders the absent and unde fended. Both r classes of preachers fre quently speaK upon the same or similar Riil>ject3. hut tlioy do oo wltl\ dlfTovont Ob jecta and aims. I will make my meaning more clear by taking your own illustrations. You be lieve in the first day of the Week as a Sabbath, and so believing your duty un doubtedly is to exhort all persons under your charge to observe it strictly; but yon have no right to preach a crusade against the Jews and Seven-day Baptists, to get intolerant laws enacted against them for keeping Saturday as a day of rest. Ifdrunkennessboasiu which easily besets your congregation, you may warn them against it, and inasmuch as absti nence is always easier than moderation, you should advise them to taste not, touch not, and handle not; but your position gives you no authority to provoke violent hostilities against tavern keepers, liquor dealers or distillers. If any of your hear ers be ignorant or coarse enough to desire more wives than one a piece, you should certainly teacli them polygamy is the worst f„atm 0,.f Ash,she manners,inconsis tent with Christianity and daugerous to. domestic happiness; but you cannot law fully urge them to carry tiro and sword into the territory of the Mormons merely because some of the Mormons are in this respect Jess holy than you. If the hold ing of slaves or bond servants be a prac tical question among the members of your church, I know ol nothing which forbids you to teach whatever you con scientiously believe to be true on that sub ject. But in a community wore slavery is not only unknown but impossible, why should any preacher make it the subject of his weekly vituperation? You do not improve the religion of the slave-holder by traducing his character nor mend the spiritual condition of your own people by making them thirst for the blood of their fellow men ?• If any person, to whom the service of another is due by the laws of the State in which ho lives, shall need your instruc tion to regulate his personal conduct to wards the slave you are bound in the first place to tell him, that as long as that re lation exists, hfl should behave with the utmost humanity and kindness ; for this you have the clear warrant of the Apos tolic example and precept. In dealing with such a person you may go as much further as your own conscientious inter pretation of the Bible will carry you.— If you are sure that the divine law, docs, under all circumstances, makes the mere existence of such a relation sinful on the part of the master you should induce him to dissolve it by the Immediate emanci pation of his slaves; for that is truth to you which you believe to be true. But where is the authority for preaching ha tred of those who understand the scrip ture differently ? What privilege can you show for exciting servile Insurrection? Who gave you the right to say that John Brown was better than any other thief or murderer, merely because his crimes were committed against pro-slavery men ? I think the minister, In his pulpit dis courses, is forbidden to touch at all upon that class of subjects which are purely po litical ; such for instance as the banking law, tariff, rail road charters, state rights, the naturalization Jaws and negro suf-. frage. These are questions of mere po litical expediency ; religion takes no cog nizance of them ; they come within the sole jurisdiction of the statesman ; and the church has no more right to take sides npou them than the civil government has to use its logilative judicial or executive power for the purpose of enforcing prin ciples wholly religious. In short, If X am not entirely mistaken a Christian minister has no authority to preach upon any subjects except those in which divine revelation has given him an infalliable rule of faith and practice; and, even upon them, he must speak always for the edification of his own hearers, “ rightly dividing the word of truth” so as to lead them in the way of all righte ousness. When ho does more than this he goes beyond his commission, lie be comes a scurvy politician and his influeu is altogether pernicious. The use of the clerical office for the purpose ofpropogatiug political doctrines under any circumstances, or with, any excuse, is, in my judgment not only with out authority, but it is the highest crime that can be committed against the gov ernment of God orman. Perhaps I ought not to make this broad assertion without giving some additional reasons for it. In tlie first place it is grossly dishonest. I employ you as a minister, pay your sal ary and build you a church because I have confidence in your theological doc trines. But you may be atthe same time wholly unfit for my political leader. Now you are guilty of a base fraud upon me, if, instead of preaching religion, you take advantage of the position I have given you to ventilate your crude and ignorant notions on State affairs. I have asked for broad and you give mo'a stone; in stead of the fish I bargained for, you put into my hands a serpent that stings anti poisons me. It destroys the unity of the church. — There is no room for rational dispute about the great truths of Christianity; but men will never agree' upon political subjects, for human government is at best but a compromise of selfish Interests and conflicting passions. "When yon mix the two together you break the church into fragments, and instead of “ one .Lord, one faith and one baptism” you create a thbusand warring sects, and substitute the proverbial bitterness of the odium thcoiogicum for the ‘‘charity which think oth no evil.” No one will deny that a union of church and state Is always the cause of bad gov ernment, perverted religion and corrupt morals, Ido not mean merely that le gal union which exists'inEuropean coun tries. That is bad enough ; but you have less common sense than I give you credit for, if you do not see, that this adulter ous connexion assumes its most polluting form when the church is voluntarily prostituted by her own ministers to a po litical party in a popular government. The evil influence of such connexions upon Church and State is easily account ed for. Both of them'' in combinattbn will do what either would recoil from if standing alone. A politician backed by the promise of the clergy to sustain him can safely defy honesty and trample up on law, for do what he may, he is assur ed of clerical support here and of heaven hereafter. The clergy on the other hand and those who are under their influence easily acquire the habit of praising indis criminately vyhatever is done by their public men. Acting and reacting on one another they go down together in the df rection of the pit that is bottomless; and botli are found to have “ a strange alacri ty at sinking.” No man can serve two masters faith fully ; for ho must hate one if he loves the other. A minister who admires and lollows such men as those who have late ly ruled and ruined this country must necessarily despise the characterot Christ. If ho glorifies the cruelty rapacity and .falsehood of his party leaders ho is com pelled by an indexible law of human na ture to “ deny the Lord who bought him.” The experience of fifteen centuries proves that political preachers are the great curse of the world. More than halt the bloody wars which at different peri ods have desolated Christendom, were produced by their direct instigation ; and wherever they have thrust themselves into a contest commenced by others, they always envenomed the strife and made it more eru6l, savage and uncompromis ing. The religious wars, so-called, had nothing religious about them except that they were hissed up by the clergy. Look bacic and see If this he not, true. The Arian controversy (the first groat schism) was followed lay wars in which millions of lives were lost. Do you sup pose the real quarrel was for the inser tion or omission of filioquc in that part ol the creed which describes tire procession of the Holy Ghost? Did a homiowtian slaughter his brother because he was a homoiousian ? No, it was not the differ ence of a dipthong, but the plunder of an empire that they fought for. It was the politics of tlie church, not her religion, that infuriated the parties and converted men into demons. The Thirty Years War in Germany is often supposed to have been a fair stanu up fight between the two loading forms of Christianity. It was not so. The re ligious difference was a false pretence ol the political preachers for the promotion of their own schemes. There was not a sane man on all thatcontincnt who would have felt himself impelled by motives merely religious to murder his neighbor tor believing or disbelieving in transub stanation. If proof of this were wanting, it might bo found in the fact, that long before the war ended, the sectarian cries were abandoned, and Catholics, ns well us Protestants, rvere fighting on both aides. It is utterly impossible to believe that the clergy of England and Scotland, if t.ioy had not been politicians, would nave thought of waging bloody wars to settle the question! of election and repro bation, fate, fore-knoledge, free will, ami other points of metaphysical theology.— Nor would they, apart from their politics, have encouraged and committed the oth er horrid crimes of which they wereguilty in the name of religion. Can you thihk that the Irish were in vaded, and conquered, and oppressed, and murdered, and fobbed forconturies m.‘re ly because the English loved and believ ed in the Protestant religion ? I suiipo.se yon know that those brutal atrocities were carried on for the purpose of giving to po litical preachers in England possession ol the churches, cathedrals, globe lands and tythes which belonged to the Irish Catho lics. The soldier was also rewarded by confiscation and plunder. The church and the state hunted in couples, and Ire laud was the prey which they ran down together. Coming to our own country you find Massachusetts and Connecticut in coloni al times under the sole domination of po litical preachers. Their torncherous wars upon the Indians for purposes wholly mercenary; their enslaving of white per sons, as well ns red ones, and selling them abroad, or “ swapping them for blacka moors their whipping, imprisoning and killing Quakers aud Baptists, for their conscientious opinions ; and their base treatment of such men as Roger Williams aud his friends, will mark their govern ment through all time as one of the cru dest and meanest that ever existed. Political preachers have not behaved any better since the revolution than be fore. About the commencent of the fire sent century they were busy in their vile vocation all over New England and con tinued it for mauyyears. The wilful aud deliberate slanders habitually uttered from the pulpit againstJeflbrson, Mad ison, and the friends who supported them, were a disgrace to human nature. The immediate effect of this was the Yankee plot to secede from the Union, followed by corrupt combinations with a foreign enemy to betray the liberties of the coun try. Its remoter consequences are seen in the shameless rapacity and bitter ma lignity which, even at this moment, are howling for the property and blood of an unarmed and defenceless people. You and I both remember the political preaching which ushered in andsupported the reign of the Know Nothings, Blood Tubs and Plug Uglies ; when Maria Monk was a Saint and Joe Barker wasMayorof Pittsburg ; when pulpits resounded every Sunday with the most injurious false hoods against Catholics ; when the public mind was debauched by the inculcation of hypocrisy and deception ; when minis ters met their political allies in sworn se cresy to plot against the rights of their fellow citizens. You cannot forget what came of this —riot, murder, church-burn ing, lawless violence all over the land, and the subjugation of several great States to the political rule of a party destitute alike of principle aud capacity. I could easily prove that those clerical politicians, who have tied their churches to the tail of the Abolition party, are criminal on a grander scale than any of their predecessors. But I forbear, partly because I have no time, and partly be cause it may, for aught I know, be a sore subject with you. I would not excite your wrath, but rather “ provoke you to good works.” Apart from the general subject there are two or three special ideas expressed in your letter from which I venture to dissent. You think that, though a minister may speak from the pulpit on politics he ought not to indicate what party he belongs to. It strikes me, that if he has a party, and wants to give it ecclessiaaticai aid or ADVERTISING TERMS. Advertisements will be inserted at-Ten Cents per lino for the first insertion, and flv# cents per lino for each subsequent insertion. Quar terly, half-vearly, and yeorly advertisements lu sorted at a liberal redaction on the above rates Advertisements should be accompanied by the Cash. When sent without any length of time specified for publication, they will be contitnaed until ordered oat and charged accordingly. • Cards, Handbills, Circulars, and every other description of Job and Card Printing executed in the neatest stylo at low prices. —NO. 8. comfort, ho should boldly avow himself to bo what no is, so tout airmen may know him. Sincerity is the first of vir tues. It is bad tobe n wolf, but a wolfin sheep's clothing ia infinitely worse. You represent the church as an unfin ished structure and the State as Its scaf folding. I think the church camoperfect from the hand of its divine Architect— built upon a rock, established, finished, complete—and every one who comes into it by the right door will find a mansion prepared for him. It needs no scaffold. Its founder refused all connection with human governments for scaffolding or any-other purpose. You say (in substance) that, without sometimes taking political subjects, p, minister is in danger of falling Into a “ vague, indefinite and non-committal stylo” which will do no good and bring him no respect. The gospel is not vague, indefinite or non-committal upon the subjects of which it takes jurisdiction, and upon them you may preach as loud ly as you please. But 1 admit that in times of great public excitement—an im portant election or a civil war—men lis ten impatiently to the teachings of faith and repentance. A sermon which tells them to do justice, love mercy and walk humbly before God, is not an entertain ment to which they willingly iijyltc, themselves. At such a time a elorfrvrrfiT? can vastly increase his personal quenoe, and win golden opinions ir6m his audience, by pampering their passions with a highly seasoned discourse on pol itics. The temptation to gratify them often becomes too strong for the virtue of the preacher. I fear that you yourself are yielding to it. As a mere layman I have no right to advise a Doctor of Di vinity, but I hope lam not over presum tuous when I warn you against this spe cious allurement of Satan. Ail thoughts of putting tire Gospel aside because It does not suit the depraved tastes of the day, and making political harrangues to win popularity in a bad world, should be sternly trampled down as the suggestions of that Evil One; “ who was a liar and a murderer from the beginning.” Faithfully yours, &c., York, July 25, >6(l. J. S. BLACK. Something about Sunstrokes. The recent intensity of solar heat has, as usual, given rise to aconsiderablonum ber or fatal results consequent upon direct exposure to its influence. A few words of information upon the nature of this dangerous affection will no doubt be in teresting, and may also have their use in enabling the reader to avoid so sudden an exit from sub-solar existence. It is rather a singular fact that sun stroke is more fatal and more frequent in the temperate than in the torrid zone.— Now York has more cases than Havana or Rio Janerio, in proportion to popula tion, and even in Quebec the danger is quite ns great, in the few days of intense heat alloted to that region, as in any part of the world. The indications of the thermometer are very Imperfect guides in regard to the action of neat upon the animal frame. “ The true indication of the force of the solar rays,” says Heroeh el, “ would seem to be, not the statical eltects on the thermometer, but their mo mentary intensity measured by the ve locity with which they communicate heat to an absorbent body.” It is this “mo mentary intensity” which causes the phenomenon of sunstroke, and which seems to be greater in regions without than within lire tropics. When the head is exposed to the son’s rays in times of their greatest intensity,, the heat seems often to cause instant in flamatory action in the contents of the skull. The sufferer experiences intense headache, succeeded by vomiting; he then falls breathless, and unless instant assistance be given turns black in the face and expires. Victims of sunstroke arc most often laborers, and intox.eating drinks strongly predispose to this suddm inlhuuation of the cranial organs. Any constriction about the neck, from tight cravats or collars, also predispose to sun stroke, aud generally and depressing agents, mental or physical, lessen the re sisting power of the body to this as t» other diseases. Terrestrial radiation of the sun’s heal seems to bear an important part in the production of sunstroke. At sen, and on small islands, such a result is verry un common, no matter how Intensly tho sun’s rays beat down; while inland, aud especially in large cities, where’ stony pavements and long ranges of buildings combine to add their radiant caloric to tho direct action of the sun, fatal cases must often occur. One of the best protect!ves against sun stroke is the sun umbrella, universally used in our Southern cities, but rarely seen at tho North, were, during our short but fiery summer, they are even more neccessary. If, in addition to this, cra vats and dress hats are discarded, the hair clipped close, all alchoholic bever ages strictly eschewed, animal food re duced to a minimum and ice drinks, water, soda water or lemonade, freely but temperately indulged in, we may con stantly continue outdod? avocations with out danger. Laboring men, who cannot carry sun umbrellas, will find their greatest safety in teetotalism, at least during the heated term, with frequent washing of the head in cold waiter while at work in the sun, and immediate abondoment .of labor on the occurence of dizziness or sickness at the stomach. For one sunstruck, tho moat effectual plan is removal to shelter, free.application of cold water to the bead, water to drink if the patient can swallow, and medical aid without delay. A favor ite treatment of sunstroke in the army, said to have been very successful, was the continuous dashing of the patient’s body with cold water until revival takes place—often for an hour or more—with, plenty of water to drink, when swallow ing was possible. A trial of this in civil practice is certrinly justifiable, seeing that under the usual treatment every case terminates fatally. —Boston Commercial. Life. —The mere lapse of years is not life. To eat, drink and sleep; to be ex posed to darkness and light; to pace around the mill of habits and turn the mill of wealth ; to make reason our book keeper, and though an implement of trade—this is not life. In all this but a poor fraction of the unconsciousness of humanity is awakened; and the sancti ties still slumber which make it worth while to be. Knowledge, truth, love, beauty; goodness, faith alone can give vi tality to the mecnanism of existence; the laugh of mirth which vibrates through the heart, the tear which freshens the dry wastes within, the music that brings childhood back, the prayer that calls the future near, the death which startles us with mystery, the hardship which forces us to struggle, the anxiety that ends in being.— Chalmers. The Maiden’s Vow. —The Mammoth Cave in Kentucky is not without its story of love and romance. Some twenty years ago a dashing Tennessee girl promised her mother that she would never marry a certain man “on the face of the earth” —said suitor being particularly objection able to the old lady. So their was quiet in the family for some time. But on* pleasant day the gay girl and her lover ran away and went into the cave, to a spot now called the “ Bridal Chamber,’ ’ and in the presence of a few witnesses were there matrimonially united, about , 525 feet below the “face of the earth.” JOB PRINTING.
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