klhurcht a, withintheapnce ofseven or eight yenra, two of the first, cs well as the most prominent - amo ng them, having been rather busy advocates of the most stringent " tuvis " (i. e., basis of union between the .Associate Reformed and Associate ebarches,) which was ever before the Churches. In bygone days, when the Associate Reformed 'Church in the 'West bad nothing to offer her min isters but small salaries and hard work., there were no such desertions, She stood firmly on her *an ground; her members were attached to her Standards, and she laid no temptelons before them to play:fast and loose with her Standards." The Doctor, after intimating that the present •it s t a mpede " is occasioned, in part at least, by a want of entire harmony upon the attempted union with the Associate, or Seceder portion of th e 41 Sootoh" family of Churches-as they are some. times called—proceeds to give those who have gone out '(mostly into the Old School ,connexion, we suppose,) some parting advice. He Bays: "They can hardly have so far, changed their views, but that they still regard the ground mum pied by the Associate Reformed Church in rela tion to Psalmody, both safe and good, as well as protltribl -;,;to men ; and they may, gsondstently enough with their present relations, labor in their new connexion, to bring the two Churches. to the nearest possible conjunction and uniformity,' on this subject.. The timeh' are favorable; there Is a wholesome reaction in the Prysbyterian Church,,so far as this matter is concerned. Their new friends will not esteem them the leek,. but they will respect them the more, if. they,. pip, them unwilling to break, warily, with , their old fri e nds." - This is indeed excellent advice, and we Would rejoice to see the bends of union drawn tighter awl tighter between all.branches of, the Presby terian family of churches; but we certainly do not know what the bootor means by "re-action" as above. This language does not apply, to the Old School, if it implies any dissatiafaatioh with our most excellent, Serfisturad book of. Psalms and Hymns. There Is certainly, we think, no "re action " with us. There is at present something of a dearth of religious news in our region. We hear of some brethren who contemplate holding series of meet ings, about the first of the new year—the indica tions of seriousness seeming to dell for some extra effort. We road with deep interest your report of the Convention of four Synods, at Pittsburgh. Our prayer. in connexion with yours, was, s 4 Lord pour oat of thy Spirit in mercy.upon the whole Church, and graciously revue thy , work throughout all our borders." The weather continues mild_ and pleasant. There has been hardly frost enough to freeze water sines the month of December came in. Yours, &c., Nom-Weer. Itivs tgartnut Washington. Congressional affairs were interrupted, last week, by the announcement of the deaths of Sen ator Butler, and Mr. Montgomery. It has be come a habit in Congress; that the death of only one member shall he announced in a day, how ever many may hare deceased since the previous meeting. The announcement is made early lri the day; the other House is informed of the event; eulogies are pronounced; and both Houses adjourn. Still, hosierer, this Congress 'opens With more of a business spirit, than did Dome of ite , prede. (lessors. Usually, nothing orimportanoe was at. tempted till after , the holidays. ,„ Now, there are already some important matters in progress. The Committees, in both houses, are appointed: We notice the name of Judge Douglas at the head of the Senate's Committee on the Territories. This is an indication that he has not yet, though threatened with the calamity, been read out of his party. Mr. Harris, of the Union, has been cleated printer to the Senate. This vote sustains the President. The Senate has called for all the correspond. ence between the Governor' of Kansas and the leads of Departments, since the last Congress. This will exhibit, probably, the origin and pro greas of the difference between the President and Governor Walker—at their separition last Spring, most 'cordial friend., and at their meeting this Fall, though respectful toward each other, are yet so alienated in sentiment that they can no longer co-operate. The subjeat of Chaplains to Congress , had be come one of some embarrassment, and oft pro duced things deeply humiliating. This year there seems to be a change. No Chaplains are to be cleated, but the services Of City Clergymen are accepted; some thirty Protestant ministers hay ing united In tendering themseli4 'Cor the put. pose. Mr. Green, of Mo., undertook, in the Senate, the defense of the President's' Kansas measures, in an able argument. Judge Douglas replied with much vigor. In the House, Mr. Cox, -a Democrat frbm Ohio, assailed the Message, ,and Mr. Hughes, of Ind., responded. , These speeches all (same out on the motion to print the Message, and may be regarded but as a prelude. The grand controversy belongs yet to the future. The proposition to raise $20,000,000 for the public service, by the issue of Treasury notes, has been brought before both Houses. It will doubtless pass. The money is greatly needed. The receipts fall far short of the wants of Gov • - ernment. This state of things is regarded by the tariff men as peculiarly favorable to them. Several 'of the leading journals have had articles• on the snkiect, and none need be surprised that it is brought before Congress. Official information has been received from the troops sent toward 'Utah. They are one thou sand eight hundred in number, and have been mach annoyed by the Mormons. Two of the wagon trains have been burned, and three droves of cattle, eight hundred and ten in number, have been driven off. Surely, we think,.most of them ought to be recovered. But the things burnt cannot be restored, and the men are likely to have hard times wintering in the mountains, where snow was already abundant. Government seems to have miscalculated the strength and courage of the foe. That the Merino& should become assailants, waging war against the'United States, is but an exhibition of the irrationality of fanaticism. Various plans have been euggest:' ed of raising a force for the Spring campaign., The President asks some new regiments. Others suggest a large volunteer corps from the West,' embracing the Indians. The Californians have written letters to Senator Gwin, asking authority to organize some regiments of volunteers there, for an early attaok'from that nide'of the country. Ways and means will not be wanting. An Eanabling bill has been presented in , the Senate, by Judge Douglas. It is the Toombs' bill of last year, which then passed the Senate, but was lost in the House. It provides for a Con vention in Kansas, to form a State Constitution; with a clause affirming that the Constitution shall be submitted to a popular vote, and shall be approved by a majority, before being sent to Congress for notion there. The want of such a clause prevented its adoption when formerly pre sented to the House. The same bill is also now before the House, so that both branches may de liberate upon it at the same time. Acting Governor Stanton's Message to the new Legislature, in Kenna, has been received. It is a temperate document, evincing much prudence. Be gives, as a reason for the calling together of the Legislature, the excited state of feeling in the territory, from the proceedings of the late. Constitutional Convention. lie says that Dele gates were elected by but nineteen Counties, while the same number of Counties, containing& larger population, were prevented from voting by having been neglected in the registration.; hat even of those registered, only two thousand two hundred, less than one-fourth, voted. He disapproves of the course of the majority of the people in then refusing to vote, add attributes to that refusal the evils now upon the territory. But still, he does not consider a convention so or ganized, as embodying in itself the sovereignty of the people. He Bays: In its very nature, that sovereignty which erects goy ailments and endows them with their legitimate powers, can he exercised only by the people themselves. It is in capable of alienations, and is as inseparably inherent in tbe body of the people, ber are personal identity anti lode pendant will. in each Individual. The people cannot divest themselves of it, any mere than an individual tan divest himself of his own moral responsibility. While he thus maintains the sovereignty of the people, he advises that the Legislature shall not repeal the law Made by their predecessors, and which has already been partially executed, in the aseemblin'g of the Convention, and in their acts ; bit that they shall provide for a fair elec tion on the constitution mibmitted, and let the sovereign people say, not only in which form they would prefer to have it, bdt also to say whether they will have it at all. He thinks that thus there Might be bad a fair,-expression of opinion. But the great event of the week was, the us. stost4irrort af Governor Walker. The Governor finding that his views respecting the duties of his office, and those of the President had become exceedingly diverse, left the territory, some weeks ago, and came to Washington. A number of long and earnest conferences failed to bring either to the sentiments of the other; and as it was thus found to be impossible for the Governor, under his sense'of diity to the people of the territory, to execute the will of the President, he tendered his resignation. The Governor's resignation is accompanied by a long and very carefully written letter. As this letter is the production of a gentleman of 'pre eminent ability and acknowledged integrity, one, selected by the President out of his own party, and professes to give facts, and as the President's views were given in full, it may be but yielding to the claims of justice to lot our readers know a few, at least, of the facts and reasons which have influenced the resignation. They belong to an honestly written history of the times. He says I accepted, however, on the exprees condition • that I should advocate the submission of the constitution to the vote of the people for istification or rejection- These views are clearly understood by the President and all hie Cabinet. They wor e distinctly eet•forth in My letter of acceptance of this office, on the 20th of March last, and reiterated in my inaugural address, on the 27th of May last, as follows : "Indeed, I cannot doubt that the convention, after having framed a State constitution, will submit it far ratification or rejection by a majority of the then actual bona-ilde resi dent settlers in Kansas." With these views, well known to the President and Cabinet, and approved by them, I ac cepted the appointment of Governor of Kansas. My in structions from the President, through' the Secretary of State, under date of the lath of Marsh hat, eustain "the regular legleisture of the Territory, in anietubling a;con vention to form a constitution," and they express the opin ion of the President, that' "when such a constitution shall be submitted to the people of the Territory, they must be protected in the exercise' of their right of voting, for or against the instrument, and the Air expression of the.nop ular w il l must not be fratekrupted by fraud or violence." In my official dispatch to you of the second or June last, a copy of that litaugus al address was transmitted to you fOr the further information of the president and hie ;Oab• bet.. No , exception was ever taken so any portion of that address. On the coOtriFy• it Is distinctly admitte4 by the President in his meeeege, with commendable frankness, that. my Instruction! In favor of the eabinission of the c.onetltution to the vote of the people were " general and ungnallaed.7 , . It will not be,denied that:sovereignty is the only power, that ban make State constitutions, and that it rests exclu sively With, the people; and if it Ij/inalienable, and cannot be dolegateh, as I have shown, then' it' can only be tzar cieed b y the . Rople themeelves. Under our government, we knni no sovereigns but 'the people. Conventions are coin potted of delegates." They are mere agents or trustees, ex ercising, not a eovereign, but a delegated power, 'and the people are the prinakpals„ The power delegated to such conventions can properly extend only to the framing or the constitution, but its ratification or rejection can only be performed by the power where sovereignty alone rests, ntitnily, , ,theysfopin * * * * That convention (the Lecompton,) had vital, not techni cal, defects in the very substance of its organisation under the territorial law, which could only be cnred, In my jut* meet, as Set foith ' in my inaugural and other addressee, by the submission of the constitution for ratification or rejec tion by the people. On reference to the territorial law, un der which the convention was assembled, thirty-four regu larly organised counties ware named es election districts, for delegates to the convention. In each and all of these counties it was required by law that a census should be taken, and the voters registered; and when this was-com pleted, that delegates to the convention should be appor tioned accordingly. In nineteen of these counties, there was no census taken, and therefore there could be no such appointment there or delegates, based upon aut h census; and in fifteen of Shone counties there was no registry of voters. These fifteen counties, including many of the oldest or , ganised counties of the territory, were entirely disfran chised, and did not give, by no fault of their own, could not give, a solitary vote for delegates to the convention. * * I repeat, that in nineteen counties out of the thirty-four there was no lumens; and in fifteen countiee out of the thirty-four there was no registry, and not a solitary vote was given, or could be:given, fur delegates to the convention, in then counties. ; gnrely, then, it cannot be said that such a convention, chosen by scarcely more than one-tenth of the preeent voters of Kansas. represented the people of that Territory, and could rightfully impose a constitution upon them without their consent. After noting the great excitement, and the im minent danger of a civil war, he says: In truth, I had to choose between arrestinrtbst berm notion, at whatever cost of American blood,. by the Fed mil arms, or to prevent the tetrible' catastrophe, as I did, by my pledge to the people of tho exertion of all my power to Obtain a fair 'elestiou, and the Submission of the condi triton to a vote of the people for ratification or rejection. Not a drop of blood has been shed by the Federal troops in Kansas, during my administration. Bat Insurrection and civil war, extending, I fear, throughout the Country, were *lone_ prevented by the course pursned, by Me on there occasions. and the whole people abandoning their revolu. Bouncy violence, were induced by me to go, for the first time, into a general and peaceful election. Inasmuch, however, as this difference is upon a vital quef tion, #usolving practial results and new instructions, it is eertainlymmeh more'respectful to the Preside : MC . on my pert, to resign the office of GoVernor, and give him an op portunitv of filling it, as is his right under the. constitu tion, with one who concurs with him in his present opin ions, rather than to go to Kansas andieree him to remove me by disobedience to his Instructions. This latter course, in my, judgment, would be incompatible with a proper res Peat for the chief magistrate of the Union—ineorststent with the rules of moral rectitude or propriety—and could be adopted with no other view then to force the President to remove me from office. Such beiag Governor Walker's view of the ease, it was but his duty to resign; and, however men may think of his firmness in declining to execute the wishes of the Executive at Washington, they must, Contemplating his instructions, and the promises be made to the people under those instructions, admire his consistency. From the clear import of hie pledges he could not and would not depart. It seems strange that the Government agents, sent to Kansas, are compelled so soon to I.i:tendon their post. In some five years of the distence of the territory, there have been four Governors, all of whom have fallen into disfavor, or been compelled to resign. And three of these were Pennsylvanians, (Walker was bred and born in that State.) And there have been several Secre taries in the same predicament. However it may, be accounted for, it yet proves • one thing—there is not that love.of place in appointees of the Government whioh is sometimes charged. There are men who accept office, who are possessed of integrity; and of such it behooves every good citizen to speak well, however diversified may be their party predilections. The Treasury note bill passed the Senate, by a vote of thirty•one to eighteen. It authorises the, issue of scrip, to the amount •of $20,000,000, bearing such interest as the Department may find needful; not to exceed six per vent. The act is limited to January Ist, 459, notes to be less than $lOO, and may be reissulik,l They are receivable for all debts due the Governibent. In the Heise the Opposition talked much about Governmental extravagance, the suspension of specie payments, and the large amount asked for, some thinking that $10,000,000 would be a sufficiency. But the bill passed by a vote of one hundred and eighteen against eighty-six. • A resolution has passed both Houses providing that members shall be paid at the commencement instead of the close of the session; and $260 each per month during the session. It was also resolved, that after the adjourninest , on Wednesday (23d) there should be a rebess till Monday, the 4th of iannary, 1868. The Western Division. The Western, or Pacific, Division of the United States is rapidly rising in importance. The adoption of a Constitution by Oregon will doubt less soon be followed by its admission as a State. Then there are the Territeries of Washington, and Utah, and the applications for the new Ter ritories -- of -Arikonia and Carson, Valley. , These being all received, would give four votes in the THE PRESBYTERIAN BANNER AND ADVOCAT_t. Senate, and some eight; or ten in the House ; af fording quite an influence to the region. Then, on the social! question, the indications are very decided for freedom. Slavery is now excluded from almost the whole coast, that is, from the Southern border of California, at 32i degrees, to the Northern line of Oregon, at 46 ; and into the remaining three degrees, reaching to the 49th parallel of latitude, which is our Northern boundary, it is not likely to find access. If nothing else could prevent it, the frost would. The refusal of the Slavery clause in the Consti tution of Oregon, seems, as tar as the returns are received, to have been very decided. The vote reported is more than five to one. This is the more to be noticed, since Missouri, Kentucky, and the other Western Slave States are thought to have furnished, as they did to California, the majority of the early settlers. But Oregon has excluded free. Negroes by a vote equally decisive. Regarding this, the San Francisco Bulletin says: • " The vote excluding free Negroes may be Crit icised in some quarters. Our feeling is favorable to the policy' of keeping all inferior races of peo ple from a free State. It is much better to keep them away than to let them come, and deprive them of all civil rights and power of defending themselves or property, as is done in California. Every man who comes should stand on an equali ty in the eye of the law.> And as circumstances • manifestly prevent free' Negroes from ever occu pying any such positionin - thecUnited State's; the best and honeetest plan is to prohibit their 'coin— ing altogether." Several of the States of the Union have a aim- filar provision ; but there is a something about it which renders it, for the moat part, a dead letter. EURZILMMZNT.] COUNTERFEIT BANK NOTE DETEOTINO is branch of commercial education that cannot be neglected without loss, especially to the young business man. Consequently, the Iron City Com mercial College, to be first and foremost in every thing phitaining , to a complete business' educe, tion, has engaged permanently Mr: J.'W: Ken nedy as the instructor in this department. Mr. K. is the editor of "Kennedy's Bank Note and Com-. mercial Review," the oldest and mostreliable Coun terfeit 'Detector in the country, which is a suffi cient guarantee that he is in every way qualified to give the most satisfactory instru : .tion in his de partment. He explains to the student the va rious classes of frauds practised' upon our bank note currency, and enables him to make the proper distinction in the detection 'of each class. This-is the only College in which this knowledge is systematically taught to all the students. [ADTEHTTEENIXT.] . To the Million. Prof. Wood, of St. Louis, has, after years of deep study and untiring research, succeeded in presenting to , the public an article superior to any now in use, and indeed it is truly a wonderful_ discovery—we advert to his .Hair Restorative; the only article that has been dompletely success-' ful in'cheating age 'of his gray locks, removing dandruff, itching, Krona's, &o. It restores tbe, gray-headed to more than" theoriginal beauty ;, adds new lestre to locks already, luxuriant; hav ing the effect on coarse, harsh hair:to render it glossyand wavy ; fastens permanently hair - that is loose or falling, and , many other qualities which will become known as soon as used. The pride of mankind is singularly developed . in the keeping and arrangement of the hair; perhaps from the fact that it is the only portion' of the human body that we can train in any way we 'choose'; how important Alien, having his portion left to our care, that we should use all the means science has placed in our hands to s render it beautiful and parlament. If you would have beautiful hair, glossy hair, hair with its natural oolon,elegantly preserved to extreme old age, don't fail to purchase Wood's Hair Restora tive. —Daily lowa State Gazette. Sold by all Druggists. [ADvaBTTdnIRNT.I ionic. From COL Albert Pike, M. a from'Arkamlae WAsettinTon, D. C., June 11, 1856 I have used two bottles of your Bcerbave's Rolland Bitters, and have found it very useful in case of indigestion and headache, and recommend it to all who need a pleasant and - efficacious remedy and valuable tonic." I:)yapeptio Women Notice. 7 -Baerhave's Holland Bitters has cured me of Dyspepsia by using it only one week. I recommend it confidently to all suffering from this disease„. . CLARA B SeatronieN. Pittsburgh, Oct.. 24, 1856. Mrs : S. is the wife of the noted Lithographer) The late High Sheriff of 'Allegheny County has given us the following. "I was afflicted with Debility of the Digestilie Organs, amounting to a severe attack of Dys pepsia, whieh had reduced my flesh considerably. My wife was also afflicted under same circum stances, and with same 'disease. Haring used your• medicine called Bcerhave's Holland Bitters, both obtained relief, and are happy to afford you this public evidenoe.of its value." llttsbuigh, Jim. 22d, 1857. . CAUTION I—Be careful to ask for Bcerhave!a Holland Bitters. Sold at $l.OO per bottle; or, six bottles for $5.00, by the sole proprietors, BENJAMIN PAGE, JR., & CO., Pittsburgh ; and Druggists generally. . • Markets. - • • Prrrescaon, Tuesday/Dec 23. ABHllB—PAlnia. Wt. Yrtte, 1580 1 4 C, Bodo Ash, 8X041.4c. APPLI6B--Commnia, $1.25; selected, $1.5001.75; choice Winter, $1.75(42.00. Buse—Prime White, $1.004110 per bus. - Bovvea awn Noes—Prime Roll Better. flail) ; good do , le: Inferior Butter, 1404 Packed, 1031e1234. Eggs, Ifial7o. thitsss-149 1 4. • • CRAWBEREMS-18 0009.00 per bid. DEMO Faurr —Apples, SL2S. Peaches, $2.25 per bus. Plarfur6s--00@6e4'. 11 . 15t.-50(455c. per 100 lbs. Amu—from first hands, up jiver superfine. $Bl6 ; extra $4.00k fromatore, up river superfine $4.004314.12; down rives , do., S4.2fi ; upriver extra, $4 25@4.87 ; down river do., MAO; family extra, $475a5.00. Rye, 113.7668.87. Buckwheat, $2.20@2.20 per 100 lbs. OgAnt—Onts, 28028%c. Corn, 873.040 c. Barley, 850 410: Rye, 65e. Wheat, 800082090. litosawr—New, $43.60 per bbl. Ear tO.OO 15,00. Lson-.-No. 'l. City, loalio3,60: • • Porsvoss—Reds, 82a850. Pinkeyee, 40a46c. Neshan nocks, RR. BEEDS--Olover, 4.25 per bue. or 62 lbs. 'Timothy, $1450 2.00. 'Flax, $1 00. e • ' " •- ' PgIUDELPIO4, December 21. litoint--Brepertine. 0.00 ; earn. 26.25(4)100; fancy, ON* 6.00. Rye. $4.00. Corti Meal, $B.OO. • ' Chtelw--: , Wheat red, 1.098111; white, $1.15x124. Rye, Me. Corn yellow, boass. Oath. Delaware, 88%; Penn. eylvania, Me. SUN—glover, 5.0045.123; . . . Lee --10a12in bbla, and 1.1411% in kegs. Mese Pork—sl6.oo. lortign Intelligturt. By the arrival of the Canada, at Halifax, and the Adriatic, at New York, we have Liverpool dates to the 9th inst. Money matters were slightly easier, but some failures were still occurring. Breadstuffs, Pro visions, and Cotton, were dull, and rather on the decline. The news , from Hamburg repres,ented the' de pression in business as very severe. It extended, also, to Berlin, and all the Northern cities of Eu rope. Thalaunclung of the Leviathan, was being con ducted by very powerful machinery. Iffic was progressing daily , into deep water. The Queen opened Parliament, in person,,on the Bd. Her speech, always prepared by Minis-, ters, was, as usual, very short. The principal things noted, were the following "Mr LORDS AND Gamma:sun—Circumstances have recently arisen, connected with the commer cial interests, which have induced me to call Par liament together b'efore the usual time. The fail!. We of joint-stock Banks, and of some mercantile firth's, hive Produced' such an' extent , of ,distrust as led me to authorize Ministers to rhbOmmaid to the Bank of England the adoption of a course of proceeding which appeared necessary for allay ing the prevalent alarm. As that course hoe involved a departure from the existing law, a bill for indemnifying those who advised and those who adopted it, will be submitted for your considera tion. I have observed with great regret that the state of commercial transactions in general boo occasioned a limitation of employment in manu facturing districts, which I fear cannot fail to he attended with much local distress. I trust, how ever, that this evil may not he of long duration, and the abundant harvest with which it has pleased Divine Providenoe to bless this land, will, I hope, in some degree mitigate the sufferings which this state of things must unavoidably pro duce. 4 g While many of my Subjects in India have been exposed, and while I grieve for the extensive bereavements and sorrow which it has caused, I have derived great satisfaction from the distin guished successes which have attended the heroic exertions of the comparatively small force which have been opposed to greatly superior numbers, without the aid of the powerful reinforcements dispatched from this country to their assistance. The arrival of those reinforcements will, :I trust, epeedily complete the suppression of this widely spread revolt." After still further eulogizing the gallantry of the troops, the speech obntinues : "It is satisfactory to know that 'the general mass' of the' Population in - India have taken no part in the rebellion, while the most considerable of the native princes hive acted in the most friendly manner, and have rendered important services. I have given directiens that the papers relating to these matters shall be laid before you. The , affairs , of mrEastindia dominion **require your serious consideration, and I recommend them to your earnest attention. ,The nations-of Europe are in the enjoyment of; the blessinge of peace, which nothing seems likely to disturb. The stip ulations of the treaty which I concluded with the Shah of Persia have been faithfully carried into execution, and the PetWian forces have evaCuated the Territory of Herat." In the House of Lords, Baron Macaulay took his seat as a Peer. Lord Portman moved and Lord Carew seconded the address in response to, the Queen's speech, and, after consider►ble debate, in which' Lord Derby complained of the unsatisfactory nature.of the speeel, and deplored the.condition of the country; the address was agreed In the House of Commons, Lord John Russell gSve notice that on ; the 10th, he should move for a Committee of the Whole House to consider the oath of - abjuration, end the civil 'disabilities of Jews. • The address was agreed to, after'Some debate in which D'lsraeli censured,'generally, the action of the Government.• ~• Lord Palmerston stated, that he did ,not:intend to bring in any bill on,lndia till after the rece ss, and announced his intention of isking'the Muse to mike provision for General Havelock; as the Emit India Company would do the same for -Gen eral Wilson. Money matters are easier, and, the rate, of in terest was declining. Zenon, the, republican ,deputy from ,Lyons, took the oath in the Corps Legislatif and Messrs. Cainot and Goudchaux were the - only members who refnied to take it; and their 'metaled been declared vacant: It is said there is to belt new enaetme,nt enforcing the oath to the _Emperor, as a preliminary, to becoining ,a candidate , at : the electiens. . bias. There has been severe fighting atlucknOW, and. 'Gen: Outraints reported wohridoif.' Indian news brought by a casual steamer had arrived at Suez, with, Calcutta dates to November Ist.' Two ,convoys with,provisions had .arrived at, lineknow. Sir Colin Campbell and staff started 'for Cawn. , ` pore. The troops were also movi ng for that point as quick as possible, and would proceed to relieve. Luoknow as soon as troops in sufficient force ar- . rived., Moretroop ships arrived ,out.,. China. &Lamm; Oat 7.--Canton is being fed by rice, and peas, and pulse, despatched hence from Ning po and Amoy. The question of proceeding to Pekin is now set- - tied by the delay of the French ambassador, and the efflux of time. The Hong Kong ooirespondent of the Daily News says - ' " All 'chariot) of negotiation having been out off, Lord Elgin has concerted measures with his Ex cellency, the naval commander-in-chief, for -the assault and capture of, the city of Canton; this important post in our hands, the Emperor may be induced to change his mind. As far as lam able to learn, it would appear that the Admiral has arranged, with the whole available force, to move up to Canton on• the 31st of the current „month. ,and it is said that the French forces will co-oper ate; indeed, it is thought that the Russian Ad miral Pontiatioe will also offer his aidlo,convin4 the 'COurtitt Pekin that`the barbarians'' are not only in earnest, 'butlacting in unison:". The, PRBBIIFTERY or ST. CLAIIIBFILLE will meet at ltnekblll, on the 'First Toeiday of dinnaiy; 1888, at 11 o'- clock* 9i JOAN MOFFAT, Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY OF SALTSBURG wiiVniiit at Cas sius Run church, on 'the ,First Tuesday of January, at 2 olooh P. WOODEN?, kited Clerk. ' JOHN FORSYTH Deceinber 17th, by Rev. I. N. *MlEltiney, Mr. WILLIAM GM to AURORA= Our all of Allegheny County Pa. On the 18th inst., by Rev. W. T. MiIIigan, , WILLIAIS T. BROWN to Mae Smug L. OXLEY, both of Cambridge, O. On Deoeniber Bth, at the residence of the 'bride's father, Jaeicioriville, by Rey.. Alexander .111.14aughey,fdri CHARM VIEWING to Miss ,Idany .Jexx ffieacaeen, all of. North iivat ingdon Toarnahip, Westworedind County, Pa. On Thursday, the 20th bet., by Rev. B. Foreman, Mr. °HAMM J. Boca, of Warren County, N. J., to Mks Maar B. STOCKER, of Northampton County, Pa. In kPßeepport, Pe,,,,0n the evening of December 10th, at the bride% mother's by Rev. R. P. Wilton, Mi. W. ORLI TO MUM OUT= S. HARRISON, all of M'Reeeport; - Near Newton Hamilton, Pa., on. the . With ult.,- by Rev. D. D. Clarke, Mr. Grows M. OtAtozwir to KIM MARE ANN IRWIN. At lif'Veytown, on' the Bth inet:,* Mr. MLUMM B. °Kn ox, of Dubuque, lowa, to Min ,MBOOlB J., daughter of Wm. Henor, Esq., of the former place. , By Rev. N. B. Palmer on the 22d of OCtOber, Mr. TAxto ItPeoastmot to Hiss .ElilltallOlMAGlO‘ 'ago!' Grandview, Illinois. October 28d, Mr. SW= SLMT NUM, Euxtt Curi, all of Riueas,lllinote. ' On the 10th inst.; by Rev. D. A. 0111ininghiun, Janza lIITOITSLL to bliss huatena G 1064110104 both of 'Van Pcrt, Bouvet' County, Pa. December loth. at the residence of the brideu mother, in Clinton Township, by Bev. J. P. Boyd, )114 Zut6s . DaviDsort tA 01E55 AtiN F. Comma, all of Tensago,Opanty, Pa. In Carrollton, 0., et the house of Mr. James Cameron, on' Wednesday, the 16th inst., by Der. Wm. itatou, Mr. JOIKINt F. LOCKWOOD. of Mesdlien, 0., to' Mies litany frammissa, of Wheeling 17a, At New Maysville, El., December 3d. 1857, by,Mer. Joe. M'Connell; Mr, Joni( 0. M' Beams, of-Neel Maysville, and Mbis ALKINA: thus, of a Burntflablim," ,Pulton . Dian--.At the residence of her husband, near West Fairfield, Westmoreland County, on the 11th inst., Mrs. MAIM Gs.t.itasrrn, wife of Rev. James Galbraith, formerly of Hollidayabitrg, Poi gi Blessed are the dead Which die in this Lord, for . they rest from their labors, and their works ; do follow them." Presbyterian, and Fred.: .Widieri, 'please popy.] DIED-Of congestion of the lungs, near Lex ington Ohio , September 80th, LAURA; daughter of John and Ellen Mitchell, in her 15th year. Her death was sudden, and unexpected to t all around her, until a few hears hefore she expired. In her death, her parents have been called upon, in the providence of their heavenly Father, to mourn over the death of a beloved daughter of great promise. Bat' they have the consolation that she was a child of the'ooverient, and she left them the consoling evidence that. their loss is her gain. Shortly before she expircid, her mother asked her Which shg prefeired:lifi or , death? Deeply iMpressed.irith:the iMpoitenoe of each an answer as God would approve.:.in whose presence she was to appear in ; tt 'fiwonoments, CdiseinliOdiedrHiniit; ' heirinswei n "Lord,; 'reamer - . ' ' ' Uts - - -- ' • is ..i Presbyterial. J; arrt6. , . IJI , " ‘, I 4fitttrk • • help me to think." Br ought up "in the nurture and admonition of the 1"..0rd," she became a child of reading, meditation, and prayer, as she testi fied at an early age ; an d as death drew near, she prayed fervently that G ,d would be merciful to her, a sinner, and that she might be prepared for heaven, and then calmly and sweetly expired. " From adverse blasts and lowering storms Iler favored soul he bore; And with you brigbt, angelic forms, Shit lives to die no more." This stroke has been the more deeply felt, as the parenta, bur nineteen menthe previously, had a son of eqaal promise removed by death in the twelfth ye s r of te-s age. "My grams is sufficient for thee." blrs. Mit ell is a daughter of the late Rev. a II Joshua Wilt ams, P.D., for many years the faith ful and dev.ted pastor of, the Big Spring church, in embed, d County, Pa. J.A. . MARY, eldes Ewing, in the r Oswego, , December 7th, Miss n . daughter of James and Sarah 127th year of her age. Miss Emir'Vs' disease was protracted and se veral but she l' by her patience, exemplified the i \ I poWer of that \ ^ice of which she had early be come a partak r. Whilst very'-young , be had united •With Li outer church, in. PennsYlvania, it and though in' measure deprlied of the "ordi nances of Erod's ou her remeral with - her father's fainily to this St4e, she did not forget, . , . tt as too many do, th. she had'covenanted to' be the Lord's. Her end as peace. A.E.T.' Drs n—On the 9t; of November, Mrs. Sanaa PRATT, near .Milfield Athens County, 0., in the 8 1 0 YeAKAt her age, : ' lilrs..P.'s,father emigrated from Litchfield co., Conn., when she, was thirteen,years old, and set tled at-the menthol t*,l4luskingum. , Hardships and perils irom the hostile savage were ,pra longed in her earlrlife, as well as otherdifficul ties incident to the early_settlement. of the .then frontiers of the West.' Mrs.' P. was long a, coa sistent member of the PresbYterian Church.. She retained her mentakand physical Powers in a high degree, until her last illness. Her last, days were such •as - toiMpress on all around \her the im portance of the religion of bans. • 7 Dian-September 12th, 1857, . ; h • drowning, from the wreck of the steamship Central Amer ica, on the passage from 41670 to New YCirk, in the 26th year of his nie,"./aisis Cimissaition Cm*, of• Sierra County, Cal., 'formerly of. Weet moreland County,-Pa. • . :- • • Mr. Clow arrived in this State two and 'a half years ago, and was actively engaged during most of this period' s Civil Engineer upon the works of the Sierra Nevada Lake Water -and Mining" Co. By Ills numerons friends in this city and State his sad fate will indeed be 'deeply deplored. He ins seselid, in a high' degree; those faealtiiiiilt Mind and iinalities of heart which : ensimed the affection and esteem of all withwhom he had intercourse. With his true moral principles and Styint he was rapidly winning the way to high rank in his profession, and had l heh6n s , Pa'red, ,would doubtless have ,made his' Mark in our young i §tote. At thodrGsidO of the home circle, to which he, was returning ,on a visit, ' his loss will create a void irreparable indesd.: To hie fond paFents, brother and sisters, it may bsGon soling to know that he was a consistent . merobSr of the =Presbyterian Chuith, having - Toted:, with Itev. Dr. Anderson's, Gongcsigntion scion „after,,,ar.. riving here. Han Prancino, Nov. 4dh, 1&57. . Dran-Lln Alexander Tovinship, Atheni County, 0.; On the Bth of Petoher, Itir. ALEXANDETI. Lova, in'the 58th .year of 'his age; Mr. L. was an amiable and devout man—a val uable Ruling Elder. Hie illness, protracted long, seemed to be adapted to bring the graces of the Holy Spirit on to a hippy maturity. t M.X.W. Drim--On the 28th of September, last, at Jier father's, residence, in hionrete,,,Towriebip, Perry County, 0., In the 19th; year of her age; SARAH AVGAUGUY, • Sarah's sickness was protracted ler several months. It is happy indeed, as in her case,'When youthful life has been devoted to .Tesna, So strong . ' was her confidence in her Redeemer, :that for a considerabletinie before her death she calm-' ly n contemplated her doparture. • She selected the , 4th verse of the twenty-third Piabi as a teat for , her funeral discourse, and also three hymns to be sung onthat occasion; this occurred some weeks" . , before her departure. The Angel of . the Grive- 1 nant was with her evon,unto death. M U.W. Dir,o-4ovember 80th, st Bliin;Pe.rry Monty, iiir the 46th year of her' age, Mrs.' Elazit, wife of E. 'W. Woods., : ' Mrs. Woods was .a maitre' of 'Janata County.. In the Fall of 1836, some three and a half years, after her marriage,- she was received to the cons-, reunion of the Presbyteriairchurch at Tuscarora,. then under the , petitoral "charge of Rev. Mr. Wil liamson. Abouteighitien months after, the fam ily removed to Perry. County, where she became a member of the Upper church. During the last twenty-one years of her life, she gave evidence , that she was a tine disciple of Jesus. She bore'. her affliction with - Christian meekness and sub-! mission. Her illness was, somewhat protracted but she murmured not,. neither charged God fool ishly. She was ready and willing to die; for her hopes were fixed on Christ. Her passage frceri : this world was quiet and easy. Having jusi: closed a Sabbath on 'earth, she began, as we hurti. bly trust, aneternal one in heaven. DlED—NoTembe , r 89th, in Lewistown, Dl, Mies ELIZABETH M. F;otrran, In'tho 28d year of her age. Consumption•hawadded another to its victims, and a widolied inother iii Called to mourn the earthly loss wf a fondly loved daughter. Bit she ." mourns not as those Who have no hopti:"! Sher is' comforted by the , r reflection that, her daughter:4 loted ' her ;Saviettr;°,leirgod for hie . coining, and diedserenely:and calinly, ; triistinein his 'all-perfect atonement . " She is not dead, but; sleeneth." ' Div-!---liovember 16th, at the resident* of het son-in-law, Kr. Eiohelberser, Lewistown, 114 Mae: Jima. AN JoyestoN, in the 60th year e , her age. ilhs deneased was born in Bedfordresided . for some years near. Sotnerset, and remnyed with her husband , to Illinois, in April 1887; She had. been a prOfeastir of religion :theta forty` years, and' “adorned the deetrine of Ged Saiionr," .by a k life of sincere and devoted piety., She was remarkable for her kindiessiand attention to the nick and afflicted. Elbe bore her own afflictions with patience and calm resignation. :, I Ber death was peaceful and,hopeful., . < Dien=-November 7th, of dysenteryellim KART , DAVIDSON, wife of Mr. Patrick-. Davidson, (elder in Amity church,) in the 58th year of-her age. She had been s member of the church of Amity thirty•ne4ren years, having *sited at a time when the sackament of the Lord's Supper was admln istered hy Rev. John blouson. She Las left a family of eight childreg, heruged husband, and laige circle of friends to Mourn less. Of ,herchildren; she had the pleasere of `seeing all of them members of the Chun*, except the two youngest: A. short time before her death, she called all present 'itround her, and' uddriesed- to them.words of Christian:counsel and, oxho 4 rtationt. Toiler children she said that the midnight bintr had witnessed her prayers and tears