E.a z.v L f.f. 'il t , ,, .1 7 ' : - . 7 . 7 "'" 7 ; :: : • ' :* ; .: lFi 9 :,..'' ilir s:nKyirtsb i gttrtan aunty. IPITTSBURGII, SATIJRDAT, NOVEMBER . SO, 1861. • ISa vingpurchasea for hur office the "Right"to use l'ick's Accountant and Di z. spatch..tfaCetit,,ald, or nearly alt, prep? mibaciitfirenine havetheir papers addressed to them. „rega,kirly by a singutarty unique machine, which fastens on the white margin a small colored " address stamp," or laberieishereon appears their name ptainl yprin tettfollo wed by the date up to which they have paid for their papers—this e t n 6/. alstherrised by tin Act of, amyress. The date wit/ 'efdiianeed on the receipt of subscription money, - yee-vact accordance with the amount so received, and thus 14 an ever-ready and valid receipt; securing to every one, ' alt times, a perfect knoudedge of his newspaper ac co,tintiso that if any error is made he can immediately de tect it and have it corrected—a boon alike valuable to the ' pubtitherr 'and subscriber, as it must terminate all paisvid . witunderstandings between than respecting accounts, and 'thug tend to perpetuate their important relationship. Those in arrears will pleaee remit. Temperance.—The Lectures of Mr. GOUGH on :Saturday and Monday evenings, were attended by such numbers that Concert Hall was parked. Mr. G. seems to have log nothing of his energy. r We wish that Who CrOwd to hear him l Would beoome disciples. 'The ler `nr.' I. K. Morrison, the veteran missionary of our Board in Northern India, ,visited , some of our churches on the last Sabbath, :and interested them deeply in the great subject of Foreign Missions, and of the India. Miasions in particular. He is So earnest, and whole-hearted in his work, and_ n is so well known to our churches by twenty-four years' labors in India, that his presence among us, gray with age and mire, and eloquent for this cause, must the most happy results. He was present at the great Evangelical Alliance at''Geneva. He is the author of a plan for a world-wide concert of prayer. The ,Church at liollidayskurg, Pa.—Rev. DAVID IL BAnaoty, late of the Western Theological Seminary, and more recently Of'l4lt. Pleasant, Pa., was installed at 11°1- " ildit'isburg on 'the 12th. Revs. G. W. , THOMPSON, G. W. ZAnitizEa, DAVID STBILICITT, and D. X. eiIINKIN, took part in the exercises of the occasion. This is 'one of the largest and most flourish r:› inc , can- gregations in the interior of the Slate. r ~BAnnow meets with the most cordial reception, and has the prospect of much • personal comfort, and a high degree of use ; fulness—all dependant on His blessing who maketh rish, tempoially and spiritu ally, and addeth no sorrow, beyond what may be needful to sanctification. An Apt Comparison.—The Duke of An- GTLE, differs from Borne of his aristocratic English brethren, in his estimate of Amer ican troubles. He thinks that more tre n2endons Issues were never submitted to the arbitrament of war" than those in volved in our present conflict. In a late speech he is reported as saying: "I do not care whether we look at it froM the North ern or from the Southern point of view. Take the mere question of what is called the right of secession.: I know no govern ment which has ever existed in the world, Which could possibly have admitted the right of secession from its own allegiance. There is a, curious animal in Lochfyne, which I have sometimes dredged up from the bottom of the sea, and which performs the most extraordinary and unaccountable acts of suicide and self-destruction. It is a peculiar kind of star-fish, which, when brought up from the bottom of the water, and when any attempt ismnade to take hold of it, r immediately throws off all its arms, its l yvy centre breaks up, and nothing re main: .4 one of the most beautiful font's in nature, but a thousand 'wriggling frag ments. Such, undoubtedly, would have been the ?ate of the American Union, if its Government had admitted what is called the right of secession." A SABBATH BUM. The general sentiment of this country is strongly in favor of the observance of the Sabbath in a becoming Christian man ner, by both private citizens and govern . ment officials. r So prevalent is this.feeling, that scarcely an individual of respectability could be found to defend the conduct of oui,eniumanddrs in engaging in battles on the. Sabbath, unless for the purpose of ,de fence. And our reverses at Bull Run• and at Ball's Bluff; in both of which engage meats the Sabbath was needlessly .disre garded, proved that nothing , was , to be gained, even in a great and good cause by setting aside the law of God. The proc lamation of General` WOL - Ettax, with regard . to a better observance of the Sab was' hailed with universal apProba ,The .soldier hasa, right to the rest of the Sabbath, and . God has a right to the - . worship of 'the Sabbath'"the' camp, as "*4ll its elsewhere.' ..Bilt,what are we to think of a great re view on 4he Sabbath ?r If, to make -an at tack on the enemy on , the Sabbath is to be condemned, mph more must we condemn the mere pageant of a review on that day. Therefore it was with g,reat. mortification :and titorrOW that we read the followin& no tcouni/of iirreVierii tin last Sabbath Week, at which some of the .highest officers in the United States Government were present, taken .from the Philadelphia Press: " On Sunday morning a large party took ;,a special train to Annapolis, for the purpose of witnessing a review of the Massachu setts, New-York, and oOnnecticut troops, now encamped-near Annapolis, under com mand of 4eneral ButoarnE, on the eve of sailing. Ter the Southern Coast. There mere netyly'eight, 'regiments, consisting of 'some seven thousandinen. ' Governor 'An- Dn'EW and 'his aid, - Colonel RITCHIE, re 'viewed the troops, in company with Score lacy, CAMERON,, Seeretiry SEWARD, Secre tyi'SAtini, Assistwit Secretary of War • Sco'ril; Assistant "Secretary of State SEvi 4:nri; Assiatint ' Secretary of the Intoner omiTn.." Now ..we Ask, is it wise, is it safe, is it rightitomoutrage the feelings4of religious ,men mid' the coismon oriihimi of the people; said also'to; transgress the lavvs of the land in this way. The Government 'very prop erly seeks the - aid" - e'v'ery minister, every ,iiiinitAtirr, and 4ory r ehurch andetlils. aid Bufif the GeV ,erpitikeni„Wptild retain 4q, ectffidence of ,the people, , and-the pray,ervand offerings of the pious, lei- notthe officers of.the Govern /went vanAcely., ' , Oblate ,t,he holy ,Sahl)p.th . iwhioh _wormy Ohristian,,holds dear. , And if ww.. 3 4o 7 c4pCOpie- expect the , hlessing of Plod upon.pur efforts in thiegreatatruggle, we must - rebukerfdl. 'etch desecration of 4ke " higtroallitv by. 4te: - ere . o the ov klioiiike INTERPRETATION - pit SCROTUM' The power of the arfpcher,the piety g the Christian, and 'the growth Of t e Church, depend greatly on the degree to which they may be acquainted with the letter and spirit of Scripture. To be im 'bned with :the true Christian disposition, and to laVe therivht state of mind and heart, is all-important for the proper un derstanding and application of the Word. Too great stress cannot be laid on' these qualifications. Owing to the want of them, many great and learned men have made fatal mistakes in attempting to explain the " Lively Oracles," have lost the right way themselves, and have held out false lights to others. that this has, sprung the Rationalism that has blighted the Church, in Germany, - and that is' now doing such great injury to many of the churches of Great Britain and our own country. The Bible should always be approached with a meek, humble, and prayerful disposition of mind, that we may be taught of God and kept from error. • But at the same time much is lost eyeing to a careless reading and iii-directed study of the inspired word: , The efficiency of the best weapons depends Much on the manner in which they are - aged; and if we would have " the sword, of . the Spirit" to be quick and powerful," it must be properly wielded. To be able to de* this, we must arrive at the correct sense, as far as possi ble, of the passage' we would interpret for ourselves and others. Because of failure ',here, ministers,- Sabbath School teachers, and private Christians, lose much. The • best preacher, or the best Sabbath School teacher, is the one Who,e;,plaina Most fully and most pointedly the Word of Gud; and that Christian will be most vigorous, use ful, and hopeful, who is able to, understand. best the general scope and particular teach ings of Scripture, and to apply them most faithfully to his heart and conscience., Yet many are hindered in this matter from the fact that they do not know how to go about it. Their ideas of Divine truth. are gathered up by scraps, and much of the Old and New Testaments is to them as a sealed hook. Hence, any book giving the needful instruction on'this point, in a pop ular form, is a public benefit. Such a work has been prepared by the Rev. ALEXANDER. APCLELLAND, D.D., Professor of Biblical Literature in the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Dutch Church; at New Bruns wick. It is not intended merely for' the learned, but also for junior theological stu dents, teachers of Bible Classes and Sab- Schools, and private Christians.* About one-third of the volume is devoted to canonical questions the remaining two thirds treats of interpretation—the subject now before us. In treating of interpretation, he lays down and applie's the following maxims, which are capable of being understood and practised by all intelligent readers of the Bible. Even ,much may be learned of He braistie forms of expression from the peru sal of the Bible itself, with the aid of any good Bible Dictionary. These maxims, as laid down by Dr. Mc- CLEMAND, may be thus popularly stated: 1. The object of interpretation is give the precise thoughts which the sacred wri ter intended to express. 2. The method of interpreting the Scripture must -be the same we employ in explaining any other book. 3. The sense of Scripture is (in general) one ; in other words, we, are not to assign many meanings to a passage. 4. The interpretation of the Scripture re quires suitable preparation. Then _these special rules are set forth and illustrated:by ample references to the Scriptures. L Carefully investigate what is > called the " Usus Loquendi ;" or the meaning which custom and usage attach to-expressions. 2. Examine the parallel passages. 3. The consideration of the Author's scope greatly facilitates interpretation. 4. Examine the context. 5. We must know_the character, age, sect, and other peculiarities ofthe writer. 6. Let there be a constant appeal to the tribunal of common sense. 1. Study attentively the tropes and figures of the sa cred Scriptures. 8. Attend to Hebrew and Hebraistic forms. 9. Much of Scripture being prophetieal,,we should acquaint our selves with the nature and laws of that kind of composition. 10. Alloir no inter pretation that will cast a shade of doubt over the perfect purity of our Lord's teach lags, or those of his Apostles. rll. We must endeavor to obtain reasonable certainty that the• printed text gives the true:read ing, and for this purpose, must study and apply the art of criticism. Here are principles ,and, suggestions of the highest importance, that will , greatly assist in arriving at a comprehensive arid consistent knowledge of the Word of God. And let us never forget, that:" All Scrip ture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for-reproof,' for cor rection, for instruction' in righteousness; that the man of God, may be perfect, tho roughly furnished unto all good works". *A BRIEF, TREATISE ON THE CANON AND INTERPRETATION, OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. B3 l .4l.lexantler NeClettanit.= 'New- York : Robert Carter Brothers. Pittsburgh: Robert S. Davis. 1860. 12nt0., pp. 336. Price 75 cents. SOUTHERN EPISUOPACY. We noticed, some months ago, the hot haste Ivith which the Southern Episcopal Bishops were striving to accomplish a - schism in their"OhUrel. The work now perfected,, that is, for the time We.put in the qualification, because the . eagerness with which they followed"politicians—the world—secularitiesindicates a likelihood that they will still follow the lead of the same spirit,,and when secession has ex pired”and Om Union is reorganized, re turn with- the public, 'to their old con- uexion. The Convention which accomplished the , ':deed,. assembled Oct. 18th,.-in Columbia, :19:0.,—afit place for a disrupting act. The' resolation separating thetaseliei from the ",Proteitant"p l scopid:ChUrch fit', the iliiited_4tates,',',eenta r to have ,passed with instant andthearty, unanimity. But ,hav ing the= dissolving . act,' they were now sere They had separated .from " THE CHURCH "—the "true APoitolic ChUrch," as all , Episcopaliana.have ever' held their organization' to be. : What! shall, they , do? They direlfiet , isstrtelthat , they are the one and so -cast bixt Xll4 otheis.: ,A.n - d, ,yet they:424h : 9,Eirifdat:od 4 mpg . ~ thetitselip fr m all *elm as , al fellow yY -4 1 This -diffiesu, errthe '''seem not to ' have appreciated. Or they flared to dwell upon it. To discuss•-it,might have Involved the necessity of resolving them selves; hal. agai n-- 7 .a: thought !which. con , ld not 1 , 13 entertained. * They 'hence' fancy thenitielies, somehow, to beitili"VOlinieh - ,"* and, they set about the 'finding of a for a name is indispensable, and a name too which shall have a meaning. The first.' proposition, then, is, "This_ Church shall be called the Protestant :Episcopal, Church= in the Confederate States of America." If they are .a section—a piece, cut Off, self-arn-- putated—this name will do very Well. •It is distinctive anddescriptive. -It retains, the general likeness; and •yek !narks the specific difference. 'lt it also worldly'lvise, - as there might be lepal need hereafter to prove its t identity with the body jus dis o wned. So thought one Bishop.. Another, repudi.9.ted the title, "Protestant .F4pisco pal," and suggested <" American 'Catholic." But hew American; could be „ when :AMerle:a; is only q ua F ter of this wide world, did not,appear, manifest. to all ; neither was it obvious: how, being confined to barely the -eleven Confederate States, they could justly call', thmiselves the " American" biureit: Another. Bishop had a fancy for-the cognomen.," Reformed Catholic;" but this proved to be unsatis factory to his brethren. The lay Delegates' also had-their Varieties of sentiment and some of them also showed•an affectation of great things.' 'One could;not understand how thp word ;'.Pro testant " • came '• to be • applied' to` " the Church." Another had never been, ple:l's l ed with it : •nor did ha like 'the epithet " Re formed."`' The er, the Church, would meet his approbation. :` After much discussion, coin:non, sense prevailed, and the • body took the.. distinc tive, descriptive; local and sectarian' title first proposed--". The protestant Episcopal Church, in the Confederate States -of America." , • We may •now , be permitted to congratu late our brethren, and to welcoine the new organization into the sisterhood Churches. We wish this Young,brabeh of • the family all spiritual , prosperity, 'and , as nauch,of temporal goOd'as "Wall be for her benefit. We wishberalso all the. perma nence of being which she :May 'desire pro vided only that the Lord, m his kindness, may give ' her speedy occasion to drop the word " Confederate," and to, substitute therefor, the designation "'Southern;" and pour' out plentifullY ,upon her his own Spirit of peace and love. - It is not possible for a 'man to fall from , a position which he never occupied. • If by - grace we understand the condition of sori ; - ship, resulting, from a renewal in -the Divine likeness and an adoption into the family of Christ, nci one who has been ever favored with the 'attainment has fallen therefroin. If any one seems to have fallen, it is an evidence that heuever attained-fully to the Gospel platform of regeneration; " Dr.' NETTLINON,' ; it is said, " once silenced a pertinacious caviller who lwas boasting that,his future: Salvation was, cer tain, for he had once been a Christian r and there could be no - falling from grace. The Doctor pungently remarked that this dcic trine (Melt to drive him to despair, fOr it taught if he had once been a Christian he would - always continue so, and as he had not persevered in grape, it was quite certain he had never experienced it'.' Dr: WOODBRIDGM, in discussing this subject, in a friendly 'conversation, said "'The differenee, my friend, between you and me seems to be this—you are ,afraid that you.will fall from .liace, I am afraid I never had any." • ,And it was remarks 4 by 'lsi. SPRINei : "I know it is true that •he who is once a Christian, is always a Christian; but, it is also .true that he who is not now a,Chris tian, never was'a•Christian;" Let the perforManoe 'of `life's fun'etiehs to clay, be the evidence of our regeneration , . The life that. Christ gives i,s " eternal life." He that'ims this grace will never fall there from: -SEWN'S OF A GROWING- VEY OF SENTI MEET ON THE SLAVERY QUESTION.. We have noticed, for several years, what seemed to us approximatingan unity of sentiment, in the Nona in the manner in which we are to, treat the subject of Slavery. Abolitionism has much declined. • Anti- Slavery principles have still more spread and strengthened. The feelin it SlaVery Ought not to be extended'beyond its present limits, has advanced greatly. A, determination not to interfere with it in the States where it exists, becomes firmer and firmer. 'Extremists are becoming 'notified; indiffer entiSts are growing interested.' Such ip proximations are noticeable in bath , the, roll-, glens andpoliticalmorld. .Non,interference and Non extension` are advancing' to the -grade of popular pOlitiCal doctrinea l ; and the Churches, to a great: extent, avoid action of a denunciatory character. , In, confirmation of our views, we quote' from the Congregational Journal, of. blew ; Hampshire, which has Been 'one• of, the stronoist anti-Slavery papers " let the war, terminate as.it will, unless the controlling spirits of the South shall be converted to anti-slavery doctrines, it•will be more pro-slavery than ever, and less than ever inclined, to tolerate the. circula tion, of anti-slavery 'publications, /n, our opinion the, slavery questiOn can never be, .restored to its original statm, either North' or South. , We believe 'the war willhanish it from the arena of,politicS ? and, to.a great' extent even from religion as : ,a subject of ,public discussion. - We believe that both - religion and polities have nearly fedfilled their mission, in preparing the way by their discussion of slavery, for'Providence to, de-, stray it by other means:different from either. It seems to us that it requires, no 'great sagacity vinygtelligent mind, to foresee thatas self-interest'has built up the sy.stem of American s!ayory, so self interest 'will break' it down. by It, never will be broken 'dolin by Moral,PrinciPle—i.:e:., the constraints of' the conscientious scru ples of elaveholders nisi* its sinfulness. An outside pressure Of moral sontiment will never abolish slavery Without the Con eurrtng voice'. of thu;South Where exists, and 'where :alone is the i pnwei to 'control it.: :So far, indeed, its WO at `the North 'approve' of slaVery and, afford aid and comfort to the South in '9 . we are 'responsible' for, its.,,abotainations,;. but,the .question of' its - abolition is Wholly • .•.* 1 FALLING FROM :.GRACE. • A, Zn th - cebands ofAe South.' And this being true ewe think o sin to look for the de struetio&T slaieryihrough the operation of self-interest, En the commercial changes and convulsions of Southern society, wrought out by Providence. We have more faith in either as au anti-slavery agency - than in theq labors of the Tract So 'cietieg." - Here' is:evidently an altered tone. Here ,is a decided approval, and even advocacy of : the "let-alone" policy, on the part of , the North. Politically we have no right•to interfere—'-unless where' treason,' rebellion and war may give us rights. Socially, an interference is unbecoming. Religiously, we are, bound to study the things which make' for peace and 'edification. .SlaVery ite have often' said, We regard as doomed. was deeply, concerned in bringing the war upon the country; and by the`warit is ,receiving its death-wound. 'lt can never - recover its political' power. Its area Will' behut littler if at all, increased hereafter 4 Its, fpecnniary : value will be greatlyidiminished. The odium which ever attaches to.' it will be 'deeply intensified. God`°will use ' Means, gradually;and perhaps rapidly, to accomplishits amelioration . and ex6T,P,ati3O,l2. 'We:seek union,•arinrejoice in all symp , . toms ()fits approach; not union in extreme views, nor union latitudinarian, senti ments, but union Odthe principles and pre- Pf,G9A*WP4., • ,RITERPRETING PROITIDENCE. lIIIIN God's hand is everything: 'Not• a 'sparroW falls' to the ground without our 'Heavenly And 6-od means 'to ,teach ' men byr his providenees. •He :thus [, makes: himielf known, points out men them duty; itiltrliCti Men as= to.their 'sins 'and thent to `repentance "and reform,- ' flop. Some of the yssorks taught by prov idences, are very plain—so, plain that nothing short of prejudice 'and perversity can Air to read them 'intelligently. 'Others are more obscure, cultivatin,a docile spirit, and wisely using the written Word, ,we; may .very -generally know what ;God means 'by - his dispensations: These thoughts we commend to o'er cor respondent, who writek to us as follows : "Iltssits. EDITOIte:-:--Is it true that the matt who' violates 'liis COntraorwith the • church, always Meets 'with some marked' pecuniary' loss`? Several persons-have told that ,, they neter 'knevi it was-informed 'by an-elder, with whom' n 1 once rode, that in his 'congregation, in" the course of three or fcluf,yearS, four or ffie persons had . withdraWn their' subscription, some having. taken 'offence, and others Withdrawing for other Yeasens: said •he, with 'annempliatic gesturej:' there was ' a loss tin every' instance, apparently connected with this 'breaeh cri• •• cotitrait! :One stance given' was of a man who had paid. $lO, withdrawing his 'Whele • subscription, and'shOttly after, a'horse which he`was se customed to riffe to church, dropped dead ;• ''as if,' said the elder, to teach him, if he would not pay to the church, he should'not , ride to church! Do• such•instances verify ithe%idea of the elder, or are they only striking coincidences ?"` ' ' - Without giving a universalaffirmative to' the q estion'fir"st firstpropose ,A.D.an,,:unlim :ited sanction to the opinionof the elder, we woUld,'say : ' 1, Let every taan who = suffersloss, ae knowlegge God's hand in kand consider why it: is that God afflicts hini. 2. Let each one judge himself in such matters, rather than to judge hie_neighbor. , GOd's eye` beholds things which are'hidden from us, and, le May intend to effect a reformation' where we were ignorant of its necesiity. 1 God Often Chooses ,Tioverty, and disappointments as the needful heritage on - earth; of those Whore he loves. 3. Let all wisely and intelligently assure themselVes that they withhold nothing from G-ocl which he requires. It tends to poverty.' It is visited with displeasure,. It is a sin,to be. repented of on earth, or to be punished lereafter. • • A PRESBITERIAN INTELLIGENCE OFFICE. Some two years ,ago, the. Presbyterian 'zealously -urged' an arrangement in the Church; by which ministers of eminent or of peculiar qualifications, might be gotten into positions for which theywere,mast.fit ted their' talents and' acquirements. The motto Was, a Tbe,,right man, in the right place." The. plan was not very defi lately. pointed 'out bUt it Waa intimated that the board of Domestic Missions, 'or some . otbei., duly constituted' agency Might do a,work with great advantage to Zion, by having - all occurring vacancies 'filled by the Our contemporary, in its issue of Nov. 23d f recurs ,to the:thought, butwith greatly more modesty. It now says': The .plan which we regarded as most ,prac icabl 4 e, was to , ..maket the . Board of. Domestic , Missions the centre" of'inielligence, b xi-leans of a record, Whieli Should'embilieeiteins of'in formatierCeoneernin both the 'knew lO` ed ministers, and the vacant churehes as would be_likely, to bring, them together." Doubt, less something might be done)in this way'; but if there is to be 'nothing but "a only Would be' etrect,d. But.very few , uuemployed ministers would go, there to Kead i ol_lalrecord.;, !The *inutes of the Assembly now note aIL the , vacant churches; and their , strength "is , to num: heti.' 'Their locatiOti' and' Polt Offiee' is • • • . • ; given. New, vacancies occurrint , by deaths or removals, are noted in the Church jour nals. More full and particular information can be had, by writing'to the Session or to ti neioitborinc , minister, at a cost' of but sia Cents while a f journey to the Board's record, would cost ' many ,dollars. And,a church:can; for the same little , anio.unt; Con fer with a minister -Marked "W: '0.," in the:Miniites, or one more recently Published' as having;resigned his charge. If .there is te he :not merely, ", record," but, an: A'gency, .to. receive -and -answer let tere;'' and 'to -endeavor 'to 'locato Ministers; and fill vacancies,: and:get the "right man in the ,rioht;place " the, thing savors too much, of r Episcopacypto be adopted , by Pres, byterians. 'TheibfFiee'ral of r our "-Boards, and 'the Prii feaSors4oni teniinal g ieS, i ptid all'our mm I S e Ft ß Ol iii P at i*e infoPlation t aryl counsel; and f recommendations, -as 'occasion may and , We, prefer leaving - - the Matter ;is. There is danger in 'ton Much , handling, of 'the ark Of pod. It 'tt 'lt Ipg,O,great ..thoika ProviA .. mitial, guiding of t ,taith.lolitirches,:ans ,ministers i :whoilock to 4cdcinlirrayery arid are tOfollOw •SJ ' 1 , 118 ,A w ,le e nkl u j. e n a g r S t . uy endorse the 1 -4 /Teepykrunef 1.4 41 , . 0 _ ,) MEI - , remarks on - the duty of the ehti;ciesto fairly compensate ) ''' ' . 'Park Avenue church, St• y ministers whom. they `Charge, of tts _ Re r y : t t.ll.St Li Es - 11.'.°PAIGE has resii,•ned his to visit them . y and also those on'the4li- ' L0ui4:101....' '•-... gations of--Presbyteries to helptheir un- Mr. ROBERT 4.l:.exion, has 'been ordained, employed ministers and licentiats to obtain by the Ptesbytery of Erie, and installed fields of labor. . pastor of the church of War, ren, Pa. TOE RIGHT OF SEARCH. The stopping of the English Steamer Trent, a private vessel by , the San'Jdeinto, a government vessel of the United States; the searching of:the Trent, and the taking, therefrom of_the„Confederate_ Commission— ers, Messrs. MASON & SLIDBL, is a pro :cedure the lawfulness of which •we are deep ly concerned , fto understand. If wrong, then reparation should te made; promptly;. if right, the prisoners are to 'be held. If the,English are disposed to inale 'trouble, they'can quote from our diplomacy many' denials of this right; but if they will be' honest they 'must acknowledge that our de .. nial referred to a time of peace. We have always admitted the judicious exercise of it by belligeranta when' ,eigayed actual warfare, and we 'can quOte; not Only from their diplomatic co rresponclence, lint from their authoriiitive writers on law, affirm, ing the right`of either Of two belligerents to seareli private neutral vessels at sea as being perfectly indispiitable. . . . . . Lord STO*ELL, in the ease of the Ma- rca, (1 Rob. Rep., p. 340;) -says " The right >of visiting' and searching. merchant ships upon the high seas, what ever be die' ships, whateier be the - cargoes, whatever be the destinations, is an /incon testable right, of the lawfully,,commissioned cruisers of a belligerent nation: * K This right, is, so clear in principarthat , no man can deny it who admits the legality of Maritime capture. * * * The right is equally clear itrprdetied; for practice is upon' , this subject, The many European. treaties, which refer , to , this.right, refer to it , as preexisting and merely regulate - the exercise of it All' writers upon the law, of natiens - .3 ini rh ani ouSly,aeknowledge it. In short,,ne, man in ,the jects of this kind has.ever, that I know of, breathed ardoubt upon it." - , A GOOD HIT. The following from an exchange. illus— trates in' a very telling way the kind of Preaching,' and wi l 'iting too, admired by many who set ihemselses up as th t e r eensOis' of..fashion and the critics of,ityle. The, truth is, the, kind of thing here--ridiculed: hhas3gone about far enoughin the pulpit, on The'rostrum in the review and in the news-: paper. It , is high time that ataSte'shonld be cultivated for, the enjoyment Of, a viger , *us style Nand thorough discussion on the. -,part of those who would addressTthe:public. 9 Discard:' not appropriate'illUstratione, nor' undervalue the beautiful, nor try to quench, the. sparkling. But at time, de ,Thand substance—mattet , inlabundance , and excellent in quality. 'But' to the extract: ' " A lady writing to her'son ateollege; i is represented as making thefollewing`state "Di. 3in { series oP,ser inons 'on the different' kinds of wood .used in building Solomon's Temple: Thep'are very interesting, and he has suoll'a flo*:of beautiful words . ; and Such wavy gestures; and he looks so gentlemanly, that I haidno • chink lie does great deal of good. The "ehureh is 'always full.'"'' . , tc , • • Thisjs a pretty fair specimen of the id- miration bestowed on a set of kekly,seri •,timentalisis, whose principal recommenda, tion is. a bountiful 'supply' of'uteretrioious ornament and for cible-feetteni tif'raaarier. But the intellect and heart, of immortal `being's need snmethinc , bettor and are Wor thy Of Something better. THE DIVINE RIGHT , OF KINGS. OU'r '.worthy and acceptable European (Jorrespordent, last week, gave the readers of the. Buttner a ,vivid , account of the crown r iing'Of,the new Mug OfTruSsia, intimating at the same time that this new held notions' somewhat lofty as- to'the right by he assumed the contiol`of the reins of ki l l:Tire: . What these notions ,'are, a:sin gle' paragrapkwill ,clearly, set forth. the ,day previous to ilia coronation, ,he called together the 'Priissian 'Diet:arid de= livered hintself of the following but sufficiently expressive speech,: ".;desioied to summouthe representatives of the Chem= - hers to my presence even ~ before tile:coro nation; andi thank you'forhaving complied 4ith inyiisk. • The ,of cave their' , crown from ,God • ,to-moriow < therefore, ,I t sholl take the, crown, from,. the Lord's table and place it<on my head:; this as the significittiort. of the 4ressior,, ' Xing the grace of God,' and," there* lies the scutctity of the crown, which is ulvzolt4le l [;know that yo 4 will:understand the ,mean :rg;of the act which I =have sutinnonedlyon '•',o` witness. The'ci'own'hai been surrounded .)y new inetitutions, by‘viittie of Which you -,,tre destined to afford it,the, benefit aof your Aunsel.;; You ,wiltadviselme, , and shall . listen to your advice.", . , This might"have done in the Middle ages, but it sounds Very strangelyin 'tin) ;,Atey put! of the nineteenth,, century. The -people- haie: but-little to expect, from ,a ,Konarch who enters Upon hiareign in such spirit as this. But; a feW years the hrOne may teach him les ' s'ons of 'which -] e ..:;s.noF, ignorant,: Anil atom ,the falsity of warty-things ofmhich he is now, firinly as. vuted. l ' . • ' 1 Week `of Trayet—The 'fist'` Weilejn . Will be ebseived kew ehool Presbylerians as a season of special ray er,- in, accorlasce iwith Ahe reeolutlon.ef 1-rheir late ;Geneialassexabk*. , = , Tews Lltented;:z=4t &minting in the! Oen rrai Ch*h,leglie9y; on = the?sthlpse., Qcitir-fifihs 444, he. first tao= liqurs - TzTe);431 , P39, ; .I* , es hidh Fomise k a fair , sustentation of. the, astor. ' This is eneouragihe.' 4,cci.,EstAsTioAL. • 41, t I :ei. MoOLELLA.N.I)4,wa,s installed in: the tFehrtli; Presbyterian. ,churchopitts buigh,:on the' .Istotinst:;'by44a , Commit tee rof the - *Presbytery of ;011iox ,, Dr. .1 - Heirard3:preaohed the sermon and del v- erednithh , charger to : the , Minister. , Mi.; , )(L ;Lea delivered the Ichargo! the.people,' .the prospects of=this churek - rare,..fai , or tc:able. t'w - • 1 )1r. "L Y =GRARA was !ordained- foqiie' ii'ork'rof the - doslidi strp r by the PrdSbirtery , of • this tad of ioCiolier; ana iostalVed?"4 foinitor'of'th`O church at Somorset ) Pa. t e 47 t:•• 7.0 1)31*0: iTose=of4iiislii4V frolosktie.,;:pic.;.-4,0; tr PALI EASTERN SU xNPW 7 —‘ TrEyart ;GM OSTON AHD hit" „PEOPLE OF BosToN are quite r !mason * ilant over the fact that Mes srs ' j a u nd Slidell are to be i n th te e r ie . keeping, at Fort Warren, for the Win i s , t h e y b ave an unsettled account withuwiitth the l former of these gentlenr. „, Union. Committee fro, Boston.vietted lvl Washington last annarx, m r ason, - reply to wish expressedthatislielilutight again visit that city, " I shall not 'to Boston again except as an ambassaA . `Masons, prophecy is ~fulfilled ainiltswsaaydohre, did net expect. He goes as a itiis true, but as an ambassador shorn of luntes'a a the butt of ridicule, like' the , jackdaw that was stripped of the per) ° , feathers. One other prophecy reniaine to be: fulfilled. Toombs proposed to "call the roll of his slaves , under the •shadow Bunker Hill." If Captain Wilkes, or other equally energetic officer, can manage to catch Toombs and,sendlim, to k ee p company with Mason and , Slidell, Fort Warren is not so far remove&from under the shadow of Bunker Hill but'that he also may fulfill hi; own propliecy—ealliiig his - roll its much as he pleases, ,witha very slim chance that anybody will . answer. 'The late ANNUAE CONVENTION OF Tan - laws occupied much time iii disenssing the cantles of, the want of life, earnestries,?, and growth, in, the denomination. These defects were acknowledged thy tall,' fiat almost 'every'speaker assigne a different cause, and prescribed a specific of f his But the Rev. Mr. Martineen, one of the most prominent Unitarian. ministers in England, and whb wawlexpected to visit this country last year, for' the'purpose of awakening the zeal of -American; Unita rians, has lately been, making a confession worthy the attentionieflUnitariansiand all others. He says: f ir I am constrained to say that neither my intellectual preference nor my nioral ad miration goes heartily with, the l7niterian herees, sects, or productions of any age. Ebionites, Arians SOciniaris, all seem4to me to contrast unfavorably with their op ponents lam conscious that my/deepest obligations as a learner from othefs, almost every department to writers not of my own creed. In philosophy I have h to unlearn, most that I had imbibed !rota my early text books, and the authors in chief favor with them. In Biblical inter im etatlOW3, I derive from Calvin and Whitby the help that fails me in Ciell:and Belsham. In devotional literature and religions thou.ht, I find nothing of ours that does not pale before Augustine and Pascal And, in the poetry of the Church, it is the Latin or German hymns, or the lines of `Charles WEsiey or Keble, that fastenon my memory and heart and.all else fe4l poor and cold. I cannot help this • r A GENTLEMAN oF Coriconn, N. II ,-who has had some military experieneOpropos'es to raise a regiment of artillery, conker g r Of six hundred men, exclusive of efficers to be armed with one hundred rifled,guns, of the most approved pattern, -of-the ca pacity to carry a two pound ball two aod one-half miles, and with the Necessary' t number of chambers capable et malrenipok less than thirty discharges per minute. Each gun to be mounted on a two-wlieeled light carnage, and carrying its'own ammu niti?n boxes, and to be drawn and managed in battle by six men each,rinstead of 'hems —the men drawing their own gun-carriages by the use of brieoles instead of dracr-ropes. Their extreme lightness will enable them to be readily passed oveifences and ditches or up embankments. The, men would also carry side-arins. THE NUMBER. of stridents in Yale Col. lege 599, divided asfollo follows : Aeadenucal students — Seniors, 98 ; 'Juniors 119 Sophomores, .133.; Freshmen, 112. Pro fessional students—‘ Theology, 27; Law, 28; Medicine, 38'; Philosophy and s the Arts, 44 The first term e t 1 em,mences ept. Ith, and ends December, 17th, when a vacation of two weeks occurs The number of , books the various libraries is 69,500. The:Amer ican Oriental Society'have' a library of 2,500 in the College Library. Thirty thousand specimens comprise the miner alo g ic al and and eological cabinet. g TliE old perplexing qtery, "How, many children had -Jelin Rogers.r' has at` list 'teen definitely and historically aeiiled. the late, , nelebratiOn in Norwich; Conn., :Chancellor Walworth spoke • to; , the. senti 'ment relative tu the first settlers 'of the to*n; Niels He named the origing iettiebik orvich, • .• • 1 , • I uslebe Rogers among-them, fifth in descent from! the fa mous ~j ohn Rogers, 'the, ; martyr.- • The Chancellor settled' the lorigqiending?diSciute , about' the number of - John's — children (" nine small children, .and one at :the breast/f the primmer says-,---were theremine or ten.?)- by. exhuming from some ct tort'' a letter or address from Johil l the Go,ierninent, in which.was a pis S i a' c't'O effect : « I would, 'that my, WOrthY„lifife might come. to see me ; she, has ,:with- her ten children,which are heissand mine,-• and would comfort her somewhatf' kETF-roßk: ' On . Saturdn, November Jetb, the. assn=elat e bank managers' 859 gre 499,;000 of United B tatee:bonds-, payo;l e ; -twenty years fromi July; lst; , bearingi 6 per ( cent: interest, toi:be paid semi-aniniallyv at a prige which Stall'he eqi'4l" to seven per bonds at, par - cent. • *1 ,pay the, accrued i ntere,st , fronk,,ruly,let to - Octhber 16th, and after theiatter-dato they reeeivii the interest: •'Under'this arrange: nient, the cost o£ the loan oUL`OctOber. 16th, inelnding interest, is in fractions 91 59 995697 The am i tintd ue s to. Government on,,,the 50 190,0,099 Of s ,six Teri cent: ,bonds 445,1795,478 i Mut:Atte -Now-York share' ''.1632,056884 "94100 for t the`S ,00o,poo allotted to them Tth ,;.. /extension of <the option, to;take;the:Temain, $501,090;000oftlires• sritynloalk mot, ef i !Mini; L D:ecepAser 'lst Iv - ja l titiarY ,let": The `gunk Prert3iAO and ihe BecrOtiii 3 Of 'WO treaattri;Jat,..the l Ai 'sre‘a,tlL.l $l.l $ $ Rao:hangt aßank, , was isatis,fitotory. 4 , to, 1;a11 - partrea 4 prepent, and thoireittltitare li'thereiittii iiy? 7 lWereacke , r, some discussion as to the expectien-.naey4of ,),,„0,-11 )14t .I".Fi ;.1,,1.14,41he.-Wtsigiirk sterlin g o r Ida hi WM!' '1 ME t er esupayable , in „tortdeni -- but the pa rt i,„ l iikeprpposed this "change withdrew their segkestion,-.-convinCed from the. argument; advancedthat, we could raise among our_ Sel-Vel„all-the'. motley. required by Govern, 7 rneni, and .ifiatAt -Was the true interest or hte qkaliotin td ae -so, without recours e t, .foreignßcapitalists. .. , • • PASSZNGERS by thelast steamer to Cali, .441 - f.ornia thaii,too go through the process o r obtaining passports, or certificates from th e ,Superintendent of- Police before being al. ~lowed to. go,abroadi.„ This is the first tim e „passengers for Calif, 0, ahave been required to produceyassports;'etill the great m a , f jprity.. come provided. ,Two long files , F ;policemen, numbering fifty men, were sta , ,tioned*on thepier, AtA distance of t wo or 4'three:fee • apar , an d all passengers were TOM - Pe Wto march in single file along the entire , length .cf,.the line,. at the end o f -Which;(tlie. passenger entrance to the en. .utoneie&Superiiitende,nt ',Kennedy officiated examination of such documents as they were ablc,,to. bring., Sergeant Gerst, *,''f3'4114:0,11)0(4, guarded the ear. zypithl riageontrance, `a Ts faintius 69tli'(Irish) Regiment left f..bfg4.,3l;i:U.i.24ain.;l:aet. week, to join the arm y on the Potomac, amid the acclama tions. of ithe threat against ;ihe'brave. 001.ieotOrsTatillby the rebels, has tiiiditund.:;iniiiiiteiiie'-&iiiteUinaong the Irish. ; . 'men of - this. day, „ • ,•:;r7TAR:7B2I:-BRATIC:IOO3I:iikiiTTEE of New_ Yorkthaa done a';-igien,t-lkipx*:'Eor the church- The purposes for w c -was appoJo„. been kept YEOII 1 ,t) ,steadilyin view,the moat , determined kcourageunited,*thAkzi highest Christian ;Fi'rutiditeellitia'"nliiitacteriixed all their pro ceedings. Theideilherst,iiethat committee :V IT' .1. , C . .11 liaveconie t heinclusi o nci that the pub.. „ra - 3 0.0 0 j . pm,,,pgly,.imia., state. peculiarly favorable; for 'tieing mencheAl on the great gaesttlofi , of 'Saiietifieation , -of the Sab -Ir'Utfil,iihri have iddijessed a circular to minis ,thiOngVontilieeen4ien the subject. ,This f ja).the,AraP,Pgag.TAP4l: . 6 .z 1 et), fancklOcarr , Siii:4 4 f 4,, we interpret .-arightitheeprovidieicesiotGod - in the cur_ l•relktslef , seri amen ti aie have reached n t istoW,l d r . the. Sabbativirefotub evidently fa 4orable - 611 theAdOcacylandt-general reeog 'initiow/of audyreligioita claims of ;the:sleeted slay. L iThe: °heeling results of re cent)effortsoinder the iDiiiiiiieihlessing, in ~the recovery..ot our SabbathifrpMitbe hordes .of,Owslibyz4iidiamrsellerg_and:the.atre-keep rs .he ',enforcement, and final `,establishments ..idequitte Sun day J4WBl7Amiltititbelinaxiguration ofis Sabbath keeping, - regati in . ur; Armies tinder the a.4opteeslafilthe ;popular tGenerabin-Chief, • would : seem te. furnish &vantage ground for tio-frig.oistofAei Babbiathiwhich- they can ill ! afford . ..At It - i may.lie , diaiibted, in -14043 .whethen ;:thot. - )Satldayr;iiiieistion ever stood before the country imless- prejudiced atspectar or, in AlightliiiorelaVorable for its : r.is„ndidieopsidetation:i Ittisicertain that no „previons.;,fperiod..liniournhistory f has made ~mor° imperative demands i fiir theconserva , itionof <this Midi - kindred iinstitutiotis which _underlie MiAlAre haat to, our system of self- 'gave Wire' Or, - c notice of ~ . .)511(ofp, ;'the Pnblieation of a r pamp let, the Rev. T"'Y.L.,Rice,li.iii,,Pa3,,t,or tim church of .the IV. Alexander,l3 , .D., con :taming 4olsernions lately preached on the have,not,seen , the (tine of sei-Toik Evangelist, : usually very, fair, in' sits t Istatements even ,witle.resiect , to aivitsPipatient, thug speaks of :'the secotia"cifthese discourses: But for the statement, of the preface and f Aine ifteifie'utdlifeferences, we might *have rtitistakieflor'"4:.ipeech intended for de :livery beforre. , the late Old School, General ~Assembly in opposition to Spring-Is res ..plutions4 fj: ! Such- a title, would. have :; indi ,eated. its „seepp.,, It is an,elzAtnate: plea in atith„e taken t tby„Satithern .uten in that Assembly. v e.:4 ear ses the old staledeouimonplacee i abOut ."the,Church .taking put An ~politicalls,gitatioitsi awl eon srets" , It fOtemPtnite di.scrinunate sharply .hetiipeact.lic , spiritual! and. t,ho , ,secular. It .steps sawely upon ; the Thoinwell plat ter= that would, rule out,,,ef ecelesiastical .Witice4ll4ltosq, living questionk, of, morals or ol:SPIKIA, which are agitated. acid will be _sgitated.,, j oyery where, ;else. Ti; , maintains .thatofor an American -citizen i the morality .of.seqespionjs anopp 214vapiqp, 1 ; :. that by eggPerataiimissieu, es t ..questions" *Of tii4Aature) f` 3yftelli AiliP*Agisinisters lan4.:o l ll# o he,s had ; ../. I A - Tigl l 4o4taice sides in 4,4 ;dinPutel . ' and At s is asked, the; dispute Inkff:Xgettited- in war, e rlgAtAy, tale aisles ?Z , ,, , lt'istpairitained that fif•tis-whoils,Mtge9.9BB444.gr Otelout.o do it. is a calamity toithe 4 SAte to. have them 1. take, grottrl, f ,c,TA nolr.eokreerei difficult to ( restore pecee..rjtethrowa a l mighty obstacle in the way or „ thelmcon i struction of the Union. Consistently with' himself , . p Rice may well Acclate to express an opinion. 'Evidently in t tleitidgctieVit'ttle"'inajority of the 01V- them :selves whqu th .PY-1 1 T I ARrellit 401 pass Dr- Spring's resolutions. The Southern minor ity;;wereright. u)lp , pyApoiskfr4xidg . will re 'gi-etto learn thepositicits , he haslaken with fesl)3Cdtl, t !6 'l* 6' . 4 lig C hurch, at this „ ,- momentous crisis L-e hi s tor y four 3 slo 9Cni*X;Y:,Bu aip„a very in dependent They think' and act for themslices: d (The;, General_ Assembly gave its ~' erdiet,, an nobly has it 'been .responded to11:,1 v .tr , , rel, .4P litjAet:ances from ,P#l44vs*te, anyi,other high place ea earth alter, the itiindlpf4he Church. II A1W12 61 / 3 74. -1 PHIL ne of the Tirsrac — TtosTrrirrioNs of :this cwt visited w 4 eeat, i t. interest by strangers, whichlii t, isthe Unite s ,S tat es Mint, over ex-Goveltpt er , of yennsirveninweoltgracef u lly and effi.- CiehtlY' f iriegideia ' Mega zine, for veelwner;, con ins avery instructive ae t of thi s ."" ti, •„I,W , Ptisiticu,,,from which we niake, the„followilikjextract:- •.iurin othei , firatri /tie months of 1861 therelliiiveriken-160inedq12c248,037 pieces' iwiva1ue,18,31,1128,200: Ake- 'gold demand bass beeni en tirelyiforti double ;eagles, 1,461, - s tet 6 r j u h p n 66 of .f oreign_ 0 8edigre l t1•1143- I nr,-o f , gold to be coined or home use , Since: ' ..ectrnmencemen iMportali ons has 41,.. 4 ,441 Lifit y y9B,* A l ex Itns not been as present , in qpreph ,‘value 'Coined' ( e airy year Bar in 4851 )) Prla dltring, die' a re' - t; five months in ly ” ~ WaS that t e. P 9 if69 pieces were struck , ri /u /41 ,1 Pi 3 §Kdtt.,_ - geatest coinage ' ;11-4 Y alue, ,before y 1861., i n 18,51 24 986 716 •' ~P 4e,pcsi,lpl e ludiag 147,6/ 2 half a tiß is v a 4, $49 - 258,058.43. were struck`;' fWere " 11/ 4 ,,,, *t :4143pA„ r o pieces Corned 4. / 1 %1w,, a1i0:014.R,, to 69 770, 961 ' .The Whole a - mann - t 't phila a' h •• 091t Ag e at the ii ht Int, UP +43 tittle 1860 is di 1, - u 0•1 ' when t-t a gQWe.e,S, 4 ,:!l . ,st $423,426,at tA.-R i Pc.luage ortite*Wanch mints will 1 0a:, 7 4 , 88 096 1 ava ue. Ve ry
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