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i s +'Those in arrears wilt please remit.
ledietttion:The dedication. services of
the new Presbyterian
,church, in SeNvick
'lley,kill be held next Sabbath. Preaching
:lin f theAtiOrning,.by the Rev. W. JACO-
D.` , lV; afternoon, by Rev. S. 3. Wm
-13,,N, D. D.; everting,' by
,Rev. Wm.' M.
I PAXTON D. D.
'himlying a Palpit.—An " Elde'r -".asks
,
lig " Have the elders of a church a right
;to leave it to a., vote of the inembers and
supporters, to determine who shall fill` the
pulpit As a. supply, say for the term of a
your
"iiielarge number,of vacant churches in
our renders it a matter of much
timpaitande for elders to know just what
Are' - their 'duties and prerogatives in rela
/thin ' to he filling of the pulpit. The reg
arway is, for the elders to ask the Pres
:hytery, to appoint, the supplies. In, pre
fienting,the request, they may, very prop
orly, Suggest a name, or names. But in
doing so their are's:upposed to intimate not
so much their own personal wish as the de-
Sire of,,the people; and if the purpose is
AutVe a , Stated Supply, it is not only
their right but their duty to consult, the
Congiegation. on the subject There may
lie : cases in which the will of the people is
so,w,ell known,, that a,formal vote on the
question is not needful; :but in some cir
cumstances it may be vastly important. A
Stated Supply is in 'the place of a P'astor,
and the congregation as seems to us, should
'bays an li opportunit,y of saying whom they
desire to occupy toward them the intimate
REMEMBER THE SOLDIERS.
Our Beard of Publication makes an earn
est appeal for aid, in ,its gratuitous distri
bution to the soldiers. Read the Circular,
in another column, and you will receive in
formation that will make your Christian
heart leap' for joy, and stimulate in you
the grace,of giving.
,Sctine of our soldiers—and they areour
sons, 'brothers' 'and neighbors—must so - on
and suaden(y &Mt the eternal world. They
should be prepared--,--well prepared—befere
the day, of battle comes. ~:Others of them—
Nindreds of thousands—will return to our
doniestiveircies. Shall they return Chris
flans, `iir`deriy, affectionate, an honor and a
pleasure to . us; or will they come home
polluted by vice, habituated to sin, in its
grossness; dishonest, murderous in spirit,
and seared as to conscience r They will not
return - as they went That is certain.
They will be improved by religion, or they
will be more hardened than ever, and more
deeply steeped in vice:. - Which it will be,
depends-greatly on the churches. The evil
will be done by Satan; the World, and their
wicked companions. The evil may be pre
vented, and good =dent() result by chap
lains, books, tracts, and religious journals.
The men have much leisure, and their soul
must be active. Supply it,then with whole
some excitement. Satisfy its longings by
administering wholesome feed. Let the
men have religious meetings, and knowl
edge through pure channels, and a spirit
ual guidance, and the camp will prove a
place of blessing, and our young men will
return an honor' and a joy.
'Our Board has facilities for doing a great
and good, work. It is thus actually en
gaged. ~Help it. Send -to it liberally the
means of manufacturing books, and of for
warding then" to the armies:
DR. BULLOCK AND TILE PRESI.
'lt is 'sometimes -the lot of a Christian
minister to obtain a large share of noto
riety, greatly to his surprise and annoy
/413'6. And doubtleas this is the case with
Rev. Dr. BULLOOK, of Baltimore. The
Doctor.declined to preach to his people:on
Th`anicsgiving day, and declined even to be
piiient' in the congregation. This fact,
with the reason that he gave for it, has
been the occasion of some very severe
criticisms: It is not, easy, among conflict
ing- statements, to get hold of the precise
fads - an'd especially of thewords ' manner,
ttedimmi;Of the minister. The Baltimore
liepubliAan t which Dr. Hir,t, of Louis
ville, an intimate friend of , Dr. Bu.v .
1.6614, says s " calm' and cool," "and
evidently truthful," thus narrates the
event :
OBSERVING T 1 DAY.-r-Some excite
ment prevails among , ,the , members of # the
Franklin Strent Presbyterian church, in
•consefilnence of the remarks made last Sun
'ay mottling by the pastor, Rev. Dr.: BILL
-
LOCK, :who is, by the way, a brother-in
law-of< the illon. JoRN C. BEVECKINRIDGE:
"The Doctor, after reading the Proclaita
tion of the Governor,observed that he though t
the day would be Aore•!appropriately ob
served b.y tilting in sackcloth and ashes
thiln hi thanksgiving and praise; for the
atifidn bad fallen "upoUawful times. R 01,4611.
,4611. of the menibers as desired to
*W*6 t aay, the Church would be open
ed' ind - service conducted , but he would
not beithe're. '
„Boy- ft. ebriation could think that we, of
the kiddle,sortiaern, and Western States
labing food i raiment in the richest
414"xidance, airk +inlet homes, and entire
protection in pet. Ei t n.and property; and the
,Sabbath, the Bible and the Oltereh ; and a
hope.,of heaven through a Itedeemer:--how
:a eh” I tian, especially a Ohriatian min
eireuniaianees, could' think
ghat wp , 04 *aught,to `be grateful for, or
' 4o Pad refuse". to 14site with. God's people in
thanksgivizig'aud , praisep we cannot eon-
It May 'AI admitted, as the. Lauis
wine 'Prfolilliatigit: 'e'ont4nds that
Dr. 8,V,14L,0cx. is, tr,.. 41 a .h.riady, by the Clip
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b u t g e golat riiiicid* and
,that his conduct - atidlfiniar:lts were
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•
Wednesday mor4Ling,if last 'Weekl y was
cool, frosty and bracing just such a morn
ing as makes one feel strong and hopeful.
At 7 o'clock we entered the cars, near our
con i ntry home, and in two hours found our
, sell'-at the Station in Stetibenvilre. This
place we• had frequently visited, , and' every
time before -this there was a. kind voice to
welcome usAind ,a warm hand to grasp us.
But to-day that voice is silent, that• hand is
cold .)k.tid we, 'along with multitudes of
others, have come to attend the funeral cer
monies of the Rev. HENNY G. COMING°,
D.p., who had died on the previous Sab
bath morning, in the 53d year of his age.
The whole city seemed to feel' that it had
met with a great loss: The childrpn in
the streets-played less merrily. The coun
tenances of, men and women were more than
usually serious,
,and they talked in subdued
tones. While business seemed almost en
tirely suspended.
•
At the hour of 1() o'clock, the body of
tour.deceased brother was carried into the
r'ehuich -by the Elders, followed by the wid
ow her two orphan boys, and her relatives.
.
After these came the clergymen of the city
and others Agin' : a , distance. The' church
had been alreadY , fildWthy the congregation
and inhabitants, &V&A's theywere able to
obtain admittance. As the body—enclosed
'in a beautiful burial casket, and arrayed in
the suit of clothes presented him a few days
previous to his last illness—was , slowly car
ried up the aide, 'an 'involuntary sob, ea
taped hundrads of lips So, audible was
the weeping that no heart was untouched.
The house was-completely draped in black.
The solemn services were introduced 'by
singing the 633 d Hymn—
" Vital spark of iteavenly flame."
The ROV. J. B. PATTERSON, pastor of the
Second PreSbyterian church, then read ap
propriate selections of Scripture, taken prin
cipally from the 15th Chapter of I. Corin
thians. After this, •prayer was offered by
the Rev. JAMES I. BnOWNSON, D. D., of
Washington, Pa. Then the Rev. C. O. BEAT
TY, D. D., said, that owing to the feet that
he had been the predecessor: of• Dr ., Colvtrx-
GO in the pastorate of that church, and his
long intimacy with his deceased brother, it
would naturally be expected that he should
say something, on this occasion, of his
worth and of his hopes. But, neither the
state of his health nor his emotions would
allow this at present: On a future occasion
he would discharge
,this duty. He then
introduced the venerable Rev.._ HENRY
WEED, D. D., of. Wheeling, a member of
the first class that graduated' at Princeton
Theological Seminary., Dr. WEED said :
What is the voice of a Peer and infirm old
man, amid this drapery, these mournful
faces, these weeping eyes, and these throb
bing hearts ? An inaudible voice was
speaking to them to-day :it was the voice
of God. Gladly' would the speaker be si
lent, but in consideration, of the dying re
quest of his brother, who so deliberately
contemplated death; he could not refuse
to speak. 4
He had lost alriend, all there had lost a
friend. And that loss was great,. Every
one's thoughts at once recurred to his labors,
his services, and his'death. To us the loss
was sudden, but the change was not so to him
who had just left us. Before mortal symptoms
had presented themselves he had felt an d said
that his Work was finished. It was not
impossible to believe that God by his holy
Spirit could impress his servant, with the
conviction that his work , was- done. It was
consoling ,in this case to I.know that the
Lord-had not suddenly broken the ties that
had bound him' to earth. Thus he could
quietly meet the approaching change, say
ing " MY work is done," when the hand
of disease was confirming his previous an
ticipations. How like PAUL ! and there
'was much of the PA.TiLINE in his charac
ter. How like Christ! He desired to
'meet those of his charge who had, gone be
fore to the general assembly and Church of
the,first born. He .could leave the people
he loved, because'he loved hie 'Lord more.
Estimable' as 'he was as a man, it was of
,
grace, and not of man, that he was enabled
to, die. thus—so peacefully and so hope
fully—most of those present had 'often
heard Mtn' commend Christ. 'God made
him to realize in }ifs, own 'experience that
grace of which he had testified.
His death is a warning-to Christians to
be ready. Especially 'is it a warning to
the uncan.verted. For, suecesSfUl as = his
ministry, had been, all, of ahem had not ac
cepted the, Gospel. , He. , had besought
them with an affectionate solicitude and a
holy earnestness never' to' be forgotten.
Even,, amid" the pains' of death 'he had,
sent messages to his people. • In , your re
tirement forget not: these. '
The Rev. A. M. REID, of the Female
Seminary, then said;, on last Saturday, at
noon, when, sitting by his bed-side, he had
spoken freely of his death—had sent- mes
sages to the speaker's own family—eien to
its smallest member—to the young ladies'
of the Seminary, in whom he, had always
taken the ;greatest interest, and , to this peo
ple. Tell my:people," said he, a Aly
dear dear people` how' much I love' them:'
They have been so kind to me ever since, I
came.among them; they have borne with
me so much. Tell them to give - their
hearts to Jesus!' Then clasping his
hands he exclaimnd "0, why will they re
ject my Saviour ?"
The Rev. Mr. ANnumws; of the United
Presbyterian Church, remarked, that he felt
constrained to say S. , word to Magnify the
grace of God, to cheer and animate. Five
years ago he had come to this 'place, was
Most cordially received by brother Com - INGO.
And from - that hour to this he had found
him d the friend in whom he could confide
and the brother . he could love. On last
Saturday evening he had 'gone to his room;:
and' as he entered, the dying pastor ex
claimed, "Almost home, come along
hrcother; and bring Yoinl people with Yen!!
Two weeks, ago, in this, lace ,the people
Alt; Mdattv, of ol4had brought the alabas
ter.-box aielthroken it The perfuine was
grateful. And 06'1;10 - an envious sPirit
ha l why allthis
nug vesa waste—why
was, not itbiu sold and giver . to ;the ..poor ?
He , could havexeplied , pointing , to , the
4othes , they haotkitgiven `" they have'
done-Ass He had Ott;
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Or xou4:."4lipyof _enjoyment nkhon:
14t, :OaturdareSteming,;. viten - the aiiVerneee
r • 4:
FUNERAL OF REV. IL R. COMBO, DJ.
was being loosed,' a.nd:., the golden bowl
broken. •
_. v r, f ossi e v,
He was followed -by the e , Rev. 'Mr. AB
BOTT, of the Methodist Protestant church,
who bore testimony to `the ~generosity,
worth, and Christian character= ofthe de
ceased,
The Rev. Dr. JAconirs,.of the Western
Theological Seminary said; at the risk of
disturbing the - impression now made, he
most refer to another feature of the char
acter of his dear departed brother. He
had met him twenty-six years ago, in the
Seminary at Princeton. He was a senior,
I a junior. Then he was the same genial
'friend and devoted Christian as 'ever since.
He was a man of public spirit in all great
and good enterprises.:. He would be missed
in the General Assembly andin'the Synod;
and especially would themeMbers of Synod
remember his holy, earnestness at .the last
meeting. He would- , :be missed yin the
Presbytery, at Washington College, and in
the Western Theological Seminary. Is it
possible that brother COMINGO'Ii6 there
What a beautiful winding up of a quarter
of a' century. You met to receive his salu
tation, And give him those, garments, not to
, preach in, as you fondly hoped, but to lie
in death. How instructive . . the . ,course of
such a father, husband, and friend !, • How
do our eyes follow this ' chariot, this'horee- ,
man as he steps 'out of these vestments
into heaven ! Well do we remember when
the last Convention met in Pittsburgh for
prayer, with what a prayer he opened that
solemn, convocation ; how he poured out
his great soul. How . appropriate his last
texts ! In the Morning, " Peace be with
you ;" and in the afternoon, "Occupy till
I conic?' And on Monday, when. he felt
the first attack of disease lie had said;
" How becoming if the Master shoUldnoW
take me home !". There was not a blight
on his character—not a stain on his mem
ory. He could 'say with the Apostle, "I
know that my Redeemer liveth," &c. May
his blessed experience be ours. We are•
like soldiers in the army; some fall, and
Others must rush forward to take their
places.
.
prayer was then offered ' by the' Rev.
Mr. SWANEY . , of the Presbytery of Steu
benville. After which a hymn was sung,:
and the benediction pronounced *by the;
Rev: Dr. MORSE; . of the Episecipal Chiirch.
, : At the close of these services, the ,vast
assemblage, including Obristians of all de
nominations and classes, even Jews, and
those having no regard • for any forms of
religion, passed in front of the pulpit, with,
slow steps and tearful eyes, to behold for
the last, time on earth the'face of him whom.
they all loved. ,
The Rev. Hthott G. CoAtINGO, D.D.,
was a native of Kentucky, and a graduate
of Centre College at Danville, in that State.
Here, for two years after graduation, he acted
as tutor, having for one of his pupils E-
Vice-Presitient JOHN C. BREGKINI6ID6B,
whose treason was : a source of great pain
and mortification to his former instructor.
In the Theological Seminary at Princeton,
he passed through the full course. ..A:_nd
now„ after twenty-five years of successful
pastoral labor, he has died, in the very
midst of his usefulness, mourned by all who
knew him. His church; his wife, and his
Orphan sons, haVe the sympathies and
prayers of many—very many.
THE .PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
We, last week, gave to"= our readers the
President's Message entire. It came . by
telegraph to one of our neighbors, and was
set up in haste; and we
, obtained it so
shortly before , going to, press, that we could
not give it the proper revision. The inac
curaeies, 'however, are not such as to greatly
obscure the sense. ' -
The Message, may be regarded as an able
State paper. It is plain, direct, unadorned,
comprehensive. There is DO 'effort at rhet
oric, no boasting, no intemperate denuncia
tion, no egotism. If we should Make any
criticism, we would say that there is a lack
of ardor. It is licit- sufficiently adapted to
the awaking of enthusiasm, in acause so
great as that' of preserving the country's
unity, and life, and 'lnestimable blessings;
and of proving to a svondering world the
capability of man, under a free religion
and with freedom of thought and action,
of maintaining good', government and it
largely extended empire.
The Christian will'he pleased to see an
acknowledgment of the hand of God in
our troubles, and of gratitude for favors
enjoyed, with a call to a firm reliance upon
his providence for what we need in the fu- .
ture.. God as really rules nations, as he
does individuals. ' He is not to be ignored
by those in authority, nor Mocked in Na . -
tional councils. His law is over all, and it
becomes rulers, as well as the ruled, to ac ;
knowledge his being and rightful sover
eignty, and to be guided in , all things,
his commandnients.,
The admirers of 'our Constitution, and of
a government, of law, will also be delighted
with the Message. The President will
make 'fio assumptions of.pander . ~ Neither
is he disposed to recommmend any-legial&
tion 'which would infringe upon the pre
.rogatives of the people of 'any of the Stateil
lie would protect the' enjoyment 'Ct`
;every right, privilege and immunity which
they can claim, under the supreme' • law-of
the land.
The Presidetit is'also firm in his purpose
to put down the rebellion, and preserve, the
entire country., Nothina- can make him
swerve from "this fixed purpose. He seems
to feel the import of' the Divine Word ? in
Romans. " The minister of. God for
good," "`an avenger to execute wrath upon
him that doetli evil," or as in 1. Pet. :
a governor sent of God for the punishment,
of evil doers, and for the praise of then
that do well. He will not hold. 'the , rebels
guiltless. By their conspiracy andtreason,
they have fbrfeited their claims under the
law. Their.whole property is hence to be
confiscated. But the legal form for -doing
this is to be provided -by , Congress. The
confiscation . 'of 7 the'elaiined property in'
slaies lidwever, does netintersto:the United
Stites but.to the slaves themselves. They
are to be made freemen:
-The President's suggestions relative to
colonizing the slaves who . may &us
emancipated, present a ,iiii'fter of' vast 'im
portance. If they are set, free ; they :must
be provided for, 1.04 and -governed. . They : are
111?t;iii,their,,Ignorappe knetperienco, and,
vokok. of forethought: competent to do
cdthkfr 7 ' 'ZittleVtor The. AAP
illi
ject is encompassed with . .difficulties, but
neces4fy, #enevol.enc*and,.:time, will lead
8f
to a solution tth prehlem. 'Set the'
slaves of every rebel free, say we. Give
them the needed government, protection,
and- means of earning
,a living.
If soother place can be had to colonize
them, give them Florida. The climate anti
Boil are well adapted to the blacks. There
are sixty thousand square miles of land,
and,, at present, not a white inhabitant to
the square mile. It is capable of sustain
ing a population of at least six millions of
people. And the State has gone rabidly
into the rebellion. And the reduction of it
will be a matter of great ease. And if
there shall, be found any loyal citizens, let
.thein have the 'choice of still abiding there;
or of taking a fair 'compensation for their
property. We should prefer a location
more distant,-,but if—we , say rr—no other
SUITABLE place .can be had, then appro
priate Florida; observing the principles of
equity to which we have alluded. The ne
cessity.of the case, and the great national
benefit to result, and the, powerful consid
erations of justice, freedom, and.hrunanity,
all urge the . colonizing measure recom
mended ; and Providence points `very di
,
rebtly, just at present, toward Florida..
On the subject of our. Foreign
the President-says but little. Those reia
tiOns 'are evidently not just suet as we
could' wish them ,to be; and yet they are
anite as good as we might,reasonably ex-,
pect. If eleven States; bound toi ns by a.
conatitution,'by common laws, bra.common
language, by consanguinity; by all the in
terests of neighborhood, untrammelled'in
terceurse, and a most extensive, traffic in
life's .necessaries " . and comforts-r-if these
shall reOtit and wage a destructive war
against the Goiernuient, what might be
expected of foreign powers and rivals.
,The President, in ,niaintaining, his, •posi
tion, shows great firmness.. While he eon-
Sults 'his Cabinet, and gives audience to
Senators, Congressmen,' politicians, states
men., men anti-slavery and. pro•slavery, he
is still the President—kind,. conciliating,
upright; unwavering in his honest and im
partial Purpbse. The Lord grant him all
wisdorri and prudence, and make him a
blessing to the people over whom he, has
made him the ruler.
DR RICE ON TRH CHURCH AND, COUNTRY.*
The witty and versatile SYnNEY
said that,4 was abed plan to read a book pre
vious to
. reviewing it, because by such a course
the mind was likely to be prejudiced. -We
feel that in the present instance it might
have been better for us to have 'folloWed
the adVice of the revieWer. Owing to the
reputation of Dr. RICE, as a preacher and
controversialist—to the prominence with
which he has been before • the public, and
•.
to the, position which he now occupies,• it
would naturally be supposed that his utter
ancei 'on the present state of the Church and
country, would be worthy of the occasion',
and of- that great denomination of loyal
Christians with which-he is connected, and
which has given him'sor many marks of es
teem and confidence:
But in this we have been sadly disap
pointed., The two discourses . now, before
us were preached in the church on the cor
ner of Fifth Avenue and Nineteenth' Street,
New-York, on the Sabbath previous to the
late National Fast. Their publication by
the author in the present form, shows, that
he •regards them As:his matured; thoughts
on the relations existing-between Church
and State l - and with respect to, the duties of
ministers and Christians in the present mo
mentous exigency; and that he considers
them of sufficient importance to •be made
known to the public in general.
In'the first discourse, he undertakes to
show how riohteousness exalts a nation—
how, the want ot . it destroys a people—that
our, sins are the cause of our present trou
bles—that various evils united:in producing
the present'.; unhappy state of thingi—and
the.means to be employed, for' the restora
tion of the Divine favor. In this there are
many importanktruths—many things "well
put," and very' much with whichall will
agree; but, at the= the; same. time it must be
confessed :that no great •originality of
thought or power of reasoningis`diaplayed.
In the enumeration of our national sins he
certainlyignores"altbgether, ol!,c that ,most
people :suppose,ha.s much to do with our
present Calamities. And =in passing; we
may -remark that Dr. RICE has evidently
no' great ppinion of the Church taking
high -., ground, in the matter of Temper
ance. Erewever, 'every here and there
Something peeps ,out to:indicate what is to
follow the'next discourse.
In - the second sermon, 'which` is on the
Perils and• Duties of the Church, the Dr.
declares the, great danger of the Church , to
be, becoming :unsctipturally connected with
political agitations., In its •discussion;`
small , degree of acuteness is manifested; in
trimming and definition; rand incidentally
he says Much that none will dispute. But
at length he settles' fairly and squarely on
the TEIORNWELL platform, as advanced in
the General:Assembly at Indianapolis; and
which Dr.7Wortivwxrz himself was the
first io repudiate when it Would:answer 'hie'
purpose [ to, do 53. As a ;matter of
,course
Dr. RICE „condemns in toto the action of
theAtite General Assembly on the state
of the country. According to him 'the
majority Of the Assembly. was entirely
Wrong, ,and the Southern- minority and
those=who'acted with it were' entirely right.
In this he arrays himself against the Gen
oral 'Assembly of the free States, all the
Synods, andall the Presbyteries sate that of
SangamOu, 111., that have given expression
on the subject. The whole theory'pro=
pounded by the Dr. may be summed up in
these wards of another - 2 -" that it 'is the
part a Christian amen" to keep his duties
as .a citizen and as. amember or minister .of
the Church, so, distinct, that the left hand
shall not `kUow what the right hand deeth."
Hence he condemns in most decided terms,
ininiiters and chnrches for taking sides in,
this war. Common,,sense may ; then ask,
what is to .be done ?2 Tot , whom is the
conduct 'of the war, to' be' mitrusted
the 'saving of our country
,to be left in'
the hands of, wicked men alone? Are
ministers, ,:churcbes„And .pious people rto
stand alocif, not caring whether the right
or the wrong may prei,4l..
Nor I
can ie.failtAtatice an instance of
OUR COUNTRY - AND THAI CHURCH . Bp r N.IJ.:
Rlci; R. .0 'New;;YorliiPAarliksctibn er
!burgh: Robii /A Pp. Citfitg•
ISMS
MEE
1117.
disingenuousness in'tbe "Preface. The
author i quotes an extract, from a sermon by
Rev. Dr.*ITHErtsPOOrT, deliveied by that
eminent divine and patriot, before his re
moval to this country, on a public Fast ap
pointed in Scotland, on account of the war
then raging and the 'disasters that had be
fallen the armies of Great Britain. I.
this , extract the boastings and the confi
dence put in an arm of flesh is sharply
,While the people are, exhorted.
to prayer and repentance. This,,is all
Tight. But Dr. RICE •fails to inform his
Teaders that in that very sermon-Dr. WITH
ERSPOON did most unnaistaiCablyta' ke
sides," to use a not very elegant forth,
,of
expression borrowed from, Dr., RICE. And
after Dr. WITHERSPOON'S removal to this
country, 'he certainly " took.' sides " a'
very decided manner both' in the pulpit
and in thC legislative halls.
Besides all this Dr. RICE is not' consist-
ent with himself. According to his own
theory he had' no right to preach - such a
ee.rrnon as . this. Vor if we have' no right
to advocate in .
the pulpit, the duty of the
Church with regard, to the responsibilities
of citizens, certainly he' has no right in the
pulpit take'the other side. A;feiv years
ago 'Dr. RICE himeelf preached six ser
mons on slavery, that certainly savored much
of political relations and duties ; and ac
' cording to Dr. RICE ,:our missionaries in
heathen lands have no : right to proclaim in
the pulpit and to enact in their ecclesias-
tical judicatoriesithw duty of Government
to forbid polygamy or any crime condemn
ed in t4e Decologue, provided „that, crime
is a public - one.. 'Nay, if ourri own Gov
ernment should to-day abolish the Sabbath,
and introduee polygiiy,:the Church would
not, according ; to Dr. Rica, haveithe right
to come forward in its distinctive tapacity,
and . condemn the procedure, and seek a. re
moval ',of the evil. The pulpit `must be
silent, the,ecelesiastical council abide.dumb,
and the religious press utterly ignore
the outrage: These are ei:ohclusions
from Whieli'Dr. wouletio doubt
shrink ; but they follow inevitably from
the principles advocated in , this sermon.
The 'grouad taken by Dr. "ScoTT', in San
Francisco, that has' met with such general
reprobation, . among Christian men, is the
only ground on which Dr. BICE and those
who think with 'hira`can consistently' stand:
Religion in thi — Fleet:=A - private letter,
says the •Xew-York POst, from bone of our
ships in the Gulf squadron, gives welcome
intelligence of a good religious impression
prevailing in the fleet. In the ship of
which the writer, is ari officer; there - are
services in the morning and-Sunday School
in the afternoon. "'Most of the officers
are religiously inclined; our First Lieuten
ant an,d Surgeon are professors, of religion,
and so are some among the crew. Meetings
are- held during the week. as well as. on
Su.ndays; and are well attended."' •
EASTERN SUMMARY.
BOSTON.
There are in Massachusetts thirteen SAVE:.
DENBORGIAN , SOOIETIEB. The 'largest =of
theSe is the Boston Society, :Which 'his`BV , e
hundred and twenty-five members. The
others range from seventy down to twelve.
The._.Bostori Society are not all resident
metbers; as we learn, but it includes per
sons•liVitig in Maine, Neiv-HarnpSliire, and
"all over the country." The Boston So
,cie.ty is the largest, in the country, and in
the world., The actual average attendance
on- its stated worship is three hundred and
fifty. All the thirteen Societies in Massa
chusetts have in the, aggregate nine hun
dred and fifty-eight members, averaging
sixty-six persons to a Society. In the
whole UnitedStates , We find reported thir
ty,:four Socities, having an 'aggregate of one
thOusand four hundred and pieety r six 'mem
bers, or averaging forty-four members to a
Society,t and we find four other Societies
reported whose:mimbers arenot . given. It
lia'S a weekly` organ, whose subacriptiiMliiit
does.not support it.,
~
, REV. MR. HAMMOND has been introduc
ing some new fashion's in the 'lino' of
revival efforts among our Congregational
brethren, ,this, city. He ,is, regularly,,ad
vertised in the city, papers.,.:,in displayed
type, puffed in paid , editarrals; with> com
munications signed "TOUrig Convert," etc.,
inviting sinners to his meetings ,These
draw,, crowds. ,
A MEMOIR' OF JOHN WILSON, "'Chris
,
topher 'Aeith;" compiled' froti family 'pa
pers, iva# selection from his CorrespOnd
epce, ly his
,daughter, Mrs. Gordon,
be issued. in _Edinburgh and,Bostonsimul
.
taneously.' ulgssrs. Ticknor & are
to be the Ainetican
_publishers'
NEW-YORk.
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL .`matters
are about as last week, except that ;the
tatter .e,reibid with resfect to foreiga
change, oa aecount of the arrest siflifessrs.
Alison and Slidell, has passed away.
THE DEFEAT, OF FEEINANDO WOOD has
been a cause Ofgreat rejoicing among re
.,
eneetrable men of all parties. MT. Wood's
object for years has been to obtain the
complete Control of; the City of New York.
And whenever the Democratic: Party-.repu
diated hitu,-he• started; up a party -of his
own'te accomplish his own phrpoied.'
defeat y of Mr. Wood puts, an end
to au AOministration whose monstrous ,cor
ruption was long a disgrace to the commer
cial Capital of this continent. ; XThat the,
people took a lively interest' in the 'Contest
is evident from the fact, that abOut, ten
thonsand more votes were cast than on the
.day of 'the State` election; Of over seven
ty-,three thousand. votes cast, Wood re
,Ceived ,tienty:fOur thousand, and if
those whodesired first of all that he should
he„beaten had. ; concentrated their, votes.
lapon Opdyke, that gentleman would
have received more than two-thirds of the
slumber cast. With all the influence of
his office, with all his shiewduess,;his un
scrupulous energy, and his, , means,.
Wood Was able to rally to his support less
than one•third of the voters of New-York
And is forted tO ietirelion the service' of
the .city by the voice ,q l niore. 4 than. two-,
t.h.irdsof his fellow-citizens.: - -
. ,
Sown tune ago, we 'gave an aceciunt of
the Conviction of Capt. Gordon, of 64 ship
.kaliof Piryheeaute,of beipg94g ; a„, . ,
, ~gaed
rin- newArial Was - asked
for, ibut refused 1- The•evid'enee Eigapist'tha
'
of, death has been "passedon him. lie is to
be liung,ln blevr-.York on the 7th of next
February.iThough the slave-trade has
been legally piracy ever since 1821, the
law has, been heretofore a dead letter ; and
this- - is the first sentence,-and- -be—the
first execution 'under the Jaw.. 'This? isiii
cates a great advance. high timeAbat
this monstrous iniquity should have a
strong. hand laid upon it, and reemva the
reward, it meritS; When the Erie Was
seized, last August,,,,about y males from
the coast of Africa, she had:on board eight
hundred and seventy nine slaVes, *horn
Gordon had taken - on' hoard at 'the - Congo,
destined the Cuban market. Theiden
fity of the, prisoner andhis,lanhi.Ye
„partic -
patios in the piracy; were established be
yond a question. The , ott:Oig= pyagrarli
of the sentence pronounced `by the Judge,
is as follows :
~ Do not flatter youreelf,that btcause.they
belonged to a differept,race, from yourself
your guilt is therefore lessened—rather fear
that it is increased._ In thejust and gen
nrotts heart , the hpmble and the weak in
spire compassion, and call for , pity and for
bearance. ,As you are soon to pass.into the
presence of that God of the black, man as
well as the white man, who ia.no„respector
.of persons, do Da indulge fora moment thb
thought that he hears with indifference the
cry of the humblest of -his children Do
not imagine that :because' others ,shared in
theguilt of this enterprise,,yours is there
by diminished; but, remember theo awful
admonition of- your_Bible, Though hand
join in hand. the wicked shall.not go unpun
ished."
Turn your thoughts? toward Him whp
alone' can pardon, and-who' is pot deal to
;the supplications of those who seek his
It is reported that ILENnY WARD BBECIt-
ER, 'in his' -Thanksgiving : serinon, took
grminds very deCidedly against . a
eDP II-
cipation of the slaves lip aet,:of Congress,
and insisted that, unless we wished. to dis
grace free government in 'ithe:nyeinf the
World, we must carry on the; war within the
limits of the Conatitnticin2 insisted,
moreover, that a proxisiopal,zovernment,
of someAind, must be established for those
slaves who come into onr.camps for refuge.
riILA.DELPFTTa.
THE MAN' FACTURE lOF`' LEATELER for
the Government, furnishes full employment
,
to all ,the tanneries of, Philadelphia, and
workmen area receiving •very fair wages.
The value of the product of leitherin that
city 'for the current year willl24nearly.
000,000. The same inopetus in ,th elousi
ness has been noted in the ; interior of the
State, where it iasaid tho tanneries are as
plenty as country, taverns.. „ „
The following:description willlgive-some
idea of the IRON PLATED S.rksiatift` now
being'' constructed in this city lir 'itte GioV
ern ment. We may, remark that the, plates
are
,furnished i :by a, Pittsburgh establish
ment
The plates are fifteen feet lcnig,`,twen -
eight and a. - half and thirty and a half
inches wide, and four inehes thigh. "'A. tiro
and a half' ton hammer , is required in their
manufacture. Some doubt has been ex
pressed as to the' ability:of tiny Iron war s
in these parts to turn out such' tilaies • but
we understand that there is no 'diffiCulty
about it. After being reeeived'at the foun
dary the plates are plined;the edges and
ends being made straight 'and smooth, and
grooved like a flooring board: The'grOOve
is one inch wide by half in' inch`'deep.
Screws , are to be >used in fastening the
plates to the planking of the ship: They
are to be put in from the inside of the ves
sel, and are not to go' throughthe plates.
'The vessel is to be covered with the'plates
- four feet underwater, and three Tea' above
it, and they are to ektend eiglitylfive feet
fore and aft of the centre line, which will
make' one bundred and seventy feet of
planking. The iron is tO come up to a. line
with the spar deck, above which•there will
be a light 'The Sides:Cif the, ship,
with a view , to • cause the shot to glance,
will have an angle of thirty degrees from
three feet above the loadline.
In order to carry this extra weight, the
ship;has to be large. ; The tonnage of the
one under`contraet is to betliree thousand
five, hundred. She , will be tWO - hubdred
and thirty feet long, sixty .fee,t,
_beam, and
have, a draught of •fourteen, feet.
REv. DR. BOARDMAN - in "his Thunks
giving Berman, said :
"We have the commerce, the wealth,
phuiches aUifinstitutidns of learning; thrift,
enterprise and immense preponderance
is. with *the loyal States, ought,to
offer thanksgiving
_0 to,day ._that
strength and majesty are 'arrayed onAie
side of law arid righteousness." He .also
referred to the zeal.of ,capitalists
,and
persons in poderate . circumstances tn.placc
their gold and silver at the disposal of the
Governm.ent, and to. the character our
immense army—all volunteers, not a, con
script among thein, with an unexampled
degree of social intellectual- andrehristian
excellence; entailed in the ranks. He said:
"The kieat problem as to the four millions
of Southern slaves,would= come up soon
enough for adjustment, and no doubt would
be s eonsidered by Christian country with
out uncharitableness.Feinculcated the
necessity of OhAitian forbearance as prep-,
tised by nur Saviour and his Apostles "
• :'ECCLESIASTICAL.
T CAiiiP ELL a licentiate
, Mr: . , o f
the Presbytery of 'Beaver, was Ordained
by the Presbytery of lowa i
f ,' November.
20th, And i nstalled pastor e the :- Unity
church; Morning Sun, Louiii Co., ToVra.
Rev: Jou, tiA:NNAN of Allegheny City
Pa. (late Tastor, Charlotteville, Va. ) )
has, lieen= called to the. First ,Presbyto.
rian church Cmcmnata. ,
Mr.' A. H. FORBES' has been..tordeined
Evangelist, by the,Presbytery'of
Rev. J. B. DA*ls, of Titusville, New Ter
soy,.` o
has been Calledt c
,ure at
Bridesburg, Pa.
Rev. Dr. PEASE; President of the, Univer
sity of Yermont,'has 'accepted a call to
the First 'Presbyterian „ church,' Roches
ter, New-York.
Rev. J. H. PRAzy,i,, lite of Missikiippi,
haS accepted a telt • AGM the -Presbyte
rian church of Tom's River, Neiv.Jerse
PERSON'A.
Rev. lames Spurgeon; Sternbourne, Essex,
.England, the grandfather of the, popular C
,H. B pUrgeon, of England, is still livine,
in the 86th 'year of bis4lge,.and.preaching
.also to the- people- tullihomthe (las mime.,
tered for , fifty :years...,` ' .t" , ..a..a-n '' [l' , 1
".; The Protestant ling of Madagnita-4Ph
Tbita 'and letters received in -3itglared, fri)na
;Eastern Afriba, cf.'nitainthe'l,'elearini inta.:
Iligenoe that the Veil! ICiUg' Of Ilidagiecti
is''net as the' French 'acchunts reprekented;
It' 'Howail''Catholie, but that he has ' aVO*ed
himself a Protestant. 'R lias iiiiited : the
Protesthut Re 'bas
return = id s iiis
c.ingdiffitilatd."-pforni46-% eitablish eilio6ls
in it.' large Scaln.' 'The unioinni-' ''''''
, ~...
..,
.. . _ , 3
Ott 'pros
pedtb, :wluch the reign riPthe-iio Chris
ti RV king opens to Cliiiitiehitriiiill'Eliai4
03111111
ern Africa, have= 'led the Directors , t (
I ;
Sanday Missionary Society to.requ es t 1: ,
.
VitAllis,..so deservedly famous in t i,,,,
nale of missionary, enterprise and i- t .
ture, •to proceed once more to Mada n , :. ',,
to, ascertain ~ the true state of thin ; . ; ,
the prospect'of Christian Mission s i n t ,
Isla:Lilt ' lir. Ellis has accepted the ,i, 14::
an d will,_withont loss of time, procett, f
....
his new enterprise. '
• .
• • .
• 'Robert J. Walker, an eminent p o li tic
from Mississippi, who was Secretary „f. .f ,
Treasury under .President Polk, and
recently Governor of Kansas, predict,
theyebel treasury will become bankra i
: March next, and the whole rebellio n 1 , ,
bytthat time prove attutter failure. t t t,„
think that bankruptcy.
6'"
will not su i„,.:
them without , defeats in the field. ,"
MOCiellan is said to be of the 1,, t ,
opinion.
CliSB is said to be the
autho r of
articlein the Detroit Free Press, l o . `'
justifies the arrest of Mason and `
and `Shows that it is according to the fora_
position of the Government in its n om : -
pondenee with Great Britain.
John Hovard, the phila9.o2pist, s z ,
never ..0. hive neglected laniri„ praye r , ei ,..
though there was.. but one, and that o ne L:
domestic, to join in it: always deeldri t
that.where be had a tent, God should h al ;
an altar.
Altoinefteneral Wes on the war,-1_
the tnited States Supreme Court on Tu e :.
-day, , t Attorney-General Bates prefaced a
tribute to the memory of Judge MeLeat.
- with the`following remarks on the war :
look abroad. over the country, an ,
` , behold a ghastly spectacle—a great nation
'lately united, proaperons and happy. and
'-buoyant• with , hopes of future glory, torn
into`fragments3 -mud it' land once beautiful
and 'rich 4n the•flowers and fruits of p ew .
ful culture, stained:with blood and black.
:erred with fire. In. all that wide space i
-from the Potomac to the Rio Grande, and '
from the Atlantic - to-the Missouri, the still
voice of . legal . justice is drowned by
,the incessant roll- Of the drum and the
deafening thunder' of. artillery. To that
extent =your 'just:fwd.:lawful power is prac.
titallyt annulled, 4 fir -the laws are s il ent
amichit: Mit fa us_ rejoice in the
hope that theie'ialalities are only for a
season ; that -the , same- Almighty band
which sustained our ;;fathers in their arch..
ens. struggle ,to. establish ; the glorious Con
ititUtibn which - thistdourt has so long and
so wisely administore‘will not be witl..
drain froin'their children in a struggle. no
laimarduoUs, to maintain it. Now, indeed
we are overshadowed With a dark cloud,
broad and, gloomy ai a nation's pall, but
-thailks:be to God, thd - eye of faith and p a r.
iiOtisM can diSceru'ihe bow of promise set
'in' that tbe . gloom with its
"bright arClr;:te:fitiz i eslioW the coming of a
'day Of sunshine and calm, and to justify
our' hope of a Speedy; restoration of peace
and Order and law."
= PRESBYTERIAL NOTICES.
The , PRICSIIXTERY.. or4inuck , scin meet In the Firn
clrordb; Pitt:thine?, ore tbe Poiiith Tuesday of December. a:
o'clock P.fai; - : - .-.34T..8. - 11cIliVAINE, Stated Clerk.
, .
- :' , ..iITheTTIESWITBRrOiI" BEATER 7 %411 meet in the church
of Wentfietd,,..on , the ;Thlrd, Tnesdoy of- December. at it
. oelnclt A.M. D. C. EKED, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF ST. CLAIRSVILLE will meet i e
the church of Beach Spring, on the ..Firet Tuesday of Jecc
ary next, at Lo'cloclk2,4 JOBLISOFFAT,
Stated Clerk.
Tlie'PßESßimettlip# gALT,SBITIiG will meet at Fait,
Ittirv'on Tuesday Alta Wet of Itecetablir, at 2 o'clock P. M.
- . ,W W. WOVEN.% Stated Clerk.
ro ;
"iu ettera tri-5
ME
=II
Western Virginia.
*gar& portion of thil Federal troops have
- gone' to Kentucliy. "The - Legislature and the
datiy — entitiri, are still in session at Wheeling.
The - Fittibargli - Female College.
This Inatitu4n had one hundred and seventy
six pupils in,ittendpee Jast session, and opened
,a new sessionlin.Monday with 'fine prospects.
The Potomac.
.Affairs. are bnt little changed. Gen. Banks'
division ,has, mainly, retired to Frederick City,
Md., seemingly to go into Winter . quarters.
:FrontFortißoyal, and .FortPickens, we have
no dettOlsonf interest. ;
Missouri.
ERNE
• Alilitary .operattona are not extensive, except
the large preparations for desedridini the Missis
giPPs-12Ilese- arel'on grand'scale, and the
I PSlletner!Kisiitt , d4ttcomPienoing..:,,t.i
Clue,4ll' ajmuede are.doing,loreat damage, to the
PM-1tk1. 0 .,f Union men,la = the l interior and South
Yeetern-part,ofi the State • ,
' - •
fitittuckyi -
The gathering of forein, and:munitions of
War proceeds actively`. • No recent battle.
ILouxaiit,LE,,Dec. plbooffer has not ad
vanOe4 North 'Of et'unbeilanil River, as reported.
Gen: to'Sonterset, and
:there awaits rehiforceteents. ,
FnanKrowr,l Dec. 10.---Oarrett Da'ais was to
day eleotet UL:Otitokto l teE l .,..Senator, for the re
mainder—oritreetinridgit's • term, by a vote of
84 to 12.
„ DiMplivhilEety,itt) be : Settled.
The railroad , boiids'giNtetii:by Allegheny City,
as well as tlitisaVf the'Countir and of Pittsburgh,
‘have been al source° of much-trouble. The roads
have ! beim:i:Unit:Cie to pay `the Interest, and the
city btllikk.ttitwillingyhtii. beMPOied for part of
what is'due 'lt haii'beiiediifeated at Court, and
Itati 4ipPetiledeand been still
Thg l itieedijiedders . Of tli l e c. pindri bought them
at a_discount ; and hay ` s . , boon” willing to make a
eUrtibiorniafi. • At!Vii?ettni : of 'Councils, on the
7th inst. an orditiaiiceas unani
mously; authorlung a 'Compromise. The terms
that 1419 66.7148ihgtl be ieszieil in equal amounts
with tree oidAut'rzni an inte re s t of only four Pr
alai : The old bonds are to be exchanged for
Weinttreitliuell iebe remitted; and
the four per cent. intOi'elat; on the new bonds is to
be`pr'oaiptly paid semi-annually.
' , ltiii4duterstoOa that bond holders are nil
liki,tOancept of thiii'ai4an eritent.
4f`
COngraL
Deo. 4 ,i -- §ngs.Ty4-;-.llplr t . John C. Breckinridge,
Senator froniKentucky i toyin g j o ffi.V ie rebel.
Sony was. ex pelle&froza , the,Senate by a unanink
ous Tote---Yeasi36 ; nays4torie •
_Ar(inquir' yl w es , :inatituted;.rebilive to colored
Personir now; confined in; jaij, at Washington, on
the charge of teing.Tinaway slaves.
Mr. Sanlshitry;-of 4 Deleirtire offered a joint res-
Olut ion-apiolut'iiegi'cotordoid ooore , to arrange a
treaty :of Once, tithe=Confederates. It re
.oeived. •
if6fisa..-4i4oltition was offered, and referred
,providing for the
re..anneatiotief AliiritOriatounty to the Di'
triat'of
r ii*Odtioad the following ,
which' it'itte; iec4r r
veiikinittee on the in
diciaryir* • ' irt; •
Wll3944 ltAThe eighange - of prisoners in th e "
P f !aelat yax has , *eidi heen.practiceit
and as such would not only in:
crease the h igheist r iiierests: of 'humanity, and
such an exchangal does not:involve the recogni
tien :or the rebels ;as. 9, - gOliebtinent ; therefore ,
IT it 7 , '
le A ta ved;',74, :the " . I'resident of the unite' ,
ztates .be 16 4 - ileittfiti to. _ inaugurate sysfetuar.
m easnies'fbi , the exeliailike of 'prisoners in the
present warit.,,. - .
f drered ' ittkciohition, instructing th e
indireet
c alaudit6 e`oVicireigni2iffai rs to inquire into the
1i*1%.64e1f4/1i 7 . of procuring the
rights and l i i i yiltigiil l nl 4 4:ettletnent and citi 2 en;
slop%oh 'a Part l ghieontinerit, or on the I
JatiOtt - f EttiiVntiett Sieve,