=z;2l • 44 .- ~ i t MEM vres tltrtatt, IiCEMBER 28, 1861. OVVERtitiViisWckased e for our office the "Right" to use .Aick.'.l-4VCostnt4ntand...Daspatch Patent, ail, or nearly alt,. or our subscribers now have their papers addressed to them unitrtst “1.04nA 7 +44 Vticlins on the White margin a 'small colored "address stamp," or babel, whereon appears their name plainly printed, failowed brth4 data up to toiLich they have paid for theidpapers—this betnr aitthewYseltrby an Act of Conress. The date will ittsisys4bo advienceA gn the receipt o f subscription money, tin exact accordance with the amount so received, and thus be an eve-rertely and valid receipt; securing to every one, avid a 'so a . oerfect knowledge of his newspaper as that Vany error is made he can immediately de ad it aid have it corrected—a been alike valuable to the publishAr and subscriber, as it must terminate all painful netitdidWitandinge between them respecting accounts, and thuntend toporPetuate their important relationship. _lend Those in arrears wit/ please remit, ; Dedication ot a New Church in Salem, Ohio,—The" neir Presbyterian church in Sidem, Ohio, wail dedicated to the worship of dad, last Sabbath. The dedication ser mon; was preached by the Rev. SAMUEL J. WILSON, D.D., of the Western Theologi cal,'Seminary, to the largest audience ever assembled in that town. The church is a beautifillOne': cost over $B,OOO, and is ea pable Of seating five hundred persons. The people deserve .great praise for their taste, enterprise, and liberality in this good work. Brother MAXWELL has many things encourage him in this arduous field of • =lb *BOIITEERN GENERAL ASEEIBLY. GenertirAssembly of the Old School Presbyterian ,churchestin the Confederate States has met at Augusta, Georgia, and elected` the Rev. 'FRANCIS MCFARLARD,° MD.; Moderator. Dr. MCFARLAND was Moderator of the General Assembly that rt • mat, in ,the city of New-York in 1856. Ana, mon. , upon whom our whole Church havlbestowed honors, are among the first tti•seek its disruption. • The pastor of the church in which this Southern and Secession Assembly met, is a native of. Steubenville, Ohio, a graduate of Jefferaon, College, Pa., in 1844, studied theology partly at the Western Theological Seminal and partly at Princeton, and was fox:several - year@ pastor of the Chartiers church, in .the Presbytery of, Ohio—the Rev.,,JosEPu D.D. It is not improbable, that all the different branches of the'PreshYterian Church in the Seeeded' Stait t es may be united in one General As sarahly.. Already plans for the organiza tion,Of schemes of Home and Foreign Mis sionary effort, Publication, and Education, haw bean:laid. ARE FOR,' THE POOR OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY. One of the beneficent effects, of the Gos . pel, is to induce, the people to make provis ion-for the old and sick and enfeebled poor. The cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny hbAre each a well conducted poor=house; And County Of Allegheny has an admi rable establishment of, this kind on the Washington road, , six miles from this city. Thelneation is a beautiful one; the farm fertle 'and Well cultivated; and the build ings are large and commodious. The,pres ent number of inmates is about two hun dred, comfortably clothed and fed with abundance of idain and excellent food. The institution' ! is under the supervision of. Mr and Mrs., PATTERSON, in every way admirably suited,for the arduous and re'sponsible position. The matron is Mrs. Kiirls," who is devoted to a', work for which she possesses rare qualifications. The Di reetors; Messrs MILLER, and OtpwA.NT, are untiring in their efforts to saveothe County expense, and to make the vein. Comfortable and happy. The County ovio them a debt of gratitude for their self denying labors. Much attention is given to,the moral and spiritual well-being of the inmates. The .Gospel is preached to them almost every Sabbath by some neighboring minister;- and they are supplied with Bi bles religious booksa tracts and newspa pers:} . I Such` an institution is a credit to any county. a:i.'l/ CONIMOIDATIoNS. ahese are always pleasant, when accom panied by evidences of esteem- and cordial 160. And`such it is our' hapPiness often to receive.; smoothing the roughness in on.r . , editorial path, and cheering us in our aisidnous toils. ' ;A letter from a.' Ministerial brother, just $413 Thinrfar have found a PO. 1 , . 4111, readiness. to sultscribe for the Banner, ex eteing,that,oft any former year. All loyal, petople.-are-Iplease& With your course in re ference to the Government and the Rebel lion. The promptness ,with which you took your..position,,at •the opening of our troubles, and, the consistency and spirit with ,which you have'maintained that posi tion, give great satisfaction. None ques tion- the' propriety ' 'of , your course, but Ot i ose who are disloyal at heart. The wish iCyour friends is,t i lLat y,pu pay be able,to holli n ni • your:rway and beCome stronger and strenger." Another= letter, by a 'Christian layman, reeeived'at'the same time, says : Your,course inzelation to this unholy rebellion isi , gaining you hosts of friends. liaa . areicontributingTowerfully to the for itisa eon, of a correct 'public sentiment upon the duty. of Christians in reference to so el audriaticoma sins. „This is ; as it should be., ,The law, delivered by Mosss was writ ten. oh two tables, one of . which defines our thitY to' 'God, - the *Other our ditty 'to . man ; and that .minister who, fails to enforce the duty of :copiliance with the. whole Dees logite, is dekeliot tp,his trust: 7 " I 'hope ,the Treshyterian Church may soon be found occupying its predminent po- Wien of the old revolutionary times--fore moat in defence of Liberty—foremost in de nunciation of. oppression.',' Some„of- the 'most judicious, and causer ' of our brethren; have expressed to us / their aPProbation,,.p few subscribers a inkve l withdrawn. ptlefft l „v i e - ; taken, their places. We= accordlocl t 0 , ,, brethren full Constitutional and 1 01tristian liberty, even iihbie f? -its exercise' operates e` '' '' st gain Ou rselvel. t , r - We again ask our friends for coopera tion. We wish,our spluter,iption list great mart. l idtrit r ulT e A : .:;,'l r, : tb tiwß mq be more ex' tegnivelY ,a , afaill ;' alla-.1W,#:44 2 at we may Web (the,' means of living, inLcomfort and doing our part in seppOrting 'both China and Stafe:as - enletrirdlir - Scripture. The delifisfifit)nin lov#Patitieiising income, t aes an increitang u otirsitigqiidiz i alle l ci Vi ilizoo neeiffat , MEI Namur. The year just hastening to a close has been a memorable one. Rapidly has it passed away, but deeply has it impressed itself on the records of time. In our .own country has the year been specially eventful. At its begin ning, the sound of an approaching si,orm was heard. One State had seceded from the ,general Government, and was placing itself in armed opposition, while others were.preparing to follow. Rapidly did the frenzy spread, and sadly did it infect its subjects. Politicians, planters, tradesmen, lawyers, ministers, women and children, were carried away from allegiance by the hurricane. Soon seven States prove disloyal, and set up a govern ment of their own. Four others fol low them. The Federal City is threat ened, the rebel flag floats defiantly in sight of its inhabitants. Men are amazed, overwhelmed, paralyzed. Sumpter is fired on and taken, and the American flag is lowered in the presence of traitors. This is enouah. The spell is 'broken. The heart of every true American is touched. The old spirit of patriotism is revived. Party lines are broken down. Farmers, mechanics, laborers, bankers, lawyers, and ministers, rush forward to grasp the fallen standard, and raise it higher and plant it more firmly than ever before. Matrons and maidens exhibit the spirit of the women of '76. Parents arm their sons for the field; the wife sends, the' husband, and the blooming betrothed does not withhold her lover. Soon an army of half a million is in the field, with muni tions of war such as an army was never sup plied with before. The progress of the - in vader is stopped; the capital is safe; and the entire suppression of the most inex cusable and wicked rebellion that ever reared its head in this world, is only a mat ter of time. - It is' true that we have had a disasters. Big Bethel, Bull Run, Ball's Bluff, the* death of General LYON, and the surrender of Colonel MULLIGAN, will not soon be forgotten. But let us' also keep in mind our successes—in Western Virginia, at Hatteras, at Port Royal, in Kentuaky,: c and latterly in Missouri ; while Maryland', Kentucky, and Missouri,, have been held in the embrace of the Union. We' have raised not only one of the largest and best appointed armies the world ever saw, but also gathered up and created a formidable navy; while in all our vast expenditures not a dollar has come from abroad. Nor should 'we lose sight of the fact that -the controlling power of slavery, that bore itself so haughtily in our, national counsels, and that with quiet self-complaisanee as sumed so much in Ecclesiastical assemblies, has been broken for ever.' It has exposed its own designs, overturned its own an premacy, and must be henceforth content with a lower place, and an inevitable de cline. Much pain and suffering must necessa rily result from such a state of thing,s. Many, have fallen in the field. Many - he in hospitals. And great sorrow rests upon many families. And what self-denial has been practiced ! What sacrifices have been made ! • The wants• Of the poor' and the sick have been provided for. ' For these many now toil who hitherto' knew not the signification of labor. And the Bible, the tract, the religions newspaper,. and the pious chaplain have gone forth on their er rands of love. Christian nurses find their way to the hospital and relieve its dreari nes's by their smiles, cheerful words, and delicate attentions. And notwithstanding all the fearful evils of the camp, many a drunkard has there been kept from his cup ; many have there for the ;first time in their lives heard the glorious Gospel of the Son of God; and though it be a fact that in the camp many will throw aside the pro fession of religion altogether, , yet many will develop graces and awaken to useful ness,such as might never have been exhib ited under more favorable Circumstances. And how much fervent prayer ascendsto God =for our country, our GoVernment,' our Congress, our Soldiers, from our Churches, our prayer,meetings, our family altars? . The year will also be remembered be cause of the—Completion . of: the work of sundering the Protestant Churches of the land. Every church any part of which was in the Southern State's einbraced in the Confederacy, has been rent. Ministers loudest in depriving the Church of all power of uttering a word relative :to the duties of Christians as citizens, were the first to repudiate their own teachings, and take the lead in disrupting both Church and State. " They,went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us." The sin of the schism rests on them. The most painful thing discovered in re viewing the past twelve months is the low state of piety in our churches. Men's thoughts have been otherwise occu pied than with religion? Christians have been agitated about other things, and have given but little attention to the concerns or the soul. Our temporal calamity has been so great that we have not been mindful, as we should ha,ve been of a still greater ca lamity. And the Amconverted -have been indifferent to the welfare of their: immortal part. Rebellion, treason, and devotion to country, have filled their thenghts,. but alas! they have, forgotten -6cd. Still, in many ,places there are those who mourn and sigh because of the desolations of Zion, and pray for a return of the Holy Spirit; and here and there sinners ,are found turn ing unto the Lord. And add to our troubles, a fei days ago a cloud of war seemed to he wafting to us from across the Atlantic. May the Lord preservems from this new and great evil! • _ These things' have a purpose: We-de serve severe chastisements. As a nation we have sinned' ' and as churches and individuals , ,we transgress. The. rod comes in mercy. . leads to repentance and' reforrnation: God is teaching ua ' ai l a nation, as churches, 'as Chris tians, as , r ,citizens. Oh ,that we,. may have .wisdem to understand hisAessons Let us consecrate ourselves anew to his sArr viteitrusVin his providence, trust in . his griiCe." He'doetli ~L et he iine to ourselves, `true our t 9 ezi,i4.*ltru,.r.lth )4 ll l Y-Nr?A' "Behind a-frowning - providence He hides a smiling fabe." ' THE OLD YEAR. PREOWTER TUB POZW, There is no small degree of eomplainings against our. Government and Generals for a want of successful progress in the waging "of the war. We suppose it possible that more might ha - vel been clone. :It' iiipessi ble also that an attempt to do,more r , might have resulted in defeat, and great conse (pent loss.' And this is not only possible, but even probable. It must be remera, bered that we are not permitted to do just what we please. We have a foe before us to dispute our progress—a foe powerful, brave, and cunning. We tried further progress at Great Bethel, Bull Run, Ball's Bluff, Belmont, and Wilson's Creek; and the results are known. The probability- is, *hat the Government has conducted the, war with a very great degree of wisdom, and that the fault has been,a. rather too hasty advance. The exhausting policy , may, in this war, be not only the humane one, but also. the truly effective. If you can. safely hold, on, and your antagonist must perish , by delay, you know how to make the victory "sire. Now, if the North are unanimous' and reso lute, they can, without much suffering; and with no near danger of •exhaustion, place men and ships in such positions and num bers as, by fighting'only a few battles, and these only where success is certain; to strain the enemy's Power tothe utmost and wear hina out rapidly. • Toward this policy we'mlist confess that we have some inclination,especially as it is less bloody than a direct and vigorous ad vance, and es, oureuemy's great power lies in his fighting, within or behind his fortifi cations. And we are. willing `to l6ve the. , choice of the , mode to our. generals, who have the fighting to 'do. 'Their judgment is immensely , ,superior , to roursi , as is also: their information relative to the positions and strength' of the foe. But while wel.have some"leanings in the direption indicated, we ?eel farm ore favorable to a rapid advance, using the means mast destructive to., the palier of the enemy. The war will be endedthe sooner;' and' the peace which is to faliew Will be the,more cordialf and enduring: -Nothing short of decided victories over Our foe', in the bat tle-field, will humble his pride, ,, check his boasting, and make him kindly and eqr diallY take his place, side by side with us,, on terms of equality and fraternity. If conquered by our navy,, he will, grumble and fret, inasmuch as he has no navy to meet 'us. If conquered by' our using his slaves, he will still be unhumbled and think himself wronged. He hai been wont to despise our manhood, as inferior to his and if he is overpowered bithe means al luded to, he will despise us still. But if conquered on land, which he regards as the field of his prowess, conquered •by the riffe,'. the cannon and , the sabre, his own chosen weapons, he will feel hipaSelf to be really beaten and will acknowledge our power and. spirit, and treat us as worthy of,. respect. Another advantage to flow from a prompt and vigorous*'onward movement, and the. consequent shortening of the war,• will be our relief frothithe danger' of being em broiled with other nations. To this we are constantly exposed, while our warfare inter feres with the world's trade. While then we would not utter a word of censure for the delays of the past, nor take any part in pressing our commanders to an unduly precipitate action, we 'would give our vote' against' delay, and in favor of the speedieSt + use of the most effective, means of crippling and - utterly conquering the foe. After he shall have submitted to the Constitution and the laws, we would be as lenient as justice will Permit, and as ov,ii erous as may consist with security for the future. -, WEEK OF- PRAYER. Amid the' exeitenients of the day, let not ministers or churches forget or pea led the following reeopmendation of the last General , Assembly, viz.: That the churches - :be requested to obsersie the' week, from the sth to the - 11th 'of Jan vary, 1862, inclusive, as season of special prayer for the prosperity of the ,work, of Christian missions throughout the world." At no time has'the American - Church had areater reason:for . Prayer I thati'God would protect and bleSs his people and save sin ners, than now., ,`lhe. ; times arc..oreinous4 , , but.the , Lord reigneth. ' , Let us draw near to him; humble' ourselves before him ; cast `and s our care upon him; entreat his inter pOsition for thesake cif his dear Son,, Jeans Christ:He is ready to hear, the voice, of our cry. He will .send deliverance now, , or give strength: and grabe for the' endniance of yet greatei'calatnities. ' ' -" The followin.' topics are suoomsted ,by a Committee of the Foreign Evangelical Al liance, as .suited 'foi la:probinent place in the exhortaticms. and prayers of the' sub.! cessive days : SUNDAY Jan:. 5t ermons on.the Holy Spirit ; "his divinity and, personality, his offices and ,operations. Prayer for the Lord's blessings *ion : the services of the week. - iMqNDAy, eorifes, Sion of sin: as individuals, ai as churches, and as a, nation. Thauisgivl ing and ; praise for recent religious ings. • • TUESDAY, 7th.--Hpm objectsfer prayer: The conversion of the ungodly, - the cessa tionok intemperance and immorality,l'and the spread of vital religion in our families and households, among our rulers, the rich and poor, our soldiers and sailors, the authors of our literature, secular and' ions. • , WEDNESDAY Bth.—Foreion objects for prayer : The revival of pure Christianity, and the extension of 'religions liberty in Europe andtheiands of thn.East; the over throw of everY'form of antichrist - ion error; the , conversion of the house of Israel; the prevalence of peace among'all nations, espe 7 cially inAnierie,O; and a yet: more abun dant blessing upon-onr brethren and sisters engaged in the. work of missions, Chris tian edheation add literature in fbreign 9tli:= 2 —The Church of poa and 'Christian ministry: The increased spirituality .. of tile Church, and its more de cided separation from the world; brotherly hive, sympathy, and union of labor 'among the .Lord's -. people; a higher' Standard' of piety' and po'wer among Christian ministers and all their felloW-laborprs,;:'the outpour ing of. , the Spirit'Upon burfirtivereitres cUlleges, and on th c , rising Mil:astir at large ; cOnversien: of the yoliiirtg, and lite blessing . :iiPote Sunday`, and k other "of pisa : that ki''may' v late . 1.060 i-red 414' inoreased'fiith, reverence'didloVe';' - filiffit:e astalunts "rony be enlighted and brought into the way of MI T____:U_ A f v ,R DA: .2 6 1 4 truth, that ihe power of. the Divine quit I may attend itirpriiite study; and its mien lation throughout the world. SATURDAY, llth.—Tbe Lord's Day: that its Divine institutions may be recog nized, and its desecration at home and abroad n 3 ay cease. SUNDAY, 12th.—Sermons on the signs, *dangers, and duties of the present times; motives to personal loliness and Christian activity. No two countries should be more tolerant of each other's w'rong-doings, nor more ready to contribute to each other's welfare, than Great •Britain and. North, America. The freest countries on earth; the most en 7 lightend ; the•most nearly alike in, laws, oroverninent and social institutions; the most •intimately connected and mutually beneficial, in productions, trade and com merce; identical in language, literature, art, and science; kinired by blood similar in religious faith ; an &having capacidea to do each dther the'greatest injury, with the least resulting benefitgAeing such, the 'two countries should love andthelp each other, and bear and forbear, and 'Permit nothing to engender strife or provoke alienations. Our own feelinns have' long been, for England before all the world. In early life when reading the history of the Revolu tion, • and when rnoting the events •leading to the War cif )1812, we; felt provoked. But all had passed away, on' our contemplatin.' inch' •• facts as are above stated. It has hence been with extreme palepthough with, an abiding • spirit, of: for give - rids, that we have" witnessed the' part taken by the English Since the breaking out of the ,Southern conspiracy. And we fear now, that there is great: danger of our mind drifting.off with the strong popular anti-Eng lish current. We will try to interpret their course 'charitably, if they will not compel us to conchnle, that they are determined' tc; do evil. As a sample,,of the current in which public sentiment begins to flow, We quote a paragraph from that' sober, sensible and ably conducted journal, the North Amori , ctp?..=: The editor is speaking of the Trent affair. He quotes• from the , Queen's pro clamation warning , British subjects that they would Dot be protected,"`" in carrying officers, 'soldiers, dispatches, armS, military stores or materials, or any article or arti cles:considered•or deemed to be contraband of War 'according. to the law or modern usage -of nations," and 'he argues henee that the act of Capt. Wir,K.Es cannot be a cause for war. But he adds " The truth. undoubtedly is,,that,the as-. cendant ' sentiment in. England, -is = really. hostile- to us, is really desirous to aid the rebellien, to break up this Government into two ' or more jarring factions, and ,to ruin and -rule.ns both and all, as far,as possible. This selfish enmity we ,fully appreciate, and, will take care to remember until the world ends. , It is not likely that a ,eon dition of cordial friendliness, so lately nearly restored.: atter the sufferings of two early wars, will ever be attained. We cannot af ford to waste much love on a nation which seeks the first moment of serious trouble with domestic treason, to stab us to the hea;t. It would have been tolerable to find England neutral in this contest, but it is intolerable ,to find that country violating every ,profassion of opinion, every asserted step of athelioration in the intercourse of nations, in order to destroy us, the most enlightened nation ofthis continent, if not . . of the world." . As we regard. freedom and Protestantism, humanity and the kingdom of Christ; we regret the aspect and tendency of affairs. WeWill•not accept a war with Enaland, if we can, avoid it; but if forced into it, we shall approve of not only waging it with vigor, butrof enlisting the aid of France, or Russia, or both, till the wanton foe shall be dee . ply humbled; Our contemporary quotes a brief notice ffOrn our columns: ' " PRESBYTERY OF SANGAMON. - This Illinoi Presbytery, at its ,late meeting, pasSed a series of resolutions, denying the right of.any ecclesiastical body to take such action with regard to the state of the coun try as was taken by our, General Assembly last Spring, although the Presbytery is careful not tti iitention that proceeding. This is the Only Presbytery, North' of Ma son and DixOn's line that has made such a record Let it : stand;.rdppe i in all tlie, in gloiious distinCtiOn lias 'thus acquired." rt then aads: • :!..‘ The' above sneering paragraph we clip from the Presbyterian Banner, of Pitts burgh. The, Presbytery of Sangamon, we presume,:.will.not be greatly moved by it to change their wise and judicious course. When the other Presbyteriei, which are, now,fairly launched on the ; spa &polities, find themselves :41 split up,and..diTided, as we, pre . dict they„will : be before,our. troubles are settled, they will wish. that, Presbitery, of sang,amorc, they bad, let, ties ;alone altogether,. and confined ;them seltecto, thei ,spiriVual functions,. which; are all the functions that a ; Church ,eourt ought to - The' Presbytery: of Sangamon was as , re ally meddling with " politics" itt`cenSaring the course of the Assembly, ag was any other PreshYtery in a i pproving of it. .A:nd our _brother. f of, the , Herald must.• be sadly deficient in his knowledge of what is said hy. M 0 kES Idnd , the . . Prophets Con public af fai °and the ;action` of bin Saviour' himself oivinetribute, (1 decidinc , `.O for otherTthe,question too vy:hat civil authority they , should paytribute.;. and of the teach, ivas Of*the Apostles y egapreilOilsii)n of .the,,Gosal nor xatives .than)the minute oritieisros, Mid' , air nOtatioril'of ~the 'professed, naMMensaik. Aftunroading: this coarse, of. lecturei3, on'ei would sit down to the•reading of the Gnu. pels with greatly increased benefit and in terest. TaE FinsT NUMBER of The Continental Monthly has made its appearance. It is intended to discuss, political questions; and also to employ some of the hest writera of the day, in its literary department. In some of its features it, appears very much like a rival to the Atlantic, This number is fresh, various, and able. The articles on the " Edwards' Family," and on the " Grave Yard at Princeton,"„are genial and appreciative: And , the Opening paper, on " The Situation," is a calm and thou s view of the , Egreat struggle in: which our country is no , * engaged. The longest and most *ambitious article treats of Ralph Waldo Emerson, in a style sufficiently in volved and inflated. The development of Unitarianism in this country is made' the starting point of free thought among our people; and the most progtessive Unita rianism is regarded as tne'highest feral of religious belief and culture ; while its opponents are spoken of as. actuated. by anything else rather than a reasonable and Christian spirit. As might have been ex pected, after such an introduction, Mr:. Emerson is made the highest of priests, ministering in the holiest of temples. And when he reached the pantheistic and blas phemous conclusien, " I am God in na ture," and, declares "The -simplest person who in ,his integrity proclaims God, be comes God'," his eulogist says : " In Emer- Son the lash height is reached;" and may we not add, the lowest depth. We trust this is not to be, the animus 'of this new Monthly published by J. R. Gilmore, 110 Tremont Street, .Boaton. If it is, the shorter its life the better. THE. ABANDONMENT of - Unitarianism and the adoption of Orthodoxy, by Rev. N. S. Folsom,' who had been for twerve years a Professor in the Unitarian Theo logical Seminary at Meadville, Pa., last August, was duly chronicled; ,but he .has already returned to• his former belief, and withdrawn from the Essex North Congre gational Association, with 'which he had connected himself. The, late JACOB HAA - Es i of Charlestown, Mass., by his will; bequeathed $20,000' to the Bangor Theological Seminary, fol. the purpose of establishing a Professorship, to be known as " Hayes Professorship.'! The venerable THOMAS S. WILLIAMS, LL. D, for many years Chief Justice of Connecticut, died on Sunday at Hartford, at the advanced age of 84 years .and 6 months. - He was a graduate of Yalu. Co llege, subsequently studied with Chief Jug.: tice Swift, and was admitted to the bar' in 1799. He. subsequently represented Hart ford in the General Assembly a large ntuu ber of terms, and in 1817 was elected to Congress. Between 1834 and 1748, when. he resigned, he filled the position Of 'Chief Justice, having previously been an Ass R,- - Judge of the 'Supreme Court. . ,He was the President of the American Tract Society, and one of the Vice-Presidents of the American Bible Societ , . The suspension of SpEcrE PATKENTs by the banks of New-York city has been made the prominent subject of financial writing in several of the New-York jour nals, which ,have taken up the views. e4,- Tressed from time to time by the foreign banking firms, and agents of houses• abroad, who sympathize with the rebel cause. The object of the foreign sympathizers was to cause a run upon the banks, and 'coerce them into suspension, in order to embarrass the future movements of Government nego tiations fbr loans, in the hope that this state of affairs would paralyze confidence, and pave the way for compromiie arid rec ognition of the Southern States as a sePs.- rate Confederacy. But the journals which have advocated suspension, during the last month, were simply in the interest of cer tain stock speculators, who have been striv ing to get Mr. Chase toissue's2oo,ooo,ooo or $300,000,000 of irredeemable demand . notes as , eurrency,,for the -purpose of pro ducing an inflation of prices by depreciating, the currency of the country They then expected to realize irrimense profits bY stock •operations. i , On 1 , Ttiesday inovaing some of, the journals reported that - a meet ing of bank managers had been held~ on Monday' to diseuss the expediency'ef 'Sus pending, specie payments, scd.; a, s4RO ate t , that two of the leading hanks were paying coin only in small•.su - m.s." .The whole of these statements were withoutloundation. New-Yoil has many a "F_EArtrArE, CON FLAGRATION inscribed on j.tsannals.. The greatest was that of 1836,, which many of, our citizens yet vividly (rememberlt broke out.on a bitter December night, and raged three days before. Jp could be stayed, completely laying waste the business part of the eity,'consumin g six hundred and forty eight houes and :sieres,,llith_,SlS,6o(),o9,o worth of property; nor was it stopped until huibliPkge were, by thegrder 011 -`t6 Mayor, blown up with gunpowder. In .1845 oc= carred atiplher, great'fire, :whiO3.," though,' happily inferior in extent to that 'of *1835, yet, did imMense damage, Taping the the entire district between Ahe,,hastern side of Broad Street and Broad Way: THE steamship Gay of GlasgOw which arrived at this port on liondaY from erpool, brought one hundred and t twenty five cases of. arms for the goseiiii'lent,be sides a large quantity consigned.. to private individuals, and a large, quantity of "'army blankets. An additional amount of arms was ready for the steamer, but she was un able to bring ,them. Quvr.s A SUDDEN' Cirmszekt haS taken place in the ownership and .editorial con_ trot of the Indeßendent. Dr. Bacon' of New Haven, Dr. J. P. Thompson,ef:Nei-irerk, aandDr` :Stern:Of . ..Week)* , w h o have been , its editors fPonx, the beginning,' announce in iather 'curt terms their with_' and ".that leneetertb:arnmt i responsible for 'whaflnaylappear its umns. d Henry' 'Flrcirc4 .Heedher has issued his salz4qtory as responsible editor Then name of . - khe present proprietor. °t' yet been made public. y,, hharinterE Of the Untie " niti the future . b can roreten, any more tein4tin P, en t 4 AY e; 1 kOlEt" one, can, deter-' !nine from the text,`what 14t.Bee. h " : " . 11 preaph t about u .0 not bl 3 ' B , PrAni,. that 1.16 will : th4iglid general course, and ccrf46o4 `mts a-sarvore ee sex4.ll.ofpydstrolloin:e,fottv,mito frequently disavowed any responsibility fdr HEW-YORK the utterances of Mr. Beecher in the mons published in its , columns. _PHILADELPHIA. , TDB OLD BATTLE-GROUND, at G er ,,,, „ townibas been ,at length invaded by maids of modern improvement. A did mansiUll is now going up on the', where the strife was deadliest in t h at fi ,; l encounter. This entire property was merly owned - by the Chew family, 0n ,., whom beeartie the wife of ex-Senator 31„,.. 5, whose ambassy to Europe, in behalf of „:1: cession, was so u nceremoniously stor - „ and who is mow entertained at the nati,, expense in Fort Warren, near Boston. . THE EPISCOPALIANS are now erect:- inLthis city, an Episcopal Hospital o f architectural, beauty and of large size. The entire building will consist o f group of five pavilions, of which thr, only are now being constructed, design at , as the centre bitilding and wings, cone eci , with each other by covered corridors ; t i length of the Tare front thus formed, i,. ing two hundred and 'fifty-eight feet. Th, depth of the centre building, includin g 7t chapel, is abaift*O-hundred and fifty..., feet; that of each wing, two hundred tec, t and the . space between them on each side the centre, sixty-three feet. The em i r cost will be $250,000. The consent of the canonical number Dioceses having been obtained, and f,,, warded to the Presiding Bishop (Brown* of Connecticut,) the Rev. Wm. Bar., Stevens, M.D.,D.D, Assistant Bishop e l,„ 'of this diocese, will' be consecrated to th e Episcopal Office,. on January 2d, at St, A, drew's church. - Since it is not generally supposed Vila ; the Rev. JOHN C. LEYBURNE, D.Dh, latei: one of the editors of the Presbyterian,;; likely to.take his seat at the next meetin. : of the General Assembly, there is alrert,l7 considerable casting'about for a , sueees,,, r , It is said that there are several gentleim, whose friends favor their claims, Let this marter rest until the proper time. And if any persons attempt to electioneer for then. selves or to' allow their friends to do so, advance, let thetas' be passed by when ih election comes off, whoever else m a y be chosen. Canvassing for place in the Church. shotild meet with a repulse such as w ill cure the 6711. ECCLESIASTICAL. Rev. CHARLES WADSWOUTH D. D.. of Philadelphia, has 'been :called to San Francisco, to the church lately vacated by Rev. Dr. Scott. We have seen no intimation of Dr. Wadsworth's view of the case •ts ($ Rev. T..DE WITT TALMADGE, of Syraeu , e. New-York, has declined the call of the Third Reformed Dutch _Church, Phila delphia, late Dr. Berg's. Rev. J. M. Baitzuos,-it,QA.ce address , is changed from Superior, Wisconsin, t Hill Side, Pa" -yERSON4. One of fayson/s Inastrationo.—Said he : " Suppose; we ,perceivo a. tnunber of chil dren ,playing s pgether,:in; ,the street, we could not,, without previous knowledge, de termine who are their parents, or where are their homes. But let one of them receive an injury, or get into .any trouble, and we learn, who are Ills parents, for he immedi ately runs to them. fora relief. Thus it with the Christien and the man of the wer l 4 While. we observe them, together. pursuip&the,Nutte employments,and placed in th'e astneArcumistances, we- may not be able-at once,tp,distingaish them. But le: afflictions :Come upon them and we; are ee longer ate loss ; the man of the world seek, relief in r parthly comforts :while the Chris tian flies to. his heavenly Father,- his refuge and support: in the dey,of.trouble." Sinirgeon at Bristol.='-The London Daily News gives an account of the sermon by Mr:Spurgeon, with other °itemises, at Bristel, , on the occasion of the opening of the-new -Baptist Chapel on the Stokescroft Road , . c' The' details are ,srieh' 'as to give ground: , for apprehension- thai 'the nerrow organization of the pfeacher is becoming seriously impaired by his la,bors. - • - Nethadist Preachers,in3he„Sohthern Army. See f it 'ita.ted,t 4 lialre - the Confederate army, aroUnd Minhiseas there,are one hue died and. twentyMethodist.preachers, er ,privatee, captains, n or, chaplains. 11 civalry, regiment washeing recently formed ip.',teses, to be commanded:thrOugbout by Irdethedist .clergypieu l . Dr. barter, Presi -4A of the -gonle Ilniveriiti,,Texas, thor oughly acquainted with , Military, matters; Dr. Boegs, . who has seen. service; Dr. Wiikos, Texas, and Mr. ,Gillespie,of the Prlkana'Aclvocut e , are....t0 1 13.0, officers in thiS' regiment th . e..equipments w ill be lanPes, of ;th e celebrated Polish r Lancera - rovOlVes and, double-barreled d shot Jeremy Taylor's Po correspondent of the , ScoW,.sh , Guardian. - eays "A s you have rrecentlyfadraitted.=seve r al letters on Irish Chui• h matters into.our columns, I think .it:may liossitly interest-your reader. , to; .know. that. :the , qiidentical pulpit from which Bishop ..Jeremy '`Taylor preached in Dnorncre Cathedral ; after having done duty for some time as a' dog , kemativis now usee as :,a Siiramer,hOis e in the 'garden of one Majee, a:. builder near the , fawn of Warren point, .County of , Down,'lwbose 'house is al so ',garnished=with .various` ornaments gath ered-from different old ..•Churches." Dr" 11 L Bretkinridge"Said, in his late masterly s6per on `this irvil War. Thera are ons in which vast bodies of Blares iiia 3 ; be considered aVery.powerful elemeLt 41* the military strength of' the South; the chief of which bonsideratiOns are, first. that, the militarrfiiice'of the 'United Static, should not be alle'tellenetrate the heart ot the disloyal region;,and secondly, that af. ter penetratin , g 7 that 'region the General G-inerinn'ent 'should' le weak enough to treat - slaves hands of the rebels and traiihrs,'ailif-it Was sacred." {' VARIETIES. untor-plated Ifessels;-41, is stated that, t i b e . „ l- 911 ; are; abandoning the idea ot P l 4t_lugwpodeu ships,, and,,to arehenceforth huild , ren4 ,pf, iron. Wooden hulls are found to: he, incapable of enduring the ri bration of so heavy machinery and gap while under greatsso ternal weight. k Glair" for'iliik'roiS failare•.,,-LNo 'woodenS . lAP_ can sustain d armor n ecessarYAlrresist modern ordnance without being racked to pieces. 3-4 i declared to be declared fire . - .PrqP.L.-Ciiinum—Thi l iron column', nsed,s* t he , constraction- of the ftre.prou w arehouses in- Liverpol are'all hollow. an' arc filled inside with fire-proof concrete. The. Old- Pathw , ==glirete• are eight thea• sand. 174L/rera now:enkaged upon the Su" " can, hi.llht,, 4i:intended that steaLe comminircation 'be established bS r , betreenithe ..Mediterranean and the li, it Sea zh. • L •• 1 • AlliitakeiV ..., c4infeirig 'our nationi . ! ilidebtedueas : with that of other eountri''''