,r:resbgterin, Namur.
PII'TBIIIIM 11113110 JANUARY 11, 1862.
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Eby the adte_Up;totohich they havepaid for their papers—this
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Atoka all times, a perfect know/edge of his newspaper etc-
Mine; so that Vany error is made he can immediately de
test*. and have it corrected—a boon alike valuable to the
publisher and subscriber, as it must terminate alt paitifu/
Vitmenderstandingi between them reslic4ting accounts, and
thus tend to Rerpetsente their importisn/iidationship.
4 ‘,. Those en arrears will please remit.
gicifilige.—The Rev. N.' q. 44Tou'ru, cap
tured at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, has been
eiohanged for the Rev. Mr. MINES, of
Maine ) who was captured' at Tun Run.
riesbyterbwinlisa , -- I The United Pres
bYterian Church of America has now a
Presbytery et Egypt ; the.'first, probably,
etta#has been in operation there since the
bird century of the Ohristian era. There
ye now at least four Presbyteries in Africa.
Indomnity.—The Board • of Foreign Mis
sions, a few years ego; lost a printing-preas
and other property, by a disturbin`ce in
China. The ilest treaty with that country
made provision for the payment of such
losses-r.arid as a consequence, the Board
recovers $20,010.
To tile eoliliors.—On our first page, we
present to these honored friends a letter
from a highly valued correspondent; and
on, our fourth page, some valuable selec
tions from Hall's Journal of Health. Dis
ease destroys far" more . soldiers than does
the` sword. Sanitory measures are hence
ef,the first importance to our army.
Clarke's &hod Visfitor.—This is A. Day-
Sohool Monthly of sixteen pages, issued in
Philadelphia, and edited by Rev. ALEXAN
DER CLARKE. It-is a valuable production,
adapted to advance the knowledge of the
young, to interest them in reading, and to
improve their tastes, habits and morals.
Pride 50 cents a year; or eight copies for
$2.00. It deserves an extensive circulation.
11ihange of IliseiterS.—Akind treatment
of prisoners is one of the claims of human
ity, and belongs to the amelioration of the
horrors •of war. Exchanges during the
strife with the South have been , dittioult,
because the onemy are rebets, and as such
deserve punishment. The contest has, how
ever, attained to such dimensions that it
becomes a duty, for the time, to wage it
according to recognized belligerent customs.
We are hence pleased to .see , our Govern
ment admitting an exchange •of prisoners.
Several hundred of our brave 'Men have
thus been 'relieved from captivity ; and the
practioe will doubtless be continued.
Edwayd Everett—The Young Men's Li
brary Association Irave obtained from this
distinguished .Lecturer, the promise of an
evening. Mr. EvEarr is to be in Pitts
burgh on the 21st just, and lecture in Con
cert Hall. Keep this in mind, and be
sure to attend, if practicable. The subject
selected by Mr. EVERETT is : The Origin
and Character of the War." Muceinstrue
tion may be expected by even well-read
men, and the :manner of its presentation
cannot but eh arm .eveu person , itif taste.
An additional .motive for buying.a ticket
may be found in a desire to aid the Asso
ciation. Our young men pit themselves to
great expense to procure the highest order
of talent, for the entertainment of the pub
lic, and they should be generously assisted
in meeting the bills.
The Synod of the Pacific: This Synod
has unanimously washed 'its hands of all
sympathy with, the views of Dr. SCOTT, ea
the state of the country. At its late meet
ing the following resolutien offered by the
Rev. Joim ANDEBsost, - •of Stockton, was
unanimously adopted,
Resolved, That Synod has no possible
synipaliy with! the treasonable opinions
thought by some to have been' entertained
by Dr..ScoTT, and that We detest treason
against the United States Government,
coming wader whatever guise it may, or by
whomsoever uttered,. as a heinous sin against
God, and a 'detestable , crime against the na
tion.
Upon this notion tbrAßunnows, who
sow edits the Pacific Expositor, spends two
mortal owes of aamentsttion.
DEITH OF UHL M. Until
The Rev. HENRY R 131711.10, D.D. 1;11D.,
tor many years President Af +Washington
College at+, eltipgton, Va., disCatilisiresi
deuce in. Kiiitil,Wha on the 17th ~ef ;Decem
ber, in, tbe,s, nd year of his ;age. -.Dr.
RUFFNER was a man a great leasrikag-ind
great ability. He was remarkably well ac
quainted with the whole scope of-the Rom
ish controversy. And he vas anima; -his
country's friend. ,
Soma down years ago he pubrished
pamphlet, Addressed to Virginians, on Sla
very, which caused great commotion atothe
time; and certain politicians and .others
stigmatized him as being. little better than
an' Abolitionist. In the Pamphlet the fol.
lowing stirring language is found
~",Cast it ar,.:West Virginians, While yet
it - Alive the• power ; for if you let it de
scend-u = rpkert to, your ebihiren at will
have gr a to a mountain of . misery CM
their hsa s. * * * Then by .a forbearance
which has no merit, and a supineness which
has no Arouse,. you will have given. them
for their inheritance this lovely land Wick
ened
_with a negro population—the off
scourings of Eastern Virginia—the fag-end
9f slavery :the loathsome dregs of that sup
of abomination whioh has already sickened
to.death the Pastern half of our Common
wealth,, IDola t y not, then, we beseech you,
to raise A.barner against this Stygian lona
dation—t9 .stand at the Blue Ridge and
with sogereign .energy say to this Black
Senor misery, ‘,llitherto shalt thou come,
and no, further! ,* * * May Heaven di
rect 'your minds ..to the course dictated by
patriotism, by hitutimiq, and by your true
interests !"
. And it is stated in ,one newspaper ,that
just previous to his death, he issued another
pamphet, arguing against the continuance
,
of slavery in WestereVigginia. If this is
Jo; ItAti , probably marelim .new„ edition of
kis former work on the same•eubjact.
110 was the father of the 'Rev. HENRY
iiiiiiit, formerly pastor of the *Tenth
.
Presbyterian church, Philadelphia.
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
It is with sorrow that we reiterate the
truth that our Education Board is not ade
quately sustained. It has been obliged to
borrow largely, to meet its pledges to our
consecrated young men. This should not
be. Borrowed money must be repaid, and
with interest too. Will the churches come
forth, liberally and cheerfully, and repay
the money thus obtained, and so replenish
the treasury, that there may be enough,
henceforth, to meet all wants? Or does
the system fail of the approbation of the
churches, and is a change necessary
To economize more than is now done in
die working force of the Board, is hardly
practicable, without impairing its efficiency.
The husbandman must employ good labor
ers, and enough of them; and mat sow
good seed, and not sparingly, if he -would
thrive. That parsimony which would re
trench unduly in these departments, tends
to pkiverty. And the churches may apply
ithis thought in seeking a supply of minis
" Ws, as well as in managing the Office' of
'theirßoard. •
Neither can the Board safely economize
4 in the amount given yearly to each caudi
' date. It now ranges from $75 to $125.
'Let there be no diminution here.
Will the churches then ask the Bo and
to educate fewer young men ? How would
this correspond with duty under the Sa
viour's instruction : ".The harvest truly is
great, but the laborers are few; pray ,ye
therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he
would send forth laborers into his harvest ?"
Is not the harvest still great ? But the
laborers you say, have become numerous
too numerous ? Alas ! look abroad on
those whitening fields all around, before
you thus 'speak. Behold the wastes of bea
thendom. Contemplate also the home des
olations. What mean those thousand. va
cant Presbyterian churches ; and those
other thousand destitute villages and nrAgh
borhoods, where there ought to be churvhes;
and those still other thousand fruitful hills
and vales, soon to be occupied by teeming
multitudes who will need Gospel ministra
tions. Verily the laborers are still few,
compared with the work to be done in the
Lord's harvest fields.
We are referred to the number of unem
ployed ministers. Well, there are some—
perhaps many—but not so very many.. We
know but very few healthy ministers; who
are idle. You say that 'when an important
vacancy occurs, there are speedily a score
or two of applications. But are the persons
whose names are brought forward by their
friends, all idle ? No, truly; most of them
are men already toiling hard in the hilarvest.
There are but very few unemployekminis
ters, who have health to labor as *ernes
the pastor. There are 'five times as many
unoccupied fields needing laborers, as. there
are unemployed ministers.
The Board, however, meet look at things
as they are; and if it:cannot awake the
churches to snare 'liberality, it must }try to
diminish ite.Olva wants. fit is but . ' the ex
center of the will of the churches, and
must, according to that will, modify its
operations. It must diminish its expendi-
Auras ; and this; as we haw seen, will' re
quire a diminution in the number of candi
dates.
How shall this diminution be : made ?
Evidently by raising 'the qualifications. It
must raise the :standard of piety, talent,
and adapted's:4f! to' he work, in those whom
dt will retelebire; and nuustaileo make greater
•:attaintients in literature a prerequisite. It
"will thus diminish the number of the recip
ients of its bounty, and shorten the period
of their receiving aid; and in both these
ways will economize its funds. :At the
same time, also, it will advance the excel
lence of the ministry it educates.
And a change of this 'kind may be just
what the Church desires, both to gratify
her aspirations and to stimulate her benev
olent liberality. Many persons would con
tribute cheerfully and largely to educate a
youth of eminent qualifications, - who would
not gite a farthing to any other. If then
the standard adopted by the Board, and the
Board's vigilance, and the fidelity of the
Presbyteries through whom the Board gets
its information, and the conduct 'of the
young men wherever they shall be seen,
shall all be such that Christians shall have
full confidence that only Ike worthy shall be
received, and only those who prove' them
selves perseveringly worthy shall be re
tained, the cry about the scarcity of funds
will cease speedily. The treasury will be
kept full; and the education cause will be
come the most, popular of our benefactions.
Suppose then the Board, being first duly
authorized by the Assembly, shall raise the
standard, and shall issue to the Presby
teries a form of certificate which shall be
adopted and solemnly attested, in refirence
to every candidate for whom application is
made—say, he'is over eighteen (or twenty)
years of age; for two years a communi
• eating member of the Church; distin
geished for good sense, prudence, industry,
and good manners; much above mediocrity
'in talents; and has completed his Fresh
man. (Cr Sophomore) year in College, -with
'distinction; All this to begin with;`and
then' the Board and the Presbytery, with
tall delicacy, respect, and paternal' kindness,
-shall-attend to the candidate's progress.
liT t e make these suggestions to the Board
hand the Presbyteries. We have long
'thought that some improvements might be
made an.our system . ; and we are not alone
in this thought. But we neither dictate
nor urge. We most cordially cooperate, as
things ore, and if our brethren think it
best to attempt no change, they will find us
still their fellow laborers.
*But 'permit as to urge, that laborers—
real laborers—eauseorated men=men who
love the work and are qualified to
Perform it, is .the - want. • It is the
great want ,of 'the 'Church and the world.
Give us a thousand such ,men—men.
like PAUL—men of ttients, learning, pru
dence, zeal, devoteduess---men who -feel
that they mast preach the Gospel,; woe to
them if they do not.; and they will all find
employment. They will net wait for a good
invitation. They will not measure their
Movements by the tonount ,ufl i unds in the
Domestic Board's treasury. They will not
condition their labors upon a donation from
the Church extension fund. illy will go
forth; and a congregation will start, and
grpw, and strengthen; and atchurch edifice
will'srise. Jeans thought of men. It was
merrhe sentlAnth,:viith.ont .purse or : .scrip.
And it: was-thelsending forth"..of men; that
PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.-SATURDAY, JANUARY, 111.1862.
he enjoined. Let us then' have men. If
we have these, such as 'we tahould have,
we will have, through God's blessing, real
Church extention—congregations, and edi
fices, and converts.
REV. HilIN 11..800001, B. D.
Those of our readers who happened to
be .present at the close of the General As
sembly, in Rochester, N: Y., will remember
the ridiculous figure cut by this gentleman
in a speech made by him on a resolution of
thanks to the citizens of that place, for
their attentions and Christian hospitality.
So ridiculous was the speech and so unwor
thy were his insinuations that the leading
Southern members of the Assembly re
quested report ers and editors of both secu
lar and religious newspapers to make no
report of it. So earnestly urgent were
they that no notice at all was taken of it.
The Rev. Dr. STANTON, of Chilicothe, in a
late rtumber of the Presbyter, gives the fol
lowing account of him and his late doings:
"This gentleman, a Virginian by birth,
was the pastor of the Bridge Street Pres
byterian church-, the oldest church in the
Diatrict of Columbia. He is a brother of
Hon. Tilos. S. BOCOCR., a candidate. for
Speaker' of the House of Representatives
in the last Congress. He was t preaching
and praying secession all last Winter,' to
use a phrase often heard; prayed for the
Southern. Confederacy and its President, di
rectly; and after the fall of Sumpter, when
President LINCOLN called out seventy-five
thousand troops, he gave such free scope to
his disloyal tongue, that - the Government,
conadering his social connexions and influ
ence, concluded to remove him. His amia
ble wife , hoped that sixty thousand of those
soldiers would fall by yellow fever; and
openly proclaimed it. In the early part of
May, Dr. B. preached as usual one Sab
bath, neither he nor his congregation hav
ing any intimation of, the events of the
morrow, but when the morrow came he was
notified by the military authorities that he
must forthwith leave the Capital, and be
fore dinner he and his family were in Vir
ginia. He is now a chaplain in the rebel
army." ,
The noble and loyal old Commodore
STRIBLING, is a meniber of this church.
He is a South Carolinian by birth, and
some of his eons are in the rebel service.
Dr. STANTON says :
"AS an evidence of Com. STRIBLING'S
patriotism, one remark of his is worthy of
being printed in letters of gold., He said
to Secretary Wzrams : " Sir, if you com
mand me, I will go with a - fleet and shell
Norfolk to-morrow, although I have two
sisters living there !"
SIR. SPURGEON ON Tin WAR.
Mr. °SPURGEON did not , join in the mad
cry in England for war with this country_
But on the contrary he opposed' it find
spake againit it, as :a Christian and a friend
of humanity should.
In a " Sermon for the Times," delivered
on. Sunday, December Bth, he said :
" The peacemaker is a citizen, and though
he be a Christian, he remembers that Chris
tianity does not require him to forego his
citizenship, but to• use and to improve it
for Christ's glory. The peacemaker, then,
as a citizen, loveth peace. * * *.
The peacemaker remembereth the war with
Russia, and he recolleeteth what fools we
were that we should have meddled -there, to,
bring to ourselves great losses both in trade
and money, and no advantage whate - ver that
is perceptible. He knoweth that : this no r
tion hath often been drifted into war for
political. purposes, and that usually' the
pressure , and burden of it cometh upon the
poor werkingman, upon such as have to earn
their living by' the sweat of their face.
Thereto*, though he, like other nUM, feel
eth hot blood, and being an Englishman
born, feeleth the blood of the old sea-kings
often in his veins, yet he represseth it, and
saith to himself; 4 1 must not strive; for the'
servant of God must be gentle to all men,
apt to teach, patient.'
" So he putteth his back against the cur
rent, arid when he heareth everywhere the
noise of war, and seeth many that are hot
for it, he doth his best to administer 'a cool
ing draught, and he saith, Be patient ; let
it alone; if the thing be an evil, yet `waris
worse than any other evil. 'There was
never a bad peace .yet, and never a good
war,' saith he, and whatever loss we may
sustain by being too quiet, we shall cer
tainly lose a hundred times as`much by:be
ing too , fierce.' And then in the preBent
case he thinketh how ill it would be for
two Christian nations to go to war—two
nations sprung of the same blood—two
countries which really have a closer rela
tion than any other two countries Upon the
face of the earth—rivals in . their liberal
institutions—coadjutors in propagating the
Gospel of Christ—two nations that have
within their midst more of the elect of pod..
and more of the true followers-of Christ..
than any other nations under heaven..
Yea, he thinketh within himself, it were ill
that the bones of our sons and daughters.
should go again to make manure for bur
fields, as.they have done He remember6k
that the farmers of Yorkshire brought home ,
the mould from Waterloo with which to Ma
nure their own fields—the blood and homes
of their own sons and daughters; and' he
thinketh it not meet that the prairies' of
America should be enriched with the blood
and bones of his children; and on the other
hand he thinketh that he would not smite
another man, but would sooner be smitten
of him, and that blood would be to him' an
awful sight. So he smith, What 'I would ,
not do myself would not have others do
for me, and if I would not be a killer,:
neither would I have Others kill for me.'
He walketh in vision over a field of battle;
he heareth the shrieks of the dying and. -
the groans of the wounded; he knows that.
even conquerors themselves =have said that'
all the enthusiasm,of .victory has.not been
able to remove "the horror of the dreadful'
scene after the fight; and so he saith, nay,
peace, peace I"
HOME AND FOREIGN RECORD.
The first number of volum XIII. of the
Record, has appeared. itk's periodical
should.be extensivelytaken i and read. It
costs but fifty cents, folio single copy; and.
only half that amount , e for each ) if fifty
copi are ordered to one ad4ress. Write
to PETER. WALKER,; Esq 811 Chestnut
Street, Philadelphia.
DOMESTIC MISSIONS
The Board are exceedinglYdesirous to pay,
up all balances to their missionaries, nt the
close of dip fiscal. year, March Ist. If the
contributions to their treasury, duringJan
nary and February, shall be as they once
were, and a little more so, the Board can
accomplish this very desirable result. God
has given us most bountiful harvests,. and,
he has not yet permitted: a hostile foot to,
tread freedom's soil. Shall .not the church
es make a due .acknowledgment? And is
not an acknowledgnient due ih this way,
seeing that a large part ,of the ,palriotism,
moral power and blessedness of the country,
has come through the operations , of our
Domestic Board ?
RECEIPTS 'November ;at , 5 ;
at'Louisville, $l2l.
EDUCATION
Ministers are the gift of God. Jesus
calls, qualifies, commissions and sends them.
Their increase is also his gift, and this he
bestows, in answer to prayer—that is, to
the prayer of faith—that prayer which
leads to a diligent use of the instruinen-,
talities through which ministers are sent—
that faith in a goodilharvest, which leads
the husbandman to labor Wisely and dili
gently. We refer readers to some excel
lent remarks in the Record, and to some of
our own views, presented in another col
umn.
RECEIPTS in November, $l,BBO.
FOREIGN MISSIONS
INDIA.--The latest news is under date of
September 7th.. The brethren enjoyed
their usual health. Two native Christians
had recently , died. Their faith was so
evinced fa to give hope of eternal life.
SIA.m.- . --The missionaries speak , 'of re
spectable audiences, good attention, and a
spirit of inquiry among the people.
OHINA.—The mission in Shantung is
promising. Mrs. CULBERTSON'S .health is
quite feeble.
JAPAN.—There is opposition to the work,
in this country, which will try the faith of
the laborers.
SOUTH AMFAIOA.—MT. M'LaREN re
ports good Progress.
INDIAN TRIBES —The: mission schools
among the Omahas and Chippe*aa, .are,
•
flourishing.
REOEIP.TS yin November„ $14,200.,
PUBLICATION
The Board is not adding much to its list
, •
of publications; neither is it able to carry
on the work of Colportage, as it formerly
did. It is, however, laboring much, and
hopefully, for the army. • -
Raosirrs in November : 'Donations, $2,790 ;
Sales, $2,343.
CHURCH" DICTENSION. • '
The good an always desires to have a
house fOr god. Help the - .poor, and the
few, to the gratifying of this desire.
RECEIPTS br November, $2,194,
THE RIGHT VIEW OF THE CASE.
The Canada papers have generally been
very ferocions against us in the Trent af
fair. Their voice has been almost unani
mous for war, while their language has
often been most unjust in its charges, and
insulting in its. manner. But in New
Brunswick, the Colonial Presbyterian,
which is probably the ablest paper pub-
Hailed in that prOyinee; espouses the Fed
eral cause with a warmth which deserves
our grateful appreciation. In a recent ar
ticle it says :
" To us 'it appears, much more difficult
, for a true British subject to sympathize
with the South. than with the North, and
we are convinced that the principles enun
elated by the pro-Southern Canadian and
New Brunswick press, would, if practically
carried out, be fatal to the safety of the
British Empire. They are, in short, ut
terly seditious and dangerous, contrary to
all Divine and human laws. 'Curses' are
not the only things which, like chickens,
come home to roost.' Evil principles
bring retribution in their train. To hold
that, apart from any exercise of oppression
by a Government, creating a moral right of
revolution, its'authority is to be cast off at
pleasure or through caprice ; its property
seized; its courts of justice . 1113Verted; to
hold that all oaths of allegiance to ft may
be violated without moral guilt or . political
degradation, is to hold that civil govern
ment rests upon no Divine sanctions or
other stable basis. We maintain that there
has rarely been a more just war waged in
this world than that by which the Federal
Government aims at suppressing the South
ern rebellion and preserving the nationality
of a great people. As British subjects, we
resent any insults to our nation's flag, and
demand an ame9zde. But internal rebellion
is worse than ex:ternar war ; to be an enemy
is to occupy an honorable position as com
pared with being a traitor. How well it
looks to see those who are ready to _fly to
arms to maintain the honor of the British
flag, in the same breath denounce-the Uni
ted States for rising, up as one man to wipe
out the reproach of Fort Sumpter I"
Again
" There has been revolt in India. There
has been discontent in Canada. There was
lately a jubilation over a dead rebel in an
integral section of the British empire—re
echoed even in New Brunswick. Do we
wish to establish the principle that rebels
—that men who revolt without any just
calla against a legitimate and beneficent
government, deserve sympathy and aid,
while 'the legitimate authorities deserve
only to be treated
.with coldness, if not
with hostility?"
United Presbyterian Theaingleal Setkina
ries,—The United Presbyterian Theological
Seminary, in Allegheny City, has just
issued a neat Catalogue far the present
season. This institution has 72 students
in attendance. The Seminary of the same
Church at , Xenia, Ohio, boa 32 students,;
and the one at Monmouth, 111., 22—total
126:' This indicates a high degree of
pros
perity in this branch of the Church of
Christ. Graduates of these Seminaries are
now engaged in the work of .missions in
Syria, India, China, and Egypt ; ; and `among
their expect
, present students, the churches
to find several for the foreitn,fteld.
EASTERN SUMMARY.
BOSTON AND NEKENGLAND
•
TELEDEPARTURE of Messrs. Mason and
Slidell created no excitement. A small
steataer conveyed them quietly, in the
eVening, from Fort Warren to a British
vessel waiting to., receive tiiem. It is said
that the rebel Commissioners would have
been.much better pleased if. a demonstra
tion of almost any kind - had been made.
This Fort Is from time to time receiving
new prisoners, so that from all appearances
.it.will.be pretty well filled before the Win
ter is ended.
One . of the most SUCCESSFUL ASTRO
ROMICAL DISCOVERERS of the present day
Horsce P. Tuttle, of Harvard Col
lege. , A few days ago he discovered a tele
:seopie comet near the bright 'star ista
Virginia. This is -the tenth comet inde
pendently discovered by,Mr. Tuttle within.
ttha list four and a half years,• which is
more.than.has been done by any previous
astrenomet in the same "length Of time. •
ORRSTES A. BROWNSON has become
one of, the,institutions 4:)f Boston, if not • of
the country. Be says so many strange
things, and in such strange ways', that lois
.tertain to, attract attention, evenfiom those
who have no agreement with his peculiar
opinions., But occasionally, he, lets of a.
right good thing, or gi'ves a new turn io:teu
saying znalrea'4
pointed. In the present state, of the Na.
tional conflict, the following, one of his
latest, will be relished. lie says : We
have talked - about the sublime courage of
dying for our 'country=of Standing Up in
the ranks to be shot at—to be killed for
this glorious cause; but what is needed now
is the courage to kill somebody." To this
sentiment most people will give a hearty
assent.
TIM DICTIONARY WAR is about to be
reviled. The rival publishets of Webster
and Worcester Dictionaries are idaviiig no
means untried to promote the circulation of
their respective works. State legislatures
are impottuned by the agents of each to
place copy in every public school. Be
tweft seeking to accomplish this and seek ,
in to defeat one another in the same at ,
tempt, the publishers have their bands
about full. In Boiton, Worcester is nu , '
doubtedly the favorite; but in Massachu
setts and the New-England States gener
erally„ Webster is most popular. Cam
bridge University,throws its influence for
Worcester, and Yale College, for Webster.
NEW-YORE
THE THREE MONSTER BANKS of the
city of New-York are the Bank of Com
merce,' with a capital of $9,148,000; Amer..
iean Exchange Bank, with a capital of
$5000,000; and the Metropolitan Bank,
with a capital of $4,000,000; showing an
aggregate of over $18,000,000, or more
than the entire banking capital of several
whole States.' . '
The, suspension of the banks created but
little excitement. And it is generally ad l
matted that in the present state Of. the
country, it is about the best thing that
could have been done. The banks will now
be able, to accommodate their customers to
a degree that would have been impossible,
with the possibility of a drain of specie
staring them in the face. The greatest
evil to be apprehended is an unwarrantable
expansion of business because of these
bank facilities. According to a carefully
prepared statement of the World,." The
New.:York banks hold now about thirty
per cent. more coin fan the average of the
six . preceeding years, at the corresponding
period of each year. The average was
about $19,000,000, while they hold• now
actually about $26,000,000; and in the
years of active business, 1855,18:56, 1859,
and 1860, when the country's,traniactions
in regular trade were than double
that of, the present period, their siecie re
serve ranged from $11,000,000 to $20,-
000,000, - *with a monthly export of specie
to Europe et from $3,000,000 to $5,000,
000." December 28th the average of spe
cie held was $30,000,000, as against the
average of $19,000,000 fora the six preced.
ing ye'ars,
THE SITEFEEINGs of the little homeless,
wandering children of this great city contin
ues to attract the attention of the philanthro
pist and the Christian. Much has been done
for their relief, but very much yet remains
to be done. At present they suffer from
the want of proper food and clothing, and
healthful dwellings. But their exposure
to every.,kind of demoralization and vice is
still more painful. Here many candidates
are in process of training for alms-houses,
penitentiaries, and, it may be, scaffolds.
IN THE COURT OE GENRRAL SESSIONS
of this county, last Saturday, no less than
ten persons were convicted of various de
grees of homicide, and brought to the bar
for sentence.. Such a spectacle may well
startle the public mind, and lead us to in
quire the causes of this wholesale reck
lesiless of human life. Six of these mur
derers had come to the felon's dock by
intemperance, while the conviction in the
seventh case, that of Jefferds, was due sole
ly to his confessions made while under' the
influence of intoxicating drink. This ex
hibit is but a transcript of the general
calendar of crime; at least , two-thirds of
the offenses being directly or remotely due
to this chief cause.
Incitements •to the vice Of drunkenness
abound in the mok,:public thoroughfares;
not only at hotel bars and porter-houses,
but tricked out. in all the tinsel finery of the
stage. The scores of concert-halls, which
have suddenly sprung up with mushroom
growth, corrupt their visitors at every 'step,'
In these : haunts, the cup that steals away
the brains , and makes men mad for Murder,
is wreathed with the double albarements of
the tippling-house and the theatre.„ A. de
termined effort is to be made at the next
session of the Legislature to prohibit the li
censing of bud' pernicious places. But the
friends of goed order will not succeed un
less they earnestly set ~about the work. Al
ready the.enemy are organizing an opposil
Lion, which, with the means at their com
mand, will enable them to present a serious
if not formidable resistance to anyzepres
sive measures:.
UNION TwzoLoctioal, SEMINARY, in this
city, the principal theological school of the
New-School ' Presbyterians, has in the Se
nior class, B 8 students; Middle class, 32;
Junior class, 39. Total, 109.
PHILADELPHIA.
LATE threatening state of affairs
`between this country and England, has
.
awakened the attention of the people of
this city to the need of greater , protection
-against a possible invasion from a foreign
foe. For it is abundantly evident that we
have nothing to expect from the nations of
Europe, and least of, all from - England.
The hollbwness and insincerity. of all her
declarations of "friendship are now fully
apparent The Secretary of War has di
rected, the Chief of the Engineering De
partment to make; an 'early examination of
the fortifications 'on the river Delaware,
with a - view : to the safety of Philadelphia.
"One of •the - ehief difficulties is the want
Of cannon of large calibre. The . various
'foundries under Government control are
' Worked to the uttnosty and Unlimited orders
have been given. to the °the Fort Pitt, Alger,
and West Point foundries. The present
production is eight or ten large guns a
week„ but in the coarse of ninety days they
will`turn out twenty a week-. The adop
tibu of.wrought iron gun-earriAges has fa
eilitated operations:
"Fort Delaware is intended- to mount
one luindrAd and thirty-five eight,-ten, and
fifteen-inch guns."
THE Cl:inner{ of which r_Rev. Albert
pastor
• was open on Christmas
. morning, iande. he preached a-sermon. His
text : 5. •
. 1
4 0 13 t yr en e fulness of t i me was come
timit 2 forth' hiii`Son; ,
CM
Made:under the law, - to redeem them that
were under the law, that we might receive
the adoption 'Of sons."
After waiving, in his preliminary Te
n:teas, the question of the precise time of
out Lord's advent, and expressing cordially
his approval of a 'demonstration of joyall
over the Christian world in view of the
event, he proceeded to the plan of his di:s
bourse in which he proposed to consider
die advent of Christl—First, as constitut
ing an epoch in human affairs : Second; as
bearing on the religion of mankind ;- and
Third, as the beginning of a new order of
things to be perpetual and universal•
For the Preetyyterurn Banner.
gupplies Appointed by Ohio . Presbytery.
Maple Creek, church.Second' Sabbath
of January, Mr. Rislaer. Second Sabbath
of February, Mr. Sibbet. Sebond: Sabbath
in March, Mr. Shriver. Second Sabbath of
April, Mr. R,ockwell; to administer the
Lord's Supper.
R. MoPuunsort, Stated Clerk!
ECCLESIASTICAL
Rev. W. P. CARSON'S Post Office manes.
is changed from Winnebago, 111., to *-
worth, lowa. He will take charge' of
the churches of Epworth. and Peosta..
Rev. DAVID WAGGONER was released, by
the Presbytery of Beaver, . December;
17th, 1861, from the church of Pulaski.
Rev. JAMS H. BAIRD was installed pastor
in the Fifteenth Presbyterian church,
Philadelphia, December 16th, 1861.
Mr. N. W. CONKLIN was ordained, by the
Presbytery ~of Philadelphia, on the, 26th
of December, and installed in the. Scots
Presbyterian church.
Rev. O. O. M'Curizq is Stated Supply at
Middletown, Pa., in the Abience 'of Rev.
T. K. Davis, who is - endeavoring to re
cruit his health. •
Rev. WM. A. FLEMING, having eugaged to
supply the pulpit of Rev. B. L. Agnew,
during a temporary absence. of the latter,
requests 'correspondents to address him
at Johnstown, Pa., instead of Irwin's Sta
tion. Bro. Agnew is acting as chaplain.
in Col. Powers' reginient, 'now at Port
Royal, and is enjoying excellent and
much improved health.
The following contributions to `the 'loud (I
Colportage were received from November 18th,
1861, to January 6th, 1862 : .
Pulaski cong., Beaver Presbytery, Alle- • -
gheny Synod $ 2.00
Little Beaver mtg.,. Beaver .Iby, Alle
gheny Synod 4.60
German .:cong. of Rochester, Allegheny
.City.rby, Allegheny - Synod " 78
Samuel Logan,. (for soldiers,) AlleghenY
City Presbytery, Allegheny Synod. ... .. ; 5:00
Ebenezer Caldwell, Redstone rby, '
burgh Synod 1.00
Lavinia Thom, Saltsburg P'by, Pittsburgh '
• Synod 50
Cherry-tree Bong., Saltsburg 'by, Pitts
burgh
Synod .5.00
Society of Inquiry of, Eldersridge Acad
emy, Saltsburg P'by 5.37
Jacksonville and Bethel, (tor soldiers,) .
Saltsburg P'by 19.00
Sharon cong., (for soldiers,) Ohio P'by, 12.25
Valley gt ' " 7.75
Sewickley cong., (for soldieis,) Redstone
P'by 4.50
Elhanan cong., Ft. Wayne P'by, Synod
Northern Indiana • 4.00
MESSRS. EDITORS :-I hope . New Year
was a happy day in your families. 'lt "was
one that will, long be gratefully remembered
in mine, as a day without clouds;'when
we experienced the feelings of Paul, at the
meeting of the brethren at AppiiForuin :
" He' thanked God and took - courage."
With - your permission, T will, through
the medium of the Banner, convey to the
people of my charge, (Rich Valley; Pa.,)
and others, the grateful acknowledgmentuf
myself and family, of their kind visit and
the generosity and liberality with which it
was crowned.
To the.'ladies we are very thankful for
the handome and excellent cooking-stove,
articles of apparel, provisions, &e.,they be
stowed. We are no less grateful to the
gentlemen for coal, flour, meal, corn, oats,
a fine rigging for my horse, &c., and "to
some known and unknown friends,for
pocket money. Nor were our hearts , less
cheered by the kind remembrance of one of
our members now in 'the - Service of our
country.
ATtier partaking of a sumptuous enter
tainmeut provided by the 'ladies, the even
ing was spent in mutual salutations and re
ligious exercises, • •
Col. Joseph McCabe addressed the pas
tor in behalf of the Congregation of Mans
field, -' . and Mr. Warren in behalf of the
congregation of Mt. Pisgah. Col. IL Lee ad
dressed Mrs.McPherson in behalf of the
:ladies, and Col. M. B. Brown responded.
During his remarks he took occasion to th
dearer to awakeii-a:zdeeper interest in:behalf
of onr'brave soldiers. And in this-connex
ion -I would remark to the credit of the
females of our community that they have
not been idle in trying to - meet the wants
and minister to the comfort of our army.
After uniting in supplicating the pres
ence of God to • journey with fns till - the end
of our day§, and imploring his blessing. that
peace and' prosperity may smile upon = us; ' we
separated. - - •
May he-who has said, 'lt is more hies.
sed to g,iire than receive;" t' reward these
kind'friends, who have cheeredz our%earts,
with a - huttdred-fold more in this-lik midin
the world to come with life everlilstillg:-
. R. McPurasmr.
A Bad lign.--One of the first evidences
indifference-
to-a decline in religion, is an
to the religious newspaper: lhavi-sat in
churches where scores of members have.been
excluded. If the excluded were resitting
men, and took a religious , newspapdr, I
have noticed that the first palpable step
backward was a discontinuation of the pa
per. This is the " result .of thirtY years'
observation.”---J3ib/ical Recoide
.Enconraging Results.--*--On last. Sabbath,
sixty-eight persons were baptized in the
church of Lower Brandywine Presbytery
of Newcastle, of which the Brandywine, presbytery
D. W.
Moore is pastor. • of number of :these per
sons are adults, and , the remainder were
their children. They -first, offered' ithernz :
selves to the Lord; and ,then consemted
their households to < him. Mr. Moore ties
been lately, settled 'in this churcly tAct
these are thefirst fruits of his ininistry, 'in
which he has Dutch cause to rejoice. --7
Presbyterian. •
. . PRESBYTERIAL ..NOTICES. -
~.,
~ i
The PRESBYTERY OF WORLAND , Wilt. meet in Mt.
Vernon, on , the Third Thursday. (the llith,) of January ,1861,
at 2 o'clock P. M. - JAMBS BOW,LOB,•Stittiwielerli".
, The PRESBYTERY OF BLAIREV/L4will meet, accord .
Ingle adjournment, at Oreskßotubb- ois the Third Tuesday of
annuary, at 2 o'clock P. M. , ; ,
_,:.-• : „ .
Members coming by Railroad will strM it Steleart's Sta-:
tilon, wherOCOirVeynnees *ill he Fill
the church: '
- - JAMES :DAYIE Stated Clerk.
--- •
": The PRESBYT EY ; orALLMIEM . NI: OITY will hold lis
next stated m eeting in the
„OentraVolturety (Dr. Plumer's,)
Alleeteny'llirty, otr the Third:WWl/it oNanuay, 1862. At
10 o'clock .l} , , ANNAN, Shit ed Ole&
. . . . . . . . . .
....._
. _ ,
The PRESBYTERY- OF- BLAusaYILLE Wilt * mee, M
eertliag.to adjournment, at the churekof °tom Roads; on...the
Thtrd TueltdaY dr.Tintairy; at 2 O'Oleolt .I ) .' .11f.,,k Weinbete
coming the
willitok at Btewrove e(tation.,o4.4.:', '...
J 1.1122. DAVIS Stated Clerk,
,
For the Presbyterian' Banner.
Acknowkdgment..
: $71.15
JOHN CITLBEILTSOIqi
For the presbyttrian. panster-
Me New Year and the Congregation. ,
Rev.. Charles ivEreillovity to" the Colored
Mr. Avery in his life-time conveyed a
valuable property; consisting of twel ve
houses. on and near Fifth Street, in the
the dame
pt a tt t s 6r hurghi to a Trustee, "to hold
iwte f
hid'(itfery's) decease to the
use and behoof of the African Methodist
Episcopal Church of the City of Pitts
burgh; the net rents, issues and profits
thereof to ~be applied, :under the direction
of the official body.repre.senting said Corpo„
ration/to the support of the Gospel amon g
the colored people-. of the cities of Pitts
burgh and Allegheny." The Trustees of
the African M. E. Church received th e
rents from Mr. Ayery's death to the present
time—some twa or three years—and have
applied them exchisively to the supper!, o f
the preaching of the Gospel in their own
congregation:
Brawn's Chapel, a cengregation of col
ored people of Allegheny City, thinking
this was not a fair performance of the trust,
and claiming a right partieipate in the
fund, filed a bill of equity . in the Court of
Common Pleas of this County against the
African M. E., or Wylie Street church, r e ,
quiring them' to, give - an account of their
stewardshiP, and'' show what disposition
they had made of the, funds. An account
was accordingly
. filed; showing an applica
tion of the fund to, the 'payment chiefly of
their own . preacher's salary. To this,
Brown's' Chapel filed exceptions; and after
argument, the following opinion was deliv
ered in the - Case, an Saturday, Jan. 4th, by
JUDGE NELLON.—it certainly was not,
Mr. Avery'S intention'to confine his bounty
to the African M., EXhurch of Pittsburgh.
If he had so intended; he could have con
veyed the property to. that body directly,
without the interyention of a trust or trus
tees. His deed does„not declare the ben
. fit to be intendedforAltis particular body,
or the colored, people who- compose it, ex
clusively. He does f notnay that the " net
rents, issues and' profits " shall be applied
under the direction of this. official body, to
its own use,_but4e the sup'port of the Gos
pel among- the colored people of the citi es
of Pittsburgh and Allegheny.— In the face
of this plain and, simpledirection, it is hard
to see how. the-Trusteesnould have so far
mistaken their duty as ,to,: apply the entire
fund to the payment of their own minis
ter's salary, ever since they have been the
recipients of the Minty: — It is difficult to
regard it in any - other light than an abuse
of the trust and, confidence in them
by the generons donor. The colored peo
ple 'coinposing the congregation of the Af
rican M. E. chiral. are entitled to their
proportionateaShare of
,the fund, according
to their relative wants and necessities, and
no more;.. and if that shareis applied under
the direction-
,of the - trnatees to the main
tenance of the miniater, as the best method
of the "support. of GoSp_el among them,
it is alegitareate exercise of discretion of
which there rs no reason to 'complain. Mr.
Avery has made the Trustees his almoners,
and pointed out to them the particular ob
jects and pnrpoke,s of, his bounty, and left
the manner and details of the immediate
application o efatheir own judg
ment: ' The colored people of the two cities
are` the objects, and the support of the Gos
pel' among them; the purpose:
And whilit we do
application of the share of any particular
n . ot.fixid.fault with the
congregation vi o payment ,of their
preacher B:salary, iv do not deem that the
plr i tat a s e nt f k :su a P p P plit n tl g 4 tia bl t e : P h ei n ; d an i,n d
minister, without this eid, and among whom
a congregation amply - able to support their
the Gospel, could be more efficiently sup
ported thrOngli ,- etter ,ebannels, might be
deemed %I:wade - nalde.. 'Under the direc
tions of this deed, we world not infer that
Mr. Avery :intended to, aid supporting',
the Gospel, meat, in that society of colore d
people, or in that; eliannel,-where support
might be least needed.: .11 all events we
can find no warant.under : this deed for re
lieving a coMparativelY. wealthy congrega
tion from the eaitirelaurden of supporting
their minister; and this would be the re
sult of the interpretation contended for on
behalf of these Trustees. That the deed of
the property is: made , to this particular
body, givee it no better or greater claim on
the income from' it, than other bodies of
colored People in either city, seeing the
same deed, declares expressly that such in
come shall he &milled , to promote a partic
ular purpose amongst an entire class..
The Trustees' of ,this. congregation are ap
pointedthe almoners ofthe bounty merely,
and under their direction it is to =be ap
plied to thosuppert ,of the Gospel among
the , colored people of both cities. -It is
not to be applied, under their direction to
the support of any particular, antra, or
congregetion, or sect or denbraination of
Christians, but simply to the support of the
Gospel ;among the , colored people. The
aolored people of Wit's. particular church
are `rib more entitled, under this deed than
as Many other coloredpeople elsewhere in
either city. They are entitled.to their just
Share according tq-their numbers and rela
tive .wants but in=our opinion -31Q more.
The line of duty.in the execution of this
trust seems to us tn he in a:fair distribu
tion. of the , fund, equally,: as,near as may
be, among all the objects eithe.bounty—
notto the colored.people individually ; for
that would not he, perhaps, the best meth
od ; but collectively in such Societies, or
congregations, as are best calculated to pro
mote the supporf,of the Gospel, , and the
cause of -Chrietianity. This,: with ; some
regard to the reiative wants and:necessities
of such, Secieties„seemsto be. the most ob
vious channel for Mr. Avery,s:bounty, to
attain the, purpose which lae,intended.
The field for the distribution is desie--
nated as the two „eities how can it be
said that the trustisfaithfully executed if
one city, gets no:thieg. Here the legal
maxim that " equfilifyiSequify " ' applies,
and will come. to the assistance of the Trus
tees itefiedings the. path of their duty if
they seek , -it with an honest intention to
find. Therelative , nunibers_of the colored
people of: the tiro cities, in connexion with
the relative.ability or the wants of the /dif
ferent :Societies or - congregations to which
they belong, may all be .tahen into consid
eration by a Trusteeunder Ala deed, who
desires to faithfully perform his duty with
out favor or partiality.'
We hdpe:t ese Trustees will find no fur
ther difficulty in the discharge of their
duties hereafteri, Whilst the details, and
manner of immediate application of the
fund properly , for themselves to deter
mine; it is the: duty, of the Court to me
that their duty is,,fairly and faithfully per
fornied' according to the intention of the
d'oricir as expresSed in his deed of trust;
and although we can give no special direc
tion as to the application of the
fund, or its 'distribution among the differ
ent can, if a misappropriation
is persisted in, remove the present Trustees
and appoint others in their . stead.
We do not now pans Upon the question
of the personal liability of the Trustees for
miSapplicatie n of the trust fund. They
may lieVe'imeekireltended their duty ; and
their 'services are r .gratuitous in regard to it.
It might , lwharali to bold. them to be per
86tiaPY'• aOuiriettable under the circuin
stOtec. ilten the error may be cured, by
h 'funPP ono 'bon. of tine d hereafter as
shall e'vriatiete speedily inan equalization
o f the, benefits'ainong all parties entitled
.
to it. '
MB
We hope the .controversy will end irk
,
some satiSfictory amicable' arran.cluent
anion ' tbe:'in t r . ties,,Mad we shall therefore
make no further order `for the present, than
,merelY4o` 'refuse to' approve or allow this
'accOuir."
People