TT I Tif rtstrgttrtatt annex _. •SA'!'JItO&Y, JANIJARY .186:2, r Having purchased far our,o,ffice the "Right" to use glickra Aceouttant and Dispatc/iFatent, ell, or nearly all, 'of our Subscribers now have their parrs addressed to them. 'regularly by a sinfularty unique viueisine, which fastens an theieftlftlaargin; a small colored aildress stamp," or bekidh otivon appears their name plaintyprinted,followed by the ittl t e sip to which they have paid for their papers—this 'being taahorizeti by an Act of Orngress. The date wilt alussi,ys he advanced on Ore receipt of subscription. rimy, 'in &fact accordance with the amount, so received, and thus 'be 'GM suer-ready and valid receipt-; securing to emery one, 'and at an times, a perfect knowledge of his newspaper ae ' caunt, so that if any error is made he cansimmediatcZy de fs,et it and bars it correeted—t. boon, • alike veinal/he to the, publisher and subscriber, as it must terminate all painful misunderstandings between them •respectiny accounts, and thus tend to rerpetuatelneeiv important relationship. 4. 4 ,* Those, in arrears tuill please remit. Lang, AiNtni4R,---The Central Presbyte rian church or this city, Dr. JACOBUS', re ceived an 11adition of forty-three on certifi cate, and three on profession of faith, at a late .communion. • Dreretys Udine, on Tuesday even ing, on " The Origin and Cause of the War," was listened . to by a house entire /I.y full, and with unwavering attention throughout. The' lecture is a very able, 'clear, and interesting presentation of the subject, The Church of genectiville, Ohio, under the pastoral care of Rev. W. M. FERGUSON, was greatly revived during the services held there during the ,week of the world's prayer-meeting. Tea were added on exam ination ; ,seven of these were young men. In a few years the church there has risen from twenty-six 'members to one hundred and thirty-ftve; with most flattering pros pects for the future. God has greatly blessed them. The Christian Commission.—ln another column we print the address of the Chris tian Commission for the Army. Bad as the times are made by the rebellion, and sad as are the horrors of war, there is still a large amount of Christian benevolence in our land. The Address will direct to the means and facilities for conferring great benefits upon those who are imper illing their lives in their country's cause. We who live at ease and in safety, may well contribute to their comfort; and es pecially may those of us who have sons, brothers and neighbors in the field, em brace the opportunity presented by i dle Commission, of manifesting our benevo lence. Three Hundred Copies of the Banner were ordered last week, for the soldiers, to be sent for two months. We trust the order will be made permanent. We send a num ber - of packages, of ten to forty, to differ ent regiments. Will not the soldiers' friends, and especially those who possess the Christian's heart, 'greatly multiply these bequests. The men delight to get the Banner; and 'we can plead for them the more importunately, because we make no pecuniary gain thereby. We furnish Banners at the rate of one and one-fourth cents each; that is, we send FORTY copies for fifty cents weekly, and. at the same rate for any large number. To the Army of the Potomac packages go by Adams' Express, free of charge--a gratu ity thus given to the cause by that enter prising Company, Ind an incitement to Christians to send the paper. The charge made by 'us pays the paper-maker and pressman. Our own services, the quota of office rent, type setting, &c., &c. is a gra tuity. We then, again, entreat the sol diers'• friends, to send them Banners. DIRECT T .ATION, Taxation " is not a pleasant word. People do not like it. But there are 'cir cumstances when 'a Christiatk and loyal people will willingly bear even an unusual and large burden of this kind, rather than risk a greater evil. The dangers of an ex- panded paper currency are so great and startling that it cannot be depended on for relief in the present emergencies of our country. The "material aid" must be had. Now the practical question before the people, and which our legislators have to meet, is this : Have the people of the loyal States the ability 'to-pay $150,000,000' or $200,000,000 per annum, in the way of taxation, to preserve the finances and trade of the nation from embarrassment? We may be aided in answering this question by reference to what Great Britain did under somewhat similar circumstances, and in doing this we quote from The World, which says:: In the years 1811 to 1815 the population of Great Britain was about 12,000,000, and the resources of the country bad been drained.by the exhausting process of an ex pensive war with France for about fifteen years and yet the Biitish people submitted to the following startling figures : Years. Taxation, Loans. Expenditures. 1812—5325,000,000 $125,000,000 $450,000,000 1813... 345,000400 .390,000,000 735,000,000 1814.... 355,000,000 55,000,000 410,000,000 1815: 860,000,000 215,000,000 675,000,000 In 1811, when the &Wire Commenced, the national debt .of Great Britain was $3,105,000 ; 000, (three pthousand one hun dred and ftve millions tf,dollars,) and ou February 15t,'181.5, its account stood as follows : .English total debt... .. Irish unredeemed debt. Total £872,836,341 2 if Total founded debt of Great Britain and. Ireland, four thousand three hundred And . sixty milliiins of dollars. BUTISN UNFUNDED DEBT. Exchequer Bills , 57,941,700 0 0-. Treasury Bills 2,287,597 10 '5 Army,• Navy, Ordnance, Civil List, and Barracks ... 8,861,226 19 111 Irish'untunded debts 2,737,018 6 8 Total .7 7 1,317,54217 Ok Total tinaitng debt,' three hundred and fifty-five millions of dollars. • The twelve millions ; of British in 1815 could not only pay thes'e enormous burdens but end the war in that year, prosperous in, manufacturing indaptry and ak_tike highest pinnacle of political power as a nation. In view of these facts, let not the twenty milliOns "of 'Ame*aps.:iit , the loyal ,States be discouraged. Heavy. as the burden will be, they will, be able tolbear it; and , we be liev4 May' will , dorit fbi-tliei,most part cheer fully. They only isle` of our rulers and legislators due.econozny;thepunishment of all frauds on, the, public ,revenue, She ex-, pulsion of all persons of suspeoted.loyalty fronOthe public service; and , a r l:4leteritiined' and vigoiOil prosecitiotilof the war,. But upon things' hey ;iiillinsiet, ,theY' have a right to EFFECTS 'OF A SYSTEM OF OPPRESSION UP ON THE MORALS AND JUDGMENTS OF THE 'OPPRESSORS. Those who, for a year or two past, have had access to Southern newspapers, the messages of public officers, and the sermons and speeches of distinguished men, have been astonished at their moral perversity— their want of truthfulness in the statement of facts, and their shocking libels on their Northern brethren. Their justification of perjury on the part of officials, is also won derful. DAvis, ST.Ev.mis, MASON, SLI DELL, BREOKINRIDGE, and ten thousand more—every man' who was in Congress; every mnn who ever accepted a commission of any kind under the General Govern ment; every an who ever sat in a State Legislature, or held a State office, swore solemnly to support the Constitution of the United States. And yet, see the trai tors, and the treason justified. Contem plate the perjured multitude. ft is utterly astounding. And not only do we find this defection in morals in those who profess no principles beyond their temporal interests. We find it equally manifest among those who claim to both fear and honor God. We find it among the ministers of religion. We find it in men born under freedom's auspices, and educated in Northern schools. Among recent instances of awful perver sity, we are pained to notice that of Rev. Dr. MOORE, of Richmond, Ira. The Pres byterian of January 11, gives the following, as an extract from Dr. Moon E's sermon on the late Fast Day : "Never, since the terrible scenes of La Vendee, under the ravaging hordes of Re publican France has th old heathen war_ cry, Vffl - Picas (woe, to the conquered l) been more unmistakably sounded by an army of invaders. Let this tremendous crusade become successful, either by mis management in the army, or cowardice and greediness at home, and history furnishes no page so dark and bloody , as that which would record the result. Our best and bravest men would be slaughtered like bul locks in the shambles; our wives and daugh ters dishonored before our eyes; our cities sacked; our fields laid waste; our homes pillaged and burned ; our property, which we are perhaps selfishly hoarding, wrested from us by fines and confiscations; our grand old Commonwealth degraded from her proud historic place of 'Ancient Do minion,' to be the vassal province of a huge central despotism, which, having wasted her with fire and sword, would compel ber by military force to pay the enormous ex pense of her own subjugation; or in de fault of this, parcel out her broad lands to insulting emigrants as a feudal reward for the rapine and 'murder of this new Norman conquest; while the owners of these lauds must either remain as cowering factors for insolent conquerors and oppressive lords; or wander as penniless and homeless fugitives in a land of strangers." How Dr. MOORE could write and utter such words and thoughts, is exceedingly strange. How could he ? A part of them might prOceed from the mind 'of the reck less and conscience-seared traitor, robber and murderer, who dreaded ,the execution of the law's penalty. Rut how could fir. ;MORE so speak? He cannot plead that he imbibed in childhood a hatred of the North,, and grew up in prejudice and in ignorance of Northern uprightness and gen erosity. Such a plea Might possibly paliate the course of Dm. PALMER and THORN WELL, but not of Dr. MOORE. Dr. MOORE is, by birth and education, a Pennsylvanian. It was his lot, in childhood and youth, to be one of those whom his present confreres call the "mudsills" of society, but none the worse for this. Northern benevolence took him up, and educated 'him for the min istry. He was, for some _time, pastor of the Presbyterian church in . Carlisle. All that Dr. MOORE has, which makes him worthy of respect, he owes to the North— his superior education, gentlemanly man ners, nobleness of spirit—every thing which caused him to be acceptable to a wealthy and refined Richmond, congregation, he owes to the North. He went from us al ready a made man—accepted and admired. Now, what has caused the moral defec tion in Dr. MOORE ? What has caused him to conceive in his heart, and utter from the sacred desk, and publish to the world, the libel above quoted? Our readers will per ,. ceive that we thus speak of one whom we have long known personally; whom we have esteemed as a friend and loved as a brother, and whom we can even now pardon without a confession—we thus speak not to expoSe the fallen, but to get at the cause of the fall. We would reach and expose the monstrous destroyer of truth, honor and virtue. What then is the fatal cause of the evil which we mourn? It is - THE SYSTEM OF OPPRESSION which prevails in MS. MOORE'S new surroundings. According to this sys tem, men, of a certain lineage and color, are doomed to perpetual bondage; and that not merely a bondage obligating them to service or labor, but a bondage which 'de prives them of some of the most precious rights of humanity. Of this system we may remark, that, 1. It deprives men of the first social right of creation; a right belonging to Paradise; that is, the family right. One part of this right is marriage, and this is denied to slaves, as to it's sacredness and permanency. Slaves marry, it is true, ac cording to the usages of the Church ; but the laws of the State do not sanction the act; nor protect the relation. The, master may violate it at pleasure. He may sepa rate the parties, and make the separation perpetual. Thus, what God has joined ,together, this system _puts asunder. The .otlier part of the family right, is that of the parent to his children. This right is utterly ignored and made void by the .sys-' tem. The parent may not train his Child, nor i the t ehild honor his parent. The child is the ,n3;.a. ter's property, and is reared for the master's ases, to serve at his will, or to be made' an „article of merchandize for gain. 2. The system • ,violates • the first right recognized to man, after the fall; that is, the enjoyment of the fruits of his toil. It ,is true that the slave, in the sweat of his face, eats his bread. But it is only a small -portion :of the products of, his labor ;that he eati. The master lives by it, and'iuxu riates n it. .t s. (1. ...751,978,002, 8 21 —120,862,388'14 5 3. The system iestriets mental improve.: went almost .to a nullity. . slave may not be taught writing, arithmetic, geogra phy ; to . read a newspaper, or even• to read God's Word,. A little oral, instruction is all the information he may have, respecting either time or eternity. The immortal 44 V PRESBYTERIAN BANNER. mind is chained. The soul may not ex pand. The man, with the slight exception noted, is treated as a brute. We need not dwell upon these wrongs, nor depict the cruelties which belong to the system. The brief and simple statement made is sufficient to convince the virtuous mind that when a man is brought to practice, sanction, and defend such * a system of wrong, he is prepared for any other wrong which may suit his fancy or his interests. His moral principles are blunted. His judg ment is perverted and his conscience de filed. He has, for his own ease and* gain, committed a sin against God and humanity. We say, for his ease and gain ; because he no more labors for himself; and yet he luxuriates. He feeds on unrequited toils ; he clothes himself from unrequited toils; he has his wealth and splendor, and nour ishes and decorates his, wife and children, from unrequited toils ; he uses the lash to make those toils the more productive ; and, to perpetuate' the profitable systeni, he is ready to say, or to do, without limit. To sustain it against even fancied danger, he can employ the most unjust defamation, and revel, both in the thought and deed of treason, public robbery, theft, and murder. Now we know that propinquity is con taminating. &Men catch the feelings and adopt the principles of those with whom they live. Their ease and interests become involved, and they readily embrace the sentiment which will sustain that ease and interest. Thus it is that Dr. MOORE has fallen. The corrupting influence of a system of oppression, such as is established in a part of our country, was never adequately known until the breaking out of the present ' rebellion. Who could have supposed that, to sustain slavery, officers of the army, and navy, men who had their education at the public expense, and had long drawn their thousands annually , from the national treas- I ury, would turn traitors; and that Secreta ries, Senators, Congressmen, Governors, Legislators, would violate their solemn oaths and seek , their country's destruction; i and that Christian nainisters, some even ' of those educated on the Church's charity, would foment rebellion, cherish treason, revile their brethren, . and disrupt the Church ? But, as before intimated, what may we not expect from those who will en slave, in indefinite perpetuity, a whole race of their fellow-men, depriving them of the first rights of manhood, in man's state of innocence, and of manhood, under a dispen sation of grace ? All, you are Abolitionists, say some of our readers. No, brethren, we are not. We never were. If slavery existed in our own State, we would seek its removal. In the District of Columbia we would annul it. But in other States we have no author ity over it in anywise—no authority as individuals, and none as a National Govern ment. The National Government is lim ited by the Constitution. That is both the charter and boundary of its power. And slaury is not written there; nrr is abOli tion- there, beyond the abolishing of the slave trade. The Government has no more right to interfere with slavery in South Carolina, than:with the prohibitory liquor law in Maine; . no More authority to annul a merely Domestic institution, in Virginia, than in Canada. The people, in the Na tional compact, did not confer upon the Government the power of abolishing slavery in the States ; and such a pOwer may not be assumed. We are covenant keepers, not "covenant breakers." Our fathers, in Pennsylvania, New-Jersey, New-York, and New-England, abolished slavery. But they confined themselves to the field of their own authority. We hold with them., Our readers will perceive that we here speak .of the authority of our Government, in its normal condition, and not of what may bed its rights and duties in a state of war, in suppressing a rebellion, or under the necessity of self-defence. This vastly alters circumstances; but still, knowing that " necessity is the tyrant's plea," we would resort to that plea only when the pressure shall become extreme. We would not even seem to make it a pretext for al lowing any man to gratify a preexisting desire. TEMPERANCE IN TEE. ARMY. Tee-totalism' is unhappily, not the habit of all our officers and. men. But neither is drunkenness the habit of all. Temper ance is the rr.le; and inebriety the excep tion ; but aim, the exceptions are, vastly numerous. The amount of drinking is very great, and the effects are deeply harm ful. Drunkenness caused the loss of the battle at Bull Run. No man who drinks liquor even moderately, should be entrusted with a command. We would make the ap proach toward an habitual tasting an utter disqualification for the. holding of an office in the army. Such a rule would deprive . us of many Generals, Colonels, and other commanders, and some of them brave and skillful men too; but still, the army would be better without them. Drunkenneas, however, though a great evil in the artily is not so common as some men seem to delight in proclaiming. „The Hon. AmASA .WALKES, of Massachusetts, publishes a letter in_the Journal of Tem perance, in which he says: "I have been on a visit to this place, (Washington,) two weeks, during which time I have been busily employed in pass ing through the entire line of the Federal army on, both sides of the. Potomac and have had excellent opportunities for exam ining into the character and condition of our troops, of whom there are now, in this department of our army alone, some two hundred and fifty thousand. In general, I have found them in the most satisfactory, condition, in good health,, and well provid ed with all that a generous Government and patriotic people can furnish Yet have had occasion to observe a remarkable difference in the aPpearance of the differ ent regiments. In some cases I have found the men. dirty, their camps disorderly, and their whole appearance shabby; in others, everything, neat and tidy, orderly and well disposed. .0n inquiry, I have found that, the difference, is owing in a great degree to, the course which the commanding officers have pureued in relation to the use of in toxicating drinks. " Where, as in a great many instances, the colonel has enacted prohibitory lay,' and 'forbidden the admission of liquor into. the camp, I find every thing in -the. best condition, the best ,health,, best order. Where there has been no prohibition, the men are •quarelsome, disorderly, and slot . r enly ~ Where intoxicating drinks are ex cluded, the .men:saveand send home their "wages; where they are not, their wages are -SATI I A A 1 A P .II 62 consumed.:, ome of the - regiments of the first class 'have - s nt home, at a single payment, twenty tho4and dollars to their families. There has ver been, and never can be, I think, amo perfect illustration of the njeop eration of ' permissive prohibitory sys tem.' An colonel can prohibit. Some I do, and we See the consequences; some do not, and . * see the difference—a difference ad - apparelt, that in many cases where the commande s are not themselves teetotalers, ,they compel their soldiers to be so, in order to umintaih good order, and have an effi cient and/,well-behaved regiment. I was much grltified to find that a great many officers and soldiers abstained entirely—not because they were compelled, but chose to do so. Pio small number of,afficers in high command are teetotalers." This would indicate a good degree of ef fort to prevent the monstrous iniquity, and also a considerable success. There are also, from various sources, authoTitative state ments of great• zeal on the part of officers, in excluding intoxicating liquors from the camps. The following is from the report of the SANITARY COMISSION, and is worthy of credit: " Drunkenness.—ln 31 regiments, the sutler was allowed to sell liquor. In 169, the officers reported that the sale was pro hibited. In 177, it appeared that the men did in fact, get liquor with more or less freedom and facility from the sutlers or otherwise. In 23, the Inspectors were sat isfied:that the men did not often or readily obtain . liquor. " It must not be understood, however, that, in all -the regiments , which had access to liquor, there was any serious habitual ex cess in its use. Intoxication was acknow ledged to,be common.only in six regiments. In 31, it was said to occasionally.occur, though not deemed a serious evil; and, in 163, the. Inspectors were assured, and had no reason to doubt, that it was very rare. In the majority of regiments there is very little . dram-drinking, except shortly after pay-day. The volunteers are believed to be more temperate than any. European army. Most of the liquor drunk by the volunteers is probably obtained from the pie-pedlars. When other means fail, it is conveyed in pies." . . There is both room and encouragement for temperance men to work - earnestly. Conuress might stren.then and extend the law prohibiting' liquor. Temperate ()fa , ears might, be ~.encouraged. Chaplains .could do much. Public sentiment could accomplish wonders. gREA`GENERALS ARE. SLOW IN BRINGING ON A BATTLE. There is much complaint about the slow ness of our army movements. If. our fire side, editorial, and Congressional Generals had only the command of our armies, one might soon expect battles by e score, and a yietory at every fight, and pcace conquer ed'in a month. It is easy for the ignorant to talk, and for any man to be brave when far from danger. But the knowing, the wise, and the truly brave, are always cau tious. NAPOLEON remarked at St. Helena Generals Etre rarely found eager to give battle ; they choose their positions, estab lish themselves, consider their combina tions, but then commences their indecision ; nothing is so difficult, and at the same time so important, as to know when to decide." ,INELLINoToN said 7.---" The fault with most eommanders, however brave, is back wardness in taking the last step to bring on a battle, especially when armies are large.; arising from deep moral anxieties, and, af ter all, the uncertainties of the issue." WASHINGTON, in a letter to Congress, in 1780, expressly speaks of our security depending on a want of enterprise in the enemy," and says that "we have been in debted for our safety 'during a greater part of the war to their inactivity." NAPOLEON had much of the dash, with superior judgment, and a great amount of prudence. Rut the world has produced very few NAPOLEONS. And even NAPO LEON, the Great, was beaten and ruined. WELLINGTON was extremely slow in bringing on a fight Yet, in his long war fare be became the "hero of a hundred battles," and never lost one. WASHINGTON, also, was stow, and mostly successful. His worst defeat was when, under the clamor of public feeling, he fought coktrar3r to his own judgment. SCOTT took his time to prepare, and was always ; victorious. If it, should be said that he lost one important field, (at Bull Run,)he can reply; that he was first conquer ed by the clamor of 'the public, led on by Congressinen and news apers. , MeOLF,LLAN exhibits the caution and precision of a great general; whether he has the judgment and energy, is yet to be manifested. His personal reputation is at stake; his aspirations for fame and posi tion are imperilled ;, his country's" honor, and safety, and the lives of myriads are in his hands. Everything consistent with a sure victory, urges him to a speedy move , merit against the foe. A 801 J1 1 11E1111 CONFESSION. The. American Presbyterian has a copy of the Southern Presbyterian of Columbia, S. C., under date of December 7th. Among`other remarks relative to the con tents of the'paper we have this : "From varinus ecclesiastical reports 'we gather wnitinber of interesting facts. One thing is .cleir--the TRORNWELL doctrine that thiciChurch has ,nothing to do with secular matters, is now utterly repudiated in South Carolina.. One-half of the male membership of the churches in South Car olina Presbytery are reported by the Synod to be in. the army ; and but for their fe, male members, their. Sabbath Schools would have to be abandoned. In Bethel Presby tery, in the same i-ynod, the attendance on the - services of the ,sanctuary has `been greatly reduced by the war. Efforts .for the evangeligation -of the colored papule *on I of one ,blood with us,' say the Synod, are spoken of as vigorously and success fullylprosecuted. There, is nothing, of the proud and defiant tone of Southern politi cians in the following sentences in the narrative : "?Notwithstanding Providence has great ly blessed •us with abundant harvests, yet from'all of our, Presbyteries we hear of the sad ruin which•our present calamities have wrought throughout our beloved. Zion. The number which appears in our sanctu aries, is few---our homes have been dis mantled, and already - have manyleen called to lay: their.loved•ories in. the grave. May God-...speedily avert. from .us this terrible scourge, and say rtmthe destroying angel : Stay: tbrhand, it is. enough.' ' 110.'himes P. Sterrett.--The vacancy on the Bench of the court of CoMmon Plena ,and. Quarter Sessions of Allegheny County, made by then death of the Hon. Wx..B. MCCLURE his beeii filled.by Gov. CURTIN, by the appointment of JAMES P. STER. , •! PETT, Esq., of the firm.of PENNYk4itB, 7 PIE* of this city. Judge STRunEi4i-wit'i born in. Juniata County; graduated at Jef ferson College in 1845, in the same class with Senator LATHAM, from California; studied Law at Carlisle, in this State, and at the University of Virginia, in which State he was admitted to the bar. His professional career in this city since 1849, is well known. The fact that he was the unanimous choice of the Pittsburgh Bar, was highly complimentary. His learning, legal ability, dignity of manners, and Chris tian character, give promise of entire suc cess in the high station to which he has been called. Princeton Theological Seminary.—The Cat alogue, for 1861-62, of this venerated and excellent Institution, is before us. The at tendance given is, Resident Graduates, five; Senior Class, fifty-three ; Middle Class, forty-four; Junior Class, sixty-three. Total, 'one hundred and sixty-five. The students are from. thirty-three Col leges, and from twenty-one States of the Union, and four foreign States. All -but nine are Graduates. The Professors are Revs. Drs. HODGE, MCGILL, GREEN, IVIOY _FIT, and Rev. C. W. RODEit. Lectures Extraordinary - are given, by` Prof. ARNOLD GIIYOT, L.L.D., of Prince ton College, on the Connexion of Revealed. Religion, and Physical and Ethnological Science, and by Prof. LYMAN H. ATWATER, D.D., on the Connexion of Revealed Reli gion and Metaphysical Science. 11.6ViVI/L—An interesting revival it now in progress in the' church of Tarentum, Allegheny Presbytery. Many inquirers are fauna of all ages and classes. Some have found peace in, believing, and a deep solemnity prevails in the. congregation. Thee Ilatville quarterly Revie,w,—The De eember number of this ably conducted and interesting Quarterly, is before us. It contains=- L Imputation, part second ; IL CometarylAstronomy ; 111. The Civil War, its Nature and End; IV.'-Identity of the Church. The,third; article is understood to be' from the pen of Rev. R.' 3. BuzosaN- B.um, D.D. It has been extensively pub lished, we understand, in a separate form. It is largely quoted in the daily and week ly journals. It is Christian in its spirit, patriotie and seasonable. We may yet give a specimen of it to our readers, but would advise those who have the opportu nity to read it all. RiSTEEN SUMMARY. BOSTON AND NEWENG.LAND THE CITY OF BOSTON, like some other , cities of note, has a.debt by no Means. in considerable. On the first of January it amounted to the handsome sum of $9,624,- 699.79. Against this the authorities had. cash, bonds and mortgages on hand anmunt ing to $1,222,053.94. In this " Athens of America" they have, at times, strange doings. At the Lyce um Hall, on Sabbath; Dec. Bth, Miss'Lizzie Doten, a .celebrated trance-lecturer, ,issued forth in the following inconceivable. blas phemy and nonsense 0 Lucifer; thou so of the morning, .who fell from son thy high estate, and whom Inortals are prone to call the embodiment of evil, we lift up our voices unto thee. - We know thou canst not harm us unless by -the will ofthe Almighty, of whom thou art :a part and portion, and in whose economy -thou playest thy part : and we cannot pre . slime to ,sit in, judgment over Deity. From -the depths of thine infamy stream forth divine truths. Why should we turn from' thee? Does not the same inspiration rule - us all? Is, in God's sight better than another? We know thou art yet to come - up in his expanded creation, purified by the influence of God's love—for his love is not yet perfected while one of his children writhes in tmieery. So, 0 Lucifer, do we come up and stand before the throne of the Ancient of Days, hand in band with thee. As thou halt been the star of the morning, thou wilt again become an angel of light. 0 Satan we will subdue thee with our love, and thoti wilt yet kneel humbly with un at the throne of God. Such atii as this -is disgusting and re volting, and we would gladly conceal it irona the public eye, were it not an exhibi tion of the &Amiens of Satan practiced even _tw. Devil-worship finds an advocate and .an audience, even in the metropolis of New-England. But this is not much worse ;than what wasbnee done by Elizabeth Oakes Smith, at one time one of the most popular _female writers in this country, in the news papers and :magazines. 'She wrote a glow article in praise of the Witch of Ender, in whom she ,professed to discover all that - was lovely in womanhood. THE A.mEalcair Boeun, suffering, like -all our great Benevolent Societies, from the - hard times,has sent out a " Letter to Pas tors on the best mode of making , collec tions," suggesting a, plan which deserves - the serious consideration both of pastors and of Christian laymen. It is that of system contributions by ay the members af a _family. At present the vital defect in our :method of benev-olenee, that but few : give, and thoge irregularly, according as - they happen 'to feel in a liberal mood, or :as they, are plied with solicitations. This -is all wrong. -ff• Christian _benevolence is duty, it is aKluty which devolves on all -rich and poor, old and young; and if all .would but gi.*.e; and give " regularly, even .were it ever so small, a sum, the total would 'he ample for' all the enterprises of the .ohurch- REV: etrAItLES LITTLE, formerly mis :;:ionary of the American Board in Madura, Southern india,, on Wednesday, Jan. -Bth, .was installed 'pastor of the Congregitional 'church, in iOheskire, Ot. Aocoufam to carefully compiled statis ics of the teongregationat Quarterly, just 'mod, itappears that the number of ortho dox Congregational churchesin tht United Statei and British Provinces, is 2,856; of these, 919 have settled pastors ; 1,040 hags 4ated supplies; 456 pulpits are vacant ; 565 ministers are not in service. The member tihip of the churches is given at 269,119, of whom 158;239 are, females. " Of the whole nuniber,, 32,180 are reported as, lm ing " absent " from the churches with which they are connected. The additions r'or the year were 12151, of which .5,522 were by profession. The disco fissions were 16,539, of which 3,708 were by death, and a 551 by excommunication. Number -of bap , tiaras—adults, 2151; iniants, 4,544. Num ber' of members of Sabbath Schools 246,- 547: ^ HEW -YORE THERE TIAS BEEN less stringency expe rienced this week than last, and the rates for temporary loans are reduced 1, and 1 per cent., the range being 6 and 7 per cent.- There has been also more activity in the discount of business -paper. Some large loans of prime grades have been passed at 6 and 7 per cent., at dates from 60 days to 90 days, and at 7 and 8 per cent. for dates from four to eight'months. Single names of high grade pass at 8 and 9 per cent., and second grade's at 10,and 15 per cent. TEEN ANNUAL REPORT, of tne City ou perintendent of Schools, states that dining the • year 1861, $1,500,000 have been ex , pended in the support of our public schools, and nearly an equal amount has been raised for their maintenance during the ensiling year ; $820,000 have been . paid to the teachers, male and female, who have con-• ducted the operations of these schools; $76,000 for school apparatus, and $250,000 for -building, remodeling, and furnishing school-houses, and upwards of $150,000 for the support of the various evening schools, the Free Academy, the incidental expenses of the Board of Education, and the salaries of its officers: One hundred and sixty thou sand children, between the ages of four "and twenty-one, have been under-instruction - for a greater or less period during the year, in the several public and day schools, exceed int, by nearly twelve thousand the number I, tan ' ght during _.the preceding year ; while in the forty evening schools, ,taughtduring a period, of five months, from fifteen to twenty thousand pupils were under instruc tion. The average daily attendance of pupils" in the several day schools during the year, was upwards of sixty-two thousand, exceed ing by nearly five thousand the average of the preceding years and in the evening schools this• average amounted to about ten thousand. Seventeen hundred teach , ers, about fifteen hundred of whom are fe males, have been in daily,attendance upon these schools, and a, large proportion of them have been engaged in the tilition of the evening schools. BARNIO3I has secured for his Museum, and also for a travelling exhibition, the fa mous New-Hampshire: dwarf, Commodore Nutt, considerably smaller than Tom Thumb. For this privilege Barnum pays• at the rate of $2OO per week together with all' the :travelling expenses of the Commodore and any companion he may select. There was a great rivalry among the, shownien, but Barnum came in ahead. THE TOTAL VALUE of the Astor Li brary •property; the title to which is vested in the City of New-York, is nearly. $700,- 000. At present there are 120,000 volumes on the shelves. The whole number of vol umes consulted during last year was p9,- 516; of which the largest portion were British literature, 9,992 ; British history, 2,649; American history, 3,481; can literature, 2,489; Jurisprudence, 3,-, 257; Geography, 2,052; Medicine and Surgery, 2,742; Theology and Church history, 3,548; and : Encyclopaedias, 4;650. It 'may be worth noting, that in this city, founded by the Knickerbockers, only five volumes of Dutch literature appear,to have 'been awakened from their, dusty slumbers_; while of , heraldry there were 238, and Of magic, 125.1 Ili THIS, CITY . , just now, there ie agood deal of difficulty in . some of the churches of all denominations, in the.matter Of rais ing the salaries of the pastors. As i a mat= ter of course, this is not, true of the old, wealthy, and vigorous churches, Though their incomes may be lessened, the salary of the pastor Will be provided for. But new churches, churches burdened with debt, or churches that have, been running down, are suffering very considerably. And to make the matter worse, none of the r pciniestic Missionary Boards are in a con dition to render much assistance. Their, beneficence is mostly demanded in other quarters. The American Tract Society has been taking steps toward retrenchment; and has begun by cutting down the salaries of the Secretaries. Even Mr. - Beecher's church, in Brooklyn, shows a failing off in the income .for the present year of from $6,000q0 $B,OOO, The Rev. Mr. Hatfield, of the Methodist Church, occupies the pulpit of this church in the' morning, 'and Mr. Beecher in the evening THE SABBATH COMMITTEE of New- York, that has hitherto pr?secuted its la bors so prudently and so success - 6111y, has made arrangements fora series: offsermons on the Sabbath, by pastors belonging to different religious denominations. The first of, the series was delivered last Sab bath evening by the Rev. Dr. Rice, in the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, .on the "Origin and History of the Sabbath." This will be followed by sermons from the Rev. Dr. Hague, of the Baptist 'church; Rev. Mr. Cause, of the Reformed,Dutch Church; Rev. Dr. Adams, of the New School Presbyterian Church ; • Rev. Dr. Vinton, of the Episcopal Church, and oth ers. The state of the Sabbath question' is such in this country, and` c specially in this city, at this time, as to give much. import ance to movements of this kind: PHILADELPHIA.: THE ANNUAL RE . PoRT of the City Con troller states the total appropria,tions for the year, including loans, to be $5,864,484.- 56. ' THE EXPENSE of the refreahment'rotinis fitted .up in Philadelphia for the benefit, Of volunteers passing _through the city, has been upwards of $lO,OOO. Among the items are the following : Bread, $1,645; butter, $1,293; moat,*,ll6 ; coffee and tea, $919; sugar, $654; cheese, $589. TJTE CONTRIBUTORS to the Institutipn , for the 'Deaf and Dun b , held their ; annual meeting on Wednesday afternnon. :The report of the Directors , statesothat during the past year ; 26.-12 boYs,iied 4 l - 4 girls have been received o lld 3g-14 boys .aid . 21 girls—Were dischtirS,.. # 49,f tho® ad mittpsd iii 1861,1.8 wene: 4 l aprcafi , l te re- : mainderAbst their laming , 1 / 4 4.1;spOutus cattfts---6 from sc4:l4 feve ' from Ikry sipe I as, 2 from colds, aild 4 from . other spo:, It t vies of sickness : *pn the 31 - st of Deceabel, there were 111 boi , s Apr 9 5*girlsin the i 11: stitutiop. Of; the , withlenumber, 158-are supported , by the State of Pennsylvania 17 by Maryland, , 9 by I s Tei-Jersey, 4 by Dela ware, 81ii the 'city of Philadelphia, andls by their friends Or by the institutrinn.-*.'tit those supported by the State of Pennsylva nia, the largest number (28) belong to Phil adelphia ; Allegheny and Lehigh Counties send 11 each; Luzerne, Chester and Berk s, 6 each; Lancaster 5 ; Bedford, 7; Blair, 5 ; most of the other counties from 1 to 4 each., _Great care is paid to the health and com fort of the pupils, and the sanitary condi tion of . the institution is reported to have been 'ce a satisfactory character. The expenses of the institution for food, clothes, &c., for 1861, were $16,893.76 ; for salaries of teachers, $13,455. The amount received from this State .last year, was $23,256.72;; from Maryland, $3,010.10 ; New -Jersey, $1,665.66; Delaware, 6733.33 . The report says that Philadelphia has s e t the example to, other cities and towns of the Commonwealth in providing for the support of three deaf mutes, which, it i s hoped, will be extensively !collo* For the Presbyterian Banner: Annul Report of the Female Bible Society, of Pittsburgh, for the year ending nee. 31, 1861. The Board of Managers of the Female Bible Society, of Pittsburgh, in reviewing the history of their operations the past year, see ground for bath humiliation and thanksgiving. There is a varietysof reasons for regret and sadness, none liar discouragement or loss of confidence.; The civil "war whiCh has affected injuri ously the monetary interests of the country, has bad its ,effects on our own city, and as might be expected, has operated unfavora bly on our receipts. - But this is nothing new or strange. In looking over the history of past years, we find it has alwayaenii the same. Years of financial depression have been years of di minished operation's this Society. Yet these periodic fluctuations have been only as the flux and reflux, of the waves, in a rising tide, whose course is still onward. The immediate pressing wants of the vol • unteers raised in our city for the present war, so occupied the attention, and efforts of many of our managers, that they have fail ed to make their usual annual collections. Still we have great satisfaction in being .able to'report.,soniething done in the good cause„ The repert of• our Treasurer shows , the -amount collected as : donation during the year to be two hundred-and five dollars and' ten. cents. Of this sum one hundred and twenty dollars has been applied to con stitute four life, ineinbers to the Pennsylva nia Bible Society. The balance has been paid to that Society, for Bibles and Testa ments. ; • Wnare happy to, state that we have par ticipated with other Bible. Societies in sup plying the soldiers with an important por tion of the Word of God... We have fur nished five hundred volunteers with the New Testament. That our Society has been permitted to send forth the pure streams of the water of Life, for more than thirty years, affords matter for devout gratitude. How many souls have been savingly blessed by our in strumentality we do not know; but he knoweth, who ,has said - ",that his Word `shall not return. unto, him void, but shall 'accomplish that whereunto it is sent." The present distracted state of our country should lead us to , feel. more deeply than ever the „value .-of: the blessed Bible, and constrain us to be more ready in coming years than before, to giveit a wide circula tion, not,only throughout : ;our land, but in other lands, as the ,providence of God pre pares the way. , - The annual meeting of the above Society was held in the, Sessieu4Room,of the First Presbyterian chnrch, on. Thursday, Jan. 2, 1862, Rey. Pr.. Aikin ~the Chair. The Reports .of:the, Secretary and Treasurer were read and adopted, after.which an elec tion of oficets'and,,nianagers took place, of Which theifollowing is.lthe -list_: President Mxs Pr.•BroOksi, :es-itients r --Mre. MeClurgand Mrs. McCracken. Secretary = Nra. Crittenden Treasurer Miss Brooks. _ Managers Mrs. Denny, Mrs,A.-Laugh lin, Mrs. J. Laughlin, Mrs:- J. B. Morgan, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Rowan, Mrs. Barclay, Mrs. Seutple, Mrs. J. Irwin, Mrs. W_ Thaw, Mrs. Pears, Mrs. S. Rea ' Mrs. Dr. Prest ley, Miss Thaw, Miss Fahnestock,. Miss Laughlin, Miss Breed, Miss Arthurs, Miss Magee, .Miss Ralston, Miss Kerr, Miss Trainer,,Miss Lane, Miss Brackenridge. Addiess'.l4 the Christian Commission OFFICE OR THE CIIILISTIAN COMMISSION, Nevi -York, Januars ilth,lB62. The following named gentleinen were appointed ,a Christian Commission for the Ai n 4, ,pursuant to the resolutions of a National Convention, held in, the city of New November 16, 1661: Rev. Rollin H. Neale, P.D., Boston; Charles Deniond; Esq., Boston;Rev. Bishop E. S. Janes, D.D., New-Yo; , Hon. Benjamin F. - .31i.erre, New-York ; Rev, Benjamin C. Cutler, P.D. Brooklyn ; Mitchell H. Miller, 'Esq., *ashington ; George H. Stuart, .Esq., Philadelphia; John P. Cro zier, 'Esq., Philadelphia;;:Rev. M. L. P. Thompson, D.l)'.,, - Cincinnati; , Clinton B. Fisk, Esq., ' St. Louis . ; John B. Farwell, Esq., :Chicago, • John D. Hill, MAX .Buffalo. CEPICAS BRAINERD, Secretary of the Convention. The'. Christian. Commission met in Wash ington, and arranged a. plan of operations, which they now submit - to the public, and call uponthe friends of the soldiers:to aid theta in their. work. .. , Their object is and temporal welfare of the brave men who to promote the spiritual now are,iunrits to put down ..a wicked re bellion. They propose to do this by 411 i -ring the chaplains and others in their work— . lst. : BY. furnishing to - them _religious tracts,periodicals, and books. - 4 17 ' :2d. By aiding, in the formation .of reli- "•-1 ' .ginns.associations in the several regiments. 34.° By putting such. associations ipargar reSpondenne with the Christian.publia=.4l 4th. By cultivating, as far as po: :4 ; the, religious ~synapatbies and prayers of Christians in their behalf. sth: By obtaining and direeting such gratuitotis personal labor among the soldiers and sailors, as may be practicable. 6th. By improvinc , such other opportu wales' and.means as may, in the providence of God, be.presented. , ' 7 th. By farnishing, as mr as possible, profitabl e , reading, ether than religions, and, wherever: there is a permanent military post,cby : establishing a general library of such works:...;: ' Atilt. ,. Byi'establisliinta meilium o f s peedy and., safe between the 'men in . key arinyAnat.„. navy, an d their trit e n ds"'and At iamilicsity,witich. small pack ages d-clothing ; 11,90klyand. medicines, and 'uterneutoeiOf sociarigidlion.can be inter- Chinked: , . -1 fp''' : , 'Gentlemen - ;" knowra, and of high ' e , l4 ,itift9Cer l /f....tg ' us cities, have generously ve uu - er eti*,;te.',giv,e the time and attention .ate , eded..te carry out •this plan, and we hope .tn be, able AO,approprlate to the benefit of the soldiers, all contributions entrusted to us, with a sini,ol expense for intermediate agencies. sew ` ] , But: we need money ., to provide religious and other reading for. the array, and a very large slim can be judiciously and profitably used, in lltikway.,, , The 'Bible; Tract, and ether benevolent _ )
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