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•SA'!'JItO&Y, JANIJARY .186:2,
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' 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.
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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
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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
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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
_ )