Vrobgterian
PITTSKRIII, 81.111111 V, MACH 11, 1861.
To OW' STAMPS.
Our friends will please not send us
theie, nor any of the large stamps. We
cannot rise them, and our Postmaster will
not elehauge for them. Send onl,y THREE
cent sad ONE cent stamps.
Good;The President has approved the
additional article of war, passed bithe two
Houses of Congress. Henceforth no mill
tary or naval officer of the United States,
may employ American freemeu in catching
and returning to their chains any fugitives
who may escape from bondage.
De*. Dr. DoWit.—This most estimable
minister, pastor of the New School Pres
byterian church, in Harrisburg, Pa.,
pi ached; a short time. since, a discourse on
the anniversary of his seventieth birth-day,
and: the forty-fourth year of his pastorate
over his present charge. His congregation
made the occasion'to be kindly remembered,
by some, valuable presents. Dr. DEWITT ,
enjoys e'xcellent health. He is assisted in
the .pastorate of his very large and wealthy
congregation, by Rev. Mr. ROBINSON.
Coniplaints.—These are very nunierous,
lately, and the Banner meets a large share
—not, however, in respect to its character,
but because of its non arrival in time. We
can assure our subscribers that we'are reg
ular' in :Mailing the paper. Our folders
and packers Aommence work as soon as the
press begins to deliver the papers, and they
keep up with it, so that as rapidly as the
press can work the papers are sent to the
Post Office. And ,if there are irregulari
ties, the mail is to blame. We have not
varied an hour from our regular time,,for
months.
Reaped 'for the Sabbath.—We notice with
pleasure ,a respect paid to the Lord's day,
even though_ •it be in things which should
he `aVoided not only then, but always. The
late anniversary of Washington's birth-day
was celebrated it Paris, at the residence of
Mr. DAYTON, our Minister to the French
Court. About three ,hundred
• Americans,
male and female, were present. The actual
22d of February is usually observed, hut
this occurring on Saturday, Mr. DAYTON
opened Ida - house for the entertainment on
FriditY.*, A writer says :—" The'very sub
stitution ..4!)f one day for another, and the.
celebration of the event on Friday instead
of Saturday, so that his more youthful
guests should not beflancing in his house
through the`early hours of a Sunday morn
ing, was a simple and manly tribute of re
spect to what is good and venerable in
American usages, and for which, in this
Sabbath-profaning city, the best thanks are
due to Mr. DAYTON'S sense of what is
right and becoming."
:PiEVER:SATISFIED.
Some would-be-esteemed patriots seem.to
be much exasperated because the rebels ,
were not advanced upon two months ago,
and captured at Manassas. Such forget
that the enemy could have run away, just,
as well then as now, and that the pursuit,
at that time would haVe been far more dif
ficult and :dangerous It was well to keep
the braves 'of the rebel army, where they
could do us no harm, till ,ire had taken
Roanoke, and Hatteras, and ',Hilton Head,
and Tybee, and Brunswick, and Fernan
dina, and Ship"lsland, and Somerset, and
Bowling Green, and NashVilie, and. Fort
DonelsOnrand Fort , Henry,lata Columbus,
and i NtiftliVwestein kee
them 1,114-Ihey would be somewhat wasted,
and 'till the ex ration orthe time of„etr-,
listanents would weaken them, and tillthey
would be 'flanked 'East tad West, and till
the roads would be Midi 'that they,a'o; la be
pursued with a prospect of either a,speedy
overthrow; or an otter expulsion. ,
Some men are nevergrateful ;' , are never"
in a spirit 'in which it is possible . for them
to give hearty thanks to God. They are
• ,
never satisfied.' , ,
" A TEST.
Men who have joined in i the
even by sympathynnd language, must not
expect to escape some disabilities in the
comminity. , Bow could any one reasona
bly think of enjoying protection'. in' all
right, ;perquisites,. ; and immunities, and,
also of participating in honors, and privi
leges, under a government which he had
not dnly refused ,to defend but endeavored
to deStroy.? But how are such men to be
detected? One 'ineins'ef defection is the.
administration of • the oath of allegiance.
To this' test our brother ministers, it seenis
are to he subjected. We approve of it
heartily. The minister, as' well as ever)
other man,_is bpund to be 'true man.
Th i e!*.iViOTterian Herald, of Louisville,'
Ky., says . :
" 4. bill has finally,passed the Kentucky
Legislature, which provides that ministers
or priests shell not solemnize, marriage un
til they, bane filed, in the ‘ office of the
County Pourt.Clerk„an affidavit from some
one authorized to administer, oaths, that
they have sworn to
_support ,the. Constit
ution of the,Thlited States and,the Constitution
of this Stater and to be faithful to the Consti
tution of , thalbommonwealth of Kentucky
so longss ,they remain citizens thereof, and
also solemnly! swear that they- have not
joined in, aided or abetted, the so-called
Confederate States, or either of them, in
this rebellion againstthe United States, or
in their invasion, of this State, and that
they no, px aid or comfort them,,there2.
in, directly or, ,indirectly, so long as they
remain ,a 1 citizen ,of,this State; any, minis
ter, &c., solemnizing marriage without tak
ing theAbeye oath,. to be guilty of a misde
meaner' and subject to .a fine not-lees than
fifty clollarsi net more than five hundred
~Tlim;were but thirteen negative
=motes to xlO 'S )111trip the Rona and l Ovo xn
~ t he Senate.."'
SATE NO'S LIVES.
The errand of Jesus Christ into the
world was to save men's lives, and not to de
stroy. And individual Christians, and ev
ery Christian government, will feel bound
to walk - by-this rule. Circumstances may,
and do, make the taking of human life'ne
cessary ; but to justify the act, the neces
sity must be real. Hence good men, while
they deplore the great loss of life in the
present war, will yet feel pleased that those
who are in authority are disposed to wage
it with as little destruction as possible.
Men of a murderous spirit insist upon
battles, and glory in bloodshed. The blood
thirsty and the reckless say : "Did not our
men enlist to fight?," "No; say we. They
enlisted to conquer. And there are other
means of, conquest besides
,the sacrifice of
tens of thousand& " Advance ; " "fight,"
are not the sole orders of the truly Chris
tian commander. He, rather says, Con
.
quer.
We have ever advocated the prosecuting
of the war with energy, but we have as
pertinaciously urged that each advance
sh,all.be'made with a force which shall ren
der resistance hopeless. Thus 'would we
combine the two ends, sought by the patriot
and the Christian- 7 the putting down of
the rebellion, and the saving of human
life. The`first of these 'the Government is
able to accomplish effectually; the other it
can but, approximate. The rebels have
taken • the sword, and they use - it with
power, skill, and desperation, and they
must "perish," that
, is, be conquered, by
the sword. But it is not needful that all ,
whom they have seduced into their ranks
should thus fall. And especially is it de-
sirable that as few as possible of our 'own
patriotic sons' should meet a vielent death,
and fill an early grave, The Government
has men and material enough to defend the
whole line of the loyal States, and at the
same time to concentrate a force upon each
point it would assail, which will make re
treat or surrender a necessity to the enemy.
So to conduct the operations may possibly re
quire a little more time than would be other
wise needed, and it may require really less,
but it will, in either ease, be speedy ; and
it will be sure, and merciful, and will tend
to a better peace in the end. We advocate
a victory which shall be entire and thor
ough, felt and remembered; a peace without
compromise, and under whichthe conspira
•tors shall not escape ; a fair and honest ad
ministration of law; and all these We wish
to have so accomplished as to cause the
least possible loss of life to, loyal men, and
to the innocent and deceived in the rebel
Kanks.
It may hence be readily believed that we
are delighted with the'retreat of the rebels
from Manassas. We, said, last Autumn,
and we lave repeated it in conversation
fifty times since, that there would be no
great battle at Manassas. 'We said so be
cause we thought our Commander-in..chief
had too much prudence, and too much
bhriStian huManity to make a direct attack
upon such a stronghold, when, by a little
delay and strategy, he could turn it effectu
ally add compel its abandonment. The re
.
,cult verifie's ,
our prediction. To have taken
Manassas while the enemy was there in full
force, would have cost us ten thousand mon,
or twenty thousand, or even more. Now
we have it withont 'the firing of a
We have also Winchester, and the, whole
line of the Potomac, with only a few .Small
engagements, in which not twenty men
were killed. Thus the enemy's strong
hold in Virginia, as well as, those in Ken :
tucky, have fallen into our hands harm
lessly.. f ' -
Two severe battles wevliltd-titOifiglitito'
penetrate the enemy's line.S'thid - foreetheini
to make these iiirremiers: One of these
,
was ‘ at Mill SpririgsAy„ and the other at
Fort Donelson, Tenn.. ,Donelson Nvas a
small fortification, compared with Bowling
Green; and smaller still, compared with
Columbus; and quite diininntive 'beside
Manassas. And yet, from returns still ar-,
riving, Donelson seems to have Cost us . a,7
repulse of our gunboats, and the killing'
runi wounding of over two thousand men;
and even then we owe something to the,
.pusilanimity of FLoYn and PILLOW. What
may we hence infer that it would have cost
us to take Bowling Green, and CO'lpiUbus,
teed Manassas; and the Potomac batteries?
A sacrifice of thirty thousand, yea, of fifty
thousand of ours brave volunteers would not
have done it, the enemy defending himself
manfully.. How many parents' hearts Would'
thus have been made to sorrow Hew
many females, the loveliest ; of their kind,
would have become widowed mourners
How many children fatherless Atidahow
would the enemy have suffered also, not
only in the number slain,Lbeit'in tlie an-
"guish caused in hotnes once happy? Par
ents, and children, and sisters and brothers
in the-South, are equally susceptible .with
ourselves, and equally God's intelligent
creatures. They share in God's Pity, and,
though they have sinned, he will, not per
mit us wantonly to make them the objects
of vengeance. ' -
We rejoice, therefore, in .the enemy's
retreat. It is to us a great victory, and an
irepOrtant conquest. We applaud the wis
,dom that compelled the retreat. We thank
God. for it, most sincerely; and we pray
that similar wisdom may prevail in 'all' our
counsel& The sword is an ordained in
strument; and it is powerful when wielded
by a vigorous , arm, but 'a wise mind gives
it still more power. This adds to its terror,
and even makes it to accomplish bloodless
victories.
A. SABBATH' IN -CAP.
Sabbath, March 9th. , we spent in emir)
Pierpontotear Langley,
,Va. It was the
abode of Gen. 1110 C/ ties Division, Pennsyl
vania Reserves, some thirteen thousand men.
From Saturday noon till Monday morning,
we liaw something of most of the regiments
The tents wereeomfortable. The`whole as
peet was pleqsant—neat, ~tasteful.
men gas,e full „evidence of great goOd
PRESBYTERIAN C. ANNER-SATURDA y, MARCH 22, 1862.
health and Cheerfulness. The officers are
manifestly competent to arrange, and con
trol camp life, and have an interest in the
welfare of their charge.
On Sabbath the weather was beautiful.
The chaplains were attentive to their work;
and were aided by several ministers who
were visiting their soldier sans previously
to a, movement to the - battle field. Our in
terest was most absorbed in the 10th Regi ,
meat, Col. MoCAtiuoriv, to which Rev. Mr.
McGruntE is chaplain. The attendance
upon public worship is, in this regiment, ,
entirely voluntary., There were two ser-:
vices during the day, and one in the even
ing. The sermon in the 'forenoon
preiched by Rev. Dr. Mc.L.A.am, of Alle
gheny City, to a congregation of two hun
dred to three hundred persons, in, the: open
air, ' and all sten ding. Dr. MoSirmay, 'of
Pittsburgh, preached in the afterneon, iii
similar circumstances, to, about the same
number of people. More attentive au
diences arnbut seldom. addressed'. In the
evening, Rev. Mr. VIDtCENI`; of the United
Presbyterian Church, preached' to a very
large 'audience. Dr. MoLAnr.,N preached,
to another regiment, in the evening. •
The order throughout the Cainp was as
nearly perfect as in any of our bestiegulated
cities. We heard not a profane word dur
ing our - stay, nor did we witness anytking
boisterous or tending to revelry.
Those valued men are now in different
:scenes. The 'day after we left them
they moved to meet the enemy4 , l lying
enemy he proVed to be; at that time. They
are pursuing. May their God, and . their
fathers' God protect them' from thp'pesti
len ce and the devouring sword, and especially
from the tempter's power, and return them,
to peaceful homes in a unified and happy
zonntry. ' •
A GLEAM OF LIGHT.
"'What disposition is to be made of Sla
very, in the settlement of our National
affairs, has been a question involved' in
deep darkness. Of the ability of a Ainited
North suppress the rebellion, there was
no room fora reasonable doubt; but as the
tountry'e arms advance, the subject` of Sla
very presses more and more, and the
~
differ
ences between conservatives and radicals
becontes wider and wider. This is the rock
att which the &nth expected us to stumble.
Fill the radicals insist upon Sudden and
entire emancipation, as the object of the
war'? If they do, theY divide the country.
Will. the conservatives be satisfied with,
nothing short of - the restoration of the
slave power ? Then they divide the country.
The President; in a message which we
printed last week, suggeits an initiative
and a help to gradual emancipation, which
we should be pleased to see• all parties em- .
brace. There may be difficultiea in giving
to the President's idea &walking character,.
but we think those difficulties are not insu
perable There may. also be' some party
men so ettremely.wedded to their own' no.;'
Cons, as to resist everything that rood
e rate. , Still, the Presidlftt's ,suggeStion is,
received with a q , d,egree,. l of ,fivor whicb we,
hardly. expected. It is to' •be hoped that
the advocates of National unity,• of- strict
justice, and of universal freederi3","will" dis
cover measures whf.ch they can . larmoni-'
ously prosecute, to the attainment of so
.
great a good.. few years for , a- gradual
work may be: patiently tolerated; and nioney
may be more pleasantly given for peaCe
than for war.' ,
The President's suggestion he embodies
in the following, which he offers as a joint
resolution : - •
• " Resolved, That, the - Unitell States ought
to cooperate with any State irlich - may
adopt a gradual abolisliniehednliiieV.'gir
ing to such State pecitiiiiii , maye l ve' ? *l
by ,such State in, its discretion' „to+ cotnpen--
*sate for the inconveniences, public and pri=
vete 7 produced by , such a change of systensystem:"
This resolution passed the House, 'after a
brief debate, by a very large'majpri4: We,
were surprised to .find Mr. Cni7rzzgpiai
.and Sdrue,,other of the I.iorder-State,men,
;"opposed il and quite as much so to.find some
`Men , who , have been regarded as
fists, vote in its favor, It in:tidies 'three,
inapOrtant principles: 4 l4.l3ol4ron should
Obe gradual ; 2. 11,shouid be by' State,
actments; 3. There'shmild be a compensa
tion. This is the first 'tilde that the -aboli=
tion . . of slavery, on any terms, has been
propounded'from the Presidential chair.
GEORGE!
It is the lot of this gentleman t 6 'stand
high , before the American ; people, andt
;hence to be ;the subject of much criticism;
Amd - justice from political critics need Vey
cr be expected. While they can lope 'for
favors, they will flatter `, when the occupant
If ,• • • ,-•
of authority will not serve . their purposes,
they will defame. We never expectto ob
tain eat-red - ideas of a candidate fortoffMe,
or to liarn the integrity, wfsdurn'ilad worth
of a public functionary,;frOM:the partisan.
press. '
When Gem MoCLzr.w.was.dified:to
Washington, and made COminariderAn-chiUf
Of our armies, the press abounded in'praised
of,the " Young General.7 l Bnt ,the l youtag
General could not please all,`and phe dissat
isfied turnedmaliguers. All the successes
of, the army,•and they are numerous and
wonderful, 840 ffitted to ''kithers all'
which has rii*li*i'dlne but whicli'theke
wise ones think should have been. dUne, is
charged to; iis inaction. -••
The Command of Geu. MeOLF;raivi . in
Western Virginia, was a 'Uniforin'snecess:
He fought no very destructive ba4les, but
he won greatly importint victories. He so
managed, that the, enemy would either run
or surrender. • .
.
He is now relieved from a large portion',
of his charge,,anifis,dArecting his , attention
to the arroy,of the Potomac. :Whether. her
.can miave here with his usual success is
now to be developed.' He has beglin'Well.
It was the President's desire that he should
commence operations' Feb." 22d, and already
the Valley: of: Virginia to atm)V/inches-1
titer,; and neirly Aim) !whole , cinintr3ri between)
the Potom%e and Rappahannock, including
Centrevill9, Manassas, and the battories
from Occocinan to AciaiiCOreek, are in his
possession.
We are not willing to risk our prophetic
character by a prediction of what General
MCCLELLAN will do.' But this we will say,
that we have great confidence in his ability;,
and if, on or about May-day, he will give
us RiChinond, he will deser;ie 'well of his'
country; if he will add the whole of South
eastern Virginia, it will be still better; , if
he will yet add a number of :prisoners and
the enemy's , munitions of war, it will be
better still; and if he will do all thia at a
small cost of human blood, he will merit his
country's - gratitude.
The New-York - Wdr&l has been severe,
unreasonably so as we" 'have thought, en
Gen., McCraLLAN, for. his cautions . ad
vances. , Stall, .that journal, in its
..iisne of
March 15th, says
44 Shall
...Congress or its committees Say
how the advance is to be made ? Must .we
go to a body, which has not yet leuenedisow
,to conduct its ownbusinees,for inforMation
'how to'conduct a campaign ?. Shall weal&
,
those men who, for week after,week and
'month after month, have fumbled• and
Tussed,.and. talked and 'bungled, and have
'not yet passed , a tax bill to provide the very`,
sinews of war— T its first and mast heinden
duty--for information how the arm of war
is to ,belifter, and where and how it ,is
_to
strike ? 'Shill we question . the committees
who knew the color of plated *ens better
than the number of stars mi t a gcneral'a
shotilder-strap„ and have their asinge
matters 'Of strategy Plainly not. The
shoemaker to hi,s last. ; ''B r aci eolahling at
any rate is no guarantee of good general
ship, and certainly Congress. has cobbled
;most abciminahly. , Shall the grand army
bf the Potomac look to'the field marshals or
yirxntxrsy qfflees for its - orders Lei one,
campaign I;nder their direction sidiee.
,We
`Owe then:el:kill Run, and the demising ree-'
ord Wilt`nerer - out, for all their wasising,. ,
What is due to Gen. MeCtrAt.`Aac flora
them ? From seine newspapers, onsfideoce
and support need not be eapeete,d..' Self
confidence Mid self-814point, tax all shiefs , ' en
ergies. Let theta' not be clivertedeliewhere.
But, justice at least demandathat they shall
not compel the country to mother sacriftee
they shall not vowidAtow, BlealhEL,
LAN they hounded advi, across ,
is ineradicable in their s entare to thrOw
mud and scatter filth, if they nomt, snake
the aiy bf lyl6orxra.,Aen departire Mn a
mission big With thefate of the nation the
clay of the p,oiring mit'of their cursed' and
accimnlated" ribaldry sad vitaP'eratiOss, irf
theYieuge blacken witis'alati der 'and - inaliee
one who, be he weak or hole streng, is at'
least giving all his energies to save the,
country'which half their Mots hatitended
to destroy, let it he So Ida let an honest.
public stamp with infarq the man who is
so selfiSh and. so base, the deed Which i-s an
shaineless.” , ,
Gen. -MoCEELLAN,,,foirewing the exam..
ple of other men, great andJerealkaddreseee
his army, as he leads thimrtor the' field!:
.11EADVARTERS ARMY OF: RIM 303031,Ae;
FAIRFAX 4 II: 114 Vsti; M welt 'll4-tb, 181324
Soldiers of the Ariny of . de`-Potenav .td
-, 7 -4or a lonetime I have kept. you inactive,
but mot withOuta purpose... Yen-were to , be
disciplined, armed and imstruoMd. The for- •
naidable artillery yon. now; have,. had De be
created.- Other armies were to , zurre and
accomplish certain tresults- I held you
hack that you might'givair tie death 'blow
to the rebellion that has .dgeterbed' our
, once happy country. :The; potion ee
,you
haviioshown, and your coartelertee in your
General are worth a **mem vietiarres...
,These:• preliminary results are new acemn
plished. , feel that the juitient . labors of
,many:menthr have 'produced their thusite. - :
The army' (Wilke Potomac ie movie real
army; :magnificent in matteia,
in discipline'' and iinstruction., excellently
equipped and armed.. YOUIr.' comirandera
are all that I , could' wish: moment for
action has arrived;' and I kiMw. that I , ean
trust`in you.' le save:cur ccientry. As
ride. through your - - ranks I , see in t' youri
faces the -sure 'prestige of , viidery.. °l SeeU
that yon - will - do Whatever I '.ask
The -periect of inaction has'paseed. - . will
bring you face to face with thread:4le; and
only pray that 2 Gall:nay defend the
whatever direction-you ,may mere: how
ever strange myl actions appear; to ever
,
bear in' mind that fate is 'Silted , with
'Yours, and that all do is tor loririo. , your
iibere I know you &de
eisive , hattle field:. It is My lusinearr-
Place you 'there. am to wet& over >yoir
as a 'Tarent ; over ;Ida childreni, an you I
know that your' General'loves.: l- yett from.
the depths of his: heart. It ishallr-he my
'care, as it has ever ''been, to .gain suedes
Witlithe lb,ast possible loss ' but '1 know:
it is necessary you will willingly Mow me
to our graveslfor our irigliteousicau4od
sniiles , npetkitstAl =Victory attends usp;.. yeti!
Would :not.haief you think that rani aim , is.
tip be- attained‘Withatit•a manly. amain. Lf
Will not disguise it 'from you Yow liana
brave foes to encounter z--foernen war ,
thy of the 'Steel you use so wall ;
demand of you: great.her6ic
and long marches, desperate combat.,: and
privations 'perhaps: We will share all:
these together and when this. sadj,warr
over we`will all return to our hornee' and
feel that we can ask no higher= honor than
ihe prond , coniiienness t'lhat we belenged.
to the army'ofithe Totobiac. • '
[Signed,]. G'F.O. B IicOLEM;Arr,;
Majer-Generalt.Cenimanding::
„There is.gTeatnesa.in. this address. Rea
it again: :Note every, sentence: , There is;
no vituperation', mild boasting " You see
in it theman
~Inind; the soldier, and the' r i ,.
Christian. W,e,may,be disaPpOinted in our j For
the,pnB
bgtsrian Banner:
ekpeoMtions, ,We‘ have no, personal icknowled .
quaintanc,e with the General, and no ' inter 62d oh'l P:E o N h Ni .
A vo
} Near =Falls .V.,0.L187i);
es't in him; is an. individual: 'Thit-,We hive '
- - March 5, 1862
a;deeeinterest 'in' the `Conuander; 'bit it . ; , '
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hurnarrify's : interest. . And oemputearnestly 1, dektkoWledge `the' receipt, by Adams'
join him in his
h k a``y y erM y defend ' Ilplipert4eStis,onetfjlrriwaibrkda!be;oyfoob,ciotoks,tibainsdrßPeagmi:
the rig h t ' rent..bT,,l:soks are all
good
books,
imrselect_
ed with'eicelleet discretion: The amount'
( d > fo
the l a; s . c° 4 ll t h r e i ' b sl l u t n w s e
c i m t o s a e t l e : d i
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r.o l f l t :e gh
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pended: hare "in iti d b e h a:r g or o e o d d to' d iv is d t i r s i i b b u l te e.
the books so as a
their means, , as m
• Please convepto the Rev. Mr. Mateer, and
to his p'enple,'" the ',Coking congregation,'
Of Clarion empty, the tharika Of many"
hearts for their and precious cOn
tribution.}.
Gifts like , these carry fuS back
to the
pleasant memories of home, and forward to
the hope of that' Other home which one
gained, is never lost,:—' ' -
Respectfully'and truly, 1 '
' l alqte*
K, 0 -
Sewiekleyville; 'CoininUnion
held here last Sabbath, eleven. persons ,were
received , into the church, on ,examination.
Eight of these are young ladies connected
with the: Fel:dale Senainary of Rev. Dr.
Wuziksis. Most of Dr WILLIAMS' pu
pils, Nileunderstand,,manifest, a_ deep in-.
stereskon. the subject of rellgion.,
God's blessing so liberally bestowed
upon institutions of :learning conductud by
Ministers shows approval orl. atheir
work,` Wif , 'congratillate- Christian parents
on hal,l9l, , meh , places to send,their eh'i i ldrere.'
Th 4 morals are guarded.l lihe:,conseienee
is cultivated in connexion with the; Intel--
leet. Youth, are trained for respectability
• ,
in life, and for a happy immortality.
EASTERN SUMMARY.
BOSTON - AND NEW:ENGLAND
THE CROWD assembled at, the depot,
greeted the newly arrived prisoners for
Fort Warren, with jeers,'taiints, add black
guardism, disgraceful to Posted. The peo
ple and authorities are greatly mortified on
account of the: oecurrence, and 'will take
effective measures to prevent its repetition.
MAINE enlisted and sent to the war 17,
028 soldiers ,up'to December , 31st, not in
cluding the coast-guard. The'ratio to the
entire population of the State was ,1 in 36;
Aroostook, County' le,ding the van 'with I
in 25, Penobscot following close , with .1 in
26, and York laggin•g far in the rear of ev
ery other country with only '1 in 72. The
counties bordering on th,„ BritishPrpvin
ces were, naturally, fullest, of fight.
AT PEAILERTONi; New -Hampshire, OC)
:recent' ebnveraions are r announced ihe
different . churches . , Encouraging revivals
are reported in many -towns, iof New-Eng-
FLAG OFFICER FOOTE, whose skill and
bravery have done so much toward the.suc
cess of the Union forces in the Westris:a
native of Connecticut
He has perhaps' done more, 'than ,any
other man in our navy, in advancing,by,
precept and example, the best religiousin
terests of the service, and those : who have
been privileged to listen to his words, not
. ,
only at public nieetings :especially those of
the Seamen's Friend Society in Boston and.
New-York, will not soon forget the improv
sions thereby, made, of the Christian hu
mility and manly piety clearly character
izing thisdiiitingiiiihed oiner. With such
men in command, we feel additional assur
ance that the' .country's 'Catitie'as God's
.cause. Capt. F: is al son of ~ the, former
Senator S. A. Foote of Connecticut, well
known. connexion ;: :. with the.. frimous
"Foote's Resolutions," which, gave rise to
the immortal, debate between, Hayne,and.
Webster bl i the U. S. Senate.
IF CONNECTICUT can boast 'of
ing a Brother Jonathan, a Corn: Hull, an
Ellsworth, a Lyon, and to have trained and
broughVout. a , Putnam, a Roger Sheridan,
, Whitney-, a Fulton, a 'JOel`Barlow,
• a Colimel Humphrey, a Colonel Colt, a
David} Bushnell, an electric'liforse, and,
•
scores of other worthies—she 'is also hut'
Initiated in giving origin to a',ll Arrild,
Jefferson Davis, an Alexander H. Ste'
phensi---the parents 'of the titio latter pen;
were 'residents of North-Killingly. 'The
father 'of Jeff. Davis. moved'' from Black-
flock district, the North-West Corner of
North-Killingworth, abont Siity:tio years:
ago, and itis said settled:at first near Ma
mita, in Ohio / whehee -there, was an easy'
transit to the then wild lands of MisaiSs
ippi,ibout ;the time 'otthe JeffersOn pui-1
chase of Louisiana-L--bence the name l; The%
father of A. Stetihens moved - from' the
North-east district of North-KillingWorth
sixty-two .years ago this 'coming Slimier,
• and 'lsettled in. Georgia: ' Probably 'the .
' , President and Vice Preside of theSebel
Confederacy were born after their fiarents
left •Connecticut. They have numerous
cousins now living in the neighborhood.
HEW -YORE. -
. ' Tpuz is a vigorOus effort now on foot to.
• ''k ak , up amblirig :establishinents in.
'lbis' city. The persons who haire interested
tlierinidves lin this matter' end, howeier,
"that' difficulties beset theM at every step.,
willing enoggh to do.
-then; pli4;Of the work, and
.rebentlyquite
a • thimbei` of . are Sis have Dien . iniae=the.
giunblerie in:every, instance being caught .i n
the act: • - Several' Of the pollee, magistrates,.
4, howevei, for reasons • that'ure inscrutable,',
, to ,commit the - culirits when brought,
before them; `or they 'let the m off with light',
fines. In caries where a commitment' ip,
made out there deenie to : be no disposition ,
On the part or thii'firoper i officers
,to, bring
• the Case 'to trial. In short, it
impossible to punislitheerime of gambling . ,
-in This . MA matter the lailogiala
il •
' - turir'lictuld inquire -into. There great'
need for reform iii dnr maehirierY for, pun-.
iShing law-breakers. • The system
• has alinikt reached 'perfection but' there is
little use arresting criinin:ils if lbey
I t unwhiPped Of inatiee. •' • "
'tbeficturishinghouse of SHELDON & .00:*
have: become the. sole. publiiihersrof; the:
Eiv.ereidql editions:, of . standard- English
I works, and. we are pleased to ;announce the•
arrange,menV. by .wbick additional'ini
pulse will be.given3o:these elegant -publi'-
cations. llnnyalled in their typographical
• execution, and, printed„on. the best paper,
• these. boo ks are-in :the lighest degree area
, itable to the art-in this-country,' and we
• know that -under• the, enterprising' care of
Sheldon i Co. will be placed in tthe
I most attractive position before the Amer--
, ean,people. . • d • ;:4, : c.
PHILADELPHIA.
ARRANGEMENTS: , have been made for
holding 'regular religiens services
GoVerntient hospitals 'reeently,esMblrebed
'in this city;, „ - , =
OUR ; CituitoliEs in this city Ooutiiiu& to
h'Old tfition prayer meetings every tburs,-
day afterncion; going from , hve,l3. to ohyrch
These meetings-bay- be
sve been
found bothinteresting and profitable. ;
Pei the Presbyterian Ban
Acknowledgment.
MB. EDITOR Will you kindly ii, ert
this acknowledgment of the receipt ~e a
Very handsome box of clothing from the
ladies of Dr. J. J. Brownson's church,
Washington,
,Pa. Their bounty is irkly
appreciated. The' liiodnese, which led, to
the bestowment of the gift, and the scoop
._ , , _
partying draft to pay all expenses, is felt,
but cannot be expressed. May they- expe
rience the truth of our Saviour's 'Words,
" It is more blessed to give than to receive."
A.MISSIONART.
Illinois,. Nara 7, 1862.
Temperance in the Army.
Dr. Marsh, of the .American Temper:
,
ante Union is anxious and ready to put, a
thousand well:prepared and -asserted Tent
perance Tracts for Soldiers into every Rig
iment of our patricide army. Be
,has al
ready so done to more tyip. Two Hundred:;
arid, if means are furnished, he will,
helping, soon finish his Wort, and go over
it again. He appeals for help to ministers
and, eh-arches, to patriots and philanthro,,
pists. For $2.50, a thousand 'will be sent
to any Regiment named; and any other
slim for Warded will at once be appropriated.
SayS the Honorable, now Colonel,
Dow to hit", You cannot, sir, possibly do
so much good for our country any other
way as in
. eiroulating among the -
. soldieri . of.
our Army , your admirable, tracts.." Dona
tions sent to No. 10 Park Bank, will be
gratefully received and acknowledged.
PRESBYTERIAL NOTICES.
The PRESBYTERY OF BLOOXPTO.T.QN will
meeeit Miclinam church,(Fleaawnt Hill,) on
Tuesday, April Bth, at 7 P.'
• " R. CONOVER, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF CLARION - al ineet,
in Brookville, the First Tuesday of 'April next,
at 11 o'clock A. M. • WCAY,
Stated. Clerk...
The PRESBYTERY OF E/URFIELD will hold
its next stated meeting at Edayyille, lowa, on
the Third Tuesday in April next, at 7 o'clock
P. M;'^;-S. C. M'CUNE,Stated Clerk:
The %PRESBYTERY OF SALTSBITRG will
meet at Currie's Rim ehure,h, on -the Third Tues
day (1(th) of April, at 2 o'clock - P,M.t
Narratives, Statistical Reports, Congregational
Settlements, and Sessional Records, 3vill.be, called
for at this meeting. .W. W. WOODEND,„
• `- Stated Clerk.
The FRESBYTERY.QF CEDAR will. meet at
Tipton; Tuesday, April' let; atl - P. M.
,; E. IA: BELDEN, Stated Clerk.
The MISSOURI RIVER PRESBYTERY' pate
the Connell Bluffs and Omaha Presbyteries,) will
'meet at Council Bluffs on the Friday before the
second Sabbath of April next; (11th,) at. 7'
o'clock P. M. ' D. L. RITGESS
Stated therk. •
The - PRESBYTERY OF lOWA will hail
.
next stated meeting at Middletown, on the First
Tuesday of April, (ist,) at 7P. M. ' •
Sessional Records' and Statistical *arta ,
must be presented, and the Assessments en the
churches paid.. GEO. D. STEWART,S...O
-
The PRESBYTERY OF ERIE will meet the
Park church Erie, on the First Tuesday (lit day,)
of April, at 7 o'clock P. M.
Sessional .Records and 'Commissiumers' 'R ads
will be called. for. S. J. M. EATODI, a. C. ,
The PRESBYTERYOF NORTId - UMBERIAM)
will hold its next . stated meeting in Le*lalifiesig,
an Tuesday, the I.sth •of April, at D. Aollioak:
The opening sermon will be preached bly the
Moderator, Rev. John Thomas. Sesabonalsee
ordS, Statistical Reports, and the Assessmema far
the-Commissioners' •and Contingent Tuirtd 'inn' be
, ealletU for. t ISAAC GRIER, Stated Medi-
The PRESBYTBIIY WOOSTER ;will, sheet
in t)ie &OA of Chippewa, on the Third, Tees
day• (15th) of April, ta. 11' o'clock A. ' •
..,
Members Of Presbytery who "wish: to come Die
Railroad, will find carriages at Marshallsvalo,
on; Tuesday. morning, to convey them to Doyles
town. JOHN E. CARSON, Stated. Clerk.-
..l • .
.
TIiiPR.RHB.ITERY - OP HILLSBE.O r ctaids
:adjourridd. to . meet. in Litchfield;
:before the • Second Sabbath in A i prili.lB62;st T
; o'clock P M.
Sta,tketical Reports and Commisidynurs.
are kelAattitd *Oro all thi churches '
• THOS. W. HYNES;Hiltiof e~ ii i
• . • • • t :•1 •47:,
The' PRESBYTERY:OB DE& MOINKSI vulkl
meet at Knoxville, on ; the §,eoorilhooliclay, of
April; at 7 o'clock P. M., ,
BA.TOKELDEK, Silted:Clerk.
• • • • '
• the PRESBYTERY OP • KASKASKIA': • etamie•'
adjourned to% meet in.Galum church, Perry O.
on the Second Thgriday (10th (lay) of Apr*.
1862, at 2 o!oloilt P. M. ,
Sessional Records;•tetriaissioners' nand, Stio
tistioal Ileporta, and. Baiiinits of Settlenteidirinto
Pastors and: Stated Sttligituvidllkbe balled- far..
.: ••• :. D. A. WALLA:CA Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY.OP FINDLAY. etandi ail
fournea to meet in Fittillay, on the Third.Tunisdag
`of April, ittly+ o'alook P: M: •
- The following is the assessment on the church
,es for Commissioners' Fund : Mount Blanchard,.
,50e.• Van
..Wert, $ 1.50; : Findlay ,. : 8.00 ;
1.00 . ; Lima, 2.50 ; Truro, 1.60 ; Shan
"non, '500.; , Johnstown, .600.; 'Riley:Creek, 5004.
•Foreli; -50 e.; Ottawa, 50c.• ' Slianeaville, 5004'
Little Groire, 50e.; Blanehtt;d,•l.so ; Knott Vali
ley, 50e.;
_Kenton, 2.00,; Rockport, 500.• ' Area"
die, '500.; Patterson, Me.; ,Delphos, Kalida‘t
500. - W. Stated
,The PRESBYTERY; OF' 'FORT
meet• iii Warsaw, on Tuesday; Aprib4st; ; at. 7
o'olockP. M.• . - •
Churches will be called on, for Sessional:Reo
ords, Settlements with Pastors audAUßpfie t i,and
Commissioners' Comissioners' Fund, as follnipis, vie.: -Ken
dallville, $2.50; Haw Pateb;l.26:; AlbiOnA.so;
Auburn, 2.50; Bear Creek, , 1.60 ; ;Swan s 1.00 ;
Hopewell, 1 % 00 ; Cedar Creek;2:oo ; Huntingdon,
1.00; First church, Ft. Wayne, 15.00; Columbia
City, 2.50; Bel River, 6.00 q Pleasant .Ridge,
8.00 ;' Elhanan, 2.00 ; Lamaie, 8.00;' Vawn
RiVer, 1:25; Warsaw, 2.00; Piereeton, ;2.00;
Wabash,. 8.60 ; Liberty; 1328;; :Decatur; 4.00;•
Flat Rock, 1.60 ; Pleasaiitlflll, 1-60 ; kßluffton,
8.60; New Lancaster, -.8..50; Highland, 7 0 0 4.
Roanoflco, 1 . 25 : . w•IK PortALD,s9N.
••
Stated Clerk.
•
The PRESBYTERY, OF REDSTONE will meet
at. New Providence church, in. the village•of..Car 7 ,
michaels, on Tuesday, the.22d day.Of April nest,
at 11 o'clock A. hr., at whichmeetingsre oldered
to be presented Seiiional 'Records, Statistical
Reports, Written Congregational Settlements; and
Contributions, to Commissioners' Fund.. 1-..Sen—
sions.:,Fill send their reports on.the : State of Re-
ligion to . Rev. loelStcineroad, Chglrman on the
NarritAre to , the, nett General Assembly; ` at leak:
two Weeks prior to the meeting 'of PresbYtery:
'By order of Presbytery. it
•• , JOHN M'CLINTOCK, Stated Clerk.
, •P. S.—Members of pielsby.tery”who may com e
by boat; will ,be accemmotiatact with convey-.
anceti from Garrard's Ferry: J. M.
The PRESBYTERY- OF' 1 : 1111 NTINGOON: will
hold its next stated meeting in.the, Presbyterian_
church of Alexandria., Pa.,j,on the•Seoond.Tstes,
day (the Bth,) of April, at 11 o'clock A. •
Statistical RePorts, and 'a "iePort front
.each
congregation as to whether the pastors ealatit t
has been paid, will ,, acotirding'to a standing r ule:"
of; be .palled for. at this meeting.
ROBERT RAMILL, Stated clerk..
. The' PEESRYTERY :OF will kola
its: next stated meeting in the •chnrch of Wrigliti
• ville. on
clock P the Second Tuesday in April;' (WO at
. •
, The Rev. John Elliott , iyillpreaoh c at the qp,en
int of the • Cessions. •In ticiAtion to,. the usual
Sprint Reportkand:Centribntione,:the. attention
Of thirineinbero • 'wilt. tie exiled to the - kmended
BooirotiDincipline;•'. ;',4OIEN'FA-141117•SAR;
t‘A).' • • •.? J.
..113tated Clerk.
The tAntiFitt,E will
meet in M'Connellsvilie t on the Fourth Tueqd
sy
of April,nt 2 o'clock P. M.
The Assemment for the Commissioners' a m
Contingent Fund is 24 cents per church member,
as reported in the last Minutes of the General
Assembly. WM. M. ROBINSON,
• ' - Stated clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF NEW LISBON will
meet in, the, church of Clarkson, on the Second
Tuesday (the Bth day,) of April next, at 4
o'clock P. M.
Sessional Records, Statistical Reports,
deuces of Pastoral Settlements, and Commis_
eionerte , Fund will be called for from th e
churches. ROBERT HAYS, Stated Clerk..
The ,PRESBYTERY OF BEAVER will mer •
in Neshannock, OIL the Second Tuesday of April
at 11 o'Clock A. M. -
Narratives are to be 'sent, before the first 0 ,
April, to Rey, R. Dickson, New Wilmington, p,l
D. C. REED, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF PEORIA will hold
next stated meeting on the Third Tuesday (n t h
of ,April . ,' ht 7 o'clock P. M., in the Presbyt
rian church,of Canton.
ROBERT JOHNSTON, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF BLAIRSVILLE TIT!
meet, according to adjournment, at Greensbur g
on the Second Tuesday (Bth day,) of April, Li
2 o'clock. P. M. JAMES DAVIS, S. c.
The PBESBYTERY- OP DUBUQUE will meet
at SeetC'h Grovi, the Third Tuesday (15th) Ar
April, at 6i 'o'clock P. M.
JOHN M. BOGGS, Stated Clerk.
The ;PRESBYTERY, OF ALLEGHENY rill
meet Butler, on the' Second Tuesday (Bth) I ) /
Apidl, it 11 o'clock A.`, M.
Success on the Tennessee.
A Savannah, Tenn:, dispatch says that the
pedition up the Tennessee river has nearly all
arrived. It says that the fleet, now on thep e i t , ,
is proceeding further ,up the river. The expedi
tion is commanded by Gen. C. F. Smith, will,
Gens. Sherthan, Mcelernand, Hurlbut and 1P,,;.
lace, as division . commanders. The force d:
large and fully, able to conquer any army the
rebels can bring against it.
Gen. F.,Grant is in command at Fart Henry.
The enemy's .force in this section is variou.d7
estimated at from 30,000 to 100,000.
Gen. Lew. Wallace's division went to Purdy,
McNairy County, yesterday, burned the brid,
and took up the track on the railroad leadit7 , -;
,from Humboldt to Corinth, cutting off a traiZ
`heavily laden with troops, which arrived whit e
'the bridge was burning.
The Merrimac and the Monitor.
Capt. .Fox, assistant Secretary of the _Nary,
returned from Fortress Monroe to-day. He re
'mained so long at Hampton Roads partly he.
cause Of Commander Goldsborough's abserK e ,
whO has returned to Fortress Monroe, and partly
because of the recent exciting naval fight. nelr
Newport News. Capt. Fox brings the perfect
assurance that the Merrimac is mastered. ;sh e
-mill never escape, but be takers if she appea r ,
Out of her • harbor . agabo. Capt. Fox has had
some additiOns made to the defences of the .1/otl , -
tor sine the fight. Her pilot-house had perpen.
dioular square sides, and the concussion of , 1
Merrix* sae Anil on tlis . bouse near the lookout, is
w . hat injured, Lieut. Worden, and checked the
fight. Her pilot-house has now angular fronts,
from which a bell willglanee as from her sloping
Sides.. "The naval forces at Fortress Monroe arc
anxious to grapple the Merrimac again, vowing
to take or sink her on sight.
The Battle of Pea lidge
Rotati, Merck 16.—The remajns of Col. Hen
drieka 'of the 29th Indiana, killed at the battle
of Pea Ridge arrived here this evening, accom
panied by his brother 'and' two or three of her
gentlemen, who left the hattlegronnii the Mon
day following the battle. They represent the
contest &auterrible one. , The rebels fought des
perately, in* stones , in their cannon, when
their shot gave ` out; Their foiceis stated
thousand ive-ilittraired, including tirtithou
,
sand...two hundred-;ktdians, under ..Albert Pike.
As near as eouldi be ascertained, oun loss is six
hundred -killed and, eight hundred, to cam thou
,sand wounded. The rebel surgeons, who Caine
to dress the:wounds of . their: fallen; acknowledge
a loss of one thousand one 'hundred:l - killed, and
from two :thousand fivithtmdred to three thou
sand wounded.
We took one thousand 'six hundred prisoners,
and thirteen pieces of"Ortillem ten of which
were' 'captured by Gen. ( Efeigel'scommand, sent
three .by Col. Patterson's brigade. Two of our
eannou, belonging to • Dividson's battery, were
taken by the rebels,
but were recaptured by our
troops. The rebels were completely whipped,
one division under' Price fleeing in one direction,
and the other, .nsder Van' Dorn, taking
another. ' • ' •
Maj. Ilerbeekgilema Ai the Louisiana regi
ments, who ;wan taken rim'Aner, says that Gen.
Frost, of Cita* Aitokar notoriety, was killed.
1 , . 4
Kelm] Items.
Dfar6VlT.--;In the House'of Represerdatives,
,on Monday, a resolution was passed advising the
planttia wi draw from the cultivation of cot
ton... .'th
. .
su4tkibeoica, and to devote their energies to
raising provisions, cattle, hogs and sheep.
President Davis sent a message to Congress,
yesterday, stating that he had suspended Gen.
Floyd and Gen. Pillew from their commands un
til they could give more satiefactbry,acCounts of
their;action at Fort Donelson_. .t••
The President is dissatisfied with their reports.
The message states that neither of them say that
reinforcementa were asked for, nor do they show
that the position could not "have been evacuated,
and a whole army saved, is well 1218 a part of it.
It is also not shown by what authority two senior
6tinerals abandoned their responsibility by trans
•fe?ringtthe command to '.iurtior. officer.
f lhe city of Petersburg, and • the surrounding
ten •milen of country, have been. placed under
law, as well as Richmond and Norfolk.
Yesterday,.the operations of. Gen. A. S. John
.sten,ln Tennessee, were discussed.
.
Mi. Adkins said that nearly every, member of
the Tennessee Legislature bad signed a petition
for his removal from that Department,
The Beaufort correspondent of the Day-Book,
says that the Hashwaie is now lying at Morehead
'City. • , .1. !,!:.
One hundred vessels are reported at lintteras,
supposed to contain riinforcements for General
Burnside.
Ocracoke Inlet is said to be blocked up with
stone vessels.
Viiginia haa been called up9n.for forty thou
sand additiOnal troops.
The Richmond Ezatainci,' - of yesterday, says :
—‘' Otittaiderable uneasiness is manifested by
the public, on acebunt of the reports of our
forces falling hack -from Manassas and the Up
per Potomac. 4nsiti4e assurance is given that
these movements hive not been made on account
of the pressnle enemy, but: are purely
strategic., :.11eiz:i Johnston has conlidence in the
Adrnitioni
,and i it is certain that a new line
of define". will. be organized. The points have
not yet been 'selected, but it is. thought probable
;sln4 the line of defence will eitend from Staun
.aun to. Goreinaville. A depot of provisions is
; now being established at the latter place."
The Lonieville,Democrat, states: that during the
occupancy of iikiwling Green by the rebels, be-
Vreen forty-seven and foity'-eighehundred graves
were made there. •
Commerce not. Destroyed by the War.
We hear much. of the destruction of commerce,
by the war; of , diminiebedlimports, diminished
revenue, &c. The New York Times, treating on
this subject, says:
In our financial column, we showed yesterday
that the commerce of this :country has scarcely
:Angered appreciably daring the past year, not
,withstanding the. unparalleled difficulties by
which we were on every aide threatened and beset.
leis true thaf,lintr impoits, especially in articles
lifluxury, have (declined, but still the total ag
gregate of our importations amount to more than
:$ 834,000 , 0 . 0 0,.againet.5362,000,000 for 1860, and
,t 38 8 ,00 0,00.0 for 1859.. On the other hand, our
exports lialre reached the very satisfactory
amount of 4388,000,000.; while in 1859 they
were only $857,000,000, and in 1860 $400,000,-
000. A more complete refutation it is impossible
,to conceive, of, than the.statement recently made
variop,a quarters, that • “the Secession contest
lad robbta us of bur foreign commerce."