Vreshßttrian Xianner.
PITTSBURGH, SiTIMPAT, ORR 'l2, 186,1,
Commtulopers to the General Assembly
are requested to forward their names to the
Riv. J. D. SMITH, Columbus, Ohio. On
'ding so, they will be informed, by mail,
of the name and residence of the family
who will entettain them during the sessions
4 T the )?Assembly.
Members w,ho have relations or friends
in the city,, with whom they expect to
lodge, will please inform the Committee of
Arrangements of this fact, by letter.
Arrangements with Railroad Companies
for half-fare tickets, will be published as
soon as made.
OUR SUOTOII FRIENDS
We very reluctantly say anything which
might tend to produce, or to extend and
embitter alienations between'our ONVDn peo
ple and the people of Great Britain.
Their interests and ours are more intimate
ly blended, than those of any other two
.nations; 'and' Our friendship should hence
be the most intimate and confiding. The
body of. them we regard as favorable t ., li.
There are many and satisfactory evid4,%ts
1
of this: Still, however, our Union t i
many and bitter enemies there; and sil a
they exist, it behooves us to have so Je
knowledge of the fact. To confide in foes,
tends to ruin.
Among our National enemies in Great
Britain, we are sorry 'to be obliged to enu
merate many of the Scotch; and even many
of the Free Church. The North British
Review is the organ of the Free Church of
Scotland: We do not regard it as expres
singthe universal feelings of the members
of that denoinination, and yet it would
littiaily venture to denounce our country as
it does, if there was not in it readers, as
well as in its conductors, a great degree of
malignity. In its late issue it says:
" We entertain no doubt that the disso
lution of. the Union is an accomplished and
irreversible fact, and one of the greatest
facts of our day. We can see no grounds
on which the continuance of that Union
should be desired by any wise or good man ;
and we view its termination with the most
sanguine hopes of advantage tp Europe, to
Africa, to America itself, and to the high
est interests of humanity at large."
*•* * * *
" That the independence of the South,
and the dissolution of the great Republic,
are accomplished and irreversible facts,
seems torus uhdeniable. The nation found
ed by WASRINOTON is severed—the Union
contrived by his wisdom and consecrated
by his name, is at an end. We have now
to ask what beauty there was in it, that we
should have longed for its continuance?
What sacred purpose did it subserve, that
we should deplore its end'? The Ameri
cans, with a sincerity and a filial piety
which are almost, pathetic, mourn over the
disruption as the most grievous and dis
heartening blow which humanity has sus
tained for 'many centuries, as the extinc
tion of the brightest prospect that ever
dawned upon the race, as the grave of a
freedom, progress, and well-being, more
than merely National; and they are amazed
and outraged because we do not ' weep with
them tear for tear.' We cannot; and we
will tell them why, as briefly as we can, and
with that frankness which implies, if not
the deepest tenderness, , at least the most
unfeigned respect. The truth is, that, from
their youth up, the Americans have been
living in the shadow and the mist of an
unparalleled delusion ; they have confound
ed prosperity with civilization; they have
registered multiplication and extension,
and have called it progress ;' they have fan
cied themselves a great, when in truth they
were only• a gigantic, nation. Under cover
of the Union, they have been' degenerating
at 'a rate almost unmatched in history ;
while the sentiments which filled their
hearts, as they looked forth over their wide
area, their spreading conquests, their
swarming.multitUdes, their - bursting'afflu
ence, their boundless resources, and their
gorgeous land, was that of he 'Eastern
despot, whom God ~saw fit to humble; 4 ls
not this the great Babylon that I ha.ve
built by the might of my power, and for
the honor of hiy majesty'?' Success, flat
tery, and power had almost secured to them
the.moral proportions and the true realities
of National life; and Providence; in his
mercy, has sent them a rude awakening."
"And what avails all.the nominal free
dom of Demeeracy—the power to choose
your own rulerar,.and to make your own
laws—if the mind be. fettered and the
tongue 'be gagged—if, within -the recog
nized limits of morality and law, every - man
may not do, say, and write "whatever his
conscienbe or his fancy prompt? So far
from the freedom prevalent in the. Great
Republic beings motive why we should
have desired its preservation, the fatal form
of tyranny which it had - admitted and fos
tered; till it had eaten into its very heart,
is the precise reason for whieh we solemnly
rejoice over its dismemberment."
To talk about the mind being fettered
and the tongue gagged in the United States,
is ridienfous. See, how Ramanism, and
Mormonism ; and Slaveryism, and Aboli
tionisur;tand,every other kind of sentiment
is uttered' and printed. Even the North
Britai it it;lete all others of that
ilk„ is, republished as soon, as it arrives
among Ais, and quoted and circulated
with entire frdedom.
As for eiviliption and humanity, depu
tations from gland, France, Germany
and Russia, ate: - sent here in numbers, to
study, oar institutions. As for religion and
benevolence, the 'Free Church, the 'lrish
Chureli and otliiir" , ChUrches send'to us to
collectftuas to aid th:eir own enterprises.
The Tpvillinsior - our.,brethren, we must
try to, , bear, with equanimity.' We must not
let the heart of charity be closed against
WW'muiCalficiieed what theY say,
so far as, to coryect any wrong among us, or
appearance .4,wrong, on which theymay
comment. 80 , let us also' learn to be
strong in ourselveS, so as not to need their
aid. If, with all their professed antipathy
to Slsvoth,they wily join even slavehold
.
ers, in i efforts to destroy us sera natiOn, we
need dependfupon them iw, no other vicissi
tude which =M likely to occur. The depth
of intere4'.w:hich is manifested iWthe de
struotiOn of l onrt nion, must make us cleave
tO th.Ainionwithdite PloreintOisiardor.
EDUCATION.
Which is the best school ? is the anxious,
inquiry of every :truly wise parent. To
this question we would assist in obtaining
an answer. We would not attempt to name
the institution, or the teacher, but to spec
ify the character; or rather to indicate
some of the things to be sought for in the
training of youth. Knowing these, every
one can note the schools within his reach,
and select the one which is most likely to
accomplish the end at which he aims.
Our childrens' minds are too precious to
entrust them to mere emperics, or to place
them in an institution solely because it is
near, or cheap, or because of some particu
lar personal friendship to the instructor.
The mind is immortal. Its susceptibilities
for joy or sorrow, are unutterable. The
whole of this life, and the whole of the
life to come, have their character and value,
their weal or woe, from education. Who
then can estimate the importance of the
choice a parent makes when he selects -a
school to assist hird,'or to supply his place,
in the training of his child ?
We want to educate the whole mind. It
is .a grand mistake we,:make, and yet a very
common one, when= we arrange for culti
vating only the intellect. The highest in
tellectual culture may consist with the
vilest depravity and the .deepest misery.
Satan has an extent of intellectual power,
and a height and depth of knowledge which
are but second to an .Archangel's, and yet
he is the wickedest, the, vilest, and the most
wretched of beings. And in 4nan, the
more you expand the intellect the more ca
pable you make him of mischief. You
must cultivate his whole soul, if you would
make him to be, at the same tithe, great,
pod, and happy. Man has , a conscience
and a heart, has moral and emotional sus
ceptibilities and powers, as well as the
power of knowing and executing; and he
attains to the - perfectness of his , nature
only when all his faculties are duly and
correspondingly expanded.
This cultivation all the powers of the
mind, should commence. early ; not too
early ; nor should it be pressed too vigor
ously; but early and with persevering ap
plication. In the Spring season is the
time to sow and plant, if you would gather
in a rich harvest of - Summer and Autuninal
fruits. Judgment is needed as to particu
lar times and quantities, but only as you
sow will you gather. School days are em
phatically the seed time—the time for
every kind of culture; and if we would
abound more in some parts , of training
than in others, let it be in our attention to
the conscience and the heart; for the sus
ceptibilities in these aspects are developed
most early, and a condition of fixedness is
most speedily, attained. As the youth of
twelve, or fifteen, or eighteen years is;'-as
to his conscience and heart, so ordinarily
is the man of thirty, or sixty, or eighty.
When the village or the country school
is used, that is, when children are with
their teachers but six hours a day and five
days in the week, we look to the school for
bit little more than intellectual training.
Everything, it'is true, should be favorable,
to good morals and kind emotions, but the
mornings and evenings, and Saturdays and
Sabbaths, and Sabbath Schools and church
going, being all under parental guidance,
are quite , sufficient for the inculcation of
Bible truths, the formation of religious
habits, and the cherishing of the kind and
pious emotions. Then, in what are called
day-schools, there being always a healthful
religious atmosphere and a happy spirit of
order, we look mainly for the communica
tion of knowledge, and the training of th'e'
mind to investigate and execute.
But when we come to contemplate the
boarding .schools„ the matter is vastly
changed. Then the school becomes the
child's home, and the teacher takes the
place of the parent. Under the guidance
of the teacher are then the child's' study
hours and play hours, his mornings and
evenings, his week days and Sabbaths, his
Sabbath .School, Bible Class, church goings,
and prayer-meetings. The teacher deter
mines his labor and rest, his society and
retirement, his books, newspapers—every
thing that affects his principles, detertnines
his habits, modifies his tastes, - controls, his
desires, and gives character to his judg
ments. At the boarding, school he passes
several years, and perhaps the closing
years, of his formative state. Then and!
there, ofttimes, the seal of fixedness is put
upon his moral and social being. As he is
finished out then, so, in a great measure,
he abides through life, and makes his exit
hence to his eternal state. If then his
conscience is perverted, or his humanity
rendered inhuman, what is he ? and what
will he become ? Or if these powers are
unenlightened and untrained, what' will be,
his character ? If there is no Bible in the,
school, no Sabbath, no . Christianity, no
moral culture, no reverence toward God,
and no kind emotions toward man, what an
irreparable loss I '
Happily while our boarding schools have
become greatly more numerous than for-.
merly, they are also greatly elevated in
their Christian character. Many of them
have become truly homes to our - youth.
We now send our daUghters to Female
Seminaries, and our sons to toys' Acade
mies, without any apprehension that they
will lose their moral character. On the
contrary,' re expect great' improvement.
We look for 'the whole 'Mind being
*ate°. We cherish strong hopes
,that un-'
der the superior,• privileges ,and happy in_
fluences there enjoyed, they will return to
us 'enlightened unit experimental Chris
tians, our companions, our solace, our joy.
Is the' proposed task now accomplished ?
Rave we solved the important problem, .as
to which is the best school ? It is not our
business to name the teacher, nor to point
out the location. When you know the
work to be done and the character it should
possess, it is for you to make the search.
It is the .school which thoroughly sod
PRESBYTERIAN' b BANNER.---SATURDAY, APRIL 12,1862.
wisely educates the whole.soul;tlie intel
lect, conscience, and.cmotional : susceptibil
ities. If your child 'is to-ren'iove from the
shadow of your own roof, find for it such
a school.
Widen. Theological Seminary,—The BoaTd
of Directors of the Western :Theological
Seminary will meet in the chapel on IVed
nesday, April 10th, at 2 o'clock P. M.
The examination of the students will
commence on Monday, April 14th, at 9
o'clock A. M., under the supervision of the
following CoMmittee of the Board, viz : Rev.
Messrs. A. B. BROWN, D. D., E. E. SWIFT,
and JAMES ALEXANDER, D. D.; and El
ders J.A.S. CAROTHERS, M. D., and ALEX
ANDER LAUGFILIN.
On Tuesday evening, the address 'before
,the Society of Inquiry will be delivered' y
the Rev. JOSIAH D. SMITH, D.P., of Co
,
'lambus, Ohio, in the First Presbyterian
church, Allegheny City..
On Wednesday, noon, an addrsss will be
delivered to the students,- by the Chairman
of the Examining Committee; in the chapel.
Wednesday evening., addresses by mem
bers of the Graduating Class; and.alse, a
Farewell Address, .by member of the Fee
.
ulty, in the First Presbyterian ehureh,
Pittsburgh.
eartarS' Pnblitntions.—Among our adVer
tisements will be seen one by Mr.,11., S.
DAVIS, of this city, of CARTERS' publics,
tions so well known throughout the Church
and the country. Here is something for
the family, the Sabbath School, the private
Christian, and• the minister. All ages and
capacities may be suited. CARTERS never
publish an unworthy or exceptionable book,
Their list is'not excelled. Let our readers
notice these advertisements which will be
continued from week to week until CAR
TERS'. entire Catalogue is complete& The
price of every book is giVen'.
• EASTER N SUMMARY. , , •
BOSTON AND NETBNCLAND:'
ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS we have re
ferred to the large acquaintance of the late
President Felton, of Harvard College,
with Greek authors. Since his death evi
dences are continually coming to light that
but few outside of .his immediate circle of
friends knew the extent of his Greek
reading
He had read every classic of ancient, or
modern Greece, and spoke the Roxnaie
Greek with the fluency of a native. Most
American scholars knew the Hellenic
tongue only by sight, but Prof. Felton, we
are told, was able to detect by ear the omis
sion of the smallest. Greek particle. When
students wrote Greek orations for exhibi
tions, he was wont to listen to the produc
tions, and then make his corrections with-
out 'any examination of the manuscript:
Only those whose studies have made them
familiar with the complicated structure and
infinitely varied constructions of: the
Greek, language ; cani fully-appreciate the
difficulty of this feat.
ALMOST every book and newspaper
reader has heard of the famous` Riverside
Press, the large printing establishment at,
Cambridge, where the finest editions of the
standard English classics published in
America are printed. The proprietor is,
Mr. Houghton, a native of Vermont, a man
of great taste, energy, and perseverance in
whatever he undertakes
He has•not only,Carried the typographi
cal art to a hitherto unattained degree of
mechanical perfection, and made the Amer
jean collector independent of the once
indispensable London' editions of standard
English authors; 'but he has set an exam
ple of careful Supervision, admirable taste
in arrangeinents and finish; and complete
riess of style'and effeet, which render the
issues of the Riverside Press model's to the
lover'of correctness and 'beauty in typo
graphy. He is a refornier, and must have
incurred serious risks in carrying out his
ideal. There is. no such paper, no such
type elsewhere; but what Aldus was' to
Venice, and Pickering, to London, Hough
ton is to America.
GOULD & LINCOLN have impress " Tes
timony of Christ to Christianity," by
Peter Bayne; and " Hymns on Heaven,"
a selection by Rev. A.. C. Thompson, D.B.
PRESIDENT WOOLSEY, of Yale •College,
has been appointed one of the Regents of
the Smithsonian Institute, at. Washington,
to fill "the place made vacant by the death
of President Felton.
TEE FORTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING
of the American Baptist Missidnary Union
is to be held in Providenee, May 27th.
Rev. J. 'G. Warren, D.D.,lhe Secretary, in
a recent appeal, stated that $30,000 Were ,
needed in donations for March; to clo'se w
year out of debt. He was conftdent that
at least $20,000 would be received: Con
.verts continue to multiply in the Baptist
Missions among the Karens in India. In
one district two liundred` and fifty recent
baptisms are reported.,
MARCH. 4Ta, 1861, the day on which
President Lincoln was inaugurated, United
States 6's sold in , Wall Street at 92i:
After nearly a year's war with rebels, 'and
increasing the' public
,debt Prom $76,455,-
000 to about $350,000,000. United States
6's now, sell at 94i London Times please
BUSINESS is improving 'at "the Onstom
House. Large cargoes of dry goods, sugar,
&c., are arriving, and the receiptslor du
ties on bonded 'goods ~are very' larg?.
Within a month past the exports haye been
large, and the clearance department has ,
been busy. The' warehouSe department, re
beiVed, during the month of Mareh, $l,-
168,000, which -is, a little less than the
amount for February. The fall owing shows
the business of the *arehouse department
for March; since 1857 : Mares, 1857,
$757,120.22.; March, 1858, $857,437.52 ;
51arch, 1859, $371,130:91; Maich, 1860;
$481;319.82; March, 1861, $1,212,63816 ; ;
March, 1862, $1 168 ; 071.18:
SALES OF REAL ESTATE, in this city
have been Very dull for some time iiast;
but within a few weeks have somewhat itn-
Troved , , and although pries are not
W. B. McILvAINE, Seely
HE TV- YORE
rially higher they are firmer, and property
sells more -readily. Purchasers come for
ward, more:readily, and the demand which
always exists here for different descriptions
of property imparts a much more cheerful
tone to operations in real estate.
A NEw ME'ruoinET PAPER is about to
be started in this city under the editorial
supervision of the Rev. Hiram Mattison,
to be called the independent Methodist.
This is totbe the ()roan of the new branch
of this denomination organized some time
ago as being Methodist in doctrine, but Con
gregational in , Church government. The
large Methodist denomination in this coun
*try, notwithstanding the care taken to'form
a perfect coherence, , has suffered several
disruptions. The first was the Methodist
Protestant „movement. The second and
great one was` the division betieen the
Methodists South and the Methodists Noith.
And latterly we have had the Hosmerite
movement in,Western New-Yerk, the in
.dependent movement in this city, and hat
of all the Central Methodist Church
j move
ment.
ust inauguarated in the City of Bal
timore,,by those who reject the late additions
to the Methodist Discipline, by the Buffalo
Conference. -
MR: * O.IIAILLES A, DANA., for niany.years
aeting _editor-in-chief of the New-York
Tribune, has retired .from' that paper, ow
ing, it' is understood, to a difference be
tween himself and the proprietors of the
taper in regard to
THE HARPERS announce John Stuart
Mills' 'work' on "Representatiie Gevern
tnent," • and the' Student's _History of
Franee."
A .NEW MAGAZINE,. entitled " Oncea a
Month," is about to be commenced,in New-
York, under the editorship of Richard
Storrs Willis,.formerly.editor of the
Musi
cat;Gazette.
PROFES2OII, STANLEN''S " Lectures on the
History of 'the Jewish Church," are now
passing,through the .press in London, and
are;being reprinted from the author,s early
sheets to Mr. 0. Scribner, New-York, who'se
edition will be published •for the 'author's
joint'ben '
THE RECEIPTS of the Dutch, - Reformed
Board 'of Missions for ten months of the
present - financial year, havd . been $19,410,
about p ,000 less than for the same , period
last year, though for the last three ,months
$11,685 has ,been received against only
$7,620 for - the, corresponding period last
year. - The Board is anxious to return Rev.
Jared W. Scudder, 31.,' b., to India, 'and
Rev. Mr. Blanvelt has, waited nearly a year
to„be sent to China.
THE NEW-YORK BIBLE SOCIETY hai
published, in, a pa.rophret, extracts from the
thirty,eighth annual report of the :Society
relative to the :military distribution of
Bibles ands Testaments 'Daring the past
year from the 'l9th of April, when the first
Bible was given to the New-York Seventh
Regiment, the Society has not willingly
suffered a single sailor or soldier to leave
the city without a Testament. These books
have been distributed among 100,000 men,
,
comprising one hundred and thirty-nine
regiments, and 85,568 . volumes„ costint ,
$12,042.67, have been given away.
addition, distribiltions` have been made at:
the Navy Yard and at the forts, in this
vicinity.
• Transfer of the Presbyterian ffertilif.
~The undersigned has transferred all his
right and, title to the subscription, list of
the Presbyterian Herald, with all the past
dues upon, it, to • : a company consisting of
the. Rev., Stuart' Robinson, Rob
ert korrison, and A. Davidson, of this city..
These brethren will continue ; it ,from 'this
date under the 'name of the, True - . Presby
terian, and they have bound themselves. to
furnish the paper to
‘ all who have paid in
advalice for, the time to which their pay
ments extend. Or, in case my subscriber
shall decline to receive the new paper in
lieu of the ,Herald; they are pledged to re
fund the money which they lave paid, for
the, unexpired term of subscription, upon
application for; it. , They,propose to realm
their,paper,strictly religious, skating...out
of its:columns all_politicalimatter arid secu
lar intelligence and ,discussions, and tlaus•
to remove from it all objections,otacpoliti
cal character. They are further
,pledged
to stand,,as to ecclesiastical pofitirm,'upon:
the platform,. of , the rest:Oath:los passed 'by
the Synod of Kentucky aod ,the Ikfts4bytery
of Louisville, at their last sessinue„ ixa 'regard
to what, is,ustially termed the, izlprimpateko
lujicOq, , k .
THE IVEXSONS' FOR THE TRANS ..
The " undersigned feele, it, tine to , his,
brethren who have so long`' and se , nobly
sustained his paper, frankly ! a.nd lallyz
state to them the reasons which have. in
duced him to take this step.. ,
The first is hiS Physical condition which
reride6 it almost _
to continue all_of his multiplied laburs.. A
littlerinere than three years since le.,was,
attacked with a spinal, irritation between.,
his shoulderS, which, at times, rendert& one,
of'hie. arms numbT an& almost Useless,
'After several months Of medical treatant .
`his.. physician, advised him to give ;
sedentary labiti and adopt some more ,
five mode of life., This he found it inypos
, sible to do at. that time. He, however,
purchased ,a ylace ip the country, near . to,
the little church that he had ; been serving.
as a supply for several months, and cern,
meneed improving it, hoping that the.coanL ;
try air , and the excitement and exercise of
improving, a new,Place, and the pa.ssing gut
of and into the city daily would, bring, the,
desired relief and enable him to continue.
his hibor.4and Secretary ,of:the.
toird of Domestic Missions. This expee
'teflon 'rag fully realized. The Change
Aram the city to thecountry brought,almost
perfect relief, and he hoped to spend, the,
remainder Of his days in editing the paper
and preaching the Gospel „to his neighbors•J
and circle of friends. After the political,
troubles 'of" the country commenced, and
mdils of Tennessee, Missouri, and parts
of Kentucky were, stopped, and thedifft- , ,
culty of Making collections became very
great, .the income from the paper Was so
'Curtailed as to make it 'doubtful Whether he
Could continue its publication, All hope
of support for his family, from that source
Was given' up. The. other five religious
papers of the city all .suspended, and the
'Strobl atone was left.: The, operations and
resources, of the Board of Don:wide Mis-
slims in the West were so lessened that the
prospect of support from that source was
very: slim. The salary from the: church,
small at best, bid fair to be reduced. A
number of his neighbors who had daughters
to educate, urged him to establish a school
for girls at his residence, procure a compe
tent assistant; and take a sort of general
oversight of the school. He erected suit
able buildings, ,purchased maps, charts,
globes, and a chemical and philosophical
apparatus, and procured the services of
Prof. Fisher; of Missouri, a gentleman of
high repute, as a teacher, to do Most of the
teaching. The school was patronized •lib
erally, considering all the circumstances of
the ease. ;.A 'number of young ladies from .
the best families in this and other States
were gathered into it. Prof. Fisher, after
teaching a few months, was called back to
Missouri, and felt it his duty to leave.
This devolved the whole charge of the
school, as well as the paperland the church,
upon the undersigned. A competent fe
male assistant in the school 'was secured,
and arrangements were made'by` which,
after teaching from half-past eight, to' half.
past eleven o'clock each morning - , he could
take the cars and spend from twelve to four
o'clock in his editorial office in the city,
attending to the paper, and then return
and spend the evening in preparation for
teaching and preaching. He soon found
that this was' too much labor, and that his
old ailment was returning in an aggravated
form. 'After writing- an hour or two, his
arm became so numb that he could not use
it. To add to his embarrassment, the cars,
for the' first• time in ten years, ceased to
run in the middle of the day. This com
pelled him either-to be all day in the city,
and entirely away from' the school; or all
day in the country. He found that he
must either give up the paper or the school,
or quit preaching on the 'Sabbath. 'The
paper was not yielding a support for a, fam
-ily, nor. Would the income from-it justify
the employment of an assistant editor.' He
was unwilling to cease preaching on the
Sabbath, or preach without preparation.
The school bid fair to become a fine field of
usefulness, land to afford a'conifortable 'liv
ing. He felt shut up, therefbre, by Provi
dekee, to giVe up the paper. •
The next question was, who could or who
woufd take it. Several brethren; supposed
,to be competent, were applied to:and urged
to take it, but they all declined. The
brethren at Danville were written to and
urged' to undertake it, inasmuch as the in
stitutions of learning, the two great inter
ests of. Presbyterianism in Kentueky, were
located there, and it was supposed that the.
men on'the ground, and familiar with their
'operations, could subserve their interests
through its columns better than those at a
distande. At one: time it was hoped by
the undersigned that they 'wo'uld take it,
.but it . was finally declined. There was a
consequent necessity to look elsewhere for
a successor.
A second reason'for this step has been a
growing•conviction in the mind of the un
dersigned for the last ten Months, that his
mission as an editofwas about at an end.
Located, as he was, on the immediate bor
der between the free and slave-holding
States, and drawing his support pretty
largely from both sides of the Jine, he had
learned to love bOth, and sympathize in
part with the peculiar Views - of both. For
nearly twenty years he had striven to' keep,
the peace and soften the growing' asperities
between them. When the Spring Resolu
tions were passed by the General Assembly
he felt that they were wrong in principle, but
did not consider theurn sufficient ground
for schism. The brethren ,'of the South
severed their connexion with - the Assem
bly on
~account of thorn; and those at the
North almost universally in their Synods
and Presbyteries approved of the principles
of the resolutions. The Synods of Ken
tucky agreed.with the editor- in his views
of the matter. , He, therefore, addressed
himself to the work of keeping the churches
together; and supprving, all, causes of dis
sension among them until the political
troubles of the country should be over.
He Was cheered forward in his work by the
belief that his labors would be successful.
The events of the last few weeks, however,
have made, him fear that even in that ob
ject his efforts may, be foiled. The centre- ,
versy'Whieh has heen waged in the political
papers between five of the, leading ministers
of the:Synod may grow into,a great confia-,
grader'. Avery'little fire sometimes kin 7,
dies a'great flame. For 'controversies
be
tween ministerialbrethren of • the same
communion the editor has very little taste.
He has faith and courage to fight the devil,
and bad men, but very little to fight 0-od's.
own servants, especially when no great
principles off faith and ,erder are,at stake.
If the war in Kentucky .must go.on, which,
he most earnestly hopes will not be the
case he feels like retirinc , and letting
Others fight it out in their own way.
, A third .reason for this step has:been the
determination; on the part of-:the.brethren
named above,to start:anether Taper. There
is ,not roma...in-Kentucky for:two. well sus
tained papers. „The ,undersigned has no
:ambition to edit one rpt,;,Well,sus
tained. They were, anxious to procure the
Herald. The undersigned' was willino. and
desirous of disposing of it. They .were de
f, termined if, the,Herald was transferred to
i others
,to, start a paper of their own. After
consulting freely with them as to the de
-1 signs which they-had in view i . and ,being
11, assured by . them that they stood firmly on
the platform of the Synod of Kentucky and
.of Louisville, and had no pur-
I
i , pose,„aa r ,had been charged: by, some of the
), pipers outside ,of the Synod, of trying,, to
sever the churches and ministers ,of; the
.
, Synod from the General ;Assembly. and
I f unite them:with the, Southern Assembly,
k nor to„preparethe way for it, and..learning
still fUrther,that it .was their purpose to ex
; elude all politioal f roatter from the columns
of the paper, and make it a strictly relit
li ions organ, the undersigned felt that he
~. was justified in 'disposing of it to , thern.
They are honorable men, sound •in the
, , faith, and Of good. repute fortypiety, , and
-,. cannot
~ be justly charged with having. ulte
, rior purposes which they are afraid or
' t ashamed to, avow. ,lf the undersigned had
believed that. their object , was-to make the
paper an, organ,of treason to
_the, State or
.National ,Government, or severance a ufT the
: churches from the,General; Assembly, in
. convenient- as it was for him to , continue
1 the paper, he would have,.done : so at almost
any cost, and sacTifwei. of r feeling. „All he
asks of his,readersis to give these breth-,,,
ren a fair hearing, and,vo
if they do not ad '
P cate the right, in the, main, and condemn
the wrong -rejeet them. .They' are fallible
~a s ether ruen, and it is not.to be,expected
that they will not err sometimes, both in
judgment and in temper., If all our - people
read one. p,aper they are less; likely to be
; come divided than if they were to read
two antagonistic ones.. 'The brethren who
are. to conduct the paper are men of un
doubted learning.
,and• ability. The sub
ject :which, Dr., Robinson proposes, espe
cially, to diseuss—:-.the . province of the
Church as, distinguished from that of. the
Stare—is one that needs 'discussion jUst
this time. Whether he has the right the
ory or not; the discussion, if conducted in a
good temper, will do good. The churches
both at the North and the South have run
wild on the subject, and are trying to make
the Church do the State's work, and the
State the Church's work. If they are not
checked, ruin and disaster will be the re
sult. His object, as the undersigned un
derstands it, is to exert what influence he
can to check it. If he can succeed in de
fining the exact limits where the province
of the Church ends and that of the State
commences he will accompl ' i'sh a good
work. DrAL, is well known to the readers
of the Herald, and needs no word of com
mendation from others. Mr.. Morrison is a
young man not so, well known to the
churches, but has been connected with the
Herald as assistant editor, at several times
within the last six or seven years. He has
Proved himself to be a judicious and able
Writer, well posted on all the current , ques
tions of the day. Mr. A. Davidson is the
basiness man of the firm. All past dues
are to be remitted to him. For the pros
pectus of the new paper, containing, the
platform of the new editors couched in
their'own language, see another column.
W. W. HILL.
Revival.—The interest in the First Pres
byterian church (Dr. Safford's) is on the in
crease. -1 Additional names of members
were reported last Sunday. The services
of the vast assembly were as impressive as
we have ever witnessed. Some thirty per
sons have 'been added to its communion,
and the' pod work goes on. This church
has been highly favored the last four years,
having added, in repeated seasons of in
terest, over two hundred persons to its
membership, and now numbering over
three 'hundred and sixty, communicants—
being the third Presbyterian church in the
State----Piqua, (Ohio,) Enquirer,. April 3.
ECCLESIASTICAL.
lawsoN's Post Office address is
changed from Tipton, Pa., to Bell's
RIBs, Pa.
PRESBYTERIAL NOTICES.
The PRESBYTERY OF THE MESTERN RE
SERVE: will meet at Northfield, on the Third
TuesdaY (15th) of April, at -7 o'clook P. M.
FREDERICK T. BROWN, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF DUBUQUE will meet
at Scotch, Grove, the Third Tuesday (15th) of
April, at 64. o'clock P.:M.
All members coming by Railroad are requested
to stop at Monticello, where on the arrival of the
train from Dubuque, on Tuesday afternoon, ve
hicles will be in readiness to convey them to 'the
place of meeting.
JOHN M. BOGGS, Stated. Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF FAIRFEEBD will hold
its next stated meeting, at Eddyville; .Towa, on
the Third Tuesday in April atexti at. 7 o'clock
P. M. S. C. M'CUNE, Stated Clerk.
The '`PRESBYTERY OF SALTSBURG will
meet at Currie's Rune church, on the Third Tues
day (15th) of April, at 2 o'clock P. M . .
Narratives, Statisticalßeports, Congregational
Settlements, and ,Sessional Records, willbe Balled
for at.this meeting. W. W.„WOODEND,
_ _
The PRESBYTERY OF NORTHUMBERLAND
will hold its next stated meeting in Lewisburg,
on Tuesday,, the 15th of April, at 11
A. AL'
The opening sermon will be preached by. the
Moderator, Rev. John Thoinas: Sessional liee
ords,,Statistical Reports, and-the Assesstnintfor
the Commissioners' and Contingent Fund will be
called for. ISAAC . GRIER, .Stated•Plerk.:
ThesPRESBYTERY OE WOOSTER will meet
in the church of Chippewa, on the Third Tues
day (15th) of April; at 11 o'clock A. M.
Members of Presbytery. who wish to, come by
Railroad, will find carriages .at Marehallsville,
on Tuesday rooming, to convey them to Doyles
town: JOHN E. CARSON, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF - FINDLAY stands ad
journed to meet in Findlay, on the Third Tuesday
of April, at 74 o'clock P.ll.
W. R. BRICE, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF :PEORIA uill'hold its
next stated meeting on the Third Tuesday (16th)
of April, at 7i o'clock, P. M., in the,Presbyte
rian church of Canton-
ROBERT JOHNSTON, SUzteil Clerk
Mercantile 'Library Association of Pittsburgh.
At a special meeting of_the Board of Directors,
the following persons were selected to compose
the Library Committee; firi - 1862 R.
Brunot, (Chairman,) Irwin B. Laughlin, Edward
T. Bravo, G,eorge J. TowNteild,,P. Mertz.
On the 20th ult., President Park.appointedthe
foll Owing persons to compose the Lectrire Com
mittee, fort the ensuing year, frem the lst of
April: —Wm. H. Kincaid, ( Chairman,) Joseph
Albree, WM. D. McGowan, Jacob Hubley, and.
George W. 'Weyman. The only change in the
latter Conimittee, from the I:mei/fens year, is the
appointment of Dr. Weyman- in place of Mr.
Brunot, who resigned to Jake - the position of
Chairman of ythe. Library'Committee.
Col. Geary at Middleburg, Va.
A special dispatch to the Philadelphia Inquirer
dated Middleburg, 'Va., April says: •
Col.,,Getiry's advance .encountered three hun
dred of Stewart and Nitite'i cavalry, and ; a
force of . infantry at Middleburg, Va., last Bnt,iiir-,
day. He ' arched fromPhiloniont in the Morn,'
ing, and, drove inethe rebel pickets - outside of
Middleburg, when be entered the town, and dis
covered, the infantry in -~,retreat and the cavalry
poited to make a stand. A gun wan placed to
cominand the main street; and the 28th, well der:
played; •advanced by all the apprOaches 'to the
town,..while the main body rushedjhrough it
with bayonets -fined, and on a " double quick,"
driving
,the, enemy before , them. : .- The - enemy
made a halt in a holloW beyond the tow,n,,evi- .
dentlf - inanceuvering- - to draw' Gilt 7 the Michigan
cavalry , iu pursuit, so theirrinfantry Might - flank
them.- Sompanies of the =2Bth now opened on
them 'from behind stone -fences, with their rifles
when the cavalry dashed off precipitately. A
gen , ,of the 28th, in the centre of the town, now
opened'itpon them, and droVe them from a thicket
two miles' distant, every.ihell explodirigk in 'the
woods.
The charge through the town was, fraught with
great excitement. Knapsackswere thrown aside
In7the Street as the men rushed foriard. Over
eoits and bliiiketa' lined the side§ of the road.
&Ores were - aPeedilY oloised,` women screamed,
horses dashed forward. Everything was excite
ment, but in good order. - Cola Geary dashed on
at the head, and at one time was within two hun
dred yards of the rebel cavalry.
COL Geary's command has scoured the country
&slim down as Aldie, from which place it return
ed,as Jar as Sinekeritille to assist at Winchester,
but the.,battle there was decided before it could ,
get further.
Congress.
Amin Ohio,
asked the unanimous consent to make &statement
relative to, the Democratic, conference held last
:week.
Mr. Washburne, of 111., audotherts ou the Re
publican side, objected.
The House went into' Committee of the Whole
on the State-of the Union, on.the Tax Bill:
All the original sections having been acted
upon; a new one was added,•providing.the pains
and penalties for fraudiderit practices as to draw
backs: ' '
Mr. Blair, of 'Mo., offered a new section, as
follows: Any person who shall claim the service
or tabor for life, of any,person held to service or
labor under laws of any State, shall ,pay on,the
service or labor of such person the sum of two
dollars. It was rejeeted--yeas 47 'nays 62.
The Committee rose, and Mr. Colfax reported
the amendments to the. House. They..wer6 or
dered Lo be,printed, and the.further ,considera
tion of them postponed until' Monday.
The Hoitse went into Committee of tbe Whole
on the State of the Union; Mr. Wehster in the
- re' '
On motion of Mr. Stevens, the bill to establish
a branch--mint at Denver, Coloiado Territory,
was taken up, and debate limited to five minutes.
The Committee rose, and the bill passed.
The House adjourned till Monday.
SENATE.—Mr. Hale, of N. IL, gave notice of a
new rule of the Senate which he proposed to
of f er : That during the present rebellion the Sen
ate may, by a majority vote, fix the time when
the debate on any subject shall be terminated,
and the Senate shall then take a vote on the
question, without further debate.
Mr. McDougal, of CaL, from the special cora
rnittee, reported a bill to aid the construction of
a railroad' and telegraph line to the Pacific.
. _
After executive session the Senate adjourned.
APRIL 7.—Housa.—Mr. White, of hid., offered
a resolution providing for the appointment of a
committee of nine members of the House, to in
quire and report at. as early a day as practicable,
whether any plan can, be proposed and recom
mended for the gradual emancipation of all Afri
can slaves, and the extinction of slavery in the
States of Delaware, Maryland; Virginia, Sen
tucky, Tennessee and Missouri, by the people or
local authorities thereof, and whether such an
object is expedient and desirable; and Abet jhey
further inquire and report whether the cbMiza,
tion of' such emancipated slaves is necessarily a ,
concomitant of their freedom ' and, how and - what
provision should -be made therefor; and that
they also inquire how far and in what way the
Government can and ought to facilitate this oh.
ject ; and that they further be authorized, if in
their judgment it be deemed expedient, to extend
their inquiries as to the other slaveholding States,
and report thereon. The resolution was passed—
yeas 67, nays 62.,
Mr. Mallory of ICentucky, regarding the reso
lution as iniconstitutitinal and absurd, previously
moved to lay it on the table, but the motion was
disagreed to.yeas 62, - naya 68.
The House then proceeded-to definitely act on
the amendments to, the tax, bill heretofore re
ported from the Committee of the Whole on the
State-of the Union.
On anthracite coal a tax of fifteen cents per
ton, and on bituminous coal one-eighth of a cent
per bushel. This amendment was agreed to by a
vote of 86 'yeas to, 3,9 nays. The proviso thereto,
that this tax on coal, shall not take effect till the
expiration' of the 'reciprocity treaty with Great
Britain, 'was rejected—yeas 41; nays 86.
The House also concurred in the
. following
amendment: On spirits rectified and mixed with
other liquors, or preparectin any way to be sold
as whiskey, fifteen cents per gallon, to be sold as
brandy, rum, gin, wine, or by any other name,
not otherwise prOvided, thirty cents per gallon,
on the basis of -first proof, and so on in propor
tion for any greater strength than first proof.
On railroad iron and other iron, according to
the state of manufacture, a tax of one to two
dollars per ton{ and on steel from four to ten dol
lars per ton.
The House, non-concurred in the amendment
that all distilled liquors now manufactured or
that may be manufactured before the first of May
next, in the United States, shall pay the same per
gallon when sold, as provided by this, act, upon
distilled spirits manufactured from and after that
The amendment proposing a tax of one per
cent: per pound on cotton on and after the first
of May next, but exempting all cotton owned and
held by any manufacturer of Cotton fabrics on
and prior, to that date, was concurred in—yeas
76, nays sa. .
The House having reached the 74th section,
Mr. Roscoe Conkling, from the Committee on the
Judiciary, reported a bill establishing a uniform
bankrupt law; pending a motion to make it the
special order, the House adjourned.
Sznams:Mr.:Sumner, of Mass., presented a
petition in, favor of emancipation.
Mr. Willey, of :Va., presented a petition of the
citizens of Virginia against the proposed tax on
leaf Wiwi:Ceti.
"Mr. Wilson, of Mass., from the Military Com
mittee, reported a bill authorizing the President
to transfer the appropriation made• for fortifica
tions to building iron-clad gunboats.
The . fortification billwas taken up. Mr. Trum
bull, of 311., spoke' ii favor of its passage.
After Mr. Truiribull had finished; Mi. Harris
said he ;wished to offer a'substitute and make a
few 'remarks, and moved a postponement till to
morrow. . • , ."
Stated Clerk
On motion of, litr. Lane; of Kansas, the Senate
went into execiiiive sessfen, and soon afterwards
adjourned.
Surgeon-Genre Finley Not Sent to Fort
The report that :Surgeon-General Clement A.
Finley. hedi been arrested, and sent •te Ft. Warren,
is not correct. The following is the only order
of the - War Department Which has been issued in
regarifto * Mr. Finley
WAIL IMPARTMENT, AD; ;VT GrEN.'S OFFICE,
Washington, April 3d, 1862.
Special Orders, No. 7t-'--Surgeon-General C.
A. Finley will 'report at Boston, Mass., and.
there await, furthef orders. Surgeon R. C.
Wood, U:'S. Artcy;*ll'take charge of the Sur
getin-Generars (Moe. By order of the Secretary
of War. • : 1 TnobiAs, Adjutant General.
Ignvementv, on tho lwer - .Potoniao.
PIirLADBLPHIA," April 5.--The N. Y. 11 - mcs has
the following special dispatch from the lower
Potomac :
IloOkiejt .Division, Thursday, April B:—.A regi
ment ei - pioked men, belonging to, the Excelsior
Brigade; left , Liverpool Point,, under command of
Gen: ,Sialtles, early on Tuesday Morning, for
Stafferd Court Rouse, on a reoonnoissance. The
troops, landed t at, Slippery Point batteries, and
marched from thence past Dumfries, th rough
Atplia" . ta - - Stafford Court House. There was
some skirmishing between a body of 600 rebel
cavalryond the advanced corps of Gen. Sickles'
command, six miles this side of Stafford, and the
firing was continued on both sides until we
reache.d, that place, on Wednesday, at 4 P. M.
The' rebels, on their retreat, set fire to the town
antinft the stores. Our forcee promptly stopped
the conflagration as soon as they entered. A
number
,of prisoners, horses, stores, &c., fell into
our hands. From Brooke Station a force of
1,200 rebel infantry, and" battery of six field
pieces; were moving up 'to support their cavalry.
After remaining in Stafford three hours; camp
fifes were built on the hills to deceive the rebels
while our troops withdrew from;the place. Gen.
Sickles, with part of his corps,.arrived back at
Slippery Point this morning. The rest came in
atErent's Ferry, opposite Liverpool Point. The
corps marched , :forty-eight' miles. in seventeen
hours, over the worst kind of mountain roads.
At Fredericksburg there are but few troops, and
they are falling back to Eiclintiond. The citi
zens state that the Confederate Government in
tend abandoning Virginia.
Erawnuno, VA., April s.—Yesterday afternoon
the enemy unmaskedn section of a battery three
quarters of a mile from the battery on , the right
wing of, our , forces, which was under the com
mand of Capt. Huntington, and situated a mile
to the West. This time the enemy's object was
to drive our pickets beyond' Stony Creek, which
divides this town, as wellns to retard the opera
tions of the bridge blinders.
Capt. Huntington shelled. the rebels from their
position in - very short, order.
During the day, the' enemy concealed his force
in the ravines, but his videttes were in sight, and
were very , active. During the night one of them
was.killed at a distance of six hundred yards, by
a sharp-shooter of the 3d Wisconsin regiment.
A corps of pioneers and bridge builders has
been ordere'd forward by Gen. Willians, and will
be organized 'and equipped immediately, as well
here, as in other divisions.
The position where the advance batteries now
; rest, commanding all the elevations beyond St
Creek, were selected by Gen. Baeks,al34;,
hottest of:the enemy's . fire,'en Tuesdayout are
...ero,
unassailable by the rebels. '
The military force under Jackson is understood
: to be• principally composed ,of pressed men who
refuse to fight, us. ' . -
Wisonasrsit, April 7.—Officers.. who arrived
here front Wooditock, te-dity, report that the
bridge over StonY Creek s was completed yesterday,
and to-day our brigades, when crossing, were
greeted by a ;lively: cannonading from Ashby's
battery. The enemy was soon dispersed by our
gunk and we are. now - in full possession of his
`late position .. 'Ashby, in retiring, took advan
tage, as usual,' of every position to retard our
progress. .
Enxxsorm, VA., April 7.—Three guns, opened
'by -the enemy from a 'new positron- upon our
pickets, were responded-to by Capt. Huntington's
battery with a rapid fire. Onr shells burst in
their midst, scattering them suddenly.
A private in Co. R., 13th Indiana Regiment,
crossed the „river at this plebe and fired, from
conceabnent; fifteen rounds at a body of Ashby's
cavalry, killing two:of them..
Col. Colgrave's.7th Indiana, detached to guard
a supply train to Manassas, returned this,even
ing, having accomplished 'some excellent march
- •
Warren.
From Eastern -VI rginia,