' rtshtitrian auntr yiTripSH, SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1861. Thelll,4ll *of ortoge of this Synods of Pittsburgh and illegheily,.atanda.adjourned to toot in the usual place, on the second Tuesiday of May, at 2 o'clock P. M., and the Execlatiire Committee, just one week before at the same hour, at request of the President. JOHN CIILBERTSON. Western Theological Seminary.—The Board of Trukees of the Western Theological Seminary, will bold their Semi-Annual Meeting in the Lecture-room of the First Presbyterian church, Pittsburgh, on Thurs day, May Bth, 1862, at 10 o'clock A. M. By order, JOHN T. LOGAN, Derided at Last.— We are pleased to learn that the Presbytery of the District, of -Co lunibta, Which for some years had been inde pendent? resolved,, at its late meeting, to send commissioners to 'the New-School As semi:4A to meet , in Cincinnati, Ohio, in May This . decisien, at this time, shows streak anti-slivery feelings on the part of that Presbytei:y; and hence promises far better for a peaceful state of things in the District, than if they had joined either branch of the Church South. PreshYterian General Assemblies and Synods. OLD-SCHOOL PRESBYTERIAN, Columbus, Ohio; May 15. -; Nsw-Scßoor, PRESBYTERIAN, pad, Ohio ; May 15. CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN, Owens boro, Ky.; May 15. UNITED 'PRESBYTERIAN, .Pittsburgh, Pa.; May 21. REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN, PrinCetOn, Ind.) , May 14. OLD-SCHOOL, OF " CONFEDERATE STATES," Memphis, Tenu. ; May 1. UNITED SYNOD, (Southern,) Chatta nooga,,Tenn.; May 15. REFORMED DUTCH, Syracuse, New-York; jutte,4. EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN, Lancaster, Pa. •L May - • dANADA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, To rontof.C. W.; *June 3. CHURCH OF SCOTLAND, IN -CANADA,, To onto, C. W.; May 28. CERT= •OF LOWER PROVINCES, New Glaagew,N. S.; JuMf 25. ' Offutioit OF .SCOTLAND, 'IN NOVA SCO- TrA; N'eW Olisgow, - June 25. CHURCH OF NEW BRUNSWICK., Wood- I stock, N.`13.; June 25. CHURCH OF SCOTLAND, IN NEW BRUNS WICK, Newcastle, N. B.; Aug. 13. CHURCH OF SCbiLAND, Edinburgh ; May:22. FrikE Ounnon op SCOTLAND, ' Edin burgh; May 22: UNITED .PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH or SCOTLAND; Edinburgh; May 4. REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF SCOTLAND, Glasgow; May 7. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND; July 7. GOING TO TM .ASSEIBLY. Railroad accommodations are of vast im portance. We are enabled authoritatively to announce the, following: THE PENNSYLVANIA, lidqLßOAD , min mire Excursion tickets, as far as Pitts burgh, from May 10th' to 25th inclusive, which will be , Toodlo return till May 31st inclusive. . . . THE CLEVELAND , AND PITTSBURGH RAILROAD "will place Excursion tickets to Columbus, of attle at their Pittsburgh office (only) at; one fare ($6.60) for the round trip." , These will be good for twenty days. Passengers , by this route will go by Cleve land and Pittsburgh road to Steubenville, by Steubenville and Indiana road to Newark, and,thenee by Central. Ohio road to Co- THE PIETITIRGII, FORT 'WAYNE AND CilloAoo ROAD will issue, at the Aisentb/y, free return tickets on their road to all mem bars who have paid full LOCAL - fare to them in going, on the following conditions, viz.: "Ist. The perscrt mink have been in at tendence upon BUSINESS, either as a dele gate, iitness or 'otheriiise ; and they will nor be issued to any person who attended merely is a ipectat6r, for entertainment or pleasure. " 2cl. He mist' have paid PULL LOCAL TARP, over the railway in going to the on vention: Buying a" Triao tr ct it COUPON TICAL7 between distant points, and passing over this railway; buying a RAIP-FARE TICKET, upon an annual order ; or, buying a ticket for the Accommodation Train be tween Allegheny and 'NeW-Brighton, or for the .Market Train between Allegheny and Mataillon, does no constitute the payment of Least Yalta. ' ' " The full to al fare is nom ozwrs PER MILE. " 3d. The person using the ticket must first sign the cOrtipate on the face of the ticket, that he 111:63 paid PULL LOCAL PARE, and fill in the names of the stations between whieli it was paiil—aftei which . the officers will . Sign - the certificate on the back.' The lattet M i not not be signed in blank." We cipeut to beat the Assembly, and will have the tickets. Persons taking this route will note that 'they leave this road at Crest line for dolunibus, by the Cleveland, Co lumbus and Cincinnati road. The fare e ; • from. Pittsburgh to ,Crestliu.e is 65.65, and thence to Columbus SLBO. IC B. Those vilic 'desire to have the benefit of above offers ' , kit note'that they are not tu f buy " through tickets" to Colum bus, over different roads. Buy your tickets over each ( road separately. The.roads ",-almve-named have Cur cordial thanks fa r titti tenders made tb our • In addition to the above, we learn from Ctimhuaibbie, that the following railroads haveagreecttO CarriPoir.aniasinners at half fire, .yiz.:, Elinira and Williamsport; Cin cinnati and Chicagst io tar*Aa; Kentucky chiitll; Toledo and. WabaJill ; Sandusky, Dityl4llo Cinchinatig Marietta and. Cin eirmatiiThiladelphiaand Beading ; Buffalo, New-York and Brie; Baltimore and Ohio; StilhailAltOn, and Chicago l l • and Indian r, apolts an Cincinnati. ROME AND FOREIGN RECORD. The May number of the Record is out, • with the usual promptitude. Our notice will be brief. DOMESTIC MISSIONS. The work of this Board- is eminently good, in 'its object. It is, to change the moral deserts of our country into gardens, to arrest men who are posting to ruin, and to change their whole condition and des tiny now and for eternity ; to cleanse - the heart where malignity and lust dwell, and plant purity in it; to' cleanse the hearth where hate broods and strife reigns, and to make love to dwell there; to extinguish the fires of infidelity and revolution which are smouldering at the bottom of the social edifice, and to ,convert the dangerous classes of society into the stay and defence of the country; 'this is the aim of our home mission. Who would not wish to , participate in such a work? And who ;would grow weary in it? All 'may do something: 'The beggar can , pray; and the poorest widow can find "a mite" to cast into the treasury. Rzsc!iers_in March, at Philadelphia, $6,068. EDUCATION. This Board •is still embarrassed. They felt bound,'last year, to ,continue their ap propriations to their candidates. Such a course seemed clearly, , to be in the line of duty. They hoped the churches ,would;re spend to their call. The hope has 'not been fullyrealized. , They labor for the, Church. They will conform to the,Charch's will. In noting the result of, their-appeal, they say "The year is now closed, and'the Board is compelled to enter upon a new Year largely in debt. The reason ,is as easily . told as the result. Whilst many of the brethren have acted nobly, and the ladies, in many instances with heroic devotion, have rallied around the Board, theie are many, of our churches which have con , tributed nothing to this cause during the year. With the brethren who have ne glected to present this cense, or who have stood in the way of the presentation` of 'it, must rest the responsibility of the evils, incident to our present financial embarrass- Librarian Secretary This is sorrowful. What shall now be done It will become the General Assem. bly - to give advice. If the ministers, and Elders who shall there represent the churches, think that the Board, on its present liberal basis will not be su,stained, let a changebe advised. Reduce the num ber of candidates by increasing the de mand for qualifications, as to mind, piety, habits, and attainments. Let not the work be stopped. RECEIPTS' in March, at Philadelphia, $3,914; Pittsburgh, $872. FOREIGN MISSIONS. The Annual Meeting of the Board is to be held in New-York, May sth. Sermon to be preached by Rev.. .roux M. KREBS, D.D. • INDIAN. TRlBES.—Letters to the 81st of March, speak of the Missions as making, the usual progress. Mr. BouGHEnTv re ports the organization of a church in the neighborhood of his station, composed .of six members previously connected with the mission church. SouTH, iVICLAREN speaks of less encouraging.prospects in New Grana da, owing to the civil conflict not yet ended, and still more to the fanatical spirit of the, ignorant masses. His weekly ser vice in English was continued, and oppor tunities of doing ,good among the, natives were quietly improved. Mr. SoIiNEIDE,R, gives an account of, .his arrival at San Paulo, in, the, Southern,; part of Brazil, 'where an important field of labor was set before him. He also gives an interesting account of his visit to a Settlement of Ger mans, before he went to Sari Paulo, which came to hand too late for insertion in "our, present' issue. Mr. BLACKFORD had re turned from his 'visit - to the province of Minas . Geraes, and his journal' will be found in the F6reign Ifisitionany of this u.. MAcKtri an ENS have had the pleasure of receiving six converts into the church by,baptism, as the fruits of missionary labor among the. Kombe people by a native, Christian teacher. Ina - A.—Dr. and Mrs. J,..tivvizn, and, Miss BEA.TTY arrived at Calcutta,,after mast favorable voyage. Mr. and : , Mrs. ULLMANN were at Gorukhpore, on a jour ney for Mrs. ULLMA.NN'S health, kr. Mil, MAIIN engaging in missionary labors by the way. The death of t the second laugh= ter of the Rev. J. NEWTON, the wife of the . Rev. Mr. Funousow, Scotch chaplain at Sealcote, is much regretted ; she was, sup.: ported by, a good hope through grace, and ; her, last hours were full of peace. Mr.' RUDOLPH mentions the admission, of two members to the church at Lodiana, and the increase of orphan girls in the school to ,:fifty-two. .. : Several brethren , had ,been making journeys to, preach • the Gospel, amongst the ,neighboring towns and vil lages, and were generally well received. HAPPER gives interesting particulars of the- converts,, whose , beptista• was reported last ,month. Two of them are, teachers, and:•the other two, are assistants'', in a hospital. He mentions ,also the organ: intim of a-church at Canton on _the 9th of January, having 'seven native members ; as an , occasion of great interest to the 'brethren. At Shanghai,. the approach of the insurgents wee' ;creating apprehensions of,collision between them and, the Euro peans„as the English and .French forces would defend the city. At tTingpo no Ins teriat change is reported .in the state of, affair's. The way did not seem'open, for missionary labor among the rebels, then in possession of the city, though limited • efforts to circulate the Scriptures among them had , been made. They are .described as being extremely ignorant pf religions 'subjects. , The Record presents-imany interesting letters from uiiiiiionaxies. Raiiiirpra in Mach, $18;428 PUI4I4CA.TION. Rum:pisin ,Donatione, $3,939 ; Sales, $3,870, CHURCH, EXTENSION: ' RECEIPT% in`MairO, $998.. At the 'commencement of the rebellion, there were a few disloyal presses at the North, whidh needed a muzzle It was groidal ft*. :13fie THE Plus TN A RACE. vomilmr PRESBYTERaN' BANNER.-SATURDA Y, MAY 3, 18'62. some time it was dise,overed :that. a portion of the loyal presses, in their ea&erness to pry into Government - plans, were getting hold of and publishing things . which gave information to the enemy, arid did the country great damage. , • A restriction was hence laid upon them. They make a great outcry. The liberty of the press is re , strieted ! It was all right with these edi tors when the disloyal were prevented from pleading the cause of the,enemy; and now with truly thoughtful men, it is, equally right to prevent all presses from giving in form.ation to the enemy. That much injury is done by ,publishing army news; is evident. A gentleman wri ting from Nashville to a NeW-Tork daily, " You log/ publish Contraband news. In. spite of common sense, censors; and secre taries, you will speak unadvisedly, unwise ly, and• Mischievously. ' I -am impressed with the contrast that _Southern and Nor-' thern .neiapapere' exhibit in :reference to, this printing , of 'the = artily movements. The .latterare , deaf,. and dumb, , :and blind, on the subject." To the same - purposn'is a' remark attrib uted to Captain JiMPERS, of the Ilire4zitor ,t! If I knew as much of the Merrimac, from newspaper descriptions, and...,pictorial representations; and. diagrams . , the rebels know. of ,the Ild - onitor; I. would go up . Lo Norfolk and sink her before sundown." The press is , free to criticise the Govern ment, but it `should' not even ask perznis sion'to aid. the enemy, eithez: by pOlish'- ing news prematurely,or by weakening, the, hands and marring, the counsels of those to whom the country has' commitie'd terests: " ' =BIM =MEM aLLVERY' DYING, The bill' s lately passed by Congress`-' and approved by,,the,President, has,aholishO• slavery in the District of Columbia. Thisis as far as the National Government can carry emancipation, directly; and authoritatively:, 'From the Territories it can exclude lit. In States it .can act only, by granting facilities and inducements; say, : by. compensating, and colonizing:. And already. the. indica- , tions Slaverfa death tare manifest, 'even= on State soil. There is a speck of hope in Delaware,. Maryland, and Kentucky. • In Virginia there is a :beginning, with. a , bril liant pospeet. `. ' The Convention to form' it,.,new . State in Western Viriinie, were afraictte insert the emancipation article. They but 'forbid, the entrance of Africans, whether free or slate: , In voting on this Constitution the people, in some of the counties, voted` also On the question of entire freedom, and carried it overwhelmingly. The Wellsburg Herald thus speaks of the event " Was there ever a greater revointion in public hontiment`than has been wrought in the public mind of Western Virginia, during the'last very few months, on - this very sub . jest? ,The late erection tells the tale. ,In counties where, eighteen months . ago', the venerable ItUniTER was treated with con- tamely and insult ter having years 'before been the author of a pamphlet adiocating gradual emancipation,, the people after one year's tuition in the rough school 'of war, indorse his views by a vote which is won.; derfal for its unanimity. In'counties where, a few months'ago, to, question the 'divinity of slavery wee to court at' 'least political martyrdom, thepovereigns have voted 100' to Ito get rid sif .the institution: When, the official vote of 'last Thursday comes to , be published, those have' doubted the liberalizing effect' of" the war' Ilion, the minds of the peoPle on this subject will, he astounded. Preston roils up her 1,500 ilia- Jorityfor a free State; Wood her 1,300 to ; Itionongalia, Marshall, Wetsel,' Tyler, Harrison, the home of OARl:lLi,'and'Mari 7 on, the den of the HAvmords; the, SONS, and of more traitors than any other . 'county of equal population can boaet—all' uniformly gave tremendous niajorities for` the new ConstitutiOn, and, where . vote was taken, for gradual emancipation. , 4 4 Verily, Slavery is doomed in West Vir• ginia train the date of that Vote; and„ un-: less' the education:dry process be 'quickly` stopped, it will”'not be long before the Val ley,.Piedmont, and Tide Water;will: expe rience the same startling pheriomene`io The work is , begun. God directit right 7 eously, and speed it onward. PRESBYTERRIVISK THESOFTIL The seceding States adopted our Consti tution and laws, almost to the, letter. i.The Secessicin 'General• Assembly, in like man- ner, adopted'noi.onlythe Standards of our s Church, but. also our plans of 'earrying,cut Church, principles. Instead of. the Iname Board," they use " Committee ; -bet the principle and the object are the.#nne: . , The Assembly is to meet in Memphis,, on the first Thursday. in, May,;,, but' inas much As it is the , Assetebly of the °Conte& erate BtateS; the' propriety of meeting Memphis may be doubtful. Tennessee , be- , s long - ~now, mainly, to the Union, and even, Memphis may be under the , control ,of Pro visional Governor Jonws.roi . by the , day. named. As fOr personal safetY, hoWeiet,' the Assembly meet there ? ,in perfect*. fidence. Themembers, ,he, quiteis,,i free. 'from harm unclenGovernor.:Joiiturroki,ier, Gen. I{ALLEcK, or fpcon:i FOOTS; as's they wenla be Under Gen: B_i'AunEG"Anii They will wisely be wiiii6ut the city bounds, on; the day of ,battle,, if a battle ; should :be, there. Shellsi are no respeeters," of, -per scins, But on all- other days they may at tend to' tacefid huSinese without' fear.`.' n '', Thelo cers.,of the Assembly and of the_ lExecutive4Oommitteee, are : : Rev. B. M. PALMka, D. D. hrodergtor of the Generel Assenibly. ` Rev. "N. WAISDELL, D, D.o*Eztid .07erk, La Grange, Tennessee. Rev.'. J. WlLspN, , ,PeroutieW Clerk; Augusta; Gtbititi: Executive Voramittee of Dolite ..Mis , p70n8.--14Yf , Recre- Airy, 94, Camp StreetiNew..Orleans,:Louis lima. B. B. NEWMAN, Esq., Treasurer, 94 Gravier Street; =New'-' Orleans, Loitis, Executwe • Committee of, Foreign ,itfons.—Bav,;J..L.tionTor? WILSON, Secretary, ' Columbia,, - Bondi Carolina. Rev. Prof. JAMES WOODROW, Treasurer, Columbigygonth Carolina. EzeoritieO t , Com,mittee ' fPublication -- Bey.Wilitainibitiz; li.';',Seekici4; Riehmond,':"Virginia A'HOHIBA.LO BALL ING, Trealer, Richmond; :Virgins. Execettiv . Ceminiiitee , Education.— Rev. JOHN H. GRAY, D. D., Secretary, La Grange, Tennessee. J. B. KIRTLAND, Esq., Treasurer, Memphis, Tennessee. The - closeness with which the Southern ers havelco the .Nationalins) u lons, 15 9,th. 11 1 1 1 1494 1 . n9l l exPe.Pt in, one particular, shows most manifestly that they had no cause for leaving us, but their love of Slavery : , Presbytery of Lonisville.—' Thi res y ' tery has a larae amount of Southern sym pathy, if not of the real secession spirit, Ihe.late meeting, holiever, is spoken of as ,harmonious e the exciting question being avoided: In appointing Commissioners , to As`Eietiibly, a minister and" elder front, each fade were named and confirmed, with oat serious opposition . The Presbytery is to meet again, shortly, as we hear. Commissioners to the General Assembly, PRZEIBYTFAIEB. * 11IDiWPM& Emnii. ~, Chicago, j It. G. Thompson, D. R. Brune, r . IM. W. Staples. • ;C. C. Miller, M.D.; New Albany, lt. J. L. Matthews, A. Kerr. White Water, R. B. Abbott, W. A. Pugh, M.D. , oxford, - ;, " , Wm. McMillan, N. Wade. .3 Marlon,, j. J. Walcott, Jas. McLean. ' Bloomington, ' It. Conover, ; 1 D. Rayburn.; - Allegheny,City,-, L. R. M'Aboy, ; A. Cannon. It" ,Saltsbarg„ W. P. Morgan, S. (4, Miller. =Philadelphia, I , George Junkin, Danielrb. Collier, 'W P. Breed, Winthrop Sargent. Phila. Central, jG. . MUSSIIIVO, Wro. A. Piper, M.D 14,11. ChrisUan, ; Gilbert Bombs. Chillicothe, Wit. Gage, joshua Robinson. Cincinnati,' ' j'A'. JAteynolds,; Joseph Anderson; 1, T. F. Cortelyon, If. H.,Leavitt. 1, Muncie, • N. A. Holliday, James Brown. Huntingdon,G. W. „ Zahnizer, Hon. SamuerLinn, S r / Pk W. Shaffer,James L. Guinn. Cedar, ' Al: t'llelddri,' , ' J. AL'Ert Btirrows2 Allegheny, John Coulter, , Joseph Cummings., Blairsvills, William Edgar, • John Hosack. Burlington, William Cheater, r G. 11.1 1 an Gelder: Lewes, . ..„ C. , s. Mustard, John. A. Nicholson N 'ewcastle, J. G. Ralston ; E. J. Dickey, r W. O. Roberts, ~ ; TeTenton Ramsey. Obio, , , ' Wm: M;Paxton, W. N:Burehdeld. Baltimore, .l. C. Backus, Wm. B.Canfield, 1 Cyrus Dickson ' David Stuart. Robinson,, Barrett, Lonisiille, j Stuart • ' • ; ' • '; , 1 J.,LiAt'Ree„ ,;. , ; ...-- Johnston. , W. Lexington, lt. z. Biebkinridie; Dr. Sutton. Schuyler, ' - ,f J. Warren, B. W. SrolleY, t, , IJ. M. Mese, 1 3. P. W.VoofE , ; , Miami:" t J. S. Kemper. .H. Stoddard. Madisdn, .. 1 t , P. M. Spumes, Prof. AL Sturgis. Indianapolis, A. O. Allan, Chas. Campbell. Passaic, ; David Irving,'-.' J. D.' Vermilye. Newlerk, / P. , . Davidson,., ~, , D. N. Lord, 3. M. Stevenson, David Conger, • . ; ' ''; J. C. lewd°, , A. B. Belknap. ; , Des Moines, J. P. Brengle, A. M. Rogers. Wooster, ' T. Barr, • T. G. Hays. • =MEE EMI PASTERN SP:MNARY: " r B 0 - i2lO A;l6 , NEW ENGLAND. TELE „CONGRZGATION, of the late Tneo_ "dor%Parker 3 has • n ot, yeti hoen. ; able ,dis z :cover a suitable person 40 • succeed, him. However, it bie raised s2 ; 7oq 'foi expenses during 'the next year;and 'will keep up a series of Sunday,lectures as it clidlastyear. The lecturers of last year were a singular medley. But the• Society itaelf is gradual- ly wasting away, arid. t according to iiie t sent appearances, a few more years *HI bring about its entire extinction, „Xi. Parker could build up nothing ,of a permanent character; his only success was in the'• way 'of destruction and, terrible were the results of his assaults, to ;the faith aPc- 1 - happiness of many. • 0- THE LEGISTIATURZ < of Massachusetta has just voted an .extra tax of $1,200,000, Of which $700,000' in for Xutional Tax assumed by the 'State, and b 00,600 to reimburse townszfor their allowances to the families of volunteers: ' This' great tax has been voted without opPi)iiifoh, and will Ve cheerfully paid by the people, notwith ing the ungenerous prophecies of certain London papers that.the people, of the 'United States would not submit to the taxation necessary to , wry: on On War. THE WYST is. not the only partrof our country in which-the streams have reached 'an unusual height this Spring.'-' The same `thing has occurred - thrOuchont _New-Eng land. The Connecticut River has reached an unprecedented height,"flooding thefraill roads along - itS bin s for miles, and also submerging parts Of Hadley„ Northionnton, Springfield, ana"nninerens other towns. At Northampton the water has been two feet higher than ever knoWn before; and in Hadley boating has 'been 'a common' mode 'Of kr,1909n: flood Pf. 4 1 Parbr :qieveP feet'lias poured:Oyor the Holyoke dam, fur nishing a grand Tjeyfto,,tlionsands of spec- tators, many of 'WhOm went nitrom Spring field on excursion trains. Hampden Park at Springfield has,been entirely,submerged. The dyke around:63les fire arm factOry in Hartford showed Symptoms of ' giving way 'on Sunday, and one - thousand' men - were set at work on kiiiiJkflieVeilling: iriealculable damage. On Monday the river there was twenty-eight,feet above low water mark. in Newllampshire and Vermont the - riveis, appear to: hat - e:oerfiewe'd their banks in evert aireotaiin;. An immense boom,. o£ , logs in the, Merrimac just above Lowell, 'broke-away on the. 18th, , werit over ;Paw tucket Fallsand down ,$o the sea at , New 'buryport: TRE . .ZsT6:tv-Englander for April - hal - . an 'article by the Rev W 1:0. - Love, waukie Wisconsin in which he considers the question, ,'ls the ,doctrine of .A.npihi. lation,taught in,,Scriptnre.l", 'We -,have not seen the .article, , but those , who have, say that'it c&npletelY that deb trine,'g far as the Scriptural is' 'concerned. T,kiey who,heve,reed the, ,forty pages' of which - itponsists, i say; that -inmost. conclusively establishes the declaration ,that ti* ; 'no 'where 'taught in' SeriPilife. NEW-YORZ: ..1 TEE New-York City Banks' statements and the vloansiattsTer cent. to the Assistant Treasury in 'New York-beginning to'- eahibrtyin a remarkable Manner the dom- querieeMent of the process of paper ,cur,, freney eiPansien: by 'the 'Govevhmeet ;and ibanks. The ‘!riet deposits" account, of the 6.1315: ihow an increase of 81,420,279 in the Weekfysiatement ending April - 19th' `Compared with that, of the preeeding,week,„ and on Tuesday of this, week they had, =further .increased over 84;000,000, while, theLeercireercial loane l Aiecresed. 'The ex traotAinary abundance fq'uneMployed funds. aecuinulating,in the"New : York Banks,:and' the 'scarcity of "mercantile paper,which seems likely to continue until peace is pro : , claimed; have: induced our, banks to 'lend' over $20,000 000 in call loaes , pdr cent. interest 't'o Governinent. The total,' of these call : loans at 5 per cent. received, at the Aisistan't; Trea,sury to Wellnesday moiang, Apr,ll,4ga, over , $ 26,000,000,.' of which ' " only $2,087,000 have been called in or returned,' leaVlng, therefece, about 1624,000,00 Alton dep;ii.there:-, On the - thr6 a . 461.1. onday, and' Tues. day last, the loans deposited with Mr. Cisco amounted to $5,759,700, or an aver age of nearly $2,000,000 per day, flowing voluntarily into the Treasury Department at 5 per cent. per' annum interest. In ad dition to these loans, Government has re ceived, and probably used in Washington over 4480,000,000 "of certificates of indebt edness, or twelve months' bonds bearing 6 per cent. interest. THE CHAMBER Or COMMERCE, of this city, composed of the .ablest financiers in the country; have had the subject of our National taxation under, consideration, for some time, and, have prepared , a very able memorial to Congress on the subject. And as the opinion of.such a body cannot fail to be of ,interest to every thinking man at the present time. We give the leading points, viz.:- • That the 'Current expenditures 'of the Government'during the present and cora - ing fiscal'years demand an annual pliblie Tavenue of at leak two' hundred — and fifty inillions• of dollars, and that probably no less a sum mill be adeqUate to the prompt • payment of such ordinary annual expendi tures, the payinent'of the interest tin' the publio debt,*the establishment of a sinking find, and,. finally, the restoration of the credit to such:a point or ectidition . as will enable the Treasury to negotiate, on , ' , favorable terms, the requisite loans Of the present'and 'future' yeaxs. That in the selection of objects of -taxa tion7 the 'tecessaries of life should, he universally and equitably taxed as - temake the 'biirdeu fall mi , all-classes'-according to eaehman's ability_to Pay, and as lightly as possible; while the luxuries of society, or' the enjoyments of the:trick should -coati- . bates lalargei share of the public , revenue ; and filially, that , the 'leading produCts 'of 'tile South, which - have been amour the causes of the ekisting rebellion i should be made to contribilte toward , the:spee.dy re storation-of peace; and to the filial payinen`C of the public debt. ' * •," _ • Assuiningibese truths to •be self-evident, .your 111CM611 With pray that , Congress will, at an early day; frame n' revenue system 'based, upon . - seven subjects or .departmerits taxation, viz::. 7 ;, • • From all sale of :goods and merchandise mitt other property at - retail , attd , wholesale, a tax of one per cent., 'yielding, your me norialists believe, ,the'anntiaLsum - of:- ., ' --.5115,000,004 From the tuff?, the sum of 50,0p0,00a From an ezeire,or tax on cotton °Zits& centsper Tound 24 , 000,000 ' Frdin an'excise or fax on'tobee'do,'•of ' le•-lltweney centa Yet. pent& ,1 "30,00000 tr Fcom . an' excise or lax` on -whiskey •o. • • ,and , other lig-ors of ;,twenty_, , five bents per gallon. . . 25 , 000,000 From an excise or tax on liquors, dive cents per gallon.` '8,000,000' Prone indirect tax ` upon real' and .` • = personal,property ' 12,000,000 = ii The advantages , set forth as, ito arise ,from this schedule arel: 1. Reikeed extoOnso in 'collection , of revenue. , ' • ' 2. Obviating the' appointment of twenty thousand collectors of special revenue'. 3:= Renewed confidence in the /integrity, power and resources of the Gevertiment AvOidanee Of' an "itieoine tag; already provided, tor by law; and ' , already - A:idiots to the people before its operation hag 'been : - • MEM 5: That the truelndlequitableeoure'es of taxation 'and public revenue will be 'reach= ed by the schedule , new suggested cause, first, each man will contribute `anthe ratio , of his individual and family expendi ture, and no more ; and, secondly, those who spend hundreds„ef millions of dollars annually, ) in. Abet ,may,b l eterrned the, luau-y, and extrAVagandes, ofdlife; namely iiquors, tobacco, cie'aik,' fic., will be corn pelledito Contribute -morn , litrgely tower - a' thn.publie revenue than" those 'whose' in cones and :exPenditurew are on 'a'limited se i%l • . ; CiITILNB of Brook. lyn, baits . a course of -Lectures, on themes suggested• by three large` lately ear'' eout4bi M. Talbot; the' - '4 , lll . lenoiiiinit' ' enneeiited, and Hier three' `lectures, "en the /aliening's . of Tuesday,. T hursday ,Friday of. this. week,. at the:lPoi3f . te.ehniejti4itute, Liy4. ingston P*164110;8:0" begin 'a c t tile hour .of 0 0 10.• . . Ilie' . l3rthjSeti Of the' ttFes . . are three: 4, 'first,:gaTing.: ifs, scene rtant '. pe"rinds iii the" . Aga, cation of that,i4mntinen . at tha,iiime• w);10 1 ,: the `Assyrian eippirkwa'S: a: t the l lifyilit of )te . power,;.. the Seeorkil WOO:rates' thel tion'of"Egypt, at the( its by iNebuchadaeliSan,s4 the'the third the civilisation ati.tha first'iireanh' 7 !, int of the Gospelby PO/I l iad , . 'AN : rbeertomade4 to. ;bring shook the tinitivaliof the of f tliik t .. eity,'i4ere'liialeyiil4, ii . at haaV y . dise'o'net;' . tn ., :flaiti4 s te ;the. church , of winch ; 4;i:,.l l #4,4.,iglesicia,n7dUpc, - .:ie. pastor; and.4pimhiehithere, 113 adarge party of seeettionietc.. At the eltiotiois="WlTes tryriiii"ir fel days ago , to! *at, purely sedessi on ve:eitil,,,p4l;.Ous displace Dr. Culr, and p 4 ., , Hawks. But. the 'Unionists were net , to betaken by : iOrp'riiai tut .ieseintolid iu forew , ready 4Or . the ieeialiSe r a tidal . root. • • t of the secessionist ; ticiret,,and h,telection. 'lof an entire.,lTOork.veatry. The.oeceasion-. iota• had only. onvout-spoken member.* the. Boardplianon Campbell, the•ftionLin'z. flaw ..4t,4o4B:l l incy,' and he was i4hr A i P / . t iv-4191 11 4, > 1 )4: 1 1 : 4 .4. 'Angered beyond ,meouture, and. : threaten to' go into Court to dissolve: . the• election, on ironnd• of some pretended. Mega*? : The' 'secessionists • dub the stibmesifi?l: party' "ab'clitiOniste?' PIiniADELPHiA, , ' " • '; DIE estimated :number of: blind in the: United. States is 11,673,, and: the whole ) number now connected with the twenty three institutions established for their in-, struction and amelioration, is 1,164.. .1. Among all the e ipstitittions ; for„this class, „pone liold a higher rank4lis t ix: A tt,iS' one in PennAlvania, reoid* i ts pvils also from the' States ;of, tleiv-.l4isey waxy. It has beeitip operation for twenty. and dano.o his 1'44,6 one ,of - : t~u form :pr o sperity ; .I! time, and . '.happy family of one 44.sevestyl . .pereens,. froim bOrik r : l - enatantly oceupied;:nre shier' coPtiiited, `and ighose patient ieeignation'''ana cheerful Beton* tesoh a ivholesotne 'l,esson to every yisitilr. The result of, the Industry of that inmate ' s ' ,4:lltel l istifutioli 'is surprisipg, *hen we ~ ooiiei their sightless .0394ditio,)1'. *jr,'.tfieii• -- itteriAfe',lllifujitry for' L ' 'than 24figi &IVES LIM seek to prolong the, stated hours of work, and are only kept from an excess of labor by.restrictive rules. The manufacturing department shows 'the value of goods made during the year to be• over $13,000, and this the produce almost entirely of the workshops, in which only forty-five are em ployed. The schoOls are'admirably conducted in eighty-six classes, taught by fourteen teach; ers and assisting pupils. All the branches of a good' English education .are taught, the institution being well supplied with philo sophical apparatus, maps, models, etc., needful for the peculiar kind of instruc tion.' `'Focal and:'instrumental music are cultivated, to a high degree of ex.cellence. Lim E. ROBBILT BRECK/NRIDGE 7 uncle of the recreant ex..Vice-President, in his late letter: replying to 'an invitation from PhiladelPhia to deliver an address on ,4he,conspiracy, expresses the. Conscientious .gratitude, of the Union people of the Sonth to the freemen of the North 7. - ". You, brethren,' are accustinned 'to feel `that the ardent and intrepid eoSperation of loyal' Men in the slave States'has,been a inigh6 , help to 'you• in the work . .thus far aceaniilished; nor are you mistaken ' this 'lint - on the othei hand, yon'ilinst never foroet, l l for an instant, that it Was the heroic' loyalty of the free' States that saved the nation:" Kentucky would this daY'be a desolation but for the-one hundred Won ,sand Northern men - who came to the aid of our thirtY thousand or forty thousand sol diers, ready to'perish before"an= overpower ing. -host - of traitors. .The safety, of the nation is weakened by every conception that, ,there was any human power but the heroism oftbe North - that could have avert ed the fate prepared for it by a revolt such as no, nation ever before suppressed . THE REV. HENRY FAIkCjiTES, Nib) has labored so successfully tov;ardestablishing a French Protestant Church in this city, is about:to return to France; on a visit. Du ring "MS' absence his place`will he supplied by the Rev. Mr. Gebbe, lately arrived from France. TUE REV.- DAVID MA.GILL, formerly pastor of the Urdon }' cb`nrel in this city and'lately 'of 'the First Presbyterian church" of Boston, in both 9f which he signally failed,,,has l lately been deliyering himself of a lecture in Belfait, , lreland, filled with the most absurd and rediculoui assertions con , eerning this country. Among other things he said 7. :"America .has been a,grand Und - r a, hypocrisy, ,aii:,,through her history sineetthe :Revolution.'" Mr,,, Magill is an Irishman , by birth; and is thus 'requiting the' many kindnesses bestowed •on him while in this country, which he seems to havejeft in disgust on accountl9f,the -fail ure of , the people to•apPrebiale the mighty ft gifts of which he—supposed-:himself-pos sessed. MIME= ECCLESIASTICAL - • . _.„ ✓4 .Rev. HALL'S Po - st Office addreis is changed from Adams, to Coivansyille, Messrs.D. P. Lo - vciAtr, W. Wif:illT,MAN, and L--WILSON students in ta,Werst ern 'theological' Senainary, , weioit)it'inse4. fke-Preiliyeer'y of ,1;440, 'ita %late . Meeting., ' Mr.,olAmEs W. MaKnAlq, of scotch Grove, lowa, ; a...member of .the last ,graduating class in the Allegheny .Seinina,ry,.. has 'been ordained as; an evangelist sndl dis missed to,l the - Presbytery of-11.,ake .S,u- n Dior.; ••• • - - Mr:illeige.kiciiiii E. ordained to 411b"initiiiitky;bYVie PriebYteirOf P'a's= issio on trie'lBtlii3i3V.r• !:.11 $2 --rjej Dy.taneycAtuk,eett prdguipd to m i! li Ptfftb.YttitAelllterY PC-Prr ; • . I•t . • . • tH: Ihi l liAtipeotiwwier lieeeteed April 26th, by the: iriesbytely of • gel ) burg.''::) un“ its,. C. P. Paxson's Post Mee address is `obas,g l fo Willstlrr,"Creriiioiit Co., Ohi ~, 11; Y.lll::gei • PRESBYTERIAL.` NOTICE. The .P,R2I3BrITAX„OF .ATCHLAND _stands djet . led r 'ito meet at: Fiederichioiiii;"Aluix Co., Q1do; on the First tueedki (66h)1:0k Mai 'neat, 4:7 o'olook P. M. 1. . , . TJA`BiES ROWLAIrDi; Stilted .I:3ler , The XIMBIIYTEAYI CT. BIWIBISIAGLE wiII, habil= adjourned meeting at Liver, on the ThO,Titeaday,of May, at 1 o'clock P. JAMES DAVIS, 'Stated CleTk..' '' I • • The PRESBYTERY OF WASBUGTON will ime,t,..in 'the' First PrgebzWien:;elittieb; 4" the , Ike int* „Tuesday, (27,t t t day4:;of . Iday...neAt,_o; tlie'olio4, j; aunati,noe ' •'" ' ' ALM' BraliitiETZ;ttatisiteliiik..u-'n'' tbe'Prembyteelip446m." Reviva l at Liberty,. Illinois., The Lord was graciotisly with US at a Meeting held, in Marohc.in Li i hcity church, NaSkaskia, Prest,ytery. It was" supposed that more alai' ''fffty; 'personarime d iheieby naked' thil l .fraliiriehf the; iihur ' ,6lt for theniselveS. Of I,heink- twnty-four have bieF.tecerved' eininin a 'on, and- others are yet expected to unite. i the_Lord 'did a - greater work-than-what his 'iiiopleraifiented, Wad the world thought anal tallredtihat! nothing: cauldhp, 'done in: ,that . place. But Gothshatied his power in prxing ones and , scoffing ones to seek thokpal7atio,n - of their souls through Jesus Christ Lord. A liectifter Abroad. - " haie been greatly'surprtsed in read, ing i"leetere; delivered in Belfast,' Ireland, -on •We 81st "of'ltAiiih; 'the — May. D, felrderly'l , Pastor • of church in Philadelphia, andninereiedthit)Y of ;tile grait, !Presbyterian eltit'oh; tostbe; affeeiiieltlsetts, to find a mass of iilianrif and ridt4nWs isiertiona concelbing:tbe cou ntry ,in 'Which - . he had foiiiseily : . k; reaidence.' .06'sentence from' thiir il lecture•: will 9 bg sufficient to show ,the manner in, which this tridneei of'ouinatiOn Boerthe' of'ns "America has been a grand shain, and 'a . hypocrisy,--all through- her—history since the Revolution." l 4)* iaj ahsooimen of a 'lecture of which the Rev. Mr. Hanna said,. in . retuiiikkiii*ntirtii leieuiet:; ‘‘, that be clamed' to) Fe Soqiiiiietedi , with the' Stand leistnre`helcid'hifold conta!eed _some of the finest passages - 4, had' r ei s er = lesiened te,'er' ever 'read: We have ',no c doiibi" that to such ‘lne4, as 'lies recently aignalized hid:kit-Mt a similar speech, the sentence' IQ' haie l quOted . wail' the' " finest." Tire tetetlar 'aii4)ll - tyed by Mi.!: Magill 1 1 :: *c y intiada r hendrible to hilizi;'iti''reteiiilfoie 6461r.fialkeleitli tliiki try, and can only be accounted for by th tact that, after a residence of several years he abandoned the country in disgust, bay ing made several grand failures in securing a permanent post. Chagrin is very apt to vent itself"in this kind. of vituperation. Surely, the country must be a " sham," Which could not appreciate such a man as Mr. Hanna regards as unequalled in all the British Isles. --Presbyterian. The Presbytery of Washington. This Presbytery met on the 22d inst., is Washington. Prof. Samuel J. Wilson, D., was chosen Moderator, and Masts. J. Eagleson, D.D., and S. F. Grier, Clerks. Messrs. D. IC Laverty, Benjamin eison M. L. Todd,, W. A. F. Stockton,:. G, Blaney, J. MeCluskey Blaney, and J. B. Reed, were licensed as probationers t o preach the Gospel. Rev. William Hanna was received as a Member of this Presbytery, from the Pres_ bytery of Pennsylvania, (Cumberland Pre s .. byterian.) • Messrs. John W. Scott, D.D., James Sloan D.D. ' and Elders, john . Duncan, and Alexander K. Craig, were appointed Com_ missioners to the. General Assembly. The Revised Book of Discipline, with numerous changes o was approved. The following Report, of the Committee on Supplies, was,adopted, viz. _Frankfort, Three Springs, Core, West Liberty, and,. Unity, ,h ave permission to supply themselves until next stated meet ing. Pigeon Creek.- 7 Second Sabbath in May, Dr. Eagleson. Third Sabbath in May, Mr. Keeling. Fourth Sabbath in May, Mr. Hanna. The Monitor =and the Merrimac. Some of the newspaPere lately , got hold of a story, nlich certainly looked absurd enough to be held suspicious, even at first sight, in refer ence to certain' orders from the Navy Depart ment, which, according:..Wthe story, prevented the Monitor from attacking, the Merrimac, when that redoubtable rebel craftricently showed her self in Hampton Roads; but-there only unuer the guns of Craney. Island and Sewell's Point. A correspondent of the,Naw-Tork .71Ofes,,at Wash ington, has made inquiry into, the facts,.and has been officially informed se Flag-Officer Goldsborough . is held-respon sible that the Merrimac shall , not come oat of Norfolk; or into the bay far enough to do any damage to any vessels, unless ,the vessels go to ber, as was the fact with the, three recently cap tured. 2d. - The . Navy' Departnient gaie no orders to Flag-Offioer.Goldsborough relative te.hid Move ments against the, Merrimac when she was last out, but do most emphatically indorse, his .pru dende in not risking his vessels in shoal water to attack' the - lferrimac, under the guns of two,pow erful land - batterieS, and Llihere the vessels would be very:likely to Inset with' the same' fate as the illinneapta„by rimming aground. INS at the :Battle at Pittsburgh Landing. There were twenty-five Illinois regiments in the ftell• Aggregate Weems—killed,' 662; wound ed., 2,9sa;:tmissing,. 214., ,Aggregate losses of twentT;ATe.. l 4in_eie, regiments ' , 0,83.4, The, Chicago Ytrnies declares that the "mortal ity lists" in the Illinoisregimen* including the regiments to ;be reported, and the deaths from !rounds; will he swollen to at least eight hundred. 'The, regiments engaged did not average to exceed foie 'hundred men. The Indiana Bourty4ourth, lost two hundred and 'eleven men; The Thirteenth Missouri, eighty-nine. Gen. Einklbuit'S division alone lost one thousandeight hundred and n'inety-five men, wounded and missing: • A recupituintion of the losses thuanfficially re ported; shows foll.owing results : killed, (Illi nois, Indiana and MiMouri'reginients, ) 725; wounded, 3,195; missing; 240. Total officially reportedy.44l6o:: • • . NwarY.Owttt," April 24 - ' Vera'— . --Vera Cruz advices, brought by! the Spanish. steamer Isabel, state that after an,unsatiafactoTy;ponference between the allied commanders, a French General had ,decideh to marchliia &vision against the city of 'Mexico, taking upon ginielf the responsibility. The Sitglish and Spanish 'plenipotentiaries there upon decided to...withdraw their troops. It is ,stated .that...the .lzarez Government had consented toxivti every satisfaction to the allies in the matter of bat r.fused to listen to the Mei; bf establiithing a'monarchy, and that in case , thelYallies , 'advanced to the capital they would retire.from it. AprillCL,The.Senate to-day, by a unanimous Tote4Mified Secretary Seward•and:Lord Lyons' Ireatnrepently negotiated here for the supprea- Sion of the i .4frican slive`trade. This is deemed a most - import:int treaty, which will probably sweep the last vetige of the piratioil 'traffic fromithe face of the seas. -.'‘ • • . ' The .French, Minister, M. Henri Mercier, re ' turned to-day in t the frigate. Cassandra, from Richlhohd. Sons: after his arrival he ;visited the State 'Depart-n . 6:4 and had along 'tied doubtless interesting interview with Secretary Seward. April.27* - 5 1'het . President's-Tilsit to the French k - ngate Gassendi,. 'was an . event of-historical im portance. . It was the first time a President has ever Tent on board, a foreign. vessel of war, and the first' French vessel of 'war that ever came to *nshington. The" President was received with the'l honors psiid'n:croWned head, being •the same :as are usually shown the Emperor of -Frange. The,yards were manned, the ship was .clressed.with flags, - the American national ensign ',floated at'the'Main and the . FrenCh flags at the and peak. The national salute was fired on the President's arrivaVand again on his departure. Admiral. Reynard received him at the foot of the ladder, and ,the _seamen seven times shouted, " pivel l President " on his arriv ing and leaving. Captain Captaite Gautier - entertained Iris hditpitsblY in his 'eabiii, 4nd s prasented the of-' fieers of the' ship.• , Tite:President was attended' at the landing - by a gdard- of Marines and! the band, who ..played. the National air, Capt. Dahl gren and the,other officers of the yard, :receiving him in a lodY. - The President was accompanied on boardloY'lle Secretary of State Captain Dahlgren. 'The Trench minister- was on board to receive hini and present. his cOnntrymen. The reception was a gratifying. one.to the President, and the affair passed off to the mutual satisfac tion, and was deemed a happy augury for the '-future amicable thel:wo countries. The Senate' haa'con,firmed the nomination of ail Col. Geary, asßiiiadihr:Geiteral.- • E=lll Seoreu . lry l Seward, in speaking, of ,the ratifica tion of the ,Slave Trade Treaty, said he consid ered It The i liost 'important event:Of his life, be cause' 'Alias' iiVendlo'the slave trade forever. April 28.—The steamer Jacob Bell arrived at the Navy Yard'Abis morning; towing nptwf the schooners captured' by our tioria.ti the Rappahannock: They, consist of the foll y/.'- ing:.The.,L,Ookentl, of Baltimore, of about 76 tons, With r 3;Boo'biiiiels of corn, 8,000 of which is put up iirarked . '"COnfederate States," and the renittinlier marked with the name of the cap tain_iities Sarah Anri,: of Newbern, N. C., with 1,600 bushels of corn ; the Sidney H. Jona, of Baltinoclre,• unladen ; the Falcon, of Tappidian nock;,unbui:en; and the Moni tory , . of the Tappa liantuieli; with the cargo of the Pungy, which had been:etittadrift, consisting of oil, saltpetre, bone deist, shy , goods, &c. • - • • • e•3:1 - TheMajor-Generale in the Amy.. • According tcl to officiaocuments there are forty COVn diVisfon`,menders Of our army, eleven of whom are Major-Generals, four Brigadier-Gen erals of; the, 'r:egular, army, and twenty-five of volunteer!. , Tyro. are Colonels acting as Major .Generele:lr'The 'oiktek of the apPoiritment of Ma jor-GtiiiktabrikiiiWtollows : McClellan and Fre- Mont , were cion.firined the same day, May 14, 1961- 1 Rilleckwis made a Major-General, Aug. 19, 1881,4;11argm 1 i nb r . and Butler, May 16, 1861. Ranter rut reiped.to this position on the 13th ?f Augtik; goy: korgen' in September, Grant in Februgiy, l . B 6l:lfidliclYoviell and Burnside in Marchl u "Witlflolie•or-lpio exceptions the major generale ameibut :colonels of the regalar army, and tioeir I:',..l4aa‘Woth . pr are ,from civil life, will oily continue Major - Generals during twar. For the Presbyterian Benner, A. MCCARRELL, S. C. Pram 'Mexico. ,Washington.,
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