/MT b"3. 4 airt:W 7, oblitriat t CA ersßu4ol4,tmittri, rat is; tat rim Batt 01A:101'0*Lnp of tire Ads of Piltibatghya td 411egim, stands adjbliziedt tomeet"atkfile;atitti: 'plooe, the' second Tueeder of_guy, at -g o'Olook „xi.. ) , and the .E.Teatitive Committee , just one week befoit at titie tiaate hour, at reiluist of the President." JOHN CULBERTSON. Librarian. WAVING WIGS/GNARLED GLAD. Our Domettic .Missionaries are, for the teat4patt, Ifelple- Who endure much toil and .- share sparingly in life's comfort& True, the* Welik is a source of joy. Happy ihn nitin.Who is permitted to preach the Gnspel4wthei poor. Blessed is the woman Who is ' help.meet. Favored are the thil4el2; whp. may call these godly ones tatter ,and mother. A Christian education, ka pious example, and covenant promises, are treasures whose value is not to be estima ted. ritiiikent, clothing for the body,` is a thing needful. ,It` 1s a - Conifort; an indispensable; and the good missionary often finds himself greatly straitened both as to his own personal wants, and those of his wife and children. It is then a kind actin such c. sgliave r enough and to spare to im part to those who are in.= want. How it gladdens the heart of the minister who wears, his two-year-eld . coat, and who sees his wife ia her:fadedaild drooping'bonuet, and h}4 little ones in their last whole frock gladdens the entire household, to see the , ".mission-box ", arrive. f , Last week we' witnessed a preparation which will make 'many heart's' glad. We 2 `•^ • :- were our' way home from the joyous fes tival.or the ,Semi-centenary .at Princeton, and having a. leisure half hour, we stepped into ilia - Tenth Presbyterian 'Church, Phila delphfli.', There Was the pastor walking around, quite elated,. While some forty ladien , and /Me „girls were, busied about raiment and boxes. It- was the day'for the collecting 'together, assorting and packing, of the, proceeds of four Wionths of the laber and benefactions of the kemale Sewing So ciety', The articles, we shall not attemptlto namepv , Thosnlwlio knew a family's needs, know iihat they Were. We lodked around P alt with Ton*, as well as pleasure. On9,eforner we,phserved to possess peoa, liar attraetionslfer thalittlafolks ;., ands as we stilt shire largely in children's joys, we made Our way thither; The'.'number, vari: ety, anskde l eorations,of babies, and of other3hings in whinh_the,juniors .take lightitias, admirable. All this was , the resultiof the , handieraft•of Sabbath School girls,''And' many a joio4 hour Jiiey' had in preparing theee things, and the benefit to their,owil prihoiplee and,,spirits will be enduring as life. And many a happy 'little one will therebe;' when these gifts reach` their destination. 0. .0". The ladies;'bad obtained through, the Secretary of the. Board ofDotnestio Eris sions,'.and byi other means, the names of needy, missionaries z They had then ob-, tamed the niMihdrsr, sexes"ina sizes of the members of the famqies And well `'may the. people 'orthe place' take'ah intitOef in the. Seleiliery. en' ao tl SID like ' the ark of the :Laid .inthe,hotiaeOrOßED • Briox • &blessing. ;. • MG ~ • 141314111 nowt • • a The ;SeintPeAtanag grinseton Semi, . , , nary, had nuiv:4oDix.oheering.:.:One, was a, donation #wlxtstitationy.of fifty thou= sand 1 "This Brad by' the Idesar.p.4 Tzwe4, safe relaels, of Neu- Yoilic; .66 ; of whom, 4,(!iiirOx L, is a Minis- 'tee.' Twenty •thoigutpd,o4l4s-11111 . 111 • endow eight scholarehipi: abe. residue is partly to prOcure new 'worliViVOirir lyear to for the 14b*iand partly for general : r iturPOPilfL,.. • tiirooginiste, es we were told, of .I. ll.nited.. States six .per. . cent. stooks., The inteieetiodlY is.to be ised,. and the invest " • •" • be h • 'th • life .time to4it :time durpig doors, The favor shown b y Christians who have weaWlitilkeen .. very great. And the Institution a mr,ell•werthy of their confidence and: , benefactions Its pireetore :aro gentlegien of . the highest in elligeriti truest devotion trilpes PRESBYTERTAV ANNER.---SATTIRDA Y, MAY 10, 1862. b rianii tits Professors wereand - arb Yte iq -.. ..,. - ) iimon g the ableft ministers in,the'Church, and, wholly coosecrated to their appropriate work. Their 'hearts' affections`" and life's energies are consecrated to Go'd,in this one thing. They sustain their office; aid their office sustains them. .. 7 , While we note, these things,/ howiNdr, and,, rejoice ,in them, we _would _not. forget that favors in this world's goods, even when bestowediry Cliristinn people, are not . the evidence of superior desert; nor are they things which are most donduciveito spiritual - advancement. God often ehooseti poverty,:as well as toil, for his most hived ones, both individuals andinstitutions, Hence none should, covet, none should yield to 'envy,' and :n'one cherish pride.; We rejoice with'Princeton,"while we Oa r & love - other InStitutions; less faii:trid'in,ti.Oi; Toni things, but ,equally poneecrated to the` great work which has its ,awards hereafter.' AN ARRAND' OF. MERCY. The ;; Letter of. Rev. Dr. Moifmtxx,.•of, Allegheny City, noting mime events•of the , , •• • expedition of our l 'Pittsburgh, 'Landing 'Tenn *ill be "read' with 'miich' interest., The .I:tattle, of Pittsburg Land ing, or ,Shiloh, , field • is'. more properly called 4, , was'llottibre.' "Upwaids of two thonsand of, our brave Men, and' about three 'thOnsand of the enemy, were sent `instantly to the judgment ,seat, above,, or received wounds which allowed them but a short respite , : And about twenty thousand men, of the two armies, received wounds,l any of which will,: maim' them. for'..life.„ ( ; ` Many of the wounded lay long, from. fie ,cessity, without proper attention- agonized 'with pain . It was truly, errand ofi-reercriv Pittsburghers,. Rev Drs - MoliiitEri...and: Howiai)l2eing of the:etiOei.;*to ehaite'r: two steamers, and freight them' with,,cem-, forts for the . sick and wounded, , and, go twelve hnndred'miles to administer,, ' relief, ; _ ,and bring away _a'pertiert-of tlie.suffererS-:,, and all as a gratuity. Christianity prompts to-kindneis. =I EASTERN , -SUREMARW-3, BOSTON, ANR,ZTEWENGLANk., THE YANKEES are'quickat discovering' an opening for - trade. , , TwO:days-afterithe captnre ef- - NeWOrleims had been ieported in Beaton, two Vesiels leaded with lee, .ed from Boston for the former;city., - Such, a cargo _peciiliarly acceptable to oar troops •and 'will 'not be disliked even by te flaming secessionists''' • 41 1 11 E NEGROES .or 'BOSTON, have,`, been taking the subjectqoPthe coloniiationvof the blackS, into Consideration. They are' generally opposed to the measure and .at 'a publie Meeting have passed resclutiona which are substantially as; follows; Resolved That when we-'Nriaii: to"leave' the United States we can find and _pay for that territory that shall' suit his best. Resolved,: That when We are' ready to leave we shall be4ble tO` pay our, penses of - travel! , - - • - • Resolved ; That we difo Resolved; That if abybbdy else' Watifxhif . .to go they must, compel nal' • ' ''•" THE PIIBLI . , Li:BRAY, ps.;posT9N. now, contains, ab o u t cep,htiOreCtbeneand vol 7 orglueki large .pumts,er ; arc ~yaluab le for theii. j .f4i(y. na m es of. twenty- two •• I. two tlioxion Te all . sja y, v isit ors : to' the.ti.liyiu . , 7 . ":lltitv.e al e'ady :The oAmilatiois "of :ths,l)pptip,!tv,mol. ' and, =ea, aggregate, of),oQ e , 871 srolauFee.. - Of' the entire number ta ken . past ;74r.#4.t.hree kER-. and lopt,*:,r,e9l4o4l • ::ciaao, 4 opout,e4 . for at ; • liPke megthis.ai,..,l-TresitMe l () mind a ittiii4d'opt4se to . be PPt into, every} t .fr:om,"the. eollpitison,,ltging u t,wn, 'lfee : be :ie4ttee,tieg if? ("IV, VOA, not a .fie t ro,.i c i t .oon til o o k 'foiary. ~Severid *ti!onn!ncl of I *B4, 0 9 p l ei ! ;sere pnblised,.,yet„lese~tliiap,,swenty-fivei 'different 1,3948N:we Meptituked,,acul- theae, Were RtmoOliimi, it .; TRE , IiikWRitgOEMODFXSODGitiCILII.OITSis , whioh-liai founded by thelatiiMh' AbbOit Lawrence, is .nowcompleted-fandifully tow! .an,ted.f , It is.situated ; note:. fat •fret& ithe leminanik,: and. is fivelistoihiti ;high: ijrhe • structore 13f btick, withrgraidtelandi free;. stone .ttimtnin'gs. • There. are four - ienet: ,menia rowlock . floOrpwah a: , like . aninbtirttif MOM and till the neesestrYeleiete;attlielitial ;to. each: , TheilirpAividedlietch"freaPthbt other by a bricki . agall, and entered•frOml an' `entry-way built of the/same ;Mitt:Aid. i;jEir= ery conventenee4a affo'rdea thei +teal IV ['and Comfoit./lie occupant's.. - The tenants are chiefly 'clerks; miedhani cs . andt' railroad l'employees, whose incomes vary , 'froni' $450 I to t f1.,000 perannuto. . tenements. cost them from $2.56 to 13i25 ,week; Re," cording to / tie location. invariably_in i. 'ad6nce. • ; Ills : entire cost, of the' land arid blinding is. estimated at $3O, 1 , 0 . 00, and : t i ge income nets, about: Eta • per ;cent. Per annum • ' • 111 thy , Cotikreiestional Journal, that: -Miss Catherine Beecher :and a daughter of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, were confirmed-in Emmanriel 'church:Mr: I{ taktington!s, BostOn, by Bishop , Bast-. ,burp,: orlifiabliath evenin,, , Y, the 6th inst. It Ishir to 'suppose 'that the former-of these two,: the .4fistrong-minded;" who heti writ ten ',so bitterly of the •Aootrines. of grace, yr ow .find , rest. It wo'ild_give plea Sure • to : many to 'lear' thattshe.Werei really: anal permanently confirmed 'in 'the! evaigeliddi ,faith of the Thirty-Nine-Aitioles. v4ActrY • ' •Taa'DE;;.,fa . Joan a L I ES • D.Z., ix-Presidentl ', of ' the University of Veiinont, odic plg6"wi . II In, t gl; csittjr-foui years; age': 'Was:!:istrn - in 'Oxford: . N. - .lt, lolidusite4 li t Diiittonth College; 'h • 1810; 'and; ' few year as 'pistol. of the; Vioalkiegsiti t imal olitiith, Windsoi, tir...Wiletireir'Wiii. twice elacted President of the Uniiersity of Vermont, and filled 'office ' sixteen 'years. , • . N.Elf;kosl.g.K. • ,Titz:BANIE,RENtrto, shows a.ltery increase. in.. the line of deposits., ..The4nitt on deposit, on ,Saturday,, at . close of the week, was slos;623,ooo,,whereasrthe Aver age line of tho, rn week Ei Ikboit,four i mplionp lees. There' is another 'mod erate_ gain on the specie . ine, and , an inoreaee ; of 0,00 in goirhi l and discounts:'' Ttio'sPste,nient; i consids`fid: ifthou l gh it shows a large ,expansion, yeti-. says the World, the policy of the-bank Managersiin forcing thae 2 ' inflation": of Arice's: by every means in their f p"ower' t intigGoviiinment ae curities, is calculated to command the confi dence of the mercantile community, and tends to advance the interests of the _ nation. If there must be an expansion of ibians and rise in Prices,det 'them both ape 'Government rate as 'm possible THE , BETTEM 4StiEPEY or IMHNEY, in the shape, of Government disbursements, that is beginning to be experienced, together with .the,lateness of the Sring, argue a -continitation of business, per raps, through out the-'month - •of June. The- interior is very lbarelof pods, and as fist as the people Cap obtain the 'funds they 'will • purchase supplies: The high price of plain cottons of; cowrie, prevent large sales, but these-rates have 'been so: long maintained. , that , the :publietonecessities will. not iflow them to be wholly 'neglected. Collections continue to improve, and this is evideice that -money is morn, - abundant throughout the interior: • ' HIE TriCSITPREME COURT, the 22d'uli.. awarded $B,OOO ..per annum 'alimony, to Mary A.l;in.Singer,'Aiitorced'from Isaac M. Singer, the irea,t sewing machine manilla& 'duet': said that the ,;marriage` of 'Singer' with. this woman hn ,of more thin , doubtful ,legality, as he 'haeandther "Wife This is the:'heavieit'alitnonY' al lowed within reCollection.3: the `custom'' being t r e . pl'op l ortion it .to tliOnecime Of the 'crelin4nept.,' - ' And, t wa shown in evidence that Mr. Singer's' ippome;mus, AZOO,OOO pei annum THE , N6wA r iork'says i Very interesting serviiies, *ere held, on Sabbath eieni)k - hist, at the University Place Pies; byteriaeclitirelf?(Ret.:Dr.' Potts') on the ''oecasiou of the ordination,--brthe Presby ter), of New-YeThr i cifiMriCharles,walloyd, a member of the graduating_ class at Prince ton. '31r4,14d laTeipecting_to leave', for ,South Xfg-kca, --where he will be employed as a. missionary of the iresbyterian Church. The sermon? on - „the occasion ' of his ordien .Pien, :*.iteaOhe'dAY.,'Aqi, Dr, Pot*fr.qm -Ir. ~Co xyl:'9,"" 170 i, a great door, anbeffee tufa iS.opened,unto me, and there are many adversaries .!'• -Dr: P. ' - stated subject to : The' obstaeles to 'missionary labor, and the encouragements 'to 'site prosecution. The Rev. Dr. Rico , proposed, the coostitu tional. questions - and, made the : ordaining,. b ~Fa yey, ati p . ,,c.,,p.,rge w t0 ; ,,th0 ,missionary delivered. Awg-i k, of the` Vc r y 'enty r thi4, l Strs.et Presbyter l ian church:. The , exercises, ogre. - interesting throughout and a good impression.... Was Made in behalf of,the. great causeto ;which this young brother hm,huert eo,usecratgct!' ) 511111 TaE-Rxv Pir-llotill - sTiiiiiopas- -At for of the 'Reformed Thigheliiireh - Al bihy, has , '-heen"ftlled 4 fO'llie':fiasttirate of ' the Reformed:.Dutch „corner , of 'Fifth Avon° and'''TWentphrst 'Street", and will ei;ter,iipori the - quties,of thiEraieW field of4abor• - about thel , lst of... June. Dr. Rddgers was : ,"I!,t- one pastor of `the e Seirenth.Presbyterian , ,.ohurch.; of "%Um:lel :01a) 6 . 1 4: 00'0 4 4'g ilier. ..- 1 03rtdrian church in Augusta, Georgia. , • 1 AT - Afin f .` _th e Tt, ed Duteh.Clasais. of. Bergen; 'Mr. Matthew ..Brown „Riddle .was ordained to the full work of ;the ,ministry, and , installed pastor iof the'Reformed Dutch church of Hobo Ir' Riddle is aison oi the .iiev;;Dr. pastor.of 'the 'Third T!res h h f Titsb erum : ! o nrg . - , THE. Ehtutik'n?.-Siuriziurf OIRA.B,D have, reeovered'amerdioiagainat the-.oity of Phil adelphia for .landslitoiSchuyikill County, tlievjudgehbliliDA that provision •of . • f ,iebtittoy orders -that the „Vie Cumulations .of the..property should , be perpetually added touthe bulk is illegaliund , consequently void . ..Aceording to this daiiion;lllK(,-iriiid intiiitate, •iiridibie t y.eigtit'A.the day:of.tl l 4'diiith 1 / 2 "Pst-: ed.uin Iya *elm.. It is supposed„that the, ISupreine. , Court Of .•the . State reverse thieldeeision.-“If it does not,..and the Uni ta& . Ellitteel'igriprenie 'CoUrt sustains the beire,l4a. *T i ll:''of Mr. Girard ,7 is „I,46kert,, ithe ptirilese of his, life defeaiedi Vest college and cbarity.swept away; it ' the Reformed •Duleh-ohnreh of-this , city; ac t il".4od"'the' 41:pAri4pent Lae lif:011 7 : feiied oni him , to .beeome one of the Seere-- 'toles of` tlie'Amerioan'sible'.Socsiety, 9t` lastalliaraday.aftemoon prayer,meetinF held ii'"the' bhitioli) is )ingeonlex.ion:*rith.frhii Old 114olifiel : • Preiby, terian phirehes,i tovitazig itikdrfrateynal ... 12.' V • • 7, • ex- Pr, Blo 9l l K,FtgartaPd.4fectioz):wlrP m?de the Rev. ..Dr: •Riv. , Mr:- Crowell• and.others. .i . i , i - T,gceigAglCATi t ' ",",' %Vet.; ;ff. liolatial,;•11.- D., late,Preaident of Lafayette .oollegei was , installed, pas , tor Ote thlo• l olfatch 'of Plainfield, New- ' - ' • Bev. G. W. MoPaAm, D. D.;•President of Lafayotte, College,. has blimp-released-from the paitOral.,,oharge of, , thei,Spoond .P,res- ; bytenen,,ohore.h, Easton,Pa y . : !, ,Rev..I:t . INI3D'ALLE has -been' releaTed ftemlherinite-of the SeeorLdTreabitetiiin Qhnroh Veimantown, Pa.. Rev. J; LalrprOr, pastor . the char h CoiehOhoe6n, having - 'WiitiAed.:hur • Preshy.fprx, of his iiitenaikkititgrn tote Chi xoli of _his' Fathers?,!,, the Ep,iseOlial •_Qhurgli, the. pastoral ?Mallon wasdia,-. solved, and, hia•naine erased. from thp:kall lof his PrOihytay. " . . ibe Presbyterian Banner: !!: 6huiclo *Wt. hltOtt a full meeting, o.t y tae Congregational . .ohurelianol" . B6eiety,o ',* Edgarthwo, Maas, held April 2Bol, 1882, the following reso lutions were umilnously,adked . : , E. H. tbrv i in, the, w;)r.7, thy This 6,1.ar0t * - about to, leave for ano#uir ',field ye lepori.ao Wh9re as the, will iiirry;:#ithip,,iiierever hi,may go, the lcipdeit, leelfnics , and eiirnentAitires of all for' his fattite:iiiiiiiiefitY. Reaolyed - - do. most deeOl'iltOgiet. ) 'o.4." ; 4juirigß,ii °f.'s minister skfaitif4l , :frill 'effitielS :ed and iiiltliel3*(l;..lut iliac; Who* pr . rehi:o4 have:lietead44.ill:Mo ./13,401;14*F0‘.'1!4. ,latisfaetiOn t h e last two . Resolved, Thid while, We, fifif,BB',l:[l a oultiv47ed ''eCholar, a `f'4l4, and :it Wprthy deClare our antirel,o#l-, t d&kee him as a man o f ChriAtian (Air"- Resoltrld,' That ,we p„ati; aiid liekeby.do, PHILAIDELPHI4. without reserve, recommend him to any and all other churches as an able minister, and a most zealous advocate of the doc trines of the Gospel of Christ. Resolved, That a copy of these resolu tions be given to Rev. Mr. Nevin,'and also that they be published in the Vineyard Gazette, Congregationalist, Boston Record er, and Independent. BARNARD C. MARCHANT; For tbo Presbyterian Banner The Expedition. In giving, at: your request, Mr. Editor, some asocktuit of the expedition to Pitts burgh Landing,; I, do not pretend to give a full history. Neither your space nor my • time allows me to,do The expedition was prepared and executed under the im pulse or the humanity and patriotism of bur chin* most it was one of the Ost honorable that ever engaged, their.benevo lent offices. There was . .time for 'preparation,' but the provisions made .were on the most liberal scale; and in`the selec 'tion of persons, as few mistakes were made , as ii . woula be reasonable to expect. AbOut fifty persons were engaged as physihians and nurses. I call kt,tho Good Satnaritan enterprise : our, brave Men' had failed among thieves, were"strippedind - woundediind lett half dead, andl OUT - citizens sent and went to their relief. -; It required' haste. The distance was l tikelkie hundred miles!' Materials were sup- SliedsfitiihntidanCe. These, willing hands '.denviiii'edrduiiii,e' the doWnward trip, into ', bedsteads, beds, pillows, sheets and shit* for the expected 'charge. All was coin *. yleted 'and arranged a few ours before we ,reached our destination, Pittsburgh' Zand iing, on Wediiesdaj,evening., • ItTO time' had :teen rost; although tlie'.'Sabba`th was not ' spent in labbr Only e:feW minutes were takeic3l a, of 'stampede; while lying to, of an 'officer, to* tin ',through • portions 'of Fort Henry, Picking up,yincelf of old iron and Cutting yOttog,wood*.for can* as' memerithen *of - the place. 1, - Aetk u avoidable 'delay' at ; d ive short time to see the Wale Y .;think, some of • out nurbbCr aiiiyairto 404 ..by candleligl4t; 4,. . Vetter •opporitiniti; however,,wis - 4fered tte next morning 11 o'clock.% ' l . l '" ' The., battle-field not a narrow space which one'eat glance over , with eye, at - once; 'or 'walk over' in a few minutes. It extends 'Tor mileS along the 'riliei:and 'for miles . bault - ' froin the •ii4er; ". Fr o m the` -- , statements Made arid from the !Ile; it I ° l6o' hAvirexteridedltea,sii: miles .aronglialiver; and eqpiiror 'greeier'ais lianas - Wok'.bittle• over the - campWier:CT:on SibUth, liffen — our men li.were Weed banV, most of :them slowly and • •with 'fieree reeistan ce; - to - the frige r ind Monday, when they regiiitied• their posi .tion and_Arove the enemy with terrible ear - nage-frolkthe entire ground."' The/Tillable ••marks of 'the'battle were trees; in csouai'dera ble number', 6t'off by osiiiion ` bails; bullet in the bodies 'of treee,' and broken' lirobs.'hiSging dkiwP;' dead hcirees lying armiti#,` Amite half buried:aidothers r half burn ed; ;and - mere'sad' tbi%ii`all, graves, Bonielif theie t restingiplaces "'of the braWeWere marked-with head boards ,:*!rile long spaces of reiteritly"inoited'Saith • showed Where lie, in indiseeiriiiiiite masses, the bodies . of the deluded Mid-guilty rebels who ia , great• Numbers' Tell;r4en the' : yie r tO-' ; vion,sltonday of the battik ... Mid' were lift on, the! ,by the ronite&fecm The hands Men did'the hest 'they &Ail& for theinV'liemmitted theif"hodies to 'the' !grave.i • TCslio*"how• thitiklY the" bullet's' flew at some, , points, over this extensive field . of death, the •trees are Ow 'one, , .a..physiCiim of the company me he, • :counted over forty bullet marks : myself; counted thirty-three on one side of a me-' 'di Mit -sized • oak'-the z ) side,`froM = which.' our, 'ran: fired:, *Cone-paint ; p thieket• • a• of, underbrush ' growing; ',volleys . • 'of bulletsl had Cut' Cif the teis • of :the twigs • and :bashes, as if it were donir;Witleti iAtir\ "scythe; • •--leaving -searcely • any';;CUlirekeii.• battle ground mostly - bantam:l - with woothe in irianyjilaies quite open; kid WWl' 'tome .celbivateir fields, here hi" there: The surface tie though n of r wgfi , aS B'l sailt ..• ' • '-:'• 41. 1 1,•TliutitattY;:the 'eernpfial' „were bentid, - anct the' 51farei4e'drepPe'd .down four Sines to Crump'S where a wharf-boat answering for - a - -hospital. ' , Hite commenced' the'reception of the sick. It l wasikdre.arrplace: -The interior of the; boat . was 'Surrounded with temporary berths;' scale two and some three tiers high, the . loWer tierheing, the; floor— IA! each berth ' were 'two, ,men. .;.The interspace, on, the, Poor, was 410 : with-men laiderosswise. ,:afie air :was TOppreßlie, the •looksj i pktbe , lmen, showed feebleness, distress and-,,dee porldepey; arrangementsmere aialthiefoi,..iii,remeril of a,portion.of them, "Alonzersed „with! quite' a number, of the, men— c all deeme& their removal : from 'there. ~ e ssentias e to tbeir yecoyery:... And. when ; it • was an nounced,that the men weuld;be i taken, it , was : affeeting,. • hiiiond any thing,that I ever.twiPnessedo,o , . seeklthe Tioor fellows, creeping out of their 'berthei and, tottering .toward the .door, : 80104, trying to dreg : their knapsacks alonvwhieb theY were toorWeak to lift, anksome:tao ,stand while .a gentleman . ; could take deown. their , names. There was,a,-con- siderable number of coarse, : who •had -,to , •be carried on, litters, some -, of- *them -were ;en rely,insensi ble., . Ow a.gold.iproperp, .tign are. in, the *ay, ot ,recoveit though ,some .haye i died. One, by.one,,,thoae able to wall; with help; were o .9wOuetecLteittbith places . , on lair boat and ,laid.on 80 4.4 1 . 1 kfa1.. 1 440 0 hopeful, - for I •3 ' , The boat nev i :went down . ,,to savannah, I Ave, nailes;turt,4er,. Tliity ; is:* pleasantly situated place: On,,the East side of the Ten nessee,as Pittsburgh and 4 .Cruznp i s are OA • the West side.-_,*yannah a great mili tary depot, the, place where - troops, and, sup 'pliesi from Nashville strike the Tenuemee. g e re sorne,ileisys l were encountered; owing' - P.9 6 . 4 .4:0 1 ‘Pedie44 1 P 2 PeaVhav ,, isg.takeA tp,,, overlicee,.,hut o cirecl,nature's, sweet rest orer ; brought bettec prospects; in , the; morning; Apo. the.sick .and _wounded . men began. ta, hreughtAboard of !our :boats, the fmr. - o ° l / 6 °ol having reAeitiedm : the j oyen,ing,befere... The sad freight.ottheeeßittsburgh,boatemas, copi plated 'by, twe 0',c1e0jkAv...4.., and with, over ; :four liiindiek of the!deay,•, brave, : u o boys±in charge begano OW, 19meA4131104)a?Ae 10.4Y,w4erS:ef . " , As they came on bearkthe mepawere;all carefully .washed—;i mgin Alm! !pry sick ones and - others Were. furnished..th e means of f washing , themselves.. Ilhey f pr. g y ot • regulai supplied, three,titeep‘a.,iday e mith locmi —7 hearty ; food .for , ,,thel,wCwisdp4,..and suitable, delicacies the' sick., : -Tea, a . aree)- 1 01 1 410N-Yrtttii%ile,ele their - , drinks, acep,rding„te.,t,,hc nacre ~of their cases., These 84. f1.R148 444-different Pl 2 74 o Ste, ••er,here, they could, r!a ; 41.4 bcsl/4_talsr XIV 11 190 ePDT ,v,emen-AY r ffiaPP l 12 9m,e• Blegyof them, deribt,„reaelflakhom e before we did. ' . . , Jo conversing with those men, as _I bad every facility for" doing,. I found some re ligious, and nearly alineaustomed to attend church. Deep anxiety Was shown by sev eral; one died, not withiint a hope in my heart for his future weal--be was appar ently so frank in acknoirledgment of_his sinfulness, and so humbla the Saviour.- Another ,fieligiout has been a great thing for me bothhetore . and_ knee I was wounded. In the pocket of another who died was a Testament which showed, much use, being worn and crum pled quite out of the shape of a book. Along with ,the Testament, was a small da guerreotype of a young lady. . I have only time, before abruptly break ing_off my letter, to say:'_Olii;how much do we owe to the brave, men who:have en dured such hardships. for ottr ; _conntry and for ns I _ J. F. llf.a.,aunn. Church Clerk Commissioners .to , the.lieneral Alsembly; •Pacartrrtatrs. MINISTZMI. • ELDERS. . ~Chicago, ' f .11. G. 'Thompson, D. R. Brnse, t - - • 1 M. W. Staples. C. C. hliller,,M.D. 'New Albany, B. J. L. Matthews, A. Kerr. White Water, 'R. B. Abbott, W. A. Pugh, M.D. oxford, " Win. McMillan, N. Wade. M ar ion, '• ' . • • J. J. Walcott, •Jam McLean. Bioomington - • R. Conover , D. C. Rayburn. Alleghinf Cliti,• L. IL M'Aboy, A. Cameron. Salteburg, : . • W. r. bio g ., a G.- Miller. • :. Philadelphia, (George Junkin, Daniel L. Collier,:, • W. P. Breed,'. Winthrop Sargen t. Phila.Central,. )G. W. Musgrave, Wm. A., Piper, M.D. ' 1 1.. M. Christian , Gilbert Combs. Chillicothe, -, , Wm:-Gage,' • Joshua Robinson. - Olncinnatl; fA. J. Buyncilda,. Joseph Anderson, ' -1T: P. DOrtelyon • • ' B. 11. Leavitt. Muncie, tW. A. Hojlidai, . James Brown. „ Huntingdon; ' 7 f GlIW: Zihninem, ' 'Hon: Samuel Molt, - . 1 G.-W. Shailikrf. James L. u winn. , • .Cedar, ' . ' 311: L.Theldiike;. 1 ' '-J.M. D. Burrows. Allegheny„: /oho Coup , . Joseph Cummings. Blairsville, •' ' Wlllktife Burlington, ' WllliaMlThneher, ,; • 6. H. TaniGeldcr. Lewes, ' C: IL Ilitieand, - John A. Nicholson. Newcastle, fJ. G. Ralston, .. - :IC. J. Dickey,. W. C. Roberts, JeffereSin Ramsey. Ohio, , ' ).George Maraludi r , James McVey: IWin. Si. Paxton, W. N. Burchileld. Baltimore, : JJ. C.. Backus, . Wm. 8.-Canfield, ... - 1 Cyrus Dickson, David Stuart. Louisville, J Stuart Robinson, Bat rett, 1J J. L. M'Kee — Johnston. W. Lexington, • R. J. Breckinridge, •••• Dr.-Button. Schuyler, , . ~ I . J.Warren v lt. W. Smiley, • J. M. Chase, ' J. P. Wycoff. Miami, J. 5../Lemper. - . -..II: Stoddard. Madison, F.M. Sytnmes, •••'. Prof .'M.' Sturgis. Indianapolis, A. C. Alien, . Cbae. Ceurepbell. :- ' Passaic, '' ' D'a'vid Irving, ' ' J. D. Veimllye. • .Mew-Yorlt, i. 4 . .. .aa!illsO e tt, :, i, ...M: N: L ord, . . Stey peon; - Buld 'Conger, - I . J: C. Lowrie, ' ' :A. B. Belknap. ,Dee Moines, J. P. Brendle, A. M. Rogers. Wooeter, T. Barr, T. Gi. Hays. Thlknouri River',:" D. L../Ingbes, . 3:0- kliCandlees. Redstone, Hugh 0. Itostkorough, James Allen. , , Dubuque, John M. Boggs, , Wm. C. Morrill. :- - Toledo, , s • r . ,John Steele, • • Dr... Hunter. :• • • . ‘ .7 Phiblidik2d, ' . J: K Halsey, J. B. Mitchell, -,•• . : : ~..•• •• 1. Belville, , • • Men B:Weitr.• • .:IllOrthtiiiihettrd,. T. 11. Grier • M. C. Grier, . _ " • • H. L. Doolittle, I. M. Gallaher. Mllwaukle, J. Monteith, •. ' . 7 W.L. Condos. .. • , Newton,.. r. JP. :r.lnlshl:e:, it/1 1g che,. I.rtD ..... . Went Jutish I, -,. Moses. Williamson ,. ;, R e uben Hlnchman. Donigal, • -'• ' Jaince Smith, ' 'James - Gilbreith. - Nassau, f - Stead, W. Pierson, •lI - •••..., ••: • - clle - A: R. ;McFarland. Reidminvi3ll4 l nits and Cereals, ' If,•Thit late ttiosts, is far as wohan been to 'learn; saia'the;Pittsburgh 'Gazetti„havii ! calisnd no seriais.hojtiri to the'Friiit'bids,' and the pros pects for'beavy• oropstal% dot been lo'flattering ifm; several years. Vegetation has been some what backward in Western Pennsylva nia ; but ;an counts from the neighbo ri ng soinitifis'represent ; the grain`fieldif as lookingAtniiikalily',Well. ' In the Etiatern section of the StifeVvegidaticiri is 'at least a week or ten days in advance-of this West, but yekthe recent frosts have been'harnf less. An Eastern.eschangsays , "In rep)yto several inquiries , adiof us with- In the last feirdayi; touching the m 'ate frosts and their effect upon the fruit , -buds;we - can answer that we .have observed no injury whatever. A Ifew strawberry blossoms -in ad,val:!ott, of :the gen ;eral appearance have been ° destroyed; hut some cherry,, 'blossoms which had opened' their petals, have not suff ore d. 'Even : the young ,raspber ry `shoots, nearly or quite as fender as anything in the garden, have escaped.'" • " Mr. lohn'Streeper, of' White-mars'h, left at this office, on Saturday last, four stalks of rya in head, thus, anticipating: the usual-period,, the firs of May, by nearly a week, and showiOg4hat4 'though We ; have had a very cold Spring t aiii :crop; at least, is fully to the 'general pin* of s.thagroirthe' 'f.' - •*. _ • , To , thet Bon. E d win Al. Stanton, Secreta;.y of f . :Wqr,:—Wi have the enemy's, ramparts, .their 'gus, ammunition, camp equipage,.etc., and hold tin entlre,line of his works, which the engineers repert as being very strong. I have thrown. all cavalry and horse, artillery in pursukti;s4p . -, Ported by infant.W. ' I inove"Gen.'Frinklin rvution,.and•es,mueh more.sts'l`ean,, by water,inp. ,to / Nest: Point, to-day. No, time ; sha,lll be. lost. ,Our gunbots have gone up York river. I omitted to state that Gloucester is also in onr,possession., shall pursue the enemy to the wall. ••'. • '[Signed) G. B. M6o4,Lthr,ll4.•Gen MALY 4--11:2Q A. , M. ~,pro 40n. Edwin M. Stalqon4apretary of War An inspectioa just made shows that the rebels . ritiindoned - their wOrlie,' tdrktown, two ihree-inch rifle cannon, two Tour and a-half inch rifle caurion,iixteen 22-pounders, six 42-poand-' era, nineteen :: 8-inch Columbiads, four DOlgreens, one 10-inch Columbiad, one 10-inch. akiitar,.one 8-inch siege howitzer, with carriages 'and iiiiplemenis complete ; p 164.3 supplied' ;with 76 ro - uride of round shot-end' inuniziiitian't . 11 2 n the ramparts there are. - also four. magazines, Which have not yet been -examined.---This does not include the.guna left o at, Gloucester Point, and their other works to our left. ..'[Signed] Gen: • • •.. • , • MAY Di • To Ifon'.' E., it Biiiiiloii, `Se retary Our cavalry ancilorsa artillery came up irithilta enemy's. rearl guard,; in ..their. ,, entrenchments,; :att9pt two miles this side of -Williamsburg. • A 'brisk fight ensued ;just as my Aid left, Sozi,th's division of .infantry arrived on the,growid, , and, ''l presume , carried his'works, though , not 'yet heard. The enemy's rear liut'l taie : force enough; up there tot answer all 'purposes.; have.,,thus far seVenty r one heavy zuns,,n , Urge amount of tentq', ammunition,. etc. All 'along the lines their works prove to have - been( moat forMidable, and' I am now fully satisfied or the correctness of the course I have pursUed. • The, success is brilliant, and you may rest assured . , that its effects will be of the greatest inwortance. There shall be no delay in following up the reb 'tels. The 'rebels haVe been. gdilty of the most murderops and barbareus' conduct in placing tor pedoes Within ihe abandOned Works---4iiAr wells, ,spring4flagstaffs, magaiines; telegraph, offices, in carpetbags, barrels of flour;etc. Fortunately, we have not lost many men in this manner—some four or'five tilled, and, perhapS, a dozen wound.: ' prisoners remove them at their Own' erik • • Corteakondaitee 'Between C9m - Farraintt 'and • the Mayor of'Neiv . The following correepondence between the Mayor of New'Orleane and Corn. Farragtitt, the commanding "officer of the Federal' eitnadrott,is from the' kichmond E nquirer: • i • • UNITED' STATES FLAD SHIP HARTFORD,' • Off IWO leans; l ,4prtl.26, 1862. • To hiitExceileney; the. Mayor of the City of Nati; Orleans : —SIR: - Upon my arrival before your, city; I had the honor to send to ypur 'Honor,. Captain Bailey; 'of' the United States Navy, seo ond in command . of the expedition, to demand of y o u the‘surrenderof New Orleans to me, Regis representative. of the Government'of ithe illnitett! States. Captain.llailey reported the result of, as interview with yoUrself and the military atathori-• ties.- occur to your Honor, that it within the province of a' naval officer* lo`assufrie the .duties of a military commandant: I canto here, to reduce, New Orleans. to obedience to.the laws of, and to vindicate the, offended majesty of the Government of the ..I.Tnited States. The rights of persons and properly shall he aedured. therefore, demand of Jits•repreienti- the unqualified isurrender of ithe'city, and that the emblem of, sovereignty, of _the .thaitect States he hoisted over the City . Ball, the Mint, and the Custom Jlouse, by .meridian this day., All flags and Other emblems of soiereigritly ether than these 'of , the - 17nited 'Statee;' to be removed' from all the:_publicobuildings; by- that_ hour.•• perticularly t request that you shall exercise •S our authority.to quell disturbances, restore order, and ball . upon'all the-good people pf , New Orlqane,:o 'return at once tolheir vocations; and I. &Alit& larly demand that no person shall be - molested• in .person or property, tor professing sentiments of —MoDonsalk... O o:ooitker,-* • • " 1 James W. Balaton. Yorktown:—Dlipatches of - Gen. McClellan. MAY 4-9 A. Tot: E. 1 03'1!•; G. B. MeCLELLaIr, Maj. Gen loyalty to their Government. I shall speedily 1 mod severely punish any person or persons who shall commit such outrages as were witnessed I yesterday, of armed men firing upon helpless women and children, for giving expression t o their pleasure at witnessing the old flag. I arm s your obedient servant, very re s s i p o cn e tf d ul . ly, D. G. Fanaacurtr. Flag.Offioer Western Gulf Squadron. TUB samr. ~ • . MAYOR'S( Curr ies, Carr or Naw ORLEANS, • City . Hall, April 26, 1862. , • Flag-Officer D. G. Farragult, United States Rag Ship—Sir: In pursuance of a resolution which we thought proper to take, out of regard for the lives of women and children who still crowd the great metropolis, Gen. Lovell has evacuated it with his troops, and restored to me the admin istration of its government and the custody of its honor. I have, in couneil with the city father, considered the demand you made of me yester day - of the unconditional surrender of the city, coupled with the requisition to hoist the flag of the United States on the public buildings, and haul down the flag that. still floats upon the breeze from the dome of this. hall_ It. becomes my duty to transmit to.you an answer, which the universal sentiment of my constituents no less than the prompting of my o'wn heart, dictate m e on this sad and solemn occasion_ The city is without the means of defence, and is utterly des titute of the force and material that might enable it to resist an'overpowering armament displayed in sight of it. lam no military man, and pos sess no authority beyond that of executing the municipal laws of the city. It would be pre sumptuous it: me to attempt to lead an army to the field, if .I had one to command, and I know still less how to surrender an undefended place, held as this • is,"ltt - lbe mercy of your gun ners and your mortar's. To surrender such a place were an idle and an unnecessary ceremony. The city is yours by the power of brutal force, not by my choice, or consent of the inhabitants. leis for you to determine,what will be the fate 'that awaits us. As to hoistinf any flag but that oil our own adoption 'find allegiance, let me Say to ion that the•man lieeti not in • our midst whose hand and heirt-would not be paralyzed at the mere thought of such an act;.nor could I find in my entire constittiency so wretched and despe rate a renegade tii'woula dare to profane with his hand the sacred, emblem. of our aspirations. Sir, yon have manifested sentiments which would I become one engaged in'a better cause than that to which you have i davoted your sword. I doubt .not-but that they. spring from a noble though de luded nature, aid I howto appreciate the emotions which iniipirii - theni. You have a gal -1 lent people to administrate during your occu piney of this city; a.people sensitive to all that can in the least. affect their dignity and self re .spect. Pray, sir, do not fail to regard their sus ceptibilities. The dblitatiana•*which 1 shall assume in their, name.% shall be religiously com plied with. 'You ma,Y!tinkt their honor, though you might not eouutt on : their , submission to un merited wrong. • , In conclusion, beg you to understand that :the people of New Orleans ' while unable to resist - your force, .do not iAlow themselves to be insulted •by thi4nterferinee i nt"anch as have rendered I :themselves odious and contemptible by their dm- Asedly dmiertion of our cause in the mighty strug gle in which We /Cie engaged, or' such as might .remind.themkso poWerfully that they are the con tquered ,and you the conquerors. Peace and ;Order maybe' preserved *without: resort to meas ures which I could not at this moment prevent. Your occupying the city does.not transfer allegi ance franC4te . gtiverninent of their choice to one which '.theylhaii , e deliberately repudiated, and 'they bt4, y,teld. t tloit ; „pbedience_ which the con queror, is entitlid to extort from" the conquered. • - Heipatiffully.'yours, • iSignml] - Mormon, Mayor. tiOril i doir.liiiichell'a Command. . - linursvma, Ax.s., April 80.--To Hon. Edwin if Staiiteni;'Setritary of •War:—On yesterday, the enemy L ltaving Aut_ ottr wires and attacked, dur ing the night, one of our brigades, I deemed it my duty to head in person the expedition against Bridgeport. started:_Pra train'of cars in the mo'rning, followed by„two .additional regiments :of 'infantry and two Obineanie:a of cavalry. I found that,our pickets - had engaged the enemy's picikets,_four miles-from ißridgeport, aid after a sharp engagement, in which we lost one man ' killed, drove them across a stream,' whose railway bridge I.had • burned. At. : .three o'clock P. hi., we' advanced with four regiments of infantry, two pieces tifertillel,' - draggetiby hind, and two companies ,of cavalry to the bridge, and . opened Our fire upon the enemy'srpickets on the other s'i'de, thus producing the impression that our ad 'ence would , be-by, tharelway. • u ;This accomplished, the entire force was thrown aciross the countryabout S. mile, tind'put on the road leading from - Stevenson to Bridgeport. The whole column now advanced, at a very rapid pace. Our' cavalry scouts attacked those of the - enemy, and them friam- the Bridgeport road. We thus succeeded,in ; making a complete surprise, and d'eliberateli 'tumid our line of bat tle on '.the , •crest of a;ivooded hill, within five hundred yards of the _works constructed to de fetid the bridge. At our first fire, the rebels broke and.rani - • Thatattenipted to blow up the Main bridge, ,but si fealed. They then attempted to ;fire the further ; extremity, but the volunteers, at: My &ILI ritsited - foiiiard in 'the face Of the • enemy's , fireatid :attempted to save the bridge 'from the island to the main shore, but could not do it. It ''is` moment, its length being only about ifOur..hundred and -fifty. feet. The .pritionere i triken,report, that five regiments of in fantry an'eeighteen hundred:cavalry were sta tioned 'at the bridge. This campaign is ended, and I now. occupy, linnteville i;t perfect. security, while over all of otliteins, klUrth of the Tennes see other tag brit that of the Signed : , , ITONELL. .at Brigadier-General. Hon. 4dwin Iff. Stanton, Secretary of:Mitt Esrlylesterday morning, my troops croondirtim,,,the....Teland to the main shore, and neptnred two ei.x.-pounder cannon and their tuninitilitioal!'The.inha`biients report the enemy to have retreated in great con fusion. Signed 4 (5. We'liiiion.ELL, , •Brigadier-General. tHuttrinriz.lte, -May 4.—An Axpedition from Bridgeport crossed the river on May 1, and ad vanced toward Chattanooga ; t welve mires. They dapttirad a lot of military .stores i together with the'Southern mail by railroad. A panic pre -Veiled Chattanoo ga. ' The enemy are 'moving till property in the direction of Atlanta. 'There :ure' . not Fiore than two thousand troope at. Chat tanooga Tliei deittroYed a saltpetre thanufac tory in -a 'cave. ' The expedition- returned in safety with the captured property,.„,Another ex pedition penetrated to Jasper, where they found a strong:Union feeling prevailing. the same day a skirmish took place with the enemy's cav alry at Athens. Our outposts were drawn back, but on being reinforced • the enemy retreated in the direction of. Florence. There are straggling bands of mounted men, partly citizens, scattered long my. entire line, threatening the' . bridges, one of which they succeeded in destroying. 0. M. ,MaTouELL, Major-General Clnnthinding. Southern .Ports to be Opened -to :Foreign COni- ;unification. WASHINGTON, May 4.—The following import ant. circulars have been addressed to the foreign Ministers, announcing the. reopening of commu nication with Southern localities re-conquered from the insurgent Ai . DiPART;VINT OF STAT3I " • Wafithhigtol2, May 2 ; ! 1 : 62 . • Sir: —I have MAD honor to state - for your in foraiationytliktlheniaile are non'allOwed to pass to /Aid friturNew-Orleans, and other places which. having kieretofore been seized by insurgent forces, lave since been recovered and are. now occupied Wl' the land and naval forces 'of. the United States. _ ' is projier, however, to add that a military Surveillance is maintained over such mails so far as the Government finds it necessary for the pub lic safety. lam sir, your obedient servant, WM. H. SEWARD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, • Washington, May 3, 1862. Sir : have the honor to state, for the infor mation Of your Government, that a Collector has been appointed, by the President, for the port of New Orleans, and that necessary preparations are being made to •tnodify the blockade so far as to .rfermit limited shipments to be inade,sto and from that and one or more other ports, which are now 4 olosed by the blcickade, at a time and upon :conditions which will be made known by procla- Maim-iititsj, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SnwAan. =in Rebel. Graves. • The numher.of ;graves found in. the vicinity of Manassas are, s said to exceed three thousand. Tlie rebels,..trotit estimates made, lost by disease at , his famouS . enoarapmentAoVer five thousand men. • 3