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EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE
The Italian Question and its Probable Solution—
The International Exhibition and its
Th 4, Public Moralist's Remarks—Death and
Ch,, , n9e—lllness of King Leopold—The Arch
'
bishop of Canterbury Ailing—Who is his Proba-
Successor P—The Bicentenary Commemoration
'r. Miller and a _False Step—Canon Stowell—
Jim Letter and Speech—The May Meetings—The
Weskyan Missionary Society—Dr. t Once Ser.
mow and Speech—Evangelical Anninianism and
Calvinism—Church Missionary and. Bible Socie
ties—Lord Palmerston and the Bible Cause—To
ry and High-Church Hostility. ,
- LORD,ON, Nay 9, 1862.
Tuu ITALIAN QUESTION seems at last
to approach its solution. At Paris the
Empress and the ProrPapal and U I train° n
tape party have made Napoleon 111. pause
and " palter in a double striae," until at
last the British Parliament, and, Lord Pal
merston, above all cried aloud and made it
impossible for the Emperor to preserve his
prestige unless a decided step was taken.
Pamphlets then began to appear, preparing
the way. Cotemporaneously with this, M.
Lavalotte, who had been over and over
again baffled at Rome by General Goyan,
the Empress's spokesman and the Pope's
lacquey, won the day at the Tuilleries,:and
now goes to Rome, while Goyan is politi
cally snuffed out, i.e. recalled as ambassador,
and shelved for life by being created tv
French Senator. Then just at the right
time the " Honest man," Victor Em
manuel, goes Southward, and his appear
ance at Naples not only elicits the most
frantic popular joy, but brings out,uninis
takeably before the world that even the
Southern Italians will not accept either a
Murat or a Bourbon, and that "they will
have ptire and none but pure." Four
French ships of war appear in the bay. of
Naples, alongside of British ships, to do
honor to the King of Italy on his arrival;
and more than this; Victor Emmanuel
publicly declares that France is as anxious
as he is, that the French garrison were
withdrawn from Rome, and that the Ital
ian question will be settled this year, and
that by and by Venicia shall be free.
" The result" of Victor Emmanuel's visit
Naples ii is declared, "goes to show how
this pliable people may be governed. The
King is evidently pleased with 'his Nea
olitans, and they boiling over with en
usiastic loyalty. , '
THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION has
daily visitors, and these include stran
gers from afar. The price of admission
for this week and the next, will be five
shillings;, then will come half crown days,
and after the first of June a shilling will
secure entrance for the first four days of
the week. The novelty of feeling is not
so great as it was •to those who remember
and who visited the Exhibition in Hyde
Park, eleven years ago. And one of, the
journals gives eloquent utterance to the
feelings sugge.sted.by this fact la the' fol
lowing language
":The ; world has had its •wish, and the
4 day dream' of the. first of May is over.
The Persian conqueror surveying the hosts
that, followed his stan,da,rd, wept to think,
that within one hundred years not one of
those warriors would be found alive. The
Jews wept when, they beheld the second
Temple, all splendid as it was, for they re
membered the glories of the , first. We
dreamed a dream, yenterday and it is over;
"In 1872 we.may have another pageant,
and in 1882, another in 1982, the hun
dredth perchance.of its race. But not one ,
of them can ever be like the one that pre
ceded it, anyonore than yesterday's meet
ing was like , the fairy Meeting of, 1851.
Dreams die as well as men, and these are
of them." , c , .
.4fliese thoughts were suggested ' , by the
line in the Laureate's Ode:
Let's have our dream to-day."
But it is not to be forgotten that to mul
titudes there will be a fresh and " fairy
meeting " now. Those who were boys and
girls in 1851, are now young men and•wo
men, and free from the nursery and school.
They will now come in troops to see this
wondrous collection of earth's products, and
of the achievements of Science. and Art.
Besides these, myriads will dome to Lon
don who never visited :the metropolis be
fore, anti to all these the Exhibition will
be a cynosure and charm.
.Change and death go on without check,
even in the midst of this pleasurable ex
citement,-and very soon the ranks of those,
who thronged the great building at Ken
sington, nine days ago, will be decimated.
I referred in my last to the presence in the
procession on= the opening day, of the
Archbishop of Canterbury. Dr. Sumner
took no audible part in the ceremony, and
the prayers agreed on for thenceasion were
read by the Bishop ofdtondon. The Pri-
Mato is in his 82d year. He was a few
days ago seized with paralysis (a-second
shock, I believe,) from which he has par
tially recovered. But he is reported as
" very weak," and at his great age he may
pass away any hour, suddenly. He is a
true saint of God, and of a thoroughly
catholic spirit. When the Bit% James
Sherman—long known and honored as the
successor of Rowland Hill at Surrey Chap
el, and afterwards pastor at Blackheath,
Kent—was dying, the Archbishop sent a
most tender and sympathetic message to
him. Dr. , Surnner was, as Bishop of Ches
ter, an incalculable blessing to the manu
facturing districts. He encouraged not
only Evangelical clergymen, but he joy
fully welcomed some of the best and ablest
of 'the Irish elergy—men who to national
fervor and , eloquence, added the crowning
gifts of i t ited • piety, and Christ - like zeal
for the'll''''tion of men, and whe are par
excellence preachers to the poor, and faith
ful visitors from house house,' in a way
that Oxford and Cambridge meld' rarely or
ever have rivalled. Here in the Metro
politan •See, the Archbishop has behaved
with great wisdom and discretion. A Laud.
was once at Lambeth; his very opposite is
I there now.
But if he die, who will be hiiisuceeasor ?
That question is beginning be asked,
and, no doubt, also among the occupants; of
the Episcopal Bench itself it is biting pon
dered. Lord John Russel it viraii;''who was
; the means of translating Dr. SumUer from
Chester to' Canterbury. had Loill „Derby
been then in poiver, another, and a!, tfigb
Churchmen, yet agi moderate and mil as
(could have been." found, would doub,tless
Above received the raetropolitan ,mitre.
Wow we have a Liberal Ministry in pirtaker,
,:and if the Archbishop is called away,` we
'can predict that his successor will not'be
f -Samuel of Oxford , at, all events. No doubt
;lac would be "nothing - loath," and with
t s 4 bated breath," and whispering humble-
mess, would promise to be very quiet and
3 0lerantas that is the rok prescribed PI..
modern Canterbury Archbishops. But
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Palmersten will take care not to ask him to
"go up higher." Of other Bishops on the
Bench, the Bishop of Londen seems the
most eligible, as respects peace and quiet
ness. Dr. Tait - is prudent to a degree, is a
" compromise" Bishop to an extent which
startles us outsiders, while in heart and
life he is , a true Christian man ; so that if
we are to have the continuation of an Es
tablishment, by all means let us have him
at Lambeth. It is greatly to' his honor
that he takes a deep and practical interest
in the foreign.. Protestants=thus reviving
the memories of the Reforniation in its best
days. His health is not by any means ro
bust;_he had a serious attack of illness a
few weeks ago, and .his aspect is that of a
man whose phYsical vigor has been some
what marred by . labor and great responsi
bilities. His face is " sicklied o'er with
the pale cast of thought," and while only
about fotty,four years of age, or rather
less, he looks considerably older. The
Archbishop to-day is reported as rapidly
recovering,
and he is so universally be
loved awl revered, that his life is precious
to `the nation.
THE BICENTENARY COMMEMORATION
is still kept steadily before the mind of the
Nonconformist Churches of the land, and
awakens considerable interest, if not anx
iety and anger, in the breasts of the Evan
gelical clergy. Some of •them have 'ap
peared on i platforms;; one at Norwich,:
where he made the strange declaration that,.
basing his faith on the language in John's
Gospel f , " Except s man be born of water,
and the Spirit," he held,fast the doctrine
of regeneration in baptism, while he
" could, yet , subscribe to •the blessed and
holy doctrines that are called Evangelical."
Dr. Miller, of Birmingham, has, affirmed
that the, Prayer Book does not teach, on the
question, of baptism, opinions different from
the Westminster Confession-and Catechism I
This excellent clergyman seemed on the
high road to promotion, and;people expected
some years ago that he would be soon num
bered among " the Shaftsbury Bishops."
But he has injured both his,prospects and
usefulness, by getting into a violent passion
because some Nonconformists at Birming
ham spoke--r-arguing from premises to• con
clusions which to them were self-evident,
and not making allowance forunconscious
mistake and wrong impressions—as if the
Evangelical clergy were hypocritical and
insincere. Dr. Miller thereupon resigned
the presidency of the localiauxiliary to the
British and-Foreign Bible :Society, and
went so far as to,say,snd.publiely through
the Record to demand, that• the Noncon:
formists,• as, a body, should' disown the
charge. made by some of their: number
On the other hand,'Canon Stowell, of Man
chester, published his opinionsto the effect
that he could cooperate,; and was resolved
still to cooperate with Dissenters •on the
Bible platform. On that. avowal he has
acted-nobly this very week,; for ;yesterday
I heard him deliver a temperate, loving,
and catholic speech at the great Bible An
niversary in Exeter Hall, while Dr. Miller
(who spoke the .day before at the Church
Missionary meeting,) was, to his own great
injury as a public man, " conspicuous by his
absence." '
THE WESLEYAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY
was foremost, this week, among the lists of
the •May Meetings. On' Saturday last-it
held its Annual Breakfast in connexion
with its Mission to China, which has proved
a great disappOintment from the false con
fidence placed in the Taepings: On the
Lord's day, anniversary — sermons were
preached—one "by the Rev. Dr. Cairns; of
Berwick, on the words of ''Mal:
"Ahdelightsome4and "—a very impressive
discourse. Next day the" Anniversary
Meeting—very •numerous-was held in
Exeter Hall, and the irksome of the So
'cietykvas announced as itpwards
000 for 'the , year. Among , the speakers
was Dr. Cairns, who was "received with
great enthusiasm. He said he felt it to' he
a high honor- to have'ibeen invoked to
preach in Wesley's pulpit, 7 and to have sat
in his chair. , )He was a Calvinist, and , be
tween • the Scotch Presbyterians and the
Wesleyans , " there had been mutual horror
and suspicion," but now it WasUot so. His
Calvinism was decided,. and it was greatly
confirmed-by the fact that' God had raised
up each &man as Wesley.- He added-that
his Calvinism consisted •in 'believing two
things : fire, that all goad 'in man Was
from God, all evil from himself and Satan."
This was warmly cheered. - He further
added, that in all matters pertaining to• the
way of a sinner's justification and,sanctifi
cation, Calvinists and Wesleyans were cor
dially agreed. It has been- often remarked
in my correspondence,'hoiv , the Arminian- -
ism of English Methodism is-not Pelagian
ism; how it would be almost iMpossible to
get up a controversy such 'as was waged:
between TOplady and Fiedler of Mad
cley ; and how the Atonement and True
Sacrifice of-Christ,l apprehended by faith,
and the Regenerating Work of the Spirit,
are the safeguards and salt which make'
Wesleyanism a mighty bulwark against'
error and a blessing to the'people of
kindand. ,
THE CHURCH- MISSIONARY SOCHETY has'
held its anniversary. The Earl orChiehes
-ter occupied the chair. Four Bishops, one
. Dean, seven Canons, a large body of clergy,'
with .noblemen; honorahles, generals, and
other gentlemen, occupied the platform.
Thn'cliairrnan, among other aliening re
marks, expressed a fear that, European na
tions were too prone to regard;he 'present
war in America as a grend,military apecta
°le, rather , than to appreciate the
,direftil
effects which' that war,woidd Produee, by
retarding' the spread of thajGospel upon
that Continent - ,tud'the withdrawal of, the
Americans froni missionary Operations.
The income for the year was Z 136,898.
The country auxiliaries had been more lib
eral than ever before, — and . 'even distressed
Lancashire had contrilitited its full share of
the increase. This liberality, I may re
mark,,is, to all Catholic-hearted Christians,
delightful and cheering; heettuie that - the
Church Missionary Society is'theologioally
sound to the core, and is' very direful' not
to employ any clergyman -who')does not
preach; in its fullness, the glorious Gospel
of. Christ. Its Committee' are iamong the
best men in and around London men,'
whom to knovi is to love and honor.
The Treasurer Mr. John Thornton, has
died during the year.. He was the 'son of
the excellent city merchant who was John'
Newton's friend, and whose benefactions
were almost unbounded. Even when lasses
of ships at sea, Ste., fell upon him, that, with
him; was, argument net to refuse applica
tions, but to give , quickly:
There is - connected 'with* this `great So
,
ciety, a Missionary College. It is situated
in the parish of Islington. Among its forty
two students Are young men of color from
Africa and elsewhere. it has furnished
many excellent and able men for the for
eign field. •
It was very gratifying to find that the
Sierra Leen° Mission is 'now selfsupport
ing, and a " Pastoral Aid " Society has
been spontaneously formed by the native
churches there. It was • pleasant also to
hear the Bishop, of Sierra—who had just
returned, after running;safely the gauntlet
of those pestilential fevers under which
two 'or three of his, successors perished:very
speedily after their occupatiOn of the field
—tell, not only of .numerous and intelligent
converts, but also of a native ministry being
raised up. He distinctly declared that
there was the amplest evidence furnished
from among the.Afriean native Christians,
that intellect and heart went largely to
gether ; andi he said that: if he ,mentioned
one clergyman at whose feet he should like,
when in Africa, to sit for his own spiritual
edification, it was Mr. Jones, a black cler
gyman.. ,Certainly ,is worthy of , remem
brance, that Augustine and Cyprian, and
many, more of the early champions of Chris
tianity, were of the African rano, and that
if Slavery has degraded it, and Mohamme
danism in Africa long. ago robbed it of
pure Christianity,, ,the day must 'yet come
when the sons of ! Africa shall , be ennobled
and elevated, intellectually as well as spir
itually. ' • ' '
, The vernacular '.schools in 'lndia; sus
tained by the Church Missionary, Society,
'are important and valuablOnstitutions.
The'religious mind of Western India is in
a state of unsettledness, which; it is' urged,
should be taken advantage of by the Church
of Christ.
THE BRITISH, _Azv_n. FOREIGN BIBLE SO
CIETY yesterday presented a noble array of
friends and supporters.' Lord Shaftsbury,
the PreSident occupied the chair, *and an
nounced, amid 'mid: apPlause, that Lord
Padmerston had • given £5O donation, and
along with it had said; "I am most' hapPy to
do any- thing in my power, for so admirable
a Society." I presume that' Lord' Palmer
ston never appeared before_ among the
prominent supporters of the Society, unleas
that he has been a'subscriber to the local
auxiliary at RoroseP,'his country reaidence.
But his public identification with the 'Soci
ety is likely to influence Many others in
high' places. Lord Derby, I 'a.m'afraid, and
D'lsraeli, as well, with . the Tory party gen"-
erally—sothe in Ireland, Where they are
zealous friends of Evangelica/ and anti-Pa
pal views—do not support the Bible Soci
ety. -Whit they help 'is tlie Bible and
Prayevßook and Homily Society=-the for
mer being sent out with a safe interpreter.
The'High-Church 'party, the Tractarians'
and -ot - course the Broad Churchmen; all
keep aloof from a Society'whieh admits the
cooperation of 'Dissenters; and which' puts
the Biblefirat, and sends'it forth unfettered,
and without note' or comment. In a coun
try town where 'High-Chureh reigns r at the
Rectory, a few church laity, with the Wes
leyans and Dissenters, are the sole support
ers of the Bible Society: .
The receipts this year are larger than
ever - before; amounting to nearly 1,168;000
the - issues, from ^home depot,' 998,955';
from foreign depots abroad, 595,291 copies';
being a total. of 1,598;248 copies. The
total issues of the Society from the begin
ning, amount to 40,919,474 copies.
P.-Si-The visit of M. Mercier to• Rich,
mondlias excited considerable speculation
here tand at Paris. '-The Times 'deprecates
any attempt at mediation by England be
tween-rthe North and the South, and it
spealor the sentiments of the Cabinet `and
country, notwithstanding the distress banded
to trade. An officious ConamonerlS , to ask'
questions to-night, with a view'of obtaib
ing from Lord Pahnerston liome , assurance
that he will offer the mediatiowof England.
" These .Northerners,". says the" Miss, " do
not yetlVant peace upon the , basis of sepa
ration, and these Southerners.are net pre
pared. to , go back into unconditional sub
jection. If any -such desire'' existed on
either side, they would not require: a diplo
matist from Europe to give it a voice.
When it comes to• the' treating point, we
shall be very much mistaken, ..if these
Americans do not show themselves quite
capable of making their own conditions
without reference to any foreigner. At
this moment both sides have much stronger
arguments for peace than any Lord Palmer
ston could urge., Does Mr. Stanley ima,gine
that what we are suffering, in Lancashire
can compare with the distress which, is en
dured in every State { of the Union which is
the scene of war ? Can he not think that the
7aralysis of industry,- the stagnation of
. de, the suspension of credit, the looming
crash of bankruptcy, are all monitors,
which
counsel • peace at_ Washington and Rich
'mond,- quite as, forcibly as any dispatches
from London or Paris could do
The correspondent of the. Times at Paris
says, that " it is, reasonable to suppose that
M. Mercier's expedition is with a , view to
an armistice, and that an armistice which
precedes a serious- arrangement must neces
sarily be of some length. The Fruppror
believes, tdo—and this belief is shared by a
majority of his ministers—that the Tees
tablishment of the Tinfoil is hopeless. He
thinks that the military honor of the North
- has , been saved, or redeemed, and that fur
'tiler earring° is withont 'object; -Te
gards either glory or interest" The
peror is largely influenced "by the disdon
tent=%;which accompanies suffering aniong
the4Working peopleltidnomrnerdial eldsses
in -France, and Which; in most , part; are
attributes to . the war , in Ainerina."
"'Manhattan," the wild Abolitioniliteof.
respondent 'cif the 'tendon StandaFd,''ii&l
cusps General McClellan of pro-slaveryand
treacherous designs;"' and other Generale
are,' ike hini, encased of pandering to 'the
South, and not'flghting in earnest:,- beektisci
each has an eye to the Presidency in 1.8164.
.70r..thei PreabyOrlan Benner
KITTANNINV, P&., May 22,1861:
'Having noticed some weeks sinCein'the
Banner, quite a - compliment - paid to some
of the Presbyterian - clergymen, in Pitts
burgh.indi vicinity, for 'their patriotic& and
self-sacrificing disposition for the protee-
Sion and defence of the legitimate Govern
ment of our country, and the honor of the
flag of our Union—by devoting their sons
to the service of their bleeding obuntry, to
share in the dangers and the glory of-the
camp and the field, some'sending one, and
some We,' into the, field—i
,i3end you this
communication in. references to: one of my
old friends and acquaintances, Rev. Pia. ;D,.
Barrett, whom I know to be behind no one
PITTSBURGH, SAT :R:3 ,JVNE.:7,..:,..;-.18-0,
in his devotion to the welfare of his Conn:
try; and although noticed in the article'
referred to, has excelled them all: Ild*has
sent tltree sons, or rather they inheriting
the spirit of their father,(who,„by the , way,
is of Bunker Hill memory,) have volunta
rily gone to peril their lives in the field of
battle. One of thetn, Henry Kirk White
Barrett, is in 'the army of the Potomac, in
Eastern Virginia, and was in the beta. of
Williamsburgh; another, .A.clolphus Bari
rett, was in Missouri, under Gen. Seigle,.
and' had hard race after theMl rebel Price,
and was'in the 'hottest Of the fight at Pea
Ridge, Arkansas; 'twenty-eight - of hiscom
pany were killed, and every officer either
killed or wounded. He and his surviving
comrades, nothing daunted,, stood:_ up to the
work like veterans,
and feught until the
enemy was "routed. The third 'O
h :Theo
dore Barrett, Was in the threemonths' tier
vie, and is, now under 'Geri. Buell,land has
gone through hard service,. in KentUcky.
and Tennessee, and, in all probability,, will
have 'a share in the conflict loon4peetecl
at, or near corinth, in Missitisipp).*;hile
others are thus brought favorably to — the
notice of the priblic, by addingl,he heine
of iffy friend to the list already . pretiented i
you will oblige your friend,
•
IN AL IYICULELLAND.
P. S. The subject of the foregoing:has
just returned from his mission, on a visit
to his . , family. He is missionary,. to the
Yankton &tux Indians, Greenwood Station,
Daeota Territory, is much plearied with his
position, and speaks well of 'the progress the
Tribe are making"toward civ>liaation. He:
is seventy-two years of age, stout, and ac
tive as one of .forty-five. Was it not•for his
age, there is no doubt but that he would be
with his sons, to battle,for his country.,
MoSlNNrv—Dear :—Please; to
give space, in the columns of your excellent
paper, to an ackdowledgment - for- kindn,ess i
received from the people, of my ,charge,
hoping it may serve as 'a stimulus tooothera .
to do likewise. : ,
On the 6th inst. ? the people my,eon
greg,ation came to myTesislpnce - j. 5, large
numbers—carria g e after l e4rAige,,ar4bug-,
gy after buggy—to gife,me- a "donation
visit," according triannual custom. - The:good,
ladies soon furnished a well. spread table
with ample refreshrnents r which were duly
appreciated by all the guests,,present ; and
having eaten of the goock things provided,
to their satisfaction, the' tablewas removed ;
and social converse, was engaged : in for
some tinie. ,The sun in the Western hori
zon gently suggested that our happy fellow,
ship must, be broken up, which was done
accot.dinglY,:ifte'r - a brief acknowledgment
by the pastcir'tO'hii people.
Praise and prayer formed the'conclasibir
to this visit; then . all:separated, notawith.:
out leaving behind many tokens
continued esteem, both in money attyalu
ables 'eifaiv.4.lent to Cash. - gay the.
eral hearts'be -replenished the‘ggi
haustible storehouse Of Divine `grace,.-Wfaf
sinebre prayst:; T.: ) . SPEtR. •
COLUMBUS , ; ,Monday. Evening ,.
May 26, 1862.
f
I am' located, after tea, r ip eqFiet room,
in a'plea'sant liciuse,,hearing' the "name of
the' Goddizle House. I *ill voile - 1i for the
rooms and - the food, and theiattendance be
ings good, and I presume the felicitous
name indicates the excellence of the ale. :
The establishment is in the keeping ,c)f Mr.
NealH
W. Failingi'formerly of the Neouse,
which he is soon 'to open: again au
tirely. new and elegant building ' 'on. the
bite of the old one. Now for theletter.
J. W
To start from Allegheny city, at one A.
M., to travel tWo hundred .miles to Colum- ,
bus, to meet scores of old friends,lo “look
in" at the Assembly, arid' to Start ' a
letter
back at eight ,in the evening, and all that
under the shade of an umbrageous head
ache is, I reckon, a pretty fair day',s work ,
—ai'to quantity. t should not blame one,
if " he' wrote some 'nonsense, under' such
circumstances: Indeed, I have 'nearly de
cided to do it'myself/ratherthairfall into it
inadvertently. Writing amidst , snch con r.
-
fusion and, hurry, is like winding yarn off
a skein in a hiirry; Is very apt to get
into 'tangles and . snarls;`and besides, in
writing, one is in danger of findina him
self without•the yarn to Wind. -O'r, it is
like the attempted exaction, often referred
to by, writers, of bricks without giving
straw; and in both oases the quantity
in danger:orfallingislicirt, or the product
of becoming just loose lumps• of inn&
The, usual topics, pf, travellers arc scenery,
persons and actions, Now to transfer a
..entienian—l had nlinost said an elderly
gentlemaii--Lfrom his soft quiet bed, to a
railroad car, 'at the 'hour' of dark midnight,'"
and then expect scenery, is hyper-Egyp
thin.: The scanty area and enclosure to which
observation was necessarily restrietc,A, show-,
ed "eliC than a very harnisomelY fin.
fished and"PotrifOrtablY'fiirniihed car of the'
Cleveland-& Pittibuirgh road, and: a ninizber
of humans, in all degrees of inclination'and
curvature, in ordertofayorln imaginary
,sleep. y
Outside I
, flip was beantlfUl scene
but it was'iri t iftrestly - Velted ifilderlin'eSid r
could describe it, with great, confidence in
the cerreOtnesk oft''the detaili. I I could
`name the villages from Sewickley down to
'the eity 'of gteubetiVille. that
the river flowed between banks covered
'with the'fresh foliage and flowers of Spring,
as well is if T had seen 'them: . The Ohio
rolled noblY - along 'over ita , anoient path
way.. The banks of the grand and‘beautiful
riverstOod guard - over' the Valuable' deposit,'
and only opened here and there, to receive
a tributary offering. -
Speaking. Of tributaries' refninds' Me of
a strange and comical' little one, near
Sewickley. It "'comes 'dowisi from Sortie-
Where—its fountains, .1 presume;' arid when .
it comes in I sight; of the Ohio, what 'does '
the little, self-willed' thing do but start'
right' Up the Ohio 'valley; and run" so , foF
two miles, parallel with the great river, be- .
fore itnondescends . te give 'in. - • It , is - Tunny
to see it twisting and' trrniug, hanging
back here and pitching-forward: when -it
gets the least chance,' maintaiiiingits inde
pendence for two miles, and two hortre at its
sluggish pace, before it will'abnegate itself
and join the beautiful Ohio. it seems to.
say, at every turn, 'as it staggers elopg,
Well; we must bear, hardships for indepen-,
deuce • and if I aspire to run up stream, it
is tyrannical to -control roe by, the laws, of
fluids and,gravitation; what are those taws
to me? And why ani I, Obliged to "lose
myself in the great Ohio ? Let the Ohio
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go its , weir, and go-mine. So much for
the. Little Sewickley` It reminds •me of
the chiValrous-boasts of . Secessiondom, and
the puffing and swelling of the frog, to
equal: the size of . the ex. , Secession de
mands that the Majority shall yield to the
minority—:that:laws andi governments
should be controlled by caprice and pas
-sion, and - that fixed and benign arrange
menta should -be abandoned for the dubious
provisions which an, impudent and -intpoi
tent uatirriation can promise. It will -be
-like the snaky Little Sewickley—it will'
spoil some' good land, and gather a few
sticks and "a nasty scum upon itself, but it
will not change the Ohio.
The Assembly is a 'businies body,- of
which I wilL say more hereafter.. We- get
along
and
welly without the Pal
mers and the Thornwells who used to figure
so largely,in the Speeeh-Making way.
I saw a lot of quite respectable looking
Secession prisoners ito-day, as, I came up
from the cars. There:is a large number, at
Camp Chase, vrhich I,shall visit.,
• . •;.! . . - .
The New-Sehoid Asseiiibly on the State of the
f• ~• Country.
At the 'session of the 'General Assembly
(New-Schoid)•'at Cincinnati, the following
resolutions, presented by the Special Cent
mittee on.the state pf, the, Country, through
the 'Rev. Dr Peeman, of Troy,. ,together
With the 'accompanying .'communication "to
the President'Orthe United States;' were
read 'and passed by'a vote entirely unani
mous. , •
WEEREAS This General Assembly,' is
called, in the Providence of. God, to hold.
its iisiii3si'atislis -at a Mine When a wicked
and feerful:febelliOn threaterted . to destroy
the fair fibrie of , our Government, to-lay
waste ,our beloved ,country, and to blight
and, ruin, so ,far as the present life is con
cerned; all that is, dear. to us as Christians ;
'Whereds, Ai a bran& 'Of 'the 'Christian
Church, Presbyterians have ever been found
loyal and the friendsof good,order,' believ
ing, as they do, that civil government is or
dained of God; . that the magistrate is the
minister 'of' God for `goOcl 'f that he " bear
etti not the award in vain," and they are;
therefore; subject to` this ordinance:of God,
not,only, for Iva*" or; under ; the ! influ
ence of fear, ".but also for conscience', Bake "
or under the'nfluence Cf. moral and Chris
tiatil Principle ; :arid;
‘The partiCular ChUrch whose
representatives we arefand'in.isrhose behalf
ye,sr i e now and here, called to, ct, have rip
seribed on our banner, ".The ,Constitutional
Presbyterian 'Chnioh," . 'having neverfavor
ed secession` or nullification, 'either in
Church or State, deems it quite; heed - ming
and proper.in us, to express-ourselves" with
great . Christian sincerity,..a.rul frankness on
those matters which now agitate our
country.
• That we deem - the Goverment,
of .thiso United ,. Stites 'the. moat benign
that,rhas ,eveiblesseti; our imperfect world,
and should be ; destroyed,, after its brief
career of -tinotheyancir, the, ordi:
-nary course`human 'events, can hardly
lie anticipated fora king - tiine to come, and
for .theee reasons we revere'and love it as
one of the great sources of hope under God
for a lost world, and it is doubly dear to
oiir hearts because it was procured and
es
tabli§lied by the'toil, l sacrifice and blood of
our , fathers. : •
WAL,MPO
,Resolved,, That rebellion, against such a.
Government as ours, and , especially by
thosewho have ever enjoyed their full share
of 'ifs piofeltion` honors rictihlessino•s of
every.- name, Can have no excuse or pallia
tion;and.can be inspired 'by nnother motives
than-those of ; ambition and a,varice,;andean
find no parallel except in the first two great
rebellions=that Which upbraidedtheThrone
of, 'Maven direttly;and that which Peopled
our World `with miserable apostates.
That whatever diversity of
sentiment may - exist among us respecting,
international wars, or the appeal to the
sword for the iettleinekt of points of honor
or interest between 'independent nations,
we are all of one pind on, the subject of
rebellion, and: especially against the best
GoVerninent, Whioh God, has yet. given' to, ,
theWe'ild ihat - Oni'vesti army now in the
field is=to' be, loOked upon as only a,great
police _force, organized to Carry into effect
the Constitution, and laws, which insur
gents, in common with other citizens, have
ordained by their own voluntary acts; and'
which 'they are` bound by honor, and oath,
and conscience, to respect and obey, so that
the strictest advocates ofpeace may bear
a part in this 'deadly struggle for the life
.of the Goiernment. -
Thai: while' we' have been 'irtL:'
terlY Shocked the-'deep depravity of the
menwho lavelramed and matured this re- .
'bellion _and who .are; now; clad: in .arms
Manifeated words . end :deeds ; there,. is
anOtherfelislbund the'loYel States who
have
exeited a still deeper_ loathing, some
in "Congress, high, civil life,' and
Tomn: the;,ordinery. , -walks of .business;
who never utter EL manly thought,or opinion
'in favor of the, Government;„ but . they fol
'low'it,' by way Ceinnient, two or threb
smooth apologies ” for -Sontherd'inentree--
tionists, presenting' the. ifference ..,,between.
an open ;and avowed enemy, in the field and
a secret and invidious foe in the, besem. of
our own finiily
Re:Weed,' That in our opinion, this - whole
insurrectionary movement "can be traced to
one primordial root, and one 'only; African
Slavery, the love. of it and a determine
.
lion to make it perpetual; . and while we,
look *O6 this war as'haVing: one grand end
in view, 'the restoration: of the Union; by
orushing.out the last.fiting And .Manifested:
fibre.of rebellion, we hold that,.everytlting,.
the institution of Slavery,
,if, need be, must
be made *bend to tins` and While
the' htinienity and Chria;
tian benevolence, we may conimisserete the
Condition of the ruined ; rebels ; once in fra
ternity with ourselves, I?:at,., _now—sktoild
the case occur--despoiled of all that . makes
the 'lliad deer ti s t,lieni, we must be; et the
same' time, ethietrailied''-ia feel that the
itributiOns has been: self-inflictea, and must
ndd-- 7 .Fiat jwtigiaTnizt codum. ; . .
Resolve4,.thO we have great confidence
Gin Abraha m tinceln, President of the
United ;::and and'his Cabinet, and in the
Commanders of our - armies, and our navy,
and the 'valiant ken. of this - Republic, pros
ecuting a holy warfare „under their banner;,
and.
..we ,hless.GrOk.thet hafk.stood by,
theinand'eheereittliell'on in what we trust,
aid. taiia'a darkeit diys of our"
country's`" humiliation., and crowned thedi
with,. many signal victeries. Knowing that
ultimate success is , with God alone, we will
ever pray that the last sad note of anarchy
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and misrule may soon die away, and the
old flag of our country, radiant with stripes
and brilliant with stars, may Eigain . wave
over a great, undivided and.happy people'.
Resolved, That we' 'here in deep humility
for our sins and the sins of, the nation, and
in heartfelt devotion, lay, ourselves with all
we
, are and have on the altar of God and
our ceintry, and we hesitate not to pledge
the churches and Christian
: people under
.our care, as ready .: to join with us in
.the same fervent sympathies and, united
prayers, that our, rulersin the Cabinet, and
our Comfnanders in the field and' on the
waters, and the brave men under their kali
ership, may take• courage, under the assur
ance that the Presbyterian Church of the
United States are with them, in heart and
hand—in life -And effort--in this fearful,
existing conflict.
Resolved, Finally—That a copy of these
resolutions, signed by the 'officers of the
General Assembly, be forwarded to His
'Excellency, Abraham Lincoln, President
.4:)f the United States, accompanied by the
-forlowing respectful letter :
Ta fhe Pre - sic:lent of the
,Unitett States :
The General Assembly of the Presbyte
rian Church, holding its annual session in
the city - of Cincinnati, Ohio,:, in trans
mitting the foregoing
_resolutions, beg I
leave most, respectfully to express in a
more personal manner the, sentiments of
our ,:Church in reference to yourself
and the great s issues with which you
are palled to deal-, It is with no desire to
bring a mere tribute of flattery, when we
assure you, Honorable Sir, of .the affection
and confidence of.. our .Church. Since the
day of your inauguration the thousands of
our membership have followed you with
unceasing prayer, beseeching,the throne of
heaven on your behalf
_ln our great
Church Courts, in our.lesscr judicatories,
in our weekly assemblages, in the house of
God, at our family altars, in the inner
pliCe,of prayer,
,you lia.ve . been the • 'burden
of • our petitions • and when we look at the
history of year Administration hitherto,
and at the, wonderful way in which this
people have been led under your guidance,
we glorify God WI your behalf. We give
praise not to man, but to,God. In your
firmness, your integrity, challengino• the
admiration of even our enemies, your mod
eration, your wisdom, the timeliness of
your acts exhibited at critical junctures,
your''
paternal ,words, so eminently fitting
the chosen head of a great people, we, recoo.-
nize the hand and power of God. ~We ,de ;
voutly and humbly accept it, from him, as an
answer to the 'innumerable prayers which
have gone,,,tp from our hearts. We desire;
as a Church;. !to express `to your our rever
ence, our love, our,, ,deep sympathy with
you in the greatness, -of your trust, the
depth or your personal bereavements, and
to pledge to you, as in . all the future, our
perpetual remembrance of 'your befote'God,
and all the' support that loyal hearts can
offer,,, We have given our sons, and some
of our ministers, to, the, army and navy.
Many of our church members have died in
hospital and field. We are glad that we
haVe given them, and , we exult 'in that they
were, true to death. We ,gladly, pledge as
many more as the cause of our country may
demand._ We believe that there is but one.
Path. before this people—this gigantic and
inexpressibly wicked rebellion'muat be de
stroyed ; the interests of humanity, the
cause of •God and his Church demand it at'
our hands. May God give to you his great,
support, preserve you, impart to you, more
than human wisdom, and :permit you, ere
long, to rejoice in the deliverance of our
'beloved country in peace and unity.
(Signed) • ,
GEO. DuFFIELD D.D Moderator.
EDWIN F. HAT KELD,D.D., Stated Cl'k
Wm. TERLiNct, Per. Clerk, p'ro. teen
WILLIAM H. BROWN, , r
,FRalni F. ELLINWOOD,'
PROCEEDINGS - OP, 'ME GEN
ERAL ASSEMBLY.
COLUMBUS, Onto, May 1862.
Tenth Day.
MONDAY2MORNING,—May 26.
Prayer by the: Moderator : '
The accurate count of the vote taken on.the
adoption of the paper on the State of the Chureh,,
preiented by Dr. Breckinridge, was announced
by the Moderator, as 206, for its adoption, and
20 against.
.The ballot for election of. Professor in the!
Danville Seminary, was had,, which resulted
-166 votes cast, Dr. R. L. Stanton, 165 • Dr. Da
vidson, 58. • -
The subject of ,the institution of an Endow
ment _fund for the Relief of Disabled Ministers,
was resumed'upon` the' Reports of the Committee,
which elicited considerable discussion. Dr.
Dreckinridge dissented from, the proposition of
endowing a permanent fund. He said that the
Presbyterian Church had= the least number of
needy ministers , of any Church in the world.
Dr. MusunaVE argued in favoi of Judge Leav
itt's resolution fordnvestment - of such surplus as
'may accrue from year to year; and at the same
time invite le,gacies, &c.
Dr. LOWRIE moved-to refeeto a committee of
three Elders and and one minister,- to report at
the next session of the Assembly. Carried.
Judge .Linn, ttr. Jones, Pa.,' "Judge Lea
vitt, Ohio, and,E. F., Maurice,-,New-York, , ivere
appointed.
Judge I.:Ea.virrrrhoved'a resolution of thanks
to Dr. 'Jones, for.services as Secretary of the
Fund for Disabled Iyliki A ters ; he having served,
without'any . charge upen the fund. Adopted.
(Dr: Jones IS sustaine&by special contributions.)
Members of the Boards of Education, of Pub
lication, of Foreign Mission.s, of Domestic Mho
pions, and Directors of Theological Seminaries,
were then , announced, as the result of the elec
tion Of Yesterday.
Dr. Dosfoii , -filed the- following diasenting
Minute in relation to Dr. Breckinridge's Taper :
. , . •
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, Columba,,
:May 26; '1862.
The undersigned requeSt respectfully that the
following Dissent be entered upon the records of
thiti Assembly, :
Ist. That while thepsubstantially assent to all
the principles asserted , in the .paper of Dr.
Breckinridge, presentedd to the AliSembly,,andby
them- adopted, asftheir solemn- deliverance,' they
,yet dissent to, the form and; manner of its intro
duction.and adoption.
2d. They further dissent that, 'llo' eircum
.stances, as,they believe, palling for, such deliver-,
ance, at the present time, surround our Church,
'but rather that- thelpresent condition of some of
the churches will be
,damagedbylits utterance.:
3d., They further dissent, fru. that, in this den,
livertuice, the AsSemtilklitisrcentravened the 81st
Art, 4th Sec , of the Constitution of-the:Presby
terian Church, in its spirit and, in its words.
'Signed DirBIONT;
, R R ALCM:
rending the discussion; on the two Itoports of
the `Committee on the difficulty between Dr.
Breckinridge, and Dr. Robinson, the- Assembly
adjourned. . 4 ; 1
AFTERNOON SESSION,-2, P. X.
' Prayer byltev. Mr. Woonwiiin.
I The , .first.thing in:order:was :the reception tof
,Reports of - Committees
,() . n Synodical B l ecords..
The ianous.committees reported upon, the records
xitferredito‘ them, which , wervginerally tipp . rofed".'
Dr Binipxson made l an explanation in refer-.
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6nce- to the matter in contest bet Ween himself
and Dr. Breckinridge, when thia hater followed.
in a counter-explanation.
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Several delegates who, were absent from the
Assembly when the vote was taken yesterday on
Breekinridge's paper, were allowed to record
their votes, and all voted . Aye I
The unfinished business being taken up, Dr.
Mamma, continued his remarks, in relation to
Dr. Breckinritige's resignation, and offered a sub
stitute for the Report of the Committee, which he
called a " compromiii paper " He thought the
Assembly bad Waiting to do With'personal mat
ters bet Ween brethren . . " ; Hi objected to the third
and fourth resolntione, and thought their adop
tion would tend to sow diseord.
,The, vote was then taken on Dr. McDonald's
substitute, which was lost—yeas 49, nays 9.5.
The minority report was also lost.
Dr. CHRISTIAN moved that the Assembly have
a recess from 4,1 to Eii• o'clock, and'to close at 91,
whith was agreed to.— •
The resolutions in relation to Dik.BrerkinL
ridge's reatztation.of the• Professorship ' at Dan
ville, wereall adopted, after some amendments'.
The discussion was altogether of a friendly, and
amioabie 'Character ; and the result }I4II be that
Dr. ,13.4311 retain his position in the Seminary.
The Colonisation Society was recommended to:r
the favorable eintisideration of the churches.
Tlie : Committee on Foreign Correspondence re
,cOmmended that &proposal be addressed to the'
IrecAltool General Assembly, and also to the'
Geifeidl AssemblY of the United' Presbyterian ,
Chuich, to interchange delegates at the annual
meetings of each; a minister and a Ruling Elder
to be the delegates, which was adopted! Ad'
j ourned.
The Moderator being ill, Dr.Junkin was called'
to the Chair.
The Committee on Ells and Overtures submit
ted a Report, accompanied by the following mot
talon '
Resolved, That the General Assembly regrets
to see the spirit which seems to be manifested in
the resolution of the Synod of Missouri, believ
ing it calculated to encourage insubordination to
ecclesiastical authority, and to manifest a want
of proper respect to the deliverances of this
body.
in
The Assembly having already, reviewing the
Minutes of the Synod, expressed its disapprobar
tion of the Synod's action alluded to, this reso
lution was laid on the table:,
The Order of the Day was taken up, being the
Committee's Report on Systematic Benevolence.
T.he report was adopted by an almost unanimous
vote, and three thousand copies of it were or
dered to be printed and distributed among the
churches.
Rev. Dr. TUSTIN offered the following resolu-
lions
Resolved, unanimously, That the thanks of this
Assembly be and they are hereby tendered to the
editors and proprietors of the Daily Ohio State
Journal, the Daily Ohio Statesman, the Presb,yte
rian, the New-York Observer, the . Presbyterian
Banner, and the Standard, for the very satisfac
tory manner in which, they have reported the
proceedings of this body.
Resolved, unanimously, That the gratitude of
this A sseMbly , i6 due • and is hereby tendered to
the citizens of Columbus, 0., of various religious
denomination's, for the generous and cheerful
hospitality which they have manifested toward
the members of this Assembly during the present
session.
Messrs. Mitchell'and and Stevenson offered ad
ditional resolutions, thanking the Governor, Dr.
Awl, and the Moderator.
The , *hole supject was recommitted to Dr
Tustin.
Dr. ROBINSON'S Protest against the action of
the 'Assembly' on' the paper presented by Dr.
Breekinridge,, was then read by the Doctor, on
behalf of hiniself and other signers, when it was
ordered to be put on the Minutes.
Dr. Roo, from, the Committee to revise the
Book of Discipline, _submitted a report, sug
gesting that said said committee be directed to
meet in the First Presbyterian church, of Pitts
burgh, on the 22d of July nest, and that Dr. C.
C. Beatty, of Steubenville, be substituted for Dr.
Peck, and Elder R. It. Reed, of Washingtop,
for Mr. T. C. Perrino, on the Committee.
This report was adopted. .
The Assembly ordered, that three thousand
copies of the 'Revised Book of Disdipline, be
printed 'by the Boird of Publication, for distri
bution among' the churches, immediately after
the Committee on Revision,finish their work.
The Comprehensive Church Commentary ques
tion *as taketrup, and the whole matter referred
to the next General Assembly.
Dr: HOGs . offered a resolution, that the Stated
Clerk in'having the Minutes printed, be instruct
ed to leave out the Southern Synods and Plisby
teries.
Dr. Dimon's. said he was not prepared to thus
recognize the independence of the Southern
Churches, and could not, therefore, vote for the
resolution.
, Dr:MoDounn also opposed the resolution.
Dr. SrmvpmsoN did not want the Southern
Presbyteries and Synods left out; but wanted
them named, with the remark that they had sent.
uplho'report, so as not to occupy 16 much space.
Rev. Mr. Com moved to lay Dr. Hoge's resolu
tion on the- table, .which motion was curried.
Dr. Timm . remarked that the Committee were
in faior ofathanking, the Daily Journal and the
Daily Siateinizin Tor their full, accurate, and sat
isfactory reports - of the proceedings of the As
sembly; and that the members generally bid a
high appreciation of these reports---espeoially,
as other papers had published very untruthful
and unreliable reports--but, as an effort would
doubtless "be Made to include papers that were
not deserving of — thanks, if the committee re
ported in favor of any, which would give rise to
an unpleasant discussion that must be avoided
now, they concluded, though very unwillingly,
to leave all out on that subject. He therefore
moved the thanks of the Assembly to the Legis
lature, the-Superintendent. of the State, the citi
zens, &c., for kindness shown the Assembly.
The motion was "adopted unanimously.
Dr. 4oas, respondedlo the resolutions, on be
half of the people of this city and of the State
in an eloquent and appropriate manner.
The Assembly Was then dissolved in due form,
with- the injunction, that .another Assembly be
chosen In like ,manner to meet at F'eoria, Illi
nois; on the , third Thursday of May, 1.8133.
Closed with prayer by Dr. Hoge; singing a hymn
by the Assembly, and - 'the benediction by the
Moderator. Adjourned, sine die.
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Striking Passages Illustrative of Various
scriptures.
NO. VII.
He shall save: the humble person:—Job
sail: 29.• ." Many preserve themselves by
humbling theiuselves the: bullet flies over
him that stoops." • • - •
When men are east- down; then shalt
thou say, There is lifting up.---Job 29.
•" The •lo,Fost ebbs •go before the highest
tides; and very cloudy mornings commonly
introduce the faiiest days."
I will direet my prayer unto the, and
will look up:—Ps. .v.: 3. ," We must direet
our pwer. as a letter, and then. look, up for
an answer : direct our prayer as an arrow,
and then look up to see whether it reach
the mark." • •
You, that were 'sometime alienated, yet
now: hatb. reeoneiled,.in• the -body of his
flesh through death....= -Col, i : 21. "No
agreement withoutpatonemeno
Vengeance: xii : 19.
" Those that avenge themselves step int4P
the place of God."
The child- qoseph) is not; • and lovhith
er shall L.go xxxvii : 30.. , gcnL,
-ben thought himself undone . because the -
child was sold,. but it proved they-had• all
been undone, if he had not been sold."
In, int - tether's houpe are many, mansions
'" We shell never be at
home u tail vie",'Corlie to .bitaien." -
,
Whatioeveitheldoethigiali prosper.--Ps.
i : 3. 4 , Religioliltittipietyare goody friMids
to outward prosperity,: MAa.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
EVENING: SESSION.
Eleventh Day.
TUESDAY MORNING—May 27.