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Meeting of the Trudges, and Commencement
exercises in Hanover College, Ind.—The Trus
trees of Hanover College will hold their
next Annual Meeting in Hinover, on Tues
day evening, June 17th, 1862, at 7 o'clock.
Will the Trustees please take notice.
On the same evening (Tuesday,) the
Society of Religious Inquiry will hold their
Anniversary, and on Wednesday forenoon,
at 10 o'clock the tivo Literary Societies of
the College.
On Thursday, June 19th, at 10 o'clock
A. M., the graduating class will deliver
their orations aid receive their Diplomas.
The public are respectfully invited to
attend, J.A.Ans WOOD, President.
CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE UNITED PRES
BYTERIANS.
The late General Assembly, at Columbus,
adopted a resolution tendering to the United
Presbyterian Assembly, a correspondence
by Delegates. Dr. PAxTON, having been
appointed to convey the information to the
U. P. Assembly, appeared before that body,
in Pittsbargh, May 28th, when the follow
ing'took plane t
Dr. PAxTON Was introduced by the Mod
erator, as a Commissioner front the General
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church.
Dr. PAXTON remarked that be did not
appear as a Commissioner, but as a special
messenger of the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church, to express to this
bo'dy tbeir fraternal greeting, and deliver
this letter.
The communication was handed to the
Stated Clerk, Dr. PRESTLEY, who read it
as follows
COLUMBUS, 0., May 27, 1862.
-.To the Rev. Moderator of the united
Pres
byterian General ,Assembly, in session,
'at Pittsburgh, Pa.:
Rev. and Dear Brother:—The General
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in
the United States of America, passed, late
last evening, the accompanying Minute,
with entire unanimity, and directed me to
transmit it to your respected body, with
their Christian salutations. Anxious, if
possible, that it should. be laid before them,
previous to the adjournment, it is com
mitted to our brother, the Rev. Dr. WM. M.
PAXTON, who will forthwith return to
Pittsburgh. We trust that it may be re
ceived with, the same cordiality with which
it has been sent, and that if agreeable to
your Jody, commissioners may be sent to
meet 'with our General Assembly, at Peo
ria,. Illinois, .next year. Wishing to you
and the body over whom you preside, grace,
mercy, • and peace from the triune God, I
remain, dear sir, yours in the bonds of oar
common Lord and Redeemer,
CHARLES C. BEATTY,
itoadrator General Assembly, Presbyterian
Mara, United States of America.
"The General Assembly of the Presby
terian Church, in the United States of
America, - in session at 'Columbus, in the
State of Ohio, considering the recent or
ganization of the United Presbyterian
Church, whose General Assembly is now in
session at Pittsburgh, Pa., and desiring to
express its sense of the relations which
ought t, in its judgment, to exist between the
two bodies; hereby, of its own motion, pro
poses, there shall be a stated annual and
friendly interchange of commissioners, be
tween the General Assemblies of the two
ChUrches ; each Assembly sending to the
othcr, year by year, one .minister and one
Ruling .Elder, as Commissioners, who
shall enjoy such privileges in the body to
which: they are sent, as are common to all
those now received by this body from other
Christian denominations.
"The Moderator of this Assembly will
communicate this deliverance ' to the Mod
erator of the Assembly of the United Pres
byterian Church, to be laid before it with
cur Christian. salutations.'!
I do hereby testify that the above is an ac
curate copy •of the Minute adopted, on
Monday evening, May 26, 1862.
ALv.x. T. MoGna, Stated' Clerk.
The communication was received, and
Dr. TAXTON was invited to address the As
He remarked, that he had not
tholiglit4 making •an address, being
charged with the simple duty of delivering
the letter. He would say, however, that
the action of the Presbyterian Assembly
wsa very, cordial, and a warm fraternal feel
ing was manifested by every member of that
body. He alluded' t&the schisms already
existing in the Christian Church, and to
thejoy which had been occasioned by the
successful and harmonious union which re
sulted in, the. formation of the United Pres
byterian Olkurch—a union which had been
most beneficent in its results. As Presby
terians, Were 'should be no difference be
tween them. The whole Presbyterian
family should join, hand-in-hand; and,
even though .a complete union might not
be attained; the great Presbyterian Church
should at least present one solid front to the
world, and, work together harmoniously in
the,llastees cause.
Bev, t ßrAin made a few appropriate and
feeling remarks in favor of " union." , lie
had- heard , .the` remarks of Dr. PAXTON,
with pleasure—eicepting only the expres.
sion. of , a doubt a that the union might not
be complete. lle.could see no. reason why
a full' aud.perfect, union might not, in due
time, be Accomplished. -
Dr. PuESTLEY expressed his gratifiea
tion ,at the , action of the-Presbyterian As
sembly,..and remarked. that.it was a step in
'the aright direction. ,
Th communication was then referred to
the Committee on Bills and Overtures.
The committee reportel a series of reso
lutions accepting the ,prop7ition and eir 7
Fresshm .generous Christian sentiments, all
vf *lick were adopted cordially.
.'l=. s'l
AMERICAN AND FOREIGN CHRISTIAN UNION,
The Thirteenth Annual Meeting of this
very valuable Society, was held in New-
York, May 6th, in Irving Hall. The open
ing sermon was preached by Rev. Dr.
GoDnatto, of the Episcopal Church. The
Society is composed of Christians of most
of the larger Evangelical denominations.
Rev. ROBERT BAIRD, D. D., of the Pres
byterian Church, is Corresponding Secre
tary. Resolutions were adopted and speech
es made, as is usual on such occasions.
The past year has been one of much
prosperity, and the Report gives grateful
thanks. The receipts were $53,644. The
balance of debt on the American Chapel
at Paris, has been paid, as also all other
debts.
This Society should be much better
known than it. is. Its objects and opera
tions are thus set forth in its Annual Re
port :
"The sphere which our. Christian Union
was formed to occupy is piculiar. Its
grand object is to promote a pure Christi
anity in countries abroad in which Roman
Catholicism and kindred forms of a cor
rupted Christianity prevails; and among
the Roman Catholics of our own land.
The means by which it seeks to attain this
object are manifold. It', employs ordained
ministers as missionaries, and also evange
lists, colporteurs, Bible-readers, Bible-wo
men, and school-teachers. It labors .to
'gather and build up Congre,gations, Day-
Schools, Sunday-Schools, and Industrial-
Schools. It assists in the work of edu
cating young men for the ministry, in hir
ing places of worship, and sometimes in
building 'chapels. Occasionally it com
bines its efforts with those 'of the Ameri
can Seamen's Friend Society to sustain
chaplains in seaports in Papal countries;
it publishes works relating to the errors of
the Roman Catholic church; it has often
lent its aid to the promotion of 'the objects
of the Bible and Tract Societies, and even
those of the Temperance Society. It has
still another object, the advancement of
the interests of religious liberty wherever
its influence can be made to reach: For
this purpose, whilst it has stood up for the
rights of the Roman Catholic laity at home
and of our American Protestants when in
Roman Catholic countries abroad, it has
not hesitated to do what it could for those
who were suffering for conscience' sake,
whether in Roman Catholic or Protestant
countries. Withal, loyal to the principles
of Christian union which constitute the
.corner-stone on which it rests, it has not
failed to cooperate with the great efforts
which are making in these days to bring
Protestant Uhristians throughout the World
to 'a better acquaintance with each other,
and into those happy relations which ought
to subsist between all the branches of the
one true Church of Christ on earth."
. The Society operates both at borne and
abroad. The millions of Romanists who
are citizens, and the tens of thousands who
come to our shores every year, make the
home labors vastly important to us as citi
zens, as well- as Christians. The. Foreign
field however is vastly more extensive, and
claims the larger portion of the Society's
care. It has Missions in Chili, Brazil,
New Granada, Mexico and Central Ameri
ca. Its labors in these countries are of
great value to the - United States, nationally.
We have a deep interest in the civilization,
and moral and Christian training of the Span
ish and Portuguese who occupy the Southern
part of this continent. Just so far as they
are enlightened, will they be good neigh
bors and profitable in the operations of
trade.
In Europe the Society has missions in.
Sweden, Ireland, Belgium, Germany,
France, and Italy, and are about com
mencing a mission in Greece. Many in
stances occur of the usefulness of these
missions, in leading to speedy conversions;
but all their benefits are known only to
Him who sees the end from the beginning.
Seeds are being sown--the seeds of true
knowledge—which will vegetate, striking
their roots deeply and growing, and' extend
ing,- and producing fruit perennially, they
will flourish to the latest generations.
THE AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY.
The Thirty-Seventh Annual Meeting of
the American Tract Society was held in
New-York, May 7th, and partook of quite
its usual solemnity and interest. Rev.
CHARLES P. MOILVAINE, D. D., Episco
pal Bishop of Ohio,, was elected President,
in place of the Hon. THEODORE FRELING
HTTYSEN, deceased. This Society has been
'managed with great wisdom, and been sus
tained by a generous liberality. It is truly
Evangelical, and devoted to the conversion
of men. It has been bleised of God, and
been made a• blessing. Thousands upon
thousands are indebted to its Messenyer, its
Child's Paper, its tracts and its books, for
spiritual edification.
While speaking thus favorably of the
American Tract Society, we do not ask that
it shall be admitted to transplant denomi
national Societies. They have a work to
do which it cannot do, in PERiE MING the
saints. And it has , a work to do which
they cannot, in reaching the ignorant And
prejudiced. And it and they may be, and
often are, auxiliaries in converting men,
and in instructing and training Christians.
At the late meeting there were present
many of the originaters and early friends
of -.the .Society, spared still both to labor,
and rejoice in witnessing the fruits of their
labors. There was Mr. WILDER, its first
President,.Hon. HENAN LINCOLN, one of
its first Vice Presidents; MOSES ALLEN,
Esq., its first and still its Treasurer, Rev.
Wm. A. HALLOOK., its first and still` ts
Secretary; Bey. O.EASTMAN, Se Secretary
from nearly its commencement; and others,
both officers end members.
The Society, thoroughly loyal to the
Government, speedily and earnestly entered
the new sphere into which it has been
called by the rebellion. Books and tracts
adnpted to the wants of the'army and navy
were published in large numbers, and sent
gratuitously to Chaplains, and distributed
by colporteurs. For the ecilki/a people„to
whom a door of access :was now opened,
liberal provision was made. Works also
were, prepared and published, urging Chris
tian duty toward this 'numerous and long
down-trodden race.
PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.---SATTIRDA Y; JUNE 7:,:i862.
The Printing, Gratuitous Distribution,
and Receipts and Expenditures of the year,
are thus summarily stated :
PRINTED during> the year, 333,500 vol
umes, 7,413,900 publications, 86,9'03,600
pages. Total circulation *in thirty-seven
years, 16,281,601 volumes, 236,155,895
publications, 5,738,673,530 pages. Circu
lation of the Avierican Nesse'tiger ' about
142,000 monthly • Botschafter or ~ifessen
ger in German, 30,000; Child's Paper,
225,000. Publications ori the Society's
list, 3,013, of which 577 are volumes, be
sides 3,634 publications in about 130 lan
guages, approved for publication abroad.
GRATUITOUS DISTRIBUTION for the year,
in 3,890 district grants, 50,197,046 pages,
and 12,953,805 pages to life members and
directors; value upwards of $42,000. -
RECEIPTS AND EXPEN DITUEES. - Re
ceived in donations'and legacies, $78,707.
05; sales, $124,757.70; masking, with bal
angel in the treasury, $204,721.49. 'Ex
pended—manufacturing and issuing; $127,-
44913; colportage,. $27,032.91; colpor
teur agencies and depositories, $14,829.11;
cash for foreign lands, $5,000;:: all other
expenses, $29,884.21; balance in treasury,
$526.13; making $204,721.49.
"BED TAPE."
This expression is used to describe the
performance of official duties accordingto
rule and forth. It. is mostly employed in
an 'odious sense, condemnatory of delay for
the sake of form, where_ promptitude of ac
tion is essential to comfort and efficiency.
Rules, however, that,is, a fixed order, law,
a constitution, are indispensable. There
may be cases, there are cases, whex:e a strict
adherence to the lawif letter would'be ru
inous. In such cases the officer is bound
to accomplish, without the law, and even
contrary to the, injunction of law, the good
at which the law aims. This is what is
meant by the maxim, " necessity knows no
law."
A case of this kind o emirs :when a high=
way man assails you, or when a robber en
ters-your house. The law is then too far
away, and too slow to protect you. You
protect yourself. Yon accomplish the good
the law aims 'at, though you violate the
law's letter, by striking, maiming, or•even
At the breaking out of •tl?,e pr'e'sent re
bellion, there was such an extremity. An
observance of the letter of the Constitution
and laws, on the part of the Executive,
would then, have lost the country; the very
country which the laWs and Constitution
were made to save. Ta save even them,
their letter must be violated. A conspira
cy was thatured.. Treasort •was in the as
cendant. Armies were in motion. In
one week the Capital of the country would
have been 'taken, and the public' records,
and the 'forts, arsenals, and navy yard at
the seat of Government. And there was
no Congress, and no war power in'the
hands of the President, and no knowing in
what public officer to trust, "Red tape"
was at an utter loss, • To have observed its
order would have been ruin. The Execu
tive message, in another column, tells us
"what were the circumstances, and What was
done • "and a grateful people'will both stis
tain and award the wisdom and vigor, Which
met the responsibility with a proniptitude
which resulted in success. -
But let us be careful not to give ; too
much currency to the plea of necessity
Let us not permit "red tape" to be cov
ered with odium. We`want law. It is our
safeguard. We want•much 'Of even routine
in the administration of public affairs.
Sometimes there will be suffering; there
from. Everything- human is imperfect
We must bear with evils indident to 'order,,
and only on things vital, only on a sudden`
rising of a necessity, only wften it may
,be
indispensable to the securing .of the , law's
great end, may 'we depart fice, the law's
letter. Do not despise "red tape."
EMANCIPATION.
The hostility of the public mind, in the
North, against slavery, is intense. .And at
this no one should wonder. The incon
sistency of having a system of •slaver3r
existing and perpetuated. among a people
who claim to be the freeat people on earth,
and who, pride themselves upon freedom as
being manhood's right, is most obvious, and
the reproach cannot but be galling. Then
all our better nature, all our kindlier feel
.
ings, are opposed to slavery. And Chris
tianity condemns the distinctive featureS of
slavery, that is, the things irt s s,laver,y which
distinguish •it from a properly regulated
SERVICE. But it is the awfully destructive
influence of slavery upon all sentiments of
justice, loyalty, and honesty, with the
suffering which it has brought upon the
country, which Makes the feeling against
it so nearly national.
This hostility to the injurious institu-,
tion, leads many of our statesmen and gen
grals to devise means and excuses for
making emancipation practical. Hence
the propositions in Congress, which ern
barrass legislation , and, the proclamations
of generals, stretching their authority be
yond the boundaries of law, which inter
fere with and annoy` the Government.
The latest 'development, on the part of a
commander, is the proclamation of Gen.
MINTER, declaring all slaves -free, in the
States of South Carolina, 'Georgia, : and'
Florida. After the mistake of GSM FRE . -
MONT, it might have been supposed that
no other General would have made such' a.
venture, without first consulting the Presi-'
dent. But it :seems. that' Gen. HUNTER:
was reckless. He had ne authority`for his
attempted course. The President,
,as was
seen in .his Proclamation published last
week, had given •no permission to Gen.'
HUNTER to emancipate in 'the mass.' To
set the slaves of an`invaded country free,
is one of .the rights of war. But it is a
right to be exercised only 'by the Com
mander-in-Chief, and which can. be made
effective only so far as the armies penetrate, i
and the- slaves 'who are set free, must, ,if
they abide in the country, be reduced again
to bondage, when Elie State' shall have re
covered its power. Gen. Hurcrra's proe-
laniation of freedom was hence a very use
less thing.
But it would seem that the President re : .
garded it as worse than useless. It was an
unauthorized assumption of power ; and it
tended greatly to thwart the President in
his plans.
Emancipation belongs to the President's
policy. But it is qualified by three condi
tions. There must be an act of the State,
compensation to *the owner, and a provision
for colonizing. , •
The President, however, contemplates a
possible occurrence of events, which • might
induce him to dispense with all these con
ditions—a,state'of things which would in
duce him to declare universal emancipa
tion, and, Congress et:Operating, to enforce
it with all the Power of the Union. We
so read his message to Congress, in; March,
when he suggested the, joint resolution
favoring emancipation in the States; and
we so read his proclamation' of last week.
He says
" I further Make, known, that whether it
be competent`' for me, as Cdmmander-in-
Chief of the army, and navy, to Aeclare the
slaves of any State or States Tree; and
Whether at any time, or in any case, it shall
have become a' necessity indispensable to
the maintenance of the government to ex,
erciie suebAupposed power, are questions
which, ii filer my responsibility, I reserve
to myself, and which I cannot feel justified
in' leaiing to the decision of commanders
in the 'field.' These are totally different
questions_ from ,those of police regulations
in armies:and camps.
" On 'the 6th day of March last, by a
special inessage, I recommended to Con
gress, the adoption of a joint resolution, to
be substantially as, follows :
f 4 Resolved, That the United. States ought to
cooperate with any State which may adopt a grad
ual abolishinent of SlaverY, giving aid to such
State imits . discretion to compensate'for the in
conveniences, public and private, produced by
such-change ,of system.
"Thee resolution in the language above
quoted, was adopted by large majorities in
both branchei - of - Congress, and now stands
an authentie, definite and solemn proposal
of the nation to the States, and people
most immediately interested in the subject
matter. ,To' the people of these States I
now earnestly:lippeal—l do not argue, I
beseech' you to mike `the arguments for
yourselves: You cannot, if you would, be
blind to the signs of the times. Ibeg of
you a calm and enlarged consideration of
them, ranging,. if it may be, far above per
sonal and fmrtisan politics. This proposal
makes' common cause for a common obje,ct,
casting no' reproaches- upon any. It: acts
not the Pharisee. The phange it contem
plates would come gently as the` dews' of
heaven, not receding' or wrecking anything.
Will •you not embrace-it? , So much good
has not'b'een done by oneeffort in all peat
'time, as in the Providence of God it is now'
your._ high privilege tedo. `May` the vast
future not have to lament that you have
neglected it."
The contingency alluded to, will arise
when some foreign. power ; shall' have inter
fered to strengthen the rebellion and make
the war desperate; or when, the enemy's
Main armies'being dispersed, and his cadet
fortifications and seaboard cities being "con-.
quered, he 'shall persevere in ; ,ap guerilla
warfare—that is, when it shall be made to
appear that slavery and-a .Nation,al exist
ence are incompatible, or that slavery and
peace cannot' .co -exist`;: when 'either of
these shall have been indubitably demon
strated, then, as a matter of stern necessity,
as tin affair of life and death, emancipation,
will be decreed throughout the land, and
the decree will be executed by , all the
power of the •Government, even to the em
ploying' the slaves in every way in which
they can be made effective; then, compelled
thereto by God'sprovidence, will there be
a war of subjugation, confiscation, and pos..
session.
As yet, there is no such necessity upon
us. God haa'not indiCated ghat, lie would
have such a war waged, and the nation must
not run ahead of his calls. Thus far there
is only a , conspiracy manifested, and a re
bellion as resulting therefrom. The people
of the South have been deceived.., They
were:opposed, as a people, to the war. The
ease is now treated as the Act of individuals
in rebellion ; and it is to be so treated as
will best tend' to restore 'the States and
people to their' normal condition. But the
rebellion is to be put down, and peace—a
true peace---is.to be restored, at whatever
cost. 'So we understand the President.
Emancipation follows in the wake of our
armies, in the seceded. States. So far it is
already practical. And even in the border
States, where 'its. legal status' is not to be
interfered With' by our armies, even there,
slavery is rapidly perishing. We look, for
emancipation laws in those -States very
shortly. It advances, • and will advance , .
And it Will be the more speedy' and the
more, thorough; the more the slaveholders
perseiere in their obstinacy and make the
war jbloody and desperate by their reck
lessness.
:ASTERN SUMMARY,
BOSTON AND NEW
CHARLES, W. HOPKINS died last week,
at Great Barrington, ,Mass., in, his seventy
sixth year. He was the only surviving
vrandson of Dr. Samuel. Hopkins, from
whom, the system of divinity called Hop
k-insian took, its memo. It was, a modifica
tion of Calvinism, the corner stone of which
was .universal arid disinterested benevolence,
making a willingness to suffer the highest
digree of misery,for the•sake of the_great
est good to the whole, a, test:. of the Chris-.
tian chara,eter. The gifts of intellect which
made, Dr. Hopkins one of the mutest con
troversialists, of hisi day were transmitted
with some' t modiffeation to his grandson,
who has just left the world. Charles W.
Hopkins, was a man of active mind and, an
original vein, ,of wit. He was endowed
with great, practical sagacity, and_was the
friend,, bengfactor and adviser of a large
'class of persons in an humble condition of
life, by whom his death will be; sincerely,
and greatly lamented.
SAMUEL T. GREEN, M.D., of the Ceylon
Mission, who has been spendino. some time
in his native land, sailed orilfonday from-
Boston, Miss, for India. Re takes with
him on his return an estimable lady, of
Worcester, Mess. 'with whoin he was united
in marriage on ihursday, the 22d inst.
REV. DAVID ItooD and wife, with two
children, have embarked from Boston to
South Africa. They, have been connected
with the Zulu Mission of the American
Board for a number of years, and are now
returning to their field of labor.
THE concluding .paragraph of Governor.
Sprague's special order, calling out the
pilitia of Rhode Island, reads as follows :
"Rhode Island troops will move through
Baltimore, and if their progress is impeded
.by the rebel mob of .that city, they will
mete out to it the punishment which it has
long mmited. Our regiments will move to
Washington to defend the Capital in com
mon with thousands of our patriotic coun
trymen, who will rush to arms to ward off
the danger, which is imminent." •
W- YORK.
TUE SUPERABUNDANCE 'OE MONEY is
becoming actually oppressive. The Trust
Compa,nies only pay 3 per cent. on deposits,
and that only for prolonged periods. Call
loans are very easy to obtain on good col
laterals at 4 td 5 per cent.; and the best
grades of business indorsed paper pass at 5
to 6 per tent. for short dates, and at 6 to
7 per cent. for long dates. The best single
mimes pass at 5 to 6 percent.'The deposits
imbankare steadily increasing. - The daily
average of last week was $122,600,000—an
increase for the week of $2,600,000. The
loans show an increase of $660,000, be
ing $143,000,000. The specie in bank has
increased $400,000, being $30,763,000,
while the city bank circulation has tri
'tingly decreased. On Monday of this
week the premium on gold touched 4 per
cent. The exports of 'Specie > last Week
amounted to $938,032, making $17,250;-
000 since the lst of January. A receipt
.of $605,000 from. California; by the North
ASitar, on Friday, was obtained.
Trr DEMAND FOR DRY GOODS is very
light at private sale, and all active wholesale
business is limited to the auction sales.., A
few desirable soods are wanted, and sell
,quickly en arrival. Old goods cease,to at
tract`a demand.. Spring and Summer
fabrics are, no longer coming forward.
Jobbers are buying a few staple cotton
goods, at some reduction in price, but only
to' supply immediate wants. The temliney
of prices is strongly downward, from force
of competition and, paucity of buyers:
THE UNITARIANS, in NeW-York, have
taken, to " Vespers." Those , who have.
gone with the crowd each Sabbath, to Rev.
Dr. Osgood's Church, opposite the New 7
York Hotel, on Broadway, say it is only
the Episcopal, service chaunted. " A rose
by any other naihe would sinell as sweet."
By giving the music an attractive designa
iion„,surroundin& it withnovelt the Uni
tarians gather a large crowd, es they do at
Rev. . Dr. Cuixuning's , Roman Catholic
church, en the Sabbath, to "hear the fine
music." At Rev. Dr. Bellows' chttrehi on
Fourth Avenue, (the Holy Zebra," as it
called for its 'parti-colored brick and marble
ornaments,) the singing'is, admirable, being
simple and excessively congregational. In
many churches, Rev. Drs. Spring and
Rice's, for example, the , music is, led by, a
" Precentor," with the organ accompani
ment, and, the entire congregations join. It
has deepyower and religious unction which
is experienced in your, .mid-day Philadel
phia prayer-meetings, as well as thope. in
Fulton Street, in this city. In some
churches one simple, familiar hymn or
psalm is Sung with 'the; the,,Congregation, hut
the succeeding pieces are so artistic, or ow
eratic often that the contrast is both. dis
tasteful anidisaareeable.
When will people learn that singing sa
cred psalms and hymns is as much a part, of
public worship as praying?
PHILADELPHIA
SHIP BUILDING in this city has not been
so aotive for many years as at present.
TsTearly every ship yard in Kensington,
Southwark, and other parts of the city has .
quite as much as it can readily perform;-
in fact, some of the more extensive build
ers ha.ve too ranch. The iron-olad frigate,
Hew .I.rotasides, lately launched from the'
yard of Messrs. Cramp & Son; in •Kensing
' ton, is still lying at the wharf of the Mftsrs.
Merrick, the contractors, at the foot of
Reed.Strect. Last week all her largeboil=
ers, made on. the improved plan by the
Messrs. Merrick, were placed in position,
besides the rapid advancement of the other;
work upon the vessel. .It is confidently ex
pected that she will be ready for sea in the
. time specified in the contract.
B. LIPPINCOTT & Co:, of this city, are
erecting, on Market Street,: a new marble
fronted publishing hOuse, thfee hundred
and fifty feet long from street to street, and
which intended to beat least equal to
any institution of the kind West of the
Atlantio Ocean.
Tun ANkuAl, MEETING of the Presby
,
teriau iiistorical Society was held on
Thursday evening,'May 15th, in Dr. Dalen
church, on, Race Street, near Silsteenth':,
The chair was occupied by Professor James
M. Wilson, one of the Vice-Presfdents.
Addrekes Were delivered by Revs. S. 0
Wyley, Dr. S. J Baird, Dr.'l3rainerd, and
Dr. T. W. J. Wylie.
A 'collection* was then taken up as the
first effort froth any quarter to aid the So
ciety. Some curious •relics were exhibited
by Rev. Dr. Baird, during the taking of
the'collection. The followincr officers : were
then 'nominated for the next : Presi
dent, Rev. Albert Barnes, Vice-Presi
dents, C. C. Beattie, D. D. ; Rev. George
Duffield, D. D. ; Rev. Peter Bullions, Troy;
and Rev. George Scott, East Palestine,
Ohio. Corresponding. Secretaries,' Rev.
John B. Dales and Rev. Dr. Baird; Treas
urer, Samuel Agnew, Esq., of Philadelphia.
NTH OF HON. CHARLES JARED IN
GERSOLL. - This.. distinguished statesman
,died• at his residence in this city,' on the
21st ult., aged eighty. Mr. Ingersoll was
born in this city, on the 3d . of October,
1782, and received a liberal education. He
was a member of Congress frem Pennsylva
nia from.lBl3 to 1815, and at once took rank
with the foremost statesmen of, that ,cele
brated era. In 1815 Mr. Ingersoll was
, appointed United States District Attorney
tor Pennsylvania, and discharged the duties
of that office with fidelity and success. He
was afterwards, reelected a Representative
in Congress from 1841 to 1847, serving as
Chairman of the Committee on Foreign
Affairs. He subSeqiientlY retired to pri
vate life, and carried with him the esteem
and friendship of those - with whom he had
come in contact.
For the Preehreriatt,Banner
Minute of the Presbytery of 'Richland:
The Presbytery of Richland; at their
session on the 7th of May, adopted the fol
lowing minute
" The case of Mr. Stephen Peterman, a
candidate for the Gospel miniatry, under
the care of this Presbytery, igais considered,
and the following resolution passed: ,
" WHEARtis, It has been stated to Pres
bytery that Mr: Stephen Peterman, a bene
ficiary of 'the Board of Education of 'the
4; ''',
Presbyterian Church, under our care, has
left the Presbyterian Church and joined
what is called the Disciples' Church,;'
therefore,
" Resolved, That this fact ,be communi
cated to the Presbyterian Board of Educa
tion, that his name be erased from the list
of candidates for the ministry, and that the
Stated Clerk be directed to inform:him that
it is the - settled and un'aninioni conviction
of this Presbytery, that he' is bound by
every consideration of g ratitude and com
mon honesty, to paybac k.with interest the
amount Which he received from the•Prebby
terian Board of Education!'
By order , of Presbytery.
JAMES ROWLAND, 'Stated Clerk.
From Our
OWn Correspondent,
Conumurs, 0., May 26, 1862.
An expedient was proposed, this year,
and a rather sensible and delicate one, for
expressing the Asseribly's thanks to the
Railroad Companies' which favored the
members with excursion ticket's :it was, that
the-resolution of thanks be printed on' the
back of the tickets, so that'on surrendering
the tickets the resolution will wine direly
to the eyes for which it is intended. Many
railroads' extended 'to Commissioners this
liberality. Somej believe, did not. All
connecting' With Pittsburgh did the" liberal
thina b . My special obligations ire due to
the Cleveland and 'Pittsburgh, the Sten-
Steubenville and Indiana, and Central
Ohio roads In the same ear in which
I left Allegheny, I reached Colunibui.
The connexions along this route are ad
mirably exact. Indeed railread time tables
and connexions are a wonder and study
to me. :.1 was thinking about' this when
the Conductor, at Wellsville, said, " Pas
sengers ' for Cleveland will 'please take
this ear," while some from Cleveland were
coming into ours. Just then flooked out
of the window. It was barely day-dawn.
The Bast was• spread over thinly with the
blushing tints of the morning, while 'a little
above the horizon hung the tiniest crescent
of a moon, and above it was shining bright
ly the silvery morning star. God's works
areperfecti For thousands of years, the great
and the lesser lights of heaven have been
traversing theillimitable apace, in air direc
tions and at all rates of-velocity, without
collisions and without failures of connexion.
Human science can foretell theii arrival in
certain - Aoinbinations, with a perfect cer
tainty.
Leaving Steubenville,. (accent on the
second syllable, if you please,) you
diately dash in among the hills, passing
throughlalf a dozen tunnels, and a few very
pretty. villages—as New Philadelphia, New
conierstown, Coshocton, with Whose history,
traditions and curiosities the reader is pre
sumed to be: as well acquainted as I am—
you come to the large and famous town of
Newark, a pretty place containing , many
worthypeople,hut disfigured, from of old,
by its enormous' whiskey ,manufaetories.
In this city are some of the finest of ancient
forts—the works of an extinct race—that
are to be found in America.. The Fair
grounds, with an extensive race-course, oc
cupy; one of those enclosure& As you ap
proach Columbus, you lose sight of every
thing deserving the name of hill. Conse
quently the appearance)of the' country—so
far as it makes any- , --is tame and uninter
esting. It is excellent, -however,' for eco
nonlical purposes, and . appears splendid in
the eyes of the farmer, especially if he owns
two hundred acres ofit.
On: going to - the' Assembly's meeting,
yesterday afternoon, it looked rather strange
to see it in such a place.' 'The -authorities
invested with the right, had offered, and the,
body had accepted the Hall of the House of
Representatives. :The Moderator occupied'
the Speaker's Chair, and the Clerks and mem
hers, the. appropriate . desks. The room is
splendidly finished, and furnished with ev
ery convenience and is sufficiently spacious;
and the, brethren occupied -it in a grave and
dignified manner that did neither it nor
them any discredit. But, after all, it did not
seem to be exactly a&suitable as-a church.
I did not see that anyrmembers availed them
selves of, their desks, for writing- letters,
during.the progress of business or that they
amused themselves with reading :newspa
pers ; the . only leg,islative custom that I
noticed was; that a, few• of the' members
would occasionally throw themselves back
in their chairs and stretch their legs'over
instead of tinder their desks. The Hall is
not favorable for speaking—for hearing, I
mean, since speaking seemed easier than
hearing. But it would be unfair, to attribute
all the indistinet,,inarticulate enunciation
to the house : many of the members have
grown so, excessively hirsute, , that their
speech has to be strained out through a
hair-seine. Dr. junkin, alluding to the
bad articulation of some. of the preachers,
said that they shut their teeth so close that
you could, not slip a. dime between them.
With all deference, I• cannot see how
the Doctor should be able, to, know the con
dition of their mouths behind such mat
tresses of• hair. I think 'there were a few
who could not, if put to Ras a, task, open
their mouths wide enough •to show,heir
teeth, tinless they had the opportunity first
`of combing aside the-frizzled and redund
ant drapery of their lips.
It is evident that this, Assembly has been
an industrious one. • Perhaps this .follows
from there being a.rather moderate comple
ment, of great or "lea.ding" men in • it.
Reports of committees vvere generally short
and to the point. Speeches were short by
rule, whether they were to the point ror not._
The officers of the body discharged ,their
duties creditably—better than some of their
predecessors, and not so well as others. ; I
have, for years, attributed to the Presiding
officer more decision—even approaehingthe
dogmatical—than he appeared to possess as
Moderator of the Assembly. The reading
clerk, „I am sure, could not have been
chosen for his voice or his artieulation;
his voice being husky, nasal and ,inclining
to ' the preaching tone. Heis a worthy
gentleman, none the less, and a. good and
useful man. Of the other clerk, of whom
it May be. Said, Theu doest faithfully
whatsoever thou doest," I had no opportunity,
of judging in the new position to which he,
was advanced by the Assembly's .peculiar
law of "rotation in office" J. P. M.
ECCLESIASTICAL.,
THE PRESBYTERY OF BLAMEWI,LLE,-- at
their meeting at Livermore, May 20, 'or
dained lonN B. • Eorouv,v, and in
stalled him pastor: over the church at
Livermore. In these services,, Dr. Kirk
patrick presided and proposed the Con
stitutional questions, .Mr. 'Pulton preach
ed the sermon, Mr., Torrance delivered
the charge to the pastor, and Mr, Shep
ley the , charge to the people.
Rev. J. H. FLANEGAN'S Post Office address
is changed from Kingwood to Fairmont,
Va. - ,
,•. " • .
Rev. D. • M:.* MILLER a
having accepted
unalthilona call from the congregations of
•Alliane4 and Bethesda, his addOss is
changed from North Benton,V., Co Al
liance, 0
l'or the Preql,3 torni
Board of Co!portage.
MR. EDITOR :--Please acknowledz e t h,
following contributions to the Board d u e '
the months of April and May: in,,
Congruity ch.,Blairrrille Phy.,forsoldiers:sl? t,,,
Leatherwood ch., Clarion Pby., ..
Rev. James E. Caruthers and lady, ~ ~4
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West:Newton ch., Redstone Phy., ~ I :' 2 ;
if,
Miss J. A. Malcom, ~
Rev. John Carothers, . ,‘ 1 (4,
Mrs.. Russell M. Campbell, ,g ; r,r,
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A lady friend, • 64 ,I -,
flii
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Miss M. B.- Patterson, " :I rir,
mrs..l3. A. Negley. ~
Mrs. Rev. Mcllvaine, c, '"I')
Mrs. C . M. Ma , arlin, " ,I , t
First Presbyterian ch., McKeesport, ')
Redstone Pby., ~,
,
Hopewell ch., Ohio Pby.,4,
Blairsville
Blairsville oh., Blairsvile Pby., ~ -
Rev. John Launitz, ~
Rev. B. 0. Junkin, ~
Copl Sprinzs ch., Erie Pby.,
Clarksville e. "
Boiling Springs oh., Saltsburg Pby.,
Middlesex ch., Allegheny Pby.,
Muddy Creek eh., i , gi
Butler ch., - tt 4f
West Manchester ch., Airy City ?by.,
Freedom ch., , c .c
New Salem ch., ' ~ ..
Rehoboth ch., Redstone Pby.,
Greensburg ch., Blairsville Pby,,
Rev. David Elliott, D.D., for soldiers,
John 'Culbertson,
$209 .5: 1
F. G. BAILEY, Treasurer.
FOt the Presbyterian 'Banner.
'Presbytery of Hillsboro'.
This Presbytery met at Litchfield, Ap r il
lith--14th. Rev. Henry M. Corbett wa s
chosen Moderator_ There were present
nine ministers and nine Ruling Elders.
Two. young brethren of the Hillsboro'
church, Silas A. Hogsett and Samuel
liamson, were received under the care o f
Presbytery as condidates for the ministry,
being yet in the Academical stage of
cation. •
Teri cents per member was assessed on
the churches for Commissioners' Fund, and,
the Stated Clerk was directed to notify de.
linquent churches.
Presbytery devoted nearly a day to the
consideration of the " Revised Book o f
Discipline," hiving the two books read,
section by section ; and as the result, voted
their approval of•the revision, except sec
tion 8 of chapter VI.
The following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That this Presbytery approve
. .
the preamble and resolutions adopted by
the General Assembly of 1861, on the
State of the Country, and rejoice that the
Assembly took ground so timely and so
nobly in these resolutions, breathing, as we
believe they do, a Christian and loyal spirit
becoming the Presbyterian Church in the
United States of America.
The yeas and nays on the above resolu
tion were as follows, viz.:
Yeas—Thos. W. Hynes, P. Hassinger,
R. M. Roberts, Henry Blanke, Alfred N.
Denny, Henry Tri. Corbett, W. L. Mitchell,
George_ Donnell, J. A. A. McNeely, Samuel
A. Paden, S. M. Hedges, Joseph T. Ec
cles, Wm. H. Edwards, Ludwig Pape,
and Hugh
Nays—Wm. Hamilton, S. Lynn, and A
A. Meßeynolds.=-3.
Presbytery adjourned to meet in Hills
boro', on the Friday before the Second
Wednesday in October next, at 7 P. M.
'Thos. W; lITN.us, Stated Clerk.
VARIETIES,
Thomas A. BCOtt—The Board of Directors
of thelk'.Pennsyvania Railroad Company
have again- elected Thomas a Scott, Esq.,
Vice-President of that corporation, a posi
tion he filled with , so much ability, for a
long period, before .his acceptance of the
position of Assistant Secretary of War.
Mr. Scott never had any aspirations for po
litical preferment. At the breaking out of
the ‘war the Government found itself ex
ceedingly i embarrassed for the means of
transportation for troops and supplies, in
consequence of the destruction of the Bal
timore and. Ohio Railroad by the rebels,
and of the : railways between Philadelphia,
Baltimore and. Washington, by the Balti
more conspirators. Mr. Scott, at.this junc
ture, was summoned, by Geo. Cameron, to
his aid, as the General had long been fa
miliar with his great practical ability in
all matters pertaining to‘rail ways and trans
portation. He v(as made General Director
of Railways for the Government, and in that
capacity rendered such signal service, that
when the post of Assistant Secretary of
War ;was created, he was selected to fill it.
Had it not been for •the occasion which de
manded his services in, aid of, his country,
of course he never would have accepted it.
But he sacrificed his private interests to his
public duties, and devoted' 'himself to the
business, of the War Department with an
alacrity and assiduity which proved his
eminent worth. Since then additional As
siStant Secretaries : have been created, and
men of talent have been selected to fill
them. The service has been thoroughly
organized, and there is less need for Mr.
Scott's assistance. Mr., John Edgar Thom
son, the able President, of the Pennsylva
nia Railroad Company, has been in such ill
health as'to render a voyage to Europe and
a release from business advisable. Mr.
Scott has, therefore; returned to his post of
Vice-President, in order to assume the du
ties of administration.—North, American.
MHO Debt. —the enemies of the Gov_
ernment have industriously t . affirmed the
immense_ magnitude of : the public debt.
The matter was examined into by Members
of Congress. The report says :
" Dawes remarked, from trustworthy data
the expeditureg of all the Departments of
the Government, outside of the War and
Navy, since the Administratien. :fte into
power, are'as follows : For the In f.3r De
partment, Indians and Pensions, to the
22d of May, $3,681,860; Civil List, For
eign Intercourse and Miscellaneous, $21,-.
685,010„.making a total of nearly $25,367,-
600. The expenditures of the War De
partment = during that time amounted to
$374,172,000, and the ,Navy, during the
same time, $42,055,000, or a total of $416,-
227,000 The average daily expenditures
in the War, Department have been $897,295,
and those Of the Navy, sloo,Bs2—making
the average in both Departments, $998,147.
No requisitions are unpaid, excepting of a
few thousand dollars for illegality or dis
loyalty'The payments, last Thursday were
only $864,917; yeti the day after, when the
pay Masters came in; the , expenditures were
$2,000,000; but on Saturday only $500,-
000. So the. expenditures of the Govern
meat up to the 22d of May last, in round
numbers, were : For: military, 8374,000,-
000 ; navy,. $42,009,000 ; all other expen
ditures, $25,000,000—a total of $441,000,-
000 ' from the , 4th of March, 1861, till
the 22d of May. The public det, including
$70,000'009 old _debt bequeathed by Bu
chanan, aniounted in the aggregate on
Friday laity to $481,796,145."
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