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PIIIBIIIIIWW, SATURDAY, ONE 14, 1862.
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Naval Chaplainc—lt is said that there
are now thirty frigates, sloops-of-war, and
naval steamers in commission, which have
no chaplains. The armament of these,
ranges from twenty to thirty guns, and
their forbe of men from two hundred to five
hundred. This is a want that should cer
tainly be supplied in some way.
Centre College, Danville, Ky,--This is the
oldest of strictly ecclesiastical Colleges in
this country, and it has not been excelled
by any of its juniors. Rev. L. W. GREEN,
D.M, is now at the head of the Faculty.
The students number—Seniors, 23 ; Jun
iors, 20 ; Sophomores, 21 ; Freshmen, 18 ;
Scientific, 22; Preparatory, 49; making a
total of 148.
Rev. Dr. Palmer.—lt is reported that this
clerical Arch•secessionist found it conve
nient to leave for the Southern General
Assembly, about the time Commodore
FARRAGIIT, with his fleet, appeared before
New Orleans. For some reason best known
to himself, he took his family along. The
Dr. is a son-in-law of the Rev.. Dr.. HOWE,
one of the Professors in the Theological
Seminary at Columbia, South Carolina.
Meeting of the Trustees, and Commencement
Exercises in Hanover College, Ind,—The True
trees of Hanover College will hold their
next Anneal Meeting in Hanover, 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 two Iliterary Societies of
the College.
On Thursday, June 19th, at 10 o'clock
A. M., the graduating class will deliver
their orations and receive their Diplomas.
The public are respectfully invited to
attend. JAMES WOOD, President.
United Presbyterian nissions.—Rev. JAS.
BARNETT, of the United Presbyterian
Church, for eighteen years a missionary
in the East, las returned to the United
States to recruit his health. Mr. BAR
NETT was for some time in Damascus, Sy
ria; and latterly in Cairo, Egypt. His
address, two weeks ago, in the Second U.
P. church in this city, is spoken of
, with
much interest His school at Cairo was
opened with three Coptic boys and a little
negro. It is now a flourishing institution.
The Viceroy of Egypt has presented to the
mission a building worth $49,000, with
apartments adapted to their various wants.
This Church has also a flourishing mission
at Alexandria, Egypt.
Maryland Episcopal Convention.—The An
nual Meeting of this body was lately held
irk Baltimore. No particular discussion
took place on national affairs, since the
contiguity of General Dix might have
suddenly put an end to the expression
of sentiments such as would certainly
have been declared by many, but for
this fact. But the rebel sympathizers,
they having the majority, excluded from
the Standing Committees, and from the
General Convention, almost every loyal
man who was nominated. While Bishop.
WarrINGHAm has given almost unmistak
able evidences of loyalty, it cannot be
doubted that a large majority of the Epis
copal ministers and people of Maryland are
disloyal, and would rejoice at nothing so
much.as the downfall of the Federal Gov
ernment and the ascendancy of JEFFERSON
DAVISr & 'COMpany.
WED BY A BIBLE.
The Bible has an immense influence, by
its moral power in saving men temporally,
as well as spiritually and eternally; and
sometimes, though very rarely, it is a means
of safety physically. There are instances
on record of a soldier in battle being pro
tected from a deadly ball, by a Bible
Which •he ,carried in his bosom. A new
case of this kind occurred in the late bat,
tle at , the: Chickahominy. Captain ELI
Dotionzairri of the 93d Pennsylvania Re
giment, received a slight wound from a
deadly Minie ball. The, event is thus nar
rated in the North American:
"In the breast of his coat he carried a
pocket`Bible, and a watch that he had se
cured -for his sister. The Minie ball cut
through his clothes to the watch, which it
reduced to finders. It cut traversely across
the edge - of the Bible, ploughing a track
through six hundred pages, and then made
a contused wound upon the Captain's breast.
That it did not penetrate was because the
force of the-ball was now expended. It is
a suggestivn coincidence. that the lust page
of' the sacred thook,'cut =by the ball, is the
fourth "chapter of Patil's second letter to
young Timothy. At the first verse, which
readS as annexed, the bullet left its last
mark : ,
"'ti charge thee, therefore, before God
and the Lordjesus Christ, who shall judge
the quickAindllie dead at his appearing,
and in lila kingdom:''
"The Bible is-mutilated - so - as to be val
uable only as a .relic.• The fragments of
the watch were .exhibited to us by the cap
' tan; the Bible 'he bid given to &friend,
who had• begged it of -him."
'We trust that the captain will give good
heed tn the "charge ;''.to which his atten
tion is thus providentially, and in a man
ner so impressive, directed. God's provi r
clenee is in iti and we may hope 'that his
grace will also be bestowed.
THE NEGRO AND THE GOVERNMENT.
What shall be done with the slaves
which fall into the hands of the General
Government, is one of the hard practical
questions which now press upon our public
functionaries. The President, and, as we
believe, most of those in authority, wish to
be guided by both the letter and principles
of the Constitution. They see, as yet, no
such danger to the country's life as would
justify a departure from the plain precept
and spirit of the national law. Others
there are, and they are not a few, who re
gard slavery not only as an • iniquity and
the cause of our national calamities, but as
possessed of such a character that an en
during peace is impossible, while it has an
existence. Such would extirpate it just as
fast and as far as our armies can progress.
And there are others still, few we trust in
the loyal States, who would make slaves
sacred to even rebel masters, and who would
preserve the institution in all its vigor,
whatever else may suffer or be overturned
by the war.
If these matters were only abstractions,
they might be deferred for future discus
sion. But such is not their nature. They
are things upon which we must have im
mediate action. They belong to the daily
administration of affairs. Gen. FREMONT,
on taking charge of the Department of the
West, Commenced the emancipation of the
slaves of all rebels. The President, re
garding this course as being contrary to
law, checked the operation. Gen. HAL
LECK, who succeeded Gen. FREMONT,
issued an order by which slaves were to be
treated as other men—excluded from his
lines when they had no business there, and
admitted and employed when he had need
of their services. And such has been, very
much the practice of most of our Generals;
and the President has not interfered. Gen.
HUNTER proclaimed emancipation in the
whole of the three States in his Depart
ment ; and the President, by proclamation,
annulled his decree.
The latest development' is that of Pro
visional Governor STANLEY, sent to North
Carolina, to take care of the public inter
ests. The Governor is a native of that
State, and loyal. He ardently desires to
bring his State back, hoth in form and
spirit, into the Union. To this end he
commenced at once the enforcing of. North
Carolina laws, by the power of the United
States. He suppressed a school for freed
negroes, which a Mr. COLTER, from the
North, had established at Newbern. He
also indicated a purpose to return fugitives
to their masters; and he added yet a re
quest to an abolitionist to leave the State.
The President feels himself again obliged
to interfere. Through the Secretary of
War he informs Mr. STANLEY that such
things belong not to the functions of his
office, .and are not to be done. •
For Gov. STANLEY we have had great
regard. He is a gentleman of fine talents,
and has long stood high in the - public
councils for his probity. He is proslavery,
but no ultraist on the .subjeet. His patri
otism is beyond suspicion. But, he has
made a great mistake. We eanyeadily see
how he might wish to conciliate the Caro
linians, but how he could think: that the
North would bear to have the power of the
General Government used to suppress a
school for the education of freed blacks,
we cannot imagine.
The promptitude with which Mr. LIN
COLN corrects the excesses of his Generals
and Governors, on this delicate and excit
ing question, is worthy of great praise.
He has not laid' down a rule in advance,
except that he will be guided by the plain
and honest import of the . Constitution.
And it is perhaps best that he should not
be definite. He meets cases as they arise.
He thinks it best not to cross a> river till
he comes to it. Thit neither is he negli
gent of the means of crossing. He is ever
ready.
But still, bard as the question may be,
we cannot, in existing eireurnstancps, avoid
contemplating it. What is' to ,be done
with the negro? He is here. He is con
nected with the cause of the war. He is
met in every step of its progress. The
regard which shall be paid to him has much
to do with the war's continuance, and with
the state of the country after its close. If
the so called , Confederacy were an inde
pendent country, the question would not
be so embarrassing. We could then 'pro
pose the terms of amity, and 'fight for
them. Or if subjugation were our par-,
pose, we could declare the law. But such
is not the case. The Southern people' are
a part of ourselves. We are bound to
them by a sacred compact. A portion of
them cling to that compact ,The others
are rebels, and the case is to be treated as
a rebellion. In all aspects we are bound
by the fundamental laws of our national
existence. Under those laws every man
South as well as North, has his rights—is
to be punished for, his transgressions, or
protected in person and property,
In the midst of all embarrassments, and
as a guide through them all, we should like
to see the principle established and main
tained, that the negro is a man; and that
being a man he has; presumptively--always
till the contrary is proved—a right to " life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
Under this principle, the negro will have
no special favors shown to him by any of
the public authorities; and neither will
he meet with any special ,hindrancea.
Wherever found, whether. North or South,
within the army lines or elsewhere, he will
be treated as other men are :treated. He
mar attend , publi'a worship in accordance
with "his:choice. He' may have school
for himself or his child. He may go or
come. And if any man shall make a claim
upon him, that claim must be established
according to law. If this principle should
be adopted, and honestly carried out, it would
guide us through a large porticoll of our
difficulties. Gen. HUNTER has nothing,to
do :with Sia.iory. Gov. ST'ANVEY is not
PRESBYTERIAN tANNER.---SATURDA Y . , JUNE 14, 1862
the executor of State laws. A man may
not claim an entrance into' Gen. HAL
LECK'S lines, because be has a
, black skin
If any one reports that another owes him
"service or labor," let him go to the civil,
and not the military officer. Let the
claim be established according, to law, and
right be done honestly and impartially.
Do justly, and love mercy, are the Divine
requisitions. These injunctions are upon us
in our national as truly as in our individuil
capacity, and the negro's claims, under
each, are to be, regarded as no exception. •
THE AMERICAN TEMPEIVINCE UNION.
This National Society held its Twenty-
Fifth Anniversary in New-York, May 7th.
It was organized by &National Temperance
Convention, at Saratoga Springs, in 1836.
Its Presidents haVe been, Gen. COORE, of.
Virginia; Chancellor WALWORTH, of New-
York ; Chief Justice SAVAGE, of New-
York ; and Governor BRIGGs, of Massa
chusetts. At the late meeting, the Min.
WM. A. BUCKINGHAM, Governor of Con
necticut, was announced as President. The
only original officer remaining is the very
excellent and efficient Corresponding Sec
retary and Editor, Rev. JouN
The Temperance: Reform, as a publicand
systematic effort, commenced in 1826, with
the labors of EDWARDS, BEECHER., HEW-,
ITT, and others. Its progress has been
great, and the benefits incalculable: It has
crossed the Atlantic and spread throughout
the civilized world. True, it has not made
disciples of all men, but neither has the
Gospel,' with, its proffer of peace and its
tender of joys immortal, been universally
received. Man's depravity: is great; He
is bent on self-destruction. If Bothe are
saved, the gain invaluable; and while
there is a particle of darkness, let the work
progress onward.
The influence of temperance efforts on,
the saving of the nation from being over
thrown by the present terrible rebellion, is
not easily told. 'We had a generation of
men trained under temperance principles,
to take the field—nbt all practical temper
ance men, but many of them so, and many
of the officers—the highest officers—men
of temperance on principle and practise,
by a life long habit. The benefit to the
army has been inestiinable. Our'victories
are due mightily to this cause. Drunkards
are bad material for an army; and drunken
officers bring ruin. And to resist the
temptations of the camp requires far more
than judgment. It requires the princiPles
and the habit to which we have alluded.
Immediately with the formation of the
army, this Society directed its efforts to
the army's benefit. The Report says':
" A series of ten tracts were prepared,
short and attractive, assorted for compa
nies and regiments—a thousand' to a regi
ment, to the care of the chaplain and to
the blessing of God. 360,000 -of these
little heralds of temperance have gone
from us on their errands ofadmenition and
encouragement; supplying-up to this time
two hundred and seventy regiments with
one thousand each; several forts and hos
pitals, and also some of the ships in 'the
Navy. From many officers and chaplains
your Committee have received most hearty
thanks for the gift, and assurances that it
has not been in vain. The President of
the United States, at an early period,
thanked us for our effort. General FRE
rvioNT and other officers of high rank gave
us a cordial approval. Said one to us :
' You cannot possibly do so much good for.
our country's faun in any other way as in
circulating among the soldiers of our army
your admirable temperance tracts."
We sometimes wonder why temperance
has not prevailed, and become so thorough
ly established as to' need no more labor.
And we wonder still more why, in times
and'places, if seems to go backward. And
the cause is, by some, reviled and opposed,
and the means of promoting it are spoken
of as worthless or radically defective, when
these backslidings are witnessed. But
does not' religion,' and honesty, and' chasti
ty, and every other virtue, meet with just
such ill' success, and such vicisitudes ?
And what good thing is there which will
continue to prosper without constant labor ?
Temperance , declines.when the means of
promoting it are neglected. And the rea
son is, that in working for temperance, we
have to strive against 'a native depravity.
Suppose we root this depravity from the
fathers, we find, it again in their. offspring.
Suppose we suppress it for, the moment, it
springs up again in the same mind, when
the pressure is removed and the temptation
occurs. Temperance men must never
think that their work is, done. No man
gets his garden so- clean of weeds that he
can long neglect culture. Somehow the
seeds are there, or they get there, and the
weeds spring up. To promote temperance
is a work which, requires that the laborer's
efforts shall never be relaxed.
THE EMANCIPATION LEAGUE.
A new Society was organized in the
Cooper Institute, New-York, on Thursday,
June sth, called the Emancipation League.
Hon. WM. C. BRYANT, Esq., is President.
Rev. 'Dr. Tyr*, M, Mr. EDWARII KETCHU
Dr. VINCENT COI.,YER, and Col. HICUAY,
were among the. prominent actors. Dr.
TvNG, in addreSsing the meeting, said :
"Emancipation is but the continuance
of the religion of Jesus Christ, and each
Emancipation move is but the bringing. up
of man, because he is a man entirely regard-.
less of his former positiOn.
"The objects of the Society are:
"To bring emaneipation throughout the
whole land. ;
"To support the present war until its
successful., termination ; and, to that end,
to promote by precept • and example, the
support of-the burdens, personatand pecu
niary; it may impose upon us.
"To procure therepeal of call laws `au
thorizing inter-State Slave trade, and all
other laws of Congress which sanction or
recognize -the existence of Slavery in any
State or Territory.::
." And to insist that all slaves who become
practically freed by our advancing armies,
or , by any power of Congress or the Presi
dent, shall, never be restored to bondage,
and that no State now in rebellion be reeog-
nized as a member of the Union except on
the condition of emancipation."
Rev. James Latta.—This venerated ser
vant of Jesus Christ, a resident of Chester
County, Pa., died suddenly on the 30th ult.
He was in the seventy-siith year of his age,
and had served the Lord and his Church,
in preaching the Gospel, for upwards of
fifty years: I His death occurred in Phila
delphia, at the house of a nephew. He
had taken his seat at the breakfast table,
apparently in his usual health, when in
stantly life departed.
We knew Mr. LATTA well, and esteemed
him highly. He was evangelical in spirit,
and laborious as a,pastor. His attendance
upon the meetings of the Church courts
was punctual, and he was ever ready to
maintain truth and purity.
The larger portion of his. pastoral:life
was occupied in the congregalion of Upper
Octorara. A few of his latter years' he
served his Master's cause in Pennington..
ville. This church he had surrendered to
the care of a younger shepherd, but two
weeks before his decease. His work was
done. But, how sudden the call. Who
would be ready at so short a no4ce? None
but he who is always ready.
do Opinion.--Rev. IL J..IBREOKINiIDOE,
D. D., in an address delivered lately in Cin
cinnati, said
,
"I may be called fanaticar; perhaps I
am. Put I have often said; and I say it, to
you here, and Godls my judge, I believe
it would be better for this country , ter
rible as'the calamity would be, I believe it
would be better for God's purposes upon
earth—l beljeve it would be incomparably
better' for the human race, for all that is
gained by ns, that; we Should go back to
Ymouth Rock and Jamestown—to the in
fancy
,of our country—than to let this atro
cious and. abominable attempt,' to subvert
the Government succeed."
Of the rebel leaders, Dr. BRECKINRIDG.E .
said:
" I know that these .men who seek to
subvert the Constitution are not capable of
being ,conciliated, and the• only way to treat
them is to crush them and to crush ,them
is the only thing to be done."
Rev. Thomas Campbell died 'at MaTion,
Ohio, on Sabbath morning, the Bth inst.
He was the son of Rev. James R. CaMp
bell, 'D. D., of the Saharumpur Misaion,
EASTERN SIINKARY.
BOSTON:AND NETUNGLAND
THE ELECTION of a President of Har
vard Collegeis causing a world of trouble. •
Dr. Thomas Hill, President of Antioch
College,. 0, was almost chosen President,
to, succeed Dr. Felton. There were secret
sessions, reliable reports, and, in short; al
most all the mysteries of well regulated ad
ministrations about the matter ; which, how
ever, resulted in the refusal of the overseers
to confirm the choice of the corporation.
As things:are now, the election of some
Unitarian is inevitable. But among the
Unitarians there is great diversity of opin
ion. The more r:adical are in favor of Dr.
Hill, of the Horace Mann school, while
the more conservative advocate the Rev. W.
G Eliot,•of St. Louis, or the Rev. E. E.
Hale, 'of Boston.
GREAT COMPLAINT is, made by the peo
ple> of Cambridge, concerning the running
of the horse railway cars, from Boston, on
the Sabbath, which has lately been intro
duced. The first Sabbath the cars run they
carried out a company to witness a cock
fight. And the 'same day there, was a prize
fight which lasted two hours. The running
of the cars on the Sabbath is an unmitigated
evil to •the suburbs of all large cities.
A MEETING in behalf of the American
Board of Foreign Missions was'held a few
days in Tremont Temple : .
Rev. Dr. Anderson made a brief state
ment. During the last year there has been
an extraordinary mortality among the
missionaries; twelve have died; the av
erage period of their labor was twenty
years. Those who have passed to their re
ward 'are, Dr. Bridgeman, the first Ameri
can missionary in China. ' Dr. Dwight, pre
served amid great • perils in Turkey, to be
caught up by a whirlwind to heaven from
his native land; Mr. Breath, of the Nesto
rian mission ; Mrs. Powers, oft the Central
Turkey ;mission;:Miss Farrar, for thirty
four years in Western India; Mrs. McKin
ney and Mrs. Ireland, of the mission to the
Zulus; Mr: Shipman and' Mrs. Andrews, of
thnSandwich Islands; Mrs. Doane, of the
Micronesian mission; Mr. Coffing, of the
Central Turkey mission, murdered while on
the way from Adana, to attend.a meeting of
the mission at Aleppo; and the venerable
Dr; Meigs, the oldest-missionary connected
with= the Boart-whosnterm of service ex
tended to the fperiod of fOrty-five years.
During the eight months ending April 30th
of, the
_present liscat year, the receipts were
$193,192. This.-amount includes about.
$6,000 from Western India, as contributed
by English Christians, and the' native
churches. Friends of the cause in Great
Britain started what they called " Ameri
cartfCrisis Fund," in aid,of the operations
of this Board, contributions to which will
amount to several thousand dollars.
MISSION=
A xe.
,MASSAOUUSETTS HOME .01/SSIuN
ARA'. Soctiiv received during the year
$28;626, and $10,958 went direct to the
National Society, in addition, making the
whole contribution of the State, to this
cause, $39,584, which is $6,429 less than
that of last year. The Church Anti-
Slavery Society had a meeting at Tremont
Temple, the temper of which did no credit
to the religion of the State. Anti-tobacco
Trask, of Fitchburg, said: "If this war is
not to free every slave in the country, then
may God curse the war!" A resolution
was adopted expressing the same sentiment
in - terms``a little less coarse, and Amasa
Walker" said the real question is emancipa
tion or!disunion, and. that Gov. Andrew's
Hunter letter expressed the real sentiment
of 'Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Bi
ble Society received $19,885 during the
year.
TRE , ANNUAL •MgaTING Of the different
Boards of the Baptist Church was held
week before last, in Providence, Rhode
Island. The following is a summary of the
year's operations in Foreign missions
.
t that body of Christians
The whole number of missions, in con
nexion with the Union is 19. In the Asia
tic missions there are 15 stations and full
376 out-stations; in the French and Ger
man mission's 995 stations and out-stations.
The number at missionaries, including those
in this country, and exclusive of those in
Europe, is'4o males and 39 females; native
preachers and assistants, exclusive of those
in Europe, not far from 400 ; in Europe,
141; total, 541.. The number of churches
is_ 375; of baptisms during the year, in
cluding the Tongoo mission for two years,
3,566; whole number of members not far
from 31,000. Some of the missions are
not prompt, and others not• sufficiently full
in furnishing , statistics. From the best in
formation in our possession, the above is
not far from the truth, showing 'an increase
over last year of about 3,000 members."
Gov. SPRAGUE has been elected United
States Senator from Rhode Island for six
years from March 1, 1863. - He received
92 votes out of 103. He will be barely of
the constitutional age. His: great wealth
and devotion to the Union are both well
known.
NEW-YORK
Tux success of our armies before Rich
,
mond, - under M'Clellan,
and before' Cor
inth, under General HaJieck, have given
a buoyant and cheerful tone to the general
markets. The supply of money is largely
in excess of the demand, and capitalists
are unable to invest their aecumulating
balances. The stock market is recovering
from the effects of the want of confidence
- created• =by the Indiana State frauds, and -a
large‘ advance in' the leading securities took
place' on Wednesday.
The Secretary of the Treasury has pub
lished a statement of the national. debt;
which is calculated to give increased confi
dence in Government securities, and will
materially.aid in crushing out all hope
from the rebels, who were calculating - upon
financial embarrassments in the loyal
States from the War expenditure. The
Government debt to the end of -May was
$491,000,000, and the average rate of in
terest paid was 4:35-100 per cent.
THE. TAX RECEIVER, reports that the
- amount of taxes collected for 1861 is $10,:-
374,563.34, leaving in arrears $1,252,690.
89, the levy . being $11,627;254.23. The
rate of taxation has been considerably re
duced for 1862, the appropriation bills
having been kept down to a smaller figure,
and the legislature having liaised an act
directing a large' surplus of the income of
the Sibking Fund for the redemption of
the city debt to be applied to reduce the
amount of taxation.
THE EVANGELIST has a sharp comrauni
,
cation from a correspondent in reference to
an article in the last number of the
°theca Sacra . published at Andover, Mass.
The conductors of that. -Quarterly have
changed their policy and openly proclaimed
that each denomination may be heard
through its columns by one of its own
chosen advocates. In accordance with this;
an article appeared some — time ago in de
fence of Close Coinniiinionr; as held by
Baptists, from Hovey. This was followed by
one on Methodist " Arminia.nistn" by Dr.
Whedon of that church. in the April
number was one. on "The Tubingen Histo
rical School," not merely descriptive of
the views' of that rationalistic School and
a refutation of its errors; but the peen
liar opinions of that School are set forth
in the most, attractive and apologetic form,
without' any warning voice beiti‘g lifted.
This is to scatter fatale poison broad-east.
What then is this famous school ? In
brief plain terms, it is a school of the most
subtle' and dangerous infidelity—a school
whose professors and adherents, though
masked as enlightened. Christians, are
staling at the very vitals of, Christianity,.
These Tubingen schOlars, with all their,
labor and learned investigation, lacking
" the fear of the Lord" which is "the be
gin:Ow,b of wisdom," have only succeeded
darkening counsel by their words.
They have rendered a very plain matter
very obscure;they have perplexed instead
of disentanging ; they have succeeded in
raising a host, of pernicious doubts where
Done would have thought of doubting
without their help. In, short, they have
used their powers and the advantagei of
their learning to sap the very foundation
of religious belief, and so hive ruined the
hopes of, who shall tell how many, of their
fellow-men. The celebrated work Of
Strauss on "The Life of Jesi.i.," is as
cunning and . cursed a piece of infidelity as
our great adversary could desire to have
circulated among sinful. men. And the
late writings of Baur, as described in the
Bibtiotheca are only the worse for being,
still more subtle au plausible.
THE Methodist has an article on the late
Generall-Assembly of our -Church highly
- commendatory of its action on the State of
the Country. The writer is very severe on
Dr. Ilacka l / 4 1f Baltimore, and belabors Dr.
Stuart Robinson most unmercifully. He
"The action and debate of the Assembly
on Dr. treckinridge's Paper presented. a
sublime spectacle. There was the - Oldiero,
himself a border slave-State Wan, crowned
with the happy results of his own lahors in
Kentucky. There were the twenty tender
fboted secession sympathizers, led ono by
Mr. Robinson, tugging and clamoring at
him, while two hundred ,of his brethren
were accepting his words, without modifica
tion. If we, except itnseph Etolt, no man
in Kentucky has don .so touch for t her in
the,present struggle , '_ Bobert J.,Breckin
ridge. A name whi ~ from the treason of
the nephew, would, e become the Syno.
rum of American seam and contempt, has
been covered,with honor by the,nnele.
TEE LEXIN6TON AVENDE Presbyterian
church was commenced onlyllast , Novem
ber. But so rapidly did the wonk pro
ceed,..that the Church was dedicated to the
worship,of God last' Sabbath.. The pastor,
Rev. jf , Sanderson, preached thededication
sermon in the morning. The Rev. Dr:
McDrhy,preachedat half past three o'clock
in the afternoon, and the Rev Dr. Rice at
half past 7in the evening. . .
PHILADELPHIA_
THE REV.' A. , CONvEREE, D.D., formerly,
editor of the Christian Observer, of-this
city, which wag suppressed''Mi account of
its disloyal and treasonable,: sentiMents, is
now publishing a palier under the same
name in Itiohtnont Va. The Dr. is a
New-Englander by birth, adhered to the
New-School at the time of• the division,
and has written more hard and bitter things
againk the Old-Schbol than any man now
s diving_
~! r
THE LATE STATE SUNDAY SODOM k)N
VENTION held in this city, was a meeting
of much interest. Over nine hundred del
egates were present. The following were
the subjects of discussion :
1. Does not the Sabbath School im nrove
the personal character, promote gooeral
morality, save taxes; preserve peace in a
community, and thus.deserve•the approba
tion of every good citizen and philanthro
pist ?
2. Is not the labor of Sabbath School
instruction such as every, Christian pledges
himself to engage, in by kis earliest and ,
warmest vows of consecration to his Ite
deemer ?
3. What is the reflex operation of Sab
.
bath School instruction upon'the personal .
piety of the teachers ?
4. Is there Scriptural warrant for, and
Scriptural encouragement in, the labor of
the Sabbath School.? What promises in
the Word of God directly encourage Sab
bath School teachers to hope for the con
versiOn of their scholars ?
5. Do the statistics of the Church in this
stite prove the success of Sabbath'Schbols
as an instrumentality from God in the con
version of sinners and the increase of
church members ?
• 6. What natural relation is there between
Sabbath School instruction and the - labors
of the Christian ministry?
7. •What , is the effect of Sabbath School
enterprise upon the 'relations of denomina
tions to! each other ?`• Do they promote
Christian , union ?
8. What , is the relation of the Sabbath
School to family religion? •
ECCLESIASTICAL.
Rev. J: S. HowELL's Post Office address
is changed from Omni' to Elm Point,
111., he having accepted a call from 'the
Presbyterian church' at the latter place.
Rev. Tr[ona.s S. CRO'WE *as installed pas
tortof, the Presbyterian . churchat Jeffer.:
son`ville, Ind., on the-lst
.For the' Presbyterian ,Banner
Pleasant apprise'.
Our; people of EriOD`'Valley congregation
pleasantly took possession :of our house
Friday, May-30th,And having arranged .af:
fairs, spread a ' table, covered with good
things, which we all sat *down and re
freshed ourselves. After storing away
their gi4s, which consisted of clothing and
food for ourselves—our horse not being for
gotten H-they bid us an "affectionate good-by,
and returned to their homes, some twelve
to sixteen miles distant. I wish to express
our gratitude to: them, through you, but I
have no apology, for intrusion, because
kindness and beneficence ought to be en
couraged everywhere. May the Giver of
every good and perfect gift feed theni with
the'Bread of Life: N. V. Moanow.
Van Buren, 0.; June 4,1862
The Two General Assemblies.
The two General Assemblies of the. Pres
.
byterian Church considered each, at their
late meetings, the subject of, a reunion of
the two bodies, whiCh have been* separate
since 1837. "`The diseussion on both sides=
was full and free, and marked by the kind
est and most fraternal Christian feeling.
Both ,bodies, :however, agreed in this, that
it was not expedient at the present time to
adnpt any specific measures toward a formal
reunion. The union desired, if it come at
all, must be the result of a oness pf Chris
tian feeling in these. two branches orthe
Church, which seems to be on the increase
in both bodies. From the tone of the die
missions and thetendency of ,feeling
both bodie the friends o.f reunion have
cause to take courage, but how soon, the
consummation will be reached it is not easy
to divine.
Both Assemblies had Under considera
tion. the present' state of, the country, and
passed highly patriotic resolutkons.—Bos
ton Recorder.
PERSONAL
Brig.-Gen. Silas Casey, whose division
brake at the battle of Chickahominy, is an
officer of the regular`ariuY, and a graduate
of West Point. He entered the line, after
the expiration of his military studies, on
the Ist of July, 1830, and is consequently
thirty-two years an_offfeer. His first posi
tion.was that of Secaud Lieutenant in the
Seventh (old) Regiment of Infantry, from
which he rose gradually, being promoted
for the exhibition of'" great soldierly qual
ities." He was appointed to the Colonelcy
of the Fourth Regular Infantry in October,
1861, having been previously authorized to
act Brigadier-General• of Volunteers.
Gen. Casey's reputation as a •tactician was
always of a high order, and many of his
cotempOraries are astonished at the reverse,
which has suddenlY befallen it,. He is, a
native of Rhode Island, to which State his
appointment is credited. In the Meiican
war the old warrior gave a different account
of himself. The rumor about a Court of
Inquiry being ordered to investigate the
circumstances attending the late battle has
not been confirmed.
Copt, Rory Clay,'grand-son of the immor
tal Henry Clay, died at' Louisville, Ky., on
Thursday last. He was Adjutant General,
with rank of Captain, in Gen. R. W . . John
son's Brigade, and was in the =battle of
Shiloh, where he bore himself gallantly.
He gave himself early to the :cause of his
country, and continued:actively' in the ser
vice until compelled' by. prolonged; sickness
to return to Louisville. Allis disease was
typhoid fever. He-was buried Saturday
morning with military honors.
Robert Small, the loyal South Carolinian,
and the steamer Planyr, his prize, tare
doing good service to the navy in its ad
vance byway of Stone. Inlet to Charleston.
Flag-officer Dupont recognizes the useful
ness of both in his official dispatches.
Rea. teniarnill linger is accused by the C.
S. A. War Department of arrogating pow
ers to himself which do not belong to him,
and of, misconstruing and violating orders
concerning the exchange of prisoners. Hu
ger'is said to have stood in the way of the
prompt;release of Cols. Oorcoran, Wilcox,`
and Bowman. - He has been ordered to
take the field for active service, and is now
in command of whatis called a division of
rebel troops'at Port Walthall Junction, on
the - line of the Biaunond and Petersburg
Railroad, between those two cities.
The Report of Gen. Saxton of his brief
but brilliant operations at Harper's Ferry ;
is very interesting. When the news of.
Gen. Banks' forced retreat from Winches
ter reached Washington the Secretary of
War Suddenly improvised an army'at Har-,
per's Ferry, the trobpi being drawn from.
Pennsylvania, New York Maryla.nd,
and .gave the command to . Gen. Saxton,
who was waiting for transpott to South Car
olina,, as its Military Governer. Gen. Sax
ttm,'With hie little army 7',o6o'itert iA ail
two batteries, for five days and night s k er ,
at bay Jackson's army of 20,000 men. 14
Saxtore,s arrangements were so adwiraLle
that Jackson could not cross the river with_
oet terrible loss, and after battering, n r i n , ,
and skirmishing for five days and ni g h t ,
lie' withdrew only in time to make his C.
cape from the troops gathering around
him. It is said he wept with vexation
when-he found himself baulked by a Gene,
mai and an army, where no General or army
had been a week before.
PRESBYTERIAL NOTICES.
The, PRESBYTERY OF ALLEGHENY w n i
meet in Tarentum, on the Third Tuesday of Jun e,
at 11 o'clock A. M.
The PRESBYTERY OF SALTSBURG stand;
adjourned to meet at Cherry-tree, on the Fourth
Tuesday of June, at 2. o'clock P. M.
W. W. WOODEND, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF STEUBENVILLE
stands adjourned to meet at Richmond, on th, !
Third Tuesday gith day,} of June, at 10 o'clock
A. M. . ROBERT HEItRON, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF BLAIRSVILLE will
hold its regular Summer meeting at Ebensburg,
on the Third Tuesduy of, June, at o'clock
JAMES DAVIS, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY QF NEW LISBON will
meet (D. V.,) in the.elmieh of Bethesda, on th e
Third Tuesday,. (thisl.7th day,) of June next, a t
4 o'clock E. M., , ROBERT HAYS, S. C.
The PRESBYTERY 'OF ST. CLAIRSVILtp,
will meet ig ;the church of Barnesville, on the
Vila Tuesday, of Tune, at 11 o'clock A. M.
• JOHN 'MOFFAT, Stated Clerk.
The ;PRESBYTERY OF WINNEBAGO -will
hold its regular Summer meeting at 'b r i m,
Wis., on Thursday, June 26th,1862, at 7, 1 ,- o'cl oc k
P. M. H. 31,,,ROBBRTSON, Stated Clerk.
JUNE 6.-The. tax bill passed the Senate to
day, by a vote of 37 ayes, 1 nay, (Mr. Powell.)
Ten memArs were absent. The clause taxing
the owners of slaves was stricken out before the
bill was passed. The Senate having amend e d .
'the bill, it *Must be=returned to the House.
Secretary Stanton has showed Dr. Tyng hi s
instruotions , to• Gov. Stanley, which did not coo
tain one word requiring him to enforce the local
law‘ of North Carolina, nor do they in any way
auihorize hins: sto 'issue the order closing the
schools for colored people.
It is reported that the State Department win
make a satisfactory arrangement with the Min
ister of the Netherlands`in reference to the money
seized under the Dutch flag in New Orleans, by
order of Gen. Butler.
June 3.—ln the Senate, a bill to provide for
raising the property of the United States, which
is kink in the waters thereof, was passed.
The bill from the House, to punish polygamy,
in the Territories, arid disapproving and annul
ling, certain acts of the .Territory of. Utah, was
passed with only dissenting votes—Messrs.
Latham and McDougal, of California.
The bill prescribing an additional oath for
Grand and Petit Jurors, was debated until one
o'clock, when, the tax bill was taken up again.
It was considered until 77 o'clock, when the
Senate adjourned without a vote. ,
As Gen. Ualleck's 'army is now removed alto
gether from the Tennessee, that river will not be
much longer.used> as the channel for transporta
tion of supplies, Bce. , The Mobile and Ohio Road
is to be, immediately put in running ordir from
ColnimbuS, Ky., South toCorinili, Gen. Quimby,
who at present, commands at Columbus, has been
charged with•' the execution of this work. Re
quisitions for rolling stock to put upon it hare
already been made., •
Capt. 'A. H. Shultz who went as special mes
senger to England, bearing the new treaty be
tween that country and this, for the suppression
of the Slave trade, reached Washington to-night
with the' treaty ratified by Queen Victoria's sig
nature.- , ;Capt. S. was ,only eight days in Eng
land,
_and,only twenty-nine days absent on his
mission. Earl Russell expressed a desire that
Captt Shultz should bring the treaty to the United
States 'making him thereby the 'messenger of the
English Grovernmenta high compliment.
Pasto
June 9.—A. commission consisting of leading
physicians of Pittsbiirghf Pa., namely, Drs.
Dickson; Coffey, M'Candless, and Hamilton, sent
by the Sanitary , Association of that city to aid
in ministering, to the wants of the sick and
wounded
,soldiers, arrived here Saturday, and
having "been furnished by the Surgeon General
with all 'necessity"facilities, left this morning
for the battle-field near Richmond.
The Memphis correspondent of the New-York
Tribune says that our troops on entering the city
found that only five hundred bales of cotton and
very little sugar were destroYed. The people
seemed satisfied, and the rebel flag was cut down
with applause.
Beauregard is said to huve declared at Colum
bus, Miss., that there would be no more regular
fighting; but that guerrilla warfare would be
waged.
Large quantities of, cotton is concealed in
the..yicinity of Memphis, and will,soon find a
market.
Lord Lyons will leave for. England in the
Persia, to be absent three months. This visit is
regarded as significant.
The. Aujutant General of the Confederate
States publishes a general order from the rebel
War Department, directing recruiting officers to
draft everywhite or mulatto male found through
out the South, who is_ able _ to bear arms, and
who is between tbe ages of twenty and twenty
five years, whether such persons may have ob
tained substitutes for themselves or' not; any
willful evasion: of this order is to be severely
punished.
A correspondent from Harper's Ferry, says
the campaign is ended, so far as the lower por
tion of the valley is concerned. There is not a
rebel soldier this side of Winchester, and proba
bly not this' side of Strasburg:
June 10.—Complainte having 'been made that
Gen. McClellan has placed a guard around the
White House on the iPatitunky, the property of
the rebel Col. Lee;,allowing no one to enter or
trespass on the domain, although the, building
was needed for , hespital purposes, the General
has replied that the surgeon in 'charge has not
made requisition for the building, that it would
accommodate only a small number of patients,
and that they get along , quite as well in tents.
Mr. Garley presented a' petition from six hun
dred, and thirty-three citizens of. Cincinnati,
Ohio; asking for*the expulsion of the Hon. C. L.
Vallandighainfroirithe House of Representatives,
the petitioners believing him, as they declare, to
be a traitor tehis country and a disgrace to the
State of 0,14. Their opinion will ,probably not
be rendered more favorable by a perusal of the
resolution which he introduced to-day.
Cani. 'Rowan commanding the' flotilla in the
Sounds, writes that' in the town of Edenton the
Mayor alone, to his knowledge; professed loyalty,
and Northern residents, recently returned from
Newbern, declare that the debates alleged to
have taken place in the Convention are misrepre
sented, and that whatever demonstrations of
Unionism have been made, were for the purpose
of keeping a hostile army at`bay, which the pas
sive rebels 'are not at present strong enough to
resist openly.
The James river fleet is still employed in bar
rassing the enemy, and making reconnoissances.
but ,stands ready at any time to assist in the
takingiof Richmond; as soon as McClellan gives
the order.
A colony of one hundred colored persons,
mostly from Washington and vicinity, are about
to embark in a vessel at Alexandria direct for
Hayti. This modem` ent is quite encouraging to
the agents of:Hayti now in Washington.
!rhe rope,, to Leave,Rome.
it is said,.on the authority of a distinguished*,
member, of the clergy at Paris—so the AteasagerM
Franco-Antericairi; of yesterday sates—that the
Pope will hold a: council about the 12th or 15th
of June, when,: if the advices from France show
no modification 'of the present position, on the
breaking up of the council, he will take a solemn
farewell of the prelates, leave the Potifical States,
and, with a good understanding with Austria
and Spain, await the progress of events.—N.
Ealirese.
J. R. COULTER, Stated Clerk.
*ashington.