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ae. Those n arrears will please remit.
Sewing littehinci—We have in our office
a HOWE' SEWING MACHINE, for sale. It
has not been` unpacked, and the manufac
turirs assure us that it is a first rate arti
cle. Price $65, from which a slight reduc
,
tion may be made.
WWI Samuel Martin, of the 103 Reg
iment Pa. Volunteers, died June Bth, of
typhoid fever, at White Rouse, Pamunky
River. He was a member of the Presby
terhin Chureh, Butler, Pa., and a .most es
timable citizen and Christian.
Memphis Divines.—The ministers of Mem
phis , are trobble. Governor Joart
43TON required them to take the oath of
allegiance. Several refused (three Metho
dist and two. Baptist,) and were sent to
prison, to be handed over to Gen. HAI.-
LmcK f that he might exchange them for
loyal Tennesseans now held by the rebels.
PittAburgh. Funk College.—The Com
mencement exercises in this Institution
were the occasion of much enjoyment to
b oth pupils and friends. The sermon was
preached on Sabbath morning of last week,
Rev..A. G. WILLIAMS, D.D., and the
annual address delivered - on Monday even
ing, by Rev. FRANKLIN Maoism. Monday
and Taesday were occupied mainly in ex
aminations. Wednesday and Thursday,
evenings were devoted to the exercises of
the graduating Class. Honors were award
ed .to several of the young ladies. Di
plonies were presented to the graduates by
the President, Rev. LC. PERSHING. Rev.
Dr. :HOWARD delivered the closing address.
Large'audiences attended upon all the per
formances.
The educational enterprise of our Meth
odist brethreo.mcrits high commendation
TILE UNFORTUNATE NEGRO.
~We say unfortunate, in the sense of un
happy. His condition is not fortuitous.
God's handle in it, and will cause good to
result. At present the negro suffers. The
South desire him, but it is that they may
enslave him. The North express great
pity for him, great benevolence toward him,
would'give 'him entire freedom—entire,
except that•,he must not make his home
with them. ,
The. Convention on a new ConStitution
for Illinois,Stibniitted various propositions
to the peoPle, to be voted' on 'separately.
'three of ,these were as follows:
That no negroes or mulattoes shall here
after come into this State.
That negroes now in this State shall not
vote, nor hold office.
That the Legislature shall pass laws pro
hibiting negroes from coming to and set
tling in this State.
These propositions, it is said, have been
accepted. by very'large majorities, though
the Constitution is rejected. The effect, is,
to amend the old. Constitution, by adding
to it these negro disabilities.
Other , Western 'States exclude the negro,
and`,in no State is he admitted to a full
fieeman's rights. Well, God' has adapted
him to a typical climate. Let the benev
olenthelp him thither, and put him in pos
session •of all' .the liberty which belongs
propitly to a liuMan being.
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THE LORD'S DAY FA' AL TO AGGRESSIVE
WARFARE.
We have had eight Sabbath-day battles
since the commencement of the war, four of
which were broughebn by the Confederates
and four by the Federals, and all of which
were:lost by the aggressors. The Union
side 'commenced the'battles of Big Bethel,
Bull 'Run, Ball's Bluffs, and Cress ICeys;
the rebels began the battles of Mill Spring,
*inebester,,Shiloh, and Fair. Oaks. And
net enly were the Aggressors in each case
defeatek but their commanders, most of
tihem,'Auffereddeath, or wounds, oz . :lnjury
CO:'Pieir reputation. • ZOLLICOFFER, A. S.
J OHNSTON and BArn were killed, and
the VirginiaJon - NsToN was badly wounded.
The , hhttle at Crotis Keys was, for a little
while; supposed to be an'exception, as Gen,
Farb_ oNT , held the field for the night.
glit that field. was abandoned by him the
next day, and the army retreated to Mount
Jackson, frustrated• as , to its plans; and
now the leader is ;superseded by a junior
officer. • '
Gen. FREMONT was excused fbr bringing
ob the fight-oh the Sabbath, under the plea
of necessity. was pursuing a foe who
was likely' to escape. But that foe shad
halted, andeur men mere worn down by a
two weeks' forced march. They greatly
needed rest, and they should have had it
on e ' 'the Day 'of rest.
I trio
;y.u.epppes;Christians rto note these
thinge.p [f our. Generals are irreligious,
they teed a strong public sentiment to con
trol theurYand if they are pious, they
iieed,puhlie sentiment to sustain them.
The; Sabbath is ; aday for rest for parent and
child, for master and servant, tor man and
beast: Goddlas adapted it to animate' na
gtre, anti enjoined its observance; and his
irofi'lenceenforces his law. We do not
say; l bswase ; he has not said, that he will
always visit the aggressors with defeat, or
with any, other temporal judgment. He
may reierve his anger'. This however is
manifeit, that•from fear, and hope, and, for
t ennscitin4' 8:Ike, the'Sabbitth;diY should be
.field sacred. •
"FLTEEK" Clltiviquir DEPOSED.
CHARLES CHINIQUY was a Romish Priest
who, a few years ago, emigrated with a col
ony of French Canadians, and settled at
Kankakee, Illinois. This colony received
much pecuniary aid from the Roman Cath
olic Church. It was a kind of missionary
enterprise. Property was bought for it in
Kankakee, and buildings erected. This
property belonged to the Romish Church
as clearly as any of our mission stations
belong to the Presbyterian Church. It was
therefore an iniquity, in Mr. CHIRIQUI'
and his colony, on professing Protestantism,
to bring away the property from those who
had furnished the money, religiously, to buy
and build, and it was wrong in Protestants
to accept the property which he thus ten
dered, to aid their 'cause. '
The property was extensive and valuable,
but was incurnbered with some debt, and
the needed buildings were not all erected.
Mr. CHINIQUY immediately set to work
among his new friends to , raise funds.
Hunger and nakedness were alleged, as well
as debt.and the want of adequate build
ins; and his appeal to the sympathies and
benevolence of the Christian public, was
responded to with great liberality. And
not only in the llnited States did he sue
ceed, but he obtained letters to England
and Scotland, where he collected large
amounts.
Mr. 01IINIQUY'S professed conversion
occurred but a few years ago. We were
introduced to him in Indianapolis, at" the
General Assembly in 18.59, whither he had
come to enlist aid. :We did not like the
principle on which it was proposed to trans
fer the property, and hence felt doubtful of
the moral and Christian character, of the
mover in the entelprise. It •seemed to us
too nearly allied to fraud, or theft, or rob
bery, for us to participate in it, directly or
indirectly; and we also feared that if we,
should advocate the cause of the pretended
convert, we should , abnse thesympathies
and wrong the purses of our readers. We
were therefore silent—silent to our own
injury; for our contemporaries were unre
mitting, and they had the public' feeling
with them, in sounding the praises and
pleading the sufferings of Father CHINT
gar and his many converts. Events, how-
ever, have amply justified our course.
Things have turned -out badly with that
pretended great reformation. There have
been religious defections and a loss of char
acteri money troubles, troubles in the civil
courts, and troubles in the Church.
The termination of the affair, so far as
the Presbytery . of Chicago ; to which Mr.
CHINIQITY had attached himself, is con
cerned, is thus made public:
Extract from the Minutes of the Presbytery
of Chicago, in session. at Kankcikee, 11W
nois,• June 18th and 19th, D 362.
Inasmuch as the accused, CHARLES CHIN
IQUY, has been duly cited, the third time,
to appear before Presbytery, and answer to
the charge of " unministerial and unchris
tian conduct," embraced in six distinct
specifications; and inasmuch as the said
'CHARLES CHINIQUY has contumaciously
refused after each citation, to submit to a
- regular trial before Presbytery, claiming to
have renounced its jurisdiction, and when
present during the earlier part of these
sessions, acting so disorderly a part as to
require the interposition of a civil mar,is
trate to protect the Presbytery from.unfaw
ful interruption by him; therefore,
Resolhed, That the said CHARLES CHlN
rQuir be, and he - hereby is, solemnly de
posed from all the functions of the Gospel
ministry, for his contumacious conduct, ac
cordincr to the Book of Discipline chap. v.,
see. ii.
Adopted unanimously, on the calling of
the roll.
Orderd, that the Stated Clerk request
the publication of this minute in the papers
of this city, in the daily papers of Chicago,
in the Presbyterian papers of the United
States, the New-York Observer, the Toron
to. Globe, the Montreal Witness, Le Semeur
Canadien, Montreal; the' London Record,
and the Archives du Christianisrae, Paris.
A true copy.
JOHN M. FARIS, Stated Clerk.
ABOLITION OF SLIVERY.
•
Some weeks ago Congress abolished
slavery in the District of Columbia, allow
ing a compensation to the holders of slaves.
Thie was'a great and just movement. Now,
slavery, is abolished in all the C rerritories
of. the United States, and forever forbid
den. The enactment of Congress, approved
by' the President, reads thus:
"To the end that freedom may be and
remain forever the fundamental law of the
land in all places whatsoever, so fhr as it
lies within the power or depends upon the
action of.the Government of the United
States to make it so; therefore,
"Be it enacted, Sze. That from and af
ter the passage of this act there shall be
neither slavery nor involuntary
the
in any of the Territories of the - United
States now existing, or, which may at, any
time hereafter be formed or acquired by the
United States, otherwise than in punish,
bent of crimes, whereof the party shall
have been duly convicted."
Here is progress. Slavery is banished
from all soil where the United States Gov
ernment has, or shall have, the enacting of
local laws. And this is done in strict con
formity with the letter and spirit of the
Constitution. What changes .have been
brought about by the rebellion ! Slavery
had controlled the legislation of the coun
try, 'for nearly a century : and it might
have 'riled for another century, if it bad
been content to' conduct itself with mod
esty and moderation. But it becomes
perious and grasping. It would not be
bounded 'by its Constitutional claims, and
by a political' influence excercised on dem
ocratic. principles. It den:landed special
privileges, powers, extensions, anti guaran
ties. It asked more than could readily be
gianted, and, on its first denided failure, in
the Electoral College, it resorted to noes
,
sion, and took up arms. And now, see
what it has done in .a year. It has induced
the recognition of Liberia and Hayti, and
its own destruction in the District and.
Territories, and an act providing for, a
gradual emancipation in the States, and an
act emancipating the slaves of actual rebels,
PRESBYTERIAN-BANNER.---SATURDA Y,' JULY 5, 1862.
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and has given freedom to thousailds of
slaves, by the incidents o:war.
And what is it yet to do/. Manifestly
it has prepared the way for a modification
of the Fugitive Slave Law; and it:is daily
giving opportunity for slaves to attain ac
tual freedom. We would not confidently
predict events, but we think that if the re
bellion shall bola out Much long,er, aboli
tion will attain new triumphs. Slavery is
proving itself' to be the exciting cause of
its own destruction. It wars against free
dom,, and it must not only fail of success
but itself must perish in the conflict. We
pray for peace, but we'pray submissively,
knowing that God has his 'own ends to ac
complish by the war; one of which may be
the speedy extinction of that terrible sys
tem of oppression, under which' our coun
try had long groaned. ,
TEE 1111 1 11 ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT OF
PRINCETON. COLLEGE.
Princeton stands high in the scale - of
Literature, as also of Patriotism. It is
connected with some of the.most pleasant
and undying Revolutionary reminiscences.
The Alumni of its, College and
,eminary,
are known throughout the land r and an in
terest is hence felt in all its' movements:
A gentleman who was present at the recent
College A.nhiversary, furnishes us 'the fol
lowing statement : •
The exercises preliminary to the Com=
mencement of the .College of New Jersey
took place one Tuesday. June 24th, the
principal feature being the' Oration 'before
the Literary Societies, by the liev. T. L.
CUTLER, of New-York.. It was ornate in.
style, and was listened to with unflagging
interest. After some introductory remarks
upon his own.3routhful experiences at this
Institution, and - a brief review of its.distin
guished Professors, he proceeded to discuss
his theme—" The Intellect and Its Uses."
From this he branched off into a discourse
upon the duties -of the . American citizen,
and with an allusion to the sad condition'
of our country. ,
• The annual - meetings of the . Literary So
cieties Were subsequently held in , their re
spective Halls, but the procdedings being
secret, nothing can be properly said of
The Abimni Association met in the af
.
.. . ,
ternoon. Representatives of the" Classes
of 1859, 1852, 1842, and 1832,,werucalled
upon. Allusions, were made ,to the de
ceased graduates of the put year, among
whom were Bishop . MEADE, Hon. THEO,
FRELINGHUYSEN,JNO. P. JAcksoic, , Esq.,
EK-Gov. WM. PENNINOTON, and the. Hon.
JOHN Wl:rims. Interesting remarks were
made also by DANIEL Lone, EsQ., and the.
Rev. Dr. PARKER, Of Yale; Rey. Dr. MAC
DONALD, of Union; A. HAGAMAN, of
Rutgers' College ; Rev. JONATHAN: F.
STEARiIs, D.D.,
of. Harvard ; and _Rev.
N'
Mr. COLTO, of Madison Unixersity.
in the evening, the Honorary Orations
of the Junior Class ;were delivered in the
church before a brilliant audience, the ex
, ercises being enlivened by a fine band of
music. - This is. a ,chivalrous contest be
tween the two Literary Societies, and, of
course, enlists the most intense ..interest
among the students. There are four ora
tors from each . Hall, selected by the stu
dents themselves, and chosen not so much
for scholarship, as for ability in writing
and in public speaking. fence the whole
evening was one of intellectual brillianey--
a continued pyrotechnic display of bright,
and beautiful things. The young gentlemen
acquitted themselves with great, credit, es
pecially A. H. STRIC.KLER, of Pennsylva
nia,-whose elocution was preeminently. ex
cellent.
The Comenceraent exercises proper, took,
place on the following (Wednesday) morn
ing. Many of the speakers performed the
parts assigned them admirably,,particularly
MeSSTS. CHAS. H DOD, who had the Belles-
Lettres Oration; E. R. BURKHALTER, the
Metaphysical Oration.,;.E. S. -A TWATER,
and JOHN JONES. .
-The Master's , Oration, delivered -by A.
11, KaLLgoo, of Philadelphia was, admire hly ,adapted to the oceasion, and very effect
ively spoken.
The Valedictorian Lzwrs W. Muno-F.
of New-York,• closed the exercises of the
day. This address, both, in matter and
manner, deeply interested and gratified the
audience. Its strictly religious tone elic
ited the most decided commendation. In
this connexion it is worthy of notice that
of the, graduating class, all but .seven are
professedly pious, most of them,shaving
been converted during the recent revival in
the Collect. . '
The ghduating clasq, numbering forty
nine, received the Degree of Bachelor of
Arts.
The Degree of Master of Arts was con
ferred upon forty-four graduates of three
years standing, who are preparing for, or
have entered upon, some one of the learned
professions.
TIMOTHY P. RANNEY, of Amherst Col
lege' received the degree of A. M. ad
euntlem,' and the Rev. WM. ELDza, and
A. B. DarrpN, M.D.,, the honorary degree
of A. M.
The degree of D. p.
~was conferred on
the MEV— JOSEPH R. BTANN,. of Princeton,
N. 5., and the • Rev. A. ALEXANDER
EODGE, of Wilkesbarre, Pa., author of
"Outlines;of Theology."
The degree of LL.D. , was conferred on
the Rev., WM. A. STEARNS, D.D., Presi
dent of Amherst College, and the lon. A.
O. ZA.BRIORTR, Of,
, Jersey. City, N. ,J.
ROBERT, LENOX ' MA 1 TLAND, En., of
New-York, and ,the Hon. EDWARD W.
WHELPLEY;, Chief', Justice of NeW-Jersey,
were elected Trastees of the College, to fill
the vacancies -.occasioned by the death of
Ex.. Gov. WM. PENNINGTON and Hon.
LEWIS CONDIT M.D.
MB WRITE HOUSE.
Near the landing of Gen.' MeCLELLAN's
army, on the Pamunky, is a white , house
owned by Gen. Lzz, of the rebel , army.
It is built on what was once the estate . of
Gen. WASHINGTON, and, like all the other
private property not veeged for the public
service, has been guarded., Nalicions,men
have made a great ado about this, as though
it were a special fatior to a preminent reb
el. Hon H. J. RAYMOND, of the N.`
Times, writing from the army, says, on this
subject ' •
" I see that 'complaints have been made
at Washington that the White Rollie' is
not 'ok,oitined'ii4s a, 'Hospital, but 48 kepvan
violate from our ttoops by a gard. If has
been said that even the well is guarded,
and that soldiers are not allotied- to go to
it for a drink of water. A. great deal of
:indignation has been-invokedagainst Gen.
'III.6OLELLAN on this account, and , Some,
gentlemen of New;York are reported to
have informed President LINCOLN that
this was done in pursuance of an arrange
ment between him .and Gen. Lxn, - the
owner of the White House that in cane of
war they would protect each other's prop
erty. All this is 'very stupid, very mali
cious, and very contemptible. The story
of an arrangement between the two Gen
erals is a sheer fabrication. The White
_l:louse has but six rooms--,and would hold,
at the outside, not more than fifty patients.
It is at some distance from the leading,
place; and in the judgment of Dr.
LER, the Medical Director, is not needed
for hospital purposes, as tents have been
provided for the temporary care of the
wounded at the landing. It is giarded
from intrusion and injury partly because
the orders of the army
_are to protect pri
vate property, and partly because it is the
site;of WASHINGTON'S =early home—both,
in my judgment, perfectly just and conclu
sive reasons.. The well is guarded solely
to prevent its being exhausted by, over
drafts; the water is used by the soldiers
constantly, • although excellent water is
abundant and much more *accessible , . I
trust the 'White House will continue to be
protected from invasion and injury. It is
a'very, small price to pay one of respect - to
the - memory. of -WASHINi3TON. I see, by
the way, that the• letter.published in some
of the papers, purpOrting -to =come from
Mrs. LEE,•and charging the Union troops
with having searched ' , and desecrated the
house ' is pronounced a forgery. She ac
knowledges the. care 'With which it. been
protected. -
" I observe, by yesterday's - papers, that
Secretary STANTON has ordered the 6 gnard
to be removed from the White _Ronne.
He will excuse me for saying that he has
been misled into doing as very fotdish thing.
But when a Cabinet Minister inakewbun
come his god, there is no telling to what
absurdities his worship may lead him.
We'shall now get the reputation of being
utterly reckless of WASHINGTON and his
memory, and without any offset. There
are.twenty houses better adapted to - hoer&
tal purposes than the White Honse—and
every one of them: is untouched."
EASTERN SUDBURY.
,
BOSTON AND NEW-ENGLAND
..At a late meeting for daily prayer in
Boston, REV. CHARLES A. STEWART,
chaplain; of the steam- frigate Nigara,
which has just returned from a two years'
cruise, stated that when the ship went to
sea there were but folartem pious men on,
board ; hut that through the means of
grace 'enjoyed by the crew, between fifty
,
and sixty has been brought to confess a
hope in Christ. This ship had been to. Ja
pan .in the first year of her . cruise. The:
second had-been occupied in the blockade.
Religions services were held twice a day,
all the time. Many of the officers and
men took an. active part in. the meetings, for
prayer: The commander, Flag-offieer-Mc-
Kean, is a decided Christian. '
THE EIGHTH UNION SABBATH SCHOOL
CONVENTION, of Massachusetts, was held
June 18th. An address was read by Rev..
Dr. Haven, urging that the Sabbath School
shcaild embrace both pastor and people.
All should ;be, there, and more old than
young, and be addressed by the, pastor.
This might be made a good substitute for
the afternoon sermon; but we. trust that
people will not demand the presence of
pastors, . statedly, in the Sabbath School,
who- have to, preach twice from the pulpit.
There is a limit to every man's powers, and'
pulpit performances must necessarily suffer
by every call for the occupying of energies
in another.place.,
Dr. Haven, in the following words, pre
sented a good idea: "In ordinary times
should address. you as the vanguard: of the
army—for that-is your title in reference to
the Church—but, in a very important
sense, you and all the churches now are the
reserved corps of the grand army, fighting
at once for our country and for the great
canie of God? Probably- there is not' 'a
school here . represented that has not other
representativee'.on‘the fields of battle. If
we cannot go like them .to' maintain the
honor of :our nation, let us at least do what
we can to make our nation worth fighting
for Got make us a Christian nation, and
ke,ep us one I Every blow we strike in the
Sunday School for truth-and purity is a
blew for national integrity and honor; nay,
raore, it is a blow for that great unitm older
than all nations---and that shall yet control_
them all—the stone cut' out of the mountain
without handa—the kingdom not of this
world, and yet to subdue this world—the
Kingdom of Heaven !"
THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF CON
NEOTICIIT :Veld its 152 d annual meeting, a
Norwalk, on the 17th ult.. There werehut
forty-six members ia attendance. This is
a clerical body., The Subject of a Lay.
Delegation waa,up and
,discussed, but was
rejected, on amount, of.diffmulties spring
ing from ecclesiastical 'fregulations.: The
report covers the yStii ending December 31,
1861. •"'
The whole number of churches-is 283.
At the beginning of the present year 11
churches had., no ministers; 92 had stated
supplies; and 180, pastors. There were at
that time, 46,113 communicants. Of these,
with the, exception of 550, whose sex is
not given, 15,234 are males, and 30,339 are
females. The whole 'amount of contribu
tions, to benevolent objects, was $130,44.
Miring. the last four years the additions and
deaths were
In 1858,1 T Prof., 1,914 ; Died, 729,; Gain, 1,188
hi,1852, " " 739
,; " 762 ; Loss, ,23
In 1850, " 57/ ; " 793 ; 1, 222
In . 1851, " " ,497;. , " 857; " '360
In addition to these facts the report
States that'in .1859,110 churches, with 14,-
184 members, gained not one from the
world. In 1860, isq churches, with 19,-
328 members were alike fruitless. And in
1861, 146 churches, more than half of the
whole number of chirches, reCeiVed not, a
single Temp by profession. Some of these
churches, were small, but others were large,
and varia.,in the ,number of members from
1.6 to,Over,'soo,,and. had good anefaithful
ministers. , These faetedeeply affected the
minds .andhearts of all; and-led the Asso
ciation to appoint a ,committee to inquir e
into the 'reasons why so . few have been
added to the" 'churches by profession and
to report to the next General Association,
sbowipg how this state of things can be
improyelk
AkiVALS: are in :progress: at Wethera.
MI
Mr. SAMUEL 'RAMSEY vra's ordained by the
Presbytery of Allegheny, on the 17th
inst.oand installed pastor of the Taren
tde' church. , Sermon by Rev. R. 13.
Walker; charge to, the pastor Cby Rev:
David 'lall, , und to the people by Rev.
Loyal Young, 'D.D. During the last
,three months, sixty-seven persona have
been received into this church on exam
ination; and seven on certificate.
Mr. R. DowEnoo, late of the Allegheny
Seminary, has received a call to the am
' nellsville church, Pa.
Mr. H. If. WHITE was licensed, 'on the
25th ult., by the PresbYtery of 'Salts
burg.
For the Presbyterian Banner.
Supplies Appointed by Saltsburg Presbytery,
The following supplies were appointed by
the Presbytery of Saltsburg,, at their June
meeting
Fine Euta—Mr. Townsend, Third Sab
bath in. July. Mr. J. E. Caruthers, Third
Sabbath in. August. Mr. Spargrove, Sec
ond Sabbath in September.
Warren—Mr. Woodend, Fourth:Sabbath
in July. Mr. Donaldson, Second Sabbath
in August. Mr. Irwin, First. Sabbath in
September.
Washington—Mr. Rice, Second Sabbath
in July. Mr.. Jones, First Sabbath in
August. Bollman, one Sabbath at
discretion.,
Centrer,—Mr. Bollman ;
,Fifth Sabbath in
June. -Mr. McElwain, , Fourth' -Sabbath
in July. Mr. Shirley, Fourth Sabbath - in
August.
P. S.—The above appointments were
made on account of the , severe illness of
the pastors. ,
Cumberland Presbyterians, --This Church
includes 1,270 churches, 1,150 ministers,
400 probationers for the ministry; and 120,-
000, iinembers.
field, Conn.; Plymouth, Mass.; and. Bow
doin College, Maine. At Auburn Academy,
out of fifty-three students, forty-five pro
fess a hope in Christ.
THE DuouuuT is becoming very serious
in Northern Vermont. Lamoille, Chitten
den, and Orleans counties, have not been
visited with a copious rain since last Fall.
For the pastfour or five - weeks no rain has
fallen, and the grass is drying up in the
pastures.
THE Newport Hews learns that seventy
,
seven furnished cottages have already been;
engaged for the season, being one morethan
was taken on the first day Of, July last.
1 .EW-YORI
BUSINESS is nearly up to that which is
usual at this season of the year. ' Importa
tions are much in 'advance of what they
were in June 1861.
,Money, is plenty at
6. per cent. Large
. amounts of gold have
been exported, - the last week. On one day
$2,000,000 left for Europe. Gold: ran up
to 110 per cent., and foreign exchange to
120. The reason of this large •Pxportation
of gold, and this great' advance in foreign
exchange, is not that importations have in
creased enormously, nor that exportations
have declined-; but because Europeans
have sent large amounts of our stocks,
which they had held, back .for sale; the
price of stocks being now good ;'at"house.
We shall have this small benefit, that we
need not send' out gold to pay interest on
these returned stocks, and the further ben
efit that our• Government indebtedness will'
be more concentrated amonag our own
•
people.
Wm. H. IlAwKiNs keolored,) was execu
ted, on Friday, for the murder of Captain
Adam& on the high seas New-York is in
the habit of showing great sympathy for
criminals. Murderers usually escape; and
great criminals in , other respects, find
friends. This sympathy with rime has
been strongly manifested in the. evasions` of
the State laws against the means of drunk:
ennes& A new instance has just occurred.
In - the Court of General Sessions,' last
week, Recorder Hoffman rendered a deci
sion in the ease of Osmer and Jantzen, in
dicted for the publicly keeping of liquors
for sale on the
,Sa,bbath, holding that, the
violation of the act under which the de
fendents were indicted was not' a criminal
offence. The offender can no longer be
prosecuted and restrained. He' can be
reached only by a civil suit, and tile law's
'penalty involves a delay, annoyance and
expense to 'which few will subject them
selves. ' The law is hence likely to be a
dead letter.
THE one' hundred and eighth Commence
ment of Columbia College took place on
the 26th ult., at the Academy of Mike:
The stage was Ailed with distinguished
men, and the body of the house with afine
audience. The graduating class numbered
forty-four members.
TEiE PRESIDENT'S unexpected passage
through the city, last week, on his way to
see Gen. Scott, at West Point, occasioned
no small amount of conjecture. Why
should he leave Washington tar this pur
pose ?
,Why travel so hastily? What is
wrong? Is Fthere to be a foreign war, or is
the Cabinet to be revolutionized ? Nothing
has occurred except a change in a Military
Department, and the advance ,of Gen. Pope
to its command;, and New-Yorkers have
concluded that President Lincoln wished
the approbation of his old friend and coun-'
sellor,
PHILADELPHIA.
Tars is the quiet city. Order reigns':
Industry progresses. Improvements_ make
steady advances. There is seldom any re
markable occurrence. But Philadelphia is
a great eity—great in extent, in the num
ber of its citizens,
,in its trade, its manu
factures, and its enjoyments. A recent
noteworthy event is the purchase of League
Island, six hundred acres; by the Coimeils,
and the tender of it to-the United '
,` States
for a Navy tiu:d ; and a 'talked-of event is
the establishing , of a swift line of steamers
to Liverpool. -
In works of benevolence, Philadelphia
always moves vigorously.
,Her preparation 4
for the sick and wounded of the army are
praiseworthy.
ECCLESIASTICAL.
Acknowledgment.
Mu: Enrrou:-- 7 -For the last eighteen
years the people of Saltsburo . '' congre4ation
have strengthened the hands and cheered
the heart of theirpastor, by manifw.ting
deep and constant interest in the wel 'are of
himself and', During the recen t af
flictions and bereavements through which
he has passed, their kind attention and
sympathies have done much to strengthen
and uphold him. In addition to daily
manifestations of tender regard, they, on
the sth ult., without any parade, feasting
or display, quietly deposited in and around
his dwelling, a great variety of articles
suited to the wants of a paStor's
arriounting,ln value, to $lOO. For this and
everyother token of their respect and affee
ticm I tender them my, heartfelt thanks,
while '1 trust their example will stimulate
others to go and do likewise: -
W. W. WOODEND.
Woodland ozo, June 28, 1862.
impeaohmat of West B. 111!mphroys.
On Thursday, June 26, the trial of Judge
Humphreys, of By., was issued in the United
States Senate. The following is the rePort by
telegraph:—The Senate resolved itself into a
High Court of Impeachment on the trial of West
H. Humphreys.
The Senators took places on the platform on
either side of the President, pro tem.
The'llouse being. notified can* over in a
and the members took seats on the floor of the
Senate. '
The galleries were densely crowded to witness
the - proceedings.
The members of the House of Representatives
filled. the of the Senators, -who were ar4
ranged upon a platform
,especially constructed
for that purpose.
The witnesses; including Col. Polk, Parson
Brownlow and Bailey Peyton, occupied seats in
the outer' 'eirele; •
Two tables were placed in the area fronting the
Secretaries' desks, one of which was surrounded
by the Managers on the part of the House to
prosecute the case, while the other was not used;
the accused with counsel, for whoselleonvenience
it waifermally provided, not being present.
The 'proceedings were conducted with all the
dignity becoming a High Court of Impeachment.
The usual ceremonies were proceeded, with,
when evidence was taken proving the disloyalty
of the accused. Messrs. Jacob, AlTrravitt, Isaac
Lyton, lohn H. Smith, H. B. Scoville, and WI
G. Brownlow, gave direct testimony' to that
effect.
Mr. Bingham, on the' part of the
,managers
said he should offer' no more evidence. Think;
ing the facts charged were abundantly proved,
he should; therefore, demand of the Honorable
Court, in, the name of the• House :of Representa
tives and ;of the people of the-. United States;
whose liberties,were so outraged by this reckless
Judge, that a conviction be had of , impeachment.
The President, pro tem. then put the question
whether the accused Wad guilty of high crimes
and misdemeanors as. charged by articles of hn
peachment of the lionise of Representatives.
Mr. Saulsbury said be should vote for the im
peachment on the ground that, while holding the
office of Judge of the United States, the accused
assumed to act as Judge. of the Confederate
States ; but he (Mr. SaUlsbary) would not com
mit himself to any °Utile declarations or senti
ments uttered by the managers on the part of
the House or, Senate.
The accused was then declared guilty on the
first article by the unanimous vote of thirty
eight Senators present. -;
Messrs. Bayard, Carlile, Johnson,' Pearce,
Reed, Simmons, Stark, and Wilson, qd - Mass.,
were absent.
On the second article, charging him with sup
porting and advocating the sant* secession, Mr.
Browning voted' hot guilty; guilty thirty-five.
On the third article, charging him with organi
zing armed rebellion,the vote —guilty, 32 ;
not guilty, Messrs. Anthony, ,A w l
thony Vessenden,,Foster
and Harlan, 4.
On the fourth article, charging 'him:with con
spiracy to oppose by force the Government of
the United Stated—guilty, 27; not guilty, 10—
Messrs. Browning; Cowan, Harris, Henderson;
Kennedy; Latham, McDougal, Nesmith, Ten
Eyck, Wilson. Mr. Saulsbury excused.
On the fifth article, the vote was unanimous.
•
On the sixth article, on the specification charg
ing him with'the confiscation of property of Citi
zens—not guilty, 24; guilty 11.
The court, then took recess•till four o'clock.
At four o'clock, the Court,again met.
Mr. Foster offered the following question, to
be put to the Court: , •
Is the Court of the opinion that West" H.
Humphreys should be removed from the office of
District Judge for the District Court or the
United. States, for the District, of Tennessee ?
Mr. Trumbull moved add, and th a t he be
. ,
disqualified from holding or enjoying any office,
of honor, trust, or profit, under the United States.
Mr. Trumbull's amendment isms then adopted—
yeas 27,
_nays 10.
Mr. Davis called for a slivision of the qUestion.
The first part of the question was then adopted
—yeas 38,' nays none; the second part was also
adopted—yeas 35, nays none.
The President pro tem., then pronounced the
judgment.. It is hereby ordered and decreed that,
West H. Humphreys, Judge of .the District Court
of the United States, for the Western, Middle
and Eastern District of" Tennessee, be, and is
disqualified from holding-or enjoying any offices
of honor, trust or profit, tinder the United States ;
and the Court then adjourned sine die.
e- • .
Anstice to Goy. Stonly.
Mr. Colyer writes thus, in the a New-York
World : .
Marlin - an, June 24.
To the •Editor of the
.World :—ln.accordange
with the request of his excellency Gov. Stanly,
I wish it published that misapprehended the
intention' of his Excellency to close my ichoOla
foe colored -people in "Newburn, N. C.; that"-he
never intended to put in force the laws of North
Carolina . ; and that until he,gets_ explicit instruc
tions from the government at Washington, D. C.,
he will neither interfere with my schools nor re
turn fugitive . slaves' to; their masters. All of
which I do with sincere and high gratification,
and in , humble gratitude to God.,
.IVnicanr COLTER,
Superintendent of the Poor.
Won it not be beconiiiig in papers which
published 111. r. Colyer's : to
give , ntierarice to this correction,?
Army Changes.
Wasnmoron, June . 26.- 1 -The forces. under
Major Generals Fremont, Banks, and McDowell,
have been consolidated into one army, called the
army of Virginia, and Major General Pope has
been especially assigned, by the President, to
the chief command. The forces under Gen.
Fremont constitute the ' first army of the corps,
and are to be commanded by Gen. Fremont; the
forces under - Gen. Banks constitute the second
army of the : corps, and, are to be
.commanded by
him.; the forces under Gen. McDowell consti
tnie the third army of the corps; and are to be
commanded 'by him. M'CaU's division, 10,000
strong, Which formed apart:Of bioDowell's corps,
has reached Gen. McClellan by water, and
another division is to follow immediately, in, the
same way, while Gen. Pope will also operate
against the enemy at Richmond. Besides, W
ean's Gen has' rtileiVed
other reinforcements to .the amount of several
thousand .since the battle of Fair Oaks.
Gen. Pope is much the junior, of each of the
'commandern of these army corps. An act of
Congress, authorizes the. President to thus, ad
vance a. conimander. How it will be.borne by
the army is yet to be indicated. Gen. Fremont,
as Appears by the following order, resists, and is
relieved
WAR DEPARTRENT,
Washington, June 27.
Gen. John C. Freiaont having requested to be
relieved from the eortunand of the -first army corps
of the army of Virginia, because, as he says, the
position assigned ,him by the appointment of
Major General Pope as Commander-in-Chief of
the army of Virginia, is subordinate and inferior
to those held by, him, and to remain . in the Sub
ordinate command now assigned would, as he
says, largely reduce his rank and consideration
thein service is ordered, by the President;
that IVlajor General John C. Fremont be relieved
from command"; second, that Brigadier General
Rufus King be, and he is hereby assigned to the,
command of the first army corps .of, the, army of
For the Presbyterian Benner
11. 'All commanding officers are enjoined
strictly' to enforce the existing orders directing
that hot:coffee be served to the troops immediately
after rev,eille. By command of
Major-General MCCLELLAN.
S. W.uxtsms, '
'Captain T. _ S. Phelps, of the gunboat Corwin,
intercepted a mail` on the Mattapony on the 23d,
Whith stated: that Beau:regard bad arrived at
Richmond with the main. portion of bis array:
that thirty thOusand' men had been sent to Jack
son ; and that Jackson, with these reinforce
ments and
.the men he already had, would at
once attack our right flank, about Mechanics
ville, and get round into our rear, while General
Lem, with' the main rebel army, would at the
same time'make a desperate attack in front.
These men were with
_Jackson and others, in
attack'gmu• right wing.
place of General Fremont, relieve!
Enwis• 141. Srarros,
Secretary of War.
b V y ir o g r i d ri e ia ;b i fn the President.
Gen. Bailer and the Consuls of New Orleans.
There is much roguery in the world, and nien
holding official•stations are not always innocent.
The Consuls at New Orleans, seem to be d eeply
implicated, and in Gen. Butler they find both th e
lawyer and the military commander. 'rhefol-,
lowing is characteristic :
In a note dated at New Orleans, June 71,180
addressed to Major-General B. F. Butler, we fi n ,j
that George Coppel (H. B. M. acting Consul
Chas. Mejan (French Consul,) and AI. A',
chi (Greek Consul,) state that the firm of Coc as
& Negropoute made a purchase of sugars e, n .
jointly with Ralli Benachi, all of New Orlean,
and that said sugars are not allowed to be soli[
without orders from Gen. Bittler. They repre
sent that the sugars in question, 3,205 hogsheads
are the property of British, French and Greek
subjects, purchased at various times in.o t k eeymai
manner, 'i.e., by the proceeds of bills i ex .
change, .&c.; that the shipment of these sugars
has been prevented lay the commander's Procla
mation, thus entailing great ,loss to the foreign
owners; and 'they beg that the order may be re
scinded, and that the sugars in question may b e
placed at the disposal of the purchasers, and
they will: Waive all past proceedings. In reply
to the above, Gen. Butler says:
HEADQUARTERS 'DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, )
New Orleans, ..fune 12, 1862.
Gentlemq:—ln 'the matter of the sugars i n
possession, of Mr. Coves, who is the only party
known to the' United States authorities, I h ue
examined with care the statement you have sent
me. I: had information, the sources of which
you will not.expect. me to disclose, that Mr. Co
ves had been engaged in buying Confederate
notes, giving `for e them sterling exchange, thus
transferring abroad the 'credit, of the States in
the rebellion and enabling these bills of credit to
be converted into bullion to be used there, as it
has been; for the purpose of purchasing arms
and munitions.of War. That Mr. Coves was on e
of, and the agent of an Association or Company
of Greek merchants residing here, in London,
and in Havana, who had set apart a large fund
for this enterprise. That these Confederate
notes so purchased by. Mr. Coves, had been used
in the purchase of sugars and cotton, of which
the sugars in question, in value almost $200,000,
are a part..
I directed Mr. Coves to hold these sugars until
this matter could be investigated.
I am satisfied of the substantial truth of this
information. Mr. Coves' own books will show
the importantg' facts that sold sterling exchange
for Confederate Treasury note's, and•then bought
these sugars with the notes:,
Now this is deemed to, he "strictly mercan
tile."
It will not be denied that the sugars were in
tended for a foreign market.
But the Govenment of the. United State; had
said that with the port of New Orleans there
should be no. strictly mercantile" transactions.
It would not be contended for a moment that
the exchanging,of specie for Confederate Treas
ury notes, and sending the specie to Europe to
enable the rebels to buy arms and munitions of
war there, were not a breach of the blockade, as
well as a violation of the neutrality laws and
the proclamation, of their Majesties, the Queen
of Great Britain and' the Emperor of France.
What distinguishes the two cases, save that
drawing the sterling bills is.a more safe and con
venient way of evading 'the' lairs, than sending
bullion in specie, and thus assist the rebellion M
the point of ite utmost need?
It will be claimed that to assist the rebellion
was not the motive.
Granted." cauaa argumeisti 1"
It was done from the desire of gain, as doubt
less- all the violations of neutrality have been
done by bliens curixig `this wax—a motive which
is not sanctifying to acts by a foreigner, which,
if done by a. subject, would be treason or a high
misdemeanor.
My proclamation of May Ist, assured respect,
to all , persons and property that were respectable.
It'as not an amnesty to" murderer% thieves, and
criminals of deeper dye, or less heinousness, nor
a mantle to cover the property of those eiders of
the rebellion, whether citizens or , aliens, whom I
might find here.:
If
If numbers of the foreign residents here have
been engaged in aiding the rebellion, either di
rectly or indirectly, from a spirit of gain, and
they now find tnemselves objects of watchful su
pervision by the authorities of the United States,
they will: console themselves with the reflection
that they are only getting the "bitter with the
sweet." • Nay, More • if honest and quiet foreign
citizens find themselves the object of suspicion
to, and even their honest acts subjects' of inves
tigation by the authorities of the United States,
to' their inconvenience,. they will, upon reflec
tion, blame only the and greedy
of: their own fellow-citiZens who have, by their
aid to the rebellion, brought distrust and suspi
cion over all.. Wishing to treat you, gentlemen,
with every respect, I have set forth at length
some of therreasons which prompted my action.
There is one'phrase in your letter which Ido not
understand, and cannot permit to pass without
calling attention to' it. Yon say, " the under
signed are disposed to waive all past proceed
ings," &o. •
What " proceedings" have you, or either of
you, to "waive" if you do feel disposed so to
do? What right have yon in the matter?
What authority is vested in You by the laws of
nations, or of this country which gives you the
powor4o use such language to the United States
in a quasi official communication?
Commereial agents, merely of a subordinate
,
class; Consuls have no power to waive or con
done any proceedings past or present of the Gov
eminent,• under - whose protection they are per
mitted to,reside„solong as they behave well. If
I have,comraitted any wrong t0..4r. (lovas, you
have no power to "waive ' or pardon the pen
alty or, prevent his having redress ! If he has
committed' any wrong to the United States, you
have still less power to shield him from punish
ment:.
I take-leave to suggest, as a possible explana
tion of this sentence, that you have been. so
long dealing with a rebel Confederation, which
has been• supplicating you to make such-repre
sentations to the Government whose subjects you
are, as would induce your sovereigns to aid it in
its traitorous designs, that you have become rusty
in the language proper to be used in represent
ing,the claims of your fellow-citizens to the con
sideration of agreat and powerful- Government,
entitled to equal respect with your own.
In order to prevent all misconception, and
that, for the future, you, gentlemen, may cnow
exactly.the position upon which I act in regard
to foreigners resident here, permit me to explain
to you that I think a foreigner resident here has
not one, right morerthan an American. citizen, but
at least one right less, i.e., that of meddling or
interfering, by discussion, vote, or otherwise,
with the affairs of the Government:
I have the' honor to subscribe 'myself, your
obedient servant, B. F. BUTLER,
Major-General Commanding,
Messrs. George Coppell, claiming to be H. -B. M.
Acting Consul;. A. Mejan, French Consul; M.
W. Benachi, Greolt. Consul.
Sanitary Regulations.
HEADQVAB.TERS ARMY or THE POTOMAC,
Camp Lincoln, June 20, 1862. f
Spe'eitil Order No. 186.—The disinterment of
bodies; on the field of battle, being found preju
dicial to the health of the troops; is strictly pro
hibited. By command of
Major-General hioCLELLAN
S. WILLIAMS, A. A. G.
The following recently-issued order may also
be given here. •
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF TELE POTOMAC,
Camp Lincoln, Va . .; June 19, 1862.
General OrderB, No. 136.-1. The extra issue
of whiskey heretofore ordered will be immediately
discontinued.
BeanTegnTd- at. Richmond.