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PITTBBI26II, SATDRDIT, AUGUST 2, 1862.
The nrangelleal Repository and United
Trekterian .Review, for July, contains the
%complete Minutes of the' late meeting of the
'Goa:Oral Assembly of the United Presbyte
%rim Church.
Sunny Aide Academy.—The Semi-Annual
'Catalogue of this institution shows an at
tendance of forty-six young ladies, during
the last •term. It is situated at Newburg,
Cumberland County, Pa., and Rev.
DAx
:[EL WILLIAMS and Mrs. C. L. WILLIAMS,
are the Principals, with five other instruc
tors. For terms, see advertisement.
The Article Signed " New Sersey."—There
was a communication, two weeks ago, over
the signature (< New Jersey," commenting
on the case of Dr. PLumun, before the
Presbytery of Allegheny City. A desire
has been expressed to know who is the
author, and also who is not the author.
The latter desire we can gratify so far as to
say, that he is not a Professor, Director,
Trustee, or active man in any Theological
Seminary.
Now Book of Bisciplino.—The Committee
of the General Assembly, on this work,
sat in this city last week, and cause to har
monious, conclusions after three days of
diligent labor. The proposed Book has
been considerably modified, making it to
retain more of the features of that which
has hnig: .served the Church. We hope to
be able to refer to the modifications more
particularly next week. The meeting was
large.
Board of Publication.—By request we
make the following announcement:
The Committee appointed by the last
General Assembly to examine the affairs
of the Board of Publication, will convene
at the Boon's, 821 Chestnut Street Phila.
'
deliShia on Tuesday, 16th of September, at
10 o'clock A. M.
"All persons shall have full opportuni
ty, either is person or by writing,•to pre
sent to the Committee any objections or
doubts they may entertain in regard to the
plans and operations of the Board."
By order of the General Assembly.
CHARLES C. BEATTY, Ch'n.
THE ASHEN INSTITUTE.
We have several times called the atten
tion of our readers to this excellent school
for the education of colored young men.
All may be thankful for its existence and
for the blessing of God upon it, and that
even an , average of fifteen African youths
are thus favored with a good education.
But still, it is really surprising that so
little favor is shown <to a school having
such noble ends and aims. Where is the
real love, the ardent, practical benevo
lence of the ten times ten thousand who
(denier so loudly, politically, for justice and
kindness to the black race. Have they not
a few dollars to spare for ' , the making of
liberty a blessing—for the true elevation
4)f this portion of their fellow-men? We
have but' little:admiration for the princi
ples of those who vociferate, "Emancipa- ,
tion," but who will do nothing to make
freedom a benefit,
The AshMllli Institute does good not
only to the few pupils there educated. It
isends,its ,sons forth to be each a shining ;
light., a specimen of what an. African may
become, and a means of elevating many.
They are prepared to become artisans, trier-
<shunts; teachers, and ministers.
In , these times this matter should, be
•pressed. The Institute is delightfully. sit
uated: It is in Chester County, Pa., where •
it has a few acres of land, with a commence
ment of comfortable buildinas. It is the
benevolent work ,of the Presbytery of New- •
castle, and is worthy, in every aspect, of
the l utmost confidence. Read the article in
another column.
DEATH OF ,ANOTHER3ISTER.
The Ref*. , JAMES C. BROWN, D: D.,
Chaplain of the 48th Regiment of Indiana'
Volunteers, died on the 14th of July, at
Paducah, Ky., from diSease contracted !
while in the discharge of his duties in the I
field. Dr. BROWN was a native of thew,
State of Ohio, graduated at Jefferson Col
leg4, Pa., studied theology two years at the
Western ' Theoloaleal Seminary and one
year at Columbia, S. C. The principall
part of his ministry was in Valparaiso,
Ind., and the adjoining country, where his !,
labors" were arduous and were greatly blest
in the conversion of souls and the building
ttp of the Chtrch. Long will his memory
be cherished 'and revered by the people
among whom he dwelt and for whose good
•
he toiled most uneeasingly.
Some time ago he accepted an agency for
the Nerth Western Theological Seminary, at
Chicago.,'but on accountof the state of the !
\
country, .ro'sulting from the Southern re- 1
bellion,'this\vrork did not succeed as was I
4 \ •
,autimpated. Afterwards he preached with
great success for six months, to one of our
churches in the Cityof St. Lonis, when ar
rangements were made for a most promi
sing ifield of usefulnesslor him, but the
distrracted state of the Oldie mind Pre::
ventedt.him from entering uiltu it. Dur
ing last Winter he preached at South Bend,
Indiana. And in March he accepted the
chaplaincy of the 48th Regiment of Indi
ana Volunteers, of which his brother was
Oolonel. And while faithfully engaged in
the duties of this important station he was
taken to his - reward.
He was a man 'of great integrity of char-
actor, of wonderful singleness of purpose
in his Master's service, and of deep and
fervent piety. lie Was an excellent preach
,er, laborious.pastOr, and an humble, conftd
,
ping, and Ipving.follower of the Lord Jesus
‘Christ.
Ilia brother, Rev. F. T. BRowN is pas
tor,; of • the Bridge Street ; Presbyterian
nhttreh Giorge''tkiwn, D. 0:
GETTING TO WORK IN EARNEST.
We have now been engaged in the war
for more than a year, and we seem to be
farther from its end than we did at the
termination of the first month. We mis
took the power of our enemy, his earnest
ness, his determination. If we had at
once concluded that he was really strong,
and would put forth all his strength, and
contend to exhaustion, we might have been
induced to exercise wisdom, and put forth
all our strength and use all righteous means
which God might place within our reach.
In that case the war would have been al
ready ended. We have three times his
strength, independent of our naval forces ;
and a twelve months labor should have
ended the conflict. But there were some
unwise counsels got an ascendency.
Well, let us not make the case still
worse, by divisions and criminations. Let
us one and all, get to work in earnest,
us
ing every means which God has given us.
The late reverse before Richmond, seems,
as we remarked last week, to have, an
arousing tendency. On this subject, the
Christian intelligencer, the organ of that
steady and conservative body, the Re
formed Dutch Church, presents some ex
cellent thoughts, which we here give to
our readers:
"The : Government and' the people are
alike coming to see and feel that there is
immediate and pressing necessity for mak
ing the war with the rebels heavy, direct,
and severe. We can omit no longer the
use of any lawful means whereby the re
bellion may be speedily suppressed. True,
we have had great battles and great victo
ries to crown the Federal arms. True, we
have acquired possession of forts, porta,
cities, and even States. True, the -great
river of the West has been opened, and is
firmly held. While these important, re
sults have been secured, the industries of
the free States have been prosecuted with
steady zeal, and we have presented the
spectacle of a great people living well-nigh
in a condition of peace, although sustain
ing the greatest war of modern times.
" How has it been at the South ? There
a terrific military despotism, sending ter
rorism into every city, village and hamlet,
hesitating at no measure thought by it
useful to its bad cause, has forced the en
tire male population between the ages of
eighteen and sixty, capable of bearing
arms, into the field. It has gathered and
massed its forces with entire recklessness
of human life, for the purpose of destroy.
ing the nation. Meanwhile, the slaves
have been left at home, to plant, dig, hoe,
and produce for the support of the Con
federate army. Thus their negroes, - in
fact, have formed a great reserve, for the
production of necessary supplies, without
which the Confederate armies could never
have been brought up to their present pro
portions.
" There are some signs that this great
advantage will not much longer be allowed
the rebels. As a war measure, the Gov
ernment..has an undoubted right, first to
deprive the Southern traitors of that arm of
their strength which they have in the labor
of their slaves, and next to transfer that
arm over to our entrenchments, and to
make it of service there, that our soldiers
may have more time for fighting, and be
less oppressed than they have been by se
vere labors with axe and spade. In eman
cipation laws and proclamations we have
tiu faith. They can simply nourish faction
without hurting the rebels. But when our
armies are in repose or on the march, with
intent to suppress the rebellion, why ought
they not receive all slaves, and even encour
age them to come, not to fight, but to work
This policy put in execution would soon
' turn the tables.' It would add to our
strength, and reduce that of our enemy.
More, it would prove to Rebeldom, that if
it hopes to preserve a vestige of its peculiar
institution,
it must ask for peace, and sub
mit to the Constitution of the country.
" It bas been estimated that since the war
began, the Federal armies have lost, by cas
ualty and disease, one hundred thousand
men; and it is certain, that before it is
over, they will lose many more besides.
Who slew all these,? Traitors, who in the
interest of slavery made war upon a free
Government. Had there been no slavery,
to be, as Dr. PALMER said, conserved and
perpetuated '— if there had not been, as
ALEXANDER H. STEVENS avowed, an in
tention on the pit of the rebels 'to make
slavery 'the chief cornerstone' of a South
ern empire—there would have been no war
—none of the horrible desolations which
now overspread the whole land. And now
where are we with respect to it ? We have
fought through a year. We have secured
gains, and encountered heavy losses too.
We have done more; we' have maintained
the status of slavery by the power of our
arms. True, the institution has received
some heavy blows, direct and incidental.;
but nevertheless, there it stands to-day, be
hind the Confederate armies, as their.main
succor and support. Accordingly, this
question is before the people now, and will
have a speedy answer—to wit : Can the
Government afford any longer to permit
the array of three or four millions of slaves
in and behind the intrenchments of the
enemy, as a grand supporting force ? It is
simply a question as to the best way of
prosecuting the war, on our part, to a
speedy and successful issue, and not at all,
a question bearing directly on any emanci
pation policy whatever. We are engaged
in a fearful war, with an almost savage en
emy. We arefighting for law, and truth, and
order, and civilization, and humanity, and
religion, with men who are in arms against
all these for the purpose of oppressing
white and black alike, and trampling free
dom and right in the dust. They stick at
no measures; they waste no time over po
litical scruples; they slacken their ener
..ies by no considerations of humanity. In
a
these respects, we cannot, must not imitate
them.' But at all hazards, and at whatever
c expense of time, blood, and treasure,' we
must subdue them, and make them feel,
not so much the vindictive malice, as the
sublime power of the Government they
have wickedly undertaken to destroy. If
this is to be done soon and well, let their
slaves enter our armies by thousands and
tens of thousands; let them work for and
serve our soldiers; let the forsaken fields
of the South call, in their desolation, for
the return of their owners ; and while we
venture no predictions in respect to the
immediate future,.still we think there can
be no reason for doubting that the effect
of such a procedure would be of great ad
vantage to the Union, and of' equal disad
vantage to the Confederate armies.
" On this topic we have no new nor re
cently-adopted opinions. We expressed
them then as we do now, more than a year
ago, immediately after the fall of Sumpter;
and the..piogress of events has only ,deep
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PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.---SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1862.
to carry on a civil war in which the armies
on either side of the contest are fighting
substantially for one object, and that object
the preservation and conserwitionof slavery.
None but the most stupid reader will ac
cuse us of having sympathy with the aboli
tionists. They have clamored for procla
mations and for edicts, and have said a
thousand foolish things about the conduct
of the war. They are fond of theories,
and enamored of impossible plans. But the
country—the people—Democrats and Re
publicans, who are in blood earnest to crush
the rebellion—have thought, and do think,
that contraband negroes may help our loyal
armies, as much as contraband horses, or
corn, or cotton. Why uot,-then, let them,
come, and invite them to come, and pay
them when they have come, to assist in the
tremendous labors of the camp? When
once we have got ourselves possessed for
our good cause of one-half the earnestness
which inflames the zeal of the Confeder
ates for their bad cause, we shall then be
very near the final victory. In view of re r
cent events, may wo not ask ourselves
whether Divine Providence is not teaching
us the way in which we should walk, and
by what method wo should rise to ,the
height of that great argument, which we
are making in behalf of Constitutional
order and' human freedom ?"
The idea that slavery is to be conserved
must be abandoned. The other idea is be
coming more and more apparent, that God
means its extirpation.
We do not now, however, discuss the right
or the wrong of slavery, nor the morality
or immorality of abolitionism. We now
speak of carrying on the war, of conquer
ing the rebellion, of establishing law, order,
and peace. To this end the Government,
must overpower the enemy. We must take
from him the ,
armor in which he trusted,
and use it ourselves. Events show , that
the slaves, according to his original boast,
are to him an element of immense power.
He has in then . / his almost entire produc
tive force. They are his laborers,; men,
women, and children of them. They , sus
tain his armies, and they feed his women
and children whom he leaves at home. We
must take them to the utmost extent that
we can, to weaken him; and we must.em
ploy them, they being willing, in all ways
which to them will be just, to overcome
him. •
DR. MU:NARRATIVE RELATINGIII).:AF
FAIRS BEFORE MUM.
Rev. Dr. MA nKs, Chaplain to the 63d
Regiment Penn'a Volunteers, owing to his
fidelity to the trust reposed in him, was
taken prisoner before Richmond, and de
tained some weeks. He was then re
leased, without parole, and returned to his
regiment, at Harrison's Landing. He
now on a brief visit to his family. Dr.
MARKS is an example to Chaplains, and
merits the esteem and gratitude of the sol
diers' friends. He thus writes:
DEAR DOCTOR :--You requested, me, if
I found it possible, to pen a narrative of
the events of deepest interest to us which
occurred in connexion with the retreat of
our army before Richmond. In conse
quence of the sickness of our surgeons, Dr.
J. K. RODGERS and Dr. SUTTON, ,I was
left in charge of two hospitals, near Savage
Station. In these were about two hundred
and fifty men. At the commencement, of
the retreat of the left wing of the army,
on Sunday morning, I went to Savage Sta
tion, and found the right wing of the army
moving on the Williamsburg road toward
James river. I now learned for the first
time that the removal of the hospitals was
deemed an impossibility, arid that the
safety of the army demanded that the sick
and wounded should he left' to the enemy.
I returned to the hospital in CARTER'S
house, and found that, officers of our army had
been sent to urge all those who could Walk,
or drag themselves away, to hasten and
join thir regiments, for the enemy would
occupy all that region before night. Afraid
of captivity and violence, more than one
hundred—one-half of them rising; from
sick beds—hastened to escape. Those - who
were unable to 'bear_their knapsacks and
guns ' were 'aided .by the stronger..' Many
of these were assisted by wagons and am
bulances, When they had reaeled the high
way of our army, and but a very small
number fell into the hands of the enemy.
Of the one hundred and fifty that re
mained at the hospital in CARTER'S house
and Meadow Station, but few ,could bear
removal any distance, even in wagons. Of
the surgeons,
all were gone. Dr. RoDGEns,
our Brigade Surgeon, was sick, and - unable
to prescribe. The surgeon in charge had
been laid aside with fever fcir two .weeks.
I had assumed from necessity the elidrge;
and when their captivity became a 'painful
certainty, I found it impossible to for'sake
the sick and disabled, without shame and
dishonor.
In the hurry of - conversation, the
pression I made on the writer in the" Ga
zette was not fully correct. The enemy
were about us on Sunday evening, but we
were not taken prisoners until Monday
morning.
The officers of the Confederate Army
who in form took us prisoners, treated us
with great, kindness, and were with our in
valids, in a few moments, on the best of
terms. (It is bard to extinguish all na
tional feeling.) They searched the prem
ises, took possession of fifty' muskets,
twenty revolvers, and some dirks and
knives, appropriated to their wants two
coats, some blankets and gloves, and a bot
tle, of hospital whiskey. They left with us
a guard for our protection, and we were
never molested.'
During the week, we learned at Savage
Station that our wounded men lying in the
hospitals'on or near the field ofhattle, were
in the greatest destitution and misery--,
some having been stripped by the enemy, 1
others still lying on the spots where they,
had fallen, and all without sufficient- food,
handages, and medicines. -I requested per
mission of the Confederate Major in com
mand, to pass the lines of their arniy and
carry to the wounded such things-asT , were
most needed. He assured me such per
mission could not be granted;:he would
render himself liable to arrest; and with
out a strong,guard sent along with tile, he
could not secure. me from danger, and if
anything befell me of evil, there would be
no end of the trouble, but if I was dis
posed to go, he did not think I would be
harmed. I loaded .two horses with all•they
could bear, and started.on my
The first day, I met full fifteen hundred
soldiers
. ot the Confederate army, worn out:
and exhausted many of them withou i t
guns, a Tart of the shattered mass thrown,
off from• every army, in defeat and retreat.;
They were turning their faces for
,rest:and ,
Mei fast:duple "estgirn
mien led me to the hills over the White Oak
Swamp. I pissed through portions of
HllL's and JACKSON'S divisions. I was
not molested or stopped at any post, but the
pickets and guards let me pass on without
a question. I *sited this day a hospital in
tents, and found several of our men, who
had 'risen from their sick beds and followed
to this point, our army, but here they were
compelled to stop and become prisoners.
This day's safety and success emboldened
me. The following day 1 passed the White
Oak Swamp, and went to the various hospi
tals on tbe field of battle. I found on the
FRAZER Farm, near to the field of battle of
Monday, about two hundred and forty men,
most of whom were wounded. At this
place were lying several officers of the
Pennsylvania Reserves—Lieut. Col. Mc-
INTIRE, Maj. WoOLWORTII, Capt. GUTH—
BERTSON, Capt. M. B. ADAMS, and, others.
All of these were alive 'and doing well
when I left,Richmond:
The sufferings of our men here were most
severe and bitter. The Confederate author
ities had sent out from Richmond all the
wagons, ambulances and carriages which
could be found, and removed their own
wounded to the city,, but ours were left to.
perish, unpitied by them. As a great ad
dition to their cruelty, their surgeons had
robbed ours of all medicines, surgical in
struments and sanitory stores. And thus
the few surgeons of our army who remained,
were without the means of aiding our
wounded men.
La these hospitals, surrounded by the camps
of the enemy, bur men were greatly wronged
by the exhorbitant prices charged for every
article of neee.siity. Many were robbed or
money and clothing; the horses of, the. offi
cers were taken. .When these hospitals
were created, there was no food left for our
disabled troops.. Requisition after requi
sition • was made upon the Confederate
Quarter-masters- 7 --- the Generals were be
sieged—many promises were given, but no
food came.. The cry of our wounded men
became long and loud, not for surgical
help, but for " bread." Day followed
day, and still no food came, until the even
ing of the fourth day after the battle .of
Monday; and then a single hard cracker
and a small piece of fat side-bacon for each
man. The following day, flour, was sent to
hospitals. This the sick and wounded
were left to manufacture into bread, as best
they could, without salt and yest. The
flour was rolled into a little cake, and baked
on a stick orthe end of a ramrod_ Such,.
until their , removal • to Savage Station or
Richmond, was. the food of many of our
disabled and fainting men. During those
days many died of exhaustion and want.
'ln my visits to these hospitals. I was
deeply affected Eby the painful, harrowing
narrative -of the sufferings of, those days.
One of our surgeons, Dr. MARSH, of the.
4th Cavalry, who remained with the wound
ed at WILLIS' church, won my lasting re
spect by shedding tears as he described the
dreadful sufferings of his patients,in these
days. Wounded men suffer much: from
hunger and exhaustion, and need to be
nourished every few hours, by good food
and stimulants.
As I went from one to another through,
his_hospital, we came to the spot where a
non-commissioned officer of the Reserves
was breathing his last. We stopped, and
in a few moments the weary was at, rest.
He had under his right hand;
which was clasped in death. The doctor
could not, tell me his name. I lifted his
hand from the book, hoping to find his
name on the front page: As I did so, a
wounded, soldier lying alongside of the
dead, requested me to leave the Bible, as it
was larger print than his own Testament,
and he wished to read some.of the blessed
words. I found him to be lstSeret Jaax
A. PRICE, of the 3d Reserves. He was
near his end, but expressed his joyful con
fidence in God his Saviour. He said that
he had been a follower of the. Redeemer
for more than six years, and had, as he
hoped, never forsaken his .Lord ; and .on
the battle-field-and on this painful bed he
found the ,Gospel all his hope and stay.
And now as he. approached the valley and
shadow of death, he had no. fear. Re was
now trembling arid gasping for breath.
After praying with him, I left him,, to see
him no more; rejoicing that , if left alone
by man, his Divine Saviour 'was with him,
and would never leaxe him. He thought
from the prayers, and language of the
dead by bis side, that he was a good
man, and had entered his rest.
At the hospital, on the li.ELsois Farm, I
found WILL. SMITH, of Co. 8., of Sharps
burg. He was wounded in the chest. He
lived several days after the battle of Mon
day, possessed his reason to, the last, and
died, as 'I hope, penitent, and believing.
At the next hospital, 'a farm house,
surrounded with fruit-trees; in that portion
of the. battle-field where-the struggle had
been the most deadly, I found several offi
cers and men of our army ; amongst these,
Adj't S. GAITHER, of the 10th Reserves.
Of the scenes of this battle-fleld, and the
, ,
conversation with the wounded, I must de
fer writing until next week.
lINISTERS AIRESTED.
We are grieved to find that a number of
ministers have subjected 'themselves to
arrest, for their disloyalty; and especially
grieved that Presbyterian ministers who
have for long life enjoyed protection in
person, family, aiid property, are in so un
enviable a position. The followinc , has ob
tained currency
" NENi-Yong, l July 28.--The Tribune
has received a special dispatch from Colum
bus, Ohio, which states that the Rev. Pr,
BROOJECS, of St. Louis, and Rev..D. HOYT,
of Louisville, were arrested on Friday
night, at the house of. Judge CLARK, of
Ohio. It is reported that: important pa
pers were >found on• them, implicating
VALLANDIGHA.M, who will, be taken to
Cincinnati.!'
The New-York Tribune, like the New-
York Herald, being an extreme sensation
paper, is not the best authority for state
merits of this kind. We shall therefore
keep a lookout for a contradiction in refer
once to the two eminent brethren named.
The Cincinnati papers said, a short time
ago, that the True Presbyterian, Of Louis
ville, was suppressed, and' its senior editor
arrested. • The paper,'howeVer, still came
to us, and it denied the statement indig- I
nantly. It seems, however, , that the Pres- i
byter and Gazette published not entirely
Without authority. The order had been I
given, says the Presbyter, but within two
days, at the instance of a , prominent min
ister and truly loyal man, it was revoked. il,
Key., Benjamin wallaie, CD., editor of tho
'Presbyterian Quarterly. .geview, (N. 5.,)
Philadelphia, died on the morning of July
i2stite.
. L. •
,JAMES` J. MARKS.
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BOSTON AND NEW-ENGLAND.
A. CORRESPONDENT of the Christian In
(Unitarian,) furnishes its columns
with a brief Catechism, so,ge portions of
- which are very well asked and answered
-thus :
Q.—Wherein has Unitarianism been a
failure ?
A.—ln unconsciously taking for its mot
to a misreading of Proverbs iv : 23—" Keep
thy head with all diligence, for out of it
-tire the issues of life."
Q.—Where is the text. thus read, to be
found with full comments ?
A.--in the Gospel according to Buckle.
Q.—What is the result of such religious
-" headship ?"
A.—A rationalness which some are un
-charitable enough to think indifference,
.and a. Church too "broad" in proportion
to.its length and depth.
Q.--Into what does all-head religion of
;ten harden ?
A.---Into skepticism.
Q.—lnto what does it flatten?
A:.—lnto formalism.
Q.----into' what does it soften ?
A.—lnto mstheticistn, figures, meta-
Thors, and suck beautiful "prayers and
.chants."
The author of this catechism thinks that
- the great want of Unitarians is earnest
-ness. Doubtless this is so, but we doubt
-the possihility of growing any very gener
-al or deeply-rooted earnestness on the soil
not Unitarian doetrine.
TUE American Board of Commissioners
:for Foreign Missions has appointed its
- meeting for 1862 in Springfield, Octo
ler 7,8, and 9.
THOUSANDS of acres of corn and pota
-toes in Connecticut have not yet had their
4 ' first hoeing," in consequence of the scar
.eity of laboring men this season. The
- wages of farm laborers in many parts of
the State have advanced to $1.50 per day.
THE POWDER Mums at Hazardville,
'Ct., were blowrk up on Wednesday after
moon, causing a most appalling calamity.
About 40 tons of powder was destroyed,
- -the fine wooden buildings 'were blown to
.atoms, and eight persons were killed out
-right, and a few injured.
Scarcely a vestige of the buildings was
left. The concussion was so severe that
dwelling-houses within two miles were un
roofed, trees uprooted, cattle and people
prostrated, etc. The explosion was dis
tinctly heard at :Northampton and West
Brookfield, a distance of over 50 miles.
In Springfield houses were, arred as by an
earthquake. There will be great suffering
is
,the vicinity, as many houses were ren
dered unfit to occupy.
'DURING the French war, ,as it was
tailed, the poll-tax in New-England was
four dollars, the tax on real estate was at
the rate of thirty-six dollars on an hun
dred dollars valuation, and there was an
excise duty on tea, coffee, wine, rum, and
other articles in general use.
NEW-YORE
THE supply of money is easy, and tends
to increase. Therates are sto 6 per cent.
for call loans and for discounts of prime
business paper at or under ninety days,
and 6to 7 per cent. for longer dates. See
ond-class paper is neglected. There is a
great disposition to use caution to an ex
treme degree, so as to check transactions,
while• first-class borrowers find it very easy
to obtain what they want. The market for
gold is very unsettled. The premium has
risen to 20 per cent., and the money mar
ket has hardly awakened to the fact that
the standard of money exchanges is riot
gold, but Government securities. This
it cannot fail, however, to do shortly.
Gold is only wanted for shipments. The
amount shipped last week was only $1,800,-
000—about one-third below the average of
recent weeks' shipments. Gold is very
abundant in the country. The high pre
mium brings it out of its hiding-places
steadily. The banks _do not lose any, but
hold fast to their $32,000,000. The re
turns of American securities continues, and
is a natural result of the rise in, their val 7
ue here. We can readily spare our gold,
for which we have littlelome use; and we
cannot lose by its, export, for we do not
give it away.
THE excitement in the market for cotton
goods has become very intense, and prices
are rising daily. We cannot give quota : ,
tions. No holders will sell large parcels;
but keep their customers sparingly supplied.
Both city and country jobbers are eager to
buy. The aggregate sales are very large,
and the market has seldom been so active,
and never so much so at this season. The
advance in the price of cotton is the chief
cause of this, and the prospect of a great
scarcity, as manufacturers decline making
many goods while the cost is so great.
The retail trade is buying now, instead ok
at the usual period of August and Septem
ber. Stocks are light, and are rapidly
getting lighter. The greatest advance is
on the lower qualities, which are most in
demand.
SECRETARY STANTON has received a let
ter from Win. H. Aspinwall, of the firm of
Howland & Aspinwall, of New-York, en
closing a' check for $25,290.60, being the
amount of their commission for the sale of
Enfield muskets to the Government Mr.
Aspinwall declines to receive any peon
niary_compensation for services reidered to
the Government in suppressing the rebel
lion. The Secretary of War, in reply, eu
logizes the conduct and the patriotism of
Mr. Aspinwall.
TROT'S " New-York Directory," lately
published, gives the following list of
churches
Baptist, 38 ; Congregational, 4; Dutch
Reformed; 22'; Friends, 3 ; • Jewish Syna
gogues, 18 ; Lutheran, 7; Methodist Epis
copal, 34; African' Methodist Episcopal,
4 ; MethodiSt Protestant,'l; Presbyterian,
(including two Mission chapels,) 48;.Uni
ted Presbyterian, 6; Associate Reformed
Presbyterian, 1; Reformed Presbyterian,
5; Protestant Episcopal, (including seven
Mission ,chapels,) 62 ; Roman Catholic,
31; 'Unitarian, 2,,-Universalist, 4; miscel
laneous, 20; making a total of 305. Some
half dozen Mission chapels are not enu
merated; but as 'several of, the foregoing
elaurdhet prdlialily ere- long be said duti
- °, O tr, ''‘..1111,..; , a 2." • • •
and closed up, the number may stand as it
is-305.
The following table shows how this com
pares with other cities :
Cities. Population. Churches. No. to Pop:
New-York, 805,651 305 Ito 2,641
Philadelphia, 565,529 275 Ito 2,056
Baltimore, 212,418 170 Ito 1,249
Boston, 177,718 112 Ito 1,588
TIIE correspondent of a contemporary
thus speaks of the newly elected Professor
\ in the General Episcopal Seminary in this
City
Dr. Seabury is rector of the Church of
the \ Annunciation, corner of Sixteenth
Street \ and Sixth Avenue, - where prayers
are read \ eyery morning to three people (as
I can testify from ocular inspection,) and
all the rubrics are sedulously observed.
He is one of \ tlie highest of the High, and
his election is very distasteful to the Low
Church party, to \whom Dr. Turner had
been acceptable. 1 4e Seminary will, of
course, lose every Toe
of their con
fidence, and all intercAovill be transferred
to the new Divinity School established in
Philadelphia.
THE YOUNG DIEN , S
UHRIFDIAN Asso
clATroN have undertaken the, beneficent
service of supplying all the Newslyork hos
pitals for sick and wounded soldiers, with
night-watchers. About two hundie(l and
fitly young men have already volunteered
to take their share of this necessary ak3id
merciful work, and .as many more are
needed.
PIII.L AD ELPIIIA
THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY are contrib
uting with great liberality in aid of re
cruiting.
THE AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY,
of this city, learns that President Benson
left London on the sth inst., for Hamburg
and the Continent—expecting to be absent
some five or six weeks. It is therefore ma
likely that he will visit the United States.
EverYwhere in England he has been treated
with the greatest possible kindness, cour
tesy, and respect. The three last invita
tions he had before his departure from
London were to breakfast with the Duchess
of Argyle—to dine at the Lord Mayor's
Banquet, where the Viceroy of Egypt was,
and to a magnificent evening party at Miss.
Burdett Coutts'. "He had innumerable
invitations," writes Gerard Ralston, Esq.,
" more than he physically could accept."
REV. BEN;I. J. WALLACE, P.D., died
Saturday, at his residence in Philadelphia,
after an illness of several weeks. The de
ceased was born in Erie, Pa., in 1810, and
from 1827 to 1830 was a cadet at West
Point, but resigned to become a student'of
divinity at Princeton.- He has had charge
of several Presbyterian churches in this
State, and for a time was Professor in the.
College at Newark, Del. For the past
twelve years he resided in that city,
and was the editor and principal con
tributor of the Presbyterian' Quarterly Re
view. .
ECCLESIASTICAL.
Rev. C. P. Cummrics, M.D., of Biookville,
is about removing to Beaver, Pa, where
correspondents will please address him.
THE CONGR'EGATIOIc lately under the pas
toral care of Dr. Woods, have engaged
the Rev. 0. 0. McClean for three months,
commencing on the first Sabbath in Au
gust, proximo.
The Ashman Institute
Ma. EDITOK :—The propriety of employ
ing persons of African descent as soldiers
in our army, is questioned by many. Cer
tainly they are more deeply interested in
the issue of this war than any other class,
having their personal liberty at stake. It,
would seem therefore that they should have
a place in our armies, and a- place of dan
ger and effort in proportion to the benefits
they are to, receive, if we s,uceeed. Wheth
er this be right or wrong, however, we will
not pretend to decide—it is a political
question. There is another in reference to
the position of the colored people of our
country, which we as Christians need .not
err in determining, viz.: In the battle for
the success of Christ's kingdom, they
should be , permitted to take their place,
and especially the place they are by physi
cal constitution best qualified to fill—that,
of laborers among their own people here,
and in Africa. To qualify a portion of
them for this place, is the object of the
Ashmun Institute. Many of your readers
were interested in this Institution when
first established, and now that the question
"What shall we do for the contrabands ?"
has become so important, they would no
doubt be pleased to hear of it again in con
nexion with that subject.
On Thursday last the Fifth Yearly Ses
sion closed, with a public examination of
the young men; and the thorough, faithful
teaching of the Rev. Dr. Martin, the Prin
cipal, was clearly exhibited in the course
of the examination, and was highly grati
fying to the Trustees, and others who were
present. The progress made in all the
studies, the order and evidently deep sym
pathy between Dr. Martio and his ' pupils,
the piety and. Christian, zeal as proved by
their, own constant,noon-day and .other
prayer-meetings, and their labors among
the colored people around them as prepare.
tory to, the work of the ministry and
missions, abroad; were, regarded as calling
for thankfulness to God, and activity and
hope for the future.
The average number in attendance for
the five years, has been fifteen, thoubh bow
somewhat diminished by the failure of pre
vious patrons to contribute for th support
of particular students, who have/therefore
been compelled to leave the,institution.
Now la me say a few words to the benevo
lent reader,
interested in tke building up
of 'Christ's kingdom
Ist. The education is cntirely:gratuitous
to the pupils. A hundred dollars contrib
uted 'will support a /clung, man ' for the
Session of ten months; whom you may find
among the-lately liberated slaves, or from
the congregations, of colored people; many
such are waiting for . you to say, "come,
we'will help, you'2—and they may be your
missionaries in the West'lndia Islands, or
in Africa, or may act as preachers and
teachers in your place, among their desti
tute people in our awn country.
2d,. Funds are ,needed to pay the salary
of the Principal, and to meet the current
expenses of the Institution. The watchful
care of the Newcastle Presbytery may be 'a
'sufficient pledge that they will be' jridi=
ciously and faithfully applied.
3d , There are many encouragements.,
-That ctila tio - defOlibr morning- whim the
. _ A -.,-
=IS
For the Preabytenart 'Banner
sainted Dr. Van Rensselaer delivered the
opening address, has already brighten e d
into a ceering harvest day. His
words were, " Heaven bless the Institution
in its plans, its officers, and its pupils.
Bless it, God of Ethiopia, who hast m a d e
of one blood all nations of men. Be th
glorified on every Continent; be thou
rifled in Africa.'
Already its graduates are preaching in
Africa and in this country ; and under
present .providences the door is wide open.
Have we not all long used the fruits o f
slavery ? Do we not owe a debt to the
colored race? And how can we better dis
charge it, than by supporting such an In
stitution for them ?
ONE OF THE TRUSTEES
Oxford, Chester Co., Pa.
For the Presbyterian Banner
Board of Colportage.
REV. DAVID I.4OKINNEY :—please
knowledge the following donations to the
Board of Colportage, during the months of
June and July:
Elderton cong, Saltsb'g Pby, for soldiers, $ 4 00
Sewickley cong, Redstone Pby, " 37 2 5
Butler Pby'n Sabbath School, " 13 00
A lady friend, " 2 00
Joseph McGahen, Esq., " l 00
Rural Valley cong, Blairsville Pby, 18 0 0
Rev. W. F. Morgan, "
2 00
Miss Anna Rea, " 1 00
Bethel cong, Ohio Pby, 85 00
Slatelick cong, Pby, one-third 23 50
Freeport " " " " 18
Bluffton cong, Synod of North'n Indiana, 200
Mount Pleasant cong, Erie Pby, 9 09
Cross-Roads eont, Allegheny City Pby. 500
Concord cong, "
Montours cong, Ohio Pby,
HarKisville cong, Allegheny Pby,
Amity cong, " " 4 50
Leechburg cong, Saltsbnrg Pby, 7 61
West Greenville song, Allegheny Pby, 14 00
Jacksonville eong, Saltsburg 3 60
George's Creek song, Redstone Pby, 6 60
Salem cong, Blairsville " 8 00
Ohartiers song, Ohio
Sandy Lake gong, Erie
Indiana cong, plairsville
G. BAILEY, Treasurer
Pittsburgh, July 29, 186/
Religions Depression.
It is a strange truth that some of the
highest of God's servants are tried with
darkness on the, dying bed. Theory would
say, when a religious man is laid up, for his
last struggle, now he is alone for deep com
munion with God. Fact very often says,
" No; now he is alone, as his Master was
before him in the wilderness, to be tempted
of the devil." Look at John the Baptist
in imagination, and you will say, "Now his
rough pilgrimage is done. He is quiet, he
is out of the world, with the rapt foretaste
of heaven in his soul." Look at John in
fact. He is agitated, sending to Christ, not
able to rest, grim doubt wrestling with his
soul, misgiving for one last black hour
whether all his hope had not been delusion.
There is one thing we remark here by the
way: Doubt often comes from inactivity.
We cannot give the philosophy of it, but
this is the fact—Christians who have noth
ing to do but to sit thinking of
,themselves,
meditating, sentimentalizing, (or mysticiz
iug,) are alinost,sure to become the prey of
dark, black misgivings. John struggling in
the desert needs no proof that Jesus is the
Christ. John shut up, became morbid and
doubtful immediately. Brethren, all this
is very marvellous. The history of a hu
man soul is marvellous. We are mysteries;
but here is the history of it all ; for sad
ness, for suffering, for misgiving, there is
no remedy but 'stirring and doing.—Rob
ertson.
John Bell Refusing the Protection of the
American Flag.—ln May last, Gen. Mitchel
received a letter from Mrs.. Bell, asking
him for a passport, for her husband front
Blount Springs, Ala., to Nashville. The
General granted the request, and Nicholas
Davis waited upon Mr. Bell, to communi
cate to him the wishes of his wife and the
assurances of the General. • The courtesy
was declined; the leader of the late Ameri
can party evidently preferring to remain on
rebel soil, to the acceptance of the protec
tion of the American Flag.
Our Minister to Rome and the Pope.—ln a
letter from the London Times' correspond
ent at Rome, we read : • "Among the nu
merous presentations to his Holiness, dur
iug the last few days, has been Mr. Randall,
United States Minister, who speaks no
other language than English. His excel
lency, in a good. stump speech,- regretted
that at -the present moment his Govern
ment was in an embarrassed state in conse
quence of the rebellion of the South, but
declared that their institutions were safe,
as the principles in which they were
founded were eternal. He was instructed
by the President to convey his sympathy
with his Holiness, and to express an earn
est wish that the Pope might be successful
in the' accomplishment' of his objects, and
that his throne might be established.. In
short, it was a kind of 'O, King, live for
ever,' speech. His excellency was accom
panied by the Consul and Mr; Smith, who
translated the speech for the benefit of the
Pope, ands ranslated it in so liberal a man
ner as greatly to delight the paternal heart.
According to - his version, the President ex
pressed. 'ti• hope that =his Holiness might
overcome-all his enemies, and that his sov
ereignty might be confirmed. Either the
Minister must' have exceeded his instruc
tion's or the president is bidding. -high for
Catholic and conservative favor, in which
cm he may probably stand a chance of be
ing honored with the title, if not of the
eldest son,' at least of the most zealous
friend of the Church!' (!!!)
Duke Pasqnier, the oldest statesman in
France, the very Nestor of publicists, has
died at the age of ninety-six. He was
born, April 22, 1767—tw0 years earlier
than Wellington and Napoleon. At that
time, George:lll. had reigned seven years;
Louis XV. had been fifty-four years on the
throne of France; the Empress Catharine
had been six years at the head of publi,
affairs in Prussia; Joseph 11. was Emperor,/
of Germany; Frederick the Great haw . ,
reigned twenty-seven years in Prussia, and,
truly greater than any- of these, Lord Clive
was in the
,third year of his sway as first
Viceroy of India., When Pasquier was
nine years_ old, te Declaration of Inde
pendence was signed and proclaimed in
Philadelphia. Into the life of this one
man, extended so long beyond the natural
term, were crowded the events of the
world's history for nearly a century.
The ,, .Wickliffe hap—Secessionism has
struck its roots deep in the family of Presi
dent Tyler's . PoStmaster-General. Colonel
Wickliffe, one of the sons, commands the
Fifth Kentucky regiment in the Confed
erste army; another son, Ben Wickliffe,
ex-Governor of Louisiana, with his two
nephews, also joined the rebel standard.
Another one Col. Charles Wickliffe, was
killed at Shifoh, and Capt. Nat. Wickliffe,
who was, aid to Gen. A.. Sidney Johnston,
is still in thh-s'ervice:k_ •
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