reshlteriau tanittr. BITURVIT, AUGUST 21, 1861. • Beavet itllaellw is u flourishing institu 'blot* lobated at Beaver, Pa. The Catalogue new biaire ms gives the names of 141 pu -1:Ills. It is under the care of Mr. S. B. Ettbitt, and experienced teachers. See advertisement. Wooltlegtoo College, Pa.—The Semi-An nual Examination of this Institution will -commence on the 29th inst., at 9 o'clock 4. M. The Rev. Messrs. JOHN EAGLESON, D.D., C. V. , and JAMES 8.. EUGHBEI, and Messrs. JOHN H. EWING And A. W. AcutsoN, are the Committee ..of the Board to superintend it. The Board of. Trustees will hold their Semi-Annual Meeting on Tuesday, Sep tember 3d, at 2 o'clock P. M. • The Commencement will be held on •the , folloxing day, Wednesday, the 3d. The public are invited to attend. TRomls PiI'KEST.NAN, Secretary. Rev. Dr. Therawcll.—We see the Rich. *qua Examiner quoted as onnolineing the decease of Rev. Dr. THOILNWELL, of South Carolina. He 'died at Charlotte, S. C., on triday 2 (the Bth of August probably,) after a. brief illness, of typhoid pneumonia. Dr. THORNWELL has filled a large place" in the eyes of the Church and the country. There have been, probably, but very few men who have had a greater influence than he, in the bringing on of the sad calami ties .which afflict the land. A division of the country and a disruption of the Church he labored for, long, and with great power ' and intense industry. He was mighty in intellect and fascinating in manner. None could be present when he spoke without having his attention riveted, and but few could resist a momentary conviction. But bitter fruits, oh bow bitterl are the result. He saw a part of those fruits and tasted them with disappointment andeorrow, but, i we fear, tot with regret and repentance. ! rE s mental exereises,.after that death had , become manifest, are not narrated in our' exchanges. MEETING OP DIRECTORS OP THE WESTERN TMEOLOGICIIL SEM/NARY. To the Rev. E. P. Swift, D.D., President= of the Board of Directors: of the Wes.: tern Theological Seminary: yv q , are hereby requested to call a meet ing of, the Directors at the earliest period inyourfpower, to take into consideration the interests of the Seminary, in view of ' the Connexion of the Rev. Dr. PLUMES. with the same. W..D. , llowknp, S. M. MoCLuNG, L. R. MoAnbv, Lux LOOMIS,' ELLIOTT E. SWIFT, F. G. BAILEY, ROBT. MCKNIGHT. 1862. In pursuance. of the above request, I hereby call a meeting of the Board of rectors of the Western Theological Semi nary,. to be held in the Seminary. Building on Thursdasohe 18th. day of September ; next, at 2 o'clock P. M. • E. P. SWIFT, President. Aug'. 19, 1862; A CHURCH gutsTioN IMBED BY 9 CO- LONEL. The, Nashville Union. publishes the fol-; lowing ortier, , with the remark that it is just 'and , proper, and will meet with the' . approbation of all right thinking men : NASHVILLE, Aug. 4, 1862. • ,Special ,Orders, No. 63. (Extract.) It having been represented to the Col onel commanding 'that the disloyal mem bars of the Second Presbyterian Church of ' the city 'Or Nashville have usurped the.; • control of - the 'church edifice and parsonage, and ousted 'the loyal pastor thereof ; it is ordered lhatlthe control and occupation of,, said church building and parsonage be sur- rendered to the loyal members of the 01=mb ; the &lir& building to be used as past! Chapel for 'the use of the United States soldiers, strangers, and loyal citizens, ! under m , the direction and control of the I loyal embers of the. Second, Presbyterian • Church. By order of Col. Janx F. MILLER, Comm'd. S. Howland, A.A.G. Rev. Prof. MAttrtzws of Danville, Ky., , a a chaplain in the army, was to preach in the church, and soldiers, strangers, and • , members of the congregation were invited •to occupy the seats; matters to be under the control of the loyal members of, the 1 , •Session. ALLEGHENYAREOLOSICAL SEMINARY. The next aeinilon' of, the Theological Sem. I inary at :Allegheny City, will commence •on Monday, 'September Bth. The Btudente•will assemble at 4 o'clock .P. M., it the Chapel ; and the RoOms in I both the Seminary Buildings will.then he opened to the choice; of 'those who'shall be ; present. On, Turday, at 10 A. M., the Annual Address to ikeStudents will be delivered 'by one of tile Professors. The Corps of Instruction will• be full. ,Eao.tlf the Five'Professors will give at iteatilM to his Department. The expenses at this Institution are very , light; not necessarily exceeding $lOO for thelßeminary year. All students who are meritorious, can be aided to the extent of their actual requirement, on application to either of the Professors. The tuition is free. No charge is made •Ifor vocal rent. Good boarding is furnished an desirable families at $1.75 to $2 per week. Students of all denominations are ad. anittS. Four , of the Professors minister to their respective :churches in-Pittsburgh or Ails , ghtfnyl and the students are thus brought under a - Pastoral mare, 'while they are also furuished'Uith a practical training by this means: • Any inquiries may bi addressed to eitlier , of the Profeesors it Allegheny or to 0 . Ott*. 11 NEVIN, Treasurer, ~„ .—Pittsburgh: CHRISTIANITY AND. WAR. War and the Gospel would seem to be antipodes. Wbat two things can be more unlike, and inconsistent the one with the other ! War is enmity, strife, blood-shed, and destruction ; the Gospel is good will, love, peace, and preservation. And yet we find war and the Gospel in the same -coun try and among the . same people. We even, find the spirit of the Gospel in the heart, and the actualities of war in the life, of the same, individual men. Man is '4l 'watider. And religion is a wonder too, that it can find a dwelling in such•a being as fallen man. But so it is. At the present time our army and navy both embrace many men, fighting men, who are devoted Chris tians—men of prayer, of uprightness, and of kindness. In another column We print a General Order, which is just in point, and with which we are much delighted. It is: evi dently the outgoing of an enlightened, thoughtful, Christian mind. We wish ev ery man and every woman would read ev ery word of it, and note its conformity with the principles of Senipture, and, its earnest wish and wise provision for the re turning of our sons and neighbors with such a character that we can welcome them home, and embrace them as .our lreart's joy. The influence of a commanding gen eral is immense, either to protect or to corrupt. Gen. MCCLELLAN would protect. .He has his enemies; and they are the more vile in their efforts at defamation, because he carries with him and , lives by his Chris tian principles. It is these, not these alone, but these in an important sense, which inspire us with .confidence in his success. When Gen. MCCLELLAN .was, about a year ago, made Commander-in-Chief, we felt dissatisfied. True, we had no other then to recommend. Gen. SCOTT had be come disqualified hy the infirmities of age; and we had no experienced general, in life's vigor. After some reflection, and some unsuccessful casting around for a bet ter, we became reconciledloGen. MCCLEL LAN. His mental ability ,and scientific at tainment‘were superior; and.then, he was a Christian. God blesses Christians. And he blesses others for' the sake Of Christians. There is no one fact more prominent in Bible history than this, thatfGod, blesses a people for the sake of, and through the me dium of pious rulers. If President-LIN coLN, in addition to his other eminent qualifications to rule; were a devoted Chris tian, a man of faith, a "friend of God," we should look still more hopefully than we do, for God's kind providence bringing our national troubles to a - prosperousand speedy, termination. And still, we have great reason to hope , on this ground. Mr. LINCOLN, though he does not confess Christ in the appointed way, calls men of Christian principle into the service of the country, admits Christian principles into, his counsels, and conducts public affairs, to a great extent, -on Christian principles. Christians hence can hope, and pray in faith. "When the righteous are in au thority, the people'rejoice." But we return to the •General Order. The commander of the army of the Pbto map orders a continuance of the seizure of all personal property needed for military purposes. It is to be taken by the proper officers, for pnblic use,-and full and cotreet accounts are to be kept thereof, — that the owner may duly present his claims. These will be admitted and paid, if the man is. loyal; if he is disloyal, and has hence for feited 'hiS property, the Government - will have but taken its own. This order prohibits all officers• and• sol diers, •except as above, from seizing any private property. And it gives t'or this prohibition, the very best of reasons. it says : " The idea that private property may be plundered with impunity is, perhaps, the very worst that can pervade an- army. Marauding degrades as men, and demor alizes as soldiers, all who engage in it, and Aturns.them to their homes unfitted for the pursuits of honest industry. This army is composed mostly of young men, and' the General Commanding, to whose care 'they are entrusted, owes it to the parents who, have sent their sons, an&the community that have sent the flower of their youth into the military service of their country, • to warn and restrain them from an evil `so pernicious!' Every Christian, every than of sound mind and good niorals, must thank General M'CLELLAN for that order, and help him too,, by bearing his part in public senti ment, in carrying it out to the full. If it should be needful sometimes, to place it guard over private property, to prevent wicked and degrading plunder,, what sane man • would obj cot. Certainly no thoughtful, honest man would' object. if the'property guarded belongs , to a_loyal citizen, it de servesprotection ;if it - is a rebel's prop erty, it has become of right, the Govern-, ment's, and hence . should be protected. In either ease, to planderit would be robbery or theft. The order forbids the wanton destruction of property, and the doing of injury to peaceful inhabitants, especially women and children. It directs. the , arreSt of persons suspected of hostile purposes.. And it au thorizes the employing of persons of Afri can descent, paying them witges, and as suring them of military protection. All this is • just. It conforms to the precepts of the Gospel. It is trying to 'do as we would have others do to us. All this we should wish; and nothing less of equity than this, should we wish, if the enemy should be collie the invader. How would we like to have a hostile army in.our midst ? 'Would we think ourselves rightly treated, if our property was used without compensation T Would we wish to have our houses and fe males •unguarded; and subjected to the rapine and lust of an unrestrained soldiery? 'We% are ll .ashamed:and glifived ac,wbs PRESI3YTERIA.N BANNEW-SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1862. sometimes read in our journals, and hear from the lips of men who;; profess, to fear God and love righteousnesk ;It is uttered thoughtlessly, if not wickedly. In commending the Christian upright ness of this order of Gen. M'CLELLa.N, are not placing it in contrast, with the orders of Gen. POPE. It is more fall, and more carefully worded. The Gospel spirit is more-preininent. But hi uprightness it is not essentially different. The practise of the two armies has been, is, and we think will be, very nearly the same. We do not see in Gen. POPE'S orders, the 13 avageism attributed to him by the enemy. He is too brave a man, and too ,enlightened, to be un just or cruel. And the Government would not permit a continuance of undue leniency in the one army, nor of excessive severity in the other. The country is' engaged in a terrific war; most wickedly waged by a rebellion: The enemy must be conquered. Rut in con quering him we must not forfeit our claim to Christianity and civilization. We may,. and should use force, a force terrible and effective; 'but we must pregerve a good conscience, and self-respect, and the Divine favor. ,And we must use all care to ,bring our young men home witb good. principles and good 'habits; honest,':regardfulr of tio cial rights, and, .as nearly as maybe, exem plary Christians. Christianity has long, though slowly, been ameliorating warfare. We, must not let the .progress be checkedln our hands. Rather let its advance be aceelerated. Zf ) / we shall bring out an adeijuate force, we may make the, war short and effective, without demoralizing our soldiery, or for feiting our Claith to a . superior civilization. Let the Gospel spirit rule, and 'success will lead to a happy peace. WEARING 11101JRNINO.!' The .New-York Observ!r gives, from a correspondent, the following remarks against the common custom of wearing mourning, on the death of friends. Theyy-express the reasons , of an excellent ministqr:ior his ap parel at and after the tuneral:qf' a beloved companion Holdincr b sentiments which require me to depart from common usage in relation to, badges or mourning, I desire to avoid being misinterpreted, EtES' far as `I may do so, by a short Statement of my position. Ist. The putting on of 'black apparel' originated-with:our , forefathers in heathen ism, to express what, to them, *as a mourn: ful fact: that all beyond death was dark and unrevealed. For the same purpose as , we may well believe, the heathens of Cen tral America are found to haverearlyerect ed a temple, with a flight of stairs,termi noting at .the top against a solid *all, be yond which none could penetrate. All this darkness Christianity has dispelled, by bringing life and immortality to light. At the top of life's ladder it opens a door of hope. Beyond death and the• grave,faith and hope penetrate to fields and ood of: light and immortal glory. We sbould se riously consider this matter, andlet heath; ens only wear , those symbols of darkness., " 2d. The custom I would avoid, often converts the house of mourning into a work-shop, with all its bustle and hurry; , which fills the entire space from,,the hour a friend dies to the burial. - "3d. It compels poor families (especially where a large portion are females) to incur a debt upon credit, the timely _payment Of which they know to be impossible. "4th. The public voice will not allow, a merchant to refuse a credit , to,.that poor family, when the object, is ..so sacred, though they would not hold him.ohliaated to give the same amount of credikfor any other purpose. . "But kreturn to my first reason, ,and in sist, that when we have buried our dear Christian friends ,who have cherished and sustained a lively hope through grace, we should not put on heathen symbols which speak only of darkness and deApair!! These reasons all have weight, but they are not likely to work a radical reform. Nor are we certain that a change so exten sive is desirable. The Scriptures speak approvingly of outward ,tokens of , grief; and such tokens .have a reflex influence for good. They keep a solemn event in' re-. membrance. `T hey guardagainst h unbecom ,. ing levity. They help to prolong serious thought and solemn inquiry. And dark raiment is about as easily obtained'and as little expensive as any.symbol equally ef fective, which could be adopted. There is, 'however, getting to he a fashienableTa weant about funerals which ought to be,dis eouraged. Families are thereby subjected ;to great trouble, sometimes to distractions, and to an expense which deprives them of 'comfort for months., Let all things be, done decently and in order, and such customs be adopted that the pdorer brethren shall neither be ashamed by noneonformity, nor seriously , injured by a compliance. The Theological Seminary and its Professors. To. THE EDITOR OF . THE I'REEIBITERIA.N BANNER :—Dear . Sir :—ln your very just remarks upon the speech of Professor WILL sow at the late war meeting, , you take Coca slop' to speak of the sentiments of all the Profeisors in the f4eminiry, touching the country's great struggle with treason and rebellion. Perhaps you did not' intend do so, but to my mind your rernarks con=, veyed, the impression that, because four of the ,Professors are perfectly loyal_and 'pa triotic, the disloyalty of a fifth may be tol erated without damage to the Institution, and that the four have loyalty enough, to serve the whole five. Let us suppose a else. A friend and neighbor, with whom you have had some dealings and who has always treated you justly j and generously, has a claim upon you for five dollars. You call upon him to pay it. 'You have four genuine dollars and one counterfeit. You count down the money thus: „" Mr. PRESBY, here are four dollars that lam sure are t genuine ; but here is one that is not so good. I think it is bogus. I weighed it and found it wanting, and it has neither the right ring nor the right color. lam sorry that it is not bet ter; but as I give you four good ones, hope" you will not refuse this bag. one. :I, could get a good one for you; but, as I give you four good ones out of five, I think you ought to be satisfied." - • Your friend looks astonished at ydur . tpc *,titiTis oa tinineas and assures you with all the, politeness he is master of, that be cannot possibly take your bad coin; that he would not have it in his drawer, much less pay it out again ; and that as regards the other four, although perfectly genuine and of full weight, they have no surplus value to be transferred to the bad'one. Each one of them is only as good as it'ought to be and as it must be in - order to bring it up to the standard of par money. Now, my'des.r sir, is' not this just what you have been trying to do, not in money or mercantile transaction, but in a case of far greater importance. In our Theologi cal Seminary there are five Professors, for the genuineness of four of whom you con fidently pledge' your word, and so far you are right; for you truly say, "ELLIOTT, and. JACOBUS, and WILLSON, and PAXTON, are names known to the Church and, the civil community." But yousay of P.; "One of its venerated Professors, as our readers are, painfully aware, has proved sadly dire list in regard to loyalty. He will not con demn,, his country's, ,foes, nor justify her cause,.nor commend enlistment to her sons, nor pray for God's blessing upon her arms, nor teach his pupils that it is the duty of the ,Government to suppress a great rebel lionand enforce the laws. Well, we leave Mgt Professor in the, hande of the Semi nary's guardians." - This is a very frank admission on your part, just as much so We have repre sented you as making in the supposed ease of the bad dollar; '-but 'if 'the supposed merchant was• right in refusing,to receiv,e that bad !dollar,. although accompanied by four good Ones ' Lthink. the Church would be equally .right in refusing to receive at the hands of ".the Seminary guardians" a Professor so derelict as you ,have repre sented Dr. PpumEa ,to be.. The presence of four genuine, dollars cannot inpart value to one that is bogns; ,so the presence of four good men' cannot make good' the defi ciency and direlictions of a fifth. An hon est man would not allow a bogus dollar to lie in his drawer, if he knew it. On the same prineipk."-the Seminary guardians" ought not to allow an unsound Professor to be associated4ith such men as you have named in the'Paculty of that School of the Church;`and if Professors ELLIOTT, JA COBUS, WILL4ON, and PAXTON, valued the respect and esteem of the loyal and Chris tian community as I think they ought, they would refuse ,to a.ssociate with any man who; with the utmost inconsistency, boastif his love and fidelity to' a Government for the success Of whose 'arms he refuses to pray: CONSISTENCY-" REMARKS. We love consistency always id in all things. We suppose, our ; corres.pondent in addressing us, meant to talk to the ".Direc tors." had, :under date-of Joy 19th, questioned the propriety of Dr. PhilmEu., though but one of jive, continuing to oc cupy a Professor's,. chair.. Oar, article quoted by .kCorisistency," . is not incon sistent with the former. We , state faCts and"allow the good sense of our readers' to draw 'concluSions. Scripture readers cer tainly know,- that one, sinner destroyeth, much good. A. respected clerical brother, ; from the country, in •speaking of:Professo rial influenee, Uses -language still stronger.. He would not Venture, he said, upon feed ing hie children even a little arsenic, though mingled with a large amount - of wholesome bread. But we have - confidence in the Directors. • • Messrs., Brooks and Hoyt,.:'—The True Presbyterian informs its readers, that. Rev... J. H. BOOKS, MD., of. St. Louisp-and Rev. T. A. HOYT, of Louisville, who were re cently arrested in Cincinnati, on suspicion of disloyalty; have been released. Mr., BRooKs was released unconditionally, and. Mr. Hoya , on parole to take his family and. himself to Canada, and not euterKentucky or any.of the Southern Statei daring the present war, without leave. EASTERN' SUMMARY. BOSTON ANI)WEWENG-,LA:ND Ix .tosTON the recruiting business has been very lively for the last few days. Leading and wealthy citizens are taking an active part in this matter. Five hundred merchants' have pledged themselves to re ceiVe back thdse of their: clerks who may join the army at this time, when they re turn from Government duty, and to •give them as good situations as they now leave. Many houses have gone much farther than this, having agreed to continue their sala . ries, in .where or, in part, during their ala 7 sence. And .others offer to _present a cer tain sum. to such as may •volunteer from their establishni4nts. - But Wendell Phillips . and:, his few. asso ciates are doing:all they _bait !to discourage 'Phillips and ;Ivetillten' . the Government. iriVergling" Neii=taglatid, dressing all Who-maY be willing to hear The effeet.Of'hisitie . ele,iiticki is in 'the main prejudicial to,_ the interests of the, country.. His, aspersions of our Generals and the members Of the' Cabinet, are many and severe. - He is simply a messenger of Holveier the 'Clase to Which be-: Jongs is small, and its influence is much less. now than. it was.. years ago.. Those I- composing' , it haVe been for years seeking -the- overthrow of our Government as 'really as the most rabid secessionists of the. South, and J thejklook upon ,the.presentas.the only favorable :Upportunity.- odour -for the: consumtuation'of their purposes.. • , . PROF- SiEDD, lately called to be co-pastor with Dr., Spring, is to be succeeded at. An dover by Prof. Seelye, of Amherst College. His' taste, talents and studies are said to be adMirably suited for this new pesition, which it is hoped , he will accept. While his, arthodox views and fervent religious character are said to be all .that could be desired by the 'be,st friends of staunch oar , tandoiy. PAOF. STowx,,of Andover, has resigned his place. The Professor has been conn ect ed with Bowdoin College, Maine; Lane The ologiaal Seminary; Cincinnati, Ohio; and . the Theological Seminary at Bangor, Maine,, in past year's. .No publicity has yet,been given as to the.oauses leading to resignation, or his plans for the future. His wife, Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, is the well known npv4liet : Her.first ,and most successful i .Ork was a ITntle :intis which Ind a popularity never equalled by any other work of fiction in this country. Hei subsequent writings have not achieved the same wonderful success. The resignation of Prof. Stowe is not to take effect until a year from next Spring. This will give ample opportunities to the Trustees to select a successor , and also for him to prepare himself for his duties. BUT LITTLE news of the churches in New-England is given in the papers now. The state of the country is the all-absorbing topic. WE ARE informed that the exercises be fore the literary and religious Societies at the coming commencement, will be as fol.. lows: Tuesday morning, September 2d, the oration before the Phi Beta Kappa So ciety will be delivered by Rev. Dr. Thayer, of Newport. In the afternoon the oration before the United Brothers' and Philerme nem Societies will be given by Rev. James O. Murray, of Cambridgeport, Mass., and the poem by Isaac Lawrence, Esq., of New port. In the evening the discourse before the Society of Missionary Inquiry will be, given by Rev. Dr. John Cotton Smith, rector of 'the Church of the Ascension, New-York. The regular commencement -exercises take place on the following day, Beptember 3d. , , . NEW-YORK MowEr sontinues . to be in excess of the &mend; rites for call loans range nomi atally.fona four to five per cent., but with few loess no first-class borrowers above four iper cent. Call loans on gold and old de mand notes are in request by capitalists at three per eent. Tames are some country dealers in dry goed's in 40Wit, but'the number is not large, sea they buy only in small lots. There must Ve.a.great diminution in the aggregate , cessumptieu of cotton goods, owing to, the advance in value, but it remains to be seen af this wilt set be counterbalanced by the ,deorease is production. Prices, are likely be unequal, for , some time to come, not , only as ,regards fluctuations from day. to •day, button account of the varying views .of buyers and sellers. BiLDRAELD BUSTEED, Esq., of this city, has been appointed a Brigadier General, of volunteers by the President. Since the ,outbreak of the: war, Mr. I3usteed has de voted much time, labor, and thought to the vaising of troops, and to the support of the Admitlistration and the maintenance of the Union. He has great energy, marvellous loreadiness .of purpose, rare, , , personal _popu larity, and his place rin the Democratic party, gives . him an unrivaled, position in the gathering of men to the standard to. be ' 'raised-by him. General,Diek Busteed will soon, have a small army at his heels. THE High-Church' Episcopal organ; styled the Church Journal, sees a new ele ment. of popularity among the people, in the fact, that the Episcopal Chur'cla has made no deliverance on the state of the country in the present crisis. The Journal argues that as soon as the war is over, lay memberS ornamented with =the Churches which have taken action in favor of the- G-overnment,• but who.are dissatisfied with this action, will flock to the bosom of the Episcopal Church. We do not think our loyal Episcopal brethren will relish exceed ingly the idea of having their Church set forth as a refuge for disloyalists and traitors. But it is a fact that no aonven-' tion - of the Episcopal Church has yet taken any action against rebellion and in favor of the .Government. , THE - Christian:4 , intelligencer gives the following whereabouts of some of the der ' gymen, of the Reformed Dutch Church, during the heated term : Rev. T. C. Strong passes a part of his vacation at the Catskill Mountain House; Rev. Dr. Dente rest, of Hudson, is fishing, etc., through August, among the .Adirondacks; Rev. Dr. Hutton ,passes his vacation ;it Lake George Rev. Mr. G-anse has purchased a Summer - place, near Poughkeepaie, where he , will find health, comfort, and rural occupation. A VERY DEEP and general sorrow will be felt throughout the Church in this coun try at hearing of the death . ok Rev. J. C Brigham, D.D., long the Senior Secretary of the American Bible Society. Dr. Brig-: ham was a native of New Marlborough, Berkshire County, Mass., and graduated at William'S College in 1819. He studied Theology at Andover, after which he spent three years in Seuth,Alerica in the work of - Missionary exploration and Bible dis tribution. He came to New-Yorkin 1825, and became connected with the Bible So- ciet3r, whose fairs for over thirty years he 'has conducted with a, zeal and, wisdom and prudence that have helped greatly to give it its present high position and its great usefulness. A few months ago, his health began to fail, and he has at last fallen asleep in his sixty-ninth year.- PHIDAD ELPHI4. ON SATURDAY the first instalment of a thou Sand muskets, fan similes of the Spring field pattern, the national arm of 'this coun try, was, delivered from the ?3ridesburg Armory of 'Alfred Jenks Son. , - ,The vast establishment of this. firm, emplOying 700 , men, with a series of buildings covering four acres, of ground, froth. this time forth will be devoted to the manufacture, of Sprinfield muskets for. the Government, as long as the G-overnment requires them, while the surplus will be open to purchase from, other' countries.. The Springfield musket is, to the, United States what. the Enfield. rifle is to the British army—its na tional arm. Vrevious to 1861, the armory was a man ,ufactory of cotton and woolen machinery. This business is still largely carried on, but the manufacture of Springfield muskets has lately transcended it in importance. For one whole year the firra have labored in perfecting the machinery, and have only just reached the climacteric that has stim ulated for so many months, and at so enor mous a aost,,their ambition and their peeu .niary outlay of $560,000 invested in, the This firm have a contract for 50,000, at $2O each. This will amount to $1,000,000 ; but more than half this sum was expended on the machinery and buildings. The con tract will soon be filled, and we trust that another will follow. Such enterprise and perfectness of wsrkmanship deserve patron age. The guns are so made that, every in dividual part will suit any other gun. The barrels, stocks, locks, screws, every thing may be interchanged, and will still fit per fectly. Tan NEW TRONSIDES, a powerful euiras sed steamer, is just receiving the finishing touches, and will be off shortly—probably to. Fort Sumpter and Charleston. "for the Presbyterian Banner Canonsburg Patriotic. The Canonsburg Brown Infantry, 'com manded by Capt. 'John Fraser, Professor of Mathematics in Jefferson College, is ready to march. The Professor commenced re cruiting on Monday, the 11th inst., and before the close of the same week he re ports -his company rei,dy to march. This is unprecedented in the recruiting 'line, especially if ,we take into consideration that this is the third company recruited from Canonsburg and vicinity, for the three years' service. The first company that went out, the Jefferson Guards, Capt. McDaniel, contained a large number of stu dents, as; did the Ellsworth Cadets, Capt. Murphy. • Capt. Fraser's company are recruited from the very best men , of the town and vicinity, and under their popular and ener getic commander, will make ;their mark. There is one very notable fact connected with. the volunteering, that- we think 'will not be:surpassed by the number of popula tion any where. The following families send forty-seven sons to the Union army : John Gaston, 4; Thomas Jackson, 4; James :.Ryan, 4; Harmon N. Peck, 4 ; Samuel L. Hughes, 3;'Samuel Stewart. 3 ; Rev. Wm. Spaith, 3.; john Paxton, 3 ; Stewart, 3; Mrs. Hillis, 3 ; James Cole man,3 '• John Brady, 2 ; Hugh Huston, 2; Samuel R. Cook, 2; W. H. MeNary, 2; Wm. Black, 2. Although Prof. Fraser leaves with his company, yet there have been arrangements made• to till his placein the College,•during his absence. MOD. Muller of Another Missionary.—it will be remembered that Rev. Mr. °offing, a mis sionary _or the American, Board, was mur dered near Alexandretta, in Northern Syria, a few wee,ks ago. We are, now under the necessity of announcing that a racist excel lent missionary, from our own neighbor hood, has fallen by v:iolence. Rev. Wm. W. Merriam, ,a graduate of Harvard and Andover, went from Cambridgeport, Mass, a little more than three years since, to de vote his life to the moral,and social welfare of the inhabitants of Turkey. He was stationed at Philoppopolis, and he approved himself a faithful laborer in the service which he had, chosen. Having' attended tha atfnual meeting of his mission at Constantinople in June, he set out upon his return,with his wife and child; but before he had reached his home he was killed by rohbers. Mrs. Merriam, well known by many in this vicinity, will doubtless receive the warm sympathy which she so much needs."-13ostora Trave&r. PRESBYTERIAL NOTICES. The PRESBYTERY OF OHIO will, meet at Fairview church, Munntoivn, on the Fourth Tuesday of August, (26th,) at 1. O'clock P. M. W. B. McILVAINE, Staled 'Clerk. • The PRESBYTERY OF- ALLEGHENY CITY will hold its next stated, meeting atthe church of Cross Roads, commencing on Tuesday, the 2d day of September, at 12 o'clock M. WILLIAM ANNAN, Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY OF • KASICNSETA. stands adjourned to .meet in Chester, on Friday be fore the fourth Sebbath (26th do') of September, 1862, at 11 o'clock A. M. D. A. WALLACE, Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY OF MISSOURI RIVER will hold ita next regulars meeting in the Presby terian church of Brownsville, N. T., September 11th, at 7f o'clock P. M. H. H. DadBINS, Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY OF PEORIA will hold its next stated meeting in the church of Brunswick. , on the Third Tuesday of September, at 77. o'clock P. MI ROBERT JOHNSTON, The PRESBYTERY OF. ZANESVILLE will meet, per ,adjonrnment,, in, Coshocton, on the, Third Tuesday (16th) of Seirtember, at 2 o'clock P. M. W. M. FERGUSON, Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY OF.BLOOMINGTON will meet in, ChenJa, on Tuesday, September 23d, 1862, at 7 o'clock P. M. R. CO&OVER, Stated Clerk. The 'PRESBYTERY OF FINDLAY stands ad journed to meet in the Riley Creek church, on the Third Tuesday of September, at 2 o'clock P. R. W. K. BRICE, Stated Clerk. The I'RBSBYTERY OF,DUBUQUE will meet in Dubuque . the Second Tuezday (9th):of. Sep tember, at 7 o'clock P: M. .JOHN M. BOGGS, Stated Clerk. • Tho PRESBYTERY OF CEDAR will meet : in the Suminit church, on.Tueeday, the 9th of, Sep- tember . ,'Ot 7 P. M. E. L. BELDEN, • Stated"Cleili. The. PRESBYTERY OF MARION will,meet at Pisgah church, Middletown, on theFirst,Tnes day pdyof September. next, at 7,o'clock. P. M. Conveyances will be in readiness it Marion,- for the use of those who may arrive there on the cars at 10 o'clock A. M. - B. A. TRUE, Stated; Clerk „ The PRESBYTERY . ORSCHITYLEE will meet in Perry, Pike County, 111., on Thureday, Sep teraber 4th, 1862, at 2 o'clock `l 3 ,i"M.' ` Sixty seven members due.: THOS. 8. VAILL, The PRESBYTERY OF DES : MOINES ;will hold its neat stated meeting'in Des Moines, on the First- Thursday of Septetitber, at 7 o'cleck P. M. BATCHELDER, Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY OF 1400,5TE4 will meet in the church of Apple Creek, on the First Tues day of Septemher,'at 11 o'clock A. H. JOHN , E. CARSON, Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY Ok',TOLEDO will hold its next stated meeting in Montezuma, Powsheik County, lowa, on Thursday _ Septemher 4th, 1862, 7 'o'clock P. LIITHERIDODD, Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY ; OF lOWA will hold its next stated meeting in the Westminster church, Keokuk, on the Second Tuesday of September, (9th day,) at 7 o'clock P. M. GEO. D. STEWART, Stated Clerk. SYNODICAL. The. SYNOD OF ALLEGHENY will meet in the Presbyterian church of New Brighton, on the Fourth Thursday of September, (25th) at 7 o'clock P. M. Presbyterial Narratives are to; be sent,: before the First of September, to the Rev. ;David Hall; Ca Ownsville, Pa. ELLIOT E. B:WirlgT Stated Clerk. The BYNJb bP ItiWA 'wnr mceee in^•T port, lowa, on Thursday, September 11th at 7 , o'clock P. M. A. A. E. TAYLOR, Stated Clerk. The SYNOD OF SOUTHERN lOWA W i ll meet in Albia, Monroe County, lowa, on the Lail Thursday in September next, at 7 o'clock P, - S. C. M'CUNE, Stated Clerk, important Order from General McClellan The order of Secretary Stanton, enjoinin g seizure and use of rebel property by the Feder,; armies, and also of slaves, when needed, was t r „ officially communicated to Gen. McClellan. 4, ing it in the papers, however, he took occa.,,ien to promulgate it to his army, accompanied by % General Order, No. 154, dated Harrison's Land_ ing, Aug. 9, 1862, as follows: Personal property necessary or convenient for supplies or other military purposes of this ant e will be, as heretofore, seized and used by 11,1 proper quartermasters or subsistence officer s upon the orders of the commanders of ar my corps ; or, in case of troops employed on detach ed service, where army corps commanders ar e not accessible, by order of the officer in command of such detached force. In all cases the officers thus making the seiz ures shall take an account showing the kind and quantities of property seized, and by whose corn. mend; the amounts of its estimated value, and the names of the persons from whom the same shall have come. Whenever circumstances ad mit of so doing, receipts will be given to the owners or their agents, specifying simply t h e particulars above mentioned. Copies of all such accounts and receipts will be transmitted in the usual manner, by the officers making them, to these headquarters. All officers and soldiers of this army are en joined and ordered to abstain from all seiz ure of private property except in the mode above prescribed; all other appropriations will be regarded and punished as pillage. The idea that private property may be plundered with impunity is, perhaps, the very worst that can pervade an army. Marauding degrades as men and demoralizes as soldiers all who engage in it, and returns them to their homes unfitted for the pursuits of 'honest industry. This army is composed mostly of young men; and the Gen eral Commanding, to whose care they are en trusted, owes it to the parents who have sent their sons, and to the communities that have sent the flower of their youth into the military ser vice of their eiiiintry, to warn and restrain them from an evil so pernicious. The order of the President requires the appli cation of a similar, rule in the: use of real prop erty. This, however, does not apply to such uses as are inseparable from military operations —to wit : marches, camps, pasturage, hospitals, depots, quarters; and damages occasioned by ac tual hostilities; but no use should be made, or injury done to real property, beyond what is ac tually necesary or convenient for military pur poses. - The destruction of any species of property in wantonness or malide is expressly prohibited by the President's order, as well as by the articles of war and the usages of all civilized nations. All commanding officers are earnestly enjoined to exercise the utmost vigilance on this subject. Straggling and trespassing are the invariable in dications of a tendency to this description of crime. Inhabitants,. especially women and children, remaining peaceably at their homes, must not be molested ; and wherever commanding officers find families peculiarly exposed in their persons or property to marauding from thisariny, they will, as heretofore, so far as they can do so.with safe ty and without detriment to the -service, post guards for their protection. In protecting private property no reference is intended to persons held to service or labor by reason of African.descent. Such persons will be regarded, by this army, as they heretofore have been, as occupying simply a peculiar legal status under State laws, which, condition, the military authorities of the United States are not required to regard . at all in dik.ricts where military ope rations' are made necessary by the rebellious ac tion ;of the State,Government. Persons • subject to suspicion of hostile pur pose's, residing or being near our forces, will, be, as heretofore, subject to arrest and detentiOn until the cause or necessity is removed. All such arrested parties will be sent, as usual, to the Provost Marshal General, with a statement of the lads in each. case. The General Commanding takes this occa sion to remind the: officers and soldiers of the army that, we - are engaged , in supporting the Constitution and laws:'of the United States, and in suppressing rebellion against their author ity; that . we are not,engaged in a war, of rapine, ravenge,. or subjugation ; that this is not a con test against populations, but against armed forces and political organizations; 'that it is a struggle carried on within thwUnited States, and should be conducted by us.upon the highet principles known to Christtian civilization. , Since this artily commenced active operations, persons of African descent., including those held to service orlabor under State laws, have always beenreceived, protected, and employed as labor ers at wages. . Hereafter it shall be the duty of the Provost Marshal General to cause lists to be made of persons of African descent employed in this ldriny as laborers for military purposes, suchlists' being made sufficiently accurate and in detail to show from whom such persons shall have come. Persona so subject and so employed, have al ways 'understaod that after 'being received into the military service of the United States, in any capaciiy,' they could•never be reclaimed by their former holders. Except upon such understand ing,on their part, the order of the President as to this &ass of persons would be inoperative. The Genernl Commanding therefore feels author izedqo declare to all such employees that they will.receive permanent military protection against any compulsory return to a , condition of servi tude. By. command of Major General McCLELLA3T. S. - Withaants, Assistant Adjutant General. Stated Clerk: It will be noted, in this order, that Gen. Mc- Clellan has, all along, used the personal proper ty of the yebelap.when they bad any thing he needed for his army;, he honestly keeping an ac count. .Wlerein, he guarded private property, it was, to prevent marauding and plunder, which are : vices ; most pernicious to an army. It is also seen thaLhe has,been in the habit of using the slaves , for laborers, compensating them for their work .and protecting them from re-capture. Au ° gust 1.8.--Cassitts M. Clay Will be assigned to . very 'imports& 'duties West of the Missis sippi.., Col. Corcoran; together with Col. Wilcox and others, arc ,to dine with the President to-day. Gen. T'ope, holds the line of the Rapidan, along the,North bank of, which his whole army. with the exception of Banks' corps, is massed. His own headquarters are moved to the front, and%the general conviction on the ground is that a speedy activity is probable. The enemy throws his pickets up to the South side of , the Rapidan, and occasional shots are exchanged across the river. Thurliiw Weed is understood to have received the renewal of his informal appointment abroad. He is expected to sail for Burope•shortly. He has been in town fOr a day or two. The meeting in honor of Col. Corcoran was enthusiastic. The Colonel's speech was cheer, immensely. After him, Col. Wilcox, of gan, was introduced. He was warmly welcomed. Be said' he had done no more than his duty. In cidently alluding to the bogus chivalry, he _said in the last building in which they were confined, there were twenty-nine, officers, as gallant es ever fought. They were confined in- the worst and dirtiest room of the dirtiest building in the dirtiest city in the Union, without blanket, or cup, or plate, knife or fork, and refused an op portunity to purchaae.the commonest and mean est,neogaseries of life. Three hundred ,and twenty officers have been exchanged, among them Lieut. Col. gene. Troops under: the. new,call are already reach ing 'their destinations at the rate of five thousand per (14. August 19: 1 --A dispatdk about the destruction of the Arkanaa4 says information is received from Baton Rouge,.that in addition to the 6,000 rebel troops already in the vicinity, 4,000 are ap proaching from nauchae, and others from Vicks burg. Con:mender Porter is in constant com munication with the commander-in-chief of the troops here, midis ready to open fire when and where he may desire. He says the Arkansas had a crew of 180 men and mounted ten gnus, , a t ir4 ' he e g n u d i e b i o g i h t t. E in a c ez h, , and com mfoattrude6d° Inent.e.! teit'ind had only forty men on duty at giring tritb actiBn. -bpyouhnidme,rs ri fled : the ttmes'd? Stated Clerk. In Washington.
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