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.