cartner.
lIITTRITUR, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 11812
The ffirectors of the Board of Celportage
.of the Synods of Pittsburgh and Alle
.g.iteny, are requested to meet at the Pres
iyterian Book-Rooms, on Hand Street, at
2 o'clock P. M., on Tuesday, the 23d inst.
• JAMES CAROTILEICS, President.
Volume IL, No,. 1, of the Presbyterian
Banner, marks time's progress. It is also-
a testimony that the editor made no mistake
when he said the work was needed, and
then cast himself upon the churches. How
many thousand families has the Banner
cheered and edified, in its weekly visits !
• How many.nayriads of souls has it helped
to train for life's duties, and to prepare for
their last account and their immortal state !
What a responsibility ! Tray for it. Help
it to he wise.
Princel9H i nteologietil Seuiinary.—We un
deistand that over sixty new students were,
at the beginning.of the present term, ma
triculated at Princeton. This is a very
large accession. It shows that the war,
deeply interesting as it is, has not robbed
the. Church de her candidates for the min
istry. Some +nye gone to the field ; many
have gone, as was right and proper. We
want a Country as well as a Church. We
want freedom, protection, a stable Govern
ment, a firm peace; and for these we must
fight.: We are compelled to protect our
selVes.' Some of our sons, the loved, the
good, the pious, must go. But all are not
to be absorbed in that war. The war
against the spiritual foe claims its recruits;
and Princeton has become the chosen resort
of Many 'who are consecrated, and prepar
ing for the battle.
10,000 SUBSCRIBERS WANTED.
We have had a fine list of subscribers.
We wish to have these all renewed, and
TAN . THOUSAND added. There are more
thin ten thousand Presbyterian families
residing within two hundred miles of Pitts
burgh, who take uo religious newspaper.
There ought not to be one such. If any
are too: poor to raise $1.25, their neighbors,
or their' church, should help them.
The Banner is a newspaper. Its col-
UMDS do not contain merely book matter.
It is not a broad sheet tract. It would lie
very easy to fill a paper with good Sabbath
day reading, such as is found in books,
tiaote, and sermons. But people go to
church for sermons. And the Publication
Societies and colporteurs furnish them with
' books and tracts. They yet need news;
and must have news. To furnish' this
. is
the province of the.religious paper. Chris
tians are in the world. Their duties are in
tits world, while their account is to be ren
dered to God, to whose glory they should
do all things. Then then let them have
religious news, and social news, and worldly
news also; and all through a religious
channel, and imbued with the spirit of
Christianity.
TO OUR FEUDS AND FELLOW LABORERS.
Ten volumes of the Presbyterian Ban,
nor" are now completed. This is the extent
to which the editor, in his own mind, at
the beginning, felt himself pledged to this
work. He hoped that within that period
he could have it placed in the hands of
younger and abler men. And he once
thought that the arrangement was made.
He has f Always had help. He now has
help, engaged; but the chief toil, and
the heavy 'responsibilities, both proprietory
and 'editorial, 'be has still to bear. He
does it not reluctantly. His heart is in it.
It belongs to his joy. But the masses are
entitled to . the productions of the taste,
Anr, and vivacity of those who' are more
nakey theil equals in age.
the,Pgsner was originated on the cap
erative,Principle. It was to be auxiliary
to pastors. The editor was to adapt it, as
far as he was able, to the training of fami
lies, and the edifying of Christians, and
he hoped for the cheerful and effectual aid
of his brethren in circulating his paper.
The money making principle was disavow
ed. The propiietor did not ask his breth
ren to help to make him rich, and he has
never' tendered - them any pecuniary com
pensation for their aid. The paper was to
be good as to material and execution, and
good as to contents, if the editor could
make it so; and all that, whether it paid
him, any thing for his services or not; and
Kif the income should rise beyond needful
sustentation, the paper should be
lie re improved. This principle has
bytia ly observed. Not a dollar of
still &edam the paper has been laid
And now we the same principle is
and fellow-laborere, fo
creased aid. you will ti our friends
above intimated, add one d%;l 111 1 d in '
store, nor cause us to fare more sufnit.
ly, but you will enable us to keep our:pa
pei to its standard, and possibly to
make it yet better; and, especially, by your
increasing its circulation you will make it
the medium of more extended benefits.
Do `try, and' have the Banner introduced
into every,family connected with your con
gregation;
,and into all families in your
midst•who do not take the paper of dome
other. Church. - Every household should
have atleast one rwell conducted religious
journal; and they who feed,. the lock
should see,personally, or by their helpers,
into this matter. Newspapers are the
great agency, in our , day ,, in "the forming
and guiding of pnblic sentiinent. People
willli f tive them, and if you would keep out
the i tad you must , bring. in- the good. Suf.:
fer ,, ,O,Vaeatioy, ;And if any will have the
bactldo.you bring{ in .the good as an anti
dote: We t ipibir surely that by a ploper
eff & 41`F; iery yen can be accomplished.
we r ahall have some extra copies of the
present number, and, shall, hope 'for very
3 large lists, and continua increium
01
TRANSPLANTED
Death is sad and gloomy. Nature re
volts at the thought. But we must meet
it. Willing, or unwilling; eyes open, or
eyes closed, we must meet death ; must
meet it as it seizes upon our friends, and
meet it as our own implacable and resistless
assailant. It is true that there is no use in
brooding in sorrow over an evil, while it is
yet distant; hut it is equally true, that
where it is possible so to anticipate an evil
as to ameliorate it, or to, associate it with
things joyous, then wisdom bids us look
forward.
" Who has not lost a friend?" In child
hood's years we contemplate a loved circle
around us, and for a while it may be an in
creasing circle. But, ere long, it begins to
contract. Revelation teaches us that the
deßarted are not lost. They but go before
us. They are removed to brighter skies, to
a happier home, purer mansions, more bliss
ful gardens, to the Paradise above. One.
goes ; then a second ; then a third: Thus
one after another of our best beloved is
transplanted, till, long ere life is exhausted,
parents are gone, brothers and sisters are
gone, eons and daughters, husband ur . wife
is gone. The family transferred has be
come more in number than that left with
us; and every aspiration toward a reunion :
is a breathing toward the home above.
The recognition of friends in heaven, is
a delightful thought. We cannot but an
ticipate, in this, one of the joys of those,
who surround the throne. True it is that
when we contemplate the stellar glories,
where one differs from another in its bril
liancy, we know that they will, one and
all, pale and vanish under the incompara
bly superior splendor of the luminary of
day. So we may think that in heaven, un
der the glories of the Sun of, Righteous
ness, no star shall be -visible. But we may
remember that then we also shall each 'have
become one of those stars. We- shall have
been transformed into his image; shall
have beeome like shall not contem
plate from a distance, but take our view
close at hand. And even now, the sun re
tires, to let the stars be seen. There will
be a recognition, and it will be one of
heaven's joys.
Dear mother, you mourn the: departure
of your little one. It was the light of your
eyes and the joy of yoUr heart. It is gone.
Cold death has laid his' hand upon that
beautiful image of yourself. But it is now
incomparably more beautiful in the image
of Him in whose likeness it is renewed. It
has joined the others whom God had taken
home. You have now given another im
mortal to unfading glory and unspeakable
joy. Who would not be a parent, even a
bereaved parent, under such a thought.
And then you also are to be transplanted--
soon transplanted. You must first send
forward a few more; -and prepare -some
others as a seed of fruitfulness here below,
themselves soon to follow, and then you
will be taken to the happy ones who have
gone. A reunion ; a recognition; 0 how
blissful.
Thus contemplating death, it loses half
its sadness. It must be met.. It will sep
arate the loving and the loved. But it
takes the loved one to others loved before;
and soon it will bring the loving one to the
same joyous throng.
TRAM FOR: THE COUNTRY;
A throne of grace is always accessible.
Help in- a time of need may be specially.
expected. There must be earnestness in
prayer.; importunity also ; and faith. Ask,
believing that ye shall receive.
Some who believe that there are 'Chris
tians on both sides of this unhappy contest,
are troubled with the thought that God's
children are pleading, the one against the
other, and hence that God cannot grant
the request of each. We advise praying
people to give themselves no uneasiness on
this score; and especially they must not
permit -such a thought to silence them.
All true Christians pray submissively.
They would have only what will be for
God's glory, and what aod will make a
blessing to them, and bowever ardently
they may desire a thing, they leave God to
judge of the propriety of giving it, as also
of the time and manner.
Two children may most earnestly plead
with a father for that which he can give to
but one; and he may wisely discriminate.
There is nothing unnatural or improper in
the proceeding. So Northern Christians
and Southern Christians may each pray, in
the present war, and pray oppositely. Each,
may believe in their right, and be deeply
in earnest; 'and god may be pleased with
the importunity of each, though he will be
stow the thing asked for, only to the one
class of supplicants. And there is not so
direct an oppositicni in their pra.yers, as the
ungodly imagine. All pray for peace—a
peace which shall be truly a blessing. All
ask that the right may prevail ; and though
: 1 1-believes that he is right, all allow God
vtca• Each prays for victory, but for
be done
viently. All say : " Thy will
- We see tRa.... •
pointed a day ...
President ItlNOOtte dila • d
SON DAVIS has
ng an -uprayer.
were in the ascendant.' arms
03Oti sides appeal to him.
Propoiitions are made for a weekly .. i
091,1
cert of prayer for the country in reference
to the war. We have not yet seen our way
clear to advocate the measure 'There is
already a weekly meeting in the Church;
and a monthly concert for missions and in
many places -there is a monthly concert for.
Sabbath Schools. There is an annual con
cert for colleges, and an annual 'Week of
prayer for the spread of the Gospel. The ob
jects are all good; and the, object of the pro
posed new concert is good. .But, we ; prefer
not to multiply special days. We still hope.
that, the war will be brief---not a permanent
thirig And:While it lasts we should, every
day, present before. God .the. Condition of
out:, pountry l There shoild be confession;
PRESBYTERIAN BANNER-SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1862.
and sorrow,'and humble, earnest entreaties
for mercy and favor. No Sabbath worship,
and no meeting for prayer, and no family
address to a throne of grace, should fail in
presenting to God our country's wants. 0
that there were an adequate depth of feel
ing, a sense of sin, an earnestness of desire,
a trust in God, a turning to righteousness,
a forgiving spirit! Then would we cry
unto God, day and night; and he would
EMPLOY AA ADEQUATE FORCE,
It is now reduced to a certainty that
there can be no peace till the South is fully
conquered. Subjugation may be a neces
sity. A reduction of the States to the
condition of territories, may become a ne
cessity. A colonizing of these Territories
from the North—armed colonies—may be
come a necessity. If the States should.be
reduced to Territories,the United States laws
would of course be supreme in them, and
hence slavery would be abolished; but, to,
effect this Lreduetion the arming of the
slaves may hecome a necessity. , ^The great
est necessity is peace; -a stable peace se
curing the safety of person and property;
peace founded upon the enforcing of the
laws, which implies the putting down of
the rebellion. ' This necessity controli all
the others alluded to, and makes one or all
of •them righteous and ,to be borne, when
God so wills it in his providence. We
trust that in his great mercy he will spare
the land the danger which would compel a
resort to such extreme means, and 'the
suffering which must accompany the Use of
such means : But it may be that all these,
and even a servile, war, which is the.most
horrible of all evils, may be inflictions yet
in store, for our guilty land. We pray for
mercy. God give us peace under the
Constitution ; a righteous peace; a frater
nal
. peace; a whole country and a true
brotherhood. •
But, if men would avoid evil, they must
use the ordained means. If =they would
prevent a famine, they Intuit till the soil
and lay up stores. And if they would es
cape the calamities of a long, and bitter
war,-they must employ a force adequate to
speedily overcome a, wicked and determined
foe. We advocated at the commencement
of the rebellion, the calling out of an army
of .sufficient power to - make resistance
hopeless. It could have been done. Vol
unteers offered themselves. The Govern
ment had the numbers, the material of
war, the navy, and the means of enlarging
in every department. To have used those
means as suggested, would have saved life,
money, and feeling. The rebels would
have despaired. Union men in the South
would, under a feeling of security,' have
flocked to the national standards, Peace
now would have been hailed in her near
riess, if not already enthroned.
Counsels thus prudent and benevolent,
did not prevail; and now, after fifteen
months of suffering, the work before us is
vastly greater than it was at the beginning.
But still the nation has the power to ac
complish it. The.means at first suggested
are yet within our reach, though - now it
will require a much greater'force than
then. An army of one million of men,
raised last Summer and kept up, and
promptly pressed oh, would have met with
but little resistance: We have at length
called out one million ; but now almost
every man in the South' has become our
foe, and none trust in us. Now resistance
will be powerful, and our way must be
fought through. Hence we need at 6.st
the half of another million, and they
should be promptly brought into the field.
Mercy requires this. Economy requires.
it. Peace and good-will demand it, The
God of peace, and law, and order, who has
ordained the use, on our part, of adequate
means to the accoMplishing of good ends,
has made the.putting forth of such energy
a solemn duty.
' The war as now waged is an exhausting
process; and, in the end, must give us the'
victory. The parties bring about equal
forces into the field,; and hence the loss of
man for man, will annihilate the few and
leave a portion of the many, There being
then equal determination, the North will
possess the country. But we would rather
avoid such a terrible waste. We would
rather gain our victory by the means above
indicateci, 'and to this end we ask for the
addition to our army. What folly is it to
require one man to do . the work, of two,
when the two may be easily had! "If
one prevail again# him, two shall with
stand .him; and a threefold cord is not
- quickly broken."
CHAPLAINS,
•
There is very much complaint relative
to the Chaplains in the army. We some
times hear it: said that two-thirds of them
are worthless; neither discharging their
ministerial duties nor exhibiting theapirit
which belongs to their office. We regard
the statement as altogether extravagant.'
But we have reason to believe =that many of
the Chaplains fail 'greatly in the discharge
of their duty. This fact, however, should
not be urged as a reason for neglecting to
•
provide the officer; but rather as a stimu
lant to the use of proper means to obtain
•pointment of suitable men.. The
vidio , artment does its part well, in pro
as a Chit
‘‘;
,f man shall be commissioned
inter, having a
s not an ordained min
nixed Christian riding in , a rewg
have a ectificate offoul orfails to
this fact. We could not asP r ie,'t tes 'l n g
went to go farther in prescribin „ gZ e : n i
ificatifins.
The regimental and company officerS,
t e h s e pec d i e a s l i l g y na th ti e o . n co o l f on t e
the e a nd
Chaplain. ca P
Here
there have
there may be room for some bargaining for
an exchange of •influence; but ' still the is to be *ado frbni' men whose quai- -
ifications are attested iiiabove noted: .
It is, also naturally to be sqpised s that
many of that class of ministers who for
some reason, whether good or bad, are un
employed, will be applicants for the office.
The position affords better pay than that
given by a large majority of our churches,
and it requires far less preaching; but still
we would think it strange if as many as
two-thirds of the appointees, they being im
proper men, could get the testimonials re
quired. The statement must be extrava
gant.
There is, however, reason to complain on
the subject ; and to remedy the evil, devo
ted Christian men must more zealously use
the means needful to get appointments;
not any ungodly or unministerial means,
but such as are lawful and good. Pastors
are needed, rather than preachers. A
Chaplain will find use for a ready ut
terance. The power of extemporaneous
address, 'a good voice, and an ardent tem
perament, are qualifications. But still
more, hp should be a man of devoted piety,
much• tenderness, great amiability, and un
tiring industry. A lazy man ought never
to have the office, nor a man frivolous or
volatile. The laborious pastor, who loves
his flock and is loved by them, is the man
who should have the spiritual, care of a
regiment. If the idle and trifling are to
have a' charge, let it be at home, where the
people are less exposed, and where they are
surrounded with:better influences than the
camp or the field afford.
WESTERN THEOLOGICAL &BINARY.
Thidinstitution opened on the Bth inst.,
according to the publiehed notice. Thirty
new students entered. This is quite 'en
couraging, in the circuraitances. It is an
evidence that God has. not forsaken his
Zion. Many of her educated sons have
devoted themselves, for a time, to the stern
realities of war, in defending their country
against a most wicked and powerful rebel
lion. We honorthem. The Lord protect
them, and make them victors, and cause
them and us to rejoice together in a 'coun
try saved and peaceful.
--And we also honor our young brethren,
who, not feeling themselves called to •the
battle-fiCid, have hearkened to the Saviour's
voice, bidding them go as laborers into his
,
„
vineyard. The supply of ministers must
be kept up. The harvest grows not less,
but greater. The war presents many temp
tations to' sin, and the need for warning
and instruction increases. Ministers quite
as numerous are aeeded at home, as were
needed formerly, and multitudes also are
needed.in the camp.
The students of last year have not re
turned as promptly as is.-always desirable.
Theitarrival is expected, and also further
additions to the new class.
UNEDUCATED NEN.
Every age of the world, since schools
have existed, has produced men, multitudes
of men, who have opposed education. Va
rious objections' are made. They foster
pride, create an aristocracy, advance medi
ocrity to position, their pupils are excelled
by men who have never seen a school, &c.,
&e. And men who have .enjoyed the ad
vantages of only the primary school, join
in the cry lbgainst the graduates of the
higher institutions. Common sense and
general experience show the fallacy of all
such reasonings; but they are still reit
erated._
The Presbyterian Church has been more
free from such men than some of its neigh
bors. But it has been the object of much
vilification for its veneration for learning.
A learned ministry it has ever regarded as
an indispensable. We remember the time
when our Methodist brethren spoke of our
Colleges as " Minister Mills," and of our
pastors as " man-made ministers';" and we
could never go to a Methodist meeting
without hearing ourselves vilified for our
education. But -things now are much
changed in The 'religious world. Metho
dists have their Academies, Seminaries,
and Colleges, andglory in them. So also
the Baptists, Cantberlands, and nearly all
other portions of the Church.
In Medicine, also, there is a great re
form. Indian doctors, &c., &c., are not in
demand, as in days of yore.
Just now the clanaor is against military
education. And we have been surprised
to hear gentlemen who would spurn an up
start, illiterate preacher, and who would turn
up their nose indignantly at the suggestion
of their calling in aquack doctor. yet declaim
,•
against. graduates of a Military Academy.
A writer in the army says of..4en. BANKS :
"'He is both a soldier and it gentleman,
even if he'has not, a West-Point diploma."
This is well. It does justice to an able
officer, , ,and intimates that he • would have .
been still the better if. he had enjoyed the
advantages of oufNational Military School.
It is also a fact that he had paid great at
tention to military studies before he was
put at the head of a United States army.
But see how one of our, journals com
ments on the remark: ;
""We think it would have been better'for
the country if it ,never` had a West Point
Military Academy,' and the' sooner it is
blotted out of existence the better. One
half
half of our difficUlties ariie from ' the jeal:.
ousies and incompetency officers who
have the seal of West Point. Uncle Sam
~does not' need a Settee' to raise' up a set:' of
eptmleted panpers, who take all the airs
upon 'them of the cadets of the titled Fm
ropetin aristocracy"
.
This is : worse than silly. It is intended
to excite prejudice; The paper , is loyal,
and' hence we do not accuse-it of a design
to injure ' the army and help the enemy;
but such_ is its tendency. Our Military
School is , one great means of the country's
Safety. It has •turned out some inferior
1t'413 but they were men' who possessed a
m' ''which could not be elevated. gvery
g oo " P lll4, J3oilt
,theie ,was made greatly
better, 'h et
,aative
e ar t :i nt ' b t i r ti r4in w g na to ni t li d d eg to ree th o e f
r i e ts
qutrements of mihtaillo n And hap
for the country) leee.rive been, there,
and4eceived a trainingovbi4
,has; fitted
them to do eminent service for their coun
try. We wish they were in number five
fold of what they are.
One advantage the enemy has over us,
is in military training. He bad his share at
West Point; and then, in addition, pre
paring for this very war, he had, for
years, his State Military Schools. He is
thus enabled to put men trained in the
science of war, not only at the head of
brigades and divisions, but also to have
them, very extensively, for regimental and
even for company officers.
It becomes us not to encourage that ig
norance and illiberality, which would frown
upon knowledge, and repel education, and
reduce our people to the illiteracy of abo
rigines. It is fatuity, if not deliberate
wickedness, to excite prejudice against men
who have received a military education,
and who are thereby enabled greatly the
better to serve their country.
AFTBR THE LATE BATTLE AT BULL UN.
Statements of sufferings we are not in,
the habit of narrating; but to do so, some-.
times, is a duty. Our people will more
cheerfully contribute to alleviate distress
when they know its intensity. They will
more love and admire the brave defenders
of our rights, when they know their hard
ships. And especially, we trust, will they
go, and stimulate others to go, to the field,
so that we have a force adequate 'to gain.
victories, rather than suffer defeats; and so
as to bring the war to a speedy issue.
The following extract from a letter of a
Brigade Surgeon to his family, under date
of September Bth, has peen furnished to us
"I came in from Bull Run yesterday
with a large train of our wounded, and
would have written at once to apprise all of
my safety, who I hope have
,a desire that
way ; but I was too much worn out for the
effort. I had been up all night with the
train, which was stopped by troops block
ing up the way ; so that added to my
fatigue, and I was very sleepy. It was
"almost as much as I could dodo take a bath
and get on some cldan clothes, which I had
found a Jew kind enough to sell me on
Sunday. I had not changed my clothes
since leaving Harrison's Landing—very,
seldom had any of them off, but slept in"
them on the ground, and performed all the
work in them incident to the care of
wounded men after a. bloody battle of two
days. And handling the wounded covered
with dirt and gore, making splint cloths
of old filthy tents, and all that sort of thing,
you may believe to be no very cleanly job.
I was consequently in such plight, and at
the same time so destitute of clothing, not
having seen my valise for a month, that
the sin of trading with a Jew on the Sab
bath, troubled my conscience less than the
dirt did.
"We had a sorry time at Bull'Run. In
the first place we sustained another signal
and inglorious defeat—almost another stain_
pede like that of a year ago. Our dead
and wounded were left on the field in the
hands of the enemy. I remained with a
few Surgeons to look after them, and was
engaged for, a week not only in dressing•
wounds and performing operations, but pro
viding food and sheltZ, distributing soup,
and carrying wounded men on litters; and
at onetime I thought I would have to go at
digging graves. Many men lay on the
field from three to five days without food
and almost without water. A passing rebel
would now and then supply some little
want, such as help a suffering soldier to a
little water or a crust, or assist him to
change an, irksome position; but there
many lay among the clusters of swollen,
blackened, ghastly carcasses - of their com
rades who had fallen—and yet I scarcely
ever heard a murmur. I thought often
when relief seemed to come so slowly, that
many would die from want of attention.
Food was very scarce. Most of the men
had'nothing in their haversacks and we had
but little to give. We found a little coffee
which had been spilled in the road, and
some old crackers, and we bought a cow,
which was slaughtered ; and this, with a
few cans of beef extract, was all the provis
ion we had on hand. For myself and a Sur
geon, (Dr. S. W. REAn;) who was with me at
one of thwfield hospitals, Providence had
kindly provided a, friend in an old negro,
who boarded us, giving us hoecakes,' at a
dollar a piece, So we fared very well, yet
I never was so glad as when I was enabled
to bid farewell to the place."
PUNISHING REBELS
In a free country it is difficult to deter
mine just how much criticising of the
Government should be tolerated. Acts in , '
aid of the enemy are always treasonable;
and the guilty should be punished ; but
much freedom of speech should be allowed;.
and when that liberty is abused, it is bet
ter to suppress the paper, or imprison the
man, or both, than to proceed to capital
punishment. The shedding of blood, for
the utterance of words, -is a measure which
can be but seldom justifiable. We are glad
that our Government does not resort to
such extreme measure&
In the. Confederacy, however, men ,must
be exceedingly, cautious. It was so in the
South even previously to Secession. Many
a man lost his life there, for 'sj eaking
against slavery. But now even, silence
will not protect a man. He must approve
of the peculiar institution, and -of the
cause and . the doings:of the Confederacy,
and *ust do so strongly, if he happen's to
be of Northern birth. ,
.The following letter to the Presbyterian,
shows. Seceision cruelty. Those who as
rsumed the right to secede, will not allow
their fellows ty be faithful, even at heart,
The writer is a Presbyterian minister
AmsTERDADI; 0., Aug. 22, 1862.
Mrssas. EDITORS :---Please chnngc the
address of my paper from Poplar .Creek,
Choctaw County, Miss., to Amsterdam,
jefferson County, Ohio. Bereft of• prop.. 7.
erty, of health, and almost of life, I have
reaohed - Amsterdam, a. refugee from South
ern; cruelty. I Walk incarcerated in the
military prison:at Tupelo, on a charge
~of
being a Union man. -I would have been
, executed in a few days . ; . , but by the good
providence of God, I ,escaped the guards,
and, after wandering through the swamps
of Mississippi,' travelling by night, and
lying concealed during the day, and sub
sisting on. green .corn, eaten ,raw,. and
blackberries . eand having none but stagnant
-water to drink, I at length reached:the.
Federal lin,es at Rienzi, a mere 'skeleton,
my system : sh4tere4, and my health so
inuchliiipaired that I.fear it will be a long
time, ; , ore I tally reepi?er from the shock?
Heavily ironed and closely guarded, nothing
less than the almost miraculous interposi
tion of the God of providence could have
secured my escape and led me through the
camps and guards of the enemy, and have
preserved me in my flight through a hostile
country. flaying labored eleven years in
the South as a minister and teacher, and
having committed no offence worthy of
death, (though their charge against me of
treason against the Confederate. States was
true,) I was heavily ironed, insulted,
starved, and had I not escaped, would have
been hanged in a few days.
Yours truly, JOHN H. AVOILEY.
We trust that no amount of such in
justice and cruelty will cause the people of
the North to retaliate. We must not say,
we will do to them as they have done unto
us. God has given a different law.' Chris
tianity cherishes a better spirit.
WORTHY OF NOTICE.
Rev. Dr. MCCLINTOCK, Amertean mis
sionary in Paris, France, in writing to the
Methodist, N. Y.,' speaks of there being no
really great man, at present, in the. British
Cabinet; and then adds:
"I think the same remark - will apply to
our own country. Many people wonder
and complain that 4no great man' ta.s-yet
appeared in America, even during , the
storm and pressure- of the civil war. But
Providence is wiser than we are. > A great'
man,= imbued with the political ideas and
prejudices of the period preceding the re
bellion, would probably have been the
death of us. A 'great' warrior, espeCially,
would be a perilous possession for our coun
try.. Thus far none have appeared so pre
eminent as to call forth universal admira
tion; yet there have been scores who have
done their duty nobly as cora - menders of
divisions or brigades. By 1863, experi
ence will have been'added to the scientific
preparation of scores of other generals; and
our army in that year will probably be
equal to any army in the world. By that
time, too, the people of the North will have
felt the full weight and sorrow of the war,
and will be ready fore the combined and
energetic 'policy which alone is needed to
put an end to the rebellion'. When the
proper moment arrives,-the man for the
hour will probably appear; but he will be
so bound up by the perils of the time, as
to be incapable of doing either of the two
things which a great'. and successful hero
might have tried in 1862—either of mak
ing a bad compromise with slavery, or of,
attempting the exercise of despotic power
in the North!'
A "very great" man is sometimes a great
blessing from the Lord; but sometimes,
also, he is a scourge in the Lord's hand.
We trust the Lord will , give us the wisdom
to unite our powers under the regularly ;
constituted authorities of the country. We
will thus have victory and peace, a consti
tution and laws. We will be saved without
Emperor, Dictator, or, Aristocracy. We
will have the Republic which was estab
lished by our fathers, now rejuvenated.;
and in it will have protection and equality.
EASTERN StIMULRY.
BOSTON AND HEW-ENGLAND
THE REV. A. L. STONE, D. 8., pastor of
the Park Street Congregational - church,
who is one of the most popular preachers
in Boston, has been granted leave of ab
sence for nine months, for the purpose , of
acting as Chaplain to the Cadet Regiment
of this city, about to leave for the Sag of
war.
REV. T. N. HAsKELL,-who has just re
turned from a tour in Europe and the Holy
Land, has received a unanimous • call to re
sume his labors in East Boston, as pastor
of the First Presbyterian church. Mr. Has
kell was for four years pastor of a Presby
terian church in Washington City, and bus
labored successfully the last four years in
East Boston.
AT WILLIAMS COLLEGE, at "the' late
Commencement, the following resolutions
were presented to the Aluiani by Da - vid
Dudley Field, Esq., of this city, and unan
imously adopted
Resolved, By the Alumni of Williams
College here assembled, that the war which
the United States are now waging for the
suppression of the slaveholdere great lint
causeless rebellion, requires the cooperatien
of all authorities and all citizens, and we
therefore premise for ourselves, and urge
upon others, not only to study how the
country can best be aerved,;•but to serve it
actively, without ceasing, and with all the
means possible and lawful.
Resolved,, urther, That; in order to meet
the exigences of this iron time, all peace
ful pursuits must accommodate themielves
to the deMands of war, and our youth, es
pecially, should become acquainted With
the use of arms; and. we therefore mom
mend to the. trustees and faculty of this
College to give the students, hereafter, dor:.
ing the way, instruction and; exercise in
the military,art.
THE AMERICAN BOARD (A. C. P. M.)
will hold its annual, meeting at Spiingfield
Mass., beginning .on Tuesday, Oetober 7,
at four o'clock. The Missionary Herald
•
says
The sermon is expected lo" preache4
by Prof. Henry Smith, of Tiane Serniri-ary.
The good people of Springfield appear to
be making the most full and complete 'ar- -
rangements, not only for the reception and-
entertainment of those who will come from
a distance ' and the temporary refresliMent'
of those from adjoining towns, hut in 're`
Bard to every thing connected with ,
terest and success of such a gathering. '
'The, financial condition of, the Board is
likely ,to be an absorbing subject= of, deli)),
oration. The troubles of the country have
reduced the contributions to treasury-
to an unprecedented eitcrit- '-Thnsc-the'
receipts for, duly were less than $26,000-?
not half so. much as during the same'rnonth,
of-the year , before. In , three Months, the"'
falling off (in comparison with-liat;Year)
hai amounted to more than $41.-,000.
doubt,not that the meetingwill be a large'
one, and that a more than usual•numberof,
New-England members,and friends of
Board will be "present:
It haiheen enitomary in thel'Ndr-Eng--.
land Colleges ,to' have, an Alumnildinners
immediately after the close :of >the,,,,Com..
inenceoient: 'Exercises, for , the of
renewing friendships- and of aWaketting'
freshinteritit in the institution.: A
University, -Providence, , Bitzode - 4
I a:
very interesting reunion of this kind took
place, which will be long remembered by
those present. The oratory over, the Al
umni marshalled their forces on the church
green, and having scaled College Hill, en
tered the spacious tent on the field behind
the college buildings, and sat down before
the collation, which yielded to vigorous at
tacks and was soon demolished.
President Sears, having spoken briefly,
called on Dr. Wayland, who spoke of his
former connexion with the College, and of
the success of the Rhode Island troops in
the war, and expressed the belief that God
was chastening us for our neglect of him.
Governors Sprague, of R. 1., Washburn,
of Maine, Andrew, of Mass., and Berry, of
N. EL, spoke. Speeches were also made
by Judge I homes, Rev. Drs. J. G. Warren,
R. Babcock, and S. Peck, and by others.
HEW-YORK.
THERE is= a little more demand for mon
sy, yet the supply, is easy at 5 to 6 per
cent. for call loans.. The best grades of
business paper are scarce, and are in de
mand. at 5 to 6 per cent for dates not ex
ceeding four months. Long dates are not
in favor, it being thought a sign of weak
ness for any house to give long notes un
der present circumstances. There has
been a considerable advance since our last,
in the prernium on gold and rates of, for
eign exchange.
The export ofgold, however; has further
abated. The shipmenta of- the week
amount to. $555,297. The liernand occa
sioning the adiance in premium, , came from
the. speculators for a fall on the stock ex
change, who, having sold on short tithe,
had to•burlarge to make gobd -their deliv
eries; on maturity of Contract. The ex
ports of produce were smaller. last week,
and imparts higher. On Monday the pre
mium on gold was 19f to 19f on the stock
exchange, 'and 19f en the street Some
bullion dealers asked 120; The banks
have increased their stock of specie, bold
ing it date of last ~retnrns $36,1.39,000.
Their loans n ow uniount to $1.55,590,000,
and deposita $142,663,000. The aver
age daily exchanges are $25 680 000
•
- The imports last _week were.'in value
$5,478,664, and exporte, other than of spe
cie, ,$2,500,776—0n1y, one-half the, value
of the imports—lance a falling off in. the
amount of cornmereel bills of exchange.
An increase is '2.7 ipa.ted'this current
week.
THERE is 'more
partraents. Xobbc
selling, and, counit
ward. Army and
goods, are mostly
all cottons are ste:
with some irregu;
of speculation whi,
trade. 'The spe - cal
largely,'sell'oecasim
the regular action
course of things` is
goods and Contini
These goods eau on,
TiE deinand for
has :been - quite earl
rapid fluctuations
1. upon the variable &
from Europe, the ral
and exchange. The
for Sound shipping
duced limits to most
greatly, depressed the'
tainty respecting
day„ has served to
rially, and tinny shit
hold off, until the "ma
WE understand tl
Bethune had just wri
his Mother,” before
where he, died; She
Bethune i Esq.,•of fhb
of Mrs. Isabella Oral
ory, whoge life and' wl
in the - Church. MI
founder the New:.
and of - many other cha,
prase and to , bless tl
were a % .. ..eiated . many,
ereelltinf women, like
Mrs. Getter al Hamilton,
Specially delineated in
Dr: Bethune left be'
beautiful tribute of fib
tion, which the friem
will prize the' more as
tion of , his afilitent mil
efrasion of his, warm
Harper & Brothers have
and will•soongive it to
THE city chnrchen
closed.during the past -
last Sabbath, most of
ple having returned frt
country. The subject
in the' SuMmer, has ret
attention of late in - this
a strong sentiment seems'
against
,the practicer
tended that the pastor
rest and recreatioti.
with ; it is -proposed
of pastors at such;
clergymen .who : haNie
and 'of li:ceniiales'-''frol
Seminaries.
PRILAD
TELE REM:rim, of the
of 'Philadelphia for-the'.
an iTlereaee cif only.
with 1861—the return f
114,836, und.tlkat.of xlf
ffluart
, ,
the people of this cit:
count of the threatef
.rebels into Pennsyli
greatly exposed*iin37,
enemy, that shoUla
TRF., DILAFT .18
th9P9Ple-rheMrqw:lN
deficiency; to`:be made
14,0,00.
TitE .Wee!clx.P.ra;
churches in:ithis
dit.i9l;.l6 the iTeglthe
ea lar eh particu ,chiny
AT the late -
Trii.stees-af,the ,
l i y O rt... ' oo/legi ,
Dr-G oodwin,,ot-PT
nomination, toff!
d
Aged
finl3 44vivitof,
ess &lug in all de
busy baying and
, erli"ale coming for
m goods, and dress
id. The prices of
ivaneing though
frcitn 'the element
entered into the
who have bought
sndlitterfere with
- trade; but the
leareity of cotton
advancing prides.
La now for cash.
t the past week
we have to note
'consequent
satisfactory news
Iges in freights
:nt high prices
es, and the re
orders, have
The uneer
, from day to
business mate
-6 disposed to
:comes steady.
late Rev. Dr.
" Mero.ors of
for Europe,
wife of Divie
and daughter
sainted mem
re so precious
one was the
pan Asylbm,
!at live to her
With her
eminc t and
Hoffman and
virtues are
work which
It is a
and venera-
Dr. Bethune
t last produc
the sweetest
noble heart.
)ok in hand,
lie.
have been
.re reopened
:s and pee
mtiou in the
lg churches
good deal of
At present
setting in
is not pre-
period of
interfered
the places
labors of
J charges,
Theological
inhabitants
year shows
compared
footing up
43.
some of
ek, on ac-
co of the
is city is
ck from an
a once
heavily on
t that the
,s to about
nos of our
t,
:sday after
-4; is in ad
meetings of
the Board of
Iminary and
of the Rev.
was put in
Kenyon Cel
ily confirmed
in has been