;ireshßterian faitner.
PITTSBURGH, SATURDAY, %TUBER 11, ISM
Thanksgiving.—The 'Governor of New-
York has led off in the appointment of
Thanksgiving day. He has named Novem
ber 27th-.
Atijtint 'Josiah S. Studdiford, who fell at
one of the late battles in Maryland, was
the son of Rev. P. O. STUDDIFORD, D.D.,
pastor of the Presbyterian church, Law
bertsville, N. J.
Miller Academy. This institution, at
Washington, is advertised in our columw.
It is a good Christian School. Many of
its pupils having gone to the army, room
is made for recruits.
A Scholarship in Jefferson College.—A be
nevolent gentleman, in Pennsylvania, has
a FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP, which he wishes
to give, gratuitously, to a minister who has
"the largest number of sons" to educate,
and "the least means" to do it with. In
formation may be communicated to us.
Minister Dereased,—We learn from an ex
change that Rev. JOHN F. COWAN died at
his residence in Carondelet, Missouri, on
the morning of the 29th ult., aged sixty-,one
years. He had been a resident of that
State since 1.829, having emigrated thither
from Pennsylvania in that year. He was
the intimate personal friend of the late
Senator BENTON, and on the death of the
eminent Missourian, preached his funeral
sermon in St. Louis. Mr. COWAN was a
firm Union man, and at the period of his
deeease was chaplain at the House of Ref
uge Hospital, St. Louis.
Prayer on Monday and Tuesday Next.—
God hears prayer. Men's hearts are in
his hands, to turn them as be will. He
restrains the wrath of man. He guides
the inquiring in the right way.
All this being so, we suggest that Mon
day and Tuesday next he a season of spec
ial prayer to 'God, that he will direct the
people aright in the casting of their votes
at Tuesday's election. We would ask God
to judge for us, and so to influence and
guide us, that there may be blessed results
to the nation, to the glory of his own name.
All Christians can thus pray.
We do not suggest meetings on those
days, but family prayer, closet prayer, men
tal prayer. And it would not be amiss for
pastors, on the Sabbath previous, to ask
God's guidance of the public heart, on the
occasion to which we refer.
God is great in mercy. God's praise is
connected with our nationality, our peace,
our righteousness. We can plead for his
own name's sake, for Jesus' sako, for his
own people's sake.
ILEV. R. J. BRECKINRIDGE,
The rebel raid into Kentucky, exposed
the life and:property of this distinguished
patriot, and many persons indulged in
great fears. But the rebels, bad as they
are, have still some magnanimity and good
sense. They can appreciate, or some of
them can, the greatness of soul which
makes a man faithful to his country amid
all dangers; and they can also look for
ward and calculate consequences. To in
jure Dr. BREOKINRIDGE could do their
cause not a particle of benefit; while his
death, by their hands, would damage their
cause far more than it could possibly be
injured by his life. The Doctor is report
ed as safe. The Presbyter of October 2d,
says :
" We have been told by a reliable man,
an elder of one of our churches, who is a
surgeon in the army, and who passes ad
libitum between Richmond, Kentucky, and
this city, that Dr. B. is at his farm in Fay
ette County, Ky. He saw him frequently
in - Lexington since the battle of Richmond.
A Kentucky minister also says that Gen.
KIRBY SMITH offered him a guard to pro
tect him, and he declined it. He is safe.
The blood of many secessionists in Ken
tucky will be spilled, if the rebels do him
damage."
TEE ELECTION OF NEXT HENRY
Every Christian who has a right to vote
should go to the election. Ministers and
people have equally an interest in good
government, and to have good government
we must have good men chosen to office.
We want right political principles, and
faithful and able men to legislate on those
principles and to enforce the laws.
The Banner, however, has never advo
tated particular men for office, and never
entered into party schemes. And in our
individual and social capacity we have not
been tied to party. But we have our po
litical principles, and our favorite meas
ures for promoting the public weal, and
sometimes also we have quite a preference
among candidates. We always feel a strong
outgoing of soul toward a good man. Such
an one would we choose for any service.
We would say, with the Psalmist: " I will
not know a wicked person." " Mine eyes
shall be upon the faithful of the land. He
that, walketli in a perfect way, he shall
serve me."
We make it a point not knowingly to
vote for an -imbecile, or a man utterly ig
norant, or a drunkard, or a gambler, or one
otherwise grossly immoral. We strive to
carry our religion into our politics, and
to let religion rule there as supremely as
elsewhere. " Whether ye eat or drink, or
whatever ye do, do all to the glory of God."
The Alection next Tuesday is -not to be
for a President, nor, in this State, for a
Governor: ''But still it is important. We
want good Congressmen, and a wise, honest,
and patriotic Legislature. We want Union
loving, upright, and God-fearing men in
every office, that fHe who rules in, right
emukl6es mayb**)-Hatitoli•
HOME AND FOREIGN RECORD.
The interest felt in this monthly ought
to be greatly increased. It might be pos
sible to adapt it a little more than it is to
the public taste ; but it is still true, that if
the public taste was what it should be, the
Record would he hailed, just as it is, with
far more pleasure than now greets its arri
val. It tells of Zion's labors and progress,
of her joys and sorrows. It is the organ
of our own Church activities, and should
be sought for and welcomed.
DOMESTIC MISSIONS
This is the dry season. Vegetation lan
guishes. The streams fail; the pastures
are scorched ; the trees are checked in their
growth. It is unusually dry. And the
channels of benevolence are as nearly dried
up, as are the channels of our natural
brooks. The Lord send refreehing showers.
The Secretary, addressing the churches,
says
" While expecting light receipts, from all
previous experience, during the Summer,
we have been sorely disappointed in the
great falling off this season. While a mer
ciful Providence enabled us to report to
the • General Assembly freedom from our
oppressive debt of last year, we well know
that, with no balance of reserve, unless the
churches came up to our help, we could
not meet our obligations; and so entering
the new fiscal year with as much caution as
possible, resisting, with pain, the requests
for new appointments, we yet find ourselves,
at this writing, $7,000 in debt to the mis•
sionaries. Our hope of ability to discharge
this debt is in the increasing and contin
ued liberality of our communion. We can
not make the full tale of bricks without
the straw. We cannot meet our present
limited obligations—limited in comparison
of other years—unless the usual measure of
contribution rule. And yet, so far, we are
pained to mark a fulling off in the amounts
heretofore acknowledged. This disturbs
us. We ask if it is to be the rule? and if
so, what defence has the Board against ac
cumulated debt? Compelled to reduce
the appropriations 25 per cent. to overtake
a debt which threatened to crush us, we
have not dared to leave that figure. But
must we, to save the credit of the Board,
reduce still more?"
This state of things must not continue.
Our _feeble churches must have the Gospel.
Our sparse settlements must be nurtured.
The country needs the Word of God. The
missionary is as useful as the soldier. The
country provides the one, the churches
must furnish the other. Heavy taxes di
minish our means; but frugality will in
crease them. We can -retrench our expen
ditures greatly. Let us do so, till the war
is over. Our country is worth the sacrifice,
and the cause of missions is yet more wor
thy. What say pastors? They are the
men to bear the blame, if the work shall
languish. The people will both save and
give, if duly instructed and kindly impor
tuned.
RECEIPTB in August, $1,695.
EDUCATION
The war has called many of our cadi
dates for the ministry, into the battle-field.
We rejoice in their patriotism. But we
cannot spare them all. The Lord's harvest
is great, and laborers are needed. But
though the number of our candidates is
thus decreased, we still find it difficult to
meet the demands upon the education
treasury. There is a great want, a very
great want, of liberality toward this cause.
RECEIPTS in August, $773.
FOREIGN MISSIONS
The Rev. C. DE EfEEE, of the Corisoo
mission, arrived at New York on the 22d
of August, after a long voyage. Mr. DE
REER returned on a visit for . his health,
which, we are glad to learn, is somewhat
improved.
The Rev. EDWARD H. SAYRE and his
wife embarked at Boston for Calcutta, in
the ship Guiding Star, on the 2d of Sep
tember, in company with a number of
missionaries of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. Mr. SAYRE is a member of tbe
Presbytery of Long Island, and is appoint
ed to Furrukhabad mission. We commend
this company of missionaries to the pro
tection of God, and ask for them an inter
est in the prayers of his people.
CHINA letters are .dated at. Shanghai,
to the Ist of July. The illness of Mr.
DANFORTEI rendered his return to this
country a matter of necessity, with the
hope thereby of complete recovery eventu
ally. At Canton, Mr. CONDIT'S dwelling
house was nearly destroyed by fire on the
18th of June. The pecuniary loss was
considerable, and friends among
the mer
chant's generously , contributed two hun
dred dollars toward.- replacing it. Mr.
HAPPER reports the death of a native
member of the church' of Canton, one of
the most promising as to usefulness. He
was the teacher of the largest day-school.
There was " good ground to hope, that for
him to die was gain."
CHINESE IN CALIFORNIA.—Letters from
Mr. LOOMIS 'ire dated to the 4th of August.
He bad been interrupted in his labors by
an attack of sickness. Recovering from
this, he had resumed ,his work among the
Chinese, and speaks of two persons as
having applied for baptism.
INDlA.—Letters are received to July
18th. Mr. WALSH speaks of a young mar
ried native woman, a member of the church
at Allababad, as being very ill, but ready
to depart and be with Christ. Dr. JAN
VIER and family were occupying the station
at Sabathn, and Mr. CALDERWOOD was at
Ambala.
Mr. FORMAN speaks of a discussion to
which he bad been challenged by a Musul
man of some learning in Labor, which was
attended by audiences of four hundred
persons, but after six meetings the Musul
man considered it expedient to withdraw
from the contest. Mr. THACKWELL says:
" During the first week, which includes the
4th of Juty, the mission engaged in prayer,
at the respective stations, on behalf of the
United States government, people, &c."
AFRlCA.—Letters have been received
from Corisco, dated to the 19th of June_;
and from Liberia, to the lst of July. Mr.
CLARK, writing under date of May 19th,
at ()wino, speaks of a Vocabulary of the
I3enga which he is collecting, which now
embraces 2,500 words; the fullest Vocabu
lary before collected contains about 1,000
words. The news of Mr. CLEMENS' death
is depressing. He was the chief agent in
establishing and conducting a school at
Alongo, his station on Corisco, for boys
from different tribes on the mainland,
'which has already proved to be the means
of doing great good. He was irk the prime
Of life` .in his thirty-gyrtmith par, sod trbb
PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.---SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1862.
ninth of his missionary course. We mourn
deeply over the loss of such a man.
RECEIPI'S in August; $3,180
PUBLICATION
This Board is nut doing much, just now,
in the issuing of new books; neither is it,
for want of means, keeping up its col
portage work to the former extent ; but it
is doing a great work in supplying our sol
diers with good reading matter. About
300,000 of our soldiers and sailors have re
ceived or the Board's books and tracts.
To the hospitals especial attention is paid.
RECEIPTS in August: Donations, $1,190; Sales,
$5,149.
• CHURCH EXTENSION
This Board says
"The terrible struggle which convulses
our land, bears heavily on our houseless
churches. The general prostration of busi
ness, the low price of most kinds of pro
duce, and the drain of men for the war,
greatly diminish the ability of our already
feeble churches. Scarcely an application
has reached us for some time that does not
refer to the war as greatly increasing the
need of aid. Especially does the drain of
men tell upon the houseless churches of
the West, where little accumulated prop=
.
erty is in the hands of the people, and
their chief wealth is in land, and their own
labor that tills it. Thus far, this year,
more than two dollars have been asked for
by needy congregations, for every dollar we
have received."
RECEIPTS ' in August: $668. •
.THE PROCUIRITION AND THE PRESS.
We have looked into our Religious ex
changes with much care since the appear
ance of the President's
. Proelamation,
declaring a purpose to give freedom, on
January Ist, 1863, to all slaves in rebel
States, and have not found one seriously
condemning the measure. Some few there
are which say that it is not sufficiently rad
ical. They would have had freedom imme
diate and universal.
The Philadelphia Presbyterian published
the Proclamation, but without note, com
ment, or allusion. The New-York Observe
has also been quite reticent, as to its own
views; rather however, inclining to doubts.
After giving the alleged response of the.
President to the Chicago delegation, it
adds : "
" These are the sentiments which we
have uniformly held and expressed, and
now that the President has reached a de
termination contrary to his previous 00J
victious of duty, let us hope and pray that
God will disappoint his previous expecta
tions of evil to result from the proclamation,
and overrule it to the suppression of rebel:
lion and the reestablishment of the Gov
ernment over the whole country."
And then, after quoting from the secular
press, it concludes:
" On the whole, we find reason to believe
that the President's first impression will
express the sentiment of conservative men
generally, while the patriotic spirit of the
country will acquiesce in any measures
which the Government may adopt to dis
arm the rebellion."
The Christian, lntelligencer, the organ of
that staid conservative body, the Reformed
Dutch Church, hesitated a little. The
" shock " was so sudden, so unexpected,
that it "filled all parties with bewilder
ing astonishment." "Not a few conserva
tive men were at first saddened by what
seemed a needless concession to the clamor
made by some whose noise is in adverse
proportion to their numbers and character."
A few days of "closer inspection," however,
brought a great change. It was discovered
to be wholly a "military" measure. " Full
warning is given." If evil result to the
rebels, they are themselves "responsible".
"It is the sacred duty of the bead of the
nation to save valuable lives by every
means in his power. Nor is it pertinent to
say that we have white men enough to put
down the rebellion. That is true, but the
authorities have no right to offer hecatombs
of - such victims upon the bloody altar of
war, if there is any other way of reaching
the end which all aim at."
The Intelligencer's article is excellent.
That journal is u for the Union, the Gov
ernment, the Nation. These are to be pre
served at all hazards. We want no lives
taken, no property destroyed, not even any
feelings hurt, where it can be at all avoid
ed; only this great country is not to be
dismembered."
The-Christian mind is evidently favora
able to the measure proposed by the Pres
ident. Many prayers will still ascend, on
his behalf, that he may be wise and firm;
righteous in his purposes, energetic in
their execution, and a blessing and joy to
the people who have placed him in author
ity. -
The Secular press is too much absorbed
in party politics, just now, for us to regard
it as giving a proper view of public senti
ment. Persons and things are spoken of,
and praised or blamed, as it may be sup
posed they will affect party votes. Very
generally the measure proposed meets with
approbation.
Neither the Abolitionists nor the border
State men are entirely pleased. The Bos
ton Liberator, after some compliments,
says :
"The objectionable features of the proc
lamation are its avowed readiness to return
to bloody stripes and horrible torture and
lifelong servitude (if he be not killed out
right) any hunted bondman on the mere
oath of the villain claiming him that he is
loyal to the Governtuent—its seemingly
contradictory talk (for the first portion of
it is a characteristic jumble of words) about
emancipating the slaves in all existing
rebel. States, on the Ist of January, 1863
(a time sufficient, to enable JEFF. DAVIS
and his traitorous Confederates to antici
pate that measure themselves, and thus se
cure their independence by foreign inter
vention,); its proposition to make a new
overture to the slave States to sell their
slave system at a bargain, and its mean,
absurd and proscriptive device to expatriate
the colored population from this, their na
tive land."
The Louisville Democrat, to some se
vere remarks, adds:
" And what are you going to do about
it? Give up the Union and join the re
bellion, because ABRAHAM. LINCOLN has
issued a mischievous, pestilent proclaim s tibu ? if Mr. Lrxtbrx wbre
should give it up, and then we should ask
no favors and no justice from that source;
but this Union belongs to thirty millions
of people—not to the President. They
will control its destiny, not any president.
Nor will his conduct alter our determina
tion to fight forever for the Union of these
States. Dissolve the Union, and then—
what ? Do you escape emancipation ?
Would not war come? And would it not
then be a crusade against slavery ? The
rebellion has brought all this upon us. It
can bear no other frUit. The more power
it gets the more calamities it will inflict.
Let the rebels now lay down their arms,
and obey the laws of the Federal Govern
ment, and this proclamation of the Presi
dent is a nullity. They can relieve the
country of any dangers or injustice from
such a source. They will not do that; not
an iota of their pride and ambition will
they sacrifice. We can only say to them
what we have always said: Obey the laws,
and drop this rebellion, or we shall compel
you; and when that is done, we shall settle
the account with the President for this
proclamation." -
The opposition, so far as yet manifested,
is much less than we looked for. Deep
plots, however, are in the minds of parti
zans ; but still, if an honest people will
generously sustain the government, we
shall hope for the best results.
A CAUSE OF THE WAR.
The war is a rebellion. It is the out
breaking of self-wi11...1t springs from a
spirit which rejects authority. It may be
charged on slavery, on the tariff, on sec
tional animosity, on the interests of trade.
But the real cause lies deeper than all
these. It is to be found in a violation of
the Fifth Commandment. In the charac
ter of family training lies the root of the
evil. Rebellion springs from a want of
reverence for legitimate authority. A gen
eration trained from infancy to manhood,
to duly honor their father and mother,
could never have become rebels against a
government so clearly ordained of God,
and so - beneficent in all its influences.
Parents do not exercise their proper au
thority. They do not exact the reverence,
the love, the obedience, the honor which,
by God's law, is their due. Youth thus
educated do not reverence any authority as
Cley should. They make their own will
and desires their, law, and are ready for
just such scenes as secession is enacting.
EASTERN SUM.MARY.
NEW-ENGLAND.
A REPORT has to some extent prevailed,
that Professor Harris, of Bangor, Maine,
declined au appointment to the ch — air of
Ecclesiastical History, lately occupied by
Professor Shedd. This is a mistake. Pro
fessor Harris was unwilling to be a candi
date, and his name was therefore not
brought before the Trustees of the Semi
nary. The Professorship is still vacant.
REV. W. A. SOOTT, D.D., so well known
as a late pastor of Calvary church,
San Francisco, and whose
. name was for
merly so intimately assooiated with our
difficulties both in Church and State, is, we
learn, about to return from Europe. His
intention is to sail directly for lloston.
Whether he will accept the call made him
some time ago, by the First Presbyterian
church, Boston, or settle in one of the
other cities to which he has been, as we
understand, invited, depends, he writes,
upon circumstances. On some points we
differ from Dr. Scott most decidedly, as is
well known to our readers; still, however,
we greatly esteem him as a man, a Chris
tian, and a preacher. We know that his
heart is in his Master's work, and we re
gard him , as in many respects eminently
adapted to the pastoral work. Whether
it would be judicious for him to accept the
Boston call, we 'cannot pretend to deter-
mme
THE WATCHMAN AND REFLECTOR thus
speaks of the Baptist Association of Litch
field, Conn., which met in the early part of
last month :
Resolutions strongly patriotic and anti
slavery were cordially adopted. An un
usual spirit of harmony and devotional
feeling characterized all the exercises. The
brethren seemed to realize that the business
part of an association should be compara
tively a nominal affair, and also that they
are not of the nature of a Popish council,
in which to issue decrees, or even a General
Conference or a Synod, in which to settle
disputes or try offenders, but that they are
family gatherings of a few churches, in
which to learn each other's welfare, and to
talk about, and, preach about, and pray for
the enlargement of Zion. Is not the busi
ness element so prominent in some of our
associations as to eat out the very design of
these gatherings ?
We cannot, of course, concur with our
contemporary in its views respecting the
judicial character of the higher assemblies
of the Church; nor are we ready to say
that " the business part of an association
shodd be comparatively a nominal affair;"
but we do feel that the business element,
0r,,t0 speak more properly, a worldly spirit,
not unfrequently enters far too largely into
the constituent character of our Presbyte
rial, Synodical, and General Assembly
meetings. An increase of the spiritual
element might do much to temper the
harshness of ecclesiastical controversy, be
sides being in other respects of great ad
vantage. -
THE FREE-WILL BAPTISTS number in
Maine, 14,336,; in New-Hampshire, 9,934;
and in the other New-England States, 7,-
402. Their whole number of communi
cants in the United States is 58,055.
THE CHURCH. 'MEMBERSHIP of the
General: Association of Massachusetts
amounts to 74,248; of which 51,025 are
females.
WE COMAIEND to the attention of parents
the following interesting account of a gen
uine Puritan Colony. God will be with
and bless those families by whom he is
feared, loved, and obeyed. He will remem
ber them, as be has promised, to the third
.and fourth generations. •
" In the. year 1679-80, three families of
Cape Cod Went' d6wn into what is now
Littihfield; 31134 ard,dettied ; two bit tlibi4,
Smith, with their wives, and their sister,
with her husband. They were people who
feared God. Far away in the wilderness
with only two families beside themselves,
they instituted Sabbath worship. They
sustained it alone for many years. Occa
sionally a preacher came among them.
" Not till thirty years had gone, did a
home missionary labor continuously among
them. In 1811, thirty-two years after
their settlement, a Congregational church
was organized. It contained eleven mem
bers; five of them were the two brothers,
their wives, and their sister; six of them
were the children of these brothers and
sister. This church last year celebrated
its semi-centenary. The whole number
who have joined it is 186 ; 88 were from
these three families! Five of it deacons
have been from these families. It is sup
posed that ten at least of the descendants
have entered or are preparing to enter the
ministry. This little company would have
their academy, a real Puritan instinct.
They have promoted temperance, good
morals, and every good word and work.'
Not one of the six hundred descendants of
*these three families is known to have been
of degraded moral character ; it is•believed
that there is not a drunkard or a tippler
among them all."
REV. THOMAS HILL late President of
Antioch, has been elected to the Presi
dency of Harvard University.
THE PRESENT FRESHMAN CLASS of
Yale College numbers 105. The other
classes are comparatively small. Yale,
with other Colleges, has suffered numeri
cally in consequence of enlistments in the
army.
Ma. AMOS A. LAWRENCE has offered
the free use of a new hause near his resi
dence at Longwood, erected by the late
William Appleton, for the purpose of a
hospital for disabled soldiers. Mr. Law
rence has volunteered his services as stew
ard of the hospital, if it is established
there, and with other members of his fam
ily, will see that all inmates receive every
needed attention.
NE W-YORK.
THE GENERAL CONVENTION of the
Protestant Episcopal Church met last week
in this city. Much interest was felt in its
deliberations. It is well known that a
comparatively non-committal policy has
hitherto been pursued by the ecclesiastical
assemblies 'of this denomination. We un
derstand that the condition of the country
has occupied much of the attention of the
present Convention. The following from
an exchange will be read with much in
terest
The Convention enlivenePits proceed
ings on Friday by the discussion of a reso
lution introduced by Mr. F. Brunot, of
Pittsburgh, requesting the House of Bish
ops to set forth a special form of prayer
with reference to the present crisis of the
nation, and the sins for which we are being
punished by a just God. Judge Chambers,
of Maryland, stigmatized the document as
a "fire-brand thrown into the body." It
was laid on the table, and a motion to re
e,orisider the vote laying it on the table was
lost. The Rev. Dr. Vinton, of Trinity
church, stuck out boldly for the honor and
dignity of the Church, and the authority
of the General Convention. The Hon.
Murray Hoffman also made a manly, appeal
in behalf of the " righteousness which ex
alteth the nation" as well as the Church.
The vote to lay on the table stood, yeas,
seventy-two ; nays, thirty-four. The vote
to reconsider was, by dioceses, yeas, eleri
.cal, eight,; lay, ten ; nays, clerical, twelve;
lay, eight. The House of Bishops resolved
that the eighth day of October be set
apart as a day of fasting, humiliation and
prayer, after which the Convention ad
journed.
REV. DANIEL WALDO, the well known
revolutionary patriot has just completed his
hundredth year. The Rev. Dr. Sprague
gives, -in the New-York Observer, an inter
eating account of a late visit of the venera
ble minister to Albany, and of a sermon
preached by him in the Doctor's pulpit.
Among other things, he writes :
" He performed the whole service, with
the exception of the invocation and the
reading of the Scriptures and hymns,
and
went through the whole with so much ease
and appropriateness, that I venture to say
that not a person present, who had been ig-
norant of his age, would have fixed it at a
day beyond eighty. His sermon, which
had just been written, was from Ps. xxxiv :
11, 14; and he read it with much more
ease than 'I expected, though he occasiorl7
ally left his manuscript and extemporized.
On his return from church, he showed no
signs of fatigue, and said that be felt none ;
and, but for the imperfection of his sight,
he expressed the confident belief that he
could preach three times OD a Sabbath
without any incovenience. He has re
marked also that he believed he could walk
ten miles a day on level ground, if he might
take his own time for it; and I have seen
nothing to lead me to doubt the correctness
of his opinion."
ARCHBISHOP HUGHES, in an address re
cently delivered to the pupils of two of the
principal Roman Catholic schools of New-
York, referred to the public school system
of the city as " decrepit and wasteful," main
taining that``" the public schools are not
competent to do the work of education as
sumed by them." Were, these schools un
der the control of the Metropolitan prelate,
- or managed in subserviency to the interests
of the Papal religion, they would of course
be model institutions, and worthy of uni
versal 'patronage.
SING-SING PRISON, New-York, is trying
the experiment of a prayer meeting for
convicts. The chaplain invites all who
feel an interest in their moral and religious
improvement to assemble once a week in
his office, where several of the men, with
great modesty and apparent sincerity, pray
to God to save them from a repetition of
their wrong.doing, and to cleanse their
hearts from evil. At the chapel meetings
on Sunday, the men attend on compulsion,
but, at these prayer.meetings no matumakes
his appearance except on choice.
IT WAS GENERALLY SUPPOSED that the
new tariff would operate very unfavorably
on importations and receipts for duty. It
seems, however, that during August and
September, in which months the new law
has been in force, the amount of importa
tions and receipts has been more than
usually. large.
GOVERNMENT has authorizea Mr. Cisco
to,reeeive gold on deposit at 4 per cent. in
terest, 4not to be withdrawn under thirty
days, and aft* that do thn days'' ntjti
The result of this notice has been i cause
gold to be deposited with the sistaut
Treasurer in New-York for over JO,OOO,
and the probable working of the aeasure
will be to attract gold to New-V k from
the country for the purpose of ga: ,log the
four per cent. interest.. The b ~ks will
therefore gain in their specie-rese , es from
Government disbursements of go to pay
interest. on the debt. On October Ist the
amount due was $3,000,000, and the bulk
of those who received this sum, instead of
drawing the gold, allowed it to remain in
the Treasury.
The specie in,the New-York banks, which
is the real basis of their stability, largely
exceeds the average of preceding years at
the corresponding period to September 27,
1862.
The dry goods business of the week has
been quiet at private sale, but considerable
amounts have been sold at auction.
The produce and grocery trades are
brisk, and prices have-an upward tendency.
The foreign commerce of the port is
active and large. The exports of produce
from New-York continue on a scale beyond
that of any preceding year in the history
of the port. For the week ending Sept.
30th they were $3,879,460, against $3,042,-
388 last year, and $2,796,258 in 1860.
The totals since January Ist are, in 1862,
$106,719,393 ; in 1861, $96,057,247, and
in 1860, 69 757 793
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PHILADELPHIA.
WE HAVE OBSERVED, in one or more of
the secular journals, strongly denunciatory
notices of the ministrations of religion to
the wounded of the army. It is not un
likely that instances occur of injudicious
zeal on the part of those who would attend
to the soul as well as the body, but these,:
we are persuaded, are by no means numer
ous. We quote with pleasure from the
North American, the following testimony
in favor of the religious ministrations of
the hospitals
A great deal of good is being done it
the military hospitals by simple, unobtru
sive Christians. How great, the day of
judgment only will reveal. Never before
was such a field of usefulness opened.
Never before was a harvest so whitened for
the sickle. We are glad to say, also, that
in this field the laborers are not few, nor
inefficient, though there is room for all that
come.
Visit the hospitals on the Sabbath day,
or any time, and one idea impresses the
mind, that scores of men have found, are
finding, and will find salvation, who, under
other circumstances might have forever lost
it. There is no denying this. We have
heard it from the lips of the convalescing
soldier, his honest eye fixed upon us as he
made the statement, with a sincerity about
which there could be no mistake.
The messengers of grace to the soldier—
let it be said to their credit—are the pious
men and women who visit the hospital.
The clergy are ready to do their duty;'but
the harvest of sheaves garnered among the
invalid soldiers are the sheaves of the mes
sengers of mercy, who, in a capacity wholly
private, bind up the wounds of the sufferers,
and point them to the Scriptures for that
strength with which only the Christian
is endowed. Divine services at the hospi
tals on Sunday are now interesting beyond
description. The gloom of the most de
spending Christian will here be turned into
gladness, when he sees the abundant fruit
that has followed the silent workings of
good people. The attention paid to the
exercises by the soldiers is undivided.
They listen as men listen who have found
that all their past lives have been a mis
take. Not that there are not many among
the soldiers who professed' religion, but
they are in proportion sl few to those
whose knowledge of it extends no further
than its name.
There are many persons who conscien
tiously seek for opportunity to. fulfill the
the injunction, "For as much as ye have
done it unto the least of these my brethren,
ye have done it unto me." Such persons,
if they have not yet visited the sick and
wounded soldiers, will be surprised at the
welcome that awaits them, and at the fertil
ity of the soil that invites their cultivation.
Going out into the thighways and byways,
bringing in the lame ' the halt and the
blind; is a sacred duty, but in the hospitals
is the plenteous harvest of the Christian
laborer.
INSTRUCTIONS have been received by
the Collector of the Port of Philadelphia;
forbidding the shipment of goods or sup
plies intended for disloyal persons. All
parties concerned in such shipments must
take the prescribed oath of allegiance to
the Government, before their goods will be
permitted to leave the port. This measure
is wise and just. The time is past for
showing favor to those who would destroy
the Government Stringent laws are de
manded; and ther rigorous enforcement is
indispensable.
Pittsburgh Board of. Colriortage and the Army.
CAMP NEAR. WILLIAMSPORT, Mn.
September 24, 1862.
Dear Christian _Friends in Bktreri2/e
Congregation :---Yaur liberal donation of
books through Mr. Culbertson were long
in reaching us—yet seeming delayed by a,
wise Providence to a time when most good
might be accomplished by their use. Had
they reached us as intended, on, the Penin
sula, it would have been just as we were
about to abandon it---.since which time we
have been almost incessantly on the move
till now. On our long, wearying marches
every thing was thrown away not consider
ed a real necessity, and many such articles
were also thrown away. Rad the books
then come, they must have needs shared.
the same fate.
They'found us in an encampment of sev
eral days' continuance. It Was the first re
ligious reading matter received for long,
long weeks. Many of God's children with
us were thirsty for something of the kind
even the careless and ungodly were ready
to receive and read. All the books, i be
lieve about $l7 worth,) were at once eager
ly sought for, and when all Were gone,
hundreds desiring, had none, It seemed
like the diseiriles' reply to their Master,
about the five loaves and fishes : What are
these among so many ? The books - have
all been read and are being re-read, and
will be read until worn out in camp, service.
The good results we will be ableto_ read
When the Book of ,God Shall be opened - on
the Juigment day. You are thus helping
in the most• effective manner your country's
cause—helpin g to fight the great battle of
freedom and of God. Weary' not in doing
good ; you will reap in due time if you faint
not.
It will, 'I know, be of much tntereet for
you to learn that the cause of God'has been,
greatly blessed and advanced. in ourre.gi
meat. Per -the • last seven months•'
beta enabled te befall large aznif we have
ietereef.
ing religious meeting every evening.
who started with us in the campaign pro
fane swearers, are now earnest prayers.
The Lord prosper you all in every good
work. Yours in Jesus,
A.. STEWART ;
Chaplain of the Old 13th, now 102 d
Regiment P. V.
ECCLESIASTICAL.
Mr. W. C. FERRIDAY, appointed chaplain
to the 12th Reg. P. V.'s, has been or
dained by the Presbytery of Carlisle.
Rev. J. A. PATTERSON has removed from
Luzerne, N. Y., to Walker, Pa.
Rev. R. HAPPERSETT, P. 0., is Stated Sup
ply at Stockton, Cal.
Rev. W. C. NEELY has received a call to
Urieksville, Ohio.
Rev. JAMES E. MARQuis has been installed
at Brunswick, 111.
Mr. J. F. MAGILL, a licentiate of Wash
ing,ton Presbytery, has been ordained by
the Presbytery of Peoria, and called to
Louistown, where he is to be in
stalled.
Rev. E. S. WILSON, late of West Lexing
ton Presbytery, is Stated Supply in the
newly organized Second church, Vin
cennes, 111.
Rev. SAMUEL B. TAGGART has beeu or
dained, and installed in Sullivan church,
111. •
Rev. A. S. THORNE'S Pest Office address
is changed from . Pleasant Run, hamilton
County, Ohio, to Kingston, Ross County,
Ohio. Correspondents please notice and
address him accordingly.
Mr. LEVI RISHER, a licentiate of the Pres
hYtery of Ohio, has been called to take
pastoral charge of the congregation at
Montour's, Pa.
Rev. J. F. AFLAREN, D.D., has been ap
pointed Chaplain of. the 10th Regiment
Pennsylvania Reserves, now in the army
of the Potomac, and is about departing
for his field of labor.
PRESBYTERIAL NOTICES.
The PRESBYTERY OF WOOSTER will hold
an adjo ....rned.meeting in the church of Hopewell,
on the last Tuesday (28th) of October, at 11
o'clock A. M. JOHN E. CARSON,
Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF FT. WAYNE will meet
in Ft. Wayne, on the Second Tuesday of October,
(14th,) at 7 o'clock P. M.
W. M. DONALDSON, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF THE WESTERN RE
SERVE will meet at Westminster church, Cleve
land, on Wednesday, October 22d, at 2 o'clock
P. M. • WM, CAMPBELL, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF NEW LISBON wlll
meet, D. V..,. in Glasiow, Pa., on the Second
Tuesday (14th) of October next, at 2 o'clock
P. M. -ROBERT HAYS,•Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF ALLEGHENY will
meet at Sunbury; on the Third Tuesday (21st) of
October, at 11 o'clock A. 141.
J. R. COULTER, Stated Clerk,
The PRESBYTERY OF. ERIE will meet at
Conneautville, Pa., on the Third Tuesday (21st)
of October, at 6 o'clock P. M.
S. J. M. EATON, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF ROCK RIVER will
meet at Dixon, on Monday evening, October
13th, at 7.1 , o'clock. Assessments for the Con
tingent Fund' will, be called for.
S. T. WILSON, Stated Clerk.
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SYNODICAL.
The SYNOD OP WHEELING stands adjourned
to meet at Washington, Pa., on
.the Third Fri
day of October, (17th,), at 7 P. M.
R. V. DODGE, Stated Clerk.
The SYNOD OF.CHICAGO will meet at Men
dota, 111., on Thursday, the 16th day of October
next, at 2 o'clock'''. M.
I. N. CANDEE, Stated Clerk.
The SYNOD OF PITTSBURGH will meet in
the First church, Pittsburgh, on the Third Tues
day (21st) of Ootober, at 3 o'clock P. M.
Presbyterial Narratives are to be sent in due
time to Rev- k.'Torrance,-New-Alexandria, Pa.
' WM. JEFFERY, Stated Clerk.
The President on a Review.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY 01? THE POTOMAC,
)
FRIDAY, Oct 5, 1862. J
The President, in company with Gen. Itt'Clel
lan, reviewed to-day the several corps of the
army of the Potomac, beginning with that of
Gen. Burnside, near_the mouth of, the Antietam,
and concluding with that of Gen. Franklin, at
Bakersville, and those of Gatorsls Porter and
Reynolds. '
At the review of each corps the people col
lected in large - numbers, and manifested the
greatest enthuslain in meeting the President and
" Little Mac.'?
The prevailing spirit of loyalty was clearly in
dicated .by the greetings which on every hand
were showered upon the distinguished men. Gen.
kl'Clellan was most 'enthusiastically cheered by
the soldiers. The - President; after visiting Gen-
Richardson, who lies near by, will in the morn
ing be escorted to Frederick, where he will take
a special train for Washington.
Another 'Victory- at Corinth.
FIEST DISPATCH.
Grai. GU Nr's HICADQUARTERSI
Jackson, Term., Oet. 5, 8 A. M.
To AN/or-General IL W. Haldeck, General-in
chief of the U. S. 4 .:—Yeaterday the rebels,
under Van Dorn, Price, and Lovell, were re
pulsed from their attack ' on Corinth with great
slaughter.
The inertly - are'in full retreat; leaving their
dead'and wounded on the field:
Gen. Roseorans "telegraphs that the loss is se
rious on our side, particularly in officers, but
bears no Comparison *Atli:that. of the enemy.
General liacklemau fell - -while gallantry lead
ing his brigade. Geri: Oglesby is dangerously
wounded.
General MePher son 4 reached.Oorinth, with his
command, Yeaterdayr-
General Rosecrans pursued the retreating
enemy this morning, and - should they attempt to
move toward Bolivar, will follow them to that
place.
General Hurlbut is at the Hatohie river, with
5,000 or- 6,000 men; and is 'u doubt with the
pursuing column.
.!
Prom 700 to 1000 prisoners, besides the
wounded, are left in our hands
[Signed]Z. 8. GaAur.
&noun DISPATCH.
Gen. GRANT'S tiNA-DQUARTERS,
;Isobel:at, Tenn- Oct. 5, 1862.
TO Major-General R.
_MalZeck, General-in-
Chief of the G. S. A.:: .--, Gen.,Ord, who followed
Gen. Hurlbut, and took met the enemy
to-day on the South ide of thii Hatchie river, OS
underetand from his dispatch, and drove them
across the stream, and got .possession of the
heights wit:la:our troops. •
General Ord took two batteries and about, 200
prisoners,'. -
A large portion of Gen. Rosecrans' forces were
at Chetahs
Aethis distance, ev erything looks most favor
able, and I cannot see how the enemy are to
escape without losing everything but their small
arms.
I have strained everything to take i n t o the
right, place.
fight an adequate f 0rce: 4 %1)440 get them
the
[Signed]
S. GRANT,
M ajor -General Commanding
A Heavy Tax
It is said that the Fort Pitt Works, Pittsburgh,
under the, assessment made by the assessor
chosen tinder the'receut act Of Cintgross, for
~a /1
internal revenue, will have to pay a tax of Sau.i
`OOO. This is, of course, exclusive of the us"
,State, county or business ttk a. , which will amount
10eitfaltlidusatti, rattilL