and well•preserved house, rich in oak carv
ings, where Charles' General, the Duke of
Hamilton, died of his wounds. The pleas
ure one feels in looking ou such scenes,
where Despotism went down in the fight. is
murred by the recollection how Charles (the
Presbyterians of Scotland as well as of
England trusting his " royal word " to
their after woe.) was restored to his throne,
and to inaugurate a long and dreary period
of rerseeutitin and prefligaey. Neverthe
less, Liberty all that time was not "dead,
but skeping ;" we have it now, and Crum:
well's name, like trumpet sontling, is
borne down the ages, and is a power on the
earth. 'Therefore, let us not, be sad in
looking on Perrywood Bill, and the plain
beneath, where, on the third of September,
16,i1, the Cavaliers and their cause bit the
dust. See Charles diswouuti og as he flies
through the Sidbury gate of Worcester,
and creeping under a waggon of hay, pur
posely upset to impede his pursuers, and so
going down on foot, in trepidation, that
very quaint old street, which lies, before
your eye Northward. And read the'follue
ing letter, written by Cromwell at ten
o'clock of the night of the battle, which,
addressed to the Speaker of the House of
Commons, conveyed the first intelligence
of the victory to Parliament:
" Sir--Beittel. '
so weary, and scarce . able
to write, yet I thought it my duty to let
you know thus much that, upon this day,
the third of September, (remarkable'for
mercy vouchsafed to your furces on this
day twelve month, in Scotland,) we built a
bridge over Severn, between it and Theme,
about halt' a mile from Worcester, and atio
thelover Theme, within pistol shot of the
other bridge. Lieutenant General Fleet
wood and Major' Geueral Deane marched
fruit' Upton up 'to Puwick, a town, which
was a pass, the enemy kept. We past tiVer,
some horse and foot, and were in eiinjune-
Coo with the Lieutenant. General's forces.
We beat the enemy from hedge to hedge,
till we beat them into Worcester. 't he en
emy then drew all 'his forces to, the other
side of the town, all but what he lost, and
made a very considerable fight with us ter
three hours space; but in the,end we beat
him totally, and pursued him to his royal
fort, which we te t ok—and indeed have beaten
his whole at my. When we took this fort.
we turned his own guns upon him.
-" The enemy hath had a great, hiss ; and
certainly is 'nattered and MD Several ways;
we 'are in pursuit of him, and have laid
forces in several places, that we, hope to
gather hint up. Indetd, this bath Leen a
very glorious-mercy, and as Stitt a contest,
for tour or five beers, as ever :1 have seen.
Both your old forcee,aud those new raised,
have behaved themselves with very great
courage, and He that made them come out,
bath wade - them fight for you.
4 ' The Lord God Almighty frame our
.hearts to real thankfuleess f u r this, whi c h
is alone his doing. 1- hope 1 , sha,ll, within
a day- or two, give you a , more perfect ac
count. In the meantime, I hope you will
pardon, Sir, your most humble servant,-
" O. CROMWELL.
"-Near Worcester, 3d Sept , 1651, 10 at
night."
THE"LADIES OF THE COVENANT/' by
the Bev. James Anderson, has been fol
lowed by " Bleinorable Women of the Pu
ritan , Times." 1 refer to this boek•because
of the previeus totice of C:ouiwell, and the
scene of his great victory at Worcester, be
etuse it brit gs out the private history of
Oliver Crotewell's mother, wife, and tour
daughters, his-grund•daughter and greed
drutiter-in-lue—each being the sul jest of
a memoir. "We are quite persuttded,"
stip, a writer, "that no honest wind. how
e‘er strongly prejudiced against the men
3Alase tianJ tlity bore, will rise up from
the perusal of theee two volumes without
the fullest conviction of their godliness;
and it is a etriking thing to find number
alter nit mher of the same family so an [no
table for piety, and in dangerous positions
and troubleue times het:luring God sO great
ly." 'hat Oliver Crenivell was: .a true
man and Christian, few candid men-now
dispute or deny. J:W.
Vrobgttrian Valuta
PITTSBURGH, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1862
hionymons.—Persous who wish: an 'editor
to publish either communications or selec
tions, should give their names. When
there:is concealment of the name, it inti
mates that there may be some hidden de-
sign-.
President of Jefferson College. —We are
pleased to learn that Rev. D. H. Rinnt.a,
D I D:, has been unanimously elected Presi:
dent of Jefferson College. We have cot'
heard: any intimation of Dr. RIDDLE'S feel
ing on 'the subject; but trust that he will
irJsPond favorably.'
Trustees Wettern Theologiial %culinary.—
There will be a meeting of the Board of
Trustees of the Western. Theological Semi
nary in the lecture room of the Ist Presby
tales Church, Pittsburgh, on Tuesday,
the 11th :of Rovem*, at 10 &Clock' A. M.
,By Order, JNO. T. LOGAN, Seey. ,
The Biblical Brpertery.—The October
number of this valtiable journal contains
the following articleti, via.: I. The k.atter
of Prophecy; IL The Presbyterian Histo
rical Society; 111. The Church and The
Poor; IV. A Plea for High Education,
and Presbyterian Colleges; V. Christian
Enterprise; VI. Afirein Cordnizatidn.
,
Lame of Professor. Lewis.
Thie number makes a more than usual
appeal tit: the activities of Christians. It
should be read with a heart awake and
ready.
La idvanee in Female Edueatian.—Many
of our youth, and especially females, leave
scbool just about'the time they become Ca
pable of making ;the highest acquisitions.
Their age, or doestic duties,, or desire to
occupy a place in society, induces them to
leave their seminary, while yet, without the
aid and stimulant of a teacher, they have not
sufficient energy to impel them to cOntin
,
ned efforts toward :mental, improvement
A eotnmenoement toward the remedying
of this evil is about to, be made, in New
ytitt, by Re*. Dr.' Atiks: He pro Poses,
:appears in anothar'bolumo, to give `'a '
course ,of lost! . notion to a Postigaduate
Clas&of Young Ladies. The only time re.,
quirad will be one hour per ,day. Pupils
ecu then read and' aveatigat as they have
IS TIIERE AOT A DIFFERENCE°
Many a moralist will insist that he is as
goo d as the best of Christians. In the eye
of the world, also, there may be no respt et
in which the latter is superior to the for
mer. Even Christians will acknowledge
that so far as external conformity to the
moral law is the test of excellence, the
muralist in some instances will suffer noth
ing in comparison with the most exemplary
professor of religion. But still, the true
child of God knows that between himself
and the best of unconverted men, there is's
vast difference. Of this he is convinced
by a comparison between his present condi
tion in state of grace and his former in a
state of alienation liom God. And Gud in
his Word teaches that : there is such a dif
fereuce; yea, so great
,a.differenpe.titat the
Christian is God's sc. ecial. object of regard,
whilst from the self-complacent moralist he
withholds his favor.
A thought or two on this difference may
here be suggested. Leaving out, of view
many things in the'spiritualtnan 'which the
natural man will not and cannot appreciate,
we notice simply the motives which actuate
the Christian and the muralist respectively
in their obedience merely to the moral law.
'The Christian is influenced in his obe
dience by reverence. The 'Divine perfee
flints have been revealed to'him as they are
revealed to no unregenerate man. :He rt.
ver•.es the Divine nature. He honors Gmid
as his sovereign. He submits to his law
a 4 I , holy, just mind good." He yields to
that lapv a reverential nhedienee.'
Again, the Christian is constrained by,
love. He loves as well as reveres -God.'
He loves him not only because he preserves
him and provides for him the comfo'rts of
life, but became be has looked in mercy •
up( n his lost ci.ndition as a sinner.
loves the Fathtr for piovisions of grace.
He loves t I.'e Son as his la other, his in terces-•
sor, his Divine Red( euur. He loves tee i
Holy Spirit as his Teacher, his
_Comforter,
his Sanctifier. He . appreciates the unmer- ;
ited luve of the riuve God, and •he loves
in return. He cannot Lut , `love, and he
would Evince his lovenY "Conformity to
the Divine•will.
We may notice ,still ,further, that the
Christian, in his obedience, aims directly - 1,
and prt. minently at the .promotion of the
Divine' glory. his ievefiiee - and hive
in
cite him to this He rtjuiceti in the priv
ilege of being a " labeler together with
G td." He delights in identifying himself. /
with the work that God Rill have smut- I
plished on earth to the praise Of Ilia' great I
name. And by his txcliplary obedience .
be,not only strives himself to honor •God,
but.he would, induce others -to unite with
him in rendering to God. that glory which
is his due.
How different is it with the unregenerate
moralist. Revert nee, love and regaid for
the Divine glory. can in no proper sense
be said to operate with him as eonstettiiiing
tubtives. So for as he confouns to the law
of God, be does so from motives' which
leave Gtd t.ut of view almtst (11)tin-ly. A
natural appreciation of the teauty of mor
ality : a. lemvolent wish to pit mote the
good oieer and penttal mellate of tociety;
the et ramon imptises of an enlightened
conscience; the thane of et joying the es
teem of the gnat and the good; the expec
tation of furthering the accomplishment of
earthly schemes for human benefit; the
strictly selfit-h hope also of gaining thereby
a title to the happiness of Heaven; these
and suchlike motives incite the muralist to
an external obedience to the moral law.
, Disregarding all other considerations,
does not the difference•in their respective
motives demonstrate conelusively the supe
riority of the Christian over the moralist in
those traits, of character which alone avail
with God ? Cannot the moralist himself
see this ? Can be shut his eyes to the sol
emn fact?_ Will lie persist in his self.de
cept ion' to the . ruin of his immortal soul ?
HOME AM) TORFIGN
The number of the R ETC? d for , Novem
ber, speaks. of large w;.nts and small re
ceipts. InSeptet:Li' ler, 'the , amounts paid
into, the Pevet tie:*alrits sere :'Dtmestie
Missions, $1,607.; E ucation, $597; For
eign Missions, '58,956 ; Publication—Do
nations $1,044, Sales $l,BlB ; Chuteh Ex.a.
tension, $ 00. These amounts are exceed
ingly beneath , the necessities of the cause
in which our Church is engaged. _
The Treasurer of the Foreign Board says
to the churches:
1.. The receipts from the, churches for
the first five mouths ofthe present financial
year are $14,526, or 84 343 less thap for
the corresponding period last year. a,
- 2. The receipts from all ordinary sources
for the same time are $31,956,0r $4,433
less than last , year.
3. The receipts from the' churches for
these five, morithri are less thin for any cor
responding in sixteen years, in which
time our missionary force has more than
doubled.
4. The expense of providing funds for
our missionaries in India, China', Siam,
and Japan, is greater now than ever before
in the history of the .13oaid. No other
funds can be used•in those countries than
their' own local currency', and•we have no
means of providing this but by sending out'
specie, or its equivalent, English sterling
bills. The enlaucecl price of gold or of
English hills is' therefore the measure of
the increased expense of our Eastern
Two years ago, we purchased un
account of these missions £17,300 sterling,
at a cost of $52.346. During last year,
we bought for the same purpose 117,836
sterling, for $83,447: The average rate of
exchange for the former was 10,7 1-16, for
the latter 108 3-46. •
About the same amount of bills. Will be
required' for the current year; 5ay , .£,17,300:
The'rate of exchange' on Lando* to-day is
142, or one-third higher than the 'average
or the last two years; and, should this be
the average for the present financial year
ofthe Board, then the expense of support
ing Our missions in the East will be in
creased one-third. instead of paying $83,-
, 000' for our fdreign bills,' they will cost
$llO,OOO. it is about the'salue thing as-to"
say, that 'we are required to furnish our
missions in Inclia,.ohima Siam, and Japani
during thieryinirilkiraiooo +7
EMI
PRESBYTERIAN BAN N ER.---SATURDA Y, NOVEMBER 8, 1862.
From the foregoing, it is evident that the
Board is running beyond its means with
unprecedented celerity. We hope for a
fall in the picatium on gold, and in the
rates of foreign exchange, which moves
with it; but we cannot reasonably look fur
such a decline as will reduce these es
timated expenses within $20,000 of what
they were in previous years. If our re
ceipts stand the same as last year, (and the
lotegoing statements show how little reason
we have to hope fur even this,) the debt of
the Board on the Ist of May next cannot
be less than $20,000. The writer would
feel some relief in the assurance that it was
to be no more.
CIIIIRCII SECESSIONISTS CANNOT CARRY AWAY
THE PROPERTY OF TIIE CONEREGiIION.
En the First Reformed Dutch church,
Philadelphia, an unhappy dissension arose,
a few years ago. The Trustees and it ma
jority of the people were on one side, and
the Consist-my, or Session, on the other.
The Classis that is the. Presbytery, sus
tained the Consistory, they. .adhering to
the doctrines, order, and commuuion of the
Church. The Trustees' party then" put a
Minister of their owo Choice in the'pulpit,
and seceded, holding on to the property.
The party ; of the Consistory, though
porky, entered suit, before the civil court:
,
The -case went before the Supreme Judges
and Chief Justice Lowats 'gave the de
•The Presbyterian, in referring to
the case, says:.
"'The point decided is of great import=
arm to all churches. It is this': A con-
Orkgiallon having - formed a union with'a
•dentrnivation having (VIZ established church,
.government, is bound by its rules, . and can
stet stecede by a'vote of the majority?, This
obviously limits the power of a majority,
'which practically' had become ...unlimited.
Atoll well having once become-an integral`
pant of any denomination,
_cannot disselve
Auk connexion, except, we' suppose, by an
entirely unanitt 0114 decision to dissolve it,
though even this exceptional case is' not
zmeationed by the court, -save by a refer
enee-ty an English' decision, in which if is
admitted' that a unanimeus vote can tuake
the-change, as 'theb no right is violated.:
limn is an Old saying,°tee a priest, al- .
ways a 'pritst,'' which, lightly:altered, may
he FlitOW ppiie d to chinches. 'Once a Pres- '
byterian, Episcopal, or Baptist church, and
you must "main so. ' Once committed to
wham of doctrine or church order,,and
you must stand committed; Indivduals
=mat change their minds and their church,
, but "churches can act Only , in consistency
with the general laws of the bodies to
which they have attachdd themselves. •
-'"The conservative' character of this de
tcision is' apparent at once. In this time,
when men are so given to change, it is one
:morns= restraint upon unreasonable fickle=
nese.. It links, the children to the fathers,
by , fiecreeing that the place where they
twonthipped God shall not be hastily car
', Tied, by the vote of a majority, who may
t
have entered the church for this, very pur
%i pose„ into the hounds of an alien dent:inn- I
nations. It gives to minorities the right
toz,gat.nd up for their faith, with the hope
that:they shall succeed in their defence of,
' it. , tit assures` those who have assisted to
build and endow churehes, that the 'funds
witkit tlity have dedicated to this purpose
1.
-shall' not be used, atter they have gone
Alum to the dust, to disseminate doctrines
-which they iejdeted, and against -which,
1,1 polars, they stzutly contended. We be
that this decision will give a great
feeling of security and ease to all whotare
labotitig for the upbuilding of churches,
in 'which they hope that they and, their
posterity, will abide:
"Nor are the rights of majorities there
by a:lest - toyed. They still have all the
power valid" they aught to have—that
power to rule, in subordination to, the
ieial law of the church to which they be •
-
long. No •majmity, composed of wise or:
good men, will wish for more. Only foe- ,
tious or capricious majorities will desire
greater liberty. All hers of church..
es, however ~strong. they may be in their
particular sphere, will do well to remem
ber the following sentence , from ChielJuv
lice' Lowrie's opinion Before civil' au
thority the qiiestion is, not which party
has the majority, but .which is right so
mirding to.the law by which the *body has
hitherto consented to be governed.'
" Ito-identally,one or tit° other points
are deeided which'are worthy of mention.
One is,, that a Classis or Presbytery is not
required by -the civil courts, to- give any
reasons for declining to
into
a minister
from another church into their own. It is
sufficient tor the court that they decline to
give hista admission. The reasons, theolo
gieal nor otherwise, are not to be reviewed'
by tile civil court. The iudg,nient of the
Clasen; er Presbytery' concludes this whole'
'matter, snd is final, except in the coolest
courts., 4
I " Another point incidentally determined
isobat the pulpit of a church, during the
time that it is vacant, is wholly under'tbe
control of the Consistory, or Session,of
the °hutch. The Trustees of, the church.
have nothing to do with the matter.: They
cannot engage supplies during the vacan
cy, nor can they control the Session or
Cuttsistery in so
,doing It is ,ObVious, in
deed., thatlrustees lave no. functions;ex
cept that of holding certain property in
trust for spirituel uses, under the, direction
of the spiritual authorities This is, a
most salutary decision. It restores the
Session <or Consistory to its proper ,posi
ton; it restrains men who have no con
nexion with the church, save a 'pecuniary
one, from 'evil; and it will often prevent
distractions in churches, by delivering
them front the captivating wiles of sensa
tion preaehers,.ibtroduced by •Worldly men
for the purpose of selling pews, or swell
ing a fashionable audience.'
TO CORRESPONDENTS
We greatly desire articles showinithe
ridings of the Christian's soul, in, • joy,
row, •couNeope, doubt, 4te., Fze. Also,;re
ligious incidents, revivals, and all other
note-worthy intelligence. Occasionally 'we
would be,pleaSed to have an article on doe
trine, on duty, on Biblicarinterpretation,
on history, on science, which would be the
result of much and careful investigation.
Such• articles are, worth a column ,or 3 two;
and when a writer e is to take' tip the
time of 'tens ''of tho sin the reading'
of, what he writes, may well' devotC
thereto his beat energies.
Ordinarily, articles should be: short.
An exchange says:. The most grievous ,
fault with unpracticed writers, particularly
with those who—write .for the papers, is
that they do not take, time ,tomake their !
pieces,shorter: IF,lvhen , you have dashed
off an artiole,that would fill I'4:alumni: rOU4
will go over it with the pruning-knife and
with laborious patience, trim it doxn to
the space of one-half, or one-third of a
column, you will be much more likely to
gain readers, to say nothing of gladdening
the heart of the editor."
MERE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.-EN
TOWIRENT OF THE FOURTH PROFESSOR
SHIP.
The Synod of Pittsburgh, at its late
meeting, passed, unanimously, the following
resolutions, on this subject:
1. That in the judgment of this Synod, the en
dowment of the Fourth Professorship of the
Western Theological Seminary ought. to he com
pleted, at the earliest practicable moment.
2., That the ,S•ynod deeply regret that there is a
deficit of $2,000, in the quota, of this Synod.
S. That in order'to accomplish this work during
the year if possible, he:Pastors and elders of those
churches which have not, contributed. be earn
estly urged to secure the presentation of this im
portant cause to their people , during the current
year, and as early as possible.
4. That the several committees having this mat
ter in charge Within their respective Presbyteries
be contintwd ; and that:they be urged so. tp ar
range as to see that, the cause be presented by
some means to each of the churches which have
not. oboiterated as 'yet, and that, this 'be done
pronOtly, so as •to report. finally ;at the next
Synod.
Inthe discussion of this subject, a lively
interest was evinced in the object, and it,
was,,generally admitted ; that, the. people
would come' up to their fair share of the
it e:heiring could be :mewed. It,
was therefore designed' by the Synod to
" secure the, pr,esentation" of. the eaUge. at
aveirly - a; 'date as possible, either by the
pastor, or by one of the Presbyterial coin
mittewier by eichange with a neighboring
pastor. •
The Synod of Pittsburgh does not flag
ins"its devotion to this School of the
Prophets Jocated . Within its, bounds and
prospered under its auspices. But unless
the object is earnestly urged . upon the,
churches, and especially unless the-pastors
and eldersUndeitake ',it as a work that
must be done atonce, it will languish, to
,
the discredit of the Synod and , the,people.
Judge F;WING testified to the fact that , the
present is a favorable time among the far.'
meis, that money is plenty, and that now'
is the time lor finishing 'upthe work The
wtherstanding also was thai, if possible,
should be :done ; so as to report , finally to,the.
Trustees at their Spring meeting. Let it
be presented at once, and let the people
give according as God ha& prospered them.
It was stated in the Synod that ihe work
bad been done in several Congregations by
an elder or a member undertaking it, .and
raising the amount by individual applica
tion. Is it possible that any church will
be reported unwilling to do its fair share?
EASTERN' SUMMARY.
NEW-ENGLAND.
Fit' M THF: REconDER, we learn that in
teresting farewell services' connected with
the departure of Rev. Messrs: Lindley for
South Africa, and Munger, Ballatine and
„Bruce for India, were lately held at the
Central'-church, Boston. Mr. Munger - has .
been 'engaged for thirty years in the mis
sionary work in India; ,Mr. Lindley has
been laboring in the Zulu country, in South
Africa, since 1835; Messrs. Ballatine and
Bruce are entering for the first time on
their self-denying work: The Awe return
ing missionaries addressed the meeting,
giving an interesting and gratifying se
count of
,tbeir past efforts in .the. cause of
missions. They go back to their respective
fields cheered. by ,the sympathy, support
and' prayers of their Christian countrymen,
and confident that their labors will not be.
n vain
A LAUDABLE , INTEREST in the.import
ant work: of Home Evanoelization is mani
fested by many of the.Ntw-England clanrch
es.' A conference for consultation and
prayer pt:t this subject has just,been held
by the churches of WindhanrCounty, Con
necticut; at which it was resolved "that
steady and affectionate efforts -shoulci be
mide . to get evefichild into some Evanoel
ical Sabbath School, and to secure its early
conversion, , and that by personal visits, by
kindness to thesick, by aid to such as'need
help to procure suitable aPParel for the
Sabbath, and by "assistance -to the'^ I eeble
aniraged in reaching the place Of public
worship,
worship, Members of congregations may
hope to accomplish much for Christ."
AN EXCHANGE notices the some What re-'
mailable fact that ten of the graduates of
the Bangor Theological Semipary received,
ordination. between the dates of. September
26th and'October 3d and thatotoo " with:
out' the Slightest concert desi.n on the
part`of the individuals concerned." It adds :
Thejact shows that, they are in good de,
man& We hope the event may show that
they are all of thein good' and faitlittil
isters."
A _CoIutESPONDENT of Zionls Ilera24
and Wesleyan ~,Journal` suggests' to s the
clergymen'iti:T.aesachusetts the following
caution against aviolation of the lair on
Marriage: , fr .,
~ ,
4 !A minister absent from his,own,plaee,of
residence, re,nders himself liable, to proseem,
cation andfioe,if he soleamiie a marriage,
unless it, be t in the city or pwn in.which
one or both , of the persons ,to, be married re
side. - And .he may thus, subjeet.ithe issue
of.suchparriage to, expensive litigation to
Ob!ain or jetain 'Property rightfully de
seending to them.",
THE whole nuinber of Congreg,ationall
cluireles 'in 'Connecticut is 2113, and the'
wholet'nuMber of inginbets 46,174; being'
an average of 1631 to each church. The
lar4estchurches in the State,c are Rev. Dr.
Bacon's, New-Haven, 571; Rev. -Mr. Eus
tis* New-Flaven; t-567; late Rev. Mr.
Strong's; . New-Haven, 558'; Rev. Mr. Bur
ton's, Hartford, .557; Rev. Dr. Hawes',
Hartford, 5501 and Rev. Dr. '
Brace's 'Mil
ford,'s4o. Of t1;e.283 churches, 186 have
settled pastors; 87 'have acting pastors, not
Settled, and-10 are vacant.; this affording
buts poor field for, candidates.
THE Boston JournOt notices a stirring
athlress.recently,delliered by Rev. Arthur
13, Fuller Chaplain of the,Sixteenth Regi
ment Massachusetts voltuiteers. , It sitys
In closing, be maddlie'strong appal to
it'lhotitil to sustaietilie
Government, and to avoid every division
that could lend aid and comfort to the en
emy and protract the war with its attendant
sacrifice of life. He vindicated the procla
mation of the President as an effective war
measure, long forborne, but now become
necessary.
JUDCIE SMALLEY, in a decision made
last week in the United States Court at
Rutland, Vt., fully sustains the right and
the action of the President in suspending
the writ of habeas corpus, but says that he
cannot delegate his power to any one, and
therefore no order of the War Department
can.effect such suspension.
NE W-YORK.
WE ARE PLEASED to
,quote from the
qommPrcial Advertiser the following coin,
menclatory notice of an African missionary.
Additional evidence is here afforded of the
. .
capability of the colored wan tor high at
tainments iu seholarship, as well as his
adaptation for usefulness :
•
Rev. Alexander Cromwell is a native of
the city, of Now,-York,, and was educated in,
one, of .its colored public schools. Ile be
came the pastor of Si. Philip's Colored
Episcopal church'in this city, and as such,i
visited' England to obtain funds for the
choreh. He was well received, arid re
rnittahoine 'over` $2,000. While in Erif
lind;'he was 'aided by sonic friends to ,go
to Queen's College, Cambridge, wherelie
rediained'three'rars, and was-then' sent' by
the London Missionary Board as missionl
Dry to Liberia, about 1853. He was so
much pleased with the country; its resources
and prospects; that he soon determined to
wake it •his permanent home. Ile became
a citizen of Liberia, and, was connected
with the. Episcopal, .Mission at Mount
Vaughan, Cape Palmas. •
; Mr. ,Crumwe.ll is a plain, unassoming
wan, of fine talents, and an , accomplished
scholar, and afso of general information.
He has , delivered, several orations in, Libe
ria, which have been published, and show.
great classical research, taste, and elegance
of language. 'While recently on a visit
here, he embodied, a portion of these era
turns in a VOlunie, *hint; has just. been
published' by My. charles Scribner, in New-
York. Mil.. Crunnuell left NeW-York on
the, ,gth of , Ctelobei for England, to join
President Benson ,on- return: to Liberia.
"A.6eoltan2 , G
to the will d' the late .Mrs..
Margaret BUrr,"of New-Y0rk,•5230,000 of
her property are to be AfsPpsed of for char
itable aud religious purposes. The 'Amer
ican Tract Society is to receive of this'Sum
$25,000; the American Church Mission-,
ary Society; $25,000; the New-York Hos
pital Soeiety, $25,000.• The various beney r
client institutions connected •with :the
Proieeiant Episcopal, Church, are especially
remembered .in the . - bequest. The , legacies
will not, however, `le available until fOUr
years frothr the, death,of the last surviving
sister ofthe debe`ased, When they will be
with
paid interest at the rate of four .per
cent. per 'annum, from the date of the'will.
EVERYTHING of a religious nature that
pertains to the descendants of God's an
cient people, is interesting to the Chtistian.
We preFent to our readers 'a pertion of the
prayer offered by Rabbi Tittacs at the laying
of
,theicorVeY'stone of the Hebrew . Orphan
Asylum-in New-Yorh,`,on the gOth.of S -
tember. It , is , as follows : .3
Then Holy One of Israel, whose" glory
exeeeds all definition; whose attributes
alike , defy comparison or coin put ation !
From thy pavilion, high enthrond,thou
guideSt the tempest; 'by thy supreme di
rection, the stoim is colleted; the raging
deep' iluelled. Age after age witnesseth
thy power and boundless condeacensiOn.'
Succeeding generations attest thy praise.
lii the'deedy - of worlds,' thou alone • en
durest, unchanging and unchanged.
Great Cause of all, a portion of thy peo
ple have assembled here this day to com
mence a labor: of love. Acivated by_ thoss
principleS'of 'humanity which . thou bast
implanted to every breast, they have inaug
urated a Structure they design' erecting for
the purpose of affording. Ispi ritual > instrue.-
tion and support to those poi.
children of sorrow who have been'deprivett
of • their earthly'-parents:.- Thou, who att
the Father of" orphans, wilt not withhold
thy aPproval from-an institution to teach
the, heir 6fgrief, of.thee and thy unlimited '
goOdness., •
We pray thee, prosper the work in which
the sons of Abraham; of, Isaac, and of Ja•
ceb, are Vouchsafe to all that
are, employed this' act :of elevating the
lowly, from , ,,the veteran who has this': day:
laid the first stone, to the humblest of, thy,
servants, who presumes, to supplicate
,for
others, the happiness of, bringing.this,worc,
to suceesslnk issue„so r that ,they may wit
ness the , ingathering of the .orphans,now,
left without-succor, and teach them to bless.
thee, our Father—our God ! Amen, Selah I'
MR. SAMUEL T. CARTER, son of .the
weir-known 'hoOk publisher of New-York;
has received a call from the 'Westminstei
Presbyterian, church at , Yonkers, N. Y.
This" church has' recently transferred its
relation fro the Newt the Old Sellout:
FaoM.. T.4B.E9rdovrip9„preamble and ,
resolution passed at the last session of, the
Genesee Methodist Conferenee; , it • will .be
seen that .eertain of the well;to2do-iu-the
world' brethren are "not'tO be huinored in
their wishes for easy and, convenient ap
pointments : ,
WHEREAS, We have observed for >a;
number of years past, a - growitig disposi
tion. on the part of members of our Con
ference; practically to "locate,',' •by the
purchase of homesteads and flame, and
then demanding, thattleir convenience be
subserved, the -receiving of suckappoint-,
ments.as,will adilnit of their continued res- .
idenee at these,' their own homes, greatly,
to the ohstxuotion of the
~legitimate work
ing:of, the, itinerant ,system among us to
the decided injury of 'the ,intereas of the
work within our liounds, r atid Oftentimes to
the manifest injury of those brethren who,
haviketni flair's and no hoesteads of their
• m . . iib ,
own, are Supposed to
be in a ovle eon
ditiori't Ow &Ore.
kesolved;'T hid in- the judginent'of- this
ConfeeencV,lif the convenience of aby class
of, preachers among us ought to be regard=
ed in awaraing them their appoirittnen ts, 'it
should be of . that class of poor-fellows who
have no houses and lands, , but who •are ,
obliged to:depend wholly, upon their sala
ries for the, support of themselves-.=-and.
families: .
„
FkwrikasoNs are aware 'ol' the amount',
of work which the 'Atiierieriti Bihre"Stioi
ety is now doing. In 'the Inoritht. of Sep'=.
tember there were ptitited atPthe-Bible,
Route over 175,000 voluinee,imakingi6soo
daily”' or eleven voltttueis per for
, working time , . ,1 31W8eptember itiver46Booo
volumes were issued, and 130,000 in Au
gust. A large portion of these books are
distributed in the army, among paroled
and rebel prisoners, among the sick and
woundel in hospitals, and among the col
ored people. The Society never issued
anything like so many books before, with
in the same length of time.
A NEW-YORK MERCHANT, named Al
bert Horn, was, on the 29th ult., convicted
in the Federal Court of the crime of fitting
out a slaver. Immediately after , the return
of the verdict, the prisoner was taken into
custody by Marshal Murray. New-York
has too long been notoriously distinguished
as the headgnarters of the slave-trade in
this country. We are glad to notice in
this conviction, as well as in the execution
of Gordon, a determination on the part of .
the' city authorities to deal summarily and
severely with all engaged , in this wicked and
disgraceful business.
THE following among other resolutions,
protesting against the fitting out of rebel
pirates in British ports, and manning them
with British sailors, were passed on 1 cea r .
day of last week, by. the New-York Cham 7
ber. of Commerce :, •
Resolved,• That the outrage oftionsigning
to , destruction by fire, without'adjudication,z
British and American property together,is
an aggravation of the offence :against Vie
rights of neutrals, and ought to-; be ,de
nounced,..as:a.critue:by.the civilized nations
of the earth
Resolved,. That, this Chamber has l heard
with• amazement that othec,s.essels
ting out in the ports of Great Britain,,.:to,
continue the wink, of destruction begun by
the Alabama; an enormity that cannot: e
committed on the high seas,,without jeop
ardizing the, commerce and ,peace of na
tions.
,TBE PRESENT TRADE-SALE, of, books in
New-York City, is, contrary - to general ex
pectation, quite‘brisk and encouragingcto
book-sellers. It seems that religi'ous book's,
standard Works in elegant , bindings, and
photographic albums, are chiefly, in de-
THE N Y. Evening Post, in :notieing
the applications it the polled station`::
houses of Brooklyn for exemption from
draft, gives' a hatuoreus,, thrust at jfip,
wealthy and professional - elasses. One"
the west' noticeable features of the occasion'
was," it says, " that most of all the would
be exempts 'appear to belong to the better`_
classes Of society, and from the .number,of
pairs of spectacles which' glistened 'along
the roir, an, outsider would.uppose_that the
faculties of all our institutions of learning
had turned out in a body"
TUB' BANKS• AND CAPITALISTS, 'sit*
October 6th," when tbe expanSior. pf. 56,7
000,000 in bank-loans the preceeding,Week
created a feeling of uneasiness is financial
circles, have been more cautious in. the 'a&
lection. of first-class borrowers alud- prime
securities for their loans. ',,The has
been naturally a. reduction in, the ; tete. of
interestto first-class borrowers, and an in-i
crease in the amount of 'capital, -Seeking
temporary employment considerably in ex-
cess of the demand. Prime eiriterSed bush
1368 notes are scarce, and command money
at the lowest rates, ranging from 4ilto- 6
per cent when maturing • within '-four,
months: First-class single signatures raugo
from '6' to '8 per cent, and other good 'names,
from 8 to 10 per cent. •
• ~The ,rule• of the Board of Brokers to ex
clude gold from their sales and quotationti
went into operation On Monday, Oetober'
27th. 'Since thai date to Wedge slay.
the price has ,fluctuated from 1314 .t 0132
for mixed gold coin ;: . on - Wedtiesday, 1311
toi 132; and for 'double eagles and gold
suitable for export, 1321 to 1321. The
old demand not:ea:range from 1271' to 128.
dovernment one-year certificates of in
debtedness were. selling at• 99 to 99/ on
Wednesday:
PHIL ADEL P II lA.
STUART,'MR. GEORGE ' u who for so
many : years lies,liPen, the :President .of the
Young Men's - Christian Ask , ociation, of
which, thoughma young man, he has 'Leen
the father , and i the' founder, relinquishes"
his position to devote - his whole spare time
considera even ,a loftier duty,
the Presidency of , the Christian Commis
sion, to.labor among the victims of war.
He is succeeded'by Rev. George Cookman.
To the cause of Christianity and 'philan
thropy Mr. 'Stuart has given all the pow
ers of his beingfot many -years. That he
is , obliged to relinquish a position: he so
ably, fills', will be rep.,re.tted by the entire
Christian community. ' - ' '
, REV': jowl S. ST , INE,' It; D. ' rector of
St Paul's 'church 'at Brookline, Mass., and
formerly of Brobklyn, N. Y.; has `accepted
an appointment as Professor in the new
Episcopal Theological, Seminary in Phila
delphia:
THE Union Noonday Prayer-Meeting
continues from day to day at 12 o'clock, at
Samoa' Street Church, and is attended
with d4p interest. The 'Objects kept be
fore thelneeting every day, are, first, our
couctry,in it,s perili.'second, our army and
navy ; third, our sick and wounded soldiers.
and sailors.
ECCLESIASTICAL:
Rey.T.Etr:lmAe STEvENsorq has been apoipt
ed - Chapfain of the Sixth Regiment Pa
•Reierves, now in. the Army of the Po
tonme.
VARIETIES.
= PinnsylvaniaToloniiation'Soilety.- , =-At the
Meeting of the Pennsytvania Colonization'
Society, - beld oii Moridak i T 27th' nit., the
thirty-sixth annual. report was presented,
from which it appears. that. advicea of, an
encouraging charaeter continue' to be re
ceived from the Liberian. Republic. '-
believed that the shipment of slaves from,
the Western r'egioni3
,Of,Africa has been
much reduced , of i late, , owing mostly to the
operation of the ne'W ifeaty tetweeti'the
,governments of 'the United States and
theit Britain; which antherizes the deten
tion'ana 'search of snsfected"braft,; cer
tain localities` by the' Men-a-vier Of - both
nations.
'The Rebel'"2oo."The Rielll[l . 9o Dfs.
pd gives the origin of the came of tho
steamer 2 ‘ 94, the `rascally craft built ra's=
cally Englishmen; in - ' 1 of n
eutrality
lade, which ha a done so Much , •diitilei to
our' AmeriCan vessels: :114e it'is':: The .
regu
origin
ation. the name thof e name 290? is'this :93y a
l the ,Adiniralty, &wile&
Shit) builders number the , shi pa constructed-
at ..their respective yards, kp'reitioustr' =to'
theiribeinginained,, •whielit is ukuilly doric
o:the - launching. 4 ahe 11 290 iwaa the?29l)thr
ship built at that particular yard, and, be
ing designed for foreign owners, she kept
her Dumber in lieu of her name."
Louisiana Sugar Plantations.—A New-Or
leans letter to the New-York Journal of
Commerce says the plantations in the vi
cinity are all deserted. The cane is said
to be beautiful and ready for cutting, but
no one to do it. Many persons are buying
crops as they stand—some intending to try
white labor, others are trying to, hire ne
groes. Gen. Butler says the negroes may
be hired at ten dollars for the men and five
for the women a month, to be worked ten
hours a day, and that he will not force
them to .remain on the plantation unless
they wish to remain. The planters intend
grinding all their cane, leaving none for
seed ; so this year will probably be the last
sugar-growing year for some come.
The President -a Tax Payer.-=—President
Lincoln, although specially exempt by law
from having his salary -taxed under the
Revenue Act. has ordered the same deduc
tion to be made as if a tax was imposed.
By this:voluntary act the President pays a
tax of $1,220 , per year out of his salary.
' ' For the Presbyterian Banner
icknowledgment..‘,
The Board of Co!portage acknowledges the fol
lowing donations during the - month rOf October:
Eidersridge•Sali. SehooL Saltsbut*'P'by...S 4.00
Society of InquirY -of 'Eldersridge Aced
' emy, Saltsburg P'hy; - for soldiers'" ' 6.50
CowansbannoCk 'Sabi Achool, iSaltsburg
P'by, soldiers 6.25
Glade Run Sob': Schf;:Saltsb'g P'by; for do. 3.75
Elderton congregation, • " 3.70
Stnickstiurg • et 8.50
Lebanon .." " 7.75
Westfield conk; Beyrii , P'hy, Airy Synod,
1 2.0 0 0 0
Beaver Palls - db.,: " " 1 2 2.00
Westminster:do'i,".4 ll 'y *- " "
for soldiers • • -
Buffalo song., All'reby, All'ySj i fordo.
Wade Rundo.,.'“ ' " " is "
Raccoon do., in-Part,'Ohio P'by, Pittsb'g
Synod • - I - ' 20 20
Canfield do., New- Lisbon 1" by, for soldiers, 6.00
Beech Woods clo:,-Clarion ' 'z. 11.00
Rev. Jag'Elder,!t2=t, "
,- A t s • 1.50
Jos Gab en, : p.sq.; Ohio i. 1.00
A Lady t ,,, : p 2.00
Rev. J. I g-1 t40.110.?..-' 3.00
. .
$109.15
F Berr.s . r Treasurer.
John Culbertson Librarian.
Negro'"Rhgiments "° 81 "
i",“
The Wilmington (N. C.) Journalqrnbely says
that seven regiments'of negroes, Witich•bave been
in camps of instruction, under white eliteera, for
three months, and 'which have 'become remark
ably proficient in drill, have arrive& to garrison
the towns and fortificatitits during-the sickly
season.
;.:Frotri,lionisvillei.7o:-03) -7 )
Lotrisvitni„Ney. B.—Gen. Buell imrdered to
Indianapolis, Indiana, instead of Aninapelis, Ma
ryland, as prOviiiitsl,y:stated. lear s ektar Indi
anapolislo-ixoriVw. - •
Thanksgiving- in Mary/and.-
Barrnatoitt; Oct.'lBGovernor Bradford has
appointe.d - Thursdsty;'lsov. e day of
thanksgiving:and prayer in this State. One pas
sage of his pre , Slamition reads as follows:
~ M ore especially should we in MarYland
thank. Rim; that ,fltV;ifiempt so reeetitiktnade to
invade our Stigte, and transfer to its soil Scene
of the conflict, hits been so successfully resisted
by our deft;iders, and'itio -impressively rebuked
by our ; and that whilst. war, in ite most
appalling aspente, heaf for the past eighteen
months- raged WithitiFtiight of our
own petiPle, With thaexception of one
week, have all practically enjoire.d'iniist of the
advantages of peace." 13'
From ~,Gen. 'Sigel's 'Army.
EintrAx: .4. 1 ---Inforroation
telegraph fronl4.4lio tient;• - States•that - our cavalry,
under Gera Stahl, I#st evening, drove the. enemy
oufiff 'T,hbrOughfare'G ap,land:thedivisien ,
Shurz . ,tadvanceil 'and took ipiosaession.Of
enemrrernained in?sight of. that: place/loot ;:e.ve_
ming ~ a t Ala*. other,,divildons =of' Sigel's
force,' under Gena. Stahl lind von , StWnwehr, are
upon theateilroad, in supportingdistaneeotGen.
Shurz. , , - , ,
Our, cavaluwlso now .hold.e , Buckland" Mills,
where recentlya the rebels had ti' pretty- strong
guard. z. !,`i- . 3:.
Gen. Bayard's forcw-noWluild..Aldie, and the
country betwheii that ,point and the front of Gen.
Bigel4 advance.- .•
Thu:rebel %meat CatletreStationlind'at Mar
reuton Junction hadnot been changed up to yes
terday morning.-:
Union people, just comein, report a rebel force
of 5,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry, with artil
lery, at the town of Warrenton: t - '
Prise Steamer IritteolGeii kitchen '
Nr,w-YOBst„ Nov.4....,...4he,pm'ipp.AciarilOr
irom rort Ro7al -
. Gen. Mitotiell
,INeral f ßeaufoW, tft.
yellorrfintrx; whieh igvprei , ailing there.° 80th,
of
The Army of the -Potonnte •
win' fuiure consist 4rthtie grand armies--
nine corps, thirty divisions, seventy brigades.
The: , ftrat• grstatzarmy willsconsist= of the corps
d'ttrmee,ef Major 0 enerals;Reynolds (late Book
er), Fitz John Porter, and W p, Fr anklin, and
will, be commanded by 'the Benior - Makir General,
Joseph' Hotiker. • Ttio"‘ .. seeond''ailnYi t ill consist
of the 'etirPed'artnee'of Majoi-`Genetels Couch
(late Sumner); O. o..(latejtirnside),
Slocum,(latoLßanks);tad.ttill-,be commanded by
Bonier Major General Ambrose Everett Burnside.
The 01111 grand army' cotishit' of the corps
d'irenee of Major G eneral'CittnitiiltWo others or
ganized, to which permanent commanders have
no g, yet inen 4 ,l ollffledl Abe: President. This
itinay•vfilL.,be Comm anAedaVittenior Major Gen
eral FAarin V. Sumner.ff •- -
Jpq ityJ
Aprings, , Our Fortes at
IslandA
107,41 te ,,, Captura , offullobile Con
.
4111 Aims ,WIMV:II%
CAIRO, Nov. 8 .---Advices front Holly sprin g s
to' ednesday say that largeereitiforcements from
Louisiana artpovAncip chere.,, There has been
mevenient of rebel tregpl . front that place, ex
cept Villipigne's gericlian.
• The-peel:deaf, - aretiaid to 1 1;te niov
ingitheirslavescandlinhoir property ;into the in
terior:.
tilkrGiptli4laaciVlSS.) .ipp . eal says that Judge
JoltWlo.*Cathiliell'it4 bian appointed "ittisistant
Seeretary'of Win- of 'the Colfedirate' State; vice
Professor Bledsoe, resigned.teA
The Federal forces at Island No. 10 have again
occupied, the Tennessee shore,,lind are aoly, con
striioting. fett;tinder il ii'fliaMligi"of a Federal
gunboat
4til,i,BPAto_4lroni,janicspn,liwo.i dated the 2d,
say, ,gists Rows wss:roosilied,t General Grant's
headquarters yesterday . , frlnn t , 'the _South via
FPnfirtn- ingAleigaPtit.rtt.ot
I •
_ .
Hawsll6l Ittpatrettiognized.
WasmanTott,`3gmuel IW - .."-F.
Esq., of New-York,
Alte yesterday presented.his ore
oeivedential to
..Beeretary : e . ;c -War, ;and ,iraB ' re
d.ao Charge d 6 Atfaires and Consul General
of His Majesty, the Kingfof the Hawaiian Islands,
in Ourittnited.States.,
;1,
• laxts:'
The_Tax, , Law will yield ism revenuteathaw was
anticiPated,--411.-I.he rizOieasians are that way.
In one city district, for example, the Collector
intimateitithat,,h&ahoold.reitniris three thousand
licensee, and he , nowi require& fifteen thousand.
Somethizihrthe an nualtrecelats are likely to be
neareritwelhoodred antl,fifo, than one hundred
and fifty millions.
IMM
• • Just Right
,
c Examining Surgeon Whitely was - detected in
harting Ifeesl Tor 't he examinationr.of c dratted
militia and substitutes. Stirgeon....fleneral King
or dtredaiis,iminedinte !wrest, Undrdismissed.him
trim the iewwie
4.33
6.19
4.48
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