thaihgterian PITTSBURGH, Senna, DECEMBER 11, 1861, air Haring purchased for our office the " Right" to use Dick's Accountant and Dispatch Patent, all, or nearly all, of our subscribers now have their papers addressed to them regularly by a sinftstscrty unique machine, which fastens on the white margin a small colored " address stamp," or label, whereon arrears their name plainly printed, followed by the date up to which they have ,vaid for their papers—this being authorised by an Act of (Impress. The date will otways be advanced on the receipt of subscription money, in exact accordance with the amount so received, and thus be an ever-ready and valid receipt; securing to everyone, and at all times, a perfect knowledge of his newspaper ac count, 'so that if any error is made he can immediately de tect it and have it corrected-1z boon atike valuable to the publisher and subscriber, as it must terminate ad/ painful 'misunderstandings between them respecting accounts, and hus Lend to perpetuate their important relationship. * 4 , 4 Those in arrears will pkase remit. ERRORS OP ARENIINISL* Our 'readers will remember that, some time ago, we published a series of Letters, by Rev. JouN SMITH, (the name is as sumed) exposing the errors and inconsis tencies of Arminianism. They were read with great interest. Those letters, a few being added to make a complete treatise on the subject, are now neatly published. They make Remelt volume, and are adapted, to geheral utility, The subject is treated with much ability. The style is lively; the argument lucid; there is no waste of Words; there is thought in every sentence. Thangli we read the letters carefully in proof, and some of them twice before they appeared firomour own press, we yet read them again with much pleasure. Raving. perused one, an anxiety arises to learn what is said in the next, and thus, by gratifying an awakened . curiosity a new desire is produced. Arminianimn is not sufficiently under stood in the community. If properly in vestigated, some of the hard things said about it would not be uttered, and many attachinents to it would be broken off. We 'cordially commend "joust SMITH." His ,language is chaste. He will both please and iastruet. lILZTTS.IIS Old Ray. John .SMITH a Presbyterian Minister, to his Brother, Rev. Peter Smith, a Methodist Preacher. Pp. 18S, small 12mo. Philadelphia: B. Lippincott 4- Co. RICER 'UIf:PRINTED PAYER AND .PERIDDI- AI'S Paper being the chief material in Peri odicals,: they mist rise in price as it rises. The first reason for the rise in the price of papei, is the scarcity of rags. People wear their old raiment up more closely; and many resort to wool instead of cotton. Foreign rags also are more seance and dear. The next reason for the rise is, an ex tensive combination of makers and dealers, able to control the market and speculate off the public. Both these reasons are likely to abate. Rags will be saved, at six cents a pound, which were thrown away when worth but three cents. Old newspapers, now worthfive cents a pound in Pittsburgh, and six cents in some places, will be pre served and sold. 'Thus stock will soon be come more plenty. The smaller mills will enlarge their ,ozperations, and break down the monopoly. Hence we expect, ere long, to see . paper sold at a reasonable price. Hoping for this we modified our terms .only by dropping the Club price; that is we put the Banner, one or many being taken, at 11.50 is advance. That there might be uniformity of ac tion among the newspaper men, a Conven tion of Boston and New-York proprietors was lately held, for coneultation. We take, from the Neap-York Observer, the . result of their deliberations, as follows: " The recent increase in the price of pa per—from 50 to 100 per cent.—has made it an-imperative necessity on the part of publishers: f newspapers to suspend their issues er to raise the terms of subscription, or to: diminish the eke of their sheets. The proprietors of religious newspapers in Boston and New-York having met in Con vention, and carefUlly considered the whole subject, have resolved: "1 That it is just and - necessary-that the price of their several journals should be raised OD the opening of another year, or the size of the papers reduced, to cover the increased cost of production. "2. That whatever advertising rates are effered,by the respective papers should be morerigidly,adhered to, and that notices or marriages and deathe ' obituaries, state ments and appeals by all Societies and in st tu tions• soli el ti n g funds, from the public, should,be paid for as 'advertisements. " 3. That the, law of the last session of Congress; levying a heavy tax< on the ma terialcof our business, and „on the adver tiseinep toi And finally. on the income of the! publisher,lais- peculiarly oppressive upon newspapers, the circulation of which ought to be stimulated and not 'curtailed during the war. "4. That the religious press in the man agetneut,of ttabusieess, enlarging its eir eulationand increasing its advertising•pat ronage,,ought to bo governed, not only by the laws of trade but by the highest Chris tian and .fraternal principles,, "5. That we are impressed with a deep sense ! of the injusticoon the part of those benevikent institutions which furnish news papers at less than Cost, supplying the de ficiently from the funds contributed by the Christian. public for another and specific objects .W.Mle the religique newspapers would cheerfully publish all the necessary intelligence contained in them, and leave' all thelpadsknow employed in these cheap papers to be applied to the great objects of Christjan,beoevoleice, " 6. That the Chairman and Secretary of this Convention be a _Committee to trans mit the third Besoliiiitiii.to the President of the United iStifiles,"to member of the Cabinet,,and to..the Chairinan of the Committee, fbf Ways and Means in Con grese,, ME These• resolutions must be regarded by all thinking itien, as being reasonable. We hifiniii:er made a charge for:notices, of memtislips and deaths, ,(we charge for obitairiesothOmere notice of deaths being freejlEtini- hate we charged for notices-of eoolesiiiitilial 44 church meetings, nor' for stateniiiki,ts i ajaeppe:ais of pooksties and in stitutilmajtoliolting fends... Such things have longibeen paidlforpto manypapers; in the Bal. If the practice shall become univereiViOr it. may possibly . be extend ed. imp Rayo,f, ! the conductors of the religi i m,pypapi,asi,pll says ,of, ministers j i: #6 The st i4prcir t io worthy of kis hire.!, ~; A ll, howeviey,flo, 1 mOk i , And, ,should , do muck, graissitOusty. 5' ‘.,:".... .:21 - - THE MEANS OF PEACE. EMANCIPATION ? When a country is in the enjoyment of peace, the means of its preservation are justice, kindness, forbearance, and a mani festly full preparation to resist and punish aggression. When peace has been lust, it is to be restored by the same means through which it should have been preserved, ex cept that forbearance is suspended, and the power to resist and punish the aggressor is made active, and is wisely and vigorously used. Our country lost her peace by not duly using the means to preserve it; she must regain it by justice, by kindness, and by the most energetic prosecution of the war —by battles, sieges, blockades, the seizure of the aggressor's supplies or means of supply, and by distracting his counsels and dividing his forces. The present rebellion is the work of con spirators. Before it assumed the aspect of a war, about two-thirds of the masses of the Southern people were opposed to it. The National Government hence thought it would be weak, and did not put forth the needed vigor for its suppre!sion. This was a grievous mistake. The rebellion is pow erful. It has absorbed almost the whole Southern people. They have made it, their own. Conquest seems now to be the indis pensable preliminary to peace. ' One special means of weakening the en emy, and hence of victory and peace, is the emancipation of the rebels' • slaves. The President's mind has long labored on this subject. In his September proclamation he proposes; on the first of January next, to make free all .slaves in States then in. rebellion. In his late Message, he pro poses to alter the Constitution so as to as sure compensation to all States which will free their slaves previously to the year 1900. The first may, be effective. The second must necessarily be slow; it is not likely to be adopted; and, as to present needs, is utterly inoperative:. Is there not a more' excellent war/ UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION imme diate, perfect, so that, henceforth, every man who treads freedom's soil shall be a freeman? Does not, the soul of every pa triot, and every Christian, beund at the thought? And may it be? Constitution ally ? justly? righteously? Has God open ed up the way for the performs-nce of the glorious deed? Does he call us td it? Has he made it a necessity? Is he deter mined that the land shall have no peace, any longer, while it holds in degrading bonds, men whom he has made, in his own image, intelligent, immortal? Surely, such a question, in the circumstances in which God has placed our nation, is worthy the calmest, deepest, most enlightened, anxious, and prayerful consideration. What Chris tian, what freeeroan„ will refuse to investi gate? We put the question, for the ,present, in this form.: Would Universal .EM anclpa tion, with, compensation to loyal citizens,be, in the nation's present circumstances, Con stitutional and Riyhteou,s? To contemplate the emancipation of four millions of slaves, may well startle the most elevated and best balanced mind. What, with those immense numbers of ignorant, degraded, long oppressed, and physically powerful beings, would be the result of sudden freedom ? We brembie at the thought. The Lord avert the danger. The Lord give to these millions of •his ra tional-creatures the liberty which is their due, and so.direct the event that their op pressors may ind mercy, and even blessings, While the oppressed go free—so order the. event that'white men and black, and the whOie country, shall receive a benefit. To take the life of an innocent person, or to take his property without compensa tion, is neither:Constitutional nor righteous. To take, in a proper manner, the life or property of a malefactor; or to take the property of an innocemt,person for the pub lic benefit, paying him therefor,• is, both constitutional and righteous. Those who take the sviord, as in, war, are to be consid= erect as aiming at the ,shedding of man's blood, and by, man may their blood be just- ly shed. Rebels break the Constitution, east off law, plot their country's destruc tion, aim at the waste of life AO property, ,and hence forfeit all just claim to life, and property. F It is constitutional and right eous that they should be deprived of -both; by the proper action of the Government. Hence the constitutionality, and the right eousness of emancipation, as regards, .the re6els' right of property,in their elaves.; But oar inquiry refer's to nniversal Oman: eipation, unth compensation to joyal citi zens. Would this he .rightl, To stop a conflagration in, =a city, the house of one individual, or of a dozen, may be blown up. The owner's `consent need noi'.be asked. To stay a plague, any man's factory, or other possessiononay ,be burned. ,:In any, case of great•and - urgent neekprivateprop arty may be taken for the piblio good. But in all eases - there must be a fair coin_ pensation. These are admitted truths. The question then of the'propriety of an edict of universal emancipation, resolves itself iuto . this :''ls the measure a national necessity, and is it.practicable '+ Its prac ticability would depend; very much, ,upou the unanimity with which tbe•loyal people could,go into it. Respecting, its necessity, there is Much division of sentiment. That slavery is fandamentally connected with the war as its, cause, primarily, inci dentally, or-. 0 an aggravation, can hardly be doubted. 'Without it, the divided feel; ings and interests Would not - . have existed, in the public mind., Fanatiei3 and conspir at,ors would,;equilly, have been unprovided with a lever, with which to `upheave seci ety. And if Slavery 'we're removed; there *Amid . be nothing between' Northern and' Southern, -interests of Kufheient importance -to fight about,. Rather, ; .their interests would be so,blended , that;like a mares eyes and legs, neither'Could'well diapernie with the other And while slivery exists in ,one section of the country and,freedm PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.---SATURDA Y, DECEMBER 13, 1862, the other, it is hardly possible that there can be cordial love and enduring peace. To have, hereafter, a peaceful and happy union of all the States, all must be free. This is becoming a very common sentiment. The argument, hence, that there is a social necessity for universal emancipation, is very strong. The military necessity is not quite so apparent. Whether such an edict would, at the North, strengthen the Government - and tend to unity of action; how it would be received in the Border States; what in fluence it would have in the producing of a Union party at the South; how much it would'exasperate the rebels, or practically weaken them; and how much ai'd would be obtained from the hands of the blacks themselves, would all be considerations of vast importance in estimating the military necessity of the measure. Some change we regard as indispensable. We must have a united North, or' a divi ded South, before we can reasonably ex pect to conquer a peace. And even a uni ted North might still find difficulties neat to insuperable; difficulties costing moun . taini of treasure and 'oceans of blood: Are, we bound to, Make such • sacrifices. ; A divided South, as seems •to us, we can • halt most' readily, by the, 'meas ure indicated.- An active' Union party may possibly spring up there, in the hope of conserving slavery.; z ~ but we think it not speedily probable. Nothing short of a conquest as matters now ap petti; likely to end the war. And to have a divided South, ,and hence a conquest, universal emancipation. , pre sents itself as. being the . only means effective. And 'this would be effec tive, or. could be made so, immediately. Four millions of people,' (including the blacks in the border States,) would be at once our. friends. They would be heartily our friends. We• could at-once. -use them' where our armies. are, and Wherever might •advance. They are on the soil. They would:labor "for us, and, hold the country for us, while we went on 'to new conquests. Many of them would meet our advance. And by due efforts they could be so employed as to be restrained from barbarities. Something must be done. The sword must not devour forever. This presents itself as practicable; and if so it would be a most happy termination of - our troubles. In , addition to the social and military necessity, to which we have .alluded, there are other considerations of value. Humanity impels to the act. We know there are those who deny the force of . this consideration. We ourselves have some doubts and fears as to how the emancipa ted might behave; but still, hope greatly prevails. They are needed as laborers. Every one of them is needed, to till the soil, and gather its produce. They cannot possibly be spared. The whites would not drive them off. And they would not de sire to leave. They would live there. It is their home. The climate is congenial. Northern blacks would return there. And if reasonably well treated, there would be but little likelihood of a revolt. Our own forces, and the white population there, , could easily preverit any outbreak. Religion would approve the edict. God's Word admits of service, but not of slavery. God ordained that mankind should live in families, that men should, have a due use of the products of their industry, the right to mental improvement, and freedom in worship, all of which are denied, or inju riously restricted, by Southern slavery. We thus see that social considerationi, military interests, humanity, and the Chris-, tiara religion, all Savor universal emanci pation; loyal 4:nesters - being duly comport , Sated. It would hence bu Constitutional and righteous. We are yet. to inquire whether if is God's will:that such an ediet should be passed and executed. But this question; We must postpone. On the question clf policy, we defer greatly to the`nation s statesmen and rulers. Some men will say, why hesitate; it is; always wise , to do -right.' If we act at, all we should de right; but the- highest authOrity has taught us that - 'snme 'things( are lawful which are not expedient. And, as, in this matter-.we defer greatly to our rulers, we are: disposed to sustain them.: They are in a position -both , to. know , and judge; and it is the duty of every citizen, , ; not only , to ohey, but'to yield an active sup- Tort, when he can do, so with a good con, science. If the Government policy shall , be, " The Constitutionlis it is; and the Union as it was;" we say, very well;SO tie it With this .we were pleased before Seoession emu: menced ;and in: a return:to this, weshould rejoice. Only' let the lain executed. This is all - that we have'ever It was a glorious Union, productive of much happiness., It was the means of greathliss. There were some evils: These 1 evils . endured,: patiently, silently. We dfd not theta by fretfulness, by clamor, - finnenting strife. Other/3 did this, hut not we. And now if , Clod* shall be pleased to give us a-restored Un ion, the Union' as";it teas, We shall, as we trust, bear again the annoyances patiently and silently, and shall gratefully enjoy 04 benefits, We feel in regard, to the .•. of sla.veryin the Union, as Paul, advises in, regard to servitude : Art-thou: called; be ing a 'servant ?'care . not for 'it j vtit yf thou o.ilyest be free, use IT rcaker tree; dorn is. the normal state of man, and free-, dom to all, is the proper condition of a pa-, tion. If .we can have this righteously; God pointd'us to the= way of obtaining it; if God 'afflicts us and hedges upeverSr , , other way of dutiful escape, should we not seize it? This is the question' which we , now discuss:: And may Ile 'who' enlightw ens man's underEitanding, guide us and i our' • readera, and the 'Government, 'and the whole: nution, and ,give us all, a heart submit toihis will, or, to. executelhis,,coun, t sels. ; r If to bring about a restored Constitution and Union, the President's .Proclamation is to be enforced, we say, amen. Let it be enforced vigorously. We will cordially cooperate. If the'poliey for restoring peace to our whole country in unity, shall be the uni versal emancipation which we have just been discussing, then we will support the Gcwyernment in it. And this, as it is law ful and righteous, we greatly prefer, pro vided it is really the practicable and efec tive means; and this it would be, we feel confident, v undertaken by a united people. And cannot the people unite on it ? It is equitable,, just, humane, Christian in its spirit. It would turn slaves into freemen. It would. purge away a blot. It would remove the bane to our peace. It would be approved by, the nation's conscience. It would be applanded by the World, so far as the world is civilized and Christianized. We might expect the 'Father of all, to shed upon us the light of his countenance. SENSIBLE FROM THE SOUTH. In the extracts which we see from South ern papers. there . are some indications of returnipg'realon. Their vain boasting has greatly. subsided.: There is less of. vitupe ration. A more; erious and rational pre sentation is made, of their condition and prospects. Tbe:dialaarleston Courier is' quoted as saying: • • " The continuance of this contest in volves increased suffering. The evils which follow in the train of this calamitous visi tation grew more direful with every day. Other hearts than . those now`aching with anxiety and bleeding from bereavement are rent with grief, and the friend who sympa thized with some afflicted one yesterday, to-day weeps bitter tears over his own, sor row. The iron is driven in deeper, and our burdens become more and more heavy. And though more than eighteen months have passed, away since the strife. was be -gun, the end seems more distant than it appeared - to he a twelve-month since. Hope after hope haa gone out in , darkness and expectations• we had fondly;cherished turned out to be, miserable delusions. So often have we: been' disappointed and de ceived, that now our faith rejects every promise and, turns away from every sign. Our foe, is as active and, determined and powerful as ever he was, and the asent that was to compel foreign nations to -intervene and put an end to this wicked and infa mous contest, has not been potent enough to accomplish that end. "We stand alone. Vast hosts are muster ing to repeat in stronger force and with more, obstinate courage the attempts that have been made, and strongholds: hitherto unattacked will -soon- have to bear the most furious onslaughts the enemy, with his wonderful'resources of ingenuity and mate rial, is. capable of making. To fruatrate his welf-Conceived -plans, to repel these terrible attacks, we have to depend entirely upon ourselves. The foe will do his ut most ; military genius and knowledge, the boundless -, credit- of the Government, the best mechanical skill—mind, money, mus cle—have all combined to insure success. " And while these, tremendous efforts are being put forth--while our houses are darkened by the shadow . of the death-an gel's wing,' and our4osoms wrung with an guish—while we,re enduring 'grievous privations and hardships, and - our soldiers are almost naked, we stand alone. "It is-true foreign tongues mention our name with respect , and admiration.. It is true our fortitude and gallantry have re eeived, abundant reward in. glowing words of praise, and in;warm, heartfelt wishes for success.; Bute sympathy and admiration have afforded no substantial assistance, and all unaided. we brace our nerves for the dreadful conflict." This is'inore indicative of a cessation of hostilities than any thing which we have lately - witnessed.„ If such truths shalt come to be presented in the Southern-jour nals generally,• and such reflections to be made; common 'sense will soon. resume' ito sway, methen the sword will cease to de; your. We have all along said, No Com. promise with rebels in arms ; but when arms shall be, laid down, we have:pleaded that the law , shMild,be administered as len iently as may be consistent with the ac complishment of the end for,ivhich law is ordained. TRH COURT HARTIALS AT , -WASHINGTON. Tns CcuITIf4RTIAL4. are exciting much interest., G-en.. MeDowELL is , likely to have alvercliet equating hinVor the charge ordisloyalty. , • ' ' GEN=.4 I 4t . JOITif Poivrti, - eharged='!vith ;ilisoheyinetle orders of Gen. Pope; about As time ' of the fatal-, battles of August ..28th--30,tb4 z , is • (having ‘. a s harder time. Pope is Very .Positive big testimaly, and seematO have the sympathy of "'Gen "Hal leek YHe also saiathat the Presideit l eau tioned him to r haFaro pfPorter. In the eeurna,cif the trial, the +following dispatch' from: Gee. McClellan Ito Perter - : DEPARTMENT, ;., 4 September r Porter:—l ask of you for my sake and that of the country,, and the old Army of the Potomac, that you and frienda will' lend the filliestand most cordial. `cooperation to: Gen.:Pope in the'operations now going Lon/ Thelion or. off our army fitow - - depends 'upon :the cheerful cooperatidn of all in the field. This •week is-the (Crisis of Mir , tfate:' , Say the same things to mj friends `-the army. This is the last request 1 , have to make:-=that fOi our country'S sake you will .give Gen. Tope the -. same assistance k you have given to me. , q -am in the defences at Washis,gton; and Will renderall protection • in covering your retreat, should it'be neees ,sary. [Signed] GEO. B. MCCLELLAN." Porter replied'as follows FAIRFAX , COURT. Housz, x, • ‘‘loiA. M., Sept. 2, 1862. ‘ -Maj: )Geh. rGeo 3 E , 111:c Milan, IP4sking- to • " Y . Ou Tday rest asaured that all, of your friends, as well every of his' coun try, will ever give, they ever haVe giVen, to . • Gen. Pope their cordial coiiperation and' constant support in the'exeeution dill his (orders . and plans. '.Our killed, vinunded; and enfeebled. troops :'attest our devoted'' duty "[Signedi‘ ' F. J. Fon.'rtit, bUjOr:GeOral U. S. At" f - = ' Theae,lettere though dated after the• i,b_ s altles, mere:written vihile-P9perwahillizaull, command, and still in the field. They in dicate entire military loyalty. ANOTHER DIFFTCTLTY is likely to de mand investigation. Gen. HaHeck, in his report to the Secretary of War, speaks of a letter which he received of Gen. Pope, containing severe imputations against Gen. Sigel. This it would be hard to pass by in silence. The talk is, that Sigel will de mand an investigation, and will also lay di rect charges against Pope, of mismanage ment and incompetency. It is sad to contemplate these things, whether they are based on real delinquen ces, or are the fruits of rivalries and jeal ousies. They are incident to humanity; but a truly ennobled humanity rises above them. Since they exist, however, the in vestigation of them should be thorough and impartial, and the guilty should be ex posed. Turkey Protecting Christian filissionaries,— Of late years there has been a great change in Turkey, in relation to Christianity.- For long ages, the Christian religion was utter ly prohibited. Recently the law Was. so modified 'as to tolerate it. Still more re cently, by imperial decree, it was protected. Now that decree is being enforced, by ar resting, sentencing, and executing the mur derers of Christian missionaries. A late letter to the New-York Observer states that the• three murderers, of. Rev. Mr. MERIAAX, near Adrianople, have been condemned to death; and that the murder-, er of Alr. QOFFING was executed at Adena, on the 25th of September; in the presence of five thousand spectators,, including the American, French, Russian, and Italian consular agents. If this process shall be continued with unwavering fidelity, Turkey will, soon afford the same security to mis sionaries which is enjoyed in India and China. The Synod ' of the. ruffle, which met in San Francisco, October" 7th, adopted - a pre amble and resolutions strongly patriotic A part of the dpeument is' as follows`: "Resolved, 3. That in view of the un told disasters which a permanent division of the Federal 'Union would bring upon us, and upon Our children, and upon the civil ized world ] Synod most cordially 'approves the decision of the government and people of the - United States tctresist such division, by maintaining, at all hazards of blood and treasure, the integrity of the union of these thirty-four States; and, ' " " Resolved, 4. That it be enjoined upon our ministers in the public services of the sanctuary, and upon all our members in their social and private worship, to offer special prayers for our Rulers, that wisdom may be given them from on High; and for the officers and men of our Army and Navy, that they may be successful in their efforts to suppress this rebellion, and for our wounded and sick soldiers, that, if agreeable to the Divine will, their lives may be spared, and if not, that, even'should it: be in the article of death, their souls may be redeemed through the infinite merits of the Saviour's righteousness.", EASTERN , NEW-ENGLAND. AN INTERESTING County Conference of churches was lately held at Colchester, Vermont. Dr.- Parmelee, who has been in: the ministry more than half a century, de livered a sermon which is said to have commanded the most earnest attention. His historical reminiscences of revivals in New-England, and especially of those which occurred from 1808 to-1831, were suggest:- ive of many valuable lessons. Among other thingi; the venerable preacher stated that "human, agency, except in the matter of prayer and personal, private labors, was but little seen. Protracted meetings and pro fessional reviiali were unknown. The preached Word and the testimony of young , converts, were• peculiarly honored. The leading. doctrines of the old Catechism were the' staple of instruction.- The three days meetings' of 1831 and years following,were productiVe often of greet good, kit not so, much for what they were in themselves, as for the prayerful, prepare.- tion in the Church that preceded them. After Wards there cameln special meetings of longer'cOntirinance and' with leas *ela tion, _and their effectslwere id.isastrous.' l In closing, Dr. Parmelee thanked Rod that " the• churches are beginning "to dis cover that it' is not good policy, as some think, to biirn a year's supply of wood toi -make one flie. The -Church. shouldlvork, but let its work : run through the year.'!. This is' 'a`moat excellent id- c pii*NEND to thO attention _ }vacant churches the following paragraph • , - from au Eastern paper : - ' " Alinose biery church; inOiring :for- a miniater;' wants a piiciiliar man; and '‘lt smart roan ;' one that will draw?' 'The Snell, - who - was settled at North - Brookfield, Mass., nearly siziy-fou,r years, had' no marked' talent,' we are. told in his, ,biogr'aphy, and yet he maintained his tion, and was .a most useful paitor, and stood high in - the ranks of the ministry. When, the ootornittee-inan,, 'a: to procure pastor'fOr the Brookfield chitreh, Called' on Dr. Backus, who instructed many'students; be rentained - with him over night. Dr. Backis nailed orr - all - his students to lead in family' devotions on the occasion, ,and when'the deputy - heard Mr. Snell pray, he said'to 'Dr. Backus; ' That is the man whom I - Want you to` sendas a eandidate.'" REV. PUTNAM, of RoxbUry Mass says an, exchange, writes,but one sermon a week. , On Sabbath afterneon he preaches' the sermon - of the previinis . Sabbath morn ing. We are not prepared. to recommend this as an example to other ministers, though.. we are satisfied that• much old .mat teriat itay be judiciously' - used in the r paration of new sermons, to the - lightening of the -minister's labor and to the edifica tion of his charge. Tan N.IR 001tRESPONDiNT of the Evan . gelist thus speaks of the. Boston Review : . , " The November number of Our bright, _and some will have it, 'rather- audacious" Bostoh Revfezo' does not ihoW any diminu-- trn sp.Fit Atid:strength.Dr;;Oßier"., Wendell Holmes, and the Rev. Ambrose Leicester Sawyer, are each, in his way, put in the stocks as efectually as ever was poor sinner at the Old South crossings in Puri tan times. It is absolutely necessary in this centre of New England notions and vagaries, to have a public whipping-post for such offenders, or nobody could stay here who has any bump: of veneration at all. It is none too easy now. Why, if it were not for some such sharp-eyed organ to look after those Washington Street and Cornhill explorers and experimenters, we should next be told that John Rogers and Cotton Mather were nothing but myths, and that Watts' and Select Hymns' and the Shorter Catechism' were composed by John Smith in the year eighteen hundred and eleven I You can have but a small conception down in Gotham, what vivid imaginations people have in these parts where nothing is breathed but pure oxygen. That Review, let me say, before I forget it, has also some other capital things. But you have your own Quarterlies to tow out to sea, so I will not enlarge!' ON a recent Thursday evening, says the Watchman and Reflector, Rev. Samuel. Brooks and wife were visited by more than one hendred of the people of South Fram ingham, Mass., and made the recipients of many valuable gifts, amounting , to about ' $125. In his reply, Mr. BroOks said that money was spoken of in the Bible seventy five times ; once it is said, " The love of money is the root of all evil ;" but he was willing to bear his part of the evil Again, it said, " Money answereth all things." He related an anecdote of a pastor who was in the habit of borrowing five dollars of his deacon every Saturday night, and returning the same every Monday morning, saying felt more like a man, and could 'preach better with money in his pocket. , , THANKSGIVING DAY was marked in- Boston by the unconditional release of all the prisoners in Fort. Warren, including Marshal Kane; of Baltimore; 'and the Po lice Commissioners. Several of them' left for home the same night. WILLIAM GRAY of Boston, acknowl edges the receipt of $6OO from J. Lothrop Motley, the historian, and $l,lOO from .Ed ward' Cunningham, a Massachusetts min in tradeUt haughai, China, both sums for the sick and wounded Udidri 'soldiers. NEW-YORK. IT is the., general impression abread that the removal of many of the down-town churches to the upper part of the city has been unfavorable to the spiritual interests , of the lower wards.. The following, from the • Examiner, goes far to ,show, if it does not prove conclusively, that the impression is wholly erroneous "Mission Sunday Schools; systematic visitations' among the poor; mission enter prises among the destitute; meetings at the Five Points, and Van Meter's 'three places, are' crowded on Sundays meetings for sailors; chapels for the poor ; missions, to prisoners at the Tombs; and to the. crim inal and insane on the islands—all these are in the full tide of success. Besides all this, two daily meeting's are held;. and on Sundays, Trinity church, St. Paul's, St. John's, the Old North Dutch church, John Street church, St. George's, Laight Street church, and Canal Street Presbyterian, are open to all who will attend. Here, then, are the most 'costly, elegant, and comfort,. able churches in. New-York, of the Episco pal, Baptist, Methodist, Dutch, and-Pres byterian denominations, within reach of all, without money and without price. Nor is the spiritual provender mean,. scanty, or second-hand. No cast-off clothes are pre sented, nor cold victuals set on the -Lord's Table. The ablest and most eloquent men, the -same who preach in the tp-town churches, preach down-town. Among those who attend on the schools for the poor, labor among the fallen, thread the lanes and alleys, and garrets of woe, and sorrow, and sin, are some of the most refined' and deli cate of our ladies--some-of the most infilz ential and liberal -'of our "rich men. • " We may not be doing all we ought for: Christ in: New-York, but the removal 'of many churches has done them great geed, saved their existence, and not left the lower part of New-York destitute? • REV: ' tfollN .IVIVREAY FOREES, once a prOminent plergyman of the Epie copal Church in, the diocese of New-York, but who in 1849 resigned his cure, and en tered the ministry ; of the Church of Rome, has been restored' to , the :exercise of his ministerial functions in the Church , of his , 'first .choice. ' Previous y. o the recent. General. Convention ef this bOdy, 'such a restoration' was forbidden by the Church' Canons. This prohibition, "it will be" re metnheled,. time revoked, Rev.' Ayer, Who some years ago left the Episcopal Church and became a Uni tarian, has also been restoreeto the exercise of , his ministry; by Bishopt Potter, • - WE CANNOT fully endorse tne propriety of christening . - vessels any `kind F'of ceremony., The usual invocation to Nep time; oy:some other, pagan deity, we regard, as especially objectionable, Many Chvis 7 trans- will -doobtleas be pleased With :the change, introduced , by Admiral Paulc tug rpoent,linoch of a, siip.:iyff,war the Brooklyn. Navy Yard..-,. As' the bow of ;the vessel touched the' water, -a young: lady broke a- bottle -of . American" wine over` the - ship's head, 9colainiing: ,, " Thy . Ticonderoga.;and may . tha God who ;rules; the land .and sea,bless thee _for -Ae fetiee=of ourcountry-and,the cause -• of erty and right." atyleast'ldnlice the Christian ' 414 - which tieeiha' to have animated those who, were concerned in the ceremony. - prAtmsorirnin DAY' had a unique ob servance in the goodly village -of Yonkers;' the presient year, - Six congregations' .wpre , !unitedl on !ithe occasion, completely filling the First• Presbyterian, , church, 'and :six pastors; repreienting the r two;schoob3 of the Presbyterian Church, -Dtiteh formeitt the Ephicopal; theataptitit, atidthe I Vlethodistfehurolies, took part in theser-.• vinealan(kjOined in -preaching -one" and-the came sermon The rtext: of , 'the -disci:l6'st: Was Eph.:vl,l2o--Giving-thanks 'always, for all the . things,:unto God and , the F ather,' in name - of our cord 'Jesus ,T.hei Dutch Reformed pastor introduced the: isr,moo, and.; very naturally, dikided it, into. Six parts, , :Each; part .had' been asSigned to. one of. the- prenobers, •and at the =end; of, tin boor= the large congregation. had , with evi dentAatisfaction, a well-jointedand interestin g germ:in preaehed ininis— tens of „as._many-lifferent denotiinatiens; 'At thel chwe 1301 talkeh , *a a operati liberal 0ne,400.0 6)TothEi istifferitik: cif Lancashire, England. THE DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH iu Brooklyn, formerly under the pastoral care of the late Bev. Dr. Bethune, has been for several years laboring under an incubus of debt amounting in all to *22,076.24. O n Tuesday evening, November 25th, fifty members of the congregation met to con sider the subject. Their deliberations re sulted in a subscription for the whole amount, payable on Monday, the Ist of December. The number of subscribers was just fifty, making In average of $541 each. This is a short method of paying off church debts. PHILADELPHIA. THE Episcopal Recorder claims that the disloyal clergymen of the Episcopal Church, recently arrested in Now Orleans, should be released on the following ground : " These clergyinen are made by our law sub ject judicially to Bishop Polk and his con vention alone; and in case of their deposi tion, they have no relief by appeal to the general Church. Hence the alternative presented to them was ministerial degrada tion on the one side, and military imprison ment on the other." In answer to this plea, the Independent says : " The sum and substance of this is, that if, with their eyes open, they Chose to follow Bishop Polk as their leader, casting away their loyalty to the, Government by joining a rebellion, and their loyalty to the Church by creating a schism, they deserve the same treatment which Bishop Polk de serves, neither mote not less. 'Their Phil adelphia advocate must find settle better .argument in their behalf before he"will help his clients out of their difficulty." AT the late annual contribution to the Board of Missions, the Spring Garden church of Philadelphia raised upwards of $356. The aggregate contributions of this congregation last year were thirty per cent. greater than the year before. > Well done for hard times. . ON the evening of the Ist inst-, the Scottish Societies of this city held their an niversary social meetings. The St. An drew's Society dined at the Continental Hotel, David Milne, Esq., President, in the chair, and Charles McAllister, Esq., officiating as Croupier. The banquet was superb, and there was some good speaking as well as some good singlet.: The Thistle Society met under the Presidency of Dan iel Mclntyre, Esq.; = with William Gray, Esq., as Croupieri and held their festival, which was well supplied and well appointed, at the Wetherill House,.Sansom Street and Sixth. Here, too, there was some good speaking, and a great many mital songs. In the course of the evening the. two Societies mutually exChanged good- wishes, with so cial and national eientimenti, by visits from respective deputations. The charity ad minisiered by these Scottish Societies is very considerable, and > administered with equal . kindness and discrimination. lZ 'Oftliiikily.=-L:ist week, the buildings of the Orphans' Farm School, at Zelienople, Butler county, Pa.., under the care of Rev. Dr. Passavanc Were destroyed by fire. The children were mercifully saved, but the large buildings, costing §25,000, with most of the furniture, provisions, &e., were to tally consumed.. ECCLEgIASTICAL Rev. Dr. Gnnnimr, of IVleraphie, has been called to the Central Presbyterian church, Cincinnati. PRESBYTERIAL NOTICES. ,The RESBYTERY OF SALTS BURG, stands adjourned to meet atjacksonville, on the First Tuesday of January, at. '2; o'clock P. M. Sub ject for conference :—".The preparation neces sary for profitably waiting npon the ordinances of, religion, 'especially the preaChing of the Word.' WOODFND, Stated Clerk. :1•!.c,, - 0t•04i . . , : , .--gto.s- - No Peace Tot. Our newsmongers, for some weeks, ,have been both busy and ingenious in manufacturing peace stories. They talk of letters t and. visits, and propositions. ,There has been, as, we see stated on authority, no proposition made to Govern ment,lrom the South, relating to peace; and the -terms which reports have nporonld not receive 'a'-'moment's consideration. Neither side is yet sufficiently- either beaten or exhausted .to °think .of peace. It is vain, and worse than vain,' for , our, people to talk .of ~peace, till,we shall have Obtained overwhelming victories. We see it stated that the. North Carolina House of Commons have resobie:4, un'aniniOusty, as fol _Resolved, That the Confederate States have .the means and the will to sustain and.perpetuate the government they ;; ` have established,,, and to that end North Carolina is determinedto eon tributesell of her Power and resmireis. ,ResOlveck Tliat. - the separation betieen the Confederate' States and United- States is final, and that the people of North Carolina WM never consent, to a refinion at anytime ornpon any terms. _ Resolved' That we have full c - Olifulenee in the abilitY'andpitrietism of His Excellenty,-Presi dent Davis,-and 'that; his administratiorods - en titled ;to ; the cordial. support of all patriotic citizens. , - - - - • Resolved, That we heartily approve, of 'iihet policy X' the 'Conduit of the war set : 'forth: by His Excellency, GeV: Iranee, 'in "his inaugural Address and message to the grand,asserably.,and `tliat he ought to; be.,utte,ttitnoucy supported in the manly,and, patriotic -, stand heaths taken for 'oar indepen e ileusg We . tinpposeHisre is not a pronnUent politician ur states* au at, the ;Soilth yrenid., dare to speak differently from the above. The man !there who would attempt to talk, aer:min do at the ,North, against the Government_ and the canoe, would speedily be put in .a worse po sition „than it are ,the inmates, ofvFort,Lafayette. . I vOitidrbe ;his ,Portion, p - Peace: we shall have whentwe conquer it t ;, arid not Sooner. • - - Latest from' Nasllmr,s, Dec, a. —The .following additional „p ‘ svticulars haYe deen received'; 4The-88th. Brigade; tuiliart'S Division, consist lag of thei,o4thi reginent, Col. Moore, commanding Ahoi - Brigade i • the 10th Ohio, Col. liiniberg,:lStichtes',. battery and a„.,detschment of the 241:JadAtiiia: Cavalry,. wan, surprised at day break On Sunday maiming; at Hartsville, by Gen. ca ia Jahn MOiii, commanding' three 'regiments of lry rgl ti ro. ofinfautry. After fighting for • anjhour and a _and t quarter- oar -forocit::aurrendered, he.ottelay burnt our campi captured nearly all the bligade train and Inanis, and buriliag what thecolild: nett 'carry may. Two guns of ' ibkleinlitttery were also captured. 'Our ;ionswas between-My and-sixty killed and ;Wounded who weredc_ft on ,the field. The rebel floss was notreported. Thega)lant lAent:` Cot: Stewart, of the 2d In diana istel tlryr,ind - Cill. Moore were among the captives. -,-Msj, of the 2d Indiana, cavalry, was that ha worindedilibuV not - dangerously:- •He says , lf -of our. infantry fought well, but, the other halt - soon, brake. Col. Harris' and Col -1 ra brtgadas were sent ,xtt ,pursuit, but the yet f_ardedo Vuinberhunt' river and OrriAlY sent'after theta caused a falid,retFeat. =
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