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
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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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