Vrtsbgterian 'ratner,
PlitS)IIIRGII, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1863.
Princeton Theological Seminary numbers
m its Catalogue—Resident Graduates, 3;
Senior Class, 51; Middle Class, 67 ; Jun
ior Class, 55; total 176 students.
Change of Booms.—We have transferred
our office from the front rooms to the rear
of the Gazette Building, 84 Fifth Street.
The entrance is by the central front door
and through the hall,
Rev. Dr. Scott, President of Washington
%liege, Pa., lately, in cutting straw, took
the end off three of his fingers. The first
and third fingers were cut off just in front
of the first joint, and the second finger just
back of the first joint. It is the left band
which is thus disabled:
Rev. Charles Webster, of Middletown
Point, N. J., died on the 28th ult., in the
leventeeth year of his age. He was a grad
uate-of Union College, N. Y., and of the
Princeton Seminary. He is spoken of as
a good and laborious minister.
Rev. 7. B. Clark, of the United Presbyte
rian Church, Allegheny City, now having
care of a regiment in the army ()tithe Poto
mac, visited his home,last week. , On Sab
bath.be preached to 'his tongregaiion, the
house being crowded. 'Ot Monday even
ing he departed on ;his return to the
army.
Tbe Policy . 01 'loMancipatim—This is the
title of a 12mo. pamphlet, of 48 pages,
being letters of Hon. ROBERT DALE
OWEN, of Indiana, to the President, the
Secretary of War, and the 'Secretary of the
Treasury. They are exceedingly able and
hicid. The work is pitblished by J. B.
.Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, at 10 cents
a copy, or ;6 a hundred.
Indians Ifoapital for the haste,—We have
received the Annual Report of this 'lnsti
tution, for 1862. This is one of the no
blest benefactions +of our country. The
patients under treatment during the year,
numbered 500. Of These, 114 were dis
charged, restored ; and 73, partially re
stored. The building is very fine, (we once
visited it,) and the arrangements are ex
cellent.
Meeting of Allegheny PreSbytery.—Having
hpen requested in a constitutional manner,
I hereby call a special meeting of the
Presbytery of Allegheny, on the 20th day
of January, 1863, at the church (4 Bull
Cr4ek, at 11 o'clock A. M. The object of
thee 'Meeting is to receive Mr. ,George W.
Jacksoil, under the•care of this Presbytery,
and,te attend to all the preliminaries of
ordination and installation, and to ordain
and• Install him pastor of the congregation
of Bull Creek, if tie way be open.
JAMES COULTER, Moderator
Installation.—Rev. HERRICK JOHNSON
was installed in the Third Presbyterian
church (N. 5.,) of this city on the evening
of the 10th inst. The sermon was preach
ed by Rev. M. B. P. THOMPSON, D.D.; of
Cincinnati; 'charge to the pastor by Rev.
HENRY KENDALIs, D. D., late of Pitts
burgh ; charge to the people by Rev. S.
M. SPAuxs, of Mt. Pleasant, Pa. Revs.
Dr. PAXTON and Dr. JACOBUS took part in
the exercises of the evening. The house
was crowded. Sr. JOHNSON is received
by his congresp.tion with great cordiality.
'FEED IDE RIMY.
bn Friday last, the new and splendid
ship,- George Griswold, laden with provis
ions for the 'destitute operatives of Lan
cashire, England, 'was towed down'New-
York 'Bay, and on Saturday morning set
sail far her destination. She is a vessel of
1,500• tons, well built, and in every respect
said' to &be Jadapted to the performance of
her benevolent errand. Some of our daily
papers 'boast of this benevolence, and say
we are feeding our "bitterest foes." It is
wrong to talk so. We should not, boast of
a -good deed. England ought not to be
called a foe. The Government is neutral.
It refused an invitation to cooperate against
us. We derive from England large amounts
off clothing and munitions of war. And
the needy, whom we would supply, are
Made needy - by our war; and still are our
Mernis. We do not confide in the English
as a l pepplejeyond their interests; but we
would not , speak wrongfully of them ; and
even • if• we are suffering wrong at their
hands, it may be wisdom in us to bear it
pittiently. And especially in this day of a
threatened -national 'dismemberment, we
ought not to provoke to anger a people so
powerful.
The oargo of the Griswold consisted of
13,326 barrels of Hour, 315 boxes of bread,
50 , barrels of pork, 167 bags of corn, 125
barrels of bread, 50 barrels of beans, 102
boxes of bacon, 3 tierces of rice, 2 bags of
rise. From the Produce Exchange-1,500
barrels of flour, 500 barrels of corn, 50
barrels of pork.
This is regarded as the first shipment.
More is to follow.
_ The ship's departure was the occasion of
a very interesting gathering together, on
her deck, of New-York philanthropists—
nisirithants, magistrates, elergynaen, ladies.
flev.l)r. ADAMS led in , prayer. Rev. Drs.
fIum,VINToN, and - 094, and also sever
aLigittitlemen who are not ministers, ad-
Iciea the assemblage. Mr. Low read a
ififter from a member of the British Par.
hament, approving of the measure in hand,
and affirming the attachment of the masses
in Englan d to the people an d ; Gvernment
of the United States. The whole occasion
Was joyous, and a manifestation of substan..
661 good will.
PROGRESS OF THE GOSPEL.
We have full faith in the declaration of
Holy Scripture, that the knowledge of the
Lord shall fill and cover the earth. Every
Christian has the confidence of hope, in
this event. He knows that the Gospel
will be preached to every creature—preach
ed by ministers sent from the Churches—
and it will be received, and the kingdom of
Jesus Christ will be established over all
kingdoms. Th;s faith sustains the Church,
and sustains the Church's 'missionaries,
however persecution may rage, and howev
er dark may be the immediate prospect.
Gospel light, as many think, travels
slowly. We wonder at the obstacles to its
progress, obstacles raised by men to whom
it would bring salvation. Its evidence is
so clear and convincing to an honest mind;
and it carries with it such temporal benefits,
and it promises so valuable a future inher
itance; it is so precisely adapted to the
nature and needs of the human soul, that
we may well be astonished when we con
template the world's hostility to its pro
gress. But it does progress. The number
of believers, real and nominal, has increased
at the rate of about from ten to fifteen mil
lions every century since the Christian era.
The ratio has been arithmetical. We trust
it is henceforth to become geometrical.
A commencement of Gospel labors, with
some success and much promise, has been
made in most of the Kingdoms of the earth.
Boa" -- many of our readers would be
pleased *to take a survey, even though a
hasty one, of the work in progress.
We need not lipeak of the Milted States.
The annual reports of our Boards, the Pas
toral Letter of the General Assembly, the
reports of other branches of the Church,
and our weekly news, present the condition
of our own country. We have much to de
plore; and especially so at present. Who
would have thought that a community so
intelligent as ours, so favored with the
Bible, and schools, and churches, and min
isters, and books, and periodicals, could be
come involved so deeply in a horrible fra
tricidal wart The Gospel of peace is not
duly received by us, or it would make
peace. If our- privileges had been duly
used, such a strife would have been impos
sible.
The British Provinces of North Amer
ica we need not dwell upon. There, as
with us, Protestantism is in the ascendant,
and the means of grace are richly enjoyed.
At other parts of the world we may take
a glance; and in doing so we shall use the
labors of Rev. Rolm'''. BAIRD, D.D., quot
ing from the Christian World, for Janu
ary.
He remarks on
MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA
"We ought to pray that the designs of
the Emperor of France upon Mexico may
be defeated. It is for no good purpose that
he is aiding the priest-party to overthrow
the liberal government of JUAREZ, which
has the aid, we are happy to see, of COM
ONFORT, one of the most enlightened and
patriotic of all the Mexicans. Whilst the
present troublous times continue in that
beautiful country, so long cursed with the ,
corrupting teachings of the Church of
Rome, but little can be done for the intro
duction of a pure Christianity. The Bible
and ihe religious tract can be made to en
ter, but not the living Protestant teacher.
But a brighter day for Mexico is coming.
All these conflicts are necessary to break
the influence of the Church of Rome in that
land.
'SOUTH AMERICA
Under the government of Moscrunt.a, we
are quite sure that the United. States of
Columbia (lately called New Grenada) *ill
be fully open to the Truth. The labors of
our own missionary, Rev. RAMON MON
SALVATOE, at Carthagena, and those of the
excellent missionaries of the Board of the
General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church at Bogota, the Capital of that Re
public, are full; of promise; .nor are they
without present fruit.
The Mission at Callao, in Peru, will, it is
hoped, be resumed before long, and placed
on a permanent' ooting.
In Chili, the Rev. Davin TRUMBULL
pursues his labors, so useful in many ways;
and the Rev. Mr. GILBERT is gradually
gaining a foot-hold at Santiago. We long
to see an effective system of colportage es
tablished in that country. -
In the States of Venazuela, Equador,
Bolivia _ and Paraguay, there is no Protes
tant Mission yet established. In the Re
public of La Plata there is a considerable
Protestant element at Buenos Ayres; so
there is at Montevideo, in the Republic of
Uruguay. The interesting Vaudois or
Waldensian Colony at La-Paz, nearly 120
miles from the city of Montevideo, is a
light shining in a dark place.
In the great Empire of Brazil, the mis
sionaries of the Asiembly's Board and Dr.
KALLEY are laboring with success at 'Rio
de Janeiro; whilst German missionaries
are going. from Europe and the United
States to the German Colonies in the
southern portions of the country. An
American Episcopal missionary labors at
Para, in the. North.
There is. little Protestantism in French
Guiana; but in the Dutch and British Gui
anas there is a considerable number of Prot
estant ministers and churches, and from all
we can learn we are inclined to believe that
true religion is gaining ground, both among
the European and the native population.
THE WEST INDIES;
In tho Spanish Islands little or nothing
is doing, or can be done, just now to intro.
duce the Gospel—Cuba,, Porto 'Rico; and
the other Spanish possession's in that quar
ter, being hermetioally sealed, so to speak,
against the Bible. The French, Danish,
and Dutch Islands, insignificant in popula
tion and political importance, are open to
the Gospel, and considerable is doing in
Hayti. So too - are all those that belong to
Great Britain, and great, things have been
done in JaMaica, and some of the smaller
islands. Certainly the Truth
.has made
much progress in these English possessions
within the last - few years, and, the happy
fruits of the emancipation of the slaves be
gin at length to, become palpable.
B'UROP.E.
We quit now the New World, to take a
brief survey of the Old. We begin with the
British Isles, about which we have only to say
that while the Truth gains ground steadily
in England and. Scotland, its advance in
Ireland is more rapid. The great efforts
which are making to carry the Gospel
down into the `very, deptbs'tif social-life in
9 AN BANNER.---WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1863.
London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dublin, and
other large cities, by City Missions, Sun
day Schools, the labors of Bible-women,
midnight meetings for fallen women, are
not without happy fruits; whilst the noble
efforts of the British and Foreign Bible So
ciety, and those Missionary Societies which
cluster around it, are doing great things
not only at home, but in distant nations,
fbr God and mankind.
The good work makes progress in France,
the most important country in the Papal
world. The distribution of well-nigh five
millions of copies of the whole or portions
, of the Sacred Scriptures, and many more
[ millions of religious books and tracts,
within the last forty years, has not been in
vain. The number of faithful Evangelical
Protestant ministers of the Gospel, pious
distributors of the Word of God, teachers
of youth, and zealous laymen who, as tract
distributors, as Sabbath School teachers,
as visitors of the poor, and as the Lord's
renaembrancers," (Isa. lxii : 6,) has great
ly increased within the past few years.
Well-organized Missionary Societies, for
the promotion of the work of the Lord at
home and abroad, exist at Paris,
with aux
iliary or cooperating ones in Lyons and
other large cities, and are gaining in influ
ence and importance every year. There is
more liberty of the religious press and of
speech now than has been for years. And'
in many ,wayS it is now seen that , the Gov
ernment is more tolerant and respectful to
the Protestant Churches than it has been
since the Revolution of 1848.
In Belgium =the most complete ReligiOus
Liberty exists, although it is one of the
most universally Roman Catholic countries
in the world. A liberal- Constitution, a
Protestant King, and an enlightened Min-
istry have done' great things for that little•
kingdom of four millions and a half of
souls, in the short period of little more than
thirty years. The distribution of a quarter
of a million of copies of the Sacred Scrip
tures, and many religious tracts and books,
by colporteurs, has done much to impart
the knowledge of the way of eternal, life to
the people..
In Protestant Holland, too, the Gospel is
recovering lost ground, not, however, with
out a severe conflict at every step., The
use of the, Bible in the public shools is.be
ing greatly abandoned, to the grief of godly
men.. This must prompt to more- earnest
household and parochial' instruction, .with
a great augmentation, of. Sabbath Schools
and Bible-classes. The growing piety and
zeal of the ministry and influential laymen
will, we trust, provide for the emergency.
It is with pleasure that we have to record
that the Government has given up all pre
tensions to the right to interfere " in snored
things." In fact, the union of Church and
State, which once existed in . Holland, is
very much dissolved. Romanism is in
creasing in. Holland, as well as indifference
and infidelity,; whilst it is certainly a fact
that true ieligion is advancing. These
currents and counter-currents exist also in
other parts of Chrisdendom in these days
as well as in Holland.
In Switzerland there is much to enceur
age, both in the French and German-speak
ing portions of the country. •In the ,city
of Geneva, and in •the cantons of Vaud
and Nettehatel, spiritual life is certainly
increasing in the Protestant Churches. It
is also increasing in the Zurich, Berne, and
the other German Cantons. Missionaries
from the American Methodist Mission in,
Germany are extending their labors, into
Switzerland ; nor do they labor in vain.
In Germany, as ,a whole, with its forty
five millions of souls, the Triith is gaining
ground both in, the Churches and the Uni
versities. The annual meeting of the
Kirchentag and the t4ustavus Adolphus
Society are memorable days for the chil
dren of God the land of Luther and
Melanethon. Civil and Religious Liberty
makes 'progress, slowly but surely, we trust,
in Austria, where the Protestants now em
joy more liberty than they have done at
any time since the days of the Emperor
Joseph. II .(1780-90,) and where too, a
good deal is doing in behalf, of the. Gos
pel, especially by the Gustavus Adolphus
Society, In the meanwhile, evangelical
Christianity is advancing in Hungary, and
t 3 some extent, in the other non-German
portions of the Austrian Empire.
In Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, the
blessed Gospel is certainly gaining many
friends. .•
In the Empire of Russia there is some
progress. The ,sale of 200,000 copies of
the new translation of the Four Gespels
into thp Modern Russ, within the last two,
years, le a great fact, and the precursor of
still better.things, we trust.
In Spain the Troth is , making progress;
especially in some of the large cities in the
eastern part of the kingdom—Barcelona,
Malaga, Granada ' and Seville, through the
reading of the Word of God. We - are
sorry to say that the Spanish Government
seems to be determined to win the bad dis
tinction of persecuting humble Bible-read
ers, as the cases of Matamoros and Alhama.
abundantly prove. Nevertheless the:knowl;
edge of the. Gospel is increasing in Spain. ,
In no country in Europe is the ." way ; of
the Lord " more wonderfully "preparing":
than in Italy, from which the glorious,Gos
pel was so•long exoluded. - The ; number of
those who are engaged in, the hlessed,work
of spreading the- Sacred. Scriptures, and
preaching Christ, is constantly, increasing ; :
Blessed be God for all. ; this l• :With the
exception of the Poim'onow, , very restrict
ed kingdom, . and the Tossession of the
Austrians on the north side of the River,
Po, all Italy is open to the Word of the,
And-now we hope that , a " highway
opening in Greece for the • blessed Gospel.
The.tinJust and oppressive reign of the,Ba
varier' Otho, daring thirty .years, has. pre-,
pared, the Greeks to appree,iate, we trust,
the better and mores liberal government
which the , recent _Revolution : will give
them. Weiongto hear that,the G.ospel.is
advancing:, in :Greece. A great, work of
preparation has been:done by Dr. Krim
and other servants_of:the Lord. ,
,• ,
Christianity, is invading Africa as it
never did before.. In Egypt the American
and German Missionaries are doing a good
work, especially in resuscitating - the Truth
among the Coptic Christians, by means Of
schools, the distribution of the Eible, and
the preachieg of the Word:
In Algeria, French and German Prot
estant ministers are making a beginning in
the good work of planting the' Gospel in
that important French Possession; whilst;
something (not very much, we are sorry to
Bah) is doing to impart Christianity to the
Jews in Tripoli, Tunis, and other blohani
medal' lands in North Africa:
,On West
ern Africa, in the Colony of Sierra teone,
the Republic of Liberia, at 'Ambekeuta,
and various other points on the coast fur
ther South, as well as at the Gaboon River
and on Corisco Island, the glorious Gospel
is gaining an entrance into this dark‘con
fluent.
hi' the large eonntr Y ; knOwn as thilißlit
ish Colony of the 'Cap? of 'Good, Vat's',
and' in the South Eaatern (*Mt 'of Africk
rem]
English, French, and American illission
aries are doing a good work.
The light of Christianity is penetrating
Asia on all sides. The Gospel is making
real progress among the old and decayed
churches of Turkey, Northern Persia, and
Syria; whilst its prospects in India, with
its more than one hundred and fifty mil
lions of souls, are truly encouraging. A
great beginning has been made, and more
than five hundred missionaries are at work.
In the portion of Burmah not included in
India, and, in Siam a good work is doing.
So too in China, the door is open, and a
goodly number of missionaries—Presbyte
rians, Congregationalists, Baptists, Epis
copalians, Reformed Dutch, Methodists—
are laboring with decided hopes of success.
A great and good beginning has thus been
made in the " Celestial Empire." And at
length the door seems to be opening in the
neighboring Islands of Japan, and mis
sionaries are endeavoring to get a foothold
there.
In the Continent of Australia—the sixth
of the Continents of our globe—Christi
anity is making wonderful progress, espe
cially in the southern portions of it and in
the adjoining Island of Tasmania. There
are a million and a quarter of Anglo-Sax
ons, great majority of whom are Protest
ants, in those six Provinces—New 'South
Wales, Victoria .Taiminia, Smith Austral
ia, West Australia l. jnd Queensland.
The oroiiiiallitliZ - goiPil are cheer.'
ing in the group of New Zeland, which is
destined to be a most interesting portion of
the British Empire.
And what shall . we say of the, progress
of the Gospel in the Insular World of the
Pacific Ocean—the Soeiety. Islands, the
Friendly Islands, the Sandwich Islands,
the Peji. Islands, the New Hebrides, etc.,
of which we have neither time nor room to
speak
Truly we may say with our Lord : ". The
field is the world." Not oily is it in the
'world that we are to labor; but it is in the
whole world that we are to sow` the seed.
And we need no longer contemplate the
gates of entrance to great countries as closed
against 'us. They are open to almost all
countries. Papal, 'Pagan, and Mohamme
dan" rulers,- give access and protection to
missionaries from Christian lauds. The
progress,- In this respect, is astonishing.
Christian dity is thereby increased We.
must educate more, of our"yOung men for
the work, and, multiply our contributions
toward their sustenance. •
TIIE PEEN CHURCH, PHILADELPHIA
This has, from its organization, been one
of'the -feeble churches. 'When the con
gregation was 'yet small, it fell into the
mistake; quite too common, of erecting a
large building and, incurring a heavy debt.
To pay the interest and support a pastor,
was a burden too heavy to be borne by the
few, and cabers would not join theM, for
the very reason that, in so doing, they
must participate in the hurden. Hence
the church, though faithfully served by the
late %Rev. FRANCIS D. LADD, never flour
ished.
.After the decease of Mr. LADD, the con
gregation obtained Rev. Dr. MUSGRAVE,
as a stated supply; Dr. M. is known to be
one of the best preacher& and pastors in
Our communion. A partial, almost , total,
loss of the power of vision is, to him a
great calamity;'though not so great as it
would be to , Many of his brethren. He.
clan neither read`nor write'; but be used
his powers so well, and so systematiCally,
and withal is blessed with a memory so re-
tentive, and an ,intellect so fertile, that his
preaching capacity is but little impaired.
'Dr. MUSGRAVE had not been a reader,
not yet a mere extemporizer. He prepared
with great carefulness, making his skeleton
systematic' and sometvhat n3inate. His
skeletons be preserved, and has them so
arranged; by. dates and >in drawers, and so
indeied that, with the aid of a
eyes he can at once' find 'just what he' de ,
sires. Then once' - or twice hearing the
skeleton, read, and a, few hours of medita
tion, puts him in possession of his subject
in all its, - fullness, and with a freshness
both delightful and Instructive. We make
these remarks from our knowledge of the
•
Doetor's mode Of. doing things, and with a
view to the furnishing of some ideas which
may be of value to , our younger brethren.
We are 'Pleaied to learn, from the -Pres
byteriqnlitiat theevening . of the nth inst.,
was ,appointed,. i,nstallationi.. of
IVIuSGRAN.E. He has hence accepted of
the =pastoral chare, and his connexion .with
the thnieh is to be permanent... Dr: lilts
oit'A en — , can' see sufficiently to attend-'to
familY; visitation , hts circumstances, in life„
are so favorable that le needS, not a,large,
salary.. We rejoice thatithei Lorilot the
harvest inducts hint into 'a 'field.of fiber,
where.his prospects of gathering much are
so bright, ! a n d to which he is
, so Well adapt-
ed.., And, his thousands of friends, who
have known' hire as the devoted Secretary
of 'the Board Domestic Missions will be
pleased with the information we now cont.
municate. . '
,
It may. be proper to state ..,that Penn
church is in the old Penn .Township. , It
is loolited on a contin nation of- lOth Street,
near Girard Avenue.
THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW.
We are Otiffer obligations ,to .the pub
Ushers, Cr9sby c 6 Nichols, Boston, for a
copy of the jai/nary number. of• this valu
able quarterly. It contains the following
articles, each' of which we take'pleasure
commending as possessing superior merit :
14,01in:dal Theories. , 2. Count gamine
Di Cavour. • B..,Phases of. Scholarship. 4.
Popular , Fallacies. 5 RecentWoiks` ow
Egyptology. 6. Recent French' Litera
ture. 7. Thn Origin and Uses of Poetry;
8. Hurd's Law of Freedom and Bqridage.
9. Rufus Choate. 10. Professor Wilson.
11.. French Histories of France. 12.
Critical Notices. •
The critique on Colentio's rationalistic
.
work on the,entateuch andßook ofJosh
towthough .brief, is one of ,the best we
have "yet noticed. In defence of their].
sifraiiinirif thesißooks, the reviewer-says;
ASIA.
AUSTRALIA
among other things : " From a time of
which extra-Jewish history or myth has
preserved no record of character that is not
degraded and deformed, they (the Books of
the Pentateuch and of Joshua,) transmit
to us the portraits of men who would have
been greatly good in any age—of Abraham,
whose self-abandoning faith in God is
worthily proposed as the model for the ad
vanced
Christian ; of Joseph, whose vivid
realization of the Divine presence marks a
purer spirituality than we often witness
now; of Moses, whose sagacity, prudence,
enterprise, and prowess, seem more mirac
ulous when we regard them as without help
or supplement from special inspiration,'
than when we received the old theory of
his peculiar mission from God; of Joshua,
whose religious loyalty is made to appear
so manifestly as the source of his courage
and the soul of his patriotism. These fea
tures of the books under consideration,
admit of no other exposition than a Divine
element in their authorship."
FROM. A CHAPLAIN IN THE nay OF THE
POTOMAC.
Rev. AnAbt Toanznoz, well known to
many of our readers as being one - of the
most devoted of Christian ministers, is
chaplain to a regiment of the Pennsylvania
Reserve• Corps. Some days after the bat
tle of Fredericksburg, in writing to Rev.
JAMES DAVIS, of Blairsville, he says
"Lieut. LONG, as you have doubtless
learned, is no'more. Re survived the
dressing of his wound - two or three hours.
He was laid on a comfortable feather bed;
spread upon some corn fodder, in the open
air, at the spot selected for dressing the
wounded of the thirdr brigade. I observed
Dr. PHILLIPS with him - more than once.
Mr. SAULSBURY, who had received a slight
wound in the leg, was by him all the time
he lay there. I visited him three times,
and endeavored to comfort him, and to
strengthen 'his faith by reminding him of
some of the precious promises. In answer
to, a question, 'lie said, ' the Saviour was
near and precious to him! To another
he replied that jhe trusted his sins were
pardoned, and that God would•receive him
to' the rest of heaven!
"I had heard that he had expressed con
cern fOr his mother. In my last interview
with him, I alluded to his mother, and
asked him if he could not confidently leave
her in the care of God, who had provided
for and comforted her heretoforei-belieVing
that he will do the same for her in . time to
cern. He looked in my face and said, 'I
can. I leave her in his hands.' Deft him
to give attention to other wounded men,
who:were coming in fast from the battle
field ; and when I again returned to LONG,
I found him - a corpse. His spirit had re
turned to God who gave it, and, as I, hope,
never to depart from his presence.
" I cannot pretend to give you an ac
count of the terrible scenes of that day and
the following. I, -And all chaplains dis
posed to do their duty, found ample em
ployment among the wounded and the
dying. I continued my labors among them
from Saturday morning at 91 o'clock, till
Sabbath at 3 o'clock P. M., save the hours
betiveen 8 P. M, Saturday, and 1 Sabbath
morning, when fatigue obliged me to Seek
repose.
" You have seen accounts of the battle,
and the casualties -attending it; and the
failure of our army' to dislodge the enemy
from his strong entrenchments; and of our
return to this side of the Rappahannock;
and the probability that now the troeps will
go into Winter quarters, &a., &e.
" Lieut. LoRG was interred close by the
wall of an old stone mill, near the spot
where he died, and a neat board, with name
&c., placed at the head of his grave. I
heard to-day that his brother is at Falmouth,
trying to recover his body; that his first
effort failed, but that he was making
another, with good hopes of succeeding.'
Our chaplains have most important du
ties to perform. Their office is no sine-
cure.-_Of public preaching they can do
but little; but the spiritual charge of a
regiment will, the minister being truly con
.
scientions, occupy: all his time, and keep in
exercise his deepest sympathies. We honor
the good man who will separate himself
from the delights of a pastoral charge, and
the sweets of a peaceful home, to serve his
Lord among the soldiers in the' camp, and
near the field of battle.
EASTERN SUMMAIIY.
NE LAND.
A. CoERESPONDENT of the New-York
Observer, under the head of " Wanderings
in NeW-Enaland,"" communidates some in'-
teresting,,informatian respecting men and
things-,at Caffibridge. He represents- the
Collegetis being in a prosperous, condition,
the : Ugh; like ourother literarY institutions,-
. .• .
it feels the, sad effects of the war. Of:Dr.
Peabody on wbom it deyolies to fill. the,
College _pulpit, he says :that •" he unites;
great lioniPrehensiveness of mind and fa:'
catty at adaptation with the Most genial
and benevolent spirit; and the very serious
tone of his preaching, and his hiss entire free
dom from,the spirit of sectarianism, have ,
procured for him ; in 'a high degree, the
good-wilt of the orthodok portion oftte
commiinity. . ,
The, same writer denies: the truth. of the.
report, which 'has been some.whit ourrenti.
that , ..Dr. Hill, the Presidefit-elect, verges,
in, his 'religious views, near to` Theodore;
Parker and that it was on this ground that:
he waseleeted. He is well assured, on:tbe
beet Of authority, that Dr. H. belonge' to
the - indie eVangetical class' of Unitarians,'
atil,lll, with the raga_
ries
,o,f Patitheistia-Parker:.
A-Jarge Atimber -of the Cambridge' stn-
dents• aid kinnecited:with orthedoit families ; arid t'fiVse for ille finoit 'part sit under iliet
ministry of`te retipeeted and battered'
•
Dr; Albro.
—.A:CONCORD corresponriefikethe.ROSlOn
Recorder, in noticing the'feierititiuipenaion.
of the, Coitgiegativital Jourrial, says`:
" It is true that in one sense, its ‘ contin
uance is not 4 indispensable' to the, moral
and 'religious welfare; of our churches,. but
in another sense it is—in nearly , the same
sense that the stated, preaching of the GOB.
pet kin disp,.. , sable to, the greatest spiritual:
Pcl"4f t'4 4 .., 1 14 ,n 4 Pe*e.P ~ i
E
What ifiutr - ' Ou th e.Journatlio true • of:
the pap ligyli*,"sperilodicals-Uf- our
thO kaufr* Vtufele tired triO**Orld'hOth'
need them, and the discontinuance of so
many at the present time should be a mat
ter of profound regret to all.
THE BOSTON Congregational churches
set a good example in their liberal contri
butions to the American Board of Missions.
Essex Street church has given during the
past year, $6,946; Old South, $4,760;
Mount Vernon, $2,489; Park Street, $2,-
318; Bowdoin Street, $1,349. These con
tributions added to what the other church
es have given, amount in all to $23,395.
The old South church has already raised
$5,300 in answer to a special call from the
Board to meet its wants during the current
year.
THE FOLLOWING bequests were made by
the late James H. Foster, of Boston
To the Deacons of the First church, Bos
ton, $l,OOO, the interest to be paid annu
ally to needy students in the Divinity
School in Cambridge ; Association for the
Relief of Aged and Indigent Ministers, $2,-
000; Institution for the Relief of Aged
and Destitute Females, $1,000; Home for
Aged and Destitute Men,s2,ooo ; Fund of
the Association to establish a "House of
the Good Samaritan," $50,000.
Upon the decease of his daughter, the
following additional bequests are *o be
paid :.
Home for Aged and Destitute Nen,
$10,000; Institution for Aged and Desti
tute Females, $10,000; House of the Good
Samaritan, $20,000.
AT THE ASSEMBLING of the - Massachu
setts Legislature - for its ~annual session, on
the 7th inst., the usual religious services
were held, in the Old South church. Rev.
Dr. Walker, late President of Cambridge
University, preached the sermon.
Ix BosTobr, on New Year's day exer
cises were held in, anticipation of the Proc..
'emotion. A jubilee concert was given at
Music Hall, in the afternoon, at which
Josiah Quincy, Jr. presided and 'medi c a
speech, and Ralph Waldo Emerson read . =
original poem. After vocal and -instru
mental music; awe - Ming to the progranime,
W lm
Dr. 0 . „Ho es army hymn was sung,
with the 'following stanza added by the
,an
tiler, to make, it suitable to the occasion
No more its flaming emblems wave
To bar from hope the trimbling slave;
No more its radient glories shine
To blast with woe a child of Thine I'
At Tremont Temple, a meeting_was held,
Continuing through the day and evening.
Addresses were made by Rev. Dr. Kirk,
Dr. J. B. Smith, and others. In the eve
ning, when the Proclamation came to hand,
Charles W. Slack read, it to pke audience,
who received it with immense applause.
After the meeting was dismiaSed, many of
the andience.went to TwelftStreet - Raptist
church; which had been - opened, during, the
evening, where a large congregation had
assembled to wait for the Proclamation.
THE NEW-ENGLANDERS are going to lay
away the. Emancipation Pen as a. curiosity.
The 'President has presented the pelt whieh
signed the proclamation, to George Liver
more, of Cambridge, Mass.
TELE Jrnons of the Supreme - Court of
Connecticut` have decided that the law to
take the vote of soldiers is wiconstitutional.
NEW-YORK.
REV. DE. AD IS, of the Madison 'Av
enue Presbyterian aura, opened, on the
4th-inst., the series of doctrinal discourses
to which we lately alluded. His theme was
Christ, viewed as the central truth of the
system of grade. His sermon is said to
have given much satisfaCtion.
Wn. Nomom>, not long since, , the:
sure of Mr. Hammond, the celebrate&
evangelist. We see that he has' init been
ordained to the full work of the Gospel
ministry, by the Third Presbytery of New-
York. Mr:• Hammon& is expected .to
preach every evening, for some time, in'the
'city. We- shall rejoice to hearthat . great
good is accomplished through, his instil
mentality. , ,
THE Nevi-Yorh.- 0 &server thus alludes- to`
the Sunday issues , of the Herald exist the .
Times : '
"Is a holiday more sacred than a holy
day ?If they can give us a daily - paper on
Sunday.and Monday, why can they not:also
give us one on. Christmas and New Yeara,
and the morning after these holidays
We have had nearly two, years of war, and
is it not remarkable that the Sunday news-.
papers .have never yet had. anything to,
publish which was worth. .the trouble and,
expense of getting out. an extra to an
nounce / If Sunday papers arepublished,
they.. will, be selught and read, but it
would be > just as xell - for the people and,
publislters,,if the day was suffered to, have,
rest."
LE4.EN that Rev. Dr. :teacock; one
of the secession Episcopal `Cleigy
pelled from New-Orleans by order of Gen.
Butler, was recentlYlnvileil to assist in the
service at Triiiity Church, and that he WE ;
elated's° lei:- onlYas to read itielloielling
portion of the "service and the lessons;
while, the creed and the prayers, including
the 'usual one for the President, were read
by another, clergyman; The propriety of
inviting-a minister charged withAistoyalty,
to' assist in a`service, the unairoidable °mist
sion of certain portions: of whiek '4leCeisa.
rily involves suspicion,. may, to. say tho
least, well be doubted. t.
ltry. Dn'.-FoitnEs, whose return to . the
*,iiiscopal ;Church we lately noticed; has
been formally excommunicated by Ault--
bishop }lngheri In his official announce-,
Meat of the act, 'the Archbishop saYs! Dr.
Forbes : of
has, so fat as order is concerned; car
,Q his priesthood
'19,4-
tacy, so that be is no ronger a ,layrain„ as'
he !as
,bacore, but a priest forever liccord
int to:the order of lielchisedic!!`
• }will, truth. a priest foreyer so
eordincto.,the, order" of Atelchisedeq" :we ,
presume Dr 'F will fear*tki
inutlA "OSUMI' t 4 he Papalprelate.
_ anu ?
1 Tivi'vivi,FoszttylpßEfac
turin Ttritis of mg' establishMents in • NewYorjel T re;.
weals the astonishing feet that more °Spite!
is trade th employed any on' other business, the
being over , eight and a hsffmillions!amount O
six, thousand persons Are-em ver
ployed in print..
ing, and the various establishments ifte:up
ab0ne35;000,900 worth - of raw material
ink,' , paper, lko., per anntuuf producing Over
$ 11 , 00 0 1 0410' worth ofloolnypaper;Ab: Xl"'
Gobi), on Monday, took a sudden change
upward, under the impression that a lar go
immediate issue of greenbacks will take
place. The whole money market is in a
state of excitement, and stock and bond se
curities are exceedingly buoyant. Money
is in great superabundance on the market,
and demand loans easily obtained on good
collaterals at from fto 7 per cent. Busi
nese paper of the highest grade is scarce.
Ninety-day endorsed notes pass quickly at
5 to 6 per cent.; 4 to 6 months at 6 to
per cent. Single names range from 7t o 8
per cent. Custom-house demand notes are
130 to 131. Foreign exchange.is in active
demand for remittances, and quotations of
rates are higher. Bills on London are
148 f for 60 days, and 149 for 3 days' sight.
Francs are 3.75 for 60 days, and 3.721 for
short sight.
The export of gold last week was mod
erate; being only $643,038, while the semi
monthly arrival from California brings us
$1,200,000.
i'LItILADELPHIA.
AIL N0N0.14 is due to Dr. Thomas D.
Mitchell, of Jefferson. Medical College, for
the noble testimony he bears in behalf of
an attendance on the worship - of the Sanc
tuary, and for the sound advice on the sub
ject which. he gives his students. In his
recent general introductory lecture, he
makes the following invaluable remarks
" Do not think it : strarige if I solicit your
special regard to a regular attendance of
public worship on the Sabbath-day. Six
days in a week are-'quite enough - for the
study of medicine; and your physical, mor
al and mental .powers
_will be decidedly
gainers by heeding the advice just tender
ed. One of the most distinguished of
American physicians was wont to dwell on
this momentous theme."'HO did more. Du
ring the full - tide of a -large practice, he
was seen on almost every' frrst-day of the
week in some place of religious worship.
He was more emphatically apurictual, meth
odical man than any phybician I have ever
known; and on no point was his passion For
those virtues more obvious than in respect
to the topic adverted to. He felt it his du
ty, as his published writings testify, to give
all the force of his, example and influence in
favor of an institution which, in his view,
was essential to - the stability of the Govern
ment ands the happiness of society. I know
of no item of duty capable of exerting so
powerful a tendency to systematize and
christianize human character- and conduct,
and to identify punctuality with our very
nature, as a regular practice of attending
public worship. Nor do I believe that any
habit is so well ftted to Ex your character
in the judgment of the community. Lo
cate where you may, the men and the wo
men who, mark.you as a punetillious obser
ver. of this duty, will hold you in far high
er estimation than the physician who neg
lects it altogether. Thnsentiment is irre
sistible, that he who is conscientious in this
matter, :is worthy of confidence; and he
may safely`calculate= ors ltimate success..
Of the - moral - - tendencies it -is unnecessary
to say'a - word, these are conceded."
-REY. JoHN C. SMITfi, D.D., of Wash
ington, has preiented to the Pastors' Asso
ciation of Presbyterian Ministers of Phil
adelphia, a' cane made of 'Wood from the
pulpit of what was believed .to be the old
est _Prei3byterian church in Xmerica, found
ed in 1694, by ReV. Francii Maliemie, 'in
Accon' 4 ae eounty, - Va. Tbe,gift was placed
in the . hands of Rev. Mr. Barnes; to be re
tained by him and his successors thepas
terate of the First clxurch,Thilatrelidtfa.
ACCORDING to StatiStiCS of the beef,
_muttiMund pork consumed in Philadelphia
during ; the year, it appears -that the greatest
quantity of beef isuaten in November; in
June the greatest quantity of mutton is
consumed, and ,in December the- quantity
of pork communed exceeds,:that of any oth
er month. - - -
A . CLERK IN THE War DEPARTMENT of
Philadelphin, who died recently, 'proves to
have been a defaulter in the sum of forty
thousand &Um. The fact of the defalea
tionhisheen kept a secret by the trustees,
became' they- were anxious to secure the
amount 'of losic.b 3 F - olitainin g possession of
propeityleithy, thedeeeased. •
ECCLESTICAL
Rai.' S. P. HERRON of the Reformed
PresbYterian Church, has united with
the Presbytery` of Philadelphia.
Mr-, Tuoitas Joßnsrozv has been licensed
by : th e Preshytery of Philadelphia.
Rev. JAMES IL-Baran has been released
from Ids charge of the 16th church
Philadelphia.
Rev. S. W. Mocai at' the request of the
church of Pine Grove, which desired his
undividedlabora has been released from
his charge of Bald Eagle church, Pa.
Rev:4, B. STRAIN, of Little. Valley. church,
Ps.,.has a eill• from the church of Bald
Eagl e .
Mr. J.Srlto4nn, late of the Western
'Theological Seininari,'Vas ordained and
installed pastor of the Asquith Street
PrestykTian - church if Baltimore, on
Thursday; Nov. 20th„. at 71 . o'clock P.
M. : Th e:preparatoryiermo n Was preach
ed by the 0.. P. Hays, from the
text, " 0 Lord, revive t:l4 work," tze- -
Hub. iii: 2. In the absence, of Dr.
Backus, who Was appointed' to ':preside,
Ih. Hamner was called 'up*" to - preside
and rati6 . the ordaining 2 prayer. Dr
t!iiheMit gave the'charg e to the pastor,
aria DiAtasinei: charged the - , people.
' tWeTiesbytexisz t Sumer.
A . w t. .`
The-Row Di. Painteri pastor of the First
Presbyterian-church ;.ofi.; Kittanning, ac
knowledges the .receipt - kat Seventy dollars
'Years gift fronittheladies of his
congregation. Itwas.aifory acceptable to
ken of, , their good will:, May, a kind Prov
idence favor the; contribatbrewith a happy
10tv.4 .t i odividuals.,4lof., the congregation
qirespiontly. , Ipaht4ears, sent him
somerJleeas valuable, kuti wety substantial
presenthMtuilig4ke ifeativitiea- of the sea-
Eidn
his ; iftsathatliow9to 'express public
the,? s ikeerelgsataanu 4o 'each - and all of
m May , lthe:viitheir reward from
_aim that loiip_wthe Cheerful giver. Sl'
-1,,
PRESBYTERIAL NOTICES.
gin ii4BB iTY4yo.F_WiNN E B AGO will
ineeL In'tili Prtmti tekian church at, Neenah,
t it
Wes, 'm/ the liter: 'urialli in January, at 7
o'clonVP.-141: ' M. ROBERTSON,
s'
'' . .: - ' ''' t: • Stated Clerk.
The PREBBYTUY ORRITNTINGDON stands
atowned to xnest v in Abe Fruit 11111 church, on
the Third "rneedeief janairy, at 7 o'clock P. NI-
Itienibers oiTOteittissioners coining ' by Rai l "
roitao*Ato in the interim infone Re v , W. M.
Bureli6eld,'.lby letter, addressed to Ansonvillet
ettnixfiedd.Cbai.PL, will be met at Tyrone Station,
.444 ; 20 th, at 8 o'oloelr.,A . M., and conveyed
0,
to, th . e ohurok,
m AY...%!-
..i.b:- RHO ; ~k ll 17.A1ML,
lohurah, igru . .-,A 4.1 , /