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PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY, IiNEART al, 1868.
The American Preibitctial and Theological
Review,—The first number of this Quar
terly is now on our table. It is a union of
the Presbyterian Quarterly and the Amer
ican Theological Review, ,according to an
arrangement which we noticed some weeks
ago. The contents of the present number
are: I. Hard Matter; 11. Dorner on the
Sinless Perfection of Jesus; . 111. Bulge
•rian Popular Songs; IV. Laboulaye on the
United States of America; V. Baptism
for the Dead; VI. Cairnes on the Slave
Power ; VII. Belief of the Indians in In
ferior Spirits; VIII. Politics and the Pul
pit. Theological and Literary Intelligence.
The Review combines the excellences of
its predecessors.
Capt. Courtland Saunders.—To note the
deaths of all the brave men, privates and
officers, who are yielding their life a sacri
fice to their country, is impracticable.
Their ; memories will be embalmed by
friends and neighbors.
One, a pattern of piety, patriotism, and
heroism, was Capt. COURTLAND SAUNDERS,
only child of Rev. E. D. SAUNDERS, of
West Philadelphia. He fell in the battle
of Shepherdstown, the second day after the
battle of Antietam. The " Courtland
Saunders Cadets" have published a tract
for,soldiers, giving some interesting facts
in the Captain's life, adapted to sustain,
edify; and guide in the right way, the
youthful champions of our country's free
dom.
CHRISTIANITY IN WESTERN AFRICA
The light'of revealed religion has begun
to shine, and is extending its influence,
along the whole of the Western coast of
Africa. -LIBERIA, which was settled but a
few years ago by emigrants from the Uni
ted States, is now a civilized and Christian
country. •It is a 'republic, with schools,
colleges, churches, and marts. It has in
corporated many thousands of the natives,
who have become reduced to order; and it
hap a large and well regulated export and
import trade. The churches are all evan
gelical; Presbyterians, Methodists, and
Episcopalians being the moat numerous.
SIERRA LEONE is the English settlement.
That place, as we learn from an exchange,
had, according to the census taken in 1860,
11,418 dwellings, with a population of 41,-
624, of whom 15,782 were liberated Afri
cans, and 22,593 were born in the colony;
3,351 were Pagans, and 1,174 were Moham
medans; 15,180 were Methodists, and 12,-
954 were Episcopalians ; 11,016 children
were taught in the schools. The customs
receipts have increased to one hundred
thousand dollars and the internal trade is
- cracreis - navmg - idtterty - starrecr in - mimeos.
The Nara American gives the follow
ing comprehensive statement :
"The success which has attended Chris
tian efforts in Western Africa, mostly put
forth within the last thirty years, gives en
couraging promise of a glorious future.
It is strictly within the bounds of truth to
assume that along the west coast of this
continent there are .one hundred and fifty
churches, with twenty thousand hopeful
converts, and two hundred schools are open,
with twenty thousand children under in
struction ; twenty-five dialects have been
mastered, into which portions of the Scrip
tures and religions tracts and books have
been translated and printed; and that some
knowledge of the Gospel has reached six
millions of debased Africans. From the
Gambia to the Gaboon, a distance of two
thousand miles, there is perhaps not a vil
lage where a visitor would not be saluted
by the natives in the English tongue 1"
RELIGION AT THE SOUL
The Presbyterian has gotten hold of a
copy of the North Carolina Presbyterian.
We quote a few items from its summary of
contents :
The Synods of Alabama and South Car
olina, at their Fall meetings, passed reso
lutions approving of the proposed transfer
of the Theological Seminary at Columbia
to the General Assembly of the Confect
erste States, and of the employment of Dr.
PALmiu as temporary occupant of the chair
left vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr.
THORN WELL. The Secretary of the Com
mittee of Foreign Missions reports that
four young men are in correspondence with
him,' who are only awaiting the war to
close, to go forth to the heathen, and that
four young ladies have answered his ap
peal for female teachers among the Indian
tribes.
Mr. GEORGE Tarw, Treasurer of the
Confederate States Bible Society, acknowl
edges the receipt, since the establishment
of the Society, of $26,000. We believe
this institution has been in existence abbut
a year ,
'
and the Rev. M. D. HOGE, pastor
of the Second Presbyterian church, Rich
mond, Va., has lately been dispatched to
Europe, to purchase Bibles for its use.
The Rev. Dr. STILES gives quite an ex
tended account of revivals in the Confed
erate army, in which he seems to be labor
ing as a revivalist. He writes that be had
been`preading for a month or two, twice a
day, and that many had been converted,
and thany backsliders reclaimed.
The Rev. J. W. MOSBY, of Louisiana,
recently a visitor, in some way, to Wash
ington Uity, reports to the Christian Ob
serrer, which is still alive, that he was in
formed by a Ruling Elder in one of the
churches in that city, that " religion was
dead-in the churches, the prayer-meetings
having been converted into abolition con
claves, and the best class of attendants hav
ing ceased to come." •He avers, of his
ownknowledge,_that " he who attends the
church of Dr. KUNDERLAND, or Air. No-
BLE, or Mr. BROWN. who fills the place of
Dr. BOCOOK ) will 'hear tirades upon the
wickedness of the South, and harangues
upon the glory and power of the North."
if this last paragraph, as we happen to
have some little knowledge on the subject,
is a
. specimen of the truthfulness of the
others, we cannot confide in the statements.
So far as we , know, it is a very rare thing,
at the North, to deal in " tirades '° against
the South, or in-anything to influence un
holy- feelings. Our ministers, ordinarily,
preach the gospel of peace, dwelling on its
doctrines, graces, dutzes t and hopes.
A CONTROVERSY.
A clerical brother who had recently vis
ited Washington, called on us a few days
ago, expressing the deepest dissatisfaction
with the manner of conducting public af
fairs. He is no Secession sympathizer;
but a genuine friend of the Union, and de
voted not only to the putting down of the
rebellion, but the removing of the cause of '
rebellion. After noting many of the man
ifestations of wickedness, he said he was
now convinced that our controversy was
not with the South, but with God. The
expression is liable to criticism ; but still
it embraces a very important truth. God
has a controversy with vs; even with this
whole nation. Such being the case, we
need not expect peace until we are very
sorely _chastised, and humbled, and made
to acknowledge God and to reform. May
his grace accompany his rod. For this we
are authorized to pray. Let every one who
has interest at a throne of grace, pray„
Pray not alone for victory ; nor yet only fin.
blessed peace; but pray" for the grace of
repentance, for forgiveness of sin, for a re
formation, that God may, consistently with
his Word, bestow his blessing.
The national sins are, preeminently, in
fidelity, pride, dishoneity; and oppression.
The latter we have been wont to consider
as being more peculiarly than the others,
the cause of our present calamity. Cir
cumstances clearly implicate Slavery with
the evil. We may call it cause, subject,
occasion,- or, what we will; but roost, mani
festly if there were no slavery in the land,
this war would not exist. .
And the sin of slavery as a system of op : .
pression ; and especially in that form of it
which deprives the laborer of his hire, that
is, of the proper fruit of his industry, belongs
to the North as - really as to the Soifth.
This might be shown in many things. We
note but one—the price of cotton. The
worth of this article at the North is now
sixty cents a pound, whereas we had been
paying for it but ten to fifteen cents. The
present may be far above its proper cost,
under a well regulated system of, fairly
compensated labor, but manifestly its for
mer great cheapness resulted, in part,
,from
unrequited slave toil. And in this aspect
England and France, quite as much as our
Northern States, were partakers of the sin.
They used the cheap cotton. And they
also now suffer, though not as yet the ca»
lamities of war.
But God's controversy with us, ,as
people, is not alone for our system of op
piession. The other sins to which we al
luded are deeply causative. And that
God's anger should wax hot against a peo
ple, it is not needful that the people should
excel all others in the extent of their infi:
deity, and the hatefulness of their pride,
and the grossness of their dishonesty.
The aggravation of a nation's sins is meas
en Joyoui -- auu -- oy - ravurs tney
abused ; and in this aspect no nation since
that of ancient Israel has exceeded - the
people of these United States.
And we may note, still further, that God
having a controversy with a people, though
an evidence that they are wicked, is not a
proof that they are more wicked than all
other people; and much less is it an evi-
dance that God means to destroy them.
.rt Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth."
He would correct and reform them, that he
may bless them. We trust it is so now
with.this nation.
A crying sin with us, is the love of money,
and the fruits of this love—the bribery,
the peculation, the frauds, the perversion
of justice in business transactions, the cru
elty to the poor, cruelty even to the sick
and wounded of our soldiers. This was
specially in the mind of our friend when
he made the remark to which we have al-
.
luded. Another gentleman, u, zealous sup
porter of the Adminlstration, said to us
that he had wondered how zo . much wick-
edness could be collected together as was
to be found about the conducting of our
public affairs. The people must see to
this. The press must speak. Voters have
in their hands the curative power.
But, while we deplore the evil, we may
if we dowhat in us lies to remove it, ye.
ask and hope for mercy. We are not. ye ,
near to the dreadful state of moral deprav
ity which prevailed in Sodom ; and if a
few righteous men might haie availed
there, may it not be so here ? And have
we not the requisite number. Vor their
sake God will defer the execution of his
wrath. They may prevail with him to
spare the nation, though he,should 'reserve
the guilty for individual punishment.
Christians are the "salt of the earth," the
conservators of a nation. Let not the-salt
ose its savor
SERMONS.
THE HAND OF GOD, AS SEEN IN THE
PRESENT GREAT REBELLION j and, OUR
DUTY IN THE PRESENT CRISIS, are the ti
tles of two sermons preached by Rev. F. SE
NOUR, of Rockford, 111. Mr. SENOUR sees
ground for hope, in the midst of our perils,
believing that God means good for the na
tion. Our duty he finds in the line of sus
taining our rulers.
REASON AND FAITH, or The Right Use
of Reason with regard to Revelation, is a
subject treated by Rev. JOHN V. REY
NOLDS, D.D., of Meadville, Pa., in a pam
phlet of 35 pages. It is difficult for the
preacher to make his people understand
what is the precise province, and what are
the limits of reason. What God teaches is
to be received unhesitatingly; but reason
is to be employed in ascertaining what are
the Divine teachings, both in revelation
and providence. The treatise of Dr. REY
NOLDS can be read with great advantage.
THE CHRISTIAN HERO, formed the theme
of Rev. W. Y. BROWN, in a sermon
preached in Washington, D. C., Aug. 3d,
1862. The Christian is presented in the
Scriptures as a warrior. He has .his con
flicts, his victories, and Ida crown. Happy
PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.---WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1863.
he who enlists, puts on the armor, and fol
lows and obeys his Captain.
REV. GEORGE MARSHALL, D.D., pub
lishes, by request, a sermon preached on
the death of Capt. THOMAS ESPY and
others, who fell in the battles before Rich
mond. Dr. MARSHALL notes the exalted
and blissful condition of good men, gone
from us to their everlasting home. They
are " Before the Throne "; " Clothed in
white robes "; ascribing " Salvation to our
God." He then gives a brief sketch of
Capt. Espy, and of JAMES L. GRAHAM,
and JOHN C. GILPILLAN.
017 R FATHER'S BUSINESS, FOR OIIR
FATHER'S GLORY, indicates the subject of
a sermon by Rev. JAMES W. DALE,preach
ed before the Brainerd Evangelical Society
of Lafayette College, Pa. Mr. DALE is an
earnest and practical man, and his charac
ter appears in every thing which engages
his attention. In the sermon before us he
gives excellent counsel to young men en
tering upon the activities and responsibil
ities of life's career.
CHRISTIANITY AND TOE CHNINION
WEALTH, is Rev. Prof. Sraouris theme
at the opening of the Session of the Theo
logical Seminary of the Reformed Preshy
terian• Church, in Allegheny, Pa. The
Professor, from the Covenanter:stand-point;
presents soma excellent thoughts on the
importance of the true religion perrneitting
all
,governmental affairs boubtless our
national infidelity is one of the
,causes of
the Calamity with which our land 'now
visited.
.
THE : RAND OE.GOD 'WIT H BLAOK
RAOE, is the title of. Dr. McG-ILL's Dis
course before the Pennsylvania Coloniza
tion Society. This has been long on our
table. It was reserved as matter for an
article, in the 13anner, , but we have not
found leisure to treatit.as we would wish;
The discourse is an able vindication of: the
unity of the race, and a sound: plea for-
Colonization. '
REV. LULU MOHR, D.D.
This venerable and venerated father in
Israel, died at his residence in Erooklyn,
N. Y., on the evening of the 10th of Jan
uary, aged eighty-seven years and three
months.
Dr. BEECHER, was a native of Ne* Ha
ven, Conn. He graduated at Yale College
in 1797. He was settled first at. East
Hampshire; L. I.; then at Litchfield, Conn.;
then at Boston. In 1832 he accepted a
professorship at Lane Theological 'Semina
ry, Cincineati, where. he, continued seven
teen years.
A well written Life of Dr. BEECHER
would possess much historical value.
, He
was one of the first of the prominent and
able advocates of Temperance, and exerted
a powerful influence in promoting that
good cause. He was the grand opponent
-- teran - ctintroversy - , - mfanwat-M6 rg .
probably, than any other man, in checking
the progress of that soul-ruining heresy.,
He took an active part in opposition to
slavary, though he was not of the GARRI
SON school of Abolitioniern; .
Dr. BEECHER, though not the most;er
roneous, nor the most able of:the advocates
of the Semi-Pelagianism which, from New
England, invaded the Presbyterian Church,
was yet, very extensively influential in dis
turbing her peace, and in producing the
rupture of 1838. He was fond of the use
of the pen. He preached from pretty full
notes, and his sermons were powerful. His
sermons on Intemperance were Popular,
and are perhaps the best of his issues from
the press. Among his publications are
the " Plea for the • West," "Sermons on
Various Occas'ons," " Views of Theology,"
`:Skepticism," " Political Atheism," &c.
His collected, works have been published
in three volumes, under his own super
vision.
Dr. LYMAN BEECHER was the father of
nine children, among whom are Rev. HEN:
RY WARD BEECHER" of Brooklyn; Rev.
CHARLES BEECHER, pastor . of a church in
Newark, N. J.; Rev. Dr. EDWARD BEECH
ER, now pastor in flalesburg,, Ill.; CATH
ERINE ESTHER BEECHER, WhO was a prin
cipal of a. female college in Cincinnati, and
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE, of "Uncle
TOM'S Cabin" Tame.
At the close of public worship, on the
evening after his father's death, HENRY
WARD BEECI3.ER thus announced the death
of his father:
",Last , night, at 5 o'clock, at the ripe
age of eighty-seven, my venerated father
went to his eternal rest. •His life was sin
gularly blameless—simple, constant,lull of
the noblest Christian heroism faithfulness,
and devotion to the cause to which he early
consecrated his powers. For about a year
and a half his mental 'condition has been
exceedingly feeble and child-like. He has
been like a traveller who had packed his
trunk in anticipation of a journey, and,
expecting every moment to start, could not
unpack it. But now the long-expected
journey has been made. He has reached
the place where, all his mental powers un
locked, not as here on earth, but with ev:
ery faculty brightened, and every sense
glorified, he can employAem , as never be
fore in the service of his Divine Master.
He had long been ready to depart. Al
most the last sentient act of his life oc
curred about two years ago, when, on his
recovery from a severe sickness, he called
for that passage.' - After reading a mul
titude of passages, for he was unable to
designate the particular one he desired, the
reader opened, by the good providence of
God, to these verses: For lam now ready
to be offered, and the time of my departure
is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I
have finished my course, I have kept the
faith; henceforth there is laid up for me
a crown of righteousness, which the Lord,
the righteous Judge, shall give unto me at
that day."
SENTIMENTS MN SLAVERY.
Merely human opinion is not adMitted
to be the final arbiter of questions of mor
ality, but when the opinions of sober, learn
ed, wise and good men correspond, there is
a strong presumption in favor of their rec
titude. A writer in the Prelb 'tern
cents the following sentiments of such, on
the subject of slavery :
Bishop WARBURTON, in 1676, denounc
ed, in strong language, those who " talk as
of herds of cattle, of property in rational
creatures."
JoTarr WESLEY declared, "American
slavery was the vilest that ever saw the
sun, and the sum of all villianies."
EDWARDS the younger, said, "To bold
a man in a state of slavery, is to be, every
day, guilty of robbing him of his liberty
or of man stealing."
Dr. SAMUEL JonNsoN said : "No man
is by nature the property of another. The
rights of nature, must be some way forfeit
ed, before they can justly be taken away."
PALEY said: "Slavery is a dominion and
system of laws. The most merciless and
tyrannical that were ever tolerated upon
the face of the earth."
MONTESQUIEU said : "If we allow lie
groes to be men, it will begin to be believ
ed that we ourselves - are hot Christians . 1 ."
BLACKSTONE said: " If neither captiv
ity nor contract can, by the plain laws of
nature and reason, reduce, the, parent to, a
state of slaverY, much less can, they reduce
the' Off.spring."
, The learned GRarrus said : " There are
men stealers, who abduct, keep, sell or buy,
slaves of freemen. To steal a man is the
highest kind of theft."
Dr. Riisti,,said: "Domestic slavery is
repugnant to.the'prin*les of ChristianitY.
It is rebellion .agairii4,-the . authority of a
common Father:
Dr. SCOTT, the commentator said, «To
number the persons of men: with beasts,
sheep, and horses, as., the stock of a,farm; ,
or with bales of Rods as the cargo of
is no doubt. a most detestable and anti
ehristian .practice. h •
JOHN- Looict said, " Slavery . is so vile,
so Miserable an estate of. man, that. it is
hard to he conceived, that an Englishman-,
much less a gentleman . should plead ,for
THOMAS JEFFERSON said, " The whole
commerce, - betymen master and slave, is a
perpetual, exercise of the most boisterous
passions.; the most unremitting despotisms,
,on one part, and degrading submissiOns on
the;gther." "I tremble .for .my country,
when Ireilect that God is just, and that his,
`justice cannot' sleep forever." (Is not the
justice of God now awake!)
FRANKLIN said,'," Slavery is an atro
cious debasement of buman nature."
The General Assembly said, (1818) " We
consider the voluntary enslavinc , of one
portion of the human race by,another as a
gross violation of the most precious and sa
cred rights of huniam .. naturei utterly in-.
consistent with the law of God, and totally
unreconcilable with the spirit and princi
ples of the gospel of Christ"
EASTERN SUMMARY.
NEW-ENGLAND.
THE WEER . op PRAYER , seems to have
been generally observed by the churches
throughout New-England. At the payer
meeting on Friday morning, in the Old
South church, Boston, during the discus
sion of, the topic,-" The Word of God," the
case-of Dr. Cox when:a law student, was
alluded to. The incident noticed is' inter;
eating, and highlyeuggestive. While atn-
J , *wAru k telftrtilAig/i4O-4 , 4 1 7GUP
nexion with this standard law book, the
statute boOk of Jehovah, and to compare
the one with the,.other. After reading the
New. Testament, which :he had never read
'before, he came to the following conclusion r
"The object 'of jitrisprudence is to punish
all overt acts for .depredations committed
OD lives, liberty, or property of men. The
object of the Bible:is to prevent crime, to
Change the heart" 86 that no Wrong acts can
proceed from it. This is consummate wis
dom. It lays tbe axe at the root of the
tree. It must have God for its author.
Henceforth I will become an expounder of
Jehovah's statute book."
The internal evidence. of the Bible was
.
convincing to 'his mind, and through the
agency of the Holy he was led ex
perimentally to rejoice in the Truth.
THE Congregationalist, in noticing the
late installation of Rev. Jonathan Edwards
over the Fiist Congregational church of
Dedham, remarks.:
"The charge 'to 'the pastor, by the ven
erable man, who, forty-two years ago, was
himself placed = over this church, was of
special and tonchin t grintereet. It was af
fecting to Witness the confident and cordial
surrender to younger hands of a charge
which had been so long and so faithfully
held. The occasion was one of those;-now
becoming' so rare, which illustrate the ben
efits of a long pastorate, and awaken feel
ings :of. respect for that 'spirit of mutual
love and forbearance- without which such
pastorates`are impossible!'
BISHOP WILLIAMS,' of Connecticut - has
written an able review of Bishop Colenso's
,
rationalistic ;work on the. Pentateuch, in
which the scholarship and exegetical skill
of the' latter are held-. np •in a light by no
means flattering.
_ A WRITER in the Observer gives an
interesting 'account of the Centennial An
niversary of the , First Congregational
church at Bennington, Vermont This
church has erected,, since its organization,
two houses of worship. The first was corn
pleted in -1765. seems to have been
used for a variety of purposes, serving not'
only as a place for worship, but as town
hall, court house, and sohopl-house. Seven
hundred Hessian prisoners, taken at the
battle of Bennington, were quartered here
for safe keeping. A trial of two men for
the murder of an Indian, was also conduct
ed here. A son of President Edwards is
said to have been the counsel for the ac
cused, whom he succeeded in getting ac
quitted.
Every year since the organization of the
church, some have united with it on pro
fession of their faith ; and during the re- ,
vivala of 1803, '3l and '32, and '56, it
shared extensively in the gracious visita
tions of the Holy Spirit.
THE NEWTON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
has but twenty-nine students in attend
ance. It, embraces in its Faculty some of
the ablest Divines of the Baptist Church,
and is worthy,' we think, of a' more exten
sive patronage from this flourishing denom
ination.
THE New-York Chronicle has the fol.
owing
" The "Congregational (lamb in Marble
head, Mass., lately dismissed its pastor, be
cause " it is impossible to sustain a pastor
and pay our interest." We fancy these
Marbleheaders will learn before long that
the converse of their proposition is true,
namely, that it will be impossible for them
to pay their interest without sustaining a
pastor. Marblehead must be stony ground."
FROM CHELSEA HOSPITAL, says an ex
change, one hundred sailors have been
buried within four years, and in the
same period about one hundred individuals
have been hopefully converted. The Ohio
receiving Ship is still a Bethel, and many
weather-beaten sailors have of late found
it the place of their second birth. Many
a missionary sailor has gone forth from this
ship to preach Christ among his brother
sailors. Captain Bartlett from time to
time informs us that at the close of the
evening services, ten, twenty, .thirty, or
forty, arise for prayers.
THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT has 283
Congregational churches, embracing in the
aggregate 46,174 members.
DURING the' year ending . October 1,
1862, the Massachusetts Alien Commission
ers removed twelve hundred and eighty-five
persons from the State who were liable to
become a burden upon the treasury as pau
pers or lunatics, and Whoie rightful place
of support was' in. ,other States, of this
tnion or in foreign countries. During
the five years ending 1862, the number
thus removed was nine, thousand three
hundred and eighteen, resulting in a_large
saving to the State.
NEW ••YORK.
-
THE Christian, Intelligencer speaks in
glowing terms of the Pastoral Association
of the Reformed Dutch .church, whose or
ganization we not long' since noticed. It
represents the attendance as large, and the
discussions as able, earnest, and practical,
and eminently satisfactor-y_to,all,concerned.
Thus far all the topics considered-have had
a direot - bearing upon the pastoral work.
THE MEETINGS in New..:York city dur
,ing the week of prayer, are spoken of as
having been pervaded by an excellent spir
it, thoug,hthe attenaanc.e was by no means
so large as was desirable.
A MEETING was held in Rev. Dr. Rice's
church on the evening of the 4th inst., in
behalf of the Ameri6an Sunday School
Union, mainly with reference to the mis
sionary work which this Society is carrying
on in the. great Valley of the Mississippi
and its tributarie.s. Stateanents were made
showing the great importance of the Insti
tution in leading, by means of the Sabbath
Schools it establishes, to the organization
of churches in communities- which must
otherwise in all human probability be left
wholly destitute of the means of grace.
The
. publiihing department of the. Union
was represented as self-supporting, and
money was.solicited solely , for the carrying
on of the missionary work.
Where denominational Sabbath Schools
are practicable we greatly prefer them; but
in many, parts of our country there >jmust
be Union Schools or • none; and: we there
f,. „ a. 0 --4--QA,Lai ni.* as a
lighty - important, if not an indtspene - aufe
instrurnontality in the great work of evan
gelization.. -
TEC* SUBJECT of teuipe,rance, especially
with reference to the ;cuing, appears' to be
exciting some attention in and around. New
York. Several ".Bands:of Hope," or. Ju
'venileTemperance Societies, have recently
been formed throUgh the e.xertions of Mr.
'Revell, who for many years has been so
conspicuously identified with the juvenile
temperance work. it is high time the
friends of temperance were everywhere
aroused from the letharg7 into which they
seem to have fallen.
THE METHODISTS of New- , York city re
cently held a fair in aid- of the "Old La
dies' Home," the profits of which amount
ed to the handsome sum,of $lO,OOO. We
congratulate our Methodist brethren on
their success,. and thank them for the si
lent rebuke which, by their , dispensing
with lotteries, raffling' and other gambling:
practices, they have administered to such
churches and benevolent Societies as allow
games of chance to be iiitrOdueed into
their fairs. .No end, kowever good, can,
justify unlawful , means.
PHI; FRENCH PROTESTANT Episcopal
church, " Du Saint Esprit"—of the Holy
Spirit—was duly dedicated on =the., 18th
inst., by Bishop Potter,_ assisted by various
clergythen of the Episcopal Church.'
REV. DR. NOTT, President. 'of Union
College, is:dangerously ill at his, residence
in Schenectedy. He is paralyzed, and can
not long survive. -
THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSO-
C:11,14210N of this city have arranged for a
course of lectures to be delivered during
the present month, in the Calvary Baptist
church (Rev. Dr. Gillette%) by Rev. Wm.
H. Milburn. The first ;of. the course was
given on Monday evening, 12th instant.
Subject—" Age of the Martyrs who Seated
the Testimony of the Cross with their
Blood."
DIMING THE PAST YEAR the number of
emigrants which landed in this city, ac
cording to the records of the Commission
ers of Emigration, was 76,306; exceeding
by over 10,000 the number which arrived
last year. Of this number 32;217, or near
ly one-half, came from Ireland, and 27,740,
or over one-third, came' from Germany.
Of the remainder there' came from Eng
land, 7,975; Denmark, 1,689 ; Switzerland,
1,254; France, 1,187: Wales, 1,062; Scot
land, 692; Sweden, 663; Italy, 487 ; Hol
land, 456; Belgium, 195; West Indies,
156; Spain, 124.
N
.NOTWITHSTANDING the increased de
mand for stock speculations, the supply of
money seeking temporary employment with
first-class borrowers is largely in excess of
the demand at 5 to 6 per cent., while
the general market ranges from 6 to
7. per cent. The banks and - capitalists
are acting with extreme caution, and are
preparing themselves for disastrous event
ualities. Prime commercial paper:is scarce,
and is likely to become still more so,. as.no
prudent merchant will either give or take
credit while the money standard of settle
ment is fluctuating two to three per cent. a
day, and about ten per cent. a month.
Gold ranges about 142 per, cent.; demand 1
notes about 139, and bankers 60-day ster
ling bilis about 157. These are, all rapidly'
advancing, owingto the *linens° daily. in
are* of limas of paper , meneY . The
stock market is active with large transac
tions, and operators are in a state of fever
exeitewent. Prices arc advancing
daily.
PHILADELPHIA.
IN ars annual report of the Insane De
partment of the Philadelphia Almshouse,
Dr. Butler, the resident physician, furn
ishes some interesting statistics. The
number of patients under treatment during
the year is stated to have been 883. Of
these there have been discharged 126
cured, 112 improved, and 59 unimproved;.
while 55 have died. About 40 per cent.
of the patients were natives of the United
States,_ and 60 per cent. were from foreign
countries. Of the natives, about 31 per
cent. were Pennsylvanians. Of the foreign
ers about 38 per cent. were from Ireland,
and 14 per cent. from Germany.
Among the causes of insanity, intern
perance and its attendant vices are espe
cially noticed Dr. Butler denounces se
.
verely the drinking usages of society, and
wonders " how any one connected with an
almshouse, who daily witnesses the amount
of poverty, wretchedness, and sin, that
flows from intemperance, can be an apolo
gist-for the use of intoxicating beverages!'
The lack of family- discipline so- sadly
prevalent, and the war •excitement, are , -also
referred . to as special eauseS.
The subject of the employment of the
insane,_ both;. as a curative and economical
measure, receives, prominent attention in
the report. `
THE LADIES' Am Sopmry of Philadel
phis, during the past six months, furnished
th e following articles for the , relief of the
siek,and wounded in the hospitals : shirts,
1239; draviers, 584; sheets, 210; pillows,
139; stockings,
,245 pairs,; handkerchiefs,
618; Pads, 190; towels, 70; ivrapperi,
57; overalls, fib; pillow eases, 221 ; linen
eoats 63.
The ! Society has also furnished large
quantities of stores and articles of diet.
Tim generosity of our citizens, ‘'says
Philadelphia exchange, has been again de
veloped in an exhibition of their willing
ness to provide for the hungry operatives
of England. The barque Archilles, Capt.
Gallaher, which is loaded with breadstuffs;
for their relief, is now lying near South
Street wharf. She will carry an immense
quantity of provision for the sufferers;
Letter from the Chaplain of the 119th Regi
ment Penn'm Voluntego..
CA MP' NEAR WRITE OAK °HURON, }
January 14th, 1863.
,
DEAR BANNER are' a welcome
visitor of our camp, though not so regular
as we desire, owing to circumstances over
which you have no control, or we would be
:disposed to murmur. Now as many - of;
your readers have husbands, sons, and
,other dear relatives in this part of the
grand army, who are desirous to hear from
us throuah the medium of your columns
we will devote a few moments this evening
in penning a line, which our goodbrother_
:McKinney may publish if he deems proper:
Of the .marches and counter marches We
s .
ttomes,
and - the part we have acted in - the
and terrible contest which is now testing
the strength of our Government and calling
-forth the energies of the nation, the secular
journals of your city have kept their read
ers well posted; as we have some able aor
respondents both competent'and to
do ample justice ti the 139th. Of these
communications I might call attention tolthe:
spicy letters of " Monitor," published inthe
Evening, Chrfneicle ; but ; -here permit me to
observe, that if long and rapid marches, in
foul and pleasant weather, by day and by
night through the week, and on the Sab
bath, are essential to make efficient soldiers,
then may we cherish high , hopes of our
regiment; for its experience here has not
been very limited, having enjoyed but
little rest till recently. I think I can see
now, as once I--did not, the beauty. and
power of ; the Apostle's illustration, when
he exhorts Timothy to endure hardness as
a good soldier of Jesus Christ. We have
often been reminded of Israel's journey
through the wildeiriess, as= we have at
tempted. to retrace our circuitouncoUrse in
the mass. True, we could, see no pillar of
fire by night, or cloud by day, telling us
when and where to, advance, or halt and
pitch our" tents;` yet many of cur number
have enjoyed' His presence- Who directed'
the cloud and constituted all its glory, and
have had ; their strength, renewed, and, gone,
on their way rejoicing. like other regi z
ments, our career has been diversified with
scenes of joy and Sorinw. - We have had
'dark and gloomy days, as well as bright
and cheerful ones. An ' d'we hope our past
experience will fit us all the better for en
during what - remains for•us in. the future.
Our highly esteemed and greatly beloved
Col. Collier was, in -the providence of God,,
soon after I joined the regiment, stricken,
down with fever;
~ and owing to his . stead
fast devotion to the welfare of his men, he
refused to be separated from them, impru
dently, at, the peril of his own life, at
tempting to march with us, when he should
have kept his bed; and as the natural re
sult, was:,subjected' to, elapses, which' made
bim a great sufferer fora long time. li3ut
now he has so far recovered as to be able to
be at his post,,for which wefeel thankful.
It is not every one Who possesses or ,can
acquire the qualifications requisite to the
healthful government of a regiment so large
as ours; and without any disparagement
of others, in the estimation of the entire
regiment, - our Colonel has theae . traita,,
which at once secures the respect, confi
dence- d good will of hip men, and
prompts them cheerfully to okey.-
-Disease and death have gradually les
sened our number. Both in Maryland and
'Virginia, there are spots sacred as .:the
,
places where:some of our companions re
pose. Of:these, it is ,comforting personally
to know that, some of them fell asleep In
Jesus, and. are now Waving the victor's
palm and wearing the conqueror's Crown.
We have at this time about fifty: invalids;.
some twenty in the.hospitai; and it may
be a matter of interest to those who have
relatives or, friends here, to be assured
our sick are well cared for.. There is no
more comfortable; hospital, or attentive
physicians and nurses, on, the field.
The moral condition. of, the regiment
will
compare favorably with that of most others.,
Since my lot was east amongst. Mien], we
have had services every Sabbath morning
and evening, except when on the march or
prevented by the state of the weather; and
also during the.week at night, until it, be
came, too,cold.. Some of these seasons of
prayer' hive been the most delightfuLand
refreshing I have ever experienced.GOd's
dear children haee been quiekened, and
sinners fiave keen led .to inquire " What
e eave and
must,we do to•b '4 'pp 2
- are wne re
joicing in the hope of peace with God. No
Christian could mingle in some of our meet
ings without feeling the blessed influences
of the Good Spirit. We give God the
glory for what be has done for us. There
are many most excellent men in our regi
ment. Many of our line officers are men
eminent in prayer, and this is also true of
the privates. Their influence cannot fail
to be of a salutary character. " A little
leaven leaveneth the whole lump."
There is great demand,for religions jour
nals by the men—much more than I bane
been able to supply. Will not our friends
in the city send us some copies of the dif
ferent religious papers ; they would be
very kindly received, and would be the
means of doing great good. Through the
medium of the Christian. Commission, I
have been able to ,scatter quite a large num
ber of tracts, papers, and books; but the
supply is not equal to. the, demand. While
we hare some excellent men among us,
there are also nianywho are careless about
the one thing , needful, whom we hope to
see sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed in
their right mind. For this we will-labor,
'and pray, and look. My heart has often
been pained when I have been solicited for
more religious, reading matter and ,F as com
pelled to' ay, I have given out all I had.
But shall we appeal in vain for it to our
'Christian brethren': at -home, who have
enough and to spare ?-IFor- the Master's
sake, for the immortal sours .sake, for the
sake of our self-sacrificing soldiers, we
trust not.
.
And how, before I close,:permit me to
1 - whisper a word. in the. ears,.-of- T eur, dear
1 - friend's who are writing us from home.
•. In
your correspondenee; do all you can to ani
mate and enconrage- your friends; they
need it. And , .avoid ,everything :that has
the tendency to -.depress.. and ,discourage.
The character of manyuf the , letters which
are sent to oar soldiers is-such , as to make
'them home-sick—the, most. diffi.eult. disease
to . treat. There : will ;: alwe.ys,-.be .some, in
all possible cireumstances,diss.atiafied, dis
nontented with themselves, and disappointed
In their irt
expectations . --Leveruinr - tiring and
- repining. I rejoice that we- have so few of
this class among us. ':.And if -we could only
irispire . a unity otTeeling,. :sentiment, and
action, among:: the,leople - •at home, how
Soon, with the-blessing: of -.God; would our
'mourning -becturned.llnO - joy,-aad our night
into day; and we would-Amderstand what
David meant when he sang, " Behold how
:go.od and -how pleasant a thing it is far
'brethren to dwell togetheivii(unity7 May
the Lord -hasten'=it - <,inc, hiss good time!
'Brethren, pray for - us, thetrthere the Word
'of the Lord may,havef*ee:l course and be
`glorified, in the salvation of:sords.
Respectfully, yours, ~. ,
Nor the PreabytPrian Banner.
Supplies Appointed : , by tits Presbytery of
Saltsiturg.,
The -Presbytery . - of Salts`burg, at their
January meeting, 1868, appoznted the fol
folloulag supplies: - • -
W. W 'Woodard-4th Sab.iin January.
.J. E. Caruthers,-2d,S4,in--February.
M. M. Shirley-4ti.Salkin
_February.
Dr. Donaldson-2d. S* din . March.
J. Irwin-4th Sab.,lu,March.
spar g imiv,,t o SA: 0,,n
W. W.,,Nr . oo,pAND,'St:ated Clerk.
•d Word for Theological Sominaries.—Peo
ple who are dubious aboot. Theological
Seminaries .and their advantages, are in
vited to consider Colenso's case, - Here is a
man, a senior wrangler:At Cambridge, for
years a rector inA n gland, and then Colo
nial Bishop, Who ,confesses that he never
till of rate had Critically studied the Pen
tateuch, and who Writes a volume showing
great ignorance of what has .formerly been
printed for or against this part of the Bi
ble. Such a resort never could- . ,have come
from a : graduate Of one of our respectable
Seminaries. But alas.! in England, not
withstanding the enormous endowments of
the Universities, they, have, nothing which
begins to 'compare with oir.Seminaries for
the theological and critical training of
ministers`. whose, profes' siodal edu
cation is se
,iznperfect'as. Bishop Colenso's,
must be expected 'tO fail into blunders as
gross and litdicrous as his.— Christian
telkqencer. -
PRESBYTERIAL ; NOTICES.
•
The PRNSBYTERY- Op' WINNEBAGO will
meet In • the Presbyterian , ehureli: at Neenah,
the last Thursday :in, - January, at 7
o'clock P-14.• 401310.1VP50N,•
• - 1 Stated-Clerk.
The' FRBSBYTERY OF ST. CLATitSVILLE
will ineekin.Kirkwood, on the First Tuesday of
February next, at 11. eeloCir :
J.OHN NICTFATtated Clerk. -S
The PRESBYTERY OF SUSQUEHANNA is to
meet (D. V.) iu Merry All the last Tuesday
(20th) of. January, 1863; at 7 &sleek P. M.
Important from TOOIIBBBBB.
- Naturvrins, 1 6.--A'rebel force of about
4,000 men and twelve pieces, of artillery, at
tacked6ur relief andstore boats coming up the
Cumberland river, and succeeded in capturing
five steambOats laden'with valuable 'commissary
stores, and the gunboat SideU.
Several . of the boats contained wounded 8 Di
diers, who, in juming front them while, burning,
were shot in the water. • ,
The negro crews' were' stripped of their cloth
ing, tied to trees, ! cowhided and left to starve on
shore.
The boats Were all anchored in mid-channel
and burned, after being robbed of valuables.
The officers and soldiers were stripped of their
clothing, placed on shore and paroled.
Nineteen = denerters front various Tennessee
reginients, came into this city to-day.
An entire rebel regiment, ,numbering about
300 men, detierted and came into our outpost,
fifteen Miles -beyend Murfreesboro, yesterday.
Ninety thousand dollars ofeonfederate States
funds were seized from brokers in this city,
and confiscated yesterday; by 'order of General
Mitchell. t
Gen. Longstreet has, arrived at Shelbyville
with thirteen brigad.es from Lee's army , and has
superseded Gen.'Bragg iit'coinmand of the rebel
army in Tennessee.
Reliable information has been received from
scouts that efforts are, b e:ixig t made by the rebels
to cut Rosecrans' army off from supplies and re
treat, 'and then crush it. -
Gen. Longstreet will.attack us, it is said, next
week, with his entire force, which is thought to
number about 45,000 men. We shall have stir
ring times here soon. Gen. Roseorans is fully pre
pared for the enemy, but will not move upon hint
until certain expeditions, effect the destruction
of a railroad and capture :Forrest and his men or
drive them off. •
_
From Now 0 I
r moo.
A correspondent writing from New-Orleans,
under dateof Jan. B ,,etates.that a special order
had just been issued directing three of the gun
boats to proceed. np ' the 'river as far as Baton
Rouge, in anticipation of a forward movement at
an early day. Several regiments, which were t)
encamp at Carrollton, had also been ordered to
the Flame ; Point. Maj. Gen. Augur will commani
the grand divlsion in the advance upon Pelt
Hudson; and the brigades - Will be commanded re-
Bri spectively bY Brig. Gen. Weitzel, and Acting
tieth g.", Gem Dudley, formerly . Colonel of the ThiP.
MsAlsachusetts,
.- - R. MePEEßsopi
Wa ren.