l'aeshgteriart Nana.
PITTSBURGH, NEDNESDLY, JIMMY GS, Int
"J. F. f." gives is quite an instructive
letter about Soldier Life. Another may
be expected neat week.
The Sultau or Turkey has avenged the
death of Mr. MERRIAM, the American'
missionary. His three assassins have been
executed
Tcry Bad.—The Presbyterian has had a
subscriber, in . a Western State, who de
manded his paper stopped because it advo
cated " this 'unholy, unnatural, infernal,
and unconstitutional war."
LLD, The Trustees of. Rutgers College,
N: at their special meeting on Wednes
day of last week, conferred the title of
LL.D. on Reir. Dr. DAIno RIDDLE, Presi
dent or Jefferson , College.'
Rev.l). Mill, once of Philadelphia, then
of I#oBtoTl now of Ireland made some re
marks about a year ago, unfavorable to
America, which we copied from an ex
change. We now reprint on our fourth
page, a letter of his to the Banner of V!-
seer in which he sets matters. in a fairer
light.
,110 T. Charles aiIMIREIS, D. 8., died at Mus
catine, lowa, Jan. 9th, in his 87th year.
Dr CUMMINS was born in Strasburg, Pa.,
and graduated at Dickinson College, under
Dr. NapsxT. He was, first settled at Chest
nut Level, Pa, then at. Florida, N. Y. In
1852 herrembved to. Muscatine. He is de
scribed as
. having been a good man r and a
laborious And successful pastor.
Oar Loudon Carrespoidont furnishes, for
this week, - a pretty extensive collation of
EuroPean sayings and: sentiments, in re
gard to our country, and to some promi
nent men, North and South. Our readers
will be interested, and will know, how to
discriminate. The portraitures of Gene.
JAdxson, and LONGSTREET, are Mad ,
draWn. Sorry are we that such men are
rebels,
The School adiertised in another column,
as z iO i eated at. Poughkeepsie, on the Hudson
3. River, Pi - ea.-York; is -established, as we are
informed, after the very best models in this
country, and by a gentleman of large and
valiabie experience 'in education: It ein
bracee-Military discipline, and high moral.
Ru e d religious training, while the admirable
arrangements of the rooms--one for each
pupil-==together 'with watchfulness over the
health or welfare of all, gives it strong
claims to public patronage.
A•Ytry'lmportant Want,—We want.a few
semis of dollars for the .ur wit of sendirjs,
Weirllia#e, • gratuitously, squared accounts
with• IMMO who bad paid its nothing for
sti,iferek:Yeani; and not only so, but we have
OiliNd . )bem as paid for: a year in advance.
WA t rejoioe to do so: In „no other way
' woultwe prefer to make a donation, But
tifectledia greater than we can well afford
tolitiiplY.. :Barite of our brethren are aged
andinfiriti • some serve very feeble church
es.. nom; hive large and helpless families;
t.r•-
and they. All need tbe , information and men
tal? awning which are afforded by a weekly
journal: • •• • • '
"We`ask the libo=al minded,'• whom the
basblesseif Means 'beyond their
wants,, to help us in this bene
:faction, • ' . •
tiled The 44.0103 keeping up of a
attbawiption list is one of the things which
need's constant attention. Members of a
calieegation all need facilities, for getting
their subscriptions reneWed, many of them
nee to be reminded, and some require to
be importuned. , •
:-We earnestly solicit ministers; elders,
and other kind friends to attend to this.
We kuow that it pays well, though our
terpps are so low that we, eannot give pre-
Bat it . pays just, in that way in
which the good minister wishes to receive
His' people are edified.
*Dove their' They are
mprAiberal, and.better
.perform ChOstian
dutits: The young grow up greatly more
inhillipnt, better citizens, and more active
,Bcotbren have your listsrenewed a filled
;,extended. •
..
THE LAW OF NECESSITY.
Our readers will of course notice that
the Christian intelligencer has been obliged
reluctantly, at last, to do as nearly all •its
religious,-and many of its secular contem
poraries have done—viz., compress itself
into a: reduced form.:
The
The gricee, of ,printing paper, through
the rapacious and mistaken action of a few
wealthy monopolists, having -been increased
from 100 to 150 per cent., the publisher
of this journal has been -compelled, by the
.force of oirsnmstanoes, either to add to its
price of subscription, or to diminish its
size.. He-has preferred to do the latter, in
the belief that it will be approved.—
C h ristian Intelligencer.
The': Intelligeitier is the organ of the
.10i*Ormed Data Church, and is published
. It,is now a third • less than
the Penner, (and its price still $2.00 in ad
vaNee; 61.42:50 at'the end of three months.
May' hence* see that if paper
of :Kt C 9 t • •
cpmtumes so dear, we cannot long survive
ilt•P . .1 1 ** 34 4toi-aeand rates. ,Oor hope has been,
ands still lei that the price'. of piper: will
deidife:m Monopolists e and • combinations
.. •
teteYll •
meantime we trust tha t
•. •
i deride
wiltiogert themselves unuanagso . increase
,i;tur subscription list.
DOUBTS RESPECTING REVELATION.
We presume that among those who from
infancy have enjoyed the advantage of
religious training, there are but few who
are much troubled with misgivings in re
gard to the authenticity of the Sacred Scrip
tures. And probably the greater part of
those who are brought into the Church
without having enjoyed such training, are
also comparatively free from skepticism on
this subject. There are unquestionably,
however, some in the first class, many in
the second, and multitudes also, who be
long to neither, who are in no small degree
thus troubled. These doubts are attributa
ble to a naturally " evil heart of unbelief,"
to the devices of that arch-enemy who dared
to assail 'with sceptical suggestions the Re
deemer himself in his days of humiliation ;
and to the influence also of misguided or
malevolent men.
At the present time especially, are per
sons in anywise, inclined to scepticism pecu
liarly exposed. The, seeds sown by PAINE
and Hums and GIBBON, and by Ar_OIITAIRE,
ROUSSEAU, DIDEROT and the other infidel
writers of the French Revolution, are still
bringing forth harvests of soul-destroying
error. . The transcendentalism:and ration-
alism of Germany have passed over into.
England, ettd across the ocean also into the
land of the Puritan pilgrims, and 'have in-
feeted in their pestilent course the minds,
of both Philosophers and divines. We
need but refer to the rationalistic "Essays
and' Reviews 7 of the Oxford Professors,
and to Bishop Comtso's attack on the Pen
tateuch and the Book of Joshua, to show
the lamentable tendency of the age -to
scepticism in regard to the Bible as a Di
vibe revelation.
The question may now be asked, Should
persons skeptically disposed tamper with
the evil influences which, are at work, and•
give encouragement to doubts that , may
arise ? Many of our readers may think it
strangeAhaf t such a question should be even
proposed, _as if there were but one opinion
to be entertained on the subject. And yet
many are unwilling to receive religious
knowledge with the becoining docility of
little children. They would think and ex
amine and laarn independently of aid from
above, and they would justif4 themselves
and others in encouraging the speculations
of a skeptical mind.
Some time ago the Bishop of Oxford
preached a sermon beforathe University,
in which he insiste that doubts respecting
the truth of Revelation should be struggled
against and summarily banished' from the
mind. This doctrine'ofthe Bishop, as we
learn from the London Quarterly, has
been denonnced by even ministers in the
English'Ohurch as not only unsound but
peculiarly wicked. Rev. F. D. MAVILICB,
opposes it because he.thinks the doubts
alluded to "may have been cast into the:
soul by a gracious Spirit;" whilst one of
his comrades defines douhts as "a sacred
agony of man's, nature in its nobleat and
most typical embodiments," and reviles the
Bishop for attempting to '"deprive men of
. ,
Against which doctrine the charge of
" wickedness" holds good, , whetber that of.
the Bishop or that of his critics, we need
not labor.to show. To every properly dis
posed mind, whfch is at all• familiar` with
the teachings of Scripture, ihe''position of
the Bishop must alone appear consonant
with truth. So far as doubts are the eon
sequencevof a depraved nature, they should
like' all other evil thoughts,: bc striven
against and refused lodgment in the•inind.
So far as they are attributable to Satanic
inffuence, they must be' resisted like-all
other temptations cf the Evil one:Allit.
so far as they are to be ascribed to the / Ae: .
devices of deluded or wicked men, they:are
to be treated as other snares for our 'spirit
ual destruction. "
Every consideration of religions Wig*
tion and of man's haPpiness, also, for
and eternity, cries opt 'against the 44
gence of skepticism on a point essential:to
the very existence: of IlniCliristian
ion. Sad, sad indeed . ; Wilrhethe statenf
that man who allows himself to be beguiled
by a fanciful notion of a," sacred agony,"
or by . a..spirit of independence, or by any
other
. inannement whatever, into ilea en
couragement of doubts respecting the gen-'
fineness of the Holy Bible. .
We quote an extract from , tho•serpon to;
which we have alluded, asking the'teuipted,
to heed the solemn warning it proclainis t .
After depicting in a graphic manner the
struggles and agonies too probably attend
ing the closing scene of the" doubter's
earthly career, the preacher. pro ceeds with
;thn following impressive illustration
• • , glit is not from. the imaenatioa•that I
:have drawn this warnitigv •eatr.iell you
'of an overshadowing' rave whieh•'dosed in.
'on such a struggle andssuch'-airend as that
at which I have glanced. In•it was laid a
form which had hardly reached the fulness
of earliest manhood.' That young-manlhad
gone, young, ardent;' and simply faithful,
to' . the tutelage of onephimsell I doubt not
a sincere' believer, but 'who sought to re
concile .the teaching of our - Ohureli, in
which ha ministered;•with the dteama'-of
rationalism.- His favorite 'pupil learned•
his lore, and it sufficed Ikr , his 'need whilsi:
healtly , beitt high ih • his: youthful veins.
But ortitiin sickness and decay closed early
in'; anit'as the glow of health• faded, the'
intellectual. lights for which he.; had , ;
changed the ' simplicity of• - faith,began' to
pale ; whilst the viper brood ef?doUbts
which almost unawares he had letislip into
his soul, crept forth from their hiding
places, and raised against him fearfully
their envenomed heads. And they were
too strong for him. The teacher who had
suggested 'could not remove thenv;• andiki
darkness and despair his victim died before
his eyes, the doubter's' death?' . •
TRH SANDWICH ISLANDS.
.These far , off little . Islands witneseed
the most •wonderful triumph of tho Gospel,
as ministered by American
,missionaries;
The King, Prin'ce's' ind• (p eople' became .
Christians,,and'loieignieration, d*e4:i#
unity and love. Bni bad Men . envied their
PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.--WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1863.
blessedness, and interfered with their peace.
A few years ago, France sent thither Ro
man priests and brandy, and at the cannon's
mouth forced the landing and domiciliation
of both.
And now England must interfere, not
with the 'same display of physical power,
but with a power adequate to evil. The
Christian, intelligencer says :
"The new prelate recently sent from En
gland to the Sandwich Islands is announced
as the Lord Bishop of Honolulu,' and
among his first acts attended a heathen
feast and dance (the hula), which all the
missionaries consider one of the most de
moralizing of the native customs. One of
his curates refused to attend a union
monthly concert of prayer, because held in a
place of worship belonging to non-Episcopal
Christians. The King's young son, wheal
the Bishop was, to baptize, died before his'
arrival, but had been previously, baptized
by. an American missionary, whereupon
one of the teaehers of the English mis
sion expressed regret that the poor young
prince had died a heathen!'..A tract on.
Confirmation had been issued, 'Containing
the very highest saciamentarian doctrine as,
to the real presence the opis•operatuia
and priestly absolution. It is no wonder
that the Bishop of London opposed, as long
as he ,could, the consecration of this
,new
prelate, and that the friends
,of this inter
,
esting people cherish serious apprehensions
.
as to the results of such a course pursued
by officials nominally Protestant.
REPORT OF THE PITTSBURGH SHBSISTENCE
' COMMITTEE.
The following report is exceedingly grati
fying. It manifests patriotiim, liumanity'
and. Christian benevolence. We trust.that
our people, who are protected in rthc-elkigt.
merit of peace at home, and in the undistnrh.
ed possession: of their-patrimony and fruits
of their induitry by, the beneficence of tiie
Government ,and sacrifices of the soldiers,
will never beceme wearied in, well doing.
If the war shall continue one year or ten.
years, alet us share in the Iprivations and
mitigate the sufferings of those who fight
our battles. We want an-undivided
try, a government of lat and a stable.
peace.
The Subsistence Odmmitteo - deierve the
thanks of the community, and the` people's
continued liberal cooperation. The report
says
"Since its . organization, August ,
1861, the, Committee have 'furnished ideals
for over 89,000 'troops passing through our
citY, East and West. - Of this - number over'
5,000 were sick and wounded. These were
provide& With medical attendance` and care
and Many of them With doffing. 'Of
these 56' have been left in - charge of the
Cominittee, being unable 'to proceed fur=
ther ; 45 of this nuinber 'have been'return-'
ed to their Regiments; 4 have been dis
charged - -; 8 have .died and 3 are yet in
charge of the Committee.
"'During the year ending *January 15th;
1863, the Committee have received . ' from.
the citizens OfLawrerido; Mer
,
cer, Butler, Fayette, Greene,- Washington
and Armstrong counties, contributions 'of
Cash and Hospital Storesto the amount -of
$50,000, which have been forWardedla the
Hospitals in Western . Virginia, Ken.tticky;
Pennsylvania, and also to Aleicandria, Frdd
crick, Hagerstown, Sharpshurg, York, For
tress Monroe St. Louis Louisville • and
Ecrtire - unistrat;66 — ife - distriL py mem
bers of the CoMmittee or their Agente
the different 'II - SuPPllis Will be
forwardqd do new HosPifalB'AM : bitty be esz
tablished ' as soon - as arrangein l enfs' eau . be'
made to have Agents to •distriliiiie 'theM;
On the Bth-of January a dfilegaiion:'frOM
our Committee left foe.Niehitille,.Witliiiiip!
plies for the 'sick and,iietnided iliiiTate
battles in Tennesiee:
lug to . upwards Of -$1;000-in
brolglitis to the 'Co'niinrttee : Bourse in bug
dityloi this eipedition.
;As '3lrEkilepiinii
for liMpitarilliipPli,ei, 4 3ire' eiiinestiyAveal
to oar . wends ofl - INstern Pennsylvania for
aid '6:1 . '61141e "us to carry . on "thiviiierli of
fQrweading Hospital Suppliiiiiii.a• in be
fair of upwards of 100;000" - siek aid *found.:
ea' SOldiers, we ask you oned'itoti. to alga
14 by our ' Y contributions.' ' •
' The 'Thilaiiing axe lunch needeiii i Vaili,*
lifeitier Marie and Driitifers;
Beal find' arid'l4lllei in'
Vika, - ; '
-! -•• • Weir P. Nit) •".
• - .Joe.ATABRRE, •••
" • f' •" •! RIO AiwooD,Z - •
.'" ' M'otaive
Active Members of Subsistence, Onin
tee AngestuA H. Lane,,Ben.t. V.4o24e
tVort, ,Robett... -44i1Niec O lives :
'Hertylinbineoe,'Wth;
;MiKt. WOodki; Eminent W;,'
Young,. Chas. -t."cidavik .
(Sire, Thos. Carnegie; 170,Men;.G.,,
little Edwin FL Nevin ,
I,l:ee, Misses Aunt'. Thaw, 1. A. '.lTain:ep,.llfe r:
ry Park, H. K. Wiyinan . ,
semi, Maria E. Lane, Lime
Thaw, .EMPa K•scol}eqt.
'Alice Kennedy, M. ; Brnohlooker, L'
Atwood, Sidney Lemon,' Mary. 11,049_
bocce Howard, Mollie Hoits4, Wile.
Areed, Mary. Maitland, Mari Robinini;*..,
E. Moorhead, Haile Moorhead. • , .-
Contributions foT Subsistence Committee
can, be left Ait Messrs. Geo.
G A.l,llree, Bon, .&;
Pr e°"•WeYjn l 4! 4 ff" ,
,ORAtlifiihi street,
&hi fop c iiin g is a List of , 'Arlie/es foi—
waided the . Hospi4l,,
18.621 lig ..Comforte, 2,8/0 • Pillows, .
882'Pillow Caties„.l,9so.Sheits, 5484 Tne,!..•
els; 2 ; 4411, Padeauct ItiOgs, 17,579 b a lls: . 0f ;
Lint, 9,48 g rolls ;i),rl3endagee,'2,44o
of Muslin; 174 Thankiite," : t,pB.9 Pairs Draiv-.
op, 6,290. Muslin. ;g 11 4111, 1 ; 8 '59.
Shirts, 222 :T01941442 Yecli'llismlgi,
279 Dresiing,,Gowns, 2,001 pairs
,of
228 pairs, of Mittens, .5p7. pritri i pf, OP ,
43,.85'ittihaiirovief5,4;6o0,008,, - or
Fruit,-2,419 ihd.,Of Crimiters,l,l*
wine, 1,148: lbs. of Butter , 2;118 Acts.i.ef
Bin 1 8 , 8 07 . 4 6 9k 0 11 12 ,3.bi• $ 6 ,5f,;( 1 2 ' 4 ,
135. lbs : Prietii; l 2; B 7 . o' In?* 11 89 1 11`4
Corn; Starch, Tipieco:
A SODITERN EXPRESSION OF SBNTIMENT.
.
The following, just received from an in
telligent gentleman in a Southeastern
State, is instructive. We, doubt not:but that
it, speaks the heart's"sentiments of myritids
of Southerners;
,efip,teially, of tie
classes. Wby should they fight fOr
pry ? If the elavc _Wei§ e, the r e tiek
priidAg poor might readily h ire lahOr and*-
ry;ork , business; lutthpylav, not the money
*Y . enable them to own the 'label.. They
int4itlenstaiskontinnYlar,v 'and' m`uailinirei
pecuniary • - «vP.:4-,A, •
a aid eoCial thefts;
gin to see this and to talk about it, quietly.
Soon, when they find their numbers and
unity of sentiment, and get to feel a con
fidence in the abiding presence and power
of the Union armies, they will make them
selves known. The war will then termi
nate very briefly. •
4 ' It is now a year and a half since I saw
your paper, or have heard from my friends
in the North. Still this Government,
whose foundation is slavery, continues.
The U. S. troops occupy the coast twenty
miles from this, and I begin to feel as
though I were. getting nearer my old
friends. I would be very glad to see your
paper again, D. V., I shall try and get to
the North in the Spring.. My right hand
is lame, so I can with great difficulty write.
" Two-thirds of the people of this county
would.be glad to get back into the Union.
Several who , own 'slaves Aiave said to me,
they would gladly give them all up to have
their sons back at hOme, and peace in the
country. Indeed -the poorer class are be
ginning to see that , they are compelled to
exposethemselvekin the war for the rich—
the slaveholder. I think the 'emancipa
tion prbclamatioh; a master-piece of policy.
It will throw the war wheruit ought to be.
I trust slavery is doomed. " The Lord
reigns, let the earthrejoice!
'" Yours in the better Govenant."- •
A Good bldter.--This is the title of iiluite
a small but most excellent book; published
by, our Board, in`PhiladaPhia.As froM
the pen, of ,Ref. A. _E Taviort. The
soldier who has , enlisted in the .service of
his country is first .commended.- He, is
then exhorted to enlist in the service of
Jesus Chriat. The writer shows that there
is a reNtlion in this world against the
rightful authority -of .our sovereign Lord.
It is a wicked rebellion; in> our own heart
and 'in the- heart , of 'others. It must be
sulianed. We must volunteer, be enrolled,
take the.oith, pit on the uniferTik,,assuine
the armor,
_obey orders, fightbattles, endure
hardnessi .We shall conquer r obtaina re
ward,' win a - crown. • • "
There is simplicity in the work inge
nuity, a lovely spirit. It is Scriptural and,
instructive. .
-Call at the Presbyterian. :Publication
Robniai: Wand Street ; Pittebnrgh; and get , a
copy for yoUraelf, and a doten eoples — for
your
,friends and the sofdiere.
NEW=ENGLAND.
tnekooN - of New-Haven .
course, on the. .death of Aev„ , Lyman
Beecher, D.D.,.makee::special :mention ..of
the sermon on duelling preached by -the.
deceased at East Hampton , afterl the fatal
quarrel of Hamilton and BUrr. He 'char
acterizes it as a power, which exerted at
the time, and still , continues. to .exert a
mighty- influence,en, the 'floral- sentiments ,
of - the'emintif Iri regard. to . its pkintroll7:
ing influence in . matters of
tare; I.)r.Pacon,expFessively remarks : It
thelway of. brave old-:Jackson as the
which'greatestobstacle - 4th . ae hadlo con
tend - ant hiinglikn entillston'erou nd the
neck, of, Henry
CORECESPONDE . NT of the - .Bo ston, ,Re
piemiler
Soolptor, of Friends im :New Bedford. He
~"
lie exteiriv.ely known• by the venerable title
• 'pre 0 -Futlier:qillingliast.q His week-days
art'i delOotticPindiply to' his worldly busirtess;
bet On'the * S e afibitkb ie labors 'nnweariedly
among .gabhatli Bc4ooli. Daring the past
it
'-*tribe:lasivvisited one hundred and fifty
ifeietit:Sobbols; and bas distributedl,2oo
Tt4itimitits, 6,Boo'Bikile * GeMs, and 1457,800
hymns, tracts, and' little ` bool~a~ `' '4:* o
also Ta 10 . 34 sl,poo Iriopey,
expended for librariee- an4,:for.
clothing for destitute children..lnge ex
ample' btifoTe
eftot;*ale*li: iii4'iiii.4 4 ifijkli#lo 3 d;
ib
• "
• . - .4. etiatea .! „. .1 4., CS • v
:4 1 / 1 .113 Alti t T)lo.l in-r an Masten'. paper, ,thati
eathe , ilorty-fottrtit 14sisaohtteetts,.41teigi:i
the power of Jesus'. oome,tl..
.warmmg, , witiv electric effect,' The. me
were moving along wearied amildispkiitedi
bit' Eta Ilia, soul-inspiring ' word ; 'of`''the
hviv,p)iligorm AripilFt ifsirpk . froni of
the..oltritifiim soldiera,!;new vigor .IraB in
ftistO into the'deslionding troope;iind..withi
roused ati4;4lllo4if spirits ' they' aptly* loywacd ..
= . - s - 41.:)1c) tk • LI! ;
TEX ,iiCCOXlATs,,futuished. us. by ; ; the
Eeeterny piperir are'correcti •New-England
'..innet'eeitainly - bit .aw' ariledthe'palm for in
fl.
stances o ongevi 't y. writer in e
See9cCeitt. mention 14erease'r•ef
'children...of a Nehemiah ..and -Anna
'wlione ages were 'respectivu!y, 398, 96, 77j•
84;'96; 96,' 80, 900)2," . sind'82:,yeaii. . And
we." 00:th,i4dig,ii* YeaTtil,
tket 7single 44 10. 4 et
.Island, the deaths , ofterions. aged seirenly .
yisibs; beginning
`,1661-9C91,'78;'104,;•86; !:•
;:n
44ngrfaiO4Priniii49P paper
made 0 A? 'Kee.g.APre .new-Weeesa.- 2he
,per,presezipt colear surface,, is of soft and .
firA toirige y And Adnaiinbly
. .Adapted for,
newApitpetplri?ses Tile. .entrikft4, states
that Pers i. B lßet . fair tetit,9f, what
the *w.kePateeki.ge4 IrePeae..te.:::o o l but it
ner4inhlrTeeithst there aret4et
r . itbin Thin rags whi ch can be. used 011cessil-
Atkin in.4lie,inanufiettire of white : p aper. .
11„.5..' 'A! RiCENT ' meeting of. the Trustees of
Aifiheist-Odllegii, Veld id 13ostiiii;l'atepir
Winir. ikon- toward' the - erection-of 'a 'neni . .
be 40yoted to . matlieniatioat
and soientific pup*, lirbich -cost not
les& thaii180;000:i ' ; 2 , • •
.Goirmi*Oß apw
states,,t4t.4arviird• Collagohati sent .:into
tilitAsK four. bialtdred and thirty:Rf her
Sous, Mop: than sevc‘tapen per cent . -of, the
,431ri11:?4, of iher living aryund i , 0 . 4
Amherst, putiorgraduaies„.l4l:4l,srfq;:
uates of the 'list five years, has 'milt One
hundred and ftfty-nino, and that• Williams
Oollege;- as nearly as can be learned; has
given: one hundred and elevett of
.her , gred-.
=tear a4d: undergraduates to ~ the.-tiainx-of
the•Unitad-Statesti‘
. .
n ytkietlifi drathiafrit
luri/
EASTERN SUMMARY.
large family depending upon him for sup
port. In five days he was to report for
service. When his name was called it was
answered to by Benjamin It. Dimon, son of
Jas. Dimon, a man of wealth and influence
in that town, and doing business in New-
York. Young Dimon had previously re
fused an officer's commission. He went
out in the 231 regiment, and has already
been promoted to a sergeantoy. •
A American M .7E
Bible TxNG s o of
o t i h e
t e y
was Managersh held d
of A th S e P
on the 15th inst., to consider certain ap
plications for. Scriptures to be distributed
among the soldiers. in the field and among
the sick and wounded in hospitals. Thir
ty-one thousand' Testaments were granted
in answer to the applications. We learn
that since` the war began, over one million
of volumes have been-furnished by the. S
ociety for the, use of soldiers -
RBY. DR. &map ed prpaih on ,Sabbath
. ,
week the,second of the • series of doctrinal
sermons now being 4eiivered'at the South
Baptist church. His •teat Vras, " No - man`
can come, to me, eicept the Ili:01er, Whiebi
hath sent, we draw him; and will: raise
him up at, the last day." <The sermon is
spoken of as " - efoquerit, and distinguished
for logical keenness' and force."
THE <Obseaver r ie adverting to.ufive-col
,
umn notice-of Bishop Calexico on the. Pen
teteitch;:. recently-:pUblished in a leading
64 1 )40 in New York, remarks
_ •
".The review may have beei, Written - by
a layman, or miniater,pr Professor, in good standing in an orthodox Church, but we
tuidertake to affirm that he is an iFifide/, as
truly and, really: as Colenso himself.
",We have no doubt, that tho excellent
conductois.of the, daily"‘paper were impose,d
upon by theauthor'of this insidious. attack
upon the faith of the ChurchihitcoV Scrip
ture, and that they will regret °as= we do
that a family'newspaper should be surrep
titiouSly made' the channel of , conveying
the 'poison of skepticism into the'Minds of
thousands,' - who, hive not the mesas of re;'
futing'the plausible sophistry by which the
Bible is assailed by false friends."- •
TnExaminer, itself an organ of the
Baptist Church, thus potlees that portion
of the-new version of the, Bible, which has
.
recently been given to the public
• " Aside from the imrneritonist aspects of
this new version, we have spent; any haws
in its exanduation. with. .Sense of relief;
. . ,
arising rrom a, conviction, such as we never
had before, of the marvellous fidelity . of the
grand old vendoii, Which has been the guide;,
gaff of So Many. generations of Chris
.
tiara men and women. It is impossible Oat
two such.. reen..eS,Pre.. Conantand,HeokOt ,
should labor for, year's in the Work': 'of re val* and produce nothing in' the way of
improvement on the received version of the
' - Gospels. But with every" wish to , treat
• their 'seholarship and, themselves with the
higheit i•e'spdet, we. must say that the first
~inetalipent of their work strikes us as being
an unanswerable protest. 'against the injus-'
tide of attempting to Mideriaine the faith
of eotamon people in the ',substantial no
' ouracyof the, commonly'receiVed, version of
the English Scriptures." ' '
warTEß.intlie New-York. World thus
alludes to the'Silver Service of the North
D;tch.-0, 11 6 . 94,4 1 actY ;
' .'" The litgitb:erer searches-out the silver
iheldatideiffor - : displayed - treasures of the
people, .he disebveys;one :piece of• silver as
precious as that which is , in, the possession'
of .the 'North. Dutclichurah in thia city, and
which,-.in company Withdlff...Mutisell, the
distingnishe& typographer, 'Nt as examined
recently. It is a'. bugei• pure silver -cup. of
the sserareentallerviee, and.was. tient 'over
to - the , nhuteh iirl'ort Orange, in the-New!
Netherlands,)in - 1660. ' . .
ismyrefdllkgraVen..with • quaint fig.:.
tires; oneoftheinobt. decided of which is,
•of a leniali (savoring off saints), -with - a,
cross 'otrihelehonlder; snd , a group of queer
buildingsoinr:one side and a church on , :
the-otherP This costly work of art is his
torical-poiof of !the very early pecuniary
prosperity and--liberality of `these founders
of this wealthy and ancient city:"
TIPS ?9IIRTH LIKTURE Of phe
.Winter'
'On* bitere - thi r irephanieE? Asiosistion of
Clarke
"'The bfiehine." The' leeturer
hided' iethe"iiond!instiOn of
faiceii or than, and
alf.eliboiate and truthful niinuer,, e4aukt:
the doctrines o$ .infidelity . 114 'beefure'
was received 'iris& 'ftiphinee' bi . the
audience.
Mil
• . •:. •
Apraozawrz aravrora 4.oolms_,
thatchurch of _,the Pilgrims on
~dayh m ,
lipiior-0. the u lamentei dead
4Tlke
,last place wo rship he. 404 -be
fOrCl*fta depa rture toiAli4 194. 1 ,*4
`this, same chnrch.Wliiire4bls*TenitklP.T)re
:lad state; . fine* .
- , 4&iataiwritio'hisla on Friday, the l l6th
hidelttilietoolePitblithilis of New-Yori;
,for gii`ptiPose efeetiinilkt . tiou reget4 . ld
• the high price of :paper,- the following ;
among other resolutions,.ifere passed :
. "Resolved, , That.while the importation
of- the material ; used: in the manufacture of
paper is wisely. permitted free of auty, , it is.
unreasonable in papei Manufiettirers to de.;
mand'a high :Protective duty; on the'impor-:
tation. of paper:' , . • - ' - tY , S
oT:Resolveck That it •is necessary for the'
protection 'of the- publiehing, reading,!ant
writinecommunity,ind for the interest of
the , whole that' the duty on paper be
that its close - may be regulated.
onlyqby 'ithe laWs2of: - supiily , and 'demand;
and innfacilitieshe afforded a fevririan'ufac;
tura*: for- combining.to Rewire to them-
selves enormous -profits. ‘by . ' theltibitrarY
increase of, the. prices of pave ";
JAMES Itztqw - ICK, LLD: for'zinuiy
ProfessOr 'of • 0 4e 111 ;# 1 )# - ,And . . yams ; 111
Columbia College ; .in, 1 4 1 - iiiltgag coy
weld insientSr.-Ofie, Thi t
was' author of 'works,
~ 1 1 1 / 4 . JRZPitAT: of the ),11. -s. Military
. Ao l 4emy.givema, lavorable;yiew of , its..con-:
dition.', •Ite...pffieers are OW. A. H. Bow
man and 41 others : 37
,on the. Academie
staff and'Ve'dilicindlitapk Orthetid
°era 27 NietikaiipOinted: the,l24leide#o
Thirteen 'ir * born n NeW-I"Orifluid . mx
in Pennayliallik. 'The Itn*lier"of i3adeitt
appointed' ireletli,'waa 200 ;
were sons of faimers or' plantiww;:: lg
sons of mechanics, 26 sons of 'litisyarisli;
judges , ; 22 eons of merchants ;_ aonVOis
hotel-keepers ; 10 sons
.of Phodeitinki,g4
from the .arm - and . tievy,; 804 Of.tilete
gYmen ; 7 ridne s of of
miseellatieni'p 4f. an*.
have nOoitOitiltfthir'''''''''• "e".` h ntu
;-"
• •
" The" appoisltnientkla /kWWtt vVelifir
ISEM
NEW-YORK.
divided among farmers or planters, 33 ;
mechanics, 8; judges or lawyers, 35; mer
chants, 24 ; hotel-keepers, 4 ; physicians,
13; army and navy, 25; clergymen, 8;
civil officers, 11; miscellaneous, 39; of no
profession, 18.
There were in 1861, 182 appointees in
moderate circumstances, and _3l orphans ;
in 1862, 128 in moderatti circumstances,
77 in unknown circumstances, and 34.
orphans.
Tax excitement , in gold continues the
chief feature of the money market:. The
price closed on Monday at 147-1, of course,
occasioning a rise in the rates of foreign
exchange. In foreign exchange, bankers '
sterling 60-day bills have risen to 163i—
an enormous rate.
Money is superabundant everywhere.
There are more transactions for cash than
on time, and money is easily borrowed on
good .collaterals at 4 to 6.pr cent., 'short
dates. -
Good business paper, is soiree:and in de
mand, and
. rates range. at 5.t0 6 per cent.
for prime grades 60 to 90 days, and 6 to 7
per cent , for 4 to 6 rnonths' dates ; single
names 7 to. 9 per cent... Bankers exacta
large margin on their loans on stock 001 7
laterals—full 25 per cent.. The hairy
speculation in stocks, is somewhat dis
trusted., It has been too wild to last ,with
out. disaster. Prudent capitalists shrink
from all speculation. _ . -
The busitiega of the- prt is active. -The
imps*. -Ismi • iteek $3,819,-
7 09 and; qiioda4 l l. 4.-PrPdtacet- , 5 2 ,7 52 ; 401 ,
and. exppyta,gt specie. $1,441,873.
PHILADELPHIA.
. . .
• THE. ..001EfENTION appointed by the
Synods':¢f .thee German 'Reformed Church
to meet ' iin Philadelphia ' on the occasion of
the
. Ter-aeriteneary'.Anniiiireary the
adoption of the • Heidelberg Catechism,
convened, pursuant toi erder, on Saturday;
the:47th inst., and • continued its sessions'
uptil 'Friday last. The number of dere
gatee in attendance was abut five , hundred.
Re 7. .10'11k•W• Nevin, waP-Ahi• Mod;
orator of :,the Convention: . Ite ;.delibera
tions are spoken' of anf 'highly! interenting;
Some vi 4l ?ti,.B)abeiefeir, Pi 43 l,rid" l46 iiifir
were read, ; embracing; variety, of impoi.
taut subjects.. BoveTal of these, vore,:ftty•
nished by eminent Theological ~ P rofeafrors
of Germany: We understand o k ay-the es
Bug, with the introdupp4:'4OxinotttAiort'
sermon, are to. be published, as a memorial
"O'ithe..Conventiono, • • .
•
• Tfrit. lfoyatoerit4g Scioie4
been in Operationiibont'
now distaibtitink, 180-frallont'of
Aay', 1;000' knifes • of - bietid. per ive`ek;lifid•
1:,.01111 pounds 'Of = torn! riniaik
Ilienuntliarbf Uppliwitsierfelibf art'
,qttife.
umber ntinterotue ait list. when' 'the •
:whole liihel• •Mibired Anil' the 13th-day
of January to- trie• 1 19th' "Of ' Mafah;`- . wad
2,05: In -• that -period 82,000 . ; cinaitii of
Boni), 12671.. loaves of bread; and *ll,OO
poimds' •bf Meal_ were `distributed:;
The Society will' continue- the .distrilintiOn
of Boni); bread tul=lineal for abotd eleiren
weeks fro* Aiellirening, and.' the Usual'
liberal aid id a pOeth &op ' '
"bYtAi "an Banner
• Ne*thet Pres .
Thanks.-
MESSRS. •EDITQRS.:-r-A.1.10W .nie; losez
press my, thankfulness through, the .Banta.r.;
to the members of .-Enderiton Preshyteritui
church, Ten'ango .Co., Piti and 'otherzywho ,
. .
Then, toward.- ovidingt,a ;large% concourse
of persons assemblediatitty.residenee hay--
ing brought with -thew the choicest and
most mutable selection or articles needed in
li , minjster!s family. , '
' ;Hoping Abet: Uwe - . are other . congrega
gone% kinquiting what. they •ought •to bring
theliiastor, as a gift, these pinching tithes ;
for their, informationj will mention some
of,the articles brought tome iy,.my people..
via. :••nausiin in latite- quantified, linen 'do.l
'calico do., coffee do., tea dq., sugai. do if
with butter, hams,- :: and-.;other articles too
,numerous': to mention:. After having par
;taken. of a sumptuous, entertainment, pra-f
, pared ima great measure. before Comingto,
my residence, by the ladies• . present on'the
&cession, who Possanca:iliotnt:loo
sive kncwledhe of-the eitlinaryi.4spartinelit
as I, can testify;, and having engaged for
, some time in. pleasant and profitable °Mi
-1 versation; the visit terininated'with
xisi:tiArs
were aboailli'.oitis,M? lidres;
no doubc. ileasurelii`on, 00casign,
Olielkit 's nice i of
the:Call°
siim' bad**frig
"
to chose' persoii , i . , wißaii Weiir
Urge ninpVer; who kitie;
1.
their expressions o V3l an
' iniii e . .''Sinoiriaiook : •*iii(OnilA x its in Abe
Whei
midi - ilia
d o *itv IYie*e
t 'bin pao d*
iMile'inbre - biZeory
bdoda' of" `inhtatil 'airtiiitzielif•
Chrilitiag 1" Uzi
ssro. wiien - reaVthe'
ingot.
takip 4terznine delibera pjr
Whit :it contained to the'
Pnieliehe
tirP* e i but *Oen each `: One tio
•Inoidbr, and' lila 'tier
ohjiol :edming, Ind ßeoaiu '' •:dorieg4s
"otievel
'perfeOt largel
ly of *the '
PeOtle
while" hifiks . i th cite
heaven. •
""
MO
- • .. ' ••• ..I1 41:1' .a.L,fiSi.
•• . . . , For this Pr/6113404m Balizkir, :1
bowing 444ivilipito front rLeffhbiligaa.
• -:' The-I'o4oo Ithliiif firikiibty'lif Leeffibtig
• and . *idinitt:qiiiiAliiir3i44s4,l4 PeWiiii. Ritho
Aki i i ; i eigitWiirphibidel jillittied'aie,
thither 'l.; th; • ivitli tiiiiittyrlheitibho3.•-nis
offiiiiiiiifielibtel liikii4::, W,..4;litlitiitli-'
ehi; :Preilide4 f•*- itii"Sihirlriiiiblidthithl
4 PreOdeiitii :lifiiiN fit . ,1131, -wag*,
Tiiiiiiihiei ; 14411Aita#Ilaniklitteekiit•
Pioin , the tiziiiiiPofianitatioietilViTOnitriir
IA; the 'fogilliiiit 46 tiresiNiie'lWiv 8 .444;
ind,r6o-e p ti aii i iirkiidwiedgefruivii ttrmiii
!milks! J . ** 73 00,801,44;the seambi 1
otalerPentikirefaiiiiilleher .6440bi1tf.1
88' pelltifiiiil* 77 gai•FOiuktielliaTiO•
d.`faiirere i'J B§! ff liiiiiitggoad bi*. 'ibiiki ;••'5l
hti4dkeichie . ; 841iiiliV-10 alVeete - thiee
pair' 'pille.wtetiiteti4 firb:vellth ;:',.f..p T '43*
; 8
package s 'of ; lint . ; 'A' 'Sang' ee ' 'of
le ers n 1 ba:kidi*Ei j"." .l Bo'o4ile of ' fitit4, 3 43
b*lielii • iif ' , ANA ! ;':8 ' --poiiiidie :'esf,li.litttzt.il
forty' : iiiidkii 'aiiiiV finit'i . 2 tbiliiliehi tiirrid
ti pplekililloh- OP . - iSiokIMC: 're.
V s.Nfit:P
4,lvA rhe ll Elbese stilll'iii title:thtiotif 4
irZ 4 O R3 , i iii;4244f elniiiitAslDEraile iefflitilteb
i
In Ittmoriam
At s meeting of the Junior Class of
Jefferson College, held January 24th,
1863., the following resolutions were nnan:,
imously adopted
WHEREAS) It has pleased Almighty God,
his all-wise yet often mysterious provi
deuce, tn. remove from us, by death, our
beloved anti much esteased friend and
classmate, Daniel B. Colfelt ; therefore,
Resolved, That we appreciate and deeply
feel our lose, in being thus deprived of one
whose talents, so early developed,.attracted
our admiration, and whose manly virtues
and kind deportment won our esteem.
Resolved, That while we would humbly
submit to the will of Him who doeth all
things well, we recognize in this dispensa
tion of hie providdnce, a repetition of the in
junction, "Be ye also ready."
Resolved, That we hereby tender to his
afflicted relatives our heartfelt sympathy
with them, in this, their deep bereavement.
Resolved, That we will wear the usual
badge of mourning for-ten days.
-Resolved, That a 'copy of these resolu
tions be sat to his , parents, and also to the
111.esbyterfan Banner, the -Pittsburgh Daily
'Gcizette, Ind the Bedford Gazette, for pub
lication: ' - ' • _ • -
1
S. D JENNING§,
S. M. 'MORTON, ' Committee
W. A. Warm,
Pity Ini.lllnizta,
his" due. :You mire it to hiii.just as
.mush as you owe the physicinn.. d r
ile:go* child, or ;the undertaker for the
coffin, which, you bury him—just as much
as yen owe the tailor for making year coat,
the shoemaker your boots, or the blacksmith
for shoeing your horse. , We do not know
of a debt more valid.., on employ a min
ister to assist you in i,143 first and highest
work of life ;„end are his 'ins.qt!e4°Rs and
prayers.oi no account? These are under
-valued. Any
_community, afford to
do without them, ttotenld cost ten times
se Much that spring up
l in theiamure of.
,a preaehed . Oospel, as it
arould.:o. inaiOalu s the- nrdinances of the
saireiruki, .of .the loss of
What would
there be to.lite, ran,ouoh p.,eommunity ?
Th r :'Spring,sayriii,g,...tt may he rich in rivers,
in ore; and: lariurilint in . soil;
. it may be
well watered as the ..plains of Sodom and
as accursed as,thei; .„.1-wo,ujd not educate
a fatnily in ' . snch, a, community for all the.
'.prairies between;th e. Allegheny and Rocky
I.l4otintains.." . and Who would.? ; • If we look
merely at the terayorallientifit, we might do
I:without physicians .and, lawypii far better
than ministers , u .we cons th e eternal
•t .
bleising
„whlpli• if, confers p ,!re, *not over
: estimate, ging utility . _ • ;.t:. „
If eriehlaf)he case; iha i xiiiiiiater's due is
valid ik9 ehnreh Juni...a:light to de
fraud lihn, said,
" Eifteen.riaul; nf r illiiiimo,natonme tan ces
can beitnrilipielit . 'ipapp!steT . 4ho do with
out oue. 7 . hiTS,sontiniacopunt of six.
044..114.1.70404 West with a min
ister them, and
each faragyltorknktoi: 'hitt' one day in a
.prospered ; : They
niinitter ti They ,kneir;.how to
vtikks pre , Oing tuilitArete.aignall7,
--70prin0.9 1 :1F1*.,.;
,!• • , .
_VARLETS&
0 t fkie , rwast
P r aawiat 1 .4*.e54-ens 9f 'the Pnwarltir..
opinion_is the,reCent banislment_op, 9412-
plaiten." All this risie:teeeligppoTly
printed on, bad_lasc ,r • sintr,ese4y vomiter
fetteif,,ayd.net triit:igortgy even
when genuine, has 'lmea
tabooed, and shelved. ; Oprpimio on „ notes
have g one .the same
ehecks,,,and:the•Univ.ers4 rule-new in this
neighberl4d is to g:iy.sppd.Teecive nothing
in..the war ailipar„eeim7ttke postal enr
reeei'eirACeAdit..o4t,qumameut. For
4taile•Auietly
once, , g4' ie s gll l4 ,- ' l l eti ld4Rilidiff concentrated
ibietkprawitlay pt #44 accomplished its work
Ac a siltr. - 14 tir -
• TOTileilthaa:=Therir...is not- t a single Chris
tianiinterest;tiitelnded within the scope of
pastoral or deWominitional aim • and effort,
.thatis• - npt iitpported -andi promoted by this
jottrieli - • ...ittiiikeieased' circulation and in
'hence itientherefore to be desired, for the
ludwr:Otithitgood it might -thus accomplish.
words ?imp from pastors and friends
Woiddrbwtiutelyand Serviceable. Our sub
sOnliieohs %very:week/receive a hand
some 4ddition - of names to the - many pre
viously there. But fif all who - leally desire
tec 'place - the Ch:ristiari -Intelligences into
everr - fanii4 - Within - our ecclesiastical
:bounds lititddrOpst do• what they - can to se
;ettrcodoiAt 'new-Tenders and new friends,
itheyiiiight 'thereby iconfer a great public
:benefttyikt i'very Small' expenditure of per
•aoiltd: exertion. : •
- We,: not say the same -for the
'
-I,tegneKtillikeir---ZiOnixkish Minis
;ter of , Pnblie./Instrnotibn . lAss imade some
extensive., changes in 4 , the.nnanagement of
''the l A11.N 10 , - .11 0 14 1 ar31 seho.olS: in Stamboul.
:The teaehentiof twenty:font:of. them. have
been. changed, ; and .more,competent, ,
ones
appolirted ip:tb - Oir stead. The new instruc
:toreatleilii receive; 'addition ti;;*the fees
I paid' iihildreni"ti' Salary of twelve
'innturi from the 'State: The
• cearMl; Of. inEksotipn• . is ,also I:sh.anged-
Hithetto nethin,g,but,theltOWlNAtO taght,
bnti ether risefurliraixelies'ef secrilai knowl
edge are'nee% te l be' ia,nlndidl' age at
which the Children: Ire - idinitted• Ito - . these
primary schools is fixed at six years, and at,
ten they are removed- to'the • advanced es
tahlishnients. '-"Ilhe long talked of univer
sity is also opeeaniate iinder,conSideration.
The Minister of Public: Instinction has
latelp .devatcd munhtsiggyiion,p maturing
aplair for e an yi n gwap,tNis;import an t pro
jegt,yhich. 4ptasspred, shortly be
r eadffer.publication- ="ll,is ifighhess has
also. fflutided,a prefinsprithip of French at,
8:93:374% e tAlege.t 4hit S if e kkUendly a Meni
•byrli of- thp Uot4eil;Rf-Agiii:Anitruction,
11119F4Y- kaiesfeyiihtfl,4iiii,tejafo the
pEeEm*Atate,Of Ahi' instoutiot.
41eldoteV APirisliAliptiteriTh e
Dun
dee 411 0 1 "- following :
Phil* 'or tour irepocag t `o, 4 li , ja rural parish
to.the'Weistwitd'iititotindee, the : minister,
eta *Cekthiencing.This•-•hebdomadal sermon,
apolOgise. his. 'astonished ' , hearers for
ae
ohrav fort h i te a t, and • s
elitfsri:t
ltboyte;is:to.htehadprva otoia ted ;het,tponteaunaan'eeanthngna;inietl marched p t ta . and.pointd
out, in
the pages ofaii open ' pocket- Bible , the for-
Pt,teant'dt, e.plteb)ptic;:fho-autaiement alike of pas
torThefcirrner then gave out
I da 'tsaU) and Proceeded With his sermon.
. A l )El er atthe'reldmiwas amongst the audi
tOrt:4,4otheooisaiioi:v •
0 ._ ,I7;111*- every , day of stirring
'esienins et' thogght. We
.6- • . :.;“ -
'll 4Apeklienee, unless
we anon) '
Por the Presbyterian Banner.