Vrrshiprian am r. PITTSBURGH,IVEDNESDIY, FEBRUARY 11,1863. CalvinisM lard Arminianism.—Our read ers will recollect the admirable series of Letters in our columns, John Smith to Peter Smith. They are printed, and for sale in Pittsburgh. See advertisement. 'The Board of Domestic Missions, as many of our readers are aware, close their finan cial year, March 1 next. The Board hope that contributions intended for the great work of sustaining and spreading the Gos pel in our own land, will be sent in, so that they may appear in the forthcoming An nual Report. Rev. John T. Coit, pastor of St. Peter's church, Rochester, New-York, died, as we learn from the .Presbyterian, in Albion, N. Y.; on the 23d of January. He was in the thirty-eighth year of his age. His illness, arising from inflammation of the lungs, was of - short .duration. He was a native of Beale N. Y., graduated at Yale College, and studied theology at Auburn and An dover- Seminaries. Committee on Fond for Disabled Ministers, -A. correspondent desires us to state the name and post office address of the Chair man of this Committee, which was appointed by the last General Assembly. He also asks whether the Committee would be will ing to receive suggestions. The Chairman is the Hon. SAMUEL LINN, Esq., Belle fonte, Pa. The other members are, Hon. H. H. LEAVITT, and C. F. MAURICE, Esq. With' Judge LINN we are intimately ac quainted, and are sure that he will be pleased to receive suggestions. His heart is in the work. A well-written article for the Banner, presenting something practi cable and taking, might be highly useful. A-Response and a Proposition,—A. gentle man who seems to understand the value of a religious newspaper_ in a family, sends $5 to our fund for Disabled ministers, and for any who may be unable of themselves to make payment. He also proposes that a hundred others shall do similarly. He wishes the Banner to be sustained, without further increasing the price, and without injuring the proprietor. What we desire is, a large increase of subseTibers, with prompt payment. Our present terms gives us a small surplus over costs. If this shall be, multiplied often enough, by new subscriptions, we shall live comfortably, work cheerfully, and help our ministerial and lay brethren in the doing of a very great amount of good. I Chapter from English History,—Under the title, " How a Free People Conduct a Long War," CHARLES J. STILL; Esq., gives us a sketch of the five years' conflict in the Peninsula, waged by the English against the French. It is in a high degree instsuctive to us, in our present national circumstances; and Mr. SMILE applies it judiciously. We wish every one would read. it. Those who are opposed to the Government might learn a lesson; and the Government's friends might find encourage ment. It is possible that we may be subjected to a long war. It has already endured be yond the anticipations of many. Our haste to conclude it, has been one cause of - its -protraction. We have much, very much to learn. Victory, however, we may expect with, certainty, if we shall use the means which God usually makes effectual. Our cause is good; and he has put the power 'in our hands. Mr. &LILLE'S treatise is an Bvo. pam phlet of 40 ;pages, and is for sale by R. S. ...oafris,'Pittsburgh. DONATIONS FOR 'T YE SOLDIERS We are permitted to; give the following extract from a' letter to the Superintendent of our Pittsburgh Board of Colportage. We trust it-will do good. _ g i 11RADQUARTEILS, ry ERSEI4I:I3 BRIGADE, " Suffolk, Va; Itoe. 12 , 462 "Nu. JOHN CULEERTBON :—Dear Sir— I any happy to have the privilege to address you at this time, and on this subject—that is, the , books you sent to this (85th P. V.) egiment last January, which have (strange to say), just reached this place three days ago; they arc, however, in good condition, and you : may rest assured they were as, well received as anything that could have been sent., Lieut. Col. McGmni, to. whom those books were addressed, has long since resigned and gone home, on account "of ill health. And as we have no Chaplain with us, I took charge of them; and as we have a number of boys in the hospital, to them I directed my attention. If you have nev er visited a hospital with reading matter, you can form no just conception as to how eagerly they "receive it. "If our kind and good friends at home knew !how mush good they could do in this way, they certainly would use greater ex ertions than they do. I do not mean by this to complain at all; because the women, trueland patriotic women, have done much, verylnuch, for our poor soldiers on the bat tle-field; and in the hospital. But I some times think if they would furnish the sick and wounded soldiers, with spiritual food to a greater extent, and not so much for the nourishment of the body, more good would be done. Because I can most assuredly tell you,.-that in, many eases those things midell,q9 sent by our kind lady friends at home,lneVer,reaeb those for whom they are intended; ;.:they, pass through too many hands, and ' top often.are used by others." Rev. Mr. TORRENCE expresses much gratfiketid* ,receiving a package of boob , ; ,4c, forwarded last Summer to the lithiUgiment Pa. Reserve Corps. They followed:4lfe regiment in its movements, and' overtook it but lately. The ladies - of - Dr. - EfowAup's church ex peetTehorify folforwaid a box to the hospi tals %Weiteril:l4infa.. Donations are tequested. 110111 E AND FOREIGN RECORD. We arc always pleased to learn what the Lord is doing to, in, and for his churches, by his word and Spirit; and what the churches are doing for him, through the instrumentality of the Boards. The Re cord is, to some extent, the medium of in formation in both aspects. The mercies of the Lord are great. His benefactions are wonderful. They are especially so, when we consider man's ill desert. Christians sometimes complain—their remarks have the air of complaining—that the Lord does so little for them, in the way of spiritual bestowment& Mourn they well may, but complain they should not. There is dry ness, unfruitfulness, withering in the churches. Professors seem dead. Their children wander with the world. Trans gressors grow bold. :Conversions arc few. Why all this ? God gives his Spirit by covenant. He has established channels of grace. The rain from heaven makes not the uncultivated and unsown soil fruitful. To enjoy the benefits of the early and the, later rains, the husbandman must attend well to his tillage. If we should proceed to apply these re marks, our brethren of the ministry and eldership might suspect that we meant a lecture for them. We forbear. Our ob ject is to justify God's dealings with his churches; and to intimate to those who wish really to enjoy. the blessedness which flows from and abides with the copious outpourings and indwellings of his Spirit, how they may possess this rich heritage. DOMESTIC MISSIONS Our six hundred missionaries (we believe there are about that number,) in the home field, do a great amount of work. They could do still more, we think, if they were better sustained. We know that it is not the amount of wages a man receives, so much as the spirit he is of, which makes him an effective laborer. But every man must eat And every man must provide for his own. We - therefore plead that ev ery minister shall have temporal fruit from his toil—a little of the " milk of the flock" which he "feeds"--something of " wages," from the Church which • sends him on a "warfare." The Record is not in the habit of pub lishing statistics of labor performed, and of conversions resulting. We suppose it is right in this. - It gives us, generally, a few letters from missionaries which are in dications of what is in progress. And we have faith in the promise. God's Word re turns not to him void. It accomplishes that for which he sends it. RECEIPTS in December: $14,638. . EDUCATION. In another place we note the day of prayer for Colleges. It should be'observed with the spirit of true desire. We need converted youth; need them greatly, for physicians, lawyers, merchants, statesmen. We need them in every business of life, and especially for the ministry of the Word t The report, in the Record, of Rev. Dr. !BURROWES, of City College, San Francisco, is highly gratifying. One hundred and eighteen students are in attendance. The Editorial on Liberality is worthy of much attentron. We transfer it to our columns. RECBIPTS in December, $7,049. FOREIGN. MISSIONS The most recent letters, from all our mission fields, speak of the general good health of the laborers, and a. progress in their work with hopeful results. In regard the funds, the Board say: " We are glad to report that the receipts from the churches, from May let to January let, have not fallen off, as might perhaps have been expected, but they are nearly the same in amount as in the corresponding mouths of last year. On the other hand, we mourn over the high rate of foreign ex change, which continues to increase. " On remittances to most of the missions, a heavy loss is sustained for this reason. Indeed, the foreign missionary work is in danger of being very seriously embarrassed by this state of things. Some of the churches, we are happy to see, and also some individual donors, have increased their gifts to prevent this embarrassment. We wish they could all add considerably to their ordinary gifts. We trust God will enable very many.of them to do so." The premium for Foreign exchange is truly ... distressing. We ourselves are made to feel it, in our remittances to our London Correspondent. But there is no avoiding the evil. Debti must be paid. Services must be rewarded. Our missionaries must. be sustained. Of course more money must be raised. At present it requires eight dol lars per pound sterling to buy a draft on England; whereas usnally.the cost is•but five dollars the pound. RECEIPTS in December, $12,238. PUBLICATION This Board, like that of Domestic Mis sions, closes its fiscal year with the last day of February. Donations intended for the report to the next Assembly, should be forwarded promptly. The army demand for books and tracts continues. Large quantities have been lately forwarded to Kentucky, Tennessee, and. New-Orleans, as well as to places nearer home. To meet the demand, liberal donations are needed. RECEIPTS in December; Donations, $1,788; Sales, $4,278. CHURCH EXTENSION This Board is still not the favorite with the churches. Its Secretary labors dili gently. The brethren are cheered with this reflection : they conduct their affairs with economy, and they do much good with but little' means. Itsomprs in December, $1,006. DAY OF FRAM FOR SCHOOLS. AND COL- EGES. The Last Thursday in Febrnary is ap proaching. It is a day to be kept in re membrance. Many a ,prayer offered on that anniversary has been answered. %Many an ingenuous youth, now a zealous laborer for Christ; can thence date' his conversion, or his seriousness which iiitiaed in conver PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.---WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1863. sion. There is nothing in the day itself, more than in any other day. Its value consists in this, that Christians have "agreed" at that time to unite in prayer, that God's blessing may be "upon chil dren and youth, especially the baptised children and youth of the Church, and those collected in schools and colleges; with particular reference to an increased supply of laborers in the vineyard of the Lord." The last General Assembly, as many pre vious Assemblies had done, recommended the observance of the day in all our churches. Other Christian denominations observe the day. Perhaps, after the Sab bath, there is no day in which the concert, among evangelical Christians, is so general. That alms deeds. should accompany prayer, is scriptural, and it is hoped that our churches will, on the 26th inst., attend to these duties in unison. The Assembly recommended " that a collection be taken up on that day for the epilog fund." The Board explain that, "by the 'College Fund, is meant the fund for the maintenance of Parochial. Schools, as well as of Academies and Colleges." We feel it a duty to give their explanation, but we are, sorry that they purpose to make the distribution so extensive. It should be for Colleges alone; or, at most, for Academies and Colleges. For ourselves, we may be singular howev ever, we would give far more for the lim ited purpose than for the comprehensive one. Our Board attempts too much. It cannot embrace the whole of education, in the whole Church, children, youth, Acad emicians, Collegians, Seminarian& It ia enough for it to attend to the preparing of young men for the ministry, whose talents, health, piety, and devotedness, indicate a call to the work, and whose pecuniary cir cumstances are so straitened that pecuniary aid is requisite. General education is ap propriately in the hands of other agencies. Still, let the churches give andtrust to the Board to use their benefactions judiCiouS ly. • THE DANYILVE REVIEW. The number of this Journal for Decem ber, has just arrived :. The publication was delayed by causes arising out of the state of the country. Our Kentucky brethren have suffered greatly, in many ways, by the .rebellion. This numlcer completes the second vol ume of the Review. We wish that the renewal of subscriptions may be prompt and full, and that there may be an increase of subscribers. The terms continue to be, $2.50 strictly in advance; $3 within the year; or $lO for five copies in advance: Address Rev. -HERMAN H. ALLEbr, Dan ville, Ky. The contents of No. IV., Vol. 11. are— I. Imputation and Original Sin ; 11. Men tal Science; 111. De Ethic° ; IV. Politics and the Church ; V. Studies on the Bible, No. 3 ; VI. Negro Slavery. , The subject of " Politics and the Church" is discussed by Rev. R. L. STANTON, D.D., the new Professor in the Danville Semina ry. Dr. STANTON maintains, with much ability, the proposition, "That it is within the true province of the pulpit and of Church courts, td examine and determine all questions upon all subjects, in their re ligious bearings, which affect• the moral, social, and civil:well-being of Society ; the Bible being their guide as to topics -and the views to be taken of them, and the providence of God in the exercise of a wise discretion, determining the occasions on which they are to be presented." The " Article on Negro "Slivery and the Civil War," is from the pen of Rev. IL J. BREOKINBiIiGE, D.D. We have read it. with much interest, but not with the same full satisfaction which we enjoyed in peru sing some' of 'the atithor's previous teach ings on the state of the country. • This article was written alter the Presi dent's September proclamation, and after his Message to Congress. It takes strong ground against the emancipation features of both; and especially of the former. He thinks the emancipation policy unwise, and unconstitutional. As to . its beneficial influence we had our hopes and our fears. Our hopes have not yet been realized, nor. have - our fears been dispelled. But still. we %Op. Its Constitutionality in the, cir cumstances of the case, we never doubted. The Doctor in his argument makes it far =more extensive than it is. He says : ".11p on supposition ,that neither Congress nor .the President, not both, have any power to abolish, slavery in any State, in time of peace; 'it is as certain as. truth, almost self evident, can make it, that, a state of war ,can confer no such. power upon either of them." Here, as in several places, his ar gument seems to be based upon the idea that the Proclamation dlairris to " abolish slavery" in the States. This it does not, do, nor pretend to do. It would. emanci pate individuals; not abrogate laws. It is aimed at the enemy's power, 'and not at his civil system. It would take from him his strength, leaving hint to manage his home legislation as he can. The article closes with highly patriotic and Christian sentiments. Rev. IL C. arWilly, of wheat we spoke, some weeks ago as having resigned , his charge, at Memphis,. Tenn., has accepted ,the call of the Central Presbyterian church, Cincinnati, and entered upon the discharge ,of pastoral duties. Rev. ALFRED HAMILTON, D.D., having ac cepted a call to the First Presbyterian church, Mattoon, Coles Co., 111., his Post Office address is changed from Aurora to Mattoon, Illinois. Rev. WILLIAM BANNARp, pastor of the Madison Avenue Presbyterian church, New-York city, has accepted a call from the Presbyterian church„ at Kingsboro, New-York. '' ' ECCLESIASTICAL. EASTERN SUMMARY. NEW-ENGLAND. A NEAT and commodious church has just been erected in Boston, by the munifi cence of a merchant, of the city, with a special view to the accommodation of those whose means would not permit of their worshipping in the more •costly and fash ionable churches. May not the question be here with propriety asked, Should the arrangements of any church be such as practically to debar the poor from attend ance upon its ordinances? MUCH INTEREST on the subject of re ligion is manifested by the sailors on board the Oho, at Charlestown Navy Yard, and by those also in the Chelsea Marine Hos pital. • THE SUBJECT OF TEMPERANCE. seems to be exciting considerable attention in Mas sachusetts. A Legislative Temperance Society has recently been Organized, con sisting mainly or exclusively of members of the State Legislature. It is stated also that a petition has just been presented to Senate by the. State. Temperance Commit tee, for a Metropolitan Police for Boston, with a. view chiefly to the enforcement of the Liquor Law in that city. We may quote, in 'connexion with the above, the following paragraph from a letter lately written by the sargeon of the Third Maas sarlusetts Regiment: " Let me tell you one pleasing fact. Our field officers are all strictly total abstinence men. What a blessing that is I I don't care though our GOlonel is too uncouth, and unpolished to be a boon companion for city peacocks; I don't care if our field officers are all too modest to push our claims and secure favors that other regiments are en joying: They let whisky alone !" THE LATE DR. BEECHER'S estate in New- Haven has been purChased by the Catho lics, who will erect an educational institu tion upon its • MISS PARSONS, daughter of Hon. The ophilus Parsons of the Cambridge Law School; on the breaking out of the war, animated with the same spirit that led Florence Nightingale to the Crimea, fitted herself to take charge of our sick and wounded soldiers. Her tact and talents have been recognized, and she has been placed in'charge of the great hospital on Bedloe's Island. Amos PERRY, American Consul at Tunis, has recently forwafded to the Rhode Is land Historical Society, a piece of a Cor inthian capital excavated from the ruins of Carthage. MAJOR-GENERAL. BANKS has given to the library of the Rumford Institute at Waltham, Mass., his place of residence, one hundred and silty-two volunies of val uable books. A CAPE COD (Miss.) paßer says that the large crops and the good prices realized the last year have give renewed vigor to the growers of cranherries. Many swamps heretofore considered almost worthless are now undergoing necessary preparations for the wetting of vines and the culture of this fruit. A' COTTON MILL at Lewiston, Maine, has manufactured over half a milion dol lars' worth of goods within four months. TSMJANUARY .DIVIDENDS of the two greet fire-arms companies in Hartford, Colt's and Sharp's, torrether amount to nearly $1,000,000. FOR THE FIRST- TIME since the--war opened, the supply' of arms • is; t ahead of the demand; at least, for the first time there is. an' accumulation at the 'Springfield' 'Armory. From 30,000 to 40;000 new rifles are now on hand, packed and ready for shipment. The armory tarns out about 1000 musket per day. , NEW-YORK. FRAM THE Christian intelligent:dr, we gather the following particulars in regard to the murder of Rev. Robert A. Quin; late Chaplain 'of. .the Sailors' Snug Harbor, on Staten Island, and the subsequent suicide of the murderer, an old sailor named Herman Ingalls. • The Intelligence,* says : • "It appears that Mr. Quin had gone' through the service, as usual, on Saturday morning, and Ingalls was alsopresent, join ing in the responses, in the customary man ner. Prayers 'being over, the persons , present retired, Mr. Quin' and Ingalls lin gering a little behind. * Ingalls came out first, and loitered irresolutely near the steps, with his hand in his breast pocket. Mr. Quin descended the steps,- when Ingalls drew a revolver from his pocket, stepped a few paces toward his victim, and, charged the contents of, a barrel directly into his bosom.. The ball pissed through I the heart, and Mr. Quit merely hid the power to•place one hand upon his brealt, and to step back about foot, when he fell dead, his head near the chapel where he' had so long'officiated. Ingalls looked qui- etly at his victim for a moment, and then retreating - a few paces, deliberately placed the muzzle of his pistol. his mouthi' and drew the trigger. The ball had done - its fatal work, for the murderer fell to the ground, and in fifteen minutes he ceasedto exist.' The whole transaction took pia& so suddenly that those around were scarcely conscious of it till they saw the murderer and his victim stretched on the ground!' It is rumored that Ingalls had been gni"- ty of great crimes in the early part of hip., life ; that he had made a :confident otitis t pastor; and that the fear lest. the latter' 'should `dirdlge his secret so preyed upon his, mind as to determine him to, plunge still deeper into the abyss of crime by-the murder of the innocent chaplain and 'his own self-destruction. ‘• • Rev. Mr. Quid was sixty years old, and was chaplain of the institution for thirteen years:. He was beloved by the sailors, who evinced' by their tears on the occasion of his funeral, that they lamented a friend. as well as a pastor. AT A LATE Fulton Street Prayer-meeting, a venerable speaker mentioned, that even while the dreadful carnage was going on at Fredericksburg, the devotees of pleasure were, at Fortress Monroe—almost within sound of.the cannon and the groans of the wounded and dying—engaged in scenes of mirth and revelry. He stated,,however, to the credit of the officers of, the Colorado, that they refused to participate in the nnL seemly festivity: The speaker maintained that the Christian sentiment of the court= try needed yet to be aroused in earnest, in regard to the momentous interests before us. THE BIRTH...DAY of Tom Paine, which occurred on the 31st ult., was celebrated in New-York City by a ball and supper. An exchange, in noticing the event, says : " There is in New-York a lady who was a little girl when Paine died. It was owing to her father that he died not the death of a dog. Drunken, filthy, forsaken, blasphemous, he cried in vain for help from his friends. But the hand of a Christian lifted the cup to his fevered lips, and staid by him while he alternately cursed the name of Jesus, and called out, My God, why bast thou forsaken me ?' Little did the giddy, throng who went to keep alive his memory, and who' drank toasts to his honor, know of the agony of that death bed where the fires of the second death had begun to torture, and the worm that never dies had hastened to his repast." A SERIES of discourses on the Alma : lypse by the well-known . Rev. Dr. Cox, is announced in the New-York papers: The first of the series was to have been deliver ed on last Sabbath evening. THE Advocate and Journal has the fel- lowing in regard to the late Dr. Robinson.: "''This good man, whose death is record , ed elsewhere, had like all others' his weak nesses. Re charged Dr. Olin with plagia rism, because the doctor described the arch of a bridge in Palestine without giving him ! credit for having previously discovered it. The doctor was seriously grieved about it, and had sharp controversy in relation to it. We believe some missionaries of the East i came to his help, and testified that they had pointed it out to both the disputants. 1 Some time after, when Dr. Olin was com plaining to Dr. Bond about the controversy 'l in relation to the division of the. M. E. Church in 1844, Dr. Bond said: This controversy is bad indeed, but it concerns i the welfare of millions of souls. If it were about an old arch in Palestine it would be all well enough."' THE intelligences says of Ex-Governor Morgan, who has justheen elected United States Senator by thetegislature of New ;. York : ".He is a gentleman,- a patriot, a IChristian, and a statesman. Of his poli tics we have nothing to 'say, for or against; but as a public man, he Merits the confi dence of- all men who value honesty, fideli ty, andcapacity in a legislator." THE NUMBER'of Children who have re ceived gratuitous instruction in various public ~sehools of New-York city, during the past year, is estimated at near two hun dred thousand ! WY,NDELL PIubLIPS delivered an ad dress on the .3d inst., at the Plymouth church, Brooklyn, on " Our Country's Fu- sure. THE FOLLOWING preamble and, resol tion were unanimously adopted in the New York House of Assembly Whereas, The cheap diffusion of knowl edge among the people is essential to the welfare of republican institutions ; and Whereas, A combination exists among the manufcturers of paper which has caused an enormous increase in the price of books, periodicals, and newspapers; there fore, Resolied, That - our Senators and Repre sentatives COberess are instructed and requested to favor a I.lduction of the duties on imported printing paw. PRILADELPIIs.k. AT -THE Ter-Centenary Cerebk - ttion of the adoption of the fleidelberg Catetrven, lately held in this city, Rev. Dr. Gerha,rt, in addressing the Convention, remarked that• in the Catechism referred to, three tendencies were united : " The Zwinglian, which laid special stress on the commemo ration side of the Lord's Supper to the seeming disparagement of the other side.;. the Melanethonian, which laid special stress on the communion side, to the exclusion even of that of commemoration, and the . , , Calfinistio, Which substantially agreed with the Zwinglian. and Melanothonian." THE Noonday Prayer Meeting - whosie discontinuance at the Stumm Street chUrch we noticed:last week, will be held hereaf ter at Jayne's Hall, 611 Chestnut Street. THE Third Reformed Dutch church of Philadelphia, of which Rev, Dr. Taper was `the late pastor, have extended a call to Rev.' Mr: Conklin, pastor of the Scett Pres byterian church, located on Spruce Street atove Third, to become their pastor. ON THE evening of the Bth there was an immense meeting in the .Academy of MUsie, in aid of the Christian Commission. Lieut. Gen. Scott presided. Speeches were made by Gen. Scott, Mr. Dodge, Dr. Tyng, Rev. A. Reed i Col. M'Keon, Rev. Mr., Ganse, Gen: Burnside, Rev. J. T. Duryea, and 'George H. Stuart, Esq. Gnu sold on Saturday at 156, and For . eigd Exchange at 172. Tloiar, wheat, and' corn, were steady: The Caeb of' A.. la. Boileati.; Last week,* e•noticed the arrest of,A. D. 'Boileau, of the Philadelphia Joirual, and the charge of Judge Ludlow, to the Grand 'irk, in referenCe to the affair. We also 44 4 geited 'that possibly Judge Ludlow might._ discover that he was rather hasty. This was• partially, proved even before we went to press; as we were able to add, that Mr. Boileau had given Gen. Schenck, by whose order he was arrested, explanations,. and solemn promises of future good be.. havicr. • As the case is important, we will give a little More of its legal feature. The Court met again on February, 2d when Judge Allison gave the charge to the Grand Jury. lie alluded to the previous charge of Associate Judge Ludlow, and dwelt largelyupon the law. We quote in part: Alluding to Judge Ludlow's course, saYs • " To this proceeding I am compelldd to except; regarding it as wrong, in every as. pent in which it can be viewed.; I would be deroliot in my, duty as a Judge of this Court ifeby my silence I might even seem to sanction, and if in speaking I did not place upon it my most emphatic eon detonation: It was 'unwise beeausd it was unnecessary ;• the ordinary mode of crimi-. nal procedure being fully adecivat e to remed3rthe wrong, if a wrong has ~been committed; and thaimethod being in my judgment the only . proper and legal way of bringing the case in court. It was injudi cious; for however well intended, the con sequence or a judge, of his own motion,. upon mere information obtained in no legal way, for there was no eomplaint under oath, with unnecessary and unusual haste, making use of his official position to insti tute a prosecution, strictly personal and private in its nature, is to render the whore proceeding liable to misconstruction ; to place this Court in a false position- before the country, as anxious for, and of its own motion, seeking a cause of difficulty with the Government; and because the legiti mate result of such action is to precipitate a collision between the State and General Government, when such collision should by all proper means and to the last possible extremity be avoided; that the true and constitutional Government of the land may be upheld and strengthened in its fearful struggle with an infamous rebellion, which defies its authority, tramples on its flag, imperils its existence, and which has filled the land with lamentation and woe. I can not consent that this Court shall even be unintentionally used for any such purpose, unless the necessity be forced upon us, anti that a necessity that cannot be avoided; and, speaking fbr myself; I here say it shall not be so used, if by the exercise of any portion of, -or all, the rightful power of my office, it can =be prevented. " If a Judge may direct in investigation by the Grand Jury of an individual ease of an alleged false arrest, the result of which investigation is to be made the basis of an individual, personal indictment, then may he in this way institute separate and individual prosecutions upon information of unknown and irresponsible persons for every crime known to the calendar, a pro ceeding entirely at variance with the prop er =functions of his judicial office, and which in itself would constitute a power of a most fearful and despotic nature:; no citizen would be safe; for the same officer who procures the indictment of an individual defendant for a specific offence would have the power to try and sentence him - when brought into Court by his direct agency. I have thus, at- some length, gentlemen, expressed my views upon -a matter of great public moment; I could not do otherwise, and deal justly with myself as- a true and loyal citizen, with the community of which I am a .meniber and an officer, and with my country, which has a right to know, in this, the hour of her extreme peril, that as a cit izenand- a magistrate my personal'and offi cial support shall be given to: it. " Nor could I, by my silence, permit the spirit - of malignity and treasonable faction which lives among us--which is wholly in the interests of the:rebellion, which:-by ev ery means in its power seeks to.weaken the arm: -of the Government, and to give sups port and encouragement to armed resist ance to constituted authority by the honeat , and well intentioned, though injudicious action of any member of this Court—to suppose: that it could here receive encour agement, protection or approial. •-? " I have said nothing of the act which has given rise to this proceeding; I have no opinion about it, because the facts have in , no proper way come before me; if a prosecution should, in due form of lawi grow out of the _transaction and be= called for trial during this term, it shall receive its due consideration at the hands of the Court. I have formed 110 preconceived judgment, which would disqualify me from trying any case, or determining any ques- tion connected with it. "The Clerk is directed to inter tile fol lowing order upon the minutes of the Court: - ' “And now, Feb. 2, 1863, it. is ordered that the District Attorney shall send 'no indietoaent to the Grand Jury based on the presentment brought into Cotirt on the botti, lilt , ~until directed so to do by a ma jority of tlk..c our t . ” . . • ; It is xtoelu als a th t the matterwill' be pressed any fartarr, Let justice =do: her . work; but let her n o be. blind to ,treason, nor in sympathy - with fh .. autettors, of traiz tors and conspirators. Mt ; abase hearts boil with bitterness against N defenders of their country, and melt anlerness for enemies of the Union, are not .t nen to be had in honor. •• lz -...-\._ A Scriptural Stimulus to, liberality. We have ~apostolic precedent for citing the godly example of one church as a stim ulus to' rouse the slumbering energies of. another. - After bearing record of the. grace of God bestowed on the churches of Mace donia, (and thua, , by the way, recognising the doctrine, that giving is a grace;) as il lustrated by their liberality,' in,.a great trial of affliction and deep poverty". - the apostle Paul exhorts the church at , Corinth, in the following strain, to imitate , their ex ample : " Therefore ; as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowl-: edge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound . in this grace also." . ' Following this precedent, we would cal upon,, ; " the Presbyterian . . Church in Amer ica," to stndy and imitate the • following noble example, in the grace,of eying, fur nished by the Wesleyans of,,ngland. The Rev. Mr. Arthur, a secretary of the Socie ty, gives, in one Bentquee,,theirfmodus op erandt, by which they raise $700,000 a year: " The ministers make the missiona ry cause their oxen; and ALT. , --=chilidien as well' as'adults, and the poor as well as the wealthy;•" are invited to' eontribute." We have seen this sentenee,ln which the' whole machinery is exhibited, taken as the text of a financial hothily. The analysis 'Was as follows: • ' "I. `The ministers make the . cause their ." 1. They study it. "2. They enter into it heartily. " 3. They faithfally present, it. " 11. All are invited' to contribute': L 4 All.' (1.) Children; (2.); Adults; (3.) Poor; (4.) The'wealthy. The dual lication is exhaustive. = ' "2. a Are invited td'ecrntiibittel "(I.) They are invited! in duo "'Season, not on the heehrof Conference. -- " (2.) They are invited' to give accord ing to the measure of ability, • " (3.) They are 'invited' earnestly. "(4.) They are "invited:L.' successful . As- the apostle exhorts the church at Co rint4, and stimulates= them by the-exaMple of the churches of . Micedonia, so would we point - our - min' church; to-the bright eXam ple or our Wesleyan brethren. Why-may not we :attain, by like means, to like te sults'? Why should " the Presbyterian Church 'in America," 'contribute, to all - her Boards; no'More than -$319,026; anntlally, whilst= the Wesleyan brethren of England contribute annually, for missionary pur poses alone, $700,000? We 'profess to equal them in faith, and knowledge, all diligence, and love, if not in utterance. Why is it, then that:We do nof - hqi ta pthe • - , in this; grace of giving tiled ? the - kw estate of a given grace is a proof that it has not been cultivated, then must we con. elude, that we, as a denomination, are L e _ hind these brethren in the cultivation or this grace. As an outline of a system o f husbandry, for the practical cultivatio n o r this grace, we would recommend to o ur ministers•, the foregoing analysis of th e . Wesleyan eystem.—H. de F. Record. lenvai. BLOOMINGTON, ILL., Feb. 6, 1863 MESSRS. EDITORS:—It is our privilege to chronicle a very happy issue to the ob servance of the week of prayer by the church of Clinton, Illinois, under the pas. Loral care of our young brother, Rev. B. C. McCook. During •the week of prayer there seemed to be so much solemnity and interest that the meetings were continued regularly with preaching at night, a n d prayer meeting in the afternoon, until Sabbath evening, Feb. I. During that time twenty-three have been added to the church, nearly all on profession of faith. Others profess to have experienced a change of heart, and others still are inquiring. The Lord has heard the prayers of his people, and greatly blessed the zealous la bors of brother Mp - Cook. During our stay with them of Deafly ,a week, we could see no evidence of wild excitement. A quiet solemnity seemed to indicate a genu ine work of `grace* , the'll - Oly Spirit of God, poured out in absiver to the fervent prayers ofthe people of God. Yours fraternally, Pittsburgh Female Bible Soeiety.—The Annual Meeting of the Pittsburgh Female Bible Society was held at the Session-room of the First Presbyterian ehurch, on the Thursday >in January. The meeting was well attended. Seartarjr's and Treas urer's Reports were read: The following are the officers and managers for the ensuing year Presitient—Mrs. - Dr.-Brooks. Vice Preeidenta--Mis. 14 7 0rackers, Mrs , . Judge Ill'Clure. . Treasurer.—Miss E. B. Brooks Secxeda M. ' S. Crittenden. Managers-41ra. %Ng, A. Laughlin, J. Laughlin, J. B. Morgan, Jones, Rowan, Barclay,' Supple, Irwin , lV4o.. Thaw, Pears_ S. Rea, Pressley, Ulunstaetter, Leonard. Johns, Saunders, Ebbert, Sarah Wray; Misses Anne Laughlin, E. A. Laughlin. A. Thaw, K. Fahnestock E. Arthurs, Arthur's, Breed, Magee, ,Aalston, Kerr, Trainer, Brackenridge Porter. Death in the linistry.—The Rev. Wm. G. Johnstone, chaplain of the 13th 'meat , of Kentucky Volunteers, died at Mumfordsville, Kentucky, on the 3d of December Nast. _Mr. Johnstone was for merly a atudontly in the Danville Theolog ical Seminary, and was - a licentiate for sometime under the care of ihe Presbytery of Transylvania. He was ordained in Dan ville in the month of September, and im mediately entered upon his duties as chap lain- His work was soon- done, however, and he has -gone .to the world where the strifes anttcontentions of thimtresent scene are all forgotten. Mr. Johnstone was the son of the Rev. T. P. Johnstone l formerly . missionary, of the American Board of For eign Missions is Turkey • . 'The . Rev. H. Lew; :riastor4of:the Pres hytetian church in WaterfOrd, New-York, and.inentber- of- the ;Presbytery- of Troy, died , ou Tuesday evening, on the 13th of January, after p." short illness.—Presby terian. VARIETIES. 1 . = Gladstone, in -his admirable speech at ,Ohester, England, dwelt on the primeval and universal institution of the. Sabbath; Contending that " the , blessed rest of the Sabbath' -was " a standing and a speaking witness,to the everlasting truth that man shall not live by bread alone? ficsbytathuts halie increased threefold in the province "of Leila*, and fourfold in the protlticeS of Nimster and Connaught, since 1834. The. present- aepeet ofthational affairs in dicates that our ..people .are• • called to the 'ie • whether. ; theyitea r e *der and wait, as wik as -de and date.' 7 '3%64 - dim-of & prompt an as .suppression ofr the aristo evolt has . been. Abandoned. The eratia.—.„ 4 . 476°1 's:out:of will, energy, and resources On: the, p a \ of the rebelsas SU* . as to show that.tn . etas.,pf conquering pei or der will task \ 1 the resources` of ' - o4 e na tion for some, tt. ak : and to-come. Nor are wit to exPtat a aan a t aatetession of vi °ries. gurprisei, disConafttovitliii . disap pointments : are- :;in ~ -i ' • -.4)rie-r. attire. :And what are honestly • supposed be the "eirors- of the - ,A_drainistratiOe' give a li e patriot : much chagrin.. i The ci on. i s , Chan we wait ? . gave the people c i ent faithand calm- determination to vere two ,years , five -years,,' , aye, if ne t .lifetime,. iti:.maintaining the - strut unity, integrity, and . nationality think_ they have. - - ,Partisans will w .and selfish schemers •inay i .for the tin to thesutface and boaSt veryntagnilot ly ; lont_the ::heart;- of the.. people is a Even Beam fwill .• be-:-compelled to whatever his heart wishes;'. the:Union be preserved. .... ' - • The Calvinistic MothodiatsiarWales, cording to the most receirCatatemen number. 100 ,598 - members, with 751 mini tern and preachers in; 985 planes of worship and an average of 17.7,855` persons are re 'ported in the - Schools. They hax some Prekteries and are substantiailY Presbyterians_ • latest nom Nashville. ~ NAervitia, February 4 . --Stokes' Cavalry, te,j a, Kentucky regiment , dashed upon a camp rebels at Middleton, fifteen miles west of 31ar: 'freesboro'," on the 2d hist. We took one hundred rebel prisoners. - Our cavalry made a e'l br !, charge, and took them by surprise, capturing - a , ' the camp equippage„horses,- wagons: Sz-e -ef-INctglass' rebel battalion, and all o: his officers, are prisoners. Davis' Cavalry, itt'Franklin, captured tireetY tfiviveenrtopearlee. - B ' 4 7 v b er e e y v ha v v o s tul al d l ed arriv . ed here. 24idel •Sttite Sentiment. The aaltizoore :American, -a loyal h.: paper, - 3 tli'efollilai4ig:c- - ' aWe .of th a'Berder•States know no party; 331 , we %%aegis:tie but otie policy , that- of preserotie the Cr gusgirutirth and saying the Union, no rizeT: what petty organisation-is trampled under fool IR ': march onward to' these ends. We are ready to pone every consideistion which provides for ff e rlietbieelotriiktunPhB Until: power nf the, GOvernment it has defied. ' l° 4 , the Union is restored , r h ° , , crushed, as it deserves to be, restore, t o ,. Prcluises' fiteace ' on terms humiliating es ' Government and in recognition of the right:i secession, we repeat, is infamous, and n 13 003 'names - for: infamy is that which . goes for `Fence ,s -. baseduppn separation, disunion." • ~ . ' 4 ..u1k,if3 , the right - sentiment. If all Rood • ado id - irt - heartily,:-public "affair' s would soon et. hibit a brilliant hue. For the Presbyterian Danner R. CONOVER le, a for e
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