:1' reshpicrian muter.
1 0 1TMV11011, VENNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1861.
itt Mallets/ 04,rtin4PM4. *Otos the “ Bight" 'Seim
0 Atantoltdot *Mt tpel-bit Patent, ail, or nearly aid,
gatbpribers now have their papers addeweandioldeem
in. n giArigtailit anon. twill weft* Alen,
le lt
4 Snarpin a Mali adored "address stomp; qr
114 4 05 n apt rJr a their emote ptainly priming, Jlbaoned
up to ibirigh they have paid for their papers—this
herised by an Act of" Chetwese. Yu ante wilt
pg ' eteebiniad on the receipt vf slareortptlen; memo,
' • lanedretanee with the amount so reWbeed, and thus
6iiir+endy and valid receipt; simerinse to every one,
.int SU Union a perfect knotoiMpe of Olie Ilkitnreaper to-
Alinant, so via (f 4(esp "'war is made ne Can immediately do
tig de a and have it cormected---a boas /dike valuable to Ma
*Warr and mobseriber, as 4 men terminate tad painfto
' Pnderetandin between them "Winding amanita, and
end to " Mein important relationship.
.0 4 08 in ampere nrill o selease res.
i tht Miaow VI the female ‘Seminary,
01aubeattiJe, 4hie, how an attendance
faurisg the Simmer aesaiiin (1882) of nine.
Vibe '4l,ile; and 'during the Winter
igesaion, .niie /inn - dyed Intvi fqrts.one. It
'tee the courite studies, r inci;
.."a4nta g eo, *0 ,er the InfitittitiOn.
44 ,
of the ItA key. Tor. MebOvr
iii may be expected, Ethortfy,,froth ihe pen
Of .Rbv, Dr. SPRAGUE, Or Albany, N. Y.
Or: MoDowiLL'a petsonal worlih, and iris
ifunexiott with great evetits 4 tarnish to the
4140 ht*Oliill 'writer, It
,grqtley and. inetrtiet the 'Chris
tikit
whose hook entitled,
IPseutmcFmawansa we noticed lately, has
sot copy if it, through Gen. 1100.ksu,
4..(fitone*all) ,TAoKsorr. The
13430 contains the following inscription :
" My .Dear Son and brother in Christ:
Bead this, and send, it to my deeply afflict
ed eon, Colonel J. T. L. PRESTON. I Will
teng lOU a thousand for distribution, if you
desire it, and express that desire to me in
any-way. Gao. JUNKIN.
"79 Sands Street, Brooklyn!"
'Gen. jatacsores first wife was a daugh
ter. of Dr. triniKlN.
The Board of Directors of the Western
.
Theological Seminary will meet in the
Seminary Hall on Wednesday, April 22d,
it 2 o'clock P. M. Full attendance. is ape
ckally.requested.
The Exarnination of the _students will
commence< on Monday, April 20th, at 10
o'clock A. M.
The , Exhinining Committee are the Rev.
J.' Db D.D., A. 0. PATTERSON,
Dik.,lind O:DICKSON, D.D, and Elders
JAirto CA.ROTITERS, M. D., and ALEX.
OAIDIRON. W. B. Moitviumas,Bee)r.
generosity of the Noith.—Ale American
Bible Society is sending large :numbers of
Bibles and New Testaments to the South,
• far 'distribution. This is done, of course,
under the approbation of the Government;
the Secretary of War having granted per
mission' for the packages to cross the lines.
The war, costly and oestructive as it is, is
not waged by the North -in a malignant
4pirit: A few bad men talk yickedly;
liut the great body- of the people' contend
more in sorrow than in anger. They are
impelled by a sense of duty. Human.well
`being demands a government of law; and
law, to be valuable, must faithfully exe
cuted. Traitors, rebels, robbers, perjured
imams, must , be punished. While then
serrow, impelled by stern necessity,
we :60oree a just penalty upon transgress
ors, we rejoice to administer to their spir
-itual wants.
Pittsburgh Board . . of Colportags.-lh na is
Board, though possesse& of but "il
means, accomplishes much good. One lin
stanse is brought to our notice by Colonel
CLARK (Rev. 'RUM B. CLARK, pastor. of
U. P. Church, Allegheny.) He writes
under date of *arch 21st as follows
"I have - the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of a , handsome present, bestowed
through FRANCIS G. BAILEY, for the use
of this regiment: The gift came from the
Presbyterian Colportage Society, supported
by -the Synods of Allegheny and Pitts
burgh. And I cannot refrain from recom
mending this Society as eminently deserv
ing the cooperation and contributions of
all Christians. The books and tracts that
are distributed, teach us not only ,a sound
morality but present religion in the purity'
.of its princifiles and life. The Testaments
just_received are •well suited for distribu
tion in the army. They are well bound,
and of such size that any soldier may carry
one of them conveniently. 'May the lord
richly reward these laborers in his vine
yard, for this timely gift. And may all
who desire the salvation of the perishing
cooperate with these brethren in their work
of faith and labor of love."
Tor the Presbyterten Banner
The United States and Slavery.
MBOSRB. EDITORS :—Dr. Breckinriage,
In his article on "Negro Slavery and the
Civil War," says, on page 693, in regard to
the Presient: " The wisest and best men
are liable, like the common mass of human
ity, to hold opinions which sometimes ap
pear difficult to .be laid happily together."
Does be not furnish a striking illustration
of this in the same article 7 On page 680,
he says : " There was constituted a new na-.
Non -out of these States (the old thirteen,)
a nation , holding slaves was created out of
slaveholding States." While on page 706
he trusts that the President will yet see
"proof that the nation does not consider
negro slavery, as it exists in many of the
States, in any proper sense, a nation
al institution." Here the Dr. evidently
wishes it to be understood that he does not
regard slavery in our country as a " nation
al institution ;" in the other place he says
that the:States, when united, formed from
thetfirst, "a nation holding slaves." • Can
there be a "nation holding slaves," with
out having slavery as a "national institu
41on Perhaps you can see how these.
passages in the Dr. s'Artiele can be " laid
happily together." I cannot. C.
itzmAnKs.---The main difficulty lies in
the meaning attache& to the word " hold
.
ine If , the word is used as aynonomons
with to own, to possess, the United States
hold; no: slaves; but if the word is used
in the sense of, to contain, as a vessel may
contain water, sand, pebbles, and a hundred
other things, all at once; then the United
State. does hold slaw' „Mei in this sense
.
may be truly said to bu a iiMitiut,L holding
slaves.". Thin it is, as we xeri l Dr. Basox--
,
Ipttnar'iii article, that he nses-the word:
The 'United 'Mates did - not insiiitite
but they contain slam.
KE4ISEII BOOK OP DISCIPLINE,
CASES WITHOUT PROCESS.
'Chapter VII. makes provision for some
vases which the old Book had not no-
tined
If a fault is committed in presence ,of the
court, no testimony is needed. The court
of its own knowledge, may judge and pass
sentence
If a confession is made Which seems to
be frill and ample, the court may issue it
without seeking further testimony.
If a member shall decline communion on
the supposition that heis unconverted, and
hence would be unacceptable at the Lord's
.table, he need not be subjected to church
censure, as if he, were a voluntary delin
quent.
Members who have'removed without cer
tificate, are not to be continued on the roll
longer than three years. We are glad to
see arrangements for purging church - I.one,
though we regret that so long a term of ab
. m
sense fixed. it should be but one year.
When we had a,pastoral charge we enume
.rated, in our annual' report, none who had
been absent, by removal, for over twelve
months.
A chureh member leaving the Presbite
rise Church;and joining some other eVan-
Oliva' denomination, not having obtained
a regular 'dismission, is to be dropped from
the list, of members. If the denomination
be joins is heretical, he*is to be suspended,
excommunicated, or deposed, without trial.
These *visions will be found useful.
EVIDENCE
Chapter VIII. 2, introduces a new fea
ture, in making pwlies in a case competent
witnesses. In some Countries and Stites
the civil law partakes of this feature,;
most, as we believe, the parties are exclud
ed from bearing testimony. It may be a
means, sometimes, of reaching truth, but it
is an innovation witich we would not' have
ventured. The less honest a man is, the
more will he try to clear himself; and the
moat conscientious and truthful will be
doubted. If the accused AO refuse to
take the witness' stand, he will subject
himself thereby to moispieion of conscious
ness of guilt; sand if he shall take it, and tes
tify in his own favor, it will yet be hard to
believe him. We would prefer not to put
any one in so painful a dilemma.
THE PARTIES
The parties in a judicial case are the ac
cuser and the accused; and when the case
is carried to a higher Court, they are still
the same persons, the designations being
then appellant and appellee -
In relation to parties in a ease, we have
a new feature. It is Chap. IX. 3; and
feeds thus .
"When a matter is transferred from an in
ferior, to a superior judicatory, the infe
rior judicatory shall, in, no case, be con
sidered-a party; nor shall its members
lose their right to sit, and deliberate, and
vote, in the higher court."
This we regard as a vast improvement,
both in its principle and in tEi practise for
which it provides. We know that in this
we differ from many of our brethren; but
still we rejoice that the Committee has
made the recommendation, and cannot but
hope that the Assembly will adopt it, and
the Presbyteries ratify it. •
It is an improvement in - principle, be
cause our Church judicatories, from the
lowest to the highest, are courts. The
members are judges, They are bound to
be impartial, and to' judge righteous judg
ment. Their corning to a decision,, does
not make them a party ,• and it is utterly
wrong to treat them as it they had taken
sides. They are entitled to the reputation
of having dealt fairly and honestly. To,
exclude them from the uppmcourt is an
imputation upon their honor and rectitude,
which should not be tolerated for a mo
ment. ;It is derogatory to ministerial and
Christian character; the semblance of the
consciousness of a want of worth in our
official brethren. We never see the thing
done but that- we feel both indignant and
ashamed.
The proposed alteration is also an im
provement in practice. It tends to a just
decision. The decision of a case is thus
made by a larger body—rather, by the
body. If a Session is excluded from -a
Presbytery, the Presbytery is then not full.
So also if a Presbytery is excluded from a
Synod; and if a Synod is excluded from
the General Assembly. In each step of
progress the decision is made by but . a part
of the legitimate court; and in the final
adjudication, it is not tire whole Church
which settles the controversy, but only a,
part of the Church; a portion of the rep
resentatives who - were sent up, and who are
an integral part of the organized Assembly,
being excluded.
Another, consideration in favor of the
amendment is, that it-retains in the Appel
late Court, the very men who are best ac
quainted with the case, and .the most capa
ble, they being honest men, of giving .a
correct decision. In the, court where the
trial originates, a ease is always more thor
oughly investigated and better understood,
than it can possibly be in an Xppellate
Court, which can, with propriety, use only
the recorded . testimony. The former has
the witnesses before it, and observes their
tones, gestures,, emphasis, withholdings,
equivocations,. and explanations. It knows
much of the history, character, spirit, and
credibility of the parties and the.itnesses.
The main things which belong to the mer
its of a case, are often unre"corded. 'Some
times they cannot be recorded. There
may be prejudice in the lower court, but it
is not likely to be against the innocent;
and if there is prejudiCe affecting the judg-'
meat injuriottsly, it ought to be:made so
plainin the higher court as to carry the
vote overwhelmingly against the few mem
bers of the lower court who may be present.
Rev. O. O. RIGGS, DAD., requests to be ad.
dressed at' Otarkiville,. Mercer County,
Pi. 'instead or Sharon` Pa., whiblE was
his late Post Office.
PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.--WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1863.
Rev. ROBERT BAIRD, D.D., as we brief
ly noted lust week, died at his residence in
Yonkers, N. Y., on Sabbath, March 15th,
in the 65th year of his- age. , His disease
was hemorrhage of the lungs, whict com
menced only on the Wednesday preceding
his death. The warning was brief, but it
would not be easy to find a man mote
nearly ready to depart, than was our high
ly esteemed friend. When the inesseu
ger signified his approach, he was not re
garded as the agent of the " king ot ter
rors." Ho was seen as the herald of the
Prince of Peace bearing - the call, "Come
up higher."
Dr. BAIRD was horn in Fayette County,
Pa., on Oct. 6, 1798. He pursued his
studies in Washington and Jefferson Coy
leges, at the'latter of which he graduated,
•
in 1818.. The year following he taught in
the Bellefonte:Acidemy,•where it was,the
privilege of onr . Seuior' editor to enjoy his
instructions for'a . time, and to 'form an'af
tachment and cement a friendship which
was As enduring as life. Often have ~we
taken sweet counsel together, by 'word and
by letter, and often cooperate& in things
important; and never weik there' a diiiiion
orfit,jar.
_
Princeton Seminary the Plco,logical
Alma Mater of .10r. Benz; ,and, for a'
year or two, he was 'a; Tutor in Princeton
Colle..e.' 'The Princeton Academy
Augurated ; by him in,ilieAntimin of; 1821
Mr. JOSEPH TRIMBLE (since dead), and
the present writer, were thew students in
- the 'Seminary and vie'- divided between A'us
the labors and responsibilities of giving
instruction to the pupils'. Amid the sad
ness of 'separation, it is pleasant to look
back to those early days when three of us l
attached friends, and short of funds;' sus
tained ourselves, one as Tutor in Cdllege,
the others as Teachers,eackhie half of the
day, of twenty precious' youthovhile we, all
pursued• our itudies• - for-the'ininistry, and
perfected those habits which' 'ever after
wards made labor in the Master's , cause
and for human good, a delight. Two are
gone to their joys. One remains to record
their names and worth and still to taste
the sweets of toil, , in, a 'cause unspeakably
worthy.
As a preacher; Dr. BAIRD was instinc
tive, though his voice, was not commanding
Having superior adaptations for other even:-
gelical work, he never took a pastoral
charge. For five years he conducted the
Princeton Academy. For several years, he
served the New Jersey Bible Society, and
the New Jersey MissiOnary Society," with
very great benefit to, the State; carrying
into effect a plan to furnish each destitute
family with a -copy of the Scriptures, and
aiding to establish the existing educatienal
system.. Id 1829 he devoted his energies
to the, American Sunday - School Union, in
the course of five years increasing its rev
enuee-'frorn $6,000 to $25,000 per annum
in 1835 Dr. BA IRD visited Europe, wheie
he remained for nearly eight .years, labor
ing zealously to prtmote different religious
and benevolent enterprises; and upon the
organization gf the American and'Foreign
Christian Union he became its agent and
Corresponding Secretary. This, office he
intermitted for a time to engage in other
labors, but again resumed it, and was thus
employed during the latter;years. of
After -Dr. BAIRD'S return from. his long
sojourn in Europe, he several times-visited
England, France, Germany, Italy, and oth
er parts. His influence Were in the Bible
cane, the Temperance' cause, the cause, of
the Sabbath, and the cause of Evangelical
PrOtestantiam, was immensely great. .Ilis
labors there, and extensively 'through his
own country, and the connexions which he .
planned and maintained between the pious
men and religious and benevolent' institu
tions of America and Europe, justly enti
tle him
.to the appellation bestowed upon
him, of the "international Preacher?! In
his death the Church at large has. lost a
laborer, and the world has been bereaved
of a friend.
Dr. BAIBn, as a writer, was attractive,
,•
though not profound. He did not attempt
philosophical nor theological disquisitions,
nor yet sensational articles, whether relig
ious or otherwise... He 'inclined more to
the narrative; and his productions allure
the reader, taking him cheerfully- along
whither the writer wishes to conduct him.
Among his publications' were the follow
ing : "View, of. the Valley ,of. the Missis
sippi; " History of the Temperance Soci
eties," translateilinto five languages ;'" A
View of Religion in Amfrica;" Protestant
ism in Italy;" "'The Christian Retrospect
and Register;" " History ,of the Albigen
ses, Waldenses and Vaudois;" " Visit to
Northern. Europe," &c. He WU also a
frequent contributor to our newspailers.and
monthly journals.
Dr. B.&nw, born in a retired country,
grown up in obscurity, without powerful
family connexions, without wealth; educa
ted in a then little Western College, hav
ing no pretensions to more, than ordinary
eloquence nor to any superior intellectual
powers, was yet one of most extensively
useful of men, and had acquaintances
and friendihips more numerons, per
,.
haps, than any other man of the times.
He, ; literally, stood before kings. Very
early in his ministry he became acquainted
with nearly all the leading men 'in the
United States, statesmen as well as clergy
men. When he went to Europe, he, took
letters from these to both the great and
the good of tiat country, and soon found
seeds to Princes, Kings, and Emperors,
and was permitted not only to present his,
petition, but to plead for what he desired,
and „to suggest advisory counsels. How
was this ? He had a rare, combination of
humility, modesty, dignity, and good' sense.
He paid due deference to the position, feel
ings, sentiments, and . even prejudioes, of
all whom he approached. And specially,
he always iliac& it manifest that lie was en
gaged, wisely and with disinterested beneeo-
REV. DR. BAIRD.
lence, ?fl a GOOD CAUSE which was practi-
cable
We speak thus of the departed, whom
we knew so well, not by way of panezyric,
nor simply in discharge of a duty which we
owe to the memory of a good man. We
would show to -the multitudes of our youth
ful readers, obscure though they may be,
and unfavored by large worldly means, and
unblessed by distinguished talents, the pos
sibility of attaining to. eminent distinctions
in usefulness; and we would also teach
them the way in which they can make the
attainment.
REVIVAL IN WASHINGTON,
We are pleased to learn that the chtireh
in Washington,' 'Pa:, under the pastoral
care of Rev. JAMES L BROWNSON, D. D.,
has, for.more than - two months, been enjoy-,
ing a - gracious •.visitation of, the Divine
Opirit. , We - give a few of the facts and
incidents.
The " week of prayer,",iti . January, was
observed- with ardency of desire and hope,
an &God heard and gratified . the expecte.
tions:of hie people. Praying for tlan'worldi
brdught the people to • think of their: oivn
needs; and while they siUrght to water oth»
ers,:they themselves were watered. The
chnrch Au:Tie needs, for its own spiritiE
ilikfand growth, the reflex-influence.or a
deep "interest= and zealous activity in the
cause of nihis4o l ifs. •
the attendance
,upon the meetings .of
the week grew numbers from dayto day.
The 'unconverted= 'flocked in. Another
week of meetings was demanded, and an
other, tilt all the evenings of, four consec
utive „weeks were thus consecrated; and
Then ~ alternate evenings for two -weeks
longer.
The pastor was assisted by the officers of
the ,College, aneby two or three Other es
teemed brethren The preaching is repre- ,
Sented to have been. of the plainest charac
ler. The Ilairine - mf the 'cross was_ pre
aente.d in earnest simplicity. No ieiort
was had to . unusual measures. Neetings
;were quiet ; and,selemn. The, understand.'
ing was"" addressed, .as, well the heart.,
Duty was `urged, in connexion with the
threatenings and proirries. The young
,men of the College and the Presbyterian
young ladies in the Seminary, attended as
siduously. •
In - addition to the general reviving of
,
the church, - about thirty-five persons ,
sought
• .
counsel, in personal interviews with the
pastor. Of these, a few will doubtless re
lapse into their. old , carelessness ; some of
them, who are - strideuts,hoth male and fe
male, purpose to make their first full pro
fession in the church of their parents; a
few defer till - the next communion season;
und 'nineteen ' ;have: professed their faith in
Jesus-and sealed their covenant with'him
at his table. Of these, seven received the
initistory sacrament of baptiSm. 'The sac•
ramental seivices were held , on the Bth Of
March. On our last information, there
were still indications of the Spirit's pres
ence.
The Lord is a Sovereign,„ He :bestows
his favors according to the good pleat3ure
of his will. But he uses instramentalities.
He ipts established' channels ot 'commuini
'catieiff. has Made to his Church ex
,
ceedingly great and precious promises ; and
his word' fails not.. We bless him
.for hiti
proffers of salvation. We bless him for a
heart to seek his favor. And we blesslim
for the actual bestowments of his grace.
The- more of benefits we enjoy, the more
praise we ascribe to his name. ,„
JEFFERSON COLLEGB.--INNIMITION OF
DL RIDDLS.-LITERARY COARBST.
The close of the Winter Term is always
a time of great excitement - at' " Old Jeffer
son." The contest . . between the Literary
Societies, for preeminence in, declamation,
composition and argumentation, elicits their
best e'ndeavers, and'furnishes a great treat
to citizens and visitors. On the late occa
sion, however, there was a far. more than
duplicated, interest, caused by. the 'inaugn-.
ration of the new President, Rev. DAVID
H. RIDDLE, D.D. •
Dr. , RIDDLE is eminently qualified for
the position, which, he has been called to
fill; and he will:-have , the hearty coOpera
tion of the Christian- Aiblic. He has tal
ents, learning, experience; and industry:
In, lineage, habits, taste, preferences, and
theology, he is germane with the people_
who sustain the College; .
Alentlemati who wa)itresent on the oc
casion Of W 4 14 we speak, kindly furnishes
us with the following :
" After be little tribulation in making
`my way through and,over the 'awful roads'
leading > to Canonsburg, I was amply re
warded by the privilege. of attending the
inauguration of Rev. Dr. RIPDLA as Presi
dent of Jefferson College; and • the annual
contest betweein: the Philo and Franklin
Literary Societies of that -institution, on
Wednesday last. The inaugural diseourpe
of Dr," R. was worthy of the man and the
occasion. It was characteristically unpre
tentious and simple; but was neat, classi
cal, apt; and full of good sentiment and
good feeling. It acknowledged in grateful
terms the very, cordial reception which he
had met from trustees, students, citizens,
and`from the congregation of which he is
also to be pastor. It expressed« the diffi
dence with which he assumed an office
which had been honored by so many wor
thy predecessors, whose administrations
were severally characterized in brief but
appropriate terms.
"The Doctor_ also referred to his own
former connexion with the College as an
alumnus and a tutor, to his consecration of
himself -to Christ in an open profession
of religion while yet a student, and to tbose
more tender ties then formed; by which he
was brOtight into the closest relationship
with two .of the foimer Presidents. He
then proceeded to set forth the great 'aim of
a course of collegiate training, viz.: the
'raising up amen, good men, true men, fit. .
ted for the
,exigences of their country and
of the age; and he showed how each of the
great 'departments of study required by the .
College curriculum is adapted to this end.
" The discourse was short but :compre-.
mind the utnivalifiedt t corarr
mendation of all who heard it. Dr. R. en
ters on his work in a time of unusual de
pression in the interests of the College,
owing in part to the trying condition of the
country, and the diminution of numbers
produced by the volunteering of many of
its students, and of one of its roost honored
Proftesors. It is confidently believed, how
ever that under the new administration of
its ;Hairs, thus auspiciously inaugurated,
Old Jefferson" will soon recover her for
mer prosperity. Under the Presidency of
one who, has ever avowed his hearty
sympathy with the spirit of the Scotch-
Irish Presbyterian element, so prorainent
in this region of country—whose talents
and scholarship fit him so well for the posi
tion, and whose long experience as a pastor
prepares him to care for the souls of tbe
students and people to whom he will min
ister, we cannot doubt that the institution
will soon, prove itself worthy of the confi
dence and affection of its numerous alumni:
and friends: Upon no one could the man
tle Ofthe Bnowtrs so appropriately have
fallen as upon Dr:lt.
" The exercises of the contest took 'plebe
in the afternoon—a decided . improvement
so far as geed order is concerned upon the
old arrangement. I have been present on
many similar occasions, and, have seldoin
listened to performances whiah„ as a whole,
were more creditable' to concerned
than were- these. -I shall not Speak of
these..performances in detail, except to say
that the select orators exhibited more than
usual powers in their line, but their pow
ers were rather histrionie than elocution
ary: 'Th& debate on the question, "Is a
Science of ,Histori , - possible ri was very
ably cOndUcted on both sides, and the. de
feated ,champion owed his discotnfitfire
morn to his, opponent's better cause and sti
perier. elocution, than to any inferiority in
skillful and perspicuons arguine4ation.
The Pni,i4, on : this occasion, Carried - off
nearly all, the htMors—more than they de.
served in the hnmble judgment of the
writer but , the able Judges were, no
doubt, - better judges than hi, in such mat
ters. . r
EASTERN SUMMARY.
NEW-ENGLAND.
IN Olin last week's issue we briefly noted
the4fact that the First Presbyterian church
Boitofi, which was deeply in debt and
likely te be lost to "our denomination,' was
in a fair way of being secured. From our
exchanges we gather. some additional par•
-
ticulars. - Rev Dr. , Delaney has assumed
the obligatiens and taken a deed for' the
property, " andd fun 6 are "'being raised in
4 ,
New-York and elsewhere, to relieve the
property of its burden. It is then to be
tringerred to the Trustees of the General
Assembly. This arrangement has greatly
revived the hopes and energies of the con
gregation.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Boston Re
corder, mriting from the old Pilgrim town
of
. Plymouth, conimunicates some interest,
ing —information respecting the revival
Which -- occurred a year ago ..at. that place,-
and testifies ' ` tothe good results of the
awakening. About two hundred . persons
have professed their faith in 4 Christ. 'A."
union daily prayer -meeting' has been sus
tained: and better , attended and more
spiritual than, when it started. In the
church of the Pilgrimage, five to seven,
evening meetings are held every Week.
The work of grace seems to be still pro
greasing.-
TELE 'Mu - MOUS REVIVAL in Fall River,
Maas., is rSported as still preirailing with
unabated, interest.
MB FOLLOWING are announced as the
charaCteristinfeatures of -the " First Cath
olic Congregationd Church of Boston,"
about to be orffanized by"the soinewhat no
torious author-of a new translation of the
Scriptures: „
• "1. 'The 'church is designed to-be a
school. of Biblical and moral science and
will adopt Systematic and thorough conrses
of instruction in the same, eitending
through periods of not less than four'years.•
2. It will be an institution of, universal
freedom - , and prescribe no <rules of faith
but evidence, and impose no tasks but
'righteous' deeds in the pursuit of the great
eSt Ood. , 3, It will meet statedly at 10i
A IVE,''on the Sabbaths, and be instructed
by the reading and, interpretation of the
Scriptures from - the original Greek and
. Hebrew, and by sermpbs and lectures, ac
companied with prayers and sacred music.
4.- The church will consist of all who at-.
tend its meetings, give their assent to' its
principles, and contribute , statedly :to its,
support; and their -names will be dulPen
rolled as members on' application for that
purpose. Members will.be allowed to with,
draw at pleasure, and will be• subject to
dismission for disorderly conduct."
Tan 16TH INSTANT has been designated
. as, a day of public - fast by the Governor of
New-Hampshire.
THE Boston correspondent' of the Port
land _Mirror thus notices , the, observance of
St. Patrick's day in the former city:
"If cognizant of what transpires. on.
earth, St. Patrick may congratulate him
self pn having lost n ne of his popularity
with.„,, the Irish. His day was, observed
with genuine enthusiasm. It was a thor
oughly Irish day in. Boston. The natives
of the Green Isle had it all their , own way.
They walked, and rode,und chatted, and'
made speeches, and danced, and drank
whisky with a perfectly Irish unction. When
looking upon the crowds of Irishmen in our
streets that day, I could but be surprised at
the ipmemeness - tyf. the foreign element in
our population. There was one pleasant.-
sight—the green silk flag of Erin floated
side <by side with the stars and. stripes.
The Irish are loyal, as our armies testify."
MESSRS. GOULD & LINCOLN," &SOU,
announce that the " Annual of Scientific
Discovery for 1863 will be ready by
April 20th. It will be La volume of un
common interest. Price $1.50. This en
terprising and judicious house has also in
the press, soon to be issued, a number of
oLher attractive , and valuable works.
NEW: YORK.
WE LEAEN that in consequence of the
removal of so many members up-town, the
Itutgers.strect Presbyterian congregation
haie voted to dispose of their present
church,property, and to. remove to a more .
convenient location in the Upper part of
the city.
It is alio stated that Rev. Dr. - Krebs - of
the Rutgers-street church, will probabli
accept the invitation, to take charge or:
the
'll.ladison-avenueTreshyteriau church and
that he will be accompanied by a portion of
his former friends and parishioners.
`THE REvonittEnPuTcu Pastoral Associ
ation of New-York city and neighborhood,
is. represented as being in a flourishing
condition. The average weekly attendanCe
is about forty. The meetings are regarded
as eminently promotive of fraternal Chris
tian fellowship as well as a means of in
creased ministerial efficiency to all con
corned.
UPWARDS of $lO,OOO was raised, on a
late Sabbath, by. St. Paul's M. E. ohureb,.
in. Fourth Aveniie, N. Y., for Foreign Mitt-
MOOS
IT lESTATED that the number of vagrant
boys in training for crime and misery on
the streets of New-York city, amounts to
at least five thousand. -The Truant Aet
requires the arrest of every child running
thus at large without employment: The
police ,commiSsioners should -see that this
Act is duly
. .enforced. - _
FROM THE EIGHTEENTH Nsnual report
of the New-York: Prisen Asiociation; of
which Rev. E. C. Wines .1).1") is the ef
ficient Corresponding- Secretary, we, learn
that there have been. 41,299 commitments
to the distriet 'priSons during the Year.
Of-these, 26,187 were inales,and 21,112
females ;, 11,147 were native born 30).52
were of foreign birth : ; 80,960 were of tem
perate`habits; 32,339 intemperate; 16,-
- 678 Could' not read; and 4,680 - were under
t7elve years of age.
Tax ,CHRISTIAN INTELLIGENCER, in au
article on the Clergy and the Conscription,
says
" The liability of Ministers of the Gos
pel to enrollment under the new cOnsetlP
tion apt, has led to some, comment in the
religiOui press. 'The most of our 'contem,
poraries, we believe, are prepared to accept
it as a'necessity. The general impression
is that ministers should not, volunteer to
bear arms, an&that if a mode of life re
pugnant to their profession can he honora
bly avoided, it - Should - be. But in this
country every citizen has a 'full share of
the rights and 'privilegei of the general
body, and it is, only just, therefore, that he
should dobis part in the struggle for mani
taining itsfiational life
AN - EXCELLENT association; says the
New-York Wines, has just been formed in
this-city, with the title of the " Protective
War Claim Asssociation," under the Presi
dency of Gen. Scott, an having for its di
rectors Senator Morgan', Mayor Ofidike,
John Jabob Astor, Wm. E.• Dodge- George
'Bancroft, and other gentlemen- , of• equal
public distinction and distingnislied patri
otism, with the object of acting between the
soldiers of this State and the Goiernment,
in the claims of the former for pop; -peg
siona; etc:" It will .secure 'the just claims
of soldiers and sailors and' their 'families;
will protect them from imposture;and fraud,
!arid will furnish.' them advice and informa
lion; while at the same time it vrilPaid; the
Government and the country, bytieventing
false,clainis from , being made:against them.
THE LECTURES of ßev. Mr. Fletchei!up
.on " Brazil Revisited'," are'exciting a great
deal of interest in New-York; on account of
the valuable commercial' information which
the lecturer imparts. kr: Pletcher as
cended the Amazon Over two thousand
miles to the very borders of Peru, and
made extensive obsefvetibus npon the .re
soirees and commercial capabilities of that
rich region, which, it is probable; will soon
be opened to the commerce of the world.
TiE SUPREME Court of New-York has
decided that marriage...under an assumed,
name is legal and valid, and that the air-,
spring ef'suck marriage is legitimate and.
heir-at-law to the:ostate of the father who
assumed the name. - '
THE HARPERS consume upwards of a;
thousand reams of printing paper a day in ,
their pUblishing establishment.__
MowEv,is abundant, but the great feature
is the demand for ti40,.5-2 0 year .6 per Cents.,
.which have been sold to a large aniount.
Seeretary Chase has raised the rate of inter. %
est to 5 per cent. for deposits in the. Sub=
Treasury, subject to call (after 30 days) at
ten days' notice: This has led to an in-,
crease of deposits. Money on -.eau is now
loaned' at •5 to 6 per cent. The premium
on gold has receded 'to 40. The demand
for gold, to export continues active. —The
Bum of $1,201,907 was, shipped last week;
making $14,066,188 since Ist; jamiary.
The. rates .of foreign exchange have ;de=''
dined, following the decline in the specie.
market. -
The importations last ,week were very
large, amounting to $4,138,170, while. the
exports 'of produce reached the value of
$4,671,223, half a million in excess of in/-
ports. The imports since rlst. JanuarY
amount to $ 4 2,425A52, , and exports of pro;
duce to $48,606,703, being $6,200,000 in
excess Of imports. . • -
PHIL *DEL PULA.
A GRAND SOCIAL GATHERING took
place last night, says the Dwity Hews of
the 26th ult., at the rooms cof the Young
Men's Christian ASsociation, which was
attended by a large concourse of people' of
highly respectable character, among whom
were ex-,Governor Pollock and other dis
tinguished personages.. The . evening's en
.
tertainment consisted in vocal and instru
mental music and addresses by the President,'
Mr. Cookrnan, P. B. Simmons, Esq, Col.
Maurice, and others. During the evening
the company were invited to
,partake of a'
collation provided for the occasion, consist;
ing of, ices' of various , flavors, cakes,, and
'other delicacies. • •
• The occasion was one ...of Much real en
joyment, and the company ,separated at
late 'hour, muoh gratified with the secinbil
ities of the evening.
THE Philadelphia /Verth. Ameiican an
nounces an antiquarian discovery - Which it
says, gives to Pennsylvama. some of the
laurels hitherto very gracefully went by
Massachusetts: This particular laurel is
that which belongs to the person who first
preposed the printing- of the' Bible in
America. Cotton. Mather has hitherto had
the honor. But now it ieeins there have
been discovered the relics Of " Proposes
for'the Printing of eiolaige Bible, by Wil
liana Bradford," (islet:l'4 Philadelphia; the
14th of the Ist month, 1688." Autograph
letters are said to be in existence 'giving
even an earlier date to this project "on the
part-of Bradford.
..ECOLESIASTICAL,
Rev. J. C. liArDlA's Post Offtee address is
changed from Atlanta, - Ili., to 'Bloom
. ingthn, McLean county; 'h.
Rev. WILLIAM COL:LE_P
omGE'S ()fried ail,
:k.Alress is Ataggid,
Kelley's Station, Armstrong Co., cPa.
Correspondents are requested to
him. accordingly,
Rev. Wx.txrAst T. BEATTY, pastor of the•
church at. Greencastle, Pa., has received
a call to the }lnt Presbyterian church,
Now-Brunswick, N. 3.
Rev. Dr. CROSBY, late pastor of the First
church, New-Brunswiek, New-Jersey,
;has been dismissed, to connect himself
with the Fourth Presbytery of N ew _
York, be having accepted the call of th e .
Fourth Avenue charcb, New-York City.
PRESBYTERIAL NOTICES.
The PRESBYTERY OF ALLEGRENY stands
adjourned '.to meet in Harriaville, on the Second
Tuesday (14th) of April, at 11 o'clock A. AL
: ,d., R. COULTER, Stated clerk:
Th FICESEYTEItY OF NORTUMBERLAND
will hold its next stated meeting at Mikan, on the
Third Tuesday (21st day) of April, at 11 o'clock
A. N., and be opened with a sermon by the Mod
erator, Bey. L. Weiteotk'
Statistical Reports, Assessments for the-Com
missioners' and Contingent Funds, and Sessional
Records, will be called for. .
ISAAC,GRIRR, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF. ROCK RIVER will
meet in the First Presbyterian church at Rock
Island, on the Third Tuesday of April, at 7
o'clock P: M.
Sessional Records-and - Assessments for tia!,
Commissioners will be called for.
.
S. T NILSON Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF WASHINGTON will
hold its next stated meeting' in Wellsburg, Va.,
on the Fourth Tunsday (28th day) of April, at
2 o'clock P. M. • .
Reports on the state of religion in the different
churches are to be given to the Rev. Laverty
Grier, (Chairman ef. the Committee, on the Nar
rative to the General Assenihly„).on the first day
of the session. - ALEX M'CARRELL,
The PRESBYTERY OF CRiWFORDSVILLE
will convene in Aide& meeting in Waveland, In
diana, on Tuesday,. April 31st, at 7 o'clock P. M.
Statistical. Reports from churches will be called
for. IL Y. ALLER, Stated Clerk
The PRESBYTERY OF WESTERN RESERVE
stands adjourned' to meet 4rt the church of La
fayette, on the Fourth Tuesday (28th) of April,
at 7 o'clock P. M.
The churches are assessed seven cents per
member, (see Miiiittis Geo. Assembly of 1862,)
for Commissioners' l smd. Contingent Funds.
WM. CAMPBELL, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF 'HOCKING will meet.
(D. V.) at. Barlow, on Wednesday April 29th, at
7 o,Wock. P. M. 7. H. PRATT,
, • - • Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF ZANESVILLE will
meet. in Washington, on. this - Second Tuesday
(14th day.) of April; fit 7 o'clock P. M.
- Evidence of pastoral settlements, a Narrative
of the State of Religion, a r Statistical Report,
and a Contribution to Commissioners' and Con
tingent Fund from eachchurch, to the amount of
five Cents per ineniber, will be called for, as
reported in the . lasellinuteS'of - the Assembly.
W. M. FERGUSON, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY. OF BLOOMINGTON will
meet in Clinton, on Tuesday, April 28th, 1863,
it - 7 P. M. "Sessional Records and Settlement
with Pastore will 'be - called for; also, Commis
Blotters' 'Auld,' as' follows ' vit.: Bloomington,
$12.761; Tiraynetrrille, 10.00; Deer Creek, West
Urbana, and Hayworth , each 5.00; Clinton,
4.50 Union Grove' and Towanda, each 4.00;
am; Onar,go - and Crow Meadow, each
3.50; Mackinaw aid' Atlanta, each 2.75 ; /4leta
mora ~a nd Lexington; each 2.50 ; Low Point,
2.0©.; ~E 1 Paso, Dwight, and Harmony, 1.75:
Farm Ridge, Monticello, Brenton, Charm, each
1.5 q; Beading, Cheney's Tolono,
Cedar pidnt, HilMan, Sulphur Spring, Ashkum,
Halloway; and Secor, each 1.00. •
:".•:11. CONOyER, Stated Clerk.
• .
ThaPRESRYTERY QF DONEGAL will hold its
. • meeting . . .
next stated in the church of Strasburg, on
- Titesday,' APril 14th, at,..2, o'clock P. M. Statis
tical Reports; and Reports on Systematic Benev
olence, will be,called for, and Sessional Records
reviewed. ,TOHN. FARQUHAR,
Stated Clerk.
,The :PRESBYTERY OF NEW LISBON will
nieol; D.:W.4 at Newton, on the- Second Tuesday
of:April - next, . it' 2 *o'clock :M.
.Statistical
Reports,. Pastoral Settlements ' 'and Commission
ers'.Fiand, be ialled'for fr 42. the churches.
ROBERT RAYS, Stated. Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY' OF BEAVER will meet in
Clarksville, on the Second. Tuesday of April, at
II e'elook A. M.
D. C =it*, 'Stated Clerk
'Thir PRESBYTERY OF MARION will meet at
Mt. 'Gilead, - on the Second Tuesday (140) of
April neat, :at .7 eclock P. *M. Assessment
for Cemullssioners' .Fund York, $1.75 ; Larne,
1.75; New Winchester , - 50 e Delaware, 3.00;
Sanduck,y, 200; erectile% 1.50 Galion, 1.50;
Leesville,- I.2s`;'Upper 'Sandusky; 2.25; Liberty,
'2.754 Brown, 1.25; Kingston,2.oo; Marseilles,
-4.75; llarion,.B.oo ; Richland, 50c.; Marysville,
2.76,; Milford Centre, 2.50; Radnor, 2.50;
Thigah,42:oo ; Canaan, 2.00.; Little Mill Creek,
506.- Corinth, 50c..; Osceola, 50c.; Waynesburg,
1.00% 'Btxcirtts, 4.75 ; Iberia, 3.00 ; Wyandot.,
76c.; Neirada,'.7s%:- Broken Sword, 750 4 3lt.
Gilead, 2.75.; Cardingt,nn,-4500.; Eden, 760 ;
lem, 50c ; Sunbury, 60%
• II: A. TRUE, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY .OF TOLEDO stands ad
jimmied to meet at Shellsbarg, Benton County,
lowa.on.thel'hird. Tuesday of April next, at 7
o'clock P. M. LUTHER DODD,
-Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OP SCRUILER will meet
2111* Monmouthom Thursday, April 16th, 1863, at
o'slools. P. M. Statistical Reports, Sessional
Records, Settlenrertts with Pastors, Commission
ers' Fuad, and-: sixty "-six members , will be ex
pected. ' T. - S. VAILL, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF STEUBENVILLE
:will meet., -agreeably to adjournment, in the Two
Ridges ohureh, ou the Fourth Tuesday (28th
day) a' April; et 10 o'clock - A M.
"- ' ROBERT HERRON, Stated Clerk.
. The -PRESBYTERY OF- ALIABGRENT CITY
wil .
meet
in'the Pirst-Presbyterianelinre4,
.OE I 4 City, on the Seeond Tuesday of - April, at
10 o'clock A. M.
,„
Pastors and representatives of vacant eburetes
will please Mime prepared. to' 'mud in written
Statistical,Reports; to furnish materials for the
Ammal iteport 4 to the General Assembly.
MILLIAM ANNAN Stated Clerk.
,
The. PRESHYTERY OF. OHIO will meet le
'die Second-church, Pittsburgh, on the Fourth
Tuesday (28th) of: April,.atT2 , o'clock P.
Full reports are require from pastors and
Ses"dons, and it is. verynecessary that they be
:promptly forwarde:d.
' w..s_ McILVAINE, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF ST. CLAIRSVILLE
will meet at Wegee,. on the Fourth Tuesday of
April, at 11 o'clock A. M.
_
Congregatibnar Settlements, Sessional Records,
and S t atistiCal'Reports, - will be required ; 3 . 15 ° ,
a contribyttiOn front; each Congregation, equiva
lent to 2f eents.from each member of the church,
to, pay the:expenses of the Commissioners to the
next Geaeral.Assenably, and to meet the contin
gent 'expenses of Presbytery.
`JOHN B. GRAHAM, Stated Clerk
-The
.11RESBYTERY •BLAIRSVILLE 161 1
meet, according to adjourntnent, at Unity, on the
Second. Tuesday, of' April aC 2 o'clock P. M.
JAMES DAVIS, Stated Clerk.
• The PRESBYTERY O HUNTINGDON Wil l
'hold its next stated meeting in the Presbyterianchurch of •Altoona, on the Second Tuesday (/
day) of APfil; o'clock A. 31. Statisti ,i
RePorts lie•called Ter; also, a report from
~
each '' congregation as to whether the Po' or '
Salary has been •paid.
ROBERT BAMILL, Stated Clerk.
The VRESICATRY OF 'RALTSBURG sta ll i
AdjOUrlledUte 'meet at Indiana, on the Seco l :
; I rlicsday„.(l2.th da,y).of April, at 2 o'clock r. .1
l.
`Sessional Records, Statistical . Reports, Wr it( !;
41111'rraivis;and Congregatianal Settlements ,l
lierendb3difor. - 1: • : WITIP7 WOUND ,
Stated Clerk
Stated Clerk