I ,;:rtsbgteriatt. FITTSBURIX, WIRDRESDAY, APRIL 13, 1863. GENERAL. ASSEMBLY. The General 'Assembly of the Presbyterian Clfdrob id the - United - States of America will hold its nett meeting, in the First Presbyterian Chttrekin theeity of Peoiia, Illinois, at eleven &Cam& on Thursday, the 21st of May, and 'be opened with a sermon by the Rev, Charles C. Beatty, D.D., Moderator of the last lAniembly. , jar The Committee of Commissions will meet in the Lecture-room of the church on the Wednesday evening preceding, at eight o'clock, to:receive commissions, and on Thursday 'morn ing; the day of the meeting, at nine o'clock, for thetsawe purpose. . . ALIMANDItIi T. -MoGILL L SN'tect WILLIAM E. ,Sag;itos, Permanent Clerk Trastrai Westere Theological Seminary.— Thf:t,Triudees of the ; Western Theological Seminary iwill meet on Wednesday,= the 22d inst.; at ,10 o'clock . A. M.; in the T?aturr3=mom of the First. Preibyterian O i tireh, Pittshnrgh. By .order; JonN T,LOGAN, Say. witaitke - , Correeled---The . ministers and ehirolies.ofiihnTresbyterf of Rook River *Et Okla notice that the meeting of the kiiisiNfieriat Ronk Island is on the last it,tif4sg(lBth) of April, at '7 T.. N. ; and inst,rovthe third Tuesday, (21.5 t,) Austated inlhe published notice. S. T. WILSON, Stated Clerk MEM The Mit':. General besembly. Stated Olesks ; otrreabyteries, and of other bodies sending delegates to the Assembly, are re. qitersted to Send in the names of delegates iiiinediatoly on Iheir appoint m ent, with Office address of 'eaOtt one. By yon will. ,assist and, obligi us. Akdrais: . J.`BOYD HEADLEY, ;! • G - ZO. H MOILVAINE, ter Committee of Arrangements.' , 'eoria, April 4th, ;1863. , , Danville Itiview.—.Tbe -number for Atiridi''pentains fine , articles; viz An 1 . 11- 4 . #7 into the TruePoctrine of Human So ciety, by Rev. R. J. 1111ECIRISRIDGE, D: D.,; Commeatary. onEcclosiastes,,byßev.loYAL YoutiG,:l).l). ; Politica and the Church,hy Ely L..StAzim'xiw,-D. D.'; Credibility of ificleoiluricatioU of the Dead, by Wit T. The ;New Life of th Redeemed Tlitt It 3 kY , ReY..B. YERKES: These topics are ireited with'..ability; and will sustain the deselited' 'reputation 'of this' Quarterly. . , 1111 Bin AND TIMELLPROPOSALFOR THE MEM OF, TILL SOLDIERS. GUILDO6I4 JUDSON, Of Raymond, *Age County Wisconsin; writes to the T004 81 , , Mr of the American Worm Trait ant,Book Society, of Cincinnati,. as foI -104611 :„ Briol'aza :—.l i neling deeply in'ter.. in'the important work of supplying our soldierswith suitable religious'reading Visitor; and knowing that your Society is engaged in this work, I propose too - be one Of twenty-five' to raise. five thousand dollars 05,000 . 0 for this purpose; hoping *that there may be a ready response to this proposition; and enough-found to fill up this amount, and 'numb more, even._ I hereby enclose my proportion of the $5,000, which will be $2OO, to be used as fidobvii specified. (Sin ed) GURDON 'JuDspif. :There is no department of effort for the gOod, of soldiers, more important than the one pontemplated ,in this offer. The So eikktaisystel of operating in this field is one that obviates many ililficulties which lain hitherto embarrassed effort in this direction. We are rejoiced to know that *heir labor is being appreciated. Shall the five thousand dollars foe raised? Who will 'he the remaining twenty-four to contribute the amount The call is a lend one. Is there any better way of serving, at this • Com t the common cause °four country and cur. Lord ? = O -43drolannications relating to the proposed maybefood addressed to CEYLON RUDEON, V*Sasarer A. A. T. and B Society Oin. *in.wo4,9. 'TIE UHRIMIN CONNISSAN -This benevolent Aisociation aims at the amelibrating of the condition of the sick 'and irolinded'in all our armies, and at the firiiiiking of religious instruction. It ktin the sanction of the authoritiei at Wash . ingtOilj 'lti usefulness has been very great, and it is still . . extending its operations. " Its plan is have at least one .minister and one!, lay, ,delegate in each brigade of the army- and each squadron of , the navy; to preach ,the Gospel, hold prayer-meetings, relieve the sick and wounded, instruct and come p. dying, writeto. their friends at homey receive and distribute the Scriptures, books,rpariers and knots, with clothing and comforts, and accompany all with words of cheer to the men from home, and with prayer-to God fo l r his blessing upon them." Nearly four hundred men have already sotlialto as delegates, many of whom are in the field ` at work, and others are ready to go at a'notice, Ooptributiont of every kind, needed-by the eiek and wounded, and donations of reading matter, are forwarded promptly and ,gr,a, tgittpusly. , " Nearly every ' office and storeroom of the Commission is given rent free' fir its use; nearly every employee gives his services-without-salary ; all rail roads afford their fat:pities either free or at half price; over the wires of twenty,five At' nisand miles, telegrapk companies trans- Patches to and from the CoMMission witheuttobarge ; and the Government gives liseelltraneiportation over all its lines?' > . This is iitrong testimony in favor of the Christian spirit of sthe country, and tends ~t 0 sheer rm with-the thought that God Atill.with us. , Aat Army Committee, as a Branch of the 'Chriseiest'Commiss'iort, has 'been organised an r ittebsgh of which T H=xrax C B ,llMN?! . .44PrOsidellt, and; 4(ipeta Req.,tia -Trounorer4: , Vhe# storeroom is at No. 79 Smithfield Street. ..a.;%Po REVISED BOOK OF DISCIPLINE. The General Assembly having had the 'gook of Discipline under a" process of Re vision, for six years, it would be a pity if now, when the time of final action ap proaches, any thing should be left without due consideration. We henee, as one of the speaking organs of the Church, are en deavoring to call attention to some of the more important changes ivhich are proposed. A copy of the Revised Book was sent, last Summer, to• each. pastor, and was doubtless then perused by some; and was, by others, laid aside to be taken up in Process,of time. 4.t the Spring meetings of Presbyteries, When Commissioners are appointed to the Assembly, the matter should.be discussed, if there are any stronc , proclivities. We do > not mean that the 'Commissionersshould go up instructed, nor yet with a mind:Pre determined; but .they should go prepared for s wise discussion, which may result in an intelligent vote. _ - APPyaliS Appeals have given the Assembly more trouble than any'othet ,- elles "of 'businef3s. As eomilleted,' under the oltr.rules, - `theY eonsamedyery Much time, and were often very unpleasant. The proposed change we regard as.wvast improvement. Under" the Nevi Book ":• -• • ' • •• - An Appeal is allowable, isp, in all judi cial cases, by the party to the cause, against whom the decision"'is' . made, 2. In other cases, when the action'' or deciiien of the judicatory has inflicted or may inflict, an injury or wrong upon any party or persons, which cannot be remedied by a reversal of the decision, he; or_ they, or any minority, consisting o, not less than one-fourth of the minority voting, may appeal.' _ . The condition which would authorize an appeal, of the 2d class, here; stated ; we .con fees' that we cannot comprehend. Possibly; instead of the - words we have italieised, the CoMmittee meant to say : ,'which` can be remedied ONLY by a reversal of the decis ion, Ste. This- would' express a reason which could be 'appreciated. The main 'difference hetweere the new book and the Old, is in sub-section V.: " Thereshalrbe only one appeal as fo'inat tern. of :fact; when'the first appellateCOuri agrees with the' original `'court in finding and titating_the facts. When 'a ease orig inates' in the . Session, and the Presbytery disagrees with the Session as to`the facts, an appeal may be taken, both in law and fact, to the Synod,'Where - the finding and stateraent of faCta shill' be,' final. Only errors in,princide, up d irrekulq'rams in order, shall be carried by appeal to the General 'Assembly; except in trials for heresy,',in whieh theiecord of faits must go up for trial,,throUg'h the whole grada tion ofappeals" And in sub.section VII.; ig The ,first step shall be, to read. all, tile records in, the casufrom- the beginning ) except so far as. may be omitted by con sent of parties.; and except the evidence, when ..the facts.are not allowed to be;-the ground of. farther appeal.;Jhe second, , to hear the parties, flist.the appellant, then the appellee; the third, to: hear,. any ..member of the appellate court,. [we ; . sup.- pose the court, appealed from,] who may desire, to express his opinion; after which the final : vote shall be .taken, by calling the roll. A, committee shall then be ap pointed to bring in a minute, expressing the judgment of the court, and the rea . sons thereof." . The liberty of appeal is herein slightly abridged: The process is greatly'abbrevia ted, simplified, and made more definite, and a righteous decision is more 'likely to be reached. OP COMPLAINTS. Some matters which under the old book, might be carried.up by, appeal, are, under the new, to be issued as Complaints. And the process is greatly-abbreviated:. ;Under the old; *the practice *was to go:through all 5 the -tedinus formalities, of condimting ap , peals. The change is provided for in sub section V., as follows " In taking up a coniplaint, after ascertain-- Ing that the complainant has conducted; it regularly,'the first Step shall be roread all the records:in the case; 'the second to: hear the complainant; and then the nottit shall proceed. to consider and decide the; case." This-is simple, brief, straight forward, and a full provision for reaching' a right eons judgment. GENZkAI RULES. The rules for judicateries.are amended, enlarged, rearranged, and greatly improved.' Some ten new rulei have been edded, Which experience ,has sbown to be greatly needed. The Committee have' done a good Work. It would not be easy to select ,twelve men in the Presbyterian Church better qualified, to revise our piSeiPline than were the mem bers of the Committee -who met in Pitts burgh, last July ; and if the Assembly of next May shall _riot , be prepared to sanction their work, and submit it to the Presbyte ries for adoption, the subject may as well• be laid aside for the wisdom of another generation. For ourselves, we have never been enthusiastic in desires fora change"; but the subject baying been so, often agi tated, and a nen 'Book being now offered, of which me, can ,heartily approve, we trust there will be harmony in sanctioning it as the law of the Church. IS THE Wig AN END A confident expectation recently spring up, among all papists North,that the South was about to abandon its wicked en - 634r*, or that Somehow, peace was near. The World, which may be regarded as the organ of the ultra Democrats; speaking On this subject, under date of lifarch'27th, said`: • , • gc The rapid decline in the prictefgeld ; the deelirie in the price of often ; the will-anthenticated accounts of extreme, deo - in, the rebel States • the sudden and enormous depression in the value of `the Confederate currency; the indefinite and assured•postponement of foreign inter vention, are among the reasons assigned for `this expectation!' • It then quoted from the- 2W6une and added• ..! "If these pleasing antielpations veto be reslizeirthepeaee question ' will pros« PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.---WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1863. !tinily be the engrossing topic of public dis cussion, by men of all parties, and in all sections of the Union. Until the rebels ate ready to make—or at least to entertain —peace propositions on the basis of re union, the war must of course proCeed with all possible energy, and the loyal States continue to exhibit what General IVl,eolel - in a letter written a day or two since, eulogising his fellow-soldier, the late-la mented General Sumner, calls " a firm de termination to sacrifice everything that might be necessary in subdiing the rebet:' lion, and restoring peace and the unity of the nation, by putting forth, all the strength of the country to defeat*iisarmed en'e9fries in the field." The World's. uotation from the Tribune * is': " Our faith is strong that thenext - Foura of julY willbe celebrated throuilhatit a, re stored, and peaceful Union. We zbelieve. that the rebellion is' about to be vigorously , linseed :on. all sides IoF its :dieastrons and final collapse, .and that no further- draft will be required to achieve its overthrtne. There may or , may . not be tvcall,of-uni formed. militia for tit or three . montbs• to, hold" Washington,i Baltimore, &0., while"our Veterans; advance : upon 'the last strongholds: 'of! treason,.lbit.'thie men now an the field will probably- niece ta deal decisively With the rebePlirtnies! ,r 5 =NE Borr are . we that we could not, and cannot yet, enjoy to 'the , full, this , plcasing expectation., If ,-the mar _isto,be „ waged to a thorough Victory, and who that , loves law 'and order would think of stop Ping short Of thai,.4 is, possible that :more than'oni; l‘ tonal).- of July," will piss before sweet- smilingpeace shall !again-, greet . the. land. This; hOwever, depends partly on ''the' - de= 'termination of the rebels; and partly upon the energy of` the • If tbe•4neniy is -4idfdeleintine'd as he profesdes to be, and as were our fathers of the Revolution, and es were the CireaSians against the Russians, he may lold out for years and year,.against 'such e f forts,. as we have been. mahi,n6r. But it the ,Southern ers become divided, their , cause will soon fail. .Or if we of , the. North , should unite cordially, and :put forth all the, strengths of the country to 1(k/eat its armed enemies in the`field and , if to this we could 'add' the tender 0:8;ortie cilnprotces#l,,,peace come speedily., But' these ‘‘ ifs " are sadly -in the way. Both•sides.feel yet too strong to either! propose ;.or accept ccinditionv : The SoUth is yet too well 'United' yield, and the North, thengh;' peproy:ing, f is yet, too 'touch . divided, to , put • forth all 413 strength. We rejoice in the,,iapid growth' of the sentiment, that the toisr must. lie fought out , we 'wish it may spied* aims to this, that the Whole peetile will say, no :c"4"1" 1 . 27 , 4 F traitors.n, arms... arms. We. cheerfully , :accord to , :mvery State all rights under the . 00118db/dew, and to'every individual all his riglitauzil der the laws. And, , tha'rehellimi suppressed, we would admiAister the laws leniently. But we insist that the rebellion shall be suppressed; that there shall bp no new• guarantips to slavery, and no acknowl-' edgnient of a right to secede. The put-, ' tine' down af the rebellion, by force of, arms, will; slay secession; and ail : slavery, has already, received its death wound, let, it.die gradually, if 'those so will,„Who now have it. Let it perish under its - losi of , political power, under non extension, lin der. the frewn of, public sentiment,. under the growing love of humanity, and the lib erg4ising influences of the -Gospel. , Peace - may I;e 'near. ' But our roPet are not Sanguine. We would nen, the ineSii& of peace—of a true, ca. lasting„and • a,,hap-• py peace—that is, rive would' execute the lithe President:will gather up all the' diterters, and make - desertion hereafter to be certain death, - if be will -. surely punish all command* who suffer iurprises, and who make:shameful surrenders; : if he will promptly bring into the - field anothei half maAion of soldiers, he, will make the war national and call into the contest all the nation's •talents and; all its resources, wiping all the high poivers entrusted, to, him, .wisely and energetically, :theW we shall have hope" As to, the prospects'of peace from North ern " conpessions;" and "by the force,- of reason;?! it may be in point-IC.. quote the 'Richmond Inquirer. [We quote; of Coarse, frOm au *hinge, having 'ourselve ae cese to Southern papers.] Speaking of the '!,Peace." men, it - says : " Reader, excuse ns'.* We cannot' re press `a - natural movement of scorn in' pea.,- ing of those' creatures : Nay, we avow the opinion, that ifis good tucherish and cul tivate a little wholesome disdain, in con templating the mean disappointbient of those - speculators in war, When they- find they have invested in -Da nen-paYinbusi ness;and that . it is ' time' to wind up the bad-nor/cern. On .what- leftf ground--we -ragged Confederates' =stand now, high over the shabby turmoil of that vulgar and greedy Yankee nation, from which ice sc V era an unnatural becauie could no longer brOok , the - contact, ; and , whose every act and every saying since that day, more and more decisively justifiei us in quitting their hateful Union, wiping the duet from off our feet I It is salutary, wo say, 49 dwell upon and insist upon the obi trent. * * . '" We shall' watch those'' Confederates' (so..ealled) wha may show any inclination to'hearken unto thesesloquent DemoPrits; who nuty praise their 'lofty patriotism; or sympathize in their noble struggle 'for their Constitution. ' Such, Confederates will be - fit subjects-=to say. the-least—of -medical treatment as lunatics. To shave their heads' and halfdrown" them with shower baths,, might do them good i, but to answer theinaccording .to their folly would only exasperate their parairysin. If there be few such Confederates - , or none, 'so' much the better. "If There were once peace indeed, it would then le better not to insiet too ur gently on the ineffaceable differences which make us now and lieteafter two distinct races of men; we should tlien strive to look upon Yankees only with a tranquil dishle, as the moat foreign of all fbreiqa., ars; most cliagreeable of all bores. Put while they are our mortal enemies, it is salutary to bring mit and develop the points of antagonisib,:iind so Make:sure that in peabe•or in war, wa.shalb indeeilte aliens for, all time ; for our ways ara' , not their ways, their people , are not our pebple; Bel; therle their God God") 05; Our people see what is before them. Dreadful as is the thought, they must fight and destroy. Peace and union can result only from victory. We need strong armies, able generals, and wise counsellors. Itenisteruleteased.—Rev. Jabal S. Ma- CRAOKEN died at his residence, Xenia, 0., '.April 110883, aged 59 yeais lacking 24 days. Mr. MoCitaoKnr was a minister of the United Presbyterian Church, and broth: er to the late Bev. &amyl, MCCRACKEN pastor of the. United Presbyterian church of Hopewell, Preble County, Ohio. Rev: T.asix..Lrox died-'suddenly at Marseilles, Ohio, on the - .25th of last month. Mr. TAISIPtETON was a membSr of, the, Presbytery of ,Marion,, And, at the time of his-death pastor of the church at Marseilles. The ' itrpertoty 14863, contains the following : I The, ,Manner of Preaching; The I.,ife,of,:i.Edward Ir ving.:Recent Explorations in Africa; IV The Fathers of Ross-shire, Mer cer County Teaohers' Instittitej The. Tru,, Plano of. ; Mao in,goology, ; Short io tices.!,t4 , ' ~ , The-Artiele Prbaching 4s peculiarly Onr'sfidititi and young minis ters should :read ' ear r p,; 4 0, the. more,, A dyanced Iffe , pight:% also Aerive tiomit great :benefit..., , Very , -tauch , Jaber is lost for want: of due attention .to- znannei; ,;••? 7 , 4 f;.; Board of ,Edgration.-7—nio:Sical YqaTo9i; this Board ,eloses: , on %May let. `t Chureheal who bave riot' retiiittedAOi stoils requested t i; do so be l fare' that time. ~ • 'rotioptnessanda b borlitydyill; able, the Board to report s that_ et - demands are paid. Every church should do siime thifig...., • .‘ - L.- 4 • • ;,•- • ;-`,"- . 7' f. A correspondent of the litoston. Watch men writds.as regards -Miller ism "iri Ndw . P.Hampshire,-:: - ' . " I have reasonto.believe that there i „ s a marked reil4iir Of SlP't `'M alga many parts ofthis ae. ee pf its former advcicates are reestabliiiifed,'and some cases Ana treicareirrayks its reappear ance emodgiat- of our pastors feel constrained to ,give, a .mere ,thorough examination to the grounds pf, their,,belief in the intermediate bliss ,of thedead in and the final doo of the impenitent; and embody the reardts , Sermons to their people. Truth will only. sliine;forth more gloriously front""this "contact with error. Some of °HI:A:4I4mA trieridS iikeet inWork miracles, apPealing 'the list clause of Mark xvi M 3, in support • of, their claims, but eteutly resisting ; a personal j application of the first half ..of. the same verse." THE Portland' :Mirror, in noticing the recent ordination and - insiallitiOn of Rev. Mr. Becktold as Pliator'cif Didch church in Roxbury, Mass:, firnishes the following interesting items: " Mr. Becktold native Of Hollend. Three or.four ago - he Was led.-tO Rox bury by one Of those 'prOviderices'Whioli we regard as 'full'-of strangeness. "'Xi. B.'s purpose was to" goy Ito' the Cap 6 of Good Hope; Gbd purposed that , he should'go to Roxbury.• ; Here he`.-found-about whnudred of his countrymen.: These:had-no place of worship. In many places.Ahe Gospel was preached, but in what was to' them an un known tongue.: 46 Thereonld` n'tiderstatid - 'neither- the English nor thlGerinan`lingunge'j and no man was found who' could' preach to them in Dutch until Mr. B. came. ct He; first of all, established' prayer meeting. Thist ins' followed by Sabbath services. Such great success has attended the efforts' of" Mr. T. that a imall but beau tiful chapel hiur been erected; and now, from 'the lips of their countrymin; - these Dutch families can Marin tbeir.OWn tongue .and in their own tianctuarf, ot the won derful works of God;' " Before'llft. Came, the . 'moral Condi tion of these families extreinely low; huttreatimprovetnent has taken place, and the future is full.of promise." Miss SkitAirßilii , Eß,..of , 'Boston, lately deceased;, bequeathed =to-various ,religious and charitable AisoCiations, property 16 the of ' - $lOO 000. - 'The . ' .prinCipil part of this was donated to theAinericau 4pard , of,Cominissieners for *oreigii, Mis sions. • . THE .FOLLOwmet 'sad' eiperieriee is re ' coiled in an Eastern paper: AraimJobnson,_ Pittsfield; Yermopt; ; henrdithat one of his two sonoin the army „was sick in a N.ew-York hospital, and,that, the other had Most p ‘ leg at, Rred= uk ericksborg. ~S tarting; , imediately to find them, he met,; the dead, body of one, and, hurrying on to ,assist the. living son, was, rebbesl of his< paapi,purse by.the way, and reaelaid..Washington only, to learn that, the second boy : was- _dead , . and buried. 'clod friends promiseci,to send the, body homeA, him.. The coffin, caniq—.l)ut AY some XolB ps4 the , body,w,KoFar4agefEi• - IT IS SAID of" clady, - who died lately in Concord,. the'ageief 81 years, that she commenced, when but seven years old; the praise-worthy practice of reading :Year iy thel3iblemi course; and that, up to' the inie of her death, she had read it entire).* ''',N . rful through , seventy-four times. Buy. N. G. CLARK., late Professor of Latin and of English Literature 'in this Universiti of . Vermont, has accepted the Professorship ,of :Logic and Rhetoric in Union College, N. Y. • w• - Docrroil .111kollotssiart, whose lecturea on the Eest, have been received with such gen, era favoromems to have ~ been equally suc cessful in securing the. public . approbation Of his proposed Scheme 'of a scientific and industrial stirvel'Of 'Eastern Aide. e.*:•l ; ., r • :=. • • • change says: 41 Thes . Confiecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences Lima appointed a ocsiumittee, of which Professor Silhman is ehairmai, 40 . memerialiee'Congress on the subject; and. the_General 'Assembly •of :.the &ate - of Rhode Island having given Dr. bla*owan a hearing, voted.that the...proposed expedi tion merits the: • attention , isn the .gmteral 871 74 P9 t. '",•-• IrIs 3 BTALITIP,mathe, result of a sciejstite enrveyin Makne, that au:abundance ofs,an oreltitiron hss beeedskielefied!, the MEI t .;r!"c v.7IN A LA•Ti A:DDAESi in New-York city, Gend Butler, in urging 'the importance of egreater eirercise or patience in regard to the Wei - remarked ' •- ' • "'Why should we be, fin - patient ? The Revolutionary War lasted seven years.,./Na-- ill - Ms at war ever Moire' ffiClEriy : . It has seemed strange:o me that our navy could, not catek . lhe steamer illabgnia; but a friend reminded me that Pan' Jones, with a sailing ship even, riTion the coast' of Eng land, bid defiance ,to the whole 'British nevi" for many months; and that Lord • C.celartine, with a single ship, held the Whole French coast in terror. So that, if we willnnlY have a . little patience, and pis sess our seula with.i patriotitim, shall have no reason coMplain." THE amount of money seeking invest ment in-temporary loans is increasing, and first class borrowers .are freely supplied it -5 to 6 per:, cent. The - current of invest- I meat is setting , in Stronglyon Government securities,f which are in active:demand, with a tendency to advancein The con versions into :11.- S. 5-20 bonds , avetage. about a million dollars per day,' and from - thiwzdurce and• redeipts from. , ,,customs and. internal- taxation,:. Government is receiving in cash, over two million dollars. , per day. This satisfactory movement in our national' finanCes, prevents a, further increase of pa per/ money issues by Government, and.,,as a natural result, „tbe , „prisceof . gold and other commodities are, declining. The interest of S. in gold coin,' renders them the best investment security' in the market, and the, people cannot- do better for themielfies and for the national cause, than * to` invest their surplus funds in Governinent securities. - • m h The pime ofgo as fluctuated from 150 to 155 ; during"the " . Week; and - banker's' 60. days sterling bills were quoted on Tues day at 167 to 168. The weekly bank statement shows :a de eiease in net depcieits of $3,147,426, which iieaused mainly ‘ hy conyersiois into U. S. five-twenty bonds. • TAB FOLLOWING: Commissioners ; to, the, next Assembly;. hive-been appointedrbydhe Central Presbytery of Philadelphia :''Rev. Alfred Nevin, D.D., and - Rev"..W.R. Work, .Ministers 'and Mr. Miithew NeWlirk, and Mr. Robert Graham, Eldprs and.Reir. Di.. Blaokmore and Rev. Mr 'Sproul, for the Old Presbytery; mid Elders, Geo...Junkin and James' Dunlap. ' lig TILE FEAST. of the P'assoier was abiarved with the. usual meremonies byJohe Jews _of this. city. It commenced on Friday, the 8d inst:, and closed - on Saturday of the suc ceeding Week: I*. Tay. PiI L A DELPEUAN B ..IOeerIi to be aroused to a sense of theimportance of the establishment of. - an Ocean' Steam The successful accoinpliahment - of: the measure would enhance inealcalabli the .coinmercialfinterests of 'the pity,. . - THE CITY TROOP has lust. heen`-itient 'sporated by our - Legit;lattice; the biil to that , effect, having been passed; throigh' both' , Houses without 'delay: - The Troop were in service from' 1774 until 'the Woad of`the jtevolutiottayy war. Mak Were igairOn` 'service frinn 1812 to 1814: They served ithrough the three monthecamongn in'tlie present ' war, and a large' number of their regular members are in!'service; :at tached to different regiments:*.,Tliey have, 'since their incorporation; 'pureliimedtin lot at the corner - of 'Twenty-first and Chestnut 'atrieti'' .4 *here lhetliteita eltd*fifia an' tant peculiarity of which is, that it will fur nish plating for the modern ships of war, impenetrable to any shot hitherto invented. The Boston Journal, in further noticing the natural resources of Maine, says 7. " Several abundant deposits of marble and of limestone have been found during the past year in Aronstook County; known deposits of the best limestone of Knox County have been traced to localities hith erto supposed destitute of it; besides which bane been found, in various places; ores of copper and of lead, and roofing slates; also feld.spar, suitable for fine pot-' teries; granulated quartz suitable for glass, manufactures;' marls- of high fertilizing power or which by, slight mapipulation may be . converted into utility; and many other valuable minerals and building mate. rials hesides the disbonery of a' gold field similar to that 'of Nova Scotia, which hie been .limind to yield profitable returns!' 11,E*V.frY0Itii. A 'WRITER in the Observer makes men tion of petrel:fel revival in progress . Utica, New-York:, Daily Piayer-meetingi moat of tl.'P 26 99 18 1 waioh. are attended, hy: over a thousand children. Union-meetingsl are.held every eienin*, - atlvhich at least fifteen bandied people ai* . said . toSidwaYs'pieriel4t." dreds, remain for the inqUiry is held at .the , close Of each service., All the ehnrcheb , are: rePrsented:avenjoying tokens - of the Divine presence. Tax N. OtaititENOE of the Matibiligi'o4tA4Ohot surely be charged with ambigillti v iVite - ittieritde,e on the great national inestiotr of =the dayWe lititrii : 4l4tAhoitly before ih4'adloui•ninent of Gen. Wool and Ju4ge tette' appeaTed , meeting,-and:that the latter adininistered - the - following oath, whieli ties taken 'by all the'Trienibers`: "'I do solemnly' swear that I will support and 'defend We : Constitution and Govern= ment of the Knited`§tateaagaidat,all ens Mies, whether foreign or donlestic, and that I will bear true faith, allegianee and 10 . 1,= alty to the, same, ariy`erdinance,,resciluilod, or law of any State Conitiption Or tare to the contrary not Withstanding; 'and Orther, that I do, this with a - full deter mination, pledge, and purpose, without any mental reservation or evasion whatever; and fUrther, that I will well and faithfully perfom'all the duties required of ;me; so help me God." THE Christian intelligeneer,Tunning k on. the word Law,:saym:' " The subjection - of this city to tho'au ihority of Law' is sitbliniei 'Lan,' holds, Controls, worke; 'taxes it,. and- does whaterer . needs to be (lane' for: the' honor' and interest of Liao Who buyiup aldermen ? Who seises the'Battery"? Law. Who• runs his - Fars wherever 'he likes? L#. WHO apfireiniates feirYltaliPs, and '"tugs old, tubs, acediding to' his sweet will, on the vexed waters' of our rivers' and bay? Law. Who regulates the 'State legisle tnre ? Law. Li' - view of hill sovereignty, ihy' May not this city:and its environs be & r edid in fie sfniple to' George Late, his heiri'ina assigns forever"?" ' • • ,PHILADE,LPIIIA; 4 Revival at Rt. Pleasant, lowa. _ PITTSBURGH, PA., April 18, 1863. MESSRS. EDITORS is very pleasant to perceive continued evidence that, even in these troublous times i God remembers his Church,. A letter from. a; valued correspondent• in Mt. PleaSant, lowa, informs me that;, on the first Sabbath of this Month; over per: sons were received to AO,communion by our church in that placeor thirty-five of whom were by examination, and eleven of these by A adult baptism: , work had also. been in progress in the Methodist Upisco-, pal church.of that place,,froiThwhiph about. one hundred and fifty-cpnversions were re r ; ported up 011ie time when services in our church, commenced. There liaire.,o. l o been. a, number of accessions to the Bapt'i'st church there. . -; . The interest, in our church is statid. have been " dee,pAqm. the first; Preach ing WaS continued every . evening, for about three weeks,, with inquiry meetings, after the first, feer''dayi, each' afternoon ; the pastoveleit,. Bev..J. W. Larimore; being assisted fora portioni of . the George D. Stewart; -of West , Pointe lowat A list of some thirtrnamis Sent me, shows the work. to. hwie been lamest - oentirelY among. the young'; and, one peculiar ture is, that about one-hialf of;-these , thirty are- viiitel6utl filyiroblibly. crow-fourteen tO sixteen !years fof;:age; , and uithout eioep= tiOn . , We believe, btaptized-'ehildien: of-he church.. ' Having •but -lately heen their {pas tor, ; without. 'emotiontadenii" and tUnder4hat , the writer irtieletkinks Of these' lambsi of fheftock - noirwittinithe fold: - May .that. G - odd Shepherd,lwlingath: ers the lambs With;hisarml ever carry , the& in his bOsiom:' Andther pleasing taternent of. , imy - correspolident;.liel, thilifv - 74‘E4erY Weber. in , theabbath.Scheerisiiewi pro- famed folloWer rof Christ; except This churcb- must =now have two,hundred members,' if not , Moroi slid ;it; mar:lay:of interest to some. to state, that Mt: Pleasant is.a , veiy pretty qittle Keay mbf'abotte four thousand' inhabitants,: ham dsoinely loeated on , the Burlington soil Missouri EiveMaib. road, twenty-eight miles* West of :the; Mis sissippi- river. It is one , of.thamestntoa4l, places weever knew, in. a.Weitern :life .of . some> fifteen' years. , Str. Sur: a& , wcwknoir.,, there is neither a hrinking.nor gambling saloon in the placey norhas.themoral.sense' of that .community allowed'.one .for years. pabt---• we do :not,' 'know - just!. how rmany., MaiMt.Pleasatit longinontintielo have'Soi pleasant al 'Preeminence ; new,. so, often in the future;- may her 'chtirches-!b& enabled , to reporf , that‘ 44intes' of refresh..: ing" lave-come "frowthe presenee'ot:the Lord" , . - • OE VromlbeCluistia9 li`tePifencVP Proving_ too filth • 1; disereet lawyer; in 'managing- an _ portent Oise, While/- eliciting testimony behalf of his client, is always careful , met "to prove too-'muche'sue If, however, he commits. that mistake by an incautious blunderOie,,:akonwendeavore *mar it, so that it *ay pot become eonspiontins ; and damaging - Thie sound legal "Never `prq~re'top Muck," hag' 'been eadly:disregirded „hy the Cimoreseional Committee ' the Cond#Ct, of . Their' report; '0 blialier . on MondaY,".list, is evidently intended - 4o ex titiguish 'General MUClellan: by proving , him to have been ineampeteat and coward ly (and Perhapas something werse), 'during all the time 'he was in, command Of the Aiip"of Potomac. Never was an .17-, gnmentinaile for the conviction of 4 „felon, ' witimore of a remorseless pirpOsethan seen, to pervade the report of these' teal civilians on the conduct of the War. Steady inite gin; it dlieharges its 'dea.lll' , missiles at ' McClellan, not only hnrcircit destroy him, and make his name a.by-word' and a reproach thrOtighont the land. „ No ir we'llitie no wish to' appear as 'the champion,' of . this or iii:other general; 'nor have we anyi inclination to nurse" political animosities time when all should lie united for the Ooninion* . gAcd. trig as we AO the pseeesitin af sonic respect for truth and, fair dealing, we must Sky that we have never read a state 4% :',l: so *rang-hi:Y . " surcharged.with' the gall `, and , wormwood' of politiear and, e perseital hatred 'as this ,long:lieralded - repett. W will not say that it,containe a single false state meta or an imaginary fmit;:bitt, we do know ,that it assumes much not proved, and coneeale:More that is essential to a calm and - jadicial exposition of the whole case. r Taken atrit - nowatands;lbe report proves too.much, It assails - more than the honor of a General7itionviMie the,p_Adininistra tion of theriiiigh imbediliti;and of perse iering-liehonesty in the use of the Means entrusted e to 'it '''by the people: It Shtiws, if it' shOw&linYtthing that is beyond Initei - thabtheA t dministration kept at :the `head of onr;ehief or whose .unfitness it had -abundant probf: That. it. stood by bim and supported hini, when all of his inovemeUts tiere - lieneath its eye,,and after all his - allegedw military" faults had been -enatiPietieuely` demonstrated. If :this he so (and it bit/et-be; then report is truth fidly right), then what 'answer` toe the Ministration to give an abnied, 'deceived, .and indignant people?". How much confi 'dence' in the Presidentimdinthe chief of the War Departmentowill this report, ' 'now reads; -mapirein the Publin mind ?* How can they excuse themselves for the crime of having placed General McClellan n'aecond time at the head of theinny after its i reverses ufider Pope, and, then sending him off in charge Of the only forcee capable Of "defending 'the capital and, of expelling 'the rebels from -Maryland? We subinit, that the Congressional incpieet,uPon the military corpse of the late Gen. McClellan' is a finding Which, if true; eibigethei: cov ers the Administration with a pall of-Infit 'my ton heavy ever , to be.lifted. For, if the `General was guilty of insubordination,' ir resolution, and of trifling with the interests of the country, none knew this so well as :the Preeident, Secretary of War, and Other high officials at .Waeliington, and -they Must bear the responsibility of acting. in the face 'of tlitit knowledge: ' But we do not inculpate 'either 'the ministration or "Gen: McClellan. Men will err under all eiimimetanees.- And it'surely is' not to he claimed that the Preeident; his cabinet or Generals, should s taire had' pre- Seiefice enough to forecast ail' evente,' and Irevide a day for all, 'Contingencies eveked ;by the tumult of dill war:. "- There'have been many mistakes coma- I ted in the Cabinet in the field, Whitt would brin es have 'Veen evaded, had the actors been of oraniselinee. But thre‘ehietind mast- costly Mistaire f all—One which has protracted our dill strife, strenktheneathe rebellion, and often 'discouraged loyal lieartaii the grain` and eVer,to-be-littnented- one of carrying on' °a : political war against the Generals in. the 'fieldding °fir patriotic armies t -.e Conflict' with' ' tailors :" Tmany ''!evereei; iiijr ze c : og.t, : tes" co m s a t Z "No w;Wholciiia 'fint Nor the Presbyterian Banner BMW EMI of the Potomac, because of its being in ti e vicinity of Washington, which is the c es .. s . pool of the .nation, and into which the foul est scum and vilest feculence of political corruption constantly gather, was, from the first, more exposed than any other to polit ical and military intrigue? Senators and Congressmen acted as though that army was Material. •gathered for their service. In their interest it was hounded on to Bull Run in July, '6l. The disaster there was followed by a temporary repentance on the ,part of civilians, and Gen. McClellan set to work to organize a vast army for a vast a n . dertaking. But he had no sooner received hic appointnient, than he became the tar get at which political and military jealous ies diseharged their envenomed arrows. 'With a rare magnanimity he endured ob loquy and slander, standing in the stature of his personal greatness, high above the clouds of envy which encircled him, w a it. ing for Jiistery to de him justice. Faithful to his task, he wrought with heroic pa tience, to raise,,Ws Army into a condition which would enable-him to deal a sure and fatal blow against' the rebels. At length, when he set , tnit for the. Peninsula, he sud denly found his military plans interrupted and broken by the interference of civilians, and perhaps in -,part by military rivals; a n d it is enough in ,tlie way nf comment upon the conseqienees. of that interference, to recall the Vet that Gen- Irwin McDowell testified, that in his judgment, Richmond would have fallen, , bed McClellan been suf fered totiarry ont , bitil programme. And it i s well: remeniberpthat when Washing. ton was exposeditand the rebels were rush ing toward it over-fields won from our van quished forces,the Administration then, in the extremity, of :its , peril, turned to Mc- Clellan, and .again laid upon his shoulders the weighty" task' and mastering the fae. 4- "1= . As our-Volideid` creed is all embraced in the Jacksonian " The Union, it must and shall, be Itreserved," so we have no party bias to-favor; nor political preju dices to maintaii,:either foi or against men. But believipg and. knowing as we do that •14fdOlellan'iimi Wei treated with gross and cruel injustieiciviede.ein it but simple loy alty to trutk*say ao,' not for his advan tage, biefoi-iliesike 'of reproving that spirit of bitter and malignant Malice which is the irrepressible rdbies - of selfish and vi olent, politiciansii , Madness which begot themariYaind which has protracted it until irontholPrelbjterian Banner. :Donation, •,• ltlnften -EDlTOnsl:—Pennit me, through your paperilo - ackneWledge 'my obligations to'•the`-peopletaof elarkiwille congregation for a liberal dentition lately made to me and ,4 my: family, and fiir this very pleasant manner in' Viell it Wits:Otten up and pre sented:PYThlS renewed expression of the confideficivaintaileiitiolCof this people to their. pastor :witty the , more .ivelcome, as it netotilysai a time when it was much neededi•britlelsosntri - e4.lctieelly;inasmuch as they hadAnade lastyeari and , {the thei' liberality are at present - That the great Shephnid- alnitidently reward them with' spirttnat blesisinge 'for •these temporal gifts;isi the Sincere' land earnest`prayer of their.piister: •• • Riess. PRESiIiTEitiAL :NOTICE& T wil meet ?F RIM, l d ay } of is 144 PR,,,vinESPLthe EBY O Firit.Tuesday(s" HaYeß e' m. Miiyott.7 P JAMBS Rowli4T;7D, ttated Olen The PR)6B31:1111Y: OF.TQLEIXI.pIanda ad journed i.O,ukeet at Shillidnirg,,Bentou County, liiara, on t'e i'Mid - Yriday of April next, at 7 ' • .11ITTHEA. DODD, .0- . • sti l t e d auk. The ,PAES,TriT.F4T., QP .13TRUBENTILLE Will spoof; #gfeiehlyto idjOurnment, in` the Two Ridges church; on the - Fourth Tuesday (28th • day) of April; ' at 10 . o:di:Or A. M. • . • ;i• -- 30108.1111,T HERRON; &Med Clerk. Mir . 1 1 ,fr Rev • A. • 47-4 uoursaut i k =ha received a call fro the, Arch, 45tp. Presbyterian ehurch Pluladelphia Rev,ill.:/W. E. IL-BRIV hfirs , reSeived a nnani mem t 0 the South Presbyterian church, Philidelphisi- Rev:Dr R;C.Gratsowas installed pastor of the. Central chtirkh of Cineinnati on theta inst Rev C. C. Atrous i D.D, having accepted a call fori-:tha whole of his time in the t , Clarksvillelbranch of his: charge, has re , inove4t,to thatoplace And therefore re .: 4uestszeorrespondenis , toaddr ess him at Mark; • (not :Clarksville,) Mercer Co., , Pa., instead of Sharon, as formerly. Brocluiders. Saud. : O r Aelinfonm; 7 l4rilll.4.--Th e Navy Depart ment has .been informed of th e capture of five bloAkade ‘ rimers." The Seizures of g oods are important; and cominiseoler a thousand bales of cotton and a quantity Of saltpetre. FrOra Cairo. c.4.31tp, Aprill2.--The dispatch boat New Na tional, has arrived &Om 'Vicksburg, which place , she'left on Wednesday . She bring news that the Iron itlads, Zorte'revale,'Marine? Crey; Carondolet, litenion;'LafOette, and' two other* were all pre pare&to run the blockado, : :;and; expected to exe cute the movement on .Triday or Saturday night. It was also said „that transports had been Prepared With log and , cotton bulwarks to run by the batterieS. The reported arrival of 'Gen: Osterhans at New h Carthago,- ten. milts.. below' Warrenton, with a elvMfore.e,;lB eOnfirMed: • - The- Bell Unrest- The P h ib ultelihiaNertkanierie an gives a list of the members 'elected to' tlie next Congress. It elaegtee 'them it l epublicaiis, 85; Derao crats, 74. There are still ten vacancies, most of Which are to be idled with Rspublicans. Tbitiiniures to the AdniiW r istration a decided insi9rity, unless changes ire' brought about by some new .developroeut in affairs ite:lierth American 'trim, For April; comes t nsois 'tumuli, freighted with fainable `zetididg-itiatter: tawyers and classical scholars'Witrbel iniieciali - pitased with the ja trodiiiiiiitY.,articie- The Roman Bar' Levers'elf prize the paper head ed, POicticw. 'Amd feeders generally will be ; iu , ,te , reite i tt in the, falea?s also in other ar es Ti te,litqus:Ciray;.. Mauritius; German Um" Rifitery . of the RO - by Crosby & Niehala , BeSton. ' • • . - New into Mule . „ the Army, is the ti tle o f new B° * l !ri l itte l ic and let to music by Henry C. Work, 7011;p1easti inch se are fond of the humoroup. It•iii . 'fer Wide ityhariotte Blume Fifth Street, 4• `Price 35 eta. -
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