;,:rtshgttrian 'aztutr.
WEDNESDAY, MAY .10,1862.
RivivalL—See letters on our first page,
givin&iuteresting narratives of g od's gra
otota'rTork, at LeVistotvn, Pa., and at Mon
ongahela City, Pa.
liinakit:—ltev: J. M. JAMEISON,
bUrgi,lll.,iietit its, in February last, a-no
tice of kind donations on the part of his
pastopt,eharge. The publieationwas omit
ted unintentionally. This will express his
thanks.
OM
ppilta for
,Becond Chiarch, Ptitiburgh,
via, j' Da JONINGS, 4th Sabbath of May;
and liiOCLELLAND, , sth - Sabbath of
May; will' please ,preach on those days in.
Ltivreincaille. Dr. FfowAan, on account
,health,,ivill,uot attend the. Assembly
'go as Alternate.
.;
pent -,tiOpy."—Matters to be ,
copied
frormiother, papnrs te cut out and
sent:Oise it is hardly practicable for an
editni tcPread`thelte,htli part of what is' in
his enidinges . . 'And evvit when his atten
taopiogled, by letter, to the subject, the
thing May , he gone from his mind before
his: eibliing9 paper arrives.
-The: Won Monthly is the title of a new
periodical, to be published in Philadelphia
tho edi'tot:ittl care of Wm. Con-
Nr.rx, M. D. It isdevoted to "The Union
of tbeT„tifitjop, pational Education, and the
Telliporal : and. Spiritual llealth of the Ar
myr s' We swish out good 14614 the high
est , iniccess in' his worthy . •undertaking.
Tpi' :Union
w 11f onthly is an octavo of 24
, .
pa; good 'paper; execution exce llent;
price oue
"peal, / Grore.--This is the name of a
net. churc organized by i
rection of the
Presbytery of Ohio. Thirty-one names are
enrolled as members, most . of whom are
from the church of Montours. Fifteen
others are' expected 80411 to present certifi
cates. .elders, have been ordained.
Two acres of ground are donated for a site
a ml $1.,500 subscribed toward a church edi
fice. It is expected that Forest Grove and
Moniciiirs will become united in one pas
toral charge.'-
Good Work. 77 ll,ev. A. J. Levi, a con
verted Jeri, who had previously made him
self favorably known in this communityby
his zealous labors for the conversion of his
biethren according to the ilesh, has, after
an absence of some months, resumed his
work here. He is entitled to the sympathy
and support of Christians. His, work is
one of much: trial, He has to endure all
manner of contumely from many of those
whoin good he seeks. As a people the.
Jewss• are still strongly prejudiced against
Christianity ; bnt, they are still belbved for
their fathers' sake.— United Pretbyterian.
gtipit's for the irmy.—For the Army, and
for Bospitalsewe send the Banner at half
price, that is, for one and a hay cents a
copy,-whichiS greatly less than actual cost
to us. When postage, which must be pre
paid, is`; added, the expense is two and a
half,cents a copy. Banners will be sent,
at this rate, to any place that the friends of
theedldiers may desire, ,in lots of ten'or
more; and for three months or upwards: '
We have just received $l5 from„ the .
Ladies', Aid ;Society of Hollidaysburg, for
which Banners will be sent to the Chap
lains of the Regiments named.
SERIONS.
The publishing of volumes of sermons
has :fallen greatly into disukr. Continuous
treatises requiring a volume for a subject,
are now the fashion. Whether the change
is beneficial, may be questioned. Early
habit may influence us, but from that, or
for some Mier mason, we have a great par
tiality for the book of sermons, as a part of
the filthily library. -
44 . 8=31110Ni], DOCTRINAL AND PRACTI
-60 AL ) by, the late Rev. Jcimii E. ANNAN,"
are now on our table. ThSy are twenty
seven, in number. A brief l memoir of the
author precedes Them. Mr. ANNAN was
brother Of Rev. Wm. ANNAN, Of Alle
gheny City: He died at the age of twenty
seven,being pastor of the aural' of Peters
burg, Va. The sermons give evidence of a
high order 'of talent, of large acquisitions,
and"devoted piety. His early call tq a
superior service and higher joys indicate
that; sooner•than his fellows, he attained to
a. gearless for the heavenly state.
This 'volume of discourses left by him in
mmuMeript, is the gift of a brother and
sister to, his surviving friends. A few
copies are for sale at less than cost (fifty
cents,)- at the Presbyterian Book Rooms,
Hand street, Pittsburgh. •
REVIVALS.
SILINT4OSEPR, Mo., has been greatly
favored ; during, the Winter and Spring,
with - reviving influences. We see it stated
that one hundred and sixteen persons have
been added• to the Presbyterian communion,
on a profession -of faith. Other church:o
also have' Shared in the blessings.
LOWER , BRANDI'WINE.--The Presbyte
r:lms says :of this
,church: "On. Sabbath
last, the pastor, Rev; D. W. Moonu,
_ .
grade 'Or GotV to speak' V ,tfienh for it is
another.. prpor t - 3 thet even in t
. onkloge, the ft
od will Nam t i's' was j'ernsaieni."
PRAY Fa TEE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
The Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church, which is to meet in Peoria, DI.,
en the 21st inst. will have much important
business to transact, and will greatly need
Divine .guidance. The Commissioners,
Ministers and Elders, are consecrated men
and the choice of the churches, but they
are not to , be left to rely on their own wis-.
dom and goodness. They will not do right,
unless : Gad shall be with-them. Let, then,
every congregation, and family, and indi
vidual church member, pray for the As
sembly,
One great question to be discussed is,
- the New Book of Discipline. We. have
already presented to our readers -its chief
features.' They possess a general excel
lenie. One, however, we would earnestly,
entreat the Assembly to remove ; that is
the section which makes a man a witnes
in his own ease, before• a Church Court.
This Should never be done.' His pleadings
show what ` he wants, and =ifhe is wrong
he ought not to be tempted, to increase his
The State of the Country eannot-but oc
cupy the.. - splicitade of - the Assembly.
Prayers for the guidance of GoiernMeiat,,
the success of our arms, the quelling of
the rebellion,,the I unity•of the States, and
a righteous peace, will ascend daily.
Whether new words of instruction to our
people, and of eneouragementto the-" pow
ers that be,!' should be uttered, a ,few may
question. •We should be rejoiced to hear
the Assembly reiterate the sound teaching
of the last two years avoiding , indiffer
ence, biterference, and extravagance ; but,
firm and fearless on the obvious.truths.and
duties of revealed religion..
Our Seminaries and Boards and state
of religion, are always matters of interest:
May the-'Spirit of the Lord - be present
- witlevery. member. , .
THE POWER .OF THE ENEMY.
Since the commencement of the...war we,
have all along affirmed that it was to be
waged against a powerful foe.. The politi
cal papers'and army letter writers, on- the
other hand, have depreciated him. - Our
rulers, unhappily, have sided with these,
and hence the'protractiog of the war,- and
the immense losses which the country has
sustained The Government has never yet
properly used the means of victory. ' A
united and deterniined South, a divided
North cannot conquer.• If we could - have
divided the South by bringing out the-
Union
,element, we would have had suc
cess; but such' a division is now nearly'
hopeless. If we could, have divided it by
getting the : blacks.-all-actively and earnest
ly on our side, we-might have conquered;
but, this hope also dying away. The
black man loves life and ease, in bondage,
more than he loves liberty, , with the toils
and blood through which he must wade to
acquire it. - -A few colored men are enlist
ing, but the masses are not yet disposed
to incur great risks.
The idea of starving the South. into sub
mission, is one of the vainest. Several
times we have said that the thing' wag
,im
possible; unless God should send a famine
on theme Coin, and pork, and vegetables
they can raise adequate. to the supply of
three times their population. Hear the
Richmond Examiner on this, subject. It
Bays: •
" With a country possessing the capacity
of ours for•tbe unlimited production of In
dian corn, we can afford to smile at the stu
pidity of the Yankees in expecting to, starve
us by famine. Indian corn carried our
fathers through the first revolution, at a
period when the forest still covered. the
fate of the ,country; and no facilities exist
ed for transportation. The,same plant will
bear the South triumphantly througtt the
present struggle, and, entitle,itself to a con
spipuous place upon her coat-of-arms. It ,
has been claimed that cotton was king; but
a mightier political agent than cotton exists,
even in the agriculture of the South. Our
first great avant in this B trugc , 1 e was arms,
which were fortunately plovided us in ad
vance. Our last great want is food, and
that will be abundantly afforded in the crop
of Indian corn.
" The crop of this grain , now nearly
planted in the Confederacy, will be be:
yond all precedent. It will be - sufficient to
subsist, every human being and. every beast
of,burden, or of food, in the Confederacy,
for two years to Wine. And this regular
crop will be reinforced by a second addi
tional crop, , planted on' the stubble of the
wheat and rye about to be harvested;,`,all
of which twill make' fodder for horses and
cattle, and the greater part of which will'
also make mature grain. It will be planted
in the drill or Check, and not in the DAVIS .
method of broadcast, which is generally re
pndiated by Will-informed and experienced
farmers.. This double crop of corn will not.
only furnish abundant bread, .but it . will
fatten a great deal of meat. All through
Tennessee, and the Gulf States, there are
large numbers of bogs, which 'were-not
killed for the want of salt. These animals
will be fattened and Made to weigh double
more than last year by the superabundant
corn. The supply of meat will thus 'be
vastly greater next year than it is now,pre
.viding only that salt can be obtained for
preserving it." -= .
This is a veritttble statement. And the
enemy needs not, his trans-Missiseippi re
gions for a supply of food. To . out him off.
from "Texas would annoy him, but not.
starve him.
When he retired from Manama, above a
year ago, we talked of his wooden guns,"
and the fewness of his numbers in arms.
The stories were repeated when we took
Yorktol* and have since been reiterated
for the hundredth time. But what say the
battles , before 'Richmond • and 'Bull Run
2d; : and the invasion of Maryland; and
the defhat,at Fredericksburg; and the late
reptelse l at Chincellorsville ? The foe is
powerful, and it is follY, it is wiekedness,
to depreciate - 1,10G; and thus to deceive the
'people, and shinghter our sons` and waste
- our substance: &et us, according. to the
spirit of our Lora's instructions, count the
cost and prepare to conquer before we as
.ail the enemy. That, the nation has thok
nwof victory we havialways -said, and ,
gad their prompt and : effectual use
put • • .
:ball - not a l ways have th e means.
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PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.---WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, ' 1863•
And nothing can justify a reckless waste
of blood and treasure.
What then is to be done? We say now,
as always, let us have such armies, such
generals, and such preparations, as to make
victory certain. This we can do, with
God's blessing, just as certainly as a good
farmer can raise a good crop. But. how
can we have such armies, generals and pre
parations ? To this end, we must sup
press—the people muse suppress—political
partisanship, fanaticism, and the greed of
gain. We must make the war' National;
that is, our rulersmust a : adopt, latfOrm on
which the great bedi of thh people can
stand firm and. be : pleased. Fanatics. of
any party or cast, 'no ruler should try to
please. 'Extremi4s, on either hand, are to
be left suit of the'Couneil.
As-to slavery,,nurseaders knew that we
regard it as a social evil which the coinniu-,
nity has a right 'to abate ;, and' if the whele,
people &Said go with us we shorild.rejOiai,
and ao ahead "at whateVer . cost But the
people do net : will ,to go with ne; and;
there , must he'colifieratien, and so we must
o With *eat: New, it' seems =to na tthat
the 'whole ; except a few extremists'
on one side, afit'a few . mOreOnthe
4 -tr •
are determined to save the..Vnion,,autt to;
this. end-know that they, must. put dotvn4-
thp 'rebellion' by force , of arins. On
pl.ntferin the - Administratien can at once call;
in EILZ . IiONT M'CLELLAN' BLIT' Will, FRANit,
LIN, SIGEL, awl others. These ineu, all
have Abilities.. They areull devoted,Wthe
Seib* of their-country ; each one of -them
as ToYal'aS is the'yresident himself. They
all have friends: Their : call;'ort this plat
form, would place, the country in_att atti
tude to recruit and increase its armies, and
to meet - and overvihelm the powerful'
It is 'true that it would quire
s elaVery‘fer
time ; but it Would be for only a very
time. Slavery. must' ierish.- as in
timated, would love to see it perish; , but:if
we may `not' have the , joy. of vision; we
would have the nest beat thing, that is`
the . triniaph of faith.and hope.
Our anti,slaveryism . makes us-desire that
thepresent.i.dministration shall adopt the
National 'platform: 'On' we have the
stiong confidence' that` our foi Wong ... and
'wily as he is, could be conquered : Without a
compromise,`, and then our children, or our
children's children, ..would, witness -the
desired` consummation. But if fatted.
ociam; sectionalism, political partYism, are'
to , continue, then' the war will be protracted,
and the nation's strength wasted, and ,pa. ,
tience exhausted ; and then there will be a
compromise with slavery,'healing its deadly
wound;: or there will be a 'divitiion of the
country making anew gevernuient of which
slavery willbe a " corner atone," and then,
in either ease, slavery will have .an indefi
nite lease of life. •t•
in' thus writing we' do - not forget the
thought which we have more flan once in=
timated, that it, may be that ;God means, to
allot the nation very sorely,. till he ;shall
have made us all willing to' make Onanci=
pation 'absolute ; but our prevailinglhottght
is that now is the time, under his blessing,
in which, by united'and vigorous action,,to
put down our foe, preserve and pacify , the
country, and render slavery's Woundabrio
hitely mortal; leaving it a little space of
time in which,todePart.
Such action would accord with our Con
stitution and liws, with humanity, with
Our religion;and with God's ordinary proi
idenoC where hUdeals with a people in love
and mercy...
Our
Our readers may, if they,please, regard
us as wild or fanciful, but let them not
continue in the fatal 'error of depreciating
either' the power or the determination of
the foe. He, has immense resources, and, a
hearty. will _to use them. His purpose is
fixed. He is neither to be starved ont, nor
coaxed to duty. He must be conquered in
`the battle field. Let the Government and
the people know this without a doubt, and
hence use the needful means. . •
A Christian brother, under date of Ben
tonsport, lowa, May 6th, 1863, thus writes :
64 .(iod Jias visited the Des Moines valley
with his grace. Some weeks sinee, an
terest was manifested in Keosaqua, some
ten milei above us. The various denomi
nations united in the good work, and many
were converted to the Sivioir. At Bona
parte, four miles above us, a rreviVal com
menced a feir weeks ago *Wei resulted in
some forty accessions to the Baptist church
there. On the first day of April I came
here and commeneed a meeting, after
. a
week's 'preaching. Rev. Mr. Lends, ,of
Keosagua, Congregationalist, who,preact
es here a part of his time, came down to
hold communion in his church. We ad . -
journedi then and met. •with them. After
the communion we continued in a united
effert,.hOlding a :prayer-meeting in their
basement every morning, and services , in
our church every evening, with a young .
people's prayer-meeting at four P. M. Ali,
or these services were well attended, and
many of, them, were of tbrilling -interest.
Never have I participated in better meet
ings., ,
" The interest ;began with the children
and ye - nth of the Academy in this place,.
under cf.arge of Prof. J. D. Herlihy, a
young man of much promise, and who I
believe designs entering the ministry. Rev.
Mr. Turner, of Denmark, Icira, was with
us two weeks, and did great service.. Fa
ther Turner is the oldest minister, I be
lieve, in the State, and, has been very suc
cessful. in his. labors. for the -Bedew:Kier.
There are many who are hopefully couiert
ed, and much good heti been accomplished.:
To God be all the praise.'
"We otseived fast day, by holding•regu
lar services, which were well attended.
Never before has a day of the kind been
'kept as was the 30th of April by -the peo
ple of` BentonsPort., theseindications,
are hopeful, and we thank God and' take,
courage.
"`Our church "here is united, haying 'a
'very good house of worship, and , , On t . of
debt. My people are very kind, and have
done, and are doing more than we could
ask to,make us comfortable. 4 lndeed, the
lines lave fallen to us in pleasant phew,
and we 'have a goodly heritage,' and we
!are : happy, and bless or Heavenly Fttlier
that he led our Aqui hither. .
Tonis in the &dean:mi." •
*ETIVAL.
Installation of Professor Stanton.—Rev.
RoBEnT L. STANTON, D.D., Pofessor-elect
of Pastoral Theology and Church Govern
ment in. the Theological Seminary at Dan :
ville, Ky., was installed during the late
meeting of the Synod of Kentucky. The
meeting was at Paris, May lst,= and was
attended by seventy members. It is mat
ter for rejoicing that the brethren, in that
troubled State, turned out so numerously,
and participated harmoniouily in Christian
fellowship.: No disturbing question was
introduced.°•
ECCLESIASTICAL.
Messrs. 11. 11. WRITE and A. S. FOSTiII,
were licensed, by the Presbytery of Salts
burg- to preach the-Gospel. -
Rey. W. W. HAMRA mas- installed pastor
of= the South. Presbyterian .church,
-sago, April 28d, by a Committee 'of the
Presbytery. of Chicago. Rev. F. N. Ew
ing=presided, proposed the:constitutional
qubstions, lind - • gave the 'charge to' the
-pastor. Rev. , Willis Lord;D.D.; preach
ed: the sermon, and Rev. L. .1. Selby,
P. D4-gsip theftharge to-the - peopl6' •
EASTERN' SUXILARIp '
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NEW-JENOLANI3.
Ruv. N. Merirtoz, who for the last fiie'
yeara has beenknown fav o rabl y 'as one of
•• „ .
'the editors. and proprietors of the 13646 n
Recorder s has disposed of his pecuniary*
tere,st 'in 'the 'paper -to Rev. E. P. Marvin,,
Who is Wow its sole proprietor and responsi4
ble editor. - regard to ``the'latter, Mt.
remarks s 'c Mr. Ittiarc;in comes
his work with, an, earnestnens, a singleness
of purpose, and qualifications for:the edi
torial conducts& a religion& paper, which,
it is hoped, will .be rewarded by an appre
ciating religious ''public:"- And he farther'
adds "In the defence of sound 'theology
and a thoroUghly Scriptural reiigion, the
,Recorder will in future,:as . , it hen done in,
the past, standup :strongl y and' boldly :for`
the'trnth?'. • '
The retiring editor states, that he will.
probably be, to a greater or less extent,. a
contributor to the Recorder's columns.
Tilt iConyregationalist lias tbe4ollowing
in regard tn the - Fall River revival':
"'Last,Sabbath was a day of great inter
est in' the two Congregitional churches in
Fell 'River: TO the First, Rev S. P. Fay,
piste; twenty-seven persons were received.
Nine. of them were heads of familiei.
Nearly all were upwards of twenty years:l
age. The prayer-meetings of this chrireh,
are still as fully attended, as ever, though
conversions are not so frequint. Twent,y
nine were received to the Central church
Rev. E.. Thurston's, seventeen of them
headsfamilies: As miny will probably
be received into these churches at the com,
MilniOn in July, and perhaps.more. Both
houses were crowded last Sabbath to wit
ne,ss the feeeption.of the new members.'
THERE WAS A TERRIFIC. GALE- in Ner-1
=moat on Thursday, the, 7th inst.:• -The last
passenger train down.. from Rutland, over.
the Western Vermont road; ;was in .great
denier of 'being, blown from thei , track 'at.
=Shaftesbury, where the disaster of. Winter
'before last occurred.: The 'baggage car was
'almost thrown from the track once or twice,
and the brakeman, baggage master and 'ex
pretismin all jumped off, the train' - moving
very slowly at .the time, declaring they
dared not ride in it.
TEE FAIR inLa7renef in aid of the
United States Sanitary Cotionission,.gived
under the ausßices of the ladies of'.l4aw
lenge, realized in receipts something over
$7:000 `a result whiCh reflects much hotier
3 ;
that patriotic city
eisz. has been on: trial inNeiv-llaven,
involving the sum of three dollars—the
value of buffalo skin. The trial' cannot
cost less than $273. •
NEW-YORK.
THYME MAY be, e4ecielly in the break
ing out and in the. prosecution: of the war;
good reaming for the oceesional performance
of military duty on the Sabbath, but 'there
canlurely be no excuse for demonstrations
such; as are, referred , to . in , the following
quotation from the N. Y. Times of Monday
the 11th inst..:
"From early sunrise yesterday morning
till long past the small` hours of the eve
ning, this 'Metropolis Was kept in a con
stant whirl of excitement, by the . appear
ance on the streets of military and civic
pageants;the beating of drum's, the 'scinhd
lug of , trumpets, the blazonry of banners
anitthe firipg of cannon: ri Not for a long
period has New-York Witnessed such an
eventful Sunday. i Itikeemed us though the
'entire population of old- and young; great
and little, rich and poor, had mutually_ de
termined to - ..come out of their houses to
witness the ovatioe.extended- to the return
ing New-York regiments from the field of
battle. From the roofs of public and other
buildings, the National flagrwis displayed,
- and in mady instances mottoes of: welcome
in letters of evergieen .were exhibited at
the windows of, private residences. That
the troops had an earnest and sincere.recep
tiowat the-hands oUthe people. will not be
doubted by , any one who saw the proceed
ings of yesterday."
The Observer, alluding to the foregoing
paragraph, well remarks
"What a record 'this for the metrop
olis of a Christian ,nation, theonidst of
a chi' war and , just after , having been pro
fessedly'hurabled before God in the observ
ance of a National Fast-day. We -both
blush and tremble in making-the state
ment." r"
THE Chfistian , ./entelltgencer, in anLartiele
on the prebeedings of the late meeting of
the I"artionlar Synod of New : York (Re
formed 'Dutch), thus notices what -it re
gards se a somewhat anomalous, oireum
stani3e
"One - revelation Made during the 'pro
caedings, is quite worthy of. note. A rule
peculiar, we 'b i elieve, to' 'Our 'Church among
,the Reformed, requires each ,Classis to 'ask
the minister and elder of every church once
a year whether the doctrines of our Sp&
bola ire` 'faithfullypreaolted, - the Heidel
, „ .
berg Catechism regularly explained, the
children catechized, family visitation per
forMed, discipline maintained, and - the
temporal contract with the - ministers ful
filled. ' The answers to these six queries
are to be entered in detail on the records.
The Synod's Committee on Classical' Min
utes zeported that in one Clutha all these
questions were answered in - the : affirmative'
by erthe churches. - What a happy totr
Whet au enviable situation ! What: pre
cions fruits "-May 'cliieeted - therial All
•
truth taught, all duty performed, the young
trained, the old guarded; no breaking iii
nor going out, no complaining in their
streets. Happy is the people that is in
rich a case ; yea, happy is that Classis."
AT THE STATED Meeting of the, Mana
gers of the •American Bible Society held
at Astor Place, N. Y.,
.on the 7th inst.;
comunications from foreign countries were
received as follows.:
":From Mr. Frederick Hicks, Panama,
showing increased demand for the Scrip
tures in that region ; from the Rev. Chas.
Jackson, of the British , and Foreign Bible
Soeiety,-returning thanks foaiScriptures in
le Bengal language, and other books;
.from M. De. Laborde, of-,Paris, returning
thanks to this Society for aid to the Treneh
and Foreign Bible society, giving an -so
count of the operations of that Society, and
showing large openings for the ScriptUres
in .France; from'Rev. James Rickey and
MrrMatthe* - Starr, - Monterey, showing a
wide' opening for the Scriptures in Mexico ;
frour ,- Rar., Goodale, Aintabveand .
Rev: I. G. Bliss; of .Constentin l eple; , with ,
encouraging-' accounts' of the Bible work in
Turkey, and 'relating- interesting cane of
conversionreadingthe Scriptures
fimit Rev. E":"}re'llastingtii jaffna,-sendipg
a-report of '-'a'colportetir of•this Society
Ceylon ' with a favorable account. Of his
work; from Rev.iDr.-Van Dyck, of Beirut,
in- regard - to printing ,the Scriptures in
Arabic; from'Rev. Mr. Doty, , Arnoy, eend 7
ing' accorant.with this Society, and in 're
, gar& to printing aud'eirculating=the
titres China, ' and the . need .:of -a =news
";edition of the New Testament; from Rev..
W. Martin, :Shanghai, with critical
remarks on. the different Chinese. versions
of the Scriptures:" ;
AU*: THE ANNUAL t,EISOR.T . of the
American. Tract Society,
,we, take the fel-,
'lowing item§ :
"Printed. riming' the year -
.658,050
hmea;.8,18062 publicationsP 161;805,062 -
pages. Total-' printed , in thirty-eight years,
17627,088 volumes, 251,686,671 publica_
Mona,' 6,100,889,260 pages. ' Circulation of
the ` Anterienn Messenger - about '153,000
thontbly; Botschafter, or Messenger in
German, 29;000; Child' Peri& ; 825,000.
` 4( Gratuitourr•DistribUtion for the year ire
,&,67641istinct grant5p47,512,806 pa• -, es, of
whiCh; 25,969,708 were to the army and
navy; 'value upwards' of $40,000.
. 4
-Receive& in donations and ••legacies,
$92,422.46 ; sales, $159,197.60 ; making
`with= balance in Treasury, 4251,446.19.
Expended—in manufacturing and issuing,
1162,327.89 - colportage:. and . the army,
sBs;s2B..67l,cashlor , foreign-hrods i $7,000;
tall other expenses', as - by they Treasurer's
1iep0rt;1584,227:32 . ; total, 239,083.881 bal
±incelti: the Trea5ury,112,362.31.
- -" Including:3B'students, 137 col porteurs
haire , !laborelf in nearly all' of '.the loyal
States, 'and •the Canadian Provinces.
They addrestied 3,586 public or prayer
-
: meetings made •173,605 family visits ;-
conversed - - on personal religion or prayed
with 118,775 families';.found 28,336 who
habitually -neglected evangelical'preaching,
13,467 fhmilies. of Roman Catholic's, 10,-r
577 who .had no religious bookx but the-
Bible and - 6,691 who were destitute of the
Word of God."
THE AMMICAN Seamen's .Friend Ennio
:ty held its thirty-fifth anitiVersaryin Irving
N. Y., on Monday the 11thinit .
The 'annual report of the Society showitliat
it is financially-and-morally in a proSperous
condition.- The local receipts of the parent
Society and its anxiliaries last year ainonne
ed' to' 04,674.27, This. large sum has
heen
of
in paying off a floating
'debt cif $5,804.75, reducing a, mortgage on
.the Sailors' Home, supporting 'chaplains
and sailor nrtilksionaries, and sending out
,two hundred and eighteen libraries for use
of sitikril'on shiPbeard. They have now
552' Binh libraries, 'eoinpiising 26,000 Vol
run 6 at sea,: and: these are accessible to
over 30;000'sailors about one-third of them
, being in merchant vessels. The Sailors'
. Home.. had, during lagt year, 3,010 board
'erg ; and at it as - well as' in mote distant
fields- of labor, this excellent Society - has
pro heed much-good fruit:
GoLD was quoted on Saturday last at
150 per cents having varied but t = little
within two weeks. Superfine flour- was
.sold at $5.45 to 5.75 per bbl.
THE Ai DiPtICA;kI s PRESIYYTERIAti of , this ;
city, say's:: r
" Rer. 'Dr. Brainerd bra - - very excellent
sermon to the young, preached on -a. recent.
• Sabbath, said that when he- came to the
'Old Pine Street church, fwenty-six .years
ago, there was but one young man in its
membership. In the churchee of NVW:
England and the country , generally at that
time, there were few•members under twee=
ty years old. Now a large -portion of the
churelymembers are young persona. -
-B. attributes this encouraging fact in great
part to the special organized'efforts Which:
have -been made of late years to, melt this
class, mad particularly to Sabbath Schools."
C s " ~ r
A : MEiTING,of the friends - of Princeton
'COliege ;Was held, says- the Philadelphia
News of the 13th iris., last evening in the•
lecture. room of the Central 'Presbyterian
choral), for' the pixrpese of forming' plans .
to raise $100;000 for 'the 'endowment of
Princeton College: Hon. James- Pollock
acted as chairman. Addresses were made
by the ReVeDr. - Attwater and. the Rev.
Mcplvaine, after which a series of rea
°lotions were adopted looking - to the in
terests of the institution. A committee of
twenty-four were oPpointed to procure .
fun& tti the amount of $lOO,OOO for the
purpose specified. -
=MEE
An interesting missionary meeting was
held' at Centre church, _Allegheny Preeby
terY, last Tuesday, May 12th, on the occa
sion of the departure 'of Mr. and Mrs. Ma
ther for the 'foreign field. Mr. Boyd, of
Harrisville,smade a conviaeing address on
'the necessity of Mission& He was" fol
lowe'd by Mr: Walker, of Plain Grove, who,
in an able manner, discussed the character'
of thettue and elicient missionary.
Mateer then-pct in a powerful plea in be
half of misiiiens, and bade all present a
niost tender, touching, and affectionate.
farewell. The "pastor of the congregation
concluded with a parting 'address to-the
departing missionaries. • •-•
During the entire exercises a deep sot;
emnity and interest pervaded the audierine;
Good iMpressions seem to have'been made..
Clearer and more enlarged views of the
importance and greatness of the
ary work appear to have obtained a ledg:
ment in the minds of the spectatois:'
is hoped that they will be permanent, itnot
incite to increased liberality in the contri
butions to' this• blessed' Cause; a;ad to 'More
earnest, fervent, and effectual - prayers fair
its sticeo3. • -• • ' ' • •
"The - 'parting' 'liefweei the `miseioiisri
'IIILAbELPII I.A.
Per the Presbyterian Banner
Missiontry
and people Was sad and affecting. Among
the latter, our brother was well known, and
much respected aid loved, and to part with
him never more to see him in the flesh,
melted all hearts. But all felt that the
Lord's will should be done.
The separation over, all retire, feeling
that it was good'to attend such a meeting,
and praying that the blessing of the Lord
may abide on these friends who go from
our midst for a ftreign field
Oar request now is, that. the" Church at
large `ay join us in our` petitions. May
the Great Heed - of the Church - take these
missionaries under his keeping, make them
eminently successful in winning souls to
Christ, and raise up many more devoted,
self-saprifieini leralds to circulate the glad
news of salvation'far and near.
W: W MCK.
For the Presbyterian Banner.
•
Eiderscidge Soldere r Lid Society.
MESSRS. EDITORS :—The following is
the Treasurer's first Quarterly Report• of
'" The Eldersridge Soldiers' 'Aid Society
--This Society. has, since .its • organization,
contributed' in money, $69.291; and in
hospital stores, 24 pounds dried fruit; 11.
cans'fruit; 3= packages lint, 2 large pack
ages "per odicals;'lfrpairs Socks.
el. .E . WRAT, Treasurer.
• AL TE: MOM,' Cor. Secretaiy. -
Commissioners :to the General Assembly o
1868
BSZSDitTZEITA. ' *BMW/BS. - . twins.
-Alleghe
.. , .
ny', ' ' Br. L. Tonna . , • - John Boyd:
West'n Reser7e, . Yarunm Noyes, „ , Marry B. Myer: .
Si. Clairefille; Win. R. Vincent, . ' John Major.
Ceder, . A. S. Marshall; • ' J. H. Morrow. . . i• -
Waxier,. ~ JohntE. Garcon, , .John Striae,
Viiicinues, ' Z. S. Wilson,' ' IT..T. Roseman.
. trnbrique,'. • - of J': Tr Wilson, - - -.;R: S. Alexander.
Richland, ~ , Janie,, Rowland, Joseph, Wasson. .
Clarion, - • • • James S. Midi', 1 T:S;Leliaoi.
Huntingdon, , . ill. 11.. Barron,
... Mr. l'attoraon,
S.' 31. - Moore, . ' Mr..Chrietie.
New Lisbon, . O. M. Todd, ~ . Robert Whitacre.
Ohio., . j.Dr. Howard, - John Ordberlson, ,
'. .IW: B Moltraine, Mr: Kiddoo.
Weahington,.•l Dr..lßrownson, :.:7 Mr. M'Renruce,
IW. B. Reeling, Mr. Tonne. =
Steithensille,' i'' frir:liteat#, .. .; ..;' - f , Gee:-B. , JohnstM . i, •
I,J. L. M4frools,' ; : , Thee. : - , S. Milligan.
Marion, "J. B:Rianey, ' , ' ' Thomas 'Jobe's.
10wa,.: , - W.M."Westorvint, :_;Dr: J. C. Walker.-
Toledo, . Alex. Caldwell, ... J. W. B. Yewell,
Blimenri Riser, IL M:Giltiter, lather Ilotdlesi. -
Muncie, ' - Thomas Whalion, .. .4. A. Antarey:, -::.-
Palestine, J. H. Alexander, Wm,. Redick. •
Schnyler, - fG. W.Aeli; t" , ' ' Tho m as Candor, ' )
1 .7. Worrell, it, Boggs.
- . .... ... ~
Bile, Wm. M:Bleekbniii, Dr: C. Bylea.
}, Potosi, A. Munson, . '._ ''' - W.: A. Delano. , . ...• -
I, Nilsson, : . „ SJ. P. Knox, . , . .J. Rider,..
? ~- ' '-''''J. J. A. Morgan, ..A...1T. Crteliotr.
'NuwrYork,, .. .K. E. Nankin, -,- A.-Conger;
; .
Joseph Cory, • -Jasper Cerning.
E.: C. Wines; D.D.; .-- ''' - '' ' ` .
liew,Brunawick, A. D . W hi te, .. E. B.Euller
, ,
:It. S. - Manning, . 'W. D. Sinclair. •
Redstone;: ,-:.= -, Hobert F. Wilson; • , JohuAittin.. -
1 ,Bloomipton,. J. C. Hanna, Wm. Munro.
HOMdelpiiift 2/,flii2..Kiiim - " S.R. Weir, -
1 - . ..',. I, , JeSeph=l4ggs, , , ~ ; -Mr. Helfenstein.
Birlitigton.
Jir: 11. Pliuner 2 O.ll. Van Gelder.
f
New Castle, - = "4.`Dacki*, '''' - R.N. Blown ; • -
J. iG: Thodijoion,' B,S_ ,Miller,
. . ,
Baltimore, ' George P:Mayii, , A : Stirling.
R..,,MGalbraith, . Robert Brown.
'lllarlble, . jW. C. Oattekl, - , George Hench,, •
' ' - llt. IlitCtichrani ' James Clark.
Zanesville, ,j S. W.illson„ . , MattrSce4 P := (
.. • -',
I.7:ll...DUncan, W. Monroe.
. . . . . .
Donegal, - • - CsW. Ptewart, • " - Jordan.
IL. D. Potter,
Cincinnati, . H.B. K. M. Leavitt,
T. B. Hughes, ' Wilthires.
New Albany, Dr. B. XMacklaster, .1. W4•Sprorde.
Miami, B. it. Bower, C. A. Phelps, ,
terW
Saltsbnrg,. Mechlin, Janies M'Kee.
14. Wayne, - -Dr. -Lowrie,. judge Hanna. ,
f Dr. Blickviood, George Stinkin. -
Mr: Sproul, Junes 'Dunlap.
. Phila. Central, Dr. A. Nevin, Y Newkirk,-
- W. R. Work, Rand * Graham.
Sangamon, ' T. M. Oviatt, . S. G.;Malone:.
.Lewes, J. L. Polk, G. A. Parker. .
'California, • - • Alexander Scott, John Erratic
Allegheny City, Louis 1 1 . Conrad, . T. IL .Nevin;
'Blairsville, S. Mbratren, 3:obit - Barnett..
. _
Otntrai stbs.
C. L Tallantligham .
The fin nig o e court martial `ordered. by
Men. Burnside, in the . case of ax-Congressman
Vallandigliato, has not yet been" published:.' The
charge against Mr. V. was fin..*Ordispoken at a
public meeting; in oppositioU to the Adminis
tration 'and the war. rolitiolani are
ing.severoly on the arrest and the military trial.
Judga :Leavitt, of cincinnati, refused to t release
Mr. V...!in a writ' of habeas corpus. • '
Au Invalid Carps.
AU InValid 'Corps is to be Organised by the
Gevernmeat, for, garrison duty .and home de
fine& The work, is under the direction - of the
Provost Marshals. An examining, Board is to
be „established in each. distriet k and the appli ;
cant for enrollment is to have a,certificate
1. That he is_unfit for service in, the field.
2. Thathe Thatis fit for gitrrisott.duty.
8. Thithe is meritorious and' deserving.`
4.' That he las honorabli discharged from the
service.' -
•
From- Charleston and: Hilton-;.Head. . .
By. the U. 8. transport: ariole,- from Port Royal
on the.6o, which arrived at New-York , en Mon
day, ,Ive learn 4)114 all tile iron clads bad left
Port Royal :Ode; haviek repaired
dainages. . • ,
Gen. Hiniteris forces continued in possession or
Folly, Seabrooks and, Cole's islands, and were
entrenching: phemsebies.
The /a:onside/3 remained at anchor inside of
Charleston_ bar: ' .
At Hilton Head" another *as in
preparation, but for What point no one was' per
mitted Co know.
,The•migro troops, a.full brigade having been
organized, under
...Abe command of Col. Jim
SlOntgomery, WI soon • start upon an expediz
tiara diffirent,lii many respcits; from any here
tofore projected, and with , every prospect of
success:: • ' •
The Eipedition up the Nil&
WASHINGTON; - May-12.;- : :Mr. 'William Goodhue,
the Tice-Consul of the United Skates at Zallzi T
ber reports that Messrs . Spelie and Grant's, x
e
pedition :in Search' of the sources of the Nile,
have been almost, if not • entirely crowned with
sucoess. •
The two mentioned English gentlemen > left ,
Zanzibar September 25th, 1860, on the expedition,
and were last heard from-in Moral, 1862, when
•
Capt. Spek.e- had discovered 'the -Miverango
River,'which he writes to Iler Britannia Majesty
to be the' first certain'branch of the Nile. It is
400 yards wide, with a gentle flow td the Mirth.
It takes its rise in 0° 12/ North lat., in. the Vic
toria Majonza—a Jake discovered by, Captain
Spelte.
The' expedition could not move forivard
(March, 1862,)'thriugh the kingdom of Ugauda,
through =which said river flows,) owing to the
unwillingness of the natives.
Capt. Grant was heard from 4pri111,,1862„ . ,
and was then behind Capt. Spelte„ Makhig eaplo
rations and scientific observations, which'ia ebtnie
80/ South lat..
I,ttsbingion.
May I6.—A mach needed reform relative to
supernumerary, officers in dirinniehed regiments,
is about to he inaugurated. • It is ordered that t
• "NO commissiOned offeer'or enhsteti man, of
any grade, in excess of the legal "organiiation,
will be reignited:* ' " Any Commander who may
acknowledge, or reeelve, as in service;any such
officer or '
;enlisted man, be ,brought to trial
for neglect of duty and disobedience of,orders.
No person acting in the capacity of a
•suriernu
merary will, 'and* any.. circumstances, be per-
Mitted to receive piy and alloitancms from the
Government*; and Paymasters, making.payment
to such -supernumeraries; will held individu
ally accountable for .amounti s o i ta id.”
A general order declares that all persons de-
Ilvero. at Citig-Polat up to May 6th, all officers
oaptured,and releas on parole _up to,April
sad enlisted men cap tured and released on parole
rip to March Tst, mitt 'alio paroled "
troops
°hanged, are tote "equipped for the field, and for
warded to the arndes.whire they belong.
-
The sister and sister's daughter of Jackson,
who 'killed Ellswirth, Were`arrested toLday in
Alexandria on a charge of giving information. to'
the., rebels- - ,rebel. mail was, 'found 04 their
p r en lB lf. e
purtis has teen relieVed,*m* liouttkias.
siif'G4ii.`ticiii4eid-ukeiiiiis ratio
A Missouri party headed by Senator Henderson,
is said le have secured this result..
. The District Supreme Court, is deciding cer
tain points in a fogitive !slave case, being tried
before it, said: "One thing is certain, no m an
can be arrested and sent back to a disloyal In as :
ter. The institution of slavery—this madness
arbitrarily to control men—involves a nation's
life-struggle, and has sent some of the best me n
of thceountry to premature graves; but, never
theless, the law will be executed, because it is
the law of the land, beet no further. The men
who own this property are apparently dead to
the life of the country, and would !sacrifice it for
the negro. It is not to be disguised that the
blood now shed is on the altars of this institu
tion."
The Treasury is in excellent condition. Mr,
Chase has ten millions of dollars accumulated,
all of which will be paid to the army and navy
within a few days. Every requisition upon the
Treasury is honored, and the financial situation
was never better. '"
Under the .provisions of the _Enrollment law,
as construed at the War Department, the m en
will be in thwservice of the United States from
the moment they are . drafted. And the Depart
ment has, ordered that they be put in uniform,
and that they be provided with knapsacks, hav
ersacks, canteens, tin cups, spoons, &c. as soon
as they report - to, the Provost Marsh als. The
Quartermaster General has, been ordered to Ell
the requisitions "of the Provost Marshal General
for the clothing and.other equipments, to be de
livered sOirheitever points the letter may desig
nate.'
The first itegito regiment in the district now
'numbers nearly'nine - hundred 'volunteers. They
will be speedllyinspeefed and mtiatered into the
United States eervioe., :
The...ReL*,Acstp,,.says: , , 4 ‘,C,oxit. Dole, with Cols,
•Turztor, and Raymond ,and other friends of the
Indian'Movenient; Visited the 'President to-day,
to 'prisent the - rolls -ind tender the services of
about 800 men already enlisted, and to ask
for quarters,. Bte. =They were gladly received,
And the President at once referred them to the
'Secretary of,-Wur„, with a trequast that he "
do
the very best•for them he could." Secretary
Stanton has glien'orilera that when 640 men,
Visa iuspe st on, arepresented, they will
be mustered in at once, and assigned to quarters.
May 16.—1 t is stated that the aggregate oft!'
publis 7 littbt,on,the Bth inst. was, in round num
bers, ninsihundred and;eighty-four millions of
dollars; ` of;wich legal tender notes, including
thi:frational i nUrreney; itiffounted to about four
hundred millions.
The fact that both officers and Men, to a con-
I siderable numberolaily . arrlee front the Rappe_
hannocici and:waived to their homes on leaves
of absence, is regarded as an additional indica
tion that, the army will not immediately make a
movement 'against - the enemy: Gen. Eleo'cer's
:purpose; and 'the designs' of the government in
`connexion with 'the ivar, - so far as the Army of
the Potomac 'is nonperned,-nre, in the absence of
facts, mere matters onumjecture.
A dispatbh recilied 'at the War Department
from Fortress . Moproe, says - prisoners arriving
there .from Fichimuti- think the whole number
'of prisoners taken' by - the rebels in the recent.
'battles will not exceed four thoitiand five hun
drkl..
The Itiehmond papers , report that our forces
!near .charleston are unusually active, having
:built formidable batter* , on Folly Island, bear
.,
upon' the sontkern extremity _ of Morris
Island Seabrook fitend baing fortified.
,Five iron:oltids and numerous' transports were at
North Ediatot on the` 12th Snit. :=
Adjittant4leneral:Thomas Arrived at Memphis
, on the 12th. Ife,had ,orgaitixed ten regiments of
me,groes, and,expected to:prganize ten more.
From New Orleans.
.
The AA , of the;,loth, mentions ,a rumor that
PoreThidson`weiliontharded by our fleet on the
night of the Bth and altday on the 9th..
bol.- Griefianc had arrivednt New Orleans, and
had been preiented by the Unionists with a mag
nificent charger .
Admiral Farragat arrived it New Orleans on
the afternoon of Saturday, the 9th instant, from
BraihearCity. The Admiral and his officers left
'the flag shipen Red ; River. They bring the im
portant„intelligence'Lthat Alexandria was cap
tured on the 6th by Admiral 'porter and a por
tion of StritiguCs fleet Prior to the capture of
.Aleiandrin' Fort De Russey, on the Red River,
was demolitled,- after fight, and a rebel gun
boat. -
tt
was also captured.
-A Baton:*Rouge letter of the 2d of May, states
that Col. Orierson's force, the 6th and 7th Illi
nois cavalry and - battery, nunibering some 900
men, followed by several hundred Degrees, rode
into that city . on that day. They left Lagrange
April 16th, burned the rebel stores and railroad
depetiat ••••0k010n0,.-,the depot and two , heavily
laden freight:and commissary. trains , and an ord
nance, train at' Newton, on the Charleston and
Viclohnireitailread. riThe. ordnance train con
tained -3,oooloaded - alells for' the Vicksburg
batteries, which exploded most•terrifically.
FremsNaiton they followed We railroad to
Meridian, burning.all the bridges
,thenee South
on the Mobile and ohio Railroad to. Enterprise,
where they destroyed the rebel:Ordnance works ;
and Ilia . back to - Newteit andllatrned all the
bridges ;from thence to Jackson; including the
great, bridge • over the Pearl. river, and near
Jackson tore,up ten miles of 'track ; thence they
tollonicl the Jackson and New-Qrleana Railroad
Beath to the Louisiana line. A rebel force of
5,000, at Clinton, Was 'evaded' li*Y-:taking a cir
cuit around them, our forces destroying their
camp
.equipttge, stores, &0., and capturing 300
prisoners. - • •
Witile crossing a ,braneh of:the Amite river,
Lieut.' Col. Blackburn was severely wounded and
_left in the hands of die - enemy.:
-They: crossed the Aiiite river on the - morning
of,, IThettlett.miles from Baton Rouge,
they.ca*nre&a rebel, eavally picket;of 160 men
and biases, bitrited CaPt. WitherleS' tonse, cap
ture& Ids horses, .and then - rode into Baton
Rouge,' looking rough but in gated condition.
Every railroad in - -114bisissipPi has been cut by
They. supplied themselves with fresh
horses on the,roate„ and .brought, in - over three
hundred contrabands of horses, and nearly all
of the latter here tiled leading-116inch:
Southern Items.
The Chattanooga Rebel, •of the 16th init., con
- tains the folloiring dispatches:
, .-Monum, May 1 4.—.1sokson,..11fis' a., is occupied
by the enemy. We fought them all day, but
could pot held the city,
.Ricniiciarn, May 15.—The aggregate wounded
brought here since the battle 113'7,000.
JACKSON, Miss, May 12.—The enemy yester
day.-advaneed, with a- column of 12,009, upon
Raymond, Miss., where Gen. 'Gregg had 4,100
infantry, and. a few cavalry, and rici artillery.
Skirniishing began at nine o'clock A._ M.,. the -
enemy being continually reinforced until one
o'clock P. M., when he opened the battle heaidly
With musketry. Gen. Gregg fought for two .. .
hours with musketry alone, when,_ learning that
the t enemy' were heavily reinforced, and tha t` the
_ , then
retreated
were ready to engage, he then
retreated through Raymond. lie will a
stand at Mississippi- Springs, where he has been
reinforced with infantry and artillery.- Col.
MoGurock, of the 10th Tennessee regituent, was
•
,
Firing tii-41ty hair been . very heavy and contin
uous toward Jackson.
-There Is no news front Charleston in.the South
ent patters. -
Tax (luau og raalCzoarra.P.UlSan.. The guns
of this fainous iron-Clad noW. -- lie, ei bit. South Com
mercial Wharf, Charleaion.: -- Th
--
consist of
two loag'ilLinch -colurabitiA3,, Soon be
mounted for..our defenee.
,They , arevaluable ac
quisitions, no less than handsome trophies of the
battle of Charleston Harbor..---atarieston Mer-
.
The. Petersburg Ziprrtir of 'May 15th, says
the retaliatory, resolutions adopted by the Con
federate Cougress,.•provides that every commis
sioned. officer,-who- ; shall_comm an d negroes for
military service against the Confederate States,
when captiired shall be put to death, and the
negtoes when thus captured shall be delivered
to the Stain` authorities to be derdt 'with accord
big to •the , present or; uture laws of the State.
The. affairs about- Vicksburg ; at this-time, can
not liarrifaided as flattering. Although safe, it
Will require the the utmost °tuition, courage and
skillrin avert disaster; • -
latest. !ram Gen. Grant
CAino, May 18.--The latest dates. from (len.
Grant's, army, through Federal abannoi% are to
the 11th inst., via of Wilaken.'s Fend on the 14th.
Gene. Logan and Otiterhaus were marching
toward Jackson, driving Gen. Bolien, with a
rebel force, reported to number 15,000, before
them, while Gen. Grant , was , marching upon
Black river,',Ond , smpecting to mart 'Pemberton
at the hridge,Aver that, sive*. Pemberton's
force was estimated at 50,000, and said 'to be
strongly entrenched'neer - the ~bridgb. A great
battle at that point;