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;,: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. • • 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 ' •• 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;