theshßterian 't3altller.
PITTSBURGH, IVEDNESD&Y, JULY 29, 1862.
Corlitr-Slelle.—We see it stated that the
corner-stone of the North-Western Theo
logical Seminary was laid on Tuesday, 7th
on the grounds lately donated to the
Institution at Chicago.
Petity.—We have many kind contribu
tions addressed " In Memoriam ;" and oth
ers addressed to a living name. Occhsion
ally, we insert one such, but usually we lay
them aside. Our taste -perhaps is defec
tive, but it is a thing not easily changed.
Rev. Wells Bushnell.—This most faithful
servant of our Lord Jesus Christ, died at
his residence in Mt.- jaekson, Pa., on the
evening of the 16th inst. He was over
sixty years of age. His death was caused
by cramp colie, and his sickness painful,
but_of short duration. It was the privilege
of our senior editor to occupy the same
room with Mr. BUSHNELL at Jefferson
College, and, during his ministry in Mead
ville, Pa., to enjoy the greatest intimacy of
friendship. Mr. BUSHNELL rests from a
life, of arduouslabois in the vineyard of the
He was blessed 'as the means of
turning k many to righteousness, and will
hence shine as the stars, for ever and ever
'Bev. Charles - Elliott, DA, has, as we learn
from .the papers, accepted the Cbair, of
Biblical. Literature and Interpretation, in
the ! Seniiniry at Chicago, to which he was
elected by the last General Assembly , ; and
JAMES Y. Mars, A. it., of Allegheny
City, has been phosen to fill the chair vac
ated by . Dr. ELLIOTT, in the University at
WOO, Ohio.
PITTOBIIION SANITARY COMMITTEE,
This 'Cammittee has published its Report
for April, May; and June, and has it ex
tensively. circulated. The Committee is
one of -our noblest' bevolent Associations.
It administers relief in. a time of need. It
collects the bounties of the liberal and
distributes them to the worthy. It is a
medium of usefulness for such as would
contribute to the relief of those who are
sufferink in the amuse of their country.
There is a Ladies' Relief Association
coliperating with , the Sanitary Committee,
which adds greatly to its efficiency. The
supplies wanted for the hospitals and bat
de-fields, are, Clothing, 13edding, Edibles,
and Reading Matter.
Donations in money may be made to
JAMES PARE; Jr., Treasurer, and boxes
of stipplies be sent to the Depository, No.
59 Fourth Street. Have boxes well
marked, and accompanied by bills of con
tents. •
THANKSGIVING.
" - Giving thanks always for all things unto God
and the Father, in the name of oar Lord Jesus
Chris
We rejoice to have another occasion for
special andpublie thanksgiving to God; and
we rejoice that our Chief Magistrate has
designated a day, and called the nation to
the discharge of this pleasing duty.; and we
should have rejoiced still more if the Presi
dent had used the Scriptural form, "In the
name 'of our Lord jesus Christ." We
are a Christian people; and while - we accord
to Jew and Gentile a place amongst us, and
admit that in authorifitive acts the Presi
dent shall restrict himself by the Conatitn
tion and :the laws, yet in matters recom
mendatory and religious, we claim that he
might, with propriety, conform to the gen
eral faith of the people. However, we
take it as a token for good that the being
and providence of God are acknowledged,
and that thanksgiving for favors received is
a duty. • .
Tlio President's call is as follows
By the President of the United States- of
• America.
A PROCLAMATION.
It has pleased Almighty God to hearken
to the supplications and prayers of an
afflicted people, and to vouchsafe to the
army and navy of this United States, on
the land and on the - sea,•victoriee so, signal
and so effective as to furnish reasonable
grounds - for - augniented 'confidence that the
Union of the States will be maintained,
their. Constitution preserved, and their
peace and prosperity permanently pre
served; but these victories have been ac
corded not without sacrifice of life, limb
and liberty, incurred by- brave, patriotic
and loyal .citizens. Domestic affiiction in
every- part of the country follows in the
train of these fearful bereavements. It is
meet and right to recognize and confess the
presence of the Almighty Father and the
power of his hand equally in these tri
umphs and these sorrows.
Now, therefore, be it known that I do
set -apart THURSDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF
AuousT NEXT, to be obeervell as a day of
National Thanksgiving, Praise and Prayer;
and I invite the people of the United
States to assemble on that occasion in their
customary places of worship, and in the
form approved by their own conscience,
render the homagii due to the Divine
Majesty for the wonderful things he has
done in the Nation's behalf, and invoke the
influence - of his Holy Spirit, to subdue the
anger which has produced, and so long sus
tained a needless and- cruel rebellion; to
change the hearts of the insurgents; to
guide the counsels of the Goyernment with
wisdom adequate to so great a National
emergency, arsl to visit with tender care
and consolation throughout the length and
breadth of our land, all those who, through
the vicissitudes of marches, voyages, battles
and lieges, have 'been brought to suffer in
mind, body and estate, and finally to-lead
the whole nation through paths of repent
ance and submission to the •• Divine will,
hack to the perfect enjoyment'of union and'
fraternal peace. • •
In witness whereof I have hereunto .set.
my hand' and caused the seal of the United"
States, to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington this
15th•dapof July, in the' year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
Agee, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the eighty-eighth.
s;lty the Piesident,
. • WitRARKM
WM. 11.- - SzwißD, See y of State.t •
TUE AMERICAN TEMPERANCE UNION.
The twenty-sixth Anniversary of the
American Temperance Union was held in
New-York on the 14th of May. This An
niversary was made peculiarly interesting
by allusions to the state of the country,
and the connexion of temperance with the
welfare and efficiency of the army, and
hence with the preservation of our national
Union.
The PLEDGE of the Union is as follows:
"We, the undersigned, do agree, that we
will not use intoxicating liquors as a bed
erage nor traffic in them ; that we will not
provide them as an article of entertain
ment, or for persons in our employment;
and that, in all suitable ways, we will dis
countenance their use throughout the coin
munitv."
We wish the old custom, of "signing the
the pledge" could be revived, and adopted
by .every man, woman, and child in the
United . States. Since that good custom
has fallen into disuse, the. Temperance
cause.bas gone backward, the liquor traffic
has flourished, and myriads, upon myriads
of human beings have become drunkards
and perished. Drinking customs, and their
•, •
consequent ruin, have been returning and
progressing. They are`again invading high
life and low life. There are none too rich
and none too poor, none too learned and
none too ignorant, to. be captivated and
destroyed by strong drink.
Gov. Bnexmarruai, of Connecticut, who,
presided at the meeting, 'said:
"This Society was organized' upon the
simple principle that, total abstinence from
all which intoxicates is a perfect safegnard
from intemperance; and we challenge the
wisdom and ingenuity of man .to refute, by
any sophistry, by any logic, or by any pro-.
eess of reasoning, this one truth: that he
who abstains from drinking intoxicating
liquor will never become a drunkard,' or
bring upon himself and his friends th 9
evils which follow drunkenness. The bra
zen serpent was no a more. sovereign rem
edy for the poisonous bite of the' flying
serpents, to every Israelite - who looked
Term it as it was lifted up by MOSES in the
wilderness, than is this principle for all the
evils of intemperance..
" would not hold up the army as a
school for morals, but I say the army of the
United States in this day, ought to be so
controlled and so disciplined that when
this controversy shall end, and our sons
and our brothers shall return hoMe, they
shall be better citizens than when they left.
The discipline which is essential to a well
organized army, -making men obedient to
the powers which are ordained of. God, is
of itself, other things being equal, calcu
lated to make them better citizens. 'I have
said to more than one of the colonels of
Connecticut regiments, when I committed
to their charge the thousand men in whom
I felt a deep personal interest, ask you to
discipline and train your men and see to
their health; to their physical and moral
necessities, 'se that this object may be qb
tained."
Rev. Dr. MARSH, the Secretary of the
Society, says, in the Report :
" All past wars had read to the world
solemn lessons on this subject. The war
of the American Revolution sent the first
. wave of drunkenness over the country.
The war of 1812 was without , a parallel for
its demoralization. Almost all enlistments
were at rum-shops; and the daily rum ra
tions fed the burning fever in the bones,
and men died by thousands, - never reached'
by cannon or the sword. The Mexican
war was in n different age; and temperance
men, like the gallant TAYLOR, were found
in important posts stemming the tide of
moral evil; but it was the testimony of
Gen..6commi that fifty per cent. of all deaths
were from intemperance, while hundreds
on hundreds who lived to see their homes,
were, through the poisons which had
coursed through their veins, like. the
warped, and burnt, aild broken pieces of
enginery by the shops of the foundry, worth
less and east away.
" The patriotic character of our felloiv
citizens, who rushed to the • defence of -the
flag of our Union, their intelligence, their
virtuous and -industrial habits, their' con
flexion with. Christian churches and their,
extensive adoption of the principles of the
temperance reformation, forbade the thought
that our army could ever be debased by
drunkenness; and almost drew out the
contempt of any incipient measures toward '
its prevention.: But alas I . it was 'soon
found that men, separated from, their homes
and congregated Melees, are the sae in all
ages and climes; that war is brutal and de
moralizing in its influence,_ and that camp
life, without mist poierfutpreventives,
is .a life of profanity, of forgetfulness of all
that humanizes and refines, of unrestrained
appetite and passion, and tha - t here drunk-.
enness may be found in high places and in
low, working out consequences only to be
measured by the vast interests at stake.
"Governmental, action, with the excel);
tion of the Order admitting, liquors for the
private stores of officers, has been such as
was demanded. Drunken officers have been
dis Missed from service; drunken softlierir
severely punished; antlers ' abusing their
trusts, have been driven from the camp;
liquors furnished unwisely by friends, de
stroyed; and a Maine law adopted, as the
only law fitted to combat the terrible evil_
Atan early period in the, last session of
Congress the entire Spirit RatiOn was abol
ished in the Navy. For many a year has
it been combatted by the friends of .tem-_
perance both in and out of 'the Navy, espe
cially by Admiral Fooim; but only in this
hour of. our nation's trouble, when all the
mental and physical energies of our forces
are needed, has the object been effected,
and effected with the happiest results.
Both officers and privates heartily cape
rate. The lash, once so awfully inflicted,
is no longer demanded."
- This is a great' reformation, in a very
impertant place; but there are still Some
evasions of the Order`; and the permissiOn
of liquor to officers has cost the country
the loss of forts, and of battles, and of
men by the ten thousand. A drunkard
should never have the charge of human
beings, in any circumstances, and least of
all in the exposuiei and, responsibilities of
war. The Order allowing'liquor to officers•
should' be at: once rescinded. It is sufft
dient to haVis liquor in the hospital stores.
The Hon. S. C. POMEROY of Kansae,
said
"I have never forgotten-My pledge; and.
after this experience of twenty-five years
of private and public life, I am here to
night on this interesting occasion, still to
bear.my testimony for the righteousness of,
the Principles -involved in the :struggle to,
..4u r ppresslthja great curse of-the Aand,:anat
PRESBYTERIAN BANNER---WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1863.
to speak other words, both of warning and
encouragement.
" Sir, I think there is reason to fear
that, in the clamor and strife that prevails
in the country, the danger and guilt of in
temperance have been lost sight of; and
that while we are struggling to save the
Country in its peril, we have lost sight of
the greater obstacle to our success,and the
greatest evil under which the lan mourns.
"But the poor victim of intemperance,
and the long, sad train that follows to his
burial place, is the most hopeless and deso
late spectacle upon God's green earth. In
such a death, there is only the legacy of
tears, with the remembrance of .a wasted
life, while the faithful memory will hang
all the :imagery with the drapery of despair:
"There is no place so conspicuous, no
precinct so sacred, no occasion so. solemn,
but that it has intruded with its ,profane
and vulgar presence. it,has made clisar
derlrand riotous the lnyal camp of the sol.;
dier ; has made disgraceful the tent, of the
officer ; and, on more than one - occasion,
has defeated and• demortilizia ortr'arthy on
the field of battle.
" Sir, I *mid rather have the spirit 'of
JER' DAVIS', in our officer's' quarters (and
it is time he was diiembodied) than-these
spiriti of alcohol ' ' 7- *
" 0, if there is one' crime more deeply
damning 'than' another; it is .the crime
being a drUnken officer the`teld of bat
tle." • ' -
Rev. T. L. CuTtzu, of 121Fisiklyn, @aid
"-Our Secretary, threugh.. the", laSt year
has been projecting this movement ; in the
right plan of action. - He has been enlist n
ing
_Sabbath Schooli,.in,the work'ef
plying all our - soldiers with temperance
tracts. Six httudiesf:SUndaY. Schools have,
been represented in the army by th6usanda
of good temperance tracts, to be distrib-•
uted broadcast through all . , the armies of
the Republic. Those who have visited, the
army know , that they could. not be sent
where they' cad ItccompliSh-aniore 'effieifint
and glorious work. We 'itie getting to
know two-things in this Work, and,.onnii
this, that you - ,dan'riot make 'a' good' officer
out 'of 'a tippler; Oive a man- whatever
promotion you choose, it' needs sonietliing
More than shoulder-straps and: alairerd' to
make a successful leader, 'something more
than zeal and good - diseiplitie ilheirtnitbe
conscientious, 'temperate, sobery. 'prompt;
ready and ellicient to' command;' Yon can=
not make a gnod soldier - out Of. a drunkariU
I know 'there is a very great impression
abroad
ahroad in the land that,`subjected; to such
exposure as our soldiers are,' arcohnl drink;
ing is 'an . inevitable necessity. It truly
aninevitable'aid intolerable curse; thik is
the testimony' of our chaplains-and sur- L
geons, that the - Men 'of a reginient who
drink cold water are the most faithful sew
tinels, the most bealtbY men; the Mast'
courageous, efficient soldiera in -the fight."
These brief extracts fromthe able !Teach
_
-es delivered at the Anniversary, will show
our readers that the Temperance, cause.still
lives, and still has friends. But we, are
sorry that the love of Many, once so sr
_ .
dent, has 'become cold. 'Especially do we,
regret that .the press has so litttle to say on
the subject, and that the pulpit,. never
sufficiently prominent in advocating .tem
perance as a Scripture dtgetrinv:olla
tian duty, has fallen; into a seeming indif ;
.
ference. - Drunkenness' ' has steady advii-.
.
mites . , and powerful ones also, in a depraved,
human appetite and in the avarice of trade
and Abstinence should: have intercessors
equally steady; aud-far, mere earneSt in the
Church of. Jesus -,CUBIST, , and in, the
friends, of social well-being.
RESISTANCE
Whenlaws are righteously administered,-,
by the proper.offic'erS; then= to=resist then]:
is a sin against 'God. ..“Whosciever
eth the poirei, resisteth l .the ordinance of
God; and they that resist shall receiveto.
themselves damnation!' The late riot in.
New - -Ifork was,' in, its 'beginning, a. - resis t ance of law, and every man 'who aided,'
abetted, connselled, ni jistifted: it, was'
Soon,,however, the riot hecime a;
direct violation oflaw.:, It' ceased to' be a
resistance of the officers- of .the- law in lie_
executing of the draft, and became a scene'
of, plunder, arson, and bloodshed was;
enacted - by the basest of bad men, lawless'
boys, and abandoned' wornen.
A great city is subject to somethiig,
this kind, (ma in every geoeratieu and,
once in a generation is enough, if the: en
alty shall be rigorously' ;enforced'. The
13th, 146, arid 15th of Ju11,1863j .
long be remembered In New-York; and:
that community ewes , it to and,. to
the Country, so effectuallycto •punish , the
guilty that the terror will be;endtting: ,
The General GovernineriedOei well :to gob'
on with the Conscriptiim.' Let bad Mirk gain
nothing but, sorrow by their wickedness.;.
We in-Pittsburgh have our safety iw gov
ernmental energy in New-York.'
'A slight resistance' to the Conecriptiiii
has been exhibited in other t places:
Jersey City, Newark, Brooklyn, Harlem,
Staten Island, and Westchester, not , much
mischief was 'done: ' : In Troy, New-York;
a newspaper office was destroyed, and the
'jail was broken open and the pilsOners.re,
leased. In Boston the, demonstration, was
bold, but the mob was soon overpowered
by an energetic police with-their revolvers;
and a six Pounder cannon ; ,: ,.
There is nothing so effective in duelling.
a mob as .prompt .and vigorous Measures.
A proper show of force in NewLYork, at
the, first outbreak; and the instant -shoot=
ing down of two or a dozen of the
.rioters,
would have saved many gres and a vast
amount of property.
A favoring Providence has just given; to;
our country's arms distinguished•sifecensee.'
Since the let of July the eneinfeforcies
are weakened, by battles Ipst, _and by the
surrender of fortificatipps, to, the.exteut.of,„
about 80,000 men. And ..his three , great.
armies`—the Virginia, the Tentiessee, , and
the Missiseippi—:are beaten . and retreating.
Now' he should be preised, with, double'
vigor. Every energy of the Government
'Should be directed toward his thorough dis
comfiture. Let:the rebellion perish.
Just at this time the opposition to the
recruiting of our armies is peculiarly discs= I
tram.. w Every Pan , 1 1.9uPtt9ioe.rYetAifi
country,-with person und.propertyi aceordt,
'NOW. 18 THE TIME.
ing to his ability and the public wants;
and the Conscription Act is about as equi
table as any thing which could be devised.
Of its wisdom compared with other possible
ways of raising men, there are differences
of opinion. But now is not the time to
discuss that question. Now we want the
men, and the Conscription Act is the law
of the land. Let every good man yield to
it ayrompt and cheerful obedience. The
people's alacrity in this very thing, will
strike terror , into,the conspirators. It will
show them the vanity of their contest. It
will make them feeble. It Will tend great
ly to make battles and further bloodshed
needless. Take hope from your foe, and
you, conquer • him atonce. His hope, has
been in' division at the North. , Sustain
the draftpandleu-destroy this, hope. •Let
every lover of his country say,'Now is the
time. Energy'will give victories,'and
peace.:
Progresvor Iteligitas . Liberty at Rome.-4
writer from Rome, Italy,"says -that,within
a•few yards of the house ofi Cardinal Att.;
Prime "Minister,' is
Veld a weekly prayer - meeting of converted
Rapiaxt Catholics, and not, far off is an in
stitutionjounded by a convert, at which
()ter Thundred' men, Women,-and children,
attenik'dailyfor instr l uctipn, and seventy at
-EASTERN SUMMARY'
TV"ENGLAND.
•
A ,WRITEit in the. Evangelist, giging,
an account Of the recent meeting of4he
General Association , -of : Connecticut, says:
gAorningui mayer meetings, a pleasant ,
• saarimentalueommunien season,.and much
social , intereourse, were -enjoyed'f,and .7the
tone of-• the wholemeetingmas harmonious,
and •-fall - promise • Tor . future:::- he , .
spiriLoi -loyalty -te the Government, in, the
present trisispran, high, and:the action •:of.
the Association: wyeateince was reaffirmed
with unanimity.- , t Denominationalism-- is
taking a strong: bold of this body; although
• since .the. separation which has 'taken, tilace
between - it end the Presbyterians in. the-
Home Vissionary,work.of the-country, it is.
far . more modest and courteous than:efore.
Delegates' •from the Congregational -bodies
of the-West, while they claim a large.pros
perity, Made the general complaint that'the
Presbyterians: held the wealth and the•
sources of•influennejandpoWer. -
"The New-York Delegate (made - special
ruiteef the:fact - that one-third of. the Ci:?11-
grpiational 'churches of that State pre
ferred- a: connexion. with .the Presbytery,
rather than - the -Associations.. IThis was
to his: mind'`an inexplicable wonder; and
great cause of sorrow. There is-nolonger
any doubt of the wisdoin of ,the separation
alluded to, -leaving, as it does, a better unj
derstanding of their respective rights, and
theirfelations to_uich other!! . •
AT 1"11.i 7 COnventibiorthe
Ppiestant Epticoial. Clinic& of Maine, a
report favorable to increased Iv cooperation
wasipreseuted. - . - •
.6LBOUT FIFTY tiONVERSIONS are'reported
Von] Rev. - - Dr. -Linsley's - congrOgition-
Geeenwich,.CMin.., among theni some of the
young Men; hi; the..:place. Meetings
are held nearly every evening iti sebool
_ „ •
houses and private dwellings,
L. 5T0iE,,,..p.D., ;has resnni'ed:
his: ministrations : as i paStO4,of _the Park
Street ' ' Society Boston, . after o. nine
niOntliS',ab,senee the:ortoy-as Chaplain at
the 45th ‘regimerit.
TAR' Edivards.`:Church: and Society . in
Northampton,' hove yoted to supply .their,
pulpit, •and continue the salary , of their.
pastor; -Rev. , ,Gordoo t ßall, during_his ab
sonce of, ten" months, on ft „European.- trip,
for i the-.benefit of his health ; :and-they have .
'also raised $BOO to defray his expenses.
QRTIM ifftbe: Corgre
• gationalist contradicts some :_of ; the 'state
ments in regaririp..the-ambnlance system.
,says,ho s hai too-much, regard. for. ; Olen
sandp ofsuffering wives and - mothers ..not
`to relieve their:auxieties somewhat by, em.
phatically,paying -_„that porne v of!tbe state
ments of Gail , Hamilton in a .pievious
issue ,the, Vongrsga.tiotaliss are gross
AtiIIERST Corliaifieeina to be remem
bered in r lhe:lienefitetions of: its friends.
The .sum , .. of : $4.0,04, has ,reeenfly been
reified with a; viewito the erection oftc.first
. _
pleas for Mathematics and Natural
Philosophy the'College has also justre
ceiied 819,000 freirt,the sale of the Back
Bay Lands in Boston.. In addition to thin, .
the: last Legislature .granted 42 5,000, to .ths.
Natitral , History Department Dr. Walker
has also ` r ecently donated to the institution
$20,000 afor the . endowment of n*Professoil
ship. of Astronoroy f ami : p. fund of ~$2,060
for annual prizes an Mathematics. - Besides
.
thesspunisia large -siihscription list for a
new library buildingis very nearly coin
pleted.
cA. - .I3OIIItirSPONDEN T - Of the 'Christian A.d-:
andinteresting'
vacate ourna gives an
count of the'Anniversary exercises of
Pitiyidenee ,Confennee Seminary, an ,ox
ceilent institution under the r patronage of
the-Methedists. off New:England. Several.
addreises were delifeied on - the oecision,
among which notice that . of Dr J.'G.
Holland (TimothYlrittio, nib) on Fliehion.
The.following.quotation from tho.„report
the address of -Dr.ll. is plain ,and ~pithyt
and.:leirientably too true=;
fre,pointed differenen between
tie fashionable and the popular. Public
opinion is against '=the -wine-cup, fashion
:sets it on the side-board opinion'
isAlemodratie, fashioniis• aristocratic. ,The
toratorwfirst *triate.d of fashionable t men. ,
the4istinction -between the man
; of , faiihion, apUthe ,gentleman; the one is
,hallowi.the,other, solidt; 'the one isisliaped.
by others, the other lives from em- :
bodithhis'owii principles, lireathes out hitv
'own tlife; .the one concedes _the right. of .a
certain '6lassi to rule him, tbe-other assumes
the right turilln.limselt: He next. spoke
of lashiunablemocial -life. It-regards not'
the merits, biitytheiaccidents - of-men ; its
rejects at youthful, beautiful;antelligent,
independent woman, becatige , she earns , her
living, and , reeeives' an -.old, ugly, ignorant
one, because she contrives to live, upon her
friends:- dt admits men' .for their wealth,
but snot : for their excellence; it excludes.
menr for _their. peverty, but not for their
vices. It favors despotism and caste, and
hae falways).beens on the side . of: slavery,
i§not,dealiiigi and.all, othetifortwof per,
nicionsciont profitablettradoe , •;: !'
NEW-YORK.
Nzw-Youu was, last week, the scene of
riot and niqb violence beyond anything
which had ever occurred, even in that city
of outbrdaks. The occasion was the draw
ing under the conscription law.
The drawing commenced. in the ninth
Congressional district, on Saturday, July
11, and proceeded so quietly that the Times,
and other papers, felicitated themselves and
the citizens on .the prospect of having no
trouble; On resuming the work on Mon
day morning, however, a spirit. of violence
was manifested. A" crowd broke into- the
room, destioyed the appiratus; wounded and
expelled the" ;officers ~and fired the buildin
which, with the, whole
,1:11nelc, ,was :con=
sumed. They.destroyed the • Orphan Asy
lum' for 'colored childreni _and a large
number of the grain' elevators at tie Atlan::
tic Dooku, and, Other, pikblic and, private
property, and Committed,eltecking outrages
on the persons)#-nnotteoding citizens.:
The colored People suffered most severely:
net:ever one was foiind t he was tianitmata
Even the poor 'Orphan' Children :ecUld not.
be permitted to, escape , The ..race were Set
upon.as if they were wild beasts.:
At the firstthere:were some respectible
people in die Vivid, rather as lookeri''on: - ;,
but 'whenthe violence beeatne'll
, g ,
such, fled.„ The mob on "Monday comprised
some 000 , persons,: about" two...thirdsof
whok Were boys. , On- Tuesday itincreased
greatlyln nuMbers," but did ilet . Peipetrate
so mUchraisehief; will.). to the more effective
resistunce,pffered the military ; and
police: The proclamation:and`, ersbnal ef t
forts of 114yor Opdyke indllow-Seynionr
also .had great influence. The Governor
acid e
• •
The ; right' of every,ct make,
ialappeal ‘be
,maintained, and the de
cision of the Courts must he ; respected and
obeyed .by.-rulers and
, • pcople alike.. Np
other course consistent .with the main--
tenanoo,• pfthe Jaws, the,-peace and- order, of
the,city,,apd the safety of -its .inhabitants,
Riotous 4rroceedin must, ,and;shall:be 'put
down. The laWs-ofthe,State of,New-Tork
must be- enf,orced, its peace anderder mail! !
tained, and the lives and property of snits
citizens protected at any and every hazard.
The rights of every citizen will be properly
guarded aud,defended by, the Chief Magis
trate of the State." , . • ,
The mob; spirit is noCto.be.tolerated. A.
mob must be•suppressed, at , whatever cost.
B'very good citizen must rank hiniself.with
, ,
the constituted authorities. Both the priv.
ilege and; the duty of protecttng their
rikhts, resides in.thelriasses, but there is
lawful and orderly; way - of proceeding The
peoire's safety is . ina government of law.
A CORRESPONDENT ,Of.. F the American
Presbyterian gives,a statement of the num
bers received into•the communion
,of the
'various churches' of "Rochester,'during. the
late "revital. the whole number was 739,
of which 156 were , received by the Cen
tral, and 151 by: the Brick Presbyterian
churches. , •
THERE AM 561,000 piipils in the Bab
' bath SchoOls of New-York:
'WE copvihe following from the , Excim.
ever _
- .
The Third 'Oongregational church of
the 'city of New York, to which -the Rev.'
Mr.'ll'iothingliain, the Unitarian, ministers,
and which' is soon to enter its new ehurek
edifice'on Vertieth Streit, 'near Fifth Ave
nue, ii;deacribed 'by the Evening Pose,as
havineno formula of faith; no ,covenant,
membership or administration ''of madra
s .
Meats.' Thedeclared objeetof the organi,
nation .% the 'support of Worship,
the maintenance "of a religious faith, lib
eral; irdelliont; dna - progfestiiii.; and the
cultivation of religious life, individual and
social.' The Postalso assures us that 'the"
utmost freedom of thought is - allewed - every
- • .
person in the Society, and at 'it is
'strictly , independent' - Concern. Of this
_
there can be no reasonable doubt, wethink;
but is it not too bad that an
_association Of
men and women, taking so'rdueli
be known a`chur c h, should to all ap:
Pearaue 6 , o, little morestrietly'iridependent
of God and hia'Holy Scripture's; ttlau" of
anything ?„
IT IE SAID that Mr. A.: Stewart; G the;
great du gods in a,lp9se„giloss,
returned his income
.1'862 at
lien dollars, upon Nihietille paid aniiiConie
tax" of thoicsaiid
•
z. Thei following reSpeoting..the
loath' , 'of Nevi-York city, lire Juin i by
:CI •
r k
E . olpe
22,000 acres, and:Sykiit - op's mAkOltifituag.'
The average: maitalitY forq*el; , n
years pait; including • 1854', the•'ohirleiii
season, *is' - 22;000, more , `l , liitiflitilVtliiit
'rininbei being-Children; as-seals to"
case in; many countries. ''Oflleee j from
six to seven's•thousand 'anunplly'
than .a , • • ~--•••••'• •
46 in 17861;tte enumeration of deitha was
21;748 ; :in ' 1862, 21,244;.thu5' •ehoiiitst
tliat;iissflpt in „1854, the rate of morPilitt
fins been :nearly stationary,
.althouglf'
lation ; a large , proportion being emigrplite,
from Europe; 'has •increased abautfoik hinJ
dred thousand. A large sh,i,ro:of the deaths=
are occasioned 'or accelerated from causal
othei than those - incident to the
vicissitudes Of .life ; bad food ands tre •
gleittr
having a large responsibility, ackd . "Wak
most of all.
" - The Statistics of mortality duringibe
last. year' 'from those diseases which- are'
caused or are most`-aggravated tratroos;
pherie agency, exhibit the fbllowing'record
—Asphyxia; 55; bleeding from the:lingo,.
59 ; bronchitis*, 320; cholera, 9; choler*
morbus; '84;: cholera infantum, 1,280 ;
congestion the brain, 427; congestion
of the -11011 . 1 g. '279'; consumption,- 3,170;
1,496';. - eTonp, 685;_ debility,
5233 diiiirrhea, '473i diptheria, 594; dys
:etithi-jr- 182 eiyaipelail, 131; ciingestive
fever; 13;" pue ral fever, 115 ; scarlet
fever,. £2B; - I i•oid *fever, 404'; typhus
fever,. 136; '.tkmination - of the bowels,
628 ;. infldmmation 'Of they hinge; 1;1.00.;
nitusstruis,r'l;3oB; suffocation, '53.' - Most
- thesi . diseases---over 10;000—it will he
notioek
r kOrtaiin to -children,
and - thiP-Oimilition • eithe air iiCmost'ie
slicineibleftiflkeir -•
QinD _sold - 91 Sitiardiy..froia .12Pi to
1251. „State Vreatern Flour $4.50 to
95.15..
PHILADELPHIA.
Inra I *DENCE SQUARE was, on the oc
ouiiiii.'':ortie reception of the tidingi of
tpisignal succesee.s, the scene. _ totioh;
inipawbnemorable incidents:: Mitt-Worth
American, after noticing the procession
and the introductory address' of Charles
Gibbons, says :
" Rev. Dr. Brainerd now bared his head,
and instinctively—we believe reverently,
as by an intuitive impulse—every man
present was uncovered. A bush fell upon
the densely crowded assemblage as the hand
of the reverend doctor was raised, and an
invitation "given to thifraultitude to follow
him in rendering thanks to Heaven for its
many mercies, and-for crowning the arms
of the, country with victory. .*
Wttep, at the close of his prayer the
Christian minister pronounced the word,
'Amen the whole multitude took up the
Greek dissylable, and as with one mighty
voice reechoed it, reverently and solemnly,
Atnen
•. ," Wbile this prayer was offering, the l i
band..silently disappeared. As the final
word_of the supplication was pronoun Ced,
a strain of sacred music burst from. over
head: The ,band had ascended.to the State
House steeple, - and there played, with effect
that ,no tongue ,eanadequately describe, the
air of. Old• Hundred, written by Martin
Luther two centuries ago.
" Spontaneously a .gentleman mounted a
Poet, ,and; slatted the. mOodY to
the word!:
4441'raiso God from whom allblessings "
" The whole multitude caught it up, and
ndo.telogy was sung with a majesty that
Philadelphia ',never , before heard. Every
voice united. The Monster oratorios ..ihat
We have-heard, with a vocal chorus of - three
hundred sirigers,, dwindled into insignifi:
cance 'comparison 'init. God
dard then pronounced.--the benediction, and
the Vast audienctragain covered themselves
and ,slowly! dispersed:- The whole scene
was'rernarkable. It was a. touching illus
trationiof - the fact that-down deep in every
manls.heart, no'matter what' may be the ut
terance.s;of his lips, s or his. daily walk-and
conversation, there is a recognition of the
fact cthai - the Lord reigneth - ';.
• •
GEN. MEADE, the new leader of the
krmy of the T'Otoniec, is the grandson of
George Meade, of 'Philadelphia;'an, emi
nent Irish-American merchant, whose firm
Meade Fitzsimmor.s) in 1781 c6ntrib
tiled $lO,OOO to a fund for the relief of the
faniiihingerMy of Gen. Washington
Ikr 1
THE Philadelphia Press - says that coal
shippeis have stated, diet the present ad
vanee in the . priee of coal will be only tem-;
poßry, and that the price, as soon .as the
present excitement is over, may fall lower
than was before the advance. The in
crease of price was caused by the action of
the coal operatives who agreed to send
regiments to the field and provide2for a
temporary.suspension of operations in. the
mining regions. •• - •
Thanks for Donations.-1 Card.
Slzssns. El:axons :—lf you wduld alloW
me,„ through the columns of the Banner; to
return thanks to the Board of Publication
and . ladies of -the Central -Presbyterian
church, Philadelphiajor timely donations
-of books to me after the loss of my entire
.
library in Missouri, through the rebellion
I would be obliged to . you.
They had learned, meidentally, , that• my
loss- of books had been coniplete; (I had
not left me . even a . grammar or spelling
book,) and, with ,' no solicitation from me,
promptly forwarded 7 me a number- of yol
umes-of 'considerable value to me. I shall
Preserve these volumes as mementos of this
special favor; so timely rendered, and the
more typpreciable fromlthe spontaneousness
of the geheroisity.
" The Lord- loveth • a cheerful giver ;"
and they who receive feel fat more blessed
to receive from those who give from-a cheer
ful lieart: I acknowledge these donations
with, lively gratitude, and" shall not , fail to
retain - the remembrance of the kindness . as
lung. as I live. T: H. NEWTON;
111 Jztlu X0,,1863. .'
•
Rev. S. P. Dillon, late.: of the North-
Western' Theological Seminary, was install
ed pastor 'of' tee Preshyterian ehfirch- of
Hanover; Ill:, - on the morning of the fith
inst., hy a Committee of the Preshytery of
Rock River. Rev. J. - S. Dickey presided
on the' occasfon, proposed'the constitution
al - questions, and:thafged the pastor, and
.Rev. E. C. Sickels preached the; sermon
and cliarged-the people. In- the afternoon
'the sacrament of the 'Lord's` Supper' was
adminiseprecl,.and three persons were're
ceivad'intonthe * Cominnnion of the - Winch
upon a profession nrtheir faith: The' sea ,
son was one of grateful :and 'seleinn.inter
ea to:: this young' church receiving their
first installed
iti•itlii4PAelitlikilr Banner.
ljelp fireedid for our Woinded. Soldiers and
: our Prisonirs:
No. 0 E 1 r,
,
betiles of ale . ' iimlt Month lief& filled
;our , ifiilitary heliitshran d' , prieons with
utni , seilefitnini . plokied suffe r ers sod prismi- -
era,• numblrine tarsi di thensande: Fresh ,
ippliiintiOnsforigninn3 Ofleligiens
!for thefuselef-theile *OO ire , pointing in
upon l- the'fßosidrundltragWtoh to he
. Bet t theifierd's•Dietributitnillied j . :
fromyrtdoh - finehirinitivarimsdikio.vspwi
once - Ins" unsitely:exl i austi l Lit
, We atm& too the: churches' mid to he=
nivolentmdividiudsloiSeadlnil the ntesnei
'for earry!firim - thie ;work; at , onee;no
lanthropio,"no . prtriotis, and •Ohiristiaill;
•:, Sonzifnu,'Cor; Stein
. .
/ME
•‘ • ' • •• Pa. die
. . • •
*Anvil 'Whipiin;
L r r Auly 63. •
M'assns. EDIZORB from any
part of .the seat- of war - is- interesting. to
your .readers,'a few. lines: from': this:
may not be amiss.- '. 7 •
The moat interesting , item: of.news this
.•morning, is' the report in- camp that the
:rebels came within a -mile and..l3' half hat
night- and carried six'' hundred horses.
'and mules, and two .companies 'of infantry:
The eavakry and a few companies3.Of in
fantry are gone•after them.
• Not long after I came here as Chaplain
of. the . .81st L was .ordered :bywthe.
commanding General to take: part
aging the affairs in the Contraband. Camp::
It then, contained about eight - hundred.-
It -haw since increased to nineteen hundred,
women and children, and men unfit. for
soldiers.:- There is now a regiment of
'blackalere ; , many of-them 'the husbands
or- brothers. of •the Nvomen.in , our camp.
Rev. J. ,M. Alexander, (Old School Pres
'byterian.minister from Paris,- Ill.,) is their
Q010ne1.... They have learned' to drill with
astonishing rapidity, and are supposed to
be ready now for important, service. Part
of them have gone ~ oul.this 'morning after
,the-rebels. : •
•: In connexion with. tile. Contraband Cutup
is a farm-, onivhieikwelare cultivating-Awe, :
hundred :and fifty acres in co4on, about
thirty -aoree in., garden, and fifty in comp
For the Presbyterian Bennet.,
• For theTresityterlim
InStallatiOac
&c. We have three hundred and fifty
children in school; and expect soon to have
the number increased to five hundred. The
teachers who have had experience in teach
ing, say they never taught a school that
made as rapid progress.
Out of the nineteen hundred in camp,
have found, I believe, but one that would
be willing to be back with her master.
The number that want back to " the flesh
pots of Egypt," is much less than was
found in the camp of Israel.
We have preaching twice on Sabbath,
prayer-meetings through the week; and
much pains are taken for the comfort and
elevation of that portion of the race that
is here.
The Temperance Cause.
No careful observer can fail to see that
the evils of intemperance are coming upon
us like a flood. Our temperance law is
violated with impunity in all our cities and
large towns. Only _in rural districts does
the law check' the, sale of intoxicating
drinks. Young men by, thousands are go
ing to 'destruction upon •.the fiery floods
which the liquor shops are pouring upon
the community. In stages, ears, and in
the public streets, the evidences of this
can be seen. The law, which was made to
close •up the iniquitous traffic in liquid
poison, is like a mill standing upon a stream
whose water is so low ,that it. will not carry
the great wheel with, regUlarity„ At inter
vals, when public sentiment is aroused, the
mill starts .and.grinds for a time and then
stops. In Most places the mill, is at a dead
stand, because the stream of public senti
ment is not sufficiently strong to carry it.
When the law was enacted, it was relied
upon exclusively,. ,:The friends :of temper
ance relaxed their efforts: Preaching upon
the subject to a 'groat extent ceased. • The
press also spiked their guns. Temperance
papers and tracts went quite out of fash
ion. As a Consequence the public senti
ment once so-strong against the use of in
toxicating liquoras.a.beverage went down,
and the enemy has . come in like a flood.
What is to be, done? Does, not the histo
ry of the temperance .reformation teach us
that, " the-thing to,,be 'done is, the-thing
that has been denc, 7 - so : successfully in
earlier days.. Public:, attention must be
directed to the subject. Pulpit and press
must open their batteries. The pledge
must be circulated and the temperance
work done over again :=Boston Recorder.
Business alleans of Grace.
We often hear , Christians complain of
their leanness and etnptiness, and attribute
it ail to their busineas.- If they are correct
in the cane of. their waut,of religious en
joypient, then, either they are engaged in
a wrong business, or they.are, pursuing it
in a wrong - tnanner. No 'lawful business
—"lnd a 'Christian- cannot -engage in any
other*inirsited in a - propermanner, will in
jure the religions enjoyments or the child.
of God... -He-that , has the love of God in
his "wart, and z does :his whole :duty each
day; tbwarti God and man, will never find
occasion4o -charge the blame of his lean
nessAcrhis 'business. --The true Christian,
who does' all 'that he does .to the glory of
God, is never more :happy, than when full
of business. Let him connect his business
With God ;let - ihini work forqGod every day
the week, fend consequently all his in
come tol the furtheiince of his cause in the
earth, , and be will ;find that his business,
instead,oflbeing',a hindrance, will be a help
--a - real - means of- grace to him. Instead
of= tlettitiglis business sliallow up his re
ligion, , liii=zreligion swallow
-up his
buisinats . . - -.-AntericanPreskyterian. •
14144,, North. Carolina.
r
_ .
r. .[Oorreapondent of the 'World.]
NZW7TEBN, N. - 0., July 12.
H0n.1,-Bnadford pro w n, : Sttteflenstor from Cas
well, dqunty„ North. Carey:my- s hall, taken opeu
gfoutiValarreednefirtiction'of . the' Union. It is
underictoOd; much as itAinitted by the Ra
leigh (N.C.)' &ander* that's; majority of her
legielaturtrand 'sovereign convention concur with
141.r.,:lirovrei.but-it is thought in Raleigh that she
cannot .with safety. to. herself throw off the Con
federate ",ithe so long AS the Confedrate army
htilil'Pirgil 1 cir 'tint B- there is a sufficient Fed
eral' force lunte'to-anstainher in such an effort.
Ron.- John - :'A. Gilmer and ;other extensive
slav,eholdeialzrthisptate,- are said tq be in favor
or thkgradug emancipation-system owhich it is
understood North Carolina
° will be required to
accept as the chief condition Of settlement be
taieen her and the Federal States: -
Liter intelligence from the. Legislature now in
session at,./taleigh confirms - the report that
many
,of its memberalave cOme out for the im
mediate repeal of the act'of. secession passed by
the sovereign convention' of-this State, and for
the - orecalltheme by GOT. Vance - 1)f the North Car
olina troopCfrom the Confederate army at once.
Should Gen:l f ee's army be annihilated or pre
vented .frote maching this. State, The repeal of
thin set - rivit l .talte" lace at any moment., other
whietma y
ttert will re p main ap aboie stated. It is
said' that while. the - discusSion! Of 'repealing the
act, of secession was. :going on, a distinguished
member anuestedt§foreign war as a method of
cementing pilestates together, "which was ap
plauded tetieeeeho, all parties joining.
• ••••.:.".. • -
In po ant to Drafted lien..
. inTormation on the ',exciting. subject of the
:doff, is sought with avidity,: At the commence
ment-of the draft, negroes were accepted is sub
.stitutes. - This is: henceforth to be restricted,
according to the following 'order from the Pro-
Vest Marshal r 3 !,.! .
. !" Any person drafted may Thrill& an accept
able sulistitute-whci ica Military equivalent for
.his services,; nbut a negro is not.* military equiv
alent for a whiie 'man, under iiisting laws.:"
Another regulation is as follows:
WAR DBFARTIISRT;
PROVOST MARSHAL GRNREAVS,OFFICE,
Washington, July 18„1863.
(Circular No. 61.—The fourth' paragraph of
Ciroultrr No.-44, issued from this office, July 18,
1863, is hereby modified so as to correspond
With the opinion of Hon. WM. Whiting; Solicitor
of Witi c iiepartment, whibh willhereafter gov
ern in' all to which it is applieable. Cpin
ion—i.Permintlirafted into the military service
of , thelllnited•States, under the,provisions of the
" Act:of March 3,1863, chapterl6, for enrolling
and callbig Cont. the national:fc;lne, and for other
purpoielii claiming exemptiOnirom draft by rea
son of any disability, as provided-in -said Act,"
4:thetright Co have the question of his disabil
ity-.submitted to: upon by the Board
"of,Eurollment,. whose _decision thereon is final.
Board decided that the claimant.
"is - ifsble to 'servelttilfas!tlieyight after such de
to parhuftrodritniiitatibn money, or to
Tarnish his.subsiitute within such extended time
'te . may be fixed-,by-,order of - the Board of Enroll
ment for his sppearanco for duty.
•
WW. WHITING,
'solicitor of the . Wer Dpartment.
ProveatiMiarithal General.
t 44 , e, _
El
DM
L
, • - SI; oL "%I" Rain;
opirints.. If*soN, : July
. 8, 1863.--
f Irefigial i----Tlie.ENaitlipi is ;toy, opened.
• 41 1 - have the to litiiiini'yett that the gar
riion at' Port Hddson'tguisiridered nneondition
alky this'aflernotin. We Shall lake formal pos
session at 'seven o'clock iii the morning.
;" (Signed) N..P. BANR, Major General.
"Signed) 11. S: o Galsr, Major General."
The captures at:Port Hodson are about 7,000
.metl;l6 .o .ftsild - pjeded;2s siege pieces, about 10,000
ettlxid z orimiall'arme: ; one Major General, one
BeigadnieGetieral, five Colonels, and a. proper
tionattuaiumber ot.othei field andaind officers.