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PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1863.
The Christian Intelligente!, we are pleased
to gee, has resumed its former size.
The Presbytery of West Virginia was di
rected by the Assembly to meet at Parkers
burg, on the First Tuesday of October, at
10 o'clock.
The churches of Glade Run and Concord,
of the Presbytery of Saltsburg, have gen
erously granted their pastor, Rev. G. W.
14E01mill, a liberal vacation from pastoral
labor, for the recuperation .of impaired
health.
"Theological Seminary of the North West.—
The Fifth Annual Session of this Institu
tion will be opened on Thursday, 10th of
September, in the Lecture-Room of the
North Presbyterian church, Chicago, at
which time Dr. CHARLES ELLroTT will be
inaugurated as Professor of Biblical Liter
ature and Exegesis, and an address will be
delivered by him in the presence of the Board
of Directors. Until the new building is
completed, rooms in the basement of the
North church will be used fqr recitations and
lectures. Board and lodging will be furn
ished to the students at two dollars and a
half per week, and on arriving in the city
they will obtain definite information us to
boarding places, at Mr. lioradzs:,_Book
State, No. 170 South Clark Street.
Samuel Break, Esq.—We have before us
a memoir of this benevolent and enterpris
ing Philadelphian, who died about a year
ago, aged ninetyone. The memoir was
prepared by J. FRAt%CIS FISHER,' Presi
dent of the Board of managers of the Penn
sylvania Institution for the Instruction of
the Blind, of which institution Mr. BRECK
bad been 'President for many yeii's, and
also one of its most active benefactors.
Mr. BRECK was born in Boston in 1771.
His paternal ancestor came from England
in 1730. He was nursed at Lexington,
Miss., and, in his nurse's arms, witnessed
the Battle of Bunker's Hill, though then
too young to remember the event. He
spent four years of his youth at the fa
mous school at Sorize, France. He did
business for -a while in Boston, but, in
1792 he removed to Philadelphia, and be
came a Pennsylvanian, identified with the
interests of the State and of its chief city,
and active for-sixty years.
Novels.--Oar kind friends, the Publish
ers, still occasionally send us a novel, for
review. We do not read novels, and can
not approve of the young so appropriating
precious time and injuring their taste, if
not their morals. A book may be more or
lees fictitious, and yet worthy of recom
mendation for its- moral or religious aim;
but the sensational novel, -the object of
which is chiefly to please - the fancy or un
duly excite the emotions, should never, ye
think, be sanctioned by the religious press.
In adhering to our rule to allow novels to
lie unnoticed on our table, we intend
nothing discourteous to those who send
them; but we merely act in accordance
with our convictions of duty as regards
the - encouragement of novel-reading—a
practice at the present day so lamentably
common-and injurious.
OBADUNTES 'OF ALLEGHENY SEMINARY.
One thing most estimable in the char
eater of young theologians, is a disposition
to labor. They are called by the Spirit,
and are bidden': Go work in the vineyard.
To this command the Alumni of the West
er!' Theological Seminary are ohedient.
Of the last,class of graduates, a Professor,
calling upon 'his memory, enables. us to say
that the following are in receipt of invita
tion as pastors, or as supplies, and are
already engaged in their work :
H. MARTIFN .11ERVEY, Newark, Ohio;
A. A. DINSMORE, 'Bellair, Ohio; SAMUEL
M. HENDERSON, Pigeon Creek, Pa.; WM.
11. BOYD, North 'Sewickley, Pa.; D. P.
LOWARY, Beaver and Freedom, Pa.; J.
J._ BEAclom, Mingo, Pa.; C. C. GOULD,
Golden Corner, Ohio ; J. W. WIGUTMAN,
Greencastle, Pa.; THOMAS X. ORR, Cen
tral church, Allegheny City, Pa.; J. MCC.
BLAYREY, Ontario, Ohio; FARIS BROWN,
N. E. Kentucky; N. H. G. FIFE, Connells
vine, 'Pa.; W. S. EAGLESON, Frederick
town, Ohio; MARTIN L. TODD, S. S. Union,
Pa - ; TaomAs M. WILSON, Edward's Ferry
and Edginton,• Illinois.
WESTERN' THEOIRSICIL SEMINARY.
The next session of the Theological
Seminary at Allegheny will open on
,Mon.
day, September 14th. The students will
assemble at 4P. M., in the chapel. The
opening addresswill be delivered by Pro
fessor IVitsoN, on Tuesday morning at 10
o'clock.
The - course of instruction will be com
plete. The Professor-elect, Rev. Dr. AT
WATER, having declined, the Department
of Didactic Theology will be filled by Revs.
Drs. JAOOBIT6 and WILSON. The former
will lecture to the Senior Class, and the
latter to the Middle Class, throughout the
term.
Rev. Dr. ELLIOTT will deliver a course
pt lectures on ,Past4,:mal Theology and Moral
Science, in addition to his own branch. .
• Rev. Case. C. BRATTY, D.D., LL.D.;
accepts "the appointment of the last .
General Assembly, as " Lecturer Extraor
dinary on Practical Theology."
Arrangements are made for a course of
instruction in Elocution, by an experienced
Professor in the Department.
It is: greatly to'be desired that students
iresent. at the opening exercises. The
.
?lamasery expenses at the Seminary may
be biought.within $lOO, and should not ex
seedlil2o." Worthy students who are in
h .
'heed eaueceiie the iiiiaiSi s te aid au early
p to
tflrn iii;iiltiVpicf4sors - ; 7 '
ap
UNITY AND UNIFORMITY.
These words, though seemingly alike, are
far from being synonymous. Things may
have a great resemblance where there is no
unity; and things may be joined as parts
of a whole, where there is not uniformity.
The Church of Jesus Christ is one—one
body ; joined to the one Head, Christ
Jesus; animated by the same Divide, Spirit;
being conformed to the same blessed image.
But yet, this one body has " many mem
bers," and among the members there are
great "diversities." The unity among
Christ's people for which he prays, and
which he enjoins, is not an ecclesiastical
oneness. It is rather, peace, love, friend
ship, 'cooperation for their mutual bene
fit and the extending of his kingdom.
Their oneness in their Head, and their
unity in the faith, and that they " all speak
the same things," are perfectly consistent
with vast variations in association, feelings
and attainments.
In some respects uniformity is exceed
ingly desirable. When it proceeds from a
similarity of belief, of tastes, of habits,
and of preferences, it is joyous. And the
right kind of efforts, efforts directed by
God's Word and Spirit, to produce such a
uniformity, are blisstul—not perfectly suc
cessful, as in men's hands, but still they
are happy.
A great portion of men's efforts, how
ever, to produce uniformity, are productive
of immense evil. They are so fruitful of
evil, that we might almost say that the de
sire of this good thing is one of the chief
causes of human misery. This desire, un
der the guidance of a perverted judgment
and a wicked heart, has been the cause, or
a prominent cause, of all the religions, per
secutions which have ever existed; and has
mingled among the causes of' many of the
most desolating wars with which the earth
has been cursed. The heathen warred
against the Jews, to make the Jews conform
to their ways. And the Jews, to make the
Christians adhere to the law of MOSES, as
they themselves did, persecuted the Chris
tians, even unto death. The Roman Em
perors subjected' Christians to .all tortures,
to make them adopt the Pagan customs of
worship ; and when the Christians of Rome
attained to power, -and became the Romish
Church, they were equally intolerant of all •
who differed from them. The Mohamme
dan wars were efforts at the producing of
uniformity; the crusades also; and the
cruelties of the Inquisition. The persecu
dens in England also, long and severe,
were efforts at uniformity.
In matters strictly religious, we have
been in the habit of thinking that there
should be great freedom. In private faith
every one should he at liberty to choose,
in the light of God's revealed truth and
under the impulse of his own conscience.
In social religion, it is the privilege of the
adult to attach himself to any.people whose
ways please him. And this being a right
which each one claims to himself, he should
freely accord it to others.
How far differences in faith and varia
tions in modes of worship, and exclusive
ness in Church associations, may be con
sistent with a real unity among Christians,
is a thing not easily determined. Nor is
there any need that it should be defined
with strictness. We know assuredly that
a great divergency, in the direction just
alluded to, is consistent with unity in
Christ. We know also that peace, and
even harmony, is promoted by allowing our
brethren great freedom of choice. A com
munity is' far more happy by being divided
into families, having their minor interests
separate, than the same people would be,
condensed into one vast whole. So also
the Church of Christ is greatly more joy
ous, under the freedom of denominational
preferences, than if forced into one entire
visible unity, by an Act,of Uniformity.
In civil affairs, also, it is possible to have
essential unity without uniformity. The
unity is on great prinpiples. The defec
tive uniformity, that is, the liberty to vary
from the standard; or rather, the having of
no standard, relates to minor matters, and
matters of merely sectional or, individual
interest. This is the case in every country
united under:one government; and espe
cially the case where the government is
very much extended, embracing different
climates, and peoples of diverse origin and
habits. The British empire is a unity of
great strength, and yet there is in its parts
a want of uniformity which is wonderfUl.
took at England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland",
and see the differences and even contrasts.
Then extend your view to her North Amer
ican members, and to her West Indians,
and her Africans, and her East Indians,
and be astonished at the want of uniformi
ity. And note also that if, she should at
tempt rigorously to produce a strict uni
formity, she would soon go to pieces. Her.
English Episcopalians, and her Welsh In
dependents, and`her - Scotch Presbyterians,
and her Irish Romanists, and her Canadian
Republicans, and her liotentots in Africa,
and her Hindus and Mohammedans
in India, could never be' brought to
one rule of faith, and one mode of
worship, and one' system of Provincial .
law, and one order of social life. The of
would destroy her unity. She would
speedily burst into fragments.
So also the Government of the United
States is, or was, a compact unity. .The
country varies greatly as to climate and
productions, directing to different modes
of life; and the people, as to their origin,
were exceedingly diverse; but still, until
very recently, there had been scarcely a
country on the earth where the unity,was
more nearly perfect. And our fathers
thought they had provided for a perpetual
unity, by embracing in the bond only the
general essentials of good government, leav
ing all ,t,he differences of religion, peovin
,
niallaw, and social habits,- five to indiVid-
uala,or; to be _regulated ,by State. lotion;
'Their liltitic*ai - eviiiettrt wise# ItXtvali
PRESBVTERIAN BANNER.---WEDINESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1863.
philosophic; founded on the teachings of
history, and the study of man's •nature.
But no human wisdom is perfect; and ;
no generation of man has yet lived, that
did not think itself wiser than the preced- I
ing. So it has occurred among us. Some
began to think that our condition would be
better and our governmental unity more
perfect, if we had more uniformity. All
slave, or all free, said they. They then
divided into parties, one of which set to
work to make the States all free; by the
total abolition of slavery; and the other,
with equal zeal, determined that slavery
must be made national. These efforts at
uniformity produced disunion. War rages.
Our sons and brothers perish. The land:'
mourns
_ Whether we are wiser in this thing, than
were our fathers; and whether thehenefits
to flow from a greater uniformity will com
pensate the cost of the - attainment, are
questions which men will answer variously:'
We pray that the nation may terminate
the intestine conflict, still a united. people.
And inasmuch as' the pro-slavery party
abandoned the, forum, the press, and the
ballot box, and took up-the sword, we think
it not unchristian to: both pray: and strive
that they shall be ov'erconie 'l4 th'e sword'..
In Church matters we so love individial
freedom, and have such a predilection for
untrammelled social preferences, that we'
would advocate peacefully tolerated denem
national diversity, while the great truths Of
faith and holiness are maintained, rather
than to seek for a vast ecclesiastical unity,
binding together in one organization persons
who could hot cordially harmonize in words
and worshiP.. Let the unity be in Chrisi
Jesus, and, the similarity be a true broth
erly love; while in modes, and forms, and.
associations, there is perfect freedom.
LICENSING TOO, ;SOON:,
The practice has grown exceedingly, of
late years, and, -as we think, in'ost injuri
ously, of licensing young men to preach the
Gospel before they have completed their.
prescribed course of, study. ,Attainments,.
as all are aware, is what. we want. But
time, and diligent application, are. india
pensable to the making of attainments;'
and two years of close attention to theology;
. alter having completed a collegiate course,
is what our Standards require, preparatory
to licensure. The curriculum of our Sem-:
inaries is three years— or rather, three,
terms; we say,",rather," fiecause the Voca
tions have becothe so protracted, and the
hollidays so numerous, that .about seven
months of actual study is the extent of the
Seminary term- in each year. Now, if 'a
young man will, as is becoming common,
obtain license at the end of his second term,
it is but twenty months from his. entering
upon his theological course,tand only about
fourteen months of actual attendance upon
leetitreS and recitations in, the Seminar*.
The Professors of our Seminaries. have
long mournPd .over this i evil.;,but, like
their brethren of the Presbyteries, 'they
have' still-voted to sustain the trials and
proceed. ,
This matter was bronghk before Ole last
General Assembly by the Directors of the
Western Theological Seminary; and -a= re
quest made that the Assembly'would take
measures to remedy the evil. memo,
rial was referred to the yommittee of Bills
and Overtures, whose report was ,adopted,
as follows : -
is The Committee recommend; in view of
the great importance of .a thorough , course
of theological study, that the- Presbyteries
exercise great•care and prudence in regard
to, the licensing of candidates, and that, in,
ordinary cases, this be postponed-lentil- the
completion of the theological course, <that
their undivided attention, may be given to
the prosecution of their studies while: in:
the Seminary."
•
The Biblical Repertory, 'for 'July, pp..
493, 494, in noticing 'this action of the.
Assembly, makes these ,very app - repriate
remarks :
" This matter rests with the. Presbyte
ries' andwe tear that, this recommendation of
the Assembly will not, prove more effectual
than others of a similar character. They
are too muck'dispesed'tolielti to the antia l ,
ble desire to. gratify the wishes of,,itnpa
tient young men who are ;Importunate for
beensure. There are cases, undoubtedly, in
which gi,ed reat.ons exist for tee neensure;
of co d ida tes bet, re the: cep pie
theological studies.* - But to the greet ma;
jority, of eases, it, is a grekt
young men, to the institutions with which
they are !connected, and to the
As a general rule, it is the more superfi
cial, the less serious, and the less prepared
class or candidates who are so desirous to,'
assume the responsibilities iil''preachers.
As soon as, such men obtain they
cease. to be faithful students. Their. "time!,
largely devoted to preparing sermons,
and their minds intent on ; seeking spttle T d
meets. We, have known young men to
obtain, licensure and receive calls before;]
they had even Commenced the study of the
olegyproper.- We „hope - the 'Presbyteries ;
may be ,itiduced to pay,some,respeet to the,
repeated e...preSsion Of fie Judginent
Assembly on this subjeCt. With them,
however, rests the resp*Sibitityr, for forf they
have the constitutional right:tblieenite any,
young man, a Member ,of the tilhureli,,,iihe
has been, nominally engli i ged, two
,years in;
the study of' theology,, those yearti
map .have been almost eielasiely devoted'
to Church `history and Hebrew" r
The Presbyteries are„thelsower,,in
Ohureh;and it behooves them tol be &mit
and to act wisely. True "kindnesiii to the:
candidate, as well as a reoard for Ziores
terests demands that the 'Presbytery ,shall
insist, almost *flexibly, on the completion
of the full course of study prescribed,—two
full years oft actilar,engagedness`;'Or the
three terms, wholly made up, - , ancl'iiith` an
,;+ ' •r.
undivided attention, at a Theolkical Sem ;
inary. ,A result will be, that, our young 1
men will more readily obtain: settlements;
will longer abide settled, and , Vill grow
more,. (being better "` rooted - and ground=
,
ed,
arid will be more liappY and ,more
useful
Danville Theological lemillari.;'---MO SW 4
Ack—Atinnal ' SeSdiOn: . will k ethnuienee 4 S o l) -
toil - 4;l9dr? s7e laWirtinmeifir
lIMMIlli=
A BAD SPIRIT.
How much inc ination there may be
among the masses of the South to cease
from their rebellion, we do not know ; but
there is still something of a Union senti
ment there; and we might infer that there
is much of it, judging from the bad spirit
manifested by the rebel leaders, and from
the efforts continually made to stimulate
alienations.
The Richmond Sentinel, of July 23,
commenting upon the action of the Demo
crats of New-Hampshire, says :
" Do the New-Hampshire Democrats sup: ,
pose for one moment that we could so much
as think of reunion with such a people?
Rather tell one to be Wedded to corpse!
Rather join hands with a fiend from, the
pit ! We exhausted conciliation before we
separated. Thenceforth there was no room
for So much as'a!lhought of reunion. We
had ingied our dead out of our sight, and
the.mourners had become comforted. Since
that time our false allies have become our
vindictive, fees. We have ten thousand
atrocities
,to, remember against them. The
blood orinedithlittsands of martyra 'is be
tweeirthetu-and us ° IV thousand feelings
of . horror repel the bareAdea of a renewal
of association. -•
".Perhaps hereafter geed-will may e re
vived again But' Union--never let 'it be
raelitioii:ed'N'ever !, never ! 'is' imps
,
sible."
Mr. DAVIS, in his recent appeal to the
soldiers of the,gourederate States to return
to the - army,•:titters - the follooving.
"Yen= -know too' well, my countrymen,
what they [the tnieni - sts] mean b3ranceese.
Their:lnqligncittrrage arms at nothing less
than- the' exterinination of
,yourselves, , ' your
tvives, and children. They SSeek'to destroy
what they catinOt•Plutzdle. 'They prOpae
as the spoils- of ivictoiy-=tha't Your' homes
shall be partitioized "am' ong'=the wretches
whose atrocious cruelties ,hisive' stamped in:
:fam'y • •on tlair•QOv'ervirnerie 'TheY {desire
to intitel;e,ririle instirrEetione and light the
fires eV ineendittrism , -whenever .`they can
reach . your homes, - and` they debaUch the
inferior race, hitherto docile'and contented,
by promising indulgence of the "'vilest
sions as the price of treachery , : COEliiolollB
of their" inability to prevail by legiti 111 ate
warfare; tiot'daring'th make peace lest they
should he hurled from their seats of power,
the men who'•now:rule in Washington re
fusP eMin to confeemi thesulject of putting
an end to outrages vilzich'disgrace our age,
or-listen to a' suggestion fee conducting' the
war according , to the usages'of
" Fellow-citizens i no alternative , is left
you but 'victory -, or : . subjugation, slavery'
and the utter ruin of yourselves; your fink
iliescand your`enuntry,". etc.
Men coneeions of strength and - rectitude,'
and of the entire popularity of their cause,"
could not resort tu•such.means to keep up
the spirit and energy of their people. Any
thing like" conciliation " they dread. It
is only by keeping up the most angry pas
sions, and by, fanning the biterest hatred,
, •t
that they can recruit their armies and per- .
petuate the strife..:: o
EASTERN summnt.
NEWFANGLAND.
A nonnEsPoriiileNt Of the Evangelat in'
. •. _
an interesting 'letter about-Williams Col
lege, draw,s',gnite, a contrastbetiveen, the
Baccalaureate efforts of the ~famous, D.r.
Griffin 'and _those of the present President,
Dr. 'Hopkins. He says : '.`
the custom of that gigantic
saint, Dr. - GrifEn, to preach. a
,baccalaureate
sermon, which :he juit four, and
which were given in ,_due .order
but the' people did not come'out in, any,cop"-,
siderablef - na'rebers to hear them: 'The
thing ir3 otherwise ttot , . Dr. llopkins gikeS
a new one,eaeh year—always the:discussion
of some_ great thought, fit to give, rise to
other sermons,, all over ; the country; and I
thus the 13accalampte - is the head of all
that corpus of exercises called
,ComMence
meet. The people' come ",,out to, hear it.
from Adams and Pow nal, and the towns ad;-_
joining, and the old church groans with its
multitude. After the sermon is preached
it Tslirinted, and is the seed of . pther
ing Among them lesser lights.
,The "Doctor
threatens to wind off this kind,of thing, and,
avers that thengh
,he may print this one,
be•iritenai more: net it , ie
doubtful if "din stop 'Dr. tHopkins .
as -- Closeii associated With his
~,I3deculatire-,
ates as GreYlopkl4 altitude and." - green ,, _
. ,
IT xs m/5!,..f,,501in that the. Pp4qopal,.
Church, has inever_ obtainedi a .strong Moot
hold in New,Hampshire.l; Poeir..Dr. Stone,
writing •to"the 'Conkregattenttlist on ''this. •I
subject, says ':! •
Thonilithefirst4ettlefs
shife were nod like r thOie* her sifiter dol
06 ,1; l as ls 4 ll o4 ' ts, ief4gees fr6in AT
and religious intolerance ef , ,their'inother:i
country ; theyweie, - fi the Most part, as
stroifg in their prejudiees againstlhe Es.
tablistiment,'lnd as rigid non -Conforiitists
as they: They looked upon the Church of
England' ,
,as" hostile :to, the puritan Prineil .
pies-NO4IAI they; cherishedin common with
these', *ho had fled from her' persecuting.'
,
pnief. 7 The ariti•APitScopal. spirit which"'
ran through all tfte - Civil, educational, and
religious affaira;nfthe'early settlers' in "this`.
Sthte, ,
it - Uninviting to .fiXl
- adhering_ to, the. for and ,doe- •
trines of the English "Church m
iro;ch ; consecoient
-I.Y; EPisekitOY.tratfalays had fe'*Olitir 6l leir
anlMade slew;Progress among us L Fpis •i
pepalianfa heen full,Pr:aivare4if
,the
;obstacles: the I:46p,ag l ittiofi (>4.. their faith,'
these' sonides, pt'lt - opulit•
Eq.: • f. f
pr.e)Rdied i pence_ their frequent remara,
NCT,flaMPibire is hard' soil for,'our
'Chnreh.'"
LGAIL HAMILT?Ni in an:. artiale entitled
"*SidetGlanoes - at-Haivard's Olass-Day,srl,e=
Indiinees,id'nd•idinced terms, the faiilliont
abl r wlu She says
- w x
l ia, li a, il pTqfane ; and vicious
;dance : Always., S heri it is ;prosecuted,
;in,the einire ofn eireat;•erOwd .in a dusty
;hill, on,a,
gusting wapnpidsu[l3lper i ;J:MY ) ik i FAA°,
,otthe,dappe is, profanity , ;
*ire , thn in4inetiye expression, of. intimate'
eniptionii; gl9iving rosy-sed in the aurora
tune of ~tenderness, andjustifiedr.m una
:btsillptif4,,nedOm„only, llyiailgng , and ; faithful
habiOder` of:,litieelfigh devotion • are - here
oßenly, : dehherately,
,and paplesSly„.assunied.
by people c*lici4i.4a7e but a cftBu4 pap
tial society nequidnianee. This I reckon
PiPtr,ani4r3,ThiB" levity most en gable ;
guilty and w , antan yvaiie, of 4911,
eany„ That praptlned
,poo,!„girls
aiid„tq ? fie, dated by good , niol Ilnp
t hels s,„sot
ptnye 11.0°0: Aq.pAgesif
I 'lvy_
t 9 4e 4 :1 1 :4LF41 Pk, c litifflrer
wa tz as many as you may, spode mai
ens. you will only smut yourselves and not
cleanse the waltz. It is of itself unclean."
WE NOTICED recently the trial of Rev.
Charles Beecher, pastor of the Congrega.
tional church at Georgetown, Mass., and
the report of the Council charging the
same with heresy on several important
points in theology. It is stated that Mr.
B. is sustained by his church against the
decision of the Council, the majority of
his people having formally refused to ac
cept the adjudicating report.
SOME PEOPLE disregard the Sabbath, on
the ground, ostensibly,. that " all days
are alike holy." But a travelling cor
respondent of the Christian Inquirer,
writing from a. town in New Hampshire
where he finds the Lord's day very gener
ally desecrated, well 'remarks that " Re
garding all days unto the Lord," when it
begins with disregarding the Lord's day,
generally results in disregarding the Lord
on all days.
THE DEBT of the Presbyterian chtireh
in Bridgeport,•'Connecticut. amounting to
$10 4 200, has, just been paid by the con
gregation:. •
THE EIGHT - Sot's" of Dr. Lord, late
President, of Dartmouth College, are grad
uates of that Institution. The. New-York
World, in - noticing this-Sect, says:
-" We doubt if there is another in'atanee
on rdcord •in this"country where eight
brothers graduated froin one college. There
are eight Fessenden' !brothers, of whom
Senator Fessenden of Maine is the oldest.—
.. aßgradttates..but not from the same insti
tution'. • And `these are the only cases wi th
our.-knowledge, 'where eight brothers
have graduated at all,"
THE MiSt3p.B. UPION, of Boston, have
sen t a memorial to Mr. Seward, protesting
against the destruction,.by the Alabansa,,
of '-the ship Nora, of which they were the
owners.
• TITF. TOTAL WEALTH Of Boston as val
ued by the city, ,assessors, is three hundred.
and two million five hundred . and twenty-,
seven thousand dollars, an increase, from
last year of, twenty-six millions five hun.,
dred,and sixty-nine dollars, in part caused
by the advance in prices consequent upon
the present,condition of Affairs.
The rate of taxAtioti.under the increased
-
- expenses consequent upon the war and tha
augmented State, tax is small, being hut
eleven dollars and fifty cents per thousand,
Which is a cheaper rate , than in many of
tbe suburban towns.
- JOSEPH S. HUBI3ARD, Professor 'of Math
ematics in the 'United States Navy, died at
New Haven on Sunday - He was•tt gradu
, ate of Yale College in the class of 1848,
and en.ered his professorship two years
later. His contrihntiont4c,yarious literary
works t here .been, numerous. He was an
elder i the 'Presbyterian Church
Ma. B. LAZA.RUS of Hartford. Conn.,
bas in hiS possession a copy of the Breech
es ,Bible," printed in 1611 by " Robert.
Barker, Printer to the King'a most excel
lent Majesty." , •
-TIM NUMBER' of persons ascending:
Mount Washington, over the carriage road,
this , sea'son, greaier than , ever before.
• Two hundret.persons not niafrequently dine
at Mr.. Hitchcock's " Tip-Top ".and " Sum--
mit" Honsesyand both hotels•are- well pat
ronized'bY tourists who wish to pasea night:
on the mountain. •
THE HARTFORD' Couraw has a subseri
.
bet. Who has taken e that paper for sixty-four,
years . . He is ninety4wo•years old. The
fact is as creditable to' the paper as to the
_ subscriber. ..
4 ‘ A.AHLifitF.XN GUN, weighing seventeen
tons, has been east at the. Portland Iron
Coippanfs work - a.- It is the largest piece
of otdnanee ever cast at that establisbn3ent.
IiEWT.YORIC. • •
'THE NATIONAL CONTE f . '11024i of'the;
friends of the, Christian Sabbath, which
inset recently.,at Saratoga, is spoken of as
large and enthusiastic. It oecupied three,
days in its deli beraticitie..- - Delegates from .
Most :of the 'Northern States and 'froni
Canada, were present. Several able and
.; interesting essays.were reati, , among which
' those, of Prof. Philip Schaff, D. D., and
President Mark -Hopkins, , D.D., elicited
speCial commendation and, intereit; 'That
of. the ,former was entitled, ." The Charac
teristies and History of the' American Sab r
bath,;: and 'the subject= 'discussed'.; by . Dr. I
Hopkins was, "The Relation of the Sab-1
bath to Free . institutions - -
During the generaldiseussion on the last'.
day,:of of: : the ,whole Atsbiect of Sabbath ;ob
,
servance,' some; forcible - remarks were:made
lay "'E. Dodge; - Esq , of- NeiarLYdik,"
two the folly and loss of running railroad
i , •ains on the Sabbath. Mr has been
connected with railroads for
~twenty-five
years;•and is:said !to be'rat- present a 'stock
_
holder in 'fige - different railroad' eorpora.-f
Haying - thus had ample means of'.
judging, be could say with confidence, that .For, the Predbyterian Baaner.
Tribute ollteilieet.
" Sabbath` work by any tof the railroad cam
' '
~
panics losinglausiness; and every Chris-
At a meeting corolby FI: 54th Reg.
. Millie, held Aug. 17th, 1863, for the
thin man who allows his property,S, l4 . st ock, purpose of expreiiiing th' feelings of the
in Sabbath bisalrinc , 'railroad . eonipanies is Company relative to the d •th fel" h
not . only losing,roperty, but wronging * the Ree.Eltter, - an esteemed ; fellow soldier who,
employees on'the road,- and' tkeedlessly,dislt Aug. 7th at Camp Ilqwe,HosPitallttie,
honoring:the God hei - rofesses to love." following;,resol ntions were „presentad and
nittionsly . ado fed -
ThCfkillov t ritig ,among other resolutions, u*na '
• - • - I 'RE:i.EASt It " ag pleased Almighty glad (
wbre;,,adop i ted, by tbe;Oonyention tv r etno4ifE ol 4 l t oy. ranks,. ; 01C.ee
%Resolved, That this - Ciiivention•earnest- came forth, With a
,vectran. jolnwitlliPhe band j
ly,appeal, :to every:American Christian youth , but.the!sprit of . to - i
his greatest personal influence Cri be., the States dere ndersiii her hour of danger
half :.of. the -.'ilnettinti 'hearty observance of Resolved: , %list we veeegeizein , this dis
the Christian. Sabbath pensatign of Proyidence,,..by which ,one is.,
Resolved, ,That: in view of the , history. eat down iest .While AS pt u g his
armor fbr ,the, conflict, an -admonition -
of the Sabbaths , Committee of New,York,
the Committee recommend the. formation each one4Na. Yoice•
'of, local orgialzatioes,aelthe'rnost practica-, • ".P. P ..”.i ,al PirtiY•;',;..: 71 • • ‘ .`
bletand popularomeans; not only, of remov--I #esq•Pqn,That a§,a P.PmPluY,.lwq:l4s/arn.,
•• evile,,but - of educating that:just, 4he;loss or.o.ont4 o .wottld not shrin IL> :from
.
poptilar.sentiment,, without ,
readily, won our, esteem .by
eral reform ,can sustained'; and that the nig : maS.Y.:.-Plinlirahlft traits Pf character.
{New-York.Committee.be hereby requested, -Rat ahile ,wc lament thisAreak in„Our,
thencourage the formation..of 'such organi- , :r. 11 4 8 1 we
,rejoice in the Shope that . ?‘.our
tationethy.the -continued dlffueion of its, doss is ) 1 4 3 e,terVAttigaill."
most valuable documents, or by -such.otherl, : , Resstseff: That Wc-Jender .to. the aged.
means as may be within its, power!' .Pq9l o w l 4 l 4.Fe 1 9stin,
THE Ur rTan • fisLcudaff,eetipal.ten,a:n remairlingsen,
STA:r e m: l s . Ettyls:f,t,`A. 'Ali s our warmest sympathies and commend :
148810 i -has, like other ~A ssociations, ta- •
the to the num thv of .1'
r • = • • • •%•'•••• m
..a osus,,,who by
ken,-.ad,vantage ,the laigs,,,eoppourse Of; i hofig:ifirt37l3l;olia;sepable thena:to.S4 . , even,pnt ! .
of their affiictilnS,
Visitors' at Saratoga,And held a meeting at,
, Lord, gage and , the, Lord , bath taken away,;
'beat' place with. a View , to the greater
'; ‘ ,l blessed be the.nartic . „9f the 1.0 rd."
or„ciaisizationl
,;,Rss . o/ved, That a
eicney' and ) eltenAiOn.. - , a the
copy - -of theselc
throughout f/ie:q9uP. stated that, *lns ~be for'svarded.le, the . friends - o e r t i, h(;
on ,the..day previons. the meeting, and , deceasnd,. and, ,afse the Pr:e4terina.'
while , theguests were at ' , dinner, an urgent Banner, for pub,hcatztin -,
call
,reached. ther-Ohkiniian Eteorae-H. . ,H..DONALDBOI4I
Stns ti et" sic ' E. INPEII§O,4„„_ ;
Gls'lleStar§e"tt . R os es, W
and: r. uart mum y ok a •-•
Committee.
MIME
' 1
round of the principal hotels, making a
brief' appeal fur aid at the several tables.
As the result o 1 this expeditious effort,
over $3,200 was subscribed within twenty.
four hours, and a cargo of ice was at once
cleared for Charleston from Boston.
Rfw. DR SHEDD, the Associate pastor
of the Brick Presbyterian church, has been
invited to the Professorship in the New-
York Union Theological Seminary, former
ly held by Dr. Robinson. The Observer
says of Dr. S.: "His great success in the
pulpit, and the increased demand for his
valuable services on account of the advanc
ing- years of' his venerable colleague,, will
probably forbid his retirement from a post
which he has so recently assumed, and
filled with so much usefulness to the people
and to the community."
THE Christian Intelligencer, in noticing
the death of Thomas Addis Emmet, neph
ew of the distinguished Irish patriot and
martyr, Robert Emmet, remarks :
" For many years he filled the position
of Master in Chancery—an office which re
quired the most profound knowledge of the
intricacies of law—and to say that hOre
fleeted credit upon his position is only giv
ing a feeble testimony to his ability and
integrity. Had he been a man of ambition
he Might have held many higher offices in
this' State; but, being of a domestic turn
of Mind, he appeared to shun political dis
tinction, and passed through life in a qttiet,
unobtrusive manner, leaving behind him a
record of which his family and connexions
have reason to feel proud."
REV. E. D. YEOMANS has accepted a
call ; to Sr. Peter's Presbyterian church,
Roehester, New-York. He, entered upon
his. 'dutiesthere 'on the' first Sabbath in
June. •
, THE CLAIM of the. Managers of the
Colored Orphan Asylum, for .damage to
property ;daring : the; riot,. is nearly. $74,000.
• THE NUMBER of emigrants arrived, and
who after arrival have left New-York for,
the West, during the period between Mareh
Ist and August Ist, is 85,04,6; against 43,-
410' for thO same period in The year 1862.
the emigration this year, then, for the pe
riod named, is just double what it was hst
yoar.
THE NEw Y,.11.1( Board of Aldermen
have adopted the ordinance appropriating
$3.000.000 for the purpose of paying $3OO
each to all firemen and indigent persoos
who may he drafted, the e*nmption money
to be in lien of any pecuniary aid to their
farta
GOLD, Sold in New;York.pn the 24th
inst., at .124. . Extra State and. Round
Hoop Ohio Flour at $4'60®490®5.40:
,PHILADELI'II
AT A REGENT meetingof the Philadel
phia County Sunday School - Convention,
therci woe reported to that body a compre
hensive aid complete table of statistics of
the Febools connected with the Methodist
Episcopal churches of the city. The follow
ing" items` are worthy - of notice:
" In th . etwenty-four wards the number
of semi* ; officers aiid.leachera;
2 224;, number of these' educated in the
sebool, 1.999 ; total scholars, 18,379 ; av
erage attendance, 12,761; net increase the
past year, - 2,163„; admitted to the Chuich,
495; deaths, 123 ; 42 schools hold two
sessiotiiOn the Sabbath, 26 hold but one;
volumes in the- libraries, 46,846 ;, amount
raised for benevolent purposes, ;,6:548;, ex
penies of these schools for the year, $7,795;
5 support mission schools, 63 do `not,l 27
held a teachers' meeting for the "Study of
the /MOD, 41 do not; 63 hold a conceit
for= prayer and' praise with and for the chil
dren, and 5 do not."
M
R PHILADELPHIA Press has the fol
i lowing in regard to .Qualtera and, the war
" There•were only two conscri ptaLat • the
barracks, : Twenty-second and Wood Streetsi
•on Saturday :afternoon; the •remainder,
nearly two hundred, were subsiitutes,
These two exceptions were a couple of rath
er-sickly young men coming from a wealthy
family of Quakers, named Smedly, who re
side at West k heater. These Men contend
I that they hat , e'donscien flouts soruples as to
going' to 'the war-; they. willinot Tire,ATm us
ket or .draw human .blood, nor pay-the-com
mutation money,: nor furnish a substitutw,
They stilF. adhere to this . singular faith.,
During•the two or three days• they were in
the , bartaekii,-theyat. first refused to answer
to the roll.call or form into line, but finally
1 beam)* more practical: They were visited
Iby :.seVeral . members of the Society , of
Friends.of Philadelphia, but would not eon
' sent to,.the reising.of,, - moneyi by them to
pay,the , commutation fee, because.,:in their
opinion,,itcwould bei:nitkingan•acknowledg
went net. consistent with t he-views of, the
Sept.!. In: a coevetsation with <military iiffi-1
cers on, this subject, they- informed us that
in , ..triany , of, the , battles—that have - been
fought , forthe Union, Quakers have taken
am vei' atecrglorions..party and_ led mien on
to victory.". • -! • •
Warned of Ills Employer,
Who are you at work for?" said Mr.
Hazleton to %Jr Frame, as the latter was
one eveuing passing homeward with' his
scythe on his shoulder.
" I have been at work up the road a
piece," said Frame, without, stopping.
I think he must be working fir Wal
bridge, and do n't like to-own it," sad Mr.
H. to those who were sitting near him on
the porch_
Mr. Walbridge was a profane, intemper
ate, sensual man. Ile had a large farm,
and generally employed men who had no
objection to' his character. Frame,
a re
spectable man, was tempted by an offer of
high wages, to mow tor him a few daye.
As Mr. Hazleton surmised, he was ashamed
of his employer.
There are men in the servi©e ofSatan
who pretend that they are in the service oi
God. They attend church; they take part
in religious meetings; they profess to be
very zeakiii's Tor the church, when they are
indulging in secret sins.' A great portion
of their time is spent in weaving the web
of hypocrisy. They are the most devoted
servants of Satan, and yet' they are very
unwilling to have it known They have
not the slightest objection to being in the
employment of Satan—they object to its
being known ! They are ashamed of their
employer.
Such men are much more miserable than
those who are in the service of Satan, and
are not ashamed to own it.
The best inheritance a parent can be
queath to a child'is a virtuous example, a
legacy of hallowed remembrance and asso
ciations. The beauty of holiness beaming
through the life of a loved relative or
friend, is more effectual to strengthen such
as do stand in virtue's ways, and raise up
those th'at are bowed down, than precept,
command, entreaty, or warning. Christi
anity-itself, I believe,.owes by far tht great
er part _of t its mi ra pewer, not to the pre
cepts or parables of Christ, but to his own
character.
km* not which is more wonderful--
that Gud= should hear, my prayers, or , that
I should doubt his willingness to hear
them.
PRESBYTERIAL NOTICES.
The PRESBYTERY OF .BLOOhIINGTON will
meet at °cargo, 111., on, Tuesday,. Seprember 11 1 11 d,
at 7f o'clock P. M. 8.. CC/NOVELL,
Stated -
The PRESBYTERY. OF CLARION will meet
at Callensburg on Tueßday,
.September 15th, at
11 o'clock A. M.
J: H. SHERRARi), Stated Clerk
The PRESBYTERY OF PEORIA. will hold its
next stated meeting in the Presbyterian church
of Prinoeirilte;•On the;Third Tuesday of Septem
ber, at 74 o'clock. P. M.
ROBERT JOHNSTON, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYFERY OF ZANESVILLE wilt
meet,.aa.a.cki.M.rned,, in the Preebyterian church
of Mato', 'Morgan County. Ohio, .on the Third
Tuiediy (loth) of Septemher, at 7 o'clock P. M.
IV. M. FERGUSON. Stated Clerk.
The'PRESBYTERY taF CEDAR will meet irk
lowa,City i , the Second Tuesday (Bth) of Septem
ber, at,7l o'clock P. 111.. •
E. L. BELDEN, Stated Clerk.
The 'PRESBYTERY OF NEW LISBON wilt
meet, D. V., in'the'obureh of .Coiterille, on the
last:Timothy, the: 29th day, of September next,
at 12 teolook AC ROBERT fIaYS,
The. PRESBYTERY OF ALLEGHENY stands
adjourned to meet 'at Plains, on the Second
Tnetiday, (Bth) of Septenlber, at 11 o'clock A_ M.
J. R. COULTER Stated Clerk.
the P.RESEYTERY OF MARION will meet at
Milfoi:eCettre,.on the First Taeiday of Septem
ber next, 117 ! o',eloeh P. M.
A.is 'TRITE, Stated Clerk.
. _~sti
The PRESBYTERYIOE WOOSTER will hold
its peat, stated me'eting at Congress, on the First
Tuesday , of September, at 11 o'clock A. M.
• jORN R.ICARSON, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF IOWA: will hold its
.
nett ltatettzteeting at Koseuth,i on the 6ecood
Tuetichw (the Bth day) of September next.
GEORGE D. STEWART Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY (11' `SUSQUEHANNAwiII
hold ite - next stated meeting (D. V.) at Canton-,
Pll, - w,on the last Tuesday (25th) of .August, at
7i P. M. - ,
,
Records . of §espi p ns are, then ,to be
,presented
for examination :''' JULIUS, FO6TEIt,
Stated Clerk.
. ,
The',PRESBYTERY OE- -ERIE will meet at
Mercer, on the Fourth Tuesday of September
rtext . ,,at 2 o'clook.P. M.
• ' S. .T. M. EATON, Stated Clerk.
=
The rPRESBYTERY 'OF , VINCENNES will
hold its box: -rogular,seosiou att :Petersburg be
gianimmThurstitty,the Ilith day September,ol
at 7a'olook P:
B:I'4I.6GAR' * Stated Gin*.
- 4 k
Tie;PF:RSI3I`,TERY OF tOLEPO':stands ad
journed. meet. Grove; I:Wnton County,
laisas,.9p thp,§eo4d; rl . /. 4 1,4y, ! gm ember next,
at Y . o'oloek P:, M.
DUDD;' Stated Clerk.
The' PRESBYTERY:OF: rif.E WESTERN RE
SE_Mad"eds-adj ed t.m meet,* West min st er.
ehdrch4leveAand.. on the F,irstyednesday (2d)
of . .S:eitvnib'er, at 71 o'clock P M.
' .WM: t l' BEL I E.; btlited Clerk.
ThetPRESSIETERX of HIGEIL-AND, Rtinsas.
stands,. ; , adjourned tto .theet in the. Westminster
Presbyterian, church' of Leay.ennorth City, on
Thersdny, alegust 27th, at 71 o'itiook P. M.
J. G. REA.S.Eit; v Sented Clerk.
The 'PRESBYTERY OF SCEIFYLER will meet
in :1,1:ta:va;• , ElinnniC ol ; l l l Y ToesnnY Sep
teakher 22d, ).5153- 77ifelock in the evening.
4 1!..`& VAILL, "Stated Cleik.
OEM
The L PRESBYTERYTOF FA IR FIELD Will hold
,
its-:next , stated , titeeting , at . Kirkvalle t lowa. on,
Ttiesday,4 the lst, of Rept ettiber,Ata7:ifeleek,P. M.
gember.s„eorain 4 from the, Ea* step at
Cotii'gjiiek'Staiimi, and k hence , taken tothe
darria:ges: • " " 44
C: APC.UNE; Stated_eferk
IRE
„ SYNODICAL.' -
qihTe SYNOD 'OF LINOL% stands- adjourned
to oneet: tbei ;Preelayi ernin ehirek et Bloom
ingt,o4-,,, on ~(hg senoutLylredoesday et:
,anober, at.
7 o'clock. R. 11, •
Ragitt 4tinOzik, 'Stated Clerk.
-The SsYNOLP ' ToWA: will hold Itt: next
stated meeting ,at Io;wa City, to Thimsday; Sep
tember .19thlisit t 7.4to'clock P.A.:{; - •
A.-A. E. Sttged
Thb Meet in
theißiAtt Preabyfirlati)elirtroh of Allegheny City,
on the Fourth Thursday of September, (24th
-inst.,) o'clock
Piesby.terial giiiiiti ,i res'aie to' be sent, before
the first r - ofsSiiptemberi.s to Rev.. James Allison,
Senichleppe ; Pa.
gersminett • will , t he in attendance at the.
frorn.2lill the afternoon, to
oondtict the . ' Members Of- Synod to the places
where theiy-4111 be"entertained.
ELLIOT E. ;SWIFT,. Stated. Clerk.
NM
.
Tlii-P,MOT,I- 9P SOCIIIF,It lOWA will hold,
iitti sla..tgd''`ineeting
,nt: ftlolana City, on
ahe`last'l9iarsd&~, in September keir.!.,'(24t day,)
j a4o s olingt4P; BLL -
t
For the Presbyterian haulier.
CONSCIENCE
Example
Stated Clerk.