•the Emperor of Turkey. Still ho parse
r b Diet tan annex% vered. In 1858, he got a subscription of
n/'• C••
'Ol $40,000,000,
,in shares, and commenced
the work. The English seeing this ad
vance of a rival, were not idle. The Porte
was induced to make a personal inspection
of what was going on, and he then revoked
the act of the Viceroy. This, of course,
impeded French progress. Recently, a
compromise has been effected. The work
is now a Company enterprise, and the Ca
nal is to be free to all nations, on the pay
ment of equal and equitable tolls.
The Company has expended on it thir
teen and a half millions, and is cheered
with a prospect of full success; though
largely more than the forty millions sub
scribed will be needed. At each terminus
the sea must be deepened and a harbor con
structed.
The improvement will be a vast advan
tage to the world's trade, though England`
will be at a disadvantage, by the distance
from her own harbors to that of Toulon in
France.
If the Canal shall answer the purposes
of trade, as anticipated, it will effect some
great changes. The distance by water,
from Europe to India and China will be
reduced by between two and three thousand
miles. The expense and time of passage
will hence be greatly reduced, and the in
troduetion of Asiatic produce will be, to
the same extent, increased and advanced
PITTSBITIC6II, BgPT. 2a, 1863
The War.
Unvarying s'ateess is but seldorst'fbe lot
t" •nrorrals. Reverses are to be endured,
hey are not to be considered a n ecessity;
..r, where a cause is good, and ability is
l•••ssessed, and a Ike foresight is exercised,
:;10 progress, whether rapid or slow., should
1.3 without repulse, from the beginning to
the end. And such we have always
thought, ani/ have more than once intima
ted was our condition, and should 'have
I. , en our experience in putting down the
rebellion. Our cause is righteots - ; and our
power is fully adequate; and a due exer
cise of wisdom would have made every bat
tle brought on by us, a victory, nod every
advance but the beginning of a permanent
occupation. But it has not pleased Him
who disposes of men and nations to give to
our people and rulers the unanimity, the
prevision, and the energy which are need
ful to the production of such results. We
deserved chastisement at his hands. He
has been administering it. And, as seems
by late tidings, we may have yet more re.
verses to endure.
Tin ADVANCE of Gens. Roseerans and
Burnside, noted last week, into East Ten
nessee, and the occupation of Knoxville and
Chattanooga, was a triumph. From Chatta
nooga, Gen. Roseerans advanced South
some thirty or forty miles, to Dalton and
Lafayette, in Georgia, evidently aiming at
Rome, where the enemy has large military
stores and workshops. The enemy, how
ever, had not been idle. He had reinforced
Bragg's army by large forces from John
ston's, 13eauregard's and Lee's armies, ena
bling him to take the offensive.
On Saturday, the 19th, the enemy as
sailed our troops at about 11 o'clock, and
the battle soon became general. It was
fought with great determination, all day.
The success was varied. Guns were taken
and re-taken. Divisions were overpowered,
driven back, reinforced, and advanced, on
both sides ; and at night the two armies
occupied nearly the same ground on which
the contest commenced.
The battle of Saturday took place in,
Georgia, on the road between Rossville and
and Lafayette. It was renewed on Sabbath
morning, by the enemy, at 9 o'clock, and
was severely contested through the day,
Isith varied successes. In the evening our
forces retired to Ressville; and on Monday
were reputed at Chattanooga. Roseville
is South of Chattanooga, and but a few
miles beyond the Georgia line. Our loss
is stated at 1,200 killed, and 7,000 wound
ed. Gen. Roseorans is considered safe, and
able to hold his position till Gen. Burnside
can reach him from Knoxville; when he
may. be able to resume the offensive. It is
said also that Gen. Grant is hasting to the
aid of Roseorans. This is doubtful.
The enemy is making desperate efforts;
and if he shall fail to overwhelm Rosecrane,
his cause is bad; and if Rosecrans shall be
able to defeat him thoroughly, the rebellion
will have suffered another most damaging
blow, The Lord prosper our arms, and
teach us how to use victory.
GEN. Stir m's success in Arkansas, still
continued, at last accounts. He occupied
Little Rock. The enemy was near, in strong
force, and a battle was expected.
THE EXPEDITION which left New-Orleans
on the 9th, was destined for Texas. One
division of it has suffered a Severe disaster,
at Sabine Pass. Two of the gunboats were
disabled by powerful shore batteries, and
their crews captured; and the transports
had to withdraw without effecting a land
ing. Thdy leturned to New-Orleans. Two
divisions, which crossed the country, are
not definitely reported.
MERE ITAS BEEN but, little reported
from Charleston harbor, for some days.
The offensive operations were continued, in
the way of erecting strong works at Cum
ming's Point. The rebel flag still floated
on Sumpter.
THE RAPIDAN is now distinctly the line
between the Federal and Oonfhderate ar
mies, in Virginia. There has been some
skirmishing, with loss on both side's; but
the river has not been passed by either, in
large force. Reports respecting Gen. Lee
are very contradictory. Some have his
forces greatly diminished. Some have him
personally at Richmond. Others put him
in Georgia, at the head of the combined
armies which operate against Rosecrans.
The Suez Canal.
This projected improvement is to be a
passage for the largest ships, from the
Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. It is
an immense undertaking. The Isthmus of
Suez is ninety miles across. It is nearly
level, and being a bank of sand, is easy of
excavation ; but to make a canal there
hold 'water, is not so easy; and to prevent
the wind from driving in the sand, and
filling it up, is a thing most difficult.
The project was started in 1851, by M.
FERDINAND LESSEPS, a French gentle
man, and was ardently patronized by NA
POLEON and the French people. The in
tention was, by opening a direct passage
for ships to India, thereby to give the
French an advantage over the t nglish in
Eastern trade. The English would, nat
urally) oppose the scheme. Not long
after the subject was brought out by
N. LESSEPS, the English seized the Island,
or rock, Perim, in the Red Sea, professedly
for the purpose of placing a light upon it;
but their motive was suspected, and was
long the occasion of great declamation in
France, They, however, still hold the
rock, and it may be fortified and made a
naval station, commanding the navigation
of the sea,
M. LESSEN! obtained a very liberal grant
eland and of laborers from the Viceroy
Egypt, but failed .to get a firman from
n valae
Proclamation by the Presi
dent—Suspension of the
Habeas Corpus,
The President has found himself greatly
annoyed by writs of habeas corpus, issued
by State Judges in favor of drafted men,
substitutes, enlisted minors, &c. The ha
beas corpus is " the writ of freedom ;" not
because it necessarily gives freedoni. It
but brings the relator before a civil Judge,
to inquire whether he is legally restrained
of his liberty. If it is then made to appear
that he is legally held to service, he is
given up to that service; if legally held for
an alleged crime, he is given to the proper
officer to be kept for trial. If it is made to
appear manifest that he is held unjustly, he
is set free. The President now, on ac ,
count of the rebellion, suspends this priv
ilege, " throughout the United States," in
oases which he specifies very comprehen
sively. Politicians, statesmen, citizens, all
are deeply interested, and should read care
fully and consider justly. The following is
the
PROCLAMATION:
WASHINGTON, September 15.—8 y the
President of the United States—A Procla
mation. Whereas the Constitution of the
United States has ordained that the privi
lege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not
be suspended unless when in cases of rebel
lion, or invasion, the public safety may
require, it; and whereas a rebellion was
existing on the 3d day of March, 1863,
which rebellion is still existing; and where
as by a statute which was approved that
day it was enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
States in Congress assembled, that during
the present insurrection the President of
the United States whenever in his judg
ment the public safety may require, is au
thorized to suspend the privilege of the
writ of habeas corpus in any State through
out the United States or any part thereof.
And whereas, in the judgment of the
President the public. safely requires that
the privilege of the said writ shall now be
suspended throughout the United States in
cases where the authority of the President
of the United States, military, naval, and
civil officers of the United States, or any of
them, hold persons under their command,
or in their 'custody, either as prisoners of
war, spies, or alders and abettors of the en
emy, or officers, soldiers or seamen en
rolled, drafted or mustered, or enlisted in
or belonging to the land or naval forces of
the United States, or as deserters therefrom,
or otherwisii amenable to military law, or
to the rules and articles of war, or to the
rules and regulations prescribed for the
military or naval services by the authority
of the President of the United States, or
for resisting a draft, or for any other of
fence against the military or naval service.
Now, therefore, 1, Abraham Lincoln,
President of the United States, do proclaim
and make known to all whom it may con
cern, that the privilege of the writ of habe
as corpus is suspended throughout the
United States, in the several cases before
mentioned, and that this, suspension will
continue throughout the duration of the
said rebellion, or until this Proclama
tion shall, by a subsequent one to be is
sued by the President of the United States,
be modified and revoked. And Ido here
by require all magistrates, attorneys, and
other civil officers within the United States,
and all officers and others in the military
and naval services of, the United States, to
take distinct notice of this suspension and
give it full effect, and all citizens of the
United States to conduct and govern them
selves accordingly, and in conformity with
the Constitution of the United States and
the laws of Congress in such casts made and
provided.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed, this 15th day of Sep
tember, in the year of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and sixty-three, and of
the independence of the United States of
America the eighty-eighth.
ABRAHAM' LINCOLN
By the President :
Wm. H. Seward, 'Sec. of State.
For the Presbyterian Banner.
VICKSBURG, Sept. 7, 1863
MESSRS. EDITORS :—I find it very hard
to keep up a regular series of letters to
you, because I have none of the habits of
an army newspaper correspondent—cannot
go . mousing around for news; and my em
ployment as a Chaplain . , while it keeps me
busy, is uneventful and monotonous. But
still I think your - readers will be glad to
hear what I cap tell them now.
Rev. Mr. Rutherford, pastor of the Prest!
byterian church in Vicksburg, left the
place with his friends, the paroled rebel of
ficers, about a week after the surrender of
the past. He told me that he was obliged
to do so, because out of the eighty families,
which he had in his congregation when the
war commenced, only eleven remained, and
they we utterly unable to give him any
support. Thus were his hopes, fondly
founded on secession, blasted, and a fine
congregation ruined. At the request of
Gen. McPherson's staff I took possession
PRESBYTERIAN BANNER-WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1863.
of the church building, and, with the coiip
eration of a New School brother, have kept
up preaching in it since the second Sab
bath of July. Our audience is almost "en
tirely military, very few citizens attending 5
but we have a good-sized church nearly
full.
Yesterday we had the Lord's Supper.
About seventy-five communicants assem
bled around the Saviour's memorial. I
asked if any Presbyterian elders, or other
church-officers were present to distribute
the emblems of the Lord's body and blood;
when two immediately offered themselves—
one of them a veteran Holland officer, with
the cross and ribbon of a European order
on his breast. It was most gratifying to
find...so many of the Lord's people among
our officers and soldiers; especially when
we consider that as many more were assem
bled al the same time in another church,
whets the Methodist chaplains conduct ser
vices.
Beside preaching to my own- regiment
yesterday afternoon, I attended .prayer
meeting in the evening in the camp of an
other regiment. About thirty were pres
ent. There are some men in that regiment
inquiring what they must do to be saved.
I do not know what other chaplains do; I
mind my own business; but I know there
is work to do; old that if it be done, the
chaplain will be appreciated.- At, the same
time, those who will not attend his minis-•
trations, will often say that he preaches:
very little, , and might as well be sent home.
At our camp ob the Big Black river,
twelve miles from this city, the chaplains
are carrying on a protracted meeting. My
duties in the Corps Hospital, in my regi
ment, and in the city church, have prevent
ed me from visiting the Big Black, and I
cannot give any particular news of that
meeting; but I hear that there is consid
erable interest, a large atttenda:nce, and
likely to be many conversions.
The health of our forces in this region is
far better than we feared, and the South
erners hoped, it would be. Still this is a.
feverish climate, and many are sick. The:
Sanitary and Christian Commissions are
doing a noble work here. The sick are
made as conifortable as men in a military
hospital eau be. The Christian Commis-
Fl• .1 ills the basement of the. Presbyterian
, in which they distribute tracts and
have a reading-room, and hold
daily prayer-meeting. -I think a hundred
and fifty were present at that prayer-meet
ing to-day; though I suppose it will not be
so large at any other time as on the Bab- •
bath. - J.W.
ECCLESIASTICAL.
Mr. W. S. EAGLESON, of the last class .of
the Western Theological Seminary, has
received a unanimous call from the Pres-
byterian church of Prederiektown, Ohio.
Rev. G. W. JA.oxsoN has changed his
Post Office address from Tarentum, Pa
to liuntingdon, Pa.
Rev. A. L. KNOX'S Post Office address is
changed from Antrim, Ohio, to Chenoa,
PRESBYTERIAL NOTICES.
The PRESBYTERY OF NORTHUMBERLAND
will hold its neat stated meeting at Shamokin
town church, on Tuesday, the oth of October, at
2 o'clock P. M. The Rev. Wm. Simonton will
preach the opening sermon.
A special train will meet Tuesday morning's
down train at Sunbury, at NI o'clock A. M.
The regular train leaves Sunbury every morning,
dt fif o'clock,
ISAAC GRIER, Stated Clerk
The PRESBYTERY OF FORT WAYNE stands
adjourned to meet at Kendalville, on Tuesday,
October 13th, at 7 o'clock P. N.
W. N. DONALDSON, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF HUNTINGDON will
hold ite next stated meeting in the Presbyterian
ohuroh of Pine Grove Mills, on the First Tues
day (the 6th) of (Weber, at 2 o'clock P. M.
Carriages will meet the members of Presbytery
coming by Railroad, at Spruce Creek Station on
Tuesday morning, and convey them to Pine
Grove. • ROBERT HAMILL, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF. WASHINGTON will
hold a pro-re-nate meeting in the Lecture-room
of the First Presbyterian church of Washington,
on the 26th day of September, at 2 o'clock P. M.,
for the purpose of dismissing - Mr. F. A. Wotring,
a licentiate, in order that be rosy place himself
under the, care of the Presbytery of Winnebago.
JAMES.SLOAN, Moderator.
The PRESBYTERY OF OHIO will meet at
Canonsburg, on the First 'Tuesday of October, at
2 o'olook P. M.
W. B. McILVAINE, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF STEUBENVILLE will I,
hold its stated Fall meeting at Wellsville, on the ,
First Tuesday of October, at 2 o'clock P. M.
ROBERT HERRON, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF DONEGAL will hold
its next stated meeting at Centre church, on
Tuesday, the 6th of October, at 1-1 o'clock A. M.
The Rev. Robert Alexander will preach at the
opening of the sessions..
JOHN FARC/UHAR, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF RICHLAND will meet
at Martinsburg on the Second Tuesday (the 13th.
day) of October, at 7 o'clock P. M.
JAMES ROWLAND, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF REDSTONE will hold
its next stated meeting at Brownsville, on the
First Tuesday of October next, at 2 o'clock. P. M.
By order of Presbytery.
JOHN M'CLINTOCK, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF WASHINGTON will
hold its next stated meeting at New Cumberland,
on the First Tuesday (6th day) of October next,
at 2 o'clook P. M.
ALEX. M'CARRELL, Stated Clerk
The PRESBYTERY OF BLAIRSVILLE will
meet, according to adjournment, at New Salem,
on the First Tuesday of October, at 2 o'clock
P. M. JAMES DAVIS, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF ST. CLAIRSVILLE
will meet in Beallsville, on the First Tuesday
of October, at 11 o'clock A. M.
J. B. GRAHAM, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF ROOK RIVER will
meet at Arlington, on Monday, October 12th, at
74 o'clock P. M.
The assessment for the Contingent Eund will
be called for.
S. T. WILSON, Stated Olerk
The PRESBYTERY OF PALESTINE will
hold its regular Fall meeting e t Kansas, 111.; on
Friday, the 9th of October, at 7 o'clock P. M.
Sessional Records will be called for. .
A. MoPARLAND, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF SALTSBURCr stands
adjourned to meet at Rural Village, on the First
Tuesday (6th) of October, at 2 o'clock P. M.
W. W. WOODEND, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF SANGAMON will
meet at Centre on Tuesday, September 29th,
1883, at 7 F. M.
G. W. F. BIRCH, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF KASKASKIA stands
adjourned to meet in the Waveland church, Octo
ber 9th, 1863, at 7 o'clock P. M. 4 ..
ALFRED N. DENNY, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF BEAVER will meet
at the church of Beaver Falls, on the Fourth
Wednesday of September, at 11 o'clock A. M.
' D. C.'REED, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF ERIE will meet at
Mercer, on the Fourth Tuesday of September
next, at 2 o'clock P. M.
S. 4. M. EATON, Stated Clerk.
SYNODICAL.
The SYNOD OF WHEELING stands adjourned
to meet in the Presbyterian church of New Lis
bon, Ohio, on the Third Friday of October (16th
day) at 4 o'clock P. M.
JAS. BLACK, Stated Clerk.
The SYNOD OF SANDUSKY will meet in the
First Presbyterian church of Findlay, Ohio, on
Thursday, October Od, 1863, at 7i P. M.
Presbyteries ure requested to forward the
amount of their assessments for Synodical expen
ses, and also complete lists of the Ruling Elders
within their respective bounds.
E. B. RAFFENSPERPrER, Staled Clerk.
The SYNOD OF ILLINOIS stands adjourned
to meet in the Presbyterian church of Bloom
ington, on the second Wednesday of 03tober, at
7 o'clock P. M.
ROBERT JOHNSTON, Stated Clerk
The SYNOD OF OHIO stands adjourned to
meet in the First church, Zanesville, on the
Third Thursday (15th) or October next, at 7
o'clock P, M.
L. B. W. SHRYOCK, } Temp. aka
J. C. TIDBALL,
The SYNOD OF PITTSBURGH will meet in
Johnstown, on the Third Tuesday (20th) of Octo - ber, at .7 o'clock P. M.
Presbyterial Narratives will be sent, as early
as practicable, to Rev. Dr. Jacobus, Chairman of
the Committee on " The Narrative."
WILLIAM JEFFERY, Stated Clerk
•
SYNOD OF ' WHEELING = To all' members
proposing to come to , themeeting of the Synod
of Wheeling by Railroad, I would say, the oars
are at Wellsville about 1 P. M., both from Pitts
burgh and• Wheeling. Hacks convey them to
Lisbon by :5 P. M.
On the FL Wayne Road, cars are at Salem,
from Pittsburgh, at 10 A. M. Hacks can convey
them to Lisbon in two hours.
Members who expect to come by Railroad, will
please send me their names, and the route
-whether by Salem .or Wellavillo---so that hacks
:may be in readiness to convey them .to New
lisbon. 0. M. TODD,
New Lisbon, Ohio.
The SYNOD OF. CHICAGO will meet in the
7 Presbyterian church of Macomb, 111., on the
"third Thursday (15th day) of October next, at
o'clock P. M. •
The : Presbyteries are reminded that they are
to'send up to Synod a hill list of the names of
.the Ruling Elders ofell the churches within
their bounds, with their Post Mee address,• in
I order that, they may be inserted in the. Appendix
to the Minutes of the Synod. "
I. N. CANDEE Stated Clerk.
Otutral getu.
• New Goods.
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The North British Review,
Per August, is for sale by Fleury Miner, Fifth
street, Pittsburgh. It - contains the following
articles: I. Roger Collard—Philosopher and
Politician ; 2. Wilson's Pre-historic Man : 3.
Thomas de Quinoey—Grave and Gay ; 4. Henry
St. John and the Reign of. Queen Anne ; 5. The
Education and Management of the Imbecile; 6.
The West Hielands . of Scotland; 7. Preten
sions of Spiritualism; 8. Mormonism—Past and
Present 9. The Cotton Famine and Lancaultire
Distress; 10. The National Defences.
A Great Meeting.
The Union Convention at Pittsburgh, on the
16th, was a very large , and orderly meeting.
West Common, Allegheny; was occupied by three
stands for speakers, and by dense masses of peo
ple. Robert Woods, Esq., presided. •
Speeches were delivered by Gov.. Morton, Gov.
Curtin, Capt. Geibner, Col. R. B. Roberts, Col.
Matthews, and others.. As Gov. Curtin is a can
didate for reelection, we !hall repeat some of his
present sentiments; hoping to do the same thing
; for Judge Woodward, when he shall tell us what
he thinks and purposes, as to our country's
wants; and especially if he will come to Pitts
burgh and utter his thoughts in our midst.
Gov. Curtin, alluding to a former visit here,
said
I was anxious then, my.friends, to b" elected.
I had an ambition to be Governor of this great
State; that ambition has been fully gratified: I
have given to my office all that I possessed of
heart and head. I have suffered much in health;
and the premature appearance of gray hairs upon
my head admonish me that it is now too late to
attempt further to climb the dangerous heights
of personal ambition. I am a 114.19115 now to be
elected for grater and nobler reasons. Neither
the distinguished candidate of the Democratic
party nor myself, have any special claims to this
high honor. I address to-day hundreds of men
as well qualified for that position as that gentle
man or myself. He and I will soon pass away.
The little record we make will die with us.
[Cries of " never."] A single paragraph in
history wall dispose of George W. Woodward and
myself, but, my friends, the Government must
never die. lam now ambitious to be elected be
cause I stand upon the eternal principles of right
and truth. Under whatever infirmities I may
suffer, my. fellow-citizens, (I am mortal, and I
know I have them,) I flatter myself that I pos
sess; at least, one virtue—l am for my country
and my government.
On the subject of the settling of the 'war, he
EMI
How will you compromise? Will you give
back Tennessee and Kentucky? Will you sur
render Mississippi, Western Virginia, Louisiana,
Missouri, Maryland, and Arkansas; the protec
tion of Texas; and would you surrender now
when our guns command that nest of vipers, the
city of Charleston ? [Repeated cries of "never."]
Will you yield up that great highway of trade,
the Mississippi—the keys to the golden gates of
which you hold in your hands ?, Will you sur
render Fort Donelson, Island No. 10, Vicksburg
and Port Hudson ? Wiil you surrender the bril
liant achievements of our arms in Tennessee,
after obtaining possession of Chattanooga and
the Cumberland Gap ? No, my fellow-citizens,
you will not. If we cannot compromise, what is
left for us to do? We are to conquer, to con
quer by the force of arms—to wage war while
there is a dollar of money, or a drop of patriotic
blood left•
In conclusion, referring to the attitude of .his
own State, he affirms that,.
The State of Pennsylvania was wholly innocent
of this war. She had always protected every
right of all the people of every State in the
Union, and her attachment to the Constitution
and to all the compromises of the nation; said
her great-love of peace was such that the institu
tion of slavery itself might have stood. But the
slave power has set itself np as bigger than the
Government., and obstructs its, progress; and if
necessary to the stability of the Government,
that or anything else must fall beneath its majes
tic tread.
agmuttrciaL
Pittsburgh Market.
WET/NASAL I", Sept. 23,1803.
ASHES—Soda Ash, 5143,1(0.; Pots, 4®430.; Pearls,
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APPLES-11.00(01.75 bbl.
BEANS—Prime White, $2.75 per bushel. •
BACON—Shoulders. 634 e.; Sides, 7c.; Plain Hams, Ile
103,40.; Sugar Cured do.. IS @lda. M lb. •
RECOM&—Common. $1.50: fancy, 2.6063.00.
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°REESE—Western Reserve, 1234e..1i lb. Goshen, lbe.
DRIED FRUlT—Apples, $1.15 i bushel. Peaches, $3.00
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PEED—Shorts, $l.OO 1; ext.; Middlings, 1.25.
EGGS-14@l0e. per dozen.
FLOUR—Extra, $5.25; Extra Family, $5.7/00.00.
GROCERIES—Coffee: Good Rio, 80@31e. Sugar, 12%
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GRAlN—Wheat ; Red, $51.05; White, 1.10®1.12. Corn,
shelled, 75c. Rye, 75e. Oats, 68d$70e. per bush.
HAT—$2BO:OB5.l. 0 11 ton.
POTATOES--18§85e. per bushel.
SALT—No. 1 Extra, $2.40@240 per bbl.
SEEDS-Clover, $5.50@6.00. Timothy, $2.25. rex,
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of the First Presbyterian church, Davenport, to
Mrs. JULIA B. FOUNTAIN, daughter of J. M. D.
Burroughs, Esq., of the same place.
By Rev. J. D. Ilowey, on September 10th, Mr.
WILLIAM FRAZIER to Miss NANCY B. DEETS; all
of Venango County, Pa. On the same day, Mr.
Jona BLAKur.y, of Vettango Co., Pa., to Miss
ELIZABETH L. LYDIE, of Oil City, Pa.
September 3d; by Rev. D. A Cunningham, at
his residence in Bridgewater, Mr. JOHN R. MC
LEAN to Miss Eumon Blame, both of New
Brighton, Pa.
On Saturday morning, the sth inst., by Rev.
J. P. Kennedy, at his resilience in the borough
of Cherry-tree, Mr. B. S. GRIFFITH to Miss J. C.
GRIFFITH, all of Indiana County, Pa.
On Tuesday, the Bth of September, by Rev.
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• DIED—Of flux, on the 23d of August,
CHARLES ELLMER, aged I year, II months,
and 3 days ; also, of the same disease, on tita-3(1
of September, WILLIAM FREW, aged 9 years
and 26 days; the youngest and second son of
Jesse and Mary Jane Pearson, of Washington
County, 'lowa. _ .
DIED—In West Aliddlesex, Pa., September
9th, 1868, Mrs. .IWARY, wife of Mr. 'Thomas
Miles a Ruling Elder in the Presbyterian
Churol, in the 67th year of her age.
DlED—September 6tll, at the residence of her
son, in Richland Tp., Venango 'Co., Pa., Mrs.
HANNAH NICKLE, in the Stith year of her age;
for many years a member of the Presbyterian
Church.
Not without hope we mourn thy loss ;
For many years thou 'at Vorne the cross,
And now we trust the Saviour's twin
. Has raised thee to a crown above.
Mother, farewell ! no more we 'll meet
Until before the judgment seat,
When heaven andearth shall nee apace,
Then Christ shall be our Hiding-place.
DIED—Of diptheria, August 26th, 1863, at
the residence of Mr. Henry Black, near Garza
°heels, Pa., ANNA M., daughter of Mr. Alex
ander Swan, in the Bth year of her age.
To greet a mother's smile and share her fond
caresses was not the lot of Anna.. Yet God had
provided others to whom, as a sacred trust, she
was committed from her birth, who ceased not
with assiduous hand to nurture the tender flow
ret with no lees than a mother's care: But their
labor of love was soon done. It was the will of
Him ,4i who croeth all things well," to transfer
the flower of his own planting to another clime.
In the beautiful place he is gone to prepare
For all who are washed and forgiven ;
How many dear children are gathering there,
For of suchis the kingdom of heaven."
DIED—May 23d, HANNAH JANE McKEAN,
of Pulaski Township, Lawrence County, Pa.
The subject of this notice was a member of the
Presbyterian church of Neshannock. Her Chris
tian character, enhanced by a naturally amiable
disposition, was lovely. By her gentle ways,
affectionate nature, and exemplary, deportment,
she won upon the affections of her friends, and
was endeared to all who knew her.
The trials and afflictions of life, to which she
was no stranger, she bore patiently, and in a
spirit of submission to His will who worketh all
things well,
Interested in the prOspority of the Church, and
regarding the rising generation as the Church's
hope, she labored diligently, as a Sabbath School
teacher, to bring the young to Christ. Her at
tendance upon the sanctuary was exemplary,
and evinced the delight she enjoyed in commu
nion with God through the ordinances of his
worship.
Her end was peace. Calm and resigned she
awaited the approach;of death, and gently "fell
asleep" in Jesus.
"So fades a Summer.cloud away,
So sinks the gale when storms are o'er;
Bo gently shuts the eye of day,
So dies a wave along the shOre."
DIED—At his late residence, in Wayne Co.,
Ohio, on the 3d of September, SAMUEL CHI
DESTER. in the 80th year of his age.
Few men perform their duties as citizens,
fathers, and husbands, as did the deceased. His
kindness to all men led him to exercise the
" charity "'which " thinketh no evil." His love
for his family was of such a kind as ruled all,
and secured their tender regard. As a Chris
tian, he loved the Church of Christ, and
maintained solemnity with cheerfulness. On
the approach of his last illness, he expressed
his desire to depart, and was sustained by Chris
tian hope until the close of his suffering. When
it was supposed that his voice on earth would
not be heard again, he joined in praise—a priv
ilege he enjoyed much in life. The last words
that he sung were :
11 14 flesh shall slumber in the ground,
Till the last trumpet's joyful sound ;
Then burst the chains with sweet surprise,
And in my Saviour's image rise:"
—a part of a psalm often sung by his sister,
who departed this life more than a half a cen
tury since; whom, we trust, he has joined in
praise with other kindred spirits in heaven, while
some are left behind to mourn, and to prepare
for a glorious reunion. 5. (J. J.
DIED—On board hospital steamer, . June 20th,
1863, JOHN -CRAVEN, of Wells County, Ind.,
Corporal in Co. A, 84th Reg't Indiana Vols.,
aged 22 years, 11 months, and 21 days.
Mr- Craven was a young man of promise.
Though of a timid and retiring disposition, he
needed only to be known, to be esteemed and
loved. His loss is felt not only in the family
circle, but in the community where•he lived.
When our nation's beautiful emblem was assault
ed by traitorous men, this noble youth was fol
lowing the quiet pursuits of the husbandman;
but immediately, he left the plow in the furrow,
and with a heart beating high with patriotism,
he enlisted in his country's 'service. The testi
mony of his officers and companions shows that
he acted worthy the profession he made ; that
his devotion to his country was not a mere show
or name, but a reality. He did not shrink in
the trying hour of conflict ; even in the din of
battle, when the shafts of death were flying
thick and fast around him, he stood firm at his
post. But it was not his lot to pass through
every battle unharmed. On the bloody field of
Champion Hills he fell severely wounded. And
soon after, he contracted a disease which ended
his life on the way to the hospital at-Memphis.
Mr. Craven was the son of pions parents—his
seat in the sanctuary of God was, rarely vacant
on the Sabbath ; and though he never saw his
way clear to make a public profession of his
faith, yet we have good reason to believe he died
an heir of glory. His letters bear testimony
that the soul's salvation was ever prominent in
his mind; and when on the field of 'carnage, a
wounded soldier, with amputated limb, feeble I
and helpless, and unable to write, he dictated the i
following to his mother: "I am getting along
very well, and thank God it is no worse. I am
ready for any event of providence in my case ;
I trust in God." The Chaplain added : "Itis a
pleasure to me to assure you tha►. he seems pre-
pared either for life or death." Thus passed
away one of the country's noble sons ; and his
dust now reposes on the banks of the "Father
of Waters," there to sleep until. the reveille of
the judgment morn is sounded. H. ;
WILLIAM M'CLURE, the subject of the fol
lowing notice, was born in Dauphin County, Pa.,
on the 14th of March, 1779. .Deprived in early
life of a father's care and instruction, the re
sponsibility of his,moral and mental training
devolved on his widowed mother; and well
and faithfully did she perform the task assigned
her by Providence. At the age of nineteen, he
made a public profession of religion at Lebanon
church, Allegheny County, Pa., then under the
pastoral care of Rev. Wm. Woods, and during
. a
long and useful life he adorned the doctrines of
the Gospel, and was ever the ready witness for
Jesus. Ile was three times elected elder, and in
that capacity faithfully served the churches of
Lebanon, Tarentum, and Bethlehem. Nor was
he less useful in the affairs .of State ; he succes
sively held' the offices of Clerk of the Court, Com
missioner, and Alderman, in the city of Pitts
burgh, and Justice of the Peace in Tarentum.
After a residence of nearly seventy years in
Allegheny County, in the Spring of 1855 he re
moved with his family to Beaver County. Here
he lived nearly eight years, and endeared him
self to all who knew him ; being of a cheerful
disposition, with a smile and a pleasant word for
all, he won the love and respect of old and
young wherever he went. During the last year
of his life it was evident to all that he was ma
turing for heaven. pentleness of manner, pa
tience, and spiritual-mindedness, characterized
his deportment of every day, from the earliest
recollection of all who knew him; but these
graces were peculiarly developed to his earthly
pilgrimage drew to a close.
Hi§ last sickness was Abort. A few days be
fore his death, he complained of a slight pain in
the breast ; at the same time intimating to his
wife that he thought that this was the whisper
ing of the messenger that had come to call .him
home. On the morning of the day of his death
he led as usualin family worship, and although
confined to his room during the day, he did not
complain of any distressing symptoms ; but when
the shades of that Saturday evening began to
gather silently round .the door, the messenger
came I And as a." mortal palor " spread over
his face, he cheerfully obeyed the summons, say
ing, as he passed away from us: "The hour is
come—the hour is come—the Lord has called."
Thus fell asleep in Jesus our beloved friend, on
the 17th day of January, 1868, in the eighty
fourth year of his age. •
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