12 El 11 a Vrtsblitrian Xiatincts PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY, SEPT, 30, 1861, Glendale Female College, Ohio.—The ninth .flannel Catalogue, from Glendale, ahotia an attendance of eizty.fonr youngla.aies in the classes. Ptotessor Inangarated.—Rev , ]) r. CHAS ELLIOTT, Professor-elect to the chair of Biblical Literature and Exegesis in the North-western Theological Seminary, was, we learn, duly inducted, on the evening of September 10th. The charge to the Pro fessor was delivered by Rev. W. W. HAMRA. We have not seen any re port of this address, nor of the Professor's Inaugural. PITTSBURGH RESPONSE TO THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH. CLERGY. The Committee appointed at the late meeting of the people of Pittsburgh and Allegheny, in Dr. PAxTeres church, to respond to an Address of our , ministerial brethren in foreign lands, have nuanimous ly adopted the following : Reply of Ministers in Pittsburgh and Alle gheny to an " Address to _Ministers anc Pastors of all Christian Denominations throughout the States of 14meriect i " from an " Anti-&avery Conference" held in Manchester, I,ingland, June 3, 1863. REVEREND AND DEAR BRETHREN:—At a meeting of ministers and members of 'different denoininatieuta of Chrietians con 'vaned in the First Presbyterian church, 'Pittsburgh, United States, on the evening of September 16th, 1863, to hear an " Ad ' dress to Ministers and Pastors of all Chris tian Denominations throughout the States of America," adopted by an" Anti-Slavery Conference of Ministers of Religion," held in the city of Manchester on the 3d of -June, 1863, and presented to the churches in these cities by the Rev. J. W. Mas -sie, D. D., LL.D. the senior member of a Deputation sent out for that purpose, the undersigned were appointed a Committee, to prepare and return a suitable reply. We most cordially reciprocate, dear broth ' ren, the kind and fraternal sentiments ex pressed in your excellent Address, and join most heartily with you in your earnest de nunciation of American Slavery, the pro lific souree—whatever may be the compli cations that have arisen in the meantime— of all'those mighty agitations that are now convulsing our land, and threatening the very existence of our National life. We agree with you, in the main, when you 'state that no other cause than that of hu man slavery has been assigned, by the reb els themselves, for their revolt against their Government. Their avowed object is to found a Confederacy, the " corner stone " of which shall be chattel-slavery, as it now exists in the South. Such an object, in the midst of the evangelical light and civ ilization of the latter part of the 19th cen tury, can meet with nothing but merited semi and rebuke from every lover of Chris- , tianity, and the well being of the human race. It has, therefore, been a matter of no little astonishment to us, that in England especially—which claims the glory of be ing the first among the civilized nations of the world that abolished both slavery and the slave trade, and of having spent, with in the last half century, two hundred and fifty millions of dollars'in the general sup pression of both—the cause of the slave holders' rebellion—so much at variance with the-genius and spirit of her free in stitutions—should have met with so much sympathy, if not support. . . We do not wish to argae the question -here, but we have read history to no pur pose, if so hasty a concession of belligerent rights to insurrectionists and rebels against an organised and friendly government, en deavoring to maintain its traditional hon or, prestige and power, is not only unpre cedented, but an anomaly in the annals of international comity •and law. But we are still more astonished that, despite the friendly remonstrances of the United States Government, they should be allowed to construct and fit out, within the English realm, vessels for the purpose of preying upon our commerce—assailing us in the defence of Constitutional liberty, and aiding in the establishment of a despotic slave power. But amidst all this, it affords us no little gratification, dear brethren to receive your words of sympathy and encouragement, and to know that you, and kindred associations in Great Britain, have earnestly protested to your GoVernment against those griev ances, and violations of international cour tesy, of which we justly complain. This is as it should be. For, in pouring out the blood and treasure of our nation, so pro fanelp as we are now doing, we are not 'merely vindicating our traditional power and glory, but are subserving the cause of universal freedom throughout the world. Wesere happy to say, that the blessings of civil and religious liberty are everywhere following in the paths of our victorious ar mies. Linder the favoring smiles of a righteous God, who executes just judgment for all that are oppressed, we have no fear et the final success of our Government in auppressing this wicked rebellion; and with it must fall its hateful, debasing and demor alizing inspiration, We can, most fervently and unfeignedly, unite with you in earnest prayer to the God of nations for the universal emancipation, in his own time and way, of - -the colored race, and for the recognition of their claims to the rights , of humanity. Your address has been greatly enhanced in our. estimation , . not only by the worthy P brother, r. Massa] who presented it, and who has been endearing himself to our people, wherever he has gone, by his Chris tian counsels and exhortations, but also from the fact that it' is the offspring of two addresses on the same subject, signed re spectively., by seven hundred and fifty min isters in France, and four thousand and eight ministers in Great Britain and Ire land. In conclusion ' dear brethren, we assure you that it will be our constant care, and be esteemed our delightfUl province, to cul tivate the most amicable relations with the Government and people of Great Britain, in all circumstances and occurrences which do not involve a compromise of the dignity and honor of our country; and it shall be our constant prayer-that we may never be brought into deadly conflict with a nation to which we are so closely related by ties of kindred, language and religion. Yours in the cause of Christ and-human ity, JOHN DOUGLAS, Oh'n, DAVID MOKINNEV, Seely ) 11, W. JA.OOIMIB J. M. SMITH, • . W.: W. Ezr..ras, JAMES PRESTLEY, Committee. TIE MILLE REVIEW.-TIIE EKON AND THE CONSTITUTION. The September number of the Danville Review, contains four articles : I. The Union and the Constitution ; 11. The Gen eral Assembly of 1863 ; 111. Studies of the Bible, No. 5; 4V. A Practical Discourse on Christian Beneficence. The object of the author of the first ar ticle is, to show that the Union is not a Confederation of Independent Sovereign ties, and that the States never were distinct nations. The Union, he maintains, existed prior to both the Constitution and the Con federation. There is much truth in this statement; but there is also either a want of definiteness, or an inaccuracy. There was a union previous to those instruments —a contiguity, a connexion through the mother country, common interests. But it was not " the Union." It was not a Grov ernment. The Union, as a Government, as a country, as a nation, was begun by the volUntary coming together of a Congress, in 1774. It was organized by the adopt ing of the Articles of Confederation, in 1778, and was completed by the Constitu tion, in 1788. There is also some truth in the remark of Amos KENT/EL : "Let it never be forgotten that we are one people and pne nation, only so far as the Constituticn makes its one. Outside of that bond we are thirty-four nations, none _of which have any more right to interfere with the local laws and institutions of the .t-st than-with the local laws and institu tions of China and Brazil. The potpie of the States have a right, under the Consti tution, to defend their local laws and insti tutions by arms, if necessary; and it is the duty-of the United States to uphold and aid them in the attempt. A war confined to such an object would not be a rebellion, even though the United States were the aggressor." We said, there is some truth in this; but it is stated in terms too strong and too comprehensive. It needs limitationii. We are willing to say that, the Union which now is, and as it is, was made by the adopting of the Constitution. That instrument is the charter of its existence and the limit of its powers. In the family of nations, the Con stitution makes the United States a com plete and independent Sovereignty. In home affairs it creates but a limited sov ereignty a sovereignty possessed only of the powers described, therein—a sove reignty restricted by the retained powers of the States and by the reserved rights of the people. Previously to the country's separate na tionality, that is, while it was a portion of the British Empire, the States, as colonies, had many of the rights which belong to sovereignty; not in respect to nations, but in respect each to its own citizens. These rights were set forth in their charters, and were exercised in legislation. • lathe Declaration of Independence in 1776, the colonies, by their representatives, declared themselves to be thenceforth, " PREZ AND INDEPENDENT STATES." Not, however, each separately independent. There was an incipient national unity im plied in the very fact of their assembling together in Congress and joining in this Declaration. It had been implied even in the Congress which met in New-York in October, 1765, on the occasion of the Stamp Act . ; and implied also in the various meas ures adopted by the Congress of 1774, 5, 6,7, &c., for defence and for the general welfare. This union was a reality. Though but inchoate, and without any formal bond, it had greatpower. And the States, though by the Act of 1776, declared free and in dependent, did not assume actual indepen dent sovereignty; and, long before Inde pendence -was acknowledged, they made themselves, formally and really, by the Ar ticles of Confederation, constituent parts of a national unity. Afterwards, by the Con stitution, the national union was modified, and increased in its prerogatives, and the government took its 'present form. The States then, unless Texas may claim that distinction, never were really "nations.." The nearest approximation ever made by them to the condition of National . Sover eignties, was during the little period be tween the Declaration of Independence and the adoption of the Articles of Confedera tion; and that was theoretical. They nev er bad an actual, separate-and full motional existence ; though they had as colonies, and afterwards had as State's, and still have as States, some of the essential powers and prerogatives of nations. They choose their own Governors and Judges, 'levy and col lect tlpir own taxes, and make and admin ister their own laws. They do every thing which belongs to sovereignty so far as their interior and domestic well-being is eon; cerned. ' But their sovereignty is limited. They deal not with other States and nations, and their citizens owe their first allegiance, in certain specified particulars,' LT a supe rior and general government. The Constitution of the United States is a double compact. It is, first a compact between the people themselves, of the whole country, by which they form themselves into a specific nationality; whose charter is this instrument, and whose powers are herein granted and bounded. It is, sec ondly, a compact between different portions of the same people as States. In this they deprive themselves of, or acknowledge that they do . not' posseed, certain - portions of power which properly belong to sovereign ty, which portions of sovereignty they transfer to the Union, or recognise as ex isting in the Union. The, residue of the power which belongs to sovereign States they-retain. The United States, then, is the Nation. In respect to other countries the nation' thus composed and denoininated, is a `soy. : ereignty, free, full, and independent In, respect to all the •people, as citizens, it ie but a limited sovereignty; and in respect to the portions of the people who are,or. 'ganized into States, it is a :limited saver eignty. .An.to the individual States, they are not nations; and each' of them, in:ge, PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.---WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1863. gard to the nation, possesses but limited powers. And as a nation, and as States, and as citizens, we are, to ascertain our rights, privileges, immunities, obligations, &c., &0., by the articles of compact. What is the precise, full, and only mean ing of the language .of the, Constitution, has never been determined; and, we might add, never will be. Even the Holy Scrip tures, are, by men, read very differently. When men dispute over the:Constitution, it suffers no strange thing. The discus sions about State rights, and national rights, began immediately after its adop tion, and yet continues. But into this matter we do not enter. We but remark that it will be the people's wisdom to abide as nearly as possible, by the literal mean ing of the bond. When anything is doubt ful, let eaoh party kindly yield; on the Scriptural principle, that each Shall esteem ,the other better than himself. When any thing is doubtful relative to , the national pterogatives, let the General Government yield. When the doubt arises in regard to State rights, let the State yield. And let the people not assume any thing whieh is not clearly theirs by the, Charter. And in regard to obligations, let each party do' a little more for the others, or for the pub lic benefit, than is demanded by the letter of the covenant. Thus shall we have uni ty, peace, love, and joy. Synod of Allegheny.—This Synod met in the First church, Allegheny, on Thursday evening, the 24th inst., and was opened with a sermon by- Rev. L. R. MoknoY, D.D. Rev. DAVID WAGGONER was.elected Moderator, and Rev. W. M. BDAOKBURN, Temporary Clerk. The attendance was large, and the proceedings entirely harmo nious. There was no judicial business. Some business intimately connected with the advancement of the Redeemer's cause was transacted. Synod adjourned on Mon day, at 1 o'clock P. M. Minutes will ap pear next week. A Newspaper for Kentucky.—We are pleased to learn that Rev. Taos. E. Ova- LAND and Rev. J. L. MoKEE propose to publish, in Lottisiille, Ky., a religious-fam ily newspaper, to be called The Western Presbyterian. The paper is to be conserv ative of Presbyterian doctrine and order, and.of the Union and the Constitution of the country. Kentucky greatly needs such a paper. It was a sorry day for her, when the Herald passed from the hands of Dr. HILL. A newspaper is to her an essential; and to sustain, it she should have aid from far beyond her own borders. The terms are $2 in advance. Address Rev. T. H. CLE LAND, Louisville, Ky. • The Bitnner for the Army.—There are many thousands of our brave soldiers who would rather get hold of the Banner than of any other newspaper. The Christian Commission sends all the papers with which it is supplied. We supply the Commission promptly, as we may be enabled. Fivw DOLLARS will .send fifteen copies of ,the Banner for three months to almost any part of the army, or any hospital. Remit to this office; or to JOSEPH A - Lassz, Wood street, Pittsburgh. Rev. pr. Manic, the Delegate of the Eng lish ministers, being about to leave our country, delivered his farewell address to a large meeiing, in Broadway Tabernacle, on Sabbath evening, the 27th. The visit of this brother, the Address which he brought, and the Responses :which he carries baCk, may be regarded as international. The tendency is to peace r and united Evangel ical labors. • Rev. James Sion* 11.1, of Washington, Pa., has, we learn, been elected President of Franklin College, New-Atheni, Ohio. Dr. SLO4N has, been a successful pastor, and we anticipate still increased usefulness in his new field of labor. EASTERN SUMMARY, NEW-ENGLAND. TEE GENERAL CONPPItENOE Of the COE_ gregatioiial churches of Massachusetts held its - fourth annual session in Worcester,' in the early part of the present month. ' One of the prominent characteristics of the ecclesiastical meetings of our Nem- England brethren is,.the reading of essays on special topics, and the subsequent dis cussion of these topics by the Members. At the late Massachusetts - Conference, sev eral able and interesting essays were read. One of these, by Rev. A. P. Marvin, was on "The Christian element essential to the truest patriotism • or, the Gospel essential to the preservation of our free institutions." In this essay it was argued, according to the report of the Boston Recorder, that , " The highest good of the country can not be secured without the diffusion and acknowledgment of Chriitianity. Its ab-' street religious and moral elements, and the history of nations prove this fact. The power of the world has become concentrated in the hands of Christendom So, further, the most Christian nations are the happiest and most prosperous. These results gradd- - nally come out of the spread of the' Chris tian element, which is thus shown to be. essential te, true patriotism ' Hence the stability of free institutions requires the same supporting Power. Governments may be stable without, the' Christian elenient, as Japan, India, the old classic republics, and our Southern States ; . but a free :gov-. eminent can not. In our own national or ganization, there is nothing to give sta bility but the 'spirit of the . , GUipel. Oa franchise, judiciary, military schools, , and other institutions, have no inherent Power to, me 'us : character failed upon, the Bible, is our only true guarantee. '"Only, a Christian education can save' us from corruption and despotism Writers in sympathy, with free, democratic govern ment, as Hamilton, Adams, De Tocqueville,. have feared for its practicability, because they have had no faith in the renewal of the individual heart by the lievier of cipd." In the discussion which followed the =reading 'pi, the. essay, tough , isathaaisotfro ' feeling was exhibited with reference to the present war. There• was no diversity of sentiment among the members in regard to the right and duty of ministers to bring their influence to bear on the leading na tional questions of the day ; but . with reference to the most Christian and effective way in which this may be done, there was not the-same unanimity of opinion. An essay of considerable importance was also read before the Conference, on . "The reliance of the Church upon the Es tablished Means of Grace for the Promotion of Religion." In this essay the ground was taken, which was generally concurred in by the Conference, that encouragement should not be given to the practice of re sorting to the labors of temporary Evange list' for the 'aeeemplishment of work which properly belongs to the pastor. It was maintained to be "`a-serious and doubtful question whether such assistance should be sought, in view of the nature of the ease, and the history of these labors." THE MINUTES of Congregational church es of Maine for 1863, give the number of churches' as 250, ministers 168, 102 of which are stated supplies; leaving 66 as settled pastors, 'll of whom are one-half or three-fourths pasture', is e., they are settled over a chutch, but spend one-half 'or one- - fourth of their time with some other ()Minh; The average length ofsettlement of pastors is eight years The number of members in the churches is 19,540. Tin rOLLOWING is creditable alike to the pastors, and the people referred to. A lone settled ministry is, for many reasons, eminently desirable. An - Eastern exchange says " The Congragational church in Danvers, Mass., which was organized in 1689, has had' but three ministers since 1717, when the Rev:Peter Clark was settled over it, and ministered for Over fifty-one years; he was followed by Dr. Benjamin Wadsworth, whose'pastorate hated fifty years; his suc cessor, Dr. Braman, has just resigned, his, position,• after a , long and happy ministry of thirty-five years." MB BOSTON' Recorder, in commenting on the action of' the Georgetown Council in the trial of Rev.. Charles Beecher, remarks.: " The case is full of admonition to young clergymen who covet. originality, novelties, and speculations. Our churches want what they, need, an already revealed and practical Christianity." A NEW Jewish Synagogue was recently consecrated in Boston. The number of Jews in this city is estimated at between four and . five hundred families. Twenty years ago they had but one place `of wor ship ; they have now four, including the one just dedicated. REV. JOSHUA T. TUCKER, of Holliston, has purchased .one-half of The:Boston Re corder, and will henceforth be associated with Rev E. P. Marvin in the editorship of that exaellent religious journal. SIN CONGREGATIONAL ministers are among the newly elected members of the Legislature of Vermont. Whether minis ters can serve either their country or their God more effectually in the Legislative Hall than in the pulpit, is, to say the least, ex 43eedingly questionable. REV. CALVIN PEASE, D.D., died at. Bur• lington, Vt., on Thursday, the 17th inst. Dr.. Pease was Professor of Latin and Greek in the :University of Vermont, from 18212 to 1855, and subsequently President of that institution until last year, when he accepted the pastorate of the First Presbyterian , churoh in Rochester, N Y. IT IS ESTIMATED that tourists and Sum mer:travellers have left in New-Hampshire, the present season, upwards of one million of dollars. A MILL just erected in Milton, Vt., will have a.bell which was formerly a New-Or leans church-bell, and among 'those given to the rebel gov - ernment, but afterwards captured by Gen. Butler, sent' North,- and sold by our Government. CONNEbTIOUT has $40,000,000 invested in manufacturing, giving employment to 60,000 persons. A GENTLEMAN of Chicopee, sass., has on= his far& an apple.trie remarkable :both fOr its size 'and productiveness. Its trunk measures three feet and eleven . inches in diameter, and its top spreads over a circle of one hundred and eighty feet in eireurn ference, so that it is doubtless the largest apple-tree in the country. Three years ago seventy bushel's of apples were s gathered from it. -Itlurned off several barrels of fruit` this year. NEW-YORK. THE BIXTEC anniversary of • the Fulton Street TraYer-Meeting was held on the 23d inst.; Rev. Dr. Tyng presided. Addresses Were made by Rev. Messrs. Rice, Ckyler, Newman-; and others. Mr. George - H. Stu art' made some interesting statements in' relation to the labors or the Christian 00112- . mission ; mentioning, among , other facts, that aprayer-meeting , which was started by five luertin'an Indiafia'regitnent, is now held daily,' with a regular attendance of between`four and five hundred. The Fulton Street' prayer-meeting is' one ofthe very few of its kind in our country which are kept itp with muck interest. IT IS GENERALLY known that considera ble attention hai been paid to , the spiritual interests`of the inmates of Sing-Sink prison. It is gratifying to learn that some sixty, of these persons givielevidence of a change of heart. Seine :of the convected convicts whose terms of service are about to expire are `said to manifest much anxiety iii regard to the peculiar trials to which they will be exposed in mingling again with the world. Theyprofese an earnesedesire to be remem-' bered in ihe prayers of God's. people; .Taz -EAsT GENESEE Methodist ,Oonfqr ewe, at it latemeeting, passed the follow- ing resolution : ." Reigked, That the committee of Sta tirds be, and are hereby instructed to consider "the propriety of recommending to, all .our', tsharges ran increase _ , of 'sense .eertain per cent. in the salariei,of the pastors, in' ,view I of the gMseral increase of prices and *ages, and that theyrepoit the, results of - their consideration to t e on erence as early . as ;- . • Farmers, merchants, mechanics, anktith-' era among the ; sity can, fortbe-e-mpet : part. bear,w,#b compara4ye ettpe r the burden of the present enhanced cost of living, since their own gains are, in most instances, pro portionably increased.; bat the minister, who must pay advanced prices without re ceiving any offsetting equivalent, must necessarily feel the pressure greatly. Let the good people of every congregation be resolved that their pastor shall in no case suffer from their lack of liberality. THE Rome Journal, in noticing the re cent action of the Presbytery of Geneva, on profane swearing, remarks : "We fear that our fellow-citizens are scarce aware of the degree to which they are becoming accustomed to the ruder man ners here alluded to. It is curious how the civility which consists in a proper respect to another's person should so soon fall into disuse---as it really seems to have done. your neighbor in the crowded omnibus jostles against you, sits upon you, and oth erwise encroaches upon your rights of per sonal presence, in a way which, a year or two ago, would have been an unaccountable invasion of good manners. The common dues of courtesy from one pedestrian• to another, upon the sidewalk, and in places of, public custom—usages which were once as well' regulated in New-York .as in the best resorts of London and Paris—are now growing unpleasantly deficient. The looks and voices of the nien and women upon the city thoroughfares are becoming coarser. Even Broad Way is a far' less'well-mannered throng than it used to be." :THE Poughkeepsie Press says that a so ciety of Mormons actually exists in. that city, and that it increases strongly almost everyday. They propose leaving for Salt Lake City about the first of April next, at least one hundred and-fifty strong. AN EVANGELICAL MISSION for the Poles in New-York City is about to be opened, we, understand, by Rev. M. B. Czechowski, formerly a Roman Catholic priest. The number of Polish Jewe in- the city is esti mated at about twenty thousand, and the number of Roman Catholic Poles at about one thousand. REV. A. A.`LIVERMORE, late editor of the New-York Okristian Inquirer, (Unita rian„) has accepted the Presidency of the Unitarian Theological School at Meadville, Pennsylvania, The Inquirer is to be edited by the Unitarian ministers of New-York and vicinity. EDWIN C. NOWA, the defaulter as a General. Superintendent of • the Maine Cen tral Railroad; was arrested at one of .the fashionable hotels on the 19th inst., in New-York, on the charge of embezzling the property of the Company to the, amount of $40,000. About 426,000 of the missing money, was found on Noyes, and there is a prospect• of obtaining the whole amount embezzled, which is said •to have been in vested in Government - securities and West ern Railroad stock.. JAB= HA.LLECK, grandfather of Major General Halleek, died' on the 22d inst., at the age of 103 years. He has been for many years k resident of Western, Oneida County, N. Y. THE Evening Post; in a notice of a re cent sale of .coins in New-York-City,- ea* " A cent of 1804, described as a splem. .did impression,' - war knocked down -at $26. One of the next ytar ' 1805, brought $l3, and one of 1811--the astonishing high price of X25.._ A half cent Of 1793 brought $16.50. A Coin or token struck in Eng land,in 1694 for, the' . Carolinas' in North America, bearing a representation of an elephant on one side, and the work,''God Preserve Carolina, and the Lords Proprie tors,' on the other, was sold for $4l. A similar piece, struck at a later period, for the British settlement in Kentucky, brought the extraordinary sum of $lO5. This token was in silver, but, it is said that a specimen in eopper, equally fine, would have brought the same price." ' PHILADELPHIA. REV. ROI3ERT In VINES D D of Hamil ton, Canada, has received a unanimous call from the Westminister church of this city. MARY Azip.sn.sbiv, of Philadelphia, re cently deceased, has left, Says the Presby terian, to the Board' of Foreign Missions of, the Presbyterian Church of the United States l a house and - lot, located in Third streetbelow Chrlitian; also all the stock owned' by her in the Southwark Bank and in 'City 4oans, to the Trustees of the. Board of Domestic Missions and the Board of Education of the Presbyterian Church. Seven hundred dollars is also left to the Board of Fofeign Missions, and the feat of the real and personal estate to the - Board of Dogmatic Missions and Board of Edu. cation. ' ' Deaths in the Ministry in the South.— The Rev. T. L. Dießryde, D.D., died at his' residence in. Pendelton, South Carolina, ori thelsth of April last, after an illness of several weeks, The death "of, the Rev, eL.T...fiendriek is also ~ a nnounced. he was pastor, for some_ time, of Zion Presbyterian church, near Columbia, , Tennessee, and afterwards became pastor of the Edgefield church, Nashville_ His death, occurred some time in the mionth of March of the present year. The' Rev. Dr. Minnie, of the United synod, died at his residence in East Ten nessee, on ; the 4th of May last. The Chris tian Observer, of Richmond, speaks of his errors " in such a way as to_ lead. to the inference that. he -was - one. of 'the noble band in g n at Teunesseq who kept their loy alty to the Government of their fathers ult.! tarnished; and 'altrays 'refused to acknowl edge the. legality of the Uonfederaterule. In this faith he died.—Presbyterian. For the Preebiterian Banner Onr Soldiers and Prisoners. The various Synods and Presbyterie,s;will soonn hold their usual Fall, meetings. We, beg them not to forget the many calls now made upon the Board of Publication on,be half:of our, sick and wounded soldiers, and the many thousands of prisoners now lathe, hands of the. United; States Government. Sotanimerous and pressing are these, er i dls upon the Board, thatits Distribution Fund is exhansted..as.faist,„ as .is replenished. Would the churches furnish us a far larger amount ,f°r- this awe, could all be used. most advantageously, and would carry- bles sings to tens of thousands of .those ,classes of oar fellow-citizens. We trust the several Presbyteries and. Synods will taise such!ac tion as to, secure increase& contributions for this neble work. s. Shoula any, of Or churches ,desire to, have their contfibutions expended,through the agency of the Christian Comp/Ric% we, hope they ; will do it in ;the way, pointed out tin the. following ; resolution of r the , last: General , Assembly„vis.: !c' Resolveji,l Thattik,j)eireooinm endest to our churches, in making contributions for the purchase of books and tracts for the benefit of our brave soldiers and sailors, that they forward the amount contributed to our Board of Publication, with the ex plicit request that the Board supply the Christian Commission with books and tracts for the benefit of the army and navy, to the amount contributed for that purpose." W. E. SCHENCK, Cor. Sec'y. ECCLESIASTICAL. Rev. ROBERT' IRVINE, D. D., Hamilton, Canada, has been called to the Westmin ster Presbyterian chnreh(formerly served by Rev. Robert Watts) Philadelphia. For the Presbyterian. Banner Presbytery of Zanesville. An exceedingly harmonious and pleasant session of this Presbytery, was recently held in the Presbyterian church' of Bristol, in Morgan County Ohio : —a church entirely in the country, and one that has arisen in a few years from comparative obscurity to no mean distinction or meagre influence " among the thousands of Israel." Long will the hospitality and courtesy of its pas tor and people be remembered by the eleven ministers "and eighteen elders who met there as a Court of Jesus Christ on the evening of the 15th of September. The house was well filled both day and night,. and we all felt thatit was delightful to be there. In these dais of political strife and sectional animosity, it was truly -refreshing to mingle among brethren that did really love one another. Even the going- there was a treat, to those who took private conveyances and sauntered along the smooth; shady, serpentine roads as they meandered in elegant curves Over hills, along. ridges ? around farms, or near resi dences, conversing as we went of things pertaining to the peace of our souls, our churches and our nation. Here we get a cool drink of water, there a bunch of ripe grapes, an apple or a peach from the hand of a kind friend ; or we made free to pluck the saute for ourselves from the luxuriant branches of the fruit trees that grew hard by our way. Or, perhaps, we whiled away the time in a rehearsal to each other of some remarkable, or instructive, or humor ous incidents of life, in our own experience or in that of another. As our blessed Mas ter was once with " two"_who journeyed from Jerusalem to Emmaus, so we trust he was not far from us on this ever-memorable day, as we rode thirty miles to Presbytery, over Ohio's eastern hills. The opening sermon was excellent. How could it be otherwise—the text 1. Cor. ii: 2: "For I determined not to know any thing among you save Jeans Christ and him crucified," and the minister our beloved Moderator, Rev. John Kelly, of McCon nellsville Rev. Watson Russell was chosen Clerk, and business moved off with the greatest harmony and dispatch. The elders outnumbered the Ministers nearly two to one. Perhaps Presbytery wai none the worse for this; but surely the relatively slim attendance of the latter is a matter of regret; and let all sinful delin quents hereby take notice that they are about to be called to account, and unless their reason for nonattendanee be very good, they " will not escape" ecclesiastical censure. The - following exeellent report from a Committee on Parsonages, of which Rev. Sanittel Willson was chairman, was read, discussed, and adopted, with entire una nimity " The Committee to whom was commit ted the consideration of the propriety of this 'Presbytery attempting to have a par sonage erected in every congregation under its supervision, submit the following re port:: Ist. Your. Committee are unani mously of opinion that the comfort and success of pastors in their ministerial call ing; the welfare of congregations;. both spiritually and.., ecclesiastically; as well as the interests of religion at large, would be greatly promoted by such an arrangement. 2d. That each pester in the bounds of this Presbytery, at as early a day as possible, shall lay before his congregation the advan tages of such an arrangement ; and with the; advice and cotiperation of the Session and deacons, shall at -any time by them deemed most suitable after due notice, take the vote of the congregation whether they will accomplish this recommendation. 3d. If the' congregation vote for a parsonage with such a, degree of cordiality and unanimity as Session shall deem encouraging to war rant the attempt, then Session shall take• measures, in whatever way they may think best, to raise funds, for the purchase or erec tion of such• parsonage as may be adapted their,wants. 4th.- Presbytery rcommend that congregations in the country be careful to have a few acres of land in their parson age. sth.. That Sessions, or members of Session, -be diligent in presenting the' claims of the parsonage to, men of known wealth and liberelity, for their benefactions by donation or legacy. All of which: is re spectfully, submitted for the• consideration and adoption of presbytery." ; • Revs. A. R. Hamilton and W. M. Fergu son, with Elders Thomas Oldham and James McCreary, were appointed Commissioners to next General. Asseinbly. - Rev. J. R. Duncan, principal, with Rev. W. M. Ferguson, alternate,. was appointed to an - agency in the: army -for two mouths, under the Christian Comnission. It is probable thatiMr. F. will go, his pulpit to tzene b i es:pplied `by 'Presbytery during his ab- All the vaeant - ohurolies under our care -ha& leave to supply themselves for the next six months. • Six installations have taken place in our Presbytery during the, Summer. Two oth .ers are soon to be attended to, both in New Some two or. three of. our churches are having trouble of a political - character, but we pray that they may not be left to radi cal-rupture: Mr. J. L Maxwell,= a licentiate wider our care, was dismissed' to the; Presbytery of St. Lords, having received a call to the church of Kirkwood, Mo. The next meeting of Presbytery is to be in- Newark, on the evening - of the third Tuesday of Aptilnext, at 7 eolock. .W.M Clerk. PRESBYTERIAL; NOTICES. ;The PRESBYTERY OF NORTHUMBERLAND, will, old its nmtt stated meeting at Shan,xeltin' - town church, en Tuesday, the Ath Oetober, at 2 o'clock P. M. The Rev. Wm. - SitnentiMA4F preitch the opening tierinon.' A. speeiel .train will meet Tuisday Morning's down :train at Sunbury, atr ofelook A. M. The: regular train:leavesSunbur3 . r every morning, ISAAC 'GEIER, Stated'Cleik The PRESBYTERY OF FORT WAYNE stands adjourned to meet at Kendslville,, on Tuesday,. October 18th, at 7 o'clock P.-M - • - • W 31:DONALDSON Stated Clerk. The : - PREgBYTERY OP.III:44I.NGDON wiII hold: ifs - next stited =tenting in ille , Tresbyterinri .4.4..4111h fitk9r*W4, l 4 .the day (the Gth), of Ootcber, 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 Greve. ROBEL(T HAMILL, Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY OF OHIO will meet at Canonsburg, on the First Tuesday of October, at 2 &clock P. M. W. B. MCILVAINB, Stated Clerk The' PRESBYTERY OF BLAIRSVILLE will meet, according to adlotmement, at ffiew Salem, on the First Tuesday of October, at 2 o'clock P. M. conveyances will be at GFreenebmv, on the arrival of the oars, to transfer the members to the place of meeting. JAMES DAVIS, Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY Or STEUBENVILLE will hold its stated Fait• 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 IT o'clock A. M. The Rev. Robert Alexander will preach at the opening of the sessions. JOHN FARQUHAR, 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 'WWI/ANA Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY OF REDSTONE WI hold its next stated meeting at Brownsville, on the First Tuesday of, Octobor next, at 2 o'clock P. M. By order of Presbytery. JOHN IkUCLINTOCK, Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY OF WASHINGTON via hold its next stated meeting at New Cumberland, on the First Tuesday (6th day) of October next, at 2 o'clock P. M. ALEX. M'CLUIRELL, Matta. Clerk, Tha PRESBYTERY OF ST. OT.A I I3IWILLE will meet in Beallsville, on the First Tuesday of October, at 11 o'clock A. M. J. B. GRAHAM, stater Clerk. The PRESBYTERY OF ROCK. R VAR will meet at Arlington, on Monday, Oetober 12th, st 7} o'clock P. M. The assessment for the Contingent Fund will be called for. S. T. WILSON, Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY OF PALESTINE will hold its regular Fall meeting Et Kansas, 111. , on Friday, the 9th of October, at 7 o'clock P. M. Sessional Records will be called for. A. McFARLAND, Stated Clerk. The PRESBYTERY OF SALTSBITRa 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 KASKASKIA stands adjourned to 'meet in the Waveland church, Octo ber 9th; 1863, at 7 o'clock P. M. ALFRED N. DENNY, 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 2241 i 1863, at 7 P. M. Presbyteries are requested to forward the amount of theirnssessments for Synodical expen ses, and also complete lists of the Ruling Elders within their respective bounds. E. 13. RAFFENSPEROER, Stated Clerk. "The SYNOD OF ILLINOIS sten& adjourned to meet in the Presbyterian church or Bloom ington, on the Secop.4 Wednesday of October, at 7 o'clock P. AL ROBERT JOHNSTON; Stated Clerk The SYNOD OF ONTO stands adjourned to meet in the First church, 'Zanesville, on the Third Thursday (15th) of October. next, at 7 o'clock P. M. L. B. W. stinvocK,} T emp. erg s J. C. TIDBALL, The SYNOD OF PITTSBURGH will meet in johnstown, on the Thud 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 JEFF.ERY, Stated Clerk. SYNOD OF WHEELING.—To all members proposing to come "to the meeting of the Synod of Wheeling by Railroad, I would say, the oars are at Wellsville about I.P: M., both from Pitts burgh and Wheeling. Hacks convey them to Lisbon by 6 P. M. On the Ft. Wayne Road, cars are at- Salem, from Pittsburgh, at 10 A. M. Hacks can convey them to Lisbon in two hours. Members who expeot to, come by Railroad, please send me their names, and the route— whether by Salem or Wellsville—so that hacks readinessmay be in to convey flew to New Lisbon. 0. M. TODD, N.ew Lisbon, Ohio. The SYNOD OF CHICAGO will meet in the Presbyterian church of Macomb, 111., on Third T.hursday (loth day) of October next, at 8 o'clock P. M. The Presbyteries are reminded that they are to send up to Synod a full list of the names . ' of the Ruling Elders of all the churches within their liotmda, with their Post Office address, in order that they may be inserted in the Appendix to the Minutes of the Synod. . I. N. CANDEE, Stated Clerk. • The SYNOD'OF OHIO Will meet in the First Presbyterian church of Zanetrville, on`-the Third Thursday of October, (15th,) at seven o'clock P. M. ljwing to the death of Rev. Dr.-Smith, the late Stated Clerk, I make this announcement. -' , -. TAMES M. PLATT, - Pastor Zanesville First church. Prayer. Fill up the-void spaces-of your time with meditation and-prayer. They are the 'midst who are most in their closets; who pray, not to be seen of men, but to be heard of ow. :is, a comfort to Christians apart to think their prayers - meet before ; a throne of graCe; and their persons . shall 'meet before a throne of glory. There wants nothing but a believing , prayer to turn a promise into a perform ance. God is a great God, and therefore he will be .sought ; he is a good God, and therefore he will be founa.. • The breath of prayer coma from the life of faith. Whatever you want go to . God by fill& and prayer, in the name of Christ, and never think his 'delays are_denials: They that spend their daye in faith and prayer, shall end their . days in peace and COI xpailiture of. Ammunition. CoL Duff, Chief of Artillery of the army of Maj. Gram ;Grant, has "furnished. the foliewing state ment of the whole - climber of cannon shots fired daring the ehmpaign, commencing with the af fair near Port Gibson, on th,e_Mississippi, and ending with gee capitulation of Vicksburg: "Front the 'time cetcrosshig the Mississippi river ; May' 1, "tilli.the surrender, July. 4, 18,889 solid shot, 72,314.5he115, -47,897 ca5e,,2,728 can eister„wera epended,,making a total of 141,823. They vfere„used. ..the several engagements as follows: B,9Bo * at*Pert Gibson, 82 in the pursuit frofn•Port Gibion, 620 at 'Raymond, 476 at Jack 50n,.3.,422 • at Champien Hill, 1,297 at Big Black River, 9,598 on the 19th of May, (really the first day of the 'siege,) ( lo;7s.4 on the 22d of May, and 411,614 during the remainder of the siege—an average' of .653;sbots for each cannon used. These . are cannon shots, the reader will. remem ber. Add 'to' these the musketry, and some idea may be . forMedWthilmmense amount of ammu *that : • - • -
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