-t)reshgterin 'artiter. PITTSBURG% VIDNBSDAT, NA PRMER FOR OUR COUNTRY. It is not necessary in our day to enter upon prolonged drgument or exegetical die sertation to establish the necessity and efficacy of prayer. All Evangelical Chris tints will readily admit that the Bible re quires prayer,. and that this is the great means' appointed by God for conveying-the blessings of his provident; and grace to . the children of men. And the Efficacy of,prayer is too well attested by the history of the Church and the experience of individuals, to admit of any doubt. The great thing necessary is, to keep the minds and hearts of Christians alive to this duty, that they may not grow weary, and that they may be, fully conscious of their yeaponsibility. fhe objects for which we are to pray are as numerous and various as are.hrunan wants and the gifts of God to man. But in this, as well as in many other things, we are greatly liable to forget our privileges, txeneglict our opportunities, and to-become selfish and contracted in our desires and,petitions. , We become accus tomed to a certain form of words, and per mit these to limit the aspirations we send up to God through the Mediator of the everlasting covenant. In this way we fail to be burdened with the wants, woes and sorrows'of the world and the Church out side of our own narrow circle. We hardly know the significancy of the petition, Thy kindom come; thy will be done in earth as it is done in heaven." Among the !rainy objects for which we are to pray, is our country in all its multi farious relations. Patriotism is not only a, civil, but a Christian, duty. To pray for the welfare and happiness of our country, and for its deliverance from calamity, is so often enjoined in Scripture and so obviously consonant with the Christian spirit, that no array of texts or reasoning can be necessary. The people who laid the foundations upon which this Government has been reared, were Christian and prayerful; though we have too often forgotten not only them, but also the. God In whom they trusted and to whom they prayed. All the good that is here may be traced to the influence of the Gospel, while all .the evil may be traced to the neglect of the Gospel. Had there been more prayer to God as year after year he bestowed. upon us his bounties and his, mercies, we would long ago have been• brought to repentance for our sins and have been led to put away the evil from among 11 . 3 which has now brought down upon us the judgments of God. When. the rebellion first broke out, the peoPie seemed to be thoroughly aroused to this duty, and to feel that all our help must tro PrOmr-altd:—RUTers-,--ierrsiao-to-,—foliti cians, and men of the world, united in call . - ink upon the Church and. Christians to pray to God for the suppression of rebellion and for the Maintenance of the supremacy of the Government and the laws. Most heart ily and. cordially did the Church and every pious heart respond to this demand; and our country and its people were prayed for as never before. But as the war has pro gressed, as its theatre has been enlarged,. as our armies have increased, and as victo ries have been multiplied, there has been a manifest falling off in the earnestness of our supplications in behalf of our country at the family altar ; in the social meeting, and in the sanctuary. Is this not indica tive of trust in an arm of flesh and in the wisdom of man, to the neglect of the help which eometh from God ? But the necessity for prayer for the "oonn try was never greater than now. Wicked ness and vice abound' to a fearful extent God's name is profaned and his Sabbath is desecrated. Crime stalks abroad. Success in business has led the minds of the people captive. Money is lavished for luxury and fashion', with most prodigal hand. At the same time revivals are few, the love of many waxes cold ) and the Word is not in demonstration of the Spirit and of power. But this is not all. Just now large num bers are flocking to the standard of our country to unite with those who have gone in advance in destroying this rebellion'for ever., They are going out from our church es, our Sabbath Schools, and our families. At once they will be exposed to all the temptations of the camp, to sickness, and to the dangers ofthe battlefield. Let.na follow them With unceasing prayers for the preservation of their lives and for the sal ition of•their souls; and that our armies and fleets may won secure to us, through the good hand of our God, eomplete and final victory. Moreover let not the President nor Con gress fail to have a place in our interces sions liefore the throne of grace. Great burdebs 'rest on them ) and still &eater re sponsibilities will devclve on them in the future.. Never in the history of the world has God committed such interests to rulers legislators, and people. - When we shall have.beei led to pray aright for our coun try, then will all in whose he - arts is the love of Otrist, be ready and aniious to aot. their'part for the highest good of our cowl.: try, whether that may be doing or suffering. TEE NEW SENATOR FROM MISSOURI. The time has passed when the Christian people of- this 'country can look with in . difference on the moral and religions char acter of their legislators and rulers. The bitter experience of the, past and the present has corrected the practical error into which we had 'fallen, in these particulars, in the minds `of all reflecting pious men. Un-' godliness in high places has been one of 'the , eaus9s-,wilioh has brought d.own. the: wrath of God upon this nation. ' Attention will be-particularly given to the 'diameter and' tamer history of the , men who are to represent ,the ,border States, snd the States which - will be re stored again to the Union by the advanCe of our armies, because" of the sentiments they will be supposed to advocate, and of the immense responsibilities which will rest on, them, and also because of the in fluence they will-certainly wield in'our National °Omni's. The man - of this class now most prominent before the rnblio, is certainly the new Senator frOiftNissouri, Ike HOD. BENJAMIN GRATZ BROWN, a "native of Kentucky and a graduate of Yale College. At the time the report reached him of his election to the high office he now fills, be was holding his dead son in his arms; and it that solemn moment he resolved, from that time forth, to become a personal, living Christian, consecrated to God, that he might be fitted for his public 'labors and duties. But this was only the developing of a germ long concealed in his heart; for, in a familiar conversation with a, friend, he declared that the impressions made upon 1144 mind in the Sabbath School, and through the instructions of a pious grandmother, had never been altogether effaced. Here we may see how' the faith and prayers of the godly are rewarded in F . their descendants. The paternal grandmother of Mr. BROWN WaS MiSO MAROARRTTA MASON, daughter of the Rev. JOAN MASON, pastor of the Scotch church in Cedar Street, Nevi-York, and sister of the eminent Rev. Dr. Jogs M. MAsoN, pastor of the church in Murray Street, probably the greatest pul pit orator this country has ever produced. Her husband was the Hon. Jowl Bnows, the first United States Senator from Ken-, tucky after it became a State, in 1791. She was a woman of extraordinary mental gifts and force of character, and also re markable for her deep-toned and earnest piety. It is said that she taught the first Sabbath School ever established in the Valley of the Mississippi. Her oldest son, MASON 'BROWN, father of the. present Senator BROWN, graduated at Yale in 1820. It was from this grandmother that Mr. BROWN received in early life those lessons which have at length borne such precious fruit. In his hour of sorrow and triumph he fled to that. Saviour of whom she had so often told him. Mr. BROWN, at the very beginning of his public life, took an active part in the discussion of the slavery question, which was even then agitating Missouii. The Missouri Democrat, of ,which .;be was for several years editor, was the earliest and ablest advocate of emancipation in the' slaveholding States. His speech when almost a boy in appearance, in the Legisla ture of. Missouri, urging the prospective and gradual abolition of slavery in that State, has never been answered. And from the beginning of the Rresent rebellion he has been unflinching in his championship of the Union and the Constitution, and in --aprirriltllD-GOlernment. Such 'a man, in the high position,to Which God has called him, deseivei`a Place; in the prayers of all the lovers of our country and all. who love our Lord• and Saviour Jesus Christ. We have prayed too little for our public men—we pray too little now. - Let every Christian awaken to his duty in this particular, and soon again will this become a delightsome land. NEWTON AND LOCKE The very. able communication on our first page, concerning these two eminent philos ophers, in answer to an inquiry by . " R" published by some time ago, will be read with surprise by some. But it must be borne in mind that Socinianism and Arianism iu England at that time were very different things from the forms of be lief *bioh now bear these names in this country. And justice to the memories of NEWTON and LOCKE should lead us to keel) in mind that they never made known any formal statement*of their views with regard to the vital doctrine in question. All that we have from them on this point is alto= gether incidental.• However, .nothing is gained to the cause of any truth by claim ing as among its adherents :those who do not really adopt it, though their claims:to our admiration in other respects may be great. The essential Divinity of our Lord and ;sSaviour Jesus' Christ is so firmly estab•' lished, that the testimony of any number of philosophers will neither confirm nor shake it. Home and Foreign Record.—This monthly gives the follaiing contributions to the Boards of our. Church in January : Domes tic Missions, $13,498 6g ; Education, 0,- 819.28; Foreign. Missions, $28,073.85; Publication, 0,793.56 ; Church Extension, 0,031.29; Disabled Ministers, $2,184.51. The American Agriculinrist.—This journal advertised in another column, is vastly su perior to any other agricultural publication in this country: For the Presbyterian Bansor. Have you observed, Messrs. Editors, the shocking abuse of the Sobtch phrase "of that ak,' .that prevails so extensively. It has come to be used as descriptive of char acter; and penny-a-liners and sonte-editors (Eheu I) say : " John Smith, the ruffian, `and other of that ilk," or "the. dirty poli tician, Jones, and some others of that ilk!' Noir - the simple meaning of the work ilk is same, and the phrase "of that ilk" is used for short, when speaking of one whose surname and title of his estate are the seine. Thin; instead of saying Mackintosh of Mackintosh, a Sept would say Mackin tosh of that ilk. See Johnson's Dictionary on the word' ilk. In Boswell's Life-of Johnson, Vol. 111., p. 353, John Spottis woode of Spottiswoode is called John Spot tiswoode of that ilk. SCOT-US. It the autobiography of Dr:' Beecher, mention is made of a certain "old Dr. —, who was so economical that he boasted of having kept all, his accounts for thirty years with one quill pen, and ,said he had thought so closely on the subject of econo my, that he knew ernetly,bow,to lean arni on the table so as not to take the ,off,kapd, how to set .down his foot with the letu3t pnSsible wear to the, sole of ilia shoe." PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.--WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9,. 1864. NEWS OF Till' CHURCHES AND MINISTERS. Old School. --'The First church of Rooh-, ester, N. Y., enjoyed the pastoral labors of the late Rev. Dr. Pease for only fifteen months previous to his death. 'But in ad dition to paying the full salary of the re maining nine months of the second year, to his widow; the congregation have purchased and given to her a comfortable' home, and will also pay her $9OO per annum for three years. Such a church as this will not fail to receive a suitable pastor. And its con duct is worthy of imitation in other places. The Rev. Cyrus Dickson; D.D., who was formerly pastor of the church in Franklin, Pa., then of the Second,church of Wheeling, and now of ono of the church es in Baltimore, has been called 'to the pas torate of this church, but has_deelned. We learn that a precious work' of grace has been in progress for some time, in the church of Beaver, Pa. — Bet-Ween - twenty and thirty inquirers - are reported, and amopg them two personang - forir score years old. • The following aeeount of a preeiowv re vival, in Wishington County, Pa., will be read with interest: "It has pleased the Lord to bless the following churches with a gracious ontporir 7 ing of his Spirit, reviving the graces of his people and bringing many souls to Clorist, viz, the M. E. church of Mt. Zion, the C. P. Church of Bethel, and thePreshyteriart church of Upper Ten Mile,,in Washington Presbytery. The writer cannot give you a correct history of the revival in either the Methodist or Cumberland church, not having been in any of their meetings, but from re ports, both of the above named churches were, greatly blessed, large accessions having been made to thein. The pastor and Session of Upper Ten Mile resolved to observe the week of prayer appointed by the General Assembly. During this week there'_were some tokens of God:s presence among those who met for prayer, which gave-encourage ment to protract the services. But it was not till the 'meetings had been over two weeks in progress, that sinnerstbegan• to in-, quire what they must do to be saved. 7 .Fhp Gospel invitation was fully given, and the righteousness 'of Jesus- Christ -was held forth as the`ortly ;justifying righteousness before God. Sinners were warned of their danger, and 'told of Christ's willingness and power to save; earliest prayers were offered by the members -of the church, and men and women felt that it was good•to - be where the presence of God was so gracious ly felt. The pastor did all the preaching, except two sermons preached by Rev. Wm. Hanna, until Tuesday of the fourth week, when he took his horse with the intention of going to see a lady who was in`-trouble about her soul. The horse not having been in use for some time, became unmanageable, and thriiv him, hurting him so severely as to unfit hire for preaching. He was' kindly and well assisted, however, in 'the •time of his affliction, by the Rev. Messrs. Wm. Hanna and W. B. Faris, and Prof. Brough of Washington College. _..The meeting con tinued over four weeks. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper-was adniinistered on the fourth Sabbath of FebruarY, When thirty communicants: were added 'to the church, 19 of whom were baptized. This is the second revival of 'religion undo the labors of the present pastor. Three years ago 40 were received as the result of an-outpour- Ing of God's 'Spirit at thab- time: The Lord bath done great things for this pe'o pie, whereof they are glad. It IS good at all times to enjoy God's favor, but to be blessed at such a time as this, - calli for-spe cial gratitude. May, God pour out his Ho ly Spirit on all the churches, and upon our beloved country, and bring all the people under the influence of the Gospel." The Rev. Dr. Marks, antlier of " The Peninsula Campaign," and at present agent. of the Boston Tract Society, writes as fol lows to George A. Stuart, Es.q.;chairman , of the Christian Commission : " The reli gious interest in the army and in the forts around Washington is unprecedented and most cheering. The Christian Commisston is now working most wisely and efriciently everywhere in the field of my observation: The Presbyterian church at Gettysburg, Pa., which was badly damaged during the famous battles there in July, is about to be repaired. Contributions in its behalf are now being made in Philadelphia:. Rev. Janni M. Shields, of the Presby tery. of Erie, has resigned the'. pastoral charge of the churches of Fairfield and Georgetown, with the ;view Of accepting the call to the 'Church of Bridge 'water, Pres bytery of Allegheny City Rev. T. Moßae, formerly pastor Jar the Presbyterian church in Lavaeca ) Texas,las been appointed post chaplain at Indianola ; . Texas♦ net-. Thomas S. Vaill has removetrfroin Knoxville, Illinois, to Newton, Jasper county, lowa, to take charge ,o# 'an"exten sive missionary field. Rev. C. B. H. Martin, having entered upon his labors in the,Presbyterian church of Miami City, desires, correspondents_ to address him at Dayton,, O. _ • New ich001;---The Rev. Howard CroSby, pastor of the Presbyterian- church corner of Fourth Avenue and Twenty-second street, recently . gave an account of hiss. labors for the past year, together wit44;Vstorical -notice of the church from itsTdundation, forty years ago. His congregation recently surprised -him by presenting him-with the sum of $1,200, as an anniversary gift at the close of the first year of his pastorate; for. which he expressed his thanks ' with evident emotion, having received no inti mation whatevet`of the compliment. This branch of the Church and the Church at large has met with a ...mat loss in .the death of Rev. James Woods Mc-. Lane, D.D. Dr.l 4 4'Lane Was born in.. Char, lotte, North Carolina, May 22, 1801.. He came North in 1819, entered Phillips Acad emy (Andover, Mass.) and was graduated in 1822; entered Yale College Aa 1825, and was gradiated with honor in 1829. He taught in New London and„at. Phillips Academy, entered the Theological Semi nary at Andover in 1832, and finally grad- - uated in 1835. He was for ' eight years pastor of the Madison street Presbyterian church in N. Y. In 1845 the received a call to the First Presbyterian church in I WilliernebArg, where ; he remained” ati pig; tor until December, 1863, when, at his own request, on account of failing health, he was, relieved of his 'aiarge. Be. has been for nearly a year gradually failing : He, was long a Director of the AtneriCan. Bible Society, and several', years age, ren dered vaineble service. ,correcting and prepaiing the present Stabirard'edition of PRESBYTERIAN. the Bible published by that Society. He was also a Director. in the Union Theologi cal Seminary of N. Y., and recorder of the same ; and Secretary of the Church Erec tion Fund of the Presbyterian Church of the United States. The catalogue of the. Union Theological Seminary shows an attendance during the last yearof eightpeight students, classified as follows : Resident Graduates, 3; Senior Class, 26; Middle Class, 27 Junior Class, 32. Among them are the graduates of twenty colleges; The faculty is composed of Rev. Drs. T. I. Skinner, B. Smith, R. D. Hitchcock, and W. G. T. Shedd; and Rev. H. H. Hadley. Reformed i ,—A late.arrival from, paints brings ye the sad intelligence of the death of Mrs. Herron, wife of the Rev. David Herron,. one of the faithful' missionaries of this Church. She fell asleep in Jesus, on the morning of the 25th of.•last month. She was one, of• the most amiable of :women. She was a: martyr to feeble health, but she bore all her sufferings . with a calmness and fortitide tnir . f . wonderful.. to the midst of all her trials her eheeiful smile never fersook her. As a missionary there were few like'-hers- .Her heart was in the work, and she' 6inintia*-Ici".toil great if undertaken in the Lerdlesiii:Christ. Her boarding sehobleat D'etals a-monu moot that will long steal liWr praises, and unborre- generations*kli rise to bless-her for the instruction thWe'given to the-pres ent . Brother Herron Was a triend and don: pardon of, ourbOihood and.to we ten der our sincere sympathies. • • EPISCOPAL. The, publiphers' nounse thakthe " great work," as they term.it, of Bishop Hopkins in defence'of Slavery, - has been , delayed on account of ihe . large orderw sent-in.. What this work can . accomplish 'since jhe The World, and Hon. Mr. Brooks have so emphatically repudiated the:dead carcass of Slavery; it is difficult to discover. A Wisconsin paper says : The. North College building at Racine was entirely de stroyed by fire, Jan. 15th. "Loss $15,000, insurance $5000„ - Racine College is now Under the direction of the Episcopal Church, and of the High Church Branch, we should suppose. We are told, however, that some subscriptions were originally ob tained with the distinct understanding that it should not ,be denominational. Careful ness•to do' exactly right, in such things important..: is . " METHODIST, The Rev. Dr. McClintock , will, soon re turn to this country and resume ihe charge of St. Paul's church' on 'Fourth , Avenue, He has already resigned the pas torate -of the American Chapel in Paris, and after a few weeks Spent , in traveling, will sail. for America about the middle of April., During the earlier, months of the rebellion, McClintock. heldseveral, in terviews with the Freneh authorities, and contributed not a little toward the healthy , , reaction of French 'sentiment as regarding American affairs. He published and dis tributed at his own expense, Alexander IT. Stephens' speech, declaring slavery to be the corner-stone 9f the Confederacy. The Baltimore Conference of the M. E. Church met at Altoona last week. More than two hundred mernbers were in 'attend-: = CONGREGATIONAL. Edward Hitchcock,. Lk D., late President of 'A.inherst t Colleue died at Am herst, Mass. on Saturday ,Feb. 27, in the 71st year of his age. He was, born in Deerfield, May 24,1793, and with tut little external aid, succeeded in obtaining an, e'cl ucation by his own efforts, which enabled him to take a prominent rank among tbe literary and scientific men of the day. He was principal of - Deerfield Acadenty from 1815 to 1818, pastor of a Congregational church in Conway, from 1821 to 1825, pro fessor of Chemistry and Natural History in Amherst College from 1825 to 1845, Presi dent of the College and Professor of Natu ral Theology and - aeology from 1845 to 1854, When he resigned the Presidency, and TSSIMChI Professorship inhis s avor ite branches of natural science. To his in fluence, Amherst College is indebted for a large Aare of the prosperity which after a succession of struggles and embarrassments, it has enjoyed for any years. He was 'a fertile author although 'it is doubtful whuther any of his productions contain the promise of a lasting reputation. More than twenty volurnes from his 'pen ,havh been given to the various topics of science and 'theology, hesidC 'numerous' oo cisional disconises and contributions to the periodical press. • ' prgpowerful work of grace bas been. in reys - for some time' in Mt. HOlyoke . Seminary.' `".Already over thirty conver sions are reported The, prayers of ,Nary Lyon are etiii , being auswere4 though, she 'ceaSed froni - her labors. ..7 some remarks having been roade preja ,dicial to the congregational Theological Seminary at Chicago of which - Dr., Ed ward Beecher' isr:oCe of the cause of his viewe'on 'preexistence, the owing resolution: passed by the Direetois has been published Resolved,. That our President communi uate to Dr. Beecher the fact that in making - this appointment, , - the - Board haire acted in the' cob Heal, expectation that, tDr. Beecher will not in 4isAebtures inculcate-upon the students-hie peetiliartviews'ou the subject of Prezistence: - ' • :,-Hartford, - Ct., papers state _that the erec, tion of a church on - Asylum Hill is talked of and that t 50,000 have been subscribed ti) secure the_rernoval of East Windsor Semi nary (already well endowed) to that city. We learn from another source that there,is a disposition to _remove this Seminary. to ,New Havin, with its general organization unchanged' .: -A New-HamPshire clergyman ,who has more sympathy for the rabelt than some, recently found among the proceed& of a donation vi - sit, fifteen •Confederate dollars'. ' a BAPTIST see,it reported that the noted, Rev. Mr. Spurgeon, of London; is to visit-New York during the May anniversaries: • = Professor RauSehenbuseh of the 'Getman Department :in tke,Roehester, TheOlogioal Seminary, is doing a work so'4p:ittaut arid neeesSary,;that he shouldbe'snsdinod in it. A .graduate of the finivereity of 43erlin, and a pupil of the celebrated .Neandei,''tind withal it Christian gentletnin, no man could' 11 ) heti& adapted to the education Of siiih German Baptist Y? iin gl_men ,as 'Goa may call -C6 the' Go 41? teen of those young men have already gone from his moulding care to be the pastors of Gentian Baptist churches, and thirteen oth ers are now pursuing their studies under him. But these churches have increased from ten to sixty, with a membership of 3,300 in thirteen years, and the number must'continue to increase more and more rapidly from year to year. UNITARIAN, R. Thomas Starr King, one of the most popular of the writers and speakers in the Unitarian ranks, died of diptheria, on the morning of the 4th inst., in Sin Francisco Cal. Rev: A. D. Mayo, of. Cincinnati; .has been appointed Professor of Church Polity and Administration in the Meadville (Pa.,) Theological 'School, and has accepted the appointment. Personal.. Vie 'Rat Dr. Alexander illtttk, formerly Professor. of Exegetical Theology - in the New College, Edinburgh, isiattnibered with the . dead. lie was a man of great erudi tion, but so Modest and' retiring in his dis; Po.sition as to be less known than other 'prominent members of the Free Church. Dr. Guthrie once said-of him, that he could havo.lvokeii his way to'the wall of China; and itis related of him, that in the two'last yeer s Of his life he began•the study of 0. hi nese,iind made so much progress, that it was kis'daily habit to read'a chapter in the Chinese , Bible.- It is said that- his great stores of learning have perished with him, as b l eirleitne works of any value. It. James Coleman, of Canonsburg, Pa.,. has .given -• six sons to the Service of the country in the present war. Their names are:. SS follows David C. 'Coleman, Colonel Bth kissouri volunteers John P. Coleman, Lieut. Coleman 29th dissouri volunteers ; Samnel 31: Coleman, Asiistant Surgeon :29th Missouri volunteers ; Joseph C. Cole man, regiment Ohio volanteers-all in the Army of the Cumberland. Frank Coleman, 2d Lieutenant I.oth Pennsylvania Reserves, and Addison A: Coletrian; 140th Pennsylvania volunteers, in the Army of , the .Pottrmae. General ill'elernand has arrived in New Orleans, and been assigned to the command of his old corps, which received him with much enthusiasm. He has commanded this corps almOst from its organization up to the time his disagreement with Gen. Grant. re sulted in the order relieving him during the progress of the siege of Vicksburg. Ex-Governor Wright, who presided over the Indiana Union State Convention, closed his speech with the prediction ,that when the war was over there would never be ano ther negro put on the auction-block and sold into slavery on the American conti nent. habit's Life of Gel Butler is elaborately reviewed in the London, Spectator.' The writer acknowledgeS that the book has en prely changed his opinion of. Gen. Butler, and compares him, in.versatility, and energy, to Fredericklhe.Great. The brain of Lord Byron. vreighed sixty three ounces, that of Thagkeray fifty-eight and, a' half Both were much above the average, whichis forty-nine ounces for man, ad forty-four for women. ''Charies hiatus' second son, an officer in Idia r is dead. While his father ‘ stood as chief mourner at the grave of Thackeray, ahnost at •that very moment_ his son was dying on the other side of the world. A award, just completed at Chicopee; as a present to Gen. Grant, has cost $1;0, and is probably tbe most elegant weapon of the kind ever made in this country. Brig. General Seth Williams, Adjutant General of the Army of the ‘Potomae,..is now at horne,-in Maine, for the first time since the commencement of the war. Mr. A. T. Stewart the millienaire dry goods merchant of New Yori, has given $90,000 for the erection of new bnild ings for, Yale College. Varieties; The -Stated Meeting of the Board of. Mana gers of the American Bible Society, was held at the. Bible Ilouse, Astor Place, New- York, on Thursday, , the 3d inst., at 3i P. M. Seven new auxiliaries were recognized, ofwhich two are in Ohio, four in Kansas, and one. in New-York. Interesting oom munications were received from various parts of the world. in regard the spread Of the Holy Scriptures; from the Rev. A. '.P._ Rapper, of (lepton, and the Rev.. H. Blodget, of Tientsin, as to the means of extending the circulation of the Scriptures in China; from the Rev. 4 ,lh. King, and the Rev. Dr. Hill, Athens, as to printing the modern Greek Testament in New-York city;, from the Rev. t. W. Clark, of Hon olulu, as to making electrotype plates for Hawaiian Bible. • Encouraging statements were received from Mexico Brazil Chili Turkey. and India which we have not room particularize. Grants .of books were Made, in all making 16,136 Volumes, for freedmen, for soldiers . in camp, in hospitals, 'and new regiments.; to the American Mis sionary Association, for New Mexico, Bra Buenos Ayres, and the Sandwich with four voluthies, in raised let temp, for the Blind.. Appropriations for the year, fOr the foreign' work, were, made, amounting to, 64,177.46, to be paid from. time to time as needed, and as the state ot the treasury may permit, consistently- *th other deman - ds. in Englisk Missionaryiafter &lour of five months, itNßussia., says that within two .yeqs.not less than twenty-theee millions of intellig,ent, active peasantry have been rais- . ed from the state of chattels to the condition of +curing their own independence and eorn fort. • One million. havpalreadybought the land-on which they were formerly;located, , borrowing the money from the government. More than 8,090 new schools have - sprung into existence through individual efforts -.among the peasantry,- and-they are • rapidly on the :increase. The general results of this vast-change are beyond estimate. Property is; everywhere advancing, and Prince.Gert sdhakoff gives it as his opinion :that the de. of Russia during the next tWo years will astonish the world. 'F . he annual report of the public scheols in• ew-York'eity, for` the year endingthe lit of Octoher, showi that the total expeif . , sesiwere 81,433,314.06. The ward schools and departments number one hundred' and ninety-four, including twelire for colored children. There ate, besides fitly` public evening schools----tWo for colored people. . , twelve corp Orate schoola and the Free Academy. The total number of pupils taught in all these schoeis wail 201,1;4, an increase of 20;188 over 1862. The teach ers employed in the ward grammar and Pri-' inaty schools number . 1,93 , all but 200. of whinn'are‘feniiies. ' " ' . ' - . : ' ll' '.'Le;, failed Mate s Christian COMIIiSiiOD, The Army Committee of Western Pants'Yfrania presents the following report. of its operations during the month of February: Rev. J. P. Caldwell, of Florence, Pa; C. Rankin, of Bavington,Pa.; Rev. IL H. Thompson, of Cochrantert,a.;- Rv. J. W. Bain, of Canonsburg, Pa.; Bev. J. C Fferron, of Locust Hill, Pa.; Rev. W. B. Faris; of Washington, Pa.; Rev. Benj. Waddle, of Kenton, Ohio, 04 Rev. W. H. Jeffers, of Bellefontirlite Ohio ;; ha've' gone to the Army of the Potomaa, as delegates of the Christian Commission. Rev. -Z. Small, of Mer cer, Pa ; Rev.. T. S. Kennedy, of Jamestown, Pa.; Rev. R. G. Bell, of Tarenttim, Pa.,• Hon. J. B. .Lawson, of Lawsonham, Pa.; . R.. M. Frown, 'of the U. P. Seminary; Rev. H. B. Taylor, of Ev ans, N. Y,.; and Rev. W. A. WContiell, of Ohio-, have gone to the Army of the Cuthberland. The Treasurer- acknowledges the receipt of $l3 from the U. P. congregation of Lower Chance ford, York county, Pa., credited in the Janunry 'report to Mr. Thomas Pa.,, The Treasurer acknewledgkrthe receipt of the following contributions: • • Festival at 'iVest Middleton, -Pa $206.85 Exhibition by Dugan and' Young,. Wash- . . ington,' Pa . .60.00 tadies'Aid Association, Buffalot p.,Wash- ington county, Pa 26.60 Wesleyan Methodist Sabbath School;West Middlesex, Pa , 15 00 Ten Mile Village Association,Pa 21 65 ....... • $328.90 (By C. M. Reed, tsq., Washington, Pa.) 11. E. .1., ittanning, Pa 100.00 Festival at New Waterford, Ohio ' 100.00, Ladies' Soldiers' Aid Society, Mill Creek, Penn'a 44.00 Poke Run Presbyterian church, Pa: 16.61 Presbyterian church, Nottingham, 0hi0... 22.65 Aid Soaety Aof Christian:- Commission, .Egypt; West Virginia. . 7 100.00 Soldiers' Aid Society, Harrisville, Pa 33.00 Ladies of Dunlap's Creek, " 34.00 Mount Albion Sabbath School, 4 ' 5.00 Soldiers' Aid Society, Elder's Ridge, Pa.: 6.25 Amity and Ebenezer Soldiers' Aid Socie tY, Ps Hickory throve School No. 2, Westmore land county, Pa 8..60 Middlesex Presbyterian eh., Butler c 0.... - 9:25 Hanover Literary Society, Paris, Pa LOO First'll. P. efinrch, New Castle, " 27.00 School District. No. 7, North Sewickley.. . . 13.25 Rev. Trevett, 4' 2.00 Mrs. Louisa Clow, " " • 1.00 Miss Emily Hamilton, E. Palestine, Ohio 3.00 Mrs. Elinor Stoller, Penn tp., Pa 5.00 U. 8., Pittsburgh 23.10 Mohawk Valley School, Alleghe.ny co. Pa. 19.00 Public School, Monongahela City, 12.10 Cash, Washington, Ohio 5.00 R. D. Brice 10.00 S. P. Kincaid, Canonsburg; Pa "Sam," Hartstown, • " .Mrs. E. Leeson, Serubgrass; " itobert Allen Cochran Allen, Balm, Mercer co., Pa.. Samuel Allen, « " " John Parks, R. Morrison, Jas. M'Cielland, " Jas. M'Gowan, it - 41 Mrs. iilartcy Vance, Frankfort Springs.... M.J. Bowman, West Newton; Pa. Mrs. Sarah Fitch, Foiawd, 0hi0..... _ _ Cash, sundries . . ' 61.90 U: P. church, Morning Sun, lowa 11.00 Cash 7.29 Amount received from April 1, 1863, ' to December 1,1863 $ 22,782.56 Amount received in January, 1864-- Amount received in February, 1863... Total acknowledgments to date $26,941.84 During the month the expenditures for stores, religious publications and expenses of fifteen del egates Sent to the army, have been $2,618.10. The following contributions of stores have been received during the month of February : 1 box of hospital stores , from Ladies' Aid Soci ety of Somerset., 1 box of hopital stores, from Soldiers' Aid Soci ety of Washington. • 180 pairs of woolen socks, from Ladies' Aid Society of West Alexandria, Washington county. 3 boxes, of hospital stores, from Ladies' Aid So -oiety of Erie. 58 pairs of woolen. socks, from Ladies' Aid SO cietY of Hickory. - .4 boxes of hospital stores, from Soldiers' Soci ety of New Galileo, Beaver county. 10 barrels of vegetables, from Soldiers' Aid So ciety of . New Castle. . • . 1 box of fruit, from Ladies' Aid' Society of Saltsburg and vicinity. 1 box of clothing, from Mt. Jackson Ladies' Aid Society, Lawrence county. 1. - box, from. Juvenile Aid Society of Mt. Jack son. . 1 box, from Juvenile AM Society of North Range No. 2.; Mt. Jackson:i , 1 box. of clothing, from Ladies' Aid Society - of Washington. 2 boxes of hospital stores, 'from Jersey, Union Aid Sooiety of Elizabeth township, Allegheny bounty. • 2 boxes of clothing, from Ladies of Union Ilan, Elizabeth township. 8 boxei of hospital stores, frorn.Ladies' Aid So ciety, Blairsville, Indisnacotinty. - • 1 laex., from Ladieb' Soldiers' Aid' Soolety of Saltsburg.`• 1 box do.,' from ladies of Ebenezer,'lndiana county. 1 box and 1 barrel of stores, from Ladies' Sol diers' Aid Society of Erie. 1 box, from Bethel Christian Commission, In - diens. county, -Pa. . 2 boxes of hospital stores, .from Soldiers' Aid . Society of Butler, Pa. 1 box do., from Ev. Lutheran church, Millers town,:Butler connty. 1 box of stores, from Soldiers' Aid Society of Rhnesburg, Clarion county. 1 box do., from - Ladies' Aid Society of Sharon, Beaver county. 1 box do., from Ladies' Aid Society of Dunlap's Creek, Merrittstown,.fayette county. 1 box danger, 1 barrel of canned fruit, 1 box dried fruit, 1 keg of whiskey, 1 pkg of books; 51 pairs drawer's, 72 pairs socks and. I box of `sundries, from let U. P. church, Pittsburgh. • 1 ,box of sundries, from Monongahela City Un ion Sehrool, Washington: county. 1 box of do., from Soldiers' AM Society of No blestoum and vicinity, Allegheny county. , 1 boi do., from Dayton Union Aid Society of Armstrong county. 5 pkgs books, from J. B. Canfield. 15 pairs of socks, from Mrs. S. Musser,. Can oesborg. 10 pkgs; from Mrs. A. M. Wallingford. - I. box of clothing, from Soldiers' Society of Buena Vista, Allegheny county; 18 boxes from. U. 8- C. C., Philadelphia. Also contributions i of clothing and books from Mrs. Biddle Roberts, Mrs. Cole, Mrs. Laverty, - Mrs. 0 RiPpey, Mrs. Curling, Grace M'Cutcheon, Miss L.:Craid, MAL ,Kennedy, Mrs. Denny, Mrs. W. S. Haveit, Mrs. Edw.. Rohm, Mrs. George Woolen shirts,,drawers, and socks, linen and muslin , rags and bandages, fresh peaches and to matoes in cans; are most needed at present . The following articles have been shipped to armies during the past month: Shirts,. f1anne1,..... 4101 " muslin 175 1 Drawersoroolercpii,3lol cotton, " 115 Socks, prs 863 Housewives 236 Arm-Slings 166 Towels 51 Bolls Of muslin—. 175 Bandages, yd 5,.... 1,500 Mittens,:prs. 73 Handkerchiefs 285 Pressing-gowns 22 Pilloars ' - 27 pra ' 13 Pads' ' 183 Psalm-800k5,:... 2,400 Testaments 830 Hymn-Books 1,785 Soldiers' blis,sm'llB,4oo ..large, 120 Eapers, pages--. 72,075 Tracts, ; - " .... 11 1 68 0 Writing paper,rm. 35 Envelopes 5,000 The, demand for stores and reading -matter, continues extremely urgentt - froM every part of the army. Not only have the regular fields of the Christian Conuniesion work to be supplied, in every part, butt*, continually extending its to whlth the shme attention: meat be paid, re-. quire,renewed energy' on the part of our Chris.. ttan p4blio Ministers,* also greatly needed am delegates to" either army. Applications, with testimonials of 'character and adaptation to the. work, may be-made to the Treasurer. Nasals:. ries are paid,,but the Conuniseir bpara-all:,:ex7 3 ti Mores ishoiddlie sent to W.' P. Weirnan, 2.86 3.00 50 x.OO 2.00 1.00 .. 1.00 1.00 .00 1.00 4.00 2.00 1.00 ii io ' 2,275.48 1,033.80. Fruit, in cans.-- 85/ ' , E dried, 1b5.... 497 Batter; lbs 840 Cond. milk, qrts... 45 Farina, lbs . 96 Corn starch, lbs... 40. Sago, lbs . 30 iHoarhonnd, 1b5..... 34 IClelatint, lbs - 12 Extracts, lbs - 72 Cliicken soup, lbs.. 86 Honey, lbs 40 Potatoes, bus OniollB. bum 30 Beets " ' - 17 Pickles, - 85,000 Sugar, lbs • 400, Tea, "—.. . . .... 10 Prunes, lbs... . 75 Wine, qts 31 Brandy, qts 45' Whiskey, qui ' 160 I Crutzbes, pre -100 Crutch tops • 50 • I-'. 1;6 Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh. Ca.h tions to Joseph Albree, Treasurer, NI, 1 1 , ' Street, Pittsburgh. Presbyterial, Thee PRESBYTERY OF SCILUYLER is Prairie City, 111. , on Thursday, 1864, at 2/- o'clock Commi9sioner s ' run ; nine cents per member of each ehzrel, THOMAS S. VAILL, Stated C:el.3 ' The PRESBYTERY OF ALLEGFIENV stands adjourned to meet on the tiret Tut,k-fi•,7 April. The place of meeting is ehurc,hy Allegheny City, the hour 11+ Pastors aittl the Sessions of Intean t,churelit. i . ti required - to present foil statistical reports f0r,,.;; past year; as these are the materials free' the State& Clerk forms the Presbyterial 1.14,-;; to the General Asset:ably. 'WM. ANNAN- .Stated Clerk The PRESBYTERY OF KASKASFAA meet in the Pleasant Ridge church near Cy '" MO April 7th, at 2 o'clock P. M. ALFRED N. DENNY, s c The PRESBYTERY OF ERIE will 1 ,, t , West Greetiville on the second Teestla.F April, at •Ti o'clock P. M. Narrative s of State of Religion, Statistical Reports, and - missioners! Fund, will be called for. S. 3. M. EATON, S. C. • The PRESBYTERY OF BLATBSVILLE meet according'to adjournment, at Coogruiiy, the second Tuesday of April, at 2 o'clock P. • JAMES DAVIS, The PRESBYTERY OF DUBUQUE will met. (Des Volente) at Epworth, the Second of April (1.2 t h) at 3 o'clock P. M. Assessment on the_churches, for cominisiA,,„ die Fund, at the rate of ten cents per mew,: JOHN M. BOGGS, Stated Cler:; Oturrent ROIL The War.—Gen. Sherman has retureed his entire force, to Vickeburg, after having sp r , a ,, consternation throughout the entire part r. l country in Which lais march was Great damage was done to the enemy's raiirr, u , and line of communication. The return of it expedition after having reached Meridia n a y approached Selina, is attributed to the fAilim l Gen. Smith's cavalry to unite with this Last week Gen. Kilpatrick led a most valry raid froth the army of the Potorm.e, WL. ' destroyed 40 miles of railroad in the rout. of Gt., Lee, and penetrated within the defences of mond. The expedition was divided for die re-- pose of attacking Richmond on two side-, ni same time to release our prisoners. Bsz• onel Dahlgren, who led one of them, led out of the way by a negro, who was terwards hanged, was unable to make his ur n ,. : at the same time with that of Geu. Thus both failed, and the result of the fair was a want of success. About. l;f1 of cs men belonging to Dahlgren's command were 't hen prisoners, and it. was supposed that :hi- L. , been the file of Col. Do'llgren himself, escape is now reported. Great consiertiaii prevailed at Richmond, and had the mtqc::= both sides of the city been simultaneous. our soners 'would in all probability been freed. Colonel Streight and three other officers Tit? hidden in Richmond a week after their from Libby Prison, in the house of Mrs. fir e ; Since that time sbe herself has arrived at Wf t , , . ington,' having fled for fear of arrest. C.,1:01 . ., Streight . has made a statement to the Milli:: Committee detailing the cruelties and priv,.ii to which our poor prisoners are subjected, will excite intense feeling throughout the wt country. Gart. Seyinour's deplorable defeat in Florida r: stilted in 760 killed and badly wounded, in :lei tion to several hundred slightly wounded. a: some prisoners. "Some apprehension was felt a few dayP lest . a sudden rebel' attack should be nialt Norfolk. But nothing of the kind has yet trar.- pired. A letter...froze the army in Texas, says the habitants of Indianola and Old Town, ali,p huared in nuinber, have voluntary esme 7. ward and taken the oath of allegiance. _ Jeff. Davis has assigned Gen. Bragg, the unfortunate of all his officers, to duty at El.' . mond, charged, as the order says. ssita -conduct of military operations in the the Confederacy." The post is only create;; - him as a sort of refuge for one of the rebel Pr:-- ident's personal favorites; and the rebel rap. are all busy grinning at the appointment. going over the "melancholy bead-roll" of -- teats of which Bragg has been the hero, aril : which he has been crowned with such hont.l:-: Jeff. Da3718 oan give. But let Bragg rejoice his new ,field of inaction. He has made his retreat; he has had his last defeat. The Secretary of War has appointed Comr sioners to visit camps where rebel prisoners.... confined, for the purpose •of administering • oath of allegiance under the Amnesty Proci;: - _ - . Lion. Gen. Hunter has arrived in Washington fr.: the West, with the finding of the commi::si,]n inquiry into the conduct of Gens. Itos.centr- M'Cook, Crittenden and Negley. Although first three mentioned officers are not pronout."i altogether blameless, the commission does recommend any' further proceedings agn::,- them. Nothing was found to sustain the elrar2 against Gen. Negley. Our`advange has been withdrawn from Linn Hill to Ringgold. The rebel furnaCes at Ati.ur have stopped running for want of coal. Advit!- from Knoxville, of the sth inst., say that Let_ street is supposed to be at Greenville. It is stated that an order to retreat from C , - tysburg after-the first day's fight was prn,s.. before the Committee on the Conduct of the 1 1 ;:r to have been given by. General Meade before reached Gettysburg, upon the supposition !lit: the 'enemy advanced upon him for the purpose giving him battle. General Meade had selects'. favorable ground some miles East of Get tysburf . upon which he meant to await the approach the rebel army, and directed troops in adrim. to fall back to it. Upon reaching Gettyshu::: however, he satisfied himself of the superiori . : of the - position held by our troops, deternino to give battle: from it, and countermandei Ehc previous orders. In Louisiana the whole. Free State tickt.l been elected by an overwhelming and an tin , pectedly large vote was given. The elece:: - . passed off 'without tumult of any kind, the interest and eitthimiasm manifested surpas-y. any, previously Exhibited here, and preeented.: striking contrast to those held under the Tt::,;, regime, before the war. The result, is a great triumph for the Ircc- State 'party and tor - the Administration. vote will be nearly three-tenths as large ae one east at the last Presidential election, only one-tenth was necessary to bring back State into the Union. Congreasional.—The bill creating a Lieaa:- ant General, as soon, as passed, was sigma the President, and afterwards Gen. Gran s . : , ‘ nominated to this high. office, and confirmed the Senate. Gen. Grant is the only one, es'-: Washington; ever elevated to this grade in country. Gen. Scott is only Lieutenant GEL ' by brevet. Gen. Grant's pay will be between • 000 and $14,000 per annum. The remarks L,T New-York Tribune on this appointment, are tt thy of being heeded by all the people: It " Now that"the work is done, we most res . !" fully suggest that the conduct of the war, 'the. President, ..be committed absolutely to Lieutenant General, and that we all—Conn' , Cabinet, and the Press—Republicans and Tic' crate, Conservatives and Radicals—take licht strengthen his hands for the immense respol: bility.devolved upon him. Let him not potted nor embarrassed in his work, eithel . : speeches' or articles, advice or criticism, Or.: 'we shall have given him a fair trial. .proveis a do-nOthiag; a hang-back, a MiStake• us in due time unite to get rid of him : Met him have a fair chance to prove that the man for his work. Let him not he nonr" ed for one miscarriage, if there shall he W.. • generously - trusted and sustained until he have decisively shown that he can or eann.'r down'the rebellion.. Then let us act as the: of the Nation shall dictate; but until then : remember in his behalf Stonewall Jackson •-• sage to his superior, `Send me more Llea n fewei crliters:s'3' - G in arket troi l ee D d avi t s o , t S h e e n a s t e o n r a f t r e ei as K t e w n e tt: .. graveiy resolgton.preposing:an amendment to tie .stitption, which provides: First—NO n t '- 7' , Persons whose mother or grandmother ored blood, shall be citizens of the tnire or eligible to any civil or military Any place of _trust or profit under atittes. Sem:lnd—That the States of Maine
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