Vrtsblitrin Nanntr. eIIISSUBSE, VEDRESDAY, JUNE 16, 1864. THE LAST GENERAL ASSEMBLY. The last General Assembly was a remark able one. But few, if any, of its predeces- Sere will occupy a more important place in the history of our Church. Future gen erations of ministers and elders will ren der thanksgivings to God for some of the deliverances. of that body. Their memory Will not perish. Nor do we see how the proceedings in such a crisis as the, present could have been otherwise than notable when we consider the elements of which that Assembly was composed. In it.were found leading men of long and varied ex perienoe, and ministers and laymen whose ability and influence are not surpassed. One of the members, the venerable and loved Rev. Dr. ELLIOTT, had been a mem ber of the Assembly of 1814; another, the Rev. J. D. PAXTON, D.D., whose labo rious and useful life has nearly ended, was a member of the Assembly of 1816, and also of that of 1818, and voted for the fa mous action of that year on the subject of slavery. In company with these were Drs. KREBS, BREOKINRIDGE, (W. 1A.,) BEATTY, BACKUS, J. T.,) MUSGRAVE, RICE, and others who for many years have occupied high and commanding positions in our Church Courts: Among tfie laymen who adorned this Assembly, were Judges RYER SON, MATTHEWS, and LINN, War. RAN KIN, Jr., Esq., and Messrs. ROBERT CAR TRR, WALKER, WALLACE, and BELKNAP. There was a far more than the usual num ber of men of age and experience. To these were added many in the full vigor and. prime of middle life. While there WAS also a fair representation of the young men in the ministry and eldership, whose work and warfare are mostly before them, but who have warm hearts and strong arms. So that taken altogether, this was an As sembly not liable to do any thing rashly, which would not agree to any unnecessary innovations, and in whose calm judgment the highest confidence may be placed. It was not a body of men which could be in fluenced or led, except by the' highest and purest motives. From the very first it was evident that there was present a highly devotional spirit. More than the usual amount of time was spent in devotional services. And the blessed effects of this were felt in the com mittees, in the debates, in the decisions of questions of vast importance, and in the arrangements'for the future. Some of the discussions, as every careful reader of even the condensed reports must have observed, were distinguished for great power. And while there was most intense earnestness, yet a remarkably kind and conciliatory spirit pervaded almost every speech. ,But few similar assemblages have less in word or spirit, for which regret could be after- wards felt. Where such a feeling and man ner prevailed, only the happiest results could be brought about, as every unpreju diced mind must admit actually took place. The action on Slavery was of an exceed ingly harmonious character, and is fully up to all • men . _. it is a paper which will ever re matn.historioal. Though in 'the Assembly *ere members from Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri, bdt three voted in the negative. And none could summon courage to slink in opposition. Judge MATTHEWS, who was appointed by the Committee on Bills and Overtures to prepare the paper, has done a service for which posterity, as well as the present generation, will thank him. The subject of Ministerial Support was taken up in good earnest by the Elder ship, and if the laymen present represent ed in any good degree the purpose of their brethren in the Church, something will certainly be speedily done whereby the shame and reproach of inadequate ministe rial support will be wiped away from the churches. This cannot be done too soon. Many most excellent and laborious pas tors are at this moment reduced to the greatest straits, owing to the high prices of all the necessaries of life, and their small and irregularly paid salaries. Thepleasures taken for the education, Christianization and relief of the Vreed men, must commend themselves to every pions heart, and to every philanthropist. They have • suffered much, and it is high time for them to receive much. It will be noticed that the Audibly fully endorsed the operations initiated by the Board of Domestic Missions for repossess ing our churches in the South and sup plying the people With the Gospel, as our armies advance in subduing the rebellion. The rebuke administered to the memorial its of the Louisville. Presbytery, who asked the Assembly to censure the Board and re voke its action in seeking permission from the Secretary of War to occupy tempora rily our churches in the recovered terri tory, was most significant. The 'Revised Book of Discipline was handed over to the next General Assembly. But an able and skilful Committee was ap pointed to prepare a new book of Psalmody for the Church. This is an undertaking of no small magnitude, involving much time, labor, and expense. Yet it is one of the most important works with which any Com mittee of the Church can be entrusted. The case of Dr. PiIePREETEns occupied the greater part of five days—much too long. The facts of the case are familiar to all who have read our reports. Before the Assembly, Dr. MOPHEETERS placed him self on the broad ground of having the right to continue his pastorate even against the will of a large minority of hie people —without praying for the preservation of his Government, for the success of our arms, and for the suppression -of the rebel lion, and without it being known whether he was in favor of Secession, or of the preservation of the Union. Where the Des sympathies are, notwithstanding all his al: leged amiability of character, no one who heard him, or who has read his speeches before the Assembly, can doubt. The only thing that threw dust in the eyes of many of those who voted to sustain his, appeal was, that he and his friends insisted that he should have had charges preferred fore the dissolution of the pastoral rela tion; whereas the Presbytery, to preserve the Church and restore harmony, if possi ble, had acted in its administrative capac ity, dissolving the connection for the good of the church and the honor of religion— a proceeding certainly, within its power, and the propriety of which it alone could determine. Here, then, was the point made * by those who voted to sustain the complaint of Dr. MOPHEETERB, viz.: the difference between an administrative act and a judicial act. One of the most effective speeches de livered in modern times in an ecclesiasti cal body, was the reply of Dr. MusonA. - vE to Dr. RICE, on this MOPHEETEES case. To appreciate it fully, the time the cir cumstances, and . the precise connection, should have been witnessed. Those who were present will never forget the over whelming force with which Di. MUSGRAVE completely prostrated Dr. Rms. Nor must we fail to mention the kindness and cordiality manifested by the Assembly toward other bodies, and reciprocated fully by them. The reso lutions concerning a closer connection between this General Assembly and that which met at Dayton; Ohio, will de light many hearts which long for the res toration of the severed bonds. And meas ures which were begun outside of the As sembly, having for their object.the drawing closer together of the hearts of ministers and people of the two great branches, will probably do more than even the actions of both Assemblies, toward producing, in the end, the. desired result. May every succeeding General Assembly make as noble a record as the last ! TILE TRUE PRESBYTERIAN ON VIE GEN ERAL ASSEMBLY. The True Presbyterian, edited by Dr. STUMM ROBINSON, who is in Canada for his country's good, and published in Lou isville by one A. DAVIDSON, is greatly ex ercised about the late General Assembly. Last week it gave us its views of the ac tion of the Assembly on slavery, promis ing in its nest issue to edify us in its own peculiar style on the ease of Dr. MONIER TBRS. In our present number we will endeavor to present the views of this misnamed " Trite Presbyterian" with respeot to the former matter.' . For some time the editor of the true Presbyterian has been anticipating some outrage on the part of our venerable As sembly, as is evident when he says : " We have been anticipating, ever since the beginning of the system of an annual political platform-xnaking in our General Assembly, that sooner or later that High Court would become an instrument for ac complishing the purposes of - the Semi-infi del Abolitionism which has ruined the State." Still he did noftbinkthe atrocious crime of declaring slavery to be an " evil and a guilt," would be perpetrated' so soon, for he declares : "We had not anticipated that, in the -lifetime of the men who participated in the struggleland in the triumph over radi aal New-EnLlam_.= in_ 1837-4 '0 Ammo nd_ q• - e'brai would not only enact slavery to be an "evil and a guilt," but also become the eulogist and subservi ent ally of a political party whose head openly proclaims the duty of violating the Constitution in order to preserve it Nor is he at all satisfied that the main speeches in its favor were made by two learned Judges and Rev. Dr. Rios, the last of whom he dismisses with commissera- tion: " With the exception of a short speech of Dr. RIDE, (Wining his position, which will surprise and humiliate his old friends, and - some very unimportant words from such men as Drs. NEVIN, JUNRIN, and MUSGRAVE, who of course could not allow an Assembly to do a notorious thing with out appending their names to it in some way, the addresses of these two judicial politicians were the sum total of the argu ment!' • That " conservative men" did not op pose or enter a protest, is almost inexplica ble, and he charitably supposes them to have permitted their fedzs to bave un manned them. Concerning this he speaks on this wise: " It is particularly worthy of notice, too, that not a word of debate or of protest on the minutes was uttered by the conserva tive men in the House, though notoriously not a few such were there. Either because dumb-founded at the amazing folly • and wickedness, or crushed by the violence of the outside popular excitement about the battles in Virginia so skilfully turned to account by the Jacobins in the Assembly on every occasion, or in hopeless grief and despondency, they permitted the whole case to go by default." The dooument itself is considered a hor rible one. In his estimation, "The warp and woof of the whole pa per is heathenish, not Scriptural in its spirit. Its matter and manner are those of a political platform to catch the popular vote, not those of a solemn deliverance touching Christian duty, from a court of Christ. * * In the light of this utter ance of 1864, the history of our Church for forty years previous becomes the histo ry of a base, cowardly sham and hypocrisy, and her noblest leaders, living and 'dead, are in effect branded as imposters." He eschews the idea that slavery is the, cause of the present war, as declared by the Assembly, and relieves himself after' this fashion : "That slavery is the cause of the war is true in no sense. that does not equally in clude the cotton, sugar, rice, and tobacco fields of the South, and indeed property of all sorts, as causes of the war. And this jumping to the conclusion that therefore slavery is an evil and. guilt,' is just as wild a jump as if the Assembly had de clared the possession of any sort of prop erty ant evil and guilt,' and enjoined t bay ing all things in common' as a Christian duty. Did the Assembly -of 1864 expect Christian men to accept the partisan slang and aophistries wherewith pettifogging poll ticians--be they 'Judges' or 'Reverends' —seek to gloss over that infernal greed,, that lust of domination, that inborn faith PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.---WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15. i 864.. compacts, the ignorance of any law and right but the law of the strongest, and that utter godlessness which, have run riot in New-England an& its dependencies for twenty years past ? Did that Asiembly suppose that a great lie may become a truth becaise of the myriad asseverations of it by subsidized presses, venal politicians and a conscienceless clergy ?" • But his confined limits would not allow him room enough, and be subsides thus, after using up four mortal , columns : " Oar space, at, present, forbids a full discussion of this infamous paper, but abundant opportunity will occur hereafter, for the exposure of its shallow sophisms and villanous spirit. The whole practical import of the paper is, that the end justi fies the means,' and that we may ' devil that good may come.' Being a little apprehensive, After that his language might be characterized as violent, he offers this apology, advising at its close another secession and another schism "This will seem extraoidinary linguage in reference to a deliverance of the Gen eral Assembly, by our amiable, moderate brethren. All we have now to say is, that the action is extraordinary, smacking of the pot-house caucus more than the Court of Christ ; the excitement of the times is extraordinary, and requires extraordinary methods of speech. Nothing else can convey tolonest Christians an idea of the singular enormity of this outrage on Chris tian liberty and common sense, or arouse the people to the extraordinary danger to civil and religious liberty involved in it. We ex hort every Presbytery, every church, every Christian man, to stand aloof from the Assembly of 1864, that could perpetrate such a folly and wickednesi." - But in another place in this same issue, he rather dissuades from .any open ne t ts of secession from the Church just now, but advises the do-nothing policy, and intimates that the probably approaching union be tween the Old and New School Assemblies, may afford an opportunity for the-accom plishment of the dark designs of himself and hilt fellow-conspirators " Under these circumstances, whatever ought ultimately to be done in the matter, it seems to us that at present nothing can wisely be - done, beyond what is necessary to absolve ourselves in, the eyes of the world from all-respensibility for the recent folly and wickedness, by simply master ly inactivity,' standing aloof from the Gen eral Assembly, declining to attend its meetings, to uphold its agencies or to sup port those who aid and abet its new deliv erance, until we have assurances that the Assembly will Tetrad it. "For many considerations we are in clined to think that the time has not yet come for any positive action by the con servative fragment of the Old School Pres byterian Church. It is very possible that the movement fora reunion with the New School, taking back the testimony of 1837, may open a great and effectual door' to those laboring to restore the Church. Whether so or not, there had better*be careful thonght and consultation among all the friends of a free Christian Common- . tive_movement—is_ made, and let whatever is done, be done with united action." When the True Presbyterian (?) gives its views of the MOPHEETERS ease, we will endeavor to supply our readers with some of the 'delicious morsels it will un= doubtedly afford. JACOBUS' NOTES ON THE GOSPELS The Notes of Dr. JACOBUS on the Gos pels have been re-published by W. OIa ?RANT & CO., in. Edinburgh, Scotland. Of them the Covenanter,-published in Bel fast, Ireland, thus speaks : " These Notes on the Gospels of MARK and LUKE, by Professor JACOBUS ' of 'Amer ica, are brief but comprehensive ; lucid, ju• dimous, and throughout evangelical in KR timent, and practical. The author shows himself to be well acquainted' with sacred criticism. He often brings out clearly the force of expressions in the original, and shows himself to be well acquainted with the objections of modern rationalists against the Gospel narrrative. We regard JACO- Elm' Notes as immeasurably superior to those of another American expositor,_ AL BERT BARNES, on the same portion of the Scriptures, and consider them highly use ful to parents, Sabbath 'School teachers, and' others who may be called to study critically the Divine Word. The excel lent publishers have done a service to the cause of true religion by issuing, in the most accurate style by which all their pub jications are distingtished, this first Brit ish edition of this 'valuable commentary. The Sources of Ministerial Suecessr—The last number of the National Preacher-has a sermon on this subject by Rev. Runs W. CLARK, P.D., in which ho enumerates the following sources or dements of minis terial success: 1. The preacher of: the Gospel must have his mind stored with knowledge of Divine truth. 2. Another element of the preacher's success lies in presenting truth to his audience in its ar gumentative and doctrinal forms.. 3. It is essential to the preacher's BllCcess that - he present the truths of the Gospel in their systematic affinities and harponious rela tions. 4. It is also essential to the, suc cessful preacher, that he cordially believe and love the truths and practice the com mands that he inculcates upon other's. 5. The minister of the Gospel must feel his dependence upon the agency of the Holy S • irit for success in his work. r The Pittsburgh Sanitary Fair.—This Fair for the benefit of our sick and wounded soldiers did not Close last week, as had been antioipated by some, but continues open, and•will probably do so until the end of the week. It has been happily free from the objectionable features which have been displayed in some other places. The best of order has. prevailed, and both at tendants and visitors have striven to make everything agreeable and profitable. The Oratorio of the Messiah, on Saturday night, was a great success. It is now estimated that before the termination of the week, the proceeds will amount to between $300,- 000 and $326,000. Privite linisten to.the Afflicted.—Ta the most prsiseivorthy efforts made in a public way for the aid of sick and wounded col soldiers let us not forget the many who mourn in secret. In every village and neighborhod there are those whose hearts are ready to break because of the fallen, or because of intensest anxiety for those now exposed on the field of battle. Pass not by them. Speak to them words of Christian comfort and. encouragement. Cheer their dwellings with your presence. Lead them to him who binds up the broken-hearted, who is the widow's stay and the orphan's guide. And when necessary, supply with a liberal hand food and raiment, that those who have given those dearest to them for their country may;not suffer. NEWS OF THE CHURCHES AND MINISTERS. PRESBYTERIAN. Old Sekeol.—The pecuniary embarrass ments with which the Fifth .Presbyterian church of Cincinnati has so long been en cumbered, have been provided for; so that the church is now out of debt. This ar rangement wipes out the last church debt in our connection in this city. The Rev. a B. Stewart, who has accepted the call of the Fifth church, and has jist com menced his pulpit labors, has a good pros pea of usefulness before him. Rev. D. X. Junkin, D.D., has received a call from the North Presbyterian s church of Chicago, which has been accepted. .Rev. John Johnston, formerly . settled over the First Presbyterian church in Jer sey City, N. J., died on the 4th .of May at Moffatt, Scotland, in the 80th year of his age. Rev. W. C. Anderson, D.D., who spent last Summer in -Pennsylvania and Ohio, where he is so Well' known, _and so gregly beloved bift who sometime ago returned to California, has written a letter to the Pres- Niter, the closing part of which we quote, since it will interest his - many friends among our readers.: " It is well I returned when I did, but I cannot remain long.. To live permanently separated from wife and children and friends, ii simply wicked, and it is a sin of which ddn't intend to be long guilty. Should Mr. Bayless' health permit him to take my place, even temporarily, you may expect me to step inte your sanctum early in the Summer. '; He is now daily expect ed from Honolulu, and the _reports regard ing his health are all - favorable • and this time I must leave, free from all Aligations to return. I amctoo old, and the voyage too long to repeat often. - • " What my cocked will be at the East, is not yet determined—perhaps spend a good deal of time in the- army through the U. S. Sanitary Commission, or perhaps settle down in some quiet little church where the labor will be suited to my strength. But no use to speculate—man proposes and God disposes.,, The Rev. E. L. Belden has resigned the pastoral charge of the church at Muscatine, lowa, and has engaged to supply the church at Fairfield, lowa. • • Rev. J. R. Hamilton, pastor of the churches of Sturgeonville, Girard, and Westminster, Presbytery of Erie, has re signed his charge, to continue in his place as a chaplain of the United States Army. Rey. T. G: Scott has resigned the charge of the church of Oorinth,' Presbytery of Steubenville, on account of ill health. -- tic - iiigregatioliiii mooting ton church, West Philadelphia, held on Tuesday evening last, the salary of the pas tor, - Rev. J. Addison 'Henry; was increased fifty per cent. Thls is an opportune act. Everything that :a clergyman needs to bny costs from fifty to one hundred per cent. more than before the war, and in most cases we doubt not titan an advance of pay is really necessary. . Rev. Prentiss de Veuve, pastor : elect, has entered upon his ditties in the Germantown Second church. It is the church of which the late Rev. Robert Taylor was pastor, and is beautifully located NM NeboOl.—Rev. Thomas Street, late of York, Pa., was 'installed pastor of the North Presbyterian church New-York, on the 24th ult. The services mere conducted by a Committee, consisting of Dr. S. H. Cox, Dr. S. D. Burchard, Dr. Bell, Dr. W. W. Newell, and the Rev. R. R. Booth. We learn from the Presbytery Reporter that Illinois Presbytery has a rule requir ing ministers that are absent and churches not represented, to report by letter the rea sons for non-attendance, which reasons are to be placed on the minutes. A very ex cellent arrangemer4 There is but one settled pastor in the bounds of the Presbytery of Delaware. United.—At the meeting of the General Assembly, the Committee on Systematic Beneficence reported. Their report Was adopted. It is as follows: The amount necessary to carry forward successfully the different operations of the Church as estimated by your Boards is as follows : Foreign Missions, $00,000; Freedmen's fission, :$20,000; Publication, $3,000; California. Mission, 64,000 ; Education, $2 000 • Church 'Exteneion, 62 000.• This sum may seem large, even burden some to the • people. But, when, it is care fully compared with the numerical strength and financial resources of .the Church, it will seem a very small and ungrateful res turn to God for the liberal bounties of his providence, and greater riches of his grace. Rev. Samuel Collins, of Madison, Ind. preached to a large congregation in Dr Gurley's church, Washington City, on Sab bath. This was the first United Preshyte rian sermon deliyired in the metropolis. The United Preskyterian says : We have received the gainful intelli gence of the death of Rev. S. F. Vanatta, at Vicksburg, May' 30th. He was among the first and most efficient of our mission aries to the freedmen. Ho had been se verely wounded by giferrillas, but had re covered and was actively engaged in his labors, when arrested by` disease and death. His loss will be severely felt by the mission, and indeed by the whole Church, of which he was one of the best ministers. The new church at Sewickleyville Pa., was dedicated to the worship of God, last Sabbath. Preaching in the porning by Rev. John T. Pressly, D.D.;. afternoon .by Rev. J. 33. Clark ; evening by Rev. Mr. Locke, of the Mahedist Church. Large congregations were in attendance, CONGREGATIONAL. A short - tibia - Tag°, - a Congregational 'church was 'organized in Philadelphia, at which the Rev. Henry Ward Beeoher and other prominent clergymen of that denomi nation officiated. The larger part of the persons uniting in this enterprise, were formerly connected with the First Reformed Dutch church in that city, but who left it after Mr. Smiley, a Methodist, who had been called to the pastorate of that church had failed to establish his orthodoxy as held by the Reformed Dutch Church. These persons who formed a majority Of the church, then voted themselves out of it, and attempted to take the church property along with them, but this was prevented by an appeal to the Civil Courts. At one time there was a strong tendency with this disaffected portion toward the German Re formed Church, but they have finally land ed in Congregationalism. This change ta ken in connection with the manner in which it was brought about, does not seem very acceptable to order-loving Congrega tionalists. The Congregationalist thinks that the hasty reception of this church was an a unfortunate circumstance," and adds the following suggestive remarks "It has happened before in other cities, that churches and, parties: who could not live happily in other communions, have . walked in at our too easily opened door, and have made us everlastinc , sorrow by their presence. We know nothing of the histo ry of this particular case ; but it would have been a great gain in some other cases, if it had been seasonably made known that Congregationalism is not no-government, and does not offer itself indisitriminately to restless spirits ,as their eFelesiastieal elysium." The largest meeting of Baptist ministers and prominent laymen ever held in this country, has closed its sessions in Philadel phia. :It is the "Jubilee year".of the American Baptist Missionary Union—the foreign missionary organization of the de nomination. When it was. organized in Philadelphia fiftyyears age, the denomina-• tion in this country was weak and small only some 200p00 members. Now it num bers a million of regular communicants. In the last fifty/years the Baptists have raised and paid for benevolent objects, such as foreign,and home missions, Bible cause, &c., the sum of $15,577,929—0ver fifteen and a half millions of dollars. The anniversary exercises of the Mis sionary Union this week, extended through three full days. Special' papers upon the early history of missionary operations, the development of the benevolent principle, EduCational Institutions, the literature of ' the denainination, &c., &c.;were presented, and will appear in a memorial volume, soon to be printed. The receipts for the year were $135,515.25. -The Home Missionary Society, like the foreign, has had a very prosperous year. The receipts were upwards of $72,000. Rev. Dr. Ide, of Mass., preached a thrilling ser mon on the freedmen of the war, and Rev.. Dr. Baker, of N. Y., one upon the work of home evangelization. Upon motion of Rev. Dr. Fish, of N. J.; supported by a plea for expansion, the Bpard of Managers were au .thorized to graduate its appropriations after the scale of $150,000. The American Baptist publication Soei elety received and expended the past year the sum of $31,100. The Annual Ser mon was preached by Rev. Dr. Hague, of Mass., upon the truth as the strength of the Church. f Pr The American and Foreign Bible Socie . ty reported over $30,000 ,receipts. On Thuisday morning a scene of rare interest occurred. It was determined to gather on the spot a fund as a Jubilee me morial, or thank offering for God's good ness the past fifty years, to be expended in reinforcing our missions abroad. First, names began to be given for a thousand dollars; then for $500; then for smaller sums, until the gifts reached the sum of $20,000. In the evening the opportunity was continued, and the amount was brought up to $35,000. The late General Conference made one or two slight, additions to the section of the Discipline treating of the order of pub lic worship. These additions are inclosed in brackets: 4. In administering the sacraments and in the burial of the dead, let our form of ritual invariably be used. Let the Lord's prayer also be used on all oeeaiions of pub lic worship in concluding the long prayer, [the congregation being exhorted to join in its audible repetition. >Let a doxology be sung at the conclusion of each service], and the apostolic benediction be [invaria bly] used in dismissing the congregation. [5: Let the people be earnestly exhorted to join in all these acts of worship, and es pecially to respond to the prayers of our ritual.] The three new Bishops elected by tile last General Conference were taken di rectly from editorial chairs. Dr. D. W. Clark, who received the highest vote vas editor of the Ladies' Repository, at Cin cinnati' Ohio, a religious and literary monthly of- considerable merit and. large eireulation. He is a native of the State of Maine, a graduate of Wesleyan University of the class of 1836, a member of 'the New-York Annual Conference, and a little over fifty years of -age. Physically, he is a man of good proportions, slightly tend ing to fulness of habit, florid complexion, and red.hair. Dr. Edward Thompson, who received the next highest vote, has been, during the past four years, editor of the Christian Advoccite and Journal. He was born in England, but was brought to this country by his parents while an infant. He is about fifty-five, in stature below the middle height, spare, with a general aspect of physical frailty. Calvin (an anomalous name for a Metho dist Bishop) Kingsley, the last chosen, has been since 1856 the editor of The Western Christian Advocate, and previously, for a time, Professor in Allegheny College, at Meadville, Pa. He is a native of New- York State, about fifty, stout and compactly built, and of medium size, with a profusion of coal-black hair. The three editorial vacancies thus created were re.supplied as follows': That of the Christian Advocate and Journal was given to Rev. Daniel Curry, D.D., of New-York. The Western Church Advocate, at Cincin nati, was committed to Rev. Dr. Reid, President of Genesee College, at Lima, New-York; and the Ladies' Repository was assigned to Rev. L W. Wiley, of New ark, formerly missionary in China, after wards principal of the Seminary at Pen nington, New-Jersey. EPISCOPAL. It is amazing how oomplacently many. Episcopalians of the most exelusite cast look' upon all indications of closer.: union among Christian denominations, as likely BAPTIST. METHODIST. to inure to the advantage of their own Church in an especial manner. Tire editor of the (Munch Jouritai com.. ments upon the growing breadth of Chris tian feeling, and the disposition of the va rious denominations to concede immaterial differences, and fondly concludes that the fact argues what 'he is pleased to call " a development of a tendency to return. to the Church." The ground taken, of course, is that all Christian denominations grew out of the one form called Episcopal; and the comfortable conclusion is, that as the "pet peculiarities" of the various other forms drop away, " all the substance of true religion will tend more and more to ward the Church"—that is, that we shall all become Episcopalians !. Rev. Dr. Gallaudet, rector of St. Ann's church for deaf mutes, N: Y., held a special service for deaf mutes some nights since at St. Peter's Episcopal church, Pittsburgh. At the conclusion of his address he stated that the first instruction for the benefit of this class of persons was established by his fath er in Hartford, Conn., in 1817, since which twenty-five to thirty similar institutions have been established in this country. It is estimated that there are about forty deaf mutes in Allegheny County, Pa. ROMAN CATHOLIC. Bishop Lynch, of Toronto, formerly a Romanist priest in Buffalo, has issued a manifesto to the clergy of. his kind in Ire land, to discourage emigration from that country. He says that the. Irish emigrant awakes from his blissful dreams when he touches our shores, to find that;'" he must seek.food by facing the Serried armies, of the South, while the mass of the young girls who arrive with the same fond hopes of perpetual sanshine, find themselves driv en to accept employment in the very houses which they ought to shun- as pest-houses, and before many years are so altered in their natures that such places alone are fitting for them." The advantages and disadvantages to us of immigration, will -not, probably be much affected by this statement; because the means of its contradiction are, palpable. It is not quite plain what the writer Means about the girls, unless eight or ten dollars a month in Protestant families, with living such as, at home, they only associated with the habits of nobility, be what they ought to shun. There is no class of working peo ple who are less expo.sed to vice, necessari ly, than the it servant girls of this country; and it is more than probable, that those who become abandoned brought with them the propensities and even the habits of a former life of degradation. As to the men, if Bishop -Lynch does• not know that labor 'was, never paid so highly in any country as it is here at present, he is unfit for his position by lack of - common intelli gence. If an Irishman chooses to be a sol dier, he can got a year's wages in advance as bounty; if he prefers to labor, he can get nearly twice the pay he could a year ago, at any avocation he understands. Resolutions Adopted by the Trustees of the Clarksville Institute. WHEREAS, It has pleased God to remove from our midst our highly esteemed friend, Prof. J. M. Coulter, mho departed this life May 2d, 1864; therefore, Resolved, That his death is a great loss, as well as painful affliction, both to us as an institution, and to his numerous friends here and elsewhere. Resolved, That in the death of Mr. Coul ter we have lost a young man of high prom ise, who was yet in the morning of life, and apparently in the beginning of his usefulness; one who had greatly endeared himself, not only to the Trustees and stu dents of Clarksville Institute, but to all who knew him in this village and Resolved, That in his death we recog nise the control of that God whose under standing is infinite, and whose ways and motives are far above our understanding, and yet w,e are assured that he 4.loeth all things well; and while we sadly pursue our duties as an institution, we rejoice to cherish the assured hope that he has en tered upon a more glorious scene,-and into happier employments than those of the present life. Resolved, That though he came far from home and friends to die, yet he died_not unmourned among us, and that we tender to his sorely bereaved relatives our most heart-felt sympathy in this hour of their "heavy trouble, and would mingle our sor rows with theirs, around the grave of a friend conimon to us all. • J. C. ABBOTT, President Board of Trustees. J. R. Fletcher, Secretary. Letters to Soldiers - MESSRS. EDITORS :—Among the means of good to our soldiers, I give prominence to these two, the prayers of the Christian people, and the letters written by home friends. It is a pleasure to me to see the large mail bag that comes to the regiment, and the eagerness with which its contents: are received by the men. Messages of pie ty, kindness and love come, I doubt not, every day. There is anotker channel of communication. Little bags are made for the soldiers, in whioh arei placed needles, pins, thread, and other , articles - of conveni ence, together with a letter, in each, from the kind lady to the unknown soldier who may receive the bag, and who is expected to send a reply. Some letters have been published, that were creditable to the wri ters, and interesting to the readers. Pill the kind ladies allow a friend in the army to offer a word of advice. The. articles contained in their neat little gifts, are exceedingly convenient and acceptable, and our men are grateful for. them. Let their industrious fingers and generous hearts continue, the good work, bating the letters. A correspondence thus begun be tween unknown parties, may end soon. It may end well. But it is easy to con ceive a score of ways in which an acquaint ance begun at random by letter,,may be in jurious, or, at least, embarrassing, to both parties. The advice is, sand• the ba g s,but withhold the letters, or, write kind, cheery ; pious letters, but withhold the address, and ask no reply. Yours,... Personal; A veteran missionary is the, Rev. Dr. Winslow; who this summer completes his forty-fifth year - in India in, the service of the American Board, of Missions, Gen. Sohn C. Fremont having tender ed to the President his resignation of mil. office, itary it has been accepted, and he is now in the position of a private citizen. Nathaniel Hawthorne, the, well known au thor, stopped while journeying with his friend, ex-President Pierce, at Plymouth, N. 11. ' and retiring in his,usual health, was found by Mr. Pierce the following morn ing, May 19th, dead in his bed. Rev. Dr. Guthrie,—The Scotch newspapers contain a letter from this well-known di vine of the Free Church, intimating with deep regret his resignation of hiq _church, as his physicians have forbidden uiLn evcr again' to appear in a pulpit or on a plat form. - The - *ell-known. Ron. Joshua R. Gid dingsi United States Consul-General at Montreal, Canada, and long in most active political life, suddenly died in Ntintreal at ten ceclook on Friday night, the 27th nit., it the 69th year of hia age. He was born. at Athens, Bradford Co., Pa., October 6th, For the Presbyterian Ik-tuner 1705.; long represcnteAl the IV ;-:stern p. serve District, Ohio, in Congress, ana b ad many devoted friends. lie was a nali t elder in the Presbyterian Church. Another of the Secession leaders ri'h oziai 13atler King, died in Georgia on Ma lo t h, He was a native of Pennsylvania, bat em i, grated to Georgia forty years ay. H e held many public positions, among °th en that of Collector of San Francisco, lind. tr President Fillmore's administration, ir e belonged to the States Rights School politics, and identified himself from th e beginning with the side of the retcilion serving rcently as Confederate C , sioner to Europe. Bishop-Colenso does not yet relinquiA the struggle for maintaining his positir..n in the Church. He has issued an address to the clergy of his diocese, in which bc, disputes the power claimed by the Dishot, of Cape, and the other IliAops of South Africa, to depose him front oili os2 He maintains, that of the nine ebarge2 brought against him, four have aim* been disposed of by the late judgzn eo t the Privy Council on the case of the and Reviews. The fund collected k E 1 4., land for enabling Colenso to plead his cause before the English courts, amounts to eve- X 2,000. We may expect another interest. ing trial as soon as the Bishop of Capetow ] shall apply to colonial authorities in En c ,-, land to acknowledge the decree of deposi. .tion pronounced against Colenso, and to ap, point a successor. Robert .1, Breekinridge, D,D,This - man, one of the most tried, honored — and eminent statesmen of Kentucky, as he is °tie of the most prominent theologians or the Presbyterian Church, in his speech on taking the chair at the opening of the Bal timore Convention, said: "I have no hesitation in saying, for my. self, that if I were a pro-slavery man, if I - believed this institution was an ordinance of God, and was given to man, I would un hesitatingly join those who demand that government should put it back where it was; but I am not a pro-slavery man. I never was. I unite myself with those who believe it is contrary to the highest inter eats of all men and of all government, con trary to the spirit of the Christian religion. and incompatible with the natural right of man. I join myself with those who say, away with it forever. [Applause.] And I fervently pray God that the day may come when throughout the whole land every man may be as tree as you are, and as capp.hlA, of enjoying regulated liberty." Robert J. Breckinridge is the uncie a? John C. Breekinridge, once Vice President of the United States, now a general in the rebel armies. Dr. reckinridge is a Ken tuckian by birth, a divine of the Old school Presbyterian Church ; has spent the great er part of his life in Kentucky and other slave States, and is respected in his State and all over the country as a man cruise, conservative, and most moderate views, but at the same time a man of piety and sound learning. He was the chief author of the Common School System of Kentucky, and has always been a friend of popular ed. ucation. Varieties. The professional classes in England are thus arranged and-marked by the census of 1861, showing the increase in ten years. The department of the post-office increased its numbers frdm 8,881 in 1851, to 14,131 in 1861; the police, from 16,392 to 21,- 938 ; and the whole governmental body advanced from 66,724 to 87,350. The military increased-from 85,818 to 131,944, This dOes not include the volunteers. The learned, literary and aristocratic professions increased from 204,093 in 1851, to 262,03:3 in 1861. The clergy were returned at 17,- 320 in 1851, and 19,195 in 1861; Protest ant ministers, 6,405 and 7,840; Ronan Catholic priests, 966 and 1,216. Barris ters advanced from 2,816 to 3,071, but the number of attorneys was stationary. The physicians increased fr0m.1,771 to 2,355, but the surgeons and apothecaries decreased in number. Schoolmasters, sehoclmu• tresses and teachers increased from 94/473 in 1851 to 110,364 in 1861; this last nun ber includes 24,770 governesses. Authors and literary persons are stated at 3,395 men and 185 women in 1861. During the first three months present year the imports or foreign goods amounted to $93,884,606, while our e' ports reached only $42,734,973, showing a balance against us of $51,149,633 in cur rency. This, of mum, causes an enor mous export of specie, and accounts in good measure for the extraordinary advance, in the price of gold. The importation et woollen manufactures during the first guar eer of 1863 was $6,030,178; during the corresponding period of this year it amount ed to $10,516,319. The importation of silks advanced during the same period from less than three million dollars to consider ably more than six millions. Of our ex ports during the year 1863, butter amount ed to $7;176,648; oheese, $5,603,881; beef in tieroes and barrels, 52,807,043; pork and lard, 839,020,419. Mr. Bright, in a recent speech, said t!ia: England was " the most merciless of all Christian countries." A prominent Eng lish journal admits this saying to be tre, and going back to the historical character of England in this respect, adds : "In the reigns of the Henrys, 5000 subjects and citizens of England alone are computed to have been executed for the mere offence of vagrant indigence. Even in the reign of Elizabeth an unemployed , peasant was liable to seizure and slavery. In the time of James the Second, only one hundred and seventy-six years ago, obnox ious citizens were sentenced to transporta tion wholesale, and sold by the Court to the courtiers, to bo put up at auction ai slaves in the plantations." Pitch from Oregon,—By the sbarque matia and Industry, from Portland, Shed & Wright, ship chandler; received a small lot of pitch made in Oregon. This is said to be the first lot of the stuff ever brought from that quarter,. of home manufacture; but it is stated for the future large supplie 3 of this article from the same source may ha expected: turpentine and tar of course fol lowing. Ship caulkers who have exam heed the article, report it as beinr , b of first quality, and far superior to the North Car olina pitch which has been sold in market during the last two years. I Pair of Rebel Shoes,—A resident of Wheeling, who has been to Cloyd's Moun tain, the scene of the late fight between. 1 Crooks and Jenkins, secured a pair of reb el shoes. The soles and heels are of wood; and appear to have been sawed out by ma chinery. The uppers, which are of very heavy, stiff and badly tanned leather, are nailed upon the wooden soles with large tacks and welts. The shoes are weeding ly clumsy and heavy. It was recently asserted in the Freneh Chambers by a government orator in reply to. M. Tillers, that the value of the real property of France was eighty-three thou sand millions of francs, or about sixteen thousaLtd six hundred millions of dollars; and of personal property one hundred and twenty thousand millions of francs, or twenty-four thousand millions of Of these last, seven thousand millions 0t francs.were in moneyed seen tido. Two - Millions worth of diamonds were im ported into the United States the last yea. So says alb - reign writer who has been read ing on the subject.
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