-- - ;T . 4 F. ALLISO N, } EDITORS ; cATTERSON, • & 00., Proprietors, II NI 3 AN ADVANCE. PTAIc (51vg17 or la Clifeq,) $2.00 Dr. 1:1 FITUITI OF TELL crime 2.50 f.,,citr.g I+3 Till althea - Were and npwanie, wilt hereby entltlP4 l to a paper without charge, and another x :7,‘ parer for the second ten; Ate. :t e e .1:1,0. Whonicl t,o pempt,ti llttte hefree the year r.:l lottare to JAMES it LIAISON tic CO., PITTSBURGH, PA. ErAil OUII DOWN CORRESPONDENT. Dustax 2 June 8,-1864. EDITORS your ac- Ir sceptre to tho editorial sceptre—a these days can bear to be mess ;tit the most far-reaching of earthly - ,. l . w „,permit me to say, without either y o u or enaltiug unduly my native r t . ; n if - ttyour desire to obtaininformation ' , clued is indicative of a eomprehen :%,.the duties of your office that augurs future of the 'Banner. My f'r the makingthisstatement not for are 'u t dis covery. They are the result of `;,;,!honed observation and impartial in. -nth in America and in Ireland. - w e t Ire land both at home and i; and the result of my observation there is no nation under heaven lEoraughly identified with the great 3! now waging between Chrtst and and that there is no nation on . tw. fusing a more powerful influence r thn ;rest nations of Protestant Chris. an_ theirdependonoiee, than this ' 1 , 6 ' teuerald Isle." Ireland is emphet -,':v the recruiting ground.of the Papacy. Lere that Rome raises and trains her ..-!:yr the onsets she is making upon. 10 ,,:decational, religious and political in lice.-ea of Great vita p` and America. - t be policy of Rome to keep Ireland sacred a 4 a grand reserve for this purpose. e i r needs miss lrelandio narieis the fountains and the nucleithe of ii ieinc, a dn— fouutaitt of supply for both. iaca you visit Philadelphia, just take o r stand opposite the College of St. "c3.lries Borromeo, on Logan Square, in the faces of those young men, to be the future priests of Amer env come forth from Abe choke . annos and foetid atmosphere of Don's the. !O breathe the air of freedom. Per- I am that you will need no cicerone in", , rin you of their birth-place and Well, you are but contemplating , I ,c,.;etert of Roraish Seminaries in Amer .;,.Were you to make the Circuit of those ~ t ieeiJou, you would find that the great 4 i; of the students are young Irishmen. What. is true of Romish Seminaries in amt:rica, is true also of Rothish churches: itey arc sustained chiefly by Irishmen. 7t , came of Rome might survive the se ceiion of all the French, and Italians, and Garaians within her pale in America, but cuald not survive the 'loss of the Irish 'tur:Les. These are no mere random :Ile , cuts. The• truth of them ie no t-,rledged by Rome herself. Her organs hire more than once proclaimed , the fact, I ‘.a: were it not for Ireland, the priesthood a America would come to an end. Amer ,9cuoh:ow, will not make good priests. ,1a i cr Frenchmen and Italians, they are a ) holy fur thew Oleo, or the office t.r, holy for them. Irishmen, to their :yr or their shame be it told, make the pricpts for, operating in a Protestant the policy of Rome in her treat :,:t of Ireland is determined by her for. as well as by her very genius. lot have often heard of the beggary, as 711 vs of the beauty, of the , t Emerald bit , " Well, whilst Rome has had little tH;di with the beauty, she has had much t; do with the beggary. The beggary of her e .nstitnency is an essential element of In Irl.h popsy, hot.h , domestic and fereigp.„ ,1 notion, in Order to be subservient to the ieerr,,s of Rome, must be an ignorant and in order, to be ignorant it must par. To serve her purposes, therefore, P:4 , lcavors to make and keep Ireland a of mendicants, This may sound I:fane:3 in the ears of an American; but it vrertheless 'true. Educational institu :i.t, Led manufactures bring wealth and ;:ph: and social elevation along with them, Rome sets herself against both. iii,pser she has power to vevent it, she CI. oat allow the humanizing agency of ?12,14ti0u, or manufactories, or commerce, those whose , souls she has en- Renee., whilst Ulster will compare :47Qtably with any part of the civilized :0 respect to wealth, intelligenee and uali.tercial enterprise, the other provinces no either utterly stagnant, or are only :-...tolpi,cing the rave. Throughout the :o.JA t. ad west of Ireland, Rome has supreme, and the result is, that people, with the exception of English, "ieoteb, and Northern settlers are almost tnrereaiiy destitute of the spirit of eater ynte. We have, in feet, throughout this lrra, a state of things very much ,akin to attt exists at the headquarters of the Pa tt,t, in Italy, modified somewhat by the ttci!e, religious, and commercial influence rj a email percentage of Protestentism. You have evidence of Vottte's industry, but i 4 an industry which manifests itself not the erection of factories, or the organi. •vion of commerce, but in the organization religious orders and the erection of ea eletiastieal buildings of the most massive Lroi costly description. For the erection ct these buildings and the support of these ori , 2r.i, tax and toll are levied on all classes her hapless constituents. The priests, ;7,zi, with, the terrors of purgatory, or of Ltil itself, besieges the rich on' their death ':i-, and the poor perpetually, in sickness al , l in health, from the cradle to the grave, sad taxes the 'present generation for the Of their ancestors. The only product !' this absolutely exhausting taxation is I . g increase of the priesthood, the reli -'144 fraternities, and the aforesaid xnani. .at edifices. It may seem inconsistent with this rep lt,Entation, that Father Daly was one of leading projectors and promoters of the ( ; , 1 1 way Atlantic Navigation Company en terprise, inaugurated and abandoned within 11 5 past year. There is, however, no in. easistonoy in this seeming departure of Father Daly from the policy of Rome in Ireland. The priesthood will advocate say scheme which will enable them to make the impression that the interests of Eng taad anti Ireland are diverse and conflict '9g, and thus secure to themselves snffi eltlt political influence to hold the balance of power in the hand that holds the crozier. • 11. 41 told by those who have studied their Polley and watched their movements, that the Ultramontane party do not desire the r oerthrow of the'British rule in Ireland. They desire, on the contrary, theoontin '4ate of it, as it gives them, whilst British f 4, " 41. 404 are manageable, an amount of Political power and financial relearn which they could never expect from any other poli .41 Gem peat or alliance. Their politteal pol '°Y, therefore, is to raise the temperature of political excitement and hatred of England le) not exactly to the boiling point, but to 'tolut 210°, F,arenheit. That this is their hie is el from the tone of the Irish fe m el Press—for there is a Rebel Press 'ere, as well as in New.Yorkor Baltimore, Richmond. This Press regards the PriesthotkVai el:ending in the way of the Peat Fenian Brotherhood and its aspira tions, and denounees their disloyalty to the tottional cause. Rome is too sagacious to !elm her hold upon the "British treasury for the impalpablel g.or.ea of the - Fenian Drotitarhood.. • eq Whilst I wrttrof Rome and Arelandimy ttart ie gthaikerloe.„, I have never hvered Itt ;ay faith of the 'ultimate issue + 0 4) rt s AtittrAtait a o ttlitt 4 1 4- VOL. XEC. NO. 42. of the war. I have nevar met a man in Ireland who could defend the South, either in regard to her object or the\mearis adop ted for the attainment of it. The friends of the North are watching, with deep in terest and heartfelt sympathy, your mighty struggles to put down that fearful con spiracy against free government, and lollow your armies with their prayers. I like the plan which Grant is developing, and pray for his success, I need not add that I de plore the carnage on both sides • but if ever a nation were justified in lifting the sword, surely the North need not blush to lift her head in any presence. We have just heard: of Grant's forward. movement compelling Lee to retreat from Spottsylvania Court House, of Butler's ability to maintain his posititm, and of Sherman's put suit of "Johnston, and are awaiting with breathless anxiety the next arrival. B. W. • : Vor the Presbyterian Benrotr. , Letter From a 'Christian Commission _ pelegate, CHATTANOOGA, :1:01111., June 2,1864. Mr. Jos. Albree, Treas. Ohris: D.P.4lt SIR take a pleasant afternoon to oonimunleate to you tome - account of my actions since last wrote from Nashville. I arrived there on Saturday afternoon, and was not allowed to >be idle long, but was sent the same evening to take part ;hi,a re ligious service in a- large barrack. On Sunday I had four appointments to preach given Mg, only three of which I managed to fulfil, distributing, at the same time; pa pers and tracts. In the Morning and after noon I preached to soldiers, and in the evening to a-set of men employedin way at the river wharf. - -At this last ser- vioe I was assisted by another delegate, and it wathe most encouraging.of all, though thatnlass of men is considered amongst the most wicked in the service of govern. ment. But they heard with quietnees i and many of them sang with spirit, On Monday morning Iyisited a building . devoted to the user of the East Tennessee refugees. It was a. sad spectacle.' of, Misery that wee displayed there. I was in• com pany with another delegate, but we could not do much :, the field is mote for some Christian woman, inasmuch as the refugees there are mostly women and chil, dren and many of them sick. While at -this work and making two vis its in the city, it was arranged that a party of delegates should- proceed to. Chatta nooga, and farther if found advisable after that. I was included in that number. Passes *ere procured: for us by Mr. Ewing, and at six o'clock in the -evening we took the hospital train going in that direction. I May perhaps do well to give you some $lOOOllDt of this train, which has since that being doing admirable service. It is com posed of about seven cars. First behind the locomotive is a car full of supplies for sick and. wounded. Next a car with, ar rangemente for cooking and for the conve nience of the parties belonging to the. train. Then come three ears that seem to be the ne plus ultra of invention for the convenience of sick and wounded men. There are three tiers of couches arranged as in Woodruff's sleeping cars; but each conch is a separate stretcher, on which the wounded may be carried in and out. When in ;place, the handles of. these stretchers rest in stout India-rubber, tins, by which are held to' their: place and at the same time have . a most easy motion. These ears have. been fitted up, as I un derstand, by the Cincinnati branch of the. Sanitary Commission. .After these ears come two ordinary passenger cars. This train has been in constant use since I first saw it.. I met. .a man to-day with a broken arm, who said he rode from Remelt to Chattanooga in one of the eolith cars with as perfect comfort ac he could lie any where in bed. The only thing to regret is that there are not thirty, instead of three, such cars for the present emergency. There was some delay about our starting from-Nashville, and our motion WO rather slow. But. we got to Chattanooga on'the following day at 12 o'clock. On -present ing ourselves at the rooms' of the Christian_ Commission, we found that •preparations were made to send us further to the front.; Some were feeling unwell, and did-net put- . sue the journey ;- but I was one ~of tin= who started again in the afternoon and moved on to Ream. We started about 4 o'clock and in the`morning found ourselves ,at Dalton 4mly,' bet reached Resaca in'the afternonn. Kim ire found. ourselves in the - midst of wounded and dying men, with few to 'attend to their wants. We found several delegates there already, in a tumble-down log barn and house tonther, which was•the Commission headquarters. I may mention Mr. Smith and Mr. Lloyd. Immediately .we were all busy with-them in making anddistributing tea end coffee, and water, washing wounds, and Making ourselves useful, generally. We were well supplied with Materials, of the eating kitid, but there were no new elothes , on the spat. Moreover we had to make shift with the poorest cooking': and drinking utensils. Everything of tin or . iron'that would hold was brought into use, and vessels the most inadequate had to be used- in all kinds of offices---: sometimes the same vessel even, in a way quite shocking to one so recently 'from the modes ,of well regulated- society, as were some •of us. We had before us,the.common spectacle of wounded men laid in places' without comfort, and compelled to wait long for the, most necessary services. It is. .leasant to say that we saw also the common spectacle of their Courage and endurance under such suffering. , The next morning Mr. Smith selected three of the delegates present, myeell among the number, to go to Kiagaten, ihieh was then the immediate front of our army. The railroad. was not at our service, so we had to walk.. I was quite willing to go, as this was leading me nearer •my brother, whom I hoped to see. But I felt as though we were, giving up a field where we were certainly needed, for something' uncertain. We walked some twenty-three miles that day, each having a lift, however, on a horse that Mr. Smith had. • This brought us to a plantation house 'about three and a half miles . from Kingston: We slept- on the porch of the house. About 2i (Meek in the.morning the 1000- motive came along, blowing its welcome horn. We felt like making-the night ring with our shouts of welcome to it. It was one of the most brilliant features of the campaign up to Kingston, that the camp of the army , has hardly been pitched before the übiquitous locomotive comes sounding on behind, building its bridges, spider-like, as it goes. The soldiers appreciate this; and. 'it is grand to hear the cheers that start up all along the immense line of 'the army as soon as the steam-horn is heard in the distance; and when the life-like, ma chine moves grandly past their camp, they about as if it were a "a chief so proudly advancing," 'Or a mighty . President to review and encourage his army. The next day; Friday, May 20th, we walked on to Itiugston t introUnd that:the whole okay . was. resting fOr 7 few da ys a few miles ''on, and the - railroad' Wail ready busy bringing up its' millions of ra- PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1864. i ms. Before long also arrived members of the .C.hristian and Sanitary Commis sions, with abundant supplies for the sick and wounded. At this point I enjoYed a delightful reunion with my brother, who is on the staff of Gen. Baird. I spent the day with him, and part of the time, - too,, with my old friend; Alex. M'Olurg, on Gen. Palmer's staff. t the request of thy brother, kind ly neon , ed by Gen.-Baird, and with the advice ,f Rev. Mr. Smith, who is our chief *h. re, I spent a week with this Di vision, hid 40 the third of the 14th Army 1 orps • On - abbatli, -May 22, the troops were still lying quiet. I offered to conduct re ligious services for the . persons belonging to Gen.ll3aird's staff, which, with servants, orderlieli, escort and wagoners, made a cc, siderahle company, The offer was cheer =fully accepted for an hour in the afternoon. Meanwhile, in the - -morning, hearing sing: log went to find it, and stumbled on a ikofitahle service, conducted by. an army chaplain. After that, going on a little fur ther* the sauna of a trumpet-call for Wor ship? f6und a chaplain not well, who made n preach for -him.. The gathering of soldiers was largeitind attentive. On Itllonday, May 28d, the ,march began. I marcled • with the Division till Saturday evening; eBl o'clock. This Divisiciii.liaz been held in reserve and been employed' watching ‘trains, and 'thus has seal little fighting--tiene,at all while I was with it; so that .1 fou44 no opportunity of exercising the duties of ry - commission, except in the ease of two lertions that fell sick. The last day's march brought me within three miles of:_the Rai hospitals, and it seemed not a propitious dike for returning. But. I'-had for. several days been waiting to, seize the first opportunity that would offer, and just there - Iblind 'an empty train re turning to Kingston',.then tienty-five-milea distant, and well guarded; so I took ad vantage of,it, arriving at Kingston on Sab bath afternoon. =There briefly state My opinien, that While one Call be useful in the front of the army, that position does not afford the-ad vantages one. has here at Chattanooga*at Nashville ; Yesterday I saw a 'number of wounded-.that two . _days ago were at the fretnt. r A' delegate there may have seen them once ; here delegates may see that every day, and minister to thorn with more successive effort, and therefore more sue cessfnli - This reasoning is fortified by the thought-that ten times the number of dtk egates we have could:find more than enough. to employ them at Chattanooga and Nash ville. . Here I dm. the sole spiritual minis ter in a (limp hospital containing .about two thousand patients. Kingston'may now be added as a depot cf wounded. Lutist add that my views appear singular, here, and, no one agrees with them—least of all, 'Mr. Smith; and so the current is still on to the front, whither. Mr. B. himself has . gone, and every day some new delegates. This is great weight against me. Mr. S. is entitled to have hiti opinion in this mat ter respected.. I do not apply_ this reason ing to the emergency of a, pitched bittle. Yet we may reflect that it is hardly wise "'fir delegates to leave large parts , of an in viting and useful field, unoccupied, to run on after the uncertain contingency of. a pitched battle. I. fume up to Chattanooga on - Itigriday, taking the whole day for it: Next day, having reported fore work, I was assigned Division. No. 8 of U. S. General *Hospital at thin place. I have already given_ you.an idea of the work there. Tuesday, and Wednesday I worked with Rev. Mr. Belt, who had been laboring'there before but Thursday (yesterday) he left, so I am 'sole: occupant., I work very much as. I did at Camp .Copeland, but under, pleasanter ans pices,ias the management is better. Dkr ing ace day I visit as many as I Carti and in the evening hold service in', ,'a" tent chapel. - The attendance - there averages soma sixty or seventy a-night, and there is considerable religious interest ;.it is chiefly among backslidden Christians. - Messrs. Spargrovo, Wade and 'Frazer are here and.in good -health; also, Caruthers, Steel and' Sharp, - ina all are well.. 1 , I f i nd I have strung out my report to twice the length expected. Perhaps, after wading through so much; you will be * glad to hear me-say that I feel inelirkel to legit suffice for any other I might be ex pected to make. - With much respect,' truly yours n Christ,' SAMITEE• T. Lownrit. For ,the l'reabytarian Banner Nora' Hints :—For Families. 27. Pay ..your preaelter;'school teacher;l and tax colleotai, On the first presentation of the bill your ?teacher, boasuse - his calling forbids him to harass you, lest he jeopardize Ids moral influence. - over you; your leacher, because he is dependent on your R atrona g e, and has not the benefit. of transient patronage; the tax -collector, be cause he has power to ,distrain on your goods; and you.shonld not fore° hi 4: to the painful 'duty. Do . these, and you mit be 'trusted to manage your = affairs with wis. dom. . 28. It Is F act the fear of real 'wants or necessities that makes us so unhappy, as pride tOf heart, the paxent of our imaginary wants—producing dissontent, ' fretfulness, and uneasiness.- 29. Better have a contagions disease in your family,. than riches which are the Fruit of dishonesty, faud; or oppression_: as a Consumption, they will eat out the peace ef your family. 30., If your neighbor produces a finer equipage, or, piece of furniture, than your self, do not attempt to rival if you need ,it, and duty assents, get it because you can afford it. • - 31. Respect your domestics, and they twill reSpect themselves. Yon will avoid much' trouble, and be the gainer. The law of love, written on the heart,-and the law of kindness, enstamped on the lips, will subdue the stubborn wily when mines of wealth and armies fail. 32. If you have a family of children, be eirefal 'of your deportment, words, acts, and temper-, •as children believe their parents are the best example. Nen are unreserved.and wit out their real character in their families, but in company' and= in public are cautious. When your - children grow up, you may discover Milts which 'have sprung from seeds . you have sown, to . your sorrow: - - 63. Never speak — of 'the - faults - of. your neighbors in the presence of your young children. , . - 84. To learn a man's inner character if proper, I would 4nquire of his domestics. 85 Never, in the - presence of your child, make invidious comparisons of As behaviour with that of other children; nor present, to them any human example to fol low, only so` fitr as, that model follows Christ —the perfect example? 36. Never correct your child under the influence of passion, nor spare the rod be cause of its cries tears.: 87. Bettefnot run in debt for family or personal expenses ; bit) . mcriaten you - peed. .py paying as you go, can pre vest diesppohionent .and chagrin, misun . . derstandinip; sad unpleasant wpm= of too many or too high charges, and preserve old friendships. 88. Soft words and manners, and kind actions, sincerely flowing from the heart, will command the respEaand admiration of the most hardened. 39. Be careful of passing a joke on the person or mind ofyour friend : it may silently strike, pier6e and wound, like a sharp 7 pointed instrument, and you not know it until too late; destroying the peace of families and the : friendohip of ye Beware of namin4. i -4aron.. ou - r child for a livingperson, except a rilative r you may have occasion for regretAefere deatk (m -ourn. kNI; 4 ' , • 41. Don't change your z lawfut.namo to - obtain an earthly inheritance,. It is pride and vanity to ask it, ari(Venbtervieney to accede to it 42.. A man who marries a woman merely fox her wealth, is seldpursaspromptrener- - getic, Andustrions' and Ifenntlidk h his ' dealingsas before. .;-:•*!.t.sc-,. , :•., ; .'7. ... 43. Never ,betray, in t i,t)talr -,presencs, a preud`salisfactigri. atthe . emaxt,,,w,itty, and, - . sometimes impudent - sayar of pur youpg childiem - ' '''' •••'"''''''' -.. .44... Man and wife s'lllitildaltive;but ono' system in correcting M training . their:,: children, and should n'oppsitoseor (t1)% 1 . tradici each other, ~..„..i-40#4":1 4 . l i r 4b The best system pat a family, to in sure peace, order and hippiness, is to have the family. altar prop&iy reared and at tended. This leads tiV. phe observance of the Sabbath, produces tinier in the family, regular rising from and retiring to rest, regularity in meals ensign the hours for the children to attenthschotol.. - --- .'"' - • 46. Next to a fall Ituet'llut '91574, silt , ' respect : - +he best relian( a., A. The eh Amid. o Yet thi To hum The sai He Bap 0 burd Is meetl The me • As malty 4 oire! 0 ! 0;7001 affections ar; ut poor to this • - 1 ) Which voila ;from above! They, racattarfrailtietve nge and Mei and miss i But, this one : thought gives everlasting, bliss— . 1 As many gel love.! :: • : 1 ' ';!,.. - r- , .., . ' '.. .; : As many as 1-love,! Theseloved ones'aielia . bearers of the cross, " Their Chri Rtri-faith to prove; All earthly is in is op' tl m but loss, , When Godsayil---aleati rolls them every drpss— As many es lore! .. As many as love! • ' When life, work, psia,lanil waitin all are o'er, Our earth-tre'd feet shall move Up golden Streetscelestial shore; And we shall dui '; . ?saints forevermore-- • . . `As Mawr - love! • For the Preabytirlati Banner Colleges and College Education. M.BURS. EDITCMS :—rerrait me to crave a small space in yout columns, to present a few suggestions on the above topic ; so far as it relates to the wants of the West, and especially of the Ohio valley. An official or general connection with . liberil education, in different localities in this Valley,- for nearly three lustrums, has neceisarily, often brought the subject up: for cionsideration. What is now proposed to be said• on the subject will have accom plished_ the'yvriter's object., if it shall shape the prevalent discussion of the subject of Oellegtis, to such an end or purpose as will lead the great Presbyterian family to inn guraie and fix, a policy on this subject, at mice highly liberal, eeonomical, and worthy. 'of the peat reputation of that family of Christians. = The.pertents of the times, if they, mean any thing reliable, mean tkis : that there is 'a day, perhaps not very far in the dis tance, when the scattered members of this family will become a more substantial one; at least one in,every substantial feature pf an organism eompacteefor the purpose of educating the rising race, and bearing the banner of the Gospel to the foreign field. -if so bright a consummation deserves to be -regarded as ever worthy,to be' made At matter' of hope, or prayer, or:effort, we sub mit whether there is any preliminary step which could be taken thereto ' at once, more fraught with good results, and less' endamiging to the proper charities, self respect, and mutual forbearance and vene-, ration now already-due from one - to the other, of all these intimately related branches of our Zion. Upon what platform Can NVe,oonie together, from. time to time; 'more in keeping,with the innate propensi lies of our very Presbyterian nature, than this ? By what mode of association can we be better brought within the power of our natural affinities as Presbyterians, than that whose business it is to cherish Latin, and Greek, and - Bound science, the very handmaids of Christianity, that stood at her waiting,' in' the days of Knott and Buchan an, to aid -in making our Presbyterian Church what she became and what she now is, under the Grace of Christ'? Let, then, some thoughts he premised before the plan, already darkly hinted at, is fully propoun- To a lover of sound learning,.the retro spect of collegiate history and learning in this valley, as well as the present survey of it, presents some facts not `cheering= fads. and views whieh might' be` modified or radically changed. - The first fact its, that there are,in. our Profeasions, end - out of them, in what ought to be a strong reserve corps for political emergencies, far too few meu, of rigid men tal training, such ag a young man must at tain by a well-ponducted Academie or Col legiate course. Men cannot become sound, enlightened and correct thinkers, without previonsly-formed habits of - study; 'and they are hence totally unfit to be guides of public sentiment. The second fact is, - that of those who have enjoyed ordinary opportunitioi for' pursuing an Academic course, 'few excel.. 'This is by no means wholly the fault of the pollen himself. 'The 'aid furnished him, the Appliances at, his command, the time allotted him, may all have been' too scanty; or the stimulus itself maY:have beim imperfect. The truth is, that of the few.'whe do excel, the, larger part, by over-, working themselves in - Professional life, make some amends for the they ought to have had 'through the medium:- of - an ad viewed .course, of Andy before they entered 4 011 14. 0 toils and anxieties of public life.. The third fact is, that our people are re allY'behind in the. means and appliances for, obtaining advanced seholaralup. Ad vaneee great and steady have been made in other departments, but they have all out- stripped the advance in this. So much so is this, that it may well-he doubted wheth er there is a College in all this valley, which, as compared with other advances, ie at all as good as it was thirty years ago, as compared with the state of other matters at that time--t-in the matter of giving-:a sound and thorough training in the principles of Science and Literature. Nor is this whol ly the fault of the self-d.enying men who; ter thirty years 'past, have been devoting themselves,. likeniartyrs, to a - work, whose benefits a covetous and money-getting age has been enjoying r without appearing to have any care srd requite it. _The fault is' lit' the age. All theie Colleges are doing good—some snail. - They are still the lights of this yalley—till the_ home-lights it hat. Some tierform better.work than others, in some one department, and vice ver'4a,.. But none do what they ought. Now the plan to remedy 'all this, whieh we propose to the Presbyterians, so far' as their lot goes inahalnattir, is. briefly and substantially ea follows: a• Tot them combine theitmeaus and their, efforts to proinote,soundleariiiing on some such, basis as this':` 'let. Takeliemdeoll'ege already 'exisiing—iay Jefferson, which • is-, I belieVe,:the oldest, and has, perhapi, the beat literary atmosphere, and themost Al leist qipoin or 1. a"ourrien o n otleg than three years, at least One-third of Which_ is devoted to the review of Ancient Litera ture and the English Language; one-third to the: advanced study of *Natural Soi enees, including Mechanics and Astronomy;. and one-thtrd to Philosophy and Belles Lettres.' This is merely a rough sketch. Let this Institution alone confer all degrees above the`Ant, and let there; be a degree lower than A. B. if desirable. 2d: Let such other Colleges as exist in this valley, under denominational. control-- e.'," of Presbjteriaris, of -any sort—be taken under the patronage of the entire Presbyterian family surrounding._their calities, and modelled so as .t o. have the fa cilities-and appliances necessary for confer ring a better -general ,edneation, and thorough Academie drill in Ancient and Modern Literature, and, Mathemati,oa, as, Well as elententaryinstrnationin Udine ,and philogoihy. ' * - Let theie Institutions 'each be managed by a Beard of Trustees,: appointed. accord ? ink; to a pro-rata of. their strength, and to, serve for life, during good behavior, or for a term of years. It (locum to the' writer that this systlfut is feasible. And if feasible, it would' he highly econoinical. Besides, it is suffi ciently Presbyterian to 'seoure orthedox views, so far as students at College—riot prosecuting - Theological studies -- need` them. It would, perhaps, in'the course of time; reduce the actual number of Institu : - .. Lions . now in the valley ; _buknot-necessari ly so. But be it so or not, it would, invest, each - one with, a warmer atmeiihere and 'would inevitably tend tasecure tore funds. The moneyed friends of education would have surer giaranties that these now sick-. ly and poverty-stricken Institutions would . live, and, therefore, be encouraged to:con tribute more liberally of their meanslo their endowment and support. !These thoughts may be extended at some :other SIM veers; 't3-- CZ mark; husk— , r thv • MI = ,7 1r-therealvYria,nßatvier Bix Vied& in tito FotoTune 4rmy SOW TUE UOI MAN GOT WZLL: . , : - • Strange that harp of thousand strings S'holald keeP in tune so long I" Not very strange, then, if once In. a while it should get out of tune--especially when overstrained. We . - probably overstrain ours about New Year's last. At any rate r the chords began to give forth very unmusical_ sounds, and continued seto do. We Were pronotmea sick. - We:consulted' our physician, who barely let us off without "' cupping," -put us'upon " milk diet": forthwith, and prescribed going "to tine country . For us to hve upon milk diet was no .partiettlar sClf denial, as we were always fond of milk-- from a child 3 but as to going to the °pun try, hew could we, with the " care" upon us, if not of all the churches," at least of one, An . which we always,...saw—or:-at least thought we saw, enough work for too men? Weeks had passed, -when it was ~kindly,: proposed,: on the part .of our elders, that we should takO a trip. to .the army, in , the service of the U. S. Christian Commission = they to provide supplies. for_the pulpit during our absence. Why, was not named: Maybe they thought we might do some good—maybe they thought it would do us, some good; probably both. " Don't know • whither the. Doctor' would allow us.", " May be Wwillbe-juit the thing for yon I will see." _ In, due season we