Vrtillgttrian Gtalirta, PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1864. THE TRUE PRESBYTERIAN ON THE DR. MtPHEETERS CASE. Week before list we promised to give a synopsis of the forthcoming article in the True Prestyteriar: with respect to the ac tion of . the General Assembly in the case of Dr. MOPREETERR. We regret that we gave such a pledge, since it compels us to re-publish language, which should use crimson blushes of deep dye to its author. In the very heading of the article in clues: Lion, it is charged that the Assembly bas gone in the way of final apostacy. For the words are .: •' The General Assembly and BloPuzzrEns. Persecution of Christ's servants the token of final Apostaci.” In the second paragraph the editor as serts that the ease is one of general inter est, and indulges, largely in epithets more expressive than polite or Christian. In this wholesale denunciation he embraces the whole Assembly, aswell as the Presby tery of St. Louis. He says : " It is no longer Dr:filch:lnuits' quar rel with•Oquad of canting, ranting, ecelesi astioal cut-throats in his congregation and Presbytery, but the quarrel of every sincere friend of liberty of conscience, with per haps the fiercest and most fanatical tyranny in all the history of the Reformed Church. When neither the native loveliness of char acter of SAMUEL B. MONIEETERS, nor his Christian meekness preacher, modesty, nor his attractive gifts as a preacher, nor his emi nent devotedness and efficiency in the pas toral work can secure for him, under the Constitution and Courts of the Church, protection against such lawless, graceless, godless, cowardly and assassin like, ores tune as have hounded on upon him alike the clamor of the outside mob, the fanati cism of religions bigotry, and the sword -of the military satraps, for ,two years past, who can feel safe any longer? When the highest court of the Church once licenses and endorses an ecclesiastical Thug-ism, as ferocious and fanatical as ever disgraced Hinduism, who knows when be may rest in quiet ?" The next object of special reprobation is that class of ministers, who may be so un fortunate 'as not to be engaged in pastoral work in some particular oongregation. He gives vent to his feelings with respect to them, in these words which correspond so exactly with the style and spirit of the whole article': " It is also an important fact illustrative of the wisdom of the great and good men in the Church who have protested,ogainst the right of ministers, to sit in Presbytery who have no connection with the people and the work of the Church, that out of the eight ministers who voted this infamous procedure, six were of that class of ecclesi astical loafers who have no charge of any ohurch or work of the Church: This class of members have generally proved a curse to all large pity Presbyteries on all occa sions when irdportant issues are at stake. Under military tyranny, naturally enough, these mere jobworicatiCtind stevedores in the Church are made use of, as the pliant tools of demagogues and tyrants!' And a choice specimen of rhetoric snob as that in which the True Presbyterian abounds, is found in the delineation given of Judge STRONG. We would not defile our columns with it, were it not necessary that we may exhibit the disposition and aims of' a certain class of men who would rejoice at the downfall of our country and the overthrow of our Church. Surely such language is rather the raving of a madman, than the utterances of one in the posses sion of reason and conscience.. After giv ing his version of the history of the case, he says : 41 Such is the history of this infamous • ease as it came before the Assembly—evi dently the whole of it the work of one un scrupulous man, endeavoring to work out the threat or prediction made at the As sembly of 1862. Of this man, elder STRONG, we know absolutely nothing be yond what appears in the published ac counts of this case; nor, were we less ignor ant, have we space to waste on such as he. He is plainly another of the too numerous instances of men called, through haste or carelessness, into the Eldership, on whom neither nature, grace, nor education has be stowed a single qualification for the office. His relation to Presbyterianism and knowl edge of it, is obviously about equivalent to the knowledge of, and relation to, prophecy of Baalam's ass, which, in the ups and downs of asinine life, happened to fall into the hands of a prophet. It would be injus tice to the ass, however, to compare the logical ability which led even Baalam to reflection, with the illogical stupidity which signalizes all the reasonings of this Rider when the rights and duties of Pastor, El ders and people are the subject. We infer from the whole history that Mr. STRONG is probably a pettifogger by profession, and a Yankee of low instincts by birth, or, at least, by religious training. His mind is utterly incapable of comprehending the idea 'of a Christ-appointed order in his Church, or any constitution and law but the law of the strongest. His conscience seems utterly callous to any impression of the ginfulness of covenant-breaking, chicanery, faithlessness and falsehood. His impur turbable self-complacency is impervious alike to shame from indelicacy and dishon or, or to ridicule from the perpetual blun ders into which headlong stupidity ever hurries him, so long as the strong arm of military power protects him from the' con sequences •alike of his blunders and his dishonorable deeds. It is from among men , of his constitution, only with a less vivid sense of the inexpediency of crime, that the State prison and the gallows gather their victims." The last sentence certainly places the !turned Judge in a most undesirable crowd. But this is not all. The action of the . Assembly, according to .the Trne Presbyte. 'Han, endorses Judge Sraorro, and there fore makes it a partaker,in his acts. This, is distinctly avowed in the following sen tence,viz. : ust,-se not, now, how poor MMNIRY9OI6I: • 514% M=ME And, as a lecessary inference, the True Presbyterian means that the majority of the Assembly who voted not to sustain the appeal of Dr. MOPREETERS, have a very close relationship to that unenviable class in which Judge STRONG is placed at the close of the paragraph just quoted. To crown the whole, he compares Dr. MOPIIEETERS before the Assembly, to our SAVIOUR before the Jewish Sanhedrin:: I These are his words : "The review of this action of the.Akssem bly has constantly suggested to us, in spite of ourselves, the singular anid-startling an alogy between the trial of Dr. M.....OPHEETERS before this court, and the-trial of his Mas ter before a similar Church court, whose action betokened a speedy final apostasy and judgment." The article then closes with words of om inous import to every pastor. He seems to have wrought himself into a passion entire ly beyond his control, when he allowed words such as these to go forth into the light of day: " However this may be, what pastor and people in the land, however loved and lov ing, can tell what a day may bring forth, when it needs but the chicanery of some STRONG to commence the devilish work of sundering Alio holy tie, in order to ensure an edict from the supreme court of the Church, to sunder the tie and clothe the suffering martyr in the wild beast's skin to incite the fierce war•dogs to devour him." The course of events for the past few days has produced in the minds of some a feeling of despondency, That Petersburg was not taken by surprise, or upon the first assault—that the railroad communications of Richmond with the South should not have been more speedily and effectually destroyed —that our attacks should have been attended with so great a loss in killed and wounded -that SHERMAN should have - on one occa sion, met with a severe repulse—that Con gress should se.rapidly have arrived at the conclusion to strike out the commutation clause, as if the country could no long er be depended upon to fill up the ex hausted ranks of our armies—that the rebel journals should be still so confident in their tone—that - gold should contin ue to ascend, day after May, till at 257 it has reached a point never attained be. fore—and that dissensions: should exist in the Cabinet, where harmony is so impor tant—all these are alleged and dwelt ulna as grounds of discouragement. It might be a sufficient reply to remind the despondent that but little more than a year ago, the prospeot was darker than now. The entrenchments around Vicksburg and Port Hudson had proved the grave of thou sands of our brave soldiers, and those strong positions were pronounced by the rebels as impregnable as Richmond and Petersburg are now said to be: whilst LEE was threat ening Washington, Baltimore, and Phila delphia, and our own citizens were busy in throwing up defences around . Pittsburgh. Let the faint-hearted compare the present with the posture of things one year ago, and take courage. But our object at present is not to dis cuss these alleged disheartening circum stances, nor to attempt to deprive them of whatever significance they may justly pos sess. On the contrary, should the aspect of affairs become more unpromising still— should GRANT and SHERMAN be defeated, and forced to a disastrous retreat, (though of this we entertain' no apprehension,)— should another call be made for half a mil lion of men to sustain the sinking arms of our country—what' l l:ten ? It is not philo sophical to expect uninterrupted success; and even if, at the outset, we did not grasp the magnitude of the contest in which we were involved, yet now, after the tuition of three years of strife,_ we should learn to contemplate and be prepared for the possi ble contingencies of the conflict. In the event, therefore, of such disaster as we have supposed—what then? We might refer, in support of the con tinuance of the struggle, to the vast ex penditure of the resources of the country aiseady made—to the unparalleled contri-. butions of a patriotic people—to the im mense debt accumulateor our posterity to pay—and ask—shall we consent that all this treasure should be lavished in vain ? We might ref& to the far more precious expenditure of life in this deadly struggle —to the blood which has been so loyally poured forth to.cement this Union—to the sufferings which no arithmetic can estimate, endured in defence of the life of our Gov ernment and the liberty of our people so cruelly assailed—and ask—shall we eon , sent that all these sufferings should be en dured, this blood be shed, these lives be offered up, in vain? But we forbear all such appeals. If our course has been a wrong one in prosecuting this war, we should cease that wrong at once, howeVer fearful and irretrievable the consequences of our fault have been. We should not auginent and aggravate them by continuance in the crime. On the other hand, if our cause is indeid a righteous one, as we are persuaded that it is- r if it was indeed our duty to take up arms in defence of the Government be queathed to us—if we have felt that, in solemn supplioation, we could ask God, to whom we appeal in battle, to crown our arms with victory—then, however disasters may thicken around us, however dark the immediate prospect at any time may be, our course is plain. Relying still upon that God who is chastening us, confessing and forsaking our sins, and humbly seek ing his favor, it is for us to persevere, with confirmed resolution and with in creased efforts ; if defeated, to renew the conflict, cast • down—but not destroyed, faint—yet pursuing. We would, however, be doing injustice to our own convictions, did we produce the impression on the mind of any reader, that our cause is less hopeful now than hereto fore. Though reverses have sometimes been our lot, we have never faltered in the assurance of our final triumph. That as surance rests upon a firmer basis than mere statesmanship or generalship, even if each were faultless. It is founded upon the jug kfiutei-ap.,4 the determination 41014 491P,<•,110.- 9RII MEI FAINT-YET PURSUING. PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.---WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, I 864. CALVIN'S TERCENTENARY IN EDINBURGH. We greatly regret that owing to the un necessary time and attention given. to the MOPHEETER'S case our own General As sembly did not take some more formal no tice of the Tercentenary Anniversary of the death of the great CALviN. A -meet ing and addresses such as could have been given by that -Assembly, might have been. of lasting historical interest. In this matter we fell behind most of the Presby terian bodies in this land, and were left far in the rear of our brethren across the At lantic. A friend has sent us a 'copy of the Ed inburgh, Daily Review, which gives a de tailed account of a meeting held in the hall of the Free Church. General Assembly, on the evening of the 27th of May, the day of CALVIN'S death. Earl DAL7/013- BIE presided, and the meeting was ad dressed by ministers of the Free, United Presbyterian, and Reformed Presbyterian Churches. Professor LINDSAY, of Glas gow, took for his subject " The Character of CALVIN." Principal FAIRBAIRN 'ad dressed himself to the Theology of CAL VIN. Doctor ANDREW THOMPSON spoke of "What Scotland OweS to . CAL VIN " through KNOX ; and Dr. GOOLD de livered a " Vindication of CALvni against Modern Misrepresentations." The addres-- ses were, one and all, most able and inter esting; and the proceedings were brought to a- practical conolusion by a few , reparks from Principal CANDLISH, who showed The claims which Geneva has upon the. Gratitude and Aid of the Reformed Churches," and made an appeal on behalf of the Calvin Memorial Hall, proposed to be erected in Geneva, for evangelistic pur poses. Intimations are thrown out in the Re view that the celebration of this anniver vary at this time, may do much in proper ing the way for union among the Presby terian bodiep. The Commencement of this venerable institution for the present year occurred on Wednesday of last week. Rev. Daitid Stevenson, of Indiana, delivered the ad-. dress before the Cliosophic and Whig So cieties, his subject being the " Value of Industry Connected with our Natural As pirations." The bsvrary degree of A. M. was con ferred o*ll. B. HYDE, New-York ; ABRA HAM B. I. I ',AYLIE, Brooklyn; . Prof. HIRAM CORSON, Philadelphia; Rev. W. D. EVANS, D. C.; Rev. DAVID' STLI7ENSON, Indiana, orator of the societies this year; Rev. H. P. HAT, Tiverton, N. Y.; A. C. M. PAN liINGTON, U. S. A.; T. B. STUDDEFORD DWIGHT D. WILLARD. That of D. D. on Rev. W.M. C. CATTELL, President of Lafayette College; Rev. SAM UEL NILLER, N. J., and Rev.. Ex ..D. YEOMANS, Rochester, N. Y. That of LL. D. on FREDERICK T. FRE LINGHUYSEN, Newark, N. J.; MERCER BEESLEY, Qhief Justice of New-Jersey. The Trustees report that they have, re ceived a gilt of $85,000 from JAMES M. LENox, and an endowment of $103,000 has been paid into the treasury of the College. The esteem felt by our readers for the " Country Parson," whose genial wit and Christian spirit have procured him so many admirers in this country, will lead them to regard with interest anything from his pen. To the kindness of our townsman, A. W FOSTER, Esq., we owe the opportunity of presenting the following brief, but expres sive epistle-from. the distinguiihed essayist. We regret that the cause assigned semis to preclade the hope of his indulging in any "recreations" on this side the Atlantic: 78 Guzea KING STP:P.ST, EDINBIIBCB , . , " April 23, 1894. "BEAU Srs.:—l should sooner have ao -knowledged your kind letter, but have been extremely busy, "I am very happy to think how many unknows friends I have in America. But for sea-sickness, I should go over and shake hands with some of them. My heart is entirely with you in your endeavors to put down the wickedest and most 'causeless rebellion this world ever saw; and I la ment, bitterly and'indignantly, that so many people here will not see the cause rightly. • • " My country parish, before I came to Edinburgh, was four miles from Dumfries : so I. know well the district from which your grandfather Went. * * * * Belieie me, in haste, • Yours very sincerely. THE BANNER FOR ;MINISTERS IN WANT Hardly a. week passes that we do not learn of some of our excellent brethren in the ministry who are sorely pressed for the necessaries of life. Many of them hah had no additions to salaries too low in for mer times, while everything they or their families eat, wear,' or read, has increased vastly in price. Many of these brethren are denying themselves - in ways most pain ful to contemplate. Not .a few of them are altogether unable to pay even for their weekly religious newspaper. , We are now sending the Banner to as many of _those without pay, as we are able to afford. Some of our readers would do ,a great kind ness by platting at our disposal a few dol lars for furnishing the Banner to ministers in want. Death of the Rev. A. G. Fairchild, D.D.— The Rev. A. G. FAIRCHILD, D.D., of the Presbytery of Redstone, died at resi dence near Smithfield, Pa., Juno 80th, at 11 o'clock and 50 minutes P. M. He was one of the oldest and `most widely known ministers in Western Pennsylvania. As a writer he had high reputation throughout, the Church. His hooks entitled " The Great Supper," and " The Divine Pix poses,"; are standards on the subjects of which they treat. His pastoral life - was most laborious and useful ; ;'his manners were always those of the educated Chris tian gentleman; his friendships were sin cere ; and his life was :a visible illustration of the Gospel which he preached. We are promised a biographical sketch for next week,-which will give a detailed account of his character, life and labors. important Election in Pennsylvania —The op r de thip State will be called upon the second day . of Auguoi l to vdto 'nap, PRINCETON COLLEGE. THE " COUNTRY PARSON." " A. K. H. BOYD." the proposed Amendment to the Constitu tion, giving soldiers from Pennsylvania en gaged in the service of their country, the right to vote, though absent from the State. Ohio and several other States have already such a provision in their constitutions. It is certainly a hardship that our noble soldiers should not be allowed to vote while exposing themselves to perils and death for their country. To us, this does not seem to be a' party question at all. It is simply a question of right. Hanover College, lnd.—The Annual Com- mencement of this Institution occurred June 23d, when the degree of A. B. was conferred on t3iiteen young gentlemen. The degree of D.D. was conferred on the Rev. SAMUEL M. HAMILL, Lawrenceville ; N. J.; the Rev. WM. HAMILTON, West ville, N. Y.; and the Rev. W. C. CATTET I L, President Of Lafayette College, Easton, Pa. The degree of LL.D. was conferred on the -Rev. ImmuEL OLMSTEAD, Washington, D. C. Chaplain U. S. A., stationed at pres ent at the Military Hospital, Jeffersonville, Indiana. Filling Fp - the Army.--A short time ago the Rev. J. P. THOAIPSON, D. D., of the Tabernacle church, New-York, proposed to his congregation to raise a certain sum as a bounty for securing volunteers to tlie ar my. The plan was immediately put in op eration and works well. The Provost Mar shall cleneral now gives notice that any persons, male or female, mitY furnish vol unteers by giving whatever bounty may be agreed upon by the parties, 'and the volun teers thus secured: will be credited to the place where the persons securing them re side. In this way lunch may be done to ward mitigating the rigors of possible draft. The Family Treasure, for Jnly,.contains: The AmbasSador Commissiong.d; Glimpses of a Great Man's Inner Life; Habakkuk's Ode.; Unpaid Claims; Presbyterianism on the Border; The U. S. Christian Commis mission; Letters from Blulrdide, &0., , &o. The Treasure has - some able contribu tors; and the variety, taste, and style are adapted to instruct and please. Our Beards.—The Home and Foreign Record for July Ist, reports the. following contributions to the different43oards of our Church in May : Domestic Missions, $6,- 584 52; Education, $2,212.19; Foreign Missions, $21,580 94; Publication, $5,718.- 73 ; Churof Extension, $640.36; Disabled Ministers, $3,074.'72. Acknowledgment.—We received from Mr. PETER Ross, of Wellsville, Ohio, $l.OO, which have been appropriated as directed, viz.: $25 Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions; $25 Presbyterian Board of Do mestic Missions; $25 American Bible So. clay ; $25 American Tract Society. NEWS OF THE CHURCHES AND MINISTERS. PRESBYTERIAN. Old gelleed.—A private note from Sharps burg, Pa., Presbytery of Allegheny City, says : " There is quite an encouraging state of .affairs in the churchof Sharisburg, and in times like these, perhaps, it is worthy of note. At our communion on Sabbath last, we received fifteen into the church on examination, and some others are inquir ing the way of salvation. Our Sabbath School is the largest and most flourishing we have ever had since the organization of the church, and the church has grown more rapidly during this year, by at least two fold, than it had done in the same length of time for the last four years. We feel greatly encouraged by this and other indi cations of prosperity, especially in these times of spiritual dearth." Rev. John Moore has resigned his pas ; toral charge at Williamsburg, Blair county, Pa.; and having taken charge of the Man tua Female Seminary in West Philadel phia, formerly under .care of the Rev. Dr. MeCluskey, correspondents will please ad dress him accordingly. The degree of D.D. has been conferred on Rev. W. P. Breed, of ghiladelphia, by Columbia College, N. Y., and also upon Rev. Samuel M. Hamill, by Rutger'e Col lege, N. J., and Hanover College, Ind. Rev. J. E. Spilman, of Nicholasville, Ky., has, accepted a call to the Maysville church, Ky., and expects to enter upon his labors there immediately. Some `time ago we took from a extempo rary a statement that the Rev: E. L. Bel den had accepted a call to Fairfield, 'lowa. This seems to have been a mistake. A private letter of June 27 saps : " Brother Belden is supplying the church •at Mt Pleasant, lowa, and a very pleasant place it is, with a promising church. The town is surrounded with a good farming country which cannot probably be excelled in the State.. The Insane Asylum is located at Mt Pleasant, in a beautiful situation about half a mile from.. town. It is conducted upon scientific principles, and every de partment and ward is kept in the most cleanly manner, ,possible. There are about one hundred and sixty patients in the In stitution at present." New Sehool.—This branch of the Presby . tartan Church is profiting largely, in Mis souri, from the sympathy, of some of the ministers of the Old School in that State, with the rebellion. Some ministers have left the Old Schaal and' united with the New. Several churches have done like wise, while new churches have been formed in different places out of Old School churches, for the'cause alleged above. - The Evangelipt says : Quite large addi tions on profession, doubtless, fruits of the late revival, were received into two` ofour Neiark churches on Sabbath last. Thirty.. four were received into the Second church, Dr. Few Smith's, and nineteen into the High Street church, Rev. Dr. Poor's. The Presbyterian . , Repprter says : "A minister in our church, who can preach in the German language, can hear of an in teresting and important,geld - by addressing the. Alton Editor of this magazine." Rev James Mettaskie, for several years pastor of' the Southwestern Presbyterian church in Philadelphia, luis returned to Ireland, - his 'native'-'country, intending to make it his intuit: home." - United.--The United Presbyterians, at - last raeatiug of theif Getteral'Aeae-mbly, resolved to raise 00,000 for the erection of buildings for the accommodation of their missionaries in Alexandria. This sum is to be secured by individual sub scriptions. While the discussion of the resolutions was pending, the Assembly manifested an earnestness and unanimity corresponding with the importance of the subject. Not only so, but they began to act. Mr. Charles Arbuthnot, of Pitts burgh, Pa., offered the sum of one thou sand dollars, to help forward the move ment. Mr. John Dean, of Allegheny City, Pa., offered five hundred dollars, and Mr. Isaac McGay offered two hundred and fifty dollars.; and other persons offered to raise other Sums in its behalf at an early day,. A,eirmilar with• a subscription paper will be shortly issued by the committee appoint ed to carry out the action or the General' Assembly on this subject, to be used by the friends. of this cause. METHODIST, The Rev. J. J. Thompson, writing on June Bth, in reference to the Methodist churches in Nashville, thus speaks of two colored churches formerly reported in Southern Methodist Minutes vihieh sought and found moorings in the Africin Methodist Episcopal Church : " They are united in one pastoral charge. Capers Chapel, inside the city, has 4.65 members ; Andrew Chapel, in Edgefield, a suburban village, has 350 members. " They have now changed .their names, The former .was reeognized by Bishop Payne, December 15, 1863, under the name of St. John's ; the latter on Deeenther 17, as St. Paul's church. I enjoyed the, privilege of Worshiping in the former last Sunday. The congregation was large, attentive, and devout. But that the worshipers were of dark complexion, I think none would have questioned that they had souls, The Sermon, badly deliv ered, in a singsong style, was nevertheless of thrilling power. The, manifestations of real piety and true devotion on the part of the congregation were truly refreshing, though sometimes they would have been denominated extravagant by the fa,stid- Maas." 'Rev.. M, Raymond, D.D., has been elect ed Professor of' Systematic Theology in Garrett Biblical listitute, in, place of the late Dr. Dempster. / EPISCOPAL. Bishop/ Mcilvaine, of Ohio, has been appointed, by the, senior Bishop of the United States, (Bishop Bromwell,) to go to, Priris this• Summer, to consecrate the new (Episcopal church recently built there by American citizens with the` permission of tha French Government. Bishop Mill value :will leave for Europe early this month, and wishes it to be understood'that lin travels solely on matters eeclisiastioal, in nowise connected with Government affairs. CONGREGATIONAL. The parish of the Epiphany, at Oincin - - &owed, heretofore of the Episcopal order, with Rev. B. K. Maltby as rector, which was recently organized into an independent congregation, has redeived official recogni tion by the Congregational Communion. Rev. Mr. Maltby having received and ac cepted a call :to become their pastor, was since installed, as snob. The installation sermon'was preached by Rev. Dr. Boynton, of the Vine Street Congregational church, Cincinn.ati; which was followed with ap propriate remarks to the paltor-elect, by Rev. H. M. Storrs, of the First Congrega tional iburelt of Cincinnati; and the prayer of installation was offered by Rev. Wm. - L. Ropes, of Cambridge, Mass. For the Preahytertan Banner. The Presbytery of Steubenyille, At its'sessions at Feed Spring, on the 28th inst., transacted the following, among other items of business, which you will please publish. 14eligious Exercises.—Rev. Henry Woods preached a sermon from Matt. xiii : 8— " But others fell into good .ground," &o.;. and Rev. Israel Price delivered an exhor tation to the Presbytery and _congregation. This congregation constituted a branch of Mr. Price's former pastoral-charge, and his faithful exhortation to them certainly re called pleasant memorials of refreshing scenes formerly witnessed there. Corresponding Ifentbers,.— Rev.. John Moore ? i Presbytery of Zanesville and Rev. T. It. Crawford, Presbytery of St. Claire vine. Receptions.--Mr. C. J. Hunter, licenti ate of the Presbytery of St. Clairsville, was taken under the care of Presbytery, and arrangements were made for his ocen pying,New Philadelphia Congregation. Mr. Hezekiah . Magill, member of the present senior class of Jefferson College, was taken under the care of Presbytery as a candidate for the ministry. Appointments .Rescinded.— Information being given to Presbytery that arrange ments ,meeting the, rule of Presbytery in such cases, had been made by the congre gations of Big Spring, New Cumberland, Fair Mount and New Philadelphia, the supplies granted them at the last stated meeting, were reseined;, and also those ap pointed for Chestnut Ridge. Christian Commission.—The followine paper was adopted in reference to this sub ' : ject : Resolved, That this ,Presbytery haartily endorse the U. S. Christian. Commission, and recommend it to the churches under our care, for their liberality. Resolved, That we endeavor to supply to the Commission at least two delegates, one ministerial and ono lay, successively, so long as there may be a necessity for their labors.; and that arrangements be made for supplying the pulpit of, the min ister during his absence._ Messrs. T. V. Milligan and Eaton were appointed to carry the last resolution into effect, Call Decline.--Rev.W. W. Laverty de (dined the call tendered him by the eon gregation of Wellsville, assigning inability from impaired 'health to perform the du ties of the ; pastorate there. ROBERT HERRON, Stated Clerk. Par the Presbyterian Balmer. Supplies Appointed by Allegheny Presbytery Summit, Concord and Tarenturn,Leave to obtain supplies until October. ainionvit/c.—Second Sabbath of July, J. F. Boyd; to administer the Lord's Sup per. First Sabbath of August, B. O. Jun kin. First Sabbath of September, S. Wil liams. First Sabbath of October J. R. Coulter. North Butler. James Coulter, one tbird of the time till the Spring meeting. Pleasant Valle, --James Coulter, one third of the time till the Fall Meeting. Stale - Leek .—Leave to obtain Supplies till the Spring meeting, 'except the fourth Sibbath of July, J. F. )3oyd, to adMinister the Lord's Supper. U. S. Christian Commission. The Army Committee of Western Pennayi 'anis Imeeents the following report of its operations for Jude : Rev J Irwin Smith, Oltroorati, Wish. " . 8 Id Henderson, Dunningstile, Pai H Leteer, Kest Alexander, Pa; R P Thyme, Bearer, Pa H A Pollock, 11. - D, Washington noul:d7, J A Pcoudfit, do do .< J J Hideout, do do Robert Mercer, do Ao Bev D S WWI, Hickory, Pa. • K Armstrong, Harriamrd r e, Andrew Su,lth, Weg a. Ohio,' Johß S ratty, Thulale, Ohio, have been commie sieved as delegates to the Aimy of the Potomac. Bev in Small, Mercer, rat " John Kelly, Pie vanellaville, Ohio, have gone to the Army of the Cumbeelsod. -The Treasure; acknowledges the ree Apt of the following enntrilutione during Juno : Christian Ctadtniadon from Washington; Peons, foil.; M. Deed, B.q additional (to tat 55 30 ,) - 000 Army Gamtnittve of Beaver co Pa Conetrt • PersicsD P Chatch 15 = 4 ' Orson Town/hip 95 Ohio Towdship 2 330 do, r ch. District lao . . 2 650 14 F. Church, Potwar ' 30 Gorteral thimaiitteo. 1(0 Polon 17,lief Association, Wrs ern Penn sylvania, and Nirth Wintery, Virgiul " '179 Solana -Aid Society, Payton, Armstrong oB ' . Fenanylvayia 72 80 do do Wench Creek, Mercer co Pa 50 do , do *altatntrg, Indiana do de . * do ' do Itimerebuig, Otarion do co 25 do do Mr.Washiogann Butler do 20 do do E dem Ridgeludi4na do do 555 do do Circiesitlecothe ned 325 ,do do StewarUville. (nddl) ao do 850 do do Be ilsviile, Monroe co 0hi0... 12 25 do do Winchester, lowa 5 65: Little CArts Sewing- Sod ty. Pittsburgh—. 5 90 Se-hoof:District, No 6 Suarden Township... 20 50 North Sewicklle Academy,7 Regina Builders and boiler nakein'ocia tiott, Pittsburgh 33016 Cipseus of Carmichael and vicinity Greene 17725 - ,40- do Pitatisitrania aad vicinity; - q Logan criOhia " 117 65 Ido do Ins- 'lntim, Mercer co P 5.... 'lOl 77 ,/ do do Patton ip, Allegheny co 32 do do Fifth Ward, Pi05eurg0.......... 3325 do do ' Bentleysville, wash'nuo Pa 5135 do . do Laurel Hid. Fayette co Pa 21 do " :do " Homer, do do do '3B-' do chi- Meade tp Belmont co Ohio 61 10 do..`do Pr/ iney do do do 36 45 do do New Hagerstown do do 38 Methodist Ppiscopcl Oburchea West Pike Bun Pa 3125 Etsinezer Bentneyville church-, Pa - 1765 : 4-rimer/not, Pa... 10 Perrysville, Jefferson Co Pa..................... 20 45 Grceusburg, Pa 3 50 Begin Crank, Ohio 10 00 St. Obtantrille, Ohio' 14 62 Harlem Springs, Ohio 16 60 Proceeds of lecture by sue. W. li. Mar shall, Beßair; 0110 83 83 Bethany Chapel, Winchester, lowa . . 6 8J Orrman Beformild Ohnigh, Mt. Pleasant, "Ohio • 18 80 nerver"'onvscnce Fourth Church. Pitzsourgh....— 11l 26 Brody's Bend, Pa 23 50 Salm, Wtotmoreland county, Pa ............. 98 08 'UNITED PSZSBITEBT/44 011IIRCILES Cheri Itint, 'Penang° county, ' Pa 00 00 do do Clarion do do' - 16 60 Mt. Jackson, Lawrence do do ............ 10 OS Second Church, Mercer do do 27 25 do da Bab Betel do ' do 17 65 Portereville, Butler do do 30 16 Concord, Olarion do'', do 10 45 Becky Boring, Beaver do do --. 35 00 East thaw, Allegheny do do .... 40 00 'Rich Rill, Pa •16 00 Utica, Pa ' 22 . 86 ' Ventre, exhibition Cherry Talley Literary , Society, Pa ' ' ' 66 15 Talley Church, Hilton, Pa ,• 60 00 Amity, Coshocton county, Cido 64 60 Scotch Ridge, •- , do ....- ... ...... 18 20 Loweiville, do 18 00 Richroond,- - de ' East Liverpool, d 0....—..--. 20 so It insman, . ' 41,) ' '' ' --21 25 . White Eyes, - do - - 303 .. Rerormed Presbyterian Church, Gooliraw• ten, Pa .................... ..........-...V.. 10, 30 raessrrsaieh CRI3IIOIOM Ladies' Society of Poke Etta Church, West? utorelaral conoty, Pa - 2OO ea Ligonier, Westmoreland county, Pa......... 197.5 0 Behoboth,-' do do do. .- . ... 131 /5 Mingo, Wdebington da d0.'... ... .. 114 - 70 Licking, Clarion do - dd..... . 51 00 Leathrmend. 'Clarion do do - ' 29 00 Uiity, Latrube do d 0... 116 Oq hturrAyaville, Pa a ...- 19 30 New Ulm, Ue,ver county, Pa i... 28 00 Unity, Mercer do do 44 00 West ilexander,Washingtat county, PS.. , ' -15 00 Waterloo, Venango, . . do , d 0... 15 CO C-ncre Meicaw Co. Pa 43 50 Mt Elizabota; Allegheny Co, Pa' .... . -4550 P.easant Ye ley, Pa u. 50 Duals.) circui., Pa, (add) I, - 365 11160161attdcuyn, Pa .. . .... .......................... 9 25 Upper toodoixy. Pa 15 95 1,1, tie-Beaver. Pa ' 62 40 Ca.de lien, Pa ••••••••••••••.. ' 84 00 Blairsville, Pa: Carrie's Ban, Pa ' 21 611 Teat, near Uniontown i....... 10 00 New Aterandria, Pa, (add) . 8 00 Bethel, Pa, (add) 3 00 Frialide iti. Harmony Church, Pa............. 'll l:P0 31L Oliva, 0 39 00 Hatlem, 0 N.. ..... .., ..... ....... ...... 10 00 Bettlivitte, 0 23 76 Alliance 0.-- • 33 46 Fiat Creek Sabbath School, o, 12 02 let church; Cadiz, 0 , 4t 76 Evans Creek, 0 ' 8.00 Dancan's Pans, 0 25 00 Clotciton, 0 " 5 tO Bettieoids t 0 . 51 7; 13.erfield, 0 ............... 65 83 Hilzore, 0 0 50 WadBw.rtli, 0 ... 12 60 Jeromevflio, 0 11 55 Long Grove, lowa, (add) 4 75 Plesattut G eve, do Frao Prea'yn. cbarch, lie3bandock, Ea...... 22 Oa LI7THICRALN CIIIIBOEIES Triedensburg, Somerset Ca, Pe............... . 31 18 Stoprown, dh• do do 20 60 Mills, do. do d 0......• ..... ..., 14 00 Shavers Sabbath School 1 35 LIDIVIDVAL CONTELLEUTIM, A Friend, Indiana, Pa 500 00 Thos Bakewell, Req., Pittsburgh " 103 00 I* .11 4 W ldi ler, do ' 50 00 A W BaYmond, Franklin, Pa 50 00 Foster Co. Pittsburgh,.. . 50 00 Root Mashie, Beaver O 20 00 Tame Price, Annapolis, 0 - 15 1.5 Mrs B Mellon, Cross Roads, Pi ' ... 10 00 John Kirk, Jefferson Co., 0 lO 50 Mrs M Jeffrey, Shirland, Pa 5 00 Rev Rel Blake, Pittsburgh , 500 311 as Barbara Diffenbaugh...« 6 00 Thomas Meekin - 500 - Wm Digby, Pittsburgh .„. - 500 John Scott 5 00 James Easy, Curie/vine, Pa - ' . " - ..5'.00 Wm Lehman, Provost Guard, Pittabrugh « 5 0 0 John Marshall, P.iweattan, 0 5 00 J L Bowman, Brownwitle; Pa 6"00 Two Fiends, Franklin, Pa - 12.0 Win Kilgore, St- übenville, 0 ' " . 3 tiO John Ku; phy, 6teubenvilie, 0....« .... lOO Mrs Dr Trevor; ALL gbeny.« 5 00 Mrs sl J Boliman, West newton, Pa .«. 1.00. M Meyers, Utricirrllle, 0 —. 2 00 Bev A Burt,• Pulaski, 0 . 200 David Graham,Rock Run, Illinois.... .... 2 60 J . B Johnson, N. Wilming.on, Pa.-- ... 100 Gilbert Young. Kelly's Station, Pa, 3 00 Mrs Ditch, Allegheny - 5 00 B A Shallow., liantrill., Thwa..‘........ ....... 1 00 John A Glasser, Wurternbetg, Pa ' 500 Wm Boosio, Valley Grove, Va 5 90 Andrew Braden, higet. Pa 5 00 Bunchy cash donations 31. 00 Receipts of month $ 7.780 73 Previously acknowledged ........... .. ~..-.. 72.548 03 $ 80,202 82 The following boxed of hoopital clothing and eatables have been. received during the month of June : _ 2 boles from Ladles Aid Society of Wayne town, ship, Lowrenoo county. 1 box from Woldrere 4id Socifry of Ilimersbnrg, Pa. 2 boxes from Ladies Aid Society of II P church, Pig eon Greek. 1, box trom Ladies AM Society, of West Itfiddle town,'Weshingtor, county. • - • 1 box of eggs from friends of Christian Commission at Steubenville. - I.box sundries from ladies of Clinton, Allegheny county. . , 1 box do from Soldiers Aid Society of Somerset; Pa. 1 box do from Mrs Elisio and. daughter,. Valley Grove, Western Virginia. - . 1. box do fromSoldieraAidliociety of Dayton, Arm stiong county, Pa. , 1 box do from Jersey Union Aid Society, ABgeheny county. , 1 box do from ltures of 1 box do from ladles of Reatleyerille, Washington 1 box do from Ladies SoCiety of Lake township, Nen er county. Pa. 1 box do, from Ladies Aid Society of Washington, Indiana county. Pa.' 1 box do from. roldiere Aid Society. of .INchatoudi Jeffem .on county, Pa - t bix do from dolaiers Aid Society oi Lintestown, Aid Society, tdarion county. • . • S &mos do from Morita Etve aid Valley ZI=E garrison - odunty i X boxee,..o from Aid Society of Lake township. 1 box it 'co Aid Society of Mercer, Pa'. 1 box do from Elder's Ridge Aid Society, Rider's tudistm'county. ' 1 box do from S N Swingle, New Cumberland, 2 box. e do from Ladies . Aid Society of Wafbing boxes do from ladies of BealisvlUe , Monroe emirs fYr Pa. Ibde do frem Jeffereen i Pa. • Ibex on from Ladies Aid 8 , -ciety of School -District No 1, Buff.to, ArnAtrong county, Pa. " 2 boxes do from North. Washington Soldiers Aid Society, But/ercoutity. 11 box do from Gerroan. Reformed. Church, Mount Pies:rent. (rake county, Ohio. 1 box do from the Ladle's' Aid Society of Bellair, Ohio. 1 box do from Chartier's Congregation, Aregheny county. 1 box do from the Dailies' Aid Society of Washing-T ton county, Pa. 1 b do from the Ladies' -Aid Society-"of Monet - Pleotant, Westmoreland county. • • 3 boxes from the Vatting" Aid Society of. Brie, Pa,. 1 box do Sum tke Ladies' Aid Society of New Ter non, nteroer county_, %coxes from little 'sifts, Sltrol District No. 3, West TtAtrnship, !fiercer county , • 1 box do from the Ladies of New . CsaCe Aid So ciety, Pe. 1 box do from Ladies' Aid Society of Clarkson. I box do - from Soldiers' Aid Society of Coopertown, Ten-zgo county. _ • boxes do from the Soldiers' Aid. Society. of Poi tormille. Butler county 1 box do from the Bethel Ober& Chrietian Com mission. - I box do from Union Hall. Soldiers' Aid Society. I box do from the worth Beaton; Soldiers' Aid So ciety, Maboving. Ohio, • lbox do from Rer, J. A' Jones, Dayton., Ohio, I box do from the Ladies' aid, Society of Bi; Heater, per Bmver Cennty army Oomtattee. I...bax do from the Aid Society of Sharon ; per Army. Committee of Beaver con ty. 1 box do from Mrs. John Oliphant, Spring Hill, Pa: lbox do from The ladies of Hillsboro' and vicinity, Washington county.. • 2 boxes do from N , w•Athenß, Harrison county. 0.- 1 box do from the Solders' Aid Society C'Al.ononge;• hela City., Pa. • - '••• • - . 2 boxen‘do from North Hope, BUtler cOnn ty,7 Pa. 2 packagei from little Xiattjaitht Purdi, " Cleve 8h •zee from the Soldiers' Aid Society of Barnard's Glade, Indiana county. boxes from the ladies vitals, Harrison mainly, liox from nth Soldier's' ithiSoelety offing r Crmre, Warren county, Pa, 1 Vol pic clvs Pont tbL 'di. a' 1"1Socloty of ar - .s e 4/ iltn.tigtcti, Po. 1 b x Funurioa front 31ra. J. S. jVanszn, New WU. onion 16)2 do from the Sold era' Aid Soci.iy of Wortbing. , ton At ntsiri COI 2117. I.blXd., try ci L di ~' AidSocielyof Biairsvilie,Pa. 1 bar df. from Lenif.'s Aid Sorkty of Masterarille, Harrison Co , 1 box do. front Latlfas of Upper 10 miles Cong., Washington o. 2 lone. from S t ier's Ail S o. of Washington. 'Pa. 1 bat from Ladies of Steubett,i le, Ohio, per Hrs. G Ciudiag), 3 bows (rum Lsdiea' did Esc. of Cross Creak Vil. lug!. 2 boxes from Soldier's Ail Soc. of Wellsaitle, Ohio. 2 boxes and 1 keg front Unity and Fairteld Twp. Aid l'ott ty. 1 b do. fr,ut Soldier's AM Soc, of Hubbard, Trumbull coast). Old., hex do. from Ladie's Soldier's Aid Soo, of Ma honing, Lowest cocoa:eq. 1 pkg Irvin doldie.'s sad Soc, of Eliztbeth. 1 boa of Lemons firm Mrs. 9 C Sandal. Also pkgs of eatables 4 oliething and books from the following: 3 from Mrs Johnston 4 1 " A D Gilletand 1 " 44 0 Lockhart It " Airs. Geo Mc Into • 1 " D Smith 1 " IVILs Lew " . 44 kirs i raeyrun 2 44 44 Birmingham 4, rise torzhroa 1 " A Langtelin 1 " Airs Childs t " " CJ Clark 1 44 " Murphy " Ladies of Wt6ster 1 44 Miss 'SS Pamavant S Friend 1 ' 4 . " 41 Leiter t 4, Mrs T J Closer 8: 44 Airs A Jones 1. 4, Miss Al Maitlarnl •1. .". 'Atwood 1 4,4, eadie WEson 215 bo , les of fruit, Fear, tea, Ac. from Christian • Commissionof Philadelphia. 1 box of oandries from Behobeth Congregation, Wesinat..rtaland c linty. 1 do. from Ist Pies. II P Church, Bev, Reid, City. • 1 do. teem. Yfolalig Ladiea' Sewing Soc. 241. Pres. Church; City. 1 pkg from Soldier's AM Soo. of Cannonsbr.rg. ... The Miming articles have been sent to cur armies ' daring the mouth of June - Sltr shirrs, 519 pairs drawers, • 2.54. pairs slippers, 530 pi.lows, 800 piltaw emus, 320 towels, 791 rolls of nrailla, 1.043r01ie of bandages, 475 sheets, 71 blankote, • 1592 arrustings, 108.5 handkerchiefs, 218 yards rauslo, 1112 pairs crutches, 41 boxes lemons, -• 1239 condentata milk cans 1284 CALM beef tea, 989 lbs crackers, • 1260 lbs dried beet; ... 3 bble p.ppor bash, 18 galls apple batter, 3100 carobs, 12 boilers farina, 10des - oa sponges, 88540 prges of paper, -.41200 tracts, 41 reams writingpaper 11' 1 00 envelopes. Also furattme for two. nesse% Stores for the Christ - Iln to W. P. Weytaan, a., d cal oxen Personal. *ad Palmerston, in a late speech, rebuked severely, those British merchants who car ried on a contraband trade with the rebels in China and sent home to their friends " high-flown panegyrics" of their custom ers. He might with much greater propri efy have referred to the contrabandists who are doing the same things for the rebels in the. Southern States. • The Charleston, Mercury of the 14th, has the following list of the Federal officers who have been placed under our fire in Charleston : Brig. Generals Seymour, Wessels, Sum mon, Shaler, Heckman; Colonels T. G. Grover, R. Hawkins, W. Harriman, J. H. Lehman, 0. H. Lagrange, W. C.. Lee, R. White, H. 0. - Bolinger, H. L. Brown, E. L. Dant,, E. Fardell; Majors D. A. Car penter, IL D. Gaut, J. N. Johnson, 0. H. Barnes, J. E. Clarke, W. Crandall, J. Hall, E. W. Bates, W. Y. Baker; Lieut. Colo nels E. G. Hays,N. B. Hunter, T. N. Hig ginbotham, W. W. Stewart, A. W. Taylor, 0. C. Joslin,, D. Miles, J. D. Mayhew, J. Potsley, J. H. Burnham, W. R. Cook, C. J. Dickerson, N. Glenn, S. F. Spofford, B. W. Swift, W. P. Lascelle, W. E. McMa kin, W. C. Maxwell, S. Morfit. By a somewhat singular coincidence, Presidents and Professors in Colleges have been called to the Moderator's chair this season in several of the Presbyterian As semblies. Thus we find Rev. Professor Pirie, of the University of Aberdeen, Mod erator of the General Assembly of the Established Church of Scotland; Rev. Principal Fairbairn, of the Free Church College of Glasgow, Moderator of the Gen eral Assembly of the Free Church of Scot land; Rev. Dr. James. Wood, President of Hanover College, Indiana, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, (Old School.) in this country; and Rev. Dr. D. A. Wallace, President of Monmouth College, Illinois, Moderator of the General Assembly of the United Pres byterian Church. Brigadier-General Joseph P. Taylor, Coin missary-General of Subsistence of the Uni ted States Army, died at Washington a few days since. Gen. Taylor was a younger brother of the late Major-General and Pres ident Zachary Taylor. He entered the military service of the United States as third-lieutenant of the Twenty-eighth In fantry in 1813, and acted in the subsist ence department for most of the time thereafter until 1829, when he was appoint ed captain. He was promoted Major of Subsistence in 1838 and Lieut.-Colonel in 1841, and on the death of Brevet-Major- General George Gibson, late Commissary- General of Subsistence, he succeeded that officer with the rank f Colonel. Under the act of Feb. 9, 1863, providing for the addition of a Brigadier-General to the Sub sistence Department, Col. Taylor was se lected for that position. flow Constantine appeared is the great Council of Nice.—" His towering stature, his strong-built frame, his broad shoulders, his handsome features, were worthy of his grand position. There was a brightness in his look, and a mingled expression of fierce ness and gentleness in his lion-like eye,, which well beoame one who, as Augustus before him, had fancied, and perhaps still fancied, himself to be the favorite of the .Sun-god Apollo. His Ion; hair, false or real, was crowned with the imperial dia dem of pearls. His purple or scarlet robe blazed with precious stones and gold em broidery. He was shod, no doubt, in the scarlet shoes then confined to the 'Empe rors, now perpetuated in the Pope and Car dinals." Oa Friday afternoon, Hon. Josiah Quincy died at his residence in Bainbridge, Mass. He was at the time of his death 92 years and 6 months of age. Mr. Quincy was born at Boston on the 4th day of February, 1772, nearly four years and a half before the Declaration or Independence. lie was educated at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., and graduated at Harvard College in 1790. -.'Ye afterward studied law under Judge William. Tudor, and was admitted to the bar. -In 1799, he was candidate for Congress, but was defeated. In 1805, he was elected, and was reelected three times, serving until 1813. lie was distinguished for> his readiness, in debate, quickness of wit and.keenness of satire. He was, in 1821, elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives,. and in 1822 served as Speaker of the Reuse. In the same year he resigned, to take the office of Judge of the, Municipal- Court of Boston, and, while holding that position, first laid down the law that the publication of the truth, with a good intention'and fel. a justifiable end, was , not libellous. In 1823 he left the bench, and was elected Mayor of Boston, being the second incumbent of that office. In 1829 he was elected President of the Harvard University, and held the post un til August, 1845, when he resigned rel. lowed by, the regrets of 111 conneeted,with the college. From that time he lived a striotly private life Until 1856, when he took a prominent part in the effort to el3ot Co!.-Fremont to the Presidency. As a lawyer, an orator, a-judge and a writer, he was justly distinguished. He succeeded in everything be undertook, and died respe.oted and honored William Pitt Feasemleu is the on of the Eon, Samuel Fessenden, and was born in Itoseawen, N. H.,"'Uotober 16,1806. He was educated , at Bowdoin Gollega, Me., vas admitted to the bar ix/ 1827, and opened an 3613 coos of (raft, 1682 lbs dried bait, 15 duz-n wish. a, 20 do cope, 31 do b , wls, 10 d 3 pitchers, 19 do cologne, 74 bottles B sy Boss, 250 - d Brandy, 110 do Wino, 125 do Whisky, 210, lba soap. 2 781 b, barley, 201 bs topic°, 20 F Ibs a-row root, 44 lbs e-tso, 7;lba g. Wine, 41 lbe .Isntaica Cingar, Co lin. maatird, I'o IN fat inn, 126 lbs corn tomb, 12 lb: maecaroaf, 043 the batter, 250 the rock candy, 45 bash Dotstoos, 1726 fans, 750 hymn. books, 11l palm hooks, extra diet kitchens in Ten- Col mmisslon ebAuld be nut h to JutePh Mine% Item.
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