Daily national Republican., 1863-10-23
LOCAL NEWS.

whilst standing on the steps OF uniteo stste
hospital In 0sttysburg.
The nav. J, @. Near, NV. robert Adiar, and Dr
Brainard made short addresses, praising the virtu
Of the deceased brothsr and oomplimenting hi
bravery. ....
The resolutions were unanimously adopted b,
the Synod and congregation.
Rev, J, W. Mears offered the following rssolu
tion, which was adopted:
,Rs.o,y.s, That The syned h. read with nuel
Of EDUCATION, and renewedly commend this erss
su6jees TO the liberality and prayers Of ii,
churches.
II was moved that list Of all the churches, min
listers, and the elders, with their post-ofnoe I'D
dress, be published in the minutes. Adopted.
It was moved that . sufieient number Of III,
minutes bs printed to supply all the elders
Agreed TO.
The report Of the COMMITTEES on the Records o
Harrisburg were adopted.
Mr.. E. E. Adams offered resolution In regard Il
the Ameriean Prssbyfertan:
dorssmenl Of the I~s,seSn Prssssriss as The orsar
nest and dun unisitsrins loyalty Of he paper 70 tSs
the sai..snos o. IN Il. p.Ssifon, s"d rseomnsnd Il
to all the families In our congregations a. an ex
es!lsnt religion; papsr and q -, bond o. union and
The above resolution was adopted.
The series OF resolutions adopted at the last ses
sion Of the General Assembly, In May last, were
brought before the Synod and read by the secre
tary.
The following amendment was offered by tho
Rev. Thomas Robinson, which was finally with
drawn:
ing our arms, giving renewed evidence a. we be
lieve that Providence 10 on our side, that this
synod claims TO expres: its profound gratitude 70
manner In which the war 10 being carried on.
Before being withdrawn, considerable discussion
ensued on the matter by number Of the member
Of the Synod.
byron Sunderland, D. D., arose and spoke upon
the amendment a. follows:
Now. Mr.: Moderator, as regards this question Of
sSiuf sie PiOyiisns. of eo1 : xorGins oas sS.s
question. II H. discovered already that the only
SS ss IN n ~ ssSSny aa..ca as &.
ming land don't profess to have belonged to either
Of these parties, are the southern nrs-eaters and
this people have been cropping between these two
a. though they had been lost In the drowse Of =
But, sir, the time for an awakeniny has come,
rsliying the hosts The Southern nre-eatsr, once
s%s ssns anS
toward the Gulf which will bury him forever,
while the sboiitionist-and am not h re to pass
TO be a matter Of fast in the Providsnce Of Cod
the aboionist 10 rising in his strength and march.
ne may nass from the saoS Of the times whes
this evil genius OF the South will cry out, "Oh,
aboiitionist, thou hast conquered"
duIge me Tor q lew moments while ; ,Srn to- to the %
recolections oi the past which, while they may not
lie, pcrhaps, wholly irrelevant to- the general
question, affect me deeply A. stanl here among
You are all familiar with the history Of the
Se :erpsn Of then and ssst. Il.
warned Us Of al that has followed. That was in
non Of Virgins, he only synod that ever seionsed
to our Presbyterian church that has met here, sx.
sept yourselves, met IN this very house where we
from the church Of Christ, for the sake Of human
$Sss 1S i s:Sy''.s sy "a: ts ss'
The story Of that day has n,ver been fully told
Mitchell, the corypheus OF the southern band, was
here; Reed WAS here Mouse was here, and men
Of Lesser r., note They spent the iveons day In re;
their Institutions In the srossest misrspresents-
tions, and In the most unparliamentary and In
sion, sir II was apparent - all, from the begin
ming, that the vot. for separation would be over
Our ss
thousands outside in the community Of this city
sympathiziny In the movement. Al length taunts
u !
words, that we were either fools or towards. in
the afternoon OF that day, Nourse-who, BY the
way, has spent a considerable part Of his time
during the past year In the Old Capitol prison
(laughterl-came to me and saii, " You must say
something; we intend to smoke you out" He then
churches came to us, aud in amszement asked why
were speechless. We, sir, were being deg ade /
in our homes-we were being crippled In our own
scene Of exuitation for them, and OF anxiety u.s.
beyond expression. Noble was far awsv on the
Mediterranean, WHITTIER he with Others Of our Navy
@ alter Lbsr,s. b. smith had gone home home sick with
labors. Dsnforth alone had goue over to the enc.
my Newlin had been sent for to come and de.
iend the Psesbytery. He arrived at nishtf.ll. and
sion. The church was crowded with most eager
and expectant body. He spoke for an hour aud
.ss then s. dSwn 10 aDy tS1ss s.
Haskell, Dannins, and one other.to face that
music, and the vote was drawing nigh
%heh ho.s sssss oa' h.R So
ment, sir, that we broke the trammels and
threw down the g.untlet. iAppIau...l 1t va. At
[sppl .use nor to bstrsy the cause Of Christ and
for the yeas and nays and the three recorded their
from the Church OF Christ and all that has gone
J. for one, have never been ashamed OF that record.
[Applause.l In the meanwhile, God has somehow,
In his ny sterious kept Us In places
and we are here tonight to meet you, brethren oil
the synod OF PennfylvaniA, tapplause,l and to
shake hands with you on this great question.
II was dark then, II " brighter now. 1t seems
to me that the sun 10 coming up. God reigns, and
to him be the glory. l am In favor OF the resolu.
tions, as read from the minutes Of the General
assembly, without alteration.
After few remarks by various members, Rev
Mr.. Robbins, who offered the amendment, with.
drew It, and the resolution passed without amend
ment.
DR.. Brainard, 10 reply to a me nber Of the syRod,
who said patriotism was natural virtue. said ifit
were natural virtue, there was very unnatural
state of things In the south-an unnatural state Of
things In Ohio, where the Copperheads are. II
patriotism be a natural virtue, many men will
have to be born oyer again.
The synod then adjourned.
The synod met this morning at 8 o'clock. After
devotional exercises the Synod commenced to
transact its business about 10 minutes to 10 o'clock
DR.. Mills, Of the synod Of Missouri was invited to
sit as corresponding member. The minutes OF yes.
tcrdsy were read and approved.
Rev. W. Il. Moore gave reasons for late attend.
ance which were sustained.
Rev, Mr.. Hotchkin offered = resolution that a
committee be appointed to report to next meeting
of Synod In relation to the position and duties OF
ruling elders In our ecclesiastical bodiesi adopted
Tue following resolution was offered;
RssoIpsd TIL al tha nka nf tina 2ynal ha' TAI