Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-05-30
The Old School Presbyterian General
Assembly.
'pondence Of the Toledo Blade. I

Correspondence Of the Toledo Blade
PEoRrl55 Ill May 25.
EDITOR BLADE;- BY starting from Toledo on
Wednesday last, We hoped to be present at the
opening Of the Assembly on the following day
but the trains did net connect at Logausport
and the members OF this venerable judicatory
were not authorized to wait for up The omen.
ing sermon was preached and the officers elect.
ed notwithstanding our absence i.' 20
We found many objects of interest along the
route-old Princeton iriends-change of scenery
-vegetation In advance Of that around Toledo
promising Crops-booming prairies, etc., elc
AT one place our locomotive scar cd up a few
prairie hens, and ut another disturbed the reflec
tions OF sayage-lo0king wolf, who was evil
IDENTIFY contemplating the subjeciiof mutton as
suggested to his mind by the proxlmitypf flock
of sheep. He stood about one hundred yards
from the road as We passed, and was apparently
no more pleased by our approach than South
ern she.rebel at the approach OF Federal regi-
ment whose band is diacourAing yankee Doc
dle." q pc
We found large number in attendance at the
Assembly. Its sessions are held in the First
Presbyterian Church. The "town" of Peoria
-as a certain D. D. termed it in his PRAYER
yesterday, and thereby offended the ears of
OF Toledo 1t Ia pleasantly located, and ia lust
nov engaged in treating the Assembly with
distinguished consideration. The members
seem to be highly pleased with their accom-
modation. 'sl
Yesterday the pulpits of the three Pfesby.
terlan, two Methodist, Baptist, Episcopal and
Universalist Churches were filled by the mem
bers of the Assembly. We had Rev. Or. Hum
phrey, OF Kentucky, In the morning In the Sc
cond Presbyterian, and Rev. Dr.. Jaoobus, of
Piitsburg, 10 the evening, in the Episcopal
Church. The audiences in both cases were
great, and the sermons were much greater. -
In fact, we have never listened to better dis
courses. The former was on the "Tfansfgura.
tlon," and the latter on the Darkness of
Providence"
Last week the Assembly was engaged in con-
Hidering the subject of the union of the two
branches Of the Church. The other Assembly
is In session In Philadelphia. Several messages
have been interchanged by means of the tele.
graph. There seems to be no obstacle to
speedy union. The members in both bodies
desire it, and the day is not far distant when the
terms NEW and "Old" will bs dropped, and
the two will be one branch of the Church. -
Delegates have been appointed to the Assembly
in Philadelphia, and We are looking for the
messengers of peace from that Assembly beiore
the adjournment of this, ''~N 1~SiA
Several judicial cases claim the consideration
of this Assembly. The sessions may bs pro-
Hscted until the latter part of next week
Our Moderator is the Rev. Dr.. Morrison,
who, for twenty-five years, was Missionary to
India. His pAtrlarchal beard aud apostolic
moustache give him very go mn appearance
He reminds US Of one OF the old Prophets; but
IL is due to the Assembly to say that other men
whose names appear on its roll could have filled
the high office with more ability. The election
OF Dr.. Morrison Was compliment to the cause
Of Foreign Missions. He very properly re-
marked In his inaugural address, that he could
never have reached the Moderator's chair rex