Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-06-01
THE General Assembly of the Old schoo


TIE General Assembly of the Old School
-. Presbyterians met at Newark, N. j., on
Thursday, 18th, Rev. DR.. Breckinridge, of
Kentucky, presiding at the opening. Rev.
DR.. Wood. of Hanover College, Pennsylva-
mia, was elected permanent President
Nearly 300 delegates were present. This
body, once so conservative, has been swept
along with the popular current, and is now
warmly loyal and anti-sIavery- a The pray
ers of the border State delegates arc no.
ticed as especially earnest. glowing with
loyal sentiments and supplications for the
the complete overthrow of the rebellion
and everything entering into it. The as-
sembly voted to observe Thursday of last
week as day of, fasting and! prayer for
the country, and the New School Assem-
bly,, at Dayton, Ohio was notified by tele-
graph of this action, and invited to unite
in it. The assembly has moved for an in
crease. of mihiS teEial salaries. The receipts
of the board of church extension for the
past year were s$24. SAT, and apprOpria.
tons were made to 47-churches of SSl, O54
leaving balance OF S33, o5T in the treas.
ury, .,,.., ~ .-,Ts5 ..t55 -
The report on slavery made to the as
sembly by Judge Mathews, who was q. s.
District Attorney of Ohio under Buchanani
and which is certain TO be adopted with
little OF no opposition, closes thus: liz,
an view, gtherefore, of it's former testi-
monies upon the subject, the general as
sembly does hereby devoutIy express it's
gratitude to Almighty God for the great
deliverance he has prepared for our couu-
try from the evil and guilt of slavery; its
cordial appreciation of the measures taken
by the national and State authorities for
its extirpatiOn, as the root of BITTERNESS
from which has sprung rebellion, war and
bloodshed ,, and heilo6gslist of horrors that
follow in their train; ia eatnesti belief that
the thorough removal of this prolific soHrce
o: evil and harm will be speedily followed
by the blessings of our Heavenly Rather,
the return OF peace, union and fraternity,
and Astounding prosperity to The whole
land, apd recommend to- allip our commu q,
MON to-fHbur honestly, earnestly, and I'M.
weariediy IN their respective spheres for
this glorious contamination, to which hu.
man juyticei Christian love, national peace
and prosperity, every earthly and every
religious interest, cotnbideto pledge them"
49, 49, Il --4AlLG-i AtSL|
THE.. New England apti5slsSyssEtSys society
held its aonual Getting In Boston on last
Thureday and Friday: The saws men
and women were there as. hefetefore, all. 81
little older and some Of them not much
wiser. Tho discnssi6n between Mr. Gar,
rison and Wendell Phillips as to abe anti
slavery action OF President Lincoln was
renewed. and cOnstitated3ths staple of the
proceedings. Mr. Garrison thought Mr..
Lincoln bad done pssMell las. could have
been reasonably expected, aseipg that he
was haDpeteaLby his OATH 10 support the
cODstituti6bb'; and Mr. Philiips did not be.
IieYe in taking or keeping epy e1ch ostb.
This is precisely The iHessncei between |
the rsdfcals end Union mem aud q realty
the only gsou6d Of complaint against Me-
when you 60 to the root of the