Evansville Journal, Volume 17, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 23 May 1866 — Page 2

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A Soldiers and Sailors' Momment Evansville, May 20, 18G6.' Editors Journal: ' -The Vanderburgh County Soldiers' an3 SailoraV JJnion, M their meeting last nighty ' detemmM to erect a monument to the brave men citizens of-this county whodied for their country during the late war. It is eminently proper that we should commemorate, in lasting marble, the serTicea and death of our fellow-citizens Upon that monument shall be en graved the names of every officer, soldier and sailor from this county who died for the Union Gavitt, Shanklin, "Walker, Olmsted, and a host of otherr?equally , distinguished and, la merited and to that monument our children and children's children shall come and renew their allegiance to a Government saved through the sacrifice of Buch precious lives. This monument will be erected inEvanavind, and will be an ornament to the city. To build it, will require not less than twenty thousand dollars. ' TliC Cit aacl th County, In tieLc jeorporate capacities, will be called upon to contribute, as well as the citizens who amassed fortunes at home while those brave boys were beating back fTiA insnlonf roriollion Tt. in in rf a. laboVo -love,! We'wanlT' bo man money who does not feel that a monument as enduring as the Pyramids and which should pierce the heavens, would feebly attest our love and veneration or, cthese Sainted dead thJ ARE Sainted dead, in that they are canonized in our hearts as those who gave their lives for m. As a beginning of the monumental fund, I propose to the amateur singers and musicians of Evansville, that they five the public, at an early day, a vocal and jns,trume$tal concert I iA' chorus f our best singers, led by Mr. Russell, and an orchestra, under the guidance of Mr. Warren,, would be worthy of patronage, and add materially to the i fund. The monument must be-built, and the money must be, raised. , -The, soldiers, Wnb have never failed in their undertakings, have set on foot this enterprise, and its success is only a question of time. The singers and musiiana3ta opeiQhCxttBipalgn, indJ Ii' the fall we can have a repetition of the beautiful tableaux we had in 1864, while the older ladies can 'give their "suppers" in the Winter. In this way - ml will V."rp rtVi Anpa l( toward hastening the day,;when, in this city, a beautiful monument shall stand as an eternal witness of the gratitude and love of this people to those who died for thehonor of the. flag.,, F ( I am aware thai this project of building a monument will be met with Strong opposition, in omequarters. Men who never' in one year gave to charitable purposes one-fifth of one per cenCkif the 'net "profits 'of 1 their business, will point to the widows and orphans iPf , soldiers, and claim: that upon,the9e .lhe money should be -expended. Like Judas- they would haye soldthe frankincense and given "the " money to the poor, rather than have anointed our Saviour for His, buriaLLet i tettiember 4hat' the poor we have always amongst us, and that we owe them sympathy, aid and support, but that this i a rare' occasion given this people to commemorate heroic 1 1VAfl Old School Presbyterian Assembly Third Day, The Old School Presbyterian Assembly met Saturday morning, the Moderator in the chair r After, devo tional exercises. 5 the ' report Of -the Committee on Church Extension was presented. The available means were reported to be $39,210; expenditures, $23,390 21. : There vis, a deficiency of $9,175 in the amount required to per fona-pledges 'made.' In twenty-two jcTB ihg fund has raieed $356,781 23, and t aided' SM " feebte flocks. They had assisted In building nearly 1,000. churches, to accommodate nearly 200,000 peoplep, ? q n ? J , : . A committee was appointed to confer with the New Scnool brethren upon therfubject of devotional exercises, .,,'-. ... The unfinished business of 'yesterday was taken up, being the resolution to appoint a committee to investigate the easd f the LouisvilPfe Presbytery, and the' amendments thereto -.u t ' i J)r. Thomas,-of Dayton, Ohio, took the floor. " He stated that he felt on the first day as if the electric fluid in him had -been stirred ud by,, the few speeches' "made, it might be "said, by the Kentucky side of the house; but, on reflection, be was glad the- Assembly adjourned. ' lie then recapitulated the present condition of -,the iquestion before :the . Aesembly, and - regretted that, owinji to its Dosition. tie was de. barred from: going into: the full merits of the-case? ."f.He regretted that" the last imendmentliad-been. offered The action of the Louisville Presbytery was plain and unmistakable There was no need of appointing a smelling committee to go about hunting up certain '-disagreeable smells which were floating in the atmosphere

at present. . He had no desire to take a wide range in debate, but was sorry the rule of the Assembly made it necessary to confine him so closely. ;When..the time arrived, the majority of this Assembly would not shrink :from their.dntybut would ventilate the question at issue from top to toe. We are prepared to vindicateour Easf action before" the "Assemblyand efore the countr: We are hampered now, but before this matter is finally disposed of there will be ateundant opportunity to debate these questions. The Assembly ,?hy a vote" of four to one, have passed upon the propriety of excluding the Louisville brethren, until action can be takenbutwewant the decisiont 'We invite It, and will gladlyhere these brethren. He desired it should be, without side issues, and why?ri Because .for i fiveyearsj these principles have been discusssed and decided. Four times has the action, of 1861 been- reiterated, and the?di3cussion has been heard in every corner of the land. Last year, the General Assembly decided to carry into practical execution the orders of past years. Let us remember that this General Assembly-is the highest -power; in the Church, representing Presbyteries and Synods. Now., we find t one, of the Presbyterfes, win allegiacce to this body, openly defying our action, by adopting a certain declaration, and refusing to support1 any institutions connected with the Church. Their

grievance .is te ejayery question,' wmcn' means loyally 10 xne government. They refuse to unite with us unless the General Assembly rescinds its action. They have sent their 4 documents to alitor-'us,-and if feeems; it any position were ever denned," this is ne of them. 'xru y ; :- '" Now, sir, we have .all j heard the firoblem. Suppose ah Irresistable orce comes in contact' with' an immo3?able body, .-whiati 'then ? 1 Why. something must give: way. vWe haa on&i single Presbytery , against five Getteral Assemblies' violating its oruers ana reiusing w renaer ODeaience to Its decrees. It is a Plain ( case, and there should be no diversion on to. side issues. ,:rr.T.!'. .JJi.r'"' Nbw"that Presbytery not only bids defiance to the Assembly, but. sends here- one man, who, being absent, will not be characterized as Tie deserves,' in sending whom that ifresbytery has offered an affront to, the .General Assembly the greatest it, can offer. Whs Bhould we shrink from this issue f- What matters it if some Confederates living on the lee-shore of New? York should be with the rebels? What matters it if some secessionists on Brooklyn Hights j have, refrained from putting o'ri ' their "minutes some things? Let the Presbytery of . Nashua attend to that." We shall see whether the General 'Assembly will retract. .Personally,, he (the speaker) had often differed with the: General Assembly. Twenty years ago, he had differed with it, but lie kept his pe,ace and mnic hlu oppooition in n orderly manner. r ; ' T., 1" . V, As to extending this inquiry iri the manner proposed - by. Dr. Brooke, he wanted to know if, when the National Government found a State in treason. did it send its scouts to examine the namby-pambyportfoho of some boarding school miss? ' 1 No, it dealt blows hard and strong. . This iswhatlieun derstood i Dr. t M'Lain's ::i resolution proposed to do. ;It seized the bull by the norns, and when he had the bull bv the horns, he did not mean to be alarmed by th.e bleating of the calf. It would be timeor those gentlemen not now accused, to begin to talk of. martyrdom,' when the .General Assembly placed them on trial.-; Let; them bide ' their time.; Tl;e postponement willcome soon enough. ;; He didn't admire the -sort of courage - which' talked of martyrdom.', It did not remind hfni. of the old times when the various saints, were arrested and suffered punishment ! tf a severe kind. , Modern martvrdom meant a very different thing. It meant applause in the..r?llery,'ian elegant mansioiron -Brook ly ? r Heighfe,7a trip ' to Europe at the expense of a congre gation -and the smiles of angels waving cambric handkerchiefs. , When he wanted winer, he would have the pure juice of the grape, and 'not "the sham" cider champagne., . ct'iFs!.; We will not drive out these men without a hearing, but if they insist upon eoine. why. let them go. He questioned no man's motives, but it did look as if this threat had been made to frighten the General Assem bly. If kx ne would remind gentlemen" thatrthe General Assembly had not been asleep for five years. Wei met at Philadelphia five years ago, when the sound of war Was heard. when our fathers,, sons and brothers were baring their bosoms to the expected battle ; when all was uncertain ; when foreign nations hesitated What to do ; .when God was sought by myriad voices on both sides. Then we planted" pur feet firmly job God's promises' according io his ordinances. If we decided then, amid war's alarms, shall we back down now? Have these assemblies1 forgotten the three thousand miHiori dollars spent in the war, and which was a mere sone compared to the three hundred thousand lives sac-. rificed in the war upon the altar of Liberty, to maintain theprinciples of liberty- approved by : God- and su.-?-; tained by the nation? Is it supposed that, after crushing the hydra monster, -when its bleeding heads ' were seen all around, that we are to be alarmed by .the wriggling of its dyin& tail V No, sir T .Jf. that, is the .motive, it is lost. Here Dr. Thomas moved the previous 'question,' in order to get the matter, before a committee.' The pre-, vious, question was ordered, and the resolution to appoint a committee as I carried by an . overwhelming majority.

THE EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY; MAY 23,186&

The General Assembly then received Dr. Nelson, of the New School Assembly, deputied to convey its resolutions to the brethren of the Old School. He welcomed the Assembly to this city, and was glad the differ ences between the - two schools were growing less and less every day. T So small are they now,' that it was difficult for any body to state them correctly. He illustrated the relations between the two branches by the experience of his'' ,: congregation. The cause of this session, at heart, was summed up in three words slavery is dead, ' .When he heard7 the Missouri Convention pass the ordinance abolishing slavery ; forever, he reflected that four of the votes from St. Louis were given by four Presbyteriap elders. He believed it was God's work, and when the last slave shall shake off his fetters in this world, his exulting shout will be, "The truth found in God's Bible made me free." He hoped the Assembly would be . as unanimous as his own branch had been, and stand up for truth forever. The prayers of the New School breth ren were daily offered for the Old School Assembly, and he knew they would take no action they would ever repent. 1 ?'; ;;;r '..!, The Moderator, thanked Dr. Nelson for his kind remarks, and alluded to the difficulties in the Church ou the slavery question. lie had spent most of his ! time in the ministry in the South, and 'had many warm i friends there,, but j reviewing : their : cause he was bound to' say it was unjustifiable in-the sight .of njrod, and did not deserve to succeed. Prior to1 the war it had been said with truth that the old Democratic party and the Old School Presbyterian Church were the. Conservatives of the Union; but God in Jiis providence had set aside slavery, and the Church , had made progress in opinion on that subject. , He rejoiced that the two branches were approaching each other in Christian love, and hoped that before the two Assemblies adjourn they will initiate measures for an : organization. "The New- School folksy he 1 thought, were ' better Presbyterians than formerly, and had acted the noble part, - for which they had the prayers of, himself and brethren. After prayer, they adjourned till Monday morning . , . The Conservatives are displeased with' Dr. Thomas' remarks, which were ' able and sarcastic. The ball has just opened, and more will come. A motion will be offered ' on Mon-' day to admit Dr. Breckinridge to the floor to represent the Louisville Presbytery, : -; There was a slight attempt at hissing this morningwhile Dr. . Thomas was speaking. ' The New School brethren monopolize most of the loyal pulpits tomorrow. ;" '"y ' NEW SCTIOOL GENERAL ASSEMBLY. ' ' The New School General Assembly met on Saturday morning, and after devotional rcises. and the reading of the minutes, on motion a committee was appointed to concur with the Old School brethren on the subject of joint religious services. j. n . - H , The report of ministerial relief, to the freedmen was presented. showing a balance of $1,605 on hand. -1 1 The Committe on Bills and Overtures presented a reporty dending affirmatively the legal question, submitted at the last General A wembly, regarding judgment against an accused person in his absence: , '. ','"...",; .' Dr C II. B. Smith moved the appointment of a Committee on the State of the Country. He said : " We have passed through war, and come to a state of peace, but we are, ; still in the midst of difficult questionSj' which demand an expression of opinion 'from ecclesiastical bodies." Vl He suggested the oldest and most venerated mem-! ber of the Assembly Dr.Bemau be , appointed Chairman of the Committee An elder (whose name could not be ascertained) objected,""on the ground that it would raise an outcry against the Assembly. ; , ' , . , ,,(.., T. Hon. John' A. Foot took a different view. r It seemed to, him that a body so large and respectable as this, and representing uch a large constituency, must have weight, with the country. He seconded the motion, and thought j the time was ripe for such an express- ' ion as he believed the country exacted. , If we said nothing more to our constituencies than that they should pray for the country, it will dp good,' ana u we say mai, louKing upon mm we have for President of the United States, and seeing, at the inception c-f the rebellion, he stood almost alone in the Southern States, and denounced treason as . a . crime, and we thank him for . that, it would help - to allay passion. If we should, alsox say we cannot - believe he is going to make the mistake of trying to be President, J udiciary, and Legislature combined, or, to use a sailor's phrase, "Captain, mate, all hands," it seems proper we should so express our views. He had been informed the Committee did not intend, in Bills and . Overtures, to : say . anything on this subject, on the ground that they had hitherto expressed an opinion on the subject. This was a wrong view. The Church expected an expression, and should have it. ' He anticipated evil, and thought this Church Bhould occupy the right ground. After some further remarks, the Speaker added- that the President might be a good man, but he' hadn't unlimited confidence in him. His position had turned his head. The motion prevailed, and the Committee was appointed as follows: Bev. S. S. Beman, D. D., Bev. II. B. Smith, D.D-vRev. W; H. Hogarth, Rev. H. Fowler,' Hon. George Allison, Hon. F.; V. Chamberlain, and Hon. T. P. Handy.1' ' ' '

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To Southern Dealers. IMMENSE STOCK OP Choice Goods, Notions ! Notions ! Notions ! II. M. SWEETSER, : - SO M A IN STB E E T. ' Wholeeale Dealer and Jobber In - Notions ! Notions ! Notions ! ; ' ' Vv.;:J;';':.v':r ' Notions Exolusi-vely I ; The finest and largest Stock ever brought to the Southwest. ' H. M. SWEETSER. SOl 20 MAIN ST., Would call the attention of Merchants and dealer abroad to hi fresh and lately opened stock of the Choicest Notions ever imported to Evansvilie, which he is offerinnti da nr ices than the same art ides can be bought West or Sooth of New York city. Evansville la celebrated for her wholesale houses: but none of them can compete in size of Stock and Frices with the goods on hand ; for no house not doing an exclusive Vntinn hntinpu4 fl.T)Treci&.te the wantHa and prepare to meet the wants, ot dealers in that line. , ,-. ':: h .vi -. My goods are all of the very Latest Immrtatios. direct from the Houses of the great East, and of the best manufactories of the Old. World. To finish, up ray Stock in. every particular, I selected in all from thirty-two houses and manufactories, including the best and most reliable brands ox an articles Known aa .' r r - '..'i.-jv O T I O N'iS'i 3"' In m y ample . stock may be found the fol- : . towing, in part, viz,t t , : u - ' Spool Cotton, Braid , Buttons, Bindings, , Hewing hk, nns. neeaies, caasuo j 4, jUooda, Tapes, Com bs, Soaps, . . i ff -,r 1 : V..',; '. Perfumery, Toilet Ax? ,,.! .uw ; '; . ' . tides. Brushes' fiti.: j;. ., ; Beads, ' Hoop. Skirts, -.,V.M ' ; . ' Corsets," Wallets, Jet Goodsj- ' Head Nets. Ribbons. Neck Ties. Sta- ; Wionery, Linen Thread, Sundries. Collars, moves, Ojaaies iiosjery, suspenaers, , i ... ShirtBosoms,WoolenGood&1t , u . s a.-, i , Carpet .Bags, &c,; n i.u. : 10,000 ARTICLES NjOt ME3STTJONED!1T , As I am engaged exclusively In the Notion Jobbing Business,. I can offer better and more comclete Stocks than those who deal in Notions and other Goods. 1 1 My Ktock is the Largest anBest ever brought t this city, and I solicit an examination . of -my Stock.; Dealers will find everything in the Notion line at No. a) main htrert. H. M. SWEETSER,' , marttf : . Evansville, Ind. NEW NOTION - HOUSE. NEW GOODS Sax. 27. CCKxicx....jAMi-s L. Ct;knicx, i (IRMCH BIIOTII I RS, WHOLWALR BKALERS IK i j- 'lit'.'"' staple & fancy notions hooe'SSts; v,,,v. ..-.- i.r. -,'',- Kl.n.i -'.'-,. r E WILL KEEP A COMPLETE and attractive assortment of every thing desirable and new in our line. The Goods on hand and arriving daily are are all Ntff, Fkksh and Clean, direct from theEast. .!!.! ' ,u.u. ,'U-.-.-- - To dealers we desire to say that no better opportunity has ever been afforded to purchase the right Goods, at the right prices, at the right place, and at the right time.' Let all who desire good Ooods cheap give us an early call, and we will guarantee atriafaction. r, . -OJRNICK BROTHERS, " No. a South First St., Evansville, Ind.; janlO ..h.Next door to new Bank Building: QUEEimWAIlE. J. W. BARBOUR & CO; - . j -v- -i.- - .v . - i' . , . t itr E E NS Wi R E , GLASSWARE LAMPS, KNIVES AND FORKS, ' ' ;' ' &;. " A NEW STOCK! 1SI UBEAT VABIETY. - .--' - ' . i , .- ' ' ' - ' ' ' ' . i ' 1 Come l and See- . NO. 4 FIRST 'ST.. ROOM FORMERLY OCCCTIKD BY THE CONTINENTAL BANK. , dec22dtf ' ' ',:-

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