PRESBYTERIANS 



PRICE, STERLING 





, there being 



oJ the I'nion present. The 



ni/.ed by the election of 



K-ij., as chairman. 'I he 



Com: ' Vedcntials reported that 



<>M School, 75 New Sch. i< ,1. -J<; 



Fnited. L'O II, -formed l'iv-!>yterian, ~> ('nmln-r- 



: Reformed Dutch Churches repro- 



! ::. The only delegate from the 



S-iiitli, ill tin- c.iiivciitioii. was I'mt'o-or A. 1 >. 



Hepburn, nf Orange, Synod of North Carolina. 



Tin- convention adopted a basis of union 



containim: the following articles: 1. An ac- 



-riptnres of the Old 



and New Totameiit to bo the Word of God. 

 J. That in the United Church the Westminster 



-Mim of Faith, with the larger and shorter 



;iims, shall be received and adopted, as 



containing the system of doctrines taught in 



:lie Holy Scriptures, it being understood that 



ion is received in the historical, that 



is the c'alvinistic or Reformed sense. 3. That 



:iited Church shall receive and adopt the 

 1'iv-bucriaii form of church government. 4. 

 The Hook of Psalms, which is a divine inspira- 

 tion, is well adapted to the state of the Church 

 in all aires and circumstances, and should be 



in social worship; but, as various oollcc- 



of psalmody are used in the different 

 churches a oh an ire in this respect shall not be 

 reqniivd. ~>. Thar the sessions of each church 

 shall have the right to determine who shall 

 join in communion in the particular church 

 committed to their care. 



An addre-s to all the Presbyterian churches, 

 defining the importance of the action of the 

 ooMvintion, and requesting all interested in 

 the subject to stand by the union, was read. It 

 met with the approbation of the members. 

 The convention voted by Churches, and on the 

 adoption of the basis as a whole, the final vote 

 stood: Old School, unanimous; New School, 

 unanimous; United Presbyterian, 10 for, and 

 1 against ; Reformed Presbyterian, 5 for, and 

 4 a'. r ain-r : la-formed Dutch, unanimous; (.'11111- 



;>1 IVe-liyterian, declined voting. The 

 report was declared adopted by the Churches 

 voting unanimouity. 



PRICK. STKIM.IXU, ex-Governor of Missouri, 

 and a major-general in the Confederate Army, 

 born in I'rince Kdward County, V a., in Septem- 

 ber, 1809 ; died in St. Louis, Mo., September 27, 

 1867. His parents being in humble circum- 

 stances, he received but a plain English educa- 

 tion, and, when yet a young man, left the pa- 

 rental home and settled in Missouri, where he 

 pursue:! the avocation of a farmer. Much 

 study, united to good natural abilities, soon 

 gave him a prominent position in the commu- 

 nity, and upon his appearance in politics he 



:;o a popular and successful candidate for 

 various ollices in the gift of the people. After 

 M-rving in the State Legislature for several 

 terms he was in ISH. i-l.-ct.-d to Congress, and 



1 with credit and distinction. On the 

 breaking out of the Mexican War he resigned 



hi- .-"-at in Congress, and, returning I 

 rai-.'l a iv'.'iment of cavalry, as colonel of which 



! into (In- ('nil 

 t Leaven worth. 1. 



was brilliant. At tin- head of three hi.: 

 men he be. ie'/ed Taos and compelled the sur- 

 render of its jrarri-on, numbering tl. 

 hundred men. For this fiat he was con.mi-- 

 sioncd a briiradi- ' and appointed Mili- 



tary Governor of Chihuahua. Afi.-r peace was 

 declared ho retired from the service, and re- 

 turning home, was elected, in IHDO, Governor 

 of Missouri, mi the Democratic ticket, by nearly 

 14,000 majority. His administration f/avr 

 general satisfaction, and although ho declined 

 a reflection in 1897, he accepted the position 

 of Bank Commissioner for the Sta-t -. The se- 

 cession excitement having attained it~ height 

 in 1861, a convention was called, ostensibly to 

 revise the constitution, but really to decide the 

 relations of Missouri with the Union, and 

 eral Price was elected a delegate from the 

 Chariton District, and was chosen presi- 

 dent of the convention by a large majority. 



No sooner had Mr. Lincoln's coercive 

 policy been fully developed, than he de- 

 clared himself in favor of resistance, and 

 being appointed major-general of the State 

 forces by Governor Claiborne Jackson, set vig- 

 orously to work to organize the Missouri State 

 Guard. The prompt action of General Lyon 

 in compelling the surrender of the State Guard 

 at St. Louis alone saved the State from falling 

 hopelessly into the power of the enemy. The 

 movement of the Union troops on Jefferson 

 City compelled him to retire to Boonville. 

 thence to Carthage, and thence, on the advance 

 of General Sigel, ho retired to the vicinity of 

 the Arkansas line, where the Missourians 

 flocked to his banner, and in a few weeks he 

 was at the head of nearly 10,000 rnen. Gen- 

 eral Ben McCullough, of the Confederate army, 

 having formed a junction with him at the head 

 of 5,000 Confederate troops, the combined army 

 moved forward, and encountered, on the morn- 

 ing of August 7th. the joint forces of Generals 

 Lyon and Sigel. General Lyon was killed, the 

 Union army was defeated with severe loss in 

 killed, wounded, and prisoners. After this 

 battle McCullough withdrew his forces from 

 the Missourians on account of differences be- 

 tween him and General Price. This quarrel 

 was all that saved Missouri to the Union. Price 

 continued the advance alone, and on Septem- 

 ber 16th attacked Lexington, and after a siege 

 of four days compelled the surrender of t la- 

 garrison under Colonel Mulligan, numbering 

 nearly 4,000 men. This was the last of his 

 series of successes. General McCullough re- 

 fused to come to his aid, and ho was driven 

 out of the State. After the Missouri troops 

 were mustered into the Confederate service he 

 remained without a command forborne months, 

 but was eventually assigned to a division, lie 

 was engaged in the battles of luka and Corinth : 

 was subsequently in command of the Depart- 



