Named Entity Results, Plumer

Dr. Plumer. This distinguished Divine, so widely known at the South, and who, not long ago, was before the public at Pittsburg, Pa., upon the question of his loyalty, it is stated now has charge of a church in Philadelphia. Dr. Plumer's course on the occasion of his arraignment was quite strange in the opinion of his old friends at the South. He was President of Alleghany College, an institution established by the Presbyterian Church, and was also pastor of one of the churches of the citDr. Plumer's course on the occasion of his arraignment was quite strange in the opinion of his old friends at the South. He was President of Alleghany College, an institution established by the Presbyterian Church, and was also pastor of one of the churches of the city, having a large and wealthy congregation. Dr. P. did not please them on the subject of the war.--He was too non-committal, and would not pray for the success of the Federal arms. He would go no further than to pray for peace and restoration. They put him on trial, and he made a defence which satisfied a majority of his flock, and the balance withdrew from his church. Outsiders, however, caught up the matter, and the press became denunciatory. The Doctor at last yielded to the Abolition pr