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Poetical Ban. r. he author of the following lines is unknown. hope our readers. will not be too highly ought up by this effusion, although we corn end it to them, some at least, as worth. careful sal.] Should you ask us why this dunning, Why these sad complaints arid talirmurs— Murmurs load about delinquents V!ho have read the paper weekly, Read what they haste never paid for, Read with pleasure and with profit, Read of church, affairs and prospects, Read of loots both home and foreign, Read the essays and the poems, Full of wisdom and instruction ; Read the table of the markets, Carefully corrected weekly— Should yokask us why this. dunning, We should answer, we should tell you, Prom the printer, from the mailer, From/the kind old. paper-maker, From the landlord, from the carrier, From the.man who, takes the letters With a stamp , from Uncle Samuel.; Uncle Sam, the rowdies oall him: From them all there comes a message— Message kind, but firmly spoken, "Please to pay us what you owe us." 'Sad it is to ; hear such message . When our funds are all exhausted, When the last bank note has left us, When the gold coin all has all vanished, 'Gone to pay the paper-maker, Gone to pay the toiling printer, Gone to pay the landlord tribute, Gone to pay the faithful mailer, none to pay old Uncle Samuel; Uncle Sam, the rowdies mill him ; Gone to pay the Western paper, Three and twenty hundred dollars. Sad it is to turn our ledger, Turn the leaves of this old ledger, Turn and see what sums are due us, Due for years. of pleasant reading, Due, despite our patient waiting, Due, despite our constant dunning, Due in sums from two to twenty. Would you lift a burden from us? Would you drive a spectre from us? Would you taste a pleasant slumber ? Would you have a quiet conscience? Would you read a paper paid for? 'Send us payment—send us payment, Send us payment—send us payment, Send the payment that you owe us! itig Mirthfulness. Once, when travelling in a stage-coach, II met a young lady who seemed to bp upon the constant look-out for something laugha ; and not content with laughing herself, she took great pains to make others do %be same. Now, travelling in a stage-coach is rather prosy buainess. People in this situation are very apt to show themselves peevish and selfish; so the young lady's good humor was, for a time, very agreeable.. Every old barn was made the subject of a passing joke, while the cows and bens looked demurely on, little dreaming that folks could be merry at their expense. All this was perhaps harmless 'enough. Animals are not sensitive in that respect. They are not likely to have their feelings injured because, people make fun of them; but when we come to human be ings, that is quite another thing. So it seemed tome}for after awhile an old lady came running across the fields, swinging her bag at the coachman, and, in a shrill voice hegging.bim to stop. The good-na tured coaehman drew up his horses, and the old lady, corning to the fence by the road Side, squeezed herself through two bars Which were not only in horizontal position but very, near. together. The young lady in the sta g e-coach made some ludicrous remark, and, he passengers laughed. It seemed very *mensal:o.Bl for, in getting through:the fence, the poor woman, had made sad work with heeold black bonnet, and now, taking her seat beside a. well-dressed lady, really look ed - as if, she had been blown there by a whirlwind. This was a new piece of fun, and the girl made the most of it. She 'caricatured the old lady, upon a card; pre tended,.when she was not looking, to take patterns of her bonnet; and in various other, ways sought to raise a laugh. At length the poor woman turned a pale face toward her. "My dear," said she, "you are young, healthy; and happy. I have been so too, but that time is past. lam now old, de crepit, andlorlorn. This coach is taking me to the"dea,th-bed of my only child. And thep i .my dear, y shall be .a poor, old woman, all alone, in, the world where merry girls,will ,think me a very , amusing object. They will laugh at my old-fashioned clothes, and odlappearance, forgetting that the old woman has a spirit that has loved, and suf fered, and will live forever."• The coach now stopped before a poor looking house, and the old lady feebly de acendectthe steps. " How is she ?" was the first trembling inquiry, of the poor mother. "Just alive," said the man who Wag-lead ing her into the house. Putting: up the steps, the driver mount ed hibox, end we were upon the road again. Our merry, your% friend had plaCed the emiin ,her,popket. She was leaning her"lfeid Upon her tauk . aid 'you may be assured was not sorry _to see a tear upon 'her young cheek. It was a good lesson,„ and one which we greatly hoped would do her geed. It is , pleasant to . see a smiling face. We shoutdeaeoirage,our hearts to look upon the sunny of things, and there is no harm in beingmerry where no one is injuredy it ; but inv.erzpthxttingget,,to s be condo "us.,.' The ivisa , ,,man " There lvi Aeqe: to, laugb;' VO,Lx•enierrki, her, de 0.1144 g we wolgoxiot please care je , nilnix4 l M.kiMlo9.9994 tells w,„1,1 ligkr,49 , 4*T.OhAln dreu e 'c.se fi, .mse ves for - laneupg4n.the house of God,. ' by saying that th - ey, couldn't 'help 'VC Now what is to be done when 'children can't help doing wrong? When theYlinetel before Gpd in prayer, do they say, have lone 'Wrong, but I could n't helpit Nprihay, would not dare say. Itetns,.t,hen„,teach our hearts to be verilnitiPst,'for unto Him who searelteth the heart -we must tell the whole truth.— Family. Treasury. iLittle, Willie. The same brings before me visions of his bine,. eyes and golden hair, of his rosy cheel sa where dimples loved tolinger, and the -ruby lips that so: often used to say, TeitHiskare /obit Aals,t , to-day?" , But best of all, were the gentle words and win ning smiles that made him such a sunbeam in our little school. His heart seemed overflowing with love and sympathy for ev ery one. I remember how he came to me one day, after a regiment of soldiers had marched past the school-house ' bringing a strip of a buffalo-robe covered with long hair, which he had found beside the road; and as he held it up he said, pityingly : "Do thee ; thornebody loath their whith kers." One afternoon I told the primer -class, of which be was a member, how Christ took little children in his arms and blessed them, and I taught them the verse, " Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven!' That afternoon, after school was excused, as. I was locking my desk, Willie stole softly back. Climbing upon the desk, he put his arms around my neck and kiss ed me, saying : " ove 00, tecer." " What is love, Willie ?" I asked. He thought a moment, then replied, earn es tly : It's what makes us dood to folks." Af ter 6, little pause,. he added, " Tecer, who is Kwist that best 'ittle children ?" Before I could reply, there came a knock on the door. I opened it, and a'little girl handed me a billet, saying timidly : Mrs. Ilamlin supposed it had been sent before." It contained an urgent invitation forme to spend the afternoon with a friend-of mine. I knew that Willie was the child of irreligious parents, and that I ought to encourage this his first seeking after divine truth, but the tempter whispered, to-mor row will do as well, and I yielded to the voice. To-morrow I how many broken, hopes, how many duties unfulfilled, come from too firm a relianceon its deceitful promises. But the next day Willie's place was va cant. I missed the bright face and ringing laugh of my little pet, and after school had closed, I directed my steps toward his fath er's house. •On bay way I met his sister. Taking my hand, she said, hurriedly : • " Oh, teacher, won't you come right down to our house; Willie is so sick, and he don't know any of us." In a few moments I stood by the bedside of the little sufferer. He was tossing to and fro with restless pain, and they told me that scarlet fever was drying up the fountains of that young life. As I entered the room, he said softly, " Who is Kwist that best 'ittle children 1" Sitting beside him, I told him the sweet story of the cross. But reason was de throned, and when I ceased speaking, he said ith pleading earnestness : " Pleath tell me who is Kwist that best 'ittle children ?" " Will you pray for us ?" asked the father. It was all he could say, for his heart was fall. Kneeling there, I prayed that God would spare our darling if it was his will, and if not, that he would comfort the hearts of his parents in their 'great sorrow, and make me more faithful to the little flock committed to my charge. When we arose, a convulsion came over Willie, and the little form writhed in agony. It was but for a moment, then he lay still with closed eyes and clasped hands. Si lently we watched beside him, till the tick ing of the old clock that stood in one cor ner seemed like a somber interlude, weaving the moments of suspense; together. An hour passed on. Then there was another convulsion. It was longer and harder than the last. At its close he lay pale and ex hausted. Suddenly be opened his eyes and his lips unclosed. There was a strange agonizing earnestness in his voice as he pieaded : Pleath tell me who is Kwist that best 'ittle children ; oh, plea th tell me who is Kwist that best 'ittle children." " Pray for him, for him," sobbed the father, and I prayed then as I had never done before, that Christ would reveal himself to that dying child. God heard the prayer, for as we watched him, an exultant look glanced across Wil lie's face. He lifted hie head and stretched forth his small white hands toward heaven. I shall never forget his last words : " There is Kwtst, that best 'ittle children. I coming, I coming." And the golden head was buried in the pillows. The beat ing heart was irtshed forever. Two days after, when the clouds were weeping rain -tears; we laid him down to sleep. And as the aged pastor told us that Willie had gone to see. Jesus Christ who blessed little children, there were eyes un used to tears, and hardened sunburnt faces, that were moistened with something else than the rain drops that were falling thiCk ly around us. Brief was his life, beautiful his death, yet through God's blessing they were the means of leading his parents to fix their hopes for both time and eternity on that dear Saviour who blessed little children. And in the great day of account, how many ransomed souls will there be who have ful filled the prediction, And a little child shall lead them."—Congregationalist. In the Spring of 1835, I went into a school in Boston. There were about sixty children belonging to it. When I went in; they were all at play except two. As. I entered, I saw two children, Leonard and his sister. Rebecca, standing by the_teacher. Rebecca was faur, and Leonard about ,seven years of age. Never did a. brother and sister love each other more than they. Rebecca was a laughing, joyous, affectionate little child, and Leonard was all in all tp her. She did not enjoy either food or play unless her brother was present to share it with her. They never quarrelled; for the very reason that ; it was Leonard's* delight to see his sister happy, and she was sure to' get the largeit share of every thing ite , had. When Rebecca had done anything wrong, her brother always stood by her, to avert or to share the-punishment As 'soon -as 41 saw them, I feared that Rebecca had' been doing wrong, for Leonard had been crying. The teacher said to me, as 1 entered and sat down, taill Nor* ow*" the , toutatiezytt but Deviiit4 The Play Hoar. " What shall I do? I have here a case which I know not how, to dispose ,of: " What is the matter?" I. - asked. , 4 Have Leonard and .Rebecca beep- missbehaving themselves in the school'?" " No," said she ; " Leonard . has done nothing wrong, and seldom does. He is one of the best boys in school." " What is he crying fcir, then," I asked, if he has been such_At., good ,hpy ? W hy does he not go out to play with the rest?" " Rebecca," said the teacher, has been very troublesome to-day in the school, Wand as a punishment, I told her she-must stay in the house when the children went to play." " Well," said I, " why need Leonard cry about that ? - You do not •keep him in to punish him because his sister has been a naughty child ?" PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.---SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1862. wishes me to let his sister go out and play, and let him stay in and be punished." " How is that, Leonard ? Why do you not go out and play ?" "Because, sir, Rebecca, cannot go." " Well, but cannot you go and, enjoy yourself with the rest?" " I could not play if I did go, sir." " Why not, Leonard?" "Because, sir, Rebecca would not be en joying herself at the same, time." " But even if your sister should be al lowed to go out., she could, not play with you—she would be in the girls' yard." " 4 But then I should know. she was there, sir, playing with the rest," " But why do you wish to stay, and let your naughty sister go out ?" " Please do not call her naughty, sir," said the generous boy. "I love her, and would rather that she should go out than ,go myself." "Then you think," said I, "you would rather see her happy than ,he, happy your self, and you would rather be punished than, see" her punished ? Is that because you love her ?" "Yes, sir," said he; "I am older and stronger than she is, and 1 can bear it better thait; she can. I could not be happy, if she stayed in. Dp, ma'am, let her go out," said the noble-hearted boy to his, teacher. He stood with his arms around his sister, pleading that he might be punished in her stead. What a generous disposition he had ! think that if Jesus had been there, he would have taken hire up in his. arms and blessed him. It was , affecting to wit ness his generous devotion to his sister, and his readiness to suffer for her sake. "This," said Ito the teacher "is love that seeleeth, not her own. What can .you, do?" " I will let them play together here ,in the room," said she. She did so, and they:were both happy. If we , loved our enemies as. Leonard did his sister, with a love . that seeketh not her own, there could be no more wars•or fight , ing in the world, for then we should rather suffer and die ourselves than inflict suffer in.. and death on others.--Pront kiss for Itliscittlattettus. Gov. Gamble, of Mo., lately issued an order to enroll all able-bcdied citizens of the State, who are subject to, military duty. When the work commenced in St:Louis, a number of, persons claimed protection from the British Consul, as loyal subjects•of her Majesty, Queen Victoria. A crowd col lected at the Consul's , residence, and a riot was imminent. ,Shortly afterwards a meet ing of the. Irish citizens of St. Louis was held at the Biddle Market, presided over by Samuel 11 - . Young, Esq., at which the following expression of 'sentiment was unanimously adopted : WnEREAs, Certain persons in this city, numbering between twound three hundred, and claiming to be Irishmen, havet sought the protection of the BritiSh flag as British subjects, with the view of obtaining ex. emption from their obligation to take up arms in defence of the American Union,, against the rebellion, initiated and:waged by native American traitors; and, whereas, this is the first and only instance that has ever occurred of sueh infamous baseness on the part of Irishmen domiciled in this country; ,and, whereas, the.,great mass of the Irish residents of St. Lotus, the natu ralized as well as the unnaturalized, have heard with profound astonishment and with feelings of humiliation, shame and disgust of this disgraceful conduct on the part of men claiming to have been born in Ireland; therefore, be it ` Resolved, By the Irish residents of St. Louis, in mass meeting assembled, that we denounce the conduct of those men as cowardly, •base and infamous °; that they are unworthy the name of Irishmen, and have entailed upon theuiselves a dishonor which will survive their wretched existence and will be visited upon their children to the remotest generation. - Resolved, That we are convinced, from satisfactory evidence,.that Most of the men who have thus claimed the proteaton of the English Government, and who are currently, reported to be Irish, are, in fact=,'• natives of England; *. * * * and the'rest, of them, though of Irish birth, are but the bastard offspring of English convicts and rabble who, from time to time, have settled in Ireland and assumed Irish names as a cover for their crimes or the baseness of their origin. Resolved, That we, the Irish residents of St. Louis, embrace this occasion of renew ing the expression of our unalterable at tachment and loyalty to the Government, institutions of the `United States-r-,-that, as, our countrymen, during the American Rev olution, in the War of 1812, in the. War: with Mexico, and in the present wicked re bellion, gloriously' attested their devotion to liberty, and :their fidelity to this, the land of:their adoption, by their sacrifices, their labors ' their valor and their blood, profusely shed on every battlefield from Concord to Shiloh, and from New Orleans to the City of Mextco, so do we, freely and proudly, pledge our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor, to the .maintenance and defence of this great nation against the at tack -of every- foe, , whether foreign or mestic. Resolved, That the allegiance, claimed by the British Government froth. an Irish man in the country of his birth, is invol untary and compelled, and that for centu• ries no true man wbo.hated ,oppressionland loved justice, and who was willing to strike for one and against the other, has proffered to that Government, in Ireland alleoiance as a voluntary act. Resolved, ~T hat after the,afilletions which have been endured by,•lrishmen under. the British Government, for ages, in their na tive land—afflietions that reached not only the property and, the lives, of the; people, but were aimed at theirlopes, of• - the life• to come, with a cruelty And a determina tion practiced only, by a British ,Govertt, went---the Irishmen who, in abandonment of all duties due to man and God,' enrolls himself voluntarily under , the care of a flag every fibre of which is saturated and .drunk with the best blood of the best Men 'of his' country, forms the exception to his race and is born a slave. Resolved, That to the United States of. I America is due from Irishmen, " all , the world over," the worship vf-the heart and' the approval of the judgment; not only millions of her exiles: who n havebeen nur tured, and the thonsandi of tliem' who have been honored in this eountry, sharing alike_ the plenteous bread of America and her fore most positions of honor, in the forum and thefield, but to the other millions of t 6, brave and high-toped race who have_ sought' in - , crtheir w6teatinry.lm: Irish Loyalty. not been equally.welcomed, or who still re main behind from the overruling love they bear their native land, cherish and avow the gratitude that is due to America by the democracies of all nations. They see with clearer vision equality and freedom fundamentally established, and their pro portions fairly granted to Irishmen; they see the exile transformed into the citizen— the man born dumb having his voice heard at „ the e polls, and they witness with emo tion the results that flow from this political baptism, when Irishmen are in a civil sense "born again" in America; 'the reconstruc tion of a man spoiled and denuded of his rights, constitutes the noblest act of his race and the best proof of their endow ment by the Divinity. The true Irishman embraces this truth instinctively, and it fires him with devotion to America the only country that,establishes it as a rule. Resolved, That, until they purge them selves of the crime of hatred to the land of their birth, which they evidence by shelter ing under a flag that ,never floated over that land but in conquest and in death, this meeting s . of loyal Irishmen, equally loyal herein to the land of their adoption and their birth, proclaims the old Roman inter diet of bread and salt" against these re creant Irishmen in St. Louis, who claim the certificates of British subjects; and as .their hand is thus raided against America, so, every man's,hand in this assemblage is raised, against them. Nor shall they be deemed Irishmen henceforth, nor purged of the crime ,of parricide,' until they enroll themselves in the ranks of the citizen sol dicry of the country. Resolved, That the. true Irish Men of St. Louis, are loyalto the' Governnient of the `United States,' the Constitution, and the Union; that neither. the O'Donoghoe of the Isles, who denied Irish aid to British intervention in American affairs, in the Ro tunda, in Dublin; nor Meagher, of the Suir, whose Sword flashes as keen and bright on the battle-fields of America to.day, as his young and fresh eloquenee glowed in lus trous periods at the foot of the British scaffold to which he was condemned in= his Sand, for •his love thereof ;• not even these instances of Irish loyalty to America shall, in anything but ability, excel their coun trymen now met in this assembly to set the stamp Of their condemnation upon every Irishmen who claims a British certificate of protection. Regta Wit. The progress of our troops Southward, brings out many specimens of negro drollery. 'General Sickles, being indebted to a contraband for important services lately, near Stafford Court .House, gave him a 'handful of silver. The darkey's eyes glistened, and the General asked, " Where have you seen anything like that before.? : " ",Why, mas'r, ' replied. .the chuckling contraband, " can't remember back as fur, as , dal:!" In another place, a slave, being asked about his master; said that he was dead. Being , further , asked, perhaps jocosely, whether his masterhad . gone to heaven, he gravely anWered that he thought not, for his mas'r always made great preparatioris when 'he intended to go anywhere, and he never knew of his making any preparations to.go to heaven. A Western correspondent gives the fol loWing capital story Notwithstanding General Halleck's re 'pellant and expellant endeavors, the irre pressible negro will come into our lines, in Tennessee, and' the North-eastern regiments do not seem absolutely inconsolable- about it. '" Whom do you dbelong to ?" asked a friend of mine, , of one of these fugacious ehattles, in camp. "T did belong to a lady in Mississippi," was the reply. Bat whom, do you ,belong. to now ?" ".Well,. mas'r," responded the voluntary exile, with a gleeful .twinkle of his white eyes, "that 's, a question not 'x,actly settled yet." He certainly had an accurate appreciation of what the journals term " The Situa tion." I Contrabandish Idea of War We, were passing along the•wharves, a few days ago, wondering at the amount of business that was there transacted. While stauding observing a cargo of horsesbeing •transferred from a vessel to the shore, an " old contraband" appeared at our• below, touching his old fur- hat, and scraping an enormous toot.'opened. his Wittery upon us with the following.:. 4C Well, boss, howis per " Pretty well, daddy; 'how are your " Fs& fuss rate, • I is. Blong to Old Burnenside's boys, dos yer 7" " Yes, I belong to that party. Great boys ai.,t they ?" " I thought yer b'longed to dat Party. Great man,—he is, dat's 'sartin. Yes, sir." " We waited and Waited; we heard yer was, comi n n', but we mos guv, yer up. 'Deed jess did; bUt one mornin' we heard de big guns ; way down ribber, go, bang, bang, bang, and de-folks round yer began to cut dar stick, mitey trabbel up de rail:tradk. Den, bre,ss de good Lord, ,we knowed yer Was comic' but we held our jaw. Byrne-by de sogers.beaun to cut dar stick, too , and dey did tra c bbeH 'Pears dey made de dirt fly! Yah, hah 1" " Why, were they scared so bad?" " De sogers'did n't skeer,um so ulnae as :dew black. boats. 'Kase, yer see,,de,sogers shot selid and-'day not mind dem so much; but when' dem boats say bo-o-m, dey knowd de 'rotten balls was &min', and dey skeeted,quicker;ii a streak o' litenin." "What rotten balls did the boats throw at them.?" "Do yer know ?, Why, dem balls slat ar bad, dar rotten ; fly all to bits— 'deer", does dey.. Clodgie dem. ere 'kasp .yer , clunno,,wher dey strike lab. and , ,fly yanclah; datlis.rwbat akeered'eth so bads"-' - ' " Well, what are you going to do when the war's over ? Going along ?", " , PDC ;"„kais„ V . goes Norf, wid crovid. Pret4'skey, so, I g,4ess. 'Pears ter me dis chile had, 4etter lietOit Sisters. There. dwelt in.' the village "of Montague, France, at the period of the French Revo lution, two girls named Felicite and Theo phile'Fgrnig : posSeSse,d beauty; sweet and attractive; both were Modest, reserved, and apparently timid. The• youngest WaB thirteen years , of age, when the nightly atta,cks'Of the Austrians demanded an itrt-: mediate _and strong , Fireiitance. Sehliers being, wanted; thellisters put ; tneir brother's: clothes,. tieri*ed: themselves ; ' and charged the plunderie* parties in the front rank of the Natrona - Guards. Notwith standing every effort to disguisethernselves effectually, Gen., Buernonville discovered, them, and marking• their intrepid conduct, Tresenteda : them to Gen. Durnouriez, who attached AMW,, together with their father and brothei, "0 his staff. Not only pure, but tee from suspipion, they were the pride and admiration of the whole army. 41hq!iiiiinki0Eilfed thiningelvWliti every s gagement previous to April sth, 1793. In an engagement near Brussels, they rushed headlong into the midst of the enemy, when a general officer called on them to surrender. The reply was a ball from the pistol of the younger, which laid him dead at her feet, and •in the momentary confusion they drew back in safety. The same sister, at the battle of 'iTemappes, charged a Hun garian battalion with a small party of horse, and herself disarmed one of the most form idable grenadiers. His height on foot was nearly ;he same as her own whin mounted; and he was in despair when the 'tones of her voice, saying, "General, this is a pris oner I have brought you," revealed to him the sex of the brilliant officer. Felicite at tended the Duke of Chartres ; and never failed to charge the enemy at his side. Both the sisters aided in the escape of Du -mouriez, accoMpanying him to the Aus trian lines, the soldiers firing on them as they passed. Once beyond pursuit, they resumed the , attire of their sex, made no unnecessary display of courage, and labored industriously`to support their aged father. Theoph le died at Brussels, unmarried; I'elicite wedded a-Belgian General. rxtuUuraL Hints for August. Early kidney beans and late cabbages may stillhe planted. - Cuttings of various plants for green-house use, should now be made. Cattle _disposed to " murrainP should be fed once a week with a handful of wood-ashes 'miied with as *much salt. Destroy the late broods of caterpillars. A few forksful of the, soiling-crop fed to cat tle, will keep up a good supply of milk. August is a good month for conducting draining operations, and clearing up forest land for cultivation: Gather, the fallen fruit by hand, or turn .your swine, into the orchard to devour it, leaving none to rot on the ground. It is better economy to'go over the grain -fields with a horse-rake, and secure the scatterings, than to leave them for the stock. Everything under the head of grain will be needed. Commence giv ing more food to hogs intended for fatten ing. Hops should, be gathered. This is the proper season of the year for : in-arch ing trees and plants, whereby scions may often be united to a tree, or shrub more readily and more successfully than by the ordinary processes of grafting or budding. Lettuce for Autumn use can now be sown. The millet-crop should be secured before the seed hardens, unless the grain is wanted. Do . not allow your oats to get too ripe be-, fore cutting, thus injuring the straw for feeding purposes. Peaches,, and other fruits should be picked for market before softening, to prevent bruising. Pruning should be completed this month. Peas de signed for late use can still be sown, also, turnips. Select two or three of the healthi est raspberry shoots in the hill for bearing next year, and cut out the rest, unless needed for setting out. Collect stones and pits, depositing them in boxes of dry sand or earth for future use. Save out different varieties of seed also, and, thus not be com pelled,,to purchase the coming year.% The Ghiden in. August. L Keep all..yout erops':free from weeds _ _ 2. Pull up the haulm of peas, beans, ete,; remove _your compost-bed, or bury it be tween rows of plants. 3. Your dung or compost heaps should be kept free from weeds. If, the,seeds are permitted to ripen and, fall into the ma nure, they will be numerous enough to seed the Whole neighborhood. 4. 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From the beginning of our present National troubles, this paper, while, allying itself with no politiCal party, has taken high and fearler,ground in favor of the Constitution and the regularly ordained Government, and of the preservation of the integrity 'of the UniOn. Its utterances 'have been first and decide4and they will continue 'to be Bitch until the spirit of relfellion has been entirely : quenched, and our Gov ernment once more firmly established. .. European• Correspondence la unequalled by any other kineriettr,fourtl, in breadth of view, reliability,' and 'general aaefttlitiee. It is a complete history of the:progress of affairs la :Europe,. that, is inval THE EASTERN SUMMARY gives ' a. complete 'dew of business, opinion, religions con cents, and matters 'and things in general, in .• : • NEW-ENGLAND, NEW-YORK, can This iff2lfe,tlll,3loTlptitt no other rellgkintuewspaper, and makes the Banner a most valuable regoaltory, for informs, don concerning those places, to all readers. Among our CONTRIBUTORS are some of the beet newspaper writers lithe Ohnrch. We ali.; have OCCASIONM;:,6ORRESPON6ENTS. In all parts ,of the land. The.o9mpend4un.of . Domestic and Foreign News ts prepared with much care and labor. And just now:.tht news .in the daily papers is often so utmertain anti contra. dictory that the weekly papers can give by far. the most re liable news for the public, since the opportunity' for sifting and correction is allowed -Under the head of PERSON, the.most interesting incidents connect4disith indiyid le of note, whether dead or living, are p.r4brii!lpd. And under the heml of , • VAIETIES' ,pre Aventlte results of Science, Tyvel, Discovery, Statist[ cal Informatlen,of most value,,f%lye_public. . at the seine time most.valtabliii SELECTIONS From books, magazines, and other newspapers, are, given for the pristian, the parent, the man,opiteratpre and learning, and for the ddiden. Nor are the CbAINS OF : ToyCARDFN ANDIIII3-1111M forgotten; tortpueh of the infornze tion:neede t d for , both ,it, regularly protested. TER'I!"CISi..: This paper is furnished to Clubs of Twenty or more at the loWrat&of $145 per annum; with an additional copy to tho person getting up the Club. To Clubs of Ten Or more, at 51..25,1 4 ,irkg1e Subscribers, ut'sl.so . { . priter!..sent Mail. Tot Single Subscribers in Pittsburgh or Allegheny . supplied by the Carrier, at $2.00. Addrew REV:. DAVID ACRINNEY, PRESBYTERIAN:BANNER; ' PITTSBURGH, PA. PRFNt sllrl k lusf volt I , G e la.;tl - 41. e E rks Cr-arm:Lea:l.-th, great 'V In ariety ; ',in Vim a large and ll aa,se, laded stook of - Fsincrittideb 'and English . CASSIMERES' ANDzb'OATIN Together with as, fine .Pn •assOrtnent of Black. and Colored CLOTHS - AND 'VESTING% as the minufactotieS of Europe can produce, which:are adapted-to the. wants of gentlemen of taste, who appreciates:style and - qualitY in clothing. SAMUEL GRAY & SON. • - rarlo-ly Nn ltViryth Rt..,p4tobrurrth, JR AZ ELT ON :BROTHERS' NF W - 7 YORK PlANOS.—Another manly of the large Seven Octave Rosewood Pianos,_ from Hazelton Brothers,.New . Yerk, just received and for sale by " pyl3-1.3 , ' JOAN. 111.14.F4a.,0R, 81 WA,K,kkatore' et. H lc LI A_ miRmoNIN " SO A um N s. N'S O. *S A ;third supply theaaelegant, useful and cheap Hamm nituns' received tn.:day. Teachers, Inteetors of Schools, Singing Masters, Leaders of Choirs, and the pnbilesenerally, ail, respectfully invited to call and exaraine lhoto, at the music warerotaniof my 13.1 3 ,,, JOHN U. MELLOR, 81 Wood Street. MASON , & H AItiIitIOSMELiODHONS %. at 9450, $lOO, $75, 0 0 , 1 194,45,..receiyed and f9r 11 by ' JOHN — . IkELLOR, 81,Wood 4treet. teKERVNW S PrA.V6*. , == TWO superb. 7 ootave4ILICKERTNG itA,NOB, received' and for gale by .7012181441,,L0R 81 Wood Street... rnyis-iy , , F 0 R 1 8 6 2 Spring and Bmnmer Goods for Gentlemen's Wear. We have now on hand one of the Finest and most Fashion .able Stria of- CLOTHS, OASSIBIRRES; ind=-VESTENGS,` which we have, ever.had the...pleasure 01 opening in,,Pitts burgh. Having selected them in the Bargain market .with great care, we feel satisfied that we can give !entire. 'Satiable hen in price, goods, and. workmanship. We invite 'gentle men-wishing clothing for himself or family,.to call . nd ex amine' the geode and pricers'. TAILOR, ; • maritTy Wi wyin, Stift 141031hUgh t Pa. JOHN A. , RENSHAW, Family , Grocer and Tea Dealer, Takes pleasure in announcing to his friends and custom that he has recently remoted to the new and spacious w house, corner of Liberty and Rand Streets, (A few doors above his old stand,) And having largely increased his stock by recent pant, now offers to the public the most extensive and complete sortment lobe found in this city,,of CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES, Foreign and .Domestic Fruits, Teas, Spices, Pickles and Sauces, Preserved Fruits in great variety, Fish, Hams, Dried Beef, &c., besides an assortment of Domestic Housekeeping articles; thus constituting a Housekeeper's Emporium, where most all articles that are useful or necessary fur the Fatinly all may be purchaied at reasonable prices. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. ' Catalogues containing an extended list of my stack u nished by mail, if desired. JOHN A. RENSHAW. rip 7-1 y Cnr.Libefty and Hand Sts..Pittsdasrgh. SAPONIFIER, OR CONCENTRATED LYE. Made by the ...Pennsylvania- Salt Manufacturing Com pany." The only genuine and patented article. Beware of Counterfeits I Buyers and sellers of the bogus articles will be prosecuted. ,for sale by all Druggists and Grocers. Prices revinced to suit the times. dec2l-ly HARTUPEE & CO., CORIIHR OF • IfiRST - AND SHORT STREETS, PITTOBITRO Manufacturers of Steam Engines, Machinery, and Castings. Also, of STILLS, TANKS, and an other apparatus for ra. fining Oils. octl9-ly MERCHANTS , HOTEL, 46 North Fourth Street, PHILADELPHIA. C. APKIBBBN & SON. Proprietors. mstrZir H IDE, OIL AND LEATHER STORE D. KISKPATRICK & SONS, No. 31 Sate Third Street, BETWEEN MARKET AND CHESTNUT STREETS, PHILADELPHLI t Have for Sale SPANISH AND GREEN SLAUGHTER HMS, CALCU'I TA AND PATNA RIPS, TANNERS' OIL, &C., AT THE LOWEST PRICES AND UPON THE REST TERMS. &F . . All kinds of Leather in the rough wanted, for which the highest mark( price will be given in oudi, or taken in exchange for U .es. Leather, stored free of charge , and sold on commission. . Liberal Cash Advance s , made on Leather Conalgred ... to US - inn2P.fi JOHN D. PECORD TIPIC-'4IC 4 11, 4PC 411011-5, MANUFAGTCRERS AND DEALERS IN Eats, Caps, and Straw Goods, 14-1 .W o o d -8.1,40 et, :Pittsburgh, Have now on hand for. Spring sales, as large and complete an assortment of Goods as can be found in any of the Eastern cities, consisting of ' Fur ; Silk, .and Wool. Hats, of every style and quality; CAPS of every quality and latest 'fashions; Palm Leaf, Straw,_Leghorn, and--Panama HATS; Straw, and Silk BUNKE:TS, etc., etc. Persons wishing to purchase either by Wholesale or- ltetail; will , Snd It to their advanisse to rail and aemninp only stork marl y TO INVAL I DS Do. Not Despair Until You Have Tried the TEM PITTS.BUROII WATER CURE ESTABLISHMENT is delightfully. situated on the banks of the Ohio, ten miles West of , the city. We have -treated many hundred cases of nearly every kind of disease, and can refer to patients all over the "country whom wo - have" restored to health, after everything else hod fetal. The following are among the diseases - we haVe treated successfully: • PHILADELPHIA INCIPIENT CONEWMPTION, 'Asthma, Bronchitis, Coughs, Scrofula, every -form of Skin Disease, Dyspepsia, Liver Com plaint, ConstipatiOn of the Bowels, Spinal Irritation, Neural gia, Rheumatism, Lumbago, Nervcinens, all Diseases of the Reproduethe Organs, Diabetes. Dropsy, /cc., ac. TO. FNMALES suffering with -diseases peculiar to , their sex, we appeal' with emnfidenee, as we rarely fall to effect eurestn. those cases. We only cure you of your 'disease, but we entirely re move from your systimi the bad effects of the poisonous drugs you hive taken. CDR CURS is Open to you. Come -to us and we will in du'a tithe send you home healthy, and fit for life's duties Ternis moderate. Send fora Circular, to • . . W. N. HAMBLETON, Box 1,304; 7 Pittsburgh. Pa. febß- , L.IER ARIES • OF The Amerienn , Siinday School Union • . • FORDISTRIBUTIOIC The $lO Sunday School libraries for distribution es,•per legacy in' Will' of the late" CHARLES BREWER, will be ready tor delivery on and after July iOth, 1860. • The Sunday Schools entitled to these Libraries are those established In Allegheny ; County, Pa., since March Met, USG. Applicants will be required to subscribe to statement giv ing name, location, and date of - organisation of the School; name and Post , Glace address of .P,,,upprintendent; average number of teachers" and scholars in attendance, and amount then contributed for support of School. Reasonable evidence, by amount of contributions and oth erwise, of, (Impermanence of the School will be required. Apply to F. IL EATON, Of 'Ramon, MACEIIII & Co y Vp, is WiOl, Pt Pittobtrreis .". VIIRNISITINGI3NDERTAKER, Pro. 60 SmithiSe2d Street, keeps constantly on hand. a large. assortment of 'Ready-Made cofflrieg Metallic Cases, Shrouds, &c., of , the latest styles. Personal services in all cases .when required, and no pains will be Spired - to give entire satisfac tion, and relieve the friends of the many unpleasant duties necessarily connected with the preparations for burial, at 4reatly reduced prices. Rooms openday and night, Hearst 4 awl Ogarriiiim furniAwel. Combining. the ACTIVE PRINCIPLE of wed. kaolin Visocceetaßisarseeess; in midi a minnier is to INSURE TEEM EFFICIENCY. and attheassne time raider them ILASY'TO BE ADMINISTERED, and free from those unpleasant and often dangerona 'acts produced bp Varadfnite In the old form. D. B. BARNES, SOS Broadway. Now York. '° , 6/ o r ~ Corner of Penh and St Clair 'Streets, Pittsburgh, I=?a. THE LARGEST. COMMERCIAL Bohm). of the 'Mined 812'4444th a _pationaim of nearly 3,000 STUDENTS, in five yeats, from 31 States, and the only one *inch alibras complete'and reliable= instruction in all the following branches, • SIBISCANTIKE, MANSPADTER.A... STEAMBOAT, RAILROAD, AND BANK U(G. ABUT PREMIUM PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL PENMANSHIP; ALSO . ; SURVEY/NO, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS GENERALLY. MAO pays for a Conimercial Course; 'kW:dents enter and review at any time. Ministers' sons tuition at half price.' For Catalogue of 86 pages, Specimens, mf ,BusLuess and Or namental Penmanship, and a beaUtifulCollege view of eight square feet,.containing - a great variety of Wetting, Lettering and Flonrithing, inalode 24 aents'irt stamps to the Principals, znara-ly, J.EN„FINA,4 SMITH, Pittsburgh, Pa. E.COND-EIANDED PIANOS, AT $25, ss'o, $BO, $l5O sale by nlyl3-1y JOHN H. mimpolt, 81 Wood Street. 90• ' ' A - 1101IBLE-PREED. FIVE :Octave Piano Style MELODEON, in good orderforadtety dollars. • For sige by mylS ly JOHN 11. MELLOR, SI 7 ifood Street. piTTSB GH PEDIALE COLL EG E. REF. I. O. PERSHING, A.M., President. Best Sustained - tolleve lii"th`a" State. FOURTEEN TEACHERS:. Atteinisites last year, 243. Superb nriciehnildings.. Thorough, and extensive course of study: .'TE:EIGRAPELING -Itnd ORGAN MIMIC taught. FORTY DOLidliiis per term for boisrding, light, le. :term &immenees' SEPTEMBER "Sind to the President fora catalogue. M. SIMPSON, angll-17' . President id'Board of Trustees. V. A it II) 0 N 0 1." Lt %-• For Biilliancy and Economy, BVRPASSES ALL OTHER. ILLUMINATING OILS now in market. It will burn in , all styles of coal oil lamps, is per fectly safe, and free from all offensive odor- Manufactured and for B£4/0 W. MACKEOWN, 147 „trasury &mime. Pwwsnmwsw. lase • 1. T. cauxus J S E EJIA. P 111 A N matigstate Agentsilintarlin Pnblie, and Codveyanads, PLATTS.MO7I7I, NEBRASKA; Will.loeate Land 'Warrants, secure Patents,, buy, sell, and rent lands and Town Property, pay Taxes, take depositions, make out couveyaueek examine titles, attend promptly to th ac e . collection of debts in Western lowa and Nebraska, &c., # my3.74m* tERVOUS DISEASES. • Having retired from general practice, I now give attention to EPILEPSY'and= other. Naavous Diseases. In these for :twenty years, ',have bad considemble,success,SOMO of which cases have heretohire been published in*this paper. I shalt Le happy to see and, prescribe for any thus afflicted, at ley office, N0.1,432 Routh Penn Square, Philadelphia. PatfeAtd Trdrvicied - VdittfirdZL!' - "Whi, 44: comaLL, FAMILY SOAP MAKER. WHOLESALE AND 'RETAIL, Water Care. M2ll 1 1"11. -1 2 - .BARRELL I S INDIAN VEGETABLE, CHIECTIOIS, SUGAR' DROPS. Tee most earA pleasant and effectual remedy ear • ' Worms; over dimovered. Y 5 l Y JAMES S.' M'CORD 1=33
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