M y ' wiles Last Care. 'Another day will pass away, ltiother wan in beauty rise ; 'But, ere its light, shall greet thy sight, Derail 'will have closed thy mother's eyes; And thou wilt weep- to know that sleep Is set and sealed forevermore ; Yet think 'mid all the tears that fall, Life's pangs as well as joys are o'er And when the last sad dues are past, And said, and sung, the service brief Look to thy sire, whose eyes are dim, And comfort him 'mid all thy grief. With tender care his home prepare— No daily act neglected leave; And put away each thing, I pray, Which seeing, might but make him grieve And ever seek, ere be can speak, To set all things in comfort round; However poor, content is sure, Where neatness, kindness, love is found ! He likes to see the fire burn free— A clear, warm, welcome, kindly ray; 0, think of this, and Let him miss Thy mother little as he may ! And mind the hour, for time's a dower Prized often only when 't is gone; `Ne'er be too late, nor let him wait— Sharp labor brings sharp hunger on ! And 0, my child, be ever mild, However hasty he may be ; And God shall know how much I owe In these my last—last hours to thee. The Missionaries Safe. In noticing, a short time ago, the Indian massacres in Minnesota, we remarked that it was feared that the missionaries were killed. It is'now ascertained that they are safe. One of them, Rev. Dr. William son, thus writes to the Presbyter TRAVERSE DEs Sioux, Aug. 26, 1862 MR. EDITOR :—Ere this, many of your readers have been informed of the terrible war waged by the Sioux against our country, and feel anxious about the missionaries. Thanks be to God, we and our families are all safe. I will give you a few particulars of the beginning of the war and of our escape. On Monday, 18th inst., about 7 A. M., a party of the Town or Mileknnkanton Sioux, having returned from murdering sev eral German families, one or two days jour- ney North-east of their residence, made an attack on the traders and others living about the Lower Agency, and soon killed all they could find. Probably about one third rnade their escape by fleeing to Fort Ridgeley, about thirteen miles distant A detachthent of more than fifty soldiers, sent to the relief of the people there, on arriving at the ferry near the Agency, were surrounded, and more than half of them killed. The same day they began an at tack on the fort, and on some part of the settlement not far from New Ulin. The news of these things was quickly conveyed to us, thirty-three miles distant, and of several things we were told even before this occurred. Early in the evening, one or two of the traders at Pajutazu were shot, when they all fled, and many of the Indians spent the night in seizing their goods. Other un friendly Indians at the same time were at tempting to seize the horses belonging to and aboat the mission stations, and did seize all, except one belonging to myself, and one of Mr. Cunningham's. Most of the. Christian Indians staid near us all night to guard us and our property, and urging and assisting us to leave One of them acted as a guide across the prairie to the employees of Government mad their families, in all probably fifty persons, who lied 'during the night. Others conducted the families of Messrs. Riggs, Cunningham, and Pettijohu, to an island in the Minne sota river, where they concealed them till the afternoon of Tuesday. About day break two men, who were living, about eighteen miles above Pajutazu, were at tacked, one of whom was killed, and the other escaped with a severe shot in the Shoulder, and musket ball in the lower part Of his body, and during the day joined Mr. Riggs' party, which now amounted to twenty-two persons, with only one horse and buggy to convey them more .than one hundred milei. vii the morning Mr. Hunter ;and farifith.the,younger =umbers of my fatal "r" .- - 43f4„ with one wagon, drawn by twt *i e.,1, and another. by a yoke of` oxen, an ~i$ Oattle, and were conducted by - Y 'r ' ' ford_' the 01,*tinne-tfika, Ps„4.l ain riv er, aniFtWinee...tigisl:party ; and early in the afternoon they started across the prairie in a drenching rain. Avoiding all roads as dangerous, they walked on till night, and then lay down in their wet clothes, without fire and with little food. Raving been fully informed of what was going on, myself, wife and sister, concluded that it was best ior unto leave also, which we did early on Wednesday. The Obris tian. Indians did every thing in their power to assist es; one of' them furnishing , the wagon and oxen, n and accompanying us ten miles on the way, at the risk , of his life.' Just' before I left the Indians, I was in formed that Mr.. A. W. Huggins, Govern ment teacher at Segni Park, was murdered. Friday afternoon, having followed the trail 'cf ',those who had preceded me, we vertOok them, and that, night we drew '"--t Fort Ridgeley, and Mr. Hunter ile.. oh en to see if we could get into it, °P9g..e° t t , ,,When we were within two iis to pass 014,, and said that he had more than five 111 . , efficers, who advised dren, and the soldiers they had already five days' and nights' fl . . n and chit his advice, travelling fo;'hou .4, 0 with the burning stables of the fort. 1.-40 ,,, 0k pMMODVed us and suffered no one to of near to'molest us, and we all reached" the settlements in safety. ' A part Of us came to St. Peter last night, the others havin. , ganef ° .Henderson. It made us sad as 4 travelled for about, thirty miles of densely settled country, to, find but a single family in their own houie, and they not 'daring to sleep in it,..and to see thousands of acres of as fine wheat as ever grew, in the shock, being destroyed by cattle and birds; and still sadder, on our arrival, to learn that Fort Ridgeley is , not yet relieved, and hun dreds of „individuals, with many of whom some of us were acquainted, have been murdered. Many thousands of families, per haps , one-third of the population 'of the State, - 140 .left their homes, but I hope many of,them will soon be able to return, as fifteen hundred men have left here to day, going to Fort Ridgeley. , • `Tiros. S. WILLIAMSON. WOOl. During the first six months of 1862, 4 n0 hum than 16,496,136 lbs. of for eign wool were imported into New-York. England .supplied 5,734,808 lbs., Buenos 4yre5‘4084,29411,04,'and France 8,203.. .896 lbs. riew Discovery in Iron-Mid Ships A new development in the history of iron-clad ships has been made, for which the country is indebted to he genius of Commodore Porter, the gallant destroyer of the once formidable rebel ram Arkansas. By the (Acid! report to the Navy Depart anent of his -daring attack, single-handed, upon the Arkansas, under the heavy bat teries at 'Vicksburg, on the 22d of July, we learn the following important facts : The Essex, although clad with iron plating only one inch thick at the thiekest part, was for two hours and a half under fire of seventy heavy guns iu battery, twenty field pieces, and three heavy guns on board the rain. The fire was indeed terrific. In the in trepid Commodore's words, " so rapid was this fire that for half an hour the hull of the ship was completely enveloped in the heavy jets of water thrown over her by the enemy's shot, shell and balls." At one time this cannonading was at so short a range that he says: " We were so close that the flashes of the enemy's guns through my gun-holes drove my men from the guns." These astonishing results are due to the scientific skill of Commodore Porter in constructing the now famous Essex. She was completed under his own eye and according to his own plans. Unable to I adopt for service in the Western rivers the heavy plating used upon the Monitor and the Ironsides, Commodore Porter conceived the idea of constructing the Essex in such a manner that most of the'shot would be received at an angle, and be compelled to glance off by an elastic backing to the plates: By careful 'experiments upon targets he found that, by using a peculiarly prepared lining of India rubber between the iron plates and the wooden backing, an iron armor of only one inch thick would not he affected by a. shot that would penetrate five inches of solid iron. The immense saving of weight and of expense effected by this important discovery will at once be appre ciated. Indeed, it is the only method by which the use of iron-clad gunboats on our Western rivers is practicable. Gunboats plated in the ordinary manner, with inch iron,-have proved worthless, and the ex periment will no longer be repeated. For patriotic reasons we do not propose to de scribe, in detail, the mode of construction adopted by Commodore Porter : it is enough to announce the great fact. The aucCess of this practical experiment of the Essex for' two hours and a half under the impregna ble batteries of Vicksburg is decisive. The result of this terrific fire from "a' battery not over one hundred feet off," is thus described in the official report ‘( A heavy ten-inch shot from the nearest battery struck my forward casemate about four feet from the deck, but fortunately did not penetrate. A rifle seven-and-a-half inch shot from the same battery struck the casement about nine feet from the deck; it penetrated the iron, but did notget through, although so severe was the not. that it started a four inch plank two inches thick and eighteen feet long, on the in- side. A conical shell struck the casemate on the port side, also, as we were rounding, penetrated the three-quarter inch iron, and came half way through the wooden side ; it exploded through, killing one man and slightly wounding three." During the heavy cannonading, most of the shot glanced from the sides of the Es sex, but "during that time this vessel was heavily struck forty-two times and only penetrated twice." This penetration was by the rifle seven-and-a-half inch shot and the conical shell above described. We believe that the annals of the war record no exposure of a gunboat to a can nonading so severe as this, and the results are regarded by military men as perfectly conclusive and `satisfactory." We learn that our Navy Department have already adopted some of the features of this plan in the new iron-clad steamers, and that the thin plating of the decks is to be protected by an under sheathing of India rubber. This will remove one of the great sources of annoyance which has been found in the Monitor from the leaking of her decks, and it will effectually prevent any further mortifying occurrenceslike the penetration of the deck of the Galena from the fire of Fort Darling. Manufacture .of Saltpetre. The successive Governments of France have, for many years, encouraged every in vention and improvement in the produc tion of nitrate of soda, to render them, if possible, independent of England for the necessary supply to the gunpowder works. The artificial niteries or nitre beds collect ed for this purpose, consist of animal mat ter, the rubbish from the walls of old houses, stable litter, refuse of plaster works, l!te. The decomposition of the animal matter produces carbonate of ammonia, which, dissolved in water, in connexion with the air charged with oxygen, is trans formed into nitrate of ammonia. This product, under the influence of the solar. lay, and the action of time decomposes the calcareous and magnesia ,'carbonates in the plaster rubbish, forming nitrates of lime and magnesia ,and reproducing carbonate of ammonia,, which, set at liberty, serve anew to form the nitrates. According to this theory, the nitrate playa a double part; it serves to reunite the elements of the at mosphere to produce nitric acid, and it causes this acid, formed under its influ ence, to act on the insoluble carbonates, to change them into nitrates. But this action is not the only one; for Kuhlmann discov ered that in most instances the ammonia itself was decomposed, and that its nitro gen, combined with the oxygen of the iat mosphere contained in the water, s thus transformed into nitric acid. These calca reous and other earthy nitrates dissolved in water are decomposed by sulphate- of so da, thus forming nitrate of soda and sul -I'e& of lime by double decomposition. salt ate of soda is then heated with mon w a iistotassium and nitrate of potash S a itia re 11,, chloride of sodium (com- Cave, KentuokY'a...,, • le e s w w e a r r e o a b r ta l l B 7 2 d . fr D. the Mammoth ij trable quariti A from the excrements of bat;re during 1 -, hie fly, the saltpetre which is einplOyec& fa f manufacture of our gunpowder com — eilrv., India. It is not known whether any salt=; petre is now obtained from natural• sources in the Southern States. If the secession lets were deprived of this sub w s a ta r. nce T e h ntire . - Irate te.a o nf f t,t s hi o te d w a wo fly, they could not carry on aiusiddv,eaarnyas and were un . d i : t n a t a, i t n a manyda e 1- o 14 u ar e making gunpowder as the n j i a t s rate as of w p s o n ta f s s h r (saltpetre.) formation of natural saltpetre is a ver T y he alo w process,. g requirin out two years to complete. Burin French g m revolution 2,000 tuns were e in one year in • Paris, and wereforeign cut tit twice this quantity', *ld re P in P a li d e e in the same spac i e ts o p f r t a i sea - t i n e n , :l bin, , v h f in. Now-York with !le the y "Of PRESBYTERIAN BANNER-SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1862 habitants. In Sweden, each peasant who owns a house is hound by law to make a certain quantity of saltpetre every year for the use of the State. In Spain, Egypt, Persia, and especially India, vast quanti ties of this salt are made annually; and it is not only a source of great profit, but of warlike power to great Britain. Ere last year's moon had left the sky, A birdling sought my Indian nest, And folded, oh so lovingly, Her tiny wings upon my breast. From morn till evening's purple tinge, In winsome helplessness she lies; Two rose-leaves, with a silken fringe, Shut softly on her starry eyes. There's not in Ind a lovelier bird; Broad earth owns not a happier nest; 0 God, thou bast a fountain stirred, Whose waters nevermore shall rest! This beautiful, mysterious thing, • This seeming visitant from heaven; This bird, with an immortal wing, To me—to me, thy hand has given. The pulse first caught its tiny stroke, The blood its crimson hue from mine= This life which I have dared invoke, Thenceforth is parallel withlhine. A silent awe is in my room— I tremble with delicious fear ;- The future with its light and &am, Time and eternity are here. Doubts—hopes, in eager tumult rise. Hear, oh my God! one earnest prayer; Room for my bird in Paradise, And give her angel plumage there! New-England Orthodoxy DEPARTURES from the orthodox faith on the part of ministers, in New• England, is not confined to recent times. In a sermon preached by Dr. Increase Blather, in 1701, on "The Glory Departing from New . England," one of the diviaions treats of this topic, "There are ministers who are not principled nor spirited like their predecessors:" The. ; following is the whole paragraph under this head, capitals, italics, and or thography the same as in the original: " So far from being so, as that Sundry of them have in Print Mock't and. Scof't at the holy Covenant, and other Holy Prac tices which have been the Glory of these Churches of the Lord. Now as one of the greatest tokens for good unto New-England, is, That God has raised up Youn,g . Alen in the Ministry (and Blessed be God_that there are so many of them) who are true and faithful to the Interest of Christ and to those Holy wages which have been Pro fessed and Practiced in our Congregations. So it is an Evil Omen and does not Prog nosticate Good to Posterity, when Young Ministers shall Despise that Glory, which their Fathers had such a value for; under such a Specious pretence of peace, they will part with Truth and Holiness, and yet at the same time by new Notions and Prac tices make Divisions. Do not some of them Cry down the Truths as little things, Small matters not worth Contending for, which with Judgment of the first Ministers in New-England, were of weight and worth, as they were willing to endure Suspensions, Imprisonments, and a Voluntary Exilement out of their Native Land, in bearing their Testimony thereunto. Are not some, yea and some who are not the Youngest men, intro ducing c , innovations which our Presbyterian Brethren in England and the Reformed Churches beyond Sea, have condemned, and which the English LitUrgy itself approveth not of. As Innovations not warranted by Scripture gradually creep in upon us, the Glory will gradually depart." Growth of Cotton in India. It is one of the stern retributions which follow this wicked rebellion, that it is grad ually stripping the South of the elements of power by which it hoped to create a great empire and to take a place among the na tions. The two pillars on which the fabric of its hopes rested were SLAVERY and Com- ToN—slavery as furnishing, the labor need ed in its own territory and in those tropical regions over which the new empire was to expand, and cotton as affording the material of unbounded wealth. But gradually both these props seem to be knocked away. Sla very is getting hard blows, and with the advance of our armies enforcing:the sweep ing Confiscation Act, seems likely to perish utterly before the end of the struggle. And the withholding; of cotton by the kouth, which was to compel the whole world to recognize the new empire, seems on the contrary to have had the• effect to stimulate the growth of the plant elsewhere, so that it will soon make the world inde pendent of its- former sources of supply. A correspondent of the Evangelist, writing from Northern India, thus speaks of the impulse given to cotton-growing in that country: " You can have little idea of the in - activity in the • cotton mallet in this country in consequence of the civil war in America. The cotton is brought to this place [Ahmednuggur] in great quanti ties from places three hundred miles far ther in the interior, and much of it changes hands here. All through the dry season long lines of carts loaded with cotton were to be seen constantly passing along the roads, making the travelling on those lines of, road extremely unpleasant. Each, cart would have on it ten large bundles, which would fetch here thirty rupees ' each bnn dle. The native merchants Are constantly on the look-out for news from America. Thenews of some great success of thb Fed eral troops was reported at one time, and it was said that the - Rebellion was at an end.. That day cotton was sold here at very low rates, and holders of cotton lost thousands of rupees .by forcing sales. A few =weeks ago a native trader brought me a telegram just received from Bombay. He could not read English, and he wished nie to read it -to him. It was .to this 'effect: I Kearnot! Be glad! t Cottonisadvancing I' ,s 1 - grtote of things in America has brought try';'perity, to merchants in this .coun state of tlimiis in, part for the , favorable merchants havprnment finances. Some past year by trade . e. small fortunes the those who havp,realiketaton, and..a.mong be reckoned an AmericanlilLprofits may the, head of which is a son of ifft.BornbaY, of one of Our American colleges dent whose influence in Bombay is all on ' theAl ~„ti of Christ and his cause." Gold.—The San. Francisco papers, state that about $5,009.,0.00 per month ~in gold and silver are arriving fronr.the rnines in that city. :The,yield ofsol s d this year will exedeil that df any previous one. My Bird, —Mrs. Judson Soldiers Cared For Out of one thousand soldiers, one hundred and four are sick; this. is the constant pro portion, as reported by the Sanitary Com mission. The Autumn always increases the number, by reason of the hot days and cool nights, causing diarrheas and dysenteries, of every shade and degree. One yard and a half of stoat, woolen flannel,- fourteen inches broad, Worn,. from August to No vember, tightly and constantly around the abdomen, in such a way that it will be double in front, with bits of tape strongly sewed on one end, and about one yard from the other, according to the size of the per son, for convenience of tying, would do more toward preventing bowel-complaints _among our brave and self-denying soldiers, than all knovrti human means besides. This simple' device arrested the onset of the cholera, in., three days, in one of the largest divisions of the Prussian army, when the terrible scourge last visited Eu ' rope. Let every family who has a member in the-army, forward such an article on the instant of reading this; if you can do no better,. send an old worn petticoat, for, by reason of its .`softness and pliability, it is better 'than any thing else. Let every mother Who reads this, and who may have no son or other relative bravely battling for. the perpetuity of our glorious Union, send one abdominal ;bandage, to be given to some worthy soldier who has 'no mother, no sister,.no wife to exercise these kindly cares for him. And let the generous rich, of whom there are so many among, us—the Astors,'the Aspinwalls, the Mititurns, the Stuart Brothers, and thoSe like them—be assured that it is impossible to spend an equal amount of money as efficiently, in any other way. One man who has been in, the army twelve months is-worth wow two raw recruits ; hence one • dollar's worth of good woolen flannel for one of them ' or even an old petticoat, by keeping such soldier healthy in the field, is worth more than the fifty dollars bounty paid for the two "re emits, under, the present exigences of the ease. Witter is coining; let the sisteis and tnethers of the soldiers begin to, knit two or three pairs of thick woolen socks, to be forwarded 'to each son , and brother by the first of October, let the toes and heels be double knitted, or sheathed with the blue cloth of some worn-out coat, or pantaloons, cautioning the soldier to keep the.toe nails closely trimmed, so as to •prevent the cut . tang of the socks. Begin at once , , and put up in quart tin cans, to be forwarded, at internals, (for it' sent in large quantities at a time, they will be wasted or too lavishly used,) pickled cucumbers and cabbage. Onions are rep resented by physiOlogists to be among, the most ycholesome and nutricious of all the vegetable products, besides their immedi ately invigorating and enlivening - effects. If a gallon of onions could be sent to each soldier, once a month, in addition to a quart of pickled cucumbers or cabbage, scurvy, already beginning:to manifest itself, would be unknown. And if it could be felt how grateful a quart tin can of pre served berries, tomatoes, or fruits, would, be to a soldier who does not see such things, preserved or fresh, sometimes for months together, their sisters, and mothers, and cousins, and wives would spare no little pains to prepare a good supply for months to come, and would begin to send them im mediately.—Hall's Journal of Health. The Opium. Trade. We call the attention of our readers to a letter on the next page froth our corres pondent in India, discussing the finances of that Government, in which he presents some startling facts in regard to the Opium Trade. He states that the Indian Govern ment derives from this source alone an an imal revenue of £4,000,000, or twenty . millions of dollar!',lf the mere profit is:: so much, the whole amount of the trade is more than double this sum. All this is wrung from the miserable 3 and degraded' Chinese. The Finance Minister of the Indian Government calculates with the ut most coolness and satisfaction on the pros pect that China will require one hundred thousand cheats of opium a year, for which,. it will be prepared to pay twelve or fifteen millions of pounds, or from sixty to seventy'i millions of dollars! The effect of such a constant and enor mous drain of the precious metals (for the c great object is to get hold of the Chinese silver,). must. be to render a kingdom al-1. ready poor yet more impoverished and wretched, It takes away. the very life blood of trade and commerce. It paralyzes home industry. But yet far more terrible is its effect on the physical and moral stamina of this miserable population. John Chinaman-is not a giant at best, but the free use of, opium destroys the little man hood that he has left. Its effects on 'the system are too well, known—not only in Asia, but in Europe, and even in America. It is the worst form of, intoxication. It breaks down the strongest •Oonstitution in a very few years. Its transient pleasures are followed by untold horrors, through which its victims are hurried rapidly 'to the grave. 'Frotn'this cause alone tens of thousands die - every, year. And yet the moral turpitude of the Opium Trade seems not to trouble the British conscience.' English writers note with complacency the fact 'of a steadily increasing demand," and Finance Ministers rub their hands with delight at the prospect 'of augmented revenue; and of course try to stimulate the trade to the utmost. The more opium the Chinese can be indticed to take, the, more silver she will send to India and to Eng- land. And yet the Government that fat tens on such an infernal traffic—that grows rich, by the price of men's bodies and souls —is shocked that Americans go to war, to preserve their national existence! Might not haughty Britain look at the blood spots on her own imperial robes ? And must net - the judgment of God, sooner or later, de scend upon a nation, that is,,guilty of such cruelty to these unhappy Asiatic .races N. P. Evangelist. VARIETIES. Show Your Colors - Now, by standing:by the authority of the Government and eternal right' . 'Let "precedent" be considered Of , seconary importance; let the constitution, as, ou interpret it merely, be secon ..dary.- 'W hatever the authorities consider ceustitutional" . shotild not only be'assent= L ,edto by every good citizen, but should be, sustained by his words, and acts and influ etico. If .he cannot do` - these things con .scieritiously, let him be mute as • a motise under' the " violent preSuraption" that 'he is a fool, and has no better sense. For a sensible man will always diffidently mit!, tzust. the correctness of any opinien of his when he sees it opposed to that of . • 'l.ltigher abilities.—Hall. londdir , There , rOte.— , ae in ;' Ton ;sob sixht iiS ,l 7 fortyre 4 i6u3ond benevolentiiit r ; 7 le : dredan ,forty z one of whicO . b eo ,: a t a blisbel within the last seven yearn., Their aggre. gate income last year, derived from volun tary contributions or from dividends on money bequeathed and invested in consols and other stocks, reached a sum which, translated from pounds, shillings and pence into American money, amounts to $1.2,- 200;835. • . Major General Philip Kearny,—The late Philip Kearny was born in the city of New York, on the 2d of June, 1815. He was of Irish descent, his great great grandfa ther having settled iu Monmouth County, New Jersey, in. 1715. From his earliest youth Philip Kearney was imbued with a military' spirit, but at one time, in defer ence to the wishes of his mother, he stud ied law. The moment he was freed from t:.:e restraint imposed upon his natural ten dencies for a military life, he joined the United States First Dragoons , commanded by his uncle, Stephen atts Kearny, the conqueror of New Mexico and California, who died a Brevet Major General, in 1848, at Vera Cruz. He was sent to Europe to report upon the cavalry tactics of the . French; from thence he went to Africa, where he joined the First Chasseurs d'Afrique, and he at traeled the attention of the French army by his daring exploits during the campaign under Marshal Vallee, when the French swept the dogged Arab masses from the plains of Metiajha. He, returned to this country and was made Captain of a company of dragoons, and his corps formed the escort of Gener al Scott when he made his entrance into Vera Cruz, and a magnificent one it was. He was 'brevetted Major, and Gen. Scott reported his gallant and meritorious con duct to the administration in unqualified praise. After the Mexican , war, Major Kearny was sent to California and commanded an ex pedition against.the Indians of the Colum bia river: In 1850 he resigned his com mission and returned to Europe. During the Italia.n campaign of 1859 Major Kear ney served as volunteer aid to Gen. Morris, a distinguished officer in the French army, and the Emperor Napoleon bestowed upon the American officer the Cross of the Le giOn.of Honer. _ He was Brigadter General of the New Jersey forces.. Gen. McClellan wept when he gazed on the dead body of the hero, aid, whdri .questioned as to who should take the command of the,departed, replied " Who could replace Phil. Kearny." Played Out.—Street begging, except when practiced by, women or decrepid men; has fallen into disuetude. A " sturdy beggar " nowadays receives very many " more kicks that halt pence." At the almshouse no adult male is received who is fit for enlist ment, while many a'man is afforded by the District Attorney an opportunity, a quiet oPportunity, of obtaining oblivion of past disgrace by serving:his country in the bat tle-fteld. The Railroad Journal, which is good au thority, estimates the value of railway in ventions in the last forty years, in this country alone, to be twelve hundred million, dollars. Yet the career of improvement seems as far as ever from having reached a limit. According to this estimate, what is the aggregate value of all the improve... ments which have been patented during the same period ? Who can estimate it ? Sewing Silks.—The manufacture of sew ing silk's is extentively carried on in this country. Including tram, organzine, &c., the production exceeded five million dol lars in the States of Connecticut, New Jer sey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and New- York, their relative values being in the order mentioned. Ribbons are made to.a Small extent, but the chief manufacture of silk consists of ladies' dress trimmings, coach-lace, &e., of which the cities of Phil adelphia and New-York produce to the value of $1,260,725 and $796,682 respect ively. Thankful.—The Madison (Wisconsin) Patriot says a volunteer from that place, thanks his father for giving him crooked or bow-legs, saying that on the day be fore he had narrowly escaped losing both legs, a cannon ball passina harmlessly tlrrough the space occasioned by the "•nat. oral crook" of the legs. Everything is for the best. The FrehehiVavy.—The last official reports of the strength of the steam navy of France show that it consists of 360 war vessels pro pelled by steam, of which number 172 are in commission and 30 are iron-clads. Ten iron-plated ships are building, (each car rying 36 guns,) besides the 6 iron frigates and 12 floating batteries now complete. Rough Usage.—Somebody truthfully says: The human heart, like a feather bed, must be roughly handled; well shaken and posed to ,a variety of turns to prevent its becoming hard. Capper.—The copper * thines of Cornwall, yielded 13,212 tons of copper in 1860, these of Lake Superior 7,660 tons in 1861. MASON Sr, HAML.MS MELODEONS, at $l5O, $lOO, $75, $5O and $l5, received dEld for sale by • JOHN;H. ItLELLOB, Street arI,III,CKERING PIAN.OB..—TWO idgerb 7 octave 0111O1NRING PIANOS, received and:foretile by 'JOHN 8INIXON; 81 Wood'Street: tnyl,34y SPRING STYLES FOR 'Gentlemen's Gar rents; In great variety.; embracing in part, a large and well ea. looted stock of Fancy French and English C CASSI ERES AND OATINCS, , . , . . Together with as fine au assortment of Black and Colored CLOTHS ANDNESTINGS, as the manufactories of Europe can produce„ which are , adapted to . the wants of gentlemen (A taste; Who appreciate style and quality in elothing. ' SAMTIELAIHAIr• dr SON, _ • ea6rlo-I‘ , No. 19 Fifth Rt. Pitrobnrab, , T,OANS.—PERSONS Vf r ISJEIXNU TO -sEur '4ibtain Lokits ition Bondi and Itflirth;l44:4lll lind' it to their intoreot to nett At the oillop 0.4 BATES, Butter St., near Alien, tawreneevi.lle, Pa. A DIZ L V fIIG - 3EirAtio ICJIMMENEWIIIII • S 1 XV! Wholesale and Retail. 3.t D. VitilittAlVlS' STRBET, 'Nearly Opposite. IM Cessions' Souse, _ apfir E 1 OITT1:1R61.11, PA. IAWRENC'EVILtE INSURANCE LAftENPX,, of the L Y COMING COUNTY. MUTUAL( INSURANCE COMPANY, of the Borough of Morley, Pa., continue tio "institiVagearist loss' or diunagelli : Sfe. 'Capita," " R 2,439,309.07. The losses of this" Companyn Mute 'its 'orisiiiiatiosi," 22 years, bas been but $1,180,018. RANKIN, Preset. Josnua BOWMAN, Seey . . Rnmazzioii.:_ 2 l,".ll Capt. James Irvin, Mich. SECullough, Esq., Rev. John Wilkinson, U..S. Rohl Wightman, James lirelnre, Jaitievßearney, Office-4intier 11_11A2 E 0 N 'BROTHE RS , NE W., J R -IL ,Y PAR: Pll , lloS.,—..A.Oother iroOPIY of the Urge Beven Octave ll,osemoOd,Playaos, from , 1.1!1,elton.„ YOrk; . ,f4of iod'for lode ' raylDly JbllN H. ItigLLOR, 81 Wood Street. inEie Vrobgterian anntr, WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, Published at PITTS33 - LTIR ,I3I-1-3, BY lIZV. DAVID WXINSEV. THIS IS A LARGE RELIGIOUS NEWSPAPER itiNTED ON EXCELLENT PAPER, AND TN SUPERIOR STYLE IT CONTAINS 31MrMii_* - 4mmPA.gElLieg on all the leading topics ofthe day; betb :Religious and Ken. ilia. AU the various subjects that . prieent •tlieieselves for" consideration, and that are worthy the attention :of +chair geAt anu Christian,people, are disensti frotn the Christian stand-Point, and in the comprehensive , spirit of Christian charity and enlarged beneiolence. .From" the beginning of our *cant °enema 'trembles; this paper, while allying itself 'With no" political'party, hitittikei I3igh and fearlees ground in ftivOr of thdConstitxttion andithe regularly ordained Government, and of the preservation at the integrity of the Union. Its utterances have. been Brir . and decided, and they will continue to be each until the spirit of rebellion has been entirely queriched, and our onr Clev eniment once more firmly 4,• GuR. Ettopean'ebirdipondence Ye unequalledby any-other American jonnial, in breadth tit "lOW . , and &nasal midi:doe:at: It is ticomplebe hbiesty of the Progress of affairs Yn Ituroiie;that ie intral- amble HE EASTERN SUMMARY gives a complete view of business, opinion, religiotM con cents, and matters and things . In general, in NEW-ENGLAND, • - NEW-YORK, Awn, PHILADELPHIA This a feattilafonnil in isirother'religioushavieraper, 'and makes the Banner a;most valitable . repesiltoiy,for. infornra tion concerning those places, to all readers. . Ambitg onr CONTRIBUTORS are einite of the beet neweittper writers in the aweb We also have OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENTS in all•parte of the land. The Compendium of Domestic and Foreign-News : is prepared with much care and labor. And inßiniiWAlii news in the, daily papers is often; qio Wricerfaiii and 'Crini;a• dietary that the weekly papers ban-fibre by far , tho most !re liable news for tho public, since the opportunity for eifthin and correction is allowed. Under the heed of PERSONAL, • , . iriost ifitetiOthaeliacidenta cainectidivitii individuate o notO;rorlietherleiid or wring; are pribithied. ' • And under the head of VARIETIES, are given the.resulte7ofiloienoe,,Traiel, Discovery, Eltatiati ca 1 Ireformation, of moat value to thepublio. While at the seine time meet ealuahle. B - 11 E 0 t-I'o from baalre, magazines, a n d dater; newipapera, are given for . the Chtietian, the parent; the rehni ntiiteraininand learitialS and' ar. the - or are the CLAIMS OS. Till GARDEI.AI9.TICE FARM forgotten; hut much otthe informal/ 'ou'it**ied" feri both re. regubxrty, presented. . - r3CUE-3EMMMiEniI )* Tids piiiirlii : furtisbod to Chihli of Tvi.enbiorinoriiti thr low.rate of SIAS per 'annum; 'with an additional copy to: the persorizetting up the Club. To - Clribs of Ten or m=ore; at AL2S. To. Single Subscribers at SILISO,,, when : sent 63. Mail. To Single Subscribers in Pittsburgh or Alle gheny . . . 'supplied by the Carrier, at $2,00, ' Adarens REV DAVID ktII3I.IsTEY,PRESBYTERIAN`' BANNER .• PITTBBITR GE, PA. N ,T n A C Eor ~S olders :and ,Sailors, ISSUED BY ThePiesbyterian' Board ; of: Pgblfcation, No. 821 Chestnut -Meta; : A cents p NECROITING BONG. Printed on Stiff Card. 'prim!, 00 er 100 Oct. THE'rcoNvztturi BArioß.' Tract No: 2202 Nev. Charles Jenne; Pastor of the Midair& Olinielti New': York. Men., •' _ • up! • WUERE ARE TMec NO-208, At?, .iddreee fo'PersoneltmoVerid from' Rjelineed.' 8 AM Mniee. ,sournan? ,KXAM,"I" OTIN.1871810! SOLDIERS ND 'E . 4 pages. ' , . . -AL t a— - - TRN`SOLDIEIVB POMET-NO(M... :In.. man; Each h'ciets. ' - Nniglish and Ger- JUST AS I AM. On Oard. - 50 - cetrts per 100. TWJIIXE - ?TRAMS: . POW. SOLDINS.S.3 It ...a:;:packu.e.: Price 10terfil., s , • -- rr,3 1, ,, --, - i.t. - ~.. . Ills -4.01.14E,R,p LIBRARY , Seventy Volumes: PriiM. 515:00. - '••• - '. - • •-, ..'" in the a variety of Tracts, suitable for '.dl . .distribution : Pletie address order* rmy and Navy.to • .., : 8 -,7"ME1 T . •94-0=041„ ~ ,; •. . . , ',- . -•. lithiu% ntrent, , - r` + ;2110hestniatI mtree4,lPhibadelitida. . Jpit. Nor eale 4n ..rittabargh. ,at the -Presbyterian Bonk .. •Ite.sma,.olgeeiP3,..-:.• • ;feb3L,";. 11, A W.R;IINC, EILL'EM, ~.13t006VP.1:6 -=,... - 'PROl'Ettfi'Y' AND • fk:TS-POR:I3AIN. A brick, slyslilng,.pintry7isitifired on.Sellefoptettreet. A brick dwellint'ldeisantly eh:hated Ad Prozaineet S tye A briaktdYfeAlrh.Pieecentli,Jeld VTlJNater 2 atoet, Also;Iiio frame welling‘Pleasantty sittuted.Roi tho promw burg Pike, Ran of the A.raeneridal):., The'abirrepi6PartY t, very dealtableeandwlll; be aold.oteliberal 'terms. Al for sale, from 10 too 15 acres of fina.Gardning laud, 14 Mike from gittoburgli, inliottom, Tsiwpoilip.l.;- 1 t:'' ".- -I ,-., Building totti of ell eizft. , arlApridocto eat ~ - h • - `s , , PfacP-, vorienna,lco.; apnly; atZthe' Neal Eatati.i atiurnaiiiittiii' ,141 , 13, , •-• - te ; .., I.c, il l ,AVnEs s ... i Butler Si.; near Allen, LaWrentfevill P - ' a, a. jy-26-13. . JOHN A. RENSHAW, Foully Grocer and Tea Dealer, Takes pleasure in announcing to his friends and (1.1., that he has recently removed to the new and apaci,m3 house, Corner of Liberty and Hand Streets, (A few doors above his old Bland,) And having largely increased his stock by recent porch now offers to - the public the moat extensive and complete eartment to be found in this city, of CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES, Foreign and Domestic Fruits, Teas, s Spices, Pickles and Sauces, Preserved Fruits in great variety, Fish, Hams, brie t Beef, &c, besides an assortment of Domestic llunsekeepi si articles; this constituting a Itousekeepefs Emporiu m. h, r. most all articles that are useful or necessary for the fatetl7 all may be purchased at reasonable prices. 4ai- WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Catalogues containing an extended list of my stack nisbed by mail, if desired. ap7-ly JOHN A. RE7. 4 :SEIAW., c on Liberty and timid Sba..Pirtsbnrell SAPONIFIER, OR E. CONC ENT R ATE 14 LY FAMILY SOAP MAKER hr uy al , e li T y he t penn . sylvanin Salt Manufacturing Con ne and patented article. Bewar. ; pa, ;,The germ Counterfeits! Buyers and sellers of the bogus articks be prosecuted. For sale by all Druggists and Groc,r:. Pricos reduced to snit the times. dee2l-1v • HEFITtrgE st, co., CORNISH. OF 'VW 40.886E2 STREWS, PITIMBIDIG D A 'Mairtfiletlirers of Steens Erigiiies,lVlachinery, and Castings, Also, of slims, TANKS, and an other apparatus fi , r fining Oils. octle-17 MERCHANTS' HOTEL, 46 NortifFourth Street, PHILADELPHIA. 0. IPKIBBEN & 80N, Proprietors. noaiOar OIL AND LEATHER STORE D. KIRKPATRICK & SONS, NO. 31 South Third Street, Reins* lii:artrisx ARE OffEETERT STREETS, PIULADELPLO O ft)? Sale SPANISH AND GREEN SLAUGHTER .IDES, CALCLI TA AND PATNA RIPS? TANNERS' 014 ST THE LOWEST,PRIDES AND UPON THE -BEST TERMS. air All kinds of Leather in the rough wanted, for winch Sfielrighostioarkr • price will be given in cash, or taken it exchange for A -es. Lifatlier Stored free of charge, and sob on commission. . .:- -, * Lthiiist'Cosb Advances made on Leather Consigrre to SR • krona! 7, JOHN U. WOOED : • - • „" JAMES S. TrAt'ilo4l3olEgar. 415 a IifAIMPAOTV72ERS AND DEALERS Hats, 'iandStraw Goods, WHOLESALE AND' RETAIL, 1 .W.ifo - d Pittsburgh, niireitovoii Rind for ilthintiseles,'as large and complete an assortment of-Goode as clan, be found in any of the Eastern eimshillog of Fur, silk, and ~ 00l Hats, of fivery'style CAPS of every quality and lateu fas Mons; Palm Leafi,Stmw,:Leghont, and Panama HATS: Straw, and Silk BONNETS, - etc., etc. Persons wishing to purchase either by Wholesale or Retail, will find it to their advantagf pdT and SYamiaw nnr :Niaek marl P-1 -I iti - V I D S. T Do' Not"Deapair Until You Have Tried the Water Cure. THE :PITT SBURON*ATM . -CDR - E ESTABLISHMENT is delightfully situated an the banks. of the Ohio, ten toile; West of the city. We have treated 'many hundred caeca of nearly evttryltind: of;disease; and can refer to patient , all over the country whont_we have restored to health. after etierytkinV else lied liras& The following are among the diseases we have treated Successfully; Asthitra; Bronchitis, Coogho, §erefula,,eyexy forin.uf, SkinDise. ve, Dyspepsia, Liver Com plaint, Constipation of the Beivels,'Spinal Irritation, Neural gia,:ilhenhatient, Lumbrigo, Nervousness, all Diseases of the Reproductive Organs; Diabetes, Dropsy, kc., kc. TO FEMALES suffering with diseases peculiar to their Sex, we appeal with: ciutful O ce, ;We rarely fail to effect cures in thote case 4. We'nifitonly..enfeyon Of:Your dlinsum, but ue entirely re. Move from your system the bad-effects of the poisonous drugs you have taken. OUR CURE is Open to you. Come to us and Nne will in due time, send ,you home% hiSsitby; and fit for life's duties Terms moderate Bend for a Circular, to W. N.:RAMBLE:TON, M.D., Box 1.304, Pittsburgh, Pa. feb y LIBB A n, E S The Ameficat 86day School Union • FOR DISTRIBUTION. The 310 'Sunday Sclimil.Llifrar — ies. for distribution as per legacy, in:Will :of the.• lato. CHARLES BREWER, will be ready :for delivery.en and, after. JitlylOth, 1860. The'Sunday Scheele entitled to 'these Libraries are thole ifltabliSho4sin Allegheny County, • RR-, since March Met, 1860. ristidred‘ to subscribe to statement giv. lug name, location, and:date of organization of the School: name — and - Boit - Wide address of Superintendent; average number of teachers and scholars m attendance, and amount then contributed for support of Schott)." Reasonable evidence, by amount of contributions and oth erwise; of the teittet* mimeo erthe Reboot will be required. Apply to .„.. . F. H. EATON, Of BATON, ham= & Co.. I F(t_lr: ruff, at.. 0nt0.,,t0, EMiell S.A. 14-S, 0, N, " ;PVirildsictila pra. ititTARER, No. fSO Striet,"keelia' ionstatitly on hand a large assorbraintaf Ready;MadeCoffins, Metallic Cases, ShrOTHIS &e., of. the latest styles. Peramadeervices in all cases wben required, and ah pains be spared to give entire satisfac tion, and relieve the friends' of the many unpleasant dynes necessarilyconnected with the preparations for burial, at greatly redticed priees. 'Reoisisopedi day 'and night. Hearses and Carrilleeß furnished. preo-lr BARBELL'S INDIAN VEGETABLE JIM SUGAR DROPS. The mittetealbiiiheurat Med effiliohat remedy ibr Worms, weer discovend. the ! TRIBI — eaP of we% „Doterra...aorresem Opereerome r iu such L m I ower ea `11•111.011111.-THYDI 0 11 111011tNOVaud at the same Oboe rimier them BABY. TO BR ADM.LNISTIEBAD. treilemie there' impleMiMe . and" ones &spume aloes prodewedby Yertuthyge In the obi form. YA, A. BARNES. ' ' • ' :ll o3lB!OithPpys New York. A " • Corner, of .Penn,. , and St. Clair Streets, .., ...., ~„ .Pi - ttsburgh. Pa. lt. girlJEl .1k ARG S ,E T , COMMERCIAL near] '..a , .. , •slie.A.bor' of the'llnited States, with a patronage of .3,000 STUDENT/4 iyi five years, from 31 States, and the only-one'Wliieli airovisreoinpletaind reliable imtructien In 01th° following branches, via,; . NIEREANTALB,._74.NUTEETIEINEtS,:gTR4IOAI" RAILROAD., AND . i `.. t''- :: ; I_ Rearm 1100i0ismttes. , FIRST PREMIUM Plant Ann ORNAMENTAL PENMANSHIP; ' YittO, SIIIIPETINR:EMITINEiIIiNd,'AND MATITEMAT/PS ~; 0 .10.1XAL1,Y.. ~. - . sii.Ofi r pays for atutitmereial Course' : Studente enter and resieW.at any,thrie. - t , Mbaititine Sims tuftfon eii flair pine'. - For.cetalegn e of 8g nnicees Speciniens of Business andOr wriare.feet,..thatalairig agreat Titrietr pi "\V sting, na Penmanship, n tat Penanibig, and a 3:.eautifal College view of eight LettPritlF and Flourishing, inclose 24 cents in stamps to the Principal , ' '•= 1 " ,8 4-13 , ''. 't ,7 „ immure .agazerrn, Pittsburgh, Pl L _ S P:PO.N-D-11 ANDEp. : „PIANOS, AT $ 25 1 . -460 ; 1450 : s 7s ;s l ob ii2S'airi'd SlSO`roi - ssie by ' i'. 11 1 3 1a.7 1 1: ' ' :;_ NW: I - MRELOR I Wood Street. 44490' .-, DOILTBLE—REED FIVE 4 ! ' . ' —: „ n i n e Octaie „ nano 13tyie T XELODEON, i n guo. ,, order for ty dolliro. POI oil' b ra_ylB.ly. JO/ML lIL Y LOR, 81 Wood ---- Street. __ - - . ___J. , _ PITT 11UR011...fk;111A.1.41c01,14gbit' A.M., president. Bests Sustained ' College in the State. FotraTElni TN. AORRRS. ' ittettiance last year, 246 ; Supertsbriels lusilditshr; Thorough_ isn4 extensive cooe h e i ' . tudy. TBL an y EBRAPhIiBO and. ORGAN MUSIC Mug,. POTlA.Rtteite,itterinann4l , oarding, lieht, &c. a at ;term commences crater 2n. _Send to the Preside rcir ' : : M. SIitiLPSON Prustdisni,of Board of TruFtee i t : _, _ . , • O• `L „Lyi ,•••, " a uluanc3r'. and Economy, orm now nl"44l) ° , nkilk Ana 11 41418 'of coal oil lamps, P e .'d feetay safe, and free fro= all Would've odor. Manufactur' tbr osio;by - = V EOWN, • ; BritSrm. Prrrgo,,"R RUM CE1.0 21 . 0 ' A . 7 ***** 7. 71` .... 7.......... ? ** * ....., ..... . . ..,... r. w. t..._., ~,,,,,,_,,,-.-„jj*, ~.1".z.t., 2. l 7 B lf j zL_ victiv rfegra .. lllXe, 2l. ll .A n s d g e j on veSance"' Will Ic ' eat9 . . 1,4 P d 1TAr?,92. a,snalx. Patents, buy, sell, and n nalandsnint ?fig Patents , take depostion-; maice,out tlke eollsatinn ordefbtil" vr- - lowa N brask a ' A v c.' 40110141 pet.,tuatni ne w attend promPTIY, 3..... r, . 11 . *UM and e MY/ 74M -----....---". 4030 •4144. Q. 1.08.01441141:, - T • , Ad.)I3ICOLUMS. -AtiliiMiiiiiiiiittite 4 1 6, 3 iiiem and cheap garli, eitens rel...celved today. Teachers, Directors of Schai' m filingitig .........re, Leaders or Ohara, and the public gone / I t & are /is exeletce thotur a "P#44-wfterikmear I - -,, 'f. 1 I nft -1 3 - /oErN R. aratton, gi w;odd stree t rrmt-sr -CO
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