(fawilg (Kittlt. For the American Presbyterian. TO THE LOVED ONES AT HOME. •‘Thar® retnaineth, therefore, a rest unto the people of Oh rest is for the weary, Beyond the setting sun, When this fierce strife is aver, Life’s bottle bravely won: Where heavenly hills are ringing, Through all eternity; The conqueror's shout of triumph, “Through Cbrist-*This victory! ” Oh rest is for the weary, When duties all are done; Dark dangers passed forever, The race so nobly run! Oh then that smile so radiant, I feel its sunshine now; Then! Then! The crown unfhding, tTpon the victor’s brow! Rest! Rest! ’Tis for the .weary, Who struggle long ’gainst sin: List! List! That precious plaudit, “Ye blessed, ester is!” “Behold these many mansions, How glorious the sight ! Shaming the sun’s glad shining, For Jesus & the light! ” Sweet rest for all the weary, When winter days are o’er; When sadly lone and dreary, We count the hours no more ! When heart .to heart high beating, We lean upon Bis breast; ; Who made our home a heaven. | Oh Will not this he rest? Lo! We are very weary, Dear Shepherd of thy sheep; Hast Thou not sweetly promised To “Thy Beloved”— sleep? How slow the day’s advancing! When will the night come down? Thlhc angel’s gentle smiling, Banish sad sorrow’s frown. Oh loved ones ! are ye beeping That sacredpromise given ? This is no time for steeping, “Win souls to CSirist and heaven .” “Work! for the blessed Jesus,” Remember Bis behest! “A little while the labor, Then! Then! out heavenly rest! ” For the American Presbyterian. "MOTHER’S DEAD.” BY E. E. A. Close the blinds—shut out the sun, Hang the crape upOn the door! Mother’s 4pad! her work is done, Shall I see her face no morel In the parlour still she lies, Cold her cheek and shut her eyes! Who will teach me now to pray, Pity me when I am sad, Gently chide me in my play, Smite on me when I am glad 1 Who will smooth my little bed? Mother’s dead! Mother’s dead ! Father says but little now, Folds us fondly to his breast,. Lays his thin hands-on my brow— Seems as one who cannot rest: All our joy and light are fled, Mother’s dead! Mother’s dead! Say ye that she is not dead! . That with angels in the sky, . Glory eirdos ’round her head, - I shall see her by-and-by: O what joy the promise gives, Mother lives! Mother lives! (For the American Presbyterian.) HENRY MARTYN’S SAVINGS BANK. The name of Henry Martyn, -who was once a devoted missionary of the cross in heathen lands, is doubtless familiar to most of my readers,, and in every instance, good and holy associations, cluster around it; and yet I presume, that as you read this article, you will see mentioned for the firsttime, the nnme of Henry Martyn in connexion with a Savings Bank. Do not start with surprise, when I assure you that he really had one; for I speak not pow of the sainted dead, who has long since rested from his labors, and entered the man sions of eternal blessedness, but of one to whom the name of Henry Martyn has been given, with the prayer that the mantle of his predecessor might fall upon him, that he might from his youth he imbued with Ms spirit; even a spirit of conse cration to the missionary work. To this work, Ms parents have dedicated him from-his birth, with the earnest expectation and trust that God will own and accept the differing. And with this end in view, we have labored to awaken in his mind a strong sympathy for those who have not a knowledge of God, and delight not in his ways; a sympathy which hot only finds expression in words, but also in action. Little'Henry Martyn, the subject of this notice, has not yet reached his fourth year, yet he clearly hhdefstands that Jesus Christ dame iptolhe world to save sinners, and that those whp haye not re. eeived the blessings of this salvation, can never '.inherit the kingdom of God. One year ago last Christmas, his grandfather presented him with a little painted tin box, called a Savings Bank, in which he had deposited ten cents as an investment. It was the very first money he had ever possessed, and now came the question,— What shall be 'done uritK it f In my own mind I revolved it, and though seemingly a small matter, yet, thought I, the-time has now come for making a permanent impression, either for good or evil. If left to his own selfish inclinations, without any knowledge of the wants and woes of others, and without any appeal being made to relieve their distresses, what will most naturally be the consequence? Why the money prill of course be exchanged for cakes and candies, aEyjhildren generally spend their pennies in this way, but will it he right? May I not: present to the mind of my child, some noble 1 and worthy Motive, in order to induce him, freely and cheer fully, to'Save his money; not for the purpose of accumulating or hoarding, for that in itself, is despicable, but to -save it for the benefit of the' needy? I therefore spoke to my little boy of the heathen children who had never heard of God, who knew not of . Jesus Christ,, who died to save them, and who had no Bibles, and no one to teach them the wot 3 °f God; abd said to Mm—Would you not like to save up your pennies, and give them to buy Bibles for the poor heathen children ? f He at ohce ; heartily responded, ‘‘Yes," and then'said he, with great delight, “They will hear about God and JOSUB, wont they, Ma; and then when they die, they’ll go to heaven, wout they; and they’ll not worship idols any more.” Since that time, Henry Mortya has steadily persevered in saving every cent of his money for the poor heathen children. Not a penny has he ever spent for his own selfish gratification. No sooner does he receive a present of money, than he asks for his. Savings Bank, and seems to take the greatest pleasure in making a deposit. Al though frequently assailed, he has 5 never yet been overcome by temptation; and whenever money has been given to him,'and he has been asked, “What are you going to do with it," the response has always been, “Why put it in my Savings Batik, of courso.” “And what will you do with the money: in yofirßahk?" “Give it to the heathen children to buy Bibles with." On one occasion I thought that I would try him. There were several pennies lying °pbhe bed beside me, and I said to him, — “Henry, if those pennies were yours, what would you rather do with them, put them in your Bank or buy candy with them?" “Put them in my Savingß Bank,” was the ready response. “Well, Henry, you may have them, to do just as you please with ; put them in your Bank or buy caudy with them, just as you choose." “I’ll put them in my Savings, Bank, Ma, wont you please get it for me ? ” And as ..he dropped in, one by one, the pennies, he remarked with great delight, “Now .then, I haye a whole lot of, money, wont that buy a great many Bibles, Ma?” I felt my mind greatly re lieved, for I had almost trembled in view of the result; lest the temptation should prove too strong for one of his tender years, and I almost regretted having forced the choice upon him, yet he hesitated not for an instant, and evinced a determination fir exceeding my most sanguine expectations. On one or two occasions, he has had money given him by strangers, who have said to him—“ Here is a penny to buy candy with.” “No, I’ll put it in my Savings Bank,” has been his reply. It may be thought by some, that little Henry Martyn is (as are many children) so frequently indulged in oan dies and other sweetmeats, at the expense of others, that he does not care to spend his own money for them, but such is not the case. Very seldom are our children indulged in this way, because of their unwholesome effeets. It has been by self-sacrifice, that Henry Mar tyn’s accumulations have been made. He has, during the past year, saved two dollars and fifty cents for the heathen, and has given it, through our Agent for Foreign Missions, Rev. Mr. M‘Leod, as a New Year’s offering, to the benighted children in heathen lands. May many little boys and girls be stimulated by this account to “Go and dolvfce wise!’ > A. M. 0. Philadelphia, January 13th, 1860. “HONOR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER." “Mamma,” says Anna, “you said the other day when we were repeating the Commandments, that you would some time tell us a story to illus trate the fifth Commandment. Please tell it to ns this afternoon." “O yesl” says Charley, “I wish you would; I have just finished my arithmetic lesson, and would m'peh rather hear you tell a story than to go out and play.” » “ So would I,” says Arthur; “ and 1 have got every word of my geography lesson, too." “And I have just finished the hem you gave me to do,” says Anna, folding up her work neatly, and putting her thimble and scissors neatly in their place. “ Now, if you please, I will rock the cradle aud keep the baby quiet, so that- you can sew if you wish to, while you are talking to us.” “Thank yon,” says mamma; “hut in the first place, tell me what the fifth Commandment says.” “ Honofl*- thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee,” answered Anna. “That is right,” says mamma; “you are very good children, and I love to oblige you—especially when l ean instruct as well as please you, as I hope this story I am about to relate will do.” “ Mr. and Sirs. Graham was the name of a very good gentleman and lady, who had three children —one son, named Edward, and two little girls, Grace and Katie. They lived in a nice white cottage, which was beautifully situated at the foot of some gently sloping hills, the tops of which were'covered with trees, but on the sides were fresh green pastures, in which cattle and sheep Were feeding, and many little lambs were there frisking and playing about, as happy as little lambs could be. The hills, with their waving trees and green' pastures, were beautiful; but their beauty was nothing, compared with a little lake which spread out before the cottage, so smooth and glassy, that its surface often appeared like a broad polished mirror. There was a nice smooth walk from the house to the lake, shaded by trees, and beautiful cultivated flowers were growing on both sides of it. The lake was nearly round, and was surrounded by trees and shrubs, and splendid cardinal flowers, with their rich red blossoms, and the gay golden rod, and delicate orchis, and many-colored asters were seen gleaming out from among the shrubs, or growing to the very edge of the water. The ivy, with its smooth green leaf, had clambered up the trunks of many of the, trees, and here and there a clematis, with its white fringy flowers, had managed to climb the trunk of an oak, and then shooting from branch to branch, its vines hung in snowy festoons among the dark green leaves of the tree that supported it. Water-lilies Were resting upon the bosom of the lake, so white and 'pure that one might have easily imagined them to -be spirits of departed flowers, or messengers from the spirit-land; and little birds were singing sweetly in the trees, or flitting across the lake, and every nowand then dipping their glossy wings in its smooth waters; and then, the shadows of the trees and flowers Were reflected so perfectly from its mirror-like surface, that it was no wonder the children often imagined there was another world below its surface, green and beautiful as the one above it. Now, my dear children, you will no doubt con clude that the children who resided in Lake cot tage must have been very happy, since they had the most indulgent of parents, and a home beauti ful as any mortal could wish to reside in. But, alas ! they-were not always happy, for they were not always g&od. They did not honor and obey their parents. Children who do not love and obey their parents, do not love each other, nor do they love Gqd; and they never can he really 1 happy. Now, one day when Mr. and Mrs. Graham were going away to spend the day, they told their children to be sure and not go on the Hake, for fear they might be drowned: there were plenty of ways'-in' which’they could amuse themselves; -Ed ward ebuld draw his sisters around the grounds in his new wagon, or they could go on to the hills and see the lambs, and perhaps they eoUld get some berries; or they might amuse themselves-in the nursery with their dolls and hooks. The chil dren ’promised to do as their parents'wished them to do; but for fear they might be tempted, to dis obey, Mr. Graham locked the little boat'hie!'bad on the lake fa&t to the shbre, add put ;ihc ;kby'in his pocket. Then after kissing them affectionately, and charging them again to be good children, they went away, leaving them in the care of a servant. 'For a'tiine they amtisea themselves finely with the new wagon, Edward drawing hiß sisters up and down the gravel walk, from the house to the lake, andthey in turn drawing him ; after a while they grew tired of the wagon, and wentinto the nursery. Grace and Katie had a fine .time undressing and dressing their dolls, and arranging.all tieir furni ture. They had just got out . their tea-set, and Were going, they said, ‘to get tea forth? young ladies,’ when little Edward, who had heen looking out of the window for some time, said’it was too pleasant to stay in the house; Grace and must go .with him—he could not think of playing alone.J. So they reluctantly left their dolls to do ■ without their tea, and followed thsirhrqtlierdown stairs. ' Grace proposed-going up the hill in search of berries, but Edward said he could have all the berries he wanted without picking them; he did not want to go up the hill 'any way; he was.going down to the lake. The girls gathered each of them a bouquet for their play-house, and then followed their brother down the walk to the lake. ‘I know where there are prettier flowers than any that grow here,’ said Edward— ‘ the other flay when I went across the lake with papa, I saw some yellow lady-slippers there that were beautiful; and' there were side-saddle flowers there, too, and the leaves were like a cup, and would hold water. If I could only get the boat loose, I-would go over and get some.’ ‘You know papa said we must not go on the lake,’ said Katie. ‘And you might got drowned,’ said Grace. ‘Pshaw! ’ said Ed ward, ‘I am not afraid of being drowned; 1 could row the boat well enough, and father never would know it, for T could get "back before he came home.' Alas! poor Edward forgot that God saw and' beard him, if his parents did not. He did not re member that ‘the eyes_of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.’ ‘I. believe/ continued Edward, ‘ I can get some boards in the back yard, and make a raft like Bobinson Grusoe did, and go easily enough; At any rate, I mean to try.’ Grace and Katie tried to persuade him not to attempt any such thing. But Edward was deter mined to go over the lake some way or other, and while the servant girl was busy in the kitchen,'he found some boards and managed to get. them to the edge of the water, and soon constructed what they all thought to be a very clever iraft. And searching around for some time, he at length found a pole which lie thought would answer Ms purpose, and stepping upon the raft, be pushed it from the shore. #*t«o** dMnplisit. He went along very well as long as the water; was shallow. But soon the water became deeper and deeper; at length he could not touch thehot tom with his pole. Poor little Grace and Katie were very much frightened, and began to cry, begging him to come back. But he would go across any way, he said —he could row with his pole; but in his effort to row, he pushed the Boards of his frail craft apart, and went down. When he saw he was going, he caught hold of one of the boards for a moment, and screamed loudly for help. But, alas! there was no one near that could _ help him, and by the time the screams of his sisters and the efforts of the servant girl had brought some neighbors to the shore, he sank to rise no more. . Poor wretched Edward, cut off in the very act of disobedience! ushered without a moments warning into the presence of that God who has said, ‘ Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.’ Who can describe the frantic grief, the over whelming sorrow of those parents, when on their return, instead of hearing the mirthful, gladsome) voices of their children, and meeting their warm embraces, they met the men bearing the dead body of their son, which they had just recovered from the water. Their darling Edward! their son! their only son! No effort of theirs could bring him back to them. AH they could do was to lay his body in its untimely grave. Oh! my dear children, if you -would avoid the unhappy fate, the miserable untimely end of poor Edward, do not dare to disobey ydur parents; God) always will, sooner or later, punish disobedience. If you wish to grow up honored and beloved; if you wish to be useful and happy in this world, love-and-objiy your parents—love-each other. And’ above all, love, honor, and obey God; for God will honor those who honor Him in this world, and in heaven crown them with immortal glory.” - DECLINE OF FEMALE CONVERSATION. An English writer declares the fact—-that the women of our day do not “ converse,” and then attributes it to the multiplicity of studies, and the evening confinement to hooks and school compa nions. He says: “ It should be as much a matter of duty and of conscience to insist on out-door exercise, and in door social recreation, as upon any of the regular exercises of the school-room. School studies should be confined absolutely to sehool hours. To allow them to encroach upon the later hours of the day, and upon the graceful household duties, and re creations, which either are, or ought to be, pro vided for every girl at home; in other words, to subordinate the home training to school training, or to intermit the former in favor of the latter, is a most palpable and ruinous mistake. It is bad even in an intellectual point of view. “ To say nothing of other disadvantages, it de prives girls of the best opportunities they can ever have of learning that most feminine, .most beauti ful, most useful of all accomplishments—the noble art of conversation. For conversation is an art as well as gift. It is learned best by familiar inter course between young and old, in the leisure un reserve of the evening social circle. - But when young girls are banished from this circle by the .pressure of school tasks, talking only with their school-mates till they “come out” into society, hut monopolized entirely by young persons of their own age, they easily learn to mistake chatter for; conversation, and “small -talk” becomes for life ; their only medium of exchange. Hence, with all the intellectual training of the day, there never was ,a greater dearth of intellectual conversation.” IRVING NO SPEECH-MAKER, Many charming writers have no power of think ing or speaking before audiences. They are' inighty with the pen, hut powerless with the’ tongue. It is well known that Goldsmith had no conversational gift, even in a little circle of friends, and the following story of Irving,-told by Prof. Felton, shows his dread of dinner parties, where' toasts and speeches were expected": ; 1 Great and varied as was the genius of Mr. Ir ving, there,was one thing he shrank with a comical terror from attempting, and that was a dinner speech. . A great dinner, however, was to be given to Mr. Dickens, in New York, as one had already: 'been given in Boston; and it was evident to all that no man but Washington Irving could be thought of to preside. With all his dread of. making a speech, he was obliged to obey'the uni-' versal call, and to accept the painful pre-eminence. I'saw him daily during the interval of preparation,: either at the lodgings of Dickens, or at dinner or evening parties. I hd>pe I showed noTvantiof sympathy with his ’forebodings, but I Could not help being amused with the tragi-cphiical distress whieh the thought of that approaching dinner caused him, His pleasant humor'mingled with the whimsical .horrors of, his own position with an irresistible ;drollery. Whenever it was alluded- to, his answer invariably was, “-Ishair'certaiuly break down !”—uttered in a half-melancholy tone, the ludicrous effect of which it is describe.) He was haunted, as if by a nightmafe,’ and I eould only compare his dismay to that of Mr, Pickwick, who waseo alarmed at the prospect of leading about that “ dreadful horse” all day. At length the long .expeeted evening arrived; a company of the most eminent persbhs, from "aIT the profCssihns a,nd : every Walk of life; were assembled, and Mr. Irving took' the chair. I had 1 gladly accepted an ■ invitation, makiDg 'it, however, a J cOn'ditibh thatL should not be called upon to speak—a thing I then ; dreaded quite as much .as Mr. Irving himself. . The; direful compulsions of life have sine helped me. to overcdme;‘in’some in ensure,the postprandial'fright, Underrthe* ! Cifcumstances—an invited guest, with . no ' impieiiidihg speech., I sat calmly and ’watched -with Interest 'the imposing'scene, . I had the honor tq be placed.next hut-one' to Mr. Irving; and tbcpleasure of sharingrin his eon versation. He had brought the manuscript of his speech and laid it under his plate. “Ishall cer tainly break down,” he repeated over and over again. At last the moment arrived. Mr. Irving rose, and was received with deafening and long continued- applause, which hy-no .means lessened Misapprehension. He began in his ; plea.sant voice,' •got through two or.;three senten ees- pretty easily ; but in the next hesitated, and after one or two at tempts, gave it up, with a graceful allusion to the tournament, and the troops of knights all armed and eager for the fray, .ending with the toast — “Charles-Dickens, the guest of the nation.” “There,” said he, as he resumed his seat under a-repetition of the applause which had saluted his rising, “there, I told you I should break ’down, and I've done it.” There certainly never was made a shorter after-dinner speech. 1 doubt if there ever was a more successful one. The ma nuscript seemed to be a dozen or twenty pages; but the printed speech was not as many lines, ■’ I; suppose .that manuscript may still be in existence, and if so, I wish it might be published. Mr. Irving often spoke with a good-humored envy of the felicity with which Dickens al ways-ac quitted himself on such occasions. In the follow ing spring Irving went to England, and being in London in May, he was of course invited to the annual dinner of the Literary Fund Society; but be was followed by the memory of the Dickens dinner, and declined. One of the most amusing puges in the diary of Thomas Moore is the record of bis conversation with Irving on the Subject, and the final success of his endeavors to persuade him to B°- . , . . - “That Dickens dinner,” says Moore, “which he always pronounced with strong emphasis, ham mering away all the time with his right arm, more suo —that Dickens dinner still haunted his; imagination, and I almost gave up all hope of per suading him." But he succeeded. He closes his record with the philosophical re flection that “it is very odd, that while some of the shallowest fellows go on so glib and ready with, the tongue, men whose minds are abounding with matter should find' such difficulty in bringing it 'but. 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The increased demand lor our Goods proves their superiority and: utility. BREAKFAST SERVICE Coffee Pm—Water Kettle—Tea Pot—Sugar Bowl and Cream Jug. -- , , , Breakfast Knives— lvory—Pearl—Cameo—Metal nd Fancy Handies and Plated Blades. A superior article for family use. - .... Spoons and forks —Triple plate (3) on the best Nickel Silver, warranted to give satisfaction. Egg Boilers— Egg Stands with Cups—Egg Spoons— Salt and Pepper Stands—Small round and oval Waiters for the table. Breakfast Castors, Breakfast Castors— Three and four Bottles—lndividual Castor, patented, four Bottles with Salt Stand, complete in three inches, the size of a tumbler, suitable for sick chamber with tete-a-tete set—Cups, Goblets and Pitcheij. ‘ Entire Dish— Steak Dishr-dyafer tiish—Butter Dish-i- Toast Dish—Cake Covers—Sjtrup Pitchers—Napkin Rings. DINNER SERVICE. Soup Tureen— Dinner Castor—Meat Dishes—Vegetable Dishes. Sauce Dishes Salad Dishes—Game Dishes—Butter Dishes. Entire Dishes —Side Dishes —Epergne, large 'and small. . " Jetty Stand— Cream Stand—Fruit Stand—Wine Gob lets. Ice Pitchers—lce Bowls—Cordial. Stands—Nut Cracks and Picks, Cutlery— Fine Steel and Silver Plated— Forks, and Spoons, triple plate (3) —Carver, Fork and Steel—Knife anil Fork Rests. TEA SERVICE. Tea Set (five Pieces) Plain and Chased on Albata and Nickel Metal, heavy Plate. Tea TJin— Water Kettle anil Tea Caster, Albata and Nickel JMetal, heavy-Plate. Cake Baskets—Cake Covers—Cake and Cream Stands —Preserve Dishes. Butter Dishes —Oyster and Terrapin Dishes—Pie, l Cake, and Cream Knives. . Butter Knives— Tea Knives—lvory, Pearl, Cameo, and Metal Handles—Silver Blades. Spoons and Forks —Nickel Metal, triple Plate (3)— warranted. Candelabras, Walters, 8,10,12,14, 16, IS, 20, 24, 28 and —- 30.iaoh.fto- —-—' - :- J COMMOTION SERVICE. Tankard, Bowl, Goblets, Plates, and Batten. BRIDAL PRESENTS. (solid silver and silver plate.) Tea Set— Urns —Water Settles—lce. and Water Pitch ers—Goblets on Waiter—Table, Dessert, Fruit and Tea Knives, with Pearl, Metal, Ivory, richly carved plain and Grecian handles, in beautiful cases—Bets of twenty nine Pieces, in cases, com pie te—B utter Dishes—Castors —Cake-Baskets —Salt Stands—Tea .Beils —Canlßecei vers —Napkin Rings—Pie, Cake, Crumb, and lee Cream Knives, &c., Ac. N. B.—Forks, Spoons, Cake Baskets, Waiters! Okstorsj &c., re-plated. Articles made to order, .at short notice, to match Old Silver. JOHN 0. MEAD & SOlJ'’S, •North-East comer Ninth and Chestnut Streets. 709—10. ran.ASEi.BHiA. Boyd & bates, BAHKERS AHD DEALERS Hr Bills OEaxCHAITCE, BAKE BOXES AKD SPECIE. IS SOOTH THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA. TWO DOORS ABOVE'MECHANICS* ; RANK.' Particular attention is given to the collection of Notes and Drafts. Drafts on New York,. Boston,-Baltimore, &c., for sale. Stocks and Bonds bought anid sold on commission at the Board of Brokers.' Business Paper, Loans on Collateral, &c., negotiated. . feb. 10—lyr THE FIRST PREMIUM FOR SEWING MACHINES, HAS SEEN AWARDED TO LADD, WEBSTER, & CO., At the Penn’a. State Fair, for 1859. These machines make a Tight Lock Stitch, alike on both sidesof the work, on a straight needle and awheel feed. They do a greater range of work, and do it bet- r ter, ithan any other sewing machine. They.stitch,hem, bind, fell, ruti and gather, without basting. Read the following extracts from letteirs: •From Lieut. W. S. Maury, U.'Sv Navy. “1 cheerfully.'gLveyou my teslimonial in its favor.” From D. H. Cochran, Principal of N. Y.'State Normal “ In ease of management, and in the perfection of its work, it is, in my opinion, the best of thirteen different sewing machines which I have! been'enabled -to ex amine.” . Rev. J. P. Langworthy, See’y. American Congregational Union, to a brother clergyman. “The gentlemanly and Christian proprietors make liberal discounts to clergymen, and are worthy ithe pa tronage they seek ; not for this reason so much as .be cause they offer for sale the best of those instruments, which 1 have become an institution for women.” Send for a circular, with samples of work. LADD, WEBSTER & CO., 820 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. ■ Oct. 27, 1559. JpiNE FASHIONABLE CLOTHING : E. H. ELDRIBGE’S CONTINENTAL CLOTHING HOUSE. ] N. E. comer of Eighth and Chestnut Streets. .' A SUPERIOR ASSORTMENT OF , READY-MADE CLOTHING ALWAYS ON HAND With a full Stock of CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, AND VESTINGS, .V: of French, English, and Ameriean Manufacture, front which to select. ■f&e- We eivdy to please. jan 20-1- y ' YTtratches, jewelry, silver ware. YV GOLD CHAINS, &C. LARGEST AND MOST VARIED STOCK FINE JEWELRY lit THE CITY, Consisting of' sets of Breast Pins and Ear-Rings, such as Pearls, Carbuncles, Corals, Cameos, Lavas, Floren tine Mosaic, Amalikite, Garnets, Gold Stone, Gold Stone Mosaic, Enameled, &c., mounted in Plain and Etruscan Gold of the finest quality and most elegant styles at thS lowest prices for which the goods can be sold. Also a large and splendid assortment of the finest a American and Imported Watches, for Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Wear selected and imported by the subscriber especially foV his retail sales, and warranted to give satisfaction or the money refunded. w ' ttUB or ine _ A lwge assortment of Rich and elegant Patterns of Gold Neck, Vest, Chatelaine and r n .,rl Patterns of laine Pins. &e., to match. °“ S Chams > Chate mel h t e „ S f S S o v^ r^° al i‘ a,SO call attention to his assoit terns of which hTh** B^ 8 ofthe most recherche pat- ^ Wa y s a lar £ e stock on hand, or Silver TeaanirV^! o? o erat the shortest notice. Also culver lea and Table Spoons, Forks,Spectacles,- iH. MCLLIGANj; , w x> wl Second Street. Stoiekeepers and others: Goods packed oAr.fTn •? ™ ANYPAM " Uy • a " a Feb. 2,1860. SAVLKGS FUND, Wo S 3 DOCK STREET, PHILADELPHIA Jr °* 8 WnOOR TO THE POST OFFICE. RTIMB SMALL Arereceived DAILY, andeveryMONDAY E VE.Vln c isreturaed whec ever called for. Many Persons C rj***» dmw Liri money by Checks, as in Bank, thus cc*. ***** K PUD On all sums of Money, amounting to Three Dolls,, 0 . more, at the rate of FIVE PEN CENT. PEN ANNUM. Nb Notice is required by this Company for the pay . ment of either principal or Interest. SUBSTANTIAL SATISFACTION To Depositors has, without exception, attended tie mierations and efforts of this o p WB UL-KNOWN INSTITUTION. GEOi H- HABT, President. CHAHI.ES G. IMLAY, Cask it,. J. HENRY HAYES, Firs! 7V// er , mar. S-l yr. a MERICAN LIFE INSURANCE AND TRUST A COMPANY. Company’s Buildings, South-east Corner of WALXUT and FOURTH Streets. Open from 9 a.m. to 5 me . Incorporated 1850 by the .Legislature of Pennsylvania Canital $-500,000. Charter Perpetual. Insures Lives duringthenaturaUife orforshort terms, grants annuities and endowments, and makes contiacs of all kinds ; depending? on' the issues of life. Acting also as Executors, Trustees, and .Guardtsns ;4 PoliMes of ’Life at the usual mutual rates of other good’Companies—with profits to the as sured—at .Joint Stock rates, 20 per cent, less than above, or Total Abstinence rates 40 per cent, less than Mutual ■price.; : . , SAVING FUND. Interest at 5 per cent allowed for every day the De posit remains, and paid back on demand in Gold and Silver, and Cheeks furnished .as in a Bank, for use of This Company has FIRST MO.RTGAGES, REAL ESTATE, GROUND RENTS,,and other first-class In vestments, as well as the CAPITAL KTOCK, for the security of Depositors in this old established Institution. ALEXANDER WHECXDIN, President SAMUEL WORK, Vice President . John .C. Sims, Secretary.. John S. Wieson, Treasurer. / BOARD OF TRUSTEES. Alexander Whilldin, Ron- Thos. Sargent, Samuel Work, Jonas-Bowman, John C. Fartj William J. Howard, Imuis A. Godey, John C. Sims, John P. Simons, George Nugent, T. Esmonds Harper, Albert C. Roberts, H. H. Eldridge. ■ . ••• - . MEDICAJ. EXAMtHEBS. J. 3P. Bird, M.D., J. Newton Walker, M.T). In attendance at Company's Office daily from 1 to 3 o’clock f.m. feblO ly COMMOSNWEAMgS FIRE INStTItANCE COMPA NY of the State of Penmgrlvank. Office, North west comer Fourth and Walnut streets, Philadelphia. Subscbibed Capital, $600,000. Paid up Capital,^s2oo, ooo. DAVID ■ JAYNE, -MDD., 1 President. THOMAS S. STEWART, Vice-President. Samuel S. Moohv Secretary.' "• ‘ feb. 26-1 yr. Vi Franklin Buildings, 403 WalmitSlreel, phii-adei-phia. CAPITAL,.. . .$200,000 SURPLUS, .... ............. FIRE, MARINE, and INLAND INSURANCE. FIRE INSURANCE, JJAHTE&andiPERPETUAL, ON BUILDINGS AND MERCHANDISE OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. ■■ft:: MARINE INSU/RANCE.INEAND AiND OCEAN, ON VESSELS, FREIGHT,-*nd CARGO, to.and from all parts of the World. ‘ J i ' • GEO. H. HART, President. E. P. ROSS, Vice President. H. R, COGGSHALL, Secretary. S. H, B r UTEEß,Assistant . 'PIRECTORS:, s _ A *; i Andre wß.Cbainbers, Charles G. Imlay, *Sam ueiUonra, iW.D iHon. iEjMifFiiller. George ‘H. Ioart, '' ' E. P. Boss, A. C. Cattelt, Foster S. Perkins, ’ . September 15. —1 y. BAVING FUND; ' . -0:' ■' SiAKBOT ttHHST iSMIPANy, CHARTERED ■ 1- «eiyrdaypxna;in. any amount large or.small. -• , ' it’is ,is PM I % niqney from the day whenever fkhpirustrator!, .Guar&ms,. and others who demre to have It in a place •forat 1 * 0 * BSf - ty ’ be obtained in Tf^Ar 6 as invested ,MQBT,G:A,G^§,.GROUND BENTS, recta ll her first ~ class securities as the Charter di- h® lllB —Every day from 9 till five o’clock, evening. MOndayS ' all * > ' iiia •* w » country, orerm'Ski tS ii®|Sr.^«^«44'»«air r to London, and Seminariesnf Tnm,.m:- l b r g l . dl3 count to the clergy, Or let, tuned and _rei>airm,i "iano&taken in exchange, . H rea. oct27—lyr. I • LTITZ, i2rsooTH r °oms, AC., Owing to the recem ;^ EV ®. NTH STREET, facture of Cabinet wa*oJ ? v e f eMcd i ci * , * i es in the.mana of my friends an,t v be e le «e to call the attention “iture,^ on ,p t^ stock of Fut- PARLOR, LIBRARY,. DINING-ROOM & CHAMBER The latest style ofF™™* with gilt ornaments n l m e Ut ‘, on EBONY FURNITURE 702-13. % on hand, and made to order. j§ ASIIrEI * SMYTH, T pURNISHm? 5? esbyt e«ia» church, 'PR«,nr T£lt^ I |“ I NGtrNDERTAICER, Entrance Vni'Oi* 8 ’^?;’ 4 ®? 4 Chestkitt street §ES“ USES ®».[i?? Dl^tree Vl>el o w Brosul. GL ASS JCE BOX. WITH . •■•nr v '4 rf ? .. .. . 19 _ltr.