160 JaiiiJg GittU. THE VOICE OF THE GRASS. Here I ato;cfeeplng, creeping; everywhere j By the dusty road, road, On the surioy hill-aide, Close hy the noisy brook, Ih every shady nook, 1 come creeping, creeping, everywhere. Here I come, creeping, creeping, everywhere) All around the open door, Where sit the aged poor, Here where the ehildren play. In the bright and merry May, I come creeping, creeping, everywhere. Here I come, creeping, creeping, everywhere) In tpe noisy city street My pleasant face you’ll meet, Cheering the sick at heart, ‘ Toiling his busy part, Silently creeping, creeping, everywhere. . Here I come, creeping, creeping, everywhere) You cannot see me coming. Nor hear my low sweet humming) For in the starry night,’ . And the glad morning light, I come quietly creeping everywhere. Here I come, creeping, creeping, everywhere} More welcome than the flowers, In the summer’s pleasint hours, t The gentle cow is glad, ,* : And.the merry. &ifd not sad, . To see me creeping, creeping, everywhere. Hera I come,'creeping, creeping, everywhere) When you’re numbered; with the dead, In your still and harrow bed, lh tue happy l’ll come J, And deck your silent,home, Creepih g, silently creeping, everywhere. Here I come, creeping, creeping, everywhere) My hdmble sOng of praise, Most gratefully I raise, To Mm at whose command I beautify the land; Creeping, silently creeping, everywhere. DON’T SHUT THE BIBLE. , “Mother, the icy hand of death Doth chill my limbs, and stop my breath; Bead me those sacred words again, They sooth my spirit, ease my pain.” She took the precious Book, and read How JeBUS long ago had said, “Let little children come to me, For such shall heaven’s household he.” She closed and laid aside tKe Book, And in her arms the sufferer took; His eyes grew dim, his utterance weak, But still he struggled hard to speak. He struggled long! what would he say Ere death has sealed his lips for aye? “Don’t shut it up,” at length he cried — “Don’t shut the Book;” —then calmly died. “Don't shut itup,” his spirit sings, While upward borne on angel wings; “Don’t shut the Bible,” seemed to say His cold and pallid lips of clay. “Don’t shut the Bible," still I hear It-sounding sweetly in mine ear; _ From mom till noon, from nodnitill'Sven, It speaks to me—a voice from heaven; “Don’t shut the Bible,” God on high With threat proclaims,, or man will die: “Don’t shut the Book,” —a voice of love Doth ever whisper from above. “Don’t shut the Bible,” till its light Dispels the gloom of Pagan nigh t ; Till sin’s dominion is no more, And Jesus reigns from shore to Shore'. WttO IS THE GREATEST'? .My young cousin Hemy has been reading Abbott History of Najtoletra Bdnaparteij One eroding’« we sat together," he laid; e|own his boOk, and, with glowing cheek and sparkling eye, exclaimed:.. “Wasn’t he the most splendid man that ever lived? I’d give anything to be half so great!”, Mr. Abbott’s portrait so carefully conceals the blemishes of his hero, and is Set withal in so dazzling a frame, that I could not wonder at a bo/s' enthusiasm in contemplating it. Bat I said: “ Your chance of being half as great as Bona parte is very good, I think. That is not always gtokt Whioh consists in brilliant achievement. The highest greatness is moral; and seeks the good of others rather than its own 1 glory. I could tell yon of a more noble hero than Napoleon, who lived in his oWn time.” “ t should like to hear of one,” answered Harry, with an air that said, he Was not. to be convinced. But he stijl loved a story; so I told him the fol lowing: Yearß ago, in the deep heart of a mountain in Belgium, a hundred men Were working in a coal mine. Grim-visaged and dusky, moving about by the dull, red light of their safety-lamps, they might have been mistaken for the demons of the moun tain, once supposed by the peasants to d well in, its eaves. Their Work was hard, and surrounded by dangers; hut their wives and children were in the hamlet above, and long habit made them forget their perils. So they*might be contented, and oveii finppy. The creaking Windlass raised and* towered a huge bucket through the deep and narrow shaft, from morning till night, carrying men and tools to and fro. This was their only doorway. It was. noonday, anti the sun shone down one side of the shaft, and brought a glimmer of day light to a part of the mine, when Hubert Goffin, the master miner, took his place in the great kibble, and was let down to the mine, many feet belo,w. When he reached the bottom, he coiUnienbed handing some tools and stores to Victor, a blind miner, who was waiting there. Victor had left a sick child in one of the cottages, aud it was to in quire after him that he stood waiting at the bottom of the shaft. The bucket was soon emptied, and Hubert Was just stepping out, when hark 1 What sound was that which made his obeek pale? It was the rushing and trickling of Water. The next md incnt he sight, of, a sttoam forcing itself through a fissure in the mountain olose .to the shaft! Hwhe^slpng^experience instantly,showed him their full danger- It was not a feebre,-oozing . stream, but a mighty, pressure 1 of water that had found its outlet here. They would be over whelmod—-lost I One foot was yet in the bucket—a jerk at the rope Would ‘save Bun. But though death stared him in the face, he.could not sacrifice others to save himself. Quickly jumping out, he seized blind Victor, and placed him in the bucket, saying quickly, as he jerked the rope: “Tell them the water has burst in, and we are probably lost; but we will seek refiige at the further end of the right gallery. Say farewdll to our poor friends.” In a moment he was gone, and With him Hubert’s only certainty of escape from the terrible death. , The mine consisted of long, narrow passages, and on all sides deep caves from which the coal had been dug.. The men were all at the farther end of the mine, hewing oat the solid mountain, unconscious of danger. Hubert quickly made his way along the dark passage, followed by the swift spreading water; add soon reached his fellow workmen with the dreadful intelligence. It was a moment for panic,, when each would have rushed to certain death in a vain effort to save himself. But looking firmly into their ghastly faces, the master spoke, a few courageous sentences—?- “hollow my words, lads, and be quick—our picks may save us!" Then came a few steady, quick commands, to hollow a new chamber above the level the water would probably reach. The men obeyed in silencb, though each knew not but that he might be digging his own grave. A hundred pairs of hands soOn finished the work, and into the cave a hundred men crowded to wait for death or an almost -im possible chance of relief. The water gradually ’filled bil the 'old aveuuds and chambers:, ind then seemed stayed. Never was a situation more dread ful. Not more than a day’s provisions had been saved, and already two or three of their number had been killed by the falling rocks while hastily digging the .new chamber. The long, dismal hours, with no change to mark them, brought only the advance of almost certain death. Courage, brave Hubert! God,who saw thy noble sacrifice, will help thoc! The terrified friends' and townsmen, on hearing Victor’s dreadful news, ran wildly about in hope less panic. But soon, guided by the Message Hubert had sent, they commenced working a new shaft as near as possible to the spot where the Help less men might be. Five days and nights they toiled, digging deeper and deeper into the salid side of the mountain. “It is a vain task,” said the men. But the women cried, “Do not cease! God will help us 1” At length, on the morning of the sixth day, the muffled sound of blows from within met the ears of the workmen in the shaft. A signal ran along the rope, and/told the news to the waiting multi tude above, who rent- the air with joyful shouts. Soon a communication was made. They were saved—-at least some were saved 1 Who can imagine the.feelings of the unfortunate men, buried for five days and nights, without; food, when first the day gleamed in upon them, re vealing a human face! Of the hundred who had been imprisoned, over seventy survived, and with them Hubert. With out him, indeed, probably no one would have been spared to tell the story,. . This noble, act, done in a place and at a moment when no praise of men could have been looked for, echoed throughout Europe, and obtained the praise and gratildde of the world. The ten thousand miners of liege hailed their fellow-laborer with delight and pride. Napoleon heard and admired in his palace in Paris, and sent a reward to the peasant nobleman. He sent him. his Cross of Honor, the mark which all the high and great coveted, and, better still, offered him a pension which raised him above want for the rest of bis life.. . When God unfolds in heaven .the secret charity of men, many such heroes shall stand revealed, whom the earth and the waves Have covered; sending no testimony to the world. Their Father who seeth’ in secret shall reward them openly. “GIVE HS THIS DAY ODE. DAILY BEEAD.” In a miserable cottage at the bottom of a hill, two children hovered over a smouldering' fire, A tempest raged without—a fearful tempest—against which man and beast were alike powerless. : A poor old miser, much poorer than these shivering children, though be had heaps of money at home, drew his ragged cloak about him as he crouched down at the threshold of the miserable door. lie dare not enter for fear they would ask pay for shelter, and he could not move, for the storm. “ I am hungry, Nettie.” “So am I; I’ve hunted for a potato paring, and can’t find any.” “What an awful storm!” “Yes the old tree has blown down. I guess God took care that it didn’t fall on the house. See, it would ceTtainly have killed us.” “If He could do that, couldn’t He send us bread?” “ I guess so; let’s pray 'Our Father;’ and when we come to that part, stop till we get some bread.” So they began; and the miser, crouching arid shivering; listened. When they paused, expect ing in their childish faith to see some miraculous manifestation, a human feeling stole into his heart; God sent some angel to soften it. He had bought a loaf at the village, thinking it would last him’a great many days, hut the silence of the two little ehildren spoke louder to him than the voice of many waters. He opened the door softly, threw in the loaf, and then listeried to the wild, eager cry of delight, that came from the half-famished little ones! “It dropped right from heaven, didn’t it?” questioned thayoungcr. • “Yes, I mean to love God forever, for giving us bread because we asked Him.” “We’ll ask Him every day, won’t we? why! I never thought God was so good, did you?” “Yes, I always thought so, but I never quite knew it before.” “Let’s ask Him to give father week to do, all the time, so we need never be hungry again. He’ll do it—l’m sure.” The storm passed—rthe miser went home. ' .A little flower had sprung up in his heart; it was no longer barren. In a few weeks he died, but not before he had given the cottage, which was his, to the poor laboring man. And the little children ever after felt a sweet and solemn emotion, when in their inatinal devo tions they came to those trustful Words: “ Hive us this day our daily bread.” BE. MASON TO HIS SON. To his little son, afterwards Bey. Dr. Erskine Mason, when he Was studying in Schenectady,-the celebrated Dr. John,H. Mason thus wrote: “There is a little hint, my dear boy, in the close of your letter to your mother, which very sensibly touched my heart, and awakened all , my solicitude for you. You speak of a revival of religion among the children, and of your endeavoring yourself to seek the Lord. Oh, should it be so indeed, that my beloved boy is in earnest about his immortal soul! Should he have gone from; home toi find ffbi® hod life eternal! HoW hlhssed Would this be! How'should my thankful heart pour forth praise to God for. my mercies I my youngest son, in the days pf his, early yputh, safe for eternity; what happiness like thisl/Yes, seek the Lord, my child, and he will be found;. ; of you. Yon- have muoh to bo forgiven, although-yon are so young. Spread it- out before God; confess it without ex tenuation, and beg of God the >freei f pardon of it for the sake of the Lord Jesns Christ, I whose blood cleanseth from all sin. Take care that yon be hot satisfied with the conviction of sin. Conviction is not conversion. ‘Ye must be born again.’ ” ... “ STEIBR STRAIGHT TO BLE/FATHER” Last week we attended, at the house of a friend, the funeral of a little child that, after .suffering for many weeks, had taken: ife departure to the “ better land.” The pastor offered a few word? of consolation to the bereaved parents. . He -re ferred to the often unexpected dealing of Provi dence in taking away dur innocent prattlers, when ,we can see no reason for the dispensation. One reason given was, that it is often necessary to re move our most prized treasures to heaven, that our hearts may be turned thither. An illustrative incident he gave was new to us, and left a deep impression. A fisherman was accustomed to go oiit in a boat with his family, and spend the day at a distance from the shore. As there were frequent fogs, one of the number was Usually left at home, to ring a bell as a signal. On one occasion a little son re mained on shore. During the day a thick fog settled down upon the water, and the fishers at tempted to reach the laiid; but the toists grew deeper and darker, and after rowing vainly in all ‘ directions, despair had nearly suspended their ef forts. Just then a little Voice came through the darkness, “ Father! steer straight to me, father, and you will get home.” The father renewed his efforts, and by steering straight in tbo direction of the oft-repeated call, reached the desired haven. Not long after, the little lad was taken away by death. The father, a wicked man, having no hope in this life or that which is to come, was filled with despondency. Clouds, mists, and darkness , seemed to close in around him on every side. While' thus situated, he seemed to hear from heavenward, “ Father, steer straight to me, father, and you will get home.” He obeyed the admonition, and turned his frail bark, tossed upon life’s boisterous billows, towards the haven of eternal rest. ! So, said the speaker, it is probahjo our little ones are often taken away to that higher sphere, whence we may mentally hear their cherub voices calling, “ Father, mother, stfeer towards me, add you’ll get home.” §jh t jsfrf it iiAieyi FAMILY FEAYBE- The patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; wherever in their pilgrimages they fixed on a place of residence, erected an altar to God for family devotion, and called on the name of the. Lord. Joshua resolved that, as for him and bis family, they would serve the Lord—that is, worship him. Job practised ’ family Worship. “He sent and sanctified his children, and rose early in the Morn in"- and offered burnt-offerings, according to the number of them aU; Thus did Job continually. David, having spent one day in bringing the ark from the house of Obed-edom to the placehe had prepared for it; and in presenting peace-offer ing before the Lord, returned at night to bless his household—that is, to pray for blessings upon his family, or to attend upon family devotion. Cornelius, the centurion, it is said, “feared God with alLhis house:” meaning worshipped hxui with his family. In the Lord’s Prayer we have a command for family devotion. “After this manner pray ye— Our Father which art in heaven.” The form of ■prayer is plural. It must, therefore, mean social prayer, and if social, then family prayer; for a fa mily Is, the most proper place to ensige in this devotion. ; f , Paul, in his Epistle to the Colossians, having pointed out the duty of husbands arid wives, pa rents and children, masters arid servants, adds: “ Continue in prayer; watch in the same with thanksgiving.” The subject upon whi'ch he Iras speaking leads us to conclude he meant family prayer. . . . In jiis. Epistle to the Ephesians, he enjoins it as a duty to “ pray always .with all prayer,”—that is, tri offer prayer of every kind, arid in every form, and at every proper season* Family prayer must therefore be included id his injunction. GOVERNOR WRIGHT, Qua Minister to Prussia. I liad an opportunity, on Sabbath, during .my stay in Berlin, of seeing how decided is Governor Wright’s position and iiiflncncc upon the side of religion, in thisgreat and rather dissolute Euro pean capital. He called and took me with him, on Sabbath afternoon, to the American Church; which it seems is a mission Of the North Metho dist Church, established in Berlin for several years. I found about fifty persons, nearly or quite all Americans, assembled in a room of moderate size, plainly fitted up as a church. We had an excellent Methodist sermon from a young Ameri can Episcopalian, and after the service had con cluded, Governor Wright arose, and made some excellent remarks, addressed particularly to the young men, of whom there were a number present, chiefly American students. He alluded to the dangers and temptations to which they were ex posed, and as one means of keeping fresh the remembrance of home and friends, and the reli gions influences by which they were there sur rounded, he warmly invited them to meet regu larly with their countrymen in the place oi worship. WOMAN AMONG THE ORIENTALS. As we become better acquainted with,the hea then, some facts of a seemingly exceptional cha raeter are added to our knowledge. The follow ing extract will show the condition of women in two nations of the remote East, to be somewhat more favorable than is generally the case. The first, relating to the'females ofßurmah, is from an article by Mrs. Mason, of Toungoo, which we find in the last ‘‘News of the Churches.” She speaks of:— This free land of Burmah, where women, like: the dames of ancient Rome, are follow their owq wills, to go to the bazaar, the theatre* or the regatta. But, alas for this freedom when the mind -*nd heart are left jin.C«lt»re41 — Inafcoad-ef ttmt grttefuFrevefence'which woinah pwes to man for 1 lifting off . from her the crushing burden of seclu sion, which the refined and educated delight to give, Burmese women are haughty, insolent, and supremely selfish. You know something about woman in Burmah; of her unbounded influence, yet deplorable 'degra dation; her strength of character; yet almost utter •ignorance of letters; her’ persuasive grace and courtesy, yet most corrupted morals, and ungo verned passions.. Woman in Burmah is no goddess of mercy to kiss away the tear from the eye of the unfortunate;, but she is the chief supporter of all revellings, the chief wrangler in all gamblings. It is true that Karen women are not usually bold, proiud, and stubborn, like the Burmese. They are more retiring, respectful, and domestic; still, within the jungle chevanx-de-frisc, as in metropo litan halls, it is the same. Woman is the teacher of Burmah. She has but to say, “Go, bring us slaves,-Great not,’? and the Pant-Bgbai Highlander rushes forth to kidnap, plunder; and kill. So Was it at the Bu'rman capital,: when one woman had only tp;say, “Hive me gold, jewels/and costly at tire/’and her agents wrought a war between Eng land and Burmah. Woman is not here the languishing, facile, indo lent thing of the zedana, but woman fully and phy sically developed, strong: to will and to do. There is, therefore,"hope in laboring for her future im provement and usefulness, for she can arid must rise; and from being the votary bf self, the fosterer of erime, she may become, with God’s "blessing, the renovator of Bttrmah, arching every threshold with the roses of virtue, peace, and love, and in spiring her sons with the holiest purposes. The other is from Rev. Mr. Martin, missionary of the Presbyterian Board, .on dn .excursion to Japan. The literatnre -of -the Japanese is'tednly bor rowed: from.’China ;■ but they Have an alphabet Of their own, the elements of which are likewise de rived from the Chinese. Their mode of printing and .binding resemble those of their neighbors,, but ’in oiie respect a glanbe at any of their book stores ‘presents a striking contrast to those of China— bodks for the education of girls, embellished 1 with numerous engravings, being here conspicuous, while there-they are in no demand. In fact, Ja panese women are fanght to read and write to a much greater: extent than those of China; and this is certainly,an auspicious eircun)Btance,that a sex in 'China,;-excluded, by their own’: ignorance from the use of the written word,- are here pre pared to receive it. I everywhere saw advertised “ The Treaties with the Five Nations,” a fact which shows that the Government is desirous of render ing t,he people , familiar with their new relations. GARDENS. Many farmers cannot find time to raise those articles of comfort and luxury which are eaten by the laboring classes of the cities. The garden is planted with potatoesf beans, a little corn to boil with them, a bed of beets and onions, and perhaps a few tomatoes, so that the variety of food placed Upon their tables, is not as large as Would’ conduce to their’ health: and’enjoy ment. If it can be done, select a piece ‘bf ground that is sufficiently moist not to suffer by ? drought, and having measured it well, plow it thoroughly, if two or three times, so mUeh the better. Those that are so disposed, can display their-,taste in arranging the different articles raised, in a.pleasing, attractive manner, so as to be an ornament to the homestead, as well as of great service, in supplying food for. the. family. In selecting tire kinds of. vegetables’dfid fruits to be raised; care should be taken to raise such as ripen at different times, so that' the table will be well" shpplibd throughout the entire season. A practical farmer who is in comfortable: circum stances, once remarked to us that be coiild not : afford to raise strawberries, and other frnit of like nature; it would do for those who got theiiijnoney some other way, but farmers could notafford to eat them. Now this is a great mistake. 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The >en this great northern part hn will be organized into a Stably under, the name of Jw, the people talk of the anal jpnie fi three ihundsed. tth, to connect Lake Su.- Imagine yourself ope rtihf from New York for a inch steMhr, Via.the Gruff Canadian caddis; the great o the iifCtie-oceSh'. You ol off-with trh'eft the heats le the sanction, ; Wild as e child is now, old enough I will take this Very trip. ESBYTERIAN i AND ' - ‘ ‘ EVANGELIST, , . MILY NEWSPAPER* y, at 1334 Chestnut Street,. ■ Phu.adelS'hiA, Pa. m of sound Christian doctrine jialljras: i "the in Cliiirch in the United States GENESE [ 3HTON, Editor,. HATED WITII ( ( GEORGE"buFFIELD, JR. JOHN J ENTtINS, THOMAS 1. SHEPHERD. ?,TEeiAN Wfts comtnenced three. ofbencvolent and pious men, id desired to promote its inter it the mutual consent of the ina by the publicly expressed ment of the Genesee Synod, the i years pubhshetl at Rochester, and. merged in the American at Philadelphia.;, The union oj ited greatly tc» the circulation sof the united' paper. Meas iiu prove the paper, elevate its icter, and render it every way mil' rapidly .increasing elreula- md' sustained by a benevolent efitofthe Church anil to p'ro iristj .anil all,the income from ithfully devoted to the further establishment,—to furnish (he SPip'mi ON THE CHEAPEST POSSI • HOGS TEACHER, . lan.will inculcate pure morals itri.ne and practical-religion; in OUS NRIVSR : . accurate information of .the do- Church in all her borders : INTELLIGENCE, PrOSFERITV OP. THE CHURCHES. OP THEppfNGS AND OP astical Societies and Institu^ riving their paper through a ear ly cents additional. : . Clubs. .-. i, nt to pile addreßS.fora year for -nt to one address for a-year, for - Editor of, ‘American i ! - ■ 1 Philadelphia, Pa. The First Adam and the Second ! ! MNBS'AT & BLAKISTON, Philadelphia, IN E PAS HI ONA B L E CLO T HI EG • E. H. ELD RIDGE’S OOHTfIIEIrT&LGEOTfIOf® HOHSI. JE. E. corner of Eighth and Che&tniit Sttcets. A SUPERIOR ASSORTMENT OP READY-MADE CLOTHING ALWAYS ON HAND With-a fuil Stock of CLOTHS, CASSIMESES/AnR -VESTINGS, of French, English, and American Manufacture, from which to select. ... - . . We study to Pledge* jan 20-1 y- ELEGANT PERSONAL . requisite; LUXURIANT AND &LKY HAIR. X'liere" is nothing that adds to the appearance' of ladies,gentleirien, or children, so much as a fine head of Bair, there' is no preparation' for young or old that'will compare with MRS. S. A. ALLEN'S, WORLD’S HAIR DRESSING Or ZYL.OBAILSAMIJM. Price, in' large bottles, 37 cents. Approved by Chemists, Physicians and Clergymen, and acknowledged by all to' be superior to’ any other preparation for dressing,-preserving and beautifying the Hair. " It renders it (however dry) soft, silky and glossy, and is a sure preventive of SCURF ahdDANb'RUl’f'. , MRS. iS. W. CtARK, fife of Rev. j>'. W;'Cih-ii, Cin cinnati, Ohio] writes: “I have used Mrs. 8. A. Al - len’s Zylobalsamum with much satisfactionitt dress- < ing my 'own andchildren’shair. After trying va rious articles, I feel ho hesitation in recommending yours as the tot lb&ve ever used. ' It’ gives the hair a soft, ,glossy appearance, and retains itm any pb sition desirkd.” C-' How elegant is a splehdid Head of Hair! Yon can haveitby using the above’;] and if your hairis gray or thin, iise MRS S. A. ALLEN’S WORLD'S HAtRRESTORER, It ls uot rt Dye. Price, in large bottles, $1.50. The Only reliable preparation for restoring Gray Hair to its original youthful appearance, without injury to the’shalp, and fill not Stain or soil. Gray'haired,, bald, or persons With diseases of hair, or scalp,,read rthe following, and give the articles a trial: . PHESIHENT; J- H. E ATON,. LL. D., Murfreesboro?, Tehh;, writes: “ Tlie falling off of hair has ceased] and my gray locks she restored to their original •color.” . REV, C. A. BUCKBEE, N. Y. City, As.Tr, Bible Union. REV. Wm. CUTTER, New York City. ] REV. J. McKEE, New York City. i REV. E. R. FAIRCHILD] New York City. ~ ; REV. D. T. WOOD, Middletown,lN. Y. REV. C. M. KLINCK, Lewistown, Pa. REV. G. M. PRATT, LewirimVgh, Pi. - HEY I. MOORE, Cape May, N; L IGF* AH the above, and many others, recommend it. DEPOT, 355 Broome St., N. Y. FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. .83” Genuine is signed l “Mas. S. A. Aiaen,” written with ink, of imitations purporting to be the same ’' vl ’732-«m •' CARPETS. . EiiiArb&E’s cheap stoee. The subscriber being under very light expenses, has, as is well known, always sold goods very cheap; but this season, having availed himself of the recent great depression in' price ,of material, &c., offers at lower prices than-ever before, a very large assortment of TJ3PESTRY, BRUSSELS, , IMPERIAL THREE-PLY, INGRaIN AND VENETIAN • 0 ARPB geroua distempers. The same, purgative effect expels them. Caused • • by pimilar obstractions and derangements of the natural fanctions of the body, they are rapidly, and many of ttem sorely, cured by I tho name fflffljna ttone who know the virtnes of these PUis, will ) neglect to employ them when suffering Horn the disorders they -cure,' Statements from leading physicians In some of the principal cities, -and from other well Known phblic persons, ’ , From a Forwarding MerchaJit of St. Louis, Teb. 4, 1650, Dro Ayer:, Tour Pills arethe paragon of all.thatfr great inmedl* They have cured my litue daughter of ulcerous hires upon her hands and. feet that bad proved incurable for,years. Her mo* therhas been lohg'grievously afflicted with blotches and pimples on her. skin and in her hair,. Alter, our child was: cured, she also tried ‘your Pflls, and they have cured her, ASA MOKQEIDGE. As a Family riysife* Pr&mDr.K W. CkrMffliti JVea’PrJamt. _ ;Tonr PHls are the prince of purges. r Tbeir ex«Ußntqnalities snp -pass any cathartic we possess. They are nilld, but very Certain ahd effectualjin their action on the bowels, wnich make them invaluable *o r ns in the ddily treatta4nt of disease. 'iSria’aetei Siok Headacbe, Foul Stomach, j - FromDr.Edwardßoyd,Baltimore. Dear Bro. Ayer: I cannot-an*wer you whal aimpWnts I h»ve ct arid with yohr’Pflis better than to say aU that tee ever treat with a purgative medicine. 1 place great dependence.on an efiectnaLca* thartic in my daily contest with and believing as X do that your Fills afford ns the.best we have, I of course value them highly. A (. Mtifosrgh, Jto, jfajjr 1,1856.- Dr.J.C. 'Ayer: Sir, I have been repeatedly cured of the worst headache anybody can have by a dose dr twoof your Fills. Itsedua to arise from a foul stomach, which they cleanse at once. 'Tddrs,*Hh great respectj JSI>. W.PEEBLB, • ♦ CXerkqf SUamcr Clarim. - Bilioua Bisorders—ldyer Complaints. I " * > YarhiMy. ~s • - Hot only aro your PDIs admlraJbly adapted'to their purpbse as an aperient, but I -find (heir beneficial effects upon the Xiver Teiy marked Indeed, -They have in my practice proved indre effectual r for the enr© of cot»j?Z«. 7th Feb, 1855. j • Sir:, I have nsed, your. Pills in, my general and hospital pract2ce 'ewersihee you made them, and cannot hesitate to say they are the best cathartio wß.employ. < ! Their regulating. action on tha liver Is 'quick and decided, consequently they are an' admirable remedy for • demngements of that organ. Indeed I have seldom.fonnd a case of - hiUdui disease to bbstinate that It did' not readily yield to them. fraternally yours, . . ALONZOBALL,M. D., '• * Fhysicidndftlit Marine HotpitaL Dysentery, Diarrhoea, Bolax, 'Worms. v ' ; \ T&. J. & Greeny of Chicago. . Your Pills have had a long tidal in my practice,' and I hold thfem in. esteem as one of the best aperients I have ever found. Their alter* ative effect upon the liver makes them an excellent remedy, when given in small doses for bilious dysentery and diarrhosa. Their s" ALLEN & NEEDLES, "Whoi.esAXE Agents for tlie Oswego Starch Factory, 42 S. Wharves and 41 8. Water St., ~ Apl2—-6m. Philadelphia. - \V7 ANTJfeD,Agents to sell fine Steel Plate Engravings, ; ,Tt. including Engravings of the LORD'S PRATER, CRUCIFIXION, LAST SUPPER, &c., &c. An active person, with only rinall capital, can hiake to $6O per month. For particulars address D. H. MULFORD, 167 Broadway, NOW York. For sale.-pew no. 42, middle aisle, Rev. Albeit Barnes’ Church. - 730-vSt * MALGAM BILL, or a cheap Church,Academy, XJL : School, Fire Alarm, Nursery, Cemetery,or Factory Bell, costing one-thibd as much as usually charged for brass composition. Has a rich, sonorous,, yet- mellow tone. Fully warranted for twelve months.' See onr price-list. 1,700 lb. hells, including hangings, 4175- 1,200 lb., $180; 825 lb., $100; 650 1b,,575; 4601b.i'5551’ 300 lb., s3ssmaller sizes, 50 lbs. to-200 lbs,, $6 tp $25. Delivered to Transportation Company on receipt of price, marked any address. ' M. C. CHADWICK K'CO'y ' ■Wo- 17 Spruce street,, 730-3 m _ New York. iO OWELTON INSTITUT-Ei Corner of Thirty-second X and Race Streets, West Philadelphia! Boarding School for Boys under twelve years of age at the time iff entrance. The.]3th term Will commence oh -Slav lgt CROWELL and j. w! PINKERTON, A. M., Principals. 730—6 t NEW/tfdRKS. ■ < Jost publ i ahe d , by SMITH, ENGLISH & CO. BOOKSELLERS, PUBLISHERS 6 IMPORTERS, NO.-.23 Norra Sixth-STaE-hiV Philadelphia. t / I.—FARRAR’S SCIENCE, HI THEOLOGY. ‘ ’ 12ino; cloth. Price, 85 cents. ’ K “ 8, . lI.—SCHMCCKER’S POPIJIAR THEOLOGT * Elements of Popular Theology, with Occasional Hi ferences to the Doctrines of the Befornfotiom^AvbwS before the Diet of Augsburg in 1530. DSilhitfehiSlW for Private Christians and Theological WalhS ®By| y S. Schmucker, D.D. Ninth Edition, En' larged. 12mo. cloth. Trice, 1.00. 4,0 m —LUTHER ON GALATIANS, A Commentary on St. PauPsEpistles to the Galatian* By Martin Luther. To which is pretikbd ttscWW f ?r» of Luther, abridged; a Short Sketch of the 'tife of on the Gloriousßeforma ;}f;J;-■% s^mu '* er > Smau Bvo, ctoth. -i»agajßS>»* »i». n* o.«» _ ' , „ NEARLY HEADY. bI. EKING 8 VOCABULARY OP PHILOSOPHY i j , Charles P. Krauth;D.D. 12mo. ■*** ** Hengstenberg os' Ecclesiastes and ornrn Tir.— " Translated &bm the 1 Gehniim ctot“ BLtNMi#B-S.HAI)ES; S 1 ® r 1 h ih SiWet. is the SHADES. ®he largest and finest assortments the Clty.at tl 8 lbirest prims. STORE. SHADES MADE AND LETTERED, j . repairing naoMrirEY attended tr>. myiO^fth. APPLY TO John M. Dickson, No; 807Mufket Street. May 31186( ameSican mfe insurance and tsxjst company. Coropany’sßoildings, South-east Corner of Walnut Fo@»TH :^reete_ SSSum £ S^SS. ofP * anBrlv “ is - KS uSta»«*J« “JESS'S T"' s SIkS S -^ NtoCk rft& per cent. less than abm <, or Total Abstinence rates 40 per cent, less than Mutual price. ,♦ n tier cent. allowed for eveiy day the l>. °» d«““ d " r GoU MyerOTd cCksiatoiAed *.» » Bank, for use „ : D ?his to c”mpany ha, FIRST MORTGAGES, REAL . SAM PEP WORK, Vice President. Jons C. Bns, Secretary. Joins S. W»soh, Treasurer. board of trustees. Alexander Whilldin, John Anspach, Jr. work. . Jonas Bowman, Kto, William J. Howard, John Aikman, . John C. Suns, gSimuel T. Bodine, George Nugent, ’ T. EsmondeJJarper, Albert C. Roberts, H. H. Etdridge. MJEDICAX. EXAMINEES. ■ 3. F. Bird, M.D., J. Newton Walker, M.D. In attendance at the Company’s Office daily at one 6’cloek P.H.* fcblQ Vf Quaker gity insurance company. hVj«rfr.n> Bn mines. 403:Walfl«i.|5lreel, PHILADELPHIA. c AfFFAfc,. .V.......-... .^WMKjO SURPLUS) ■ - .iso ,ouo EIREMARINE, and INLAND INSURANCE. FIRE INSURANCE, LIMITED arid PERPETUAL, ON BUILDINGS AND MERCHANDISE OF ALL INLAND AND OCEAN, ON VESSELS, FREIGHT, and CARGO, to and fronr all parts of the World. GEO. H. HART, President. E. P. ROSS, Vice President. H. R. OOGGSHAEE, Secretary. S. H. BUTLER, Assistant Secretary DIRECTORS: .... I Andrew R. Chambers, ' Charles G. Imlay, Hilt COggshall, Samuel Jones, M. D Hon.;il. M. Fuller. George H. Hart, B-P-itoss, A. C. Cattell, Foster 8. Perkins, E. ifF. Dailey, .• , September 16.—1 y. THE STATE SAFFSPUS FUND lfr>. ZttDofik'Street}Philadelphia, KEZS 3>ooll TO IHB PCS® OFFtCiB. Sams large arid small are rrieeniWtf daily, and every Monday evening Any S«m of money wanted is returnedwfcfeiieVer called for. open acconntk with fbis’Company, and fif&r IBfeir money by Checks/ah in Bank, thus combining convenience and profit. Interest is paid ori ridl sumd of Money, amount ing to Three Coltais or more, alliiri:ra£b of Five Per Cent. Per Annum. No Notipe is required by this Com pany for the payment of either, Principal or Interest, Substantial satisfaction to JDfepositorshas,without ex ceptidri, ! a*tt4nd'ed the operations and efibrts of this well known Institution. ... tmbSßifnAJ&T, President. CHARtBS G.iaisMevJ l' mar. ff-1-ir. ♦ J. HENRY HAYJKS, Urst Teller. SAVWOS’UJTD; ' ‘ ' NATIONAL SAFETY TRUST COMPANY, CHARTERED SY THE STATE . OF.pENNSTLTANIA, ' * ‘‘ ,s ‘ 1. Money is received every. in any amount, large or small., . , -- . , , 2. FiyE ’PERCENT.'is paid for money Tram the day itisjfctin: J ®’■ ■. ' i:;r 3. tbife money is always paid back in GOLD, whenever it is'C&fUid for, and without notice. s- = _ 4. : Moneyia received- from JSzeculors, Adm/nittralon, Padrdiato, and otherswho desire to have itih a place of perfect Bafety,vand wKere interest can be obtained I. . ’ 6. "The' money received • from depositors is forested in REAL ESTATE, MORTGAGES, GROUND-RENI-S, andsuch other firat-olass securities as the. Charter di rects. I \,‘-S 6, Office honrs-r-Every day from 9 till fives o’clock, and on Mondays and Thursdays till 8 o’clock in the evening. \ ■ QFFKV&r-Sonth-westcoruerof S.Thrid*. WalnutfJts. COMMONWEALTH FIRE INStTRiNCE COMPA ; NY of the State of’ Pennsylvania. Office, 613 Ohestnnt Streets, Philadelphia. ' Scbsckibed Cahtai., «606,000. . Paid op Capital, $200,000. - JMIVTO JAYHE.M. THOSfAS S. STEWART,sYice President. Samuel S. Moojj, Secretary. . r feb. 26-1 vr. ME I. O D E O N'S—THE TJKDERSIGNED RE . spectfully informs the PußUe,that he is manu ftctoiwi these delightful of every size, style, ahU price. Having haxlapracfieal experience of over ten yearg.in the constroctionof them, he feels con fident of Bis ability to produce an article equal to any in the market. All Ihatmmerits made by him are fully warranted; and any defect in’ material or workmanship will be made good at any time. J 3“ lining and JRepairingcarefully attended to. feb, 10-1 yr. A. f .MACNjrTT, .... 108 WORTH SIXTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA THETFIKE IE CHSSTIft® STREET. letter'from Tteo. H. S'eWrß & Co. ' '' 19. 1860. Messhs; FabMel, HEiCßrifo * Co., ' # 5 ? ' r 629 Chestnnt'Sfareet. _ We have recovered the Herring’ Patent Champion Safe, of your make, -which we bongb ; r< S.W““ ri f fife years agb, frt(in the rriihs Of our buildings Ho. r.7T6 1 Chestnut • street, which entirely destroyed by-fireoni the morning of .the 17th inst. rap *™ 1 j? Progress Of the flames, before we coidd reach tbe stbre, the whole interior was one mass of Bre. The Safe being in the back part of the store, anu surrounded by the most combustible materials, was gg*S‘U“ » felirwith tbp walls of that •StoGia Bie cellar; anil remained im b Tht d « r ‘ he / a,BS for “ore thin thirty hours. _ f °P cned ftis mornihfe in the presence of of gentlemen, and the contents, comprising money, eml , a large amount by fire * papers, are all safe; not a thing was touched yours, ’ -TheiK n ™«r ’* PETERS A CO. ianKo. » T Safe can, he seen at our store,, where th public are invited to call and examine it. FARI^-.HIBRRiy&.A-co. . No. 629 Chestnut St. Hall;} T I LUTZ, CABINET WARE ROOMS 1C Swing to l thr S k P . T ? . ELEVE WTH STREET, faetmelf “* u»<*eased Adhtiesin the manu to call the attention e 7 o r SentStOCkofF “ r ' PARLOR, LIBRARY, DINING-ROOM & CHAMBEB 1 FURNITURE. withtiit^s'* ' lmitation ebony furniture on hand » »a«le to order. ■f\n. ’ ■ Worsale by the Manufacturer, at 259 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, ’■ ' f: ■ . AND 49 CEDAR STREET, NEW YORK. - The stock consists of: , Enamelled Leather Cloth. Carriage FloorOilCloth. Table and Stair OiJ Cloths. - |.i“ d rtY™”2“ a , Gr ® e “ TC “rtMh Cloth, floor Oil Cloths; from J to fi yards wide. WUl S be I tob? < tn q ? al i Uy 0f tll6Se goods are not excelle d W«U be sold to driers at reasonable prices. Ito ' . THOMAS POTTER, Manufacturer J? IKE GR °f!«lEB. hit, * JAMBS R. WEBB' 8 TBA WAR ERO USE, . sonra eighth st., below walnut. _ Has constantly on hand a large assortment of the Hoitjfcir Teas, Java and Mocha Coffeej and eve description of Pabe for family use. , Ordersr by mail pS>injmy attended to, and cart . Wly packed and forwarded. jy-i-iy ‘ » ' ’ . -Si--