Jfawitg iitfU.
THE STORM.
The gathering clouds obscure the sky,
The trembling birds, to covert fly,
The awe-struck herds forbear to rove,
And stillness reigns throughout the grove.
The mower drops his scythe, to flee
To friendly cot, or sheltering tree;
While Nature, In each varied form,
In £Uent dread awaits the storm.
Now flash to flash, with lurid glare,
Succeeds, and lights the murky air;
And hark! above, from pole to pole,
The loud terrific thunders roll.
Why shrinks my friend? Why pale with fear?
Soy, dost thou feel that G«d is near!
And thlnkest thou not, when warblers fill
Thy bower, that He’s nigh thee still?
In every flower that round thee blows-
In every blade of grass which grows—
In every glade which cheers thine eye—
In every stream which ripples by—
On every mount—4b every dale—
In every wave—in every gale—
A thousand tongues, through naturo a frame,
A God, a present God, proclaim!
And O If terror dim thine eye.
When Summer storms pronounce Him nigh,
How wilt thou meet that dreadful day .
When heaven and earth shall melt away?
Go to that blood whose cleansing flow
Shall make thy bdsom pure as snow!
That blood to him its aid who seeks,
Tar better things than Abel's speaks.
Then, then, thy soul, redeemed, forgiven,
Beleased from sio, at peace with heaven #
Shall mark, unmoved, e’en that dread fire,
In which tea thousand orbs expire.
AMY AND HER BROTHERS.
[From this delightful story of an orphan fami
ly, whose firm dependence on the God of the fa
therless, combined with diligence and uprightness
in business, carried them safely through the trials
of their condition, we extract a few chapters for
onr yonng readers. It is written by the author
of the Blue Flag , from which we made some ex
tracts about a month ago, and published by the
American Tract Society, H. N. Thissell, agent,
No. 929 Chestnut St.]
THE OLD VISITOR.
Little as Pickard Howe liked to get up in
the morning, he Was not fond of being late at
school. After lounging away the time when he
should have been making his preparations, he ge
nerally went of at last in a terrible flurry, leaving
confusion and disorder behind him.
Amy had gathered up the scattered books that
Pick had thrown down in his hurried search for
his geography) she had put his “ morning shoes”
into the closet, and restored to its place the brush
with which he had given the parting touches to his
curly hair. The traces of Harriet's careless, reck
less habits were even more in number, yet Amy
had gone about patiently restoring order, without
one unpleasant expression ruffling her counte
nance, or one unkind thought marring the peace
at her heart.
The four rooms whioh the old-fashioned house
contained, had been severally visited and made
neat and tidy by her skilful hands. Weaiy in
body, she laid down on the old couch, but not to
spend even a few short minutes in idleness.
The bland air of Indian summer was changing
into the real keenness of autumn, and Amy well
knew the little ones were unprepared for winter.
An old cloth cloak of her father she thought
would be quite an inexhaustible mine of material
for clothing the boys, and as she lay, her busy
hands were ripping away the worn collar, while
from time to time her eye measured the ample
folds of the precioua garment.
She heard the outer-door open. It must be
Willy returning from his mission. What news
had he to tell? Her eager, questioning face
turnod 'toward him, but she felt too weary to fol
low her inclination to rise and meet him.
She had not a moment for thought, when Willy
and his companion entered.
“ This is my sister Amy, Mr. Dimer,” said the
boy. There was respect and affection in the tone;
it it as plain that sister Amy was in Willy’s eyes
worth seeing.
“A lazy Miss Mying down to work,” thought
the old man; but his face .changed suddenly as
Amy rose, and with an evident effort moved
acioss the room to hand the-stranger a chair.
“Yon want to raise money on your father’s
watch,” he began abruptly. “ How am I to
know George Howe was your father ?”
The family Bible lay on the table. What a
treasure it had proved to Amy in her loneliness
and anxiety! Now it was to serve a new purpose.
Again Amy orossed the room, and the bid
man’s faee softened as he noted the misfortune
that had marred her person, but traced no mark
of repining on her sweet face. Amy threw open
the Bible at the family record.
“You will read the history of our little family
there,” she said, quietly.
Mr. Dimer put on his speotaeles and took the
Bible on bis knee; It was long since the Holy
Book had lain open before him, that old dealer in
money 1
There was a truth ju that simple record that
could not bo doubted. Born, married, died; so
short, so full of meaning, so complete was the bio
graphical sketch of the parents, while the birth
alone of the orphan children was registered; those
childron who were now to struggle along life’s
pathway side by side.
There was something in that family history
which seemed to touch the heart of the old man.
It spoke to him of the shortness of human life;
it whispered to him of pity for the orphan.
“Amy, that’s you,” be said reading, then look
ing fall into the young girl!s face.
“ That’s my name,” said Amy, quietly.
“Pickard! nonsense; what a name! Is that
you?” he continued, turning to Willy.
“I. am William, mentioned bolow,” said the
boy, pointing out with his finger! the. date of his
birth.
“Yon. are not big of your age;” said the old
man,.disapprovingly. . f • ■
“No; but I mean to do groat things,".said Will,
with a smile.
“Let me- see the watch," said the old* man,
thoughtfully.
‘ Willy drew out the. treasure again, and placed
it in Mr. Dimer’s hands.
“Didn’t your father leave you any money?”
said the old mao, auMJy. .....
“A little I hut tbSt Is Alp gone, and we have
debts beside, which we want; to Ray with the loan,”
said Willy, speaking up as the man of the family.
“An’t you uneasy ? ; What do you expect to
lhrevOM?' said the man, tproing/towardth Aroy.4
“You wouldn’t do much in the way of hard
work,”, ,
“We.own the house. It was left to my father
by ati old abut. So the children will have a home.
Por the rest, I am sure the Lord will provide,” said
Amy, simply; • .
The pawnbroker looked through his spectacles
into Amy’S sweet, placid face. The poor young
stranger before him. had a jsecunty of which lie
knew nothing. IBs, g ß ' nß might be
taken from him by fife; ftbod, dishonesty, or oom
morcial changes, but Amy's portion was sure.
She bad an unfailing refuge in those words:
»f The Lord will provide.?’
Mr.Pimer looked down. He bad .aocidentally
turned with his elbow the page that contained the
family record, and now the last of Matachi lay
open before him. His eye Caught the words:
'• For behold the day cometh, that shall burn as
an oven; and all the proud—yen, and all that do
Wickedly shall ba stubble, - atad the day that
cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of
hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor
branch:"
Like a swift arrow those words of denunciation
seemed to pierce the heart of' the old man; bat
taming from them he east his eye up the page
and read: "And they shall be mine, saith the
Lord of hosts, in day when ~ I make up my
jewels.”
He shut the book suddenly. Had he not read
of the two portions in store for himself and the
helpless strangers before him? He would not
think of it, he would not attend to the matter in
hand. “ How much—how much” —he said, hesi
tatingly—* 1 how much do you want to borrow on
the watch ?” . :i
“Twenty-five dollars,” said Will,.again acting
as spokesman.
Mr, Dimer took out a worn but well-filled pocket
book. Five five-dullar notes he laid on the table.
Willy’s eyes glistened, and he said joyously to
his sister: “I knew the Lord would take care of
us. Keep up heart, Amy."
“I am, very inueh obliged to you, sir,” said
Amy, Warmly.
“I don’t do you any great favor/’ said the man.
“You will have to pay me half-yearly for the;use
of the‘money, and I have the watch for my secu
rity. You chn have it back, you know, when you
return the money.” ,
“ jjjay that be before a great while, said Willy,
cheerily.
Mr. Dimer rose to go. Childless and alone he
had lived, gathering up this world’s goods,, but
not . enjoying them. There was a charm to him
in. those young trusting hearts. There was a
message of poser to him from that old family
Bible. ;.
-Love on eartlhand a borne in heaven seemed
hotter to him then, than all the gold of Ophir.
The old man was gone; there-was no excuse
for his lingering there.
“O brother! I am so glad,” said Amy, as she
took the bank-notes in her hand. The other arm
she passed round Willy, and side by side-they
knelt. That was a real thanksgiving, not a mere
saying of heartless, unmeaning words.
The God of the orphan was praised for all his
mercies. The old stranger had a blessing called
down on his unworthy head.
Jo every world-worn Brian there is a human
heart that craves a God to trust, a Christ to lean
upon—an unsatisfied heart.
This is hard to realize, and Amy would not have
thought of seeking to give her faith to the man
of loans and compound interest. Her calm trust
had been better for him than a lengthy sermon.
DARKNESS.
It was a pleasure to walk along the lighted
streets, and peep in at. the bright windows, but
now he did not suffer himself to stop, even to
linger at the print-shops, but went straight on bis
course to Mr. Dimer's. He was out on business,
and must not dilly-dally. Mr. Dimer was on the
door-stop —could he be watching for him ?
“ Here you are. I was just going to shut up.
As it is, I’ve put out the gas in the front-shop;
it was only wasting itself. Como in here,” said
the old pawnbroker.
The spot to which he led the way was not
tempting, and a timid boy might have hesitated
to enter, but Will was troubled with no such dif
ficulties.
A sort of back-shed had been shut in and plas
tered; and here was plainly the old man’s abode.
The small, narrow bed, the single old table, bear
ing its one plate and cup and saucer, told of the
home and habits of the pawnbroker.
“Sit down, boy. May be you’d forget your
half-year was up?” said the old man, keenly.
“ I had, but sister Amy hadn’t. She knew
the very day. She says it’s right to be exact
about business matters,” said Will.
“ Yes, that’s right, sure enough,” was the ap
proving answer.
“Twenty-five dollars, at seven per cent., for
half a year, that is just eighty-seven and a half
cents, as I make it,” said WilJ, laying the sum
down on the table.
The old man took hold df it eagerly, and then
producing a quit-book, made a minute of the pay
ment, and, at the same time, gave Will a receipt
for the sum paid.
The boy rose to go, but the old man detained
him, saying: “Child, sit downr Are you afraid
to stay a minute with an old man, who has no
body to speak to, not when he’s aching to talk
over some things he knows of?”
“You must lead a lonely life,’’ said Will, kind
ly, as he resumed his seat.
“No matter about that, now!” was the short
answer. “ Here’s what I want to see about—this
flannel,” and the old man pointed to the roll in
the corner, “this flannel, I say, is for the poor.
Five dollars I paid for it; yet I am going to give
it away. I want you to take-it to the ladies that
taka in poor children, and train ’em up right.
Their place is only two blocks off —that’s the
right thing, take ’em young, before they get in
bad ways. It’s not "easy learning old dogs new
tricks! Will you do it, boy?”
“That I will gladly.” Will Was again rising
as he spoke, but with an impatient gesture, the
old man motioned him to sit down —and then
went on: “It’s for the poor, you see, but I want
to do it on the sly; they say that’s the right way.-
I han’t never been dishonest, exactly—-I han’t
never received no goods as I knew was stolen;
but somehow I feel as if I’d better be doin’ now,
to wipe my old scores out.”
“ l don’t quite understand yon, sir,” said Will,
frankly. ■
“A body can’t live for ever 1 I’m almost worn
out,” said the old man, quickly. “There was
words in that big old book of yours that set me
to thinkiu’ of that, pretty steady. You see I an't
one of the ‘jewels;’ the ‘oven’ is more like for ihe,
when my time comes. ‘And the day that cometh
shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that
it shall leave them neither root nor branch.’ ”
These last words were spoken in low trembling
tones that chilled Will’s young blood, and he was
silent.
“ Yes, boy,” Mr. Dimer continued, after a pause;
“yeijthelike of me had better bo settlih’up, with
Heaven. Five dollars the flannel cost me. ‘ You
lake it to the ladies. They are doin’ the right
thing—and, may be, I’ll get a share of the bless
ing.”
“Godforgives us freely, without our doing any
thing; you know that, sir,” said Will,, modestly.
“I don’t know any such thing! I don’t feel
ii here!” said the old man, laying his hand on
his heart. ■
“But Jesus suffered and died for us, that we
might go free, and be happy with him in heaven,”
said Will, earnestly.
« What wouldn't I give to be- a 1 boy again, and
take that in, just where *1 want it I It’s no use
now! I’ve been sowin’ all my life, and the reap
in’time is coming soon—it is here! 0, child!
thank God that you’ve found him now! It’s bard
work gropin’ after him with worn old wicked
hands 1” r . - •
“Jesus can help you,” said Will,affectionately;.
“ 1 don’t know him 1 He don’t know mel I
never fried to know him when I was young. He
don’t want my poor old tagged-out life. I an’t
worth anything for him now.”
“ Have you ‘got a Bible, that tellsabout Jesus ?”
said Will, earnestly.’ .... .
“Yes, yes, I bought one, and opened it too. I
read; ‘The wicked shall be* turned into' hell, and
all the people that forget God/ There it was,
plain as print. There’s nothing for me now, but
just to do what I can'to make up, and may be
get off easier for that.”
Boor Will 1 teaching others was a new business
for him- , How he, Ipngfed for sister Amy's sweet,
wise, persuasive words, to comfort and guide the
ain-siuk old man.
“■Bead about Jesus, and you’ll' understand it
nil then., Agk him to help you, and it will be
all right by and by,” said Will.
“Never 1 ! There’s nothing right for me! Go,boy,
—go on your errand. Go, and be thankful you'
are not like me, too old, too bad to take in the,
best religion the Bible ever preached I Go!”*
The last word was said imperatively, had Will
hastened to obey.
“ Round the cornet there, No. 75,” said the
pawnbroker, in more softened tones, as he handed
Will; the .roil of flannel. “Round tho comer
there. • There’s no word to be left with it, only
an old Sinner sends It, and says to the jadies,
toachthe children right when they are.ybung."
The door closed suddenly, and Will stood in the
street. Ho delivered the message as if kaS/given
to him, and then walked thoughtfnlly Homeward.
and (Scneim (Bonplist.
. «>Tis easier far, If we begin _
To serve the Lord betimM,
For sinners who gro w onl 1 ",,
ire hardened by their crimes
- These lines Will badlearned lon S i ’ go ’
now they came to his mind m full force , trorn
■ST tart b. th»k.a Of U». b. b.d e.rij
learned .0 I<™ Him .n.l «.r~e.dj
that he might so live, that old age might fond him
longing to go-to bis well-known Saviour, rather
than groping after that Heavenly Friend, long for
gotten and despised.
THE BLIND MOTHERS LAST LOOK
AT HER' BABE.
On the last Sabbath of 1860, when the cold
winds of December were wailing the dirge-song
m the departing year, we met
an infant. Not two summers had blessed the
child. Disease came early, and quickly performed
its fatal work. , , .
Sweet words of Scripture were read, a short ex
hortation made, aD earnest prayer offered, the bene
diction pronounced; and then, after a moments
silence, the friends were invited to ‘ take the last
look at the deceased.' One and another came,
and gazed with peculiar interest upon that beau
tiful little form, which seemed as if it were only
now all others plep aside, for the mother
approaches. She is Mind—has never seen the
child she loves, and now has lost Forward she
leans; her form almost covers the little coffin.
She seems straining her sightless eyes to catch a
glimpse of the loved one, before it ,is taken.from
her forever. But, as if convinced that this may
not be, while the tears flow down her cheeks apace,
she puts her fingers upon the fade of the child.
Every feature is carefully felt—the forehead, eyes,
nose, chin. Gently she passes both hands over the
entire body wit hin her. reach. She grasps tenderly
and tightly the little hands which lie clasped upon
the breast of the babe. Kiss after kiss she im
prints uponithose cold lips which she had So often
kissed before, when they were warm with life;
and then the niother, trembling, weeping, turns
away. She has looTted at her offspring as the blind,
only may. It was the last look, until the morn
ing of the resurrection shall recall the dead to life
again, and the omnipotent touch of God Ehall un
seal the sightless orbs of His benighted children.
Then may we hope that the'mother, redeemed by
grace, Will behold her angel babe beside the Sa
viour, and in that realm where darkness and death
may never reign, will join with the sweet child in
songs of everlasting praise!
Christian Intelligencer.
J, LOTHROP MOTLEY ON THE AMEEI-
CAN REBELLION.
CONTINUED.
PERILS 05? THE REPUBLIC.
Not only is the united republic destroyed if the re
volution proves successful, bnte ven if the people of the
Free States have the enthusiasm and sagacity to re
construct their Union, and by a new National con
vention tore-ordain and rc-establishthe time-honoured
Constitution, still an immense territory is lost. Bat
the extent of’that territory is not the principal-ele
ment in the ditaster. The world is wide enough for
all. It is the loss of the Southern marine frontier
which is fatal to the Republic. Florida and the vast
Louisiana territory purchased by the Union from fo
reign countries, and garnished with fortresses at the
expense of the Union, are fallen; with all these im
provements, into the hands of a foreign and unfriend
ly power,
• Should the dire misfortune of a war with a great
maritime notion, with England or France, for exam
ple, befall the Union, its territory, hitherto almost
impregnable, raight now be open to fleets and armies
acting in alliance with a hostile “Confederacy,”
which has become possessed of an important part of
the Union’s maritime line of defence. Moreover the
Union has 12,000 .chips numbering more than 5,000,-
000 tons, the far greater'partbf which belongs to the
Free States, and the vast commerce of the Missis
sippi and the Gulf of Mexico, requires and must re
ceive: protection at every hazard.
Is it strange that the Union shoold inake a vigor
ous, just and lawful effort to save itself from the
chaos from which the Constitution of 178? rescued
the country? Who that has read and pondered the
history of that dark period, does not shudder at the
prospect of its return?
A COMPARISON*
But yesterday we were a State—the great republic
—prosperous and powerful, with a flag known and
over the world. Seventy years ago, we
were a helplens league of bankrupt and lawless petty
sovereigns. We had a currency so degraded that a
leg of mutton was cheap at $l,OOO. The national
debt, incurred in the war of independence, had hard
ly a nominal value, and was considered worthless.
The absence of law, order and security, for life and
property, was as absolute as could be well conceived
in a civilized land. Debts could not be collected,
courts could enforce no decrees, — insurrections
could not be suppressed. The army of the confede
racy numbered eighty men. From this condition the
Constitution rescued ns.
The great law, reported by the general Convention ;
of 1787, was ratified by the people of all the land
voting in each State for a ratifying convention,
chosen expressly for that purpose. It was promulgated
in the name of the people: " We, the people of the
United Slates, in order to form a more perfect Union,
and to secure the blessings of liberty for ourselves:
and our posterity, do ordain and establish thie Con
stitution.” It'was ratified by th'e people —not by the
States, acting through their governments, legislative
and executive, but by the, people, electing especial de
legates within each State; and it is important to re
member that in, none pf. these ratifying conventions
was any reserve made of a State’s right to repeal the
Union or to secede.
.Many criticisms were offered in the various rati
fying ordinances, many amendments suggested, but
the.aeceptanceof the Constitution, the submission to
the perpetual law, was in all cases, absolute. The
language of Virginia, was most explicit on this point.
“ The powers; granted . 'under,, the Constitution, being
derived from (he people of the United States may he
resumed bp them whenever the same shall he pervert
ed to their injury or oppression.” That the. people
of the United States; expressing their will solemnly
in national convention, (ire competent to undo the
.work of their ancestors, and are-tally justified in so
doing ivheri the Constitution shall be' perverted to
their injury and oppression, there is no man in the
land that doubts. This course has been already in
dicated as the only peaceful revolution possible, but
such a proceeding is very different from the seces
sion ordinance of a single State resuming its sove
reignty .of “own free ' Will,' and' without ‘consulta
tion with the rest of the inhabitants of the country.
“ There was no reservation.,,(says justice Story)
of any right on the part of- any State to dissolve its
connection, or-to abrogate its assent, or to suspend
the operations of the. Constitution as to itself.”
order OUT OF CHAOS.
-And tons, when-the ratifications had-been made,-
a .new commonwealth took; its place, among, the na
tions of the earth. The effects of the new Constitu
tion'were'almosf magical. Order sprang out ofeha
os. Law resumed its reign; debts were Collected;
life and property became secure; the national debt,
was, funded; and.ultimately paid, principal and inte
rest, to the uttermost farthing; the articles of the
treaty of peace in 1783 were fulfilled,* and Great Bri
tain, having an organized and united State to deal
with; entqrjed t^nUy 1
•with*us—the first' an’d'the best'’ever negotiated
tween tbe*two nations. Not ’ the least noble of its
articles (the 21st), provided- thitt -the acceptance 1 by
the citizens “’subjects hr 'country of fdreign
letters of marque, should , be punished, as,
piracy. Unfortunately.,,, that article- and several
others, were limited- to twelver years, and* were not
subsequently renewed. 1 * The debts due to British
subjects were colleatefll antt’lheFKiitisli; Government
at last surrendered the forts; onour. soil. „* -. . , *
THE STATE OF THE NATION.,
At last we were a nation, with a flag; respected
abtoafl and alhtost idolized, at; home as the^syn>i>pl of
npon.aj
career of prosperity and progress, never- surpassed in!
history. The autonoroyufeuch State, according to
which its domestic and interior* affairs are sobjeet tb
the domestic legislatureandexeeutivevwas secured
by the reservation to each State of pokers, not; e?.-;
pressly granted to the Union by the Constitution,:
Supreme within its own orbit, which.is tracedfrom.
the same centre of popular power whence the wider,
circumference of the generalgovefriment is described,
the individeal state is aurrounded on all sides by that
all embracing circle. The reserved and unnamed;
powers are. many, but, ,th,e. Step?, is. .cjosely., clreumj!
scribed. Thus, a, State is forbidden .to alter its form.
of government. ..“Thou sbaltforever remain a re
public,” says the United States ConstitutiOnto eaclh
individual State., A'Stele ieforbidden, abovealf to
puss'ariy law conflicting with the United-States Con
stitution or Laws. Moreover, overy member of Coo-
gress, every member of a State Legislature, every
executive or judicial officer in the service of the
Union or of a separate Suite, is bound by solemn oath
to maintain the United States Constitution. This
alone would seem to settle the question of secession
ordinances. So long SB the Constitution endures,
such an ordinance is merely the act of conspiring
and combining individuals; with whom the general
government may deal. When itfalls-in the struggle,
and becomes powerless to cope with them, the Con
stitution has been destroyed by violence. Peaceful
acquiescence in such comUnalions ts perjury and trea
son on the part of the CkUf ‘Magistrate of the country,
for which he may be impeached and executed. Yet
men speak of -Mr, Lincoln as having plunged ,info a
wicked war. : They censure him for .not negotiating
with envoys who came potato settle the grievances,
but to demand, recognition of the dismemberment
of the republic which ; ‘ip had jpst sworn tp mam
tain. . *
RELATIVE POWERS OF THB STATS AND FEDERAL GOVERN-
' KENTS.' "■■■.
It is true that the ord nary daily and petty affairs
of men eome more immidiately than larger ,matters
under the cognizance if the State Governments,
tending thus to foster lo sal patriotism smd lpcal .al
legiance. At the same i ime, as all controversies be
tween citizens of different States comp within the
sphere of the Federal Courts, and as the manifold
and conflicting, currents-of so rapid a national life as
the American can rarely be confined within narrow
geographical boundaries, it follows that the Federal
courts, even for domestic purpose? ap well as foreign,
are parts of the daily, visible functions of the body
politic. The Union is omnipresent. The customs
house, the court-house, the arsenal, the village post
office, the muskets of the militia, make the authority
of the General Government a constant foot. More
over, the restless, migratory character of the popu
lation, whioh rarely permits all the members of one
family to remain denizens* of any one State, has in
terlaced the States witfoeach other, and all.yrith the
Union, to such anextetrt-thflfc a painless excision of;
a portion of the whole nationis an impossibility. To
rent away the pound of flesh and draw no drop of
blood surpasses human ingenuity.
THE DOCTRINE OF SECESSION A NEW ONE.
Neither the opponents nor friends of the new
vernment, in the first generation after its, establish
ment held the doctrine of secession. _ The States
Rights party and the Federal, party disliked or che
rished the government because of the general con
viction that it was a constituted an,d centralized au
thority, permanent and indivisible, like" that of, any
other organized nation. Each party continued to fa
vor or to oppose a strict construction of the instru
ment; but the doctrine of nullification-end secession
was a plant of later growth. It was an accepted
fact that the United States was not a confederacy.
That word was never need in the Constitution except
once by way- of prohibition. We were a nation, not,a
copartnership, except, indeed, in the larger sense in
which every nation may be considered a .copartner
ship—a copartnership of the, present with the past
and with the future. To borrow- the lofty language
of Burke: • ■
“ A State ought not to be considered os nothing
better than a partnership agreement in a trade on
pepper and coffee, calico or tobacco, or ; some other
such low concern, to be'taken np for a little tempo
rary interest, and to be dissolved by the fancy of the
parties. It is to be looked npon with other reve
rence, because it is noti#partnersbip iatbings sub
servient only to. gross animal existence of a tem
porary perishable nature. It is a partnership i.n
all science; a partnership in all art, a partnership,
in every virtue and in all perfection, a-partnership,
not only between those who are living, but between
those who are dead, and those who are to be born.”
And the simple phrase of the preajnble to our Con
stitution is almost as pregnant—“ To _ sepure the
blessings of liberty to ns and our posterity."
HOW THE REBELLION GREW.
But as the innumerable woes of disunion out of
which we had been rescued by the,Constitution began
to fade into the past, the allegiance to .the Union, in
certain regions of the country, seemed rapidly to di
minish. It was reserved to the subtle genius of Mr.
Calhoun, one of the most logical, brilliant and per
suasive orators that, ever lived, to embody once mere,
in a set of sounding sophisms, the main arguments
which had- been unsuccessfully used in a former ge
neration to prevent the adoption of the Constitution,
and to;exhibit them now as legitimate deductions
from the Constitution, The memorable tariff .contro
versy was the occasion - -in which the argument of
State sovereignty was put forth in all its strength.'
In regard to the dispute .itself, there can be no doubt
that the South was in the right and the North in the
i wrong. The production-by ah exaggerated tariff of
a revenue so-much over rad above the wants of go
vernment, that it.was at last divided among the se
parate States, and foolishly squandered,-was the most
triumphant r s eduetki. ad: absprdum' that -the South
could have desired. Bat it is nonetheless true that
f the nullification by a State Legislature of a Federal
law was a greater injury to the whole nation than a
foolish tariff, long since -repealed, hud inflicted.. It
was a stab to the Union in its vital part. The blow
was partially parried, but it may be doubted whether
the wound has ever healed. ;
WHAT SUCCESSFUL SECESSION WOULD ACCOMPLISH.
Tariffs, the protective System, free trade—although
the merits of these questions must be considered ns
settled by sound thinkers in all civilizedg lands, must,
nevertheless, remain in some countries the subjects
of honest argument and legitimate controversy.
When all parts of a country- are'represented—and
especially in the case of the United States, where the
Southern portion has three-fifths of a certain kind of
“ property "represented, while the North has no pro
perty represented—reason should contend with error
for victory, trusting to its innate-strength. And un
til after the secession of the Gulf States, the mode
rate tariff of 1857 wnsih operation, with no possibi
lity of its. repeal. Moreover, the advocates of the
enlightened system‘off free trade should reflect
that Bhdtold the fourteen* Slave States become perma
nently united in av separate confederacythe state of
their ’internal affairs soon show a remarknble
revolution. The absence of the fugitive slave law
will necessarily drive all the slaves from what arc
called the-border States; and hemusfc be a shallow
politician who,dreams here in England that-free
trade swith ali the world, and direct taxation for re
venue, will lie the, policy of the new and expensive
military empire which..will-arise... Manufacturers of
cotton and woolen will spring up on every river and
mountain stream in the Northern: slave States, the
vast mineral wealth of their territories will require
development, and the cry for protection to native in
dustry in one quarter will be as surely heeded as
will be that other cry from the Gulf of Mexico,
now partially suppressed, for obvious reasons, for the
African slave trade,. To establish a great Gulf em
pire,.including Mexico, Central America, Cuba, and
other islands, with unlimited cotton fields and unli
mited negroes, this is the golden; vision, ip pursuit
of which, the great Republic has been sacrificed, the
beneficent Constitution' subverted. And. already the,
vision has fled, but the work of destruction remains.
THE TARIFF QUESTION.
The mischief caused by a tariff, however selfish Or
however absurd, may be temporary; In the last
nineteen years there have been four separate tariffs
passed by the American Congress, and nothing is
more probable tban tfeat* thb 'Buicidal Morrill tariff
will receive eBßentialaondittcatipnBj.ev.enJStt: tfie?spe
cial session in-July S«*ui the woes caused by seces
sion and civil war tire infinite; and whatever be the
result of the contest"this generation is, not likely to
forget;the injuries already inflicted; ;
A GENERAL REVIEW OE THE SITUATIONS,
The great secession, therefore of 1860-61 is a rebel
lion, like any other insurrection against established
authority, and has ; been followed by } civil;W;ar as its.
immediate and inevitable consequence; If successful,
it is revolution, and.whe l her. successful, or not it will
be judged before the tribunal of mankind and pos
terity, according-to the eternal’laws of Reason and
justice. .j ,r■ :; ;v
-; Time and history will decide whether it was a good
and sagacious deed to destroy a fabric of so long
duration, because of . the election of Mr. Lincoln:
whether it were wise, and, noble to substitute over a
large portion of: the tAmerican soda confederacy, of
which slavery, in the words of- its Vice-President, is.
the corner-stone, fpr .the old republic 'of which, Wash
ington with his oum Jwwde laid: the corner-stone.
It is, conceded by the North that it bas received
from the Union innnmerable blessings. But it would
seem that the Union had also conferred benefits in
the South. It has harried its mails at. a large ex
pense.’ It has reoaptured its fiigitive&lhves.. It has
purchased vast trpets of foreign territory,, out of
which a whole tier qf'slave states has been construct
ed.. It has annexed-Texas.; -It has made war with
Mexico,; It has tnqde nn offer—uot likely to. be; re
peated, however—purchase :Cubn, with its multi
tude .of slaves,, at'4.’price, according .to report; as
large as.the sum piid by Bpglandjfor tbe emancipa
tion of her slaves, i: Individuals in the Free States:
have expressed tbeihselves freely on slavery, as upon
every topic of buminitbought. and this must ever be
the case where there is freedom of tbeipress androf
Speech: The numb'er-of professed- Abolitionists has
hitherto been: very small, while the: great body of
the two principal political parties in the Free States
have been strongly opposed to them. The Republi
can partywasdetermined to set bounds. to the ex
tension.of slavery, while the Democratic-party fa,
vored -that; system,«bnts«e!tbris-bad; or
avowed, against slavery .within the States. They,
khew,that the question could only belegally and ration,
ally, dealt .with byithe. States themselves. .But both
the; parties,-as, present events are -sp signally demon-,
strating, were imbued with a passionate: attachment
to the Constitution—to the established authority of
- government,..by .which alone our laws and our li
. berty are secured. , All parties in the Free States
are now united as one man, inspired by a noble and
generous .emotion to vindicate the Bullied honor of
their flag, and to save their country from the abyss
of perdition into which it seemed descending.
Of the ultimate result we have no intention .of
speaking.. Only the presumptuous will venture to
lift the veil and affect to read with accuracy coming
events —-the most momentous, perhaps, of our times.
One result is, however, secured. The Montgomery
Constitution, with'slavery for its corner-stone,isnot
likely to be accepted, as but lately seemed possible,
not only by all the Slaye States, but even bythe bor
der Free States; nor to -be .proclaimed from -Wash
ington as the new national law, iu the name of the
United States. : Cotnprpmise will no longer, be of
fered by peace conventions in which slavery is to be
made national, negroes declared property over all tb.e
land, arid slavery extended over all Territories how
possessed, or hereafter to be acquired. Nor is the
United States Government yet driven .from Wash
ington,
' Events are rapidly unrolling themselves, and it
will be proved in course of time whether the North
will remain united in its inflexible purpose, whether
the South is as firmly united, or whether a counter
revolution will be effected in either section, which
must necessarily give the victory to its opponents.
We know nothing of the schemes or plans of either
Government.
The original design of the Republican party was
to put an end to the perpetual policy of slavery ex
tension and acquisition of foreign territory for that
purpose, and at the same time to maintain the Con
stitution and the integrity of the Republic. This_ at
the South seemed an outrage which justified civil
war; for events have amply proved what' sagacious
statesmen prophesied thirty years ago—■that seeession
is civil war.
If alias to end in negotiation.and separation, not
withstanding, the almost,' interminable .disputes con-'
cerning- frontiers, the strongholds-in the Gulf and
the unshackled navigation of the great rivers through
ont; their: whole length—which |g probable—will
never bp abandoned by the North, except as the re
sult of defeat on the field, it is .at any rate certain
that both -parties will negotiate more equilahlywith
arms in their hands than if the unarmed of either
section were to deal with the armed. If it oomes to
permanent separation, tpo.Jt is certain that, in the
Commonwealth which will still glory in the name.of
the United States, and whose people will, doubtless,
re-establish the old Constitution with some important
amendments, the ward secession will be a sound: oj
woe not to be lightly uttered. It wiil have been proved
to designate, not a peaceful and natural function of
political life, but to be only Another expression for
revolution, bloodshed, and all the horrors of civil
war.. '
It is probable that a long of years will be
run and many inconveniences and grievances endured,
before any one of the Free Stateß: secedes from the
reconstructed Union. J. L. M.
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It is in the form of a Powder, carefully put in. Bottles,
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TRUE TURKEY RHUBARB,' ‘
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it being combined in a manner to make
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by Eight Competent Teachers, resitting in his family,
many of whom have been, for,years, connected with,
the Institution. The French, Spanish,, and German lan
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five months each, commencing respectively on the,first
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Catalogues, containing- Terms, &c., may be, obtained
at the office of the American Presbyterian , or on applica
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required.
MAY NEXT.
WATCH THE HEALTH OF YOTTR CHIL
BEEN.
Worms are a prolific source of sickness in children.
They are seldom'free from them, and by their irritation
all other diseases are aggravated. Convulsions, asweil
as St. Vitus’ Dance, have been superinduced by them,
and death has resulted in extreme cases. 1 Whenever the
symptoms are observed, such as disturbed sleep, grinding
of the tee>h, itching of the nose, weakness of the bowels,
slow fever, variable appetite and fetid breath,
JAYNE’S TONIC VERMIFUGE
should; be resorted to without delay. It is entirely;
harmless, is readily taken by children, effectually de
stroys, worms, and by its tonic action invigorates the
whole system, it is prepared only by Hit. 11. Jayne &
Son, 343 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
COUGHS, COLDS, PONSUMPTIOH,
Asthma, Bronchitis, &e.
JAYNE’S EXPECTORANT
been for thirty years the Standard Remedy.
will be admitted that no better evidence of the great
.orative powers ol this EXPECTORANT can be offered
than the grateful, testimony of those who have been re
stored to health by its use, and the wide-spreadypopu
larity which, for so long a period, it has maintained in
: the face of all competition, and which has created a con
stantly increased demand for it in all partsof the world.
As far as possible, this evidence is laid before the public
from time to time, until the most skeptical will ac
knowledge that for all pulmonary complaints, it is
truly an invaluable remedy.
RECENT COUGHS AND COLDS, PLEURITIC
PAINS, &c., are quickly and effectually cured by its dia
phoretic, soothing am! expectorant power.
ASTHMA it.always cures. It overcomes the spasmo
dic contraction of the air vessels,and by producing free
expectoration, at once removesall difficulty of breathing.
’ ‘BRONCHITIS readily yields to the Expectorant. It
subdues the inflammation which extends through tlie
wind tubes, produces free expectoration, and suppresses
at once the cough and pain.
CONSUMPTION.—For this insidious and fatal disease,
no remedy on earth has ever been found so effectual.
It subdues the inflammation, —relieves the cough and
pain,—removes the difficulty of breathing and produces
an easy expectoration, whereby all irritating and ob
structing matters are removed from the lungs.
WHOOPING COUGH is promptly relieved by this Ex
pectorant.' It shortens the duration of the disease one
half, and greatly mitigates the suffering of the patient.
In all PULMONARY COMPLAINTS, in CROUP,
PLEURISY, &e., it will be found to be prompt, safe,
pleasant and reliable, and may be especially commended
to Ministers, Teachers ami Singers, for the relief of
Hoarseness, and for strengthening the organs of the
voice.
Head the Following Statement:
REV. RUFUS BABCOCK, D. D., Secretary of the
American and Foreign Bible Society, writes: —
“ Having given Dr. D. Jayne’s medicines a trial in my
own.femily,'and some of them personally, Ido not hesi
tate to commend them as a valuable addition to our
materia medico. The EXPECTORANT especially I con
sider of inestimable value, and I know that it is highly
esteemed, and frequently prescribed by some of the not
respectable of the regular practitioners of medicine.”
Rev. B. V. R. James, Missionary in Liberia of the Pres,
Board of Foreign Missions, writes:—
“Your EXPECTORANT has been administered with
the most happy results, and I feet assured I never used
an article of medicine that produced a more sure and
certain relief for the complaints for which it is recom
mended.”
Rev. John Dowling, D. D., Pastor of the Berean Bap
tist Church, N. Y., writes:—
“t have long known the virtues of your EXPECTO
RANT, and frequently tested them on myself and family,
when afflicted with coughs or colds, I believe it to be
one of the best remedies ever discovered for these mala
dies.”
Rev. N. M. Jones, Rector of Church of St. Bartholo
mew, (Prot. Epis.,) Fhilada-, writes: —
“In all cases resembling Consumption, I recommend
your .EXPECTORANT, having in so many cases wit
nessed its beneficial effects.”
Rev. J. J. Walsh, Missionary of the Presbyterian
Board at Futtegurh, Northern India, writes:—
« Your EXPECTORANT was the means, under Provi
dence, of curing a case of incipient consumption, which
had been pronounced incurable by competent medical
men.”
Rev. Jonathan Going, D. D., while President of
Granville College, Ohio, wrote:—
,«■ While laboring under a severe Cold, Cough, and
Hoarseness, my difficulty of breathing became so great
that X felt in imminent danger of suffocation, but was
perfectly cured on using Dr. D. Jayne’s EXPECTO
RANT.”
Mrs* Mart Ball, of the Protestant Episcopal Mission,
Cape Palmas, West Africa, says
“ In onr mission femilies your medicines are a general
specific, and among the sick poor they enabled me to do
much good. Your EXPECTORANT has proved of
great’value in the case of Rev. Jacob Rambo, and in
that also of Rev. Mr. Green, two of our missionaries.”
E v, c. L.'Fisheb, formerly pastor of the Dell Prai
rie Wis. Baptist Church, writes:—
“ A little daughter of mine, aged seven years, had
been afflicted for some time with Asthma and Palpita
tion of the heart, and having tried various remedies
without relief. I was persuaded to get your EXPEC
TORANT and SANATIVE PILLS, and after using them
she was rcstoiod to a good degree of health.’’
REV. SAMUEL S. DAV, Missionary of the Baptist
Board, at Nellore, India, W ites
"it ßy the use of your Expectorant my Cough and
Sore Throat are now well. I find, occasionally, an uh-
Sleasant sensation in my throat, as if mucus had lodged
lere, but your Expectorant usually relieves it by two
or three applications.”
REV- J. R. COFFMAN, of Winfield, Tuscarawas co.,
Ohio, writes
“One bottle of Jayne’s Expectorant, cured my
daughter of Long Fever, after having been beyomi the
hope of recovery. .’During the attaclr she had a-number,
of convulsions. She is now. perfectly well.”
This Expectorant, and allot Jayne's Fawilt Medi
cines, are prepared only by Dr. D. JAYNE & SON, 242
Chestnut street, and may be'had of agents throughout
the country. , ! : i *"
DISEASES OF THE SEEN.
THOUGH THE remote or primary causes of’SKIN
DISEASE may be various, as IMPURITY OF THE
BLOOD, LIVER COMPLAINT, SCROFULA, &c., Ac.,
yet the immediate cause is always the same, and that is
an. obstruction in the pores of the 3 skin, by Which the
perspiration, in its passage from, the body,;is arrested and.
confined in and under tbe skin; causing an intolerable
itching, or an eruption of Pimples, Pustules, Ringworm,
Vetter, Salt Rheum, &e., Ac. For all these affections,
JAY NB’S ALTERATIVE
hgsbeen: found an invaluable remedy, as it removes both
the primary'as well as the immediate causes—purifying
the'Blood, curing the Liver Complaint, and effectually
eradicating Scrofula from the system, while, at,the same
time, it frees the pore,, -if their obstructing matters, and
heals the diseased surface.
Prepared only by DR. D. JAYNE & SON, 242 Chest
nut St., and for sale by agents throughout l the country.
WHAT CAN AIL THE 1 CHILD?—Is its sleep dis
turbed?' Do you observe a morbid restlessness—a vari
able appetite, a fetid breath, grinding of the teeth, ami,
itching of the nose? Then lie sure your child is troubled
with] Worms. . If their presence is even suspected, pro-'
cure at once JAYNE’S TONIC VERMIFUGE. It ef
fectually destroys Worms, is perfectly safe, antlao plea-,
sant that chiiiheQ will not refuse to take it. It acts also
as a general Tonic, and no better remedy can be taken
for all derangements of the Stomach and Digestive Or
gans; Prepared only by DR. JAYNE &. SON, at No.
242, Chestnut Street:
Dysentery, Diarrhoea, Cholera. ’Shiniaer Com
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"A'EE* raOMPTLT CURED BY
JAYWE’S CARMINATIVE BALSAM.
The‘remedial, properties of this article have now been
tested by the' public for over thirty years, with a result
which enables the Proprietors to offer the most convin
cing proofs (certificates of cures effected) of its ability
to remove ali. diseases for which.itris recommended. It
is quick, safe,‘and certain in its action, affording im
mediate relief when promptly administered. Age does
not impair its virtues, neither is it subject to the yary
ihg'influenees of climate; being equally effective in all
latitudes, it is- in all respects what it .claims to be-—a
« Standard Household Remedy,” Which every family
should be supplied with.
DIARRHCEA AND DYSENTERY.
It never fails to subdue the most violent attacks of
these complaints, nb matter from what cause; ibeyfori
ginatc. As changes of climate,water, &c., often pro
duce these serious diseases, Travellers aod.others should
always keep a supply of the Carminative by. them, ‘
ASIATIC CHOLERA.
.The prompt use of the Carminative, Balsam will air
ways remove the Diarrhoea anil Cramps which accom
pany the attacks of Cholera,'thus often conquering the
disease in its incipiency. It has frequently been atlrai
nistered in neighborhoods where the CHotera has been
raging epidemically, and has never tailed to give -im
mediate and permanent relief. 5 j ..
CHOLERA INFANTUM OR SUMMER COMPLAIN,
.Is speedily and .effectually cured by the Carminative'
It removes sore,ness Of the Abdomen,’allays the irrita
tion and calms the action of (he Stomach, and may al
ways he relied on to remove the sufferings of (Kb little
ones, when used according to directions.
JIQfBPS, CHOLIU, CiREPING, 3 PAINS,
WATERBRASHi PAIN OR SICK
-Br.°TKT^,HE STOMACH; WANT OF APPETITE,
W ?. NI m o™. HE bowels, CRAMPS, SEA SIKCNESS,
®“ d BOWEL AFFECTIONS AND NERVOUS DIS-
IsaSKS, are removed by Juyne’s. Carminative Balsam,
with more Certainty and easetiian feyahy other prepa
r*-“On yet,olfered Jiie public. *
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country. "
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the seem Itv of depositors'in this old established Institution.
ALK&iHDBR WHILLDIN, President.
* S ABIOJSL WOKE, Vice-President.
Jonic C. Sms, Secretary.
Jonjf S. Wilson, Treasurer.
BOAJtD OFTHTJXTEE*.
Alexander Whilldln, V J.Edgar Thomson,
Samuel Work, Jonas Bowman,
John C. Farr, William J. Howard,
■John Aikman, B. H.Townsend, M. D,
Samuel T. Bodine, ~ George ftugent,
T. JEsmonde Harper, Albert €. Roberts.
ILH.Bldrldge, B» H. Townsend, M. D,
MEDICAL. SXAStmERS. ’
J. F. Bird, M. D, J. Newton Walker, M. D.
Jtm attendance at the Company's Office daily at oneo’clock, P, H,
• sa—ij,
THE FIBE IN CHESTNUT STEEET.
. Letter from Thao. A- Peters ft Co.
Phiiatleiphia, January 19,1880.
Messrs. Farr el, Herring & Co.,
629 Chestnut Street.
Gentlemen: —\Ve have recovered the Herring's
Patent Champion Safe, of your make- which we bought
from-you nearly five- years ago,- from the ruins- of our
building, No. 716 Chestnut street, which was entirely
destroyed by fire on the morning.of the 17th inst.
So rapid was the progress of the flames, before we
could reach.the store, the whole interior was one mass
of fire. . The Safe being in the back part of the store,
anil surrounded bv the most combustible materials, was
exposed to great heat: It fell with the walls of that
part of the buiiiting'into the'.cellar, and remained im
bedded in the ruins for more than thirty hours.
The Safe was opened this morning in the presence of
a number of gentlemen, and the contents, comprising
our books, bills, receivable money, and a large amount
of valuable papers, are all safe; not a thing was touched
by fire.
Respectfully, yours,
THEO. H. PETERS & CO.
The above Safe can be seen at our store, where ths
public are invited tocall.and examine it.
FARREL, HERRING & CO.
ao. 629 Chestnut St.
(Jayne’s Hall.)
Have You Provided for your Family
an Insurance on your Life?
BUTT MADE EAST.
ISsu Um ce 00^^-
OFFICES:
HO. 16 COURT STREET, Brooklyn,
HO. 16 WALE STREET, Hew York.
MUTUAL,
WITH A CASH CAPITAL OP $125,000,
Invested in Stocks of the State of Hew York
and First-Class Bonds and
Mortgages.
DIRECTORS:
A. A- Row,. Thomas Carlton,
W. ET. Cary, 'John T. Martin,
I; H Frothingham, John Halsey,
J. S. T. Stranahan, John Sneklen,
Thomas Messenger, J. Milton Smith,
Samuel Smith, ; . Harold Dollner,
Henry, E; Pierrepont, A--8.. Capwell,
Abr. B. Baylis, Nehemiah Knight,
’ Peter C-Cornell, Edward A. Lambert,
John ,D. Cocks, Janies How,
H. B. Oiafijn, 4 L. B. Wyman,
S. B. Chittenden, George.A. Jarvis,
Theo. Polhemos, Jr., Samuel" Perry,
J. B. South worth, St. E; Howard,
Czar Dunning, George T. Hope,
John G. Bergen, Charles A. Townsend,
Lewis Roberts, kCqrqelins. J.;Sprague,
Walter S. Griffith, losenh W- Green.
M. K. Odell, :
WALTER S. GRIFFI-TH, PnpsiDEirr.
I. H. FRDTHINGHAM, Treasbbeb.
GEORGE C-, RlPBEY^Seckexaby.;
A; B. CAP WJSLL,, Cochsez-; •
Medical counsel i c L MITCHEiLL; M. D., Brooklyn.
Medical counsel, J STEWART, M. D. New York.
Dividends of-profits' declared annually and applied im
mediately to reduce theamount ofannual premium.
Premiums payable one-half in cash and one-half m a
note at 12 months, which is not in any ease subject to
as-essment, but is a.permanent loan on the policy to be
paid only by the application of profits, or deducted from
the amount due when the-policy becomes payable. Tile
cash part o/ the premium may he paid annually, semi
annually, or quarterly, in five, ten, or any number oi
years, or in one sum.
33” Policies, the premium on which, is payable in
five annual payments; may be surrendered at the expi
ration of two,years, and tbe Company will issue for it a
paid up policy for Life for two fifths of the original sum-
If at three years for three fi r ths, etc. And on tha same
principle where the, premium is pavable in ten or any
other number of years. ' '
Policies issued for life or for- any term of years, sad
on the participating, or mon-partipipatmg scale, at rates
as low as any sound mutual or stock company.
Premiums on short term and non-participating poli
cies are payable in, cash.: .
Endowment Policies issued, tbe sum payable to tbs
representatives Of tbe party at ileath, : or to him or heron
attaining -!:), 50, 55, 60, 65, or 70 years of age. Also all
forms of‘Children’s endowments and annuity-policies on
the most favorable terms. - i t:.
S 3? This Company has adopted a principle intended
to prevent the lapse of any pol-ey, and to secure to tbe as
sured: in every case-all the assurance WtaOh their payments
will provide , for. .Our members need not apprehend,
therefore, that their inability to pay the premium at any
future time will involve the iosyofrv bat-'they havepaiil.
Our prospectus and other publications will be seol
gratuitously to all who require it; -■'' ‘"
Good Agents wanted, and. wilLbe treated with on the
most liberal terms. 768 e-o w.-lyr-
MOFFOS MFEt&ms fIiB*.FHOENIX
BITTERS.
The*© MedicJaos have now bean before the public fora perint? 0»
THIRTY YEARS, and daring tbpt'Mnii njaiDtained a high rbarac*
ter, in almost every £a>t or thVglotfc/ for tfieir extraord i nary *v&
Immediate powei of restogng purfecUbpikh to personssuffering
adder nesriy everykmd of QifeasS far which the humtm frame if
liable.- ■ ?■; ’0. .7 •
The most liorrlbUrCMw of^CROFULA 3 Sn which tbe FACE,
and limbs of tbe victim bate been preyed dsrin bribe iosaiMW*
disease, are proved, by the undeniable authoritythe imflerers
tO ; b»fe-been by these,purely Vepe*
to Ab JOT* morelhan ■ateU**'
Obsanatecasr« of-FihKS; of many yeafe F standing', have rspidty
and pernaanentiy yielded to the satnehaestts, and other of like kind
KF *JV}y *.%®Yery .part of the. country.
■Habitual, as welt ns ’OcSanonal ftuheettess. Dyspepsia, B3imu
£tt?«r JAstitmoi Drnpsy, Ebeuxaaiisia, si*tr and Ague*
Wnrmj, Settled Limbsy - ;
. f”lßethm* with"# of othor maladies, are shown, o®
the same Indisputatile eridenw,'to he ereiy where and invariablv
mildly operating,; yet sure and speedy rfr
or health and strength, wilhont &e nsoal aid oi puffery
attificM recOmmendationsF- ' 1
»VegetaHeliifePills and Phccnir Bitters" bare thus
acquired a solid uud enduring rvpuiation, which bids defiant
rontradiction, and which-Ib co extenßive with the American pop«*
:•• -i -; v. 7 '• . ■
aßd.Pßtßinx Brmms are mild ar.d agreea^ l ®
ro thmr operation, and effectually cleanse the astern of all
tfeit withont occasioning any prostration of‘strength, or requir lD B
any confinement or ebange of diet.
Prepared and Boldb7.DK. WILLIAM B. MOFFAT,
335 JtttOADWar, Nnr To« t
Oct. 18—1 jr.
Tor Sale Druggist
HOTiy H. KEASS. ' GEORGE W. M£A*»
Bl «. a. mears & son,
■ MERCHANTS
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FLOUR, GRAIN, SEEDS, AND PRODUCK.
Nos. 330 BL - ‘Wharves & 329 S. Water St.
s f - PHILADELPHIA
EJ" Cash advances made on consignments. oclß
• jI WIN• ■ CLIN T ON,
B B U S’ ft * EM PORIUJI-
: ijr.- t »:K. foi.tr 908 Chestnut Strut.
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