81® Jsmifg iiriif. ROOK ME TO SLEEP. Backward, turn backward, O Time, in your flight, Make me a child again just for to-night! Mother, come back from the eeholess shore, Take me again to your heart as of yore; Kiss from my forehead the furrows of care, Smooth the few silver threads out of my hair, Over riiy slumbers your loving watch keep; Eock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep! Backward, flow backward, 0 tide of years! I am so weary of toils and of tears — Toil without recompense, tears all in vain— Take them and give me my childhood again! I have grown weary of dust and decay, Weary of flinging my soui-wealth away, Weary of sowing for.others to reap! Eock me to sleep, mother, rook me to sleep I Tired of the hollow, the base, the untrue, Mother, 0 mother, my heart calls for you! Many ;a summer the grass has grown green, Blossomed and Med, our feces between, Yet with strong yearning and passionate pain, Long I to-night for your presence again; Come from the silence go long and so deep; Eock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep! Over my heart, in days that are flown, No love like mother-love ever was shown; No other Worship abides and endures, Faithful, unselfish, and patient, like yours; None like a mother can charm away pain From the sick soul arid the World-weary brain; Slumber’s soft calm o'er my heavy lids creep; Eock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep! Come, let your.brown hair, just lighted with gold, Fall on your shoulders again, as of old; Let it fall over my forehead to-night, Shading my faint eyes away from the light. ! For with its sumty-edged shadows once more, Haply will throng the sweet visions of yore: Lovingly, softly, its bright billows sweep! Bock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep! Mother, dear mother! the years have been long Since I last hashed to your lullaby song; Since then, and unto my soul it Shall seem, Womenhood’s years have been but a dream. Clasped to your arms in a loving embrace, With yonr fight lashes just sweeping my face, Never hereafter to wake or to weep, Eock me to sleep, mother, rook me to sleep! [FROM THE BANNER OF THE COVENANT.] WILLIE, THE RUNAWAY. Ob'33 moonlight night, when all the house was still, Willie Nichols rose softly from his bed. He dressed’ himself quietly, .that he might not disturb his sister, or his little bro ther Bennie, who slept with him. Through the window of the attic room the moonbeams shone softly, and they threw their beautiful light on Fannie’s pale face, and on Bennie’s curling hair. They showed Willie the seams and cracks in the old wall, the trunk whieh his father had carried with Mm on his voy iiges, years ago; and the little Bible lying on the stand. Precious little Bible! His Sabbath school teacher had given it to Mm ns a token of love, long before Willie had even thought of ever being a runaway. Out of the window the same moonlight was fall ing softly on the old mulberry tree in the little garden, and making fantastic shadows of its leaves and branches, upon the ground. It fell, too, upon the Squire’s white house, standing so proudly among .the old stately trees, and upon the long, winding road that led to Farmer Benson’s. Willie stood trembling and irresolute, as lie gazed upon the still world outside. For a moment Ms good angel wMspered, “Stay, Willie! Do not leave your widowed mo ther and her little ones, and your dear home.” But a wMsper on the other side was louder still, and saying, “I can never go to Farmer Benson’s,” the boy dressed him self, tied up Ms few things, and his Bible among them. Then, with a last fond look at brother and sister, he stole out of the room and down the stairs. At his mother’s door he paused, and put his hand upon the latch, hut he did not venture to go in. His mother might awake, and Willie did not dare to meet her tender gaze, and ask a blessing upon Ms purpose. Willie’s mother was poor. Her husband’s sMp had been wrecked on a distant coast, •and he had, gone down with it. A hard struggle had Mrs. Nichols to procure food and fire for her little ones, though many of her neighbors were kind, and would have helped her if they could. But they were poor themselves, and could give but kind wishes and a day’s work now and then to the widow. Meanwhile by various means, sew ing, washing, nursing the sick, and in fact everything that a woman’s ready hands could do, she had made both ends meet, until her three eldest children were old enough to help her. Robert and Mattie were learning trades, and Willie was to be bound out to a farmer. The little fellow had objected to this; hut his mother deemed it best for him, and the arrangements had been completed to her own satisfaction and that of Mr- Benson, Willie Mchols could find no fault with the farmer, who was a pleasant, genial man, with a kind ’"ford for every one, but he longed to go to f; ea. The sea, with its wild blue waves, foam-crested, with its wideness and vastness, was the subject of his thoughts day and night. “Oh! how free,” thought Willie, “must a sailor’s life be.” But his mother had a horror of the ocean over since the letter came that told her of the wreck of the Plying Pish. Hen boys had often heard her remark, that “No son of her's should be a sailor.” Willie had sometimes spoken of his wish, but his mother had said that if he loved her, he would not mention the sea in her hearing. And so it was that Willie became a run away. Down the stairs, through the little garden, out on the highway. The world, be fore him! . Cold, desojate, bitter world, that has tempted and disappointed so many! Home, behind him, sweet hoipe, with its hal lowed memories! Home, with its morning and evening altar of prayer, its, ehafmea circle of loving ones, its recollections mf a mother’s kiss. Poor little’ wanderer! Ah! my boy, pause, before you, like him, step,,out . from the sweet refuge of your early home, into the storms and tempests of life.' Wjllie’s home was near a seaport, town. Before noon of the next day he Wad on' the deck of a ship bound for the South Pacific. When , again the moon shone on the water, liis native land,was fading away in the! dis tance. ' ‘ Willie did. not findti» : sailor’s life sp free as lie expected. There Were hard words and hard blows to bear. There was coarser fare than he had been used to. There was climb ing up the rigging when the waves -were lashed by storms, and the ship rolled at their will. Many an hour of pain and home-sick ness, came to Willie, and sometimes his little hammock was Wet with tears. Still, it was not so hard for him as for many others. His prompt obedience and cheerful industry; his fearlessness and agility, made him a fa vorite on board, and there was not a man on the vessel who would not have risked life and limb to save the little fellow, had he been in danger. ; - Eighteen months went by. They hac touched here and there at different ports, and now and then they had spoken a vessel bound homeward, or perhaps bound still farther away than they were themselves. One day the second mate, who was stand ing on deck, said, suddenly, to the boy, ‘ “Willfe, where did you come from?” “From Lime, sir, near N- “ Did you run away ? ” A tear gathered in Willie’s eye, and Ms head drooped. No need of an answer. “Have you a father and mother?” “A mother at home, but my father is dead.” “Does your mother know where you are, my boy? ” ■ “No,” said Willie. “I wouldn’t let her know for the world. It would break her heart.” “Far worse for her to be in suspense. Twenty thousand miles from home and your mother not know of it! No, Will! the first vessel we speak must carry a letter to your mother, Remember, my boy! ” Willie promised, and began, in Ms leisure moments, a letter. A few days afterwards they were chasing a whale. This is very dangerous sport, for the huge creature, when wounded, strikes dreadful blows with his tail, and often eap sizes boats, or breaks them to .pieces. The j boat wMch held Willie and four or five qf the sailors had the bottom knocked out of it by a blow of the monster’s tail. Pale, and dreadfully bruised, the boy was lifted up the ship’s side, and laid in Ms hammock. That night the mate watched by Mm till twelve o’clock. He had fallen into a gentle sleep, saying he would be all right in the morning. Bidding two of the men to watch if he wanted anything, the Mnd mate, who had always been Ms friend, left Mm, that he might himself seek repose. Morning came. In its first grey light the mate returned to Willie’s bed. The watch ers, overcome by weariness, had fallen asleep. “Willie, how do you feel? ” But Willie did not answer. “He must be asleep,” said his friend, sur prised that no reply was given. He laid Ms hand on the boy’s forehead. It was cold as marble. He lifted the little hand. It fell pulseless and cold from his grasp. Willie was dead. Alone, all alone, in the drear dead of night, without a mother’s soft caress, or a sister’s loving whisper, the little runaway boy bad been called to die. Alone, in the swinging sMp, on the wide, wide sea. And, next day, as the sailors strode around in a solemn, si lent circle, they brought the little white form on deck. It was sewed up in the hammock, with only the face left uncovered, that ail might see, for the last time, the beautiful features and the brown, wavy hair. The captain read the burial service, and then the canvass was sewed up, the weights put in at the feet that it might sink more quickly to its ocean-grave, and the body of Willie Ni chols was let down into the waves. And, as the ship went faster and faster on its way, the little sailor boy’s form sank deeper and deeper to the bottom of the sea, there to rest until the resurrection.. The unfinished letter, and a curl of the brown hair, were placed in Willie’s Bible, and sent home to his mother. But she had gone before, and we can but hope that little Willie had been led to repent and believe in Jesus, and so had met his dear mother in the heavenly home. I heard the story of little Willie Nichols from the gentleman who, years before, had sent the account of his death to the old home in Lime. M. E. M. OUR PARENTS. Not long since as I took my seat in the cars for a day’s ride, I observed, seated op posite me, an elderly lady and middle-aged gentleman, who, I inferred from some casual remark, had been traveling a day or two. It was a very early bour in the morning, and the lady apparently was sleeping. We rode in silence for some time, when the ady awoke, and I heard the gentleman ad dress her as mother. His dignified, unob trusive manner, and the tender, deferential tone of his voice, at once drew my attention to them, and having no company, my eyes and my thoughts were my own. All the tender care which a mother could lestow on an infant child, were given by that son to his mother. The slightest movement on her part to adjnst her furs, or cloak, or over-shoes, or any change of position, called forth his ready hand in assistance, and the inquiries, “Are you comfortable, mother? Do you feel tired? Lay your head on 1 my shoulder, and rest yourself.” At noon the cars stopped for the passen gers to obtain refreshments. It was . snowing too fast for the mother to go out of the cars, and the son brought her a cup of coffee. “Is it just right, mother?” he inquired as she tasted it. “Alittle more cream would make it bet ter ; it is, however, very good as it is,” was her reply. “ Let me get you some more.” . “ No, my son, it will make you too much trouble; it is very good as it is.” He went out and soon returned with the cream, and poured a little into the coffee, and then a little more, until it was “just right,” He then sat down by her side, and I heard him say in the same low tone of voice that at first attracted my attention, “lam glad,mo ther, that I can do anything to make you comfortable, it is such a pleasure to me.” “ I thank you, my son,” she replied in the same spirit and tone of voice as that of her son. Beautiful, thought.!, as I quietly watched them, and saw manifested their, mutual lore and confidence. .My mind went back to the the time when this son, now in manhood’s strength, was a little helpless infant,, and I pictured that mother watching over him, caring for him with a solicitude such as mo thers only can feel. And through all the years of childhood and youth, up to manhood, the watchful eye was ever over him, the guid ing hand ever ready to lead, and a mother’s dove ever ready to restrain him from doing wrong. Now it is his turn, when life’s meri dian with her is past, and the infirmities of age are creeping on, to i;epay, in some de cree, for all the labor bestowed on him, and faithfully and affectionately did he seem ful filling his duty. „ ; ' How many grbwn up sons there are who seem to feel it beneath them to show any ten derness for their mothers. It is feminine, they say. They will perform acts of kind ness, but in a business kind of way, or be cause it is their duly, little dreaming that they are crushing the maternal spirit by such cold, heartless acts. . > Acts of kindness, done in the spirit mani fested in the incident above mentioned, have an untold influence. The pathway down to me grave would he cheered, made even joy and‘old age would be exempt from much ■ §sRW!;_that is oftqn experienced. Ine reflex influence is also great. A young man who is habitually tender of his mother” and deferential to her, will make a good citi zen, a true friend, and will be faithful m all the walks of life. —The Witness. WHAT A TESTAMENT DID. It used to make me shudder to hear Willie H pass the house, he was so profane. Many times I have called my little ones from theft play, when I have seen Willie passing the house, as he drove a neighbor s cows to and from the pasture. Such vulgar and pro fane language I had never heard from the lips of a child. One day a lady called Mm tO X you go to school, Willie?” A gruff “No,” was the only reply. “Gan you read?” „ :“No, not much: and I don t want to. The lady pitied the boy. He had no en couragement or. instruction at home. His parents were very poor, and what is for worse, vicious, and the people with whom he lived saw little to encourage them to instruct him. After a few kind inquiries, “Will you call a minute, as you go back, Willie?” , He assented, with a look of wonder, and she procured a nice New. Testament, and wrote Ms name in it. In due time he called, seemed pleased at the interest the lady felt in Mm, and promised her . that he would try to pick out at least one verse a day in his New Testament, and that he would go to meeting the next Sabbath. Now a year has passed. Among those who steadily worship at yonder sanctuary, there is not a more punctual or attentive worsMpper than Willie H . I love to watch him as he sits, with Ms eyes riveted upon the minister, seeming to drink every word he utters. The same little Testament is seen in the Sabbath school as often as the week comes round, with ■ his lesson well learned, and his -haft neatly brushed back from a fine open brow, and his clean “go-to meeting suit.” You would not recognize him as the ragged, rough, vulgar boy of a year ago. He still passes my house with his daily errand, but the children are no longer called away at his approach. He is as mo dest and respectful as he was formerly rude and profane. HE TAKES NO RELIGIOUS PAPER. Who takes no religious paper? A mem ber of the church, and quite a leading man in the congregation to which he belongs!. Is he a poor man? No; he carries on a large business, and makes money foster than most of Ms brethren. If he were poor, there would be some excuse for him. Is he an intelligent man ? Well—yes; he takes one or two, or perhaps more political papers, and is well posted'up in political matters. You might as well think to turn the sun out of its course as to convince him that anything is wrong wMch Ms party ad vocates. And he wants everything done in the church according to Ms way, and he is perfectly sure that Ms way is the way things were done in the purest and best times of the Reformation. But he knows notMng about the missions of the church. .He does not know where she has missions established among the heathen. He could not tell yon whether they have done any good. He could not tell you whe ther a descendant of Abraham has been con verted these fifty years. He knows nothing about bow other congregations in his church are getting along. So when one member re joices with it, and when another member suf fers, he cannot suffer with it. He casts a dime into the hat, once or twice a year, when collections are taken up, and then wonders what the. church does with so much money.— Ohris. Intell. DOMESTIC FAULTS. Homes are more often darkened by the continual recurrence of small faults, than by the actual presence of any decided vice. These evils are apparently of very dissimilar magnitude; yet it is easier to grapple with one than another. The Eastern traveler can combine bis forces and *hunt down the tiger that prowls upon' his path; but be scarcely escapes the mosquitoes that infest the air he breathes, or the fleas that swarm in the sand he treads. The drunkard has been known to renounce his darling vice—-the slave to dress and extravagance, her besetting sin but the waspish temper, the irritating tone, the rude, dogmatic manner, and the hundred nameless negligeneies, that spoil the beauty of association, have .rarely done other than proceed till the action of disgust and gradual alienation has turned all the current of affec tions from their course, leaving nothing but a barren track, oyer ; which the mere skeleton of companionship stalks alone. MIMTiM DESPOTISM. The Montreal ', a journal !of high character aiid much influence in British America, has a clear apprehension of our po sition, and extends a cordial sympathy, to us in our trials. . To the sinister forebodings and predictions so freely uttered by the ene mies of republicanism in regard to one of the possible issues of the present, struggle, it re plies with great force as follows: Several British papers express grave appre hension that the American Republic is going to terminate, at no distant day, in a military despotism, which they aver to be the natural sequence of republics. These writers point to ancient Rome and modern France to jus tify their views, but they never allude to Switzerland, where several centuries have failed to develope a tendency in the pre scribed direction. The papers in question usually belong to the High conservative order,, who have all along, consistently maintained the necessity of monarchical, aristocratic and ecclesiastical establishments to keep the hu man race in any kind of tolerable order and stability. They do not, however, allude to the multiplied instances in which this combi nation of conservative influences has failed to produce,its desired effect. The arbitrary arrests and suppression of newspapers now going on in the States, are pointed to as conclusive proofs that the pre dicted military despotism is at hand; and General McClellan is on all hands allowed to be the coming despot, if, indeed, he has not come already. This young general has only to proclaim himself Emperor, and all the soldiers, and a majority of the people, have only to shout “Long live Emperor M‘Clol lati!” and their predictions will be fulfilled. How little do they, who .imagine such things, know of the American people ! If there is one thing' they love, honor and con fide in more than any other, it is in their elective institutions; their universal suffrage; their ballot box. Were General M‘Clellan, or any other, to be so utterly infatuated as to make an attempt in the direction supposed, he would not find one man in a thousand, we anight almost say a million, on his side. And the fact that the whole. lyrtion tolerates arbi trary arrests and suppressions of newspapers at this time, is only a proof that they are willing to make any temporary sacrifice, however great; in order permanently to maintain theft cherished institutions. Even the Irish and Germans, who constitute so large a portion of the army which General M'Clellan commands, are so enthusiastic in their admiration of democratic institutions, that they have always sided with the demo cratic party, supposing it to be more favora ble to universal suffrage in the largest sense of the term. * There is another reason,—-if any other were needed, —why no American General would ever attempt to become a king. He would know: that if. Bis position were such as to make the, attempt , possible, Ms ambition would be for more gratified by imitating Washington than Caesar or Bonaparte.— What mere mortal has ever had siich' honors paid Mm as George WasMngton! especially in the United and-the largest ambi tion that any American can conceive of, would be to stand on &nequality with him as the second father of his country. Before such an honor as this 1 , how wretchedly poor would appear to an American the fame of any usurper on record! The writers of the articles in question have just as much chance to become Mngs of Great Britain, as General M { Clellan or any other general has to become king of the United States, or any part thereof. HOW WILL THE WAR END? As far as I can penetrate the future this extraordinary war must have one'of three possible terminations. ‘ 1. The first one would he the complete success of the loyal forces over the confede rate insurgents, and the restoration of the Union in its oliden integrity. This result would be achieved by the superior physical and moral ppwer of the North, aided by the Union element of the. South, marshalled by such men of steel as and Holt, who are thus far the'twin heroes of the hour. In the Union thus constructed there would be no place for Secessionists; and no political prestige or propagaifidism left to, slavery. If suffered to exist iihder the Constitution, it would exist only as a crestfallen, emascu lated thing, shorn of its power to give itself airs, and to dictate the policy of the Repub lic. This is the result towards which the great masses of the loyal Slates are aiming. This is the result which .* the events of the last thirty days begin to render probable. 2. But in case the war brings only rever ses—long continued, crushing, heart-breaking reverses—what then? One of two results will inevitably happen. A powerful peace party may then spring up at the North, and compel the recognition of the hew confede racy under the Montgomery Constitution. They would be aided by a small portion of the distinctively “ abolition ” party who would rejoice to go clear of the South and of chat tel-slavery on almost; any conceivable terms. This result is the'one which most of the peo ple of Europe predict, and which many of their jealous-eyed prophets. Heartily desire. They would like to see us rivals to ourselves and not to them. • 3. There is a third result possible, in case the present policy pf attack fails to subdue the rebellion. It is that the loyal freedom loving North, exasperated by defeat and stung to desperation by a repetition of such days of terror as the last twenty-first of July on "the field of , Manassas, should proclaim universal liberty to the slaves, and thus plunge the steel of emancipation into the very vitals of the Confederacy. Ferocious, indeed, would be the war 1 conducted on such a prin ciple, but in the end, slavery would fare like Jerusalem in that terrible Divine prediction, “I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth'a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.” You and I would not choose such an end for the institution; we would rather that the bondman’s shackles were unloosed by law, under the inspiration of Gospel love. But since slavery maide' th'e war, it would be but a Nemesis of if the war should un make slavery. Hod is'wiser than we. He reigneth. And be assured that nothing which he deems worth preserving will be lost, and nothing which he determines to destroy ought to be lamented. Let us calmly do our duty and leave the results to Cod.— Rev. T. L. Chvylers East Ray Sermon. THE STMS AND MILKY-WAY. ®ttß; total number of stars visible at dnce to the naked eye on a clear night, has been estimated-at about two thousand; but when the eye is aided by the telescope, the number is increased, just in proportion to the power of the teleseope employed. , No possible limit can be assigned to the number of the stars, even supposing that those which are discernable" with our present instru ments could be reckoned; for every improve ment in the construction of the telescope— and such improvements are continually being made—brings'into view multitudes, of stars which could lot be previously distinguished. And as it woiild be absurd to attempt to set limits to such improvements, it would be in vain to endeavor to form an estimate, even of the number of stars with whose existence we may become acquainted, and much more of those which have their dwelling-place in those depths of space which can never be pene trated. The milky-way has the aspect of a delicate luminous cloud, presenting the faint and in distinct appearance" which is termed nebulous. When examined with telescopes of even mo derate power, it is perceived that the nebu lous appearance is due, not to any .vapor-like assemblage of uncondensed matter, but'to an innumerable multitude of very faint stars, apparently so near together that, they cannot be distinguished by the naked eye. Other nebulous patches are to be seen indifferent parts of the heavens; and of these, also, most are capable of being separated or resolved, by means of telescopes of greater or less power, int6'distinct stars, whilst others retain their nebulous aspect even when exa mined with the i assistance of the best tele scopes. ‘ A NOVEL DIYORCE. An application for divorce on the ground of abolition, sentiments in the offending party, is certainly a novelty, . Mrs. Sue A. Carter Poster, wife of Charles Henry Foster, a noted Unionist of Murfreesboro’, N. C., is deter mined to seee'de at once from her husband, for this very cause. It is probable that her application will ‘be granted, even in North Carolina.* DISCOVERY OF A NEW SUBSTANCE IN THE AIR. A writer in the National Intelligencer states that the theory of Mr. Clemson, head of the Agricultural Department of the Patent Office, of living organisms in the atmosphere, which he made public in 1886, has been adopted by a French chemist named Barkal, and announced to the French Academy; Mr. Clemson’s. theory is that the air, like water, teems with minute living organisms; that there is phosphoric acid in the air, derived from the successive generations after genera tions of myriads of these organisms produced, living and dying, in the atmosphere. It is expected that this discovery will explain why the earth is increased, in. fertility by being broken up and exposed to the air. 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The superiority-of this Article is acknowledged by all, and purchasers and dealers Anil-find it ; to their interest to give it a preference over all. similar pre parations. Manufactured only by • JOHN A. TARRANT & GO.; Druggists, No. 278 Greenwich St., Cor. Warren St., New York. fiSSfAnd for sale by Druggists generally. ly MOFFAT’S LIFE PILLS AND PHIENIX BITTERS. THESE Medicines have,now beenbefore the public fora -period of Thirty Years, and during that, time maintained a high in alriaost every part of the globe, for their extraordinary and imme diate power of restoring perfect health to persons suf fering under nearly every kind of disease to which the human frame is liable. The most horrible cases of SCROFULA, in which the face, bones, and Liras of the victim have been : preyed upon by the insatiable disease, are proved, by j the undeniable authority of the sufferers themselves, . to have been completely cured by these purely Yege-: table Medicines, after all others have been found more 1 than useless. , Obstinate cases of PILES, of many years’ stand ing, have rapidly and permanently yielded to the same means, and others of like kindjare daily cured in every part of the country, ; 'Habitual, as well as Occasional Costiveness, Dys pepsia, Bilious and Liver Diseases, Asthma, Dropsy, Rheumatism, Fever and Ague, Worms, Settled Pains in the Limbs, Together with a long catalogue of other maladies, are shown, on the same indisputable eviderice, to be every where and invariably exterminated by these mildly operating; yet sure and speedy resources of health and strength, without the usual aid of puffery and artificial recommendations. figT" “Moffat’s Vegetable Life Pills and Phoenix Bitters” have thus acquired a solid and enduring re putation, which bids defiance to contradiction, and which is co-extensive to the American population. Both the Life Pills and Phienix Bitters are mild and agreeable in their operation, and effectually cleanse the system of all impurities without occasion ing any prostration of strength, ov requiring any con finement or change of diet. Prepared and sold by DR. WM. B. MOFFAT, „ 335 Broadway, New York. • For Sale by all Druggists. - oct. lf-1 yr. Have You Provided for your Pamily an Insurance on your Life ? DUTY MADE EASY. CO*** B*’ 8 *’ OFFICES: NO. 16 COURT STREET, Brooklyn, NO. 16 WALL STREET, New York. MUTUAL, WITH A CASH CAPITAL OF $185,000, Invested in Stocks of the State of New York and First-Class Bonds and Mortgages. DIRECTORS: A. A. Low, Thomas Carlton, W. H. Cary, John T. Martin, I. H. Frothingham, John Halsey, , J. S. T. Stranaljan, John Sneden, Thomas Messenger, J. Milton Smith, Samuel Smith, Harold Dollner, Henry E. Pierrepont, A. B. Capwell, Ahr. B. Baylis, Nehemiah Knight, Peter C. Cornell, , Edward A. Lambert, John D. Cocks, James How, ' H. B. Claflin, f,. B. Wyman, S. B. Chittenden, George A. Jarvis, Theo. Polhemus, Jr;, Samuel Perry, J. E. Southworth, S. E. Howard, Czar Dunning, George T. Hope, John G. Bergen, Charles A- Townsend, Lewis Roberts, Cornelius J. Sprague, Walter S* Griffith, Jeseoh W. Green. M. F. Odell, WALTER S. GRIFFITH, President. I. H. FROTHINGHAM, Treasurer. GEORGE C. RIPLEY, Secretary. A. B. CAPWELL, Counsel. Medical Counsel, I L. MiTCHELL jLD. Brooklyn, ’ l Jas. Stewart, M.D., New York. Dividends of, profits declared annually and applied immediately to reduce the amount of annual premium. , Premiums payable one-half in cash and one-half in a note at 12 months, which is not in any case subject to assessment, but is a permanent loan on the policy to be paid only by the application of profits, or de ducted from the amount due when the policy becomes ■payable. The cash part of the premium may be paid annually, semi-annually, or quarterly, in five, ten, or any number of years, or in one sum. Policies, the premium on which is payable in five annual payments, may be surrendered at the ex piration of two years, and the Company will issue for it a paid up policy for Life for two-fifths of the original sum. If at three years for three-fifths, etc. And on the same principle where the premium is payable in ten or any other number of years. Policies issued for life or for any term of years, and on the participating or non-participating scale, at rates as low as any sound mutual or stock company. < Premiums oh short term and non-participating poli cies are payable in cash. Endowment policies issued, the sum payable to the representatives of the party at death, or to him or her on attaining 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, or 70 year of age. — Also all forms of Children’s endowments and annuity policies on the most favorable terms. Jt@P“ This Company has adopted a principle intend ed to prevent the lapse of any policy, and to secure to the assured in every case all the assurance which 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 loss of what they have paid. Our prospectus and other publications will be sent gratuitously to all who require it. Good Agents wanted, and will he treated with on the most liberal terms. 768 e. o. w-lyr 1861. the 1861. PENNSYLVANIA CENTRAL RAILROAD. 260 Miles Doable Track. THE capacity of this road is now equal to any in the country. Three Through Passenger Trains between PHILADELPHIA and PITTSBURG, con necting direct at Philadelphia with Through trains to and from Boston, New York, and all points East, and in the Union depot at Pittsburg,' with Through trains to and from all points in the West, Northwest, and Southwest—thus furnishing facilities for the tran sportation of passengers, unsurpassed for speed and comfort by any other route. Express and Fast Lines run through to Pittshrirg without change of cars or conductors. All Through Passenger trains provided with Laughbridge’s Patent Brake-sp’eed, under perfect control of the engineer, thus adding much to the safety of travelers. Smoking cars are attached to each train; Wood ruffs Sleeping ears to Express and Fast trains. The Express runs daily; Mail, and Fast Line, the Sabbath excepted. Mail Train leaves Philadelphia at . 7.30 A.M. Fast Line “ “ . * 11.20 A.M. Express Train leaves “ . . 10.15 P.M. WAY TRAINS LEAVE AS FO LLOWS: Harrisburg Aecom’tion, via Columbia 2.30 P. M. Columbia “ . . . . 4.00 P.M. Parkesburg ' “ , . . 5.40 P.M. Westchester passengers will take the Mail,'Parkes burg and Columbia trains. Passengers for Sunbury, Williamsport Elmira, Buf falo, Niagara Falls, and intermediate points, leaving Philadelphia at 7.30 A. M. and 5.30 P. M.,go directly through. , Tickets may be obtained at the offices of the Com pany in Philadelphia, New York, Boston or Baltimore; and at any of the important Railroad offices in the West; also, on board of any of the regular line of Steamers on the Mississippi or Ohio rivers. Fare always as low, and time as quick, as by any'other route. For further information, apply at the Passenger station, Southeast comer of Eleventh and Market streets. The completion of the Western connections of the Pennsylvania Railroad, makes this the DIRECT LINE BETWEEN THE EAST AND THE GREAT WEST. The connecting of tracks by the railroad bridge at Pittsburg, avoiding all drayage or ferriage of freight, together with the saving of time, are advantages read ily appreciated by shippers of freight, and the travel ing public. ; ; "• 3 # • _ Merchants and Shippers entrusting the transporta tion of their freight to the Company, can rely with confidence on its speedy transit. The Rates of Freight to and from any point in the West, by the Pennsylvania Railroad, are. at all times as favorable as are charged by other Railroad Com panies. Be particular to mark packages “via Pbnna. R.R.” For freight contracts or shipping directions, apply to, or address either of the following Agents ofthe Company;— D. A. STEWART, Pittsburg; H. S. Pierce & Co., Zanesville, Ohio; J. J. Johnston, Ripley, Ohio; R. M’Neely, Maysville, Ky.; Ormsby & Cropper, Ports mouth, Ohio; Paddock & Co., Jeffersonville, Ind.; H. W. Brown & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio; Atbern & Hibhert, Cincinnati, Ohio; R. C. Meldrum, Madison, Ind,; Joseph. E. Moore, Louisville, Ky.; P. G. O. Riley & Co., Evansville, IncLj, N. W. Graham & Co., Cairo, TIL; R. F.’ Sass, Rhsler & Glass, St. Louis, Mo.; John-.H; Harris, Nashville, Tenn.; Harris & Hunt, Memphis, Tenn.; Clarke & Co., Chicago, 111.; W. H. H. Kpontz, Alton, 111.; or, to freight agents of Railroads at different points in the West. : E. J. ' Sneeder, Philadelphia. Magraw & Koons, No. 80 North street, Baltimore. Leech & Co., No. '2 Astor House, or No. 1 S Wil'- liani street, New York. Leech & Co., No. 77 State street, Boston. H. H. HOUSTON, General Freight Agent, Phil adelphia. 61 “ ENOCH LEWIS, Gen 1. Superintendent. Altona, PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE CENTRAL RAILROAD. OPEN TO OXFORD. SPRING AEBAN&BMEKT. 0 N Wbf 13 1861 » the trains West oil 1 , from the Depot of the Nortl.eflltn ' “d.Bhikdelphia Railroad Company, Northeast corner of Eighteenth and Market streets, at and Up fSI M - We ° Xf0 > rd at 6 ’ 45 A - M ‘ p dhily line of Stages leaves Oxford, via Hopewell, to Peach Bottom, on the arrival of tlxe morning train m % leaves each Bottom, to connect at Oxford With the afternoon ti’am for Philadelphia. HENRY WOOD, Superintendent. OCT. 17, 1861. WATCH THE HEALTH OF YOUR CHILDREN. WORMS are a prolific source of sickness in chib . dren. They are seldom free from them, and i n . their irritation all other diseases are aggravated. Con", vulsions as well as St. Vitus’ Dance, have beenssu er dncedby them, and death has resulted in extreme eases Whenever the symptoms are observed, such as di? turbed sleep, grinding of the teeth, itching of the noC weakness of the bowels, slow fever, variable anuet;,,! and fetid breath, JAYNES’ TONIC VERMIFUGE should be resorted to without delay. It is entire!- harmless, is readily taken by_ children, effectually ( !/’ stroys worms, and by its tonic action invigorates th whole system. It is prepared only by Dr. D. Jiv, ! & Son, 242 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. ‘ 1 COUGHS, COLDS, CONSUMPTION, ASTHMi BRONCHITIS, ETC. ’ JAYNE’S EXPECTORANT HAS BEEN FOR THIRTY TEARS THE STANDARD REMPm- It will be admitted that no better evidence of tt great curative powers of this EXPECTORANT e be offered than the grateful testimony of those wt" have been restored to health by its use, and the wid7 spread popularity which for so lon g> a period, it L maintained in the face of all competition, and whS has created a constantly increased demand for it f parte of the world As far as possible, thL ev" dence is laid before the public from time to tim! until the most skeptical will acknowledge that for a H PAINS, &e., are quickly and effectually cured bvite diaphoretic, soothing and expectorant power | lASTHMA ft always cures. It overcomes the sna< modie contraction of the air vessels, and bv produehT free expectoration, at once removes all nf breathing. 01 BRONCHITIS readily yields to the Expectorant it subdues the inflammation which extends through the wind tubes, product! free expectoration, and sun presses at once the cough and pain. * CONSUMPTION.—For this insidious and fatal dis ease, no remedy on earth has ever been found so ef fectual. It subdues the inflammation, —relieves the cough and pain,—-removes the diffiulty of breathing and produces an easy expectoration, wherebv all ir ritating and obstructing matters are remov«l*from the lungs. WHOOPING COUGH is promptly relieved bv this Expectorant. 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., ft will be fonnd to be prompt, safe’ pleasant and reliable, and may be especially com mended to Ministers, Teachers . and Singers, f or the relief of Hoarseness, and for strengthening the organs of the voice. Read the following Statements: REV. RUFUS BABCOCK, D. D., Secretary 0 f the American and Foreign Bible Society, writes: “Having given Dr. D. Jayne's medicines a trial in my own family, and some of them personally, I do not hesitate to commend them as a valuable addition to our materia mediea. The Expectorant especial]? I consider of inestimable value, and I know that it is highly esteemed, and frequently prescribed by some of the most respectable of the regular practitioners of medicine.” Rev. B. V. R. James, Missionary in Liberia of lie Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, writes:— * ‘ Yonr Expectorant has been'administered with the most happy results, and I feel assured I never used an article of medicine that produced a more sure and certain relief for the complaints for which ft is ream mended.” Rev. John Dowling, D. D., Pastor of the Berean Baptist Church, N. Y., writes:— “I have long known the virtues of your Expecto rant, and frequently tested'them on myself and family, when afflicted with Coughs and Colds. I believe it to be one of the best remedies ever discovered for these maladies.” Rev. N. M. Jones, Rector of Church of St. Bar tholomew, (Prot. Epis.,) Phila,, writes:— “In all cases resembling Consumption, I recom mend 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 bhen, 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 Ho.arseness, my difficulty of breathing became so great that'l felt in imminent danger of suffocation, but was perfectly eured on using Dr; D. Jpyne’s Expectorant." Miss Mary Ball,, of the Protestant Episcopal Mis sion, Cape Palmas, West Africa, says: — w “In onr mission families your medicines are a ge neral specific, and among the sick'-poor they enable me to do' much good. - Your Expectorant has proved of great value in the case of Rev. Jacob fiambo, and in that alsoofßev. Mr. Green, two o'fonr missionaries.” Rev. C. L. Fisher; formerly pastor of the Dell Prairie,, Wis., Baptist Church, writes:— “ A little daughter of mine, aged seVen years, had been afflietdd 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 sb was restored to a good degree of health.” Rev. SaShiel'S. Di.y,‘ : M3ssl6haiy'of the Baptis Board,-atNellore, India, writes:- — '‘ By the use of your Expectorant my Cough and Sore Throat are now well. I find, occasionally, aa umlehsaht’sensation in'myflfroatj-as if muons had lodged there, but your Expectorant usually relieves is by two or, three applications. ” : Rev. J. R. Coffman, of Winfield, Tuscarawas Co- Ohio j writes: — “One bottle of Jayne’s Expectorant, eared my daughter of Lung Fever, after having been beyond the hope of recovery. During the attack she bad a number of convulsions. She is now perfectly well.” This Expectorant;-and all of Jayne’s Family Medi cines, are prepared only by Dr. D. JAYNE & SON. 242 Chestnut Street, anti may be had of agents throughout the country. . : DISEASES OP THE SKIN. THOUGH the remote'or primary causes of Skin Ms ease may be various, as Impurity of the Blood, Liver Comphunt, Scrofula; etc., etc., the immediate cause is always the same, and- that is an obstruction in the pores of the skin, by which the perspiration, in its passage from the body, is arrested and confined in and under the skin, causing an intolerable itching, or an eruption of Pimples,,Pustules, Ringworm, IV-ttcr, Salt Rheum, etc., etc. For all these affections JAYNE’S ALTERATIVE has been found an invaluable remedy, as it removes both the primary as well as the immediate cause,— purifying the Blood, curing the Liver Complaint effectuafly eradicating Scrofula from the system, while I at the same time it frees the pores of their obstructs? j matters, and heals the diseased surface. , I Prepared only by DR. D. JAYNE & SON, Chestnut Street, and for sale by agents through! the country. ■ WHAT CAN AIL THE CHILD?—Is its .<>'■ disturbed? Do you observe a morbid restlessneiy'M a variable appetite, a fetid breath, grinding of - ■ teeth, and itching of the nose? Then be sureycfß child is troubled with Worms.. If their pre.-cn« :i l even suspected, procure at once Jayne’s Tonic Vrfn-' ■ fuge. It effectually destroys Worms, is perk*. 1 ■ safe, and so pleasant that children will not refc-’C'jl take it. It acts also a general Tonic, and bo I remedy can be taken for all derangements of the •=!;” I math and Digestive Organs. Prepared only hy 1 11 - I JAYNE & SON, at No. 242 Chestnut Street . I Dysentery, diarrhgja, cholera, y- 1 MER COMPAINT, ALL BOWEL AtR" TIONS, ETC., ARB PROMPTLY CURED BY JAYNE’S CARMINATIVE BALSAM The remedial properties of this article have . 110 been tested by the public for over thirty years, wit* l ' result which enables the proprietors to offer the convincing proofs (certificates of cures effected} ori’ ability to remove all diseases for which it is reef"' mended. It is quick, safe, and certain in its**? 1 ? affording immediate relief when promptly a'™'!’' tered. Age does not impair its virtues, nehhe r ; Bubjeet to the varying influences of climate; be ! -.- equally ! effective in all latitudes, it is in all vesper’ what it claims to be- — a “Stahdabd Houser 011 ! medy,” which every family should be suppied w® 1 - DIARRHCEA AND DYSENTERY , It never fails to subdue the most violent »*** . r ;‘ these complaints, no matter from what cause they l * gmate. As changes of climate, water, etc., °* tett C, I duee these serious • diseases, travellers and otf '. : should always keep a supply of the Carminative ' j them. ; ASIATIC CHOLERA. The prompt use of the Carminative Balsam to r ways remove the Diarrhoea and Cramps which user, pany the attacks of Cholera, thus often conqar the disease in its incipiency. It has frequently f . administered in neighborhoods where the Chob**j' e been raging epidemically, and has never failed to_- immediate and permanent relief. r ,|\[- CHOLERAI INFANTUM OR SUMMER ' PLAINT, i . Is speedily and effectually cured by the Can l - tive. It removes all soreness ofthe Abdomen, J \ the irritation and calms the action of the and may always be relied on to remove the.sni f ' of the little ones, when used according to airec* Cholera Morbus, Cholic, Griping, Pains, mach, Waterbrash, Pain or Sickness ot the >- tL < t .j Want of Appetite, Wind in the Bowels, Grain;’-p;.. Sickness, and Bowel Affections and eases, are removed by Jayne’s Carminative ' with more certainty and ease than by any ° "• paration yet offered the public. n Myy'H, The Carminative Balsam; and all of DR- D-|; ( pif & SON’S, Family Medicines, are prepared om-j r l Chestnut,Street, and may be had of Agents i - I out tfie country. I
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