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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. It con
nects meteorology with agriculture, and will,
when fully developed, open a new page to the
learned of the relation of the spots on the
sun, the degree of fertility of the earth, and
electrical changes of the atmosphere and
magnetical condition of the earth.
EXTRAORDINARY DOG.
At Aidershott camp there is a large span
iel, belonging to a sergeant in the Royal Ar
tillery, who has*been taught by Ms master,
during the tedious days of camp life, to per
form tricks that are almost marvellous. The
dog is perfect in his drill, marching slow,
quick, and at the double, in obedience to the
word of command. After he had been put
through his paces, his master called him up,
and asked Ms opinion of the various regiments
on the ground. Were the Plungers the best
corps ?—no signs of approval. Were the 42nd
Foot ?—silence on the part of the dog. After
going over a half-a-dozen names, the master
asked, exactly in the same tone as that in
which he had put his previous questions, the
dog’s opinion of the Royal Artillery. He
instantly burst out into joyous barking, jump
ing about and rolling. The sergeant then
called for three Cheers for the King of Prus
sia ; no sounds —three cheers for the King of
Naples; a low growl—three cheers for the
Emperor of Austria; silence again—three
cheers for the Queen of England: such a
volley of resounding barks that echoed again.
Advertiser. .
A GOOD SIMILE.
~ Hos, Jqseph HoiT, ; in his late speech at
Boston, said:—“ The dismemberment of the
Union involves the abasement of all that of
which, r as Americans, we feel proud, which
we hate reeived as an inheritance from bur
fathers, and which we are bound to transmit
unimpaired to our posterity. When the wise
man of old, sitting upon the rival claims, of
two mothers, to a child, decreed that the cMld
should be Cut in twain, and one portion given
to each, it was the false mother who exulted
at the judgment, while "the true mother turned
away horror-struck, preferring to leave Her
offspring in the hands of an enemy rather
than have it destroyed. The man who is wil
ling that his country should he divided by the
sword of treason may have been horn in
America, but he cannot have an Americas
Heart.”
Logic or the Baptists.— A very respecta
ble Baptist paper contains in one of its col
umns, in a recent issue, the following very
characteristic illustration of their mode of
argument in favor of immersion, as the Scrip
ture way of baptism:—“'That PMlip did not
go under the water is certain ; but it'is
equally certain that he put the eunuch under
the water, for £ he baptised him.’ ”
TARRANT'S
EFFERVESCENT
SELTZER A PER IE NT,
mHIS valuable and popular Medicine has universally
_L received the most favorable recommendations of
the medical profession and the public,, as the most
efficient and agreeable >
SALINE APERIENT.
It may be used, with the best effect, in Bilious and
Febrile Diseases, Costiveness, Sick Headache, Nau
sea, Loss of Appetite, Acidify of the Stomach, Tor
pidity of the Liver, Gout, Rheumatic Affections,
Gravel, Piles, and all complaints where
A GENTLE OR COOLING APERIENT OB PUR
GATIVE IS REQUIRED.
It is particularly adapted to the wants of Travelers,
by Sea and Landj Residents in Hot Climates, Persons
ofSedentaiyHabits,.lnyalidsand_Convalescents. Cap
tains of Vessels, and Planters will find a valuable ad
dition to their Medicine Chests.
it is in the form of a Powder, carefully put in Bot
tles, to keep in any climate, and merely requires water
poured upon it to produce, a delightful effervescent
Beverage.
Numerous testimonials from professional and other
gentlemen of the highest standing throughout the
country, arid its steadily increasing popularity for a
series of years, strongly guaranty its eflicacy and va
luable character, and commend it to the favorable
notice of an intelligent public.
TARRANT’S
Cordial Elixjr of Turkey Rhubarb.
This beautiful preparation from the True Turkey
Rhubarb, has the approval and sanction of .many of
our Best Physicians as a valuable and favorite
FAMILY MEDICINE,
And is preferable to any other form in which Rhu
barb is administered, either for Adults or Children,
it being combined in a manner .to make it at once
palatable to the taste and efficient in its operation. .
■ „ TARRANT’S
, Improved Indelible Ink,
For marking Linen, Muslin, Silk,' etc., has been
proved by ihany years’ experience,' to be the best,
most permanent, and reliable preparation ever offered
to the public. ; . .....
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