Oat gill, lig Cult,
The Dying Wife.
=EEO
BY MIS. EVANS, '6I9TER or REV. T. n. STOCKTON.
WEEP not, beloved, that I pass before thee
On the bright pathway to eternal rest ;
That first my brow shall wear the crown of glory,
song'of praise be heard among the blest.
But oh ! rejoice to think what days of gladness
Have lent their beauty to our earthly path
That no harsh thought or word to waken sadness,
‘ 1. 443,y shade with gloom the picture memory bath.
'.TMiik of thy happiness; so deep and tender,
' That filled my heart while wandering by thy side;
:Think how thy faintest smile had power to render
:The darkest moment one of love and pride.
TWA, for I know 'twill wake a pleasant feeling—
How ever kind thy words were wont to be :
How mild the glance, thy faithful heart revealing,
How soft the cadence of thy voice to me.
And now that this frail form in death grows colder,
A sweet, calm rapture fills the parting hour ;
That thou art with me, though a sad beholder,
A witness of the dear Redeemer's power.
For• oh, were not His heart my soul entwining, -
How could I bear the pang of leaving thee?
Did not His presence gild life's day declining,
What midnight darkness round my path would be.
But now I die, and yet my soul rejoices,
KnoisingAat I shall Barely love thee still ;
Even fi.oin the melody of angel voices
That float around, and all my senses thrill.
For oh 1 if they ter all their towering splendor,
Enfold their glorious plumes round mortal forms,
IlOw shall the spirit of a saint surrender
The joy of whispering peace amid life's storms.
Ah yea, in danger ever hovering o'er thee,
My circling wings will shield thee night and day
And when thy feet shall tread the path to glory,
-My hand shall guide thee on the shining.ay.
There, never more shall scene like, this distress us;
The 'Stream and Tree of Life we there shall see :
And side by side, shall hear Jehovah bless us,
And sing The love through all eternity.
AMINE A LIE.
11111,13. HANSOM went . away one afternoon,
leaving her little daughter with the care of
the baby, who had not been quite well for
several days. She told Helen to sit by her
_little sister, and not leave her at all while
she was gone, for if she should kick the
clothes off, she might get cold and be worse,
and if she should waken, and try to get up,
she might fall from her crib and hurt her
vpry much.
" You may sit by her very quietly," said
Mrs. Hansom, "and study your multiplica
tion table, the last half of the eights, and
when you have learned that you may finish
the handkerchief you were hemming for papa.
It is only two days to Christmas, and you
want to finish the handkerchief, so that Mag
gie can do it up nicely for you."
Helen promised she would do the best she
could, and, taking her arithmetic, seated her
self by little Abbie, feeling quite happy that
mamma had placed so much -confidence in
her, and thinking she would take " such nice
care of baby."
For a time- she studied very busily, stop
ping only once or twice,
just to tuck up the
chubby little foot which peeped out from the
warm blankets, and to kiss the fat, dimpled
of the crib.
rresently she heard the voice of her little
playmate, Katie Berl, in the next room, and
'dropping her book, she crept noiselessly out,
for fear her merry laugh and voice might wa
ken the baby sleeper.
Katie was, full of the surprises which she
had planned for Christmas, and Helen was
so interested to hear, that she forgot entirely
her little charge, and followed Katie out to
theate, talking very busily, until the stri
kfii bf the church dock reminded her of her
1
mot er's return, and with a trembling heart
Om ran jia as fast as her feet could carry
lien
AS the entered the nursery, baby Abbie
was lying on the floor, all tangled in her
blankets. Helen ran to her, laid her care
fully in the crib again, wiped the little red
eyes, 'and sang and rocked her till she was
fast asleep.
- - Theft she took her arithmetic, but her mind
was ill at ease, and she could not fix it upon
her book. She did not 'know how long little
Abbie had lain there, for she had cried her
ielf to- sleep, and the cheeks were still wet
with tears when she took her up. And then
she feared she was hurt, or had taken cold.
When Mrs. Hansom came in Helen was
still sitting by the crib, and seeming to study
very earnestly. Her mother smiled very
sweetly and approvingly upon her.
" Has baby been good, Helen ? "
14 Yes, mamma," said the little girl. "She
, bried once, and I rocked her to sleep again."
', " And how . have you got along with your
lesson ? " Said Mrs. Hansom.
Helen colored, as she answered, "It seems
real hard, mamma, and I havenatlgot it per
fectly yet."
-41 then you have not sewed any ? "
"'no, mamma."
"I am sorry, 'for I wanted' very much you
sh6ttld finish both to-night, and I was detain
ed so much longer than I expected, I thought
yeti would have plenty of time, baby is so
quiet. However it is of more consequence
that she should be well taken care of, and I
*Tel quite proud of my faithful little nurse.'
Helen blushed still deeper as she felt'how
unworthy she was of her mother's words of
praise, but she said nothing, and soon went
out to play, as her mother told her she might,
artea-time. But she was not happy, for
bough she had not told a lie in so many
merds, she felt she had deceived her Blether.
She 'bad acted a lie, and that was just as bad
silo tell one.
Littlw-Ablaie slept uneasily, with her eyes
boad*iti, ilia-tossed about in her crib. When
tfti l , Hansoarfelt of her head it was very
Vii::-40be *silk her up, and, bathing the fe
verfsli headintold water, discovered - quite a
bunch on one aide of it. There was also a
bruise upon the left arm. She know it was
not there when she put her to sleep, and sent
. immediately i'or Helen to come to her. As
she looked up at the guilty face she knew
something wrong had happened, of which
Helen had not told her, but she called her to
her side, and showing the bruises, said very
quietly, " Helen, do you know how these
came hero ? "
Helen was shocked, and surprised and
frightened. She had not seen them before,
bst she mid not tell a lie if she could act
one, and hiding her face in her mother's lap,
sh 9 burst into tears, and sobbed out the truth,
.da't'ing,
"I did not mean to, mamma, I know I
didn't ; but I forgot."
Mrs. Hansom felt very much grieved. She
had confided in her daughter, and had been
deceived, and her heart felt very sorry.
"I only meant to be gone a minute, mam
ma, and baby was so fast asleep, I thought
she would not waken till I got back."
" You did wrong to leave her at all, Helen,
when I had charged you so particularly not
to ; but after you bad disobeyed, you should
have told me at once when I came in, that I
might have attended to these brUises, for I
fear Abbie is badly hurt ; " and she stroked
very lovingly the little head that was turning
so restlessly from one side to the other.
"Do you think baby will really be sick for
this, mamma ? " asked Helen, in a distressed
tone of voice, for she dearly loved her baby
sister.
"I cannot tell," said Mrs. Hansom. "I
hope not, but it might have proved something
very serious, had I not discovered it in time."
Helen went to bed with a heavy heart, and
as she knelt to say her prayers she asked
more earnestly than ever before that she
might be forgiven, and kept from doing so
again ; and then she asked God to make the
little sick one welt. Her first thoughts in the
morning were of Abbie, and jumping out of
bed, she went silently to her inether s room,
where the night- lamp was burning very dimly.
Mrs. Hansom had not undressed through
the night, and as Helen went in she_sat bend
ing over the little sleeper. Helen felt as if
her heart would burst, as she asked how baby
was. How she trembled, and feared to hear
the answer,. and how relieved did she feel
when her mother told her Abbie was sleeping
more quietly, and that the slight moisture on
her forehead told that the danger which had
threatened her little pet had passed away,
though she was very weak, and would not be
quite well for days to come.
How thankful did Helen feel to her kind
Heavenly Father, and oh, how did the lesson
sink into her heart, and make her pray every
day that she might never, never again be left
to act a lie !—Tract Journal.
Miocrilautiolto.
TILE MISSISSIPPI FLEET.
THE correspondent of the New York Times
writing from St. Louis, gives a graphic de
scription of the formidable preparations made
by our government for an object of the high
est importance—one which will be even more
necessary if we become two nations than if
we continue one—the opening of the Missis
sippi river. We give some extracts :
" Perhaps no expedition—not even that
sent along the coast of the Southern States
—has, during the present war, been pro
jected, or is so pregnant with great xesirits,
as the one now preparing at St. Louis and
Cairo for a descent of the Mississippi. A
more formidable fleet never rode American
waters ; nor was there one ever started on
this continent which had before it a work so
gigantic, or one which, if successful, could
produce results so immense—immense in
good to the Union, in evil to the disloyal.
" At its last session in July it was aeterm
mined by Congress, to authorize the construc
tion of seven gunboats ' and c mtracts for their
building were invited. James B. Eads was
the successful bidder, and on the sth of Au
gust a contract was signed, in which he
agreed to build them for $BO,OOO each. By
the terms of the contract, the boats were to
be finished in sixty days ; in case they were
not, there was provided a forfeit of $2OO for
each da • they remained beverl
• er arso pray - Idea that the boats
were to be 175 feet in length, 51 feet 6
inches beam, and when loaded to draw five
feet. Each was to have two engines and
five boilers, with five flues each—cylinders
twenty-two inches, with six feet stroke ;
wheel of wrought iron, to be placed near the
stern, like a ferryboat, so as to be as little
exposed as possible. A small engine, to
pump water in the boiler, was also to be pro
vided. All the machinery was to be so
placed as to be under water; the boats to
have an. average of 650 - tons ;- to be flat
bottomed, and constructed of the heaviest
and best oak timber; the sides covered with
plate of the best charcoal _iron, two ,and a
half inches in thickness, and securely bolted
together and to the woodwork within. The
sides were to incline inward at an angle of
about 45 degrees, so as to, turn or "glance
off" a missile, the bottom to have the same
inclination toward the keel. Each boat was
to carry fifteen guns—five 68 pound colum
biads at each side, three rifled guns it the
bow, and two at the stern. he guns and
gunners were to be protected by the case=
. , .
mates rising seven feet from the deck, con
structed ef, heavy timber, plated with iron.
" Contractor Eads immediately went to
work with the greatest alacrity, employed all
the sawmills possible, and put all the men at
work that the nature of things`would permit.
Five of 'the boats were built 'at :St. Louis,
three at Mound city. Four more have since
been added to the fleet : that were brought
here from.the Gino river.,,.,
"'A large number of mortar boats and
transports were also contracted for, and now
are all completed. They are as follows :
Gunboats . .•. 12
Mortarboats . . . - 88
Tugs and steamboats
" The flagship Benton was built outside of
the Congressional appropriation, having been
built by the order of Maj. Gen...Fremdfil
Thee contractor, Mr. Bads, was almost given
a carte blanche relative to her: constructien,
and the result is that he has produced one
of the finest and most formidable specimens
of naval architecture`afloat:
" So confident are some of the naval offi
cers >in the strength of the gunboats, that
several of them have offered to take the Ben
ton arid lay her under the batteries of Co
lumbus, confident that her immense strength
will resist the heaviest metal in the posses
sion of the Confederates. The plates upon
the gunboats were submitted to . severe tests,
and evinced almost fabulous invincibility.
Heavy rifled shots were fired at them at a
distance of only 160 yards, and in every
case they were either only slightly indented
or else they shivered the shots into innumer
able fragments, or turned them harmlessly
aside.
" The mortarboats, 38 in number, are built
of heavy timbers—the, sides of boiler-iron,
loop-holed for musketry, are so arranged
that they can be used as bridges, and will
each carry one of the heaviest mortars used,
in warfare. Small tugboats will be used to
tow the mortarboats into pOsition.-
" There is also a pontoon train being built
by Johnson, of New York city.. It is
of gutta percha, composed of inflated flowts i ,
and may be put in use, taken up, and trans
ported in the smallest possible time, and with
but little labor.
" The expedition was commenced by Com—
Aintrica!t,lit,glittl : rt4 ... it and ..6.)ettott__...fit.-4ntiej-_,iO4.
mander John R. Rodgers. But it has, how
ever, been mainly arranged and brought to
its present state of efficiency by Flag Officer
A. H. Foote, a distinguished officer of the
naval service, and who has proved his effi
ciency and gallantry in every position' in
which he has been placed during a long
course of active service. His daring attack
and storming of, the Chinese forts is apart
of the history of the American navy ;'.and
lately as commander of the New York Navy
Yard, he discharged his arduous duties to
the entire satisfaction of the Government.
His former brother officer, but now rebel an
tagonist, Capt. Hollins, in sending his re
gards to him lately from Columbus, under a
flag oftruce was constrained to say that he
was the ' right man in the right place !' Its
destination is purely a matter of guesswork.
But when it does come, there will be a- day
of terrible reckoning for the sons of rebel
lion, who now swagger and flaunt in treason
chained Memphis and Columbus. When
fifty thousand bayonets climb the heights in
their rear—when the tremendous storm from
two score mortars and a dozen gunboats pours
its floods of fire and iron hail into their midst
—then, perhaps, will they be compelled to
recognize the power which they.have offend
ed, and expiate in blood their attempt to dis
integrate this once glorious Union. There
is a storm gathering here, and at Cairo,
which will soon burst over the strongholds of
Secession. When its heavy thunders shake
the foundations of their earth, arid its.sheeted
lightnings carrydeath and destruction through
their land, they will, perhaps, acknowledge
that there 'is a God in Israel' that there is .
a Governm.en.t left with power to crush out
treason—that the strong-armed ' mudsills' of
the North are a match for the swaggering,
vaunting, ' chivalrous' hordes of this das
tardly, uncalled for rebellion."
THE BEGINNINGS OF ESTRANGEMENTS.
No stream flows so smoothly but that some
where on its surface a ripple appears, and no
married life but has here and there moments
of disagreement. Two human beings who
hare not yet become. perfect, cannot be per
petually together without sometimes thinking
differently and willing in opposition to one
another. I know that there are here and
there a husband and wife who are conscious
of no such opposition, who can look over pdS
sibly years of uninterrupted communings and
undivided purposes, and who might easily
Suppose that it is because they evermore axe
the -same in thought and
_purpose. But, I
take it, it is rather that impelled by a mutuil..
affection, and a keen-Sighted wisdom, they
have unconsciously learned to, allow nothing
for a moment to stand between their hearts.
To accomplish this, a husband and wife must
guard against the'beginning of estrangements.
The lasting alienations, the separations, the
divorCes 'do not spring at once out of some
great violation of. conjugal. duty, but ara the
perfected fruit cif..little estrangements. A
word or even a look sometimes, like 1, small
break in a dyke, becomes ' a vast crevasse
through which pours a flood of unhappiness.
Nay, it may be a positive nothing, only a ne
glect which may be the foundation-stone of
untold: Misery. It is noticed and felt, but
pride forbids any explanation• or any ques
tioning. Each notices 'the other's coldnCss,
but neither can come to the point of asking
what is in the way. Meanwhile the peaCeful
consciousness of mutual agreement is broken
up and each is unhappy, and, may add,
each conscious of wrong. In this state of
mind, a new offence is easily given and more
_
easil
..uer. The process may go on till wife or
husband, perhaps both, begin to seek in the
society of others, what they have lost in their
own, and, at last, embarked on a troublCd
and rapid stream, in some dark hour they
are hurried into crime and are lost to each
other forever.
" A something, light as air—a look,
A word unkind or wrongly taken—
Oh I love, that tempests never shook,
A . breath, a touch like this has shaken,
'And ruder winds will soon rush in '
To spread the breach that words begin;
And eves forget the gentle ray
They wore in courtship's smiling day;
And voices lose the.tone that shed
A tenderness round all they said;
Till fast declining,,one by one
The sweetnesses of love are gone, ,
And.hearti,'so lately mingled, 'seem
Like broken clouds—or like the stream
That smiling left the mountain's brow,
As thoumh its waters neer - could sever,
Yet ere it teached the plain below,
Breaks into floods, and parts forever."
I may speak to some, who understand me
fully," and hOre known too :many days of mi
sery, not to appreciate what I say. If you
are conscious, and as •soon as you are con
scions ,that there is anything of alienation or
estrangement lose not an hour before you
seek areunfontfZyourhearts. if conscience
tells you that you have been in ihe wrong,
do not be too proud to aCknoWiedge it; if
you are sure that you have been unkindly or .
unjustly treated,-do not stand on your dig
nity or sense of justice, but be the first to
seek a reconciliation. Let the magnanimity
of lovemove you. Do not wait till your hue
band or--your wife approaches you,, but do
you liagten,.to do ilove'S work.- You will find
perhaps another , heart reaching out after
yours in the dark, and it will not be long
before you both are walking side by side, and
hand in: hand R ev.:.WAikroan.
PRE JEALOUSY OF A DOG.
Seine time gime; agentlenian liVindon the
Hudson, had a fine Newfoundland dog, who
was a. get favorite, with, the family. While
this dog'as confined in the yard, a pet lamb
was given to one of the children, which the
former soon discovered to be sharing a great
portion of those caresses which he had been
in the habit of receivii*This circumstance
*--
produce& 9,11 so great effect - on'the poor ani
mal that he-fretted, and became extremely
univell, and refused to eat. - Thinking that
exercise might be, of use to him, he was let
loose. No sooner was this done, than the
dog watched his opportunity and seized the
lamb in his mouth. He was seen conveying
it down a lane about a quarter of a mile
from his master's house at the = bottomof
which the Hudson river flowed: On arriving
at it, he held the lamb under water till it
was drowned, and thus effectually got rid: of
his rival. On examining the lamb, it did
not appear to have been bitten or otherwise
injured; and it might also be supposed that
the dog had chosen the easiest death
. in re
moving the object of his dislike.
CARBONATE of lead (a poison) is, it is'now
asserted, efficacious in cases of consumption'.
Workers in lead, we are told, are never con
sumptive. •
NAPOLEON'S IDEA OF MAKIN( WAR.
The following letter was written by Na
poleon to Augereau, on the 21st February,
1814 :
" What 1 Six hours after receiving the
first troops "fram Spain you are not in the
field ! Six k ii,rs of rest is quite enough for
them. I co ,
~red at Fangis with the bri
gade of ara ohs coming from Spain, who
co,
from. Bayonnt4ad not drawn rein. 1)o you
say that the six battalions from Nimes want
clothes and equipage, and a,ie uninstructed ?
Augereau, what miserable excuses ! I have
destroyed 80,090 enemies with battalions of
conscripts, sea#cely clothed, and without car
tridge boxes. i i,. The National Guards are
pitiful.. I hav4 here 4000 from Angers and
Bretagne, in round hats, withoul cartridge
boxes, but with good weapons; and I have
made them tall There is no money, do you
say ? But where do you expect to get money,
but from the ockets of the enemy ? You
have no team' ? Seize them I You have
no magazines ?, `"Tut, tut, this is too ridi
.
calms. I ordek you to put, yourself in the
field twelve hoB after you receive this let
ter. If you ar still the Augereau of trCasti
glione, keep y , command. If yom. sixty
years are too e,h for you, relinquish it toffi
the oldest of our general ocers. The
country is meri teed and in danger. It can
nt
only be saved bAdaring'and.alacrity, and not
by vain delays.r N , You must have a nucleus
of 6000 picked:lo6 . op° ?. Lha-ie. not. So Many-,
yet ,I have des4yed three armies, captured
40,000 pri,sonerik taken 200 pieces of artil
lery, and thride saved the capital. The
enemy are in f 1 flight upon Troyes ! Be
before them. et no longer as of late. Re
sume the meth and spirit, of '93. When
Frenchmen. see , our plume waving in the
van, and you, fu t of all, eposed to the ene
my's fire, you lill do with them whatever
you will.''
~
CAST THY BURDEN UPON THE LORD.
DR. PAYSON', *hen racked with pain and
near unto death exclaimed : ":Oh, what a
blessed thing it }s to lose one's will. Since.
I have lost my ill .I have. found my happi
nessL I There ca 'be no such thing as disap
pointment to ra i
for I have no - desire but
that God's will ay be accomplished."
John Newton; m his old age, when his
sight had become)so dim, that he was unable
to read, hearing the Scripture repeated:
"By.the grace Of, ,god I am what Pam,"
paused for somekginents, and -then -httered
this affecting sufiloquy : "I am not what I
ought to be. Air!. how imperfect and defi
cient ! lam not what 'wish to be. I ab
h.or that which is 'evil, and I , a-ould cleave to
that which is good. I am not what I hope
to be. Soon, I shall put off, with mortality,
all sin and imperfection. Though lam not
what I ought to
.he, and what I hope to be,
yet I can truly say I am not what I once was,
a slave to sin and Satan; and I can heartily
join with the apostle, and aoknoWledge, 'By
the grace of God I am what I am."
"I was once allied," says Mr. - Jay "to
attend thg dying bed of a young female. In
answer to my' inquities, she replied, have
little to relate as to'iny experience. I kave
been much tried 'and tempted; but this is
my sheet-anchor:, He hath said, Him that
cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.'
know 4come to hiira, and I expect he will be
as good as his word. Poor and unworthy as
I am, he will, not trifle with me nor deceive
me. It would be beneath his greatness as
well as goodness..'"
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,I 1 t*0::11,i11(.)
THE London TliteB states that some fur
ther experiments with the Armstrong guns
took place recently under the direction of
the. Ordnance Select Committee, when two
100 p - mmder guns of the ordinary service
pattern
,fired a large number of consecutive
rounds at the Woolwich butt. The rapidity
of fire was nearly uniform throughout. One
100 pounder fired its last fifty rounds in 34
minutes, and the, other 100 pounder fired its
last 'fifty rounds - in 33i- minutes. This in
cluded every stoppage. The guns. were not
Sponed for 70 amrBo rounds respectively,
and-'remained clean to the end. There was
no escape whatever'.` of gas from tee breech.
A POPULAR AUTHOR.—The sale of Hugh_
Miller's works hasbeen much larger in this
country than in Great Britain. The " Tes
timony of the Roc has reached a Sale of
27,990 copies in nd, and, the sable in
Atoerlca,. Next' comes the "Footprints of
the Creator," in which the American sale has
entirely outstripped the English, the former
being upwards of 19,000, and the latter 16,-
000. The " Old Ited , Sandstone" has< sold
16,000 here to 9000 in Englandl the -"Scheels
and - Schoolmasters,l' 16000 here - to 19,000
of the „English ; and =the "-First Impressions
of England" 9000, against 6000 in Black's
edition.
- TAN B.ARK EXPLOSIVE POWDER.-111. - Rey
naud's new Freuchlpewder called ,pyronime,
consists ~of. nitrate,,, soda; 716 -parts =by
weight, spent tan ••bark, dry, 87.5 ; sulphur
in powder, 50. The nitrate of soda is first
dissolved in a small)quantity-of :water. The
spent tan'bark -in ipowder -is then Mixed - in
this and the sulphur-in the same manner:l It
is now dried-in a, warm apartment, - and is - fit
for use as a substitute for gunpowder. It
contains all the expjosive - . mgredients of com
mon powder: The tan beak a Substitute
for Charcoal, and-theilitrate qf scaa;foi 4,be
nitrate of potash. ;., , F -
NoPlt. : LIGHT - 4.fooomorrv-R.—The Dun
kirk, (N.Y.) Herald says,; ; .‘f,We saw in the
depot one . day last week an engine which
seemed to be a novelty even to railroad men.
It was the . coal-burner,gackensgek, a minia
ture 'speciinen of a locomotive and tender
combined. It has but one driving wheel on
a side, and is capable of ~running forty-five
milei an hour, with a light train. of course.
It belongs.to - the earYbrk and Erie Rail
road, was built, e believe, by the engineer,
Mr. Murnforcl, dis used by Superintendent
Minot in going ver the road in performance
of his duties.' Scientific Al7Zer.
TELEGRAPH ARGETS.-1 1 . N. Gisborn of
London, has a plied the electric telegraph to
targets for sho tinga9ong ranges. The.tar
get; is so constrpeted and`conneeted with 'elec
tric telegraphif apparatus that when a bullet
strikes it, a signal placed near the marksmen
points out the% part exactly that has been
struck, and at ithe same time the hits are.also
registered on. gaper, by the apparatus.
' THE TELEGIt4Ert: ON WAR. SHIPS,—The
liendon Post staiel that an iron clad ele
vated room is built: on the after deck of the
Warrior, and fitted with telegraphic appa
ratus, communicating with the engine-room
and all the apartments 'of the vessel. In
this room the commander witnesses in- com
parative safety all that is going Oit, and sends
his orders with lightning speed to
,any part
of the ship.
Airtrtiinstnito.
PATENT UNFERMENTED
AERATED BREAD.
A BSOLUTELY PURE, made without Yeast, Al
kalies,, or Baking Powders of any kind It is
perfectly cleanly, as no human hands ever touch it
till it is baked. By this new Process of raising bread,
all the nutritious and palatable qualities of the Flour
are preserved unimpaired. It is always light and
sweet. It never sours, and will not dry up like Yeast
Bread, and contains nothing but -water, salt and flour.
By this process we produce amore healthy and nutri
tious—a sweeter and cheaper Bread than can be made
by any other process.
We have a great number of testimonials of its_su
perior 7 qualities, from eminent chemists and physi
cians, both in this country and Europe, but the best
proof of the article is " eating it." Please try it.
Ladies and others interested - are invited to call and
see the process of making the
UNFERMENTED AERATED BREAD,
Corner of Buttonwood - and Brend Streets,
PHILADELPHIA.
VAN RIPER & CAMP, Proprietors.
AGENTS
Van Riper'& Camp, Broad and Buttonwood streets.
A. Ramage, S.W. cor. Spring Garden and Eighth sts.
Serill Knight, S. E. corner Fourth and Willow streets.
Boss & o. 605 North Third street.
Palmiter Co., 'Wilcox, No. 955 North Second street.
J. E. ZoineS, No. 1236 North Second street.
C. H. Drury, No. 225 Richmond street.
George Garvin, No. 1419 Lombard street.
M. C. Campbell, No. 821 Locust street.
Wheatcraft.
Lipman C. Camp, No. 12 South Tenth street.
H. C. Baum, No. 1509 Callowhill street.
Aug. Reimer, No. 420 Race street.
M. C. Campbell, (Henzy) No. 417 Pine street.
Thomas B. _Haines, No. 1207 Shippen street.
John S. Shelrnire, No. 1246 North Tenth street.
David S. Coverdal ,e S. E. cor. Sixth and Redwood sts.
Francis A. Culin,_Nos: 3353 and 4208 Market street.
E. R. Bancroft No. 1334 South Second street.
John Stein, S. E. corner-Queen and Sixth streets. -
Thomas H. Lodge, No. 801 South Eleventh street.
Charles Norton, Tulip street, 3d door below Dauphin.
William Coverdale, No. 1606 South street.
W. H. Olphine.
8.. Porter, No. 1522 Ridge avenue.
P. H. Campbell, cor. A rmat & Germantown ay., Ctn.
John Heebner, Main st., (between Swede and Cherry)
Norristown.
Dr. J. Cox., Manayunk and Roxborough. •
Jackson, West Chester.
Edward H. Clement. Bristol, Pa.
MELODEON MANUFACTORY.
The undersigned having for the past twelve yean
been practically engaged in manufacturing
MELODEONS,
feels confident of his ability to produce an article-supe
rior to any other in the city, and upon the most. mode
rate-terms. Tuning and. Repairing promptly attended
to. A. MACNUTT, No. 115 N. Sixth Stria. '
PiOY
TARRANT'S
EFFERVESCENT
SELTZER APERIENT.
ARTS valuable and popular Medicine has universally
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, Acidity of the Stomach, Tor
pidity of the Liver, Gout, Rheumatic Affections,
Gravel, Piles, and all complaints where
A GENTLE OR. COOLING APERIENT OR PUR
GATIVE IS REQUIRED.
It is particularly- adapted to the wants of Travelers,
by Sea and Land, Residents in Hot Climates, Persons
of Sedentary Habits, Invalids and 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
untr • and its • steadil increasin: • •.• • • a
1 • - e deg - and-vs
luable Character, an. commend it-to the 'favorable
notice of an intelligent public.
TARRANT'S
Cordial Elixir of Turkey Itliabarb.
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 m 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'lndelible Ink;
For marking Linen, Muslin, Silk, etc., has been
proved by many 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 will find it to their
interest to give it, a preference over all similar pre
parations.
Manufactured "'only by,
JOHN' A. TARRANT s& Davaaisrs,
No. 278, GreenWich St., Con Warren
New. York.
WAnd for sale by PruggistS generally. ly
Corns and,Bunions Cured!
DDITIONAL •conclusive eVidenee of Dr. 'KEN
-171 NEDY'S INSTANTANEOUS and PAINLESS
processofieffeettzally removing the worst eases of Corns
and Bunions, and all Diseases of the Feet, Hands and
• From Dr. `O." Levey M. D.
"'lids is to.certify that Dr Kennedy has operated
on mx feet to my, entire satisfaction." ,
From john W. Dow Broker and Real Estate Agent,
Walnut ,street.
"Dr. Kennedy-has operated on the'feet of niy wife
and myself with surgeon-like, skill:"
From Isaac D. Matiens. „
"Dr. Kennedyhas removed a n. bunio off my ,
right
joint, which has been a pest to me for sixteen years."
From Francis Tearney, Philadelphia , Bank,
"This is to certify that I. called on Dr. Kennedy ? a
rew weeks ago, and he operated on myfeet to my entire
siOisfactiOn."' • , - -
From Thomas H. 'Shoemaker, Phila.
"I called on Dr. Kennedy in November last, and
he operated on my feet to my entire satisfaction."
From Francis H. Hier. .
"This is to certify that I called on Dr.-.Ke.enedy. He
removed three corns and five bunions off my feet with
out pain or bleeding, and' am satisfied that he has
effectually cured me."
From - Mrs. J. W. Hammond, No. 718 Catharine et..
"This ThiS is to certify that Pr_ Kennedy has removedcors find- filthier's off Ohnyfe:eVwhiCh have, annoyed
me for 'several years. .11b also remov a lancer from
-
my middle finger:which thad.no use of for the period
of six , months. I cordially commend him to the suf
feringhumanity ofPhiladelphia, as a skillful inrgeon."
•
REFERENCES.
Dr. John Corbett IL D: - 'Mrs. Smith, Green - it:
Captain MeClurr. ' - Mrs. W. L. Howard-.
William IL Mills, Jr. - W. C.: Foster, Corn. Met. :
Rev. Walter W. Stanton, chant, Third street,
L.L. D. ' ' Myers Davis, MaAet st.,
Samuel W.•• Howard, 'At- abdve Fifth.' • .' •
torney-at-law. Major Conistock.
Clopole Stevens, Pharma- lit's. W. Partridge, Wal
cutist. ' ' nut street.
OF THE MEDICAL FAci7LTY.
From Dr. W.lu,Stevena.
"Dr. Kennedy has operated- on my feet, and has
effectually cured me of some torturing pests that I
httiVe been annoyed with for years!'
From the Rev. Walter 3f. Thompson.
"This is to certify that whilst sojourning in Phila
delpiga, Dr. Kennedy has operated on three. of : my
fluidly to my entire satiafaction."
From the Hon. Wm. M. Thorn, ex-member of the
Ohio Legislature. .
, "This is to certify . that I called on Dr.. Kennedy to
operate on my feet. He displayed great skill as a sur
geon, and I am satisfied' that' he has effectitally cured
me of these torturing pests, which have annoyed me
for many years." -
From George F. Omerly, 637 Arch street
' "Thisis to certify that I called' on Dr. Kennedy ;
He has operated on my feet to my entire satisfaction.
Dr.KENNEDY claims to be the only Chiropodical
Surgeon of Philadelphia that ever received the al:rani-.
mous commendations of the Philadelphia_press. He
can be consulted ht his office; daily, No. 90i Filbert
street, Hours from "9 to 12 A. and 2to '6 P..
UNDERTAKERS.'
CYRUS BORNE,
D E EV'A K E
• . NO 28 NORTH ELEVENTH:
COFFINS, hearses, Carriages, and everythingup-
NJ pertaining to Funerals, furnished at the shortest
notice. Lead Coffins on hand. nov2B
GEORGE W. LOTT,
General Furnishing Undertaker,
No. 509 SOLTH THIRTEENTH STREET
;
First honk below Lombard street,
• Philadelphia.
Every requisite furnished at shortest notice, and on
most reasonable terms.
Personal attendance at all hours. nov2l ly
EDWIN A. HUGHES,
UNDERTAKER,
AND
SEXTON OF DR. WADSWORTH'S CHURCH,
No. 259 SOUTH TENTH STREET,
above Spruce street,
noV2B Philadelphia.
LEWIS FAYETTE,
GENERAL :FURNISHING UNDERTAKER,
No. 770 South Second street, above Catharine,
IV - OVID respectfully inform the citizens of Phil-
V V adelphia, that he still continues at his old
stand, 356 S. Second street, above Catharine, where
he will keep constantly on hand a large assortment
of READY MA-DE COFFINS, of all qualities together
with the complete paraphernalia necessary for the pro
per interment of the dead. His, horses and carriages
'are unsuipalsol, dna his driiers among the most care
ful. Charges moderate.
Old stand, No. 356 S. Second street, New No. 770.
nov2l ly
HORATIO S. lIELVERSON,
BEGS leave to announce that he is conducting
the •
UNDERTAKING BUSINESS,
At the old established stand of his father; the
late Nicholas Helverson, No. 225 Coates street,
above St. John st., which has been in opera
tion for over 40 years, and he assures the pub
lic that the well earned reputation of the con-.
cern will be kept up in every particular; his
facilities are such as to enable him to guaran
tee satisfaction to any and all that favor him
with their patronage, and his long experience,
and the, personal attention given to every de
partment, will ensure that everything in his
line will be manufactured of the best material,
and finest workmanship, at the very lowest
prices.
N.B.—Walnut, Mahogany and Cloth Coffins,
with plated and solid silver mountings, always
on hand, ready to be delivered at the shortest
notice. nov2l ly
Brown's Essence of Jamaica Ginger.
i ir A.NUFACTURED only at FRED'K BROWN'S
JNI Drug and Chemical store, Northeast corner of
Fifth and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia. Attention
is called to this valuable remedy, which should be in
every family, and for the Army and Navy it is indis
pensable, curing affections of the stomach and bowels,
and is a certain preventive from the effects of bad
water.
aktrum.—Be sure to get the genuine Essence,
which is prepared only by F. Dsowx, at his Drug and
Chemical store, Northeast corner of Fifth and Chest
nut streets, Philadelphia, and for sale by all the re
spectable Apothecaries in the United States.
MUTTER'S COUGH S Y ItTIP. F. BROWN—
Copy-right secured—Prepared only from the
Original Prescription of the late Professor Mutter, at
Frederick Brown's, Northeast corner of Fifth and
Chestnut streets, Philadelphia.
This Remedy is a safe and simple_preparation from
the receipt of the late distinguished Professor Mutter,
with whom it was a favorite prescription. That he
used it in his extensive practice, insures to the timid
a certain proof of, its pure and innoxious elements,
and to those who know his character for skill and care
ful attention, to prescribe only such remedial agents
as should secure restoration withont producing subse
quent evil, it will be welcomed as a real good. Un
der the guidance of a Physician, (to whom its combi
nation will unhesitatingly be made known), it will
always be found beneficial, and in cases where a me
dical adviser is not at hand, it may be used with safety,
accordip : to the directions in all cases of short or
: szt-6- —7 . 4 "; -•— " • ROWN 8
_Drug aud.•Cheraical: store, Nortlmisti , Corner- of-Ziftit
and. Chestnut streets, Philadelphia. dees 3m
SCHOOL FOR PHYSICAL AND. MEN
TAL EDUCATION,
-NOW OPEN FOR
BOARDIkG AND DAY PUPILS.
THIS School has two peculiar features,viz.: HEALTH,
1 RS aprimary object, and INSTRUCTION by Lectures.
Young ladies only are received as boarders. The school
is designed to give them as complete and finished an
education as can be had in any Seminary or Female
College. Pupils may commence any time. Apply
for terms, at the School, No. 1432 8. PENN SQUARE,
or address,
WM. If. CORNELL, A.M., M.D., Principal.
Miss MARION A. Swum, late of the Female Semi
-nary at-Harrisburg, Pa., is Assistant Principal.
Dr. C. has also a Department for Bors, in separate
rooms, where they are fitted for Business, or .College,
or Military, or Naval Schools. Miss Clara F. Sher
man, of Boston,
is assistant teacher in the School for
Boys. Both Schools have a PRIMARY DEPARTMENT,
in which pupils are received at a reduced price. In
strumental Music, Latin, Greek, French, and German
are taught by competent instructors. nov2l
THE FIRE IN CHESTNUT STREET..
Letter from'Theo. H. Peters & Co.
January,l9, 1860.
MESSRS. kARREI., HERRING ct, CO.,
629 Chestnut Street. "
gssrmsottes:—We have recovered 'the Herring's
Patent.ChamMen Safe, of your make: which we bought
frein-you nearly five years' ago, from the ruins of our
No. 716 Chestnut street, which was entirely
:lestrosed by fire on the morning of the 17th inst.
So rapid Was the progress of the flames, before we
could, reach the store the whole interior was one mass
of. fire. The Safe bang in the back-part of the store,
'and surrounded by the most combustible materials '
was
expoied to great teat. It fell with the' walls of that
part of the building into the cellar, and remained im
bedfled in the ivies for more than thirty hours.
The Safe was opened this morning in the presence of
a number of gentlemen, and_ the contents, comprising
our-bobk - s, bills, receivable money, and a large amount
of Relatable papers, are all safe; not athing was touched
byAre.
• Respectfully, yours,
THEO. H. PETERS & CO. •
The above Safe can be , seen at our store, where the
pnblierstre invited to. call and examine it.
- FARREL, HERRING & CO.
No..62.9•Cursnter Sr,
(Jayne's Hall.)
" Wzrzyur hiaoouos.
Kau and Runt PITISKIRS.
, .
BANKING HOUSE OP
WORK, 11000UCH & 00.,
No. 36 Routh Thir' d And,
_
Thu= BA2M No and Corsa. • Bourns= and
"Wasszaw Wares bought on the most isforable terms.
Buss Or EXeILiNOB on New York, Boaton, Pittsburg, ,Paltimore,
Itlehmond, Cincinnati, St. Louis, dce., &c., constantly for sale.
Cinixonoas piomptly made on an
,accessible points In the United
ntatea and Canadae. ° •
Damon Runasso, payable on demand, and Interest allowed as
peragteement.
13114918 and LOAM bought and add on commission s and BUSMEN
Etna negotiated.
„Neferlo Paaanszpnta and Potem. suss name, Philadelphia: -
Bem,
Nsittli:ic Wuns,ow, Lonna &ON New York, and CceIZENIr and
I:Unman Penns, Pntsbure.
LADD, WEBSTER, AND CO.'S
:TIGHT LOCK STITCH
SEWING MACHINES.
1117 T THE REST, AND ear THE CHEAPEST! They stitch,
hem, bind,, fell, run, and gather without basting; use a
straight needle and wheel feed, and make stitch alike on
both sides of the cloth. They are without any of those
delicate and nice adjustmena;which make many machines
"inore plague than profit." We claim them to be the
beat made machines in the world, and capable of doing
a greater range of work, in a more satisfactory manner.
PRICES REDUCED to 100, and upwards.
. • LADD, WEBSTER, & CO.,
163-6 es. 921 Chestnut St., Pbilad.
.
GEORGE T. - COBB,
Designer and. Engraver Wood & Brass Dies,
Engraving at Lowest Rat es ,
No. 411 Chestnut street,
decl2 it
Philadelphia.
VFISSES Er CLOAKS, and do
lti thing of every description, tbe cheapest in the
city, at No. 137 South Eighth Street, -
novl4 2ni Third, door above Walnut.
Have Yon-Provided for your Family
an Insurance - 'on your Life?
looeg 2.145444
In DRANCE Coy
NO. 16 COVET STREET, Brooklyn,
NO. 18 WALL STREET, New York.
MUTUAL,
WITH A CASH CAPITAL OF 5125.000,
Invested. in Stooks of the State of New York
DIRECTORS:
A. A. Low, Thomas Carlton,
W. H. Cary, John T. Martin,
I. H. Frothingham, John Halsey,
J. S. T. Stranahan, John Sneden,
Thomas Messenger, J. Milton Smith,
Samuel Smith, Harold Doliner,
Henry E. Pierrcpont, A. B. Capwell,
Abr. B. Baylis,Nehemiah Knight,
Peter C. Cornel, Edward A. Lambert,
John D. Cocks, James How,
H. B. Claßin, L. B. 'Wyman,
S. B. Chittenden, • George A. Jarvis,
Theo. Polhentus, Jr:, Samuel Perry,
J. E. Sonthworth, S. E. Howard,
Czar Dunning, George T. Hope,
John G. Bergen, Charles A. Townsend,
Lewis Roberts, Cornelius J. Sprague,
Walter B. Griffith, Joseph W. Green.
M. F. Odell; -__
WALTER S. GRIFFITH, President.
I. IL FROTHINGHAM, Treasurer.
GEORGE C. RIPLEY, Secretary.
A. B. CAPWELL, Counsel.
Medical Counsel, { C. L. MITCHL'LL, M.D., Brooklyn,
Jas: aTEWART, 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.
Or' 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 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 on 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.
Ater 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 13rovide for. Our members need
not apprehend, therefore, that their ina ity to pay
the premium at any futiire 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 be treated with on
the most liberal terms. 768 E. o. w-lyr
- , 11.11..L, WEIGHT, WITIWIIT PAPER.
WILSON'S DANDELION COFFEE
IS the best and cheapest Coffee that can be used, and
is entirely different from any other Dandelion Cof
fee that has yet been offered to the public. Persons
who use it once will continue to use it, as, in addition
to its peculiarly rich and delicious fiavoz) one half the
quantity is sufficient. It is prepared from a receipt
which the proprietor ,used for years in England, with
great success and can be:procured at WILSON'S Tea
Warehouse, No. 236 Chestnut street, or at every gro
cery and tea store in. he United States or Canada.
N.B.—The Dandelion Root used is imported by the
proprietor from France and is of the finest descrip
tion. The green Dandelion Root for sale. Cash or
ders from the country promptly attended to. decl2
TT OLLOCK'S IMPRO yr..") DANDELION COF
_IN FEE. Made from the best Java Coffee, is recom
mended by physicians as a superior, nutritious bever
age for General Debility, Dyspepsia, and all Bilious
disorders.
Thousands who have been reluctantly compelled to
abandon the use of Coffee, will use this without inju
rious effects. One can contains the strength of two
pounds of ordinary coffee. For sale'ut the corner of
EIGIITEENTD and SPRUCE and all Druggists and Gro
cers, and by Dam & G o o. ; No. 232 North SECOND
Street. Price 25 cents. novl4 ly
A CARD.
. . . -
MHE'andersigned takes pleasure in announcing to
"the patrons 'the ." American Presbyterian,"
and the public in general, that the
CLOTHING
manufactured, either ready-made or special order, is
from material of the,'
-VERY- BEST FABRICS,
and warranted: to give .satisfaction.
The prices are marked in
PLAIN FIGURES,
on each garment, and in all cases, uniformly low.
TERMS CASH,
EDWARD T. TAYLOR,
For CHARLES STOKES,
oct3l No. 824 Chestnut street, Phila.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOL
LARS PER YEAR.!
ERLVIDERE SEMINARY. NEW 'JERSEY.
ONE Hundred and Fifty Dollars -will pay for Doard
and Tuition a year, for a young Lady, in this
institution. Its location for advantages cannot be
surpassed. The instruction is equal to that imparted
in any School of the highest order. Ana ire French
teacher resides in the family. Pupils are received at
any three, and charged accordingly.
REV. J. ADDISON WHITARER, A.M, Principal.
MISS DELIA A. SLOCVM VicaPrincipal
octiO Iy
SM ) Zo--4
me.--01l
FINE GROCERIES AND TEAS.
THOMPSON, BLACK & SON,
N. W. corner of Broad anifChestnut Streets,
PHILADELPHIA.
WHOLESALE and Retail dealers in fine Teas,
Sugar, Coffee, Flour, Fruit, Sices 7 Pickles
Preserves, and every variety of choice Family Groce
ries:
Goods delivered in any part of the city, or paclfe
securely for the country. sept2o ly
IMPROVED ?MELODEONS AND ORGAN 31E
-1 lodeons, or Harmoniums. The best and the cheap
est. Prices from $45 to 6350, according to style. A
liberal discount for cash, or on monthly instalments
of as small amounts as $5.. JAMES BELLAK,
Nos. •279-and 281 South Fifth street, above Spruce,
Philadelphia, Wholesale Agent. decs
JAN. 16, 1862.
bIITY'BIADE , EASY.
OFFICES:
and First-Class Bonds and
litortgages.
J. RUFFINGTON,
•
VRGAIt BUILDER
Ico. 131 s. Ea-,EvravrEt-sri,
Above Wablut,
PHILADELPTHA
PRINCE & CO'S,