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Potential Hoods.
I am'. and dream
Of the time that prophets have long foretold,
Of au age surpassing the age of gold,
Which the eyes of the selfish can never behold,
When truth and love shall be owned su
preme.
I think and weep
O'er the thousands oppressed by sin and woe,
O'er the long procession of those who go,
Through ignorance, error, and passions low,
To the unsought bed of their dreamless sleep
I wait and long
For the sway of justice ' the rule of right;
For the glad diffusion of wisdom's light;
For the triumph of liberty over might ;
For the day when the weak shall be free
- from the strong.
I work - and slug
To welcome the dawn of the fairer day,
When crime and sin shall have passed away,
V, hen men shall llve as well as they pray,
And earth with the gladness of heaven shall
ring.
I trust and hope
In the tide of God's love that unceasingly rolls,
In the dear words of promise that bear up our
souls,
In the tender compassion that sweetly consoles,
When in death's darkened valley we tremb
lingly grope.
I toil and pray
For the beauty excelling all forms of art;
For the blessings that comes to the holy heart;
For the hope that foretells, and seems a part
Of the life and joy of the heavenly day.
—Continental Afonthl,y.
THE ROME OF BEN.
AT the appointed time, Mr. Elliot found
himself again in the wretched court; within
whose precincts Ben's father lived. The houses
were black and ruinous—many of the windows
were stuffed up with old hats and rags, while
from others were lolling out idle, dirty, flaunt
ing women, talking and laughing loudly. In
the centre of the court was a heap of rubbish,
about which prowled some starved, guilty
looking cats and dogs, while children,- that
looked like nothing in the world but bundles
of rags and dirt, grovelled in the mire, or
started up with fearful .unehild-like words to
squabble and fight. It was a painful scene,
and Mr. Elliot groaned over the want of la
borers in.this mission field,
" Where souls were wandering far and wide,
And curses swarmed on every side."
One or two touching little things struck
Mr. Elliot's eye. There was a broken flower
pot in one widow, in which a small fuchsia
was hanging. out its graceful but sorely
blighted blossoms. In another there was a
little box of mignonette, pale and stunted,
but still a green thing,. which might per
chance take a thought of freshness into its
possessor's heart. From yet another window
a lark, imprisoned in a small cage, was pour
ing out its heavenward notes, and at inter
vals beating the bars of its cage, with the
wild veheme,nce,of its longing or purer air
and freedom. Mr. Elliot wondered if, in
that dreary court, the lark's song took a mes
sage to any of higher things—if there were
but one soul that longed to spread its wings
and flee - away. There was, none of those
little external symbols of hotter things in
poor Ben's dwelling. It looked , more for
lorn than ever. The step-mother was less
stupid, but more ferocious than-she had been
during Mr. Elliot's last visit. She had just
finished boxing poor little Ben's ears so
soundly that lie had , fallen against the wall,
and his nose was bleeding, and he was cry
ing loudly; but the pain somehow lulled, and
the tears dried up by the very sight of his
friend. His father, two other men, and a
bold, liandsoxne girl, were playing caxds,
smoking, and drinking in one corner; while in
another a wan, stricken-looking wonian was
leaning against the wall with her arms fold
ed, and at her feet lay on the same dirty
straw the same sick child whom Mr. Elliot
had seen before—" little Moll." She was
leaning'on her elbow, her eyes sparkling and
her cheeks flushed with feverishness, as she
watched her mother and Ben with stran g e,
wistful looks, that kept turning frotti. them
again up to the dirty broken panes, And to
the dim blue strip of sky which she had ,
watched, and watched, till it had grown like
the face of a friend. Mr. Elliot thought that
there was something like the little prisoned
lark in the upward look of the sick child.
She was murmuring some. words over and
over to herself. Jle bent down to listen, and
was surprised to hear her repeating a verse
of that pretty hymn: •
14 I lay my sins on Jesus,
The spotless lamb of God."
"Who taught her that ?" he asked.
"Ira some gammon of Sue's there," an
swered the woman impatiently, while one of
the men shouted out rudely: "
" What! Sue the sinner turned Sue the
saint ! What's to be next ?" '
The poor woman flushed and turned sadly
to Mr. Elliot, Saying in a weak, low voice
" It were none o' mine, but • Ben's Mother
kept crooning it over before she died.
good lady taught it to her ' and a deal more,,
and she kind of smiled when she said it, and
I told it over to the, little lass there * but I
know naught more of IL"
"What's your business, if se you- have
any?" interrupted Ben's step-mother, look
ing fiercely at Mr. Elliot.
"You'd best be quick," Said one of the
men, in a threateninc , . 'one: - .
Mr. Elliot turned .to a man who had not
spoken, and whom Ben had pointed out as
his father, and in a few short but kind words
made known his wish to take the boy from
his home,
,put him at school, and afterwards
get hint, taught a useful trade. The man
hesitated, and then said;
"But how much'll you give for hid?" *
Mr. Elliot was too wise to show his horror
at the idea of the child being sold by the
father, but repeated that he should be com
pletely taken off his hands, and instead of
growing up in habits of ignorance and crime,
which might end in the gallows, he should
learn to be a useful and respectable man.
" Well, well, master, answered the man,
44 but it's just this—what's good enough for
me's good enough for him, I reckon ; he'll
turn a penny when he gets big, and unless
you fork out some tin, I wontpart with a bit
of him."
"Are you a fool, Joe Brown ?" interposed
Sue, trembling with agitation. " I tell you
his mother won't rest in her' grave if ye mur
der the child's Soul as ye a'most murder his
body. Lot him go, and be thankful, or she'll
be at you. I know what I know, and you've
a guess what I mean, maybe."
A. fast.
The man was evidently not insensible to
her words, for he looked uneasily round, and
then said in a subdued tone : Well, but
you'd surely give me something for the lad."
Thoroughly disgusted, Mr. Elliot was be
ginning to .repeat his first offer, with the ad
dition of a small bribe, for poor little Ben's
face of fear and doubt made him resolve to
do his utm6st to rescue him, when the step
mother, who had fortified herself with another
dram, stepped forward with her arms a-kim
be : "Would she allow that gallows' bird of
a boy, who was the plague of her life„ to be
set up like a gentleman indeed, when she
and her children were left behind?—not
she !" and with a fearful oath she declared
that the boy should never set a foot in their
grand schools. With a scowl and a curse
the man replied : "You'd best be quiet, mis
tress, pretty gentle folks .you and your brats
would be, save little Moll, mayhap," and his
face softened. " Well, continued he, "I'll
think on it, master."
At that moment a tremendous- noise of
cheering and laughing was heard below, and
'loud calls came for "Joe the joker," and
" Tim the tinker." With the love of excite
ment common among their class, they were
off in a moment, followed by the girl and the
woman. She instantly turned to Mr. Elliot:
"I'll get him to go to-morrow, and see you
anywhere out of this, and he'll maybe come
to his lenses."
Fernie Lea was too far off, and Mr. Elliot
appointed a friend's house in the town,
though with little hope of seeing the man
again.
"Now," said Sue, speaking fast and low,
"say a word to the child there, and, to me,
too. Who was it that Ben's mother saw. and
I couldn't, though I strained my eyes ?—who
was Jesus, that was near her, and why did
she keep saying, and saying, 'l'm a great
sinner, but he's a great Saviour ?--tell, tell,"
repeated she impatiently.
Thus urged, Mr. Elliott answered her ques-
tion ' with something in his words and manner
of the simplicity.of a little child. He had
never felt the doctrines of his faith so clear
and beautiful, so suited to be what they pro
fess, words of comfort "to them that are lost."
The woman's hollow eyes fixed - on him, with
an eagerness that would turn to despair if no
word of his brought hope to her , soul. The
unnaturally bright preeociouslook of the, dy
ing child, turning away from his face to the
blue distant. ski, and the wondering gaze: of
little Ben, made him feel that he was called
to speak a watilin season to,those for whose
souls no man had cared. If any: doubts had
ever mingled with his
-pride of intellect, they
had vanished now. Here were the sick—
blessed be God, there was an infallible Phy
sician ; 'here were the sheep, lost and strayed,
and fallen among snares and wolves, but
there was them also a Good Shepherd and
a happy fold.
"Listen," said he, " God, the great God
that made us, was very grieved because men
ad sinned and become altogether hateful;
but He had .an only and well-beloved Son,
Jesus Christ the ilighteous. And of his own
will the Son came down from heaven, and
lived thirty yearion earth as a poor car
penter, mocked and hated, and at last he died
a cruel death on the cross ; but he said, 'Be
lieve on me and ye shall be saved and live.'
Then He rose again after that death, and now
He lives in heaven forever; and so it is,
since that day, that whoever believes that
the blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all
sin is saved from his guilt and misery, and
though he be dead, he shall live with God
forever.
There was a pause; little Moll smiled a
smile of peculiar and intelligent beauty, and
again she murmured, soft and low, her old
burden: •
" I lay my sins on Jeans,
The spotless lamb-of God.T'
The woman's head was bowed low, low,
but no voice came. Little Ben started for
ward with clasped hands, and said : " Mam
my, mammy, is she alive—has she got away
from the black box and the ugly black men—
() inammy where is she ?" and the child's
tears fell fast and warm with his longing to
see the old . fantilier face and form, as dear to
hini as to the sons of bedecked and . jewelled
mothers, nay dearer, because it was a. menio
ry of the only tenderneas he had ever known.
Mr. Eliot put, his arm round the little fellow,
and told him that he must. wait till his time
came to die. No,- he musk not, kill himself
now, that would make God angry: but if he
loved Jesus and believ'ed on him, he would
then go to live with the bright angel-mother,
in the blessed, angel-borne, which the. Lord
Jesus had bought for mother and child by
his own precious blood; and the boy's sobs
were hushed, and he longed and resolved to
know,x and to love that kind and loving Savi-,
our, and to be with him forever. ' ‘ i- But: it
isn't for me, it isn'tfer-me,"_ murmured poor
Sue, with her Tagged apron: tlirciwn tight
over-herAead. "Ren's mother was never
so bad as .me, and these children are inno
cents, bless them!.'but I : tell you that if
you've a wife or a sister, or a daughter, she
should shrink the sight of me; and - I've
stolen, and I'Xe been drunken, and I've had
no• pity on they child that was born to me ;
aiTd Pve kriowti of larder and Aida% tel Lit ;
and woe is me, wouis me I"
- "Listen" "Said Mr. Elliot again, "I will
tell you a-story.
• There was once a woman
who had beeii as "great a sinner as you, and
when Jest's Christ was alive on earth, she
came behind him; she did-not dare tospeak
to him onto appear in his sight, because she
hated herself for being a sinner, only' she
washed•his feet with her tiars.of penitence,
and she wiped-them with - her - 116r ; and the
Saviour turned round and :said, in lovitig
tones: ' Thy sins are forgiven, thy faith
hath saied-thee, -go -fit-Tette:3.l" -
Something of a happier smile-and gentler
look came across, the poor woman's agonized
face, but' she started up a moment after, say
ing " You'd best go now. They aren't safe
to deal with in a- rage. I'll not forget, God
bless you, _sir.! " and she hurried hiin away.
The court :was : almost; deserted, but he
heard the minds of drunken fighting,,apd
rioting which had caught Sue's quick car,
come surging from the,,next still more miser
able alley.—The Hotheileee Boy.
THE SOLDIER'S TRUST.
IN the present War, the rebels made an
attack upon one - of our regiments doing'picket
duty on the Maryland side of the. Potomac.
There were three houses standing upon the
Virginia shore which afforded shelter to the
enemy, and it became necessary to have them
removed. The colonel tried the effect of
shelling them ; but owing to the short range
of his guns and the great distance, could not
demolish them. The only thing accomplish
ed by this was driving the enemy out of them
to the shelter of the woods beyond.
The colonel then asked for volunteers to
cross the river and burn the buildings. Only
two men came forward, one a private, the
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gkiz-,etit-a-n 'Vrter.i i iittt-tii . lit ititiVll'''t.itt4f.':E":4ttitt:ttiiii:
other an orderly sergeant. The colonal gave
the command to the sergeant, and told him
to select as many men as he needed, and go.
Selecting three men from his own company
to manage the boat and assist him, the brave
fellows departed on their perilous mission.
Ere they reached the middle of the stream,
. they were greeted with a shower of bullets ;
volley followed volley, each passing over
their heads without touching a man. As
they neared the shore, the house immediately
in front of them, which was a large brick
one, offered them shelter for landing ; and it
was not many,minutes after, ere the smoke
issuing from the roof showed their work was
accomplished there. The next house was
soon in flames also; but the third stood some
distance from the river : to get to it, they
must cross a ploughed field directly under
fire of the musketry. Here, as in crossing
the river,
they were made the target for the
enemy's bullets. Strange to say, this " for
lorn hope" returned uninjured, and were re
ceived with enthusiastic cheers from, their
brave comrades.
The young sergeant, upon being compli
mented upon his courage, and interrogated
as to the source of it. replied, "It is not in
me ; give God the glory. When I started,
I committed my beloved wife and child to his
fatherly care, should I never return. I
breathed a prayer for myself and the little
band with me. I went further; I entreated
that we might all return in safety; and as,l
stepped from that boat, these words of the
ninety-first Psalm came forcibly , to my mind :
'-A thousand, shall fall at thy side, and ten
thousand at thy right hand ; but it shall not
come nigh thee. Only with thine eyes shalt
thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
Because thou hast made the Lord, which is
my refuge, even the Most High, thy habita
tion; there shall no evil befall thee, neither
shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.'
I received it as an answer;to my prayer.; and
though we could hear the bullets whizzing
by almost touching us, I felt no more fear of
them thanaf they bad been hailstonea."
My dear soldier, what is the source of
your courage ? Is Jesus your strong tower,
your refuge in the da - y of battle, as well as
amid the storms of life ? Is he your - fortress,
Aul'lshield, your defence'? If not, haste to
make him such to you. True, without him
you may go to the cannon's mouth, you may
rush to the thickest of the fight without fear ;
you may have no fear, because at the moment
you do not think of your danger, 6r -that'
" after death douteth the judgment ; "
. If Jesus is your friend, the battle-field
may be to you-the very gate of heaven ; the ,
bullet which pierces your heark-will be but
the friemilyr messenger to call you home ; and
such a home ! The earthly mansion dwin
dles to a miserable hovel as we contem
plate the glories of that mansion where Christ
has gone to prepare a place for you—yes,
for you if you love him.
If Jesus is not your friend, if you do not
love him, the deadly missile would be your
death-warrant, both of soul and body. The
death of the soul I The unutterable woe of
the lost soul !
Would you stand befor,e the face of the
Judge of all the earth with the mighty weight
of all your sins, upon you? Would you rush
into his presence Without a Mediator ? If
not, come to the fountain opened in Christ
Jesus, and wash in his blood. Take Jesus
for your Advocate-and Redeemer. lie stands
ready to receive you. He will -
away empty. ' Only believe on him- - -believe
that he died for you. - Take him at his word:
"Though your sins be as scarlet, 'they shall
be as white as snow." Let the - language of
your heart be,
Just as ; .I am, without one plea,,
'But that thy blood was shed for me, •
And that thou bidst•me come to thee,
0 Lamb of God, I come." - •
—Premium Tracts.
plioallantouto. •
ANECDOTES OF BLOOD-LETTINO.
From "A Book about Doctors."
.
LORD CitEsTERFIELD, wantina. -an Addi
tional vote for a coming division in the House
of Peers, called on Lord Radnor, and after a
little introductory "conversation, complained
of a, distressing headache.
Younught to,lose your blood then,', said
Lord Radnor.
"Do. you indeed think so ? Then, my
dear lord; lo add to-the: service of your ad
vice by performing the operation. . I know
you are a NIL' skillful surgeon." -
Delighted at the Compliment, Lord Radnor,
in a_ trice pulled out his lancet-case, and
opened a vein in his friend's arm.
"By-the-by," asked the patient, as < his
aim Was being-adroitly bound up, " do you
go down' PP to, the House to-day?"
I had not intended going;" answered the
noble operator, "not being sufficiently in
formed on the question which is to be debated;
but yon, that have considered it, which side
Will you vote 0n.?." .
In reply, Lord Chesterfield unfolded his
view of the case; and Lord Radnor was so
delighted -with the reasoning of ,the -man
(who had ,held his surgical :powers 'in such
high estimation),' that 'he forthwith promised
to support the wily earl's side in the divi
" I have shed My blood for the good of My
country," said Lord Chesterfield that even s
ing, to a party of friends, who, on hearing
the story, were convulsed with laughter.
BLoRweEnwm - ention has been ,made of a
thousand:pounds ordered to be paid Sir Ed
mond King, for promptly bleeding Charles
the Second. A nobler fee was gtveh :by a
French-lady to a surgeon, who used his lan
-cet so_ clumsily that he cut an-artery instead
of a vein, in consequence of which the lady
died. On ;her death=bed she, rWith- 'charming
humanity and: irony, made a will,, bequeath
, ing the operator-a life-annuity of eight him
' died livres, ,on condition "that he never
again bled anybody so long as he lived." In
the Journal Rneyelopedique of January 15, ,
1778, a similar story is told of a Polish prin
cess, *lO lost her life in the,same way. In
tier-will, made in extranis, there was the fol
loWing- clause :—".Convinced of the injury
that my unfortunate accident will occasion to
the unhappy surgeon who is the „cause Of my
death, I bequeath to him a life annuity of
two hundred ducatsi secured" by myestate,
and forgive his mistake from the heart : I
wish this may indemnify him for, the discre
dit, which my sorrowful catastrophe will king
upon hiui."
MoNsmun, brother of Louis ".XIV., had an
insuperable aversion to the operation, howev
er dexterous might be the operator. At
Manly, while at table with the King, he-was
visited with such ominous symptoms, that
Fochon, - the first :physicianof the court, - Said
—" You are threatened with apoplexy, and
you cannot be too soon blooded."
But the advice was not acted on, though
the King entreated that it might ,be oompli
ed with.
"You will find," said Louis, "what your
obstinacy will cost you, We shall be awoke
some, of these nights to be told that you are
dead."
The royal prediction, though not fulfilled
to the letter, soen : proved substantially true.
After a gay slipper at St: Clond, Monsieur,
just as he was,abont-to retire to bed, quitted
the world. He was asking M. de Ventadour
for a glass of a liquor sent him by'the Duke
of Savoy, when liediopped down dead. Any
how Monsieur went out of this life thinking
of something nice. The r Marqnis of Hertford,
with all his deliberation, could not,do more.
A FAMOUg French Marechal reproved the
clumsiness of a phlebotomist in a less grati
fying manner. Drawing himself away from
the bungling operator, just as the incision
was about to be made,
he displayed an un
willingness to put himself further in the power
of a practitioner, who, in affixing the filltt,
had given him a blow with the, elbow in the
face.
"My lord," said the surgeon; "it seems
that you are afrai of bleeding."
"No," returned the Marechal, " not of
bleeding—but the bleeder.'
STEELE tells of it t phlebotomist who adver
tised, for the good) of mankind , to bleed at
" threepence' per hdadt" Trade- competition
has, however, induced practitioners to per
form the operaticiWeven, :without take three
pence?' -lathe SifianftPrbr Mercury for March
28, 1'716, the f6llowing - announcement was
made.:—" Whereas the majority of apothe
caries in Boston have agreed to pull down
the price of bleeding to sixpence, let these
certifie that Mr. f Clarke, apothecary, will
bleed anybody at his shop gratis:".
THE HMI AND U 1 LOW IN LANGUAOES.
tine of the strangest, phenomena connect
ed with the history of languages, is the pre
valence of two chtracters in the same
_lap- ,
guage aide by side\ like the major and minor
keys in music,. - . These: characters have re
ceived the names 4if high and Low. 'They
appear to belong tiGo - all the languages of the
highly organised rites. We have high Cel
tic in the Welsh, hrelon, and extinct Cum
brian and Ciffirishilanguages ; low Celtic in
the Irish; Gaelic;'4nd ALinx. We-have the
old high German' andi the Gothic,- and'the
mother of the' S''''f.••e*Oivian, Anglo-Saxon,
and present Platt oh,. Dutch, and Fle
mish. We'have high Pelasgian in the Hel
lenic language ; kW . Pela,sgian in the Latin
and Etruscan; and we have bifurcat&subdi
visions of these bnches, one dialects of the
same language mol
e approaching the high,
And the othirthe lOw ley. In the languages
derived from the atin,, we'have high. Latin
in French and Itallan, low Latin in Spanish
and Portuguese—the Portuguese being pitch
ed still lower than the Spanish. In Greek
we have high Hellerie' in the lonian and At
tic dialects, low Hellenic:in the Dorian <and
Eolic. And = then,; - again, we have high
French in the Laipe era, law -French in
the Langue croe ; high Anglo-Saxon in Eng=
lish, and low Anglo-Saxon in Lowland Scot
ish. , The generaf(features are `rot' easy to
define, but the low Ihinguages love the broad
vowel:sounds bettbilhan the fine ;.- and of the
consonants, prefer edials to terms. There
is a greater riehneds and =fulness=in-Abe:low
. .'-' ' - -- '' ' : • . sion'and - expres.,
siveness in the high, though it is drfficult to
say, on , ,tho-*hole,-iwhich has the advantage
in euphony.---Blackwood.
FIRM
;iloldtlitulga , 'ILAWEIMS1111:1
WAiIIINGTON while faithful still in his
.
duties to his God, was not' unconcerned` in
regard to the welfare of his country. Espe
cially_ he -manifested -his true patriotism, - as
well as his unrestricted philanthropy, by his
solicitude for that unhappy class whose
wrongs and wocs a retributive, Providenae
sooner or later must avenge, if not redressed.
At this crisis in our country's life, it is gra
tifying indeed to find that Washington was
no friend to slavery: He thus expresses him
self on this subject in a letter to Lafayette,
who, inspired with the true principles of li
berty, had made arrangements to emancipate
the slaves on an, state in one of the French
colonies " The b :vteriee of Your heart "
he says, "my ilea. - 0 arquis is
,_so conspiciP
ous on all occasion% that`l never wonder at
fresh proofs of it ; hit your late purchase of
an estate in theatilpny of Cayenne, with a
view of emancipating the` laves, is a generous
and. noble proof of your turtiardty. Would
to God a like spirit-might di f fuse itself gene
rally in the minds o f the peopley of this coun
try." At , another Aired - he says to Robert
Morris : "I hope it will not be conceived that
it is my wish to hold the unhappy people who
are the subject of this letter in slavery. I
can only say there is not a man living who
wishes more seriously than I do, to see a plan
adopted for the abolilibn of it." In a letter
to General Mercer; he says is among
my, first wishes to see some plan adapted by
which slavery in this country may be-abolish
ed by law." In his will-he provides for the
emancipation of all the slaves whom he' held
in his own right.—Rev. Dr. Wylie.
THE I' Alb* - AND . REVIVALS
-
Many persons ar fdr ever running around
for revivals carelest of home,= neglectful of
children - and seeking their pleasurable
excitement, frequently, in a kind - of religious
carnival. - The regularity of . the family, of.
ten, is i flmost lost in the tumultuous exhila
••
rations - of religious excitements. Now, any
conception .of7religious culture and life that
leaves the family out, or' that is at the ex-.
pe,nse"of the family, is fundanientally Wrong,
and in the end cannot- but be mischievous.
Genial and general , .:Teligious • -excitements
have their benefit's. The world could not
get-oh Mands asocial`being,
religiously, as-much as rin any other respect;
and revivals of religion are normal. But,
good as are religious excitemehts,.theylave
evils and dangers, Thick must be watched a
gainst ; and: this is one of them :
,when they
do hot spring ae tht proper streams nut of
- the family ; or - whoa they ; o forward only :as
. church movemencis,Nud not As,famity move
ments. The divinity. of,revivals may be test
ed by their Affeet,„Wihe family. - If they
turn the heart, of _Aa,..parents toward their'
children, and the hearts of the children to
ward their parents, they
.are of God,„ Whey
increase the lcive of he fatally ; if they cause
the tendrils of love ,to draw the members of
the family closer and closer to each other;`
if under their .influence blossoms and clusters
of love hang in abundance'on the' family-tree,
then you may be siire that it is the true re
ligion that is reviv4 But. if the 'family, has
no-blessing, and .the ,dew is on the, church,
you may be in doubt whether, it is a divine
blessing or, any blessing at all. If religions
excitements make home dull, and parental
and filial duties and relations tame or taste
less, they may be-suspected of being spuri
ous, carnal, , worldly.—EL Tr. Beecher. ,
a4llintriiilt tllto,
Life-Size Photographs in Oil
A RE much superior to Oil Paintings, as likenesses
and - picturess, if made by skilful artists, such as
you find at REIMER'S GALLERY, Second street,
above Green. Made directly from living persons, and
from small Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, or Photo
graphs, when persons are deceased. jan2 ly
ARCH ST. CARPET WAREHOUSE.
OLDDEN & RICKNEE,
NO, 832 ARCH STREET,
Two doors below Ninth street, South Side s
PHILADELPHIA...
Have now on hand a splendid stock of English and
American
CARI,'.ETING - S 7
of All descriptions, which are offered at greatly re
duced-prices for Cash.
English Brussels from trio. to $1 per yard. novl4
COAL OIL LAMP WITHOUT A CHIM
NEY.
Mitten's Patent Coal Oil Lamp
- 10,13RNS all kinds of Coal Oil,without the use of a
Chimney. Housekeepere and others will find it
a SAFE, aatiAat.a PORTABLE and convenient desidera
tum, avoiding entirely the expense or trouble of the
lamp - with chimney. Burners or Lamps wholesale
and retail. by ROBERT IL WEEKS, Gen. Agt.,
No. 16 North Second, street.
N:B.—Coal Oil by the ias4l"Ty
JOSEPH BERNI-IARD •
• Bell and Brass Fotinder, •
`AND MANUFACTURER OF
MINERAL WATER APPARATUS,
nov2B , No. 120 NORTH SIXTH STREET PHI LA.
IiELLS for Churches, School Houses, Corporations,
13 notaries, Steamboat's, etc Chimes or peals of
any number of Bells, or in any Key of the Musical
scale, All bells warranted to he one-third superior to
the. Cast-steel or Amalgam Bells. Bells of any weight
or tone, with any inscription or design, cast to order.
Delaware kilitaiy Academy at Wil
mington.
- -
THE NEXT SESSION OF THIS INSTITUTE WILL
COMMENCE ON .0
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3d 2 1862
•
A LL the branches of a thorough.Engjish and Class
ical education, the Infantry and Artillery Drill,
and - other "Elements of militrry art and_ Science, '
r e Wight b 3: e.9erienee'd arid competent instructors.
The moral training of cadets and their habits are care
fully attendcsl to,
4 " Students may enter at any time, and will be charged
-'only from the date of entrance.
For circulars,* apply to,
THEO. ifYATT,
feb6 2m President 'M. A.
. .
. ~ . .
SAinTEL WOO .'
K:' -' , .- ' - -, WILLIAM 1116Coucit.
' .
KEAMER & RAHM, PITiMISURG, -
BANKING HOUSE OF
11IcCOITC/Cl6. C 0..,
No. 36 SOUTH THIRD STRERT, PHILADELPHIA.•
- . - • -
DEA.I,,ERS uneurrent Bank .Notes and Coins.
'Southern and Western Funds bought on the
most favorable terms.
Bills of Exchange on New'Yorlcißoston, Pittsburg,
Baltimore, Richmond, Cincinnati, St. Louis, etc.,
etc., constantly for sale.-,
CollectiouS promptlynnule'on air accossible points
the United States and °anodes. •
Deposits received, payable on demand, and interest
allowed asper agreement.
Stocks and Loans bought and 'Sold on comtnissimi
I
and •Business Paper negoeiated.. '
Refer to Philadelphia .and Commercial Bankt,
Philadelphia ;. Read, Drexel & Co., W . ipslow Lanier
& New York;',and Citizens' and Exchange
Banks, Pittsburg. • " febl3 tf
OIL CLOTSS
• %.„„. •1't1..E.8 BY THE ILWIIFACTUBpr., AT
ir4X - 929 - Aieh Ilitreet
, 'Plilaclelphia.
No. 49 Cedar t, New York.
The Stock mums
Enairielled Leather Cloth.,
" daqiage Flopr. l o# ClDth. I.
Table anti Stair Oil Cloths.,
Stand Covers and. Green. Curtain Cloth.-.
poor Oil Cloths, from to 6 yards wide.
The style and livality 'of these goods are not. &k
-eened. Will be Sold to dealers at reasonable juices.
feb THOMAS' POTTE, Mannfieturii;
FORTE---RECTE CITEQUE.
N, LET - 0 H E R ;
TIST
No. 815 .WOOD STREET, PfiIIADELPHIA:
Historical Portrait and Landscape
Painter- ands Photographer
PHOTOGRAPHS' IN .O.IL
- Which for Superiority of Ekocution and
' Chinpnejok 'defy Corattatition:
LOOK AT THE PRIGEfr,
.
10 x inches, Orn'd Gilt . Prarne, complete, $5 00
18 xl5 :" " " " " 10 00
17 x2O " it • " " • 15 00
20 x 24 '..‘• Life size rich Orn'd Franie.
• complete, - - 20 60
25 xBO " Life sizo, '‘ " u,:. 25 00
29 xB6 " " " " " 80 00
..., LARGER' SIZES' PROPORTION. •
Copies from_ DAGUERREOTYPE, AMBROTTPIES,. I)4G
iGGRAPICS and PAINTINGS, RE4RODEEED ANY
SIZE' AND COLOREWIE;OiL; •'
• ' Views, of Conniam:Residenees,' Landscapes, Cattle,
Horses, ete.,,ete., frownature.
say- EVERY MITRE WARRANTED.
decl9 B.nr:
FULL, WEIGHT WITHOUT PAPER.
WILSON'S DANDELION - COFFEE
TS the best and cheapest Coffee'that.can bensed, and
_L is entirely different from any, other Ikanffelion Cof
fee that has yet been offered to thepublic., . Persons
''who use it once will continue to ai; in addition
to its peculiarly rich and'dehciowi flavor, one the
quantity is,- caldera. : prepared- from, a receipt
which the proprietor used, foryears in England, with
great suppess, arid can be prepared at WILSON'S Tea
Wafehiiusd No. 286 .Chestnate street, or at every gro
cerY and,tea store sue the llaitelLStateri or Canada.
N.8.-,--Tlte Dandelion Root used jklinperto by the
proprietor from France, and is of the - finest descrip-
Volt. 'The green Dandelion Root for sale. - - Cash or
-ders from the country promptly: attended to. - decl2
.TELE WEST' CHESTER ACADEMY
. At . West Chester, Pennsylvania,
TrrniN two'honre.ride twofrom Philadelphia, by
V V the Pennsylvania Central or the Weat Chester
aiM Philadelphia. Direct Railroa4r via Media -com
menced its Winter TernLof,fivamontlin, on the,first
instant,. Boys and young - men prepared thoroughly'
for College 'or Business. Germart,'French and Span
ish taught by native resident teachers. Sine gentle--
man of ability and experience, constitute the corps
of - instract,brs. ` . `Military , Tactics?; have been intro
duced iiitoihe School for the benefit of those pupils
who MAY RESLER to avail themselves of their advantages.
Catalogues may be obtained at;the office of the AME
RICAN INESIITTERLAN, or on application to
nov2l WM. F." WYERS, - A.M., Principal.
ITENRY C. BLAIR
PHARDIACEIrTIST,
'PRESDRIPTION AND FAMILY - '.*EDIGINE-STOICE,
S. W. corner , of 'Eighth Mid Walnut" streeta,
PHILADELP,HTA.
(Established 1829.)
.
,rpnm underslgneil having resumedthe.entire control
of his bitsmess, Will be glad to see his "ol d friends,
and-the fonblic generally, and will' endeavorta serve
them with courtesy and fnielity.
decl2 H. C. BLAIR
REMOVAL.
:AWES It WEBB,
DEALER. IN
Pine- Teas, •Coffees, and Choiet,Fainily
Groceries. "
Has removed to the
S. E. corner of Eightli.,and,Wainut, streets ,
Phlia
delphia, a few doors from his former location, where
he will lie happy to see his friends 'Midcustomers.
Goods mirefully packed-and forwarded to the coun
try.
•
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ti
tzi
)g tx ,
, LIZ
No. 1112 MARKET STREET, Philadelphia.
A small Church Organ, with separate Pedal pipes,
on hand, and for sale at a reasonable price. noirl4
G. PELMAN
D ESPECTF UL L Y informs the readers of the
it "American Presbyterian" that he' is prepared
to furnish them with PICTURE and LOOKING
GLASS FRAMES, of the latest styles, and of sive-.
rior qnality,.at the lowest prices.
161,; Particular attention given to the framing of
Photographs,. and satisfaction guaranteed.
G. PELMAN, S.W. corner of Marshall and Cal
lowhill streets, Philadelphia. . jan2 ly
CHEAP HAT STOR E ). -
TENTIE OF FASHIONM
HATS ANW CAPS
Cheap for Cash,
40 N. SIXTH STREET
(Between Market & Arch,).
BOURNE .
Particular attention paid to bespoke Hats.. [decl2 ly
Sacramental
• ›ltn(l
A Pure and $ 4141 -3 0' . 46 1,
1 r
.
Unadulterated Article, "c o''
Especially suited for Communion Elapses.
For sale by STAHL 't!L MILLER,
S. E corner Tenth and Arch streets,
dec26th ly Philadelphia.
S. SNE4 „LEIDY.
LEIDY BR. -. OTHERS
HAVE REMOVED THEIR
. .
Writing, Book-Keeying and Mercantile Arith
metic Academy,
To the Exchange Building, cor. of Third ik Dock sts.
M!' BROTHERS send greeting, as the best ev
idence Of their skill and'ability to impart a know
ledge of Business:Education, twenty-seven years suc
cessful teaching in the City of Philadelphia ; and now,
that business is much impaired everywhere, theY have
reduced ;their prices in some cases 30per cent., to the
end that persons .may embrace the opportunity to
qualify themselVes for any position, or for the tran
saction of business on their own accouni,when business
shall again reVive. Dh7 and Evening Sessions. All
students at this Institution receive individual instruc
tion. No teaching ever done in classes. dec24 Iy
RUSSELL, No. 22 Nonni SIXTH STREET, Ame
UV. LLiean and Imported _
i
w-?:7v::,
.._,
FINE Coral; Lava, and Carbuncle Jewelry, in Etru
scan and plain mountings. Silverware of every
description, warrantecLequal to coin. .Plated Ware—
Tea Sets, Cake BaSkets, Castors, Cups, Enives,ycirkS,'
etc. Repairing carefully attended to. nov2B ly
• GEOR'GE J. /BOY-D,
BAITICE.R
No. 18 South- Third Strcet,.Pliiladelphia,,
(Two doors above Mechanics' BaAh.) . - '
trALRE in Bills of Exchange, Bank Notes and
bYviete Drafts,- on New Yokk Boston Balti
more; ete:i . :4l4'aie ~ . Stocks-and Bonds bought and
mild' on bommieft, at the Board or Brokers. " Busi
nes Paper, lan Collateralc 'etc . .; negotiated.
Depositstteceived and,Th!•mst jag
FINS GROCERTE*IND ttAs:f -
THOMPSON, BLACK
W. corner of. Broad. and Chestnut ets,
• PHILADELF,III.A.
WHOLESALE and Retail dealers in fine Teams
Sugar,' Coffee, Flour, Fruit . ,'SOces, Ficklel
Preserves, and every variety of chwee - FannlY Groce
ries. -
Goods delivered in, any part of the city, or ;lecke
seeurelyfor the Country. sept2 . o ly
YOUNG LADIES' INSTriltrial
wiLmj,NGT : ON, DEL.,
NUMBER limited to Thirty. Buildings - new and
well located. Accommodations desirable, and
Charges moderate. Alew more Ritpils can be receiv
ed. For information, addresi
REV. THOS. M..CANN,
• Catalogues can be had at the Mimic store of J E.
Gould ~14o„ og2 Chestnut street ;:er, ,at ;theffi
oce of
the "AnieiieanTreshyteriato" dec26-ly.
Corns and Bunions •Cnred d ;
. A DDITIONAL conclusive evidence of Dr. ;XEN
IA. NEDY' 8 INSTANTANEOUS and P A TNLESS
process of effectually removing.the worst casks of:Corns
and Bunions, and all Diseases Of the Feet,-IfindsAnd
From -Dr. 0 crey, D
" This is to certify that Dr. Kennedy has operated
einjriy Te'et to my'entire satisfaction."
From Jam -Dows 7 Broker malted Estate Agent,
; ' : 7 Walnut street.
"Di.. , Kennedylas.operated on the feet of my wife
and myself with surgeon-like skill."
From Isaac D. Matiens.
"DrAlerinediguis-removed - a linniOn off my right
joint r whickhas been apest to me for sixteen years."
-From Francis Tearney, Philadelphia Bank
" This is to certify that I called, on Dr. Kennedy ! a
few weeks ago, and 'he operated on my feet to my entire
satisfaction." - ' -
From .Thomas H. Shoemaker f Phila.
"I ealled• Ola Dr. Kennedy in November last', and
he operated on my feet to my entire satisfaction."
FrZinFralicis : H. Hier.
"This is to :certify that I called on Dr. =Kennedy. He
removed three corns and five huilions off my , feet with-
Out pain or bleeding, .and I am satisfied that he has
effectually;cured me."
From Mrs. J. W. Raymond, No. 718 Catharine st.
"This is to certify that Dr. Kennedy has removed
corns and bunions off of my feet,,,whichlave annoyed
me for several years. He also removed a cancer from
my middle fine% which I had no use of for the period
of six menths. I cordially commend him to the suf
ferinihuminity of Philadelphia, as a skillful sfirgeon."
- REFERENCES, ' ' ' -
Dr. John Corbet, M.D. ' Mrs. Smith, Green st.
Captain Meeturf. -: .- Mrs.,flY4l,. Howard.
William 11. Mills, Jr. _ .W..CLPoster, Com. Mer
-1
Rev.:Walter W. Stanton, ' einitif, Third street.
L.L. To. ' • , Myers Davis Market st.,
Simnel W. Howard,, At- ,-- iabovetFifth. _
torney-at-law. , ~ Maj9p.Comsback.
Clopole Stevens, Pharnia - Mrs. IV. Partridge, W.
cutist. --' ' - •I' , "_ .-- - nutistreeti- f
, OF THE . MEDICAL FACII,LTT. ,
,From - 1)r. W. L. RteVeris.
ii Dr. :- Iranliedyliai‘ operate& on my feet, Males
effectually- cured ;me of tome :lortiaring pests that I
have been annoyed with for years."
From the. Rev. Walter M. Thompson. -
"This is to certify that whilst sojourning
Dr. Kenitedy has operated on tliree of my
family.to.my. entire satisfaction."
From •thir-llon: Wm. If. Thorn, ex-mei:ober of the
it ! ,t & Ohio Legislature. • -
" This is to, certify that called on Dr. Kennedy l to
operate onmy feet. He disPlayedgreet Skill as a sur
geon, and T. am satisfied that he'has effectually cured
Atteke torturing pests, which; have ,atinblyeil,me
for many years.' •
'From Grecire'F. Omerly, 697 Areli - itreet.:
"This is to certify that 1 called on ~ I)i.•Keiinedy.
Helms operated on my feet tozir entire satisfaction.".
Dr.KENNEDY claims tole the iefily Ohirotiodi' cal
,Snrgeon of Philadelphili that ever reeerVedthe.iinani
mous commendations of the Philadelphia, press. -
can be consulted at his office, daily, No. 901 Filliert
street, Hours from 9to 12'A... M., and 2 t 0.6 M.
deed
BUFFING - TON,
OR GAN B—UrldDil-R
wo. 181 s. Elva - rota ED,,
Above Weblot,
:PHILADELPHIA-
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- JAMES It. LEIDY.
APRIL 3, 1862.
I'HH T ''',- 7 ,A,ME RI CA N
Life Insurance.. and Trust Company,
COMPANY'S BUILDINGS, Southeast Corner
Walnut and Fourth Streets.
_Authorized Capital,
rilietip Capital,
Incorporated 1850, by the Legislature of Penna.
Insurei:Lives during the natural life or for sh ort
t erais ,.granta annuities and endowments, and b u i c „
- Contiaelcof sill - tinds depending mr the issues of lif e.
Actinralso as ExeCutors, Trustees, and Guardian s .
Policies of Life Insurance issued at the usual „,
tual.rates ofother ro
good companies—with profits to
assured—last Boxes January, 1861, being 43 per cent.
of all premiums received on mutual policies—at Joint
Stock rates, 20 per cent. less than above, or Tow
Abstinence rates 40 per cent, less than Mutual price,
- NON-FORFEITURE PLAN,
By whichapersonpaysfort 7 or 10 years only, "'hen
the Policy is paid up for LIFE, and nothing more to
pay; and should.he be Unable; or wish to disc ont i nue
sooner, the Company will tissue a PAID UP POLICY, i n
proportion to the amount of premium paid, as
Ms I
After payment of 2 An,.;, • I
P
nual Premiums (on
policy of $1000 ) for - $4OO 00 $285 IO 8200 oo
On pay'tOf 4-An. rem' 800 00 I
571 40 I 400 00
re se 6 , t I --- 857 10 I
goo oc )
ec et 8 64 - 800 al2t
ALEXANDER WAILLDIN, President.
SAMUEL WORK, Vice-President.
,Tomr S. WELsox, Secretary.
• = BOARD or 'TRUSTEES.
Alexander Whilldin, • J. Edgar Thomson,
lion. Jas. - Pollock, - Hon. Joseph Allison,
Albert - C. Roberts, Jonas Bowman,
Samuel T. Bodine, H. H. Eldridge,
GeOrge Nugent; John Aikman,
William J. Howard, Charles F. Heailitt,
Samuel Work.
MEDICAL EXAMINERS.
J. F. Bird, M. D., d. Newton Walker, M. D.
in attendance at tlie.Company's Office daily at 12
o'clock, M. feb 22tf.
THE FIRE IN CHES'ilarf STREET.
Letter from 'hum H. Peters & Ca
Philadelphia, January 19, IMO.
MESSRS. FARREL ' Iltaittera`d Co.,
69.9..Cheutniit Street.
Gmyrtionmscr—We have recovered the Herring's
Patent Champion Safe, of your make. which we bought
frdm you nearly five years . ego, from the ruins of our
building, No. 716. ChesMnt street, which was entirely
Jetdroyed by fire on the morning of 17th inst.
So rapid was the proms! 'of the flames, before we
could reach the store thewhole interior was one mass
of fire. The Safe being in the back part of the store,
and. surrounded by the most combuitible materials, was
exposed to great he at . 'lt fell with the walls of that
part of the buildinginto - the cellar, and remained int.
bedded in the ruins for more than thirty hours.
The Safe was opened this morning in the presence of
a number of gentlemen, and the contents, comprising
our books, bills, receivable money, and a large amount
of valuable papers, are all safe; nota thing was touched
by lire.
Respectfully, yours, 1:
THEO. H. PETERS h CO.
T•he above Safe'can be' seen at our store, where the
public are invited to call and examine if.
, FARREL, HERRING St CO.
No. 629 Onarraur Sr.
(Jayne's Hall.)
ONE HITNDRED AND FIFTY DOL
LARS PER YEAR!
BELVIDERE SEMINARY, ; NEW JERSEY.
O NE
Hundred and Fifty Dollars will pay for Board
V >and Tuition a year, for a young Lady, in this
institution. Its location for advantages cannot be
`airPassed. The instration is' equal to that imparted
in.any School of the highest order. A native French
teacher resides in the family. Pupils are received at
any time, and chatted accordingly.
REV.,L -ADDISON °WHITAKER,' A.M., Principal.
MISS DELIA A. SLOCUM, Vice Principal.
octld Iy
MELODEONS I HARMONIUMS !!
-rfONSTANTLY on hand a stock of Melodeons of
. Owar mom, which cannot be excelled.
I ami sole agent for CARHAET 7 S SPLENDID HAIM.
-
rams, posse s unequalled powers, variety and
beanty,of tone. The best instrument for CHURCHES
.everantroduced. IL M. MORRISS,
No. 728 Market street.
UNDERTAKERS.
CYRUS HORNE, -.
UNDEIi T=AiCIR,
. IV'o-28 krawin ELEvENTrt Sneer,
Philadelphia.
C °IIIT'T
S t Hearses, Carriages, and everything ap
- Rertain.uig tisFtniendsifurnished at the shortest
nntiee.. Lead Coffins on hand. nov2B
_.:..GEORGE W. - LOTT,
Geaeral Furnishing Undertaker,
No. 509 SOUTH THIRTEENTH STREET,
Fiist house below Lombard street,
Philadelphia.
- Every requisite furnished at shortest notice, and on
most reasonable terms. - .
Personal attendance at all hours. nov2l /y
EDWIN-A.
lINDEETAXER
•
. _
SFLX.TON OF DR. WADSWORTIrS CHURCH,
No.' 259 Sou= TEN= sTREET,
above Spruce street,
ziov2El ' 'Philadelphia.
.T;t:'IVIS FAY EsTTE,
"MINERAL - FURNISHING- UNDERTAKER,
No: 770 South Second street, 'above Catharine,
AATOULD respectfully inform the citizens of Phil
;A adelphie, that he still ;cOntinues• at, his old
stand, 356 S. Second street, above Catharine, where
he will :keep constantly on band a large. assortment
of 'Rabat Isimm Cor.rms, of all qualities, together
with the complete paraphernalia necessary for the pro
per interment of the dead. His horses and carriages
are unsurpassed, and his drivers among the most care
ful._Charges moderate.
Od stand, No. 356-S. Second street, New No. 770.
, • , ' nov2l ly
STEEL
C omposition
A. CARD.
HE tuideiggned takes`pleasure int announcing to
• the -pdtrons ,of 'the "American Presbyterian,'
•and the public in general, that the -
,„ .• CLOTHING
,
manufaciured, either ready-made or special order, is
from material of the
VERY BEST FABRICS,
`and WarranteCto give Satisfaction.
The prices are.marked in
PLAIN FIGURES,
an each garment, and in-all cases, uniformly low.
TERMS' OASH,,
EDWARD T. TAYLOR,
For CHARLES SToxss,
No. 824 Chestnut street : Phila
: W ilmE§.-A- reduction of a Hundred Per
Ambrp'
s.ee_Z7 Superior
Colored Photographs for V.
REIMEWS PHVIMRAPHIC GALLERY,
jan-2 ly • Second street, above Green.
X5OO,
ON
250 Ot i
At 5 Year• 7 Year 10 year
Rates, "Rates. Rates,
sep 29—!y
Per Churches, Sc
Farms, Factories, ete, eta
THESE Bell; are made from
'an ALLOY or. STEEL; by ,a new
process that enables the propri
etors to sell Rhein' at one-half
the price of others, and at the
same time to - furnish a Tsar
streEnton Bell. They are not
liable to 'brink, and are war.
'ranted. Por,particulars rela
ve Keys, Hangings.
Prices,- and Warranty, send
fOr cirmilar to the raanufactu-
Ters, ,
-BROWN & WAITE,
No. 20 Libertj , street,
jan2 New York