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Ike glivtilg aerie,
A Rainy Day hi Camp.
IT'a a cheerless, lonesome evening,
When the soaking, sodden ground,
Will not echo to the footfall
Of the sentinel's dull round.
God's blue star-spangled banner
To-night is not unfurled ;
Surely, he has not deserted
This weary, warring world.
I peer into the darkness,
And the crowding fancies come;
The night•wind, blowing Northward,
Carries all my heart toward home.
For I 'listed in this army;
Not exactly to my mind;
But my country called for helpers,
And I couldn't stay behind.
So, I've had a sight of drilling,
And have roughed it many ways,
And Death has nearly bad me;
Yet I think the service pays.
It's a blessed sort of feeling, _
Whether you live or die;
You helped your country in her need,
And fought right loyally.
But I can't help thinking sometimes,
When a wet day's leisure comes,
And hear the old home voices
Talking louder than the drums,
And the far, familiar faces
Peep in at the tent door,
And the little ehildren's footsteps
GoPt pat on the.floor,
X can't help thinking somehow
Of all the parson reads
Aheut the other soldier-life
'Which every true man leads.
And wife, eoft:hearted creature,
Seems a saying in my ear,
41 I'd rather have you in those ranks
Than to see you Brigadier."
I call myself a:brave one,
gut In my heart I lie 1
For my country and her Honor
I am ffereely-free to die.,
But when the Lord who bought nie
Asks for my service here,
Tali fight the good fight" faithfully,
I'm skulking in the rear.
And. yet I know this Captain
All love and oare to be ;
Be would never get impatient
With a raw recruit like me.
And I know he'd not forget me
When the Day of Pomo appears;
I should share with him the victory
Of all his volunteers.
And it's kind of cheerful thinking,
'Beside the dull' tent ire;
About that big promotion
Wbenite says, a Come up-higher!'
And though We dismal, rainy
Even. now, with thoughts of him,
Camp lifelooks extra cheery,
And death a deal le,ss grim.
Ifer I seem to see 'him waiting
Where a gathered heaYen greets
great victorious alrmy,
.purging up the golden streets;
:And'l hoar him read the roll-call,
And'iny heart is all aflame,
When the doar Recording Angel
Writes down my happy name
Ant my fire is dead white ashes
And the tent is chilling cold,
And playing loin the battle,
Wheit`rve never been enrolled.
SIGNS AND WONDERS.
BY SOPEIB MAY.
GitAlinPA," said little Kate, looking
steadily into the fire, "do you believe in
dreams ?"
Old Mr. Evans stopped paring his apple,
and sinned playfully as he 'answered, " Be
lieve in dreams., my dear ? To be sure Ido !
That is, If they are worth having. I believe
in pleiiiiint little girls, Kitty, and pleasant
little. dreams, every, night in the year."
" Oh, you're such a fanny. grandpa! Just
as if I didn't suppose you knew folks had
dreamsl But Jane Snow thinks they mean
something—something particular 1 She says
thereetnte to pan 1" -
" Of all things !" cried grandpa, opening
his eyes very wide. "I shouldn't think Jane
Snow would dare to go to sleep ! If I had
mistrusted that dreaming was such scientific
businesi!--why how:you make me feel,-Kit
ty 1 I'm such a miserable hand about getting
up dreams 1"
" Welk. g,randpa, I. want to tell you—l
dreamed about a wedding , last night, and
that's the sure sign of a funeral ; and sure
enough a man died this very day on Cedar
Street ! Now what do you think of that ?"
" Oh :dear, dear 1”, eaid,,graadpm, layi t g
down lie apple.- "I wouldn't have dreamed
what you•did for any money—you couldn't
have persuaded me I Don't let that mart's
friends hear of it, don't, - Kitty 1 . They - Might
take it into their heads 'that you dreamed
him to deathan purpose, and then ,how could
they forgive you ?"
" •Oh, grandpa, nowt know you're joking.
But won't you toll me truly , if you believe in
omens and such things'? Some grown-up
folks do. New for one thing it's a bad sign
to break a looking-glass, they say."
" said grandpa, " I think it is my
self ; aria generally a sign of carelessness.
But peaking of omens reminds me of some
thing, that come to pass ' when I was a lit
tle boy. It was perfectly awful I Come and
sit on my knee ,Kitty, so I shan't feel so
frightened wherjl come to the worst part.
There l—Well, once upon a time my father
lived in the first house that was built in this
town, Where Mr. Mason lives now, right at
the corner, •you know, by the big willow tree.
It is a very old-fashioned house, full of little
cubby-holes • and dark corners. Well, my
grandmother lived with us. She was a dear
old lady, and her 'sentences were as even and
precise.as a paper of pins. Not much like
this poor old grandfather of yours, Kitty !
You know the words trip over one another
on my tongu e, and get strangely mixed up,
Sometimes. '
"Oh no, they don't, grandpa," said Kate;
" you talk just the best of anybody I know
of, and I love you dearly. Why, I love every
hair of your head I"
•‘ Do you, my dear ?" said grandpa, hug
' grziAKate, "well, I haven't but little hair,
.
you know. But I was going. to tell you a
beutiour great-great-grandmother. She was
never well after I was old enough to remem-
her any thing. She was sick in the front
room this way—the one the Masons use for
a parlor. The room was kept darkened, and
I remember how the light used to trickle
through cracks of the shutters. Only, once
in a while, the shutter of the South window
was folded back a little way, so nay poor
grandmother could get a peep at the blue
summer sky, the green trees, and the river:
" Well Kitty, if you'll believe it, one day
about sunset, when there wasn't a leaf stir
ring, or a sound louder than a fly would make,
all of .a sudden a pane of lass flew right out
of that South window, shivered into a thou
sand pieces, and fell at the foot of my grand
mother's bed !
" I was not in the room, and didn't see the
sight, but my mother did, and my sister Bet:-
sey, and Eliza Price, the girl who was taking
care of my grandmother:"
" Why, grandpa !" said Kate shuddering.
" Now there , wasn't a creature tole seen
larger than an insect, as fax as you could
look out of doors The glass flew as if it
was alive, or as if one of ,the Salem witches
had sent it; and what could anybody think?
"'Liza Price said it was a warning, and it
was her opinion that my grandittothq
wouldn't live a week.
" When I went in the house that night,
saw a very solemn looking group, I can assure
you. 'Liza had let the gruel burn; and was
flitting from room to room, talking in low,
awful tones. My mother was in tears, and
Betsey very pale with her hair falling ,down
her neck like sable plumes, and ber eyes look
ing fairly wild. My father was trying his
best to reason with them. "
" One thing is sure," said he; " nothing
ever happened yet without a cause. Depend
upon it, we shall find out before long what
broke that glass. Wait awhile.
" Well, sir," said 'Liza, solemnly, and,
pointing at my father with her long forefin
ger ; "just look here. There wasn't a, breath
of wind stirring, and nary soul in sight. I'll
leave it to your wife ! Now I ask you. as a
reasoning being, whit mortal means could
ha' broke that ar , glass into powder in the
wink of an eye ?"
I crept behind the big fireplace frightened.
"Furthermore, sir,"said 'Liza, " that ar
glass made for the ot-board of the old la
dy's bed as straight as ary arrow that ever
you see! If their ever was a warning, sir,
that ar's a warning, or I'm-no judge.
" Oh, grandpa !" whispered Kate, cling
ing close to his neck.
Don't put me out, Kitty ! When I_ saw
how solemn they all were, I bad a great
many queer feelings. I went and hid in the
meal-room, partly for shame, and partly be
cause I couldn't keep from laughing. Yet
every word they said cut me like a lash with
a pin in it.
" You see I had been down by the river
skipping stones, and what should I do in my
idleness but wheel right about and send 'a lit
tie pebble towards the house. I little thought
of hitting the windoW, but when I heard the
crash, my first thought was, Now for a. scold
ing !' So I ran down the bank in a twink
ling, and took a very crooked path to go.af
ter my cows, hoping that when I should get
home My mother's anger would be cooled.
But they never dreamed that I was the rogue
who had sent-tohe warning. When I entered
the house that night, I enected to have a
Jaye rebuke *OM m ' mother and meant to
promise to do better next time.
"But when I found to my surprise that
such a breeze had been raised, I kept still,
being very fond of a joke. Besides, I was a
graceless scamp, Kitty, and hadn't' the moral
courage to let my mother know what a dupe
she was, for fear of the consequences. It
really happened that my grandmother died
that week in peaceful ignorance of the'panie
in the house ; and of &arse our family and
the neighbors talked very sadly and wisely
about the omen which had foretold her death.
"I listened and thought to myself, Well,
my good friends, if that is one of your dread
ful omens, Em not afraid of them ?
" Of course I told - the whole story after a
while, and took a whipping, and - knew I de
served it. But I learned a ` good lesson,
which I never forgot ; and between you and
me, Kitty, it's my private opinion that if
people looked into things as they ought to,
there wouldn't be quite so many signs and
wonders.
" There, jump down, my dear, and let me
finish my apple. 1 -L-'Sttident and Saoolmate.
VIE CORNER STONE OF TILE ICAPITOL.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Bangor; waig
fells the following very interesting anecdote
of Washington . ;
Recent events have recalled very forcibly
to my mind the following incident, which
may,_perhaps, prove interesting to many of
year readers at 'the present tinge :
Being on a visit to Washington during the
recess "of Oongress in the Spring of 1857, I
walked one with a friend to view the
works which were then• already in progreSs
for the extension of the Capitol. As we
sauntered among the pilfers in the basement
of the, old building,.we fell in with a venera
ble looking Men, dieting the appearance of a
Countryman, who seemed. to he thereon*
same- business that we were. We-entered in
to eotiveiagtiehiiith - him; ,:°and •;he ftiforlad
me that he was,.a . Virginiah, raised a few
miles down the river, not far from Mount
Vernon. " VerTlikely, w remarked,
",You may recollect General Washington."
"Perfectly well," he replied." "Indeed, I
saw him when he laid the foundation of this
building. ',was Init a boy then," he contin
ued, "but I remember very distinctly how he
looked, as he stood in this way over the stone,
and settled it in • its place with a pry. It was
a huge stone, and, as placed, it must have
required no little strength to move it. But
the, General was a very athleticman, and
moved it apparently with ease. There was
a number of boys there from our neighbor
hood, and it was a standing marvel to ms how
the General moved that stone. A few days
after, the General happened to be riding by
our school-house on horseback, as we were
playing outside. We all pulled off our hats
to him, and he stopped his horse for a mo
ment, and spoke , to us very pleasantly. One
of the boys cried out, " Please, General, tell
us how it was you moved that great stone up
yonder the other day." " Why, boys," said
he, smiling, " did I move that stone ? " "0 !
yes, General, you moved it; we all - saw you."
"Well, boys,"
' said the General, looking very
serious, and speaking slowly, shaking his fiat
ger at us as he spoke, " do you see that no
body ever moves that stone again."
The most rugged souls prove most eminent
in grace upon their conversion, as the most
'orient diamonds in India, which are natural
ly more rough, are most bright and spark
ling when cut and smoothed.
MEtlll
Aztrintit k'tetoirtttriau and Ilfutott 6ttaugflioti
niormancono.
11MnM W 1 I'ti
BUT instead of all this, what have we ?
What have been their grievances ? Have
they been hanged and burned, drawn and
quartered, like the patient Netherlanders ?
Have their ancient constitutions, charters,
and privileges been- trampled in. the dust ?
Instead of this, - they have been continually
strengthened by new guaranties, and conci
liatory prottositions were thrown into the very
jaWs of the revolt. Have they been held
under hard taskmasters, and bound to unre
quite& toil, like the Third Estate, of France
before the Revolution? Have they been per
secuted for conscience' sake, like the Puri
tans of the reign of Jamei I ? 'Have they
been oppressed and goaded by unthinking
tyranny, like the American colonists ? In
stead of all this, or any of it, what have been
the facts They hive been nursed and fon
dled by the nation. They have shared the
choicest of her gifts: They have given shape
and form to her general policy. They have
had the most extraordinary concessions made
to them. So long and patiently did the
North yield to their ever-enlarging demands;
that they themselves instinctively scorned us
as dough-faces. The General Government
has always been specially and paternally ten
der of their welfare, and even of their' preju
dices. Many of the leading measures of go
vernmental policy in years. past have been
taken specially in their interest. They have
been nourished and cherished into greatness,
and wealth, and prosperity, all of which•they
have hazarded in the vortex of revolution,
lured by a chimera of no tangible outline or
actual form !
We confess that they have not been free
rom grievances, as viewed from their own
• eculiar stand point; not grievances, how
-ye!, growing out of the public policy or acts
if the government, but rather out of the opi
iOns and temper of the people of the North.
he chief of these grievances has arisen from
-hat all Americans informer years supposed
o be one of their inalienable rights, viz :
reedom of speech and freedom of discussion*
We can readily imagine how goading it must
• ave been to a Southern slaveholder, who had
ally possessed himself with the idea, not
Inly of the rightfulness and beneficence of
-laveryi but of its vast superiority to every
other system as a basis for civilized society,
o hear it.questioned in the North, to bear it
• onouncecT,' iii the language of 'Wesley, as the
"sum of -all villanies, ' to see its enormities
•xposed in the Vivid -light, of fiction, to see
is workings held up in the cold, calm glare
if statistics, to hear its merits in . a, moral
'ew tested in the crucible of the universal
(meiotic° '
in short, to.have it thought about,
nd talked about, and-.written about, bad
: Jared and beaten hither and thither with the
emorseless battledores of logic or no-logic,
•y those who, in his.view, bad nothing to do
• ith it—all this; we say, we can readily ima
. hie to hive been.exeessively annoying. But
s this, or anything like it, to justify revolu
ion? Then, indeed, must human society be
• °mad with ropes of sand. Are we to put
he moral sense of all Christendom under the
lan because it is against 'us ? Rather should
his lead us to question the infallibility of our
•w• • • •-*• • - - fwairrotitomaymmrsi
• - , 1 os!, Qa. p=a;rnifly lorne, wbich - dem= s
thatzociety shall return to chaos and diser
-ganization ? Assuredly not, or society: is a
fiction and history a myth. Our Southern
brethren have never been oppressed, or
grieved, or wronged in any such sense as has
fired the hearts and nerved the arms of revo
lutionists in days of yore. What shall we
say, then ? What does history say, speak
ing to us by example, .her voice pealifig
through the long and gory ages of the past
Her utterance is this, If we lave interpreted
it aright, that, judged by all the past, tested
by all the criteria of great and successful re
volutions in other lands, measured by the
motives and provocations which have goaded
men in other years-to deeds of violence and
bloodshed, this-Southern rebellion is the most
causeless revolution ever attempted in the
annals of time ! It is, in fact, a revolution,
not against oppresSion, not against injustice,
not against civil or religious disability, but a
revolution against the census and against the
ballot 7 box. It is a convulsive, grasp after
waning and departing power `.
,—Prikeeton
Review. • -
SLAVERY IN LITERATURE.
IT is very curious to note how slavery,
which insists upon putting all things to rights,
insists upon 'rectifying 'English - literature.
Among other things, unfortunatelY, the slave
States produce no literature. De Bow's _Re
lict(' remark, very plaintively, 'that Wayland's
Morgl &lenge contains a chapter on slavery
heretical arid •unscriptural. The follbwing
are pleasant passages from this review :-
" But need I add more to convinces the
sceptical'of the - necesSity there is for the pro
duction of our own text-books,, and, may I
not add, our own literature'? Why should
the land of
_domestic servitude be less pro
ductive in the ,great Apirks the'mind now
:than when Homer evoked the arts, poetry,
and eloquence into existence? - Moses wrote
:the-Vrenesis of Creation, the Exodus of Ia
rael, and 'the:laws of mankind? and when
Cicero,Virgil, Horace, St. John -and St.'
l'aullecinne' the instructors 'of . the 'world ?
. . They will want no cut-throat literature,
no =frebrund`inoral' science. nor. Aiple
tOxi's CoinFleM :eneoui'age crimes
that would blanch , the Cheek =of a pirate, nor
any of the likerons — and: polluting agencies
issuing from the 'hot-beds of abolition fanati
cism.'
Speaking of _the dangereus influence of
some of the Reader 4
.Speakers, and other
volumes of popular- literature, the same de
lightful writer remarks
" The sickly sentimentality of the poet
CouTer, whose ear became ' so pained,' and
his soul Sick with every day's report of
wrong and outrage,' that it made him cry
out in agony for a lodge in some vast wil
derness, where he might commune with
howling wolves and panthers onthe blessings
of liberty) (?) stamps its infectious poison
upon many of the pages of these works.",
-Yes, there must be a thorough revision of
English, and indeed of classicalliterature.
Shakapeare has some shockingly inflamma
tory and human words; so has Milton; so
have the ancients. But let not these great
States be at all abashed. Cotton is king;
he has but to wave his wand, and he can
bring a trifle of Homers and Miltons, and
Shakspeares into the market, each with a
genius dilightfulty unembarrassed by any
human tenderness, or sense of freedom and
the righo of man. Yes, this will be agreat
work for our eollaborateurs of the South, first
to furnish an Index Expurgatorins—all the
great swelling thoughts of freedom expunged
---and then to maka a new literature, and
no freedom in R.—Eclectic .Review.
LETTER FOUND AT PEA. RIDGE,
FROM A LOUISIANA MAJOR TO WS SISTER. IN
NEW ORLEANS.
LITTLE Rocs, Feb. 27 2 1862.
Dear Sieter Carrie:—You sated me in your
last letter what I thought-of 'the prospect of
our dearly beloved cause. To be' candid, I
have little hope for its success now, though
last December I felt confident;we'would be
recognized in the coming Jnn.lll don't like
the Yankees a bit; I have beer educated to
hate them, and I do hate them leartily ; but
I must acknowledge the Southta i s been, sadly
mistaken in their character. W have always
believed that the Yankees woul not fight for
anything like a principle; tha they had no
have
chivalry, no poetry in their na ' e. Perhaps
they have net, but that they re brave, de
termined, persevering, they hive proved be
yond question. i
The trouble with them is tliat they never
get tired of anything. They lbk. all the bat
tles at first, and after Manass -we despised
them. This year has inau ated a new,
order of affairs. We are beat n. at all points.
We do nothing but surrender
,nd evacuate ;
and while I hate the Lincoln tes more than
ever,l respect thetn—l can' help it—for
their dogged obstinacy, an
,; the slow but
e j r
steady manner in which they, tarry out their
plans,. -, : .„..- .
I have lost heart in our,_eatfse., . There is
something wrong-- - somewhenr - !eff. Davis
and our political leaders are e* her knaves or.
fools. They drew us into Q_, . present diffi
t
culties, and now have no wa .of skewing us
out
.of them. , .
If the South had known what would have
been thezesult of secession, To ,State, unless
South Carolina, would have ions out of the
Union. .. We all thought we.tould go out i-141
peace ; I know I did, and laulied at the idea
of the North -attempting to eep us in the
Union by force of arms.. It, s not. ossible '
we said. We had too man friends in .the
free States. , Such a stepw ld be followed
1
by a revolutionin the North, 41141 the turning
of old Lincoln and all the ab'tionists out of
i ii.
office.
0 well, it can't be helped,. arrie. We .
are
in for it. It is too late toret eat. We ; must
fight the thing out. ' . . . I cannot help
believing we will- be, overpoiered. We are
growing weaker every day, pid the North
stronger. lifear to looLatinfr.,future. We
can't be subjugated, we,all_say,; tt , I hope not,
but if we do not fly the country, I fear we
will : experience something li t ke subjugation.
Maybe I'm gloomy to-day ; I reckon I ani.
Who wouldn't.be ? I intend-to fight as hard
as I can, but I can't see my, way out. .- .
Tear up .tbis letter: Don't, let mother,. or
father, or any of our relatives see it. ' _I have
expressed my heart to youbecause you are
my dear sister, and I alwayttell you what - I
believe. ' -
&SKYLARK PREACHING A' SERMON.
LIBRE' IS no poll thing as song-bird na
tural to Australia ; therea,rU bird's'-who ehat
ter, birds who shriek, but no hint that sings.
Well, there was a young man who went -out
from England as a gold-digger, and'was lucky
enough . to make some money, and prudent
enough to keep it He opened a "store," -(a
kind-of rot'. h sho where aver thing l from
canoes to coins are so • ; Rata p ace ca e •
The Ovens," - a celelfithtioldflefi above
two hundred from-lifelhournt: Still
continuing-to prosper, he; like a dutiful son,
wrote home for his father and mother to come
out to him, and, if they possibly could, to
bring with them a lark. A lark was procured;
in due time the old folks• and their feathered
charge took ship and departed from England.
The old Man,:htswever, took the , voyage so
much to heart, that he:diedi, but the old wo
an and the lark landed' in siliund health at
Melbourne, and were -speedily forwarded to
Mr. Wilsted'S store at The ti4eni.
It was on a Tuesday when-- they arrived,
and the next morning the lark was'hung out
,side the tent, and: at once commenced. piping
up. The effect was` electric Sturdy diggers
-=big'men with hairy faces .and great brown
hands, paused in the midst pf their work and
listened reverently. Drunken, brutal diggers
left unfinished the blasphempus sentence and
looked bewildered and ed. Far and
- near the news spread like li trising--" Have
you heard the lark ?" " it true Mate,
that there is a real English skylark up at
Jack Wilsted's ?” Se it went on for three
days, and then came Sunday morning. Such
a- sight had not been seen since the first spade
ful of the golden earth 'had been turned I
From every quarter—east, west, north and
south ; from far hills, and frpm creeks twenty
miles away, came a steady:concourse of great
rough Englishmen, all bruihed and washed
as decent as possible, The "Movement was
by no means preconcerted,-1 as 'Was - evident
from-, the half-ashamed :expression of every
man's face. There they were, however, - and
their errand wititto 'hear theiark _Nor were
they disappointed. Therei perched.in his
wood and iron pulpit,,was the little Minister,
and, as though aware of. the importance of
the task before him, he plnMed his crest; And
lifting up his voice, sung them a :sermon. It
was a wonderful sight to see, that three. or
four hundred men, some leelining on the
ground, some anti-ilk - with x arms on.their
knees and :there heads orr hear hands some
leaning -Against the trees their eyes
closed, so that they might the better fancy
themselves at home, and in, thd midst of. Eng
lish cornfields once.more ; but, silting, stand
ing or lying, all were, equally quiet and at
tentive; and -when, after an hour's
,steady
preaching, the lark left Off, his audience
started off, a little lew-spiriled.perhaps, but
on the whole much happier4theal 1711:611 they
came. Breton's Home. Pete.
„„
SOUTHERN ”BRUTALITY.-4:11113 new A n.
Quint, Chaplain to one of the Massachusetts
regiments, than whom no 'higher authority
for veracity and correctness can be .given,
Writes as follows from Winchester to the
Congregationalist: You see , recounts of Sou=
thern brutality, occasionally. - I have never
believed much of that'----knAT, ing some noble
Southerners. But lam satisfied, cler
gyman of this country, will give his
name, a man who only fit r fisik)mpillsion be
came silent, as to the guileof 'secession, as
sures me on his honor, thatM Yankee skulls"
were hawked about his ton after;the Bull
Rim battle, at ten dollars apiece.. Spurs,
also, were made of jaw -bones, to his .person
al knowledge. A member cif his own church,
who was at Bull Rum told him - that hun
dreds of bodies Were left- headless, for such
purposes. But lam not atiall surprised. I
have ceased to feel any wonder at-the bruta
lities of a slaveholding people.
At the best, our fancy is F like a carrier's
bag, •stufed with a world of letters, having no
dependence upon' another, some containing
business, and others nothing but froth.
6 1d1nett1ot p tufo.
WILLIAM F. GEDDES,
Plain and Fancy Printer,
No. 320 CHESTNUT STREET,
(Over Adams' Express) Philadelphia.
Pamphlets, Constitutions, Circulars, Cards, Bill
heads, Bills of Lading, Law and Custom House
Blanks etc., mar 27 tf
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Its efficiency depending on its purity, and the abili
ty of ttie patient to use it for a long time / results must
be obtained from the use of onr Oil which cannot be
expected from others. Manufactured only b.y
JOHN C. BAXFIR & CO.,
No. 164 North Third street, Philadelphia.
And may be had of all Druggists. mar 27 3m
CARPETS AND OIL CLOTH,
AT ELDRIDGE'S CHEAP STORE.
TOEING in a 'by-street, under very little expenses,
the subscriber is enabled to sell at sufficiently
Low PRICES to suit the HARDEST TIMES, and to give
all classes of people a chance to save money, he offers
a choice assortment of
TAPESTRY BRUSSELS, IMPERIALIN, GRAIN,
AD VENETIAN- CARPETS,
and - Oil Cloths of all widths also, Mattings of all
kinds,
and very low priced Ingrain and Entry and
Stair Carpets, Cotton and Hemp Carpets, etc., etc.
H. H. ELDRIDGE,
N 0.43 Strawberry st., 2d door ab. Chestnut,
mar 27 2m Philadelphia.
lieL.,`Strawberry is the first street west of Second.
KOLLOCK'S
DANDELION COFFEE.
THIS preparation, made from the best Java Coffee,
- is recommended by physicians as a superior
NUTRITIOUS BEVERAGE for General Debility,
Dyspepsia, and all bilious disorders. Thousands
who have been compelled to abandon the use of Cof
fee will use- this without injurious effects.' One can
contains the strength of two pounds of ordinary coffee
Price 25 cents.
KOLLOCK'S LE VAIN.
The purest and best BAKING POWDER known,
for nia - king . light, sweet-and nutritious Bread and
Cakes. . Price 15 cents. Manufactured by
M. H. KOLLOCK, CHEMIST ,
Coiner of BrOad and Chestnut streets-Phila,
And sold broil Druggists and Grocers. mar 27 tf
"The Pen is Mightier than the Sword,"
THE GOLD PEN-TFrFi BEST OF ALL PENS.
MORTON'S GOLD PRA.
The Best Pens in the World.
ON receipt of any of the following sums in cash or
post-stamps, the subscriber will send by return
of mail, Or otherwise, as directed, a Gold Pen or
Pins, seleCting the same according to description,
GOLD PENS WITHOUT CASES
- For 26 cents, the Magic - Pen • for 38 cents, the
Lucky Pen ; ; for 60 cents, the - Always-Ready Peni
for 76 cents the Elegant Pen • And for $l, the Ex
celsior Pen.
• The; sizes are, .Nos. 2,8, 4, 6 and 6.
iray, SAME PENS IN SILVER-PLATED EX-
( TENSION CASES, WITH PENCILS.
For al cents, the ;Magic Pen 5. for 75 cents, the
Lucky - Pen ; for • $l, the Always-Ready Pen 5 for
$1 26, the Elegant Peni and for $1 50, the Excelsior
Pen. These are well finished, good' writing Gold
Pens, with Iridosmin _Points, the average wear of
every one of which will -far outlast a gross of the best
Steel Pens. - •
The name " A.Morton," "Number," and "Quali
ty," 'are stamped on the following Fens, and the
Points are warranted for six months ? except against
...• • • . • • indicate size only. - 1
being. the smallest, No.--s--i4o-uasfeztradapted-fnr—the
aleleritrii: — .l the .inialleA;iiiid - No:10 the - largest
lti'ammoth , Gold--Pen, fox- the disk; "Ring and me
dium Nibs:of _all sizes and qualities. Short Nibs of
Nos, 7,_ and. 'made - .. 0n1y of first quality.
The engravings are fac-Similes of the sizes and-styles.
GOLD PENS, WITHOUT CASES
For -75-cents, a No. 1 Pen, Ist duality, or a No. 3
Pen, 3d - quality: '
For $l, a No.-2 Pen, Ist- quality, or a-No. Pen,
gd quality, or a No. 4 Pen, ad quality.
For $1 25, a 11To. 3 Pen, Ist quality, or allo. 4Pen,
2d quality, or a No. S Pen, 3d quality.
For $1 50, a No. 4 Pen, Ist quality, o'r a No. sPen,
24 quality, or a No. 6 Pen,' 3d quality.
For $1 75, a No. 5 pen, Ist quality, or a No. 6 - Pen,
2d quality.
For $2 25, a No. 6 Pen, Ist quality.
THE SAME GOLD PENS IN SILVER EXTEN
SION CASES, WITH PENCILS.
For $150,-a No. 1 Peni Ist quality, or a No. 3 Pen,
3d quality.
For. $1 75, a No. 2 Pen, .Ist quality, or a No. 3 Pen,
2d quality„, or No. 4 Pen i 3d. quality.
For $2, a No. 3 Pen, lstquality, or a No. 4 Pen, 2d
quality, or a No. .5 Pen, - 3d. quality. -
For $2 50,.a No. 4 Pen, Ist quality, or a No. 6 Pen,
2d - qtiality, or a No G"Pen 8d - quality.
or $3, a No: 5 Pen, Ist:quality, or a No.-8 Ten; 2d
quality. _ N
•
For $3 50, a o. 6 Pen Ist quality
GOLD PENS;•ALL IsT QUALITY, IN SILVER
-31017.NT.ED DESK-HOLDERS. ,
For $2, a No. 4 Pen,for $225,.a No. 5 Pen, for
$2 75, a No. 6 Pen for $3 50, a No. 7 Pen.
For $4, a No. 8 Pen, for - $5," a. No. 9 Pen, and for
$6,. a No. 10 Pen.
The "Ist Quality" are pointed with the very. best
Iridosmin Points,carefully selected, and none of this
quality are sold with the slightest imperfection Which
skill arid-the cloSest scrutiny can detect.
The A2d Quality" are superior to any Pens made
by him prev i ous to the year 1860.
The ad Quality" he intends shall elpial in respect
to Darability, Elasticity and Good Writing Quahties
(the. only true 'considerations) any Gold Pens made
elsewhere.
In regard to the Cheap Gold Pens, he begs leaye to
say that, previous to operating his New and Patented
Machines, he'could net have;made as Good Writings
and Durable Pens for
. the Trice had the Gold been
furnished gratuitously.
Parties ordering must in all instances specify the
"Nilmber " and "Quality!' of the Pens -wanted,
and be . particular to describe the kind . of Pens
they prefer—whether stiff'or limber, coarse or
cou Fa ry sal . e by all dealers in the line thro: nghout ,tlie
Address,• A. MORTON,
No 251tIniden Lane New York.
Any one sending a single lette,r . post-stamp will re
ceive a eiroularwith the engm -, huga above referred
to. - mar2o Cint .
. THE POPULAR REMEDY.
TUMELLE'S COMPOUND SYRUP OF DOCK
effi is the most popular medicine, because it is the
best Coven Slap?, the_best Blood Purifier, the mist
potent Invig . orater, and the most soothing and speedy
cure for'pains in the lungs and spitting of blood.
For sale by the proprietor, F. JumuLLE, No. 1625
• Market St.; and by all Durggists. Jun2B tf
•
A. S. D OTTER ,
DEALER in- the ceibrated EAST FRANKLIN, Kui.
_ILI mom VEIN, •LOCUSTALOUNTAIN HICKORY ? AND
SPRING Mikrivrent [Lehigh] COAL, *ROLBNALE AND
RETAIL, - BRoAm sT,klat abeve Vine,
West side,' Philadelphia. . feb6 Girt
• Family Boarding School,
'FOB .YOUNG MEN AND, BOYS,
At Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
?PHIS School WBl3 eStablished , Eleven years since, by
the Rev. M. Meigs, formerly President of Dela
ware College. It has been conducted on a generous
system of eXpenditure, and unifornalir favored 'with a
high degree of confidence and support. The course of
study is extensive, thoroughnnd practical ; including
the usual preparation for Colleges, and the various
brannhes of a substantial English .Business education.
The stadia of pupils will be conformed to their future
vocation, so far as it may be actually determined, or
reasonably anticipated..
• The Principal, gives his undivided personal attention
to the School, and is aided by educated and eiperi
eneed assistants.
. The , ensuing Summer Session will commence on
Wednesday, May 6th, and continue Twenty-one weeks.
Circulars, containing references,, names of patrons,
and full partieitlars, will be tent by mail, on appliett
tion.td the Principal, REV. M.ATIG:S, A.M.f
Pottstown, April 2d, 18 , 32. • ap3 tf
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No. 1112 MARKET STREET, Philadelphia:
A small Church Organ, with separate Pedal pipes,
on hand, and for sale at a reasonable price. nevl4
ORGAN BUILDER,
ARCH ST. CARPET WAREHOUSE.
OLDDEN & RICKNER, "
No. 832 ARCH STREET,.
Two doors below Ninth street, South Side,
PHILADELPHIA..
Have now on hand a splendid stock of English and
American •
CARPETINGS,
.
of all descriptions, which are offered at greatly re
duced prices for Cash.
English Brussels from 87c. to $1 per yard. novl4
COAL OIL LAMP WITHOUT A CHIM
NEY.
Tritten's Patent Coal Oil Lamp
BURNS all kinds of Coal Oil without the use of a
Chimney. Housekeepers and others will find it
a- serE, RELIABLE PORTABLE and .convenient desidera
tum, avoiding entirely the expense or trouble of the
lamp with chimney. Burners or Lamps wholesale
and retail. by ROBERT PEEKS, Gen. Agt.,
No. 16 North Second street.
N.B.—Coal Oil by the gallon or barrel. nov2l ly
JOSEPH BERNHARD )
Bell and Brass Founder,
AND MANUFACTURER OF
MINERAL WATER APPARATUS,
nov2B N0..120 NORTH SIXTH STREET, PHILA..
DELLS for Churches, School Houses, Corporations,
1.) Factories, Steamboats, ete. - 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 Military Academy at Wil
.
mington,
THE NEXT SESSION OF THIS INSTITUTE WILL
COMMENCE ON
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 341, 1862.
A LL the branches of a thorough English and Class
ical education, the Infantry and Artillery Drill,
and "other "Elements of Military art and Science,'
are taught by experienced and competent instructors.
The moral training of cadets and their habits are care
fally_attended to. ,
Students may enter at anytime, and will be charged
only from the date of entrance.
For circulars, apply to • • '
TN KO. HYATT,
feb6 President D. M. A.
SAMUEL WORK. - WILLIAM MCCOITCH
FRAMER It RAHM, PEITERVF.G.
BANKING HOUSE
lifeCaUCH & CO.,
N.O. 36 SOUTH : THIRD STREET, i°}II.LADr.I:PRIA
EAMERS in tuienrrent - Bank Notes - and Coiria:
D
South and Western — Fitnds - b LOH, on
most:favorable tertns, -
Bills of Elohange on New York, Boston, Pittsburg,
Baltimore, Richmond, Cincinnati, St,, Louis, etc.,
etc., constantly for sale. -
Collections promptly made on all accessible points
-in The United States and Canadas.
Deposits received, payable on demand, and interest
allowed as per agreement
,Stocks and Loans bought and sold on commission,
and Business Taper negociafed.
Refer -to. Philadelphia. and Commercial Banks,
Philadelphia • Read, Drexel k Co' Winslow - Lanier
Co. Igew York ; and pitizens' and Exchange
Banks, Pittsburg. febl3 tf
- 'OIL' CLOTHS
FOR skit BT TAN VANUFACTUREN, AT
80. 229 Arch Street, Philadelphia.
AND
N0:49 Cedar Street, New York.
The Stock consists of
Enamelled:Leather Cloth.
Cairiage :Floor Oil Cloth.
Table.and Stair Oil,Cloths.
Stara covers ana Green Curtain Cloth.
Floor Oil Cloths, from,/ to 6 yuids
The Style. and quality of theke,goods are, not ex
celled. Will be sold to dealers at, reasonable prices
feb 23—ly. THOMAS POTTER, Manufacturer.
FULL WEIGHT, WITHOUT PAPER.
WILSON'S DANDELION COFFEE
I_ S the best and cheapest Coffee that can be used, and
is entirely different from any other Dandelion Ctif-
Tee 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 deliciotis'flavor, one half the
quantity is sufficient. It is Prepared from- a. receipt
which the . proprietor used 'for Years inn England, with
great success and can lie procured at MLS'ON'S Tea
Warehouse, No. 286 Chestnut street, or at.every gro
cery and tea store in the . United States or Canada.
N.B. The Dandelion Root used isimported by the
proprietor from France, and is of the finest descrip
tion. ..The green Dandelion Root for sale. Cash or
ders:from.An., country prteeptly attended to.
.dec.l2
/00 3 000 BARRELS OF THE
annfacturi.t
Tod X . ig Co.'s
POUDRETTE,
For Sale by LODI 'MAN U.V.A.CTITRING CO.,
No_ 130 South Wharves Philadelphia, Pa.
This Company, with a capital of $150,000, the:most
extensive works of the kind in the world, and an ex
perience of 22 years, in manufacturing, with a reputa
tion long established, having also the exclusive con
trol of all the night soil from the City, of New York,
are prepared to furnish an article, which is, without
doubt, the CHEAPEST AND VERY BEST fertilizer in the
market.
Price for 7 barrels and over $1 50 - per barrel, or
only $l5 per ton. It greatly increases the yield and
ripens tbe mop from two to three weeks earlier, at an
expense or from $3 to $4 per aere, and with very lit
tlellabor. - • •
A Pamphlet, containing all the information neces
sary, witirletters from lloraee Greeley, Daniel Web
ster, and hundreds of farmers who have used it for
lima . ..years, may be had FREE b 7 addressing a letter
as above, or JAMES r. :FOSTER,
No. 66 Courtlandt street, New York.
mar2o 3m Care of the Lodi Menufacturing Co.
•
Life-Size Photographs in Oil
k RE much superior to - Oil Paintings, as likenesses
struLpicturess, if made by skilful artists, such as
you. find at REIMMILfS. GALLERY, Second street,
above Green. Made directly from living persons, and
from small Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, or :Photo : .
graphs, when persons are deceased. jan2 ly
The. West Chester Academy,
AT WEST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA,
Within: Two -11aitri'Bide from Philadelphia.
Al[7ll,l,,_coisamenCe the Summer Term, of full Five
V V months, —the Seventeenth Session,under the
direction of its present Principal,—on the First of
May next Boys and Young Men are thoroughly pre
pared for College or Business. Eight gentlemen of
tried ability and experience ' constitute the corps of
Instructors. The FRENCIE, GEsii.or and'SPANISE L lan
.guages are taught by native resident teachers. The
department of "Military Tactics" is in successful
operation, under the charge of a competent, instructor,
without, in the leastiinterfering. with the regular stu
dies of the school ; while the individualstudent is of
required to connect himself with it.
Catalogues, containing fullinformation, may be had
at the office of this paper .or on application to the
Principab WILLIAM F. WYERS A. M.
ap3 tf - Weif Chester, Penna.
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No. 131 8. NIXVINTEL
Above Walnut,
PRIL.A.DE,LPHIA.
APRIL 24, 1862.
THETIRE INPOREECTIWX
Letter from. Theo: H. Peters & Co,
Philadelphia, January 19, 1860.
blesses. Faiuset. ' Heesnos &
629 Chestnut Street.
itierrreenrarz—We have recovered - the Herring's
Palerit . Chirriplon Safe, of your make, which we bought
from you nearly five years ago, from the ruins nF our
building, No. 716 dhestniit street, which was entirely
Destroyed by-fire-on - the morning of the 17th inst.
So rapid was the progress of the Eames, before we
could reach the Store, the whole interior was one mass
of fire. The Safe being in the back part of the store,
anitsurrounded`by the. - most combustible materials, was
exposed - to"great 'heat: , It fell with the walls of that
part of the building into the cellar, and remained im
bedded in the ruins for
M more_ than thirty hours.
The Safe was opened this orning in the presence of
a number of gentlemen;.ind Vie. contents, comprising
our books, bills, receivable money, and a large amount
of valuable papers;s.re all Safe; not a thing*as touched
by lire.
. _
Respectfully, yours,
THEO. H. PETERS do CO.
The ahoie Safe can be seen laC our-store, *here tits
public are invited to call and examine it. .
FARREL., HERRING& CO.
No. 62.9_enesxvirr
(Jaries Hall.)
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOL
LARS PER TEAR!
BELVIDERE SEMINARY, NEW JERSEY.
d'ANE hundred and Fifty DollaruN/ill pay fiir Board
N.,./ and Tuition a year, for a yonng Lady, in this
Institution. Its location for advantages cannot be
surpassed. ..The instruction is equal to that imparted
in any School of the highesforder. A native French
teacher resides in the
any time, and charged accordingly.
REV. J. ADDISON . WiiniARER, A.M., Principal.
MISS DELIA A. •SLOCUM, Vice Principal.
octlo ly
UNDERTAKERS.
CYRUS HORNE,
' UNDERTAKER,
No 23 NoRTH. ELEVENTH STREET,
Philadelphia.
COFFINS, Hearses, Carriages, and everything
11 pertairung to Funerals, furnished at the shortest
notice. Lead Coffins ou hand. nov2B
GEORGE W. LOTT,
- General Finishing Undertaker,
,
No. 509 Sour s T
KLETEENTE STREET,
First house below Lombard street,
Philadelphia.
Every requisite furnished at shortest aotiee, and on
most reasonable terms.
Persohal attendance at all hours. nov2l ly
EDWIN A. HUGHES,
UNDERTAKER
AND
SEXTON OF DR. WADSWORTH'S CHURCH;
. a
_ No. 259 Smola TENTH STREET,
above Spruce street,
-uov2B • • • Philadelphia.
LEWIS FA Y ETTE,
GENERAL FUR' NISKINGTIORMTAKER,
No. 770 South Second street. above Catharine
_AgIFT--49V1.41' zwrieeetelly inform tie citizens of Phil
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 MADE COFFINS, of all qualities, together
with the complete paraphernalia neeessaryfor theyro
per interment of the dead. His horses and carriages
are unsurpassed, and his drivels among the most care
ful. Charges moderate.
Old stand, No. 356 S. Second street, New No. 770.
nov2l ly
FINE GROCERIES AND TEAS.
THOXP.SON, BLACK & SON,
N . :W. corner of Broad and Chestnut Streets,
- pwiT.A DELPHIA.
WHOLES.ALLE and Retail dealers in fine Teas
Sugar, Coffee, Flour, Fruit, Spices 2 Pickles
Preserves, and 'every variety of choice Family Groce
ries.
Goods delivered in any part of the city, or packs
securely for the country. sept2o ly
YOUNG LADIES' INSTrrultel
. •
WILMINGTON; DEL.,
NUMBER limited to Thirty. Buildings new and
wellJoc.sted. Accommodations desirable, and
Charges moderate.. few more pupils can be receiv
ed. For information, address
REV. THOS. M. CANN, A.M.,
Principal it Prop'r.
Catalogues can be had at the Music store of J. E.
Gould; No. 632 Chestnut street ; or, at the office of
the "American Presbyterian." dec26 Jy
GEO-R GE J. BOYD,
`BANKER,
No. t 8 South Third Street, Philadelphia,
(Two doors - above Mechanics' Bank.)
DEALER in. Bills of Exchange, Bank Notes and
Specie: Dinfts. on NeWl 7 .43rki..Bosten`, Balti
more; etc., for-sale. Stocks and .Bonds bought and
sold on commission, at the Board .Of Brokers. Busi
ness 'Paper, Loans - on 0,0141,m:41N
,ptc., negotiated.
Deposits received and interest allowed. jag
S. niTDER" LEIDY.
LB I),Y-.B B;:02 ER S
nivz a.pmovms
Writing, Book-Keeping and Mercantile
Arith
metio'Acadezw,
- To the 'Exchange Building, con, of_Third_ & Dock sts.
EIDY BROTH MRS send greeting, as the best cr
JJ idenee of their skill and ability to impart a know
ledgeof Business Education, tiventy-seven years suc
cessful teaching in the City of Philadelphia ; and now,
that businesais much- impaired everywhere,they have
reduced their prices in some cases 30 per cent., to the
end that persons may embrace the opportunity to
qualify themtelves for any position, or for the tran
saction of business on their own account,*hen business
shall again revive. DaTand Evening- SesSions. 'AM
students at this Institution receive individual „imdruc
tion. No teaching ever done in classes.. dee...9S ly
GRUSSELL, No. 22 NORTH SIXTH HTERET v Arno
. ican and Imported -
FINE Coral, Lava, and. Carbuncle Jewelry, in Etru
scan and plain mountings. Silverware of every
description, warranted equal to coin. Plated Ware----
Tea Sets, Cake Baskets, Castors, Cups,. r nives, Forks,
, etc. Repairing.earendly attended to. nov2B ly
OH KAP HAT STORE
TEMPLE' OF FASitION!!
RATS AND CAPS
Checci)ibr Cash,
40 N. SIXTH STREET
(Between Market it Arch,)
Pi.
BOURNE
Particular attention paid to bespoke Hats. [decl2 ly
Sacramental
14: -
ral 4
Unadulterated -Art* V
A Pure and
Especially suited for Communion Purposes
For sale by STAAL k MILLER,
S. E. corner Tenth and Arch streets,
Philadelphia,
dec2Gth ly
, sop Xl-1y
JAMF.S M. LEIDY