gice galiiCleat. The Slave Singing at Midnight. Ilk'' H. W. lONGFELLOVi. Loup he sang - the psalm of David He amine) Anti enslaved, Sang Offisrael's victory, Sang of Zion, bright and free. In that how when night is Calmest, Sang be ffem the Hebrew Psalmist,— In a voice so MC(it and clear ' • That I could uo't chooie but hear,— Songs of triumph and ascrititions, Such as reached the swart Egytians, When, upon thtled Sea coast, Perished Phatoah'exid his host And the voice ot 4 us. devotien Filled my soul with strange emotion; FOS iti;tOneer by . aims were glad, SiVeetirsolemn f wildly sad. `: • Paul and Silas, in their prison, Swig of . ehriit, the lord arisen • And ;Vi earthquake's arm of might , Biole-theiedungeon gates at iiight. But ? alas I what holy angel Brings the slave the glad evangel? And what eatthquake's arm of might B firs dingeon gates at night?. . ._~tt.'`, e , 2 - TOO OLD FOR THEIABBAIIII-80110aL 'fWALTER -titRICEI Afteen years old. He e-had been blessed :with a good home, and though early deprived by death of a mother's love awi,oAre, his father had watched over and given him counsel as 'only a Christ tian father can. Walter had been for seve ral year,s a :member of a Sabbath, ,School 4 4 t g ducts in'wnlca were eight or tea boys of about _the same rige. As these boys had reached their thirteenth or fourteenth. birth-4ays; tlipy had begun to feel, as many others be-L two and since have felt, too old to attend t. 4 49*tirth SMoOI and had dropped off one by one, until tiow,bitt, three were left. Walterlad hesitated to adopt .the ~views Zit his classmates,lnowing his father's feel ings, , ings; and wishing to please him, who had always been one of the kindest .of fathers ; • -butat last he also decided that he was too much of a mkil fotreintitin longer in-a pale which heihoughtflt only for children.: 44 FltOter*V one Sabbath. morning, " almost - all the boys have left our Sabbath school class. They - think they are too old to be in it. Ohlirtisoo or* three of' them are . „ there now, and I have concluded that/shall leave too." . Mr. Bnihs'l6Oked hi his son's face a mO4 ment i addlhenSaid, sadry,—",,Walier, there are some things of which I have never spoken 10 you, because there/ has never yet seed a reason for it. The time has now come wen I ought to speak. " When you were three years,' old, you lost a dear mother. 'YOU hive never known how ,great is such a loss: Among; your dear deed mother's last words the request; that ,soon as you were old enough, .I , Would plaee 'you in the Sabbath-school ; And she said 'it - was her prayer ‘ for hey dear little boy, who would somrbametherles S , - that he might con thine a scholar it he should' 'love the Saviour, and be Prepa'red, if it bh ,;cll me his duty, to be a teacher.. • "I need not tell• you what my own wishes 'and prayers, since then, have 'been.; iii' this t rvspect. And now my son says he feelaloo' old to remain longer in the Sabbath school, -though he has not yet found Christ." Walter saw the:tears gathering in his fa ther's eyeet; Sed turned away. Nothing more was said about leaviug , lliat class. Walter retnettibt;red his' mother's dying" wish, - and the earnest longitigkl of his praying father, encl.at length he found the Saviour in the. P:ibhath-seltp6li he was led to the cross, and his heart was/ filled with the love and peace of a forgiven soul. ' He IS a man now, an active Christian, and 'the j helgvedsuperintendent of a large Sab bath-school-in one , of our cities ; and I have seen the eyes of both parents and children grow moist with tears as he has told , them thiliferflf his :b6Yhood: Boys, ale ithy af you. beginning to thiuk you are too old to be Sabbath scholar's?' N qztember Walter Mints 'and 'a - great multi- ,tulle of children besides:who' 'have found ,itt.i llorisn :the Sabbath-school ; and think of thig matter very seriously before you decide 'to leave such a,Plice.— Uncle Pazirs &qt. rietti • rt • ,BATHER W . TI4, FRAGI*ENTS. " Gather,4 the fragments, that nothing be lest." Christ would teach us in these word' three lessons : Ist, He would teach us not to be wasteful. He was not. This was his rtile,—" That with t /oat." The, young are apt to be"ex thiatant. Thkylive not learned the Cost of things yet. But these proverbs are true, "Waste not, want not'!—" , Take care of the pence, and you take care of the pounds." A le,,,girl picked up a pin, and threwlt into the lire. Half an hour after, a lady's _carriage drove up to take her a drive. She wanted a nini-Lrofily it Pin—but one pin, to pin 'her ahawl. , Her she raced, hither and thith er for it 1--:-how she „searched the , carpet now -how she iiniioretf everybody to give her infra mianwhilrthe ladywas*red of waiting, and drove off; and so she rest her drive in thepark for that wkitedpin ! 1 7 . Two men fdr a ten 'days' journey Acroscgt desert. . They each . toOk ten loaves. loaf ,for each day. The first day the youngir man ate all he FohTd; and their loss ei the rest On the sand ; but the elder than, having eaten sparingly, brought out two bags, into one of which he put all" the crusts, and into the othernl . l , the crumbs.. Day after day he did the 'Sarni,- and the younger nian mar velled and 4infle IV But on the tenth day they discovered tilt they were still two days short of theirjeurney's end. And now the l ounger man haa* whatever to eat! , ut now the elder brought out his two well ; and both of them were very thank fUl to eat the crusts , that dai and the enitabs '4xt. Depend upon it, if you are 'wasteful, if you despife this divine direction, " Let nothing be lost," you will Sooner` or later suffer for it. Make a eottseien'oe of economy,--then you 'ill be able to bo , generous;, but if your pee. ket has got a hole in it, it is useless to be putting your hand into it,—there will be nail- , in . there for kindneese,s and chorale:. Stily, He would tooeh, us, the value ,of little tAingoi-1 4 That nothing , be'lost,"—notbing. these fragments were tral'es, but they served more than anything else to attest the great. 488 ,of the miracle, Their testimony could, net begainsaid—there they 'Oret; " twelve basketOfhll,•ctier and abovd Wo . them that a ..,~ u ~r....,....._..._..,., r r - :- :`~,•~.h~;^: r,c~tfl ?ifx,fl_ ~....,r, had eaten"! The rest (however much it was) had now disappeared—but' here `iyore` these fragments ,for everybody to gaze at . And though they were but odds and ends, they could feed our Lord and hiss disciples for days —they could feed scores of beggars ,in the villages—they Could feed another multitude if , it was required. And so with all our little things—our frag mentirOf time, of meneY, of talent, of in fluence; of dress; so with little acts of atter', tiorylittle courtesies, little nityVe done by thatll What, * friends they May make ! what pleasure they may give ! whitgolden opinions they may win ! There are boys who have acquired an education by ~ iinproving their spare moments from labour. Ode' Ofour 'chiefliving linguists, and one of our chief living artists, both 'Worked their way to their fame thus. , And who Will'venture to - reOlrOji, up, all the troubles that little smiles and` little kisses have lightened ? Value " little things," if you would, be one of ,God' good stewards. Collect every thing ; put everything to its right use. Say not o& t anything, filt, is laught." Let no thing be loft" ! He would teach us to prize especial ly **ever nu proviclesfor sense; he ;povides us - with everything, for ," in hiruwe live, and move, 'and have. our being ;" but thOre are some things, such as ; Salvation through Christ, the Holy Spirit, our Bibles and 'Sabbath-days, which, like this miraculous food, are must_preeious. ',TheYueefa to come _te, us immediately from God- 1 . Every frag inent tit them is priceless. We .should lose "Itiithieg" of them: - How guilty:shall we be if we dot limy, shall-veha able'to stand be fore him ? " Ihought these things for you with my blood;. I gave them to y0u...t0 trea sure up - as.your diamonds or pearls,;and,yet— „you slighted them !” ~Let then, also be one of our life-les- NOons,—Gather up the fragglentshof that nothing of that be lost !4Life-Les sons.• Ti rillitOSarllEß -AO TILE t A;PIEILOS6PHER once asked a little girl if she ad p. soul. She looked up into" his face with aril air of;astOnishment , and .offended 1 ., y digni ~aud replied,7—" To 'be.surel_.have." " Whit makes you think you have "Be; calm , 1 have," she promptly replied: 1 f But how do you know you . have' a abut ?","13e *Ps lao knew; she answerediagain. 'lt was a child's reason ;, but. the philosopher could hardly have given - a better. "Xell, then," said he, after a moment's consideration ffif you know you have a soul, can you :tell me -what your soul is ?" '" Why," said Ale, " . .I am` :six years old and don't you sUpPose that.l"know what my; soul is ?" ," rerkaps you 3do.F If you will`tell Me, I shall fMd'oht whether you, do or not :" . "Then yen think I deti't kribli," she rePlied" but I . do ; : it is iny I nncL" "Your - think'!" said the phil4 osopher,,astonished in.. hi. turn., -'t who told you BO" . "Nobody. ,I 8)1001 be ashamed if idid not know ihat, without being toldl" Thephilospher had puzzled his brain a great deal about the souk - but be could not have gifed;" a better definition ;of' it ,in I se few 1 1 "a 8 .' ;. . itxiort antolto. ADVENTURE WITH A MAD. DOG. ritiis'Tof courage are by no means pecu liar to the battle fiela.J -danger the soldier is trained, but often when, least looked for*, amid the uietest scenes of' home-horn .enjoyment, may-circumptances' arise,t illustra,tiVe this - viittrk - as not easily to be forgotten. The following, which may be ,regarded op' of this mentionedln , aletter Written by Sir ; Thomas Rowell Buxton, to his, wife . , Who'it that time was abient frOM "Al you must hear fhb story "of our dog Prince, I may as well tell it you. On Thurs day morning, when I got on my horse at_S. Holife'S,' David told Me that there was sOnie thing the matter With Prince. that be-he'd killed the cat, and almost killed.the new dog, and bit at'him and Elizabeth: I ordered him 'tie'd up and taken care of, - and then rode off to town. -Wheii "_I got into Hamp stead, I saw Prince covered with mud, and running alya,bitin g at every thing, Shiv him bite at least a dozen dogs; two boys and a man. f. Of crolirse<l was , -exceedingly:.-alarmed, heing. Persuaded he was giad. I tried every effort to stop him or kill hit), or to drive him into some out-house,-but in vain. At last he sprang up at a boy, and seized him by the breast; happily I was near him, and knock: ed'him, , off-with my. whip. He then set off toward tendon, and r xi:de by his Side, wait ing for %nine ifpportnnity to stop him. I con tinually spoke to him, but lie paid no regard to coaxing or,scolding; TOmmay suppose I was , 1.3 % , ,.1 opily alarmed,- dreading the immense mischief might do,'-having seentim do so rauclicinithe few preceding minutes. terrified at the idea'of hie getting into Cam den IseivilaneLondon, and at length - Con, sidering,that, if ever there was an occasion which Justified a risk of life;this was it,: I determined to' catch him myself. Happily he -ran .up, to Pryor's gate, and -I threw.ny self from my horse r upon him andnaught.hirn by , the- neck. -:He bit at me #ndf,struggye(li itt,:vki,thii i ute effect; ariflkine t ceilbalin Sec*: ing,bira without his biting me: tie died yes terday, raving mad. •,' "When I seized the dog," he writes, more. particularly "his struggles were so - desperate that it seemed at first=: almost impossible `to hold him; till I lifted him tip in the 'air, wl en. he was more easily managed, and I contrived to ring the bell. I was afraid that the foam, which was pouring from his mouth, in his furious efforts to bite me, mightget into some scratch and dome injury ; so withgrlat-dif ficult:Kl held him Withh - one hand, while 't put 'the other into my pocket and forced'on mi !glove Rlheit I did the same With my other 'hand, and at last the- gardener opened the deoi.,,say*g,,' What clo you want 'l've brought you a mad dog,' replied I ; andtelling him to get a strong chain, I walked into the yard, carryingge dog by , tke'neck. I was determined, n4tp kill him, aakthought if he should . prove, not to,he mad, it would be such a 'satisfaction to= the persons whom he had bit: ten. I made the gardenor (who was "in,a terrible fright) secure the collar round,,his neck and fix the other end of the chain to a tree, and then walking to its furthest range, with all my force, which was nearly exhaust . - ed by his frantic struggles, Filling him away from me, and sprang back.- He made a des perate bound after me, bilt finding himself foiled, he uttered the most fearful yell I ever heard. All that day he did;nothing.but rush., to: and fro, champing the foam that gushed Mini his jaws, we threw 'him; medi,' . l4l' he Snitnhed at it with fury, but instantly .drepp ed'it !again. 1t .. .)0,,,b1..t . .;,,ti . :4: " The next day I went to see him. I thought the "Chain seemed worn, so I pinned him"to the ground between the prongs of a pitchfork, and then fixed a much larger chain round his neck ; when I pulled off the fork, he sprang up and made a dash at me, which snapped the old chain in two. He died" in forty-eight hours from th& tune.' he went ma51." , --*-Lffe of Ruftzton. • TE NEiVgiAPEIL . , Tun Unexampled extent ' of newspaperis sues the United States has often excited the astonishment of intelligent observers; ,but *is dOuhtfill whether the whole orthe . 'enormous truth could have, been fully appre ciated without the actual figures which re- Veal it.' • utecording to the "iFelitoinary port " of the Bth census ' 1860, recently pub..' lished by the Hon. J. C. G. Kennedy, the superintendent, it , apppars that ,the annual' oWiiiioo ll Of neWSpapers and periodicals is, no less than 927,951,548, or at the rate' f 34.36 for eirei t ?white Man, *oink', and child of our population. The annual value.of all, .the printing' done inthe - United States, for that year, .is stated at . 'fraction, lesi . than thirty *nine and three quarters millions of dollars. ' • • 'These 'numbers are sufficiently aStotriding; . ', but the of-inbreaSe,iince .1860, is if pos- 1 aible, 'even more so. Irethat year, says Kennedy, the whole circulatitinFamonuted tos. 426,409,978 copies.,'and the rate, of: increase . for the. decade i5117 :6 1 per cent., while the increase of the white population during the same period' was only '38.12 per cent. If : the circulation should continue _to grow in the same proportidn for ,the next ten years, the number of newspapers, and periodicals issued iii 1870 will be a little• over two billions. In addition to thesedomesticpublications, no' inconsiderable number of ,foreign jOhrnals is intro,duced into tlie.United States. The British Almanac and Companion" for J 862 . states the humbpr in 1860 to' have been as follows : ' from Great _Britain, 1,567,689 ; from France, 270,655- from Bremen, 47.,171; fiont-Prussia, 83 349. The figures compre hendonly the foreign, newspapers, and , : not the Periodicals, some of which are republishig in the United, States. Renews competent to form^ a correct judg: men;' do not hesitate to say that the immber of newspapers taken in the Country; exaeeds that in all the, world beside. So vast an .ainount of yeadmg matter, voluntarily sought for and consumed by, the people, at a cost of so many millions of dollars, is one' of the most remarkable phenomena of the present age, of wonders, and proves the avidity with which information is received, as well as the incalculable influence which the' press must have on the 'Public mind. Thebopular news paper,issued in immense numbers, is in truth emphatically an American institution.. No.: where.elsecould.an audienceccapable of be ferindsufficiently i numeroukto absorb the issues' of our teeming press; It is the offspring and indispensable acompanirnent of r ' . universal - eduestion_andpopular - r,e,presenta tive government:. These could scarcely. be maintained;viithout, it. _ ;rope Everywhere- in En "O.P.t.:Perhaf.ki Englind; ItalY . and Switieriand,_ the press is little more than an engipe. the .gevernment, used chiefly, or i fer its' own political purposes. enjeye.. i absolute' freedom, , beingitesponsiblei -only-to -the laws for any abuse -of its high privilege. T, ll .o\ ntviaper Perferres ivotlr of thousands of messengers ' and savesconntiess! hours of:labor .to the whele community in, which } it circulates. In some sense, every man is broughtnearer to every other. Each hears thp innumerable voices which address distinguish he individnal ihessage which each one, has, sent. , It is difficult to estimate the value of this :simple 'agency in its social aspect. Its ma - - terial saving is plain to the .most cursory ,thought ; hut its higher.influence in binding society together and, making it homogeneous ;if .not equally apparent, is; at least quite as indisputable:. Civilization is the direct re: Suit of bringing Mankind into de-Operation and combined effort, so that the whole power of mind, and body of Whole' communities is brought to bear in unison for the accomplish ment of social ` ' ends. Therefore as a mere instrument of intercommunication, rendering more' direct and intimate the 'relations of in dividials, and promoting ease, eelerity, and IlanßonY in_ their .eeThined movements, the power of the press is prodigidus and invalu: ablb. ' But when this pewer is extended be y*, of mere material''interests and • the relations ,of ordinary business— when it appeals to the intellect and enters the' dOniiiin t q art, literature,,,inience, and Philosophy, enibricingpelitics,'morality, and all , the highest interests of .mankind, its ca pacity Tor good would seem to' be illintitahle. fair() ages; these iniminerable`abeets, which float so, lightly On thellsurfac,e of our *illferm iniperiihable records of the. manners,. habits;: 96eupations i ‘ and the whole intellectual ezistince of our people : They are so tin, merobythat aecident can' destroy them• .all4,,,and,they .will, Present to the. eye of ,the' fitture student of history the # l ,.??t. Ivieli;46ob and` perfect R 'e'veryraoylig Panorama ---pt the Maw, and teeming life of' the present generation. No exhumed , of buried' no; hie* glyPhiC inseriptiOnS upon ancient menunierite„ with-whatever skill, and. genius deciphered; nor' even any labbred'deiefitti'ortii of . 014; ages, Which may have survived theravagps: of time, mill be equal to these memorials, in their power to recall _the daily work., .the 41MUSementS,., the, business, and, in shoo, the: whOlematerial, intellectual, and social being, of our people.-7. P. Stanton.. • - 7 Two LATEARRiItNoIt GovEßNox 31:11./GqS was known tbreygli his ,puhlie 4 4 , ardent and consistent "cold water • man." When a young man,- finding himself pressed to observe the, conij : ' Mon practice 'of. taking brandY and Water •he,: fore dinner, heat once resolved to be the slave, of 'Such indUlgence, and frdm that rao-' tent renounced Tor ever all Use of'intoxicat-: ing drinks, and Stood forth an open advdcate, of , total abstinence. Wor did he shrink from carrying principles into public life at a time when . to de so was to 'set .himself', in op position to the practices around hiin, and often to :bring ,upon.-him ridiculef .and- reproash.' When a•inernber of Congress, hi'was one of the executive committee of the Congressional Temperance Society, and very often spoke and lectured in behalf of the — cause. It is said that on one occasions, when he and anoth er gentleman were invited to dine with the President of the United States, the two agreed beforehand that they would net take wine at the:table.. When, however, it wals offered, his friend had not the courage to refnae ; but Mr. B;* - 9 i sylod i firin, politely declining j 'the ho nio", PraCtiCe was, , when the servant attempted to pour the wine, to place his.open- hand o'ver the gla: luestioned why he went, the, gentler!" made believe." " ?Zeller make believi. when questioned;by who vfasstrietly ' course *ben wine circles jerl at the :114e dry ;. 1 1.tt z 1.04 , . ri g,,ao t? rayeve;" then pet # own Iv' "iint;,"' - x` lien tl sisten . t,-a moral cline J.t. x ly for i, ‘t!.0%11,,qi ,":,says 3r.,"eriy a tx e Amoy . behaved/ t t, the ryas' liberti,iandt , eeptbag. the ' and sense tile ,terzhita the 'dab moat ing:- the ‘bu\ suffer an detrithental inexpfaisibi Alen were had slaves heiven." VOTE In a, free ,digions Wat discussions ; ., _ forts devoted especially '`a ,sufficient, if tore and sci to ta hie ledge.. Did pare the m, literrary viewed as a wt dency so little' like or literatures at The organs o soon becoMe k 1 44 'st fie the fonghtto,saV ted man will thing to choos ' as to, general Ceives how sh comes , betwe Pinde4t ,P 4 disputes anoul e ectii ~e kb an ire that ibet e aracte 1. and the p 4 Ski 1 ,ch hg 11111 and lig the ‘" Strange tha 4 1 'Twixt twee& , Notwihsta il _ , . :tile,..ile4ate4 every thing ,arvi ,the - a - ffair oi on aw,upw.al, 1 1 ;Christian, .wh has ,succeecle., -,interostssad,r ( votod,4o, :woe ill .51'r. Slate] road i writes .bor 'l9 size rn an b t4atPr the at: 1014.. , 14m. Sition at„ the 4.rgPstefract 44d, the :,pit ras.aboit T eli.DAtiou.4,B at the': spot tinegy Tisib arained amblesl the remarkable the Ti)44,li St train of scin, heady if I. irilliant red, spi„rks ; i.,^ ' A Mr. E, scribes, Oka FAA* 9 t ligt large, roc et. little "to no] diredion d , , an length seemed seva'a stars of - track peikisted, peare,d quite in, , OF .t d c 2 . v0 •je on f 4tantr qu fe. IA t, THE WAN Tri4fidneis The most expri the I brought into col triNial-, affairs- o: Conv.enient, :wind tnntlier horric thunder ; is " awl stdiagunti tsing,U•li thifapilit 4S aill 11)) arphlfai3e Wl' e cinaintant the; letter i lie, instea ;If are rit i some ow t meet I' hether ii and equal tthe gnmbli • er, outlawry : dis ante l aForter pl idxhoiirage !rAt jilt del ,1 9' 6t,life. mati • Prayers are yong-sv:lsofeses"':'. prevailed - over z A i. Riezekiah :was th: mighty hose "of' Of' S: hevers, it . has, bee Seriice a pliien' ramparts of iron. IN speaking .ott PLH vib Avar,,34rielt. , Ovilay says: etice,.andk.thitt n 1 , .-.: it 44 it. On being d their engage ':" Oh I only Briggs, her occasion, pd gentleman, hat is yot r ti,kasbionable 'decline it,"_ I just put • the letnan, "and honest con.; man «, T de-- ke." ephet said I' )n ingr Gr. Dr. Par liberty: He' on of all men eason for ex benevolence' im long for' e :understood better than' in. uphold constitutional odzwoUld not o the spirit of nehristian; ' so ;compact with_ ontinue. If all .gs; drunkards ible here as in N iat ietij tt 13t1 4:, POLITICS. here is a pro citement, and he mental ef natorial, and ion would be noel of litera untry at once °ale of know itements pre 'Jester ardor ht not to be tut their 'ten ' No men are Imo ii ' nt in science Lit at partisans. '8 d solf-esteem fleveloped as to ' Li few oases, battles must,bc es Otitc.country; ial and uncommit e is scarcely any e riyal candidates * And_ When 4e per ous the-contest be-' ans, he will be re couplet respecting :pules 'should be wile dee." ful prOdietionS by 1$ of liberty and the government -generally move )sopher and the in the eahn: that 4 sueh powerful iould. not be de )7itcheock. %N.-, -.`j 'atory, Easton es„ Septem , ,meteor,•-the at; exceeded :` this evening t e. Its. pa.- as ken by,my rig taseension, lu ly 'vanished \ ;en on, the de l. The train ;are ,was dis ,,, an . when ex ., e,beryimiiolr re of star in Lyra. This • burst • bo,ut* mid ay in caving long coetary ig poin t n. iThe thern (. is the i xp ession.„ was a ve out' u . herles,s color extre it was decided ry-circus, de " most brilliant I, 3i e ,the track of ,d to we'to he a ith, rectilinear in e north'-east. Iti greateithan the ~ and greater:-than seconds. ; It al-, ofd op ‘ 'in ei appear the zed 0 I to es' Me FULNESS. orig Christians: ives, the fulrest Sof speech; ire ition, in the most ttle :dust, 'an 'in °vier, makes the ttering of distant outrageous," and ; hie for any ters, , wi th .pressions: is, too 'tame' -oduction; 3r0up,00.4 tee. lechatical oftairase. ,is the :en im whole-. mle should, ,Christian;: ‘t themou4 .th-break, lotion:that, dignified , ilist is, 'wiled lipon.. rtehtti As in prayer, Tarsal The Supplication of na, 'of, withoring the Piaying be.: y milk are Of more walls of ` brass and e conduct of the'English rnmeneed 1.642,11 - . essence of war-is vio . . eloaA sv orilint,ar ambe . ;opt alianviiist Ili tufo, MARBLE WORKS. HENRY S. TARR, MANUFACTURER OF Carved said 'Ornamental Marble Works,' No. - 710 Gra& 'Street,' above Seventh, Philadelphia. Th ing ; meted 'specimens .in almost every cemetery thronWhodt this State, and supplied orders from nearly every Stater in the Union, I trust to receive your influence and patronage for the above establish ment: T. also • contract' for Yaults,. Sarcophagi:a; etc. I have many refcrences- throughput the Uraon,,which can be seen on application. Carved, OrnainentatStatfiary and item:mental work.of every description.' aplB ly it - 'IN.P.' PRICE CLOTHING (04 Market Street).mide theilidest - ityles and best Manner, iiipressli tor retail sales. The lowest selling price is marked is plain figures on each article, and never varied from: All geode made to ordir *minuted' sallifaCtOry, aid it the maps rate ea mioyfriade. Our one priceaystemiestrictly adhered to, as-we believe this.to be the only fair My ,of dealing, is all are thereby tr eated ' • .JONES Sr.- CO., 604 Market et., Philadelphia. sepl 1y . I E.. H ELDRIDGFE ACC. ra t 9OonAYle [Formerly' of Eighth and Chestnut, streets,] HAS taken the Stnre z , • 80. 628 MARKET STREAT, , - Where is prepare d to furnish his old friends und the'intiiein-seneral with - • Ready M . ade or Mai& to Order, in the Belt Style, AT ..ISPODERATE PRICES, As he'huys and snilg,sx.elnsiYely foF Cult: Idees lv =II t S LI Er it c -f '.ll x O. t=l ,?2 Tic troffil No. 1112 MARKET STREET, Philadelphia. ..small Church Organ, with separate Pedal pipes; on hand, and for sale at a reasonable price. novl4 OIL CLOTHS FOR SALE. BY THE AiANITFACTUREI2; AT No. 229 Arch Street, Philadelphia. No. 49 ' Cedar Street, New York. The Stock consists of Enamelled Leather Cloth. Carriage Floor Oil Cloth. Table and Stair Oil ClOths. • Stand Covers and Green Curtain Cloth. Floor Oil Cloths, from I to 6 yards wide. The style and quality of these' goods are not ex celled. Will be sold to dealers at reasonable prices. eb 23-1 y THOMAS POTTER, Manufacturer. • ST. 31OUTS 5uP. 1 4 1, 77 , 5ch04 TkPc4:og l P4 and Treet • - Depository. • T' American Sunday-School Union and Alfieri . can ; Tract SOciety t -each` maintained 'for .thany years; depositories, of their respective' publications : in this city ;,these' are now. united under the care of the subscriber; and he - has added"thereto select its6oit ment of ;the, publieatrons of -the various evangelical denominations, with those ofprivate publishers, which are sold at riblisliers' pikes. CataloUges and 'siecimeni; of Sunday-860bl papers sent on application.: : - School Books andiStationery + Address J. W. McINTYIq,, No. 9 South. Fifth Street, St. LOuislio. apfo.tf . „ 1862. P.V.ITITSTLYAWI4. - CTRAL • ••• IMO ;104ble,1 1 rack. HE. capacity of roaaas fao* aqUal to any, in the &mini/. Tinaiirda Pifisamian TRAINS bet Ween TIIIIADELPHIA -AIND PITTSBURG, con' fleeting direct at Philadelphia, with: Through trains to and from Boston, NelyYork, And all points East, and-in the Union depot' 4'Pittsburg; with. Through trains to arid 'froth all points in-the West, Northwest, and Stiuthwest—thus furnishing facilities for the'tran sportation of passengers, unsurpassed for• speed and conifOrt by any other route. Expiess and Fist Lines run through to Pittsburg without change of cars or conductors. All Through Passenger:trains prodded with Laughbridge'S Patent Brake-speed, under perfect control of the engineer, thus adding much to-the 'safety of travelers. Smoking cars: are attached. to :each train; Wood ruff's Sleeping cars,to Express and Fast trains. The . EX - press met daily oilid Fast Line, the Sabbath excepted. '•• - : • • • - Mail Train leaves Philadelpida.tit tt ci Fast Line Expreas Train leaves - RETURNING Mail Train•leaves 'Pittsburg at . 6:10 A. M. ExpresslrAin ." • , . • • . ?CAC! EM. Fast Line " . • . 2,60 A. M. WAY TliArliS LEAArE• ,Folll4ft =: Park esbarg Ace.oin'tion,2tiaveirfiilis4 at Aid P. M. Ilarfisbnir -tr"::•• . , Liniensfer — !; ;_. , Vancaster Accommo dation Plssenger.qor . " • ' SnnburY, ind'2.3o ; FMK: Westchester passengers will take the "Mail,• Parkes. burg . enA,cobinibitktrp_nut. • „ Passenger . s for SUrilaux3s Williamsport, Elmirai )3pf. falo Viagari Falls, and intermediate points, 'leaving Philadelpie, at "8.00 , A. M. and 10.80: P. M., go directly through. .. • , ..; • Ticket's quay- be ol:fained;at the effices of the Com 'rimy in Philadelphia, NeW York,' Bbsleri or Baltimore; ' and at s;ny of the important Railibiad °Mei in the West; also, on boarcl. of any: of the i regiiler ' line of Steamers on the Miss;ssippfLAT Ohio 'MeV.; .; liar Fare always as low, and tii'de,l4 quickies by anyy . otner route. „For.further inforraation, apply , at the• Piesenger station, Southeast, corner of Eleventh: and Market • %The completion of the Western einuiections of the Remisyliania , Railrnad; makes this the DIRECT LINE BETWEEN THE EAST AND THE:GREAT' WEST. • .The connecting of t t:aplcs by,the railroad bridge at , Pittsburg, avoiding all 'drayage or ferriage of freight, together with the saving of tiine, are advantages read ily appreciated:by shippers"of freight,' and the travel ing public. ' . . • Merchants and Shippers entrusting the transports. thin of - their - freight to, 'the Company, can rely with confidence on its speedy transit. - • ,TEPO I RLTES or EJLEIIIHT to and from any point in the West,,by the Pennsylvania Itailmad,:are at. all trig,. as 'favorable as are charged by other Railroad Com- ednies. ' Be particularto mirk packages "VIA . Penne. R:10 :•For freight contracts or shipping , directions, apply to om or address either of the following Agents of the Cpany : E. J. SnERDER, Philadelphia. • S. B.•.Kums•ron & Co., Philadelphia. Macatew & Koons, No. 80 North street, Baltimore. B. A. STEWART, - Pittsburg. 'CLARICE & Co., Chicago. LzEcn & Co., No. 1 Astor Honse, N.Y. littgctras Co., No. IT Washington. street, Botaiiit; H. '.11.-HOI7STON, General Freight .Agent.-Phil-. ticket Agent,- Philadelphia: : Hagen LAWISi 1: Superintexideny ,Altcnukt. H ) 4 'P I A 1 2 4 )-4 1862. THE &00 A. • 11.80 A. M. Wall': M. EDUCATIONAL. AIRS. MARY S. WILCOX'S N.D.BOARDING A D,AY, s , yort, YOUNG' LADIES, Corner otkennan ana Main; Streets Germantoum, re-Apen SEPTEMBER 4TH. Ciretdars may, be had at No. 1334 Cheatruit street, or at the Semi nary. • aug2B tf Collegiate InstitutA for Yolmg, Ladies, N 6,. logo *Rea. STREET;:PHILADELPHIA, Rev. A. mith, 4): I), Principal. Charles, The, eightli,Aeadepic year begins on, Monday, Seri teinlier 15th, 1862: Circulars _specifying terms, &e., will be sent, and additional. inforMation given, on appliCation to the :Principal. A r. tetters , may.-bc directed to 80x.1.889, Post office' Philadelphia. . • • , July 10 ly. ONE HUNDRED AND 'FIFTY DOL . LARS TER YEAR =I EELVIDERE SEMINARY; NEW JERSEY E Hundred and Fifty Dollars.vill pay for Board (Y T and Tuition' a year, for a yountLady, in thil Instatution. Its :location for advantagei Cannot ibe surpassed. l`heinstraption is equal,tofihat imparted in any School Of the highest order. A native French teadher resides in the family-. Pupils are received at aurtirne ' and charged iceordingly. REV.. J.' ADDISON , WHITArTIR, MISS 1)W - TA 4 . ..,540CUM, Vice Principta. ' octlo iy YOUNG LADIES•=' IN TITUTE wk4.ad' DELAWARE. NUMBER'LIMITED TO THIBTY. Building • N to and ConrenieneY Arranged: Spacious Grounds for Exercise. Charges moderate. NEXT SESSION CI:TMENCES THE FIRST . MONDAY IN ; SEPTEMBER. For informatiori,iMress--------*.__ ' " - REY . THOMAS Principal 'and Proprietor. Catalogues .can be. had at the Music stores of J. E. Gould, and Lee & Walker, Chestnut street ; or at the 'office of the "American Presbytrtrian." july3l if .The West Chester Academy, AT WEST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA, Within, Two Hours Rile from Phaadelphia. vi riLL commence the Summer Term, of full Five V months,—the Seventeenth Session, under the direction of its present Prineipal,—on the First ot May 'next. Boys and Young Men are thoroughly pre . • pared for College or Business. Bight' gentlemen of tried ability and 'experience, constitute the corps of :Instructors. The .I",ENCH, GIRMAN and SPANISH lan lunges are taught by native resident teachers. The departMent ,of "Military Tactics:" is in successful 'operation, under the charge of acompetent instructor, without, in the least, interfering,with the, regular stn dies of the. school, while the individual student is not required to tonnect.hiniself.,With it. Catalogues, 'containing full inforination, may be had at the awe of this, paper, or on - application to the Principal, WILLIAM WYBRS A. M. ap3 if West Chester, Penna. FamilYlloa.,rding School,' FOR YOUNG-MEN AND BOYS, _ •• At fogs' tozon, A.612,49.Qmery equAty, Pennvkan.4. T HIS School mras.es4blished - Eleven.years since, by Rev. Ai. Meigs, formerly Prepident,of Dela ware College: tr Tho:colirs - e of 8.014 is extensive, thorough and prac tical x including the- usual preparation for Colleges, and the various branches of a substantial Engliih Bu siness education. The studies of pupils•will be corv formed to tlieir future vocation, so far as it may be aetiiall determined,' or . reasonably - anticipated. ' The:Principal gifesliisundi - Videdpersbnal attention to the-School, and it aided by , experienced assistants, in all the.departinents. •The, ensuing Sumner Session will commend Vednesday,lday•Oth, and continue TWentizOne week's'. Circularsidontaining ,referenees i names a patrons; and full particulars, will be sent,by mail, owupplic4 7 to.the Principal, " X-MEIGS, , - Pottstown; April 2d, ;1862; ap3 ly SCHOOI.--POR-BOYS. • MO accommodate a few friemls, who have sons to edicate, rhave now ten BOys "most of Whom are fitting for Collate. ,It his 'been my good fortune to prepare for West Point and for .College, several now prominent men in the Legal ,prcifession apd in the Army Grimeral Lyon—the Most lamented'Lion H. A.Wood ' ;:.John C. Dodge, ete, ; —'were among my former pripils for*.the Military Academy: . When I had a similar sabot in Qiiincy, Mass.,'hid' pupils from Mobile to New Brunswick. The Hon : Sohn Quincy Adams,: who was then a resident, of,that,-,towp,,ami who 'visited' my school, and examined the 'pupils for West:'POint'and . for: Harvarll College, gave 'Me the followingcertificate::'t :* $. examined Mr. Coinell'al3ekool., - never. visited une,,in my, judgment, more thorough : or, better cm:landed ; and 1 think it well worthy this ; pat , trpnage of all who have sons to educate. ' • JcimeQurkey Axfame.". . Three boarding bays two , morre detpnpils will now he received. . •• , • Those who wish, may inquire of the,follo7ing gymen; who have sons in the .. Rev. James M. Crowell, PhiladelPhia; " E. E. Adams, ‘. 4 . • . " George:Hood, • StREE'r • ' Apply at 33 SOU'Ill , . • School itkept in the Evtudisg, for'hating sof, : .hoth sexes. .. : : . octig tf WIL CORNELL • A 101 NEW' S TORE. • - • .ITb: 188 South... Eleventh stole; above Walnut. 0. • W. .0 , 1 A. ; NETIAIsT iBLINDS and WINDOW §jf i AD.ES, V Cords, TasselsandTiimmings. BestuagiVwork at very low prices. Repairing promptly' atlF.lidid, to. Brancli• Store arid Manufactuiy, Second street, above Walnut. Blinds for Churches, Maly, and Libraries, made in the most substantial manner. nov2l Mot3O,LLIN. & RHOADS AND•••GAS-FITtERS, No. 1221 IILkRIKET STREET • AVE. constantly. on • hand, or farnish.io ,order,, Hydraulic. Rama, Water Wheels , Windmills, Lift and Force 'Pninpa; Stationaiv Walstakids, flity dritnts, Hathing.Tnbs, Lead, Cast' and Wrcinsiptltain Pipes, Sheet Lead, and all other artieles•inlhe tokd •• PpFtstWe Gas and Water-Workis put up 00..ihrukolgt OpprOyed principles. - • . work done on•moderate'tirthe and warianted.to gbro l estifi*tion, • . 1 • . .t.7.11, 7 7p fT /FOAL. X4lPct , person *lly 'eaen to. , ' inn tf . , • • AMEBIC A'N tife Inswanc, and . Trust Coukpazky. OMPANT 7 B BUILDINGS, , &Pithead Con‘ of Nalnut and. Fourth Stiqi.o•l!. t r • ;•.• • Authorized Capital, - ••• .• •- 15590,000 raid up - -•- - - 2500 00 .. . . Incorporated' 1850, by the Legislature. of Penna. . „. Insures Lives. during . the natural life or Tor`' short terms,grants annuities and endowinents,•ind makes contracts eof.all kinds' depending-on 'the issueil of life. Acting also as Executors, Tristees, and Guardians. _ Policies of, Life Insurance issued at the mu trial rates of other good companies—with prefits to the assisted—lastlfoxusJamiary, 1861, being per cent. 4 all premnuns received on,nintual pplie.ies—at, Joint Stock rates,- 20 ; per cent. less than shove, or Total Abstinence rates 40 per cent; lestithlue Mutual price. Also, a NON-FORFEITURE PLAN, By which a person pays for 5, 7 or 10 years only, when the Policy is paid up flit - Jar;, and nothing more to payi . azid shoxa4;Ple be:imaille,, or wish todijOntinae s o onerc . tiiie OomPany will 'mine a PAID rreP6moir, poporticin%to. the Mnotutt;•of premium • 164: ea I9wc; 4 • 011 ardift iS/00QpiAt.:Crear 17 Year llo.Year aftor. payment Itotes. Rates. Rates. • • • , . ----- .. ~ . 01'2 An. Pren t if,"ifor $4OO 00 $286 70 $2OO 00. 44 4 .. '. do ~--. .•, 4 4 .. 800 00 571 -40 400 p i s 6 - ,d o , ... ;$ . 4 ...",..- ' 867 10 600 00 tt 8 ' "do - . : '‘.`' • ----- r - ---,- 800 06 ' - ‘-'',iii,ExiiiirDEß,lntuDni, President. • S4MUEL WORK, Vice-President. • Jogttß. y(pLsori, Secret t:; ' l , , z , . -,.. • 7 ?''' ' • BOARD OF TEIDFalif: . , - ""..; ' : - - I: Alexander Whilldin,, , alltdigikeTkom ooo l - .Hoa. Jas. Pollock, " ; Hon: gobeptiAllisc:l4. !Albert C. Roberts,.Jonas Bowman, ~Samuel T. Bodine, H. H. Eldridic,: ' George Nugent: • • John Aikitutik, -.. : - ..waliamJ.BlLowitilk • - . Charles F. Ifiendi#, y"': • . . ... "J*.nuel Work , . • - .:1'.1i . -: , • :.. . 11 . 1 8)A9A!. REAWS • t ".. )". P. Bird ..if. 0,.. IN' on-N4lli. —li.i.' ..., ln attendalice alhe Cliinn iiii4riiOffieeliillyiW.:l2 o'clock,. hi: - NOV. 13, 1862. rU:ND Egil AK ER S. CYRUS HORDE, - UN D a A -r-E , No .28-Nonma ELzvErra STREET, , Philadelpha. 00171N . S t ffearsei, Carriageyand everything a p. - pertanong - tp Funerals, furnished at the shortest notice. Lea&Vorans on - hand. nov2B - -GEORGE-W. LOTT • 14irniatung Aind - ertak er, No. POP Sobiti 11 *IR TE W 4 . First•house below Lombard street, Philadelphia. Every requisite' furnighed at altdrtest`natiee, and on most reasonable terms,. • ; PerSonalati6idineefit ' nov2l ly Epwrg HtiG l o§„, Vor E Ai 141 SEXTON DR -WADSWORTH'S CHURCH - No, 259 Souza tern;it nu m, -above Spruce street, upv2BPhiladelphia. , . , LEVaS FAYETTE GENERAL FrANISHINV ITIMPATAKER No. 770 BoutlvSecondlistreet l •Above Catharine, WOULto respectfully inform the citizens of al ~.a,delphia, that he still continues at his old stand, .856 .8. Second street, above Catharine, where "he will keep constantly on hand a large assortment of READY MAitE,.Cprms, of all vaßties, together with the complete para_phernalia neeesiaryfor thepro per interment of the dead. His ttoriek and carriages are .unsurpassed, and his _drivers - among the most care ful. Charges. moderate. Old-stand, No. NOS. Secondfslieet,lfewlNo. 770. n0v2.1 ]y ANDREW BLAIR, • - BLAIR,' P R . A. FAMILY MEDICINE STORE, Eighth and Walnut: streets, Philadelphia. - „ - • (Establishea'lB29.) N'NE tut the , best Medicines dispensed. Prices unifo m and .easonable.-Personq residing in the country can, h their },orders f ithfully and promptly, exeented,, no Matter how small. Physi •emns supplied with pure :medicines and medical pre parations. . jun tf "The Penisaffightier thantheSword." THE GOLD PEN-THE BEST OF ALT, PENS. MQRVag ' S - 610 1 ,1) . TM e.• The BegPella 414 thi Weald. c o. receipt of any 4:4%11m folio 'wing Ruing • - .14.0A:L post;•stanapn, the subscriber will send Syletulti oenrail, or otherwise, as' directed; a ; Gold Pen or Pens,seLacriith Tau SAME AOOORD#IG TO EESOILIETIOE, . . . GOLD PENS wrCHOUT CASES. For 25 cents, the Magic Pen ; for 38 cents, the Lucky Pen;, for 50 centa r the Always-Ready Pen; for 76 - cents, the glegant Pen; sand for $l, the Fa.- celsier Pen:. • The 1 4zes, -NOB:.8)17A and ; 5, THE' IN-; EX TENSION CASES,, yTT4 PENCILS. For , _so oe.nts,-;the :11fagic 'Pen ; for 75 cents, the LaCky, Pen ; for the Always-Ready Pen ; for $125,, the Elegant Pei f and for $1.50, the Excelsior Pen. These are well finished, good writing Gold Pena, with "lido:train Points,! the average wear of every one of which will far outlast a gross of the best Steel Pens. Tiwnarup f'4!),.l4ortpn,!" . 4 fNurnher,_" and "Qua by,l,are .stamped. on Alto, following Pens, and the PoinAt r itils vitiriantedior months, except against accidetif. 'The ' - unrebeis indicitte sue ONLY: No. 1 beieg•the - sinallest, Ne. o.4lse_largest, adapted for the pocket,s O. i 4, the smallest, and ~No. 10 -the largest Mammoth 'Geld Pen,:for the desk. tong and rae diiiin Nikki of :4111' sizes and'ipudities. - Short Nibs of Rio. 4i, 5, - 6 and - 7, sand. 'made ;only of first quality. Thts,engfayings Are gas-sittkiles,or, the -simealscl styles. GOLD PEN WiIDIGUT CASES. For 75 cents, a No.l Pea, lat qaality, or a No. 3 Pell,' 3d quality; • • • • :For.sl, a No. 2 ;L".7.6C qualithor. a No. 3 Pen, F.o. 4 nality or , No. - s4"tat, quality. • For. 1. 4, it;14419.1 44ty,.0r allo. 4 Pen, tol±qual*, 'or alio. Iliii,sd'qattlity. For $1 60; a No. 41en, let quality; ora No. 5 Pen, 24SualiVI or .4•VcD, ftfi:qaality. • For $176, a 10. fi Vett, let quality or allo. 6 Pen , For 2cLquality. , $226, &No. -6 ileati,ist quality. 1110:IDF:fAvottl0M11143ZI:BiliMeftw SION a/WES;* WITH! PENCILS. -For.sVso, a No. 1 Pen; lat quality, or a No. 3 Pen, . 4 # l4dity i to Or $1 , a No. 2 Pep, lat qUaliV, or a No. 3 Pen, 2dquality, oriCNii.- 4' Pen,3d quality. Forls2, a- No. 8 Niotqttality, or a No. 4 Pen, 2d quality or 5- Pen; ,3d qqality. For $2 50, a No. Pen,, lot quality, ors No. 6 Pen, 2411ttality,' 04. a No. 6 Pen,' 3d %nudity. For. $B, a No. 6 Perkli!t-ituaytyslor a No. 6 Pen, 2a $2.60y a rio. 6.eft Astkithrty- GOLD PEI 4 A_ALL - 10!_(141 . T . AAITY NTED FoY:s2; 4 4`Niu:' , i• 44 1 5214 a No. 6 Pen, for $2 75, a No. 6 Pal i for sBi6A,la Nci. 7 Pen. Fof.44 l ,4VOift,Reaii for 6,,a No. 9 Pen, and for s 6 'firPen- < • - - The''` at` " pointed with the very best Iridosmin Points, carefully .selected, and none of this quality are sold with the slightest imperfection which BUJ, and _the closest, scrutiny can detect,. The "2d Quality" are superior to any Pens made by him previous to the year 1860. The ." 8d Quality!" .he intends: shall equal in resp ec t to Durability,. Elasticity and Good Writing Qualities (the only true .Considerations) any Gold Pens made elsewhere: In regard. to the Cheap:Gold Pens, he begs leave to say that, previous to operating his New and Pe tented Machines 7 be could. not, have made as Good Wr4tink anti Thirable Pens, for the price, had the Gold been furnisliettgratnitously %Bud* ordering must in all instaneee specify the "number." and a quality" of the Rens wanted, and be":;TA,G . particular to describe. the hked' of Pens they prefer-whither stir or limber, coarse or fine. " All remittance by mail in Registered:letters are at my risk. , ibr:ForilikbY;illl Osiers jn t>j fine throughout the'conntity:. ' ' • `.* •• 'Maras, ." : • . hteiAre - e.Lane, New York. - 01 917tatacgdino a single leer post - stamp will re did*.o careplaiira the'eagtevings above referred to. '' • ' . • T A It. R7A-N T7,g minidiSOESIF S t't '''l l 2 ERA A?Z it - .! E. NT . , This valuable and popular Medicine has universally received the most, figiorable recommenda tions of the Mitn/qui Taortsstox . .„:..., an d the „Psatfo l tas 4114",.a05t ovarian Arm mt.T.O . • . ..El - A L I N L .E . ,A P 211 E NT. • . • ~ , . ~ .. , It may be used, with the betit Uffect in , ...•• Bilious and "Febrile Disease9,MBli4rentkift, Sick HeaJ ..--: ache, Nausea, Logs Of Appetite; Indigestion, . A.cidity ofi the .Stomach Torpidity -of the Liv,er,- Ctout;Rhennuse tic AffeCtions Gravel, • Piles, • 'AIM .. 1 11:".C• OMPLAINTB WHERE A Coale (Red.', bo • ' .Apeirent — or Purgallre ' It is partieVarjy. - adapted to the wants of Traveled by. Sea ant 4, Residents.in Hot. Climates, Persons of Sedenth b its, Invalids and Convalescents; Captains of is and Planters will find it a valua ble ble additinn to . thelr-m .--cine Chests. .9 It, is in the form of a Powder, carefully put up in bet tlea to keep in any 'eliinate, and merely requires - water poured up:alit to prOduce a delightlul -'. • . -effervescent beverage- Numerous testimonials from professional and el?' gentlemen of 0" hi2hest standing throughout 0 3 ciniiiirir, and Rs steMi y increasing popularity ft" series of years, strongly guarantee its efficacy and x 3" liable character, and commend it to the favorable 0 0 ' tice of an intelligent public. Manufactured only by. • TARRANT & CO., - ••• No. 278. Greenwich street, eor. Warren. - -. .• . ' New York, milt ly ' : And for sale by 'Druggists generally. • life-Size Photograthe in Oil Asuperior mmel tb Oil Paintings, as likeneso s and - picturess, if made by skilful artists, such S s you'find at REIMER'S! GALLERY, Second sure!. ,91 . )Pve,Oreen. Ma4e dirbetly from living pers or ons. sad 'Tr! small Daguerreotypes, Ambroknies, graphs, when when persons' are deceased. Joe 19 HENRY Q. BLAIR. _.._ IN SILVER-
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