The American Presbyterian. (Philadelphia) 1856-1869, January 15, 1863, Image 4

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    Clue tainitg Citat.
The Word for Us.
NOT without its word for us
Stands the martyrs' story ;
Singing mid the cruel fires,
Passed they up to glory.
Welcome was the shameful cross,
Welcome spears and scourges '
Shouts of joy their parting words,
Psalms instead of dirges.
Fearless towards the martyrs' crown
Pressed their high ambition ;
Pangs of earth were bitter buos,
Heaven their sure fruition.
Dwells the triart3rrts 'meal in us,
Children oiownea with blessing?
Are we,,indui favored lot,
Christ ;t1 confessing ?
How have we our pathway trod
Creeping, moping, whining,,:
Shrfnking from each sacrifice,
Selfish, cold, repining?
Ah, we bow our heads in shanie
lartyrs, ye have taught: us
. Ours is not the way to serve
The dear Lord who bought us.
Look We opward, where the Lord
IPAr t eail l tlY
..4.at the martyrs' story.
Cheerfully be body, soul,
• Life, and labors given
Unto Elm whose endless praise
Pills the courts of heaven.
Xrom " Cheerily, Cheerily."
THE TWO CHAIRS.
IN the hurry of life, a crimson plush chair
and a yelloW 'kitchen chair happened to get
side by, side. Plush chair turned red, and
proudly rolled herself back. " She did not
wish to be seen in such company," she said.
"What would the accomplished pianos and
the elegant marble top tables think of it ?"
" Ain't you both of the same origin ?" asked
a poker 'bluntly. "However that may be,
our positions lire very flifferent now. I move
only in polished society," replied plush chair
angrily. And are of very little use, I dare
say'," muttered the poker. " Use " cried
plush " use I that is the last thing I
think of." " More's the pity," said the hon
est poker ; "it is a dreary thing to live above
Kitchen chair heard the. talk, but thought
it was not for her to speak. The sight of
her grand neighbor filled her with no jealousy.
,She thought her very beautiful, and was
pleased to see the race improve so. She
was clumsy, she knew ; but she Could afford
to be clumsy, since slie had nothing to do
but be useful. They soon parted, and each
went its own way.
Plush chair was ushered into a stately
parlor, and received with admiration. There
were many words about where it should
stand, and at last the most conspicuous place
was assigned it. At a large party that eve
ning, distinguished visitors were brought to
it, and among the fashion and blaze, plush
chair JIM, no reason to be ashamed. "This is
sp/e21,4W t: i • II 1/ .. how
shut, and not a speck of sun was allowed to
enter. The furniture was covered, and no
pleasant family voices broke the terrible
stillness. An occasional caller now and then
stepped stiffly in, and as stiffly out, leaving it
darker, chillier, and drearier than before.
Plush chair tried to think it was all• very fine
to be sitting up there in such a state. "It
,is genteel," it kept saying, " and if it's only
genteel, why--"
But 1 am sure it had its secret thoughts;
for after all, it is dreadful to grow old with
out any family tie ; to feel that you are add
ing nothing to the stock of daily comfort in
the world ; to know that the weary, the sick,
and the sorrowing never sink into your arms
for rest and soothing ; to know, too, that you
are 'valued chiefly on the risky merit of being
in fashion, and so might grow old, and be
cast off long before your time. Poor plush
had a dreary life of it, you may depend. and
often, thought it should die of doing nothing.
I do not know whether it ever cast a thought
on the yellow kitchen chair ; bu£ whether it
did or not, kitchen chair had a little history
of its own.
Its home was in old father Goodhue's
great farm kitchen, by the south window,
where the sunbeams play bo-peep with the
white honeysuckle. Besides father Goodhue,
there were young Mr. and Mrs. Goodhue,
and their eight children. It lived right in
the midst of the family stir. It could hear
the churn dash, and the tea-kettle sizzle, and
the cheerful clatter of knives and forks, be
sides all the cheerful fireside talk. As you
may suppose, it had its arms full most of the
time. Farmer Goodhue dropped into it after
the heavy toil of the day, and held the baby,
or read his paper. His excellent wife leaned
against its broad back when she came from
roan n t or te!tmstcr rested
" Who can go through: the world, doing the
world's Work, without some: hard knocks ?"
it said, good humoredly.
Good father groodbue, too, knelt beside it
at his morning and evening devotions, and
it often trembled beneath the warm fervor of
his prayers. And when little Sally faded,
never was there a sweeter and sadder sight
than to see her, day after day, bolstered up
in its strong arms, under the summer shadows
of the old crab-apple tree. " Mother," she
said, "I shall not see it blow next year."
She was looking up, but not at the crab-apple
tree, for little Sally's eye caught the blue
heavens beyond, and she said lidw, " I shall
be there with God, mother." Her poor mo
ther answered nothing, for there was a chok
ing in her throat. When the shadows leng
thened on the grass that afternoon, her father
made as though he .would carry his little one
in. "Lean me back only, father—mother."
They gently did so. A lock of love shined
in her face ; a few gasps, and Sally stepped
from the old family chair up to heaven.
4 , This dear, dear chair," they all said af
terwards ; and there were ever woven in its
history the tender memories of little Sally.—
Child a Paper.
CHEERFULNESS.
IT occurred to me, the last time I read
those charming verses in-which Wordsworth
laments in unequalled pathos and simplicity
the death of "Lucy," that her subtle grace
of nature might have been that sunniness of
temper which we call cheerfulness.
Who has not observed the peculiar effect
produced in a household by the continual in
fluence of this quality in one of its members;
bow it seemed to rise upon it like sunshine
in the world, filling all the shady places
with brightness ? It is not only beauty and
gladness in itself, but it is the cause of beau
ty and gladness in others. Dispelling clouds
and gloom, it opens the horizon with its
" seven-listed colors" of hope ; music comes
in the train; graces are called forth in others
like buds and blossoms in the natural world,
and the sweet fruits of goodness are ripened.
It reveals the strait path which is so narrow
and sometimes difficult, and which often lies
unsuspected in its course under the clouds
of temper, selfishnese, and discontent. It
brightens the rugged path of ditty, and lends
wings to the weary who Walk therein, sad
and faint-hearted, borne down by the,length
and difficulties of the way:
A few years ago a deaili occurred in a
family where I visited. 'lt Npas that of a
daughter wham I had oftenremarked as the
least promising of the family., She was plain
in countenance and'slightly:deformed in per
son. She shared none of the rare mental
gifts which distinguished her sisters ; there
was no great quickness of perception, no tal
ent for art, no wit or brilliancy in cenversa
tion. I thought they could spare her better
than any other child. . I did , not say ~quite
this when I saw the afflicted parents, but per
haps they inferred it; for the;mother said t
I , 4:We _could have spared any other child
...-discontent Num wnic
ti
brighten as they take
their flight,' but have long felt and acknowl
edged the household' indebtedness. to our
Mary. She had been very much of a suf
ferer for many, years, and the holy example
of her patient endurance has had an effect in
our home which I cannot describe
" But she blessed us chiefly in her uni
firth. cheerfulness. None of us ever saw a
I frown upon her brow from impatience, or dis
content, or weariness. Who could, indulge
in peevishness, or petulance, or passiOn, when
they saw or thought of Mary.? If her father
came home weary or dispirited, he went first
to her; if I was anxious and careworn, her
bright smile and tender sympathy - ,eheered
and sustained me as effectually as the:stron
gest arm could have done."—Mrs. 0,71. B.
Richards' Springs of Action,.
be
/that
`JI: int'llastono.
MR. BRIGHT'S GREAT SPEECH-lig-DE
FENDS AND UPHOLDS THE NOR.H•
MESSRS. SCHOLEFIELD and BRlGHll.4ad
dressed their, constituents in the Tolvnaall,
Birmingham, on the 17th ult.
Mr. Brigitt, who was received with. ' ro
longed applause, spoke of the Lanca ire
distress, attributing the good order o ' , the
operatives to the instrumentality of a lin
taxed press. The Hon. gentleman thetpro
needed as follows :---I should like to state in
this hall that which I once stated to .04
eminent American gentleman who ask 'd
to give him some idea of the course' of ,pub-
lie opinion in this country from the -first
moment we' heard of the secession of tlikaa
ton- producing. States. I endeavored to :trace
it in this way. I told him that, so far.(ts I
could see, nobody thought the South had any
just cause, for-break-ing up the integrity of a
great nation. Now, I appeal to you Titicamr
that was not the case, and whether persons
were not reef y o aim.% that the South 4as
ruled by a Government mild and in no degree
oppressive. It was a Government, it is true,
which some among us loved and some di s-
liked. '' f",
It was not a costly monarchy; . it was not
an aristocrcy creating and living on patron
age ; it did not support a very burdensome
foreign policy ; it had no great army, no
great navy, no suffering millions to be dis
contented and. overthrown—Charges all of
which have been brought against Govern
ments in thi's country and throughout Europe
a hundred times over. [Loud` cheers.] There
fore it was said very generally here, when
the intelligence of the secession of the South
reached us, why should these men revolt?
At the moment at which that revolt took
place the Government at Washington ap
peared to be paralyzed ; it had no army, it
had no navy, and it was by many thought
that the North would, under the circumstan
ces, acquiesce in the rending of the Republic
asunder.; it was told, indeed, by certain pub
lic writers in this country that the contest
was entirely hopeless, and, a similar view of
it was lately taken by no less a personage
than the Chancellor of the Exchequer. I
am, however ' happy to say that, , although
the Cnancellors of the Exeheqner can often
decide to a penny what shill - be the rate of
taxation in England, they Mind determine
what is to be the fate of a whole continent.
(Cheers.) •
..It was at the outset, as I before observed,
that contest was hopeless, and it was asked
only under those circumstances, should it be
continued by the North' at. the cost of so
much blood and treasure, and to:the disturb
ance of the commerce of the whole world.
Well, in answer to that question, I would
say if we are to contititutel4urselves the
of forei n nations we
we ourselves think it right , to be governe..
My honorablefriend referred to the case g
the Trent, and bread in the papers that you
had a meeting in this hall last year, in which
the conduct of our Government in making a
great.manifestation of force against America
in that case was duly applauded ; and that at
least one minister of religion - upon-that occa
sion• took that view.
Now lam not in the least complaining
that it should be so.; but if you thought the
act of an American• captain who, not.under
instructions from his. Government, took two
men from an English, merchant vessel, usti
fied you in going to. ;war with the United
States, then I say you ought not to scan too
narrowly the course which the North pur
sued under circumstances much more diffi
cult than those in which you were then
placed. (Cheers.) Take, again, the case
of the Rock of Gibraltar - some of you
have, I dare say, bean" there. 1, at all
events, have ; and the things which most in
terested me were the monkeys on the top of
it—(laughter)—except perhaps those whom
I.found there, and they were a good many,
living on the English taxes (A laugh.)
Well, the Rock of Gibraltar was acquired
by this country when she was not actually
at war with Spain, and kept in defiance of
every principle of honor and morality.. (A
voice—No, no.") I have no doubt the gen
tleman who cries "No, no," is better ac
quainted with the history of the transaction
than I am; but. I would suggest that we
have, perhaps, read two different histories of
it. (Laughter.) Well, suppose Spain were
to equip an expedition for the purpose of re
taking that fortress, which - is not of !the
slightest advantage to any Englishmanliving,
teuttriratt Vrtobttritatt a i; titteott (t)rattltuot
except those who hold appointments on it,
would not our Government, Lwould ask, do
everything in its poWei to resist such an at,
tempt ?.
You lnow that it would, notwithstanding
that the possession of the fortress only tends,
as I heard distinguished officers of the Gov
ernment say, to embitter relations between
the two countries, and notwithstanding that
if such aman as my friend Mr. Cobden, for
instance, were commissioned to cede it to
Spain, we might hope for the establishment
with that country of a commerical treaty ad
mitting'Engligh'produce to her ports; at a
duty of not more than ten per cent. But, be
that as it raay, I cannot help thinking that
if our Government would resist, as you know
they would, , an expedition fitted out by Spain
against , Gibraltar, the course taken by the
Northern States can scarcely be viewed by
you with, surprise.
After the Southern leaderamet at Mont
gomery on the 6th of March and authorized
the raising of 100,000 men, and subsequently
attacked Fort Sumter, which was not; mind;
a fort of Carolina but a fort of the,Union l
was not, I.would ask, Mr. Lincoln under,those
circumstances justified, in accordance with
those principles on Tihich . Englishmen and
the .English Government all over the world
act, in , calling out 75,000 men, which was the
first calf made for, the_ purpose of 'maintain
", le_intnerity Union to
• main *Deject ne nut taKen an oatla to meet
at his election. (Cheers).
But I will not enter, into a long argument
on this question, and for this reason, that I
believe it is not in the hands of my honorable
friend, nor ofLord Palinerston, nor Presidcnt
Lincoln, but in the hands of that Supreme
Ruler who is bringing about one of those
great events in history. - 'Which men will not
often regard when passing before them, but
which they look on with astonishment after
they have taken place. (Hear, hear.) Nei
ther will I discuss the question whether this
war is prosecuted >i of the Constitu
tion or for the' abolition of slavery ; if, how
.ever, we came to the point of sympathy with
the South, or recognition of her; or mediation,
or intervention, we should consider what is
her aim. The United States Government is
on terms of amity with our own. It , is re
presented in London by a Minister—a man
whose name, as you know,is highly honored
in America, his, father and grandfather hav
ingheld the office of President , of the Re
public.
Our Minister has only just returned to
Washington, and that being so, are you, let
me ask, because you may, cavil at certain
`things at home being done in the United
States; to throw the influence of your opinion
into the scale in favor of a movement the ob
ject of which is to dismember that great 'Re
public beyond the Atlantic? Is there a man
here who doubts for a moment that the aim
of the South in this contest is to maintain
and perpetuate the bondage of four millions
of human beings ? (Cheers). Yes, her ob
ject is to secure that handful of white men
on that continent shall lord it over millions
of men made black by the very hand Oat
made us white. (Cheers).
Her object is to retain the power to' breed
negroes, to lash `negroes, to chain them, to
buy and sell negroes, to deny them the en
joyment of the commonest family ties, to
break their hearti by rending them at their
OTOI - 6 - 11Mr uteulyd
limse
-tritittha ru t *6ktes
u, c creation, for in accordance
with their , laws it is a penal act to learn a
negro to read. (Hear, hear). I wish teknow,
then, whether this is to be made the founda
tion'as is promised, of a new slave empire;;
whether it is intended that on this audacious
infernal basis a new alliance for England is
to be built up ? (Cheers.)
It has been said that Greece was recogni
zed by this country, but not until -She had
fought Turkey for six years, nor did France
recognize the United Statesuf America un
til. five or six years after the War of Inde
pendence ; and I want to know- who they are
who speak in favor of England becoming so
earatly the ally of this great conspiracy
aOrist human nature. (Hear.) should
no objection to recognize a country
because it was one that held slaves.
Itli , ould be absurd to ref Use to hold.political
-reifitions with a State, because within. it such
argtinstitution as slavery happens- to exist,
bilt in: the case of the South we have' a new
State which purposes to set itself upon the
Idols of slavery, and of which slavery is said
so.be the chief corner stone.
14tave heard; indeed, that there are Min
isters;of State who are in favor of the South;
thhere are members of the aristocracy
wire terrified at the shadow of the great
Refiblic at the other side of the Atlantic;
that there are rich men whose views of this
question are based altogether upon their sel
fiali,interest; and that there are conductors
of: the public press who ; would barter the
rights of, millions of -their. fellow-creatures
that they might bask in the smiles of the
great.. ,pit I know that'there are Ministers
of State who do not wish that this insurrec
,
tion should break up the American Union ;
that- there- are members of out'aristocrany
who are not afraid of, the shadow of a, repub
lic; that there are many rich men who, are
• ; , ed b their riches, rand that there
. , . . , .7.1.• . .
Who wilt not barter human rights for the
patronage of the great; but most of all, and
before all, I am sure that in .Lancashire,
where the working-men have .seen themselves
going down from prosperity to ruin, from
independenee to subsistence upon charity,
the unenfranchised but not hopeless millions
oflis country- will never sympathise with a
rerAt which is intended to destroy the lib
erty of a continent and to build on its ruins
a mighty fahria of human bondage.
.
I hear it 'said the republic is too powerful,
and that it issbetter for us, or rather for the
governing class and the governing policy of
England, that,it should be broken up. But
suppose we were in New York or Washing
ton, discussing the case of England instead
of that of America, and some one were to
say that our empire s growing too big—
surely an Americatenight say that he has
not covered the oc with his fleets, or left
the bones of his citig to bleach upon abun
dant European haul
,elds. Ile could say a,
thousand things mor
,uly than we can say
of his country, that ' , gland is large and
powerful, and it is ti4ight perilous for the
il it
nations that she should Aie so great. But all
this language, whether om an Englishman
on the one side,t
or from n American on the
other, is to be -condemns, as neither patri-
ctic, rational; nor moral.t
The man who wishede Republic to be
severed on that ground my doing what
tends to keep. alive jealo jes which, as far
as he is concerned, will never die. But it, is
i i 0
said the Northerners :do not like us at all.
It is not at all necessary th " should like us. -
(A laugh.) Does anybody b"eye the South
likes us ? .We all know that - hen the South
lir
, .
was in power, as, it had be ,
in the United. States, hi l .?,
try was cherished` and tit
most degree by some of
the present insurrection
the Alabama, in Ameri .
not how truly, that sh
which Was built by a me,
Parli l atnent, furnished wit
tion of English manufic
sailed almost entirelYl
the facts were represents
customs in Liverpool, Who!
that he was requested ;to'
to the , Customs in Lond
was not a very wise Than
in favor of breaking up
after Mr. Collier, counsel
i nvestigated`" the matter,
ted his opinion that what W
was a direct infringeme
Enlistment Act, and Alia
thorities , at that port we
for •the ,consequences.
was takeri,.to the ,Foreig
rather astonished ; ' but 1
j
. .. .
opinion coincided with
then,,after those delays
place when there is anyt
a Governmeni, office, a
was Gent to Liverpool to
the message arrived tou,-.1
beenin a, Confederate:p -
- 8e ois s i • olert&
to'come alongside any sh
fire by night, and when an
down to help it she seize:
wards burns and robs it.
citizens of New York, it
more Calmness than is sh
on foreign questions to lo
matter with which we ha
Mit there are Ministers i
solved against treason to 'f
tion as I am, and there a
English aristocracy of the
who hold the same °pima
have had every effort ma.
malice could devise to s.
, shire, among the suffe
opinion in favor of the S
' have note been able to ge
population for their fideli
and to freedom, and I sa
have pursued ought to at
the people of the United
leading articles writtenby
by men who would barter
to serve the party with w
ciated. •
How„ r ask, comes it
tinent of Europe there'
newspaper nor a liberal pi
say, or ever thought of sa
favor of that portentoin
shape which now asks to I
family of nations ?" The
had no difficulty in decidi
Ask Garibaldi (cheers)--
ther slavery has nothing 't.
Ask Victor Hugo, the po.
exponent of the yearning
the better time—ask any
opens his lips or indites *a
dom, on which side your
lie. (Hear). Why, in all
except this island, famed
you do not find ,one man s
the South.; and why its the,
_ -
mainly in the hands of - ce!
End classes. it acts
classes. • :
One of .the most emi
this country, although no
man, said to me,- " I h
much influence' the exam
was having upon opinio
covered the universal con
prospect of that Republ
but I maintain, after all,
not err. Free States ar
working man. In fifteen
our countrymen and coup
us for the ITnitekStates,
speaking gerieralry, is in
tion in point of comfort
mained here, as if, as one
poets had said :--
" For her free latch strial
Against - the poorest e
In America there =-
grown men excluded by t
political' rights.; there i
free school, a free hand,
career for the child of
countrymen who work
member that there will o
freedom to startle all in
public is overthrown.
huge foul blot upon its 1.
outrage against human r'
pride and passion of - ma
peaceable extinction; th
colonies, if they h - ad b.
*mild have - revolted too.
no mode short of a rnira4
than any recorded in HO
.
in our time; or m a ce
the abolition of slaVery
suicide which the 'South
the war they are now w
It is a measureless
the Russian war was
amity. Did not many
the integrity of Turke
miles away ? Why su
your own country at yo
worth as much as the
Is not this warrthe pen:
rabic justice exacts fro e
South, for the enormous
this frightful iniquity for,
I do not blame any ma,
toration of the Union
have the authority of t
Exchequer on that-point
unsurpassed by any m
unfortunately, he made
the north of England
ago, and seems ever sin,
engaged in trying to ma
what he meant. (A lat
He is,' however, quite
struggle hopeless for
hold that , opinion. The
oppose by 'their Cons
thing—that over a: tern.
as large as England an
of slavery shall be .for
cannot myself believe i
ing that fair land, strick l
by the ravages of war;
civilization in: its - jour
sink into endless night
tion of the leaders of
"to wade through &IL I ,
and shut the gates of
(Cheers:)
I have another and f.
fore my gaze. It ma
I will still--cherish it.
deration stretching fro 4.
one unbfoken line to th:,
[n for Many years,
ility to this coun-
Ululated' to the ut
-4 very leaders in
With regard to
they say, I know
is a ship of war 1
ber of the British
tins and` ammuni
e, - manned and
nglishmen ; that
ttkthe collector of
66h-pooli'd them.
,
send up the facts
, whose solicitor
and ,was probably
le Republic ; that
or the Admiralty,
nd distinctly sta
done at Liverpool
of the Foreign
the customs' au:-
,d` be responsible
[hen this opinion
Office they were
left law officers'
r. Collier's and
.hich always take
ng to be done by
legraph message
op the vessel, but
4. She has never
g when she wants
sets the ship on
other vessel comes
t also, and after-
Well, if we were
lua require a little
IS country
Upon that as a
I no concern.
our Cabinet as re-
edom on this ques
numbers of the
very highest rank
as I do ; but we
• that money and
ulate in Lanea
g population, an
, e States. They
• and I honor that
to their principles
the conduct they
e, in the minds of
tes, for miles of
eLondon press—
.,
very human right
ch they are asso-
hat on thn eon
's not a. liberal
itician that durst
ng, one word in
and momentous
received into the
to Count Cavonr
1 on this point.
Kossuth, whe
o with this strife.
of freedom and
f s:11 mankind for
11 in Europe who
:entenee for free
mpathies should
its of the ,world
or its freedom,
aking in favor of
'done here ?
!ruling WeSt.
)favor of those
F,'
t .statesmen. in
'air official states-.
..not an idea,holir
of the 'Republic
here until. I dis
iatulations on the
breaking up ; "
at the pople do
the home of the
ears 2,500,000 of
I , women have left
ery one of whom,
Ot uch better posi-
n if they had .re
:£ America's own
lever was drawn in
if Adam's kin."
!:c1 six millions of
Constitution from
'a free church, a
free vote, a free
I tt humblest. No !
re
your living, -
I.ne wild shriek of
kind if that Re
. very has been the
le ; it is a hideous
~,,i t and divine law;
I ill not permit its
I .laveowners of - our
I
a strong enough,
Ibelieve there was
; more stupendous
I" rit which would,
I ry, have brought
1 America but the
as committed and
i ng.
alamity. r said
measureless cal
, your leaders tell
war to maintain
fsome -thousands 'of
y the integrity of
%wn doors must be
egrity of Turkey.
r which an inexo
!l, merica, North and
uilt of cherishing
e last eighty years't
who takes the res-
Ibe hopeless ; you
Chancellor of the
he is, as a speaker,
t in England ; but,
se of expressions in
>arly three months
then to have been
e people understand
>h.)
releothe to think the
ie North. I don't
'3aders of - this revolt
tution this simple
Dry some forty . times
blight and bondage
r'Or perpetuated.: I
SI such a fate befall-
though it now be
annot believe that
y with the sun'will
o gratify' the ambi
is revolt, who seek
ter to a throne, and
ercy on mankind."
:,' brighter vision be
, be but a vision; but
see one vast confe
the frozen-Northdn
glowing South, and
from the wild billows of the Atlantic to the
calmer waters of the Pacific main, and I see
one people and one law, and one language
and one faith, and over all that wide conti
nent the home of freedinn and a refuge for
the oppressed . of every race. (Loud cheers)
danyttoitl i tuto.
AYERS'
SARSAPA,RILLA,
TEE WORLD'S , GREAT REMEDYROR
Scrofula and-,Scrofuloas Diseases.
From Emery Foles, a-well-known merchant of Oxford,
" have sold large quantities of yoiar asits.tickniLLA;
brit never yet one bottle which failed of the desired
effect and full satisfaction to those who took it. As
fast as ourpeople -try it, they agree there has been no
medicine h ke it before in our community."'
Eruptions, Pimples, Blotches, Punt . '"les, Ul
cers, Scores, and all. Diseases_ of the Skin;
From Rev. Robt. Strafton, Bristol, England. •
"I only do my duty to you and the public, when I
add my testimony to that you publish of the medicinal
virtues of your SARSAPARILLA. My daughter, a ed ten,
had an afflicting humor in her ears, eyes, and hair for
years, which we were unableto cure .until we tried your
SARSAPARILLA. She has been well for' ome months."
From Mrs. Jane E. Rice, .a .well-known and much-es
teemed lady of Dennisville; Cape May Co., N.J..
"My daughter hai'itiffered for a year past with a
scrofulous. eruption, which . . was ''very troublesome.
Nothing afforded;any relief until ; we tried, your Sansa
rAitiLLA, which soon completely cured her."
- From Charles I'. Gage, Esq., of'dieviidely-kneWn
- Mi t vrsv &On. Tnftrii factuzer4Vetiainslia._ • "
pers in Nashua, N. R. . '
"I had for several years a very, troublesome humor
in my face, Which. grew constantly worse until it .dis;
figured my features and became an intolerable afflic
tion. I tried altnosi every thing. a man could of both
advice and medicine, but, without any relief whatever,
until I took y,our SARSAPARILLA. It immediately made
my face worse, as you told me it might for a time: but
in a few week.s the new skin began No forrn under, the
blotches, and ffintinued until my face is as smooth as
anybody's, and lam with Out any symptoms Of the
disease that I know of. I 'enjoy perfect health, and ,
without a 'doubt owe it to your StateArAntiuk.."
Erysipelas General Debility—Purify the
Blood._
From Dr. Robt. Sawin, Houston St., New York.
Da. AYER. I seldom fail to, remove Eruptions
an' Scrofulous Sores by thepersevering use - Of your
SARSAPARILLA, and I have just now aired an attack
of Malignant Erysipelas with it. No alterative we
possess equals the SARSAPARILLA you have supplied to
the profession as well as to the people.''
From N. E. Johnston Esq., Wakeman. Ohio.
, "For twelve years, I hadi the yellow Erysipelas on
• zny right arm t during which time I tried all the cele
brated physicians I could reach, and took hundreds of
dollars worth!of medicines. The ulcers were so bad
that'the cords became visible, and the doctors decided
that my arm inustbeimputated. I began taking your
SARSAPARILLA. Took two bottles, and' some of your '
Pmts. Together they have cured me. lam now as
well and sound as any body. Being in apublic place,
my case is known to. every body in this community,
and excites the wonder of all."
From Hon. Henry Moral), M. P.,. of Newcastle,
C. W.,,a leading member of the. Canadian Parliament.
"I, have used your. SARSAPARILLA in my family, for
genera debility, and for putifyingithe blood, with.very
beneficial results, andfeel confidence incommending it
to the afflicted." , .
St. Anthony's Fire, Rose, Salt Rheum, Scald
Head, Sore Eyes.
From Harvey Sickler, FN . . ) the able editor of, the
Tunkhannock DeMocrit; PennsYlvania.
" Our only child, about three years of age, was at
tacked by primples on his forehead. They rapidly
spread until they formed aloathsorne arid virulentsore,
which covered his-face . and actually blinded his eyes
for some days. A skilful physician' applied nitrate
of silveland other remedies, without any apparent
effect. For fifteen days we guarded his hands, lest
with them he should tear open the festering and eor
rapt wound which covered his whola'face. Riving
tried every thing else we had any hope from, we began
giving your SARSAPABILIA, and applying the iodide of
potash lotion,. as you direct. The sore began-to heal
when we had; iven the firstbottle, andtwas well when
we had finished the second. The child's gelashes,
w hiph bria porn F.; nut. grew again. and he is now as
hood'predicted that the child mast die."
Rheumatism, Gout, Liver Complaint, Dyspep
sia, Heart Disease, Neuralgia,
when, causedhy Scrofula in the system, are rapidly
cured E
by thisrr. SARSAPARILLA.
AYER'S.
CATHARTIC PILLS
possess so many advantages"over the other p.urga
! fives in the market, and their superior virtues are so
universally kaown, that we need not do more than
to assure the public-their quality is maintained equal
to the best it ever has been, and that they may be de
pended on to do all that they have ever done.
Prepared by J. C. AYER, M. D., 85 Co., Lowell;
Mass., and sold at'wholesale by J. M. MARIS &
and at, retail 'by FREDERICK
_BROWN, - and air
dealers.. . • .
ST LOUIS
,
Sunday-School, Theological and:Tract
Depository.
THE American Sunday-School - Union and Ameri-'
can Tract Society,. each maintained for many
yesrs depositories of their respective publications in ;
this city ; these are now united under the care of the
subscriber, and'he has added thereto a select aSsort:
ment of the publications of the vitious, evangelical
denoininations, with those'of private publishers, which
are sold at publishers' prices.
Catalouges and specimens of Sunday-School papers
sent on application.
School Books and Stationery. Address
J. W. MeINTY'RE,
No. 9 South Fifth Street, St. Louis lifo;
apl.o tf
SAMUEL WORK
KRAMER & RAMS, PITTSBURG.
BANKING HOUSE OF
WORK, 3110001JOIC
No, 36 SOUTIE THIRD STiLEET;TIMADELPECIA.
DEALERS in nneurrent Bank Notes and Coins.
Southern and Western Funds bought on the
most favorable terms.
Bills of Exchange on New York; Boston, Pittsburg,
Baltiinore, 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 Paper negociated.
Refer to Philadelphia .and Commercial Baia
Philadelphia ; Read, Drexel & Co., Winslow, Lanise
& Co., New York; and Citizens' and Exchange
Banks, Pittsburg.. , febl3. tf
(1) RUSSELL, No. 22. NORTH &mum/4p Amer,
lean and Imported
WA,
FINE Coral, lava, and Carbuncle Jewelry; in Etrit.
scan and plain mountings. Silverware of every
description, warranted equal to coin. Plated , Ws,m----
Tea Sets, Cake Baskets, Castors, Cups, Knives, Forks,
etc. Repairing carefully attended to.' nov2B.ly
ONE 'PRICE CLOTHING (604 Market Street} made
ky in the latest styles and best manner, expressly for
retail sales. The lowest selling price is marked in plain
figures on each article, and never varied 'from. All'
goods made to order warranted satisfactory, and at the
same rate as reauy-made. Our one price system is strictly.
adhered to, as we believe this to be the only fair Way of
dealing, as all: are thereby treated alike.
sepl3 ly
E. O. THOMPSON,
DIERCHANT,TAILOIt,
N. E. cos. SEVENTH AND WALNUT STREETS,
Philadelphia.
THE design of this establishment is to meet the wants
of Gentlemen accustomed to, or desirous of hav
ing Clothing made to order and measure.
Suitable selections can always be made
from large varieties of material on
hind for the purpose.- Gann ly
WiI,LIAM MC COUCH.'
16• LIBICA.RY.'STRE2T,
MANUFACTURER
mtehes, Wheel Chairs, and
the celebrated Irnproved
tild t sSkatingSleds. Whole
le and Retail, at reasonable
nlB tf
JONES 8c co.,
604 Market st, Philadelphia;
SYRUP OF DOCK
JI7MELLE'S COMPOUND SYRITP'OF DOCK
TS the remedy now more extensively used than 614
other, for the cure of Coughs, LiVer.Coniplaint,
Spitting of Blood, and Pains in the Breast: , As a
blood purifier and invigorating' specific, as a restore.:
tine in cases of physical debility and nervous irrita
tion, it has no equal.,
Sold . * the Proprietor ' F. - .TUMELLE, No. 1525
Market street, and at all Druggists. july,24 tf
:MARBLE. WORKS.
HENRYI S _TARR
• , ZWITFACTITREIt OF
Carved, and Ornamental Marble Works,
No. 710 Green Street, above Seventh, Philadelphia.
Having ,erectedspecimens in almost every cemetery
throughout this State, and orders frOm
nearly every State' in the Union, I trust to receive
your inilitenceAnd patronage for the above establish
meet. I also., contract for Vaults, Sarcophagis, ete.
I have many references throughout the lawn, which
cam be seen on aPplicatien. • .
Ser.Carved, Ornamental Statuary and Monumental
work of every description. • apl3-ly
•
''AMERICAN.
Life :insurance and Trust Company.
comPANr s -BUILDINGS, Southeast-Geiser 0 - 1
Walnut and Fourth Streets.
Auth o rized Capital, - $5OO 000
,
Paid uP Capital, - - - 250,000
Incarperated 1850; by the Legislattire of - Peena.
Insures Lies during the natural 'life or or shoyt,
terms, trantsi annuitieic and endowments, "and makes
contracts-of all : kinds depending on the issues of life.
m - g also aa Executors, Trustees, and Guardians. -
Poli-cies of Is&-T--,--i.A.5,96.42.04.4,414,44-amaa-Lam-u
-tual rates of other good dompanies—withprofits to the
assured—last Botfus January, 8.851, being . 43 per cent;
of all pramiums received; on mutual
Stock "rates, 20 'per cent. less than above; or Total
Abstinence rates - 40'per cent, less NutualPrie6. - ''
Also, a
NON-FORFEITURE PLAN,
By *filch a . Person 'page foib,, 7 orlo years only, :when
- b
olicy is paid up for LIFE, and nothingmore to
pay and should he e unable, or wish to discontinue
sooner, the CompanY wi l nssue a Pam VP POLICY, ill
proportion to the amount of premium paid, as fol
lows :
On.a Policy of $lOOO, 4t.'5 Year 7 Year lO Year
after payment Rates. Rates. Rates.
• • _
of
.2 Arr., Premts for $4OO 00 $285.70 $2OO 00
" 4 do " 800 00 571 40 400 00
" 6 do " —'---'- 857 10 6OO 00
ti 8 .do " --:-.....-7- - ......--- 800 00
, ALEXANDER, WtilLLDl24',. President.
• SAMUEL WORK, Vice : President.
joss - S. WiLso - N, Secretary. - ' '
'BOARD okTkitisTEEs.
Alexander Whilldin, J. Edgar' Thomson,
Hon: Jas. Pollock, lion. Josepb
Albert C. Roberts, Jonni Boirtaan,
Sa,nmel T. Bodine,. H: Eldridge,
George• Nugent, John. Aikraan,
William J. Howard Charles F. Heaslitt;
Sarnuel.Work.
MEDICAL EXAMINERS.
J. F. Bird, M. D, J. Newton. Walker, M.D.
ln attendance at - - the Company's Office daily at 12
o'Clock, M. feb 22tf.
OIL CLOTH'S
No.-229 Arch Street, Philadelphia.
No. 49 Cedar 9treet,New York
The Stock consists of
Enamelled Leather Cloth.
Carriage Floor Oil Cloth:
Table and Stair Oil' Cloths.,
Stand Covers and' Gracia thirtabreloth
Floor Oil Clothi, frofir f elard's.:-andb.
The style and quality of theSe-koOds-iretubt
celled. Will be sold: to dealerS at regsoriatid prices;•
eb THOUS. POTTEIt, lianufactlitei.
REMOVAL.; - • •
TAXES' R: WEBB, ,
Fine Teas, Coffees, and Choice.Fainily
Groceries..:
Has Has removed to the „
S. E. corner of Eighth and' Walnut; ;zeta . , Philo
delphia; a few doors.from his 'former locatinit-where
he will be happy to see bis - Mends and cuitomers;
Goods carefully packed and. forwarded to the cotm-
TARRANT a'
EITEVESCENT
SELTZER •Ap-Patrz•NT:i.
•
This-valuable and popular Medicine has universally
received, the most- favorable recommendal
- tions of, the. MEDICAL PROFESSION
grid 'the F`trsuo, as the most
EFFICIENT AND AGREEABLE
SALIN-E- APERLENT.
It may be used with the-besteffect in
Bilious and Febrile Diseases,Costivenesq, Sick Head
ache, Nausea, Loss of Appetite, - Indigestion:,
Acidity of the Stomach, fl'orri'idity
of the Liver, Gout, Rheuma
tic Affections„ Gravel,
• • Piles,
Ann ALT. nohrtaarrs tvhhnh
.A Gentle and a 61 1 Aperient pr Purgative:
It is particularly adapted to the wants of Travelers
by Sea and Land, Residents in Hot Cliniates, Persons
of Sedentary Habits,' .Invalids and- Convalescents;
Captains of Vessels•and Planters will find it a valua;
ble addition to their Medicine Chests. • •
It'is in the form of a Powder, carefully put up in hot;
•• ties to keep in any climate, and merely requires
water poured 'upon it to =producell delightful:
. effervescent beverage- -
Numerous testimonials from professional and other
gentlemen of the highest standing through Out the
country, and its' steadily • increasing' popularity'for'h
series of years, strongly guarantee its efficacy and character; and commend-At° the favorable no
tice of an intelligent, public.
Minufaefured only '
TARRANT +k 'CO, No.. •
278,Gieenwich street, cor. Warren,
NeNr York,
Andlof 'Sale Driiigiats'generally,
myts iy‘
Life-Size Photographs
A RE much superior to Oil Paintings, as likeneeses
and pietnress, if made by skilful expos, such as
you find at REIMER'S GALLER, Seel:kid street,
above Green. Made direetly'from living persons and
from small Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, or 'Photo
graphs,.wben,persons are deceased. - - jan2 ly
T UNDERSIGNED
e cAstantly reCeiv
is COAL prepared
tth a great deal of
ire expresalyfor Pa
lly use, an d
fiends who Want a
pu first-elass rti
_le, either Schuylkill or Lehigh, can rely on'getating.
just weight, and being accommodated on the most fa
vorn2o able terms at MARRIOTT & JENKINS,'
6m. Ninth and Wallace streets.
.
McCOLLIN & RHOADS - ,
PLUNLBEAS AND GA.I3-PIT,TBRI,
No. 1221 MARKET STREET
J'
, ..
AVE constantly on hand, or -furnish to order
Hydraulic Rams, Water, Wheels Windmills;
Lift and Force Pumps, Stations Waslstands Ily,,
drants, Bathing TubS, Lead, : eatru- and Wrought -Iron
Pipes, Sheet Lead and all other articles in the trade.
Portable Gas and-Water-Works put up on- the most
approved principles. ! - -
All work done on moderate terms and tvarrantedto
give satisfaction. ,
N.13.--Cliesnem. Woks., or Lmtn-Bun4l4° person
ally attended to.
Bela]. tf
Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies,
NO. 1630 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA,
itef."Charlen A. Sinn, D. D., Principal.
t 'Tile eighth Academic year begins on Monday, Sep
tember 15th, 1862.
Circulars specifying terms, &c., will be sent, and
additional information given, on application to the
Principal.
'Letters may be directed to Box 1839, Post office'
PhiladSlphia. July 10 ly.
YOV2tG
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.
NIINBER.IIIMITED TO THIRTY.
Building New ,and Conveniently Arranged.
Spacions Grounai for Exercise. Charges moderate.
NEXT SESSION COMMENCES THE FIRST MONDAY IN
SEPTEMBER.
For lamination, address
Ray. THOMAS M. CANN, A. N.,
or.
Catalogues can be had at the . Winsic stores of J. E.
Gould, and Lee ik alker, Chestnut sreet ;
.or at the
office of the "Ameri W can Presbyterian. t " Julyal tf
The West Chester Academy,
.
AT WEST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA.,
- Within. Two Hours Ride front Philade2phia.
• LL commence-the Summer Term, of full Five
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
InstrUctora. The FRENCiI I Ginactx and SPANISH lan
gua7gqS aii - tatrgbrriffitive r6idait - Wich - ers. The
department -of'" Military Tactics" is in successful
operation, under / the charge of a competent instructor,
without, in,the,least, interfering with the regular stu
died Of the School ; while the individual student is not
required to connect himself with it.
Catalogues, containing full information, may be had
at the office of.this paper or 'On application to the
Principal, WlLakhi F. SVY ERS, A. M.
apBtf Welt Chester, Penna.
At Pottstown, Montgenneli County,' Pennsylvania.
THIS School was eatalilished Eleven years since, by
the Rev. M'. Meigs, formerly President of ela-
War e College.
The course of study is extensive, thorough and prac
tical; including the usual preparation for Colleges,
and.the various branehes of a substantial English Bu
siness education. The studies of pupils will be con
forzqed to their future vocation, so far• as it may be
actually determined, or reasonably anticipated.
The Principal gives his undivided personal attention
toitheßehool, and is aided. by experienced assistants,
in. all the departments:
The ensuing Summer Session will commence on
Viedne'sday, May 6th, and continue Twenty-one weeks.
Ciiculare, - entitaining references, names of patrons,
and fullpacticidnrs, will be sent by mail, on applica
tion to the. Principal, REV. M. MEIGS, A.M.
PottstOwn, April 2d, 1862. ap3 ly
SOSOCIL FOR BOYS.
r aceinnut Ifidate a:•few friends, who have sons to
JL educate, I have now ten Boys most of whom are
fitting for College. It has been my good fortune to
Prepare for West Point and for', College, several now
prominent men in the Legal prefegsiou, and in the
Army General Lyon—the meat- lamented Lyon ; Col.
H. A. Wood ; John 6: Dodge, etc.,—were among my
for - R.?.er pupils for the Mititaxy E.cadisiity. When I had
&smiler school Masai, I had pupils from
Nobile i to 'Nett` Brunswick. The Hon. John Quincy
Sdataf t who -was
_then a-resident of that town, and
Wii& - vimpirthy school and examined the pupils for
West Point and Harieril College, gave me the
followingscerfifiente: _
havnexan*md hlr. Cornell's School, and have
never visited in my judgment, more thorough or
better conducted, and I think it well vvorthy the pa
tronage:of all who" have' sons to educate.
. • . : • • . • Job- QUINCY ADAMS."
Thre bpardnigboys and two more day pupils will
itow' reaeived,
Imo .
tjuir
, Those'w wash,-may eof the following tiler
gylgezki *llo'lop-sons, in the School , :
- Rev. James a". Crowell, Philadelphia.
E`„E: Adams, "'
' 4l
ToTha W.
Apply at, 38 SOTYIII - 111.14TRENTH STREET.
. WM. M. CORNELL, A.M., M.D.
"TheliwiltiMightier that, the Sword."
TEE GOLD PEN—TRF, BEST OF ALL PENS.
NORTON'S GOLD PENS.
The Best lien/ in the
receipt of any'of the following sums in cash or
post-stamps, the subscriber will send by return
ot,anall, r or otherwise, as directed, a Gold Pen or
Pehd, sELEtilu TEE SAME ACCORDING TO DESCRIPTION,
Por, 25'ccats, Lite Magic Pen ; for 38 cents, the
Lucky Pen for 50 cents, the Always-Ready Pen ;
for 75 cents, the Elegant Pen; and for $l, the En
celsibr
The sizes are v Nos. 2,3, 4, 6 and 5.
THE SA MR -PENS - IN SILVER-PLATED EX
_ TENSION CASES, WITH PENCLS.
For 50 cents, the Magic Pen; for 75 cents, the
Luelci `Pen; for 's:l, the ,Always-Ready Pen; for
$1 25, the Elegant Pen; and for $l6O, the Excelsior
These- are well finished, good Writing Gold
Pens, with Iridosmin Points, the aveinge wear of
everyeiery ; one Of which will fieontlast IC gross of the best
Steel Pens.
The name "..Morton," "Number," and "Quali
ty," stamped on the following Pens, and the
Poiffs4oe warranted for six months, except against
aceident ' The 'intinberis indicate size ONLY: No. 1
manallesti,No. 6 - the largest, adapted for the
packet;. No. 4 :the., smallest, and No. 10 the largest
Mammoth Gold Pen, for the desk. Long and rue
difini Nibs of all sizes, and' qualities . Short Nibs of
Nos. 4,5 i 6 and 7, and `made only of first quality.
The 'engravings are fae-similes of the sizes and styles.
„GOLD PENS, WITHOUT CASES.
For 75 cents, a - No. 1 Pen, Est , quality, or a No. 3
Pen, 3d
• For ST, a' No 2 Pen, 'lst quality; or a' No. 3 Pen,
2d quality ; of a No. 4 Pen, 3d quality,
For $l-25, allo. - 3 Pen, Ist quality, or, allo. 4 Pen,
2d'quality, ti No. 5 Pen, 3d quality:
For $1 50, a No. 4-Pen, quality, or a - No. 5 Pen,
2d 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, •allo. 8 Pen, Ist quality:
THP4.SAMEAOLD PENSIN SILVER EXTEN-
SIGN` OASES, wrat PENCILS.
For sl`so; a NO. .1 Pen, lst quality, Or a'No. 3 Pen,
3d quality
Forsl Ms No. 2 Pen,ist quality, or a No. 3 Pen,
2d quality, or a.No. 4 Pen, 3d quality.
For $2 a No: 3 Pea, Ist quality, or a No. 4 Pen, 2d
Or a No.' . s"Pen; ld quality. -
For $2 50,.-a - No. 4 Pen, lat quality, or a No. 5 Pen,
2dquality, or a No. 6 Pen,
~44 quality.
For $3, a No. 5 Pen, Ist quality, or a No. 6 Pen,
quality. ,
For $3 50,a No. 6 Pen, Ist quality. .-,
GOLD PENS,`ALT.IsT QUALITX;IN
MOUNTED DESK-HOLDERS. -
For: $2, a 'Nat 4 Pen, for 42-25, a No. 5 Pen, for
$2 !IF!, a No. 6 Pen; for $3 50, a No. 7 Pen.
For $4, a No. 8 Pen, for $5, a N0..9 Pen, a n d for
$6; a No. 10 Pen.
The -"lst Quality'" are' pointed with the very best
ixidosmin Points, carefully selected, 'mid none of this
quality are sold 'With:the slightest imperfection which
skill and the closest scrutiny; can detect.
The "2d Quality" are superior to any Pens made
by him previous to the year:lB6o.
The "3d Quality" he intendi shall equal in respect
to Durability, Elasticity and Good Writing Qualities
(the only true considerations) any gold Pens made
elsewhere.
to say ,tbatkpreTioUS to - operating his New and Pa
tented Ifitelunia, .he could not have made as Good
Writing and= - Dritable Pens; for the price, had the
Gold been furnished gratuitmsly,
Parties ordering must in, all instances specify flig
" numikr," amt" "quality" of the P 6718 'wanted,
and partf.cair to describe the kind of Pens the?!
prefer--phether 1f or limber, coarse or fine.
All remittance by mail in Registered letters are at
my risk-.
COAL COAL
"For sale by all detders in the line throughout
theeountryt
Addressil A. MORTON,
is No. 25 Maiden Lane, New York.
Apr mye sending a single letter post-stamp will re
eelVe a 'mien'sr with the engravings above referred to.
GEORGE J. 80-YD,
BANKER,
No. 18 Son* Third Street, Philadelphia,
" MP/p.(loora above Mechanics' Bank.)
E ALER:in Bills of Exchange, Bank Notes on .
nt d
's
,Specie. on New 'York, Boston, Bahl
ore,:ete4"frit sale. Stocks and Bonds bought and
sold on cenraission,
at the Board of Brokers. Ba,i
nes° Loans on Collaterals, etc., negotiatf ,t.
Deposits received and interest allowed. ja°
JAN. 15, 1863.
Family' Booo*z School,
FOR YOUNG- MEN AND BOYS,
RI •„GOLD PENS WITHOUT CASES.