ghg it 4 itg ivat.
The Parson Going to Min.
TirE parson sat in his house one days
While wintry storm did rage;
High wrapt, he drank in lofty thought
From Hooker's classic page.
But as he sat, and holy breath
Into his breast did steal,
His sweet wife opened the door and said :
" My dear, we have no meal."
With a deep groan and saddened brow
He laid aside his book,
And in despair upon the hearth
With troubled air did look.
" My people think that I must break
To them the bread of heaven,
But they'll not give me bread enough
Three whole days oat of seven.
But hunger ilsVSerious thing,
And it is sad to hear ;
Sweet children's mournful or, for bread
Loud ringing in your ear.
So straight he mounted his old horse,
With meek and humble will,
And on his meal•bag, patched and coarse,
Ile journeyed to the mill:
The miller bowed to him and said:
"'Sir, by your owu church steeple,
I vow I give you praise for this,
But none to your church people."
The parson mounted his old horse—
He had no time to lag—
And rode, like hero, to his home,
Right on his old meal-bag.
But as he rode, he overtook
A proud and rich layman,
Who with a close, astonished gaze,
The parson's bag did scan.
" My reverend sir, the truth to tell,
It makes me feel quite wroth,
To see you compromise this way
The honor of your cloth.
Why told you not, my reverend friend,
Your meal was running low ?
What will the neighbors think' of us,
If to the mill you go'?"' '
My wealthy friend,'! the parson eaid,,
" You must not reason so ;
For be assured, as settled thing, .
21,9 meal is always low.
"If my dear people wish to know •
How to promote my bliss,
I'll simply say, a bag of meal
Will never come amiss.
Just keep the store-room well supplied,
And I will keep right still;
But if the meal runs out again, •
I must go to the mill."
MORAL.
Laymen 1 it nee& no miracle,
No hard, laborious toil,
To make the parson's meal-bag like
The widow's cruise of oil.
Pour forth into his wife's store-room
Your gifts right plentiful;
The miracle is simply this—
To keep it always full I
GLEANINGS FROM THE FOREIGN FIELD.
OFFERINS UPON THE GRAVES OF
CIIIRS.
MIONG several negro tribes, human vic
tims are offered upon every festival occa
sion, and if a great person or a chief dies,
the number of persons slain at the grave is
in proportion to the reputation of the de
ceased. Thus an English ambassador beheld
with his own eyes a negro king sacrifice
three thousand slaves upon the grave of his
mother. When the king dies those who
have dug his grave are immediately de
spatched. His thousand wives stir up a
general uproar, destroy everything in the
palace, and some lay violent hands upon
themselves ; of the rest twenty-four are se
lected, their legs are broken with clubs, and
they are cast alive into the grave and covered
with earth. At the funeral of the king a
multitude of men are sacrificed, and the
costliest jewels buried with the royal corpse.
24—ouTS To THE GANGES.
MICAH. 6 : 6, 7.—" Wherewith shall I come be
fore the Lord?. . Shall I give my first born for
my transgressions, the fruit of my body for the sin
of my soul?" -
Rom. 8 31,2.—" If God be for us, who can be
against us? lie that spared not his own son but
delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with
him also freely, give us all things."
While the multitude were bathing in the
sacred waters of the Ganges, near Peram
pore, to purify themselves from sin at the
Varani feast i a father appeared, leading his
fair boy of six years old to the bank. After
be had annointed him and adorned his tem
ples with flowers, he descended into the
stream, lifted his son upon his arm and cried
ont : "0 mother Ganges ! This child is
thine ! I bring it an offering to thee !" With
these words he tossed his son into the stream,
in which he sank straightway; but the mul
titude applauded loudly.
25 7 -AN OFFERING UPON TONGA.
Enz. 16: 20.—" Moreover thou bast taken
thy sons and thy daughters whom thou hast born
unto me and these hest thou sacrificed unto them
(the idols) to be devoured."
Cast a glance Tonga reposing in .the quiet
sea 1 Ere the Gospel gained firm footing
there, bloody scenes transpired in the service
of the gods. I will place but one before
your eyes. Beneath yonder majestic coco
palm, an altar has been reared ; thither is
brought the offering—a poor innocent child.
It is laid upon the altar and strangled. You
ask with a shudder why this blood shed ?
Become some islander has brokeo the law,
and the gods must be persuaded not to let
their anger and the displeasure of the chiefs
fall upon the whole people.
26--nanvEsr-ovvEnma IN INDIA.
Acrs. 14: 15, 17.—" We preach unto you that
ye should 'turn from these vanaties unto the living
God which made heaven and earth and the sea,
and all things that are therein. . . Nevertheless he
left not himself without witness in that he did good,
and gave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons,
filling our hearts with food and gladness."
In the district of Gumsur, in India, the
Khunds make annual offerings of human
victims to procure abundant harvests from
their Gods. Stolen boys are sold for that
purpose in every village, and as soon as the
seed is in the ground, the victim is brought
forth and firmly bound. The cultivators of
the village assemble around him, and at a
given signal each one falls upon him with a
sharp knife, hews a piece of flesh from the
boy's living body, carries it to his field and
sprinkles the blood over the earth, by which
means he believes it is made fruitful. While
so horribly mutilating the body, they take
care not to destroy life, for as soon as the
child dies, the magic power is utterly gone,
and the ceremony becomes useless.
27 -THE MIIREER OP PARENTS.
Dian. 5::16.—" Honor thy father and thy mother
as the Lord thy Ova path commanded thee.'
The Bushmen and Caffrees, when they go
to the chase, leave their aged parents and
relatives behind them in the wilderness, and.
give tliem a morsel of food and an oyster
'Shell of water ; when this supply is exhausted
the poor abandoned creatures must die of
hunger, or they fall a prey to wild animals.
The Indians of North America construct a
frail hut over the old people who have be
come a burden to their children and their
tribe, and provide them with a little food.
and milk. They then leave them. The en
campment of the tribe breaks up and they
journey hundreds of miles away through the
wilderness. The unfortunates are left be
hind. Soon the white wolves, who abound
in these solitudes, gather around and fall
upon the defenceless old people to devour
them. And what hitherto has been the lot
of aged parents upon the Islands of the South
Sea I Dreadful treatment, repudiation, yea,
even murder at the hands of their own chil
dren. Once a son took up his old father
upon pretence of carrying him to bathe, but
on the 'way he threw him into a hole and
buried him alive, so that he might avoid the
necessity of providing for him any longer.
Come with me for a moment to the island of
Borneo where live the abominable Dyaks.
See there I a couple of sons are carrying
their sick and aged father upon their shoul
ders ; they throw him down under the shade
of a tree. Meanwhile the relatives and as
sociates of these sons gather and form a eir
ele around the tree. One of the sons then
bids the old father stand up, and take hold
of an overhanging bough. This done„the
wild cannibals with fearful shouts and out
cries begin to dance around the tree, singing
these words : " When the fruit is ripe then
it must fall; when the fruit is ripe then it
must fall." Now step: forth the sons and
shake the branch to which the poor old
father is holding,. till, in hiS weakness, he
lets go ; this is the understood signal for all
to rush upon him, and with sharp knives to
cut the flesh from his living body and devour
it in its blood until the victim dies. So deep
is the darkness which overshadows the even
ing of many a heathen parent's life.
28-HOTT WAS THAT?
AcTs 2 : 37.—" Now when they heard this they,
were pricked in their hearts, and said unto Peter,
and to the rest of the apostles : Men and Brethren
what shall we do?
For five long years the missionaries la
bored for the conversion of the heathen Es
kimos hi Greenland, but all their trouble and
pains availed ; little. It happened one day,
that the missionary. John Beck was reading
to a large number of Eskimos the account
of the agony
,and bloody sweat of the Savior
in the Garden of Gethsemane. It took a
deep hold upon a savage who was quite, a,
stranger, Kayarnak by name and who had
never before heard a word oeScripture. So
I owerful was the impression made upon him
that be rose up and in a loud voice and with
great emotion cried out : " How is that ?
Tell me that again !i For I would like to be
saved." These wcrrds the missionary had
never yet heard from a Greenlander ; they
seemed, to go through his very bones and
marrow and moved him so deeply that .it
was with tears he described the entire suf-'
ferings of the dying Saviour to the com
pany and preached to them the salvation they
'had purchased. The discourse had a visible
effect upon them, upon Kayarnack in par
ticular. He came again and again to hear
more and was the first Greenlander who
really turned to the Lord.
29—LET MR REAR THOSE WORDS AGAIN !
RO. 5 : S.-" BUT God commendeth his love
toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners,
Christ died for us.
H. Nett, a missionary among the South
Sea Islands, once read to a company of
natives a portion of the Gospel of John.
When he had ended the 16th verse of the 3d
chapter, a native who had heard the words
with the greatest eagerness and joy, inter
rupted him, saying : " What were the words
you just read ? Let me hear those words
once more ! " IS read the verse again :
" God so loved the world that" etc., where
upon the Islander arose from the ttble and
said: "Is that true ? Can that be true ?
God loved the world although it loved him
not ! He loved it so that he gave his only
begotten son to die that men might live !
Can that be true ?" Nott read the verse
" God so loved" again, and told him that it
certainly was true, and that this was the
great message which God had sent to them,
and that every one who believed on the Son
of God should not perish but have everlasting
life. The deepest emotion overcame the as-
tonished Islander. He burst into tears, and
as the tears chased each other down his
cheeks he retired, to reflect in solitude upon
this love of God. He afterwards found com
plete peace and cemfort for his soul in this
love.
J 1; i,Utillanitoito.
(For the American Presbyterian.)
POISONS USED AS FOOD.
BY WM. M. CORNELL, M. D.
IN what is now to be said, I shall touch
somewhat more upon fermented bread. This
is the kind of bread that has been generally
used. To make bread in the greatest perfect.
tion, the materials of which it is composed
should be ground coarsely, and baked quickly,
if thin ; slowly, if in large loaves. Why
need bread be baked? Suppose we were
trained to eat it raw, would it not be equally
wholesome and answer every purpose ?
This surely would promote one good pro
cess, namely, that of mastication. Dr.
Schlemmer was an advocate for eating grain
uncooked ; and, among other advantages, he
claimed that, of better mastication.
It is, however, tolerably well established
that grain, and many other vegetable sub
stances, are much more nutritious when pro
perly cooked than when eaten raw. This
fact seems to have been settled by the
experiments of MM. Peney and Vauquelin,
of France, and Sir Humphrey Davy, of Eng
land. A soft, watery potatai does not contain
half the nutriment of the fine-grained, mealy
one. The same is true as to the farinaceous
articles of diet. There is a gain in the nutri
tive properties of bread in baking it, as there
is in the potatoe in boiling.
It was said, in a former paper that fermen
ted bread was vile stuff. I need not dwell
on this point here, save only to add, it is a
filthy process—semi-putrid, having advanced,
at least, one step on. the way to putrifac
tion.
One of the best forms of fine bread (when
fine is used) is that of ship-bread, or, as it is
often called, pilot bread. This always has
two advantageous properties connected with
its use ; to wit, it has all the good qualities
of the grain, and requires mastication. In
the treatment of some chronia diseases, -such
as epilepsy and dyspepsia where much is
often depending upon a well regulated diet,
Ilittriritit , vrti;o:.: b.., ,t l t , t i al ti it.t( . l - ;
..t l tittott_ 6r-alt,gtlio.t.
I have often found this kind of bread very
useful. Crackers are quite too generally a
vile compound of fine flour, bran, lard or
rancid butter. I seldom get hold of one, but
in eating it, I am reminded, (as I always am
in meat or minced pies, as they are called,)
of Daniel's destruction of the dragon, de- ,
scribed by one of the Apocryphal writers.
" So Daniel took pitch, and hair, and tar,
and lard, and did seethe them together, and
made lumps thereof." These he put into the
dragon's mouth • and the poor dragon could
not stand it. Were not some men and women
more tenacious of life than dragons, they
would not survive their mode of ,living half
so long as they now do.
I have never known a great oyster-eater to
be long-lived. Though oysters themselves are a
questionable article of diet; still, they are ren
dered much more pernicious by the medicinal
poisons, usually mingled with them in the
fashionable mode of cooking. When com
bined.with three or four kinds of medicine,
and fried, they very much resemble the/imps
made by Daniel, that finished the poor dra
gon, and destroyed the idol, Bel.
ydenhem said, an hundred die by reple.
tion to one by inanition."
Nitre, commonly called Saltpetre, is a dan
gerous poison. Christison, the most promi
ment writer, and most reliable upon poisons;
calls it " a dangerous one." There are many
cases recorded where an ounce of this salt
has caused death. Who then can be' safe
when so much use is made of •it in salting
meat and for culinary purposes ?
Another poison still more generally mixed
with food is saleratus, or pearlash. This in
some form usually enters into all our hot
bread. This is, also, a poison. Its chemical
name is the sub-carbonate -of potash. This is
but half as Strong with the alkali'as the bi
carbonate. Christison again calls this one of
the concentrated poisonous alkalies, and he
is one of the best authorities.
Some' persons who live remote from the
city have been known, when, they buy .a bar
rel of flour, to buy also a bucket of salera
tus to mix with it as it shall be cooked.
As the stomachs of children are delicate,
and as they eat freely of bread, cake, nuts,
and such like, the coats of this organ become
irritated and easily inflamed jy its use ; and
thns is- laid the foundation for those com
plaints which carry off so many children in
the warm season. It is the use of these me
dicines in food which destroys so many of
these little creatures every summer.
Dr. Alcot says, he once spoke upon this
subject, and upon going home from the lec
ture with a friend, the family discussed the
matter and concluded they used about twenty
five pounds a year. It is not unusual to find
families that use ten pounds of this poison
annually. People ask why are certain dis
eases so much more prevalent now, than they
were fifty years ago ? May we not say, here
are some of the causes? Fifty years ago, a
quarter of a pound of pearlash would last a
family a year.
Now, here again, maybe seen the value of
unfermented bread. No saleratus is put into
it, consequently, this poison is not found
there.
Vinegar is another poison in very common
use in our families. Bat, you say, is vinegar,
too, poison ? If you go on at this rate, soon
we shall not have much left but poisons !
Yes„vinegar, too, zs a poison. Orfila gave four
ounces of it to a dog, and it killed him in
leis than ten hours.
So we might go on and point out many
other poisons which are habitually used for
food. Is it any wonder, then, that so "many
are weak and sickly, and so many sleep"—
die before their time ! This subject is worth
investigating.
FUNERAL OF GEN. SUMNER.
Tins solemn event took place in Syracuse,
on the 24th of last month. The body of the
distinguished< chief lay in state in the early
part of the day at City Hall, where many
thousands of persons called to see the manly
form that once enshrined the heroic and noble
soul of Gen. Sumner. His brief illness, had
not disfigured his strongly marked counte
nance ; indeed, he seemed to be asleep, and
one would scarcely have been astonished to
have seen him open his eyes had the trumpet
of battle been sounded. He was dressed in
his military uniform, and surely stars never
graced a more symmetrical figure, and they
were never won by a better and braver of-
e'er`. The costly funeral ccse was tastefully
decorated with flowers, and the rich silver
plhte bore the following inscription
Major-Gen. E. V. SUMNER,
U S A
Died Match 21, 1863,
Aged 67 y's, 1 mo., and 23 days
... . .... . .. • . • . • .....
In the room where the General's hat,
sword, and sash, and =several flags, entwined
with craPe, also a' rebel flag, which had
been captured by General Sunaner's 'corps in
one of the battles. A beautiful cross, wreath,
and' bouquet of natural flowers, were resting
On the lid of the coffin. '
Services were held in the morning at the
house of Mr. Teall, after which the proces
sion started for the First Presbyterian
Church. All places of business. in Syracuse,
including banks,"public' schools,and the
Post Office, were closed from 11 o'clock until 3.
In the procession was General Fremont, Col.
Zagonyi and, many other officers of the
army. Arrived in the church; Rev. Mr.
Fillmore, read the Scriptures and prayed,
when the Rev. Mr. Canfeld, W i th out taking
a text, proceeded with his address, occupying
about half an hour in its delivery.
He spoke in a most pathetic and appropriate
manner of the noble attributes and manly
virtues of the decease/ He said the demon
strations made in all parts of the country
showed that the public heart had been touch
ed,
by the great loss, which might be regarded
as a. national calamity. General Sumner
was a good man, whose pure life was marked
with deeds of valor and kindiAs. Strictly
temperate in his habits, he was a hero who
could conquer himself. He was truly_ pa
triotic, and deemed no sacrifice too great to
make for his country. On his deatb.-bed he
expressed a feeling of regret that he had not
entered into the thickest of the fight at Fre
dericksburg, so that he could have died on
the field of battle. A short time before he
died, a few drops of wine were given to revive
him, when he seized the glass, and wavingit
above his pillow, he exclaimed, "God: save
my country, the United States of America I,"
His courage was equal to his patriotism, and
has never been called in question ,•: indeed, he
was brave almost to rashness, and his daring
heroism made him the admiration of his corps.
He always had a pitying eye and a helping
hand for the unfortunate, and his humanity
was not bounded by State lines nor prejudic
ed by any man's creed or complexion. The
speaker illustrated his address by relating
many interesting facts, showing that Gen.
Sumner was instinctively a gentleman, whose
unyielding integrity, unfaltering patriotism,
and unblenching 'courage, combined with
great mental force and moral power, made
him one of our ablest and most efficient gen
erals.
At the close of th'is deeply-interesting and
solemn service, tie 'procession formed again
in . the same order as before, and moved to
Oakwood Cemetery. After the remains had
been deposited a salute of three volleys was
fired over the grave, and the procession return
ed in reversed order to the city.
QUALITY OF WATER.
Where population becomes crowded, it is
impossible to keep the water in spings; wells,
or even cisterns, free from contamination.
This is caused by infiltration of impurities
from cesspools, gutters, streets and other
sources, and impure and obnoxious substances
which find their. , way, or which often are
thrown directly *lto it. Water from such
sources is prejudal to health, and in many
cases unfit for ay use, as haLbeen found to
be the case-with he many disirailipmells and
springs at one ti e used in the old 'city pro
per, all of whic are now abandoned. Some
ht
times verypern ions impurities do not affect
the-appearance Of the water; but seem to add
to its desirable ess for drinking, as they
give . a certain weetnen, sprightlinees, and
coolnessto its t te, which make theinjurious
effects of such ter more dangerous, par.
ticularly in wa in weather. In< f ac t; very
many diseases ' ,ve been traced to the use of
water from well: in crowded localities. This
has been shown o be the ease by the patient
and thorough, i , ,estigations of the English
Government in , the causes of disease in
lea, ,where! wells that were
by, those using them for
excellency of water, were
sis4 o contain over eighty
purities to the gallon, - and
the persons using such water
liable to ordinary and in-
The analysis of the water
particular local
highly estfernei
their supposed
found upon ana
four grains of if
ai a consequenc
were particular
factious disease:
crowded part of this city,
hundred grains of impurities
'he water .of the Schuylkill,
, a has been found by am
,
from a well in
showed over on 4
to the gallon.
in Fairmount
tysis to contain
ties to, the gallo
-
bout six grains of inapun
'. By Clark's soap test, the
R 4 water in Flat R k Dam is perceptibly softer
,than that in Fai ount Dam. There are few
springs, and per aps no wells, the water of
which is so pure 'nd desirable for drinking,
culinary, and anufacturing laurposes, as
that of the Sclitylkill, in either of these
darns. It will al s o compare favorably with
the water suppli to any of the cities in this
country.
The only objei
the Schuylkill m
comes turbid in
r ,tion than can be urged to
ter is, the fad that it be
imes of freshets. This can
bsiding reservoirs and filter
. nbine s Rozborough, Report.
be obviated by s
beds.—/Efr. Bir
NIEVIEW ON THE WAS.
THE PRINCET
RARY ARRESTS.
A commandi general has the right to
seize private Preperty, to arrest suspected
persons, and t 8 whatever is not morally
wrong, which tie necessity of the service re
quires. Hem y proclaim martial law, which
suspends the c mmon and statute laws, and
puts in their EA the arbitrary will of the
general in co.! i ! and. This is admitted. It
is done in eve y war. It has been enforced
during the pr sent war by the' rebels as well
as by the loya generals. It is on this ground
of self-preser tion, of immediate and urgent
necessity, tht we hink that the right of the
President to nspend the writ of habeas cor
pus, is to be efemied. It has been said that
Congress aloe, as a legislative body, has the
right to sus. , nd the operation of the law of
the land in :1 vital a' matter. To this we
answer, firs r hat then the constitutional
provision fort suspension- of the writ in
question wool - be nugatory. Before Con
gress could be . t
lied together to act; irrepara
ble evil might ;e done. And secondly, this
is contrary to-11 analogy. A rip whose
life is inimmi ;"-nt.danger is not required to
go. to - Lmagis a . to ti get - permission to kill
his' assailant - , ',eitheris it necessary 'for the
mayor of a to - i . to call together the common
council to givt.'lini authority to destroy pri
yate property .;o' arrest.. a raging fire. No
less unreasona )le is it to assert, that the Pre
sident of the t'nited-Btates must obtain per-
,
mission. of Co /rem to arrest and imprison
enemies of the country in times of emergency.
* * lc We pr.Mtne it would not be charged
as a fault age' st General Banks, if he should
arrest individ als Wha,, i n the streets of New
Orleans, wer haranguing the peopleagainst
the governmel
it, or
,exhorting them to cheer
for the rebel authorities: It is because the
President has the arrest of suspicions
persons outside of the field of military opera
tions, and within the limits of loyal States,
that he has ben i so severely censured and de
nounced. We tcannot see the reason for this
limitation. );14 understand well enough that
a subordinate general must confine the exer
cise of his power to the immediate sphere of
his cominand.76,..A: general commanding one
department has no, more authority to exercise
his military power. in another, department,
thaw the Pres4ent can exercise such authori
ty in Canada.t• But the authority, of the Pre
sident extends over the whole United States.
What he can lawfully do in one place, he can
lawfully do in'another. This extraordinary,
war . power, springing " from present pressing
emergencies, says Judge Curtis, "is limited
by them." Then it. , exists wherever and
whenever those emergencies arise. There is
no justification for the exercise of such pow
er, but necessity; and the necessity is a jus-
tification wherever it exists. It seems
strange to us, that a man may be lawfully
arrested and imprisoned, in one place, be
cause he is dangerous to the country, alai be
exempt from all harm in another place, where
he may be ten-fold more dangerous. The
President of the United States, in times of
rebellion and invasion, may, on pressing em
ergencies, do any where whatever any com
manding general may do within the sphere
of his authority: Neither the one nor the
other can rightfully do any thing but what
the la* of self-preservation demands. A pnw
er which arises out of necessity is limited
Only by that necessity.
There may be just cause of complaint in
some eases, on the ground that these ,sum
mary arrests were made when. no necessity
called for them ;*that men truly loyal, or
whose disloyalty was a mere matter of feel
ing, have' been unjustly imprisoned. Ad
mitting this to be true, it does not touch the .
principle. If the right.' to • arrest dangerous
persons be admitted, each case of its exercise
must ,be judged on its ; own, merits. Much is
said about the dingerOus character of this
power. It is said to put - in peril the most
.
sacred rights of the citizen, and the Constitu
tion itself. All power is liable to alluse, and
its exercise should be jealously watched.
We have, however, as little fear of any ser
ious danger to the liberty of the people from
the power in questiOn, as we have of in
discriminate manslaughter, or the general
blowing up of houses, because homicide .and
the destruction of private property are justi
fied in cases of eniergency.--Princeton Re
view.
atdrutife tufo.
,red digestion from un
healthy food, impil l re air, filth and filthy habits,
the depressing vices, and, Above all, by the Vene
real infection. Whatever be its origin, it is hered
itary in the constitution, descending " from parents
to children unto the .third and fourth generation;"
indeed, it seems to be the rod of Him who says, "I
will visit the iniquities of the' fathers upon their
children." The diseases ,it originates take various
names, according to the organs it attacks: In the
lungs, Scrofula produces tubercles,, and finally
Consumption; in the glands; swellings which sup
purate and become ulcerous -sores ; the stomach
and bowels, derangements which produce indi:.
gestion, dyspepsia, and liver complaints; on' the
skin, eruptive and •mitimeaus affections. These,
all having the same origin, require the same rem
edy,, viz:, "purification" and" invigoration' of the
blood. PurifYthe blood, and these dangerous dis
tempers' leave you. With feeble, foul, or corrupted
blood you cannot have health; with that "life of
the 'flesh" healthy, you cannot have scrofulous
disease. •
Ayer's Sarsaparilla
is compounded from the 'most effectual antidotes
that medical science has discovered for this-afflict
ing distemper, and fOr the cure of the dis Orders it
entails. Than it is far superior to any other
remedy yet devised, is known by all who have
given it a trial. - That it does Combine virtues truly
extraordinary in their' effect upon this class of
complaints,*s indisputably proven by the great
Multitude of publiely•known and remarkable cures
it has made of the following diseases : King's
Evil, or Glandidar Swellings, Tuinors, Erup.
thins, Pimples, Blotches and Sores; Erysipelas,'
Rose or St. Anthony's Fire, Salt Rherim; Scald
Head, Coughs from , tuberculous deposits
the liing!; White Swellings, Debility, Dropsy,
Neuralgia,: DyspCpsia or indeed, the whole series
of complaints that arise from impurity of the blood.
Minute reports of. individual cases may be found
in AYER'S AMERICAN ALMANAC, which is furnished
to the druggists for gratuitous distribution, wherein
may be learned the directions for its use, and some
of the remarkable cures which it has made when
all other remedies had failed to afford relief. Those
-cases. are purposely taken from all sections of the
country, in order that every reader may have ac
cess to some one who can speak to him of its bene
fits from perSonal experience. Scrofula depresses .
the vital energies, and thus leaves its victims fal.
more‘ subjeet : to disease and its fatal results than
are *ldly constitutions. Hence it tends to shorten,
and does greatly shorten, the average duration of
human life.ssiThe vast importance of these con
siderations has led.us, to spend years in perfecting
a remedy which is adequate to its cure. This we
now offer to the public under the name of Area's
SARSAPARILLA, although it is- cdroposed of ingre
dients, some of which exceed the best of Sarsa,i
',aria; in alterative power: By its aid you may
protect yourself from the suffering and danger. of
these disorders. Purge out the foul corruptions
that. rot and fester in the , blood, purge out the
causes-of disease, and vigorous health will follow.
By its peculiar virtues this remedy stimulates the
vital functions, and thus expels the, distempers
which lurk within the system or burst out on any
part of it:
We know the public hare been deCeiyed 'by
many compounds of Sarsaparilla, that promised
much and did nothing; but they wilt neither be
deceived nor disappointed in this. Its virtues have
been proven by abundant trial, and there remains
no question 'of its surpassing excellence for the
cure of the afflicting diseases it is intended to
reach. Although under the, same name, it is a
Very different medicine from any other which has
been before the people, and is far more effectual
than any other which haS ever been available to
them.
A. X .tlit'S
CHERRY PECTORAL,
The World's Great Remedy for Coughs,
Colds, Incipient Consumption, and
for the relief of Consumptive .
patients in advanced sta
ges of the disease.
This has been so long used and so universally
known, that we need do no more than assure the
public that its. quality is kept up to the best it ever
has been, and that it may be relied on to do all it
has ever done.
Prepared by DR. J. C. Arlin & CO.
Practical and Analytical Ma:4k
Lowell, Mass%
Sold by all druggists every where, and tdr
-COAL !! COAL 11—TO FAMILIES AND NA-
V) NUFACTURERS.—Buy your Coal of A. 8:
DOTTER, 304 BROAD street, above VINE, who
keeps the best brands of Schuylkill and Lehigh Coal.
For family use, buy the celebrated East Franklin, for
which he is sole agent. • nov6 6m
N.B.—Dealers will please leave orders with him.
THE UNDERSIGNED
re consmntly receiv
tg COAL prepared
ith a great deal of
ire expressly for Fit
ly use, and our
tends who want a
.re, first-class arti
.le, either Schuylkill vi . _igh . , can rely on . getting
lust weight, and being accommodated on the most fa
vorable terms at MARRIOTT & JENKINS,
n2O ean Ninth and Wallace streets.
Three Invaluable Books for Every
PIANOFORTE.
THE HOME CIRCLE.—A. volume of 216 pages,
contains 25 Marches and Quicksteps, 47 Waltzes, 81
Polkas, 6 Schottisches, 4 Redowas 4 Mazurkas, and
Polka Mazurkas, 2 Varsoviennes, 1 Gorlitza, 4 Galo
pades, 14 Cotillions and Quadrilles, and 44 Dances,
Hornpipes, etc., arranged for the Piano.
THE SILVER CHORD A Companion to the
"Home Circle," containing a Collection of Favorite
Songs, Ballads, Duets, and Quartets, with Accora
namments for the Pianoforte.
THE SHOWER OF PEARLS Containing the
most beautiful Duets for Two Sopranos, Soprano
Alto, Soprano and Tenor, Soprano and Bass, and
Tenor and Bass. Arranged with an accompani
ment for the Pianoforte.
' The large amount and great variety of Piano and-
Vocal Musw comprised in the above Collections, have
rendered them immensely popular, and much sought
after by Players and Singers. They furnish the most•
suitable pieces for every lime and occasion, and are
adapted to every grade- of performance. Each vol
ume is a complete library in itself of Choice Music,
and no one will fail to recognize in one and all a great
desideratum for every Piano.
Price of each, in cloth $2.25 ; in plain binding $2,
on receipt of which copies will be mailed, post-paid.
OLIVER DITSON lz CO., Publishers, 277 Wash
ington street, Boston. marl 9 tf
MELODEONS HARMONIUMS I
CON
aml am sole agent:for CARHART 9 S SPLENDID HAMM
minis possessing unequalled, powers, variety and
beauty of tone. The beat instrument for enunoux
ever introduced.
1 / 4 n22 ly
cn peculiar taint or infec
which we call SCROF. ,
lurks in the constitu
ns of multitudes of men.
either produces or is
)(laced by an enfeebled,
iated state of the blood,
erein that fluid becomes
:ompetent to sustain the
d forces in their vigorous
ion, and leaves the sys--
to fall into disorder
decay. The. scrofulous
itamination is variously
ised by mercurial dis-
COAL. COAL.
deon o
R. M....M0RR15%
No. 728 Market street.
CHARLES STOKES & .-CO W S
FIRST CLASS ONEPRICE' READY-MADE
CLOTHING STORE, NO, 824 CHEST- -
NUT STREET, 'UNDER THE
CONTINENTAL HOTEL,
PHILADELPHIA. •
DIAGRAM FOR SELF-MRASUREMENT.
For Coat—Length •
of back from 1 to
Id from 2 to 8.
Length of .Slee ,
with arm crookei
-om 4 to 5, a
-ound the mo
-ominent part
Le chest and wail
itate whether .err
r stooping.
For Vest,,, --say
Coat.
-For Pants
kle seam, and oi
ide from hip hone
sound the wai
id hip. .A. go;
guaranteed.
Officers' Uniforms ready-made, always on han d,or.
made to order in the best manner and on the most,
reasonable terms. Having finished many hundred..
Uniforms the past year for Staff, Field and. Line 'Of
cers, as well as for the Navy, we are prepared to ex
ecute orders in this line with correctness ••and des
patch. •
The largest and most desirable stock of Ready-
Made Clothing in Philadelphia always on hand.(The
price marked in plain figures on all of the goods.) 1
A department for Boys' Clothing is also maintained
at this establishment, and superintended bir experi.
enced hands. Parents and others will find here a most
desirable assortment of Boys'. Clothing,..at low prices.
Sole Agent for the " Famous Bullet Proof Vest."
CHARLES STOKES' &-CO.
CHARLES STOIrF;S,
E. T. TAYLOR,
W. J. STOKES:
ONE PRICE CLOTIIING,
No. 604 MARKET gTREET, PHILADELPMA.
Made in the latest 'Styles and best manner . ; ex•
pressly for retail sales. The lowest selling price is
marked in plain figures on each article, and never-va
ried from. All goods made to order warranted satis
factory, and at, the same rate as ready-made. Our
ONE PRICE system is strictly adhered to, as we believe
this to be the only fair way of dealing, as all'are there
by treated alike. JONES & CO.,
CO. ? :
ly 604 Market st., Philadelphia.
LIFE INSURANCE.
The GIRARD Life Insurance, Annuity and
Trust Own/pally of Philadelphia.
OFFICE . , No. 408 CHESTNUT Sr.
Capital (paid up), $300,000.--Charter Perpetual:
CONTINUE to make INSURANCE ON LIVES
on the most reasonable terms.
' They act as Executors, Trustees "and Guardians un
der last Wills, and as Receivers and Assignees.
The capital being paid up and invested, together
with a large and constantly increasing reserved fund,
offers a perfect security to the insured.
The premiums may be paid yearly, half yearly, or
quarterly.
The Company add a BONUS periodically to the 'ln
surances for life.
The following are a few examples from the Register;
Sum Bonus or
Ins 'd. addition.
No. 89 $2500.5887.5011
. 53 ,387.50
" 132 8000 I 1,050.00 4,050.00
" 199 1000400.00 I 1,400.00
I
" 383 . 5000 1 87 6 00 6 875 00
Pamphlets, containing tables of rates and explana
tion, forms of application and further information
can be had it the office.
THOMAS RIDGWAY, PugsroEbrr.
Jim. F. JANES, Actuary. febs Bm.
DOCTOR A. H. STEVENS,
ELECTRICAL PHYSICIAN.
IS curing all Chronic diseases both of Ladies and
Gentlemen, by a new method in the use of Electricity
alone, without any medicine s or even any pain.
Board may be had, with treatment, by patients from
abroad, at reasonable rates in the Doctor's family.
, LETTERS applying for circulars or further informa•
tion will bepromptly answered. Office and resilience
at 1418 ,SOUTH PENN, SQUARE PBILA. TA.,
being in a central as well as delightful part of the city.
FebEt 3m
SAMUEL WORK.
ICRA3iER. & RAI% PITTSBIII/G
BANKING. HOUSE: OF
WORE, 1100011011 & CO.,
No. 36 SOUTH THIRD STAKE; PHILAIMLPHIA.
DEALERS in imminent Bank Notes and Coins.
Southern and Western Funds bought on the
most favorable terms.
Bills of Exchange on New York,. Boston, Pittsburg ,
Baltimore, Cincinnati, St. Lotus, etc., etc., con
stantly 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. Banks,
Philadelphia; Read, Drexel & Co., Winslow, Lather
Co., New York; and Citizens' and Exchange
Bank% Pittsburg. febl3 tf
GEORGE‘T. BOYD,
BANKER,
No. 18 South Third Street, Philadelphia,
(Two doors above Mechaniee -Bank.)
TVEALER in Bills of Exchange, -Bank Note& and
X./Specie. Drafts on New York, Bostou, Balti
more, etc., for sale. Stocks and Bonds bought and
sold on commission, at the Board of Brokers. Busi
ness Paper, Loans on Collaterals, etc., negotiated.
Deposits received and interest allowed. ja9
ANDREW MAID.
HENRY C. BLAIR'S,
PRESCRIPT.IO,N
It FAMILY MEDICINE STORE,
Eighth and Walnut streets, Philadelphia.
(Established 1829.)
Prices
11
but the best Medicines dispensed. Prices
11. Uniform and reasonable. Persons residin g in
the country can have their orders faithfully and
promptly executed, no matter how small. Physi
cians supplied with pure medicines and medical pre
,
parations. jul2 tf
-- -7,7 - A 311. ItEILIG .
0) Watchmaker, and Jeweler,..,.
Qs\_ _2 No. 836 VINE STREET,
(Near Ninth) PmlAnitrpLi..
All kinds of Timepieces repaired, and warranted.
An assortment of Spectacles oa hand. n2O 1y
W. P. Ot - A.RIC..
QHOES AND UMBRELLAS 1626 ISIAIMET ST.
kJ All kinds of Boots and. Shoes of ing oink menu
facture, or made to order. A good' assortment of
Gum Shoes. *Umbrellas repaired. Pinking in a va
riety of stiles, at low prices. . n 27 6m
TROXPSON BLACK & BON'S
Tea Warehouse and Family grocery Store,
NORTH-WEST CORNER OF
•
BROAD AND CHESTNUT STREETS, PHILA.
(Estahlished 1836.) •
An extensive assortment of Choice Black and Green
Teas, and every variety of Fine Groceries, suitable
for Family. use. Goods delivered in any part of the
City,' or packed securely for the country. jan.l
FAMILY. GE,OCE-RIES.
'WILT:UM CLARKE,
N. W. CORNER 12TH AHD RACE STREETS. PIMA.
(IFFERS for sale an assortment of best FAMILY
kJ GROCERIES, including a supply, of NEW
FRUITS, FRESH GROUND SPIOES,DtC, suitable tor the sea
son. Special attention paid to TEAS, which. will be sold
of better quality for the price than can be usually
found.
(leen ly
THOMAS CARRICK & CO. ,
C_ AND BISCUIT BAKERS, •
1905 Manryr STREET,' Puma.
Superior. Crackers, Pilot and Ship Bread,
Soda, Sugar and Wine Biscuits, icc-Nial, Jum
bles, and Ginger Nuts,
A.PEE's, SCOTCH AND OTHEE CAKES ; "
Ground Cracker in any 'Quantity.
Orders promptly filled. ' declB ly
REMOVAL.
JAMBS 8 WEBB
DEALER IN
Fine Teas, Coffees ; and Choice Fulani? '
Groceries.
Has removed to the
S. E. corner of Eighth and Walnut exacts, Phil o,
delphia a few doors from his former location, where
he will h - e. happy to see•his friends and customers.
floods carefully Packed and forwarded to the COUR'
try. - -
janB
Am' t of Policy and bot
nus to be increased .
by future additions.
WILLTAX McC ODOR
APRIL 16, 1863.
T ARR ANTS,'
ZITEVESCENT
SELTZER APERIENT.
This valuable and popular Medicine has universally
received the most favorable recommends
. _firms of the_ litenro.sn Paovessrox
40 and the Puemc, as tbe most
EFFICIENT arm Aonemeime
SALINE APERIEIsT i r
It may be used with the best effect in
Bilious and Febrile `Diseases,Costiveness, Sick Read
,aehe,Sanseai.Loss.of.Appetite, Indigestion,
Acidity. of the ; Stomach, Torpidity
ofthe Liver, Gout, Rheruna
tic Affections, - Gravel,
Piles,
AND Au.-comenincrs Inman
A Gentle and Coolie : Aperient" Aperient or Purgative
Required.
It is particularly Adapted the , wants; of Travelers
by Sea and Land,Residents in Hot Climates, Persons
of Sedentary Habits,' Invalids • and Convalescents; .
Captains of Vessels-and Planters will find it a vale
ble addition to their Medicine:Chests.
It is in the form-of a Powder, carefully put up in bot
tles to keep in any climate, and merely requires
water poured upon it to produce a delightful
effervescent beverage-
Numerous - testimonials from professional and other
gentlemen of the highest standing throughoutthe
country, and its steadily increasing popularity for a
series of years, strongly guarantee its efficacy and val
uable character, and commend it to the favorable no
ice of an intelligent public.
Manrifactared only'br • -
TARRANT &
No. 278 Greenwich street car. Warren,
New York, -
And for sale by Druggists generally.
myls ly
S. TUS.TON ELDRIDGE,
, • item% trfrANFElrroits. „ft
:ssusma ,J
IMPORTER AND .D.BALE-It IN', ,
FOREIGN AN'D -DOMESTIC HARDWARE,
Cutlery, Tools, Looking Glasses, ete,
No. 426 Sorra .&cola) ST., ,above ,LOKBARD,
[Opposite the hfarket, West Side,) Philadelphia.
(81'. - 1_:0 UtiS
Sunday-School, Theological and Tract
Depository.
Aulerican Sunday-School. Union slid Amezi-
Ji. can Tract Society l each, maintained foi many
years depositories of their 'respective publications in
this city ; these are now united under the care-of the
subscriber, and be has= added thereto a. 7 select assort
ment of the. publications of the various evangelical
denominations, with those of private publishers, which
are sold at publishers' prices.
Catalouges and specimens of SinidarSchool papers
sent on application.
Schoolß , ooks and Stationery. Address
J.' W. MCINTYRE,
1 / 4 No. 9 South Fifth Street; St. Louis
aplo ly
AMERICAN
Life Insurance ana. Trust tomikany.
OOMFANVS BUILDINGS., Southeast Coraerm
Walnut and Fourth Streets;
Authorized Capital, - - - $500,00C
- Paid up Capital, -- . 250,00'
_ _
Incorporated -1850, by the Legislature of Penna.
Insures Lives during the natural life or for short
terms, grants annuities and endowments, and makes
contracts of all kinds depending on - the issues of life.
Acting also as Executors, Trustees, and Guardians.
Policies of Life Insurance issued at the usual mn
tual ;ides of other good companies—with . profits to the
assured—last Bobrus January, 1861, being . 48 per cen'.
of all premiums received on mutual policies—at Jobint
Stock rates,' 20 per -cent.- less ;thaw above, or _Total
Abstinence rates 40 per cent, less than Mutual price.
Also, •
NON FORFEITURE PLAN,
By veld& ayerson pays for L
5,7, or 10 years only, when
the Policy is paid up for ox, and nothing. more to
pay;'and' should be be unable, or wish to discontinue
sooner ' , the Company will -uisnen YAM 111" POLICY, in
proportion , to the amount of premium paid, as fol
lows
On a Policy of $lOOO, At Year ' 7'Year 10 Year
after payment' Rates. Rates. Rates.
of 2 An- Prem i sc for* $400.0052851 7O $200:00
" 4 " 800 00 571 40 400 00
" 6 do " I 857 10 600 00
" 8 do,
ALEXANDEP,WI4.II.,LDIN t President.
SAMUEL WORK, Vice-President.
Joan' S. Wipsorr,'Seeretltry.
• BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Alexander W3iiltdin, J. Edgar Thomson,
Han. jas. Pollack, Hon. Joseph Alrson,
Albert C. Roberts,. Jonas Bowman,
Samuel. T. Bodine H H. Eldridge,
George Nugent,John Aikman,
William J. Howard, ' Charles F. Heamlitt,
Samuel Work.
IfEDICAI EXAMINERS.
J. R Bird, M. D . ., J. Newton Walker, N, D.
In attendance at the Company's Office datly,at 12
o'clock, M feb 22tf.
EVERY MAN , BLS. OWN PRINTER.
Portable Prmtmg Offices ;
FOR THE xrss or
THE ARMY AND NAVY,
Iderch"ants,.Dr gg sts, and all Business Men,
WET 1911 ION ram - um: pm:err TEEM. OWN
Handbills, Circulars, Billheads, Labels,
Cards, Ete.,
Press No. 1, prints sby 4 inches. $lO.OO. Office
Completo, $20.00.
Press Na.2,prints 6 by 9 inches,sls.oo.Office
oniple .
Complete, $30.00
Preds No. 3, prints 9 by 11 inches, $20.00. Office
• Complete, $50.00.
Press N0..4, prints 11 by 13 inches, $25.00. Office
CoMplete, $75.0.
Press No i 5, prints 13 by 19 inches, $30.00. Office
Complete, $lOO.OO.
4. circular sent ,on application to the
ADAMS PRESS COMPANY,
jarkB , 3m .yW " al Park Row, N. Y.
WILLIAM F GEDDES,
Plain and 'Paney Printer,
No.. 320'CHESTNUT STREET,
(Over Adama' Express) Philadelphia.
Pamphlets, Constitutions, Circulars, Cards, B ill
heads,;Bills of %Lading, Law . and Custom Io us
Blanks, etc. mar 27 ly
O. H. WILLARD'S
CARTES DE 1 77.51 TE
and Photograph Galleries,
Nos. 1626, 1628 and 1630 MARKET STREET.
ALL work froth. this establishment is warranted to
be of the very finest quality, and to : give perfect sa
tisfaetion. • n 27 ly
TICE YOUNG 'BIEN% HOME,
No. 1881 PThogicr STREET.
BOARD & LODGING $2.50 & $2.26 PER WEEK
ter Library, Games, Periodicals, Daily Papers,
etc. m 5 am
W. HENRY PATTEN'S
~NSW WEST END
Window Shade, .ourtain and Upholstery
store,
No. 1.408 CHESTNUT STREET,
'Next door to Hubbell's (Apothecary.)
Window Shades, Gilt Cornices, Bedding. Furni
ture Re-Upholstered, Varnished and Repaired. Car
pets or Matting, ' cut or made, or altered and pi?t ,
dowit, by the best men to be got in the ciiy. Furra
tare Slips, or Covers, handsomely made and fitted.
Verandah Awnings, etc. W. ITRNRY PATTEN,
febl2 Syr` , 1408 Chestnut street.
The Western. Stove and. Tinware
Depot.
PREST ON 4%- MAHOOD,
ins MAR•RET STREET, PHILADELPHIA,
Manufacturers and Dealers in all kinds of
Stoves, Tinware, Hollow-ware and - House.
Keeping Articles in. General.
V keep on hand an assortment of the most bn
_proved Patterns, such as Silver's Gas Burn
ers for Parlor,Store, And Office use, and a variety of
patternsfor Halls and Barrooms. We also have a
large stock of Gas-burning Cooking Stoves, with all
the latest improvements. Heater and Range work
attended to. All kinds of repairing promptly atten
i dad' to. - PRESTON I - kr.A.HOt)D,
liZetbn 1718 Market street, Philadelphia.