OUR LONDON LETTER.
London, January 23d, 1864.
I had so little to say last week that I
delayed my letter in hope that something
new would .supervene. There was the
birth of a prince to rejoice over ; hut I
should.hesitate to attempt prose or poetry
on fc that subject, since I doubt not you will
have more than enough of it through other
sources. The pleasure created by this
happy event, and the heartfelt thanks to
Gtod which it has evoked, Americans will
feel it difficult to understand. Here,how
.l ' • ' ■ •••
ever, such an event is looked upon as auspi
cious—promising peace and the continu
ance of a dyhasty. Besides, it is wonder
ful how the homeliness of Queen Victoria’s
’ Court, and the frank courtesy of the royal
family have given them a personal interest
.and affection, in the heart of every subject.
The public seemed to feel that the event
was a sort of national family matter, and
hence the demand and supply of that mi
nutest information regarding the circum
stances which, I dare say, in America., will
be read, with some astonishment and per
haps reprehension. Privacy is not an ac
cident of royalty; but I must say that
some of the particulars have gone beyond
the bordersnf propriety.
We have,all been kept on the qui vive
by the Dano-German quarrel. Europe is
now a bod y. corporate, with arteries and
veins in the shape of telegraphic wires,
and a spasmodic throb in any part is at
once sensitive to the whole. Just as in
America, you. are hourly watching for
some critical information, we have been,
for the last, eight and forty hours, hover-
ing ’twixt hope and fear, and not knowing
whether the next telegram might not tell
us that the peace of Europe is unsealed.
It is said that immediate ; hostilities are
Staved off, .I have been unable to meet a
n(ian in England who professed to know
, the Schleswig-Holßtein question thorough
ly, and perhaps in America inn ay excite
little interest. Vet upon it, in the opinion
of many, transcendent interests are now
Ranging. With Austrian and Prussian
Igoops,watching Danish garrisons across
a,river, one;feels that it is only the toss of
a die for war. Denmark has, however, it
is asserted, consented to withdrew the ob
noxious .Constitution annexed to Schles
wig, which was the only pretence for the
Germans crossing the Eider, and if they do
, so now they break the Treaty of London
and offer to France and England a casus
belli.
. One tiling .deserves to be noted at this
time, and that is the remarkable tendency
of. European nations to peace: the great
strides which this policy has made within
the last few years, and the strong influ
ence brought to bear by neutral govern-
' ments upon threatening belligerents. This
• can be-attributed hut to one thing—the
continued- expansion of Christian spirit—
continued; ■ though against many Obsta
cles within and without Christ’s visible
Church, and the exceedingly tender ap
prehension -of the consequences of war
which civilization and luxury, andinterna
. tional comity engender. We see already
in these, indications—faint though they
be—the earnest of the prophetic vision of
that time when men shall beat their
ewordsrinto ploughshares and their spears
. into pruning hoolcs.
, .. M. Renan’s book was too much for
, even the English Scripture-liberals to swal
low. .The .majesty and beauty of Christ’s
. jfcaracter, have taken I am glad to say, too
.a hold on the English heart to' bo
eradicated by the blasphemous brillian
, .Qies of a philosophic Frenchman; and from
most unexpected quarters there come
crushing replies. Mr. Maurice, the pro-
.xninent Church-liberal, has appeared in
the lists joji the right side this time, bdt
. ©yqn here ho contrives to hit both ways.
•u.What will our men of letters say to the
book 1 71 must think that those of them who
atfe real artists, who are able to conceive a
. ‘character or to exhibit one, willdiscover in H.
hero a moat incoherent jumble of
qualities which never could co-exist, which
never could form a real man at all, to say no
thing of an “incomparable” man. If, forin-
stance, I might venture to speak of one re
markable-artist, from whom I have learnt the
deepest lessons, the authoress of “ Silas Mar
’’ rier"‘and “Itomola,” I think she must recog
nise in-this portrait the strangest combination
of strength and feebleness, of reality and un
" reality; suck a combination as might be pro
- -duced if hep own Adam Bede and Tito were
tbrowp into the same cauldron, and a mon
swqusteriium quid arose out of the mixture.
■‘'But remembering how skilfully M. Benan has
,played with the words “idealist,” “realist,"
■ “ democrat,” with those forms of speech
which most commend themselves to thg,tastes
and habits of literary men in our day; still
, mote, when I think—oh, with what shame and
humiliation— of the unreal form, neither Di
vine nor human, but with a certain dream of
divinity to make the human unapproachable,
' with a certain dream of humanity to make the
’ Divine fictitious, not awful, which we have
continually set before the minds of our coun
trymen, and invested with the sacred name of
■ tie Son of Man and the Son of God—l can
not determine how much acceptance may be
given.by the class which he understands, and
■ which toe Have alienated, to a caricature, per
■ .not more distorted than many of those
, &uch,w.ehqve draivn.
: ,: Wha,t> does Mr. Maurice mean by the
- expressions I have italicised? Clearly
slap at evangelicalism—and
means that the general ideal of the Son of
Man, which staunch believers entertain, is
not, in Mr. Maurice’s view, a worthy and
proper one. My own belief is, that three
fourtLs of those uneducated Methodists—
uneducated save in Divine wisdom—at
whom Maurice and his class would sneer,
have a clearer and truer view of Christ’s
character, than any philosophic spectacles
could give them. What is this high ideal,
only discoverable and comprehensible by
these superior intelligences: and wherein
would consist the simplicity of salvation,
if the knowledge of the character of Christ
were esoteric ? Such dark, vague hints
as those of Mr. Maurice, of some error in
the view of the Great Example, are cha
racteristic of his school. Instilling the poi
son of doubt, and supplying no alleviating
antidote!
PRESBYTERIAN UNION.
I am very glad to see the report, which
came to me from a private source, of dis
sensions in the Union Committee, contra
dicted by a Northern paper, with the ad
ditional statement that “the last meet
ing is understood to have happily • ended
in complete harmony both as to sentiment
and 'language, and the prospects of ulti
mate union were never more hopeful than
A meeting was held on Monday eve
ning, at Regent Square Church, Dr.
Hamilton’s, at which an essay on Presby
terian Union was read, followed by a most
pleasing and fraternal discussion, engaged
in by Dr. Hamilton, the Revs. Mr. Red
path, (United Presbyterian,) Davidson,
(English Presbyterian,) Dr. Jenkins, for
merly of Philadelphia, and others. The
spirit was admirable, and every one felt it
good to be there. The line taken by the
essayist was in the direction of English
Presbyterian Union, if the larger British
Union could not be accomplished. This
was thoroughly approved by members of
both communions then present. Dr. Levi,
the distinguished professor in King’s
College, a converted Jew, and an elder in
Dr. Hamilton’s Church, gave some inte
resting financial, and other statistics
which disabused many minds of apprehen
sions regarding the financial difficulties of
union. It appears that the English Pres
byterians have 101 charges, the United
Presbyterians in England, 91: together
having 55,000 attendants, and 37,000 com
municants. Such a united body in Eng
land would have power, and be settled on
a sure basis; and certainly tb£re never was
a time when England had so great a need
of it.
You will be glad to hear that at the
meeting of the London Presbytery of the
English Presbyterian Church last week;
Dr. Jenkins was cordially and unani
mously received, and a committee was ap
pointed to carry the matter of his admis
sion through at the Synod. Adelphos.
SKETCH OF REY. ALEX. M’OAUL, OE
ENGLAND.
A LIVING AND A DYING TESTIMONY TO THE
TRUTH.
In the list of contributors to the volume,
published some time since, entitled “ Aids
to Faith,” and designed to correct the er
roneous teachings propounded in that no
torious compend of English neology known
as "Essays and Reviews,” was the name
of Rev. .Alexander McCaul, D. D., Pro
fessor in King’s College, London. The
English Church could boast few names
more worthy of the highest honor and re
spect. He combined with thorough scho
larship, a warm evangelical spirit, and an
unswerving attachment’ to the great doc
trines of the Christian system. His re
cent death, in the midst of a career of ex
tended and varied usefulness, has sent
sadness into every circle where his fame
and merits were known. Bat the closing
scenes of his life only set the seal of his
dying testimony to the great truths which
he had -learned to prize and was fearless
to defend.
At the very 'time when Henry Martyn,
dying by inches in India, was about to
start on his journey to England, only to
find a Persian grave, young McCaul had
just taken his first degree at Trinity Col
lege, Dublin, and had begun to question
whether he should not also become a mis
sionary. Like Henry Martyn, he had
some reason to cherish a scholar’s pride.
Even in bis vacations he was a close stu
dent With only Sabbath intermissions,
from month to month, he studied sixteen
hours a day. Thus he pored over the
classics with au application that outvied
Hayden’s enthusiasm over the Elgin
marbles. There was not a beauty or a
gem of the old Greek or Roman authors
but he searched it out, and, with his tena
cious memory, could not only tell where
it was found, but could repeat; it, even till
his dying day. In mathematical and as
tronomical science he was - also eminent;
and, while reading for a scholarship, be
came tutor to the present, distinguished
astronomer and nobleman, the Earl of
Rosse.
But, like Henry Martyn, he was ready
to surrender his pride of learning at the
call of duty. The ambition of high scho
larship was sacrificed that he, too, might
become a missionary, and glory only in
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, EEBRUARY 18, 1864.
the cross of Christ. He became interested
in the work of the London Society for
Missions to the Jews, and prepared him
self to labor under their patronage. Sur
rendering all his academical prospects, he
set out, at the age of twenty-two, as a
missionary to the Jews in Poland. To
the mastery of the German and Hebrew
languages, he devoted himself with un
tiring assiduity, and soon attained high
rank as one of the finest Hebriast scholars
in Europe. For eight years—till just be
fore the breaking out of the Polish revolu
tion—he preached Christ to the lost sheep
of the house of Israel. Crowffe gathered
to listen while, with burning zeal and fer
vid eloquence, he set forth the truths of
the Gospel. By himself and his associates,
thousands of Bibles and tracts were dis
tributed. No difficulties could discourage,
no hardships appal him. Few foreign or
frontier missionaries are called to endure
what he cheerfully bore. Often he was
forced, on his journeys, to sleep in the sta
bles, his wicker basket of provisions an
swering for a pillow. Sometimes his only
food was potatoes, which he had to cook
himself.
Lingering awhile in the capital of Prus
sia, he became intimate with those noble
men, Pastors Gossner, and Yon Gerach,
who, in steadfast faith, braved the martyr
dom of ridicule and contempt to which ad
herence to the Gospel exposed them.
The Crown Prince (Frederick William
IY.) became acquainted with the English
man, often attended his preaching, and,
when, ten years later, the Bishopric of Je
rusalem was founded, named him as the
first incumbent. •
But already Dr. McCaul was engaged
in a field of usefulness which he did not
feel at liberty to leave. Among the Jews
of London he labored, with encouraging
success, till elected to the the Professor
ship of Hebrew and Rabbinical Literature
in King’s College. This post he filled till
1846, when he accepted the charge of the
Professorship of Divinity then recently
founded. Combining the duties of this
sphere with pastoral labors, and declining
the honors of foreign Episcopates which
were offered him, he continued, to the last,
the faithful champion of Gospel truth and
the toil-worn laborer in the cause of Christ.
His closing hours were the fitting sequel
to such a life. He had opposed the errors
of the time, in which he saw the vital
truths of revelation assailed; and those
truths which he loved were his own conso
lation and support. in the trying hour.
Three days before his deathrhclpyas in
formed of the certain issue orTuscliiSoase.
He received the annnouncement with ad
mirable composure and even cheerfulness.
He declared his abounding comfort in
the two following texts, (2 Cor. 5.: 19.:)
“ God was in Christ, reconciling the world
unto himself, not imputing their trespasses
unto them;” and (Luke 15:20.) “When
he was yet a great way off, his father saw
him, and had compassion, and ran, and
fell on his neck and kissed him.” “Upon
these two texts,” said he, “I take my
stand;” adding, “Nothing now remains
but to endeavor to fall asleep, as peace
fully as possible, in Jesus.”
Forcible as the logic of argument may
be, that of a faith which thus, in the val
ley of the shadow of death, grasps the rod
and staff of Jehovah, is still more con
vincing, The mightiest intellect, with all
the resources of learning at its command,
finds no rest or support except in-reliance
upon the same grace upon which the low
liest and humblest reposes his trust. How
much of the very marrow of ihs~ Gospel
is embodied in the two texts which, on
his death bed, ministered to Dr. McCaul
“abounding comfort.” The love and com
pulsion of God are portrayed in the one,
and the method of mercy is set forth in
the other. How poor and meagre, by the
side of these, is all neological speculation,
all the refinements, and distinctions, and
criticisms of the “Essays and Reviews!”
The name of Dr. McCaul only adds ano
ther to the already long and noble list of
those who, rich in human lore, have left
their dying testimony to the preciousness
and the sustaining power of the Gospel of
Christ. “ I have taken much pains,” said
the learned Selden, “to know every thing
that was esteemed worth knowing amongst
men; but, with all my disquisitions and
reading, nothing now remains with me, to
comfort me at the close of life, but this
passage of St. Paul: ‘lt is a faithful say
ing, and worthy of all acceptation, that
Jesus Christ came into the world-to save
sinners ;’ to this I cleave, and herein I find
rest.” Such is the record of men whose
scholarship adorned their piety, and whose
piety sanctified their scholarship. Labored
refutations of. modern neology become
tame by the side of it. The death bed of
Christian triumph is more eloquent than
any human pen. The essay of Dr. Mc-
Caul is unquestionably learned as well as
able, but the common mind will be more
deeply impressed by the fact that the faith
he defended was the faith that, in the dying
hour, could minister to him “ abounding
comfort.”
Tyrants not fearing God are constrain
ed to fear their own subjects.— Beza.
TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF A
YOUNG SOLDIER,
TROM A SERMON TO THE YOUNG BY REV.
W. STERLING.
You will now expect me, my young
friends, to say something of one of your
own number, a youth of great promise
and much beloved by you all, the news of
whose death in a Richmond prison has so
recently reached us. He was amiable,
intelligent, and pious. He had wisely
sought God early; and hence we mourn
for him not as those who have no hope.
William L. Yorhees was born in March,
1844; and was, therefore, only in his 20th
year at the time of his decease. Most of
you have known him from early life as an
active, sprightly youth, attentive to his
duties, interested in the Sabbath-School,
and one of the original members of the
Juvenile. Temperance Society, of which
he was elected Secretary.
In his 16th year he was hopefully con
verted to God; and, soon after, united
with the Presbyterian Church of Ham
mondsport, N. Y., of which his father is
pastor. Returning to this place, his walk,
so far as I know, was such as becometh
the gospel of Christ.
, In September, 1861, he gave himself to
his country, declaring to his uncle: “I
look upon it as my duty, and I wish to
fulfil it.” Under this deep sense of duty,
he enlisted in the Bth Penna. Cavalry.
But he had not been long in the service
before his intelligence and good conduet
attracted attention, and he was honored
with a situation in the Signal Corps; and
he was then transferred to the Depart
ment. of the West. r
I am unable to trace him in his after
career. I know simply that he continued
to the last in active service, and that he
passed through many .hard-fought and
bloody battles, and through many scenes
of trial, privation, and suffering with un
faltering devotion. He was attached to
the body-guard of General Rosecrans at
the battle of Chiekamauga, on the 20th of
September last. During the battle he
was seen to fall from his horse, wounded.
But he remounted; and, being made a
prisoner, was sent to Richmond, where he
languished in prison till starvation and
neglect had accomplished their work.
On the 6th of November he wrote a
note to his father, by a released prisoner,
in which he says:—“Don’t be uneasy
.aboutme, my dear father; I have strength
■enough; to hold out a good while yet.”
This was his last message. He survived
pnly twenty-four days after . writing it.
The papers, a few days ago, announced
■that he died of the 30th of November.
Of his late days nothing is known, and
probably never will be known, unless
some of his fellow-sufferers should survive
to tell the tale. He is one of the noble
■martyrs who have given up their lives in
the cause of liberty, and whose names
history will not willingly let die.
“Another precious .offering,
To self-devotion made.;
Another bleeding sacrifice,
On Freedom’s altar laid.;
Another warrior at rest,
Where conflict is unknown;
Another martyr ’mid the host,
Before the eternal throne.
By nature earnest, kind and true;
By faith to heaven allied;
A Christian patriot he lived,
A Christian hero died!
And in the record of the brave,
Which Freedom gives to Fame,
Beloved through all succeeding time,
Shall be his youthful name,”
Yes, we biess God for the thought that
this noble youth was a Christian, as well
as a hero; a soldier of the cross, as weil
as a soldier of freedom. He had sought
God early. He had professed the name
of Christ. He had united himself with
~the church, and obeyed the dying com
mand of his Redeemer. And the Re
deemer would not suffer him to die alone
and forsaken.
He died young,—a victim to the mur
derous cruelty of traitors. But though
no kind parent, or sister, or friend was
there to. soothe his dying moments, or
follow him to the grave; though he was
buried by hostile and bloody hands; and
though the pface of his sepulchre should
never be known, still it matters little.
He has gone, I trust, to a world of glory,
where a sure reward awaited him, and a
crown of life adorns his‘brow that will
not fade. For, the life that he has given
for his country, he first gave to his
Saviour. The loyalty he showed to his
government, he first showed towards the
government of God. The ardour with
which he rushed forward to crush out
treason in the State, he had first exerted
to crush out all treason against God in
his own heart, and all reluctance to prayer
and piety. All honor to the youthful
Christian hero who has thus early finish
ed his course and gained the victory
through Jesus Christ his Saviour!
My young friends, emulate the virtues
that you discover in the character of your
deceased friend. Like him, seek God
'early, and consecrate yourselves to His
service. Like him, take up the cross and
follow Christ now while you are young.
And then, whether like him, you die in
the morning of life, or whether you sur
vive for many years, you will not have
lived in vain, and your death will be gain.
OBJECTIONS TO THE CHAPLAINCY
TO CONGRESS ANSWERED.
[Extract from Eev. Dr. Sunderland’s Ser
mon in the Representatives Hall, Jan. 31st.]
Ist. It is unconstitutional. The voice
and practice of the fathers refute this
charge. The Constitution does not forbid
the creation of the office of chaplain with
a salary by law of Congress; nor does it
forbid the appropriation of money to sup
port a decent observance of the public wor
ship of Godin the capitol Congress spends
thousands of dollars in other ways, not
half so much calculated to promote the
the public welfare and virtue of the peo
ple, and they have a right under the Con
stitution, if they choose, not only to em
ploy a chaplain or chaplains to conduct
daily prayers and services of public wor
ship here on the Sabbath, but also to de
vote money from the public treasury to
provide a choir, to purchase an organ, and
to do all other acts and things necessary
to the fullest perfection of the divine ser
vice. It will not do for any one to under
take to convince me that all this is uncon
stitutional. It is a scandal on the Consti
tution-—a reproach to the memory of our fa
thers—an insult to religion, and impiety to
ward God. The Catholic 'Evangelical
Church of Christ, of this day, in[all denomi
nations, will not tolerateisuch a sentiment,
such a satire on the great organic law of
a free Christian people. The constitution
is not at war with the law of God in this
particular; and if it were conclusively
shown to be, I should go for the higher
law of God, and go for conforming the
Constitution to that higher law. We have
had enough of sneering at this higher law
of God in the land for the last fifteen
years. This is one of the iniquities that
has brought at last the thunders of this
judgment upon us.
2. “But this would be forming and es
tablishing a union of Church and State.”
Hot by. any means. I am as much op
posed to such a union as any man, and
would contend as strongly against it.
When our fathers, by the Constitution, de
prived Congress of the power to establish
religion by law, they did not intend to
make us an. infidel nation, nor our go
vernment an impious, God-forsaken ini
quity. They meant not to divorce religion
wholly from the existence iand life of the
Republic, but only to prevent the union
of any Church establishment with the
*fetate, in such a way as to bind the con
science and burden the coffers of the peo
ple -with either the creed or taxes of any
ecclesiastical institution.
Nobody finds fault with the employment
of government physicians and surgeons;
and yet there is just as much reason, on
this .ground, for the complaint of a union
of therapeutics and the State. What is
meant by a State Church, is such as ex
ists ia England, where immense sums are
appropriated and large prerogatives ex
clusively .granted to a single church esta
blishment, at the expense of all others,
and this in perpetuity. No suhb policy
has existed under our Constitution, and I
trust it never .may. But it a very dif
ferent thing;for Congress to provide for the
public recognition and worship of God in
its own halls, leaving all men free to act
upon their conscience as to their attend
ance upon the same, responsible to God
for the manner in which these obligations
are discharged.
3. "It is no place for religious services.*’
Ah, and whose opinion is this ? Jesus
Christ instructs us that the day is gone by
when the worship of God shall Jbe con
fined to any one locality exclusive of ano
ther. When men shall worship the Fa
ther neither alone at Jerusalem, nor in the
mountains of Samaria, but everywhere men
shall worship Him in the spirit. The tem
ple, the synagogue, the acadeniy, the mar
ket-place, the forum, the theatre, the areo
pagus as well as the Christian sanctuary,
have all been used for this high purpose.
Nay, the deserts, and caves, and fastnesses
of the mountains, and vast solitudes of na
ture—the wide forest, the open sea—under
the broad sky in the light of day—in the
shadows of midnight, the camp, the cara
vansera the hospital, the asylum, the
college, the seminary, the halls of justice,
have been made the temples of the public
worship „of the Almighty. And never
.will it do to say that here, in the high
conclave of the nation, there is no place
for the pure spiritual worship of the only
living and true God. It is the thought
of the infidel, it is the word of the profane.
I am well aware of the opinion of multi
tudes in this land in regard to the whole
subject of Christianity, its laws, its require
ments, its ministry, and especially in re
gard to those who represent it, as chaplains
whether here or in the army or the navy.
I know they look with contempt upon the
whole arrangement. They treat the whole
matter, ap though it were but the cant of
superstition, or the bigotry of ignorance
—they look upon chaplains as beggars,
} and upon God as a myth, and upon his wor
j ship as a mummery. They think it super
; bly magnanimous even to tolerate all this.
! They think, and feel, and act as if Chris
| tianity had no right to be here in the
j world, and its ministers ought to be
apologizing to every man they met for the
fault of pursuing their profession. Bo;
those who have such ideas are not the
wise and virtuons of the land. They are
the impious and corrupt; they want no
restraint on'their lusts and passions; they
would have no reproof of their vices.
They desire full scope for their briberies;,
their dishonesties, their foul Mid pestilent
iniquities. Such meu would no doubt be j
glad to see God himself dethroned, his law,
abolished, this government destroyed, and
every vestige of his authority swept'awav,.
in order that they might run unimpeded j
into any excess of riot.
4. But the office of chaplain is liable to J
abuse, both in the manner of seeking it.J
and in the character of its incumbent. It
know it is alleged, and with some fonnda-|
tion of truth I fear, that unwoTthy mer ;
have disgraced the profession, not onlv
here but in the army and navy. But the!
true remedy is not the destruction of the|
office. Would you abolish Congress be
cause some members of congress disgrace
their station ? I deplore as deeply as any
man the delinquencies of men assuming
the sacred office only to make it the means
of pandering to their own selfishness or
corruption. I denounce it here and I de
nounce it everywhere, but let us not teat
down the house over onr heads because]
some thief or other has stolen into it to'
rifle it of its contents.
5. But the services of chaplains are &
bore to congress. I am glad no record
shows, so far as I have seen, that any rub
ber of Congress said such a thing as that.
It was said by some scribbler for a news
paper. It comes with an ill-grace from a
class of individuals who get their living
by writing messes of refuse stuff for tho
daily press—which is not only a bore, bir
absolute poison to. the nation. ;
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sonable terms. Having finished many hundred Uni*
forms the past year for Staff, Field and Line Officers,
as well &b for the Navy> we are prepared to execute,
orders in this line with correctness and despatch.
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.)
A department for Boys* Clothing is also maintained
at this establishment, and superintended by experienced
hands. Parents and others will find here a most deei*
rable assortment of Boys* Clothing at low prices.
Sole Agent for the “ Famous Bulletproof Vest.”
CHARLES STOKES & CO.
CHARLES STOKES,
E. T. TAYLOR,
nl3tf W. J. STOKES.
YICK’S ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE
of SEEDS, axd
Guide to the Flower Garden, for 1863.
~Uy NEW CATALOGUE AND FLORAL
GUIDE is now published and ready to ?end
out. It contains accurate descriptions of the
leading Floral Treasures of the world, with full
and plain directions for SOWING SEED.
TRANSPLANTING and GENERAL CUL
TURE. Also, a list of Choice Seeds for the
'VEGETABLE GARDEN, with necessary in
structions for Planting and Culture.
My New Catalogue and Floral Guide is a
.beautiful work of fifty large pages, illustrated
with twenty-five fine engraving and one splendel
COLORED PLATE of the Double Zinnia.
It will be sent, postage paid, to all who apply,
inclosing ten cents. Address,
2t. JAMES VICK, Rochester, N. Y.
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The West Chester Academy;, and
Military Institute,
AT WEST CHESTER, PENNA.
William F. Wtjers, A. M., Principal
THE school will remain in session until the
15th of JUNE next. Number oi instruc
tors 10; and the number of students 152.
Many applications for admission had to be re
fused last Fall for want ot suitable accommoda
tions. This difficulty has been removed.
MILITARY DEPARTMENT.
Major G. Eckendotff, Captain
J- F- DeMaziere, Superintendent. For cirtt"
lars, terms, &c., apply to
WM. F. WYERS. A. M-, Principal,
an. 14.] West Chester. Pa.
Philadelphia Collegiate las tit/
FOR YOUNG^femES.
1530 Arch Street, Philadelphia.
Rev. CHAS. A. SMITH, D.D., Principal.
The Ninth Academic Tear will begin on MONDAY,
14th. For circulars, and other information, address, i*'
2611, Post Office. Circulars way be obtained at the J
turiau House, 1334 Chestnut sLreet. jb' l6 210 J