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    The lihericaH Pfeshyterian
GENESEE EVANGELIST.
A BBUGIOtrS, AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER,
W THE ErTEREBT OF THE
Constitutional Presbyterian Church,
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY,
* »
AT THE PKESBYTEHIAN HOUSE,;
", lift! Chestnut Street, (2d Story,) Phiiadelphin.
Sflv. JOHN W. KEANS, Editor and Publisher.
LAW OP . BAPTISM.
The various smaller, treatises on Bap-'
t-isis i#sued-by spur Btlblicationi Uommit-;
tee have ranked among'the very best
■works of the kind. Theyliare nOw added
a more complete treatise on the same:
subject—that Written by Dr. Hall while
a pastor in Norwalk, Cohn., and ori
ginally published by his congregation..
The circulation of this treatise was
very extensive at time, but the plates
were destroyed by fire or lost, and the
author, now Professor in Auburn Semi-,
hary, having revised and amended the
text, presented the copyright to the.
Publication Committee, who have
again stereotyped and issued the
treatise.
It is divided into five principal parts:
I. Principles of Interpretation; 11.
Scriptural modes of Baptism; 111. Dis
sertations upon particular points toiich
ing the Interpretation of the word
11 BaptizelV. Scriptural authority,
for Infant Baptism; V. Objections an
swered. The Utility of Infant Bap
tism vindicated.
The discussion under these divisions:
is thorough and spirited. The absurd
extremes of enthusiasts for immersion,
the inconsistencies of which different
advocates for the doctrine are guilty,
the immoderate and unseemly preten
sions of the new version men and their
uncharitableness , towards the sup
porters of King James' version, are
keenly analyzed and exposed by the
author. Perhaps ' the dignity .of a
treatise on a scriptural doejp’ine and a
leading Christian ordinance is some
what compromised by the controversial
tone of the writer; but' for daily
practical use by pastors who are met by
bigoted and active proselytised, running
right across their path, this vSffy . fea
ture of the book is doubtlesss a recom
mendation. "We regret to seein a revised
edition such an inelegant sentence as
“Here lies the tug. ” (p.. 29.) But
trivial defects like these cannot hide
the great excellehcies of the book
which giyes proof of a thorough scholar-
We regard as of especial* value, those
(Jiscussions which bring tint the process
by Which the Greek language was
&dkpted ! to express the novel ideas of
Judaism and tif Christianity. Immer
sionists have gone sadly astray in their
neglect of this very important branch
of the inquiry.
The hook is brought out in very neat
style by the Committee in a 16mo of
221 pages.
PRAYER A BUSINESS.
Not a few persons who admit the
duty and privilege of prayer fail to re
cognize its place as a means of success.
Prayer is a work; it should he reckoned
among the powers of the world as really
US muscular or brain work; as strategy
or hard fighting. We are prone to go to
prayer as a form and to hurry to our bu
siness Afterward as the reality, whereas
prayer is part of the business itself, We
complain thiat our business leaves ns no
our
business when we omit prayer, as truly
as wh° n we omit posting our' accounts
■ or withhold the-proper amount of manual
labor from our frisks. When we fail in
business, or when ouraifairs become vex-
atious and- our work goes behind-hand.
we can give this or that account of the
i: failure or trouble, but does it occur to us
.. as one of the 'Causes, that we have not
• T used the instrumentality of prayer as we
should? When the good cause meets
' with drawbacks, and rebellion still defies :
, ,tfchet armies of the nation, how prone are
wo to search: out the cause, in, the inef
ficiency of generals, and tho stupidity of
the combinations, bnt we too slowly come
to the question whether Christian people
of the land have been praying as they
should.
We ought calmly to reckon prayer as
among our daily, most practical, most ef
ficient modes of business. We should
set it down as indispensable to success.
We should get rid of all that false .feeling
■ which regards it as an • interruption,
and which instigates, ns to a. hurried dis
-2 -posal of it, if in the least.degree crowded.
- . That we ought always to spend a long
in prayer, we do not affirm." We
know well that the crowding prayer of
ten suffers, is not so much from absolute
want of time, as from ah under-estimate
•of the value of prayer, and from a false
distinction drawn between it and our
daily- activity. What we plead for is,
that it shad have its fair share of time,.
Series, Vol. I, Dfo. 11.
(and be recognized cordially as ,a most ef
ficient part of our daily work.
; I Nothing can. do us so much good in oiy
b2?'uess, or more certainly assui-c us of
success, as the favor of God. Nothing
:is potent in, O’ir affairs, or in those of
the nation and .the army, as his Provi
dence. Nothing can lead us so uner
ringly through God’s world,: as a spirit in
harmony with the divine mind, - and;
which ..constantly, .prays: Thy will be
done. Such a spirit is quickened to dis
cern the indications of his will. It at- !
tains calmness, self-possession, conscious;,
security. Pride and selfishness and self
will blind the judgment—and they are
the very opposite of a prayerful spirit/
Prayer is the identification of the
human with the divine will. It is 1
the going up—the exaltation—of our.
being and our powers in union with the:
divine nature. It is not inactive snbmis-j
Sion and resignation; not rusting away
in silly quietism, but acting out our powers
in the sphere in which w e ai’e placed, as
by the promptings, and for the high ends
of - God. , True prayer ..and prayerful la
bor cannot well be distinguished, but are:
the complements of each other. Trad
prayer encourages, clears; and cheers 1
the mind, and prompts. to the highest,!
noblest, most heroic labor. Only that
labor which is steeped in prayer pro- 1
duces living,, lasting results. In fact, we
reach a right estimate of prayer, when;
■we regard it as the most.pqtent agency'
hi:the earth, the mightiest instrument a
human arm can wield, when ,we have
faith in it as above : all our. material and
human means, and as reaching and ebj
listing the energyc>f Omnipotence. j
Let us therefore feel that we have
■ ■ ' ■ ■ .if
done nothing in any private or public qnj
terprise, if we have not prayed. Let us
regard with suspicion, those, schemes to
which we have hastened and in which we
have become absorbed, to the • exclusioii
or the serious hindrance of our prayers!
Let us convict, ourselves of a serious de
ficiency in our business ,princip]e§7—if wb
undervalue, or overlook prayer, as a
prigae, agency, of success. Let. ns view
-fche_wecesritv/jaf_mxtsier -in. the light- of
common sense, no less t uSTrrn-c< iUßCieiicc
and religion. And above all, when a
work of such magnitude an,d of such
vast and ever-expanding
and with so clear a subordination to the
aims and movements of Providence, as
our war, is on hand, let us beware of
blaming or praising men, of putting stress,
upon resources, skill and at least
before we have humbly iuid fervently at
tempted to do our .part in the spirit of
prayer. By true prayer we shall really
be contributing to the success of the
cause; nor can we truly pray without ,
also effectually working in bur sphere. I
A CARD TO THE CHURCHES OP THE
SYNOD OP PENNSYLVANIA.
Allow me to call your attention to
fact that the fiscal year of tlie Perma
nent Committee of Home Missions
closes on the Ist of May nexfr Accord
ing to the action of’ the Synod At
Washington, D. 0., circulars have been
forwarded to all the churches of Synod,
urging the necessity of liberal collec
tions during the year. Hast year,
many of our churches contributed
nothing to this cause. It is hoped, for
the credit of our Synod, as well as for
a far higher motive that no church will
fail iii this duty this year. 1 ;
We have, according to the minutes
of the last General Assembly, $4 church tis
within Our bounds, and but 27 have, up
to the present time, reported collec
tions. - Fifty-seven have to report within
the ensuing two and a half months; or
fail -to comply with the recommend'a-
; J j ie gy no (j, A number'of these
57 #so a y S punctual and liberal, and
hear from them in March
or April. It would be gratifying to us
all to find, when the report of the Home
Mission Committee is made to the next
General Assembly, that not one of our
churches has failee to'make a collection
for this object: Our confidence of suc
cess in this matter is placed on the
pastors and elders. If they are inter
ested in the cause, their, churches will
-be enrolled among those that have
contributed to Home Missions during
the year. Collections may be sent
directly to Edward A. Lambert, Trea
surer, Ho. 150 Nassau street, New York
city, or to my address, 1334 Chestnut
Chestnut street, Philadelphia-;
ROBERT ADAIR,
Associate Secretary.
% Philadelphia, March 14, 1864.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1864.
If there are‘any three/States in the
union 61\ which the disloyal faction of
the North has relied, as likely to furnish;
exceptions to the prevailing- harmony
and to render entire unity in the spirit
and counsels of the nation,'a¥this crisis,;
impracticable, they are New York; New?
Hampshire and New Jersey. The,atti
tude of these States, until a' very recent
period, has encouraged them to cling to
their otherwise forlorn hope of; being,
able to seriously embarrass the Govern
ment, to render service to their “ South
ern friends,” and to bring to pass a
humiliating revolution, in the direction
of compromise and for the prolongation
of the doonied life of slavery and the
pro-slavery party of the country. In
these States they built their nests and
brooded over the eggs, that were' to
hatch out into formidable movements.
With the help of the mistakes and re
verses which are unavoidable in-all great,
wars, aided by panics in the commercial,
world, and by speculators in the precious,
metals, supported by the popular vote
as previously given iri these States, they
expected to develop their faction into a
powerful party of malignahts, andgreatly
to'embarrass, if not wholly to discomfit
the loyal, the brave and the good of the
land. .
: it is' in the light of these great expec
tations that we - read and estimate' the
recent elections in each of these doubtful
States. We rejoice in results which-are
so subversive of these expectations.- New
York has just decided, hy a generous ma
jority, to allow her soldiers in the' field
to vote —a measure which settles the
policy of that State," so far as the broad
principles for which, we are contending
.are concerned. Only two towns in that
State are known, at this writing, to havC
voted against the amendment. The
votes of a corrupt city will hot hbrCafter
.suffice to. place over an unwilling State
a- half-hearted man, who quails before a
mob, or pets them, from political consid
eration, as his. “ friends.” ' New Hamp
shire, which gave last year a majority
for the Union of less than six hundred,
-f.,- • ~• -i ' V _ a... • u fcW+Sirtf :
very decided position, as was hoped by
some and feared by others, astonished
both parties by rolling up A ten-fold
greater majority for the Union than she
gave last year. Gov. Gillmorfe has been
re-elected by a majority approaching sik
thousand ; ten of the twelve State Sena
tors are republicans, with a majority ‘in
the House, on the same side, of eighty
Representatives. A single 1 election' 1 in:
one, of ,the leading townships : of 'New
Jersey, last week, shows even 'more de
cided Union gains, And may, we think,
he viewed as indicating the- improved,
state of feeling prevalent in that Com
monwealth 'f ;
We see in these elections indications
of the settled feeling of the North.
While the fierce enthusiasm which burst
out with the opening of the war, arid:
which died away in the gigantic failure
of the Peninsula campaign of 1862, wfis
followed by A not unnatural'reaction,
the sober second thought ofthe.people,
fostered by the discreet etiurse tif 'the?
President, steadily gains in depth and
determination, and accepts with-calm
ness the great responsibilities of this
conflict as appointed by an overriding
mysterious arid beneficent Providence.
In 1861 the disloyal of the North fell
upon a rock and were broken ; in 1863
and 1864 the rock falls them and
is grinding them to powder:
PROM OUR ROCHESTER OORRESPON
DENT.
A slight change in the order of ser-.
vices lias been pleasantly inaugurated
in the , Central Church of this city,-
Rev. F. F. Ellinwood’s. The object
was two-fold; first, to secure, if possi
ble,.a greater promptness in attendance,
upon church; and. secondly, a hiorC'
general sense of responsibility and A'
deeper interest in respect to all its ex
ercises. To this end the congrgation
were specially invited and urged' all to
he in'their places at the moment ap- :
pointed for beginning the service, and
then after a brief voluntary on the or
gan, all to stand and join in the first-ex
ercise, which is the singing of that grand
old stanza,
“ Praise God from whom all blessings flow,*Ac.
Next comes the invocation by the
minister, the entire bongregation still
Standingreverently bowing their heads.
THE LATE ELECTIONS.
ORDER OF SERVICES.
Genesee Evangelist, INTo. 030.
Then follow'thc reading of the Scrip
tures and a voluntary i»y t- 1 ® choir, the
congregatiori sittijig. Next prayer,
then notices,fand then a familiar hymn,
sung to a fanjiliar tune, in which all the
congregation are specially requested to
join, .w/bile .standing. It is “against
the law;’' minister to select, any
thing but a familiar hymn at this sing-,
dng, or :for the choir to sing anything
fcutia tune in, which all can ordinarily;
join- : , ■-
|By givi ugiout that all the congrega
tion ar.e, expected thus to unite in the
opening service, it is already seen that
Some of the ijardy ones have been quick
ened- —a larger number are in their
places in good season, and seem to take
an. increased interest in the services,
even from jthe start, feeling .evidently
that there is.something for them to do, as
well as to and hear. The change
is not great er violent, and so far seems
to work well. The same order prevails,
we believe, in the Second Presbyterian
Church, of Cincinnati. Although we
have long used this grand old doxology
for a closing, rather than an opening;
service, yet it is hot necessarily of .thej
nature of a dismission, arid in spite of a
little awkwardhessjat first, we can soon
get used to it; and if it secures the
double end confeihplated, —greater
punctuality and a ’ deeper interest inj
the services of the sanctuary, no one
can regret the change.
TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT IN SYRACUSE,
The ball is;still rolling. The quick
ening on the subject of temperance, of
which we have spoken, has extended to
Syracuse. , A series of temperance
meeting; has . been held in the City
Hall, new interest has been
awakened in regard : to the prodigious
evils ofintemperance and the imperative
necessity of doing something, if possi
ble, to cheek those evils. The plan of.
a society ha.s been adopted, with a tee
total pledge, engaging the members npt
onlyto abstain themselves from the use,
manufacture or sale of intoxicating li
quors as but also to strive to
prevent, and example, intem!-
noli ti -
cal influence also in such a waytopro--
mote the desirable ends.
.Ac. :u; tee of one from each relig
ious speitip' in Syracuse, was appointed
to circulate the pledge, and procure
-funds to : on the society’s opera
tions. A Lecture committee has alsp
been apppjnted, by which we understand
'that worli is meant, hard work, aggres
sive, and. lejrsevering. Great good, we
trust, wil Be accomplished; ahd as the
ball se'enii' tb be rolling this way, we
hope tha
experience
same sus
IRdchestef too, will, ere long,
a grand quickening on the
set. Surely there is need, if
idge from the inebriety which
Iy greets us, with its bloated
we may j
almost at
we pass up and down our
visage, a
streets. ••
But'sdj
e will tell us that the temper
‘iuation has been pretty thor
ried already, and still there
he as much drunkertness~as
tyhat is the use of further effort;
iVoction ? " We answer, has not
ierance movement saved thou
fellow mortals from all the hor
m intemperate life and a drunk
aath? Has it not paid already
,he effort made ? By continued
iv'may we not save thousands
And is there any other way ?
anee reft
oughly 5
seems
ever, so
in that
the ten
rors of]
ards’s
for all
A GOOD THING IN ADAMS.
Tfiiough the munificent liberality of
4 h3®§ leading citizens, the pleasant
off Adams, in Jefferson County,
peritoijeßsed with a first class eduea
i.- institution. General Solon D.
Sur Torford offered some time since to
give a suitable building for such, a pur
pose! valued at. $13,500, provided the
citi? ms V° u ? d raise ® 10 ) 000 t( ward an
end iwment. The young and earnest
pas or o||he Presbyterian church, Kev.
Gr. y, Mackie, and other citizens, took
holjl of t&e enterprise with a will, and
the amount has been secured, and an
application for a charter made to the
the University. It is to be
called, i| ;: honor of the principal donor,
the “ IjCuhgerford Collegiate Institute.’ 7
The large and fine building thus,
given,'is already prepared, or nearly
so, for occupancy; a numerous hoard
of trustees has been appointed, and
with a coinpetent Principal, and a suit
able staff of assistants, we do not see
why ttis beautiful village may not at
once have' one of the largest and best
schools to be found in any part of the
State. Adams is a beautiful milage, of
some three thousand inhabitants, on
the railway,,sixty miles north of Rome,
and ten miles south of “Watertown.
Long may her new school flourish' and
do all for her .prosperity which her:
most sanguine anticipations fiave ima
gined. ■ ;
COMPLIMENTARY,
The Rev. Simon J. Humphrey has
been dismissed from the pastoral charge
of, the First Congregational Church of
Beloit, Wis„ to accept the appointment
of the American Board of Foreign Mis
sions, as District Secretary for the
North-west, to reside in Chicago. The
action of the church in reluctantly part
ing with their beloved minister, and of
the Convention by which he was dis
missed, are highly complimentary to
Mr; Humphrey, and show that he is
just the man for the new and responsi
ble post which he is to occupy. The
resolutions of the Convention express;
the highest respect and esteem for Mr,
Humphrey, as an able, scholarly, judi
cious man, and a devoted Christian,
affectionately commending him to the!
confidence of the churches in that im-;
portant and interesting field, as one
everyway peculiarly qualified for the 1
work to which lie is now-called.
ENLARGEMENT.
The independent Congregational
Church, in the pleasaiit village of Fair
port, ten miles east of Rochester, are
about to enlarge and improve their
house of worship, by an addition of
some sixteen feet to itß length, and by
a Lecture room upon the rear. The
people of this plebsUnt society seem to
he takiiig hold of the- enterprise with a
good degree of spirit, and intend to ef
fect a substantial and lasting improve!-;
ment. Success attend them. ’.. ;
FRUIT TREES,
Few, pbrhaps, realize what an enor- :
mious nursety -business is Carried on in
and around Rochester. It is said that
three-fifths of all the nursery trade of
the United States is 1 transacted in this
city ; that the orders are greater than
ever this year; and that five millions of
Jumes willMprobahlv he- shintrie.d fi’om.thta
point-urn tn«jng,-' lu rariuu.^2p CTT -OTrbr i iare~
country and to Canada. Extensive as!
our nurseries are, the demand threatens
to be greater than the supply. Those
who want fruit!trees must send sopnTor
go without.
REVIVAL. IN LEROY.
The blessed work of grace in this
place, of which to, made mention last
week, is thought to; be ■ spreading and
deepening. It commenced in the Meth
odist church, under the labors of a most
excellent , pastor, , and has extended to
other denominations. Rev. Mr. Ellin
wood, ever ready, even beyond his
strength, to help in every good word
and work, has gone up to spend a few
days this week, to preach in the Pres
byterian church. It is confidently be
lieved that a large number, especially pf
Rochester, March 11, 1864.
Ptu'S ni mt
Donations, '&c. — Rev. Henry A. Ros
siter of the. First Church Grocneastlc,
Ind., acknowledges through the Herald.
a donation of §lOO from his people. ——
Rev. J- Conrad, of Blue Earth, Minn.,
tells the Herald of a donation visit in
that remote region, netting him over
§6O. —The Church and Congregation
in Augusta, 111., have recently paid their
debts of about $BOO, procured a musical
instrument for the Church, added §2OO
to the salary of their pastor, and have
made him a handsome donation.:——
'■Within a few months the Church of
South Orange, N. J., has discharged its
entire indebtedness, contributed about
$1,500 to objects of benevolence, made
a present of $2OO to a pastor, 'Rev.
J. Allen Maxwell, and defrayed the
usual church expenses. The First
Church in South Bergen, New Jersey,
founded 1856, have recently paid an in
debtedness of $8,400. They have , a
good habit of paying the pastor’s salary
quarterly in advance. —— Rev. George
Spaulding, of Tyrone, acknowledges
through the Evangelist, a donation from
his people, which did not at all surprise
him, of $126.
Mr. James W. Coleman was ordained
and installed pastor of the church of
Darien, Conn., a new Presbyterian en-
- TOEUMMS.
By mail, $2.00 per annum, in advance.
** “ 2.60 “ “ after 3 months.
By carrier, 50 cents additional for delivery.
Ten or more papers sent by mail to one
church or locality, or in the city to one address
By mail, $1.60 per annum.
By carriers, 2.00 '* «
To save trouble, club subscriptions must
commence at the same date, be paid strictly in.
advance, in a single remittance, for which one
receipt will be returned.
Ministers and Ministers’ Widows supplied at
club rates. Some missionaries at $1 per annum*
Postage. —Five cents quarterly in advance,
to be paid by subscribers at the office of de
livery.
terprise in the border of New England,
on Sabbath, March 6th. Rev. F. W.
Williams presided, Rev. H. B. Smith,
D. D., preached the sermon, Rev. J.
Spaulding gave the charge to the pastor,
and Rev. J. B. Waterbury. D. D., that
to the people.
. The Stamford Churoh, also in Con
necticut, has recently lost, by resigna
tion, its pastor, Rev. Dwight K. Bartlett,
under circumstances far more honorable
to preacher than people, if the follow
ing from the Hartford Religious Press
be correct:
Rev. Mr. Bartlett, of the Presbyte
rian Church in Stamford, preached his
farewell discourse to that people on Sab
bath, February 14th. Reason why he
left; because secessionism fettered the
pulpit. A large number of the church
in favor of slavery, but a small
clique have always contrived to make
the church look pro-slavery-ward, and
could not stand anjr other polities in the
pulpit- than the Union as it was and Die
Constitution as it is, and the least up
holding of the Government- possible,
and less favor, prayer for, or kindness
toward the black man.: .
The Mercer Street Church, N. Y.,
nobly maintains, as yet, its down town
position. From the. late annual dis
course of the pastor, Rev. R. R. Booth,
it appeaM>tibeaVsl4;oOC(,iiaye Men con
tributed by the congregation to various
benevolent caused ■„ during the year.
This is exclusive of a, collection ©f
sl,loo, made before the sermon, for the
United States Christian Commission.
$2,000 have been added to. the salary of
the pastor, wlijeh is paid quarterly, ip
advance. :
Ordination of a Chaplain for; thi
Corps d’Afrique by the Buffalc
Presbytery.-—An. interesting ordina
tion 'service took' place on Monday,
March 7, at the La Payette Street
; Church, Buffalo. The Buffalo Presby
tery, having convenedfor that purpose
solemnly set apart Rev. Benjamin F.
Randolph, (colored) for the office of
the ministry. Mr. R. has been for
some time past the principal of the
colored school in .this city, and we
learn, has been highly esteemed as a
teacher. Previous to his employment
here, he spent some time as a student
at Oberlin. He now proposes to de
vote himself to a chaplaincy in the
as soon as an opening
such work, that the hon
forred his ordination.. The invocation,
reading of the scriptures and prayer
were by Rev. Joel F. Bingham. The
ordination sermon, which presented
■plainly and earnestly the doctrines of
tbe church, was by Rev. Dr. Chester,
Moderator of the Presbytery. Dr.
Chester put to the "candidate the usual'
constitutional question's. Rev. Dr.
Seacock made the ordaining prayer,
Rev. Dr. Clarke gave the charge, and
Rev. Dr. Smith pronounced the bene
diction.. Among the ministers present
and assisting in the service, waß Rev.
Dr. Stillman, Stated, Clerk of the Pres
bytery. The occasion was one of
much interest and solemnity. —Buffalo
Advocate.
The Mew Church Edifice at Mew
Albany, Ind., Eev. W. S. McCarer pas
tor, was with.
Mew Albany Journal,
of the finest public buildings in the
State:
Genesee.
The material is brick, handsomely
stuccoed; the style composite, Morin an
prevailing. Its greatest length is
about one hundred feet, and its breadth
in front of the towers 67 feet and back
of the towers, 60 feet. The front of
the building is flanked by two towers,
respectively 90 and 180 feet high. The
basement is elevatod some two feet
above the level of the ground, with »'
cellar under nearly the whole building,,
makiiig it perfectly , dry. The base
ment is divided into' six rooms, a lec
ture-room, which will accommodate
450 persons, two Bible Class rooms, am
Infant, school room, a Parlor and Pas
tor’s study. The main Audience Boom,
which is reached by four flights of
stairs, is 70 by 58 feet, and is designed
to seat comfortably about 700. persons.
There are 140 pews. The music gallery
is self-sustained, baying a handsomely
curved front of paneled work of white
oak, white pine and black walnut.
The pulpit recess: iB a beautiful arch
surrounded by elaborate moulding.
The platform is elevated only about
two feet from the floor, and the pulpit
itself is composed of white and slightly
shaded marble, the base and crown
being darkest, and was .the- gift of .Mr.
M. A. Lawrence, of this city. It is a
magnificent piece of sculpture, valued
at $5OO. The arched windows are of
the richest stained glass, the prevailing
colors of which are ruby, purple and
blue, which give the whole-room an ex
ceedingly gorgeous appearance.. The
organ, which is one of the finest in th*
West, we have already described. It
was purchased of the celebrated manu
facturers, W. B. Simmons* Co., Boston,
and cost about eighteen hundred dol
lars.
Oli TXBS.