PRESBYTERIAN Caveat entptor ; eave;tt aggus ; nil sine mom et eapientia.—Anon. Yes, let the purchaser beware ; the sage Show caution too ; ; not rapid to engage: 'Without reflection and a just delay ! • Even wisdom's self may miss the wiser way. Reflect ; all probable well ascertain, Then do the thing that's right that 'may with joy remain! It is a proverb of 13.0110FL4ESTINA LENTE ; make baste slowly: another, let well enough alone I All change is peril ous; and is to be preferred—ONLY 'FOR TIM BETTER. But who knows what BETTER will prove such, in future years? Let the past instruct us. Our present, through the wondrous favor of God, is full of encouragement and comparative satisfaction. Our mutual kindness and correspondence, with the other branch, arc pro tanto at once exemplary and commendable,. as well as useful. We arc fraternally pleased with it ; cordially glad of it. Yet, let us be content with so much, till VERY CERTAINLY ASSURED that organized re-union would be true and permanent melioration, in all rela tions a solid benefit and a lasting good! The state of our country in many ways, and other causes at work, inci dental as Well as normal and ecclesiasti cal, make our present status very pecu liar, if not utterly unique. One fact= the strange and remarkable lull and . just reticence now observable. and ob , served,especially by thoie who remember the facts of history for half a century ; the suspension, me may rather call of all theological controversy ; especially on points of difference in the theology, and the theosOphy of the two branches. ,Wc want, no more severities, such as the name of our excellent brother 13.A.axiss, now the favorite, so justly; of your city of, Brotherly Love, by neces . city re-suggests to our memories. . For .one, I can say that, in genera, I am, and on principle, ever was, wholly in favor" of union ; unity of the Spirit and the bond of peace. I deprecated, prayed, acted, spoke, preached, printed, all—against division only ! ButH;When it came, I said, "Alai! the day:. The rupture of our nation folloWs in, its wakel" So it is now. And were we 'to consummate a re-union, immatiirely, I solemnly and confidently opine that our characteristic tranquility in these relations, would soon cease. There are elements, now below the surface, which would soon re-appear: and another theologieci-civil war be iprung on our doting and dreamy confidence. 'We have no certificate of the continuance of this calm in Our e,cclesiastical atmos phere ; this estival serenity, which, if it le our present characteristic at large, 'will probably, or very surely, continue not ; perhaps IT OUGHT NOT to COD Hence, 4VO must not mistake it for a permanency—since this it is not ; this it will not be ; it cannot remain in Our * country, in our age, in our relations!' Now, When theologies and controversy come again into motion and note; my own 'conviction is': that the interests of the truth, as it is in Jesus, would rather suffer; in many ways, than prosper, by the contemplated union ! 'Hence, 1 for one, and many others, desire it not— convinced *that wisdom so persuades ns. All this, to some, may seem strange. , I have ever been sincerely desirous,' and actively in some degree distinguished, for resisting, deprecating, abhoiTing, these:measurei—ineffably bad. enough ! —that made us two. But—now- we are two. Others did it; not I; not we! Now it is done.; a thing of the past. - Our circumstances, our, :relations, Our duties even, are changed! Were :all men, too, like some men—such, for ex ample, as the late wise and affectionate Dr. Miller, of Princeton ; like the benign and truly Jovely Dr. Tustin ; like the learned, the distinguished, the polished D i . Sprague ; like—many more whom we could delight to name; in contrast, inevitable, with some othersr,-whem we wish neither to name. nor remember :* that is, were persons and things differ ent ; .were they better than they are; were they good and wise as they might be ; our present counsels and prefer ences were not as they now are, and tomust remain—with : entire conviction of eir truth 1, All - All the wiser, the older, the better sted, of our general church, our con 4,fititutional "Branch," with whom it is 1.. . b3 y privilege to confer, somewhat ex tensively, have one, and the same way pf thought _and feeling on: the topic. Some few, indeed, in our church at large, two fast characters—too fast.; and these ;too probably may—l pray THEY MAY NOT I—move or tempt some premature action in our Assembly, at Dayton, next menth. IPerhaps I may see cause.to add more, in this connection, before I close these numbers—adding here: SEir Let us all attempt, and pray, and think, and. act, and tigiffer, if we mnst i ,m,o,re' for CIIRIST, our 'blessed Saviourl...hoping for a work of s6urid -andintelligent-revival ; for the progress of his cause ; for the conversion of souls by millions; for the ascendancy of his glorious truth, the whole of it, in its purity, harmony, fullness, power:, to his own glory, even in these troublous times! SAMUEL . H.kNSON COX. IsTEw Yonx, April 14, 1864. eglitgeo gable. Measri. Man and Nature ; or Physical : Geography as Modified: by Human Ac tion. By George P. Marsh. New York : Chas. Scribner. Bvo. With Index. pp. 560. A most interesting class of facts are grouped 'together in this. Volume. The wonderful activity and great influence of man, in affecting the external ap pearance of our globe, is exhibited by illustrations drawn from almost every country and every age. After an, intro ductory chapter, in which the causes of physical decay are discussed, and the possibility of restoration by a judicious exercise of our skill is considered, the author proceeds to state, in successive chapters, the influence of man on the vegetable or animal species, on the woods, on the waters and on the sands, and concludes with a chapter on " projected or possible geographical changes by man," including the BUez Canal, the proposed canal across the Isthmus of Darien, &c. Among the' topics of interest spoken of in these chapters, :are : Pisciculture; effect of the Destruction of the Forest on cli mate ; Draining; Artesian Wells; the value of Dunes .or mounds of ,sand on the sea shore; and scores of others equally interesting and valuable. The merit of the work. is not in any high scientific character, but rather ia = the' spread of. valuable information;.-accepta ble to the general intelligence of oda . , cated,ohserving and thinking men. EX tended,researckland a skillful selection and arrangement of vast materials, pre sented.in perspicuous and happy man ner, are characteristics which rank commend the _volume to general aceep- Canoe: is getup.in handsome style by the publisher. Price $3,50. HEADLEY, J. T: - The Chaplains and Clergy of the 'Revolution. By J. T. Headley, author of " Washington and his Generals," etc. New York : C. Scribner. 12mo, pp. 402. The prominent part, taken by the, clergy of this country during thetrans-' actions leading to the Revolution, and in the course of the war itself; calls for some connected account of their servi , Mr. Headley has made patient search and has gathered a very valuable collection of facts r a large part, of which, are entirely new to the reading public. Family papers and traditions, old' pamphlets and letters in antiquarian societies, with other like materials have been consulted, and much that is inter esting and valuable in the life of the clergy, and the pastors of our cpuntry , in those tryina. periods is brought to light. , The readiness of the clergy, per, sonally to bear their full part ,in the, suffering and peril of the times is fully exhibited. in no age have the Minis try shown themselves unwilling to give practical demonstration of the sincerity of their devotion to a cause, which they, considered just, and for which they have couaselted, their fiocks to make f sacri-, fices. Of coarse, Mr. Headley has given - us. a very picturesque, readable book. Neither the author nor his topics would, allpw.us to expeCt anything else. Few men, as a class,furnish more interesting materials for sketches than the clergy ‘. of our country. Connect them with. the stirring period of the Revolition, and you have a field of double interest. Besides brief notices, there are ex tended sketches of the revolutionary career of thirty-four • ministers, in the volume, including such tames as Duche, Muhlenberg, William Tennent, Bishop White, Timothy Dwight, Joel Barlow, Dr. 'Witherspoon, John 'Rogers, George Duffield, and many others less known. It Will be seen that the book fills an important vacancy in giving the reli gious element of that great struggle for independence. s NED'S MOTTO; or Little by Little, by the author of "Tony Stair's Legacy," &o. New York : R. Carter ifc Bros. 18mo. pp. 339. Philadelphia : for sale at the. Presbyterian Beek Store. This may be truly reckoned among first-class books for the young. The 'chief character in the story Ned, is represented as the son of 'a captain killed in _this war, who, though a child, manfully contends against the pres sure of want into which the family are brottght - by the sad event; bnceu raged by the cordial sympathy of the neighbors, and acting patiently on the motto : Little by little. Admirable les sons of patriotism and high moral prin ciple are inculcated in the genial and animated style of the writer. Itivi. The Golden Cense : Thoughts on the Lord's Prayer. By John S. Hart, L.L. D. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of. - Publication. 12nio. pp. - Pl4. Extra bind= ing, - recl edges. 750.. The author" und.er a sqnse-pf the self. evident divinity of the Lord's prayer, has written a series of meditations upon the various petitions of that wonderful tz; 17 1 ;" i - vr.r: t• e - .1 - .? .."TAGAISITMT - Lip 13 IL I;1 • THURSDAY,:. APRIL 28, 1864. and inexhaustible composition, calcula ted to convey some of his own views and feelings to the reader. The relation of the prayer to the' Ten Command ments, and the piactical wisdom of the specific petitions are among the inter esting points of the discussion. Some excellent devotional hymns, from ancient and modern sources, are introduced, which add much to the value of the volume, which is brought out in very . , handsome style by the Board. MAGAZINES AND PAMPIILETS. RS3TERSON. A Plea for the Brethren, of the. Lord. By Rev. Robert Patterson, D. D, Pastor of the First Reformed Presbyterlan Chureh, Chicago. : -This is an earnest discourse in behalf of the Freedmen, based upon broad and Christian principles. THE BIBLIOTHECA 'SACRA for April contains : Genuineness, of the Fonith Gospel; Charles Wesley and Methodist, Hymns Hymns • Author of the Apocalypse; Final ; of Varieties; Phil. 3, 11, and Rev. 20 : 4; Rise and Progress of. Monasticism ; Egyptology; Oriental Tra vel and Discovery; Notices of NCw Publications; Recent German Theologi cal Literature. STATE OP THE BOOK TRADE.—Chiks Circular for April 15th. says : The re-' salts of the recent trade' sales in this city and fn New York indicate a mpst flourishing conOtion of the trade.. may to some seem difficult to account for the prosperous state of the trade,, while the country is engaged in a civil strife which one`-' would'suppo'se 'would have the effect of - draining and absorb ing, or of diverting, its resources, as . well as of restricting the domestic market.' But, instead of a depression 'of the bdok business, we have a greatly increased activity. The war itself has added a new and imposing department to our . literature. lloreover, the very restlebil noes and the cravings, of the, times•MaY lead the public to seek enjoyment in hooka: But; Whatever the may;solution be, the fact is so, that the book-trade never before appeared to be so prosper ous. At the trade sale in this city, the sales were larger and the prices were better than for many years before, though there were no invoices from several of the Ne,w.York houses. We have the same favQrable report to make of the New York trade sale. REMARKABLE. AUTTIORS.—Among the literary celebrities of Paris, is a - Mlle. Judith Ga,utier, the eldest daughter of M. Th`eophile Gautier. -Her ',contribu tions have been translations of Chinese poems. She is profoundly versed in the Chinese language and literature, and, sheds"not yet twenty years old !—Mr. H. G. Bolin ' the well known London publisher,who has done so much to popu larizetood English literature by selling it at a price, which brings it within -the means .of all w read,., after having gehieved a fortunnis about to relinetiSh blisiness. Mr. Bohies-various "Libra ries," containing between six and seven hundred volumes, sold at about one-fifth of the, usual prices =of such standard ,workspare.a memorial of his tact and sagacity. Several Of the volumes Were edited, some were translated, and two or three'were written by himself.—Tbe Duke of Argyle, one of the Palmerston cabinet, is said to have written the arti cle in the last number of the North British Review," on Renan's " Vie de Jesus" . LAMARTINE'S LATE WITE.---FrOM the Paris' correspon den t of Childs' Circular, we learn that a sketch of the life of this lady has , just been published in that city, which tells.the world something ;of her domestic life: . She copied with her own hand of her', husband's works, except,;. " ; Les ; GirondinS : " All of the "copy' : ' supplied the printer is in her, hind; she kept the great poet's own manuscript' as some' precious 'treasure, whieh:she knew posterity would value as highly ,as, she did. He wrote the poem "Jocelyn" in a large album which; he used for an aeount:book: The' ob: verse face of the leaves contained" the accounts' of the laborers in lig i yards, the reverse was cpvered with poetry. After the poem was completed and negotiations with a publisher car ried to successful issue, M. de Lamar tine, •pointing to the album as he mount ed his,horse to .make one . of hie usual long excursions, asked his wife to send it to the printer. She opened it, and seeing, at first, nothing but the accounts of the laborers in the vineyard, thought there must be some mistake. She ex amined further and found :the reverse face of every leaf contained " Jocelyn." She latighed, took the alb . = to her sec retary, and resolutely' set to work to copy the poem. M. de Lamartine thought his work: in the publisher's hands„uiatil a week afterwards, when, :as they were sitting down to breakfast, she gave him the album and the un blotted manuscript Of "Jocelyn!' The. poet was so deeply touched, he took a pen and wrote the .three dedicatory strophes to Maria Anna Eliza, which are to be found on the first page of that work. FRENCH AUTHORS.—The sixth volume of M. Guizot's memoirs have appear ed. - M. Gaizot is busily engaged writ ing a 'reply to M. Renan's "Life of Jesus." By the way, Prince. Albert de Broglie and M. Louis Veuillot are both laboring on similar works; the title of the latter's reply will be, " Our Lord Jesus Christ." M. Renan has published a popular edition of his novel; the price is twenty-five sous. He has omitted from this edition the introduction, the notes, and the "passages likely to pro duce misunderstanding, or which requir ed long explAnations." He says in the brief,-preface: "I .have obtained by thßse,supprpssioyis a result which i$ not. less.recious to me" ; , 4o re than_ • n httte" regrgieed c e6 *. aff would infinitely have liked to please, turned away from the persual of a book of which some pages would have been LITERARY ITEMS neither without charm - nor fruit to them. I believe that 'a - great many. true Christians will find nothing to wound theni in this small volume.' A SINOULAR TRIAD; of • more interest to writers of fiction 'than • others, has just been, decided in Franc,e. The cora plaint wai made an a Surgeon named Triquet, against an author who has._ in troduced'as one of the characters in , a novel, a surgeon of the same name, whci is presented as one of those tigers with a medical diploma, who delight to cut and slash and hack and hew poor writhz ing, screaming humanity. The real Triquet took great offence at the novel ist (who never heard of his existence) bestowing the name of Triquet upon such a character. The surgeon brought suit abd claimed, not only the suppression:of the name in the story, - but $lO,OOO by way of damages. If this claim had been admitted, literary men would have been placed in an awkward position. For it is not only one of the, most*lfteult feats in the world to invent a new`name, but there is not a name which can be invent ed by = the . most imaginative writer which may not be found on somebody's certificate of baptism. Washington Ir ving probablY thought, when he invent ed the ludicrous name of poor Ichabod Crane, that' no.mortal would ever stum ble at a baptismal font upon such a droll combination of letlers, still, everybody • • knows the United States Army List .bore this very name upon its roll. Dick ens's Uriah Heap is another one of thOse names which; seem' , stamped with the image and, superscription of a novelist pressed for a rogue's name ; the " Lon don Times" of a week or two since con tained a paragraph. about a flesh-and blood U,riah Heep. : The court decided that the plaintiff had no ground of ac flan. PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY IMPERFECT . =A Photolithographic copy of the folid'edi tion of Shaks - pe0re,1623, is now in pro a oi - resd, of Whieh - a writern the London, t,. Examiner says :." The plan is to.produce in the orignal, form, as nearly as, may be, by help of Plitit:o'giaphir,. a lithographed foe-simile o . the first folio. This is to 'be issued. i .sixteen ; half - guineaparts, of which t e first is now before us. It is a beautiful piece of work z and will al ways be an ornament to any library,. as well as for most practical purposes; .a sufficient Substitute for the original. But a minute, comparison of the re. production with the original con vinees. us .that.'absolute reliance is not yet te be placed upon photography for transmission' of a text in which a vanished hair line will turn e into e, and an unlucky, speck may appear in the shapeof a most unwarranted full stop: In the very Second fine of the text on page 1, of this photo-lithographed fac simile; anle unmistakably defined: in the original appears as a c; the second e in clleere: Three lines lower, the hair line has vanish;ad out of the x iu the word exit ; and in the same column - a speck exactly like a full stop precedes a speak er's ~ is a." Fri All this extract ) iiV.§... a corre• ion* t, the truth of which I - have veri I :d*,'it, results that, unless the copy is'certified as having been carefully ex amined, word' for word,_ with the origi-, nal,and corrected according : to it, at best the photo-lithographic, foe-simile is an unsafe an.thority at?' to the text of the first, folio. , - '.ves, ig.pegai.opot NL ENGLAND ITEMS, About 100 members of the Mass , Legislature joined by others, took a trip to -Plymouth on Fast Day, thus turning into a holiday a period appointed,by the Governor for religiou.s observance. They took two Ministers with the_,, Ref: Messrs: AllAh of "North boro'-,- em,, Sturtevant of Tisbnry, and lattd religious services arquud. -Plymouth _Rock—per haps to ease,their conscience, and - then dined,at thla Samoset Rouse. By order of the Hohse of Representatives the, Clerk is t publishing this week in the Boston daigei:a list of .members -absent at a calt,off, House. On Monday the Eat embraced the names of 134 out Of 240 members. The plan is a good one. Edward Everett's East Tennssee Fund has reached- the sum of $82,791. H. C. Beckwith of Hartford has the finest barn in the country. It cost $20,- 000. and contains $30,000. worth of horses. It is stated that Green ,the Heiden mur derer, will plead guilty at the approach; ing trial and throw himself upon the mercy of the court. Governot Buckingham of. Connecti cut, has contributed all his salary for the last eigh,teen mouths, to the state fund for the benefit of sick and wounded 'soldiers. Rev. 4. S. Abbott is now on a six weeks' trip to the military posts on the Southern coast, to obtain information necessary in.writing his history of the war: ' Misses Mary Williams and Augnsta Eastmann, of Greenfield, have gone as missionories•to the Freedmen, under the direction 1:C - the American Missionary Association... The former is supported by the Secork Congregational Church, and t . he'ltilfer - by a member of that so ciety. A fine portrait of the venerable Dr. Dewey has just been added to the Alumni Hall of Williams College. It was presented by some of his old pupils. Dr. Dewey, (now residing in Rochester, N. Y.,) was one of the: first Professors in the College---baving filled the chair of Natural Science from 1810 to 1827. The Winthrop House in Boston, at the corner of Tie Mont and Boylston streets, was destroyed by fire last week on Wed nesday morning. In the upper story Was the finest masonic. hall in the coun try. All the first class hotels in Boston are TS Wig illefirici%3 l t63l6o" per day from April 15th. Gen. Neal Dow in behalf of the Sani tary Commission gave an address in Tre- mont Temple, Boston; last week on. Friday night on Prison Life at Rich.? mond. • • - ' John Pierpont, .of MM. now a clerk in the Treasury'Department at Wash ingtbn 79 years of age, hits completed a condensation of the mstrnctions to col lectors, reducing fifty-fonr volumes to one, in so satisfactdry a manner as to elicit a complimentary letter from Sec retary Chase. The State Reform School at Munches ter, N. 31., for'. juvenile offenders, has been in operation about seven years, and has now 103 inmates. Four months in each year instruction is given in the common branches, there being two schools, one of boys and the other of girls. The sixth annual examination under the direetion of Brooks Shattuck, Esq., the superintendent, took place March, 30th, and was very creditable to all concerned. DEATH OF WILLIAM D. TIOKNOR : .—The announcement of the death of William D. Ticknor, Esq., senior member of the publishing house of Ticknor Fields, will be received with sadness ,by tips community.Mr.Tickn or left - Boston on the 30th of March, in'company with Mr. Hawthorne, the- author, on a trip South.. Both had been complainingtn. some little time of slight illness, and, both were advised by their medical adviser to seek a change of climate, and they were, therefore, on the way to meet the spring, intending to go as far as,Havana and New Orleans. They had reached Philadelphia, when Mr. Ticknor was taken, suddenly ill on Saturday, with congestion of the lungs, and on the fol lowing morning expired at the Conti nental:Hotel. Mr. Ticknor, atthe time of his death was 53 years, 9 menths and 4 days old. - Be. was a native of Leba non,N.H., whence he came-to Boston at the early age of 14 or 15. He at fttst `went intofbusin'ess' With , h lincle, of the same name, a broker. The:tatter .died yirken young, Ticknor ; ,being ; about 18 years, of age, leaving the, business to lain. He accumulated considerable' property by it. On Christmas, 1832, he married a daughter of Benj. Holt, a , well knowii teacher' in his day. Mr. Ticknor closed his brokerage business, when he was. about 21 years of age, and 'then became 'teller of the old 'Commercial Bank for fabout two years. After that he went into the book business, with which he was connected for the, remainder.pf his life.=-Boston Journal. A persevering young poet in Orre . ans county, Vt., finding no publisher to print his verses, recently learned to set type, and printed and,bouud his poems Himself. • - At a recent meeting of the Presbyte rian church in Greenwich, a vote was taken to let the female membera have the right to vote in all church affairs, and was carried unanimously. • 4. gentleman lately dining in one of. the eating houses in Boston, 'was sup-' glied 'with a generbus Slice of butter, when to the surprise of the: attentive saloon proprietor, he requested to, .have it removed. Upon being assured that it was not rank, he stated that he cir dared it removed - on account of ciples ; that he had concluded not to partake,of butter while the present erbitant prices ruled, the result of = a combination ofmercenary dealers. The proprietor removed the offending article with great respect for the gentleman's conscientious scruples, •and sincerely hoping that many customers would fol low his example, " Wendell Phillips Garrison has accept ed , ed a place on the editorial staff of the Independent, and will enter upon his duties immediately. HiB moral charac ter, fine scholarship, rare independence; and proved power as a writer make him a,valuable acquisition to that paper and to' the profession or journalism: , The above from the Anti-slavery, Standard, indicates growing affinities between the N. Y. Independent and. most radical 'anti slatery men of the Ea,st. The Boston pipers report considera ble damage to shipping by the severe storm of last week. The Spring gales have been of almost unprecedented vio , lance and extent The duration of the gale occasioned a scarcity of fish in the Boston markets, and oysters went up to $4 a gallon. QUAKER EVANGELIST'S GOING TO GREENLAND. A recent number of Riiends' Review, published at Philadelphia,' contains an item of Intelligence that is of interest .to the Moravian Church. It appears that Isaac Sharp, -s :member of the Society of Friends in England, has been commission ed "to pay a religious visit in Green and that Harrison Penny, another member of the Society, has voluntarily offered to be his companion. They ex pected to sail in one of the vessels that leave Copenhagen, about the present season, for the trading posts and mission station of that'country. Such visits of Quaker Evangelists to parts of the world where the Gospel needs support are nottincommon. In the last century they frequently occurred among the Indians of our own land; and on more than one occasion the converts whom Ziesberger and his coadjutors had gather ed into the Church were cheered by the presence and liberal aid of Friends. In the Paxton Insurrection, as is well known,. the Society used all its influence to secure for the Christian Indians the protection of the Government. We doubt not that the two visitors to Greenland will be cordially welcomed by our Missionaries.—Horavian. THAT is the best charity which so re lieves anther's poverty as still COD tinues the . ndustry.—Thomas Fuller. SIN will not long seem gilat 4`llZavy unto any to whom, temptations seem light or small.—John Owen. Atirtrtistnttitts. READY-MADE 'CLOTHING. Wanamaker & Brown, _fine Clothing, Oaks Hall, 18. E. cor. Sixth & Market. Custom Department, IN : o,j.Soutli..B,ixthi Street. T , c\ A ' ,4-11.- C • 5 - 3 - % , / 9i.% TA:REAN xv_ c Sr' DELIBL 1 4 . FOR MARRING LINEN, MUSLIN, SILK, &e, By years of use has proired itself 11133 ZEST, NM* wantavart, MOST RELIABLE MARKING INK In the world Manufactured only by W 11; O • 278 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK. Sir For sale by all Druketts. 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Gillett has done a good work in devoting so must talent and labor to one interesting field of historical re• search, with the view of diffusing a knowledge of oneof the most remarkable men,.and one of the most impos tent movements in ecclesiastical history. There haft been, to our view, few more valuable contributions to our religious literature than these two volumes during the present century. The author of this work takes rank with Sparks, Bancroft, Irving, Prescott, Hopkins and others, who have done so much to exalt the repute, tion of our country in the world of letters by their his= torical productions.—Prineeton Review. A richer contribution to Historical Theology has not been made, either in this country or Europe, for many years, than by these noble volumes.—Theetegieei Eclectic. Fertile as the present age has been in historical works of the highest merits, few of them will rank above these volumes in those qualities which give permanent inter est and value to a history. It is a work which reflects honor on American literature, and adds another name to the noble list of American historians.. 7 —Amer. Presb. and TheoZogiosl Review. THOMPSON BLACK & SON'S Tea Warehouse &Family Grocery Store, NortWest corner of BROAD and CHESTNUT Streets, PHILADELPHIA (Established 35364 A N EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT -OF CHOICR 11, 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, An Elegant Stock of Estey & Green' MELODEONS AND HARMONIUMS. TTPWARDS OF TWENTY DlF yferent kinds, some of which are entirely differen from any other in the market. Also, Cottage Organs, a splendid instrument for churches. Every instru ment warranted. BRUCE & BISBEE, only No.lB North Seventh street, Philade. THE FAMILY TREASURE. TDHIS NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE IS PUBLISHED by DAVID McKINNEY, P. D., and I.N. McKINNEY, in PITTSBURGH, Pa: it is an octavo of 64 pages, double columns, on good paper, with strong paper covers, ,and well executed. It embraces MIMI= Doctrine, Science, Philosophy, and Miscellaneous Liter attire—truly Evangelical and with ,special,sdnptationt to the young. TERMS, in advance, per year, one copy; $2 rthre. copies, $5, ; five' conies, SS; ten Copies, $l5. Each addf tional copy at the primed the.club lu whighit ; ! 9:2lp A ciopyriwithoptcobarge, ,to 'each rwtop.rhoe' con greghti4n Cakes teni6•6pies - of more: A specimen is sent to any person who requestsit with a clew of getting up a list of subscribers. Address D. & I. N. McKINNEY, Pittsburgh, Pa. .932,tf I-1 U S S .
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