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that the increase of circulation will he suffi
cient. with this charge, to meet the addi
tional expense to which we are subject. We
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three or more.' (See advertisement for the
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pecially by our ministerial brethren, whose
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priations for boohs.
DR. SHEDD ON CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE
For four new subscribers and the pay, $lO.
in advance, we will send, post paid, the new
and valuable work of Dr. Shedd, of Union
Theological Seminary, New York, on the
History of Christian Doctrine, in 2 vols. Bvo.,
price $6. This great work is now in the third
■edition, and would prove a most welcome
addition to a minister’s library.
CO.WBRARB AND BQWSON’S CAP I.
For five new subscribers and $12,50. in ad
vance we will send, post paid, a copy of this
standard popular. work, indispensable to
every student of the life and epistles of the
great apostle.
JOHN BUSS AND HIS TIMES.
Wo aro still sending this great work, writ
ten in the fresh graphic style of Mr. Gillett
in response to orders from those procuring
new subscribers, and have more copies to be
disposed of in the same way. Sent for four
subscribers, and the pay, $lO, in advance.
DOMESTIC STATUS OF SLAVES,
We are not surprised to see our [
V Southern brethren” on this subject
Wincing under the scorn of the Chris
tian world. The Harmony Presbytery
has recently adopted six distinct recom
mendations reported by the “ Commit
tee on the religious instruction of the
Colored people.” The first four recom
mendations relate to the duty of Chris
tian masters to secure the attendance
Of their negroes upon public worship, to
erect chapels on their plantations, to as
semble them for morning and evening
prayers. <£c. The fifth is, That some
measure be adopted by Presbytery in re
gard to the baptism of children of relieving
parents; aud the sixth, That the Pres
bytery exert all the influence possible
to render sacred and prominent the mar
<riage relation between tbe colored peo
ple, and especially among the members
of the Church. Wo think in relation to
the fifth, that tho Presbytery will he
puzzled to adopt any Scriptural order
which does not involve a confession of
parental ownership of the child. The
sixth is inanifostly. impracticable under
tho chattel system. Hence all such pi
ous purposes are a farce until slavery is
.eliminated from the theology of the men
wh oput them forth.
The Price or Gold has declined
about 25 per cent, in ten. days, On
Monday afternoon, it touched 236 in
this city, but rallied to 288. This de
cline results from the cessation of ex
ports of gold, and the capture of Fort
Morgan, with a general feeling of con
fidence in the -militarysituation. In
stead of sending gold abroad wc shall
not be surprised to see it returning upon
us at no distant day, so groat and con
tinuous is the continental demand for
our national stocks. The American
people will gain new confidence in the
-credit of their Government, at this speo
taole of confidence on the part of strang
-o <Ori Tuesday, the decline continued,
aud at 12 o’clock M. tho price was .3-.
REMARKABLE PIECE OP INTELLI-
When bad news for the North crosses
the water, even the newspapers friendly
to our cause seem to lose their wits and
insert the wildest stories of rebel suc
cesses. Take the following from tho
American summary of a late number of
tho “ Banner of Ulster
To add to their successes, the Confederates
had defeated the Federal General Wallace,
burnt the residence of the Governor of
Maryland, and captured two rams, 'besides tak
ing General Pemberton and his staff prisoners.
. Wo have no doubt Gen. Early cap
tured some “ rams” in Maryland, but of
the pastoral rather than the aquatic
sort, two of which would furnish little
matter for boasting in trans-atlantic re
ports. Wc suppose the Union General
Franklip is meant, instead of the rebel
victim of Gen. Grant at Vicksburg.
It is in vain to hope for a healthy
state of opinion in Great J3rit§in when
such gross and absurd distortions of our
affairs pass curront oven in the columns
of friendly journals.
INDEPENDENT METHODISTS.
This name has been assumed by seve
ral churches, beginning with that of
Eev. Dr. H. Mattison, of New York. A
Methodist church in Cincinnati, lias re
cently gone over to them. Their pecu
liarities are the independence of each
individual church as to its property, its
business, tho choice of its pastor and
the tenure of his continuance ; dispens
ing with bishops, presiding ciders and
ordained deacons; welcoming Calvinists
and Arminians alike to membership;
liberty of choice respecting the mode of
baptism; recommending, but not enjoin
ing attendance upon class meetings.
From the name adopted, wo suppose
there must be some Methodist feature re
maining to this new connection, but wc
do not exactly sec it.
- $3 00
- 2 50
- 150
Government Stocks Abroad.— The
Paris correspondent of the New York
Times says that in Frankfort-on-the-
Main more American stocks are bought
and sold in one day than of all the Eu
ropean stocks combined.
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES AS AN IN
VESTMENT.
There is one view of investments in Go
vernment stocks which has not been gene
rally taken. If taken by shrewd capitalists
and speculators, it has not been generally
considered by the people. It is this: When,
after a long suspension, specie payments are
resumed, all stocks andallprioes immediately
and largely decline, but Government stocks do
not materially decline. This fact we assert on
the ground of historical experience. It is true
that in the War of 1812-15 Government
stocks fell, at one time,, to GO; but most of
the banks were then suspended or bankrupt,
and there was comparatively little currency
in the country to buy stocks with. But
suppose the gold value of Government stocks
were this day 60, (the lowest they, were ever
till now sold at,) the market yalue at the
present rate of gold would be 135,- while in
fact the stocks are Billing below 105. Sup
posing then, that the?market price of Go
vernment securities were, by the resumption
of specie payments, to go down to 70 in
July, the decline would be 85 on 105, equiva
lent to 33J per cent., while the decline on a
railroad stock would be nearly or quite equal
to the whole present difference between gold
and paper. A common railroad stock, Sell
ing now at 105, would decline to 55; or,-in'
the best supposable case, to 60. This is illus
trated by the history of every suspension of
specie payment, we have had, and there are
many business men who will recollect what
the prices of produce, stocks and all saleable
commodities were-after the, commercial re
vulsions of 1837 and 1839-40.. In 1841, ’42
and ’43, prices were reduced to a degree
how scarcely credible. But Government stocks
did not fall materially. - On tho contrary, it
is a settled principle deduced from all expe
rience in England and this country, that
Government funds do not fluctuate to the same
extent as other kinds of property. Thero is good
reason for it. The time, rate of interest, and
security are all fixed and permanent. There
may be some variations in the market price,
owing to the greater or less bulk of the
entire currency, but there can be none in
the intrinsic value; and hence it is, that his
torically the fluctuations in the value of Go
vernment stock have beon comparatively
small. In all the recent-commercial fluctua
tions of England (in some of which there
has been a complete prostration of all other
property), the variation in British consols
has not beon over five or six per cent. This
cannot be said of any other kind of stock.
Of railway and bank stoeks the great varia
tions and at times wonderful depreciations
are notorious. Sudden commercial revul
sions have reduced these. stocks to one-half
their price. Supposel- then, that with gold
say at 90 now, and Government stocks at
105, there should be a resumption of gold
payments in one year, (and this is a supposi
tion which: may become a fact,) what would
be the-relative effect on three kind? of stock
—say Government at 105, bank at-118, and
railroad at 120 7. In all human probability
the resumption of; gold payments in a year
would bring them to these relative prices,
viz: Government, 90: bank, 85 ; railroad, 70,
Judged by historical experience, this would
be nearly the relative result. The conse
quence, then, is that the Government funds
depreciate 15 per cent., the banks 25, and
the railroads 50. It is more probable, if this
statement be thought erroneous, that the
actual results would be much move in favor
of Government. But we merely give this as
an illustration of a general historical truth,
that on the resumption of specie payments,
or on the occurrence of a great commercial
revulsion, the fall in Government stocks will
be far less, relatively, than the fall in any
other kind of stocks. The practical inference
from this is plain. The purchase of Govern
ment stocks being made for investment, xt is
a far safer and more profitable investment, for the
Mure, when gold payments will be resumed,
than any other. _ ,
Now nobody can doubt that the war
(that is, tho areat bulk and expense of the
war,) will be'over in a year or bo ; and when
that occurs, there mill come a gold standard.;
and then, when others are lamenting over
the fall of stocks, the holder of the govern
ment loans will have no fall to lament. He
"ill i„ fact/profit by , that change which
injures the holders of other property.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1864.
GENOE.
MORE REBEL BARBARITIES.
CONDITION OF UNION PRISONERS IN GEORGIA,
Among the passengers who arrived at New
York on Monday evening Aug. 22, by the
Arago, from Hiltou Head, S. C., were four
exchanged prisoners—Messrs. E. Bates, 42d
New York; P. Tracy, 82d New York; H. C.
Higginson, 19th Illinois and S. Noirot, sth
New Je;sey—commissioners appointed at a
monster meeting of the 35,000 Union prison
ers confiined in Camp Sumpter, Anderson
ville, Ga., to wait upon the Executive at
Washington with a petition praying that
immediate action he taken to terminate their
sufferins, by parole or exchange—sufferings
described to be almost incredible.
Thousands of these prisoners have spent
from eleven to fifteen months in Belle Island
and Camp Sumpter; andnoword ofhopeever
reaches them that they will be exchanged.
Indeed, so terrible is the agony of mind en
dured by the prisoners that dozens of them
are shot down weekly on the “ dead line,”
where they rush and invite the guards to
kill them, in order to terminate their suffer
ings—an invitation always carefully complied
with; being in strict accordance with the in
structions to the guards to shoot any prison
er who infringes on the “ dead line.”
These are terrible facts to lay before our
Government and the public, and cry aloud
for immediate and effective action on the
part of those whose duty it is to protect
those who have fought so nobly, so unselfish
fly, and patriotically for our country.
THE MEMORIAL Of THE UNION PRISONERS TO
THE PRESIDENT.
Confederate States Prison, 1
Charleston, S. C., Aug.—, 1864. j
To the President of the United States :
The condition of the enlisted men belong
ing to the Union armies, now prisoners to
the Confederate rebel forces, is such that it
becomes our duty, and the duty of every
commissioned officer, to make known the
facts in the case to the Government of the
United States, and to use every ; honorable
effort to secure a general exchange of prison
ers thereby relieving thousands of' our com
rades from the horrors now surrounding
them.
For sometime past there has been a con
centration of prisoners from all pa- ta of the
rebel territory to the State of Georgia—the
commissioned officers being confined at
Macon, and the enlisted men at Anderson
ville. Recent movemeuts of the Union
armies under Gen. Sherman have compelled
the .removal of prisoners to other points, and
it is now understood that they will be re
moved to Savannah, Georgia, and Columbus
and Charleston, S. C. But no change of
this kind holds out apy. prospect of relief to
our poor men. Indeed, as the localities se
lected are far more unhealthy, there must
be an increase rather than a diminution of
suffering. Col. Hill, provost martial general.
Confederate States army, at Atlanta, stated
to one of the undersigned that there were
35,b00 prisonere at Andersonville, and by all
accounts from the United States soldiers who
have been confined there the number is not
overstated by him. These thirty-five thou
sand are confined in a field of some thirty
acres, enclosed by a board fence, heavily
guarded. About" one-third (?) have various
kinds of indifferent shelter; butupwaids of
thirty thousand are wholly without, shelter,
or even shade of any kind, and are-exposed
to the storms and rains which are of almost
daily occurrence; the cold dews of the night,
and the more terrible effects of the sun
striking with almost tropical fierceness upon
their unprotected heads. This mass of men
jostle and crowd each other up and down
the limits of their enclosure, in storhrorsun,
and others lie down upon the pitiless earth
at night with no other. covering than the
clothing upon their backs, Tow of them
having even a blanket.
Upon entering the prison the man is de
liberately stripped of money and other pro
perty, and as no clothing or blankets are
ever supplied to their prisoners by.the rebel
authorities, the condition of the apparel of
the soldiers, just-from an active campaign;
can be easily imagined; Thousands are
without pants or coats,land hundreds with
out even a pair of drawers to cover their
nakedness.. - '
To these ‘men, as indeed to all prisoners,
there is’issued threequarteraof a pound of
meal, and one-eighth of a pound of meat per
day. This is the, entire ration," and upon it
the prisoner must live" or -die. The lineal is
often unsifted and sour, and the meat suoh
as in the North is consigned to the soap
maker. Such are' the rations upon which
Union soldiers are fed by the rebel authori
ties, and by which they are barely holding
on to life. But to starvation and exposure,
-to sun: and storm, add the sickness Which
prevails to a. most alarming and terrible ex
tent. On an average one hundred die daily.
It is impossible that any:' Union soldier
should know ali the facts pertaining .to this
terrible mortality, as they are not paraded
by the rebel authorities. Such statement as
the following, made by —, speaks elo
quent testimony. Said be: “Of twelve of
us who were captured six died, four are in
the hospital, and I never expect to see them
again. There are but two of: Us left.” In
1882, at Montgomery, "Ala., under far more
favorable circumstances, the prisoners being
protected by sheds, from one hundred and
fifty to two hundred were sick from diarrhoea
and chilis, out of seven hundred. The same
per percentage would give seven thousand
sick at Andersonville. It needs no com
ment, no efforts at word painting, to make
such a picture atand out boldly in most hor
rible colors. •
Nor is thus all, Among the ill-fated qf the
many who have suffered amputation in con
sequence of injuries received before capture,
sent from reb'el.hospitals' before their wounds
‘were healed,, thereare eloquent witnesses of
£bie barfeariues of which Jbey are victims.
If to these 1 ficts is added this, that nothing
more demoralizes soldiers and'develops the
evil passions of a man than starvation, the
terrible condition, of Union prisoners at An
deraonville can be readily imagined, , They
are fast losing hope, and becoming utterly
reckless o? fife. Numbers, crazed by their
sufferings, wander about in a 3 tate of. idiocy;
others deliberately cross the ‘'dead line,”
and are remorselessly shot down.
In behalf of these'men we most earnestly
appeal to the President of the United States.
Pew of theni have been captured except in.
the front of battle, in the deadly encounter,
and only when overpowered 'by numbers.
They constitute as gallant a portion of our
armies as carry our banners anywhere. It
released, they would soon return to again
do vigorous battle for our cause.- We -are
told that the only obstacle in the way of ex-
change is the status of enlisted negroes cap
tured from .our armies, the United States
claiming that the cartel covers all who serve’
under its flag, and the Confederate'States
refusing' to consider the colored soldiers,
heretofore slaves, as prisoners of war.
We beg leave to suggest some facts bear
ing upon the question of exchange, which
we would urge upon this consideration. Is
it not consistent with the national honor,
without waiving the claim that the negro
soldier shall be treated as prisoners of war, to
effect an exchange of the white soldiers f
The two classes are treated differently by
the enemy. The whites are confined in such,
prisons as Libby and Andersonville, starved
and treated with a barbarism unknown to
civilized nations. Tht blacks on the eon-
trary, are seldom imprisoned. They undis
tributed among the citizens, or employed on
Government works, Under these circum
stances they receive enough to eat and are
worked no harder than they have been ac
customed to be. They are neither starved
nor killed off by the pestilence in the dun
geons at Richmond and Charleston. It is
true they are again made slaves ; but their
slavery is freedom and happiness compared
with the cruel existence imposed upon our
gallant men; They are not bereft of hope,
as are the white soldiers, dying by piece
meal. Their chances of escape are tenfold
greater than those of the white soldiers,
and their condition, in all its lights, is toler
able in comparison with that of the prisoners
of war now languishing in th a dens and pens
of Secession!.
While, therefore, believing the claims of
our Government, in matters of exchange, to
be just, welare profoundly impressed with
the conviction that the circumstances of the
two classes jof soldiers are so widely different
that the Government can honorably consent
to an exchange, waiving for a time the es
tablished-principle justly claimed to be ap
plicable in|he case. Let thirty-five thousand
suffering, starving, and dying enlisted men
aid this appeal. By prompt and decided
action in their behalf thirty-five thousand
heroes will be made happy. For the eigh
teen hundred commissioned officers now
prisoners /we urge nothing. Although de
sirous of returning to our duty, we can bear
imprisonment with more fortitude if the
enlisted men, whose sufferings we know to
be intolerable, were restored to liberty and
life.
n
ibt
The PAabyterian Committee of Home Missions 21c*
knowledge the receipt of the following contributions
duringthf month of July:
FenfcdaTn&ctfurob, Mich $l5 00
Hoilpy y « . « 28 72
Allegan j “ t: In part. 300
Schoolcraft “ t{ 18 60
Unadilia I “ “ 10 60
Manchester 44 9 45
Springnbit) 41 10 50
13th st. Pr«k oh-New York City. o^l7
Legacy (Esato &enj. Conklin, Pleasant Valley,
& uo 00
let Congregational church, Pompoy, N. Y 20 00
Pres, ch., Middlepcrt, 111 6 00
Williamson, N.Y.. 10 00
L. D. Judd,(Brooklyn, N. Y : 50 00
Wo. Packer, Esq.. P«3tan, N. Y.... , 50 00
Pres. ch., White Lake, Mich. 18 00
Ist « jati/0m5.M0...... 75 00
Ist « Befgen,„N. J., bal 2195
« (JOheva,N.Y. 84 00
K -t/n&dilla and Plainfield, Mich 830
44 : Maine, N. Y . 8 00
“ Stanhope, N j 18 to
Missionary Association. Barre City, N. Y...., 1112
i-res. cn., Springfield, 111-. 100 00
u \ Farmington, Id.. 50 00
K \ Chatham, 111 •••«. 25 00
Alien si-Pres. ch., New York City, bah. 20 00
South W’es.ch., Brooklyn, N.Y.,m.c 37 58
4 ‘ Family L'onation,” N.Y 4 00
Members of Ist Pres, ch , Florida, N. Y 34 00
Pres.ph., Cornwall, N. Y. • - 11 00
Synod of Ohio 87
PreH.(ch., North Madison, 1nd..~ 8 00
“l Perry,lll 12 90
«/ Unity, 111 450
Rev: W. H. Williams, Perry, lowa. ; 10 00
Preach., Pardceville, Wi5...... v ................... 13 /6
<l l Black Jack and Pra*xie City, Kansas 10 00
4. * Ellsworth,N.Y • 10 JO
Fulton, 111 - 20 00
German Pres, ch* Cincinnati, Ohio 7 2o
Parkf Pres, ch., Newark, N.J 45 75
Ist Fires, ch., Potsdam, N.Y ;. 68 7o
HOME MISSIONS.
-atPjres..
Presl ch.; Kinsman, Ohio * s-31
United Preß. and Cong'i ch, Milford, Mich 22 00
FultonPrea. ch„ N. YT.bal « °°
Woleoft “ “ »
UtiXlst “ “ (including 8. 8. coll. of_
uj 107 10
■Weßt Utica Sunday School, N. Y. i 30 00
Huron Proa, oh., N. Y, bal - • •• 16 00
Aurora! “ : • *1 2 5
* j-Lea&er of Hon. Salem Town,.. sooo
Leroy £res. ch, in part ............. 130 12
Gouyerheur, Mrs. L. B. Parsons, N. V 20 00
<■ * Tbdbtc Offtrintt;” Goyernenr, N. T... 500
Sand wifce Pies, ch., H. Y., in part. 1 *8 38
Elmira Sd “ “ “J
OedenPres. ell, 8.8, W. Y-..-:— -™~ v . g g
Albion “ Home Missionary Society, N. Y. SO 00
Cinßifawtuß Cong’i ch,N.Y J| *®
i« «>
Prattsburg Lathes’ H. M. Soc. and various mdi- - ■
« Fayetteville, K. Y 30 00
« West Carlton, N.. Y..... WOO
Sd I, Eliiabeth,,N. 3- .......... r • g-g,
• - Monuoello, 1nd.... -5 50
Central Preß. ch., Wilmington. Del ..................... 200,00
Thoa. S. Wicket, Esq, Poughkeepsie, M. Y,..,.... MM'
L H. rolt„ Bad', Atwater, 0hi0.„............. 5 00
Trintty Pree. Society, Manlios, ft. Y. » g
« Caldwell, N. J. ..........2......... 100 00
“ . Stoney.Creek, Mich ...... ••• ™
Mist. Ass. of Western Reserve College, Hudson,
H.°fL Johnson, Kankakee, lii ; jj* g
Preei-aad Cong’i ch., Ellsworth, Ohio 30 00
EDWARD A. LAMBERT, Treasurer.
MARRI AGES.
■ Oiftlie 24fh nit., by. Rev. Daniol jhu«h,l>. D, Mr.
WIIAIAM R. WILLIAMS and Miss MARIA 3. DAVIS,
&U of tills citr, '
- >V • l
deaths.
Ai Madison, Westmoreland oounty, Pa, on the 26}h
f Inly after a short but severe illness; MAR9ARET
JAKBiwite of 1,1.. Brown, in the 38th year other age.
Jfpwtl gits tides.
a@-The Next Stated Meeting of the Pres-
Vxterr of Harrisburg was, appointed to be held at
HuBUeRSIBUKU, Centre oounty. on the first FRIDAY
rf 6eptember next, at 7% o'clock in ithe evening, and
be. oneood with a sermon by the-last Moderator,
Rev A. I*. Moore. ; : C.
953-2 c . ' - . , Statod'Clerk.
ay. The Kreshpterjr oif Aleadvflle will hold
iie next meeting at PINEGROVE, on tKe 7 seoond
TUESDAY b! September, at 8 o’clock, P. H., s
553-2 t ; ; R CRAIGHEAD, fitted Clerk.
4^,-Kotice.— The. Synod of Genesee will meet-nt!
Albion oa Tb eday.Sepfc. 13th,at4 o'clock,P V M- ; r
The special, appointments are as follows wea
ndsda-j raorninj—Stinday Scbool Cause, by Rev. C..F
jrtiissey,; and Home and Kor,eign Mlßsions. w Rev; J. F
Bingham. Afternoon—Duties ofhldevs, by Hon. I*.
and Silas .Kingsley, Esq. Evening-Sermon, by,
rjp.7. F. F. Elienwood, on the Millennial state of the
-Omircb. Thursday roorbiri&ii o’cloolt, perinonby Rev.
j. b. Sbaw,D. D., on Infant Ato clock, P.
If., Cnmrrianion Sermon.' by Rev. A. L. Benton. ISven
iiie— Temperance; By ftev. Joel. Wakpman, D.J)., W. C.
fr* Cferk.
Synod of lowa.—The Synod of lowa will
rieet in tue Firn Churea of Newton, on THURSDAY*
September 6, at 7% o'clock P.’ itfand will be opened
Wifn a Bermoti by the. Moderator, Rcy. NELBuN 0.
dorks will present written Statistical
; teporta of their, respective- Presbyteries, enumerating
. 1 be_miniaters> churohee, and all changes during.the
'< cclesiaatical year. •
AU ministers that have not already done so, pro on*
oined by the la*t Synod to send to the Stated Clerk a
• .iatory of the churches tmd*»r their care, and also so
nuch of their own personal history as relates to the
>laoes of. their education, the dates of their licensure,
>rdination and settlement. . -
The uaunl reduction of far© by puhhe conveyances,
■jc return free, for persons of both sexes in attendance
m the Svnod. may be expected.
5 y SAMUEL BTORRS HOWK, Stated Clerk.
lowa Cur, Jv-D 28,1864. ~ , k ~ -, at ,
P, 8. The following order of Synod is addcd. Pnday,
Lt 10 o’clock a. ,1.1 for Education. the Be». James Knox
find Iter. Georae D. Young, to open; 4 P. M., for Publi-
Stiea.tho Re* H. L. Stanley and Rev. Georgo B. W.
(Leonard to open; Suturiiay, at In A. M., fijr Home
I Missions the Roe. Nol on O- Ro dnson and Rev.
WaSrbnry to ope»;4 P. M.,f«r Foreign Rev
floors tirrotiaod Rev. Abner D. Chapman to open,
iho addresses to be limited to twenty minutes. ; _
AS-The Pregfoytovy of Montrose mcct
$ op Wff&t&n? Clerk,^
The Synod of Onondaga will hold its next
Annual Meetting at Owego, N. Y., Tuesday. £ept. 13th.
at 7 o clock, P. M. LEWIS H. REID, Stated Clerk.
Gentlemen : —Having had frequent occasion to use
PERRY DAVIS. 1 PAIN KILLER
FOR COLIC IN HORSCg,
and seeing it used by other?, I can say that I regard it
as the best preparation extant, when tried in Cmc, or in
the firEt stages of that very prevalent complaint. I
recommend all persons who have, or use horses, to
have it constantly on hand for cases of emergency.
For the human family, both as an internal and exter
nal remedy, the Pain Killer is so favorably known that
it is almost useless to call attention to if.
Very truly yours. S. STEWART, Druggist.
Hebron, Ohio.
Prices 35c., 75c. s and $l5O per bottle. 9c3-2t
THE CLASSICAL AND ENGLISH SCHOOL
Of the subscriber,
S. E. corner of Thirteenth and Locust Sts.,
Will re-open on MONDAY, September sth. Applications
for admission can now be made at the school-rooms,
between the hours of 9 A. M. and 2 P. M.
B; KENDALL, A. M.
CHESTNUT STREET
FEMALE SEMINARY,
PHILADELPHIA.
Miss BONSEY and Miss DILL A.YE will
re-open their Boarding and Day School, at 1615 Chest
nut street, WEDNESDAY, September 14. Particulars
from Circulars. ' 954.4,
AUBURN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
The annual term of study opens on the 7th insfc.,
WEDNESDAY next. Students whose necessities re
quire it can be placed upon scholarships, or aided from
Seminary funds. Those desiring aid from the General
Assembly’s committee must forward the required
Presbyierial certificate to Rev. Thornton A. Mills,Secre
tary, New York city. SAMUEL M. HOPKINS,
Clerk of Faculty.
U. S. 7-30 Loan.
The Secretory of the Treasury gives notice that sub
scriptions wit be received for Coupon Treasury Notes,
payable three years from Aug. lstb, 1864, with semi-an
nual interest at the rate Of seven and three-tenths per
cent, per annum,—principal and interest both to be paid
in lawful money.
These notes will be convertible at (he option of the
holder at maturity, into six per cent, gold-bearing-bonds,
payable not less than five nor more than twenty years
from their date, as the Government may elect. They
will be issued in denominations of $5O, $lOO, $5OO, $l,OOO
and $5,000, and all subscriptionsmust be for fifty dollars
or some multiple of fifty dollars.
Aa the notes draw interest from August 15, persons
making deposits subsequent to that date must pay the
interest accrued from date of note to date of depssib
Parties depositing twenty-fire thousand dollars and
upwards for these notes at any one time will be allowed
a commission of one-quarter of one per cent.
SPECIAL ADVANTAGES OF THIS LOAN.
It is a National Savings Bask, offering a higher rate
of interest than any other, and fA« best security. Any
savings bank which pays its depositors in U. 3. Notes,
considers that it is paying in the best circulating medj
um of the country, and it cannot pay in anything better,
for Us own assets are either in government securities or
in notes or bonds payable in government paper. fee*.
Convertible Into a fits per cent. 6-20 Geld Bon*.
addition to liberal interest oh the notea
for three years, this- privilege of conversion Is now worth
about three per cent per annum, for the current rate for
6-30 Bonds is not less than nme per cent, premium, and
before the war the premium on six per cent. iT. S.stocks
■was aver twenty per cent. It will be seen that the actu
al proCt on this loan, at the present market rate, is not
Jess than ten per cent, per Annutd.
Its Bxrmptten from State »r Municipal Taxation.
But aside from all the advantages we have enumerated
a special Act of Congress exempts aU bonds and Treasury
noted from local taxation On theaverage, this exemp
tion is worth about two per cent , per annum, according
to therate of tA'iation in varioue parls of the country.
It to behoved that no securities offer so great induce
meats to lenders as those issued .by the government.
In all other forms of indebtedness, the faith or ability of
private parties, or stock companies, or separate commu
nities only, to pledged r for payment, while the whole
property of the country is held to secure the discharge
©l*ls. the obligations of the United States.
Subsobipiioss Wat bb sxoett£» by Die Treasurer of the
United States, at Washington, the several Assistant
Treasurers and designated Depositaries, and by the
First National Bank of Philadelphia,' Pa. .
Becohd National Bank of Philadelphia, Pa.
Third National Bank of Philadelphia, Pa.
FoiirthJNational Bank of Philadelphia, Pa.
And by all National Banks which are depositaries of
jtnblie money, and
ALL RESPECTABLE BANKS AND BANKERS-
throughout the country will give further information and
afford every facility to subscribers.
READY-MADE CLOTHING.
’Wanamaker & Brown,
jf im ©tetftittg,
Oak Hall,
S. E. cor. Sixth & Market
Custom Department,
No. 1 South Sixth Street.
& m * Wm
Ho, 736 Market Street, S. £ eener of Eighth,
PHILADELPHIA,
Manufacturers and Dealers in
BOOTS, BHOES, TRUNKS, CARPET BAGS AND
VALISES ol every variety and style. lell-ly
MK! mill
PATER! PAPER! PAPER!
INITIALS! INITIALS! INITIALS
Stamped free of charge.
Stamped free of charge,
initials stamped on free ofoharge,
At MAGE E*3,816 Chestnut stre efe,
At MAGEE’3, 316 Chestnut street,
r Between Third add Fourth.
CHARLES STOKES & CO.’S
FIRST-CLASS “ONF. PRICE" RTv-Y-MADE
CLOTHING STORE.
ISO. 824 CHESTSIIT STRKET,
(Under the Continental Hotel,Philadelphia.)
DIAGRAM FOR SEI, F • EASUHS M F. S T
tFor Coat
Length of back
from 1 to 2, and
from 2 to 3.
Length of
Sleeve (with
arm crooked,)
from 4 to 5,
and around the
most promin
ent part of the
chest and waist
State whether
erect or stoop-
For Vest,
came as coat.
For Pants,—
Inside seam,
and outside
from hip bone,
around the
waist and hip.
A good fit gua
ranteed.
Officers’ Uniforms ready made, always .on imocL
made to order in the best manner, and on the mootreo
sonable terms. Having finished many hundred Un
forms the past year for Staff, Field and Line Officer*
as well as for the Navy, we are prepared co execute
orders m 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 goodsA
A department for Boys’ Clothing is also mamtttned
at this establishment, and superintended by experienced
bands. Parents ana others will find here a most de
sirable assortment of Boys’ Clothing at low prices.
Sole Agent for the u Famous Ballot Proof Vest”
CH ARLES STORES & CO.
CHARLES STOKES.
E. T. TAYLOR,
W. J. STOKES.
FASHIONABLE CLOTHING,
BEADY-MADE AND MADE TO, OBDER.
rpHE UNDERSIGNED DESIRE TO CALL THE
attention of the public to their targe and varied assor*
meat of
CLOTHING,
Made in the best manner by skiiihl and azperiaiKr
bands, and offered for sale set tfaevery lowest prie
h&nng unsurpassed facilities or purchasing goods
the best rates, and being determined o secure
favor of our patrons, we can guarantee o= alt who
us entire.satisfaction! n every respect
PERRY & CO.,
Extensive Clothing House,
Eos. SOS and SOS Chestnut street.
jyj ATLACK’S
FINE CLOTHING
ESTABLISHMENTS
No 99* MAR-SET STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
BUN NO RISK.
We refund the monejy if desiredi ibr ever? toe of
Shirts which fail in an j reepeoft.
FINE SHIRTS,
CUT LENGTHWISE OF MUSLIN.
Ma& of Few York Mills Muslin* and
very flue Linen Bosoms,
ONLY $4 75, usual price §G.
WILLIAMSVILLE MILLS MUSLEJ,
AND FINE LINEN BOSOMS,
ONLY $4 50, usual piice £5 &©.
GENTS’ FURNISHING- GOODS.
SMITH & JACOBS,
943-964 No. 1336' CHESTNUT 8616*4.
icvies.
TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY OF
our Irieads and customers that wshare assoetai*i
ourselves with- 3*. H. ELDRIDGE,
No. 638 MARKET.':Street, below- Seventh,
Where we would be pleased to hare, you cell. Vs
keep always on hand a Qretotaae stock of
READY-MADE CLOTHING;
Also, a stock of PIECE GOODS, which we will Tnahss
order in the most' fashionable stylo.
ISAAC LIFWNCpTT,
GEOjL. HAINES?
CHAS.O.OZIAS,
Late with E. H. Adams, Seventh and Market a
THOMPSON BIAOK *. SOWS
Tea Warehouse & Family Grooeiy Stare,
Nozthwe&t corner of BROA3>and: C*T3g»*ltfPT
PHILADELPHIA.
(Establishedl336.)
AN EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT OF CS&ICB
Blaek and Green Teas, Aid every variety of Row
Groceries, suitable for family use. Goods delivered in
any part of the city, or packed, securely for the
country. jal-ly
The Most Useful and Eeonoimcal
article in every family ia-a SEWIM©, HA.OH2K]&»
and we know the wheeler A Wilson's to be the beat*
simplest, andcheapest Sewing Machine inoset Every
machine warranted} and the money returned if not
entirely satisfactory. Ministers* wives, aboveadl others,
should hare one of the Wheeler A Wilson Machmee-
It ia the only reliable Machine for family use.' tor Dreee*
makers, Shirt-makers, ’and Seamstresses, .instruction
given at the residences of the purchasers!,'Go to ttte.
Wheeler k .Wilson agency, No. TO 4 Chestnut r-treet.
abore Seventh, and examine these wonderful
chines. Send for Pamphlet ■
P. & E. H. WILLIAMS**?,
mers and Conrey*mcers f
B.W.‘corner ARCH and SEVENTH sfrihta
SAMUEL WORK, I -WILLIAM MeQQBHS*
' KRAMER & RAHM, Pittsburg,
mipra®*ii>us® m
WORK, McGOUGH & GO
NO. 36 SOUTH THIRD STREST. PHIEADA ,
TvEALERS IN UNOURRENT BANK NOTES AND
\J COINS. Southern ahd Western Funds bought oct
the most favorable terms. »
Bills of Exchange on New York, Boston, 1 Pittsbms&
.Baltimore, Cincinnati, St Louis,; etc. etc, constantly Gnr
• Billft.
Collections promptly made on.all accessible points to.
the United States and Canadas.
, Deposits received, payable on demand, and tniereefc
allowed as per agreement
Stocks and Loans bought and sold on commission*
and Business Paper negotiated.
Refer to Philadelphia and Commercial Banks, Pb2ft*
delphia; Read, Drexel & Co* Winslow, Lanier A Co.
New York; and Citizens* and Exchange Bank,Pith*
burg. feW-tf
HIE 1 ill GOAL EIM
WOLBERT ft BBOTHEB,
wsouuu As, anaiL dsajjuis nr
irn. Sfis ARS M6t
nffiwfl ./NQ. 206 SHIPPEN BTREBjA,
utnBe * • t N O . 621 NORTH 18th B IRKSP.
JOHN TAYLOR, Agent, 136 South Seventh efc.
49- TICKETS will be furnished to fitmiiie* B)c
EXTRA ICE when required. If not used, they will be.
redeemed at the end of the season.
W. is Bro. inform their friends and the publie ten,
rally that they have procured a full supply of' GOQJJ
OLKAR ICE, and are prepared to receive.Opdarß at the
following REDUCED rates lor the year 1864';
8 pounds a day, 76 cehft’A week, - fit
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ts «• “1100 «
30 “ 110 •
277
FOR MBS- * BOYS
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