pitsfs tattr.. PATTERSON. Memoirs of Rev. S. F. John ston, and Mrs. Mary Johnston Matheson: Missionaries on Tuna. With selections from their Diaries, and notices of the New Hebrides. By Rev. Geo. Patterson, pastor of the Presb,yterian Church, Green. Hill, Pictou, N. S. Philadelphia : W. S. SiA t Marti en. 12 mo., pp. 504. These are simple memoirs of laborers comparatively undistinguished, whose career was but brief, in the great field of Foreign Missions. Yet the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces does well to make this effort to preserve their memories. They were devoted and faithful workers. Their diaries and their written memorials, which are largely used in the work, show them to have been true experimental .Cl;ristiani, and familiar with spiritual realities. From such a private character alone can the elements of missionary efficiency be drawn., Much valuable information concerning those remote regions is embodied in the voluine. The paper and typography are very- elegint, , but the engravings _on stone and wood are simply execrable. Much rather would we have our looks utterly forgotten than Cari catured in that style. The book would have been much better without them. STOWE. House and Home Papers. By Christopher Crowfield. -Boston : Ticknor & Fields. 16 mo., pp. 330., fine cloth, gilt. For sale by J. B. Lippincott & Co. We are of opinion that this collection of excellent and lively papers, upon subjects, of domestic interest, will enjoy a popularity more extensive and durable than almost any of Mrs. Stowe's books. The treatment of the subject is so fresh, and so wise; ,it carries the daily life and cares of the house hold so out of the mere commonplace asso ciations to which we are accustomed, giving the most familiar objects a new aspect, and casting such a light of philosophy and of refined sentiment, even upon the the dreary burdens of housekeeping and the annoy *. anew of a compulsory economy, that it must find a welcome in many households. We give our approval with some reserva tion as to the points mooted in the last paper, "Home Religion." The papers origi nally appeared in the Atlantic Monthly of 1864, and were, in fact, the principal fea ture of the Magazine during that year. MA - niE REED. The Boy Slaves.. By Capt. Mayne Reid, author of" The Desert Home, " "The Boy Hunter," &c. Boston: Ticknor & Fields. 16 mo., pp. 321 red cloth, gilt, illustrated. For sale by J. B. Lippincott & Co. This prolific writer is a source of un wearying injoyment to juvenile readers. Each of his books is constructed so as to afford fresh and valuable information on some branch of Natural History, Physical Geography, or the habits and customs of remote and uncivilized people, besides en tertaining the reader with stirring adven tures, in which the young play a principal part. The scene of the present volume is laid in the border of the great Desert of Sahara, where it is washed by the Atlantic Ocean, and where, from the most ancient times, navigators, borne by the Western current, have been shipwrecked, seized, and sold among the Arab and negro tribes, into the most cruel slavery. The story recounts the adventures of four shipwrecked mail,: ners, three of whom were British midship men, upon this inhospitable shore. MAGAZINES AND PAMPHLETS. THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN AND THEOLOGICAL REVIEW for January con tains : Christian Miracles and Physical Sci ence, by Rev. J. Q. Bittinger, Yarinouth, Me.; Delivery and Preaching, by Dr. Skin ner; ,Homer's Religious Ideas (frodi ' the German); John Foster on Future Punish ment, by Rev. Dr. Wayland; Gibbon & Oolenso, by Rev. Wm. Adams, D.D., New York City; Christianity and Civilization, by Rev. Dr. Wing of Carlisle; Covenant ers and the Stuarts, by Rev. W. S. Drys dale; Whedon on the Will, by Prof. Henry B. Smith . ; Criticisms on Books; Theolo-' gical and Literary Intelligence; College Record, by Dr. Hatfield. An interesting variety characterizes the list of articles in the present , number. Those on Ministers, on Future Punishment, and on Christianity and Civilization, are especially seasonable. Dr. Skinner's article lon Delivery in Preaching is perhaps the most brilliant and yet eminently and wisely practical of any in the number. It is fresh, elastic, leavened with noble and stimulating views of the preacher's. office amid the ex panded- prospects of usefulness afforded by , the age in which we live. It should be in the hands of every student and every preacher. We have great hopes that the accomplished professcir of Sacred Rhetoric in Union Seminary will, ere long, furnish he ministry with one of the best books on his branch extant. Ti s REV4WFOR HOME MISSIONARIES. Mr. Sherwood, as we rejoice to learn, was enabled last year, by the generosity of a few Christian friends, to furnish the Re— view, in whole or in part, to two hundred and fifty Home Missionaries. It was Well received by these laborers, as might be ex.- pected, and they deserve to have it re newed to them during the • current year. We take pleasure in commending the mat ter to our readers, many of whom might readily send Mr. Sherwood, at No. 5 Beek . man street,. N. the_cpst of the Revieio, aad thus make ,glad some Mine Missianary?s,heart,.who-aaeds, such .a sub stitutefor library, whichit iSimpossible THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1865 for him, at almost anytime, but especially at this time of high prices, to purchase. GREAT PROVIDENOES TOWARDS THE LOYAL PART OF THIS NATION. A discourse delivered at a united service of the seven PresbYterian Congregations of Buffaloi Thanksgiving, Nov. 24th, 1864.. 13y Joel. F. Bingham, Pastor. of Westminster Congregation. Elegance of style, careful and instructive historical research, and a genuine patriot ism combine to give -unusual value and adi ceptableness to this Thanksgiving sermon. We find it especially seasonable and refresh ing after perusing the'' thanksgiving. (?) discoursn of one of our city divines, upon which we had (weaken to comment la4t, week. The ,tone and argument of Mr. Bingham's sermon is a good antidote to those of Dr. Boardman's. Mr. Bingham's very text shows us in what aspect he views the condition of our national affairs : "The Lord bath done great things ,for us: where we are. glad." A large part of the Ser mon is given to an historical view of the origin of our Union, and the development, of the principle of secession during our history, showing how emphatic had been thvmdemnation of such manifestations on previous occasions, by Southern authori ties._ Even the Richmond Enquirer, or 1814, is quoted as most decidedly opposed to the doctrine, which it now, upholds with such fanatic persistence. "The majority, or the States," said this paper half a century ago, "which formed the Union, must con sent to the withdrawal of any brZnch of it. Until that consent has been , obtained, any , attempt to dissolve the Union, or distract the efficacy of its laws, is treason—trea,son to all intents and purposes." Sound enough for the press of any section. Mr. Bingham's estimate of the worth of the interests at stake in comparison:with the expense of money and of- men, is truly eloquent, manly, and encouraging. We shall try to find room, for an extract. RELATION OE THE CITIZEN TO THE Go VERNMENT. Discourse delivered on the day of National. Thanksgiving, Nov. 24, 1864. By Rev. Chas. Little, Pastor of the Cong. Church, Cheshire, Conn. A well-reasoned, discriminating argument upon the duties of the citizen, the conse quent appropriateness of the interest mani fested by the ministry and the Church in the- present crisis of our national' affairs, the utter ruin of our Government and our politic 4 bond if secession were, in any degree, allowed, and the duty of every citi zen to sustain, the Government at this time, to the utmost of his ability. CATALOGUE OF UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMI- NARY, New York. This honored school of the prophets has_ now for Sts faculty a galaxy of the most able, brilliant, and richly_ endowed men of theolo gical science which, perhaps, can any Where be found in a similar position. They are Dr. Skinner, in Pastoral Theology and Church Government; Dr. Henry B. Smith, SYstematic Theology; Dr. Hitchcock,Church History; Dr. Shedd, Bibical Literature. Rev: Chas. A. Starbuck is the instructor in Hebrew. Students 102, of whom 32 are from New York State, 14 from Massachu setts,9 from Connecticut, 8 from New Hamp shire, 6 , from New, Jersey, 6 from Illinois, 5 from Vermont, 4 from Pennsylvania, &c. One is,from Helena, Arkansas, and one frbm TenneSsee. One of the students died nobly in the' service of the United States Sanitary Commission last June. His name was Chas. H. Stanley, of ,- 116 v 61 9) Mass. LITERARY AlKint6A l C — To aid in correcting the wide-spread ignorance on American affairs in England, it has been proposed by some gentlemen in New York to collect American books, especially those •that afford valuable information about the country, and illus trate her development, economical and lite rary, to be presented to Professor Goldwin Smith—not- as a mere compliment to him, personally, though in this view the idea is a happy one;but to furnish hiM, and throtigh him candid inquirers in England, the means of knowing the essential historical ; political, and social facts in regard to the United States. Many of our publishers have con tributed liberally,to this useful and appro priate object. Harper & Brothers, Little, Brown. & Co., Geo. W. Childs, Geo: P. Putnam, and other leading houses, have given copies of their' standard American publications; several of our institutions have sent their proceedings and reports, and many of our best authors copies of their writings. Thus there will be collected at Oxford quite a little American library, in the hands of One of America's most staunch and intelli gent champions, to which the students, writers and general readers desirous of ac curate knOwledge in regard to our nation and its development, will have access. G. P. Putnam, of New York, is the receiving agent. , A reissue of the Artists' Edition of Ir ving's Sketch Book, so popular last season, has been determined upon: The character of the work may be inferred from the fact that in 'its preparation more than $20,000 was but it was determined to spare no, expense in order to render it a superior, specimen of American book manufacture.. The paper has been made from linen rags, 'carefully •selected' and divested of seams. 'The type and the press-work have cost more than ten times as much as ordinary press work; the illustrations are original and by our, most eminent artists, and the binding has been done . in the best style. Altogether it may perhaps be regarded as the finest work of the present season, and we trust there are enough buyers of taste and refine ment among us to' justify the expenditure. The.present edition is limited to five hun dred copies for sale.— Childs'` Lit. Gazette. A History of the World, by, Philip Smith, B. A., is announced-as of decided merit. It will be issued in eight volumes, the first of which, eoraing_down to Philip pf:Na,ee don, has appeared. - Di. Stevens has just given to the world A History of Methodism, in two volumes. Sale of the Public Ledger.—Mr. George W. Childs, one:of the most enterprising and successful buainess men and publishers in this city, proprietor of the Literary Gazette and Publishers' Circular, ha's become- the proprietor of the Public Ledger o f this city, one of our established newspaperlnstitutions. Mr. Childs, has made nocaltera46n in' the appearance and' general - management of , the paper, but has raised , the - price.to two cents, thus doubling it at .a stroke:` 1- We trnstar. Childs will find ' his great literary venture stibedssfut;and ' that the very large clasil of persons restricted to cheap , ,papers will find his paper a source of healthful in truction , and . unwavering nwavering guide in the pat •of true :.principle. - _ i FOREIGN.—Fancy Boo k Price. --The first edition of Izaak Walton's "C mpleat Angler," published in 1653, was ld for thirty-six dents. A clean copy, muti lated now owned by Mr. golf d, of London, was bought by;him, for $l3l. 0. ' A collection of street ballads ; seventy n all, which originally cost one cent each, old at the recent sale of Mr. George , Dani l's li -brary for-£750, which is equal to $3,600. The price paid, many years ago, fOr the Valdarfer edition of 13occaccio is trifling compared with the money thus lavished on a volume of ballads. Amin, a celebrated French poet and declaimer, wholes been likened to the Trou badours, and who wrote in the langue d'Oe, died at.Agen in October, aged sixty-seven. He began his career as a barber. "He shaved well!". says. Sainte Beuve, "he sang better, and gradually customers and curious people came to see him, bringing with them something like easy circumstances of fortune. A little• silver rivulet, as he says, flowed o him, the first of-his family who ever receive such a'visit, and' by and tiy he became t i ownerof the modest ;house." His wife en couraged him to write; she would place th., pen, , ,an his hand and say, " Courage, Ja 1 - ,ques! . Each line thou dost indite is atil- 1 to cover our house withal." He was invit'ed by all the cities of the southern provinces 0 France to visit them, and „recite, in their sweet, melodious language, 'his soft lay They testified their admiration,' hy.all sox. of valuable, presentsi and theiradmiratio .' increased when they found lasmin devotin hii popularity to , increase public , slibscri , dons here to rebuild a church, there to e tablish an orphans' asylum, yonder for th erection of a parsonage. He made his razei. support him; God's gifts he dedicated to God's service all his life long.—Child's Gq -1 zette. , , Duprat.—The Paris correspondent of t Literary Gazette says ; The trade have lo M. Benjamin Duprat, one of our eminen publishers and foreign booksellers, who- voted himself almost entirely to publicatiois relating to the Oriental languages. He was the publisher and bookseller of all the Ori ental societies in the world. M. Duprat died quite suddenly, and wasonly sixty-two years old. His shop was hidden at the bottom of an old cloister near the Sorbonne, which it was next - to impossible to find. One day a ; new boulevard shot by his ,side, just grazing his house and destroying all the .huildings__around him. His shop then be came almostoonspicuous; but it was reached by an old and dimly lighted staircase, whose damp courtyard chilled one even Burin the dog-days. He lived, like many of the b ok: sellers, on the 'third floor. How you w nld stare to visit our publishers' and our book sellers' shops. 1 • The son of Rouget de l' isle has brought' suit against M. Fetis (the well known writer on music) for declaring his father was not the author of "La Marsellaise." ' ' Schldermacher's Lectures on the Ltfe of Jesus, delivered 18194838, have been pub-' fished .from students' manuscripts. With all his. critical skill, the author's 'reverence for the person 'of Christ kept him from going to the extremes of later writers. , . Newspapers in Great Britain. —ln 1831 the circulation of newspapers in the United: Kingdom was 38,648;314; in 1864 it' had risen to 546,059,400, an increase of 13:`•.13 per cent. It 1831 the - circulation of peri odicals was under 400,000; in 1861 it war 6,094,950. STIRRING EXTRACTS FROM THANkS- GIVING SERMONS. I I)F, We are going right down to the root of the difficulty. We do not mean to p69t: pone,these issues to another generation. but, by the grace of God; will meet this heresy, so effectually, that never a ghost of it Shall rise to haunt posterity. The Union meant liberty in '76, and shall now, all the way down to the Gulf., The stress, of our na tion's agony is bringing home to the con science-of . all the, saying of a Revolutionary patriot and statesman, that "as in the earthly Court of Chancery, so in the 4 qurt - of Heaven it will be found, thatif we ask equity we must do equity And tow, when the Winds blow and, rains dese+d, and the nation's' bark is scudding throrigh water black as ink, and the lee shore, edged with foam, thunders under her, stern, there are a few who would have us cast over board Compass, sextant, and chronometer, my order, to save the freight; but the great nation has proved itself wiser than that We will hold on to principle, and over, with the freight, if need be, assured that thus the good old ship will weather the atonal it last. We are being schooled, in the ,Provi dence of God, back into a' recognitiori of first principles. We very well knew what spirit has aimed this blow at our, national life. And now We are drifting into .the open sea. The Union means justice. That was -the true utterance of .the stars :and Stripes ;- that was the meaning of the Decla ration of Independence. And we will: in scribe that sentiment on every Northern , bayonet; and baptize every cannon with* " Holiness to the. Lord." We will make this sentiment broad as our continent, com prehensive as our liberties. And with it we will grapple' the Union together as with hooks of steel, from the gulf to the frozen pole! • THE, AMERICAN SENTIMENT For this has come to at last the moral sentiment of the nation. It is 'the pure tone of, this that vibrates in our common, lOve for country. Patriotism springs up along with constitutional liberty and rever ene6ror law: DO you wonder' there-is 11 0 patriotism, no tide of American feeling at the South ? Patriotism is a moral senti ment, chastened by law, and nurtured by the sweet spirit of 'liberty. It begins, we know not how, with the first smell of earth; with the beatings.of the heart of childhood; with the old well and willow-tree; the rock and stream by the bottage-door; the smell of blossoms, and the note of - the robin in 'the spring; the huckleberry pasture whence the coWs, came home at evening), the spire of the old meeting-house amid its, irnmemo,- eel, elms, and,the ohurchlard,.in the wood, There childhood, played with' brothers ank J i asters, now " reiting in, early graves," :the c old', hearthstone, with its 'Memories of father and mother; the 'open _Bible; and 'tlie coin sels of the aged; allthese first fishion'tO Our minds the reality' and the ideal 'Of country. And then . as life widens,- there comes to be a reverence for the State as such;'for, that inviolable sanctity ,of law which . entwines .its= securities, around the. roof-tree, its.cradles of infancy, its ashes of the dead. And then there, is blended with the fuller life of the man, the, song of the old, traditiong; the heroes, ,the patriots, the battles losA and won, the ,lcgends, of the Revolution, all swell the tide of national _feeling in the ,breast of the true` citizen. And then; if besides the sweet stimulations of the home and the fireside, there be added the " austere glory of suffering" in his country's cause, the tide of his patriotism will run deeper and,fuller: We value most our liberties _whenonagii.'.L.-- , • them them. - So was it with the founders of our ,State. And so has it been to-day, in the uprising of a great people to defend their im perilled liberties. The thunder in Charles ton harbor awoke the, nkighti:Taillious I:4' a free people, as the dead' awake at the sound ''of the last trumpet. 'There - was something sublime in that greA uprising— the hardy legions of, the North pouring over the tumultous frontier like the drifted flakes of their snow-storms. There is over in the elemental agencies of nature;:there is power in the whirlwind iii the lightning, in the 'earthquake; bilethexe is something , in a nation's 'uprising, in the electric vibra tions, of aroused patriotism, waking over half a continent,-that is quicker than the 'll,glitning, more portentous than the earth quake. lila when Millions of menleel on, them, all at "once, the spell of an epochal lieUr ;I:when tlae great bell of human , *i§ sounding , out, another, period-; when mighty interests-are, at stake, and the desti nies of_ humanity , seem suspended on the a.dtion'of 'the hour—then it is that, coming like a visitation, "an 'unquenchable public fire," than breathes and burns electric in every breast, the dear name of country be comes a watchword and a talisman, thrilling all hearts alike with its troubled music, "solemn as death, serene as the undying confidence of patriotism." Then it is that the siren song of peace—peace, when there is . no peace—falters on the pale lips of fear or treason, drowned by that strain of higher mood, the rallying cry of patricitism, "All forward! all forward. All for Ward to con quer-! Where free hearts are beating, Death to the coward who dreams of retreating; Liberty calls us from mountain and valley „- Waving her banners, she leads to the fight. Forward I all forward! the trumpets are crying, The drum beats to arms, and our old flag is fiYing; , Stout - hearts and strong hands around it shall. rail Forward to battle, for God and the Right." R Aug. Smith'. XPfIS ) 'I .I EE CAUSE JUSTIFY TENSE? We hear much from certain quarters, in the way,,of faintheartedness and comrilaint; Of ,"flo coit,of , this war. - .Of course war is terribly expensive. Otherwiie it would not be War, it would not be an engine' of suffi cient dread to smite down a powerful and persistenf . foe. Its'three appalling Costs-- of money, of life, of limb—constitute the very energy-of its curative force. -Let us glance a Moment: at -each .of these, costs as applied to our own .case. . lt is a „prodigious cost of money; and we must include, not, only the vast values in property of , every 'description which are in-, volved, whether - for-use or for destruction, but this, in our case, on both sides of the conflict. Can - any possible civil and moral result be worth such an 'enormous and well nigh incalculable ,cost of money expended and property, destroyed ?. _But tell me, sir; howmuch money will buy a :free; just, and stable government? Tell me, 0-ye captives in the Austrian, the Spanish, the Pontifical dungeons! Count over the days of the long years since the light - has °pee greeted your faded sight, or the healthful breezes of hea: veil have once kissed your sallow, emaciated cheeks, and- tell me how much money you would deem a government worth, under which thirty millions of tongues—no, presently a hundred millions of tongues— r may freely speak their opinions, under which thirty millions or a hundred millions of consciences are free in the worship of their' Maker ! Tell me, 0 ye emtriated sons of - Poland! Cry aloud, eaeh,frOm 'his lonely hut in the snowy wastes, of Siberia, or clanking the hopeless fetters of the chain-gang in the mines =Tot' the - Ural—send your voices, like the moaning of the storm-wind, across the intervening tyrannies of Europe,, and over the Nue dividing waters of the Atlantic— and tell the American people to save the expense-of how :many dollars you would ad vise. them to give, up their experiment of free institutions. But war costs life ! yes, the solemn expense of human,life. In this fearful cost, three parties' are deeply interested. In the case of every man who falls, it may be admitted, that the couptry_is a loser, a loving kindied are incomparably greater osers, and he him self has lost all he might have enjoyed in the, fruitions of country, family, and life. Such men by ten thOusands Must fall. Can the nation spare so much of its life-blood? Will not the national pulse grow faint under Such "a: depletion ? History teaches us -difectly the reverse. ' Their heroic names in the annals of their country are a source of .nationals strength as well as of glory, which their. living presence _ _couid never equal. The defeated and slaugtered militia band at Lexington ,in 1775, the death of the- inestimable Narren in the battle of Bunker Hill, the graves of the unknown dead. in the national cemetery at Gettys burg, have added more, and while this nation shall endure will continue.to add more, both to the moral strength of her sons at home and to the wholesome - fear of her prowess abroad, than would the presence of Cen times as many untried living warriors mar shaled for dress parade upon a bloodless soil. The warrior who falls in battle is not lost to his country. Every gory body which is planted in her gory soil is the seed of a future and perennial harvest of national honor, permanence and power. But the man himself is gone; he partakes, it is said, in - none of these rewards. Alas, how low and sordid a view of the career of human life such an assertion argues I Is it, then, the great object of our earthly exist ence to eat and sleep during the longest possible period, and when buried in the ground to have the greatest possible age put upon the tombstonb? I will not appeal to the theoretic wisdom of philosophy: "We live in deeds, not years." I will not, appeal 6, the iron morality of Sparta, nor to the Ronian mother's latest charge, as she hung the, shield upon the arm of her son: '"Return, my son, bringing this Orr brought upon it" I will not appeal to the inspirations of religion and duty even. I am content to revert to the common in stincts of unde . based humanity everywhere, and to . ask if a man have no interest whether his life shall prove a blank or - a glorious power in the world—no interest in the bless ings he will help, with the gift of his life, to purchase for his posterity and for man kind? Then are the aspirations of the race sunk to an equality with the swine; then is the for:otten s •of where the old glutton, or e Oiu //ILPerIALM, irr-t-o-wri , . glorious than the young grave of the philan thropist, the patriot,_ the martyr,. wet for centuries with thankful pilgrims' tears.— Rev. Joel T. Bingham,. a wil - ir=v - Tnpvm7m i 71,crmrmi We know how the heroes have fought through wildernesses, and crossed wide rivers amidst a storm of bullets, and sealed mountains, charging up their jagged sides, and hurling themselves against the serried ranks of the foe, until the: flash of- their rifles has been seen above the clouds. We, know the charge of the Light Brigade "into the jaws of death, into the month of hell," has had its peer and superior on this side the sea as the'earth has Shook with the tread of our armed hosts, 'their faces set toward the volleying thunder of the enemy as if " cut out of determined bronze." We know how with their iron hearts in wooden ships they have run the gauntlet of death, their gallant leader the while lashed high up toward the mast-head. We know how as if by magic they have. wrung, victory from defeat, and sent the exultant foe whirl ing up the valley under the inspiration Hof. a loved leader, whose black steed flecked with foam had borne him to the field to the music of the red artillery. But we do not know the countless instances of personal daring—the sublime heroism of individuals in the field, and, if possible, the sublimer fortitude of individuals in the hospitals. We hardly realize that the farmer boys who mowedthe grass one year, have sprung to the skill and bravery of veterans in the next. It is not hearalded to us, it cannot:be, all the silent, patient endurance, the waiting and suffering, the victories over pain, the cold in the rifle-pits and in the trenches and. in the shelter tents, the hours spent ori - lilOody fields as ."life has ebbed away, without a human band held out in sympathy, and with no watchers save the still •stars. Ah, this is the unwritten history. Yet all this neither abates the port nor bends the spirit of the hardy braves. Nestling in their bosoms, are thoughts of home and wife and mother and children; but they have counted the cost, they know the issue ; and the muscles knit, the teeth set firmly together, and the hcart glows with thS divine impulse which defOtes' Man to duty, as they choose de;9,th before the Country's dishonor. Such is the stuff a republic makes its soldiers of. Rev. lArrick Johnson. ITS EX- TO MAKE FA.RMING . LIFE ATTRACTIVE. Young men often leave their homes in the country for city employment because they dislike the hard and dirty work, and because the adornment of the homes of their childhood has not been attended to. Girls dislike to 'marry young farmers because they see a life of drudgery-in the prospect, inch as - cooking large meals for hired men, and because the throng of laborers which must fill up their houses, preclude the idea of comfort and seclusion. By.attending to the following. points much of these evils could be avoided : 1.. Build cheap, but good and' comfortable laborers' cottages, and hire steady married men to occupy them, and who - may thus board at home: '2. Let the owner attend to strict cleanli ness so far as may be practicable; that is, never enter the house with a heavy or dirty pair of boots, but take them off in an out house whenever entering for meals or for the night, and replace, them with slippers. The same care should be given to outer gar ments. 3. Attend to frequent washing and bath ing, and a frequent change of clothes—it is nearly as, easy to wash several garments slightly soiled as one loaded with dirt. 4: Let all rooms, and especially bed rooms, be well ventilated, and every cause of foul and offensive air be removed. 5. Let the living-rooms be handsomely furnished inside, with books, pictures, mine rals, and specimens of natural history, phi losophical apparatus, (all in proper cases,) materials for drawing, and everything else to make indoors attractive to young people. 6: Let the surroundings of the/house be appropriated to ornamental planting—trees, shrubbery, flower beds cut in smooth turf, &c:; and have ample orchards and fruit gar -dens, so that a constant supply of delicious and fresh fruit may be obtained from them, from the season of the earliest strawberries in June, until the late frosts of autumn; and afterwards that a copious supply may be obtained from the fruit room until' the first of the succeeding summer. 7. Let the operations of farming be carried on without hurry or excessively hard labor, by means of the best systematic man agement; let agriculture be made attractive by its neatness and success.--Country Gen tleman. ' • NINETY-SIX. PERSONS received the ,ho norary degree of D.D. from the colleges of Allierica last year:: • REPIIBLIC: going Btattiite. W ILLCOX &CHM Sewing Machine. If is entirely noiseless. A patented device prevents its being turned back ward. - The needle cannot be set wrong. The Hemmer, Feller. and Braidei are acknowlikta to be superior to alt others. It received the GOld Medal of the American Insti tute in 1863. It also received the first premium for "TR& BEST SEWING Mecausu," at the g res.t " New England Fair."' the " Verniont State Fair." the " Pennsylvania State Fair," and the "Indiana State Fair," 1864. Send for a circular containing full information, no tices from the press, testimonials from those using the machine, dre. JAMES WILLCOX, Manufacturer, 64/8 Broadway, New York. GROVER & BAKER'S CELEBRATED SEWING MACHINES OVER ALL COMPETITORS, For the best Family Sewing Machines, the best Manu facturing Machines and the best Machine Work, AT THE FOLLOWING. STATE FAIRS New York, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana Illinois, Miohigan, Iciva. Kentucky and Oregon, be side a score of County and Institnte.Fairs. The work executed by the GROVES, & BAKER MACHINES has received the Einar PZEI[IIIIC at every State Fair in the United . States where it has been exhibited. The Grover t Baker Sewing Machine Company manufacture, in addition to their celebrated GRO VER & BAKER STITCH MACHINES,'the most perfect ' SHUTTLE OR " LOCK STITCH' , Machines in the market, and afford . pnrchasexr the opportunity of selecting, after trialand examination of both, the one best suited to' their wants. • e4her companies manufacture but one kind of machine each. and 'cannot offer this opportunity of selection to their customers. Ala" Pamphlets containing samples of Sewing, Em broidery, etc., sent free to any address. OFFICE No. 730 CIIESTNIIT STREET, fe29-eow StisVtints, fitgairo, ESTEY'S COTTAGE ORGANS Are not only unexcelled, but they are positively unequalled by SWEETNESS n o T 7 . l . 6?4V, n i t am t a in nT i lln u liffa r - TY. For sale only by . . E. 111. BRUCE, - No. I 8 NORTH SEVENTH STREET. Also. constantly en hand, a complete assortment of the PERFECT MELODEON. A. Bradbury's 'first-class P.IANO-PORTES. Also. SHEET _MUSIC. ocl-ly MELODEONS! HARMONIUMS! ra7nWde HARMONIUMS. possessing unequalled power% va riety and beauty of tone. The best instrument for churches over introduced. H. M. MORRISS. 'Mg Market street. MOLIERE ICE AND COAL COMPANY, WOLBERT & BROTHER , WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN 1864. ICE AND COIL. 1864. Offices No. 206 SHIPPEN STREET. No. 621 N. EIGHTEENTH STREET. JOHN TAYLOR, Agent, 135 South Seventh street. TICKETS will be furnished to families for EXTRA ICE when required. If not used, they will be re deemed at the end of the season. W. 8 Bro. inform their friends and the publiesene rally that they have procured a full supply of GOOD CLEAR ICE, and are prepared to receive Orders at the following REDUCED rates, for the year 1865: 8 provide a day, 75 cents a s week. 12 87 16 " " sl 00 10. 20 " 1- SIX DOLLARS FROM FIFTY CENTS, . . . .. Call and examine something urgently needed by everybody, or sample will be sent free by mail for 60 cents that retails for $6. 11. L. WOLCOTT , '661-1y 170 chatham , scittaie, N. Y. PHILADELPHIA
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