gfeta flf i\t PbbL THE ASSASSIN PAINE. Rev. Dr. Gillette, Pastor of the First Bap tist Church in Washington, on the Sabbath following the execution of the conspirators delivered from his pulpit a timely and solemn discourse to young men. In the course of it, he gave some account of the lives and last hours of the guilty dead. We subjoin what relates to Payne. On Thursday Dr. Gillette was called upon by Assistant Secretary of War, Eckert, who invited him to visit the cells of the doomed convicts for the purpose of administering to them such spiritual consolations as were needed. Stepping into the Secretary’ scar riage he ut oneel accompanied him (thither. On their arrival Mr. Eckert introduced him to the other officers, and then to the con victs. Their first call was upon Payne, whose real name he soon ascertained to be Lewis Thornton Powell, his middle name being after the Rev. Dr. Thornton, a Presbyterian clergyman of Charleston S. C. Powell welcomed him, and at once pre ceded to relate his early history. His father was a Baptist minister. The convict had been from infancy brought up under religious influence. At twelve years of age he was, by his own father, consecrated to God in bap tism, and became a member of the Church. In direct opposition to the wishes of his fam ily, he entered the rebellion. For a time he endeavored to retain his religious character, but became connected with Gilmor. This was his second great step downward. This was followed by his getting into Moseby’s gang, which was far worse. His next com panion was Booth. Dr. Gilette found Powell to be a young man of cultivated mind, ingenuous, frank candid, and an earnest supplicator for Divine favor. In conversation, he referred to his moth er andjwept bitterly—to his sisters—to the plea sant seasons once enjoyed by him in the Church, the Sabbath-school, and the social circle. Powell frankly stated his conviction of the enormity of his crime. The momenthe fled from the house of Secretary Seward and leap ed into the saddle of his horse, his mind was quickened inte a realizing sense of horror of the damnable deed which he had perpetrated, and he became miserable, wretched —life be came loathsome. The doctor here corrected two points in the published statement. It was reported that he wore “a jaunty hat." That hat was placed upon his head by the advice and hands ofDr.G., when Powell’s hands were pinioned behind him. Dr. G. suggested the hat on account of the intense heat of the sun. Secondly. It was said on the morning of his execution he ate heartily,&c. On that morning he positively declined taking any food: and he was equally persistent in re fusing stimulants of any kind. His last prayer was, as suggested .by his friend, the Doctor, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” Dr. Gillette _ here addressed his audience with deep feeling, referring to his own sons, to the sons of his congregation, to the young men of this city who habitually visit drinking houses, restaurants, &c. RECoarsTßVCTloar inr Mississippi. Gov. Sharkey, provisional Governor of Mississippi, has issued his proclamation, re appointing the county officers, judicial and executive, who were in office at the time the U. S. authorities took possession of the State in May last, but requiring, as the condition of their resuming office, that they BhaH-subsori.be to the amnesty oath. He also orders an election for delegates to a state! convention, to De neiu jtulgusTTtn. No per son is to be allowed to exercise the function of delegate in the convention until he has taken an oath to support the Constitution of the United States. Respecting emancipa tion, he says the President’s proclamation must be accepted as law until reversed by a decision of the U. S. Supreme Court. He cautions parties who believe the proclamation unconstitutional and void, not to be over san guine in their opinions, referring them to the general principle in the law of nations which authorizes one belligerent party to do toward his enemy whatever will strengthen himself and weaken his enemy—limited of course by the laws of humanity. He says: “The peo ple of the Southern States were in rebellion ; the President of the United States had a right to prescribe terms of amnesty; he has done so, and it is hoped the people will all cheerfully take this oath with a fixed purpose to observe it in good faith. Why Bhould they now hesitate or doubt, since slavery has ceased to be a practical question? It was the ostensible cause of the war; it was staked on the.issue of the war, and that issue has been decided against us. It is the part of wisdom and of honor to submit without a murmur. The negroes are now free—free by the for tunes of war; free by the proclamation; free by common consent —free practically as well as theoretically, and it is too late to raise technical questions as to the means by which they became so. Besides it would be bad policy now to undertake to change their con dition if we could do so. It would be nothing less than an effort to establish slavery where it does not exist.” MISCELLANEOUS. Denial of Serious Charges. —Among the developments growing out of the late trials, were some which seemed to lay the now notorious Rev. Stuart Robinson, D.D., self-exiled to Canada, under suspicion of complicity in both the assassination and yel low fever plots. Dr. Robinson has issued from Toronto a long manifesto, in which he indignantly denies the charges, producing certificates to show that he could not have been where it is alleged he was at the times stated, and putting on generally the air of in jured innocence. His statements, if not overthrown, are certainly satisfactory, so far as these conspiracies are concerned. Extensive Conflagration in New York. —Bamum’s Museum and eighteen buildings adjoining, were destroyed by fire about mid-day of July 13. Of the buildings burned, six were on Broadway, eight on Ann Street, and five on Fulton Street. The loss is estimated at $1,500,000, of which about one-half is covered by insurance. The fire originated over the boiler in the Museum. The heat was so intense that the front of St. Paul’s Church, on the opposite side of Broadway, took fire, It was saved by the exertions of the firemen. The New York papers have a long list of particulars and in cidents connected with the burning of the Museum. Two whales and a tank full of serpents, on the breaking of their cases from the heat, fell into the burning mass, and ex pired. The notorious “Happy Family,” composed of a vast medley of animals, grace ful and outlandish, was mostly burned to death, a few only escaping to the street, and wandering about dismal and forlorn. Immense Emigration over the Western Plains. —A Fort Laramie despatch of July 12, says, that during the sixteen days ending June 30th, 2,247 emigrants passed that point bound west, with nearly 18,000 head of cat tle. Nearly as large a number passed during the fourteen days ending June 14th: and during the month of May, over 15,000 teams and 40,000 head of stock passed for the west. If emigration continues at this rate, it will not take many years to erect States on the broad prairies of the West, and build cities on the slopes of the Rocky Mountains. These large bodies of emigrants have, with a single exception, passed through an in tensely hostile Indian country, escorted by officers and soldiers of the General Govern ment, Suppression of the Richmond Whig.— The Richmond Daily Whig was suppressed on the evening of the 11th inst., by the Uni ted States military authorities, for disloyal utterances in the salutatory of Mr. Robert Ridgway, who resumed editorial control on the 11th. The following is General Terry's official order suppressing the Whig .-. “ Whereas, in the issue of the Richmond Whig of July 11, 1865, a certain clause of the merciful amnesty proclamation of,the President of the United States, pardoning certain traitors, is stigmatized as •* heathen ish; ” and a law of this land, duly enacted by Congress and approved by the President, is characterized as “ mean, brutal, and cow ardly, revoltingly absurd and atrociously un just,” it is ordered that the provost marshal general of this department seize and hold in his possession the office, presses, type, and other property belonging to the proprietors of said paper, and prevent thenceforward the publication thereof. ’ ’ A Provisional Governor for Florida. —The President has issued a proclamation appointing Judge William Marvin Provision al Governor for Florida. The form of the proclamation is precisely the same as that used in the appointment of the other provi sional governors for the Southern States, and for similar purposes. This was the last rebel State to be provi ded with the machinery of government. Important Legal Decision.—A case of great importance to travellers and hotel keepers was- decided last week in the Supe rior Court of New York. . It was that of William T. Wilkins against William P. Earle, keeper of Earle’s Hotel. Mr. Wil kin's claim in the Court below was for $25,- 000 in Gold, which, under the statuary notice, usual in hotels, he had deposited with the clerk, to be placed in the safe, without, however, stating the amount of the deposit. o‘n the trial it was found by the jury, that the plaintiff had lost $25,000, and also that $lOOO would have been a reasonable amount for the plaintiff to have with him for . travel ing expenses. The Court decided in sub stance, that an innkeeper’s liability does not extend beyond a reasonable sum for traveler’s expenses, and that he is only responsible for any excess beyond that amount when paid especially for keeping it. The Court there fore directed a judgment to be entered for $l,OOO, the sum found by the jury to be a reasonable sum for travelling purposes, and directed the costs to be adjusted. Tornado. —We have almost incredible accounts of the fury of a tornado which passed over the town ofYiroqua,Wis., on the 30th ult. The destruction of the lower part of the town was complete. The editor of the La Crosse Democrat , whe was a witness of the scene says: “The ground is torn as if ploughed. Huge rocks ten feet square were hurled a dis tance of forty rods. Dwellings were razed to the ground, and hurled rods away. Huge oak trees were twistedjfrom stumps like reeds. Timbers sixteen inches square and sixty feet long, were hurled through the air as though they were feathers. . The scene of desolation is beyond • description. The ground over which the whirlwind passed looks as if a mighty stream of water had carried flood wood over it. Houses, outhouses, trees, shrubs, fences, &c., were swept away. Houses were lifted a hundred feet into the air, horses were whisked off like swallows, rocks were thrown down like dry bread. ’ ’ Of course the amount of personal suffering was immense. We have seen no statement of the number of persons killed,, bpMhO-cases which we age ever were badly injured, and homelessness is the order of the day. Awful Calamity at Sea —The ship William Nelson, Captain Smith, from Ant werp June 4, bound for New York with a full load of German emigrants, was burned on the banks of Newfoundland on the Ist inst. The steamer Meteor came up in time to take off about forty who were still clinging to the burning vessel. These were taken to St. John’s, N. F. Before the Meteor reached the scene of disaster, most of the passengers were missing. All who could had gone off in boats; others, no one knew how. Those thus missing were about four hundred—most of them probably lost. LATE ITEMS. Of 25,000 whites now in Richmond, nearly 8,500 received government rations July 1, while of the same number of blacks, only 942 received rations at that time. Which need masters? Spain delivers up the ram Stonewall, our government paying $16,000 expenses. Captain Wilmer, lately Provost Marshal of Deleaware, has been pardoned on condition of paying the fine of $2OOO. 40,000 freedmen have learned to read since the rebellion broke out. FOREIGN. European advices are to July 2. The Great Eastern was expected to depart on her mission of laying the new telegraphic cable on the 10th inst. The newspapers were in considerable dudgeon because no member of the exquisitely respectable fraternity of pro fessional correspondents was to be allowed to accompany the expedition. In England the electioneering campaign for the next parliament was opened. John Bright was out for re-election from Birming ham. He declared in most emphatic lan guage, that the Parliament about to expire had been disloyal to its pledges, and that the Ministry which climbed into office on pre tence of devotion to the cause of reform had violated its most solemn pledge. For him self, he claimed to be held free of any share in a betrayal of the popular trust; and he expressed a hope that the coming election would show that the cause of freedom, based on a true representation of the people, is ad vancing irresistibly to a triumph. The Lord Chancellor of England has been virtually impeached by vote of the House of Commons July 3, for encouraging corrupt practices in granting pensions and filling va- 1 cancies. The disgrace is deeply felt in Eng land, the Lord Chancellor being the highest Judicial officer in the realm. Lord Ebury’s motion for an inquiry into the evil of a com pulsory and indiscriminate use of the Burial Service was negatived by the House of Lords, July 4. Parliament was prorogued July 6. It had been in existence for six years. Lord Cramworth is the new Lord Chan cellor in place of Westbury, resigned. U. S. 5-20’s London July 6, 71J —72|. Italy was excited by the supposed failure of negotiations between the Italian Govern ment and -the Pope in the matter of the Italian Bishops. It was asserted, denied, and still re-asserted by papers in opposite in terests, that the failure resulted from the Pope's refusal to allow his Bishops in Italy to promise obedience to the laws of the State. It does not yet seem to be understood whether negotiations have been broken off. The official journal of Rome confirms the fact that negotiations with the King of Italy were broken off in consequence of the King demanding conditions that the Pope could not accept. The negotiations were opened at the Pope s instance and in consequence of a EP vate lutte !' from the Pope to the King. The most interesting intelligence by the last arrivals is of a scientific character. Consul General Colquhoun reports from Alexandria to the British Foreign Office that letters, dated the 10th May, had been re- THE 'AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN. THURSDAY. JULY 20, 1865. ceived from Khartoum, stating that Mr. Ba ker has succeeded in discovering the second great source of the Nile, second, not in im portance, but only in order of discovery, to the Victoria Nyanza of Speke. Mr. Consul Stanley, also from Alexandria, speaks of the discovery as thatj of “ the second and main source of the Nile, in Lake Albert Nyanza, north latitude two degrees seventeen min utes.” Mr. Baker was expected shortly to arrive at Alexandria. Sir Roderick Murchi son, who communicates this information to the London Times, adds the following note of his own: —“As one of the telegrams in forms us that the second grand Nilotic lake lies in north latitude two ' degrees seventeen minutes, we. may fairly surmise that it is the Luta Nzige, heard of by Speke, and placed hypothetically in about its true position on his map, but which he was prevented from examining.” In Egypt, particularly in Alexandria and Cairo, the cholera was producing awful de vastation of human life. It was also raging frightfully in Mecca and on Mount Ararat among the Mahomedan pilgrims, some esti mates of the mortality from it, in those local ities, within two months, removing as high as -20,000. Calmer reports however presume this an exaggeration. The London Athenwm has the following really neat item of Parisian gossiprespecting the Empress Eugenie and Rose Bonheur. — In a pretty country studio, seven miles from Fontainbleau, a gentlewoman was at work on a sultry day last week, dressed as French ladies, who happen to be artists, usually dress, in a blouse and petticoat. The gentle woman was Mdle. Rose Bonheur, and she was painting' cattle and grazing, ground. Suddenly the door of her studio was opened, and without announcement of any kind, a bright and charming woman entered the room, threw her arm around Mdle. Rose’s neck, and clasped a ribbon round it, from which depended a little cross well known in France. The charming visitor was the Em press Eugenie. Mdle. Bonheur had not heard a word of this visitor, or of this deco ration being intended for her; and she sat down on a low stool and enjoyed a good cry, while the Empress chatted with her about her palettes, her pencils, and the delightful trifles of her art. Certes, the Empress Eu genie knows how to enhance a graceful act by the added grace of doing it well. ITEMS. The college edifice, at Vacaville, Cal., be longing to the Methodist Church South, was destroyed hy fire on the night of May 29th. It is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary; suspicion rests upon an ex pelled student, who had made threats of burning the building. The loss is estimated at $7,000. James Redpath, who ;has charge of eight colored schools, with 'u6ar|y lour thousand scholars, in Charleston, “ I see novßpe of educating the vast multi-* tude of white adults in the insurrectionary States that can neither read nor write, except by the adoption by Congress of a law restrict ing, while extending the electoral franchise to those only, and all those who can read and write.” GeorgeF. Robinson, the soldier who saved the lite of Secretary Seward, has been given a government clerkship worth $1,200 a year.— —Through the carelessness of a switch-tender, a train of cars, sixinnum-. ber, filled with soldiers of the sth Michigan Infantry, was thrown off the track near Ann Arbor, Mich., on the night of the 7th inst Only one man, an orderly, was killed. Quite a number were injured. The New York detectives on Thursday arrested a counter feiter, named Cowsden, at Guttenburg, New Jersey, wh o had in his possession a large amount of counterfeit currency, which was^so best judges of spurious money.- A.few eve nings ago, in Washington, a woman was de tected in the act of drowning herself and two small children, in Tiber creek, near the Bal timore Railroad depot. She said that her husband was so dissipated that he would not support her or her children, and that she had no way of gaining a living, A New York despatch says that the rumors of an invasioit of St. Domingo hy the Haytiens were daily increasing. It is said that the President of the republic, with four of his Ministers, had come within two miles of the capital, and had proposed to make new treaties with the Span iards; The Fourth of July was celebrated in Havana by firing salutes morning, noon, and night, and they were appropriately ac knowledged bv the Spanish war vessels and authorities. Cotton is commencing to ar rive at Savannah from Augusta. Three hun dred bales were brought in, and one thou sand more were expected soon. The first foreign vessel, since the opening of the port of Charleston, arrived there on the 4th inst. from- Bermuda. There are now nearly fifteen hundred national banks in existence. A special despatch from Nashville announces the arrest of Emerson Etheridge, late Clerk of the United States House of Representa tives, at Columbus, Ky., by the command-i ant of the military post in that city, on the charge of delivering incendiary speeches in Tennessee. The work of confiscating the property of the Virginians, was began on Monday, the Tredegar Iron . works were seized. Northern Alabama is said to be almost one field of cotton. The negroes are laboring for wages.— —The Canadian Cabi net held a meeting on the 13th inst. at which it was determined to issue a proclamation summoning Parliament to meet on the 18th to consider the results of the late conference with the Home Government. It is said that it is not the intention to ask money for the fortifications. Extensize silver mines have been discovered at the Snowy Range, fifty miles west of Denver City, Colorado Territory. There is great excitement in consequence. The Superintendent of Freedmen, at Shreveport, Louisiana, has notified planters that he will not allow them to drive old, and infirm slaves from their plantations. The steamer Eagle, from Havana reports that General J. C. Breckenridge. accompanied by Major C. T. Helm, Confederate agent at Havana, left on the 6th of July in the Eng lish steamer Conway for St. Thomas and Europe. 1 A special dispatch to the Phila delphia Press contradicts, on the part of the relatives of Admiral Du Pont, the repotted bequest of all his prize money, to an asylum for the orphans of soldiers and sailors, and says the amount does not exceed $50,000.- — The fortifications at Quebec are being pushed forward. At Point Levi four forts each to hold about 3,000 men, and ditches several miles long are to be made. Robinson, Sec retary Seward’s nurse, whose brave conduct saved the Secretary’s life, has been presented with a farm by Hon. O. B. Mattison, of New York.—; —The President, of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has obtained an order, it is said, from the Government to furnish the Southern Railroads with all the stock belong ing to the United States Government, at a fair valuation; trusting the roads for the money to be fhid out of the receipts from business. Confiscation still continues in Richmond. The owners of the confiscated property have selected Reverdy Johnston as counsel. The rebel Generals Kirby Smith, Magruder, Price, Shelby, Bee, and Hindman, and Governors Murrah, Moore, and Allen are in Mexico. Geueral Carl Sehurz has been sent by the government on a tour j through the South, to observe the condition of the people. Tne steamer Bosphoros' has arrived at Boston with the English spar rows intended for the public squares of Phil-1 delphia. Many rebels residing abroad are applying to Umted States Ministers and con- 1 suls to take the oath of allegiance. The work of extending the Philadelphia Water Works, in accordance with the provisions, of the ordinance recently passed by Councils, willl be commenced inn few weeks. CASUALTIES OF WAR. COMPARATIVE VIEW. Official estimates at the War Department compute the number of deaths in tne Union armies since the commencement of the war, including the starving prisoners, at three hundred and twenty-five thousand. There have doubtless been fully two hundred thou sand Southern soldiers removed by disease and the casualties of battle, so that not less than five hundred and twenty-five thousand lives have been sacrificed in this unholy con test, begun and prolonged by the South in their vain effort to build up a new govern ment and strengthen the slave power. Our greatest losses during any one cam paign occurred at Gettysburg, when 23,267 Union soldiers were killed, wounded, and taken prisoners. Hooker’s campaign of 1863 in the Wilderness ranks next to Gettysburg, as far as regards Union losses, they having amounted tu about twenty thousand. Burn side lost 12,000 in the battle of Fredericks burg, McClellan 11,426 at Antietam, Porter 9,000 at Gaines’s Mills, Rosecrans 12,085 at Murfreesboro and 16,851 at Chiekamaugua. and Sherman about 9,000 in the two days' battles around Atlanta. The official reports of General • Grant’s losses from the time he crossed the Rapidan until receiving the surrender of Lee, compute them at ninety thousand. In the various engagements fought by General Grant in the West he lost 13,573 men at Pittsburg Land ing, 9,875 in the severe contests, around Vicksburg, and in the attack on Missionary Ridge about 7,000. Though our losses in many of the cam paigns have been heavy, they, yet fall below those incurred in some of the European wars. This has been due, to a considerable extent, to the efficiency of the medical department and the lavish amount of supplies, at least one-third greater than those furnished to any European army. A report recently made to the Imperial Academy of Medicinejty Chenu, Physician of the French army, estimates the losses of that army in the Crimean war as follows: —Killed on the field of battle or missing, 10,240; lost in the Semilante, 702: died of various diseases at Alma, 8,084; died of cold, apoplexy, &c., before Sebastopol, 4,342; died in the field and general hospitals, 72,247; total, 95,615. Thus, of 309,264 men sent by France to the Crimea, about one third found a soldier’s grave. The siege and reduction of Jerusalem resulted, says Josephus, in the loss 0f1,000,000 lives. 90,000 Persians were placed hors du combat at the battle of Arbela, and 100,000 Carthaginians in the engagement of Palermo. 12,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry perished on the fatal field of Issus.. Spain 105t2,000,000 lives during the persecution of the Arabians, and 800,000 in expelling the Jews. Frederick the Great inflicted a loss of 40,000 on the Austrians in the conflicts of Leuthen and Leignitz. The battle of Jena and the lesser engagements immediately following, cost the Prussian army over 80,000 men. At the battle of Leipsio, the French suffered casual ties to the number of 60,000, and the Swedes and their allies 40,000 more. 50,000 French and Russian soldiers lay dead and dying on the field after the battle of Moskowa, and Napoleon again lost 47,000 men atWaterloo, and the Duke of Wellington 15,000 more.. 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FXMTRA FEMALE college, Thft College, designed especially for the higher de partments of a thorough and elegant education for young ladies, will begin its next collegiate year on WEDNESDAY, September 6th. All application to the College Classes should he sent before the first day of August, in nrder to securerooms. Candidates for the College must not be under fifteen years of age, and for the preparatory classes not under fourteen. For Catalogues, address '* Elmira Female College.” Send definite applications for admission to 1000-6 w Roy. A. W. COWELS, D.D., President, FRENCH AND AMERICAN INSTITUTE, A BOARDING AND BAX SCHOOL FOR 2953 FRANKFORD ROAD, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Tbis Institution, embracing two very spacious and beautiful country seats, with shaded grounds, is de lightfully located in the suburbs of the city, communi cating with it at all hours, by street cars. It combines all the advantages of both city and country. Every facility is here enjoyed for the acquisition of a thorough French or English Education with all the Ornamental Branches, under the first masters and artists in the country. Especial care will he given at all times.to the board ing and family organization under energetic manage ment, in every physical, social) and religious regard. The school year opens September 11th, 1865. For further particulars send fora circular, addressing Port Richmond, Station E., Philadelphia, Pa. 1000-3 m RUGBY CLASSICAL AND ENGLISH ACADEMY, NO. 1236 CHESTNUT STREET, * PHILADELPHIA. This Institution will begin its first Session on SEPTEMBER IS, 1865. Jlhe mode of nstruction and government will be arter the best ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SYSTEMS. The number of pupils will be select and limited, so that each may received the personal attention of the Principal. It will be the constant aim to secure tho roqnh training and sound scholarship, and to induce permanent habits of attention, application, self-re liance. method, exactness, and thoroughness. Strict discipline will be enforced, but the system will appeal largely to moral sanctions, and will re cognize the student’s self-respect and sense of honor Young men thoroughly fitted for BUSINESS OR PROFESSIONAL LIFE. Those also will have the special co-operation of the Principal, who are preparing for College, and who wish to take a high rank in their class, and to gradu ate with distinction. The course in Mathematics and Natural Science will be complete. Thorough instruction will be rendered in Greek and Latin, including Greek and Latin Prose Com position, Prosody and Versification. Applications for admission will be received at 1226 CHESTNUT STREET, Until the stated number of pupils is secured. Circulars to be had on application. EDW. CLARENCE SMITH, A.M., Principal. TESTIMONIALS. From Major-General Garfield, M, C. Hiram, Ohio, March 20,1865. Having learned that E. Clarence Smith is about to establish an English and Classical School for boys, in the city of Philadelphia, I desire to say that Mr. Smith was a classmate of mine in college, and was one of the first in his class, in all the studies of the course. He is a gentleman of remarkably clear in tellect and most thorough cultivation. I know of no man to whom I would sooner entrust the education of young men. J. A. GARFIELD. From Rev. Mask Hopkins, D.D., President of WtJ liams College. Williams College, March 14,1865. Edward Clarence Smith parsued the full course ot studies at this College. He was thorough and accu rate, and was among the very first scholars of *his class. MARK HOPKINS. From Rev. Hbnby B. Smith, F. 2)., Professor tn Union Theological Seminary. New York. . New York, March 24,1865. I cordially recommend the Rev. Edward Clarence Smith as a superior scholar and admirable teacher. He took a high rank in this Seminary, and was very successful as a teacher in this city. In his personal and christain character he is worthy of the highest confidence. HENRY B. SMITH, Williams College, March 23,1865. E. Clarence Smith was a member of the senior class in this College, of the year 1856. I recollect him as a •wttnniw -Bobolftr. elagMit-Tr»i**Hri' T nrftanmft him, therefore, adequate-: to fender thorough aud finished instruction in any department he may undertake. ‘ JOHN B ASCOM, Professor of Rhetoric. Williams College, March 14,1865. Rev. E. Clarence Smith was graduated at this Col lege in 1856, and. maintained during his connection with the institution the very first rank as a scholar, in all departments. ARTHUR L. PERRY, Professor of History, etc. references 4 Rev. E. E. Adams. D.D., Rev. Frank L. Robbins, Rev. W. T. EVA, Rev. Thomas Brainerd, D.D. "Rev. James Y. Mitchell, Rev. Daniel Maroh, D.D., Hon. William D. Kelley, Hon. Joseph Allison, Alexander Whilldin, Esq., Thomas Potter, Esq., H. P. M. Birkin bine, Esq. \ run CfIILEGIiTE llSTimi NOETWEBT CORNIER OF CHESTNUT and EIOHTEENTH STREETS. This Seminary has been in saceessful operation fbr several years at No. 1530 Arch street. A new locality has been selected, not only because it is more central in its relations to the most densely populated portions of the city, but also because the school-rooms are un usually large and airy, and admirably adapted to the purpose to which they are designed. To the present and former patrons of the school it is needless to speak of its advantages. To others, who desire to send their daughters to a first-class institu tion, it will be enough to say, that the design of this school is to educate, in the only true sense. To secure this end, thoroughness is aimed at in all the branches pursued, so that the scholar may understand the principle involved in every investigation. The classes are ( arranged in three departments:— Primary, Academic, and Collegiate. There axe sepa rate and ample accommodations for primary pupils, as well as for those belonging to the higher departments. All the departments are subject to the same discipline and general supervision. Circulars containing Course of Study, and other in formation, may be obtained at the Presbyterian House, 1334 Chestnut street; also, at 1226 Chestnut street, or address Box 2611, Post Office, Philadelphia. The next session will commence on MONDAY, Sep tember 18th, 1865. The rooms will be ready for examination about the first of September. < THE WEST CHESTER ACADEMY WILLIAM F. WYERS, A. M,, Principal. J. HUNTER WORRALL, A.M., Ph.D„ Asso. Principal. TnwsTiYv° f ,u aa <u? ont H commences on roe JflKbT TUESDAY-Hhe 6th—of September next, lhe corps of instructors is large; the course of instruc tion thorough and extensive, designed to fit boys and young men for college or for the active duties of busi ness in ltsvanous requirements. Students who design entering Yale or Harvard College are especially in- JJted to avail themselves of the tried advantages oi the school. Business men will take notice that the modem language—German, French and Spanish— are taught by native resident teachers, who have no connection with any other school. Two German, gen tlemen of superior ability and experience devote all their time to the department of vocal and Instru mental Music. Major G. ECKENDORFF, assisted by the Military Superintendent, has charge of the Mili tary Department. For catalogues, &c., apply in person or by letter at the school. 951-lv SELECT CLASSICAL AIE EB&USH SCHOOL S. E. cor. of Thirteenth and Locust Sts., Sessions Commenee September sth and February Ist. Pupils are carefully prepared for any class in college or for mercantile life. K • f’'" ) °" gllneSS in study which is undertaken development 011 ** esaelltlaUo ‘">6progress and mental A fine enclosed playground on the premises gives unusual value and attractiveness to the location of the school. All other desirable information will be furnished to those interested on application, either personally or by letter, to PHILADELPHIA Under Care of the Synod Of Geneva. YOUNG LADIES, Rev. NARCISSE CYR, IprinrnmiH Mrs. M. Or. DAVENPORT, /Principals. FOB YOUNG LADIES, REV. CHARLES A. SMITH, D.D., PRINCIPAL. MILITARY INSTITUTE, AT WEST CHESTER, Pa. PHILADELPHIA. FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1864-5, B. KENDALL, A, M., Principal, Jimrraiitj fiurapaitui INSURANCE AGAINST accidents EVERY DEBCBIPTION, BY THE TRAVELERS’ INSURANCE COMPANY, HARTFORD, CONN. CAPITA!.. WM, W, ALLEN, AGENT. 404 WALNUT STREET, PHHAnELPHU. e GENERAL ACCIDENT POLICIES For Five Hundred Dollars, with $3 per week compen sation, can be had for $3 per annum, or any other sum between $5OO and $lO,OOO at proportionate rates. TEN DOLLARS PREMIUM Secures a Policy for $2OOO, or $lO per week compensa tion for all and every description of accident-travel ling or otherwise —under a General Accident Policy, at the Ordinary Rate. THIRTY DOLLARS PREMIUM Secures a full Policy for $5OOO, or $25 per week com pensation, as above, at the Special Rate. ' FOREIGN RISKS. Policies issued, for Foreign, West India, and Cali fornia Travel. Rates can be learned by application to the Office. SHORT TIME TICKETS. Arrangements are in course of completion by which the traveller will be able to purchase, at any Railway Ticket Office, Insurance Tickets for one or thirty days* travel. Ten cents will buy a ticket for one day's travel, insuring $3OOO, or $l5 weekly compensation. Ticket Polices may be had for 3,6, or 12 months, in the same manner. fjt Hazardous Risks taken at Hazardous Rates. Policies issued for 5 years for 4 years premium. INDUCEMENTS. The rates of premium are less than those of any other Company covering the same risk. No medical examination is required, and thousands of those who have been rejected by Life Companies, in consequence of hereditary or other diseases, can effect insurance in the TRAVELLERS* at the lowest rates. Life Insurance Companies pay no part of the prin cipal sum until the death of the assured. The TRA VELLERS* pay the loss or damage sustained by per sonal injury whenever it occurs. The feeling of security which such an insurance gives to those dependent upon their own labor for support is worth more than money. No better or more satisfactory use can be made of so small a sum. r\T\-vTTiTr BATTERSON, President RODNEY DENNIS, Secretary. G. F. DAVIS, Vice President. . . HENRY A. DYER, General Agent. Applications received and Policies issued by WILLIAM W. ALLEN, No. 404 Walnut Street. AMERICAN LIFE ISSERMCE AID TRUST COMFAII Walnut Street, S. E. cor. of Fourth, INCOME FOR THE YEAR 1864, $357,800. LOSSES PAID DURING THE YEAR AMOUNTING TO $85,000. Insurances made upon the Total Abstinence Bates. t°e lowest la the. world. Also upon JOINT STOCK i? r MOTOAL K*ATEAnpon whiclTa DIVI DEND has been made of FIFTY RER CENT., 0 Januarylst. 1865. THE TEN-YEAR NON-FORFEITURE PLAN, by winch a person insured can make all his payment in ten yews, and does not forfeit, and can at any time cease paying and obtain a paid up policy for twiee or thrice the amount paid to the company. ASSETS $lOO,OOO XT. S, 5.20 bonds, 1 40.000 City of Philadelphia 6s. new, 30,000 TJ. S. Certificate of indebteness, 25,000 Allegheny County bonds, 15,000 U. S. Loan of 1881, 10.000 Wyoming Valley Canal bonds, 10,000 State of Tennessee bonds, 10,000 Philadelphia and Erießailroad bonds, 10,000 Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chi cago bonds, 9,000 Beading Bailroad Ist mortgage bonds, 6,500 City of Pittsburg and other • bonds, 1,000 shares Pennsylvania Railroad stocks, 450 shares Corn Exchange National Bank, 22 shares Consolidation National Bank, 107 shares Farmers 1 National Bank of Beading, l42shares W illiamsport Water Com pany, 192 shares American Life Insurance and Trust Company, Mortgages, Beal Estate, Ground Bents, T 207,278 86 Loans on collateral amply secured— 112,755 73 Premium notes secured by Policies 114.899 62 Cash m hands of agents secured by bonds. 26,604 70 Cash on deposit with U. S. Treasurer, at 6 per cent... 50,000 00 Oasb on hand and in banks 50,331 67 Accrued interest and rents due, Jan. 1. . 10,454 71 THE AMERICAN IS. Its TRUSTEES, are we] midst, entitling it to more whose managers reside in d Alexander Whilldin, J. Edgar Thomson, George Nugent. Hon. James Pollock, Albert 0. Roberts, P. B. Mingle, A HOME COMPANY ill known citizens in onr e consideration than those hstant cities. t 'William J. Howard, Samuel T. Bodine, J ohn Aikman, Henry K. Bennett, Hon. Joseph Allison, Isaac Hazlehorst, Samuel Work. ALEX. WHILLDIN - , President. SABUTEIi WORK, Vice- President. JOHN S. WILSON, Secretary and Treasurer. A. J. WEIDENER, 38 SOUTH SECOND STREET, Between Market and Chestnut Streets, PBILADELPHIA. HUSTFACTCKBa Or COAX. OTT. CAMPS AM) WHOLESALE DEALER XN CLASS TUMBLERS, PATENT JABS AND OLASSWABR GENERALLY. Dealers will find it to their advantage to examine our stock and compare prices before purchasing their goods for the spring sales. ® lady to out 016 attention of the public particu- NEW STYE OF PATENT JARS FOB PRESERVING FECIT WITHOUT SUGAR. 4 v of respectable persons and °J h o er &uit in our J® lB last of s y r «P and found upon opening that the Fruit retained its natural flavor, ana m lact was just the same as when pat into the v - „ A. J. WEIDENER, Ao. 38 South Second Street* PHILADELPHIA. WALL PAPER DECORATIVE AND PLAIN. USES Miff SHADES k FIXTSHES. Beautiful colors. An immense stock at greatly re duced prices, at JOHNSTON’S GREAT DEPOT, 1033 SPRING GARDEN ST. below 11TH. Country trade invited. .0500,000 $394,136 SO $956,461 79
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