Til IfLUUIS HRLB ABROAD. GREAT BRITAIN. , ~ G R OWTn OP Romanism.—The Roman Catholic Directory for 1865, gives a concise ymw of the progress of the Church of Rome in Rngland and Scotland during the past year. Cardinal Wiseman, in order to illus trate to his audience at the recent Catholic Congress in Mechlin the progress of his ope rations in London, showed the number of churches, nuhheries, monasteries, hospitals, and orphanages for IS2O, 1851, and 1864; and bringing down these figures, so far aB we can, with certainty, to the present date, we see the'mbre readily the Steady and : fapid progress which the Church of Rome is making, especially in London : Years. Churches. Nunneries. Monasteries, 1820, 29 1 1851, 46 9 1865, , - 117. 81 Mr. Lumly gathers from official reports fact£af..t<}^ shade of ls)ffishi population./He says: “While the Roman Catholic population of England:'and Wales not amount to one twentieth part of the inhabitants, oneffifth of the inhabitants of the jails in those countries ails set down as of that religion, and the ratio. o'f'.siitiK inmates appears from the experi.ence.of, the last two years, to .be rapidly increasing.” - English Methodism in 1865.— English Methodism is comprised of the parent body and several denominational offshoots from the parent stem, the largest being that of the Primitive Methodists; while the United Methodist Free Church and the Methodist New Connection respectively follow in nu merical importance. All these bodies hold their Conferences during the summer, gene rally in June. Among the Wesleyan Metho dists, as, indeed, among the minor denomi nations.tne main business of the Conference is done in committees, prior to tite session of tdie Conference; and, hence, before the meet ing of that body much of its work may be anticipated. The total membership of the Wesleyan Methodists this year in Great Bri tain is 330,780, which is an advance of 1,112 over fast year. There are also 19,145 proba tioners, and 164 _ young men were recom mended for admission into the travelling connection.. As an evidence of a healthy home missionary spirit, we have to record that during the year seven new chapels, each of which will accommodate a thousand peo ple, have been built in London, under the auspices of the.“ Metropolitan Chapel Fund, ’ ’ and that the eighth will shortly be opened for divine service. The contributions to the Jubilee fund of the Wesleyan Missionary So ciety now exceed :one million dollars, one half of which is already paid in. Notice is given' that Wesley an donations for the relief of the 4,000,000 of American freedmen will be re ceived at the Wesleyan Mission House. The Primitive Methodists are a very effi-. dent and successful body. Their forty-sixth Annual Conference,- which is, composed of' one third ministerial and two-thirds lay dele-, gates, was held in Hull. They have 868' traveling and 13,578 local preachers, 8,963 ; class leaders, and 149,106 members. The! increase; this'.year was Jar from satisfactory, especially when viewed in relation to the multiplied means and- agencies which they employed. The Methodist New Connection is the oldest offshoot from the parent stock of Meth odisnij having its origin in the Kilhamite secession of 1796. If is not as numerous a body as the Primitive ' or the United Eree Churches, but it has several strong societies, and its ministry comprises some men of dis tinguished ability both as ministers and scholars, among whom are Drs. Cooke,. Crofts, and Stacey. Their sixty-ninth An nual Conference was held in Newcastle. Their missionary operations, their hook-room, publications, and their chapel fund opera-, tions, have, considering their ability, all been extensive and successful. The. returns of members showed the membership in Great Britain to be 24,289, and in Canada 8,028; besides a few in Ireland and Australia, Du-, ring the past seven years they have expended over $BOO,OOO in chapel building and im provements. FRANCE. The Annual Conferenoetef the Methodist Church of France commenced its sessions in the Wesleyan Chapel, Rue Roquepene, on Friday, the 16th of June. Bishop'Janes, of New. York, who arrived in Paris on Saturday, was warmly welcomed by the French pastors, and was present at the meetings of Saturday and Monday. The Bishop preached to the English congregation of the chapel on the Sabbath. The recital of the difficulties of the spread, of. the Protest:,:,* faith in France touching, as hearu rom various members of the present Conference. The Rev. F. Pru nier, one of the pastors employed in this mis sionary work, called, a few days ago, on the Rev. Dr. Sunderland, of the American Chapel, to enlist his sympathies and aid in the fieldin which his labors are employed. Mr. Prunier gives several very interesting particulars concerning the state of Protestant ism in the department of Haute Marne, par ticularly the portion whichmostsuffered under the persecution of the Guises. At Joinville the very barn —a great stone building—in which three centuries ago a whole congrega tion was massacred while engaged in worship ping God according to their consciences, is now offered for sale to the Protestants for the purpose of changing it into a church where they may, without let' or hindrance, perform the riteß of the Protestant faith. The bam is still solid on its foundations, and so well preserved that its proprietors ask $3600 for it—-too large' 1 a sum for the laboring popula tion of the town to. expend at this time. A letter from this gentleman says:— “'They rise from their ashes,’ said the -pagans of the-Christians whom they had burned. May the same not be said of the Protestants whose blood Pgpacy has so cruelly shed in France ? In every spot upon which the stake and the scaffold were erected now arise temples in which the Gospel is faithfully disolbsed. Three centuries ago the'Reforma tion made rapid progress in Champagne. The small city of Vassy, where we now have a Methodist Church, with the suburban villa-, ges, then counted several thousand Protes tants. But evangelical doctrine was forbid den admittance into Joinville, which, was a principality of the Guises, where they had a magnificent chateau, the ruins of which, mingled with like ruins of those of powerful’ princes who had vowed death to the French Reformers, have long since been grown over by brambles and buried in profound oblivion. ‘ Thou shalt see, ’ says the Eternal, that the wicked shall he out off.’ The Guises have been out off, and the Evangelical Church has been established upon the same spot where their house, like a tree of renown, held up its arrogant head for three hundred years. CtJEBHANT. From Germany we have the account of a new religious movement, the German Fro tes®f ®ies" which was Feld on June 7th Mid Bth, at Eisenach. Itisanational organi zation haying for ifcs object to promote reli gious sentiments in the churches of Germany, to unite all the State churches ihto one Evangelical church of Germany on the "basis of the ‘ Congregational to defend the rights, the honor. free dom of German Protestantism, and to protect the freedom of investigation from all encroach mentof me State and the ecclesiastical, au thorities. Many celebrated theologians were present at. the meeting, differing widely in Jheir religious opinions, evangelical and ra tionarb'Cing b'oth represented: They-agree to leave every congregation free to choose a pastor of whatever views,'and thus their body SMlfiea kind of blendingpf Honkfegational, Jrrespytenari and Unitarian.'.elements. 'lhe MetTUxM&t^ commentihjfuporftHis. movChipn r says.:-“ there will be much in its d“p ment with which the evangelical churches of America can feel-no sympathy; but it ought to be remembered that it represents the first national organization among the State churches of Germany, which is sincerely and thoroughly in favor of putting an end to the ejrcftfachments of the State upon church rights, and of introducing, the era of self-gov eminent. And, in the: second - place, it aims the masses of the people from re- and' rescuing them from mat modern radicalißmuwhieh; avowedly in : tends to exterminate‘ Christianity and every dorm of religion. Inhoth respects'the Pro testant Diet may exercise; a far-teaching and beneficent influence.” 1 ITAIT. The Pope and the King op Italy.— The failure of the last attempt at negotiation be tween these two powers, is probably final. On the part of the first it was an attempt to re-establish a perfect spiritual supremacy: in the Italian Kingdom upon conditions which would, by implication, leave the. temporal : government of Victor Emanuel a, “mere de facto ’ one, leaving-the de jure question at least an open one. Tt was /probably/itise in the king to allow the negotiation to be open ed,; that his own more enlightened subjects, as well as-the better portion of the Catholic world, might be satisfied of the i impossibility of any 00-mdwelling of the Romish ideas of Church" supremacy with a liberal govern ment The question in debate related to the appointment of Bishops to the vacant sees of the. kingdom:—whether the appointments should be distributed by the Pope or the' King. It was a prerogative which the latter wap well disposed -to yield, provided the for mer would accept it upon conditions which should not ignore his rightful temporal do minion. 1 But the demands of-Pius IX. were arrogant and impudent. He demanded,, first, that the Bishops appointed should be exempt, from - obligation to swear allegiance to Victor Emmanuel as -King of Italy. They might acknowledge him as King of Sardinia, Cyprus, and Jerusalem, but the kingdom of Italy was to be ignored. _ In the second place, all education was to he in - the hands of the priests. In other words, for the sake of religious re-; conciliation to himself, the Italian Government i .must, in one hour- of complaisant madness, ! throw away all the important achievements of years of suffering effort, and Italy sink; back from the glorious record which now; makes it theffinest^constitutional- country of’ the • continent,' to 'its old character of the: ■‘ | plague spot of Europe. ’ ’ But the infatua tion of the Papal administration is beyond enlightenment. The old Pope would;, abate nothing of his demands. Back, therefore, he goes to his shorn-temporal dominion —a dominion which would soon become, the; rotten food for its own vermin, were the Im- ; penal bayonets ‘ Withdrawn. • In the mean while Italy makes Bishops for itself, and: sustains theinstitutions of a Church whose; headit' detests.- The Vaudois.— We take the following ac count of the present condition of the Walden sian churches, as compared with the past, from the reportof Dr. Thompson, delegate to. their Synod from the Synod of the united Presbyterian Church of Scotland. No country has ever yielded so many martyrs to the sword, to the scaffold, to the firm, to the dungeon, and to forms of death eveirchore terrible than, these. There is scarcely a mountain, or cave, or rock, or narrow pass, which has not asso ciated with-it some thrilling story-of suffering and evhn-iifideaith for Christ’s sake:■ During the three-centuries since the Reformation especially, peace has been the exception and persecution the* rule. Of all the churches that ever existed on the earth, the Church of the Waldenses has been a martyr Church. This was still their condition to a great extent when' I visited them for the first time about eleven years since. Their ministers were not allowed to preach or even to sleep beyond their own vaueys. Every attempt at prosely-. tism was visited- with. the severest penalties. It is true that, even then, they’had a church at Turin, the capital of their kingdom, and had been permitted to erect a temple at Pignerolo which stood a few miles, outside their’ owni territories; hut these were' under stood to be only for , their own. Vaudois who had migrated to those places. Now, in con sequence pf the union of nearly the whole of Italy under one king, and thefavorablc change of her laws and practice in the matter of re ligious liberty, the whole of that beautiful land, with its more than twenty-four millions oi inhabitants, is open to its evangelistic efforts. The former martyr churc h has been called by divine providence to become the Missionary Church of the land that for so many dark ages and dreary centuries persecu ted its fathers. Nor has it been blind to its new commission, or careless of its opportu nity. Eleven years ago, I found it with only two churohes outside its own valleys; now it has forty churches and stations scattered over Italy, and in general one or more schools at tached to each church.; Some of those churches are in a remarkably interesting con dition. That under the ministry of M. Ribet, at Leghorn, commands an attendance of 400, and excites the notice of the whole city. That of M. Pilatte, at Nice, in addition to its effects upon the native population, is attended by invalids from every part of the world; especially from Russia —many of them be longing to the Russian nobility, who carry back the - Gospel to their own estates, and circulate the Word of God in secret. In ad dition to all this, the Vaudois are receiving constant demands for new evangelists to other parts pf Italy, and their college at Florence, with its seventeen students—one of them an ex-priest and another a monk —can- not supply-half the number of men whom the new .openings in Italy are ready to receive. . The discussions in their Synod were conducted with all the freedom that .marks those of a Church Court in our own land. , We found them on their first business day discussing the subject of Sabbath-schools. We left them discussing the subject of Sabbath sanctifica tion. There is no representative of a hostile government now, sitting in their Synod and watching their- every word and deed. Hours were spent by us in anxious and prayerful deliberation with their leading men in refer ence to their future action upon Italy, and the conviction was produced in all our minds to an extent and with a deph" which could -only be produced by actual eyesight—that , the time for giving the Gospel to Italy had come, and that these were, in the meantime at least, the chief men to be its heralds. The only thing in which these Waldenses are wanting is money: They are for the most part an agricultural people, small proprietors of the soil,, and they are for the most part poor. But, speaking for Scotland, we said to them, If you will go down to the pit, we will hold the ropes. ’ ’ They have taken us at our word. SOUTH AMERICA. Presbyterianism in the South Ameri can Republics.—A Liverpool merchant, TH <*' AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN. THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1865 A Roman Catholic Government Snub bing the Pope.— Pius IX., the “Holy Father” has a troublesome family beyond question. Recently he took "offence at some of the civil arrangements of the Columbian Republic, and, after bis manner, sent over to •them a roaring bull. Mosquera, the Presi dent, thereupon issued a calm, but very reso lute proclamation, reminding the people and the Roman Pontiff also of the distinction between the spiritual authority of the latter, and the temporal supremacy of the Govern ment. “ We have,’ f he says, “come forward as the guardians of the public liberties, and “as defenders of the sovereignty and' indepen dence of the nation, in repelling, as we do repel, said writing which.is an infamous libel in the name of an encyclical, with the follow ing considerations and reasons, which we giye in conformity to the constitution and the law that the same may notbe complied with.” Among the complaints in the ency clical was one based upon the law of the. State requiting the ministers of religion to acknowledge allegiance to the Government, misconstruing at the saffie time the law upon Hie subject. To this the President'replies: —“ But what’the law’ ordains is; that before a clergyman can exercise his’office he must promise to obey the civil power and not to attempt any thing; contrary to the sovereignty of the nation, because the clergy having at tempted to usurp the public 'authority in many' nations and especially amongst 1 our selves, it was therefore necessary to revive the laws which .command such obedience, it is therefore a very different theory to that which Pius the 1 IX asserts.” - In another* part of the' proclamation the President says: —“It is almost incredible that in the face of tljf worJd Pius IX. says that the Columbian ’Government thinks to trample upon and’destroy the holy Catholic religion; its venerated rights, doctrines, and the worship of its several ministers,’ this assertion is both false and injurious. Does Pius the IX. believe that by bitter declara tions he can subvert the country with the view that his worn and temporal supremacy may take refuge in the virgin soil of America, and in the example of other sanguinary Popes and usurpers of the civil power, which they call temporal, as the famous Gregory the VI., and others, whose acts have black ened the pages of Italian and German his tory, and destroyed these peoples. As men we have religion, and our religion is the Catholic and Apostolic taught by Jesus Christ, whose unity we preserve in confor mity with the evangelical; doctrine by the union Of the Episcopate with the successor of Peter, but this unity does hot go to make the Roman Pontiff absolute lord of the earth; when he is nothing more than the disciple which the Saviour selected as a symbol of union’and charity; and not to usurp the kingdom of the earth, because the Son of Goa did not come to the World, except to save it by the Christian civilization of-peace, humility, and-charity. We do not believes and for said reason’filled with affliction; we behold the Bishop of Rome, Primate of the Church, breaking those dogmas which he ought to sustain, and defending with bitter and unworthy words a material power which is not that with which the man God in vested his Apostles, but- ordained them to obey Caesar.” ■ The proclamation closes with the follow-, ing manly utterances. They are the echo of the rising sentiments of Catholic countries— a premonition that'the haughty arrogance of the Papacy will soon be a thing of the dark past.-' - * “Inasmuch as our authority emanates from the people and the constitution of the nation which we have sworn to -defend; we regret the Encyclical of Pius IX., given on the 17th September, 1863; we abrogate and suspend it, as being contrary to the public peace and the imperscriptible rights of the nation, we remind all the national authori ties and the States of the commandment nf the law of the 18th November, 1862, to pro ceed against all or any who may pretend to obey or comply with the orders of the Ency clical which is a tissue‘of falsehoods and a seditious document unworthy of a priest who is -called the Vicar of Christ on the earth. In conclusion, we will prove once, and for ever, the preservation of peace in oppo* sition to the hostile conduct of the Roman Pontiff, who is not owner of Columbia, And, as Christians, we cite him from the present before the All Powerful on the- Day of His Judgment in the valley of Jehozapheet—on which day, not as Pontiff or Magistrate, will we stand in the presence of God, in whose mercy we confide that. Columbia will be vin dicated and the Roman Curia condemned in the person of its Prince of the Three Crowns:’ ’ Mr. A. Balfour, writes to the London Weekly Review , under date of July 3, as follows: — “I may be excused for the freedom of ad dressing you, if I mention that my purpose is to awaken an interest in the spiritual con dition of a people in a quarter of the globe with which I am connected in business, viz., South America. “I am well aware that the Republics of South America claim little notice from the pub lic here; and, as a field for Presbyterian mis sionary enterprise may be considered as un known. But numbers of Scotchmen are en gaged on the West Coast of South America in commercial and mechanical pursuits, while, in the ,Argentine Republic, on the eastern side of the continent, there are a considerable number of Scotch employed as above, and also settled as sheep farmers. : In the Argen tine-Republic there are three Scotch congre fations supplied by ministers from'the Scotch Istablished Church. “From Valparaiso, in Chili, a call has re cently come, for a Copastor to be supplied, if possible,, from the Scotch .Disestablished Presbyterian Churches, arid which, ,as far as the Eree Church, is conccrne'd, has mean time failed. . , - “ But I do not despair, and hope that mat ters may yet get into such shape as shall lead to a response from the churches in ques tion;. ' . ; < : “This I would regard of great value, not only looking to the resides to our own oohntry men, but to the bearing it might ultimately have on the welfare of tne Spanish-American people, whose minds, though darkened by superstitions, are found at present in many cases in a highly interesting condition. lam most anxious tne facts should be known by the Presbyterian Churches. “I propose being in London on Thursday, and would call at your Office' during the after noon, and show you edrtain papers that have recently come home, in case you should decide on making them public.” MISSIONARY PERIODICALS. The Bangkok Recorder. —The first two numbers'" of this bi-monthly, published in Bangkok, Siam; have reached this country. It is printed partly in English and partly in Siamese. The editor is Rev. N. A. McDon ald, a missionary of the Presbyterian Board, and formerly a student.of the Western Theo logical Seminary... We rejoice to see. such evidence of progress in that far-off land., and tender the editor our hearty congratulations. The terms are eight dollars per annum, in advance. .Missionaries at Canton.—The- mission aries in Canton have established a weekly paper for the people in Chinese. It is called the Chinese and Foreign Weekly Newspaper. The Futai of Shanghai pays an American missionary $2500 a year to teach several Chi nese youths English, and an English school has been opened for the same purpose in Pekin, at the cost of the imperial authorities. frjuuils, .dralmnifs, \r. ELMIRA FEMALE COLLEGE, Under Care! of tlie Synod of Geneva. This 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. 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; 1 ’ Send definite applications for admission to 1000-6 w Rev. A. W. COWLES. D.D.. President, FRENCH AND AMERICAN INSTITUTE, A BOARBIYG AM) DAY" SCHOOB TOR toungladies, - ; u*.r , - 2953 FRANKFORD ROAD., PHILADELPHIA, PA NRev:.;NARCISSEj)YR, />„ ... „ „ Mrs; M. O’ DAVENPORT,; J Principals. This Institution, embracing two very .spacious and ir 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 wish all the Ornamental Branches, under.the first masters "and artists in the country. ‘ <. Especial care will be given at all times to the board ing and family organization under energetic manage ment, in every physical, sociak and'religious regard. *, The school* year opens September.Hth, 1865. For further particulars send fora circular, addressing Port Richmond, Station E., Philadelphia, Pa. 1000,-3m RUGBY CLASSICAL AMD ENGLISH ACADEMY, NO. 1226 CHESTNUT STREET, i; .PHILADELPHIA. This Institution will begin.its-first Session on SEPTEMBER 18, 1865. jte • The mode of nstruetioh 1 and government Tnll be after 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 rough training and sound scholarship, and to induce permanent habits of attention,: application, self-re liance. method., exactness, and thoroughness. Strict discipline will be enforced, biit 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-operatioh of the Principal/who are preparing for College, and who wish take a high rank in their class, and to gradu ate witJjldistinetioD. •, 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 ana 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. JProm Major-General Garfield. M. O. v 1 ■./*■ ,• i HlßAM.Ohio, ‘March 2o,lB6s. Having'learned tHat E/Clafence ., Hon. William D. Kelley, Hon. Joseph Allison, Alexander Whilldin, Esq., Thomas Potter, Esq., H. P. M. Birkin bihe. Esq. LADIES’ SEMINARY, FOR BOARDING AND DAY SCHOLARS, Southeast Corner of Churcii and Miner Streets, WEST CHESTER, PA. MRS. 0; C. CffISMAN, - - Principal. This Seminary is designed to unite a liberal and thorough education, literary, scientific, and practical, with careful attention to health, and faithful relgious instruction. . Competent Teachers are employed in the various Departments pf Ancient and < Modern Languages, Music, Drawing, Ac. The Classical Department will be under the direction of Rev.-WM. E. -MOORE. The duties of this School, (now in its second year), will be resumed on the second Wednesday of Septem ber, and continue forty weeks, with a short interval at Christmas. For terms apply to the Principal. REFERENCES. Rev. WM. E. MOORE, Pastor of Presbyterian Church-West Chester. • WM. F. WYERS, A. M., Principal West Chester Academy and Military Institute. - Col. THEO. HYATT. President Pennsylvania Mil itary Academy, West Chester. Rev. THOS/BRAINERD. D.D.. Philadelphia, “ THOS.J, SHEPHERD, D.D., “ J. G. BUTLER, D.D., “ J. A. HENRY, Hon. JOS. ALLISON, Hon, N. B. BROWNE. Rev, S. MILLER. Mt. Holly. N. J. Hon. J.C. TEN EYCK, u Dr. BENJ. fl. STRATTON, “ Dr. ZECHARIAH READ, “ JOS. SMALLWOOD, New York. E. C. ESTES, Esq., New^York. 1001-3 m PIILADELPHIR EOLLE&IATE IISTIM FOB YOUNG LADIES, - HORTWEST CORNER OF CHESTNUT and EIGHTEENTH .STREETS. REV. CHARLES A. SMITH, D.D., PRINCIPAL. This Seminary has been in successful operation for several years at No. 153 - 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 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 are sepa rate and ample accommodations for primary pupilß, as well as for those belonging to the higher departments. All the departments are subject to tne 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 Offiee, Philadelphia. The next session will commence on MONDAY, Sep tember 18th, 1865. . The rooms ; will be,ready for examination about the first of September. CHESTNUT STREET FEMALE SEMINARY, PHILADELPHIA. 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Co. manufacture, in ad dition to their celebrated GROVER k BAKER most Perfect SHUTTLE or LOCK STITCH” Machines in the market, and af ford purchasers the opportunity of selecting, after trial and examination of both, the one best suited to their wants. Other- companies manufacture but one kind of machine each, and cannot offer this opportu nity of selection to their customers. A pamphlet, containing samples of both the Grover A Baker Stitch and Shuttle Stitch in viriuua fabrics, with-full explanations, diagrams and il lustration®, to enable purchasers to examine* test and compare their relative merits, will be furnished, on request, from our offices throughout the country. Those who desire machines which do the best work, should not fail to semTfor a pamphlet, and test and compare these stitchesfor themselves. OFFICE, 730 CHESTNUT STREET, •PHILADELPHIA. WEED'S £ HIGHEST PREMIUM SHUTTLE SEWING MACHINE Has only to be seen and operated- to be Appreciated. Call and see for yourself before purchasing. Please bring sample of various kinds of thread, (such as is usually found at stores,) and various kinds of fabric, which you know the former most popular Sewing Ma chines either cannot work at all, or, at be*:, vcjy im perfectly. SUPERIORITY over any other Machine in Market will be seen at a glance. Ist. It runs easily and rapidly,"and is so constructed as to endure all kinds of usage. 2d. No breaking of threads in going over seams. 3d. No imperfect action of the feed atuneven places in the work. 4th. The Weed-stitch catches of itself, and will sew from the finest lace to the heaviest leather, and from 200 cotton to coarse lineif thread, sth. The Weed Machine will do beautiful quilting on the bare wadding, without using inner lining, thus leaving it soft as if done by hand. 6th. Thevariety of fancy work that can he done on the WEED MACHINE, with so little trouble, makes it equal of not superior, to six machines combined: for instance, it Binds, Hems, Tucks, and sews on the band at thesame time, and in fact the . WEEdVo. 3 MACHINE. as before stated, equivalent to a combination of any nix ordinary machines. Orders for machines may be seat through the Ame rican Advertising Agency, 359 Broadway, New York. Below we give a few prices N 0.2 Oil Black Walnut, with Hemmer. sdo 00 No. 2 Oil- Black Walnut, Half Gese. I'rna mented, with Hemmer No. 2 Extra Oil-Polished Black Walnut, Half Case, Large Table, beautifully Ornamented, 75 50 WJEED SEWING MACHINE CO., 506 Broadway, New York. mm COTTAGE ORGANS Are not only unexcelled, l>nt they are positively unequalled hy any reed instrument in the country tor SWEETNESS of TONE, POWER, and DURABILI TY. Eor sale only by E. M. BRUCE, No. 18 NORTH SEVENTH STREET. thfA^& (^^E a «X ,>,otB “ 30r ' rn '- rt f SHEETMufc^t- PIANO FORTES.^Aiso. Mason & Hamlin's Cabinet Organs, in eases of Rose wood, plain, or carved and paneled; Mottled Walnut; Jet, or Imitation Ebony, with gilt engraving; and in Solid Walnut or Oak,' carved or plain One to twelve stops; $llO to $6OO each. M. & H. strive for the very highest excellence in all their work. In their factory econ omy of manufacture is uever consulted at expense in qual ity It is their ambition to make, not the lowest priced, but the best instruments, which are in the end the cheapest. The great reputa tion of their instruments is, in great measure, the result of this policy. " Circulars with full particulars free to any address. Salesrooms, 274 Washington Street, Bos ton; 7 Mercer Street, New York. W. P. CLARK, No. 1626 MARKET STREET, PHTT.ATtA. JJOOTS AND BHOES OF MY OWN MANTJFAC ture. 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