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 <Smitb‘ 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 mine in college, and was
one of the first in his‘ cllSsuin "all the studies of the
course. He is a gentleman of remarkably clear in
tellect and most thorough cultivation. I know’of ho
man to whom I would sooner entrust the education
of young men. . ?. ; - ;J. A. GARFIELD.
From Mev. Mark Hopkins, President of Wil-
liams College.
\ Williams College, MarcbT4, lB6s:
' Ed ward Olar en ce; Smith ’: p ursued the; full oourseot
studies at this College. He was tlioroiigh and accu
rate, and was among the - very 1 first scholars of his
class; * MARK: HOPKINS;
From Rev. Henry B. Smith, D.D., Professor-in
Theological Seminary, New York. J ;
New* YORK,March24;iB6s.
I cordially recommend the'Rev: Edward- Clarence
Smith.as a, superior scholar-and admirable teacher.
He took a nign raiiK in this Seminary, and was very
successful as a teacher- in * this city. In his personal
andchristain character he is worthy of the, highest
confidence. HENRY B. SlitlTH,
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
superior scholar, and more than'usually correct and
elegant writer. I presume him, therefore, adequate
to render thorough and. finished instruction in any
department he may undertake.
JOHN‘ BASCOM, Professor of Rhetoric.
Williams College, March 14,1865.
Rev. E. Clarence s?mith 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,
Professdr’of History, etc.
REFERENCES
Rev. Ej E. Adams D.D., Rev. Frank L. Robbins,.
Rev. W. T. EVA, Kev. Thomas Brainerd, D.D.Rev.
James Y. Mitchell. Rev. Daniel March, D.l>., 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.
Miss BONNET and Miss DILL AYE will re-open
their BOARDING and DAY SCHOOL, at 1615 Chest
nut Street, on WEDNESDAY, September 13
Particulars from Circulars. 1000-tOl
COTMfiK SKMU ARy FOK YOIISC
jladees.
Next Session will commence on TUESDAY* Sept.
sth, 1865. For Circular containing foil particulars,
apply to . 14ev. R. CKUIKSfIANKS. A. M.,
999*2in Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pa.
Itote.
EDDY’S
ffiffll MM 11 HEATISE
STOVES AND RANGES. *
THESE COOKING STOVES WILL
Bake, Boil, Stew, Fry, and Boast,
with the greatest economy and facility, and wtthout
heating the room in which they are used. They are
Eertectly simple, operating like an ordinary Kerosene
amp with a chimney, and are. the only Kerosene
Stoves that burn without smoke or odor.
“We have been perfectly, astonished, to see .what a
labor-saving, dirt-saving, and heat-saving institution
is Eddy’s Patent Kerosene Stove. Taking the cost of
running it. and the? result' -attained}, <ifc is the-best
patent in the market.”— Worcester Daily Spy.
Our Heating and Cooking Stoves are very conven
ient land economic 1, especially where fire 1 is -re
quired but a few hour" at a- time.
Orders for Stoves sent through'the American
Advertising Agency, 289 Broadway, New York.
LESLEY & ELLIOT,
-MANUFACTURERS,
So. 494 Broraway, X. Y.
Send for Illustrated Circular.
CHARLES BURNHAM,
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN
FRIHT-PIIESEMDfC CMS AND JARS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
No. lift SOUTH TENTH STREET, PHILI.
Arthur’s Self-Sealing Tin Cans, Carlisle Screw Top
Glass Jars, Willoughby’s Patent Tin Cans, Cement
Top Tin Cans. Glass Jars with Cork Stoppers, Ar
thur’s Seif-Sealing Glass Jars, Kline’s Patent Top
Glass Jars, Willoughby’s Patent Glass Jars, Common
Tin Cans, Cement. Tinmen furnished with Tops and
Bottoms, stamped up, for Common, Cement top; and
Willoughby Cans.
- TOHBEY’S
ARCTIC ICE CREAM FREEZER.
The manufacturers of the ARCTIC FREEZER
claim for it the-following points, and are ready to
prove them by public exhibition, if disputed.
Ist. That they will actually freeze cream in four
minutes.
2d. They will freeze cream in less than half the time
of any other freezer in use.
3d. They require much less ice than any other
freezer. ,
4th. They will make cream smoother and lighter
than any other freezer.
1 qt. $3 I 3 qts. $5 I 6 qts. $ 8114 qts. $l5
2 4| 4 6|B ** 10 |S3 ™ 20
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
GAS STOVES,
FOR SUMMER USE.
BROIL. BOIL, ROAST, BAKE. TOAST, and HEAT
.SMOOTHING IRONS.
Hundreds of Families use them with perfect satis
faction. .
No. 119 SOUTH'TENTH STREET, PHIIA.
f ry State, &c.
g&rbet sj,
IVINS & DIETZ. *<?
No. 43 STKAVBIEBT STREET,
Second door above Cfhesnut street, ~
PHILADELPHIA,
45T Strawberry street is between Second and Bank
streets.
CARPETINGS,
OIL CLOTHS,
MATTINGS, &C.
NEW STYLES, MODERATE PRICES.
IVINS & DIETZ,
43 STRAWBERRY Street, Phil&da.
/> (leap Carpel Store. aw
4 V&
££ Fourth and Arch,
ARE NOW CLOSING OUT
SUMMER SILKS,
SUMMER* SHAWLS,
SUMMER ROBES,
FRENCH ORGANDIES,
RICH GBEiVADINES,
lOTJBISTS’ DBESB GOODS,
SUMMER FOULARDS.
GRENADINE VEILS.
SELECT CLASSICAL AID ESBUSH SCHIL,
Si £* cor. of Thirteenth and loenst Sts« }
PHILADELPHIA.
FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1864-5,
Sessions Commence September sth and February Ist.
Pupils are carefully prepared for any class in college
or for mercantile life. .
Thoroughness in every study which is undertaken
is insisted upon as essential to true progress and mental
development.
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 oh application, either personally or
by letter, to
B. KENDALL, A. M., Principal.
WESTON’S METALLIC ARTIFICIAL LEG.
The lightest, cheapest, most durable and most natu
ral ever invented. Price $75 to $lOO.. Send for
pamphlet. J. W; WESTON,
956-ly 491 Broadway New York.
Ijitttjj JjjlacjjiitKS.
W|LLCOX& ft I B B S
Sewing ■ 1 Machine.
It is entirely noiseless.
A patented device prevents it? *u]
ward.
- The needle cannot be set wrong. .
The Hemmer, Feller, and Braider are acknowledged
to be superior to ail others.
It received the Gold Medal of the American Insti
tute in 1863.
It also received the first premium for “The Best
Sewing Machine,” at thegreat “ Xow F-.glacd Fair,”
the “Vermont State Fair,” the “ Pennsylvania State
Fairj” and the “Indiana State Fair,” 1864.
. Send for a circular-containing full information,- no
tices from the press, testimonials from those using the
machine, &c. JAMES WILLCOX, •
Manufacturer. 508 Broadway, New York*- .-
HIGHEST PREMIUM
ELASTIC STITCH
LOCK STITCH
SEWING MACHINES
WITH LATEST IMPROVEMENTS.
The Grover & Baker S. M. 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. Ladies’, Misses’, Children’s, Men’s, and Boys’
Boots and Shoes of every yariety, at moderate prices,
e No. 1626 MARKET STREET.
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