THE RELIGIOUS PRESS.
The San Francisco Pacific has taken up in
aerials, “the best method of preaching,”
one of those subjects about which editors can
write very rationally, but which is nofr so
easy a nut when it conies to the cracking.
The last number before us broaches the much
lauded but not much used practice of mem
orizing—not much used, nor ever will be
among us, because, in “this great country,”
ministers have enough to do without first'
writing, andjthen committing to memory a
sermon before preaching it. The Pacific
says:—
This plan embraces the written sermon
oarefully committed and delivered memoriter.
It is at least a laborious method—rbut one
which avoids all that- is objectionable in the
use of the manuscript. The speaker; ,is free
to face his hearers—to look into their eyes—
to watch, the effect of the truth upon .them.
And having his thoughts arranged and'in
order, there is no such mental effort as in
extemporaneous preaching. But the mem
ory is loaded down with a technical burden,
and often the displacement of words and
phrases jeopardizes the whole discourse,
Few men without early training in this direc
tion, it is believed will be able to adopt it
successfully. It is to be remembered that
some of the best speakers which the coun
try has produced have followed . this plan.
Everett was enaoled to deliver his discourse
on Washington more than an hundred times
from memory, without the variation of a
word. The effort is in some sense mechan
ical, and 'depending for success upon the as
sociation of words and phrases, as well as
ideas. This' technical precision precludes
the idea of much freedom in the introduction
of such thoughts as may originate with the
occasion. The speaker is bound to speak
his piece without a monitor or glance at his
manuscript, If a gap is made by the intro
duction of new matter, the circuit is broken,
and often it is difficult to close it, and more
difficult when the connection is lost, for his
mental electricity to run on bare poles. He
is in danger of being suspended between
heaven and earth, where he -cannot get up
higher, and cannot get down. Tragedians
speak from memory; and thoughjhey utter
other men’s thoughts, often far above the
range of their own thinking, they are able
not only to draw people to hear them, but
to draw tears from their eyes. They identify
themselves with the characters they person
ate. They speak with eyes, by all mobility
of facial muscles, and'by every conceivable
movement of body and limb.
Thu£ far the Pacific —and further. Starting
from this point of power for stage effect, (we
do not use the term in its bad sense,) as an ac
cessory to ministerial qualification, it passes
on to some suggestions which may be val
uable, provided always he who would follow
them out has a strong judgment, and holds
it as a bit with a strong hand. We quote a
few sentences: ■ y '
It might on some other occasion, be inter
esting to enquire whether the average rhet
oric of the pulpit does not fall quite below
that of the stage. _ Whether the more stiff
and stately sermonizing of the schools has
not been needlessly antagonistic to a more
dramatic style of speaking. We are often
shy of sensation preachers, but .the people,
are not. Some degree of dramatic action
may be consistent with nature. Is there no
tragedy in our lives? None in the Bible?
No pictures of joy and sorrow —of heaven and
hell? It can be no valid objection to say
that one or another is theatrical in his man
ner of preaching. It is legitimate, some
times at least, to fight the devil with his own
weapons. We rescue music from secular and
Srofane uses, . and glorify God by its use.
lay we not seize upon any peculiarity of the
drama, and oonsecrate it to the Most High ?
That method of preaching is best for the in
dividual, in which he can embody most of
his real power and so most Sffectually speak
for God.
The Episcopal Recorder of last week
straightens out some curious reports respect
ing the coziness of. the Northern and South
ern Episcopacy, in a way decidedly damaging
to the veracity of the common run of the
correspondence of the daily press. We copy
as follows:
The Ne w York correspondent of the Phil
adelphia Inquirer writes as follows:—“ I have
it on perfectly reliable authority that letters
have been received here from the Bishops of
the Episcopal Church in nearly all the South
ern Dioceses lately in rebellion against the
Government, in favor of re-union at the next
General Convention, at Philadelphia, without
“y formality whatsoever. In other words,
the Southern delegate?, clerical and lay, are
desirous of resuming their seats in the Con
vention, precisely as if secession.and the war
were things that had never been.. Further
more, a free interchange of opinion among
the .Northern Bishops has just been had in
reference to these overtures, and the deter
mination arrived at, is substantially, in ac
cordance with the wishes of the Southern
brethren, and no time has been lost in so no
tifying the latter. Bygones are to be by
gones, and the past buried in oblivion.”
We think that there must be some mistake
on the part of the “ perfectly reliable author
ity,' above mentioned, in reference, at least,
to the information contained in the second
paragraph. We have 11 perfectly reliable au
thority for a different statement of the
facts. How many Southern Bishops there
may be u who are desirous of resuming their
seats in Convention precisely as if secession
and the war were things which had never
been,” we have no means of judging; but
that any such ‘ ‘ a free interchange of
opinion has taken place among the Bishops,”
as has resulted “ substantially in accordance
with the wishes of the Southern brethren”
(if indeed they have, or have expressed, such
wishes), we more than doubt. We are ad
vised of the following facts.
Bishop Hopkins, the presiding Bishop,
has prepared a circular letter to the Bishops
proposing a letter to the Southern Bishops,
to be signed by each of them, and to be sent
with such signatures as may be seoured. Its
main point is to assure the Southern Bishops
of _the cordial welcome with which the
Bishops m the loyal Dioceses are prepared
to-greet'them at the approaching General
Convention. It takes the ground that our
Church had no part, direct or indirect, in
producing the war. How many Bishops
there are who have Bigned, or will sign this
letter we do not know 5 but we do know
that six of them have already declined to
sign it. It is rather remarkable too, in
view of the perfectly reliable authority in
New York, claimed by the correspondent of
the Inquirer, that the Bishop of New York
is one of those who have refused their signa
ture. _ We judge from this circumstance that
the Bishops who have refused their signatures
to this document have done so from no want
of a Christian spirit and a brotherly regard,
but from a determination not to be pledged
in advance to any course, which shall hinder
such testimony as they shall feel that duty
to God and the country, and the future,,may
demand of them, in reference to the sins of
‘Slavery,''Schism, and rebellion; and from an
indisposition to seem anxious to purge them
selves from the suspicion of having sanc-
tioned the efforts of the Government to de
feat and punish treason.
The Presbyterian Banner has a leader upon
the relations of the Presbyterian Church in
the North to the Southern portion of the
country, viewing the matter, we suppose, par
ticularly as. affects its own, the Old School
branch. The Banner feels little confidence
in articles and letters sent up from the South,
and published in Northern papers, which
represent the bitter resolve of ministers and
churches to hold their animosity, as so deep
that Union is an impossibility. We have
our own views upon this point, but just now.
we will listen to the Banner.
That a part of the people of the South
should feel and talk thus, is mo evidence that
they are. unapproachable by Christians from
the North.: Four months ago the leaders
expressed themselves as hopefully of the suc
cess of the rebellion as at any previous time.
Even after,,the capture,ofjß,ichmond, and
the surrender of Lee, much-was said among
aristocratic secessionists about never being
subject to the Government at Washington,
and intimations were thrown out about a
general hegira to Mexico or some of the
South American States. But all this is
changed. Those very persons are hastening
to sue for pardon, to take the oath of allegi
ance, and are exceedingly desirous to hold
office once more under the Federal Govern
ment. And, again, it is evident to every
reader of the communications referred to,
that their authors have been mingling for the
most part with the old secession aristocracy,
who are still sore and bitter over defeat. Their
ambition has been blasted, their pride has'been
laid in the dust, their slaves have been freed,
and their estates aTe in danger of confiscation-
But we are persuaded that a better and more
hopeful state of feeling prevails among the
great mass of the. people; and especially
among the great body of Southern Presby
terians, tens Of thousands of hearts sure long
ing for the renewal of Christian intimacies.
And as the necessities of common life will
compel a return to commercial intercourse
and confidence, so will the needs of Christian
life prepare the way for reunion and cordial
co-operation in every good work. The gospel
of peace will at length break down all barriers
and remove all prejudices.
The Banner proceeds to state that it has
evidence to support these views, in letters
from several Southern speaking of
places where people are anxiously looking for
ministerial supplies from the North, and tes- 1
ted practical openings for the Christian en
terprises from this quarter. At the same
time, as the audi alteram partem view, it has
been let into the secret of a scheme of certain
former ecclesiastical Pilates and Herods, who
have been “made friends” by a common
virulence against the Government, to head
off any union with'the Northern churches.
A mce little arrangement, says the Banner,
has just been prepared at Richmond, Va., in
a select assemblage, where Rev. Drs. T. V.
Mdore, M. D. Hoge, A. Converse, Brown,
Read, and others of the same school, were
present. The subject of ecclesiastical recon
struction was taken up. In the discussion,
Rev. T. V. Moore, D.D., a Pensylvanian by
birth, and who had just returned from a visit
to Pennsylvania, took the ground that in the
North union between the Old and New
School branches was certain —nothing could
prevent itr—and that therefore the New
School section of the South which had sepa
rated from the New School body at the
North, and which was now united with the
Old School party at the South, could not be
expected to enter into ecclesiastical relations
with the great Presbyterian body, to be
formed of the Old and New School branches,
at the North. This view prevailed. Then
it was generally admittJjpttnat the Confeder
ate General Assembly was extinct —would
not meet again. The line of policy at length
adopted by these gentlemen in that conclave,
was that the Synods' of our Church in the
South should be revived, and that then one
General Synod of the South, composed of
delegates from the fiarticular Synods, should
be formed. This was the general plan. In
accordance with this, Rev. B. M. Palmer, D.
D., is about to return to New Orleans, to
take possession of his former charge, and also
so take ground in favor of a General Synod
of the South,‘and in opposition to reunion
with our General Assembly. Probably Rev.
S.-S. Wilson, D.D., and Company, in Ken
tucky, who have insisted so much upon the
total apostacy of the General Assembly, will
not be averse to this movement.
gtto af % P«1
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Last Government Loan.— The
issuing of the 7-30 bonds was suspended on
the 26th ult., the entire amount authorized
by the act ot Congress having been taken.
Applications for them continue to come in,
but they are too late. The whole amount of
the three series is $830,000,000, and of this
about $700,000,000 has been negotiated by
Jay Cooke, the Government agent.
Reconstruction. —Governor Parsons, of
Alabama, has issued a proclamation, order
ing an election for delegates to a State Con
vention to be held on the 10th o£ September.
He says that of the one hundred and twenty
two thousand Alabamians engaged in the
war, seventy thousand of them were killed
or disabled. He also says that they have
every right which they ever possessed except
slavery; and that the sooner they bow to the
decree abolishing it that it will be the better
for them. _
Proposed Combination against the
High Prices of Meat.—Some of the New
Yorkers, out of all patience with the meat
extortioners, propose a general combination
of consumers to abstain from the use of the
article, beginning with August 5, and. con
tinuing two weeks. If it could be pretty ex
tensively adopted, and continue until such
time as the producers should' come down to
some sensible terms, the plan would meet the
case. But a two weeks’ campaign would be
nothing to the butchers. They could spare
their business that length of time, clean up
their stalls, take a vacation, and at the end
of the fast meet a crowd of customers hungry
enough to bear so much additional extortion
as would pay up for lost time.
The Pirate Shenandoah.—We have
again bad news from this last remnant of the
rebel power. A San Francisco despatch of
July 27, says that the whaling barque Milo ar
rived that day in eight days from the Arctic
Sea, with the crews of several whalers de
stroyed by the pirate Shenandoah last
month. The whalers Edward Casey, Hector,
Abigail, Euphrates, William Thompson, So
phia Thornton, Swift, and the Susanna, were
captured, any most of them burned. The
Milo was boarded for the purpose of taking
off the crews. The Shenandoah was continu
,ng the wholesale destruction of whalers, and
would probably soon destroy another fleet
numbering sixty vessels. Her commander
was informed of Lee’s surrender, and the col
lapse of the rebellion, but did not believe it.
He believed in Lincoln’s assassination, for he
expected it. The Shenandoah ooaled last at
Melbourne. -She was manned by English
and Irish sailors. Some of the captured
whalemen joined her.
THE AMERICAN PRESRYTERTAN. THURSDAY. AUGUST 3.^186^
England and the Confederate Ships.
—The temper of the English courts is about
to be tried in relation to the right of the float
ing property of the late Confederacy to hospi
tality. Washington accounts say that our
Liverpool Consul, Dudley, has filed' a bill
claiming the ship Mine, which arrived at
Liverpool with 14,000. bales of cotton belong
ing to the rebel government. He has also
instituted legal proceedings to recover the
pirate Rappahannock, now there.
Still Later.—The Hibernian from Liver
pool, reached Father Point on the 31st ult.
with_ dates to the 21st. Returns from the
elections are all in,, and the. net gain of the
Liberals, (the Administration,) foots' up 'to
20. -Mr. Gladstone was defeated in Oxford,
but by that peculiar facility which the En
glish system affords ,to aspirants, holding
elections in different constituencies at differ
ent times, _and not requiring representatives
to be residents, he offered himself to the
electors of South Lancashire, by whom he
was returned.
Richmond Whig.—This Recently sup
pressed paper was somehow again got under
way last week —in what temper may he judged
by the following editoriallf we fail to
give free and independent utterance to the
opinions we entertain and the convictions
we cherish, we desire the good people of Vir
ginia to understand that it is no fault of ours.
‘ Cribbed, cabined, and confined,’ as it is our
unfortunate lot to be, we cannot expect to
make up a paper satisfactory to ourselves or
acceptable to the public; and the generous
people of Virginia, we are sure, will not only
sympathize with our situation, but extend to
us and the Whig all the.‘aid and comfort’
in their power during the continuance of the
restrictions which the military authority have
seen fit to impose upon us. ” ,
• The Divorce Law in Connecticut.—
The legislature of Conneticut is trying to
amend its divorce law. The existing law au
thorizes divorce ter P any such misconduct of
the other party as permanently destroys, the
happiness of the petitioner, and .defeats the
purpose of the marriage relation.” This
covers all possible causes for which parties
seek separation, and, in fact, it gives either
party power to obtain divorce at will. It vir
tually annuls the saeredness and permanence
of the marriage contract,, so far as the law can
do it. The new bill restricts divorces to these
causes: adultery, bestiality, imprisonment for
life, fraudulent contract, seven years absence
not heard of, wilful desertion for three years
with total neglect of duty, habitual intemper
ance of three years continuance without pros
pect ,of reform, intolerable .cruelty, or any
other infamous crime punishable by impris
onment in the State prison. The' Senate re
jected this bill, and it will have to be greatly
amended in order to 'pass. Some change will
bemgde or Connecticut will'becJSme as unde
sirinjUf notable as Indiana for its free divorce
system.
. Richmond Citt Election.— The two can
didates for the Mayoralty each appeared in a
card just previous to the election, defining
his position with regard to the' Union. Mr.
Sturdevant indignantly denounced the report
that he was a disunionist, said that the re
bellion was hopelessly defunct, and the Uni
ted States Government again paramount, and
they must now accept and sustain it. But
he did not, like a true loyalist, improve the
opportunity to speak one word against rebel
lion, or of satisfaction with the restoration of
lawful authority. It was just suchlfpaper
as spoke sullenness under defeat, and yet
meanness enough to cringe for office. Mr.
Taylor came out a flat-footed Unionist. The
election took place on the.morning of the
26th ult., and resulted in the choice of Mr.
Sturdevant by upwards of 400 majority.
That is Richmond.
Later information is that " General Terry
has incontinently upset this new prospect of
restoring to the malignants the control of the
city. He has issued an order .forbidding the
newly elected Mayor and other .officers from
taking authority. Secesh is indignant of
course, and is now besetting the President to
revoke the order. ■" '
FOREIGN.
European advices are to July 15. The
main topic is the result of the elections so far
as they have been held. They may be sum
med up in this: To the evening of the 14th,
the number of contests completed was 421.
Of these the Liberals had 263 seats and the
Conservatives 158. ' Compared-with the.last
Parliament, the Liberals, according to . the
calculations of the Times, have lost 26, and
have gained 35 seats, so that the net gain to
the Government, thus far has been 9. Lib
eral gains are anticipated in Ireland, and, on
the whole, the Times looks for a great rein
forcement to the Liberal cause. There were
233 seats to be filled, mainly by the counties,
and the contests for these would extend over
another week. Lord Palmerston was, of
course, returned for Tiverton, but he has a‘
Conservative for his colleague instead of a
Liberal as formerly. The first two days vo
ting for Oxford University left Mr. Gladstone,
the rebel sympathiser, in a minority of 25.
The polling would continue for three days
more. In view of the possible failure of Mr.
Gladstone at Oxford, tne Liberals nominated
him as one of the candidates for the Southern
Division of Lancashbe. There was a close
contest in Liverpool and the result was in
favor of the two Conservative candidates,
Messrs. Horsfall and Greaves. In London
John Stuart MilV and Mr. Hughes, both ex
treme Liberals, and friends of the American
Union, were triumphantly elected.
■Dealings in American securities-are not
brisk. U. S. 5-20 are quoted at 71f @7ll.
News from the continent unimportant.,
Later.—A later arrival brings Liverpool
dates to the 19th. The net gain of the Libe
rals in the election of members of Parliament,
as far as then known, was 18. The Great
Eastern arrived off Valentia on the morning
of the 19th, and the work of laying the cable
for the oceanic telegraph was! immediately
going forward. The Prince Imperial of
Prance had been dangerously ill, but was im
proving. The cholera: in Egypt was rapidly
decreasing. U. S. 5-20’s, 72@72f.
MEXICO.
Mexican news, from New Orleans, July
17th, says that by the Liberal General Ne
gretes countermarching his forces he com
pletely frustrated the combinations of the
French general to capture him. The city of
Tula and the town of Matchula had been capr
tured from the French. In the latter place
no quarter was asked or given. President
Juarez is in undisputed possession of Chi
huahua..
Later dates, or rather later accounts to
which we find no date, say that we have im
portant news from Mexico, which, while it
reveals the sad condition of the country, also
looks stormy. Our concentration of troops
on the Texan frontier has alarmed Maximil
ian, and, as an offset to our, movements, he,
too, is concentrating, to tips number of thirty
five thousand men, at MatamOras. While
these important events are transpiring on the
frontier of the_ empire, it seems, from ac
counts we publish, to be racked within with
the saddest of social convulsions. Guerillas
and robbers are employed in the interest of
the French, and_ their handiwork is visible in
too many localities. Americans are the chief
objects of the wrath of these men, who are
well assisted /by the French troops. * -Aioeri
cans are said to be murdered or- robbed
wherever found. Such are the accounts.
There are, however, so many bad men among
newspaper correspondents, to whom war is a
harvest, and who are ready to
worst feeling between us and
rat we fan back upon the probaklity^t
WhateverTay of the usurping
EmpeXtowateus, we belfeve he regards
the cultivation of peace and good will as his
highest wisdom in the case. .
Later.—A Brownsville letter ofJulyl3tb
savs —“ Major Texier, of Cortinas’ staff, has
just arrived from above, bringing ihtel igence
of the capture of General Kirby Smith and
his entire party. He was intercepted by
Governor of Saltillo, S. Viesca, on the 4th
of July, at Piedras Negras, Mexico, about
fifty miles below Eagle Pass, and Co ?P£ le
to surrender. The victors got four Piecespt
artillery, nine hundred new ana atram
of seventy-five wagons, loaded with ammum
tion and provisions. The -officers and men
Shelby had reached Eagle Pass,
but the authorities at Piedras Ne_gras in
formed him that he would not be aimwea to
take his men into Mexico with arms m their
hands. He would, however, be allowed to
come into the country with-his men as emi
grants. He finally agreed to this, and sold
his arms and cannons to the Libera;Ls: at xiea^-
ras Negras, for which he received $6,000 in
specie and $5,000 in bonds issued by the
Liberals. The arms were immediately ship
ped to Chihuahua. President Juarez is at
Chihuahua, which is strongly fortified, with
no Imperial troops to threaten it.
ITEMS
Alfred Tennyson, the poet laureate of Eng
land, is failing very fast. He was just
covering from a severe attack of-throat dis
ease, when, walking" late one evening in his
Isle of Wight garden, he took cold, and now,
it is stated, symptoms of _ consumption are
evident. A gentleman. in New York has
offered to give $5OO in prizes of $2OO, $l5O,
$lOO, and $5O, to those soldiers who have
either lost their right arm or have had it dis
abled, who will show*the best specimen of
left-hand penmanship—the design being to
induce the men to become skilfuj penmen, in
order, to fit'themselves for lucrative and hon
orable positions. ——Charles Waterton, the
distinguished naturalist, the man who rode
an' alligator some forty or fifty years ago, died
recently at his residence, Walton Hill, near
Wakefield, England, at the advanced age of
eighty-three. He has Jong been known as an
eccentric man. Sir Edward Lytton Bul
wer, the celebrated novelistjand poet, has be
come entirely deaf. ——John M. Mason,_ex-.
would-be Minister of the ex-would-be C. S. A
Government to Great Britain, has returned
to this side of the Atlantic. Doubtful of the
prudence of coming within reach of Uncle
Sam’s catchers, he stopped in Canada-,
making St. Catharine’s his temporary abode,
... - -The Pittsburg Post says there is a well
known resident of that city, who is seventy
two years of age, and has a physician s certi
ficate that he has not been sober for forty
years.— —W. W. Whittlesby has been arres
ted in New York for the larcency of one huh:
dred $lOOO bonds from the Treasury Depart
ment at Washington, where he was an em
ployee, and taken to the latter city for trial.
He has confessed the crime, but could make
no other restitution than to tell where some
of the coupons were secreted.—North
Carolina is shipping to the North a large
amount of copper, iron, lead, etc., mined in
that State, The negroes are, it is said, accu
mulating small fortunes working the gold
and silver mines. The Raleigh Progress
says that in Nor th Carolina the native element,
including the aristocracy, is growing more
defiant, and threaten the Union men
as soon as the—troops are withdrawn. —;
Secretary Stanton has, on behalf of the Gov
ernment, leased Ford’s. Theatre for fifteen
hundred dollars a month, with the privilege
of buying it for one hundred thousand dollars,
if Qongress so provides.——The civil courts
of Alexandria, V a., have recently refused to
receive the testimony of negroes, either _in
their own behalf, or-that of parties to suits.
The Freedmen’s Bureau has taken up the
matter, and threatened military force to pre
vent the execution of judgment in any case
where the testimony of a colored witness has
been refused upon trial. An arrangement
hap finally been effected, by which all cases
id, which colored persons are concerned, as
parties or witnesses, shall be tried by the
Provost courts. -Under escort of a strong
guard, Jeff, Davis has been allowed to walk
in the grounds of Fortress Monroe. This
privilege will be accorded to him hereafter,
although it is said he looks well, and appa
rently enjoys good health,- The Deseret
News announces the death of James Duane
Doty, Governor of Utah, who expired at
Great Salt Lake City on the 13th of June.
The deceased was a little over sixty-five years
old, The power to negotiate further loans
for the support of the Government is now
exhausted; but the Secretary of the Treas
ury believes that the income from the usual
sources will be sufficient to keep the machi
nery in motion until the meeting of Congress.
Seward and family, accompa
nied by several distinguished personages, ar
rived at Cape Island, on the 27th ultimo in
the gunboat Northerner. They were re
ceived with every testimonial of respect.
Ohio and Illinois have been visited by a
heavy rain-storm, which in the former, has
greatly injured the oat crop. The storm was
severe also in Illinois, and over the North
west, but no damage is believed to have been
done to the crops. The mail routes in
Virginia, and in others of the Southern States,
are rapidly being restored." The old route to
Richmond has . again been opened.——
Speaker Colfax is in Oregon-Territory, and
has been, warmly welcomed by the inhabi :
tants of the chief cities.-, The, gold and
silver coinage of the San Francisco Mint
during the fiscalyear just ended, equals $19,-
000,000.,
WATT, THE INVENTOR OF THE
STEAM ENGINE.
A young man, wanting to sell spectacles
in London, petitions the corporation to
allow him to open a little shop without
paying the fees of freedom, and he is re
fused. He goes to Glasgow and the cor
poration refuse him there. He makes the
acquaintance of some members of the Uni
versity who find him intelligent, and who
permit him to open his shop within their
walls. He does" not sell spectacles and
magic lanterns enough to occupy all his
time; he occupies. himself at intervals in
taking asunder and remodeling all the
machines he can come at. He finds there
are books on mechanics writtem-in foreign
languages. He borrows a dictionary, and
learns those languages'to read these books.
The University people wonder at him, and
they are fond of dropping into his little room
in the evenings, to'tell him what they are
doing, and to look at the queer instruments
he constructs. A machine in the Univer
sity collection wants repairing, and he is
employed. He makes it a new machine.
The steam engine is constructed, and the
giant mind of James Watt stands out be
fore the world the herald of a new force of
civilization. Was Watt educated? Where
was he educted ? At his own workshop, and
in the best manner. Watt learned Latin
when he wanted it for his business. He
learned French and German; but thes4
things were tools, not ends. He used them
to promote his engineering plans, as he
used lathes and levers. — Findher’s Traded
Review.
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(Under the Continental Hotel, Philadelphia.)
DIAGRAM FOR SELF-MEASUREMENT
fFor Coat.—
Length of back £ , i
from 1 to 2, and
from 2 to 3. Q
Length-of Aa
sleeve (with / j . «J
arm ;■crooked) / \ ?
from4tos,ana/ j
around thef
most proini- ■
nent part, of*
the chest and!,
waist. State;
whether erect'
or stooping. \
For Vest.—
Same 58 coat. .
For Pants.—
Inside seam,
and outside
from hip bone,
around the
waist and hip.
A good fit gua
ranteed.
Officers’ Uniforms, ready-made, always on hand, or
made to' order in the best manner, amt on the most
reasonable,* terms. Having finished many
uniformgithe past year, for Staff, Field and Line Offi
cers, as well as for the Navy, we are prepare to exe
cute orders in this line with correctness and despatch.
The largest and most desirable stock of Ready-made
Clothing in Philadelphia always on hand. (The pnce
marked in plain figures on all of the goods.) ,
A department for Boys’ Clothing is also maintained
at thla establishment, and superintended by experi
enced hands. Parents and others will find here a
most desirable assortment ol Boys* Clothing at low
prices.
Solo Agent fot the “ Famous Bullet-Proof Test.”
CHARLES STOKES A CO.
CHARLES STOKES,
E. T, TAYLOR.
W. J. STOKES.
READY-MADE CLOTHING.
WANAMAKER & BROWN,
FINE CLOTHING
OAK HALL,
S. E. cor. Sixth and Market,
CUSTOM DEPARTMENT,
No. I South Sixth Street,
E. 0. THOMPSON,
FASHIONABLE TAILOR,
B. corner of Seventh and Walnut Sts.,
PHILADELPHIA.
IT. B, —Having obtained a celebrity for cutting
GOOD FITTING PANTALOONS.
making it a specialty in ray business for some years
past, it is thought ofsufficient importance to announce
the fact in this manner to the public, so that those
who are dissatisfied may know of my method and give
me a trial. 963-ly
FASHIONABLE CLOTHING,
Ready-made and made to order.
FASHIONABLE CLOTIJING,
Ready-made and made to orde
FASHIONABLE CLOTHING,
Ready-made and made to order.
FASHIONABLE CLOTHING,
. Ready-made and made to order.
PERRY & CO.,
Extensive Clothing House,
Nos. 303 and 305 Chestnut street.
FINE CLOTHING.
JONES’ CLOTHING,
S. E. comer Seventh and Market Streets.
JONES’ CLOTHING,
S. E. corner Seventh and Market Streets.'
JONES’ CLOTHING,
S. E. corner Seventh and Market Streets;
A. F. WARD’S
bis aid nag"Miim
PROTRACTOR SYSTEM OF GARMENT CUTTING
AND "’WA.RD’SBEST” INCH MEASURES,
No. ISS South Third Street, Philada.
Iftntopqjjpt*.
Skylights on First and Second Floor.
EDWARD P. HIPFLE,
PHOTOGRAPHER,
No. 830 ArchSteeet, Phllada.
Photographs from miniature to life-size finished
the finest styles of the art. 960-ly
GEBMON’S
TEMPLE OF ART,
No. 914 Arch Street, Philadelphia.
PHOTOGRAPHS IN ALL STYLES.
Late of 702 Chestnut Street.
O. B. DeMOBAT,
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERIES,
W, corner Eighth and market Sts.,
Entrance No. 2 South Eighth,
-*y PHILADELPHIA
EIIS. fIU MM, ill SKATES.
PHILIP WILSON & C 0. }
409 s CHESTNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA.
Manufacturers and dealers in
FINE GUNS, PISTOLS,
FISHING TACKLE,
SKATES, CANES, Ac.
in* Unds. otder best m “““ er * “» d “W™*
REMEMBER THE NUMBER, 409.
Insitcarat teqwttiijs.
INSURANCE
AGAINST
accidents
EVERY DESCRIPTION,
BTTHB
TRAVELERS’ INSURANCE COMPANY,
HARTFORD, CONN.
CAPITAL.
WM, W. ALLEN, AGENT.
404 WALNUT STREET,
pniiißKipiirA.
general accident policies •
sation T ™ S n l, re j P ol i ar9 - with $3 per week compen-
l>er aD ““o». or any other sum
between *5OO and $lO,OOO at proportionate rates.
TEN DOLLARS PREMIUM
Honfor e 5« r ®~P 00 ’ 9 r $lO Per week compensa
linSS description of accident—travel
v£<h&273sZ aaat ' Accident Policy, at
THIRTY DOLLARS PREMIUM
Secures a foil Policy for $5OOO, or $25 per week com
pensation, as above, at the Special Hate.
FOREIGN RISKS. -
. Policies issued, for Foreign, Nest Indio and Pali,
to'the <HficI el ’ ate Sean ®® learned by application
SHORT TIME TICKETS.
Arrangement are in coarse of completion by whiob
will be at)le to purchase, at any Raihray
Ticket Office. Insurance Tickets for one or thirty days*
traveL Ten cents will buy a tickrt for om
travel, insuring $3OOO, or $l5 weekly compensation.
Ticket Polices maybe had f0r3.6,0r 12 months.in
the same manner. ’
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, oan
effect insurance in the TRAVELLERS’ at the lowest
rates.
# Life Insurance Companies pay no part 0/ the prin
cipal sum until the death, of the assured. The TRA
VELLERS’ pay the loss or d&magesust&ined 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 usecan.be made of so small a sum.
J. G. BATTERSON, President.
RODNEY DENNIS. Secretary. .
0. IT. DAVIS* Vice President.
HENRY A. DYER, General Agent.
Applications reoeived and Policies issued by
WUIIAM W. ALLEY,
So. 404 Walnut Street.
AMERICAN
Walnut Street, S. E. cor. of Fourth,
INCOME FOB THE YEAR 1864,
$357,800.
LOSSES PAID DURING THE YEAR
AMOUNTING TO
$85,000.
.Insurances made upon the Total Abstinenae Rates,
the lowestin the world. Also upon JOINT STOCK
Rates which are over 20 per cent, lower than Mutual
Rate, Or MUTOAX. RATES upon which a DIVI
DEND has been made of
. FIFTY RER CENT.,
on Policies in force January Ist. 18fi5.
THE TEN-YEAR NON-FORFEITURE PLAN, by
which & person insured can make all his payment
in ten years, and does not forfeit, and oan at any time
cease paying and obtain a paid up policy for twice
thrice the amount paid to the company.
ASSFTS
$lOO,OOO_U. S. 5.20 bonds,
40,000 City of Philadelphia 6s. new,
30,000 Xl. 5. Certificate of indebttness,
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 Brie Railroad
bonds,
10,000 Pittsburg, Port Wayne & Chi
cago bonds,
9.000 Beading Railroad Ist mortgage
bonds,
6,500 City of Pittsburg and other
bonds,
1,000 shares Pennsylvania Railroad
stocks. %
450 shares Com Exchange National
Bank,
22,shares Consolidation National
Bonk,
107 shares Farmers* National Bank
of Reading,
142 shares Williamsport Water Com
pany,
0*62 shares American Life Insurance
and Trust Company,
Mortgages, Real Estate, Ground Rent
&c
Loans on collateral amply seoured
Premium notes secured by Policies
Cash in hands of agents secured by bond;
Cash on deposit with U. S. Treasurer, at
per cent
Cash on hand and in banks
Accrued interest and rents due, Jan. 1
THE AMERICAN IS A HOME COMPANY
Its TRUSTEES are ■well -known citizens in our
midst, entitling it to more consideration than those
whose managers reside in distant cities.
Whilldin; William J. Howard,
J. Edgar Thomson, Samuel T. Bodine,
George Nugent. * John Aikman,
Son. James Pollock, 'Henry K. Bennett,
Albert C. Roberts, Hon. Joseph Allison,
P. lsaac Hazlehnrst,
Samuel Work.
ALEX. WHILLDIN, President.
Si.HI7£I WORK, Vice-President.
JOHN S. WILSON, Secretary and Treasurer.
THE GREAT
SOW J! SHI HIT.
T A EEANT'S
Sufferers from Sick Her.Jj.ehe.
Sufferers from Dyspepsia,
Sufferers from N ervons Headache,' .
EFFERVESCENT
Sufferers from Sour Stomach,
Sufferers from Bilious
Sufferers from Costiveness,
SELTZER
Sufferers from Hearth urn,
Sufferers from Piles,
Sufferers from Sea Sickness,
APKRI E N T.
Sufferers from Liver Complaint. -
bufferera from Indigestion,
WILL FIND IN.I
Tarrant’s Effervescent Seltzer Aperient,
A SURE, PLEASANT and PERMANENT CURE,
for the-above and similar diseases.
MANUFACTURED ONLY BY
TARRANT & CO.,
278 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK.
S@“ FOE SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
PLUMBER,
STEAM AND GAS FITTER,
T. W. RICHARDSON,
No. 27 Sootlt Sixth .Street,
ABOVE CHESTNUT. PHILADELPHIA
Hydrants made and repaired. Bathß and all other
Plumbing Work done at shortest’ notice.' Halls,
Churches, Stores, Dwellings, Ac. fitted up for Gas. and
waranted to give satisfaction. Country Work attend
ed to.
.9M0,000
$394,136 90
207,278 86
112,755 73
114,899 62
26.604 70
50,000 00
50,331 67
10,454 71
$966,461 79