ißligiaits girttlligtm PRESBYTERIAN. Dr. Palmer, infamously notorious for his zeal in stirring up the rebellious proslavery spirit of the South iu the months before re -14 i retur ned to New Orleans, to his old nook, apparently a wiser man. He is thus reported of by the New Orleans corres pondent of the Boston Post, under date of July 22 : . 11 Last Sunday, he, Dr. Palmer, frankly told his people that they had all been wrong, and he the 1 chief of sinners; ’ that they had been proud and haughty, disobedient, re bellious ; that he himself had been humbled before God, and received merited chastise ment ; that they had all been taught a good lesson of obedience to civil authority, and he hoped it would be filially received by them as the children of Christ, and laid up in their heart of hearts. His address was very touch ing, and dutifully received by the people, with whom he has great influence; and I have on doubt a man as strong as he, who is thus thoroughly subdued in the faith, has a great and good work before him. ’ 1 Rev. Wm. E. Holyoke is about to close a seven year pastorate in the Independent Presbyterian Church, of Polo, 111. During this time a debt of $3600 has been paid off, an aggregate of $14,000 has been raised for church and benevolent purposes, and 182 per sons have been added to the church, 107 by profession. The church how numbers 200. — Cor. Independent. The Union. Theological Seminary, Virginia.—This seminary, established in Prince. Edwards County, Virginia, was re duced m numbers during the war so much that for some time there were more profes sors in its faculty than students in its rooms. An effort is now making for its resuscitation. Record of a Philadelphia Pastorate. —On Sabbath the 20th ult.. Rev. Francis Church, pastor of the First U. P. Church, preached his tenth anniversary sermon. At the commencement of his pastorate the mem bership was twenty-five, and three elders; now, with all the changes, the deaths, re movals, etc., the present membership is three hundred and fourteen. Five hundred and fifty have actually been added to the ori ginal number, -however. The pastor has preached fifteen hundred and fourteen ser mons, solemnized two hundred and forty-one marriages, and soothed the last moments of fifty-one of his flock, who have died in ten years. The Oil Regions Again.—Rev. Watson Hughes, who has recently been exploring the neglected field of the oil region, and labor ing amidst its destitutions, is greatly en couraged by the interest which has been manifested in his labors by the people. July 9th, 23d, and again July 30th, he preached to large and attentive congregations. His sermon at Pit Hole, July 23d, is believed to have been the first over preached within two miles of the place, where now there is pro bably a population of five thousand people. Last winter there were not twenty persons in the place. At Pit Hole a generous donor, attached to the. U. P. Church, has given a double lot as a site for a church for the use of the various Presbyterian branches, has contributed the necessary lumber for an edi fice of sixty by forty feet, and has added to this benefaction the gift of four hundred dol lars in money, to aid in putting up the build ing. That the people are disposed to do liberal things, is further evidenced by the fact,.as reported to us, that the aeent.for thd. endowment of Westminster'(.U.'r.) College has secured twenty thousand dollars for that institution, from its friends in the oil district. — Pres. Banner. Personal.— The Rev. R. J. Breckinridge, D.D., LL. D., has been elected President'of the United College of Washington and Jef ferson, at Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. The Rev. Jacob Hart, an aged minister, of the 'Presbytery of Rochester City, who had lived for several years without charge at Fergus, Canada West, died on the 26th of November last. The Irish Presbyterian Church, num bers 130,497 communicants, _ a gain of over 7000 in the year. Contributions £76,490, a loss of £6,661. The church accommodations are 229,683 sittings. Collections for missions £10,232. Church debts decreased by £3437. COM GREG ATION AX. Items. —In the Sabbath-schools established by Rev. Norman McLeod in connection with the Congregational church at Great. Salt Lake City, and in Camp Douglass, the num-. her in attendance increases weekly. Sabbath school papers are taken and read with inter est, and it is already evident that the minds of the y..h are undergoing a change.— Twenty-six p rsons were added to the church in East Hartford, at the last communion, a part of the ingathering of a precious revival there last winter. Others also will unite with the church at the next communion.— There are about seventy churches in Con necticut without pastors. Forty of them are hearing candidates for settlement or an en gagement as stated supplies. An ordination or installation is a rare event.—Two German Congregational churches were organized in lowa in May, one at Lansing Ridge, with thirty-five members, and the other at Milton, about four miles from the village of Lansing, with ten members.—Rev. A. P. Marvin, of WinchOndon, has been appointed by the American Congregational Association to raise $lOO,OOO voted by the council for the Con fregational House. —Rev. H. A. Miner, of Tenasha, Wisconsin, gives an account in the Home Missionary of a revival in his congre gation, in which there have been thirty or forty conversions. It commenced with a “four days’ ” meeting. Signs op Improvement.—The 3d Parish Church of Portland, Maine, being smitten with the attractions of an unsound teacher, and desirous of having the usual sanction to a pastoral union with him, called a council as King ago as July, 1864, to attain their object. The council, however, refused to instal the minister in question, Rev. Jere. E. Walton. Last July, the attempt was renewed and the new council spent parts of two days, in ex amining the candidate. The result was a de cision, 13 to 11, not to instal Mr. W.. His. heresy is the doctrine of the annihilation, of the wicked and that of the possibility of pro bation after death. METHODIST. 'Rev. S. H. Morris, who is stationed at Pine Brook, Newark? Conference, and who is a somewhat outspoken sort of a brother, has so offended some of the people of his charge ; by hip loyal setiments, that they withhold his fc salary. On Saturday, the sth inst., some of I his Presbyterian and outside friends called r upon him and presented him a tangible evi ; dence of good feeling in the shape of a dona r tion ot $127. i The second session of the Delaware An nual Conference (colored) of the Methodist . Episcopal Church was recently held in Wil- S mington, Delaware. The usual Conference business was conducted with a fair degree of order and dispatch. Seventeen were or dained deacons, four were ordained elders, and the elder’s orders of another were recog nized. Eleven were admitted and ten were continued on trial.. Three presiding elder : districts were constituted, embracing eight ' appointments in one, twelve in another, and. eleven in another. Action was taken looking to the union of this body with the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. — Method ist. / Gen C. B Fisk, says the N. IF. Christian Advocate, has always been a Methodist, though to obtain loyal surroundings in St. Louis, he connected himself temporarily with the Congregational Church. He is now and has been for a long time connected with the First Union Methodist Church in St. Louis. ■ Personal.— The Rev. Justin Spaulding, formerly mis4onary to Rio Janeiro, and for many years a prominent minister of the New Hampshire Conference, died on July 9th, at Moretown, Vermont. He had been forty two years in the itinerancy.—Bishop Soule, of the M._E. Church, South, is in very feeble heaßh- He greatly desires that delegates shall be elected from Virginia to a General Conference at the regular time in 1866. • _Chijch Extension.—Anew M.E. Church edifice is about being erected in South Ches ter, Pa. —the main building to be 78 by 53 feet, and the chapel 60 by 33. Sabbath-School Convention.—A Con ference Sabbath-school Convention will meet at the Union Methodist Church in Philadel phia, on the 29th of September next.' It will be composed of the presiding elders, pastors, and lwo delegates from each school, and will be in session, it is expected, about two days. Much interest is already, excited, and every preparation is making to provide the gentlemen who may come here to attend the session with comfortable homes during their stay. EPISCOPAL. Mexico.—The Rev. Dr. Nicholson, who went to Mexico last year, on a tour of obser vation, under the appointment and auspices of the Foreign Committee, is, through the good providence of God, again in our midst, having been successful in the accomplishment of the aims and undertakings of his mission. He Dot only surveyed the ground, but has really inaugurated our Churcb. service there; and being obliged to return here for confer ence with the Foreign Committee, has left his mission in charge of one of the priests who have joined it. The great religions movement now progressing in the States of Mexico was begun by our present missionary about twelve years ago. The way at that time was beset with dangers and blocked up by difficulties which seemed almost insupera ble ; yet following the indications of Provi dence, and receiving a supply of Bibles and the Book of Common Prayer in Spanish, he bore them from town to town, preaching in the public squares and salas for the people; and though often discouraged, was at last cheered by the conversion of a native priest and a few Mexicans of integrity, intelligence, and influence, whom he formed into a society for religious intercourse. The growth of the society has been wonderful, and it bids fair to realize the aspirations of its friends and accomplish theprimal object of its institution, namely, “to introduce into every part of Mexico a faith and worship in every particu lar like our own.” — Spirit of the Times. Church Efficiency.—At the last Con vention of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, a committee was appointed to report on “ the best mode of working a parish.” The com mittee has issued its report in a pamphlet, under the title of “ The Vocation and Minis try of Church Members.” The five points discussed by the committee, in order to the best working. of a parish or church, are, pro viding religious instruction suited to all olaoooo ; —oonthioting —public _ worship, and training persons of every age and., condition to unite in it intelligently and reverently; combining individuals socially, for the promo tion of Christian fellowship; cultivating a true missionary spirit,, by inducing each church member to manifest an active interest in the salvation and edification of others; and extending a pastoral care over every member of the congregation. Rev. Dr. Elliott, the Bishop of Geor fia, took the oath of allegiance to' the Inited States some tunc ago. He has been one of the most infuriated rebels and revilers of the Government and country. BAJPTIST. How it was Revived.—One of those country churches, formerly large and influen tial, which had become reduced' by the re moval of many old members, and the influx of persons of divers sentiments, became so disheartened that for many months their houseof worship was only occasionally opened, and the parsonage was untenanted. In this emergency there met together several very respectable citizens, most or all of whom had from infahcy been led up to that house of God, on Sabbaths, by their parents. But one, perhaps, professed a hope in the Re deemer as a regenerated man, yet all were good citizens, and as such, lovers of Christi anity and of the Baptist polity in general. As far as men could be friendly to a church without joining it, these gentlemen were its true friends. They wrote a subscription paper, circulated it, and obtained subscrip tions for a larger sum than they were accus tomed to pay their pastors. They then pre sented to the church the subscriptions thus obtained, with a respectful request that the church procure a pastor ana reopen the house of God, so that they and their children and their neighbors could again be under Gospel influences. In a short time a man of God, hundreds of miles distant, was provi dentially directed that way, and is now labor ing there. It is an old field, where much good seed has been sown in bygone days.— Examiner. Ingathering.—The pastor of tbe First Baptish Church in New Haven, Ct., bap tized three converts on Lord’s day, July 29, and gave the hand of welcome to thirteen. In thelast four months he has baptized eighty into the church, and ten have been received by letter. Religious Destitution in Wisconsin, —, A correspondent from this State writes to the National Baptist : —The harvest is plen teous and the laborers are few. Many of the places lying waste a few months ago are now cultivated for Christ, and are bringing forth fruit to his glory; but vast tracts of new and sparsely settled country are destitute of the means of grace to a very limited extent. Many rising towns are very inadequately supplied with faithful preaching. There is work for missionaries, colporteurs, and Chris tians in every capacity. In some instances in large towns a few substantial laymen are greatly needed, and would be essential aids in building up efficient churches. REFORMED DUTCH. The Reformed Dutch Church, of South Bushwick, L. 1., was entered by burglars recently, and tor the fourth time despoiled of its carpets and furniture. This church has been an especial prey for robbers, and it is much to be regretted that the depredators have in no instance yet been detected. Pastors for Western Churches. —The Board of Domestic Missions is making plea sant progress in supplying vacancies in the West. Anumber of devoted men have come forward to offer themselves to this important work. . Rev. M. L. Schenck has accepted a commission to White Hall, an enterprising town, about fifty miles Below Springfield, 111. He has already entered upon his work, and is cheered by the hearty reception which the people gave him, and the prospect of useful THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST IT, 1865. ness which the field presents. Rev. Henry E. Decker has begun his work at Grand Rapids, Mich., under very favorable auspices. There has been some delay in supplying Cen terville and Battle Creek, Mich., and also Spring Lake and Havanna, HI., but arrange ments are being made by which the most of these churches will probably have pastors within a month or two. Rev. P. Du Pree, late of the Seminary, has just accepted an appointment as Sabbath-school missionary in the vicinity of Pella, lowa, and is expected to begin his work in a very short, time. Thus is the Lord favoring us. The First Reformed Dutch Church of White Plains, New York, was organized July 27th, of forty to fifty members. Rev. V. L. Lockwood supplies it. The Colored Baptist Churches of Richmond and Manchester recently had. a conference with the ministers of the white churches, in order to ascertain whether they could not harmoniously work together. The coloured churches demanded equal rights in the General Association’, and a fraternal re lation to the Northern ehurches, in which they expressed the greatest confidence. These requests the white Bapt«ts were unwilling to grant, and the colored churches will therefore effect an independent organization. Letter of Bishop Hopkins to the Rebel Dioceses.— Pree Pardon offered, and “ no questions asked.'’ —Bishop Hopkins, as presiding Bishop in the Episcopal Church, has sent the following letter to all the bishops of the Southern dioceses: — “Might Reverend and Dear Brothers: — The long and mournful period of national dissension has now passed away," through the overruling providence of Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, . whose counsels are all governed by unerring wisdom and unfailing love. The union of the States is rapidly ad vancing to a perfect restoration, and it would be a sad reproach to our Christian principles, if the lack of union in the Church should in dicate our disregard of the great law which enjoins religious concord with our brethren. I consider it a duty, therefore, especially in cumbent on me, as the senior Bishop, to testify my affectionate attachment to those amongst my colleagues from whom [ have been separated during those years of suffer ing and calamity, and to assure you person ally, of the cordial welcome which awaits you at the approaching General Convention. In this assurance, however, I pray you to be lieve that Ido not stand alone. I have cor responded on the subject with the Bishops, and think myself authorized to state that they sympathize with me generally in the desire to see the fullest representation of the churches from the South, and to greet their brethren in the Episcopate with thekindliest feeling. The past cannot be recalled; and, though it may not soon be forgotten, yet it is the part of Christian wisdom to bury it for ever, rather than to suffer it to interfere with the present and the future interests of .unity and peace. I trust, therefore, that I. shall eDjoy the precious .gratification of seeing you and your deputies in your proper place at the regular triennial meeting; and I pray that the Divine Redeemer, who is the Prince of Peace,-may prosper onr Convention with the Holy Spirit of consolation and fraternaMove, and consecrate our work with his effectual blessing.” Sierre Leone Missions not a Failure. —Referring to a statement from an unfriend ly tin '' Sierre Leone the converts to ’ere more numerous.. than Mr. H. Burland Oweff :h: —“ Such a represen tation is not corroborated by official doeu- : meats, for the colonial blue-book issued inf 1863 gives the returns from Sierre Leone, 1 , under the census of 1860, as follows: —Total population, 41,624. Of these were liberated Africans, 15,782; born within the colony,; 22,593. Of the whole population only 3,357 i remain pagans; 1,734 were Mahommedans,; 15,180 were Methodists, etc., and 12,954 Church people; 11,016 children were taught in the schools during the year.” Referring to the liberality : test of a devoted and efficient Christian character in the converts of the Church Missions, he says:—“ln 1854 the native Church undertook the whole pecuniar., responsibility of their primary schools, at a saving’to the Church Missionary Society of .£BOO per annum. In 1861 the contributions amounted to above £10,000; the following year the clergy were supported by local means, and rendered independent of the society at home.” • Carrara, Italy.—Rev. W. G. More head, of the U. P. Church in the United States, writes from Carrara respecting Italian, villages and cities as_ comparative fields for evangelization, and his own work in one of the former, as follows: —“In the large cities Popery is not the great obstacle to the spread of evangelical truth; it is infidelity—blank, cold skepticism, and the utmost possible de gree ot utter indifference to all religion. Quite the opposite is true in the villages, in the mountain towns, in places unfrequented by the worldly and the indifferent. It is in such places as these, my dear brother, that the Gospel in Italy is taking deep root. Ido not say that the work is not going on well in the large cities. I trust it is—but for the present only Italians can cultivate such fields. I am happy, very happy to labor in these little places, among this simple-minded, liberty-loving, gospel-seeking people. Oh 11 if you could see them gathered in our hum ble room, forty, fifty, sixty men and women, taught to think of Satan and JProtestant as synonymous, listen with an eagerness and an earnestness which seems to long to know,the truth, your heart indeed, dear brother, would, as mine often is, be rejoiced, and you would feel, as we do, that it is not a sacrifice to be buried in this mountain town, unknown and uncared for except by those among whom we labor.” Mr. Monod’s Visit and Appeal.—Rev. Theodore Monod is pursuing in this country his errand of charity, in seeking aid for the domestic missionary, work in France. The Evangelical Society, which he’represents, is well known to our churches, and has long enjoyed the benefit of their prayers and generous sympathy. For a third of-a cen tury it has been doing a noble work in France for Christ and his truth, and is des tined, we trust, to flo a still nobler work in the future. number of ladies, warmly in terested in the object, propose to aid it, we understand, by preparing, in the course of . the summer, a variety of useful and orna mental articles, with a. view to their sale in the autumn! The New York Observer is desired to say that contributions to this object, either in money or articles for. sale, may be left at Randolph’s bookstore, corner of Ninth Street and Broadway. British M. E. Conference.— On Thurs day, July 1 27th, the Conference commenced its sessions at Birmingham. Rev. W. Shaw was elected president, receiving 206 votes, and J. Farrar secretary, receiving 212 votes. On Friday, July 28th, Bishop JaneS, the re presentative of American Methodism, was received by the Conference. During the year, 223 erections have been completed, namely, chapels, value, £98,807; schools, value, £4106; enlargements, value, £15,883; organs, value, £4853; total, £123,649; being THE SOUTH. MISSIONARY. FOREIGN. an increase of £36,000 on the previous year, and nearly £20,000 more than in any pre vious year. Father Ignatius and the Monks.—Ac cording to a letter from Father Ignatius, on the late rebellion in the monastery of Norwich, all the Brothers have confessed “their griev ous sin,” using the words, “ we have all been mad. The ringleaders nave been expelled, and no change will be made in the arrange ments of the monastery. ITEMS. The Emf>eror has ordered the Arab reli gion to be respected and ptit on a footing with the Catholic and Protestant. Dr. Ryland, pastor of the African Church in Richmond, Va._, has resigned his position, and his resig nation has Been accepted, on the ground that a large majorit y of the church, which num bered some 3000, felt that one who had apol ogized for slavery and sympathized with secession cannot be their pastor. -Professor Harris, of Bangor Theological Seminary, has declined accepting the Professorship of Did actic Theology in the Theological Department of Yale College, which has been tendered him. FOREIGN ITEMS. [TRANSLATED AND PREPARED FOR THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN.] Berlin. —The total amount of contribu tions to benevolent objects received at the office ot the A 7! Ev. Kirchenz. for five years past is $47,394. Of this sum s9lo.were con tributed in 1864.—-Under date of January 14th, Sirs. Prof. De Wette reports two new cases of want among widows of Moravian and Bohemian pastors. One who was blind and lame; and ,five hundred dollars in debt, and whose creditors threatened to self the bed under her, was relieved by the timely gift of two hundred and fifty dollars. Again, March 4th, she is in hopes of soon sending the Mo ravians one thousand francs, and as much to the Basle mission, to cancel their debt. This is the proceeds of a fair j ust held. The want of church accommodation is exciting consid-, erable interest. According to the N. Ev. Kirckenz., there is not room for 10 per cent, of the population. Prof. Cassel, in a pamph let published for the benefit of the Church Erection Association, states that of 660 births in a certain parish, 180 never knew their fathers, 200 are baptized through the agency of the_ police, and of 250 couples married, one-third are of doubtful reputation. In a certain congregation, four ministers have an nually 1000 baptisms, 1100 confirmations, 679 marriages, 1600 funerals. His conclusion is that the churches which are not are the greatest obstacle to those which are. The Unionsverem has petitioned the magistracy on the subject, showing that twenty-six par ishes do. not supply the million inhabitants of the city. They pray that chaples may be recognized as, parish churches, that new churches may be built, more ministers licen sed. . That the parishes may Have a voice in electing their pastors, that room may be, re served for new buildings, and that sufficient funds at once ,be appropriated to build ‘churches, and liquidate church debts. A meeting in behalf of. the Church Erection Association was held in the Evang. Union Hall on February 23d. Considerable interest was manifested, and a gift of eighty dollars was received'for the cross of the first new church building.. Requests for aid were laid before the meeting from the church of the Twelve Apostles, from Pastor Bogehold, from Pastor Braun, and from an enterprise on the Johannestiseh. A course of lectures has been delivered for the benefit of the associa tion. The first was by Prof. Paul Cassel on ‘ 1 History._and Myth; ” Prof. Plashar fol io wetfon “ The Childhood of Jesus. ” WtntTEMBURG. —Phil. Paulus, of the Eriedensglodce , has returned to the national Church, avowing that he has not found what he sought among the sects. Chr. Hoffman, of the Suddeutscher Warte brands as a false prophet every one who denies the perpetuity of miracles in the Church, -t—Hopes are en tertained that the half-finished work of church constitution will now be completed. The VoUvs/reund mis Schuiaben , a weekly publi cation giving news of “the times, the word, the kingdom, and life,” has been issued as the organ of the movement. A motion to petition the Government to abolish capital punishment was carried in the Chamber of Deputies, by 56 to 27, on February 14th, The upper house and King Charles are known to oppose the abolition. In Stutt gart, 57,000 florins have been collected to erect a new church on a plan of great archi tectural beauty. The estimated cost is 300,. 000 florins. —“ The life of Jesus, according to the statements of the Evangelists, justified and defended against Strauss and unbelief in general’ ’ is the title of a work published at. Basle and Ludwigsburg., It is collected from the writings of the late Prof. Fr. Imm. Tafel, by his friends. Its distinct feature is that it.traces a spiritual, symbolical sense as the basis of its reply to the arguments of Strauss. It is somewhat tinctured with Swedenborgianism. Livonia. —A statement that one-half of the country population of the Baltic provinces had espoused the Greek faith, needs limita tion. Oourland and Estland remain un changed. In Livonia, one-twelfth of the in habitants have adopted the Greek faith. Weimar. —ln this State, on March Ist, the death penalty was abolished. “ When, in 1848, capital punishment was abolished,” says the N. Ev. Kirchenz., “ many inferred from the event two advantages to the whole German people : 1. Every German shall let be killed. 2. Every German may |k!U another German. We recommend Wei |mer to add an amendment— ‘ murder is here by abolished.’ ” Belgium. —The Echo du Commerce, Nov. 1, 1864, notices a strife in the bosom of Mother Church on the occasion of the induc tion of the Bishop of Brugge. Stands were erected in the cathedral, for. admission to .which a fee was charged, and the division of "the spoils made the trouble. The commis sioners of the maintenance fund of St. Sau veur claimed all that was taken in. The pri vate treasurer of the Bishop claimed a part, urging that no bishop, no -induction. The Papal Nuncio claimed one-third, for if no Pope, no bishop, then no-induction. How it has been settled heretics know not. Prance-. —The institutions of Laforee (Dordogne) under the care of the evangelical pastor, John Bost, merit a passing notice. They are five in number. The first, known as the “‘Evangelical Family,” has been con tinued for . sixteen years, .with an average of eighty pupils Orphan girls, young girls, who by their circumstances are exposed to great temptations, and daughters of scattered Pro testants, mostly of the lower orders, are edu cated here as servants, seamstresses, dea conesses, and teachers. In “Bethesda,” young girls are received who are sickly, blind or imbecile. Incurable cases are rather in vited than excluded. This institution was established in 1865, and has seventy beds, which by no means supply the demand. ‘ ‘ Siloam’ ’ is for male patients what Bethesda is for female. It accomdates twenty-eight, “Bbenezer” whs founded in 1862, for female epileptic patients. “Bethel” was accommo dations for eight male epileptic patients. —— La, Semaine Religieuse of February 11th, is authority for the following:—ln a little town of the West, a Protestant widow wished to marry a Roman Catholic. The priest first demanded renunciation of her faith, then of that of her two daughters, finally that the threeshouldexerci.se before rebaptism, until they should have sweat as much moisture as there was water used in the baptizing them. The woman complied, and coming Back to the cold church in a surfeit of heat, took cold and died within a week of inflammation of the lungs. A negro, byname Abdallah, was bought as a slave from the market at Alex andria some years ago,, and brought to Mar seilles. . ffis owner, a pious merchant, treated him kindly and educated him. Converted to faith in Christ, he felt impelled to preach the Gospel, and is now employed by a French Society as an evangelist in the department of Vauduse, among the descendants of the old Waldenses of Provence. They, rent by party divisions, in. many cases alienated from the life of their fathers, crowd the churches attracted no doubt by the singular spectacle, and a new life seems to be beginning among them. 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HAVE MORE TESTIMONYI HAVE MORE RESPECTABLE PEOPLE TO VOUCH FOR THEMI Than .any other article in the market. We Defy any one to Contradict this Asser tion, and Will Pay fiooo To any one who will produce a certificate published by us that is not genuine. HOOFLAND’S GERMAN BITTERS Will cure every case of CHRONIC OR NERVOUS DEBILITY, * DISEASES OF THE KIDNEYS, AND DISEASES ARISING FROM A DISORDERED STOMACH - . OBSERVE THE FOELOWISO SYMPTOM Resulting from, disorders of the Digestive Organs, ■ such as Constipa tion, Inward Piles, Fullness of Blood to the' Head. Acidity of the Stomach, Nausea, Heartburn, Disgust for Food, Fullness or weight in the Stomach,Sour Eruc tations, Sinking or Flattering at the pit of tL*- Stomach, Swimming of the Head, Hurried and Di; - ficult Breathing, Fluttering of the Heart, Choking or Suffocating Sensations when in a lying posture,Dim ness of Vision, Dots or Webs before the Sight, Fever and Dull Pain in the Head. Deficiency Perspiration, Yellowness of the Skin and Byes, Pain in the Side, Back, Chest, Limbs, &c., Sudden Flushes of Heat,Burning in the Flesh, Constant Imaginings of Evil, and great Depression of Seif its. REMEMBER THAT THIS BITTERS I© NOT ALCOHOLIC, CONTAINS NO RUM OR WHISKEY, And Can’t Hake Drunkards, IS THE BEST TONIC IN THE WORLD. READ WHO SAYS SO. From Rev, Levi Q. Beck , Pastor of the Baptist Church at Chester , Pa„ formerly of Baptist Church, Pember ton, N. J, * * * * * * * * * I have known Hoofland’s German Bitters favorably for a number of years. I have used them in my own family, and have been so pleaded with their effects that I was induced to recommend them to many o» her?, and know that they have operated in a «trikingly beneficial manner. I take great pleasure in thus pub licly proclaiming this fact, and calling the attention of those afflicted with the diseases for which they are recommended to these Bitters, knowing from experi ence that my recommendation w>*J hesustamed. Ido this more cheerfully as Hoofland’s Bitters is intended to benefit the afflicted, and is “ uo r a rum drink.” Yours truly, LEVI G. BECK. From Rev. J. Newton Brown, J). J)., Editor of the £n cyclopcedia of Religious Knowledge Although not disposed to P *t nt Medicines in general, through d^.- : '-u<i of ingre dients and effects, I yet know of no sufficient reasons why a man may not testily to ilm t—etits he believes himself to have received from any simple prepara Lions in the hope that he may thus contribute to the benefit of others. Ido this more readily in regard to Hoofland’s Ger man Bitters, prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson, of this city, because I was prejudiced against then* for aauy years, under the impression that they were ehit.ly an alcoholic mixture. lam indebted to my friend, Robt, Shoemaker, Esq., for the remove? of this prejudice by proper tests, and for encouragement, to try uiem, suffering from great and long ro> debility. Tue use of three bottles of these bitters, at edit oegiunlng of the present year, was followed by evident relief, and restoration to a degree of bodily and mental vigor which I had not felt for six'months before, and had almost despaired of regaining. I therefore thank God and my friend for directing me to the use of them, Philada., June 23.1861. J. NEWTON BROWN. From Rev. J.M.Lypns t form*>rlv pn***- r.rtio n.i (N. J.) and milestoxon (Pa?) Bnprt*t <Jtmrcke>>, New P.' IT V, Dr. C. M. Jackson:—Dear Sir —I feel it a pleasure thus of my own accord to bear testimony to the excel-* lence of the German Bitters. Some years sincej'being much afflicted with Dyspepsia, I used them with very beneficial results. I have often recommended ibeni to persons enfeebled by that tormenting disease, and . have heard from them the most flattering testimonials as to their great value. In cases of general debility I believe it to be a tonic that cannot be surpassed. From Rev . J. S. Berman, of the Gemma Reform'd Church, KxUztown, Berks Cov. -j, i ?. Ur. C. M. Jackson:—Respected Sir—l have been troubled with Dyspepsia nearly twenty years, and have never used any medicine ?hai r i p? £OOd as Hoofland’s German Bi'-crs. lam ;( .h improved after having taker: ave Luiiiea. Yours, with respect, J. t>. HERMAN PRICES. Large size, (bolding nearly double quantity.) $1 per bottle— nan ul,*. . 'o Small size—7s cents per bottle—. , lA ) BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS 1 See that the signature of “ C. M. JACKSON " is on the WRAPPER of each bottle. Should your nearest druggist not have tbe.artiole, do not be put off by any of the tions that may be offered in its place, hr and we will forward, securely pnr PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND MANUFACTORY, No. 631 Arch Street, Philada. JONES & EVANS, (Successors to C.M. JACKS* PRO?K( -I®* For sale by Druggists and <1 »alers in every town in the United States. AYER’S PILLS. *e you sick, feeble and ilaining? Are you out •der with, your system jged and your feelings'- imfortable? These boms are often the pre to serious illness, fit* of sickness is ling upon you, and Id be averted by a ly use of the right •ay. Take Ayer’s Puls, cleanse out the disor sd humors—purify the id, and let the fluids r e on unobstructed in ,h again. They stimu tbe functions of the into vigorous activity, fy the system from the jease. A cold settles f and deranges its natural functions. These, if not relieved, react upon them selves and the surrounding organs, producing general aggravation, suffering and derangement. While in this condition, take Ayer’s Pills, and see how directly they restore the natural action of thesystem, and withitthe buoyant feeling of health again. What is true and so apparent in this trivial and common complaint is also true in many of the deep seated and dangerous distempers. The same purgative effect expels t-h- Caused by similar obstructions and derangements of the natural functions of the body, they are rapidly and many of them surely cured by the same means. None who know the virtue of these Pills will neglect to employ them when suffering from the disorders they cure, such as Headache, Poul Stomach, Dysentery, Bilious Complaints, Indigestion, Derangement of the Liver, Costiveness, Constipation, Heartburn, Rheumatism, Dropsy, Worms and Sup pression) whfn taken in large doses. They are Sugar Coated, ao that .the most sensitive can take them easily, and they are surely the best purgative medicine yet discovered. - .1 M. TsVnVg, k,j express. .-lOKS.
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