EMMOTT.--A STRANGE TALE. BT JOHN ABHWOETH. At my request, John Ashworth has written and publishes this short sketch of my life: which, in the presence of four witnesses, ! declare to be true. I have done much evil,' andilnow wish to do all the good L I, hope this narrative will bo read by many, Who will see what grace can.do for the Worst 1 , ihd induce them ml, like me, to seek 5 the Friend of sinners. . , RiohaudEmmott. - 6 Q, Union street, Oldham, July,. 1865. As you enter the towhiof.. Oldham, Eng land, from the Mumps. Railway Station, near,the baths in Union Street, there is a small cottage : numbered 60. For many years the windows of this cottage had been filled with cigars, tobacco, fruit, sweetmeats, sporting papers, and infidel publications; but on the Sabbath the window'was'deeked out With all possible attention,, td-alluie and corrupt the young or people xiri the"neigh borhood. : 1 Having a Sabbath engagement in Old ham, I informed the gentleman, in whose house 1 was staying on ,the Saturday eve ning, that I should probably let myself out early in the 'take a quiet walk through the streets, 'atiid' btfve a little Con versation with tne's£riig^fei?s ! and groups of street-loungers, and tryif I’ could induce some of them: to 'get Washed and attend a place of Worship. ' • Passing out of Union street about seven: the following morning,! oame to this open toffy-shop. A. middle-aged woman, wason her knees washing the doorstep, .fishing, to speak to her, I stooped- and said— “ My good woman, have you any money in the Savings’Rank ?” r The woman rose from her knees witfi s the floorcloth in! and, looking me in the face, said— “ Whatever made you ax me that/fel loy?” ■■■• ='■ • rv v. ■ “Well, Mrs./’ 'I-replied, “I have been asking that questioa of many Sabbath shop keepers for the ..last- twen’ty years, ,and. I have never had saved any thing; they arp-all.a poor, poverty-stricken, lot, and I am to knojy if yo,u are like the rest I have seen.” “Us aught saved 1 ? .Ray, not us. I wish" we had,” she again replied. Just then a tall, 1 thin- man came 1 across the street, and, looking me rather fiercely in the faoe, said— •, “-What are you saying to-my wife ? 5 ’ 1 : “ Well, sir, if ' been asking her -if' y:ou : haye iuaiy money j.n the bank ?” I replied, ‘■Ah! youare-.,pnje ( of the black-coats, are you.? ~ Wiiere ,13your .white 1 * choker ?” he asked. “ I do not happed to have one at present,' but I have a black ’CtfaVdf good Yorkshire 1 cloth. Just rulf'Jfhttr'hand down the-sleeVe 1 and feel bow sifcootlPitdsi” ' i ■ ' ' ! THis playful ' expreskkm on my part rather changed hi? temper ; bufc,'agam iad dressing me with an important air, he ob served— “ Youhayejgaught a tartar this morning, and one that has had many a twist with such chaps as you; for, if there is r au"ht I, delight in, it is to ohokea parson. I wish I coiild choke them every one, si) that they oould- never speak again.” ' . ■■■"['”’ ■- I '- “ What sort ' of*' a * tartar are aakW/ * • ri ‘■-■'Wf " ft My name iS-EttSnottj aiwell-khbwn Sec ularist of thirty yeats* standing.” ! .‘tdPheniY.amjndtosurprisediakyour keep* ingia Sabhath shop- and, strangle, parsons,” I rppM§d fi O vd .<)&*-1* ,6i .'“.Say what yg»,ij|y I shall Jeep ; this little shop open.whenul a good reason for keeping it Sab bath, and I can clinch it with an'argument you oanhot tohoh.” ’' *y ,c " “Well, what iky our‘clincher ?” • - “ Why, that I'oahTriaktihabout tiVo shil lings out-of the gißidii lfiduM|| window. day, and two shillings aretiwo shillings, If I was to go to thppgnaidiansii&r ,-two ishilli lings, I might httvgutft stand; w»%»g hours, and be snubbed in;.the,bargain.” v Well, sir, I, admire, your spirit as re gards goinj§k guardians, for r s |ave no, patienpe yri|h going forjuirisn relief that oan help it, -Sjpme are forced to but many gO that do without iti’if they* would.make ah'effort. But I * think your'argunieht laUie (me; for Sab-; bath likelyttb find their way ■to thepborhousedn the long' run than persons thatihonoii thplSabfeath.”, Why, how do you make tjys out?” ('.Well,Jiir, heyg jpu haye .ppr, .fruit,, toffy, apd penny. to Bay jgothibg about ygpr infideV pppks, ,tempting Sapbath what* their parents and'teachers’warn Chein against doing.' You Sell these 1 cigars* and tobaopp to mere boys, helping* them to form dbgrkdihg habits, aud thereby ifajuringsyonr neighbors’ children. Theuonsequehoewill be that respeotable people will not trade with youi ahy day, for, depend upon it, so ciety is a spQipl compact Despise and snub society,; despise and suub you; /espeot guujp f ?t, it, and it will respect and smil’g-ftji "yon. make this more clear,* did you ever see h sit-toot look ing-glass r ’ ‘'“.Yes, many 5 a one.’" ,y the next time you fcde one, stand* before- it, -clench yourfist,and, with' arlpok oMefianoe, Say/ ‘Who cares for you 2’ and you will see onetwith clenched fist and deff ant look Who,ewes for yon?/- Butj if you smile ,pnd say, ‘ Good morning, my friend, I wish ypuf ( Y have been snubDmg Wd defying sooihtj'*tor* the last thirty "’yeafs, and it has snubbed us both;' , ifath'the worklpusb" ia l ; think I will Here.g6f&s”'ancb Emmott swept toffy, tob&oco, cigars; infidel 1 papers ail'out of tho putting thet®; on the'top of the maheclepand ipulled dpwUj THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1865. his blind, his wife staring at him wiltrtbe greatest astonishment all the while. . While Einmottr's wife was gazing at him in wonder, I'was watching his proceedings with pleasure; and when he hid finished, I said— " J! .;.’'V.;- . “Well done! and, depend upon it, you will be commercially a gainer. How, if you keep a correct account !of : your deal ings, I shall, all well, be-coming- this way again, and I dare yentutfe-.to.makeiup-alb ypu lose, if you will giye,mer,.ypuj J .gsbns;.- And now what.do you say togoing, to place of worship ?”/, t• ' ■ , “ Nay, .nay ! Your looking-glass argu ment has Jmocked ine . dbyp, ‘believd it, but no' churches ! br chapels for me: : Old ham folks; will be aihhzed"enough to sefe the but tfi§y : !will ’ never sfei'iae: in h ohurch. I see Byf the bills on the walls that Johh 'Ashwortbj'of Bochdale; is going to preaoh in the chapel at the ,end of the. street, oldid think, onee of jgoing to hear, wbat tbat ehap had . to. say. I have read bis ‘Wilkins,’ * Sanderson,and ‘ Niff, and, his Dogp/ f and long .for a. of just meeting the meddling fopf.^' rt jWell>,sir, if you will‘giFready 1 will' call on you about the 'time, arid'we will go together!”' 1 ' ' Jw'.i.r - “No, no! Churches and chapels are nought in-my line— : l wish they were alhin 'ruins ; ■ besides, my Sabbath: jump is in the■ pop-shop, and I.shall not.go in these.rugs.”, When I .returned to the house at which I staying, and, during breakfast,. counted to the gentleman, and his, wife the adventure of the morning—mpre'especially my conversation with 1 .were greatly',Bufprised Siid plfcasgd. I expressed' a .wish that he might 'he ; ;visited :a hy';'a few 41 judieious'friendsftp'hn'courage him giving 1 ■up hiS Sabbath trading, duel" I'‘thought' it possible that he might "yet be u inducedoto> attend; some place’ ofi; worship.oiiThis, was; done ;by Messrs. Mortimer/jHibberty ~and> others, for t they all became interested ; in ; Bmmott’s case. .. j... f, How mysterious are the of nim whose, pathways are, in the . deepd With f infinite love and.pity tie looks on our faU len humanity, and thdugH there is ho other’ naine'byjwhich ■we can be saved bdir'fiib'' name of Christ; J et J mtiby * adhl farih ouk influences are’s!; workintendedto bring wicked men to seek salvation 1 in; thatitfamey ‘and. to trust in the gopdness:of ;Godu Brace, 'the-traveller, whemdying jnjdespair onithe arid sands of:the;Abyssinian desert, washed., to trust in.foci’s providence,from-,seeing a a, -small.., green plant blopmjng. .amidst, the ~, Xuuiaeus, fell on .ms knees .before the common 'English gorse, and 1 thanked 1 Grod he this additional evidence Mfdbm. ~ I knew a' poor"* woman who, almost broken hearted'withdsorrow, sat weeping beside a well;- a little girl-was npluckiog: daises and .bluebells, and singing: “iCome .to, : Jesus;”. *the • : woman heard the child is song,, kuelt and sought epiufort fropithat Jesus,- of [whom the child was.singing,.and from, that day became,a,happy Christian. . of a lark wasjamongst thp influences that melted .down,‘ih'e haughty" >spirito r f Emmott. .after my visit‘He was Walking fhf&ugh*’fjld'ham‘park’; *a lark was j ust rising from the’gfoubdf hfe watched .it as it rose higher -aud higher, warbling its l sweet notes as it-ascended, till "it; became a merespeckunthe clear,blue:sky:-“,Yes,” said-Emmottnto himself, “ yon- little bird, is filled with song; and joy, wbilp lamjnisera; ble and wretched, Thiawinged creaftixp, a mere thing of instinct,..warbles .andbaskp in: the sunbeam,7answeTii]g. the purposes of its existence, and is happy ; but I, a ra .tional "creature, aiggloohiy and sa’cfbf heart. ,idw.%'this ? 'lf thefd.be a‘GodVSe’taust : i have ds ,? fiincli regard for-' my j happiness ‘as 5 for the iypgindss of that bird; '!h'at bird dingsits‘'sdDg>Without snubbingor insulting; itsifellows, ob denying its Maker. ; It needs riot- to look into-the six-fopt glass, to;,teach, it that,like t nyrpt produce-like.” ~ ; ■ These.reflections brought, teupja, and Em tjh^t. u he too might the purpose of :Ins existence,.and Jieppme a happy'map 1 ; [Shd, Strange'-'sis'it inay sceinj'ilisrt/prayer ; was the verse of a hymn taught him by his , mother—a mother thatj had - offered •'ibahy privets for-hffifd SSnpibutffdSTtlffirtyi years he h&dfifever ;eveui‘thqught eof oit-rS-i but now thatjmather’st.ver6MrTOis< w .a-uol > Come,'HolyjSpiritSifrom abdye, -: *_ e,i?V ' ;.-4i“pa^4ky l^ofI g»ceapddp^; lfi - Visit mewitlrcelestial fire, ~ . becamh the iiiv6lahiafy i langrftge' df J a bur dened Sbtfl. 3 ' 1 yitaotneo ni; ga The Sabbath following;fdund,Emmott in the houseiof player/ <ehlisted''fbr* a soldier, and : had guard oVer the jail : containing three of our) Williama/'and*Jones. J This I, did; not Jike,i and jdesCrtodi' jjJf^rayjiUpd: mites f irs*\ti * * letter I): I came to live in Manchester, and joined a company of low-lived infidels, and soon became so degraded that nay wife left me and came to Oldham. I followed hqr, arid again'found several of the same class, but calling themselves secularists. About lhis time I was perfectly savage againat every one professing religion, and took every opportunity of insulting them. I would not touch, or allow my child to touch the Bible, though I have flogged him because he would not tell a lie. ' I drove . the Bible-sellers out of the market-place by turning ; all they said into ridicule, and laughed and mocked.at all open-air preach erig l could find. Many of them, especially ; yourigj inexperienced men, I have -driven -ivray by asking obscene questions .they could not or durst not answer, - r > I“I once pushed a donkey into meeting, telling the astonished that I had brought them: a' s'ini .converted, that had as mttchia g< ,of them, • -, ; J | “ I was once sick, and, at my i iater’s re .quest, a minister came to see me. He was taking but his Bible to read,but] told him to put away th ! e cursed book, and find 1 me two would df me.mbre good than all. the'Bibles and, pray irs'in-.tbe world. ,He replied, that God wo lid send blessings for. the ? body as well as |he soul; hut I told him he'was a liar, for God did -not deal in flaunel, if there was-a God. “I never heard a church bellbnt I "wished the ground would open and swallow up all the. .churches and chapels with, the parsons, and I gloated in keeping ,open shopahd sell .ingsportiiig and infidelpubiicatioris'ohtbe ;Skbi)ath. Such has been my life for thirty years'. r ■' ■“ I have been in many towns, and amongst all- ..classes of . infidels, especially •the {Secularists.. Some of tlj^e.^pjete^d' to. be:rather more. respp.ctablc> than ..the old stock of infidelB,.but they: arerall a miserai-; tide, wret^hOd*-lot^-a .withering blight.fol lows aught they take in hand. • They ;: are an organisation, without a head, a 'body without a substance,.denying the existence .of a God, and are, ,without .faithin man. itejectiugthemoral'law,they,..laughatall moral responsibility, and axe, only.nkept; in order by the" laws of the; country.: Most* secularists are better than : their creeds for, 'did 'they practice what they, pretended "to beljeve,.society jb.ecomel'i&possiljl.e;; and'jCbeiieyei witt- fi[oidflLn, png oi| tteir latej lecturers,- 'That- a secularist,to,;, gain, hi?, ;Own- point, can Commit the :• most heirrid crimes, even- murder, and be consistent with hia' t ’prineitoes.' ‘ It is a' mercy tliat renoer.and .a; ; race. Qi beipgs almdati'ektinet. , “ When my. eyes were openpd, aud I saw how, great'a' Binner I -was,'jbielfcgreatly troubled about- "Ufir ihjury- -1 : Had 7 done* tb others by the Me; of infidel' feffblieatibhs,; those.passports, to fum, atid. ; resolyed JJ tha : t not. pn,e ; more should pagg through my hands -or .remain, in imy house. . I gathered, them ; ; aibtogether, .with the; hooks bblpngingi-to; myself, edsting- in all about four pounds; I 1 piled' them on the fire/and, ais J I daw""them consuming in the flames, I felt as if FWas 1 "burning the devil, and fwatcjjied their de -1 pleasure., ..Now, thought I, you are done for. . : “Since this ohange came over my mind, any home is already like a paradise’tb what it was. Now 1 , I,' have a quiet,’ peaceable home; b’efore' it was. like' a bedlaiiij espe ,eiaUy onifie Sabbath.;, .Tfien it ,yras„filli| ’ witlkjall soi;ts of rabble. talking all soits of wicked, filthy talk, from morning to night. Never was there such a change in a house, and I hope God’will'have mercy upon me,'< jandf r pBrdbn' my mahy 'transgressions-,' an d then it will/bea change : indieed—it will be a bliss here and hereafter, and an immbftality :of bliss w bliss:.”, r,, i: V'-C"!*!' : ! .Emmott finished’this short sketch of ms life by Tequesting me to .provide him! .with. ;a Bible/that^'he’; .mighty read -it day and night. He" also ‘ reqifesfed’ that I 'Would; .couple out names witH' a : date, “'so that his, might bp often reminde3,,bf,''tnef circumstances, that;had bj.oughf cb tp^qthjef.. 'I cheerfully complied with, his request, and ! one true signof a real change is,, the book he had once mortally bated he : now loves. : But is there hot another amazing lobab'gV?; 1 N6,,sbcmer does Emtnott emerge; ; from the gipomy; cavern 'df '-infidffity;ifnd t catoh p ray ofheavenly-lightj.putbe begins, , tortadkabout.an immortality of.,bliss ! . ;, t; , j -The ohangetthat Emmot waa so troubled . . 4tfd?hfixibfib 7 Sbout‘'oatne at 'last. ’; He;had: befenWry [ ,atfentive’at the means ‘of i J gihSb; on iiiglit: WdiC^ti|n; ; jexpeneMe rcr Jrrpm , one .ofi these.meetings h>.retpj-ned; m .lqe deepesV distresajland'fiori&tiriflkysjsought mercy,in.: prayersandtearsr-“iO.Lprd,.wiltthou.not pMttohiiie ? t; ‘lf Thou wiltlfpt, loannot be'i surprised for" I fiavelaujglied TheC to iCprii/ and; thousands pf' times ; jEnsiffiejl/ the ‘very name of,thy deqp,Son I have ip.deed been the chief of sinhers,;h,nt wiTfcThou: not save meif. Oh: do, Lord, ,do, for-Christ's sake, that died for: sinnersdo save ine;!” ’ v,:,..- , '1: sv | ,;Th l b‘heart-brolren' s praybr was! heard, affd' again ;the power ,of Christ’s blpodVMiriade" maniLiest i%t)e^ng I aDl& to saye.tJje pi knn.erej ; fpr i -Emmptt i of God, a sinner;saved by:gracev t! .U .j s:sri .,. I altf a lettCrH received iinmediately alter, ih which he ;thia prayer-end his-deliv eranee,’ he says:—a m’oment l felt as jifiLhadi^^|pp|ti^ : was soaring.sdpft, into heavep'. f felt ’faith to be as strpng-.as Samson.,-SLy - wile says.l am happy as, a king, but no :king : is ’ half so happy. This is the brightest day of j -my life,;and-I,now truly begin : ,t9 live, for : I am a child of-God,,bpught with the bipod of the, Lamb ‘of Gpd, that taketh •the slh' bf/ the;world,;.' J I ’hope I shall jWeilk Humbly "bedbre’ Jim, and djiily, ask, his blessing and ; gracei.to -gui,de ine.andlielp me todiveat jpeade-iwith all' inankind.” -,.. ‘Emmbtt’s hbnyer^HfprdlifoSdlg'reatas-; knew' : him.'in,oldham. ppfik-i ling,* scorning,- s.coßing, S^>h a, :h •ing, infidel bookselling, thfrty-year seeular fiatj: shohld become- W Christian, astonished lull -add : greatly : plesised- many,' but it was: illkef a‘ bombshell thrownf among his old: 'cbmpanions in Starry ; of these; w-hat^hey,had f( ;were tone, and found ft true ind i §gq.; I ,jßlit; when itwaaireportedthat Emmott was,expected dp'mve'BJtWbliC: -'his J-converr', -tdr'ljn# eji.i '1,!..; 1- i'.-i mil ii-‘: '.'.•sr;;:r v ite* :-0? H si on at the ehvftch he attended, manywent yho are not often found in a place of wor ship. j This service Mr. Mortimer, the minister, opened with singing, prayer, and a short address. • Several of the members spoke.a &w words, but when. Emmott rose, with evident nervousness, all eyes, were turned 4>wards bim, with the most, intense inter est and in breathless silence. His first were feeble and tremulous. Hespoke of thp amazing goodness of God in preserv ing his life during the many years, of his wicked career, and mourned over his many ! transgressions, and the evil he had done ter others, fie alluded to the mysterious way he had been brought to Bee his wickedness and folly 1; but when he spoke 'of- the love : of God, throuf h .Ohfißt, iriiipardbning his sins, he wept 1 ko - a cHild-'J r,- He by declaring tl at he-has enjoyed- more real, happiness in oi e hour- since his conversion than in all the time he was.an . infidel., ! : Many that were present wept tears of thankfulness fprtbis, additional evidence of ■the power ot saving grace,. One poor man, an old .acquamtance of Emniott, declared that “ff Ke aiuldbe as'happy’as DiclcEin niott, he &oujd give all he’ Hach'eiveh his’ donkey and cart':"-’ ' 1r - ■ ■ a 4 prayer company er to be tul as any My visit to Emmott after the public con fession of his faith was to' both of us a joy-’ ful meeting. He spoke -of'his deep confi dence . in’.God’s mercy and love, and his firm conviction that He would sustain him amidst all the,, persecution, and abuse lie tp.piiffar frongijhis.old; ermpaniops. ~ju t hen theßible,, r and,jOpening at the fifty r tbirii of Isaiah, rekft^T “ Surely He.,hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet t did; we r 'esteem Himetricken. smitten of God 1 and'afflicted:’ But lfe was wounded for ottr transgressions,; He was bruised for bur iniquities': 1 the chas tise! lint of oUr.peabe was upohfiini; and with His Stripes 1 we afe- healed. All we like sheep have gone:astray:t r - we*,have turn d every one to his own ; way.; and the iiorc hath laid on'dlim,the .iniquity- of us all-” t -‘(I,; 'i'ii ul or, TO [lile;.reading this description of our- suffering;; for us, tears streamed yEmmottJs faoe., “ What love! what “ and all for guilty 9—for such as I. OK, what love!”' mott’s prayer at parting was the sim-, irnesfc ! 'breatbipg lj df l, a thantfiil A Be, art'! I '' IfbVer, never ban- 1 'I praise Thee enohgli %r What' a f 'ifiatf tP'lia've beetf ; yet JeSus Christ’s sakef hast forii gi *en? me: I iknow,' -I >feeb -Thou. - hast Chriet idid oarryJ my - griefs and sorrows: H wasLrtiised for me; -andbydiisstripes 1: m healed* D.d helpijne. tajjraipp Thee! ; an [y£hl£ss r: ,all.-jm; old campaniang. Open ?thi ir dark eyes, and ( ghow them J, the Jjamb of God, that taketh .ajyay the t sin of the. woVmJJ.'Do, Lord, do", for my ‘ dear J Sa,- Amen.’ r ©n parting, With a facb ’beaming with ; WheriSd-S ;/ f v ■ ‘VDo you know *L am noW admitted a memberbf ■ the church? Yeflf I am; and now,imbgor dying;* I- hitve the nnspeaka-t hte- honor andpleasure of being a member of a Christian church. Happy day ! happy. : day! Who-bould have thought.it !” ; ; t Yes, Bmmptt, who could, hqye thought !c-jLet none 4espair,soeing,,that,faith.in oan snateh from .the .yery verge of; hell sueh’a vile trangressor.as the Oldham ,infidel, Richard Emmott.’ ' x " Savi dowj love! .. f iJte. BAMUEL 'WORK; .• | ; VyiLLIA;jHMqOOUOH:, KRAMER a RAHM. Pittsburg. ‘ BANKING HOTTSE OF WORK, McGOUGH & CO n V . No. 30 SOUTH: THIRR 5. * DEA > Leߧ &' GOV HRNM ENT T.O ANs4ltfD;Moiiri s: ' f f Bills of .Eich'abge W K>V YBfislon.'lHftsburg; 'Baltimore, Cincmnati,'et^.,;oenstoiiUy saler’: ! 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OLEKDOfIIMG, Jr., '&wJqm.-kL .se£& &je r'; if ‘ . : So. 23SOUTH TniRD STKEET, 1 : -ii.177%'; iia-K iß9E2fl* fflfl'i yuiJ,- ■ ' _OHanAJtfining shares;; Railroad Stocks •and'"Government Securities bought mid sold ‘on "Gom> 1 •»' : ; " J id r J. s>Li) V.‘ New Yor&rajid vß t os^qii u ' BROKERS; JjyS:; . y - Irr'-' :TT f*-* McoiiATivk and KV > ■ 'i;' Lis inw ms s rms. ; An mmiense'stockiaSgrpatlyjre duced prices, at \ - - ' o 1 : • j : 1 JOHNSTON’S GREAT 1 DEPOT, r 1 usiursoi ,es.‘.i.v •-!>" } -vw; ■ GARDEN''STi -«ELOw 11TH; a! Saiiii3l££,": -9111 T CHARLES STOKES & CO.’S FIRST-CLASS “ ONE PRICE READY-MADE CLOTHING.STORE, (Under the Continental Hotel, Philadelphia.) D l A&RAM FOR SELF- MBXSUREMEN T , j /% Fori Coat.- fajsaL Lengthofbac ' W^S 7 ■■ iromilta&ar jg-g from 2to 3, JapC Length /7*«>j-V- , sleeve / M n arm wool /jpi U7>:. from4tos, Vl* aroundp ■•\ \V .^pk« ’pro] , nent, part the cheat • JKgd Jl?-;’ W»t.;- J If . whether ■». ■\ \jpt}& , fl^onstooping, /; F t or Vest -Sartfeas coa - ipirW&' - ? For Paata A*% 1 Inside sea m 'yk ' • and'outsi ' \ ij\ r \ . from hip boi . tfrd'una t i ”i-,K \ .^L-iwaist and A gOOd fit t i - Officers' UzuiormB. ready-made, always on hand, or made to order in the best manner, an-> on the most reasonable terms. Having finished-many hundred uniforms the past year, for Staff, Field and Line Offi c ersras'wdll assfor th e Navy, iwe>are preparedto exe4 out© order? inthis line with correctness and despatch. The* largest and most desirable stock of RbAdy-m'ade Clothing in Philadelphia always-on hand. (Theprice marked in plaid'fighrts on' all of thb J ' -**•''.. ' A department forLoys' Olothingds also maintained at:tnis establishment and superintended by experi enced thands. l '>Parents and -others iwUi find here a» moat desirable .assortment ol Boys' Clotbins atlow prides^ i “■ v; ' ' 4 ~ . i.* Bole Agent.lot th® " , «KABMB STOKES A CO. ~•* “ ‘ ' CHARLES BTOKBS, HIM T, TAYLOR, W. J. STOKES. 968-fcf „ ~ - READY-MADE CLOTHING; 4 i * WANAWAKER i 'l’f i-iNf e' -c fi'&'Twarrxr& £|' hS.E.cor.Sixthiand Market. : , i ;; ;5 J costOM; DEPARTMENT, * ~ > -ViiTHTeTnsl :>rs i —' Sonth .Sixth . Street. : ; 2 iE. 01 THOMPSON, * i«k i-'dj i-'-iuf J FASHIONABLE, TAILOR, ‘ » ■■«'•» • o: 'is:-r * s ,*S.|>?ri FASHIONABLECLOTHING, ' ; v; Ready-made and made to order. FASHIONABLE CLOTHINGy ' 1 ; l Beaay-madeiiiamade to ord« ■! .'2ir ; *_* -ni «'«■ in .m.- :FASmONABLE _CLOTHING, , II Ready-made and made to' order. ->i 4.; y> - rij-j i- • ,-j • - FASHIONABLE CLOTHINGj •• •.. •' : ’ i-du H ; t:f' - Re&dy-madeaiid igade to orrery ! : " ' co., '■ i. - . Extensive Clothing House, - ; Nos.So3and?osChestnutstreet. ! FINECXOTHXNG. Si'E. coraer Seventh and-Market Street >, •UIOCiWJ'JL ; ~,T 77,,,. :j f , JONESI’ CLOTHING-, ■; :l - S.'B. corner Seventh aficf'Market Streets, '»;i‘ o.: ..i JONEa’. : . S."E'. J ' '? t ; ; , Second door above Chemrat street, Strawberry Street'is between''Second and Bank cArpeYings/ ,r: oYt CLOTHS, a : Ctep .Carpet Store, a* ; 4£r: :x:'M ; £4 fourth and Arch, SL; ■ | B^.%£E f pjip w v . ! ; jb’EENCH, OJtGANJ>IES, .. .; ~, XlTCil ■ , > ~ ; TOTJIUBTB’..X»KEB§' jGOo'DS, ; • ~ ,-. ■•..>-■-'■■ T 1. t .<• r i 'A FILE .off ■B!^ANQBriTfi?P ) up tn., :tfiejime“ of itB 'nriionmtK tHis tfaper.'Address S. ; AQJXE teriaacHistorioaliSeciety; Philadel-.j tavaa wo'ff ifc ; £fw xya: u au’ * .• • ii. No. 824 CHESTNUT STRKKT, ; OAK mi., ", i. *, .It/vjgi-csV i CIOTHm(^ fe ' • • it ■.< PHILADELPHIA. Jfl£ 7*l#j* NEW STYLES. MODERATE PRICES. T " IVINS & DIETZ, —.wsscni. a; u-j.'j.' ea'i •: 43_6TRAWB!ERRY.Street,>Phi]ada. :u % fitmam ©nmpaiti«. insurance AGAINST accidents EVERY DESCRIPTION, BY THE •: TRAVELERS 1 INSURANCE COMPANY CAPITA!.. WM, W. ALLEN, AGENT. 4Q4 WALNUT STREET, :For Five Hundred Dollars, with $3 per week compen sation, ean.be bad for ssper annum, or anyother sum between $5OO and .$lO,OOO at proportionate rates. ! TEN DOLLARS PREMItfM Secures a Policy for $2OOO, or $lO per week compensa tion for all and every description of accident—travel ling or otherwise—under a Oeneral Accident Policy.at the Ordinary Rate, , THIRTY DOLLARS PREMIUM -Secures a'fall Policy for $5OOO, or $25 per week com pensation; as above, attfce Special Mate. FOREIGN RISKS. Policies issued, for Foreivn.'VVcaV India, and Cali fornia Travel. Rates can be learned by application to tne Umce. - course of completion by which th® traveller will be able to purchase, at any Rahway iioket,Office, insurance Tickets for one or thirtif days* travel. cents will buy a ticket for one day's travel;insuring s3ooo f Jor $l5 weoklycompensation. Ticket Polices maybe had f0r3,6,0r 12 months.in *the same manner.-- '<■ • —«*— I Hazardous Risks taken Botes. Policies ! issa©d'4brsyearB {or 4‘yearB i premmnr. - * Ifa ’I7. IN»U|CESEESTS. j- v ; sV ' I' premium, are less than, those of any other Company eovenngthesam’erisk. ' i No medioal examination is required,and thousands « i of those who have been rejected by Life Companies, m consequence. of hereditary orother diseases,'oan effect insurance in the TRAVELLERS’ at the lowest ratee. !l ■ i> | • Life Insurance Companies pay no part of theprin mpal sum until the death of the assured. The TRA YELLERS’ pay the.lnjtfl.ftr.iimnqgft-gmtainftd by por i \ sonal injury whenever it occurs . L',Thei&elins.<.of security; wirioh-anchAniiisuranee L gives to those dependent upon their v own labor for I support l is—worth more ":• '! r V.' v v% LOSSES' PAID DURING THE YEAR ■■■ •' AMOUNTING TO Insurances made upontheTotalAbstinence Ratag. the lowest in the world. Also .upon, JOINT STOCK Rates which areover 20 per cent.' lower- than Mutual RetM. pr MUTUAL RATES upon which a DIVI DEND haS-Seen made of '•. ' FIFTY RER CENT.. : f ; •on Policies in force January Ist. 1865. .. THE TEN-TEAR NON-FORFEITURE PLAN, by aiperson insujedcan make all his payment, in ten years, and does npt forfeit, aitd can at,any time cease paying/arid obtain a naid upi poUoy fbrSwice* thrice, the amount paid to the comp any. ■ ; *>'-• “-'‘ASSETS.- •■* * - ' * $lOO,OOO U.S. 5.21) bonds,;, , . .. . .1 40,000'City of Phil adelphia 6s. new, i '30,000 U. S. Certificate; qf indebtenees, i 25,000. AlleghenyCouhty bonds, . IbiOOOTT; B.Loan _ *. ro i , 10,000 Wyoming Valley Canal bonds. . 10‘OOOl State of Tenhessee bbnds, -* ■ 1 ’ ) \P*999“A ' 10,000 HUsburg, Fort- Wayne & Chi * c&go bonds. j ■9,oGQReading,Railroadlst mortgage i i , bonds, I - { 61500 City of- Pittsburg *and other j ..... bonds, f .. ~ .1 1 1,000 shares Pennsylvania Railroad I 1 yeti', St^CkS.j, 450 shares’ Corn Exohange National »■ -i , 22 shares. Consolidation National : Bank. -'••••• »». - -• i ,107, shares Fanners' National Bank 8 -^ofHeading; - x " * > 1428 hares WilliamsportWaterCom pany,‘ ‘ * 192 shares American Life Insurance and Trust Company, Mortgages, jßeal > Estate, Ground Rent • Ao«, ...... Loanspncoliateral amply secured...! “ 1 PoH-** •Premium; notes Beou«edby Policies 114,899-0 > CaaK in Bandsof ai;6ntsseouredl>y bonds. 26.6047* Casir.onidejoritwithlJ.S.Treasurer,! at 6) ' (/ i 1 Cash orr band aCd in bank5..........i ;; ; i 60.331 ttt Acorped interest and rents due, Jan. 1. .- 10^5471; ifiE&BißKtPAiriis • Its TRUSTEES J are wel midst, entitling it to more whose managers reside in d 1 AJexapderWlulldm.j r- J. JBdgar Thomson. \ Gwrg&Nttgent)*^ ; Hon., JpmeaPoJlock, 1 Alßei^O^Rtfberts,* P. B. Mingle. AT.TCX. WHILL. SAJIIISI. WORK, Vic. JOHN S. WILSON.’ THJE RICIIAUDgON PMMIJJH BTJ RIA L CA'SKETI 1 MATTINGS, AC; other. material,, .and constructed substantially air .tight by the novel indention of 5 J • ' ‘ ■ ! , v ... PATENT CIRCULAR ENDS,,;<> « ( {- - : i jwithbut any j oints, thus rendering them more durable, land better adapted to-thelpurpose needed. -' , • ’ v i They are tastefully manufactured from Grained Rosewood. Mahogany, Black Walnut and other ma terials, finished arvd'ornamented'according to order* ■or covered with black cloth, and retaining all the re quisites of an appropriate receptaele-fer the dbad.'-So much as is repulsive;_h,as been,discarded, in. /thenar-. Tahfcement and shape of the' above' CirCumr Ends. Locks and- hinges are 'usedi-in ipla.ce> of in closing up the casket. Besideii they are so constructed that when required they? can-bAimadeYhirsiight. so: •that deceased bodies can Joe ; ,conveyed any distance, ino matter how long they- have been intenred. ! - It is intended:that we visit the.battle-fieldsfreshen tly.with 'our plain Caskets, which, on” bur return, csin 1 no fin fished; in any style/desired... -Ityis -well knpwnr.that many of the ltailroad Companies refuse to trauport a ..body unless pJacßddnian. airtight 'case, 1 Zh'esaiiOasr pcetsare furnished .at,one-third less than ourmetaUio .!o6fflnsl- or; (.sal -ja ..am > inrMeryationiof the hodiesiof deceasedperaps%hy dpld ;air alone, and without the application nfiee, which i&sojrepulsive to- the leelings. pressing- the bodyjlojTß •with from fiftyto a hundred pounds of ice, and - ■athTg it with water. - . aj V nv j v 7 '' 1 ,N* B_. —Raving, been instructed by, Profit Chamber •lin, the re’gular authorized Bmhalmer forthe tJiutedi States Armies in hia uniivalied process ot-JEmbalpiinr ■and Veoddriaitiß the dead, I am prepared to exednte alljWork of the kind intrusted to>my manner, or no charge. ■ , . v --. . -Orders received ahd executed for-the removal oF the dead, from any. of the Battle-fields. pr,.Hospital Grounds. ***£ * 5 ' : ViU j . For any information, call .or.aMrMSt Jiii} Furnishing Undertaker. No. 921 HpruoeStreet. . • iOOI-lm ~ . ' . . Philadelphia, Pa, . HARTFORD. CONN. PHILADELPHIA. GENERAL ACCIDENT POLICIES SHORT TIME-TICKETS. AMERICAN " r v-: mj; $85,000. A HOME .COltF’Ainr ’ ill known cltiilsilßih : bar !«oBBideratioi) ■; natant cities. ' i i William JjHuiri&i, Samuel T. Bodine, ' E John Arkmair,' * - - • HenryK.Jßennett, . j. ■ Hdn. Joseph Allison, lsaac Hazlehurat, , ... . Work. ‘ , iDIW, President. !e-Pre«ldeßt. Socrotaryand Treasurer, HOT • ...8500,00D ■: ■<. t ' $394.136' 50 ~,907.0800 112,756 75 7.i