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 ypu<?ptpsperisy/ yon will see
one smiling in wishing you pros
perity. Now, sir, this, is society; and what
you measure tb 1 it, yM'will have measured
back. A minf in. this- respect, reap
what he sows!” .u
During this conversation, •?roe'hdd;etttere.dj
the house* JETe foldedbis aiinsjoleaneid;
Against anV old wangle, and. ( ff6med iiL a,
deep study; then, looking a| Js hi^ K ]ri?e,
said— J; ,,_ f
“ Do you heartfliat this i4ap’.gays,T^B|
I think ther ( e •weight in'it| f(>f ( 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/ <<pA.gaint iand :again -he:
sought the'
ten.ee besoughtsflMS .whom he,,baidenied,
an<4 jnggged iorhaye gierOT .uppm ,gncl. j par-;,
don the most guilty of^Lgpiltyslnuers.,
He was in this state of ihina when he sent
me the folio :—' ■
I “CO. Tln'ion STRKT October-24tlviS64.
“ Kind Fa'EBND —ddhtlestboughtjwheui
you cain# to-itays door
morning, that I should have so soonto plead
forGod’ameroy—me thothad so oljteu de- :
pied .his is, faq^ v
Oh, Mj:,, 4.shwor^h, c that,
thq ipjury jtlij£ my ,ps|nqipi.e| iJ ppd sji4iggt
haye .done, lmight have some ; Eqpe of yei
being happy. 1 ',‘Had. it not been ti&t the
Lor^direpted i 3'‘6tf; ! to ! my house, I'shoulft*
have bben' lost, - Will you prayfor me,'arid’
if you eanVsoon edine andSeehie?
“Yours-veiy'sincerely, ' P
“ Riohaiid Emmott.”
! On my calling to, see- Emmott, Iwas
niucb surprised".’ to see _him so greatly
changed/ He requested] me ICo remain wit® 1 !
£iS s possibly could, and take !
'dbWii • iff • writing what He wanted to say.
He then gave me the following sketchof
his wayward life) Which iSgivei in his own
l3d o;«; -bb-)/
“ My «arliest recollections are-.wonccted
jwilb
thO;Sabbath-schoal, but left wlsJhs9jfc3S?J9-
ajg% ,- . abpvit .twenty,
•&gdfpr<L'aim JLftflS tlted
anfidef.-ftom reading CaidislC’s Cestruct^
!irC’fpiued
afidbdydnet, but had to fle'e npnaHtHSP
rieighborH6b r d to s escape impfilofiffient. 1 E ‘if J
>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’: ! I «
■ i ; Cbilectipni'prorrfpfiy mide on all accessible pointa iß*
'tbe'ukitei^StatesandCSbadas. v'.- u - 1 ' - { -
" f Deposits received 1 , payable on depn&nd)-&nd latflwrt*
'allow? ed;aSper v' ■ : '
• .Stocks LoariVHjtaght. and'sold,on. v eommiBSios[
Jattheßoard^Brd^ra. • t, ‘*.
■ Business Paper negotiated. 1 * f ’ • > -
i Hefei* tbPhiladelphlk 'and Commercial-Banks, Pkila
tdelphia; 'Winslow,' Lahifer * Go , New York;, and Oife
t»n^ J andExoli'&ngeBark/Pitobnrgb* V'-jii
B ArSING tfOWBE.
GEOKUErfiOYD,
NO. IS S. THIB» ST, PIIII.A.T>KI.PniA,
(Two dooraWoV Mechanics’ Bank.)
I .i;■ vnir-'.; X:a hvm'oJ bain &7J
ALLKINDS/OF.
s-aos. io-ios;'?-309j esor ’Bii.
■ ' E TJ’M,.' *'
:< r•-• : ■>’> ’•
s o?
' ; BOCrsai AND SOM>'A.TTHE BOARD OF
•mo" 3 ".3x):o [BROKERS.- v .. f - , rt , , ,
*- 1 xls'xßßESt' DEPOSITS. :
lO a;J:a ‘l;i I ,9'inr.v
■ su! cj i nwßiilj ;■.■ ■■• ■. ; ,;i
R. 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,
‘ » <r; \ Ittjn-.- Miw « : uv£ ‘l'jJjiyi-’
Sr* £. corner of Seventh ana walnaf Stsi,
j JrSCV-f -d Ti~„ ■■'l •‘•V" , j
r \ '•=' ’>’l, ;' J ;' PHILADELPHIA.; v V)
* N. B- a celebiityfor cutting
'; • GOOD MTOTSTG PANTALOONS,
making it ft*specialty in my business for some years
past.it isth ought of sufficient importance to announoe,
theiact .m.this manner .to- the.public, So that those
who are dissatisfied may know of my method add give*
jjnMttmX. *>■■«'•» • 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<y, r>.-
: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 '<ibrrier and Market Streets.
! rcsil.-iibi «Jj Iff
j M e;oiV)*»o3J‘- “ —: syroiJof aB Or.n<\vi: o
3 »TB'A W B E‘BKT '-STBEET;
; iTo'.:.' -voZ ;,h bathin' /f-.idv,' . t .i> '? 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 <btjT :K3
j ■•.: -- SEMMKRjSILKSi*. ■ ' t .
; : .. S.linyijVmi , ato*
: = ■> v .
! ; jb’EENCH, OJtGANJ>IES, .. .; ~,
XlTCil ■ , > ~
; TOTJIUBTB’..X»KEB§' jGOo'DS, ;
<r*;-b
i X affiß E fAMN® li-S* ■ ,br
' ' •’ > • ~ ,-. ■•..>-■-'■■ 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 <than ; money.?
I ‘moresatisfactory use can be.made of eosmalla sum.
/G. K
j, Vi6ePresident'
-V" ,dENßy,A;®SEß,.G*nf^A*ent.
l. Applications received and Policies issued by
tyPLUAIII W. At,T,ttTg t
“ MWim !■. .No. 401 WalnQtifitreet.
~—rrrrj
: •, /, u
pBWJEKCn
' : irji'wvz -51 a' ?,--j -^:;^'- , A.—. 20
, INCOME FOE THE TEAR 1864, >
":• '! 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