ltligitatz gut Itigmt PRESBYTERIAN. More Revivals in New Castle Presby tery.—A revival of great power is now in progress in the churches of White Clay Creek and Head of Christiana, Delaware, under the pastoral care of the Rev. J. L. Vallandigham. Between eighty and ninety persons have at tended the inquiry meetings, a large majority of whom indulge the hope that they have passed from death unto life. In Pennington vine, Chester County, Pa., between forty and fifty persons are rejoicing in a new-found faith in Jesus Christ. Upwards of forty inquirers are reported in Rev. Mr. Morrison's congre gation, in Coatesville, Pa. A Philadelphian and His California Church.—The San Francisco c orrespondent of the Presbyterian says that Iletildsburg in that State is a beautiful and thriving village on the Russian River, and in the midst of a beautiful and fertile v alley, where the inhab itants—free, for the niost pant, from mining speculations—are rapidly enriching them selves by agriculture. The Church is un der the pastoral care of the Rev. Ben E. S. Ely, son of the late Dr. Ely, of Philadel phia, and is in a very prosperous condition. Brother Ely is an industrious, devoted, and laborious minister. Since he has been labor ing there, seventeen, have been received into the curch by certificate, and thirty-eight on profession of their faith. This is a larger number than was reported last spring from all the other churches in the Synod, leaving out Calvary - Church of San Francisco. Enlargement in New York City.—A omission Sabbath-school, established in 1860, near the corner of Fortieth Street and Lex ington Avenue, New York, grew up in& a Sabbath congregation, and gradually into an organized churoh of sixty members, under the care of the Presbytery of New York. Sabbath before last, a neat, plain, and sufficiently ca pacious church edifice, erected for its use at cost of $38,000, all paid, was dedicated for Divine service. The pastor is Rev. Charles E. Hart. North Carolina.—A Western North Caro lina correspondent of the same paper writes:— The ministrations of the word are well at tended in this country now, and without dis tracting cares, fears, or anxieties. Five of the churches immediately around Statesville have been revived, and many added to the fold of Christ. Here, (Statesville,) at this time a good state of feeling exists. The past month has added more than fifty to those who profess the name of Christ. Much serious ness prevails in the Female College, and at evening meeting held in the Presbyterian Church, thirteen professed a hope in Christ. The Rev. Mr. Krider, pastor of a neighbor ing church, died three weeks ago, after a time of ingatheringin his church." A church in the Fayettville Presbytery also received, at its last communion forty persons on pro fession of faith. Kentucky.—The Western Presbyterian re ports revivals in the churches at Washing ton and Murphysville.- Eighteen new com municants have recently been added to the former, and twenty-seven to the latter. Items.—The Alumni of Washington and Jefferson College, Pa., have raised $lO,OOO, the interest of which is to be appropriated to the support of the Rev. W. Smith, D.D., who was for more than forty years a Profes sor in that College, and who is left poor in his old age. After his death the principal goes to the endowment of the College.— Rev. Dr. Spring, of New York, has com pleted the great literary work of his old age, Reminiscenees of his .Life and Times. It will be issued in December by Scribner & Co.—The Carpenter Shop Mission Sab bath-school of the First Reformed Presby terian Church of Philadelphia, under the superintendence of Mr. W. J. Chambers, celebrated its eighth anniversary, on the 26th ultimo. The school is large, and the exer cises were highly interesting.—A revival is in progress in Rev. Mr. Farquhar's church in Chanceford, ~31d.—Rev. W. S. Plumer, D.D., was, on the 19th ultimo, installed by the Presbytery of Luzerne, as pastor of the 0. S. Church in Pottsville, Pa.—A Pres byterian Church was organized at Tenafly, Bergen County, N. J., on the 21st ultimo. Its ecclesiastical connection is Old School. It has a neat church edifice in the course of erection, and its prospects are hopeful.—A German Presbyterian Church has recently been organized at Foster's Meadows on Long Island. It has an interesting field among the German population of the vicinity.—Hon. John Bell, long a prominent public man, and at one time a candidate for the Presidency, united with the First Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tenn., on the 12th ultimo.— A Presbyterian Church in the Old School connection, has recently been organized in Prairie City, the Capital of Cumberland County, Illinois. A letter from there in the Presbyterian Banner calls for Presbyterian emigrants, saying that there is great need of a shoe store and shop, a flour mill, grocery, harness shop, furniture store, etc.—Rev. Dr. Cooper, late of this city, appoited by the last General Assembly of the Un. Pres. Church to inaugurate an enterprise of that Church in San Francisco, has reached his field, and entered vigorously upon his work. —The Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Shady Grove, Ky., is in the onjoyment of a revival. CONGREGATIONAL. Lay Preachers.—At the recent meeting of the Brooklyn Conference, the late National Council's action with reference to lay preach ing was fully endorsed as follows : "'That it be recommended to our churches to select and send such of their brethren as in their Christian judgment are fitted by education and called of God, and who have time and opportunity to preach Christ's Gospel." Prosperity,—The Congregational church in Southington, Connecticut, has received, during the present year, 61 persons to its membership-54 of them on profession. The whole number now on its catalogue is 522. A colony of this church is about to organize a new church in the neighboring village of Plantsville. A Personal History.—Some one, (who is he ?) writes to the Boston Recorder :—" I have witnessed more than eighty revivals of religion, in more than three-quarters of which I have performed nearly all the preaching. During the last forty-five years I have been g rmented with that grevious ' thorn in the flesh.' dyspepsia, and yet I have more bodily and mental strength now at sixty-six years of age, than I had forty years ago, when I was on my way home from Europe." Items.—While the subject of Temperance • was before the late meeting of the Ramp .shire East, Massachusetts, Conference, all the members expressed themselves in favor of ~ vigorous use of the prohibitory law, as well moral suasion.—Rev. John Pike, pastor Rowley, Massachusetts, has just been '. in plimented by an enthusiastic celebration s the twenty-fifth anniversary of his pastor ,. --The children in each of the Sabbath ,,, i ols in connection with the Congregational ches in Ripon,Watertown, La Crosse, r t , iV:; Prairie du Sac, in Wisconsin, have 1: • d twenty dollars, by penny contributions, ..„, .lanting Sabbath-schools in destitute set ..-nts around.—Hon. Jacob Collamer, . ~ , •rmont, recently deceased, who had a na ',l; hal reputation as an upright and able statesman, had been, since 1825, a devoted Christian professor in connection with the Congregational church.—The Stearns Cha pel Mission in Cambridgeport, near Boston, has culminated in the organization of a church of about fifty members, with Rev. Edward Abbott, son of the author, Rev. Jacob Abbott, as pastor. GERMAN REFORMED. Items.—Letters from the Rev. Dr. F. Schaff, res igning . his - 'rofessorship in the Theological Seminary were received by the Synod of the German Reformed Church at its late meeting. The resignation was accept ed -E. V. Gerhart, was installed as pastor of the College Church, at Lancaster, Pa., September 24, by a committee appointed by Lancaster Classis.—A new German Re formed edifice was dedicated at Butler, Pa,, on the 19th inst. EPISCOPAL The General Convention of the " Protes tant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America," was held in Augusta, Georgia, commencing on the Bth ult. Bow ing to the necessities of political events, it changed its title to the " IDrbtestant Episco pal Church of the Associated Dioceses of the United States." On the subject of reunion with the North, it adopted a compromise plan, allowing any dioceses which might so choose, to drop off to the old connection. The resolutions reported by a joint committee of the two Houses, and adopted by the Con vention, are as follows : " 1. That in the, judgment of this council it is perfectly consistent with the good faith which she owes to the bishops and dioceses with which she has been in union since 1861, for any diocese to decide for herself whether she shall any longer continue in union with this council. "2. That it be recommended that wherever the word Confederate occurs in the standards of the church the word United be substituted therefor. " 3. That inasmuch as the change recom mended in the preceding resolution (being a change in the Prayer Book) cannot legally be completed until the next meeting of this coun cil, that under the circumstances it should in the meantime have the force of law in a dio cese with the approbation of its bishop and council. "4. That each diocese now in connection with this council shall be governed by the constitution and canons thereof, until such time as it shall have declared its withdrawal therefrom as hereafter provided for. "5. That whenever any diocese shall de termine to withdraw from this ecclesiastical confederation, such withdrawal shall be duly accomplished when an official notice, signed by the bishop and secretary of such diocese, shall have been given to the bishops of the dioceses remaining in connection with this council." The last of the series of preambles which preface the above resolutions, is as follows : " And 'Whereas, The spirit of charity which prevailed in the proceedings of the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States at its late ses sion in Philadelphia, has warmly recommend ed itself to the hearts of this council, there fore," etc. Virginia and South Carolina were unani mous in the expression of their determination to stand by their present organization. There is some doubt about the positions of Georgia and Alabama. METHODIST. Coming Up.—On a recent Sabbath morn ing, Dr. _Durbin presented the missionary cause at Rev. Mr. Payne's Methodist Church in Williamsburg, New York, and a collection of $4300 was taken. In the afternoon the cause was presented to the Sabbath school and $5OO more was secured, and another con tribution in the evening brought the whole collection up to $6OOO. Few churches can show a better record. Missionary Aid to the Sonth.—The M. E.. Church is fully aroused to its Southern work. We find the following statement in the notice of the annual meeting of that church, held in New York, November 27 : " For missionary, purposes, the Southern territory has been divided into five depart ments, designated as the Interior, Northern, Middle, Southern, and Mississippi depart ments. The appropriations made to them are very liberal. For the Southern depart ment, embracing Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, a ,orant of $40,000 has been made; for the Middle department, comprising Western and Middle Tennessee and Alabama, $72,000; for the Mississippi department, which contains the States of Mississippi Louisiana and Mississippi, $89;000; for the Northern department, including Eastern Virginia and North Carolina, $28,000; for the Interior deprrtument. $20,000; for the education of colored ministers $20,000 ; for a contingent fund to be applied to this field, $31,000 ; makin g a grand total of over $300,000. Be side' is sum, about $lOO,OOO have been apprd riated to aid our Conferences whose fields. f labor lie within Southern States." i l Items.—Rev. John4'. Booth, the ener getic... and effective young pastor of the M. E. Church of the Tabernacle in New York, died at Greenpoint, L. L, on Sabbath the 26th inst.—About seven meeting houses of the colored people attached to the Methodist piscopal Church have been burned within The last six months in Maryland, by incen diaries, for no other reason than that negro schools were' taught there during the week. —The Protestant Methodist Church in Bolivar,Missouri, is enjoying a special time of refrshing. • So with otheTr churches of the same connection in the region.—Rev. Wm. Roberts, after spending nearly twenty years as superintendent of the misssions of the M. E. Church in Oregon, has recently by appointment, gone to Idaho Territory, on a similar service.—The Southern M. E. Church organization, being resolved to hold on, and disposed to aggress Northward, has before it a proposition to change its title from "M. E. Church South" to ' The M. E. Church in America."—Large additions have recently been made to the M. E. Church in Alexan'aria, Virginia. About 130 conver sions are also reported on the Harper's Ferry Circuit. —Our Methodist exchanges are bringing in accounts of many revivals in different parts of the country. BAPTIST Philadelphia.- - Unusual seriousness pre, vails in many of the churches in Philadel phia. The veteran evangelist, Rev. Jacob Knapp, has been laboring several weeks in The Mariner's church, where about fifty have been baptised. From thence he goes to the Fourth church, of which Dr. Jeffrey is pas tor. Specimen of the Western Work.—An Indiana correspondent of the National Bap tist says of Rev. J. M. Smith, who resides at Acton, Marion County :—" This good brother represents a large class in Indiana who are pastors of several churches to which they preach once or twice a month at most, while the rest of the time these churches have no preaching. Brother Smith is pastor of four churches, and has been greatly blessed in his labors since coming to his present field. Within two years he has been permitted to baptise one hundred and thirty-two converts and to see his churches much strengthened." What can be Done.—The Young People's Missionary Association of the Baptist Church, TRE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7 1865. Eighteenth and Spring Garden Streets, Phil- (.wood. This church was built by the fisher adelphia, James B. Simmons, pastor, have - men, and was dedicated out of debt.—Evan recently held their third anniversary. The gelist. following is an imperfect summary of the last Union Revival,—An extensive revival is year's work : A weekly prayer-meeting has • Mansfield Mass. Union been sustained with an average attendance in progress in , . Baptist, meetings have been held byturns in the of 150 ; a goodly number of neglecters of re- Congregational, and Methodist ligion induced to attend church ; 43.000 pages Mr. Churches,_ the pastors co-operating with Rev. 'of tracts distributed ; 200 copies of the Home - r. Earle, who_ succeeded Rev. Mr. Frost, of Evangelist handed out monthly at the church Hamilton,N. Y. This united effort is being doors; not 'a few children brought into the d fuly blessed of God. It is believed Sabbath school; nearly 5000 pages of tem- wonderfully there are at least one hundred converts penance tracts given away; a number of rum- in the three societies, and the work shows no sellers visited in their families and conversa- c sof abatement.. The people of the ad tions held to induce them to abandon their i L n a in towns interested and many of criminal business : $232 31 disbursed in the them attend the are meetings. ' prosecution of the year's labors. The pastor of this church, and James H.. Eldrege, the Revival at a Water Cure.—ln the health President of the Association, have had nu- institution at Danville, N. Y., known as merous inquiries as to how it is that so much " Our Home," an interesting revival is now in is accomplished by this organization. -The progress. For about a week, meetings have been held twice a day, attended by from reply is brief. It is simply work, work, work, one hundred to two hundred persons. The with a single eye to the glory of God in the salvation of souls.—Hat. Baptist. most delightful and unmistakable evidences Items.—Messrs. Edward Bright & Co., of the Holy Spirit's presence attend them. announce that they shall soon commence the Christians have been greatly quickened, and some fifteen persons have avowed their corn publication of an American Baptist .Quar m terly Review, combining the best ability of mittal of themselves to Christ. Four or five m the denomination, and eqaul to any other ministers, of various denominations, now stopping here, are heartily engaged in the Review published in the country.—The Baptist Theological Seminary in Newton, work; and Dr. Jackson himself labors inde- Massachusetts, is in an unusually flourishing fatigably to promote it. condition. The present number of students A Worker.—Deacon Alvin Upson, a Sab is larger than at any former period.—Sev- bath-school missionary in lonia and Mont eral large and gracious revivals are reported calm Counties, Mich., has in the last six as in progress in the country churches around months, organized / fifty-two schools, circa- Atlanta, Georgia.—A revival is in progress lated one hundred and fifty Testaments, and in the Penningtonville, Pennsylvania, con- one thousi,nd five hundred and ninety bound gregation.—A new Baptist church of forty- volumes, traveled with horse two thousand two members, has been organized in White one huridied and thirty-one miles, and de- Deer Valley, Lycoming County, Pennsylva- livered eaty-nine addresses, besides having nia.—Revival influences are increasing in done much other missionary work. It is not the Lewisburg University.—An interesting giyen to *any ministers to accomplish more work of grace is in progress in Milford, New for the cause of Christ than this earnest dea- Jersey. con is accomplishing. Items.— r The American Missionary Associ tron, which is supported principally by Con gregationalists and Presbyterians, has had under its dare, during the last year, two hun dred and fifty missionaries and teachers,who are laboring in every'part of the South.— Rev. Dr. l Storrs, of Cincinnati, and Rev. J. Sella Matin, are speaking in Great Britain in behalqof the Southern Freedmen. At a meeting :n Glasgow, Scotland, Dr. Storrs said theeople of Great Britain had already contribu d about $250,000 in gold to this i object. I JEWISH. The Work in New York.—ln a late ses sion of the Fulton Street Prayer Meeting, a converted Jew, who was employed as a mis sionary to his brethren of the Jewish faith in that city, spoke of the kindness with which he had been received among them, and requested • prayers for God's blessing upon his efforts, and especially upon the Sabbath School to be established for the children of Jewish parents, and for which he had already obtained the promised attend ance of a number. He also requested prayers for the conversion of his nation, that the Holy Spirit would move upon the sons of Abraham, that they may behold the Lamb of God and receive him to their hearts by faith as the true Messiah of the prophets, which was to come. ROMAN CATHOLIC "Apostolic" Jewelry.—The new crosier of Bishop Conroy, of Albany, New York, is about four feet ong, gold gilt, with most elaborate finish. The episcopal ring is of massive gold, with a large sapphire in the centre, of the purest water, costing alone, un set, $lOOO. This is surrounded by a circle of diamonds, with the episcopal edging. In side the ring are engraved the episcopal in signia and the arms of the bishopric of Albany. Progress in the British North American Prcivinces.—The Halifax, Witnessis astonish ed at the rapid progress of the Pictou people towards Rome. They must have a Popish school commissioner, a Popish chapel finer than any Protestant place of worship in the county.; Popish sermons are in great, demand, and nunneries are so much admiredothat they will probably soon have one. The Pictou people seem to be following the example set recently in many of the churches of the mother country. Every day shows more plainly that from the church of En - and to the church of Rome is not a long or difficult step. MISSIONtRY Africa.—Rev. Mr. Grout of Umvoti, writes under the date of July 10th :—" Yesterday was one of our bright days; a Sabbath, a communion day, and a day of our enlargment. Eight young men, four young women, and one woman of middle age 2 joined our church, giving an aggregate of ninety church mem bers ! The thirteen were selected from thirty three individuals who presented themselves. Another circumstance which added interest to the occasion, was that it was their first communion in their new church, which is much larger than the old one and was well • filled. " We still have serious attention to preach ing, and others who have not thought best to offer themselxes as candidates fbr church, membership are anxiously inquiring for thd way of life. I cast my thoughts away across the ocean, and think of dear Christian friends and patrons praying for the conver sion of Africans in Africa,. while they pray and labor for the Freedmen in America. Please say to them, from us, 'Brethren, pray for us.' " Sabbath-schools on the Continent—The London Sunday School Union, has recently entered into co-operation with the American and Foreign Christian Union for thb estab lishment of Sabbath-schocts in several coun tries in Northern Europe, and the work is to be vigorously prosecuted. Schools already founded excite the warmest hopes of success. Need of Revivals.—The Peudential Com mittee of the American Board, at a Meeting November 7th, adopted a Mi cute expressing the conviction of the Commit tee that a spe cial manifestation of the Divine favor is greatly needed in all our missionary fields and urging the laborers to adopt all those mea sures, which seem likely to promote a simul taneous and powerful work of the Holy Spirit. The Committee have resolved to appropriate the sum of $507,000 for the expenditures of the coming year. The Minute has been sent to the Missions, hoping it will reach them befothe annual week of prayer, in January. i ?tISCELLANEOIIS. City Missions in New York.—The Board of Directors of the New York City Missiim are pushing forward vigorously in their great work. The Rev. Alfred C. Roe, and the Rev. Edward P. Payson, both lately returned from a successful service in the army, have given themselves to the City Missionary cause, and have been assigned to important fields. The number of' meetings among the destitute has been increased. The Moravian mission among the Germans in the Eleventh Ward, thong only a year old, is already in need of a larger and better place. The Building. Fund for permanent mission sta tions, has received several handsome sub scriptions of $5OOO each, and is meeting with favor wherever presented. • Church among Fishermen. —ln the month of May, 1864, the Western Seamen's Friend Society commissioned Rev. P. Kitwood (an old sea captain) to labor among the fisher men on the islands of Green Bay. The peo ple on these islands have long been given to white fish. and whisky. But since the captain went to the islands the Lord has greatly blessed these men and their families. Many of them are now clothed and in their right minds, and they are a Christian people. On October 22, a commodious and beautiful church was dedicated at Washington Harbor, Washington Island, with appropriate ser vices, conducted by Rev. R. H. Leonard, Secretary of the Society, and Captain Kit FOREIGN Miss ' ankin's Labors in Mexico.—We last Tueday heard Miss Rankin make a most interesting statement, to a parlor full of friends, if her labors in Mexico. Some years before the war, she established a school in Brownsville for Mexican girls, and educated two hundred of them. In this way she was enabled Co supply thousands of Bibles to the people who desired them to fight the priests with. The Bible party ipso and put down the priegts' party, when the latter went abroad and had much to db with Napoleon's interference. But Maximilian has repudiated the Priests' party which is wealthy but small. This party now even talks of joining the Lib eral party, rendering Maximilian even more hopeless than before, and he can not suc ceed. Miss Rankin wishes to secure $15,000, to I:raild a school and chapel in Monterey wh l ire the Priest's party have wrested from he every building she could rent. She has good friends there, some Of them American merchants, who co-operate heartily with her. She regards this as a peculiarly important point for reaching all Mexico with the open Bible, which is their salvation. The middle clasi can generally read it, and are very acces sible. Miss Rankin is now in the employ of the American and Foreign Christian Union. Wid earnestly commend her and her efforts to .ourlgiviag-men.-7--Boaton-Recorder. The Canadian French Missionary So ciety..- This Society is under the auspices of evangelical Christians in Canada, having for its field the French population of the pro vince, who are mostly ignorant, and more than all ignorant of evangelical religion. It has been in existence a quarter of a century, commencing in 1840 with four colporteurs. It has now six organized churches united into a Synod (L'Union des Eglises Evangel iques), which number about two hundred members, and have connected with them twenty-one stations, at eighteen of which Di vine worship is regularly held. There are three ordained pastors, two of whom are con verted French Canadians, trained for their work at Geneva. Two more from the same class are being educated, under the auspices of the Synod. Thirteen missipnaries have been employed by the Society this year in the work of colportage. These devoted men constantly visit the wide field of the Society, disseminating the Sacred Word aad religious books and tracts, holding discussions with the Priests and Jesuits, whom they now and then encounter, conversing with the people about their eternal interests, confirming the weak, directing the ignorant, and doing in general the work of evangelists. Through their in strumentality chiefly, about 1,500 copies of the Scriptures, in whole or in part, were cir culated last year. About 25,000 copies of the Sacred word, and at least four times that number of religious tracts have been distrib. uted since the commencement of the Socie ty's operations. Three hundred children are under Sabbath-school instruction. Not fewer than 1,500 French Capadian youth,—with few exceptions, all entered as Romanists, have been trained in the schools at Pointe aux-Trembles and elsewhere. FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFES. BURNING OF THE MUSEUM. LETTER FROM MR. BARNUM. NEW YORK. July 14, 1856. MESSRS. HERRING & Co.—Gentlemen :—Though the destruction of the American Museum has proved a serious loss to myself and the public, I am happy to verify the old adage that " It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good," and consequently congratulate you that your well-knbwn SAFES have again demon strated their superior fire-proof qualities in an ordeal of unusual severity. The Safe yon made for me some time ago was in the office of the Museum, on the second floor, batik part of the building, and in the hottest of the fire. After twenty four hours of trial it was found among the debris, and on opening it this day has yielded up its contents in very good order. Books, papers,' policies of insurance, bank bills are all in condition for immediate use, and a noble com mentary on the trustworthiness of HERRING'S FIRE PROOF SAFES. Yruly yours, P. T. BARNUM. HERRING'S PATENT CHAMPION SAFES, the most reliable protection from fire now known. HERRING & CO.'S NEW PATENT BANKERS' SAFE, with Herring & Floyd's Patent Crystallized Iron, the best security against a burglar's drill ever manufactured. HERRING & CO., No. 251 BROADWAY, corner Murray Street, New York. FARRELL, HERRING & CO., Philadelphia. HERRING & CO., Chicago. i ANOTHER TEST - •••r-k HERRING'SFIRE-PROOF SAFES. The Fiery Ordeal Passed Triumphantly The Herring Safe used in the office of our ware houses, destroyed by the disastrous fire on the night of the Bth instant, was subjected to as intense heat as Probably any safe will ever be subjected in any fire— so intense that the brass knobs and the mountings of the exterior of same were melted off, and the whole surface scaled and blistered as if it had been in a fur nace, and yet when opened, the contents—books and papers—were found to be entire and uninjured. This Safe is now on exhibition in our warehouse on Seventh Street, with the books and papers still re maining in it. just as it was when taken from the ruins. Merchants, Bankers, and others interested in the protection of their books and papers are invited to oall and examine it. J. P. BARTHOLOW - - - - Agent for Herring's Safes, No. 558 SEVENTH Street. WashinatOo, D. frijots antt Itralltntir,s. SELECT CLASSICAL fill ENGLISH NIE, S. E. cor. of Thirteenth and Locust Sts., PHILADELPHIA FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1865-6, Sessions Commence September 11th and February Is This School has been in operation for the last ten year's. On entering upon a new decade, new facili ties, and improved accommodations will be afforded. The Principal will bestow the closest personal at tention, care, and oversight upon each pupil, and in the work of instruction will be aided by the best pro• fessors and assistant teachers. Thoroughness in every study which is undertaken will be insisted upon as essential to true progress and right mental development. Pupils will be prepared for any class in college or for mercantile life. Elementary Studiesand the - Modern Languages will receive full attention. The School-room has just been fitted up with new furniture of the most approved pattern, and a fine inclosed play-ground on the premises, also gives un usual value and attractiveness to the location of the school. Al! other desirable information will be furnished to those interested on application, either personally or by letter, to B. KENDALL, A. M., Principal. FREDERICK FEMALE SEMINARY, FREDERICK CITY, MARYLAND. . This Institution having passed into the hands of the undersigned, late Proprietor of the Young Ladies' Institute, Wilmington, Delaware, will commence its Twenty-first Scholastic Year, on MONDAY, the 4th of September. For Ciraulars, containing view of buildings and other information, address 1005-6 m REV: THOMAS M. CANN, A. M. THE WEST CHESTER ACADEMY AND MILITARY INSTITUTE, AT WEST CHESTER, PA. Will commence the nest scholastic year ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6rst. For Catalogues, containing terms and full particu lars, apply at the Office of the AMERICAN PRES BYTERIAN. oito WILLIAM F. WYERS, A. M., Principal. No charge for tuition is made to sons of Clergymen and young men preparing for the Ministry. YOUNG LADIES' SEMINARY, Southeast Corner of Church and Miner Streets, WEST CHESTER, PA. MRS. C. C. CHISMAN, - - Principal. PRIIDELPIIIII COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE FOB "YOUNG- LADIES, NORTWEST CORNER OF CELESTNIJT and EIGHTEENTH STREETS. REV. CHARLES A. SMITH, D.D., PRINCIPAL This Seminary has been in successful operation for several years at No. 1530 Arch street. A new locality has been selected, not only because it is more central in its relations to the most densely populated portions of the city, but also because the school-rooms are un usually large and airy, and admirably adapted to the ;purpose to which they are designed. To the present and former patrons of the school it is needless to speak of its advantages. To others, who desire to send their daughters to a first-class institu tion, it will be enough to say, that the design of this school is to educate, in the only true sense. To secure this end, thoroughness is aimed at in all the branches Pursued, so that the scholar may understand the principle involved in every investigation. The classes are arranged in three departments:— Primary, Academic, and Collegiate. There are sepa rate and ample accommodations for primary pupils, as well as for those belonging to the higher departments. All the departments are subject to the same discipline and.general supervieiork. - Circulars containing Course of Study, and other in formation. may be obtained at the Presbyterian House, 1334 Chestnut street; also, at 1226 Chestnut street, or address Box 2611. Post Office, Philadelphia. The next session will commence on MONDAY, Sep tember 18th, 1865. The rooms will be ready for examination about the first of September. MIDDLETOWN ACADEMY ,LND Family Boarding School for Boys, AT MIDDLETOWN, NEW CASTLE CO., DELAWARE. REV. CHAS. H. HOLLOWAY, Principal. MISS G. F..MUS 4 SEY, Assistant. This Institution will enter upon its thirty-ninth year. on the 4th day of September next. A limited number of young men or boys will be admitted to the Boarding Department. The year is divided into two Sessions of five months each. Terms, per session $l5O, one-half payable in advance, the remainder near the close of the session. The present Principal is a graduate of Amherst College, and is possessed of ample testimonials as to ability, &c. The Assistant, who takes charge of the Primary Department and Drawing, is a well-educated lady, of Western New York, thoroughly acquainted with all the duties andresponsibilities of her position. The Institution is designed to give a thorough Eng lish, Mathematical, Classical, and Commercial Edu cation. It is located in Middletown, about fifty miles south of Philadelphia, in a beautiful and healthy country; and is connected with Philadelphia and Baltimore by the Peninsular Railway Line. For further information, apply to the Principal. REFERENCES; • •• - • - - - Rev. W.S.TYLER.PioLof Greek in Amherst College. Rev. SYL. COWLES. Randolph, N. Y. Rev. EDW. STRATTON, Greenport, N. Y. Rev. HENRY J. FOX. New York City. Rev. D. H. EMERSON. St. Georges, Del. Rev. EDW. B. BRUEN, Philadelphia. 1006-3 m. A NEW PICTURE. THE PEARL FERROTYPE at J. C. HARMON & Co.'s New Ferrotype Rooms, 916 Chestnut Street. The Pearl Ferrotype, an entire new thing. and the most beautiful and durable Picture now made, is taken all sizes, for Frames and Cases. That Little Gem, the Card Ferrotype, is made in all kinds of weather; finished in ten minutes. 12 FOR ONE DOLLAR. Also inserted in Cases, Lockets, Pins, and Rings. You are always sure of good likeness in the Ferro type, as you can see them before they are finished: Photographs, Ambrotypes, and all other good Pic. tures copied. . They are sent by mail without injury to the picture. Scholars will find them just the thing to exchange with their classmates. We warrant all pictures to please or no pay. Cad and examine specimens. J. C. HARMON & CO., 916 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. JOHN C. CLARK & SON, PRINTERS, STATIONERS. AND BLANK BOOK MANUFACTURERS, 11000-Gm 230 DOCK STREET. " Pleasant and Profitable Em ployment." Row to do Good and get Paid for it. Send stamps for particulars to FOWLER & WELLS, 359 Broadway, New York. O. B. DE MORAT, PHOTOGRAPH GALLERIES, S.W. corner Eighth and Market Sits., Entrance No. 2 South Eighth, PHILADELPHIA. A_ Di Dyeing and Scouring Establishment, Mrs. E. W. SHIM, No. 28 N.rifith St., below Arch, Philada. Ladies' Dresses, Cloaks, Shawls, Ribbons, &c., dyed in any color, and finished equal to new, Gentlemen's Coats, Pants and Vests cleaned, dyed and repaired. 963-ly kfijkoato and ArabEntifo A NEW ENTERPRISE. TWO THOUSAND YOUNG MEN TO RECEIVE A COURSE OF INSTRUCTION, .-O_IOAKE/ ? ftISINE S 1 goLLEct GRALTITITOIISLY This number of transferable Scholarships, to be is sued at $5O each, entitling every holder to full instruc tion in the Commercial Course, with the privilege of assigning the same, after the completion of the Course AT THEIR FULL VALUE, To a second party, who will be entitled to the same THE OBJECT, To erect a Magnificent Building, on Chestnut street or elsewhere, for the accommodation ~ f the College. EVERY STUPENI To have an interest in the en terpriee a,: a stockholder. and to become the patron of an Institution which, by its character and permanence, shall be au honor to the city and its founders. PROPOSITION I hereby propose to issue to all qualified applicants for instruction in the Full Commercial Course in THE QUAKER CITY BUSINESS COLLEGE TRANSFERABLE SCHOLARSHIPS, TO THE EITAIBEE OP TWO THOUSAND, Indorsed with a contract to give each original holder all the privileges of the Institution, until he shall have completed the prescribed course, with the right afterwards, or before (providing he surrender his right thereto), to assign the same for its full value to a second person, who shall be entitled to the same course, it being understood and agreed that when two persons shall have so received the benefit of the scholarship it shall then be deemed canceled. The object of making this proposition is to increase the facilities and usefulness of the institution, to guarantee its permanence, and identify it more closely with the enterprise and spirit of the City of Phila delphia as a city of schools and colleges, where gene ral educational interests receive their just apprecia tion and liberal support; and I pledge myself to carry out the plan and purpose of erecting a building for the accommodation of the institution, which shall be all that can be desired in architecture, dimensions, and conveniences for the object intended. It is apparent that the success of the enterprise will depend upon a large increase of patronage, and if the servef increase shall not be deemed sufficient, I re to myself the right to discontinue the issue of these scholarships at any time, yet, without prejudice, to the rights of any who hold those alreadyissued. T'A_IR l3 ..A_Nli - .5 . , PRESIDENT OF THE QUAKER CITY BUSINESS COLLEGE ADVANTAGES OE THE SCHEME First—Under no circumstances can it be any disad vantage to the Student, inasmuch as he will receive his instruction at the same price as has heretofore been charged, and whatever he may afterwards re ceive for his scholarship will be really a gift on the part of the proprietor. If be dispose of it at its cost, .his course of instruction will cost him nothing. Second.—The scheme rs entirely practicable, as its s u c cess will require less than three times the pat ronage employed by this Institution during the past year. Third.—Whether it be eventually carried out or not, the student will be equally the gainer, for the contract with him will remain good at all events, and his scholarship will be redeemable as above proposed. wads t w o and Guardians having sons and wards to educate in the future, can save money by taking scholarships for them in advano., of tho iihno of their entering. Fifth.—Young men without the necessary means to pay for a course of instruction, can borrow of those able and willing to aid them, assigning the Scholar ships as security. Sixth.—Any person interested in the success of any worthy young man who may need assistance, can pur chase for bim a Scholarship, and reserve to himself the benefits to be derived from its subsequent sale. Such an investment would be a very acceptable pre sent from a Merchant to a faithful employee. Let the Merchants of Philadelphia remember this at the approaching holidays. Seventh.—The charter of the College. and an arrangement already made for its continuance in the hands of Trustees, afford a guaranty of its perma nence; and at any time during its existence these Scholarships must be redeemed according to agree ment, whether in the hands of the present proprietor or of another. ADDITIONAL. ACCOMMODATIONS SECURED. In addition to the building now occupied, the large- HALL OF THE SPRING GARDEN INSTITUTE, N. E. CORNER OF BROAD AND SPRING GAR DEN STREETS, has been leased, and will be immediately fitted UP in superior style. This is one of the finest Halls in the city for this purpose. and is admirably located to accommodate those residibg in the northwestern portion of the city. It is 100 feet long and 45 feet wide, and is now under going alterations and repairs costing about $2500. It will be furnished at an expense of six or seven thou sand dollars, and will be one of the most convenient and attractive school-rooms in the country. TELEGRAPH LINE. The building at Tenth and Chestnut streets will be connected with that at Broad and Spring Garden streets by a Telegraph Line, thus giving additional facilities in the Department of Telegraphing. TEACHERS: • Several new Teachers have been engaged. and everY facility will be afforded to those who enter the Insti tution for the acquisition of a thorough practical knowledge of business. TO PARENTS, GUARDIANS AND YOUNG MEN. Immediate application will be necessary to secure the advantages of this offer, as the proposition will not be continued before the public without the fullest assurances of its ultimate success. All scholarships issued, whether it be ten or one thousand, will be re deemed as agreed. Scholarships can be secured in advance of the time when it is intended to use them, by remittances, per draft, through the mail, or by ex press. L. FA_ITUELA_IVS_S, A. 3 1-, PRESII;BoNT, l' , l 1 1 G. C. RETTKAUPF, _ i W: MANUFACTURER OF ' ~,, LOOKING-GLASSES fftt 1 1 1 PHOTOGRAPH AND i i 1 1 1J lIPICTIIIII FRAMES (1.1 ,„. ~. „,,,, PLAIN AND FARCE 1 'l' i I WINDOW CORNICES, l ' ' I 1 Al AND 1 .1, GILT MOULDINGS 1, ' Au m; * NO. 92.9 ARCH STREET, 3/ PHILADELPHIA. t 11 1 11. :1 PAINTINGS. AND A GREAT l' VARIETY OF ENGRAV- I ! 1 !I ! 1 INGS ON HAND. ! : c , !. : OLD WORK REG ! 'it [ t EQUAL TO NEW. A . ..._
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers