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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1866.
THE FREEDMEN OF THE SOUTH.
being results of personae obser-
VATIOSS,
The opinion very generally prevails
in the . North, that the Emancipation
Proclamation, which secures freedom to
the slaves, improves at once their social
condition. Such is not the case, as facts
abundantly attest in almost every South
ern State.
It is quite true, the Freedmen have
been delivered from the cruel bondage
of their former task masters, but it must
not be forgotten they have a transition
state to pass through, in the adjustment
of the free-labor question, confronted by
lawlessness, prejudice, and social disor
der, before they can reach the promised
land of security, peace, and tranquility :
where requited labor will receive a just
recognition.
The Southern mind must be taught,
under the new regime, that all men are
created free and equal; and that life,
liberty, and the pursuitof happiness is the
inalienable right of all men, without re
gard to color or condition. They must
also learn to respect the authority of law
and be subject to the powers that be, as
irdained of God. Hitherto, such per
verse interpretation, for the most part,
has been given to the law, human and
Divine, by their most astute jurists and
learned casuists, that the masses of the
people have been brought to believe that
slavery was an institution of Divine
appointment.
Now that this system has been de
stroyed, it is a question of vital interest
to every philanthropist to ascertain the
true status of those (the Freedmen) who
are to be benefitted by this revolution in
the social fabric of the South. Leading
minds there very generally entertain the
belief, and do not hesitate to give ex
pression to it, (as we can testify), that
“the mistaken philanthropy of the North
in liberating the slaves will be made
apparent in the complete extinction of
the colored race from Southern soil.”
Such an issue would be received gener
ally as a retaliatory measure for ‘‘North
ern officiopsness and fanaticism.”
The expectation of such a result is
shadowed forth in the following para
graph from the pastoral address of a re
cent General Assembly (0. S.) in the
South :
"The other consideration connected
with this subject (slavery) is the pre
sent condition of the Freedmen. We
may righteously protest that with their
wretchedness, already incalculably great;
that with their prospects, to human view
dismal as the grave, our Church is not
chargeable; that it may hold up its hands
before heaven and earth, washed of the
tremendous responsibility involved in
this change in the condition of nearly
four millions of bond servants, and for
which it has hitherto been generally con
ceded they were unprepared. . . . Do
all you can for their best welfare, and
do it quickly, for they already begin to
pass rapidly away. Should our worst
fears be realized, and their doom be seal
ed, you will have a pure conscience at
the bar of the Final Judge.”
In almost every cotton State, the mor
tality of the Freed&en, since the termi
nation of the war, has been almost in
credible. Disease and starvation are
decimating them to an extraordinary
extent. Within the last six months, not
less than twenty thousand have died in
1-he vicinity of Natchez; and as many
Snore at Savannah, Baton Rouge, and
other principal points. In Georgia, the
prospect is melancholy in the extreme.
It has been stated by one whose judg
ment may be relied on, “ that unless
something was done for their relief im
mediately, thirty thousand would proba
bly die of starvation before February.”
This sad state of things in Georgia is
a fair representation of other extreme
Southern States. It is generally believ
ed in the South, that one-fourth, if not
one-third, of the colored population have
already passed away. If this fearful
mortality is to be arrested, it must be
done, and that speedily, by the friends of
humanity in the North; as compara
tively little sympathy is either felt or
exercised for these poor creatures by
those who once held them in servitude.
Then they possessed a pecuniary value
in each individual slave, in proportion
to hiß age or' physical endurance. If
sickness would come upon him, good
nursing and the best medical skill were
not wanting for his restoration.
But a change has come over them.
A gentleman residing near Natchez, who
before the war was an extensive planter,
“ stated that his slaves cost him from
fifteen hundred to two thousand dollars
in gold. Then it was his interest to
care for them. Now that they had left
him, it was a matter of little concern to
him whether they lived or died.” This
feeling is quite prevalent throughout the
South, and is becoming more intensified
as the Freedmen are separated from their
former masters, and decline to enter into
labor contracts with them. More than
this,—the utmost rigor and severity is
practised to,wards them. Shooting, burn
ing, and hanging are not unfrequently
resorted to for the most trivial offences,
for the purpose of “ losing the black popu
lation,” to use a phrase familiar to many.
Mr. K., of W County, Ala
bama, a lawyer of great intelligence and
respectability, knew a man residing in
an adjoining county, who had made off
with twenty-seven negroes, most of whom
were tied to trees and shot, and their
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 1, 1866.
dead bodies became food for buzzards.
He was asked by the writer, why he did
not give information of this- individual
practising such cruelty and barbarism.
He replied, bad be done so, his life and
dwelling would both be in jeopardy, and
to take ground in behalf of the blacks
on any occasion, or for any cause, sub
jects the individual to great unpopularity.
Hence, law is a nullity, and becomes
wholly inoperative when the rights of
the colored population are invaded. He
expressed the opinion very freely that
one-fourth of the colored race had already
become extinct in the South.
These, and kindred facts of dailyoccur
rence, serve to exhibit the sad and melan
choly condition of our colored brethren
in the South. When will the sympa
thies of the North be brought into exer
cise commensurate with their sufferings ?
J. S. C.
REVIVAL m TOWANDA, PA.
Dear Mr. ,Editor : — The readers’ of
the American Presbyterian will be
interested to hear of the work of the
Holy Spirit in Towanda, Pa. The Old
School Presbyterian clergyman stated
to an audience in Athens, yesterday,
that out of a population of twenty-five
hundred, over four hundred have found
the Saviour, and night after night over
half of the town have been crowded into
the church, and it seems as though the
whole population of the town had either
found the Saviour or were anxious about
their souls. The work is spreading in
the towns around rapidly. It seems as
if every Christian in the towrrwere in
sympathy with this work. The Episco
palian clergyman, Rev. B. J. Douglass,
and his whole church were earnest
workers. He accompanied the Rev.
Mr. Hammond to Athens, yesterday, as
the Old School Presbyterian minister,
Rev. Mr. Harris, did also, where they
held two very solemn meetings. I clip
the enclosed from the Bradford Re
porter.
THE GREAT REVIVAL IN TOWANDA.
A series of religious meetings has been
going on in Towanda for the last two weeks,
forming the most remarkable era in the his
tory of the place. Rev. Edward Payson
Hammond came down from Elmira, where
he had been preaching for four weeks, on the
6th inst., and has held one or two meetings
here daily until the 18th. He first appeared
on Saturday night, at a meeting in behalf of
Sunday Schools. On Sunday he spoke in
the Methodist Church, and the same after
noon he addressed a large audience of chil
dren and others, in his peculiar manner, which
has given him his world-wide reputation as
the children’s preacher. Ills message from
God, like good seed, “ fell into good ground,
aud brought forth fruit” in the conversion of
some of the dear little ones at that first
children’s meeting. He preached a powerful
discourse, or rather series of short discourses,
on Sunday night, enchaining for hours the
attention of a large and unwearied congrega
tion by his peculiarly interesting inode of
illustrating Gospel truth.
At this time the thermometer, which had
fallen suddenly about the time Mr. Hammond
left Elmira, had got down to thirteen degrees
below zero, but after that lpng-to-be-remem
bered cold Monday morning, the weather mod
erated ; very soon it got above the freezing
point, and in a few days, there was .a great
thaw; forming an apt illustration of the pro
gress of the good work in the hearts of the
people. Beautiful weather followed, and
thank God! 11 the sun of Righteousness arose
with healing in his wings. ” Either the devil
had got ahead of God’s messenger, or the
people of Towanda had not had their spiritual
sleep out, and “were waked up cross” to
quote one of Mr. Hammond’s illustrations.
To describe what followed after the tide
turned, is far beyond the power of the writer.
The history of the conversion of a single sin
ner, a description of that wonderful thing, a
change of heart, must ever be a futile
attempt. It must be felt to be fully under
stood, But how can we depict the scene
where hundreds of all ages were “ converted
and became as little children.” As the cold
ness at the beginning of the, meetings was not
peculiar to any denomination, so the awaken
ing was general and simultaneous. The
“ shallow sectarian pools on the shore were
obliterated” by the incoming spring- tide of
the ocean of Christian love. Methodists,
Baptists, Episcopalians, and Presbyterians
filled the largest churches in town, and some
times the Court House to overflowing; many
persons often standing during services pro
tracted to three or four hours, refusing to go
away after the meeting was dismissed more
than once, filling, the seats, aisles and stand
ing-places sometimes till near midnight, in
the most extraordinary manner. Aarons and
Hurs, the clergy of all the different denomi
nations in the town and vicinity, aided in the
good work, and above all the voice of fervent
prayer from the hearts and lips of thousands
ascended to Heaven. Old Christians were
revived, “ the boarders” who had been mere
inmates in the house of God, many of whom
had not (or thought they had not) done
enough for the family to even pay for their
board, became active, working Christians,
discovering that it was not enough to pray to
God to save sinners, without themselves say
ing a word in season to them, or reaching out
a hand to help them. Hundreds upon hun
dreds who had heretofore “ cared for none of
these things,” gave themselves up wholly to
Jesus and confessed their sins, renounced all
self-righteousness, looked to the cross and
were healed, depending alone on Christ and
him crucified, and finding comfort in believ
ing that he is able and willing to save all that
come unto him, while many anxious inquir
ers, saying “what shall we do to be saved,”
listened with breathless interest to the answer
of Christian friends, ‘ ‘ Jesus has done it all. ’'
Let no one who reads this suppose this is
a mere temporary excitement got up among
weak-minded women and children. On the
contrary, men and women of all ages, of the
best intelligence and capacity, tradesmen,
merchants and professional men, officers and
soldiers in the late war, who had faced death
in many battles, tavern-keepers, the profane
and vicious, and those who had been strictly
moral in their lives, the rich and the poor,
the rude and the refined, the learned and the
ignorant, the talented and the simple-minded,
bowed together at the foot of the cross, friends
rejoiced together, and foes were reconciled.
It is very difficult to'estimatc the numbers
of anxious inq brers and hopeful converts,
but we think we may safely say that at least
four hundred, in this town of twenty-five hun
dred people, gave outward evidence of con
version, or committed themselves by a public
declaration in some form of a wish to be on
the Lord's side.
After this long report, the editor adds
Let it not be thought ungracious that we
have so little to say about Mr. Hammond.
It wouid be interesting to those who had not
the privilege of hearing him, to give a de
scription of his preaching. But our hearts
are too lull of thankfulness to God for His
message to think of, or even take time to
thank His messenger.
January 19, 1866. *
A Judicious Appointment. —-Gov.
Curtin has appointed Judge Joseph
Allison, Presiding Jadge of the Philadel
phia Court of Common Pleas, in place
of the late Judge Thompson, and the
Hon. William S. Pierce, Associate.
Hefos uf tjii Ptei
THE EXECUTIVE.
Gen. Sheridan telegraphed, January 25,
that he had arrested “General” Crawford,
so much mixed up with the troubles at Bag
dad, Mexico. Hon. Nicholas Smith, of
Kansas, has been appointed Minister to
Greece—the first American Minister to that
country. The French'Minister at Wash
ington has stated his satisfaction at the prompt
action taken by the United States to punish
those engaged in the recent attack on Bag
dad.
Some very unsatisfactory and unwise things
are reported to have been uttered recently by
the President to Senator Dixon. He is re
ported as having expressed a doubt as to the
propriety of further amending the Constitu
tion at this time. One great amendment had
been made, which was enough for the pre
sent. If the basis of representation was to
be changed it could be done by apportioning
representatives according to the number of
voters, and taxation according to the value of
the property in each State. This would, be
thought, place the basis of representation
upon correct principles. It would remove
discussions as to the political equality of the
races from Congress, and leave the States’to
determine the qualifications of their voters.
The agitation of the negro-franchise question
in the District of Columbia, he thought, was
ill-timed, and a mere entering wedge to its
agitation throughout the States.
CONGRESS.
Senate. —January 23. —Mr. Sumner gave
notice of a proviso to the bill admitting
Colorado as a State, enacting negro suffrage.
The Freedmen’s Bureau bill was debated.
January 24. —The Freedmen’s Bureau was
under discussion, Garrett Davis vainly and
absurdly trying to* delay the action by offer
ing amendments and making speeches. The
Senate refused to strike out the section giving
the negroes the title to the Sea Island cotton
lands for three years—yeas 10, nays 32.
January 25. —The bill enlarging the power
of the Freedmen's Bureau was passed—yeas
37, nays 10. Mr. Buckalew voted nay. Mr.
Cowan was absent.
January 26. —The Committee on Pensions
was instructed to inquire into the expediency
of the payment of pensions to the widows of
enlisted men employed as artificers. The
House bill for the extension of time for the
withdrawal of goods for consumption from
public store houses, was passed. A' bill for
the relief of seamen and others, wrecked or
lost in the naval service, was passed. A dis
cussion on the appointment of Provisional.
Governors in the Southern States, then took
place. A motion to reconsider the Freed
men’s Bureau bill was lost.
January 29. —The bill restricting fees to
agents for soldiers’ claims passed. Thanks
were voted, to Farragut and his men.
House.—January 23.—A resolution was
passed ordering a committee to inquire into
the expediency of taking a census in 1866.
The amendment to the Constitution estab
lishing a basis of representation was taken
up. Mr Stevens demanded the previous
question, but opposition being made in the
Republican ranks, he withdrew it. Adjourn
ed without action.
January 24. —The amendment to the Con
stitution, establishing the basis of represen
tation,, was debated.
January 25. —The amendment regulating
the basis of representation was debated, but
no action was taken.
January 26. —The Committee on Elections
made a majority report that Mr. Coffroth has
priina facie right to the contested seat in
Pennsylvania; and a minority report that
Mr. Koontz was entitled to it. No action
was taken. The Committee of Ways and.
Means were ordered to inquire into the ex
pediency of refusing drawbacks on articles
exported to countries adjoining the United
States. The Constitutional amendment was
debated. The vote on it was ordered to be
taken on Tuesday next.
January 27. —The President's message was
discussed in Committee.
January 29.—Thanks were voted to the
President for his example in refusing the
present of a carriage. Gen. Sherman was
formally introduced amid great applause.
THE STATES.
Pennsylvania,—ln the State Senate, Jan.
23, a report was made about the bribery case
last winter, exonerating the Atlantic and
Great Western Railroad Company. Resolu
tions were passed, endorsing negro suffrage
in the District of Columbia.
New York. —The Columbian Marine In
surance Company has failed. Its liabilities
will reach $6,000,000. A New York stock
broker, qn January 23d, caught a pickpocket
robbing him, and beat the thief terribly, until
he was rescued by the policemen. During
1865, 125,000,000 letters passed through the
New York Postoffice. The office netted to
the Government $1,503,174 22 profit over
the expenses. The internal revenue col
lections in the city and county of New York
for the year 1865, are estimated at fifty mil
lions of dollars. The funeral of the late
James Boorman, Esq., took place January
28th, from his late residence in Washington
square. The religious services were held in
Presbyterian Church in Mercer Street. The
attendance of merchants, bankers, lawyers,
and officers of various benevolent associations,
was very numerous. Eulogies of thejdeceased
were pronounced by Rev: Drs. Cox and
Booth. Among the pall-bearers were A. R.
Wetmore, Daniel Lord, and Adam Norris,
Esqs. The remains were taken to Green
wood. Gonzales and Pellicier, who mur
dered Senor Otero* will be hanged on March
9. The census taken for 1865 in the State
of New York, shows the number of native
born voters in the city of New York to be
51,500, while the naturalized voters number
77,475.
New Jersey. —The Legislature has passed
the Constitutional amendment, abolishing
slavery. The grand jury of Mercer County
has “presented” the students of Princeton
College for their lawless conduct.
Illinois.—The farmers, forty miles from
Chicago, find it cheaper to haul their grain to
the city than to pay the railroad freights up
on it.
Dist. Columbia—There are 23,000 col
ored persons in Washington.
Kentucky. —The Senate has passed a bill
incorporating a bank to be controlled by the
negroes of Louisville. The bank is prohib
ited from having any connection with the
Ereedmen s Bureau, and the charter prohib
its anyone being an officer “who has ever
lived in Boston.” . These are doubtless un
constitutional and impotent exhibitions of
low spite.
Virginia.—Gen. Terry, of Virginia, has
conferred upon all the officers of the Freed
men’s Bureau in that State the power of
Provost Marshals.
Tennessee.—The bill permitting negroes
to testify in the courts has passed the Assem
bly by 44 to 32. The Senate concurred in
this action the next day. Gov. Brownlow
is decidedly opposed to the recognition of
Tennessee as reconstructed. In a letter to
Judge Kelley, he says:—“ Should tbe Fede
ral Government turn us over to tbe tender
mercies of the galvanized, amnestied and
pardoned rebels of Tennessee, I will take my
family and go North, and live and die in
peace.” Yet he wishes her Congressmen to
be admitted to their seats.
North Carolina. —The court that ordered
a negro to be sold into slavery has been placed
under arrest by the Freedmen's Bureau.
The editor of the Charlotte (N. C.) limes
has been sentenced by court martial to a fine
of three hundred dollars for seditious publi
cations.
South Carolina. —The military commander
in South Carolina has been compelled to
issue stringent orders protecting the Freed
men from oppressive legislation.
Georgia.—At a late convention of negroes
at Augusta, resolutions were adopted ojfpo
sing universal suffrage, but favoring suffrage
for such blacks as can read and write.
Georgia is gradually extending all civil rights
to the negro.
Alabama. Petitions, asking that the
troops be not withdrawn, are being sent to
the President from Alabama. *
Louisiana.—Sixty citizens residing near
Shreveport, have been arrested on tbe charge
of murdering negroes.
Colorado.—Governor Cummings has sent
a message to the Legislature in favor of ne
gro suffrage in this Territory.
THE CITT.
Hon. Oswald Thompson, President Judge
of the Court of Common- Pleas, died Janua
ry 23, aged fifty-seven. The losses by fire
in Philadelphia during 1565 were $1,269,499.
There were 436 fires.——lt is proposed to
buy a parcel of ground to complete Fairmount
Park. The gross amount of damages allowed
is $486,199, while the assessed valuation of
the same property for the purposes of taxa
tion is but $50,900. The property may be
worth $150,000, yet it is proposed to make
the city pay more than $486,000 for it.
The number of pupils in Girard College
on the first of January, 1865, was 563,
and on the Ist of January, 1866, 500.
During the year, 54 were bound out, or their
indentures cancelled, and 9 of the pupils are
out on trial.-; The eightieth anniversary of
the Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the
Miseries of Public Prisons, was held January
25th. The following officers were elected:
President —James J. Barclay ; Vice-Presi-
w. Shippen, M.D., Joseph R. Chan
dler ; Treasurer —William Duane; Secre
taries—John J. Lytle, Edward Townsend;
Counsellors—- Henry J. Williams, Charles
Gibbons; with a large and highly respect
able Acting Committee. The tenth an
nual meeting of the Society of the Union
Temporary Home for Children was held
Jan. 25; number in the Home, 63. The
health of the children has been excellent,
there having been no serious illness, and
no deaths during the year.
In fact, there has been but one death in
tbe institution for the last five years. The
property occupied by the Home was purchas
ed by the Society about seven years ago for
$20,000, of which one-half was paid in cash,
and the balance remains on mortgage. Ef
forts are being made to remove this encum
brance.
SUSCELLANEOm
The Meteor, a fast steamer, constructed
by tbe merchants of Boston for chasing the
Alabama, was seized in New York harbor
upon suspicion of being used for privateering
purposes by her present owners, in the ser
vice of Chili-against Spain. She had cleared
for Panama. Nearly all the Southern
Congressmen, finding their chances of admis
sion hopeless, have returned home.
The Freedmen.—The New York Freed
men’s Relief Association state that their re
ceipts during the year 1865 amounted to
$250,341 51. The balance in the treasury
on the Ist of January was $15,719 97;
amount of supplies on hand, $25,563 09.
Financial.—The amount of national bank
currency now issued is $245,866,510. —*-The
continued receipts of cotton at the Southern
ports are equal to affording exchanges suffi
cient to meet the present scale of importa
tion. without much loss of bullion or trans
mssion of United States stocks. As the
process of moving the cotton crop progresses,
all indications go to show a supply of not less
than 2,500,000 bales. These probabilities
must soon exercise an influence upon the cot
ton market and the current high prices of
domestic cotton fabrics. The custom re
ceipts for January will’ be $11,000,000 in
gold. The internal revenue receipts for
last week, were $4,340,000 ; on Monday,
they were one and a half million.
FOREIGN,
Great Britain. —The 7iluas insists that the
prevailing financial stringency in that country,
results from overtrading and overtrusting in
the American markets. On the contrary, a
letter from Liverpool, in the Daily News,
points out that while the exports to America
for eleven months amounted to about £16,-
000,000, the shipments of cotton to Liver
pool from America during the last three
months are valued at fully £13,000,000. ster
ling. A writer in the Times asserts that the
shipments to America, down to the end of
October, are all paid for; that enormous pro
fits have been realized, and that remittances
from importers in the States were never
more promptly and fully made; indeed the
leading houses have for months past con
stantly and largely anticipated their indebt
edness in England. The English revenue
for 1865 was nearly $350,000,000. Fearful
storms have prevailed in England. There
has been great damage done to shipping.
The storms broke down the telegraph connect
ing Liverpool and London.
France.—The majority of the French Cabi
net are in favor of withdrawing the French
troops from'Mexico, The Emperor of the
French on New Year’s day, announced his
intention of preserving peace with the United
States, but intimated that he would not aban
don Maximillian so long as there was any
danger of the United Statesinterfering against
him.
Spain. —Soldiers, in detached places, have
revolted and left their quarters.. One party
has Gen. Prim at its head. The Madrid
correspondent of the London Times, writing
on the sth, says Madrid was in a state of
siege, and in every probability would soon be
blockaded’. It was difficult to collect trust
worthy intelligence, and next to impossible
to transmit it, while the Government papers
only wrote to conceal and disguise the truth.
The Government report says:—“ The disper
sion of the insurgents is complete. Tran
quility prevails throughout the country.
iWpxieo.—President Juarez has officially
proclaimed El Paso del Norte the capital of
the Mexican Republic.
The Chilian Government has made over
tures for the purchase of the U. S. iron-clad
JDuoderberg.
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As the} prevailed some fifty years ago;
At least that phase of fashion which conveys
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And then compare the old, complex machine.
With that which In these modern days is seen:
Ho more ay steel and whalebone is the chest,
Or side, o. liver, terribly compressed;
Ho more are curving ribs, or waving spine.
Twisted a#d tortured out of Beauty’s line
For skill and rctence both unite to show
How much e > ealth to dress do women owe.
In Mbs. Shermans Gobbets, ladies find
The laws of Health with JTashion's taste combined
Supporting equally each separate party
They cramp no action of the lungs or heart;
And no iqjurioaß ligature is placed
To mar the flexure of the natural waist;
Their fit is certain—and, what’s sure *o please,
In all positions there is perfect ease ;
The figures of the young they help to form.
Aiding and not repressing every charm
Irregularities of shape they hide,
So that by none can slight defects be spied.
While e’en a figure, which is understood
As being “bad,” may by their help seem good;
And matrons wearing them a boon will gain,
The** early symmetry they’ll long retain.
insuring comfort, grace, good nealth, and ease,
These Shxrman Corsets cannot fail to please;
One trial is the only test they need,
For then all others they must supersede;
Fashion’s demands with usefulness they blend.
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3To. 31 South 2d St.,'above Chestnut. East
Side,
Has constantly on hand a large assortment of Men's
Boots and Shoes, Oily Made.
Ladles’. Misses, and Children’s Balmorals, &c. Be
sides Trunks, Traveling Bags, etc., in great variety
and at LOW" PRICES. Men’s Rubber-
Q 1 sole Boots nnd the best quality of Gum Ol
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L. D. BASSETT,
dealer in t
FISTE CHEESE, GOSHEN BUTTER. CTBER
VINTEGAB, SWEET CIDER, CANNED
TOMATOES AND PEACHES,
WRIGHT-S SUPERIOR MIJVCED MEAT,
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NEW I2TH ST. MARKET,
N. E. Cor. of Twelfth and Market Sts.
HENRY HARPER,
Bfo. 520 ARCH STREET. PHILADELPHIA,
Dealer in and Manufacturer of
WATCHES, FINE JEWELRY
SILVER WARE,
AND SUPERIOR PLATED GOODS.
J.&F. CADMUS,
No. 736 Market St., s. E. corner of Eighth,
PHILADELPHIA.
Manufacturers and Dealers in
BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS. CARPET BAGS AND
VALISES of every variety and style. iel3-ly
Mclntire & Brother,
1035 Chestnut Street,
Would call attention to iheir large assortment o
very choice
Silk Scarfs,
Neck Ties,
Scarf Pins,
Sleeve Buttons,
and Studs.
Also, to a stock of
UNDERSHIRTS AND DRAWERS
Fall and Winter Wear,
Consisting of
Extra Heavy Merino,
Saxony Wool,
Shetland,
Shaker Flannel,
Red Flannel,
Canton Flannel (very heavy).
Also, to their
MODEL
“SHOULDER SEAM SHIRTS,”
Guaranteed in every ease to give entire satisfaction.
16. C. REUKAUFF, jg
manufacturer op If
LOOKISG-fiLASSES, 1
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Pimm mm.
PIAIS A\D FASCT
WINDOW CORNICES.
AND
GILT lIOULDIM,
STO. 929 ARCH STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
PAINTINGS.. AND A GREAT
VARIETY OP ENGRAV
INGS ON HAND.
OED WORK REGIET
EftllAL TO STEW.
JJtjiiMls anil
the WEST CHESTER ACADEMY
miutary institute,
The Second Term of the scholastic year commences
on the Ist of February next* and closes on the last
Thursday in June. The Corps of Instructors numbers
Ten gentlemen of ability, tact, and experience, beside
the Principal, who is always at his nest in the School
room.
The Principal having purchased the extensive
school property of the late A. Bolmar, lately occupied
hy the Pennsylvania Military Academy, designs re
moving his school there before or during the Easter
Recess.
For Catalogues, apply at the Office of the AMERI
CAN PRESBYTERIAN, or to
WILLIAM F. WYERS, A. M., Principal.
M&LISH Hi CLASSICAL SCII,
FORTIETH STREET AND BALTIMORE
ATE NEE,
WEST PHILADELPHIA.
REV. S. H. MeMULLIN,
PRINCIPAL.
Pupils Received at any time and Fitted
far Business Life or for College.
References:
Rev. J. G. Butler, D.D.': Rev. J. W. Hears; Rev.'
Jonathan Edwards, D.D,; Rev. James M. Crowell,
D.D.; Dr,.C. A. Finley, U. S. Army; Samuel Field,
Esq. 1023-tf
puffin comiffi ißimi
FOB
YOUNG ~ADIi;S,
NORXWEST CORNER OF CHESTNUT and
EIGHTEENTH STREETS.
REV, CHARLES A, SMITH, D.D.,
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 Circulars, containing view of buildings and
other information, address
1005-6 m REV. THOMAS M. CANN, A. M.
Ijitettjj Jlatlim
Grover&Bakers
HIGHEST PREMIUM
ELASTIC STITCH
LOCK STITCH
SEWING MACHINES
WITH LATEST IMPROVEMENTS.
The Grover & Baker S. M. Co. manufacture, in ad
dition to their celebrated GROVER & BAKER
STITCH Machines, the most perfect SHUTTLE or
“LOCK STITCH” Machines in the market, and af
ford purchasers the opportunity of selecting, after
trial and examination of both, the one best Buited to
their wants. Other companies manufacture but one
hind of machine each, and cannot offer this opportu
nity of selection to their customers.
A pamphlet, containing samples of both the Grovet
& Baker Stitch and Shuttle Stitch in various fabrics,
with lull explanations, diagrams and illustrations, to
enable purchasers to examine, test and compare their
relative merits, will be furnished, on request, from
our offices throughout the country. 'Those who desire
machines which do the beet work, should not fail to
send for a pamphlet, and test and compare these
stitches for themeelvee.
OFFICE, 730 CHESTNUT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
SEVERAL REASONS WHY
WILLCOX & GIBB’S SEWING MACHINES
arc becoming so <
UN IVF.USAI.LY POUUEAB.
FIRST.
They are the “PERFECTION OF ME
CHANIM.” Each machine being as
carefully and accurately finished as a
w&tch
SECOND. They are adapted to the GREAT
EST RANGE OF WORK, and will
use successfully either cotton, silk, or
linen thread.
THIRD. They make the patent “ TWISTED
LOOP STITCH,” which is the most
beautiful, elastic, and durable stitch
known.
FOURTH. They are "GLORIOUSLY SIM
PLE,” as readily comprehended as a
pair of scissors, and not more liable
to derangement.
FIFTH. They are ENTIRELY NOISELESS
and "might safely be used in a sick
room. or by the cradle o! a sleeping
infant.”
SIXTH. They are run with PERFECI
EASE, scarcely an effort being re
quired to sew a thousand stitches per
minute.
SEVENTH. lbey are ABSOLUTELY COM
PLETE, and will Hem, Fell, Braid,
Cord, Bind. Tuck, Gather, and Em
broider beautifully.
EIGHTH. They CaNNOT BE TURNED THE
WRONG WAY.
The NEEDLES CANNOT BESET
WRONG.
The Hemmers, Fellers, Ac./ are
SELF-ADJUSTING.
A careful examination of these Machines at
NINTH.
TENTH.
No, 720 Chestnut Street,
Will disclose many other points of peculiar merit.
ftaj ftouis, &t.
onVIHS & KBIZ.
No. 43 STRAWBERRY STREET,
Second door above Chesnut street,
PHILADELPHIA.
W Strawberry street is between Second and Bant
streets.
CARPETINGS,
OIL CLOTHS,
NEW STYLES, MODERATE PRICES.
IVINS & DIETZ,
43 STRAWBERRY Street. Philada.
Heap Carpet Store. a,-
STEAM
Dyeing and Scouring Establishment.
> Mrs. E. W. SIHTH,
So. 28 HLFiftH St., below Arch, Philadn.
. Ladies’ Dresses, Cloaks, Shawls, Ribbons, Ac., dyed
in anynolor, aod finished equal to new. .
Gentlemen's Coats, Pants and Vests cleaned, dyeti
and repaired. 963-ly
A YEAR made by any one with slo-
J/VVu" Stencil Tools. No experience necessary.
The Presidents, Cashiers, and Treasurers of three
Banks, indorse the circulars. Sent free with
Address the Amercan isteacil Tool Works. Spring
field* Vermont. iOl9-3n>
MATTINGS, AC.