he iuihik held abro&b. IiIIKAT BRITAIN. England.—Our readers have, from time to time, seen accounts of proposals looking toward a union of the Church of England with the Eastern or Greek Church, sug gested by the ritualistic members of the former, hut persistently frowned upon by the evangelical element. The mot formal movement towards such a union appears to have been made in London in the month of November last, the circumstances of which would have remained unknown at home, but for the indiscretion of one of the .Russian parties to the negotiation, who l published a detailed account of it in a Rus tsian journal. It appears that the Bishops |of Oxford and Lincoln, Dr. Pusey, Canon ■Wordsworth, and others, held a meeting on Rhe subject with Prince Orloff, of Russia, Kind Father Popoff, the chaplain to the ■Russian Embassy. According to Count F Orloff. the English members of the party ' were eager for immediate union, and the Bishop of Oxford and the Coadjutor Bishop of Edinburgh saw no difficulty in the way of the members of the two Churches at once joining in the celebration of the Lord’s Supper. The Russians were more cool and wary. The Prince did what he could to impress them with the difficulties in the way, and suggested that the first thing to be done was to write books setting forth the doctrines of the Church of England in such a way as to satisfy the Russian Church, taking special care to disavow all connec tion with Prostestanism; that Anglican clergymen sympathizing with the move ment should be sent to Moscow, to give verbal explanations to the same effect; and after all, that the matter should not be pre cipitated, but left to time. As a specimen ol the not inconsiderable leaven of honest Protestantism in the Eng lish Church, we quote the following from an address of the Bishop of Ripon, deliver ed at the annual meeting of the Yorkshire Scripture Reader’s Society. “We hear,” said the Bishop, “ much' said in the present day about the desirableness of union; and there are those who have openly avowed an earnest wish to bring about a union be tween our own Church and the Church of Rome on the one hand, and the Greek Church on the other. Let those who wish for union with Rome or with the Greek Church, make what efforts they can; and may God speed their efforts to induce the Church of Rome or the Greek Church to throw off those errors against which our Reformers, and we as their successors, pro test ! But till the Church of Rome will renounce those doctrines against which we contend as hostile to God’s truth, as con trary to His revealed word, our only befitting language as members of the Church of England must be, ‘No peace with Rome.’ I believe the Chuoh of Rome to be the Antichrist described by St. Paul, and I believe her to be the Babylon portrayed in the Apocalypse. This being so, and reading the doom of Rome in the light of prophecy, I look for no great re form in the Church of Rome Ido believe that in the midst of the mystic Babylon, God has a remnant who are. to be brought out by the faithful preaching of .His own word, and the comparison of the truth and doctrine in that Word with the falsehood and errors of the Romish system; but as a system at large, the Church of Rome I do not believe is ever to be reformed. I be lieve her doom as revealed in God’s word is to be accomplished at the coming of our blessed Redeemer, when by the breath of His mouth Rome is to be destroyed—that corrupt Babylon is to fall before the com ing Christ.” The Great Sabbath-breaking Scheme, which undertook to compel the Govern ment to open the Museums, the National Gallery and some other public places on the Sabbath, has, through a series of riots, defeated itself. Another enterprise, in the same direction, and coming out under the same hypocritical guise of care for the working people, has been started under the auspices of a number of names eminent in science and literature, but of the shabbiest kind of Christian faith. The names of Sir Charles Lyell, J. Stuart Mill, and Charles Dickens, will do for a sample. Under the plea that, if opportunity were offered, large numbers who do not care to attend Chris tian worship, might be drawn away from the places of dissipation, to attend dis courses on the soience and the wonders of the universe, they have opened in St. Mar tin's Hall a series of Sunday evening lec-. tures, scientific and general, but either un christian or scrupulously non-Christian in their character. “ The people,” after filling the hall for two or three evenings, have pretty much discarded the concern, and the attendance is now exceedingly slim. Later intelligence shows that the autho rities have interferred and the room has been closed. Contrast. —It is cheering to set over against all this zeal of the adversary, the unabated progress of revivals in the towns visited by the humble, plain-talking, and ever-working agents of the great evangel izing agency of which we have repeatedly spoken. J. W. Pointer records the pre sence of the Lord with him in Leicester shire. They have “ showers of blessing.” “ Anxious souls are enabled to trust in Jesus.” J. B. Wimshurst writes from Milford Haven that “ our place, is now far too small, not having standing, room.” The Revival states that on Sabbath, Jan. 7, at Halifax, Richard Weaver conducted three services in the Circus, and all were well at tended, especially in the pvening, when not less than 8500 persons assembled. At the after-meeting several souls professed to find peace in Jesus. There were many present who came from a distance; and although it rained fast during the time of service, hundreds were waiting outside to gain ad mittance to the prayer-meeting. During the following week, for five nights, he con ducted services in the Odd Fellows’ Hall, which was crowded on each occasion, and much fruit was gathered at these services also. Ministers from the various denomi nations in and around the town were pre sent. God’s Spirit is also working with great power among the smithies near Barnesley, and with the navvies at Saffron Walden, working on the new line. These are examples of a longer list of revival items, and their results on the character and habits of those affected, show what is the best philanthropy for the working classes. Had Sir Charles Lyell looked half as deep into the stony heart as he has into the stones ol which he writes, he would have discovered that God’s best gift for the poor is that to them the Gospel is preached. Ireland —What little attention can be spared from the Fenian excitement, is given to thp cause ol' education, higher and lower, in its relation to denominationalism. The Government system,-abating certain special endowments, is the “ mixed one,” against which Romanists, especially the Ultramon tanes, have loudly protested, as compelling them to place their children under Protes tant influences, or foreg'o the opportunities for their instruction. It is apprehended that the Government is yielding to their clamor, and hence the excitement. Their proposal is, “to secure for the Catholic University the position* she is entitled to, at the head of Catholic education in Ire land to make the various schools and colleges through Ireland, including the Queen's Colleges of Cork and Galway, so many halls in which the University could “mould all the students according to its own idea;” to secure that the senate of the University would be a body in which the bishops .could place confidence; to have the collegiate education endowed by the State; and to allow the Episcopalians. Trinity, shorn of much of its endowments, the Presbyterians and Dissenters, the Queen’s College in Belfast. The proposi tion is not without its advocates among Protestants, Archbishop Trench even, suggesting serious encroachments upon the present mixed system. The Presbyterians generally regard any disturbance of the ex isting policy with alarm. The Belfast Presbytery has memorialized the Lord Lieu tenant, praying that no countenance be given to the proposed alteration. The Ragged Schools of Belfast have been holding their festival and summing up their results with cause for congratula tion. Over six hundred schools connected with the Irish Church Missions were also entertained, and sustained an examination in doctrine and controversy “ extremely well.” Many of these children are among the neediest in Dublin, and the schools claim a more liberal support. Scotland Presbyterian Union.—ln the establishment, there is no abatement qf the excitement and dissensions respecting “ innovations,” particularly those intro duced by Dr. Lee into the Old Greyfriars in Edinburg, such as forms of prayer with responses, other liturgical exercises, &e. The Presbytery has, by a vote of twenty to fifteen, refused to take up the subject. It now goes up by appeal to the Synod, and will undoubtedly pass from thence to the General Assembly. Meanwhile everything betokens the hastening of the projected union of the non-endowed Presbyterian bodies. "We recently stated that the joint committees of the Free Church, the United Presbyterian Church, and the Reformed Presbyterian Synod, had agreed upon a report to be presented to the next meetings of their respective constituencies, in which they were able to say, that after full exam ination of the doctrines and practices of each body, they had eome to the conclusion that there was substantial harmony between them, and that there was no good reason against union. Since then a large, almost a monster meeting, one which in crowd, enthusiasm, and power, reminds us of some of the great demonstrations in our Academy of Music, has been held in Glasgow, to ex press the public approbation of the measure. The Lord Provost presided, and there were present as participants, among many others high in the confidence of their respective bodies, Dr; Buehanati, of the Free Church; Dr. Cairns, of the United Presbyterians; and Dr. Symington, of the Reformed Pres byterians. The speakers were very caretul to guard themselves against anticipating the decisions of the Church courts ; but all were impressed with the conviction that matters are ripe for union, and that there is no good cause ibr the churches standing longer aloof. Preparations are being made for similar meetings in other towns The Duke of Argyle on the Union of the English with the Romish and Greek Churches.—The Duke of Argyle, a member of the Cabinet, recently presided at the annual meeting ot the Bible Society of Scotland. In his opening address, he adverted to the efforts made by the High Church party in England for the union with the Eastern and Western Churches, and threw out the suggestion that under this specious name of union, what might really be meant was a great and wide-ex tended church organization, which would crush under its working all individual free dom of thought and action. FhASCE. Father Hyacinthe.—We noticed last mouth this new pulpit orator, as the latest sensation in the Romish Church. He is just now an acknowledged champion of the liberalizing .party therein, a party numeri cally small, but which obtains strength from its enjoying the active sympathy of the Archbishop of Paris. He has appeared upon the stage at the moment when, be yond any time since the days of Voltaire, Christianity is imperilled by the revival of unmitigated atheism. He has applied himself earnestly to the combat, devoting thereto the great, popularity which crowds Notre Dame with the most aristocratic class of hearers whenever it is known that he is to fill the pulpit. Among his earlier ad mirers were the Freethinkers, who, ima°in ing in his bold rebukes of Ultramontamsm a practical alliance with themselves round ly applauded his sincerity and impartiality. Alarmed by this misconstruction of his sentiments, he now turns his fire upon them, and of course has become the object of their denunciation. Still there is no wane of his popularity, and no abatement of his liberal tone. He has just concluded a course of lectures, or, as they are termed conferences, chiefly remarkable for their powerful assaults upon infidelity, at the close of which, the Archbishop, in the pre sence of the large congregation, thanked him for his labors, and endorsed his teach ing. This latter fact is the more si-mig. cant, because they exhibited much of that THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN. THURSDAY. MARCH 1, 1866 spirit of fraternity with Protestant Chris tians which we have before mentioned, and were on that account odious to the Ultra montanists. Still we thus far look in vain among the brief extracts from his lectures which reach us, for anything which comes up to the mark of a true evangelicalism. In such a sentence as this :—“ The God of Johnson, the God of Lincoln, the God of Washing ton, is the God whom we preach,” we see enough to awaken the ire of the bigoted priests around him, but we have yet to learn whether he has learned any other art than that of saintly intercession and sacra mental efficiency, to lead the lost sinner to salvation. But the Romanism of France does not mean to forfeit its traditional reputation, and as a token thereof, it has just enacted' one of its characteristic outrages, the heaviest blame for which, however, lies with a few faithless parents across the channel, whose Protestantism is of, the flimsiest texture. We allude to the recent reception of twenty English girls, daugh ters of Protestant parents, who were in at tendance upon a convent school, into the Romish Church, they at the same time publicly renouncing Protestantism. Protestant Affairs. —It is unfortu nate for Protestanism in the empire that the name of Protestant Christian is given so indiscriminately to everything between Romanism on the one hand, and undis guised infidelity on the other. Still worse, the pulpits, the consistories and the con gregations of the National Rejormed Church, have been the common ground of the evangelicals, the liberals and the radi cals. Each of these shapes of belief have been reflected from the pulpit of the Re formed Church in Paris, by Grandpierre, Cocquerel, and Paschoud, the last two often appearing in antagonism to the former. The moral influence of a pulpit thus divided, must of course he chiefly neutral ized. We have now to announce that the Church has given M. Paschoud leaye to retire on a pension of six thousand francs. This is the end—if indeed it be an end— of a struggle of two years, in which: the pastor had persisted in presenting to the Consistory the name of the younger Cocque rel as his Assistant, the latter having each time refused to receive him. The Liberals and Radicals denaunce the dismissal of Paschoud as illegal and tyrannical. The Church at Nismes, the principal Protestant Church in the South of France, is also deeply agitated by similar internal strifes, and is at present smarting under an act of had faith perpetrated by the Liberals and Radicals, who together, are the majori ty. On a former occasion' they declared that both the doctrinal tendencies ought to have their place in the pulpits of Protes tantism, and that every resolution to the contrary would , in their judgment, heakjacl of intolerance and injustice. The death of Pastor Borel, Evangelical, leaving in the pulpit a Rationalistic survivor, furnished them with an opportunity to practice; their professed tolerance. They improved it by bringing forward, as M. Borel’s successor, a thoroughly negative Rationalist. The President of the Consistory, with others of the Evangelical members and some of the more moderate Liberals, have in Conse quence resigned their places. Progress.—A promising auxiliary of the cause of spiritual religion has appeared in a new enterprise, a semi-monthly paper, the Temoignaye, which comes out under the auspices of the Lu’lemn pastor o It is to take a firm stand by the Cross against all Rationalism, and its two first numbers promise well. “ Let us leave infidels,” it says, “to proclaim with noisy clamor the ruin of Christianity ; let us mix no groans with their shouts of joy. We have other feelings to express and nourish than those of sorrow. Sorrow is oommunieative even as joy, but it depresses the spirits which joy raises. Were the Christian to see the heavens shake over his head, he should even then cry with the intrepidity of faith, ‘ The Gospel of my Saviour will never pass away!’ ” Infidel and Corrupting Litera ture. —M. Victor Hugo, now a grey headed old man for whom the grave is yawning, has just given to the public a vile and licentious book under the title of “ Songs of the Streets and the Woods.” A Parisian correspondent of Evangelical Christendom, says of it:—“ It would rather seem that these pieces of poetry were com posed in the' midst of an orgie, by some young man of twenty or twenty-five, who had forgotten in his state of drunkenness all the rules of modesty, all the limits of social decency. An important lesson may be learned from this. Whosoever rejects all religious belief-, and allows himself to be ruled by his passions, sinks lower and lower both in his writings and his acts; and at last becomes an object of pity and disgust to those who had paid the highest tribute to his talents.” Protestant Chubches in Austria.— Last year the Emperor of Austria, for the first time, authorized the General Synod of the Protestant ohurches of the empire, (the Confession of Augsburg and the Swiss Con fession,) to meet in Vienna, and to discuss freely all questions relative to the consti tution of these ehurohes, and to their rela tions, oh the one band, with the Govern ment; and on the other, with Catholicism. The decisions of this Synod were referred to competent authority for execution, but for some unexplained reason, no furthef action concerning them has taken place. Among the imputed causes for this neglect of what appeared so important an opportu nity for the Protestant cause, is the recent act of bad political faith on the part of the Government,"by which the constitution has been suppressed, and the ministry changed. When any one of the great liberties of a country is suppressed, all the rest suffer with it; and so long as the churches are mixed up with the - policy of the govern ments, they will suffer the rebound of all the commotions of that policy. The Protestant Force of Vienna consists of congregations of the Lutheran and Reformed churches. The former num ber 20,000 and the latter 3000. The num ber of pastors is six. They have schools, an orphan house, and a. theological college. The law proclaims equality of the different eEBHAKY. religious communions, but as between the Romish and Protestant churches, it is not carried out. In the matter of marriages, for example, no marriage is legal ex cept. as by a Romish priest. • The Pro testant pastor may supplement it with a nuptial benediction: that is all. The daughter of a Catholic father and Protes tant mother may become a Protestant; the daughter of a Protestant father and Catho lic mother, must become a Catholic. The Protestants of Agram.—The Protestants of ESfefavonia and of Croatia, after having endured long yeais of perse cution and intolerance, have at length ob tained religious liberty. The community at Agram has hastened to take advantage ol the new legislative provisions, and is now definitely organized. It has taken for three years an old synagogue, which, after having been repaired, and adapted 'to its new destination, was opened ou the sth of last November This dedication was a great day for the Protestants of these coun tries, happy in at length attaining the ob ject of so many efforts, cares, labours, and sacrifices of every kind. This result is due in great part to the indefatigable zeal and devotedness of pastor Scedet, who is at the head of the little flock-of Agram. American Methodism in Germany.— Our readers have occasionally been inform ed of a German Conference of Methodists in connection with the M E. Church in this country. As is more natural, than fra ternal,, it does not enjoy largely the favor of the National churches, and its mission aries may not have all ■ the culture and breadth of view which are desirable, but they are for the most part pious and laborious men, and are doing much in Germany and German Switzerland to lift the veil of spir itual ignorance from the eyes of the classes of society to whom they have access, and to exalt spirituality over formalism. The statistical tables of their last Conference report, gave a list of 12 preachers, and 3465 members, showing an increase of 613 during the last year. They have a theolo gical institution in Bremen for the training of preachers. The New Sunday-school Movement in Germany is, in the present spiritual cor ruptions, the best omen for the future. It is a recent enterprise, an American idea whose importation met with a stubborn and bigoted resistance. Most of all did pas tors and church councils revolt from the suggestion that females should be employ ed as teachers. Women teach religion! Experiment has in part subdued this hard headed prejudice, and in towns where, a year or two ago Sabbath-schools were wholly forbidden, they are now the great feature of religious movement. The Sunday School Continental Record, (London,) says : —“ One of our esteemed correspondents at Berlin, in a recent com munication says : ‘ the existing schools are getting consolidated into a body; the inter est of the pastors and teachers who have begun is deepening; numbers are growing; and our monthly meetings are better at tended than ever.’ ” Another writes to the same paper;—“l have of late travelled fifty-one days in connection with Sunday schools, having visited Stuttgart, where tjiep are three schools, Carlsruhe, also three; Ettingen one school, Pforzheim, Wiesbaden, Bon, Cologne, Elberfeld, and other places. At Stuttgart, the schools promise well, and are conducted with great (pleasure and energy.” Another account 5n the Evangelical Christendom, says that in Berlin, there a-e nt present eleven regu lar Sundiiy-scliouls, of which nine belong jo the Established Church, one is Baptist, ind one Methodist. There are, besides, a few services for children, which will be conducted on the Sunday-school system as ! soon as a sufficient number of teachers can he obtained; and there is one connected with one of our largest public schools, in which the.elder scholars are made Sunday school teachers, witlout being required to give proofs of real conversion—a system . i>pt, generally approved of, and which stands therefore, in no connection with the other Sunday-schools. The teachers generally meet on some evening of the week previous to the' Sabbath, to prepare for their duties. Scholars persevere in their attendance, thus falsifying one of the objections made against their introduction, that children would weary of them as soon as the charm of nov elty was over. A Sunday-school paper has been established, embellished after the manner of similar papers in Great Britain and this country, and there, as here, ittells. The Sunday-schools have not penetrated much into the provinces yet. There is one in ‘Potsdam, one in Breslau, and one in Halle. They have lately been started at several places in Wurtemburg and in the Grand Duehy of Baden. The Sunday school work has received a great encour agement by the remarkable lecture of Pro fessor Schaff, from America, on the Bible and the Sunday in that country. ITAIT. The Week of Prayer.—The week of United Prayer has been observed at Flor ence and at Milan. In Florence, the Eng lish, Scotch, Swiss, and two of the Italian congregations (the Waldensian and that conducted by Sig. Gualtieri) all combined, holding the services in their respective places of assembly, and using in prayer in discriminately the English, French, and Italian languages. The Eco deUa Verita describes the meetings as attended with “ much edification." In' Milan the ser vices were conducted exclusively in Italian, and were held alternately in the halls of the Waldensian Church, and of that con nected with the Methodist Mission. The attendance was not large, but the grace of supplications was given, and the uniting and consoling presence of Jesus felt. How a Door of Uttera-nce was Opened.—New ground has been broken up in Poiano (Tuscany), where a Capuchin monk,j who has been for some time preach ing, as only these ignorant and fanatical monl'4 caD ) against the Protestants, was public® challenged by a colporteur laboring in tho® parts to prove his statements. The Caput® ll hastily accepted the challenge; but <4 the appearance of an evangelist from flprence, thought discretion the better part (_>f valor, and fled. Whereupon the evapgelf t wisely took advantage of the in terest that had been excited, and for several evenings in succession announced to large and sympathising crowds of people the Word of Eternal Life. The meetings still continue, and it is to be hoped that some church or committee will be able to culti vate £he soil thus broken up. The American and Foreign Chris tian Union’s Work in Italy.— Mr. Clark, of Milan, writes to the Union, that he has just rented a large hall for public worship. He also says': —“That the large hall where Prof. Oddo and Mr. Peccinini preach is so crowded that the people have to go away.” His evening school, he writes, numbers seventy, and if the room were large enough, he could have three hun dred. He also writes:—“ The good work here in Milan is influencing more and more the higher classes.” OTHER COUNTRIES. Bishop Colenso in Natal. —Dr. Co lenso’s arrival at Natal gave rise to some exciting scenes . Only one of his clergy men took his stand by his side in his new position; but attempts were made in sev eral places to get up an enthusiasm for his return, which are described in high and florid colors in the accounts sent home. There must be a good deal of exaggeration in all this, however, if it.be true, as stated, that a memorial of sympathy with the Bishop circulated all through the diocese did not receive more than seven hundred names. It was at first proposed to prevent his entrance into the cathedral church, but as sundry legal doubts were started as to the right to close the cathedral doors, ad mission was given; but Dr. Colenso was confronted at the steps of the altar by the Dean, who read a solemn protest against his right to preach there, and then retreat ed to the altar, while Dr. Colenso, remark ing that he had come to discharge the duties committed to his care by the Queen, went on with his sermon. Since then some ar rangement has been come to by which Dr. Colenso occupies the cathedral on one part of the Sunday, and the Dean and his ad herents the other. There seems every pros pect of two churches being formed in the colony. Dr. Colenso claims- to be the representative of the Crown and the Church of England; though it is mani fest, from the late decision of the Privy Council, that his patent of episcopacy is in valid, and that he has no more right by law to call himself Bishop of Natal than Dr. Gray had to depose him from that office. MARRIAGES. McCORMCK—WILSON— On the 13th of Febru ary, ID the Bridge SL Presbyterian Church. Qeorge- D. C by Rev. Dr. Tustin, Mr. CHARLES Mc- CORMICK, M. D., to Miss MARY L. WILSON, daughter of the late James E. Wilson, Esq., and grand-daughter of the late Rev. Stephen B. Raich. D.D., all of Georgetown. D. C. DEATHS. WEBER. —Died at Jeffersonville. Pa. Nov 16 3865 CHRISTIAN WEBER, aged forty years a very consistent member of the church, and for twenty-five years elder in the Presbyterian body. He was a man full of faith, of warm Christian spirit, amiable, al ways looking and praying for the outpour lng Of the Holy Ghost, a valuable aid to the pastor, a kind father and husbana. His children have all grown up members of the church, honoring their _pro- . Hewasan ardent patriot and lived to see his wishes fulfilled m the suppression of the rebellion. His death was peaceful and happy, and his last hours were lightened with hope of a great revival of the Church in the whole land: OBITUARY. the 21st of February, ELIfcA BETH ROBERTS, youngest child of John B. Steven son, Esq., of this city. *u l ' h n t d ?°s a l e v- wa i, fc ? n , 6ar i our *«!»* a member of “A ladelphia N. L.lst Presbyterian Church, in which heriather isan elder. A fine example of youth ful P.ictyin health, she was, m disease and death, an admirable illustration of the power of Christianity to sustain and cheer. Kor weeks beforedeath cameshe anticipated it with joy, and, when come, met it with triumph. Her friends will never forget the glad ut terances with which she characterized Meath as her entrance into We, or with which she magnified Jesus as her Saviour and Satisfies Like some choice plant transferred from a sheltered nursery to a more genial clime before the bright hues of any of its flowers have been dimmed, or before the exquisite odor of any of L t f l f?, vO3 T has , be , en d ‘®iP a ‘e<f. she is now in Paradise with the Lord she so much loved. Rest, spirit, rest 1 In the green pastures of the heavenly shore. Where Binand sorrow can approach no more, With all the flock of the Good Shepherd fed. Beside the streams of life eternal led. i! oreverVith thy God and Saviour blest, Rest, sweetly rest! New Ready, The March Number of HOURS AT HOME. TABLE OF CONTENTS: EUphalet Itott, !>.«., By p rof T ler Lewis. * The Centenary of Methodism. By Abel Stevens, D.D. Allxand^* 10 " 8 *“ Natar < -By *»& Stephen Jfatara'i History of the Yaguey Family. By Dr. Horace Bushnell. 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Donations may be sent to L. P. HUBBARD, Financial Agent. _ SO Wall St., New York. Rev. HARMON LOOMIS, Rev. S. H. HALL, D.D., j Cor - See - l 1 -10-lt-eow W ? nte<l Purchase—A JUILDING suitable for a CHURCH, between Fouuh and Fif teenth, and Lombard and Arch Streets. Address Philadelphia P. 0., Box 1459. 1001- 4t BRASDKETirs i*IUA COSTn r ENESS, DIARRHEA. —They are taken up by the ahsoi Wnts> and carried into the circulation, through whi<*h me* dium they are conveyed to every part of the body. If the pain affects the joints, a single dose produces remarkable benefit. And the same rule applies to costivenes, diarrhea, and dyseutery: tin*'.?h with the last named they may be required night and morning for some days before decided relief is obtained. In affections of the lungs, throat, head, and pleurisy, the relief is certain; the excretory organs throw off with ease the phlegm, and the breathing becomes freer Spasmodic asthma is often cured by a single dose. PERRY DAVIS’ FAIN KIUER.-It is not likely that the popularity of this celebrated medicine will in any measure decrease, or that the demand for it will in the slightest degiee decline, until some other specific for allaying pain and curing the various ills for which the Pain Killer is used shall be discov ered of equal potency with it—of whicL there would seem ttfbe little probability at the present day. We understand that the cost of some of the ingredients of which the Pam Killer is comi ostd- has very much increased since thecomineneeineiit i*f the war, though the price of the medicine h sis been bu: very little ad vanced. Indeed it is not only one of The very best and most reliable medicines in use for numerous ills, but it is also one of the cheapest. As a remedy for stomach complaints at this season, or any season of the year when they occur, we regard it as of the very highest value: and we speak from experience when we say this, for we have repeatedly tried it, and invari ably with the happiest results and the greatest satis faction. When various other things failed) and we were growing alarmingly worse, we have taken the Pain Killer and found it to work like a charm. Three doses half a teaspoonful each in a wine glass of water or milk with a little sugar—has effectually cured us when quite unwell.—Providence Advertiser. 1031-ot THE GREAT NEW ENGLAND REMEDY 1 Dr. J. W. Poland’s WHITE PINE COMPOUND, Is now offered to the afflicted throughout the coun try, after having been proved by the test o{ eleven years, in the New England States, where its merits have become as well known as the tree irom which, m part, it derives its virture. THE WHITE PINE COMPOUND CURES Sore Throat, Colds, Coughs, Diptheria, Bron chitis, Spitting of Blood, and Pulmonary ' Affections generally. It is a remarka ble Remedy for Kidney and other complaints. Give it a trial if you would learn the value of a good and tried Medicine. It is pleasant, safe, and sure. Sold by Druggists and Dealers in Medicine gene rally. «EO. IT. SWETT, M.D., Propietor. Boston, Massachusetts. AUeiiveheld Necessity exists for the Use of BUBNO'S CATARRH SNUFF, Whioh, in the first stages of a cold, acts like magic— Headache, Hoarseness, Diptheria, and Bronchitis, Sore Eyes, Deafness, Bad Taste and Smell, being the result of Catarrh. This snuff removes and prevents all these, and insures a healthy Head. Its effects are pleasant and safe, even for infants who suffer from Snuffles. It has the highest professional testimonials. Sold by all Druggists, or sent hy Mail to all parts of U. S.. for 30 cents for One Box, or $1 for four Boxes. Address, JAS. DURNO, P. 0. Box 1235, New York. Wholesale, by D. BARNES <fc CO.. 21 Park Row, N. Y a coven, com, oa sore throat, Requibks immediate attention and should be checked. Ip allowed to continue, . Irritation of tin I.nngs, a Permanent Tlkroat Affection, or an Incurable ■ Lang Disease IS OFTEN THE HESULT. BROWN’S BRONCHIAL TROCHES HAVING a-dibect influence on the paets, give ixhk- DIATE RELIEF. For Bronchitis, Asthma. Catarrafa, Con sumptive and Throat Diseases, TROCHES ARE OS ED WITH ALWAYS GOOD SUCCESS. SINGERS AM PUBLIC SPEAKERS will find Troches useful in dealing the voice when taken before Singing or Speaking, and relieving the throat after an unusual exertion of the vocal organs. The Trochee are recommended and prescribed by Physicians, and have had testimonials from eminent men throughout the country. Being an article of true merit, and having proved their efficacy by a test of many years, each year finds them in new localities in various parts of the world, and the Trochee are universally pronounced better than other artiolea. Obtain only “ Bbo wn’s Bronchial Teoches,” and do not take any of the Worthless Imitations that may be offered. Sold everywhere in the United States, and in For eign Countries, at 35 cents per box. TREEMOUNT SEMINARY, sobbistdw.y, pa., POK YOUNG MEN «fc BOYS. * f The Sommer Session of Four Months will com mence on TUESDAY, APRIL 10,1866. Students are fitted for any calling in life or to en ter any class in College. For circular address 1032-lm JOHN W. LOCH, Principal* E. CROPPER, MANUFACTURER OF FINE AND FANCY CARES, ICE CREAMS AND JELLIES, ALL OF THE BEST QUALITY, Southwest Corner Nineteenth and Wallace Streets. 1020-lm SAMUEL W. HESS, DEAIER-IN THE BEST QUALITIES OF EHIGH, SCHUYLKILL AND BITUMINOUS COAL. _AU OflMiuneri should try his GENUINE EAGLE? VEIN, as it is the very best Coal in the market. Orders by despatch or otherwise promptly attended to at the CONTINENTAL COAL DEPOT, Nos. 203 -and 205 North Broad Street COAL! COALU LEHIGH AND SCHUYLKILL C*'AL of the best quality, selected from the Approved*Mines under coyer.
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