late’s Sable. PERIODICALS AN» PAMPHLETS. The London Quarterly Review. January, 1866. American Edition.—Con tents : Livingstone’s Zambesi and its Tri butaries ; Simon de Montfort, Earl of Lei cester; Tennyson’s Enoch Arden; M. Sainte-Beuvc; Grote’s Plato; Miss Berry’s Memoirs; Palgrave's Arabia; Caricature and Grotesque in the Literature and Art; The Coming Session. Report of the General Superintendent of the Philadelphia Branch of the United States Sanitary Commission, to the Execu tive Committee, January Ist, 1866. The Great Question for the People ! —Essays on the Elective Franchise; or, Who has the Right to Yote? By John Hanoock, Counsellor at Law. Second Edi tion. Sold at albbouk stores. Price 25 cts. The First Edition of'this able essay of 5000 copies was issued by the Union League LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. American— Auctions. —Messrs. Leavitt, Strebeigh & Co., a new auction firmin New York, sold, March 13th, a private library which included a second folio Shak speare. They also announce a sale of a large and valuable collection of American and foreign gold and silver coins and medals, the property of a well-known New York collector. Also several hundred volumes consigned from England as the library of Daniel O’Connell, and containing his book-plate, coat of arms, and autograph. The library of J. B. Fisher, of Austerfield Farm, Cagiden Co.,N. J., was sold at auction, March 5. The catalogue consists of 299 pages, and 2525 items. A large proportion of the volumes relate to American travels and early history. The list of voyages round the world and in the Arctic re gions is very complete, and includes many rarities. The collection of State History, Indian History, Indian Captivities, Travels and Surveys in the Rocky Mountains, is rich and extensive. The departments of American Peetry and Bibliography are worth attention, and the collection of volumes on Witchcraft, Demonology, and Mupolesis full.——Mr. Wheeler’s “Diction ary of Noted Names of Fiction,” has been published in the well-known series, “ Bohn’s Standard Library.” During the month of May next, Leavitt, Strebeigh & Co., New York, will sell at auction the entire collec tion of Autographs and Autograph Letters of the late Mr. I. K. Tefft, of Savannah, Ga. This collection ha's been the labor of a lifetime, and for many years well-known throughout the country: Many of the let ters are in very choice condition, with por traits. 'Also, iwo buund volumes-—one a complete set of letters and autographs of the Signers of the Declaration of Indepen dence, and one of'the Signers of the Con stitution of the United States. Apple tons, N. Y., have, purchased the stereotype plates of Prof. Owen’s Classical Series, and will in future publish them. The Pil grim’s Progress, unabridged, with 96 illus trations, is published at the remarkably low price of ten cents, by Eyre & Spottiswocde, N.' Y. In England there is even a penny edition, which is selling in immense num- Smith’s History of the World, re published by Appletons, has reached the third volume, completing Ancient History. The same house has issued An Introduction to Devotional Study of the Holy Scriptures. By Edward Meyrick Goulburn, D.I). Harper & Bros , have published'Henry S. Foote's War of the Rebellion; also, A Text- Book ou Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene. For the use of Schools and Families. By John 0. Draper, M. D , with one hundred and seventy-five illustrations. Messrs. Lip pincott & Go. have recently imported large quantities of English books, including ten thousand copies of Clark & Wrigbt’s Globe coition of Sbakspeare, which is priced in the catalogue at $2 25. A New Magazine. —Messrs. Butice & Huntington will publish, in April next, the first number of a new periodical, to be en titled “Town and Country;” a fortnightly magazine, devoted to American literature. It will be a large octavo of eighty pages, printed in clear type, on fine paper, and stitched in a handsome cover. The con tents will be solely original, and will con sist of contributions from the foremost i names in American literature. Dll. BIIAINERD’S LIFE OF JOHN BKAI- SiEBD, 'l'he l'ollowing appreciative and kindly notice appeared in a recent,jaumber of the Western Presbyterian (0. §.), Louisville, Ky. The signature is doubtless that of Dr. Humphrey : • There are two Brainerds —David and John. The biography of David, by Presi dent Edwards, has been before the world more than a hundred years; and to this day it i» read with uudiminished interest, and exerts an undiminished power over the people of God. He died at the age of thirty, but his words have followed him in such a sense, that he is alive to this day in the hearts of thousands. At the death of David, his brother John entered into his labors among the Indians. Dr. Thomas Brainerd, the well known and honored minister of the “ Pine Street Church,” in Philadelphia, has now laid before the public the life of John Brainerd. It is a book of extraordinary value. The materials have been gathered with con scientious diligence, and they have been woven together with consummate skill. It is a gem in the treasure-house of Christian biography. We should be compelled to go far to find a sweeter and more touching narration than that of the illness of David, his journey to Boston with the almost in comparable Jerusha Edwards, and his death at Northampton. John Brainerd was the first domestic missionary of the Presbyterian Church in this country; trustee for twenty-six years of the College at Princeton; Moderator of the Synod of New York and Philadel phia; chaplain in the old French war; and appointed to the work left at Stockbridge by President Edwards. He was the friend of Whitefield, the Tennents, Edwards father and son, Burr, Dickerson and others of that generation of great and good men. In following the author, we seem to enter into a companionship with the men who labored at the foundations of our Church on this continent, and hold oommunion with the silent past. The author’s sympathies with both the past and the present are so lively, that he awakens within his readers sentiments kindred to those which we im agine would fill the mmd of a visitor in the burying ground of Bunhill Fields, London. Around him are gathered the monuments and the dust of Bunyan, Owen, Watts, and hundreds of their Puritan brethren; but the distant roar of the London streets min gles the sense of the living present with devout meditations on the olden time. A few lines from one of John Brainerd’s letters reveals a glimpse of Christian ex perience so profound that I must copy them; thus : “It has pleased a sovereign God to bereave me of all but one dear little babe; I know he is just and righteous in giving me a bitter cup to drink, for I am . worthy. But to lose such dear friends, such tender parts of ourselves, as wife and children, is hard to flesh and blood.” The narrative of the missionary work among the Indians of New Jersey, begun by David and continued by John Brain erd, is most instructive; and, as the begin ning of the efforts of our Church in that direction, deserves the most attentive study. As for the rest, the paper, print, bind ing, and lettering of the book are every way admirable; and the index is a model of its kind. The book is issued by the Presbyterian (N. S.) Publication Committee at Philadelphia. For one, I heartily thank Dr. Brainerd for these delightful pages; and I should be gratified if this brief notice should be the means of putting them into a wider circulation in this part of the coun try. E. P. H. Danville. Foreign.—The total number of new books published in England during the past year, 1865, is summed up as comprising 4952 titles. Deducting from this the Ame rican books introduced to the London mar ket, and works recorded merely on account of some change in their form or reduction of price, 4496 remain as original additions to the previously existing stock of literature. As there is no compulsory return of the statistics of publishing, and very little at tention given to obtaining the names of books issued in the provinces, or outside of the great centres of the business —London and Edinburgh—the real number may be probably taken with sufficient accuracy at five thousand.— The Nation. France. —“ La France Litteraire du 15me Siecle,” is just ready to appear. It gives a catalogue, with critical notices, etc., of every book known to be printed in the French language from the introduction of typography iu France, by Ulric Gering at Paris in the year 1470, to A D. 1500. Messrs. Tulasne's “ Selecta Fungorum Car pologia” (a work in three quarto vols. with 61 plates, printed at the imperial printing office) is regarded as one of the most {im portant botanical works which have ap peared these last ten years; the destructive part played by fungi in the economy of nature is exhibited in a full and new light. The French Government, says Childs’ American Literary Gazette, in 1860, en gaged the 'county authorities to publish a sort of index to those valuable documents hidden under many an inch of dust of their archives. This invitation was an order, and it was accepted with alacrity. Thirty five folio volumes have already appeared, and thirty-five other volumes are in proof readers' hands. No less than 4,608,239 documents have been indexed. The invi tation was not made to counties alone; cities and charitable foundations have like wise dusted their ancient documents and exhibited them in the broad daylight of the printing press. Announcements. —“ Gallic Art” (or the Gauls judged by their medals); the third volume of M. Labarte’s “ History of the Industrial Arts during the Middle Ages and at the Revival;” M. de La Blanehere’s “ Forests’ Ravagers” (the insects destruc tive of trees) ; M. Roussin’s “ A Cruise off the Coast of Japan;” P. Burggraff’s “‘Principles of General Grammar;” the third and last part of' Prince Albert de Broglie’s “ Church and Roman Empire in the Fourth Century.” M. Lewis Des noyers’s novel, “Les Aventures de Jean Paul Choppart,” has reached its 17Sth edi tion ! fteEllanemi?. THE SAFE .CONTRACT. [The following is not new. It was first published, and well vouched for, about twenty-five years ago.] A respectable merchant of one of our principal cities was traveling, about five years since, in the county of B ,in the State of New York, and arrived, on Satur day evening, at a public bouse where he had been accustomed to lodge in trhveling that way. After having taken some re freshment, in connection with a number of travelers, he began the distribution, in a respectful manner, of a tract to each indi vidual present. Before he had completed th'lfcircle of his distributions, he offered a tract to a poor man, who declined receiving it, saying, “ It’s of no use to give one to me, sir, for I can’t read.” ‘‘Well,” said the merchant, “it is probable you are a married man, and if so, perhaps your wife oan read it to you.” “ Yes.” said he, “my read, but I have no time to hear it read.” “ You certainly can hear it read to-morrow,” said the merchant, *‘ which is the Sabbath ” “Sir,” said he, “I have no more time on the Sabbath than on any other day; lam so jioor I am obliged to work on the Sabbath. It takes me the six days to provide for my family, and on the Sabbath I am obliged to get my wood.” “ If you are as poor as that,” said the mer chant, “ you must be very poor.” “ I am,” said he and proceeded to mention that he had no'pow, and his family was very desti tute. “Itis no wonder you are poor,” re plied the merchant, “if you work on the Sabbath. God will not prosper those who thus profane his day. And now,” said he, “my friend, I have a proposition to make to you. You, landlord, will be my surety that my part of the contract shall be ful filled. From this time, leave off working on the Sabbath. If you have no wood with whioh to be comfortable to-morrow, get a little, for your necessity, the easiest way you can, and then, on Monday morning j THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY. MARCH 15, 1866 provide a supply for the week; and here after, leave off tour other labors, every week, early enough to provide afull week s store of wood on Saturday. Quit all your work on the Sabbath ; reverence that day; and, at the end of six months, whatever you will say you have lost by keeping the Sabbath, I will pay you, to the amount of one hundred dollars.” The poor man sol emnly confirmed the contract, and the land lord engaged to ba responsible for the due .payment of the money. About five months afterwards, the mer chant put up again at the same public house for the night; and before he retired to rest, began, as before, to distribute to each person present a tract. He observed ■ a pft, in well-dressed man who seemed to. be eying him with special interest, and who, when he approached him, said, “Did you never distribute tracts here before, sir “Probably I have; I am not uofrequently distributing them.” “Did you not. four or five mouths ago, give a tract to a man here who said he worked on the Sabbath ?” The merchant, who, as the time for fulfill ing his engagement had not arrived, bad not before thought of it during the evening, then replied that he recollected the circum stance very well “Well, sir,” continued the other, “1 am that man. I carried home the tract you gave me”—it was the tract entitled, .Subjects for Consideration— “ and told my wife every word of our con versation. She said you were right; and we sat down together, and she read the tract aloud. So much affected were we with the tract, and with what you had said, that we scarcely slept any all night.- In the morning we arose, I went and pro cured a handful of wood, with which to get our breakfast, and after breakfast was over we sat down and read the tract again. By and by one of our neighbors came in, as was usual, to loiter away the day in conver sation We told him what had happei-ed ; he said you were right; and my wife then read the tract again to him and myself. Other neighbors came in, and we did the same by them. They came again the next Sabbath, and we again read the tract to them; and now, sir, we have at my house, every Sabbath, a religious meeting: that tract has been read every Sabbath since I saw you, and the reading of it, is now ac companied with religious conversation and prayers!” “Well,” said the merchant, “if you have kept your promise, you perhaps would be glad of your money. How much am I to pay ?” “O, nothing, -sir,” replied the other; “I never prospered jso as I have since I observed the Sabbath to keep it holy. When I saw you before, I bad no cow—now we have a cow, ant) all our wants are comfortably supplied. YJe were qever so happy before ; and never can be thank ful enough for what you have done for us." The landlord assured the merchant that he never had known such an alteration in a neighborhood as had taken place-in that, since he was last there. Before, the whole neighborhood spent their Sabbath at work, or in visiting, fishing, hunting, and other amusements; but pow, they were seriously attentive to the subject of religion, and met every Sabbath for the worship of God. ' In Jamaica the Legislature is following up the suppression of the revolt, by f&e en actment of several very stringent and se vere laws to preserve the future peace of the country. Among the bills for that purpose, introduced by the Government, was one for “the Regulation of Religious Worship.” Its chief provisions \vere to require that every house, except the family hqarth, in which religious worship is held, shall be registered; that no minister or teacher shall be allowed to preach or teach without being duly registered, and that fees ranging from £1 to £3 shall be paid for these several registries; and i£ gave to the Government power to cancel or suspend authority to preach or teach, to restore thht authority, and to inflict penalties varying from £2O to twelve months’ imprisonment, on any person who should preach or teach without regard to these regulations. The bill in its details, notwithstanding an ex ceptional section in favor of the Presbyte rian and Roman Catholic Churches, created an alarm among- the Dissenters, a highly respectable delegation of whom waited on/ the Governor, and presented stfong objec/ tions against it, going so far as to_say thaf, sooner than submit to the conditions, they would feel constrained to shut up their churches and schools, and appeal to their friends in England and Scotland, and tjo the Queen and Parliament. They wetje courteously heard, and assured that the Government had no intention of embarras sing the work of preaching and instruction as performed under the authority of any respectable body of Christians, but oaf to put a stop to unauthorized stroking prelch ers, who, under pretence of Gospel labor, were infesting various parts of the isljind, preaching sedition to the negroes—a [lass made up, for the mos., part, of discalded leaders, fugirives from discipline, rejqued students, and notoriously licentious itid immoral schoolmasters, who have been sus pended or cast out of the Churches. The Offensive bill has since been withdrawn, and another is in preparation which, It is said, will carry out the purpose of The Government without any detriment to the work of any respectable Church. The Author, devoting his whole time in pretehing to, and corresponding with children, finds is A charm in what comes to them in letter fdrii, es pecially when directed to a particular school, class, | family or child. , , . , No. 1, The young love to be noticed. ftel®m re ceive letters. These letters, in a neat handwriting teach how to write, read, and compose lettersi No. 2. Those having children in charge, fine it de sirable always to have choice, spicy matter a hand and “ in a nutshell,” to interest children with They are filled with incidents, extracts fron chil dren's letters and other illustrations, afcl beareg on one gospel theme or text. t WHAT OTHERS SAT. f Kev. Dr. Newton: M - • • Calculated to bdvfcy ug 8 . ■fni ** . “The collection o^i£ident< Key. A. Cookman: . "to and simplicity of expression, make them exc?dingl y Stuart: “ Admirably adapted to interest children" Others W* ‘Exactly what isnededin our Sabbath-school^ - " The subject of “Ration until the next one appears !j“ struct and profit, A No1&”‘ A specimen 10 ets. Addr^ T | Box orristo wi,.Pa, THE SECOND MEETING §b6i HitMiaiiw. iiyiii'pliil iil 1334 Chestut Street, OPPOSITE THE MINT SOCIAL HYMN AND TUNE BOOK: the lecture room, PRAYER-MEETING, FAMILY CIRCLE, AND MISSION CHURCH, 512 PAGES. 16 HO This book has already run through two editions, numbering 5000 copies. Another edition of 2500 is being rapidly exhausted. Considering the brief time since its first issue, its success is striking. It supplies a felt want in almost all our churches. In the larger oity churches, it is hailed as just the book for the lec ture room, and in the village and country churches, particularly in the pioneer churches in the West, it is welcomed 03 admirably aadpted for congregational use. Its specific arrangement for use with our Church Psdlmut makes it still more sought after. Among the Churches that have already introduced it are the following:— Mercer Street Church, Hew York City, Rev. Dr. Booth. Clinton street Church, Philadelphia, Rev. Dr. March. Walnut Street Church, West Philadelphia, Rev. Dr. Butler. First Church Northern Liberties. Philadelphia, Rev. Dr. Shepherd. Fourth Church, Washington, D. C., Rev. Dr. J. C. Smith. Sixth Church, Washington, D. C., Rev.G. H. Smyth. Central Church, Wilmington, Del., Rev. G. F. Wis well. First Church, Auburn, New York, Rev. Dr. Haw ley. Second Church, Auburn, N. Y., Rev. S. W. Board man. First Church, Harrisburg, Pa., Rev. T.H.Robinson. Second Church, New Albany, Ind., Rev. Dr. Atter bury. Third Church, Indianapolis, Ind., Rev. H. A. Edson. First Church, West Chester, Pa„ Rev: Win. E. Moore. Calvary Church, Philadelphia, Rev. W. Calkins. Wharton Street Church, Philadelphia, Rev. J. G. Hamner. 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The Herring bafe nsed in the office of our ware houses, destroyed by the disastrous fire on the night of the Bth instant, was subjected to as intense beat as probably any safe will ever be subjected in any fire— so intense that the brass knobs and the mountings of the exterior or 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 ruin?. Merchants, Bankers, and others interested in the protection of their books and papers are invited to call and examine it. J. P. BARTHOLOW, Agent for H erring’s Safes, No. 558 SEVENTH Street Washington. I). C. ATELIER PHOTOGRAPHIC. A. J. DE MORAT. S. E. corner Eighth and Arch Streets. PHILADELPHIA. The public are invited to exame specimens of Life Size in Oil, Water Colors, Ivorytype, India Ink, and Porcelian Pictures of all sizes’. CARD PICTURES, $3 50 PER BOZEK. Entrance on Eighth {Street. WENDEROTH, TAYLOR & BROWN'S PINE ART GALLERY, 913 null 914 tHESfVI l STKEF.T, PHILADELPHIA. 1019-ly AGENCY, 353 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. J. & F. CADMUS, No. 739 Miwttet St., S. K. corner of Bglith, PHILADELPHIA. Mi urafacfureis and Dealers in BOOTS. SHOIM. TRUNKS, CARPET BAGS AND V k T.THgffjf every variety and style. lell-ly CHARLES STOKES, E. T, TAYLOR, W. J. STOKES. Sleeve Buttons, and Studs, WILLIAM BARBER, Manufacturer of Gold, Silver. Nickel, and Steel Spee toeles. Eye Glasses. Ac., has neatly furnished a room SnSSo eo &°? wlt * l tH ® factory, for RETAIL PUR POoito, where spectacles of every description may bs obtained, accurately adjusted to the requirements of vision on STRICTLY OPTICAL SCIENCE. Sales room and faotory,, No. 348 NORTH EIGHTH Stem*, fiafchnd Floor. sEI-Iy Joining JfacJiites. several reasons why WILLCOX Sc GIBB’S SEWING MACHINES fcreheobming so UNfVERSAI-I/V POPULAR. FIRST. Theyarethe “PERFKOTIONOFME CHANIM.” Each machine being as carefully and accurately finished as a / watch. Tb**y are adapted to the GREAT EST RANGE OP WORK, and will use successfully either cotton, silk, oi lmen thread. They make the patent “ TWISTED LOOP STITCH,” whidh is the most b'eautiful, elastic, and durable stitch known FOURTH. They are “GLORIOUSLY SIM PLE,” as readily comprehended as a pair of scissors, and not more liable _ riM ,„ to derangement. FIFTH. ihey are ENTI RELY NOISELESS and might safely be used in a sick room, or by the cradle of a sleeping infant” SIXTH. They are run with PERFECT EASE* scarcely an effort being re quired to sew a thousand stitches per minute, SEVENTH. They are .ABSOLUTELY COM PLETE. and will iiem, Fell. Braid, Cord. Bind. Tuck. Gather, and Em- broider beautifully. EIGHTH. BE TURNED THE The NEEDLESOANNOT BESET _ WRONG. TENTH. The-Hemmers. Fellers, of these mines. No silver mine upon Launder Hill has ever btiled, when worked, to be immensely productive, and ihe average Yield of silver from the ore for the year 1865 was larger than any other known district in the world. NORTH AMERICAN MINING COMPANY, OFFICE, No. 327 WALNUT STREET, (SECOND FLOOR.) 100,099 SHARES. CAPITAL STOCK. PAJR VALUE. This Company owns in fee simple several valuable SILVER MINES IN, NEVADA. 50,000 Shares for Working Capital 25,000 TO BE SOLD IN 25 LOTS $5OO BACH. Subscriptions received at the office until March 14. BY ORDER OP THE DIRECTORS. SPECTACLES. $lO OO T. S. EMERY, Treasurer.