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
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at this establishment, and superintended by experi
enced hands. Parents and others will find here »
most desirable assortment o 1 Boys’ Clothing at low
prices.
Sole Agent *ot the “Famous Bullet-Proof Vest.”
CHARLES STOKES & GO.
Start*' funti*siiig Stott*
Mclntire & Brother,
1035 Chestnut Street,
Would call attention to their large assortment o
very choice
Silk Scarfs,
Neck Ties,
Scarf Pins,
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 tfroir
MODEL
"SHOULDER SEAM SHIRTS,”
Guaranteed in every ease to give entire satisfaction.
FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFES.
BURNING OP THE MUSEUM.
MTTKK FROM MR. II.tBNIIM.
XT TT , „ Nsw Toek, July It. 1856.
Messrs. Herring & Co.—GentlemenThough the
destruction of the American Museum has proved a
serious loss to myself and the public, I am happy to
verify the old adage that *' It's an ill wind that blows
nobody anv good,” and consequently congratulate
you that your well-known Safes have again demon
strated their superior fire-proof qualitiesia an ordeal
or unusual seventy. The Safe you made for me some
time ago was in the office of the Museum, on the
second floor, back part of the building, and in the
hottest of the fire. • After twenty* four nours of trial
it was found among the debris, and on opening it this
day has yielded up its contents in very good order
Books, papers, policies of insurance, bank bills are
all in condition for immediate use, and a noble com
mentary on of Herring's Fir*
Proof Safes. ifruly yours,
P. T. BARNUM.
HERRING’S PATENT CHAMPION SAFES the
most reliable protection from fire now known.
C - N S W PATENT BANKERS’
SAFE, with Herring & Floyd’s Patent Crystallized I
Iron, the best security against a burglar’s drill eve?
manufactured. HERRING & CO.. I
No. 251 BROADWAY, corner Murray Street,
New York
FARRELL, HERRING & CO.. ‘
Philadelphia.
HERRING & CO., Chicago.
(Sla ANOTHER TEST
ISH of
ISP HERRING'S FIRE-PROOF SAFES.
The Fiery Ordeal Passed Triumphantly.
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, <fcc., are
SELF-ADJUSTING.
A careful examination of these Machines at
SECOND.
THIRD.
NINTH.
No, 720 Chestnut Street,
Will disclose many other points of peculiar merit.
Gboyer&Baker's
HIGHEST PREMIUM
ELASTIC STITCH
LOCK STITCH
SEWING MACHINES
WITH LATEST IMPROVEMENTS.
..The Grover & Baker S. M. Co. manufacture, in ad-
Sr&JSr,# their celebrated GROVER & BAKER
§™r^ow™l?S^J h \- most - per , f ®°t SHUTTLE or
TjOCK STITCH Machines m the market, and af
ford purchasers the opportunity of selecting, after
trial anH examination of hoth. the one best suited to
they wants. Other companies manufacture bat one
kind of machine each, and cannot offer this opportu
nity of selection to tbeir customers.
A pamphlet, containing samples of both the Grover
Switch and Shuttlo Stitch in various fabrics,
with full explanations, diagrams and illustrations, to
enable purchasers to examine, teat and compare their*
relative merits, will be furnished, on request, from
our offices throughout the country. Those who desire
machines which do the best work, should not fail to
se .n , for a pamphlet, and teat and compare these
stitches for themselves.
OFFICE, 7RO CHESTNUT STREET,
• PHILADELPHIA.
Silver Mining Comp’y of Nevada.
CAPITAL, $500,000.
50,000 shares; par value aruf subscription price,
$lO per share. A limited amount of the working
capital only for sale.
PRESIDENT,
Hon. GEO. P. FISHER, Judge of the Su
preme Court, Washington, D. 0.
VICE PRESIDENT,
TITUS S. EMORY, Philadelphia,
TREASURER,
E. B. HARPER, of Harper, Durney & Co.,
Bankers, Philadelphia.
SECRETARY,
LOUIS B. MCDONOUGH, Philadelphia.
CONSULTING ENGINEER AND METALLURGIST,
Prof. C. P. WILLIAMS, Philadelphia.
superintendent at the mines,
D. S. CHILD,- Mining Engineer.
Office of the Company,
55 SOUTH THIRD STREET,
Philadelphia.
of ., tllu! Company consists of nineteon
U9J valuable Leads or Mines, amounting to 41.000
lineal feet, all of which are situated upon the cele-
? caT; Austin Nevada, and the
Hopkins Tunnel, which commences at the foot of
Launder Hill, and will pierce the hill from side to
side, running at nght angles with the Silver Veins
and will out in its course upwards of 150 mines, (this
number being already located.) making this one of
the grandest enterprises ever offered in this or any
other country. Work upon this Tunnel is being
pushed forward with energy, and has already reached
upwards of 200 feel. The Supeiintendent anticipates
m a short time to be taking from the Mines large
quantities of ore. Shafts have been sunk upon the
various mines, some of which have reached the dis
tance of it feet. Ore from the same has assayed the
enormous sum of $lO,OOO to the ton (2000 lbs..; which
proves the immense richnes> 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.