„ a rdian . of every human interest for time end e ternity. To obey law, respect justice, a nd ,übmit to government, is to secure it as °' ' pe rpetual friend, but to dishonor the ma ;e:tv of law, and defy the government, is to 1,, ;0 n1e an object of the sorest displeasure, I,e visited w the heaviest blows. The head and ith front of all the offending afainst this Government, in 1861, was a total e gard of all laws and enactments by the majority. It was a public contempt for all lave. and a bold and impudent defiance of all n shment—and the method of reconstruct- P ” m g the States in rebellion, that has for nearly " 2 - `ear been prosecuted, has been, by teach ing these guilty people that they could do all t h is u nrighteous business with impunity, and take their seats again in the National Legis lature, with murder dripping from their fingers, as if nothing criminal had been done. From the chief to the lowest of the traitor ous host, not one has yet been tried, convict ed and punished for the crime of treason, so clearly defined in the Constitution. Rebel generals, rebel statesmen, and rebel. emis saries, have gained whatever of leniency they o ked, only leaving the show of authority . , in k e eping a simle traitor on high diet in a co mfortable United States fort. Leading rebels have been pardoned to take places of power, and use it to • crush the f ione st, and devoted lovers of their country's gag, This method of restoration has been practiced until the vilest criminals no longer bend the suppliant hinges of the knee to o k, but insolently demand pardon and place and back pay. And the sorriest df all this worry record is,_that their demands are promptly met. Never, on this plan, will the thriller desolations be raised up, nor the waste cities be repaired. Were I to name the greatest danger threatening the future of the Vnited States, I should say it consists in the t otal disrespect for authority—the contempt' for retributive justice now growing apace among the millions of the nation, by reason ofthe abuse of the pardoningpower, and the general failure to punish the incorrigibly guilty. For when in a governmentlike ours, this sentiment once gets hold of the popular Blind, it will by no means be so easy to regain the primal authority, or seize again the reins of executive power, as in a monarchy—for here the people rule—and woe be to the nation where respect for the supremacy of law and justice has ceased from out the land. The angel of desolation flaps its dark and deadly wings, and she must clothe herself for (4) In the building of the wastes, there must be not only equality before the law, but political equality among all men. Our government is a government for men. tiot for one class, or race, or Dolor—but for men. And it is unnatural that men in such a government should be deprived of their political rights and privileges. Says the same profound French writer I have already quoted, " It is impossible to believe that po litical equality will not eventually find its way into the political world as it does everywhere else. To conceive of men remaining forever unequal upon a single point, yet equal on all others, is impossible; they must come in the end to be equal upon all. There are but two methods of establishing equality in the pplitical world. Every citizen (without distinction of color) must be put in possession of his rights, or justice must be granted to none. " For nations which have arrived at the same stage of social existence as the Anglo- Americans it is therefore very difficult to dis cover a medium between the sovereignty of all and the absolute power of one man." This was written many years ago. Little did the writer imagine that political equality was to be reached in this country through such seas of blood. But war, brought about by a denial of the rights, natural and political, of four millions of people, has loosed the scales from our eyes, and the public sentiment of the nation is steadily, yet surely, gravitating to this result. The nation will have peace and the desolations of many generations will be repaired by yielding to all men their personal, civil and political rights. Believe it, my friends, nothing has been more thoroughly and surely settled than this, or fbur years of terrible war. And the sooner and more cheerfully this principle is enshrined in the Constitution and laws of the land, the better and more prosperous shall we be. (5) There must be respect for labor the inheritance of our race, all over this land, be fore the wastes will be built and the desola tions repaired. In all that portion of the land where rebellion grew and ripened, labor and laborers have been disreputable. This is the natural and necessary growth of that theory which holds that capital must own labor. No two peoples can long live in peace even under the same government, where the one holds in utter contempt the toil and industry of the other. The same men who scorned the Northern workmen aB " the mud-sills of society," were soundly beaten in war, but the spirit still lives and hisses its contempt, while physically it is powerless t o o put its sibilations into deeds. All that must pass and these very men must " take up the shovel and the hoe" and earn their bread by the sweat of their faces. When the States are properly reconstructed it will be possible for a respectable,Northern laborer to associate on equality with the slaveholding nabobs of former times, who have thoroughly learned the lesson that God has .made it re spectable for any man to work for an honest livelihood. ,Until such a result is reached, they will need reconstructing a little more. (6) It is scarcely needful for me to say that a leading element in this work of repairing the waste cities, must be school-houses, schools. and popular education. But for the almost total absence of all such institutions throuebout the rebellious States, we had not seen these bloody years of war. The general education of the people has always been held as an essential element of our success and performance as a free republic. But this must apply to every part of the country. It will not do to educate one portion of the nation and keep the Aother in ignorance, since it is the harmony of part with ' part, that insures the peace and security of the whole. No principle is plainer than that the highest type of popular education is the surest road to national prosperity and perpetuity. But We know that in all the revolted States, there has never been any system of free, public education. Not only four millions of blacks, but the great body of the white population have been kept in the most heathenish igno rance. We may thank God to-daythat these fetters upon mind have been broken., The school-house will be built, the schoolmaster Will go abroad, and the spelling-book will dis-, pel the darkness and ignorance of many gene= rations. Any plan or policy of reconstruction that compromises with the old spirit of the slavemaster, and thus perpetuates the bond age of mind as well as body, must fail. That old spirit of caste and oppression must be de stroyed, else it will betray us again. While partisan politicians are wrangling over non essentials, if I can but see the school-house' rising, and hear the sweet sounds of .the children's voices repeating their daily lesson I feel that reconstruction is not far off. It must come. It can no more be prevented, when the people are properly enlightened, than the Atlantic waves can be stayed by an infant's hand. Popular ignorance, begotten by slavery , must pass away when that spirit of oppression is extinct. (7.) There is one thing more we must re member, if the wastes are to be repaired and the nation is to have permanent peace and THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1866. prosperity—and that is, the most sacred de votion to liberty—personal freedom, and the inalienable rights of man. A departure from the principles of the immortal declaration of our national independence made war a neces sity—and If anything has been settled by war it is that we must be true to the spirit of that instrument or perish from off the earth. The man who occupies the chief place of the nation, in his anomalous peregrinations over the country seems quite willing to forget this. But the free people who fought and suffered for liberty and human rights, must help his memory—and believe it they surely will. He who imitates a king or dictator, will have leave in due time to retire to the seclusion of private life and the country will still survive. The genius of liberty walks through the land, clothed in beauty as the sun. Solemnly she treads among the myriad graves of the noble dead of Gettysburgli and. Antietam, of Chattanooga and the Wilderness,and her tears fall thickly upon the turf above them, as she says " here lies all that was mortal of the heroes who fell as the price of liberty!" Can we expect to build the wastes and raise up the desolations, when we forget our devo tions to these . glorious principles of liberty and personal rights? Never, until our "right hand forgets its cunning." The work is great before us. The desola tions of our land are the effect of many gene rations. They come as the result of oppres sion and wrong, incoporated into our Gov ernment. They were predicted longfince by the wise and the good. The crisis of our history came none too soon; and we ought to be thankful that the instincts of the peo ple have led them to pronounce a judgment through the ballot-box that meads recon struction and restoration with'guarantees for liberty and loyalty in all future time—and may God speed the right. lstigimts kuttilgats. PILESBYTERIAN. Presbyterian Centenary . .—ln the year, 1766 Presbyterianism was introduced into the country west of the Allegheny mountains. This being the hundredth year since, the Synods of Allegheny, Ohio, Pittsburgh and Wheeling have arranged for local Presbyte rial commemorative meetings, and' also for "a general centenary celebration, the latter to take placein Pittsburgh at a time not yet de, signal." United .Presbyterian Church. —The Christian _lnstructor says of •the United Pres byterian Church in Pennsylvania:—" While there axe twenty-five congregations that do • the number of their members at did not report last year, ;ations, 158 ministers, in Pennsylvania. Had le twenty-five congre we feel sure the tinni er 25,000." ,nniversary. Spring Church, of this city ;ham's) has an unusu- ,ath-school, and a very interesting anniversary it had on Sabbath, the 2d inst. The whole number in the school, teachers and scholars included, is 483. Their contributions to the Boards of the Church and other benevolent causes, during the past year has been $479. Recently a class of adults has been formed, and is under the leadership of a competent.teacher. Death in the Iffinistry—The Rev. J. H. Vannuys died of typhoid fever at Frank ville, lowa, on the 25th of November, in the thirtv-siith year of his age. He was acting as stated supply of the church at Welton, lowa, at the time of his death: Work in Virginia. The Presbytery of Potomac (Old School) is making efforts to revive churches still in its ecclesiastical con nection, which were not engulfed in the re bellion, but nevertheless came outof it feeble and delapidated. It has secured for the Falls Church a commodious edifice, free from debt ; and on the 29th ult. it was solemnly dedicated to the service of God. Other pro mising points beyond, are to be looked after, and pecuniary help from the North will be much needed, and can be usefully expended. Acceptance of a Call.—A late number of the Pacific says :—The session of the First Presbyterian Church of San Francisco has lately received a despatch from Freder ick Billings, saying that. the Rev. Dr. Bells, of Brooklyn, had accepted the call extended to him a few weeks since, and would leave for San Francisco by January Ist, 1867, or earlier. Churches Organized.—New Presbyterian churches have been organized in Brookfield and Laclede, both in Linn Co., Mo. Brook field is a rapidly increasing town, about mid way on the. liannibal and SC Joseph's railroad. Laclede is five. miles further west, and is also improving. Presbyterial Missions. —At the late meeting of the Synod 'of XentucleY, Old School, a paper was adopted providing for the employment, within the bounds of each Presbytery, of at least one or two evangelists or missionaries, and a Synodical Committee was appointed to take the general supervis ion of the work. It was stated that, in a small country church, one member.proposed to give $5OO, another $lOO, and another $5O, to help forward this work. New Houses of Worship.—The Cumber land Presbyterian notes, as an encouraging sign of good for its church, that five new church edifices are about goinglip in the western part of this State. A Portion of them are on old fields, and will take the place of houses which are past their prime. Sustaining a Minister —We mean sus taining in the fair sense of the word. This is done by a little Cumberland Presbyterian church at Spring Creek, 111. .It consists of fourteen members, five of whom pay $2OO each toward'the salary of the pastor. South.—The Southern General Assembly ' has elected Rev. William S. Plumer, D.D., to the professorship in the Theological Sem inary at Colttmbia, S. C., made vacant by the death of Dr. Thornwell. He received sixty votes against twenty-one,given to other candidates. Dr. Plumer, it w ill be recollect ed, was , severed from the Seminary in Alle gheny,, by his, inability to endure the union crucible. More recently he has been settled over the Old School church in Pottsville, in this State. The locality to, which he is now called will doubtless be_to. him a much more congenial one. Congregational. —The editor of the Chrit tian Herald, on a late Sabbath mornink worshipped with Rev. Dr. Starr's people, a Cincinnati Congregational church. He men tions with special gratification that the con gregation has become a crowded one, that it contains &large number of young men, and that the children are in the pews with, their parents.—Anew and beautiful chapel for the Old Colony Mission School n Boston, erected at an expense of $15,000, i was dedi cated on the 27th ult. The school was com menced in 1824, and has been instrumental of great good among the glasses more particu larly intended to be oaohed by mission schtiols. Ten of its present teschers were there b r ought to Jesus.—=The Memorial Church in Springfield has called to its p a astor Methodist 'minister, Rev. Mark Trafton. The Gall is accepted- Mr. Trafton has also been' a Mainsohusetts representative in Om with greas.----Benator 'Wilson, in company more than thirty new converts, made a pub lic profession of religion in the Congregation al church in Natick, Mass., on the \ 25th ult. In the evening he delivered an address before the Young Men's Christian Association.— Two prominent Congregationd clergymen in Massachusetts have recently deceased—Rev. Sylvester Holmes, in New Bedford, on the 27th ult., and Rev. Thomas Boutelle, in Fitchburg, on the 28th ult. The former was for many years connected with the American Bible Society, and had a familiar acquain tance with leading men in both the State and the Church.—Rev. Dr. Bouton, of Con cord, preached his forty-first thanks Bing sermon to his people on the 29th ult. In no instance since his settlement has he failed of that sermon.—Rev. Thomati K. Beecher, of Elmira, N. Y., vacates his charge tempo rarily on account of ill health.—Rev. It Gaylo gent of the American Home Mis sions ). . u ciety for Nebraska, organized a Cona:-• ii al church, Nov. 14th, on the Pa oad, 85 miles west of Omaha, an' u ze of worship is soon to be com ple • Baptist. —There has been a recent effort in behalf of the. Grand Ligne (Canada) Mission, formerly Madame Feller's, among the Baptist churches in this city, under the auspices of the Ladies' Philadelphia Association for its aid. Rev. T. Lafleur, of Montreal, forward ed the effort by his personal labors. It is a goociwork.—At the recent meeting of the MaMand Union Association, held in Balti more, four new churches were admitted; one from Georgetown, D.C., one from Wash ington, and two from the rural districts. The Washington church has completed a new - edifice which, with the lot, cost $115,000. Of this sum, Hon. Amos Kendall gave s9o,ooo.—The Tenth Baptist Church in this city , has called to its pastorate Rev. J. Spencer Kennard, of Albany, N. Y., the son of their long loved and deceased pastor; Rev. J. H. Kennard. Seventeen persons were baptized in,the Lower Dublin Church, in the vicinity of this city, on the 25th ,ult. Others are expected to follow.—The corner, stone of' a Baptist church edifice at Susque hanna Depot, Pa:, was laid on the 15th ult. —At the late meeting of the San Fran cisco,. Cal., Baptist Association, thirteen churches reported one hundred and fifty eight baptisms. The year was spoken of as one of remarkable' spiritual prosperity. The •german Baptist Church in Wilming t!on, Del., has just swept off a debt of $lOOO, and is prospering under the labors of Rev. Henry Thimpp, who is Said, by the National Baptist to be "jast what his name indi cates."—A Boston correspondent of the Christian Times and Witness, denies the re port, that the Baptist churches in that re gion are dying out. He says :—" I unhesi tatingly affirm that there is more Baptist strength, intellectual, 'financial and social, within ten miles of the State House in Bos ton, than in any region of equal extent on the continent."—Our Baptist exchanges bring reports of revivals of more or less ex tent from various portions of the country— several of them in this State. Non-Evangelical.--The fusion of the, Unitarians and Universelists is gradually progressing. A few days since a meeting was held in Brooklyn, N. Y., of delegates, from several of the Unitarian and Universal-: ist Societies of that city. The place of meet ing was the chapel of the Church of th& storation. A committee, consisting of one delegate and the minister from each church was appointed toprepare a constitution and by-laws for the Union, and to lay out a plan for ,work. It was also, decided to hold a Lib eral Christian Conference in that city, on the twentieth and twenty-first of Notember. It is proposed to invite all Unitarians and Uni versalists, of this vicinity, and all clergymen who wish for a better acquaintance, closer fellowship and more efficient co-operatiou with eaohother, and between these two djk nominations, to meet on that occasion, All consult with each other upon the methods by which these objects may best be promoted, and the cause of Liberal Christianity may be advanced.—A Boston Correspondent of the - H. Y. Examiner says The Episcopalians and Roman Catholics seem to be the upper and nether millstones that are grinding Uni tarianism to powder. Parkman's church ha&been sold to the Catholics. The church in which Mr. Ripley preaohed (now of the .New York Tribune,) is occupied by the Catholics. Dr. Barratt's church in' Cham ber street has been sold to the Catholics. Neither of these houses has been replaced by new ones. The Church of the South Green has become extinct, although its mekbers propose to unite with the feeble church of Dr. Clark. Dr. Robins' church and the Bullfinch Street Church have united. Di. Canning's old church has gone up, on the Back Bay. Dr. Hale's. church has been sold to the Catholies, and a new and commo dious one has been built by the Society in the upper part of the city."—The Unitarians in New York State are organizing local Con ference& Dr. Bellows says of the work of these Conferences:—" They must parcel out the Empire State ; select' its strategic points ; send missionaries to them, lay preachers and others ; follow up their • bora with visits from the elder ministers, and found a great, concentrated system of mis sionary churches to gather in the hundred thousand liberal souls that have broken down the fences of the old folks and cannot be brought back by any attraction within their command. We must fill np this disgraceful gap between the East ant he Wee 'make the Empire State the noble bridge of 'Unita rianism, and over it pour at once a great pro cession of Liberal preachers and Liberal ideas." LECTURE BEFORE THE V. N. C. I. THE MAMMOTH CAVE OF KENTUCKY BY MAJOR A. R. CALHOUN One of the most entertaining lectures of this popular course was delivered by Major A. It. Calhoun, in which -he gave a thrilling account of an extended' tour of exploration' made by himself and 'some , eight or nine companions,. while encamped: near by, during the: ar. His px.ploration was very thorough, as shown by his following the windings'of the events and passages on a chart, giving a more correct idea of the shape and direction of the passages than we have ever seen. Beautifully-shaded drawings in India ink showed to the class the ap,peararice of por tions of the mighty cavfts ; but truly, as the lecturer. stated, it. would take volumes rather than the hasty words of an evening lecture, to do justice to the subject. He de scribed one grand hall, one hundred and eighty feet in height, and hundreds of feet in diameter, without a pillar or column to-sup port the dome-like roof, which, with the sides„sparkled and flashed every color of the rainbow, in reflecting the light from their torches and Bengal lights.. Also other ho manse chambers wreathed with festoons of white carbonate of hrpe, in shape resembling, curtains with garlands of flowers intertwined among theta, in . every conceivable shape. In one of these halls, known as, Napoleon's tomb, they fired a volley with' their carbines, in honor of the memory of the great general whose name it, bears. The volley sounded like the voice of a dozen thirty pohnders - close to their ears, and reverberated and echoed from one ohamber to another, the echoes coming back to them from distant caverns long after the sound of the discharge had ceased. In another they sang Old Hundred, which sounded like the roll of hundreds of voices as it echoed through the forest of stalactites high up in the dome of the chamber. His description of the bottomless pit was awful—a rocket sent down at an angle of forty-five degrees traced its way far down into the black abyss, then its blue stars burst out, and they too went down farther and farther, until they went out in the darkness without coming to the bottom. Torches thrown down seemed to fade away from view as they went down to deeper and deeper distances. - Blue-lights thrown down were visible as long as they continued to burn. The depth of this abyss has never been sounded by mortal man. The River Sty; the black rolling river, with its cold waters and, eyeless fish, was beautifully described by the talented lecturer. These descriptions were received with un bounded 'applause. During the early part of the lecture he gave a rapid account of the caves of note in the Old World.—The grotto of Antiparos, the cavern of Bayreuth, with 1 its fossil remains of thousands of animals, the volcanic caverns of Italy, the Grotto Del Cane, the caverns of Gibraltar, the cavern of Staffa end Fingall's Cave—all of them put together vanishing into insignificance when compared to the " Mammoth Cave," with its one hundred and seventy-five miles of sub— terranean passages. The Association was fortunate in securing a= man of such talent and promise as the young major, to add to the brilliant array of scientific talent they seem to be securing for their lectures this winter. The variety of subjects theypresent is a beautiful feature of the course. The Hall is crowded to its ut e. most acity every Friday night, as, it is on every night in the week almost, with young men coo ing to their various classes in Lan guages, , usic, Elocution, etc. THE OLD FOLD' CONCERTS. The musical entertainments under this name, now going urk on in o city, are well worth the attention of our read rs. They are refined in character, admirabl in performance, not beyond the enjoying by persons of simpler, as well as agreeable Ai more cultivated tastes, and with a sufficieit mingling of the comic, the gro tesque dui' the antique to make them . a genuine 'novelty in the way of concerts. They are at National Hall, Market street, every .evening. , . , THE MASON & HAMLIN CABINET ORGANS.— The pprfection to which they have been brought is proved by their rapid sale throughout this country and among foreign. nations. They are everyjvhere recognized as equal to the piano forte,iird in some respects are preferable to it, even s a parlor instrument.. By the Cabinet Orga all monotony of tone is avoided, while a sustained tone is procured. By the Organ, also, diminuendos and crescendos can be produced— an achievement impossible with the piano. Other advantages are possessed by the Organ, • from the almost inestimable improvements made in it by the enterprise and skill of this firm, whose manufactured articles are known only to be admired.—Boston Transcript. DIRECTORY :at Presbyterian (N. S.) Ministers and ' Churches in Philadelphia and Vicinity. ADAMS, E. E., D.D 1315 Spring Garden street. North Broad St. Church, Broad and Green streets. ADAIR,EOBERT 1737 Filbert street. Sec. H . M. Com. Presbyterian House. Aixuen, Wm Market St., Wilmington.- -- 13 - antrver street Church, - Wilmington: BARNES, ALBERT 255 South Eighth street. First Church, . Washington Square. BARER . % A. HENRY 923 Spruce street. ERMAN, IRVING L 2026 Vine street. Logan square Church, Vinb and Twentieth sts. BROWN, CHARLES Spruce st. ab. 40th, W. P. Sec. Min. Rel. Fund, Presbyterian House. ERDEN, EDWARD B - 1531 Chestnut street. Second Church, Mantua, Lancaster Avenue. BUTLER, J. G., D.D 4035 Chestnut street, W. P.' Walnut et Ch., W. P., Walnut above 39th, W. P. CROWELL, JOHN 1340 North Thirteenth st. Cox,..Gao. W 1041 Beach street. CRITTENDEN, S. W Presbyterian House. CULVER; ANDbEW Green Lane, Manayunk. Manayunk Church, Manayunk. Dtruss, Jong W 4037 Chestnut at, W. P. Sec. Pres. Pub. Cora., Presbyterian House. EVA, WILLIAM T 1116 Palmer street. Ist Church, Kensington, Girarday. nearlianover st. MANNER, J. GARLAND 1423 South Tenth street. Wharton Street Church. Ninth and Wharton eta. MELFPENSTEIN J., D.D Germantown. Market Square Church, Germantown. HENDRICKS, FRANCIS 805 Vine street. Tienderton Church, 'lloga street above 17th. HOTCHICIN, 13. B . Haverford P. G., Del. Co.) Marple Chinch, Marple. Jonas, M. P Chester, Pa. Chester. City Church, Chester, Pa. LegnElii Getman 123 . 0tter street. Gerinan Church. Matas, DAVID, D.D Broad and Ellsworth dB. MALLERY. E.ICHARD A 919 South Tenth street. Cedar'Street Church, South street above 11th. MASON, DANIEL, D.D N. W. cor. Tenth and Pine. Clinton Street Church. Clinton and Tenth streets. MoLgon. JOHN .2015 Fitzwater street. Sic. A. S.C. F. M., Presbyterian House. Southwestern Church, - 20th and Fitzwater street. MEARS. JOHN W 1425. Vine street. Ed. Am. Presbyterian, Presbyterian House. MILLER, JEREMIAH 1106 Callowhill street. • ' Sec. Phila. Sab. Assoo'n. MITCHELL, JAMES Y 1003 North Fifth street. Central Church, N. L., Coates street above Third. BREVE. J. B :1029 Locust street Lombard St. Cent. Ch., Lombard street above Bth. BOBBLES, FRANK L 1317 Jefferson street. Green Hill Church, Girard avenue ab. 16th st. Carmel Church. Broad and Oxford streets. SHEPHERD:THOMAS J., D.D. 507 Brown street. First Church, N. L., Buttonwood at. below 6th. .Stoen, J. 0 1924 Race street. SMITH. CHARLES A., D.D...1702 Mt. Vernon street. SMITH, 11. AVM/BTUS add above Baring street, Mantua Church. W. P., 36th and Bridge sts., W. P. STEWART, A. M Frazer P. 0. Pa. lteeseville Church, Reeseville, Pa. E. Whiteland Church, E. Whiteland, Pa. SUTTON, J. FORD 1708 Filbert street. Western Church, - 17th. and Filbert street. Tswana, W. _EI Below Kingsessing. becond Church, Darby, Below .Kin' gsessing. TAYLOR. W. W 1932 Wallace street. Olivet Church, .7,4 and Mt. Vernon sts. VAN AKEN. GULICK 292 South Third street. Southwark-tlhuroh, German street above 3d. VAN Dimas, GEORGE 250 South Juniper street. Tabor Church. 18th and Christian streets, WILLIS, J. 8 WISWELL, G. F., D.D Central Church. Calvary Church, Phila., Locust street, above 15th. Third Church, rhila., Fourth and Pine streets. First Church, Darby, Dakby,Va. Frankford Church, Main &Hancock sts.,Pk'd MARRIAGES. HARDY—NBAL.=In Maple, on the 6th instant, by Rev. B. B.B.otookin, Mr. JACOB W. HARDY to Miss MARY B..NEAL, both etNewtown. SHELDON—WRIGS.T.--In Green. Hill Church, on Tuesday, DeOember 4th, by Reir..F. L. Robbine, Mrs. AUGUSTA Ski.ELDON. daughter of General E. AL Gregory, and Captain SAMUEL WRIGHT.U. S. A. HAVENS—BEATTY.—In this city, on the sth of December, 1866. by Rev. 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Howls AT HOME or GinmasE's SUNDAY MAGAZINE, (to those not already taking them), for one new name and $3 60. LANGE'S COMMENTARY, either of the three volumes, postage free for Two new names and $7,. Huss AND no TIMES, postage free, for Four new names and $l2. FOR EIGHTEEN NEW SUBSCRIBERS, at $3 each, paid in advance; or in the city, a $3.50 each, paid in advance, we offer GROVER & BAKER'S SEWING ROME, This machine is already so well and favora bly known to the public, that commendation is superfluous. Its merits have long since given it a foremost 'place among the few machines accounted thelmsr ; and the purchaser has the advantage in buying the GROVER & Rpm., of a choice of stitches, taking either the No. 23 Double Lock, Elastic Stitch Machine, complete with a set of Hemmers and. Braider, or the No. 9 Shuttle Machine without Hemmers. A. pamphlet containing samples of both these stitches in various fabrics, with full explana tions, diagrams, and illustrations, to enable purchasers to examine, test and compare their • relative merits, will be furnished, , on request. OUR COMMITTEE'S PUBLICATIONS. For every new subscriber paying full rates in advance, we will give two copies of the Hymn and Tune Book, bound in cloth; postage ten cents each. For a new club of ten, paying $25 in advance, we will send fifteen copies; freight extra. We make this offer to ally ex tent. For Twenty-two new subscribers, paying as above, or for thirty-three in club, we will send the entire list of the eighty-nine Sabbath-school Library Books issued by the Committee. Freight extra. For Twelve new subscribers, paying as above, or for a club of eighteen, we will give the follow ing valuable miscellaneous works of-the Core r , mittee :—The New Digest, Gillett's History Presbyterianism, two vols. ; Life of John Brainerd, Zululand, Social Hymn and Time, Book, morocco ; Coleman's Atlas, Minutes of the General Assembly, Sunset Thoughts, Morn ing and Night Watches, The Still Hour, The, Closer Walk, The Closet. Companion, Strong. I 'Tower, God's way of Peace, Why Delay? Manly Piety, Life at Three Score, Ten Ameri can Presbyterian Almanacs, Confession Faith, Barnes on Justification, Presbyterian Manual, Apostolic Church, Hall's Law of Bap tism, Hall's and Boyd's Catechisms. Freight extra. .King street, Wilmington 'Wilmington. CASH PREMIUMS. A FIFTY-FIVE DOLLAR SOCIAL HYMN AND TUNE BOOK. This splendid HAIR DYE is the best in the world. The .only true. and.perfect Dye-Harmless, Reliable. Instantaneous. No disappointment. No ridiculous tints. Natural Mack or Brown. Remedies the ill effects of Bad .Dyes. Invigorates the hair, leaving it soft sad beautiful. The genuine is signed'William A. Batchelor. All others are mere imitationsmnd• should be avoided. Sold by. all Druggists and Perfumers. actor Y'Bl Barclay street, New York. SABBATHSCHOOL BOOKS. I P Ihnvare of a Counterfeit. 107347 THE NEW BOOKS on this list are: Gillett's England Two Hundred Years Ago ; Only in Fun; Allan's Fault; May Castleton's Mission; Flowers in the Grass; Rose Delaney's Secret; Diamond, Cross; and Out at Sea. Most of these are still in press, but will appear soon. NISCEL,LANEOUS WORKS FOR OWE NEW SUBSCRIBER. Zulu Land, or Coleman's Text Book and Atlas. Postage ten cents. FOR TWO NEW SUBSCRIBERS. Life of John Brainerd and Zuln Land. Post age 66 cents extra. •. FOR THREE NEW SIIBECRIBERS. The Digest and Life of Brainerd, (postage 60 cents extra,) or Gillett's History of Presbyte rianism, two vols., and Social Hymn and Tune Book, morocco. Postage 60 cents extra,. FOB FOIIR - NEW mamma:BEM. Gillett's History, Life of Brainerd, Hymn and Tune Book, morocco. Postage $1 extra. Or the Digest and Gillett's History. Postage $1 extra. FOR FIVE NEW, SUBSCRIBERS Zulu Land, History of Presbyterianism, Life of Brainerd, Hymn and Tune Book, morocco. Postage $1 12 extra. • Any book of equal value on the Committee' . -- list may be substituted in the above offers. A list will be sent if desired. Aar All orders must be accompanied with the cash. If possible buy a draft, or a postage order, as in case of loss of money we cannot send the.premiums, though we shall adhere to 'our rule of sending the papers. PREMIUMS TO OLD SUBSCRIBERS !tom A postage stamp must invariably nc company these orders. Old subscribers paying strictly in advance, and adding Two Dollars to -their remittance, can have Hours at Home, or Guthrie's Maga zine, for one year, provided they are not al: ready taking them, or Life of John. Brainerd. postage free. By adding the following anms, they can, have the books named, postage free:— < $1 60, Zulu Laud, or Coleman's Text Book and Atlas of the Bible. $1 65, Two Hymn and Tune Books. $1 91, Bowen's Meditations, tinted paper, full gilt ; worth $2 50. $3 13, New Digest,, worth $4. $3 90, Gillet's History of Presbyterianism, worth $5. EVAN D. ASHTON, DELIER IN FIB= LETHEITI /AD LOCUST MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY'S COAL DEPOT ; comma smisi. emu Wool) sTaaraim, to Anitz. JUST PUBLISHED. ENGLAND 200 YEARS AGO. By Rev. E. H. Gillett, author of "Life and Times of John Huss," "History of the Presbyterian Church," "Life Lessons," &c. • A . most interesting and valuoble book. 363 pp., 610 0. Five illustrations. $1.25. ONLY' FIIN ; Or, the Teasing Boy. 50 cents. By the author of "Money," "Far Away," "Les sons for the Little Ones," "Discontented Girl, i ' 18mo. 188 1.11). ALLAN'S FAIITLT. :16mo. 412 pp. $1.50. MAY CASTLETONN Nial(018 18mo. 223 pp. 75 cents. FLOWEBSTN THE GRABS. 18mo. 214 pp. 75 cents. BOSE DELANEY'S SECRET 18mo : 216 pp. 75 cents. DIAMOND' CROSS. 18tuo. 222 pp. 75 cents. OUT AT SEA. 18mo. 208 pp. 75 cents ALSO, THE MUZZLED OX: Thoughts on the Support of the Ministry. In muslin, 25 cents; paper, 15 cents. TIES EPISCOPAL INVITATION, To Become an'Episeopalian, answered by a - Presbyterlan. In muslin, 20 cents; paper 10 cents. Presbyterian Publication Committee, 1334 CHESTIIRTT STREET. Autiat gpttto. Coananendagory.We cannot speak in too high terms of COE'S ^DYSPEPSIA CURE. 'lt is a well tried Remedy and invariably cares. Why will son suffer from Dyspepsia, Indigestion, and disorders , of the Stomach and IlowebLirhen so good a remedi can be obtained so easily., BATCHELOR'S HAIR DYE. air- The Permionent Committee of Sob. lbath-Sehools, appointed by the last General As sembly, will meet in Convention with the Sabbath- School Convention, at Batavia. New York, on Tues day, the 18th inst., at two o'clock P. M. EDWIN F. HATFIELD, Stated Clerk of G. A. The Presbytery of Columbus will meet at Pardeeville, on the third Tuesday. (the 18th) of December, at 6 o'clock P. M. , - B. G. RILEY, Stated Clerk. LODI, Wis., Nov. 21, 1866. Xif- Philadelphia Tract and Mission 10. eletY•r — Office, 1334 Chestnut Street. Tract Visitors' Monthly Meetings for December will be held at the following churches Reformed Pres. Church, Broad below Spruce, on Friday evening. 14th inst., at 7M o'clock. , Tabernacle Baptist Church, Chestnut street near Eighteeath. on Tuesday, evening, 18th at M o'clock. CentiarPresbyterian Church. Eighth and Cherry, on:Wedneeday evening, 26th inst., at 734' o'clock. `Stibject for remarks: What are the .Best Ways of Distributing Tracts. Traot Visitorssre requested to attend. JOSEPH. H. SCHREINER. Agent. "A Valliable Medieine.—Dr. Poland's White Pine Compound. advertised in our columns, is a suc cessful attempt to combine and apply the medicinal virtues of the White Pine Bark. It has bfsen thAr oughly tested by people in this city and vicinitaf, and the proprietor has testimonials of its value from pet sons well known to our citizens. We recommend its trial in all those.cases of disease to which it is adaptr: ed. Itis for sale by all our druggists."—N. Y. Ada-- pendent. The Great New England Nandi.: DR. J. W. POLAND'S WHITE,PINE COMPOUND Is now offered to the afili cted throughout the country, 'after Navin been proved by the test of eleven yams in the New - England States, where its merits have be come as well known as the trenfrom Which. in part, it derives its virtues. THE WRITE PINE COMPOUND Cures Sore Throat Colds, Coughs, Diph theria, Bronchitis, Spitting of Blood, PollnolueryAMections generally. It is a remarkable Remedy for Kidney Com plaints, Diabetes, Gravel and other Cons. plaints. For Piles and Scurvy ft will be found very , valuable. 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. 1068-3 m W ASTHMA. CURED.—Relief guaranteed in ten minutes_, and &permanent cure effected by the use of "UPHAMS ASTHMA: CURE." Cases of from tea to twentggeare standing yield at once to its influence. Price $2. Sent post _paid - to any address, by S. C. UPHAM. 25 South Eighth Street. Philadelphia. Pa. Circulars sent free Sold by an druggists. 7062-3 m 4 ,0W4,: p A Cough, A Cold, or 40140HIAL A Sore Throat, 7;5,0cp" REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION, AND SHOULD BE CHECKED IF ALLOWED TO CONTINUE, f 0 R Irritation of the Lungs, A Per. Co u 0 S =anent Throat Disease, AN D or Consumption C.' 0 LO '9 IS OFTEN THE RESULT. BROWN'S BRONCHIA_T., TROCHES HAVING A DIRECT INFLUENCE TO THE PARTS, GIVE IMMEDIATE RELIEF. • For Bronchitis, Asthma, Catarrh, Con sumptive and Throat Diseases, TROCHES ARE USED WITH ALWAYS GOOD succass SINGERS AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS will find Troches useful in clearing the voice when take; before Singing or Speaking, and relievin the throat atter all unusual exertion of the vocal organs. The Trochee are recommended - and prescribed by Physicians, and have had testimonials from eminent merit throughout the country. Being an article of true m e r it, and having prowl their efficacy by a test many years, each year finds them in new localities in various parts of the world, and the Trochee are uni versally pronounced better than other articles. OBTAIN. only "Dnoww's BRONCHIAL Isocans," and do not take any of the Worthless Imitations that may be offered. SOLD EVERYWHERE. CLEMENT SMITH & SONS, 248 South Second -Street, FURNITURE WARE-R.OOMS, Respectfully inform our friends and the public that we have opened an establishment at the above plane, where we will manufacture all descriptions of Cabinet Ware. Many years' experience in conducting the manufacture of one of the oldest and largest estab ,lishments in this city, hali given us the advantage of PractiCal knowledge and skill in the art of designing" .. . driftink, aiiatimnfacturing in , our line. ALL WORK'DONE ON THE MOST REASON . ABLE TERMS. • For character and ability, we refer those who natig favor mingle undersigned genii. men W. E. 'TBNBROO.II, J. O. FARR, SAMUEL HILT. H.P. M. BIItICERBEIR, THOMAS PO rTEIt, AN3uN JEWELL.
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