lUligiuus litMlipttt. THE REFORMED I’HERCHES. City—An Easton paperMysj ‘‘JCLe late Mat thew Newkirk, Esq., of-PhiMkipna; WMde.itifled with the early history of Lafayette College, and though subsequently a Trustee at Princeton, his in terest in the former institution continued unabated till the end of, hie lma fetter to the.Tr.usteesr of Lafayette College, hish Koi,' the ► Rev. MdttWeW Newkirk, refers to these facts, and generously offers to p*v the sura dewpaiFji tohebMpfete one of the new "Students’ Homes" now being erected on the College grounds. The donation has been accepted, and the authorities of the college have given the name of "Newkirk Hall V to- th U new building.'— The U. P. Presbytery. of Philadelphia met in the last week of 1868 in the* newly erected- Norris Square church, Kensington. >Rev. Alexander Cal houn was received fronm the Presbytery of Monon gahela, and arrangements'were made for Ms instal lation otver the Fifth’ church (late Mr; Hanna's.) A licentiate, (A. R. M. Boss,) having been duly cited, was .tried,, in his absence Joe, presenting a fraudulent i his name was stricken from the roll. Delegates (Libe rals,) to the nfe’di Afss&ndiywfere' ctidsen. In view of certain rumors whiclrllittf come to the knowledge of Presbytery, and,of the fact that this Chc.rch pro hibits its members from making or vending ardent spirits, the sessions were ordered to reportany mem bers guilty of these practices, and whether they have been dealt with. Also in view of the " discouraging and threatening aspect" of the denominational finances,.the membership were urged to prayerful consideration of the subject, and to metre liberal contributions, and the General Assembly was over tured to devise some means of escaping frtriri the present and impending efebarassments.—January 3d. the North Broad St. U. P. mission church dedi cated their new stone House' of worship, situated on Master St. above Fifteenth, in a rapidly growing part of the city. It will accommodate 400 people. During the day the day the pastor elect, Rev. La fayette Marks, was assisted by the pastors "of sifter congregations, and collections amounting to ssss() were taken bp. ’ Ministerial.—Rev. Wm. T. Findfey, D.D„ ,of Xenia, 0., has resigned the. pastoral charge of the church of that city. He has received a call from Newark, N. J.—Rev. James I. Browuson, D. D., pastor of the First church of Washington, Pa., preached hiß twentieth anniversary, sermon, Dec; 27* Only one person of those who signed- bis call twenty years tago waSpreseilt atthis service; Of the one hundred and 'twenty-five families composing the congregation, only forty remain; arid the pert sons received in these twenty years by Certificate and examination added to those in communion at the time of his installation are six time's the present membership, although the church is stronger thqn ever before.—;At>a late meeting oftHe’Presbytefy of Huntingdon, Pa., Re v.JJarr^U»Van Arsdalen was deposed from the officlirMUw gdspel ministry—The paetoral relation, existing so long between tließev. ■ Thomas Sproul, D.D., and the R. P. church (0. S.,)i in Allegheny has been .dissolved,; that the. doctor may devote himself fo his duties as.a professor in the Theological Seminary, The congregation en tered the basement of its new, house of worship on .Sandusky St., Jan. 3.—At.the meeting.of the U. P.. Presbytery of Monmouth,TU.y Rev. David Ai WaL-, lace, D.D., was released, according to his request,' from his position of co-pOstor of the Second church,! Monmouth, in order to devote his Whole time to tfie college, A certificate wasgran ttd R;V. W. J. M’Surely to connect with'the Presbytery of Cincinnati (O. 1 S.)—At-a-meeting of tbo U. P. Preabyteryof Shttfik-i port, Rev. Mr. Stuart, of the Associate Church, ap-' plied to be received, and hie papers was referred to • a Commission, Who Were etapoWdred' to 'ctfrfeepond with the Associate Presbytery of Mudkingum—lt it understood Bev, L. J. Halsey, of Chicago, will decline the call to the church of Frankfort,! Ky.—Rev. George ,M. McEckroo, formerly pastor, of the First Reformed [Dutch,] clturoh, in Pough keepsie, New York, has accepted a call to the West minster churCh, New York city, and entered uppp his duties.—The pastoral, relation existing between! the Rev. S. T, Wilson, p.B.j qnd the First teriau church of Rock Island, of which he has been! pastor during fourteen years, has been dissolved.—j Rev. William R. Glen,..lias received a.unanimous call to become th'i'hUtor oflthe FSkOshQrch (O.t 5.,) of Bloomington, 111., after supplying the pulpit for the last eleven months.— Rey. W. A.'Hdiidrick son, of Cottage Grove, Wis., has received a call irom the church of Mad.ieon4 v :tjiii Churches.—Of the 275 churches on record as or ganized by eight Protestant denominations (Metho dists not reported,).in the United States during the year 1868, 80 were Presbyterian, 2 German Re-1 formed, 1 Reformed [Dutch,] and 3 Episcopalian; making lor."<the, Reformed Churches."’attotab.'of 86, while the Baptiste organized 126, and the Con-, gregationaliets 75. Of the 474 church edifices dedi cated during the same year by nine Protestant de nominations, 100 were by the Presbyterians, 14 by the German Reformed, 13 by the Episcopalians, and -9 by the Reformed [Dutch,] making a .total of 136 : for the “ Reformed Churches,” while'the Methodists had 129, the Baptists 100, the Congregationalism 65, and the Lutherahs 43:—The Reformed' [Dutch] church in Ghent, N. Y., was totally destoyea by fire at about three o’clock on Thursday morning, Dec. 24th. It was a large wooden edifice, of the oldest churches in the country. A'Christmas festival was held the Might previous.—The Reform that they have exchanged their email and incon venient house- of worstfi'p ''for -a finer one, costing 85,000. —Jan. 3, 42 were,added to the Beach St. O. S. church, of Boston ; 23 by certificate, and 19 on prol'esaion, .712’haqe been added to tjlje ohurpb since the installation of Rev. James B. Dunn, three months ago*.; The large edifice is .now filled'at each. •Sunday sefvioSf oq threo evonings ; in* tlie week the vestry ia.crowded.. In the 0., S. church,at East Boston, thereds considerable religious jnterest. and quite aWddlm'ffißeF wlll be’addeddn it fe#wWekej Sabbath, Dec. 20, thirteen united with the s Second! church of Steubenville, nine of whom were pupils ihe sittings freß, and £o Support the church by vol untary BubBCiiHpri i OQ.* i Bellefield church, of Sabbath*’ occupied by tRe corigihigatiOh btitA Short time. It was insured for 120,000, whichdoes nofcover the loss.—The ckuwA of ;lieetouia«P., received some two weeks- ago seventeen members,- which, .more than doubled its .communicants. —TheU- P. Church has a Presbytery’ in Oregon and a mission church in San Fvaneiscot ,v'lihe.paator of-,the lattcr, Rev. M. M. Gibson reports a- very promising mission field in Salinas Oity,' Cal. “ Abet members and ad; herents of our CbuMhhiA that'RfbaKty have ; subi scribed enough to support a'missionary. The Exet cutive Committee is ehdeavorttigt&'find’a suitable man, who is willing tb undertake the work in that place.”—Eighteenfauhdred' and ara were present at the ‘‘ tbe Sbiitd" MissfcftiStfbj bath-school,J* in on,December 13th, anq a still laSg?Aiu‘fnBSAtlte RBKlatb. The school is under the charge qftfdm Second Preebyj terian church.-r-The North church qf Washington! D. C., organized Oecemberifeyp&Oiiith twenty-one members, has became aalf,Bue4iifl)ftg- During the past summer. ,4heit house of.,wqrsnip Has been thoroughly, refurnished, fresooed r 'aiujl painted, at | THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1869. cost of some $1,500, and is now one of the neatest churches in the District. The pastor’s salary has been increased, and the church is entirely out of debt.—A great work of grace has been in progress in Upper Tuscarora (Pa.,) church for more than three weeks. There have been upwards of sixty in quirers, of whom twenty-live or twenty-six have ex- pressed hope. Church Courts-— The 0. S. Presbytery, of Bea ver, Pa., approves of the Badisof Union by a vote ' of 22 to 5, while expressing a unanimous preference i for “ the Standards.” Rev. Robert McMillan, and the church of Hermon, of which he is pastor, were received from the Reformed Presbytery of Pitts burgh, and Rev. D. C. Cooper from the Presbytery of Chicago. [Mr. Cooper has for several years been pastor of the church in Elgin, 111., which went ■ over with hith to the O. S., being the only Presby terian chjjroh in the place. But -Elgin:iAtoo much of a Yankee town'for any species of Presbyterian rigidity, to prosper th,ereJr-The Presbytery of Ohio met in the Second church, Pittsburg. The special Committee on Missions was authorized to organize a church at Torrence Ststionyand also, at Oakdale, ;as soon as the way be clear. Th^establish merit of :a Female Seminary the church in . East. Liberly, was .voted,.to be a matter of. gratula tion. i Churches ascertained by call.of the roll.to, ; be delinquents in regard to any of the Assembly’s causes, were-admonished; The ■ session of Hope well church were enjoined not to allow Wm. Hun ter to again occupy their, pulpit, as his-pame had been stricken from the roll at his own request, and provision wAh made fpr their'supply. Sympathy was church’ in'B'elle'fieldy : who Have lost’a beautiful house of worship,by Ste ; ; and a taWtejkpastqf' ..(Davidsq.n)'by death-!—The 1 : Synod of. a't its r¢ meeting, called aUention. to the prevalence of, the ,praotice of min isters of the gospel engaging in such secular call ings as are purely mercenary, as agencies. The. Synod says that many ministers are thus employed who hqld official stations in the Church, and, the- j evil is so -manifest that, in its the, Assem biy ought to take immediate action in reference to. ’ it.—ln the U. P. Presbytery, of Monongabela, the petition of James Prestley, laid on the table of Presbytery July 24, 1867, until a petition for di vorce, then penefi rig the,civil ceurW yslS decided, was taken lip,' and both hia requests,' viz.: 1. ; “ Restoration to membership in the church,” and : 2. Restoration to the exercise of the ministerial of fice,’” .Unanimously ■refused, Presbytery tseeibg [no ; evidence of repentance, and regarding his case as having new complications on hiß part of late, and looking lof tbjp -Inflipfibn iff tjle filgh , of the church upon, him, appointed a committee to draftla memorial to' the next General Assembly, asking : advice in the premises.— Tfa'QcfciiMt, of San FraimiscO; noting the defe'at pf the' Basis of Union, by the'O. S. Presbyteries, "adds: “The New School,Presbyteries are largely in favor of the Basis as it is, and it is not probable that* ariy agreement will be completed at present. We confeas to much - grief that the announcement must'bSnlade.” 1! ‘ Scottish Moveiien.ts.—(lv)‘ The scheme set on foot by the Free Cburph for in'surihgher own eccle siastical buildings, hills fair‘to be. a ‘succeaiftlT tine. I A greatnumber of the congregations hive already expressed their approval of, it in such w!ur,as .to show that they, repose confidence ,m<f.hq judgment of thie committee having charge of the matter. . the.scbeme. be generally adopted, a saviug of some thing like $3OOO a year.is expected to be, effected for church and missionary objects.;,,, (2,).Thq-,Es ; tablished OhurcKof Scotland is takingjmeasures-to i obtain from" Parliament, if practicable, J,he>reucal |or modification'of the Law iof Patronage—a law which - has been the occasion of great-trouble in that ■ Church. The great problem of religious liberty : without patronage or partialityJor,..a.ny gne_deno : initiation, is yet to be worked out'in. Great Britain i and other 'European countries. ~ (3s) v, 2e meeting tvas recently held in Glasgow for uii purpose^of ' improving the condition of the Indian misaio paries in theSlistabliihefi Cnurcli of-Scotlancj. Dr. McLepd i -made-in*affecting -adirdsaj-iiT* 1 wlUwi he delated what he had.{witnessed. during,a latervisit to these missions. His dbj'ect id io'Vtnde twenty thousand pounds, in order to secure-a pension of one hun > work in India. /v -i „ Another. Delegation from Europe- Rpv.| AffcTVffi gAffdt.lfiatnr oC.ffißSforineffi.Gltuccb'in. Prague, Bohemia, writes,to Dr. Prime, of The N. Y. Observer, under date of Dec. 10 :- f “Having had the pleasure of meeting you two years ago at the Annual Con.ference of the Evan gelical Alliance in Bath, (En^. a nd |t ) and having . heard of the warm interest: you expressed in the condition of the'Prptestgnts in am sure you will like to Hear tliat.,iu consequence of a visit ; made by the 'Rev. Dr. KehdalliTbf NewjYork, to ' this country, last summer. and cf an invitation ex- . pressed by the same; that a deputation/roin Bo hemia should visit the United States nextrspring, it ; has been resolved to . comply, the Baid invita- | tion, and two very- excellent men have been re-; , quested ahd hsve consented to proceed -to America : in ( the' esirly part of thfe* coining ; year; They %re the Rev. Pastor Yon; Tardy,.Upper Church-coun-, . sellor, and the Rev.' Pistor ' Kaspar, who, having; spent some time in Scotland, speaks English very! welL, L feel-quite confident) you will be ; ready to welcome and assist these brethren when (D. Y.) they come to the United States.” , , „ -C : Work Among the Belgian Settlers of Wis- 1 consin.—On tirecistamus; betweCu'Green Bay, and Lake Winnebago, on ■ the,,one side, and Lake Michigan on the-other side, a laree body of Bel gians settled a fe,w years igo. |fi|in}tSer."is about-ten or fifteen thousand,) and they-are .spread ovdr, three or four cqunti.es. These people a«"Ro mahisls' in* religion, aiid are, most, of them, ex tremely ignorant. To instruct them In the true .adetriaes oE*the gospel, has provided and sent,.hither ,tw,o piq.us and zealous French laborers,, the Rev, Henry Morrell and Mr. Eugene Laporte. Aided. by the chqrches of the . 0. S. Bynod of Wisconsin, they have for some years taa/woaflpi^gide Tffef-MintSiff 'p'iifteifldg ariW schoola at vaTiouS points, blit especially at RobinSonville and St. : ': Sa®efiK r Tbe’%#3 ' bleTsSihg" laters.' :J m?ey ; hiivis -foUCd eyes of a large portion of the people. Their Bcho&ls are welt coming to theta JoT personak instruction in regard to their . j, ,„ - j tfEifoifiJrATioxs. j Watchman and Reflector: “The primacy of, the Church of England,.whichAt, fell to Mr. Disraeh to beßtow, has beenmven,,to Dr. Tait, late Bishop of London. He is ah -ible inan, but of temporizing shifting, ErastjaA yjesis A,sl to chfirch governmentj The grand aiimoff.hU .ecqjesiastical administration will be to keep tilings smootli, find* to continue the union betwe^^li-dAh^nid 1 StatfeHid England.” The appointrfiCnt'iq'cr*iited)[ultimately ta of whom a London correspondent saja . Her 'Ms’festV has “nif syfhp'fitliT with the -High 1 Church Ak 't'bhy WeWwhku m pwim* from Zschokke, extremely Broilftjfidfclb api^bach : possible td’BWlkSfJhhJflafis. A¥ejit4gfcdt> of Canter; - bury.”—Rev. Chsrit»,Hi. 1 Hay., 1 rector of BpiphanjJ the election of Dr. Littlejolin to the Bishopric of Long Island.—Professor Eli T. Tappan, of Oiiio University, has been elected to the Presidency of Kenyon College, at Gambier, Ohio. —I he N. Y. Evening Post contains the following advertisement: “ For sale cheap, my pew No. Christchurch. It was a very desirable pew, and was in great demand before Protestantism .Was called a faiiureL” The Pacific says of Rev. Ferdinand C. Ewer, the rector ofsthis church, and the author of sundry sensational sermons recently published on “ Protestantism a failure ”: “We knew him when, in Sacramento, he was one of the editors of the first Democratic paper ever published there; In those days, being a gra duate of Harvard, he was addicted to Emersonian poetry and philosophy- t and regarded Christianity only as one of the religions, and believed in Buddh or Brahm as much as he did in the Trinity. He went to no church at all. After a few years he re rnoved to this city, and here engaged in'various literary and business pursuits. He was publishing liere a not very brilliant magazine) upon the model i] of the old Knickerbocker Magazine, in 1856, and, plunged into Spiritism, when' that issue first came along this way. He .filled many pages of thj.mag-.| azine with thfe silly marvels of that ' beautiful faith. ’ -Bat tlje.magaziiie'died from it, ahd hehim- j ‘self declined from it. The next we knew of him to, our surprise we learned he was engaged in-study 1 preparatory,,to taking orders under Bishop Kip. j He'preached in this city' h year or two subsequent to 1860. —The Neva York Jerald, says that Father. Morrill, of St. Albans, has established 'auricu lar confession, and there is little difference (between his "and the'Roman Catholic service, save fHat' it is -in English. Dr. ltix, of Trinity, who occasionally* 'preaches for him, has not yet denied the charge of The Catholic World that he alaoencouragea auricu lar confession. Congregationalist, —The Central church, Berke ley street, Bolt'onJ(Rev! MfciTodd’s,) inaugurated thisyear, the custom of presenting a handsome Bible to every baptized chHd-of-the-age -of seven years, on Christmas morning. Tlte service took place at the : church, at the usual hour for Sunday services.—At the an nual meeting of Henry W ard Beecher’s church, Dec. 1 lthj the 'tncome froth pew-rents the past year - was reported at,about $50,000; to bene-1 volent objects, s4oiobo;?beSides the new mission school building, erected at an expense of $60,775. Nine deacons were.ehosendor the year; and,,on the proposal 6f 'M : ?. s 4eecKier; itjfas voted ' imously to revive the"dld office of deaconess—and Mrs.Morrill, Mrs. Fanning, and Mrs. Thalheimer were, first .deaconesses of Plymouth, church. . The annual sale of pews y?as field-last month. The first;,was .bought by Hen. C. B.om,en„o.f i The Independent f0r,.5420. The-amount: realized: (premium) in addition to a fixed* pewrreqt); was $42,500, while the pew-rent aggregates $54,000. —That portion olWe'ctiurclr at' Washington who sustaiiFßev. Dr. 'BioyntoTfi, the pastor) havS issued'a* pamphlht bfsiiteen and'closttly printed' pajijfeS) 1 presenting their side of the ca&e, arid sharply reHieW ing the course«o£ the; rui aority. ~ The recent state- I ment of yYilliam R.. Hooper ,; they propounce “in 1 eyery essential particular .positively untrue.’?—The American ..Missionary Association are making a purchase of 3,000 acres o/ land in Mississippi, a gentleman ;havingjpromised'to erect,on%the tract a Normal School Buildin'g'worth $12:066; One sub scription of $5OO toward the land has been secured in Newrßedfordv Mr. Elisha-Hathawayyof Bristel, R;* U)i-BomeW©uths- -the—Aeaobtation | $l,OOO, with which to purchase land in Talledega, Ala., to be sold to the in lote. of ten to twenty ajdres., TO LA J*CIL. AC ... ' C' ; 'l jc. The West. —The church in Springfield, 111., of which Rev. J. K. McLeatris pastor, dedicated their new house of worship on the evening of December Ist; It sof wood, 40x70 ' feSt,,.find' c6st $100,000! besides the lot, which was bought for $6,000. The churches of Farmingha'mj* Aubtirndale, and West NeWtbn, Mass.,, of Jersey oity, aud of Amboy, Jack sonville, and Waverly,- 111., expressed their fellow, ship by putiingin, Sach,"astainedwin-jo t w at "all ex pefise 0f,530; By auna-nimous vote;{Ae seats are all to be free. A subscription for monthly paymentswill be relied upon.—The church ,in Sbullsburg, Wis : consin, Rev.. A.- M.- Dixon, -D.D., pastor, at their last cbmufil’nidh splem'fily'set apart two brethren to act as.lay preachers in an adjacent neighborhood, where a branch church lias been organized.—The 158 churches in Wisconsin report a membership of 10,126, almoattwo-tliirdsofthem females;an increase of about 400 sincpj.last y ear. a .churches j ’onVof 171) have received accessions during the .year.—ln.Missoui, six churches have been organ ' zed (during tiie year, making 47 in all. •' In' 1864 diere'were but two—Dr; Post’s, of St. Louis, and Mr* Sturteyant’s, in_ Hannibal. 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A. ; CO., Proprietors. TtARORATOBY. SASBUAi If. H. t **©©© &'6=.A*Mi© * *. jFUftT*fER, Ko. 623'ARCH‘STREET P-tIX.ADEXiPHIA. r ,i :t A :.S:,: “"VAtyiiX* - ttaa w JFOTSSIwIrn'. .llccgnbe w«3,IW no be.reiaforjhe 'thut&nUM:-’'!- • - mt 4 -“ '‘ootsae iu > * .TTH INSURE YOUR LIFE IH HOUR OWN HOME COMPANY AMERICAN S. E. Cob. FOURTH & WALNUT Sts. Insurers in this Company have the additional guarantee of t e CAPITAL STOCK all paid up IN CASH, which, together with CASH ASSETS, on hand January 1,1868. amounted to nearly $2,000,000, Income fob the Year 1867, $893,089 28. Losses Paid Promptly. DIVIDENDS ANNUALLY,- thus aiding: the insured pay premiums. -«• --1: 1 The DIVIDENDS on all Mutual Policies for several years have been . _ . Fifty por Cent. of the amount of PREMIUMS-received each year. Policies made non-forfeitable. Largest liberty given for travel and residence. Its Trustees are,well known citizens in, our midst, entitling it to more consideration than those whose managers reside in distant cities. . i Alexander Whilldin, J. Edgar Thomson, George Nugent, Hon. James Pollock, L.M: Whilldin, P. B. Mingle, „ Hon. Alex. G. Cattell, Henry E. Bennett, Isaac Hazlehurst, George "W Hill, L. Claghorn, .John Wananiaker. Albert C. Roberts. ALEE. WHILLDIN, President. GEO. NUGENT, Vice-President. , ' JOHN 0. sms, Actuary. , JOHN B.,WILSON, Secretary and Treasurer. home tile Insurance Comp’y, 258 Broadway,,New York. Assets, $1,500,000 900,0 Policies in Force. Its Principles, Stability, Mutuality, Fidelity. > ADVA3TTAGES. An organization strictly firstclass. . ; Assets proportioned to liabilities, as large as any company old or new. ' ‘AU the net profits go to the assured. Dividends are declared and paid annually. All its policies are.non-forfeiting in the sense that its members, under aiiy get all the assurances that they have paid for. • ; ‘ One-third the annual premiums loaned permanently on its poli cies. ' * ‘ . Its members are notlimlted as to residence or travel. No extra premium is charged therefor'or permits required. • All the forms otLife and-Annuity policies issued. , The HOSIE haa declared and paid dividends annually, to iis assured memtfers’riijce its organization; Last dividend 40 per cent, applied immediately, which is’more' than 60 per' cent, four years Ueuce. • .. , Officers and Directors. WALTER 8. GRIFFITH,: PrenMant. L H. PROTEINGHAM, Treasurer. fO. C. RIPLEY, Secretary. J. COFFIN, Actuary. A, A> LOW, A., A. Low. & 8r05.,.31' Burling Slip, N. V. I. H, FROTHINBHAM, I‘reat. Union Trust Co.-, N. Y. J J. T, STR'AHAHAN, Prest.Atlimtic Dock Go. THOS.iMBSSBii&BBt; Freak Brooklyn Bank. SAMUEL SMITH* Ex-Mayor city of Brooklyn. HENRY E. PIERREPON T> 1 Pierrepont Place,' Brooklyn. A. B. BAYLIB, Broker, New York;] ; i; :_ PETER 6i CORNELL* Merchant, SO Wall street, N. Y. WALTER S> GRIFFITH, President, Brooklyn. JNO.D.COCKB, Prest. Atlantic Ins. Co;' -Hi B. CLAFLIN, H.; B. Glaflin A.Cq., N. Y S. B, CHITTENDEN, 8. B, Chittenden A Co., N. Y. J. E. SOUTH-WORTH, ! PrW. Atlantic Bank, N..Y. Qt DUNNING* Bec- South Brooklyn Savings Institution. JNO. G. BERGEN, police Commissioner. LEWIS ROBERTS, A C0. y 17 South’street, N. Y. JOHN T. MARTIN, 28 Pierrepont street,’-Brooklyn. JOHN HALSEY, Haight, Halsey A Co., New York.’ THOS. CARLTON? Methodist Book Booms, N. Y. HAROLD DQLLNER, Dollner, Potter A Co.; N. Y. A.3rOAPWELL*iAttomey and Counsellor, N. Y. 1 NEHEMIAH KNIGHTr Hoyt, Sprague A.Co., Ifew York. EDWARD A. LAMBERT, Merchant, 45 Jolmstreet, N. Y. J AMES HOW, Prest Union White Lead Co.; Brooklyn.- L. B* WYMAN, Merchant, 38 Burling Slip, NewjYork , GEO.rA. JARVIS* Prest. Lenox Fire Ins. Co., New York. S. Ei HOWARD. Howard, Sanger A Co., New York. GEO* Si STEPHENSON, Importer, 49rSouth street, New York CHAS. A. TOWNSEND, Merchant, New York. JOS. W . GREENE* J. W. Greene A Co’., N. Y. RUFUS Si GRAVES, 08 Wall street,New York'. J. W. FROTHINGHAM, Krotliingham A Baylis, N. Y. EDWARD D. DELANO, New York. • E. LEWIS, Jr*J Valentine A Bergen, Brooklyn. - . . . AGENTS IN PHILADELPHIA, ESIiER & COLTON, Cor. 4th & Library sts. Agents Wanted, STEIOT ECONOMY IN MANAGEMENT. PROUDEST LIFE l.\D TRUST CO., i on rnLLAJnsirniA. (fipFIOB rfTo. 11l SOUTH FOURTH STREET Organized to extend the benefits of Life Insurance among member ot the Society of Friends. All good risks, of whatever denomination solicited; ... , \ . "^President, > . SAMUEL B. SHIPLEY, L . Vice President, Actuary, C. ROWLAIH)’PARRY, . Insurance effected upon all the approved plans at the lowest cost No risks on dpubtful or, uusouud iliyes taken. Funds invested in first-class securities. Economy practicedin all the branches of the business. - The.advantages are to tiiose of any company in the United States. . .. . • june4 ly. SEWING MACHINES d-xt’jt Lot tjs ovx jn lew*Ts They Stitch, Feii t Qord, Bind, Tiusk, Quilt, Gather, Braid and . No Machine Embroi ders'as well and sews as perfectly. IHSTETJOTION GRATIS, TO ALL WHO APPLY. ** CiroTtlaiß • Containing Samples Post Fr©6. f 'ThW Very Highl£s& Prizb,'ThW Cross of the' Legion of Honor, was conferred on the representative of the (xrover & Spwing> tMfccJu* I ®® 'at| the Exposition Universellc, 1 ,Paris,rlBJS7i great, superiority, over all _ v . _ . OFFICE, 730 CHESTKUT STREET, '^F.biladelphja. *•*.! T
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