pads a€tie 'PA. May s.—May 11 The President has appointed no Minister to Spain, as the mission is not vacant till July lst. A Dele gation of the Union League of America, including three Governors, pledged him the support of the Republican party in so far as they are able to se cure its united action. He thanked them, and prom ised the reconstruction of Virginia, Mississippi and Texas as soon as possible. Robt. C. Kirk, of Ohio, is to he minister to Uruguay. Whether Grant will interfere in. the course of Boils and Rawlins in re gard to the Eight .Hour Law. is uncertain, although the matter has been discussed in Cabinet meetings. Gov. Wells, members of the Conservatiie party, and a colored delegation have had interviews in regard to Reconstruction. - A powirful combination of politicians is trying to effect a reconstruction of the Cabinet. Departments.—Sec. Bontwell prohibits hie clerks from smoking, drinking, chatting or visiting during office hours. The"smokers have appealed to Grant. For the position of searcher in the N. Y - . Custom House, four women are to be chosen from among 700 applicants. The tarriff is to be more vigorous ly enforced in regard to the property of persons crossing the Canadian frontier, as• extensive frauds have been perpetrated. Special Treasury Agents are '0 have more regular and importaLt work tg:' su pervision, and reporting. Proposals have been made for the purchase of $1,000.000 five-twenties weekly. Commissioner Delano decides that those who sell liquor in quantities of both over and under five gal lons must take out both Wholesale and retail licens es. Many clerks have been and will be dismissed by this and other Departments, Only a few Con suls have been appointed. General.—The Prussian, French and Russian am. bassors have been recalled. The tone of the Eng lish presiii on the Alabama question continues to de press U. S. securities. Our 6,257 cotton-mills run 7,585,082 spindles and use up 417,367.771 pounds of cot* yearlY. 'Only eighty mills are in the South, but all'are large establishments. The immigration fromlreland this summer promises to be larger than ever before. In New England the Mass. Senate has rejected one Prohibitory Law as too mild. The temperance men of ,Boston are putting up twenty drinking foun tains and prosecuting druggists for selling brandy "by prescription!' The President of the State TemperancaLeague is asked by the Executive Corn mittee,,toiesign,, because he is unsound on the pro hibiton of lager and cider. The liquor dealers of Boston are organizing. Minors are prohibited play ing billiards. The Supreme Court decides that the Legislature cap summon witnesses and commit them for contempt, if they refuse to testify. The State,is about to negotiate a loan in England. Rhode Island is paying the penalty of her worship of wealth rather:than brains in the folly of. Senator Sprague. The Conn. Legislature met on Wednesday and Gov. Marshall Jewell was inaugurated.. His inaugural puts the State debt, at" $§,974,992, (a reduction of $349,245,) and recommends a Married Women's Property laW, and biennial elections and short ses sions of the Legislature. The Senate has approved of the Xl.rth Amendment. In the' Stales tillibustering expedition of 200 men under command of one of Walker's old staff, sailed (it is said) for Cuba on Tuesday and others are fitting Ott: TIAT. 'S. Marshall has been instructed to enforce the neutrality laws. A. tong Island COroner's jury declare that R. road responsible for th9irecent fearful accident. Wm. E. Dodge has been re-elected President 'of the N. Y: Chamber of Commerce. The work of cleaning out Hell Gate continues, the contractor's time being, extended. The' ; Legislature refuses $10,000,000 for canal im provements. House rents have fallen one-thirdin_ a. Otrak,e PrISTATTITTO enlarged. A riot between English and Irish miners at Hudson City resulted hi the death of several. persons. The strike.among the coal miners of Pennsylvania is postponed £l.ll ,regards the 'Scranton mines. The Deniocrrits have carried Pottsville. Franklin renom inatesfor Geary. The Broadhead murderers are still at large, ;though several persons have been arrested on suspicion. The general strike of our coal miners in the Lehigh and Schuylkill regions - began on Mon day. , In the CitylT. S. Marshall Ely died very suddenly, andthe attempt was made to appoint a rumseller in his place. ' " lnstead, howes'er,Gen. Grant has ap pointed'den. E. M. Gregory, fOrmerly of the -Freed men's Bureau, a staunch friend of temperance and an elder in. Oxford st. PreS. church. The N. Y. Tribisne accepts him as representing the religious eleinent of the community, and every body is satis fied but those whb have no right to be. Geo. H. Stuart has been assisting Col. Parker in making the spring purchases for the Indiana in New York, more to the satisfaction of the public than , the con tractors. Our Mercantile Library has sold jts old hall for $95,000 and expects to be in the new one on Xth street next month. The 'Women's Temporary Home for Women, organized in 1849, accommoda ted from twenty to twenty-five daily last year, at a cost . of $1,889. 'Our separate prison system is charged with producing insanity and death, but a comparison of our Cherry Hill Penitentiary with the CharlestoWn, •'(Mass.) State Prison, where the congregate system is practised, ehows less aVer age of mortality and insanitytn the former., Mourn ful stories of damaged peach orchards come up the Delaware to pave the way for high prices. In the South Washington ie quiet since the office seekers have mostly gone home, only disturbed by a vigorous canvass for female suffrage. The Mount Vernon estate is advertised at auCtion. The Hol landers are colonizing Virginia. Both parties are organizing for a vigorous campaign. A colored State Con - vention meets . May 27th. Georgia plan ters are keeping worms and other insects out of their cotton fields by hedging them in with castor oil bee* The cotton caterpillar has appeared in Florida. The American Med. AssoCiation has been in session at New Orleans and meets next year in Washington. The N. 0. Chamber of Commerce Lave asked for proposals to deepen the channel of the lower Mississippi. State Auditor Wickliffe has been acquitted of all the indictments. Chief Jus tice Chase has setaside, the decision of Judge Un derwood, of Virginia, byWhich'the release of pris oners convicted by politically incompetent judges was ordered, on the grciund that the XlVth amend. meat eould,not be construed as an ex post facto law, and`that'Congress had' recognized the State govern ment under which those judges acted. In the Interior. Chicago celebrated the completion of the Pacific R. R. two days too soon, as the last rail was laid on Monday. [The Central Western half was finished on that day.] The Republicans of the Indiana-Legislature postponed the XVtharnerid ment till May 14th. Cleveland is to be supplied with pure water through a Lake tunnel. The Penna. B. R. has control of the new R. R. from Covington to Louieville, connecting Cincinnati withthe South ern R. R. system. The settlers are fighting to pre vent the construction of the Fort Scott R. R. In the Territories the Sioux have been at war with the Snake and Bannock Indians and have killed 29 of them. The failure to promptly furnish supplies may cause a resumption of hostilities. On the Pacific Coast the Republicans have carried Stockton, Cal., and Virginka and Gold Hill, Nev. The destiuCtion of the Alaska Indians by ,11. S. troops surpasses (,it is said) anything in our history, and the intervention of the,government is cabled for. THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1869. FOREIGN In Canada the Budget shows a surplus of revenue amounting to $316,283. A tarriff on U. S. flour was recommended. The lower house votes to recal the licenses granted to American fishermen and to impose a fee. In Mexico Congress votes to recognize Cuba. There is great destitution among all classes in the Capital. A revolution has broken out in Guerrero, and even where peace still exists, the political strug gle between Juarez's friends and enemies is severe. The secession of the Northern States to the U.S. is dreaded. In Cuba (Admiral 'MT reports) neither side has won any decided success. Steps had been taken to protect our citizens and their, property, and the re lease of one of them had been secured. Insubordi nation in the Government's negro troops is dreaded. The British Commodore has demanded the release of vessels and persons seized in British waters, with explanation and indemnity ; also explanation of the, landing of Spanish troops on British territory. If not satisfied, he will make reprisals. The rebels are shooting persons who availed themselies of Dulce's amnesty. In St. Domingo the rebellion against Baez is pro gressing, and an;early and decisive_ collision is:ex pected. In England the Tories moved the omission ofthe' clause giving the Romanists compensation, for the withdrawal of the yearly grant to Maynooth, al though (as Gladstone noted) they had not opposed . compensation for the Presbyterian Begium Donum. The amendment was defeated, by a vote of - 318 to 192, as was another to put the compensation ; in the form of annuities, by a vote of 305 to 178, and .the clauses were. adopted. The ~consideration: of the. Bill in Committee is now finished without the adop-' tion of a single Tory, amendment: Lord Monck, late Governor Genera of Canada, Justices James Anthony Lawson and Geo. Alexander Hamilton, LL. D., are to be the Commissioners under the act. A Bill to disqualify the Mayor of Cork from acting as a magistrate (spoken of as a doubtful constitu-' tional measure) is on its passage. The people of Youghal have offered to send bim to Parliament, but he declines, The Cork town council. protest.. The leading journals continue, to denounde Sum ner's " pay and apologize" proposals, and hie, grotA misrepresentations of fact, but deelare that England is ready for wiything reasonable. The, suit to com pel Collin Mcßae to account to, the' U.:S. for prop erty, entrusted to him by the C. S. A. has failed through want of evidence as to fad. An inquiry from the Marquis of Salisbury elicits the fact that the Government will introduce an frisitTeriantltight Bill at the next session. The "United Kingdom con sumed 24,928,155 gallons - of spirituous liquor in 1868, nearly half in Scotland ; And the rest about equally divided between England aloTieland. Arch-, bishop Manning persists in his refusallo all'oW pe titions for the release of the,Fenians to be offered for signatures at the doors of "Catholic" chnrchee. In, Trance the.Liherals haVe secured the appint meat of a cotrimiSeion to examine into some of the harmful results of Free Trade with. England. The Geographical Society have voted Our Dr. Hays a gold medal for his Arctic discoveries, and transmit ted it through' Gen. Dix., The fete on the centennial of the birth of Napoleon.l. will last frOM August 14th to 16th. Ddelling, ut'not a 'dangerous kind, is very fashibnable in Paris now. In Belgium the Senate :refuses to abolish impris onment for debt, and the:minister of Justice insists on resigning if the Senatelii net dis Solved. ' In Germany the North German Parliament *cites for the payment of deputies, in spite of the opposi-7 tion of Bismarck's Federal' Council. A Congress of Protestants is to Meet' at Worini and adokt a re ply to the Pope's manifesto as t. 43 the coming Cotin oil. Famine and destitution in Eastern Priissid. :is causing wholeeittle emigration to the United States. In Da'y the old ministry have resigned and Men abrea has formed a new one. The Parliament had just voted theii confidence in the old one and in their -4 arta tn wi--fttmnuet.— tie army I..urnaktura 620,000 men. . - • • Iri Spaio the Cortes want a new ministry, while the Republicans renew their movement for a Diree tory. aerrano opposes imMediate change. An ar ticle in .the. new Constitution guaranteeing liberty of worship; was -adopted by a vote of 104 to 40. Another Carlist movement has been suppressed in Barcelona and thirty-six arrests made, including many officera of the army. A deficit of twelve mil lion reals,in the revenue is anticipated. The Gov ernment promises to open negotiations with Eng land for the retrocession of Gibraltar [probably in exchange for Ceuta] . as soon as impending 'ques tions are settled. • In Sough America Lopez continues to hold his ground in . the guerrilla war, and threatens to 'ad vance at the head of 10,000 men. The Allies an nounce that they are about to make their final ad vance upon his position at Villa liCa, under com mand of Parauhas. The States next to the Isthmus threaten secession from Columbia. The President has been impeached. ' ' In Turkfy the Sultan received the Foreign minis ters on the Mohammedan New Yeaes day, which fell this year on May sth., He referred with satis faction to the restoration of friendly i reations.with Greece, promised financial. economy,jitdMialtreform, , railroad extension, and equal rights to ail'olaases of his subjects, and announced that all the Cretan chieftains had been set free. In .Rimsia, Admiral Menschikibff diedonMOnday week. The More, the Merrier. People used to talk about high prices 115 some thing inseparable from big stores: Oak" Hall` has done much to do 'away with that foolish prejudice by giving a live example of the Largest Clothing House in the State selling goods at the lowest pri ces. And men are coming to understand that the truth is just the reverse and that the houses doing the.most business and so requiring the largest ac eommodations are the ones who can and di) sell the cheapest. In this as in everything else, except courtship apd marriage, "the more, the merxier." The merriest place in town is Wanamaker & Brown's, S. E. corner-Sixth and Market streets. Tae attention of our readers is directed, to the advertisement of the American Watch Company another column. in This company makes nearly three- fourths of all the watches made in this country, and, from a wide acquaintance with the community, we are satisfied of the uniform testimony to their superior quality, and note the fact with pleasure, that leading retail jewellers are everywhere recommending them for accuracy, beauty, cheapness, and durability. BARLOW'S INDIGO >BLUE igt tile cheapest and beat article in the market for' blueink dathes IT pm NOT CONTAIN ANT ACID, IT HILL NOT INJURE THE FINEST TAERIO. It IS put iip at WILTEERGER'S DRUG STORE, NO. 233 NORTH SECOND STREET, - ' A PHILDELPHIA, and for sale by most' of the grocers and druggists. The genuine ha both B rlow'e and Wiltberger'e names on the label; 'all others are counterfeit. • .13 &MOW'S BLUM ' will color more water than Lur times the same weight of indigo " A VALIIABLE GIFT.-80:pages. Dr. S. S: FITCH'S "DO. MESTIO FAMILY PHYSICIAN" describes all Diseages and' their Remedies. Sent by mail free. Address; DR. S.'S:FITCH,' ,mar.4-' . 714broildway, New York., PRIOE, 10 GENTS PER NUMBER, OR $4. PER ANNUM, IN ADVANOE. "People always will giie money, where they have their money's worth."—Yeto York Daily Times. "How the publishers can manage to furnish such a beautifully printed and hand somely illustrated publication for ten cents is a mystery."—Commercial Bulletin, Boston. & BOOK WORTH. BUYING. ' Tennesseean in Persia. 381 Pages, 12mo.117nted Paper. Richly, Illustrated, $1.75. This volume is by'Rev, Dwight Nf.. Marsh,' fdr ten years American Missionary•at • Mosul, on the Bil l er Tigris, opposite to'the Site of oil". Nineveh,' in a very vivid:style hemarrates'the interesting and•°thrilling.' SCENES AND INCIDENTSi which Mailed the life and the dOath of the Rev. Sani nelrAudley Rhea, of Aait Tennessee, one of the noblest arid most gifted of our . missionaries, in PERSIA AND:pORpISTAN. Engravings Maps. add to It and finely printed' on Oiled Paper., :Let those who 7ish., INTERESTING 1300.4 r, A :BEAUTIFUL BOOR; A . A ) .ROPIT4P_L.p BOOK, . . , Send for "The Tennesseean•in Persia."., To insureits sale the, price is made Sent. by mail for this price. stir Catalogues mailed without charge, on applica tion: . Address biciers' it; ' ' PRESBYTERIAN PUBLICATION COMNIITTEt, No. ;334 Cheitnut Street, ihiladelpkim" AM - E . RICA Aatiaweer Kriait• OF PHILADELPHIA , : . • ALEX. WHILLDIN, President. , - GEO. NUGEN T,' Vice President. • • JOHN S. WILSON, Secretary. JOHN O. SIMS, Actuary. • ' I Asseti - • • $2;500,000 0 Income for 1868, _ $1;118,530.20. " • , • The. American—ls now take of„the,Cidest Companies • in the United tates. The American—Has $2OO of Assets for every $lOO of Liabilities. ' - The Americkin=Never lost a, &filar of itrvestmentg. The American—lssues policies on aii desirable plans. A n.- 7 nerioa4lairee ALL *Aide', nen 7 forfeitahle. The American—Pays Life.Policiee to the insured at . the age of eighty years. • - The American—Has no unnecessary restrictions on travel'and residence. ' • ' The Americin 7 -Deblares dividendB annually the end of, the first year. The American—Pays all losses ,promptly, „ Where .gani :On find Orqafter ADVANTAGES': ' . , . A. LUTZ u r tur 121 South -Merenth Street, PHILADELPHIA. ' A large assortment 'of , • FIRST- CLASS arix :29_3 m At moderate prices.. REMOVAL. CLARK & BIDDLE, JEWELERS AND SILVERSMITHS REMOVED FROM 112 Chestnut Street, THEIR' NEW BUILDINC .4124 Chestnut - Street; !• : . : •., • • - Are now opening a largeand new teepartmentoplamond and other tine Jowelry; : Americen Bytes Wateheis English. Sterling tMlrer Ware,, Gorham ElectoTtated Ware, Mantel CloeltaiAe p cce. „. ; antayB.-4. D. APPLETON & CO., Publishers, New. York City. . 171Thieelet . VlTilsoxe's • • • LOCK-STITCH ' Y , SEWING NIACHINE. THE• *MOST • LS L , .• : •'" R Al 3 L E',' ,• • P • • • . E 0 01}1 . 011 I'OA L , A'N'D P'.p i P•U'L AR !I • EVery'onelnay lie the possessor of one`of these unrivalled Ida ichines, as we endeavor tb mate the terms aside snit all customers. Call at our Sale Itooms,mnd look at the machines, and be sure 'andaak thaterms of sale. • Peterson &.,..Carpenter, :+llliNtk.o44. AAENTS., 914 , ' Chestnut, Street, •"'' - 1 " PHILADELPHIA;" • 214*. Baltimore St, Baliimore... 'l2l:3larket St., Harrisburg. Treinted.liai Janti . . TO':'.Stindai-i / chaal.Superintendents • •• • • . and Teachers.. NEW -UNION EXPLANATORY QUESTION BOOR on the Harmony of the , GOSPELS. Fifty-two le)ssons; Each question answered in full, dispensing with commentaries. Geographicaliportions with, interesting illustrations from Qriental -Travelers. Priee, 15 cents. IMPROVED QUESTION 8008 onthe Life . !:ii CHRIST, with the text.: Arranged, for 'classes of all ages. Price, 15 centi. gnat Rublislied and for iale by the AMERICAN SUN DAYSOIIOOL" IINIQN; 1122 'Chestnut - Street; Philadel phia. • • ' • Ml3-St Family Dry Goods - Store FOURTH AND , • EYRE .&LANDELL, VEEP a stock of GOOD DRY GOODS : adapted to the daily wants of every family. ' - • . • ' ••• musir,.rais AJVD LINENS. lINSIIRTJVICING FL.Adr.fir.ELS. x-sasiE .FrJr.A. .B.L.fiwskTs. , •TABLE •LINVEMS. TICKINGS,....IND TOWELS. W RITE GOODS, PULL BLACK GOODS, AIL ELANDS. SHAIVISIN • .8.88T.8.L.41.0/1" SILKS .h.fro.llirAt . . SOLE COLOR.Egi .POUTT 13011., WHITE Jf/EIRIAI[OB . I . IO .D.COBOURGS: . ~.B‘II3.LERI4 AND G.LerEp, iest. only. . CLOTHS, :New, Goods daily received and: disposed of reasonably.' I ; MA It( , / • , „ • . JAB: B• goPPG4RP,3Po:iimmirus.. , 52 &"u. Itarth sixth STERLING SILVER WARE FINE ELECTRO-PLATED WARE.; THE GORHAM MANUFACTURING CO., OF PROVIDENCE, R. 1., having the largest manufactory of Solid Silver Ware iu the world, with the most improved machinery, and employing the most skilled labor, are enabled to offer an unequalled variety of new and trautlful designs in Dinner Services, Tea Services, and every article specially adapted for Holiday and Bridal Gifts. They offer also their well-known and unrivalled Nickel Silver Bleck° Plated Ware in which they have introduced new patterns of rare elegance. The Solid Silver is guaranteed to be of sterling purity by U. S. Mint assay. The Electro-Plate is guaranteed to be superior to the finest Sheffield ware. Orders received from the Trade only, but these goods may be obtained from esponsible deal ers everywhere. Trade Mark k t- 0 i for Fl Silver. • ", GORHAM MANUFACTURING CO., Salesroom, No. 3 Maiden Lane, N. Y BRANDRETH'S PILLS. To the Public. Brandreih's ' Pills 'have been known and used by your giand fathers and grandrriotherk. They are always safe, and sure to do yon good. They'are purely vegetable. and diminishes the death principle; some think they increase the principle of life. But in taking out bad humors from the blood, they do make the body lighter, and thus seem to add energy. Many families have used them for upwards of 'forty years. That are the beet medicine for Colds, for all Bilious Affections, ipr Bulloess about the. Head or: Heart, and in all Cutaneous and Contagious Diseases they are unrivalled. In all canoe in which a purgative is indicated, no medicine yet known can be compared to them. Two Itundred physicians have testified that Brandreth's Pills are superior to all other purgatives whatever. Sold by all Druggists. may° Im CIIRISTADORO'S HAIR DYE. 'Operates as .Rapidly as .Etectricity. No sooner is the hair moistened with it, than a glorious MUCH orIIROWN is produced., There to no stnell—no staining of the skin—no failure—no delay. nuty6 A Superior Assortinent of Hats and Caps for Men's and; Boys' wear, of all the prevailing styles. sold at lowest Prices. " Straw Hats in great variety." Observe the N0.,. .17-1006. q.d.house sals.loth. 3112-4 t. B. S. WALTON. FRIENDS, (wit h r O s y t a a lu m a p b? ) e l l A nllrmrtw o gre7 : Boetoa, MsaS. Agents wanted. B Mayl3. SIXTH EDITION NOW READY. . CHILDREN IN 'THE TEMPLE. —BY-- • REV. H. CLAY TRUMBULL. 'No teacber's, or pastor's, or. superintendent's libra ry,-is at all furnished. vithout it.r—S. S. TOM. Price $1.50. Sent, postage paid, on receipt of price. For sale by all booksellers. W. lIOLLAWD et CO., Publishers, Springfield, Mass. SMITH & DREER ,CORNER TENTITce ARCS STREETS, PHIL.. 4 , Have now•on hand a complete assortment of WATCHES' JEWELRY , AND . Silv rttrar Which they are nellini at 1 - GREATLY REDUCED : "PRICES.. Pieties call and em;minti 'air:stock. mayl3-ly • NEW PUBLICATIONS. AMERICAN . - TRACT 'SOCIETY , COMPANION TO THE BIBLE. By Rev. Professor sii rr ow....D, D., Andevot, Mass. ' 639 pp., lark° 12mo. $1.50 ; o et. 28c. This le a' fresh and most valuable Bib lical Help, intended fOr ministers; Sabbath-school teach='' era, and all students of the word of God : to furnish them in brief compass all the preliminary information they need about the Bible, preparatory to 'the study of • Individual books: It fills aylace not occupied by either. ; Bible Dictionary or Commentary. Already reprinted by thti London Tract .Society. . • „ , , 'LINDENWOOD, OR BERTHA'S RESOLVE. By Mrs ? ' S. E. Dawes 'Cambridge; Mass: 446 pp. lfno. Six en gravings. $1 ; post. 20c.. Aa original American story,, illustrating the sustaining and purifying power of love t0.p . 408t; and showing that true heroism is siften called for in every-day life. • DEPOSITORY REMOVED TO 1408 Chestnut :Street, Philadelphia: . • THE 111A,GIO COMB.—Teeth are coated With solid dye You wet your hair and use the comb, and i produces a permanent black or brown. One comb tent by mail for $1.25. Address aprl-14W A , WM. PATTON, Springfteld,Bless. 829 ti CHARTER . .- PERPETUAL. " FRANKLIN FIRE ,INSIIkAICE COMPANY OF, PHILADELPHIA, OFFICE-435 and 437 Chestnut St. Assets on ! haw 1, 180 Capital, • Acgrufd surplup, Preinium, UnsetledLCliims, $23;788,12. Income for 1869, $360.000;., Losses paid since 1829, over $6,506,000. Perpetual and Temporary 'Policies on Liberal Terms The Company also 'issues policies upon the Rents of all kinds of Buildings, Ground Rents and rdortgages. DIREC ' . Alfred G.' Baker, . ' - Alfred Filer, • ..-• , • Samuel Grant; ... .. ' i !,, Thonkas.Sparks, .7 . (40. W. Richards, William S. Grant, . Istme Lea, I Thomas S. Ellis, * George Pales, . ! ' ' .1 , • Gustavus S. Benson. - . ALFREDIG.E BAKER, President 1 , GEO. iFALFS. .Vice President. "JAS.'W, MoALL.ISTER, Secretary. THEODORE M. - REGER;Aesiatant Secretary. • 3lar: 25—Dec: 30. . ',. ' ' ' 1:1 Trade Mark ter 0,130 U" CO Blear*. Plate. $2,877,312 13, $400,000' 00. , 1,083,528 70. 1,193 843 43. 4; • o