glitfttignitt. Episcopalians. — The following sta. t summary is from The Church 1 'wine for 1870. The statistical year i n some dioceses made up from 1 ; „ ter to l;aster ; in :others, from sober : °do () lor to Di,,tses. 39; Ilishapa, 51 .; nisheps ( 1, , 1: Priests and Deacons, 2 711 ; v hole number of Clergy, 2,762 ; Par -2512; Ordinations—Deacons, (in Q t ; li,oeesix4,)lls ; Priests, (in 24 Dio , ,) 85; Total, (in 28 Dioceses, 200; f ates for Orders, (in 20 Dioceses,) ; Churches •Consecratel (in 18 Dio -,5,) 47 ; Baptisms—lnfante, (in 26 Dioceses,) 20,749; Adults (in 26 Dio ,,-ses,) 5,030; Not Specified, (in 6 Dio ,oses,) 3 ; 760 ; Total, (in 32 Dioceses,) '9,589; UmfirmationsAin 36 Dioceses-) '0,793; Communicints—increase in' 23 1) io ceses . , 7,186. Total—in 33 to ipceses, 176,686. Estimated No. in the'whole church, 200.000. Contributions,(in 31 ll ooeses,) 84.205,629.41- -The head mastership of Rugby Si-hool has been conferred upon the Rev. 11. Hayman, B. D. He was for merly principal of CheltenhainGrammar School, and has since been 'very success ful as master of Bradfield college. Un• like his predecessor, Dr. 1 4 emple, he is a liigh Churehttian. Within the last platter of a century Rugby has had for hew' master some of the most learned :,ad pious men in the English Church, including Arnold, Tait and GOulbiin. —The Archbishop of CaoterburY I+ B diagerously ill with paralysis. Ile-htts 1 , 1-t the use of his left side, bilt retains the power of speech and of clear artiou• /at 1011. He is fifty-eight years of age. —The American residents-of Dresden have felt themselves strong enough to harm an Episcopal ohuroh, and have pr.eured for their pastor, pr. J. I. .110 m bert, formerly of Lanoaiter, Pa., intelligent, courteous, arid earnest minister. The number' 'of 'American ri , idents is about huidind,"besides a constant stream of travelers. —The Attitudinarians find excessive genuflections unhealthy.' That peculiar welling of the knee, which used to be the " housemaid's knee;" is now khown among surgeons as the " ritual- No.: knee." Baptist —There are fifty-one Bap- Sunday-schools in .this city, with an iy 4 regate of 14,000 scholars, and IMO (.111oers and teachers. There are eleven Nission Sunday-schools, one colored and one German. FiVe of the churches of this city own parsonage, I vir; Lower Roaborough, Biockley, Mans 3unk, and Berean. There are fourteen eliored churches in the Philadelphia Association. Nine .are -irk the 'District of Columbia, and one in Alexandria,, Va. Four of them were admitted at the last session. Oue of ttiom has 818 members. Twenty five churches in the' Ai.sociation report a decrease in mem bership since last year --f/ he Memorial church of ; -this pity had recent alarm by a call for Dr Hen son, firma St. Louis. Their fears were allayed by his assurance that he had no mind to leave them, whereupon they raised his salary by-if,ooo. —The Louisiana Baptist says: "At the Sandy Creek Association .mention was made of a church ingather - who could not attend the session -because - be was making a run of whiskey from his still, and of a preacher who must have his three drinks a day, Communion is hardly 'close' enough until such men are put on the other side of the line." —The annual meeting of the Phila delphia Confereneeof Ministers "recom mends that contributions be made in the churches with a view fettle inOntenance of a missionary in some district of Ire land " Lutheran. --It is only a , few years since bond:l-schools of the American pattern were introduced into Germany. rho movement in their favor is becom ing quite remarkable. At the late meeting fur Home Missions in Rhenish Prussia, held at Bonn, several pastors uho had at first opposed , Sunday-schools, how spoke in their favor, having seen them tried in their own parishes. The s)stem was approved without a dissent i rig voice. One of the most decided ad ucates of the American system, as it is called, was Professor Lange, the famous Bible commentator. —The Indiana Latherans have united in the formation of a " Central Synod." They have adopted the Augsburg Con fession and Luther's Smaller Catechism ai their articles of faith, but have " Re- Pilved, That as the Reformers in the for mation of said Confession, intended to pre sent the pure teachings. of God's Word; therefore it is subordinate to God's l'urd, and is only justly interpreted, when explained by the infallible teach tugs of Christ and His Apostles." —The late fair in aid of the Orphans' Home at Germantown, had receipts of 827,899.76, expenses $2,719 72, thus leaving a balance of 05,180.06, which w a s sufficient to liquidate the indebted ness of the institution. —Th% bequest of Mrs. Sophia -Ney lin, of fanoastor, of $l,OOO to, the Trinity Lutheran church, and mom Geilw Inathenn church of that city, is sou Nie- be void, not having been made at letter!. a month before her decease, as repiirei by the act - of- the Legislature relativel thelequests for religious or charitabt - e, , : , q,rposes. —ln New York (it: ! , n the 20th of' October, a German Luth , n. church of 114 members WAS oroniv:`; Romanist,—A dire Itory of the Ger man Catholics in this country, by E. A. Reiter, a Jesuit, of Boston, says there are in the United States 1160 German Catholic priests. 705 German Catholic parishes, and a German Catholic popu lation of 1.044,000 souls. If the aver age population of the non German Catholic parishes is about equal to that of the German, the total Catholic popula tion of the United 'States would amount to 3,350,000 inhabitants. A church built by the German Catholics at a cost of $lOO,OOO, is in process of erection at St. Paul Minn. —The London Times says.: " Things at Rome are auguring ill for the Coun cil. Gallicanism is rampant. The Aus trian and German Bishops demur to the dogma of the personal infallibility, and discord is apprehended among the Ital ians. Antonelli shakes his head at a performance in which he never felt sympathy. It will be ,sometime before it can become clear Filether the Council will bring the Church peace or sword." —Edith O'Gorman, an- escaped nun, has created considerable exbitement in New Jersey by her rerelations , of con vent life,' especially in relatiih tb the cruelties, and ignorance in conyent schools and the liasons of the priests ml 4 Sisters. She herself was ; li i rugge!l to unconseiousness 'hy =a priest ibeltire fleeing the convent. —Victor Emanuel seems to have pulled through his recent severe illness without makipg- any con,cession to, the_ Ptafte.:; js under Axpmwmpirliiiptr,;, and no priest has any right to adminis ter the last, !sacraments -to, him, until he formally retracts Whatever he has done against the church, and " makes up" with it. The sick king sent for a priest, who was instructed by the Archbishop of Pisa to demand such action on the monarch's part, before giving him ex treme unction. But Victor Emanuel Would do no such thing and got his unction without it—for which the poor priest will probably ,suffer, —ln ttie pr'obable elevation of Sir John 'Lincoln, M. P. for the Isle of Wight, to 'the peerage, the Manchester Guardian notices the fact that it will be the first time since the Reformation that an Etiglish Roman Catholic Ins been milled to the Upper House. Peer ages have been called out of abeyance in favor of Roman Catholics, as was done in the case of the Baronies of Canroys and Beaumont, but there has been no new creation of a Roman Catho lic peer. Unitarian.—Organizing a new mis sionary society, the Unitarians of Chica go put their admission fee at ten dollars for men and five dollars for women allow ing the latter, whenever any of them ins'sted upon it, to pay the larger sum which one lady immediately did, claim ingit as her right. —The " Liberal": ministry do not sustain Brother Frothingham. Dr. Con ger, or treated the 01)jecriii Washington, and denounced ,Richardson as a spiritual adulterer. Rev. Mr. Pull man (Universalist) in New York, took a similar view of the case., yvhile , Frothingharn clefeAckd bis participittion in the marriage ceremony as neeessi4ited by the,firet that Richardson vr,as, a mem ber of his church. -14 r. F. R Abbot, who recently achieved some notoriety by renouncing ,the title and position of a Christian min ister, has removed _ to Toledo, Ohio, where he proposes to publish The index, a weekly paper akin in spirit to The (Boston) Radical, to contain the dis courses of the editor and other contri butions. It will pay no deference to the authority of the Bible, the Church, or the Christ, but rest so!ely "on the all thority of right reason and od eon science." —Rev. " Adirondscks" Murray, of Boston, said a good word for what he called"! Evangelical Unitarians," a few weeks 'ago; and prophesied their union with Liberal Evangelicals. The Liberal Christian holds out little hope of the marriage. Barkis is not " willin' ." It says :—" We do not happen to know of any. U nitarians r who are,willing to abate one jot or tittle-from their distinctive principles for the,aake,oflany union that ally party in..Christendozn tau propose!! J e wish,—The Jewish Messenger can not understsuad how ,intelligent. Chris. thins can think that Judaism is becoming weak, and is in danger of extin,ction. It may be owing to the fact," it. says, " that one or two. Jewish ministers have been holding forth inUnitarian pulpits, and that there are several Jewish minis ters who are tinctured with the spirit.of the age, and do not believe in the ad vent of a Messiah, in the resurrection of the dead, in the ingathering of Israel, and their restoration to the promised land. Judaism, it declares, is no.w as strong and as vigorous as at any time in its history. None of its fundamental principles have„laeen given up, and the true Israelite still looks for the literal fulfilment of the promises in the Jewish Scriptures." —The Messenger rejoices at, a vote of the New York Board of Education, by which children who are absent 'frouvre ligious observances are not required to lose theit' places'or marks. nap. wo Mormon: apostles- are traveling *in Massaehnsetts, trying to make proselytes, and complain bitterly because Dr. Todd, who preached in their temple, refuses-to admit them to his pulpit. • They say they' belongta a corps of 200 missionaries, sen t by Brig-. ham Young to * States having inure wo men than men. _ _ —A, letter from , Edwarsl , W. one of the apostlee.., of tbe .M9FI/4911 PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1869. form, and a leader of the recent schism says that the people have been reduced to a temporal bondage by the power of Brigham Young, and that the spiritual ism of Mormonism has died out of the church. The reformers propose to re vive those spiritual doctrines. They war against Brigham Young's policy, but not against himself. • —Female missionaries from Utah are investing lowa, trying to convince the fair lowans that polygamy is a big thing. The lowans think it too big. —Gen. Burton, who commands the Mormon army, admits the gathering of several thousand soldiers in camp near Salt Lake. He denies, however, that the object of gathering the troops is an aggressive one, being intended only for the home defence of their government. Miscellaneous.—The reports of the Lieutenants of Police, who were in structed, some time ago, by the Mayor, to ascertain the number of Sunday sohools,also the scholars and teachers of the same, present the following facts.: Total nuniber of schools, 383; number of teachers, J 0,427; Male scholars, 49,- 491; Female scholars . , , Total number of ,sehotars, 105,422; Average attendance, 83,792. -Not twenty-persons enrolled them-, 1 selves in the National Convention of Secularists or ether unbelievers, 'held lately in Philadelphia. Only one was ,a woman. One of the speakers said. it looked to' him like the • dead come to bury the dead. —A negro recently stole the altar chairs , from a Columbus (0.) churdh but returned them because they did&v. match the rest of his furniture. ' —A Michigan, clergyman ,warns flock to beware of modern infidelity the person of Henry Ward Beecher. • —Twenty-one 'churches have been built,in Chicago the present year. —lt is reported that. Spurgeon, Pres sense, Leon Pilatte, and other distin guished European divines will attend the great' meeting of the Evangelical Alliance in meeting York next fall. "Oa k Hall Clothing is' in every respeat so superiCr, that we may safely style if tiM `Chem pipet' ~ Clothing of America." FOR FALL AND WINTER, READY-MADE CLOTHING. Beet Materials, „ . Bent Styles, Beet Bork.man-}IMISE Pr iced{ Beet Every shiS. thing. CLOTZENG 11.4.,DE TO WIDE& Finest Piece Most Elki . . —lllllStle Wirt -- 'gory, Makers. 'YOUTHS' k BOYS' CLOTHING. New Styles 1 Taste Ari G;l' Wear Well -{Prrllngra meads. GENTLEWS' PUBRISIMTG GOODS. . . . Collars and - Handkerciders Orayatsj ' '& - Glovea, d Best iltlie City Un derG Bunioenders, merds, A liberal deduction le always made by this House to„lillniatare, Miseionaries,..Editore of Ilehems 'Jour nals, &a, Orders are received from all parts of the country, sad promptly and satisfactorily tilled. Samples sent when desired. WANAMAKER & BROWN, O.IIIC. HALL BUILDIN,GS, Whole Block on Sixth} Sixth and Market Streets, from Market to Minor. Phllade. PHILADELPHIA. PENNINGTON INSTITUTE. PenuGag-ton,, , N. J. , , For both agree. Vine building, healthy locatian good accommodations, and rearmabie terms. Full col lege preearatfons with other firstmlass advantage. Popile received st any time. Next school year begin,. August 26th, 1a69. For Catalogues address Julyl2-ly A. P. LASHER, A. M., Principal. 1 GAS FIXTURES, • IROWTHZ Celebrated X4nufactprers, MITCHELL, VANCE& CO., New Fork, and ITICE ER MANUFACTURING CO., Batton. , ~/100; EVERY VARIETY OF `C'O4ll; OIL : LAM PS From our own manufactory, Camden, N. J. • 00:17VER,,.JONES &CO., • 702 Arch St., Philadelphia. RIME F. WHITNILIVS` Choice Confections AND FINE CHOCOLATE. Mannfactureei bySteam Power , ' at his splendid New f Estiblishment. Corner Ti7 k LETII and MARKET STREETS. t.REX.4 rrapqrteralid Retail Dealer In FINN. I STALIIIONJERY. 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J. & F. CADMUS' NEW STORE, No. 918 MARKET STREET, Lyre OF Eighth and Market Streets, Philadelphia. wE would reapect:nlly announce that we 'have EE MOVED to the spa& uc store 914 Market st-eet, where we will have every facility to accommodate our friknds and patrons with every variety of . Boots, Shoes, Trunks, Bags. Sacks," are. Every article can be obtained usually found- in a first-class Boot and Shoe Store. Gum .13 0 ots,10oer- Shoes, in.:(s. large' variety augs on ha,nd. Two Months FREE! FR'E . E!! The most Popular Juvenile Megazine in America. THE LITTLE CORPORAL. Entirely Original nnillMirist.Cluns. All new srtbseelbers f Lrr Toe LITTLE CORPORAL for the new year. whee 114,11efl and nion«y are sent in before the last of DECEMBER, the Novainheraed Deeember Nos. of 1669 FREE!' Tug LITTLE CORPORAL Mum : larger circulation than any other J.,ventle Mugazfh4 in the Wed.', and is bet ter worth the price heti any other waganinepubllshed. Because of its immense cireaNtion, we min eoatid to furnbh it at the low prive of Otift,Domm A 1 sAnf,Sin gle number, 12 cents; or five to any one wit) will try to raise a club. Beautiful premiums for clubs. Rubscribe NOW. Back numbern cans. always be sent Address ALFRED L. SEWELL & CO., PinnasuEßs, 0ct.28-12w. B ,VINEGAR, HOW MA DE FR.OII CIDER, WINE, s tdolamas or B,rghmu in 10 hours, usiag drugs. For circulars, address F. I. RAD E. Viueg it Halter, Cr.,mwell, Conn. , seplB-13r 4;;; ; ; ; ; ; 4 TO THE WORK !NG CLASS.—We are now :prepared to furnish all classes w Eth constant' employnient at home, the whole of the time or for the spare moments. Ruine.s new, light and prafitable. Persons of 'either sex. ashy earn from MX. to $5 per evening. and a pro po Mina' sum .by devoting their whole time to the husine34. Boys end irrs tern nearly as much as men Thnt,all who, see this notice may send their address, end trait the who, we make this noparalleled arer ;To such as are not well satinfled, wnwiil send ; $1 to pay • for the t.ouble of writing. Pull pititienlitri, a valuable sample, '.which v.dl do to commence work on, and a copy of The People's'Literary thwyention —OD& of the largest and best tonily newspapers published—all ;sept flue by mail. Reader.if you want pegnanent, .profitable sunk, addiess E. O. ALLEN ,CCO , AUGUSTA. E. Nov4-3m HOUSE SIGN PAINTING. A CARD TO TIIE PCBLIC. EE undersigned would ,respectfuly _inform.. his T fri.-nds (whohave no hbera typatronizrd him in the past) and- the public In general, that he has in-, connso tiou with his Old 'establishrtient,l9l2 CalloWhilfstewt, leased the new and centrally located store, No 54 North Fifth Street, (Apprentices Library Building,) especially adapted for 010 work: and wbere-he i .prepared to:ex ecute on a more extensive scale than before, House, Sign, Wall,China Gloss, and Or- ament‘l-painting, Glaz ing, Graining, Gilding, Bronzing; CalOhnining, Brick fronts renovated , equal to new. , As he employs none but - the best iaorlenten; arid uses none but the best material, be is prepared to give satin Motion to all:who mill favor him , Those who wont their stores, offices, or houses painted, will find it to theiradvantogs to give him a trial, es he will be ewe to have their work , teal aMeproMiitty on the most reasonable terms. N. B.—Reference furnished wben required Orders through Post. promptly attended to. Airagn painting.a specialty.. • Yours .respectfully, JAMES' 54 Worth sth St., and 1912 callowhill St. ebdb 1y • 1870 THE NURSERY. 1870 The test, cheap.mt, and most richly ILLUSTRATED atOATILL biaGAZINA , 1 1 1:1It CHILDREN.: SLAW a year, in advance.. Sample -number, 10 cents. Sub. seri he now, and. get, the last notnn,r of 1860,.F Ri E,E. Address JOHN L. SEIORa.Ir,"I3 Washington Si., Brink= B Dec 23-4 w. O'KEEFE'S LagE WINTER HEAD LETTUCE. Wears. It. 0 Keefe, Bon di Co , the well known and re dale Seed liuport• re, tirowers, and plorista, ltocheater, N Y., having grown and thoroughly tested this new vs• riety for -the past 'bro. , . yeare, now offer it to the public tut andlritlualae acqnie tiov lbrix.,th'the ket aqd private gar den n avit is read7lof 218‘ folly THREE WEEKS EARLIER 'ban any other variety of Lettuce, except that grown under Blasi. It will steed the Winter without peoteetivn in the coldest or our northern clitimtee. It-forms w.ry large, solid, exet etlitigly tender, greenleb yellow bead., the tmtside leaves being of a brow With tinge. Orders for 13er d will be received now, to be.&fled - y mail id sealed packages, at oU cents each, and can only be had Genuine and True r their establishment. Order immediately of M. O'KEEFE, SON & CO., -„Koeheierti, M. Y. Life Insurance Co., 254 Broadway, New York. ASSETS, $2,000,000. Assured Members, 10,000 ADVANTAGES OF THE HOME. Its Organization le strictly first class, inferior to no other Compin. It is a Mutual Company, all the net profits go to the ae.ured. It+ Asset.; are kept most securely invested, and are as large in proportion to its liabilitLis as auy other Clom p my. It declares and pays dividends to Its policy holders annually on eli .puiicks that at the dividend perial (May let), have run one year. Each moored member gets his full share of the surplus earnings of the Com pany. b.sett exactly on Its contribution thereto. Ii has deal unit and paid a dividend every year since its organization. It amend:len have the choice of both the cash and loan syaketne,—they may , keep one-third the premium in their hands as long us the Policy exits, or they may pay all cash at rates very little above those of the nor participating Companies and receive all the surplus which their Policies earn. Its Members who pay th it premiums wholly in cash may receive,tlvir dividends in cath,,or it may apply to increase the amount of Assurance on the life; provided the party at.the time :is in good health. Its licf,es are all nen-forfeiting e., its members will u any circumstances, get all the 'insurance that they OLDERS ARE FREE TO RESIDE OR TR PART Or' Tag WORLD WITILKIT SPED Ott EXTRA. CHARGE. , It idler ity in making prooft In case of deathi, and fa An the payment of its . losses. It makes very ernl dist:omit Triim its MIAs-rates to all nitnisters of the Gospel. OFFICERS. WALT got 8 GRIFFITH, Prenident _ inORG,I4 C RI PLEY,,decretary. I. H. FROTIIIIiiO HAM, Trea3urer. ItiLidell J. CukTIN, Actuary. Good local or soliciting Agents wanted on liberal tenni. Address:the General Agents or the Home Office. Parophleta said all required iaiercuacion will be debt by mail request. • • • 't7w - Imiavece go:km& • OF PHILADELPHIA. S. E: Corner Fourth and Walnut Streets Organized, - -Income, 1868, - CHICAGO, ILL. An Old Company—nearly 20 years I A Sou ed!Company—Assets, $2.500,000 I A Sate Company—Never lost a dollar of Investment An Enterprising • Companyilusineas largely in oreass4 annually. A Paying Canups , iy-50 per cent, paid to Mutual pol itiy-holders. “American Life.” JOHN S. WILSON, ALEX. WHILLDIN, Now ready, a large stock of desirable FIIIIB at 101 l Prices • FURS repaired and altered to the latest styles. FANCY FURS, 552 ARco bfreet, Philadelphia. Q . CHARTER 1 29 PERPETUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OFFICE-435 and 437 Chestnut St. Assets on lan. 1, 1869 . $2,677,372 13 capifal, ACcrued Surplus; - Premium, - {insetted•Cjaims, • Incomelor 1869, $23,788 12. $360.000. Losses paid since 1829, over $5,500,000. Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Libera The Company also issues policiel upon the limits of all kinds of .Buildings, Ground Rents and Mortgages. DIRECVAS. 1 Alfred G. Baker, Alfred Fitter, Samuo Giant, - Thomas Sparks, Geo. W. Richards, William S. Giant, Isaac Lea, I Thomas S. Ellis, George Fales, 1 Gnstavus S. Benson ALFRED 0. BAKER, President. AEO. FALES, VicePr ,, esident. JAS. W..McALLISI ER, Secretary. THEODORE, M.SEGER,.Assistant Secretary ' Afar. 26--Dec. 30 STRICT ECONOMY IN MANAGEMENT, PROVIDENT LIFE & TRUST COMPANY. OF PHILADELPHIA. OFFICE "No. 111 S. FOURTH STREET Organized to extend the benefits of Life Insurance among membei sot the Society of Friends. All good rinks, o. whatever denomination soliCited: President, _ SATICELr,R.. SHIPLEY, VicePreeident, Actuary, WM. C. LONGSTRETH. ROWLAND PARRY. . insurance effected upon all the approved plane at the lowest cost. No risks on doubtful or unsound Hype taken. Funds Invested in first 7 class securities. Economy practicedin all the branches of the business.' the sidvan tagee are equal to those of any company ig e the United States: junot ly Have theft:nest tone, more power, and it takes less money Co bny them than any other instrument in the market ereatindocomeoteoffered to Sunday Schnolsand cLurchee A liberal dieconnt made to Clergymen. PIPE coltGaNd o the beet makere fainished *on' the most reasonable ternis BRUCE; IS 'North Seventh et Philadelphia. ilSiv Send for a Circular and P rice List: mar2s-1y PHOTOGRAPHS X 7 RMIORI CARDS, SIX FOR A DOLLAR. MLltinds of pistures, otthe finest qualify. porceith, cue duller. each. Nips in proportion. .4. Chestutit , St. , a 4 • ROME MUTUAL. GENERA!. AGRIPPA. • lI!GUGIVIT & BRUENL., 25 Third . St, Hlncinnati . E. H - :K~LLUGG, Milwauke e. - W.!Hata Hannibal, Ito: 8.-K. itsita, Philadelphia. Palitito...ND, New • DOG. SPALDING, :Alb/illy. JOHN iiiirepLecr, Boston. . AIVIERIGA.N - - 1850. - - $1,118,530 20. INSURE IN T,HI MM!! Prost: ent. july29-1y THOMAS M. FREELAWO, WHOLESALE.AND RETAIL FURRIER OE PHILADELPHIA - $400,000 00 1,08.1,528 70 1,193,843 43 ESTEY'S TUB JUtiltaiNTN, WATERS' New Scale PIANOS! With Iron Frame, Overstrung Bass and Agraffe Bridge. MELODEONS, PARLOR, CHURCH AND CABINET ORGANS, The best manufactured. Warranted for 6 Years 100 Pianos, Melodeons and Organs of six first-class makers, at lour pies* for Cash, or one-quarter cash and the balance in Monthly Installments. Second-band in strumetp at great bargains. Illustrated Catalogues mailed. (Mr. Waters is the Author of Six Sunday School Music Books; " Heavenly ,Echoes," and "New S. S. Bell," just issued. Warerooms, No. 481 Broddway, N: Y. HORACE WATER. , TESTIMONIALS. The Waters Pianos are known as among the very heit.---[Neio York Evangelist. We can speak of the. merits, of the Waters Pianos from personal knowledge as being of the very best quality.—[Christian Intelligencer. The Waters Pianos are built of the best and moat thoroughly seasoned material.—[Advocate and Journal. Waters' Pianos and Melodeons challenge com parison with *the fineSt made anywhere in the ceuntry.--4/lome Journal. Our friends will find at Mr. Waters'.store the very best assortment of Organs and Pianos to be fdundin the United' States.—[Graham's Magazine. MUSICAL Do'Nus.—Sinoe Mr. Horace Waters give up publishing sheet music he his devoted his • whule capital and attention to the manufac ture and sale of Piands and Melodeons. He has just issued a catalogue of his new instruments, giving anew scale of prices, which shows marked reduction from former rates, and his Pianos have recently hemi awarded the First Preiltuni at several Fairs. Many people of the present day, who are attracted, if not confused, with the flaming advertisements of rival piano houses, probably overlook a modest manufacturer like Mr. Waters; but we happen to know that his instruments earned him a good reputation long before Expositions and the "honors" connected therewith were ever tholight of; indeed, we have one of Mr. Waters' piano fortes now in our resi dence (where it has ;stood fur years,) of which any manufacturer in the world might well be proud. We have always been delighted with it as a sweet-toned and powerful instrument, and there is no doubt of its durability; more than this, some of the best amateur players in the city, as several celebrated pianists, have perform ed in the said piano, and all pronounced it a su perior and fret class instrument. Stronger indorse ment we could not give,—[Home Journal. 10,000 AGENTS WANTED FOR Retrospection, The tinest engraving in the market. 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