indei^, MydTOFACTORY. fiatritburg, . 0- isZr dly devoted to Bftr ■—Lr'->v. bound u i’i A t torueye And Jhetics. 1; ruled tp order. TrLeaWel KM**, 4c, for county pnrpo idfoyadto otdee. Coontj Wtrioc to h»ve their BoSke well WhA-HiWglveße»t»U. S«e fc*Urp»r!»W»ekly, Qleeeoe’. me American, Loodon New*. fXlUNatfWd.' HMper’fttootb jr, Bt»«wood’« um pvwhMa’e Peter Select JPmb- Mm(Pt ; toj», texuid In good Ll- Me pdaM. Pereooa Gntnc* |,WilI receive oUbonditeioßiit. flto u« from » dieteneeb/Er ■msd td oar ewe will be epeed- Er^WSSSSr" s;>. .!; •ft the JWhuwe Office, are mv Sato. ftbcj will give Inform* ASM atcdte and return hooki (jin who sat. set their work tv [March 21.1M2-1J CO KS J I P* .S *Hg s .s* *4 tt . o' • * g?. £• s i G - .wte « n J “3 M S'- s“if If ! *tli S'| ; rii® rH o, z ,--w W* s «a ‘ ► PP 5 »»I '5, P 3*s.rl| S z |Sis ■ astew ■■■■, .5 o**|l r ■ -gf WBR ONWARD! 3Y STEP! IGNED DESIRES TO ao4 the public generally ogril ipto she Dry Good IraiiOMi r&jfai jgitlrely new stock o( GOODS, Fiall thelateot, prettlestaud moi JLE Ij* fcand eVery qualityqS^ood*. ulp Im too tcdlona to Plinmerml*. liOni, Inth and dinar / & PROVISIONS ’ foany of my competitors. In re that I can render satisfaction, produce taken - In exchange for arket price allowed. , >f-Annie and Helen atresia. East THOMA 9 bs&op B WETS, OONTECTIONEJK. Mun, Ainmiti, Ka, T ANTLY ON HAND 3AKF.S. CANDIES 3Ti&jb.isa: ■ hi* own luaniifactnnvwhiqh ha uUaflr retail at tin* 1 nioitnasoß ßOK FHI’ITS, «uch a< lONS. PIKE-APPLES. PSINS, NISTS, &G., 4C., *pective Reasons. to TO ORDER, Q sfyort' notice and in the neat-* my stock and you Will find bo purchased alsejrbere. I Sheet IffQp Ware. ING, &C. C 7, MAIN STREET B BLANK BOORS, SONFECTION ARIES s TOBACCO, ssik great VARIETY FLY OS BAND. . D & CO., JLTOOtfJh pa, , JACK & CO., HOLLWATSPURQ, PA, EES, knttpn. Jack $ Go.”) » THE PRINCIPAL him) Gold for wle. Collection, i'll depbelte, payable on demand, sure, with Interest at fair ratal LKR—PRACTICAL .. JertfuUy announces ~ lad the public gea-^— W the Drtag fie keep* constantly - .' nod BetaB,DBCOiL . 5. OILS, VARNISH- MY * mesa, and a desire to rembr aat 'r«?e' aod quality, h. bopy I ’ public patronage, i eOppUsd oa reaaouabl. Urns te promptly, attended to. amhlly compounded. IBNDS WOULD DO ■ the choice and ebii4 uaort- OOOfi now dfspUysd in&i tia XURMT A^cWUr^ »of Virginia and Carolfiassts ilcCOßMlCK'^fitow s*nt of B«»dy-M»d*..«tathiBr • iwUjMf .o&xmm, bom t. Toilet ajTp« fcj fcr.W* by KJMgqai. : •A LAJROB and ' 0 roc*rl« h»»« liut ,W*n r» j.s. Hnjai&s. ie ttftde«igß«d fciinpg -'assi'ssFffi tUeiaaenlaee. -’-T MriGBUM & DERN, VOL 9. SAVE THE PEE CENTAGE BY BUYING YOUR CLOTHING from first hands. BTTINGER & TUCK, Manufacturers iifand Wholesale and Retail dealers in Ready-made Clothing, would respectfully invite the attention of the public to the following facte In reference to their Block. let. :We manufacture our own .good*. They ere made up in our own Store, in Philadelphia, under onr Immediate supervision, and we know they are well made and can be . warranted EQUAL TO THE BEST, «ml Ktiperioy to the largest quantity of Ready-made cloth ing in-the-market. 2nd] We bay our Cloth* directly fromnhe Importers and Haowfectureni consequently wo save the per centtge put on br middle men. ' . ■ 1 „ AnV; We sell our Clothing at a reasonable percentage ott-r the co*t of our Cloths, thereby saving the purchasers of Clothing the percentage which must be added by those who buy from second hands to sell again. We reta** °ur Clothing st the same price which other merchants pay for theirii at wholesale, consequently those who buy from um c‘*t their good* at the same price which other Clothiers pay for theirs in the city, thereby saving said Cfothier*’ per oentage. We have branch Stores in ALTOONA AND JOHNSTOWN, where goods may be had at the same figures at \fhich we sell them hero (n the cllyV If any person has been told, or imagines, that iTuck's Store.: in Altoona, is “ played out.” lot such person drop Into Ih* establishment, on Main Street, and examine his goods and prices. .. .... Wholesale House, No. 702 Market Street.. Philadelphia. Dec. 2.1863.—tf. NEW GOODS. THE undersigned would respectfully in form the citizens of Alto«na and surrounding coun try.-that he has just returned from the Rost, where he has been his stock of , FALL AND WINTER GOODS, which, for style, quality and price,. cannot be surpassed in tlii« nevk of country. -Hie stock is much largejr than heretofore, and a* it is quite an object, in these exciting war times, for every one to purchase where they fan get The Best Goods and at the Lowest Prices, ha would say that ho can and will sell a* low. If'iiot a little lower than any other house iivthis place. He wishes all to call and see bis stock before purchasing elsewhere, as confident he can offer inducements which will defy doiOpetitfon. His stock consists of - LADIES’ I)BESS GOODS of every description, MKN AND BOYS’ WINTER WEAR. ; LADIES AND MISSES' DRESS SHOES, * MEN AND BOYS’ BQOTS AND SUGES. MEN’S j HOSE ■ WOMEN’S AND MISSES’ WOOL HOSE, HATS AND CAPS, BLEACHED AND UNBLEACHED MUSWi. i GINGHAMS AND HEAVY DRILLINGS lit will sell Ladies St-wed, Heeled Bootees at sl.so(a>l.Ts Kip 147(2.1.50 Men’» Boots, 2.75(2^5,50 BAi MORAL' SKIRTS, very h*w. ' /* GROCERIES. Wint>-aldllrowu Sugar, Rio Coffeee, Syrups. Teat. At-. 4 and Very thing that is usually kept in a Dry Goods Store, and :<• cheap as the cheapest. J. A. SPRANKLE. Altoona, Oct. 7.1863. ___ •' t: ITY DRUG STORE. DU. K. H. REIGART lyould respect ifnlly announce to the citizens of Altoona and sur roumftng country, that he has recently purchased the Drmc£tore of Berlin A Co., on Virginia Street, opposite Fries’: Hardware Store. His Drags sire F resh and I'ure, and hp hope's by strict attention to business, to merit a •hire pf public patronage. .Call'aud examine his stock. He has constantly on hand, DRUGS, . MEDICINES and CHEMICALS, : RVil TOILET SOAPS, PERFUMERY, BRUSHES, oLas's, PUTTY , PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES. CARBON OIL AND LAMPS, . ; NOTIONS, CIGARS, and every article utualiy kept in a Firtt-cUui Dray Store PURE WINES AND LIQUORS g' for medicinal use. DOMESTIC GRAPE WIXE—PURE—WARRANTED. . PHYSICIANS' PRESCRIPTIONS \ accurately compounded, at all hours of the day or night. Ali-c ioa, Sept. 30,1863. STILL ANOTHER CALL. 500 .MEN, .WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE requested to call within 60 days, at :?h* corner of Harriet nod Julia streets, and purchase Five Thousand Dollars worth of DRY GOODS, GROCCRIKS, QUEEXSWARE, BOOTS AND SHOES, Ac., Ac.. Ac., Ac. 'The sabscriber having purchased the stand formerly oc cupied by D. M. Bare A (5a.. corner of Harriet and Julia street*. East Altoona, is receiving from tlte East and West a large stock of DRV GOODS, GROCERIES, FISH. SALT, BACON, QUEENSWARE, OUT LERY, & SHOES. ami all kinds of goods kept ia Variety and Provision stores all of-which he will offer tb the citizens of Altoona at tne very Lowest prices for CASH. He respectfully requests au examination r.l his Stock and prices before purchasing elsewhere. He will also keep on h;*od a stock of- 1 1 FEED. FLOUR and MEALS, which he will sell at the Lowest market price*. ap-Vrt fi.C, SMITH 1864. SPRING 1864. gircular. T take pleasure in issuing this my Spring through whichl would inform myfrrends vi. P° Wlc generally that 1 hare just returned from the hut where 1 hare purchased a fresh Stock of HATS A:ND CAPS of the Latest Styles, and as to quality, color and price can not fail to please all classes. 1 Lav-- also, bought an immense stock of BOOTS AND SHOES, the majority of which are city make and will be guaran assortment of Ladiee’ and Childrens’ Shoes Is complete, all of which, 1 am now offering at a stool! ad ranee on wholesale prices. ! The public will be greatly benefited by giving this their JAMES S. MANX, Main street, Altporia, I’a. apd-tf ■ APPLICATION FOU CHARTER OF INCOR PORATION \T OTICE is hereby given that applica- M^Jch£SS' : ssir IDeaco 1 Deacou * uf ,he I 0 *™- Altoonu, March 18th, 18M. , Xj'Oll SALE.--A two-stbry Frame House aod Lot of gronnd with stable thereon. For further Information inquire at 'the Banking House of Wm M Umfa*Oo. '* S-K.HBNRTi. Feb. 10, 1884-tf * 'PEAS! TEAS! TEAS!—FRITCHEY JL U selling Teas KU)Sridr to any ever offer'd ,n Al ton ua. They are free of adulteration, coloring; or mix tnre of any kind. Mackerel— nos. l % and 3, in all sized packages, new, and each package warranted, just received and for sale low by . FRITCfHBT. Boston crackers—a w Mppiy of these deHcioas cracker** just amlibysa|eby aBLMBOLD’S GENUINE BUCHU Uid Drake's'Plantatfon Bltters, at ' Fm'.H, •«} ■BTdABT’S Drag Store 1 ; I, CELEBRATED Bitter Wfoe of Iroii- Bitter Wlneof lr*i». Bitter Wine of Iron. Bitter Wine of Iron ‘For Dyspepsia a«d : lndigestion, For Dyspepsia and Indigestion. For Dyspepsia andTudigestion, For Dyspepsia and lndigestiou. For Weak Stomachs k General Debility. For Weak Stomach* A Gem-rkl Debility. For Weak Stomachs A General Debility. For Weak Stomachs k General Debility. Reliable and Sure.'to do Good, Reliable and Sure.to daGood. Reliable and SoreAo do Good. Reliable and Sure to do Good. ,• And Cannot do Harm. Abd Cannot do Harm. And Cannot do Harm. And Cannot do Harm. It Coiiis .bat little-and Purifies the Blood. It Costs hut little and Purifies the Blood. It Costs bnt little and Purifies the Blood. Ft Costs but little and Purifies the Blood. We only ask a Trial. We only oak a Trial. We only ask a Trial. We only ask a Trial. Of this Valuable Tonic. Of this Valuable Tonic. Of this Valuable Tonic. Of this Valuable Tonic. Only 76'Cts. and One Dollar per Bottle. Only 75'Cta. and One Dollar per Bottle. Only 7& Cts. ao’d f Ooe Dollar per Bottle. Orfly 75 Cts. and One Dollar per Bottle. Manufactured solely by S. A. RuxkxlA Bro. General Depot, 118 Market Street, Hdrrisbure, Pa. For Sale in Altoona, by A. Roush, and G. W. Kessler Druggists. feblO-lm WITHOUT BLOWING 01 TRUMPETS - OR Beating of Drums! IWOri.ii SIMPLY ANNOUNCE that I have just received a stock of NEW GOODS ! EMBRACING DKY GOODS, ‘ GROCERIES, QUEENSWARE, BOOTS AND: SHOES, &C., &C„ which j intend to soil FOR CASH ONLY. 1 have adopted the Cash System, as I consider it better for Loth roller and buyer. Those'who have Unsettled accounts are respectfully requested to COME AND SETTLE, as I wish to close up my; books. Thankful for-post'Hvors, 1 ask a continuance of the same. Call and examine m3' stock. Respectfully yours, Jan. 13, ’64.] J. B, HILEMAN. FAMILY DYE COLORS Patented October 13th, 1863, Black, Black for Silk, Dark Blae. Light Blue . FVencA Blue Claret Brdum, Dork Broom, Light Brown. Snuff Brown. Cherry . Cvimxfm, Dark Drab . Light Drab, fliwji Drab, Light fit um d> For dvi ing Silk. Mixed Goods, ’Shawls, Scarfs, Dresses, Ribbons. Gloves. Bonnets, Hats, Feathers, Kid Gloves, Children's Clothing, and all kinds of Wearing Apparel. tear A SAYING OF 80 PER CENT.-«« For 25 cents you can color as many goods as would oth ers j* ( . co*t five tknes sum. Various shades can be pnxiuced from the pamA dye. The process is simple and any one san use the dye'with perfect success. Directions in English, French and German. inride of rack package, For further information in Dicing, ami giving a perfect knowledge what colors are best adapted to dye over oth ers, (with many valuably receipes,) purchase Howe A Ste vens Treatise on DyringSand Coloring. Sent by mail on receipt of price—10 cents. Manufactured by / HOWE A STKVENS, 200 Broadway, Boston. For sale by druggists and dealers generally. Nov. 18,1863.*— 1y. MORE COMPETITION! A NEW DRY GOODS STORE ON VI&GINIA STREET. The undersigned would re- SPKCTFULLY ANNOUNCE to the public that she has added tc her stock of MILLINERY GOODS, A Kill'll line ok SSrDR Y GOODS,-® ft Consisting of PRINTS* DELAINES, ALPACAS', REPS GINGHAMS, MUSLINS, ETC. BLEACHED MUSLINS from 23 to 45 cents oer yard YELLOWY r 24 035 “ CALICO H • 16 to 25 “ ‘ DELAINES 30 to 35 “ *• “ And all other articles In proportion. I have also a full assortment of GLOVES, HOSIERY, COLLARS, and NOTIONS generally. My stork of Millinery. Goods embraces everything In that line usually kept iq tho country. I have uihrked my goods down to the lowest figure FOR CASH. Believing that my | goods and prices will prove “satisfactory, I invite a (fall from the public. rebeoca McClelland. Doc. 23d, 1863-ly. ‘ GEO. W CARPENTER, HENSZET& CO’S, WHOLESALE DRUG CHEMICAL WAREHOUSE. MO. 737 MARKET STREET, PBILA'D. • ' nPHE Subscribers, keep constantly on a largo stock of DRuaß. Medicines, Chemicals, Fhaemacectjcal preparations and every other article which appertains to/hehnslneanj embracing the most ex tensive variety; also Paints, Oils and Glass of every de scription. v All articles purchased from us can be relied on us being of the most Boperipr quality and at as low prices as they can be bad. We can offer such inducements a? will make it the interest of purchaser* to lay in their supplies from us. and give us their ftitnre patron >ge, aml'invlte all, who visit the city to call at upr- e*jjiblhjhmeot. All orders ad dressed to ns by mall or btliermfcc will meet with u’ omnt attention. r ROE recelfed HEY. febUMm The Great Tonic The Gnat Tonic . The Great Tonic The Great Tonic AND QJSO. W.CAHPEJi’TKK, HgXZT A CO. jm Market Street. Philadelphia. THE ALTOONA TRIBUNE. E. B. McCRVIL - B. C. BERN. IDITORS UD PBOFaiITORB Per annum, (payable invariably in advance,) $1 60 AH papers discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for. 1 insertion 2 do. 3 do. 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Obituary notices exceed instep lines, fifty cents a square Choice £*tfr|. Through the cloud* of gold and pm pie £low the sun i«* Hinkiug : Fetlock deep witliio the river Stand the cattle drinking ! On the bridge, above the miU-etretm, i Reals the maiden—thinking! Nut-brown hair that mocks the sunset With its golden gleaming; Hands above the pitcher folded. With the gnurctul seeming Of an antique-sculptured Nereid By a fountain divaming. As a tender thought had swayed her. O’re the stream aho’n leaning. While her red llj.* curve and quiver With a sudden meaning. And a quick nod rilmketfjier ringlets, All her features screening. For there comet a sound of laughter. And a merry cheering ; And the cattle tui iMaMfteir face* Td a steep that's u*ng : And she waits f»-r words low spoken In a tone endearing. Low behind the western tree-top* Now the sun is -inking; Toward the bridge the weary cattle Turn themselw- from drinking ; Ah ! they never guessed, us i did. What the matd was thinking ! (tentm'imal. For the Altoona Tribune. TH.E AMERICAN CHURCH OF CHRIST. Th« UeolXrx© and Fall of* tlie "World's Monarchy and the Hise of th.e Fifth Kingdom. Having noticed that the Jewish Israel will be restored in America, I will now proceed to show that the American nation ality is the great Fifth Kingdom of prophe cy and, consequently,the true Israel of God. When man came into possession of the earth, with all its wealth and glory, he wielded its energies and controlled its for tunes, but by his disobedience he lost his possession, and its dominion passed from hiln, and he fell into idolatry, selfishness and death, beyond the power of man or angel to restore. But God, veiled in humanity, manifes ted himself in the flesh, redeemed our race and established tire Gospel kingdom, that whosoVer will come,may come and be saved; and when this Gospel shall have been preached to all nations, and the fullness of the Gentiles brought in, the earth shall be restored to its original intention and to its rightful owiier, the true Israel of God, who shall take possession of its wealth, its grandeur and its dominion. The true Israel of God are not merely the righteous descendants of Abhabam, but the good and virtuous of all nations. “For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ ; there is nei ther Jew nor Greek, bond nor free ; there is neither male nor female ; for ye are all one in Christ J.-sus, and if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed and heirs ac cording to the promise.’’— Gal. Ill; 27, 28,29. Green, Green, (aroon, Imoriy irlei, a /«, Iferinn, Thus, in a two fold sense, will Israel be restored. The lost tribes of ancient Israel from their desolation in America, and the truelsrael of the Saviour from the long night of royal-despotism and ignorance into the morning light and happiness of civil and religious liberty. That a general restoration, or final res titution of all things, as the design of the Supreme Ruler of the world, no true be liever in Divine Revelation will deny, since it has been declared by ali the holy proph ets as one of the great features of the econ omy of foe Creator. “Repent ye therefore aqd be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord. And he shall send Jesus Christ, which be fore was preached unto you ; whom the heavens mustreceive, until the times of res titution of all things which God hath spo ken by the month of his holy prophets, since the world began.”— Acts. Ill: 19, 20; 21. The times of the restitution of all things Will commence when the times of the Gen- [independent in everything.] ALTOONA, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1864. Tsuta 'P Asvunaisa THINKING. BT AMEBICANDA. CHAPTER 111. tiles shall be fulfilled, at the close of the Fourth and last monarchy, and the seating up of the Fifth great nationality of the world in America, which is now opening up the way for the return of the nations to the promised peace and happiness of restored man. The Divine Governor ol the universe has given us, in all the force of prophetic grandeur, three distikict and perfect des criptions of the four great-kingdoms that should • rule the nations for more than twenty threelhundred years, us well as of that of the Fifth kingdom that God him self was to set up on the going down of the last monarchy. 1 In order that the Church might .under stand both its duty aijd its destiny ou earth, a stupendous image Of excellent, yet most terrible aspect: was reared before the eyes ot the great prophet of Israel, prefiguring the four great dynasties of the Gentile world, through all their march ot empire, down to the setting up of the great free nationality which is to give knowledge to the world and liberty to man. The head of gold represented the proud and wealthy empire of the Babylonians.— The jrms and I breast of silver that of the luxurious and polished empire of the Medo- Persians. The loini and thighs of brass that of the strong and heroic empire of the Grecians. And the legs and feet of iron that of the bold and powerful the Romans. While the ten toes of iron afid clay, that cannot cleave together, rep resent her ten kingdoms in the- union of Church and State, which the Stone, or Fifth kingdom, is now smiting, and will continue to smite, until tyrany and despo tism shall be driven from the earth, and civil and religious liberty command the world.— Daniel II : 36 to 45 inclusive. In this terrible image we have the world’s monarchy in’four great dynasties, down to the end pf human despotism, called the time oflho end, and the setting up of the Stone kingdom that is now smi ting, by the force of her Republican insti tutions, the ten toes of the image which are the representatives of the ten politico eclesiasficle kingdoms of France, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Italy. Bavaria, Lombardy, Yenicia, Naples and Sardinia,four of which are already absorbed and have lately dis appeared from the roll of nations. Lombar dy, Yenicia, Naples and Sardina, are lost in the Italian sovereignty. Thus, one by one, will they melt away, until the Fourth and last great ecclesiasticle monarchy, that is now trembling to its base, will be laid in the charnal of its destiny, and civil and religious liberty embrace the nations. Tire Fifth, or Stone kingdom, the rock and strength of all juist governments, is the great free nationality of America, and is the only divinely authorized government on earth. She is a kingdom set up by the God of heaven, founded on the rock of ages, established in equity and justice and giving liberty to the people and knowledge to the race, owning no king but Christ, no citi zens but freemen, no teritory but the Con tinent, no charter but the Constitution, no religion but the Gospel, and no union but the sisterhood of States. But in order that the church might more fully understand her destiny on earth, the Supreme Judge of the world has given a second grand description of the four great monarchies, under whose crushing sceptres she was to pass before she could take pos session of the promised dominion in the land of restoration ajid happiness. This second prophetic description brings into view the four great dynasties of the world, under the character of monsters.— The first that appeajrs in sight, as we de scend the stream of time, is like a lion, with eagles wings, and represents the Ba bylonian monarchy, hot only as being sus tained by the two wings of the Assyrian and Chaldean powers, but as having the strength of the lion \ and the swiftness of the eagle in executing the decress of des potism over mankind, until the fettered world was made to rdjoice in his total over throw by the Medo-lersian monarchy. Having passed thel first in the descent of years, we come to the second monster, which was like a beiju*, with three ribs in his mouth, and was the representative of the great Medo-Persian monarchy, holding the remains of the destroyed winged lion, or the three-fold empire of the Chaldean, Assyrian andßabylonian despotism, in the fangs of his power, as he swayed his sceptre over the shackled nations until, vvbile glo rying in his strength, he was overthrown by the Grecian monarchy. , Passing down the stream of centuries, we come to a third monster, like a leopard, hav ing four heads and four wings, the represen tative of the great Grecian monarchy, which, on the conquest of Alexander, arose into 1 four kingdoms whoich, by the strength of their armies, conquered the world and ruled triumphant until they were subdued and destroyed by the Roman monarchy. Still passing down the stream of ages, we come to the fourth andjast monster, which was one of terrible aspect, having ten horns and great iron teeth, breaking in pieces and stamping the nations under bis feet, and he was the representative of the Boman monarchy which, wj,th the ten kingdoms, was to reign until the coming in of the Fifth kingdom, or until the saints took possession of the and as the American nationality is seen rising Just as the Roman monarchy is goin§ down, she is evidently the kingdom of which the saints are to take poessession, and, asthe Roman monarchy is the fourth and last great despotism named in the prophecy ot God, America must be the Fifth kingdom, for no other nation arose at *he right time, nor in the right place, nor in the right char acter, but America, which, covered all over with the free institutions of Christianity, stands forth the Fifth kingdom and the restored.lsrael of God.—Daniel VII: 17, to 27 inclusive. But: in order that the church might cleraly understand that she was not to be oppressed on earth forever, the Supreme Judge of the world has given a third grand discript ion of the great Utonarchies of the earth, in the character of beasts, as fol lows: “The ram which thou sawest, hav ing two horns, are the kings of Media and And the rough goat is the king of Grecia, and the great horn that is be tween bis eyes is the first king. Now that being broken, whereas four stood up forit, four kingdoms shall stand up put of the na tion, but not in his power. And in the latter time of this kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences shall stand up. And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power, and be shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. And through his policy also shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall he destroy many: be shall also stand up against the prince of princes ; but he shall be broken without hand."—Dan. VIII: 19 to 25 inclusive. In this third and last description of the world’s monarchy, (by the Babylonian hav ing passed away) we have 'a plain history of the Medo-Persian, the Grecian and the Roman despotisms, down to the end of hu man tyrany, and to the time when the kingdoms of civil and religious liberty shall be established. This Fourth and last great monarchy was to be broken without physical, force, not: by the marshaling of armies, the roar of conflict, or landscapes dyed in blood,* but by the power of a great unborn principle, brought forth in America, which, by its great system of free instil utions, has become the index of nations and the hope of the world. The power of the fourth monarchy first began to - fail in America—that; power that hall reaped down kingdoms, reared up dynasties, and drove the world before it, was unable to plant a single' colony on our soil, under the statute of its own church and state authority. Al though discovered by its own navigators, and peopled by many of its own citizens, they stood up for Gospel freedom, until the starred banner of liberty threw its protecting folds around a continent of freemen- It is the great principle of self govern ment, as ennunciated in the Declaration of Independence and in the Constitution of the American nationality, that is now dissolving the power, consuming the ener gy, and bringing to naught the despotisms of the earth. This mighty principle is how on its march of triumph amgpg the nations. It has reached the vales of Poland and en twined itself around the hearts of her peo ple, until standing armies can scarcely restrain the torrent of its power. It has entered the valleys'and ascended the clifils of Switzerland, until every home is free and every man his own sovereign. It has gone to the plains of |lungary, and from the peasants cottage to the nobles mansion, has planted its freedom in every breast, until the marshals! legions of des potism are insufficient to quell the spirit of its genius or controll the tide of its power. ; It has entered the very seat of tyrany and is emancipating fettered Italy, mid will not cease until the. imperial despotism of the Caesars, that have written its eulogeumsj in the blood of its victims, and published its conquests in the groans of mankind, shall be swept from the callendar of time, and America, like an eternal Sinai, stand ing amid the liberated nations,* with her diadem of Stars pointing to heaven, as the fountain of her power, shall spread her arms of moral dominion from sunrise to the horizon of the West, till the last relic, of tyrany shall lie buried beneath her feet and her children, siting within the drapery of her pavillion, shall repose in safety in the shadow of her glory. Thus,by three distinct sacred narratives, have we been brought down, thrrf the pages of time’s history, to the last of earth’s great monarchial nationalities, and to thebegin ing of the new era, when Gpepel liberty shall triumph' and mankind shall babble to till the noble intention of his being. That iwe have passed the four great im perial despotisms of Bevelatiom’orthatwe are now living in the last end of the Fourth monarchy, no candid Christian can deny, and that we are entering the great Fifth kingdom, or nationality of promise, no be liever will venture to dispute. Seeing that ’there is no nation, kingdom, or gov ernment on earth, that will fill ihedjscrip tion of the Fifth nationality but our own EDITORS AND PI great America, let us rejoice and thank God tor the distinguished blearing thuecon- . fared upon os. ' To he continued. A .Snake Story. One afternoon I seated myself on a Ut tle knoll in the woods. to smoke and tend, (for 1 always had a book or newspaper with me.) and had been enjoying myself for wane time, when I espied a copperhead making for a hole within ten feet of when , I sat Of course I threw down my hook and segar,|and proceeded to try a new ex- - periment As soon as I stirred, the rascal , made a grand rush for the hole ; bat I caught bis tail, as he got nearly in, and jerked him some twenty feet backward. He threw himself into a coil in ho time, and waited for me to pitch in. But 1 concluded to jet him try the hole again. After awhile, he started for it, stopping when I stirred, to coil himself up, but, as I kept pretty quiet be recovered confidence, and again went in. ' Again I jerked him out. No sooner did he touch the ground than he made another grand rush for the hole,, in a straight line for my legs! But that didn’t work, for I got out of the way, and gave him another fort. This time belay still for awhile,appear ing to reflect on the .coarse tp be fokan.— After a time he tried it again, though rather slowly. After getting hiahead a little way in, he stopped, and wriggled his tail as if on purpose for me to grab it I did so ; and quicker than a flash be drew his head Out and came within about aquar tar of an inch of sinking me in the flux! , However, 1 jerked him quite adi&tance, and resolved to look out the next time.— Well, he tried the same game again, but it wouldn’t work ; I was too quick fdr him. • | ? This time he laid in a coil some ; minutes withoutstimng. At last however be tried it once more. He advanced to wilhinfive feet of the hole very slowly, coiled again, and then, by Heavens! he got the start of me by one of the cutest tricks you ever heard of. ‘‘How was it I” we all exclaimed in a breath. “Why,” said the narrator, sinking his voice to the acme of and look ing as honest and sober, as a man could look, “why, he just turned his head to ward my hand, and went down the hole tail first / 1 saw the rascal’s eyes twittkhi as be did it, too, as much as to say, ‘What do you think of that, eh ?’ and&inoethen I have believed that snakes have souls.” Miles O’Beilly on the 'Nature.' At a banquet to the Irish Brigade, in New York, recently, Gapfoin Daily 1 , of the 47th Begimsnt, New York Volunteers, one of the guests, being called upon for a song, said be would give them, one which was very popular in the deparlment he came from, and which haa dona .much to recon cile the soldiery of the command tp the in stitution it referred to. It was Private Q*- Beilley, of his regiment,who is inthe habit of saying that he has seenaplentybf white meiFkilled in this war, that be has no bb jection now, to letting the “Sambos” take their fair share of death and wound*, against any monopoly, in the trade pP'beiqg kilt,” as he phrased it, Private Miles had entered, to the tnne of “die Low-backed Car,” the following lyrical protest: Some tell me ’ties banting shame To make the naygnrs fight; And that the {tirade of belli’ kilt Belongs but to the white; Bot asfof me, npon rny sow!! ■ ■ • J So liberal are we here, 111 let Sambo be : murdered in place of myself, On every day in the year! On every day in the year, boys t And every hoot In the dav, The tight to be kilt 111 divide wid hint. An’devil aword m say. In battle’s wild commotion, I shouldn't «t all object. If Sambo’s body shpitld stop a ball That was eomtn ’ for me direct; < 1 And tb»prod of jt Southron bognet. So liberal are we Wrei ni resign and let Sambo take it On every day in foe.year! On every day in foe year, boys, An’ wid none ofyoar nastypride. All my right in a fomforen basnet prod Wid Sambo 111 divide. ' The men who object to Sambo Should take his place and flgbt; And it’s better to have a naygor’s hoe Than liver that’s wake an’white j Though Sambo’s Uack u die ace of spades, His finger a trigger can pull. And his eves runs straight on die barrel sights. From under his thabsh of wool. So hear me, all boys darling. Don’t think I'm tippin’ yon ehad^ The-right to he hilt redivide wlthhlm, And give him;the hugest half! yVHaT is the reason that men never hi— each other, while the ladies waste awdAd of kisses on feminine feces, said the Cap tain to Gussie the other day, up at the NonnaL ■■ •■■■■, i Gossie cogitated a minute, and then an-> sweated: . Because men have somethwgbetteß *» -kiss, and haven't The Captain ‘saw it* immediately. Ifßam -an animal wboae batt Is op the wrongend. 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