CIUSCE, Tbcy spake of tbcc to mo: tl»ey eald, ■••Tbis lstbyiriond”; and I, with ect Mechanic force, as one that met A challenge, turned; in measured speech I-spoke of thee. I seemed to reach .'gome distant region whence to bring My words, that in a praisefairing Enebrined thynamo. Mywords wore true, Tet, while I spake, a creel sense Hi falsehood on my spirit grew, Of ptrvertv and vain pretence; Awohtl wf loosened earth fell through My words, and then they ceased; > anew I buried thee beneath my P ra ‘®®i I hid thee deep, and o’er thee drew , Themonlds, wine, like a teor that fa llB Among fee grasses raDk ana mgir That grow within the graveyard walls, , And glitters when the dews are diy, Fell on my soul the thought of days, 'When at thy name a sudden flower Within my heart would bloom and spread, And die not till its odor shed,— Made sweet the moment, sweet the hour I spoke of thee. O ! these were days, Metbinke, for loving, not for praise. 1 could not praise thee then; In part I Baw not, loved not What to mo Were gifts that ■others prized? A free, Kind rift, I took thee to my heart, This heart that did not reasons seeks, Nor reasons need, for loving thee, Bo now this praising thin and weak fleems but a shroud to wrap thee in A garment never worn in life, Drawn close unto thy feet ana chin. Bo endeth love, so endeth strife,— "Vex not this ghost, O, let it pass, Hold not before these lips the glass; The life, the breath, the soul is fled, Mow draw,the curtain round the dead, And bring no music here. What care The dead for praising ? Unto prayer Let silence gr° w > shut Out the air From this still chamber; shut the light From these still brows so calm and white. Dora Grkeswei.i.. [ From Houna at Home. ] tHE«IUIIMLV>SCBOOI< MtISE. Bmg, Bing, Whatshall I sing? Mother Goose. This nineteenth century,preeminent among •the centuries for new inventions, hew dis coveries, new developments of various sorts, has also seen new fields of literature opened. To every new department in the world of science or of art, there corresponds a new department in the world of letters—for every one, innumerable pens. descnptive, expla natory, eulogistic, are continually busy—for everyone, are printing-presses ready with their tireless industry, till the world is lum bered with volumes and littered with printed pages—broadsheets, pamphlets, newspapers and books. “Or making many books there is no end,” cried the dis •eouraged preacher of the old world; but if that were all, we should have reason to be thankful; there ought to be a revision of the text for this generation, because now of making many books there is a positive in crease an increase so rapid and enormous that, when one considers of what sort the books are, and how fearfully and wonder fully made they often are, it is a matter of profound and sorrowful astonishment that the world enduresthem. This phenomenon has its secular and its religious phase, after the manner of 'Some newspapers. ,It is not without a «*.Ttnin terror in our gratitude—of terror mixed with wonder at the capacity of an earthly vessel for a freight so heavy—that we hear of the nine tons of tracts —or was it ten tons?—sent recently across the Atlantic by some English benefactor of the Chicago Chris tian Association. Even if the literature be religious, there is something appalling in this cool way of dealing with it by the ton! Moreover, that must be a very guileless and inexperienced faith, indeed, which has not learned that the amount of more or less worthless matter in nine tons, even in reli gious literature, must be mournfully large. A rievout purpose is not the only qualifica tion necessary to the production of a wor thy and efficient religious literature, and, unfortunately, the sole inspiration of some •writers consists in a devout purpose. Still more unfortufiately, the devout purpose itself is sometimes lacking, and its place sup plied by an odious conceit and egotism, by a Bmall ambition to appear in type, or by a greedy wißh to manufacture something that •will sell. In the first case supposed, the re sult is twaddle more or less harmless. In the last, the result is twaddle more or less mis chievous. The name “religious” does not always save a thing from worthlessness or worse. And it ought not, therefore, to save it from close scrutiny, and from honest, and, if necessary, severe criticism. One department of literature under this general “religious” head is that produced in the interesta of the great Sunday-school move ment. Scarcely any of the new phases which Christian effort has assumed during the present century is more remarkable than this. Scarcely any of them has received less care fill and impartial study. But it needs care ftil and impartial study to understand the im portance of this movement, to appreciate its great usefulness, and to discern the cor responding abuses to which it iB liable, ana by which already it has been in part perverted. Such a general examination cf the whole Bunday-school movement does not come within the scope of this paper. Nor even do we purpose anything Ehe a criticism of what the Germans would eall *‘the entire literature” of the subject. TSven that work would be too vast—for there Would be every sort of material to be ex amined, since the Sunday-school movement has now its newspaper organs, its monthly magazines, its apparatus of instruction, its song-books for singing. It would be a useful and entertaining work, no doubt, tor overhaul the libraries of our Sunday-schools, and to marvel at their various contents, from books .in which no evangelical Christian with the sharpest nose could find offence, because they have no savor of any kind whatsoever, to “the complete sets of Captain Maryatt’s and Bulwer’s novels,” which a certain pastor discovered; to hiß horror, in the too long un inspected collection of his own school. Perhaps some other critic may take up this task, or we ourselves at some convenient season. For the present y?je restrict ourselves to that narrower field ofsong, in which the Bunday-school muse disports herself with an activity most wonderful, and often most mournful to behold. To view her with a critic’s eye, nor pass her imperfections by, is tbeserious task to which we now address our selves. Only let it be understood that we apeak u> the interest of Sunday-schools, and notSn opposition to them—that if our wounds wre faithful, it is because they are the wounds -of a friend. The work isnot an easy one. Mr. Mat thew Arnold, whose critical ability no one - - will question,"-dnd’whosp literary authority upon a matter of this sort it is hard to over estimate, .haß pointed out one difficulty which we encounter at the outset. “Scarcely «ny one of us,” says he, “ever judges our hymns fairly, because works of this kind have two sides—their side for religion and their side for poetry. Everything which has helped a man in his religious life, every thing which associates itself in his mind With die growth ot that life, is beautiful •nd venerable to him; in this way, • jproductions of little or no poetieal value may come to be regarded as *wy precious.” Mr. Arnold applies this remark in a way which to many of ub seems •ohsweeping, and is certainly startling. He regards tke whole of English and of German deficient in poetic Serit German innßtnen and we, .ho Bovs, “we the great people lor hymns. The Gennans are very proud of their hymus, and ■we are very proud oi ours; but It is hard to of the two,' the . German hymn book or ours, hoB least poetical worth m it self, or does least to prove genuine poetical power ih the people producing it. cer tainly Mr. Arnold’s statement is tbb sweeping; certainly there are to be found among our hymns, lyrical poems of real and permanent worth considered as P OOI ?®> •and apart from their religious Value; but certainly there is a vast multitude of hymn 3 which, if they could be carried away as witn a flood out of our literature, we should never miss, hut their loss would rather be our very great and lasting gain. It needs no argument to prove that a bad hymn ought to be ex terminated by 1 all possible means known to civilized and Christian oriticism. It may not be quite so apparent that an indifferent hymn is also and positively mischievous.. But it is: because it stands in'the way of the good ones and obstructs their usefulness, and the un discriminating reader and worshiper, embar rassed by the multitude of hymns, may choose the . worthless and refuse the good. We let a new hymn into our books a great deal too readily. We ought' to stop it and challenge it, and try it with varying tests before we giveti c - trance. Especially we ought to trown in dignantly upon that popular heresy which estimates the value of a hymn or tune just in proportion to its novelty; and, when it has been sung a little while, and there begins to grow up some sacredness of clustering mem ories and associations attached to it, pre sently rejects it as no longer tolerable by the itching ears, or suitable to the empty hearts of modem and progressive worshipers. iNo one can take up our great, fat books with their one and' two thousand hymns, and ex pect to find every hymn in them a gem. it is ■only reasonable to suppose that what mates ■ them bulky is the quantity of chaff which they contain. So that, after all, when we consider Mr. Arnold’s, criticism on the whole, we may find it nearer true than we supposed. And, at any rate, what he soys about the necessity of separating “ the side for religion and the side' for poetry" in the criticism of our hymns is true enough.;; All this applies to the great multitude ot Sunday-school hymnsr and one-wonders what Mr. Arnold would say if he had thejm to deal with. Let ,us criticise some paltry doggerel as it deserves, as false in thought, so. far as it has any thought, as crude and watery in senti ment, as inaccurate in grammar, as ludi crous in imagery, and we may very likely he told, in reply, that this veiy hymn was a source of great enjoyment to some good lit tle Sunday scholar now in heaven; which re ply is very apt to silence us, even if it car ries no significance of conviction whatever. Even if it only makeß us wonder how babes, for whose use a very pure and wholesome ar ticle of milk would seem to be necessary, can digeßt spiritual food of such exceeding tough ness, one does not quite like to say so, nor to hint that their present blessedness may be in spite of, rather than in consequence of, the wretched songs they were compelled to sing on earth. Let us condemn some other effu sion of the Sunday-school Muse, (we shall give specimens presently) as a caricature of Scriptural poetry, as grossly materialistic, and sensuous in its conceptions, as alto gether vicious in its taste, and presently there f 8 hurled at us a dictionary and a concor dance, with a separate quotation from each and a separate collation of texts to justify each one of the offences charged, and to prove each one—sound from a religions point of view ! So hard it is to separate the “side for religion and the side for poetry;” so much difficulty do some people find in .recognizing faults of any sort in verses which have been admitted to be sung in religious places, or for religious unses, ana have, however^'unwor thily, aDy religious association attaching to them. „ ~ . . Another difficulty in the way of this criti cism is the fact that the Sunday-school Mu9e has proved a most fruitful and prolific crea ture. behave made only, an imperfect col lection of the singing-books which have been ! issued for the use of Sunday-schools during the last forty years, but our assortment, though imperfect, is very large and varied. Probably the oldest work of the kind is the little pamphlet of thirty pages prepared and published in the year 1829 by Lowell Mason. But this 11 Juvenile Psalmist,” as it was called, was a very different thing from the multitude of pamphlets and volumes which have suc ceeded it. Its purpose was to teach children to sing church music, and to make them ready to join intelligently in the church worship. Therefore the tunes and hymns,thoughthey were all simple and easy, were for the mS3t part taken from the tune books and hymn-books whieh were already in use in the churches. And as yet there was no thought of a distinct and separate style of words and music for children, which should wholly crowd out of use among them the mdre devout and unambitious words and music in which their elders were wont to worship ; making thus of the Sunday-school —so far as worship is concerned—not the “ nursery ” of the church, as we are fond of calling it, but a separate and even sometimes an antagonistic establishment; not a kind of preparatory training department for the little ones, but a distinct sphere: so that it looks as if there had come to be in modern society there well-recognized estates—the church, the world, and the Sunday-school. But the publication of the “Jiivenile Psalm ist,” at the request of the “Boston Sabbath- Schbol Union,” proved to be like the letting out of water, and a stream of singing-books, big and little, has flowed in upon us ever since, sometimes at the rate of naif a dozen or more in a single year. Under all names and titles they have come, sometimes simply as “Music books,” “Singing books,” “Hymn books,” “Melodies,” etc.: sometimes im personated, as “Minstrels,” “Psalmists,” “Pilgrims," ‘lOrlolas,” “Cherubs;” some times as “things without life giving sound,”—and with the old uncertainty a 9 to “what is piped or harped” rather aggravated since Connthian days—such as “Gems,” and “Censers,” and “Harps," and “Lyres,” and “Choral Harps,” and “Trumpets,” and innu merable “Bells;” sometimes under titles of a more doubtful sort, as “Early. Blossoms,” or “Fresh Laurels,” or even—to our great per plexity by reason of the mythological associa tions of the name—as “Golden Showers." From the very beginning, the defects and deformities by which this litefature has been increasingly characterized were foreshadowed; and the “Cherub,” which is the earliest book upon our list after the pioneer pamphlet _ al ready-noticed, isguiltyofsome note worthyim proprieties which were typical ot the greater ones to follow. Already, for,example, the music and the hymns take on theatrical airs; and we find them making ready—not to serve as the expression of simple and devout worship, but to show themeelveß off, at “Concerts” and “Exhibitions.” Already there is a large assortment of dialogue songs, of a more orJess intricate sort, and of a sort more or less indecorous. There are al ready solo parts in which a child must per sonate an angel, or a cherub, or an ancient prophet, or the Lord JeßUs Christ. There begin to be the materialistic songs about heaven, and the sentimental songs about death, and the self-sufficient songs of the good hoys who never do anything out of THE DAILY EVENING BULLETIN PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29,1868. the way, and 'Who brag of their moral I virtues, and the more or Jess comic ana in- j /coherent negro soncs, and, though ' not very distinctly aa yct,theculogistic songs that sing the praises of the Sunday-scuool. It is in this early collection that we discover one specimen of comic opera, which has scarcely been surpassed by any subsequent production, and is too choice and entertaining not to he reproduced, with some more careful notice at our hands.V 7 , „ , • It is “Daniel in the lions’ den;” and the scene is verily the den of lions; and the uVd mulls personaz are (1) Daniel; (2) the Angel;. (3) Darius; (4, B) two persons unknown, presumptively either Babylo- i nians or Jews, who sing .a descriptive duet; (0) chorus of Jews; (7) lions, who do not sing, though they are apparently con stantly on the point of doing so. Possibly I they had not “the lion’s part written;’’ or,per- . haps, it was that “the ladies” might “be ; afear’d of the lion—for there is not a more | fearful wild fowl than your lion living;” or, . perhapß it was thought dangerdus to commit the lion’s part even to a well-behaved and do cile Sunday scholar, lest he “should do it too terribly.” . The scene opens with a duet, rccitatwo, gracefully introducing.by a descriptive stanza, tho prophet in his den. Then the chorus of Jews strikes in with a suggestion that it is all up with Daniel,-unless some angel /‘Hastes the monsterß’ wrath to stay,” and With a general request for prayer in his behalf. Straight way the angel—who has been waiting for his cue behind the scenes —and who seems to be “a proper man as one shall see in a sum mer’s day, a most lovely, gentlemanlike mail,” appears and addresses these “mon sters” in the following bland and courteous , verses: , “flush ye.; hrah ye, noble.lions! Monarehs of the desert plain.!. Cease your roarings, sink w slumber! From the holt/ man refrain'!"/ and, feeling that he has made a good point of it, and that the beasts cannot resist such a gentlemanly and reasonable way of putting the ease, he repeats, with variation, “Calmly slumber till the morning! From the holy man refrain /" After this, of course, the angel has no more need to shoot than Mr. Crockett on a similar occasion, but.the animali: “come down” at once, and we are readylfor the' next scene, in which the prophet makes his acknow ledgments to the angel, i the chorus, of Jews again states the case concisely and forcibly, and, at length—it being no# morning— Darius appears in a state of great anxiety, hails Daniel in the den, is assured that it is all right, and the chorus of Jews lifts up its closing congratulations. This operatic gem is the most noteworthy of the “Cherub’s” contribution to Sunday school .song. No wonder that the author in his preface, with an instinctive anticipa tion of poor Artemus Ward’s phraseology, speaks of “my cherub” as a “cheerful” crea ture. No more cheerful utterance than the angel’s address to the lions is to be found outside the pages in which that great show man records the annals of his own menagerie. This substantial contribution to our literature is the more creditable to the cherub, because, according to a description which he gives of himself bn another page, his own habits and manners of life are of a very vague and un substantial sort, his time being chiefly occu pied with “floating" in the sky, or on a cloud, or in “the sunset glory.” It is, of course, impossible to examine m detail the various books which followed in the “Cherub’s” wake. The aim of many of them was like that of the “Psalmist;” they were more or IeBS honest and wise attempts to instruct children in religious music, and to fit them to worship God through song, in school and church. The growth of the Sun day-school organization as a separate interest is marked, of course, by the increasing number of hymns which extol the value of this institution, instead of uttering the praise of God and rejoic ing in the love of Christ; of hymns which urge attendance on the Sunday-schools as if it were the first of duties, and forbid tar diness, for example, as if it were the most heinous of crimes; of hymns which de scribe the delights of the school in janguage only less ambitious than that in which they describe the delights' ot heaven, to which, indeed, the first are made to bear a pro digiously strong resemblance; in a word, of hymns which, if they are in worship of anything, are in worship of the Sunday school, and of which the burden is, “chil dren cry for them.” More and more, too, the music seems to be valued for its sen suous effect, and as a means of mere , im pression and attraction. “The attractions of music are strong and alluring,” says one editor . in bis preface with rhetoric which is full of enthusiasm, though somewhat mixed, “and, like the charms of the tempter, they coil themselves around the young and wayward, and conduct them to the Elysian fields of music’s holier clime.” On this theory, then, the more fascinating the melody, the better; and; as to the words, they are of so little consequence that the most pitiable dog gerel begins to appear; Love-songs a little altered, drinking-songs made to give up their music unaltered, or themselves parodied with a more or less complete disguise, are now and then to be found. And a danger ous tendency is manifested not so much to make the singing good as to make it popu lar; and if what is popular happens to be coarse, or silly, or indecorous in ,any way, so much the worse for the Binging, and for the Sunday-schools that sing. About this time, too, appears the first of the books “especially designed for Sabbath school concerts” and exhibitions; and from this time forward we find in almost every new singing-book a recognition of, and a pro vision for, this new feature of the Sunday school work. Hymns in praise not only of the Sunday-school, but Of the “Concert,” begin to appear. Apparently, the evil tendency of such public ex hibitions,, in which children were to be made public performers, to play and sing in a more or less dramatic way before miscel laneous audiences, began to be suspected from the first by some slow and old-fogy ene mies of progress; and it became necessary, therefore, to write a “hymn” ot remonstrance with such skeptics, ana of eulogy of the new system'; from which we cite the following suggestive quotations: “Sabbath-schools must have their concert, When the appointed time comes round; Surely ’tia a precious mectiner, For the children there ard found. “ 'Tisnot saje topassit over, For the minor for the snow; Children love their own dear meeting; Parents, why not let than <jn! * * * “Oil! then, let them have their concert, Be the weather foul or fair; So that when the Saviour calls them, They may answer, ‘Here we are.’ (!!) Whether the ‘ ‘parents” who would not “let them go” wfere wholly in the wrong, we do not care to, argue. But whefh we see the extent to which this system of public Sunday-school Exhibition has been carried; we feel inclined to respond to the first sen tence of the hymn which we have quoted, as Dr. Johnson responded to the vagrant who pleaded thathe“must live." “Sunday-schools must have their concert”; perhaps so; but we are skeptical enough to declare that we see no necessity for it. Undoubtedly, something of the sort may have been useful in awa- kenlng a hind of enthusiasm-in behalfoftb?. Sunday-school, when, such enthusiasm' was lacking; undoubtedly there /may 1 be certs” which do not*,partake of the, spec tacular and dramatic to which we object; undoubtedly 'some, schoolsj mission-schodls in cities, forexamp)^—need, mere than others, some sensational artifices by which they may? held, the half-heathen vagabonds for whom they labor; admit all tbisfandyettheprinciple—whictt-we-assort can hardly be gainsaid—that our Sunday schools-should be for religious training, and for the religious expression of the children; and hot for their display; places where they may learn and where they may worship, and not where they ■may win the popular applause of an ad miring audience. -It is hard to conceive of anything which tends more surely and fatally to the demoralisation of all that is most beau tiful in children, than to have them put upon : a public stage for exhibition. We find no language too strong for our denunciation of it when it is done in a theatre. How much better is it when it is done in a Sunday School exhibition at a meeting-house, or public hall, or academy' of music ? Probably this abuse is much less flagrant now than it was a few years ago. Pos sibly such a performance, in a metropolitan opera house, as one of whioh the programme is before us as we write, might no longer be tolerated by the good taste of the community. And yet this was only three years ago; it wa9 made-up of a bymn to open, and a prayer to start, and a chorus to conclude, and all sorts of trios, solos, duets, colloquies, comic songs, tableaus, whistling solos, “allegorical black cats,”, etc;, sandwiched in between—the namea of the performers being given, and the star actors and favorite singers being heartily welcomed, no doubt, by thunders of applause. Such an extreme instance as this probably does hot often happen; but in one of'the very : last and boost popular music books issued, there is a dramatic song of a very striking sort, apparently intended to be sung on a stage in the costume and in the character of a drunk ard 1 Might we be permitted to ask whether the natural boy is hot sufficiently prone to this kind of mimicry, of himself, that he must needs he instructed in it and instigated to it by his Sunday-school ? And is this sort of doggerel quite the thing that we like to have our infants taught to utter, even in the in terest of the total abstinence cause ? Hear it, and admire its propriety and good taste; re member the dnmkard loquAur: •There temperance fottß do c-owd tie awfully, crowd u» awfully, crowd tM-owfully— ■ , Temperance folks do crowd ua awfully. Tr ou need not thinklcare. , ... . , l*m not theman to Meow liberty, 3oeo my liberty, lone my liberty, I baln’t a bit to spare,” etc. Thus the first stanza—breathing quite cleverly the spirit of drunken defiance, which in the second begins to change into a maudlin melancholy. “They (tick the pledge, theee blue -teetotaler., blue teet». taler., blue teetotalew, . ... , Btick the pledge, theee blue teetotaler*, beneath eaeh They taUtol .foe and want and poverty, want and poverty, -want and poverty: . . Talk of woe and want and poverty—Tberc’a trnth m that I c’poee. My coat 1 know ie rather reedy, and my panta are tat . tered too. ' ... ... , My right foot goea but poorly booted, ana tbc lelt one wears a ahoe.” There is a “static direction,” to the effect that the actor is to point in turn to his boot, his shoe, his “pants,” etc. And we can imagine the house “coming down” in applause at the effective representation. The climax comes, however, in the third stanza: "l w i f h these chaps would eetec to pity me, cease to pity me, eesee to pity me, „. Wiehtiiesechap* would cease to pity me, I’m not yet quite bereft. . . . . Though, come to eekTch my once fat pocket-book, once * fat pocket-book, once fat pocket-book. Come to search my once fat pocket-book, there’a nary tixpencelefu u , .. ... Thcre’n a wife down town would smile like Venus, if I’d sign the pledge thia day; . - Tbere’e a brUnthuired child would jump and caper—you may pane the pledge tbia wav." “Once fat pocket-book” is good; and being four times repeated with the appropriate mimicry of search, might be made as effective as a Bong by negro clowns But when, at last, the solo singer “reaching the line ‘You may pass the pledge this way,’ should turn round, take the pledge from the one who is holding it, and leading off on the chorus should advance to the front of the stage, waving it above his head”—we are prepared for a thundering encore. Only we feel a little disappointed that there is no provision made for the appearance of the “Venus” to smile in person, with real jumping and capering by the bright-haired child, us, for example, “‘Venus,’ Miss So-and-so; ‘Bright-haired child,’ Little Miss Thingummy.” Already it must begin to appear that the muses who have been invoked in aid of the Sunday school cause are not one but many. There is a group of them. Each one of the nine appears to have a Bunday-school mimic. What the dramatic Muse is equal to, will perhaps sufficiently appear from the quota tions which have been cited. And that there is a muse of comedy also who presides, sometimes recognized, but oftener wholly unrecognized by the unconscious poets, will -scarcely be denied. The tragic muse is com monly a failure, and her achievements sel dom rise beyond a very milk-and-watery kind of sentiment. Then there is a muse of history, by whom the , annals of the Sunday-school enterprise are recorded in verses like the following; “In olden times when boys were wild, On English soil arose a child. His name was Kobcrt, trim and mild! So loving, loving and good. rim. i iioni s, “Then away! away! our cause is growing stronger. Away! away! to the Sunday-school. Then away! away! we can’t wait any longer, Away to the Sunday-school! "As Robert Raikcs walked out one day, To see if children were at play. Some boy 6 were seen on Babbath day, A playing, playing—ah me! Then away! away! etc. “In seventeen hundred and eighty-one, Across the sea in Glous’ter town, ‘ The glorious Sunday-school begun Its coming! coming! along. Then away! away ! etc. “O, how this little fire has spread, And warmed to life the carnal dead. And brought tbcm to onr living Bead, So loving, loving and good. Then away! away!' etc." And so on for seven stanzas! against all of whioh public indignation is hereby re spectfully solicited. If “boys were wild” before they had such doggerel to sing, What will they be after they have been a 1 few years exasperated by the muse of bistbry in Sunday-schools in this aggra vatingway? We know not whether most to wonder at the narrative stanzas with their vapid platitudes,- or at the incoherent and frantic. : way ini whiqjk the chorus, goaded apparently by each stanza into a state-of new frenzy, declares that it can’t wait any longer and 1 must positively be off. Our-'sympathies as we read are strongly with the chorus, and we too cry, “Away! away!” -First and last, there is a great deal of ‘•Swaying!’ and “hasting” and “awaking be times,” , and-, resolving “never to be late at the Sabbath-school.” We have al ready alluded to the songs in , praise of the Sunday-school as having begun to ap -1 pear in some of the earliest books. But it was not till about the year 1850, that they grew to be so abundant and so obtrusive in their t-one as to require distinct and earnest censure.. , There always has been 1 a tendency on the part of earnest men, especially if they were narrow in their earnestness, to magnify the importance of their particular Instrumentality, and mahe of it not. a means but an end- More them once, and with most lamentable conse- Suences, has been trite in the history-or id church; and zeal for God has come to be distorted into zeal foy the worship of God perverted,into worstnpoi.tne church, and thus what was good as mv chinery, what was indispensable as orga nized instrumentallty,becamc mischievous and tyrannous by being made the object ol idolatrous regard, To erdst not in God btlt in the church—to magnify and work for not the Lord Christ, but the authorities which claim to rule in his name—;to canonize a host of saints who shall usurp his offices and his honors—is not this recognize- as one of the most perilous and sorrowful phases in Chris tian history—a phase constantly reappearing in unlooked-for ways'? Already it has ap : pcared in the history of the Sunday-school enterprise, although that is not yet a century old, and in America hardly hall’a century. As for the’ songs that sing the pratoe of Sunday-schools, that describe the delights jof Sunday-schools, that urge attendance at Sunday-schools, that deprecate a mo ment’s tardiness at Sunday-schools, their name is legion, lor they arc many. Twelve years ngo the theme was uttered in the hymn “The Sabbath-school a rofugo,” from which •we quote as follows, only premising that the variations which bavo been exocutcd on this single string have been ingenious and innumerable: “Oh! the S»bl>iith-"diool’» a refuse Into which the weary ’Tie thc>li«dow of a towering rock, where the lioefca do ’Tie a* preen epotfn the derert, where the weHioK foun- Oh! Iradine uT the Sabbath ecliool, why eliouid 1 *tay away!" Why, indeed? especially when there's a living fountain with an angel sitting on the brink, and trees oi Eden and grapes of Eshcol, and oranges and pomegranates, “each varying taste to suit.” Only, when one remembers to whom and to what the imagery which is here caricatured was first applied, ttiis application of it seems like bathos of a very suggestive and unpleasant sort! In this general class of songs are to bo num bered the songs of invitation, in which tho same theme is treated with a little less direct ness. Many of these are immensely popular. One oi the earliest is the universally known “Sunday-school army,” irreverently called by some the “Sunday-school jig,’’from its extra ordinarily lively musie: which is said to have compelled its disuse among the suscepti ble Africans in tho Frcedmen’s schools, in consequence of an uncontrollable disposition on their part to sing it not only with the voice, but with the hands and feet, and legs and elbows, and with saltatory contortions of body of a quite inadmissable sort. Another is a parody on the comic song of the spider and tbe fly, words slightly altered, music un altered, the spider being personated by a small child in the Sunday-school, and the fly by one outside, the Sunday-school itself being infelicitously pushed into the place of the cobweb. It must have been diffi cult, during the popularity of this song, and when the familiar chorus, “Will you, •will you, will you, will you,” comc3 in, to remember the connection and to come out straight with “join our Sunday-school” in stead of the accustomed “Walk in Mister Fly.” Another hymn pronounces this some what incoherent and mixed benediction:. “Blewed art thou, (!) Sabbath joys. Free from toll and care and noise ; Welt we love in thy courts to stay Happy day! happy day.” Another insists,in several verses, with a good deal of iteration,” that though “Winds may blow and waves may roll, We will go to Sundav-school;” and that, in spite of “Hall or rain, or wind or snow,” or “Summer’s heator winter’s cold.” Another declares ; “The Sabbath-school’s a happy place, I love to have it come.” (!) Another insists that it to greatly jollier to go Sunday-school than to spend the hours in play; and many others are filled with ex- . donations to “Come, O, come, and haste, haste away, and don’t delay,” and “Be in ; time, rain or shine, Order is.divine.” In ; short, the poetical invitations to Mrs. Jarley’s wax-work show, with their parodies of popular melodies, as “Believe me if all Jarley’s wax-work so rare," and “ Over the water to Jarley,” furnish the only parallel in literature to some of.these trivial eulogies of the {Sunday-school. Of course no one would object to a mode rate use of songs of this sort, if they were needed to promote a hearty esprit du corps, and to perfect tbe fellowship of teachers and scholars in the Sunday-school work, and if they could be prepared in accordance with ordinary grammatical accuracy and with common propriety, But the number of them is out of all proportion to the hymns of religious worship, and the style of them is often wretchedly bad. Yet they have been immensely popular, to the frequent exclusion from use" of the quieter and devouter songs. And their popularity is a sign not only of the bad taste to which our Sunday-school muse has brought us, but also of the exaggerated zeal which has come to look upon this insti tution as an end and not a means. Taught by these singing-books, indeed, we come to look on heaven itself as scarcely dif ferent from an enlarged and glorified Sunday school, extremely well conducted, to be sure, and with a great preponderance of the pic nic; concert, and exhibition element, but still, as bn the whole, a celestial Sunday school. Over one little boy, indeed, who has been cut off untimely, we are expressly in vited to “rejoice that Willie’s gone to Sab bath-school in heaVen.” Attached to another hymn there to a rollicking chorus, iq. which the kingdom of heaven la taken by violence, with a regardlessness of expense which is characteristically Young American: “Wc are bound to go to heaven, Let it cost ns what It may; And we’re studying the Bible, With a view to learn the way. And in the closing stanza it is urged that you are not“too old to prepare to dwell for ever iii ft city paved with gold.” There are very xninute descriptions given, in other hymns, of the climate, inhabitants, habits _and em ployments of the celestial, city, and or the smooth and easy way in which we are sail ing: into it. to some of the hymns the very words of Father Newman’s sporch ing satire, which has come to band while we have been writing these pages, seem ap plicable; they are ,so “full of floral im agery, suggesting the idea that the surest way to Heaven was to cultivate a garden in a wood, by the side of a rippling stream, and to sing in it by moonlight. , * * * It “is represented as a superior sort of Ghis ■Wick orChata worth.” The author “ap peared to have been there. He evidently knew'all about it; but it was rather singular that be never orfcemade the slightest allusion to God. There was a great deal about the angels, but much more about men. ana women.whom they bed known, end the extreme; gratification of meeting them agai under "such agreeable w notion of Heaven seemed to be that it was sort of eternal pic-nic.” ... Thepoint we TOakeis this; c *" d dren are intense ’ realists by tkeuse artists of a very pre;Raphaelitic * of imagery in this cpnnecuon does to be blessedness of hea- Sb Of# more or less, sensuous sort. From the sublime to the ridiculous is, we know, how facile tf descent; and the Fr 1 " languageoil' will s#?®. enreleSff batfdlingjnor tolerate much uniorY “Jerusalem the golden,’wi mother, dear Jerusalem," “Jerusalem , happy home,”,and the other versions of {£ goodly theme-hymns which are not. man ntit one; and which area legitimateanij beau tiful growth of song, r#*ote« far back hi the Christian centuries—these, indeeed, j n iheir homely beauty, are abundiutly worth our cherishing, and cauuot ffi# and ’ ought not to. Blit ' when We come to remove still farther irom tbe soube of their inspiration, and are called upon toF, such an uncommon amount of “soaring” an “roaming,” and “wandering,” and “basking —especially “basking," ana that sometimes in sunshine, which might be easy, and once at least in “shade,” which is surely impossi ble; when we are told with great preciseness concerning “the Eden above,” that there’s • “No poverty there; no,the saints are alt wealthy, Nor sickness can reach them—that country is healthy." And, by way of confirmation, “Each saint has a mansion prepare! and all furnished,' whether with mahogany or black walnut is not stated; when the changes are rang on “evergreen hills,” and “evergreen vales, and. “evergreen glades," and “evergreen shades,” and ‘‘evergreen shores,” till one wonders whether the saints themselves will not be “evergreen"; when “ambroßia,” and “nectar,’' and all sorts of good things to eat are de scribed with a toothsome relish, and we are put upon the most familiar terms with angels of the moßt attractive personal ap pearance; when we are furnished with sensuous pictures of “ban quets of pleasures,” and “bowers oi rest,” and with descriptions of the tree or life, which read like a newspaper corres pondent’s account of the big trees of Califor nia, and of the water of life, which read like a penny-a-liner's description of the Rhine or the Hudson River; when at last we are stunned hy the thunders of the “chorus of fire," aqd are left with a confused impression that the roof of all things has been taken off, and thb rafters left naked, and that the 1 eng’nes should be called out immediately; • we begin to wonder whether this is a Chris ! tian or a Mohammedan paradisewhether ! that descent from tho sublime to something ! very different has not already taken place: ! whether, indeed, the very eacred and awful ; mysteries of which even tho word of insplra i tion scarcely trusts itself to speak, have not ’ been vulgarly profaned ! It is time mat these criticisms we-c brought ; to a close, though the subject is far from ; being exhausted.! We should be glad t > quote ; from tbe miscellaneous hymns a gem or two; i such as the narrative poem which records the history of Moses, and how ; “ ’Mid the flags and tbe bushes in an ark of bul rushes They left him to lonely mid mid, (!) For the ruffians would come If he tarried at home And murder that infant so dear," , and of his subsequent adventures, “by the sea ’ that was Red” and elsewhere. And we must ; put on record one example of suavity and gentlemanly mildness of manners which ; occurs in an interview between Christian a,»d : Apollyon. The fiend has met Christian in bis journey, has inquired bis name, has been told in reply, “My name it is Bold Pilgrim,” has introduced himself in return as Apollyon, and has proposed to put a stop to the pil ; primage. But tbe proposal is courteously declined:— • “J fUtaken friend .■ the pilgrim said, Your offer I disdain.” “Mistaken friend” is good, and, under tbe cir cumstances, truly handsome. It requires a good dead of self-restraint when one has entered upon researches into tills field of literature, to refrain from too copious quotation. If there were room we would gladly cite specimens of various classes of songs which seem tons more or lefs objectionable. As it is, we can only refer, without quotation, to the large assort ment of ballads, and verses of a simply senti mental sort; to the copious angelology of others, which may be- all very well, but oi which we ought to be distinctly aware, and which ought to be distinctly defined and guarded; so that, if the worship of saints and angels to to have a place in our Protestant usage, it may be intelligently appreciated; and to the more or less sickly goodtohness and morbid piety of others. So numerous, indeed, have songs of this la6t sort become, that tbe publishers of one book have found it necessary to protest against them, and have attempted carefully to exclude from their collection the expressions of peevish discon tent witklife and premature longing for death, with which so many of the most popular books are filled. Once in a while a little girl does discover that her doll is filled with s&w -| dust, and therefore longs either for a convent : or for an eaily grave (with a preference tor ; being “buried m the morning, mother, Be- I nealb the willaw shade, Where the murmur i mg winds will mourn, mother, The wreck ! that death has made;")—but happily these cases are not so frequent as to require a copi ous literature. To healthy and Christian chil dren, life is not a hurricane of horror, and the best thing that, can be done with it to “let the i hurricane roar, it will the sooner be o'er,”-- and the quicker it can be got rid of, short ol actual suicide, the better: but an opportunity for usefulness and happiness and holiness, a thing to give thanks for and to trust in God for. \ , , , A pleasanter task is to acknowledge cor dially the good features of this literature. It is worth while to have been burdened by a good deal of trash, if we have secured some really simple unaffectedly devout, and per fectly pure songs for children which ere occasionally mixed with it “What is the chaff to the wheat? 1 ' to be sure; and yet the chaff may hid the wheat, may even bury it And- it is needful that the winds of criticism and . even of ridicule should blow across the field ot lit erature, that there may be useful winnowing done. ■ We are glad to confess that, there are hymns which have been produced m tion with the Sunday-school’ work which W*ll not die. Here is one that has very recently been published: “I love to hear the story Which angel voices wilt How once tbe King of Glory Oamedown on earth to dwell: I am both wevk arid sinful, But this I surely know, Tho Lord caoio down to save me, Because he loved mo so. Then there are others which have long; hppn ■ noDiilar, and which well deserve their nonulKsu’ch as “I think when I read that sweet story of old;" “Jesus loves me, this I know”“L° r< VI hearot showers of blessings. We could point out many good ones if it were needful, but the good are universally ac knowledged. Ouvs hag obeen the less agreeam. .. j,lc, but tbe more necessary work of pointing out delects and errors, that they may be put away. , Concerning the music of these songs there to a good deal to be said, if'we had left our selves space in which to say it. There has been, a manifest improvement in it within the last few years. And it is a comfort to know that we donot now so often hear “Jerusalem, my i happy home,’’arranged withachorus,“Oheiiv- sweet heaven,” etc.,and sung to “Lily Dale;”' • or “Jesus my all to heaven is gone” adapted • to “Dixie,” or “Rosalie the prairie flower,” • | or some German drinking song, or some love-sick serenade fitted to religious ■ words., i lint even yet we find a good many infelicities’ • / 7. \ ILL and young girla lwlio have; b6ea sacred . ‘things,;, or M \ leaatfi ut: Sunday-school tilings, indoors, with 4 lively strains of the music to which theV* D S still ringing in their ears, have ' f O ,JH impossible to refrain from the pruc the polka step, out of doors, on tneir w iiome. ‘ The musicdiaanever beeu;want .iw'in liveliness, .it. haffre . Jolly erred by excess of liveliness, /acting interest to itself for its own «e rather than to the words of which it Aght to be the vehicle. Perhaps, however, fben the words have been so paltry, it is to he regarded in the light of a mercy that any thing could distract the attention of the singers from them. Bet, at any rate, it is certainly true.that, if the tune, is lively, or plaintive, or effective in any way, it will be sung and become popular, nomatterwhatnor how deplorable may be the doggerel which it . carries. If a good hymn has a commonplace / or indifferent tune attached to it, the good / hymn is not sung; but if a lively, jig-like tune is set to words, which Mother Goose, in her most senile moods, would blush to own, the lively, jig-like time is, neverthe less, a universal favorite. The great mul titude of tramping songs and marching songs, full of the spirit, if not of military gloty, at least of militia glory (to use Mr. Hosea Bige low’s distinction) is partly to be accounted for by this evil tendency to Bing what will “go” well, rather than what is edifying or wor shipful. The popularity of much of Mr. Bradbury’s music, for example (the sad news of the death of that composer cornea as we write), has delivered us from our to the negro minstrels and to other profane com posers; but it is a serious question whether even yet we do not value too highly the effectiveness of mere music; whether it does not needi some other qualities than liveliness and Sensuous attractiveness be fore ifis oil that it should be; and whether it should not be made more directly preparatory to, and assimilated with, the music which is sung in church and by the great congregation \ . on the Lord's day, than it now is—that so a V generation of childrea mav be trained in our Sunday-schools who, having learned to value and enjoy the privilege of* worshiping God through song, may grow up to be “better than their fathers were,” and rise in righteous rebellion against the theatrical fashions of the solo and quartette performers who now tyr annize in our churches. Some signs of im provement and promise already appear, biff, when we begin to. take cou rage because of them, the Sunday school Muse is liable to break forth of a sudden on a rampage of the most violent and disorderly ’ description, and kick our new-formed hopes to utter and desperate j ruin. What, then, shall be' done with the Sunday • school Muse ? Flint, gag her. She has done enough for the present. Pick out the gems from her productions and let her rest awhile. She does too much. Producing half-a-dozen music-books a year, with the words and tunes warranted new, the chances are tremen dously against the excellence of any. And, when the greatest merit of a hymn is reck oned to be its novelty, we may be sure that there is something wrong in our methods of judgment. So then we say, although this is a tree country, and the Muse is an unshackled fowl, let her be silenced as soon as may be. And to that end let ua begin by putting away the heresy that,when a hymn or a tune has been sung a few times, and has grown familiar, it is time to have done with it and it must be considered spoiled; Good hymna cannot spoil by use—cannot be sung too often. Familiarity with them breeds rev erence, and not contempt And though the adoption of this principle might be bad forttae Sunday-school music-book teade,and discour aging to the poets who are called on for new hymns continually, it would be good for every body else. I And then, as for the Muse, when she be comes absurd, laugh at her. We have honestly tried to do it, believing it a most necessary work. If nothing else can drive out the multitude of doggerel songs that have been suffered to come in, let ridicule to do it. Hit the poets, when they grow Bophomore, or slovenly, or spooney, or unsound in any way, “with shafts of gentle satire kin to charity,” and with something tougher, if need be. •Clip their wings remorselessly when they soar too hign; and give them a grammar and a spelling-book when they fall too low. But in all soberness we are bound to acknowledge the tremendous power of the Sunday-school system, of Sunday-school literature, of Sunday-school song; and we ■ ought not to be content until that power is wielded wisely, devoutly, and efficiently for good. Under any circumstances the influ ence of song is something hard to measure. When it is employed among susceptible children, and put upon their ups and rung into their ears, it becomes greater than ever, but when in addition to this it is fraught with religious associations, or with irreligious, it becomes well-nigh infinite in its results. More than once, in the history of the • church, heresy has been most efficiently promoted, error most insidiously pro pagated, by means -of song. And •every one knows how readily music lends itself to the abuses of immorality and vice. 'lt surely is not-difficult to see what grave peril is upon ris when we admit, un challenged and unscrutinized, to be sung by children in religious places,sbngs whibh igno rant and mercenary writers have thrust upon •us. Wc do not ask for perfect poems; we do not expect impossibilities; we are very well aware that what might be very excellent as a religious poem might be at the same time ut terly unfit to be sung in worship. But it seems not unreasonable to ask that these songs be true, that they be simple, and that they be devout. The greatest hymn 3 •in Christian literature are the simplest. What is more Bimple than the Te Deurh or the Gloria in Hxcelsis hr the twehty-tbird Psalm? And yet how far removed is this sort of simplicity from frivolousness and in anity. Children are not tools ; perhaps the fleetest mistake that the Sunday-school luse has fallen into is in thinkiDg that they .are. And sooner or later the scholars in our .Sunday-schools begin to discover this 1 mistake and to resent it as an injury. From all sides arises a clamor that, after a few years, the schools can , not keep the scholars—they grow too big to come— i -they become deaf to the voice •of, the musical charmers, charm. yiey never iso foolishly. Is it any wonder? It is one thing to be childish; it is quite another thing to be childlike. ,Tho spirit of worship is al ways childlike, and the words of worship will he then most childlike when they are most most devout, most true. So that, in ■■a word, wliat the. Sunday-school Muse ; most - is to Be nblonger a fool nbr an crrprisiJ inor a rowdy, but to be converted and become , like the little .children for whom she under takes to act. Thomas Vs, Stnutoii. The following is (ho summons in the case of ►General Thomas against Secretary Btanton for Mse tafirisonmentilayfag ,MmageB.at#lGo,Qo(K At law, No. l..ibC. in tue Supreme Court of itbo District of Columbia,' February 20, 18G8.' Lorenzo Thomas, plaintiff,vs. Edwin M. Stanton, defendant. The President of the United States •to (he Marshal of said district,'greeting; Summon tho defendant in tlie M ahove entitled case to appear in said Court on or before the ■first special term thereof, • occurring tweiity days after the service of this writ, to answer the declaration herewith served, and warn him that in default of so doing, the plaintiff may. proceed to Judgment and execution at ibe trlaftdrm ofsaid Court next: alter said ser vice. And dp you tctnrii this writ intothe clerk's otllcc ithmi-diateljr after ebridcb,’. so indorsed as to show tbe Mariner rind ifme of executing it. And if you, espnot serve H within six months of the day/of,itB'i»Siit»fice inclusive, tben return it into eafif Pfflde for renewal. Witness 1 , . ,U. K. Ca utter, _ . Wstiod '6i said Court. R. J. Mfitas, Clerk. ' ■ : ,- Nnte— That tUe special terras of the Court com mence on the first- Tuesday of every month ex cept May, -in - which month they-commence on the third Monday, and August, In which month there is no term.of the Coprt, and that the trial terms of the Court commence oh the first Tues day of February, third Monday of May and first Tuesday ol November, When final judgments may be taken and execution awarded. The following is tbe indorsement; “Served the within at V'A o’clock, February 28th, 16(j8.” . *l.th CONGBEB«r-Bf!COnD SESSION. CI.OSK. OK IKS'IEI'.DAY H VKOCKKOIKOB. Somite, On motion of Mr Cokhbsb. of California, the bill relating to the Pacific Railroad waa again taken lip Mr. flowano said the Committee on the Pacific Railroad, attcr duo investigation, had concluded that the title to Yerba Buena Island, or Goat Island, waa in the United. States, and that no private person had any .egaJ claim upon it. The bill originally contemplated the cession of a portion of the island to the company, but the Com mittee had recommended the present provision in the form of an amendment, merely permitting the use of the island as a depot in time of peace, reserving the portion required by the United States. In time of war the government could repossess It. Mr. Cambboh said there waa no reason why other railroads terminating at Ban Francisco ehonld not be. allowed equal paivlleges on this island. OArTtntrcp ASX) ABABDONED' PBOPBBTT. At the expiration of tbc morning boor the bill was laid aside, and the unfinished business, the joint feubJutloutd cover Into the Treasury tbe proceeds of captured and abandoned property Was taken bp. The qneatlon was on Ur. .Edmunds’ amendment appro priating from such proceeds 8100.U00 for the expenses of collection of the property, and to meet the ex penscs ef suits brought against the Secretary of the Treasmy or his agents in connection with such property. After considerable* dlacueslon the amend ment was agreed to. Teas 29, nays 13. Mr. Tbummjh, thought it would be extraordinary, after what they knew of the cotton casse, If they passed the resolution in its present form. He said the gross) receipts from the fond were 830,000,000, chiefly from cotton; and after the Secretary of the Treasury’s adjudication upon the claims against It (a thing he had no right to do) there was left 821,000,- 000. under the law this money should have been paid into the United States Treasury, when claimants could apply to the Court of Claims within two years afiar the rebellion, and upon proper proof of legality and ownership, coaid recover, deducting expenses. He presented a 'statement by Mr. Mackay, of the Frcedmcn’a Bureau, and a brother of the President of the South Carolina Constitutional Convention, in re ply to a letter of inqnlnr. The statement alleges that many of the snccessfnfclalmanta heretofore had be longed to the Confederate army, and a large portion of the cotton delivered up had been owned by the Confederate government. Yet It was proi>osed here to sanction what had been done, and to appropriate SIOO,OOO more to be expended In the same direc tion. He disclaimed being actuated by any hostility to an individual; ho merely, attacked the system, on evi dence satisfactory to himself. Mr. Fk bsjskdbn said the proposition was not to take 3100,0 m) out of the Treasury, butto pay the whole Into, and allow It to be drawn oat if necessary. He said the Senator was in the habit of making just such violent attacks aa this on the|heads of.depart nehtsjand others, and then turning ronnd and disclaiming any unfriendliness to any gentleman, and claiming that he was just doing his duty. He (Mr Fessenden) denied that this proposition involved any sanction of what had been done hitherto. Knowing that he.when Sec retary of the Treasury, had done what was right, he did not want) the sanction or fear the disapprobation of the Senate. He was willing to act on his own re sponsibility; and. said he, gesticulating with consid erable warmth, 1 do not fear anything that the Sena tor from Illinois can eay or do. He (Mr. Fes senden) did not suppose the Senator really felt any animosity, bnt when he formed an opinion” he seemed to feel it a personal affront for any one to differ with him and would stand upon the ninety-ninth part of c hair, notwithstanding the contrary view was proved satisfactorily to every one else. He (Mr. Fessenden) did not coneiderlt the fair way ol deciding a question, to go to persons outside, who had been discharged from the department, for infor mation, without going near the Treasury Depart ment. _ Mr. TnmtnuLL said he felt here the same difficulty that he had met before, and that no comment could be made on a certain department without the Senator makings personal matter of it Be repeated that the legal effect of the amendment was to keep out $lOO,- (XiO, the same law providing for the paying It in and taking it out He might have spoken with more clr cnmlocntion, and stated the point with all the accu racy and superior knowledge o£ the Senator from Maine [Mr. Fessenden). Mr Fessenden said when they appropriated $150,000,000, according to the Senator, it was then all our of the Treasury, not a dollar of it in. Mr. Trumbull said this was a measure to Dut a particular fund Into the 1 rcasury which was now out side, and at the same time to place at his discre.ioii one hundred thousand dollars of It. He had known many bo'd meD, who went about with chips on their shoulders. dariDg anybody, to knock them off. But did anybody ever snppose that they were the only brave men in the world? He had always hid the highest opinion of the Senator, hut he (Mr. Fessen dcD) was continual y going nbout with these chips on hie shoulder. Mr. Fessesdek— That’s when bullies arc about. [Laughter. ] Mr. TnrMiifLL said the Benator had remarked that he old not care or fear anything he (Mr. Trumbull, might s«y or do. Mr. Fessenden—l did Dot say I did not care: my anxictv naturally Hows that way. Mr. Tbemeuu. said he was glad to relieve the Sena tor from any apprehensions in regard to his inten tions, nod again repeated that-he felt the highest respect lor that Senator, and had not intended to ap ply hts remarks to him personally. He then repeated the considerations he had advanced against the propo sition. Mr. Edmunds, of Vermont, followed in defense of Ms amendment, and Mr. Stewart spoke in opiioaition. The bill having passed in Committee of the Whole, the question was on. the amendment of Mr. Kd mnnds, which was agreed to by a vote of 25 yeas to l-'J nays, and alter a verbal amendment the bill was passed! SENATOR FROM KENTUCKY: Mr. Davis, df Kentucky, announced that his col league, Thomas McCreery. Senator-elect from Ken tucky, whose credentials he had presented yesterday, was present- Mr. McCref.iiy then came forward, the Oath was ad ministered to him. and he took his seat between Metere. Thayer and Saulshnry. MILITARY’ ACADEMY’. Mr. Morrill, of Maine, called up the bill malting appropriations for the support of the Military Acad emy lor the fiscal year ending June 30* 1808, reported from the Committee on Appropriations with amend ments, which were concurred in. The question being on the final paasage v Mr. Thayer, of Nebraska, palled attention to a statement in-the- Chicago Trilmne which, if true, showed that the institntipn was discreditable to the government and the country. It might be exagger ated. out enough appeared to attract the attentioa of Congress. He had not been favorably impressed with the working of that institution when he remembered that nearly ail of the officers who organized and led thd Confederate armies In the late war were educated Id this institution, and he had. contemplated offering a bill re create two or three military schoolsto take its place. The Clerk read the article from the Chicago Tri bune, professedly by agraduatc, drawing a melan choly picture of the .morals at West Point, stating that there was an entire absence of religious Influ ences, styling it an Augean stable, and describing the hazing and fagging to Which younger students were subjected. tgftt Mr, Saulsbury, of Delaware, said that any OBe who had read the story, of Verdant Green, a story of col lege life in England, was aware that snob practices were general in all colleges. Mr. W ii-son, of Massachusetts, did not think the article emltled to any consideration. lie had In cloyed a copy of it to the institution, and had re ceived a iong.letter, accompanied by a supplement by seme of the cadets denying the truth of the represen tations. No doubt many things were done by the students at the best Utcmry institutions, even .at Cambridge, that could not ho approved. It should boremCinbcred that many army officers educated at Wist Point remained true to the country—-many of them trom the South among the ablest in the army. Mr. Johnson—General Thomas is one of them. . Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, had no doubt the jiational spirit that kept them (rue had be‘e%.iasaircd there. Ho thought no attention should be paid to such anonymous communications. Mr, Grimes, of lowa, said he also had received a denial of the truth of tbo article from the officers of the institution, and:i he bellevod .that,‘-hazing'’ was peremptorily stopped by military rule. . , Mr.. Thayer had no doubt that statements were ex aggerated, but thought sufficient reasons existed ' to bung it to the attention of Congress., ’He was aware ! that it was dangerous to touch upon ■ any .department represented here by'# chairman of a committee. \tle did nol hbld the Cbiurmnn of tbc'MilltSryOomailttOe responsible for this condition of things, but lie had received lcttefslrom officers now in the ariny.trnua tt-ired from the volunteer service, complaining, of being subjected to social Oetralcsm-at- the 'Hands sir graduates of West Point, because they had not passed through that institution, which he regarded** a? soft: of aristocratic Institution, • This state of things had eiisted during the late war nntli tt was swallowed up by the vast preponderance of " Tho bill was passed. (CASHIERED OFFICER*. Mf. Wilson ther. called up the bill declaratory of the "s' ;• i fHKMII,y KVENISO BULLETIN.—PHILADELPHIA SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2!>. 1868. law in r< eard to officers caahleiodor dismissed Iroin the wmy by the Beiirence of iiefferal court* mar tat. Mr. HiNumcis, of-Indiana, - asked’ what she |i'ir poeoot the bill was. Be knew of- Home officers tint had tecu dhKbsrged and that ought t« lie restored. Home In bia own against whom no'truthfal al icgattoHJpd t’ceu brought; He badm htarmlnd a'ciae ol a bravo colonel unwarrantably dismissed the ser vice on a proceeding that did not commend itself to the intnd of any lawyer. , , ■ Mr. ffnioit said several persons, after being dis missed tbe fterv ice by aentcncc of court-martial, had been restored when they should not have been He bad no doubt that where persona had been unjustly treated, if they were renominated and their names aent to Senate, they would be justly treated The President sbontd devote bis attention to tbe examina tion ot such cases! and it bad often been the case that personal or political influence had ect aside the verdict of a court-martial; but the decisions of mtlitary tri bunals ought not to be set aside on tbe partial repre sentations which would be inevitable in such cases. Mr. Johnson would not say this hill was Intended to meet a particular case, but the public had beeu led to believe it was intended to meet the ease of Fltz John Porter. As one of bis counsel, he agreed with most of tbe public press that injustice had been done that General, who had applied fora re-oxamiuatlon of bis case, supported by many prominent men. The principle ground of conviction waa that he had failed to make an attack at the second battle ot Bull Ran when there was little force in front of him! General Longslreet’s report showed that tbe whole ot his col umn was in front of Porter, who, if he had attacked, would have been crushed. He merely supposed every fair-minded man would like to have him vindicated if he was innocent, and he bad written a letter in favor of having an examination of his case by competent officers. Mr. Chandler was as anxious as any one that justice should be done with Fltz John Porter. A few days before the battle of Ball Run, that General was Chief of Staff to General Patterson, whose army was threat ening Johnston's army, and bad it remained there Johnston's army would never have reached the battle field, bnt by the advise of Fltz John Potter, General Patterson moved bis army away and left Johnston free to join Beauregard, who thus conquered on the first battlefield of the war. It waa not true that Fltz John Porter was in command at the battleof Malvern Hill. He merely commanded the right wing. At the sec ond battle of Ball Bun, when peremptorily ordered to attack tbe enemy's flank, he said to the man that car ried the order: “If I make the attack it will bring on a fight," The reply waa, “Well, are you not here for a fight?” bnt he retnsed to attack, althongh bad he done so, Longstreet’s corps would have been destroyed in one hour. Certainly, Injustice had been done him. He (Mr. Chandler) thought he should have been shot on that field of battle, and be had told General Pope that the only fault he found with him was that he had permuted Fltz John Porter to leave the field. Had he obeyed that order, Longstreet would have been de atroyed on Friday, add Jackson, who had : not then come up. would have been destroyed on Saturday. If Porter were brought now before a court martial of the men who closed the w ar, and these facts were estab lished from the evidence, including the rebel reports, he would not be before them complaining of courts martial. They had been told that Antletam was a glorious day for him. Fltz John Porter was not within fiye miles of that battle-field, and he (Mr. Chandler) was Informed by a General of the army that had Fltz John Porter obeyed General McClellan’s order to attack, Antletam wonld have closed the war. He repeated these facia from bis recollection as a member of the Committee on the Conduct of the War. and was not willing that it should go oat that a great wrong had been done Fitz John Porter. That officer had doubtless done good flghtlng'at Malvern Hill, in defending himself when attacked. Aside from that biß record was very differen'. Mr. Johnson, of Maryland, safil he had not had the came experience with the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Chandler), who he believed was at the first battle of Bnll Run. [Laughter.] Mr. Ciiandleb— No, sir. . Mr. Johnson said the Senator then had, perhaps, hern in the neighborhood. He, therefore, deferred to that Senator’s judgment in such matters as farjas he ressonablyebtddi bat when, ontne other side, most gallant officers of tne army were arrayed, he could not help thinking that perhaps the Senator had overrated his judgment in this matter. Mr. Porter had been vin dicated before the conrt martial by every officer of hiß command as an officer whoso skill and gallantry had never been surpassed. It was a little hard that sc officer who had been in fifteen or twenty of the hardest fought battles of the war, and who, in the midst of danger, had never evinced aught bnt a desire to maintain the honor of bis flag and eupport the cause of bis country, should be ai-sailed in testimony taken by the Committee on tbe Conduct of the War. Who’ examined the wit nesses? What counsel had he the e?’ In what rela tion towards him did the men stand who assailed him: Questions that would suggest themselves to the mind of every fair-minded man. Had the con duct of General Grant been considered by that com- mittee, men enough would have been found to swear that he forgot his duty. And yet what man, with a heart in his bosom, would hesitate to say that sncli an assault would be the result of treachery ? Mr. Johnson reiterated that Porter did (command at Malvern Hill, and because he did was brevettsd as Major-General by bis General-in-Chief, who spoke ofitason? of the most extraordinary battles onre cord. Such assaults as the present were bad enough In civil life, but for a soldier, who had risked his life on twenty glorious l>attle-fields, to be told here that he ought -to be Bhot, was what he (Mr. Johnson; never expected to hear. The general mind was, per hapsl. wrapped np in prejudice. He (Mr. Johnson) had never since the war termi nated. been able to tell why a battle was lost or won. Doubtless it was instinctive with that Semtor, be cause lie was by nature martial—an admirable facultv. with which be (Mr. Johnson) had never been blessed, and be had, therefore, to rely upon the judgment of experienced and gallant officers, which, however, lie Referred to that of the Senator, whatever might have >een his experience during the war. Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, read a letter from Fitz John Porter, disclaiming any design to seek a restoration to the Bervicc, and asserting that lie only desires a re-examination of the facts m htscase, so that justice may be done him. Mr. Cameron then said be had employed Porter, then a lieutenant, on severe service, early in the war, and lookingupon him as one of the most promising men in the army, had made him a colonel, lie had teen deeply pained to learn that Porter was in disgrace. Ho confirmed the statement of Mr. Chandler, that General Porter hod advised the retreat of General Patterson. He did not understand how Porter could have gained the battle of Antietain when he waa in the reserve. Sir. Johnson said he was so under orders from General McClellan Mr. Chandler declined to be drawn into any con troversy with the Senator. Ths witnesses at that court-martial were almost all officers of the army, some of them the bravest generals of the war, and they had been examined by thrce-fourthß of the ablest lawyers ot the United States. Andrew Johnson, was. perhaps, one of the moat prominent engaged i a the examination. Kyery prominent general at the battle of Malvern Hill. Richardson who waa killed at Antletam, Kearny, killed at the second Bull Run, all stated that Porter was not in command. General McClellan was supposed to lie in command, but was in a gunboat, and Fitz John Porter had never been credited with that command, to his knowledge, niitil to-day. Mr. Cameron could not see how he prevented Lee from gaining the battle by refusing to take his troops into it If injustice was done to "Porter by the hasty action of that court martial they should right him but that had nothing to do with this bill. The Presi dent shonld not, he allowed to interfere with the sen tence of a regular court mattlal. Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, said that the Com mittee on Military Affairs had not hid Fitz John Porter irk mind in bringing in this bill; he believed that gentleman did not desire to be restored to the army. He had known him during the war and believed him to be an accomplished officer, who hadwon tbe Con fidence andnffection of those under him. In hi?. opinian;'Portermrtciy desired a review of his case for the purpose of presenting some new testimony to re verse the sentence against him and regain the good opinion of the country. He supposed that every fair-minded man would like to have tho gentleman vindicated if he was innocent, and lie (Wilson) had written a letter in favor of his having an examination of his case by competent officers Mr. Ramsey, of Minnesota, saving that it was evi dent that no vote wonld be reached to-night,moved to go into Executive session, which was agreed to, and at 4:SO the Senate went into Executive aession, and shortly after adjourned. Mr. Butler, of Massachusetts, from the Commit tee on Appropriations, reported a bill for the better regulation of the custody and expenditures of public moneys*, The first section repeals all laws authorizing Ihe President or the Secretary of any department to transfer the moneys appropriated for one branch of a department to another branch of the same depart ment. The second section applies to money or Drop erty obtained from the sale or property of the United States by the payment of dues or otherwise, and re quires it to he paid into tho Treasury, and c-rried to the account of the surplus fund. Tne third section prescribes penalties for the violation of the act, fine,' imprisonment and illegibility to hold office under the government. ' ; Mr. Cuanler, of New York, suggested the propri ety of,having the biff referred to the Judiciary Com mittee... : 1 -pi-W h;V ■; . -. After an explanation by Mr. Sutler, the bill was passed- v,. ■ ■ ■ :' -Mr 1 Garfiei.h,-erf Ohib, who had been absent from Washington for the lasr ten days, asked leavo to re cord his.vote affirmatively on theimpeachment resolu tion . ! The Speaker informed' him that it could not be done, except on Monday, wider a suspension of the rales. ' The Speaker presenteda tespliitifin adoptcd by the Grand Army of ihcKepubtlc, at Philadelphia, January 17th, relative to ignoring soldiers and sailors In the appointment to government offices, and asking act ion by Congress. Jitelerred to the Committee ou Military Affairs. . Also, a resolution of the Constitutional Convention Of Mississippi, adopted yesterday, and forwarded ov -telcgraph, nppvovipe the action otCongreasjn the (ni pcNchment ot the President ' Referred to.thc Com mittee on Impeachment. 1 ; ■ Mr: Miller, of Pennsylvania? presented petitions of soldiers ami widows of soldiers or the war of 18X2 asking for pensions House of Representatives. PUBLIC MONEYS. PETITIONS AND RESOLUTIONS. API’BOFBIATION fittL.' The Boobs then, at half-test on* o'clock,’ went Into Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, Mr. Scofield, of Pennsylvania, In the chair, and re sumed the consideration of the sundry civil , expenses appropriation bill. , , , Mr. lNOEtiaoi.t, of Illinois, having submitted an amendment. In reference to bridge* across the Poto mue, quite a discussion sprang op on the subject of Federal outlay for the benefit of Washington, ia the course of which _• Mr. Covode made an incursion into the realms of ancient history, e/cclfying particularly the extravagant notions of King Solomon m building the Temple and otherwise beautifying Jerusalem, so as to make it the glory of the whole earth, while he went on taxing the ten tribes for that purpose, until he brought about a revolt, and he warned the representatives of the peo ple not to do the same thing in their attempt to make Washington the glory of the land. - ..(Laughter.] He had not time, he said, to go through with a review of profane history, to elucidate the same point. [Laugh ter.! Mr. Lawrence, of Ohio, protested against the tax ation of the whole people for the erection and care of buildings in Washington that are entirely of a local character. At last, Mr. Wasiiisurne had all debate closed on every paragraph relating to Washington City Mr. Price, of lowa, moved to reduce the item for fuel, for the President's house from 310,000 to $5,000. Be wanted to know how they could manage to bum six hundred and twentj-flve tons of coal there in a year. • Mr. Washburns, of Illinois, said that the item had appeared very large to the Committee on Appropria tions, bnt that General Michler, the Superintendent of Public Buildings, assured the Committee it was not too much. The White House was a very hot place. Mr. Van Wyck, of New York—We’ll make it hotter. [Laughter. ] Mr. Price—l would undertake to keep the Presi dent warm lor two years, at half the cost, in a colder latitnde. Mr. Covode, of Pennsylvania, in reference to an Item of sl,toofor the care of tlieclrcle, a public reser vation, suggested that it shonld be 81,000, and should read for “swinging round the circle,” so as to pay the hill still due at the St Charles Hotel In Pittsburgh. [Laughter.] Mr, Belye, of New York, wanted to know what the circle wan, and whether it was the "Golden Circle.” Mr. Inoebsoll would have to refer the gentleman for Information on that point to his colleague from the Fnlton District (Hr. Ross). On motion of Mr. Pbicb, the item of 310,000 for re palrs, &c., of Pennsylvania avenue was struck out Mr. Lawrence, of Ohio, moved an appropriation of $15,000 for the national arsenal at C'olnmbus, Ohio. Mr.INOEBSOLL,of Illinois,suggested, Inretaliaion for Mr. Lawrence’s efforts against items for Washington, that the people of Columbus build their own arsenal, [Laughter.) Messrs. Garfield, Hunqex, and .Booleston, sus tained the amendment, and Mr. Wash surxe, of lUln ols. opposed It. The amendment was agreed to. The Committee rose and reported the bill to the House, which wag then postpened till Wednesday next. BEET BUOAB. Mr. Cullom, of Illinois, presented a communtca tion from the Commissioners of Agriculture In refer ence to beet sugar. Referred ~to tne Committee on Agriculture. • \ : \ INSURANCE. Mr. Egolest oN,\of Ohio, introduced a bill to pro tect the rights of Insurance companies, and give them alien on vessels in certain citle*. Referred to the Judiciary Committee. TERRITORIAL OFFICERS. ' Mr. BunLEion, of Dakota, ln'rodnced a bill to fix the salaries of certain territorial officers. . Referred to the Committee on Territories. ALASKA. Mr. O’Neill, of Pennsylvania, presented "the peti tion of the American Philosophical Society for the commencement and execution of a proper examina tion upon thecoast and within the territory of Alaska, and of the Philadelphia Board of Trade, for the ex amination and survey of the month of the Christiana River, Delaware, ana for improving the same. DISTRICT JAIL. Mr. Covode called up- the report of the Committee on Public Bnl dings and Gronnds, in reference to the jail of tbe District of Columbia, hot did not insiston having action on it this evening. Tbe Si'eakse stated that he was informed that the Committee on Preparing Articlea of Impeachment wonld probably report to-morrow morning, after the reading of the journal. PAY OF THE ABSTY. Mr. Schenck. of Ohio, introduced a bill to fix and equalize the pay of officers and establish the pay of ejflisted men ot the army, Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. • (PEUIAA nUI lhA- OFFICE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COM PANY. Philadelphia. February 19th, 1868. NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS. The Annual Election for Directors of this Company will be held on MONDAY, the 2d Jay of March, 1868, at the Office of the Company, No. 238 South Third street. The foils will be open from 10 o'clock. A. M.. until 6 o’clock, '. M. No share or shares transferred within sixty days preceding the election will entitle the holder or holders thereof to vote. EDMUND SMITH, fel9tmh2 Secretary. Msg- CONNELLSVILLE AND SOUTHERN PENN -BYLVANIA RAxLWAY COMPANY. Phikadlliuha, Feb. 17, 1868. ’ The Annual Meeting of the Stockholder? of tlio Con nellavile and Southern Pennsylvania 'Railway Company, will be held at their office, No. 230 S. Third St, Phfla., on WEDNESDAY. March 4th. 1883, at 12 o’clock, M.,-.vh„n an election will bo held for President and Twelve Directors to serve the ensuing year. fel'.-14t CHARLES WESTON, Jp„ Secretary. ggy*CONTINENTAL HOTEL COMPANY. Tho Rsard of Managers of "The Continental Hotel Co." have declared a semi-annual dividend of Three,Per CcnL.ireeof State tax, upon the Preferred Stock of tho Company.payable on and after MON HAY’, March 2d. 1869, at the Office of the Company, No. Blt ARCH street, Phila. f, ■>; lut* J. SERGEANT PRICE. Treasurer. •gy PRESTON COAL AND IMPROVEMENT COM pauv. No. 205)6 Walnut street Philadelphia, Feb. 17,1868. Tbe annual meeting of the stockholder: of this Com pany will be held on WEI)NEd)AY , Marcii 4tln at 11 o’clock A 51 , at the office of the Company, at which time an election will bo held for Directors for tbe ensuing year, fele-t uih4s H. P. RUT TER, Sec'ry. MW- OFFICE OF THE DELAWARE COAL COM- W PANY. Philadelphia, February 13, 1868. The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders ot this Com pmn, and an Election for Directors, will be held at No. 316 Walnut street on WEDNESDAY’, the lsth day Of March next at II o’clock A. M. M3.3uf ,J. it WHITE. President inSTBUCTION. QONVF.NT OF THE ROLY CHILD JESUS, ACADEMY LADIES, ST. LEONARD’S HOUSE, CHESTNUT STREET. PHILADELPHIA Under tho Patrunago of the RT, REV. DR. ’WOOD, Bishop of Philadelphia. The Religious of the Society of the Holy Child Jaiui intend opening, ou the Ist of February, an Academy lot Youns Ladies, in the newly-erected building, lately pur chased by them, at the corner of Thirty-ninth and Chest uiit streets. Hoarders as well as Day Scholars will bo received. Foi £articulars, apply to the Superioress, Sharon, near Darby, lelnware county, Pa.,or 1136 Spring Garden street Phila delphia. jal3-2ml sv HORSEMANSHIP-—AT THE PUILADEL PHIA RIDING SCHOOL, Fourth stroot, above, a l2l Vine, will bo found every facility for aequirinjl, n knowledge of this healthful and elegant accomplish munt The School is pleasantly ventilated and wanned thohorsesßafe and well trained. An Aftemoon CIA-’® for Young Ladles. >r Saddle Horses trained iff tlio beat manner. Saddle Horses, Horses and Vehicles to hire. Also, Carriages to Depots, Parties, Weddings, Sho ping, sc. jastf ■ THOMAS CRAIGE COAL AND WOOD. F BECK'S CELEBRATED CENTRALIA, HONEY BROOK LEHIGH AND OTHER FIRST-CLASS COALS; WEIGHT AND QUALITY GUARANTEED. SCOTT * CAR RICK, _ fea)-3m 1846 MARKET STREET. LEHiftH, EAGLE VEIN, AND BEST LOCUST MOUNTAIN COAL, AT LOWEST RATES. BAMUHL C. DUBOIS it CO., CO-OPERATIVE COAL YARD. . Office and Yard, 833 North Broad Street above Wood East Side. Orders by Mali. fe32m TO MoOARRY & SON, X • DEALERS IN CEMENT, SAND, HAIR, dio.. WEST END OF CHESTNUT STREET BRIDGE. fc—-2mo ALSO, COAL AND WOOD. S. MASON BINE*. VOIDS t. SHEAF* rjIUE UNDERSIGNED INVITE ATTENTION. Tf X ‘-their stock of Spring Mountain, Lehigh and Locust Mountain Coal which, with the preparation given by no, we think cuuo> be excelled by any other Goat - ■ . „ . Office. Franklin Institute Building. No. 15 SouthSeyenti street. BOIES dsSHEAFF. iaio-tf . Arch street wharf. SchuVlkfll OOPAHTNEBBIIIPS , S [(PARTNERSHIP NOTICE.—WM. D. STROUD. M, D., and JOHN MAKBTON. Jb., have this day asao fed themselves togetherunderthensane of* ;-? STROUD A M ARBTON. To act as General Agents of the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company of Boston, Maasaenosettiii in the States of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and West Virginia.: ; Office, 32 North Fifth Street. This Company has just made a CUB DIWDESD Of 9-799,860 33 FOB 1867, which is now in process of payroentto members, felt I'm fIIIISICIAJ,. piANO SINGING LE3SONS.--BIGNQH J, JL NINO, late Musical Director of tho Italian Opera in New York, has removed to No. 708 Locust street (8. Wash ington Pquareb where he will continue . tojgivethehest instruction in Binging and on the Piano. Tgrau reasona ble. A few classes, limited to four pupils each for the piano, and to ten for singing, or four for advanced scholar*, are now being formed. 81gnor Nuno can be seen 1 personally every day, Mondays and Thursdays eg. eepted. fen UP AtJCtflOW SAXES, ,„ THOMAS & 80N8, AUOTIONEEM. ; *bai«bb op btogßj and’read* i X#S&£ to eacb «alo, ooe thousand catalogues, La pamPnfet form. deecriptiona of all the property to besofdou MP^toSdS tuesday.mS alSiorßSißrtato 9W Our Sales are' also advertised la the following Am*Rioan. Fbjeso, Ledqjcr, Lrolj iKTKLLionrosßt Inquibeb, Ada, Etehinq Bhujiu. EVglINd 'J ELKOBAPH, GzgMAK DZMOCRXT, Ac. Baic> &t 010 Auction sioro EVERY t3F~ Sales at residences receive especial attention. ««™ BT °CKB, Ac. ■ a> , , ,_ ON TUESDAY. MARCH 3. At 12 o’clock noon, at the Philadelphia Exchange -28 eharea Empire Transportation Co. . M . Kxocutora’ Sale, ' 800 shares North-American Insurance Co. . 80 shares Camden and Ambov Railroad Co, 60 shares Frankford and Southwark Pass. RVV. Co. 80 shares Philadelphia and Heading Railroad Co. 8 $lOOO Honda North Pennsylvania Railroad Co. $ll,OOO Morris Canal Ponds. For Other Accounts— -80 shares Swiftauro Transportation Co, 88 shares Camden and Amhoy Railroad Co. 62 chares Pennsylvania Railroad Co.. 65 shares Columbus and Indiana Central Railroad Company. t lO,OOO Elmira and Williamsport Railroad Co., 5 perct, 10,000 Wei tern Penn's, RaiiroadGo., 6 per cent 1 share Point Breeze Park. I share Philadelphia Library. 275 0’ ares Pacific and Atlantic Telegraph Co. 600 shares Palzell OH Co. 000 shares Mcllhenny Oil Co. 1 share Arch Sticet Theatre. REAL ESTATJ9 SALE. MARCH 3. Orphans’Court Sale—Estate of Elizabeth Rivet doo'd. -TWO-STORY FRAME DWELLING, S. E. comer of Sixteenth and Lombard streets. , MODERN THREE-STORY BRICK RESIDENCE, No. 2122 Spruce street 20 feet front_lo7 feet deep. Assignees' Peremptory Sale—2 TWO-STORk BRICK DWELLINGS. Nos. lul2 and 1014 Ward street between 18th and 19th streets, above Washington avenue. Sale by Order of an Heir—TWO-STORY FRAME DWELLING, No. 612 Beach street between Green and Noble stieets. Trustees' Salo-2 THREE-STORY BRICK DWELL IN<B Nos.) 814 and 816 Mackinaw streetwest of Eighth and sonth of Vine street MODERN THREE-STORY BRICK DWELLING, No. 163 d North Twelfth street, above Jefferson, COUNTRY SEAT-LARGE and VALUABLE LOT, 434 ACRES, County Line Road, Montgomery county, Pa. TWO-STORY BRICK STORE AND DWELLING, No. 1422 Shippen street with a Two-story Brick Dwelling in the rear. MODERN THREE-STORY BRICK RESIDENCE, No. 686 North Thirteenth street—has the modem conveni ences. Immediate possession. 2 GROUND RENTS, eacb s3dand $24 a year. MORTGAGE for $668. GROUND RENT, i 842 a year. Lease of Wharf, river Delaware, above Vine street Executors* Hale on the Premises, 1211 Sprucestreet HANDSOME RESIDENCE AND FURNITURE. ON MONDAY MORNING. March 2, at 10 o’clock, at No. 1211 Spruce street by order of Executors, ail that' handsome Three-atory Brick Residence, with two-story Back Bnildings and Lot of Ground, eituate on the north side of Spruce street No. 1211, containing in front 21 feet and cxienMidg in depth 12Ufeetto a2O feet wide street The house ia in excoUent repair. SURPLUS FURNITURE. CHINA, Ac. - Immediately after the sale of the Residence, the rar* plus Furniture, including fine Brussels Carpets, Feather Beds. Spring Matresaee, handsome China Dinner Strvice, Walnut ana Mahogany Chamber and Dining room Furni ture, superior Walput Bookcase, Ac. May be seen early on the morning of sale Sale at No 301 Bpruce street VERY SUPERIOR WALNUT FURNITTRE. FINE BKUSBKLS, INGKAJLN AND VENETIAN CARPETS. C ’’’ C ‘ ON TUESDAY MORNING. March 3/ at 10 o'clock, at No. 801 Bpruce street by cata* logu*, the very superior Walnut Parlor and Dining-room Furniture. Walnut and Cottage Chamber Furniture,line Brussels. Ingrain and VenetianJCameta. Matresses. Wal* net Pideboarrd. fine Linen Shades, Kitchen Utensil*. Ac. May be examined at 8 o'clock on the morning of sale,. EXTENSIVE BALE AT KERR’S CHINA HALL, No. 639 CHESTNUT STREET. RICHLY ELEGANT CHINA. U ANDdOifE~d&NAM£NTS, ON. WEDNESDAY MORNING. March 4, at 10 o'clock, at No. 629 Chestnut street by catalogue, elegant China, £c„ including- Very elegantly painted and decorated Dinner, Te% Dessert and Break fast Sets; French China and Gold Band Dinner and'l ea Sendees; sets of rich and elegantly Cut Glassware: Fruit Bowls, Stands, Decanters, Flagons, Goblets, Wines, Tumblers, Ac.: handsomely decorated and painted Orao* ments, Vases, Urns, Bronzes, Ac.; Wh*tc, French, Eng lish ar d Iron htone Dinner, Tea-and Dessert hots; fine French and White Stone China Toilet Sots—in fact Cb:na of every style, description and shape, suitable for Hotels. Restaurants' Boarding Houses, Ac.; being the largest sale of tbe kind ever held »n this city and sold by the Messrs. Kerr to reduce stock previous to removal to their new store. No. 1218 Chestnut street May be examined with catalogues on Tuesday. Peremptory Salo at the Nottingham Knitting Mill, Germantown. "> VALUABLE HOSIEKY MACHINERY, Ac. ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.- March 11. at 11 o’clock, at the Nottingham Knitting Mill, northeastwardly eide of Wakefield street German town, valuable Hosiery Machinery, including Balmoral Heads, Warp Machines. Spooling Machines, Shuttle Looms, Yam Frames, double ribbed; Steam Ptpsh, Sow ing Machines, let Woolen Yarn. Stocking Boards, Ac.; Office Furniture. Fireproof Safe. Ac. May be examined on the morning of sale. THOMAS BIBCH A SON. AUCTIONEERS AND 1 COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No, Hie CHEBTNUT street. Roar Entrance 1107 Sansom street HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE OF EVERY DESCRIP TION RECEIVED ON CONSIGNMENT. SALES EVERY FRIDAY MORNING. Sales of Furniture at Dwellings attended to on thi roost reasonable terma. LARGE SALE OF ELEGANT SHEFFIELD PLATED WARE. PEAhL AND IVORV HANDLE TABLE CUTLERY. Ac, ON TUESDAY MORNING, at 11 o’clock, and ON TUESDAY EVENING, at 7% o'clock, At tho auction store. No. lllu Chestnut street, will bo sold— A large assortment of elegant Sheffield Platod Ware, received direct from the manufacturers, JOSEPH DEA KIN & SON. bhcflield, England. CARD.—This Ware is of a superior quality, and equal to the beet sold in this city. Salo at No. 1525 Chestnut street. SUPERIOR WALNUT PARLOR FURNITURE, ROSE WOOD PIANO FORTE, REPB COVERED LIBRARY FURNITURE BRUSSELS. INGRAIN AND VENE- TIAN CARPETS, BEDS, BEDDING, Ac. ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. At 10 o'clock, at No. 1525 Chestnut street, will be sold, the Pailor, Chamber, Dining room and Kitchen Furni ture of a family declining housekeeping. The Furniture can be examined after 8 o'clock on the morning of sale. TRAVIS a HARVEY. AUCTIONEERS. J J (Late with M. Thomas A Sons.) Store No. 421 WALNUT street. FURNITURE SALES at the Store EVERY TUESDAY SALES AT RESIDENCES will receive particular attention. Sale No. 42t Walnut street. SUPERIOR FURNITURE. SEWING MACHINE, FEATHER BEDS, CARPETS, Ac, ON TUESDAY MORNING, At 10 o'clock, at the auction store, an assortment of Superior Furniture, Ladd A Webster Sewing Machine, Matreeses, Beds, Tapestry, Inerain and Vcnwliau Carpets, China, Housekeeping Articles, Ac. Sale No. 1105 Callowhill street. SUPERIOR FUKMTL RE, ROSEWOOD PIANO. FINE FRENCH PLATE MIRRORS, HANDSOME TAPES TRY carpets. ac. ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, March 4, at 10 o'clock, by oatalogue, at No. 1105 Callow hill Btreet, the entire Furniture, Including—Superior Walnut l’urlor Suic, Oak Hall Set. Walnut Uining-Toom Furniture, superior Chamber Suits, Rosewood Piano, largo French Pluto Miro U-1 and Pier Mirrors; Plated Tea Set, tine Tapestry, Brussels and Venetian Carpets, Kitchen Utensils, Ac. BY. HARRIET A ..CCU AUCTIONEERS. No. 230 MARKET street, corner of BANK street Cash advanced on consignments without extra charge LARGE PEREMPTORY SALE OF 1000 LOTS. ON MONPAY MORNING, March 2, commencing at 10 o'clock; COMPKIBING, 350 LOTS OF DRY GOODS, Bleached and Brown Goode, Domestics, Ac, Also; BO cases Boots, Shoes, Balmorals, Ac. 50 cases Felt Hats SO cascoGingbam Umbrellas. 150 lots Table Damask, Tablo Clothe. Towel?, Cambrics, Bed spreads, Drees Goods, Delaines, Linen Goods, Ac. Also, stock of Clothing; Fancy and White Shirts, Over- NOTICE TO CITY AND COUNTRY MERCHANTS. ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. March 4, commencing at Jo o'clock, by catalogue, 1200 lots, cases, bales- Ac., or Desirable Stable and Fancy pry Goods, b otions Ac. . , Particulars hereafter. MW™ s - K Money advanced on Merchandise, generally—Watches. Jewelry, Diamonds, Gold''and'Silver Plate, ana on al) Fine Gold Hunting Case. Double Bottom and Open Fact English. American and. Swiss Patent Lever Watches: Fine Gold Hunting Case and Open Face Let-ine Watches. Fine Gold Duplex and other Watches; Fine Silver Hunt ing Case and Open Face English, American and Swiss Patent Lover and Leplne Watches: Double Case English Quartier and other Watches: Ladies' Fancy Watches; Diamond Breastpins: Finger Rings; Ear lungs;Studs, Ac.; Fine Gold Chains, Medallions; Bracelets: Scan Fins; Breastpins; Finger Rings pencil Cases and Jewelry **fQBIIAVI!L-~A large and valuable Fireproof Cheat suitable for a Jeweler: coat $660. AlHQ,ievQrallotalnSouthCamdeu,Fifth^udCh,Mtnui streets. By j. m, gummey a sons, ■ AUCTIONEERS, No, 508 WALNUT street. HoldßegUlarSales of ' - • 3 KEALES^^TO^DIEOURmEaAT^ #2"H*ndMUjof each property imuod »opnrat«ly.. , W* OH., .thousand copio. published ana circulated, containing full doaeripUtmij ot property to toe boM. aaabw a panial Tiet of (property contained In oor Beai Haute Repleter, and offered at privateul*.. ■ .... ..... . - BT Saie», adverttaed J>Ai(.Y ln aU tbe dailr newt papera. ‘ *' ~ r 1 ‘ I <> •' » TKT H THOMPSON * CO.. AUCTIONEERS. »n;,a»orw«.prginpHyatte>id^l’t<i. T. u NOTlCE—lncluded in onrßalootrMONDAY.Marekfc at lo o’clock, on four mouths' credit, will' be-found'ff part the following via- -v “ A Special add important OlTcrin* of < MOUSSELINEDK EAINEB. VEIL WitEOESi Meatn. HENNEQUIN A CO. • ■ 600 Pieces Paris MOUBSEUNE DELAINES, Inal! tk» - gradceoi their, well known make, in choice ' assorted and. high .colors, ezulina, scoriae white, black iuidjntMeO, “ ■ • 800 Pieces Paris VEIL BA REOEd. of thelr own manufac ture, from fine ;io best imported; In greent brown, azultae aedblack, .... , , ■ SCO Pieces superior BONA MaRIA, for veils, in azullne; mode, brown and'droen. 300 Pieces all BILK GRENADINES, for veils, to aenlio* ■ brown and green, .... .. . 800 Paris THIBET add MERINOSQUAftfeand. LONCt KHAWXB. wool friDgea, In blacknUdmodw, ,„ rt „ , from fine to Bdperfine qnalitiM. » <- ‘ • . ICO Park Printed a oalmettea aborted colon,. . ' We will add to above aaift— \ -• •• "• •*• • 9 A a. a DHEBB GOODS. > Fiecea London black and colored Mohair* and Aloacftfcr do. Baxonr Plaids, Bilk and Wool ,' '' do. scotch Fancy Drew 3to®*,4Ci Pieces blk and colored Gro« Grains. Gras du Rhj« t 4fc«u do. Lyons Taffetas, Prap do Fon 1$ doJaKrf^ iiincn Cambric. Silk audCotton HandkerCWefAßUfc ’ rrora .and Hoop Skirts, Ribbons, Glovee, Bilk TlefJinS and Cloak Trimmings, Beltings, Braids. BattonsTWuta Goods, Umbrellas, Sewing SUk, Quilts, iiotiani.,dKk March 3. Boots, Shoes, Balmorals, *o„ of .cltr and Eastern iaanv i actnre. ' —/' LARGE PEREMPTORY. BALE OP SOGO CASEB BOOTS. SUOEB. mAVELING BAGS. HATS; CAPSiSaOII NOTlOlWncludad in onrLarge SUli of. Boot* Shoe*. Ac.. ON TUESDAY MOVING, -v March 3, on FOURMONTHS’ CRBDIC at Id q’cfofk,win be found in pari the foUowlug freah UndAe&able Wort ment via— ...... mnj|, Men’s, boys’ and youths* calf, double sola, half weß an* pump sole dress boots; men’gjhram and youfhF kin «w# bTO®»W»WI fine kid, goat, morocco and enameled patent ,eevndßal-- morals and Congeess gaiters; Womens ffib2iiF*lgiS chiMren’s calf sSd buff leather Balmorals andlaoebpefeg children** fine kid, sewed, ritwmide lm IiAB-'Mi, sewed Balmorals .'and. ankle tie*risdlee’fim; Mask «» colored lasting Cpngreseaod side lace galteni wtmcnAL misses’ and children's goat and morocco copperioattj m •“’**"* One Howe’s CyliadeyilmNC^MAOHlNE. LARGE POSITIVE BALeToF BRITISH. FRENCH. „ , ON THURSDAY MORNING.; March 3, at 10 o’clock, embracing about 1000 Package* and Lots of Staple and Fancy Articles. We will include In sale onTHURSUAY, MarehS, tob» sold for oath, by order or the Sheriff— -8 pieces of WOOLEN COATING. IMPORTANT AND SPECIAL SALE OF 80.000 DOZEN GERMAN COTTON^HOSIERY AND GLOVES, TRAyELING SHIRTS, UMBRELLAS, GEMIS? FURNISHING GOODS. As. March 6, at lOo'clockTonlour months* credit. „ , 90,000 DOZEN HOSIERS AND GLOVE& ? Full lines Ladies* WHITE COTTON HOSE, from me dium to the finest qualities. ■ Full lines ladies* brown, elate, mixed and black COT TON BOSE, from lowest quality to full regular. - * Full lines misses* and boys* white, brown- and MIXED* BOSE, M and % HOSE, full assortment of alaes.atytes and qualities. o > Full lines Kents’ white, brown and mixed COTTOBP HALFHOSE, from the lowest quality to the finest regular made goods. —ALSO— • J GLASSWARE. Fall lines Udln’, gentlemen’s, misses’ and boys’ Berlins Lisle, Cotton and Silk mixture GuoVES and G AUNT LETS, compiising a large and complete assortment ot tills season's Importation. —ALSO— Traveling Shirts. Umbrellas, Hoop Skirts. Silk Tice. Shirt Fronts, Suspenders, Clothing, Buttons, Trimming, LARGE POSITIVE BALEOFCARPETCNGB. Ae. . „ , OH FRIDAY MORNING. March 6 at 11 o'clock, on FOUR MONTHS’ CREDIT, about axi pieces Ingrain, Venetian, List, Hemp, Cottage and Rag Carpetings. . ■ . ‘ -■ ■■■:'• CD. McCLEES A CO.. . ■ SUCCESSORS TO McClelland a co„ Auctioneer*. ■ N 0.60« MARKET eSeei_ LARGE SPRING SALE OF 1600 CASES BOOTS, BHOES, BROGANS, BALMORALS, Ac. ON MONDAY MORNING. March 2, commencing at ten o’clock, we will sell by catalogue, for cash, 1600 cases men's, boys'and youtbs* Boots, Shoes, Brogans, Balmorals. Ac. , Also, a superior asiortment of Women’s, Misses' and Children’s wear. - . - To which the early attention of the trade is called. ~; , LARGE SPRING SALE OF 1800 CABES BOOTS; SHOES. BROGANS BALMORALS, Ac, ’ ON THURSDAY MORNINGT Marco 6, commencing at ton o’clock, we wfR Sell by catalogue, for cash, 1600 oases Men's, Boys’ ana Youiiuf Boots, Bhoes, Brogans, Balmorals, Ac. Also, a superior, assortment or Women’s, Mltses' anA Children's wear. Direct from city and Eastern manufacturers. BY B. SCOTT, Jb. SCOTT'S ART GALLERY. No. 1020 Chestnut street Philadelphia. Sale at the Academy of Me sic. JAMES S. EARLE A SON'S SIXTH GREAT SALE OF _ < PAINTINGS Will take place in the Foyer of the Academy of Music, on the EVENINGS of FRIPaY, Feb. 88, and SATUI? PAV, Feb. 29, at7o'clock precisely. The Collection is now arranged for exhibition In the Eastern Galleries of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and will continue daily, from 8 A. M. untU'lO P. with catalogues. Cards of admission willb* required at the can bo procured without charge, at Earle's Galleries, 816 T Chestnut street and at the ernce of the Auctioneer 1 ,1039 Chestnut street. * TAMES A. FREEMAN, AUCTIONEER, V 422 WALNUT «tr*ot SALE BY ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT. Property known os the Ectoh and Perkiomea Copper Mine. Montgomery county, I'a. ON TUESDAY. MARCH \ " At 13 o'clock noon.will be Bold on the premises.in-Lower Providence township; Montgomery county. 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