Q 1,1 S.liittsbut Sagas. SHADOWS. 11:1= On the bosom of the twilight, Of Vie twilight purple gold. .• Fades the glory of the day It. ht, Blends new besets with the old, And I see the shadows thicken, ' tree them flitting ever more, Watch them in their weirs -Hke flitting, Dance o'er ceiling, wait and Throe the evening glitom and dimming, tee them steal as.alry things: Noiseless n their ghostly skimming As the hp of, angels' wings. Gentle they as mu .muring waters, Holding woe and care le, thrall. mi n gling with the rasa of fire Ight, Talutitig pictur. s ou tee wall. Plmures of loved ones derarted, In each varied shape I L. ee: The oeloved, blest, long parted, - Else now fresh In memory. Pictures of the living dear ones, Who yet tread the vale of life. Drinking of Its cup of sunshine, Battling with its wavesbf - strife. They have gone where Shades of sorrow Never more un them will frown I From the Cross no trials they borrow, Bat now joyful wear the Crown. We who ita, yet meet life's shadows, Mingled shades Oa; o'er us creep, -- Yet w e humbly-bear the burdens. Knowing • 'De who gave can keep." But the twilight, growing weary, Ushers in the bruilant stars Which illtime the night so dreary. With the moonbeams' silvery bars. Thu., when life's last, solemn shadows ovine'. fall o'er those 1 love, - Gott , ,s love, so pun., Immortal, Staidow them in realm's above; —Ballimore AmeriCan. RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. It is really refreshing in these progres sive times to read such valuable sugges tions, by. one occupying a high place in the Church of God, as are found in the pastoral letter of Right Rev. A. Cleave land Core, D.D., Bishop of the Protes tant Episcopal Diocese of Western New York. The immediate object in view was the approaching season of Lent, but the Bishop takes occasion to - remind the people that_the indulgence of attending; theatrical exhibitions and the lascivious.' riess of dances, are "disgraceful to the age and irreconcilable with the Gospel of Christ," and he warns those Who indulge in these pleasures not to presume to come .to the Holy table. The Bishop thinks it "is high time that the lines should be • drawn between worldly and Godly living. But the most humiliating thought in the pastoral is that any professing Christian should dare to commit the sin and blood gailtiness ofluite-natal infanticide, as to require the reproof of a Chief Minister of any denomination. This evil the Bishop fearlessly meets and denounces in severe terms, and says that, persons guilty of such sacrifices to Moloch, which defile our land, cannot inherit eternal life. He ar ,„. gees that if there be a special damnation for 'those who "shed innocent blood," what must be the portion of those who have no mercy upon their own flesh? We honor the Bishop fortis noble and manly words, and hope every pulpitin this eom- aimnity, and elsewhere, may speak out tones, of thunder, and rebuke this cry ' -sin of the age, and pollution among professing Christians. Rev. W. F. -Mallslieu, pastor of one of the Methodist Episcopal Churches in Boston, by invitation addressed the Mas sachusetts Protestant Episcopal Conven tion quite recently, on the best method of nniting'the two Churches. The Board of Managers of the Ameri- .can Bible Society have decided to discon- Anne the customary public exercises,. heretofore held in connection with the annual meeting of the Society on the second Thursday of ?lay, and_ simply hold a business meeting for' the accep tance of the reports and t. to choose officers. As this Society inaugurated the custom in 1816, and thus gave interest to the occa sion of "Anniversary Week," it is to b 3 seen what effect will follow the discontin uance of the custom. About twenty years api Rev. 'J. D. Collins, of Michigan, offered himself to the Methodist Episcopal Board to go as missionary to China. The Board de clined for want of funds. Mr. Collins then requested Bishop Jahes to engage him a passage before the nsaft, saying that his "own strong arm should pull him to China,, and support him " after arriving tlifte there. The Board took step I to found the'China mission in 18 47. en years passed away before a single avert was made. There are now seven missiona ries, with nine assistants and en na tive preachers. The total m %%hip is four hundred and .sixty-eigh members and three hundred and fi ft y- ee proba tioners. R G. Pardee, well known' to active Sanday school workers in this city, died recently, in New York, after a brief ill ness. • He was much beloved for his ca tholic unsectarian feelings, in promoting the cause of Sunday Schools. - Rabbi H. Z.• Sneersolm, of Jerusalem, by invitation will deliver a lecture in NeW York, Febrnary 17th, on the sub ject of the "condition of the Jews of Pal estine." • The Episcopal Seminary, in New York, are about to apply to the Legislature for authority to confer honorary degrees in Theology. It is gratifying to record the liberality of our'city churches to promote the cause of Missions. Sunday week, the Sec ond United Presbyterian church, of this city, Rev..T. H. Hums pastor, took up a' collection for the different Miesion Funds of that body, which amounted to the noble sum of three thousand six hun . dred Ateliers. • Five years ago, the present editors' and proprietors of the Presbyterian Banner -took charge of that paper. However ex eellently well the paper was conducted by its previous owners, its growth has been steady and rapid and the man agement of Dr. Allison and I rof. Patter son. We , congratulate the -e gentlemen vpon the success which has .rowned their • • el:for% to provide Etjotu:stal worthy of the support of Presbyterians,' aiwell as by the lovers of a high toned , literature. - The. Methodist church of Saratoga, New York, has resolved to censure any member who may alp an application for a liquor license. This is in keeping with the Disciiiline and custom of the Church for all time.' If any infringement has occurred, the proper authority has neg lected to enforce the rule. The Episcopal Methodists of New York, feeling the need of some aggressive step, and to meet the necessities of the city, among the poorer class of people, have determined to raise half a million of dol-' lays at once for church extension purposes in that city. The sum ,of one hnndre& thousand dollars bas slimly been re ceived; and steps have been taken to col lect Uiie balance at the earliest possible date... According to recent statistics the'num ber of, Congregational churches in the United States is three - thousand and sixty pine, with a membership of not quite three hundred thousand, of which over one-tenth are reported "absent."' The additions by profession during 'the past year were nearly seventeen thousand. Tho additions by letter nearly twelve thousand. The Executive Committee of the Soci ety for the Increase of the Ministry of - the Protestant Episcopal Church, request the brethren of the Church throughout the country to observe Friday of the next Ember week, the nineteenth daypf February, as a day for special prayer in churches, in families and in closets, that it would "please the Almighty God, by His Holy Spirit, to incline the hearts of many faithful men to dedicate _ them selves" to the holy ministry, and that He will direct and prosper divinity students in their studies and fit them for their holy calling. CHRONOLOGY. —Sunday will be the 469th anniversary of the murder of Richard IL —lt is to-day just 49 years since the assassination of the Duke de Berri. —The wonderful Italian sculptor in ivory, Benvenuto Cellini, died' 293 years ago to-day. —Capt. James Cook was unfortunate enough to be killed at Owyhee just 90 years ago to-morrow. —Cotton Mather, the austere Puritan and witch condemner of Boston, died in 1728; just 141 years ago to-day. —Catharine Howird, the unfortunate queen of Henry VIII., was beheaded in 1543, just 826 years ago to-day. —One hundred and fifteen years ago to-day, in the year 1754, Prince de Tal leyrand, the renowned diplomatist, was born. —Sir William Blackstone died in 1780, just 98 years ago to-morrow. This Sir William is the man who wrote some com mentaries, of which some of our readers have undoubtedly heard. —Tomorrow, the 14th, is St. Valen tine's Day. That worthy but unfortunate old gentleman had the ill luck to be beaten to death and was afterwards beheaded. Some portions of the corpse are mini hg but the greater part is preserved in the Church of St. Praxedes at Rome. The well known gate in the Eternal City called the Porta del Popolo was once named, in honor of this unfortunate first valentine, Porta Valentini. Beinstricable Pastoral Letter by Bishop Cate. The Protestant Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of West-Irk New York has issued the following Agora' letter, ap propriate to the season of Lent : • * • "The enormities of theatrical exhibitions, and the lasciviousness of dances are too commonly tolerated in our times, are there so specially pointed out as disgraceful to the age and irreconcila ble with the Gospel of Christ, that I feel it my duty to the souls of my cock to wain those- who run with the world to 'the same excess of riot' in these things, that with other abominations 'the world, the flesh and the devil' Let all such choose -deliberately whom they will serve; and if salvation be worth striving for let them be pursuaded to a sober life, to self-denials, and to the pure and inno cent enjoyments which the Gospel not only permits, but which it only can create. is high time that the lines should be drawn between worldly and Godly living, and I see no use in a Lent that is not sanctified to such ends. "I have heretofore warned my flock against the blood guiltiness of ante-natal infanticide. If any doubts existed here tofore as to the propriety of my warnings on this subject, they must now disappear before the fact that the world itself is be ginning to be horrified by the practical results of the sacrifices to Moloch which defile our land.* Again I warn you that those who do such things cannot' inherit eternal life. If there be a special damna tion for those who Shed 'innocent blood,' what must be the portion of those who haven° mercy upon their own flesh? 'Dearly beloved, 'save yourselves from. this untoward *aeration.' "Your affectionate Bishop. , "A. CLICVELAZID Cox, 'Bishop of Western New York, and in charge of the Diocese of Central New York. "Thutford, &awry 80, 1869. 4 'l ask attention to an article on "Pop ulation," which , appeara`lin Harper's Magathis for Febrnry, 1869. THE young and enormously wealthy Marquis of 'Bute, who has gone over to the Roman Catholics, is described as a inild-faced lad, of gentle, regular features, with hia hair parted in the middle, rather over, his fore,head, and looking a good deal like, s girl in boy's clothing. At school he eschewed masculine sports, pre= ferring keeping bees and reading—often books on Roman Catholicism. pia mother was of that religion; an ex-actress married to an old peer who had no chil dren by his first wife. and was not ex pected to have any by his second. The income of 'the Marquis, who has just turned twenty-one, is $1,600,000 gold. f, • • - - • • " v s --; TEB Ru I iv 3 j'-'1" . 0 ajltG tirAtipi • (TAPP t' Q.S. Dr. InTrivGBTOICE T the famous Aflioni traveler, has not yet made his appear ance at Zanzibar, as anticipated by Sir - Roderick L Mtutheson, the Preaident of the Royal Geographical Society„ The latest foreign mails state that letters have been received in London, from Zanzibar, :dated November 264.868, at which - time ;nothing bur been - teard respecting Dr.= Livingstone, for a long period. The latest news reported him to be in -Cazem be's country a year ago. Dr. Kirk, writ ing from Zanzibar, says, "There is no knowing where he is," but Mr. Waller is of the opinion that there is no actual need for much anxiety, Moose, the attendant, who reported Livingstone's teeth in a detailed account, which excited so much argument in England,has been released by Dr. Kirk, after having passed eight months in heavy irons. I NEW NATURALIZATION Lews.—The House Committee on Revision of Laws have agreed on a bill relative to naturali zation, which they will report as soon as possible. It provides that hereafter all naturalization shall be done in, the United States Courts; that Registers in Bank ruptcy may take evidence, but shall not issue certi fi cates; that all applicants for naturalization must give notice infer& hand of their intention; that any citizen may appear before the Court and state his objections to the naturalization of the ap plicant; that certifleates of naturalization may be issued at the end (Si four years and six months thereafter. The purpose of the bill, it will be seen, is to make nat uralization a judicial process. TIER Hartford Copper mine in Canada smelts fifty tons of ore daily. One hun dred and thirty men are employed at the works. The ore is mined at a distance underground of 380 feet, whence it is drawn to the snrface by a railway pro pelled by horse power. The per centage of rock in the copper is about five per cent., and when manufactured into "matt" or "regains" thirty to forty per cent. of pure copper is obtained. it is estimated there are 25,000 tons of copper ore in eight, and doubtless more will be discovered as explorations are pushed on. MArrir Cratmargs Airirs says that Eliz abeth Cady !Mention embodies in her per son the noblest type of the American matron. Her white hair curls closely about her fine forehead, her dark eye, quick and earnest, flash under its wide arches, clear reflector of every feeling and thought within. Her features , are noble, the lines of the month as sweet as they are strong, her dress rich and quiet. She has powerful magnetism as a public speaker, for all the forces of her rich per sonality seem fused into her words. She is logical, earnest and eloquent, and never man.nish in manner. THE Rev. Dr. McCosh, the new Presi dent of Princeton College, is exceedingly successful in gaining the attention and confidence of the young men tinder his charge. He is not only one of the pro foundest scholars and ablest theologians of the Presbyterian Church, but he also retains the hearty, social usages of the Scottish clergy, among whom he grew up. He "plays a capital game- of whist. and does not think a good glass of wine, on proper occasions, is any more a viola tion of the sacred law of temperance, than eating a good beefsteak. Carry REf3TAIIR&IVIII. —lt is asserted that there isnot anothersity in the United States where the same amount and va riety of good food can be obtained, for so little money, as in San Francisco. In one restaurant of that city over one thousand persona take their meals daily, at an expelise of ten cents each, and with wine and desert for twenty.flve cents. Green turtle steak, bread and butter and celery are mentioned as prominent arti cles in the bill of fare, which is served up in good style, with clean napkins and table cloths. Tin following eight railroads are in progress in Pennsylvania: Wilmington and Reading, Pittsburgh and Connells vile (extension,) Columbia and Port De posit, Philadelphia and Baltimore (exten sion,) Plymouth Railroad. Lancaster, Lebanon and Pinegrove, Pennsylvania and New York Canal and Railroad Navi gation. The Danielsville, Rarklton. and Wilkesbarre, connecting the Lehigh Val ley Railroad (with, the Philadelphia and Erie and the Northern Central, forms a most important link. THE Cincinnati Gazette says : It is re ported, on pretty good authority, that the Pennsylvania Central Railroad Company paid the managers of the "Ben._ Smith roads" fifteen per cent more than the market value of their stocks and bonds, in order to secure a rejection of the Erie lease. The Brie_ proposition, which was rejected, was much better for the stock holders than the Pennsylvania lease, which was accepted, but the bonds paid to the "managers ' 'who held the proxies, did the business. He= is Don Piatt's description of Par ton: "Parton is , a thin, queer, gentle manly-looking man who carries forty eight on his countenance. Above the medium height, he is slender and ends in a head round and smallish. Re has an off eye, a hooked nose; prominent chin, coarse, dark hair, that encroaches on his forehead, and whiskers to match—rather thin and , uncertain, and struck me as re sembling Don Quixote in youth, and in delicate health." Sr.'rETEEBBtrEG is crazy over Patti. At her first aPpearance she was recalled fifteen times atter each act, seventy bon-. olueta of camellas, costing thereabout $7O each, were, thrown to her, during the entre acts she sat in the Rinperor's box -and all the nobility crowded to see her, and after the performance she had to slip out by the Ministers' entrance to avoid an enthusiastic crowd that was waiting to carry her off in triumph. dowN Bitscznialnen arrived - at Bal timore on Saturday. Mis arrival was not known until to-day except among - St few of his intimate friends. He is stay ing with his brother-in-law, Rev. Mr. Bullock. The secessionist sympathizers are jubilant, and desirous of doing, him public honor. It is understood, however, that he desires to keep as pnvata pout- I ble at present. Ma. SEWARD has served longer as Sec retary of State than any other in our his tory. Mr.' Madison Was the only other full termed Secretary of State in eight Years. John Quincy Adams would have been ineinded in the list but that when he was appointed' he was absent from the country. add did not enter upon the duties of the office until six months after Mr. Monroe was inaugurated. BOTH of the prominent candidates for the Sneakership of the House, like Col fax, the presiding officer 'of the . Senate during the next Administration, are jour nulls% o.r have had journalistic training. :. , : , ::•. ,- ,:;pkird - r.us .F0r.:,,,:::,,.i7, TM7 MMIACTED irovrxraotrr pAng NO CapelC *ADZ WHEN Arrrinauxe TEETH ABE OEDEBEID. A 117 LL SNP-808 AT DR. SCOTT'S. ITI nom Biwa% ND ixtoß Ausovz ErAisrL ALL WORK WARRANTED. CALL AND EI ALINE SPZOLIKENB OP CENIILKE V ULCAIi ITIL arril:d AT GAS FIXTURES WELIDON & KELLY, Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers In Lamps, Lanterns, Chandeliers, AND LAMP GOODS. Also, CARBON AND LUBRICATING OILS, N0:147 Wood Street. sieB:u22 7 Between 6th "and Bth Avernnee. FRUIT CAN TOP,S We are now prepared to supply TINNERS a n d the Trade 44th oar Patent SELF-LABELING FRUIT CAN TOP. It la PERFECT, SIMPLE and CHEAP. Havlnirthe natnesof the various fruits Btaiint upon the Cover, radiating from the -center, ,and an lades or pointer atanipcd upon the Top orate can. It is clearly; .1141netly and PAESIA.NENT LY LABELED by merely placing tho name of the fruit the can contains on. poslte the pointer and sealing In the, customary manner. No preserver of fruit or good HOUSEHEEVILgut use any other after 'bi►ee seeing it. Send 215 oents for sample. COLLINS & WRIGHT, 139 Second &venue, Pittsburgh PIANOS. OR r ANS, &O BITIt THE OI 27 3RE AR CHEAP STSeltomacker's Gold pedal Piano, AND ESTEY'S COTTAGE ORGAN. The 13e)HOYAOKIIR PIANO combines all its latest valuable improvements known in the oon rtruction of a tree due instrument. and has al ways been awarded the Ws hest premium ex hibited. Intone is full, sonorous and sweet. The workmanship, for durablitlyntiel beauty, snip , ass, all others. • Pricer tronitaOlo 6150. (acir to style and ante ) cheaper than all other so called shat class Piano. XBTXra oorwiE MOWN Stands at the head of all reed instruments, In producing gr i n ost perfect pipe guslin . Of tone of an! simi trument In tha Onliod Ststeo. It is . Sad compact in oinsizuction, and not Hisie to art out of order. - CABPENTXR% PATENT " VOX infliANA TREMOLO" is only_to_ be found in this Organ. Prig:carom $lOO to 8560. AII guaranteed for llve out BARB I - ILNAKE i-BITETTLER, No. IS BT. CLAIR STREET. PRANOS AIM ORGANS—An 'en- Me now stock of KWABZ'S UNRIVALLED PIANOS; MAIN= BROS.. PIANOS: PRINCE. & GO'S ORGANS AND MELODIC. DNS and TREAT. L.DISLET s 0043 ORGANS AND MELODEONS. - • 13L1:1111E, 43 Milli avenue, dole Agent. F:sai ao:r:LAI , hqA I FM 47, BEIIIQUIRTERS 47. YOU BOYS' CLOTHING. Gray $1 Logext, N 0.47 ST. GILAIR STREET, B TIEGEL, ° (Late Cutter with W. Itespeaheide.) DEERAMEL&N"r No. 83 Smithfield Street,Pittsborgh 5e26:421 NEW FALL GOODS. ♦ soleudld new stout of 1 CLOTHS, eASSIMEBES, Just received by , I HERBY MEYER. .ell: Merchant Tailor. 73 Smithfield street. GLASS. CHINA. CUTLERY. 100 WOOD 'STREET. HOLIDAY GIFTS. FINE VASES, 43 BOHEMIAN AND CHINA.. ° A NEW ETYLES i DLNNEI, r f t rir Ts, SMOKING SETS, WIT CUPS, , A largketock of J SILTED PLATED GOODS • - of all description's. WC reel and examine our goods. and we attaded no one need fall to be salted. E. BREED & Co. 100 WOOD - STREET. WALL PAPERS. 'WALL PAIPER - REMOVAL. T OLD PAP Li: kTOBE lAA NEW PLACE, W. P. lIIWEISIFALI, Use removed Dm 87 WOOD BM= to NO. 191 LIBERTY STREBT, $ few doors above 87. CLAM I'3' - Is I URERs lar J. LANCE, DYER AND SCOURER. zgo.a err. cr..A.133 siciWurr • / And Nose 186 and 137 Third Street, rrrusurtua. r CARPETS AND OIL CLOTHS. C3.4l.i3F o Mirr,lS. BOYARD ROSE & CO, , OIL CLOTHS. BOYARD, ROSE & / Window Shades, BOYARD, ROSE & CO., 21 FIFTH AVENUE. fe9:d&wT p aco. JANUARY, 1869. FFIRLAND/cOOLLINS; I" I,~~[~~~~,l~~~h`~~~ Greater Bargains than ver will be offered to lose out Special Lines of Goods, at 71 AND 73 lout ni. AVENUE, tae , SECOND FLOOR. INNOUNCHNE NT. TO MEET THE GENERAL DESIRE OF THOSE who have been deferred from purchasing until after the grit of the ye arose have oonolnded to continue our GREAT REDUCTION SALE FOR A PEW WEEKS LONGER. This is Pod lively the last opportunity to ammo turgains in CAJEUE I 9O9rS, Oil Cloths, Mattings, &e. Good Carts for 25 cents a Yard. OLIVER M'CLINTOCE. AND s',fo3,IRANY. No. 2.3 Fifth Street. 51 51 -51 L'A I Fifth kienue, CARPETS, CARPETS, CAnpyArk, Ii'CALLIIM BROTHERS, ItITALLUM BRMESS iIIICALLIIM BROTHARS, 51 Fifth Avenue, al ABOVE 'WOOD STREET. I=l BEBEITINGI3 AND BATTING. prOimei„iELL & co., ANCHOR COTTON MILLS, Many Illotarers of EIX&VI NEDII3SI and LIGET 302:10MliGS AND BAITING. CARPETS. Will Continue their 0 WEEKS LONGO Prrrsommos. ANCHOR , AND AILAGNOLIA . .. 'i.!",•:."''',''• DRY GOODS - 54• 7 ANMNG EXTRA HEAVY BARRED FLANNEL, et ' A VERY LARGE STOCK, NOW OFFEWED, EN GOOD STYLES. NELROY, DICKSON & CO, WHOLESALE DRY GOODS, • WOOD STREET. O 0 cc cd ° PQ E 4 fr 4 o lg H i 2 S o 0 . gam Z ix 5 co. • 0 z t s Da ) 7 4 C 4 0 c ;T1 ).64 id ig Cs in 0 t . E . l 4 1 rt )1W A 02 :2 0 1 ., 0 iP Z 0 ft. f:4 o z DRY GOODS AT COST, FOR THIRTY DAYS ONLY. TO CLOSE S'TOCIK. MIMEOS F. - PrE=l'S, 87 MARKET STREET; deZ CARR, McCANDLESS & CO., 'Late Wilson, Carr & C 0..) • wnewtsemr. DEALERS IN Foielgx GOods, and Domestic D r y • No. 94 WOOD STENS?, Third dem above Diamond alley. ' ' • PITTtIETYROW. PA. FLOUR. Pin MILL FUEL FLOM PEARL MILL Tbxee tlarGr2en Brand. tioroal to FRENCH FAMILY FLOOR. %W rimarwan.Anlyo.,..ent ent'w*:espe. A, ordered' /MUM *MU! ALVE BRANII4- Equa to best tit. Loma, PEARL .111:114, BED BRAND, • - WHITE owls raLgritill'egthr ' 4 "'• • .B. Z. MOD! &BIN Allextien. Sept. J.sacti:t.f s ‘ptglittalAe)ip3larl EBCETSL macKETT, aszonasnow. *manning. And 9oTloitor of Patent'l. Waco of P. s',W. Av. &airway.), Once. 80. 99 TED Roor u a A psank ia F. ~.zox so, ALLze idaIIINEBY of all - deactiptiol BLAST PI/ .4.011 stud ittiLtaalk . "DEAN ages ftcrialshed. Particular atteatios paid to designlnt PPLLIZRY LOCO/MEM& rateno eon adenuauy solicited: tar An iiVE2C ING DRAM [NG CLASS for meohaulcs evert WIETIMIDIDAN Vtatim WEIGHTS AND M'EASMBS. IL LYON, • ►er of Weights and Measures§ No. 1170IIBTEI SITXZT. (Between Liberty and Terry ettbete. Ord era nrerantiv atiendeA to GEMENT, SOAP STONE, &O. ITARTMAN ac LADE, No: 124 Smithfield. street., Bole Msoufacturers of arretis Fett Oement mid Gravel Booting Ma terial for sale. Booting{ 7 - ):, alaVk