RATES OF ADVERTISING.
Your linos or less Cenatitnte half a square. Ten lines
or more than four, constitute a square.
Half sq., one 3) 30 Ono sq one day. -- 60
C , one week.-- 100 one area—. 200
4 . one month.. 300 " one month.. 600
4,5 00 three Months 10 00
" gin:oaths.. three mouths 8
00 six months.. 15 00
.e one year.— —l2 00 4, one year —2O 00
notices inserted In the LOCAL COLUMN,
or before marriages and deaths, RN
CENTS PIM VINE for
each insertion. To merchants and others advertising
by the year, liberal terms to offered.
gr. The number of insertions must be designated on
*he advertisement.
ID" Marriages and Deaths will be inserted at the same
Mee as inctlar advertiseme nts.
flusincos darbo.
ROB ERT SNODGRASS,
ATTORNEY .AT. LAW,
oat? ~ith Hon. David Mummajr., Third street,
above Market, Harriaburh Pa.
N B.—Pension, Bounty and Military claims of all
_kinds prosecutid and collected.
Refer to Irons. John C. Kunkel, David Mamma, jr.,
and.B. A. Lumberton. inyli-d&vitm
MILLER,
Jam
R. E. FERGUSON,.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
OFFICE IN
SllO EMAKER'S BUILDINGS
SECOND STREET,
BETWEEN WALNUT and MARKET SQUARE,
ap29-d&w Nearly opposite the fctrehlet , Hone.
MAcDOWELL I
THOS.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
- - --
_MILITARY CLAIM AND PATENT AGENT.
Office in Burke. Row, Third street, (Up Stairs.)
Having formed a connection with parties in Wash
ington City, wno are reliable businessmen, any busi
ness connected with any of the Departments will meet
With immediate and careful attention. m6-y
DR. C. WEICHEL,
SURGEON AND OCULIST,
ItTiIIDENOR THIRD NRAR NORTH MOW.
He is now fully prepared to attend promptly to the
duties of profession in all its branches.
A LONG AID TN= suoomuserm MEDICAL .EXPZEZZON
justifies him in promising toll sod simple satisfaction to
all who May faTOr kiIII. With Si Mai, be Wm dimes Chronle
or any other nature. mlB-ditwly
TAILORING.
SLUGS.
The subscriber is ready at NO. 94, MARKET ST.,
four doors beloW /Mirth street, to make
MEN'S AND BOY'S CLOTHING
In any desired style, and with skill and promptness.
Persons wishing cutting don, can have it done at the
shortest notice. ap27-411y
CHARLES F. VOLLMER,
UPHOLSTERER,
Cheataut street, four doors above Second,
(Orroarrs Wast!INCITON HOW! HMIs)
Is prepared to furnighto order, in the very best style of
workmanship. Spring and flair Mattresses, Window Cur-
WAS, Lounges, and all other articles of Tennture in his
line, on short notice end moderate terms. Rawl ex
perience in the business, he feels warranted in as tag a
share of public patronage, confident of his ability to give
satisfaction. janli-dtf
SILAS WARD.
80. U, NOR= THIRD ST., HARRISBURG.
STEINWAY'S PIA%OS,
MELODEONS, VIOLINS, GUITARS, •
Banjos, Muth, Fifes, Drums, Accordeous ;
BTNINGS, BBIIKT AND ROOK IMMO, &0., &C.,
PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES. ALBUMS,
Large Pier and Montle Mirrors, Squire and Oval Framer
of everydeseriptionmade to order. Regnthung done.
Agency for Howe's Sewing Machines.
U7' Sheet Music sent by Mail. oetl.-1
JOHN W. GLOVER,
MERCHANT TAILOR!
jigs inst received from New York, an assort
ment of
SEASONABLE GOODS,
which he offers to his customers and the public at
nos - a) MODRRITS PRICES. dtt
WHARRY WILLIAMS,
•
CZNALMIX .A.ar3ENT,
402 WALNUT STUNT,
PHILADELPHIA.
General Claims for Soldiers promptly collected, State
Claims adjusted, &c. moan -dim
B KITR & EWING,
ATTORNEYS-AT - LAW,
THIRD STREET, Harrisburg,
Practice in theaeveral Courts of Dauphin county. Col.
lectione nude promptly. A. O. SiIITU,
J. B. BlirDiff._
T COOK, Merchant Tailor,
st ansalyr BT., between &Bond and Front'
Has just returned from the city with an assortment of
CLOTHS, CASSIDY:REES AIVI3 VESTING'S,
Which will be Sold at moderate prices sad made up to
order; and, also, an assortment of BEADY MADE
Clothing and Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods.
nov2i-lyd
DENTISTRY.
Ti. IL DILDEiI I D. D. 8.,
0. 119 MARKET STREET
BEY S. - KUNKEL'S BUILDING, UP STAIRS.
janfl-tf
RELIGIOUS BOOK STORE,
11 a 0 T AND SUNDAY SCHOOL DEPOSITORY,
E. S. GERMAN,
giOUTIE WICIOND SWUM, ABOVI 011.118 NUT,
HAKIIBBIIIIIS, PA.
Depot for tangelo of Stereonoopea,StereoseoploViews,
ignala and Musical Instruments. Also, subacriptfons
taken for religions publications. n0304y
JOHN G. W. MARTIN,
FASHIONABLE
CARD WRITER,
HERR'S HOTEL, HARRISBURG, PA.
Ktionoter of VISITING, WEDDING - AND BUSI
NESS CARDS executed is the most artistic styles wad
most reasonable terms. decl4.dtf
UNION ROTEL,
Dip Avenue, corner of Broad stree
HARRISBURG, PA.
Tie undersigned informs the public that he has re=
eentiy temovated and refitted his well-known " union
Hotel) , on Ridge avenue, near the Round House, and is
prepared to accommodate eitisena, droners ma travel
ere in the beat style, at moderate rates.
Hie' table will be supplied with the beat the maskets
afford, and at his bar vial be found superior brands of
liquors and malt beverages. The very beat accommo
dations for saiiroaders employed at the shops in this
fan dtfl HMNItY BO8T(RN.
FRANKLIN uousE,
BALTIMORZ, MD.
rals pleasant and commodious Hotel has been tho
Toughly re-atted and re-fornlehod. tt i.e plesesntly
situated on North-Went corner of Howard and Franklin
streets, a few doors west of the Northern Central Rail
way Depot. leery attention paid to the comfort of his
smuts_ treprieter,
101.2-tt Mate of Selina (hove. Pa.)
THEO. F. SCHEFFER,
BOOK, CARD AND JOB PRINTER,
NO. 18 MARKET STREET, HARRISBURG.
Aorilitienlar attention paid to printing, wing and
b" of Railroad Blanks, Manifests, /Donnas Poli
cies; edge, Bill-Heads, &c.
',teasing, Visiting and Business Cards printed at very
law Drum awl in the
-best style. jan2l.
ants. CHICKERING & 00.
KAYE 4041 N OBTAINED TH:E
GOLD -MEDAL:
AT TIM •
WO3CHANICIP FAIL BOSTON,
MD MS marmot lung, .
0 ITER SIXTY compiriroßs!
Orureroozo for tha CHICILKSHIH Kartitt
boat 02 Market Otos %
W. KNOCHE'S HMV MEL
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VOL. 5 -NO. 237
alistellantono.
PENSIONS, BOUNTIES, BACK PAY,
War Claims and Claims for Indemnity.
STEWART, STEVENS, CLARK & CO.,
Attorneys and Counsellors-at-Lain, and Solicitors
for all kinds of Military Claims, •
450 PENNbYLVANIA AVENIIE,
WASHINGTON, D.• C.'
- -
This firm, having a thorough knowledge of the Pen
sion Business, and being familiar with the practice in
all the Departments of eovernment, believe that they
can afford greater facilities to Pension, Bounty, and
other Claimants, for the prompt and successful accom
plishment of business entrusted to them, than any other
arm in Washington. They desire to secure such an
amount of this business as will enable them to execute
the business for each - claimant very eheap/y r and on the
basis of their pay contingent upon their success in each
case. For this purpose they will secure the services of
Use Firms in each prominent locality threogbout the
States where such business may be had, furnish such
with all the necessary blank forms of application and
evidence, requisite printed pamphlet instructions, and
circulars for distribution in their vicinity, with asso
ciates names inserted, and upon the due execution of
the papers and transmission of the same to, them by
their local associates, they will promptly perform the
baldness here.
ilk Their charges will be ten dollars for affieers and
Ave dollars for privates, for each Pension or Bounty and
Back Pay obtained, and ten per cent. on amount of
Claims for Military Supplies or Claims for Indemnity.
irr Soldiers enlisted since the let of March,/$61 7 in
any kind of service, Military or Naval, who are disabled
by disease or wounds, are entitled to Pensions. All
soldiers who serve for two years or during the war,
should it sooner close, will be entitled to $lOO Bounty.
Widows of soldiers who die or are killed, are entitled to
Pensions, and the $lOO Bounty. If there be no widow,
then the minor children. And if no minor children,
then the father, mother, sisters or brothers are enti
.ed as above to the $lOO Bounty and Back Pay.
JOSEPH B. STEWART,
RESTOR L. STEVENS,
EDWARD CLARK,
OSCAR A. FITTERS,
WILLIS B. GAYLORD.
WASHINGTON, D. 0 . 51862.
Ws - " Apply at our office, or to our Associate at
HABILIS/MO, PA.--JOHN A. BIGLER, Attorney and
gounsellor.
Prirriddrace, PA.—ARTHURS & RIDDELL, Atbr
siert-at-Law.
POTTSTILLB, PA.-WM. D. SMITH, Attorney amt
Counsellor.
PlithAriatruts, PA.—J. G. KINNICHILD, 46 Atwood
street, WM. M. SMITH, Attorney and Counsellor.
WAissurnros, PA.—BOYD ORIIMILINCIE, Attorney
said Counsellor.
jyal.dly
JACKSON & CO.'S
SHOE STORE,
NO. oom
HARRISBURG, PA.,
Where they utend to devote their entire time to the
manufacture of
BOOTS AND SHOES
all kinds and varieties, in the neatest and moat lash
caul& styles, and at entiafiatory prices.
Their stock will consist., in part, of Gesstionesla Pins
Calf and Patent Leather Boots and Shoes, latest styles;
Ladies' and llfisses , Gaiters, and oticerphoes in great
variety; and in fact everything connected with the
Shoe business.
CUSTOMER WORK will be particularly attended to,
and in all cane will satisfaction be warranted. Lasts
jetted up by one of the best makers in the country.
The long practical experience of the undersigned, and
their thorough knowledge of the business will, they
trust, be sufficient guarantee to the public that they
will do them justice, and furnish them an article that
will recommend itself for utility, cheapness and dura
bility. Unit] „JACKSON & CO.
ATURINGER'S PATENT BEEF TEA,
LVI a solid, concentrated extract of
BEEF AND VEGETABLES,
Convertible immediately into a nourishing and deli
cious soup. Highly approved by a number of eminent
This admirable article condensed into & coMpaet form,
all the substantial and nutritive properties of a large
bulk of meat and vegetables. The readiness with which
It dissolves into a rich and palatable Soup; which would
require hours .of preparation according to the usual
method, is an advantage in many situations of life, too
obvious to need urging. Its highly nourishing qualities
combined with its delicacy, renders it invaluable for the
sick{ while for those in health, it is a perfect substitute
for fresh meat and vegetables. It will keep gaud m y
climate.
It is peculiarly well adapted FOB TllkirilliEllB, by
land or aea, who can thus avoid those accidental deprive
lions of a comfortable meal, to which they are so liable.
FOB INVALIDS, whose capricious appetite can thus
se satisfied in a moment.
FOR SPORTSMEN and EXCURSIONISTS. to whom,
both its compactness and easy preparation will recom
mend it. Poi sale by
sep24-ti .WM. DOC& aa., lit Co.
CHARTER OAK
FAMILY FLOUR!
UNEXCELLED BY ANY IN THE V. rSTATEs
AND SIIPBBIOR TO ANY
.16" , 4CI "re MI 3Ft., MikT 31:1 tat
OFFERED IN PENNSYLVANIA:
IT IS MADE OF
CHOICE MISSOURI WHITE WHEAT.
frr Delivered any place in the city free of charge.
Terms cash we delivery.
W
iY3O M. DOCK, ja., & CO.
4 BOOK FOR THE TIMES 1
American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of
Important Events for the Year 1861. /n 1 vol.
8 we. over 750 pages. Cloth .p 3, Leather $8.50.
Published by D. Appleton 4- Co., New York.
The design of this work le tO furnish a record of all
the important knowledge of the year. The event." of
the war, owing to their prominence, will, of course, oc
cupy a con,spicuons part, but all other branolies—Soi
enee, Art, Literature, the Mechanic Arts, &e. will re
ceive due attention. The work will be publiehed ex.
elusively by subeeription, and ready for delivery in June
neat.
Also, now complete :
Benton' s Debates of Cvngress,l6 columes,s3 and 13 00
per volume.
Benton's Thirty Years in U. S. Senate, 2 volumes, $2.50
and $3 per vol.
Cgclopfietta of Afiefrican Eloquence, containing the
speeches of the most eminent Orators of America, 14
steel portraits, 2 roots. $2.60 each.
Parton's Life and Times of Andrew Jackson, 3 volumes,
$2.50 each.
Address J. N. STRAIDSAII6II, Harrisburg, Pa.
General Agent for D. APPLETON & Co.
For Ciroulara deocriptiveof Annual Cyclopedia.
aprila.d&wtf.
DYOTTVILIAE GLASS WORKS,
PHIL ADBLPHIA,
ILLIIMOTI7I.I
CARBOYS, DEMIJOHNS,
WIIMI, PORTER, MINIMAL WATER, PIOHLI AND
PRICSERVIZ BOTTLES
01 SVIIRT DIIBORIPTION.
H. B. & O. W. BANNERS,
oel9-0117 77 13011th Brunk ateret, mitudeapbu.
TAPANESE TEA.—A choice lot of
thie celebrated Tea just received. It is of the first
cargo ever imported, and is mush superior to the CM.
nese Teas in quality, strength and fragrance, and is also
entirely free of adulteration, coloring or mixture of a n y
kind.
It is the natural leaf of the Japeueee Tea klant.
For sale by WM. DOCK, jr., & Co.
3 000 BUSHELS York State Potatoes )
of different kinds,
1400 Bushels York State Apples,
A choice lot of York State Butter.
Also. a superior lot of Catawba Grapes, and SO bushels
Shellbarks, just recelsed and for sale low by
IL. W.SIBLBk OO.,
decl-dtf No. 106 Market street.
ACK.F. R ELI
MACKEREL, Rog.; 2 and 3, in all sized pankagef—
new, and each
package warranted. Just recalved d and
for gala low by WM. DOGE. Jr" & 0-
SELF SELLING- FRUIT JARS
Best and Cheapest in the markets! Cal and
examine them
BURKHART & ROBB) NS
(FORMERLY BURKHART AND STRIKE.)
IMPROVED SKY-LIGHT
North Third street, opposite the "Patriot and tra inn
Office, Hrrrisbure, Pa,
BURKHART & ROBBINS have fitted up a splend'd
new Gallery in Mumma'a building, on Third street,
where they are prepared to take
PROTOGRAPITS, CARTES DE VISITE AND
AMBROTYPES,
In all the improved styles. Particular attention given
tO CARD PHOTOGRAPHS. Also on hand, a complete
assortment of GILT FRAMES, which they will sell at
very low prices Call and examine specimens.
Cartes de Visite $2 60 per dozen.
Vignettes 2 00...d0.
Whole size Photographs in frames from from $2 to $l
a piece.
BURKHART & ROBBING,
my6-dlm Photographers.
WM. BOOK, Js. , k 00.
HARBISBURG, PA., SAUTRDAY. JUNE 0 1863.
p bot 0g a p 1)s.
PHOTOGRAPH AND AIRBOOTYPE GALLERY.
ifleihat.
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PILES, HEADACHE, and ALL RHEU
MATIC and NERVOUS DISORDERS.
Dr. Stephen Sweet, of Cenneetieut,
The great Natural Bone Better.
Dr. Stephen Sweet, of Connecticut,
Is known all over the United States.
Dr. Stephen Sweet, of Connecticut,
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Is truly a " friend in need," and every family should
have it at hand.
Dr. Sweet's Infallible Liniment
Is for sale by all Druggists. Price 25 cents.
RICHARDSON & Co.,
Sole Proprietors, Norwich, Ct.
For sale by all Dealers. s ap2o eow-41,1:10
- HUBBARD BROS.,
IMPORTERS OF WATCHES,
NEW YORK,
Have the pleasure of announcing to their numeroul
friends and patrons in the Army, that they are prepared
to fill orders and transmit parcels Br MAIL, with the ut
most care and promptitude. Watches so forwarded are
registered: we take upon ourselves all risk§ of 'tamper
tation, and guarantee a safe delivery.
Improved Solid Sterling Silver Im. ENGLISH
LEVERS, in gocd running order, and warranted ac
curate tiillepiVecii, This is an entire new pattern, made
expressly for American Army and Navy ante. They are
manufactured in a very handsome manner, with, Eng-lick
crown mark, certifying their genuineness; all in all,
they are a most desirable Watch. Frank Leslie's illus
trated News of Feb. 21st, 'a, says!—. 6 Hannienls TIME.
EEEPERS are becoming proverbial for their reliability
and accurary. They are particularly valuable for offi
cers in the alley, and travelers." The price is SEVENTY
TWO DOLLARS ($l2) per case of six, being about one
third the cost of ordinary English Levers, while they
will readily retail for a larger price. Postage, per case,
$1.84.
RAILWAY TIMEKEEPERS, for Army Speen
lation.—The Army and navy Gazette, of Philadet
phis, in its February number, says This importa
tion of the HOBBARD BROS ,of New York, fills a long
felt want, being a handsome and serviceable Watch at
an extremely low figure. ,, Superior in style and ;in esh
Decidedly the most taking novelties out! Should retail
at prices from $2O to sr,o each. Good imitation of both
gold and silver, wills fancy colored hands and beautbrut
dials,zolth superior regulkitd 4)46t601011. Sold only by
the case of six of snorted designs. Engraved and
superior electro-plated with gold, and silver-plated, per
case of six, FORTY-EIGHT DOLLARS, ($48.) By mail,
postage, $1.65 per case.
MAGIC TIME OBSERVERS, the Perfection
of Mechanism !—BEING A HUNTING AND OPEN S'ACE,
Or LADY'S OR GENTLEMAN'S WATCH COMBINED, WITH PA
TENT SELF-WINDING IMPROVEMENT.—The New York Il
lustrated 11lews, the leading pictorial paper of the TIM.
ted States, in its isgne of Jan. 10th, 1868, on page 147,
voluntarily says have been shown a most pleas
ing novelty, of which the HUBBARD BROS., of New York,
are the sole importers, It is called the Magic Time
Observer, andis a Hunting and Open Face Watch com
bined. One of the prettiest, most convenient, and de
cidedly the best and cheapest timepiece for general and
reliable use ever offered. It has within it and connec
ted with its inichhisey, its own winding attachment,
rendering a key entirely unnecceseary. The cases of
this Watch are composed of two metals, the outer one
being fine 16 Carat gold. It has the improved ruby ac
tion lever movement, and is warranted an accurate time
piece), Price, superbly engraved, per case of half
dozen, $204. Sample Watches, in neat mom occo boxes,
for those proposing to buy at wholesale,. $B5. If sent
by mail the postage is 36 cents. Retails at $lOO and
upwards.
1:17 - We have no agents or circulars. Buyer/3 must
deal with us direct, ordering from this advertisement.
Terms. Cash in advance. llielnittatieee may be made i n
United States money, or draft payable to our order in
this city. If yon wish goods sent
.by mail, enclose the
amount of the postage with your order. Write your
address in full. Registered Letters only at our risk.
Address lIIIDEARD BROd., IMPORTERS,
East Cor. Nassau and John streets,
New York.
ap29 d3m
E[ A 3.1 S!► .1 1
20,000,1b5. Composed of the following Druids
just received :
NEW.BOLD'S—Celebrated.
NEW JERSEY—SeIect.
EVANS & SWlFT'S—Superior.
MICIIINER'S EXCELSlOR—Canvassed.
MICIIINER'S EXCELSIOR—Not canvassed.
IRON ClTY—Canvassed.
IRON CITY—Not canvassed.
PLAID/ . HAMS—Strictly prime.
ORDINARY RAMS—Very good.
117' Every Ham sold will be guaranteed as represen
ted. WM. DOCK, Jr., do CO.
WAR ! WAR! —BRADY, No. 62
Market street, below Third, has received a large
aliert➢l6Dt Of Bwegn, DABBER and MILTS ' which he
will eeu very low. aino-dti
TTADIES YOU KNOW WERE YOU
A can get fine Note Paper, E n v e lopes , Visiting and
Wedding Cards? At BOIEEFFER'S SOOl/STORE.
'ol,triot
SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 6.1863
LETTER FROM LONDON.
EFFECT OF THE WAR NEWS FROM AME.
RICA-OUR MINISTERS-AMERICANS IN
LONDON-LONDON PREACHERS -SPUR
GEON, HIS CHURCH, HIS LARORS,''GE
NIUS AND ELOQUENCE.
Special Correspondence of the Patriot and Union.
LOSDON, May 231,1863
We do not yet know whether to be cast down
or cheered by the news from the Rappahan
nock. The latet-t, steamers announce that the
armies remain facing each other, rains having
cooled their blood, but the newspapers in Da
vis's interests are filled with mysterious intel
ligence, derived nobody knows how or whence,
of Hooker captured and his army overthrown.
These are not the most gleeful words to get
from one's country; and how the News, and
Morning Star, and other pro-Federal papers,
manage to keep up hope and enthusiasm, is a
secret peculiarly their own. For my part, I
wonder where it will end, and think of the
poor fellows lying out on the sloppy hill slopes,
with their white eyeballs drowned out in show
ers of dusty curls, and recall my own weeks of
fever and horror in the marshes of the Chicka
hominy, and pray God to send us pestdence,
famine, or plagues in His own good time, but
no more war ! I think that we will come out
of the present contest a more modest and a
less aggressive people. I hope so; for it must
be contessed that we are in some bad odor on
this side, even among those who loved us. It
isn't particularly our mission to whip the
world and all that in it is; and although some
very ingenious divines have proved beyond
question that our name should not be America,
but Armageddon, yet the claim is not a new
one, and we must mind our business more. I
laugh a little in a quiet way when I see our
New York papers, now and then, announcing
gravely our purpose to rub out the old world
or recolonize it, in revenge for its perverted
sympathy. If Mr. Lincoln would send some
of those brave scribes across the seas, to air
their ideas, he would render a service. I
would counsel you, Clear PATRIOT, to treasure I
no bitterness. We have been treated badly by
Bull, Crapeau & Co.—they sent a ship or two
to scare our skippers, and they gave us some
muskets to shoot said ships; they seized on
our neighbor of Mexico with felonious intent,
and they took two lubbers from one of our
forts, and so forth. But we cannot avenge all
these little things. If we do wean to humili
ate John Ball we need not give him so distinct
warnings. lam not a Quaker—if a man strikes
me I either fight or run away; but I certainly
do not turn hike other cheek ; but I believe in
the doctrine "of preparing for peace in time of
war. , And I pray God again that the war will
leave us, in Pennsylvania, enough to make
peace worth preserving when we get it.
This brings me to the, men of peace in this
time of war—the foreign ministers. Mr.
Adams dwells here in style, close to Regent's
Park. He has been a well-behaved gentle.
man, maintaining the dignity of the nation,
bat he has not been clever to maintain the
safety of the nation. The Alabama would
never have gone forth from her harbor, nor.
the Virginia, bad not our state concerns been
so stupidly managed in these respects. A
single good detective, such as Baker of Wash
ington, or Franklin or Blackburn of Philadel
phia, could have "fixed" either privateer so
directly and positively that she would have been
. seized in the nick of time and with the proofs
upon her. It isn't an easy thing to build, arm
and man a war-ship secretly in a kingdom like
this. Mr. Adams ought to have known all
about it; and had he protested at the proper
time, in the proper way, the Alabama would
never have got to sea. Old Mason dwells close
to Mr. Adams, and he is very quiet, but he
works hard. You haven't seen the last rebel
cruiser from these waters; for the government
will not exert itself to do America a service,
and the Ambassador's flunkeys will be too dumb
to make discoveries. More ships are on the
stocks, and they will be launched, and will get
away. Mr. Dayton is also a gentleman, but
not a diplomat. I am told that he deed not
rank very high in Paris, whereas Iscariot Sli
dell wins all manner of folk to his way of
thinking. The number of Americans in Lon
don was never so few as at this time. The
American News Room has been closed, the
London American newspaper (a corrupt and
shabby thing) has, I' am glad to say, suspended
publication; no Americans out of the Minis
ter's family had been presented at court for a
year, and it is only now and then that I see a
whining exile, bewailing the rainous exchange,
afraid to stay here and starve, afraid to go
borne and be drafted. There are some agents
around, buying muskets, behind which, I dare
say, none of them will stand when they come
to be used; and a short time ago I encountered
a lean, slab-sided, gaping New Englander, who
was going to France to set up a shoe factory.
As he did not intend to go home for some years
he advised an unfaltering war policy.
Spurgeon—His Church inside and out—A Sketch
of his Life
It may not be out of place, while on the
theme of ministers, to refer to the London pul
pit.
There are three famous dissenting preachers
here, representing respectively the Baptist,
Wesleyan and Independent denominations. I
presume that you have among your readers
many admirers of the celebrated Spurgeon. I
am in a position to gratify curiosity upon this
head, as the dearth of pulpit talent in London,
and indeed in England, often leads me to the
Metropolitan Tabernacle, as Spurgeon's mam
moth place of worship is called. It is situated
on the Surrey side of the Thames, a portion
of the city which contains none of the great
objects of note, save hospitals, and where the
residents are mainly poor. The area!' leading
from the Thames bridges converge upon the
Surrey side, at a point called the "Obelisk,"
and close to the Obelisk they separate again at
an ancient inn called the "Elephant and Cas
tle." This is a great omnibus exchange, and
it is therefore a busy, muddy and squalid
place. Just opposite to the Elephant and Cas
tle stands Spurgeon's church, a huge pile of
grey stone, irregularly shaped, new, and orna
mented in front with a fine flight of steps and
colunme. It looks like a Grecian Temple—with
variations—and it gives sittings for five thou
sand persons, and room for six thousand five
hundred. It is 145 feet long, 90 broad, and
62 high, plainly furnished with pine pews, and
it has neither pulpit nor choir. Two galleries
encircle it, one above the other, and as great
a congregation can sit behind the preacher as
many of your city churches will hold entire.
To see the fearful jam at the church on Sun
days is ludicrously wonderful. The streets
leading from the various bridges precipitate
their living currents upon the Elephant and
Castle, till, as eleven o'clock comes and the
great gates are opened, the whole neighborhood
is swarming with people. Spurgeon's own
flock consists of upwards of two thousand.—
They are mainly trades people, mechanics. and
PRICE TWO CENTS.
other humble folks, but there is a sprinkling
of strangers from all nations around the gates
—French, Germans, Italians, Americans—and
none of those barbarians are allowed to enter
unless provided with "orders." Said orders
can be obtained by application to Mr. Spurgeon
during the week. A note, enclosing a penny
stamp, will always bring a reply and ticket.
The seats in the chapel being numbered, the
ticket entitles to certain seats only, but if the
visitor does not appear before the gates are
thrown open he loses his privilege. Well, you
are at the Tabernacle. What do you see ? Om
nibuses and cabs coming up ad infinitum, drop.
ping their cargoes ; shoe-blacks and piemen
pushing amid the throng, and doge and babies
without limit. Policemen guard the wickets,
and do not scruple to cuff and kick you if you
venture too close, while every moment the
multitude is increased by fresh accessions, and
those who have obtained admission swarm
upon the Tabernacle steps to watch the fun
without. Presenting your order at a lucky
moment, you are propelled through the gate
and crushed on, you know not how, till you
reach one of the side doors. Entering a spa
cious vestibule, you are puzzled to know which
stairway to ascend, for they lead to different
galleries, but a quiet man, who may be a smith
or a butcher, direets you. Finally you are
cramped into a small pew, where you must
mind your toes, and you find on your left a
whiskered Russian, on your right a cockney
woman, and before you a fellow countryman,
who thinks he recognizes you ; he is probably
a "skittle-sharp," or as we call it, a "Confi
dence Man." After a while they let in the
crowd, and long before you see it, you hear its
fierce feet upon the stairs, tramping furiously
upward, till all the doors burst open at onoe,
there is a scuffle for the pews, and the day of
Pentecost seems revived.
So much are you engrossed by the noise that
you have not seen a chubby, chuffy person ad
vancing from the extreme end of the chapel.
He walks across the lower gallery, through an
aisle, and takes a chair upon a projecting shelf,
where he buries his face in his hands, as if
asking strength from a greater than man. At
the same moment you bear a whisper, as of
admiration, effervescing over the house, and
particularly among a party occupying a raised
altarplace, on the chapel floor, directly under
Mr. Spurgeon's feet. These are the singers,
but prominent among them sits a young man
at a table, 'who opens a case of pencils and
spreads a blank book before him. This is the
phonogropher. Every word which the °huffy
man above says, from the hymn to the closing
benediction, is rigidly noted and printed in a
weekly newspaper, in tract form and in book
form. Spurgeon is one of the most voluminous
serial writers of the day, and during the whole,
Sermon which is to ensue, you will see the
stenographer bending over his leaves, keen as
a deer to hear and as swift, and three weeks
in the future, the sermon for which you are
waiting will be read aloud by thousands of
American firesides. It will go to the far gold
fields of Australia, and be read by the sailor
and the soldier on the brink, perhaps, of the
battle.
Who is the man, then, worthy of so great
commemoration? Charles Spurgeon was born in
Essex, a county of the east coast, near London,
in 1834, and of very humble parentage. He
was educated at the town of Colchester—a place
about as big as Harrisburg, on the little river
Coln. He became an usher in a school at New
Market, emerging from which position he join
ed the church of Rev. Robert Hall, the famous
divine of a half century ago. Spurgeon's first es
say was made in a barn at Water Beach, where
he was called the "boy preacher." The barn
Was finally crowded, and thousands gathered
outside to listen. He did not deteriorate when
they gave him a churoh ; for he had not only
eloquence but intelligence, and finally he was
invited "up" to London in 1853. From the
first he was a great sensation, and the fame of
him extended over the seas. The Metropoli
tan Tabernacle is a monument to his power;
he has become an "Institution" in London, and
those who have heard him most say that he
grows in strength and zeal, year after year.—
He is hated as much as he is loved; but those
who love him have a reason for doing so ; those
who hate him have only a prejudice to excuse
them. A couple of weeks ago he went to
Rolland, and the sleepy Dutch, who didn't com
prehend him, are said to have become excited
immensely under his fervid appeals. He is
educating young men for the ministry, has a
score of missions adjunct to his church, and
in short,.is equal to John Wesley as a theo
logical statesman, and to Whitfield as a theo
logical orator. He hasn't converted me, and
therefore I speak out of no zeal. But I believe
him to be a noble and gifted man, filled with
the spirit of his Master, and having more true
and undefiled religion in one of his sentences
than the whole Church of England has had for a
century. The latter, indeed, is a bloated, cor
rupted body, presided over by fox-hunters,
wine-bibbers and Coleuses. When I pass from
the Dean of Westminster, driving his blooded
nags and lacqueyed by fellows in hair powder
and brass buttons, to Spurgeon, working night
and day for the good of men's souls and the
comfort of their bodies, I wish that both of
them had their rewards—which need not be ex
plained_
However, to return, the chubby man stands
up to read a hymn. Such a voice you never
heard off the "stump," or as they say here, the
"hustings." Clear, loud, and sonorous, it en
ters every niche and crack of the great oval
hall, and to the end continues as rich and
powerful. It is not a sweet voice, but that is
because he rounds no periods and pauses to
make no cadences. He "lines" the hymns,
that is, reads two lines at a time, so that all
may sing, and while the immense mass of
heads rise up to fill the place with thunder, we
may study the face and figure of the preacher.
He has that description of clerical phiz which
I might denominate "greasy." His cheeks
and chin are smooth as a boy's, and very fat
and closely set—or as some would say, all of a
lump. Over a rather narrow forehead sweeps
a quantity of straight, blackish brown hair,
which vanishes behind his ears ; his mouth is
large, his nose inclined to be "snub," and his
eyes are jet black and biliously deep with fire
and intelligence. This smooth, fat face is
encircled by a stiff, white, standing collar,
wrapped with a white neckcloth, and be wears
a simple black suit, without watch-guard, or
any ornament whatsoever.
Standing thus upon the shelf of the lower gal
lery, with his hands upon a railing, we see a
small pier table on his left hand, holding the
Bible and the book of hymns. Nobody sits
close to him, and he looks about him in an easy,
unconstrained, unostentatious way, addressing
perhaps a word to the people about vacant
seats. Then ho takes out a scrap of paper
containing his notes, and launches into his
reading. He reads a verse and makes a
quantity of crisp, odd comments, each of which
is wondrously telling and clever, and thus we
have a little sermon upon every verse. Finally
he declares his text: "Lead us not into temp
tation, but deliver us from evil." Re says
that he will first "meet an objection," secondly,
"give a definition," thirdly, say an "exhorta
tion:" Now, some diviees whom I know,
would divide this theme into three hundred
and sixty-five heads—leaving out their awn—
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BY 0. BARRETT &
TER DAILY PATRIOT AND UNION will be served to sub
ecril2ere residing In the Borough for TEN OENTB PEI WEIL
payable to the Carrier. Mail subeeribere, 7um DOLLAR/
PER ANNUM.
Tea WEEKLY PATRIOT AND UNlONispublishedatTWO
DOLLARS PER ANNUM, invariably in advance. Tea copie
to one address, fifteen dollars.
Connected with tbis establishment is an ostensive
JOB OFFICE, containing a,,varlety of plain and fancy
type, unequalled by any establishment in the interior of
the 'State, for which the patronage of the public is so -
Belted.
but Spurgeon does not encumber his structure
with the scaffolding by which he built it. The
"objection" is simply a refutation of the idea
that "God tempts." This he shows by a variety
of illustrations taken from daily life, and as he
proceeds new beauties evolve from the theme—
everything being fresh yet natural,and in no sin
gle case is there a. sharp corner turned to catch
an effect, nor a flighty adjective cast in to tura
a sentence. A total absence of the dramatic
marks his whole delivery, and the "exhorta
tion" is of thrilling simplicity. He gives you
a sketch of poverty in London as terrible as it
is true ; he bursts sometimes into a strain of
irony, scathing as it is deserved, and he scat
ters healing promises till they touch all hearts
with a pleasant coolness; the roof of the chapel
rises and you seem to see upon the - sky a bles
sed procession, like some of the grand ceiling
pieces of Correggio. -, He prays in a direct
manly way, without grimaces, and closes com
posedly. In a word, you came to hear a "sen
sationalist" and you hear an eloquent, refined,
and fervent divine—notwithstanding which you
will hear a thousand anecdotes in the street
accredited t 3 him.
I have said so much of Spurgeon that I must
only add of Be,. Wm. Morley Punshon (and
Rev. Chiristopher Newman Hall, that the first
was born in Yorkshire in 1823. and the latter
in Kentishtown, London, in 1316. Both of them
are poets and have published considerably.
Pnnshon was first a clerk in a lumber yard
and became a "local" preacher in 1840. Hie
churches are now in Northern London, Isling
ton, and he stands at the head of the Wes
leyan pulpit. Newman Hall is a brother of the
first commander of the Great Eastern steam
ship, a very liberal dissenter, and a strong
Abolitionist and friend of Federal America.
These three stand highest in the English dis
senting pulpit. Some time to come, I may
speak of the leading "established" divines. I
reserve a description of the "Derby Day" at
Epsom races—just passed—and other gossip.
Yours, etc, BOUT DE LA VILLE.
FROM VICKSBURG
IMPORTANT OFFICIAL REP ORT FROM
VICKSBURG.
The following was received at the Navy De
partment on the 4th inst.:
Mississirri SQUADDO;
FLAG BRIP BLACK HAWK, May 23, 1883.
SIR; On the evening of the 21st I received
a communication from General Grant inform
ing me that he intended to attack the whole of
the rebel works at 10 a. m. the next day, and
asking me to shell the batteries from 9.30 until
10.30 a. m., to annoy the garrison.
I kept six mortars playing rapidly on the
works and town all night; . sent the Benton,
Mound City and Carondelet up to shell the
water batteries and other places where troops
might be resting during the night.
At seven o'clock in the morning the Mound
City proceeded across the river and made an
attack on the hill batteries opposite the canal.
At eight o'clock I joined her with the Ben
ton, Tuscumbia and Carondelet. All these
vessels opened on the hill batteries and finally
silenced them, though the main work (on the
battery containing the heavy rifled gun) was
done by the Mound City, Lieutenant Command
ing Byron Wilson.
I then pushed the Benton, Mound City and
Carondelet up to the water batteries, leaving
the Tuscumbia, which is still out of repair, to
keep the hill batteries from firing on our tree•
eels after they had passed by.
The three gunboats passed up slowly, owing
to the strong current, the Mound City leading,
the Benton following and Carondelet astern.
The water batteries opened furiously, sup
ported by a hill battery on the starboard beam
of the vessels.
The vessels advanced to within 440 yards,
(by our marks,) and returned the fire for two
hours without cessation—the enemy's fire
being very accurate and incessant.
Finding that the hill batteries behind us
were silenced, I ordered up the Taseumbia to
within 800 yards of the batteries, but her tur
ret was soon made untenable, not standing the
enemy's shot, and I made her drop down.
I had been engaged with the forts an hour
longer than General Grant asked ; the vessels
had all received severe shots under water,
which we could not stop up while in motion,
and not knowing what might have delayed the
movement of the army, I ordered the vessels
to drop out of fire, which they did in a cool,
handsome manner.
This was the hottest fire the gunboats have
ever been under; but owing to the water bat.
teries being more on a level with them than
usual, the gunboats threw in their shell so fast
that the aim of the enemy was not very good.
The enemy bit the vessels a number of times,
but fighting bow on, the shot did but little
damage—not a man was killed and only a few
wounded.
I had only enough ammunition for a few mo
ments longer, and set all hands at work to fill
up from our depot below. After dropping
back, I found that the enemy had taken pos
session again of one of the lower bill batteries,
and was endeavoring to remount his guns, and
had mounted a 12-pounder field piece to fire at
Gen. M'Arthur's troops, which bad landed' a
short time before at Warrenton. I sent the
Mound City and Carondelet to drive him off,
which they did in a few moments. * *
I beg leave to enclose a letter from General
M'Arthur explaining why he did not (to use
his own expression) take advantage of the re
sults gained by the gunboats. I have since
learned through Gen. Grant that the army did
assault at the right time vigorously—in the
noise and smoke we could not see or hear it.
The gunboats were therefore still fighting when
the assault bad proved unsuccessful.
The army had terrible work before them,
and are fighting as well as soldiers ever fought
before, but the works are stronger than any of
us dreamed of.
Gen. Grant and his soldiers are confident
that the brave and energetic generale in 'the
army will soon overcome all obstacles, and
carry the works. * * * * *
DAVID D. POltnit,
Act. R. A., Com. Miss. Squadron.
Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy.
WEALTH OF GREAT MEN OF ANTIQUITY.-
Crcesus had an estate equal to £1,700,000 ster
ling, besides a scarcely less amount in money,
slaves and furniture. The philosopher Seneca
had a property valued at £3,000,000; and Lin-
Lulus, the friend of Cicero, was said to be worth
£3,000,000. The Emperor Tiberius left at Ids
death above £28,500,000, which Caligula, his
successor, succeeded in equanderiog in less
than a year. Caesar, before he bad been pro
moted to any high office, owned nearly £3,-
000,000. Apicius spent, in various dissipa
tions, £500,000, and finding in looking into
bis affairs that ho had only £BOO,OOO, he poi
soned himself, not regarding the BUM as
sufficient for hie maintenance, Cleopatra gave
to Anthony a diamond worth £BOO,OOO. Cali
gula spent on one dinner £BO,OOO. The ordi
nary expense for a dinner of Luoullus was
£20,000. Messala bought a house of Anthony
for £400,000. Tee fishes in the fish-pond of
Lueullus were sold for £85.000.
Tun death of the wife of Lamartine is an
nounced 9n the Paris journals.