She farmers' Department.
Recommended Fruits.
A friend—a member of tho Fruit-
Growers' Society of Eastern Penn
sylvania—-who participated in the late
meeting at Bethlehem, explains some
of the conclusions arrived at by the so
ciety. Perhaps the views of the society j
will be better understood by giving his
own words, which ars as follows :
"We decided to adopt two winter
pears only—the vote on the 'Lawrence
being unanimous, although there was ,
considerable opposition to the 'Vicar,' 1
but the 'Winter Nelis' was not alluded 1
to—it does not bear at all on the j
quince (hereabouts) and is not a cer
tain bearer on its own roots. Olan
ning's Elizabeth' was unanimously
voted the best-summer pear now grown
—it re high-flavored, a good grower,
free bearer, but is not a true 'native |
American' like the 'Tyson,' to which i
there was no opposition. The 'Doy
enne d'Ete, is certainly a better fla
vored pear than the 'Bloodgood,' al
though the latter is not to be despi
sed ; but we thought it not well to in
crease the list, as it was decided that .
we could do the public a greater favor
by recommending a dozen really good j
sorts to plant, than add to the list j
those of a doubtful uncertain reputa- j
tion."
We beg to say, only, to the forego- j
ingthat we thought "marketingpears" j
was the leading question in the se
lection. If so, the "Early Catha-1
rine" and '-Bloodgood" will always
occupy prominent places. As to the j
"Nelis," we find it to do well double- j
worked.
We have a winter pear, not yet frui
ted by us, which promises to take the
lead of all others. We shall not
speak with positiveness of its merits I
in advince, as to the growth and pro-'
ductivcness, though we have favora
ble accounts of it in this respect;!
but as to its quality, eaten the latter
part of December, we consider it
quite superior to anything we ever i
tasted at that period of the year.—
We shall have some grafts of it to
distribute in the spring.— German- \
town Telegraph. » |
ABOUT HOGS. —Though not a far
mer, I have seen much of farming,
and once upon a time did some at it; \
and I am often amused at some of the
lucubrations on the subject that I read
in your paper. In a late number are
some remarks about 'The Hog,' with
the astounding discovert/ that "Hops ,
managed judiciously, may be made
profitable; and the modus operandi
reminded me of an anecdote, hoard
many years ago, of an improved mode |
of sweeping chimneys in Europe, which
was to place a goose on the top of a
chimney, and by a string tied to his
feet drag him gently down to the bot
tom. The flapping of his wihgs would 1
clear the soot from the chimney! A j
very considerate old ladu hearing of
this new remedy, thouujlit would be j
very cruel to the 'Then,'
said the projector, you can take a pair j
of ducks, which will do quite as well!'
Now, the plan of making hogs root
up grains of corn in a muck heap, to
get a living, may increase the value of
the manure, but it is rather cruel to
the poor hog.
It is a great error to suppose the j
hog is a filthy animal, and fond of j
dirt; they are in truth among the j
most cleanly of our four footed beasts! j
Wallowing in the mire i# to them the j
same as a warm bath and perfumes to
a human being. It is necessary to j
their health, and they luxuriate in it; ;
and if they cannot bathe in mire, or
in a running brook, they clean their [
hides by a dry wash against a fence j
rail or post.
At one period I conducted a distil-1
lery, where I had a number of hogs, i
There was a stream of running water
considerably elevated above the pen
where the hogs were 'kept, and by a i
spout it was conducted to fall into the
pen, some twelve or fifteen feet over
head. In extreme warm weather the
water was thus turned in, and for the
first two or three days there was trou
ble among the swine, for the first
wash, as there is now-a-days among
politicians for fat offices; but they
soon fell in regularly, and each took
a bath in turn. They always keep a
part of the pen clean for sleeping, and
their droppings are carefully made in
another corner.
Hogs, to be fattened economically,
should be kept in a clean,dry, warm pen
and fed on mash made from corn
meal. Some charcoal occasionally
and salt will be servicable. oexo.
Philadelphia. •
MANURING.—Never scant your
crops. Plant no more land than you
can manure well. It is better to have ;
•ne-half an acre of soil well managed,
than ten acres imperfectly worked and
manured. It requires no more labor
to manage one acre of land that will
produce fifty bushels of shelled corn,
than it does to manage one that will
yield but twenty-five. It is acknowl
edged to be poor policy to half feed :
our domestic animals, ahd why should
it not be considered equally" absurd
and injudicious to half starvo our corn
and other crops, which we rely upon
mainly to feed us.
CHARCOAL roit SWINE.—In every
hog pen there should be a trough, in
which there should be deposited, week
ly, a quantity of charcoal. The hog
eagerly devours this substance, and is
greatly benefited and strengthened by
its constant use, it prevents many un
pleasant diseases, and contributes
largely to the fatty secretion?.
tfriucationat Department.
Reading Good and Bad Books.
BY HENRY WOOD HILL.
Books way be compared to men, with
the exception that .whilst the latt<jf Rpcak
with the'living tongue, the former give
| utterance to ideas in silence. " Dead
men open the eyes of the living." Books
as well as men make known to u? our ob
! ligations, the failings common to human
beings and peculiar to ourselves, the diffi
culties to be encountered, the duties to be
1 performed, the distresses to be enduicd.
and the pleasures to be realized by us.—
! With books, as well as with men' we be
come accustomed to reflection, nequaint
| ed with the beauty of virtue and the de
| formity of vice. Men, in their commu
nication with each other, address theni
i selves to those passions and affections of
the mind that arc conducive cither to
happiness or unhappincss. Good words
| are the incentives to energy and industry.
; Should they not therefore be carefully
studied ? In books, as well as with men,
' we may confer with genius and learning.
But books have an advantage over men,
j in that they enable one to contemplate at
: leisure the finished productions of mature
: reflection, whilst many of us are not en
! dowc%ivith a memory sufficiently capable
of retaining the exact words of the speak
j cr. Moreover, a person is seldom ena
bled to speak at once so much to tho pur-
I pose as he would write after consideration, j
j There is something peculiarly beautiful
I and .soothing in the manner in which the
j silent processes of the mind are brought
| into action when we are, reading atten
tively. We must of necessity derive:
some benefit. What can be more beauti
: ful than improving the vigor and sensi
! biiitics of the mind, expanding the rea- I
soiling faculties, strengthening the judg
' incnt. facilitating tho utterance of ideas?
Are these benefits more easily attained j
j thau a careful course of good reading?
Superior books of the present day are
! few, and cannot effect a degree of good at
[ all counterbalancing the vast amount of
I evil resulting from the general perusal of i
1 inferior books, aggravated as that evil is a j
| thousand fold by the prominent position j
ihey occupy, and when their sale is so j
much promoted by the public.
-When perusing a book, we arc apt to j
! apply the ideas therein contained to our-1
selves, to ident fy ourselves with those ]
•spoken of, and more or less to allow our- ,
selves to be actuated by the interpretation j
of their ide:ts. Our prejudices arc some-1
: what blasted by that which we have just |
read. Novel readers rarely, if ever, form >
a correct estimate of life and manners.— •
They erroneously imagine that the ideals
1 portrayed in the novel are taken from re- ;
; ality—that the conduct of persons with j
! whom they are thrjwn in contact will be '
; similar to the writer's prototype. The i
mock representations of nature are recog
j nixed as false when merely traversing the j
( common walk of life.
We cannot but admit that occasionally !
some benefit, intellectual or even moral, j
I may be derived from reading a novel.— !
j Dr Jackson declared that lie never looked j
! into a book so utterly valueless, but that |
j something profitable might be extracted I
| from it. The question is, is this some- j
! thing worth while hunting out ? Dr. '
; Johnson was a man of extraordinary ca
j pabilitics, and in a most wonderful man- I
j ner found time for looking into almost ev- |
j erything. The majority of us have not
j the capability of treating with time so ;
j successfully as Dr. Johnson had; and i
even if wc had,wo should use It.comjiaritifc
| ly speaking, with but trifling advantage in
| reading books which contain litle know!- '
j edge. It is well, therefore, to the j
I fountain-head *it once—to consult those j
j books where there is a certainty of finding ;
knowledge, and to consider interior books
as chaff; remembering the words of Bas
sanio respecting Gratiano, "His reasons
are as two grains of wheat, hid in two
bushels of chaff: you shall seek all day !
ere you find then), and when you have
them, they are not worth the search."
Persons who read inferior books acquire
a distaste for superior books. They false
-1 ly imagine the la#er to be too learned and
abstruse, though the language and man-1
ner in which they are worded may be the
most simple and the least complicated, and
require the least degree of study to un
derstand them. A novel appeals but
slightly, if ever, to the Christian's feel
j ings and principles. The author, as far j
i as his novel is concerned, is too much oc
: eupied with the spirit of wordliuess to
think of morality. He alludes not tore- '
ligion, beeuase it is distasteful to his sup
porters, and a hindrance to the sale of his
book.
AY e caunot conceive anything more de
lightful or more .promising of reward thau
; reading books the authors of which are 1
regarded at the masters, depositories, and
guardians of true kuowledge, aud which
are supported by the taste aud judgment
of educated minds. We have satisfac
! tion iu perusing them, since we are fully
aware that our time is not idled away, and
that we arc not likely to contract a hurt
ful btyle either of thinking or of speak
ing. On the contrary, one of the great
j benefits to be derived from good authors
is that of acquiring a greater facility of
speaking and writing in a manner not on- j
ly gratifying to. others but pleasing to j
ourselves. We are told«that Cicero, who i
formed his style on the model of Plato..
was a resemblance scarcely less exact than j
that of the bust to its mould, or the wax-!
cn seal to the sculptured gem. We can
hardly venture to hope that cur endeav
ors will be so successful as Cicero's, but at
the same time we may reasonably antici
pate that they may be well rewarded by
close intercourse with good authors. The
more time one devotes to the responsibili
ties, the requirements, the studies of a
barrister, the more likely is he to become
conversant with the mysteries of the bar.
Similarly with other professions. Will
] not the same reasoning hold good for our
j association with good books ? The " Tat-
I ler," the "Spectator," the "Guardian,"
the' '• Rambler," the " Adventurer," the
" World," have they been written for no |
good purpose ? Do we in vain associate
; with Johnson, of whom Bishop. Gleig I
• | has said, "that he brought more mind to :
' every subject, and a greater variety of
! knowledge ready for all occasions, thau j
almost any man ?" Ma)' we not think |
that Johnson spoke justly, when he said l
that " whoever would attain an English j
style, familiar but not coarse."and elegant 1
but not ostentatious, must give his days :
and nights to the volumes of. Addison?"
And that he was equally just when he i
said of poor Goldsmith, whose simplicity,
elegance, and refined feeling have no su- J
perior, that " whatever he wrote he did it j
better than any other man could do?"
We cannot but read with advantage such 1
j novels as the " Vicar of Wakefield," of
which Sir Walter Scott says, " that it is
I one of the most delicious morsels of ficti- j
tious composition in which the human j
mind was ever employed. We read it in
' youth and in age; we return to it again j
I and again, and bless the memory of an
! author who contrives so well to reconcile
us to human nature." To Sir Walter j
; Scott can wo pay a higher tribute when we
say with Professor Spalding, that his nov- i
} els " may safely be pronounced to be the
most extraordinary productions of their
class were ever penned, and t<% stand, in \
literary value, as far above all other prose j
works of fiction as the novels of Fielding j
stand above all other iu our language ex-
I cept these ?" In our selection of books,
j let us remember that we are told that good
| books " lead us to the fountain-head of
j true sense and sublimity; teach us the j
I first and infallible principles of convinc- I
| ing and moving eloquence; and reveal to j
I us the mystery and delicacy of good wri
| ters."— English Journal of Education.
BORROWING "TROUBLE.
| The most miserable 'mortal, perhaps, |
; upon this lniasmic sphere, is he who has
| no present ills to complain of—except an i
; overburden of gold and nothing to do— !
but who beats the bushes of Future till
he wakes up wild cats, lions, and tigers, !
I and brings a nest of hornets about his ears. '
lie sees more horrid spectres and omi»>us :
! apparations in the distance than I can [
j count daisies of delight blooming in my j
1 future pathway ; and a soul-quake threat- I
j ens momentarily to demolish his wretched j
1 carnal habitation. His trembling imagi- j
nation looks out daily from it.s mud-built
| cell, and every to-morrow is a deep valley I
|of gloom, filled with devouring ogres, j
! howling at the savory scent of his treasures, j
| A little cloud, not bigger than a man's j
I hand, brews for him a storm of evil quick- j
j er than old women and ignited charcoal
cau raise a tempest in a tea kettle. Poor
j mortal! he is as blind as a bat at mid-day j
1 —blind to everything but tlie iunumera
! ble goblins of woe which stalk iu the
! darkness before him ; deaf as an adder to
; all sounds save those that howl of ap-
I proaching want and misery.
Rich, and surrounded with all tliecom
| forts that the world can bestow, he will go !
I a-fishing in the stagnant pools of the fu
i ture for ills that lie knows not of; and he
j is sure to get more bites in a minute, than j
I I would to fish for a week at his elbow.— ]
| Unhappy human ! to look out day after j
i day, from a golden palace, upon an ever- I
| lasting expanse of darkness and ul'ooni ! !
How much more glorious it is for me to :
: sit in the door of poverty, with Content- J
mont for my wife, and a crust for my din
ner, and behold the blessed sunshine glad
dening the fields, aud the dawn of still j
brighter days to couie casting its sheen up
on the distant mountain tops ! —or to
■ throw one leg across the other, and watch !
the smoke from inv pipe ascending in j
graceful wreaths to the happy heaven j
above!
THE GOD FASHION.—"There is only
; one thing more powerful than the steam j
j engine, and that is fashion. Fashion :
\ rules the women, the women rule the men, j
aud men rule the world ; ergo, fashion is i
more powerful than all other influences j
combined." The foregoing i$ as proper ;
as it is true ; for the moral should always j
govern the material , and fashion, being j
an exemplification of the sentiment of re- 1
1 fined people does, aud should, rule the
world.
! A poor man or boy should not allow hini- I
self even to toss up for a half-penny, for
this is often the beginning of a habit of
gambling ; and thisruninous crime conies j
on by slow degrees. Whilst a man is |
| minding his work he is playing the best ;
game, aud he is sure to win. A gambler
never makes good use of his money, even
j if he should win.
A SINGULAR RE-UNION. —Ten years
ago last night ten young ladies, who were
attending school in this city, agreed with .
their teacher. Miss Stearns, to meet in just '
ten years, aud have a supper at the Wor
cester House. Last night they all came
to the Lincoln House together. The hand 1
of death had been laid upon none. Time
had also dealt leniently with them, and but
j two of their number were married. They ;
; all sat down to a Lincoln supper.— Wor
| outer Bay State.
" Droop not yet," as the dandy said
; to hit '• #ll round" collar.
Itrlinimts department
The Social Hazards of a Sinful Life. •
It is this deceptivcpess, this conceal
ment of the skeleton beneath a beautiful
mask which makes a life of devotion to
sinful pleasure so perilous. If the word
poison was graven on its cup, if the draught
it offers was bitter to the taste, there
would be less of danger. But it is not
so. The false .goddess mixes a charmed
draught in a chased cup. Her poison is
a slow one too. It does its work so grad
ually, that he who drinks it finds it diffi
cult to believe there is evil in the draught
at all. Did Dr. Dodd dream of this fate,
think you. when he first quaffed the wine
of flatten - ? He smacked his lips over it
j with delight ;hc was mutually intoxicated;
but he dreamed not that the folly which
; led him to prefer the praise of men to
the praisfs of God, was the first step to
! wards total shame. Yet so it was, for
I " Adulation i* the death of virtue ;
Who flatters, it of all mankind the lowest,
Save he whocourt* flattery."
Dr. Dodd. as we have seen, was foolish i
■ enough first to love and then to court the
flattery of the great. That folly led him
| into habits of extravagance. Those Tiab
, its plunged him into debt. His debts
goaded him until, becoming distrustful of
| his friends and reckless of consequences,
; lie plunged into crime and perished on the
scaffold. Folly, then, was the first step
!in his downward career. And is not fol
ly the first step in the descent of all ••ho
Miik into the pit of social shame ? Ts it
| not the first link in tiie chain which binds
• every demoralized and degraded man and
| woman now groaniug in the mire of infa
my ? Did ever a drunkard, gabbler, deb
auchee, forger, political profligate, a de
faulter. plunge from the pure heights of
| virtuous life into the slough of gross and
daring sin at. ft single leap? NEVER 1
j XKVER ! Trace the fall of all sueh per
! sons back to its source and you will find
| some folly—perhaps a venial one only—
at the beginning. Vanity, seeking grat
[ ification in the admiration of men, led
| that poor poverty-stricken mother into the
\ folly of the ill-advised marriage which
dragged her down to her present cheerless
lot. The same weakness also led that pit
iable creature, whoso presence now pol
j lutes the street, into the folly of extrava
! gant dress, of seeking gay society, or of
! listening to the voices of the flatterer, un
til she was beguiled of woman's most pre
cious jewel. The folly of aping his su
periors in wealth led that forger into the
financial embarrassments which resulted
!in erhnc. The Jolly of making haste to
: be rich led that defaulter to appropriate
j the property of others to his own use. —
J The folly of yielding to the fascinations
: of a gay associate seduced that gambler
, and that drunkard to frequent the "hells"
| in which their moral ruin was consumma
. ted. In short, study the life of any de
l graded man or woman, either of the past
j or present, and you will find the germ of
| their corruption conceded in some sinful
j or venial folly of their early lives. Every
j such life is but the fulfillment of the di
| vine prediction ! " In the greatness of his
j FOI.LY he shall go astray." •
Let'me strengthen my argument by
| another feet. There is in (lie nature of
every human being some weak moral
; point at which he is peculiarly accessible.
! In other words, there is in all some mark-
J ed constitutional tendency which seeks
j its development in some one or more of
j those specific follies which have resulted
! in the ru:u«of all the socially fallen. One
for instance, is inclined to pride, another
| to vanity, a third is strongly predisposed
j to covetounsess.a fourth to ambition,a fifth
j 'o amativeness. and a sixth to violent out-
I bursts of anger. Others, again, have a
i tendency to gluttony, insolence, obstinate
j self-will, or to falsehood. In every breast
the currents of nature set strongly in one
or more of these evil directions. Even
! St. Paul, in his regenerated state, was so
conscious of the presence of an " easily
; besetting" or constitutional sin, that he
| required all the energy of his great will,
| aided by the grace of God, to struggle
j successfully with it. Hear his notable
confession : " I keep under my body and
j bring it into subjection, lest that by any
means, when 1 have preached to others,
j I myself should be a cast away."
j I assume, therefore, dear young reader,
1 that there are. in your nature, some strong
' tendencies to particular form* of sin. I
know not what they are. You may be
! vain, covetous, lustful, passionate,
or self-willed. Hut be your tendencies
I what they may, they arc active, and ever
' prompting you to the perpetration of one
| or more of these specific follies which have
I led thousands, yea, tens of thousands, in
to shame and sorrow; for
4 - AP eagerly th«- barr'd up bird will boat
I And beak ug.-iiajt his wiry dome,
i Till the blood tinge hi* plumage, so the heat
Of your impelled apul will through your bosom burn."
Are you not, therefore, in danger of
sharing their fate ? Are not your natur
al tendencies, if unchecked by religious re
straint, and cherished by your devotion
to the earthly, liable, at. least, to forge a
chain tif follies with which to bind you at
1 length to the pillory of shame ? 1B it not
clear to your own consciousness, that as
you possess the precise tendencies which
have led millions into such follies, you
too are liable to be found in the same cate
gory with the morally ruiued and the so
cially fallen ?
To be continued.
6®"Did the horseman who" scoured the
plain" use soap ?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe' is writing
. a series of articles for tho Christian Watch
man and Reflector, on 'Men of our Times.'
In the issue of tliat paper of January 7th,
she says :
Abraham Lincoln is, in the Strictest
sense, a man of the working classes. All
his advantages and abilities are those of a
man of the working classes; and his posi
tion, now at the head of one of the most
powerful nations of the earth, is a sign to
all who live by labor that their day is com
ing. Lincoln was born to the inheritance
of hard work, as truly as the poorest la
borer's son that digs in our fields. At
seven years of age he was set to work, axe
in hand, to clear up a farm in the western
forest. I'ntil he was seventeen his life
was that of a simple farm laborer, with on
ly sueh intervals of schooling as farm la
borers get, Probably the school instruc- |
tion of his whole life would not amount to !
more than one year. At nineteen he made j
r. trip 10 New Orleans as a hired man on a
| flatboat, and on his return hesjilit the rails |
for a log cabin and built it: and inclosed j
ten acres of land with a rail fence of his |
own handi-work. The next year lie hir
ed himself for twelve dollars a month to
build a flatboat and to take her to New I
Orleans; and any one who knows what the
life of a Mississippi boatman was in those I
days must know that it involved every kind j
of labor.
Tn 1832, in the Black Hawk Indian
! war, thehardy boatman volunteered to fight
for his country, and was unanimously elect- J
cd a captain, and served with honor for a 1
season in frontier military life. After
tliis. while serving as a postmaster, lie be- I
gan his law studies, borrowing the books j
he was too poor ttf-buy, and studying by j
the light of his evening firo. lie acquir
ed a name in the country about as a man j
of resources and shrewdness; he was one j
that people looked to for counsel in cxigcn- j
cies, and to whom they wore ready to do- |
pute almost any enterprise which needed j
skill and energy. The surveyor of Sanga- I
mon county, bcingdriven with work, came |
to him to take tho-survey of a tract oft'his j
hands* True, ho had never studied sur
veying-—but what of that? lie accepted
the '"job," procured a chain, and did the
work. Do we not see in this parable of a
wider wilderness which in latter years he
has undertaken to survey and fit for human
habitation without chart or surveyor's
4*
Little did the Convention that nomin
ated Abraham Lincoln for President know
what they were doing. Uttle did the
honest, fatherly, patriotic man, who stood j
in his simplicity on the platform at Spring- j
field,-asking the prayers of his townsmen, j
and receiving their pledges to remember j
him, forsee how awfully ho was to need |
those prayers, the prayers of all tlu's ua- i
tion, and the prayers of all the working, J
suffering people throughout the world.—
God's hand was upon him with a visible
protection, saving first from the danger of
assassination at Baltimore, and bringing
him safely to our National eapitlo. Then
the world has seen and wondered at tho
greatest sign and marvel of our day, to
wit: a plain working man of the people,
with no more culture, instruction or edu
cation than any such working man may ob
tain for himself, called onto conduct the
passage of a great people through a crisis
involving the destinies of the whole world.
The eyes of princes, nobles, aristocrats,of
dukes, carls, scholars, statesmen, warri
ors. all turned on the plain backwoodsman,
with his simple sense, his impcrturable ,
simplicity, his determined self-reliance, his
impracticable and incorruptible honesty,
as he sat amid the war of conflicting ele
ments with uupretendingsteadiness, striv
ing to guide the national ship through a
channel at whose perils the world's oldest
statesman stood aghast. The brilliant
courts of Europe leveled their opera-glas
ses at the phenomenon. Fair ladies saw
that he had horny hands and disdained
white gloves. Dapper diplomatists were
shocked at his system of etiquette, but yld j
statesmen, who knew tho terrors of that
passage, were wiser than court ladies and
dandy diplomatists, who watched him with
a fearful curiosity, simply asking, "Will |
that awkward old backwoodsman really get
that ship through ? If he does, it will be
time for us to look about us. * * *
Lincoln is n strong man, but his strength
is of a peculiar kind ; it is not aggressive,
so much as passive, and among passive
things it is like the strength not so much
of a stone buttress as of a wire cable. It
is strength swaying to every influence,
yielding on this side and on hat to popu- j
lar needs, yet tenaciously and inflexibly '
bound to carry its great end ; and probably |
by no other kind of strength could our
national ship have been drawn safely thus
far during the tossingw and tempests which
beset her way.
In the time of our trouble, Abraham
Lincoln has had his turn of being the best
abused man of our nation. Like Moses
leading his Israel through the wilderness,
he has seen the day when every man seem
ed ready to stone him, aud yet, with sim
ple, wiry, steady perseverance, he has held
on, conscious of honest intentions, and
looking to God for help. All the nation
have felt, in the increasing solemnity of
his proclamations and papers, how deep an
education was being wrought in his mind
by this simple faith in god, the ruler of na- j
tions.and his humbel willingness to learn
the awful lessons of His Providence-
j IXPORTAUT lOTItm 1
U. S. 5-20>S.
TIIE Secretary of the Treasury has uot yet givou no
tice of anv intention to withdraw hia popular Loan
from Salt- at Far, and. until ten days' notice la given, the
undersigned, as "General Supscription Agent," will con
tinue to supply the public.
The whole amount of the Loan authorised in Five Hun
dred Millions of IMI are. Nearly Four Hundred Millions
have been already subscribed for and paid into the Treas
ury, mostly within the last seven months. The large de
mand from abroad, and the rapidly increasing home de
mand for use as the basis for circulation by National Hank
ing Associations now organizing in all parts of the coun
try, will, in a very short •period, absorb the balance. —
Sales have lately ranged from ten to fifteen millions week
ly, frequently exceeding three mill ions daily, and as it is
well kuowirthat the Secretary of the Treasury ha« ample
! and unfailing resources in the Duties on Imports and In
) ternai Revenue, and in the Issue uf the Interest-bearing
| Legal Tender Treasury Notes, it is almost a certainty thai
j he will not find it necessary, fir a long time to come, to
seek a market for any other long or permanent loans, the
Interest and Principal of which arc bay able in Gold,
j Frudence and self-interest must fo#e the minds of those
contemplating the formation of National Hanking Asso
i ciations. as well as the minds of nil who have idle money
ion their hands, to the prompt conclusion that they should
lose no time in subscribing to this most popular Loan. It
j will soon be beyond their reach, and advance to a hand
i some premium, as was the result with the "Seven Thirty"
| Loan, when it was all sold and coul i no longer be subscri
j bed for at par.
It is a Six per Cent. Loan, the Interest and Principle
payable in Coin, thus yielding over Nine per Cent, per an
num at the present rate of premium MI coin,
i The Government requires nil duties on imports to be
paid In Coin. The-c duties have, for a long time
| amounted too Tor a Quarter of a Million of Dollars daily,
i a sum nearly three times greater than that required in Hie
I payment of the interest on all the 6-2 us and other per
j manent loans. So it is hoped that the Surplus Coin in the
I Treasury, at no distant day, will en title the United States
I to resume specie payments upon all liabilities,
j The loans is called 5-90 from the fict that, whilst the
j Roods may run f>r 20 years, yet the Government has a
I right to pay them off in Gold, at par, at any time after &
j The Tntcrc3t i« paid half-yearly, via: on the first days
i of November and May.
| Subscribers can have CVupon Bond*, which are payable
j to bearer, and are fo >, SL»W, S6OO, nod #1 > HI ;T>r Registered
; Bonds of same denominations, and in addition, fw.OUO and
SIO.UUO. For Ranking purposes and f..r investments of
I Trust-monies the Registered Bonds are preferable,
j These 5-2o's cannot bo taxed by cities, town', «<r
j counties, and the Government tax on them is only <>ne half
nor cent, on the amount of income, when the income «.f
I holder exceeds Six Hundred Dollars per nnnuni. All
: other investnfonts. Audi as income from Mortgages,
| Railroad Stock, and Bonds, etc., must pay from three to
five per cent, tax on the income.
Batiks and Bankers throughout the County will con
tinue to dispose of the Bonds; and nil orders by mail, or
otherwise, will be promptly attended to.
I The inconvenienco of a few day* delay in the delivery,
. of the Bonds is unavoidable, the demand being so grertt;
but Hi* Interest commences from the day of subscription, I
no lens is occasioned, and every effort U being made todi
■ minish the delay.
JAY 4 OOSii:.
SUBSCRIPTION AGENT.
114 South THIRD Street, Philadelphia.
.Tan. 0, 18<U, 1-mo.
WAVERLY MAGAZINE.
FOR FAMILY AMUSEMENT AND'INSTRUCTION.
Titlllt'dby MOHCH A. I)OM'.
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I country. Its contents are such as will be approved in the
J itlost fastidious circles— nothing immoral being admitted
I into its pages. It will aliord as mqeli reading matter as |
j almost anv one can find time to PERUKE,consisting of Tales
J History, Biography, together with Music and poetry.'—
The paper contains no ultra sentiments, and muddles nei
| liter with politics nor religion, but It is characterized by a
j high moral tone. It circulates all over the country, from
L Maine to California.
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j Dealers, at 8 rents a copy, and an edition for mail subscri
bers (on a little thiner paper, so as to come within the low
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i unless received all together, as It is too mueh trouble to
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, ting them up.
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"Wiivorlv Magazine." and eltlo-, ..F th* fidb.winsr v..1 K- F
I forone vear Lv mail: -Petersons LADLES* Magazine.' 1
"Harper's Magazine," Godey's Lady's Book," "Ladies Ga-
J zctte OF Fashion." "Atlantic Monthly."
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FOR a paper is to enclose the moiiev in II letter and address
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marks are often Illegible.
Addless >!< ?-! S A. DOW, Boston. Mass.
j Baltimore .Philadelphia. New York and^Pittsburgh,
Bron<fht into the very -midst of the
(JUIET TOWX of 111 TLEH.
rill IE undersigned, at.
- V *7~V * I the earnest solici
\ ■ t'iti -n-'f his numerous
v< V ~ T\ F ' 'IDS and patrons,
" ,\A <• » «"
' <*& ■ ' ■V/i-W '•'vrmnn . ■
-iiuJ n . lf,tl, ' r ' l" ■'UihiKijr
comfort and enjoyment j
I 7 'in and'sl.^lT''"MlLLEß
! 'WV —county and oNewheie.
In "pursuance 112 his
J appointment.'" he left Butler, and during the "raiuv *ei
j SON," was btisilv engaged, toiling, taxing every POINT ofthe
I compass, in order to accomplish the object OF his missi n.
J He hits tho sat i- fiction OF reporting him-T If onco more at
I home, accompanied with some of the tallest specimens ■ 112
articles in his line OF business, that was ever concentrated I
]at any point in Butler county, OR any where in this !
J decidedly great country. All he asks in return. «112 his j
I fellow citizens,fir his arduous labors, is simply that they i
j will givs him a call, and examine for themselves, hit fine
stock of
Tobacco, Snuff and Cigars.
Though republics are generally ungrateful, and the poo- i
pie, though "sovereigns, ' are not always exactly in the j
right track, yet he feels a kind of confidence in them that
they will not hesitate to pronounce judgment in liisftvor,
when they shall have "investigated" his stock. In order
to make an intelligent report, it will be necessary for all
interested in the "use and abuse'' of Tobacco, in all its va
rieties, to call and try for themselves. The committee
j begs leave to be discharged from farther consideration of
this subject. GEORGE YOGELEY, Jr.
Dec.9.18f13::3m0.
R.C. SHARP,
DK.It.KB IST
FRUIT & ORNAMENTAL TREES.
«IS now prepared to fill orders for the Spring '
planting on terms with which no other
Fruit Agent can compete foi
'^SYMMETRY
His trees will stand the test with thoso of the Best Nur
gent* in the Union.
Ho engages to deliver them in proper season, and in
<» OO I> O II I> ER.
All fliat is necessary toensuro them to grow thriftily, and :
I bear abundantly in a few seasons is
PROPER PLAXTI NG.
} Within the past two years, ho has sold in this county
| THOUSANDS OF TREES of every description; nearly
| all of which aro now in a thriving condition,
j Souie of his Dwarf Apples and Poais were this year
LOADED WITIILUVIOUSFRUIT.
It costs but little to start a new orchard, whilo in a few
years it is tho most profitable sj»ot on the farm. It will
pay to cut off the old orchards of common fruit, ami re
place them with choice selections from the Nursery.—
In a few years after, as the farmer looks upon his thrifty
trees,burdened down with blushing fruit, apple# aslarge as
Tin Gups.
he will say to himself with a self satisfied expression of
countenance, "I've.made one good investment in my life,
any how." »
For particulars, address, R. C. SHARP. Butler, Pa.
The following wall known gentlemen, have kindly per
mitted him to refer to them, as to his reliability as well
as the quality of the trees :
Judge Stephenson, Centreville: John T. Bard, Centre
ville;.lohn Pisor.Wortt tp.;John Binghaui, Slipperyrock: '
W ni. M'Cafferty, Fairview tp.: Wni. Megary, Falrview tp; !
I Ab'm. Zeigler. Henry F. Muntz Harmony; Col. A. Lowry, '
! E. M'.lunkin.Cap. Jacob Zeigler, I. J.C'ummings, Butler:
John Oreen. JohnM'Crfeay, Coylsville, Hcnty' Buhl, For
■ ward township.
| Dec. 23, 3::m.
NEW DRY GOODS.
W. & A. G. BOYD.
THIS firm is pursuing its accustomed plan of do
ing business. Thoy are receiving New Goods almost |
I every week, and are now filling up with a large Stock of
j New Goods of all kinds. Wc Invite the public generally !
I to call and examine fc tht»s®!ve«. No trouble to show I
• goods ds- !*? l^?I:tf.
PERIOniCAL XOTIC HS.
Terms reduced to Old Prices!
GOON'S Lll'S BOOK
. For 1864.
Great Literary Pictorial Year 112
The publisher of Godey's lady's Book, thankful to
th*it public which has enabled him to publish a magazine
f»r the last thirty-Jour years of a larger circulation than
any in America, has made an arrangement with the most
popular authoress in this country—
MARION HAKLASJD,
Aufhorttt of 14 A lon*:' " Hidden Pith," "Moss Side"
41 and " Miriam,'*
who will furnish stories for the Lady's Book for IRR4
This alone will place the Lady's Book in a literary point
of view far ahead of any other magazine. Marion Har
land unites for no other magazine Our other favorite
writers will all continue to furnish articles throughout
the year.
THE BEST .
Lady's Magazine in the World, and the
Cheapest.
THE LITBIIA TVPF.
is of that kind that can be rend aloud in the family circle,
and the clergy in immense numbers are subscihgr* for the
Book.
TIIF MT'STC
is all original, and would cosr 25 cents (the price of the
Book) In the music stores: but ih« st of It is copyrighted,
and cannot be obtained except in ' Godev.*'
OTP STEEL EXGttA VlSr.*.
All efforts to rival us in this hav«« ceased, nnd wo now
stand alone in this department, giving, as we do. many
j more and inflntely better engravings than nro published
in any other work.
OODET'B
IMMENSE DOtJJLE SHEET FASHION-TLA TES
COHTAI.XIJfO
Fromjlvet' tn-rv full Imejth Colored ftwhinng on each
pt-itr. Other mugaiine.* (/ire only two.
FAR AHEAD OF ANY FASHIONS IN EUROPE OR
AMERICA.
TIIE rrm.irATioN OF these PLATES COST
810.000 more
than Fashion-plates of the old style, and nothing but our
wonderfully large ciiculwl m enables us to give them
• tther mairnzlne* cannot afford it e never spare mon
ey when the public e \n bo benefited.
Thoie full ions mar be relied on. Dre«ses may bo made
nfter them, and the wearer will not subject herself to rid
icule. Nt wonld bo the ct«o if she visited the large cities
dres'od after the style of the plates given In aomcn of our
so-called fashion in itrazines.
OVJI WOOD EXCFA VINOS
of which we give tu ire or tlireo times as many as any
other magazine, arc often mistaken f»r steel. They are
so far superior to anv others.
' IMTTA TIONS.
Beware of tbein. Remember that the Lady's Book is
the original publication nnd the cheapest. If you take
Godev. you want no other magazine.
Everything that is useful or ornamental in a house can
be found in Godev.
ort 112 ivr.xo r.Fcso.xs.
No other magazine gives them, and wo liaven enough
to fill several large volumes.
OfTJt NECEIPTS
aro such n* can be fountl nowhere else. Cooking in all its
variety—Confectionery—the N nrsery—the Toilet—the
Laundry—the Kitchen. Receipts upon all subjects are to
be found in the pages of the Lady's lioOk. Wo originally
I started this department, and have peculiar facilities for
| making it most perfect. This department alone is worth
the price of the Book.
LMUF.sr WO 11K TABLE.
I This deparment comprise* engravings and descriptions
of every article that a lady wears.
M(U>Y. I. t'OTTACES.
No other magazine has this department.
TKlim < ASH IX ADVAMT,.
TO ANV POST-OFFICE IN THE I'NITFI) STATES.
One copy one year, $3. Two copies one year, 112 *>. Throe
I copies one year. Four copies one year.
Five copies i»ne \ enr. nnd an extra copy to tho person "
sending the club, $lO.
Eight copies one year, and an extra copy to the person
sending the club. SIA.
Eleven copies one year, and an extra copy to the person
sending the clnb. S2O.
And the only magazine that can bo Introduced Into the
above clubs in place of the Lady's Book is Arthur's Homo
Magazine.
BPKCIAL CLL'nillXO WITH OTHER MAOAZINM.
Godey's I.adv's Book and Arthur's Home Magazine both
one year for* V*>.
Oodey's Lady's Bo« kaml Harper's Magazine boih one year
for $4,.50.
Godey, Harper, nnd Arthur will nil three be sent one
year, on receipt offW.oo.
Treasury Notes and Notes on all solvent banks taken
at par.
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6ERMANTOWN TELE6EAPH.
A Family and Agricultural Journal,
DEVOTED TO .
< SIOH I: s.ETi:irtTi iti:,
112 INCLI'DING
Pool ry,
I C'N,
Tnlfs,
■I NJ> MO UAL ANO / \TFIfTAINJNG HEADING
(JEN EH ALL I*.
In the Literary Department we shall present thechoi
( est varieties within the reach of our extendetl means.
The Noveb ttes. Tale", poetry. A<\, shall be supplied fioin
best and highest aoui ces, and be equal to anything to be
found in any journal or magazine.
AGRICULTURE "& HORTICULTURE
i.MIU.ALING
FARMING,
GARDENING,
FRUIT-RAISING, Ac,
Iu all their branches as e ndncted on the latest a>id
most approved systems.
Our labors in this depaitment 112 r over thirty years,
have met the cordial sppiolmtion i t the public. Our
pnipose has been t - furni-h u-eful and relialdo iuf-rma
ti'n upon tho e very importiuit branches of industry,
tnd to pititect them «o far as within our power against
the ftl-e docttiiies and selfish purpose-. «.f the many em
pires and "ensaii ji rulventutes by which the Farmer is
incessantly assniled. 'ibis portion ofthe G iv.r
Ti.t. oRAPIt will :il ne be w rth the whole price of sub
scription, ns i vT- y lai nier and tiardn**'. wh • has a prop
per c 'Ucepti n 112 his calling will readily admit.
xB:WS DII'A bits 2 I:\T.
The same industry, care, and tli-criminati n. in gath
ering and juepaiiog the Mining • vents of the Day, ex
pies-ly 112 r this paper, which hltheito has I one of
I its mnj ked features and given so liiiivercal sat is fact i- n,
i will be continued with led übled efforts to meet the In
ct easing demanda of the public. The laln>r required in
this dep irtnient is never fully appreciatgd by the reatler.
It w ol I be imp h-ilde to proramt, in the cotioensedand
ca efully made uj. fain In which it appealH. a c -rrectetl
I m t-- 112 til the most interesting news of tl i- week, with
out involving much physical labor, tact and judgmeut.
We annex the cash terms, t i which we beg leave to
call the attention of all who think of subscribing for a
newspaper :
ADVANCE CASH TERMS.
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flue Copy. Three Years 6,00
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JUTt 'Subcriptions not paid within the year. fj,,':o.
ltd " A I lub of five subscribers, at w ill entitle the
person getting it up to a copy for six months; a Club of
ten or mure, to a copy for one year. All Club subscrip
tions stopped at the end of the time paid for, unless ro-
I ordered.
ttti •No order will receive attention unless accompa
nied with the cash.
Mi" Specimen numbers sent to applicants.
PHILIP H. FREAS.
Editor and Proprietor.
Arthur's Home Magazine
For 18H1. Kdllcd l>y
T. S. ARTHUR AND VIRGINIA F. TOWNSEND.
VOLUMES xxm. AND XXIV.
The HOME MAOAZINK for W4 will be conducted In
the same spirit that has distinguished it from the com
mencement: and continue to unite in one periodical the
attractions and excellencies of both the Ladies', or Fash
ion Magazines as they are called, and the graver literary
monthlies. Our arriDH/eviriit* for 1864 include
THREE ORIGINAL SERIAL .STORIES, written ex
pressly for the Ib'me Magazine QMof these will be by
Miss Virginia F. Townsend, and commence iu tlie Janu
ary number. Anothor will be by T. S. AItTH.UK. And
the third from the pen of MKB. M. A. DEN I SON, a wri
ter who has long been a favorite with the public.
Besides these,OUß LARGE COBI'S OF TALENTED
WRITERS will continue to enrich the Home Maga/.ino
with shorter stories, poems, essays, and sketches of life
and character, written with the aim of blending literary
excellence with the higher teachings of morality and re
lifte
ELEGANT ENGRAVINGS appear in every number. In
cluding choice pictures, groups and characters, prevailing
fashions, and a large variety of patterns for garments,
embroidery, etc. etc
PREMIUMS FORGETTING UP CLl'Bg—Our Premi
um Plato* for lStU.are large and bnautiful Photographs of
'•EVANGELINE 1 ' and THE MITIIERLESS BAIRN."
TERMS—S2 a year in advance Two copies for $3. Three
| for £4. Four for $5. Eight, and one extra copy to getter
up of club, $lO. Twelve and one extra, sl6. .Seventeen,
and one extra, S2O. PREMIUM—one to everv $2 "ul»-
i •cribers: and one to getter-up of s.'l, sl. $6 or $lO club.—
Both premiums sent to getter-up of sls and Uoclubs.
it'* *lu ordering premiums send three rod stamps, to.
pre-pay postage on sumo.
R. S. ARTHJIB k CO.,
312J Halnut St. Philadelphia.
Stray <'attle.
rAME to tho residence of tho subscriber in Cherry
township, in the month of June last, Four head of
| cattle, one year old lo*t spring, Oescribed as follows :
1 One Black and While Bull, one Brindle Ucifer, one Red
Heifer, one Flecked Heifer, no other percotvable marks.
The owner is requested to come forwsrd prove proporty
t nay charges nnd tako them away, otherwiso they will be
! to la- UUGHSPROUL.