farmer*' department.
"utility of goal ashes.
"We have always been of the be
lief that anthracite coal ashes would
be found useful upon gardens as a fer
tilizer as well as for hardening the
walks, and as soon as this fact is dem
onstrated we shall get rid of what is
now a great nuisance in a city, stand
ing barrels and boxes of ashes upon
the sidewalk. The New England
Farmer is of the same opinion as to
the utility of coal ashes, and says
that it is much more valuable as an
nbsorbent for fertilizing elements in
manure than is genera'ly supposed,
and maybe worth something as a dis
infectant."
We find the foregoing in several
papers without any source. We know
something about coal ashes, having
liberally used them in the garden for
many years. We do not believe they
fertilize the soil to any profitable ex
tent; but we do believe they have the
effect, on many soils, in loosening the
earth, and in that way benefiting it.
As to walks, we have also had consid
erable experience, nearly all our gar
den avenues being made of coal ash
es, as we have often said, and afford
the highest satisfaction. If the
ground is dug out from six to eight
irii'lies. and the lower stratum be the
cinders and other coarser portions of
the ashes, or small stones, brickbats, i
etc., topped off with from two to three ]
infhes of the finer ashes, and rolled, j
it will make a first-class walk. If the j
foundations of the walks are so made j
as to drain off the water falling upon |
them, they are always in good order, j
winter and summer. The frost does |
not effect them injuriously in winter,
and in the summer they are in a dry j
condition five minutes after a rain.
We have spread eoal ashes to the :
anioTmt of three inches over the soil I
of our garden, which is low but well'
drained, and we are satisfied they have j
made the soil more friable, but do not j
think they ore of any value specially j
as a manure.—Germantown Tele
graph.
WILD OATS FOR SEED.—The seeds
of the native wild oats are in such de
mand for sowing on the arable moun
tnin sides, that they bring a higher
market value than the tame variety.
A farmer living in this valley says
that they produce a much heavier crop
of seed than tame oats, and at the
price which bid fair to rule the next
year to come, will be the most pro
ductive crop that can be put in. On
the routes to Silverland, thousands of
acres are being seeded down for hay
and pasturage wherever the oat is not
found indigenious, and, until the-iron
horse has made-its way over the Sier
ras the mountain sides will never, if
then, bear too luxuriant a growth of
this cereal. — Napa Reporter.
WHEAT i\ THE WEST.—A corres
pondent of the Genessee Farmer at
St. Heters, Minn., writes: "Farmers
are receiving good prices here; oats,
60 cents ; corn, 50 cents ; barley, 7 0
cents. Our main crop is wheat, which
can hardly be said to have any sale at
present, as buyers only offer 50 cents
a bushel, and farmers will not sell ex
cept to satisfy some pressing want.
Sheep and horses are being rapidly
introduced, and this will yet be a great
wool country." The crops which have
a local demand are in request and
bring good prices, but in the case of
wheat, which has been sent East, the
price is owing to
the fact that the freight amounts to
at least half the value of tho wheat
after it arrives in New York.
ENORMOUS YIELD OF WHEAT FROM
A SINGLE GRAIN.—The Brighton
(Eng.) Guardian states that at the
Lewes Flower Show, Mr. Spray, of
Chailey, exhibited a bundle of wheat
containing fifteen hundred and fifty
one ears, the product of a tingle grain.
This enormous yield was obtained by
sowing the seed in June, and dividing
the parent plant into three parts.- In
a month or so these plants were re-di
vided and again planted, and in the
following spring the plants were again
divided.
GREAT OF WHEAT.—J. J.
Mechi, of England,' writes to the
Mark Lane Express that he has
threshed three fields of wheat: the
two yielded 58 bushels per acre, and
the third field 52 bushels per acre.—
Part of it was red wheat, and part
white wheat. The red wheat weigh
ed 66 pounds, and the white wheat 64
pounds per bushel. What do our ag
ricultural readers think of that 'i
To SWEETEN BUTTER. —By adding
two and a half drachms of carbonate
of soda to three pounds of either fresh
or salt butter, possessing disagreeable
flavor, renders it perfectly sweet. —
Soda produces the same result when
it is added to other culinary greases,
as dripping lard, etc.
A GOOD SUMMER APPLE.—A G.
Hanford writes to the Ohio Farmer
that there is a great lack of summer
apples in our city markets, and urges
fruit growers to plant the Keswick
Codlien. It is a supurp kitchen ap
ple, cooking tender even when half
grown.
BRIMSTONE FOR SWINE. —A few
spoonfuls of pulverized brimstone, or
flour of sulphur, in a little dough,
should be administered as often as
once a fortnight to swine while fatten
ing. AN Oi.D FARMER.
JOHN a well known breeder,
took 185 priies for his cattle and sheep,
at the fairs last fall, amounting tosßß3.
(£ durational department.
Advantage of Speaking Well.
Apart from professional advantages, the
art of speaking is the surest path to the
gratification of your very laudable ambi
tion to take part in the political and so
cial life of your generation. In all coun
tries, and in all ages, the orator has risen
to distinction. But his art is nowhere so
potent as in free countries, where liberty
of speech is the birthright of the citizen.
Wherever self-government is recognized
there must bo gatherings for the purpose
of transacting public business; men must
meet together in their parishes, their coun
ties, or by whatever name the subdivis
ions of their country may be known.—
They could not discuss the business of the
meeting without some Bpcaking, and the
most pleasant speaker will most assuredly
win the eara, and therefore carry with
him the feelings and the votes of those
who cannot speak. The same result is
seen in all assemblies, from the vestry,
which is the parliament of tho parish, to
the House of Commons, which is the par
liament of the nation*. A man who can
not speak is there doomed to insignifi
cance'; a man who cannot speak but bad
ly is still somebody ; the man who speiiks
tolerably is a man of mark ; the man who
speaks well at once establishes "himself as
! a chieftain, and he holds in his hand the
j power of the whole assembly. Seeing,
I then, what a valuable accomplishment is
! the art of speaking—how surely it will
; lead to power, possibly to greatness, ccr-
I tainly to fame, and probably to profit —the
j marvel is that it is not more cultivated in
this country; in truth, it can scarcely be
' said to be cultivated at all. How is this?
Is it that Englismen are unconscious of
| its value, or that they think it a gift be
! stowed by nature, which ait cannot pro
duce and can do little to perfect'! I can
| not tell; but there the fact is. In our
j homes, in our schools, no pains are taken
to teach young persons to speak or even
to read; and he who cannot read well will
not speak well. Parents and guardians
cheerfully expend large sums for the
teaching of music or drawing—whether a
natural taste for it docs or does not exist—
accomplishments which only the gifted
are likely to turn to good account in after
life, and for the exercise of which there
is seldom a demand; while the arts of
reading and of speaking^—the"former dai
ly in request, and the latter leading to
success in life through many paths—are
entirely neglected, or. if recognized at all,
imperfectly taught by a lesson of half-an
hour in a week, or got up for the occasion
of a show-off on those dreary days when
the school-masters advertiso themselves
under pretence of exhibiting the abilities
of their pupils.
NORMAL SCHOOLS. —The Normal schools
of Pennsylvania are making good pro
gress and arc in efficient operation. The
money appropriated by the State has been
wisely expended, and the fruits are al
ready apparent. The chief want of our
public school system is a well drilled teach
ing corps. It is only by the preparation
and training of such a force that we can
make the large expenditure annually ap
propriated for the support of the system,
produce good aud abundant fruit. The
wisdom of the Legislature in bestowing
its aid to these schools is clear, and re
flects great credit upon its foresight.—
Further aid to these institutions is need
ed, and will bo productive of the greatest
good.— l'a. School Journal.
STARTING THIRTEEN MILLION FIRES.
—An old adage, and a pretty true one, is,
that "It takes a fool or a philosopher to
build a firo well"—which, we suppose,
means that the fool will blunder into the
right way, the philosopher will reason
himself into it, while others make bung
ling work of it. • As nine-tenths of peo
ple belong to neither of the two classes,
there i.s a deal of worry and bother. The
ninety thousand families who jeceivc this
number of the paper and read it will need
a fire started at least once a day for tho
next five months, or in all over thirteen
million times! How much time would
be saved if these fires could all be started
so as to heat tip the house, nnd get the
breakfast and other things going,in half an
hour, instead of the average time of an
hour. 13 i million half hours equals 675,-
000 days of ten hours each, or nearly
2000 years. This multiplied by five in a
family, will amount to " considerable."—
How many colds would be prevented if
the houses were warmed early for the
children to wash and dress.- So the sub
ject of kindling fires is not so insignificant
after all, even confining it to our own
readers. Let us study the science of the
matter a little and try to increase the num
ber of philosophers.— Exchange.
<6F"The famous saying of Shakspeare
that " There's a divinity which shapes our
ends," is exemplified in the employment
of thousands of pretty girls in Massachu
setts who are making gentlemen's boots.
t&~ The last bon mot in Paris was one
uttered by a distinguished foreign diplo
matist, which characterized Napojeon as
" the man who says nothing, and yet al
ways lies."
tn jg" Longefellow beautifully says that
" Sunday is the golden clasp that binds
together the volume of the week."
IWhy does a clock always look bash
ful ? Because it keeps its hands before its
face.
• Religious- department.
fhe Social Hazards of a Sinful Life.
" Self love is the greatest of all flatter
ers." Itdoubless whispers words of safe
ty in your ears, assuring you that however
other irreligious youths may, have rushed
on ruin, you are safe. Well perhaps you
arc. True you arc advancing along a road
bristling with the steel of countless foes,
yet it may bo you carry a charmed life,
or you wear linked armor, socially fitted,
and of such rare proof that no fiery ar
rows or stout broadsword of temptation can
pierce or break it. It may be so and it
may not; but since tho poril is great, and
the consequences of a mistake inconceiv
ably fearful, would it not be well for you
to look at your means of defense '! Suffer
me, therefore, to ask you, On what do you
rely for moral safety in this path of world
ly pleasure which you have chosen ?
Let me portray a scene from history.—
A beautiful valley, situated between two
small hills, was made a battle-field by two
armies, whose white tents and fluttering
pennons crowned the opposite heights.—
In the middle of the vale there strode a
colossal warrior, full nino feet in height,
and with a frame duly proportioned. He
was cased from head to foot with armor of
brass. In bis hand ho bore a spear. With
vaunting words he dared the bravest of his
foes to meet him in single combat.
Kcspoudingtohis challenge, there carac
a slender youth in shepherd's garb. He
was beautiful though small in stature. —
His step was light, his form erect. He
wore no armor, he carried neither sword
nor spear. His only weapon was a sling.
His gigantic adversary sneered bittgrly
at his weakness, and thought to make him
an easy prey. But the stripling, step
ping boldly forward, said : " Icometothee
iu the name of the Lord of Hosts," and
slung a stone which, striking the giant's
forehead, caused him to fall on his face a
dead man.
Now, my dear young reader if, you were
advancing like David, toward the gigantic
dangers which stand in your path, with the
" Lord of Hosts" to help you, I would
not cherish a particle of anxiety in your
behalf. But alas! alas 1 that Divine aid,
which is the only help sufficient to secure
any man the victory in the battle of life,
you deliberately refuse. Like David, you
• arc obviously inferior to your foes, but you
reject David's helper; while, with none
of tioliah's might, you •herish his self
sufficiency, and are rushing onto the con
flicts of life, trusting in your own puny
strength. Let us see wherein your power
to overcome lies.
You have, I presume, a well educated
conscience, which, it must be admitted, i#
a powerful guardian. Millions have been
saved from ruin by giving heed to its mo
nitions. Yours would restrain you from
ruinous follies, if you would but enthrone
it in your heart, aud do it homage as to
the viceroy of heaven. But this you will
not do, as your rejection of God as your
supreme good plainly shows. Just here
there lies your danger. You have already
dethroned 3'our conscience. Its voice has
little or uo authority over your desires and
passions. Your enslaved will forswore al
legiance to it. when it yielded itself to the
sway of your worldly lusts. With what
propriety, then, can you depend on this ill
treated faculty to restrain you in the hour
of fierce temptation ? When your love of
creature good shall have placed you in the
pillory of folly, when some Circe shall dis
play her meretricious charms and stiryour
passions with her songs; when your ador
ed and worshiped world shall tempt you to
the embraces of some hitherto unemploy.
ed. but wicked.perhaps profitable delight,
what aid will your poor, abused, tongue
tied, narcotized conscience be able to af
ford? You will be on the briuk of des
truction. Like the ancient Romans when
they had banished their noblest and
only chief capable of saving them from
their terrible enemies, tho Grauls.you will
be counted happy if, like them, you can
recall your deliverer to his seat of author
ity in season to save yourself from ruin.
, Is it prudent to run tho fearful risk ?
Many persons there arc whose pride of
[ character, or as they would improperly
, name it, self-respect, restrains them from
, doingmcan, degrading, orcrimiual actions.
! They partake ofthe spirit of a Scotchman
named DOUGLAS. This fool-hardy hero
, commanded a British ship-of-war, and bc
t ing stationed in the river Medway to re
sist the advance of a Dutch fleet, he was
p ordered to defend his ship to the Lust ex
. tremtiy, but in no case to retire from his
position. Bravely ho fought, until his
i ship took fire ; but even then, when the
, most rigorous authority could require no
( more, he refused to quit her deck, and per
ished in the flames, exclaiming, " A Doug
las was never known to quit his post with
out orders !"
\ In this scion of a noble house pride of
t character was stronger than the love of
. life. Insomeminds.itissufficientlystrong
to restrain them from degrading pleasures
and from dishonorable actions under ordi
nary circumstances. Possibly it is so in
, you, my dear reader. Your pride takes
- fire at the bare suggestion that you will
ever become the victim of those vices
t which degrade and plunge men and women
i into shame. Panoplied iu pride of char
actor, you feel like an unlucky hero, nam
ed ANXUR in Virgil's Eneis;
41 Anxur had boasted much of inagic charms,
S And thought he wore impenetrable arms;"
but. when ho met the Trojan horo in the
strifo of battle, hi* boasted arms were
boothlcas to protect him. Euea saw him,
and
" At Anxur's shield be drove, and at one blow
Both abield and.arm to ground together go."
And thus it may be with your pride of
character. Under ordinary temptations it
may preserve you ; but it is the misfor
tune of most who elect the world to be
their god, that circumstances are created
by their sinful pursuits which bring them
into confliot with overwhelming tempta
tions, before which they fall as swiftly
and as easily as did the boastful Anxur
beneath the sword of stern Eneas.
Take for illustration the sad example of
that wretehod traitor, HK.NKDICT ARNOLD.
Favored by nature with brilliant military
talents, and by gentle providences with
favorable opportunities, he found himself
at the prime of life a patriot general, a
popular and honored soldier, the husband
of a beauitful wife, and the possessor of
an income ample enough to satisfy every
reasonable want.
But Benedict Arnold had long cherish
ed an inordinate self-esteem, l'rospcrity
stimulated its growth, and caused it to be
come his evil genius. Pride, vanity, and
ambition, took entire possession of his soul.
To maintain a splendid establishment he
sacrificed his property. And just then,
when his pride of character ought to
have held him back from wrong, he was
tempted to dishonest peculations in his
disbursements of the public money. Dis
covered and reprimanded by order of
Congress, his now gloomy soul gave birth
to purrposesof revenge. Pride of char
acter controlled him no more, for avarice
and revenge toro it up by the roots. Then
he chose a traitors destiny, and sought, as
you know, to sell his country for paltry
place and paltrier gold. His plans were
confounded. lie fled, and gained a com
mission in the British army, and abundant
gold ; jet with these gains there came a
new-born nation's hatred, and the scorn
of a indignant world. Never did mortal
man start ill life with greater pride of
character, and nofer did mortal mango
to .his grave with more shame and infamy
than this same Benedict .Vrnold, the trait
or.
Such is the weakness ' of the pride of
character, even in an extraordinary man,
when strong temptations, like armed men,
enter his soul. How then, my dear young
reader, can you rely with anything like
confidence in your prido of character for
protection against those mighty assaults
on the passions to which a wordly life will
assuredly expose you ?
But you feel no inclination to perpe
trate those acts which lead to disgrrce ?
Prabably you do not. Your master pas
sion is not yet fully grown. Yourhourof
conflict is not yet. Does that prove it will
never come ? May the spark be despised
because it is not yet a devouring flame ?
Look into your heart not for n present in
clination to dangerous vices, but for the
pleasure of those tendencies which lead
men into the circumstances which beget
uncontrollable lusts.
To bo flontlnned.
EATING BETWEEN MEALS.—Among
the slight causes of impaired digestion,
is to be reckoned the very general habit of
eating between meals. The powerful di
gestion of the growing boy makes light of
all such irregularities; but to see adults
and often those by no means in robust
health, eating muffins, buttered toast, or
bread and butter, a couple of hours after
a heavy dinner, is a distressing spectaclf
to the physiologist. It takes at least four
hours to digest a dinner ; during that pe
riod the stomach should be allowed to re
pose. A little tea or any other liquid is
beneficial rather than otherwise, but solid
food is a mere incumbrance. There is no
gastric juice ready to digest it; and if
any reader, having at all a delicate diges
tion, will attend to his sensations after
eating muffins or toast at tea, unless his
dinner has had time to digest, he will need
no sentence of explanation to convince
him of the serious error prevalent in Eng
lish families of making tea a light meal,
quickly succeeding a substantial dinner.
Regularity in the hours of eating is far
from necessary; but regularity of inter
vals is of primary importance. It mat
ters little at what hour you lunch or dine,
provided you allow the proper intervals to
elapse between breakfast and luncheon,
and between luncheon and dinner. What
are those intervals? 1 his is a question
each must settle for himself. Jluch de
pends upou the amount eaten at each meal,
much also on the rapidity with which each
person digests. Less than four hours
should never be allowed after a heavy
meal of meat. Five hours is about the av
erage for men in active work. But those
who dine late—at six or seven—should
never take food again till breakfast next
day, unless they have been at a theatre,
or dancing, or exerting themselves in leg
islation, in which case a slight supper is
requisite.— LcwU' Physiology of Common
Life.
B®* An Indiana editor says of a rogue
who lives in his vicinity, " The rascal has
broken every bank and jail and sabbath
we have had in this country for the last
five years."
' LlFE.—Life is made up, not of groat
sacrifices, or duties, but of little things,
in which smiles and kindness, and small
obligations given habitually, are what win
and preserve the heart, and secure com .
forts
RURAL HILL NURSERY,
NEAR BI'tLER. PA.
mm? undersigned would respectfully inform the public
X generally, that he Is now fully prepared to furnish
them with the choicest variety and very beat quality of
all kinds «»f fruit trees. During the last Rummer lie'has
made largf«uidiiioiM to bin ftock of Fruit and Ornamen
tal tree#, imd ha* on hand a larger and better quality ami
variety than has ever been offered In this county. Con
flicting of
SUMMER, WINTER 61 FALL APPLES.
PEACHES PEARB AND CHERRIES, also, STRAW
II Kit ft I KB of the very finest quality—different kinds of
Khcuharh. A Splendid lot of Evergreen* and a great
vnriety of Promiscuous trees for ornament and shades.—
All of which, w«« propose to sell on as reasonable terms,
as tin- sartie quality and varieties can be had for, from
any agency or establishment in the country.
Jan. 11, IKG4. SILAS PEAECE A SONS.
.I80:i NEW GOODH, 18C3.
FROM NEW YORK AND I*lll LA DELPHI A.
AS CHEAP AS THE CHEAPEST.
AND AS OOOD AS THK BEST.
R. C. & J. L. M'ABOY.
Have just received at their establishment,
ON MAIN STREET, BUTLER, PA.,
A large and well selected stock of
HKAMONAIIL.G «o<)l>H,
which they arc felling at terry low rules.
HEAD THE FOLLOVIXG CAIAWOCE AMP PROFIT TDEREKY.
POn TIIE LADIKH.
Alw.iys on hand a large stock of Ladles goods, such as
COBERG CLOTH,
ALPACAS,
DE LANES,
OINGHAMS,
PRINTS.
KERCHIEFS,
ftUBIES,
O LOVES, Ac.
FOR GENTLEMEN.
Always on hand Black Cloths, Fancy and Black Ca«si
mores, Satinett.«. Cabinets, Tweeds, Plain and fancy Ves
ting*, Shirting, etc., etc., etc.,
ItKADV MADE "( I.OTIUSG.
Such as COATS, PANTS, VESTS and other garments.
ISoof s unri fthocN,
HATS, CAPS & NECKTIES,
and a variety of other articles
fIOUftEHOIsD GOODS,
Such as Unbleached and Bleached Muslins, Linen and ;
Cotton, Table Cloths, Oil Cloth-, Linen ami Hemp Towels,
Carpets, Curtains, Fringe, etc.
HARDWARE, &C.
If von want Nails or Spike-, Manure or other fork*,
Saw-Mill or other saw*. Smithing Irons, Lock.*. Hinges,
etc., goto M'A boy's, where you can buy them cheap.
IF YOU WANT flood Extra Family Flour, White or
Brown Sugar, Rio or Java Coffee, Imperial, Voting Hyson
or Dim k Tea, goto M'Aboy's.
I F You WANT <ji nOCEIII i:M
of a superior quality, at as low rates as they can bo bad
elsewhere in the county, goto the store of
R.C. A J. L M'ABOY.
Dec. 0. IM3.
HAVE YOU SEEN THIS?
_ T- rTlnr.subscriber.grate
to the public that he ha«
r- a large stock of
--At his old stand, where
a C will be ready at all
times to serve those who
may favor him with a
call. He Is constantly manufacturing, aud keeps on hand
the very best assortment of
T It I \ li S.
All work warranted. Repairing don« on the shortest
notice and m«*»t favorable teams.
Dec. 9. I*W. J. J. SED WICK.
REDICK'S DRUG STORE,
Opposite StiiieN Store,
DRUOB,
DRUGS,
DRUGS,
MEDICINES, MEDICINES,
MEDICINES, MEDICINES,
MEDICINES, MEDICINES,
DYES,
DYKS,
DYES,
PAINTS, PAINTS PAINTS,
Pure Liquors fir Medical us« only.
Soda, Cream Tarter etc. etc.
French and American Perfumery, and Toilet articles.—
Brushes. Trnases and ail articles in the Drug line, of the
best quality and at fairest rates.
Dec. 9, 1863.
CHEAP DRUG STORE.
Dr. JamcH 11. Bell,
Boyd's Building, Bntter, Pa.
M DEALER in all kindsof Drugs ami Chemicals
Oil*, Paint* and Varnixh. Also, Benzole, Tar
and Axle Grease.
Also, all kinds of Brushes. All kinds o-
E *3l Lamp*. Lamp Shade* and Chimneys.
JMH Also, a full assortment ot Groceries, Tabacco
Cigars of the very best brands.
- " Also, a full assortment of Confectlonaries and
Nuts. Also Green and Dried fruit. Also a great variety
of uotions. Liquors of all kinds for Medical and Sacri
meninl purpose*. Also Stationery, consisting of Paper,
Envelops, Pens' Pencils, Blank Books, Pan* Book, Slates
Ac. Ac.
I Dec. 9. 1865—tf.
" COUNTRY MERCHANTS, ~~
CALL AT
lleinemaii'g Book fttore,
And buy OSGOOD'S Berries of School Books at Publiscers
pricer. Always on hand, a full supply of Stationery and
Envelops, at wholesale nnd retail, cheap for cash. Call and
examine before purchasing elsewhere. No trouble to
sb<>w Goods.
Dec. 9, DW3::tf.
BiiSfU.V for Male.
THE undersigned has for sale, a New Top Buggv, which
he offers cheaper than a Buggy of the same kind can
be got up at the pi esent prices. For further particular,
i enquire of j. j. SEDWICK.
Dee. 9, lH63::tf.
EJIfOHIIJ! OFFAS 111 OX,
ON MAIN STREET,
Opposite Boyd's Buildings. Butler.
FTMIE undersigned would respectfully inform his old
I. friend* and the public generally, that he is constant
ly in receipt of the very latewt Fashions, and is fully pre
-1 pared at all times to execute all kinds of work in his line
of business in a neat aitd workmanlike manner, and will
be happy to attend to all who may give him a call.
A. M. McCANDLESS
i Jan. <6.
! IJIPOBT IST \«TH IS.
U. 5.5-20'S.
rnilK Secretary of Ihe Treuurf has not .ret given no
! X tice of any intention to withdraw his popular Loan
from Sale at Far, and, until ten day*' notice 1* given, the
undersigned, as "General Supscriptlon Agent," will con
tinue to supply the public.
The whole amount of the Loan authorized in Five Hun
dred Millions of Dollar*. Nearly Four Hundred Million*
ilreadyaubacrtbed tor and paid into 1
ury, mostly within the last seven month*. The large de
mand from abroad, and the rapidly increasing bmno do- i
mand for use aa tho basis for circulfffon by National Rank
ing Associations now organizing iu all part* of the couu- t
try, will, in a Tery short period. abMRI the balance.—
hare lately ranged from ten to fifteen millions week
ly, frequently exceeding three millions dally, and as It Is
well known that the Secretary of the Treasury has ample
aud unfailing resources in the Duties on Imports and In
ternal Hevonue, and in the.lssue of tho Interest-bearing
l<egal Tender Treasury Notes, it is a|most a certainty that
' he will not find it nec«-*sary, for a long time to come, to
seek a market for any other long or permanent loans, the
Interest and Principal of which are payable in Gold.
Prudence and self-Interest must force the mind!'of those
contemplating the formation of National Ranking Asso
ciation*. as well as the minds of all who have idle money
on their band*, to the prompt conclusion that they should
lose no time in subscribing to this most popular I*»an. It
will soon be beyond their reach, and advance to a hand
some premium, its was the result with the "Seven Thirty"
Loan, when it was all sold and could no longer be subscri
bed for at par.
It is a Six per Cent. Loan, the Interest and Principle
payable iu Coin, thus yielding oxer Nine per Cent, per au- «
nuin at the present rate of premium on coin.
The Oovernmeut requires all duties on imports to be
paid in Coin. These duties have, for a lot* time past,
amounted to over a Quarter of a Million of Dollar* daily,
a sum nearly three times greater than that required in the
payment of the intereft on all the 5-JU's ami other per
manent loans. So it is hoped that the Surplus Coin In the
Treasury, at no distant day, will enable the United States
to resume specie payments upon all liabilities.
The loans Is called 5-20 from the fact that, whilst the
Bonds may run for 30 years, yet the Xlovernnient has a
right to pay them off in Gold, at par, at any tune after b
The Interest is paid lialf-vtarlv, via: on the first days
of November and May.
Subscribers can have Coupon Bonds, which are pavable
to bearer, and are 112 &0, *IOO, #SOO, and floou-,or Registered
floods of same denomination*, and in addition, SA.tsiO and
SIO,OOO. For I tanking purposes and for investments of
Trust-monies the Registered Bond* are preferable.
These 6-90's cannot be taxed by States, cities, towns, or
counties, and the Government tax on them Is only one half
per cent, on the amount of Income, when tho income of
holder exceeds Six Hundred Dollars per annum. All
other investments, such iv* income from Mortgages,
Railroad Stock, and IV>nda, etc., must pay from throe to
five per cent, tax on the Income.
Hunks and Bankers throughout tho Country will con
tinue to dispose of the Bonds; and all orders by mail, or
otherwise, will bo promptly attended to.
The inconvenlenco of a few days' delay in the delivery
of the Bonds is unavoidable, the demand being so great;
but as Interest commences from tho day of subscription,
no less is occasioned, and every effort Is being uiade to di
minish the d .lay.
JAY (OOKK,
SUBSCRIPTION AGENT,
114 South THIRD Street, Philadelphia.
Jan. 6,WW,1-mo.
' WAVEKLY MAGAZINE.
FOR FAMILY AM ÜBKMENT AN
Edited l»y Mohch A. Dow.
Tills paper Is the largest Weekly ever published in the
country. Its contents ore such a* will be approved in tho
most fastidious circles—nothing immoral being admitted
into its pagen. It will afford as much reading matter us
almost any one can find time to peruse,consisting ofTales
History, Biography, together with Music and Poetry,—
The paper contains no ultra sentiment*, and meddles nei
ther with politics nor religion, but it is characterize! by a
high moral t <no. It circulates all over the country, from
Maine to California.
Terms. —The Waverly Magazine is published weekly by
Mosen A. Dow. No. ft, Lindall Street. Boston, Mass. Two
editions are printed, one on thick paper, for Periodical
Dc.ilers.nt ft cents a copy, and an edition for mail subscrl- |
hers (on a little thiner paper, so as to come within the low |
postage law.)
One copy for 12 months, $3,00 !
One copy for H months, 2.00
One copy for 4 months...... 1,00
One copy for 0 months 1..V)
Two copies for 12 months, 6,00
112 ur i opies f--r 0 months 6,00
All addition* to the clubs at the *ain« rates. All mon- |
les received will be credited sreordlnjr to tho above tetms.
Paper stopped when the last nuinl er paid f.r iss'-nt. No
subscriptions taken for less than four months. All clubs
must be sent by mall. A name must be given for each
pu« ' '"Jit
A commences every Jnlv and January.— |
But if a pei Hon commences at any nnmher In the volume, I
arid pay* for six mouths, he will have a complete book,
with a title-page.
When a subscriber orders a renewal of his subscription
he should tell us what was the last number he received,
then we shall know what number to renew it without hun
ting over our books. Otherwise we shall begin when the
money Is received. Persons writing for the paper must
write their name, post office, county and stab' very dis
tinctly. Those who wish their paper changed should tell
where It has previously been sent. Postage on this pa
per. Is twenty cents a year, payable In advance at tbe office I
where taken out.
Clubs mux! always be sent at one time to get the henr-fit i
of the low price. We cannot semi them at the club price
unless received all t<»gether, as it is too inueh trouble to !
look over our books or keep an account with each one get- .
ting them up.
Monthly Part-—ft a year, in all case*.
Any one sending us Five Ikdlars can have the weekly
"Wnverl v Magazine " and either of tho following works
for one year by mail :* "Peterson's Ladies' Muraaine,"
"Harper's Magazine," Godev's Lady's Book," "Ladies Ga
zette of Fashion." "Atlantic Monthly."
All letter* and communications concerning the paper I
must be addressed to the publisher.
Tnr. Wat to Slbscsibk.— The proper mode to subscribe
for a paper is to enclose tho money in a letter and addr.-s !
the publisher direct, giving individual name, with tin
post office, county nnd state very plainly written, as post
marks are often illegible.
Address MOSES A. DOW, Boston. Mass.
Bajtimore .Philadelphia, New York and Pittsburgh.
Brought into th> very mid at of the.
QUIET TOWN of HI'TIiKH.
- rfIHK undersigned, at
- mlttee for procuring ar
appointment," he left Butler, and during the "rainy sea
' son," WJIS busily engageil. tolling, tsxingevery point of the
' compass, in order to accomplish the' object of his missi<r*.
\ He has the satisfaction of reporting himself once more al
' home, accompanied with some of the tallest specimens of
articles In his line of buslm**, that was ever concentrated
at any point In Butler county, or any where else in this
t decidedly great country. All he ask* In return. «>f his
fellow citizens, for hi* arduous labors, 1* simply that they
will give him a call, and examine for themselves, his fine
stock of
Tobacco, Snuff and Cigars.
Though republics are generally ungrateful, and the peo
ple, though "sovereigns," are not alwavs exactly in the
right track, yet he feels a kind of confidence in them that
they will not hesitate to pronounce judgment in his lavor,
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 ami try for themselves. Tho committee J
begs leave to be discharged from farther consideration of j
this subject. GEORGE VOGELEY, Jr.
Dec.w, 18flfe3nto.
R. G. SHARP,
DEALER 19
FRUIT & ORNAMENTAL TREES.
#IS now prepared to fill orders for the Spring
planting on terms with which no other
Fruit can compete foi
' IZK SYMMETRY
His trees will stand the test with those of the But Nur
terirt in the Union.
He engages to deliver them In proper season, and in
GOO I> O It 1> E It.
Air that Is necessary to ensure them to grow thriftily, and
j bear abundantly in a few seasons is
I'KOPCR I»LA.\TIXti.
' Within the past two years, he Mas sold in this county
i THOUSANDS OF TREES of every description; nearly
, all of which are now in a thriving condition.
Some of his Dwarf Apples ami Pears were this year
; LOADED WITHLUCIOUSFRUIT, \
It costs but little to start a new orchard, while in a few i
years it i» the most profitable spot on the farm. It will ,
pay to cut off the old orchards of common fruit, and re
place them with choice selections from the Nursery*— !
In a few years afft-r, as the Sinner Joules upon his thrift) i
trees,burdened down with blushing fruit.applesa>darge as
Tin Gups.
he will say to himself with a self satisfied expression of
1 ; countenance, *l*v«jnade one good investment in my life, j
' any how." I
1 For particulars, address. It. C. SHARP, Butler. Pa. j
' The following well 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. Ceotreville; John T. Bard. Centre
ville'j John Plsor,Worth tp.:Joliu Bingham. Hipperyrock;
» Wm.M'Caffertv. Kairview Megary, Fair view tp;
» Ab'm. Zeiglei. Henry F. Muntz Harmony: Col. A. Lowry, .
- E. M'Jnnkin.Cap. Jacob Zeigler. I. J.Cmmmlag* Butler;
John Oieen, JohnM'Creay, Coylsville, Henry Buhl, For
ward township.
Dee. 23, 3::m.
NEW DRY GOODS.
1 W. N. «Sr A. <i. BOYD.
THIS linn is pursuing Its accustomod plan of do- ;
ing business. They are receiving New Oood* *lino*i
I 1 every week, and are now filling up with a large Stock of
I New Goods of all kiuds. We invite the public generally j
I to call and examine for tht»*?!vss. No trouble to show .
' good*. de<-10.
PKIITOfifCAL fOTKm
TerniM redueeU to Old l'licvi I
EODET'S UDV'S BOOK
~ For 1864.
breat Literary Pictorial Year 112
■Hie poMiahm of Oodor s Ividy's
poblllc which has enatiled him to publish a magar.ine'
fi>r Ihe lii»t liirtji-fmir ywa of n Ivgrr rlrrulutlon thurt*
any In America, has made an arrangement with tho mosf
popular authoress in this country—
MARION HAUL AND,
Authnrtll nf " J forte" "Hidden frith," "Mots Side'*
" Nemesit,' 1 and '• Miriam,'*
who will furnish stories for tho l«'idy'«t Rook for IMI4.
This alone will place the Lady's Book | n a literary p..int
of view far ahead of any other magn/ine. Marion liar'
lan.i writes for no other magaxlno Our other fiivorlte
writers will all continuo to furnish articles throughout
the year.
THE BEST
Lady's Magazine in the World, and the »
Cheapest. .
TTIKI/ TKUA Tl'H K
is of that kind that can be rood aloud in thefhinlly circle,
nnd the clergy in immense numbers arc subscibers for tho •
"800 k.
TUF MUSIC
Is all original, nnd would cowl 25 cents (the price of the
Book) in the music stores; but most of it Is copyrighted,
and cannot be obtained except In "Godey."
OVIt STEEL ENOKA V/NGS.
All efforts to rival lis in this have ceased, and we aow
stand alone in this department, giving, aa we do, many
more nnd infintely better engravings ill an are puhliohwJ
in any other work.
GODEY'S
IMMENSE DOUBLE SHEET FASHION-PLATXS.
CONTAINING
From five to gerert SuU length Ottered Fmhiims on each
plate. Other mmjatinrn girt mtljf two.
FAR AHEAD OF ANY FASHIONS IN BUROPE OR
AMERICA.
THE PUBLICATION OF THESE PLATES COST
MIO.OOO MOKK
than Fashion-plates of the old style, and nothing but our
wonderfully large circulation enables us to give them.—
Other msgar.lnrs cannot afford it. Wo never sporo mon
ey when the public can be benefited,
These fashion* may be relied on. I>resscs may be mad e
after them, and the wearer will not subject herself to rid
icule, as would be the ease If she visited the large cities
dressed after the style of the plates given in Ronton of our
so-called fashion magazines.
ouu WOOD EXCFA r/xas,
of which we give twice or three timos as many as any
other magaxine, are often mistaken for Steel. They are
so for superior to anv others.
I MIT A 770 MS.
Beware of them. Remember that the Lady's Book is
tho original publication and the cheapest. If you tako
Godey, yon want no other magaxine.
Everything that is useftil or ornamental in a house can
be found In Godey.
DP A WING LESSONS.
No other magaxine gives them, and we haven enough
to fill several large volumes.
OUR n F.r EI FT ft •
arc such ns can be found nowhere eh«e. Cooking In all its
variety—Confectionery—the Nnrsery—the Toilet—the
I.aundrv —the Kitchen. Receipts upon all subjects are to
be found in the pages of the Lady's Book. We originally
started Hi is department, and have peculiar facilities for
making It most perfect. This department alone is worth
the price of the Book.
LADIES' WO EE TABLE.
This depirme. comprises engravings nnd descriptions
of every article that a lady wears.
MODY.L f-OTTAGES.
No other magazine has this department.
TKIMIN, < 4Nil LS AI>VAX< K.
TO ANY POST-OFFICE IN THE UNITED STATES.
One copy one year, $3. Two copies one vear. $6. Throo
copies one year, sfl. F<,nr copies one year. 17.
Five copies one year, and an extra copy to tho peraon
•ending the club. $lO.
Eight copies one year, nnd an extra copy to the person
sending the club. #l6.
I Eleven copies one year, and an extra cgpy to tho person
sending the club. #Jfi.
And the only migarine'tbat can be Introduced Into the
i above clubs in place . 112 tb" Lady's 8.--k is Arthur s Home
Magazine.
! Godey*• Ladv s Book aiKl Artliur s Home Magazine both
one year for S3.AO.
Godev's lady's 15 < k and If irper'i jiag.izlr-e boibonc year
j for *1 vi.
| Oodev. Harper, and Arthur will all three he sent one
year, on receipt of*V»o.
Treasury Notes and Notes on all s<dvent banks taken
I at par.
Be careful and pay the jv>stago on your letter.
Address L. A. GODEY,
323 Clitanut t'trnU, t'hiUidtt,phia, Fi.
GERMANTOWN TELEGRAPH."
A Family and Agricultural Journal,
DEVOTED TO
lIKOH E Li ri H ITI IU;,
INCLUDING
Poetry,
Novelctt<?«,
TilliK.
I iND MORAL AND ENTERTAINING READING
GESE RALLY.
Iu the Literary Department we tdiall present thechol
• est varieties within the reach of our extended means.
The Novelettes, Tales, poetry, Ac., shall be supplied froiu
best and highest *our< e«, and h<« equal to anything to bo
found in any journal or magazine.
AGRICULTURE h HORTICULTURE
K.MRRACINO
FARMING,
GARDENING.
FRriT-RAISING, Ac.
In all their branches, aa conducted on tho latest and
most approved systems.
Our hilxirs in this department for over thirty years,
have met the cordial approbation of the public. Our
purpose has been to tarnish useful nnd reliable informa
tion upon these very important branches of lndu»try,
and to protect them so far as within our power against
the false doctrines and selfish purposes of tho many em
pires anil sensation adventures by which the Farmer is
Incessantly assailed. This portion of the (Urmaxtow*
Tkleorafh will alone be worth the whole price of sub
scription, as every Faruo-r and Gardner, who has a prop
per conception of his calling, will readily admit.
IfEWH DEPARTMENT.
The lame industry, care, and discrimination, In gath
ering and preparing the Stirring Events of the Day, ex
pressly f..r this paper, which hitherto has been one of
its marked features and given so universal satisfaction,
will be continued with redoubled efforts to meet the In
creasing demands of the public. The labor required In
this department is never fully appreciated by the reader.
It would be impossible to present, in tho condensed and
carefully made up form in which it appears, a corrected
mass of all tho most interesting news of the week, with
out iuvolving much physical labor, tact and judgment.
We annex the cash terms, to which we beg leave to
call the attention of all who think of subscribing for a
newspaper:
| ADVANCE CASH TERMS.
One Copy. One Year $2,00
One Copy, Three Years 6,00
Three Copies. One Year 5.00
Five Copies, One Year, 8.00
Ton Copies, One Year, 10,00
otf Subcriptions nut paid withiu the year,
tfu ■ A Club of ttvo subscribers, at SB, will entitle tho
psrson getting it up to a copy for six months; a Huh of
ten or more, to a copy for one year. All Club subscrip
tions stopped at the end of the time paid for, unless re
ordered .
4f»*Nn order will receive attention unless accompar
nied with the cash.
4#* Specimen numbers sent to applicants.
PHILIP R. FREAS,
Editor and Pnqjrietor.
Arthur's Home Magazine
For IHU4. T:«lltc-<l I>y
T. S. ARTHUR AND VIRGINIA F. TOWNSEND.
VOLCKES IXin. AJfD XXIV.
The HOME MAGAZINE for 1864 will be conducted Irs.
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
j ion Magazines an they are called, and the graver literary
monthlies. Our arrongement* for l&tU ineiude,
THREE ORIGINAL SERIAL STORKS, written ex
! presaly for the Home Magazine one of these will b« by
! Miss Virginia F. Townsend. and commence in the Jnnu
! ary number. Another will be by T. S. ARTHUR. And
thathird from the pen of \|n- M V. DKMSON, a wri
ter who has l<mg been a ftiVinite with the public
I Re-ides these, OL I; LAlUil. CORPS' OF TALENTED
| WIiITKRS will continue to enrich the Home Magazine
! with shorter stuHea, poems, essays, and sketches uf llfo
and character, written with the aim of blending liternry
j excellence with the higher teachings of morality and re
*E LEG ANT ENGRAVINGS appear in every number, in
cluding choice pictures, groups and characters, prevailing
j fashions, and a lar*e variety of patterna for garmeuU,
j embroidery, etc. etc
PREMIUMS FOR GETTING UP CLUBS—Our Premi
um Plateafor I^4are lartre ami beautiftii Photographaof
" BY AN G BLINK" ami THE MITHERLhSS BAIRN,"
TERMS—-12 a year in advance Two copies for S3. Three
for $4. Boor for $6. Eight, nnd one extra copy to getter
up of club. $lO. Twelve ami one extra, |ls. Seventeen,
and one extra, &M. Pit EM lUM—one to every sub
j scribers; and one to getter-up of S-'t. *l. $0 or $lO club.—.
j Both premiums sent to getter-up of sls and club*.
40f" I n ordering premiuma send three red stamps, to
pre-pay postage on same.
Address, r. g. ARTHUR A CO.,
323 Walnut St. Philadelphia.
Stray Cattle.
ClAMKtothe residence of the subscriber in Cherry
) township, in the month of June last. Four head of
I cattle, one year old last •pring. described as follows
; On© Black anil White Bull, one Rrindle lie fer, one Red
Heifer, one Flecked Heifer, no other pcrceivalde insrl.a.
The owner la raqamted to come forward prove property
| pay fearge- «a»d take them away, otherwise thev h.U b»
, deposed of according to law HUGHSPROUL
.Hn.